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THE ARUS. SATURDAY, lARCII 10, 1906. 13 - head.' Bunny, If you remember, and not where yon are. l n retcn you a arm In half such an excellent cause." and a dec chair, and yon shan't . cpmf Raffles touched all his pockets In his down till you feel more fit. turn, the pockets that contained a small " And I let Mm .have his way I will fortune am'ece. and he smiled In my not say as usual, tor I had even less fa-e as we croaked the-lighted avenues of the XIall. .Next moment he was hall . log: a hansom for I suppose I was still pretty pale-and not a word .would he letme speak until we bad alighted .as near ns was prudent to the flat. What a brute I've been. Bunny!" he whimpered then. -But you take half the swag, 'old ' boy. and right well yon'ye earned It. So,- we'll in by the.wronjc door and over the roof. It's too; Jate for old Theobald to bo still at the p'ay and too early for him to be afely in his cups.. So. we climbed the many stairs with citlike' stealth and like cats crept out upon the grimy leads. But tonight tbejr.were no blacker than their canopy of sky.' Not a chimney stack stood out arainst the starless night. One had to f t-el. one's way in order to avoid trip ping, over the low parapets of , the I shaped wells that ran from roof to basement to light the inner rooms. One of these wells was spanned by a flimsy bridge with. Iron handrails that felt warm to the touch as Raflles led the Rafffcs htopjKd, hit candle held on hight u folding chair under the other arttu way-.' across. A hotter ' and a closer night I have never known. "The flat will be. like an . oven, I grumbled at the head, of our own stair case. "Then-we won't go down,: said Raf fles promptly. "We'll slack it up here for a bit instead. : No, Bunny.; you star Cow Coaf Pcoplo aro Mo to Hoar Soaxid llagnifiers Invented a KentuckUn. by InrliMe, -When Worn, but Like Eye-Glaises. Act ever see a pair of Sound kfsgnlflers? They eao eottin eke mti on can't teU they are wearlne toeaa. - And. MOMtlnem Ian either, bscanwethsy are net of slant wbea worn. Wilson' Ear DniM ere to we hearing wtiatspecpjclee are to weak sight ' tlecni . they are eoaDd-magnlflers, lost aa I are aUtat-maanUlera. Tbey reet tee Bar Herrea by taklof tfaa train off bees the strain of trains to bear dlmaoaada. They sea be aot Into the ear a, or taken oat. In a mlnnta. Job aa eoaa fortabiy aa peccaries see be ant cm and off. And. the? can be worn for weeks at a time, be eaoee tney ere veetOaced. aadsaaoft" fea aaavear kotos tbey are not San eeoW'Wnen the on the pillow. They also pro set any raw Inner parte of mi ear from wtnd or cold, etast, or sodden aad plerdna Tbe principal of tk Rttle tetephnoee la to make it aa practical for a deaf eeieon to Mar seek aonnds aa VecMeaaa make t eeay to read rteprto. And, I Iff. - . ... M m than my normal power of resistance that night. That villainous upper cut! My bead still sang and. throbbed as I seated myself on one of tbe aforesaid parapets and buried it in my hot haudav Nor was tbe night one to dispel a bead ache. There was -distinct -thunder In the air. Thus I sat in a heap and brooded over my misadventure, a pret ty figure of a subordinate villain, until the step came for which I waited, and it never struck me that it came from the wrong direction. "You nave been quick, sdfd I simply. Yes, hissed a voice I recognised, "and you've got to be qalcker still! Here, out with your wrist no, one at a time and ' if yon utter a syllable you're a dead man!" It was Lord Ernest Belville. His close cropped iron gray mustache gleamed through the darkness, drawn up over his set teeth. In his hand glit tered a pair of handcuffs, and before I knew it one bad snapped its jaws about my right wrist. "Now come this way, said Lord Er nest, showing me a revolver. also, "and wait for your friend. And, recollect. single syllable of warning will be your death!" With that the ruffian led me to tbe very bridge I bad just