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TEE SOT CUPTT OTttl. i. 3. naaon, rnptt HA&81SOH, NEBRASKA. UMJCATfOVAl VOl. VMM. Oo-educaUna la eoilefe ia the sub ject of an onllMt article ia U Janu ary number of Ecaeattea, written by J. L. Plckard, totmarlj preataeut of the state usiswraUy of Iowa, aad now lecturer oa aoatieal scioace ia that io atitatioa. As the writer ia a westara man he U heartily in favor of co-edu-ation. He takes u the three chief arfameata of those opposed to it, and anewert them in a straightforward, logical way that appeals to the reason, and couTinees one that the writer folly believes what he is saying. The first of these arguments it that there are sexual differences of intellect no toss than there are of body. Bat his answer is that while there may be differences, there are still more simi larities; and that no one ia competent to say where -the line shall be drawn that points oat those differences that do exist The advanced colleges of to day, whether coeducational or not, re alize that there are no two miads of either sex exactly alike. Therefore they arrange soch a variety in courses of study that it is not necessary for any two students to pursue exactly the same lines of work from the day of matriculation to the day-of graduation. ' Why then, can woman not find courses and work suited to her nature, even though that nature differs somewhat from her brothers? The second argument is that the delicate bloom of womanliness will be lost by frequent and intimate contact with the opposite sex, such contact as 1s rendered necessary in co-educational study. Be aays that if he had, at any lime in his experience in co-educational colleges, observed any influence in those institutions that tended to make lite men less manly, or what is of more importance, to make the women less womanly, be would be one of the first Co protest against the mingling of the eexes in colleges. But all his expert ence points the other way. The lart objection of which he speaks is that woman is not physically equal to the demands of a course that a man can carry. But he asks, why may not a woman be supposed to have sufficient judgment to choose work suited to her strength as well as a man? Moreover he gives statistics to show that where there is a difference in the per cent ot mortality of women and men gradu ates it is less in the case of the women than in the case of the men. In con elusion, in view of the fact that no good argument can be brought forward against co-education in colleges, lie urges the economical value of such an itrrangeraent; since each institution now co-educational would have to be duplicated in every particular, in build ings, iu labratoriea and equipments, in libraries, and in faculties, in order to do as much and as good educational work separately. Co-education is so general in the west that it is almost with surprise that we learn of the opposition to it. iu the East. There recently appeared in a 1 : ding Boston daily an editorial bitter ,y condemning the attempts to open Harvard to women, and advancing arg uments that would be utterly ridicu lous if they were not uttered in sucli evident good faith. But it would seem that the best and most convincing ar guments that can be found is the co educational institutions themselves. Anyone who has had any experience in such institutions must admit that jsuch arrangement is not beneficial, if ut even with the backward attltudt of the eastern educational world in this matter, America, as a whole, is in advance of Europe. . In pleasing con trast to the rest of Europe's education al industries. When they were organ ized no mention was made of sex in the admission requirements. For a long time no woman applied for admission, u hen at last they did, then, aad not till then, was the question taken into consideration, and was quickly decided in favor of admitting them. Much discussion has been aroused in the college world by the change of ad latsaioa requirements recently nude by Princeton's faculty, under the new re quirements, eighteen of the twenty-eight-subjects are classed ia their nature, while natural science is entirely ignored and Tery .little English preparation is demanded Friends of the classics have long eon tended that sooner or later there would be a reaction from the violent movement toward sdenee and away from