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5L THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt SUNDAY, JAKUAHY 20, 1002. (Copyrighted, 1001, by Dodd, Mead & Co.) nyuoimls if I'reoeilliiK I'linptera. Mrs. Isabel Wevlnnd. u widow. Is threat ened with the debtors' prison. Her chief creditor, Mrs. Brymer, suggests a way out of the dlmculty, murrloKo with un Impris oned debtor, who, for a paltry sum, will issumo Mrs, Weyland's debts also. He proves to be a young lawyer, Mncnamar.i, who, through no fault of his own, has fallen Into dire straits. Mrs. Wevlnnd, In pity, pays his small debt, sets him freo and agrees to mnrry a negro condemned a die In threo davs. Hhn then retires In 'overly ti, country life, but later falls e!ress to a largo fortune and becomes a social queen In London. Hcr.e she meets Macnarnura, now a nourishing barrister, wno picugc.i nimscir to ncr service and m most attentive to hor, to the anger of her oroiner-in-iuw, i.oru mrntiicrricK. sirs, Weyland tukes as secretury Allco Ful ton, daughter of i fnrmnr nr,dltnr. titruthurrlelc learns of her marrlaire to the negro through Miss Fulton's lather, a worimcss specimen, lie men cans upon his slstcr-ln-law and attcinnts blackmail. proposing that she pay W) to hltn to keep tho former creditor unlet, Tho negro re turns to London, having escaped both tho rallowH and penal servitude In the colonies. In blncknmlls Mrs. Woyland, who calls iuacnamuru to iter am. CHAITEU XVI-CONTINUED. (Inly a llotirioliri-nker, "Thlnga very Important to us. Ho was shy at first, but what established his con fldcnco was an Irish 'jl. I danced a Jig In tho Hibernian manner, with plenty of shout Ing and tho brandishing of the shillelagh. My black friend's suspicions, If ho had any, wcro' lulled by that ilanco. Never had ho heard of a Bow street runner or constublo or turnkoy or thief taker In tho wholo of his experience who talked brond Irish and danced nn Irish Jig. Therefore, I say, ho returned conlldcnco for confidence." : "His confidence What was It?" "It Is worth your freedom, madam. Noth ling less. For ho gavo mo to understand ing confessed that, having been sent to tho plantations, ho has escaped and has re turned to England. Therefore his Ilfo Is forfeit. Do you understand, I can go to Dow street tomorrow and causo his arrest without appearing as a witness at all. Ho will then bo executed with tho greatest cortalnty. Thcro will bo no more morcy for him. Added to his escape, according to his own account, but ho may bo lying 'tis a boastful villain ho has murdered two or three overseers of tho plantations whero he S'orkod. Tho nows has not yet reached thls country, but it will, cortalnly coma ovor beforo or after his execution. Ho Vlll bo hanged to a certainty first, for broaklng his sentonco of transportation and next for tho murder of tho ovcrscors." "Oht" Isabel clapped her hands and sat upright. "Oliver, you aro wonderful 1. I havo always said that you would fifing 'ilicle to tho house." "You deserve, madam, that I should bring luck to your house. I ought to bring the best kind of luck in roturn for goodness without parallel." Sho sighed, thinking of certain words she had overheard between tho young man and hor companions , "I must finish my story," ho said. "For thero is another way. Tho man had a woman with him tho woman who, I under stand, came hero with a mcssago from blm this morning. You saw her " "A wretched creature; all rags and dirt." "Sho Is all rags nnd dirt. In that respect tho matches tho man. Unless she was all rags nnd dirt sho could not be his com panion; nor could she sit in that tavern. Now, madam, unless that woman lied, which I do not believe, she is the wifo of tho adventurous negro; sho has been mar ried to him thoso flvo years. In that caso ohsorvo that you wero not married to tho man nt all. Tho ceremony meant nothing except bigamy on his part, I say that I am not cortaln. Tho