DOOMED By WILLARD MacKENZIE ' See ) CHAPTER X X — fContinued.) •Come ‘ inside the cottage,” he said, handing her in. “ No one is here, I think. But how came you here?” “ I had lost my w ay; I knocked at the door, but no one answered; then I walked In, with ::he hope of finding some one to make inquiries o f; and just at that mo­ ment I! heard your footsteps, and then your voi*e. Oh, what a blessed sound that wa in my ears!” “ You! have been wandering about here In the ^ope of seeing me— of meeting me accidtv tally? Was it not so?” “ Yes she again answered, slowly, af­ ter ¿Mother pause. “ But where are you staying?” he asked •oddml "Are you provided with lodg- 1 ^ 1 . y .. at Il 'Jmin; I have been then "But that is some distance from here. Howfean you get there to-night? There Is nolklnd of conveyance to be procured.” “ Ob I can walk. Your father is ill. Is heltiot?” she asked, suddenly. "Hi I s —that is why I am here.” that would he say did he know of |ve? Would he sanction It? Would give me as his son's wife? He would knd you know it I” she' said, bitterly. _____Sawing away from him. "He would think lis house disgraced by such a mar­ riage. But were I a grand lady, and ugly as sin, and stupid as an owl, he would receive me with open arms!" “ You wrong my father, dearest— indeed you do : No man has a higher respect for heavy and intellect than he has,” an­ swered Arthur, mildly. “ Yes as adjuncts to birth !” she cried, bitter! “ < )h, why did I ever seek this meet if iy? Why did I not leave you in and fly from you and your love? Bo, n o ! it shall not b e ! Help me gle against myself! Drive me _____ Nyou— let me fly from you ! I)o any­ thing to save yourself from ruin !” Her wild, passionate voice told of the •trogg: that raged within. She prayed for the self-control she had never prac­ ticed, and, it would not come. The self- Indulgr nee that from a child had warped her |0u! rendered her incapable of self- denytn She loved Arthur Penrhydd.vn accordii to her nature. It was a selfish low, Shut it was too powerful for her to wrestle with— to trample upon. "W hi is this?” she went on, yet more wildly. “ Until I met you, I knew noth­ ing of such struggles ; I thought only of my own happiness: but now, apart from you, I have no happiness— no life ! I urn like one under a spell. Ah, that is i t ! that is i t !” and she shuddered in every limb. “ It Is,” he answered gloomily. “ We are each other’s fate! Struggle as we will, we *re in the toils— we must fulfill our destln !” “ And you will make me your wife, and I aha 11 one day be Lady Penrhyddyn?” H H h tu rmured. “Anything to make you mine; for I cann<>' exist without you,” he answered, fat a low, passionate voice. “ And if poverty comes,” she said, "we will brave it together.” ' “ Then the die is cast,” he cried, “ and •nly death shall part u s!” ¿ A g a in that long, low wail of the wind, as he had heard it in the gallery, and again he felt as though a supernatural .'^resi nee were about him. And this time «•bet" mingled \Adth the blast another sound-—a strange, hoarse, rattling noise, and then a gasp, as from a human throat. P r “ \Vhst is that?” she whispered, cling­ ing to him in mortal terror, w i t was like the hoarse rattle In the throat of the dying. His hair bristled, and his flesh crept. Something was near 'them. What was it? Arthur was determined to investigate the cause of these sounds. He remem- bered that he had a box of waxen matches In his pocket. He struck one, and by its light saw a lp"tern with a candle in it i t . «tending open .ipnn a table. A puff of I — wind b .I h I 1 blew .1 ,,' m . . Ill out his light; but he struck another, and succeeded this time in Ignit­ ing the candle. Nothing was to be seen In the room in which they were. But this opened into the sleeping room, into which Arthur had never passed but once before; and that was on the night that, as a boy, he had seen a mother and child lying cold and motionless upon the bed. Into this room he now passed—she still clinging to him. A cry of horror burst from her lips, and she fell senseless upon the ground, while Arthur stood transfixed. Huddled upon the bed, his limbs drawn up as if with pain, his face distorted with the agonies of death, was the old fisherman. John Trevethiok. He had been seized with a fit, and died with no one by to help him. Death had been