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Show JOHN BURT gf Th Kidnapped rnpTttlGMT, Wb CfUAM ADAMS Millionaires,' Carter i XXXH-Contl- UPHAM ADAMS "Colonel Monroe s Doctrine, All right reserved m Hy FREDERICK COPTBIUHT, A. J. Dmui, Uiduli they saw Morris fire again. Like a sharp eelio came an answering shot from Blake. He had half total furnishes matches, M Blake, coolly. Kingsley. W a match" said " ld chap ,UnU a tight and, Lrru calmly struck thousand-dol-- , the bright new CHAPTER XXXIII. Ui.l. BT A Mendacious God. Heres a message for you, Jessie! The man says he will wait for an answer. Im just dying from curiosity. Jessie .Carden was reading when Edith Hancock rushed into her room. Too Impatient to wait, she leaned over Jessies shoulder. The note bore tue letterhead of a hotel and was written in a firm but scrawling hand. It read: Miss Jessie Carden, Mr, James Blake has been seriously wounded by a pistol shot and may not recover. He wishes to see you. If possible, come at once. SAMUEL L. ROUNDS. When the purport of the message dawned upon her, Edith snatched the paper from Jessies hand and devoured it with straining eyes. He may not recoverPshe moaned. He may not recover! Oh. what has He happened? I am going to him! shat, not die! Hurry, Jessie, hurry! Two white-facegirls rushed In upon General Carden. His lips compressed as he read the message. This is Morris work, he said. Tell the messenger we will come at FRUITFUL FURNACES Lillie Things .. Dr. Ilarkness and other surgeons entered the room. Etc. figure reel through the smoke; and nued. you send for Tier, John? At once, was the answer. The door opened softly and little shriveled seed It might he n flower or grass or weed; tho edge Only n box of earth on Of a narrow dusty v Inflow l.nlgs; Only a few scant summer showers; Onlv a few dear, shining houts; That veil nit. Yet Ood tmil.l maks Out of these, for a sick ehtlds sake. under as fair and sweet A IllosKum-As ever broke at an angil's feet. INTENSE HEAT PRODUCES PRECIOUS STONES. Only a Scientist Have Succeeded In Plucking Real Diamonds and Rubies from the Crucible of the Furnace. -- , Recent advices from France state that Prof. Molasan, the eminent scientist and inventor, has actually suc- ,! Onlv a life of harren pain. AVet with surtow ful tears for rain: Warned sometimes by a wandering gleam dream. Of ,1o that seemed hut a h.ip-iA life ns common mid brown and bare In of window the As the hox eaith there; Of a pet feet soul In it imirow mom Iute as the snnwv 1. lives th-- fuld ceeded In making genuine diamonds and rubles. He employs for this purpose tho electric furnace, which has boon so Improved that a degree of can be produced, approaching the heat Blakes head, from s hear feet of l the llowcr f(.w Over goio. extreme ' temperatures, which were unI Henry Van Dyke. doubtedly a factor In the formation of Cdever, Morris, said Blake, minerals and gems In the Interior of Cc Ills pocketbook. Must be the earth. sensation to burn my money? The rubles obtained are of large again ,ou burn your fingers size, weighing 10 or 15 carats, and in ar quality and color equal and even surC't go too far with me, Blake! pass those found in the earth. The for TU not stand ls exclaimed. natural forces attending the formation I'm and I've lost, bear? you of diamonds seem to have been more and won, t i gentleman; you've taken complicated, and so far the diamonds Youve my a' cad! yet resulting from the efforts of the scii woman. Keep hurt, John? won the fy and entists have been very small, but still ' ' He again raised his weapon un- me. ji from they are positively Identified as the said steadily, and pitched forward Into didn't seek this interview, carbon crystal the diamond. They (Cup) light, 1303, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) It his face flushed with rising John Burts arms. are remarkably clear and b'lgbt, and the even "make Little Miss Petdrs tolled up other girls. She would up PV but since its to be our last Stand hack and give the man air! on a small scale as fine specimens a ball like to the three her of daughter tiny flights Daisy, landlady's steps roared John Hawkins, pushing aside n: going to tell you something. nature's own product. on' costhe To to had do she bedroom. her She threw this Improvise bag dollar of your money and the morbid crowd which Tho electric furnace has enriched surged r DOt a bed and walked deliberately to the metics. A rose petal from her best In any respect, around the motionless bodies. Bear once. with a whole series of your rival chemistry cheeks and color Into hat to open her throw