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THE ECGKWB DAILT OCARO. HUD AY, OCTOBER , 1 Jane Cable . . . Hy . . . GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON, Auinor 01 "Beverly ol COPYRIGHT. 1908. BY DO I) CHAI'TBH XV (Continued.) tm jou hear mo? Iliave IIk1 to ui husband for tue last time!" Tuero wan slinoHt a tone of victory In tue voice now. "Do you hear nic? You don't dare! David will not believe you. Ha will believe ray" A terrible oath choked back the hopeful words la the woman'! throat. Murder bad come back Into tbe man's heart. "You Her "David!" "Yes, It's David! Mar! Whose child Is she? Tell me?" "David! David! For God's salie, hear me! There was no wrong, I wear It!" "Hue's not my child and there's no wrong!" The sardonic laugh that fol lowed was that of a ruglng maniac. "You've fooled me, you fleudl You devil!" At that word and with one look at her husband's terribly distorted fea tures, Frances Cable shrank back with a single terrified cry, turned from him and fled madly for her life. With the spring of the wild beast. Cable rushed With tin irln; 0 the vHId Ittatt, Cable f rushed after Iter. after her, cursing her with every breuth. In a few yards he had almost rciiched her, his bunds oututrqU'hcd to grasp her neck. Hut ut that Tastmit the frightened woman's strength sud denly gavo wuy. Her knees revelvuii tho full of tho limp body. For n sec ond Bho seemed huddled lu a posture of prayer, then toppled ovor, slipped easily forward through a fissure, lu the wall and plunged headforemost Into tho chugging waters below. la the lives oven of tho best mea there uro moments when tho human In stincts are annihilated and supplanted wator between the sturdy posts and Into tho cut of tho wall. Without a moment's hesitation he dropped Into this seething prison, confi dent thut tho woman's body could bo found t lie re, . A single glnnco bad shown lilin that ho could crawl up ward through tho break to safety, and ho knew that tho water below was not dangerously deep. A mlmito Inter ho was scrambling out of this angry. Icy water up through tho fissure, bearing lu his long anus tho Inert form of Frances CuMo. He bad found her half submerged lu the pool, every sweep of the waves throuirh the slevellko sts covering her com pletely. Ho dropped ihe body on tho ground after reaching the level and took a quick, shuddering glance about. Two men had stopped on the opposite side nf tho Drive. Ho hesitated n second and then shouted to them. They stiHHl Block still In alarm, ltefore they could respond to his second shout Kilns llroom was tearing the woman's watch from her lslt and the rings from her lingers. His strong, nervous bunds found the necklace that she wore, mid It broke lieneiith their sudden Jerk. Cunningly he tossed the nocliliice upon the ground and trampled It Willi bis heel. The watch and rings went Hying across tho wall and far out Into the lake. "This woman has liecn slugged!" ho shouted. He did not know how much of tho tragedy these men had wit nessed, llolduess whs his cue for the moment; sleullh could follow later, 'she's been III the water. I'm afraid It's murder. The ninn who did It went that way. Yell for the police!" If the assailant mis James Itunsc nier, Drooin was doing his duty by lilm; If It was another, he was doing his duty by society 'W rk-- f" LI ft !sasS O bnuiun, z,ic. I). MEAD If COMPANY CHAPTER XVI. ItOO.M'B Intentions were clfur. It was not a ten der heart nor was It chiv alry which prompted blm to do tho deed of valor Just described. He hud started out to do his duty by James Ilansemer be cause he wns In, bis hire, and be felt It. still his duty to cover the trucks of his muster us best he could. Ho knew that he wus Jeopardizing his own safe ty. The obstinate cunning of his na ture Insisted that the mail he had watched wus Itansemer, although his brief glimpse of tho fugitive's fuce dis couraged that belief. The gaunt clerk kept his chill well covered with bis greut inulllcr; the broad collur of bis ulster wus turned up about his face. The rupld plun that dashed Into his mind comprehended but two things, the effort to restore life to Frances Cubic and the hope of escaping without being recognized. lie felt thut she hud not been In the water long enough to drown. Every hope de pended upon the force of the blow that he imagined bud been delivered. Chilled to tho bone, his teeth chat tering like castauots, tho old man was stooping over the Inanimate form on the ground when tho two men came up. In answer to their startled ques tions he merely said that he had seen tho struggle from across the street, but had been too late to prevent the tragedy. "We must get her into one of these bouses , qulck", i he ..grunted. "Take hold of iter,', you. And you over there. 