| Show TIill TWO DOCTOR GIRLS By MARY EYLB DALLAS Copyright by American Press = socJation CHAPTER L f = s J 1 Mind footing U171 safcZ the taU girl to the other When tha train stopped at Corinna I two girls alighted from it Particularly I tailor made girls with no frippery about i them There was a curious likeness be j I tween them not that of relationship for their features were unlike and while b I one was tall and dark tho other was 1 short and fair but that which comes I from following the same train of ideas 1 or being interested in the same pursuit j i the sort of thing that makes us say That is a teacher That is an artist I That is a clerk in a store somewhere without being ablo to define our reasons I for knowing that we are right These two girls though their travelIng travel-Ing costumes were utterly correct had I not the manner of society women They Ir were more offhand and independent As they stood on the platform and looked about them they evidently felt that they could take care of themselves The drivers of the stages from the different differ-ent hotels held open the doors of their Vehicles but they took no notice of them Mind footing it said the tall girl to the other in a careless way 1 like it responded the short one With a smile Then they took a firmer grip on two substantial traveling bags and two silk umbrellas spoke to the baggage master in regard to two solid I trunks that stood not far away and started up the road leaving the village and taking their way countryward Soon they were among green fields bounded on one side by dense wood land on the other by a river blue on I this bright day as the sky above it There were plenty of old oak trees there were myriads of hazel bushes goldenrod j golden-rod and Neptunes trident made a great I show along the irregular stone walls I The roofs of old fashioned farmhouses were visible and here and there a red barn popped up and a long low brick j building with a bell tower on its roof I j and without shade of any sort about it was visible upon a MIL What is that Belle asked the shorter j short-er of the two girls of the other who seemed to know the place best The schoolhouse 1 suppose It has the cheerful cheer-ful look one expects of those institutions institu-tions But it is not the school my dear responded Belle It is a kind of combination I com-bination jail and poorhouse They have very little crime and still less poverty here They had two idiots four old I women and a small colored boy who had stolen a chicken in charge last year I and felt themselves crowded There Gillie is our home Where asked Genie Belle pointed with her umbrella to a red spot between two large trees and directly upon the river bank and led the way walking more rapidly than she had done and L I carrying her umbrella over her shoulder while Genie followed her with shorter steps now that they were not walking j together and putting her umbrella un I I der her arm in rather masculine fashion The house was a tiny building of one story and a loft painted a bright red A narrow entry ran through the middle and on one side was a large room that looked like a workshop on the other two rooms of equal size one furnished fur-nished as a bedroom one as a sitting room At the end of the entry was a door and when Belle opened this she saw that from it steps descended under a low rough shed into the water A I boat was fastened to the handrail of these steps by a rope Youve got the boat cried Genie I Yes said Belle well have many a good row on that river my dear The 1 place belonged to a boat builder once You know that rye hired it for next to nothing and our holiday wont ruin us The boat was more expensive than the 1 house but wo had to have a boat As they looked down into the pretty thing white without green within neither of the girls had any idea of the freight that that boat would one day contain or that they had come there to meet an experience ex-perience never to be forgotten while life 1 remained to either The little red house seemed the calmest calm-est quietest most commonplace structure struct-ure in the world and they xpected to spend a restful week or two under its roof and on the river and to go home in L September to begin life in earnest for these girls were two new fledged medical L students who had just received their diplomas which on the arrival of their trunks they hastened to hang upon the well whitewashed walls of their habitation habita-tion one on either side of the mantelpiece mantel-piece Reading these you learned that one the tall dark girl was Dr Isabelle Yolande and that the other the small lair girl was Dr Eugenie More The house was already clean a few email decorations were taken from the trucks a little china some table and L bed linen But there were no larnbre quins nr decorated wall pockets or other I pretty things with which most women I surround themselves A good many I books were ranged upon some shelves in I the corner of the sitting room A disjointed I dis-jointed students lamp was put together mid