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'bis' • Hoc rffl you ti tbr p/r »o LrrT "I Lmvv (Lr Asikrr i>rAa|u arbm If nPfs tv brine us vui 41 dorr 1 tan pr' nitftftr bs» taa mt M to Lrr “ AalUtrl (brass bis Lct-ds U»U* Lift yartrU ilia laftri 4sj ic'o Ob* «>abs *Vft BMW uUS !* »- :.sked He braacM ma a diawrnnc land f«s of it inf ruaind tbe pieces upon IU table "Taw baadred dollar*—if be wUl deliver that bate h- said Jtedl stared at him ta an.au-a.- at Tf be aaa't take n fur that—f>e C * mure dpi tbuasnd.' SW stood sdeat. aundrriag If Ml ne pan-® aa* mad. Vuthaaiei saw tb* look la Ml tare and M> own f ashed *«tb mddcw earjteaaeat “UnaT Joo understand be cried “That aate u<«i» bras*® or bell fur Wiwwawm* - It means life -ber abole later*' Aid »ou kaoa what (bis «-eU r. aa* fur aa." be aid moi* ttlaif. “It sum that ae re at tbe end of err rape, (bat tbe game is up. that lettn uf as *01 ever see Marx® or W*»■**» scan. That acne is tbe tarn surd ta life {mat **—from jou. It'* a dyiag prayer Tell W masosae yaw love ted ber that It la your last «id that she go mu let* tbe teg. Iks world—away fra* (bis hell bole. a«at tram Huang, away from tbe jtis-rnmas. aad lire as other women pre Aad wan snd-d by yoar love -d* * Ui go* “I'se Mid bee «ba«!“ t.v*fbf .t«Rl “1 itrs you awnidT" 0 f.stiaalef tbrrv aro't r handful a cdd M the UMr. “Five fcwadr- d,_ be eariattaed "It's cAesp eaoocb for a sutpa i awl** lit a—a»ii < far S*i to yiit tbe mimT ta ks fade! Tbe pale was raaiax Bark atn » is . 1, be grew pul. aaJ'Ba«4i’«»^ to (be 1-Srk Tell came and aat beside tits -*Sw yaa tbiak Ms *k* end?" be asked He »as glad that bis cost - bad psard tbe truth Uoik‘1 JOG?" Tmr Tber» was a tuiaut* > dark sttenre The Ockwf of Nat baric I\s watch pi p" "* Hke tbe tapping of a dkk -What wifl bappeaT 1 dwoT Hus But ahaterer It may be k *B eoaoe to as aoua. I's ui* It happeas at night ■Tharr Is aw fcop*?" “thsoMNdy bool- Tbe whole main btd is wt tb* offer d Btraag He f*osr - b** reiHbusioo eww. n« punish - • o' for his crim« s. co hand stronger than Lis omn He will not even give ■j* the pretense of a hearing. I am a traitor, a revolutionist—you have attempted tbe life of th*- king. We are both condemned—both doomed " Neil epoke calmly and his cornpAn t<»n strove to master the terrible pain at Lis Lean as be thought of Marlon, if N* tl could go to the end like a .anyr he would at l*-ast make an at tempt to do as much. Yet he could not keep from saying: "What will become of Marion?" H*- felt the tremor that passed through his companion's body. 1 base implored Wir.nsome to do all that *-he ran to g**t her away." re P :*d N* .1 "If Marion won't go—” He < i»u. t,< <j ins bands with a moaning • and sprang to bis feet, again juu ing back and forth through the gloomy d :ng*-on "If sl»e won't go 1 ► »*ar that Strang's triumph will be *rt' b* cried suddenly. "I cannot . . a> * be terrible pcn»-*r that the king ;<oi-s* a.—-► <>\-r lor. hut I know that on* • h..- wife she will not endure it !*<: g The monurnt the beronies that, her bondage is broken 1 know it. 1 bat «-ii it in her ey* s She will kill lo rself!" Nathaniel rose slowly from the ber.ci and came to his side r: wont do ti .*■' ne groaned. My <►<«!—sbe won't do that'" -'•eil a face wa3 blanched to the whiteness of paper. >• ■ will. br‘ repeated quietly. t.rriUe pact with Strang will have Pin fulfill'd And 1—1 am glad -glad—** li :ai-i . k arm:- 'o the dripping b.:n kb. -* of the dungeon ceiling, bis » jc. shaking with a cold, stifled ' ■ . h. Nathaniel drew back from "..it tall, straight figure, step by step. I ho ,k1i to hide beyond tbe flicker *B« raid .* glow t!.«- betrayal that had come into h:s face, the; blazing fire that seemed turning out bis eye*. It w hat Neil had said w as true-* S..i eth’.cg cl. ok id him as he drop'e-d alone upon the bench If it was true*—Marion was dead! Jie dropped his he ad in his hands 'I *at for a long time in silence P-lemon to Nell as he walked tirelcss 1. over tie muddy earth Not until tiare ram a rattling of the chain at fhe* cell door ana a creaking of the ru-ty hinge, did he lift his face, it was the jailer with a huge armful of 'law. He saw Neil approach him ait' r he had thrown it down. Their low voices c*me to him iu an Indis t n ‘ murmur. After a little he caught the sound of the chinking gold pieces. V* :1 <ame and sat down beside him a* the heavy door closed upon them again "If took it.” be whispered exultant 1>. "He will deliv r it this morning. If possible he will bring us an an swer I ki pt out a hundred and told U* that a reply would be worth that j to him." Na’l. n:»l did not speak. and after a Boatcti silence X«dl continued: The jury is assembling We will know our fate very soon." He rose to bis feet, his words quiv ering with nervous excitement, and Natl.