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1 A POLK COUNTY , NEWS, , TEYON, NORTH -flABOLINA 1 - MS CUTCHEON Author of "GRAUSTARK " THE JlPRlNCE OF GRAUSTARK." ETC Si . CHAPTER XX Continued. . .. ' 15 . Barnes listened at the door until he heard the waiter, clattering down the stairway, and. then went, swiftly down the hall to No. SO. ' Mr. Prosser was sleeping just as soundly and as re eoundlngly as at midnight! ' 1 uBy gadT he muttered, half -aloud. Everything was as clear as day to him now. , Bolting . into . his own room, he closed jthe: door and stood stockstill for .many minutes, trying to picture the scene in the cottage. 5 He found a letter in his box when be went downstairs after stuffing the tin Tox deep into his pocket. Before he silt the - envelope he knew that Sprouse was the writer. The message was brief: v "After due consideration, I feel that It would be a mistake for you to aban don your present duties at this time. It might be misunderstood. Stick to the company . until , something better turns up. With this thought in view I withdraw the two days' limit men tioned recently to you, and extend the time to one week. Yours very truly, "J. H. WILSON." Gad, the fellow thinks of every thing, saii Barnes to himself. "He Is positively uncanny." He read between the lines, and saw there a distinct warning. . It had not occurred to him that his plan to leave for New York that day with Miss Cam eron might be attended by disastrous results. . , ' But the Jewels? What of them? He could not go gallivanting about the country With a half million dollars' worth of . precious stones in his posses sion.'. - . . .. . ' . . . He spent the early part of the fore noon In wandering nervously about jewels were locked in his pack up stairs. He went up to his room half dozen times - and almost instantly walked down again, after satisfying himself that the pack had not i been rifled. For the next three days and nights rehearsals were - in. full swing, with scarcely a moment's let-up. And so the time crept by, up to the night of the performance. Miss Cameron re mained, in ignorance, of the close prox imity of the jewels, and the police of Crowndale remained in even denser ignorance as to the whereabouts of the man who robbed Mr. Hasselwein of all his spare cash and an excellent gold watch. No time was lost by the countess in getting 'word to her compatriots in New York. Barnes jiosted a dozen let ters for her ; each contained the tid ings of her safety and the assurance that she would soon follow in' person. " Those three days and nights were full of Joy -and enchantment for Barnes. He actually debased himself by wishing that the Rushcroft com pany might find It imperative to go on rehearsing for weeks In that dim, en chanted temple. He sat for hours In one of the most uncomfortable seats he had ever known, devouring with hungry eyes the shadowy, interested face so close to his own and never tired. On the ' afternoon of the dress re hearsal he led her, after an hour of almost insupportable repression, to the rear of the auditorium. Dropping into the seat ' beside her he blurted out almost in anguish : I can't stand it any lnger. I can not be near you without why, I I well, it is more than I can struggle against, that's all. You've either got to send me away altogether oror let me love you without restraint. I tell you I can't go on as I am now. You know I love you, don't you? You know I worship you. Don't be fright ened. . I just had to .tell you today. I should have gone mad if J had tried tfk lroon If nn nnv Inn tray ' TTa maltA1 " breathlessly for her to speak. She sat silent and rigid, looking straight be fore her. "Is it hopeless?" he went on at last, huskily. "Must I ask your forgiveness for my presumption and and go away from you?" She turned to him and laid her hand upon his arm. "Am I not like other women? Why- should I forgive you for loving me? JLJoesn't every woman want to be loved? No, no, my friend! Wait! A moment ago I was so weak and trembly that I thought I oh, I was airaia for myself. Now I am quite calm and sensible. See how well I nave myseu in hand 7 I do not tremble, I am strong. We may now mscuss ourselves calmly, sensibly. on! What are you doing?" "I too am strong," he whispered. ."I am sure of my ground now, and I am nor arrald." He had clasped .the hand that rest ed on" his sleeve and. as he dfpsspH. it to his heart, his