a little oil stovo arranged Two I young men might have kept house in much the same style Shortly they sat I down together over a cup of coffee and some sandwiches which had made the journey with them and then went out Ijor a walk arm in arm I I never told you why I studied medi sine did IJ asked Genie softly growing grow-ing confidential in the dual solitude I Never said Belle I I I am engaged to my cousin who is a doctor He is in Europe just now and we thought it would be very nice to work together to have one object in life In the fall we are to be married I Iso many of the students havono interest I I in that sort of thing but 1 thought you would so I i tell you tIt is a very nice prospect said Belle with a little sigh As for me I am all alone in the world and I think I shall never marry Oh you are so handsome people are sure to fall in love with you said 4 Genie 1 They have said Belle quietly but i now I will tell you my secret I have I been in love I shall never love again I I shall never see the man I still love and I1 1 shall never forget him His face is just 1 there before me when 1 wake in the night and often when I am walking in I the street in the day time so that I feel as if 1 could put out my hand and touch it I hear his voice I remember things he said to me It was on a voyage to Europe that we became acquainted with each other Papa was living then Ho i objected to our engagement He told me he would put an end to it He did I i I never asked how Then I was 18 i now I am 24 but I feel just the same I am not foolish about Carlos I shall not sigh and pine over it only it was sweeter than anything else can ever be I had t my happiness It is over Now I am a i i doctor with a career before me Mens i lives often begin like that Why not a I womans I I Oh Belle said Genie perhaps you will meet again after all I After this dont talk about it said i Belle I never said all that to any one i else Tell me all about your own love affair whenever you choose I shall like i to listen I only wanted you to know all I about me now that we are to be chums j for the summer Thank you said Genie They walked on arm in arm Sudden ly Genie found that Belle had led her unaware into the vicinity of the ugly brick building Why do you come here she asked I want to show you the local institutions in-stitutions said Belle She nodded to two old women who sat in two dilapidated dilapi-dated rocking chairs at the door of a long low hung room with benches set I against the walls and an unblacked L stove with a long stovepipe still stand ing in its place though it was summertime summer-time and Pa55 n < y around the TlftrlQA came to another door which revealed avery a-very tidy little parlor its window adorned by white curtains and pots of geraniums where a woman sat sewing with her foot upon the rocker of a cradle a youngish woman in a tidy muslin gown and a neat white apronwho arose and came out to greet them Do come in Miss Yolande she said I heard you were coming down and rm real glad to see you again Thank you said Belle This is my I friend Miss More Eugenie this is Mrs Fenn FennI I am glad to make your acquaintance acquaint-ance take some seats said Mrs Fenn placing chairs Mr Fenn is sheriff of Corinna said BelleDont Dont speak of it said Mrs Fenn shaking her head Dont speak of it I was as pleased when he was appointed and I didnt mind his havin to live hero nor nothin The poor folks didnt give no trouble and we hadnt nobody in the prison morn three times a year and when youve been strugglin along like we had a reglar celery was suthin to rejico in But lands sakes me an he wishes we was organ grinders now or bootblacks or anything Dear me Mrs Fenn Im sorry to hear that said Belle Yes youve come on us in times of trouble and tribberlation said Mrs Fenn Listen to that The three kept silence for a moment Then Belle said in a shocked voice I Who is sobbing so I Its my poor Bijah replied Mrs I Fenn putting her handkerchief to her eyes Hes the tenderest hearted critter crit-ter alive And jest as good and pious and its broke him down to think that I he has got to hang a feller critter Friday IT next is a week I dont think hell live through it It is awl nil The girls shuddered i Perhaps hell come out and talK to you said Mrs Fenn Ho used to sot I lots by you He thought you was so smart and kinder independent larnin to be a doctor And I think there had orter be lady doctors myself They is things you can say better to a woman But Til call Bijah It She left the room as she spoke and was heard talking to some one beyond an inner door Then she came back j j I Bijah will come as soon as hes washed his face and put him on a collar col-lar she said Hes real glad youve come He kinder thinks you might think of something though what there is to think of goodness knows i I am so sorry for him said Belle 1 Well that helps some when 3Touro feelin real desperate said Mrs Fenn rocking the baby A moment more Abijah Penn came into the room He was naturally a pleasant looking man of forty odd his light