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Show VATtOH ATH, fATEOH, UTAH I caught him near the entrance and held him fast. He straggled lu my grasp and screamed. Let me go! he howled. Ah yon will repent It! Monsieur,' let me go! I will give you a e in the gold. What do you want with me? ' What did I want? I did not know. It most have been the same instinct that leads one to stamp upon a noxious insect. I think it was lils joy in the hideous spectacle beneath the cataract that had made me long to kill dor f asked, though What did yon It was like conducting a upon a murderers corpse. I went to New York to get my share. I wa.snt going to be ousted, I. who had been one of the discoverers. I dont know how much Carson paid Louis, but I meant to demand half. I thought he had the money In hi post-morte- m half-shar- him. But now a dreadful fear was dawning on me. " "Jacqueline! I screamed. I have not seen her, he replied. '"Now let ine go! Ah, mon Dieu, will you never let me go? It Is too late! Suddenly he grew calm. It Is too late, he said in a monotonous voice.. You have killed both of . us! ' And. with the sweat still on his forehead, he stood looking maliciously at me. If you had let me go, he said, you would have died just as you are going to die. I saw the face of the cliff quiver; I saw an immense' rock, half-waup, leap into the air and spent to hang there; then the ground was upheaved beneath my feet, and with a frightful roar the roeky walls swayed and fell SYN0P8I8. .CHAPTER I Paul Hewlett, loitering at in Uadleon square. New fork, Is approached by an Eskimo dog, which seems desirous of attracting his attention. He follows the animal to Italy's gambling place. As he reaches the house a girl emerges, evidently in a state of great agitation, who displays a large amount of money. She is the owner of the dog. Bhe Is attacked by two men, who seek to force her Into an automobile. Paul, with the dog's help, drives them away, and, the girl telling him she has no friends In the city, he takes her to his rooms. Bhe is bewildered and all he can learn from her is that her name is Jacqueline. He leaves her In his rooms. Hgnt - y together. And the rivulet became a cataract that surged over me and filled my ears with tumult and sealed my eyes with CHAPTER II Pusxllng over the situation, Paul walks for a time, but a presentiment that she is In danger sends him back to his home. There he finds a man dead, stabbed, and believes Jacqueline to nave killed him.. Bhe la In a r, and is unable to remember anything. CHAPTER III Hewlett carries the dead man down the fire escape and leaves him In a little-useback yard. From the name of the maker, on the dogs collar, be gathered that they came from Quebec and determines to take her there. sleep. CHAPTER XXI. semi-stupo- The End of the Chateau. Darkness impenetrable about me. and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat. And a voice Out of the darkness crying ceaselessly d, . CHAPTER IV After banking her money they visit a store, where Jacqueline makes some purchases necessary for the Journey. There Paul meets a man known to him as Simon Leroux, who evL dently knows Jacqueline and believes Hewlett does also. Leroux evidently is an enemy of Jacqueline, and Paul evades him the girl starts for Quebec. and'-wlt- CHAPTER- V They travel as brother and sister and on reaching Quebec Paul seeks the maker of the dogs collar, hoping through him to, learn something of Jacqueline s Identity" "There he meets a The priest tells him Jriest, Pere isAntoine. the daughter of Charles a recluse,, and is married. CHAPTER VI Next day Paul arranges with a Captain Dubois to sail for St. Boniface, : from which point they can travel by .sleigh to the Duchalne chateau. Leaving Dubois Paul is attacked and left unconscious In the street. CHAPTER VII Recovering consciousness Paul goes to the hotel and finds Jacqueline nas left with a man who claimed to be a friend. Distracted, he hastens to Dubois' boat, where he finds Jacqueline, whom Dubois had rescued bv a clever trick. , CHAPTER VIII At St. Boniface Paul set purchases dogs and a sled and out for the Chateau Duchalne. they - CHAPTER IX On the third day of the Journey their dogs die. poisoned by a fungus placed In their food. Paul knows this to ba the wont of LerouX and that be ts being followed. Jacqueline shows e sudden fear of PauC and leaves him. He follows her but. is stricken with snow blindness and In a helpless condition is met by Leroux and his crony. Philippe Lacroix. They