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Newspaper Page Text7 THE SMUGGLERS' BEACON-A COMPLETE STCJR THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY . 2, . 1003. Her. was aot tb stoical unlmg1n.W- 7 "f . ..... M ttva nut lira of tha fru Rnillh Niiiki D ahla to aiuttlM nH at vlthnut tha tuir. many s, long day BOW- . 7 den of thought true and form wlt- wench." Mid Y ennam, i n nei fa both her Jatlsb and Norma -i,j BtanJ by f boys blood, for her mother had com from v pledged t r .... . Jersey. Falr-halred and falr-sklnned. Ihll bOUt. DUt IB " v,.r I. vol turli vl,rna aha1a.1 ! ' Biott Mit It now, bzld and doddli.h. rray eyes; the features were well-de- o. ,rla. Bt then ye ve been fined and sensitive, the Jaws square and SO doant frusie. y 3 Heavily moulded, the forehead bread. : ehurch-crld. rU U 1 t chimney cor Btrlg;h, and tTfct ,he stood, haloed Bar Ilk any proper old gaffer.' jn the nun, her figure lightly built, but - ta lanchitd. with a boisterous ho-ho, strong In Its perfect proportions. There , II laucnna. wun WM rac ln ,very llne of her and . Ms vigorous ton choing from rarier wUh - fh lntaJleotu-al heritage of see to rafter, f themselves giving tag more than. Ilea on the surface, ta thm idea of falling powers, and as braaebway. stood Isolated In all that to CM MM 01 r , t0 wide expanse of level, seaboard eoun ,' ha strod acroaa the house piaea to A Qf lm tfWg and where tlw cutlaseea bung, the pow.rrui twiglM .ringed It round. The farm- - build af him seemed to owsrf even uia houm, dated back to pre-R.formatlon olid oak presses that ftooo- ' "' times, aa Its construction showed. atha In each corner, reaching to the ceti- Ri nt , tne middle, rose the huge ing a if In support of the huge molded chmny -tacks, aa the center up to UiU laid flat serosa It from end to whch ,h nat of th, Jrr.iuur bulld- , and. . . . , y,- trigs converged. On tha southern aide ..." Neither did ha tnn his words to be j uhtnt ftf roof racr,4 taken literally. Wss be not Dn tn clustered chlraneya to within panbam, renowned pwughont the coun- f-t of th, ground Md elose b. . tryslje, tha bead of the famona Rutley th ffcfnl tood on ,t, ganftHa gloried ln hla repuIon not "r' 'fc.- . ,tre.m r,ft channel- feasl because tha revenue uthorltlaa r It caught the sunlight side - whlla realising It, had vr a handle M Cath-r7n .tepping a little way by which to bring It home To all in- uMa tn, b0U9 door w-hCh opened tenta and turpoaea, ha owed nl" 0- ta M ngia to the southwest, glanced . tensible ealunf aa fisherman and Indus- , thjB rwJ Unc Tn t trloaa tiller ol hla own tn V&t- ' h broken aarllar In able cltlaen. Therein lay hlatrlun,ph. for tn. boat., and only a Everybody knew that ha waa the fe nM0,, on th. .urf.ce. Underneath, f th amuggllng trad In that part ot The ie- was but a half. mile distant, Sussex: no on could prove It Tiro jor h" w ,3 ,u Jf ln puisa- ':-UAthi&2 MVWmSi. flutter ofPllght offider tip at Brancawaya--oosequjoua- r.thartna auddanlv aasped. ly poUte, t-U"iilU'i:.r UcSe? "fTta like 1 river of blood!" aha cried. .wry MM). 4 yM ' The sin threw np a last sheaf of "'i-"i-Tk- flame and droppei Instantaneously W?-iFV4"7H"- tba ahodowa felL Catherine put her ' eyes; it watching could bear turned hastily - . youse, out ny in naca waj vw "T7"T onl cheerful warmth, a rTli?Vlow fm-th Tw W hrth, p!l.d mS-V VTac? anduty. "A tn wllfi SS armouVialjer- romfort-tBe only shadow -at all that serker f tM sturdy eld man. aa he thrown by a man atandlng In front of StoerlttcallT flwrlng Siedg of the hearth. It waa Jan Beth una He SwSSli Urullii h.d com In . on-een and unheard, by coat shimmering ta th light aheetlng the front door, him like a oat of malL H mad prep- At th sound n4'F ,f aratlon leisurely, opened hla coat to went forward, and took her by th ahlft th belt atudi round with platols. shouldera It waa not an ungentle gea hltched eutlaa t on aid and thn ture merely a possesslv one. th ten atoopedl ta aharpea hla long-handled demesa of a self-dependent nature , knife against the sol of bla Jackboot whose feeling do not show themselvea before thrusting It down again between n caresses of unnecessary word, boot aad knee. Those were atrenuous time those Catbrte aat on th aettl wltn tha early yaara f th nineteenth century chimney corner and watched him silent- sough and uncouth, and these two, both jy, in tear Diamng ner grave in; rSironi in incur niwjam vn,.,. re would throng tna gang. dvc . ww-- - dtnod sh. H" ? -1B"r ?ne,?m,a-V.-3"5r th'ouVh n longer, and is t- i - ' i jrr w m r m m mm si f r r i ii u .1 ii t ii i m a s a sis w UMt3, y If ((ll'.ll'.'f 1 HXy'.t ji- I r; ilil I t mmm m Bar world Uy at hr feetrold f all oh, bow tvtry nerr thrilled wltft aqf- but namalea horror, th worM ba- faring, aout. real, with th Bound of eana lor truggld ther aUU. Sha nl'n," down; oh, ah knew T.a T'lt vatuaT. nmted that nh tb hnl J "ton atapa ao wall, loverl And had Bh herself been th In- ie"VKf "'Fi'l''"? man to ,t0ll?r M, " herself were shar n"n w Ing In wliat he felt. 8 he oould se uuiiinini oi wnai passed, but th J'V atrumant to bring Innocent . wholesale slaughterf ""Z ' '"J w apertur showed her' onT. . .n 'Many PI mom IllJ urT Klank wall In k k.... i " Homeward bound to wlvea and daugh- "" w" tn house place across SEP jsiu-StTt; Tf; I waa wltoeaa." rTu- uf" Bd of th men Catherlno lifted her haggard fao. ?fK,it Sn couW " what they T will sav you." aha said. 