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THE 0KEG05I iVUDAY IQVZilAU fORTLAK!). SUNDAY MOUIilNO, pCTOiiSK U. lilt " VP FrankHowbl Em?iy rnotflHri9tnyTylC HcafflAMf PICAN Co.. 5v.Nurb ok i'Ki:viuui PI Ml I . t a tar 'lt" " 1 44 t -. M .. ..... 44..a .. M I; . . a-. " f . . t- - ir ,m TXTTTZJmZ M- M-. CM 4 a-. ' ... u.4 V t w ' -- t M ' .A ........ m t K . L M.U lltl ,,Jt ik IM ' t- I 4 fcf M - !.- M V4 t. 9,t m 4 4. 4 H M l.i m hU i ii r o IM M-MIM nnl m i 4 m fwl M MM 4 k MUM. IM !-. It. M M r k ! M M, kit I "IT Ti ri nmllif f M W M -V- . j l-il I T- IM MMk. M llMl 4 M MM Kll'l M MHtl IM awl M4 lMk t IM mt fit M M M4 " iHl M IM i ll ! VI THK.KND OF JKLLICO .3IEUX )(!! la ar tMlVl r. Mr. JHlc Mtt; Mr. Jm Tmljr." TIM rriar of IM ;:i!c Mr mU an im poruat piMinv( u MirgUt mittd M ! TtA. l(h M tieuM, k 4 k!lMlf U ( U room. ' M lfl th .tv X?wir room y oo"t ot hr. Jtllko." hi Trulf. looking roun4 (b pr1t room of tM sprt la (ha Diutnm. "I thu(bt I d juat took in and bara . a chat 1'va nr boaa la aid your museum twfora Vry nacioci'ut o( roa, I auppoat. But aa I waa paaalng It Juat tccurrod to roa that tar I4 trtead JelUoo Mara ouM auraly ba thara :ria ilma, aa4 to I tbought Jd Juat pop In promla-cuoua-ttka." . - Truly apoka aaally and quietly, aank Into a chair and tookad amuaedly at JelUco Marn. tha vaoloaiaU who. but a few abort montlia ao, had been atout and roburt. but who now aamd to hara fallen away, for hla clothe bun looaety on him; hi one rich. fuUbloodad chaaka , aer row , flabby and mottlrd In patch;' there war bag imdf r hla ye; Ma mouth drooped and am (red at tb corner; and bla hand plucked trerouloUaly at hla collar a ha molatanad his Up with hi tonrue, and apoka hoarjety. '; 't ' "What d'you wantT Why hae yoo come here to peraecul me?" "Peraecut you! Oood grarloua, what nonaenaal It' nothing of the aortl It' almply retribution, Jelllco. You're the iut on the list. They're all gone, all downed and outed, aa I told you at my dinner party!1" Truly ticked th name ott on h (lngera: "Sir Richard Keyne, Lout Borthe. Henry ninth, Eric Maltravera, Kosa Boan. and now tha lat of all, that fat old port-wlne-lov-Ing full-blooded acoundrel, Jelllco Morn." H atabbed the air with an accusing foreflnger, and It eeemed to Jelllco Mem a If that pointing digit had pierced him to th heart. , "Let' aeo." went on Jamea Truly, "I think I gave the reat of your little gang plenty of time In which to aettle up their affairs, didn't I, before I Anally finished ' tip with them, bo!" He turned hla hand and wrist a If queering an orange. "But I think a month will suit your caae, Jelllco. Tou don't look very well, and t . shouldn't like to prolong the agony too far." "Why don't you kill me atialght out, and bave done with It?" wheceed Jelllco Mem. . ' "Because it's much better fun to watch and aee you ; suffering," answered Truly. "You'll waste yourself to . a shadow wondering what your end '11 be, and how I h a 11 bring, about your downfall. You'll pass sleepless j nights while the racked ghosts of your five comrades . ;jass In shadowy rTie-w before your bed. You'll think In detail of the time of horror I gave them, of the days ' when they thought they had escaped, only to be check mated by me at last. At every knock at the door you will . start like a guilty man. Now goodby for the present, and don't forget me. But I don't think you'll ever forget Yours Truly." Truly closed the door, and said goodby cordially to' his ? friend, the director of the museum, who, at his wish, . bad introduced him to the geology expert, the million aire professing a wish to consult him, and as he walked .: along the street he was deep In though almost solemn thought. Jelllco Jilern was the last of the gang. With, his downfall, Truly's self-imposed mission would be over. And when he reached home, once more he reverently took out the faded photograph, looked at it long, and , earnestly, and then locked it away again with a sigh that was half relief, half sorrow. . : In the meantime, Jelllco Mem had collapsed In bis cbalr In a faint, and was found by one of the attendants Who bad failed to get aa answer to bla repeated knocks, lie was flutckly revived, and by the doc tor' a orders was