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THE SPANISH-AMERICAN fn 1 ft ,i nrcrNT i- . i tit i. -r "JOE'S dead: STKOPSia. Look:sig wtr Blf Muafceej, ft aeetasg:? fccjiaaaatiie tis in the pain of tee Misaa tiM ndlreod, Joe BoaMKav, boOder f tt in. as4 Wiit'jo Carrotiere. chief engXMera, ere oeaaüerins U. ijSceltita. A riSe sbot t&siaat lX kiLa üw&ock aad fcreaiu Car ra iSM aras. Carrslhtvs tr.ea to carry tie fcodr t9 a (ft of t&c H Aeoa a Bay cocíijr. wbere V Ixycajd is lit ixctor. )í'Jcaia4's ó.e::trtv Mllr, es Carritra '.r-ipírtg ia tbe rcBatea; u dras kira tram tie erason, with hi tr-a-eo. CcaffiCKiSUiilr, tr t'JT vw-ji to fctr Bvir s Crro.tier. the ;f-ari.coe of Tom Bcrwrer, Eoít tiuccen riri per ennal ony. B9T" lsra!J Mc4 fr. C?ToUer ir.ie fcim. Carratfcer drlwa ti 1ot íot y iít. Sí yrvmjM ta be bl iníe Ca.Tsthr h&s to ricb tLe toma of "iH'ii at2er( BjeetiES e-t rt r'jnrol of tie KiraatSi frwa fcSra. M-Ht (foe rita fcin. Tr-er are JyJ by a alorm. Afji'kel by ht !r. Cirratiei" üíe 1 art4 by H'i-J. wiy im íor-4 ta k:i the asimila. Tte aooir. tte CHAPTER V Continued. "ría goitig on to Clartoa. I'm fed lo? bttíT. No, listen, Jloíly I I didn't tJI yoa. but my inn wtu svoHeo frorn the baiidagí Tby bad tigiitetií-d sed tí)f3 tbe tirculaüoo. I'm better Uhout tbffta. Tin feriícg strvcgiir and the pain's less. We can jc oil We've got to go on." -Walk, Wilir -Well walk," said WUton, ri:ng 1th grit effort The dying anliDals had wad to wbimpr, arid itared at blra oat of their jrlsr.iDg eye. Outiside the ywtvr wan drlftlcg down through tbe lifie! braocbas, bat the wind was dying away. It was late la tbe canie through tbe heaTy, lowering cloud. -Well go on," said Wilton. And, going oat of tbe cback. be un fastened tbe cord of tbe sleigh that held Joe's body, and took it In. bis wounded band. "Will, it's impossibler "It may be. But I'll try. I can't face Kilty otherwise." Over tbe new snow the Journeying was not so difficult in their snow sboes, bat the drag of the sleigh-rope up tbe bills and across tbe corduroys proved almost Impossible. Their progress was lnfinitesimaliy slow. The Bight came down and shut them in. And tbe nightmare of delirium clouded Wilton's brain, peopling tbe world with phantoms. He lived over again cenes of the past, and always Joe was of them. It was a nlgbt of unmit igated horror to Molly. At every cache, at each shack, they would stop, feeling the sheer Impossi bility of going on, and sit huddled In their blankets onder the lee, with the drifting snow about them. let always they went on again; un til at Iat the never-ending night lifted. Tbe snow ceased to full; the dun horizon was streaked with fire. And lowly Wilton came back to full con-s-ioijne!. They had .toiled up -their highest bill, and as -they reached the summit they saw the seett sight that they tirirt Aror ftcf-n Yttr f: r TU'fiV U'ííRnnv- ton. over the plain, 'with its ugly streets and bare, new bouses, and the gaunt station" buildings, roundhouses and locomotive shops. They were white as shrouded bodies, besmeared with grime, and Wilton was caked with the blood that bad oozed from his wounds and frozen. "One last fry, iloHy." he said, "and then they can do what they like with tne. But It's yon who pulled that trick, girl mlnet";. But, as he spoke he slipped to the ground and leaned , bis shoulders gainst the sleigh. "Seven miles yet, and the meeting's' at nine," he said. "I can't make It, Molly. Tve tried. Tve fallen short Just short A little later, Molly, I'll try again. I'm going to sleep In the sunshine." Molly stooped over him, and It was a harder thing than she had ever done to try to drive the driven man fur ther. But she knew that, having staked all, Wilton would be content with no less than the sacrifice of all. "Hemernber Joe, dear," she said, -and Kitty." He tried to rise to his feet, but could nt. Wilton's mind was quite clear, but his body, driven by bis will, bad collapsed suddenly like a worn-out horse. Three horsemen were' riding over the plain toward them. They watched them In a dull apathy. - Even Molly hardly cared any more, except for WII- j ton. And be had done all that a man could do. As the men came nearer It could be seen that they were of the Mounted j : i 1 - TTTTrl WlTf . . i tt?W nttT . . ; V... J Police. Ia tie fortaaws Molly recog nized Qila, tbe tcspector wbo was la eocsmaad