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Mi t t Kin l. M;1 4-; vl-4-fM. u-h hM mmj .;r i ir 1-1 T I THE OREGON! SUNDAY JOURNAL, I Y L r ! (PORTLAND, SIJNDAYj MOBNmG.i SEFFEMBER 4 3,1 H922.; I !: " T--M L Pi : .!? !: !' "'Ml' I ' ' 4Mm' 1 J!" ! L t L I ' t -I "t ' I mH -r Jif J r , Ait , PjVl. !-t h, U ) i IS parents called him Hector. When he and Tom nd Harry, his brothers. wr tiny things bis pretty young mqither used to stand them about the piano i and In fir pretty old-fashtoned songs to them. Presently she would beam at her first born and cry, "Now Hector's eongr!"J and then the piano would change from the plainly meIodiesand thump and jigle out th defiant, blaring strain, and they would all "slkout: j' i Some talk of Alexander, and some of , Hercules, ; : - j Of HECTOR L.ysander and fcuch jrreat names as these ' ''j ' ' 1 ' ? ' I What fun! I What jolly. Jolly funf J But from the age 'of 12. when fir he heard fully of the 1 redoubtable Trajan whose name he bore, how he haled the name! How he loathed and detested; the defiant, blaring tune;! When school days ended, Tom yent Into the arniy; Harry floated on scholar ships to Oxford, thence to enter the fcivil service. Fine boys; their father was pround 6f them. ; Hector was g-ot into an office at Tidborough as a clerk W-ag-son's, the big brewers. I This was the period of youth, of yeuna manhood, iand Tom and Harry made much of it.! , j. Entirely different I the case of Hector. As In his school days, he. neglected all school day sports and interests, so ii his youth he developed not the smallest Apti tude tor youth's affinities and ref rea tiona and within two or three years he quits lost touch with his brothers, f When he was SO his father and mither died.yln the satae year. The" hafeful "Hector was now finally and completely j:ut out of him. H wu Just "Bywaah"; by signature H. j Bywash-iand H-, jnine times out of ten, algnitiea Henry. Tjhere remained not so much as a hint of Hec tor. . ! M J He was in and out of half a dozen Mtu ations; at 35 she drifted into what j had the appearance of permanency a adesk in the office of Miller & Crowdalel the j house and estate agents. Hector had, in addition to his two pounds a week, some 90 pouuds year from Investment in herited fronv his father's will. - At 40 Mr. Bywash had no vices atii mo ; virtues. He was merely negligible And suddenly, at 40, thus cirum stanced, thus equipped, and thus in clined, astounding and tremendous things ; began to happen tO; him. S ; He took hi annual fortnight's holi day, as he had taken 20 years before it, j at the great seaport; town of Etorrauth, j an hour's run from Tldborough, oi the ' main line from London. Only two other persons were lni his compartment. There was a man, a feuge obese creature 'with a heavy, brutish jface. He had enormous hands; great, bigs red ; sledge-hammer hands. His face held the expression Of a malevolent and threaten- ; ing smile. '1 Uncomfortable, apprehensive, fasci nated, Mr. Bywash slid his eyes tj the ferocious man's companion, a woittan and knew immediately and poignantly extraordinary and mysterious and alarm ing sensations. 1 . Mr. Bywash could not hear wha she i was saying.) Scarcely the murmur cnf her . tone was discernible to hiir. Bijt all too frightfully clear' the fact that she was beggiag, begging, imploring, entreating. Mr. Bywsjsh watched, with all Ithese never before experienced feelings swell ins and surging within him yearniings, longings, cravings, high desires of brave and reckless actions. Awful sensations, terrible agony. Regret, realization, imor-1 tification, fr all the fine and eliihing and valorous things that he most terribly desired to be. l He thought "What would I not bet Oh, what fcm it" j I - 1 There answered him that mock 'f-hich in his boyhood had so tortured him. t The rhythm ot the train blared It defiantly . and exultantly at him: ' Some