8 FETTERED
-Vole tie's rre." "Little Seeter-." Lattte. th Sewrg UrW
'itUutcr tis." " ta DU.ua
T Morse. " Sera's Legacy." Etc-.Ztc.
8
E-w Darrti waiii it -rb tie fir-j
t aid drawn by tie band of fate.
d aeveral time, a. tbo-?a tars tack. !
bet
ki.
tBre.
atia. ail periapa tiU fasT ca
ity jirt be t:Ui. "t 1
ka'.ir ml tit I canvt rw-rt it."
11- liAH "ai wcTi w;:a a fare-i
rrj. for tia ejMc hai ssiiT eaat a
glow of E;it tir'ios'a tie forest tr-et
-It cavn'M. be tie nx rjese. fr. cn-
I Wst rr.r barlir. I as iea
on
kM-m-d to bKf.aie more aad n-ore tie ric- :
tim of tie foil. 1
V. to ncder-itaid tie 1
t power tiat tad drawa oa. aal
in Li btrt ie prayed. &i. t earnestly,
tbst ie uJ;bt yet be ia tae to tare iU
darlltr.
AU tioTsita of bi'.tercesa toward ber
tad been w-pt froai tia heart a if ly
teace. but bi words a'at tirowin
her
lore fro ai biai were forforten.
Oa be daibed. It aeeaed a tbosrb
be would nerer ffft taere. and tie od m2
wis nw a perfect pyramid of Cams.
roariEZ and leaping opward aa tbo;b ia
CendUb g'. orer tie destmcrioa of tie
biritfd boilia?.
Tae woods were now lighted op. and be
eouM ee bia way better, ao tiat be mad;
Irf-tter time, biit bl beart wa full of a
lerriile fear le.t be aioaid arrire too
la to.
Kiaa::y. like a mad deer, be aprnnj
from aiaonj tbe tree and rosied into
tie open irpace. A terrible acene, fail of
awfal prandenr, wa before birn. bat be
teeded not it aatUme splendor. Tie
Le tbonjrbt before iia nxad wa a
Larrowia; nnteriainty in re;ard to CaroL
Waa aie aafe: Wiat if abe were ia tiat
abya of Came?
Alajott mad at tbe bare tionjit, he
robbed frantically forward. A acream
reacbed his ear tbe acream of a woman
and for tbe first time be noticed a fe
male tgnn close to the burning mi'X Tbe
giare and amoke kept him from recog
niaing ber. and. with bia beart leaping for
yjj. he bounded toward tbe woman, who
wa wringing ber bands wildiy. When
he reached her aide he saw that it was
ilr. Kitbaond, DA CaroL
S-Tf-ra! otir forms had darted from
tbe woods, and were harrying toward tbe
Wl where tbe lady stood. The leading
-iie be regnlied aa Lawrence Ili.b
tuoad. bat beyond that he did not spare
the time to look.
"Carol where ia the?" be erif-d.
Tii re war not a aeeond to lose. Tbe
poor lady eoaid not pek. but, raisin
ber hand, she pointed to the blazing build-!
in;, it was enouza.
"Heaven help mel" fell from bis shot
t'-eth.
Then, bracing himself like a giant pre-
pir.tig f.r a mtzhty battle, he rushed for-:
, Iet isekk cpa tieo.j ' : tij or.i aai tiere ere nre i-J--
r toward tie we It ta o;i i acparjea w-.-j rr.a i-ow,. t.t, . tw) fr-i: fr:I. Tie
fire! mat if i aVJ be U.r kaew a wiat to make of taesa. so; be- U:.w WM ls ciy was k-s.
He started on a wild nia. s;ca? ot : .n? aware : ise ran iat w a..Jj j eU;bte-i to bear Nora te3 S aat
fco.rt aad I a tara tr-y were , - - .-. - , , a;,v,;e C,I2 Ej;,.. I I ira.
uotaiar. and ri; :iy tar? tie V.ir.; . ai-cost tf xa;-i by tie amoke ar. J tre s kjjeir Uxrel Eici:.ad of oM.
taii wiiieh witb erery p-iar ttia Jt I Tae haad f bearea B.t bare d:rrted . ' t- v., .t wa se wa tie
ward, burling himself through the bar- j A strange fate had brought together
r.er of fierce Barnes that cros.,i th.-irjall thoe whom he had wrji)gl to s-e
anery tongues before the doorway. ; the arch schemer die. Above him .-rood
He fo':n-i the stairs more from instinn the Uussian detective, scarrt-d a little
than fijtht, as the place wa full of from contact with the flames, and yet
nuokf. t'u he went with great les:. At - still worth a A ozen dead men I.inrrniv
t.ie top he could ure nothing, but, growing
bi way alo-jg, he cried aloud:
"Carol, oh, Carol, my darling, where
are you?"