-reel t,i-ard bitii kicking about in j ta straw . in another breath his i v oice t.-ased through the gloom in a tuarp startled man and . "Gi-od God. Nat. come here!" So . ' i.ing in the strange fierceness of Neil"* words startled Nathaniel. Ilk. the thrilling twinges of an elec tric .-hock. He darted across the cell •and found Marion's brother with his shoulder against the door. "It a open!" he whispered. "The door is—open!" ^ Tbe hinges creaked under his w • rgfct A current of air struck them in tbe face. Another instant and they stood in the corridor, listening, crush ing back the breath in their lungs, not daring to speak. Gently Neil drew his campanioc back into tbe cell. , "There's a chaace—one chance to ! tea thousand!** he whispered. "At | tbe end of this corridor there is a j door—the jailer's door. If that’s no! 'ook>*d. we can make a run for It! f’4 rather die fighting—than here!" He slipped out again, pressing Na thaniel back "\Ya for me!” Nathaniel heard him stealing slow i ly through the blackness. A rninuta later he returned. "Locked!” he exclaimed. In the opposite direction a ray of light caught Nathaniel’s eye. “Where does that light come from?" he asked. \ "Through a hole about as big as your two hands. It was made for a stove pipe. If we were up there we could see into the jury room " They moved quietly down the cor ridor until they stood under the aper ture, which was four or five feet above their heads. Through it they could hear the sounds of voices but could not distinguish the words that were being spoken. "The jury," explained Neil. “They're in a devil of a hurry! I wonder why?” Nathaniel could feel his companion | shrug himself in the darkness. “Lord—for my revolver!” he whis | pered excitedly. "One shot through 1 that hole would be worth a thousand | notes to the girls!" lie caught Ma I rion's brother by the arm as a voice ; lot dor than the others came to them “Strang!" "Yes—the—king!” affirmed Neil laying an expostulating hand on him. "Hush!” I w juiu line iu set— Even in these last hours of failure and defeat the fire of adventure flane d up in Nathaniel's blood. He ! felt his nerves leaping again to action. I iiis arms grew tense with new ambi tion —almost he forgot that death had him cornered ami was already pre paring to strike him down. Another thought replaced all fear of this. A few feet beyond that log wall were gathered the men whose bloodthirsty deeds had written for them one of the reddest pages in history—men who had burned their souls out in the de struction of human lives, whose pas sions and loves and hatreds carried with them life and death: men who had bathed themsidves in blood and j liv* d in blood until the people of the j mainland called them "the leeches." "The Mormon jury!” Nathaniel ’ spoke the words scarcely above his breath. "I'd like to take a look through that hole. Neil," he added. "Easy enough—if you keep quiet. Here!” He doubled himself against the wall. "Climb up on my shoul ders." No sooner had Nathaniel's face come to a level with the hole than a soft cry of astonishment escaped him. Neil whispered hoarsely but he did not reply. He was looking into a room twice as large as the dungeon cell ; and lighted by narrow windows whose 1 lower panes were on a level with the ground outside. At the farther end of the room, in full view, was a plat* 1 form raised several feet from the main floor. On this platform were seated ten men. immovable as statues. I every face gazing straight ahead. Di j rectlv in front of them, on the lower floor, stood the Mormon king, and A his side, partly held in the embrace ' of one of bin arms was Wiunsuine! Strang's voice came to him in a low. solemn monotone, its rumbling depth drowning the words he was speaking, and as Nathaniel saw him lift his arm from about the girl's shoulders aud place bis great hand upon her head he dug