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— = World Daily Magazine, Wednesday. August 25. 1918 The Evenin The Romance of « Mystery Trail That Begins at Medison Squere PEACE | | . gaeexs| PUNE KY % PE. Me SA lerows wee in thie way enah Lice) infiuence thr erNoree oF rincumNe cuserENe — ¢ —- re “ to - pe ae ee -~ ie see he for wa, Laorots » | tarcus bine: 144 exchanged foles sk deequehee aboard tne = #, where Captain Dubois, - | Si euune elpevion of ub & scheme, aviged him end marched Dim at pistol point to the \ - house on Paul Bireet, in whieh La- a eros Was kept o prisoner by friends) — ~~ - Of Hubois woisi the Baimte-Vierge bad | — SToP TALK 7) SToP 5 Yo : haa si CHAPTER Vil. ool nhbey ae ie LKING Ss e ") CLOSE fouletie wheel. 1 was wtterly con ' . : e © ale r of —— Hi " epee wa made he wate Jour |-<= U SAY! / }HOviting ( CT SHUT UPS (our Tear | iti 1 reached the en ot soe se Lave, Sy taser ‘wena litte hall Jacqueline came runsiag Shack to me. | “Mondeur!” a oes Capt. Dubois. with» dom 8 J over the pnows tw . J rd \ we ca ‘TT . THEN | been running camp rey thet aight PE A ( f | a Ae at one’ \ XY ) > at ore ul * gasped. “M. Poul mae onougn to give him a home up and down the Jeeuur me by ng a -¢ , ? the rest of bis you had dre yore of 4 dead inat | Vor the sake of-of what I once ‘ies terrace, Windly searching | )% whe felewed 5 ? thowabt you, 1 dg not want you to 1 would have ® peney for a road down to the 7 pi ne are around her, = te soon You are in areadtul Creer. Come back!" | “No, madame,” 1 enewereh, trriag | ace my arm from ber clasp, Her was full of fear, and | knew tt tower town, fora manscized — “Jacqueline, there pever was any deod man,” f maid, “It te not true me by the sleeve and I to ed into Home day I will tell yo \ the face of the hotel clerk again. He geime day’ Om yeu overytame seemed to realize that more the _ | broke off helplessly, for my voice failed me, tw. Haken. | knew ¢ han : matter with me even than my appear tine ut last | was conquered by the ance indicated, for he asked Me BO passion that Possessed me, long re- questions but apparently divined my pressed, but_ not lew strong for ite movomonte. Teaught her in ny arm, “This way!” he said, and hurried m, focqueinet” ¢ ered, me to @ sort of subway entrance and fhe thrust her hands out and turned down @ Mig! of steps Mefore me I ber face away, Th an awful saw the tusnetile which led to a cathe fer Upon tt “Paul” sho cried, 1 suffered her to lead me into the room. im truth, I was in no hurry, to Ko. Aw she. drew ime back and closed the Goes Sarre wel ears aid curtly, a Taw his face turn white. ttt back, and then, with @ My foreus tramp te 0062 Fetiow, rushed at me, ‘his Lewy 4 naling lette wheel aloft. 1 think he eo have reliway ius ls bonedy, Sneausiiin” 4 UT ie ee Pe ee Semandes. out my brains with them, He paid my fare and thrust me into said oeain, crying to control my trem. answered Jacqueline. But he meppee short when he saw .~. A boy came Wo close the lattioed bling vol “L thought I heard roils,” eaid AO ga he'cee wie yA) F. aul doar, if th ux thickly. 4 aw angWaitt” J mueped “Who was It iP At is hothiag bora meeeereee | fave not seen M, Lacrotx to- ae ready to shoot 0 * “The man with the mustache who perntiny in her eves, end then ieee Ot Nt” saat wut explosively, ows hound, Yl murder youl” he asked for you--about whom you Ie ety make amend. oS “Where in d’Epernay? Lam red of 4. waiting for him! “Lt have told you many times that T do not know,” answered Jacqueline; 1 there followed the eliek-elick uf | inside the wheel again, t for doubting m aquired.” course, u « d ti turned away Thad thought tt was yoy ell a oY oe at we “a i" AC E roux, Of course It had not been he. nT kno@ Wy we otf | rou | ot bes though TP know my heart is free=-tf ar glided down Was nobody--why, let ue go tore stopped a few second later. Lemersed ward to my tachera h through another turnstile and found yyers iy he he eutae cyame:, becaune long will you keep up this i myself in the lower town aqui ALCO® Ate us, iy dent, Mo let Ws Ko on, j f) ; inadame ? erted Leroux an- the chateau with ite linposing fac Ft al dled dade a Arty. in ee enowlenne