woman may havo lied, but I doubt it. If sho tells tho truth do (' yoil not seo another way to freedom?" , "It is dreadful," sho replied, "to deslro the death of any man, especially of so great , a sinner. But yet yet my friend, I can--not give up oven thnt wretch to certain death. It would bo on my conscience for tho rest of my life." "You shall not havo anything to do with his death, madam. If necessary, I will my self undertake tho Job. A workmanlike Job I will mako of it, too. .But wo must con sider oursolvos first. And perhaps It is not desirable to hang him offhand. Ho would .vporhnps become a popular criminal, Tho M mob loves a big aud strong man. Then thcro would bo a last dying speech and " confession, with a ballad about tho cruel v lady and tho gallant black. Perhaps it would bo batter to avoid this posslblo scandal," "What would you do, then?" "I havo thought of a plan, but it is not easy. I nm not qulto certain whothor it can bo carried through'." "Would your plan savo his llfo? Would it loavo him free to como hero again?" Tho crowning terror in tho lady's mind was that ho might come again. "Breatbo freely, madam. Whatever hap pens, ho shall not troublo you. It is, how ever, as well to remember that thoro is an other way posslblo besides tho rough-and-ready method of lnylng an information at Bow street. Boliovo mo, dear madam, tho thing is as good as done." "Oh, Oliver, I will Joyfully leavo the wholo business In your hnnds. If you can only bring it to a close without a scandal." "I will do my bcBt. Meantime, It Is now Go To The Phone And Order A Case Or-a Tho provi dent IlttlM woman who has charKe of affairs "at homo" Htmtllll him. In mind that u ense of HT.ATX UhLH Is necrssury to complete her supplies. Uon't forget. LATZ MALT-VIVINE Non-lntox tonic. All druggists or direct VAN BLATZ BREWING CO., MILWAUKEE. OSUUIA 1IHANUH, 415 Uwanlaji St. Tel. 1081. Milwaukee. v , i nearly midnight. Let your servants go to bed. Do you go to your own room. I will sit up hero nnd receive hltn If ho comes." "Do you think ho will como? Do you think ho suspects? Do you think ho will know you again?" "Ho Is sure to come. Ho told mo that he meant to come. I have a sword with me, ns you see" It is not common for a iuui iu ivuiir u Hworu, out uc wus mus begirt "and a braco of pistols. I may havo U use them, in which caso It will bo only ono housebreaker tho less. But I think ho will listen to reason, and recognize the pistols. As for tho rest, ho suspects nothing, and he is certain not to recognize me," Isabel obeyed. Sho went to her own room at the back of the drawing room, and there, with door locked and bolted, sho listened. For a long time sho waited it "WHAT DO YOU MEAN and listened. Presently she heard voices they wcro not loud voices. Chtelly sho heard ono voice, and It was Ollvor's. Thon thero was silence. When sho was qulto suro that thero was but ono person left sho unlocked tho door nnd camo out. Loft alone, Oliver prepared for possibili ties. Theso wero manifold, Tho man might becorao florco; ho might rccognlzo tho Irish refugee; ho might refuse to obey, in which caso it would bo necessary to shoot him. Accordingly Oliver placed the two candles on a tablo behind a screen; thoy afforded a dim light on the celling of a single corner In tho great room; ho placod himself behind n fnhln. his liIntnlH pnplfnri In rnmllnnna I a tabic, his pistols cocked in readiness; bo loosened his sword in tho scabbard and ho proparcd to wait. Ho sat expectant, watchful; tho clock of St. James' church hnrd by struck 12 and thon the quarters and then 1. Tho, squaro had been faintly lit at nightfall by half a dozen glimmering oil lamps; these wero supposed to last all night, but they went out, one alter the other; the watebmau walked his rounds hollowing tho tlmo; thero was no other sound of llfo or footsteps or volco in tho squaro. He was prepared to wait all night; for he