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THE FORBIDDEN
ROAD.
(Co11t1'.-tuetl from the 11re1;1'1111s 1111111.)
....
1‘.1-s<1’il1i11,v.; :1 gli111:1'i11;; 1sL‘1I1i'('ll'<'l1' in
tl11- light. 'l‘h1-n--
"'I'l1.'1t'e; 211111 of ‘ $l)1>Ul('Ll Unr-
1111.n. amt. jnn1;1in,r: f11i'v.:1.11l, ho l1w11<‘1l
l1:< 1111) into tl:1- hull.
It all liapnn-111-1l in :m -I11xt.:u11. "in
(-1111! l1v:1,1'1l (,m1't11z1r1's first :1l:11’m; Llle 11.
l1;11'1-ly huvl ll!‘ tllrm-(l 11111111], “ll(‘H tho
I111; M1l(li(‘r 11:15 1 riving lz1m:1s unzl
1::u.lvr< lx>fn1'0 him in :1 xn:11l st.'1111p<(l1-
l11-l'<11‘1,- llm s111:1sl1i11g lulrnws 41f tho 1111'.
1-: ]1liL;,,’llill('I"11f, But "111<:1‘t1t 5:111‘
that it 11:15 l'<><>li.&l1. :1n(l. p11sl1in1,: Jzuk
ztwli-. h1- 1:111 l>:14l( ti. tho Mrlnlivr.
“ llnlt, (l<1rn1a11Y"’ l11-, slm11t1ul st:-r11ly.
“.-Kl1:111t1 t,11rt1l (.'111111‘ 1111. m:1n, 111113
(int t.r1thn<'(1111‘t):1rtl. Qllllk 1"
llv1t11;:1.r1'<l (l(11'111;1z1‘s arm, 11ml tho
hi1: ml1li1 ‘, 17111111: at his slrli‘. lrurxt nut
inlu tho . 1‘ l><'si<l1- 'l‘111n1:111 .1111l J11.<-k.
Vina-111 h:11l l1:L1‘vl V timw [11 SAM that
tlngv 111-1'11 A<t.:1n<li11;: in :1 11:1llw1l y:11'1l.
11l11n :1l11-:11] 1-l tl1111n:1, l>i1: 1:z1.t4- 0'[11'1l('(l.
11111] t'11-- M11n;:11l 1:u:11'<l. .11‘1n<<l l1) tl1-
(xiI"s' 11f tlm pl'll“4t.N', burst in, <.1rr3i11-,'
ll.’L!lIi!.,',! torrlivs.
'lll11-tn" worn m111':= than tu'111t.1 of
Ihwin. .'1.i11l tlioy h:11l i11tv1‘<'v]1t1-1l thv:
111-:1,v1111gj 1111511111111.
The Running I-iglit.
J11: 11, 1111111211: l1:111l tm1;111l<1l1u ant-1.
.. ltrtl .'.1l1rt1ptl1, xl11l111;: J11 th1- mutl :111rl
kttziw 11l1i1-l11stz'111111lt1l11-1-41111't‘1:1.nl. ll<-
1.l111-1'!<1l: thvn lw 11'l1--11l.1<l zilmnt. 1111-l
.1l1:1m'.t 1-;111111111i(l mm X E1111-nt.
'l'h1- 11111 <t:1;::--1‘11l, l‘W1r :1 m111111>11t
’ 1: 1l1111114l. :1111l mu M1111pnls :1I111ul
111’l1 t1111rl1;1111l1<lx111111l<1’z11111pt4i1l11'111,
l’11' 1-11-tl11y<1111l1l <11'1l1-1. (Z111‘111:111 ln l-
lmvvl, ;1111l juiilpml l111'11.'11'1l. llu l1:11l
11 111- Iiulitiin: 111‘:1l, :1111l th11 an-:11 :1xu
l11- 1171-l<l11l 11h1Ktl-vul 11k l1-A l1r11npl11 it
I11:1r1, Thu ft-l"lllt’1xl, 1;11:111l tn-ll 111th-
!‘ 11 41".. Thu ununrl r:111 lni-l1’.
l11 thri 1l:1114i11;' l1;'l1[ xh.-1l hy 1l11>
'11.1<hr.<'. V11114111 um 11 rir-lu-t1‘ tlnght <11"
-:v11111<tv-1w..'1t 111111x11l1>11ftl11-1-111111 .
xI('[1N ulm l1, :1pp.’11'1‘IItl X l11l tn :l11-
’-11 11f ll14- ":1-:1: null ‘n1‘1'11n111l1111.' Ihw
jllil‘ ”.