the witness of their betrothal, and the death rattle had min- g’.td with their vows of love— their only tatification. CHAPTER X X I. Recovering from bis first stupor of ter- for. Arthm extinguished the light, and. finking Mrs. Castleton In his arms, bore l)er out into the open air. What was to be done? It was impossible for her to ►a<-h Bodmin that night. If he went in­ to the village, there were a hundred #ian‘-es to one against his procuring a #>nveyance. But one resource was left • p e n to him—a startling on«?, but inevit­ able he must take her to the Castle. He •'mid tell the servants that she was a lady to whom, finding it impossible to procure any conveyance to Bodmin, he had •(Ter«»d the hospitality of the Castle. That Bouid be sufficient. The cold air and the drixxling rain. Whieh now began to fall, in a few mom­ ents revived her from the swoon. She gsis^d her h*ad and stared wildly around. ®What is this? Where am I?” she cried. “ kou are safe, dearest; come away Worn this place— it is raining, and j *u Will get cold.” And he began to lead her 0wiy. ” Oh, I have had sudi a terrible dream!” she murmured. “ I have seen %ch an awful dead face I Waa it a Jream? Oh, no, n o! It was in that hut where you promised to make me your wife. What a place for love, with that awful dead face close to us ! Death and love— love and death ! Let there be an end of it. Even from the grave we are warned aguiust our union. Where are you taking me to?” He told her that she must rest in the Castle thut night, as it was impossible for h<*r to reach Bodmin. “ In the Castle?” she exclaimed. “ Yes, dearest; one day you shall rest there as its mistress, I hope.” There was nothing hopeful in his tone, however; his voice sounded hollow and dreary. The scene he had just witnessed had sunk deep into his soul; to him it was another link forged In the fatal chain that bound him. Doubtless the servant thought it a strange circumstance that Mr. Arthur shculd so suddely bring a strange lady into the Castle. lie requested them to serve her with refreshments, and all that she required, and ordered apartments to be prepared for her in the opposite wing of the building to that in which his own were situated. He would have taken leave of her for the night, with such courteous distance as he would have shown to a stranger; but she was not to be put off thus; and her manner, as she bade him “ Good night” made the servants stare, and, doubtless, talk when they got below. This done, Arthur directed two of the servunts to go down to John Trevethick’s cottage. Mrs. Castleton sat before the fire that blazed cheerily upon the spacious hearth A STRANGE of her great old-fashioned bedroom, call­ ing up visions of future grandeur. At times, the awful dead face thrust Itself in among them, but, with a shiver, she wrenched her thoughts from dwelling upon its hideousuess. Once in bed, wear­ iness overpowered her and she did not awaken until the son was shining bright­ ly through the latticed windows. She sprang out of bed and looked out upon the glorious landscape of wood and field, hill and dale, and bright blue sea. That invigorating atmosphere, flooded with golden light, quickly dissipated the superstitious fancies of the night. "Shall I renounce the chance of being the mistress of this for the sake of a mere superstitious fancy? Perhaps I shall not come to him a beggar!” she mused. “ But I will say nothing of my hopes of fortune; and at all events he will be proud of his wife’s beauty!” — and she smiled at her image in the glass. After brekfast, a servant brought her a mesage from Arthur, to ask if she could receive him. "A t once,” was the reply. And five minutes afterwards he was holding her in his arms, and anxiously Inquiring how she had rested. “ Oh. excellently!” was her reply. “ But I fear that you cannot say as much.” He loked very worn and pale, as though he had not slept all night— which, indeed, he had n ot; but he did not tell her so. He would have shown her through the Castle, but d;scretion prompted her to refuse. She did not wish Sir Launce to know anything of her presence there; it might lead to explanations— to a rupture. Better defer such until later. And fur­ ther to avoid attention, she expressed her resolution to walk to Bodmin; and Ar­ thur arranged to accompany her. They parted about half a mile out of Bodmfn. “ Do not let us be seen together any more,” she said. She had more reasons than one for this caution. “ I shall re­ turn to London to-morrow. Write and let me know when you are coming up.” “ That will !