' Hi, the bitrnes in bis voice. It
spoke of bcart-brealting. racking pain, but ;
Ui.-re came no answer save the roaring with the fire roaring round them, ren
an I ri kling of tbe flames as they fed dered desperate by their situation, had
i;-in the dry timbers of the old mill. hurled themselves against the door, but
lie grujrt-d bis way along a passage on-1 the effort was useless, and they would
til he came to a door. It nfu-d to rive ; undoubtedly have been burned alive but
way at b'.s tou-h. and, r-nderd desperate ; that the-detecti ve chanced to remember
by the Aituation. be rai.-d bia foot tnd jan ax that was lying in a small closet,
writ it .!ou with a cra.h. With this tbey assailed the door by
Ktneniij. be found the interior full of , turn, like two great Kanu-se Herculae,
srti..-. and yet it was more bearable than i but it was almost too late, for the smoke
i,.X iti the hall, because of the closed door, was filling the room, and. when they did
A -'.ti !-r figure arose and Kazzere.1 t manage U smash the b k of the door, it
ward hitn. With a cry be held out bis was only to find themselves face to face
"'" f,,,r ber. I with huge biil.,.w of s-ethius flames that
i. or.iM uij i..ve, my ute, man rieaven ,
you at,- aiiveT he cried, as he folded her !
ia his am and crtshed her to his heart. I
"i-.U f.irgive l"e Knger I loved jou ;
I !!. ve in you nowT' the poor ulrl
K.ispl.
"Hush, darling, heaven will forgive us
l-o'h. I have forgotten all everything
but that I love you better than the w hole
world. As pro.,f of it, witness me here
t save or d;e with you."
He had shut the door in order to keep
out the ilt r.se Volume of smoke until Le
was ready for the final plunge, and. after
baui.y wrapping several blankets about
I'w piwioiia form of the girl, who was
l.id only iu a l.e n rapjH-r of her moth
er' that she had thrown atout ber when
first awaken. 1 by the dense smoke, be
opened the door.
The hall and stairway were still full of
smoke, but he would no longer have to
i,'np;e his way along either, for the ruddy
ll.tMies. dancing and forking out their ula
boli.al red tongues, as though in GniJmu
t.i-c, lighted up both.
How was be ever going to run tbe
rtt nutlet with that previous burden in his
arms? Was it osil)le to escape by the
window? (hie glance in that direction
t"M him that such a thing could hardly I
t'coiiiplished: In fact, that it was l:n;v,i.
lie, for the fire was already glaring In
throttg'i the gla sa with evil eyes.
Drawing lu a long breath, and pressing
Carol still doner to biai. for he felt that
by this baptinu of fir abe was given to
aiiin for all time and eternity, Roger
BY FATE J
5!
tie rra.
Had ie bees afe be wo.d iav. taken
a friag ? t tie bottom, asd very proa- j
tJ-tt- . , . .v
Hearea taow. bow ie l-ied t.ro-a
tiat fiery orde:: Tie aKwe taat
ie ieli i tl arnia au tiat taie Lfe
dear to iia rare Ida airsa. coorie
a&i ftretra. . . ,
srera. u be beard wiat ie f a-rf
were tie ro-.yn of eta. boare al miz. j
- e ir.-o;c yocr.; tia, f r ie reiciej te
f of tie t-rxlr.? rta:ra :a safe:
Tb - n. nerrirr himself ijT tie fail a
m tae drama. U . rahrf tirocga tie
nf Vv?W '"t '
Lud er.es r greeted b.m as he starg.-red
arms of Lawrence iiicamoaa. L.aet-iea
in face, and his garments tsraing in a
; !
. ! S
"
He beard a terr.i.e roar.ng noise,
tiocgb tie old mill had faiiea in.
tiea he kaew no more.
CHAPTEE XXX.
Fre nraate from tie time that Eoger
dashed from tie barsing baildiag, biid
wi:a smoke and bcrr-iag whererer tie
tames bad licked his ea. tie whole mill
was t'tterla; and threatening to fall. It
bad yielded itself so completely to tbe
d-moa f re tiat it bnmed like taler.
Jon at tii time a man staggered from
tie door, threw c? hia arms aa a falling
homing rafter strack biaz. and dropped
like a rock. No one dared go to hi as
rltaace, for tie whole mill was about
to topple ot in tiat very direction.
Tioe who were looking. boTer. saw
a sex-nd fig-ire emerge from tbe bnildiag.
He stumbled over tie Capta'ra. tooped.
anl raising tbe fallen man. bore him to
a place of safety just as. with a mighty
roar, tbe burning structure gaie way,
sending a myriad of sr-arks skyward as it
crushed ia like an eggshell.
lioger was not seriously hurt. True,
he bore upon his arms bums that wonld
neTer be wholly lost, bat they would be
sacred svars. for they were receWed while
he had in his arms tbe girl be loreL
When he recovered his senses he found
Carol bending over him. supreme loTe
written on erery lineament of her weet
face. Her soft lips pressed kisses c;on
n:s woundei arms. Between thoe two
no clouds could ever come again: they had
been baptized in fire, and the bond was
cemented forever.