'lI11-1'r- 11.'1911v11ix11 to 11:11:11. 'Vi111‘1t1t
l‘-'1IH1<l tn his 441llll'.'l(lt>. 111111 111.11 t’-11'
Ilw 4.41111.-, H111 111,1: 111111111-111 tl1-- f11111-
21111- .54-1‘:1111l;li1n; 1111, “till (l111'111:1n in
111.1 11-211‘.
A n11111l>1-r11fM11t1u11l41'1hl11-tlto1111-r:
nnnl thvtn, urpml r111 by :1 p1‘i1-st; l111t
(l1.1‘111:1n tnrnul :1l1r1nt lilin :1 VUJZ"
.1111111:1.l ;1t luv, :1111l hi< 1:11.-1t uxn 111w
1.111! fr-ll i11 111ij.'l1ty l1luu-::.
Wvll 11 “nu tl1:1.t l1-A h.'11l ant-l1 111i;:htV
:1111s1lz-<. 1-lsn l1v hzul nvur lw 11 :1l>l1-
1 1 Wll'l(l it, lint, 111 l1;< l1z1111l<. mznlr
vi.’-1141l :11< h1- w:1.<, t1l111,11,x1- 11;“ liltv :1 I111‘.
.11rl 11l11ntu11 M1111g11l< h:11l 1:11:11-4l1111i1.
1111='hr<l tr: that-:11'Il) lx f11r4- it, tho r1x’t.
1:1141 l1:11[(
(3r>1'111.'111tI11n1<l, <l1v111ti11;'1l1-r-ply.11ml.
vr.'1111l1l111,; 1111. jninul hw <n111r:ul1-.5-111
‘:14: lvrotul 1111: wt tho 11:1ll At th‘1t
11111111111! t'11111111u f:11'r111r1-<l thn fr-nr
-11111- 1111111. 'l‘hv 111111111 1111-11-11l tl11-
‘l;v1l11 1111l'l41t1f' -1f 1l<1111l 11l111 l1 l1r11l<-1111
x11l11l it. :1111l 111 tl111 tl1.1.1l of silw-ry
lL'lIL V111111111 1"41Ul1l 111.'1l11- mm. :1 1l111111
-11 at to 1-111- -‘11l1- 11f tl1r- wall H1-‘y11111l
1-r11 1.l11- l1111l<llml rnnlsx :1111l :11111pl11< 11f
1l,1> u:11r11l. lllj.xll'TlI1ll‘t 1111.-., pl:-11111111;:
.11 tho lnght.
CH EER BOYS CHEER.
“(.‘1,nn<-, on, btrlzigllt, :1l1u:1LlI" cried
Vintcnt.
Su ::13i111:, ho >1.-t ott :1lu11;; the 111111.
rum1in1.; fast, 11ml not lJ(IIll(‘Tlll;.: :15 t1)
uhvrv it 11’n11l1l l1‘:1d. ll1>hin:l, thn Muir
gm]: S('J‘.'lnll)l4‘tl 111 tl11- st.-ps and put-
H1f'(l, l1t‘1-pim: 111-ll in thv rwztr, f111'(lm'-
H1111] still 1‘:1r1'ietl his g’1‘1’:1t ztxv. But its
hlzulu 11' 5‘ no l11n;11-1‘ brigzltt.
A 111ir1ut<>'1< luml run l'11'o11;rl11 Vitiu-11L
t1):1h:1lt. with an 1‘X('lillll<'LTl<vH of a.l:1r111.
fur, z1l11-ml, tho “all I-mlvtl :1l1r1111tly.
llnt just to t1l11- right 11'11< part of H11‘,
111'i.xr111 1'<><.1f, :1 tiltml, ('l1in1-<11 st-1111-t1t1'1-,
]‘<‘.<4'lt)l)liI]f.' tho roof of :1. Iulgzrnla. 011
tl1n11tl11-r .<i1l1-11ftl11)p1‘i<1111 tl11>1‘11 mitrht
111 lw <z1.fut1)', unvl so, “ifllnllt :1 [1lL1l<1',
Vina-nt. j1111111v(l for t.h1- inuf, l:1111l<1l,
slippt-tl, :1n1l .xt1-r1<l1ml liinw-lt.