Lvs hie the ramparts and the towering eltadel, Sy vu | ona rem Lee Gaowsene 65 Four neF: CHAPTER XII. The banda of the phantom clock shat 1 would let no man stand be- M. Leroux, why will you nat bee Won—and Lost. { Know the wtaf lay before me atthe "WEN Us |, | 4 y Neve that 3 fememler ReuyAgT & KE must have stood confront~ end of the short, narrow street that 5 | Z dame, why do you nut ing each other for fully @ . rn “ must have fallen mound asleop at 3 h AGRINe, | “ Wg ddown to it, up which f had pamsed sast."tor when I opened my eyes the! | | es play fair with mer’ he asked. (Whe minute, Then Leroux Vitel ee nari ened ia the snow. "Un Was shining brightly low down —_—_— Is this man Hewlett, and why did he @sapped hie’ hands end drifts of Bous-le-Cap. over the Riviere d'Or, The door of \e BECOMPADY yee Cod, t MROW Your smiled sourly at me. d the te 0 7 " ry ‘i 7 4 Pa rew ne the wrert and raced along wee or ae open and Tacqueline | C husband and he have been Plotting “You seem—temporarily-—-to have the engines Were throbbing in the — “Jaeaueline! Jacqueline! 1 called. | a with ‘Tom Carson axainat me, PUL WNY the advantage of me, M. Iewiett,” he ! Mainte- Vie Bub It Wan not Me be Whe Benton tomers mo. Ane power 1 cannot Understand.” said, “I respect your pertinacity, 4 but the dark Clair, T sought at that ne th Koi See tek oi be- “Ah, you have oken of a Tom and now at last I am content in hav~ t moment, and T dashed tow Psa ie Cana ied ts later the Penaanan ch:the se won many. tine: id Jacauelin’. ing discovered the motive of your cue “Soon, t A man barred iny appr sinse, Phare pnaieur, shall begin to be: siterprine, I thought you were hired caught me tn his strong arins and held in a@ little open place, uw ' ch a’ person really exist me fast. 1 dashed my fists against his Clustered together upon the ground, Aote— |eeteti me where you ost Hewiot by Carson, If you had been frank) Fate bat he would not lot me were the bodies of our dows. All were “ ou for the last time, mon- wi we mi ho burst out as 1 continued to atruge Into the snow, whieh the poor crea what I do remember I shall tell: you nae kle, And then I recognized my cap- tres had Heked in their agony, so sleigh after her, Then, realizing from 1 burst into an tmpassioned appeal ht abend of me, and at the same fascinated and bewildered by the mite After my father had turned M. Lowi tor as Captain Dubots, i that thelr open Jaws were stuffed with my actions that 1 was snow-blind, he to him. I told him of Leroux and his tine | heard the gurgling of a torrent uation, d'bpernay out of his home, whither thank you for your considera- “Jacqueline is on the Claire!" 1 tole! had remained behind with some of his conspiracy to obtain possession of the somewhere near at hand, And I Im desperation I thrust a gold-plece ji had come to beg money to pay Diy (ion, M. Leroux,” replied Jacqueline, cried, trying to make him understand. Then 1 went hack to the sleigh, on followers to enjoy the sport of baiting property, of my encounter with Jac- emerged in an open syace among the Upon one of the numbers at the head gambling debts, you broughthim back. and‘ walked quietly out of the room, ihay thoi hier, there: the rear of which the frogen fish was me, and incidentally to drive me out queline, nd how 1 had rescued ks, with caves oh every hand, I of a column, The wheel stopped, and You made my father take him in. Ho ""Leroux wat down heavily. "Tt (a all rigit.” answered Pubola, piled. T noticed that it had a faint, of the way while the sleigh went on, omitting mention of course of the had taken a wrong (urning In the tun- the ball rolled into one of its com- wanted to marry me. But I refused, +] will put down my cards,” he holting me with one hand, while With xlighily aromatic od T flung the | And now there was complete si- murder. nel. partments, Tho old man thrust #ev- because 1 had no love for him. Dut gaid, “L have you here in my power, 4 the other he wiped a biood drop from hard masses asi ped up a He had accomplished his pur- As I went on I could see the look uf — 1 started back in haste and re- eral gold pieces toward me you insisted | should marry him, bes [have four men with me. This ju may nay,” he said to Jacqueline, T ti P his lip where [had struck him, "1. 