gf 05 TowismD Brady
SYNOPSIS.
. fnoiish voung tenderfoot becomes
-"ted with the bold, artful wife of a
,nken prospector in a western mining
flru"KeThev prepare to elope in a tllnd
hiizzanl but are confronted by the
?d "husband. He is shot by the
"S? but the chivalrous boy pins a
tn the body taking the crime
n0n hmelf. In their flight to . ' the
up- station the woman's horse
fa"0" ,,.,at-v the vouth nuts her
fans . c- .,i fnilows hanelne to th
nn Ilia
' .
ftirrut ti-iriista her escort Into
.. - ct ran.
seeing ne is tn impeai
ment.
drift and rides on.
5L tumbles into the railroad station Just
.1 trim
bears the
woman away.
JL.itv.flve vears later, this man. George
a multi-millionaire in
New
v.t- He met' 1.1 iw""
Ed co-operates with her in her work.
".miv becomes owner of a steamship
- . -o i , Mmcolf frustrate In nir
l track extension plans by grafting al
and traCK c v i- aMViom Trnctlnn
grafting al
.m Traction
nriiicii. j '- - ...
. . a i n 1 1 i t 1 1 u int. vvw4im . -
An automobile accident brings
ST Hal'd'anes to his country home. Gorm-
announces that he will be mayor of
Vew York and redeem tne cuy irom cor-nirtion-
The political declaration of the
Inirnhknt prince produced a tremendous
fensifon The whole machinery of the
K detective force is to be used to dig
m something damaging to Gormly. The
SUi heretofore unanimously favorable
ll the 'merchant candidate, under pres
sure divides and the campaign waxes
lam V resolution is introduced grant
Z J a' gratuitous renewal of the traction
franchise. Gormly offers ten million dol-
Xxr Tterms a
" .?f5i"a"0 J. "SS - of0 -
K shocked bv the confirmation of his
mwlclons that her father Is the head
company which he is attempting to over
throw Young- Ilaldane discovers his
father's connection with the Gotham
Traction company, and is incensed. In
an interview between rGormly and Hal
dane the . latter practically offers his
daughter's hand as a bribe for Gormly to
withdraw. Gormly refuses. In an Inter
view with Gormly Miss Haldane learns
of her father's baseness though Gormly
vainlv tries to hide it. Members of the
Kin" find the woman for whose sake
Gormly declared himself a murderer and
decide to force him to withdraw under
threat of prosecution. The chief of police
visits Gormly, who makes a full conf es
inn of the truth. Young Haldane runs
the gauntlet of the police and carries the -confession
to the newspapers for publica
tion. By accident the newspapers find Bill
Hamilton, one of the men who wre at j
"Camp Kill Devil" and knew tne,trutn
about Gcrmly.
CHAPTER XVI Continued.
"Good!" exclaimed the editor.
"That ain't all," said Colonel Bill
triumphantly. "I got here a signed
paper witnessed before Justice of the
Peace Jennings, the only one, we had,
and signed by me and several other
men, which swears they heerd Bree
den say his wife killed him and that
they seen this thirty-two bullet took
out of his breast, the autopsy bein'
"flnMin lit-r V fnnTTl1 Anil If O TTiad
out ia due form." '; ' . .
"It's quite satisfactory," said the
editor, slancine: at it and nassine it
over to Shaw.
"So you see we fellers kind o
"thought Fordyce done a man's part in
tak'n' the blame on hisself, and I al
ways kept these things. I thought
they might turn up handy sometime."
' "You did well." . .
"And that ain't aU'either;' said Col.
Bill Hamilton. -
"What more have you?"
"Well, I've seen the woman. She's
alive yet."
