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"H—illy. Br B'rwadali. yon are «■
ornpig yovr imaptauior to a pom:
■Bjw- words uiumatelv must tail yoa.~.
she ss.c «wr> positively Booth could
tertir repress a cfaackie
“It's not imagination cm nay part,"
•aid Basil* with conviction, tailing ut
ter f to recognise the obvious. *1 sup
pa** nw know that be is coming over
to v»ii or for sit weeks or sc. We be
came rattling good friend* before we
parted By Jove, you sbiaid bear him
on old Lord Murgatroy ds will! The
quintessence of artt* I couldn't take it
as be does Expectation* and all that
sort of thing, yon know, going op like
a hot air balloon and birsung in plain
view Put be never squeaked. Laughed
it off British attribute, 1 dare say
1 suppose you know that be is obliged
to sell his estate in lr-land?”
He i ?- started. She could not con
ceal the look of shame that leaped in
to her eyes.
"I—! did not know 'she murmured.
“Must be quite a -hock to you. Sit
down. Brandy. You look very pictur
esque standing, but chairs were made
to »tt upon—or in. whichever 1* proper.
Booth shrugged his shoulders.
“I think I'll Aland. If you don't mind.
Let '
•
"! merely suggested it, old chap,
fourtag you might have overlooked the
possibilities Yea. Mlsu Castleton. he
left u* IB London to go up to Belfast
on this dismal business " There was
• tae'bit.g to the bacK of his tnitid that
be was trying to get at in a tactful
mistier “By tbe way. is this property
e« tailed T"
I know noth og at all about it. Mr.
\t rac<lail.“ said she. with a pleading
giaaee at tier lover, as If to Inquire
•bat stand sbe should take in this die
trees.n* situation.
“If it is entailed he can’t sell it.”
Said Booth Quietly.
“That • true," said Leslie, some
what dubiously. Then, with a wag
fcsxumity that covered a multiude ot
doubts be added “Of course. 1 am
only is terosted la seeing that you ate
property protected. Miss t'astletou.
In m doubt you bold an Interest in
tbe estate*''
“I can't very well discuss a thing I
knee absolutely aotbuag about.” she
Said sore tartly
Mow* of It Is te building lots and
lutsrtw to Beltast. of coutso It was
«u*w to tbs nature of a Question than
a declaration 'The oM tutatty castle
bat very tsstb of an asset. I take It.”
”1 fancy you raa trust t'vdooel Ow
tlnoa *e make tbe best fxwaible deal
in tbs premaea.'' onto townh drily.
”t tuppoer so,' tski tbe Klet re
utgu» dly He ts a shrewd beggnr. I'm
cuuvtaeed of that Strange, levvirt,
that I bare* t heard a wwd Cnu bun
owes be baft tv to bonbon Tee been
apectat* a cablegram from turn every
bay tor nearly a fortnight. lotting ate
>**w ■boa «n expect kta*
' Are you going to Cal.Mvrnia ibis
■tutor tor tbe *>tag*"' asked Hetty .
ttorw watched at da; j«*etvre. and
to? all sat dawa to tastes for half an
bc^r to Leslie's harangue oa tbe way
tbr OaUtoraia meet was being mis
managed. U tbe «ad of wbtcb be de
nm iaou nooin away w:u: lum. reach
to that posse mas's disgust
-Ifo you know. Brandy, old follow."
said he as they walked down Fifth are
nar is the gntfcer.bg dusk ol the early
water evening. 'ever site* I've begun
te vwepeel that damned old humbug ol
s father of bora. I've been congratu
ht«s myself that there isn’t the re
amoewt chance ol bis ever becoming
my lather-ta-law. And. by George.
pnsU !*ev~r know bow near I was to
matta; blindly into the brambles,
a e>we call I had!"
Booth's sarcastic snu!e was hidden
*T the dusk. He made no pretense of
y rnemiag the meanuess of
hpi-'a that moved Leslie Lo these cad
•at- remarks. He merely announced
M a ary. ratling voice
*T think Mat Castieton is to he con
^nuilafel that her injury is no greater
•Bar. aatarw made it tn the beginning."