brown hair had a wave in it and his eyes had full lids and long lashes like those of a woman but they were red and swollen just now He advanced to Belle and held out his hand Glad to see you and your friend Miss Yolande he said You must think me a great baby but what my wife has told you about has broke me all up There aint been a man executed here before for twenty years I cant do it I cant And it means out into the world again for me and my folks if I resign Even so I dunno as I could get off before be-fore the day I know I couldnt He paused The girls could think of nothing noth-ing to say He did not seem to expect that they should but went on slowly If it was one of them tramps like tho one that murdered the peddler down to Groton I could brace up he said but this is the nicest fellow a gentleman Miss Yolande Pm as sure he is inno cent as I am that that there baby is Ha couldnt murder nobody taint in him My wife knows it as well as me Dont you Sarah Jane i teel to Know it Jijan replied the woman Ho say to me says he I pray you to believe me innocent for I am So pretty he spoke I cant allow it is right for Bijah to hev to hang him I wish youd go in and see him ladies I and see what you jedge bj his looks He is furrin but he is real nice He is a artist It would be a comfort said Mr Fenn b You see lots of folks in the city and you air real smart You might get an idea whether or no he done it Pd like you should go in We will go said Belle But tell me what sort of murder was it They is different lands said Mrs i I Fenn Some is jest temper this warnt It was a mean low down sort for money Old Uncle Peter White said the i sherjffa good kind old man foolish j i bout keepin money in the house in a j lonesome 1 place This gentleman is a j i furriner That helps set folks agin him they bein a prejudice on account of them Eyetalians 1 and while he was down here I asketchin makin picturs Uncle Peter boarded him Tom Bond Smiths hired I hand give the wust evidence agin him I and to be sure his razor was found on the floor near where Uncle Peter was a lyin l with his throat cut All the boxes i and drawers wus open and bloody water I where some one had washed their hands I in the boarders room and when they ar 11 I rested him he had Uncle Peters watch j I I in i his pocket He swore he wus takin I it i to be repaired but they didnt believe him 1 Make him talk to you I want I your jedgment A womans jedgment is good on faces anyway and youre entry smart Mr Fenn took a bunch of keys from a peg behind the door They tried to lynch him when he was fetched here fust and on his way to court he said There aint nobody but thinks him guilty only us Ef he was I dont want to hang no man but I feel to know that he never done it And having come to the corner of the buildI I ing that was used for the prison he un locked the door As they entered the air felt at once close and chilly and the cell into which they were admitted was rather dark At the farther end a man sat on awooden chair before a deal table his face hidden in his arms I Senor Ive fetched some company to see youladies said Mr Fenn I The prisoner lifted his head showing a sad and beautiful face with great dark eyes He looked from one to the other and uttered a low cry and Belle Yo lande stepping before the others putout put-out her hand Then the two began to speak rapidly in Spanish which Genie did not understand i They talked for half an hour while the sheriff stood staring at them Then L Miss Yolande offered her hand again and walked out of the cell 1 I know you dont think he done it I 3 know that by your shalnn hands said I Mr corner Fenn when they had turned the I would stake my life on h innocence inno-cence said Belle Yolande turning a white face toward him My life Yes my soul He shall not die Maybe she kin do suthin seoin how she feels the sheriff said watching the girls out of sight CHAPTER H I 1 EEC i1flhl iI 4ll I j f TiLe ceremony was performed Meanwhile Belle and Genie walked ox i until a lonely place in the road was reached when Belle suddenly paused and sat down upon a rock leaning heav ily against the trunk of a great tree Oh Genie Genie she cried you cannot tell what I suffer I must b 0 strong I must not break down I nuns t do what I can I need all my strength but this is almost more than I can bear 1 The man there in prison The man they are going to murder yes murder for he is utterly innocent is the man I love The I told man you about an hour ago It is thus I meet him again i The man I love and who loves me my Carlos He told rne all How ho bad taken the old farmers watch with him t o the village to bo repaired on the very day when some wretch murdered the old man The fiend found the razor on liis dressing case He could prove noth i circumstantial evidence is against himh what shall I do What shall I do Genie I Oh Belle cried Genie sinking on her knees at her side how do you i mow that he is innocent There have been wicked men with handsome faces before now and sometimes such men have great power over women