8 substance with my hands He had gained all that he had eurprise upon his face gradually entered the tunnel again, striking a | staked again and again, and won cause he had gained you the entrances tom ) allright. T have her” Myology had been a hobby of mine n. Fortune had fought upon his change into belief natch every few seconds, lighting every tine, Within five minutes the (o the seigniory and helped you to co po sae ys petite I stared wildly at him, “She ison and it was easy to recognize what Slde, ax always, When J had ended he was looking Gach by its predecessor, whole hoap of gold-piecos lay at my quire your power over my father, {he situation, You ean, of couree, the Claire,” I cried again, that substance was, But Jacqueline—— at ane with « benignancy that L had “| had been travelling back for about Oh, yes, monsicur, let us be fran iit me; but that would not help you. 6 dotard looked at me with an ex- with each other, as you bay ile’ terror. the desire to be aboard the It chuck and amanita, the deadiiext She had tried to eacape me. She never seen before upon his fa most widely distributed of Could not have been playing a part-- "“M, Howlett,” he answered, expressed You are in possession of some money belonging to Mme. d’Epernay, and ed at my feet ten minutes when I notl match that 1 pression of Imbe have the charred stump of ling, npany the fungi, and the direst of all yore. Sh€ Wes too transcendentally sincere, long suypected a part of what you jog thrown away somo time before, “You will give them back to mi o on," growled Leroux, biting / ‘. 4 D somo ore. iv u Ino of certain information that C mademoisella, you must come with me isons to man and beast alike, Something must have occurred—some have told me, and therefore 1 readily aga 7 Nie be pleaded, “Remember, monsleur, his lips. “Perhaps 1 shall learn some. & 8 Y tt TL believo | Presently | began to hear & mornur ie wax aareod that we should return thing shall be glad to receive. FRere le po Qtonce, for wa are getting up ntox is was Leroux'a work. Hoe @feam which had momentarily crazed accept your law in ¢his valley except my will. " ; y tha f water in the distance, and then a T could not believe hi I thought me again. her; and she had confounded me with now that madame has suffered no ‘el a ‘The b the money. othing that you not already that Leroux had tampered with the it would have been an easy mattor her peraecutors, Wrong from you, But 1am a priost, faint flicker of light {the wound te. UP trunt the heap of coins toward know, mouslent,” she flashed out with ive me the information I want, Keep my care is only that Kan to ¢ T said; spirit. My father came here, long honest man, It was not until he had for one of Lerouxta agents to have @ | found I could see again; but dim. 4nd, as you sal hd mud instead him. “Now, M. Duchaln mn Oude ding ‘orcibly, aboard, and ca d 4 ‘diy I. hasily. of souls. adame is married, 1 ” a 180 AIL 4 0, 7 i. . Ce ne arn door chat aaw her, jowder over the fim. ety 7t gaw a, shadow at my fest, and married her oe malt foturn for Choae You Will conduct Ago Arby knew tis gad you played _"20 the first place, Ore you, or ane She was seated upon her berth, and went ahead on foot, carrying stooping down, perceived that acci- “To whom? I ‘The murinur increased in a. sonor Ue TS Noy fiw head ne though he had Ubon hin fears. You brought your You, not, tn Carson's pay? he rose and came toward me with & Dageaxe and equipment we dent had brought me back to the ,"TO M. Louis d'Epernay, nephew crescendo until the full cadence of the joe understood. bi nds and encouraged him to gam. » left bie employ three days be- * tind Hite cry. was OAR Ay Se tetera ce. ausigh ttacka Prom the direction’ Ie of M. Charles Duchaine by marriage, mighty waterfall burst ony etext, ‘it 6 vory strange,” he sald. “1 ble and waste his money in his ull fore 1 inet Mine. Gapeeay. 