>e as soon as my father is better,” he answered. “ Till then, adieu, my love— my hus­ band,” she murmured, falling upon his neck. And so they parted. Mrs. Castleton took her way to the principal hotel. "So late!” she muttered, looking up at the church clock as she passed. “ I have only half an hour to spare before the time of my appointment. I would not have J^een late for that on any considera- tion. In her sitting room was Mrs. Freeman, looking very worried and anxious. "Good gracious, child, where have you been? I thought that something had hap­ pened to you !" she cried. “ Something has happened to me. Some­ thing that you could never guess. 1 have passed the night within toe walls of Pennrhyddyn Castle. But I cannot ex­ plain matters now. I expect an arrival every moment.” Ten minutes afterwards, a waiter an­ nounced that Mr. Jenkins, the postmas­ ter at Penrhyddyn, was below and desired to see Mrs. Castleton. She sat down in the darkest part of the room, and waited his coming, nervous and agitated. He waa abown in, the door dosed, and then she stepped into the light. "Father,” she said, "do you not know m ar He started back at the sound of hep roice with a look of intense surprise, whieh almost immediately changed to one of angry sternness. "Is it you who have sent for me?” he said, harshly. "What do you want with rne? Are you not ashamed to look me in the face?' **I have sent for you to ask your for­ giveness.” she answered, humoly, in a soft, pleading voice, and with a piteous, tearful look in her melting eyes. **My forgiveness can be of no use to you,” he answered. “ Our ways of life are separate— we can never again be any­ thing but strangers to each other.” He was turning on his heel to go when she clutched him by the arm and, drop­ ping upon her knees, held him fast. Her eyes were filled with tears, and her voice shook with genuine emotion. “ Do not go without hearing me,” she cried, piteously. “ I am not so bad as you imagine. Truly, I have forfeited all claims, not only to your love, but even to your forbearance, by the ungrateful re­ turn I have made for all your kindness to me.” “ You have,” he interrupted, sternly. “ If you had been my own child I could not have been fonder of you than I was from the day I found you upon the sands, and carried you home with me. I was a child­ less, wifeless man—my home was a lone­ ly one— and I thought a bright little prat­ tler, like you were then, would be a joy and a comfort to me. The people about here say that the drowning bring a curse upon those who save them. I have found it true.” “ I have been most ungrateful,” she moaned. “ I cannot find one word to excuse my conduct— you were only too good to me.” “ Everybody could see your fallings but me,” he went on in the same tone; “ but I was blinded, infatuated by your syren face and ways, and always had an excuse upon my lips and in my heart for your willful vanity. And you so twisted your­ self about my heart that I had not even the courage to set any inquiries on foot about your friends, for fear I should lose you. I placed you with my niece, who kept a grand school in my native place, in Surrey. She, too, wrote me of your EVOLVES NEW P U N 1 HAYWOOD ON STAND. P re s id e n t o f M in e rs ' Federation D e­ MOYER TELLS STORY nles All Evil D seds. x.ia Boise, Idaho, July 12.— Rapid pro­ gress was made yesterday in the Hay­ wood case. The cross-examination ct Charles H. Moyer was completed at one session of the court and in the after­ _________ .^ t h , “ noon the direct examination of W . D. ffayw ood, the defendant. Was carried et. ¡w e ll aiongjthrough his story. ------- ------ It, Both men have made good witnesses. It-mc A tto rn ey G eneral Is Advised T h a t They were expected to deny everything D e te n te la W ell S atisfied W ith T e s ti­ said by Orchard that connected them or mony o f P resid ent o f M in e rs ’ C o m p etition Is Killed B etween with crimes and they are doing so con­ 1.1 D in >r Union in Hayw ood Case. M ississippi and P acific. sistently, but in the admissions both 3 « 111 make the case of the state is receiving pronounced support. When Orchard Boise, July 11.