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?MMD THE LANC ^9 rot of tho thougt or ASTER NEWS, J EXE 12, it brought me to my -urt' ln*o the o me to greater <j into the tunnel, the man who i out, the door ml Dlace axain. tha , 1914. pen .vould only expoeo lunger. 1 glanced hack I suddenly remembering B still lived. If ho were B ight be forced back Into I it volume of nmoka mi"- I 0ie A Roman iore: ce of Clair's C vTVnATT DADOT 5T K cfeai ft ^ pressed. I xefaateued face, and crept mm unt111 waa ab f arms. He was ^ a white; I even A ( MMi hla sleeves; an< VW V?, \JJM me by a mighty 5^ ^ fi8S lng in revealed the cloth acrou my t back Into the tunnel le to grip the fellow's wra large man. clothed as I 6S< thought I felt braid on ' 1, aa I drew him toward effort, the light streama red jacket. ? Cat In Our Vnyi Ibbiio i - c i oii" , YOU/who are rea ididly, we want, "\>ur groce y? ding this ad ry trade, want it. ILLU5TO w^v/?/(7rrr /j. r. a ? 6YNOPS CHAPTER I?Joseph *1kt? In the United S:a "way to Fort Harmar, m VI WlYlvly ri UVIM vtcd^k d. j.lavj 1<-CL?//?G &. C\7., /J/<5 IS. flash of reddish yel across my eyes. an Hoy ward, an ??- an explosion in ui a&?Sw: /hc, b""<" . Vll , VSJI [N I low tlame searing awful report, liko ? y stunned ears. spT"* ]>,\TV vent I will never {5 ^ ' 'I'm id? /, ! Of all alive shu pj| She wears a pr | ^or w^at wa (lift of <*od. I for tl joy that only she I Till 11 ever knew, out! humility I llliU'cl 8 that wll'ed it bo? a 3 should he so groat I (.mIOIT 3red of the Lord | rPl?, nough to g've yofi the biggt te money you have ever ha 4re is nothing Consistent landising that we will not < s to please and to satisfy y 1 t C OlIlM I (I'lt f'l \1? 4-1%>? ;st. dollar's worth d in your life, with honorable; io for you in our our every desire. XT,.? 1 * rsnegaoe w nose nam "nscted with all manner ieaded for Fort Hnrma from the British general ward guides him to the Mm from a number of to kill him. CHAPTER II?At Cl? ieadquartcrs Hay ward Aurray who professes although he has 110 re< iavlng seen her befoj*. CHAPTER III ?Haywi carry a message for Hai 10 nas Dcen con- oui i nuw m of atrocities, also oilt at. me from the r HamiUon.Xy? of reflection, fort and protects against a screen by scouts who tried _?unmistakable And his was a hlc moral Harmor' memory of It lingei to recognize him. Swift, as if appearoi :ollecUoa of ever that burst of flame. get the glare of th< malignant snarl of . ? man h racn leap i ' \Tfl darkness?Just an '% JfH as though thrown 1 r _ njaKMVJjW some flash of light I ""V'.Wl face of a negro. VaN! leoue visage; tho u with mo yet. 1 and vanished in "Now Push Youri I shall never for- I Say \ 9 man's eyes, the , the open lips, the $ ? ? Ami like to 1101 lelf Down, Monsieur! O' other woniei 'ou Must!" The firm frulth lie shiues, anr the air wu stifling. Her visIon. tI11 carcely bear the weight I ring reward. SKK H untune, alone, the nhining ones, lc that she has known j it's other soiih? )n of her need, lointed; and he blurs, it seems indeed u n v iiv/n11 m;i iiur> ?Ul. what we will do for you. E. W. SISTi 11 r? nrvn rruTMrt o ipa i <?iue <iiMI \RE TT> A m t > j?nero Hamilton la statli wwt Indian tribes are n *r?f only held back bv t friendly Wyandots to Jol daatandlriK the return < religious teacher whoi be a prisoner. Hay war aaeure the \Vyandols I aot hatd by the soidle grasses on Hayward t yeachln* Hamilton befo CHAPTER IV?Rene i let her accompany him ihat she is a quarfor-blc a missionary among tl oned. The north- teeth cruel and snag haedref?saTorfatho lowtsh black of hl8 fi n. Tho latter aro held some foul flend >f Wa-pa-tee-tah, ? . . .. . , _ u they believe to Yet startled as 1 w d's mission is to j tlon, his view of me ?at Harm'arnim" 'ect. Even In that ho necessity of revealmeut, the h r? Olrty. changed to fear, I "k8heatye,iurhlm Panlc: hlH "PH ?ave >od Wyandot and an exclamation in iie Indiana. Sho otwi k0?v?.