'l‘l11,- utl11'1's j:>it111<l him, uml nvxt
111111111-ntt the four 111‘-1'1: 1'r:111li11;.g up tlm
tilt uf t:l11- rout 111111 gli<tr-111-1l in thr-
1111>r111liLjl1t., 'l'h<-i1' p111x'-.11-ix l‘!‘l('(l out.
281111143 S()ll:!llY tn ltrllnw, l111t Uu1n11:1n
z1111l 'l‘1'11111:1n f:1v1A1l I'(>UHn'l and swnt t1l11>
fun-111mt m:1n Hxlllltgl into the 1-111111’
j1:1r1l ht-.t1v1-1-11 tlw 11:1ll zunl tho p1‘i.<<111.
'l'h1- rt-n1:1i11<l1>r hz1lt1‘1l on the 11:1ll,
:l11111tir1;:: Itllll i11211‘1(1ll1-11' 111i1111tna;:rm1t
51111:; lm111n<><l :11;.1i11 aml :1;::1in, giviiiu
th1- ul.'1r1n tn ?l11- .x<1l<li111:s t:h:1t 111-m
1l(1Ill)tll',K< st:1ti11111-cl n1u'1r l1)‘. A riflv
1>1’:11l<w1l, A hnllwt cliippul :1 .<‘pli11t1-1'
of xwrwl z1ln1n<t front 1111<lI'1'n41:1tl1 Vin’
tvtlf.
Thu four 1'lI!lI1JS <:.r.'1111l1l1<l an (lus-
111‘1':1tvlv. .'1n1l. r111:-hint: t1l11' pt-uh of the-
1‘1>11l'. L'l:111<-ml l111l11:‘11 t1l11v1n.
'l'l14-n V'i111‘r-111 <'ri1>1l out joyfully, for
:at the ultra 11f th1- r-mt’ 11:13 :1 wall
E21111:-what similar tn thnt 11l11<’l1 tl14-y
hznl jnat lwtt, Wi1l11111t l111sit:1t11111 V1117
1-111! 1-'l11l zlm-.11 tho <t.111-1) rwwf. .'1111l :1t
ihu Nluv lv:11w1l fur th1- wall.
AN hv did 311 ho xhmttml that 1l11‘1'1x
11:14 s41frt 1 l1(g11111:l. llu 11:15‘ juint-fl hy
his 1-11111r:11l1-S, mul. l11<1ki111: 4l111111. thwy
l111l1<-lcl (hu 11‘.'1ll4 t':1ll111; >tt‘1‘[1ly .'11111y
l11>l11w thnm iii!‘ :1 l11-itght <1t' 11111t11 f<11'tV
hwt. llnt l11-1'ntl11‘111r1.'1t 11.'1slill1-<l11i1l1
1x:1t4-1' 1h:11 5:li111u1l i11 thu 1114><>11li1;l1t.
l)1-1-1; w;1t111', It l1)1;l1((l. llmilisirtu tl1:1t
tl111r1- “':t<. 1111 tinm tn “'J1N‘f1‘. X'i11111-11t
11:1ll:111tly 4l1‘ri1lr11l l4; :'1.kl1' it fur his
1l1n111.s‘ lwnvllt.
With :1 shmit :1tx1;11'11i11g. lit-j111n114<l,
:1.n1l lnlrtlul <lm111‘.1:11'<l1.
'l'l11- ntluvru lwlil 1l11>11' l11-11.-11l1 rm tl11-V
$1111.‘ lrix 1l:1rl( lunly tl:nl1i11g 1lm11m.:1.11ls‘.
A 11:111.:-; 1.l11-11 11111111 .1. l11>:11.1' pl11111.-1-,
f11ll1111‘1-rl l1); :1 shout.
lnst:1r1tl um‘ alt:-1‘ tlm utlivl‘. Tru-
111:1n.J:11< , :1n1l (1'mr111:111 j111111111<l. full 1;;
111th :1 11il4l r1hl1tl11'11111:l1 tl11-1411l1l .'1i1
A l1ri11fxt1‘11;:1:lv, :1n1l thu-.1 h:11l1‘r1><xvrl
1l11-111-1.'1t,.'u11l 11111'1w111txi1l<- 1111tl:1.t l11111l,
1'1111r11111;.
