Show i THE WALL CLEVELAND CLEVEND MOFFETT Copyright IDes 1909 bJon by bJ pon on OF THE BATTLE ETC D. D APPLETON AND COMPAN 1 CHAPTER Mrs Lloyd Kittredge i o details of oC the hours bouts that f followed Ined ned blurred memories 8 In tho the minds Mice Jice and her rescuer There is was as t a period of or utter blank when Co Co- Co NIl II ll overcome by 11 the violence of oC his hI hIa o a and end the the- agony agon- of or his burns fell tell dom near nar the tho unconscious girl lon loner tho they la lay thu thus in tn the dark play play- tho the faIries So o near tho the raging yet Yd sate from It Jl was never known nor how long Ions the they tIey wandered red of- of wards ards through a R. strange subterranean n on of ot passages and cross cros pas passages ace it t t. widened and narrowed that and descended that t were sometimes und under r foot lot but oftener blocked th Oth h rough stones and aS a'S always alwayn black as os ht hL Tho The fairies must have been orry e-orry their plight for 01 or Indeed It St was wan Wl a a one one bruised blistered covered with m mf and with little IHl else Uj thy Y stumbled aimlessly I cutting their bare fe feet t. t fall fail tal- tal ofen often In sheer weakness an ani 1 hl lying minutes minute where her the they fell tel before tC they uld Id summon strength to a tumble stumble on relY ely no more mor pathetic pair pall than these braved the of tho the Paris larIs 0 ever m mazes Perhaps the fairies finally felt that hat the tho thoda da ds were ere too great against them and led them to ac safety act t At any anye I te e through trough the tho gha ghastly t horror of darks darkas dark dark- as s a and weakness and pain there preSt preS- preS pres- pres itly Ill t J came hope hope flickering torches in the stance tance then faint voices and ho tho pres- pres ice co of friends some working men eu ed with lh drainage draInage repairs who ho produced and rough garments and owed ocd them tho way to tho the upper world lithe blessed blasel sunshine Then It St was wan a matter mater of ot temporary re reef ret re- re ef tf t at the ne nearest pharmacy of or waiting til tl summoned by telephone e uld arrive with wih all al haste in 1 an auto- auto An tn hour later M M. f. f Paul and Mice Alice Ale were clean cool beds bed nt ut a. a t private al ilear ar tho the commissary's hou house with nurses ind ld doctors docton bending over OVel them And ld on ont t L chair the tho girl battered and sat Esmeralda Esmeralda while under the lete tives tive's pillow was the scorched but diary of or do de Bruck Both cases fes serious was as tho the he head d doc doc- corA c- c ork orA grave gra judgment Tho man Is rightfully burned The girls girl's r Injuries Injures are re tot lot to so o bad but but she Iho is I suffering from hock Well We'll Wel kno know more in twenty four ours Then turning to ChIe Oh Ch ie Insists on seeing Boeing you aon alone Only a a Ill ute l' l I n thrill of or emotion the commissary the silent lent dar darkened n d rom nom where II friend lay swathed lii ii bandal bandages and water bed to lessen Iho tain n on a ater bd luten 1 18 all aU right Paul said M. M f. f rYe Pvc Just talked with tho the doctor banks LucIen answered a R weak cak olce olee In the white whItt bundle Im Im going coins t tuli tul to mil uli ul through through through-I've through Ic Ive I've got cot ot to but but it If any any- hing should hould go 0 wrong I want you jou ou to lO 1 the tho main points Come nearo nearer The Th commissary motioned to the tho nurse ho iho o withdrew Then he ha bent cs t to the tho man and ant listened Intently while nur ucil speaking with an au and Ith pauses related briefly what God In heaven muttered Hell He'll pa pay y for this lel Tes I I-I I I think hell he'll pay par for it I. I but but but- clen do nothing until I am able to deo de- de o for fol you ou Sa Say nothing to anle any any- pc v not riot even cven to to tho the doctor And nd dont don't le our names Io So Nb No no Ill I'll Il see to that Tho girl mustn't talk tell teU her she she she- talk And And Yes Tea l-es' l b be delirious I I be ho She ma may 0 s ma may ii J 1 tech feel queer now no You must must make make re of these these nurses eR eRl Yes s. s Paul I will wi l Something ha s ha-s watch girl hs p ened to to her her mind She forgotten remembered Get tho the best bes specialist nn and get and get get Duprat Do whatever l y Yi advise advIse no no matter what it ft I costs COts I depends on her on-her on her Ill Til Il do exactly as you OU siy old friend I tho the other Th Then n at n a 1 warning ignal nal al from the thc nur nurse Dont worry won 0 ow Just rest relt and get rel w wll 1 He lie rote rose roteS S go O o. o Until t tomorrow Paul The sick mans man's reply was a only a R faint l and Jt t stole stale tlc softly out ut of or ofte 10 te room Jom turning at the door dool for an nn HS glance toward white whito whit oed or This was T the tho first frt of mm many miny visits to f the tiu o b by the tho devoted d commissary ry an f man anxious hours nl nt that distressed cd Before midnight was waR delirium with n a n temperature of lt C 13 and the next ned morning when Pou cot I Ailed tho the doctor look looked d grave rave They lw ore ere rc in fur for a a. si siege stefie c ol ot brain hrin fever lo cr over wJ with to be fought off or If I J possible I Poor nl Ills Hla Ils bod body was in torture 1 nil nd his lila mind in greater torture Over Overath or O I ath over Vol 8 again aln tho those e days das he lived 1 0 his struggle with the Uie fire re ho 10 res res- lied Alc Alice ho h played with He fairies faires he gain pin Tnt nt hack back hack after the doll dol Over O and anti over 01 0 And when hen the fever fell ten and anal Sn l his mind nl few rew calm there followed a period perSo of ot ncr ncr- r n ous US exhaustion when hl his stomach ic- ic I ed to do Its Is work when hen his heart for at au all l would leap into fits tt of oC blent beating could not even c e him now and tho the doctor would make moko as to how soon on It would bo lo boe loste Lo Ate ste e to m mention tho the case cae to him Perhaps ot for tor weeks I For iFor weeks And meantime Llo Lloyd d Kilt Kitt- edge odge had been placed on trial trial- for tho the of or Martinez Marinez and the evidence c e zeroed c o overwhelmingly against t hIm In Sn act et t the general opinion wa w was as that the oung American be bl guilty What should the commissary do For a R week ck the trial dragged 1 slowly various delays and ad adjournments 1 ui rn g which time to deJ delight 1 began to mend rapidly The rho OCtor assured ho the tho commissary ary that in II a aw aw aw w days das ho hr should havo a serious talk rith the patient A tow row days dYs th trial to march ael the began along th thc these c days th they days dispose of 11 mur- mur er Ir cases expeditiously In itt France France and td and makes matters malor WOr worse r suffered so 10 that tho doctor r was forced i r retract tract his promise What should tho the commissary do Jc de' de Jn n this emergency himself imo uno un unexpectedly to ot's relief of the apathy or indifference he head heid id td shown for for da Jayn he lie suddenly devel- devel ped aed his old keen interest In the tho case ad nd one ono morning Insisted on knowing how bow were going and what whal- tho the pros pros- rots t. t Cl were In vain doctor and nurse nure and reasoned the tho patient uly Ily Insisted tho the more mar strongly I he ho to have havo ha a talk with wih M. M t once And as us the danger daner of or Ig g him was felt el to bo be greater than that vj f it I re resulted l d that M I Paul had hadI IB ta I way came cIme to his bedside nd rid nc stayed tac l an hour two hour two hours hour until 1 doctor absolutely ordered him away ut after luncheon the tho tho detective U c took tookie ie bit hit in his hia hIl teeth and told the doctor that with wih or without permission lon lone e ewas wa going to do his work worl lie IIo Ie had hod hn thing that tha he lie should have havo known knon ng nF n ago o and thero there was not an hour to se e. e p. p A mans man's life lie was as at ot stake tak and and and- Is stomach his nerves norve hi his heart henrt and anti U it other organs orans might do what they lea he ho proposed to sa o save that life Before this uncompromising attitude t hc doctor could only bow gracefully and h n ho tn LC wa aH told h by t In strict strict- Vt that that this gaunt aunt and md Ira Ira iras iras- c paU pati patient it nt whom he had known as M. M artin sva was Wa none other r than the cole cole- Sated Paul Coc he comforted him him- lf 01 f with lh the thou thought ht that after all al a a. mind can often ofen do to wonders wonders' with bd body fit Jt was as a delightful September after after- won loon with brisk in the a n snap air anOl and F Ol 1 of sunshine Since earl early carb morning an fM about the Palais Palala do Justice Justic Id blocked with carriages and au au- I and the tho courtyard clani- clani ua OU crowds eager to the tho final fie lic fie ii In this celebrated murder trial The Thc 10 In would certainly go 0 to the jury bere b- b b.- b. re r nI ht rho Tho last pl pleas 8 would ho bo de inc tho tiO Judges Judge's Jn grave words word would be Hen iken and twelve solemn citizens would Lreh r out with wih the fate fato of this cheerful American In thol hands It was a att tt and nd nil ni Paris Pari that thai unet et tickets especially the Amerl- Amerl colony Olony was 0 there ther to see sec e it It lU Pussy motto molt In i a t most fetching gown Joon with wih har done one z sat tat near Uw tho front and never took tok her eyes off or I the he pr 1 f one In lit spite of all aU that h he had been through and all that ho was al facing looked surprisingly w well U. U A little pale perhaps but game Jame to the end and reads read rea always with his hla good 00 natured smile smie AH AU AUthe the ladles ladies liked him lie He had such nl nice teeth and such sueh well el kept hands A murderer murderer mur mur- derer with wih tho those c kind jol Jolly ey eyes 1 N Ncr ver verIn In the world they thoy vow vowed owed d. d and smiled and stared their encouragement nt A close e observer er would havo noticed co however that Lloyds Lloyd's eyes were anxious as the they swept swept the spread of or faces before beor him the they were searching searching for forone forone forone one face that they find Where her was Alice Why had she sent him no word word Was she ho ill 17 Had an any harm har befallen befallen be be- fallen ralen her her Where was Alice So absorbed was wa Kittredge In these re reflections re- re