know that the man would como. But it Is a long way from Wnpplng to St. James' square, and Mr. Truxo would not most certainly tako either a hacknoy coach or a chair. Ho would walk, and ns ho was already woll advanced In drink when Oliver loft him, ho would not walk fast. About half-past 1 In tho morning ho ob served suddenly that tho negro was In tho room. Ho had opened tho door and entered tho room without making tho least noise, a thing In ltsolf terrifying. In tho twi light of tho room his eyes wcro like two balls of flro and his whlto teeth gleamed. Tho screen concealod tbo candles, but al lowed tho light to llo 111(0 a triangle on tho celling. Oliver, nt tho table, was In visible. He roso when ho saw the dint out llno of tho man's flguro aud lifted ono of tho pistols. Tho negro stood irresoluto; he did not nt first mako out tho figure of Oliver; ho looked about him; tho woman whom ho came to seo appeared not to be In the room, but thcro was tho light of tbo candlos abovo tho screen, lotting tho light fall upon tho man's faco nnd revealing himself. "Who nro you?" ho askod, "and what do you want?" "I want Mrs. Weyland." "You cannot seo that lady." "I will see hor. Oo nnd bring her or I will murder you." "I shall not bring hor and you will not murder me." "Bring tho woman, or it will bo worse for hor." "You will not seo hor, either tonight or any other night. Oo." "Oo?" tho man laughed. "Why I came to seo her. If you do. not bring her I shall wait hero all night." "If you do not go I will ring this bell and call up tho servants." "Call them up, if you dare, and I will toll them who I am. Tho servants? They aro ray sorvants. Tho house Is my Iioubo. What aro you doing In my houso? CJo out of my houso beforo I break your skull." Oliver raised his pistol. "Tako ono sin gle step and I will shoot you. Then I will ring tbo boll nnd call up tho servants nnd tell them to drag out tho body of tho bur ular." Tho man stopped and hesitated. The pistol was visible In tho bands of tho speaker and his volco showed no sign of terror or hesitation. "So," said Oliver, still covertnu him with tho pistol and watching him as one watches an antagonist in a duel. "You will think I better dlroctly about calling up tho serv- ants. Because, Mr. Adolphus Truxo, you I aro wanted elsewhere." "What do you mean?" "I mean that If you move I shall fire. If I ring this bell you will be arrested or killed, If you aro arrested It will not bo as a burglar, but as an escaped convict, You wilt not bo tried for breaking your conditions, but you will bo hanged at once, without hopo of reprieve. Do you under- stand?" Tho man mado no reply, "Stay hero all night If you please. I shall stay hero nil night as well. I havo my pistols ana will uso them if you threaten. In tho morning tho peoplo of tho household will come. Even if you escape them we know whero to find you. If you wcro to murder mo you would not escape. Thero Is no cscapo posslblo for you. Do you understand all this?" "Who nro you?" Tho negro did under stand what was meant. Ho did not under stand what was invention on tho part of this surprising person. "How do you know all thlB?" THEN BY OTHER WOMEN?" "I know more. I know about tho mur. dorcd overseers In Virginia." "I will murder you, too, by " "No, you will not, becnuso I shall shoot you beforo you got the chance. I know moro still. I know what you protend that you aro married to this lady." "So I was. In Newgate." "Yes. But I know that you wero married already," "Who aro you? Who aro you?" "Never mind who I am. Now, I havo had enough of you. Go. You nro a common burglar. I havo caught you In tho act, Fly, or I lire! Fly, I say" ho raised his it.