'Tor J: ... their akea." , i.,, ho,d ,:ro? M hoatag for tha Bh pressed .ber hands against bar J jj ?f ladr and capuln. Tour yea. Through bar mind flittd on ".. '0,r'e,t " poaalbla course after another, each , Anl hla, Th reply wag clear and vague, chimeric, dismissed as soon aa ale"?y , , oonoelved.- Concealment In th house ,.jt must not be." waa Impossible; thot prlsorrer missed. ' Tou have mine." very cranny would be searched. To "heyU try t'Captaln com t' Assises, turn him out on th marches to hide ln Tou. ey 1 word that you'll not witness the dykea would ba only death In an- f goes fre. an 'tis your life may other form. In hla atate, and on such be; you can make f choice." a night Perhaps she could get to th Ther waa a pauae, and than cam stables, saddle a horse. Even as tha the dignified accents again: Idea came a sound upon th night "I am an officer In hla majesty' startled her; In th hush of th wind- navy. We war returning bom after less frost the turn of a bird on a twig serving king and country abroad. Wa might have been heard. And, upon that were led by a false beacon aground and tense uplifting of their whole being boarded by rascally plratMur own the faint crack and wash of tha frosen countrymen. My craw la murdered, mv waters P-rted and driven upon th ship looted I am myself a prisoner river banks. leat loud. She looked Tou have all th fortunaa of war but wildly round. There remained but on on thing. Tour captain, notorious ao chance. It leapt before her as a flash I believe, through these parU. la In i'th or sun from behind clouds. In a mo- hands oi those of my crw who sur! 7inU -v. your ah. mutter. WgTwAVj" wo."0 T wVu iavrYlnf t H".v u nn!L sit aamed auperhuman. her atrangth. cent men and co?tt?ue Twrklni .Mna tllZe?"- hlf Cry,n ,0t S',hJ' ..' con.UafoTrth.,ni.kah,o T cannot come " sh cried. 'They will Ilia voice stopped. Catherine saw a mBkftorJ?'?- follow the steps to th hand placed ove? hla mouth ATow roSt J1 ln A c'"neya " growl ran around th assimblr 6h had stooped to tha top of th "Our captain nauat b fried or m atalrcas and to her own room Just as hang." Ir"a' or rott the house door opened from th back. "f would not aavo auch a aeounAral Anrn$Z f'"',10 'nie: w" JaB B-thune. by moving a flnVr I couli TacourJl Catherine clasped her hands over her to the earth!" acourj picu. i unj c-vniff cruwu- inert cam. & Wild mhnut akma ing trooping, plunging Into the house, th surging tumult ; raa on? artlaVST! roTlIng aa li blind, or helpless, in the cry to Catherine's ! ears rtlculat u.u luunuiiwii in seu-coniroi ine m- run or savage instincts. Sa She foil nn- liar Irna . . . - - n.ui vui vupnn. or inr iia tn r-. . . in tniii and drank, quaffing off tumb- She opened her Uns to Pr. lcrs' full, scnrcelv diluted, of tha anir- in . "J1. 10 scream, it 11:.' the warmth" of " "Jan. for ther own' s.kT 21 rolTth2 ,ni v T'r hlm UD- nd mk him hla own Bhe shuddered benoon. 'Twill give 'em light t' hang Some went to our capen. or for us to resoue 'en " l"rs" full, senrcely dl Its some staaeered rlont. "P0.. Dt rrom each Jan Jan!" She felL her han3i -imJ-'S sclousness. the tnt.le and drank, quaffing off tumb- lll u ted, to th mice, b to the other wnf tha 1-T h T.V 7,V! -I-..-!---i- '? "er "nas Sliding IT FELL UPON THE FORM OF A MAN." lw abandonment after a strain which flbVr" Vnd lost con.cloufJnrJ!r,U t0 ,h SJSvaL n?r ?.noV.'mmo0t'oll"K tnt.mlv.i ' " P,tore ' Im.glna- Interrupted by th. falling of som log. to hi. lips. He drank eagerly, though stir. " JaTOthune s?ro5e toer?h.W"h"e ad .tfanVTmeTf .mnk".U7f ?' wMdK ? rorVvcafffl! ucomln: ""Sfam.V?!? Z, V ar 'out' to- work oJ"rlng up pictures Ther WM not ft brMth of w)nd Qut. with difficulty, .. . . . of th. table and rapped hard upon it hrrh"rouVh.rr.V.th,A-. tngly adored. Every xpedlOoit meant nigbt At . th fieacon U to b lit clock struck seven It reminded tree, reared themselves y0u Sbmehra?" ' him HI. f, . w.. d.eWif 54 w da with it and but for the opn 5er Sffl.dVl5SiS m?ly u'th.'.n' fcrS'.: toSd Ji-ht' kth" tb.",. fo bT don. motionless and the beacon light shone y HeTo'vhl. Up. .lowly, and at flrgt Sn?d Into'.ton HI. ei'.hone wHh heW.tunfblendU "bM.V ."""V tabSMt'twUMS! 1 ThSr waa SndercurTfn lot paa- M!.chn'Ujr " c,far? wa tmb1? "nfllckerlng In Its strange setting of n0 sound Issued from them. unnatu.al glitter, but the mSscle Tof & the fro.tj 'r ,1"$" V In a?frtloVandthrfor suffering .lonatr tendlraeaa ia tbi : man'B volci and totlU: and set out the table with black; thick nothingness. Iven the out- "They brought me th Caillop- mouth were firmly held. back to herself" flZSJ hST, "f.frfrl?