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YOUNG
MISTLEY
By
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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. 'E's 'ad 'arf."
S. A. L. ? "That doesn't matter.
Give it ba^k "
Urchin ? "Well. I'll give 'im anuder
quarter."
S. A. L. ? -"No. If it's his. give
hlrn the lot. To smaller boy). ? What
Is It he's got. sonny?"
Small T5o.v ? "l*oo'. iloo! My cigar
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