— Charles H. Moyer 11- ed New York, July 13.— W all street was confessed it was stated in a great many agitated late yesterday by a rumor that interviews by these and other men con­ went on the stand yesterday as a wit­ tie lls3r- the Interstate Commerce commission, nected with the management of tire ness for his fellow defendant, W . D. a ne Haywood, and besides making positive which has been investigating the llar- Federation that he knew nothing about denial of all tire crimes attributed to id d J ' the affairs of tire organization; that riman control of the Union and South­ him and the other Federation leaders wi e- they had no knowledge of him , having ern Pacific, w ill make public its report met him, but having no real acquaint­ by Harry Orchard, offered an e x p lic a ­ within a day or two and that it will ance with him . Now they are obliged tion of tire unsolicited appearance of it- re recommend a separation of the Southern to practically admit intimate acquaint­ the Western Federation of Miners as ly *r Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on ance running over a long period. Again the defender of Oichard after his arrest *■ 'k the ground that they are competing and again they adm it the correctness of at Caldwell for the murder of Steunen- r e , e lines and that their operation as one Orchard's statements respecting collat­ berg. He swore it was Jack Simkins et system is against public policy and a eral matters and again and again they who engaged Fied M iller at Spokane to n, et direct violation of the Sherman law. reflect their intimate acquaintance with go to Caldwell to represent Orchard, then known as Thomas Hogan and that At the office of E . H. Harriman the him under his various aliases. it was at the request of sim kins that statement ivas made that Mr. Harri­ It was noticeable that Haywood was Moyer aird Haywood subsequently ad­ man had no advance knowledge of the far more at ease on the stand than he com m ission’s recommendation and had was while Moyer was in the chair. vanced $ 1,500 from the funds of the received no intimation as to when it During the entire examination of M oy­ federation to meet the expenses of de­ fending Orchard. would be made public. er, Haywood was nervous, but when Moyer made a self possessed address The W all street story declared that tire latter took the stand he was more and at the end of the long day the de­ the commissioners had unanimously composed and shewed less nervousness advised the attorney general to begin than had been displayed by his prede­ fense expressed satisfaction over both an action to force'U nion Pacific to di­ cessor. The testimony given by Moyer his testimony and the probable impres­ vest itself of all its Southern Pacific was characterized throughout by pur­ sion he made on the jury. He is a man of good appearance and address stock, of w hich it holds 900,000 shares. pose to protect him self. Again and According to the report, so the story again in answering questions as to and his low pitched voice is of pleasing went, tire two systems are in direct crim inal plans or acts charged tc him tone. He displayed come nervousness competition from the Mississippi valley and others, he qualified his answeis when he first faced the courtroom and worked it off on a lead pencil that he to the Pacific coast and arbitrarily fix with a phrase like this: carried, but the examination had not rates in restraint of trade. The com ­ “ Speaking for myself, I can say there proceeded far before he seemed quite at mission believes, this story continues, was no such knowledge.’ ’ that there is am ple law to break up this com bination. S TRING OF C O N T R A D IC T IO N S It has been known for several m ontl • DELM AS AROUSES HENEY. that Mr. Harriman expects that some attempt w ill be made to prevent the L ittle P rog ress M ad e in G lass B rib e ry S ta te D e p a rtm e n t and A oki Say T he Union Pacific from bolding the stocks H ague S to ry Is False. C ase. of competing lines, and it is said that Washington, July 11.— From the San Francisco, July 12.