'l'l11- n1t1r)V)liL’lIf sl1111s1-tl I1l1<"l]l :1
j.rli111]1<v of 11:11'r11w‘ &qll:1ll1l strq 1-(5
11l111;1.:l, :1111l r1'm11l1-1l l]1)I1sv9-'. 11f f‘l1i1111<1w
clvsign. f:1r tilthivr than t.hn worst of
l‘lXlL’li.‘sll slum tlw1-ll1111:H. ll(-ymitl 11.1%
tlw 1wl111- of thn 1-it), 11ml t.h1- (‘ity wall;
fur 1h1- 111:1i11 1111111, with its t4>r1111l1m,
:1111l 111ystvr1o11<. 1.rlv:1111111g ]>;1;z411l:1.s, l:1y
l>"lHIIll :1t t.hr- r1-.'1r at tho iriwm.
With Vim-v11t ln;11li111:, tlll‘y' 1i1:11lo in!‘
thn xtn-r‘t.:, nml t.l14x 1wn111l of 1111i's11it
yr:-11 l0ll4l4‘l" lu-llitlll thr-m.
Attrr 11 l>r11:1,t1l1lvss' rnn t.l1r1y 1'1>:<1rl111l
t.l1:1 l1<111x1>s, :1111l turn on t1l1r11n;rl1 filthy
.'1llr-5%, 119' 1l:1rl; :1l1n<%t It-< the 1w>rl1i111'3-1
of :1 minv. 'l'l1-11' <'1':ul1Ml intn 1111511:-11
11l1xt.'1A’lv-z, :1111l <l11‘ty 11.111110 (l11;3‘% .11-lpul
:11 thwm. 'l‘11'i1-1-tlirgv turn:-zl 111tn l1l1111l
:1ll1-3.4. :1n<l wurw tnrxwl to r1111 hzuk
thr1111gl1 thv 111117.11 of S(l"l‘t‘19 Il1:1t l1-1l
t1l11->1‘ l(111-11‘ not 1sl11Ar1‘.
At llln 11111111h 11! the um-n111l of tlwhu
nllr->1--; tlngv 1111111 mt-t l1 '.- fmir 11f 1l1<-
n:1.t1111s1, ru11=u-cl l1) the numncle of the
pursuit ;1n1l tho l0()l1>tk‘I)‘i of tho l‘ln;;lE‘h-
1111-n ‘
rlllm lirst. of tho 11:1ti1‘1-.3 Gnritian x1 nt;
<lm1n lwt'<>r1= l1i< t1>r1'ibl1‘ axe, to “llIl'll
ho had (‘lung tl1muj.:l1 all tho (l1‘:s11m‘.'1t1>
flight. lllhn S1-(-1>11<l T0111 Tr11m21n hit
and V1'llll'l(‘(l over :15 thonizh h1- h111l
l)<-on inzulo of p1LSi(‘l')<t1't.I‘Ll. 'l’l1u 1’(‘111:1mr
int; two M'1lll’1ll(‘(l. r:1i.s1-1l llll'lt‘ h:1111ls
:1lx111s th1-ir l1:-4111.4, and r:'.n p:111i1>-
stri1'k1‘11 tn l111l1- in tl11‘it‘ warren of ditty
%I‘('1"lS.
'l‘h11.<, lm1:1tl1ln=< ;1111l 1l1'ippin1: “M.
tl1<- fmn‘ t'111:iti1'1-.4 l1ur>t1 .'1t l1-iiuth fr111n
the 1111110 of H14-1 ts, :1n1l Vim-1-nt (’1‘i1'1l
(ant jqxfiilly :19 l11,- l)1'll(‘l(l Il]L‘ city null
j11:<t- h<>ftn‘11 him.
lt w:1s1111ly xmno t"11’1- fvvt in lll‘l).’llT.
:1n4l 11it.l111nt 1l1fll<‘11lty Vtixvvnt V:111l'.1>1l
to th:- top. A 111011111111 l:'1t(-r, limwu-1,
h1- 11t.t(-rr)1l :1 try Hf <l1w11:1ir; and J:1<'li,
j1111111i11g up b1.-sitlv him, lx-l11'l1l tho
I‘f‘z1.<I)Yl.
