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Show ., stronger than hate. l BY FRANK IT. SWEET. Ipjriglit. li. by Frank II. Swcot.) I AM"" ' Ml The command ranw out sharp- aU IH IT aml the flgUrC s,"l,kl"B i through the rjee Held hesitated. , rUirnfrl and came slowly toward the jW If s c,ad ln thc unlform of V ' Sewi ol(ller. fewS'int of the guard was near, and ?n the man was transforred and taken Jfc. ily to the icnt ot the commanding . r. Ifej. y Jwrter, your distinguished high-. In," tne scrKcant rciwn-u, .wiuum,. r k otficr looked up from a chessboard which he had been maneuvering men Saw of battle He was a strong,- luuid-oft luuid-oft h frilon-. with a hard face. As his ceJw Ml utm the prisoner he started, :U . 7. 'ii Kurlno" he exclaimed. J$Z fc't prlioner smiled, satirically. JLC Efn I Shlthlro." he answered, B?' Wfe" I suppose I ought to add 'noble i! al,?Jl3hcU highness," now that you V9 IK oth5r waved his hand Impatiently, ws? k'cumar go," he said to the sergeant; mtHi Irish to speak with the prisoner alone . (to w minutes." Then, as tho serpcant Mrcr. "Tou understand what Uds ln- ' Klwurec." coldly, "departing is death." . death" crlinly, "and I will seo AM tfthft piiDalty Is paid tomorrow morn-II morn-II &l unr3, But gieater than death, Ivlu irhove tho disgrace of deserting. That 'p with you Into the grave, and out juritcn thc thoughts of all your 1V srino threw hack his head scornfully, tr fl.vh!ni;. Rut Is a lie, Shlthlro," he said, "and know It I am not a deserter. I am Srea x part of your miserable com-T com-T i . I am a Korean, and was seized , Jorctd Into vpur command unlawfully, ict t l-c lalien 110 0:iln :intl r""e no prom-tt prom-tt l not deserting for me to get it It J can." ' ith!ro face did not change. cporfoR- morning at sunrise," he rc-1 rc-1 M. ' In cases ot desertion lh army r tlm for sentiment. H would not tti f. Th re are too many dlHuatlslled f mn who aro ready to follow a bad ! You u'erc st'Isied ou Jjjanese iWit wmvni; other men v.lmss duly it was irl 1 7 " 'ir"iy( Your name Ib on the aM t, ,tr.i5 you have tried to desert. That Jfc..i )ash." MJ1vP?'t iteim. But you know whv I was I W J,P151H) so'l ' f,C0M?.,n,J daughter of Lalo." xllpped 'it y from lhc offlccr- Ho 'Bit his t.'E" boldly "to set Niiyama, lhc I , o Lalo u,c groat merchant of - vlth her fathei'"a consent, tJLA' ra z?rv 10 ue married In a mouth. IUll;Tir,ut four davs ow- 'riiat 13 why ""l 1 iK1 uwai". or you huve prevent- .'"S any word." He wan silent r5- then went on, contemptuously. 1 "1 not harm me In my own coun-l coun-l ' lro, for I am more powerful " , v n you 018 licn?- So you took this Lliti B','ou tno"ght 1 could be removed Ll0ffr p;ith ln batth;. But my trying "lal;,H H easier. .Now you can .3 at aunrlso. arid havj it appear a ou will try to advanco your i. -A i77,b" v.imt you call, my disgrace. i J"" 1)0 feathera in a gale," his j4 commencing to rliiK. "I know Lalo. n J ?.w Nuymst, and they will not Jiyamu has nld she loves me; ' ''1 H .tV1 cotlnue to love me ln splto ' .y"1 you imd th3 world may do, for v 1 S u1" sek 10 win her father; seek ' 4 irT, i!tr wllout her father, perhapw. "f tt. .e "lrttdy tried, but It will be ?'Ci i"s JnQ 1 J'ou y to win her , v'V.'lt you call my illsgraco. shU 1 " I. y!,.u- hutc Vow. Shlthlro. I know itr-. 4 ,ie Mjd,1;n withering of tho . d .a. KMUles.H among women, and I die wlth-W lov than -live 'SiiihiL. lr 011 nitlV d0 your wo'st.,, ' $E i t .8 'J?nd trembled visibly jum ho ' liiSnt rlh,!!ucyc3,vt0 shilde them for n .'vf EJ ,r,rom ,lhe other's gaze. ilfe-ihm,?lakfn' lcurlno." h6 Hald. I M Tvnn ?8 you lhlnk- 1 lld not even l MVvh auorC my com,)ar,y tmtll a IRi l.,dl,?covcs,, you wero here, 4& 1 th-LS1" temporarily, and thero fe Of tho your5? has "olvcd that T, u nn' tho penalty because 'HKfa di.r. path- mlnd- DUt becauao B, aurter8,Ccr- Any innn In tho army Maurror thc same. But In this case' Mfcot nt2 hls facc Perhaps I W,nVK your disgrace to Nu- WKci-? 1 may concedc you - JKnlS aw lho srn,lc. and his face r lft'ESi'i..ca,lcd' harshly. yTTt& i n,?-01 entered. IR prljonor to-tto guatxShouB v x md watch him clos-.dy. Have everything ready for tho execution at sunrise." In the guardhouse, with tho curious, jnfriendly eyes no longer watching him. Kurlno's scornful composure vanished. Ho squatted upon the earthen lloor, with his yfs llxcd drearilv upon the little square hole through which foil a shaft of light. The hole wan too small for him to squeeze through, and there was a double guard outside tho door. This was to bo thc ond. not only of his political advancement in Korea, but of that aweeter possibility which he had won and must now lose. Tho hours dragged by. until from tho shifting light ho knew that it was after midnight. Then tho door opened ando .sonioone came ln. Tic did not even turn. It was a guard solicitous of 'hl3 safety, or perhaps come to mor-k him "Kuj'lno!" a -volco called. Kurlno sprang to his feet, wondering, for In the voice was tho same dreary hopelessmess that he had been feeling. "Shlthlro!" ho exclaimed. "Yen. 1 I have been thinking It over, and It Is as you say. Xuyama would hate me. Here," thrusting' a paper Into Kurlno's Kurl-no's hand. "It Is an honorable discharge from the arm v. it will pass you through the linos. Now go!" "What!" incrcdulouslj ; "you let mo go free""' "Ypk, yes," more harshly; "but it is not for you. Tt is for Xuyama. T T love her, too. 1 would rather die than for her to think 111 of me. Now go! Go! Go!" At the door Kurlno looked back involun-tcrll. involun-tcrll. Shlthlro was squatted upon, the earthen Jloor, . gazing hopelessly at) the little squaro hole through which the light ropped. t |