IMi --., a im I1 fTuflf lST... lBHH mi ih'i in f"1if iiniiininwlnjiiiii fT Mir v nrnnnHH mt t- 11 ii' f&pvzmmwwymtFTzaxx'. I h ft jQ?e ancfihe With m-DIMIOPi Tb m WOMAN SYNOPSIS. A . foolish young tnndermot becomes fuel na tod wlUi tlio bold, artful wlfn of a drunken prospector In a western mining own. Thor prepare to olirfto In a burni ng btlKiard but are confronted by the maudlin husband. 1! Ifl shot by the rlfo. but tlie chivalrous boy pins a ote to the body taking tho crlma Upon himself. In their flight to tho railroad station tho woman's horso falls exhnustod: the youth puts hrr on h's own and follows hanging to tho stlrrfp strop. Booing he Is an Imperil nenU the woman thrusts her escort Into a snow drift and rides on. Ilnlf-froieti tie tumbles Into tho railroad station Just a tho train Honra ill a woman nWBy. Twenty-rtr year Inter, this man. Ocorgo Oormly, la a multl-mllllonaire In New York. He meets Klcunor HnliUnn. a benut fill and wealthy settlement worker, and ro-operatca with her In hnr work. Oormy becomes owner of a steamship line and finds himself frustrated In pier and track eitcnslon plans by grafting al derman, backed by the Gotham Traction company. An automobile accident brings the lUldanea to his country homo. Oorm ly announces that he will bo mayor of New York and redeem the city from cor ruptlon. The political declaration of the merchant prlrKja produced a tremendous sensation. Tha whole machinery of tho ctty'a detective force. Is to be used to dig up soiffethlng damaging to Oormly. The riress rwretofore unanimously fnvorablo 0 the merchant candidate, under pres sure, divide and the campaign waxes warm. a. resolution Is Introduced grant ing a gratuitous renewal of the traction franchise. Oormly offers ten million dol lars for tha fronchUo. Miss Haldano con SratulatM Oormly on whut she terms n new .Declaration of Independence, and ho flakes ntx unexpected dnclnriillon of love. le Is shocked by tho confirmation of his suspicions that her father Is tho head end backbone of tho notorious traction company which he Is attempting to over throw, toung Haldano discovers his rnthers connection with tho Gotham Traction company, and Is Incensed. In an Intertirw botweon Oormly and Ilnl dane the latter practically offers his daughter's Hand aa a bribe for Oormly to Withdraw. Oormly refuses. In an Inter view with Oormly Miss lluldune learns of her father's baseness though Oormly vainly tries to hide It. Members of the Itlng find the woman for whoso snko Oormly declared himself a murderer and decldo to force him to wlthdruw under throat of prosecution. CHAPTER XVI. The Chief of Police Visits Mr. Gormly. On tho evening of tho second dor before tho olectlon Connell, dressed In pin In clothes and entirely unaccom panied, presented himself very lato at night at Goriuly's apartment and do tilrcd to see him. It was rJomcB who dmlttod tho ofllclal. dormly's estab lishment was a simple ono, nnd the thor servant hnd gono home for tho Ight Homes knew very well who he was, and while he hnd some of the English awe of the pollco he had all the Ha tred of a zealous and devoted partisan f his master, which he certainly was, for the enemy. Thorcforo he re ejuested tho functionary to take a seat while he carried the request for an In terview to the library. Somes entered the library without knocking, a most unusual course for him. He also took occasion to turn the key of the door behind him. Then he stood at attention In his respectful English way. Oormly had looked up Instantly tha door was opened, and had stopped his dictation. He was greatly surprised at tho valet's en trance, and moro surprised when he locked the door; but ho realized that something unusual was up and said nothing. ''Beg pardon, sir," began Somes do precatlngly, "but there's a party out tn the hall -wants to see you." . "Who Is Itf "He didn't give any name, sir, but I tecogntzed him as the chlof of po lice." "Yes, sir." "What does be wantf "He didn't say, sir." "What was bis message r "Just to tell you that a gentleman that's what he called himself, sir wanted to see you." "Where la he now." "I left him sitting out In the hall. but I wouldn't