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S.. ty+ 1 1 . r tG E O R G E B A R I Cpmyflht, io, by Herbert 8. Ston go, ir, responded Quinnox. .] "I'd like to know why there isn't! I am.just as guilty as Lorry." I "The duke charges the crime to but - "one of you. Baron Dangloss, will you read the warrant?" The old chief read the decree of the princess slowly and impressively. it was as follows: Jacot, duke of Mizror, before his God and on his life, swears that Grenfall Lorry did foully, maliciously and designedly lay 1 Lorens, prince of Axpha.in, on the 20th day of October, in the year of our Lord 189- and in the city of Edelweiss, Grau 4tag . It is therefore my decree that Grenfall Lorry be declared murderer of Lorenz, prince of Axphain, until he be proved innocent, in which instance his ac cuser, Jacot, duke of Mizrox, shall forfeit his life, according to the law of this land providing penalty for false witness, and z:,by which he himself has sworn to abide ;aithfully.1 Signed, YETIVE. s There was silence for some moments, broken by the dreary tones of the ac cused. "What chance have I to prove my in- I noeence?" he asked hopelessly. "The same opportunity that he has f to prove your guilt. The duke must. < uccording to our law, prove you guilty i )Oyond all doubt," spoke the young "aptain. 'When am I to be tried?" c "Here is my order from the princess," d 6aid Dangloss, glancing over the other napet. "It says that I am to confine - fou securely and to produce you before the tribunal on the 26th day of Octo ber," "A week! That is a long time," said l.orry. "May I have permission to see t4e signature aflixed to those papers?" Iangloss handed them to him. He glanced at the name he loved, written 1 the hand he had kissed, now signing 0 away his life, perhaps. A mist came r over his eyes, and a strange joy filled ,is sol. The hand that signed the i ,name had trembled in doing so-had trembled pitifully. The heart had not guided the lngers. "I am your prison er, Captain Dangloss. Do with me as ou'will," he said simply. "I regret that I am obliged to place you in a cell, sir, and under guar "fle leve me, I am sorry this happer . I gloomily. "And II" cried Quinuox. "But what is to become o me?" cried poot Anguish, half in ten "I won't leave you, Oren. It's at ufernal t "Be cool, Harry, d it will conme out righ. Hehas proof, you know," sadteother wringing his friend's "Bu I ,ave to stay here too. If I go o d$these w~alls, I'll be 4lilled og"protestedl Harry. areto'avea guard of six men youareinEdelweiss, Mr. An . Thoe arethe instructions of t(I drnces. donot lhelieve the scoundrelS--I mean the Axphatin nobles -will'zholest you If you do not cross thern. 'When yuare' ready to go to your hotel, I wilaccompa)ny you." Half an hour later Lorr'y wvas in a celil from wihther'e could he no es cape,G while Anguish was riding toward * the hotel, surrounded by G.rauistatrk soldiers. Hie hand sworn to his friend that he would unearth the murderer If it lay within the power of man. Cap tain Dangloss heard the oath and smiled sadly. At the castle there were depression and relief, grief and joy. T1'he royal 4 ~ faily, the nobility, even the ser'v ants, soldiers and attendants, rejoiced in the.stroke that had( saved the prin-. cess from a .fate worse thanm death. There were, of course, serious compli cations for the future, involving uglyi conditions that were bound to force themselves uponI the land. Tihe diead mnan's father would deimnd the life of his~murderer. If not Lorry, who? In the privacy of her room the strick en princess collapsed from the effects "91th there wa, utlei of te odea~ndrs. e ban th'ad Whmshe'. dihtsaea th a ihmase 1 .1ARKI By... t McCUTCHEON Its death warrant! And yet, like a others, she believed him guilty-guilt or her sake! Mizrox and his friends departed i riumph, revenge written on every fac she walked blindly, numbly, to he oom, assisted by her uncle, the coun Without observing her aunt or tih 'ountess Dagnar, she staggered to tih vindow and looked below. The AS hainians were crossing the parad ,round jubilantly. Then (ameC the clal :er of a horse's hoof, and Captain Quli tox, with the fatal papers in his po. ;ession, galloped down the avenue. Sh 1lutehed the curtains distractedly amt caning far forward. cried from tih >pen window: "Quhinox! Quinnox! Come back! 