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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 3. 101G. AUTHOR. OF "WHISPERING SMITH," "THE MOUNTAIN DIVIDE," "STRATEGY OF GREAT RAILROADS," ETC. COPYWOHT, 1913. BY fRANK H. SPEARMAN. OF MOUNTAfG! RAILROAD UFE STNOPSI8. Little Helen HolmM, daughter of Gen eral Holmea. railroad man, 4a reamed from Imminent dsnirer on a acinic rail;, mad by George Storm, a newsboy, tlrown to young womanhood Helen make a pectaculr double rescue of Htnrm, now a freight fireman, and of her father and his friends. Amoa Rhlnelander, f nanrlcr, and Robert Seaarue. promoter, from a threatened collision between a passenger train and a runaway freight. CHAPTER II. A fight among the director and a bit ter fight had been Indicated from the moment the allotment of the atock Issue of tha new Copper Kanre and Tidewater cut-off Una waa discussed. It wan not alone that the territory of the proponed cut-off waa rich in traffic The aurvey made by Holmes' engineer through a wild country, hitherto reputed Inaccessl ble, had developed a low-grade paaa through the Superstition mountalna thai would put tha Tldewater'a active rival -tha Colorado and Coast line with Its heavy grade and curvea, at a aerloua, If 'not Irretrievable, disadvantage, In Ha fight for competitive traffic. General Holmea, aeated In the library of hta country home with his associate. 'Amoa Khlnelandor, took from hla morn ing mall a letter from John IJ. Rhode, chairman of hia executive committee, which revealed the extent of the feeling over the aituation. Holmea hendpd the letter to Rhlnelander. Rhode had din covered that their competitor already had a surveying party out on recon na'aance. endeavoring to locate the Tide water paaa; having In view the reputation for aharp practice of the Colorado linn backer, he urged Hoi ma to keep a clone watch on the original aurvey, now in the general'! poaealon. until the right-of-way ahould be definitely aecurrd. He added that with hla party of the di rector, he would arrive on a pe.cUil at noon for the informal board meeting, at which plan for financing the project were to be arranged. Through a compilation In financial ar ranewienla. Holmea had been obliged to put on hla own, the Tidewater line board, a minority groun of directors led by Rhlnelander' nephew, Keagrue, and 8ea gri e's attorney, Capelle Heagnie waa owner of a substantial Interest In the CoHrsdn and Coat line Itself. Indeed, hi meana were all tied up In It. It waa th'a complication which caused tineal nea In Holmea' mind and called for prudence--not all thoae even of hla own directorate could be trusted, In tha clr rurratancea. not to connive agalnat hla In'ea. to give bad already been for the week en.; t' e ho guest of Holmea. Ha waa at flat moment aeated In the garden with 1I"I n Holmes' daughter and Helen W tcli"; alternately amused and bored by tlf po'ntlv forced efforta of tha eaat ,r, nfr )n himself and hla ef !- r'xe- then once during hla atay V"- - r'-f'fed to, listen aerloualy to lil now lo annoy him, she pro tein' d 'o wMer. a the blast of a freight er-i" v'-'M'" sund-vl at the moment thrni-o-b S Ml" whether that might net be f"e---e Pti'm. one of her father' m-nv rnHvir. m men to whom ah ba-t lstet- rr-''r' - r" and gratui ties e c -n bo"t 'hofn Heagrua nlM? h-d T". t-d ti twit her. And It ao c-aced fi- I' renlly was younn Worm's trnl" ronnlng by them for th psfs'p track. He had order to wait there for the director' special. Toward noon, Holmea and hla guests, together with Helen, started for the sta tion to meet the train. Ita arrival wa the occasion of many greetings for Holen from old New York frlenda who de clared that the mountain sun and air had wrought wonders for the once delicate Rlrl. It waa while ahe stood thus on tha plat form aurrounded by her newly arrived Itueets that a young enajlneman crossed the platform, cap In hand. After a alight hesitation he walked up to her as If he would apeak. Again, a If undecided, he hatted Just before Helen. She noticed the rather grimy appearance of the stal wart englneman, obviously Just from hla cab, but did not look closely enough to recognise Itlm. If ha waa pausing, as he stood, for courage. It rose In him, for a-a feer eye returned to him, he stepped nearer to her: "I think 1? was you who saved my life the other day," he aald somewhat