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"T' had ' buf r moment in ' wnicn to
observe the num. for almost Immedi
ately . Carver flung the door of the
room open nnd Kirhy swung Impa
tiently nbout to fnoe the entrance. Kx
cept for a possibility of thus attract
ing the attention of the newcomer 1
was In no special danger of being de
tected by those within, Curver thrust
Carver Thrust Her Forward, but Re
mained Himself Blocking the Door,
way.
her forward hut remained himself
blocking the doorway. I use ine word
thrust, for I noted the grip of his hand
on her arm, yet In truth she instantly
stepped forward herself, her hearing
In no way devoid of pride and dignity,
her head held erect, her eyes fearless
ly seeking the face of Kirhy. Their
glances met, and she advanced to the
table, the light of the swinging lamp
full upon her. The impression she
made Is with me yet. Hers was a
refined, patrician face, crowned by a
wealth of dark hair. Indignant eyes
of hnzel brown, shadowed by long
lashes, brightened a face whitened by
Intense emotion, and brought into
agreeable contrast flushed cheeks and
red, scornful lips. A dimpled chin, a
round, full thront. and the figure of
young womanhood, slender and yet
softly curved, altogether formed a pic
ture so entrancing as to never agiyin
desert my Imagination. With one
bound my heart went out tovher in
sympathy. In admiration. In full and
complete surrender. Before I could
change posture, almost before 1 could
draw fresh breath, her vi'ce. trem-
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Ming slightly with an emotion she
was nimble wholly to suppress, yet
sounding clear as a bell, addressed
the man confronting her.
'May I ask, sir, what this outrage
means? I presume yon are respon
sible for the insolence of this fellow
who brought me here?"
Klrby laughed but not altogether at
ease.
"Well, not altogether." he answered,
"as his methods are entirely his own.
I merely told him to go after yon."
"For what purpose?"
"So pretty a girl should not ask
that. Carver, close the door und wait
outside."
I could mark the quick rise and fall
of ber bosom and the look of fear she
was unable to disguise. Yet not a
limb moved as the door closed, nor did
the glance of those brown eyes waver.
"You are not the same man I met
before," she began doubtingly. "He
said he was connected with the sher
iffs office. Who are you?"
"My name Is Klrby; the sheriff Is
here nnder my orders."
"Klrby ! the the gambler?"
"Well, I play cards occasionally, and
you have probably heard of me be
fore. Even if you never had until to
night it Is pretty safe to bet that you
do now."
"I know," she admitted, "that yon
won tils property at cards and have
now come to take possession. Is that
what you mean?"
"That, at least, is part of It," and
he took a step toward her, his thin
Hps twisted Into a smile. "But not all.
Pcrliaps Donnldson failed to tell you
the rest, and left ine to break the
news. Well,. It won't hurt me any.
Not only this plantation is mine, but
every nigger on it as well. You are
Bene Beauealre?"
"Yes," she replied, slowly, almost
under her breath, nnd hesitating ever
so slightly, "I am Bene Beauealre."
"And you don't know, what that
means, I suppose?" he insisted sav
agely, angered by her coolness, "per
haps the sheriff did not explain this.
I)o yon know who and what you are?"
She rested one hnnd on the table In
support, nnd I ou!d note the nervous
trembling of the fingers, yet her low
voice remained strangely firm.
"t know," she said distinctly, "I am
no longer a free white woman; I am
a negro nnd a slave." '
"Oh, you know that, do yon? Then
you must nlso be aware that you are
my property. Perliups It will be well
for you to remember this In answer
ing my questions. Now tell me who
informed you of nil this?"
"I cannot answer." !
"Cannot I You mean you will not.
Well, young woman, I'll find menus to
kind before. Where Is Klolsc Beauealre?"
"Why do you seek to And her? There
Is no slave blood In her veins."
"To serve the necessary Miners, of
course." s ' '
He spoke Incautiously, urged on by
his temper, and I maraed how quickly
her face brightened at this Intelli
gence,
"To serve papers! They must be
served, then, before before you can
take possession? That Is wluit I un
derstood the -sheriff to sny. Then I
am not really your slavi yet?" ber
voice deepening with earnestness and
understanding. "Oh, mi that Is how
It Is even If I nm a negro I do not
belong to you until those papers have
been served. If you touch ine now
you break the law. I may not he
free but I nm free frciu you. I um
glad to know that !"
"And d n little good It Is going
to. do you," he growled. "Sheriff or uo
sheriff, my beauty, you are going to
St. Louis with me tonight : so I ad
vise you to keori a grip on that tongue
of yours. I'o you think 1 am going to
be foiled altogether by a tti liniinl
point of law? Possession Is the main
thing, and I have you where you cuu't
get away. You hear me?"
