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Show seveu o'clock service, was deep In the testament he always carpocket Git-eried. Hales raxi in to report S' siiinrfuins at tile mi'ir wall, an I.any and 1 weu teg' tlici- to answer it sending Hales to keep p eh t u.ml ihe lake Oai trion-dthe' . !,efr, with a dep litv, Was ou si le m a fi. ggv He stood up and ta!kci t. ih met the wall 'You .puts uiulei s'u.ul that I m only doing lay dutv Its an unpleasant btislue-.s- . hat the court orchus me to ej t all trespassers on the premises, and I've got to do it " The law is being used by an infamous seoundiel to protect himself don't Intend to give in. We can hold out here for three months. If lieoes-saty- , and I advise you to keep away and not act as a tool for a man like 1 I THE HOUSE OF THOUSAND A CANDLES c By MEREDITH NICHOLSON Ath.r ! THE MAIN IIAHEION. CHANCE. 1 ZELDA Etc. Co lopyribt Lrtto tj CHAPTER XXII. Continued. She swung the lantern at arm's length hack and forth so that its ras at every forward motion struck m face lii.e a b'ow "It iMft ea!ly pleasant In this cavi.lts-ern .ou hh to turn mooter to th" lord hu-- executioner, I will hid you good night. Hut the intumy of ties of coining in here vv upon me to help tn cm nix the man who is set king plunt seem to trouble you" der dot Not a particle'' she replied "No quietly, and then, wilh an impudent fling "Oh, t, o'" she held up tHe lantei n to look at the' wick. "I'm really disappointed to find that you were a little ahead of me. Squire (llenarm. I didn't give vou credit for so much perseverance. lint if you have the notes S "The notes' He told you there were notes, did he? The' row aid sent you here to find them, after his other tools failed him" She laughed that low laugh of hers that was like the bubble of a spring. "Of course no one would dare deuv what the Squire Glenartn savs," she said wit leeringly. "You can't know what your peifldy means to me. I said, "That night at the Ainistiongs', 1 tin Hied at the sight of you. As you came down the stairway I thought of you as my good angel and I belonged to you. all mv life, the better future that I wished to make for your sake. "Please dont!" she exclaimed the mirth ail gone. I felt that my words had touched her; that there were icg-- et and repentance in her tone and in the gesture with which she turned from me. She hurried down the passage toward the chapel, swinging the lantern at her side, and I followed, still mystified, and angered by her composure. She even turned, with pretty courtesy, to hold the light for me at the crypt steps, a service that I accepted perforce and with Joy less acquiescence in the irony of it. "You seem to know a good deal about this place, and I suppose I cant object to your familiarizing yourself with your own property. And the notes Ill give myself the pleasure of You handing them to you can cancel them and give them to Mr. Pickering, a fitting pledge between you!" I thrust my hands (nto my pockets to give an impression of ease I did not possess. "Yes, she remarked In a practical tone; "$320,000 dollars Is no mean sum of money. Mr. Pickering will undoubtedly be delighted to have his debts canceled In exchange for a life of devotion," I sneered. So you knew the sum the exact amount of these notes. He hasnt served you well' He should have told you that we found them today. "You are not nice, are you. Squire Glenarm, when you are cross? Hut Mr. Pickering wasn't kind not to tell me. Why, I might catch a dreadful cold down here!" She was like Olivia now. I felt the utter futility of attempting to reason with a woman who could become a child at will. She walked up the steps and out into thgx church vestibule. Then before the outer door she spoke with decision. We part here, if you please! And I have not the slightest intention of trying to explain my errand into that passage. Y'ou have Jumped to your own conclusion, which will have to serve you. I advise you not to think very much about it. to the exclusion of more important business, Squire Glenarm!" She lifted the lantern to turn out its light, and it made a glory of her face, but she paused and held it toward me. Pardon me! Y'ou will need this to light you home. "But you must not cross the park alone!" Please be sure to "Good night! close the door to the passage when you go down. You are a dreadfully heeding person, Squire Glenarm. She flung open the outer chapel door and ran along the path toward St. Agatha's. I watched her in the starlight until a bend in the path hid g her figure. Down through the passage I hastened, her lantern lighting my way. At the Door of Bewilderment I closed the opening, setting up the line of wall as we had left it In the afternoon, and then I went back to the library, freshened the fire and brooded before It until Bates came to relieve tne at dawn. 1 swift-movin- CHAPTER XXIII. 