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Steps Into the street for a breat outer alr, there was a chorus of sweet voices raised in jest, greeting, repartee | ferent from vhe orderiy quiet that pre- alled in the big workrooms. “Let's go fot a walk, Fay,” Mite brunette to a tall, fair girl who | WAG Just left one group and who was) hastening toward the trolley tracks, * called back the hurry- jag girl, “1 have an appointment, and I “Got @nubbed that time, Jennie!” @neered a pale young woman with out Bike pant eyela it cnn with @ stuck-up stuck ND yh bit, Hattie ‘the little brunette, hi ie the nicest, prettiest Ayes You're just § ir. ‘That's what's the in you. And she deserved too, if hard work and long hours ing. 7 echoed we biel hag 24 jennie’s frank speech hay oy By ie ies ots her, Pike hig oldest fad proudest death eae 1 Lu ehamnebiaes of the peril hinted at by the unsten eaveadropper, | the two young people looked into | ut CHAPTER I. Fay Belgarde Is a Beautiful Girl. Mysterious eanie Selle and, thru Plot Her Death. She Sets Forth on a Love Quest muteres ach hee fey, and Meets Miles Hereward, a Yale Athlete. They "Bee Are Spied Upon by an Unseen Man, Who Overhears 2 tt marine vie Theit Plans for the Day. | "Never HE noon whiste hed Just blown, | Otver wi and through the grent archway | of the Johnson Corset Factory | ttooped & laughing throng of pretty | aueene suspicious nature reasserted | fioples, wan dotted by countless gleam- e i white pleasure-cratt; yachts, yawis hog asked, “Whats cate boats and sivops, snow-white or and who are! ana Great or | “in this hot sir? The factory, a miniature city in itselt, | your game, and with more inhaditants than many | you?" & city, decuples more than « block of found in busy Bridgeport. “2'Hl be frank with you " “You can be of uxe to me, | you accept the task I offer you, and f As tho girls ran laughing down the | you succeed, 111 not only pay you mor h of |in a iump #um than you could earn in| A year ewewnere, wue 11 get You a good | ousy ‘docks Ana crowaea ing. Prosperity, aetivit auty were strangely y chines on the satay. 10 [it doesn't greatly ‘matter, Sull, if you and bursts of girlish laughter, far dif- | really care to put & narte to ‘mo you | olenaed may cali me your rier orotner, ner- man Menell, Just come over from UeF+ | Herewar many to Bee you." “Ut k pave NO Drotner.” “Don't let that bother vou. To shaw | tice | T amr sincere, here is Whether you fall in with my plans 9 |not you can keep it, But I'l) give you by etc to earn & good Teas More (nan Mi “don't know why you've picked me | ,, out for this work, whatever it is. can't be on account of mi you spoke most rudely ol you don't know mo personally, n't tell how I'm fitted fof any ol work, I'm not fool enough to au) fallen in love with mo, am he Interrupted, with a ‘critical At her pl tt =, haven't faite as you a) sonally, But Tin a pretty AA judee ma | Saat character, and 1 think bs gin ti: i lay in sea! ve T have Jo mind, 1 chanced hear ‘our conversation with th Bhace red may jodze Lai i: yor mn ae the man bp fietim to vour lone enemy oul ‘4 ee a here, OO 6 % lock to-niat a trolley Ca; avenue & wed hét Kw! wa Pa yetort the Male building | he glanced shvivy about os ag thoueh halt afraid alt eager to recognise © familiar face in the busy Dusinesn men and shooners that were urine ereat arteries of B: 4 % a moment crowds of dui Bnet dhe tha same aoe eri mre oes i te Foul arena imo and rected Pa At sight of him, t cing | hack. eat If Incred ¢ moan | Magan n'yns a 6 Co) .cogetiy 6 secon | Fav was perhate twen| ih ear nthtatle tt i mae i Tatnoe: the My CHAPTER Ii. Sail on the Sound, a