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) The Trey A Novelixcd Version of the Motion Produced b v the \ *71 ? I ' By LOUIS JO I At*Sf WTkt Fmrtmm Hmnkr."~Tt ^wHfc Pfc?Ngn?fc> Qaayitsht* tn?. by i J CHAPTER XXIX. Jailbird. ' The period of reatraint In durance rrile suffered by one Thomas Barcus la oonseQuence of conduct riotous, unseemly, and In general prejudiced to the public peace of tlm New Bedford waterfront at half-p'aet four In the morning, proved In the upshot far more brief than had been fondly hoped, not only by his just Judge, but, alncrtilnrlv pnnnirh hv tho miaHomnon. ant himself. Taking everything gravely into consideration, including a person anything but prepossessing, the judge ] reckoned that, in default of a fine of one hundred dollars, a ten-day layup > for repairs and repentance was not too j much to mete out to the prisoner at the bar. He was sentenced at 10 a. m. and it ! was littlo short of 10 p. m. when his | post-prandial repose was disturbed by the rattle of a key in the lock of the ; door to his cell. Sitting up, Mr. Marcus rubbed his eyes and combed his hair with his fingers. "What did 1 tell you?" he observed resignedly. "It begins again already ? Conducted with every evidence of disesteem on the part of hiB jailers to the office of the warden, he was acquainted with the fact that his fine had been paid by no one less than the judge himself: then present in portly and solicitous person. "If only you had told me you were a friend of Mr. Digby's." the judge hastened to say a? soon as the two were ensconsed in the privacy of the judicial limousine. "1 would have known better how to guide myself in una uuioriunaie nuair. "And if you will bo pood enough to Indicate how else I may serve you . . .?" "Dlgby didn't of! r nny suggestions in his wire, I gnthei" ' "One inoin< nt 1 avo it. h- ve." "Naturally I'd 1; a 1 th and a C af:"'! Oi < d D "i:,K. c : i ; 1 t > .. 'i > c 4 ably in jail In your j ;1 ii<ii.: . riot- . lpg on waterfront tills mori.tn Pay Ida lino and instruct hi t to r port to , nio in Now York at earliest feasible 1 hour. ' .Give him all the money he I wdnts and look to me lor reniunera-1 tion?'" "Eh?" Barrue Interrupted, sttting up smartly; "what's that last again?" Patiently the Judge repeated the sentence from the message. "Thanks. Please don't read farther. You might come to something that would spoil it. It's almost too beautiful as it stands," Barcus observed. "Law owes me Ave thousand or so liquidated damages?but I'll be reasonable. Frisk this burg for a fifth of that sum before train time?and I promise to ask nothing more!" Ills private comment was: "I've suspected that this was a fairy-tale all along. Now I know it is!" And this phase of Incredulity persisted in coloring the complexion of his mind until, the moment, some ! hours later, when the train connecting at Providence with the Midnight Express for New York pulled out of New Bedford bearing a transformed Barcus ^ ?almost Impenetrably disguised In a P___ ? i i wsmamzM The Hydroaeroplane la Forced to Land. bath, a shave and a haircut, an outfit of clothing orglnally tailored for a gentletnan of discriminating taste, but no whit less disguised in the sense of affluence that goes with the possession of one thousand dollars in cash. Not until a sound night's sleep had * : 1 * % ijumiw ?m immmmmamnmmmmmmrnwKn O' Hearts Picture Dnuna of tho Sunt Nam# Univnrul FUm r? rr SEPH VANCE I W BomU' "Ttm BUck I fc? iW Bdt Prsisty? 1 UMdlJoMSkVMM topped oft the beginning of his rect in Jail did H&rcus come down to earth. He demonstrated his return to comx&on sense by making a round breakfast in Grand Central station before looking up the residence of Digby in the telephone directory. The information he gathered from the voice that answered the name of Mr. Digby over the telephone shook only momentarily Harcus' innate conviction that intimate acquaintance with battle, murder and Budden death was the inevitable reward of association with this friend of his heart. "Aian being married to Hose Trine in Jersey City at this very minute!" be breathed skeptically as he emerged from the booth memorizing the nd dress of the alleged officiating clergy ..leu, i mm l ocneve 11; 11a io.? suu | den." Forthwith ho engaged a taxicab to convey him to Jersey City, at top speed, for an exorbitant reward. And when, from the forward deck of a ferryboat, lie beheld a dense volume of smoke advertising a conflagration on the Jersey shore, not far from the waterfront, he shook a moodily ea- j gacious head. "If Alan isn't mixed up in that. ' somehow," he declared, "he's missing a bet for once?and I'm a sorry failure 1 as a prophet of woe and disaster!" Thefo was as much Intuitive apprehension as humor responsible for this remark; witness the fact that, on land- 1 nig, he risked the delay required to 1 turn aelde and have a look at .the Are. 1 It proved to be situated in the heart of a squalid slum?a wretched tenement of the poorest class, whose roof 1 had already fallen in and whose walls were momentarily threatening to go ' by tho time Marcus arrived on tho scene. At a considerable distance from him a small disturbance had broken out? a clamor of protesting voices lifting about the rumor of t! mob?as a mber of me.i cm< hanion d r ughs a \ ! \ ; ir : ! t 1 t I I flllali .1 ii.ipp J i i.i . Marcus. At the same time, at the point w here 1 the V had paused, a wild uproar lifted up and, coincidentally, a wilder confusion became noticeable. A cry was ? audible?"FireL g! Lynch him! Lynch him! f.vni'h Mm flr.ihnirl"- .....1 .? 