the classics, wbieh occurred menu years ago. Bat it hardly seems as if such a radical return ia alias : The Nations! aVtnrtatlonal association femattnf arrangements to conduct a series of International educational ongreseet Chicago next July. There will be fifteen devartmerita, including she prisMtpai divisions of edaoatlonai rwerk, each toss ooodacted by Ameri caae prominent In the branch of work. (Two of these department presidents i to Nebraska teachers. Mrs. iL. Hughes, of Toronto, wife of Hughes, who delivered the I at the recant Stan Teachers has charge of Ma evartmeat, gape A. B. tmy, sstsssily state saperintee CJ , -1 1 r"'OM osof Mrw Jfork, bat sow supsrtn sfgg sfsihwa ostlsvslsaid, Ohio, has Si?- Of OSS-TSSB Of supers wV a. Co tfnfo fCK'-'V?'' -. ' at -BR. Jfaw Om mh, La, Jan. 27. -Algiers a suburb of Kew Orleans, was the scene a murder aad lynching last night. The ' victim of popular f nry was William Fister, a negro with a pecitentiary record, and his crime, the murder of Thomas Barret, a sailor ou the morgan steamer Aransas, Fister had been a lounger iu the neighborhood of a grocery store on the comer of Atlantic and P6ter streets. Yesterday the proprieties sent him to buy some oysters. When he returned with the pail Mrs. McMann took Fister to task for jotting go few oysters, and the latter becoming angry at her remarks seized a butcher knife and slashed the unfortunate woman's throat. Her cries for help brought a man named McKnight to the scene, and be in turn was set upon by the negro, who struck him over the head with the hatchet. Fister then turned and ran into a side alley, but he had not proceeded far when Barrett overtook him. As quick as a flash the negro drew a pocket knife and stabbed his pursuer three times. Barrett fell dead in his tracks and the murder continued his flight By this time a crowd had gathered and the negro was compelled to seek a biding place. A shed in the alley was the only available place and here h -took refuge. His safety, however, short lived. The mob soon reached the spot and before 'the negro con I turn upon his pursuers, a pistol sho rang out and he fell wounded stun helpless. By this time somebody had secured a rope and no time was lost in making it useful. Fister was dragged to the street, one tied the rope around his neck and it was thrown over the limb of a tree and the boly w jerked into the air. For a time gren excitement reigned. Captured at ti at Keokik, Ia., Jan. 27. Last nilr Deputy United States Marshal ttti ridge, of Des Moines, and an ollicer of the secret service brought in from Centerville, la., Frank McCoy. II was indicted at the last term of court for counterfeiting silver coins, lie b a member of the gang headed by the venerable Green Caton, who h.ive been operating on the border betweet Iowa and Missouri When the uli, man was captured last year McCo and son of Caton escaped int Missouri. Young Caton was arrested and is serving time in the Missouri penitentiary for passing counterfeit coins, but McCoy succeeded in eludinc officers until yesterday. When he va arrested he was working as a farm hand near Dean, Iowa. Bishop Philips Brooks. Boston, Jan. 2ti.-With imprest, funeral services in the cpiscopi church, the remains of Bishop Phillip? Brooks yesterday were laid to rest ii A uburn cemetery. From 8 to llo 'clock yesterday morning the remains lay if state under a catafalque in the vest bule of Trinity church. A guard o members of the Iloyal Legion of wliicl the dead bishop was an honorary member, kept vigil on either side of Hit black casket, while a throng of peopi passed continuously through tl vestibule to take a last look at tin familiar features of the dead prelme Refused to Malta the Payment. New York, Jan. 27. The Heralds special correspondent at Washington says: "The navy department has re fused to make the payment of lh Chilean indemnity to anyone excep' the sailors of the Baltimore themselves; in the case of the two deceased sailors to their legal heirs. As far as the de partment officials are concerned the beneficiaries will be under no obliya tions to pay-attorney fees. The de partment considers the indemnity ii the nature of a present to the injuret: sailors and not as the payment of the claims originally filed in the state de partment by a San Francisco lawyer, i learn that the sum of 118,000 each is th amount