his own fingers i fiercely into the rotting logs and an I imprecation burned in his breath. He did not need to hear what the king was saying. It was a pantomime in which every gesture was understand able. Rut even Neil, huddled against the wall, heard the last words of the ! prophet as they thundered forth iu I sudden passion. u tunsonic i roche demands the l death of her father's murderer!" Nathaniel felt his companion's shoulders .sinking tinder his weight i and he leaped quickly to the floor. "Winnsome is there!” he panted j desperately. "I)o you want to see her?” Neil hesitated. "No. Your boots gouge my shoul der. Take them off.” The scene had changed when Na I thaniel took his position again. The jury had left its platform and was I tiling through a small door. Winn some and the king were alone. The girl had turned from him. She j was deathly pale and yet she was j wondrously beautiful, so beautiful that j Nathaniel's breath came in quick dread as the king approached her. He I could see the triumph in his eyes, a terrible eagerness in his face. He ! seized Winnsome's hand and spoke , *o iter in a soft, low voice, so low that j it came to Nathaniel only in a inur | raur. Then, in a moment, he began stroking the shimmering glory of her 1 hair, caressing the silken curls be I tween his fingers until the blocd seemed as if it must burst like hot sweat from Nathaniel's face. Sudden ly Winnsome drew hack from him. the pallor gone from her face, her eyes bluzidg like angry stars. She had re treated but a step \yhen the prophet sprang to her and caught her in his arms, straining her to him until the scream on her lips was choked to a gasping cry. In answer to that cry a >'*•11 of rtage hurled itself from Nathan iel's throat. "Stop, you hell-hound!" he erh d threateningly. "Stop!" ITO BK COXTIXl’lCn.) Mania for Carving Initials. "What was the row between you and that fellow who just went out?" said a passenger to the conductor. "Wanted to carve his name on the door jamb as a memento of his trav els." said the conductor. "Of all the insults that are offered to these old cars that galls me most. It is handed out every little while by some fresh westerner. "1 have to keep an eye on all those chaps with a western accent. They ride in these cars just for a lark, and when they reach a certain stage of friskiness they whip out a penknife and begin to whittle. "They cannot understand why It should be considered defacement of private property to cut up the cars. They have been around the world carving their Initials on ancient monu ments and they take it pretty much to heart because they can’t complete the record in our old horse cars.”—New York Time*: Cyclone Johnny Thompson beat Billy Papke, the thunderbolt. Walter Johnson says he will pitch only 20 games In 1911. Jake Stahl refuses to budge from his soft-seat as a full fledged banker. A1 Kaufman has sold all rights in himself for two years for $50,000, it is said. ' 'Kid' McCoy retains his judgment of distance and his eye," says Jack O'Brien. Will the Chicago White Sox draw a booby or a Texas burro for a prize on October S? Walter J. Travis is copping medals as an amateur in sundry and divers tournaments. The game of billiards was introduced into England at the close of the six teenth century. Gotch and ''Hack," they say. may not meet this season, but may come to gether in the fall. Chinese athletes train on duck brains, which they consider the most strengthening food. Good old Tom Lynch gets a substan tial increase in salary from the Nation al league magnates. Kid McCoy wants to came back and | meet some "white hopes." He might i stow away a lot of 'em at that. Arthur Irwin, scout of the Yankees, i has an idea that his team will finish on top of the American league heap. Frank Chance expects to train off '20 pounds on his spring jaunt to be in lighting trim for the finish bout. Jack Knight. Yankee shortstop, add ed to the joy of the New York fans by affixing his signature to a three-year contract. For the sake of safety, a baseball player's shoe has been patented in which the deadly spikes are replaced by pieces of chain. Garry Herrman. chairman of the Na tional commission and owner of t4e Cincinnati Reds, has von a new nick name. They cal! him the ' Official Banqueter" now . Patrick Donohue, who is a catcher as well as being