Show The Hidden Hand HandBy By Mrs E. E D D. F E. E N N. Southworth L Continued from Y Yesterday Black k Donald untied his his- threw It ur upon on Ihn he floor and sipped Ipp d his eggnog nil all looking over O tho the top l of the glass at Capitola Miss II s Black ho said It lt must t h he be past 1 12 o'clock I hI suppose so o said t Cap Then It must b belong elong past your our usual hour of or retiring Of or course it ft I is said Cap Cop Then what hat are you waiting taItIng for For m my company COmpOlI to J go o 11 home om 1 re replied ra- ra plied Cap Moaning MeanIng me h Moaning you ou Oh dont don't mind me m my dear Very well vell said Cap I shall not trouble myself about you OU and her tones were stend steady though her heart seemed em turned Into a ball all of oC Ice tee through terror Black Donald went wont on slowly sipping sip sip- ping piny his egg flog no g-no filling up his goblet when H it was empty and looked at Capitola over r the top of oC his glass lass J At last laRt he he- said paid I J r have havo been watching you rou Miss If s Black Little need to tell me that sold ald hl Cap And I 1 have havo been rending reading you ou Well VeIl 1 I hope tho lie page was enter taming Well yes Vell yes m my dear it was rather so But nut nuth h why dont don't you ou proceed Proceed Proceed ith what 7 With what you ou are Arc thing of or m my darling I r dont don't u understand you ou Wh Why hy dont don't you ou offer orIel to go downstairs downstairs down down- stairs and bring up some lemons Oh Oh Oh Ill I'll go In a n. moment said s Cap if tf you wish IIi ha lia ha ha ha ha Of or course you OU will my mr darling and amid you'd ou 1 deliver dell me Into the tho hands or of the tho Philistines Just as you did my poor men when you ou fooled them about tho victuals I r know lenow your tricks anti and nil all your actInS' actInS actIng act- act lug InS has no other effect on me than to make me mo admire your wonderful coolness and courage so o m my lear dear stop puzzling your our little HUlo head heal with schemes to bailie halite me mc You aro are like the caged starling You You get cont set setout out out chuckled Black Donald Donal 1 hitch hitch- his chair nearer to hers He was nO II now nv right ll up upon nii c the center or of the rug I Capitola turned very 01 pale paJe but hut not I with fear though Black Donald thought she dh and roared with laughter I Have you lone done your supper sliPper she asked with a sort of or awful c calmness Yes In my duck ducIc replied the thc outlaw pouring the last of oC the Uw egg noID into liuto his gohl goblet t. t drinking It at a fi draught and chuckling chuckling- as ho set down clown th the glass then lien lifted the stand with the refreshments to remove o It- It to its usual place What are ore you going to do my lear Block Black k Donald Clear elcar away the things and set the my said sail Capitola In the I room room oom in order same me awfully Cull calm toneA toneA toneA tone A nice little housewife you'll make m lily ly duck said Black Dlack Donald Capitola set the stand in Its corner and nd then therm removed remo her own armchair to o It Its place before the la bureau Nothing now not remained upon the theS ruG S except Black Donald Jonald seated In Inic inthe the tho ic armchair 11 Capitol Capitola paused her blood seemed e Jn her tIel her heart hart beat heat ly Her llOr throat woi lH her lier head hlad tull tun nearly nea l to bursting b and anil her bel yes eyes were veiled cUed by a blinding film duck make luck make Come Com conic In my haste baste it U Is tate Into haven't you ou done setting set- set ting ing the room In order yet said al 1 Black ck Donald Impatiently In one moment moment l saul Capitola coming comins t behind his chair nn and leaning upon the tho back of or it Donald sho she said with dreadful calmness I 1 will not call can you ou Black Donald I will call can you as ns your poor mother did when your o young soul was as a white as your skin before she ever 11 dreamed rea 11 h her 1 ho boy would grow black with crime I 1 will call caB you ou simply Donald and entreat you OU to I hear heat me for Cor a n few Cew minutes Talk TaU on then but talk fast an and leave my mother alone Let Lot the dead lead rest exclaimed the outlaw with a violent convulsion of or his bearded chin and lip Up that did dill not escape tho the notice of ot who hoped some sorno good of hI l nf of Donald D i she he hei i said men call you pu youa I a Cl man of oC blood they say y that your hand Is red and your soul Is black with crime They may mar soy say wh what t they like lile e I Icare Icare Icare care not laughed th the outlaw But ut I do not all aU this o of ot you I believe that there is good In InI all and much good In you ou that there I Is la hope for all and strong hope hop for tor I you Bosh Dosh Stop talking poetry Taint In m my line nor yours either laughed laugh laugh- ed Black Donald Donnld But Dul truth is In all our lines Don Don- aId ald I rf repeat it men call can you a n man mun manof manof of or blood The They say ny that your hands are red r rand and your soul Is black with wiLls sin eln Donald they call you ou But Dut Donald you have hn never yet et stained stabled your soul with a n crime as os black as as that which you OU think of or perpetrating tonight It