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By REX E. BEACH.
-: Copy ritf lit. 100 5. by It ex E. Bench.
( oiitinui'ii Mom last week.)
"Well, RpcHl: up. The net's cttwin "
Evidently he was tin direct luir yciiltis'
of tin; pcrroVnwuice, for ul that moment
Hie chorus broke Into full cry. ami lie
wild, hurriedly:
"Wait a minute. There 'rms tin-
filially," and Unshed away to tend liN
ilropii and switche. Wlien I lie eiirtniii
) is down ami the principals had
itflit their drcslm; room-; he re
lied. "Do you kuow Mr. (ileiiNterV" Mie
asked.
'Sure. I seen him Imillit. 1'oine
here." lie led her toward the loul
liu'lits and. pitlliui; listcU the clue ot
the curtain, allowed her to peep p.-iM
him out info the dance hall. Site had
never pictured a place like lid-, and In
Mpltc o( her agitation was ii-douNlted
at its tidy clc.s'aneo. The rallor.N v.i-,
formed of a continuous row of com
partitients with curtained front:, in
which inoii and women wete talkluu.
driuklin.'. iiuiiiir. The seals on the
lower floor were tllsappcariiiu. and the
.canvas c.iver wai rolliim Innl;. .-how-lim
the polished hardwood uin !. ixa tit.
vlill. out Ihr'iti'-'lt the widi- folditr-'
ilotus tltat led to the main uautlilliiu
lo.tin sdte heard a brass luimnl malt
eallinj; (he cointnouconioiit of lite
dtlll'.T. Ootiples glided Into nit i-n
while she Wnichcd.
"I don't see him," -aid her irtthlc
"You liettor walk out front and help
your.M.'ir." ll Indicated the stair.
wltich led up to the yalleried In. so
und the Mop- leading down on to life
main floor, lint ho handed him another
coin, Iteiii' hint to liml (HcnNti r and
hrlnj; liim to her. "Hurry, hurry!" she
implored.
'I'he sIiiko iiiiinap'r pi zed al her curl
ously. re m a lit' n j,: ".My! You -pead
your money like It littri liccn left to
you. You're a reptlar pie eheck for
me. Come around any time."
She withdrew to a dark corcer and
waited Intertnlnalily till her nio-eimer
iijipearcd at the head of the piller.x
Htairs ami beckoned to her. A- she
drew near he said: "I told him there
was a !1.iKM iilly Unjoin' li'ltii fi the
Ktnge floor, lint he's pit a p'oiich an'
won't stir, lie's hi ntinilter -even."
She hesitated, at which he .-aid. "tJo
on -you're hi iip"it." then continued
reiisurliip'y. "Say, pal. if he's your
white haltvd kid. you needn't start no
roiiu'li house, 'cati'-e he don't ttlrt v. h'
thee dnnus none what'-ver. Naw!
Take It from inc."
She entered the door her counselor
indicated to find lto.v louup'u hack
watchli'' the dancers. He turned in
qulrini;ly then, as .-he raised her veil,
leaped to his feet and Jerked the cur
tains tu.
"Union! What are ou doins; here'"
"You iiiusi uo away iptickly." she
pi-ped. They're Iryhc; to arrest you."
"The.v ! WlioV Arresi toe for whatV"
"Voorhee.- and his men for riot or
Minielliini: aliout lasi nlulil."
"Nonsense," he -aid. "I had no pari
In it. You know thai."
Yes. ye- Inil you're a vljdlunte. ami
the.v're after you and all ,our friends
Your house is piarded and the town
Is alive w Ith ih'putles. They' o planned
to Ju.Il you on some pretei or othei
anil hold yon Indefinitely. Please p
heforo It's loo late."
"How do you know this':" he ticked
p avely.
I overheard them plotttnp"
WhoV"
l.'iicle' Arthur and .Mr. AlcNamara."
She faced him sijiiiilcly as she said it
mid therefore saw the liu'ht Haute up in
his eyes as he cried:
"And you catiio here to save tue
caiue here at the risk of your piod
name':"
"Of course J would have done the
Haute for OcMry." The Kindness died
iftvay. leaving hlin listless.
"Well, lot llieiii come. I'm done.l
piess. I heard from Wlioulon timldit
Hi'ti down and out. loo some troiihle
Willi the 'Frisco courts aliout Jurisdic
tion over these cases. I don't know
that It's worth while to Unlit any
loiiKor."
"Listen." she said. "You must pi. I
am sure then' Is a terrlhle wroui; he
Jnir done, and you and 1 must slop it.
I have seen the truth at Inst, and you
tire In the rlalil. I'lease hide for a
1lme al least."
"Vety well. If you have taken -hies
Willi us thcie's sonic hope left. Thank
you for lit to risk you ran In wnriiluu'
me."