3m CMlltil to Uus bone, hit teeth chattering. hurry and ring a doorbell. Get lnsldo and phono for a doctor u doctor first and then the police. Wo may bo able to savo her life." Tho first of tho rich men's , homes detiliHl them admission. Tho mull of tho bouse mild be would not "stand for tho notoriety." Droom, supporting the head of tho wet, Icy figure, mndo n re mark which the man wus never to for get. At the second house they were ad mitted. In mi Instant nil was confusion. A curd guino was broken up, mid giieHts of the bouso assisted their host and hostess lu doing all manner of un neccrtHiir.v things. Drooin gavo the commands which sooner or later re solved themselves Into excited, wrathy deti)(inds Umn the telephone operator, culls for a certain nearby doctor, culls for the iK)llce, calls for stimulants, maids, hot wuter buttles everything. "She's leen robbed," snld one of tho men. "Her rings buvo tieen torn olT. Look at the blood!" "She's well dressi-d, too." snld an other. "Bay, her fare looks familiar" To tho nmazenieiit of every one. the Hps of tile woman parted mid a gus)i Ing, choking sound issued from 1m tween them, n slight shudder swept ovor her frame. "Sue's nllve!" exclaimed Droom. "(let theso wet clothei oft of her quick!" Tho men stood grouped In the hall way while tho women tore the wet garments from the reviving victim and prepared a warm lied for her. F.ltus Droom was edging toward the door, bent on escape, when the awed, chattering voice of the young fel low who had asststisl In cnrrylng her to the house arrested huu. A groat sense of relief crept over blm as be listened to tho young man's story; his eyes blinked with satisfaction. He wus forgetting his own remark of a minute ago that he was frccaing and j must get Into some dry clothes at once. ihe young man was saying: "It happened right out there by the sen wall where the big break Is. Har ry and I were coining up the Drive, and I called attention tit man ran nln south along the wall. Just then this gentleman ran over from this side of the street, and a minute or two later wo saw Mm Jump Into the break over there. "Hnk-kle, I thought, but h I wasn't minute coming up. There I was the wvauu: lie d pulled her out! Ity thunder. It was the t1 -vvt thin.? I ever saw ! He " And V'' It ;t that cijlody I J gsi to -hwer praise upon tt,e ui-.i.i who only had tried to do hi duly b. I una I i the one wbo hired blm to do ugly, dm gallant, deeds. "Did you wal h which way the rob ber run?" demanded Drooin eug-rly. "Lost him In the dark. He ran like fury. Yu must have scared blm o:f," Kuld the second young mail. "I w ish v)e could buvo seen his face. Dili you see It?" "Not distinctly," unswered Droom "He struck roc as belug a slim younjj fellow, Unit's all." Of one thing he was assured the evidence of these two men would prove thnt he had acted ns a vnllunt protector and not ns a thug, a fear which had not left bis mind until now. They had seen the fleeing assailant, but there wus only one person who could Identify him. That person was Frances Cable, the victim. If It was not James Bansemer, then who could It have been? The door opened, and an agitated young woman came out. "It Is Mra. Cable!" she cried In trem bling tones. The physician arrived at that mo ment, and a few minutes later came an oltloer who had been hailed from the doorwuy. While the policeman was listening to the voluble young eye witnesses Droom stood aloof, puzzling himself vainly in the effort to Bolve an Inside mystery. He had been ready a fow minutes ltefore to curse himself for pulling the woman out of the water, but now as tho belief grew stronger within him that ber assailant was not James Bansemer his view point changed. If such wus the case there would lie no need to fear Mrs. Cable's story If Bhe revived