2 ae L erted, and clumped started to cap T looked back from Which tho dog had howled, £ judged lees than two weeks ago In the chas | A flery ball seemed to o xt go not understand it at all, ‘The ays axe, When his mind had become were in New York you Duet Rave “Jacquelir her ta my arms for joy, and quite for- a hilltop, and far away | saw a tiny that ny course lay straight ahead as got. dog sled on the snows, It Was Simon 1 Was standing, | started off wearily, ‘A dancing shadow fell upon the wall Leroux's, At least it was better to walk than to behind the oll-lamp, The honest cap- perish in the snow, But presently I #eon that I was not there.” tem cannot be at fault; and yet fowbled. e Tanatched the papor from bia grasp “You drained him of his last penny, gp d00d., Arend where te Loule and threw It on the floor, then pulled 4nd then you offered him $10,000 to “W . him to his feet Kambi with in Quebec, telling bls Of pct, NAVE Rever sem the man,” I ree barred with bands ud, was dipping into the of the lake. the cataracts filed The red. sun, a reclu coal-blavk ch ‘he sald, “and of late further verg 6 affected, ‘Vhe thunder o for many yea his inind has be tain was rubb.ng fa hands ta tie CHAPTER IX. sank #leepily into the anow. Then—- . “! bellove that Leroux has discov. my ears. A fine oa KarMent Fnough of this nonsense, the delights of the city and promis- . y and chuck th delight. . - Somebody ¥ a ered coal on his property, and by of filmy silk, my clearer 4 ” “ 7 ry ity, i Loroux glanced incredulously at me. doprwey 820 ChUC Ae Tents 8 aes Mipgit riers Bin y With arrest” has vision, but through und beyond It, bo- Chalne,’ fT aid. § “will you ng bin inmunity,” the girl went on rhe your meeting with madame t up!" he bellowed in my ear, threatening bh “tt ta all right, tt iy all rights ex- Snow Blindness, me to Mile, Jacquoline immediate remorsclessly, “And for this he was ‘ peldent?” he inquired. cuse ime, monsicur.” he said, and up! Do you want to die in the S#ined a con J H above or shall T go and find her?" to ansin his property to Louis, Mis purely an acciden ys § v on tho weak-minded old ian. However, like crystal bows, 1 saw the chateau Tp) hint, monsleur,” answered a thinking, of course, that he could as oie ae 2 ae closed the door on us, But I called dawn next day Jacquiine yi ows him, and he returned, not very awoke apparently from a — 1 closed my eyes and sank back in- ‘he fact remains thot his daughter before me: voice at the door; and T whirled, to 4900 make his fortune at the tables. wiin her? But how did you know that two torrents that soiled tens dency over twee . o 0 arried b) eto M, d'Epernay — L had passed right through the hol- And Loi Felmetantiy, nightanare, for she cried to a lethargy of sleep. was married by me to 3 ad pasa avo Jacquoline confronting me. 0 uis Was to marry me, and in “ money ne cried out and ran for aloud and ran out into the _ When at last 1 opened my eyes it #ome ten or twelve days ago at the low heart of those mighty hills and turn sell the selgniory to you, And bie shrugged = Slee How was OO AR BRA DE wah lata’ etaeHash iT chateau, how stood underneath the huge Kla- yr wo 1 married Louis under threat of t ' Ra id was uneasy, for it did not look cler, with It» million tons of ice CHAPTER XI. sath to iny futher. it poneibe for Us te Seen Ae Cee er, oad mad gan behing m bead, 1 copletyad to bas aR alla fa er had started pained me, [ could now see with tol- v4 fe b Oh \ hha standing? whisper something of what had vee to follow, hen I halted, iat once erable distinctness, to me like a love match, and knew above ime, yes, monsleur, the plan was ‘ws u Wire: during the moments wien Jac- J had gone snow blind, 1 was lying upon @ bed of dried that M. d'Epernay had the reputation 1 came upon a door in the dark ne FOI RE RIOE Ample and well “devised.” “And 'L myo. ‘he batch elt i wot your eade f queline flitted to and fro, Dubois, acqueline! Jacqueline!” 