Show ORTUS S fOOl FOOL BY SAATI Nt C 57 It SW W 1125 1 RUIA U sy A mGt BEGIN HERE TODAY I Colonel soldier ansi ami ad- ad adventurer returns r turn to d hi native land when hen hen war r with HoIlAnd Hoi l lAnd nd is 10 i declared d clard HI His Grace Grac ot of I ham m hires to abduct the be beautiful actress Sylvia Far Fr It H is t dirk uk when the colonel carrIe carries her hor h r of off and when bo hO arrIves at the th houe house Ducking Ducking- h ham m has rented r nt d Holl Holly s I horror struck when then t hen he h seeS ce that Sylvia SylviaI I an n oJ ol sw etheart Buckingham nd Holl HolI In a CI duel uel The Th servants ot or the Duke come corn upon tho the Be scene cent one and knoel the tho ho colonel colon unconscious Thon the th Duke attempts tt to em em- em embrace brae cm-brae brace braco 8 SIvia e her dress falls fall from her throat revealing re R a a 1 purple blotch token of f the th plague t Is spreading so 80 rapidly In London TIle The Duke Duk an and his hi servants flee fleTh The Tb colonel colon stays t y to nurse nur SI lo and waits walts wait upon her night ni ht and ond day NOW ITOW GO ON THE STORY STORT It was wa entirely aa at a result of that tireless l of his 1 1 and nd of th constant which lie he h ap- ap applied plied that on the th fourth day laT the th swelling In the th patients patient's patient armpIt havIng been brought to a n head began to l ont nt the deadly poison olon wIth which her h r v wr wore wro lad n was as amazed as aj he hew was wae 3 d delighted likht a d Victuals and what elie ele was wan needed need need- ed d from out ld reached them through the th agency nency ot of their own watchman n Hollee Holle Holl who was still plentifully supplied v funds from what Buckingham had fur tur- furnished fur nl bed hIm hlin for this e c lower the tho n necessary money from the window In Iii a basket D BY BYthe Byth the same means menns mean the th watchman would send up the th purchase he made on behalf o of those tho within absenting himself necessary fo for the purpose but ln Ica the door locked and Jid taking the ke kewith k with him Thus until the th morning of ot the Sl t day when from da dai break br k un- un until un until til past part eight o'clock Hells Holies waited In a sudden frenz frenzy fremy of ot Impatience for tor the th comIng of ct When at last la t ho be arrived Relies Hollet met him himat himat himat at the tho The Colonels Colonel's face was ghastly tHe his eves te fo cred cred an and he lie was wa lini hog with fearful f excItement She Sn plo quietly ps on arid and peace peace- peacefully full fully peacefully he h informed the th doctor In Ina Ina ina a 1 whisper n II tinker finger Inger to his hi lips lip Very ery softly the thel entered the mb r now now- and tiptoed to the bedside In an agony tony of hope taking us up his posItion at the I toot foot b between t the th eai r cd E-d E fen CIU c bedposts bedpost loA A glAnce clane cOnfirmed the th news wIth 15 tralle had met m t the th ph l-elan l elan Not ot ot ony only was she ah in on n ell eay a r tranquil ler elu lu ll r such uch as 89 he ehe he lad had hadnot hadnot not known 1 sInce taking to this thia bed hod hut the fever f vor had entirely entire left lett her h r I Tho tha h tl it r n 0 fi at one once P Pen ien en he cd mo moed cd to tale take till ho her hei t tulse usa At that touch of o his hand upon h r riat he rh sh stirred and opened n d her eves eve nel I anely and nd calm calm- calmly calmly ly 11 awake w ke at Tact last She Sho looked up Into the th little spec spec- p t c-t 1 face of ot th tho doctor blankly hl at first t then n nith ith a 0 little frown of ln bp be bees But Dut he n 1 at a Ins Ing at the tho moment and tle the words be used helped her groping wit to piece ta tn th puzzle of her surroundings and alJo condition condition- TIle The danger r ll is t he was She She t will till ill OCO er now thanks be he to Clod GoJ and nd to 5 our 0 n care of ot her hor It is m mr Concern thin eh doe do Leave hr her now new tn to th the case caa tf f Mrs s Mr Dallows s and end do elo ou cu rest YO lr lt lf or I 7 tell