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Show f & .1 Friday, October G did for my very love for you, tor your honor's sake. I asked her here that you might see what she was but that's all. 1 swear IL She's been as wife ns If In a rage of steel." "I know It," 1 said; "I know It You dou't need to tell me that. You brought her here to expose her, to show me what e fool I was. It didn't matter how murb It hurt ine, the more the better, anything to save the name. You would have broken my heart, sacrificed me on tlie altar of your accursed pride. Oh, 1 can see plainly now I There's a thouauiid years of prejudice and bigotry concentrated lu you. Thank God, I huve a human heart!" "1 thought I was acting for the be 1" be cried. "I know tt according to your You naked her here that 1 lights. might see what she was. You tell me you have gained her love; you say she came bore at your bidding; you swear she would have been unfaithful to me. Well, 1 tell you, brother of mine, tn your teeth I tell you I don't believe you I" Suddeu'y the little, drooping figure 00 the chair hud raised Itself; the face with the wide, white, staring eyes waa turned toward me; the pitiful look had gone, and In Its stead waa one of wild, unspeakable 1 TIHE I TKADIL (Dr 9Q : i I Northland Romance r- - 1' by ROBERT W. SERVICE 1 Illustration, by Irwin Myers WNO Berries (Chapter XIV Continued Tliera we were, toe tnrre mi us; Berna faint with fear, ghustly, pill He said never a worn, to me: Come, toy husband, I was opening the one turned we will go. door to leave him forever. Suddenly I heard a step coming op the stairs, a heavy, hurried tread. 1 looked down a moment, then 1 pushed her back into the room. "Be prepared, Berna," 1 said quietly; "here comes There we walled, Garry and I. and We heard that beside ua Berna. heavy tread come up, up the creaking stairway, stumble a moment, then There waa fiuuse on the landing. ominous, something something pregnant In that pause. The steps halted, wavered a little, then, Inflexible as doom, on they come toward us. The next Instant the door was thrown open, and Lorasto stood In the enIxx-nsto.- " trance. that brief moment Evqn In struck by tba change In him. Ha seemed to have aged by twenty years. He limped, and 1 noticed his left band was gloved. From under Ida bristling brows he I at a eatni with range, calm, ful; jet glared at us. As be swayed there he unnatural cnlmneM, and Garry he minded me of an evil beast, a savage surprised me. lie had Heated hlmaelf creature, a mad, desperate thing: and with the greatest sangfroid he With a malignant laugh, the fleering waa lighting a cigarette. laugh of a fiend, he stepped Into the At last I A long tense alienee. room. broke It. "Sol Seems as If I'd lighted on a Joy. NYYhat have joa got to any for Ho I ho! "It's all right, Berna," I said; "I pretty nest of asked. ( yourgdf. Carry dont believe him, and If a million my aweetl You're not satisfied with It waa wonderful haw calm he waa others were to any the same, if they one lover, you must have t,wo. Well, MLooke pretty bad, doesn't It, broth-erwere to thunder It in my ears down you are going to be satisfied iritb one be Bald gravely. all eternity, I would tell them they from now on, and that's Jack Locnsto. "Yea, It ronldut look worse." Ive stood enough from you, you lied, they lied I" "That's so." lie mae and turneit A heaven-li- t radiance was In the white faced Jude. You've haunted me, sp the light of a large reading-lamp- , gray eyes. She made at If to come, you've put some kind of a spell oa then coming to me tie looked me to me, but. she swayed, and I caught me. You've lured me hack to Jhls land, and now I'm going to have you aquure In the face.. Abruptly Ida her In my arms. or diet Stand out away from rusiml manner dropped, "Don't be frightened, little girl. lie grew two. those Stand out, I say I March sharp, forceful ;'hla voice rang clear. Give me your bund. Beef I'll klsa out of door." that don't "Listen to me. I came out here to It, dear. Now, don't cry; She only shrank buck the farther. save you, ond Im going to save you. honey." Her arms were around me. She You wanted me to believe that thla "You won't come, curse you ; you d won't come, you witch, girl waa good. You believed It You clung to me ever so tightly. were liewltelied, befooled, blinded I "Gurry," I sold, "this Is my wife. with your great eyes that bore boles could ace It, but I Imd to muke you When I have lost tny belief In all In me, Hint turn iny heart to fire, that You wont come. ace It. I had to make you realize else, I will believe In ber. You huve make me mud. bow worthless she waa, how ber love made us both suffer. As for what Stand back there, you two, and let for you was a almra, a pretense to you've said you're mistaken. She's the girl come. We shielded her, .. prey on you. Ilow could I prove It? a good, good girl. I will not believe I You would not listen to reason: that by thought, word or deed she "Ha! You