- t - ... ..... ' pistol "or I flro and sottlo this business at onco." "I want money." "Then I must pull tho bell which awakens OLIVER RAISED HIS PISTOL. YOU." "TAKE the servants. You will havo no money to night." Tho man hesitated for a minute. "I will go," ho said, slowly. "Stop. You aro liable to bo hanged. Perhaps I don't say I may holp you to cscnpo tho gallows for this turn. Now. thon, listen. It Is dangerous for you to bo seen In any street of London. Keep where you aro, llo Bnug. Hnvo you anyone you can trust ns messenger? You sent a woman this morning, n woman In rags, a woman not to bo allowed In a decent house have you no better mossengor?" "There's nn Irishman a man from Dub lin. He's In troublo, too, but ho would run an arrant for mo if I asked him." "Send yourIrlshman, then, and he shall tell you what you are to do. Send him In tho morning about 10 or so.' "I' vo L'Ot nn mnnnv." "Tell your messenger that. But ween i snug. If you stir abroad you will be seen nnd recognized. Keep snug. You deserve nothing but banging. I tell you this for your own good. Gol" Mi 1 Tho man disappeared as ha had come. In tho morning ono of tho servants ob served that a window at tho back was open. She said that sho had shut it and bolted it, Isabel crept out, hearing no moro voices. "Oh!" sho cried. "Havo you pcrsuadod him?" "Ho will glvo you no more troublo. madam. Hcst qulto easy. As wo agreed, It will perhaps bo better not to havo tho man hanged. I would rather send him back to Africa, whero there Is tho cortalnty that a powerful man with a tasto for house breaking and murder will very speedily meet with such an end as should satisfy all his friends. But Indeed, you will hear no more of him." Isabel heaved a deep sigh. "Oh, you mako mo hnppy again; you havo seen mo In my deepest humiliations. After many days my sins havo found mo out. What shall I dO'-what can I do In gratitudo to you for saving my good namo?" CHAPTER. XVII. Femlnn. Furclin. In the morning tho Irish rcfugeo again presented himself at tho Whlto Dog. The parlor of the tnvern was occupied by half a dozen sailors sitting Idly about, happy In having nothing to do. They wero mostly silent nnd 111 at caso In conscqucnco oi mo evening's debauch. Amone them however, was tho woman called Doll, who was occupied with tho cooking of a couplo of red herrings for her man. Thero Is no hotter breakfast, after a skinful of rum nnd water, than a red herring and a tank nrd of small ale. Tho Irishman nddrcssed tho woman In noneycrt tones. "Sure," ho said, "It's scorchln' and burnln' your pretty face yo aro with thcra red hcrrlns. Let go tho griddle, now, nnd I'll frlzzlo them for vo So that's right." Ho took tho instrument out of her hands. Thcro Is no woman, not even If sho resembles Doll nnd belongs to ner class, hut is mollified by bo nn mm pllmented on her looks nnd relieved of tho work. "V faith," ho went on, "a bettor cook than myself yo nlvcr find In all Dob blln. And whero's tho good man this morn ing? Lying snug?" Ho whispered, look ing round tho room. "He can't bo too snug. Tho news of his roturn is spread abroad. I've heard 'cm talking about It, anu tnoy nro on tho Job looking for him, Let him llo snug." "For how long? He can't stay upstairs in nis ceciroom all his life." "Ho can't, my pretty. You're a woman; you're good lookln. Ho can't llo In his room all his llfo. That's a wUe thing to say. Now, I bet that ho depends upon your auvico, uoesn t ho?" "Oa my ndvlco? Why, bo's tbo most mnstorful man for bis color that you over saw. It's his own advice, nnd if you say a word to tho contrary ho up with his list. Not that I complain they'ro all alike, ready with a word and n blow; not ono of tho women has got a propcrer man as myself." "You'ro right, Doll. Thcro Isn't ns proporcr man In London. Well, you must take caro of hlra." "He'll Ho snug in hero p'raps If you toll him. Ho thinks a lot of you already." "Thcro's other things to take caro about, Doll. Not that I should speak; I know nothing but when a man Is so well sot up such a fine figure of a man, as ono may say, with such whlto teeth and such fiery oyes, therms other women finds him out as 