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“gone siddenly crazy? To talk to mo in this style,
marrying
VOL, 49—No, 40,
THE NEW YORK
WEEKLY.
“Yet you had feiae in me, Brownie, hadu't
your?” be asked, for
had, Harv ‘Yet his artful sto
When he brought, all
utc tut I staply coula't
that the evidence was
my heart was always
fused to believe you guilty of
rownie, Heaven bless you for the true little
woman that you are.”
‘Then he told of his_own experience; to which
in horror. She cha fo bids Joviugly
"they dared, Far-
a er agitated
TPs hint ye, fife would
be one Jong, dreary blank |’
“No mare mead for
e things
», the love of m:
eT canoe understand
thoughtfully. “He
"Never Brownie, my pearl! You do not know,
cannot perhaps realize, that you
most beautiful ie ‘women ik the whole world,
But it isa fact, am oa is determined to make you
‘But "he shall not,
a shy twinkle in her oven,
own, ae lov
larold,”? she said, with just
‘For, 1 mJ baling to any
vn, ip "New
necessary. Harold there-
fore. escorted Brownie back to'Afrs, oss? board.
Ing-house, and it was decided that the two should
the journey to the metropolis in the early
desiral
ney fs there, there, darlin 1g?
5 ty frst, Sh a preset
even itwe we Have to oth " imnewes. % When we
willing to return
ark, a we planed” and bt ‘yours, Har-
iled_ upon
with the excess of raptu
When they arrived in New York, soveral dis
pointments awaited them. “After diligent. search
ane Inquiry, they learned of 2 Aunty x Harin’s 's acci-
wn upon the
dent, ‘and ie lost po
old lady at the he
found her tar ‘mother catonne from a
severe sprain, ‘and ‘it would be several days before
she could I Ieave the institution, and perhaps a weel
or more Id_be able to get about as
Rerototors
” oot J on that piu to fhe eae it ino
migbt have, been
Ten 7 plates steps were that . May-
be, Fought to sue the railroad com *
‘will see al bout ‘that later, a replied
‘odd smile. ‘First, you
perealy well, 80 zon ean BO, te Asbury Pare and
‘witness my marriz dded,
in a whis
““Hamplt T knew it would cod that tay Te-
formed the old. lady, and she shook er finger
ol
‘The
allowed her to
wiley Allowed ber to remain in ignorance
lace fa, senape 5 during
call upon
Rtooncer thinking fe rudent
fatter left, prot
shortly,
hag taee, & Brown, th cane
‘would soon be called up in court.
ane Wh hat-—what do you mean?’ he
hile she contemplated bis started Tati Tonk with
well-atfe ifleren reclined. grace-
bat. a moment before.
“Tmean just , Mr, Melroso,’? she re-
turned, icily. “ital Yailace is missing, and
you are the cai
re ts mot true?" burst out. Melrose, but bis
Jooks belied his words, and she paid no attention
‘to the denial,
“There is more than mere infatuation in your
dotarcniae tion to yin this shop-girl,” went on the
it belie. To me yout
parent. as glass,” It is your tention to 2
these trol lovers and force her to wed so sate you
a well-contrived scheme, but I hav
Sansone for'beloving that it will noe mature."
atom did you learn, all tint? be burst out,
dogging my
ercely, ‘Have you been
SEiere was no need to do
that, | After red, hed
mu sha ni answer me!’?
a rang toward her aud, caught ber arm, &
ening look uy face such as sbe bad
meer before seen,
fling him off, but it was useless,
by, the arm, and’ now he suddenly
is
cause I love you. Our pears rts and souls are mated.
We were meant for each other. Do you imagine I
would have. ever. sought your love had it been
otherwise? No, no, there would been
reason for it.
“Oh, Devore, what are you saying? Have you
‘our heart uj
Pa expe yourself.
ya my secret, will you keep it?’”
He Tooke at. ber, strained her oven tighter,
and, Teenont gordo of warning
ing kiss illing lips. SE this Sa epas.
odie c demonstration of gearing | affection, or was
he m ing. Wait and
ence, thie te my ‘ou and every one
ssa bekans ma sie bakav® 1 nave socast to ve
comfortably for the remainder of
i isn nota Tare poor
or
Your father los much through
in
wrorti'e thousand, dollars all told, Brom bomg’a
millionaire, I have become little better than a
wae this is the reason you turned from me?!”