1 balsam leaves inside of @ ittle hut, Of @ Profiixute in Quebec, where he wing and, turning the handla noise TOOK three steps toward Knew nothing of it. But Lous “4 You must have known that swore roundly, U the floor Sereamed franticall and through the half open door | W4s hand in glove with Philippe La- lessly, found myself Inside the cha- her and stood still, or Cupernay blurted it all out to me in New York; Loule muss I glanced round ine, Lest a nd in could see the sun Just dipping behind Croix, one of M. Leroux's adds, But teau. And at once my ears were filled thik ihe “fasaualiial, was gd A hf ding bao p think And Louls must have stood the two suite which shoul: dog barked suddenly, not far the mountains. Besides the bed the Priest has no option when an ex- with yells and coarse laughter in Teen ; ne Shame of Knowing thats Bad been ret of the entrance, have heen tn our roo away, and through the mist I heard hut contained pression 0: men's and women's voice eyone Jac , , h 1 rooms tn the chia- 1 through ¢ heard hut 4a roughly hewn table st f matrimonial consent 18 Y q 'e vol i ins it was not my Jacauelina, sold to him unhinged my mind, for cha r o him in the presence of oug 6 glod t ° y ne queline’a 2 Tan out into the snows, eigh-runners on snow; “nd chalr and @ bookcase with made to him tn the pi two saw through the gloom of the hall- It might have been Jacqueline’s Now you know all, monsteur, for I « the slide of ing up some filmy ma ane ten FE books in it. Upon a wall hung @ big Witnesses, So 1 married them, way an open door, 1 crept toward It grandmother when she was a girl— for bandages. nT knew, CRAB bh woud ahd Uhaae le “My duties took me to Quebec, and perped in, 1 suw a great room remember nothing more until T found questions, I have told you th F payad'at Dubois in astonishment. 1 acrambled down, alipping, and (rie ye wi xnaine an old "My dution took me to Quebec. and peepee ee iming an (hie haushty belle, with her high mynolg-cruvelting buck with M. Hew= net Mine, d'pernay be cnctheak aie 1 Was playing @ violin, Simon Waist and side curls, and her founcod lett in the sigigh. You say I was in | eycorted her toward the chateau, busily tear- Aare ‘here wten to me!" TI erled furiously. will not be hadgered with any more teau, and Jacqueline w ng my Journey along the corridor, ah, monsicur, T sent for those.” h gaxhing my hands upon the rocks aud “Wh \eard me stir @ had fied on the night of bh {i old nd we he par nd came a on nig! er mm riage, tne in am, vou see, Monsieur, wich tho sound of it my dream casno G¢Ts and commanding countenance of of, her. 1 crept back from the door and: ree “Jacqueline!” T cried. “It Is 1, Paul. “and as for Louls d’Epernay, 1 You" are in love with her? he Pere Antoine, and remembrance cama — The moment I waa fit to move I [ra You know me, Jacqueline?” know nothing of him-—but [ will dle eked. ‘vise though he is, there are other back with prophetic clearness. Pere eae made my way to the chateau, a & began to ascend the staira, 1 pqual to his own, and since he = “Bonjour, M, Hewlett!" hoe called 28CK to me | ahr f 5 : di fe coments L looked into Jacqueline inclined her heud. “Oh, before he clalins me as his wife “Put it that way If you choose,” minds paul mockingly, “"Hhis way! ‘This way!" Where am 1? T asked rambling building on a cliff above @ | And in & fow momenta I looked into You bave underestimated your answered. vt re t 1 know you, monatour,” ed. “Why have you cor Villed my brother, I~ Here he nearly bro! ked disercetly away Ha uuestion ‘of Curiosity, mon- wnow-ahoos behind me in the hut, and !s° atonr, tf 1 is permissible.” he sald A at each stop my feet broke through — (, Het ar TeWhy does Leroux Wish the crusted snow, ao that L foundered “Three frozen lake. angwered "Gn each wide of the chate was Phill; M4] 4 ract plunged, veiling. it in an unseen, ane we you, Jacq , Bie cul GPOO Tae fe opacity of mist, tinted with all the the open doc ‘A room Uttered and Jaen (decqueline apeotral hues by the rays of the weat- dusty, wherein was an old iman in You, Jacqueline monsleur, nding at my side, an price, madame," he sneered. “Since " “Well, it doesn't matter,” you have learned so much, [ will toll “peoause, whatever mar me | ie you more. You have cont me $20,000 eannct do any harm, And you unders and not $10,000; for besides the $10,000 wiand that she is a marr! :. paid to your father, Louis got $19,- So you will, no doubt upon the signing of the mar- your money and depart down, and {1 turned and rushed blindly in ihe, “ln my cabin direction of the