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Sl.COPer Year A Talm. of ihm. A. nzlo- Indian Smart Srnroicm YOUNG MISTLEY By Hmnry Smton Mmrimaru CHAPTER XXVI IL IT Continued. Suddenly a sense of chillinem as sailed him. Mechanically he touched the proetrate man's brow. "Good God. He is dead!" Then he rose painfully to his feet The silence of that great waste of desert was almost unbearable. Five men out of six would hate cone mad In those first moments of realisation. Wlnyard Mlstley pressed his forehead with Ills hands, now cold and damp. His stern eyes slowly scanned the horizon ? It was almost dark. In the sky, away to the w** a shade of pearly yellow. This was the soft promise of the moon yet below the horizon. Mechanically the solitary man turned toward it. Presently on the hard black line of the horizon there appeared a fanlike glow of shimmering yellow, narrowing Into silver rays; then a tiny spark of light ever broadening. With a flood of glory the great, glob* slowly mounted, till Its lower edge parted with the line of distant desert. ? The scene was too majestic, too awful, and too lovely for words. Suddenly his gaze remained rivet ed on one spot to the west of him. "What Is that?" he mumbled, stu pidly. "What is that?" Slowly, like a stricken tree, he collapsed, falling forward on his face, with his arms stretched across the dead body of Paul Maritch. For an hour he lay thus. At last he recovered consciousness and awoke, as he had ever done from sleep, with every sense on the alert. First he stood up and gazed Used ly to the west, along the white irack ] of moonlight which eztended to the very edge of the horizon; then he balanced himself on the dead body of the horse, and so Increased his spread of vision. Across the broad line of light cast by the moon on the ?and was a tiny silver streak. "Yes, that Is the river!" said Mist ley. "My luck has not forsaken me, and his bad fortune has followed him to the very end!" Mechanically Wlnyard Mlstley scooped out a shallow grave, and gently laid therein the remains of his desperate companion before he left the spot. The peaceful moon looked down that night on the grim desert, and saw one of the finest and wholesom est sights to be seen on earth; ay, finer and wholesome than the fairest woman ever seen. That sight was a brave man fighting doggedly, quietly, and wittingly against odds so dispro portionate as to render one skeptical regarding all things providential* . ? CHAPTER XXIX. Fcncing. The following season happened to be a gay one, and among the gayest was Lena Wright. She went out with her father and mother; she went out with her mother's sister, Lady A1I ron. She went anywhere with any one, and appeared to be suffering from an Insatiable thirst for change and novelty. No number of dance* tired her, no partner wearied her by dancing through from beginning to end. 1 Some weeks had elapsed since Lau rence Lowe's dinner party, and Char- . lie had not wasted his time. lie had j reassumed his old position in the | Seymour street household. The clr- 1 cle of visitors there had somewhat ' changed in his absence, as he soon discovered. This was the natural re sult of the colonel's presence. Like all specialists, the old traveler was much sought after by his kind. Eastern authorities of every age and nationality sought him out, and with these rugged and sunburned wander ers the colonel loved to travel again over far off deserts, comparing notes, asking and receiving hints. Gradual ly his house came to be recognised as the headquarters of the party des ignated "alarmists." Among these experts It soon became a semi-official secret that Wlnyard Mlstley was "out there," and a few were taken into further confidence and allowed to share the colonel's anxiety at his long absence. As Wlnyard's broth er, Charlie found himself of more Importance among these ancient lum inaries of Eastern diplomacy. Thus he occupied a doublo post in the household. Firstly, as the colonel's friend; secondly, as Lena's attendant knight wheresoever she might be pleased to go. Through it all, like an undercur rent, ran the thread of his own dip lomatic task. From Lena he had learned nothing, but one important step had been made in the right di rection. He had renewed his ac quaintance with the Baroness de HantlUe. She had even been Invited fto the Wrights' at his suggestion, fepon 'which occasion he had with tmperttartoble calmness devoted him ?elf to entertaining her, until he dis covered that Lena was beginning to aotloe It. Lsurance Lowe had been present on this occasion, as on othsra jrhen the baroness sad Charlie were i&rovn together, and very little that passed was lost by him. There were many drawing rooms In London to which Mrs. Mlstley and her sons had the entree, and where they oonld be