'orbid--I forbid! Destroy those p: aers, Quinnox!" But Quinnox heard not the pitift vail. Seeing him disappear down th tvenue, she threw her hands to he ctud and sank back with a moan. fali ug. Count Halfont caught her in hi rms. It was nightfall before she wa ully revived. The faithful youn ountess clung to her caressingly. lo ugly, uttering words of consolatio intil long after the shades of night ha ropped. They were alone in the pri ess' boudoir, seated together upon th livan, the tired head of the one restin vearily against the shoulder of th >ther. Wide and dark and trouble vore the eyes of the ruler of Grat tark. An attendant appeared and ti iounced the arrival of one of tht tmerlcan gentlemen, who insisted o eeing her royal highness. The car mn the tray bore the name of Harr nguish. At once the princess wa -flutter with eagerness and excitc aeut. "Anguish! Show him to this roor luickly! Oh, Daguar, he brings wor rom him! He conies from him! W'h s he so slow? Ach. I cannot wait!" Far froi being slow, Anguish wa xceeditly swift in approaching th o,omz to which he feared admittanc night be denied. "Tell me! What is it?" she cried s ie stopped in the center of the roo mtd glared at her. "I don't care whether you like it, an t doesn't matter if you are a princess, ie exploded, "there are a few thing 'in going to say to you. First. I war o know what kind of a woman you ax o throw into prison a man like-like h, it dri.ves me crazy to think of I don't care if you are insulted, Hie friend of mine, and he is no mot ~uilty than you are, and I want I ~now what you mean by ordering hl urrest." Her 111ps parted as if to speak. is ace grew deathly pale, her fingel ~lutched the edge of the dIvan. SI: atared at him piteously, unable I nove, to speak. Then the blue ey( illed with tears, a Bob came to he ips, and her tortured heart made ast brave effort at defense. "I--I--Mr. Anguish, you wrong me -I"- She tried to whisper throug lhe closed throat and stiffened lip: Words failed her, but she pleaded wit hosae wet, imploring eyes. His heal nelted, his anger was swept away I twinkling, lie saw that he he vonded her most unjustly. "You brute!" hissed the countesi vith flashing, indignant eyes. throwin ier arms about the princess and dray ng her head to her breast. "Forgive me," he cried, sinking I als knee before the princess, shiam and contrition in his face. "I hav )teen halt mad this whole day, and unve thought harshly of you. I no' cc that you are suffering more iri ensely titan I. I love Lorry, and tha * my only excuse. HIe is being foull; vronged, your highness, foully wrong "I deserve your contempt after all Whether lie be guilty or intnocent, hould htave refused to sign the decret t is toom late now. I have signted awe: omething that is very dear to me-hi ife. You are his friend an~d mine. Ca: rou tell me 'what he thinks of me vhat he says-how he feels?" Sih isked the triple question breathlessly. "lie believes you wvere forced 'int he act, and said as miucht to me. A o how he feels, I can only ask hov 'ou would feel if you were in hi daco, Innocent and yet almost sure o onviction. These frienids of Axphail vil resort to any subterfuge now tha sn of thteir number has staked hi Ife. Mark my word, some one will de iberately swear that lie saw Grenfal sorry strike the blow, and that will b s yvillainous a lie as man ever 'tok1 Yhat I am here for, your highness, I o ask If that decree cannot be witti irawn," "Alas, It cannot! 