other arm stole over her shoulders and drew her close to mumpnant body. For an Instant could have told In volumes of, corre spondence Sho knew, also, that Tom was 1031 ioroverr ' VNow tell me," said the countess the instant they entered the Courtney apartment. - She gripped both of his arms with her firm s little .hands and looked straight into his eyes, eagerly, hopefully. She had forgotten' Mrs. Courtney's presence, sne ,naa not taken thd time' to remove her hat or Jacket v "Let's all sit down," said he. "My knees are unaccountably weak. Come along, Ede. Listen to the romance of my life." ; i' 'h And when the story was nnisnea tne countess took his hand in hers and held it to her cool cheek. The tears were still drowning her eyes. "Oh. you poor dear I Was that why you grew so haggard and pale and hollow-eyed?" , "Partly," said he with great signin- cance. "And you had them in your pack! all the time? You" "I had Sprouse's most solemn word she resisted, ; and then relaxed into complete submission. - Her head sank upon his shoulder. , . "Oh 1" she slehed. and there was wonder, joy even perplexity, in the not to touch them for a week. He is tremulous sigh, of capitulation. "Oh," the only man I feared. He is the only came softlv from her parted lips again on who could have ' at the end of the first long, passionate "May I use your telephone, Mrs. kiss. .ft CHAPTER XXI. Courtney?" cried she suddenly. Sne sprang to her feet, quivering with ex citement. "Pray forgive me for being so Ill-mannered, but I I must call up one or two people at once. They are You will understand, I The End in Sight. Barnes, soaring beyond all previous my friends. heights of exaltation, ranged dizzily am sure, between "front" and "back" at the Barnes was pacing the floor nerv- Grand opera house that evening. He ously when his sister returned after was In the "wings" with her, whisper- conducting her new guest to the room Ing in her delighted ear; in the dress- prepared for her. The countess was Ing-room, listening to her soft words at the telephone before the door of encouragement to the excited lead-1 closed behind her hffstess. Ing lady; on the narrow stairs leading i wish you had been a little more up to the stage, assisting her to mount explicit! in your telegram, Tom," she them; and all the time he was dread- said peevishly. "If I had known who ing the moment when he would awake she is 1 wouldn't have put her in that and find it all a dream. room. Now I shall have to move Aunt There was an annoying fly in his Kate back into it tomorrow and give ointment, however. "I love you," she Miss Cameron the big one at the end had said simply. "I want more than cf the hall." Which goes to prove anything else In all the world to be I that Tom's sister was a bit of a snob your wife. But I cannot promise now. ia her way. "Stop walking like that I must have time to think, time to I and come here." She faced him ac Why should you require more time cuslngly. "Have you told all there is than I?" he persisted. "What is time to tell, sir?" to us l way make wanton waste or. Can't you see for yourself, Ede, it?" , I that Vm In lov with her? Desnernte. "I know that I cannot find happiness My horribly, madly In love with her. except witn you," sne repuea. "jno matter what happens to me, I shall always love you, I shall never forget the Joy of this. But I cannot prom ise now," she . finished gently and kissed him. Between the second and third acts Tommy Gray rushed back with the box-office statement. The gross was $359. The Instant that fact became known to Mr, Rushcroft he Informed mrnes tnat,tney nad a "Knockout," a gold mine, and that never in all his career had be known a season to start off so auspiciously as this one. Three days later Barnes and "Miss Jones" said farewell to the strollers and boarded a day train for New York city. They left the company in a con dition of prosperity. The show was averaging two hundred dollars nightly and Mr. Rushcroft was already book ing return engagements for the early fall.. He was looking forward to a tour of Europe at the close of the war. Barnes sister, Mrs. Courtney, met them at the Grand Central terminal. It's now a quarter to five," said Barnes after the greeting and presen tation. "Drop me at the Fifth Avenue bank, Edith. I want to leave some thing in my safety box downstairs. Sha'n't be more than five minutes." , He got down from the automobile