“:1 turned from you becsuse I was too honorable
never
not
him so > lovingly, that his
re
at felt tf “tnd to a certain “exten
Oe, bis
Tully upon the divan, roi ‘which he had. jemped
bis failures to win the patont can in court,
his losses are trifling compared with mind. I
have ks, and to-day I am ‘not | becom
were married, the little money you
would et trom your father Would soon be spent
and what would Jollow: f povert)
hardship for both, ‘We are both of re world, of
society,tand we tnderstand “how to lool nt tlese
things in the proper light, Ando I ‘thought ie
best"to set you free and give you the chance of
iarrying’ sole. man ho ‘would give, you the
pp Amid you would ‘hirow se $0 urcelt ae away upon this
show na Just because site bas wealth” she asked,
ier
uld Ido? She is not
ys you think Ana her Wealth woul ee tive
trol the tte of ease wl eential to my exist-
pend my y dine club,
ence. Lent
“Then you do not love her!
Hei or ives, were piercing ‘io through and
thro it he answered, bold);
TENSE doruot love hex
She almost felt that he was i but bis words
were so sweet that she persuaded herself into be-
a tae ena true, Their eyes fell, but he did not
relax his hold upon her.
“Now you understand race. I'am po self-
eoatent ergy ail you have casa to despiso me
if you ll, I déworve no better treatment at your
te bald this so humbly that she was touched;
it Aira not a) be an eal she loved him 60.
“ :p to take, sho said,
softy. Un
stopped yal short, A vision of that scene on
the i hon she bad sought to push poor Brownie
flashed across her mind. Was be in-
dee worse than herslf?
“Unless what?” he asked, abruptly; and then
again thei
She ai noe Ghee him in words, but those ex-
pressive eyes spoke eloquently to ‘him. For the
time being The vis vision of sweet Brownie's pure face
mas obliterated. “He drow her ‘closer “th spite of
the feeble resistance sho appa
“And if she does, T wr iow what course to
id, and agai in her words made him
tely that his heart,
which bue a moment, bore, “had’ beat so highly,
now throbbed with
point in the game—and lost, Now what was
‘The question was a difficult one to answer, She
had laid bare her heart to him, expored its ane
most working. Now, if he rejected her,
tight Tead her to any length to thwart be pleas
all, the meeting had proved a most umfor-
Rinateote,
“And do you rela wish me to give her up and
marry You, poor am?’’ he asked,
“Yes? ‘She w whispered “Make me you
Devere, and wo will ‘courageously tach poverty
Perhaps fortuue’s w 's whe
in our favor,’”
Bie prabed ‘to make some excure, but the words
wot me. He was now nae omer he
fe she controlled his
He stopped short as a foot-
viilt shall be as you
iebit Matra
wiow was
‘Melrose was isle fo got evra betore committing |
himself further. La call soveral day
portantty te que
Mow wad sort of a mess have T gotten into,”
said Devere Melrose, as he walked back to
‘The days hase ly, it the labman did his ho-
not further niolest thom Sor did’ they boar ore | tel congouna the tke what trouble ‘this en-
word from him. In the meanwhile Harold was | tang!
summoned ey, lawyer, and - informed {hat he ae hat Ti na "playing hs her False, there will be the
ust got ready to defend le e could withstand her if it were not
ates for those charm! eves ani that beguiling wa:
wouldn’t marry 1 a all, i ney
counts more than love nowadays, and, with suc
CHAPTER XXv. a beauty as Brownie to back it, it’s irresistible”?
‘SHE WOULD BE My wire IN NAME oxLY;, you] Then, the overmastering cupidity 0 rete
OOLD BE TNE QUEEN OF MY MEANT!” [induced him to plan mt
A deathlike silenco. followed Grace Pigott’ ng, he Wallace ce out the wa toe “ioe the time
words to Devere Melrose, a silence so 21g ase is concerned Penn to make
that a sine clubman’s face turned ghastly, “ind for o Brownie my own, F must do it before Grace ace
few ents he stared blankly at her in stony quaints het with the facts in the ease, I wish I
could get her away from Philadelphia
Melrose did not think of retiring tantil after
gli ind, jut thrown away the end of
ibe had hired to attack Harold.
ead was tied up in a bandage,
and hg chek, was patched. with court-plaster,
iellty as coolly a3 he could,
after maki ig gure that they were My themselves.
a pitt B78 dong, bos, sud the thug. “18 was
oe
ae the ‘ool of Me the river, ‘boss,
“ther ‘you did, boss. But, after Tad him @
mer, we got into a Aight, ’and it was nip an’
Enel as to his gittin’ away ot keeping quiet for
Bom, adhe’ in the river.”
hardened as be was, Melrose was compelled
toahuildon Ho "20 ‘reason for bolieving that
the man was deluding i
“Did you:
ail you arch him?” he faltered.