wont let ine get her. had to take other meant. Now, hear has been untrue to me. She will exWell, It'll be all the worse for ber. me." Now, good by. Ill make her life a bell. I'll beat plain everything. I hear." Come, Berna. her. You won't stand back. You, the Her dork one don't 1 know you; hnven't "I laid my plana. For three Suddenly ahe stopped me. months Ive tried to conquer her, to hand was on my arm, and ahe turned I holed you more Ihnn the devil hates wrln ber love, to take her from 'you. toward Gurry. She held herself as She waa truer to you than 1 had bar- proudly as a queen. "1 want to explain now," ahe said, gained for; I must give her credit for that She made a good tight, bnt "before you both." She pulled from her bosom a little I think 1 have triumphed. Tonight ahe came to my room at my Invitacrumpled note, and handed It to me. tion." Then, as I rend It, a great light burst on me. Here It was: , "Well?" You got a note. Now, 1 "Dear Berna: "WelL "For beaven'a sake be on your wrote that note. I planned thla I planned It guard. Jack Iocnsto la on his way scene, thla discovery. ' ao that your eyei would be opened, north again. 1 think he's crazy. I ao that you would ace what she woo. know lie'll stick at nothing, and 1 so that you would cast her from you don't want to see blood spilt. For . your sake, and for the sake of one unfaithful, a wanton, t '"Hold on there," 1 broke In; "broth- dear to you, be warned.. "In haste, er of mine or no, I wont hear you Lennoir." "Viola call her those names; no, not If she "I got It two days ago, ahe said. You were ten times as unfaithful. wont, I any. Ill choke the words In "Oh, Ive been distracted with fear. your throat I'll kill you, If you ut-t- 1 did not like to show it to you. I've a word against her. Oh, what brought you nothing but trouble, and I've never spoken of him, never once. have you doner 1 "What have done I Try to be You understand, dent youl" "Yea, little girl, 1 understand." man. What have 1 done) Well, calm, "1 wanted to save you, no matter this la what 1ve done, and Its the at what coat Tonight I tried to preI've I've done for you day It lucky saved you from shame; I've freed you vent you going out there, for 1 feared from ala; I've shown you the base- you might meet him. I knew he was very near. Then, when you had gone, ness of this girl." my ear grew and grew. There I sat, Ue rose to bla feet over everything. Oh, If I thinking from stolen I've "Oh, my brother, bnd a friend, 1 thought; some only what I've that's yon yonr mistress; to one help me. Then, as I sat, dazed, "Sol 8sems as If I'd Lighted on a done." the phone rang. It waa Pretty Nest of distracted, "Oh, no, you haven't," 1 groaned. brother." your "God forgive you, Garry; God for a saint; hnted you worse than blttei "Yea, go on, dear." give you I Shes not my not what These three black years . "lie told me he wanted to see me; poison? balked you think. 8he's my wife!" me, you've kept her he begged me to come at ones. 1 you've 1 thought that he would faint. Ills from me. Oh, I've itched to kill you face went white as paper and he thought of you, of your danger, of times without number, and I've spared shrank buck, lie gated at me with gome terrible mishap. I was terrified. you. But now It's my call. Stand I went" ' wild, straining eyes. bock stand back I say. Your She a as If the re- time's there, moment, paused "God forgive me t Oh, why didn't come. Here's where I shoot. you tell me, boy? You should huve cital was infinitely painful to ber, Ilia hand leapt up and 1 saw li trusted me. You should have told me. then she went on. gripped a revolver. He had me cov1 found my way to his room. My When were you married?" ered. Ills face wna contorted with "Just a month ago. 1 was keeping mind waa full of you, of that man. devilish triumph, and I knew he of how to save you. 1 did not think meant to. kill. At It as a surprise for you. I was waitlast, at last my ing till you said you liked and thought of my self, of my position. At first time had come. I saw his fingers well of her. Oh, 1 thought you would 1 was too agitated to apeak, lie bade twitching on the trigger, 1 gazed into he pleased aud glad, and 1 waa treas- me sit down, compose myself. Ills the hollow horror of that barrel Mj manner was quiet, grave. Again 1 heart turned to Ice. 1 could not uring It up to tell you." feared for you. lie asked me to ex- breathe. Oh, for a "This Is terrible, terrible!" respite, a moment Ills voice was choked with agony. cuse him for a moment, and left the he pulled the trigUgh I On her chair, llerna drooped wear room, lie seemed to be gone an age, ger, and, at the same Instant, Garry 1 lly. Her wide, staring eyes were fixed while sat there, trying to fight down sprang at him! my terror. The suspense waa killing on the floor In pitiful perplexity. What had happened? The shot me. Then be came back, lie closed In my ears. I was still stand"Yes, it's terrible enough. We were rang so happy. We lived so Joyously to- and locked the door. All at once 1 ing there. 