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I? mm mm FETTERED BY FATE BY ALEXANDER ROBERTSON "Joletta'a rate," " little SweetHear'," " tnttie, r Sewing Slrl," "6oldmakcr of Lisbon," " Wedded to Win." "sum Taorpe." " flora' Legacf." Ctc.Ctc. CHAPTER Vl.-fContinned.) At last cauie the eventful day, nd Dame Nature could never hare inailo a more glorious one, for the sun shone from a cloudless sky, cool, delicious breezes blew, and everything looked bright and beautiful. When Carol assumed her bridal robes she looked too sweet and sad for mortal eyes, and even the heart of the fierce old man throbbed with a half-pity when she directed a look at him, as if in mute en treaty. He had hoped against hope, and now only anger ami despair' reigned in his heart. There was no chance of rescue left now, it seemed to him, and the sac rifice must go on, though it cut him to. the heart to see his darling child wedded to such a desperate villain as he know the Captain to be. Prom an open window a pair of keen eyes watched all that was transpiring. Though many years had passed away since he had set eyes on the interior of the Terrace, Hoger did not seem to for get certain things about the mansion with which he had been familiar at that time, and from among the vines outside a little balcony he could observe without being himself seen. Not twenty yards away the swiftest horse in all the surrounding country was in waiting, hidden by the trees. Koger Barrel's was not the only form that crouched at a window and looked on, for a man dressed in black, and with a certain foreign air about him, was at one of those opening upon the piazza, and his eyes were glued upon Captain Grant with a cold gleam in them, while from his mustached lips fell the word: "At last I have run him down!" The ceremony commenced. It was des tined never to go through, and yet not through this mysterious foreigner who appeared to have such an attachment for the soldier duelist came any interruption. From the easy attitude he had assumed. It was easy to see that he intended watch ing it through. "One wife more cannot hurt the rogue, tor he has already had at least ten. so far as my knowledge of him goes. As for the girl, she loves him not. and it will only please her to learn that she is not his wife. The Count plays his cards well, but that branded hand and the black glove have betrayed him." In the midst of the ceremony, however, quite an unlooked-for event occurred. Both at Richmond Terrace and Darrel Chaee there were machines for manufac turing gas, such as is the general custom among the wealthy planters of the South ern States, and the wbolejujJii" wafur uislafj tiy"a jsingie pTpt-r " X , : While -the minister was just propound ing to Carol the solemn question as to whether she would "take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband' sudden ad complete darkness caine upon the whole house, every gas jet being extin guished on the instant. The effect can be imagined. Conster nation filled the mind of almost every one, and the few guests present were alarmed, not knowing what was about to happen. Captain Grant did not realize whether this was an accident or part of a dee; laid plan to rob him of his intended bride, go, in order to be ready for emergencies, he threw one arm around her. At almost the same instant, however, Carol was jerked from his encircling arm, and he received a blow on the head that stag gered him. He made a clutch, but his arm only clasped the empty air. Whither the young girl had gone he could not guess. A light was struck, and upon being ap plied to the gas the rooms were once more illuminated. Then the truth became apparent. Carol was missing. Whither she had gone, or who had car ried her awny, not a soul in that room could say. Perhaps Lawrence Richmond could give a shrewd guess, and, as some thing like the truth came through his mind, he could not help the faint, grim mile that crept over his countenance. It caught the eye of Captain Grant, and in another instant he was at the man's side, his hand clutching his arm. J'You, have sealed your doom by this act, Lawrence Richmond, he hissed, savagely. shall bring ruin upon you. I told you it was a dangerous game playing with fire, and it seems you would not heed it. The consequences be upon your own head. lo you hear me, traitor?" His hand had caught the old man's throat, and in his fury of madness he would in all probability have choked Lawrence Richmond, for the few guests present were so filled with horror that they could move neither hand nor limb; but at this juncture the form of the mys terious foreigner darted across the floor. One hand fell upon the shoulder of the craned soldier. "Just in time to prevent the charge of murder from being added to the list of crimes of which you stand accused, my dear Count." The Captain did not relax his grip up on the old man, but, as the voice of the stranger reached his ears, it was observ ed that he not simply shivered, but shud dered like a man with the ague. He slowly turned his head, his face still scarlet, and there was a look in his eyes that was most wonderful to behold, but whether of fear or defiance, or both, it would have been hard to say. For half a minute he looked at the man in black over his