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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