“Wont do you mean by naturbT “
"Xatar* gave her a lather, didn’t
*r
UhTMisly.”
“WatL why add insult to injury?"
“By Jet! Cl 1 say. old man!"
_ They parted at the nest corner. As
Bmrtb S _rted to crons over to the
Hasa. Leslie called out after him:
"I a»y Brandy, jost a second, please,
hew yew going to marry Miss Castle
'
I mtrart the scurvy things 1
! asked her to marry
1 m4 she refnst d me
What i said about the
> cotton I'd ask her again
•he’s have an. There you
fellow. I’m s rotten end. bat
Jaw the same."
.- said Booth,
the other held out to
was dining at his
be was
Watson was
Hs said that Mrs. Wran
if Mr. Booth
her for a few min
. "to discuss s very
_ tf yea please, air."
o clock. Booth was la Sara's
la the character of
Be* tor Mb
•Ban ^ _ a4 »■■■ 'I $ ij
gfcirfej >f v';1 Vtj, Jfjjp- As - 41
«■**”’ i» said ter. sruBeitaif **£
TmiDeiest- opgimssesS inn. J*ss tte sum
jSte *stte Mflte finals de
wde* m—to te ynwr state. Brannoc. 8
«ud 1 tiat *«*»£ ye* Bar we «r trjwt
flays more in itefc TO decide.. 3t
•««■* TO oegresf ber. She said shs
did®*t see bow sbe conic give me up,
w® to you She warns J^be near
me always. It is—It is really tragic,
Brandon."
He took ber hands in his.
"We can fix that," said he confident
ly "Sara can live with us if she feels
hat way about it. Our home sha): be
hers when she likes, and as long as
she chooses It mill be open TO ber ail
the time,- TO come and go or to stay,
just as she elects. Isn't that the way
to put it?”
“I suggested something of the sort,
but she wasn't very much impressed.
Indeed, she appeared to be somewhat
yes, I could not have been mistaken
—somewhat harsh and terrified when
1 spoke of it. Afterwards she was
more reasonable. She thanked me and
—there were tears in her eyes at the
time—and said she would think it
over. All she asks ie that I may be
happy and free and untroubled all the
rest of my life. This was before din
ner. At dinner she appeared to be
brooding over something. When we
left the table she took me to her room
and said that Bbe had come to an im
portant decision. Then she instructed
Watson to find you if possible.”
" 'Gad. it’s all very upsetting,” he
said, shaking his head.
”1 think her conscience is troubling
her. She hates the Wrandalls, but 1—
1 Jon't know why I should feel as I
•lo about it—but I believe 6he wants
'hem to know!”
He stared for a moment, and then
his face brightened. "And so do I, Het
ty. so do I! They ought to know!”
”1 should feel so much easier if the
whole world knew,” said she earnestly.
Sara heard the girl's words as she
stood In the door. She came forward
with a strange—even abashed—smile,
alter closing the door behind her.
"1 don't agree with you, dearest,
when you say that the world should
know, but 1 have come to the conclu
sion that you should be tried and ac
quitted by a Jury made up of Challis
Wrandall s own flesh and blood. The
Wrandalls must know the truth."
CHAPTER XXI.
Th» Jury of Four.
The WraniUlW oat waiting and won
dering They had been sent for and
they had deigned to reapond. much to
their own surprise. Kedtuoud Wran
datl occupied a place at the head of
the library table At bis right mx hi#
i w»fe Vivian and Leslie. by direction.
uw*h *e*u at the aide of the long table,
which had been cleared of tin sue* of
1'W'i.e and taagaainen Lawyer Car
; roll was at the other end of Ihe table,
perwpubly nerwaa and anxious. Mot
iy sat a little apart from the others, a
r ather forlorn, detached member of the
conclave llrardon (tooth, pale-faced
and alert, drew up a chair alongside
i Oarrott, facing Sara who alone re
mained standing, directly opposite the
four XCrandalls.
Not one of the Wrandalls knew why
•hey a« a family, were there They
bad not the slightest premonition of
what was to oome
The Wrandalls had been routed
| from their comfortable fireside—for
what? They were asking the question
•
The Wrandalls Leaned Forward in
Their Chairs.