and can win their hearts He is only a stranger whom you met on an ocean voyage af tei al Belle darling it may be that he is guilty Your father disapproved of him 1 Perhaps he had better reason than you know Silence said Belle You speak of one I love Surely God will give me the 1 power to save him In Him I trust Then they went back home together and so the weeks that they had fancied would be spent in a sort of perpetual picnic J began So tho dreams of happy leisure hours long rows up the river long lolls in the hammock ended but Genie was heart and soul with her friend and the fear that she was mis taken i in Carlos gradually died away She heard how Belles father a rich man at the time had dismissed tho young Spanish artist how he had led him 1 to believe her betrothed to another She heard the whole love story now such a pitiful thingand she was a daily witness of her friends fruitless efforts < to move those in power She went to the herself governor to beg a pardon or even a reprieve but he had proclaimed pardons too carelessly had been blamed for it and desired to re trieve his errors Perhaps ho honestly believed Carlos a vile brute whom it was best t banish from the earth Isabelle meanwhile went to the prison every day None knew of her visits save Fenn and his wife and Genie More Before long Genie was as thoroncrhlv wa u thorouh convinced that the young artist was innocent in-nocent as was her friend There within the prison walls th was t1 two once more betrothed themselves and one day a new surprise awaited i Genie More On their arrival at the prison they found awaiting them a mild old priest ovidently of Spanish birth We are to be married Genie Isa 1 belle said Carlos and I However this may end I am his and his only I wish to be so in the sight of God Besides it will be better for many reasons T They entered the cell together Fenn i and his wife accompanying them Th ceremony was performed I i I Adieu my son said the old priest when ho had uttered his blessing I you die men murder an innocent man and a pure soul takes its flight to heaven Let this uphold you and your wife in the teat trial YOU may have to endure I I I was on that day that Genie learned that a plan had been devised for the escape of Carlos from the prison It was carefully arranged but the very night that it was to be carried into effect t caed int efect a watch was put upon the prisoner It was plain that the man was suspicious of the sheriff whose horror of officiating ofciating at the execution he openly ridiculed ridculed The plan could not bo carried out in consequence con-sequence of his presence The doom of Carlos de la Rosa was sealed But suddenly a strange light began to glow in Isabelles eye I almost seemed a I though hope had returned to her heart One day she went down into the village I and returned with yards of dark red eilesia with which she veiled every win dow of the great empty work geat empt room She saw tothe fastenings of its doors She went to the city and came home laden I with parcels which she set carefully aside She had long conversations with the unhappy sheriff Carlos she could l L no longer see For loner some reason it was forbidden f The watcher sat at the Te st door of the prison and warned every one away Genie could not guess what hope was in Isabelles mind At last one day this latter said to her Genie you have been a true friend t me Lshall soon ask you to do more than 1 you have yet done You and I are not like girls who have been guarded from i all unpleasant things we are i I women but we are two young medical students j a tho same We should have 11 the nerves of men We have endured the i trial of the dissecting room as well I I as male students For a good object you I can be strong and brave I know You will do as I tell you and w neither scream i nor swoon You are Dr More I remember a I am Dr Yolande Genie I simply gave her her hand and so they I stood together hand in hand and heard the prison bell begin t toll and was I w-as well a all the place for miles about knew at the same moment that Sheriff Fenn was about to do his duty that f Carlos de la Rosa was about dut upon the scaffold But Isabelle Yolande ut tered no cry shed no tear With slow I t I deliberation she removed the dress she I wore And RiihfiHtnfflrl her sTirvH Klpnvprl i rowing costume Genie did the same and followed Isabelle into the boat 3t t What vas to be done Genio did not know but she vowed amid the wild throbbings of her heart to stand by Isabelle to the end whatever that might be Rapidly they rowed down the river on which there were never many oarsmen oars-men and today none At last Isabelle turned the boat and sent it flying into a miniature bay formed by a bend of the crooked little stream almost within call of the prison grounds This little no k was so shaded by great willows that it was invisible from the river and near it stood a great dilapidated barn roofless and deserted for roofess years which sheltered the spot from those upon tho road Here for the first time she broke