“Was goin’ to, boss, were too many
folks around, 80, 'T eet the a ut of ight soon
as I could. ‘He'll be found in
wh hope the body will not be vecosuie, But
well
ould like my pay to-night, for T want to
bight out for Chicago, went on the thug. “I
reckon you understand matters.’?
“Here is your pay." Melrose couuted out a roll
Gi wer, Tey T comman ot over.
“Unhand me! How dare oe the cried, ina luster « iw pen other. After ‘Sait wl
Jow tone, even hile a tril of, Joy swept over never recognizs you.”
her fave as she felt bis arms “Correct. Thanks, and good-night, boss.”
[sre anything with you, Grace! Why? Be- ‘The thug left as. burri
$01
Professor Charteris, of Edinburgh, claims, to
@ found remedy. for seasicluos, He says
that. ghlaroform, judiciously taken. will prevent
an atta ke this p mualndy, a nd this agsuredly is
i, provention is far bette
“Profesor Charteris that even
when the. sickness ies begun, vcbloraferay twill cot
it short, and s0 lessen
js backed p by
the test amon "ot three oe or four
unde aip captains and ‘surgeous, who have
tested his rately ‘and found that it worked bene-
ficlally tm every ase
Doctor Macdouaid, | well-known to ocean travel-
ers, says fase after many careful trials, he has
in the efticiency of chioro:
formas ae for seasickuas. He says:
“Of late t2 has been my custom to:
mixture of bi of potassium at
chloroform, but. "untortudately, like apy. iether
remedied suminkstered by the mlouth, it is exceed.
by tl mach. Chio-
weaeay Fou a Ge busmew and Tesould not oo
anything toward regainiog that which I have
inj
Faluhn alouo, however baa. never been n rejected,
and has seldom failed in allaying gastric disturb!
dismay. Ho had played & nett
id he | Own,
will yet turn |
h
“Wh: him? I told you 1 it would be
as he had come. It] if I
ge lat
ance, and inducing @ refreshing el:ogftom which
the Patient awakes with a clear heads fair wo.
remarkable freelom frog thove symp-
tom which ‘whch mere m0 painfully evitom rior to the
ty
rendre it it “a admire ‘preparat ideal
dose is from tuble-
spoontut every half-hour, maces a relia
This Story Will Not be Published Bcot-Forn.
The Price of A secret.
By the Author of “NICK RTER.”
{THE PRIC OF & SECHET™ was oonsmnce in No, 9,
Back numbers can bo obtained of all Ngo Axents.)
PYER LXXX¥-
Lal BNARD.
nAvantage of short pause in
narrative, Bryigton, in a low
oice, intended outy for the dactogt eat:
“That explains one use to whiclhe cave is be-
ing put.”
fe has thls woman Mrs. Carub. and the boy
down there, you think?” whispersgly inquired
‘ington.
Yes ;but we'll soon know ani I all about it."?
“Thon ‘turning to Ids, Nick
‘on with your story.”
ell,'? said Ida, ‘ier ‘@ short tine only s Maud
mand appeared to lose ber spies ‘ado
badinage. Kimber’, rage lantal but
@ few moments, ‘Thea sue th hres berself Jou
ingly upon the couch and sai
nf yourself to, anfresh promise,
ar love for me
to say.
corning ays ‘love you!" he h what I hai y
Harol a a 8 conference with Mrs. Ross, and noth “nae ‘either you or I could nid don't hove arg tite oy it,”
fhe upshot of the talk was that Harold sent to the would ‘be my wife in “lint miore have 29,00 ser?
hotel tort his valise, and also sent mone} you ‘went vote ‘queen of my heart” Fa Not meh but it is tothe ? she drawled.