you vou t I is ill III not anan answer er Cr for tor our life lie He IT h d been looking at Holies Holles hll t ho he e anol-e 0 Non No h ha ho turned tumid to cor older her again and found her gl glance nce upon him han See She Is awaIts he h cried The Th r l r ill is OF orr r rt t HoUs Itoh s echoed echo his hIe hi voice vole thick ansi l You Too ou say oay the tho nger t Ii O ov t I am im Q awake good doctor I h lie not sot hT by y tall tall- fall fallen en n aileen nt lit mv mi post and nd come con to thi You You ou arc are anake man and I r ro- ro re repeat pet peat the I s 's t at an end Now ow go 0 and rot ret Wondering Vond to whom It na was 0 the doctor 1 01 0 whose who e was that raise raise- ou OU Otis weary ellry oice oleo that 1 Im him rh the rhe Iy turned ned her hell henri end and t beheld A II gaunt Hint hollow ed hollow chest sunken t of a 1 roan mon whose whoso pallid III d sun sun- sunken sun ken cheeks were 0 n or ro n nth th a 1 Course Cour I stubble of u is Ish en beard standing between th- th th bed l bed TOTts nolt clutching lit at it one of ot them thorn ac a ait acif it if for support Meeting her li ar r rare he lId rec tl a step nn and loosed his hh hold Then he swung wung round half II a I hand 1 to his bro brow Naught 1 au all alls me mo doctor he hohe mumbled and nfl nosh now no sh sho h knew ho ho he was wl wa arid and remembered red I would sooner HI His Glee iee abruptly ceased irs In period mid period mid he r led steadied himself t tor tot an n Instant and then thon slowly fr r and nd crash crashed I at full length upon ulon the floor I Swiftly the th doctor tore tor onen OT en the breast rt o of the Colonels Colonel's but bul not e en e en toO so o much was wa arv Ins Ins-i- t At Once he be b perceived p rc 11 what had lah Ire II IT ia s saId ald Dr ream ream- lab 1311 and lie h llmott That t ThatIs I is till oil Help e Help rue i to lift him to that v couch Mrs Mn Mr Bellow no o o need to earms farther or to do mt mel mel-a re toy tor hInt him at Never evor fear fe you OU II 11 not ret rouse rout not hIm him not until the I clock has hai gone con round once at lit lIt litI I Tho- Tho They laid hid him there a 11 un hl his head hlad ind ze- ze turn ic-turn turned d to tt his hi patients patient's patient side SJ Sleep p she he qUO questioned th the rio ems tor mr I Is I I teat tn t sleen Iten Nothing worse wor e malam Th Tb Tho Colon tins has nev ne neter neer er r o much as ar closed rIMer oBed isis his hl Free ry to for n r whole hole weck w atur 1 n toly lJ has I them fo to- to toMm Mm hInt I She he looked at him intently vi ha hae M e the th plague have hav I notT not Sty Say r rather ther that you vou 1130 1 It mam maam You have h v It no longer lon ItI I The rTh pl-Krug pl will 1111 not nol touch von again gain rn Fo- Fo lh great areat mercy thus thu fea inn 1111 ma may ra y render thank thans to Cod God and nd ne-ct ne to God I to your husband hu band I 1 n n frowned fo p e My nd I Your Tour husband ma isis m ai 1 nd 11 lu huSband land In a n thou d nay In ten thousand TIb nit TIbi I Is 1 a oton de d that t MILieu a hero horo of ot him and because u he h hM baa ha been ben tearless i he been favors the br e h binds bind's lint nut t but he Is li not my hus bus ot 1 ot ou lou ion hu 1 eat the I doctor nt nd nfl he rn r- r r sour i our hu I Then wit ivita An ac a of ot very TOrt allen aUeD za ream reality to the genial kindly little man he ejaculated perhaps that explains explaIn It But mit what I he h then who hM baa ha yojI I all all but given Iven hIs hl hi life lite tor for yo yoi I She hesitated at a loos be lo how to their relationshIp At last lot Once One he was my friend she ohe hean I ansel er erod erd d Once One Th The phy n lc raised his bush bushy brows And when pIa ri did he cease to be your friend friend- friend I Idid thIs thin man also nho stayed taye with mth ou In inthis this Infected house when h he hI might bare bove fled this thle thi man nin who has ha do- do de denied nied himself lf sleep or 01 rest of o any kind In au all these days day that he be beI I be he ever vor at lit hind our