recommended by the nava board to be allotted to the legal heirs o the two deceased sailors. This leave. the amount of 855,000 to be distributed among the other sailors. Whether the sailors who were imprisoned, but who did not receive any bodily injuries, wi'i be included is a question unsettled, ano it Is this that is causing the delay n making the awards." Tka Trial IWsuwed. PiTTSBUito, Pa., Jau. 27. The courl room was crowded yesterday mo mi up when the trial of Robert Beatty war resumed. Patrick Gallagher (the con feasor) continued his testimony: "A 1 ter leaving Homestead, I asked Beatty if the powders were still being used, lie said yes, that Guilfoil was usinii them. Guilfoil worked as a cook." The bills of "O. K., Dempsey," were shown. Continuing Gallagher said: "Dempsey said Beatty would pay u for what we were to do, but Beatty did not do it. Beatty told me he had put seme of tbepowder in milk and gave it to a dog. Within a few minutes the doc was dead." On cross-examination Gallagher said the cooks in the Homestead mills were permitted to go anywhere inside the mill. Hero followed a recital of the in cidents leading up to and following the employment of Gallagher and David-1 ion by Beatty and Dempsey. LaU to Rett. Fomr Wayhe, Ind., Jan. 27. The funeral of the late Catholic bishop, Down gar, took place yesterday. There, was solemn requiem mass at the BBtaodraL The funeral was one of the largest demonstrations of the kind ever seen la this ' city. Arch Bishop Eider, of CUolnnati, officiated at the rah so BMssMsbor, of Nash- the moral sermon. The ewChsdnl was oroordod aad DOINGS OF CONGRESS. MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. AS Ik Katioa's Capital What U SU Dial by tha B te aad Waaaa Ola Kattars DUpeiad Or aad Haw Ow Caa- Taa Sonata aad Houaa. Moat of Saturday's eesaioa of toe Banal iu occupied by Mr. Morgan of Alabama on tiie Nicaragua Canal bill la the course of hia speech he spoke sadly of the Monroe doelrluo as "worn, toru and fragmentary. and as baring been kicked by the fcenata Into "doll raga" Mr. Morgan, speaking of the provision of the bill for ten Govern' men directors (out ot fifteen) said that if the French government had lis ova dtrec tors In the Panama Canal Company the robberies which had taken place and which had disgraced and nearly destroyed the rrencb republic would not have been per petrated, and that the fraud and corruption and villainy which was now shocking the sensibilities ot that great and noble people would have been avoided. At the conclusion of Mr. Mor gan's speech the antl-opllon bill came up as a special order, but (In antagonism to it) Mr. Walcott (Rep.) of Colorado moved to proceed to the consideration of the first bill on the calendar. On that motion Mr. Washburn (Kep.) of Minnesota demanded the yeas and nays, and the result was yeas U, nays 81 not a nuorum voting After a brief executive fesKlon tte Senate adjourned. The time of the House was principally consumed In consideration of the bill ratifying the agreement with the Cherokee Nation of Indians for the cession to the United States of the tract of land known as the "Cherokee Outlet.' The bill was passed and the House adjourned. For almost an hour Monday morning the time of the House was consumed In the consideration of a resolution to which there was not the slightest opposition In any quarter, and which wa finally adopted without objection. It was one calling upon the executive departments for Information as to the number and amount of war claims allowed or disallowed by such departments Then a motion to suspend the rules and pass a bill to settle the claims of Arkansas and other swamp-land grants failed to se cure the necessary two-third vote, and was defeated. The motion to sus pend the rules and pass a joint resolution for a constitutional amend ment for the election of United States Senators by popular vote, was car ried without a division. Three prepared speeches were read in the Senate. The first was by Mr. JlorrlU (Vt), against the McGarrsban bill; the second by Mr. Peffer (Kan.), In favor of a constitutional amend ment limiting the Presidential office to one term: and the third by Mr. Call (11a.), In defense of the cnnstltlonallty ot the antl optlnn bill. After a quorum was procured as the result of a call of the pcnute some considerable progress was made on the antl-optlon bill. An amendment a agreed to fixing July 1, 1MM, as the time when the bill Is to go Into effect. 