of tbe detaebment at Cay too. Tbe three trotted their borses c? to tbem, aod, catchis sight of tbe eoa cpoa tbe sleigh, tbe iMpert dis mounted. He looked bard at wnzos. and suddenly be recogtlxed tun. "It's WC1 Carrotiersr be ex daii&ed, staring lsto bis face ta bewü JenMTit. WDton pA. cp with aa effort. "Morn ing, Jack," be said wearily. "Tes, it's L And here's f ss McDonald. Toa know ber. I'tiink?" Tbe Inspector turned his paaled g!acce ta tbe girl. Mechanically bis baud went up to tis cap In salute. Then be looked at tbe sleigh again. "And tbis Is was Joe Bostoek." said WJJtoa; and all at once, la tbe reac tion from tbe Eervocs teuton, be fe't tbe tears streaming down bis face, and cotíd barfiy keep bis lips steady. "My God V Buttered Qasln. "An ac ddett. wiar "Sbot!" sbonted WEl:a. "Soase snetkicg datards bullet la tbe bush. Shot at my siae! Tbe fcuSet broke try ana after it had passed throtsgb Joes heart, sad bis blood exd mise were Ciixed twse'ber. It dida't ned that for me to know ttat HI bound tbe murderer if It takes me to lay dyiDg day!" "Joe Joe dead!" whispered Inspec tor Qoaia. half unable to realize It Joe bad been a very UriEg pervmality In Clayton. "And Bordered!" be added. Then: "Where are yow breeds?" "Gone! But they dJdnt shoot Joe, either by design or accident. Tbafs a siory you Cfcn learn from Andersen, at tbe half-way cache." "That's wbere we're bound for," said Quain. "We're looking for" . "And by tbe way." said Wilton with a mirthless laugh, as tbe relative un importance of tbe fact struck bita, Tm under arrest for having murdered Joe." Quain looked at b!m keenly, an4 then turned bis glance ppon Molly in Inquiry. It was plain that be thought Wilton was raving. "That's true," said Molly, "A ser geant and a constable from tbe Pas followed us up to Andersen's and placed Wilton under arrest yesterday morning." Tbe Inspector rubbed his nose -In perplexity. "If Will had told me that I wouldn't have believed him. Miss McDonald," be said. "Describe those policemen to me, please." "The constable was short and dark, stocky In build. The sergeant was fair, with a long mustache " "Bit of a squlntr "A cast in bis left eye. His name Is Peters. The other one Is ramed Myers. Ton know them, then?" "I do," said Quain softly. "Peters Is Jim Hackett, and Myers Is Tonquay, a half-Frenchman, from the -eastern townships. They were discharged last year after a short time of service, as soon as their records became known, and they got away, taking their uni forms and equipment with them. They're wanted for a cattle-stealing Job and impersonating members of the force. So tliat ends that trouble, W11L" Quain nodded to his men to dis mount. "Get the sleigh In to barracks as quickly as you can." he said, "and notify tbe coroner. I guess, a half day's extra leeway won't do that pre cious pair much good. Miss McDon ald Will, old man, you' can manage to ride In. can't you?" Wilton, staggering to his feet, set his fare In a ghastly grin. "I've' held on," he muttered. "I guess I can hold on for two hours more. There's a big ger thing behind this than you or I know just now;. I'm going m ahead. I'm all right, and you won't stop me, Jack?" Austin Phayre, the president of the Hnr.k of New North "Manitoba, stood ui . table. He was a man of about fifty, with a gray, waxed mustache, and gold-rimmed glasses. His manner was pompous, and he was Immaculate In bis black cutay, with the expanse of white cufl and tall collar. "Mr. Chairman," he said,' "some of us shareholders have requested that the meeting be called In order that we may obtain certain informa tion from those best qualified to Im part it, as to the prospects of the Mis satlbi line; concerning which disquiet ing rumors are afloat "Ton have before you a statement of our financial position. It Is not the most satisfactory one that could be Imagined. Of a total capital of five million dollars, nearly one-half has al ready been disbursed. The estimate before you provides for nearly two mil lions more to be distributed over grad ing, track-laying, water-tanks, tele graph line, bridging and ballasting. Meanwhile, unexpected difficulties have 7 3 - ".Z ',. Klsex Tbey t3 ta tilt ti Efir roete 13 tzv to be resarreyed; tlal f&e swanips re laspesstble." ' He gUaced wfca aSected lavestig tka iiKrat tie uiie. It Mesas LarrEr worth wl2e t pat ttese qaestJons nailer