"Naturally she must have been or
they couldn't have got this story from
tar." was the answer. -
"Course. Well, the end of the
Tory's this: Them people plunged
outh in that blizzard. We looked for
m in the spring; but never expected
to find their remains, 'cause It was
tooren human flesh could stand, such
a storm as that, and we naturally
Posed they'd both died and got e't up
,7 tho solves when they was partly
"Pd out. But, the other night I
as takin' a trip through the tender-oin-for
observation purposes," said
J-olQtel mil as the ghost of a smile
JCierd on the face of the night ed-
t0r "and I seen this woman and had
an interview with her. She's plumb
cared to death. The chief of police
ft0 got this stuff from her 's fright
eaed her out of her boots. But I, bein'
n old friend "of hers, managed to
uei down, and T frnt hor tn Hvf
ner. story.
ohe's always been sor-
' Si'iO f-,(
erved Fordyce the way
"-c uono.
bow !&n t knW h0W 11 Is hut 80me
Tou Rr,t nt th8 g00d sJde of her.
fcuv!0 ,J,CS0 women '"are going
hell perhaps although I
,l r.o inside information as to
UdlUt how
Wc. utvor 10w tfiey git and
Soft 'en J i-utsru s aiwajrs
0Q.-,fipct.,in 'ein somewhere. They're
WW?,!''1 An(1 1 guess 1 must'v
or oil Poft 310t in her somehow
Atarf; fnr F'h(- told me the -truth.
thiDg; rate Rho confessed the whole
than VPK10' Rn(1 she sald furthermore
Mhc.n thf rn tv;o was goln' south
oa 'opfm lir horse fel1 down and
Wf. , at Fordyce got off his
W m Inonted it, and he
a ! r , hansln' to the saddle
V;4; ."ho sai(1 that seein' that
-'i inn hmr i
) ' was givm . out
H'a?'!,0V(( Fordyce down and-gal-klrl
lr'ft him- And I got
Again r , t0 a paper cemfessin' !t."
box 1 i5U1 had course to
"Hero tJ . ''... ''..
ftiake a ls- Now
If them don't
case for my old
hew w vhat else to do."
m afvSr Lhe W(Van?" asked the
-fcrertw . hRd examined the last
V.C ornl Tll . . . ...
you
- um UdQ suomiuea.
rn't find her," said the
. :'y- "Sho's pulled up
. ' I "
;r, rr tne tra11- I lped her,
-"u .. uon i mma sayin' that I said
I d see her through this thing. I don't
believe . she could be caught where
she s gone. I don't bUeve there'll be
any pursuit made after her; but if she
k, she's got to be let go. Pete Bree-
uu was a aog u ever there was one,
a"u " oeservea all be got. That's
all, I guess. Gosh! I'm dry!"
"Mr. Abbott," said the editor, "will
you procure such refreshments as
Colonel Hamilton is accustomed to
take under such circumstances ?" -
"You know the dope, boy. I want
it straight too. Same's we had the
other night."
y "Yes, sir," answered the reporter.
'Til have it here in a minute."
"Now, Colonel Hamilton," said the
editor, "you have rendered the peo
ple of New York, Mr. George Gormly,
and incidentally The New York Planet
about as great a service as we could
expect to receive from a human being.
What you have said throws an en
tirely new light upon Mr. Gormly's let
ter. He is in a much more admirable
position through you. Why, he ap
pears in this like a hero. Mr. Shaw.
will you put this matter in shape to
0..1. letter. I
comment editorially upon it?"
At this moment the cub reporter en-
tered with bottle and glasses
r
"It's All Right,"
"I'm glad," said Colonel Bill as he
poured out a generous portion, "to be
of service. After you're all filled up,"
he continued as at his suggestion the
two editors and even the cub reporter
accepted a small drink from the large
bottle, "we'll drink health and success
tq my young friend Fordyce, which is
now named Gormly, and damnation to
the "chief of police and his gang!"
And that was the kind of toast In
which they could all heartily join.
Whitefleld had thought that the In
cident was r completely . covered and
that nothing more could be added to
the amazins: story. Before the forms
were finally locked, however, and the
flrst edition went to press, the night
editor, who still remained at his post,
rpplvpd a communication of such
amazing importance that he inserted
It after the editorial In large capitals,
double leaded, as the completing touch
to the most extraordinary announce
ment that he felt had ever appeared
in The Planet.
CHAPTER XVIII.
. Something to Live Up To.