-!.". ...71V. k.ZI.,7 sionate aarnesi mf" preparations for a meaL They would n. of the hou.a aa loat There came Indies homeward bound.' "Brine out (hi rinr" ba ..I' - SrM hr mental 7OTfVM wn WrnTuu "h. could "rTKw 2L"E'.5 T"; r f --VVidP-waand Catherine .Urt- bjj.lt V couni foV. "r ture". passing ,n rew. Vnlh ffi born alone tn tha Isolation of th de- band. Catherine stood motionless, erted hum, . Motherless, and without kith or kin xcept thi rather, whoa life might at any moment be forfeits, th only other human being to whom an oould turn gh, -ave . uttle choking laugh. A 1 ... Ill ... . K - k.--l. - . . T RMim v Ta ! tn tia itinnrnnl to. TJ. J r " r - " " ' - ' iim aiitmiu. inc i nau bit- . .-- JL. " " selling rrean logs reaay lor use ay in. . beneath It. rather ha rarta.i un In araggiea. f mightn't have seenv aamln." he 'dLof hnd-trons. From th bunch bed natenlng with every nerve on th dark s I mlghtnt nave Been y again, n of kr hanging at her waist she se- stretch. upon t aaia bvbb veil. iuiwi .m n n,n..i n v r in. Mr. . OI red bricks. ..ini rv.n-v-. . .-n,i- She hal reaJized tha awlah UDf nirtln. a.l.ra aha anran that he W&S Of Sell from her bed to the window. It was longing to her class. e wore a uniform, and It waa father. wet and soiled. As he lav a Kh hM her v. h, " 1 "r . """"uo.. 11 origmer tream was . -lowly coursing down strained to sn aeutenW that waVohva- 6o ",w,Vi P'n'' vibrating. Tha her the quick realization of' the present Upon the snow outside a brlgh that I Sot .ympatby or pport u the lover T war bere-'twas only an bonr Eearth anlocked It 4--: c.iK.. ii.i..i r ha n. - . - it contained notning out wearing ap- too dark td aae. but aurelv that must moment or me disco . ""-". v- a--a-. hoi i ii mucn ion;er snreiy ah. nnb a littia iair hnnri v.. .1. . . - 7. i ----- , thr.,.,h lirVWlgSS Then after a pause, lean wait flva Kdi t.ed It .7 her"h7.d." .nd" So&&MMilintVtt rcurre'nt of - ihtni wrhit tneW . . , . v then, unhooking a fisherman's coat but- of footsteps a low soft well-knoWn no revenue officer, in.tl o r.in.i?2 Catherln atretched out her other tonaa herself slowly Into It All her whistle a signal she knew so well and very trading sl Hl X 2m to thl hrV2 n? nnd- dragged the settle an Inch nearer movement, were .low, a If ahe only thB . followed another nt.7se eaui ly fa- Tb Calliope was 5?w P!"L?iUl!pf;iAn.t "i'4 of nd pushed him silently upon It; then ion.ad to make her occupations take up miii.J f th.rMi 21? t3-.Zn?A her. ' HrSoSa tb. ThSuS-pUce' To where !"? "l?'ilJ0l of tin,. Leaving thepr-.a,.r, she pp from ta; Vtre -t0 t. "i'ecret eel- L-J0". ..1 1. V. . hoi usiii. uruuK i 1 11 M uramu. neiora nnr 1 na kna fit once hr hla volea aa If aha ... T .v.- ..ii. ...." .1"..,: lamo wnn a sobering U birth not bil illna f .hi h, Va.7i, n"r a-".": ; '..A" "er P"wera returned In a From th. first -the harVh gratInK"of nailed boot, o" dlaUnc. from' Tha.. .Ti18 .bu L'1U very nau oeen .urg- the brick floor tha andean hn.h k. i.n ih. w. 11 r"?"r"""i " Brew mind a bewildering awfulnea. of the outbur.t. Above the easy As she placid h"? foo?P?Wth! loop aionif tut coast, ti hn a atamnede I a 1 ni.Uat at.. a nam. unfamiliar to Catherine flung herself back Into her lira houVw.. bl.od in f rT No! meanr she faltered. ..." uinVJll . .-UKi."Ti." ""S r.: B,fht-. 'ouse had a I - . 1 a .....aa Luiviavo a,a(vi k Itl I Is. t ID UVTI V I T Ht'f 11 ( I fa K S r T aa. I . . a Iw av aj aw- I uv nu wvuiiu iiitu. nci i nr in in! cnimutT comer. iou uuini tarm mm mumvivi a 10 mine mi Bwoiiin k- r-u... . , . . - . - uuc u u 1111 thii dTink T off a tumbierfur of uPneld 11 wltn the fre"ht ""- down from a shelf high up within It a fhen all wa. .afe. ah need trouble ?elld aK,B wl,h Physical agony tn an0' . Vole c. Tn. her Zmi llilJu af h-,iinf BhmIt,, 'nd the '"aJ""1 drtnk 0ff tnmbl-rfm of , u feature, looked beauUfuL horn Intern, lit It. turpentined tuft of no me OnK tha?" momenrCaiherf. tna eye. that brought tears to her own. jjn. mHi nvw nn hi ra.a SSi", 21, ""i1:!1"1" . 0"" .. . .mi t VI.,-- v. th eye luminous wltn reeling ln WCu in.lde. and then turned toward, h.d hardlv . realized tha hnrr f th. . ' rni la snot through broken. .,.. ,, V.Y Vrr'v:T- .f i.""" , Vno nioment she aid, u.Ing th Sussex dialect with. hlch that craving to protect. Instinct th nreaa in the adlolnlna right hand r, nnn. k jjh. - a, -,v. They have ri. I l i I., I.I. ' . . . ' l "I --.. n,k,.rvi utrcy aiKU T 1, 1 however, but faint trao of th. accent ".il"L ,?"', ..wuv"' f0? . ?" w.i"",':iw.'.-5 ?r Prorounde.t relief, and, relighting :m,:; away or molest Inside, raised herself on the for a real nlrht'a r.t Tha painiuiiy. perhaps tipto and ran her finger along th ceased presently; they had gone down pa? ' W. n n. thai naaaaH iflratlv mi t - .. .. . u . i - , DE14 llw '""" f T -V rr. " "r ocuna ouanoaa. one was h.kh. k..,.j k.t,i.j i... kL -V Ainvasi insuniir lust unlooslna her hair whan It an. "A"" r".-. ."'""r i"u ' He wa. of Danish descent On his moth- w,.in ner "uuae 01 neipiessness. the press to be quite empty, ttnerine her dip. began to prepare In earnest r'B side, brought up on th East An- . syi"" "ZT'. ' wT. ' . pp 1 .HfJ,": .