H;s face and hair had escaped because
he had been wise enouza to cover them
with a wet cloth, ail but ti vm anJ
he had ducked bis bead when" passing
through the Games.
Presently be was able to arise, scd
then be found a group near by, bending
over a form upon the ground. It was
the Captain.
Uicbmond. Jack, and the girl who bad
been the wife of the dying man, as he
believed Nora Warner.
Kneeling beside the Captain waa tbe
gypey, Barbara MerrLv-s.
The two men. locked in tbe room and
wept up the stairs and licked
woodwork.
up tne
The Captain ruhed down first, and was
fii.t in tim t.i rm.lr. iS .v,i... v.i...
from the rafter outide the buildinz.
Thus did the vengeance of heaven over
take the plotter when that of maa seem
ed almost without bo.
He lay there dying now there could
be no mistake about that and bis eyes
wandered from one face to another, light
ed up by the glare of the still burning
remnants of the haunted mill.
When be w Itoger approach, support
ed by Carol's arm. something that was
almost a smile came across the dying
man's face, and be bevkon.-J for t'heai
to draw still nearer.
"iK-atb has caught me, cousin." he
hoarsely whispered, as they bent over
him. "I have wronged many in my life,
but now all is over, and I go to pay the
penalty. I there one here who can ;iy
lie or she will not forgive uie? In he
nmie of heaveu. do not refuse a dying
man this ropiest."
All were silent. No one denied him
this. and. although his voi.-e grew weak
er as he proceeded, bis fai-e lighted up
strangely.
"Nora. I see you have f nind bappin.ss
with that noble young man, and it Is rot
so hard to forgive: nor can you, consin,
now that all the clouds are cleared away.
Iawrenc Richmond, you will find the
false paper I held over you on my per
on. It waa a forgery, for you were in
nocent of the crime, though circum-
occasion te iraj v--. - i H
I J' cur crter is at lit avenged, -is r
? yoa. Bar&ara. poor girl. oi I loved yea
beer f.aa a if it tJ 13
I i tiat love reiga. I wocid U w-em
a better mas. bw I traxped it ca-t
fC deceived too. aid te.i worse
tits ever: bit tils I swear &i I rea-y
loved yoa-" 1
Tie joor gypfy girl crtere-l a cry -a
ace in her iiiis. Tra-r.-
Cattaia Grait 1
goae. ber, tiri-ig u
" -It ij serve yoa aa we'J-yoa
k it Tlelj cr I caa flcfy ;
Tl-lJ.., w - j
be
ia
't - a tie pre2t at tie t:.e
. itJ T-re 0t itT T5?ia,-
j 0. 3 Ri3.
j ltr;rf i3 ---y AzTf
y&rl g barrels, ti'.ora ie U
' desrred tiU diriactioa. asd tsed to fof
, . .
v vr,- V.o- w::i Ciroi
daigitr of a weaitby Virr.aiaa. and no
' par ol'rtsre giri He bad iariseJ tiat
ks4 oaee. ia ber woiaiy
iadisnation. cpbraiied bin t bl eoa-
t0Ktri tu w-;fe, 6e i:ory of wiicb i
iad bear!
Xora iairrled Jak ATeaal,
wioe fj-
. . . V.J
Cms, wiicb accoaa:e-i f :r Jack's iirrrd.
aad tiey haTe always t-ea a happy c-.a-
pie. Tie last is fiat out: tit-y iiti ia
tie present.
Eoger and his sweet wife know ra
wants. They are all ia all to each other,
and tie two old folks, daniilit tie little
grand children on their knee, bless heav
en for the light that has com? to thea
after those long years of darkness.
I'Xrtor Grlm"s estatlifhmeit was even
tually broken op ty the authorities.
The detective obtained tie reward of
fered by tie BussUa government for
bunting down the Maa with tie Black
Glove, and was heard of no more.
One morning they found the gypsy girl
dead on the grave of her lover, who had
reaped the wages of sin. aid they burled
her beside him in pity, dro;piag a tear
for her sorrows.
(Tbe end.)