'l'h1- n13.s't1>ri<111s vity hzul (‘Vlflt'llllV
lnw-n lnltilt upon :1 xtvnp hill, t'nrtl1<111gl1
tho “all on t.l11' imi1l1- w:19 l1:1rr‘l‘1 Ii.-1
lr-wt in he-i1:l1t, tho (mt. (Iv 11l1i1:h tlwy
HlH.st1 (ll‘$l‘4'!IXl if t1l1oy “'1 rs 141 1‘.-x‘.'1.;14,
T1-ll away h1>f11rc tht-111 likn 11 pr<-L'i11i:-1-
f111' :11lt-pth uf 111 l4’2l.:vi tilt) feet to thr-
1>:.t<111y pl:1.tu'1u !
.-Kt14lz1.s' the‘ four mon .st.'1,1‘1'<l in (low-pllli‘
at tho (limp, tho pnrs11i111.r liuralm; of
M(;11;:<>l‘, nnw <1111llv11 to trrvztt ]>]"11])H)’v
.1nu into sight $VHlI‘Il]lI1j.: $111111
thu w:11'r1'11 uf s1.1':-1-tc.
Rillvs 1-r:1xvkv1l, 11ml tl1ul111111 of h11ll1-1-1
l>4-1‘211114‘ :1111lil1lv tn thv luur XlI1'Il t‘ullj.'l:L
lil1vI':1tsi11:1.t1'up.
.’A11nlb1’r rI1r1Il1'11y 1‘11.x-11171111911! of Ih1'11 .v11lr,11l1‘1l
.vr11rIl nu-1 'l'1u.v<i11y,)
The Reason VVhy.
J11111-24 mvt :1
ivnxl.
5:1)’. .luI1l1111s.“ ht‘ (w1111111I‘1111rl,
“11111 11111 just tllv 1111111 l 11-1111 to WI.
V1111l1:111:k11r1111111111111111 t1-1‘h1<-)t=Hw.
l1:114-11't 1':>11'."‘
h.
‘V ll, l 1Hv11l1l lil;1:- 11111 tn :11-A-I .
1n<11l:1t11 H]-J 111th :1 l47iLH wf l:'-L9
p411111rl<.'
“S<1rry,
lint-:111w l'1t- knmxn you fur the
31‘-:1r.>l"
Fuuntl Again.
'l'l1v ,=1'r1:r>:111t 1111.5 4lr1lli:11.' :11 1l11'11--1
1111-r11its,:1111l:1ftrr;1fv11 <l11 1xl11‘ f'<11111<l
tl1:1t hv h:11l nut 111:11l1- :111) tz1111r1x.w111
1111 thvnn '.1l1.'1tt-1 tr. llt.‘ do-('i1.l1'1l in I’ ll
II11-111 11 t:1l1-:
"“'l11-11 l 11':1.< .1 has. 111)‘ 1111.tl11‘v'
ly1n;:l1t 1111‘ :1 ll(7?,('n 11<xu.l1111 ><1l1l1r1:k.
which I (lrillml :111d trim] to 111.xtr111‘t.
lmt 11'ithr1nt 1'1-xnlt. 11f vuiirxv. ll 11'“.
:1lt4-r :1 ll'W m1>11tl1s‘, l hr-4:311 l41s111%
tlmm mm. hy 11111-, :1111l nmv 1 1:114‘
found ywn :1j.::1in, yvu WU<.'4lv"l
tlullcrsf"
Pr(1l):1l)ly True.
“Wl1y is it," mlu-1l thv iH(1IliKlll'>“
piirxxt. uhu hul inst -'11j11j.w 11 111114
(‘Y r‘Il--11t lnnc-h. “thnt 1111111’ 1111111
11>11:1llv 1.'i11- l:1r;;w1' lips‘ tlI:1H WN
1111-11 ’
“ “'1vll,.xir," rriilimlth1111:1il1r. ilm.
in ,-11]1liti1111tutu-1:1u;1 11 :11t1-r. 11;1-- nlm
5111111-v1l1:1t ml :1 1-l1il11a111-l11-r. “ it wvinx‘
in 1111- that tho pour 111.111 is 1'1>111>rnI11
I11-r':111w llu 1l4-1-k11't ' 11 :111;l>ml)' tn
ti111l<111tth:1t l11vi.<111m1. VKllll<l 1l11vr11-l1
111:1.11 Pl 11m:111 141 11r111'm1t 11--111-lv tn-in
g1mw1111: thnt hvis 1H‘:1lIl1i I"
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