; of themselves and they were waiting
stonily for the answer.
"It is very stuffy in here.” Vivian
had said with a glance at the closed
doors after Sara had successfully
placed her Jury in the box.
"Keep still, Viv,” whispered Leslie,
with a fine assumption of awe. “It’s a
spiritualistic meeting. You'll scare
the spooks away.”
It was at this juncture that 'Sara
rose from her chair and faced them,
as calmly, as complacently as if she
were about to ask them to proceed to
the dining-room instead of to throw a
bomb into their midst that would shat
ter their smug serenity for all time to
come. With a glance at Mr. Carroll
she began, clearly, firmly and without
a prefatory apology for what was to
follow.
**1 have asked you to come here to
night to be my judges. I mm on trial.
You are about to hear the story of my
unspeakable perfidy. I only require of
you that you hear me to the end be
fore passing judgment.”
At her words, Hetty and Booth start
ed perceptibly; a quick glance passed
between them, as U each was Inquir
ing whether the other had caught the
rra-Tr words 9f Seit-dSOJl.tabfOC.
A puaxixil Sima inpwrrd ue H•eoy's
Ins.
-rerttrr asterswmf 3Cr, VxamMK.
Ht» wuflefe *ijp«suat wtaagwi Sum
«sx <*f Sorwf jufUfttruocx » sitary *
<Cuxv Lusib# reiser Jt 5kx see it
igocitg a cVgaratafe
* t&w xubiaxc >#car 3 <nw war
msabt'” sabi Sara, ”1 siaX aw- *s ktrixC
as- ytnss-iiuf 3t safang tax ossw. Mr
Wwaxal Y®t wit jw ■unaun.itf aa
bear Tbs; I Lav* tskwr *: xgwr jrysxdt
as Ttx wl¥r of CSalbs WntnduL and
as I repsrfi *. Ux «tx muxs vlteRy
roncercxxl if nor Jntersetec in Tlx da*
crvwiy and ran-xhinent «f tix person
who took bis life—-I say 1 haw taken
U upon myself to AitM, protect and
defend the unhappy young woman who
accompanied him to Burton's inn on
that night In March. She has had my
constant, my personal protection for
more than twenty months.”
The Wrandalls leaned forward in
their chairs. The match burned Les
lie’s fingers, and he dropped it without
appearing to notice the pain.
"What is this you are saying?” de
manded Redmond Wrandall.
"When I left the inn that night, after
seeing my husband’s body in the little
upstairs room, I said to myself that
the one who took his life had unwit
tingly done me a service. He was my
husband; I loved him, I adored him.
To the end of my days 1 could have
gone on loving him in spite of the
cruel return he gave for my love and
loyalty. I shall not attempt to tell
you of the countless lapses of fidelity
on his part. You would not believe me.
But he always came back to me with
the pitiful love he had for me, and 1
forgave him his transgressions. These
things you know. He confessed many
things to you, Mr. Wrandall. He
humbled himself to me. Perhaps you
will recall that I never complained to
you of him. What rancor I had was
always directed toward you, hte fam
ily, who would see no wrong in your
king but looked upon me as dirt be
neath his feet. There were moments
when I could have slain him with my
own hands, but my heart rebelled.
There were times when he said to me
that I ought to kill him for the things
he had done. You may now understand
what I mean when I say that the girl
who went to Burton’s inn with him
did me a service. I will not say that
^considered her guiltless at the time.
On the contrary, I looked upon her in
quite a different way. I had no means
of knowing then that she was as pure
as snow and that he would have de
spoiled her of everything that was
sweet and sacred to her. She took his
life in order to save that which wa9
dearer to her than her own life, and
she was on her way to pay for her
deed with her life if necessary when
I came upon her and intervened.’*
“You—you know who she isT“ said
Mr. Wrandall* in a low, incredulous
voice.
”1 have known almost from the be
ginning Presently you will hear her
story, from her own Ups.-*
Involuntarily four pairs of eyes shift
ed They looked blankly at Hetty Caa
i tleton-.