1iekTing The sherifT listened respectfully, testing his aims cm top of the wall You. ought to undeistand. Mr Glen-aria- , that ain't the court; I'm the si. enff. ami it's not for me to pass on I've got my orders these questions cud I've got to enforce 'em. and I hope you will not make it necessary for me to use violence The judge said to me, Wo deploie violence in such cases. Those were bis honor's very wonts" ' You may g;w his honor mv compliments and l ell him that we are sorry rot to see tl mgs his way, but tnere are points involved in this business that he doesn't know anything about, and we, unfortunately, have no time to lay them before him." The sheriff s seeming satisfaction with his position on the wall and his disposition to parley had begun to arouse my suspicions, and Larry several times exclaimed impatiently at the absurdity of discussing my affairs with a person whom he insisted on 1 called the caretaker got the law behind "Thai must be whv you're coming in the hack wav." replied 3 l.e thickset man whom I.arry haj ic ullfied as the t Yglish dt lev tive nof came el.oei ant adduced me in swal-lowe- d m 1 high kc v ileu mg a In I man, M hi lur g;ce him Up a in - and t tie Americatf ve r t m You'll get yourself law supports me into trouble if you pi meet that mam You may not understand sir, that he's c ' ouie i h. tonal 1 a very dangV'rous chaiacter" Davidson'" called I.arry, "You'd better keep out of this You now l'tu a bad man with the shlllalah! "That you are, you blackguard!' yelled the officer, so spitefully that we all laughed. I drew back to the boathouse "They are not going to Kill am body if they can help it." remarked Stoddard. "any more than we are Even deputv sheriffs are not tin lied lcxise to do murder, and the Waliana county eomt would u t. if it hadn't been Impeded on hv Pickering, lend itself to A game like this And this business here is oply a private afLur between Picker, ing and the sliei iff " 'Now were in for It" yelled I.arry; and the 12 men, in close order, came miming, across the ice tuwaul the shore. Ol en order .and fall hack slowly toward the benrse," I commanded And we deployed from tin boat house, while the attacking patty still clung together, a strategic error on their side, as Larry assured us Stay together, lads. Don't separate; you'll get lost if you do, he yelled derisively to the enemy. Stoddard bade him keep still, and we soon had our hands full with A "Thanks, Secretary of War Taft and partp sailed for Panama on the naval trana port Pyairie on May 1. Ex President Cleveland, who is ill at Lakewood, N J.. is reported to lie improving dall?. Home Duties. fish story. Former Senator Camden of MarySpeak it;.; almfii hhowers iff fitch." Mrs Gabb brushing ini Oh, Mrs. land is dead at the age of 80, after an id tlii soil-inlooking nature faker Gadd. whv did you leave Silk & Co. s illness of several months 9 hi.-- seal on (ho The Republicans of Maryland have starchtiox, "ro- bargain stoic so early? They've just il Ofi me of the lime vm were nm opened a beautiful bankrupt stock of declared in favor of Secretary Taft' (WHted on an island in the blue !a ribbons Come right hack, quick. candidacy for tire presidency. Mrs Gadd (with a powerful effort at For two hours there was a Fire at Wartoua. . N. M.. wWch for 1 cannot. iff fresh mackerel and, strange self confroll Indeed, I cana time threatened to destroy the ensiv, tii, all dropped Into a salt not, I must help my husband to get tire town, did damage to the amount fcfcon the mountainside That brined dinner N. Y Weekly. of $75,000 ttem Two men were drowned while atAN IMPOSSIBILITY. When the old codgers chorused to run tae rapids in the tempting li uhsou