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For some minutes Aunt Fai stood off and admired the rich youti glory of the sleeper, prophetically iuetant to disturb her happiness. Tl she obeyed the impulse of duty ? spoke the summoning words. "Wfca-what time is it?*' deman< the newcomer from the land of N stretching her fine young body wit] splendid but discontented yawn. "Sehen, Miss Bev'ly. Wha' time yo' s'pose Mt is? Hif s d' reg'lah til o' co'se. Did yo' all have a nice sie honey?' and Aunt Fanny went bli fully about the business of the hour. "I didn't sleep a wink, confound j ?.Timbled Beverly, rubbing her e: and turning on her back to glare up the tapestry above the couch. "Yo' wasn' winkin' any whea fust come into de room, lemme 1 yo*," cackled Aunt Fanny, with ca tic freedom. "See here, now, Aunt Fanny,, I'm i going to stand any lecture from y this morning. When a fellow has slept a" "Who's a-lecturin* anybody, Ah'd ] ito know? Ah'm jes* tellin' yo' wi lyo* was a-dom* when Ah came into room. Yo' was a-sleepin' p'etty d< .gone tight, lemme tell yo'. Is yo' go -out fo' yo* w?*?k befo* b'eakfus'., hone 'Cause if yo* is, yo' all'll be obleeg to climb out*n dat bald maghty qui< tlike. Yo' baf is ready, Miss Bev'ly.*1 Beverly splashed the water with x .^reasonable ferocity for a few minut .trying to enjoy a diversion that h j not failed her until this morning. '"Aunt Fanny," she announced af1 looking darkly through her wind< Into the mountains above, "if y< can't brush my hair-ouch!-any eas! than this 1*11 have some one else ? lt that's all. You're a regular c bear." To* li? honey,'* was the cor placent bear said in repl>, without % tering her methods in the least . "Well," said Beverly threatening!; with a shake of her head, "be caref? that*s al!. Have you heard the news' "Wha* news, Miss Bev'ly?" "We're going back to Washin'ton.** "Thank de Lawd! When?" "I don't know. I've just this instai made up my mind. I think we'll sta: -let's see, this is the Gth of Augus Isn't it? WelL look and see if yo don't know, stupid! The 10th? M goodness! Where has the time gon< anyway? Well, we'll start some tim between the 11th and the 12th." "Of dis monf, Miss Bev'ly?" "No. September. I want you t look up a time table for me today. W must see about the trains." "Dey's on'y one leavin* heah daily, ai hit goes at (J in de mo'nin'. One trat a day! Ain' dat sean'lous?" "I'm sure. Aunt Fanny, it is thei business, not ours," said Beverly s? verely. "P'raps dey mought be ruimin' ; excuhsion roun' 'bout Septembeh, Mis Bev'ly," speculated Aunt Fanny con solingly. "Dey gen'ly has 'em in Sen tembeli." "You old goose," cried Beveriy h spite of herself. "Ain' yo' ha bin' er good . time honey?" "No, I am not." "Fo' de lan' sake. Ah woulds s'picioned hit fo' a minuit. Hit's di gayest place Ah mos' eveh saw-'cep Wash'ton an' Lox'ton an' Vicksbu'g." "Well, you don't know everything.' said Beverly crossly. "I wish you't take that red feather out of my hal right away." "Shall Ah frow hit away, Miss Bev'ly?" "We-11, no. You needn't do that' said Beverly. "Put lt on my dressing table. I'll attend to it." "Wha's become o' de gem man 'at wo' hit in de fust place? Ah am' seen him fo' two-three days." ^"T'm sure I doiTtknow. He's proba? bly asleep. That class of people never lose sleep over anything." "*E's er pow'ful good lookin' pus son," suggested Aunt Fanny. Beverly's eyes brightened. "Oh, do you think so?" she said, quite indifferently. "What are you doing with that hat?" "Takin' out de featheh-jes' as" "Weil, leave it alone. Don't disturb my things, Aunt Fanny, now many times must I tell you" "Good Lawd!" was all that Aunt Fanny could say. "Don't forget about the time tables," said Beverly as she sallied forth for her walk in the park. In the afternoon she went driving with Princess Yetive and the young Duke of Mizrox, upon whose innocent and sufficiently troubled head she was heaping secret abuse because of the news he brought Later Count Mar? ians: appeared at the castle for his first lesson in poker. He looked so sure of himself that Beverly bated him to the point of aesperation. At the same time she was eager to learn how matters stood with Baldos. The count's threat still hung over her head, veiled by it9 ridiculous shadow of mercy. She knew him well enough by this time to feel convinced that Baldos would have to account for his temerity sooner or later. It was like the cat and the help iesi mouse. "It's too hot,'* she protested, when he announced himself ready for the game. "Nobody