sure of a welcome; and now Charlie suddenly began to take advantage of this privilege. Wherever Lena went, he was sore to appear daring the evening. At dull, geographical and learned soirees he usually put in an appearance ? very late, but by no means disturbed, for it had come to be an understood thing that Lena sliouM accord a smil ing conge to any bumptious and self Mttiafled young" explorer who migU be by her side when the young sailor appeared. At balls, Charlie Mlstley, who was nothing, if not methodical, danced three timee with Lena, and took Mrs. Wright down tc cupper. Then he rescued his mother, and went strslght home to Bedford place be hind a very small cigar, which form of tobacco appears so much affected by big men, as large pipes are by their smaller brethren. Of course people talked about his devotion to Lena, adding to It or de tracting from it according to the re quirements of their purpose, as is the kindly custom of all. The colonel saw It, and shrugged his shoulders. Mrs. Wright saw it, and understood It not; but she watched more closely, and, strange to say, the pleasant friendship existing between her and the young sailor grew In warmth of mutual trust Laurance Lowe saw it, and grew uneasy. i It would appear, however, that Lena and her large friend knew very well what they were about. At that time she needed some one, and the sailor seemed to slip naturally into the vacant place. They never over stepped the boundaries of friendship. CHAPTER XXX. Blackmail. Laurance Lowe and Charlie Mist ley were not cursed with the conspir ator's vice of too much talk and too little action. From the evening when they had first laid their heads to gether until some weeks afterward, no word passed between them rela tive to Lena or Monsieur Jacobl. The subject was by mutual under standing allowed to drop, though it was ever to the fore in elther's mind. However, one evening when they were walking homo together from what was modestly called a musical soiree, Charlie unearthed the sub ject. The evening had been a dull one. Lowe and his young compan I ion had undoubtedly been sorely out of their element, and both knew that their presence at the entertainment was due to the fact that the Wrights had been there. Lena had sung once ? beautifully and simply, as was her wont. And the Baroness de Nan tille had obliged the assembled multi tude three times. Her splendid voice had been greatly assisted by the artistic violin obllgato of Mon sieur Jacobl. "I did not get much further on to-night/' said the young 'sailor, as he stopped beneath a lamp post to light his cigar. Lowe, with his hand' pushed deep into the pockets of his loose top coat, and an ancient opera hat tilted rath er forward over his eyes, stopped also, and watched the delicate oper ation. "Couldn't bo expected," he said, rather indistinctly, by reason of the cigarette between his Hps. "With Jacobl there, you mean?" "Um-m." ] "Did you notice that he took no notice of any of our party?" "Overdid It." "How?" "We came In late," said Lowe. "II was unnatural not to look up." They walked on, smoking pensive ly, rfftd on the deserted pavement their steps rang out like the tread of one foot. "I have followed up your hint," said Charlie; "and I think you are right; Jacobl Is mlxe<l up in it some where." "Slippery customer," muttered Lowe. "I have brought all my Irresistible powers of fascination to bear upon the baroness, but somehow I do not get on very rapidly. I cannot under stand her ? she is extremely change able. At times she In mont gracious, and then suddenly roe seems to be come distrustful. Howevor, In one of her gracious moods she may make a mistake some day, and then " Lowe took the cigarette from hit lips, and after a pauso he said: "There is one way of working It." "Yes?" "Make love to her." "That is not much In my Ifne of country," said the sailor, with rather an awkward laugh. Labrance LoVe's cold-blooded sug gestion bore rapid fruit. The follow. Ing afternoon Charles Mlstley called at the house where the Baroness de I^ntlUe had for the time taken rooms. This was In an unfrequented from Porv ?! *??** aau*r yy ty.coriMr >?to DUi street. ... ^ pwtftii flgvt of ? J! vj??0"1** tfIr*ctloa. Thla caused him to slacken his pace so as ^LS?Z Ttoltotat "?? to set ^s:Tr*rb*">r*h'rM?u'? The Batobmi mi >? vnin 2"?- ju^or ??77i. ^"SS ISST \??. Uy wu ?"?iuested to 52.1^"' ^ h# tho neir^h-'00.?; "h6 aro-# ,ro? ? Mat ^ to *ra#t hlm. bat ^ J i adva*<* * "Up. *n ??'?renoa to her foreign cu? w.?k 20011' Baglishman bowed i11" hand* H* ?o* **** th? Baroness was per. *lf-Po?MMed. although ver j pale. Then he broke the momentary ?llenee without displaying the least VlLem^ir^ent W *?"?*? 4 u Mt h,Mi "No." 4?m* t" U "" ^ " " ?">?. >?? "5?S!. 40 m* to-morrow." Ah! I have deranged you for m12 Wr^f- ?