crossed at Raffles heels and handcuffed me to tbe iron rail midway across the chasm, it no longer felt warnt'to my touch, but icy as the blood in all my veins, So this highborn hypocrite had beat en us at.our game and his,' and Raffles bad met bis match at last! That was tbe most intolerable thought that Raf fles should be" down in the flat on my account and that I could not warn him of his impending fate, for bow was it possible without making Buch an out cry as should bring the mansions about our ears? And there I shivered on that wretched plank, chained like Androme da; to the rock, with a black infinity above and below. . And before my eyes, now- grown familiar with tbe pe culiar darkness, stood Lord Ernest Bel vine, waiting for. Raffles to emerge with full bands and . nnsuspectlug heart Taken so horribly unawares, even Raffles must fall an easy prey to a desperado in resource and -courage scarcely second to himself, but one whom be had fatally underrated from the beginning. N,o,t that I paused to think -how the thing had happened: my one concern was for what was to hap pen next Ana wnat aid Happen was worse than my worst. foreboding, for firsts light came flickering into tbe sort .of companion hatch at the head of the stairs, and finally Raffles In bis shirt sleeves! He was not only carrying candle to put the finishing touch to him as a target; be had dispensed with coat and waistcoat downstairs and was. at once full handed and unarmed. Where are you. old chap """he cried softly, himself blinded" by the light he carried, and be advanced a couple of steps toward Belrille. "This isn't you, is itr And Raffles stopped; Jiis candle beld on bigtva. folding chair under. tbe other arm. " " No, I am not:yonr friend." replied Lord Ernest easily, "but kindly remain standing-exactly where yon are, and don't lower that candle an. inch unless you want. your brains blown into, the street. . . . Raffle said never A word, font; for Ji moment 41d as he was -bid. and the un shaken .flame ,of the candle was testi mony alike to tbe stillness - of the night ami to .the finest- set of nerves In Europe. Tben to ray. horror, be coolly stooped, placing -candle -and chair .on the lends And bis hands in bis pockets, as though It .were but a popgun - that covered blm. ; .' ' : ' "WJty ddnt fon shoot T: he asked In solently as he; rose. "Frightened of the noise? I should be. too. -with an old pattern machine like that All very well ;or; service In the jQeld, but n the housetops at dead'of night" ! shall shoot, however," replied Lord Ernest as quietly ' iu -bis turu and with less iusolence, "and chance the noise unless you instantly . restore my .proper ty. -I anj.jrtadrou don't "dispute the last word Jxe-xuitinued.afte.r. a slight pause. "There; is no keener .honor than that .which subsists r .ought to subsist among thieves, and I need iiardly say that I soon spotted-you as one of tbe fraternity not in the beginning, mind you! For the moment I'did .think you l were one of these smart detectives jumped f to life 'from'' some sixpenny magazine. But to preserve the illusion you ought r to provide yourself with a worthier lieutenant It was he who gave your .show away," chuckled the wretch dropping. for, a moment the af fected style of speech which seemed in tended to -enhance, our humiliation. "Smart detectives don't go about with little Innocents to assist them. You needn't be anxious- about bun, by the j way. It wasn't,, necessary to pitch him imo mo sireeu lie is 10 . ue seen, though not beard, - if you look In the right direction. Nor must you put all It was not ne, on yoawqo ,maue bo sure tuai 1 1 had .got out by the window, pars tnsta taw atornie bear er sbonld crow, ranee they rest i, sod strn tn--a the ear netiee. To rest a ask ear frost straining la nke reetlor a strained wrist from worklnc. WUeoa's Zr Drrjms reet the Ear sTsrres by aaakln t tbe aoaix) loader, ear tt la easy to anderstand w 11 hoot w-rhia and atralnlns. They make Beef