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Show A WARRIOR BOLD. Pv st. nroi;i-r; nATiinonsE, .!.', r .'I'l; Ifi.a V 'I.-ii,.." "Ti ffpli'rr't .- tlr.JaU a ," Jf.,t Co,i," Otpyillht t(,0l. Rlr,.t anl Hmlih. Nan York. MAPrrH tj in. Of course It wail very ftniiitylnr;. Ills cl'-sr ha,) p,me. and. thnt source nf n.ii.i.lntlon liwt, ( liarlln had to turn to something elao In order to latere, la-tere, t himself. A companion In rnlnnry was alongside, along-side, tp to the present Charllo did not know whether ho wetc yi K or old- all he saw was Ihnl a man had been tlioved In ahead of hltn. bo loan.-, I Ills head toward that of his fellow passenger am) excluiuitd In French: 'Monsieur. It seems that we are companion! In nilncry. MlRht t ask your name?" giving his own at the same time. The other did not appear downcast Indeed, ho answered, quite cheerfully: cheerful-ly: '1 am Henri, the Marquis of Mont-pensler, Mont-pensler, a blood relative of Don Carlos of Kpaln." Further conversation was prevented by a gruff demand from on of the guards for alienee. At length th ey drew up to the prison. pris-on. Without ceremony the two prisoner prison-er were hustled Into the Jail. Charlie silently walked Into the dark cell which yawned before him. To have refused would have been folly, fol-ly, since by force he would doubtless hav been thrown ottr th threshold. thresh-old. Ah! he might be worse off. Ills rlfrir caa atlll held a few choir weeds, such as appeal most strongly to th heart of th confirmed ttnoker. Ho he hastened to aecuro a cigar. Next came a match. As he struck this latter and a light sprang into existence he beard an exclamation, ex-clamation, and remembered he had a comrade in misery. Ho saw a young chap with a resolute reso-lute far. There was more of an American look about him than European, Euro-pean, and yet Charllo remembered having heard him give the name ol Ciulseppo llrlgnoll, as thu nth he were an Italian. "Pardon, comrade," Charlie aald In French. "Allow me to light my weed, elnee matches are scarce and then I shall offer you a clxar," with which he proceeded to put hla word Into executlou. "Thanks awfully, but 1 don't smoke." said Uie other laeoulcally in the best of Kngllsh. The match expired uefor Charlie could get another look at hla comrade. llut he knew hla first suspicion was true the young fellow came of An-lo-eiaiantl toc-k, and aacf aaemmed sua, Italian name In ordur to keop his own from disgiace or from some other reason. rea-son. They might exchange confidence while trying to pass away the long hours, or at loast cngago lu social discourse. dis-course. "Pardon me agnln, air, but ran yon spare a couple of miitibesT" asked tho other. "Ilnlf a-doren, at your service." "Thanka. They may anrve my end well and yours In the bargain." Charlie's ruroslty flashed up. What did tho other mn to do? Waa be desperate enough to think of sotting the prison on lire! Nonsense! There w aa not one chance In a million of accomplishing such a thing to men shut up here In this grimy dungeon. Nevertheless, he knew that nothing waa ever accomplished without effort, and that often a capricious fortune aids those who help themselves. A cursory examination of their dun-goon dun-goon revealed a startling, yet cheering, cheer-ing, fact Under the boards the youngsters discovered a tunnel. When the flat atone wa lifted up, behold! an opening yawned below. The youth gave thank lo hla peculiar pe-culiar way, and wlthuut much more ado Jumped Into the breach. "I shall return, comrudo," he laid. And Charlie believed him. He sat there smoking his cigar and feeding the flames with blta of the splintered planking. Minutes passed. Evidently bis companion waa making mak-ing qulto a tour umlur the prison flooring. At lust there wns a movement, and a head appeared above the atone flagging. flag-ging. "(live me a hand, please." Charlie knew from the look of triumph tri-umph upon his fine that the other waa decidedly pleased with what he had discovered. "In luck, eh?" he hazarded. "The best III the world. Borne good chap In the past has made a tunnel all but breaking through. I did that part while I