-i. u w to death-to lose you." hawlin'a done. I'll send word of f . He put his face down clos to her, side and overhead Deacon's to ba Httled. Caan't sav till us ut re o?Kd past her. , .11 draw back, my lass. T7 -na tk. h..v xu f..in so lonr as I remain Mlt an Duturh rheea ara'a nn vlnit tha "Oh, She Bald. "Oh bTioo,s.da.renr -".OT' Mii-:: . ? w m as you " a smll flicked . .ZZZ.T .9"aS"l.S?r ? .T,gro,Vnae.v,ery oblpct horned dls- Jven If I were not hurt iT . ' V.""'. iuj a -.y mo roor among the chlm- mm wer uuir-nun fir.t. and presently louder. She could neys. as yet untouched by the flra. ait .v. .u.. .,- .... have screamod aloud bltlnsr tha mi- the flsrure of n m,m t 1.- a. ucu LiittL ilia wngig v Inrush of frosty air mad both him and pa.t her. "I can't the back of th pres. moved, disclosing curred to her to go down and ie if 2wSf. ftS 5lB, ,ankl- .hw.tn"ut m I gave my word a flight of steps leading npwarda Th the fir burned well and that shV had t kLllfa f.rJ? tne ub, he ,gla .acret wa bo contrlvJ that th Inner forgotLn nothing. To slip down the e -P..tnh0hfh' , 'k.' p"uln )h!" . slds of the pre. wsaln reality th wall .hallow .taircaae took but a fVw mo! h,' a:m' ""d h.",t..d m ,.d.?we es. an- !W! bnath her, her fingers thrust so tlnct and clear, even to the verv ronaaf hard Into her ears that It almost seemed binding him. Catherine uttered one orvt ble. M l? thev mUBt be meeting through her nd dashed Into tha house. Thick col-l u. .i. . i : .. ... ..- : "T cui-i "win- urn RrB my unuer ner umiia ui ainuKe roiien mi im. k.. they would know he could not have "ha knew neither fear nor reslatanoJ tt m , . a. . . - ' . w " aa rtsa K z- n it lka- 1 . al a. I A nvASn Um. 1 ' VT! A thrill shook tnrough ber as If. of the house place, and had It been menta How homelike how i.f,,l "iVa "J' iiuu. al ruii lengtn :;i v",, r'V . i,!V. T J"-.".'iD .wt""1" 'uni at under the pressure of terrible fear, all moved would have revealed nothing how calm! Tha H.ht rt..nA "f lne reaction aitea the "i",,- ' "'--'"C ' "V again V bpathouse-duck shooting. If were living ner of being, " patterns up the poliahed Catherin knew no farther h.itMo Mlm Catherine shiver. "Ourt froate. tonight he'T nreaa way and ealned tha nre.a Th. aJU I'll walk le.er feelings, strong In themselves, cept that It was built on th. wall instead th. bright red-bricked ?iow7 to creep - P-'n conscwu-ne.. bad left rkP v. th "it bllngbut cuotom and h.? LUJ leaving ner. or peing, aa n appearea o oe. a piece m rascinating patterns up the poliahed rath.H fca -.,h.. h aelvea. strong; the trandoor mn. --.TI xni ta. m - . - . 1 1 ar m witt nil T Af Tti finUf .jf-a fiien 1 anmn atg in 1 raiJsir aigfnaiiAf In mwA n a. . . a V m "a- ' a sivsoi uiiiuu, a i . a . i . I av.n, aviiui ..".-."A.r""1 r he, V.t l ..trt. ihr;.'. .7h.H.; rk-h,, lantern and mad. 7ZZZXhXL r, ."'.v. fln", r.I 1 recesses of. heart and mind a tur- '. rn'r;- 1" "e "'?.: c ear her. Up and! yy?r B,ult wnurm, wu 111.111, . -; fc" :,:r" .7 iii,, k - . " mw moil or horrible haunting ouestlonlnss "" run 'n a meaningless rouna: but mrougn smoxe and names, heedless mv airl'" li iv ud. Tha stairs were winamg beama vj r "T .rr. n .n o,i..m V Tc""'" a iImmMmm hla mn utnnA atamn. "Then let It b soon," .h. wnl.p.red. and irregular, bat tnougn tn wait, on in buncn of cutlasses here, tha ,r i" V'. Snfti. h r nnan -v,1 r father-. .i, .v.. i" - ing hi. feet on the frost-bound thre-- He understood both wtal the trenuous elthe, .id. wer ronyb j tW bundl. of old blund.rbu.ses, there. movemVnt. were cWlm. Linrd Ln" " waa' looking In." BaveThe bed o ooula. Good "Krd deliver!" " " """l noia a jew moments, ana men, wun a --'t i '"v'i V -Vi hi ".T ' , " uiaaes ages rrom the corner of one press, wnicn sns lay, witnout vanance or hang- one was on tne roor at last I fA"..""??? Wf?f: h".. th... , w. .0rmlck! SrK-raT1''?.-. "d ba-in, a cushion .fipped" ? -lt .for possible concealment hfr .! looked round and smiled, tha nllf warn, n mis m tun oi age, ana wouia . . WJ"-. "j k--- --;i" - - 7a" 1 i c r , . " v . "' soiiiy una.r ni. neaa. collar unloosed, room was Dare 10 naaeanesa. ii nera no ul man laoamg aeatn in the face. never ae 60 again, but a boy might I who have waited ao long." n88IK?f ,tneirJ,r hJd!",V Intin mM corner ""JT0" B0.tn wonder- boot drawn off. and th sleeve ripped cover for a dog. "They, meant to burn me." h .aid have envied the athletic earriae-e. and Th logs shifted and fell, 'with a possible to discover by any calculation, ful figures carved In bas relief upon th to tha shoulderl-then in th. in,.JLi. "Asleeo! Bound. Thank OoAV "I am tied." ' "la h held himself erect as a dart. splutter of sparks over the two silent In a few minutes she had reacned tn doors of the presses themselves seemed of pouring brandy between the clenched Bhe knew how th tones lowered and Ho was fastened within the car. tldf . i . nil . M i i . - . i . . flvur.a ThAH tha ,lhl-. m1zw.1t ...I inn inAThtr anrlna looaenea a iraD lllrnnr Intn lira K.n.nil. . 