shoulder. The light deserted his eyes and sullen fury alone raged there. "What do you seek?" he finally de manded. "I seek you. Count. Be careful how you carry yourself if you would not have all made known here," returned the new comer. Cunning crept into the eyes of the Captain. Some men would have been foolish enough to have flown at the stranger, and have been defeated, but he was too wise for such a false course. "Gentlemen, yon will excuse me for a few minutes while I retire with this per- draw her elo.e to him. Then she wa suddenly torn from his grasp. Into whose possession she had now come Carol could not even guess, and, taken even at the very worst, it could not be more bitter Ihnn finding hersel' iu the arms of the man she hated alii despised On plain Grant. Somehow, a delicious sense of repose seemed to pervade her whole being, and she gave way to the multitude of f nuclei that flooded her brain, by fainting dead away. She was dimly conscious of a jolting motion, as if one the back of a horse and moving rapidly, but it was a long time before consciousness returned in full. Siie was still clasped In the arms of her eb ductor, and looking up, could see his fvc iu the mystic star light. It was the countenance of Roger Dar rel! He seemed to be aware of the fact that she had once more come back to life, for presently he hxked down and softly spoke her name. "Oh, Roger, you have saved me from that dreadful man. I am so glad, so glad." It was all she could say; simple enough in itself truly, and yet the relieved cry of an overburdened heart. Hoger looked down tipou her tenderly, ami eveu drew her closer to him, au action she could do nothing to preveut, eveu had she so de sired. How long they had been riding Carol could not even guess, but it must have been quite a time. Where was Roger taking her? 11) e thought came to her suddenly, and she instantly made up her mind to ask. "I will take you anywhere you wish, Carol. I was heading for the old rulued mill, where, as you know, the widow, Mrs. Randall, lives alone. If you can think of any better place, tell me, mid I shall carry you there. My only object In carrying you off was to save you from a designing villain, a man whom I nave met before, and about whom there is a mysterious familiarity that puzzles me at times." "I believe you, Roger, and sooner would I have died than have become his wife; but it seemed as if my senses were bound, and all that I did was in a me chanical way. Thank heaven, you saved ine from such a fate. I shall never for get it, Roger, never." JUDICIAL DECISIONS. CHAPTER VII. The Captain's face was as black as a thundercloud when he grated those words ont between his teeth, and well might he be enraged, believing, as he did, that this was some of the treacherous work of the man whom he held in his power. "You have played me false, Richmond, deny it it you dare," he hissed. "Hark, even now I can hear your accomplice rid ing off, and doubtless carrying your daughter with him a second Lochinvar Highly romantic, no doubt, but you shall suffer for it, even if it should be the last act of my life. A brave foe I can honor, but a traitor I despise, and would risk life to give him the punishment he de serves. "Listen to me!" cried the old man, now fully alarmed for his safety, as he saw that the mad soldier-adventurer was in a fit state to do any rash act, "although I would have saved my daughter if It had been possible, yet I swear to you I had not the remotest suspicion of such a thing occurring; but now I see through It nil plainly. Do you know who hag carried away your bride, Captain Grant? The young master of Darrel Chace has been here!" "Roger Darrel here!" snarled the Cap tain. His coolness, which .had always seemed a part of his nature, had apparently de serted him at this juncture, leaving him the embodiment of savage rage. The idea . advanced by the old man might have gained more headway but that in again searching the face of Lawrenco 5tk.4 mond with his keen eyes, he detected a gleam In the other's orbs which it seem' ed to him was induced by triumph. That BettJed it. AH he might say would go for naught, and Lawrence Rich mond saw from the flash upon the other's face that he wag doomed. The soldier clutched him, and his face, purple with passion, looked more like the possession of a fiend than a human being. "You have played me false, and now I TP! '7 Si' - -i ,-.'). - a mm ' ' - -'jf ' SKGE-Wi Hi Cf5, --si l4 j9 THE HAUNTED MILL. son and explain to him the mistake un der which he labors," said the Captain. Of course those present murmured an audible assent, at which the mysterious stranger smiled, and came very near laughing. He accompanied tne Captain, however, and there were some who saw that he held in his hand a little revolver, which was" kept half concealed. Evidently tne foreign gentleman had no intention of be ing overpowered by treachery. .Captain Grant went away with a look upon his face of mingled hate and shrewd cunning a look that would perhaps have alarmed the foreigner had he noticed it and been more cautious; but he was not willing to give the Count, as he called Grant, credit for the sagacity he really possessed. There were those present who really expected they would never see him again. They