date his bil. 2 Beer Toom was set aside for Sint pressed him to her b aud kissed | ‘You i advantage, gain thiprac Doggett
he same fl that occupied by E Brownie, and him passionately, bot ome ut aay several. times. wes idiocy, compels me tof rightly change
bor retired, | ‘satisfiod {has were 3 ely ration ‘matic. hum shud: | my plans for the fatu
of interferd with their m ig love alarmed him it does, does fe? X dou'ef think there is
at bay daylight when they Started on the |e know, lepite your ‘cuiration for this beat- mh “hot @ future for you to boastpf; but I'd ike
metropolis Both were once more in| tiful shop-girl, that you loved me stil, the said what plans you dream alpat, anyhow.
in igh spirits, althougl ht Bros rownie Was wor- :. ut ob, pores, phat wil All this lead come to me your brain is a bot-ll of plans.”
of Aunty Hardin’s continued ife, you eu ot Ly fs e004 2 one as youg own, my deat
sence. oft, ad sh che cause fou endless |, this was my before Dog-
“WRY not be married at once on arriving in| sot ye dontroy thoes thafletter the hk
New York! suggested “Harold, as Shey ie .0 care of that, Grace.” ter of Dan to you, bleh 1) fous iu your desk,
fed in the parlor car where he had secu red two ay ig yom “anit ease you free,’ she| and my letter to suppose
desirable seats. “There is really uo use in walt-| said, with au odd litte found in Doggett’s erat ‘the loveaick | fol,
ii
And that reminds me that a man|
be trusted.’
‘<“Doggett in love with yo!
revel: that’s the size of itedsPoor fellow! he
Bah? snorted
r got over
bank clerk, and I used his love 1 phisa, a into
Fen
me again
1 For my sal as ig
glad you've meno hie.
wife, and there
Soul never ‘hava! been bis reves
only misery abead Eide, he might
haye interfered in our plans
‘on! Go on! About thoes plans!’ sneered
Kimberly, ®
“Your plan was to marry Kate to Allen Tem-
ple, and when. the. lattor sucoveded to the
Fion of Coverly Court, you and L would join our
dear. son ‘pgland, and end our days
weling in the walt and loxury which, by our
Power over him, would m than
ded “to do
Iph Trevor, which you
kept in hiding ever since his infancy, is the
auery wich puzzled me, and hence I faared you
ae tne tad me flo 8 knew yon ‘were entire-
‘That iv what made me set
Spa laa of
od Cer r
wrbar wes
SO 1 wal tbe fet Sih
mute in my power aa in Yours
i Rimberlyse
it hissing from cleuched teeth,
mom to have any eifect on Maud w hate
she went on ax calinly as if she were discussing
mu have shouted the enraged Kim-
ly. ‘obab ‘sou vu be gvod enough to tell me
what the new plans are,’
“Certainly: dear “Anything to oblige you.
How does this suit you, then? [ now propose to
marry Temple mysdt, a nyt shar tho Tusurie of
Coverly Court with bh
“Good sneered @ sardonic
thin!
On,
ber):
laughs Saud what wil you Me
in Dve provided uy for you that you'll not
lose by the arrangement. If Temple inarries me,
for a husband. Now, you'll have to marry
oo
(«But you will not, | Think
es 1, and wealth:
Hi bal marry vou within smooth.
the works. Nothing
cer thaw oak bor your
ling or not,”
of a bride
me miawtar of Cov.
man, insane? You talk as.
marth 9 Your power iastead of you in mine,?
“ "You have stated the case exactly, dear hu
wns said this with such cool effrontery fat 8
guspicion must, have entered Kin etl
ear,
some gontrolling avant
right now, in this room?” he almost scream
niean
nting one fn Br at ieimberty, white
Eame with more, vin shen ‘han i had yet
role S heelguartars and
s
iperinteudent Byrnes. Moe, do you
derous elute! he
‘the | first attact whet irewaa's [ns
ara for ee 7" ‘was simulating” deafuess
Breath cule s9 hava T contd haar
hed but it
rer, cap
ions.
ee New ot course, these plans must all be ve heard Maud and Brooklyn erself speak
changed, ¢ ‘and others, tows ich 80, picasunt to of this tste er, and I happen to know that that
me, be worked out,
of course Kate Will be. forced t0" look ehewhors far
hats T marr werhat ronewed his Page,
‘Remember, abeta not yor ‘your faughter. On the}my haud away, as he cried: *Confound your
othor hau, sho's young, }tod can ensily |rigns." ‘Then, turning to Dan, be said: “1 won:
be put into possession af inher th scarcely ier what she is trying to say?’ Twish I knew.”