mirror, only stopping lips put a hand, John, weU take Jim to my new kten to me, Morris, and I'll tell you compounds. .Probably the ono of The hotel entrance was blocked by the blind for more light. sat F.he darkened her brows and lashes She Do room. . ,tilung that will sober you. a mob when the Bishop carriage drew down deliberately before the hideous She almost fancied that she saw In the most value to mankind at large is CalWith bated breath John watched up. The blue helmets of cium Carbide. remember John Burt? I guess The, simple applicapolice of- little glass and began to take auotber face reflected a likeness to Mrs. Livetion of water to Calcium Carbide genHe was the country boy who the surgeon as he opened the waistdo. ficers formed a line which marked inventory of her good looks. wife of a drummer furthet the ly, Is you out of a chair by the coat and cut away the the edge of a struggling crowd. Not even one who, loved her she down tho hall. Then she began to erates the gas Acetylene, which now being commonly used for lightFor a moment he laid his shirt. of the neck for Insulting a ofOne an could sir! ordered smiled bitterly at fhat thought moment, comb her hair. Not In the usual knot tj head against Blakes breast. It seem ficer ing. sg lady upon whom you bad forced call her pretty. She was homely. Not hut In an elaborate and much tangled holding his baton In front of GenThe peculiar merits of. Acetylene ed an age before the answer came. eral Carden. b clety. Make way for the amwith that piquant sort of plainness pompadour. are Its brilliance and high canHe lives, said the surgeon, reach bulance light demanded Morris, (That of him? that Is almost as attractive as beauty, corps! By the time she had her dress bub dle power, ease of installation, ecoan case. for He held At the mention of John Ing emergency ;a!y, The of doors of the side en- but with . a sort ugliness. toned, the dinner bell rang and, withnomy and Its adaptability for lighting a vial to Blake's nostrils, and the trance folding and four men slowly The forehead ifs name the scene, with all Its opened bulged, the eyea were out taking time to consider her dar- buildings of every description, regardwhich saw the faint shudder watchers mr, came to him. advanced bearing a stretcher. It con dull and sunken, the cheeks presented less of their location. told of a halt In the march of death. tloned a motionless mass covered no contours to speak of, and the whole what of him?" repeat-HorriJohn Burt heaved Then the breast can convulsively, with a white clotb. Jessie clung to expression was owlishly pathetic. That country lout Burying Without CoUins. and James Blake opened his eyes and her fathers arm. back, or stay away, or go to the She examined each feature as calcustom of burying without The looked squarely into John Burts face. d, for all 1 care. With a low cry Edith Hancock lously as if It were a statue she were was formeily very prevalent coffins he said, faintly. Hello, John! That country' lout has come back, sprang forward and raised the cloth appralbing. The face was the same. on the continent. A sheet was the Whats the matter? Whats happen- She looked Into the dead, staring eyes As hateful to her as ever. I had the Blake deliberately. he closed only covering used. ed, old man?, usire thhuafternoon, my dear her eyes wearily. She was plain, unof Arthur Morris. The bearers pausto John Burt the And If one ever said ed while she garod intently at the attractive ugly. You must keep quiet, Jim, wants good loks It Is when she Is mi stocks and bonds which you John Burt, tenderly clasping Blakes face. She nervously replaced the cov to James hand and pushing back the damp cring and turned to Jessie and her twenty. Miss Peters was barely that, your father tendered The soul is let loose by e You are a father. but she looked almost any age up to Company In settlement of locks from his torehead. liabilities. Permit me to let long way from being dead, old man It's Arthur Morris! He's dead. forty. tea; it wanders far and forInto a She slipped the pins out of the tight deep secret, my dear Mor-Joh- n but you .must reserve your strength Perhaps It Is all a mistake about Mr. Burt is James Blake & and obey the surgeons. Blake. Find out, general; find out little knot at the back of her neck gets its prison. ' I dont want a surgeon not now, at once! Well wait for you here. an! shook her hair down over her any. I am nothing. In ray Fog Eye. shoulders. It was not pretty hair, it I've attempted to carry out declared Blake. In a stronger voice General Carden returned and silentMany of the officers of