haltingly. Then be question ing! held ovit hla hand. "Will you accept my thanks T" The moment he spoke, Helen knew htm it waa Storm, tha flremaj of the freight wreck. Indeed, she remembered him al most . too well. Her'v face flashed with embarrassment. Her guests, without ratchnlg what he had aald, were critically Inspecting the amoked engineer. , Some thing like a wave of re sentiment swept over Helen. Why ahould he choose this, of all momenta, to speak to herT She waa nulte Innocent of false pH1e; but her frlenda could not possibly underatand the aituation and Storm with real western Impulsiveness had chosen. It seamed, the meat Inopportune time possible to express his giatitude. Hut there waa hla outstretched hand- should aba Ignore It T Anger swayed her yet something within her, and some thing In btorm'S eyes and his manner. pleaded against cutting him dead. With furiously red check, but sweeping aside the coat, Helen put out her hand. "It waa nothing," she aald quickly. "Do not think of It." Then aha repaid Ktorm's Impulsive stupidity, as ahe thought It deserved, by catching at aomu thing tieagrue waa Baying and fail' ing to aee Htorm again. The engineer had come up prepared really to aay hea grately he waa; he founa himself, in a fleet Inst aecond, already well launched on the social toboggan and shootlny toward the bottom of a long hill. Beagrue almost before Btorm'a back waa turned. was laughing at Helen and pointing to her glove. The white, soft kid now bore oeyond repair the heavy black rti:u-r prints of tha nglnenmn'a hand. Questions and bantering from her com panion contributed nothing toward re storm llcb-ri'e composure. But aa the gio'ip moved to the waiting motor cars the unostentatiously drew the offending glove over her wrist and threw It away one tir of ye watched the action ilow iy; norm, collecting his wlta after hi siMit.1 dUantt-r, noted what she had tiou?. He too philosophical to r-v mi.i liui-ad, crowing tn platform, v tjr tiad diivea away, ut picked up the discarded glove and put It In hi pocket. Nor did he, in hi turn, eacape un seen. A one of the car whirled around a nearby corner, Helen, looking back at the ene of her annoyance, aaw Htorm picking up something white; he knew It was her glove. On reaching home where the ladle were tnken to their varloua room anil Ihe rwn went to their buslneee Helen Irom hrr own room overlooking the pass ing trnik, watched the freight, bearing Htorm, craw out and atop before the ela tion for order. Turning to her glas more thin once to ace whether hi-r rheeka were atlll a r X ' --. rancol Our Allotment, Tlieii. We Will Fight, a Helen Btarted the Inglfng MemBer Off For Help. 8 Thua Iei lhed the Man Who Had D lacorered the liHrat lUUlroad Vh Over the tfcnti Denial Divide. flushed aa tliey felt, ahe waa gratified to ruid that the traces of her humiliation had disappeared. Her mind, from which ahe had tried to dismiss the whole Inci dent, was now assailed by a rebellious curiosity concerning what ahe had seen happen on the distant platform, when Btorm crossed It to pick up her glove. Aa hla frank eye returned again and again to her imagination, something seemed to call her strongly, back to where ha still was detained. She realeted longer; then urrenderlng vto a sudden Impulse, ahe ran down stairs, while her guests were disposing themselves, stepped Into her racing car, drova to the atatlon and alighting Just as Btorm came out of tha telegraph office, ahe, herself, began to search at the edge of tha platform for something. The engineer, aften an In terval, deliberately joined her. "You have lost something." Helen glanced up with affected surprise, "Nothing of moment. I missed a ring when I got home," ahe fabricated lightly, "end one of my gloves. I thought I might have dropped the one with the other here." Storm's hand moved toward hla blouse. then regaining his composure, he with drew his hand, empty, and affected to search along the roadway with her. , It waa a brief duel of wlta. but one In which the railroad man waa no longer at a disadvantage. He waa aulta wlllin in eearcb. as long aa she would linger and Helen, more than a little Interested, was capricious and did linger until Rtorm'a slow sentences began once more to bear too directly on the epiaode of the wreck and his gratefulness: then with hiv good-by she started for home and Ktorm, ciimuing into his engine, nulled nut with hla long train. General Holmes, in the muntim, mi. hla two Jealous arroiiDa of director." ... striving in hla drawing room to arrive wun tnem at a mutually iiif.iru settlement of the proposed stock Issue. in reserving SOOOO shares of this for him aelf and hla friends. Holmea bad .Hot. .