second, to the Coverly estate, What’ more do you Well,’ said Dan. ‘1 cant "t inform you,”
rant? «The me on, and we'll dispose of her tem-
winly wer scheme,? said: Kimberly, ‘but | porarily
ve Jou bot forgotten tho little impedimei Be that | °° They dragged me down stairs to the floor be-
ih other, yea, That affair ts our secret
We can nratually call in a divorce without
ponderous lock, which Old Daa opened
recourse to the nt Doggett, the| three distinct Keys
only third party that Kuow’ of it, gouer and | "Toe Vor having been opened, Twas d
HTT oat EL refuse to fallin with these delect-
Bato, and Til we
a
cp whither ae be
w not,
“-L'profer tof to follow v iny original intentions, to
erly in ait, {f' not in appearance, scovory was. thatthe room was with-
only change in thaé ‘original. pam will’ be that | out & upert fo of light or ventilation from the out-
you'll not be there to enjoy it with me,’ be| side world.”
chuckled. “Then tow did ‘its inmate or Inmates get air
The mu don’t like my plans,’ yawned | for believe you said it was furnished with a bed,
Maud. “Tin sorry, for, Lassure you they are the an therefore, somebody must have rt there?
only, aus Possible How.” was Ethel who asked the question. Both
that she was talking with @ know! Nt
prevent’ me from wing » you | as,
Ss Your own safety; your own welfare; Your
own eve of life? as hey cool
1 you mena, cried Riniberty, as gome-
thing ot the tou may ‘have entered his ae
this, Maui,
er words
y
the danger
<P egcaa that hae - ne where
Tran ot being discovered a ie gut -the-way | and what was coming.”
place, and, basi your] | 4v¥ou knew? Why, h howt” cried Kate, no longer
° Feitutienlyoreurnel to me that would able to withhold ber
erated fo you should I die or be taken | I 8 eae, ‘at Mr. Carter had
bout: ee
out of your way Without eud _—_ any of | told me ae W Vest por replied
your pias." rion shall heer ihe whole history of this cay.
**Well! Well!” gasped Ki ern some other more conve venient time, Miss Kata,
“Wa, Taimpiyteneecised mete Precaution; |mewured Nick, ‘Tam anxious to hear the rest ‘ot
which was a piece of wisdom even Grea ver ”
anticipated, fori will prevent you fron murder: Tia. “Thad, anticipated
Yeste rote out @ histor} much ‘ot ina mc “ellowed before I reached the
our crimes and Sry es, aretuy sealed i id ce T found the er below “
sent it to New York wit th Kate's maid, ies ia Boe sof w
io my confidential service, IFT do not reciaitn {ally and an aid to the two Ten
pack age within & week, she will take it to
in the bands of
nderstand
Plas?”
“What @ magnificent schemer that woman fs,”
cried Nice, at this pointe
Bebo You believe abe spoke the trutht”” asked
“Not in this last instance. I know she didn’ dn"e,
for Mrs. Brooklyn would have returned the
of th the
save
y had I no ier away. That story of
dled coufeusion, was sony bold stroke to
ber fife, Bue it didn't wor
do you Pi iled Tua, m a tone of
vergintye
{There was another witners besides yourself to
phat to lowed,” remarked ‘Nick, nodding
Gi 1 wan Tay
y, the falsehood didn't. work, thouel tt
Kiuiberty belivved she spoke the. truth
control of himnselt as she finished her revelation of
coufewion, nd he hnd besides instantly
ue ser eae to foil ber suf
bets
“ wl P he shouted. a
save your life even by that scheme. 1 dateuded
to keep you in conflaement for some time at
least. Now you have cut off even that, short re-
Yrieve, ‘Maud Lispenard, your our, has come,
have maled your own! doom, have pronounced
your own death-se
peration in fis attitude, and. the ring
Of his voice.” She realized” that this most daring
rookly
‘That sister’ 5 et shal
tthe price whiel will ring back, unope
she-tovil’ 's confessi
“These ee vords reve vealed to me a new danger.
to beat a vane” when the door bet
hind me trond ‘w ‘ith a
“In another moment Pas in Kimberly's mur-
my house—in my power.