talk of Alexander, and some of Hereulea, 1 ' I ,i Of HECTOR, and Lyfcandef . and such ; traaJt names as these , And while ha writhed it went oa "If you had the pluck you'd interfere, ou'd strike that hulking brute. You'd protect that poor creature. She'd (urn tq you, j Bywash. She'd admire you, she'd clingj to you, she'd love you if you had the pluck, 'Bywash. - ' M One while he stared, the man lfoked H up and caught his eye and directed! upon him a full look, and Mr. Bywash dropped hltf eyes and turned away his head, and louder than before the beaten rhythm of. i the train fretted him: j And some of Hercules,! of HECTOR and ; iLysander and j such j great names as these ' He groaned between his lips. i i "Imagine It," mocked the voice,' "Im agine lt; you daren'tevea be tsaught watching! . The train ran into Stormouth terminus. The man flicked open the door " and stepped .out. The i woman followed him. , Her skirts brushed, Bywash. He ntade a . most frightful effort. He said, and knew i it as he said it for the ludicrous squeak . that it was; he said, -"Can I help you?" ; , She did at hear., She was passing up the platform In the man's wake. . Mr. Bywash j followed along, keeping ; safely behind, i What was he going to ; do? He didat, knw. . ! t i ij-i Mr. Bywash lost his bearings arte). 1 some 18 minute of many crossings. He ! recovered them again as he fountt him self approaching the district In which lay ; thai Prince's park, where tt had been ; his habit en former visits to lounr away the hours listening to the band: The ',-r couple turned down e street he rmem ; bered walking on hts way to the : park, The TaowkM "here we're la solid row on i either side. The doors opened directly i onto the pavement, by two ateps but ! without approaches. .Before" one; such door the pair halted. Mr. Bywaih ab , rupVy halted also a dozen houses behind. , ' ja-MuBpene4 the door with m key' -i M " ' I I 1 '' ii i f 'i Mr. j Bywash mad a great effort at his nerves and came a, few paces on. , The man went up the steps a'pd in; the woman hesitated, faltered. The! fflaii turned ahd caught her arm, dragging jiher roughly; Mr. Bywash was trembling; but he ad vanced. As he came abreast of the door it was swung tO.' t :,- I: I He had had a glimpse before the door swung; a long, narrow! passage, on the left; a room belonging to i the window against the entrance by! which he stood, at the end a flight of stairs. He could hear things. He heard bejavy steps up ! the j passage !; and the sjtair creak, -He could see things. ! A darkening behind the curtain of the. window told him thai one had entered the room. 5"he man bad gone! upstairs; the woman was ; In the room. He looked" at tiie door, j It rmd not latched. It was open! j! Even as? he looked, it began to move in a widening aperture. . 1 ji . j K did a most appalling thing. 1 He crept within the door l and stood in( the passage. Overhe4d jwere iviolen movements. In the room beside jiim wai sobbing, k He had only olne coherent thought: "I'm mad. Il shall b killed! H iWent Into the room. fine: was col lapsed upon a couch, h er arms over its back, her head bowed o hfr arms, sob bing. He stood there cue luyncu up. one eprang xo ner xeeii, "Ohj, iwhat is it? Who do ou Tfant?" He was shaking, he are you' What I was so strained i with listening fop approach from above, that jhe could not speak, nipt lor a full ; minjute while she stared him in amazement. Then he stammered j 'iCaii I hIp you?' "who are you? Whoi are; you?' "I was in the train with you." "But what do you want i? What ar youl doing here? I don't understand. What is it you want?" ') I was in the train. !'gti4 on with Vou. : you " I saw what was X want, to he! She made a quick step to i him and He'll kill ! pressed him away. "Go! Qo! you,:" He turned and fled. When his panic subsided, Bywash found a ! lodging room near by and ob tained a room overlooking the