silence My good land friend she said 1the time has come when we need al our courage and more than all our physical strength I fear On the night when ou attempt to effect an escape for my husband failed I formed a plan for the success of which t I have been working ever since You t remember the lecture we attended on L the subject of Death Upon the Gallows Gal-lows and how we once assisted in the I restoration of a man who had committed commit-ted suicide by hanging I have forgotten ten no particular Nor I said Genie I think you guess my plan said L Isabelle Unless Abijah Fenn proves I false I swear God helping me that my Carlos shall not die Fenn has prom ised that life shall not be extinct when L thethe She paused and turned pale I understand said Genie But my poor Isabelle you forget your hopes may mislead you There must be an examination by a doctor and tho man J who has watched the sheri so closely 1r will still be there All that has been thought of said 1 I I Isabelle The doctor who will make the examination is the one who sees to the health of the poorhouse and the arisen He is an old man of seventy I I deaf weak of sight and fond of drink Mr Fenn has discovered that the bottle is i also a temptation to the man on guard He assures Inc that they will both be too much intoxicated know what they are about by the time that this is necessary H Sly husband will be placed in a coffin which the sheriff will bear in a wagon to the cemetery his little son leading the horse Carlos will be removed from the coffin during the journey and when they arrive it will have been filled with stones hidden in s the wagon for the purpose pur-pose j and so buried The child will lead the horse away and once out of sight of the road vrs Fenn will enter the vehicle and drive to the spot Everything is prepared J for usin the curtained room at home if our strength suffices us to reach it Of mine r am sure but yours my poor 1 child Mine shall said Genie will power will work miracles sometimes I give gve myself to you and your cause you shall not fail through my wealmess God bless you sighed Isabelle I At this moment wheels were heard I approacbjng A wagon was driven from i I behind the old barn and backed to the waters edge Mrs Fenn jumped from I it to the ground Sho was ashen pale to the very lips Instantly Isabelle sprang to her side They were both strong women Together they lifted something wrapped in a blanket from the wagon and placed it in the boat I My God what a task you have be fore you panted Mrs Fenn Id help you if I durst but I must get away from here I thought I seen somebody watch in me from the hill Go said Isabelle almost fiercely She threw a pile of gay wraps over what 1 lay in the bottom of the boat I Now pull for your life she cried to Genie The boat shot out into the river Justbeyond the shadow of the willows they came upon a rude boat filled with nets and tackle and propelled by an old fisherman whom they knew by sight Mornin ladies he called out Isabelle summoned courage to nod and smile and reply Good morning Reckon that there hangin is about over he called over his shoulder as the distance between them lengthened The more they hang of that sort the better I say Good riddence to bad rubbish A little farther on two boys paddled out from shore and paddled on in an opposite oppo-site direction But after this not another an-other living soul was to be seen upon the river At last they came to the foot of their own steps ceased rowing and tied their boat fast A terrible moment had arrived The body must be lifted from the boat and I I come into me House and that quickly lest J they should be observed obsred from the J opposite shore How they accomplished j i the 1 task they never quite knew It I seemed f to Genie More that some aid I I more 3 than human must have been accorded I ac-corded her Isabelle had great Iablle geat strength for one of her sex and the power of love is mighty She was almost desperate deserate I for she did not yet know whether it was i a living man or a dead body which she I held in her arms whether she were at the moment wife or widow At last their burden was laid upon the mattress which had been upn mattes ben spread L upon the old work table The blanket was flung back and the I strangely revealed face of Carlos dela Rosa was revealed It seemed like the face of death to Genie More Oh Isabelle It is hopeless It is i hopeless 1 she cried J Not so cried the other Remem ber we are physicians surgeons What has been done by others we can do I I will open a vein in tho neck you know how to elevate the arms and ars compress compre the breast to create artificial breathing I will give you the wi signal Coolly i as though she were a surgeon who thought only of her case Isabelle Yolande set to work Tho other girlish doctor kept herself calm enough glish what she was bidden to do i I Look said tho young wife at last in a strange deep voice Look His lips are growing red the muscles of his cheeks move I I He is breathing replied Genie > I They continued