Nick, taking advan
ota slight pause in Ja’ rec
“I believed at first that a draught of air bad
socacbow got into ihe ross, sind blew (esi
[nado an n attempt fo escape and found
obstruction. on the other side, I
knew it was no!
“Thad no Tine however, to think much about
the uoformanate aecilent. As J said, I found my
self in fe hand which
fad nt hoked el ifr But of Maud Lsponard
arm like @ vise, and I was
yresence of the vic-
had just been a
sian ther room in. ‘in the
tin more of the tragedy to which
Realizing my deadly peril, I was forced to put
‘wits into shape without delay.
™X From Kimberly's lust words, T decided that,
my life would, be considered valtible to him for
atime, provided I could continue to mak:
bolieve I was Mrs. Brooklyn's, deat mute sister.
On th the of her hand, I realized that should he dis-
as an Lnpontoe as wall as epy, 1 toad
instant meet, the fate of the dead woman lying
almost at my feet uh tongue and evel
prompuding fs 6 warDln deadly
St as these things were pasting ‘through my
mind, T luckily detected Kimberly taking @ sign
to his companion, who was at that moment. sot
few feet ane.
of had notioed that Old Dan held an ugly look:
in bis hand, when 1 sere from,
why T am #0 eure that you will agree to my new
fe
Score uaer i yan
simple exclamation, ‘Well, | as
“He stood looking at her with a wild fire in bis man r srproad ched me, who, in the rather
vgn amd is Bere working nervou uncertain light, I saw was prematurely old,
ThorouRbly frightened. She| marked with the effects” of long years of suffer:
scheme of her life bad failed vinging (1 ced, pile ad, who sigh
hat would you dot? she mi , who might,
to her feet, * wesped, Springing | is alee, be, adodl ed tea 0 ton or twelve years mit
Sak You,” be biwed. ut by his face, look of thirty’ or forty,
@ sprang upon her, seized her throat in| came up and began to jabber words. 1 cou
one ey Eu: ‘threw her bec ck on the lounge, understan:
he choked the life her, be shrieked! | "The lonj man caught the lad by the
every hope
F | desperate move.
“Just na they
the dovil would be dnetogar snarled —_
must get
“Twas swung over and lowered like a bag of
meal.
“A. bushy headed, Jong
me at the Lottom and w
“Kimberly then called
Byrd, and entirely has
and treat, ber. well
boars aud eaglate things more satisfactorily.’
“Then their lights disappeared: and I was loft to
ake et cheng ef te fal, al ll
e of the gal, wil Loy!
ied man, whom
ded ee received
Ing, and whose balding. steps disclosed “te ee
that the left side of her body was partiall
eck and hurled him away with tbe remark: -Git
out, you idiot, and don’t be botherin’!”
“rea once, a¢ I recalled Kim.
¢ unfortunate
ieved he had thus obtained
Presi of Ralph 1 vb Trever s only chil
attract attention. Looking
eT sa ogee sitting on
ooking the aoe of despair.
“The ‘Come’ along, poor
dear, and—
“Didn't you hear him say she rag deat 3 eet
dumb? exclaimed the man Byrd,
interrupting
“Thereupon she motioned to me to o follow, and
led the way toward a piece of canv:
From the side of the pit to the elge of ihe pool ot
water Seana at had told me," addresing
Nick by @
as I soor ind ferstond, was stretched
across: in 2 that b tanner to mark off a section of see
it, which would thus be made a place of privac
fo the poor wotsu—a. favor’ ths mean Bards OF
some reason, had granted her.
soon! as we got Uehind the canvas, she
a slow, awkward manner, began
What "we bad
of it she had gotten, and
femllzed Chat her knowledge of the are would ot
serve her.
“Still if was evident she was anxious to com
municate wi
“Taking my fata literally in my hands—easting
, 1 determined upon a
“1 felt that after Kimberly
iy came back, my one
chance to
oma thing hanging against the rook
ered 1 nage I would not gee
appa
App roach Mrs. Carter, I put my mouth to
ber ear and wi
T SFor the love
@|\tray me by actor sound. 1 am pot deaf and
duinb, but they must not know
aioe was great, but she did not betray
yond the canvas.
we of Heaven, do not scream or be-
it to those
Oe eh
jracters alittle in the engl or not, and
ouk quiet removal to that one oun gnc | Hhat the pistol would furnish, the means. f was
fo | no taveler returns, for marriage to th ing, guard and pened to be well
faithful Dogyett, and “for our, i that I was.