1 hs reso lution offered on Saturday by Mr. Wolcoti (CoL) Instructing the Committee on For eign Relations to Inquire as to the expendi tures In and about the construction of the Nicaragua Canal since the accounts of ex penditure rendered two years since, Wat agreod to. Iu the Senate the autl-optlon bill wasde- bated Tuesday for nearly three hours and then went over without action. Sweeping denunciations of the measure wero toad by Senators Hoar (Mass.), Vest (Ma) and Piatt (Conn.), as being In utter contraven tion of the constitution of the United States and In violation of the rights of the States. Mr. Piatt yielded toma.y Inter ruptions and was, therefore, unablo to fin ish his argumeut. The McGarraghan bill received its death-blow for this session In the Senate, the affirmative vote falling eight short of the constitutional majority. Tbe following bills were passed: For the abandonment ot tbe Fort Brldger military reservation In Wyoming. House bill to authorize the construction of bridges across the Hlawnsseo, tbe Tennes see, and the Clinch rivers, In the State of Tennessee. Iu the House, a tow private measures were passed, and the Committee on Judiciary having, under a prior order, tbe right of way, called up some bills of secondary Importance. The one of most public Interest was that providing for pun ishment of offenses by passongers on tbe high seas, which was passed. On motion of Mr. Chlpman (Mich.) a resolution was agreed to making provision for tho Joint meeting of the two houses of Congress on Wednesday, Feb. 8, to count Iho electoral votes. The Senators gathered at the Canltol I early Wednesday morning, conferred to gether, and decided that the Senate should adjourn Immediately after the reeding of tbe journal, as a token of respect to the memory of ' ex-President Hayes. The House, as a mark of respect to tbe memory of the dead, also adjourned. In the House Thursday a bill was passed to meet the requirements of the Interstate commerce law relative to tho testimony of witnesses. Mr. Wise (Va.) called up a Senate bill concerning testimony i i crimi nal cases growing out of the interstate comrnorco act with a substitute providing that no person shall be excused from attend ing or testifying before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the ground that the testimony or evidence may tend to criminate him. The substitute was agreed to, and the bill as amended was passed without objection. Mr. lloatnor (La.) offered an amendment requiring all railway common -carriers to accept from connecting lines loaded cars or trains to be hauled to the point of delivery at a rate not exceeding that they charge for similar service over their own line. Agreed to, tS to 66. Tbe bill was then passed. The bill for the establishment of a national quarantine was called up, but the opponents of the measure filibustered against It and Anally forced an adjourn ment Tbe discussion of the antl-optlons bill was continued In the Senate from 2 o'clock until the time of adjournment, but no action was taken on the bill Itself or on Mr. George's amendment to It In the morning hour' Mr. Peffer (Kas.) concluded his speech In favor of a single term ot the Presidential .office. Mr. Culloia (I1L), from the committee on commerce, reported a bill appropriating (29,500 for establish ing buoys on the water front of Chicago. Passed. The Fonata Friday paid an additional mar of respect to i he memory of ex-Prrn-ldent Hayes b7 adjournlnz without trans acting any miscellaneous business. The House also adjourned out of lespeot to the mfltnorr of ox-Prealdont Hayes. The gen sral deficiency appropriation bill was re ports 1 and p ared on the calendar, Mr, Warner (!m.). ot New Vork, from the Committee on Manufactures, oresentel a report on the sweating system, and It was pla'el upon thi calendar. Mr. Dearmond (Dem.). of M ssonrl, from the Committee on the Election of President, etc., reported a bill to repeal the sect ions of the Xevload Statutes concerning supervisors of elec tions. Telegraphic Brevities. NeariiY 300 people at Homestead are starving. The Minnesota Senate Indorsed the antl-optlon bill. New York has had 138 case of typhus sod forty 'deaths. A BtLii Is before Congress to admit Utah to statehood. , Mabixamd Is