ery. T had léft my the prieat, 8 atabte Lacrolx, L moved on last found myaelf at woman, + gree to take p your marriage With and fell Wke a drunken man to chor !n the er so \nueh to a ‘ That wherever Lapproached the edge Cols and at intervals writing down “| am infinitely obliged to you, mon- ? Fy Nie that he is rendy to uses of taunts and laughter, pistols and had thrown your coat DP hy das decir ies I. niract. So swallow that and 7° nel k f | emnoisello | nat ne ea midnap- Tt was a horrible. piindman's buff, AWAY. 1 hud to carry you back and {he same wall of rock ran down ver- fixures on paper, | Heade him wae &® gieur, for your good will,” whe sald; sud of being priced so high! seek f° i eae tee me te ae a o assassina ° tically for some three hundred feet, roulette wheel, He semed to be ex- 1 answered; but even while I «poke for they had surrounded me, yelling find it. ft is lucky that I found you, (cally for sain three hundred toot, Ttimening with ite “chances,” using “but I do not need your ald. 1 am And the selgnlory is already his, and my heart sank, for I had little hope ie uae he in himself in love with from every. quarter monsisur, oF assuredly you would Yeneered with ice and wrapned in a erlmenting Witt ve uroe for the pure with fronds now, M.—M, Paull” Cam waiting for him to return and “opnit iy easily settled,” answered T wald, mventing a rengon, “Thin way, monsieur! ‘This way!" soon beon dead. Byt for your ho" \way of wetting into the highs Doe ; De you wank to 460 tne, Jacques Me eed eT bane tee On ” Ler “I will bring her back and . ve raptain clenched bis tists. “God piped a thin volee watch knew to 40%” Wey OF Get Phe BOR, sy chains! ow Jo you Ww 0 Hee Ine, Jacque. and if f know Louis d’Epernay you yn tore" hi “huttere They ay be that of Philippe Lacroix “My do!" t exclaimed, La eis weary, balancing aaa playing the tae mae ahi ina teat ie del hl I not wait very long to get hie Swn ‘Iygm none (ne Geclsion from her ee aied of a broken heart, Ab, A snowball struc me on the chin, | “Certainly, a dog came to me and wyotin i haute vour daughter is sufte: 4 "oe ‘A fingers round it!’ He left : } oll - aind ‘ a A to me that this shall and they began pelling me and laugh- brourht me a mile out of my route to wy If upon ani aw eAlioes, ue anda pour, Gu hier is suffering persecu inne Lg she anawered chile “No dowbt he will return,” she an- over (aah tae coke Duehaine leaned 4 aoa iene about, that mademolsellé ing. 1 was like @ balted bear, [was where you were iying. Hut, now l iyy io, but an Be The old man seemed ne ty Baggy om swered quietly, "If he would take “pont go awa: : \ eee oe wife Hwour ft to ine, mon heskio myxelf with rage and helpless come to think of It It disappeared dln ety yl yoy rae a ne Sie mAb oe med to he aware of eee me 12 go) ‘en thousand for me, surely he Will shrewd ler bh Rt f 4 enh fury. ‘The Jov balls hit my taco @ and han not returned. Perhapa it jw New Yor Jacguclince dog | jooked up at me out of his miid old ¢ have you followed me here take twenty-five thousand for the “Eh? [ exclaimed, startled at this j orl! ne struck me behind was sent to me by le bon Dieu.” ’ aN SOR os! nS 1d to persecute me?" she cried “Are goigniory, You have us In YOUr answer to my own selt-questionl: mere | yn time eyes and shook bis head in apparent you under the illusion that fam help. 1 swore ft, and we shook hands ¢ Seccpttor car and hurled ma down half “Where is Mile, Duchaine?” I buret A powe S 8 again, L was sorry for my pilon a : perplexity. less? Do you think the friends who 6 Ion iso bad man whiseerse hen, ond afterward I bad occasion to stunned out, i “You are welcome, monsteur,” he rescued me tro jee ue “Phen why tha devil doesn't he the raybeard, putting bis of ] was up again and rushing at my “Ah, M. Hewlett," sald the priest, CHAPTER X. halt ring with a dourlly air. that you exist? You tock advantise come?” roarcd Leroux, “If he is intrl- head close down to mine, “He won't 7 remember it. unseen tormentors, Theard the bark- looking at me severely, “that was a - Alt le peek guing with Carson, by heavens t know let you go away, He nevi R VUL Ing of the dogs far away, and I ran wild