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^keStaek 9 ojfy AUTHOR OF "BEYOND THE FRO "MY IADY OF T MOVEU2I0 fHOM THE EMOTOn ?Y Qta*Cl I. SEJT2 1COFYMOHT, i?i?t I SYNOPSIS. Adventurous Jerry Carson embark* In search of hidden treasure with tli?; promise of Deontlne Walcott to be lite wife on his return. Her father favor* Sebastian Navarre. Jerry's ship is burned, be Is reported lost. Sebastian presses bis attentions. Jerry suddenly turns up to confront charges of the Navarres against him. In a struggle for u forged paper Diego Navarre is killed and Jerry is convicted of the murder. He escapes, and finds the treasure and a wonderful chemical pellet, l^eontine Is forced to marry Sebastian. On the honeymoon, ha attacks her in a rage. Suddenly he is OonfrnnlAil liv ? n-Airil nnniirllinn Ruv. engar forces a confession from Route. Sebastian attempts to get it. An earthquake occurs; in the excitement. Red Finn steals the confession and flees, lie appears In New York as Romanoff and enlists the aid of Madame Btanca. l^eoutine confronts her husband in tlie gambling house. The Shadow battles tor ber and she escapes with the confession. One-Lamp Rouie follows her and takes tlie paper front her. The Shadow saves Navarre from robbery. Romanoff attempts to kidnap Sebastian and Leon* tine, but "Rnvengar appears to tit wart them. Btanca and her thugs are puzzled by Ravengar's repeated escapes and returns lo his cellar prison. Reontlne consents to accompany Hamilton on a balloon ascension. Sebastian drugs Hamilton and arranges to have Reontine set adrift In the balloon. The balloon bursts into flame uml I.eontine finds that her companion is Ravengar. They are rescued, but One-Ramp Ivouie reports that they perished in a hurricane. Sebastian arranges to marry Bian a. Rouie prevents it to save himself and is thrown to death by Sebastian who changes his marriage plans, lie sj-es I.eontine alive and well. NINTH EPISODE The Incorrigible Captive. In the attic of Sebastian's house I,oentine kneeled beside an open trunk, u package of letters by her side. They were Jerry's letters, written 4^ I tbQ r.M rln t*n i\? tin in tin* uiti u?i(> ,> ecu o urivu c, when they were lovers and their lives seemed destined to run smoothly toI S K L^yV I ft < memories or i-ar-cfi Days Revived in her. gether, when they expected to tread the path of life, hand In hand, until its close. Then again she began thinking of Ruvengur, the mysterious man who seemed to come so opportunely into her life. In many ways he reminded her of Jerry. She knew that if it had not been for the memory of her dead lover, she could have cared for Ravengur. But when site turned to Jerry's letters Uavengar faded into a phantom. No, it was Jerry who possessed her heart, and soul, and memory, and must until life ended. But she thought tenderly of the other, too. lie had saved her life when the lighthouse was struck, and that established a bond between them. If she could keep that bond one of friendship only! And she begun living over again those awful hours In Pilot Light, and the scene rose up vividly before her again. The hush which had shaken the structure from its base and burled the lighthouse keeper and his wife deep in the ruins had passed them hy owing to uu extraordinary chanee. While Leontine and ltavengur were seated in their room the lumps began to go out. Ituvengar went down into the cellar to get more oil. lteuehing up for a can, he had inadvertently knocked down another can, and this brought down a third and n fourth. They fell into his arms, and he was caught like a man In the story with an artuful of eggs, lie conld >. . neitlier replace them nor set them / ?* down. Laughingly, he shouted up to Leontine to come and assist him. She heard him, and went down to his aid, took the cans from him and placed them upon the shelf. As they turned to go up the stairs the lighthouse wua struck. As they crouched under the shock, Utiveugar shielding Leontine with his firms, a huge piece of masonry came down, blocking the exit. The whole ^lighthouse was going to pieces. Then ImgSWow flfarristv ffl NTIER"MAID OP THE FOREST," HE NORTH," ETC AY SUUAl or THE SAME NAME , RELEASED RY fATWi miHMUMIMtl followed a final rending, and they wore thrown to their knees and pinned under the wooden shoring. Hours must have passed in the complete darkness. Leontlne was half stunued by the fall of the props; she recovered consciousness under the ministrations of Kavengar, to realize that death by starvation was imminent. He had groped his way about the cellar again and again, seeking in vain for the smallest chance of egress. At last he seemed to abandon hope. He kneeled beside Leontlne and they waited together for what seemed the inevitable