1. -, . . w - j . &u, . . . . . . , . ... V. . , - , a. vavnci 1110 iuiivwcu 11 1 in iu liiq uuifr, - ..-i, .n .. . v,uv. auv.- - -" -, p . . ,t . : . " .."'. " . iii. wviru ma wiicxijuf ine z Tau uai return eiieneu, ino 1'jnes ana wars or tne ucum unu iuui. malnlng there long after ha had be- denly began :ta whirring prelude to th door, ana sne steppea oui unaer in say toucn or that magician's wand. Cath- to consciousness she beran to clear tha Jan she knew her Jan. "The pan of charcoal and tar la haJ went "in- it ought to have reached tn; remaining lom against mi luera iiini aiwr oe naa do- yvmj ubk - , v tu m :l " I'r. 7 ,i i - - a . V . - rraiiu. u.ui- m wnw-'iguwrai sne or ran io clear tn " e anew ner Jan. but a blurred speck inoving hour- Blmultaneosly the two loosened on the middle of th conglomeration of erlne watched, lulled into dreaminess, matted hair and moisten face and head. He shut the door too gently and th snow-covered landscape of their hold, and rose to their feet He chimney stacks. No one on the roof. Her physical vitality waa at low ebb, There waa a deep cut across his face. away. . . . . . . . n i. V. . v. - A I i. , n aar.va nf tha aeerat rntllrl nava avhan.taH hv k - -. , . w i . . . .. v-vj. , ,& ... Inn. .on n . ,1.A, . . I. .. .. . . th marsh, oblivious of th cold, her took her two hands, end looked earn- jot awar or me secrei, couia nave exnaustea oy her emotions, and the bruised and marked, and a bullet wound Ther was the Bound of trampling managed to kick it away, and they hayej r iowit traveling irora point io miu u ttjtcu. , "r . ' ; ; " v ,,j : - - uiui uau sa.ineu uicaiim iu uuuiunr. overneaa ana coniusea vorceB tnrough- '""ieu i arop ine lorcn elsewhere, j point of th familiar aoene before them. "Ood keep thee, lass, my lass, ha than by a ladder or hazardous slid, the ascendancy over th. active working Cathrln shook with horror, realit- out th rambling building. should have burnt ln any case. I can aieruna eeecny neaa, .ouinernwara. as aiu. i""" r J -" "-: . m m iiasa oi vivia imagination. ene .at up ana pushed the heavy "ol move, even ir not Dound." near aa raiarht ha tn tha nnlni rl.ln. He left her with hla ktaa warm nn h.r In the cluster OT emmneys was a HOI- Her eye. followed tha ihilnn added to her nrnrtlrnl knnwlarfira hair hum k.r tnmhnd rt v. 1 He mnrin hla einlanatin . ' clear and .tralght out of mid-channel. Hps as she tremblingly re-echoed the 'owed recess, set far back, covered and curves, facslnated, but without attach- surgery, what ' suffering had been in- iould not be found; they would think Catherine looaed the knots. ''I could no ; in winter sun was Betting, it was a prayer " io wnai sn saw ' no suuureu. ner nana, wer h nao himself escaped. There were Fei yu aownsiairs tne wav I came. atllL keen evening, and sky and sea "Ood keen thee, my man!" or rain, and open only on the side fac- the why or wherefore. firm ln their touch, but her pulss no traces: she had carried off basin an Is blocked. But I will try.'' Jike were unruffled. From the point Neither considered ln the depth, of ing the sea. It was nnea wun nreproor ret it was not fantaay; th. carved throbbed high. And .he dared not face towel, with her in her flight. As Bhe spoke here came a crash, and ., mere io ner rigni eireicneo away in- meir earneeiness now xar iae nature or m V , , . - ..s.3a u inuiinj as me press aoors " " ' muusiiia wuuia rorce snent en sat croucning in voiceless l" ciiunney oeinna reii. "i n way I : land th sweeDina lines of the WeaJdan. the extedition waa one demanding aiirh cage, with holes pierced on the seaward moved slowly. slowly outward and themaelves In. What did it meant nraver never heedlnr tha nnM thnn-h blocked." he said. "Save vouraalf h CalnUy roseate, a. th Bnow-crowned protection. The morality of the exploits side, and fitted over with a funnel then a strange sound roused her a Who was responsible? her teeth were chattering and her lips the roof. I cannot move. Slide dowj linages caugai ana inrew oacK tn. wnicn courieq ine aanger rrom wnicn y , " .V, 1 V i 1.1. Hmol"erea, dui on i, ,: . fx ,i, t , v'ul"r inwy ana nana. Diue. xn tanow dip was " ''. I laming sun ray. mi, circling rar round tney prayea i De saved did not occur u,""1 "i'',,cu w. . "i"i."- Puo manea, ana over her fac " iiu ng maae a nearlng Its socket; It flared in the iarnerine was looxing steadily at hlmt a trade ,ne her lntrn cautiously set fire to flooded the quick blood. Her usually movement to get up. Catherine put him draughts from th ipon the s,ow match l'a cr0"8w,8' 0Pn a heap firm llpa had been parted in a dream- dlWdv TPr8,!?18 ' 12reJ Jn tb casement 8he ws received of bIf,ck rnlitura w'thtn. In another ers curve, now the muscles suddenly brandy and held them to his Hps. Hs of th ring it ma t . rwr n r. Fmn. rhA n ll Aa nla.rM 1 n mii, , mm a, .4 Cat- . i . . . aw. I In wal than .a,.fl T . ,. - . . . . na to rise ana aosoiuuon. juawiess. unjustiried. lead- r,V, l." '"j ' .,, t, .1.