Show ct 1 4 I fa 1 ak I 1 J 0 14 1 I 1 A X ir iri the lh fowlers IT ak 4 M it sri ax re ena N N Z 2 za 1 14 L 14 AN I 1 I 1 e y II k t r I 1 11 1 1 n 1 J C X I 1 11 1 1 C 1 ili continued certa certainly lall if mt our only chance lz 1 awl A lt the last tc comer omer if we anly ow over the doing of 0 it asod A icer we kill d die to like alk rt rats in a holp hol kol P as fe the guard bayot tiwa wd d better wier IMF tea r these ob adeane foals fee off the 1 engine and nd milk it firm pegg mald ted a frantic n PAR 1 mew we e can rel rush it through wl 0 at o be wa was the thie calm answer nr our fly elance in rushing artil the dan lr get 10 ur the t now it I 1 n yoa all man UW figone and bungle tto ties tkebi the to 1 we should peael mere we got quite through the now almee now at ald fl gentlemen he ha wood to the passengers pas Po 1 reasel I 1 abt ak ask you to enot yr bals to see and your souls 11 soil II according to your several afe with a strangely ran gety barsh empty laugh UM III brathw trat Hw alamded the engine heming his lark dark I 1 to foelly tike take your aboard the arrin train instantly eury eiery man lion woman and ehl lilt 0 no o w my friende friends I 1 it tackle you youl I 1 III faced round to the engine mea men flo so near was the tb train to the am clr abit the beat was w insufferable the hen ot of the men ere were almost skinned warm aarm work mir he hearkles artles this me U toger gr said almost ai as he h beat tim the hot air lowly slowly with hands and 1 drw j his hi tam ace closer to the scorched eore tiel visages on the engine you kt off 1 nS tt fr furiously began the tb driver I 1 li bruin any a mail who trin trim to drw the wrathful orl ended in a and da don sieb and the tb driver drivers arm arms fell softly at bli his ddn sides as 11 the invader ot of the engine alne turned to the stoker a powerfully fully built wit aan man you heard whit what uy tay mat mate laid said dida t yet struck in the man you git oc off or I 1 11 1 if 11 there waa was ittie same singular Ini pilar mi lapso the ume same like attitude iloth both grimy men stood motionless onless leea lad meek facing tho the intruder juet just eo to observed the last equably abin leaning over his hi trident strident voice 1 clanged harshly along the blow bow shed arery soul aboard keep all win dows do and door doors tut fast for or your lly esl IA V hat in I 1 it gervis 01 are we safe are yet faintly whispered wb gladdy the gar tri who had only eema seema to stake off her curious attack of insensibility within the last few minute minutes wa was itar star trig vaguely 1 round the car she wondered idly why most of 0 the women were on their knees and why the tb little chIl children drea were clasped so 0 o frantically to their mothers surely the th tiny creature creatures would be smothered emo in such embraces anil and why waa was gerals her husband breathing in that curiously labored fashion as a it he be had been running then she be became aware aa as be h laid big cheeks against her own that his face fate we wet ani and cold eold clammy perspiration t gertle gervis she he cried a tague alarm k A her at last speak to met 1 can t you pray gladdy T whispered gertle and the ciup clamp of his arms tightened round his hi wife pray gervis 1 1 bat hat do you mean mid bladdy and au gervis brer dr his brow brows to together and yet wa was it not better that ebe she should know gocr little gladdy in aa ber bar newly added happiness happl neM r outside the cam car now tightly closed the in in n on the euttie who were going to fight the flames doggedly were imly and rapidly making ready S the heat hu had become d 4 glowing parks sparks were shower lei down the blading root th the perti pert WM was already so deadly that there waa was no choice A dash for dear life must be b made dud suddenly denly a great tongue of ot aam jam Is darted along the roof with a hissing bound the hailard hai hal tard garti chitu faces in the care could every timber in the ab abl 1 i a wooden wall walls in aa the new glare the fire waa was gaining with a deadly sureness aa quick meal men we are taking our lives in our hanis here reaca reach me that bale of waterproofing N V a mut must divide it bet between een us to cover aj as much ot of our persons As v we e can cana I 1 it wae was a sham 11 apte with a note of com command maud that nastily ordered then came the hoane hoarse order orde r for which the cowed engl engin nemen ernen were meekly waiting ready thea then go top peed sped the lors train with ite its large care cam creaked and groaned the tongues ot of flame darted upward bla blazingly singly the burning rafters crackled and snapped the th smoke rolled along in heavy cloud that chokos all who rode on an the ill wed train god in ills mercy merel help us were off I 1 the train wit wa cutting its it way through the het sheet of flame that had haq walled tt it in CHAPTER IV it was wa over oter this daring venture