end. I'ernnps it was twelve nours laier when the rumbling was renewed. The structure was settling down again. Stones began falling about them ; and suddenly there came a gleam of duyl'ght, striking with blinding force upon their unaccustomed eyes. They Started up, to see a narrow chink in tlie roof, and, through that, immeasurably fur away, tlie wliite wisp of a cloud floating against the 1)1 tte. In an instant Ravengar had motioned Leontine away, and was scrambling iii) the debris and pulling at the stones. At first he could accomplish nothing; after a long while, however, he succeeded in dislodging a small stone which held back another. The mass fell crashing into the cellar. Leontine, seized by ltnvengar's arms and thrust upward., caught at the opening. lie pushed her through, and she found herself under the blue sky, beneath her the rocks, and the sea round about her. A minute later ituv! engar joined her. Their return to the mainland In one of the boats that came to investigate ino mrnsier was mitroumeu i?y lvr| ilier dangers. Leontine had gone home: and that was how Sebastian ' happened to see tier when he returned | from the .ghastly episode at Bianca's ! house. She rose from her knees with a sigh ! and put away the letters. Jerry was dead, and she must not brood over the | past. As she rose she was startled to hear J Sebastian's tread upon the stairs. She waited for him, but she could hardly , bear to meet him. lie came into the attic and stood i looking at her curiously. It was nearly half a minute before he spoke. "Leontine," he said, "you have not told me how you and the handsome Kavengar escaped from the burning 1 balloon and the lighthouse accident." "Why do you wish to know?" she asked, shrugging her shoulders. "Is It not enough for you that your dusj tardy scheme failed, and must be tried 1 again?" "What do you mean by that?" he ! asked. ^ "I mean," replied Leontine, *tlmt I I am not unaware of your attempts upon J my life. The balloon that landed us ! at Pilot Light was set on tire by you." i "If you think that," he answered, "why don't you accept my proposition . and secure a divorce from me?" "When you have confessed to the forgery that sent Jerry Carson to prisj on and to his death," she answered. Sebastian shrugged Ills shoulders, i sneered and moved toward the door, i He passed out. and Leontine heard something click as the door closed. She was trapped. She sank down | helplessly into a chair and stared wild! ly about her. Suddenly she started and gasped convulsively. Across the half-darkened room, seated in a chair, she saw the ghost of .Jerry. It rose and smiled sadly at her. It might have been an optical illu-J si<?n, but never had Jerry seemed sQ.j real to the girl. A little older, stern-j er, yet he was the same as. of yore; j and Leontlne, overcome, tottered^ to? ; ward him, weeping. Ihit as she drew nearer the specte? held out its hands. "Gome no nearer," It said, "but hay* : no fear. No harm shall come to you. | Trust in the love of my memory." Leontlne hesitated only a minute, unable to obey, she ran toward him. i As she drew near, the specter vanI ished. She saw only the empty chair. With a wild cry Leontlne fell ; swooning to. the ground. ******* la her house, at that moment, Rlani cm was receiving a telephone message from Sebastian. She heard it with amusement, then with embarrassment. "All right, I'll do it for you. Sebaatlan," she said, and hung up the receiver. She pressed a bell, and two of her followers catne in. "Go to this address tonight," she said, telling them the number, "and bring back the girl you'll find there In your auto. Fay no attention to anything she says. She's dippy." i ******* Leontlr.e had fallen asleep In her chair in the attic, hopeless of escape. 1 and yet encouraged by the vision, which she did not doubt was that ot ! Jerry himself, come back from the 1 grave to solace her. She awakened - - ^ with a start, to hear the bolt of thf door withdrawn. ] Ti'*^ masked men were coming tnt< i tlin room. " * *7 beckoned to her, without ] I speaking. Leontlne hesitated for i I moment. Then she went bravely for* ward. She felt that she was safer It ' the hands of the three than in those 01 Sebastian. One man preceded her, the others ranged themselves on either side of ^ her us they went down the wide stairway. As they passed along the is?s- * sage outside Sebustian's room, the door opened, and Leontlne saw him standing there, watching her, a look of sat- 1 isfactlou upon his face. And suddeuly she saw the figure of 1 her dead lover again. He was standing at the top of the stairs, gaxing dl- ' rectly at her. At the same instant her i captors and Sebastian saw the ghdst, 1 also, and tliey staggered back, leaving