-.iv- , . ula "ol "now wnai r" ."V"" "-w-,i. '-""""'v ered celling, rascmatea ny the odd suo- a""1 cun of tha In 7 tn crime which nften rM.4 th- the side streamed out Into the darkness physical fear meant, and even If h he spoke, nnasked. -aaatnn f clrrlea im un all tha aana Up lowest drees or human hrutn rv .r. ."" VW " '"7 uunijnani note in tnat atlflnil . " uoarn mo never .nd ne. inai t red In that the enterorlse. uDon which hoth fathee shafts straight and high till cather ne s sound would have quelled it. Nothlna- tauiope acnooner; we are homeward Suddenlv unon th sll.nea hmka a the sun. a fire- and lover expended the best of their y c?t it!2Z, i .-'1.. kV.JI0 ..!?'' 2!' fd?lmaJ' '?kness or distress-: boJ !" wer e to ia or a afety beacon roar from outside Catherine leapt to u e wmuuw, iienu iiiiu auuuiuers inrusc to th north their glow dissolved ln the at that moment The smurrlln heavy undefined banks of gray that and all that it involved, stood upon ay maasea up against ine nonson, omy law or locaj opinion, ana nan waiting ior a bqiii or wn overspread the cloudlea. ky. Round and brilliant! .. fro.t-crl.ped atmosphere .. hiui m nia ivwwio vm. vi auaiui liifvuii, itiitJiita aiiu uuwha. in no ino nonr . . r . . . . . . . " - . lii a ciciuruL ui , i t, i . . , 7 ; -- was turning th whit wintr world into .hut to, and fhe sound of footsteps died iu" DJco," ,,7" Tr " ?.epn.aanclur abPai. appealed to her r,i 5 T" fi, ... w .1 . . ouf-before the cry had faded on the wartn-nuea raraaise. aa ir Dent on away on the snow, Catherine flung her- r ;'?,T;" ' :r W-Itr! rlr" directed curving Tn .h'"" icu"' mht. . Tiuui.ing tne ineiess oeauiv or snow- self on her knees and craved, inn then -y-.- ... 7 -.j, ,,u puncu un aoor or tne ores. .iZ7. 'riT v. p. " " vu, 1 covered meadow., icicle-bound and cur- .muggier'. rentles. air. aldlne and To Catherine' very feet fell the long she rose strength nana or Drunani crimson, caxening al- what she concel . ternate wave-crests across tne Day, un- prayers held no til the curved sheet of softly heaving Tet mockery ) water nemw io nor as 11 cnangea into snaaows. A . a field studded witn pint-tipped daisies, thing apart and' tha levels, stretched a. a ruddy through and ' Playground, the deep slashes where the than daneer. dyke, intersected only showing as dark she .were battl red snaaows. uamenne naa a rancy threatened to that their outlining pollards, holding up wont over to . heads of scraggy twlga, icicle-bung were into the darkn exchanging tneir crystals ror ruoies, so on the brick vivid was that mid-winter sunshine over sound of her , U glittering landscape. break the s men. srestimiiatine 11 . ' . an...... a . m.m.im n iv i n . , . . n. , . . ny , . . ... . kiiih launiiRmn. w Bk v.r. inan.aj --. v - dURhtcr though she was. "t" -- nil . . W. 7 -uv ' iKnt "ireamed Jn. boardad I don't innm W ih. 512 volc8 came clearly ii pi nn i mv n int ii7, 11 reu upon and Illumined the form r- r" wom. may kBW what ened and calmed, to do . WIT."?. P or .man so doubled that his knees wore inVZ.t-ftr,'aiIuT? -w.8" had moved across ved to be her duty. Her ",'.u " .u-'"ii ' "Vr I u." K:"L'wr'.,"?-c.",n: 8.u!e flor swung ,,na hrourht nn h, ht"' u - ,w" fateful beacon and e7g"i the "f -d.,de X.' in&h aglln! a3V rusning .ense of Rome- 71... .'. jl-::. ms ieaiures me?" ' then stuctf. ana sn from loneliness rrlnnert " 'i. 'V"""-,u"1 "w . "I?r. were wose or a young "Than ar. - . wedged outside. 8h feellnei.nger. ana more 5":""."?. ' ""K'RT: PA"'1 ? discolored, the matted hair ' " fl8ts; callad-but Tt aeemert almat a. if : " L . ' M" 1 .' " ' V . L 7'".;'"K sing over nis rorehead. damp and n.th.Hn. hM h.. v. ' .v In a eutteral ing .galnsf evil which fi.Vne-lniL?H.- uld realize wa. HewaTched"her'"; dawning 'Ti rh Tf iound. " The apertu c ose in UDon tvfem Hha r r' ' . ""'wivi ". - :.''-'""' lr . or a stranger, lie understanding in hla eve. " " inches .Dace. She th. window ,;. 7 """Tr. ","eJi.w,i"l.8Lr,y--Rcro"8 .l? "!saa n'8 eyelids heavily as the llsat "fhir rl.m, i.-V?' r k v. a the low flntel. her ess, then paced to and fro weHn- emntmn. thrn ih ,h.;h .hi rV.rr: ""ett.r.cn'n?-. wn of a famous band along here. Or- the opening. They iioor. inanarui ror tne hai nimni ho,i aa n th.t ,,.!... r .u. :r" wrecKersr we lonowea tne beacon aa crowamg uauiv b .a0" "5 t'a?.!2 H'v endurance wh.nh ,s almost ana'thy. foellng , "the hear! of Ar The v,, Cn?.'n?ffl-1 that" TiTO hi,& nii" uiitii rif" i ik. iiii'Mi inr iiru in fl I - uuiukiv rnrwn an A vkmntrAi - e lll-rittlng leaden nay lamer, sne nam. "is th cap! atcned the ahminia miii. rui ma imc una Jim no miiMii made on the bare raft- enaI' b done ln this house. I shall no one. aome, or t stay. from the stream at their feet splash of oars, every second louflarf clearer, nearer, ana tne roar behind, an, the crackling, and rushing grew morl imannn, iou. Catherine looked down. n.lnnr no.a a U t f 1 o nan,,., janl . . . . . ' ' 1 ' ' ' '' IT', ' I, ,,al na" IT. -n a 1 -a J p at tne roor. Tneir , r"".1"0.'." ""i. sieafa up to her. She , "" i'"ei" mo ooat, an h.A h..naj xj - held out his ftnn i . ,av , tuaLfiiuv,. I la . . . . the light of that B.,,a.? aown. in. till your frf had been seen. "aV,n l"Lu"r mcne. 