t v MASTER OF By Robert IjHHIllllllin f-M-T r r r-'KH CHAPTER XVII. On reaehiriB; tandoa I twnwd a room In a amall coffee house, and. having de posited my liiKce, I started off at once to the offices of tha mining company. 1 was astonUhed, on arriving at my domi nation, to find that the 'Vinecs" con sisted only of a couple of grimy rooms la a side street. I waa received by a dilapidated and somewhat dirty old clerk. II Informed me that the head of the firm waa' at that moment in hi room. 1 was taken to him, and mad haste to state my case. I soon found that my presence titer waa comparatively tuvless. Like mas ter, like man. they aay. and certainly George Redruth, in forming a company to conduct the mine, had been careful to select men whose view accorded with hi own: besides, my character had pre ceded me; they had Wen forewarned of my visit, and to all my complaint they had nothing to aay. Sick at heart. I left the place. What my uest move would be I did not know. It was certain I could do nothing for the CoruisU miner; and since they could not starve, they must be left to trudge on with that grim skeleton Death forever by their side! Pondering thus, I made my way slowly alone the crowded streets, gaiiug ab stractedly at the. sea of faces surround Ing me. It was Saturday afternoon, and the Strand was thronged. The hum of the busv crowd distracted me. I turn ed. intending to pass down one of the aide streets, when suddenly 1 stepped face to face with a woman who was coming toward me, and uttered a cry, It was my coumn Annie. Rut so changed was she that I scarce ly knew her. She was dressed as a lady. and looked like one; but her face was pale, her eyes looked troubled and sad. Fhe must hav.e been walking quickly. for as 1 turned to face her she almost fell into my arms. The cry I gave attracted her; she look ed into my face, and knew me. She paused, uncertain what to do. My sud den appearance there, of all places on the earth, was so unexpected that it com rletely unnerved her. For a moment she seemed about to fly; then, conquering herself, she stood her ground. "Hugh!" she exclaimed. "You here!' "Yes!" I answered, 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 "You poor, repentant child, come home;" but when fie 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 I began to attract some attention, when Annie took me by the arm and led me down the side street I had intended to take. "Hugh!" she said, "did you come to London 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 she shook her head, and'.her eyes filled with tears. "I cannot go home, Hugh; not yet, she said, 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 as you would have done some months go. Yon think 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. But I am a wife; and some day, very soon, 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 have broken your father's heart" "Hugh!" "It is as well for you 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 In secret It has been like a canker worm gnawing at his heart; and now he Is weak and feeble, like a weary, worn old man!" I ceased, for Annie had turned away nd was crying piteously. I went to her and 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 you, Hugh. Why should you wish to know? I tell you I am his wife." . "If you are his wife, where is the need of all this secrecy? "There are reasons why he cannot ao knowledge me jifst now; therefore, I have made a solemn vow never to tell his Dame 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 tbem at home that you found nie 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 hen I met you. Will you come with ine, Hugh? I will show you the rooms." I assented; and she led the way. She walked quickly, and paused before house. Entering with a latchkey, she passed up a flight of stairs and entered a room. "This is where I live, Hugh," she aid. ' It was a change indeed from the Corn tsh kitchen in which she had lived all her life. The room was one which I could Imagine Madeline occupying, but which was singularly out of place when coupled with Annie!" Having looked about me, I prepared to leave. ' "Where are you going, Hugh?" she asked. "Home? Shall I see you again?" "That I don't know. Since you say yon art well cared for and happy, where Is the use of troubling your Home aay, nerhaps. when your sun begins to set, you'll find your way back to those who loved you long before this villain crossed your path!" T THE MINE ; Buchanan. f KtU I opened tha door, stepped acre the threshold, and faced two Strang men. A hand wa laid upon my shoulder, and a voice said: Stop, young man! Wt want you for murder!" CHAPTER XVIII. For "murder"? The very word para- yted me; aud I looked at the man iu uttej consternation. Oh, Hush!" cried Annie, wildly. "What is it? What have you done?' Without answering her, 1 looked wild- y tne men; then, acting on a man im pulse and quite without reflection, I rush ed to the dxr. In a moment the men threw themselves pon me, aud there was a brief but fierce struggle; but my strength waa of no avail, and in a couple of minutes I was overpowered and