be too sure an to whore he Is, sir. He seemed to want to como right In here without permission, and that's why I locked tho door, sir." Hl see," answered Gormly, a twinkle of amusement in his eye. "I wonder what the chief of police can have to aay to moT Well, I suppose I'd better aee him. Chaloner, will you go Into the dining room and wait until I call (or you. Tell the chief to como In, 8omes." hlle Chalonor gathered up his notebooks, pencils, and letters and withdrew Into tho dining room across the hall, Somes unlocked tho door, stepped out Into the hull and present ly returned. He threw tho door of tho library open In great stylo, drew him self wp and announced as if It had been a reigning prince: "The chief of police or the city of New YorkP "To what," asked Gormly suavely, i. "am I IndeMed for tho honor of this visit at this Into hour?" He glanced at tho clock as ho spoke id observed that It was half after ebsyeh. "I've got something to say to you, Oormly," began Conndll bruskly, "I am not awnro of any Intimacy between you and mo, Mr. Connell, which wajTants you In your familiar mode of address. Address mo with decency and respect, or I'll have you put out of tho house!" "Me!" roared Connell. "You'd lay hands on me, an ofllcer of the law, In the discharge of his" "Are you como hero as an officer of the law in tli discharge of your duty? IMG aht some iNciDtrtTAL W1W3 lOWNSZNDtiDADY AitarnATtoMi By DcfweoGrvMavtu nrrikttiT trmem rv 4 em If so, wttl you please tell me without further delay what you want, where Is your warrant and Incidentally Inform mo why you come In plain clothes?" "Never mind how I come or why I como!" snld Connell wrathfully. "As I snld, l'vo got something to say to you," he paused for a moment "Mr. Gormly, If that's your name. I'm go ing to say it, and you're going to listen!" "Am I?" said Oormly. "You aeo that bell'" Ho pointed to one of tho but tons In the big desk in the library. "I liavo only to press that to have two men hero Instantly. The three of us are quite equal to throwing you out of the apartment, and two of us, I know, would be moro than willing to do It. I think I have had about enough of you, anyway." "Well, I don't leave till I've had my say, Oeorge Fordycel" was the answer. In spite of hlmsolf Oormly started. Ho controlled himself Instantly, how ever. "You seem," he said coolly enough, "to hnvo discovered my mlddlo name, which I dropped for reasons that seemed good to mo when I came to Now York." "For reasons thnt seemed good to you!" sneorcd tho big ofllcer. "I guess they wero good to you!" "What do you know about them?" asked Oormly quietly. ' "I know what they were." "And It is to tell mo what you know thnt you enmo hero tonight?" "Not by nny means. It's to tell you whnt you'vo got to do that I'm hero." "And what havo I got to do?" "And If I Do This, Asked "You've got to withdraw from this campaign now, tonight." "And how do you propose that I should withdraw?" "Sot down there and write that for business reasons you'vo concluded to withdraw from tho campaign; that you advise your frlonds to vote for Peto Warren, the best mayor New York ever had; that you'ro convinced thnt you were wrong In the charges you've made; that Investigation has showed you that tho Gotham Freight Traction company Is all right and thnt the Sachem society Is equally honor nblo and virtuous. You'll know how to put It. I give you the . substance. Fancy It up In your own language. You can sllng words good and plenty ns has been proved In this campaign. That's all you got tb do." "And If I do this," asked Gormly, "what do I get?" "You'll get sllcnco ns to your do ings twonty-flvo yenrs ngo." "Would ypu mind tolling mo what my doings wero twenty-five years ago?" "Certainly not," said tho chief. "No reason for concenlment botweon you and mo, that I can seo. You ran away with a miner's wlfo out at Cnmp Kill Devil, Wyo., In tho midst of n howlln' bllzrord. With tho wlfo you took tho man's pllo, product of his hard-work-In', tollsomo llfo for a worthless wom an nnd you. And lieforo von inrt vr, nut n bullot Into tho man's breast. iiiurvN mruu counts ngainst you; theft, 'dultcry, murder. You'll