plays poker when it's 92 in the shade." "But, your highness," complained the count, "war may break out any day. I cannot concede delay." "I think there's a game called 'shoot? ing craps,' " suggested she serenely. "It seems to me it would be particu? larly good >|pr warriors. You could be shooting something all the time." He went away in a decidedly irasci? ble frame of mind. She did not know it but Baldos was soon afterward set to work in the garrison stables, a most loathsome occupation, in addition to his duties as a guard by night. After mature deliberation Beverly set herself to the task of writing home to her father. It was her supreme in? tention to convince him that she would be off for the States in an amazingly short time. The major upon receiving tire letter three weeks later found noth? ing in it to warrant the belief that she was ever coming home. He did ob? serve, however, that the had but little use for the army of Graustark and was especially disappointed in the set of men Yetive retained as her private guard. For the life of her Beverly j could not have told why she disap ? proved of the guard in general or in i particular, but she was conscious of j the fact after the letter was posted I that she had said many things that niigbt have been left unwritten. Be? sides, it was not Baldos' fault that she could not sleep. It was distinctly L?r own. He had nothing to do with it *T1i bet rather will be glad to hear that I am coming home," she said to Yetive after the letter was gone. '"Oh, Beverly, dear, I hate to hear of your going," cried the princess. "When did you tell him you'd start ?" "Why-oh-er-let me see, when did I say? Dash me, as Mr.-Anguish w?t?d say, I don't believe I gave a date. It seems to me I said soon; that's all." *Tou don't know how relieved I am," exclaimed Yetive rapturously, and. Bev? erly was in high dudgeon because bf tfce Implied resection. "I believe you are in a tiff with Baldos," went on Ye? tive airily. "Goodness.7 How foolish you can be at times, Yetive!" was what Beverly gave back to her highness the Princess of Graustark. Late in the evening couriers came in frem the Dawsbergen frontier with re? ports which created considerable ex? citement in castle and army circles. Prince Gabriel himself had been seen in the northern part of his domain, ac? companied by a large detachment of picked soldiers. Lorry set out that very night for the frontier, happy in the belief that something worth while was about to occur. General Marlanx issued orders for the Edelweiss army corps to mass beyond the southern gates of the city the next morning. Commands were also sent to the out? lying garrisons. There was to be a j general movement of troops before the end of the week. Graustark was not to be caught napping. Long ?Xter Tile departure of Lorry j and Anguish the princess sat on the j balcony with Beverly and the Count i ess Dagmar. They did not talk much. The mission of these venturesome young American husbands was full of cl. -er. Something in the air had told wi os that the first blows of war we to be struck before they looked E?u; : upon the men they loved. "? think we have been betrayed by =0:110 rue," ;aid Dagmar after an al? mo^. .: interminable silence. Her com? panion did not reply. "The couriers say that Gabriel knows where we are weakest at the front and that he knows our every movement. Yetive, there ls a spy here after all." "And that spy has access to the very heart of our deliberations," added Bev? erly pointedly. "I say this in behalf of the man whom you evidently suspect, countess. He could not know these things." "I do not say that he does know. Miss Calhoun, but it is not beyond rea? son that he may be the go-between, the means of transferring information from the main traitor to tho messengers who await outside our walls." -'Oh, ? don't believe it!" cried Beverly hotly. "I wonder if these things would have happened if Baldos had never come to Edelweiss." mused the princess. As though by common impulse, both of the Graustark women placed their arms about Beverly. "It's because we have so much at stake, Beverly, dear/'jybispered Dag mar. "Forgive me if I have hi you." Of course Beverly sobbed a little the effort to convince them that she c not care whom they accused if proved to be the right man in the er They left her alone on the balcor For an hour after midnight she s there and dreamed. Every one w ready to turn* against Baldos. Ev she had been harsh toward him, f had she not seen him relegated to t most obnoxious of duties after prom ing him a far different life? And nc what was he thinking of her? His c scent from favor had followed up the disclosures which made plain each the identity of the other. 