Gormly was usually an early riser;
but on the morning before election
day he slept until an unprecedentedly
late hour. - He was utterly worn out
with the strain of the campaign, any
way, and the occurrences of this last
night had almost prostrated him.
There was ordinarily, nothing much to
be done on the next day, the Monday
preceding election day, ; One final
meeting was scheduled for. Monday
night, and that was all.
' It was perhaps nine . o'clock when
he woke up. He was soon bathed and
dressed.- He had signaled.. -as was his
i. i li - in i in "
custom, at the proper time for the
serving of his simple breakfast. - It
was ready for him when he entered
the dining room. Somes was there
in attendance as usual. A pile of
morning , papers lay . on the buffet.
Gormly made a step toward them; but
checked himself. . . - J
"Why," he thought, "should I spoil
my breakfast by reading what the
newspapers have to say on the im
portant subject of my confession? The
news will keep. Let me at least eat
in peace." "
"Beg pardon, sir,", began Somes
deferentially; "but aren't you going to
look over the papers, sir, before you
eat?"
"No, thank you, Somes. I can guess
pretty well what they will say." '
But - Somes was unusually per
sistent as well as greatly agitated.
He had been up early and had read
every scrap in every paper.
I hope you'll excuse me, Mr. Gorm-
lv. sir," he began;
but I really think
it'll add to your appetite if you will
at least look over The Planet, sir." -Gormly
shook his head and frowned
a little.
"That will do. Somes IT - he said
somewhat shortly. "I will see the pa
pers later."
After this somewhat peremptory re
mark, the man naturally subsided,
though his interest and excitement
were plainly visible in his nervous
movements. He was usually the most
delightfully cool and imperturbable of
attendants.
"You mustn't take this thing so
greatly to heart, Somes," said Gormly
at last.
"Indeed, sir," returned the man,
"we're all so set on having you elect
ed, and other things, sir, that "
What he was going to say remained
unsaid, for with that delightful op
portuneness which can leasily be com
passed by chroniclers of such vera
cious tale's, I now am pleased to re
cord that the bell of the door of the
apartment cut across the further
He Shouted.
revelations of Somes with a -.loud,
clear ring.
"See who It ls, Somes," said Gormly
indifferently.
"It's been ringing , all morning, sir,"
said the man, turning to leave the
room. "There's been the greatest
crowdf of people, here, reporters and
newspaper men, and Mr. Watson,, and
a number of gentlemen who are cam
paigning for you, and the street's
packed with people outside, too."
"Is my friend the chief of police
there?"
"No, sir. But there's a squad of of
ficers under a sergeant, and they're
making people that haven't any busi-
ness go on
"Well, see who it is this time," said
Gormly as the bell rang again.
Somes was back in a few minutes.
"It's the Janitor, sir. He says the
reception room down stairs and the
hall's filled with people asking to. see
you. He says -the tenants of the build
ing can't get in or out, and he wants
to know what to do."
Gormly glanced at the clock. It was
half-past nine. k -
"Tell them that I will see them all
at the store in the auditorium at half
past ten," he replied. "Tell them it's
useless to wait here now; that I can't
see anybody at present."
Gormly heaved a deep sigh as he
finished his breakfast. "Well," ho
thought, "I have to face' them, and per
haps the sooner the better. Now, for
the papers." v
Ho looked around for Somes ; but
that functionary had not yet appeared.
He pushed back his chair, rose, walked
over to the buff etf, and picked up the
first one. ' Somes had been careful to
see tV ' r. top of the pile and the
place of hondr waa occupied by. The
New York Planet. From the head
lines, Gormly saw, as he supposed he
would, that his letter and the accom
panying story covered the entire first 1
Page- Hhad scarcely: glanced at it
Ljwhen' Somes re-entered the room, if
possioie in greater agitation than ever.
"Beg pardon, sir," ' he began, his
usual method of address.
"Well, what is. it?" .
"There's two people in the drawing
room askingto see you." "
"But I thought I gave you orders
not to admit anybody, to tell every
body that I would see them at the
auditorium in the store at half-past
ten?" " '- - ..j
Yes, sir, you did, sir. But I couldn't
very well keep these people out."