7 would gladly o1 her his release b: a -:on~i. i, t you ea see what that 'v ub n to us war, Mr. Anguit' rib vl4:; d miseri bly. "But you will ?I') (a an innocerl nan condemne a" a )he, -again i hignant. "I have only you :mtIonmat for tha sir, if you will l,anion, 'me. 1 hope fror :he bottom o my heart thatAre4 mot murder th. rinuce e being het "lie is no <(watr'" inish, StartJing( bt b gaein th 6batpan, '1 au diW liavd done so had they met this ziofrn "He may be able to clear liself" suggested the countess nervously. "And he may not; so there you have it. What chance have tivo Americans over hero with everybody against us?" "Stop! You shall not say thatl He shall have full justice at any cost, and there is ond here who is not against him!" cried the princess, with flashing eyes. "I am aware that everybody admires him because he has done Graistark a service in ridding it of something ob noxious--a prospective husband. But that does not get him out of jail." "You are unkind again," said the 1 princess slowly. "I chose my husband, y and you assume much when you inti mate that I am glad because he was murdered." "Do not be angry," cried the count ess Impatiently. "We all regret what has happened, and I, for one, hope thiit Mr. Lorry may escape from. the tower. e and laugh forevermore at his pursuers. If he could only dig his way out!" The princess shot a startled look to-, ward the speaker as a new thought en tered her wearied brain. A short, in voluntary gasp told that it bid lodged and would grow. She laughed at the ' idea of an escape from the tower, .but as she laughed a tiny spot of red began to spread upon her cheek, and her eyes glistened, strangely. Anguish remained with them for half . an hour. When he left the castle, it. was with a more hopeful. feeling iinlis e breast. In the princess' bedchamber r late that night two girls in loose silken gowns sat before a low Fir. and .tcl.ked 8 of something that causedk the coui}test S to tremble with excitement when first. B her pink checked sovereign meutioiled it in contidence. d, CHAPTER XVIII.. THE FLIGHT AT MIDNIoHT. eVORR'S cell was as comfortable as a cell could be made through. 0 .the efforts of a kindly jailer I and a sympathetic .chief of po 1- lie.' It.was not located in the dun geon, but high in the tower, a little rbek bound room, with a single barred wi dow far above the floor. There ci W 'of iron, upon which had been 1 ilae h*leimn mattress, and there was V a little chair. The next day after his . s arrest a comfortable armchair replaced the latter. A. table, a lamp, some books, flowers, a bottle of wine and a some fruit found their way to his lone I ly apartment, whoever may have sent E y them. Harry Anguish was admitted to the cell during the afternoon. a He reported that most of the Ax e phain contingent was still in town. A. I e portion had hurried home, carrying the news to the old prince, instructed by a the aggressive Mizrox to fetch him a forthwith to Edelweiss, Where his au- I -gust presence was necessary before the d 26th. The princess, so Harry informed " the prisoner, sent sincere expresaions a of sympathy and tho hope that all t would end well with him. - e Late in the evening, as Lorry was -- lying on his bed, staring .at the shad t! owy ceiling and puzzling his brain with a most oppressive uncertainties, the rat e tle of keys in the lock announced the o ap)proach of visitors. The door swung s open, and through the grate he saw. Dangloss and Quinnor. The latter - *r wore a long military rain coat and. had s just come in from a drenching down e pour. Lorry's reverie had been so o deep that ho had not heard the thun s der nor the howling of the winds. r Springing to hIs feet, he advanced a quickly to the grated door, "Captain Quinnox brings a private 1 message from the princess," said the hi chief, the wvords scarcely more thani m. whispered. It was plain that the mues hi sage was important and of a secret nia 't ture. Quinnox looked up and down a the corridor and stairway before di thrusting the tiny note through the bars, It was grasped eagerly,' .and ;, trembling fingers broke the seal. Bend g lag near the light, he read the lines, his !