lt must be near 1 o'clock and I Im I'm m tired replied plied the outlaw V with a n aa yawn a wn All 11 your former Cormer nets continued in tho the same voice of ot a awful calmness have bave been those of ot a n bold bola bad baa man This act net would be that of ofa ofa a n base one Take tare care e. e girl no bad names You lou are in Its my power at at t my mercy I r know my Iny Position but I must continue Hitherto you have coaches and broken Into rich hens men's houses In doing thus you have always boldly risked your life often orten at nt such fearful odds odds' that hunt men have at their thell firesides es to 10 hear of It H. And even women while deploring your crimes have o admired your our coura cour- cour II a ace tre I thank em kindly for tor it Women always like men with a spice of ot the 1 leVi 11 In them laughed tho the outlaw No o. o they do not sa said hI Capitola of ot strength th gla gravely 1 they like men menu courage courage and spirit spirit but but those qualities do not POt come from Crom the evil ll one but Iut from the Lord Lorl who Is the tile giver of or all good Your tour Creator Donald gave you ou the strength courage and spirit that i ian all an men and amI women n so much admire admire- but lie He did not give giva you those thoRe great powers that you yo might use uso mem In the s of or his enemy the devil il I J declare e there is really something in that that that-I I never ner n er thought of oC that beNor be- be fore Nor ever er thou thought ht perhaps that tha have ha however r misguided you may been there Is really something great grea and aUlI good In yourself that might be beugel used 01 for the tho good Jool of or man and the tIt said sold solemn solemnly Capitola glory of or if God ha Ila Oh you OU flatterer r Como Come CorneI I have have you done tione I tell you it is after 1 I o'clock lock and nOtI 1 I am tired to death Donald in iii all your former acts of lawlessness your our antagonists were Uong tring men and as you boldly risked I nm life liCe In your depredations l your you yourI OUt acts nets though bad were not base a p. p Bunow Bu Dut I now your antagonist Is la a 3 CC feeble blo girl gIli who has hils b unfortunate boch ri Cr Irons from 1 t r f cr very birth birth to to destroy her would be bean bean bean an Act net of baseness hast ss n-ss to which h you OU never neve yet vet descended no Bosh h Who ho ran talks of or destruction I II I I am tired of or all this nonsense I 1 mean meat to carry cOrry you ou off ort and theres there's an end endor of or It ft said the outlaw doggedly rl rip ing from hl his seat eat Stop saId eaid Capitola turning ashen pale stop pale stop sit down loin and henr hear me for Just five minutes I r will not tax your our patience longe longer I The Flue robber with within a loud laugh sank ank again Into his chair saying Int Very Yer well vell talk on for ju Just t five minutes s and not a single second longer long long- er r but If IC you ou think In that time to persuade m me to leave Jene this room tonight without you ou you are fire widely out of your reckoning my may duck that's nil all Donald do not sink your our soul to perdition by a n crime that heaven 11 cannot cannot cannot can can- not pardon LI Listen t n to me I 1 have ha Jewels here worth several thou thousand and dollars dollar If It you OU will wm consent to go o I will s give gl them all an to you ou and let Jet you quietly out of or the front from door ant and andner never r say one word to mortal of or what has passed here her tonight ht Ha h why shy m my dear how bow green you ou must think me What hinders hits hin ders deIs me from Crom possessing po s myself mr ol or your as well ss-ehl as ax yourself said r Black Block Donald Impatiently rising Sit still Tho The 11 five minutes' minutes grace are arc not half out yet sold snit Capitola in a breathless s voice ole So thc they are not I will keep m my promise c replied Black Donald laughIng laughing laugh laugh- ing trig and again Jr dropping Into his sent scat Donald uncle pays pas m me a quarterly sum Rum sum for pocket money which Is at least live five times limes as as ns I cnn can spend spendIn In this quiet country countr place It has hos b been en accumulating for fot years cars until now nowr I r have haye several thousand dollars all of oC my 10 own You shall have C It if you rou will only emily go quietly away and leave me in peace hence prayed ayel My ty d dear deni m I Intend to take that anyhow anyhow any any- how how how- take how talie alc it Il as your our bridal dower r you ou know Joo For Im I'm going to carry you off of and make maJe an honest wife of you Donald gl gle gie up imp this heinous purpose purpose pur pur- pose poc cried Capitola In iii an n agony of or supplication as she leant over the bac back of or th the outlaws outlaw's chair Yes you OU know I will ha hn laughed the robber rohber Men Man for fOI your our own sake rake give o It up ha Hn for Cor my own sake Yes for Cor yours Ul'S Black Donald I have haw you ever cr reflected on death I asked Capitala In a low lois and terrible voice I have ha risked It enough but as to reflecting i upon Ullon It It It will be he time enough to do that lint when It Jt comes I Iam Iam Ians am ans n a powerful man In the prime anti and pride of life said the th th