undertaking of yours, and God Under the Mountains. D9 you wish to atuke © few pieces of my helplessness. J do not want lo Froten ty shut him up in dail the rest one a when ey a CHAPTE: . In the direction of the sound, sobbing does not prosper ‘such’ ache ‘va Mates “moasiene 2 have & You told me that you Jo of his life, And ao, madame,” he He didn't know my little daughter Dreams of the Night. with rage. [ pulled my pistols from though I confess I do not understan: W dog waa standing On & ien-tai tehet Treas have @ eres and s beliaved you, Sachaline ended quietly, “it will perhaps be was going, but TL was too tor | my pockets and spun round, firing why you were taking her to her rock at the base of the tem,” he weni on eagerly, Awered iniscrably. Watching the colne Worth your while to tell me why Tom him, because he wasn't here, ‘The ee IIE mystery of Jucqueline’s In every direction through that wall home, Rest assured she is in good hill Immediately before me — 'M. Duchaine!” f shouted in hie flame into hor lovely face, And 1 could Carson sent this Hewlett back to the think I am a ailly old man, but Mt rescue by Captain Dubois of Kray, ylelding mist that gave me han IL met the sleigh containing wand calls al tear. “Where is your daughter?” see she remembered that chateau; for no doubt the wolves know more than they think, Simon place but never gave me vivion, her, and M. Leroux Informed me that palling. almont “"iMy ‘daugnter?”” he repeated in" "When L was ill, you used me for have, picked him pretty clean by thinks he hag got me Ln Nis Dowery id ut he hasn't,” had been a simple one, The “phe clouds had obscured the aky all would be well. It is strange that thought that it was calling “ I. < ie . yen one yn young men with the mus- and the snow waa falling again, My he did not speak of you, though, and moe, I took a few steps toward it and it pe ial pg hy aie eae enee with Ben ee tache waa a certain Philippe Lacroix, hands were bare and pumb, excevt Ido not understand how" —— isappeared immediately, as though With the system, You sea," he con- you follo Do you think Jacqueline, standing up before him Jacqueline was with him, we'l known to Dubols, a member of a Byte, Wie Coe el oe ht aan He stole her from me when! was sisemed—apparently into the heart {fued with senile cunning, “she has that I am unprotected, and that you aa indomitable In spirit as he, “If you bid him, madame, M. Hew- Rash Het ee alesclita Lauitoes’ 5 v8 now-blind, and left me to die! : taken away my system, and so Tam are dealing only with an old man your plots and schemes mean noth- lett is willing to take his departure,” good tamily, n mets s exelaimes 1 must rescue her'-——- of the mountain, I followed and found not gure whether [can beat you. and a helpless woman? Why, I have Ing to me. My only aim ts to take Sad Leroux to hor, “Is it your wish Just such a one as Leroux found it | Doubtless Simon had reached the Father Antoine laid a heavy hand a small mouthed tunnel. [entered it But make your play, monaleur." friends who would come in and kill my father away from here, from you that he remain or got” e went on how nd you Listen to me, Simon Leroux,” sald — And then Leroux came back, huts at dawn and had discovered we shoulder. _ i 14 “on, L want him t ” convenient to attach to his political f ! upon my jor. : } There was at least no indecision in you if J but raised my voice And M. d'kipernay, and’ let you “Oh, T want him to go, monsteur, fortunes by timely financial ald. there, He must have been in waiting, | "Be sanured, monsleur, that madame Sry married sloy Its slomtag Moor, the manner in which he wet the wheel ~ “alae your voice, mademolsello, 1 wrangle over your spoil, There are said Jacque'ine, clasping her. hande 0. but when he saw Jacqueline run from 4s perfectly happy and contented with must have been journeying for winning am ready for gour friends,” 1 ans more than four-legged wolves, M, pleadingly. Maving acquired powers overs him, me he obanged bis plans and sent the her friends,” be said half and hous when | perceived a faint 1 did not know what to do, I wae ewered Leroux; there are human ones, aad (To Be Continued) -