Leontlne for the moment alone. Jerry .Carson's hand was upraised,' as if to warn the party to proceed no farther. One of Leontlne'8 captors had a re- ? volver in his coat pocket. He placed his hand to the trigger and tired i through the cloth at the ghost. The figure of Jerry staggered and < then fell down the stairs. It tumbled 1 over the balustrade and disappeared. Instantly the three, together with Sebastian, hurried in pursuit. But when they reached the bottom of the stairs tnere was no sign of Jerry. ji Leontlne had not move*! from where she was at the top of the stairs. Tlvey ) returned and led her, not ungent.ly, down into the hall, and into the automobile that waited outside in au alley. A few moments earlier a speeding j auto had been held up by two police- ' men. The discussion waxed warm. The offender was about to be taken to , the station when a figure came running out of Sebastian's house. "Somebody wants help in there!" it cried t*? the policemen. "I heard si shot tired. Hotter go and see!" And he pointed toward the rear entranee. . Propping their captive, the police- ! men leaped into the auto and drove to the rear entrance around the corner j of the block, just: in time to see the auio with the men and Leontine ! emerging. The police yelled to the driver to stop. The auto sped faster. A wild chase followed through the suburban streets and toward the river, along the edge of the high cliff. For a few moments the fugitives seemed to gain; then the police auto leaped forward and began to overhaul them. "Stop or I fire!" yelled one of the policemen, standing up in his seat. A bullet from the fleeing auto answered him. The chauffeur screamed, 1 and his hand dropped from the wheel. ' The policeman fired*in answer, but the! fti i* .in/1 tlm l-ki.11/,*- .? ??/ ...11.1 VI f VVI UIIU tAlU IM111UI Ut'lll \\ I MI Leontine, gazing back in terror, saw the police auto swerve toward the ! edge of the cliff. The chauffeur laid I fallen* to the bottom of the car. One j ' of the policemen tried to catch the j wheel. Hut it was too .late. The car 11 was rushing oh toward the precipice. It toppled over, the front wheels churn- r ing up the chalky edge of the cliff,'\ hung there a moment, and suddenly . went plunging downward into the t depths below. t Leontiue sank shuddering back in i , her seat, while the auto drove back, * i by devious ways, toward Bianca's i I house. ' j | "Re gentler with her!" I i The men who were leading Leontine | into Bianca's boudoir, somewhat rough- | i , ly. released their captive and took off ' j their masks. I < "It's all right for you to say that. < M: dam Bianca," sneered the man I whom she had addressed. "But that's I j what you said ahout your last pigeon?; that guy Ravengur?and where is he | today?" i "Right here, friends," came Raven- i gar's crisp tones from a chair beside \ < the lirei>l:i<%?. All turned in terror at the sound and saw liiin seated in the chair. With an oath tlie man who had sj.vo.kon to Bianca' leaped hack. On Binncu's face were two expressions? terror at Ravongur's powers, joy that ; lve had returned. i "Take her to tin? room upstairs and lock her up for the present," she said. When she was left alone with Ravengar she looked at him in wonder. j "I am glad you have ( me, buck to me," she said softly. An uuju.scd smile hovered about Rayengar's face. "I'm glad you are glad, 1 little one," lie answered lightly, t "I'll warrant you won't leave again In a hurry!" cried the woman In fury, which was accentuated by Havengar's mocking how. She pressed hor bell. Two attendants entered promptly. "Lock him In the strong room," she announced. They frisked Ravenear hurriedly for weapon*, but found nothing. - Then, arizing him, one by either arm, they , hurried hitn toward the door. I The strong room was la the hallway , outside Iiiauca's boudoir. In this room : were stored Rianca's stolen goods un| til they could be disposed of. As her , plunder \yss considerable, it was a large room. It was built into the wall, and was, to all appearance, one with; it, so that its discovery on the part of j anyone who did not suspect Its existence would be practically impossible. ' Rut the wooden exterior of the door S was lined with a steel jacket, the walls were of steel, and the ceiling also. There was, in short, no possibility for anyone, securely shut in it, to escape. "Thin tine Fve got jwu," solltoqulied i Blanca as the men went upstairs with r their prisoner. I Meanwhile Raven gar accompanied tils captors quietly to the door of the 1; strong room. They thrust hint Inside. 1 *T guess this will hold him.** said ? one to the other, leisurely turning the t knob to the proper combination. 