2 doubt he was attributing his degrad tion in a sense to the fact that she : longer relished his services, havh seen a romantic little ideal shatter? by his firm assertions. Of course si knew that General Marlanx was alo] Instrumental in assigning him to tl j unpleasant duty he now observed, b how was Baldos to know that she w; ? net the real p^wer behind the 7n ; Count? ! A light drizzle began to fall, cold ai ? disagreeable. There were no stars, ] moon. The ground below was bia? I with shadows, but shimmering in spo j touched by the feeble park lamps. SI I retreated through her window, det? i mined to go to bed. Her rebellioi brain, however, refused to banish hi from her thoughts. She wondered he were patrolling the castle grounds the rain in all that lonely darknes Seized by a sudden. inspiration si j threw a gossamer about her, grasp? j an umbrella and ventured out upon tl balcony once more. Guiltily she searc I ed the night through the fine, drizzlii ' rain. Her ears listened eagerly f< ! the tread which was so well known " her. At last he strode beneath a lamp n far away. He looked up. but of cour; could not see her against the dark wa! For a long time he stood motionless b neath the light. She could not help se ing that he was dejected, tired, unha; py. His shoulders drooped, and thei was a general air of listlessness aboi the figure which had once been so fu of courage and of hope. The post Iigl fell directly upon his face. It-wi somber, despondent, strained. He WOJ the air of a prisoner. Her heart wei out to him like a flash. The debona knight of the black patch was no mor In his place there stood a sullen slav to discipline. "Baldos !" she called softly, her voi< penetrating the dripping air with tl clearness of a bell. He must have bee longing for the sound of it, for he star ed and looked eagerly in her directio] His* ci.Il form straightened as he passe his hand over his brow. It was but voice from his dream, he though "Aren't you afraid you'll get wet?" asl ed the same low, sweet voice, with th suggestion of a laugh behind it Wit long strides he crossed the pavemer and stood almost directly beneath he: "Your highness!" he exclaimed gei tly, joyously. "What are you doing ot I there?" "Wondering, Baldos.. Wonderin what you were thinking of as yo stood under the famp over there?" "I was thinking of your highness," h called up softly. . "No, no!" she protested. "I, too, was wondering-wonderin what you were dreaming of as yo slept for you should be asleep at thi hour, your highness, instead of stanc lng out there in the rain." "Baldos," she called down tremuloui ly, "you don't like this work, do you?" "It has nothing but darkness in it fo me. I never see the light of your eyei I never feel the" "Sh! You must not talk like thai Ifs not proper, and besides some on may be listening. The night has ? thousand ears-or is it eyes? But Hs ten. Tomorrow you shall be restored t your old duties. You surely cannot be lieve that I had anything to do wit! the order which compels you to worl at this unholy hour." "I was afraid you were punishing m< for my boldness. My heart has beei sore-you never can know hov?' sore. '. was disgraced, dismissed, forgotten" "No, no; you were not! You must no say that. Go-away now, Baldos. Yoi will ride with me tomorrow," she cri?e nervously. "Please go to some plac< where you won't get dripping wet." "You forget that I am on guard," h( laid, with a laugh. "But you are a wis< counselor. Is the rain so pleasant t< you?" "I have an umbrella," she protested "What are you doing?" she cried ir alarm. Ile was coining hand over bane up the trellis work that inclosed thc lower veranda. "I am coming to a place where 1 won't get dripping wet," he called softly. There was a dangerous ring in his voice, and she drew back in a panic. "You must not!" she cried desperate? ly. "This is madness! Go down, sir!" "I am happy enough to fly, but can? not So I do the next best thing-I climb to you." His arm was across the stone railing by this time, and he was panting frtrn the exertion, not two feet from where she crouched. "Just one minute of heaven before I go back to the shadows of earth. I am happy again. Marlanx told me you had dis? missed me. I wonder what he holds in reserve for me. I knew he lied, but it is not until now that I rejoice. Came, you are to