sufficiently to tell It. On the other hand, If It was Bansemer, 'he hnd rescued her to on 111 purpose. Ho was conscious Anally thnt some one was speaking to blm. "What do you know of this?" de manded the policeman. Droom repeat ed his brief story. "What Is your name and where do you live?" "My name Is Blius Droom, and I live over in Wells street." "Could you Identify tbe man?" "I don't thing so." "What were you doing over In this part of town?" "Walking up to see tbe skaters on tho park lagoon. But what's that got to do. with .'it? You'd better be out looking for the thief Instead of wast ing time o& me here," snarled Droom. The officer gasped, and there Is do tell ing what might have happened If the captain and a swarm of bluecoats had not appeared on the scene at that mo ment Two minutes Inter they were off scouring tho hike front In search of i the mysterious holdup muu. Two plain clothes men remulned to question the witnesses and to Inspect the neighbor hood In which the crime was commit ted. Word came from the Inner room that Mrs. Cable was regaining conscious ness. ' Does can alio throw any light on the affair?" asked Ellas Droom. "Bho has uttered no word except her husband's niimo. I think she Is still culling uponhlin for help, poor thing," snld tho young woman who bore the uows. "Cubic ought to be notified," snld one of the men. "Don't do it over tho phone," Bald Droom quickly. "I'm going pust bis house. I'll stop in and tell him. Let mo out, olllcer. I must get out of theso wet garments. I'm an old man. you know." . The probublo solution bad come to Drooin like a flash. As he hurried up the street his mind was full of the theory. Ho scarcely could .ult for the door of David Cable's house to be opened In response to his vigorous ringing. Tho maid announced that Mr. and Mrs. Cable wcro out. It was enough for Droom. Ha put tho puxzle toguther In thnt InstunL David Cable's fuc was tho one ho hud seen, not James Biinsemer's, Tho maid set up a hysterical shrieking when ho bluntly told ber of tho mishap to ber mistress, but ho did not wait to answer ques tions. He was off to Hud James limine mer. Tho volcano ho had been watch ing so long was about to hurst, and ho know It. Forgetting his wet garments, he en tered n drug sloro and telephoned to lliuisemer's home. Ills employer an swored the call so readily that Droom knew ho bad tint been fur from the In strument that evening. There was a Hole of disappointment In his voice when Drooin's hoarse tones replied to his polite "llcllo!" Til be over In half an hour." said Drooin. "Very luiHtrtnnt business. Is limydon there?" "He's Just gone to Cable's. Some one telephoned for him a minute or so ago. What's wrong? lo you know?" I "I'll bo there In fifteen minutes," wus all that Droom would say. Kilns' memory could not carry him back to the time wheu he had hired a cab. A eab was one of the luxuries be hud not cultivated. One can only i tlnugliio his surprise, then, when he found himself hailing a passing han som, and greater tho surprise he must have felt when he clambered In and ordered the driver to go In a gallop to a certain place In Wells street. Ten minutes later he was attired In dry. warm clothes and In the cab again, bound for Itansemer's home. What he aid to James Ilansemer on that mem orable occasion need not be rected. It Is only uewssary to say that his host was blsterly Impressed and will ing to admit that the developments might prove serious. They could only eculnte as to what had transpired between DavW nhle and his wife out there by Ihe sen wall, but It was enough for them to know that a crisis was nt hand, "We'll see what the morning papers say about ihe sffalr," said IUiiinciiKr. uneasy n -.1 .old. ; The nv'rn.ni: p-.pers won) f ill of th VSi.tkMiii robbery, the proiiliiencv v the victim and the vlclousness of the attack. Ellas Droom read the ac counts eagerly as he breakfasted In t dingy little restaerunt near bis home, bright and eurly. He grinned appreciably over the shore of glory that fell to blm, ond he actually cac kled over the new developments in the great mystery. Ho bad observed with relief that the name of James Bansemer was not mentioned. The reports from the ld slde of the robls r s victim were most optimistic. Bhe was delirious from the effects