She had not moved, although her
form Imd straightened and her hnnd
no longer rested on the table. Klrby
had stepped close In front of her. his
ees glowing with anger, his evident
intention being to thus frlchteu the
girl into compliance with his wishes,
but her eyes, defiant and unafraid,
looked him squarely in the face.
I "I certainly hear," she replied
calmly. "Your voice is sufficiently
distinct. I am a slave, I suppose, and
In your power; but I despise you,
hnte you and you are not going to
take me to St. Louis tonight."
"What can stop me? The sheriff?
Puh! a few dollars will tnke cure of
htm. The Judge Is a friend of mine."
"It is not the sheriff nor the JuiTge;
I place reliance on no friend of
yours."
lie grasped at her arm, but she
stepped buck quickly enough to avoid
contact, and the red lips were pressed
together In n thin line of determina
tion. Her hnnd had suddenly disap
peared within the folds of her skirt;
but the uugry man. apparently blinded
by the violence of his passion, his
eagerness to crush her spirit, thought
only that she counted on outside aid
for deliverance.
"You. silly little fool," he snapped,
his mustache bristling. "Why, what
could you. do to stop me? I could
break your neck with one hand. So
you imagine someone Is going to save
you. Well, who will It be? Those
yokels down at. the Landing? Haines
the lawyer? You have a surprise up
your sleeve for me, I suppose I H 1 1
It makes me laugh ; hut you might as
well have your lesson now as any
other time. Come here, yon wench !"
He caught her arm this time, bru
tally Jerking her toward him. but as
Instantly staggered backward, grasp
ing at the table, the flash of anger In
ids eyes changing to a look of sturtled
surprise. A pistol was leveled full In
his face, the polished black barrel
shining ominously In the light of the
overhead lamp.
"Now perhaps yon know what I
mean." she said. "If you dare to touch
me I will kill you like u dog. That
Is no threat; it Is true as find's gos
pel," and the very tone of her voice
carried, conviction. "You may say I
am a slave your slave! That may he
so, but yon will never possess me
never! Life means nothing to me
any more, and I never expect to go
out of this house alive; I do not even
care to. So I am not afraid of you. Do
not drop your arms, you low-lived cur,
for you have never been'nearer death
In all your miserable life than you
are now. God knows I want to kill
yon; It Is the one desire of my heart
at this moment to rid the earth of
such a beast. But I'll give you one
chance Just one. Don't you dare
call out or answer me. Do whut I say.
Now step back back along the table;
that's it, a step at a time. Oh, I
knew you were a cowardly bully. Go
on yes, clear to that window ; don't
lower those hands an Inch until I say
you may. I am a slave yes, but I am
also d Beauealre. Now reach behind
you and pdll up the sash pull It uf
higher thun that."
Her eyes dilated with sudden aston
ishment and terror. She had caught
sight, of me, emerging from the black
shadow Just behind her victim. Kirhy
also perceived the quick change In the
face fronting him, read Its expression
of fright, nnd sought to twist his head
so ns to learn the truth. Yet before
he could accomplish this or his lips
could give utterance to a sound, my
My Hands Closed on His Throat,
Crushing Him Down to the 8111. '
hands closed on his throat, crushing
him down to the sill, and throttling
him Into silence between the vise of
my fingers. .
CHAPTER VII.
To Save a "NlBuer."
It proved to be a short, sharp
struggle, from the first the advantage ,
lioKeiner wlih me. nun ail The i.
tlpte dislike In my heart, nil the hat
red aroused by what I had overheard,
I closed down on his throat, rejoicing
to see the purple of his flesh turn Into
a sickening black, ns ho fought des
perately for breath and as he lost
consciousness and censed from strug
gle. I was conscious of u pang In my
wounded shoulder, yet It seemed to
rob me of no strNigtll but only milled
to iny ferocity. The fellow rested
llmii In my hands. I believed I hud
killed him, nnd tho belief was a Joy
as I tossed his helpless body aside on
the floor and stepped through the
open window Into the room.
In my heart I hoped he was dead,
and In a sudden feeling of niter con
tempt I struck the Inert body with my
foot. Then, ns my eyes lifted, they
encountered those of the girl. She
had drawn hack to the table, startled
out of all reserve by this sudden ap
parition, unnlile to comprehend. The
pistol yet remained clasped in her
hand, while she stared at mo as
though a ghost confronted her.