‘op- instalm Coverly Court, = een Buea tot 2 next moment the report of Old D
aries; for Temple, or te pha ole Red rang through the room. | But so
ter vous coutrol that peter by the slight test m
ote £ muscle, nor utterance the faintest ‘Kind of,
did Tf Teri gripping, listening
hear
The w ‘woman ty actually
Brooklyn’ ‘8 sis-
lead demon’s spy loves thi creature very dearly
Before the week is at we
ately fm hand, and, if| my plans do ot go awry,
‘a chance to play the
Brooklyn will never
spy on anybody ag
telly what are you. 1 going to do with this wo-
man entire aned Old Das,
“Pu place w!
ou know. where
there the better.’
eanwhile 1 was simulatiog, b
4 ars desperate atteinyty 10. conv
item in tho deat an 1 dui igang.
fw to thrust one i iv Rimbetly's face in
my seerning eagernen o fave bi him sign
pe—
athe quicker we get her
low, thou a Jong, dark ball, to @ massive door
madly out of unt
tural oul, and Btted up w
y using
‘ue door was locked againy and bolt-
olen ihe inside.
steaite stood in total darkness until, Old Dan
ruck a light. ‘Theis L saw a Too about twenty
Feet long aud ten wide, fitted Up or cot, on
which was berkting, clock, « imp, numerous
vs snd, what puszled me
Ino
most, vaaree pi tied of
ST might have relieved ‘this to. be a store-room:
of bonsehold supplies, bad it not beeu for another
discovery I made af the same time.
Br yington and Nick could have given the auswer,
on f guess, which was the as Ida immedi~
isclosed by her reply yt
‘her got air from an opening into the solid
‘k which formed | fhe reer side of the room.’”
rock??? exclaimed Ethel.
iter an oF nine. about three feet wide and
four feet big] T was hurried into this opening:
‘soon as the two men bad provided themselves
with lanterns,
“cit wan the entrance to 6 natural underground
passage which grew ‘BS #00n a8 We tered,
and extended into a rant
a's pis-
a sou
0
that abe would n
Sa
water and & lake nea Ly Ae Ton get into the
So noe know it, and must not ‘know of my nn
of excape once It ts eff
she sank to the earth, but without a word or
T stooped and whispered: pe, PU
bring frets and reccus'yoa, Will your ali me
fibe modded. | Then, taking up the skirt of the
she put my bands ou
pare, ee rhe a facing and whispered
oe Gress and tho lining is @ paper.
Iw ma to take it with you if you escape.
Shall E Bo nit out
es came to meat that moment,
Aires
Iwi ‘wpe
put‘on anotlier,
rig take the sdrees penne
“be did, a9, T reques I prepared
my tas! oft By relthen ‘gathered oy its
skirt, 1 wristing it, fasten;
thoes to ity ied it around my wrist, ish and ot into
bed, g all my clothes on the
the
“thea I whispered to her to go out and tell
Byrd I wanted wo sleep ‘and not to come back,
ot ‘helping me to
ny reat requect. As I suspect-
ed, Byrd. suon afterm 10 to the canvas and
peered in, He saw me in bed, apparently asleep,
" fhe sight seemed to satisfy ima that all was
rn
S Gufortunately he crowed to a part of the pit
whence he could see nearly every part of the pool,
and sat facing in my direction, while be worked
at Something, y the li te ot a bright
ST
complied with m:
discove ccupation was,
He wax recutting ‘amon
“Abl exclaimed Nick, ‘At last we have the
other use of the pit,
ioe 'dark venture into the pond mile be
sat there at work, for Wak would Have Been
Uncovery. Twas’ compelied to lie there for prob:
ably two hours or mire, and every tomes to-
ie last I expected’ to hear Kimberly re-
vag.
ay Byrd left his work and walked across
ho pit to @ point which brought the canvas ber
‘the pool,
i “etoile. silently. but
@ water, Sahot foyself unter its sur:
all my might. You
teen big ain
opportunity.
crawled into
aos, and aia we
‘the oral
the skirt which Mrs. Carter gare you?”
asked
ana ‘ths. one I wore when I
1d which fitted me so badly."”
ot Xn the paper between the fa
Tis there yet, shall T go and get 32"
“Yes. We Bib ce what Lucy Carter's m
the outside can be’?
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used for Dr, Pierce's Pleasant
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