Love Scene and a Storm. Fay's Arch-Enemy Plays His First Card, and Fickle Fortune| Tahes a Hand in the Game. cphipceigasaal | Beldeapaet? Hererere la iss. % Sate arrange to , J not Alva sane, | But T cou ~p Ay ist_the Tekin som ace fever had the harbor seemed fairer fternoon on which this wunch over, Miles and Pres from a oman with no Atom OF Gramane| pauses as they nected the Waters cage | Are she was infatuated with the! to look out on the glory of the acene, Beare and her fe ambitfon was to| ‘ine cupiik® naroor, GARtINgly aappnire Bt noreon, Mut in a moment ner! blue and abiage with gofGen sun-kissed and the pon of of @n ol an |would they say t who had to Ww MINES; WAYS nere | Ur wd of my. and rode & sober-col veouel | t , wane ae adh to ‘svould * he answered. | ot havea aise. ast pr think. i) Far out, ‘the Water faded into the were a livel of, Sound, with @n oeca-|MY own una something grand, that wage-earnin; ‘Maases of anip- (reason | do not and natural|!my former A harmentouat . hint that by the viensure Beach aocg| “Hush! You and Fay came to where the former's cat-boat was moored, WIth @ deft skill born of long prac-|%, Working Hereward raised thé sail, and a| Wish” — "What do you wish?" Kam “4 onthe, ree baw gail in thé aistanes, Un land “ade of the harbor were but Mereward ¢asiliy eae part of the harbor passed, and surprised that ad- man’s slave, oy through: he akon | tel vn paces ys hve wave of hd ane hong oI ‘oo Baste! ye true mie sit Gaga, ulet, moat becomis ‘Tow: Sleveriy you ste iedr 6 vA 4l! thove -obstactea!"” she etialndl Kot" “A hee {1 aaaed laugh, he water, We'll taki "t be ae hie best work- \of our future, my # fo eg abruptly te et where ey: Reavy brown! he echoed impationtiy.| alatt't> lave sire teens eenteh single Le seemes a} sf team “You vaiey| Fee te, 0 af rms xh, Ke? the Lin Wadtters to at, 8 “the other's names Ay nat) however. by till oes Fav Belearde was alightine nt the fai ty Fn. | iain walt. yy Lt] otter git on Ttspoed HAT'S the matter?” cried Fay, For Miles was on his nandd| there aad kitees in te bottom of | $201 He snatched up & butler and set fran:| ; | tleally to work throwing pallfuls of water over tne side, a “T can’t understand It,” he exclaimed, of re |Outen a as Ne worked. wad as tight as a drom againgt @ rock she couldn't have sprung #0 many Ipaks. What can ail her?" suddenly said Fay,| * | peering down into the bottom of the), H® boat. from her high perch, “tf always | tas thought leaks started along the cracks! But these leake-«the two of them than I can see—are per. fectly round: They look eimoat as if they had been bored with an augur, t ahouted Hereward, @m-|* pie! juneh now? That ile oad ‘ay yr, daar his bro to hie task of two-handed | nae Vi. 4 P| ane he woud the ining ‘One of the sub. | THE WORLD: MPURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER %, 1904 # Conneéticut A Photographic View of the Harbor at Bridgeport, Conn., Where the re Scenes of This Great Bids Are Enacted. ey moved fatto vt reat, The Rarray Span Pai id 1} me remember. vie IMover’met SEAih tit! three ¥ear the Work,” y be done ih N Haven ae |The old trie ott harhor # % weighs ‘a té |again 1 hoped all jand my sudden Borer tor Panic Con-| golden Schooled ™: friend tT barn “Vhat this quickly have jus eyes!” he an- eee S eur! Tou east “You said omen of our with a fi storm- wr i rere away her re i genres CHAPTER LIL | Some of the Steange Properties of “‘Sagamine."’ Snatched from the Jaws of Death, An Overheard Convetia- tion, Followed by a Railroad Journey with Destraction id at Its End. The Advent of the One-Arthed ¥ dg ce Bayard. Pir tas: ave the from hd | and | at arm n aliDDed one have | vee! imagnified Into # real calamity: rent fo my ara 304 very hag but it fmn't t t Hy youn who vou from as me tls ater We | stood ust within be halen ae hy90 Against poy, fald 000 | Doints on whic! ( hn the whole future (4 od by of pe, ma i wide a fo fatt ‘hack of | penda, And io save embarrasament to one whe ever | honor you and to red that no nek atten ce. jo're enge ged—a admiration Pay | Married, you tnd ful manner in| fant crawl ‘eat mi for Miles handled the boat duri tea of ten oy halt the ‘and | BAL, ertuous course, The ight wind | ne. ese ye them dway, and the They’ be both Iai pad, ae e eine i, never have reason oe Mare ya he: ee bean cid, tana Hy 4 ta at his rueful tone, But aive, A kw ‘aga mr who at ine | naienea int ‘air ‘nie “But your cheeks are A bi the storm we should have boon Bai ont {even though It ts torture to do #0, a feach of help from sho! the Jt concerns the past, f''—— ks started. This storm, "Qesr oy ary “Hush, dear!” he Jotervened gently, as saved beth our lives. m_not afrald | seeing Nd agony for myself, but it turne me fairly sick | of mind; "y +h tl when tt of the awtul peril you have | of your pant life better than covld s oo narrowly ec | the words ever colned. This peor around her and their contessioy on yee ou think we guar iret Kies of lov: to hake la pre hiya meré dagnteile long kive; @ Kise Of love and! which long brooding ‘on your part has ‘And the Gonversation that followed was of no Interest to any See except | io. 0!" Broke in the girl, tever it is," he went on unhced- n't let us let it cloud the first nr engagement, It cannbt really help after ail 'the woman he ‘loved he. involuntaril yu bear ks at wpe, ad Bu wp | nrew away bit of Rnowledge which oa tea ro Ri might have turned the whole course of LR: 0a I tate hia future life and here * |e , egainat our td oF th | Peale r unluckily, #¢ seldom won't worry, I never had any faith | "2. view them by the light of ater de- m al crisis of our ye until mente. Were ite othermis “A YALE Boy's DARLING." E Lhe ROMANCE OFA BEAUTIFUL NEW ENGLAND GIRL. Wést Poartécn ft Great Fall Sale FRIDAY, AS USUAL, BARGAIN DAY What Will We Offer? READ Portieres; 4.96 vanes em | Women's Jackets 8 Jackéts, seme, Qelepte! Tageal Tasten tetlom: * ne vp with a steh and ;|Prench Net Curtains, 1.19 Presi real rg Irish Point Curtains, 8.98 yas! Sith ane Br plain centres it Women's Suits, 1398 et Tall jared Sults, 9.98 pe | teotiye 06 ely Com: | matter, after all. And if later you feel i You are a rich man |fhe’ Boomer Ake eta’ eon ea From | the sneéd of telling me You can’ Let it Smyrne Rugs, 17.96 vetue sen, op ‘ fa rich mas. You come |which they nea bored Amircculoun'y th Tater Ly hymn te ddasted 4 4 po Weng, ity ; inatched ms forgotten, oiachanee joel he a Me ourne bitterly Bierce variety of coler- Wom n' Skirt: 8.98 y Oa een aie eeread | {@ chivalric mond which hed led, nim ings and designs, en's 3, 8. Lae eaten yn reward : a firatord ford bu ney, hor the mamentary pain, ¢ of un- | y nieden oe : th avn. jrecret ft wna ‘ane’ of thowe_ turning | Wilton Rugs, 2.96 vatus bo. at designe—knot- and French Net Bed Sets, sauspsa hs | Silk Weiete, 2.98 ge ster sham, ‘that it plan of your, ut | werkt would wear a @ ut a different face 4 P 29 sents Wen men's vit 4 : rs yi ni re Curtain Poles, value .#. 