shield me from the rain." "Oh. oh!" she gasped, overwhelmed by his daring passion. "I should die if any one saw you here." Yet she spasmodically extended the umbrella so that it covered him and left her out In the drizzle. "And s<> should I." responded he softly. "Listen to me. For hours and hours I have been longing for the dear old hills in which you found me. I wanted to crawl out of Edelweiss and lose myself forever in the rocks and crags. Tonight when you saw me I was trying to say goodby to you for? ever. I was trying to make up my mind to desert. I could not endure the new order of tilings. You had cast me off. My friends out there were eager to have me with them. In the city every one is ready to cali me a spy-even you, I thought Life was black and drear. Now. my princess, it is as bright as heaven itself." "You must not talk like this," she whispered helplessly. "You are mak? ing me sorry I called to you." "I should have heard you if you had only whispered, my rain princess. I have no right to talk of love-I am a vagabond, but I have a heart, and it is a bold one. Perhaps I dream that I am here beside you-so near that I can touch your face-but it i^the sweetest of dreams. But for it I should have" left Edelweiss weeks ago. I shall nev? er awaken from this dream. You can? not rob me of the joys of dreaming." Under the spell of his passion she drew nearer to him as he clung strong? ly to the rail. The roses at her throat came so close that he could bury his face in them. Her hand touched his cheek, and he kissed ?ts paim a^ain and again, his wet lips stinging her blood to the tips of her toes. "Go away, please," she implored faintly. "Don't you see that you must not stay here-now?" "A rose, my princess-one rose to kiss all through the long night," he *J should die if any one saw you here." whispered. She could feel his eyes burning into her heart With trem? bling, hurried fingers she tore loose a rose. He could not seize it with bia hands because of the position he held, and she laughed tantalizingly. Then she kissed it first and pressed it against Ms mouth. His lips and teeth closed ever the stem, and the rose was his. "There are thorns," she whispered ever so softly. "They are the riches of the poor " he murmured, with difficulty, but she un? derstood "Now, go," she said, drawing reso? lutely away. An instant later his head disappeared below the rail. Peering over the side, she saw his figure spring easily to the ground, and then came th? rapid, steady tramp as he went away on his dreary patrol. "I couldn't help it," she was whisper? ing to herself between joy and shame Glancing instinctively out toward the solitary lamp, she saw two men stand? ing in its light One of them was Gen? eral Marlanx; the other she knew to be the spy that watched Baidos. Her heart sank I&e lead. when she saw that the two were peering Intently to? ward the blacony where she stood and where Baldos had clung but a moment before. _ CHAPTER XXII. S" " HE shrank back with a great dread in her heart Marlanx, of all men! Why was he in the I park at this hour of the night? There could be but one answer, and the very thought of }t almost suffocat? ed her. He was drawing the net with his own hands, he was spying with his own eyes. For a full minute it seemed to her that her heart would stop beat? ing. How long had he been standing there? What had he seen or heard? Involuntarily she peered over the rail for a glimpse of Baldos. He had gone out into the darkness, missing the men at the lamp post either by choice or through pure good fortune. A throb of thankfulness assailed her heart. She was not thinking of her position, but of his. Again she drew stealthily away from the rail, possessed of a ridiculous feel? ing that her form was as plain to the vision as if it were broad daylight. The tread of a man impelled her to glance below once moro before fleeing to her room. Marlanx was coming toward the veranda. She fled swiftly, pausing at the window to lower the friendly but forgotten umbrella. From below came the sibilant hiss of a man seek? ing to attract her attention. Once more she stopped to listen. The "Hist!" was repeated, and then her own name was called softly, but imperatively. It was beyond the power of woman to keep from laughing. It struck her as irre? sistibly funny that the Iron Count should be standing out there in the rain, signaling to her like a lovesick boy. Once she was inside, however, It did not seem so amusing. Still, it gave her an immense amount of satisfaction to