"Tell them I am busy," skid Gorm
ly. "I have no time for anonymous
callers."
"Beg pardon, sir," said Some3
again; "but really, Mr. Gormly, if
you'll excuse me, sir, this presump
tion, you must see them."
"Are you mad?" asked Gormly. -"Nearly,
sir," answered the valet
truthfully. . .
Gormly looked at him curiously.
There 'was so much excitement and
nervousness in the man's manner, and -yet
it seemed to be a rather cheerful
excitement, too, that it seemed to
presage something of importance. At
any rate, after a moment's reflection,"
the merchant v decided from the
strangeness of the situation that he
would see the people mentioned.
As Gormly entered the sunny, cheer
ful drawing room, the occupants rose
to greet him. One was young Hal
dane," the other was his sister. Hal
dane was intensely excited. He-rushed
at Gormly with the enthusiasm, of a
boy; grasped his hand, and wrung it
frantically. . v
"It's all right," he shouted. "It's
turned out better than anybody coutd
have expected. It's killed the opposir
tion dead. Everybody is for you now."
Gormly heard him as in a dream.
He allowed him to shake his hand as
he might have shaken a pump handle,"
could that ancient and useful article
have been found in New. York. He
was looking with all his soul in his
glance at Eleanor Haldane, who had
not come forward but stood by the
chair in which she had sat, her hands
tightly clasping the-low back of it.
The color that had flooded her face,
when she first saw him had subsided
almost as quickly as it had come. She
was very pale and trembling.
Thoughts, strange, bewildering,
rushed through Gormly's mind. What
could Miss Haldane be doing there?
What did she want? Why had she
come? She had heard of the inci
dent.. He remembered that her broth-
f er had taken her one copy of his let
ter last night. What did her pres
ence mean? ' ?
' "I just came down here," continued
young Haldane, "to tell you these
things to relieve your anxiety, and to
bring. Eleanor. She wanted to see
you about well, you know about
what, of course, and "
Gormly did not know at all; but he
nodded vaguely.
"Of course, by this time you've read
all about it in The Planet. That old
miner came in like a scene in a play.
It was perfectly splendid, and I sup-
pose," he looked meaningly at his sis-
ter, his glance calling the color once
more to her cheek, "that you have
read the other communication, which
is scarcely less important." '
Gormly stared at him in utter
amazement.
"I must say," be continued mis-
chievously, -"that for a man wrho is ; interpret them; but all failed. Either
getting everything he wants as you j they could not make sense of the let
are, you are singularly undemon- ! tersj or could not perceive what mean-
strative about it."
"Mr. Gormly," interposed the wom
an, "I don't believe that you have
read the morning papers?"
"Not yet, Miss Haldane."
"Oh!" cried the girl in great dis
may. "By Jove!" exclaimed the young
man, "to think of it! I shquld have
had the first copy from the press
brought to me if I had been in your
place. Well, then, I'll tell you the
whole story. Or you've got it in The
Planet and you can read it yourself.
We'll excuse . you while you glance
over it; won't we sis?"
"I don't understand," said Gormly,
lifting the paper slowly. He had not
yet taken his eyes off Miss Haldane.
"On second thoughts," said -the
young man, "I guess Eleanor had bet
ter tell you herself. If you'll excuse
me, you two. for a few moments, I'll
go into the library."
"Livingstone! v cried the girl im
ploringly; but her brother only
laughed as he left the room, carefully
closing the door behind him.
"What is it that I am to be told,
Miss Haldane?" asked Gormly, step
ping toward her, paper still in hand.
Miss Haldane was in a dilemma.
She had been surprised when he had
entered the room that Gormly had
not greeted her differently. Her posi
tion was a tremendously difficult one
at best, and his failure to read the
paper had rendered it ' almost insup
portable. "I. think," she faltered at last, "that
I had better go. You can see me later
in the day, and" -
"No," said Gormly resolutely, "you
must not go yet. You came down here
for some purpose That fact that I
have not read the papers seems to
have affected you strangely. If you
will give me five minutes, I can look
them over and perhaps obtain some
clue to your conduct; but I would
rather you would tell me what it is,
do what you were going to do, say
what you were going to say when you
came in, than try. to find out from thi
newspapers."