'well as you." "What do you mean? My man won't so much as look at any other woman." "Theso herrln's nro done, Doll. I'll tako them up to his room. Fetch mo half a loaf, a lump of butter and n Jug of beer." "What do you mean, then, about other women?" "Nothing, Doll, nothing. What would I mean? Only what every woman must ex pecteven a fine flguro of a woman llko yourself. Well, keep him snug, keep him snug. Whero's his room?" "It's upstairs what do you mean, then, by your talk about other women?" Tho Irishman nodded mysteriously and carried tbo food upstairs, Tho man was half-dressed, sitting on tho truckle bed, which formed all the furnlturo of the room. "Tho top of tho raarnln' to ye," said Oliver, cheerily. "Here's your red herrln' and your beer. I took them from Doll. And now, do yo want a message' or an er rant sent, becauso I'll go. I'd do more than that for a brave man like you." Tho man took a long pull at tho small alo and sighed heavily. "Last night," ho said, "after you went away, I had dis course with a gentleman." ONE SINGLE STEP AND I WILL SHOOT "Did tho gentleman know what had hap pened?" 'Ho did. Ho know everything how ho learned It I know not. Ho know every thing. If he know It how did ho know It? Who elso knows It? Ho was a good Bort of a gontlomnn, too. Ho gave mo a warn ing. Keep snug, ho said, 'Keep Bnug unless you want to bo hanged.' That Is what ho said. I don't want to be hanged no moro do you. What's your name? I've forgot ten your namo." "Wo'ro In tho same boat. If thoy catch mo they'll strotch mo, samo as you, only they don't know mo, yo seo, friend; they do know you; so tho gontleraan said you wero to llo snug, did he? Thon ho won't lay Information why, It's twenty pounds to tho Informer In tho cobo of a runaway what It is for a murder, I don't know." "Huth! Bo quiet don't talk so loud. sonieono may no listening. Ills friend, tho sympathetic Irishman. opened tho door nnd looked out cautiously. "Thcro's no one. You'ro qulto safe here unleEs the landlord or ono of tho pot boys CALIFORN m ' But you must trust somcono. What about that arrant? I want to earn a shilling it I can." "Well, then, can you write?" "Sorrn n bit." "No moro can I; wo must do without. Go to St. James sq. at the other end of tho town; tho houso is No. 15. Can you read numbers?" "If I can't, somebody in tho squaro can, suro." "No. 15, then. Find tho house. Ask to seo Mrs. Weyland. Don't forgot tho namo Weyland." 'I'll remember Weyland Mrs. Wey land." "Sho's a young woman and a fine woman as flno a woman as over you see. I married her once, about threo years ago." Ho made tho announcement ns If It was qulto a common thing for ablnck of low station to marry a gcntlowoman. 'Did you, now?" asked tho Irishman, with admiration. "Married her, did you? Married hor. To bo sure, you look llko a man who would havo moro wives than ono. Docs Doll know It?" "What does It matter If sho docs know It? I matrlod Doll a year or two beforo. A man may havo as many wives as ho likes, I hope." "I'vo got ono In Cnrk nnd another In Dobblln, not to speak of a mighty flno girl waiting for mo in Tlpporary." "Tho way of it was this; I married tho woman when I was under scntenco of death In Newgate; sho gavo mo my fill of rum In roturn. I was pricked for Tyburn on tho morning aftor and I never thought to get off. But there was too many of us and thoy sent mo to Virginia." "So you told mo last night." "My lady was such a beautiful creature, with chocks like nu applo and eyes llko molting melting candles I would not dis appoint hor and bo I never sent her word that I wasn't hanged after all. Why should I? Besides, I thought that perhaps I should never get away. Well, you ask to seo Mrs. Weyland, Thcro's footmen at the door they'll be for refusing you ad mission. Say It's nbout a poor man say It's an net of charity; say that you'll sit there on tho doorstep; say that you'll fight tho best man of