make sport of him and leave him to die In the enow. He Is found by Pere Antoine. CHAPTER X Hewlett lies for daye ft the priests hut. recovering his sight and strength, and when Pere Antoine leaves him ne sets out to find the chateau. He meets Jacqueline's Eskimo dog. - CHAPTER XI Paul follows the dog and reaches a rave. Passing through It he sees the chateau close at hand. CHAPTER XII Hewlett makes his way Into the house without being detected and there finds Charles Duchalne an and Imbecile. He meets Jacqueline. CHAPTER XIII The girl seemingly has taken a violent dislike to Paul and re-fiulsee him. Leroux appears and Hewlett that Jacqueline Is the wife of Louis dEpernay. who has disappeared. Jacqueline detests dEpernay and fled from him the day of their marriage, going to New York with flO.nofl of liar fathers money to play his "system At roulette. Her mind continues a blank ae 'to the happenings there. CHAPTER XIV Jacqueline, at the biding. of Leroux, insists that Paul leave the chateau at once, and Leroux takes him to the hut of an aged Indian. Pierre Caribou, to pass the night. CHAPTER XV Caribou tells Paul that Lacroix, who was to have been Ms guide on leaving the chateau, intended to murder him while they were passing through ' ithe cave. . ' CHAPTER XVI Traversing the oav on his way back Paul encounters Lacroix, unarmed, and threatening to shoot him Lacroix tells him of the existence of the gold and how Leroux and he plan to obtain it. At the chateau Paul finds Leroux making a declaration of love to Jacnua-lineHewlett learns that the man killed In New York was Louie d'Epernay, the husband of Jacqueline. Paul, to shield Jacqueline.- - who he believes stabbed the . man. confesses the deed. . . ' CHAPTER XVII Leroux Insists that Jacqueline marry him at once, threatening, if she does not, to have her father taken to Quebec and hanged for tht murder of a man killed many years ags .. In a political fight. CHAPTER XVIII Hewlett, with a kntlt passed to.hlqi by Jacqueline, frees from his bonds and attacks Leroitt from the walk . with a sword snatched Paul. Jacqueline and stunning ' him. Duchalne escape to the cave. Caribou meets them and tells Paul of his determination- to kill Leroux when his time ' Duchalne in a fit of madness comes. flees from the party. CHAPTER XIX Paul follows him, but Leroux appears and decoys the old man where Paul can not follow. On hjs way back to Jacqueline Hewlett Is shot at by Jean Petltjean, a villainous follower ol Leroux, thp bullet striking the girl, Relieving she Is dying. Paul agrees to depart from the chateau. CHAPTER XX Passing through the cave Paul encounters Leroux and Pierre Caribou, the Indian bent on taking life. The two fight and both fall from the cliff Into the torrent below. ' Lacroix appears and Hewlett grapples wilh him. Lacroix had planned to blow up the cave, with the intention of killing both Leroux and Hewlett, and while they struggle the explosion occurs. him-ae- lf 1 CHAPTER XXI Paul Is unhurt, but Lacroix Is pinned helplessly under heavy rocks. He confesses to Paul that It was he who killed dEpernay In New York, and dies. Duchalne le killed In the explo- elon, and Paul 'and Jacqueline, who was not seriously wounded, make their way to safety. Leaving the cave they reach there the 'Pere Antoines cabin and find Tom Car-sopriest with Captain Dubois and Paul's former business employer In New York. dealings with Carson had had i Leroux and was to have financed him In the exploitation of Duchalnes estate. The the place that-. explosion had bo altered would be fruitgold any search for the a position Hewlett offer leas, and Carson hloh ha accepts. - -- ears: in my Help me! Help me! I raised myself and tried to struggle to my feet. I found that I could move my limbs freely. I tried to rise upon my knees, but the roof struck my head. I stretched my arms out, and I touched the wall on either side of me. I must have been stunned by the concussion of the landslide. By a miracle I had not heed struck. Help me! Help mo! I tried to find the voice. I crawtod three feet toward it, and the wall stopped me. But the voice was thara. It came from under, the wall. I fait about me ,in the darkness, and aty hand touched something damp, i whipped It back In horror. It waa tfca face of a man. There was only the face. Where Hi body, and limbs ought to have been was only rock. The face was on my side of a wall of rock, pinning down, the body that lay outstretched beyond. 1 recognized the voice now. It waa that of Philippe Lacroix.