street, where he sat by the window, watching, j: Early next morning the trian came out. How! huge he looked! How brutal! By wash did not recover free breathing until the awful man was around the corner and out! of sight. ' jj : . About midday the woman appeared.. She carried shopping bag. He took up his hat In a trembling hand and went down .stairs and followed i S)ie made purchases In ! two or three shops. Her direction became the direct tlort Of the park. If only she were to go thejre! She was! She was! She en tered and he followed. j! She went to a secluded seat and took it; land Bywash went up toi her. : She told him all her life etory. j Misery makes strange companions and she was ' abject in misery and loneliness and fear. Hef attitude toward Mtl Bywash was that i shej welcomed his company as the pris oner! in his cell cornea to i welcome and make friends of the; timid inousej. I She told him kll about J herself. Her father had been a master In; the merchant serjrtce. ! t '. ' ! - ii ! ' fWhy, my father was n the navy, cried Mr. Bywash. It seemed to paake a bond between them, tn the royal navy. He was a captain." . ! It was the first time he Jiad ever been proud of. his father's position, i; ; Her father wae drowned at sea. She i and her mother were left penniless, here in I Stormouth, They started to take In lodgers first a good class;; and then, net getting them, a poor class; : and then, still struggling, and her mother ailing, any class that prayers would bring.' So1, this man came Mr. Wilfca of whom always she had been terrified. Her mother was failing, -her, mother heeded comforts; at last , her mother's life was to be saved. Shi needed better conditions altogether 4d there was scarcely enough to keep ., the roof over their heads. Then the man offered her marriage, promises for her mother's well-being, everything that they most desperatelyi needed. She was terrt fied. She could not bringi! herself to it; ; and her mother ; worsened ii and. i knowing only cunning kindness from the man, be gan ! to Implore her consent. j m i $he married him; ; - ;; ! Her mother, betrayed in every promise, died within the year. That, was five years ago. . That was all. She twice bad tried to run away. He kept her without money. She had stolen from him that with which 1 - she had made the attempt ; whose lament able termination Mr. Bywash had seen.. ( And one day he would kill her. She knew ! he1 ! would. Escapeshe j. must; escape, i Wp.eret How? i; ; ! ; ' - I i;,f Mj She wrung her hands, piteously regard- , ing Mr, Bywash. That was alL ' ' Escape. Where? Howf Terrible and enormous enterprises began to' shake In j Mfj Bywash'a mtnd: ? j. - - A t ! J p i ! j j But oh, the new and amaaing life amid which these terrible and enormous eater prises began to form the revelation, the ecstacies, out of which, like high sparks springing out of flame, they sprung! . AH he had never been, all he had never known, stirred, moved, breathed,: warmed, awoke and came to life within him, i ji , jHe loved! The epirit breathed upon the waters of bis being and that! which ihad been void and purposeless took form 'arid purpose. ; He loved! The j world which had contained for hra nobody! and ' nothing contained a glorious aad a wonr drous other" and through herj teemed, hymned and radiated with glories ' and with. Wonders., . J 1 U t f I jHe sever had read anything in his life .except the newspaper,1 desultory! He be gaa to be. voracious of reading noveas, stories cheap, trashy staff. Xjv was the only thing he sought in them. How the hero loved and how the heroine loved; how their love cam to tjiem;'how they felt their love and rhowji they! declared their love, r That was all he wanted.! With hungry eyes and hungry ; hands. he tor; love, from these cheap -and- crudely writ ; ! -i i . I - t. ten prints as a! starving i animal tear meat from a bone. In One "day she told him