experiencing the sold est weather aver known. N ixtxm victims of the erploeloa la the Como, Colo., at Use a era burled la Mogrers, . i L4.0RADERWYNS gscr IHAKTEM V. rsKciors spoil. A yell of baffeled hatred went up from tbe surging mob at tbe doors of the bank, as Abel Merwyn was rescued from Iu clutches. Tbeu, worse babel ihan before ensud. Tbe men resembled furious blasts of prey- Some one ran for tbe villaee of ficers, some one rang the town bell. Disorder stalked through every sued, mob-rule held tbe bank Invested as if the castle of a bated enemy. Within, the relocked doors a afe bar rier against the invading foe, tbe cashier bad carried bis inanimate burden to the private office, and placing him on a coach looked down at him. "He's dead: dead:" walledjYY'barlon. trembling like an aspen, bis ashen face stricken, haunted, auKuislied. "(Hi. j what awful workers, and what awful work! A doctor, Mr. Daere." 'Silence!" ordered tbvjcashier, sUtrulv. "There's some liquor,; tn that cabinet. Quick! hand it here." lie force.d the liory liqiud betweeu the lips of the prostrate man. There a flutter of the bands. The kindly yes opened, but dimmed and hazy, to Larfe their last look upou the face of the tnuti be had trusted, whom. In his unsuspect ing Innocence, he trusted still. "Hero here!" gasped the banker, scarcely audibly, lifting an tinsteaoy hand. "1 have something to say. The bank" "A false alarm," lied tbe sloe!: knave glibly. "Some one started a run " "Yos, yes! available funds low." gasped Merwyn. "I understand. m them pay pav." lie wavered from side to side and seemed sinking again Into ins?usibl!ily. but tho crafty, eager scoundrel pressed him close. ' "Yes, yes!" he urged, "pay thorn! you mean?" "He's gone!" fairly shrieked the nid clerk, recoiling, as wil'uagasp the banker fell back rigid. With a serious face. Arnold Daere felt over his heart, with a blank one he arose to his feet, scared, white to the lips. "1 hardly counted tin this," ho mut tered. "That blow on bis tenipio did it Quick! Wharton tho false statement. Hand it here." "Ob, Mr. Daere," whimpered the clerk, but he extended a folded documf-nt. "Put it in bis pocket," ordered baero rapidly. "Come, be brisk, it's no trilluiK natter for you and 1 now. Since he's dead, we'll have to face the music. The statement will fix all the blame on him." 'Don't! don't! 1 can't." chattered the wretched Wharton, cowering by tho side of the couch. "You've killed him don't blast bis reputation!" Arnold Daere s face flamed like that of a demon. 'You sneak! You poltroon!" ho hissed, "If you don't instantly obey mo, I'll be tray who you wore, what you we.ro when I took you in hand." 'Mercy!" gasped the half insane clerk. "11! do it I'll do it Oh! why did I ever come here!" His trembling, unsteady bauds sought to press the paper into the Inside pocket of the dead man's coat. Sacrilege to tho dead, his eyes were glaring with terror, be was babbllne like an idiot driven frantic with fright "I can't get It in," he whined "Iho pocket's full." "Empty it, then," commanded Daere, his eyos expressing excited thought In a perilous dilemma. "What now?" Wbat? Indeed 1 for the old clerk's mood had suddenly changed. He had arisen to his feot and was glaring wonderingly at a huge wallet, which be had just re moved from Abel Merwyn's pocket "Look!" be panted, "He meant this n "What are you talking about," de manded Daere irritably. "He said save the bank pay. He must have suspected or feared. See money, bonds, deeds!" John Wharton spread open the wallet It bulged with opulence bills of largo denomination, stocks, certificates, gov ernment bonds. Daere, wltb an eager, avaricious cry, sprang to his sido and gazed,' too. "Whore did he get it?" he cried. "Enough to save the bank ton times over. Why!" as his eyos lit on tbe en dorsement of the document, "it's Florl Merwyn's fortune." ' "Is It?" murmured Whartou. "What of It! She would diroctlts use as he or dered. Pay Mr. Dacrol Save the ban't protect this man's name from .Infamy. I'll tell the mob we'll open the doors, I we'll' "You Idiot!" cried Daere, boiling over at tbe bare hint "Do you imagine I'm a raving lunatic, wltb tbat wealth In our power, to give it up? It's what I've plotted for, It's tte reward we've schemed for: (live It here give It up. I tell you! it's mine." With a wail, bafnod in his last hopeful