steamships Burts Instructions. You seemed and a quickening intelligence in his ly conducted Jessie and Edith to a was thin and scraggly and mouse coland across his ored. In the hand mirror she raised running to this port are afflicted with Yo; xoom on the second floor. dark eyes. Hello, Hawkins! path and he blot-onew eye disease which, for want of she of to her a out. He forced you to dis- - wont he offended, will you, Hawkins, profile get glimpse A case of surgical Instruments lay a better name, some of them call the on the center table, but the room had could see her bent little shoulders It Is an Inflammation A bookkeeper who bends fog eye. r.ir occupant. As they stood hesitat- reflected. Into the fog, and, caused mornIn iifi the by over from work peering her eight ingly by the entrance, the door con while painful, it passes away. Boston has pretsix at until night rarely ing room an opened adjoining netting TranscrloL and a tall man with red hair, sharp ty shoulders. e dollars Is not much And seventy-fivblue eyes and enormous hands enterto pay a girl who does the work of ed. Jessie recognized Sam Rounds. sent fifty dolHeou dew ye do! he said softly, two men. Miss Peters Do you think you know home amount of this every month. lars "It Is," she admitted. advancing with an awkward bow. After her board was paid, little was Ing, Bhe ran lightly down to the dinSorry tew meet yon in such a place, all there is in those three to waste on feminine finery. not fortunate-,y- , room. but the bitter goes with the sweet. left I wouldnt did She see, ing (she had fallen to V I 1 Jim's badly hurt, jut he has a chance Into the habit care," V' the elevated brows behind her letters, of talking to herself). I doctors so the or the hear of say back, any whispered 1 I were ugly and wouldnt care 'If Wanted Women to Resist. In whispers the four talked of the comments on her appearance. It was poor If any of them liked me." She a An Irish judge stated that if any Sum nad hotel the entered one did that know not she man, tragedy. pity face Ja the il.ows and beburied her were brought before him on a women Mr. Hughes, the kindlyfaced new office Just before the first shot was I never have any fun, a to cry. gan charge of slapping or scratching was disappointed In her. Befired. the ceiling, thluking boarder, at She attempted had he lay staring because face man's I It all happened so quick couldn't hard. And her thoughts were even fore this he had felt a certain shy to kiss her he would at once dismiss The for the modo&t littlo book-keedo a thing. Fam explained. A '.imore pathetic than her face. One by frlcndliress ' . tho charge, lie, however, only warded fired him misssomehow r. who reminded second shot by Morris Just a or.e she took the girls In the hoarding one shilling of damages against In a ed some one else some one Jim withand studiid their faces from of a fragrant clover blossom widow a bouse, man who had kissed save an went tew was try In There bunch of artificial flowers. And so, out memory and their Blends. getting scratched. Mr. of Hawkins watched was her as he hat. the be top thinking, through was only one of them who had ever bo was before dead was like she struck and the that Morris painted, manifested the slightest friendiini s flippant rF. THE FAilOre He felt a mild Red Cro Dull P'.ii". I.uri-- e tor. pickarfl I floor. for her and that was Miss Mathis tho others, ofter all. So.HU IS ml, lull Tbe Kiihs I'.w ho could not have ex The door opened and a grave-faceShe did not wonder that people lov d sort of pity that fell b do baoe frotrv to himself, but all tho time L'kp a colurn pushed surgeon entered the room Miss Mathis and thought her beaiiti plained Bagpipes From Norway. 'Miss Carden may see Mr. Blake ful she was. the reminded Miss Pet- he Knew that the others were making Is a cut ions fact that bagpipe It Fald Lack. for a few minutes. he General Cardens fortune. He ers always of a quoi n who had Gray- fun of Miss Deters behind her were Invented In Norway and thence In the dlmy lighted room Jcislo ed somehow into a But the littlo bookkeeper, with an imported into Fcotland tu a period the woman on whom you boardingcheap Carden saw two figures ono propped house lncocuito, that she might learn almost fierce gaiety, was chattcr'ng when a rorlln of the country fell Into hrc your addresses. Do I e rr.v i if up with i Mows so that only the head lo know and love (he least of her sub- away to a commercial student who sat Scandinavian hands. plain, Morris? and arms showed against the white jects. Mis Mathis, with her gorgeous next to her. After dinner she followed 