. : (TO BE CONTINUED.)
The man' who believe Irr rnnce l
bliss, irr't ' vise" to hiv r- y.
BELSHAZZAR'S
n
FEAST AND
LESSON TEXT Daniel 5. f -
MEMORY VERSES 25, 28.
. GOLDEN TEXT "God shall bring.
ery work Into Judgment, with every se
cret thing, whether it be good or whether
It be evUV'-Eccl. 12:14.
-TIME The event described belongs to
the last years of the exile, B. C. 539,
when Babylon was taken by. Cyrus and
his generals. ... .-
The decree of return, and the first rs
turn,4 occurred a year or two later.
PLACE Babylon the capital, enlarged,
beautified aad fortified by Nebuchadne
zar.
Under the great Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon rose in grandeur, power and
extent, till It became the most mag
nificent and beautiful city of anti
quity. In those days Babylon was the
metropolis of the world, the center of
commerce, art and wisdom. The
wealth of the world poured into its
coffers. Babylon was the strongest
fortress in all the world. Belshazzar
was the acting king of Babylon at the
time of this lesson, while . his father
Nabonidus was the nominal and legal
king who lived and warred outside ot
the city.
Cyrus had been advancing toward
Babylon. He gained a decisive victory
over Nabonidus, on his way to the
capital, and his army entered the city
without fighting, and peace was pro
claimed. A portion of . the city, prob
ably the citadel including the royal
palace, held out for some time, being
occupied by the army of Belshazzar
as a rallying placed Two or three
..weeks later Cyrus made his triumphal
entry into the city. Seven days later,
the general of Cyrus stormed that
part of Babylon which had held out
against his army, and on that night
Belshazzar was slain. It was during
this week that Belshazzer made a
magnificent banquet to - encourage his
generals and princes in their struggle
with the Medo-Persian foe.
At his feast, therefore, Belshazzar
sought to remind his warriors of the
old campaigns their forefathers had
fought. He had. in his possession the
treasures hich these forefathers had
carried from Jerusalem when they
conquered Israel and, as it seemed to
them, Israel's Jehovah. His conduct
thus was not merely that of a drunk
en debaucheej but partly of a cool
politician, when amid the applause of
a thousand courtiers and army com
manders Be ordered the sacred ves
sels of the Temple of Jerusalem to be
brought into the hall of feasting. Such
a scene would-fill the hearts of the
wine-Inflamed warriors and nobles to
overflowing with daring, and also
bring a Worthy occasion for the di
vine interference to encourage his
people on the eve of their deliver
ance. In the midst of the carousal, the
king saw the fingers of a man's hand
writing strange words, "letters of fate
and characters of fear," on the wall
in the full blaze of the candlestick,
perhaps the great golden candlestick
taken from the temple. There Is
something blood-curdling In the visi
bility of but a part of the hand and
its busy writing.
Belshazzar, in his terror and horror,
summoned his wise men. to declare
what the. strange apparition and the
blazing letters meant, and promised
sreat rewards to the one who should
iug they had. -
Then the queen mother, mothef of
Belshazzar, came in and spoke of
Daniel as one who had shown great
gifts at interpretation to his grandfa
ther Nebuchadnezzar. It took place
before this boy king was born, and he,
naturally, knew nothing about the
story. Daniel was sent for, and came
into the festival hall. He heard the
king's offer, and spurning it, spoke
brave and true ; words which might
easily cost him ;his life. He told the
story of Nebuchadnezzar's falh from
the height of pride, and accused him
of dishonoring the true God. Then he
Interpreted the message written on
the palace walls: "Thou art weighed
in the balances and found wanting."
"The want of religious restraints and
motives, exposes one undefended to
the powers of temptation. Belshazzar
would enrich the splendor of his feast
by the sacred goblets and dishes of
gold that Nebuchadnezzar had taken
from the temple at Jerusalem. They
were brought, and made to be instru
ments for drunken revelry and lust,
and worship of idols, thus declaring
that the idols had given them the vic
tory over the God of thd Jews.