the lot, then they'll let you go In." "What am I to say whon I am In?" "You'ro Just to tell randam that you come from me; that I saw the gentleman with the pistols last night; that I'll follow his advice; that sho's got nothing to fenr from rae, and that I won't get Into tho house nny more, and thnt I'll lay snug un til Btich tlmo as tho gentleman tells mo what to do." "I'll romombor all that anything more?" "Toll her that I'vo got no money, and that I'd bo thankful for some. Otherwise I shall bo turned into tho streets." "Is that alt?" "That's all. And bnrk, ye my lad, I'vo only known jou slnco last night. If so be you don't treat mo squaro lu tho mat ter of this money, I" "Brother," tho Irishman Interrupted him with emotion, "wo'ro In the samo boat. Both of us kooplng out of tho way. You can truBt mo; I'll bring you back all tho money I get novor fear never fear. I'll fight the best man of tho lot. I'll fight any two. I'll sit on the doorstop, nnd I'll mako the sweet young thing sond you tho money." Ho ho went oft with n light footstep. He might bo an enemy of tho laws, but IiIb nppcaranco nnd his conversation conveyed confidence. It should be added that ho had not washed his faco slnco the ovonlng and that It still presented tho stains and smudges of tho work In which ho had been last engaged. Nor had ho wnshed his ragged locks which still hung down upon his shoulders in a tangled mass which cer tainly bad not seen a comb for a long tlmo -othorwlso a sprightly and cheerful work ing man. Ho was gone about threo hours when he returned It was closo upon norm and Doll was again occupied with the gridiron cooking a beefsteak for tho dinner of her lord. Tho parlor was by thU time qulto empty and deserted, To can toll him I've como back, Doll," Again ho took tho gridiron from her hands. 'For a tender steak thcro's no country llko ould Ireland, bo sure. Ye can run upstairs Doll and toll him I've brought tho money. Ah Doll," ho murmured whllo ho turned tho steak, "It's a lovely creaturo over there, A most lovoly creature." "Whore? What lovely creaturo?" "Why you wero thero yourself yester day, Didn't you soo her?" "What lovely creature? Speak, yo Irish dovll. What lovely creaturo7" Doll's tempor was quickly roused; It was dangerous to converse with her, even upon ovoiy creatures, "I thought you knew why, Doll, tho woman sho's nn augel to look at tho woman sho's dressed up as "io as a god The start If you'ro in a hurry to roach a land of bright sunshine and beautiful flowers why not tako the Burlington Kouto to Los Angeles? Only GO hours, Omaha to Los Angoles. Leave hero 10:80 p. in., say on Tuesday; ar rive thero for luncheon on Friday. Consider ably the fastest time. Tourist excursions tako a lit tin moro tlmo. but $'.0 less money. Lcavo Burlington Station, Omahn, 4;K p. in. Thursdays nnd Sat urdays nnd 10:30 p. nt. Saturdnys. Thro' tumlard sleepers to aan Francisco 4:23 p. m. dally. Hurlliigton Station, 10th mill Masun Sts. Tclcpliouo 1U8. "ill l dess, nnd she's got n sweet smile" "What woman? Speak, or I'll brnln yo with tho frying pan." Indeed, bIio looked ns If sho was capablo of this unfemlnluo action. "Why, Doll I ought not to havo spoken. I thought you knew. Very likely, now, thcro's nothing betwixt them. It's tho woman who glvc3 him money. You went for It yourself yesterday." "Sho gives him money? I wont for it 7 What does she give him money for?" "How should I know? Hark yo, Doll. I'vo a liking for you, and I'll tell you what I think, Thcro Isn't a lady in tho land who wouldn't take such u flno man ns yours from you It sho could. Not a lady, mind." "I know tho house I'll go there I'll And her I'll murder her, Bh-hl" sho hissed in her wrath. "Corao, Doll, I wouldn't do that. If you do that you'll bring him to tho gallows, and yourself ns well. You and your flno innn will go off to Tyburn In tho samo cart." "I don't caro if I do. I will go and glvo