present cireca Rasces." fee said. "Est we ftocld lile t be lsf onsed way tie naifjwV re pom were not property cLecied- We siosld like t fcixrw v Letter it is po irg to pay cs to build a Use oat icto tids .w&Seraess. and la bow many years? F5aa2y, we nisi t elcit tie opinioa, LiT ocr iateres re la tie best possible Lands." "VVbit did yoor tul U.Tt for. II you feei tLttawij?" íiote-d tn oíd, rotrtly dressed CL&a seros tie table. TW Is exactly what I am trying: to tad o-t," retorted Aasüa PLayre blandly. If Mr. Belt r2 penait TU tea ye why ye CI ItT yeTled tbe oii mm. rising to tis feet sad hkii-.g his Est vigorously. Te want to get control for Tota Bowyer. so as beH Live soother lice to baakrept Te kaow what we ail kaow, that old Joe Bostock serer west back on bis friends yet If be says tbe line's a yoiBg to pay, ITs s-goitg to pay. Te know Joe and TO Cu-ru tiers went up to look tbe line over. Give 'en a CtABCe" Jiai Beits, s famEiar Cgare In many western towns since be made a lucky strike la tbe Cobalt region s few years before, bad been one of Joe Bostock's sttaefcest fries ds. He bad brought la a good masy of tbe Investors. Tet aw be stood airaost alone la cbaat pioasbip of his friend. If tbe line ain't oo good, what does Tom Bowyer want It for?" yelled tbe exisper:, old man. "Did ye ever kaow Bowyer want anything that wouldn't pay? Wait for Joe, boys ! Te wont condemn a man when be slat here to speak for blmseiíí Te all know Joe " "D n Joe! I want my money P shrieked aa Infuriated investor. Acstia Pbayre waited calmly ata tbe bsbbab bad subsided. "I move, Mr. Ch&inaaa, that tbe question of tbe Missatibl route be submitted to a com mission of engineers, to be appointed by tbe directors," be said. "I oppose re." shouted Jim Betts. "TO fgbt ye to tbe end oa that Atat ye bought every engineer la Manitoba, except Will Carra tiers?" "I beg to wcond the motion," said Frank Clark, one of tbe satall Inves tors, and manager of tbe bank. Jim Betts threw op bis arms dra matically. "Well, Joe Bostock, ye'J best burry," be remarked in a tone of confidential coram uni cat! on. "Where are ye, boy?" A noise outside; the door was fiung vio'ectly pen, and Wilton stood In A Noise Outside; the D6or was Flung Violently Open, and Wilton Stood in the Room. the room. And at tbe sight of him a sudden, dead silence succeeded tbe up roar. He was mud and blood from head to foot His face, covered with a bristly, growth of beard, was white as a specter's, and the skin, drawn tight as parchment over the cheeks, revealed tbe contour of tbe bones beneath. Wilton strode to the table and flung down a paper, "Mr. Bostock's power of attorney, authorizing me to repre sent his vote," he said. - He turned to tbe shareholders, but his eyes sought and held only Austin Phayre's. "We've been to Big Muskeg!" be cried. "We've seen It Jt can and shall be ballasted and crossed. No loop about It and no change of route. Only rock, and more rock, till you shall have 'a permanent way as stable as tbe New Northern's I pledge my word and Joe's I ask for your vote of confidence.' Austin Phayre, who had sat down, sprang to his feet again. The ringing cheers which greeted Wilton's out burst told bim to make a virtue of necessity. Wilton had swayed the meeting. The spirit of success flamed In his flashing eyes and carried convic tion In his manner. "Mr. Chairman," be said In bis snav est tones, "In view of Mr. Carruthers' positive statement that no change of route will be necessary, of course I am ready not to press my motion. I will substitute a vote of confidence In the present management of the Missa tibl company. And, gentlemen" he glanced about him and smiled "in order to Inspire the public confidence, I ask that it be unanimous." Irmrn $ f é if "I secocd ttatP siocted Jim Beüt, rislxg ecibssiasrieaUy. . Half s miaste later tie notioa wis declared carried vc&siaossly. sad ti sbarebolders clustered sboat Wlitoa. His eyes were fixed upon tbe door, acd be was listening for something. "Where's JoeP everyone was do EaBdiiig. Tbea tbe door opened quietly, and a girl stood ia tbe entrance. She looked barCy more than s cbild. She was dressed la black; ber fair huir was tuavbied about ber rack, sad ber bloe eyes were reddened sad tear staised. She glanced cacertalnly about ber, saw WE toa, and ran to biax. "Joe's deadP sie cried. "Will oh, war A load cry