her name was i Enid. , Enid! : There were three outstanding things that haDnened m this matter af reading. ; One waj the tines printed beneath m. water-color painting of a bowl of violets hanging in a print-seller i window: j ; i violets dim. But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's; breath, s i i i The second; occasion touched a pro founder depth and le dirlectly to the third. The second ce4si4ftj was before the second-hand bookseller's from whose tray of eheap moderns and periodicals i distilled his lve potions.! Within the window were displayed volumes of the poets; opened, their leaves I bound back with bands. eye idly took a verse: I held it truth with him who sings 10 one ciear harp in divers tones Meaningless! and completed t$e stanza: That men may jrise onf stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher 'things. Ah! He caught at hi breath with the souna as u were of a sob., i On Btepping-stpnes may jrise on step ping-stones -f of their dead selves i jto higher things.! Might they? i Could they? Might he? Could he? j He had for some time known an empty eottage on the outskirts' of the Village bf Penny Green,, a few miles-from Tidbdr eugh. He sold a portion of the invest ments left him by his father! and bought the cottage; and now the rapturous de lights of searching shops to I furnish and adorn it for he! j p i 1 Before he left) her, a thei termination of his holidayi he told her of the cotta 4nd of the escape it offered her,1 , He pre tended the cottage was; already his; "on his hands,' as he put rt,j land would be all the better foij having a tenant. Htw was she to live? j That was simple Was an immensf demand fpr furnished rooms In and around Penny Green; lit iad always bee4 an idea' of hi to put into this cottage someone who could let off the two sbart, room$ there would be; jt was really a piece of luck for him Ito j That was how jhe put) it!.j frhat the de mand for ! rooms in pjennyi Green was tnucti greater than thejsutp!ly Was trvie; he knew it well In the bourse of his du ties at the estate officei In his daydreams h! 4reimi to him self that one day, one day I 1 f One days : He was arranging her es cape. Hei was', planning jalso Ithe! win ning of her love. Sheeverj could love hint as he was. The task Wis to remake himseslf on Stepping-stones pt his ead self And that was lo become a man. Not to shrink. 1 Not) to trembke. Courage. Courage. Tie j bettered "Pjlli jrrlm's Progress, more; battered for his ceaseless use of ft, was now his daily sus tenance. As he! had torn 16ve from his periodicals, so now voraciously he sought to tear courage from the leaves of Biin yan's story. He read the book again and again and again; and; every snatch i of re-ad ing he terminated With the enormous elixir of that concluding line: ' j "So be passed iover aud ail the trumpets sounded for him on the other side." j j That tingled him. He used to Imagine himself doing some mighty and splendid thing and all the trumpets sounding for him as he went proudly toward her, proudly, lovingly awajting I him. ' That was the thing! That was!ltp One day One day; ? j j : j , j All was ready f He was! Walking to the j cottage for a last indulgence in the sight of all the beauty and the comforts he had ; prepared for her. Tomorrow was the day fixed. She was to! take! the morning i express train to London. ; That would throw hr husband -off the scent. From London a train j Which i would gt her' to , Tidborough at i o'clock. ; He would hot ! meet her at the; station. He was to have ithe ecstacy ("the pleasure, .as he had temperately expressed it in writing j to ; her) of welcoming herj in the' cottage.! The quaint old cottage,; beautiful in! it ; self, had lent its interior to beauty la jits i decoration. Love gave him! taste. There i was not an article he had; purchased, nor lone he had placed in ; position, but her 1 face had been