river, near Mile Junction, BU that's not the strangest part Me, in a canoe. d t h sun) Ten davs later a cv clone By a vote of 187 to 42, the house tint along, pit ked up Ihe brined to accept the senate amendrefused S kerel ami chopped them into a hot to ments the naval appropriation bill, srn That boiled them, and, and sent it to conference. Ihe hoiletl finest weie The explosion of a boiler tufee on Ultk-n- l I ou ever lasted thought the British battleship Britannia, durk m noun; hotih lionn to tin folks ing a full speed (rial, Injured five men, four of whom may not ?ecover. Thtre w.i'x a KtitliU n mi Truptiofi k! lix sMtir.t; met) took tin miuuv The report from Tangier that the bandit Hamuli had been assassinated- -' fikffO.KiK ami dm kovl him In Urn bff&etiuuuh- - (.'luvaro lail proves let he untrue. He was by the Flkmes tribesmen, but The Rude Girl. escaped MI K tli.tt svint tlmt Three men, suspected of being the kt to ,ur throumi flquoth the t allow d'ldr . Stephen, Minn., hank dynamiters, have Thtn tii i lit niuiih u r nl been arrested at. Emerson, Manitoba, tih I oUami hirl and taken across to St. Vincent, Minn., Pu! Ihinj? Tn rm ord, and jilaced in Jail. Are fa u. oh, wr rare - 'la ago Pally News. One hundred and forty-eigh- t big loto the hurried comotives are being clothes first, man second. Harilman line's as fast as the Brooks Works of Dunkirk. N. Y., Locomotive vou werent Stay lalght They said home Tried to fool me, but Im not can turn them out. A serious conflict occurred Sunday such a fool as I look. nt Iaija, capital of the province of Miss Wearlo Yes er I mean, no ou couldnt be, or that would be im- Ixija, in the southwest of Ecuador, between soldiers and police. Several possible, don't you know? were wounded on each side. in New AH southerners residing PrcbaETy'6jfe from Them. Bjornsljerue. Itjrnson had Just been York will he Invited soon to attend a christened. meeting, the avowed object of which "We're a Htle curious to know." will he to place a southerner upon said his parents, "what the spelling re- the Democratic national ticket formers will cfb 'when they tackle that Although probably more actively enname. in business than any other gaged Thus far, however, his distinguished Mrs. Hetty name has escaped mutilation. Chica- woman in the country, a telephone. never Green has psed go Tribune She says she has an attendant transmit messages for her. Stated. Succinctly The presidents suggestion looking Visitor I have often heard of your "elevated loop problem. What It It. to legislation authorizing the governOld Resident (who happens to be a ment to make a charge for the use of The problem is how to the water of streams for power purstockholder) the most qlckels out of It with the poses was turned down by the senate get Dolly Have you proj osod to any-oncommittee on commerce. least expenditure of money ou It. yet &ls year? Miss Minnie Cox, a prominent soChicago Tribune. Folly No, lndedtt! I've pit to wait girl of Martin's Ferry, O., died ciety until I (rt my new gown finished. POOR VENUS. last week from a spider bite she re" ceived three days previous. Unnecessary. girls body became terribly 'Swollen "Manna, did you ever notice how and she died la horrible agony Unde Jnper eats? Rev. Dr. Morgan Dlx, rector of Trln-- 1 "No, dear; it is Impolite to watch Ity Protestant pariah since 18G2, and yoor until while he is eating one of New York Citys moat promi"But jiu don't have to watch him, nent clergymenJ? dead at the age manjrna. You can hear hi ft eat." ta.Ut&wux ewYu a "X? M arar-AActf,TrAAuwc' ure, and followed a brief Hineaa. y ' ; - v , He Prescribed. The monthly statement of Ihe pubSingleton I am feeling miserable, lic debt shows that at the close of doctor. I jtant get my mind on my business April 30, 1908, the debt less builness, uy appetite Is gone and I cash in the treasury, amounted to cast sleep, What would you advise $925,167,230, which Is nn Increase as mi to do? i compared with March 30, 1908, of $15, r Dr. Wise Marry the girl. Two dol446,899. A general strike of motormen and lars, please. Chicago Dally News. conductors, employed by the Municipal Police! Traction company, the new holding who Jonesby That Chicago man company, which took over all of the alept two weeks was arrested