'Lrris g t'.f'd at James Blake and tors say bo. ffio '.ent seemed Incapable of j The Fvrgcon turned to John and linen. Tin eiiriing. Mack locks fell hair and ejes was so beautiful and tt e others In tho parlor, still deterand the rch. j magnetic no one could 1 cep from lov- mined to he one of them. Her com whispered a few words, which did not ' hack from the polo brow, In enchiseled roomed face ' handsome I strange ly revived think you lie, Blake, he escape Blakes ing her. Put It was tho others she panlon at dinner was at her heels, Every nation has its notion ' she went to sit purest mat Me. wondered about tho doyens of sten- couraging her. senses. after a long pause. i (To lie continued.) of tea. Youll probe for nothing until I Bike rawi-ographers, Look keepers and school on the steps to the side gallery with fils eyea and saw John . Answered tho Call. assm-tedVt ry few of thotn were real- him while he smoked a cigarette. teachers. he to John! T and goTin talk Mr, Hawkins entering the On the In nl. of the Mohawk river, ly pretty, jet they had friends. Tho Most families hrivc one too. "Have one? he Invited, companion live long enough to tell John Panning not a second to weigh ing to Amsterdam nnl between no was ono me with beauty, oily. "Daisy smoked that no one else bhall hear. midway landlady's daughter wnsequi tires, he gruspi d Morris something Rural Postman in France. last night." For an Instant Miss Dethem out of here, John, or 1 11 Tribes Hill. New York, Is the farm of but all tl(0 nu u liked lur. the shoulders and whirled b,m Fond of the rural districts of Is Inhabitants the The Aaron exclaimed Miss' proprietor I under went Peters, the Pepper. white know," ters' faro Hind. paint get up and chase them out. now obtain from the post-meFront and several mny horses, of with sudden energy, "It's only tho gay with anger. Then sho remembered The surgeon administered a few possessor Wrls thiew one arm behind him, rounds' or on tlioir is postal orders, one I that blind, will make them are she If be others that the must like among popular. she girls drops of stimulant, and motioning to j Iliako, scornful of his them hand money for and may tells Animals this etc., Dumb Our bo opponent, Hawkins and the physician, the three which wanted to lo popular. No one could 1 thinking only of the dramatic ell- banks, thus In the savings deposit a be and room story: left tho prig. popular silently u which offered of going to the Itself, took no t ."Fit close by me, John, and let me The horses frequently resort to tho Fbe reached out for the cigarette, avoiding the trouble irtiing, these purposes. for nearest postoffice and the young man offered her a light hold your hand," said- Blake. "Dear islands In tho river for pnvturage. Calm ho said old John! near a at strenm yourself, Morris, and was the ford point one he from tho smoking They oihlngly, Anger does not become movod up nearer. Two whiffs of tho Tears glistened In his eyes as he the dwelling, and the blind mare 1 1 sant you to look your best, tho other's hand. usually follows tho others. During a r here cigarette turnod her deathly faint conies our mutual friend, clasped horses freshet the recent attempted wlHh There is a deal of comfort me toll I think Dll go up to my room," she to i"I anydont you to Burt! Hello, John! It aside with a lltsaid John, soothingly. to return, while Mr. Pepper, anxious Jim," throwing faltered, thing, Bke released his and refreshment cheer and grasp and Mor-- . Just keep quiet. Jim, and make up as to the result, stood watching them llo forced laugh. view back In a defiant Two horses shore. norlh the from Ain't to he attitude, your mind that you aro golrg you Don't ro." begged. get ta careless positive joy in a timely cup. contempt Blake Ignored well and be the same generous old end colts had entered the stream, game enough to finish It? Must be T'. and his eyea followed John Jim Blake that I have known all these then their blind companion followed. your first one." Brlds. Ths In a few minutes all were strugIt Is. she admitted, fighting back . ardand Hawkins as they came years." t,lmi One Is In tho habit nowadays of "You krow what I've done!" ex- gling against tho rapid current and her disgust for her companion. Good Cal Bla John turned claimed Blake, his eyes glistening fulling to make any headway, the seeing brides absolutely self possessed, night." la while me His to largi the Island, face kiss almost Jocose, laughing and smiling leaders snd with good Aren't "You sought excitement. going lighted with you i knoall, as ho stopped and then became aepnroted he