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Vt A at, ,j.-.-a.A.AA.-.-a.AA.A---AA-...--..fc HiiiALHAAAA 1 T 1 " 1 " TTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTT1 I'Wl TTTTTTT FWWF " MASTER OFTHE MINE j By Robert Buchanan. f chapter XYii. Oa reachm I.omion I secured a room in a small coffee bouse, and. having de posited my luRxage, 1 started off at ouce to the offices of the mining company. 1 Wat astonished, on arriving at my desti nation, to find that the "office" con sisted only of a couple of grimy rooms In a side street. I was received by a dilapidated and somewhat dirty old clerk. II informed me that the head of the firm was at that moment in his room. I was taken to him, aud made haste to state my case. I aoon found that my presence there waa comparatively useless. Like mas ter, like man, they soy, and certainly Oeorfte Redruth, in forming a company to conduct the mine, had been careful to select men whose views accorded with tiia own; besides, my character had pre ceded me; they had been forewarned of my visit, and to all my complaints they bad nothing to say. Hick at heart, I left the place. What my next move would be 1 did not know. It was certain I could do nothing for the Cornish miners; and since they could iot starve, they must be left to trudge on with that grim skeleton Death forever by their side' Pondering thus, I made my way slowly along the crowded streets, gating ab stractedly at the sea of faces surround ing me. It was Saturday afternoon, and the Strand was thronged. The hum of the busy crowd distracted me. 1 turn ed, intending to pass down one of the aide streets, when suddenly I stepped face to face with a woman who was coming toward me, and uttered a cry. It was my conuiu Annie. But so changed was she that I scarce ly knew her. She was dressed as a lady, nd looked like one; but her face was pale, her eyes looked troubled and sad. She must have been walking quickly, lor as I turned to face her she almost (ell into my arms. The cry I gave attracted her; she look ed Into my face, and knew mo. She paused, uncertain what to do. My sud dea appearance there, of all places on the earth, was so unexpected that It com pletely unnerved her. For a moment he seemed about to fly; then, conquering herself, she stood her ground. 'Hugh.'" she exclaimed. "You here!" "Yes!" I auswered, sternly enough. "I am here!" I felt no joy in meeting her. Had she come to me poor, despised, I should have taken her in my arms, and said, "Y'i poor, repentant child, come home;" but when the stood before me in her fine raiment, my heart hardened; for I thought of the heart-broken old people whom she had left. My appearance must have been strange, for 1 began to attract some attention, when Annie took me by the arm and led me down the side street I had Intended to take. "HurV." she said, "did you come to IxMidon to look for me? "No. I came on other business, but I promised to seek you and take you back. She was still white as death and trem bling violently. As I uttered these words, he shook her head, and her eyes tilled with tears. "I cannot go home, Hugh; not yet," he aaid, sadly. "Not yet?" I repeated. "Will it ever be better for you than it is now?" "Yes, Hugh; and soon, I hope, I shall be able to go and cause them no trouble. Hugh, dear Hugh! you have never once taken my hand; you have not looked at me aa you would have done some months go. You tin nk I have brought trouble upon you all; but I am a lawful wife." "A lawful wife? Whose wife?" "Ah! do not ask me that. I cannot tell you. Hut I am a wife; and some day, very aoon, I shall be acknowledged. Hugh, will you not take my hand, and say that you forgive me? "I have nothing to forgive," I replied. "You did me no wrong; but you ruined the happiness of your home, and you hare broken your father's heart." "Hugh!" "It la as well for yon to hear It, An nie," I continued. -''When your flight was discovered your father bore it brave ly, we thought; but it seems he hid the worst of his trouble from us, and pined - la secret (t has been like a canker worm gnawing at his heart; and now he la weak and. feeble, like weary, worn Id man!" I ceased, for Annie had turned away nd was crying piteously. I went to her nd took her hand. "Annie," I said, "tell me the name of the man who has been the author of all this trouble, and I will ask no more." "I cannot tell yon, Hugh.