aad and over safely in the open is the clear cod air of the starless night the loni long train trail drew draw up under the th softly falling aaker of feathery nov snow halt paralyzed men nion and fainting tainting women in the car cam knew they were safe sale and there was a brief hush bash while sobbing broke fron from lips that pray then there iras was a nuh rush to examine the can care which bad hotd providentially not caught fire so tar far as a we know we are all fared was the thankful chini that went round rund as tho the pa pM engers tood stood about on an the senoir ing ng their feet how flow on earth did we get our here 1 I 1 as th PU bw M a 1 heob ofia Clae ott oc of the e tied 4 flure figures rapped in III water waterproof on ll 11 ir ugine 1 I 1 don i know knowl waa was the answer 1 thO thought tIght we wa was bound to roast la in the t tire but here we are beat alii ali I 1 that a so 0 o but we were re safe that a pad elou enough gh tor for me ine anyhow I 1 the sooner you people get aboa d cam again in the better it waa was a S courteol courte cUS ou almost coni llla voice ta lut but it WM was the same am that a ume time betor bad given the th burd of command that tue ot of atman instantly the li xu thanks 14 a and a I torr tiit ot of his eara pray acut 1111 bla b la im me he ITS dadd big 1 long bat ellal et heads lal bleci le cI ecat what k hare have I X don donet merely El setd tt A way bayout out ot of the th difficulty not hla overruled the 0 w ssi rater found la oat let for their la ln d deroin e m d ding lag the name came of their preserver in order they said id to add it to our prayers and teach it to our little once ones my name Is raul 1 ansdell politely sold the stranger then he added hurriedly as if to choke off any further questions 1 I an IM a dentist scientist by pro tension and am at present pi went traveling for material retarding regarding a subject by the society to which I 1 hay have tb the honor to belong I 1 hope J ture havo eipl ilerd to yom aloa ladle ladles and gentl gentlemen emea ander the coal lecus tone tones there wa was a distinct element of mockery which elvod to hill chill the warm gratitude of the passenger in two twos and arid tr tt rees they disi vreed some to net get aboard the ehe train into the belter shelter and comfort and warmth others to aland stand la in tin the snow and gateb with twe awe the boarin flames now mercifully behind them the weather veather tonight I 1 Is 0 so o dry cold coll even for the time ce 0 year that the ore fire hai has got ot a film aim fold lold thi the whole hed shed a doomed said id the guard it he a bin bla a wonderful dolive deliverance ranc from an awful death gentlemen e re Is need to thank led on our knees M the man looked round on the tb groups huddled together on the snow which the roaring rusting fire clr lighted up around them and indeed the delivered gets era were each in his hi or her own way thanking god here a young mother her soft arm arms round a little child knelt in the th enow snow murmuring isear hear her a clergyman waa was with lips rapidly moving thank ing lux god for nil his abety safety here again aa an iron gray balfred anan stood bowed tor for a few seconds to offer up hi his thanks for the frail trail wife the lore love of bla his youth horn ahon he had juat just lifted back into the car it waa was indeed a solemn might the little thanksgiving ervice service out on the noy plain upon which the grim funtall moun oun tali tall a 8 frowned down through the mail dry flakes of falling failing snow now it strike strikes me we should do well to be getting ahead the night Is upon ua us and I 1 can tell you yon it will take ua us all we w can to stand the colda colde of midnight and early morning it was wall the voice 1 of paul anniell Anai lell tat list arce the spell ho ile waa was landing standing with arm arms folded on the rear fear plat tota of the care cars lookin down with half abul shut eyt eya a upon the reverently bowed heads of bla his f flow flow travelers tra reler no meaning for him had thin communing with alth the divine crealor who had stretched out a helping inand in te 00 grare grave had any cry broken from bil big lips to ascend on high it would have been the exceeding bitter one of the lord why easiest tho off my mr boni N why by I 1 ahou bou thy face from me met out dot it WM was many a year since nce athla man had abandoned prayer he ile waa as not an unbeliever lu one sense for no man k tew better than paul anad 11 that there eilza an over ru ing power who moves and shapes humanity at ills will otherwise it would have been the wore worse for his hi fellow men seeing that paul ansdell held certain ill gotten secrete secrets that would have endowed himself with an illimitable dominion over the lives and the Lir tunes of others but OB as it was he his 1112 ath over the checkmates mat block blackd hia his wicked way and protected hia his victim victims