of the shock, but no serious re sults were expected. The great head lines on the first page of the paper he was reading set his mind temporarily at rest There was no suggestion of truth In them. The reader of this narrative, who knows the true fuels in the case, is doubtless more Interested In the move ments and emotions of David Cable than in the surmises of others. It wonld be difficult for a certainty to ask one to put himself In Cable's place and to experience the sensations of that unhappy man ns he fled along the dark shore of the lake. I'erhaps much will be taken on faith if the writer simply says that the fugitive Anally slunk from the weeds nnd refuse of what was then called "the district of Lake Michigan" "Strectervllle" in lo cal parlance to And himself panting and terror stricken in tbe bleak east end of Chlcagoavcnue. It was not until then that ho secured control of his nerves and resorted to the stealth and cun ning of the reul criminal. From that time until he Btood shiver ing and white with dogged intention in a theater foyer, bent uon establishing an alibi, his movements are scarcely worth the details. Between the acts he saw a dozen men whom be knew and he took drinks with several of them, j Ills tremendous will power carried blm through tbe ordeal In a way thut could not have fallen to the good fortunes of the ordinary lawbreaker. Every second of the time his thoughts were of the thing which was being buffeted by tbe icy waters of the lake. Where was that thhig now? How far out Into tbe lake had It been carried? His body was covered with tbe cold perspiration of dread and horror. Ills soul was moaning; his whole being was aghast with the awfulness of the deed; he could bare shrieked aloud In bis madness. How be lived through tho hour in that theater ho never could have told, nor could he believe that ho was sitting there with ull those fright ful thoughts piling themselves upon blm. Other people laughed and shout ed with happiness; he stared mid wept In bis heart and shivered nnd cringed nnd groaned within himself. He had killed her! She had been true to him, and yet he had taken her life, the life she hnd given him! He gave no thought to Jane, no thought to Bansemer. He thought only of him self ns the slayer. Would her body be recovered? Whnt would be his excuse, what his punish ment? The gallows? A thousand hor rors run riot In his bruin, a thousand tremors with each. But why dwell upon the feelings of this miserable wretch? Why say more of his terror, bis misery, his remorse? Ho held himself In tho sent until the middle of tho last act of the piny. At Inst, unable to restrain himself longer, he arose and almost ran from the thea ter. That Instinct which no slayer cun control or explain was overpowering him. it was the instinct which at tracts the murderer to the spot where his crime wus committed. No mnn can describe or define this resistless Impulse, nnd yet all criminology re cords It, clear nnd unmistakable. It Is no less than a form of curiosity. Driv en by this Irresistible force, Dnvld Ca ble, with bravado that cost him dearly, worked his uninterrupted way to the scene of his crime. By trolley enr to Chicago avenue and then, like a home less dog scenting bis way fearfully, to n corner not far from the break In the Willi. His legs trembled nnd his eyes grew wide with dread. The swish of the wuter enmo to his ears, and hp stood still for many minutes, listening for a cry for help from oft the shore. But none csmc, and nguln skulking along side the bouses of his friends, be cov- red the blocks thnt lay between him end the magnetic rift In the wall. Near the corner be stopped, with a start of alarm. The figure of a man could be seen standing like a statue on the very spot where he hnd seen her disappear. While he stood there, his henrt scarce ly bent lug, the solitary figure was Joined by two others. Cable shrank iMick Into the dense shadows. Like a flash It occurred to him that they were searchlug for tho hotly. A shriek of agony arose to bis Hps. But he check ed It. Far oft ou one of the crosstown streets a newsboy was tailing an ex tra-hoarse, unintelligible shouts that froze his blood. He bent his ear tu catch the fnrawny words of the boy. "All about de nor' side murder!" He cringed and shook under the raucous shout. Ho knew what It meant. A policeman suddenly turned the corner and came toward him. The first Impulse was to fly; the next was to stand and deliver himself. The reso lution came with shocking nnexixctetl ness. He would give himself up: He would admit that he had killed ot wife! The word of anguish wire os his lips when the poll-emao spoke "Is It you, Mr. Cable? How Is she. sir?" j Cable did not hear the man. for. n he opcijed his lips tv cry out his own gu'lL a thought ffnncd In h! l,m;n ' that al'n.wi staggcre.) hbu - I'll I i'i ni ; -.iv.