piffilTflC I f -tHrtf mi T MiyBwaaiMiw?acaiMaMjCTaigai a si ww?anrai5J"rt i Ml I ,K ipjpyxi i IK vf .1 V n$ I t r ip lv- Itf !x K M' I L V't l 5 t Y 4F 4 .-i '. !? :. 5? !1 ' Ij s- tf & Ift '. ft Kit s " . .. 1; i-' & & '86 f&- r- ps M m tv & : Bj eJ2IMO A With SYNOPSIS. A . foolish young tenderfoot b-eomes fascinated with the bold, artful wlfo of a drunken prospector In western tnlnlpjr town. They prcpnro to clopo In a blind Ins; bllxznrd but are confronted by the maudlin husband. He li ahot by the ,wlfo, but the chivalrous boy pins a nolo to tho body taking the crime upon himself. In their iflaht to the railroad station the woman's horse (alls exhausted: the youth puts her on til own and follows banning to tho atlrrup strap, fleeing he Is an Impedi ment, the woman thrusts her escort Into 8 snow drift and rides on. Half-frown atumbles Into the railroad station Just as the train bears the woman Away. Twenty.flvo years later, this man. Cleprge gormly, la a multl-mllUonalre In New York. He meets Eleanor Haldane. a beautiful and wealthy settlement worker, and co-operates with Tier in her work. Oormly becomes owner of a steamship line and finds himself frustrated In pier .and track extension plans by grafting al dermen, backed by the Gotham Traction company. An automobile accident brings the Haldanes to his country home, Oorm ly announces that he will be mayor of Mew York and redeem the ctty from. car ruptlon. The political declaration of the merchant prince produced a tremendous kentatlon. The wnole machinery of the jcity's detective force Is to be used -to dig Jup something damaging te Oortnln Trie press heretofore unanimously favorable to the merchant candidate, under pres sure, divides and the campaign waxes warm. A resolution la Introduced grant ing a gratuitous renewal of the traction franchise. Oormly offers ten million dol lars for the franchise. Miss Haldano con gratulates Oormly on what she terms a new Declaration of Independence, and ho Eakes an unexpected declaration of love, e Is shocked by the confirmation of his Suspicions that her father Is tho head nd backbone of the notortoua traction company which he la attempting to over throw. Young Haldane discovers his father's connection with the Ootham Traction company, and is Incensed. In .sin Interview between Oormly and Hal Mane, the latter practically offers his daughter's hand as a bribe for Oormly to (withdraw. Oormly refuses. In an Inter view with Oormly Miss Haldane learns of her father's baseness though Oormly vainly tries to hide It. Members of the tng And the woman for whose sake Oormly declared himself a murderer and decide to force him to withdraw under threat of prosecution. The chlf of police visits Oormly. who makes a full confes sion of the truth. Young Haldane runs the gauntlet of tho police and carries the confession to the nowapapera for publica tion, fly accident the newspapers find BUI Hamilton, one of the men who were at "Camp Kill Devil" and knew tho truth about Oormly. CHAPTER XVII Continued. "Good!" exclaimed the editor. "That ain't all." said Colonol Bill .triumphantly. "I got hero a signed paper witnessed before Justice of the Peace Jennings, the only one we had, Jand signed by me and several other men, which swears they hoord Bree dea say bis wife killed blm and that they seen this thirty-two Bullet took out of his breast, the autopsy beln' public like the fun'ral. And Ifs made out in due form." "It's quite" satisfactory," said tho editor, glancing at it and passing it oyer to Shaw. "So you see we fellors kind o' thought Fordyce done a man's part in taktn' the blame on hlssolf, and I al ways kept those things. I thought tnoy might turn up bandy sometime." I "You did well." "And that ain't all cither," said Col. Dill Hamilton. "What more have youT" "Well, I've seen tho woman. She's nllve yet." "Naturally she -must havo been or they couldn't have got this story from her," was tho answer. "Course Well, the end of the story's this: Them people plunged south in that blizzard. We looked for 'em in the spring; but never expected to find their remains, 'cause It was more'n human flesh could stand, such a storm as that, and we naturally a'posed they'd both died and got e't up by the wolves when they was partly thawed out, But the other night I was takln' a trip through the tender loinfor observation Durnoaaa aai.i .Colonel Bill as the ghost of a smlloJ nicaerea on the race of the night ed itor "and I Been this woman and had an Interview with her. She's plumb scared to death. The chlof of police who got this stuff from her 'a fright ened her out of her boots. But I, beln' an old -friend of hers, managed to calm her down, and 1 got her to give me her story. She's always been sor ry that she served Fordyce the way she done. "I don't know how It la, but some tiow I got at the good side of hor. fYou see these women are going straight to hell perhaps although 1 ain't got no inside Information as to that but however low they git and however bad they are, there's always soft spot In 'em somewhere. They're .women still. And I guess I must've toucbed the soft spot in her somehow other; for she told me the truth. 