- Why should you wish to know? I tell you I am his wlfa." "If you are his wife, where is the need of all this secrecy?" "There are reasons why he cannot ac knowledge me Just now; therefore, I have made solemn vow never to tell bis name until he gives me permission. Is it not enough for you to know that I have not disgraced you, and that I am hap py? Will you tell them at home that you found me well, and that they must not grieve; because some day soon I shall come back to them?" "Where are you living now?" I asked. "Close by here," she replied, quickly. "I was on my way home when I met you. Will you come with me, Hugh? I will show you the rooms." I assented; and she led the way. She walked quickly, and paused before house. Kntering with a latchkey, she passed up Bight ol stairs and entered room. "This Is whera I live, Hugh," she aid. It was change Indeed from the Corn Ish kitchen In which she bad lived all her life. The room was on which I could - Imagine Madeline occupying, but which was singularly out of plac when coupled with Annie!" Having looked about ma, I prepared to leave. "Where ar you going, Hugh?" she sked. "Home? Hball I see you again? "That I don't know. Sines you say you ars well cared for and happy, where Is ths us of troubling you 7 Horns day, perhaps, when your sun begins to set, you'll Snd your way back to thots who loved you long befors this villain crossed four path!" I opened the door, stepped across the threshold, and faced two strange men. A hand was laid upon my shoulder, and a voice said: "Stop, young man! We want you for murder!" CHAPTER XVHI. For "murder"? The very word para lysed me; aud I locked at the man in utter consternation. ""Oh, Hugh!" cried Annie, wildly. "What U it? What have you done?" Without answering her, I looked wild ly the men; then, acting on a mad im pulse aud quite without reflection, I rush ed to the door. In a moment the men threw themselves upon me, and there was a brief but fierce struggle; but my strength was of no avail, and in a couple of minutes I was overpowered and hand- utted. Ihe man who had hrst address ed me, looked at me with a grim smile. "You're a bold chap," he said; "but it's no use. You'd have done much better to have come along quietly. Now lookee here. I've got to tell yon that whatever you say, from this moment for ward, will be used in evidence against you." For heaven's sake, explain! I an swered. "What does It all mean? Who is murdered?" How Innocent we are! You'll be tell ing us next that your name ain't Hugh Trelawney, late overseer of the St. Gur- lott mine." "Trelawney Is my name, but " "Of course it is; and Trelawney' the name of the man we want the name on this here warrant. My duty is to appre hend you for the murder of Mr. Ephraim S. Johnson, the new overseer, who took your place." "Johnson! murdered!" I cried. "It Is impossible!" "Oh, no. It ain't." returned the imper turbable official. , "Deceased was found at the foot of the cliffs, with his brains knocked out, and bearing on his body signs of violence; worse than that, he'd been stabbed with a knife; and once more, you're the party we want for hav ing done the job." Utterly amazed and horrified, I stag gered and fell Into a chair. As for An nie, she seemed completely petrified. I can see her white face now froaen, tear less and aghast! "I will go with you," I said, "but I am perfectly innocent. Until this moment, I never even heard of this horrible affair. I left St. Gurlott'a two days ago." "Exactly." waa the dry retort; "you hooked It the very night of the murder. The body was found early on the morn ing of the 23d, and the warrant was is sued yesterday." As he spoke, I seemed to feel the net closing round me. At first the very accu- sation had seemed preposterous; now, I began to understand that my position was one of extreme peril. It Johnson had really been murdered, and on that night, aa now seemed clear, I could not escape suspicion by a mere alibi. I re membered, with a thrill of horror, my last meeting with the murdered man, just before my departure, and my heart sank within me. I knew my own Innocence but who was guilty? At I asked myself the ques tion, I looked again at Annie, who was still watching me intently; and In a mo ment, as if by an inspiration, I thought of her father! Had John Pendragon, In a moment of madness, taken the life of the man whom he suspected of causing his daughter's flight? The thought wat almost too horrible for belief yet, alas it was not unreasonable. "Now, then, are you ready?" said the officer, placing his hand upon my shoul der. "Hugh! dear Hugh! tell me yiu did not do it! I cannot cannot believe that you are guilty!" cried Annie. "When the time comes," I said, sol- mnly, "may you be as well able to an wer for your deeds as I shall answer for mine. The trouble began with you. If murder has been done, it is your do ing also remember that!" They were cruel words, and afterwards bitterly regretted them; but I was thinking of her father, and remember ing how bitter must be her blame, if, by any possibility, he had been driven into crime and violence as a consequence of her conduct. Whether she understood me or not, I cannot tell; but,' hiding her face, in her hands, shs sank on a couch, hysterically sobbing. What followed seemed more like an ex traordinary dream than cruel waking re ality! I waa led from the house, placed n a cab, and driven away. That very afternoon I left London by train, and late that night was handed over, handcuffed and helpless, to the authorities of Fal mouth jail. My suspense did not last long. The very next day I was taken from the pris on, and placed In a dog-cart, with a po