yesterCleveland, O., street railway lines unday. der the recent peace agreement, apWhat! You did this and never told Smithson What was the charge me before? How careless of you, pears to bo Imminent against him? Sophie Suderman, 8 years of age, Mary. Jonesby Impersonating an officer. was run over and killed nt New HavI thought It didn't matWell, sir, Judge. ter much, as the arms were broken off en, Conn., by an automobile owned by Huntington Smith, a' Yale student, USED TO 8UCH N0I8E. already. whose home Is In SL Louie. The car was occupied by Smith, two other Yale Fast. Working a chauffeur. Yeast They say a fly buzzes Its students and Wheeler of California R. William wings at the rate of 352 times a sechaw netifled the president of his acond. p Crlmsonbeak Well, when 1 hear a ceptance of the assistant secretary-shicommerce of of the department sure buz ring sound 1nL not SlUltfi to Lawrence whether Its a flys wings, or my wife and labor. In succession O. Murray, recently appointed comp-talking. Yonkers Statesman. droller of the currency. The town of Antipolo In the provCommuning. Wayside Warehara Long Wot started ince of; Morong, P. I., with a populahard time, anyway? tion of 3,500, has been practically deTuffold Routt We did, ye ole fool. stroyed by fire. Four hundred houses We was Bufferin with em long fore were burned and hundreds of people anybody else caught em. Chicago sre homeless. .The famous shrine was saved. The fire wa caused by Tribune. llghtnliig. In and Out. Four armed men held up the guards Pinks My sister Is coming out thl who were conveying $18,000 from spring. to pay off W. Welch Va., to Dary, Winks How long wa she sent up United States Coal ft of the employe for? Judge. Coke company. There Is no clue to the robbers, but a sheriffs posse Is WOULD MAKE A HIT. scouring the country In the hope of Jinks Does that woman in the next capturing tbdm. flat annoy you W. W. Goelet, graduate of Dr. by her singing? Blinks No; I'm a Columbia college and traveler, who bookkeeper In a sawmllL Utica Observer. was married to a young society woman of Oakland four month ago, Is Willing to Oblige. In the Berkeley, Cal., city prison, "Ah, Mr. McMlcken, sighed the with the burglary of eight rescharged Widow Hoolihan, sure, an whin me and idence apartment houses In Oakould man doled It left a' big hole In land and Berkeley, me heart, Secretary 8traus of the department "Faith, Mr?. Hoolihan, said Mr. of commerce and labor has been reapMcMlcken, an It's mesilf as is after pointed for another term of six year bavtna blgheart. Would yez moind as one of the American members of takln part avJt t fill up th hole In the permanent court of arbitration at yer own T' Chicago Dally News. The Hague. Secretary Straus was appointed after the death, of the lata. Coldly Considered. President Harrison. "I. sir," remarked the The chairman of the ways and" statesman, was never approached t committee of the house of means with a proposition of In my life. graft resolua Introduced has stives That fact, answered Senator Sorgtion that the committee wit during hum, may be a recognition of your the recess of congress and' gather honesty and then again It may be a reHotel Clerk What's the reason that such Information as it sees fit toward flection on your Influence. Washington Star. . youre going to leave us. Miss De the preparation of a bill for th reSwelle? Are you dissatisfied with the vision of the tariff. service here? Miss Rhoda August Thompson, the Aniong Friends. Patience I hear Peggy'a gone Miss De Swelle Oh. not at all, but last real Daughter of the American for ballooning. the stationery at the Smith house has Revolution, died at her home at Wood.Patrice Indeed! Well, she must be sucha beautiful crest on it and looks bury, Conn., following a paralytic She always looked as If she so much more genteel than yours that stroke. Her father was a drummer hsppfwanted to get her nose up In the air. I've taken rooms there. Chicago Dally boy In the revolutionary army. Mlsa Yonkers Statesman. Thompson was born at Woodstock, News. H. Y In June, 1821. . tall is , te 1 s 1e Move If You Dare, and Plug You with Your Own Gun. calling a constable, to the sheriffs evi- preliminary skirmish. Davidson, the dent annoyance. detective, seemed disgusted at Mor"You, sir, weve