at Forty-fourth street and shot across the sidewalk into the bank, casting quick, apprehensive glances through Dont 1Ike , i couldn't have turn J KJKA TV Ullb cue noo yicocuk, vuutu m All mm "Yes," She Breathed. as he sprinted. In his hand he lugged the heavy, weatherbeaten pack. His sister and the countess stared after him In amazement. Presently he emerged from the bank, still carrying the bag. He was beam ing. 4 A certain worried, haggard ex I?" "That Isn't what I want to know. Is she In love with you? That's what I'm after." "Yes," said he, but frowned anx iously. "She is perfectly adorable," said she, '""7" uia m, and was at once aware of a guilty, 11 JZ ?;,fl?t e naD impression that she would not he treated his traveling wardrobe with have sald lt to hlm hoUr ear- scorn and Indifference. lier for anything in the world. xnanic uoa, tnerre .on: my -vmina She- was : straneelv whlt and tmu at last, he cried. "That is the first dued when she rejoined them later on. good, long breath Tve had in a week, she had removed her hat. The other No, not now. It's a long story and woman saw nothing but the wealth I can't tell it in Fifth avenue. It 0f sun-kissed hair that rippled. Barnes would be extremely annoying to have went forward to meet her, filled with uoia oi you aie oi nean iauure witn a sudden apprehension. uu iuee yeopie loosing on." "What ia it? Yon r nnla ue reit ner nana on Ms arm, and what have you heard?" Knew that she was looking at him She stopped and looked eearchlngly with wide, incredulous eyes, but he I Into his eyes. A warm flush rose to raced straight ahead. He was ter- her cheeks; her own eyes grew soft nuijr uiraiu mai me gin Desiae mm i and tender and wistful. was preparing to shed tears of joy "They all -believe that the war will last two or three years longer," she said huskily. "I cannot go back to my own country till it is all over. They implore me to remain here with them until until ' mv fortunes nrp and relief. He could feel her search ing in her jacket pocket for a hand kerchief. Mrs. Courtney was not only curl ous but apprehensive. She hadn't the faintest Idea who Miss Cameron was, mended." She turned to Mrs. Court nor where her brother had picked her ney and went on without the slightest up. But she saw at a glance that trace of indecision or embarrassment she was lovely, and her soul was filled in her manner. "You see, Mrs. Court wlth strange misgivings. She was like ney, I am; very very poor. They have all , sisters who have pet bachelor taken everything. I I fear-I shall brothers. ; She hoped that, poor Tom have to accept this kind, generous hadn't gone and made a fool of him- proffer of. a-" her voice shook slight self, ly "of a home with my friends until The few minutes conversation she the Huns are driven out." had with the stranger only served to Barnes silence was ' more eloquent increase her alarm. Miss Cameron's than words. Her eyes fell. Not until voice and smile and her eyes! were Mrs. Courtney expressed the hope that positively alluring. Miss Cameron would condescend to ac- She had had a night letter from Tom cept the hospitality of her home until that morning in which he said that he plans for the future were definitely was bringing a young lady friend down fixed was there a sign that the object from the north and would she meet of her concern had given a thought to them at the station and put her up what she was saying. j, - ( , for a couple of days? That was all "You are so very kind,? Wammered she knew of the dazzling stranger up the countess. "But I cannot think of to the moment she saw. her. Immedi- Imposing upon" ately after that she knew by intuition' "Leave lt to' me,1 Ede," said Barnes a mat deal more about her than Tom fently, and, laying his hand upon his Bister's arm. he led her from the room. Then he. came swiftly back to the outstretched arms, of the exile. ; t "A very brief New "-York engage ment," he whispered in her ear, he knew not how long afterward. ' Her head was pressed against his shoulder, her eyes were closed, her lips parted in the ecstasy of passion. ; "Yes," she nreathed, so faintly that he barely heard the strongest word ever put into the language of man. Half an hour later he was speeding down the avenue in a taxi. His blood was singing, his heart was bursting with joy his head was light, for the feel of her was still in his arms, the voice of her. in his enraptured .ears. ; He was hurrying homeward to the Mlonrfnra" ho wns soon to desert for- ewr. He was to snend the nlffht at 1 his sister's apartment When he is sued forth from his "diggings": at half past seven he was attired in evening clothes, and there was not a woman In all New York, young 'or old, who would have denied hint; 'a second glance. Later on in the evening three of the countess friends arrived at the Court ney home to pay their' respects to their fair compatriot and to discuss the crown Jewels. They came and brought with them the consoling information that arrangements were practically completed for the delivery of the jewels into the custody ot the French embassy at Washington, through whose intervention, they , were to be allowed to leave the United States without the formalities usually ob served in cases of suspected smug gling. Upon the arrival in America of trusted messengers from Paris, headed by no less a personage than the am bassador himself, the imperial treas ure was to pass into hands that would carry it safely to France. Prince Se bastian, still in Halifax, had been ap prised by telegraph of the recovery of the jewels, and was expected to sail for England by the earliest steamer. And while the visitors at the Court ney house were lifting .their glasses to toast the prince they loved, and, in turn, the beautiful cousin, who had braved so much and fared so luckily, and the, tall wayfarer who had come into her life, a small man was stoop ing over a rifled knapsack In a room far downtown, glumly regarding the result of an unusually hazardous un dertaking, even for one who could per form such miracles as he. Scratching his chin, he grinned for he was the kind who bears disappointment with a grin and sat himself down at the big library table in the center of the room. Carefully selecting a pen-point he wrote: "It will be quite obvious to you that I called unexpectedly tonight The week was up, you see. I take the lib erty of leaving under the paperweight at my elbow a two-dollar bill. It ought to be ample payment for the damage done to your faithful travel ing companion. Have the necessary stitches taken in the gash and you will find the kit as good as new. I was more or less certain not to find what I was after, but as I have done no irreparable injury I am sure you swill forgive my love of adventure and excitement It was . really quite diffi cult to get from the fire escape to your window, but lt was a delightful experience. Try crawling along that ten-inch ledge yourself some day and see If it isn't productive of a pleasant thrill. I shall not forget your promise to return good for evil some day. God knows I hope I may never be in a po sition to test your sincerity. We may meet again, and I hope under agree able circumstances. Kindly pay my deepest respects to the Countess Ted, and believe me to be, "Yours very respectfully, "SPROUSE. P. S. I saw O'Dowd today. He left a message for you and the count ess. Tell them, said he, that I ask God's blessing for them forever. He is off tomorrow for Brazil. He was very -much relieved when, he heard that I did not get the jewels the first time I went after them, and immense ly entertained by my jolly description of how I went after them the second. By theway; jrott will be Interested to learn that he has cut loose from the crowd he. was trailing with. Mostly nuts, ne says. Dynamiting munition plants in Canada was a grand project says he, and it would have come to something if the d d women had oniy left the d -d men alone. The expletives are O'Dowd's." Ten hours before Barnes found this Illuminating message on his library table he stood at the window of a lofty Park avenue apartment buildinz. his arm about the slender, yielding ngure or tne only other occupant of the room. Pointing out over the black housetops, he directed her attention to the myriad lights in the UDDer floors of J a great hostelry to the south and west and said:;, - "That is where you are going to live, darling." - r THE END. Crees Wonderful Canoelsta. "The O jib way, the Cree and r a . - the . V . I V - " 'WNrf tUU MAW Montagnals are the most wonderful canoeraen in the world." says S. E. Sangster, writing of "The Woods Indian" in Boys' Life. Ther pos sess a sixth sense In rapid-running and if they say 'run If you can safely lay a bet at odds that they will run it and come through drv even the mere glimpse of which makes your ur eiana up ana sends chills chasing Up and down your spine." Even Then.' ' i Even the man who thinks twice be iore ne speaks is often sorry he said lt Boston Transcript LESSON (Brl REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. D.. Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) . , (Copyright, Hl. Western Newspaper Union) LESSON FOR OCTOBER 19 JE8U8 IN PETER'S HOME. LESSON TEXT Mark 1:29-39. GOLDEN TEXT Jesus said unto him. this day Is salvation come . to this house. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Matt. 8:14- 17; Luke 4:38-44. I. Healing of Simon's Wife's Mother (vv, 29-31). ' ; --7-- -:;,- ; . . , 1; A loved one 111 (v. 30). From the synagogue. Jesus with James and John went to the home of Peter and Andrew where he f, onnd Peter's mother-in-law prostrate with a- burning fever. Among the closest followers, there are suffer ing ones and anxious and burdened hearts; but tOT.all ' ; such he comes with loving sympathy and power to help. His power is the same in the quietude of the home as In the .public meeting place. ."'.-. 2. They tell him of her (v. 31). -This was the proper thing to do. We should bring to our Saviour's attention those of our families who have need, of both bodily and spiritual healing. 3. He healed her (v. 31). "He came and took her by the band and lifted her up."; This act-showed the near ness,: sympathetic tenderness and pow er, of Jesus. ; At his touch the fever departed and strength was Imparted to her body so that she was at once able to minister unto them. 4. She . ministered to them (v. 31). This act shows that (1) the cure was Instantaneous and complete. When. Jesus heals there is no halfway busi ness! It is the same with spiritual healing. (2) Gneltude on the part of the one healed. - Those s who have ex- perlenced the healing power of Jesus will express their gratitude in loving service to the Lord and his 'disciples. II. Christ's Ministry at Sunset (w. 32-34). It became noised about that a nota ble miracle had been wrought in Peter's home, therefore as soon as the Sab bath drew to a close many demon possessed and diseased were brought to him to be healed. If we would have the crowds to gather today we must be able to show that Jesus is at work among us. Our testimony should be backed by the healed body or soul. Li He healed those of divers dis eases (v..34). Jesus can heal any. dis ease. Many of the cures spoken of to day are temperamental, but the cures wrought by Jesus were of all sorts. No malady ever baffled him. . 2. Cast oitf many devils (v. 34). The devils obey , him. There is no record of a demon ever disputing the author ity of Jesus. At his command the rendered Instant obedience. 3. Suffered not . the devils to speak (v. 34). He bids the saved soul wit ness of his saving power, .hut will not allow the devils to speak In challenge of his authority or In witness of the truth of his deity. III. Jesus Retires to Pray (w. 35 37). The arduous service of the day made lt desirable to be alone with the Father In 'prayer. Shut out from man alone with God! How necessary the hush of the eternal, the calm of God! There is great need of private prayer. IV. Preaching Throughout Galilee (vv. 38, 39). I He continued steadfastly to preach, for this was his supreme business. His miraculous works were but aids to his testimony. Preaching the gospel ir the chief concern of all who would follow Jesus. Harmony. It is a beautiful and blessed world we live in. i The flowers blossom in obedience to the same law that keeps the stars In their places. Each bird song is an echo of the universal har mony. It is humanity, which thrusts discords, and false and jarring notes Into the days. We go out into the beautiful morning carrying our useless loads of frets and worries, our left over resentments and our faithless fears. The sunshine assures us that the world Is still moving safely In Its ap pointed, course and God has not for gotten us ; the birds lift their cheering notes of rejoicing that they have found food for the day, but we lift complain ing voices because we have not found provisions for years to come Our moody spirits and jarring tempers hurt the love on earth and In heaven. But they hurt our own souls most of all,-for-they put us out , of tune with the music of the universe. ' Success. The great highroad of human wel fare lies along the old highway of steadfast