The social power of tha wine cup.
Its connection with feasting, comrade:
ship, hospitality, good cheer, la one of
its most dangerous attraCtons. And
on,e of the chief defences against its.
power lies in showing that good cheer,
fellowship, sociability, eating together,
may be enjoyed In the highest degree
where men "eat and drink and In
communion- sweet' quaff immortality
and joy," without the fascination of
the wine cup.
Belshazzar lost his city and his king
dom. Sostill by intemperance are
men continually- throwing away the
Kingdom God has prepared for them,
the kingdom'of manhood, the kingdom
of self-control, the kingdom - of the
world in whioh we live and of its laws
which we can. compel to aid us in all
that is good. ' -:'.
The days ot intemperance are num
bered when all the boys become total
'abstainers.' The wise young man sees
"o It that the whole question of the
use ot Intoxicating liquors is weighed
'n the balances of reason,' of science,
o f observation . 'i
U - Sonday School Lesson for Nov. 12, 1911
H .j Spodaily Arranged for .This Papr u
POSITIVELY
BEUEVES WOULD
HAVE DIED
Fortunate Eicrieace of JUdy Uto
Obtained Relief From Seriszs
Trooble 1 by MrijSjf : ; a7 : :,l
WoxaanV Tarr.:W.v " '
Wlldomary Cal.-r-Saya Mra-P CL'
Mills, of ibis place: "I had a? mishap
which was followed by lnflammntlca.
and I suffered with intense pain tat
more than a week.' . ; . ' ;
I poslUvely ' believe 'X would hm
died had it not been for CardnV tbm
woman's tonic ,v; . rr -
I dont think any onecaii recoxa
mend a medicine more hishlj than X
can Cardui. I . never saw a remedy
which strengthens one so rapidly: r..
When I began to take Cardui Z
could not stand on my feet. After
taking two bottles, I was cured, aad
now I weigh 165 pounds. I am glad
to recommend a medicine with .wo
much merit." ' . , .
If womanly troubles have worn you
out, made you feel weak, sick and mia-,
erable, and able to see only the dark
side of things, brighten up, - by; get
ting back your health.' " .
Take Cardui, the woman's tonic
This, well-known woman's medlctae
has brought health and happiness to
many thousands of weak and aflint;
women. Why not to you?
Get a bottle oday, at the drug store.
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Thedford's Black-Draught (25e), r
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tfedlclne Co., Chattanoosji. Tensu, far
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''Home Treatment for Women,1 sent
plain .wrapper, on request. .
AN EASY LOSER.
He You're worth a million and Vol
penniless. Will you many me?
She No. Why did you ask' met
He I wanted to see how a thxa'
feels when he loses a million dollars,
-,- " -'" J-vtv-"- .
. Fever0n ,; ' rrw
"There's no. , f ever ,1 jk, ths? f potbaU
level, &a,m a. mauv. 'kwi;
a dinner party In Philadelphia. Lt
me ,tell you , about ;-a. brokers, ;b07r, m A
Thlr1 ctreot . ...... ir .
"A Third street, broker sat at his -.
desk the other morning when nis
fice boy entered and said respectfully:
" Tf you please, sir, my grand
father'a dead and Td- like to get off
early to, go to the funeral match I
mean the football ceremony that
Is '
"And then, blushing scarlet, the 2ry
withdrew." - ,,
Not for Him.
Fanner Hayseed (in the city) I wa&i
ter find an eatin'-house. , . :.
Accosted Pedestrian Are you look
ing for any particular place T
Farmer H. Wall, not too durned
p'tickler. Boston Transcript
In Sunday School.
"What can you say of Cain?"
"He was the first boy scout,"
r
To Be
Pleasant
In the
Morning
Have
some
Post -
Toasties
with cream
for breakfast.
The rest of tHe day will
take care of itself. "
Post Toasties are " thin
bits of White Indian Corn
cooked and toasted un
til j'deliciously crisp and
appetizing.
'The Memory - Linges,,
Sold by Grocers
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd,
Battle Creek, iticta.