1 - ?J ? VWUJj . u,,u Wi thiH the mob turned as one man and streamed away in pursuit of an invisible quarry, who chose to attempt his escape by a route directly opposite to that which would have led him within view of Mr. Barcus. Startled, and of a sudden persuaded that there might have been more in his "hunch" than was sanely to be credited, Barcus started up and was on the point of stepping out of his cab, if with a rather aimless purpose, when he was stayed by eight of that evil white face returning the way it had come?still in the hollow of the flying V, which now made faster prog ress, thanks to the disorganization of the mob by the chase of the alleged in cendiary. And now, Barcus saw, the man ot the white face was not alone. There was someone with him?someone whose head was bent and face concealed, but who seemed to be feminine. And so, Barcus argued, why might it not be Rose Trine, suffering newpersecution at the hands of her unnatural father's creatures? He was too far away to make sure and attempt any interference; but he pointed White Face out to his chauffeur as the V reached a touring car on the edge of the mob and the woman was lifted In (unresisting and appar- ' ently in a dead faint), and when the touring car swung round and picked up its heels, the taxlcab of Mr. Barcus trailed it as unostentatiously as If it was a pertinacious shadow. Ten minutes later, from the rear deck of a ferryboat in midstream?a boat bearing back to New York not only the touring car of White Face, i but the cab of Mr. Barcus?the latter h gentleman formed one of a small hut c interested audience witnessing an in- t cident of uncommon character. tl He saw a young man, hatless, coat- t< less, almost shirtless, tear down to * the edge of one of the Jersey wharves. his heels snapped at by a ravening d rabble, jump aboard a square-rigged vessel which lay moored there, and execute a maneuver ->pt despair by climbing up the rigging in a hopeless cj attempt to escape his persecutors. P They were too many for him, and w hat h was worse they wero headed by a squad of police apparently as grimly c1 bent on compassing the destruction oi A their quarry as was the mob. < tl THE LANCASTER NEWS And they Bwariped up the rigging ifter htm without a moment's,hesitation. Hotly pressed, the fugitive climbed higher and still higher, until at length he gained the topmost yard; with three policemen not half a dozen feet below him and popping away for dear Itfn if hnnntlv with tho nntnrlnimlv poor marksmanship of policeman genarally. None the less, there was no telling *hen some accident might wing a bullet Into the young man; and It was wldent that he so decided. For, Inching out to the end of the rard, he waved his hand toward his persecutors with a gesture of lightlearted derision that unmistakably dentifled him as Alan Law to Mr. Bar:us, and forthwith dropped to the water, feet foremost. Alan later took the water neatly, :ame up uninjured and clearheaded, ind without an instant's hesitation struck away toward the middle of the Hudson. As this happened the police ran to the stern of tho square-rigger, unmoored a dory that was riding ti re, utd threw themselves into it. During the (to Harcus, at least) breathless suspense of that chase, tho ferryboat drew stolidly farther and *till farther away from the scene. Barjus could not tell whether, as it seemed, the pollce-iuden dory was real ! overhauling Alan, or - ln-th< r the illu ion of perspective deceived him. At all events, it seemed a frightfully r.our thins? when the interruption he loll which alone could have saved Alan. Out of the very sky dropped a hydroaeroplane, cutting the water with a long, graceful curve that brought it. almost at a standstill, directly to the head of the swimmer, and at the same time forced the police boat to sheer widely off in order to escape collision. Immediately the swimmer caught the pontoon of the hydroaeroplane, pulled himself up out of the water, and clambered to the seat beside the aviator. Before he was fairly seated the plane was swinging back into its fastest pace. With the ease of a wild goose It left the water, mounted the long grade of an illr lane, described a wide circle above the bluffs of Weehawken, and swept away southward. In that quarter it was presently lost 'o the m;;' I of Mr. Ttarou:-, t ngulfi d in II I t folds o! Into that wro or "pin : cl -rk with the rut "r t m ty umcdout . t ki 'vu to " m rn Mr. \rthur Lawrence end to th man. <: n ut ? ' the hotel Mr. Alan Law inwgnilo. Kvcntually persuaded, the clerk ridded up the key to Mr. Lawrence's mite of rooms, together with two lotes superscribed with the same nom le guerre. Alan's impatience was so great that te could hardly wait to examine these iommunications until he was quit of he public eye. The first proved to be a characterstic communication: "Dear Ulysses?Thanks for the Jail lelivery. 