1 "If It won't, there's nothing will," answered the other. < They locked the door and went back 1 to announce to Blanca the fulfillment I of their mission. < Upstairs Leon tine found herself a * prisoner In an ordinary bedroom. It 1 was preferable being here to being a 1 prisoner of Sebastian. 4 She loathed him, and she would nev- * er set eyes on hlra again, save at the 1 moment when she could wring the J secret from him. And more and more she was coming to believe that In Ravengnr lay the key to the mystery. He had Come back, he ftmd been In Blnnca's house when she was brought (here. He would coine to aid her. Unconsciously she spoke his uame. "At your service, Leon tine," answbred the well-known voice; and ltavengar stepped f>ut from behind the curtains that hung before the window. "lie brave and all will come out well." he said. "The play 4s nearly ended. I may have to leave you alone again, but never fejir. The memory of Jerry will support you in every danger." Suddenly the door opened. On the threshold stood Blanca. As she caught sight of Itavengar her eyes hi axed with pjiK.suui, and nor voice shook as she asked : "What are you doing here? How did yoa get here?" Ka veil gar made his courtly, mocking how, and replied: "My dear lady, to he here is the only-reason why I returned to your hospitable house." Hhinea turned to her men. who were behind her. "Take him away 1" she cried, stamping furiously. They seized Ravengar ami ran hba down the stairs toward the strong; room again. Hi an en following, pouring out her wrath and fury against them. "How did he get away?" she cried. "We locked him in." "You are lying. There is no way of getting out of the strong room if the combination is set properly." One of the men turned upon her. "Say, liiadame, 1 guess yon know there ain't no locks can hold him," he retorted. Hilvongnr, meanwhile, thrust into the dark room, loaned jnick smiling against the wall. Ills mockery made ( Blanca almost frantic. "You jiro a pack of fools!" she cried. "I'll set the combination this time." And, slamming the heavy door, she fidjusted her lock and clicked it. She called her men to her room. "See that there is no further trouble ! with that woman upstairs," she said : significantly. "Make ji clean job of it, ; und, when you are through, you can carry her out of the old waterway gate/Without compunction the two men todded and started up the hull stairs. '1 waterway was an old suhteraiiciin sluice under Hium-a's house, rhich was very ancient and hail been i country home before the advance of he encroaching city enmeshed it in its ; entaeles. together with the other scat- i eved residences of the street. This I vuter-duet had long ago become distseil, and its exist en",, f ?rgotten. iliincti, in the course of tin- reconstnic- * ions which she had made, for the purtose of storing stolen goods, mni come * ipon it and followed it down to the I iver, half a mile distant. She had dis- < iovered also that there still existed a < onneetion with tlie city water supply ' ?y means of a large pipe in the wall of iter cellar. ' 0 She had fitted a connection between f :his pipe and a bathroom on the lloor 1 a here was her bedroom. Just outside ( .... . - ne iminroom s::e constructed a trap- 1 loor with an iron ladder leading down o the sluice, in order to furnish herself villi a safe and sure escape in case ' jf need. The switch in the bathroom was pen, leaving the sluice full. But a turn of it would at once begin to ; 'inpty it into the river beyond. 1 Bianca waited near the trap dooj? for the accomplishment of her scrvlors' errand. But presently she found the strain oo much for her. She went into her loudoir and sank down upon u couch. j "Bring her down," said one of Biinca's men to the, other. "I guess < tuadame doesn't want it done in the bedroom." ! "Who's going to do the trick?" the other retorted. "I'll do it if you'll got her. Bring her along this way, without letting lier suspect, and I'll be behind this curLain." The second man made his way upstairs. He unlocked Leontlne's door tind stood for a moment hesitating. As he stood there an arm slid round his neck and a hand was pressed over lis mouth and nostrils, his knees gave under him and he l'eil unconscious to the floor. Kavengnr released him and looked Into her purple face. He opened I he door. Lcontine, who had heard the lock unfasten, was waiting in the middle of the room. Bavengur entered, seized her hand, and kissed it. "Come with me, Lcontine," he said. "There is not a moment to be lost. Will you promise to keep composed and do exactly as I tell you?" She gave a swift look at him, and nodded. Bavengar gave her his arm I I mi ind led her out of the room, imst the uun on the floor, who whs a I reedy beginning to recover consciousness. He