whispered, rising. "Daisy and nodding to their friends! Mothers Do you. John? Tell the blind beast nte! night?" forgive yet d towards at and slaters never cry nowadays the group. mo, old man; it means more for mo from them and drifted a considerable always" , In tbe Grcvllle Muscles Violet a she Miss below until of Morrla Peters But gained Lady "How face than drugs or probes." dlrtunce parting. kuld' a,ul a lesptrote look came did not finish. Bhe stumbled blindly Graphic. I do, Jim. Say no more about It, Pmthold. "HI quick motion his old partner, but lay quiet and keep through the dlnlrg room and on up Then, discovering the loss of her 'oio.txime ,r"m Behind his back and tho three flight of atairs to her own all your strength for tho crisis which mates, and realising her helpless cong glittered In his hand. a room. 8ht slammed the door and whinny. sho plalttlivo gave dition. is coming." How docs it happen that One of the animals, upon hearing It, dropped on her knots beside the tiny Hiv1'"' ai'1 jhn' Ar w John shook his head. white bed. the stream, and awlmmlng And yet you know tho truth. I comes to Schill,?!' fitlil Blake, his dark loved her ntadly, John, but a few to Us unfortunate companion, touch0 God." ahe aoblitd. "what have I all good tea could loved her one who Not ivtn It? done? Why did yon let me do isJ'nW,n wh deviltry, and his words from you, John, after you learn- ed It with the nose and directed If call hsr pretty. ling? What did It niatttr If I were n, ,o ed tho truth, brought me hack to toward the Island, which both reachnwJL!! btl1, too!" Her face had liko me, 'em Nothin no I friends. had ugly! That It doesn't; not all; not all . earth. I said nothlrg to Jessie, John. ed In safety. emerged from the pillow. A now light maiter ny morel I have lost every 1 Morris with a mocking No word of lovo ever passed my Ups. one who was In her eyes, the light of Vt pmi rvtiirM tar snow It JFM SmI Uk French Telephone Girls. thing now. My elf re spect Is lie heard tho click I saw Jessie this evening, and told Srkillius'r kM .? . , who "A to girl " conquer. determined r 'It has recently been decided In Paris Hash of polished n,' aaw her that I was to dine with a friend N goes along, tending to her own busiAnd the wa on her knee, at 111 aob Morr,, raised his arm and of mine from California Typhoid Hard to Control. you, John, that tho telephone girl Is a public ofness and Jiving up to her Ideas of the th when In dark fortunes hsve been spent and sho commands the as sttrh I and Princely praying ficial Ling And at John Burt. tomorrow evening prom1 you! ft lady should b. What's com what ll.w In for to check the mage of. cam nttii effort In functionan boarder ',la " Unconsciously she fell Inst myself! Tako It, ised her that I would bring that un- respect Incident to public V, her? ta M room Ing at Bo cried. tlsfactory rciult;. and passed whistling to typhoid without named friend to her house. That was aries. Tho question came up in a case U, Into the slang of the other girls. science ha labored unceasingly, but Before tho words were out i my lltllo o'clock. was ft popular actress was proseJohn it !! but where surprise. determination tli rose with fresh In tain, to discover a erura which Be cuted In the criminal court for hav- and(th l!"4 th.?. spectators who not to ho." to dress for dinner. 8he began would alleviate the condition which ol While Ibe of Idea the' central men's Borne I shull call the stirgeops if you sty ing Insulted girl. pursuit torr,w Blake on kept ground Raw tho best and frock, out her pulled have t forward the moment anotter word," declared John, depopulated communltloi Uo defendant was acquitted, the rights to sprinkle salt on l( Hjn . J for Bundsys. and her good happlnrrs Is to religiously thousand untlia!, (rate. were flr worse. do iwept "demoiselle telephone of the can,o from tho feared a ehnnre for the toil of oT Upper. Bhe would dress up like the tU Will clearly established. I should like to see Jessie. They saw his fallen, with his right knee and left hand on the marble flour. MoVrls's second shot was aimed over his head at John Burt, who had dashedlt Morris and was almost over the wavering figure of his friend, When BlaKe fired, Morris arms went up with n jerk. His revolver fell with a crash on the floor. God! Morris cried. Like a column pushed from Its base he fell. lie turned half over and lay motionless. I've got him, John, gasped Blake, and I guess hes got me! Are you y d blood-soake- d - s. TEA t fee-wa- y n , Siif TEA uynif smxw:M ip - it v.-- v, ' .- ! TEA- -I-- n j I - TEA d dare" TEA ro-ou- . for-ev-e- 1?"'"tr i eln. |