moke n hell of a reform mayor, won't you? How'd the peoplo enjoy that?" "Why are you offering mo anything, If you possoss this power and are con front as to your Information? Why don't you publish this stuff nnd knock mo out without giving me, any chance to withdraw?" "Sco here, Oormly, It nln't for you to question I It's for you to do whnt you'ro told. We'vo decided that this Is tho way this schemo is goln' to be worked, that's all there Is to It. If wo have our reasons for not publlshln' tho stuff, why they're ours they're not yours. "Why, man, all I've got to do Is to go down to the district attorney and swear out a warrant to have you ar rested for murder. We've got our flngors on tho woman you run away with and a pretty lookln' old hag she Is now, too. She don't want to bo mixed up In It; but we've got hold of nor, and If necessary she'll swear that you done It. Wo'vo located several people that used to live In Camp Kill Devil who remember the circum stances. One of 'em said, and the woman corroborates It, thnt you wrote an acknowledgment with your own hand, sayln' that you shot up the man, and you left It In the cabin. Maybe we can turn that up, too. It's all as clear as day. I don't really know why I stay here talkln about it any longer, except I rather enjoy seelu' you squirm." "Have you seen me squirm any yet, chief?" "No, not yet; but I can Imagine how you're feelln' beneath that Iron com posure of yours. I've had to deal with too many blackguards and criminals not to know that Well," the man threw up his bands, laid down his cigar; and yawned prodigiously, "It's glttin' late. I'll take that withdrawal and go." "Wouldn't It bo better for me to havo my secretary here?" said Oorm ly, "and dictate what I have to say? Let him make a number of carbon copies of It, so that we could send It to all the papers." "Well, If you want to lot your sec retary In on this game, I don't see thnt I've got any objections," said the chief. Gormly stepped to the door. Gormly, What Do I Get?" "Mr. Chaloner," bo said, "will you bring your notebook and pencils hero? Mr. Chaloner, this Is the chief of po llco, Mr. Connell," ho continued, as tho young man entered the room. "Pleased to know you," said Con nell grimly. "Will you bo seated, Mr. Chaloner, and take a statement from my dicta tion? Dy tho way," ho pushed a but ton on the desk, and the door into tho hall opened Instantly, with suspi cious promptness, It might have been thought, had any of tho party given It any attontlon, "Somes," said Gormly, "I want you." Tho servant stepped Into tho room. "Lock the door, plense, so thnt I may be sure we are not Interrupted." "Now." said Gormly, "this gentle man, as you know, Is the chief of po llco." "Yes, sir," said Somes. "Ho has asked mo to dictate a cer tain statement to the people of the city of Now York, and .I'd like to havo you hear what I have to say and witness all that occurs." "Yes, sir." "Are you ready, Mr. Chaloner?" "Quito rondy, sir:" "Tonight nt halt aftor eleven o'clock," began Gormly, "the chlof of pollco of the city of New York" "You needn't bring me into It!" roared Connell, sitting up. "Will you havo the goodness to be ellont, sir?" cried Gormly. "I am dic tating this statement, not von!" "Well, you're going to dictate what ssfe. T say." thtindored tho chief, slnmmlnR hlt big hand down on the desk, "or I'll" "Keep back thoro, Somes," said Gormly sharply as tho man stepped forwnrd, his face aflame "I oan deal with the man. Connell," h contin ued, "you are going to sit right thor until I've finished with you. Now, Somes," he said, "you stand right be hind him, and If ho attempts to get' out of his chair keep him down." "You'ro assaulting an officer of the law!" roared tho chief, snapping hit lingers. "You ought to be man enough to know that' tho gamo's against you ho far," said Gormly, "and keep quiet un til I got through. Then I'll give you a chanco to talk. Aro you ready now, Mr. Chaloner?" "Quito ready, sir," was the Imper turbable answer of that most excl lent young man. "I'll begin again: "'Tonight nt half after eleven o'clock Den Connell, the chief of pollco of the city of New York, called at my