so tar far the man had faith in his hi larcer lai and bolder flights the alma alms he lived for were to win a colossal coloe aal fortune and to pi vaerie erre I 1 lie Is life aa as long ae as ble to d e to crumble into dust waa was to him a hideous prospect and be he had no other his hi creed forbade all such to sare himself more than his be had put forth bla his utmost strength of will he had succeeded strange strangely tir even marvelously paul ansdell smiled contentedly as be leaned strangely exhausted for a man who had simply lifted bla his voice not bis his hands to the rescue he vae was coa granulating himself that hta his will por pow er waa was increasing enormously then be beard a hurab d volmo at hie his err mr it ansdell anadell I 1 ve brought my wife to thank you tor for your splendid bravery I 1 in A saving ting the th at of rs gerbis templeton wis was saying earnestly earne itly and hia his band hand was pressing the shoulder ot of paul 1 who wheeled sharply around to glance for one swift second at the lit tit tic tie shrinking figure behind gerv gery a theu his eyes turned away to the flame reddened enow snow come gladdy this is to the hero of ot the hour haven t you a word to civa him daddy gladdy mutt must ha ave ve heard beard her luie tu t u band bands a urgent whisper and yet she spoke not a syllable silently and wast t fully the girlish bride was cling up nit into the dark face of paul ansdell I 1 waa was aa as though her tier soul waa was bumby questioning that of the man who bad had say saved ed her life ills dear say something in the low ered voice ot of gervis there was a per note lie ile was annoyed at his hl wife a extraordinary aar a as muc much h aa as he vae was puzzled 11 bit could the man think of her the thought crossed his mind aa as he be took gladdy v cold email small fingers in his to enczur age her but paul a attention as well its m paul a eyes were being given to the outside orld world I 1 fear were going to have a night of it perhaps another chapter of ac re cf dents who knows for tor the snow will be tremendously deep at certain curves I 1 know of ahead he eald said and A bader cover of bis his worda words daddy gladdy drew her hand from that of hr husband and clipped back into the draw ing room car she waa was the only one ong of the passenger passengers who had tall fall d to offer thanks to the rescuer of otibe the train the tt car ear were mo ino az off on the r journey once again and 0 men were chatting to one another 0 mu W eab 34 3 4 1 I I abe fir t amov is the e amel game th fri aa i ant cus n i th perls from the lips of paul 1 ansdell aa as he eat sat alone in the smoking compartment leaning back in his hi chair his hi dark eyes watching the moke smoke wreaths lazily irling irl ing over til ills hedl ClI APTER V paul andell ansdell was right in hie his aur our the scientist ae as a rule wu waa right how the alne fettery fe snow resolved itself into i a perfect blizzard a aw ft hour hours later and the train after DI plunging thronie th ronit deep dee drift cutting cuttle its way gallantly was brought to a standstill fortunately they were close to a prairie prattle station when the stoppage took I 1 place AN we 4 must make the best beat of it eer tully anea d the passengers there theres a chaty to eat ali dd drink aboud tb the train bodom goodness oo doM aaa V a ft got ot and stretch oar if too wt tuot any a dinger of t being kt lost wa the DOW snow for it 4 bard hard u a iron iran will ru corn come outania fat and tek take tarn turn with BUT nit awl paul 1 am dell coming 1 over to bervi templeton who wu 11 frial staring out dl cit ur tb aladoir hail iad ellow to 1 I la 1 br her b arth rt h f for r b L f t aad showed aa a yet oo 00 a a i ne i il a ti t to 0 I 1 ie e to r it 1 I houll like it above all things th the jows young fegely aly add and preg setly tb two ma men wrapped up to ibe the wr were tramping tram plon OTT over th the hining shining expanse beyond the little littie station I 1 art are rou you going to make any sta tr r at I 1 Uon till asked paul af eare louly lenly not orr over a few tow dr to ltv the wj WAS ur the answer 1 I km am taking my wl w to england to spend christ ings la 10 I 1 va od oid horna 0 so o our out urn ams Is limited otherwise there a nothing I 1 should like better than to inter winter la in the dominion its a glorious laud and nd 01 gladdy dy my wife would hare have evv n aled la in the fee ce carnival carn iTAl and all uie the ether of a Uon montreal tr winter but it a can t be holsted ur my people ar are eager to pee e and know her we bare have dot lot been lone long mart marbled led fuu see be he added a little lamely 1 I knour know curtly said cratil anadell ansdell 4 1 I wa was la in frisco when your wedding took plate and I 1 knew oil old haram fairweather your wife father per tonally atlY I 1 meen A sharp astute old chap that made slide his til pile fille eh ehr to be continued |