Speaking swiftly, Sam depicted the
weene* and sensations experienced dnr
in* ihat taetuemhle motor Journey to
New York city,
”1 could not believe that she was a
vicious creature, even then. Seme
thing told me that she was a tender,:
gentle thing who had fallen into evil'
hands and had struck because she
was unevll. I did not doubt that she
had been my husband’s mist tees, but
l could not destroy the conviction that
somehow she had been justified in
doing the thing she had done. My
gravest mistake was tn refusing to
hear her story in all of its details,
t only permitted her to acknowledge
that she had killed him, no more. 1
did not want to hear the thing which
I assumed to be true. Therein liee
my deepest fault For months and
months I misjudged her In my heart
yet secretly loved her. Now I under
stand why 1 loved her. It was because
she was innocent of the only crime I
could lay at her feet Now I come
to the crime of which I stand self
accused. I must have been mad all
these months. I have no other defense
to offer. You may take it as you see
it for yourselves. I do not ask for
pardon. After I deliberately had set
about to shield this unhappy girl—to
cheat the law, if you please—to cheat
you, perhaps—I conceived the horrible
thought to avenge myself for all the
indignities I had sustained at the
hands of you Wrandalls, and at the
6ame time to even my account with
the one woman whom I could put my
finger upon as having robbed me of
my husband’s love. You see I put it
mildly. I have hated an of you, Mrs.
Wrandall, even as you have bated me.
Today—now—I do not feel as I did in
other days toward yon. I do not love
you, still I do not hate you. I do not
forgive you. and yet I think I have
come to see things from your point
of view. I can only repeat that I
do not hate you as I once did.”
She paused. The Wrandalls were
too deeply submerged in horror to
speak. They merely stared at her as
if stupefied; as breathless, as motion
less as stones.
‘"There came a day when I observed
that Leslie was attracted by the guest
in my house. On that day the p>»«
took root in my brain. 1—”
“Good God!” fell from Leslie’s lips.
Ton—you H«ii that tn mind?"
“It became a fixed, inflexible par
pose, Leslie. Not th*t I hated yoe
as 1 hated the rest, for you tried to
be considerate. The one grudge I held
against you was that in seeking to sus
tain m a you defamed your own brother.
Yon came to me with stories of his
misdeeds; ycra said that he was a
scoundrel and that you would not
blame me tor ‘showing him up.’ Do
yon not remember? And so my plot
involved you; you were the only one
through whom I could strike. There
r ^JJft v.- -CvV'
*«8 aa» vies 1 Sainepaxt. I ewhd j
aoc hear t&* ttotragiK at sacrtScog
ttacry Cascfieaw. air was j: ««? »
tarrvagai? appease *7 ..-naaciBiiss 3*
-^KWvt » W. SeH. if l ewaat
Sad n? way a 3*» aaMta agv. X
<N«p5KaB Sad Seen t(? an? amA, jwt
wcm* «mi 3e riw bnsJaad k ywtr
swcbirs suay* Tb*a I hast* ®
iau-w tine siw was 3s*c wSae 1 bsi
tbragste sow wm. She was amesc.
JBy htfSOd# -fern*. I «nw «ot *ff :S»
tnsae u whirs 9 Sad beer 3M*g and
saw cftnnty thar wSat 1 had rnnwaa
plsted was the mose iMms—-"“
" ArrocMws’*^ cried J0iw Rednwmd
X'randaC berweer. her set teeth. -1M
bolica^.’ rttaboftcai: Jt? God, Sara,
what a deri! yta—” She did not «ot
plete the sentence, he: sank hack In
her chair and stared with wide, horrorr
srrock eyee at her rigid danghxerdn
law.
Herr husband, his hand! shaking as
it with palsy, pointed a finger at Het
WWtf'.Wi'WJ'UdSdSK' ^ * v?
“And So You Are the One We Have
Been Hunting for All These Months.”
ty. “And so you are the one we have
been huntipg for all these months,
Miss Castleton! You are the one we
want! You who have eat at our table,
you who have smiled in our faces—”
“Stop, Mr. Wrandall!” commanded
Sara, noting the ashen face of thegirl.