well-doing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest, spirit, will invariably be the most successful ; success treads on the heels ofv every effort S. Smiles. (Conducted hv j7.J Boy Scorn" Lncn n. .. GRIT on sounded, m SCOUTS PROVE THEIR summer camp of North ell. Boy Senate cf Mountain, Interstate park , at cat story which he got J i boy. aonihi, It was their first islands. Tu& had hen L the camp was settling down to oiumuer, wnen irom one of th ,0,W81 came a low, blood-curdline sii "Soma rnt S SCree ' v-vuicu a scon-1 of the tents. m k "Cat, nothing," exclaimed flnftHl In the same tent, excitedly ? wildcat." y Tfti This statement brought six tousleheads from underneath sit h?! eta in the tent. A hurried was called, and it was decided they just had to go out and ePtT wildcat. getth Arming themselves with broken m and old broom-handles, and with S scout knives safely hitched to the belts, the boys crept stealthily ttm their tent out into the starry mt The shriek again pierced the still nlgij Suddenly the leader called a b"' Bis foot touched something, it another scout In fact another group, ano still another group. The Bcoutx began to assemble rapidly, and it final ly seemed that every tent had a dele gstion present. Excited whispers u to how to proceed broke the silence, but suddenly everybody grew quiet, u a tall, figure loomed up in the darknea It was Lieut. H. Hudson of Westfleli, X. J., resident-director of the camp, "I've , got the wildcat, fellows," bt said quietly; "now hustle back ti camp." Lieutenant Hudson would advance no information, but ordered everybody back to bed. But the story leaked out and spread from tent to tent The truth was that the shriek was not that of a wild cat, but an ordinary boy scout imitating that animal. The wild cat was Scout George Becker of West Hoboken. THE SEA SCOUT'S CHANTEY. This is a modern chantey, sung by the crew .of the sea scouts who took the famous pioneering trip up the Connec ticut river in government boats. It was written by Chief Sea Scout James A. Wilder of Honolulu: A ship Is wood and metal, la metal, rlssme and saU She's but an iron kettle. When hearts aboard her rail! Hauling Chorus: To my way-ay and yea, yea, we're bound away fur many w. A seascout is a good scout, So give us our seaway. The heart of ships Is rei-blood, Red-blood never a doi.Dt: And wood and iron use'iess Without the heart of tcout (Chorus) Our ship is what er make her, - . Jm.mA Aiaice ner saucy ana uiw -No blustering wind shall break ner, while we are au oi -(Chorus) Transgressor's Thorny , Path. Sin Is best known by Its consequenc es; it is discovered, not by studying causes but by noting effects. The ser pent approaches us as the personifi cation of wisdom, and tells us of the beautiful, of that which is pleasant to the eye and to the tongue. But the world by wisdom 'knew not God. So Adam and Ere discovered, too late, and went out together to walk 'i that weary road on which they must mount toward God. The way of the trans VICTORY HALL TO HOUSE SCOUTS T7i l f jAMima nnrl floor have been prepared for submission J thA hnnrd of estimate, in New ion city for -Victory Hall," a njwro building to the world war sops01 New York city. . to . . . nnnr1 fl00"i w Tne plans snow a - . . be used as an exhibition ball, 30 high and 200 by 320 feet basement is to contain one of tte estiswimining pools m me gymnaslum and a rifle range. The secona noor wiu -. tion hall. The third story to to eyj chapter rooms for the mej- G..A. R., A. E. Athletic Boy Scouts, wduc league and Amateur Ait Jew : A flat roof wiU afford facilities playground. INNES TRAINS SCOUT BAND. The Denver boy lJ8l i directed by Frederick jeu an organization of which v e wi well be proua. . iuuw.--Professor Innes said: ygb MIt is a genuine tritate ciw intelligence and ntiiing J w of these boys that thi. flcieDt 120 days, have concert enough to appear in a pw be their and I am sincerely prouo i director. , This band is i i porting: S The membei dtff give my serviteo - r& SCOUT8- ENGLISH AND FOREIGN ! ' resent811 The officers and leaders pr recent scout conf erence ti for mouth, Bngtod.! tne aeveioymcui- foreign scouts. g. f t ' non Sir KODc t .h. Powell, who is at the Ish scout movement, be - b?s b attitnde is general, foi nd suggestions from BCoaWJ r0 ers as to what the orjg do to get into closer . ain's alUes. , gressor is hard. -
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