-Ah,mon Dieu ! Help me. Help me ! He continued to repent the words la every conceivable tone, and his suffering was pitiable. I felt one hand come through the tiny opening In the wall and grasp at me. Is that Who is it? he mumbled. you, Hewlett? For Hods sake, kill me!" I crouched beside him, hut I did not know what to say or do. ' I could only wait there, that he might not die alone, lie mumbled (live me a knife! A knife. again ; clutching al me. Hewlett! Dont leave me to die like this ! Bring Pere Antoine and my 1 want to tell her to tell mother. " her He muttered in his delirium until his voice died ava.v.- I thought that he would never speak again. Bui presently he seemed to revive again to the consciousness of his surroundings. he Are you with me, Hewlett? . whispered. I placed my hand iu his, and be cluiched at It with feverish force. You will have the gold, Hewlett" he muttered, apparently ignorant that I, too, was a prisoner 'and in hardly better plight. I tried to kill you, Hewlett. Are you going to leave me to die alone in the dark now? It doesnt matNo, I answered. ter, Lacroix" And, really, it did not matter. ' I wanted to kill you, his vole on. Lacroix Is dead. I rambled watched him die. I thought if yon died, too, no one but I would know the secret of the gold. 1 tried to murder ! you. I blew up the tunnel He paused, and I heard him gasp for breath. His fingers clutched at my coat sleeve again and hooped them- selves round niine like claws of steel. I had a knife once, he resumed, relapsing Into his delirium ; but I left It behind me and the police got It. Isnt It odd, Leroux, he rambled on. that one always leaves something behind when one has killed-- man? But the newspapers made no mention about the knife. You didnt know he was dead, did you, Leroux, for all your cleverness, until that fool Hewlett left that paper upon the fable? You knew enough to send me to jail, but you didnt know that It was I who killed He screamed horhim. Help me! He is here, looking at me I ribly. There Is nobody here, Philippe, I snid, trying to soothe his agony of soul. What a poor and stained soul It was, traveling into the next world alone ! There Is nobody but me, Philippe ! "You lie ! he raved. Louis Is here He has come for me ! He deserved to die. He tricked me after we had found the gold. He tricked me twice. He told Leroux. thinking that he would win his gratitude and get free from the mans power. And the second time he told Carson. Then there were three of us in the secret." 1 pocket. I followed him all that afternoon after he had left Carsons office.' I watched him In the street. At night he went to a room somewhere at the top of a tall building. I followed him. When I got In I found a woman there. Louis was talking to her and threaten Ing her. He said she was hts wife. How could she be his wife when he had married Jacqueline Duchalne? I didnt care it was no business of mine. I couldn't see them, because there was a curtain in the way. Thera was no light In the bedroom. There was a light In the room in which I was. I put It out, so that neither of them should see my face. She might have betrayed me, you know, Simon. He spun round when the light went out, and pushed the curtain aside. I was Waiting for that. I bad calculated my blow. I stabbed him. It was a good blow, though it was delivered in the dark. He only cried qut once. But the woman screamed, and a dog flew at me, and I couldn't find his money. So I ran away. And then there were only three of ns who knew the sceret. Then Simon died and there were only two, and now there are only Hewlett and I, and be Is dead, poor fool, and I have my gold here. For Oods sake give me a knife, Simon !" His fingers tore at my sleeve In his last, agony, and I was tempted sorely. And It was bis own knife that I had. The Irony of It ! He muttered once or twice and cried out In fear of the man whom he had alaln. I heard him gasp' a little later. Then the hand fell from my sleeve. And after that there was no further sound. ' Paul!" It was the merest whisper from the wall. I thought it was a trick of my own mind. I dared nof hope. Paul I Dearest ! This was no fancy born of a delirious brain and the thick fumes of dynamite. It came from the wall a lit lie way ahead of me. I crawled the three feet that the little cave afforded ami put my hands upon the rock, feeling Its surface Inch by Inch. There was a crevice there, not large enough to have permitted a bird to pass the merest fissure. Jacqueline! Is that you, dear? I