struggle for atonement, the man of one bad deed and many good Impulses, reeled as though thrust by a tyrant's hand back Into tbe mire of guilt and wretched ness he had sought to escape. "It's mine, I tell you, all mine!" cried Daere, wltb sparking, gloating eyes sur veying the precious spoil be had wrested from his hireling. "No, It Is mine!" As If dealt a sudden blow the villain recoiled, as If fascinated by a spiritual vtsltint the old clerk reeled back. A small, graceful band, that of an In truder who had ust noiselessly entered the room from the covered passage way leading to the., banker's home, was stretched out, and its fair white linsnrs closed about the precious pocket-book. And, whiter than the shapely bands, a face regarded the baffled, amazed plotter with a glance of o-inglod indig nation, anguish, and resolve. He cowered as before a stern tribunal. Like an accusing anstl summoning him to tbe bar of Jodg ment thero stood be fore him the fair, bereaved creature he had so uraeliT wronged Flora Merwyn, the banker's daughter. CHAFTKB VI. , TDK CniTKIAL MOMRXT. Arnold Daere felt the wallet and Its precious eontents slip from his nerveless bauds, and hs powerless to combat a grasp far weaker thae his own. Master of the situation complete a no smbi prsTlotis, enriched beyond his ssoet FORTUNE. sanguine exiectai inns by curious freak of fate, at tu high tld M'iuii!t of suc cess and victory, d!s ;ovrv, disaster had suddenly crossed his jnholy schemes. For one clanr- at the white face of the girl betoro bi.ii. one lo.tk iulo the dopths ot those accusing eyes, told that Mora Merwyn knew all. Ail, at least that the villain's last words had revealed. Aiijieaiing noise lessly ut the i.ior at a cnt-ca! moment she tud crossed Its threshold as the care less self-iinpiicating wards of tue cashier revealed his irne iriijUttv a9 a would-be thiof, and verritied the dark insinuations of Hay Webster tbat bis base hand had wrouiiit all the trouble thai was wreck ing three devoted lives Mie had never ina'd the piausib!e,se!f-a-ssured i-a-liier. she had Heated his ad vances coldly, but, as the friend, the t'oniiilcut of her f a li r. she had never beiievi d him other than a man of high btisiniiss integrity. Now, iu the light of what the day had ushered in, and what Ii lis own bold Kiatonient had revealed, in hideout. sUring reality his evil, wicked nature stood hured of hypocritical smile and courtly complaisance. Wharton had sank to a seat like a bioi ii of suinc. His jaw had fallen, his eyes segued riveted. Like the adjudged criminal al the scaffold, he only expected i lie next movement of the excited girl to ne a call for the ofllecrs of the law a revelation of the plots into the execution uf which he. had teen unwillingly dragged. Abashed fur the uio'iient even the bold, unscrupulous nature of Dacro him self quailed- Sorrow for the lover whom Mie supposed dead, anxiety for tho father whose form upon the couch an interven ing tai)!e mercifully hid from her view, contempt at the duplicity of the twocra en wretches before her, enobled the natural diirnityof Flora Merwyn's char acter. I. Ike an angry queen her eyes scanned ih.m, like an Injured woman she held them, ba tiled, beaten, under the domination of her Hashing, accusing glance of indignation and reproach. She drew the pocketbouk from the un closing lingers of the overwhelmed Da ere. She shuddered at the contaminat ing contact of his relaxing clutch, but she steeled her heart to weakness. "I know your plots. 1 know you un masked!" she said simply, "it Is you who have nrougbt about this trouble at the bank. S:and aside unlock the front doors. 1 will tell those men the truth!" "You never shall!'' Her intentions he readily divined. She would denounce liiui as athief, a swind ler, as the lying hypocritical villain he truly was. She would restore confidence In her honored father's name; she would disburse !ha ready cash contained iu the wallet she lull secured. This, i ho weak, blind-folded being lie had hoped to dazzle and win, or frighten into becoming his wife, when grief and despair had left her. no other alternative to save a father's good name and life! That por tion of his fabric of fraud and selfish ness, the irate plotter saw crumble to ruins. Tho intended victim of his avarice had arrayed horsolf as a cham pion, a courageous, undaunted foe in tho