Information, myself; I will hnvo htm hanged. I know enough to got hi in hanged twlco ovor." "I wouldn't do thnt. Doll. I'll toll you a better thing to do." "What's that?" "Tako him clear awny from hor, whero ho can't get at hor anil she can't And him. That's a bettor way. Keep him to yourself, Doll." For a whllo Doll stood out on murder. Sho gavo him full play to tho emotion of Jealousy, sho tramped nbout tbo room, eho swung her arms, she handled tho knlfo with which sho had trimmed tho steak, she fiworo that sho would stick It Into tho vital parts of hor rival, she pictured tbo Im mense effect of tho cxnraplo sho would mako of a woman who took another woman's man, sho would follow up tho les son by plunging the samo knlfo Into tho ribs of hor lord and mastor "Doll," said tho Irishman "Long beforo you'd get tho knife between his rlb3 you'd bo on the ground with your arms nnd your legs nnd your bnckbono broke and lucky If your neck wasn't broko as well." "Then I'll go out in tho street and I'll givo information. I'd sny, 'did you want AdolphU3 Truxo, him as was sentenced to bo hanged threo years ago for housebreak ing and was sent to tho plantation -for llfo? Becauso I know whero ho Ib, tho villain! And ho murdered nil tho ovoracors in Vlr glnny beforo ho got away, and if you'll come with mo I'll show .you whero he Is." "No, Doll, you won't do that, you won't have him hanged. You'll Just tako him away from her. Now, Doll, bo reasonablo and listen." Doll paused In hor mad tramp round the room. Her checks wero purple, her oyes wero flaming; nhe showed her teeth like a tigress; sho clenched hor list und clawed 'the air; In a word, sho was tho Jealous woman entirely abandoned to rogo and ro sentmont. "How you you know that she's taken him from you? This morning 1 saw her" The Irishman had a flno Imagination, bo cause ho had not In reality been further west than Drury lane, whero ho had seon his frlond, tho actor, nnd had set certain llttlo things nbout bis dlnguiso In better order. "I saw her, I say this morning. 'Toll mo,' sho says, 'how's Mr. Truxo. It's a flno man ho Is, nnd no mistake' True for you, ray lndy, I says. As to hor faco and figure It you'll bollcvo me, Doll, sho's not to bo compared with you. 'Is ho In tho Whlto Dog still?' sho nsks. Madam, I says, ho Is, and likely to remain thoro. 'I would help htm if I could,' sho said, 'because ho 1b such a flno flguro of a man. And I'm astonished,' sho sayH, 'astonished I am,' bIio says, 'to think that he's remained unmar ried so long. Bolleve mo,' sho says, 'thcro's plenty of women would tako pity on him I myself no, 1 must not say so,' sho Bays. So you boo, Doll, she bolleves that bo's not yet married." "Sho must bo a fool." "Sho must most of tho women are fools. That's how they're made. Thoy under stand nawthln', being, as you said you nro the wise woman, Doll mostly fools." "Havo you got anything moro to tell mo about her?" "This, Doll. If wo enn make hor under stand that your man Is married nlroady, Bho'll glvo hlra up. Not, mind you, that there's anything to bring botwoou them. Theso rich women havo their fancies samo ns tho likes of you, Doll, Sho gets to know this flno man nnd sho gives him monoy; sho snya that sho's astonished that ho's not married nnd she would tako pity on him. Well, Doll, thero you aro! Onco lot mo prove to her that you nro his wifo and there's an end." "I told you that I nm his wife." ' "You did, Doll, you did. Supposo I was to go to hor and to eay 'Doll's his wifo, and tho proof la that sho fetched mo a box o' for Ticket Offlcc, 1502 Kama in St Telephone 250. 