'men Jumpw Htm cHii-n yuu, wow, hi onc! Catherine turned to the helpieM ft across the room a Arrf 1 1 vrlal An A J MVUI . a I, J IC1UUU, aa . , ata ksa al I tataa U I J VOglUD 1ICI. e beat It with her ,il ',s m,u, -na mr fainar,' M her voice, dying "''"f.- . echo, carried no ,.r.u ' -T; one atoopef re gave her two "W i"3' "irongii stood clinging to 'rr,." "'."!.""." "me.. face nressed airiln-t realize wnai sne meant, DOth were all were &I Ing at terrific speed down the alantln 1 UVl tlonVrVngely Jostled againSJ " thTs'tern hf,n, at rh f n.ft" n uh-t'. Aer,a I"!! I"?? '!-tnUneous!y into the dreamless thai Wa, . his mouth! - , - a , i , . . ,, .. . r -r - o.war v. nci KiBtn u I pxnausuon. ine mi rioirert "Tell me,' tha more difficult to face. nd removed the gag outh. she began; then broke off . " wane ner eyes starea into the d s- nn tho amm nf ih tnA na V"" i1. :v. D,'D "cwuu tance. as If she could, h h-, a.i " w.'l, " r a"""1 "w"".s lu "Die, poured steady herself. -JL-i . a... . ,.u,u. t U.K coc, only ut rAnay anqj coming. Dackt hfll(j lt j, know glle repeated. I a 1. , j Liu iiuui wiLuin anil . i, and the noise of Mechanically her feet felt for tha gu entan tne low mnt- lei tiukb. mecnanicaiiv aieaaien on Catherine dronned hr h.nH. tarlnirs like thunder circling round the Jan wa already roachlnar ud toward "My God!" she cried. "I don't know." hills, waiting the moment to burst. 8 be swayed ard tottered, hla arm one inrew oui ner arms as If to ine rougn recKiess scuiuing, eacn oniy iuuuu nci uuru, pressing on to oe rirst tnrough the But the days of the Rutley gang wa: II 11 I u W cuius, baiiu w J uiuon 0UIU om V V rjl , 1,800 MILES OF OPPORTUNITYCon- tinued From the First Page of This Section o'rient, jmust be In position, by means j of the contributory Intercoastal canal, ' to fight th world's competition In China or lose Panama's richest guerd- rona. , Of Americans, more truly than of any other people u may bs said that their right band know, little of what their .'. Jeft hand does. There ar too many of j. thm. So It happen that enormous ln ., dustrlea. bug crops, va.t trafflcklngs, spring up overnight ln one section oi th land and thriv for a generaUon before their imporunc? is comprehend ed by the energetlo sections Chat are mindhig their own business, l.oot miles . away. -. . -.--, Tak Texaa. . In 18 Texas thought . he might be able to rale a little rice ' If sh studied th subject deeply enough and wag willing to work bard nouah. fine got a crop of , f 8,0.0 pounds, it looked good ta ber, and .h. spread oa ber rlc crop, -. . v , Ten - year, later fe-ta waa railing ' 100,000 pounds. That looked ry good: and Texas ha spread some mora. With in thre- year, more ah bad a quarter of a million acres in rlc. and bar rlo crop amounted to 400,000.090 pounds, th following year, ana j ha. been lumping ver since, for ther ar 4,000, i'CO acres of rlc land awaiting cultiva tion, and only fe rears will claps befor half of it i. rorkins- and tha crop I. worth $75,000,000. Yet the bulk of the American people till associate rice with pigtalled Chin ese wading to their hips In flooded mud flats somewhere alor- the Yang-tse-kiang, or with Utile Japs paddling about ln little Japanese ponds. For half a dozen year, colonies of those very Japs have been growing in Texas and Louisiana, acquiring fortunes from American rice lands and making ready for the time, so near at hand, when they will be able o float their harvest, along the intercoastal canal, one way to feed the craving million, of the Uni ted States, another way, by the Panama route, to feed the clamoring hordes of China. And the railroads hav thrown up their hand.. A good deal leas thaa a 'ur M, convinced that, if th canal, fathered by Washington should a-iJU P7 would starve, the railroads Tt ?itel7uBUa and te done with ?T,,itMul th.at naa way of growing; h22 Vro.rTDd rlKlna1' omnlvoww. bite chw " U,an they can ever facilities for handling lt hav. Increased only 10 pr cent. It would take 76 -000 more miles of railroads to meet the traffic conditions existing today, and th fresh Investment requisite would amount to mc-e than $5,000,000 -000. The railroads would welcome a re lief from the strain," adds Mr. Hill. . There Is a steamer than travels these day. from PlttBburg to New Orleans and tows 82 barges every trip, whloh last 16 days. The barees carry 600, 000 bushel, of coal. It would take 100 freight train., of 16 cars each, to han dle that little Job and thev would have to work on it for months. And they would coat $160,000 more. It Is one example of what our inter state commerce alone amounts to a commerce worth just 20 times the value of our foreign exports and Imports. Eu rope has, in all. S0.000 miles of ner fected waterway. We have 18,000 miles that are still utterly Imperfect. But on those Imperfect 18,000 miles, we are now carrying more than all Europe is able to load upon her 80,000. No wonder that railroads would "wel come relief from the