got our eye on you, gan's tactics, openly abused the careand you'd better come along peace- taker, and ran ahead of his column, able. Laurance Donovan; the descrip- revolver In hand, bearing down upon tions fits you to a t." Larry, who held our center. You could buy a nice farm with The Englishman's haste was his that reward, couldnt you began undoing. A light fall of snow a few Larry, but at that moment Bates ran days before had gathered In the lit-titoward us, calling loudly. hollows of the wood deceptively. Theyre coming across the lake, The detective plunged Into one of sir, he reported, and instantly the these and fell sprawling on all fours sheriffs head disappeared, and as we a calamity that caused his comrades ran toward the house we heard his to pause uneasily. Larry was upon horse pounding down the road toward his enmy In a flash, wrenched his St. Agathas. pistol away and pulled the man to hi The law be damned. They dont In- feet. tend to come In here by the front door "Ah, Davidson- - Theres many a as a matter of law, said Larry. Pick- slip! Move, if.ypju dare, and Ill plug ering's merely using the sheriff to give you with your own gun. And be respectability to his maneuvers. stood behind the man, using Jtlm as a It was no time for a discussion of shield while Morgan and the rest of motives. We ran across the meadow the army hung near the boat house past the water tower and down to the uncertainly. 4 Far out on the lake we "It's the strategic intellect weve saw"hair a dozen men approaching the captured, general, observed Larry tc Glenarm grounds. They advanced me. You see the American invaders steadily over the light snow that lay were depending on British btalns. upon the ice, one man slightly In adMorgan now acted on the hint we vance and evidently the leader. had furnished him and sent his men Bates. exclaimed "Its Morgan, out as skirmishers. The loss of the And theres Ferguson. detective had undoubtedly staggered Larry chuckled and slapned his the caretaker, and we were slowly rethigh. toward the house, Larry with treating Observe that stocky little devil Just one hand on the collar of his prisbehind the leader. He's my friend oner and the other the regrasping from Scotland Yard. Lads! this Is volver, with which he poked the man really an international affair. frequently In the ribs. We slowly back house to and the "Bates, go continued our retreat, fearing a rush, call at any sign of attack, I ordered. which would have disposed of us easThe sheriffs loose somewhere." ily enough If Morgans company had Is And Pickering directing his shown any fighting spirit. Stoddards forces from afar, remarked Stoddard. presence rather amazed and IntimiI count ten men In Morgan? line, dated them, I think, and I saw nv said Larry, "and the sheriff and his the Invadess kept away from his end deputy make two more. Thats 12, not of the line. We were now far apart, we of know counting Pickering, that over the stumbling on the other side." earth and calling to one another now "Warn them away before they get and then that we might not become much nearer," suggested Stoddard. too widely separated. Davidson did We dont want to hurt people If we not relish his capture by the man he and at this I went to the had followed across the ocean, and can help it, end of the pier. Morgan and his men he attempted once to roar a command were now quite near, and there was no to Morgan. Most of mistaking their Intentions. (TO BE CONTINUED.) them carried guns, the oyiers revolvers and long Ice hooks. Bsnjamlnltes ars About 94 per cent of otherwise nor"Morgan, I called, holding up my hands for a truce, we wish you no mal people use the right hand in prefharm, but if you enter these grounds erence to the left; alz per cent are lefthanded, and It la a curious fact you do so at your peril. of the aiz per cent are They had paused at a, word from that ambidextrous. Portland (Ore.) Jenr Morgan and listened sullenly. "Were all sworn deputy sheriffs, frat- e boat-hous- snow-covere- d Ft. Besieged. It was nine o'clock. We had some breakfast, though 1 believe no one .bad manifested an appetite, and we were cheering ourselves with the Idlest talk possible. Stoddard, who bad been to the chapel for his usual NEWS SUMMARY one-thir- d ' , . rep-resen- - t |