imagined against it, direct ; ing his perceptions as ithe north star dl ! recta the wanderer. A. neighboring cot ; tager, Mrs. Jennings, had been brought in j daily to assist the arranging. Stepping in I with him' on his arrival on ithis last eve 1 nlng she s gave ithe admiration that was enchantment to him to hear. j "Well, if It isn't lust a picture,- We i dared Mrs. Jennings, j gazing round jthe i sir. - How pleased j he was! 1 He patted ithe j head of tiny Laura, Mrs.; Jennings little ! girl, and with his other hand felt In j his i pocket for Laura's present that waS to I celebrate this splendid conclusion. "Yes, it certainly dea look nice, Mrs. Jennings. And,- Mrsi Jennings, , you're going to let Laura be over here tomorrow j to be playing jhere when the lady ;ar I rives?" 1 ' i' 4 1 j Mrs. Jennings certainly; was. ! How tiny, Laura jumped, and clapped her hands for Joy! . She-had been prera- ised anything she liked from ' the toy shops at. Tidborough and a musical box, like one i of her-, friends had, had been, what Hector was asked to buy.-.- - . Mrs. Jennings raa pff to her eottage. He seated himself down la the chair spe cially , chosen for Enid's com fort Tiny Laura at his feet fumbled the musical box out of tts wrappings. J, . . "New r"re right, I Lanu Tars ,the handle. Let's hear the pretty tunes.; lit smiled to see tiny Laura's; tongue come out and move from aide to aide tinder the strain of ; her melody snaking. The tink ling tune was vaguely : familiar. ; Some popular national air. j He wondered if Enid could play the piano; and how much would one post )T Imagine sitting here of an events JrhHsai played, -The musical 1 I'M I b .tT.N-r -vTI i i itiUilV1 , w j-T - .r M M, '& ; 1 , dWP X4-!r. liPMfcl' V ! yjs- V 7f flip Iff " ' "T I "' "r mM if- If ,i ,1k ,.H KiMt ;H FY Wff 'f0 JUST:: There 1 V r V ,jM2Xifr' WJ I Jt ffV- 't " ' ;aj-"1l.7 tVAw IHf f The revolver was marzJei upward In! their gauge, moved mw to this side, now to box clicked. The; musicj stopped. "G& on, Laura, Wind on; Another one coming. i ;M 1 r - -j; Tes, a piano. How beautiful she; would look seated at the keys. 1 How she would love this room. Tombrjrow jaff this hour she would be here. How wjohderfjul, inl deed, that he had done lall this. He wait twice, he was a dozen; timesj the man he used to be. . Stepping 4stone of ! those dead selves. He was climbing tin. He wias certain of .it. j ,14-, i j "Go n, Laura. Win away. Still an other. ! Here, ! let me db thisj; oaeJ" He stooped forward and took the box; Tes, climbing up r Would never look back how ' He wpund the handle. Some talk of Alexander and some Of i v Hercules, " i . i M Of Hector and ! .: J "Take it, Liura. Take it away. Tou'jd hear? better igo home now. ! Don't you) No; doft't plajr it. Teujre not to wind lt. Time to go now. ntob' yoajheartj" j Laura was j frightened. I '. ' The day was Thursday; nearly jcloslrig' day t Tidborough jand chosen for that reason. He left the office at l o'clock. He weat first to i his lodgings to spruce himself up in lt before going 'hn to- the eottage to await her. The night had been bad. That tune, thatJnfemal, hateful tune, coming like that Upaet him. ! But with the morning his oppression had gone. After all, iwhat test of his courage could there possibly i be? When she was safely arrived ere she would be as secure here and hei would be las se--cur here as if they wetie on! another con tinent. . ; . He let himself Into his lodgings and passed up the stairs to pis room. Every thing was wonderful and glorious. He -was miles removed from the, timid thing he had been, ; He eouldj wish there might be some test let his manhood that Enid "could see. If the horse that would be drawing her cab were ito run away and he rush out from the eottage and stop It! Something like Chitl ! i h But it was not anything like that. It was something Quite different. - As he opened the dear