'At any rate she confessed the whole thing to me, and she said furthermore than wben them two was gotn' 'south In the storm, ber horse fell down and died, and that Fordyce got oft his horse and aha mounted It, and he walked blsaelf bangln' to the saddle strap, and she said that seeln' that the remainta' bronco was glvln' out too, she shored Fordyce down and gal loped away and left him. .And I got her signature to a paper confessia' It" Again Colonel Bill bad recourse to the tin box, "Here it Is. Now If them don't make a complete case for my old Mend, I don't know what else to do." "Where's the woman?" asked the dltor, after he had examined the last paper that Colonel Bill had submitted. "Well,, you won't find her," said the Id miner slowjy. ''She's pulled up oi , cflwjfffl . !3lip:3rz5 Cselg; efl MA AM? some midhntu WIATOJY Id m WOMAN CVV37dh7Y3ZrfDJBj?ADY utaraATtotta By Denaotwffeivtu SttT tut stmmn mrt ownff stakes and hit the trail. I helped ber, and I don't mind sayln' that I said I'd see hor through this thing, I don't bellovo she could bo caught where she's gone, I don't b'lieve there'll be any pursuit made after her; but If she Is, she's got to be let go. Pete Broa den was a dog If over there was one, and he deserved all he got. That's all, I guess. Gosht I'm dry!" "Mr. Abbott," said the editor, "will you procure such refreshments as Colonel Hamilton Is accustomed to take under such circumstances!" "You know the dope, boy. I want it straight too. Same's we had tbe other night" "Yes, sir; aaswered the reporter. "I'll have It hers la a minute." "New, Colonel Hamilton," said tho editor, "yeu hays rendered the peo ple of New York, Mr. George Oormly, and incidentally The New York Planet about as great a service as we could expect to receive from a human being. What you bare said throws an en tirely new light upon Mr. Gormly's let ter. He Is In a much more admirable position through you. Why, he ap pears in this like a hero. Mr. Shaw, will you put this matter In shape to accompany Gormly's letter, while I comment editorially upon It?" At this moment tho cub reporter en tered with bottle and glasses. "It's All Right," "I'm glad," said Colonel Bill as hs poured out a generous portion, "to be of service. After you're all filled up," he continued as at his suggestion the two editors and even the cub reporter accepted a small drink from the large bottle, "we'll drink health and success lo my young friend Fordyce, which is now named Gormly, and damnation to the chief of police and his gang I" Ana mat was the kind of toast in whir hv ma .11 i. 4i. -.. imTi. i u TV I 7? "v"l"r Jn. i Whltcfleld had thought that the in- ciaeni was completely coverad anrf that nothing more could be added to the amazing story. Before the forms were Anally locked, however, and the first edition went to press, the night editor, who still remained at bis post, received a communication of such amazing importance that, he Inserted It after the editorial in large capitals, double leaded, as the completing touch to the most extraordinary announce ment that he felt had ever appeared in The, Plauet CHAPTER XVIII. Something to Llvs Up Te. Gormly was usually an early riser; but on the morning before election day he slept until an unprecedontedly late hour. He was utterly worn out with the strain of the campaign, any way, and the occurrences of this last night had almost prostrated him. There was ordinarily nothing much to be done on the next day, the Monday preceding election day. One final meeting was scheduled for Monday night, and that was all. It waa perhaps nine o'clock wben he woke up. He was soon bathed and dressed. He had signaled, as was his I n HiBErTTIi 1 1 IFp u v fl w Mrjk 5?"SsBaaaa If V w 1 NsjBa . .stLK lLaV TssH llll l custom, at the proper time for the serving of his simple breakfast It was ready for him when he entered the dining room. Somes was there la attendance as usual. A pile -of morning papers lay on tbe buffet. Gormly made a step toward them; but checked himself. "Why," he thought, "should 1 'spoil my breakfast by reading what tho newspapers have to say on the Im portant subject of my confession? The news will keep. Let me at least eat in peace." "Beg pardon, sir," began Somes deferentially; "but aren't you going to look over the papers, sir, before you eatr "No, thank you, Somes. I can guess pretty well what they will say." But Somes was unusually per sistent ob well as greatly agitated. He