1 felt no wound. 1 felt no heard a step outside, a knock. 'Hush I gether. Everything was perfect, a pain. Then, ns I stared at my enheaven for us both. And then you go In there,' he said, lie opened the emy, I heard a heavy falL Ah, God! door. 1 heard him speaking to some came, you with your charm that there at my feet lay Garry, lay la a one. 1 waited, then you burst tn on would lure an angel from high heavhuddled, quivering heap; lay on his en. You tried your power on my poor me. You know the rest" face, and In his fair hair I saw a "Yea, yes." little girl, the girl that never loved dark stain start and spread. Then, "As for your brother. I've tried, oh. tn a but me. And 1 trusted you, I tried moment, 1 realized what my so bard, to be nice to Ivlin for yom brother had done. 1 left to make you and her friends. 1 wanted to be I fell on my knees beside him. you together. In my blind Innocence sake. I liked him; to him aa a sister, but never an un 1 aided you In every way a simple, "Garry, Garry I" I moaned. 1 heard Berna scream, and I saw that Livasto loving foot You came like a ser faithful thought has entered my head never a wrong feeling sullied my waa pent, a foul, crawling thing, to steal coming for me. He was a man her from me, to wrong me. She waa henrt. I've been true to you." no longer. He had killed. He was "Oh, my dear, my dear I" You would a brute, a fury, a devil, mad with loving, faithful, pure. "I want to bring you happiness, but the lust of slaughter. With a snarl have dragged her In the mire. You" 1 only bring you trouble, sorrow "Stop, brother, atop, for heaven's he dashed at me. Again 1 thought Sometimes, for your sake, I wish we be was going to shoot, but no! u? sake I You wrong me." ' He held out his hand commandlng-ly- . bud never met." raised the heavy revolver and brought She turned to Garry. A wonderful change had come It crushing down on my head. I felt "As for you, you've done me a the blow fall, and with It my over him. Ilia face bad regained Its strength great wrong. I can never forget It seemed to shoot out of me. My legs calm. It was proud, stern. "You must not think 1 would have Will you go now, and leave ua In were paralyzed. 1 could not move. been guilty of that," he said quietly. pence?" And, as I Iny there In a misty daze Ilia head was bent, so that I could he advanced ou Berna. "I've plaj'ed a part 1 never thought to play; I've done a thing 1 never not see his face. Ilia hands were stretched out to hauda lu to dirtied Can have not my he clutch yon thought forgive?" her; a moment more and he groaned. She shook her head sadly. "No, 1 would have her lu hla arms, the doing, and Im sorry and ashamed mofor 1L But 1 tell you, Athol that's am afraid I run never forgive." ment ah I With a suddenness that "Can I do nothing to utone?" alL As God's my witness. I've done was like a flash she had raised the no don't wrong. Sorely you you "No, Im afraid your punishment heavy reading lamp and dashed It In think me as low as that? 1 did what must be that you cun do nothing." his fare. woe-begon- e love-bird- f s. r . ndlk-fuee- . s 1 I j C Mi. ., f?- - I '' 1 - i I t . a" - er - Love-Bird- i- - , & t.it . i i? o A I was ... ." 25. 19?q I heard Ms shriek of tear; saw between crashed the us thing him fall Ida eyes; I saw the flames spurt and awful leap. High In the air he rose, of shroud a In was He In Ida agony. He flame. iool of a tn waa fire; he howled like a dog and fell over on the bed. Then suddenly the oil soaked bedI Stock Catfc Hog Hog Cattle Sheep Sheep seemed to ding taught The curtains As be flame. Into and change leap rolled and roared In his agony, the blaze ran up the walla, and caught the roof. Help, help! the room was afire, was burning up. Flrel FIrel Out In the corridor I heard a great running about, shouting of men, The whole screaming of women. be to seemed alive, place frenzied with fear. Everything wa's In flames now, burning fiercely, madly, and there was no stopping them. The hotel was burning, and I. too, must burn. What a horrible end ! Oh, If I could only do something! But could not move. From the waist down I was like a dead man. Where was Berna? Tray God she waa safe. I could not cry for aid. The room was reeling round and round. I was faint, dizzy, helpless. Some one was trying to save me, was dragging my body across the floor. Consciousness left me, and It seemed for ages I lay In a stupor. When 1 opened my eyes again some one was still tugging at me. We were going down the stairway, and on nil sides of us were sheets of flapping flame. I was wrapped tn a blanket. Ilow had It got there? Who was that dark figure pulling at me so desperately, trying to lift me, staggering a few paces with me, Brave one, stumbling blindly on? whoever noble one, you be I Foolwhoever you reckless one, hardy one, be I Save yourself while yet there fa time, lnve me to my fate. But. oh, the agony of It to burn, to