slam the windows loudly, as if in pure defiance. Then she closed the blinds, shutting out the night com? pletely. Turning up the light at her dressing table, she sat down In a state of sud? den collapse. For a long time she stared at her face In thc mirror. She saw the red of shanie and embarrass? ment mount to her cheeks, and then she covered her eyes with her hands. "Oh, what a fool you've been!" she half sobbed, shrinking from the mirror as if it were an accuser. She prepared for bed with frantic haste. Just as she was about to scram? ble in and hide her face in the pillows a shocking thought came jto her. The next instant she was at the Windows, and the slats were closed with a rattle like a volley of firearms. Then she jumped in*o bed. She wondered if the windows were locked. Out she sprang again like a flash, and her little bare feet scurried across the room, first to the windows and then to the door. I "Now I reckon I'm safe," she mur? mured a moment later, again getting i into bed. "I love to go to sleep with j the rain pattering outside like that j Oh, dear, I'm so sorry he has to walk I all night in this rain. Poor fellow! I I wonder where he is now. Goodness! It's raining cats and dogs!" But In spite ?? the-fain she could not go to sleep. Vague fears began to take possession of her. Something dreadful told her that Count Marlanx was on the balcony and at her window, not? withstanding the rainpour. The fear became oppressive, maddening. She felt the man's presence almost as strongly as if he were in plain view. He was there; she knew it. The little revolver that had served her so valiantly at tho ?na of the Hawk arid Raven lay upon a stool near the bedside ever;; night. Consumed by the fear thar the window might open slow? ly at any moment she reached forth and clutched the weapon. Then she shrank back in the bed. her eyes fixed upon the black space across the room. For hours she shiv::-i and waited for the window to open, dozing away time and again, only to come back to wake? fulness with a start. The next morning she confessed to herself that her fears had been silly. Her first act after breakfasting alone in her room was to seek out Colonel Quinnox, commander of the castle guard. In her mind she was greatly troubled over the fate of the bold visitor of the night before. There was a warm, red glow in her face and a quick beat in her heart as she crossed the parade ground. Vagabond though he was he had conquered where princes had failed. Her better judgment told her that she could be nothing to this debonair knight of the road, yet her heart stubbornly resisted all the argu? ments that her reason put forth. Colonel Quinnox was pleasant, but he could give Fc-veriy no premise of leniency in regard to Baldos. Instruc? tions had come to him from General Marlanx, and he could not set them aside at will. Her plea that he might once more be assigned to old time duties found the colonel regretfully ob? durate. Baldos could not ride with her ?gain until Marlanx withdrew the or er which now obtained. Beverly swal? lowed her pride and resentment diplo? matically, smiled her sweetest upon the distressed colonel and marched de? fiautly back to the castle. Down in her rebellious, insulted heart she was con? cocting all sorts of plans for revenga Chief among them was the terrible overthrow of the Iron Count. Her wide scope of vengeance even contemplated the destruction of Graustark ii her end could be obtained-in no other way. Full of these bittersweet thoughts, she came to the castle doors before she saw who was waiting for her upon the great veranda. As she mounted the steps, a preoccupied frown upon her fair brow, General Marlanx, lean, craf? ty and confident, advanced to greet her. The early hour was responsible for the bright solitude which marked the place. But few signs of life were in evidence about the castle. She stopped with a sharp exclama? tion of surprise. Then scorn and indig? nation rushed in to fill the place of as? tonishment She faced the smiling old man with anger in her eyes. "Good morning," he said, extending his hand, which she did not see. She was wondering how much he had seen and heard at midnight "I thought the troops were massing this morning," she said coldly. "Don't you mass too?" "There is time enough for that, my dear. I came to have a talk with you in private," he said meaningly. "It is sufficiently private here, Count Marlanx. What have you to say to me?" [TO BE TOgTBTOXP.3 PREPARING FOR TROUBLE. Situation Becoming Critical in Cuba and Commanding Officers Chang? ed. Washington, Feb. 15.