sample, ebeerf ai aad comfortable, beeaaoe snca penete ean talk with their friends without tbe friends JksMac to shoot back at them. They can bear with at stcalnfn. It Is the etralnlas. that pnta such S eajawv ankloaa look oa the face of a deaf person. a . . ' WUaona Ear Prsmi make ail tbe aonnd ruiks sardonrtaeetiterortn human ear drum. Instead nfaorMlin tt wrakl ail over tbe surface. Itthna 3kea.tbai)ter of Ibe human ear dram tlbrate ten I .... hlamo nrvn rotir fHsnd ts aarnnch aa If tho same sound strne tbe wbola ID D1me PQn JOUr iriena. Omni betiT Itis this TlbraOon of the ear dram that aarrteaaoand talks bearins Merrea. When we make Ska dram ' eibrata ten times as modr we make the ancndUtaa ttatsssa load and tea Umea as saay to eoderataod. -' Deafness, from aay eaaaa. ; ear-acbe, bozsln nyHsas-la tho bead, raw and ronnla- ears, broken ar-draa, aad other ear troubles, era tattered and cored by tho nt of tbeea comfortable litUa ear rasters and sound luaaniQera. . A aeaaibia book, about Haafnaw. tens bow they are made, and haa printed latt totters from baodred f people woo arw aatnc them. ; , Clergymen, lXanryara, - rtirslclaaa. TetewrapT Operatota. Tralnjnn. Workers rn-Boiler 8bopaan4 aqnWtea . -ftiar bamdred psoplo of an ranks wba ware Ieaf.keU-tbar eperiue i tkla free book, tkar tU now their baarloff w , rrawfht back to them arrsnat InabMiUy. by ttiptr9aof WUsopp larDwa. ' Soma of tneaa rary ytm mj Kra near yoo nod be watt known to. yoa. vjthava tosayki Hchty stroor proof. - That book baa bean tho m aaa Of -eUwrta tbow ill of Paafaaopm.' Itwlh am aaaflax fraatoyonlf irm merely write a puataarrt.' T IttodMr. Don't pot wtt retMp back ynor hw-nD". Writs Pfliw. wjjlla you aMnk onV t.tbtra.Brv Jof any t. - wim.wltoBWtav.TwWiiaoabar DramOa r add ahUbflad. JjanimrX Kx. ail You see, tbe time, I was in my. bathroom with tbe door open. ' . The bathroom, eh? Raffles echoed. , with. prof essipnal interest 'tAnd you followed .ns on foot aero, .-hic jtarkT "Of course. ... "And then into a cab?" --. "And afterward on t ootjetnee iHaore." "Tho simplest skeleton-WjQyldet you in down below. j I saw the Jowjsr Jtalf .of Lord-Ernest's I face: grinntaKirtfOwbtufj set between them on til ground, j "You fpllow rrery-morp.'':-aald;he. Thefi:in..be:.TO.dQql?tyonia7;eine of ..the fraternity, and I shouldn't wooder , if we had: formed our style upon-tbe same model. Ever know-A. J. Baffles? The abrupt question took my breath away, tut Raffles himself did not lose an instant over his answer. 'Intimately, said he. ' That accounts for you, then, bmjb ed Lord Ernest, "as it does for me. though I never bad the honor of the master's acquaintance. Nor is it for me to say which . Is the worthier dis ciple. Terbaps, bovver, now that your friend is. hPnlcurw? inmidair :and you" yourself re1 aVniy" Bwrcy; yon will concede me some little temporary advantage?" And bis face split in another grin from the cropped mustache downward, as I aw no looser r by candlelight, but by a flash of lightning which tore the sky In two before Raffles could reply. "You have the tulge at present." ad mitted Raffles, "hut you have still '.to lay hold upon your. Or our, ill gotten goods. To shoot me Is not necessarily to do so. To bring eitber one of us to a violent end Is only to court a yet more violent and infinitely wore dis graceful one for yourself. Family con siderations alone should rule that risk out of your game. Now, an hour or two ago, when the exact opposite" The remainder of Raffles' speech was drowned from my cars by the belated crash of thunder which the lightning had foretold. 