of his room and stepped within, the hu$e and malevolent form of her husband rone to greet, him. ; "Shut that door," said Mr. Wllks. He turned ;and shut lit. I - ; j... One,' of these enrmou fists pt Mr, Wilka presented a revolver ; straight ' (Lra his face. The other fist shot out and into his chest tike a battering ram, stagger-: ing htm backward, i Butfche fist clutched him, gathering up the better part of his . waistcoat and of his shirt In Its enor- ; (nous paw. and shook him ferociously so that his teeth: knocked : my wife?" i ' t f egether. "Where's 1 His toaguei in his sheer terror, clove jto the : roof of .his mouth. He could not - tpesk.;. ' - I - H i "Where is she? Ouij with ,U:; ! "Not her. . Aaia2ltt frightful eaktng, jerklag his head to ana rr. fNot: here! i I cab see thai with me Own she in this house?"; eyesL .can't It 1 - "No." -j ' ; "Coming here ? " "No," i ' He was shaken to and fro for a fun kndw . half -minute, j "Listen you've; got her away." a gross epithet. "The to. me. He called! her by left half your letters' behind . ; X Icnow-you've- got her,1, " 1 i' ' ! .-i L J StW JF f 1 MM' ,;M M - f 1 i t3is$ritL j 1 H ,l i - . united grasp. 1 tt was poised-between khat, tensely quivering! at the apex of US Sfr.- Wllks! returned the. revolver- to ihlsi pocket and putjup the fist that had held! it. clenched, tejrrific. I !"Am I going to 4tart this on your face r are you1 going teiljtpe? Quick with it!" . "rill tell you.f li-!,, s i - He told. M M ; . I I Mr. jWilks flung him I away with ;a"Vio lent motion. He spun along the wall crashed Into the washing; stand and. fell over it to the floor. ! The ewer capsized ind fih&ttered. The water drenched him, ! "Get upi" commanded Mr. WilksJ VTou louse. Run aigray with a man's wlfel jrou! Get up and show the; way; and tne lady'ireee what I'njt going to do with. you, and youll see what I'm going to do With ne "lady. Up with you!", ! They were In the eottage, waiting fori - ler. . Mr. i Wilkes lolled in an arm. chair, a igar In his mouth, his legs on the table. Hector Bywash at opposite , him, the itablej between them,; his head; bowed in his handa 1 In the little room adjoining wasjtlny Laura. Hector had brnuggied her put of; view and shut the doer upon herj . j L..!;' j , i Whde they waited was the steady tick Ing op the clock upon; the wall bringing fier closer thf heavy i breathing bt ; Mn WlIks; inclined to, dose, the occasional jBharp; intake 6 Hector Is breath. In Vision watching ' her approach to "hts betrayal -bf her, sometimes 'through ; the . door the jfaint tinkle ef jthe musical' box. !'i ' 1 And isuddenjly there penetrated j, the agony of i his mind this most; frightful , thought: Therje's still time to save her!'' j And Immediately there came to him, jtrlal Within hi own bosom of the kind that is said toi await all men in the last benato of eternity, j I i, 1 Jj. 1 Mr. Bywash stood 'in such a court, a prisoner at the! bar of ;truth, and looked Into the .faces j of the verities sitting as arbiters upon jhis .case, and wrung his hands and protested, j I i ! f j - The defendant: ! "My lords, my lords, you must irureiy see, it was Ilka this if lonly I had 'had a minute's preparation! jig only, as X went up those' stairs, X had jknowti he' wasj waiting! in my room! - If ". only I had even heardj htm when I was ijust the other side of the door.. If only I bad had the smallest faintest warning. I would have had time jto think, I wouldn't shave jdone It. . Indeed .and indeed ay llordaJ X would net have done it, ,4 - ' IK The Arbiters "Attend.. Tou- have got jtlm now, ..Ton have betrayed her, but " he hasn't yet! come i to : your betrayal. 