sent borne. ' ' ' . ' " Overwork was tha medical verdict. . - . "Better rest at borne for a week." said the doctor!, "and then go 'to the seaside for la fortnight? JUlco Mern wa a bachelor living In chambers off . Piccadilly, -attended to by a inaneervant, Blake, by nam. fco, bad, been with him for the last year. An lnvalu e!e man t-Ji;al:e. JelUoo ured lo aay laugh In fly . '.. ; . , -' fcK'jrAXl WWW WW that be auppoaed b robbed bim, but at any rata b look car tbat nobody ! did. Tb way b attended t clothe wa perfect, and h waa th vary beau Ideal f the soft-footed, discreet, pollt manservant. II appeared deeply distressed at bis maater's condi tion, tenderly helped bim Into bed. and looked after him all that afternoon and evening as well aa a trained nurae. He even sat up wjth him until 1st at night, and when at laat th geologist drifted Into an uneasy aleep, Blake saw. that everything waa In order, drew the clotbea more comfortably round hla master, and theii. tiptoeing from the room, went Into the study at th end of the passage, and carefully t closing th door, rang up a number on tha telephone, and almost whispered a short message Into it. Jelllco Mern was, of course, eaaily granted a fort night's holiday, or more If nerantary, from the museum, and after a week, tha greater part of which wss spent In bed, he decided to go to Brldmouth, a quiet, healthy, seaside town. The doctor said that there was no doubt about It, Mern was completely run down, and tha medico privately . confessed to hi partner that he could not quite dlagnoae the symptoms. The man appeared to be suffering from ' aheer terror; but that could not last for aver, and could only really be put down, h supposed, tb a nervous breakdown. ' . While at th sea, Mern could not bear Blake out of his sight, and aa be walked slowly up and down the front at Brldmouth, holding to his servant's '.arm, he seemed to draw some sort of courage and vitality from this strong, self-contained man who could lift him as easily aa he could a child, and who was ao attentive to every want He wondered whether there could be any thing in "personal magnetism," as be had heard It called, whereby the strength of one person could, a It Were, be grafted on to another, and he asked Blake on morn ing whether he had ever heard of such a thing as heal ing by faith, or by influence of mind. Blake 'smiled slowly. He was a pallid-faced, Clean shaven man, with thin, dark hair, and he rarely spoke above a whisper, or Indulged In facial expression. "You'll excuse me,- sir, won't you, but that's eactly what I've been practicing 6n you. At one time I was what they call in America 'a mind healer." I worked by influence, by suggestion. I could really do the things that I said I did, but the authorities well, they said it was fraud because I charged a fee. I got into trouble over there, and I came here hoping that I might be able to continue my healing, but perhaps you may remember the caset I took rooms lrt Bond street, I was .charged J SIM V I K a Wti I r II. 1 llil 1 ; ' ,!l .sjiaraifi, r Mr,1) wrw l.l l-m o mis v. v . w?syi i mm-fti- i " mi w- "BUVt, h toamcrrant, arpeareJ on the platform and qulttlj Ud bim awty." as an impostor, and I received six months' imprisonment. That finished me with my healing altogether, air, and I went back to the work for which I had originally been trained, that of service. And now, sir; I don't minq confessing to you that I've been trying ray Influence on you. I've been trying to will you to become better and stronger, and I believe I've succeeded." . Jelllco Mern heaved a deep sigh of relief, i He really did feel better and stronger in mind and body; he slept well at bights, and aa the day went on, th threats of Yours Truly seemed to bave dwindled away to' vary trifling importance. "I should suggest another week her if I "were you, air," hinted Blake, at the end of too week. : "You're get ting so much stronger, and I can wont so much better In this pur air than I could in London. My influence over youseema stronger. ' y .. Oet me right, get me quits fit In another week, Blake," said Mern firmly,, "and til make your fortune. I have Influence, I can recommend" you privately, you ran Whence a high fee. and you'll be dona with service for eyer.".. .'