-o t :-ltko, and the yel- mjr *UUB8 uoo"ni ice. It was ?. If! the smoke clou - . .. . . Only as I bent " k v,i m> Kr P Miatnst the earth< msby this appari- llfe.glvin ^ hatl no less an ef- ? . , . . * ' Even in my ten single instant of ? . .. gro s rifle despen ate in hia eyes , , ? , , leading forth into to uncontrollah le . ? ? . be closed, or the vent to a wild erv. ? . , , .. .1 never be so dense mongrel I-Cm-.i . . . . _ open It might req g neavuy ror oreain sacrilege to c ds filled the passage. my nostrils cloee srn floor eould I find a Of what is best or 1 clung to the no- To think of hln ?tely. The entrance with aches, ln< the cave-cellar must she sees him n smoke cloud wou'd stili shining; a r and suffocating. To The prooer shii lUire strength, the'? -- :all him hen*. 1c for so much MnMHH , and hardly dares [i as one to touch fignities and cares; ither at the goal, nd her dream foretells ling of a soul I \jv/wi? x juxn uo a yj W V - JCiA X . | _ I mm oecn tn search of that she has se tor?, but in a British ur (tarts for the north at tscout named Braily and CHAPTER V?They c f a war party and. to Indiana , take shelter li 'Island. Hay ward flnds a 'tha but. CHAPTER 'I?it pro ,I>*Auvray. a former Frt 3b called by the Wyando R?ne appears and Ifayw her father. She ??. , uv.v.c. wu.uai en Hayward be- or recover from my i 'Minponie'i?yby1*"* Iow flun* hi? P|8tOl a private soldier, free. The flying wo ome on the trail /Vhut^on lan ln my 8Calp- but hl murdered man In proved hiB own undc as I was by the bl vea to be Raoel spring to llle feet, tta "chief? hM,i ll? Btruftk t: ard Is puzsled by Of the low roof, and , . blows of the gun >\vn shop If e . . 7 power to burst my liurry. Already 1 aiJOIt . > U:3 ' aly. m> onen . , . ' ^-roi?r forward re b haste suid fear , . . . using my body ting. Half stunned . . , , . u u. 1 ' ^ 'insf!. actual low, I heard him o dull crash of his . . h? hardw,?rf ?l.b ,?'n* , >ke *" , clouds. I gasped then the thud of _ ^7 stock. If I retained wnero way through I must ! felt my head reel Perchance a ca lips gulping for air. I Would find hin cklesBly in the dark. shouts, against the sides of And leave him ly feeling the LUiekr Qf many smilet ' Perchance the 1 aoout me In dense for breath, and drew ongue .? , ,4 i_ i Would havoc ordinary dwells. nvans of the town I i far from flaga and 11 I only the renown j ancd many doubts; I cruvie and commwij Oil' 1 atran^elv with hv?IB ive You Seen I If nat, waste 5 is very^beautif Uorence: c no time, ill. Take ;j AWIA f? uiaiBiailuo lua'. me tfnriL CBAITBR f 11?ucfn? murdered man aa her !known among tho India; <Ml CHAPTTO VTTI?She t lather wan exiled from and had apent hla life ai '?o?Tertln? them to Chrla CHAPTKR rx-Brady hand of marauding Indl <*y and with them Slmoi evidence convinno *h? . y navo mac o?- a body tin the tunn< haute, bia denperatl reeoirntieea m* . . '' . , , father, who waa frinbt. he had forgot us aa wa-pa-too- and attempted to a head reeled, the bio ells Hayward her cut trickling down re the French oonrt m . v mottonleHH t noag the Indiana K mouonieas i tianity. could not even dlstli reports seeing a 'njc. although I heati ana in the vicln- tently. half fearing t n Olrty. Brady's _ ' V . . . . HH that v, i . WV?? f hud frlrhfor ai floor. In hi* .. . . . .. on. his strange H,lght Paction, ton where he was. en' "^como by pring erect. My 7 ^ \ od from this new f1 ** " , . lying lengthwise iy cheek The no- . ?. ., _ ... ... - head to the south. n the darkneee; I . . , . .. ? was a shock, yet aguish his breath- ..... . ' . . .... . little. I was too i ated, listening in- . . . ... cape to ?