GIANT CRAB FOR MUSEUM.
epredatlerenandaHalf Feet-Cosaea
, - ...
from Japanese Wntera.
une or tne large square cases in the
natural history nxm of tbe museum
of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and
Sciences contains a giant crab, just
mounted, the gift of Eugene G. Blackford-
and one of a nnrnler of lntfrit.
inS specimens of marine animals from
tho j.Mn cr ,
centlv Presented to the mnsenm. say.
the New York Tribune. Tbey are from
tbe collection made by Frof. Bashford
Dean, of Columbia, in llwl. The crab
spreads eleven acd one-baif feet, and
is of a delicate old-rose tint on tbe top
pale brownishastor shade on the un -
der side. Tl two front v., v. ,,.
i I V T
usual claws, but tbe others end in nar -
row brown hoofs, not toed. The eyes
oa their branches with feelers beyond
are a more noticeable feature than in
other crabs.
Its mounting took about a month, as , :
It required gentle handling, because,
coming from the deep -a. Its coating Is
more delicate than that of an animal
from shallow water. Its h .me is at a
depth of from I'M to 4.2J feet Its
size varies from nine to twelve feet. I
and not more than a dozjn ere taken
In a year. The manner of the capture j
Is Interesting In that It Illustrates a !
method of Japanese fishing. At night !
fishermen sink lines several miles in
length, arranged with many hundreds j
of hooks, to the bottom of the sea. j
When hauled in at early morning giant '
crabs. m?a lilies, sponces and many cth- j
er wonderful forms are found attached, i
While naturalists ar.d philosophers of
tbe west were disputing as to whether
or not life could exist In the c-dj d-pths
of the ocean the Japanse were en-,
payed In getting life from th-re. This
was not in the Interest of science, but
to provide for the market, as the Jap
anese consume almost every kind of sea I
product. j
Sea lilies and glass sponges cccupy I
a prominent place in this Blackford eoi-1
lection, the ma.'orlty of the specimens !
having been taken from the mouth of
the Bay of Tokyo, which Is a veritable
mine for the collector of sea marvels.
No, Sot Yr.n.
"Mamma, what was that fuzzy bun
dle you took out of papa's vest pocket
and threw In the fireplac e just now?"
"That was an accumulation of house
hold recipes your father cut out of the
papers downtown and put away for
my benefit. I have to clean thet'n out
of his pocket about once a month."
Chicago Tribune.
Plausible.
"He's a great sprinter. Inherited It
from his father."
"So?"
"Yes; hU father lived In the suburbs
and made some splendid records catch
ing trains."
Cans for Pride.
"What'a he stuck up about?
"He Just won tome money on t horse
race.
Mope for Him.
"A-"' be said, a be led her back to
her t after the tralix. "I just love
Aril." she replied, as 'he at
tempted to repair a torn flounce,
"your not too old to learn." Phila
delphia Press.
r.-Jrr. wUi f1 r WJasKw's
r,r t te re If 3 T w wm lot ttosur eMfclr.3
Tbe RoBac Passion-
tor? ...
KD-ItapoK. b.e .
Dying Artre-Then send for the
nn lertiker and let'a have a dress re
hearsal. The part is entirely new to
ne.
To Break la New Shoe a.
A:art tiaie in Alien1! Foot-E, f Vomiet
It cure hoi, iweaunj. a.-hmg. rmoiltn teel.
i n torr.u irrow:ng naala and bnniona ai
a:i inrr-fJ and t$' flra.r I'tiwt.l
aTabT:tot fa'np'e aa:".4 FEEE. Aiirtrn
Allta i &'.aned. Le Ray. '- Y.
Immense Potato.
Cbas. H. Martin, of Franklin K. H.,
reports one potato weishicg two pounds
a-d fourven ounces, and twenty that
filed a haif-buihel measure, and
we'gfced twenty-nine pounds and seven
ounces.
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A loaf of bread has been on ex-
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; jn Worcestershire, England. From the
j time the wteat was cut in the field un-
til a loaf of bread was baked was only
thirty minutes.
Pio a Core 6 a remedy foreongbs, colds
and consumption. Try it. Price 25 cenU,
t druggista.
Opala are Growing Popular.
Opals are to be the jewels of the sea
son. The prejudic in regard to them
Las almost died out. Set with dia
monds, they look exquisite, and no
precious stone is more becoming to the
skin. Thev have the advantage, too,
of being difficult to imitate, which
I gives them a distinctiveness dear to tbe
feminine heart.
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I . '?.- w "rTW.here; d !
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jct hsd 1 e nc mrs to ths
John A. ralzer teel Co.. La Crosse, Wis., and
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A Family Jar,
Mr. Snapp Well, what are you go-
m? to do about it?
Mrs. Snapp Oh, don t be in such a
! hurr7- l takes K,me time e up
i mv mind
j Mr. Snapp That'i strange; you
j haven't much material to work with.
. Philadelphia Press.
PosIth.e p
' irfeI, wish hTad ni.C9
C.nIltr7 WhenS 1 C0Uld P1Ve
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: mv,".
Husband Just for the pleasure of
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Well, yes, and the pleasure of not
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Lng the SUiaacis and Bowels of
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company already." Detroit Free
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