apart rrent Ho came unaccompanied and wearing plain clothes. The object of his visit was to demand of me thnt I should withdraw as a candidate for the mayor of Now York; that I should request the people who had honored me with their support to vote for Warren; that I should declare my be lief In tho Integrity of the Gotham Freight Traction company and the purity of the Sachem society, of which ho Is an honored member. The means by which he sought to Induce me to take this course were a promise of sllenco as to certain episodes In my paBt career, and a threat of Instant publicity, Including a possible arrest If I refused. In the presence of my private secretary, Philip Chaloner, of my friend and servant, William Somes, and of the chief of pollco, Connell himself. I am dictating this state ment "Twenty-five years ago I came to Now York, since that time my ca reer has been thoroughly exploited. Tho dotectlvo forco of tho city, sup plemented by whatever tln mniii be procured or suborned, has had me under Investigation. To not ono ac havo they been able to point of which I am ashamed, or unnn tvtiint. tho. could fix an attack. "When I camo to New York I was nineteen years of m r .,,. n.n i - o nuo uutu IU Vermont I received a common school euucation, graduating from tho high School When I vm olvtoon Kf.. . tiled before I was born, my mother at t mrin. some Bmall property ac cruing to mo was turned over to me by my guardian on my graduation from tho high school. I spent two years at sea as a cabin boy, and then drifted west, finniiv hrinin .. ... Kill Devil Camp in Wyoming. There I cams nnrW the inflitnn of a woman older than I, who thought It not unbecoming to her to beguile nnd entrap tho young eastern tender foot who was Just entering upon his nineteenth yoar. I was young, Inex perienced, impressionable; I fell com pletely under her Influence. There Is something to be said for her, poor woman, sne was married to a drunk en brute Of a husband n minor . gambler, who was not only unfaithful to her, but who abused her fright- tuny. 1 think my sympathies more than my affections wnrn annnil f had a chlvalrlc deBlre to help her, a ooys reverence for womankind abused and sufferlner. a nntnti. ani-i of knight errantry, of which even now t am not asnamed. "I had Still SOmn llttln mnnn. IF - av SMV1IV IQlIf I and resolved to takn hnr nn, .nm r - VI IIUUI I u-t uiiuierauie lire. I do not wish to shelter myself behind a woman; but I have always told the nonnln or York the exact truth, and I am do ing 11 now. We bad planned to leave tho camp on a certain ntoht and h,i south to the Union Pacific. That night was the night of the great bllz zard of 1882, which is still remem bered In tho west. It was very late when I reached her cabin with the horses. The woman was ready for me, waiting eagerly in fact. Her him. band had recently won a small sum of money py gambling. That money she took with her. "We bad turned to the door to go out although It was almost certain death to be abroad In nunh ainrm when her husband entered the room. How be know, or whether he knew, what we were going to do, I cannot say. At any rate, he was there. He covered me with a gun; I was entire ly helpless. "I worked In a desnerate hurrv ami at last got my hand on tho butt of my pistol. I saw from the look of his evo that I would have llttln tlm tn draw it I realized thnt unless I could I was a doomed man. At that In stant there was a flash and a report in the room. Immediately after the man pulled the trigger of his own pistol, but the bullet went wild. He sank down on his knees, and foil back dying. I dropped my own weapon and nem over mm. mere waa a nolo in bis breast through which the blood was oozing." "Who shot him?" growled tho chief, who hnd bean llstenlnsr with th (Trent. est absorption to the narrative. "The woman shot him," answered Gormly. "But you need not put that in. Chaloner. Let It go as I havo dictated It." Ho resumed to his ste nographer: Thorn was nothing that I could An for the man. It was more than ever necessary that we got away. In pity for the woman, I tore a blank leaf from a book and wrote upon It that I had shot this man. We loft that note on the body and plunged into the storm. WordB cannot convoy the frightful nature of tho tempest Wo became separated In tho storm through no fault of mine." ITU UH KJVlSllNVHiU.) fa Foundation Laid I Saasay Sclaol Lsmm fir Oct 22,- ltll I Specially Arraafsd for This Paper WESSON TEXT-Ezra 4:1-4:5. MEMORY VEH8ES-3:ll. GOLDEN TEXT "Enter Into his gates with thanksgiving-, and Into his court! with pralse."