>e halted tome trick. ... . . . tha tfTen tblnli what : iv anu iiiuuiu in I was panie-striek- worth; b\j Jden horror, yet Hut she. with i in >ompelled me to Would read hii ?uiy I came to a body earth, of Jim passage, tbo And others, kr Tl.is new discovery VVouid shine, i seei jed to affect me great rotes t on my own es- * ' . . . , . When caught t I by i dead man; to I " it uxant, or how the truth " - llvl nnocoace unntucg, -^-^1 b i.aix/o around the , " * owing how this youth VOl f love could make him coc ind tortured for the wvw. iiiivi jvrui n< 1 give you/ com 1 cool, ana the >k you canfind h o Iwv L/lllCy 911C fort, keep cheapest , you can a British ofth er by th? *ard who resemble- ahe CHAPTER X? Finding aland cut off Hayward Ions prcparo to resist an Indians. ; CHAPTER XI Keeoni the cabin at night I faywhite man In .1 Urltls leaves hlrn for dead, a tight. CHAPTER Xir The the cabin ufter a hard s kltMV LIIUlU to ** """ ****'" H ?0"vv s name of Hay- What hart brought tl Amerlc*#t. terror into his eyes' escape iYom ttie Btared at a gboet. ( an J his compan- . . , attack from t.^? which hart crazed hit own nerves, and cr? mi -mm? nronn.i the passage, feeling I r'JnfSr'^rt "Kb one out.tn.tch fter a desperate came in contact Witt I He lay full lengta 01 Indians capture | aad J had to find .*n> itruKKie in which I lat look of insane came to b ' It was as ;f he ^at nstant. he i the very Ri*ht of blc>cktnK my proK , _ ' . I crawled over n. I mastered my .. . , . . waa no more than -pt forward alo^rg . . . . , yet *s one hand blindly in advance . ... ... .? dark on the uptu ed ban 4, until it .. . , ' ,. . .. enced a sudO*n t i the man s figure- .. ... . . warm, the mail 11' a the tunnel tloor , . . . . nuinbe* mind *ra way over him to . , vi/lt??n ti> . ritw? I -u ri e tb fr?. To me, at >>ou.?l only wr v*s jut an obstacle, While she, an res* What centuries lam. an though he Transmutes hii a stcae in the path, prafse. cam., down in tho<And lias him s irnctil face, I experi.hrilSr the flesh was , n t j She mmns hm red. iiaret* had ray aped this helplessly, " >'s ?'tKufn r?i i.n.ci And should the Ithe and hesitate; ranging for his days' i oould not fulfil, I ItCl. m with her faith and I wjcl hining whore she will. |g q| n wi.h horgratofutnesn Guc thai life is good; M e!ft of (lc>?i ho low* I PlVf ? anuiu iu \ Automatic, ) va kless. The Flo^enc rie of the wonders < iranteed to cost yoi ? out less hear, a nrl 5 VV llilUUl ilveless and :e Oil Stove :>f the world. 1 less moaey, in orivp vmi Uvwurd 15 wounded. CHAPTKn AMI Kene from death it hand end conceals him In t! cabin. CHAPTER A Struggle Und S remained poised, fled In the dark, hesit | reach Ilia head. It i% touch him. to place i aixve* Itavward i * s uf ?h- 'nviir ? ' his flesh. The nieiro 10 cellar < >( the jng( Wo!ti?h lips, and caused rae to shrink x v tact. Yet I must ; ! could not leave the possibly to recover < ergrou . . 