“Don’t let the fact escape you that I
am the guilty person. Don’t forget
that she owed her freedom, if not her
life to me. I alone kept her from
giving herself up to the law. A11 that
has transpired since that night in
March must be placed to my account.
Hetty Castleton has been my prisoner.
She has rebelled a thousand times and
I have conquered—not by threats but
by love! Do you understand? Be
cause of her love for me, and because
she beUeved that I loved her. she sub
mitted. You are not to accuse her.
Mr. Wrandall. Accuse me! 1 am on
trial her* Hetty Castleton is a wit
ness against me, if you choose to call
upon her as such. it not, 1 shaU ask
her to speak t» my defease, if she can
do a* *
‘This is lunacy}** cried Mr Wren
daib w*tug t* his tact. i doat care
what yew me* Ives may hav-e been
They do. net make her say less a mac
dereus. She=-'*
■*We mast give her ever to the pc
Sce=-"* began hm wit*, struggling to
bee teet, She staggered. It was
Heath who stepped gaieklx-1* bee side
te suppwt ber, beehe was stating nt
Hetty,
Ylvtan touched her father's am
She was very pale bat vastly mote
complied than the others.
’"Father, listen to a#*" she said. Her
voice trembled in spite of net effort
to control it. "We are condemning
Miss Castleton nnheard. Let as hear
everything before we—*
won vroo, vivian: uo vou mean
to—”
' How can we place any reliance on
what Bhe may say?" cried Mrs. Wran
dall.
“Nevertheless,” said Vivian firmly,
“1 for one shall not condemn her un
heard. I mean to be as fair to her as
Sara has been. It shall not be said
that all the Wrandalls are smaller
than Sara Gooch!”
"My child—" began her father In
credulously. His jaw dropped sud
denly. Hie daughter's shot had landed
squarely in the heart of the Wrandall
pride.
“If she has anything to say”—said
Mrs. Wrandall. waving Booth aside
and sinking stiffiy into her chair. Her
husband sat down. Their jaws set
hard.
"Thank you, Vivian,’' said Sara, sur
prised in spite of herself. “You are
nobler than I—”
"Please don't thank me. Sara,” said
Vivian icily. “I was speaking for Miss
Castleton.”
Sara flushed. “I suppose it is use
less to ask you to be fair to Sara
Gooch, as you choose to call me.”
“Do you feel In your heart that we
still owe you anything?”
"Enough of this, Vivian.” spoke up
her father harshly. “If Miss Castle
ton desires to speak we will listen to
her. I must advise you. Miss Castle
ton, that the extraordinary disclosures
made by my daughter-in-law do not
lessen your culpability. We do not in
sist on this confession from you. You
deliver it at your own risk. I want
to be fair with yon. If Mr. Carroll
is your counsel, he may advise you
now to refuse to make a statement.”
Mr. Carroll bowed slightly in the
general direction of the Wrandalls. T
have already advised Miss Castleton
to state the case fully and completely
to yon, Mr. Wrandall. It was I who
originally suggested this—well, what
you might call a private trial for her.
I am firmly convinced that when yon
have - heard her story, yon, as her
judges, will acquit her of the charge
of murder. Moreover, you arm be con
tent to let your own verdict end the
matter, sparing yourselves the shame
and ignominy of having her story told
bx a criminal sear* fcr ta» tfeieetanBa
Twr Saagnags » osasaMfe* *»~
psasaac. Jfe Ca^rei" saad tfcr Msasr
tall
"t awaac 3j spvua kanfijy sc*
~S* jmt xwaa. sc. :dtei: me nett Ik
xnWEtrr rwc after Wrag tto*—*
“Tiis: » frec«wJ> mime 1 imh* Mr,
«yacn^l Vbm edit x»rc mmMk Wc
?j»SRy *E * srsm*. TIbbs* has? M
»ni ib» Mrc. P«r tar Saaw at Ms*
dwaUerta jw. nwnlfe arc Jaw fctwmi
the TTWUi. WJss ChattMNt oro&£ sws
he efmvitted tfc a «MRt «ff Jostw* Star
will she he efliBxik*5»fi h«e !3iU> eve
ning, it fife* lfn3e «wm off owns.."