led her down the stairs liur.ledjr. Fortunately nobody wus on guurd. n her boudoir Blanc*, whose keen ?ars heard the sound of footsteps, bought it was the men coiuiug to tell ter that the job was done. Meunwhlle the second of the murlerers waited behiud the curtains. He icard Ravengar descending with Leon-1 due, but he thought the man wus his confederate. Raveugar, In his comings and goings, lad learned all about the sluiceway. He stopped with Leoutlue outside the imthroom and hastily raised the trupioor, which lay beneath a piece of carpet, apparently one with that which run along the passage, but In reality separate. "Go down there," he whispered. "It leads to a sluiceway that opens upon the river. When you reach the bottom wait till the sluice empties; then run as fast as you can till you see daylight. Then you will be free." Leontine looked at him. "You?" she whispered. "I shall turn off tho water; then I may follow. But don't wait for me." The girl stepped down hurriedly, felt for and found the upper rungs of the ladder, and descended, ltavengar closed it, stepped into the bathroom, and shut olY the supply. Then he emerged, just-as tho second confederate came from behind the curtain. His mouth opened In amazement;! then, with an oath, he whipped out a | revolver and leveled it. ltavengar, . smiling at him, waited. At that instant the half-strangled man came slowly down the stairway. II#1 saw Knvcngur and shouted. At the cry vit?AiV ? win \?i 11* 4 HMMI1, . Sue stared at ltavenKar as it' she could not believe her eyes. Then, letting thein fall for a moment, she saw something which arrested her attention. It was a fragment of Leontine's dress, caught in the trap door. And immediately the meaning of his presence there dawned on her. She rushed into the bathroom and pulled the switch hard. Then she came back, breathing hard, but with a forced smile on her face. "Well, I stopped That game in time," she said to Havengnr. Leontine groped her way to the bottom of the ladder and saw, by faint light which tillered in through the cellar, the sluiceway before her. A great Hood of water was pouring out through the pipe, tilling the dark tunnel. As site watched it the water gate went down. The ilood of water, gurgling and rumbling on its way to the river, rapidly grew less, it was only a minute before the tunnel lay, empty and black, before her eyes. She ran wildly, her feet splashing in the water. Once, reaching up, she felt the roof of the tunnel overhead. * r i.! i ~ ti i A>ii"jni\\ line uuvciimir, a novo, was ! smiling into the face of his captor. lie 1 knew that every second gained was | precious, and the man had not wits enough to thinks that he might have | closed the Watergate. Leontlne made her hurried progress below. It was a long time alter she had started before she saw the tiny glimmer of light ahead of her which denoted the end of her journey. But suddenly she heard a rumbling tound behind her. A rush of water ilmost swept her off her feet. Bhtnca nid thrown over the lever. Leontlne guessed what had occurred. There ought to be time to gain the 1 mtra nee. The water was up to her waist. She ilmost despaired. A hundred yards to ?o, and every yard was made through Jeeper water. It swirled against her I chest, it was up to her shoulders; It touched her chin. Gasping. choking, struggling for life. Leon tine suddenly became aware that die had been swept through the tunlel; a moment later she Opened her ?.ves, to find herself cast upon the mildly hank of the river. ******* Ravengnr had disappeared once more ! As Bianca ran back triumphantly from the bathroom, in which she had pressed the switch, she saw the two men staring about them in astonish- i uvnt;, Bianca stamped her foot furiously. "Where is lie?" she demanded. "Ije's gone," muttered one of the ! lUfpj} in awe-struck tours. "Pown the trap-door, you fool! Go ttyyvu and bring him up. Ypu," she continued to tlie second muu, "stand at the top of the stairs and see t^at he. doesn't p?,ss you. I'm gojng to search the rooms." Suddenly the man on guard at the head of the stairs screamed loudly, and Bianca came running out of one of ine rooms. He cried again and j pointed toward the bathroom. Bianca saw the head and shoulders of Ravenger as he leaned over the switch. She 1-1 fWI... ....ti.l. ? * Miniru nun iiiui. 