Show A WARRIOR B J I 1 dj di ST it I 1 1 I 1 A u aar aero of batio U V ce ke speir it 04 1 pr 8 11 adow ja J as aprie aru a ru t to itol mith OR orli 11 1 I ta it U I 1 capt caption tin brand of the Iles pasta the young girl hear car I 1 her companion make thia this I 1 lecla lecta rallon ration with an interest she did not attempt to conwal many time times that thought hae has come to me but I 1 dismissed it as unworthy lie ile brought several shingi my ather father had with him when he aut nt aay avay and he ile resemble I 1 the only picture I 1 had ot of my father that la Is in a gi general way you could not expect very muth atter after hia his cruel years of hardship in the desert lesert besides betides he jiner all abolt our family matters the quarrel with ith mammas people on account ai count of her marriage and many little things coa con netted with the past I 1 shall devote myself to the wa ot of discovering the truth heaven alone who he Is or how he came into possession ross ros falon session of thy the facts he has lima used to such advantage but I 1 intend to eat oat iffy my curiosity in that respect at any cost Soui something ething tells me aou ou will voll sue site aeed she eald said eagerly ej gerly so that char he lie flushed with pleasure thanks for your faith in me it all to u a great way toward assisting asel eling me of course ou would be gratified should I 1 fin I 1 the means to expose him us as an imposter 1 so long as I 1 still believe him to tu be ahat hat he lie claims I 1 cannot fin I 1 it lu in my heart to turn against him lie ile ha has told me so many awful stories of the cruelties practiced upon them that I 1 sometimes feel as though his mind had been a little affected and that he coul coull I 1 hardly be held accountable for his action actions charlie seized upon a slender cue quick ai an a lash flash to discover a aulne able point ah ali he said eagerly ei gerly you of their suffering among the arabs then he had a companion in exile I 1 imigine im ob oh yes three at fir fart firt t but later on there wae was boniv one left and the name do ou oil remember I 1 ee es it A as his mate den ben ilaben I 1 ah ahl that la Is a substantial point from which to work our friend if an imposter may be very cunning but I 1 doubt it if he has been able to cover his tracks so that we may not learn something of den ben blazen a past shipping books and shipping masters may tell the story of identification it all else falls dy by the way what does he say became of ben blazen lie was shot while defend ig ng a wretched woman slave against her inhuman master and died of bis his wounds 11 well the incident may be true enough but the chances are that it was your own father who gave up his life in this chivalrous fashion and that what papers he be had hidden on his person he confided to his fellow prisoner in the hope that at some day he might escape and carry the news to those he loved in old england 11 arline heard him with both wonder and delight her ifer confidence had apparently gone out to him in the start and now she felt it growing he was so earnest so positive that his logic seemed to have live the faculty of convincing other there Is 13 one thing I 1 meant to ask you zou gave me the wrong card by a singular accident but at the same timo time intimated that you were known by another nama name than arline brand at the hotel cs I 1 should have explained when my aunt adopted roe me I 1 assumed her name of wallis and as her title was her hereditary datary and could descend to the next of hin kin after her demise I 1 be arma lady arline willis As euch such I 1 0 have been some sometime timet known charlie somehow at this it seemed to raise a wall between a and aid id title what few ordinary young englishmen dare abaire to win a bride from behind such ramparts never before had charlie stuart wished for fame and fortune as now nothing could be too grand to lay at the feet of such a royal princess and while he was thus battling with his thoughts she suddenly caught his arm he ile Is out yonder I 1 heard his laugh laughl now come to the door mr nir stuart and take your first look at captain drand brand of the Hea pasia before you meet him face to face nothing loth charlie follower her to the door whence they could look into the office omee of the hotel hot several men were in eight but almost instinctively his gaze ettla I 1 upon one who seemed to command 9 C emeral attention an art I 1 no sooner had clarale clapped his hi eyes on thia this remarkable individual than he uttered a little ejaculation of at surprise and P pleasure leasure possibly he had bad seen en this ame same to in qua cloua clous captain brand of the ile a apa sla under other and more exciting