hand- utTed. The man who had first address ed me, looked at me with a grim smile. "You're a Wld chap," he said; "but it's no use. You'd have don much better to have come along quietly. Now lookee here. I've got to tell you that whatever you say. from this moment for ward, will be used in evidence against you." "For heavens 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. Uur- lott mine." "Trelawney is my name, but "Of course it is; and Trelawney's 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 aiu'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 froien, 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's two days ago." "Exactly, was 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. If Johnson had really been murdered, aud on that night, as 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? As 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 is daughter's flight? The thought was 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 emnly, "may you be as well able to an swer for your deeds as I shall answer for mine. The trouble began with you. If murder has Wen done, it is your do ing also remember that!" They were cruel words, and afterwards I bitterly regretted them; but I was thinking of her father, and remember ing how bitter must be bet 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, she sank on a couch, hysterically sobbing. What followed seemed more like an ex traordinary dream than cruel waking re ality! I was led from the house, placed in a cab, and driven away. That very afternoon I left London by train, an"d 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 ftt. uurlott s, and, of course, ray 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 saw, with a sigh of relief, that there was no sign of any one about. We trotted on, till we reached Redruth House. Here, to my surprise, the horse was pulled up. "Now, then, get down!" said my com panion; and I alighted. As I did so, some one pressed forward, and I met the honest eyes of John Rudd. The poor fellow thrust out his hand to seize mine; then, finding that I was handcuffed, drew the hand hastily back and placed it on my shoulder. - "Dawn't be dawnhearted, Master Hugh!" he cried. "There be not a sawl in St Gurlott'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 house, and in a little while was facing the coroner, in the great old-fashioned dining hall, where the Inquest was being held. I forget many of the details of that miserable day. Only one thing I vividly remember the sight of the dead man's W4y. stretched out for Inspection ra th kitchen. Why I was taken to it 1 do not know; but 1 felt that I was close ly watched as I bent over it Poor John son! I freely forcavt hliu all the trou- Me he had ever caused me, seeing th lloodtatned aud disfigured mass which had one been hi living self! As the Inquest proceeded I realised the ull extent of my peril. Several of th men cam forward and testified to my aring quarreled with the murdered man nd knocked him down. Then the young master, George Redruth, gave his testi mony to the effect that 1 had been dis missed from the oversccrshlp, and that I ore a violent grudge agalnut the man who had supplanted me. Finally, It wa roved that 1 had left St. Uurlott . some ime on the very night of the murder. A uvea the witnesses examined was my aunt. Sh looked utterly overcome with grief, and, oti seeing me, would .have prung to and embraced me hysterically had she not beeu withheld. Her hu- band, it waa shown, was too 111 to at- end; but as hi evidence would have imply corroborated hers, his abseuc was deemed unimportant. All she had to ay coucerned merely my movements on the fatal night, and the coroner elicited from her the fact that as lat as nine iu the evening I had been lu Urn neigh borhood of the mine. Vague and circumstantial as all the evidence was, it was sufficient to decide he jury against me. laacd and horri fied, I heard them bring in their verdict a verdict of willful murder against 'Hugh Trelawney," who was straight way committed tor trial at me next ssiaes. (To b continued.! IT WORKfcD WELL, An Experiment to Fhow How Easily People Are 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 la astonishing," said tho young man with a bald spot During one t)f those miserable foggy nights throe young men In evening dress were slowly niaklug their course down Chestnut street. It was easy to see that they were ncompnnled by solemn, dignified "Jugs." Their clean shaven, Gibson-like faces were entire ly devoid of any expression of emo tion, grave or gay. Straight ahead they gnzed 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 tho theater. And all this done without a word from any of them. Despite tho peuetratlng 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 ef four stood motionless and silent until the ushers came out of the theater 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 was no atwnlng 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 them from the rain. Lots of men In dress suits, but lacking umbrellas, muflied 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, dlgnl fled demeanor. It hadn't rained a drop. 