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NEBRASKA
HEART
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MASKS
By
HAROLD MacGRATH 1
AuthorofTheManontho Boxetc
With Drawings by Harrison Fisher
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Copyrijjlit 1905 by Bobb MerrlU Co
CHAPTER IV
In other words we had departed the
scene of festivities none too soon I
could readily understand why the door
had been locked it was not to keep
us in the cellars rather it was to
prevent any one from leaving the
ball room by that route Evidently
our absence had not been noticed
nor had any see our precipitate
flight I sighed gratefully
For several minutes we stood silent
and motionless on the landing At
length I boldly struck a match The
first thing that greeted my blinded
gaze was the welcome vision of a lit
tle shelf lined with stewards candles
One of these I lighted and two others
I stuffed into the pocket of my Ca
puchins gown Then we tiptoed
softly down the stairs the girl tug
ging fearfully at my sleeve
There was an earthly smell It was
damp and cold Miles and miles away
so it seemed the pale moonshine
filtered through a cobwebbed window
It was ghostly but so far as I was
concerned I was honestly enjoying
myself strange as this statement may
seem Here was I setting forth upon
an adventure with the handsomest
wittiest girl I had ever laid eyes upon
If I extricated her neatly she would
always be in my debt and the thought
of this was mighty pleasant to con
template -
Do you know the way out
I confessed that so far as I knew
we were in one of the fabled labyrinths
of mythology
Go ahead she said bravely
I ask only to -die in your highness
service soberly
But I do not want you to die I
want you to get me out of this cellar
and quickly too
Ill live or die in the attempt
I see nothing funny in our predic
ament icily
A few moments ago you said that
bur angles of vision were not the
same I begin to believe it As for
me I -think its simply immense to
find myself in the same boat with
you
I wish you had been an anarchist
or a performer in a dime museum
You might now be alone here But
pardon me surely you do not lack the
full allotment of the adventurous
spirit It was all amusing enough to
come here under false pretenses
But I had not reckoned on any
ones losing jewels
No more had I
Proceed I have the courage to
trust to your guidance
I would that it might be al
ways with a burst of sentiment
that was not wholly feigned
Let us go on impatiently I
shall not only catch my death of
cold but I shall be horribly compro
mised
My dear young lady on the word
of a gentleman I will do the best I
can to get you out of this cellar If
I have jested a little it was only in
the effort to give you courage for I
havent the slightest idea how we are
going to get out of this dismal hole
We went on We couldnt see half
a dozen feet in front of us The gloom
beyond the dozen feet was Stygian
and menacing And the great grim
shadows that crept behind us as we
proceeded Once the girl stumbled
and fell against me
Whats the matter I asked start
led
I stepped on something that that
moved plaintively
Possibly it was a potato theres
a bin of them over there Where the
deuce are we
If you swear I shall certainly
scream she warned
But I can swear in the most ele
gant and approved fashion
I am not inclined to have you
demonstrate your talents
Aha Here is the coal bin Per
haps the window may be open If so
we are saved Will you hold the can
dle for a moment
Have you ever witnessed a cat
footing it across the snow If you
have picture me imitating her Cau
tiously I took one step then another
and then that mountain of coal turned
into a roaring treadmill Sssssh
Rrrrr In a moment I was buried to
the knees and nearly suffocated I
became angry I would reach that
window
Hush Hush The noise the
noise whispered the girl waving
the candle frantically
But I was determined Again I tried
This time I slipped and fell on my
hands Aa I strove to get up the
cord on my gown became tangled
about my feet The girl choked
whether with coal dust or with laugh
ter I could not say as she still had
on her cambric mask
Forgive me she said And then
I knew it was not the coal dust
V
Ill forgive you but I will not
promise to forget
Merciful heavens you must
not try that again Think of the
noise
Was I making any noise rub
bing the perspiration from my fore
head I had taken off my mask
Noise The trump of Judgment
Day will be feeble compared to it
Surely some one has heard you
Why not lay that board on top of -the
coal
A good idea I made use of it at
once The window Tvas unlatched
but there was a heavy wire screen
nailed to the sills outside There
was no getting out that way The
gods were evidently busy else
where
Nothing doing I murmured a bit
discouraged
And even if there was you really
could not expect me to risk my
neck and dignity by climbing through
a window like that Let us give
up the idea of windows and seek
the cellar doors those that give to
the grounds I declare I shall leave
by no other exit
It was very kind of you to
let me make an ass of myself like
that Why didnt you tell me be
forehand
Perhaps its the angle of vision
again I can see that we shall never
agree Seriously I thought that if
you got out that way you might find
the other exit for me I am sorry
if my laughter annoyed you
Not at all not at all But wouldnt
it be wise to save a little laughter
to make merry with when we get
out
I stepped out of thebin and re-
infii
w3k sp v r
said there wero three tens of hearts
That meant that only one was out at
order Where did you get your card
That I shall tell you later
But are you really an impostor
I should not be in this cellar else
You are very mystifying
For the present I prefer to remain
so
We tossed aside the apple cores
rose and went on It was the longest
celler I ever saw There seemed ab
solutely no end to it The wine cellar
was walled apart from the main cel
lar and had the semblance of a huge
cistern with a door opening into it
As we passed it the vague perfunle
of the grape drifted out to us
Lets have a bottle I began
Mr Cornstalk
By absent treatment I hantened