1 ntr s^ui'u I1UU I been reversed. She sprang at him. but #he laughed and, catching her by the shoulders, pushed her back into the passage, slumming the door upon her. Every second was precious now. That was the moment when Leontine, In the tunnel, was suddenly swept from her feet and carried out Into the daylight. ltianca raved and hammered at the door. For the second time he had thwarted her. She felt her love for him turn Into deadly hatred. "Open that door!" she called to her subordinates; and Just then the head and shoulders of the man whom she hud sent below emerged through the / i "lie isn't down there, and the alulcl is lull ??f water," tie said lugubriously "Fool !" shouted lllauva, "he's t| the buthromn. Oimn thnt doorl Bre* it down, the |>ulr el you !" IJ There was a key In the door, but 2 was on the outside* and linvengt / could' not turn it. The two meg dashed themselves against It. The I united streugth >vaa tea great for Ha'S eugar. They forced him back* sti | struggling desperately, and draggt 2 him from the root#. j *TIold him on your lives!" said B 9 ancn, and, entering the bathrooi 1 threw the switch over the secoi '<1 time. I It was too late. Leo atlas had reco fl ered consciousness and staggered awt l Just as the renewed flood began 1 pour through the tuuneL I Blancu durted hack. "Now we' 1 got him," she cried. "Well put hi M where he won't be able to play ai a more *of those tricks upon us/" I "Buck Into the stroug room/" ask?|s the first man. 1 "Shall I croak him?" inquired t? a second. 1 Bluncn looked at ltavengar and no I dcd. The second man ruined his x -1 volver and aimed it at ltuvengai 9 head; however, he waited upon t! sign from his mistress before pullh 1 the trigger. 1 Bltuicti hesitated, toe. She watch-S Itavengar's face like a eat wutchli 9 its prey. At the least sign of four si 9 would have nodded to the mau \v) ij ikmu rne revoivar; hul Kavongar on . smiled nt her. She felt overawed; t) man's moral power was sumothli (hat she had uever encountered I fore. "Why don't you get away now?" sVJ demanded tauntingly. "You seem ub to go where you want to. Are y< : tired of your life or what?" "Dear madame," unswered Rave' gar easily, "did I not come hack to y of my own free will? I must say th 1 this reception is the reverse of la J pit aide." The mockery upon his face <launt< ^ her. If he were dead he would die t umphant, his will would have co qucrod. "Stop!" she cried; and the men lc * ered their revolvers. i hey stepped hack, growling; tin mistress' whims were inexplicable them. Kavengar bent down and kissed I unco's hand. "1 knew that you we too kind to kill a helpless prisoner." There was still the mockery in b tone, and lhaneu could bear it no Ion el*. Sin' burst into helpless teal while her followers looked at h in amazement, and then at each oth significant ly. She turned upon them. "Get out the pair of you !" she cried. Meanwhile Leontine, drenched I the Hood, waited upon the river hut for the coming of the man who hi' suved her. The minutes passed into hours. St she crouched there. At last, howev* a little hope begun to dawn in her. Unvongar had been in the tunnel ) would have been swept out by t. tlood. lit? was alive,' unless he had be? murdered in Bianea's house. She luu iflnd out and help him without a in nient's delay. With renewed strong she .truth' red her draggled skirts aho her and ran up the river hank. (10M) OF NINTH EPISODE.) i COLLIE AIDS IN MILKIN Cuts Out Milch Cows From He and Ho'ds Off Calves While Milking Goes On. GafTney, R. C.?J. F. Jamison, w , lives near Gaffney, has a collie d< which is a most remarkable anim His master sends him to the pastu with instructions to bring up only t cows which are giving milk, and N will confine himself strictly to tho instructions. Then Mr. Jamison w tell him to bring all the cows, and ' will come driving them all to t barn. V In addition to this, when milking t in progress Nip will seize the-.**! around the neck with his paws V? hftlfl U ii-- *- * uv<u It, t/ii nunc nm COW 1H DG1'* milked. The above information w obtained not. directly from Mr. .Tari son, bwt from Sheriff Thomos, who a truthful man, and anyone wl| doubt8 the statement will be liable J arrest a? soon as he may put foot county. , Jim W?? Ahead of Him. "It's- so strange," sighed the onii bus conductor, "how, when two bo.*" start out with equal chances, one them is bound to forge ahead. Thev was Jim. He and I were the best e friends in youth. But look at me no' Equal as our chances were, Jim 1 ahead." I "What is he doing?" asked the ge 1 tleman sitting near the door. I "He's the driver of this 'ere 'bu* 1 came the answer. "Did I give ye y? ticket, please." ? V Had It Marked. $ X New Orleans cotton broker ei ployed a young woman stenograph |j who was an acutely Incorrect spells She was so competent in every oth<t way, he bought her a dictionary sir ( advised her to use it regularly. The next morning, when he con,, down to his office he noticed that protect the new book from the cof stant wear she was expected to give she had covered the backs with do',] and across the cover she had written "Dictionary." \ j