knew not who the mysterious man was, but he was evidently on the Cj tain's trail, and upon the face of the lat ter they had read guilt plainly, Lawrence Richmond was among the number. He felt sure that the nemesis for whom he had longed had come, mid that the Captain had fallen into his grasp. That it was due to the judicious item in the newspapers he also had no doubt Now that the skies seemed brightening, his thoughts turned upon the abduction of his child. There had been no change in his ideas thus far, and when he declared to the Captain that it was his opinion Roger Darrel was the one they had to thank for this madcap act he spoke his convictions truly. He was just about to give some orders in reference to pursuit, which would have been quite useless, as the bold abductor must be miles away by this time, when one of the windows - of the room was darirned and a man entered in whom they recognized Captain Grant. He was alone! There was sincerity in her voice, but Roger made no reply. Hl heart was too full for utterance, knowing, as he did, that all was over between them, and that of her own free will she had yielded to the dictates of fate, and renounced all hapoiness and peace. (To be continued.) The Joinder of master and "errant as defendants In an action Atr Injuries to another servant caused by the aot of the defendant servant for which the master Is reRiHinslble, Is held, In Howe vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company (Wash.) (, Ii. R. A. IMO. to bo proper, Whether pumping of an oil well on Sunday Is a work of necessity within the meaning of a Sunday law Is held, In State vn. McKce (W. Vn.) (50, L. II. A. 3N, to bp a question for the Jury, where the evidence la conflicting as to the Injury which will be caused by not pumping it. A railroad company la held, In Brunswick & W. It. Co. va. Ponder (Ga.) (10. L. 11. A. 713, not to be llabla to a passenger Illegally arrested by oltioers of the law under color of their office, for failure to Interfere and pre vent the arrest, or for alopplng the train to allow the officers to remove their prisoner therefrom. The mere separation of Jurors Iin jmneled to try a capital ease, from their fellows, without the attendance of an officer, although an Irregularity, Is held. In Gamble va, State (Fla.) 00, I R. A. 547, not to be a suflieleut cause for setting aside the verdict, If the court Is satisfied that the prisoner has not sustained any Injury from such separation. Power to adopt a regulation requir ing lessee of lots to purchase all sup plies from the lessor is held. In Thou sand Island Park Association vs. Tuck er (N. Y.) CO. L. R. A. 780. not to be reserved to an association orgaulzed for the maintenance of a camp-meeting by a provision In the lenses that the lessee shall keep and perform all such conditions or rules as the lessor shall from time to time Impose, since such requirement Is not. reasonable. Persons negotiating for the sale and purchase of ginnls are held. Iu Good man vs. Herman (Mo.) 00, L. It. A. 885, not to occupy a fiduciary relutlon to- ward each other within the meaning or the section of the bankruptcy act of 1S0S, which prevents a release from affecting debts created by fraud while acting in any fiduciary capacity, so as to prevent the lease from being opera tive In case the goods were obtained from the purchaser through fraud and false representations. A contract between an attorney at law and one who Is not such au attor ney, by which the latter agrees to pro cure the employment of the former by third persons for the prosecution of suits iu courts of record and to assist in looking after and procuring witness es whose testimony Is to be used In the cases, in consideration of a share of the fees which the attorney shall receive. Is held In Laughdon vs. Conlln (Neb.) GO, L. R. A. 4211, to be against public policy, and void. CHAPTER VIII. Although Carol Richmond had hoped for something to occur in her favor when hope seemed even a delnsWa and a hol low mockery, she had never expected it to come in the way It did. When the gas was so suddenly extin guished, through the agency of the shrewd Andrew, who had arranged all these matters with the youjjg man be forehand, she too was somewhat alarmed by the total darkness that came upon the scene. Before she had time, how ever, to collect her senses she felt the Captain's arm encircle her waist and Charlie's Choice. "Charlie" is a resident of Concord, Mass., and although his fellow citizens believe blm to be simple-minded, a story In the New York Tribune shows that while he may be somewhat behind the native sages who have given the village its wide renown, he Is yet wise in his own practical generation. Among Charlie's oddities is a fond ness for reading and carrying books un der his arm. He Is never seen without one or more. Not long ago he went to the house of Dr. Edward iv. Emerson, the son of Ralph Waldo Emerson, with a long face. "Doctor," he said, sorrowfully, "they won't let me take books out of the 11 brary any more." Dr. Emerson lias a fine private 11 brary, and moved by the sadness In Charlie's tone said kindly: "Never mind, Charlie. You may take any book of mine you wish." Satisfied with this assurance, Charlie went away and did not return for