..'." r l " i Vlak amlled that alow, peculiar smile, and before the end of th third week Jelllco Mern f.lt better than he had ever felt In hla life. Hi tep waa springy and elastic; hs fell quit muscular and vigorous; th clear light of health anon In his cheek and hla mind waa easy and almost untroubled. True, there was Yours Truly always to b' connldered, but Jelllco Mern bad de cided that he would far th last day of th month Ilk a man, and If Truly did "down and out him" to ua th millionaire's favorite etprcsalon well, h would turn to with hi head and hla hands, and &ew living for himself. When Jeliloo Mern returned to town, every on waa truck with the Improvement In his appearance. During bla absence, several demands for his opinion had ac cumulated; he worked on these with a fre, untram meted brain, and he bunked th fees, which war at th high rate of fifty guineas for each experiment, he smiled contentedly to himself., "At any rate," he thought, "Tours Truly can't atop me earning fees ltke these when I'm feeling aa well as I do now." He walked out of the bank with a satisfied smll. and before he went to bed he looked at the almknae in his study, and counted off the days oh his fingers. "Three days rrwre to the end of tha month, to the end of my month, when Truly has promised to out me. "Well, I'll meet It like a man. Oh, if only I could get my fingers at his throat, 1. feel Strong enough If I only dared, if I only dk.edl" And then his crowning triumph came. Working lata In the laboratory of the mussum on the afternoon of that third day befora the end Of the "month, he hit upon a; truth, a scientific truth which, up till then, had evaded scientists. He notd down the formula, put his instruments awy and 'went straight to the headquarters of . the Royal So ciety, and to one of the heads he stated what he had discovered. , "My dear fellow," said the professor, "don't think I m skeptical, but I can hardly believe yoU'v found ' It out But still, we've got a discussion on this very subject on Friday; come and read a papef on it," To be asked to read- a paper before th floyal Society wa an honor that, might well hav turned a man's head, and Jelllco Mern went home, sat up half the night preparing his thesis.-and than went to bed feeling as fresh a if he had not dona a stroka of work. He rose in th ftiorhing triumphant and full of delight, and a hs sat at breakfast, .Blake, with Immobile face announced Mr. James Truly. "Good . morning, Mern, a4 Truly; quietly.; Blake left, the room, and the millionaire looked at Jelllco Mern. , - - , " ' "You're lookirjg Weil. Jelllco," he said, "but don't forget that tomorrow' finishes you, you know." Jeliico Merit felt not a qualm of fear, nor a t'e'm-' tie in any of his limba, - He spoke quietly and firmly to Yours Truly., and not wltnout a certain touch of ' dignity. lrvO .-.j. : ;.. "I fear no man. I fear nothing," h said. "You can do your w oi t, James Truly, for If . th ' worst does oma to th worst, I can always earn my own -living. I' made a discovery which will insure my reputation and possibly fortune. Take that away from me If you iranf Tomorrow, yes, tomorrow,, I am due to b down and ouloiJ, n you jsii Hut that for jour tbreall" Ji aaapnai bla1 fiaglfs. "Tan w6a' kill me-tht I know. Yu may fuin gfl. You may degrade m 16 soro mlraaulaut way, bat you can't take from m tha discovery I bav made, tb dis covery which I now al4 aad locked away la tb safe at th Royal leclaty.0. "Well, upon my word. yu tak It wur said Truly, quit amiably, "Bui you know, my dear fel low, it will b jutt tha aama with you aa It was with th others. Btfer temerrew'a ever, mack, you'll ba out) Somtthlnf will happen to you." "My reputation is In tha saf of th Royal So ciety." said Jelllco Mem, "Tha scientific world wllf never allow tb discoverer of that secret to starve. So ones mere, good morning, Mr. Youra Truly." "Tomorrow night at I. 1 it ntf wbiprd Truly to Blake, aa th latter apenad tha door for him. The tervant nodded. .,' "All tight! Wll, I'll ba thfa. Are you supposed to b golngf" ;Y "Yes, ! hav suggested that it would be advisable to carry bis bag of paper, and look - after tb , precious document when w bring it back." "Very : good 1" answered Truly. "You'll start from her about 130, 1 suppose? Yes. All right. So-long 1" Th papers tha next morning at least those that de voted any part of their columns to scientific articles- were full of tht forthcoming eort which It waa rumored would ba mad publla at th usual Friday night meeting of tha Royal SoaUty. m, mm ,, -f m ! ae44 1 .im ImT hla. i-km ai f4 -m a tt, ""! TW heUM a l I W UJw lu 4 a- 9 . a a 4i4 "T A KN am4 r Ua 1m av .:a ti-e w . it. tt Hi ua, TwMt H4 Jul fnt 9.'t Ult. -fv f, Te T'; M tu4 M Lv-t Tryg U m ai 4 i faf f ! K M At m IM lrv nMi Ha'ita , isi4 mA ( N IM wit h. t ft It ttt'. titah IMi L M aj U4 aa. h4w bsMt4 rem, U mm Tra r T Nit 4y ytaaM itbaat ty Maiaaav r. atkcafa Tr' 4 1 M t( ta aa Mraara. Ma m4 ktKy at 4 ruf I . 4 Uy fat f H t9U4 ! faea kau Ut to 'J. a 4-a tl tin4 SMUf aX4 tmf tJsa. g:l 114 um wtih Itf aeatatavag im Hr" f'UUf t IU Aery wtUa M u m 4 lr tha M4 f, s ta g few ti4 tMf w u ' t W af tha baoiiag Wb baa weWwraag ar . Dagaik4 giaU4i fef Msy 4a, At JeUiae) War 4k4 iUIM mU af U fMa a) wU aa4 tha waUa. raraAay, llaaWy. Darw aag May aiker great kMa waa b4 l 4 tg laaka Bag. UMa Ms a ayaaaaM far Ua fcibt bftatM af Ibaagll, ba fait a felUe giew f ittaaa Ma hfa. li hlat M rutaed, aitarly, rretrUWy rvia. a g.g aal cata, him aassa wm aaf. - tie bag fWag at U aarrat, Ua grwat sxrK fr htr aa ay Var4 m Ia4 tvea atrvlag, a4 aa tht ha ai4 lk ba ataaj at fall. It kaew-fo Jeiitra Mra waa aa seawdiaglK civr WJa-k Imv lUI U wa right, sag ha fnM aae4 la aMt aay e4d aa ha waa Ir4e4 by tha eat a4 a atber a gaiaorwi rwaag hJsa vbaaa aaatb era havjaabald ward aa4 egraiile4 htaa la a44. Thara M a abort failaOaary gjicitaessa a b smU tr af raglusa. and tfcea b praatdeat raw aad aaaaua4 -a tby wauld My ta soMtc-biU cirtl nb iura ag tM vanlng." Va wba are ta tb inner world af ecWfwa." aalg lb vaeevable gentkmaa, "are a war tha laleata f Mr. Jaillae) Mera aa4 af hla rapuUO. I wtU aay a sMre. leapt u aak bint to read bla paper, aad U baad ta biaa the formula which ba brought la w-a yaaterday after baon. aealfd. aad which has ataca baea ta my aafa. Mr. Jtlilca Mara.- ' They 4 re not dramatic, thee ecientlata.' Juat atmpty t bold atatemaot f facta. Bat alt tb Mat, ! tbrilj raa through tba aodtenr a JeUlo Mera walked to the p la 1 form, took an envelop from th president, paneg hi papers aad began ta read hla tbeoiiea. They war good, eeund. wtl-raond tbeorte. but to tba' a i parts they war sot strikingly nw. They had all hewn advanced by clever men before, and JelUco Men waa isp!y going aver old ground. It waa tba new formula for which they wera waiting. ... At length h came ta th pith, tb kernel of hi die cauree. ! opened tba nviop. and. quietly adJuaUag bla glasses, said: yd' k','-"-. 1 - VI will now read tg'yov tba formula wbloh will prove to. youbat radium' can' ba manufactured from sub taneag other than pitchblende." '.And M ha read, a sort of dawning horror began ta pread over tb audience. He waa almply repeating a farrago of tha utmost nonaenM, proving that e knew nothing whatever about hi aubjact, and at leagth one or two began to titter; It swelled Into a laugh, and the president struck the ball for silence, and wss about ta rise, when suddenly everybody waa silent for an Instant with an awful silence M they looked at Jelllco Mara. .Tha men seemed to ba shrinking before their vary eyes; his cheek fell In; bla robust frame seemed to col lapse, nd to their horrifled aye It looked as If ba wera , growing grayer befor them. Hla face took on tha color JL of chalk, of a corps almost: his knees sagged together I th psper dropped from hla limp bands; hla head lolled I from aid to side; he bubbled out a few tnooberent words, J and then burst out crying. ' Blake, his manservant, appeared on the platform any I Jelliao Mern's name was freely paragraphed and eulogised j many writers pre dicted for. him knighthood, or perhaps even greater honors, for the discoverer had conferred a benefit not a6ne on sclenca, but on the whole world. Briefly put, th discovery waa nothlr.