1 do injury. Of one tli breathless, hud* _thUj Prench negro , ating. A dozen With clinched tee was difficult to . . , ,. struck the end <:t t my fingers against , , ? . eound o! contact i ->ry of those anarl- ... , . . . , . throe fe? r extendi* that, yello* skin, , . . . ,. . . ' head ami this La i troni direct con- , .. , in from the ouch assure myself. I , , . . , , . halt crazed inde-* man lying there, . ' own situation, but conseiousnes? and , , ... . . of those bodies be ling I waa assured , , . . , ... . , nel, 1 found scul couid be no fr'end. >, , , .. , . . , " small space, and f th t fnuehnd tli? . ' . hi- p&asuge, the faint him that in <iKnif/iuK wood. Not Ills fame, tlio-j tl between the man's small, rrbr which blocked ,.\s upward liir ide *nr. Desperate, f:,n?s d. not only by ray , . . .. ' Ifali clouded w also by the memory A? hind In the dark tun- rosr,s throw >t knee room in the Edwin Ar imbled madly about v"'ribn fr,s O" * her motherhood, 1 igh vague, will not be 1CSS Mv ough hor droam he j sold ritli a crimson fall . n on marble stairs li?tV li-cgton Robinson In i 1 whe trouble thafi any guaranteu hehinc I. And just to thin e to go in that old m you have a Flor< J stove made. | -y ? I every one ik, you don't [ hot kitchen snce, neither tonsiueratlons tlashet 'uind, as I swiftly deci it could scarcely hope -ward without noise; n> would I be any bet still blocking the passa nothing for it then but <rlps. But the fellow might be?whether wt was doubtless armed, weaponless. To cet h 1 through my 1 cr>arae hair with my ded what to do. forehead. The fleet to more back- warmth; yet the fet or. If I succeed- ura]?u seemed life ter ofT with him ?tant this appeared ^e? There was he dtd It himself . h< to come to hand chilli against the alal , whoever he make the affair seen lite or Indian? ^nd a negro! I ha while I wae race, but had alwa; iim HrM w!?a ? . for some hitch. ttngBre; then the wo&d roughly fac I retained Home for what ht bp ? wae not iat- d,H> a m,,rH -tr, eaa" *?,r th" 'n- gnr-liold. I pulled Impossible. W^iy, pil8^d wlth my , a cnwhed his o wn oak but tbe wood b. Yet I could not , W|U% and ^ so c i real, or probable. oould bring tJ. bl>a d seen few of the To b.atpr thp do<) irs been told they , , f. ~lhn surface was of bd, but smooth, eave a; handle In. the mid- Beware, yor hevollert to give fln- looks like a ei at thl? 1*) vain; then a lermio drop, ul/oulder against the Thft phila?1<H hwld flrtHL Weak as pihyer Tlncup. nun pled a ponitlon. 1 he Rot canne-rf. r but small strength I Dressmakers r town wan the only j)e no higher t itfrr what noise re- '? ?* do rv* man. The girl wbo ofof iady kid nony b? only | at c Iphia team baa reafaod _ Which is- to say that ' Q0cl i say the waist lino will ; OO 1 his year, tut we'll bet 1 you have to wait o t as you get the he >nce, saving that fu t to stand while yoi the other stove to gc i . . . ?n the fire to at you want el and that i are waiting it hot. Come. iesperate chance, yet must be taken. Fortui iocatsd, his heavy b.-e? mhstakable, and eviden man remained unawa nee. I shifted one I tot (inner purchase, ai "tor him through the land came in contact < then gripped a mass o ? - were or tnicK bkuII a chance wYiirh wttH actually dead, h lately I had him been smashed like i ithing being un- jt was I found tb? ce also that the later, the jagged ec re of my pres- fellow wan dead, s foot forward to waH no heat to his ad then grasped his pulse. Still das darkness. My ery> i ran my ttng? with a shoulder; overhead, hoping t f long hair He there which would ; but ?< '-Ilia man 8Ulte?V, or the? poai ia h?-ad muBt have engages. 