-isiTy. Vhv I'd l- t t I ctMlry f ill on J-i'r? Ilansener? I h.-.tl gone out to htm: If she had not destroyed the note It would han; Jnmes Bansemer. and James Bansemet was worse than a murderer. But even as this remarkable thought rushed Into his brain the last words or tue ouicer began to drive it out. Is she going to pull through, sir?' was the next question, and be caught it vaguely. "Full through? he murmureuiuurnt.-u i i.. u.. l,..in.-,l a'-alnst a great stone rail suddenly. Everything wai leaping before bis eyes. .r-..t tr.nl Mr Cable-I I forgot. Don't you know about It?" isped thj officer. "Know what?" asked Cable, com pletely dazed. "Go home at once, sir. I didn't mean tnnh hurrv sir. Don't be worried. They say she'll be all right Sure! She's been hurt a little, sir." "(v tiniiehter?" demanded Cable, ns keen as a razor In an Instant His heart was trying to Jump rrom nis body. "Your wife. sir. Nothln' serious, sir. She was held up along here some where and robbed. They're sure to get the villain. She" Rut Cable was off like a deer lor Ills home, racing as though ou air. Nothing else mattered now. She was alive! He could have ber with blm again to love as he never hail loved her before. CHAPTER. XVII. WO days passed before Da vid Cable was permitted to see bis wife. During those trying hours he lived an . age -of . agony - In sus pense, hue had been removed to oer home lute on the night of tbe "hold up," as the newspapers felt Justified In culling It. He did not go to bis office tho next day nor tbe next, but haunt ed her door, sleepless, . nervous, held close by dread. A dozen times at least he Bought admittance to her room, but was always turned away, cursing the doctor and the nurses for their Inter ference. His worst fear, however, was that his wife would not forgive him. Not the dread of exposure nor his own shame or remorse, not even the pun ishment that the law might inflict, could be compared to the fear of what might be ber lifelong hatred. He grew to feel that the doctor, the nurses, the servants, looked upon hiin with strange, unfriendly though re spectful eyes. In his henrt he believed that his wife had cursed him in their presence, laying bare his part In the unhappy transaction. At last the suspense beenme unbear able. He had noticed a slight change In Jane's manner and at once attrib uted It to something his wife hnd snld, for Jane had been allowed In the sick room. The discovery thnt she was not his child bad not as yet struck deep into Ills understanding. In a vngue sort of way he realized thnt she wns different now that he knew, but It wns Impossible for him to consider her in any other light than that of the years gone by. The time would come when the full renlizntlon would cut Into his henrt more deeply thnn now, but at present a calamity of his own making was forcing all other troubles Into the background. Ills greatest de sire was to reach his wife's side, to know the worst that could come of his suit for forgiveness. The evening of the second day he swore thut ho would see her nnd alone. They admitted hlra, and he entered trembling In every nerve. She wns lying, white nnd haggard, In her bed, her back toward him. He paused for an Instant and was certain that he saw her shudder violently. It was significant She feared and loathed him. "Is It you, David?" he henrd"her ask weakly. "At lust! Oh, I was afraid f.'iat something had happened to you! That"-., (Cnutinucd Next Friday.) THE SLEEPING SICKNESS WHICH MEANS DEATH How many readers have heard of this terrible disease? It prevails in that far-away country Africa especially the Congo district. It Is caused by the bite of tbe tsetse fly. 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