-Psa. 100:4. TIME Tha arrival at Jerusalem, B. a 837. Foundation of the Temple, B. C. S3 uemjB, u. u. k-b2o. uuildlng or TcmpU begun, B. C. 620. Temple completed, B. a S16. Period of the lesson, 20 years. PLACE Jerusalem and vicinity. PROPHETS.-Hagsal, B. C. 620. Zeehar. tah, B. C. 620-618. Danttl tha aged (Dan. RULERS-Cyrus kins; till B. C. 629. Cambyses king B. C. 630-622. Darius king B. C. 621-486. Zerubbabel governor of Judea. The exiles found Jerusalom In ruins, together with the surrounding cities of rcsldenco and their orchards and farms, much as they had been left by Nebuchadnezzar's armies fifty years before. Trees wero growing wild on the Mountain of the House, and the Jackals prowled among heaps of shat tered masonry. Crumbling stone-work and charred timbers marked the site of palaces and towers, and choked the streets. The city walls and gates were leveled with the ground. The first business of the returned exiles was, of course, to provide some kind of dwellings for themselves and their families. They accordingly settled In the small cities surrounding Jerusa lem, perhaps repairing the houses and walls that had been ruined by the be sieging armies years before, or con tenting themselves with huts or tents. The territory they controlled was ol course small, and hemmed In on all sides, "Including only Bethlehem on the south, while on the north their ter ritory measured no more than twenty. five miles in length by twenty In breadth," nnd oven upon this en croached the heathen or mongrel pop ulation. As soon as the returned exiles hod becomo settled In their homes, and hdd planned for tho necessities of life, within three or four months of their arrival, thoy wisely arranged for the religious llfo which waa the very heart of the nation's existence, and tho central motive nnd inspiration of the return. It would require yoars to build tho temple. It waB not wise to wait for that. It was essential that all needful helDS to dovntlnn nml ro. liglon and righteousness should be pro- vldcd Immediately, to sustain them In the work to be done amid opposition nnJ A.MH.al.. . ! . . i and temptations which were to try their souls as gold la tried in the fire. When the builders laid the founda tion of the temple, thero was a great celebration. The chant of praise waa responded to with a great burst of chorus, vocal and instrumental, the substance of which was some well known sacred refrain. There is a wonderful power in music and every atom of It should be used in God's service. Tho church has scarcely be gun to use this power in its fulness. Some object to responsive singing; some have opposed putting an orches tra in the Sunday school, as if these were modern novelties, Instead of 3, 000 years old. These old saints used every kind of instrument, every meth od of singing boIob, responses, chor uses, marching songs, refrains, every thing that would give wings and In spiration to the service of song. Those who had known only the exile conditions sang Hallelujahs, because it was an unspeakable joy to have a temple at all. It meant the saving of the nation; It meant the returning favor of God. It was no limit to the religious life and the blessings which could grow out of It It made possi ble the greater glory, which fifteen years later the prophet Haggal fore told, when it should be fulfilled in the Messiah. We learn from Haggal that the peo ple were busy with building beautiful houses, and cultivating their farms. They planted vineyards and orchards, flgs, pomegranates and olives. But all their efforts were failures. Thev "looked for much, and lo it came to t lltue." For they cared more for their own houses and farms than for the bouse of Ood. 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