'She's on fthe rpad. Bat there'Sr-iook at the clock 2 inlnutes before he can get Ihere, j Twenty ; minutes to save her." jr 1 The defendant. with 'shaking j. limbs, ! creptj out of the courtJ, ( L, J ft' 3 ' V ' -1 , j Mr Bywash very cautiously raised his j hA IihJ n;tt nf th IlKU I T : .huge soles of Mr. Wilks boots confronted i He raised his glance above theni. Mr Wilks. eyes were - half ; dosed, no glow wast to be seen ;upoj the; cigar that depended treat his! mouth."". - fij - ft , , . Mr! Sywaehb eaindj fixed a' the re- ! volver that had been pointed at himJ He ' i knew; which pocket it Was in. If he eould lget that',1 ThO light! table was so small that Its farther end was well beneath Mr. Wllks tMghs,and Mrl WUks; chair was ' islightly . tilted on j Its jback legs. .1 If he -gave j one greait heave from beneath the ' ;table-i ind then a dash and A grab for :tho revolver while thd man was sprawl ' s 4 4 i ; ii - , ) , them and, like the dial of a pressure moveqaent. M 4 ' 1 1 1 r-sft . ing if, be eould -if h4 dared.!-:j Ten min utes passed: . Hs went back ! Into' the court, t;. M 1 j v !if4. --i I J : li i The Defendant: "Mf lords,' my! lords. It's like this. Tou see, i If I ! did attack him what could I possibly do? I'm ready to try. I swear I am. But what earthly good can I do? In two minutes X would be killed. -My lords, my lords; what earthly -good? I, In. two minutes'! I should be kUled-1 , -IMIf Jill I l ii I The i Arbiters; "Attend. i If, you;, are killed; jhe will have murdered iyou.; He will flee for his life. Us will never, dare to come near her again., She will be free of htm forever. You have five minutes. ! The court withdrew! and left Mr, !: - li- - r: - . :i !' Illt;ll' Hi !l .. t tl By- , vuot ;i ,.i ':' . . , fj - i;ilij-.i H : i He thought, '" 'On stepping-stones of -their; dead selves' One ; quick moment and'it Will all be overJ?j !i yl j j r 1 He put his hands beneath the table.. He sprang upright and hurled' the i table up and back. He flungt. himself upon, the sprawling. Cursing body, and dived, and thrust: In his hand and gpt! It the re volver.! tie was clutched and Overthrown. -They were somehow upon their feet; The revolver was in his right hand.i The left hand, of Mr. Wilks wasipon it. The - Other hand was at his .throat, throttling him., i ir ir-sir is r 4 if- i The i revolver was muzde i upward 3S in their united grasp between them, lit poised ; between, them : and,! like the dial Of a pressure gauge, movd how Ito this side, now to that, now tensely quivered ; at the1; apex of, Its mOvf menU 4 ; !' " 4 j- Mr, Bywash's face was black With the pressure bf Mr, Wilks fingers updn his throatj : But while the eyes of !Mr, w!lks bulged, with fear and1; with savagery as he strove for decision of the weapon, the yes of Mr. Bywash' eshoae wth Intense and an extraordinary lighrt. ..j ":, - -i An enormous, exaltatloq of mind- was his, j There was a great j roaring in his - ears, but it was to him as :the clamor of many f voices acclaiming pimj . Ie - re-, - laxed hia arm;' and the piatel came With a thud to his neck and was discharged. ! He-eollapsed, at the knees la the; arms of MrJ Wilks. He collapsed at the waist and fell away in the arms of of Mr, Wilks, ' his .head hanging-. li U 1 1 f ( II . j ; - Mr. ' Wilks stared with, jstartihgl' eyes " upon, his Cace.j Mr. Wilks! said terribly, f'Myi God! My Godrf'iI'i 4) - I ft - t" ' , He dropped the body of Hector Bywash and stood away and stared la terror. He turned and rushed from! the ihouse. A 'cab was drawing up ; at the door.j The driver! shouted. , j IH t); t J. - j , Mr. Wilks put up his arm to hide his face i and turned in the other - direction and ilea oown me roaa. u i if. ! A small sigh passed from, the lips of ' Mr. Bywash; and there t nkled from the s adjoining room: ( 1,1' ' i l i " 1 ir It-" - i Some ' talk of ' Alexander, some of I , : Hercules, if Of Hector and Lysander f sue - i great Si So, ;io i that threnody i he passed rover; '. and it was, perhaps. as; he had wished. ' thatt "all the trumpets sounded for hint on the other side." M M I. 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