liceman at my side and another on the seat beside the driver. An inquest on the body of the murdered man was to take place that day at St. Uurlott s, and, of course, my presence was necessary, As we dashed through the village, I saw several of the miners' hanging about; but I carefully averted my eyes from theirs. A little further on, we passed the door of the. cottage where I had dwelt so happily and so long; and I taw, with a sigh of relief, that there was no sign of any one about. We trotted on, till we reached Hedrutb House. Here, to my surprise, the horse was pulled up. Now, then, get down! said my com panlon; and I alighted. As I did so, some one pressed forward, and I met the honest eyes of John Itudd. The poor fellow thrust out his hand to seize mine; then, finding that I was handcuffed, drew ths hand hastily back and placed It on my shoulder. "Dawn't b dawnhearted, Master Hugh!" hs cried. "There b not sawl in St. (Jurlott's believes 'ee killed 'un So cheer up, lad; they'll soon set 'ee free." I thanked him, with tears standing In my eyes, for his kindness touched me, Then I was led Into the bouss, and In a llttls whils was facing ths coroner, In ths great old fashioned dining hall, where ths Inquest was being held. I forget many of ths details of that mlserabls day. Only ons thing I vividly remember ths tight of ths dsad man i body, stretched out for Inspection In tie kitchen. . Why I was taken to se It I do not know; but I felt that I was close ly watched as 1 bent over It. Poor John ton! I freely forgave him all the trou ble he had ever caused me, seeing the hloodat allied aud disfigured mass which had once been his living self! At the tuqiiest proceeded I realised the full extent of my peril. Several of the men came forward and testified to my having quarreled with the murdered man and knocked him down. Then the young master, George Iteilruth, gave his teati ninny to the effect that I had been dis missed from the overaccrshlp, and that I bore a violent grudge against the man who had supplanted me. Finally, i" a proved that 1 had left St. liurlott'a tome time on the very night of the murder. Among the witnesses examined wa my aunt. She looked utterly overcome with grief, and, ou seeing me, would have sprung to and embraced m hysterically had she not been withheld. Her hus band, it was shown, was too Hi to at tend; but aa his evidence would have simply corroborated hers, his absence was deemed unimportant. All she had to say concerned merely my movements on tho fatal night, and the coroner elicited from her the fact that as late as nine in the evening 1 had beeu in the neigh' borhood of the mine. Vague and circumstantial as all the evidence was, it was surtlclent to decide the jury against me. Dated and horri fied, I heard them bring in their verdict a verdict of willful murder against "Hugh Trelawney," who was straight way committed for trial at the next Assizes, (To bs continued.! IT WORKfcD WELL. SHOT AS SPIES. i An Experiment to Fhow How Easily 1'aopl Ars Led. Over In the corner of the club room they were discussing that sheepish tendency of most of us to "follow the leader." "Now, It Is astonishing," said tho young nian with a buld spot. During one of those miserable foggy nights three young men In evening dress were slowly making their eoiir.-e down Chestnut street. It was easy to see that they were ncompunled by solemn, dignified "Jags." Their clean shaven, Gibson-like faces were entire ly devoid of any expression of emo tion, grave or gay. Straight ahead they gazed with stony stare. When they reached one of the theaters they paused in their solemn stroll and stood on the curb, facing the entrance to the theater. And all this done without a word from any of them. Despite the penetrating dampness, their overcoats hung open, revealing snowy shirt bos oms. Their trousers were turned up at least four Inches at the bottoms. Each chap carried a neatly folded um brella. It lacked but a few minutes of tho close of the performance. The fog was growing denser every moment and the lights In the streets grew dim mer and dimmer. The party of four stood motionless and 'silent until the ushers came out of the theaterv-and , opened the swinging doors. At this Instant each of the men opened and hoisted his umbrella. The people com ing out of the theater perceived the fog and then the party with raised umbrellas. "Oh, Jack!" cried a daintily dressed little woman, "isn't this hard luck? My gown will be ruined. How stupid of us not to bring an umbrella!" And she peered out of the door for a mo ment, shivering and retreated to the lobby. Jack turned up his coat collar and dashed for a cab. Then there was some dreadful grumbling on the part of the unfor tunates who had carriages, but could not get to them because there waa no awning from the theater to the curb. Many men hoisted their umbrellas and led women under their protection to the carriage doors. One fellow es corted a number of ladles, one at a time, In order the better to protect tbem from