was gono. In fact, to tell you the truth, I've been under the starlight." "Outside the prison walls?" Incredulously, Incred-ulously, "Yee. When 1 tapped the end of the tunnel I found It ram up In an old wagon yard somo ten feet or more beyond the outer walln. Put I suppose we nilpht as well go." "Then good by. my dear fellow." "Hut you will share my eiicapo. We don't separate yet, you know." "I'm not going." "Not golnr? You prefer to remain In this accursed hole, when freed, ,rn of-fors? of-fors? Come, you are loklug, sir." "Oh, no. You sen If 1 crawl, "1 out of hero 1 would, by implication, aMuiH my connection with llioao whom i;aron Poterhoff has hauled In. Kcing Innocent, Inno-cent, I shall alt hero until he comes ..: .. L i b.g my p;ir,l,in and pMSinnlly ro.i-tnr ro.i-tnr me to freedom" Tle yminr-.ter looked at him with Kl n -111- a, r,. I i. your rplrll." he snld. "Vi'ik'A v,,u mind .baking hands wlt'i ::," "'I III be a i Vv lire on my pirt." A tut they rxchaiii'pil a vvaitn grip. "1 hnjio y.n tuny meet n.'tlin. Let tun Pve ret, mv r.,,,1 Who knows what ft are dinm.. may d:!lt lis tom-U'cr ar" 0. Who irii iav inui -r what en, II-Ik" II-Ik" may rum... blether ni'aiii?" Who In,!,- ..it ""h of Ihem would halo been fhl tied v,nii nmior could thev have even ru,.,,,.,! (tie truth, but tho veil of "it future mer, Itu'ly hid that from ato'lal ken. Aontljor hearty Anrtlo .axon band-ihrHis. band-ihrHis. then the otim;ilcr dropped H'o the hole. t'hsrlis made as comfortable a sent It ws possible from some of the old Blanks and kept the tiro going with frai toents. 1 I'Jt doR-rees his thought came tro'itul araln to hla late companion. w" no rememoereii inai aa yi-i no lid lot even know the other a true asmt, Vktre waa tha card? Ah, Just whore hs bad thrust It, and, bending down, b read the name by the flickering lltht of hla Or. Teo it dawned upon him why h tad felt aurh a singular Interest In to fining fellow, and why he had deerat'd his features familiar, yet amis' not grasp thn tangible substance for tho name, written boldly, waa. AI.KXANDKH IIKA.ND. litre then was the most remarkable coincidence In th whole course of his vsr.ad experiences. There could he no mistake. This young fellow bore some rela-tlontti'p-that of brother or cousin, perlups lo Arline, H had her name, and there was a strong family re.umhlanre lu their facet. Thtre must bo a aense of awe In the nnlltailon thnt ono la a mere puppet pup-pet ll the hands of destinythat the power which son, Is unnumbered win Ids whlrllug thiourh spare in their exact orbits, without danger of col-11 col-11 Ion, or of tho sllithteit change In their course, can condescend to aurter-Interal aurter-Interal such a small thing aa the welfare wel-fare af one puny human Hie. Clitrlle pondered upon the matter a long time. Tain, before ho know It, ho fell aal, dettplla his hard seat ami uia determination to remain on guard. Warn ho awoko ho was stilt and ore. A lit lit gleamed In his cyo It was the tinder innkln; th round with brend and wnter. Wtan tho gruff man held up the light In order to view the confines of of tin dungeon, nnd beheld only Charlie sealed there and blinking Ilk an oil, ho was much amazed. Hu demanded to know whore the olhr yrlauvrvr bs.d bAiUlita hiuiaailf. . Civirba ualinly , linteil to the bole still tnroverad by th slab of stone. "Oh! he's gone out for a walk," he ssld, coolly. The man began to grasp the situation, situa-tion, and when Vi could move, h sprang to the doot of th duugeon to bawl for assistance, Several other wardena cam taiuhllng Into the rc'4. Then ensued a gmt powwow of lNtcu phrnr.i's, while Charlie yuwncd acd stretched himself. Then cam the commandant, "How did this happen?" he demanded. "Well, you see, he had an appointment, appoint-ment, and did not wish to break bis tmiugcmenL" "Hut you, meln hcrr; how is It you remain? Do you Ilk this residence so well?" grimly. "I told you Inst night, or attempted to, that I waa an Innocent parly that Baron Peterboff was my friend that oy arrest, under th circumstances, was an outrage-, and hones I utterly refused to leave this place until you and th baron bad humbly