had been up early and had -read Gvory scrap in every paper. "I hope you'll excuse me, Mr. Gorm ly, sir," he began; "but I really think it'll add to your appetite If you will at least look over The Planet, sir." Gormly shook bis head and frowned a llttlo. "That will do, Somes I" he said somewhat shortly. "I will see the pa pers later." After this somewhat peremptory re mark, the man naturally subsided, though his Interest and excitement were plainly visible In his nervous movements. He was usually the most delightfully cool and Imperturbable of attendants. "You mustn't take this thing so greatly to heart, Somes," said Gormly at last "Indeed, sir," returned the man, "we'ro all so set on having you elect ed, and other things, sir, that" What he was going to say remained unsaid, for with that delightful op portuneness which can easily be com passed by chroniclers of such vera cious tales, I now am pleased to re cord that the bell of tho door of tho upartment cut across the further Hs Shouted. revelations of Somes with a loud, clear ring. "See who it is. Somes," said Gormly Indifferently. "It's been ringing all morning, sir," said tbo man, turning to leave tho room. "There's been tbe greatest crowd of people here, reporters and newspaper men, and Mr. Watson, and a number of gentlemen who are cam- nnfvnlnv 4te Hj ai. a. io-.-o .. , im iuo street B pacKou with people outside, too." "la my friend the chief of n my friend the chief of nniin. there?" "No, sir. But there's a squad of of ficers undor a sergeant and thoy're making people that haven't any bust, ness go on." "Well, see who It Is this time," said Gormly as the bell rang again. Somes was back In a few minutes. "It's the Janitor, sir. He says tho reception room down stairs and the hall's filled with people asking to see you. He says tbe tenants of the build Ing can't get In or out, and he wants to know what to do." Gormly glanced at the clock. It was half-past nine. "Tell them that I will see them all at the store In the auditorium at halt past ten," be replied. "Tell them it's useless to wait here now; that I can't soo anybody at present." Gormly heaved a deep sigh as hs finished his breakfast "Well," ho thought, "I have to face them, and per haps the sooner the better. Now, for the papers." He looked around for Somes; vbut that functionary bad not yet appeared. He pushed back his chair, rose, walked over to the buffet, and picked up the first on. Somes bad been careful to see that the top of the pile and tbo place of honor was occupied by Tht New York Planet From the head lines, Gormly saw, as he supposed he would, that his letter and the accom panylng story covered the entire first page. He had scarcely glanced at It when Somes re-entered th mnm possible In greater agitation thaa ever. "Beg pardon, sir," he began, his asual method of address. "Well, what Is Itt" "There's two peoplo In tbe drawing room asking to see you." "But I thought I gave you orders not to admit anybody, to tell every, body that I would see tbem at the auditorium In tbe Btore at half-past "Yes. sir, you did, sir. But I couldn't very well koep theso people out " "Tell them I am busy," said Gorm ly. "I have no time for anonymous callers." "Beg pardon, Blr," said Somes again; "but really, Mr. Gormly. if you'll excuse me, sir, this presump tion, you must see them." . "Are you mad?" asked Gormly "Nearly, sir," answered the valet Gormly looked at him curiously. There was so much excitement and nervousness In the man's manner, and yet It seemed to be a rather cheerful excitement too, that it seemed to presage something of Imnortan... a any rate, after a moment's reflection. the uvavMsaui, ucuiuea rrnm ih strangeness of the situation that hs wuuw se uw people mentioned. As Gormly entered tho sunny, cheer ful drawing room, the occupants rose to greet hta. One was young Hal dane, the other was his sister. Hal dane was Intensely excited. He rushed at Gormly with the enthusiasm of a boy; grasped his hand, and wrung It frantically. "It's all right," he shouted. "It's turned out better than anybody could havo expected. It's killed the oppoBl tlon dead. Everybody Is for you now." uorraiy neard him as In a dream. He allowed him to shake his hand as be might have shaken a pump handle, could that ancient and useful article have been found In New York. He was looking with all his soul in his glanco at Eleanor Haldane, who had not como forward, but stood by tbe chair In which she had sat, her bands tightly clasping the low back of It The color that had flooded her face when she first saw him had subsided almost as quickly as It had come. She was very pale and trembling. Thoughts, strange, bowilderlng, rushed through Gormly's mind. What 'could Miss Haldane be doing there? wnai am sne want? Why bad she come? She had heard of