"Who who are you?" she managed
to gasp In a voice which barely
reach my ears. ".My God! who who
sent you here?"
"It must have been God," I an
swered. reallKlng Instantly that I
needed to make all clear in a word.
"I came only to help you nnd was
Just hi lime no doubt God sent me."
"To help ine? You enme here to
help me? But how could that be?
I I never saw you bcfori who ure
you?"-
I stood straight before her, my eyes
meeting her own frankly. I bud for
gotten the dead body at my feet, the
Incidents of struggle, the pain of my
own wound, comprehending only the
supreme Importance of compelling her
to grasp I lie truth.
"There Is no time now to explain
all this, Miss Bene. You must accept
the bare facts will you?"
"Yes I I suppose I must."
"Then listen, for you must know
that every moment we waste here In
talk only makes escape more ilimcull.
T tell you the simple truth. I am Sie
ver Knox, an-oftleer In the army. It
chanced I was a passenger on the boat
when Judge Beauealre lost his life. I
witnessed the gnme of cards this man
won, ami afterward, when I protest
ed, was attacked and flung overboard
Into Hie river by Kirhy here and that
fellow who is outside guarding the
door. They believe me to be dead;
but I managed to reach shore and
was taken care of by a negro 'Free
Pete' he calls himself; do you know
him?"
"Yes oh, yes; he was one of the
Carlton slaves." Her face brighttiii-d
slightly In Its bewilderment.
(To Be Continued.)
Were Built to Endure.
The Egyptlnn engineer who built the
'nmous water works at Aden con
ttrurted the masonry so well that the
ervlccs of a plumber never have been
cqiilred. These wnter works were
milt .1.000 years before the Christian
rn and are the most celebrated nnd
unique In the world.
XOTICK TO CONTRACTORS.
Notice IS hereby given that pur
suant to resolution No. 10, passed
by the City council of the city of
Bend, Oregon, on the 21st., day of
October, 1919, said city council in
tends to construct certain sewers in
said city as set forth in said resolu
tion and further Intends to let a con
tract for all the work and materials
involved in said construction, to the
lowest responsible bidder.
Notice Is further given that sealed
bids will be received by the Record
er of the city of Bend at his office
in the court house building, on Ore
gon avenue, Beid, Oregon up to the
hour of 5 o'clock p. m., on the 4th. ,
day of .November, 1919, for furnish
ing all the materials and labor for
constructing, complete and ready
for use, the following sewers, to-wit:
A portion of the west central main;
lateral. No. 44; lateral, No. 45; lat
eral, No. 46; lateral. No. 27; lateral,
No, 30; In the manner set forth In
the plans and specifications provided
for the same, which said bids shall
be opened and considered by the
Common council of said city at its
regular meeting on Tuesday, the 4th.,
day of November, 1919, at 8 o'clock
p. m. at the council chamber In the
city fire house.
Plans and specification for said
Improvements are available to con
tractors and may be found on file In
the office of the City Engineer of said
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Select Your
Winters Reading
Many of the Popular Novels, many of which you have
wanted to read in months past, -may be purchased now
at a reasonable sum of 85c. The books are by such
authors as Robert W. Chambers, Ralph Connor, Capt.
Gordon Bates, P. G. Woedehouse, Zane Gray and E.
Phillips Oppenheim. '
There are tvlso the Copyrights, which we now oiler
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HORTONDRUG CO.
city of Bend. Oregon. Any con
tractor contemplating a bid on said
work, will be supplied with a copy
of tho plans and specifications by
making a deposit of $10.00 with the
city recorder which deposit will be
returned to him upon the return of
suld pinna and specifications.
An approximate list of tho quant
ities involved In the work Is as fol
lows: Earth excavation, 1064 yds.,
rock excavotlon. 1158 yds.: 8ln. vit
rified pipe. 3600 fl.;6ln. on Sin. wyes,
12S;flushtunks. 6; manholes. 6.
Tho estimated cost of all of said
improvements Is $12,349.20.
All of the furnishing of the labor
nnd materlulB for the' construction
of said sewers shull be let In one con
tract. The sewers above described must
be completed to the satisfaction- of
the engineer or said city, and ready'
for use, within 90 days from the
date of acceptance of bond of success
ful bidder, which bond must be in
the amount of CO per cent of the
amount bid.
All bids must be accompanied by
a certified check payable to the city
of Bend, In the sum of $1600.
Bidders will be supplied with a
blank proposal form upou applica
tion to the city engineer.
The city council of suld city re'
serves the right to reject any and all
bids.
Dated this 23rd., day of October,
1919.
D. II. PEOPLES,
City Recorder.
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