(M to Heagrue and hla Wall atrcet as sociates. This both Sear rue and Capelle had bluntly refused to accept, alnce the proposed Une would work havoo with the inrougn and local traffic of the Colorado at Coast road. Seagrue demanded intrf and equal dlatrtbutlon of the new stock. uoimee and Rhlnelander. after a long conference, put the motion flatly to the eleven directors. Seven of them supported .resident Holmes' proposal, Heagrue. white with anger, rose. 'Can cel our allotment, then. We will fight." "Tut, tut. Karl.:' protested Rhlne lander. "That a no way to talk." "We wilt fight." echoed Capelle. equally wrought up. "Seagrue la right. If we are to be treated In thla way, we'll paral lel your tracks!" Rhlnelander, Holmes and their associ ates tried In vain to pacify tha two; their efforta were useless. H,rd worda passed and more threats were uttered; the meet ing broke up In disorder. Seagrue and Capelle retired to an ad Joining room. Helen passed before them down the hall. Capelle glanced at her and looked toward Seagrue. Hla face atretched Into one of hla hollow grin. "Bad business tor you. Seagrue." he said to hia companion. "If you can't unload your Colorado and coast holding, thla thing will put you pretty near out of tha game." "1'nload." anorted Seagrue, wrathfully. "When that cut-off la announced Colo rado stock won't sell for waste paper." Helen repassed In the hall. Capelle nodded toward her. "There' your beat bet. Seagrue. Holmea would give his son-in-law anything.'1 Keagrue looked glum. He hinted he had already tried that out. and fruit lessly, but spurred by hla friend's sue. Kent ion. he determined on a further ef- ron. Arter luncheon he attempted to ren. w hla addresses. Hut there aeenied about the aelf-willed mrl a certain barrier of independence, .i tilth try as he would, he could never ,eueiiale. "What a the matter, Helen T" , 4 MVnv. it i 'V4 Jl . - . r. ii V he demanded at last. "You seem to take everything I aay aa a Joke." She repressed a little bubble of laugh ter. "That's the spirit it's meant In, Isn't' It r; He wss too Irritated to be patient Toward evening he essayed to be seri ous again; again, she lightly evaded hli advancea. Late In the day, when walking past the doors of the library, he saw Holmes finishing a conference with Rhlnelander, once 'mora roll up an Important docu ment and place It within hla safe set. Inside the library wall. Seagrue knew too well what It was the survey of the cut-off, the building of which by crip pling htm financially, waa likely to wreca; his hopes of a successful career. It waa In thla sullen mood that Capelle a few moment later encountered him. They had been partners In mora than one unscrupulous enterprise and had learned to art value on audacity, , A guarded discussion followed. Seagrua moodily rejected one after another of the auggestlona of the resourceful Capelle until one startled him Into anger. He balked Incontinently. "I won't stand for safe-blowing," he muttered. "Nothing: of .the kind suggested," re turned Capelle, undaunted. And with the whining arnlle that marked hla face In. argument he continued: "I'll have two good men here by 11:30 tonight, If you aay the word. One of them can open a aafe by the more click of the tumblera All we want out of It la a "copy or the cut-off aurvey. If we can get hold of that we can get hold of their right-of-way moat of It must come from Wash ingtonbefore Holmes knows what's go ing on, I'll make the copy of their sur vey myself and return the original to the aafe before morning with no one a bit tha wiser. Why, aee here! You're staying right lit the house. All you have to do la to let them In tonight. Ar you gameT Or are you' a whipped dog right now I" Seagrue listened with set face. The low-toned conference lasted longer. At Ita cloae the two aeparated. Shortly afterward Capelle, In Keagrue'a motor car, started rapidly for the city. 