their manipulation with renewed hope There was much still to do Before nightfall Carlos de la Rosa r slept peacefully upon his pillow and Genie trembling with exhaustion i j sought the repose she so greatly needed I L while Belle watched beside her husband I L Medical student though she was my reader must not think that Isabello did not long for that good cry in which overwrought women love to indulge She was very womanly indeed when she thought of her rescued Carlos Bnt she knew that she had still much to do that great caution need still be fin f-in the matter that some one might have 3watched them from the river or that suspicion Fprm might still fall upon Abijah I Then too after the ordeal he had passed through a serious illness might I be before her husband He had recog nized her and had pressed her hand but his mind was not quite clear What was to come she knew not Meanwhile Genie slept heavily she was more exhausted than her friend Belles frame was strong and her arm powerful and still the effort of lifting liftingt tho inanimate form of Carlos had taxed her powers to the utmost Genie felt that it was by a miracle that she per formed her part Every bone ached her overstrained muscles were sore to the touch in fact tho little doctor had almost al-most killed herself and no one knew it better than Isabelle CHAPTER HJ When day broke she had two invalids q jyad on her hands I was a week before Genie More was able to sit up again and meanwhile Carlos had been I meanwhie tossing in a high fever Now knowing Isabelle 1 1owing Iabele and speaking collectively for a few moments mo-ments now fancying himself in heaven now once more believing himself on the steps of the gallows and crying out Heaven knows r cryng they are about to murder mur-der an innocent man When his mind became clear again his body was still weak as that of an infant in-fant Isabelle could have no help of course under the circumstances and had she not been of so sound a constitu ton and so well trained physically she must have broken down under the strain At last however Genie was able to stand upon her feet again and Carlos showed symptoms of improvement and one night she felt that i was safe to allow al-low herself a good nights sleep real sleep such as she had not had since she learned that the condemned man was Carlos de la Rosa Genie had promised to lie awake and listen for any movement move-ment in the room across the rom acoss passage and Isabelle had slumbered tranquilly for hours when a soft touch from the Email hand of her friend aroused her mouth As she stirred the hand was over her I Isabelle whispered Genie there is some stranger thehouse I heard feet upon the steps that lead to the water then j the door was pried open There listen listenThey I They may suspect u they may be searching for Carlos whispered Belle I They mayhave come to murder us as they did that poor old man said Genie My blood is curdling in my veins What shall we do I may not be as you think cried Isabelle springing her feet and hastily has-tily donning a loose wrapper that lay across a chair They are coming this way gasped Genie Illness had unnerved her and she cowered down under the counterpane counter-pane trying to hide herself utterly destitute des-titute of hope or courage Isabelle looked about for some weapon as she advanced ad-vanced toward the door I I I 7iEt8 hi s ghost Tie groaned So little thought of fear had she had when she came to the lonely little house in Corinna that I she had not once dreamed of providing herself with vding a pis I tol How she regretted it at this moment i mo-ment A heavy water pitcher was the I only thing that offered itself as an offensive offen-sive weapon She seized it by the han dle and placed herself between the door and the bed If they have come for Carlos they shall only take him over my dead body I she muttered But now the door opened and by the pale light of the night lamp she saw a bulky figure enter A long linen ulster was buttoned about it a cap was drawn down over its ears and its features were covered by a bit of crape One fear her greatest departed geatet at the sight The officers of the law would not present themselves in such I guise as t I Stop sue cned grasping the pitcher more tightly Not another step The man uttered a brutish laugh and j I simply grasped her by the wrist and took the i pitcher away from her Isabelle had been 1 proud of her strength She now I learned i one instant how utterly help I less the strongest ordinary woman is in the i grasp of a moderately powerful man She i ceased to struggle and stood per fectly j still In that lonely spot outcry I would not avail No one could hear the loudest screams that could be uttered at I the next house and if some one were on the river or the road and came to her assistance as-sistance the presence of Carlos might be discovered and his rescue revealed What do you want she asked The man flung the pitcher upon the floor and took a pistol from his belt Having covered cov-ered her with this he released