the brother of "Jtggs. ; the old White Sox first baseman, has been turned back to the minors. Meat phis is his destination. Claude Ritchey, at one time with the Pittsburg Pirates and later with the Boston Doves, has agreed to the terms of the Louisville Colonels and will be classed as a Nightnder this season. TOMMY RYAN TO COME BACK Retired Middleweight Says He Will Take to Ring Again—Talks of Old Blows. Another retired champion will en deavor to come back. Reading in the newspapers that Kid McCoy, his old time rival, is hurling challenges at Heavyweight Jack Johnson. Tommy Ryan, the retired middleweight chain V I// * ) r Tommy Ryan. pion. Immediately came out with the announcement that he will return to the ring and meet some of the old time middleweights or light heavy weights, and there is just a chance I that a Syracuse club w ill make Mc Coy an offer to meet him. Tommy isn't going after the title. "I've got a young fellow to nail that title." said Ryan, referring to How ard Morrow, the youth he recently * brought here from Benton Harbor. ! Mich. "I just want to show some knockers that I can still box a bit." said Ryan, and then went on to argue that Mor row is so good that the middleweight title will come to his camp anyway. Ryan says that he will put Morrow against any middleweight in the world, bar none. Morrow weighs about 154 pounds when in condition, is twenty-three years old. and carries a hard punch In either hand. Ryan plans an invasion of England in April and will take Con O'Kelly. his heavyweight candidate; Howard Mor row and Bobby Pittsley. lightweight who is the only boy having credit foi a knockout over Young Ahearn. whom New York critics dope out as the coming lightweight champion. Pitts ley weighs but 126 pounds, but has ac awful punch. — Shooting Dates Set. Dates for trap shooting classics were set the other night at a meet ing of the executive committee of the Chicago Gun club. The interstate contest will be held on May 7. The event Is open to any five-man team of any organized gun club, and Iwill be held at Kensington. The teams _will shoot at 160 targets for a championship trophy. The Chicago Grand American will take place June 17. with preliminary events on two | days previous. NATIONAL RULES FOR TRACK SPORTS — - " Coach A. A. Stagg cf Chicago. National rules In track sports as well as in football are now available for the colleges and universities of the country. A movement to unify the government of American intercol legiate track and field meets was an nounced by Coach A. A. Stags of tlie University of Chicago, who is one of I the authors of a new code of laws j sanctioned bv the Intercollegiate Ath letic association of the Cnited States. Stagg made public' the complete text of the rules drafted by himself. Prof. W. A. Lambert of the University of Virginia and F. W. Marvel of Brown university, acting for the Na tional association^ The rules are em bodied in the report of the professors have been accepted by the associa tion and are now subject to the inspec tion of the American colleges. The code, which is the first of a na tional character, is Intended as the first step toward national uniformity and in no way compulsory. The offi cials. however, hope that it will be adopted by the various sectional bod ies or incorporated into their own rules. "Ultimate uniformity” is the wish of the committee, according to Stagg. The rules do not difter radically from any of those in existence except in the ease of the high jump and pole vault. intend of allowing the customary three trials at each height, the com ! tnittce provides that two trials only may be had. New Nebraska Football Coach. At a recent meeting of the Univer sity athletic beard. E. O. Stiehm. Uni versity of Wisconsin, was elected faculty football coach and athletic di rector for Nebraska. AGREES WITH CONNIE MACK Hugh Jennings Respects Cleveland and Chicago Teams. But He Has No Fear cf St. Louis Browns. Hugh Jennings, leader of the Detroit Tigers, in speaking of the merits of the various teams in the American league the ether day. said, as he passed through Denver on the wind-up ot' his honeymoon: "The next base ball season will be the most prosper- j ous in history, and it is likely to de velop into one of the clfisest races in the history of the American league. "There wiil be *two