called. You are not hurt, Jacqueline? I am lying where you left me. dear. Pa ill, I I heard." You heard? I answered dully. What did it matter now? Why didnt you tell me, Paul? But never mind. I am so glad, dearest! Can you come through to me? I struggled to tear the rocks away; I heat and bruised my hands In vain , against them. I will come when it grows light, I babbled. When it Jacqueline, glows light ! She did not know that It would never grow light for me. Again I flung myself against the walls of my prison, ba tering at them till the blood dripped - from my hands. Again and again I and flung myself down hopelessly, then I tried again, clutching at every fragment that protruded Into the cave. And at last, when my despair had mastered me It grew light. For a sunbeam shot like a finger through the crevice and quivered upon the floor of the cave. And overhead, where I had never thought to seek, where I had thought three hundred feet of eternal rock pressed down on me. I saw the quiver of day through d debris half a dozen feet of from the glaciers mouth. 1 raised myself and tore at It r.nd sent it, flying. I thrust my hands among tight-packe- PAGE SEVEN We had talked much over what had Impi'cncd. mill ten days later, when laeqiicliiu- hud recovered from the hock and from what proved to he. iflcr all,, only a we had visited the scene of our rescue hy the - flesh-woun- old priesi. The charge of dynamite which Lacroix had set exploded, as It happened, beneaih that which buttressed the ntlrc sirneturp, and combining with he pressure of the glacier above, had thrown the mountain on its side, (ill- Ing the lake with several million tons of ice and obliterating all traces of the chateau, which lay buried lieneii'ii its waters. That wa s Jere Antoines explanation. ami we realized at once that It was useless to search for Charles The whole aspect of the region hail been changed; there wtts neither glacier nor cataract, and the lake, swollen to twice its size and heigh, slept peacefully beneath its "! iM' ,:"i!!m,d1v Vjiil I1',; i, i. i;i,,,i'li M t j Modern Home Planning covering of ice and snow. When we returned to the cabin we were amazed to see a sleigh stand ng outside, and dogs feeding. Two men were seated at the priests table, smoking. 1 inhle, monsieur, dont yon keep a stove In your hiiiise? shouted a voice to Pere Antoine. Then, as Jacqueline and I approached the entrance, the man turned and sprang toward ns wlih outstretched hands fhat gripped oni-- and wrung them till we cried out in pain. .l! was Alfred Dubois. But I was stupefied to see the second man who rose and advanced toward me with a shrewd smile. For it was Tom Carsqn Presently I was telling my slot-except for Unit pari which more intimately concerned myself and Jacqueline, and he narrative of the murder, which gave only as Lacroix had confessed It to me. A look of incredulity deepened on Toms shrewd old face till, at the end, he hurst out explosively at me: Hewlett, I didnt think I was a d fool before I beg your pardon, miss. If any. man had told me that I would have knocked him down. But I am, I am, and I want you to be my manager. Do you mean that I have lied to you? I asked indigantly. Every word. Hewlett every word, my son. That Is why 1 want you back with me. First you leave my employment without pfferlng any reason; then you take hold of my business affairs and try to pull off a deal over my head, and then you tell me a yarn about a castle falling into a lake. But, M. Carson, Interposed the priest, I myself have seen this chateau many tiroes. And I have gone to the entrance and looked from the mountain, too, and It Is no longer Dont waste your time and tax out to your temper trying n Building Plans Material We can show you building plans for all kinds of buildings for both farm and town purposes. And we can give you ideas and suggestions that may save you considerable money. ! We can supply all kinds of build- i ing material at rode bottom prices and will gladly furnish estimates. 