* U,55?rT'?5TJ BiiJ mi* Wrifht here. I wished to teU her that I hare received seats for a theatre to-night" He made a movement as If h? I thm h* ?pp~"a ?? ?*??? J ^*T? ?ww had an opportunity I madame." he Bald, "of expressing my' sympathy, since I had the pleasure of meeting you last year, you hare ih ? mlB,ortun?. I believe." hriQ . Bar?ness bowed her beautiful nortu ^med her seat with a tionin K*m?.0thne88 of actlon. mo same tlme^ r *t th? J . ,MT k,Dd-" "he ?'* 1" low voice, expressive of greater emotion than the oocaslon would seem to demand. "I have passed throUfh certain misfortunes?too !? * J? nsrrate even to such a pa tient listener as yourself." tnHnnV10 ha*not acc?Pted her lnvi i* t ? 1? 8eat bimself. Instead of so oing he advanced toward the wln anc* "as leaning against the I woodwork, looking down at her. w ,W.M, not awar?." be said, "until tun! ? Ly at you had the misfor tune to be a Russian subject Any to6m? nationality is interesting Mv te?h y?U are P?rhaP? aware. My father was connected with Russia . ?a?y y?ars. and now my brother J has followed in his footstepe." j Lower and fewer fee fair head aa whtah ?T6r tha matlonIess hands, which lay upon her simple dress with a peculier stillness, hut the Baroness made no reply. M I "But I do not wish to awaken ?ei? agreeable memories, madame; all I desire Is to express my sympathy and z "rrw ? ~?c"o vf ea#t an Englishman can do In his own country, which ia ??i e"0"' ???"??! for lu .ym! I PaJhy toward strangers." Ml?? ?ot 0411 ac 'madame/ " ?h? I .u fm not madame. I took my mother's title for the sake of con venlence, in London." M,8t,?y looked down at her without betraying the least sign of surprlw; bllt he ch??Ied color **** mv ^hat,?hl7 makes yow claim upon my services the stronger," he said after a pause. a' ifi?Tihe BaroneM bowed her head si lently, and said: ? Monsieur, I have no claim unnn your services. On the contrary you shn m9 1Mi1 Engll,hman to whom I sssw " cue 1 r?qau?d *- ! "I do not understand." "You will do so, however, when I tell you that my real name la Marie Bakovltch." "Marie Bakovltehl" repeated the Englishman, slowly, "Marie Bako Ylteh!" She raised her cold blue eyes to his, watching keenly the effect of the revelation she had Just made. "Then/' she said, "your brother has told youT" "No? Colonel Wright told me." "And now do you understand why I can claim no disinterested servioe from you?" "No," he said, simply. She laughed a little short laugh that would have been harsh had her voice not been wonderfully melodi ous. "You Englishmen are so aggra vatingly chivalrous," she said. "With us it Is different. Women are nearer to the men In Russia." "I do not understand, mademoi selle," said the young sailor, gravely, "why you have told me this." "No?" she raised her eyes to his again. He would have been blind had he not understood what he read there. "It Is a long story," she con tinued, "and ? perhaps an old one. Also it Is not cheerful, for it is the atory of a mistake." "Tell It to me," he said, quietly. "Eighteen months ago. Immediate ly after your brother left England. I had a long and serious illness. Through it I was nursed by ray maid ? a child of sixteen, assisted by my ? friend, Ivan Meyer. When I re covered sufficiently to take an inter est life, I learned from him that he was impatiently awaiting the moment when he could leave me to return to Russia. There had been in my na tive town a reign of terror, and among the first to be arrested was my father ? a noted loyallat, a faith ful Government servant. It is thus, monsieur, that Nihilists are made." (To be continued.) More than one-fifth of the land surface of the globe la under English rule. KING OF PORTUGAL SLAIN OariM ImIIW Mb Prim Shaft to Death WM> guild bi the fcoyal OKiiip aft IMm Vr t Baad of Xn Who Ftrad a. VoDtj From fluMm Lisbon, By QkbforCng Carlos, of Portugal, and the CJpown Prince, Lnii Philippe, were ssssasihated Saturday and the city ia in ? state of uproar. The King's sseond son, the Tnf??it* Manuel, wss slightly wounded, but Queen AmeHe, ?tio strove to save the Crown Prinee's lift) by throwing her* self upon him, was unhurt. A band of men, waiting at the cor ner, suddenly ? sprang toward the -tpen carriage, in which the family were driving to the palace and level ing carbines which they bad conceal ed upon them, fired. The TOng and the Crown Prinee, upon whom the at tack was directed, were each shot thee times and they lived only long enough to be carried to the marine arsenal, nearby, where they expired. The royal family were returning from Villa Yicose, where they had been sojourning end were on their way from the railroad ststion to ths palace. The cold-blooded murder has sent a thrill of horror throughout the coun* try. At the first blush it would seem