"Mis* CUfiiflWt is not on trial,” in
terposed Sara calmly. *t am the of
fender. She has already been tried
and proved innocent."
Leslie, in his impatience, tapped
sharply on the table with his seal ring.
"Please let her tell the story. Per
mit me to say. Miss Castleton, that
you ’rill' not find the Wrandalls as
harsh and vindictive as you may have
been led to believe."
Mrs. Wrandall passed her hand over
her eyes. “To think that we have
been friendly to this; girl all these—”
"Calm yourself, my dear,” said her
husband, after a glance at his son
and daughter, a glance of unspeal^
able helplessness. He could not un
derstand them.
As Hetty arose, Mrs. Wrandall sen
ior lowered her eyes and not once did
she look up during the recital that
followed. Her hands were lying limply
in her lap, and she breathed heavily,
almost stertoriously. The younger
Wrandalls leaned forward with their
clear, unwavering gaze fixed on the
earnest face of the young English
woman who had slain their brother.
“You have heard Sara accuse her
self,” said the girl slowly, dispassion
ately. “The shock was no greater to
you than it was to me. All that she
has said is true, and yet I—I would
so much rather she had left herself
unarraigned. We were agreed that 1
should throw myself on your mercy.
Mr. CarrollK said that you were fair
and just people, that you would not
condemn me under the circumstances.
But that Sara should seek to take the
blame is—”
“Alas, my dear, I am to blame,” said
Sara, shaking her bead. “But for me
your story would have been told
months ago, the courts would have
cleared you, and all the world would
have execrated my husband for the
thing he did—my husband and vour
son, Mrs. Wrandall—whom we both
loved. God believe me. I think I loved
him more than all of you put to
gether!”
She sat dowu abruptly and buried
her face In her arms on the edge of
the table.
“If I could only induce you to for
give her,” began Hetty, throwing out
her hands to the Wrandalls. only to be
met by a gesture of repugnance from
, the grim old man.
“Your story* Miss Castleton,” be
said hoarsely.,
“Prom the beginning, if you please,'*
added the lawyer “Leave out
: nothing.*
Ctearts* steadily and with the «b
meat sincerity In her voice and wan
ner. the girt began the story of her
ttha. She panted hastily over the ear
lier periods,, frankly exposing the un
happy conditions attending her home
Hie, her *nbe>e«oent uertrtties as a
performer on the London stage alter
Adonel Oasrtetonh detections the tew
month* devoted tc posing for Hawk
right* the painter, and later on her
engagement as governess in the
wealthy Bndloag family. She devoted
some time and definiteness to her first
encounter with Challis Wrandall on
board the west-bound steamer, an in
craenr: toac canze on pass Ji a petoeeti?
aacar*. *v Knar deck chair stood
sear » hts. *mf he was aot. stow to
3taa_a* tomaeir 'sgreeaMs. R £« w
stccnr » her rffi too® adtocwwrih toac
he 4e&£n*r»»iy 3mi traded aosrta***
wick « eiderlp seacasmaa who- «»
?-ed toe cJfcwr 90, tow tost toy amt
Swtore toe ami *f toe wcyagw tow*
were secy gsed rifsife. „ ^
'hfhee w hww&pi to New Tech. he
Asstsaei sw a waxy ways. toStw
w=sm&. an. bawrotefe toad. I was sac *
ft *r QaKStosto. I ,-*redl kton a®- «r
toe tewsriiero* » eacjdato *y
users, 53* ujgsefi w w> easy to >3*w
York, itf pwaMMt tons these wooJS
he nc diJfwo'rty to *ec»Ttog & splendid
position to toe ea«, 3 had perinea**
of knowing that he was marred 1
accepted him for what 3 thcagbt Ito
to he: a gc-raite American gentleman
They are supposed to be T'articularly
considetote with women His conduct
toward me was beyond reproach I
have never known a man who was so
courteous. so gentle. To roe, he was
the roost fascinating man in the world
No woman could have resisted him, I
am sure of that.”
She shot a quick, appealing glance
at/ Booth's hard-set face. Her lip
trembled for a second.