that he scarcely heard hurd the tho thundering thun thun- d dering 11 hurled at him b by bythe bythe the public prosecutor in his fierce and final demand that blood be the thc price of or blood and that the extreme me penalty of the 1 law be meted mete out to this young monster monster mon mon- Rt ster r of wickedness and dissimulation Nor did Lloyd Llod notice the stir str when one of the court attendants made wa way through h tIm crush for a A distinguished looking man evident evidently a pe person on o of particular particular par par- Importance who was wa given sl a a. a chair on the platform occupied by the three black robed Judges The Baron d de do Bruck whispered eager tongues and straightway straight straight- the tho inspiring was passed way Wa- 1 awe ae name wa from mouth to mouth Tho The Baron de Bruck He lie had ha dropped In InIn in inin inin in a dilettante spirit to hear the spirited debate and the Judges were g greatly at honored hon hon- ored oreil Alas AIns tot for the baron It I was surely some ome sinister prompting that brought him h here re toda today so coldly complacent as aM he nodded nodded to the presiding presiding Judge so Quiet quietly Indifferent indifferent ferent as ho he glanced at tho the prisoner through his single tc cegla The gods had given a spectacular setting for his hlf triumph And now suddenly the blow fell feU As s soared d along in the tho prosecuting prosecuting- officer soar his night flight a note was passed to the presiding judge a modest mode t little Uto note folded on Itself Itsel without without with with- wih out even Yon an note envelope to hold It I. I For several se crl minutes the note la lay unnoticed d then the judge with careless s eye glanced over it then he started frowned and his hiI quick i rereading showed that a spark pak of something had Hashed flashed from t the tle c scrap of oC pape paper 5 The Tue presiding Judge leaned quickly to toward toward to- to ward lila his hil associate on tho the right and whispered tr earnestly earnesty then toward his a as associate as- as i socia to on the left ler and one after another an an- other the three magistrates studied this startling communication nodding learned heads and lowering Judicial eyebrows The public prosecutor blazed bIased blaze through his peroration to an flu Inattentive bench Xo No 0 sooner had tho the speaker finished than the clerk of the court announced announce a brief recess during which the jud judges es withdrew re for deliberation and the audience audi audi- this enco ence buzzed buzed their wonder During Interval the Bron Baron dc Ie Bruck looked frankly bored On the return of the three an announcement announcement an an- was made b by the presiding judge that important new evidence Inthe inthe in inthe the case cue had bad been received evidence of so 50 unusual a character that the Judges had unanimously decided to Interrupt proceedings for a a public hearing of oC the evidence in question It I was as further furher or ordered ordered Q or- or dered that no one be allowed to leave tho the courtroom under an any circumstances Call Can the first witness ordered the judge and amidst th the excitement ment caused by jy these ominous words a small gmal door opened and a woman entered leaning on ona ona ona a guard She a was dressed simply In black and heavily veiled but her girlish figure showed that she was a young oung As A she appeared Kittredge started violently The rho clerk of the court cleared his throat and cerk called o out something In Incomprehensible In Incomprehensible in- in comprehensible singsong The woman came forward to the tho witness wit witness wit wit- wl ness stand and lifted her veil vei As she sIte shedId shedid did so o. o three distinct things happened ho the audience murmured Us its Is admiration at ata ata ata a vision Iston o of strange beauty Kittredge stared a In n a daze of Joy jor and De Dc HeIdel- HeIdel mann-Bruck mann felt tel th the cold hand of or death clutching at his heart It was as Alice come to her lovers ers need Alice I risen Illen en Alce from Crom the names flames amel Alice hero for chastening and justice What hat is your name questioned the judge ludge Mary Man Cooga was as the clear an answer Wel nationality Your S. S American I am an You have lived a long Ions time In France r Yes Ies I came to France as a a a little girl Irl How did that happen My d h father dl died d and and my my mother married mar mar- ned ried a A second time Her Tier voice broke but she shot hot a a swift glance at the prisoner and seemed lemed to gain ain strength Your mother mothel married a Frenchman Yes What at Is the ti name zante of ot the Frenchman whom horn your our mother married The girl hesitated and ami then looking straight at th the baron barn 81 she said The Baron de dc Th There re was as something in the girl gIrls gIrl's sIrls s tonI tone In her hr manner in the thC poise of or ofir shiver of hen her ir head that sent a lon sion through the audience l leverman lever lever- cr man and woman walled waited breathlessly breathlessly breath breath- les lessly l for or the tho next question queston In their absorbed interest t In the girl they scarcely scarcely scarcely scarce scarce- ly looked at the tho aristocratic visitor Is 1 your mother living No How did she Bhe |