strong factors in the American league race next : .'car which did not appear in the past’ I , season. They are Cleveland and Chi-1 Hugh Jennings. cago. Comiskey has been strength ening his aggregation slowly but effec tively. I would not be surprised to ate the Soj finish one. two. three. The ' Naps must be figured, too. They i have pulled up wonderfully, and my : plans will include serious eonsidera ! tion of their ability. "Then, too, the Senators must not be overlooked. The Washington lead ; er may have something up his sleeve. St. Louis is about the only aggrega tion that does not need to be watched closely." PLAYING BALL IN HONDURAS American National Game Fast Ac quiring Strong Hold on People of Little Republic. The national game of America is fast acquiring a strong hold on the people of Honduras. At the first match game ever played in that Re public. which was held at Tegucigalpa on June 24. 1910. nearly all the promi nent people, including many govern ment officials, were present. The na tional band was also in attendance and helped to make the occasion a great success. The umpire, who is known as juez del eampo. or field judge, had to give many difficult de cisions. as the game was very well played and extremely close and excit- ; inf. The game was introduced by the school authorities, who wished to give the youth of the town some sort of healthful outdoor sport, and the re sult has far surpassed their most san j guine expectations. Indeed, so popu ! lar has the game become that at any I time of the day or even of the night ’ boys can be seen in all the principal ! streets and in the outskirts throwing and batting balls to the danger of the passer-by. , The boys take to the game natural* I ly and play It with the same amazing skill as do their brothers in Cuba, where baseball is a popular pastime, j Doubtless in a short time a league i 1 will be formed, and the national game ! of America will be the natiocai game of Honduras also. Baseball is a won derful game, combining as It does tbe best qualities of the mind with those | of the body, and its adoption by the ; people of Honduras can only result in their benefit. _ _ Michigan Awarded Trophy. Tlie cup presented by the Western i Intercollegiate Magazine, emblematic i j of the 15*10 western gridiron cham- j pionship. has reached its final resting j place in the trophy-room of Water man gymnasium at Ann Arbor. The j cup is a splendid trophy, and having been awarded Michigan by a jury of competent football coaches and offi cials is accepted as conclusive proof of Wolverine gridiron supremacy. Eight Stakes at Latonia. Eight stakes, with a total value of | $20,000, will be offered by the Es tonia Racing association during the meeting of SI days, which is unofficial ly scheduled to begin on June 12 and terminate July 15. The entries to the stakes close on Wednesday. March 1. It Is proposed to give handicaps and feature races dally In adldtion to the stakes, which will have from $60# to $1,000 added. Commerce as a Builder The Rage of Nature or of Men Power less to Destroy the Great Cen ters of Trade. The resurrection of Messina will be only another Illustration of how diffl cut It is to destroy a city which sits on a trade route or which becomes a center or school of industry. Com mercial cities rise or decline with trade routes. Venice began to lose its primacy with the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope route to Iudia. Nevertheless it was not ruined, and though its population is only three fourths of that it had when it “held the gorgeous qast in fee," its inhab itants to-day number 150.000. The mad men of the French revolution decreed that Lyons should be no more. They leveled the city which had resisted them to the ground, they wiped out Its name, and in a dozen j ™ a the center of the silk industry, the great distributing point of the region, was what it had been before the ter rorists turned it into ruins. To-day it is the third city of France. A great San Francisco looks-out on the Golden Gate, despite the catastrophe of 1906. Cities are stubborn facts. It has been said thaf if New York were over whelmed the necessity of the United States would compel the reconstruc tion of a great city where the Hudson reaches the sea.—Boston Transcript. 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