1 Central Lumber & Hardware Co. Frigid Servie We make regular deliveries every other day to any part of town. Special orders taken care of any day no matter what part of town you live in. You are losing money if you are not using Ice in your home. there." Our Prices are Right Phone One 0 10 where the Icicles grow. Payson Ice & Cold Storage Co. DRESSES FOR SMALL GIRLS was $ I l 1 t.M N kind o f printing that dividends is the kind you should have. Pale, muddy, poorly arranged printed matter is worse than none. The quality ol your business is often judged by the quality of your stationery inferior printing gives an Impression of cheapness that is hard to overcome, while good printing enmes with it a desirablesuggcstionof quality. We produce only Quality Printing. Whether you w ant an inexpensive handbill or a letterhead in colors, if you order it from us you w,11 be sure of getting good work. We have the equipment and the know bow that enables us to get out really good printing printing tiiat impresses people with the good taste of its users. That is the on!y kind of printing that THE B e e B a e to answer him. But I felt Jacqueline slip her hand into mine, and suddenly the memory of the past made Toms raillery an Insignificant affair. Mind you," he pursued, hell turn up soon. Hes got to turn up, because the lumber companys all organized now and In finq running order. What do you say, Hewlett? Nothing, I answered. All right, he said, turning away Unwith a shrug of his shoulders. practical as ever, aint you? Think it over, my sou. - Glad to have met you, Mr. Priest, and as Im always busy I guess Dubois and I will start for home this afternoon. Messieurs," said the priest, do you know what day this Is?" Tom started. "Why, good Lord, It Its Christmas day. Isnt it? he asked, a little sheepishly. its a bigger day for us, I said to m Good a too mortified mi Printing himself." I $ $ Miniumun each delivery 20 lbs. - - Never You was," said Carson. fellows get so lonesome np in these wilds that you have to see things. This man, dEpernay, who Is said to be dead now, wanted to sell me the biggest gold mine in the world for fifty thousand dollars, and from what I know of l.eroux I am ready to believe that he would try to hog It If It really exists. But how about Leroux? I cried, more amused now than vexed. answered Tom, "is preThat, cisely why I want to get hold of you again, Mr. Hewlett." But here Is Mile. Duchalne ! shouted the old priest in despair. Tom Carson raised his fat old body about five Inches and made Jacqueline what he took to be a bow. Pleased to make your acquaintance, miss, he replied. Ah, well. It doesnt Matter. I guess that man, dEpernay, was lying to me. However, I am ready to look at your gold mine If you want me to." You'll have to do some blasting then, I said, nettled. Its just about two hundred feet below the ground." Never mind," said Tom. Lumber Is better than gold. Next time Im here I shall be glad to have another look round. And now, Hewlett, If you want a job at five thousand a year to start to start, mind you, you play fair and tell me where Leroux Is hiding your see us. s ; figure If you are thinking of building whether its a house, bam, garage or poultry house come in and building problems. a e a o Every mother will like the sturdy end pretty dresses which the spring has brought. In for small girls. They are made of strong wash fabrics, with knickerbockers to match, and their decoraUon Is of simple needlework. Salt Lake & Utah Railroad Co. B a 1 Pays OPEN FOR SETTLEMENT (Orem Line) 10,000 Acres of IrriFIRST PREFERRED STOCK He squinted at me lu his shrewd gated Land on the Dividends payable quarThe Eskimo Doo Wat Barking at My manner; and then he got up from the Sevier River table and wrung ray hand. terly yields better than 7 Side. Good luck to yon both. he said. on cent, presannually per All good alfalfa and sugar beet soil the siones and tore them down like Say, Mr.- - Dubois, I guess we can ent price. ' An opportunity with an unquestionable water right our the tilds from a rotten roof. dont tent here tonight pitch for safe investment in a local I heard a shout ; hands were reached you?" selling at $65.00 an acre oae year paycompany. down to me and pulled me up, and I Alfred Dubois was grappling with ments with 6 peT cent interest. was on my feet upon a hillside, lookour hands again hut his onset was Descriptive circular ron apless ferocious, because he had to loose For fnrthur information write or ate ing Into the keen eyes of Pere Antoine plication. Address us every now and then to slap me on and the face of the Indian squaw. R. B R 0 W N, And the Eskimo dog was barking at the back and blow bis nose. Assistant Secretary, If only la petite Madeleine could my side. , Commercial Hotel. mu sure be here! he shouted. And Only one thing marred the happiSALT LAKE & UTAH R. . CO. ness of our reunion, and that waa the that waa his dinner voice I heard. Salt Lakt Oitv Utah. OC jMttUSUfltfS THE END. Oasis, Utah Tom. ' . , . : JOE I H. S. BEALS ... |