She had moved to the front of the
compartment mnl Wi,s poerlntr forth
hot ween the draperies when she stilled
a cry.
-Too late! Too kite! There they
are. Don't pari the curtain. They'll
Kce ynn."
Pushing throujJh the punhlliis hull
wore Voojjiet'S and four others, hui'in.
tuiuMfjujufcsa
intriy in iiiict ..: s-mo od-
"Unit down the hack stairs," she
hreathed and pushed li tin through the
door. lie caught and held her hand
with a last word of gratitude. Then
he was pine. She drew down her veil
and was about to follow when the
door opened and he reappeared.
"No use." he remarked unlet Iv.
"There are three more wnitinj: at the
fool." lie looked out to titid that the!
olllcer.s had searched the crowd and
were ttiriiim; toward the front stairs,
thus cult In;; oft' his retreat. There
were but two ways down front the pi I
lory ami no outside windows from
wltich to leap. As tlcy had made no
armed' display, the presence of the
otlicers had not Interrupted the dance.
(ilenistcr drew his revolver, while
into his eyes came the dimciti; ullller
thill Helen had seen before, cold as
the Kliut f winter sunlight.
"No, not that, for'tlod's sako!" she
.shuddered, elasphiK his arm.
"I must for your sake or they'll Ibid
you here, and that's wote than ruin.
I'll tight it out in the corridors . that
you can escape in the confusion. Walt
till the liilm; slops and the crowd pith
ors." Ills hand was on the knob when
.she tote it loose, whispering hoarsely:
"They'll kill you. Wait! There's a
better way. Jump." Hlto dragged I
hint to (lie front of the box and pulled I
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they won't see you till it's too late.
Then you can run through the crowd."
He grasped her idea, and, slipping; Ids
weapon back Into its holster, laid hold
of lite ledge before him and lowered
himself down over the dancers. He
swung out unhesitatingly, and almost
before he had been observed had (!iop
pod into their midst. The pillory wa
but twice the height of a ten's head
from ill'' lloor, so he landed on It's
feel and had drawn his revolvers even
while I he men at the stairs were shout
ing al 1 tl in to halt.
At sight of the miked weapon--- there
w.i- confusion, wherein the commands
and down the'slalrsicTo tTie uunfter
lay.
From her station Helen could hco
the whole tableau, all but the men on
the stairs, where her vision was out
off She saw the dance girls crouched
behind their partners or leaning far
out from tip' wall with parted lips,
the nieii eager, yet fearful, the bur
tender with a half polished glass
poised high. Then a quick movement
across the hall suddenly diverted her
absorbed attention. Site saw a man
rip aside the drapery of the box op
posite and lean so far out that he
seemed In peril of falling. lie under
took to sight a weapon at (Jletilsier.
who was Just passing front his view.
At her first glance Helen gasped. Iter
heart gave one Uoroo lunge, and site
cried out.
The distance across the pit was so
short that she saw his every line and
lineament clearly: it was the brother
she had sought these years and years.
Heforo she know or could check it the
blood call leaped forth.
Drury!" she cried aloud, at which
he whipped his head about, while
ama'etneiit and some other emotion
she could not gauge spread slowly over
his features. For a long moment he
stared at iter without movement or
sign while the drama beneath went
on. I hen he drew back Into his retreat
with (lie dazed look of one doubting
his senses, yet fearful of putting them
to the test. For iter part, she saw
nothing except her brother vanishing
slowly into the shadows, as though
stricken at her glance, the curtains
closing before his livid face, and then
pandemonium broke loose at her feet,
(.ilenistcr, holding his enemies at
bay. had retreated to the double doors
leading to the theater. I lis coup had
been executed so yuh'kly and with
such lack of turmoil that the throng
outside knew nothing of It till they
saw a man walk backward through
the door. As lie did .so lie reached
forth and slammed the wide wings
shut before his face, then tinned and
dashed into the press. Inside the
dance hull loud sottuds arose as the
otlicers clattered down tho stabs and
made after their quarry. They tore
the barrier apart in time to ee, far
dow u the saloon, an eddying .will as
though some great llsh were lushing
through the lily pads of a pond, and
then the swinging doors closed behind
(ilcnlster.
Helen made her way from the thea
ter as she had come, unobserved and
uuobhorvlug, but she walked in a
dream. Kmotioua had chased each
other too closely tonight to be distin
guishable, so she went mechanically
through the narrow alley to Front
street and thence to hor home.
icmsier meanwhile had been swal
fContiiiued on pnge 0.
SPECIAL SALE MY
FOR CASH ONLY
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Hi hmi ml hiniisi IJ thiiiui uvi'i' lln ilmir
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of the deputies mingled with the
-lirleks of the . women, the crash of
ovci-lurued chairs ami the sound of
trumping .feet, as the crowd di ided
before (ilenistcr and swept back
against the wall In the same ominous
way thai a crowd In the street had
once divided on the morning of Hel
en's arrival. The trombone player, who
had sunk low in ids chair with closed
eyes, looked out suddenly at the dis
turbance, and his alarm was blown
I through the horn in u startled squawk.