— Dr. Charles his lawyers have been at work upon a plan to enable the Union Pacific to d i­ Boston, the temporary mayor of San State department and from the Japan­ vest itself of these securities voluntarily Francisco, on the witness stand in the ese embassy here came swift and con­ and thereby prevent long and expensive Glass trial yesterday afternoon told the clusive denial« yesterday of the accur­ litigation, sucli as occurred in tire North­ story of his «lebauchment by Theodore acy of tire statement cabled from The ern Securities fight. It is said that Mr. V . Halsey, the Indicted agent of tiie Hague to tire London Daily Telegraph Harriman’ s plan is to form a holding Pacific States Telephone company, who, and reprinted in this country to the company simitar to the Railroad Secur­ he testified, paid him $5,000, “ mostly effect that Japan has made categorical ities company, which he organized sev­ in $100 b ills ,” foi having voted and demands upon the United States for eral years ago to hold his Illinois Cen­ used his influence as supervisor against satisfaction in connection with the tral stock. The legality of this com ­ the granting of a rival franchise to the treatment of Japanese in California and lias served notice of iter intention Home Telephone company. pany has never been attacked. Boston is a tine-looking gray haired to deal with tire Californians herself if man of middle age. He lias a credit­ the national government fails to do so. JA PAN D O E S N O T W A N T WAR. At the State department, it is said, able Spanish War record and is en­ REUNION. titled to write “ M ajor” before his the American public is fully aware of Bryan Says Jingoes C ause S care to name. He was the iast and only im ­ the nature of all the exchanges that disobedience and idleness, and of your G e t Big N avy. portant witness in an otherwise slow have taken p)a«;e on this subject, that vile temper; but I still went on hoping and tedious day. He was not a reluc­ there has been no correspondence of re­ Carthage, M o., July 13.— “ Japan and believing that you would mend, and tant nor yet a noticeably w illing testi­ cent date and that there are no negotia­ be a bright woman one day. But my does not want to make war upon the fier, but bis examination by Mr. Heney tions in progress between the two gov­ United States,” W illiam J. Bryan is dream was nearly at an end now. One was so spiked about witli clever objec­ ernments. morning I got a letter to aay that you quoted as saying in an interview. This statement is fully confirmed at tions from Mr. Del mas— often sus­ had run away from the school, and from “ Of course,” he continued “ there the Japanese embassy where, moreover, that hour you never wrote mo a line, but is a lot of jingoism in this Japanese tained— that at length the gorge of the left the poor old doting fool to break his war talk and the hurrying of a fleet of assistant district attorney rose and he it is positively state«] that Ambassador Aoki is not going to Japan in the fall, heart, perhaps you thought.” warships to the Pacific coast. To my hotly accused his veteran adversary of “ Oh, no, n o !” she cried; “ I am not all mind, the]Jobject is not to repel an at­ trying to cloud the issue and impede as was reported in a Japanese paper. heartless. Many and many an hour I tack by Japan but that the talk be­ justice. have sat and thought of you with an ach­ S C H M I T Z IS R E F U S E D B A IL . ing done by some alleged statesmen at ing heart, of all your love and tenderness; V A N G E S N E R IN J A IL . Washington to influence congress to and whenever a prayer passed my lips, it Appeal C o u r t O rd e rs Dunne to A ct was for your happiness. I would have make a big naval appropriation. on Bill o f Exceptions. “ When 1 say Japan does not want C onvicted o f Land F rau d and Is N o w given the world to have written to you, Paying Penalty. to have implored your forgiveness, and I war, I do so advisedly, for, when I was San Francis«*, July I I . — The attor­ dared not. Not long after I left the | in Japan, I talked with the leading Portland, July 12.— Suit case In neys for Mayor Schmitz appeared be­ school I was married to a gentleman of 1 men of all walks of life and I found hand, wearing an expression on his fore Judge Dunne yesterday and re­ fortune. I am his widow. More than 1 on*y expressions of friendship for our face that was half sm ile and half grin, newed their application for bail pend­ *hnt. I am, probably, on the eve of com -; country.” Dr. Alonzo Van (iesner walked into the ing the appeal to the higher courts. ing into a fortune through my father’s county jail Wednesday and announced Judge Dunne dented the application family: and when I hnve it, if there is M any Japanese fo r C an ad a. that he was ready to begin serving the and a warm colloquy follow ed, in anything I can do to add comfort to Victoria, B. C ., July 13.