strain," when their whol unequaled system broke down under it. even while the country's water ways took care of a fraction exceeding the water-borne commerce of internal Europe. AJaa o wonder that, until tb Jawf of Mr Hill and the other "giants of Indus try' fairly ached ln the despair of their futile mastication, they were politely willing to keep on chewing. Roughly grouping the transportation Questions of the United States, the time has arrived for the installation of an automatic cream separator. The rail roads, after feeding with their feet in the trough until they are so unwieldy that they can scarcely waddle, realize that the whole milk diet is one the eve of shifting them to the shambles of government ownership. Passengers and fast freight the cream of commerce will be good enough for them. Let all slow freight be diverted to the nnvlirahlia ati-oam. and the Intercoastal Cannl. And there after a long period of business turmoil and a short one of narrow escape from a condign visitation of popular wrath appears the solution of the transporta problem. We quote a clinching example: In one year there passed through the Sault ate. Marie canal, between Luke Superior and Lake Huron, a total freight of 44.270,680 tons, carried on nyerage distance of 833.3 miles at 0 85 of a mill per mile for every ton and giving the whole cost of $31,420,684' The ' average freight charge on the railroads at the same time was 7 6. nine times what lt cost by lake and canal But suppose it was only half a dozen times as much suppose he railroads had already Invested th $5,600,000 000 Mr. Hill admits they can't possibly raise for investment, and suppose some mania of altruism were to Induce them to throw off S3 per cent of th pound of flesh thev ar accnAtnmajt . -ut-oX tb living body of oenttnerce and CHRISTIAN SCIENCE GARDENING Demonstration of Power of the Mind on Flower From th New York Time. TWO women walking up Broadway stopped before a florist's window ln which was displayed some gorgeous begonias, a mass of pink bloom, the sort of pink bloom that even ln the dead of winter convinces om of spring. As they stood looking, one of the women remarked: "It sounds unkind, but thos. pink begonias always remind m of Chris tian Science." "It is unkind," Interrupted the other, "to the begonias! I've heard tljat the language of Science and Health Is flow ery, but I'm sure it can't be Ilk any manufacture. The cost of moving that one year's business of the "Soo" woilld been over $187,000,000 actually $156,000,000 more than th expense of moving it by water. .v1lJ,.earr'onlr a BingU past year at ."Sault St. Marie; only a horsepipe trickle out of the cataract waiting to gu.h Into our waiting 19,000,000 mile of opportunity. And the total cost of the Interooastal Canal estimata. at halt a hllllnn ilnl. lars $50,000,000 per year flower as dainty and exquisite a. these." "I don't mean that; listen to my story. Last year I was visiting ln a Uttle town up the state' where Chris tian Science flourishes. My room was directly across the way from the Science reading room, the windows" of which were filled with lovely plants whoie beauty I ventured to comment upon one day when the reader was paying me a visit. "Isn't it wonderful about those plants?' she purred, "it must be the mere atmosphere of Science. With no. care at all they attain perfection. Those ln my own home are not nearly so success ful, though I give them constant at tention." "Of course, I thought this was bluff, but when I returned her visit. It cer tainly looked as if she were speaking the truth. There were a number of plants, but nono of them looked too ohirpy. " TTou see, she murmured, as She saw ma looking at them, 'thou&rh I irv in keep my room harmonious and free from false tboughts, the plant, do not thrive as they do at the reading room, where error never enters. A marvelous demonstration for 8oience! . "I was non-committal, for I was sur ther was more here than met th eye. and two days .later I discovered th se cret. It was this way. As fast as t plants ln the reading room ceased blossom or began to droop, she unol tentatiously removed them to her ovf home, putting others ln their plac She then nursed the ailing ones un they were again ready to domonstraj tnat there was no such thing as fadl for plants nurtured in Scionce. T see, I was coming home late in the e nlng, and I ran directly into the real er, wno was letting nerseir into t reading room under cover of the dar ness and in her arms was a big if gonla plant, a gorgeous mass of pi UlUaVBUUlO, 1 1 C 1... .VJ 1 11 I 1 1, Of) errand to notice me. so I watched go in, and when- she came out she w carrying a very worried looking ranlum. Next morning I went over to the reftf ing room, ana mere was tne begon and around it an awed srdun nf ki entlste, while the voice of the react sortiy purrea: " 'A glorious demonstration, Is notf " 3. Edward Addicks, who bas been rf or. uomwaro j amies ror some tlrf ibcvui wun an announcement that Will be a candidate for tha R.m:hii nomination for governor of tne u