- more nor less than the secret of radium. .. So far It bad been deemed Impossible to manufaotur It or procure It except from, pltchblends, but her in th laboratory; In a specimen of or which had "teen brought back by an expedition, Jelllco Utm hid stumbled on the secret, Henceforth, fadlufn, with its wonderful properties of health and Ufa, would be able to be produced from other ores besides pitchblende, and the healer would be within reach of tha pcoreat. Needless to say, th discovery, or "the Alleged discovery," as one of the skeptical papers called tt; aroused the0 utmost curiosity and enthuslatlo astonish mnt. The president of the Royal Society, lrt being hastily Interviewed by an evening paper, tha first d"itlon being out at 2 o'clock, stated that., of course; Mr. Mern's name In itself was a guarantee that he would do nothing foolish, and as he was prepared to give a , demonstration and produce hla secret without any re strictions as to patents or rights. It waa not likely that be would, be so foolish as to appear on the platform be fore the members of thr-Royal Society unless ba was ' convinced that ha was to th tight ' During-th afternoon, 'Mern, who had been the recip ient of Innumerable callers and messages at the museum, : received a telegram: . "Congratulations on tha excitement...' but do not forget lorhorrow. Your Truly," 1 With a contemptuoua laugh. Mern flung It Into tba wastepaper basket. ' His ' nerves wera of steel, The . Influence . of . Blake had. been wonderful, ' magnetizing, miraculous. He feared nothing.. - , - Later on a messenger boy brought an express letter 'which contained lust the one Word, Tomorrow." -. When, be- reached borne. Blake told bim that a com- r quietly led him away. - 1 , In a few words expressive of horror at th sudden ill ness of Mr. Jelllco Mern, th president broke' up tha, meeting, and tha general opinion waa that the geologist 'had suddenly gone off his' head. At 10 o'clock next morning as ha turned feebly In bla bad, hardly remembering how he had been brought home ; by Blake and put to bed, Jeliloo Mem felt that something' - deadful had happened to him. As he struggled round : feebly, be saw standing by his bedside Yours Truly and Blake. ' . , ': -'' " ' "You can leave. Blake." said Truly. And when the servant had left,, he turned to tht bedside, ..i . .. fr "I told you 'that aa sura as fate your hour would come, Jeliico Mern, and come it did last night at twenty minutes p'ast v You senseless fool, - to think that you could gat the better of me I : Let ma tell you how that, whenever It has suited my purposes I hav changed places here with Blake, your servant I bave got to , know every inmost thought, every doing, every word of yours. It was I who as Blake, the servant, took you down to Brldmouth, , It was t who used my power of influence, or 'fluence, or whatever you' would call' It,' for there la such a thing, as healing by will, was I who aw to all this, tthat your fall might "be the greater. I let you go on, forgetting me, fearing nothing, secure In your happiness at the discovery of radium: "But I did, I did discover it!" cnoked Mern, sUIl with tna prida of the scientist on him. . , "Exoctlyl I know you dldl" said Truly, grimly. "But , when you wrote ont the original formula and sealed -it ' "Up in the envelope for the president of-the Royal Society It was easy enough for me to substitute another." .The original, the-original though.'" shrieked' Mern. ' "I burnt It," wa the simiile answer. "Remember ! : you can. 1 And at the very moment Jelllco Mern. th you ' wera making such a fool of yourself on ' th plat form, I removed my influence like thai!" One more he snapped bis fingers., - "Tou collapsed," he went on. ";Your strength left you sooner than It had been given you; You'll never ba fit -for much again, Your post at lit museum will be taken from you. You will earn' no more huge fees.- and I shall'" allow you 2 a week and the best medical advice ta Insure yoor living to a ripe old age. ' That la your fata, the fate of tba "aiaappolnted and humbled scientist JelUco Mem." . '. ;.'. : '. ' . ' ', " !. The door closed. and Jelllco Mern was left alon with Ms thought and bis future.. ' ; ITbe concluding story, next BundayJ tiil contain tha " solution of "Jalhe Truly's revenge.J. , Mern. j er Itf j i. thay i"plaU ?? r I