broke from Pbayre. EEs face was traaefonaed; bis lips were working with rage. Too beard that? be eboated con vtííivtíy. "Ton beard It? Joe Bos tock's dead ! Joe Bostock's dead 1 ITs put-cp scheme! We've teen tricked Into Toticg confidence la fc, sad be s dead! It's s fraud and a lie! How caa a dead man vote?" Tbe shareholders stared at him. His face was purple, and be seezaed sear apoplexy. "Joe Bostocka deadP he raved. "And until letters of administration of bis estate have been granted, his power of attorney Is worth no more than waste paper P "Well, say. aiat ye forgetting' that tbe vote was unanimous?" grimed Jim Betts belligerently. "We'll rescind It! WeH take fbs vote again ! Mr. Chairman. I move " "Thirty days notice of that motion under company lairs," said Betts. "And I gaess we'll have them letters of sd Elnistratioa by that time eh. Will 7" Eat Wilton, without a word, tumbled at Kitty's feet CHAPTER VI An Unexpected Development. For weeks thereafter he was only faintly conscious of bis surroundings at intervals Once, roused by soma iajectJoa, be was aware of making a brief deposition for ase at the coro ner's Inquest, and once Molly's face appeared, wet with tears, out of the shadows, and ber lips touched him. But be was desperately 111, and it was February before tbe crisis was past, and be awakened. Intensely weak, but conscious, to realize that be was la Kitty's house, and that "Kitty bad been nursing him. Feebly be whispered Ms gratitude. and assed forgiveness because he had not been able to keep his promise to look after Joe. "Ton did an that could be done, Will," she answered. "It was wonder fully plucky, your bringing him to Molly's bouse as you did. No one could have done more." He asked for Molly, and learned that she bad gone home on the day after he bad been brought to the house. Kitty promised to show Wilton Molly's letters when he got better. "Then yoa know we are engaged T asked Wilton. Kitty smiled a little. "I couldn't help knowing that" she answered. "Tm glad for Molly's sake." Wilton's mind bad been all be wilderment as be racked his brains for a clue to Joe's death. Had he been sure It was murder, be could have gone grimly to work on the solution. But there was always the doubt, the paralyzing doubt that It bad been an accident and that one of the half breeds bad fired the shot Tet Bowyer must have known of it; Bowyer bad sent tbe impostors to arrest bim ; be became more and more convinced that Bowyer had learned of Joe's death that afternoon at the portage, and had devised the. arrest to keep him from the meeting. Among Wilton's callers was old Jim Betts, to whom he extended bis con fidence in s lare measure. "Bowyer s guilty as h I," he de clared. "Phayre mightn't have known. I guess be didn't But Bowyer knew, when he had Phayre bring that mo tion forward, that Joe wouldn't re turn. Put that thought In your pipa and smoke it boy!" "Jim," said Wiltoa, "I'm giving up my life to the Missatibl, because it was Joe's work. And I'm going to bound' down his murderer, if It was murder." "Aye, boy, and go cool about It" counseled Betts. "It was crafty work, but It'll come out Don't doubt it And youH find them two snakes, Bowyer and Phayre, under the brush wood. And maybe Clark, too," he added. It was the middle of February be fore Wilton was allowed to leave tba bouse. Nearly two months had bees lost and during that time Bowyer and Phayre, whatever their plaas might be, bad had a good leeway to develop them. "Kitty," said Wilton, "you know everything is In your hands now. Too control the line. And I know thai you'll stand by the line to the last, because It was Joe's big dream." "Will, you can count on me to tbi ead," said Kitty solemnly. Tve been thinking a great deal about Big Mus keg, aad I feel my own responsibility. I want to see the work, W1IL I want to know that you are succeeding. Aad I'm going to live there." McDonald's angry protest and then a cry from Molly!" (TO BE CONTINUED.) Dally Thoughts, Any one thing In the creation la suf ficient to demonstrate s Providence U an humble and grateful mind. Eplo tetas. STRIKE PEACE IS THREATENED RETURNING MEN DEMAND DIS. MISSAL OF NON-UNION WORKERS. UNES FAIL TO AGREE SOME ROADS REPORT RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATION OF SHOPS. Chicago. With the shopmen's peace plan threatened by outbreaks due ap