to add
You will make a capital comrade
if we ever get out of this cellar
Trust me for that I replied gaily
Be careful theres a pile of empty
bottles yearning to be filled with
tomato catsup Give m6 your hand
But the moment the little digits
closed over mine a thrill seized me
and I quickly bent my head and kissed
the hand It was wrong but I could
not help it She never spoke nor
withdrew her hand and my fear that
she might really be offended vanished
We are nearly put of it I said ex
ultantly I see the cellar stairs on
ahead If only those doors are open
Heaven is merciful to the fool and
we are a pair she replied sighing
gratefully It seems strange that no
body should be in the cellar on a night
like this Hark They are playing
again up stairs in the ball room
And wondering a whole lot where
Calmly Munching the Apples
lieved her of the candle and we
went on -
You did look funny she said
Please dont I begged
Soon we came to a bin of cab
bages I peered in philosophically
I might find a better head in
there than mine I suggested
Now you are trying to be sarcas
tic said the girl
We went on
Wait a moment she cried
Heres a bin of nice apples
Apples Well my word she
was a cool one I picked up one
polished it on my sleeve and gave it
to her
Im hungry she said apologet
ically
And plucky too I supplemented
admiringly Most women would be
in a weeping state by this time
Perhaps 1 am waiting till it is
all over
You had better take off your mask
In fact I felt positive that the sight of
her exquisite face would act like a
tonic upon my nerves
I am doing very well with it on I
can at least keep my face clean She
raised the curtain and took a liberal
bite of the apple so nonchalantly
that I was forced to smile
Heres a box said I lets sit
down while we eat We are safe
enough If any one had heard the
racket in the coal bin the cellar
would have been full of police by this
time
And there we sat calmly munching
the apples for all the world as if the
iron hand of the law wasnt within a
thousand miles of us It was all very
amusing
Are are you the man they are
hunting for she asked abruptly
I never stole anything more terri
ble than green apples and ripe ones
with a nod toward the apple bin
Pardon me I feel very guilty in
asking you such a question You
havent told me your name
Havent I My name is Richard
Cornstalk My friends call me Dicky
Dicky she murmured Its a
nice name
Wont you- have another apple I
asked impulsively
My appetite Is appeased thank
you
An idea came to me Hamilton
that third ten of hearts has gone
But listen How are we to get
back to the trolley We certainly
can not walk the distance in these
clothes
Oh that carryall will come to our
rescue We are weary and are leav
ing early dont you know That part
is simple the complicated thing is to
shake the dust of this cellar
What a big furnace she ex
claimed as we came into view of the
huge heating apparatus And theres
more coal
A man stepped out from behind the
furnace and confronted us A red
bandana covered the lower part of his
face and his hat was pulled down over
his eyes But I recognized him in
stantly It was the fellow with the
villainous pipe I Something glittered
ominously at the end of his out
stretched arm
If you make any noise sir Ill
have to plug you sir he said in
polite but muffled tones
The candle slipped from my fingers
and the three of us stood in darkness
CHAPTER V
There was a clicking sound and
the glare of a dark lantern struck my
blinking eyes
Pick up the candle sir said the
tranquil voice from behind the light
I obeyed readily enough Fate was
downright cruel to us Not a dozen
feet away was liberty and now we
were back at the beginning again
with the end nowhere In sight
Shall I light it sir I asked not
to be outdone in the matter of formal
politeness
Yes sir doubtless you will need it
I struck a match and touched the
candlestick
Burglar said I For all my ap
parent coolness my heartbeats were
away up in the eighties
The girl snuggled close to my side
I could feel her heart beating even
faster than mine
Burglar I repeated
Indeed no sir reproachfully
Mine Is a political job
A political job thunderstruck
4Yes sir I am an inspector of cel
lars grimly I couldnt get around
to this here cellar earlier In the day
sir and a fellows work must be done
To be Continued
The revelations regarding fraudu
lent paint materials which have been
made by thd Agricultural Experiment
Station of Fargo N D and published
by Prof E F Ladd stato commis
sioner have occasioned almost as
much of a sensation as the exposure
of adulteration in food products did
when the latter first began to appear
It has been shown that kegs marked
Pure White Lead often contain other
substances such as chalk barytes
silica etc and that oil supposed to
be linseed often contains petroleum
adulterants to say nothing of water
in large proportions Sometimes so
called White Leads contain not an
iota of genuine White Lead
The farmer is a large user of paint
No one is more interested than he is
that the label should enable him to
get what he supposes he is paying for
There should be a law in every state
requiring that all paint packages be
labeled exactly according to their con
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buyer to buy intelligently
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Queenof Holland Has Agreed to Rec
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Among the lucrative sources of rev
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and decorations Since the rupture
the French government no longer rec
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the right to wear the Vatican ribbon
or to be called count it- was necessary
to obtain a confirmation of title This
gave much perplexity to the candi
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The question has just been settled
Queen Wilhelmina has consented to
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The result has been an amusing pil
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Judge Rentouls reference on the
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