the Inci dent. He remembered that her broth er had taken her one copy of his let ter last night What did her pres ence mean? "I Just came down here," continued young Haldane, "to tell you these thlngB to relieve your anxiety, and to bring Eleanor. She wanted to see you about 'well, you know about what, of course, and" Gormly did not know at all; but he noaaea vaguely. "Of course, by this time you've read all about it in Tbe Planet. That old miner come in like a scene in a play. It was perfectly splendid, and I sup pose," he looked meaningly at his Bis ter, bis glance calling tho color once more to her cheek, "that ypu havo read the other communication, which is scarcely less Important." Gormly stared at him in utter amazement "I must say," he continued mis chievously, "that for a man who is getting everything ho wonts as you are, you are singularly undemon strative about it." "Mr. Gormly," interposed the wom an, "I don't believe that you have read the morning papers?" "Not yet. Miss Haldane." "Ohl" cried tbe girl In great dis may. "By Jove!" exclaimed the young man, "to think of ltt I should have had the first copy from the press brought to me It I had been In your place. Well, then, I'll tell you the whole story, Or you've got It In The Planet and you can read It yourself. We'll excuse you while ypu glance over it; won't we sis?" i "I don't understand," said Oormly, lifting the paper slowly. He had not yet taken his eyes off Miss Haldane. "On second thoughts," said the young man, "I guess Eleanor had bet ter tell you herself. If you'll excuse me, you two, for a few moments, I'll go Into the library." , "Livingstone 1" cried the girl im ploringly; but her brother only laughed as he left the room, carefully closing tbe door behind him. . "What is it that I am to be told, Miss Haldane?" asked Gormly, step ping toward her, paper still in band. Miss Haldane was in a dilemma. She had been surprised when he had entered the room that Gormly had not greeted her differently, Her posi tion was a tremendously difficult one st best, and his failure to read tbo paper had rendered It almost Insup portable. "I think," she faltered at last "that I had better go. You can see me later In the day, and" ' v "No," said Gormly resolutely, 'you must not go yet You came down here for some purpose. That fact that I bays sot read the papers seems to have affected you strangely. If you will give me five minutes, I can look them over and perhaps obtain some clue, to your conduct; but I would rather you would tell me what It is, do what you were going to do, say what you were going to aay when you came In, than try to find out from the newspapers." (TO BE CONTINUED.) The man who believes Ignorance Is bliss, Isn't i 'wise" to his own folly, Esther Pleading For Her People Ssjsfay Selael Lsetea far Nsv. I, Itll Spatially Armani tor This Paper LE8SON TEXT-Eather 4:14:1. MEMORY VERBES-4:ll, 14. GOLDEN TEXT-'The Lord preserveta alt them that love him." Pea. 145:10. TIME Accession of Xerxes, B. C. 4MX Xerxes conquers Egypt 1st and 24 years, B. c. 4SS, 4. He prepares to Invadt Greco, 2d to 6th years, B. C. 4M-4M. Vashtl deposed In his Id year, B. C. 483. Invades Greece, B. C. 48L Defeated at Thermopylae and Salamis, B. O. B. 480. Either becomes Queen, B. C. 478. Ha inan's plot and defeat by Esther (occupy Ing nearly the whole year), B. C 474. PLACE Shusan (Susa) the winter capl. tal of tho Persian Empire, about 200 miles southeast from Babylon and 125 miles north of the Persian Gulf. There are two principal theories concerning the historical nature of tho Book of Esther: one, that It is a veritable history; the other, that It is a historical romance founded on fact, like Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Henry VIII., or like Scott's novels,! or Homer's great epics. While there)' are a number of serious difficulties, yet there are few If any unanswerable) arguments against Its being a true his tory. Xerxes Is the Greek shortened form of the Ahasuerus of Esther, as York, for instance, Is a shortened form of the Latin Eboracum. He began to reign B. 0. 