as though the assassination was the work of anarchists. Nevertheless, the stirring events of the past few weeks has prepared the people for some startling culmination. The dis covery of plot after plot, as well as the discovery of many seeret stories of weapons and ammunition, had de monstrated the existence of a deter mination on the part of a large body of the Portugese to overthrow the present condition snd proclaim a re public. Premier Franeo, the dictator of the Kingdom, hastened to the palace, pro tected by a squadron of cavalrymen, snd there he conferred with the Queen and high officials of State on what immediate action should be tak en. It is understood thst Queen Ame lie will be regent during the minor ity of Prince Manuel, who is aow la his 19th year. The only striking sequence to the trsgsdy was the complete and IsmsU dering silence in which Lisbon is aa wapped. Hoke Smith Not in Race. Atlanta, Ga., Special. ? Governor Hoke Smith issued a formal state ment late Tuesday announcing that lie would not be a candidate for the United States Senate to succeed Senator A. 8. Clay. His statement also declared that lie would run for a second term for Governor in order to finish the work which he pledged in his platform. Another Fire ?? Monroe. Monroe, Special. ? Fire broke out in the livery stable of- Mr. John S. Williams nt 8 o'clock Friday morn* up, supposed to have been stnrtei. )y a match thrown into tho hay. Vbout ten horses and mules that wen n the stable were got out unharmed and nearly all tho damago suffered was the destruction of tho hay and feed, and the burning of the wood work in the brick office next to the table. This office is a back exten ion of the Fitzgerald Building, but ho firemen put tho fiaracs out hpfore my harm was done to main building. Looking For Mining Faaeengers. Rotterdam, By Cable. ? Lifesaver? are icouring the coast of Holland foi a missing boatload of passengers who disappeared when the steamship "Amsterday" was bcached nem Massluis after a collision* with the steamer u AxministeiV" The "Am sterdam's" passegcr list is lost, bul it is believed that sho carried sixty people and the missing boat twenty, several being women and children. No Joint Reunion to Be Held. New Orleans, Special. ? An official statement that there will bo no joint reunion of Confederate and 0. A. R veterans at the next annual Confed erate reunion in June at Birmingham Ala,, was issued here Friday by Ad jutant General William E. Mickle, ol (ho Confederate Veterans. General Mickle said that the proposed joint runion i* impo?*jble under th? er.os of the Con federate Veterans' cr nstitutio.r. Fire Visits West Virginia Town. Bluefleld, W. Va., Special ? Fire de stroyed 13 buildings in the Town of Kimball, in McDowell county, late Wednesday night. The town was without fire protection and but for ? ho assistance rendered by several train crows it would have been wiped out. One of the burned building? was occupied by the Southern Ex press Company and several stores. The loss is estimate dat $50,000. Cousins Found Dead in Bad. Washington, Special.? Langdon H. Brant, 14 years old and Russell S. Brent, 21 years old, cousins were found dead in bed at tbeir home liero Wednesday. They had been asphyxi ated. It is believed they waae eare less in turning off tho gaa when they retired for the night. Ruaaell Brant was from Neleon county, Virginia. THAW WAS INSANE fisatlce Dowtimg DmUm to Mmm Prisoner, Bui Ooomits Him to the Mstfawan Aiytn For tke Orimin . al Tama* New York, Special. ? Adjudged not ruilty of the morder of Stanford White by reason of insanity at the lime the fatal shots were fired, Harry Kendall Thaw Saturday was told by he court to be a dangerous lunatie ind was whirled away to the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane at Vfatteawan. Thaw waa whirled away from the Tombe in his wife's automobile. A special ear was attached to the regu lar 4:39 express over the New York Central. Thaw smoaked and talked with his counsel throughout the journey. Thaw Was Not Prepared. Thaw was not prepared for the climax of his case, and he was com manded to stand and face the jurors, "Jurors, look upon the defendant; they in turn were called to their feet, defendant, look upon the jurors," called Clerk Penny, "Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon a ver dict t" "We have," said Foreman G rem mels. "What say youf Is the defendant guilty or not guilty t" "Not guilty, on the ground that he was insane at the time of the com *?i???ion of the act charged in the in dietmMft,'* After thanking the jury, Justice Dowling turned to Thaw and his at torneys and said: "The only testimony in this case upon which a verdict of insanity could be based was to the effect that mauiac-depressive_form of mental de rangement. This