battle of wronc against right Compromise, there was none iu that dauntless face, grown strangely stern and heroic. The child had become a woman tho victim an avenger. "Do not touch me stand back, mon ster! thief!" cried Flora, with glowing eyes, as Dacro marie a movement as if to seize her forcibly. "When my father returns " The schemer started. In a flash the truth dawned upon him. Flora Merwyn did not know of the arrival of the canker, of the last tragic episode of tbe hour. She bad, it seemed, arrived upon the scene only in time to catch Dacre's words relating to the wallet He stepped aside, ha pointed to the conch. "Your father," he said, "lies there. They have killed him" With the quickness of lightning, tho girl's heart took a vivid alarm at the harsh, blunt words. Her oyos directed towards the couch, a schock that seemed to unhinge every nerve In her body con vulsed her future. Oue wild shriek rang from ber lips, piercing, heart-broken, agonized. Her face turned ghastly, the horrified eyes distended. She tottered forward wltb outstretched arms. "Father father! . my murdered father!" A suffocating sob checked further ut terance. Tbe wallot fell from her nerve less fingers, and, her hands pressed to fcer eyes as if to shut out the gory vision before her, Flora Merwyn reeled and fell an inert heap to the floor. Arnold Daere breathed more freely at the complication that had diverted tbe attention of Flora from ber announced purpose of unmasking his villainy. As he gazed alternately from fathor to daughter, however, with bent brow9, his face took a deeper, more serious frown than ever. An impulse seemed to come to his mind, as be regarded the wallet and its scattered contents, to sieze all the avail able funds in sight and fly precipitately. A thought of tbe sure pursuit that would follow, however, a longing glance at tbe beautiful lace of Flora Merwyn, checked tho impulse. Then bis wonted boldness returned to him, bnnglug the color back into bis face, and assurance to )iis sinister eyes. "Only a glrll" he muttered between hia teeth. "With time to cover my tracks.to get ber to a safe retreat, I can leave at my will with a clear record. Xo, I will make no foolish run for liberty, with a bowl ing mob after me. It would be a confes sion of guilt 1 will faco the music. I will Gnd some way to silence her Hps. Wharton!" Resolution jn bis face, Daere ap proached the old clerk and touched hint sharply on the sbonlder. s John Wharton looked up, a ' vacant, dazod look in his eyes. For a min ute or two, as he passed his trembling hands aimlessly over his face, he resem bled a person just recovering from a shock of terror that had well-nigh un balanccd'the mental facultlos. "Como! rouse yourself and don't set there Ilka a block of stone," spoke Daere Irritably. "You see what has occurred. She knows!" , "If you'd only pa? the depositors, " began Wharton, gaspingly. 'So more of tbt!"ordered the cashier. ternlr- "Come, man, nave Mever mind gaping a. - -beyond our help or harm, the o"' never'eat All you have to do Is year P"Wbst is-my part?' faltered the old fleSpeedy, decisive action. I want you to leave here at once. You haven t the nerve to face the situation without flinching, so 1 11 undertake that unpleas ant task alone. Sow. than, John i Whar ton, it's wealth or misery, ' tha penitentiary, just as you elect Obey mv orders implicitly, aud all will be well, depart from my instructions la the minutest particular, and I clamp down on you not only on tiwt certain dark pas sage iu tbe past of your life, but as the man ho altered the books of the bank an'l forged those signatures." "Mercy!" gulped the miserable man, writhing in agony. "I'll obey vou. Speak your orders." Daere took up the wallet tbat bad fal len from Flora Merwyn's hands. Tbl, and a package of bank notes and some uapers which he drew from bis pocket, he proceeded to do up In a parcel which he tied securely. "Take it," he commanded, pressing It upon the astonished Wharton. "Why! you don't mean" "Tbat 1 make you temporary custo dian of all this wealth, and be careful how vou abide the trust. You can leave the bank safely through the house. As an underpaid clerk, the people will scarcely hinder or molest you. Secure thi) package safely about you, and to out and mix with them." "They will mob m!" chattered tbe frightened Wharton. "Scarcely, iu tbe