circumstances cum stances tell me he aid said quietly to the girl who wag was hovering over his hill about der have you given him any i lar lars ae as to how you chanced to cf from the steen dungeons only that oat just in the nick of time I 1 wae was discovered dl covered by some tourists who had come down to see the awful for themselves IL my name wa was not mentioned to the beat best of my recollection cot not at ell all good I 1 then if I 1 met moet the bre bire you can Intro introduce duee me m an on of ayour your friend friends fi 1 s 16 1 rual auch stich id Is only oaly thir the truth uth 6 buy 1 ly 11 11 old old mend friend let na in ear say tor h hom you hae hale alway always ez ch stained feelings ot of it iball be a as you say t am lit auri auti you have conle mothe lu lit this action I 1 certainly have truth to tell I 1 believe I 1 have u en thia gentleman lie be fore under other condition conditions I 1 shall know to a certainty after I 1 have been in his society a while at any rate there la Is reason to hope tor for the beat shall we go out and meet hima asked arline I 1 es indeed the fate b hive tv deela d hit brant al and id I 1 shall lome together for or a trial of strength and it might just as take place now as latu I 1 nm am read so they went out the ex tailor quickly sighted them and bore down doan with all sails set aa as he would have nautically ex it charlie played his part byll lie ile met the c coptain in a 06 blutt friendly manner just as a young man wish to receive the father ot of a tt lovely girl he adm aed plainly captain lanct found no espedal especial reason renon ren on for alarm lie ile set oat to bo be even more jovial arri debonda lr thin ih to alth the lda of cre Crea atlay tIu q a good immo sion on his daughter daught s od old frintz he wished to study at cloe range when he set out to entertain cap biln drand brand of the ll espola was as a hox I 1 relating the most as connected with his arthe athe desert his perils on the sea an I 1 the deep fountain of loe love fur for wife and child that had sis talked him hia his trials trills charlan mars actor himself hline cit thanks to the splendid cottrol which he w is able to ta on oer er hia his facial muscles although he now had bad not the least doubt ts il G to the fellow being a fraud of the first water vaster charlie felt that be lie oed it to arline a respect tor for billal affection 0 10 o this fact this was as the tack task he cut out for himself hinie elf I 1 lie lit M I 1 his jitu tr 61 41 captain baaird was so much edgag ed with his flow a ot of oratory and the i charming chir ming of friend of the family that he did not notice the pit so de if dur C va thus almost without iab u t an effort ealo t charlie had bad him the he knew considerable about il in chill and had been there la the course of his wanderings years 0 ja t in challies Charl Chat lea lies mind this settled the matter he lie was mas confident be know with whom he had to deal and hen the time came he would be ready tu to dare all in defying the adventurer while they bat at thus speaking of the sights of antwerp there came cime a messenger from the hotel inquiring for air mr charlie stuart whom whon a gentleman outside desired to see As he went directed by the clerk to the spot where he would find the gentleman who had asked tor for an immediate interview on serious business busi nebs he was making up his mind to tell tha whole sto enlist his falo raile ralah or r arline so 00 that when the denouement came the doughty captain could be taken care of a A judge 0 of his surprise then when oa upon the party who wish edito sie see him he fi found I 1 und I 1 it was no other than artemus his honest face clouded with an air ot of the darkest mystery it MA not riot much prophetic skill on charlies chariles part pirt to tell th tb athia athis erratic friend had news of somei some lm im for him alei pressed a forefinger on ha his 11 lips to indicate 1 silence when he found that charlie had recognized him charlie stood there f waiting while the other crept on to the corner la in the regular ortho orthodox dov stage fashion and loo lodice ice I 1 this way and that to assure himself that there could be no eavesdroppers mar i then he be approached hia his friend his warning finger still on his ups 11 reaching the other he placed his lips close cloe to chaill a ar and solemnly bald r VS I 1 the coast li 16 flearl 1 I afee lips 1 said charlie aloud what ij aam am about to disclose 41 lito to you will give jou you a cruel chock shock my boy shock away P only odly make haste I 1 I 1 am about to make a u re that will I 1 regret to say knock away the foundations of your belief in humanity ah kv that a ip thina indeed D does els this disclosure