'At nearly 12 o'clock thnt night some time after the house waa quiet Peagrue. leaving hla room, went down to the library. He unlocked the terrace doora. Caprlle's men were outside. They entered and Seagrue left them bofere the safe. The criminal expert of the pair made hardly more than a prctnse of dropping the tumblera for an opening. He had come prepared for any eventual'ty and the moment he aaw the mechanism of the lock waa unassailable, he directed Ms companion, Hyde, to connect up the drills: hia orders from Capelle were to open the aafe. Vpstatrs. Helen. In slumber, waa half awakened by a whistle alanal. Ptorm was bringing a freight train down the hill to wait for tha midnight flyer. The rumble of passing tralna rarely disturbed her. Thla night a much slighter but an un usual sound woke her completely. She aat up a moment Uatenlng. It seemed close someone waa In the house. Turn ing on a light and dressing hastily, Helen opened the hall door of her room. She had been careful not to make the allghteat noise In her movements. Un fortunately the light behind her sil houetted! her figure on the floor at the foot of the broad flight of stairs. Spike, keen-eyed, in the library, aaw It He touched Hyde. "Douse tf he muttered. Hyde extinguished the light. The two paused, listened, walked Into the hall and paused again. Then they started noise lessly up the stair. Guarded as they had been, Helen felt their presence. With fast beating; heart she ran to her window. Out In the night she could aee the light of a torch. It was Storm's light, carried as he worked around hla engine. Catching up a small Kervlng bell the ran out on her balcony a id lying the brll to tV.e leitpho'ir wire that connected witU tha tiuiu wires, ahj II I t nrj'"n,,iTr'-iir,iirvri'ir'ifiiiii " 11 " " 11 'LJ -T. - - m a started the Jingling messenger off for help. The englneman. busy with hi work, presently heard the alight Jingle, but only to wonder for a moment what it could be. The two criminals had en tered Helen's room. The Instant she step ped In from the balcony they caught and overpowered her stifling her scream, and In spite of her continuing struggle, rudely gagging hor. The bell again attracted Storm's atten tion and ho waa puzxled to determine what It might mean. Looking toward Helena home he saw a bright light In one of the upper windows. Then, of a sudden, he saw more silhouetted against the pane, a woman and a man were atruggllng. He alarmed the crew and ran swiftly up the hill for Oetieral Holmea house. In the Interval, leaving Helen help less, the safeblowera descended the stalra. Holmea and Rhlnelander had likewise been awakened by the muffled sounds of tne struggle and the two appeared In the upper hall, Seagrue Joined them and i with hla uncle hurried into Helen's room, where she was trying to release herself. Rut her father, turning down stulrs. had Interrupted the two safe-blowers at the very Ubrary door. The old soldier was no match for the two men, but he 'tackled them together. He had hardly begun to fight when he waa struck down by a black-jack, and the two thugs, aur vey In hand, made their escape. They crossed the lawn, gained the shrubbery close to the gate, and In the distance aaw the headlight of tne midnight pas senger train. Signal waa not one of Ita stops, but the safe-blower ran hard for the station and taking a long chance for their getaway they recklessly, but safely, boarded the running train as It slowed somewhat for the bridge. In the confusion within the household Helen had been releaAfd. She had hys terically told her story and as ahe and her frienda rushed down atatra she en countered Storm, who had helped her dazed father to a chair. "Are you hurt, daddy?" asked hla daughter anxiously. "The old soluier was shaking, but he gritted his teeth and rose sturdily to his feet. The spirit of the fight waa still on him. "No." he cried, "and I've given one of them a Jolt he'll remember. But Helen!" in hla agitation he laid hia hand heavily on hi daughter's ahoulder "thoae damned acoundrel have got our survey!" "They shall never get off with It," exclaimed Helen with flaah'ng eyes. "We will catch them If it kills somebody." Sbe gave her orders right and left for caring for her father, calling the police and for making the pursuit. , The boarding of the moving passenger train by the two men had not escaped Storm'a eyes and a few words with Helen were enough to clear things. The flyer waa gone and the burglars with It, but there