486 and ruled for 20 years. We can best understand Esther by means of those parte of his history which reveal his character. Xerxes at the very beginning of bis reign completed the conquest of Egypt which his father Darius had begun. On his return he Immediately began to prepare for the Invasion of Europe, and especially of Greece. Xerxes sought a queen In place of the deposed Vashtl. The ono select ed from the most beautiful women of the empire was Esther, a charming Jewess, a descendant of one of the exiles, her great-grandfather being among those carried captive to Baby lon by Nebuchadnezzar in 698. Her Hebrew name was Hadassab, the myrtle, a beautiful and favorito shrub In the east. "Esther" rqeans "a star," and many think it the same as Ishtar the Babylonian equivalent of Venus. She must have been quite young at the time of her marriage, not over 16 years. Four or five years pass, and. then begins tbe tragio story of Haman, his riso aB a king's favorite, his pride Incensed at tho conduct of Esther's cousin Mordecal, his attempt to bring vengeance upon the whole Jewish race on Mordecai'a account, his success" Jn obtaining a- decree from the king, throughout his empire, "to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all Jews, both young and old, little children, and women, In one day." Great mourning and terrible dis tress came upon the Jews all over the empire aa they learned of the de cree. Mordecal sent word to Esther. now about 20 years old, asking her to go to the king and request the de liverance of her people. Esther re plied "Whosoever shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is ono law of his to put him to death. Except such to whom tho king shall hold out the golden scepter." There was, there fore, a possibility of Esther's reach ing the ears of the king, but with the greatest uncertainty as to how such a capricious king would act, especially as his love for her had cooled. The mission Mordecal com mitted to Esther waB one of great danger and difficulty. It required the utmost heroism. Esther put on her royal apparel. She was a sensible, practical woman, and used her beauty and charm of person and of dress to accomplish her object She waited for the fitting time. The king held out the golden sceptre. The sign that he received her, and that tbe most dangerous part of her mission was over. Instead of asking her favor, where she would be sur rounded by spies and possible ene mies, she invited tbe king to a ban quet .In the seclusion of the Harem gardens. She Invited Haman her en emy to Join with the king and thus ward off all suspicion, and at the same time have him where he could not escape. Esther presented her petition la wise words and pointed out Haman as the enemy who was seeking her life and the life of her people The king was very angry and immediate ly deposed Haman, and bad him hanged on the gallows be had pre pared for Mordecair The result was a counteracting de cree, permitting the Jews to stand up' in their own defense, and large numbers of their enemies were, slain. Tbe Jews were saved, from destruc tion, and exalted before the people. Mordecal took Haman'a place in the government The feast of Purlm was Instituted with great feasting and Joy, and has been celebrated annual ly ever since on tho fourteenth of Adar, February-March, one month be fore Esther. One of tbe most Interesting stud ies la tho story' of Esther is to trace the ways of divine providence, and see how God makes all things work to gether for the good of his people. God's sovereign grace and man's free will are here ssen in perfect harmony- Heroism In Every Day Life is the expression and cultivation of the he roic spirit in our ordinary daily liv ing, We cannot all be heroes In great 'hlngs, but the field of heroism Is ey irywhere, In every home, In ever own. There are great enemies to vorcomo in i.ur own hearts. STRANDED. CseSSeil mc- Teacher of Dramatic Art Tho very first thing is to give tho scholar a graceful bearing to teach him how to walk. Student Well, er cr I don't ex pect to join that kind of a company. BABY'S TERRIBLE SUFFERING "When my baby was six months old, his body was completely covered with large sores that seemod to itch and burn, and cause terrible Buffering. Tbe eruption began In pimples which would open and run, making largo sores. His hair came out and finger nails fell off, and the sores were over the entire body, causing' little or no sleep for baby or myself. Great scabs would como off when I removed his shirt. ' ' "We tried a great many remedies, but nothing would help him, till a frlond Induced mo to try tho Cutlcura Soap and Ointment. I used tbo Cull cura Soap and Ointment but a short time before I could sco that he was improving, and in six weeks' time ho was entirely cured. Ho had suffered about six weeks beforo wo tried the Cutlcura Soap and Ointment, although wo nau tried several othor things, and doctors, too. I think tho Cutlcura Rem edies will do all that is claimed for them, and a great deal more." (Signed) Mrs. Noblo Tubman, Dodson, Mont, Jan. 28, 1911. Although Cutl cura Soap and Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers .everywhere, a sample of each, with' 32-page book, will be mailed free on application to "Gutlcura," Dept 18 K, Boston. Literary Criticism. They were discussing a cortaln au thoress at dinner, and a well-known critic raised a laugh by remarking: "Well, her hair's red, even if her books are not." 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