1 nil' slil BLACKHEADS CURED AT YOUR HOME. Willi my scientific home treatments, tpcclaily picparcd lor cacti case, I can positively cute ted nose, ted face, enlarged poret and blotchy, pimply, ugly skin, no matter li.it the cause, nnd rcstote to the complexion n healthy roseate glow. Con. sulfation U free and you are cordially in vited to Investigate the means by which you can nc speeuiiy,iiiorougu ly and permanently cured. Call or write JOHN H. WOODBURY D, I. 103 GUIs Slret, Chicago. the car enough to knock ray head off. But wo want bettor proof than that, Doll. "I can't glvo you my mnrrlago lines." "No nnd I don't want them. Tell mo only where nnd when you wero married. That will bo qulto enough for mo." "That's easy. I was married In Shadwcll church flvo years ago In tho month ot July." "Flvo years ngo; in tho month of July; in Shadwcll church. That's enough Doll, nnd uow don't lot him soo thnt you'ro Jealous, becnuso ho's mado so, and ho'd bo nngered, nnd when ho's nngered If I was you, Doll, I wouldn't anger hlra. So that's nil right, isn't it?" "I supposo so," sho replied, oullonly. "Ho has iboen thcro" ' "Ho won't go thoro any more, I promise you that, nnd thcro's to bo no sticking wltb knives, Is (hero? nnd no going to tho house nnd calling niuncs? Becnuso, you bco, Doll, you'd only anger him tho more, and no giv ing information becnuso, you see, it would bo n terrible thing for you, of all peoplo In tho world, to brlug this mnn of yours all your own to tho gallows. You'd never for give yourself, nnd bad luck would follow you all tho rest ot your llfo." "No, I won't lay Information, but sho's got to givo him up." "Sho will, sho will when sho hears the truth, thcre'o nothing sho will deslro moro than to givo him up. Now, Doll, tho steak Is done, I'll carry It up, nnd, hark yo, not a word of this tnlk. What ho'd do to you I know. As for mo, I enn keep out of his wny, but I'd rather not, I'd llko to run his arrants and to do for him until I can gel a Job." Ho carried tho steak on n hot powter platter upstairs to tho man lying snug. "Woll," ho asked, "hav you got tuo monoy?" "I'vo got 5 guineas thero it Is for yoa." "And you saw tho lady?" "I'vo seen tho lndy. Sho's n flno woman as ever I saw. But sho's daugerous." "How dangerous?" " Toll tbo man,' sho says, 'that ho's got to do what ho's told. I know all nbout him. A word from mo will have hlra hanged. And toll him that ho was not married to mo, becauso bo had a wifo al rondy. Doll Is her namot and ho was mar ried In Shndwoll church flvo years ago In tho month of July,' bIio says." "How did sho know that?" "I can't toll you. That's what sho said. And hero's your monoy. Flvo guineas aho sonds you. You'ro to mako it last n long tlmo, sho says. DIvil n bit moro you'll havo for a long tlmo. OIvo mo n shilling. I wouldn't rob you; a shilling Is nil I want for my own troublo. Thank you."" "Como and drink n bout this ovonlng." Tho negro rattled tho coins with the rap turous visions of unbounded rum for hlm bclf and friends. "Bo careful, tnato; I wouldn't go down, If I was you. Thoy seom honest lads, but no ono can tell. Thoro Is talk of a negro runaway from Vtrglnln; I heard peoplo In tho street talk ing of a hue nnd cry nnd tho reward. It's a pot of monoy for anyone, mlud you." "So 'tis; so 'tis." "Thoro' may bo some of thoso down bo low but who knows? Brother, If I wore you I'd lay up hero. Oct your drink up tho stnlrs and yojir su,pcr. Doll will do that for you. Ijiy up, lay up a bit." So Baying ho departed, leaving Mr. Truxo to tho enjoyment of his steak nnd tho up prchonslon of betrayal, Ho had also filled tho heart of ono of Truxo's wives with Jealousy, no that ho camo nway with the consciousness of having done a good morn Ing'n work at tho exponao of n llttlo excr clo of tho Imagination. As for tho negro, ho sat alono in his room, a prey to all tho dlrost terrors and drinking continuously In order to put out of sight that narrow courtyard with which he was already familiar, aud tho thoughts of the triangular tree along tbo Oxford road, which roBo up beforo him In his waking bourn and In his dreams. (To Bo Continued.) . Don't forget to tako a, fow bottles of Cook's Imporlul Uxtra Dry t'hampagno with vou on your summer outing.