I A large woman whimpered, "Don't
I -hoot." and thru-t her palms to her
I It.'ll'v I'llislll" lllll I'll'S ltclillv
ileiii-ler covered the deputies, front
whose iclully -the bystanders surged
lis though tfolil the pre-ence of lepers
"Hands up!" he cried sharply, and
they froze into motionless altitudes-.
j one poised on the lowest step of tho
' stairs, the oilier a pace forward. Vonr-
I hces appeared at the head of the Might
I and rushed down a few steps oul, to
' come abruptly Into range and to as
f sumo a like rigidity, for the .voiing
man'.- aim shifted to him.
-I have a warrant for you." the mii
1 cer cried. hK voice loud In the hush.
"Keep It," said (ilcnlster. showing
his teeth ill a -utile in which there was
1 no mirth. lie backed diagonally across
the hall, his boot heels clicking In the
Hence, his eyes shifting rauldlV on
COM Mi NC N". C)
Saturday, Fb. 8, ipo8f
Vo will make .Saturday a sc. t i - s day lor four weeks m
order to reduce out sim .or Siiin uoods.
We will make a p ul Disiotiiit
of to per c ( it on all
WAGONS, SURKbYS.
BUGGIES, ARTS, PLOWS,
ULTIVATORS. u ..NGS,
MANTJ..JS -SPREADERS.
iAS ENGINES LISTESRS,
CORN PLANTERS.
vWINDMILi.S, SULKEYS,
PUMPS and TANKS
Also on all work done in the shop on those special days
FOR CASH ONLY.
WOLFE (SL WRIGHT,
BlacksmUhlng and Repairing. Red Cloud, Webr.
Sheriff's Sale.
Notice Is hi'ri'i y ulw n. Unit miller iuhI l
virtue of mi nli-rof wile Umic1 from the tittle
ul (!co W. tlliti-lilHuii. Clerk ot the lllt-trlcl
Court of tilt' Tenth .liiilli-lid blHtrlct. within
mill for WcMcr coiiniv. Ni'tinidkii. iiiiu u ili
iti-c tn hi i iictliiii wail!-1; fliiTclii, flicrt'lu
IMwitnl It. Coules is phtlntllf. ntul io;nl' M John
() YelsiT nail llcltle I.. Vcl-ur. tlufciiiluiu-. I
sli ill offer for miIo lit iniliUc vuniliio, to the
lilli"t, lilililci' for ciiiti In linuil, lit tin.' i-iiH
do r nl ttiu court Iiuiim'. ut liiil ('limit, la mM
Welwtur ei)iuit, Nuhnetka (that tirlnc tlic
tnillilliii! therein tliu lni-t term of siilil court
wiis liolilun). on the I7lli iliiy of rt'liniiiry, A.
I). 1003. ut I oVIock p. in of Hiilil (Iny. Ill" t'ol
lovltiKli'urllic(l tuopurty. toult: The mmiiIi
tuuiiti-Uirco (')) feet of lot tilni'tui'ii (CO. In
tilork thirty onu (.'111. In the city of KimI Cloiii).
Webster county, Ni hrtixkii.
(ilvun tiii'Hriny linnU tlrtH nth dny of .lutitt
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THOS. J. BROOKS
Lorisvu.i.i:, Ky May 21, UJO.'i.
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Allow me to say a word endorsing
the remarUable nierits of your Rexall
0:j" 1 lair Tonic.
My attention was called to this rem
edy by one of your clerUs, who guar
anteed beyond question it would stop
my hair falling out, and also put my
scalp in healthy condition ior new
hair.
1 hand you photograph before start
ing to use it, which shows me to be
nearly bald. After using two bottles
I saw decided improvement, so con
tinued its use. 1 have used seen .j(J-
cent bottles, and have a heavier suif
of hair than I ever had in my life.
1 also enclose photograph taken a
few weeUs ago, showing the wonder
ful results in a short time.
I take great pleasure in making
this statement to you, gentlemen, en
dorsing our great Rtwall "i).T I lair
Tonic,' and will answer promptly all
inquiries regarding it.
1 am at present special agent of the
Western and Southern Insurance
Companv. iM-'J'J 'Courier-lournal Of
fice IJuilding. this city.
Very respectfully,
&0$iZyrt?&
This is a remarkable case an except inn to the rule. We do nnt promise tint "Oil
will grow hair on every bald head hut we do guarantee, becatiM- we Know, that it will stoji
falling hair, cure dandruff5, and give satisfaction to anyone needing a hair dres&injj, It it
doesn't, bting hack the bottle, and we'll refund the fit) cents )ou pay fur it.
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