parently to misunderstandings and mita tbe New York Central announc ing tbe failure of Its efforts to reach an agreement with the strikers roads cot partidpatiag la the Baltimore te gotiaüoas reported a rapid return to normal operation of their shops Of tbe larger lines mentioned In connection with the memorandum of agreements adopted by the shopcrafts' general policy committee of ninety here, with tbe object of eading the country-wide strike through separate agreements with Individual roads, the Bock Island and the New Tork Cen tral bad defiaitely announced the fail are of efforts to reach a final agree ment and conferences of the Southern with union leaders had been no more successful as the strike entered tbe twelfth week. In. the case of the New Tork Cen tral, a statement was Issued by the road, expressing willingness to fulfill the ' memorandum of agreemeats reached at Baltimore, but it was as serted representatives of the shop crafts "attempted to Inject questions not mentioned in the text and clearly outside the agreement Insisting that these matters be Included." The same misunderstanding resulted In disturbances when strikers began to return to work here in the shops of the Northwestern aad the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul. Ia some cases the men were reported to have de manded that non-union workers be dis missed and in others their striking foremen be reinstated. Officials of the Northwestern announced that they ex pected 12,000 of the strikers to return to work. More than 15,000 men were expected back on the Chicago, Mil waukee & St Paul. , Among tbe roads which have an nounced agreements with their shop men independently of the union, are the Santa Fe, the Burlington, the Il linois Central and the Chicago & Al ton. W. G. Bierd, one of the two re ceivers for the Alton, issued a state ment formally announcing terms under which striking employes had been In vited to return to work. It expressly stipulated that they shall return as "new employés." Mr. Jewell departed for New Tork, where he said he would enter into conferences with the New Tork Cen tral officials in the expectation of reaching a speedy agreement under the terms of the Baltimore plan. According to the union leaders, the men on the following roads have re turned to work : The Chicago & Northwestern, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul,, the Baltimore & Ohio, the Seaboard Air Line and the Green Bay & Western. Chinese Children Win Strike. Victoria, B. C A strike by Chinese school children here, who refused to attend school separately from white pupils, has subsided with a declaration by the school board that those who are adept In English may go to the regular institutions. Twenty Chinese children who passed a test In English have been returned to the schools with the white pupils. Will Pursue Greeks Across Dardanelles Constantinople. The Angora gov ernment has informed the allies that if the remainder of the Greek nrmy in Asia Minor attempts to retreat across the neutral zones of the Dar danelles, the Kemalists will disregard tbe neutrality 'of the Ftraits and pur sue tbe Greeks in international . ter ritory. "We loathe wars and sincerely desire peace and reconstruction, but' we cannot resign our rights as an in dependent nation," declared Hámid Bey, Kemalist representative in Con stantinople. Strikers Decide Not to Go Back, ' Des Moines, Ia. Striking shopmen of the Chicago & Northwestern rail-, road here, who announced that they would return to work, made a change of plans when they learned that un der the conditions set down only part of their meembers would be given em playment "No men on strike will re turn to their places until all caa go back, the men here have decided," d dared C. D. Smith, local member of the union executive committee. Russia Bars U. S, Mission. Berlin. The Informal negotiations which have been carried on for the past two months between the Ameri can embassador, Alanson B. Hough ton, and George Tchltcherin and Leo nid Krassin, the Russian soviet for eign minister and minister of trade and commerce, respectively, in'connec tion with the American government's suggestion that Russia permit a com mittee of American experts to investi gate economic conditions in that coun try, came to a negative conclusion. 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