sev eral days. Then he came back, and said, doubtfully, "You said I might take any book of yours I Wanted, didn't you?" Dr. Emerson assented, wondering what was coming. "That means any book you own, doesn't It?" queried Charlie. Again Dr. Emerson assented. "Well, then," said Charlie, trium phantly, "let me take your mileage book!" INTERVIEWS WRONG MAN. Aureeable Native Hat Reasons for Ap proving Property lcala. "I see they have platted out a sub urb three miles south of here," said the stranger on the hotel steps to the old party smoking a cob pipe. lep, retuiUKl the native, without taking his pipe from his mouth. "And another to the east." " "Yep." "And one to the northwest" "Yep; and they're talking of one due north." "Do you think this plnce Is big enough to have suburbs?" "Nop." "No one but a blamed Idiot would want a suburban residence when the town Itself Is so quiet." "Nop." "I guess they're not selling many lots?" "Nop." "You don't approve the move then?" "Yep." "What!" "The more the merrier." "Why, you Just said" "See here, mister," interrupted the native, at last, taking his pipe from his mouth, "you don't know me, I reckon. These here real estate sharps get to fighting about which has the best suburb, and then they advertise, and each one tries to knock the oth er's eyes out with his advertisement. And, stranger, I run the only dally pa per In the town, I'm with 'em If they plat out the whole State." Brooklyn Eagle. Plant Life and Temperature. Plant life Is much more tolerant than animal life of extremes of tem perature, growth having been observ ed In some instances as low as koto, and in other instances as high as 72 degree centigrade. It Is perfectly true that a freezing process does not destroy life. A fish or frog will be frozen solid and on rethawlng will be come quite lively again. The seeds of plants can actually undergo for hours a temperature of liquid hydrogen, the coldest temperature known, and yet retain their germlimtlve power. I (p slfj.v Jim 'V f Woman in an Unconscious Condi tion Found on Sidewalk. Upon Examination at the Hospital, Her Body was Discovered to be Covered with Scars, Caused by the Hypodermic Injection of Morphine Facts Published as Warning to Other Women. The abT headline recite the actual eiperlcnce of a poor wreck of a woman who had once hold an hon orable and lucrative position in a large mercantile house In New York. Her health began to fail, and Instead of taking rest and proper tnedioal treatment she resorted to sUtnulauU and morphine- The hospital physician d scovered that her primary troublo as nn affection of the wombt, which could readily have been curad In the first stages. If wh.m she had flrt folt those severe pains In the back, the terrible headaches, the constant sense of fullness, soreness snd pain in the pelvlo region, she had heedcTl the warning that serious troublefvss la store, and commenced a regular treatment with the Plukhara Reme dies, a did Mrs. Rubor of Chicago, whoso letter follows, the polypus In the womb would have been dis solved and passed away, and to-day he would have been a well woman. Why will women let thcmse'.ves drift along Into terrible suffering and sickness in this way, when there is monumental proof that LydJu E. rinkham's Vegetable Com pound Is daily relieving thousands of women from this very troublo? There is no excuse for any woman who suffers to go without help. Mrs. Pinkham is very glud indeed to give her personal advice to any one who will write for It, and the following letter simply goes to prove that the Vegetable Compound will positively cure female ills : "Since the birth of my baby I suffered from womb trouble.backache, Irregular menstruation, also Intense nervounneas. "After trying different remedies with no relief I was Induced to try Lydk E. Plnkhani's Vegetable Compound. To my surprise aud delight I found after taking my first bottle very great Improvement. I continued Its ue and It has made nit a well woman. " I am so grateful to you for my recovery Hint I wlh to thanU you, and If this testimonial will be of any use to oilier suffering women, you have my full permission to publish It."-Mas. Mabv Rohkb, (MM Kills Ave. , Chicago, 1 11. tsvoo Mill if wtyM if gtaw Mtir imvlitf pnumumt mmI bt iund. Free M Advice to Women. Women suffering from any form of femule weakness are Invited t promptly communicate with Mrs. l'lnkham, at Lynn, Muss. All letter are received, opened, wad and an swered by women only. A woman can freely talk of her private Illness to a woman; thus has been estab lished the eternal confluence between Mrs. I'iiikham and the women of America which ha never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experience which she ha to draw from It I more than possible that she has pained the very knowledge that will help your case. She esk noth ing la return except your good will, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish If she doe not take advantage of thi genurou oiler at a&sUUnce, Mopelcm Caie. " "If you weren't so lazy you wouldn't be so pesslmlHtlc." "Oh, nonsense!" "Why don't you make hay while the sun shines, and " "Huh, If I tried to do that It'd Just be my luck to get sunstruck." Phil adelphia Ledger. 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