1 nou tii eggehoW. Ajirt choke* to deat ft-, iu p gash a- moment [jotter any tlangei Ige of bone. Tl:e drew buck aadi b done dead; there fear Krving Strang heart, do throb t-? ^d again I dtrove ted by the disco*- 8tock Aga'nat the ra along the roof center and attack jo tind something th? wood give ? account for th?? ? me wiu siUlity or capture by Id not lie there and """ tlaac place of borror ????? t <m\m\ hucA a fate. 2 tru*k, the power o/| th la. my arm*. Again V ? ! thw iron-bound riftei i bard oak-. I left the nit the aides, feeling ligjuly. Encouraged ana any sten i investigate, it wor thing to see for yoi I. B. Mac! i t cost you urself. korell gave vent to a sudden ^tnost inhuman in its #4** backward so qt hand closed on air Hi what I had. drugged feeling his lingers aft There was no room fo wise than claw at ea< that first cry neither found bat I closed in < stronger gnu. He wai cry. startled, al- mystery. No tlat s wildness, strug- have Jabbed that w lickly my other it?the sharp point ut I held hard to jn< between 'he Ion: off my balance, had struck that witl ,er my throat, penetrate the brain, r us to do other- I conquered my ch other. After searched hiin, tlndil of us uttered a ?an unly weaponin him. gettinf? a few coins, and som h a man. a white *- ? - - uy i ii 1-5 i reauMDie lurface could ever jzing my blown 01 ound. Ah! I f?'U tain the tightly Ji of a stake protrud- int? driven from s The pour fellow ^ot and stilling 1 sulllcietit force la streamed from tm focating. deadly abhorrence, and n,y head swam w it, tobacco, a knife ray strength ebb -flint and steel, a clutched me. Yei e powder and rifte with clear Intent u my enorts. centrali one spot, until ter* Cirocerit t rumed door was be tbe groove. It waa -VOU huvC the perspiration Qften ^ul s; the smoke wai suf- f 1 gasped and choked, theny wht nth dizziness. ( felt / ing away; despair lea :* trc L I struck?no longer I . but automatically. yOU^rde js is a thing that ? not to buy very you want to get THE ;re y<*u have the >uble in placing rs. Place them QUALITY STC YOUR TR; '~m )RE WANTS VDE % -nan, for he wore a rot ftece wax covered wl straggly, coarse whiel friend I could not be 4nd opportunity to dit fought like beasts, rt and nails. Ho was large man, but wiry a very lack of slao was that narrow space; - uuiiH mere were igh coat, and hiH ^,1 the thought oc th a growth of the smaller weapoi kers. Enemy or belong to him, he i 1 sure, nor did I elsewhere. I crept icover. Wo both the body, searching jsortlng to teeth j found the rifle, ar seemingly not a flint, and load It nd muscular. His j waB atill engai an advantage In blindly feeling pV besides I was no pialoi bullets, driving the heavy icurred to mo that slowly yielding w? i probably did not 0f strength I had had appropriated it | bad struck my about, and across now | had; t belli ; for it in vain, but jt?1 cannot remt id took time to test know the wood i forward Into ligl 4od me this tank, without, my body sit le ">s? dark foi Merciful mothe gun butt against the with US HI md. with every pound left. It seemed an If to phone last blow?C believe y ?ve my body fell with J?6t yoUHf imber clearly?only 1 ... cii/v gave way. and I fell, J -v tit and air. my face! articlel CH still lru the tunnel. I ir! Ho<w I gulped In LancasW* Vl you won't have I When ] nil over town to I Horton. order filled. We | carry. Vi our order or the I ting the v n't be found in I doing you We don't rnind 11 don't. <r#?t fou want somethuy? nice to ej We buy the very beat quality rhen you send your orders here ery beat the marked affords. I ir trading here, wHk not give u a hflt.tpp err?rip nf crn^la frnm i it, come to Edwards A in every line that we you can depend on getf you are not already is a trial and see if yon 11 4-J f kitn 1.A V *?vAB<m?a dt loin Of very naorement my v His one objeot wtu all loose, bat my f