“I fell madly in love with him.” she
went on resolutely. *T dreamed of
him, 1 could hardly wait for the time
to come when I was to see him. He
never came to the wretched little lodg
ing house I have told you about, I—I
met him outside. Ono night he told
me that he loved me, loved me pas
sionately. I—I said that I would be
his wife. Somehow it seemed to me
that he regarded me >tery curiously
for a moment or two. He seemed to
be surprised, uncertain. I remember
that he laughed rather queerly. It
did not occur to me to doubt him. One
day he came for me, saying that he
wanted me to see the little apartment
he had taken, where vp* were to live
after we were married. I went with
him. He said that if I liked it, I could
move in at once, but I would not con
sent to such an arrangement. For the
first time I began to feel that every
thing was sot as it should be. I—I
remained in the apartment but a few
minutes. The next day he came to
me, greatly excited and more demon
strative than ever before, to say that
he had arranged for a quiet, jolly
little wedding up in the country.
Strangely enough, I experienced a
queer feeling that all was not as It
should be, but his eagerness, his per
sistence dispelled the small doubt
that had begun even then to shape
itself. 1 consented to go with him on
the next night to an inn out in the
country, where a college friend who
was a minister of the gospel would
meet us, driving over from his parish
a few miles away, I said that I pre
ferred to be married in a church. He
laughed and said it could be arranged
when we got to the inn and had talked
It over with the mtpister, still un
easy. 1 asked why it was necessary
to employ secrecy. He told me that
his family were tn Europe and that he
wanted to surprise them by giving
them a daughter who was actually re
lated to a» English nobleman. The ]
fatally ' been urging him to marry
a. stay ut rtete New York girt and
bo—oh, well tee uttered a great deal
of noaaeaoe about mv beauty, my
eteam. aud all that eon of ttelag-="
Stee paused her a moment. No one
spoke. Her audience of Judge*, w ith
the e-veepwou of tte* elder Mr*. Wrwu
daft. watched her a* If tobefuated.
Tteetr faces were almost expression
less.. With a perceptible effort, she
resowed her story, narrating event*
that carried it up to the hour when
she walked into the little upstairs
room at Burton's inn with the man
w ho was to be her husband.
'"TO BE CONTIXTED.)
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NATURE’S WORK AT FAULT
Recent 'Quake That Startled the East
Due to Imperfect Formation
of Rocky Section.
To understand the shock which this
part of the country received one must
realize that "Logan’s fault”—the line
of weakness in the underlying rocks
that extends from Canada well down
toward the Gulf of Mexico—plays
much the same role as do the care
fully provided solutions of continuity ,
which every observing person who
crosses the Brooklyn bridge has no
ticed. These points of overlapping
permit the structure to expand on hot
days and to contract on cold ones
without breaking any of its parts.
Nature, being a clumsy engineer,:
has made for this section of the cool- i
ing earth a much less nearly perfect
provision fOr contraction in the crack
which Sir William E. Logan of the
Canadian geological survey, was the
first to discover and describe. The
earth joint works just as does that in
the bridge, but it works stiffly and
only at long intervals, when the strain
had become enormous enough to
break down what a surgeon might call
"adhesions-'’ The result, is that the
readjustment of the earth surface to
a smaller circumference, instead of
being continuous, is by widely spaced
jumps or jerks. Upon - their extent
depends the severity of the conse
quent "quake.” That of a few weeks
ago was remarkable for the eastern
seaboard, bat it would have passed tor
trivial an the other side of the con
tinent.
The Charleston earthquake and
those which have several times
wrecked Kingston. Jamaica, wore of
a wholly different sort—the moving
down a mounta'in''5)ope of an alluvial
plain—New York Times.
Right to Bear Arms.
The words from Article II., amend
ments to the Constitution of the Unit
ed States, “A well-regulated militia
being necessary to the security of a
free people, the right of the people
to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed, evidently have a commu
nity meaning; but they also carry
along with them the right of the in
dividual to safeguard himself and
his house by keeping himself armed
with the necessary means of defense.
The law against carrying concealed
weapons, now on the statute books of
most of the 6tates, is a matter quite
foreign to the broad principles of the
right of keeping and bearing arms.