athlete stretchIng stretch stretch- In jog Ing himself exultingly Yet It might come Death might come collie with sudden overwhelming rig power find and hurl you OU to lo destruction What bat at a terrible thing for this ma magnificent mag frame of oC yours ours this thil clorious handiwork ii o of th tho Creator to h be hurled to swift destruction and for tIm tho soul I that animates It to be cast calt Into boil heI Bosh again That Is a 1 subject for tor forthe forthe the pulpit not for tOl a n pretty girls girl's room If It you OU really think me sue such sucha a a. handsome man Ulan wh why dont don't you OU go Sq with sIth mo moat at once and noel gay ay no moro more about it roared tho thio outlaw laugh laughT p lag Ing Black you ou 1 Ica my ae c spy my room l in an m. agony or of orp p prayer rayer No o Answered the the- outlaw mockIng mock mock- Ing lag her tone Is there no Inducement that I cali can cams hold out to you Oll to leave e me use mel None I raised herself front from hc hel leaning Lenning posture took a step backward so that thal sho she stood entirely free from tho ho trapdoor then themi slipping her under tinder the rug she placed it lightly on Oil the till which she was careful care care- ful fat not to press pres th the fall of or lieu her dress concealed the position of oC her foot Capitola was now paler than titan a corpse for hers was the pallor of a aUing living U horror Her lIer heart Meat heat violently vio yb- I her head throbbed her voice was brol broken m as sho she said Man olan I will give ghe you ou one more mor chance Oh mann man pity yourself as na I 1 pity you and consent to leave lea me Ha tin It lt is quite likely mel that r I will isn't hm It now No Xo mv inv luck duck hc I haven't rt watched tc d and pl planned l for this chance for Cor this long time past to give it up now that you are In m my power A likely story indeed And now nosy the five minutes' minutes grace are quite quite- o up imp Stop Dont Don't move yet Before Defore you stir say MY Lord have merc mercy on me said solemnly that's Idea ha Tin n a pretty prellY Why hy should 1 sa say that Say it to please me ani Only say It It Black Donald Donold But ut why to please please- you Because I wish not to kill both your your our body bod and soul because I 1 1 would not sen send you OU Int into the presence of or your Creator For Black Donald within a n few seconds your our body will be hurled to swift destruction lon tron and your ROU soul Roul will stand b before he the bar of God said eaid Capitola with her foot upon the spring of or the con conr caled trap She Site had hod scarcely ceased speaking bc before he bounded i his feet reet whirled around and confronted 11 her like HUo alion n a ai I l lYou lion ion at bay roaring fo fo- n it revolver there girl You have a r Move Hove a n fin finger cr and anti I shall throw myself myself my- my my my- sel self on omu you OU like HUo an avalanche I have havo no revolver r Watch 11 my lands hands as I take tale them forth and see see see- said Capitola stretching her arms out toward him What do you mean macan then h 1 by r your talk toile of or sudden destruction Inquired Black Do Donald in a 0 voice of or I meats mean that it hangs hanSs over yon that It Jt Is imminent hat It is not i ibe ibe 1 be escaped Oh man can call on Go GOI I Lou for a. a you have havo not a minute to live hIe The outlaw gazed on her In M aon- aon ua- ua ishm nt Well ho lie might for there sho she paler than marble sterner than fate tate no look of or human feeling about her but tho the gleaming light of her terrible terrible ter ter- le eyes and the beading IH sweat upon her hem deathlike brow I For an instant th the gazed on her in consternation and then lien recovering recovering reco ein ering himself he burst Into a n loud laugh exclaiming ha Ila Well e I suppose this Is what people would call caU a n. pl piece picc cc of ot splendid acting Do you expect to frighten me ml my d dear ar as you did Craven Le Lc with the peas pens Say Lord Lor have ha m mercy rc on my soul say 3 tt It It Black Donald say It It I besA ch you ou she prayed Ha my dear lear you OU say It fo for foi mc and me-and to reward you OU I will give you ou su suCh such h n a kiss it will put life liCe into those marble chocks cheeks of ot yours be he laughed L. I will ill M say ay it for tor you fa May tho the thoI I Lord pity an and nd save savo Black Donalds Donald's soul It if that be he yet ct pO possible for Itta Saviors Savior's sake c prayed Capitola in a 0 broken voice olec with her hOI toot loot upon tho the concealed 11 antI and fatal spring He lie laughed aloud nn and stretched J forth his hi arms to her Sh Sue She pressed the tho spring S t- t j J The Tho drop foil fell with n a tremendous I crash S Tho rho outlaw shot hot downward There Thero was an Infants Infant's vision of or a white and face f ce awl ami wild uplifted ted hands a as he lie aiH and then thon a n square black opening was wax all nil that re remained no- no maln d where the tho terrible intruder had sat saL j No sIgl sight o on ol sound cause caino up from that horrible mt jt t in to hint of the secrets secrets' of or the prison prison- prison I One Ing glance at the aw- aw and t tjien turned and threw face downward upon the bed not to rejoice In tho the j safety that |