— The Tokio five m onths’ sentence im posedjupon which Charles H . Fairall, one of your------ ” Immigration company lias entered a him following His conviction Of subor­ Schm itz’ attorneys, narrowly escaped "Silence!” he interrupted sternly. " I f I ‘ Pacific and nation of perjury. Gesner was con ­ being sent to jail for contempt of court. I wanted bread, I would not accept a | J •ontrai , _ t with , _ the . Canadian . ., He made the remark to the court crust from you; but I want nothing— I Gra" d Trunk Pacific railways to supply victed with ex-Congressmun W illiam ­ that tire judge “ intendeil to deny the have more than enough for my needs. Had help wanted on construction work son and Marion R. Biggs. you kept true to me. you would not Have, anc* w il* Bt' nd about 3,000 Japanese Biggs began st>rving his sentence c f application anyw ay,” and Judge Dunne found yourself a beggar at my death. P er-' ’ nio Canada. Yesterday 399 Japanese 10 months Monday und W illiam son has informed him that repetition of such haps you might hnve been as well off as arrived. The company is working very appealed to the Huprome court of the offensive remarks would lead to his you are now. Have you anything more ' quietly so as not to excite suspicion and United States. Both Gesntr and Biggs, being sent to prison. to say before I go? w ill bring over a contingent on every by order of the United States marshal, The District Court of Appeals grant- (To be continued.) boat. Advices from Honolulu stale that are to be allow«*! the ireedom of a por­ ed a writ of mandamus against Judge a steamer has been chartered to carry tion of the jail during the day, and Dunne com m anding him imme«)iately Y a n k e e s T a lk o n T r a in s . 875 to British Colum bia. Lalior or­ will not be confined in their cells all to fix a date for settlement and to settle “ You may travel 1.000 miles on a ganizations have taken the matter up the time. They are illow ed to walk the bills of exceptions in the Schmitz railway In Eurojje and never a man, and in all probability it w ill be refer­ about in one of the corridors, upon case or to show cause why he has not whether English. French, German or red to the Dominion authorities. which the doors of the cells in which done so. The writ is returnable on what not, will oi>en his mouth to speak they sleep open. During the day their July 12. to you if you are a stranger," said J. All Due to T ro u b le M a k e rs . cell d«)ors stand op«‘n, but are locked at W. Pike, of Philadelphia. New York, July 13.— Viscount Aoki, night. T en Thousand D elegates. “ For a total freezeout I accord the the Japanese ambssador, w ho is in New Seattle, July 11.— In the presence of palm to the English. Your true Briton York to attend a reception in honor of C ru s h e d by Falling W all. 10 000 delegates assembled within the regards any man who has nerve to | Admiral Yamamoto, reasserted his de- Philadelphia, July 12.— Three men bearing of bis voice, Dr. Francis E. Speak to him without ever haviag been laration that there is no “ Japanese- are known to have teen killed, one was Clark, president of the United Society fe.rmally Introduce«! ns reeking with Arnerian situation,” and that all the fatally hurt, and 18 others injured at of Christian Endeavor, last night called effrontery and therefore to be disdained talk of trouble between the tw o nations the coliapse of a new concrete building the t w enty-tird international convention and snubber. I want to except from i is a phantom creation of irresponsible today at the plant of Bridgeman Broth­ to order. A chorus of 1,000 voices these a class o f Englishmen who have trouble-makers and trouble-hunters. If ers’ com pany, manufacturers of steam swelled the w elcom ing ode. The con­ been about the world a good bit. I've there be any cause for anxiety, he said, fitters’ supplies, at,Fifteenth street and vention was called to order in the pres­ met a few o f this sort who had knock- It is due 1o the influence of unwarrant­ Washington avenue, in the southwest­ ence of the governor