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, based thereupon, is not generally known, though It Is easy to conceive of clr cumstances in which it might serve a very useful purpose. The Medical Times tells us 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 tho pin hole close to tho 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, read 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 much smaller than that seen when glasses are used. There is less light and no magnification. The Importance and utility of this simple device In many circumstances are obvious. A Oood Substitute. Customer (In bookstore) Have you a book called The Fifteen Decisive Bat tles? Proprietor No, but I hare some thing similar, entitled Tha Autobiog raphy of a Married Man. Paradoxical. Ostend Pa, do you run a bill over in Mrs. rrune'a grocery? Pa Yes, my son. Ostend Then if you run. It why doea she say It is of long standing. SHOT AS T sx.r ' Hi fov to -; e? x. T . .kV , . , - iv - vN-V xf EXECUTION OF TWO JAPANESE OFFICIOUS AT KIIAIUUN. An eye-wltncss of the execution of the two Jnpajieso offleors, Colonel ITcoko and Captain Ottl. at Khnrbln, has furnished an artlst-correpoiidcnt of London Oranhlc with an Illustrated were rnneht attemntlnir to blow un tho In Manchuria, and wero brought before' a court-martial, which sentenced them to be hanged as spies. General Kuropatkln, howover, ordered that they should be shot. Throughout their trial tion the two men displayed the utmost both officers requested that their arms behind them, and Captain Ottl asked CVlonel Ukoko. who was a Christian, Russian priest, nnd'made a will leaving devoted to Red Cross work. "Both of "died like heroes." HOW (DISOM SUCCEEDED. X Few true stories of merited commer cial success Illustrate the value of pluck and perseverance more clearly than that of Thomas A. Edison and the incandescent electric light It was on October 1ft, 1879. says Casskr's Magazine, that Mr. Edison deemed he I had reached conditions under whicn a carbon filament might be made Into lamp. Accordingly a cotton thread was laid in a halrpln-shaped groove in a nickel plate, put in a nickel mold and covered with charcoal and cooked Hve' hours, it was then thoroughly carbonired, but unhappily It broke to pieces when the Inventor attempted to take It from the mold. Repeated experiments brought simi 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, naa 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 19th they made several nia- ments, but all broke in. the clamping process. On the 20th one was success fully clamped, and hope ran mgn mui the lamp would soon e done; but as it was being carried from the shop where it was made to the glass blow- lnir room to be sealed in a globe a breath of wind caught It and blew it away. Mr. Bachelor was dismayed and dls gnsted. Both men were exhausted and almost discouraged, but they kept at work. At last, on the morning of the 21st the fifth day since they bad slept, they had the happiness of see ing a lamp finally completed ana iignt 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, and the lamp burned more brightly far more brightly than they had dared antici pate. It was the first modern incan descent lamp. Mr. Edison believed it was a successful one, but it lusted only two days, and then burned out At once a host of employes went to work carbonizing every available sub sance in search of a better filament In the midst of the work a passage in one of Humboldt's books, describ- lne a .certain kind of bamboo fiber, suddenly occurred to Mr. Edison, and suggested to him that the vegetable strand would be Just the thing. At once he hunted up the passage and reread It Then he began a search for the proper bamboo. A corps or trainea 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, be bought a tract o( 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 Its success was thus assured. I In tha following year a hundred SPIES. -T.I . v. v1.-. - i im fc account of the sceno. Tho two otllcert railway bridge over the river None, and the preliminaries to the execu courage. On the execution ground should not be tied to the boards that his eyes should not be uamiagea. received the holy communion from a sum of a thousand roubles to be the olBcers," writes the correspondent thousand of those lamps were made, ually modified a. improvements sug- gested themselves, until the present common style of lamp was tne result Ten years rrom us nrst construction four million lamps a year were being made, and cloven years later, In 1903, America alone required forty-five mil- lfn 4 Mil Ira itaaautai ne.tern America v.. r.aatern . That great change, are taking place In the currents of Pacific ocean commerce, to no roiiowca rai oy sun greater. Is rapidly becoming manifest Cfic BUI., retire. Oriental market.. ml la niwl ni triatn IIAlfrtn nflfffi nn. ment both in America and Alia, and increasing use of steam on the ocean; are effecting: great changes In the courses of the trade of all countries In touch with tha Pacific. 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