0 ats, Bt So It was that the sowing wi notlon pic, mine ands 7 | fein ptt as it |!? the Grand Central Station eideportted core Ve pine eky. gieamed | 2° see terminate pl eg at tagged, torn patches of gray had Pine tkinteat Srotaonh the ti 9 rible miach at are the, Matar. Bart Nel bl tor them both iat few | Sac go eftng ie Ue wal watch “and Tvea| hey Joined the ling of debarked pas Let's catch ers in ths trudge to the ow “toroiing ite Late catch larchway of ‘the Orekd. Central: ‘amt ‘Reckwith, about this |% Moment later, emerged into the maas «|e eae He Peck w ith erorest dee (Of barking cabmen, yelling newsboym tn An ber my | and nolsy express agents that ge i ay seat im. tHe was bern and |!NComing Connecticut folk thelr or of position in |New York «resting or ry ate Let'n cross to ie Murray Mill or at ral bent for | Hotel,” said Miles. “T aphred ‘eerie ate went fade it hts o ihe. a4 Wnal# to meet ue own to his friends, bath eet, he guided her across the ety ed in ra police circles, Ax 't led intersection of Park avenue ¢ tay it Fe, cak eae |S I ty Bre 4 serene, sone 3 a ext hi a ¥ saps in tt {ana Pane him to meet my | trucks, caba and swift trolley BA “d As they reached th iJ ieeatt sar ea ant el Madison aven: care aokouch hee I | eral pe the old member re tunne ~~ whirl sharniy into Fi Fay. ee he | secon reet he paused, his hand t vai | atri Hie laid on Fi until « hor hy cay. hia wan't U \ and preaching at f shoul we Hi dia o's cn trom bethna bate oe town Fay was Sat “West releabad ‘bie nele it, even 10 her hover's tender solici- id 80 & man, pone tude dates Pig stagmered heavy ake ‘ Sot dan’ ween't © Wend te eee i eects a pirate ha Kd You far Alves Bagh thy Pgh eens Sah s See Hee te, holes jer she id ay re is something | wight to tal Saino batt he loat her footing on the slippery t 4 Daye ti store met reromsot te pavement re toi vou tit fe, hard to tell | relia, dirsti nth oath tH apvroach: hen why tell itt’ broke tn Miles. | A ery nt yh i aver tt a in "7 way motorman's yell a ne aia ing rea td che w a y thautd need | check Sheek, the steed of ble, eur car | inne, pratete mi Kldnce at him out) was ton inte t 4 sndnt hot Yona. dark ashen. But (sistance Be would gladly ‘nave’ aold fs atl) I ba " | lite to aive, went Ought to tél! H CASTORIA (To Be Continued) AMUSEMENTS. = AJESTIC GUOMMGL SELARC, Lip te tke po ed Hurt : £4 pagal bor pie conta ea | sbi ins) Sarat dil te | + | yard Wide White Domets, 9 coars; oe bea “ es MR, WO EB ‘| AMERICAN BRENNER | paces treeoe te a Bmbrolderie, 10:2 » ary ag S| AI! Wool Albatross, 28 ova, } ot | Black Ls hhomnt ep ae & ft ih mee aoe, ee ee gt | Plow sqpasont ‘any ona .14 | Ready-to-Wear Hats, 69 : Of two tines. gameree) Fane = : Women's Drawers, 2 Bieeched Mustin, 594 Ste Sater tebe "ana Bar sh ire boat Flannelette Gowns, 5 Bed Spreads, 19 onte oe wee. Fern-over coat FAMGa Oar Extra heavy Crochet—tuli sien | Corset Covers, 35 be = Sr Size Blankets, 3.96 41,4 on 4 fags may pape All Wool Biehikets, 8.98 we Sana = Table Demasks: 34 oi y wae ee Damask Towels, 12% be erering iprigha Woke Madras, 6 cae White Combries, 43 Sf « All ab Advertized.... Ushers wl! ytve every Centred Outing Flannels, 6 ct... | Girls’ Dresses, 1.29; Emb'd Poptinette, 1244 Fas 24. | Girls’ Dresses, 2. wage ata eis peta Heavy Seerauehers 6% 21'S we | Boys’ Knee Pants, 39 doudle ‘Tan Cordurde, ot) weet Aad sett Waists and Blouses, 24 cell | All_ Woentoutte. wear, ris ae Black Taffetas, 49.7200" u4, “i pL Live ie Fes oe Boys’ Suits, 2.90; rates sum aa 2a ta eas SE et es te | Se SHARP | " i, | SLEEPING BRAUTY paar ay das | Beth soaden ore | | abies! Long Dréssea 94 AND THE BEAST. A je A TExas teh Moire Percalines, 12% oft: | chennai! ayy | The pd Jans “ uta MONTAUK ¥ai'ss L OF PAW an. Mi Parr att ren Crdki w ‘Marriage Vow" yer, | Al Silk nage ate ee tes Man aty~ Tay value be KBITH et aria ee BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS, a niree pustte ee us these | ies! Dresses, 44 sete. and § Sa betel Heeach Outre) ahd a