- vision blurred, his heart throbbing so fiercely that the blood seemed to be o drowning out other sounds for all time, e to come. In the dim corridor stood the' e two men, watching him with bated I breath and guilty, quaking nerves. v "Oh!" gasped Lorry, kissing the mis |TO nRE CiZN'iNUEDii.I A CERtTAIN OUlRE FOIICIIING FEIET 'Allen's F'oot-Easo, a powdler, ures'Tired, Arh - ing,Swoniting, 8wolleui foot. Sample Nent I R,aP.I als sample of a'ooT-KAsE SANITARYI CohN PAn, a new invention. Adtiress. Alien 8. Olmosted ,Lo . Ron N V Adam's Apple. Three members of the Mug-.House SClub were discussing the recent disappearance of the Adam's apple e in men's throats, In our younger Sdays whenever a singing class or s church ohoir was to be chtsen,the r teacher or organizer WOuIld give the preterence among the bassos to men with long necks and big,pro. t jections of the thyroid cartilage, Swhile the tenors were selected frorn icandidates with short, plump a necks and no 'discernible apple. The plan does not seem to dori -nowadays. The apple is gone I At last, at last. Thrlat infamIfous little bite of forbiddeni fruit wiiich a stuck in Adam's throat has be'ew :swallowed. It could go0t have been ta section of lemon. T fhe outline -. was that of an eighth of En'gapp'le, * and a hard one at that. Wyn evi Sdently ate the other sede t-eighth~ - -and we still call he ur bett6 p1 hf gj WOmani cglue seami tMn FE R quanl need prop< whol< easily has s Anderson have as t] pron you time suc':e will k home - .the s< home AN FOLGER, THORNL Something New in Kentucky. Fairbanks, of Indiana, ni 1haw, of Iowa, weie atumpit Centucky. After a euceeeiaf neeting the Kentucky colonel w] iad the two Republican etatesnl n charge invited them into t iotel bar-rooni for some refres nents. "What'll you have?" he ask( 3enator Fairbanks. "A little cold apollinaris," w hF. reply. . "And you?"' said the host ov. Shaw. "I think I will have a glass )r,termzil k. -The barkeepor turned to t (enteickiai. "What shall I gi rou, colonel?" he nsked. Trhe Kentucky gentleman heav ,long sigh. "Under the circur tances," he said, "I ,think y4 ~an give me a piece of ije."-[CI ~ago Hlerald. Dragging Down Pains are a symptom of ine most serf ons trouble which can attack a woman, viz: failing of the womb. With 'this, generally, comes irregular and painful periods, weakening drains, backache, headache, nervousness, dizziness, ir ritability, tired feeling, etc. The cure is "heCa dui OFeFemale Regulator that wonderful, curative, vegetable ex tract, which exerts such a marvelous, strengthening influence, on all female organs. - Cardul relievos pain and regulates the muenses. It is a sure and permianent cure for all female At alt druggists and dealers in 81.00 bottles. "I- SUFFEREli AWFUL PAIN in my womb and ovaries," writes Mrs. Naomi Bake, of Webster Grove, Mo., "also in my right arnd left sides, and my menses were very painf ul and irreg ular. Since taking Cardul h~feel lke a new wofnan ar.d do not suffer as I did. It s te bstmedcin iever took." Polqy's Kidney Cur nakes kidneys and bladder ilh i@kyounr8up -A S8 leta4 geVPty 17ti Renewed Vigt, Indid DesDtt6 r~ HLIZ 1'o give best results, must b tity and above all the best i t What constitutes best g ,d, such as ammonia, Pot.tii r manipulation of these in< .t must also have to be n so and well distributed. Expei blown that the goods nanufac Phosphate a all the qualities mentioned ie best of fertilizers. We h inent planters in the South be [f you are now using' Anderson should continue so to do, but in changing your brand and ssful planters and use these g l'he roads are good now, the >e in worse shape !ater on, sc before it is too late, as y< )oner. \gents at every railroad st; office for information. D ER S OsN EY & CO., Agents. P ul Chem M town necessa . be harvesting an vegetables, frui ,. rooo pounds of jd Virgi.. per acre on all greatly increase of Virginia-Ca .a F.i most experien. to you, many farnie s, u VIRGINIA-CA ROI Richmond, Va. Norfolk, Va. D Atlanta, Gut. 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