her wrist I What I want he said in a wrst dull drawl i everything youve got and a the other young woman has got too I your money Ou jewelry and any fal lalls thatll sell for cash No scee chin and hurry up about it Help yourself said Isabelle A I we have is in these two rooms Bundle them up for me said the man Ill sort of oversee i He followed her about covering her with his pistol as she obeyed him Meanwhile she noticed his heavy tread his small head moving from side to side like that of a tortoise his rough red hands with stubbed and blunted nails i i striving to remember everything in or der to be able to identify him Her watch Genies a few pins and rings the purse that lay in her work basket were collected The traveling To taveling bags were seized upon and many things may tgs thrust into them Turn down them piers said the man Yon keep most of your money un der them if youre like other women folk Isabelle obeyed the man pounced upon a large pocketbook that lay there anc I then tore away the sheets that covered II Genies face Give ua I nl yom rings said he You wear three or four of em hero they are He seized the girls hand and began to tear them away and at this the girls courage o utterly forsook for-sook her she uttered a wild shriek an L ffViar and nTinfVior Will you asked the burglar with a oath then pay for it His finger was on the trigger of h pistol when suddenly the door flew open A figure draped from head to foot in white stood there its hollow eyes fixed upon < the horglar I was Carlos de la Rosa Genies cries had reached him and wrapped in a counterpane he had managed to reach the door A helpless protector indeed weakened a he was but tho effect of his appearance > appear-ance was astonishing The pistol fell from the burglars hand he threw himself him-self upon the floor and groveled there hidiag his face Its his ghost ho groaned oh my God 1 its his Goe ghost Dont touch me 1 done you to death but dont touch mel Yes yes I killed the old maw I Ill confess con-fess 1 itl 1 killed him You was innocent and i they hung you for it Oh my God oh i my God I cant bear it And with wth a horrible shriek his eyes rolled up in nis i neau ass race ted purple ana ue lost I consciousness Then Isabelle taking tak-ing i the pistol into her possession tore the 1 crape from the face and revealed the features i of Farmer Smiths hired man Tom Bond who had sworn away the life of Carlos de La Rosa Having bound the fellow hand and foot with a stout cord ordered the invalid in-valid back to his bed and fastened the long room carefully on the outside Isa belle saw that the day was breaking and soon a wagoner appeared who took charge of the wretch and conveyed him away Horror had taken possession of him He repeated his confession and all the village knew that an innocent man had been executed They still believe down there in Corinna that his ghost appeared to Tom Bond as he was about to commit a second murder and it is a good story to tell beside the winter fireside fire-side over a glass of cider For the sake of soft hearted Sheriff I I Fenn the select party who know the 1 truth keep it to themselves and Isabella I Tolandes friends while they declare that she certainly has married a very pleasant gentleman and seems very happy indeed cannot help feeling that there must have been something odd about that summer at Corinna Bat then they add you always I expect queer those doc tcv girls to do something THE END A Musically Inclined Rodcnt For some time past a grand piano in I an East End house has shown signs of sgs indisposition Certain chords invariably 1 sounded dull when struck and the brilliancy I liancy of tone which had been sold at a > i very high figure with the makers name had disappeared Bnt nobody attributed II I i the decadence of the instrument to any I thing but a little too much use perhaps A surprise was in storefor them j The other night the household and a I few guests were assembled in the music room One of them a lady of great ability as a pianist sat down at the instrument in-strument and began to play The muffled muf-fled effect was more noticeable than ever Somebody suggested that an inquest in-quest be held on the piano Then one ofthe ladies without more ado lifted the cover of the piano and well there was a panio A big rat jumped out from among the strings and galloped across the room It escaped of course for everybody was too much astonished to attack it There were screams and a great leaping upon chairs When everybody cooled down l I the inquest proceeded I was found that the rat had made a comfortable net Qfpaper among the wires The rat had evidently a keen sense of the fitness I of things as well as a love of music for its nest was found to be made of selections selec-tions from Beethovens sonatas with a few scraps of Chopin There was not a trace of Annie Rooney or comic opera in the nest How the rat got there why it staid there and what the effect of a musical training upon the rat is likely I I to be are still unanswered Pittsburg Dianatch |