waa a chance yet to get them. Hastening with Btorm down the hill Helen told him the whole atory. When the two reached the aiding Storm asked the conductor to put out a flagman to protect the freight; he half lifted and half pushed Helen up Into the cab and the instant the fireman cut off the engine, started In pursuit of the fast receding passenger train. - ' Rut the stern chaae Is the long chase. The freight engineer had aet htmaelf a difficult task; one thing alone waa In hia favor; everything else waa against him. He wan running a light engine against one pulling a atrong atiing of eleeping cara. Rut hla own machine was built for traction, not for speed, and he was pitting It agalnat one' of the fastest typea of engines on the dlviu'on. From the time Btorm opened the throttle not a device waa left untried to make hla nonderoua engine go fast. Helen, crouching on the fireman's box with her eyea straining ahead Into the darkness, or glancing across the hooded llghta of the cab at the profile of the client engineer, waited In vain for him K look toward her. It soemed 1 1 if he had forgotten her ex'stence. His atten tion, for the moment, waa centered on nolUiirf but the luiiific headway be had easWasaW t'1 "f..u' imiejw ... i. ms F'-ILII irinnt? annrinnnni 'Will WHKfofojk attained and must maintain to win. and hi reeling, thundering machine, seeming awake to the relentless energy of Its' driver, waa responding- like a thing alive to hi iron will. A cry from Storm made her look across toward him. She saw his eyes regarding her but he wa point ing K'lently ahead, and looking again through her own window Helen's strain-.. Ing vision caught far ahead the faint gleam of the red tail-lights. From the top of the distant sleeping cars Spike and Hydo had seen the threat ening chase. Without a qualm, and crawling along the swaying cars, they made their way forward to tho engine. They held up the engineer and, fireman. Pplke understood enough of an engine to take the throttle and he tried to run away from Storm; but this proved a game In which he had no advantage. Striving desperately to Increase his speed be found himself, as he glanced back from the cab window, steadily losing ground. The race was now more like the effort of a plow horse to run away from a thoroughbred. A last resort remained for the criminals, and Hyde, at Spike's direction, climbing back over the tender, cut off the coaches. The engine pulled away from the train. The air went on and the string of sleep ers stopped abruptly. Close behind them the freight engine was pounding and lurching. Storm had barely time to apply his air and pull up as he stopped and he was nearly Into the hind-end of the ob servation car. When the passenger crew got outside there were hurried explanations. Storm, knowing every foot of the line, saw that they had reached the longest passing track on the dlvMnn and that by runn'n oround the stalled train he still had a chance to overtake his quarry. Throwing his engine Into reverse he backed down, took the rass'ng-track swljch and tore past the standing cars after the fast-disappearing engine. With all of Ita lights extinguished, and atlll maintaining ter rific speed. It wsa at a hopeless disad vantage agalnat the skill of the man at the throttle of the engine behind. Overhauled and with defeat In sight as the nose of the huge freight engine crowded them, Hyde from the gangway and Spike, turning; from the useless: throttle, opened fire with their pistols on t-elr pursuers. Hyde, firing his last shot without effect. In his rage, hurled hH heavy gun back at the other rah. It crashed through the window where Heln had aat an Instant before, but she was now up and back over the eng'ne tank. Aa Storm drew steadily abreast of the runaway, she watched her chance and with reckless daring sprang from where she stood over to the tank of the pajs- senser engine. The safe-blowers turned! to meet I'cr. Stark and stack the engines I were rushing toward the little Pan Pab'o brMee. Put with Spike's and Hyde's at tention turned from the passive engineer and fireman In the cab, they were aud denly attacked by both from behind. A furious mlxup followed. Hydo, aa Helen Jumped down at him, grappled with her. Storui, eager In the Jumping gangway op posite to them, aaw her peril. Catchlnl up a wrench he hurled It with all his force at Hyde's