80 loud, however, was the crash when it came that tbe storm was evidently approaching us at a bih velocity. Yet, as the last echo ruubfed away, I heard Raffles talking as though he had never stopped. ' "Yon offered us n share," he was say ing. "Unless you mean to murder us both In cold blood it will be worth your while to repeat the offer. We should be dangerous enemies. You had far better make the best of us as friends." "Lead tbe way to your flat," ' said Lord Ernest, with a flourish of his service revolver, "and perhaps we may talk about it. It Is for me to make the terms, I. Imagine, and, in the first place, I am not going to get wet to the skin up here." The rain was beginning in great drops even as be spoke and by a sec ond flash of lightning I saw Raffles pointing to me. ' "But what about my friend?" said he. And then came the second peal. "Oh. he's all right," the great brute replied. "Do him good. You don't catch me letting myself in for two to one." "You will find it equally difficult." rejoined Raffles, "to Induce me to leave my friend to the mercy of n night like this, lie has not recovered from the blow you struck him in your own rooms. I am not such a fool as to blame you for that, but you are a worse sportsman than I take you for If you think of leaving blm where he is. If he stays, however, so do I." And Just as it ceased Raffles' voice seemed distinctly nearer to me, but in tbe darkness and the rain, which was now as heavy as hail, I could see noth ing clearly. The rain had already ex tinguished tbe candle. I heard an oath from Belville, a laugh from Raffles, and for a second that was all. Raffles was coming to me, and tbe other could not even see to fire. That was all I knew in the pitchy interval of invisible rain before the next crash and the next flash. And then! This time they came together, and not till my dying hour shall I forget S3 ID put "ID 1 Frame Picture Series with CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUN The World's Greatest Newspaper Marck 11th -"Blowing Bubbles" March 18th" Saved" March 25tji " Helping Hand " The most beautiful Colored Art Supplements ever presented Do not fail to cut out the frame uiy's bodv far lolow, - with one white baud spread like a starfish, but the head of him mercifully twisted under neutli. - . "it was his own fault. Bunny. Poor devil! May he and all of us be forgiv en. But pull yourself together for your own sake. Well, you can't fall; stay where you are a minute." I remember the uproar of the ele ments while Raflles. was gone. No oth er sound mindful with it not the nipii the sight that the lightning 1H: and the j !nK of a sIngle wia0w. not the uplift inunaw appiauuea. Karnes was on one Jmj of a . single voice. Then came Raf- 01 me parapets 01 me guir .mat my footbridge spanned, and in the sudden illumination . he stepped across it as ne might across a garden path. The width was scarcely greater, but the depth! In the sudden flare I saw to tbe concrete bottom of the well, and It looked no larger than the hollow of my band. Raffles was laughing in my ear. lie bad the Iron railing fast it was between us but his foothold was as secure as mine. Lord Ernest Bel ville. on the contrary, was a fifth of a second late for tbe light and half a foot short In his spring. .Something struck our bridge plank so hard as to set it quivering like a baqp string. There was half a gasp and halt ajsob in mid air beneath .our feet and then a .sound far below that I prefer not to describe. am not sure that I could hit upon the perfect simile. It is more than enough for me that I can hear it still. And fles with soap and water, and the gyve was wheedled from one wrist as you withdraw a ring for which the finger has grown too large. Of the rest I only remember shivering till morning In a pitch dark flat whose Invalid occupier was for once the nurse and I his pa tient. And that Is the true ending of the episode, in which .we two set ourselves to catch one of our own kidney, albeit in another place I have shirked the whole truth. It Is not , a grateful task to show Raffles as completely at fault as be really was on that occasion, nor do I derive any subtle .satisfaction from recounting my own twofold hu miliation or from having assisted never so indirectly in the death of a not un congenial sinner. 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