1 got in this morning Just In ime to motor over to Jersey In hopes >f seeing your finish as a bachelor; nstead, I was favored by being made in involuntary witness to your specacular ascent, following your almost qually spectacular high-dive. "But to business: my time is United: In half an hour more T nm tn loiible in black-face for the purposes >f the author of this melodramatic arce which you, no doubt, call the ilstory of your grande passion. "1 mean to say?well, several things, o-wit: When I saw you snatched out >f the North river I was engaged in railing a pale-faced villain in a motorcar concerning whom you probably mow far more than I; he on his part vas busy being a bold, bad kidnaper; lose was in his power, as we say in uch cases. His intentions, however. ! vere nothing more blameworthy than o return her to the arms of her doting ?arent. I know, because I sleuthed ,fter 'em, even to the house of Seneca Trine. Later I sleuthed some more, 1 ollowlng a furtive young man from : he house of Trine to the office of the ;eneral manager of the New York Cen- ' ral, where he made arrangements for 1 , special to convey the said Trine and etlnue to Chicago and points West, t leaves at three this afternoon. I fas unable to ascertain whether or lot Rose is to participate in this eglra, but I know I shall. On the offhance of being useful, 1 have bribed i he train crew to let me impersonate he porter. So, should you be moved 3 follow and succeed In catching up rith us. and observe anybody who >oks rather off-color In the nsrtv? i on't shoot: the said party will be me. "Yours for the quiet life, "TOM BARCU8." The second note yielded a communiatlon written on notepaper of the aimlest elegance in a woman's hand?a urrSed scrawl: "They are taking me West by spclal train- -! don't know where or why.; i servant has promised to see that j lis reaches you. Bave me I" * DIX KMBKI? 22 15)14. Overmis Alan wrinkled an increduiousmose, Tlve-Jiiirul- was-tbe luiutl df Rose, but the phraseology was not In herenirlt. He examined it more closoly and thought to detect beneath its semblance of haste a deliberate and carefully guided pen. He picked up the envelope to compare the handwriting of the address with that of the enclosure?and shook out a trey of hearts. This laBt was covered, as to Kb face, with a plainly-written message. "With the compliments of Seneca Trine to Alan Law. We are due in Chicago at eleven tomorrow morning and leave immediately for the Pacific coast via Santa Fe route." Comparison between this and the message purporting to be from Rose distilled the conviction that the same hand was responsible for both. Alan shrugged. So he was to be lured away from New York and Rose : by this transparent trick, was he? No i fear! He glanced at his watch, finding the hour far too early to attempt what he ! had in mind. With plenty of time on his hands, he gave the matter serious consideration and concluded to take no chances: it was just possible that Trine had i taken Rose with him on his western trip, after all. In such case the only possible way of overtaking the special i would be by air line. Promptly Alan called up the avia| tion Holds at Hempstead Plains and got into communication with a gentleman answering to tho surname of Coast: the same birdman who had come to Alan's rescuo with his hydroaeroplane. Their arrangements were quickly consummated, Coast agreeing to wait for Alan with his biplnue in Van CortInndt park from midnight till daybreak, prepared if need be to undertako a transcontinental flight. Thereafter Mr. Law proceeded to rehabilitate himself in decent clothing ' and his own esteem; after bathing, he dined alone in his rooms, from a tray; after dining he slept eoundly for three , hours?and may be thought to have earned at least that much rest through > i having been for four hours a passenger in a hydroaeroplane lost in fogs [ ( that wrapped Long Island and all the adjacent territory in an impenetrable shroud. Nor had this been all. Leaving aside ! all that had led up to Alan's rescue by Coast: the forced landing of the hydroaeroplane for lack of fuel had taken i < on tl e south shore cf the (I; at i' irh b. > ti ire-1 of h urs had 11dows and b.o tmnt. In tlu m-iaricus bii; inesa uuthin-, i hinder* <1 and none opposed him. Hut for a single lighted window in the upper tier (but not, he noted, the window to Hose's bedchamber) and one or two lights which he found burning dim in ; the kitchen offices and other servants' quarters on the lower tloor he would | ( i have thought the house empty. The > | silence of an abandoned place ini formed it all?below the upper story. . I Hut he was not to be satisfied with ' such negative evidence: be explored the dwelling minutely, room by room, story by story, passing with little ini terest through apartments by every sign dedicated to the tendency of