Poets Put to Hard Labor.
The sixth grade of a certain school
in a foreign settlement in South Da
kota was learning the use of possess -
ives.
The book required the pupils to cor
rect and expand into a complete sen
tence the following expression: “Mil
ton and Shakespeare’s works.” Joseph
Nikodym handed in this sentence:
“Milton and Shakespeare work in a
coal mine.”—Youth’s Companion.
Baker’s Dozen.
The custom on the part of bakers
allowing IS to the dozen dates back to
medieval times, when bakers were
carefully watched. The trade was SUr
rounded by many laws, and the most
set Lie penalties were Imposed for any
shortage In weight In coder to avoid
the possibility of falling below the
standard measure It became cus
tomary tor bakers to allow aa extra
loaf with every does*.
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says * writer 3*: Ftorm Rnogre**. Tiw
will *05 leave ttoenr beta* to put i
toot or live <itays grading and tew
tag the public highways utiles.' i!
are practically forced to do it.
Rut there are signs of better tiroes
In the matter of country road bo.
tag I drove 26 miles and bach a
few weeks ago over roads that, um .:
to be impassable at that time of year
for anything except a good strong
team and a good wagon. Soft cl a;
soft soil and mud holes of infinite
variety were its old-time character -
tics.
I made the trip in a very ordinary,
four-year-used motor car and drove
the round trip in about three hour?.
Under the old arrangement it would
have taken all of one day and pos
sibly part of the night.
The road drags, just the ordinary
old road drags made from split logs,
made the difference. Something, and
I believe it was the necessity of max
ing the road passable for the rural
free delivery wagons, has made a b g
difference along the old road. We
saw several road drags along the way.
two or three of them in use, and the
roads where they were passing were
as smooth as a turnpike.
Summer is the time to do really
constructive road work. The drap
Handy Road Scraper.
can be used summer or winter, but
scraping, grading, culvert repairing
aud draining ought to be done iu June.
July, August and September. Karlier
in the year the mud will prevent auy
real work being completed. Later iu
the fall the rains will turn the fresh
ty graded roads into loblollies at
clayey water.
ftom now on until the first snows
and freezes the dirt read can be
shaped and graded. 1 am of tbe opm
ion that the plan of appointing sown
one farmer a* overseer or "road bos*
and having the rest of the neighbor
heed work under this inexperienced
man is a mistake. The time w til come
when aii read we>rk will be done under
the supervision of a man w ho doe*
oothing but plan and build and po**i
hi?' maintain reads He will know
reads under ail weather condition*
and ean look after their creation,
drainage and repair intelllgenily it
is mostly a hit or miss proposit on
now-,
WAYS OF A Bf.D ROAD THIEF
Forces Farmer to Haul Small Load*,
DHve Slowly and Occasions
Many Expensive Delays.
The bad road thter forces you to
haul small loads, drive slowly, wrench
and twist the life out of your horse,
harness and vehicle, often breaking
and damaging the latter until great
and expensive delays are occasioned.
It also steals your opportunity to dis
pose of your farm when you wish to
sell, for no man will pay as much for
a farm bordered by a poor road sys
tem as he will for one with a well
kept highway, and some will not buy
a farm at all when the road system is
poor. The loss of time and money
where the above named conditions ex
ist makes It imperative that you open
all the drain ditches along the road,
and drag this silent, notorious thief
to death with the King roa'd drag.
Through Traffic Problem.
There is a phase of the road ques
tion which is state-wide in its applica
tion. That relates to the through or
trunk lines which accommodate
through traffic. To leave the construc
tion and care of these roads in the
hands of local authorities must result
in uneven and inharmonious gaps, and
desultory care, involving practically a
failure of such roads for a standard of
their utility.
A sSo properly built of limestone
will be a success.
Hog Manure Wasted.
Although It has been known thst the
manure from the hog Is very rich In
fertilizing ingredients, it is quite gen
erally ignored, and too frequently al
lowed to go to waste.
Concrete Floors Save Manure.
Concrete floors in the bam he.p a
great deal in saving manure.
Destroy Weeds.
Weeds—destroy them before they
go to seed.