the rain. Lots of men In dress suits, but lacking umbrellas. muffled up completely, turned up their trousers and galloped for the street cars at breakneck speed. Through all this the chaps on the curb maintained their solemn, digni fied demeanor. It hadn't rained a drop. K . e, it i U J f Ml! ! i I i i C ' Vf. T-n f , v h , ? - U'i 1-W" Ayers Falllnff hair means weak hair. Then strengthen your hair; feed It with the only hair food, Ayer'sllalr Vigor. It checks falling hair, makes the hair Hair Vigor grow, completely cures dan druff. And it always restores colorto gray hair, alt the rich, dark color of early life. Mr lislr fulling l b1ty tns I tfi.i.l I wuulil Itmllsfl. Tlin ItrtoU Ar lUIr VIor. II qmcmjr .lon.il tl fslllng li4 lu4 my h.lr all I hl wl.h n " l. tUiiKuut K. AUL, KUnktb, N. J. tl Wtbnlll. AUitriiirvL'.. for 1. O. AV.. l.nOHll. ! Falling Hair lis who rules must humor full much at hs commands. George lCllot. To Break In Nsw Shoes. Alwsvt shak In Allen's Foot Kas. a powder. I It cure. hoi. awatlii(. aching, wollnn leet. Cures corns, Ingrowing nlls and bunions. Al sll driigKlxa ami sno alurss, v non a-i anyaiilMiitiit. Hamjila mailed KRKI. Address Allen s. Uluiated, U Roy, N. V. Hypocrisy Is the necessary burden of villainy. Juhiisou, EXECUTION OF TWO JAPANESE btTIOBUS AT KHAIUUN. An eve-wltnesa of the execution of ths two Japanese om?r, Oolonol Ukoko and Captain Ottl, at Kharbln, ha furnished an artist-correspondent of i-nnrton firanhie with an Illustrated account of the sceus. The two ofllcers w.ra eanirht Bttemntlnir to blow un the railway bridge over the river None, In Manchuria, and were, brought befors a court-martial, which sentenced thera to be hanged as spies. General Kuropatkln, however, ordered that they should be shot. Throughout their trial and the preliminaries to ths execu tion the two men displayed ths utmost courage. On the execution ground both officers requested that their srnis should not be tied to the boards behind them, and Captain Ottl asked Hint his eyes should not bs bandaged. Colonel Ukoko. who was a Christian, received ths holy communion from a Russian priest, and mads will leaving a aura of a thousand roubles to be devoted to Red Cross work. "Both of the officers," writes tns correspondent. "died Uks heroes." MH t tl I now tuism Peeping Through Pin Holes. The optical properties of the pin holes are well known In these days of amateur photography. Probably, how ever, the following device, baaed thereupon, Is not generally known, though It Is easy to conceive of cir cumstances In which It might serve very useful purpose. The Medical Times tells uh that by making a hole through a piece of paper or postal card, moving the pin a few times around the hole to give It a smooth edge, holding the pin hole close to the eye and looking at printed or other matter held at the normal reading dis tance, there Is a perfect definition, and anyone who requires glasses to read can, with this device, rend anything. When a pin hole is held to both eyes at the same time there Is a great Im provement over one, with perfect bi nocular effect The field Is mucb smaller than that seen when glasses are used. There' Is less light aud no magnification. The Importance and utility of this simple device In many circumstances are obvious. Mitf Agnes Miller, o! A Oood Substitute. Customer (In bookstore) Have you a book called The Fifteen Decisive Bat tles? Proprietor No, but I have some thing similar, entitled The Autobiog raphy of a Married Man. Paradoxical. Owtend Pa, do you run a bill over In Mrs. Prune's grocery? Pa Yes, my son. Ostend Then If you run It why doet the say It Is of long standing. Few true stories of merited commer cial success lllustratt ths value of pluck and perseverance more clearly than that of Thomas A. Edison and the Incandescent electric light It was ou October 10, 1870, says Caaslcr's Magazine, that Mr. Edison declued he had reached conditions under whicn a carbon filament might be made Into lamp. Accordingly a cotton thread was inla in a nairpm-snapeu btuuyo In a nickel plate, put In a nickel mold and covered with charcoal and cooked five hours, it was then thoroughly carbonized, but unhappily It broke to pieces when the Inventor attempted to take It from the mold. Repeated experiments brought slml-' lar failures, until late at night on the 18th one was rescued Intact; but It broke while being fastened to the con ducting wire. Neither Mr. Edison nor his assistant, Charles Bachelor, haa had any sleep since beginning work two days before; but they determined to keep at work and make a lamp be fore they slept On the 10th they made several fila ments, but all broke In the clamping process, un tne autn one was smn-i-im- fully clamped, and hope ran nigu mat the lamp would soon be done; but as It was being carried from the shop where It was made to ths glass blow ing room to be sealed In a globs a breath of wind caught It and blew It away. Mr. Bachelor was dismayed and ais gnsted. Both men wer exhausted and almost discouraged, but