his , mortal enemy, intent on one object j j only?to find Rose Trine, that one i woman whom he loved, or else make i sure she was not there. I He negotiated that last flight of steps which led to the topmost floor with extraordinary stealth, advised thereto by a sound, or rather a ser'es of sustained sounds, which had there- I tofore been inaudible to him. Possibly they had not till then existed; possibly the man servant whom he found snon lng In a chair outside ? closed door had not fallen asleep and begun to snore until the moment when Alan set foot upon the lower step of that final ascent. Turning the head of the stairs, Alan paused for a little, speculatively intent on this man who must somehow be disposed of before he might solve the eecret of that shut and guarded door. Aside from actual violence no solution offered to the puzzle?and violence was abruptly forced upon hiin. nu buuiiu wurneu mm ot tne door l that opened at his back as he stood watching the sleeping guard. A pierc- j ing shriek was the first intimation he received that his presence had been | discovered. It served as well to move , him instantly into action: a single j glance overshoulder showed him the figure of a maid-servant in cap and gown, her mouth still wide and full of sound?and Alan fell upon the guard like a thunderbolt. The man had barely time to jump up and recognize ; the alarm: then a fist caught him on j the point of his jaw, and he returned j promptly to deep unconsciousness. No time how for qualms of com*1 punctlon on account of the savage nithlessness of that blow: no time. wu iu Dcaitu nit} itjnuw ior a Key toil the closed door: already the matd waa I taking the stairs in full flight and cry, l| four steps and a howl like a warlock's I to every jump. [I Backing off, Alan took a short run, * clo .red the prostrate body of the guurd with a leap, und flung himself full ... force against the door, his shoulder | striking a point nearest the lock. With u splintering crash it uroke inward. Without dignity or decorum he sprawled on all fours into the presence of Judith Trine. "Poor Mr. Law!" she cried, with a ^ mocking nod, "always disappointed! 1 I'm so sorry?truly I am!" S "Oh, spare me your sarcu*m," he begged resentfully. "It's ridiculous C enough, this whole mad business?" S "But I am not sarcastic," she insist- P ed with such sincerity that he opened u his eyes in wonder. "Believe me, I B am sorry for once it 1b I and not Rose n whom you find locked up here! For, d you eee. I am locked up, by way of ai punishment?thanks to my having had c< pity on you once too often?while my 01 father decamps mysteriously for parts unknown?" "You don't know where he's gone, then?" "Do you?" she asked sharply. ^ "In a general way. By special train to the West?" "V "Taking Rose?" "So I'm told." The woman choked upon her anger, '1 but quickly mastered it. "lie shall pay for this!" she assever-' atod. "Your father? I wish him nothing! more nor less than your enmity," -Man j 0 assured her civilly. "lint since it jt :< ems that ho has gone, and Rose with I him. if you'll forgive me, 1 think I'll 11 be going?" ; "Alone?" [' That one word, uttered with all the ,( significance that this woman knew so well how to infuse into her tone. checked him suspiciously on the > threshold. ot "Why?yes." a1 "You wouldn't care for a companion titi voyage?" she suggested. "Oh?really!" he protested. n She held up an arresting hand. "Lis- f, ten!" she begged. ni From the street below came the un- s{ mistakable rattle of a policeman's lo- et cust on the sidewalk. di "That damned maid;" Alan divined thoughtfully. ^ "The same," Judith agreed with j ominous calm. "Has It struck you that ^ you may have some trouble getting away without my permission?" 'I'm not so stupid as tint to have thought of that," lie countered. "Then In- advised?and take n: with you." "In what cann it v. pi ? i r r [ ?t!OV <;f >0U." "(;i.< . i one niiraite to find my > . ,.f iial Imt." In loss than ttiai time she was at his* 1 side in the hallway. The police entered by the front door is the two crept out of tho area win- T low. 1 (Te be Continuod.) 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C. in said District, respectrully reresents that on the 9 day of Janury last past he was duly adjudged nnkrupt under the acts of Congress dating to Bankruptcy; that he has uly surrendered all his property nd rights of property, and has fully jmplied with all the requirements f said acts and of the orders of the ourt touching his Bankruptcy. Wherefore, he prays the he may e declared by the Court to have a ill discharge from all debts provable gainst his estate under the said ankrupt Acts, except such debts as re excepted by law from such dislarge. Dated this 19 dav of November. A. . 1014. A II. RORRTNS Rankrupt. Oi'iloi' of N'otico Thorcon District of P. C ss: On this 25 day of Nov. A. TV 10 14. i) rending tin1 foregoing petition. Is? Ordered by tho Court. Hint a earing bo bad upon tin1 same on tlio 1st ?lny of December A. D. 1011. born1 said Court at Charleston S. 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