burn I Another desperate effort and we are almost at the door. Oh, my rescuer, a last frenzied effort We are. almost at the door. Then I am lifted up and we both tumble out Into the street Not a second too soon, for, like a savage beast foiled of Its prey, a Mast of flame shoots after us,' and the doorway Is a gulf of blazing wrath. I am lying In the snow, lying on a blanket and gome one holds my head. "Berna, Is that you?" She nods. She does not speak. I shudder ns 1 look nt her. Her face Is like a great burn, a black mask In which her eyes and teeth gleam whltely. "Oh, Berna, Berna, and it was you that dragged me out . . .1" My eyes go to the fiery hell In front As I look the roof crashes In and we are showered by falling sparks. I see the line of a black girder leup out and hanging over It a limp, charred shape. A moment It hangs uncertainly,, then plunges downward Into the rousting heart of the pIL And 1 know It for Locasto. Oh, Berna, Benin. I cant bear to look ut her. Why did she do It? It's pitiful, pitifuL .. The fire Is spreading Bight and left It swings and leaps In giant strides. All Is pandemonium now. Mad with fear and excitement men and women rave and curse and pray. Wutcr! water I Is the cry; but no water comes. Suddenly a mob of terror-goademen comes surging down the street They bring the long hose line that connects with the on the river. Water, water Is coming. The line is laid and a cry goes np to turn on the water. Hurry there! But no water comes. What can be the mntter? Then the dread whisper goes round that the man in charge of the pumping station has neglected his duty, and the engine fires are cold. A howl of fury and despair goes up to the lurid heavens. Women wring their hands and moan; men stand by In a stupor of hopeless agony. And the fire, as if it knew of its victory, leaps up In a roaring ecstasy of triumph. There Is no hope. The From where 1 lie city- Is doomed. Cattle Cattle Sheep Cattle Cattle Cattle Sheep Cattle Sheep Sheep Sheep panic-stricke- Cattle Iltgi Cattle Cattle Cattle Cattle Cattle Hog Hog Cattle Cattle Cattle Hog Cattle Cattle Cattle , Hog Hog Hogs Cattle She Cat Cattle Cattle Cattle Cattle Hogs Cattle Cattle Cattle Cattle Sheep Cattle - Cattle Cattle Cattle Cattle Cattle Lamt Cattle Cattle Cattle Cattle Cattle Cattle Cattle Hogs Hogs Cattle Sheep Cattle Cattle Hogs Sheep Cattle Cattle 1 ... 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See us before you insure, or Loan Office 1 be , on Terms! d the scene Is one long vista of hlazing Z ror rne rest means notning. now that It Is done, I too have done, so I sit me down and wait. For what am A divine 1 waiting? miracle perme, haps. Somehow 1 feel 1 will see her again, somehow, somewhere. Sorely God would not reveal to ns the shining light of the Great Reality only to plunge us again Into outer darkness? Love cannot be In vain. I will not ' The city la doomed. Yet, IL Somehow, somewhere I as 1 iny there, It seemed to me like So In the glow of the great peat a judgment, and that from Its ruins would arise a new city, dean, up- fire 1 sit me down and wait, and the right, incorruptible a great city, faith grows In me that ahe will come proud and prosperous, beloved of to me again; that I will feel the soft homing hearts, and blessed in Its pur- caress of her hand upon my pillow, that I will hear her voice aU tuned ity and peace. 1 a "Beloved, sighed through gath- to tenderness, that I will see through eyes her sweet comI of mist consciousness. felt my ering Somehow, somesome hot tears falling on my face. 1 passionate face. felt n kiss seal my Ups. 1 felt a where 1 I am waiting, waiting. 1 close my breathing In my ear. and wait I know she will come. eyes "(Mi, my dear, my dear I" she said. "Ive only brought you sorrow and Ah, Berna, my dear, my dear! I palu, but youve brought me lore, that knew you would return; I knew, I love thnt Is a dazzling light, beside knew. Come to me, little one. Im which the sunshine Is os darkness." so tired. Put your arms around tired, "Bernal" I raised myself; I put out me, girl; kiss me, kiss me. I'm weak my anna to clasp her. They clasped and IB, bnt now you've come HI soon the empty air. Wildly, wildly I looked be well again. You wont leave me I She was around. gone "Bernal" Again 1 cried, but there any more; will you, honey? Oh. it's was no reply. I was alone, alone. good to have you once again! It seems like a dream. Kiss, me once Then a groat weakness came over more, sweetheart It's all so cold . me. . and Put dark. arms around your 1 never saw her again. gold-bor- n 2428 Kiesel Across from Phone 350 Paramount. the DEPENDABLE be-Ue- ve tear-blinde- d . . Berna, Berna, light of my life, . THE LAST I knew all woutd come right at last the mists, beyond the beyond It Is finished. I have written here dreaming; at last dear love, fll the story of my life, or of that por- last! tion of It which means everything to TIIK END WLe tha me. . Oh, ... jj 3fRD msisncKG J ca. a |