testimony and the diagnosis of the form of insanity was based upon prior outbreaks of the de fendant as testified to by witnesses from London, Montreal, Paris and Albany. It also appears from the testimony, and the court was careful to inquire as to this, that recurrences of these attacks are reasonably cer tain. There has been no testimony adduced here to show that a person suffering from this form of insanity ever can be premantly cured. It appears, however, that during the maniacal form of the disease, the per son suffering therefrom is likely to commit dangerous assaults or mur der. There is danger also of suicide. Dangerous to Public. "Therefore upon all the testimony in this ease, the court deems that to allow the defendant to go at large would be dangerous to the public safety. The decision of the court is that the defendant shall not now be discharged, but being in custody, shall be so held, and committed with nli dispatch to the State hospital for the criminal insane at Mattawan. The sheriff of the county is directed to take custody of the defendant ana deliver him to the State authorities at Matteawan." Mrs. Evelyn Thaw and Joshua Thaw were the only members of the prisoner's family in court when the verdiet was announced. The young woman thanked individually each member of the jury and followed Mr Littleton's example in shaking hand^ with them. All of the defendant *e> counsel were elated with the verdict. District Attorney Jerome was almost as well pleased himself. He has eon tended from the first that Thaw was medically, if not legally insane. Mr. Jerome congratulates Mr. Littleton and both counsel and jury joined in congratulating Justice Victor J. Dowling, who presided at the trial with so much satisfaction to both sides. The jurymen expressed their thanks to the judge for his kindly interest in all matters affecting their comfort. So far as lies within his power, Dis trict Attorney Jerome will resist any effort to have Thaw liberated at any time in the near future. Neithervwill he willingly consent to his transfer to n sanitarium. Thaw Rebels. He comanded his attorneys im mediately to sue out a writ of habea? corpus to have his sanity tested be fore he was sent away to the up state institution where the insane of criminal tendencies are confined Mrs. Wiilinm Thaw, from her hotel, where she had received over the tele phone the news of the trial's end, joined in the demand of her son. Martin W. Littleton, chief council for the defense, finally prevailed against the wishes of the mother, indicating to her that he believed it would be better for the present to obey the mandate of the court. Mr. Littleton informed Thaw, it was stated, that "there is such u thicg as public sentiment in New York City." "But I shall not go to Mattes posted many times. "You will have to go," replied Mr. Littleton. Daniel O'Rielv join ed in this decision. Under promise that some action speedily would be taken looking to the appointment of ? commission Is inquire into his present sanity or for his transfer to a private institution where his wife and other members of his family might reside with him. Thaw consented to go without pro tect On his way to Matteawan Thaw dictated the following authorised statement to a representative of The Associated Press: Thaw's Statement. "I am perfectly sane now, bat I em going to Matteawan on the advice of my counsel, who thought it unwise to sue for a writ of habeas corpus at this time. Council will proceed in the matter of my release just as soon as they can get together the proofs they will present that I am at present sane. I am confident that my stay at Matteawan will be for a short period of time only." Woman Witness of Death Follows Suit. Millville, N. J., Special. ? Rolin Niclcleson, a well known oyster ship per, dropped dead Wednesday as ho stepped from a train on his return home from Savannah, where he had been ill from typhoid fever. The body was taken to the home of a brother near t lie railroad station, and when Mildred Nitklcsmt, a r.iece, saw it, she collapsed and died in a short time. "Night Riders" Burning Barns. Adairsville, Ivy., Special. ? "Nighl Riders" burned two lurge barns on the farm of Jesse Burr, one milo west of here Wednesday ni^ht. The barns contained a lot of tobacco be longing to Presley Strickland, a crop per of Burr, who is not a member of the Dark Tobacco (} rowers' Protec tive Association. Another barn on the }>lacft containing a large crop bclong ng to Pincknoy Ward, an association cropper, was not molested. Burr is not a member of the association. There were between 30 and 50 "rid ers" in the party. MISPLACED ALTRUISM. Salvation Army Lass ? "Give It back to the little chap, you great bully!" Urchin ? "I won't. 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