begged my pardon. Indeed, I am not sure but that I will Insist on remaining her until the English, consul comes to Bee me and take action against your miserable mis-erable government lor treating me, a British subject. In this disgraceful wsy." Just aa be had expected, his manner awed the fiery commandant, who feared trouble. He began to wblne at onco, and expressed ex-pressed hla rgret that any mistake ihould have occurred. Burely meln heir must hold him blameless, since he had only done bis duty In the premises. prem-ises. It waa not given to htm to Investigate In-vestigate when tho all-powerful Huron Peterholf brought In political prisoners with order to bold them securely. Would meln berr be pleased to go with 111 in to bis offlr. where he could be more oomfortable, and there await the earning of th baron, who would with a word aet hltn free? But meln berr was obstinate. The baron must come to him. As Paul and Silas, In days of yore, made the governor unbend hi dignity and come to plead with them to go away, so Charlie meant to keep hold of hi advantage. Bo the commandant went away. Charlie was still smoking, with one of the keepers for company, and tho door of hla cell wide open, when voices were heard In the corridor. Then entered the baron. The great man looked both dlHturbi d and amused. Ho hnd heard the aniax-Intr aniax-Intr story of the commandant, and sifted the wheat from tho chaff, so that ho had a pretty fair Idea as to tho truth. lie marched straight up to Charlie nnd stretched out hit hand. "Mv most allied npoloifles, my denr boy, for what has huppened. It was a .. . ; ' r ir.in-ri.tile mlstnka. on my part Ilium you will forgive me." he ssld. t'haillo saw bo was sincere, sr.d as 1 1. : n t .1-nation pass, I away ho unbent bis dignity. "lio n yon know It was Ml.s Arlln Ilrnnd, nnd not the Countess Isolde, Minim I iin!tid 1 1 1 1 a carriage, at the aieen?" be ake,l, eacerly, deter-tnli'id deter-tnli'id to put his tears to the test, Yea: she haa ensured me she never saw you, save at a distance." rolurned the baron. Then II Is all rlrht. Now I am ready It) leave here and go out wllh you baron," be said, stnillnir. "To breakfast with me. 1 hope." Chnrlle hisltated. True, be anticipated more or lea pleasure in bis coming Interview with Arllne. There would be much to hear, and some surprising things lo tell on bis part. llut these would keep a little longer; besides. It Is sometimes exceedingly pleasant: to anticipate a feast. lie had something which he wished to relate to the baron, seeking In return re-turn hla advice and material aid. length of contemplating; crime. In order to secure wenlth, aa the ao-ealled Capt. Hrand and hla confrere had certainly done when they purposely abandoned tho young girl among these awful passagea amid the HI eon dungeons, It was time the stern arm nf the law waa Invoked In order to bring them up with a round turn. And to whom could he go with a better show of result than to th baron? Ho, arm In arm, Charlie and Baron prmetruls Peterholf anuntored out of the prison. It was about eight In the morning. Charlie could Imagine th young fellow fel-low standing on th deck of th Tassel Tas-sel hound for Imndon. and snapping his fingers at the baron's dragnet. He waa determined not to give th slightest clew to his companion concerning con-cerning Alexsnder Hrand, hla plans or present whereiibnuts. A vehicle stood near. Into this Charlie was shown; the baron followed, and presently they drew up before a palatial abode, where the widower baron resided In great atyle. as became a man nf hla Immtnt nienna. And over the elaborate breakfast Charlie found a chance to spin his Utile story, the baron proving greatly Interested, as the sparklo In bis eye attested. lie couiu reaii i nnriie a secret na easily as thouch the other cnrrled th story on his brow. "You have done excellently, Charlie, my boy." be said, finally; "but It I Just as well you ssk my asslstnnr In unmasking this unholy fisud. He and hla unprincipled accomplice might he too much for you. licpend upon It, I shall tear the mask from bis face, and that right speedily." I (To be continued.) " |