head; It flew true and the thug sank under the heavy blow like a bullock. Spike In the interval, tearing loose from his assailants, gained the foot plate and leaping up on the coal defied them. It waa for no more than a moment: the engineer went plucklly after him. Cornered, Spike looked ahead. They were reaching the river and the enginea were making a dixxy apeed. With the reck lessness of a madman the criminal leaped from the tender far out Into the stream below. The allghteat miscalculation a mistake of a tenth of a aecond In hia reckoning would have cost htm hla life. Yet he made his Jump without injury, struck out for shore and gained the river bank. Escape was first in his thoughts. He remembered the stolen survey in his pocket. On the safety of thla, hia money from Capelle dependent and hla first act was to secret it near where he landed. ' The taro enginea in this time had been brought to a stop and backed to the bridge. "Get after the man that Jumped," cried Helen. "We must find him. Take both banks of the river." With one of the fireinent left to guard Hyde, torm and the other fireman hur ried down one river bank as the passenger engineer took the other. Neither side af forded more than a alight chance of con cealment and Spike, starting from where he had cached hia atolen document, waa pounced on by Storm'a fireman. Hut l Ike, a powerful uiau, had aUuoi fought out for himself a second chance for es cape when Storm bore him to the eaith. Helen ran us. "Where's what you have atolen?" rh-? cried, fjrioualy, as Spike stood prisoner. Storm, without loss of time, searched l.l.n. "Vou've stolen o-r survey." exclnlmcd Hefcn, wrathfully. "Where is It?" l.-'plke shrugged his shoulrer. "I don't known what you're talking ato.it," he nv'ttered. "What do you fellows want w:th me, anyway?" he demanded, look ing from one to the other of the two men. Impudently, llondry Mag They dragged him to the freight eng'ne and with Storm directing, both engines started buck to the passenger train. The freight engine sounded n greeting to the crew of the stranded flyer, and Storm and Helen clattered past to their own deserted train. Vti'.h Storm speed ng up at his throtle Helen soon saw the sem aphore of Signal station and with the two prisionersi Storm and his fireman returned with Hilen to the house. Police officers were already in charge and the safe blowers were turned over to them. Helen, agitated and anxious, wss met at the door of the library by Amoa Rhinelander. His face was grave. With a keen, questioning look her father's friend laid his hand tenderly on her arm a she attempted to enter the room. "Stop, Helen," he sa'd In a constrained tone. "Don't go in there Just now." "I must; we've lost the survey." "I know. I will look after everything. Go upstairs, dear, for the present, to your room." "I must go In and search the safe, Uncle Amos; If the survey Isn't there, it's gone." Storm stood near. She would have pushed past Rhinelander, but again he opposed her entrance. "My child," Rhlnelander took her within his arm, "we are under the orders of the police. Nothing in the library must be disturbed." An awful suspicion gripped her heart. "Father," she exclaimed intensely. "He Advice to "BY BEATBICS X AXBCTAX Be Conservative. Hear Miss Fairfax: 1 have been ac oualnted with a young man for the last six months. Recently he has told me that he is married, and that his wife left for the fer west. He asked me since I am the eldest of the girls whether he ran call on the family as a friend Just the same, as he likes the family very much. la It nroper for a family witi young girls to have as a visitor a married "ian, knowing that h doea not live with Ms wife? ANXIOUS. It Is not advisable for you to have this man as a caller If you are Just a family of young girls with no elders to chaperone you. If your parents are with you and the man comes very occasionally as a vis itor to the whole family, that alters mat ters. But it Is not a safe or sane thing four young girls to have such a friend. The world Judges harshly. Don't GIvbIc. Dear Miss Fairfax: Recently, while at a friend's house, I was introduced to her cousin, of whom I am very fond My fr end has told me that he likes me, but thinks I am too frolllcsome. My parents tell me I might as well he happy while I am young, as I am still in my teens. I always see the