need of ot him this mm n who hu has wrestled with death de th tor for you and rescued d lou ion ou at the risk of ot taking t the pestilence a x thousand time times ft for r your sake DId Dd he do clo all fin this ohe he he n asked Dr Beamish entertained her with th the details of ot the th heroism and that Hones Hollos had hl ri displayed played Wizen When the tale talo fre wn was done don and she e ela la lay silent and very thoughtful th the I do doctor tor permitted himself a slyly humorous smile mil Ho He Ho may Y once oneo have ben been your I friend as S you my say he h concluded smiling But I cannOt think that th th he was WIlS ever more your friend than th now God send me mc such a friend In my own need CHAPTER Tha Walls Walla of Pride That evenIng Dr Beamish re- re returned returned r turned bringIng with him as on tho occasion of ot his first t visit a public examiner This official came cameto to Assure himself of or the I doctors doctor's assertion that a II cure had been effected 1 I Holles HoUes awakening from eleven hours o of uninterrupted lethargic lasle lc Sl I sleep p but still hen heavy havy vy with S l dully at hand the th e- e cx 1 0 h held 1 his formal InquisItion Into the conditions of the th patient I o of Sirs MrS frs Dallows and of Holles Holle When the examiner anti and the th doc dec doctor tor passed at last from the th room Holle dragged dra M himself wearily them He H follO ed them bo- bo stair Ion lo bo-lo and remained there after the they lied had 1 taken their I For twenty eight days dys d y he was WIlS I doomed to Imprisonment In this house and ho he made mad his hie 1 I That night ho slept In a I hack bedroom on the ground floor I Tn In th the mornIng ri lne prepared breakfast In the kitchen a I matter In In 1 ilia Mis Dallow Dallows came cameto cameto cameto to his hi assistance ha be h wont to I straighten out the tho room dining en 0 th t It might sen eerie tene him bins tot tOI fo a k lode lode-ln line Inc r dusing the period of or ton tiOn that th t lay IllY nh ahead d dHe He found the room In utter darkness It had toad not been enter enter- entered entered ed Cd nines the of ot Kanc Nanci ans an's n corn om In ing corning com thIther Ho Ito groped his ilia il WM way to the tho shutters he to ha hate e clo ed clo-ed o 1 b by re- re request re-quert re quest Ouest ot of the examiner after car car- from the tho room on tn t terrible night a It week iso igo te Ito pulled them open pen and It lot in ip a flood I of or ht dlight d light upon a It emma c c ne n each de ne- ne de- de I tall of t which n 1 his eig- eig g of ot the happenIngs of cof that t i I n IolI between the II 1 belt and the he found the Ilie slender s Ir rapier which Lue ha I used I roi ri the tho th ret re-it puttered guttered o 11 l flowers ers and rotting th the ann and the tho lu isis ter tei of ot miens lolls and vis IS du led hi- hi hia I a- n film of ot dust du t flung the tho t wide and an spent p some orne tim In retting the I room to rights and iddis It ot of I all that refuse Th Thereafter he h la lai lii on the smoking Il and thinking and sery ery eryll itle And It was 33 thus thu In the dais daia R that followed wed that mot most of hlo hi hours houTS were spent pent pent Vo Whitehall Wile WAS empty now of nt ol at Its it courtl courtly t tenants with the single Albe-jm Albe exception of ot the Duke DUlce of or Albe mar r e Honest George Geor Monk had elected to undaunted at hi I poet as ns the th B e 0 of or Ills hia King to pert rm in the th ICings ICing's I nanie and whilst V I ls Majesty was busy at fit S SalIsbury with v the amorous amor tinor- wasI I ous pursuit of Hiss Iliac Prince Mew Mew- art ort art-all nil that which v II a n king kinc himself himself him- him self elf should b be ho at nt hand to m mIn In time of national stress to miti- miti mill cat mate the th tribulations o of hI his sub lIb subject Hopefully Holles Hollos Inquired o of I nell ms it If he h knew Inow aught of thit th Is I hea lie he vas has a c to r hl thet 1 h t I the i 11 Duko Duke t isis wis IS laid low lorr by the I infection In Our t e issue I |