concern tb the ie world at arge I 1 irge or ame mankind 9 I 1 1 one shining llant I 1 then bre fire aay and and he liana ban to roil you I 1 I 1 brij artisan Ar Art titan 1 look of extreme gravity graTl ty although charlie was sui ure he hat heard a chuckle 4 I 1 yon you nave bays met the ae of ota th the young lady of the steen dun dungeons Reon the botel hotel cleri has beon 1 e me with a wand wonderful erful try ot of hia his return to life aal civilization it reads like a roman e and woud would find a triet niche in lit ray my oU ont only v my dear ear boy it la is so vory ancient 1 a veritable stage chestnut cheet nut as it were I 1 dut bat let that pass pasi 11 llma lne this captain brand lio joa character cb anict worth knowing something Bom some ething thInk unique I 1 could hear bear him out yonder i and rad tha dulcet tonea tones ot of his voice were loo I 1 thing enough to conjure will A yes 11 remarked charmye CharM he Is a wonderful man and could chana charm most people by the quaint manner ot of his big i speech arte artemus C mus again be bent kt A forward ard i beware of Cap capati tp wansa rand he and land thra praag back to note effect ot of Ms an 04 J X saut but ceorl treigh interested re fud to be hinny why what hau lou br he done lie ile la is a bold bail bad man charlie wis vms inclined to ay say men lo 10 blat but b kept hm own counsel ha u yet seeking more light see here lou ou have known thie this inborn baron munchausen at come some pant i adew UP he said artemus nodded it would I 1 impossible that two euch such men could ever ener exist lies I 1 ea I 1 knew him U her 7 in new lork ork U heap let me see ee ser itching hai head as a comedian must altys do when desirous deel roua of grousing memory ah yea yes jual just a little more than two years 11 ago but time he swears he wag was in the heart of africa a prisoner at Di homily eit elt he lies coolly charlie liked that it waa ivas so fresh an I 1 original at the th same time so 0 o very emphatic ho was aaa he lie when ou oil knew him he asked determined to get down to the facts now fa A fourth furth rate actor on hia his uppers h half alf ot of the time one of these howl ing barnstormers a heavy villain of the piece at home in ITt uncle Icle tom a 3 babli cabin or ten nights in a barroom ile Ilef tas as the juke joke of the season on the rialto in gotham I 1 even ye thought so piously of utilizing him in my great play ai a i the seed sped actor who carries the mysterious ferret with him through five arte acts but when be he found then them aas a chance of him being lm int hie his pric for or sittings went aa alfa ap awl 1 I 1 something better than p lood good Ile Avenal was that bis his name cert ionly not what hat they call all heavy dlana of the barnstorming variety let roe me see placing a finger alongside alon glde hig his nose a lu in irving now I 1 have it bend bour our head lower tor for that fellow has keen earsia was frederick davenport macauley indeed verv suggestive considering hia his occupation in life what a un be he is to be eure sure capable of at hav many banim anil and filling such vailous biati ons in life why when I 1 knew him four or five bears ears apo ago he was aa 3 called captain nathaniel kedge jh ahat at lim then I 1 saw him that N 1 I 1 am almoite dead certain it Is lathe the same same roan man and I 1 expect to prove it presently I 1 a tl I 1 in south america in valparaiso come what makes you ask that in surprise I 1 rL member him talking of being concerned in ina a war scare that oc ared down dow w n there 1 ie e has always been the sarno boaster you know well that beems to prove the iden city I 1 neer never in la all my life heard of so stupendous a rascal say what was ho he doing down in santiago or was it valparaiso the tho latter on the coast the most enterprising city along the pacific south of san francisco hat was he doing well about the last I 1 saw raw of him he was dancing a scottish hornpipe 1 yes he be has his merry moments when the liquor Is in du 1 thia this was was a unique al affair before an audience that must have numbered thousands 4 ra alood that thit would spur even so poor an actor to do ats his bett beit and captain nathaniel did his very best if it as you say he has been an actor aa as well as a miner sea captain coffee planter speculator and heaven knows what not ha he certainly had the chance of hia his life to bring out bravos Ito however wever I 1 idon don k think he took halt half i as s hiir h interest in the affair as gome some of the rest of at us did he ile dlan didn t EJ ea I 1 never knew he was acquainted with modesty how ilow was that asked artemus Arte mua eagerly I 1 well said challe dryly you aee see he was being hung to be continued |