comical side of everything and find It difficult to refrain frem laughlna. On the other hand, I am downhearted to learn that this young man fei h"t wsv. CONSTANT READER. There Is nothing more charming tVn natural girlish happiness and mirth. But nothing la more tiring than silly gi?gllng. Cannot you find a happy medium 1 e- tween what you think la being frolicsome i and what the young man thinks Is too frivolous an attitude toward life? It cer tainly ought not make you unhappy to think and converse seriously on oc a Hons. Aak Her to Pat Yon oat Probation. Dear Mlsa Fairfax: A few weeks ago I went to a dance with a few boy frienda and drank a little too much. One of my frienda who took me home knew my girl friend and told her. I love the girl an i I know ahe lovea me. I am sorry I made that mistake. Can you tell me ho t regain her confidence? rkil,l,y. The girl who avoids a man who get1) Intoxicated la very wise. If you are convinced of your own regret for what you have done and feel sure that you have self-control enough not to drink again, go to the girl and ask her to put 1 ' 1 fi RginoI Soap a friend to poor complexions Resinol Soau i not only unusually cleansing and soltening, but its reg ular use helps nature Rive to tlie skin and hair that beauty of perfect health which it is imporsihle to imitate. Tendency to pimyles is lessened, redness and roughness disappear, and in a very short time the com plexion usually becomes clear, fresh and velvety. The soothing, restoring influence was hurt. Where Is he?" Rhlwelander. avoiding her glance di rected Into ' the half-darkened room, motioned significantly to Storm. The en gineer understood; but Jt was too late. .Slipping with the strength and speed of a fawn from between lite two men. Helen darted Into the 1'brary. Those of the fated household heard In the night an agonizing cry; it rang far. She had found her father all too soon and had thrown herself beside liis dead body, where it had beer placed on the couch beside the fireplace. Thus perished by the hand of a wretched criminal a mere fleck of the scum of our civilization this man who had himself, and alone, discovered the first railroad pass over the continental divide. Seagrue's ears echoed long with a memory of that cry. Standing beside his captured confederates he asked himself whether the pi-ice had not, after all, been too high. Hut Spike, insenslhle to all but his criminal instincts, drew close beside him and asked him, unobserved, for a pencil. But for the fear that his own neck might be Jeopardized by an exposure, Seagrue would have had done with his two mur derous tools then and there, but he had put himself in their power and dare not refuse. Spike, despite his handcuffed wlrsts, managed to scrlbole a note on Seagrue's cuff, telling him where the survey had been hidden. The officers coming out of the library, marched their prisoners away. Alone In his room, the half-sickened conspirator read Spike's message. Ho paused and for a long moment pondered his situation. It was not hard for him to shake from his conscience his own re sponsibility for the tragic outcome of his villainy and Capello's. It was, he ar gued, not what he had contemplated or desired. It was Capelle's fault. Accidents will happen sometimes fatal ones. The game might still be his.' (To Be Continued Next Monday.) the Lovelorn you on probation for six months or a year and to give you a chance to prove that you have learned your lesson. Con vince her that for her you will master this fault. That la the only way you deserve her confidence and also the only way you can win It. The Clerk Can Tell Yon. Dear Mlsa Fairfax: I have been Invited to a silver wedding, and ask you what would be an appropriate gift? As I am a person of moderate means. I would hardly be able to exceed $5. X. Y. Z. Five dollars will purchase a very pretty Tift in silver. In sterling it will buy a pretty serving- spoon or fork or a little loaf sugar tray or one of many novelties a clerk will be glad to show you If you state your price. In Sheffield It will pur chase a sandwich plate or some slightly more pretentious looking; gift than you can get In sterling. M 6nderbiltHotel THIRTY FOURTH STREET AT PARK AVENUE The most conoeniently situated hotel in New York At the ThMyJhird Street Subway WALTON H. 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