role I intend you shall assume," replied Daere, with airy confidence. "The role?" muttered the ether vaguely. "Exactly." "You mean?" "That of a poor, faithful servant agou jzing over the death ol a beloved em ployer, despairing at losing a lucrative position in his old age, broken-hearted, though blameless, witless. Listen!" He leaned close to bs quivering com panion, into his ears be poured briefly, rabidly the details of his plan. The other listened with a curiously-working face. "You understand'.''' demanded tbe when he had concluded, choked out Whartou, bis face schemer, "Yes," one void of utter wretchedness. "De pend on me to end the farce what you apportion me will not be dlflicult for my brain is reeling now!" lie tittered a hollow laugh as he stowed tho precious packet away In safety. Then, with a haunted look at the dead banker, and one of guilty hor ror at the Inanimate Flora Merwyn, be stole from the room, muttering to him self incoherently. He bad aged ten years within two hours. Arnold Daere stood in a thoughtful pose, once alone. He regarded Flora Merwyn thoughtfully. "She knaws!" he muttered, "and tbat knowledge is fatal to my every plan. What of It? Sooner or later she must have known she will thank mo for saving ber fortune. When I demand her silence and her love as my price for returning to ber tho fortune, for vindicating her dead father's tarnished reputation, lb will not daro refuee me. I wtU-'retuore her to the bouse, aud awSft ber recovery ,,-f, V. n.tlAHa Th.n ....... ,. .. . k. farce, tho faithful, fearless bank cashier must remain at his post of duty till the last!" He smiled sardonically as he spoke. Then he startod and hurried to the door communicating with the counting room, for a new commotion had struck his quick ear. The clamor of tho crowd had subsided, but some one was beating on the iron doors, and a stentorian voice sounded: "Open! In tbe name of the law!" : Arnold Daere paled slightly. He hur ried to tbe shattered window, and stole a covert look without On the steps stood the Sheriff of the county, a legal-looking document in his hands. "I order you to disperse," be was say Ing to the crowd. "Tbe court lias au thorized mo to take formal possession of the pank until the bank examiner ar rives. Vlolenco can do you no good." "Ho Is coming In hero!" muttored Da ere concernedly. "She is here. Should she revive before I have time to show my power over her father sho will reveal all. I must convey ber to the house keeper's care. Then to meet the Sheriff with a bold face." Daere returned to the private office. About to lift the senseless Flora In his arms, be paused wltb a shock. "Mercy!" he ejaculated In a lost tone." Some ono Is coming from the bouse." xes, tue voices of two men reached his ears. ineir conversation told that than were the Sheriff's subordinates, bent on reaching tho entrenched enemy from the rear. " Arnold Daere had but a moment to act Ho knew that once formal mih. slon was glvon the Sheriff, the latter would depart, leaving a single officer on guard. y Time was everything, to silence Flora Merwyn meant his salvation. He glanced wildly about hlin. Then lifting the senseless girl, he bore her straight to the Annn vn n It. Placing her on tho cold stone Boor, he drew the heavy iron door nearly shut He gained the center of the room again just as the two officers appeared. "Here are the keys to the front doors " he said simply. "You can admit the Sheriff." Tho latter ontered the private office a minute later. "This Is bad work, Mr. Danre," he said, with a concerned glance at tha banker. "It Is no fault of. mlue." returned Dacro glibly. - " have been hoping you would come. 1 dared not surrender to that howling, infuriated mob." "No. you have acted with courage and discretion," assented thS - officer. "I must take formal charge here." "I havo some private papers 1 wish to look over In the counting-room" be gan Dacro, planning an opportunity to got Flora tinsoen to tbe house. "Certainly. I will onlyf7.tirrT. at the outside entranc"1," .nJl. cept to put what assef. the ,afe ' court- ,n vZLSZ'JSZ irwJrf&K?1''? Sh0"ff avanced M:fiE..v"uU th... i ?0IIJ..horr"r wrenched the heart of hand th0 n1liKnT nxtnd"l hia .It was to push the massive Iron door hut, turn tho knob, and click the coes' semea Flora Merwyn to a living tomb. , TO Bl COKTIUa& .itpejd sway , HI