bis hslr foiled this fels hands were free, my throat; but. In tl 'Ism seconds. I couli ether. He was lying right arm undemeat fMDon. I let thn fnl blood. and with eTerytr.ing omnitia round hurt. I aclou* of that dea i to wrench him- when I auddenly d ortonate grip on the puff of powder effort Yot both the paaaage, but the one clutching odor of burning wi hoee Unit breath- (an to breathe th il not locate the oreaaed in intensity on hi* side, with ool filling rapidly h. Fearful of a wares, and setting lnvr ffAtiffa at mw rfiftlifMl at nnr<i v ill Dl IOII OBI , ana always con , , a body beside m . f'^K?d lunK8 re. elected Hraoke not " which still clung to ?b the acrid, pungent | !d my heAd' and ood. Even as I be- '0r y *7,M\W" fumes they in.' denly emerging the narrow tun ^ftr th?BB hour8 with the smoke of ??ok? mo to coughing. 1 ?Ut tbrou"b th? ihoi ti.H h^nnono/i r" strengt inn unw now m? | Jolced It iiMmed as a little t get efiougbi I could jecu, although I lift-! or work, 1 sought to gase about, i 0 blinded by bo aud- our DU81 Into the bright light when we 1 of darkness. Cloude Give UB 1 orer me, and poured grocery 1 open door of the eel- -jj _jye h and purpose came t , < < hing like trouble elsewhere for that is part of to using 1 ness, time flies aomethinj have work to do. can cat ai a chance at your thing tha >usiness and we you quality, price Koods fro J? i.1 TT. ? O ?- ??vr??? I i. There is one thing sure, wt the very best goods nor one can j that is inferior. Mien you I nd enjoy it that article is cheaj: t you cannot eat, your money m the very best and most up-i .fi.. J m.A r* * no buoxi jruu are genng ien you get accustomed ever change you ol? cn >uy something that you >. When you buy someis wasted. We buy our o-date wholesale houses throat with loo# while I struggled flen hidden hand. If It knew I could handle poesAMsed the streng me, to cruah him int tn the rise of rar wery muscle I coulr I succeeded In forcti his face. Bat he wa ape-like fingers. Mademoiselle's wo eely to expose the lng back to mindproved empty I the cabin, and th > the man; that I the emoke was bel Lh to draw him to this underground 0 subjection with- were no outlet, n arms. Straining could escape agali 1 bring Into play, must die there li ng him over onto choked and suffo s a cat, wiry, full there forever bes! rd of warning com b"ck 1 ?" ' tbey won, burning "ur^undU?" trough some orifice f ' ??U? 1 Ing swept down into 1WK*>rdant c, paMHage. If there T" , Th o way by which it i!erta? 1 n to the open air, I re, aUU ?n th? _ .. . ... . . be close enough n that black hole, * ? .. , , w? M lhat column of cated. I might lie . tV ,, . .v, ... from the cellar < Ide this hideous ne- .. .. , od bog&n to porcotre ftntl oeuvi L A glimpno of blue Yours >g far away, a medley , rlee came thread like ???===== ?a? Mired to restore senaes. The Indiana m m | a island; some might; ftl L i at hand to obeerTe AYAgAViC emoke pouring forth loor, and wonder how A1_ , I ery. | in me ui for Business, guarantee ? funded, will get it LorelFs Grocery ^ iiuju Diaiea. ii?verytning you id to give you entire satisfad When you get in a hurry for soi t to you at once. DWARDS & F buy from us is strictly Dion or your money remething, 'phone us. We Yours truly, lORTON v. ?f tricks. In some c 41s arm out of my fail <- M., V . I rffr, I II I I nanner he twirled gro; He there unt rlD. There wu a and we also bera fWBhtpPT' -,-r? 11 our bones rotted iVonirt <i o bat r me earth The hc?. > fiid ?-- - ~ mi mcir wm nomink i fmiln hld<l?u; to ven' ? ' l~!,rt?r -,-t ? ~ I , Qj _J WE SELL SHINGLES AN D BRICK