they kept at work. At last on the morning of the 21st the fifth day since they bad slept theyv had ths happiness of see ing a lamp finally completed ana ngnt ed. The two men then went to bed and slept several hours. When they awoke the new lamp still burned. Mr. Edison Increased the current aud the lamp burned more brightly far more brightly than they had dared antici nate. It was the first modern Incan descent lamp. Mr. Kdlson believed It was a sucoessful one, but It lasted only two days, and then burned out. At once a host of employes went to work carbonizing every available sub nance In search of a better filament. In the midst of the work a passage In one of Humboldt's books, describ ing a certain kind of bamboo fiber, suddenly occurred to Mr. Edison, and suggested to him that the vegetable atrand would be just the thing. At once he bunted up the passage and reread It Then he began a search for the proper bamboo. A corps of trained Investigators was sent out all over the world on this search, and scarcely a region of the known surface of the globe was left unvlslted. A hundred thousand dol lars were spent In this way before William Moore found the proper bam boo In Northern Japan. To Insure good supply, hs bought a tract of land and put It In charge of two native farmers. Then with the bamboo fiber began new experiments, and In the spring of 1881 the first really successiul In candescent lamp was made. It burn ed at slxteen-candle -power for nearly sixteen hundred hours, and Us success was thus assured. In ths following year a hundred thousand of tlmae lamps were made, Ka . V. i u miA Miii.lmiMOrm K.I ll v irr.l1. ually modllled as Improvements sug- UUCagO, pcK3 iu Jim" wumvu gested themselves, uutll the present nbotlt danZCfS Of tllC Menstrual common style or tamp was iue resuiu pgrjofl. four million lamps a year were being made, and eleven years later, In 1008, America alone required forty five mil lion to fill Its needs. Weatern America vs. Kaatern Asia. That great changes are taking place In the currents of Pacific ocean To Vnnwn WoMM t I suffered for tlx years with dysmenorrhea (painful TMrlodai. SO much so that I dreaded every month, as I knew It meant thwej or lour aays oi invenao - doctor said this was oue a ma iuubuwu condition of the uterine appendages) caused by repeated and neglected eoiua. take cold at this "If young ffirl only realised now dangerous it is to commerce, to be followed fast by still eritloal time, much suffering would be) greater, la rapidly becoming manifest spared them. Thank Ood for I.ydla K. rinkham' Voffctaoio om- Increaslng production In our own Pa ciflc States requires Oriental markets, and Is finding them. Ilnllroad develop merit both In America and Asia, and pound, that waa the only medicine which Helped me any. inwua m. weeks after I started to take it, I noticed a marked Improvement In my In Increasing use of steam on the ocean, general health, and at the time of my r. orToKtlnir si-sat Klunoa. In flm I nnvt. mnnthlf Tjcrlod ttlO Tiain had co ures of the trade of all countries In touch with the Pacific. More than fifty steamships now null regularly from the ports of California, Oregon nd Washington to ports In Astii or the great Pacific Islands, and of 'tramp" steamers and salt vessels a continually growing fleet Between ports of British Columbia and ports of Asia, Australia and New Zealand there Is similar movement It In cludes not only the local commerce between countries that border on the greatest of oceans, but carries also a vy trade from the Orient by rail way across America to our Kastern States, and even to Europe, from West to East over the Atlantic. Everything favors the growth of this commerce to very large propor tions. There Is promise of develop ment or an international commerce on the Pacific which, within the next half century, may rival that on the Atlantic. For the active theater of the world's new effort Is now eastern Asia and western America. The two hemispheres, heretofore scarcely at all In communication except across the Atlantic, are now rapidly developing an Intercourse over the Pacific, which Is to effect large transformation or at least to become a great additional factor In the commerce of the world. Century. nmt monthlv ocrlod the pain diminished considerably. I kept up ths treatment, and was cured a monin later. I am like another person aince. I am In perfect health, tny eyes are, brighter, I have added 1 pounds to my weight, my color is good, and I feel light and huppy." Miss Aowrs Mu.l.xa, S Potomac Ave., Chicago, 111. SO0 forftlt If mrlQlnal f about Mtu anwsf tnd Nfjf aaangc aa proaweva. The monthly lekncs reflects the condition of a woman! health. Anything unusual at that time should have prompt and proper attention $5 For a Name $5 Hena u ten ol more nam, of youi people with mean. I aeeur a Ilmlnaaa Kiliiratton ami lor the flrat one that anrnlla piirehaalrig I mm ua a arhnlarahlp, w will remit you j In taah. 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