-Brigadier General Thos. H. Barry, assistant chief of staff, has been assigned to the command of the troops in Cuba, vice Brigadier General Theodore Wint, recalled. Although thc impres? sion is thought to be conveyed that the change is on account of the al? leged ill health of General Wint, it is understood that the situation in Cuba is becoming more critical, and General Barr, being thoroughly fa? miliar with the policy of the admin? istration is believed .to be better equipped for the position. THE LARCHMONT DISASTER. Thc Morgue at Providence Filled With Bodies of thc Victims. Providence, R. I., Feb. 14.-There were heartrending scenes about the Morgue where the bodies from the Larchmont horror were awaiting iden? tification today. Forty-five bodies were brought in last night from the steamer Kentucky. About 20 have been identified and some have been removed by relatives. Must File Lists of Passengers. Boston. Mass., Feb. 14.-As a re? sult of the Larchmont disaster, the Massachusetts legislature today re? ceived a bill providing that steamers sailing from Massachusetts ports shall file a duplicate list of passengers at their offices in the ports of de? parture. It is thought that Rhode Island will take similar action. FOUND GUILTY ON TECHNICALITY Sheriff Hood and Deputy Gilbert, of Fairfield County, Found Guilty of Manslaughter on Legal Technicali? ty and Sentenced to Four Months in Jail. Sheriff A. W. Hood and his deputy, W. D. Gilbert, went to- Monroe, N. C., last week to stand trial for the killing of Fayete Giles near there in October. The case was not tried before a jury, but by consent of the attorneys for the State and for the defense it was heard before his Honor, Judge Coun? sel, who decided on technical grounds that the defendants were guilty of manslaughter and gave them each a sentece of four months in jail. The defendants at once gave notice through their attorneys of an appeal to the supreme court. . It will be recalled that the killing of Giles tool: place in October, near Unionville, in Union county, October 16. Giles was an escaped convict from Fairfield county and Sheriff Hood had been reliably informed of his presence in the above neighbor? hood, and the house in which he was living having been so accurately de? scribed that he and his deputy had no difficulty in locating it. Deputy Gilbert went into the house and found that Giles was out at the time. Later he returned and while Gilbert was talk? ing with him, he espied Sheriff Hood near by and then went into the house. Mr. Hood then ran in, and as he did so, he was met at the door by Giles with a gun, which he was rais? ing to fire upon him. Giles refused to disarm . himself, when ordered to do so, and was shot down while re? sisting thc arrest. Sheriff Hood and Deputy Gilbert then surrendered themselves to the officers of Union County, and were granted bail in the sum of one hundred dollars each. When the case was caiiod for trial just a few'weeks later, it was put off on the part of the State. The ground on which Judge Coun? sel rendered his decision was that, though an officer of the law, Mr. Hood and his deputy had ho legal right to make an arrest of any one in North Carolina without first having a warrant for the said person. The fact that Giles was an escaped convict did not give them this right. Mr. Hood was going on the presumption that the law gave any one the right of ar? resting an escaped convict without a warrant and so did not provide him? self with warrant for Giles's arrest While this is true with citizens in a State, it does not apply to ciiizens from other States. This decision is wholly a technical one, as is shown by the light punishment imposed, and while it is not . so probable that the decision will be set aside by the Su? preme Court, it is reasonably certain that the pardoning power will be ex? ercised in behalf of the officer, who, in what he conceived to be his official duty and rights, had to fire to save his own life.-Winnsboro News and Her? ald. What to Do When Bilious. *The right thing to do when you feel bilious is to take a dose of Cham? berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.' They will cleanse the stomach and regulate the liver and bowels. Try it. Price, 25 cents. Sample free at De Lorine's Pharmacy. UNIFORM LAW CONFERENCE. New York Legislature Suggests Con? ference of Far .Reaching Import? ance. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 14.-Assembly? man Merritt, of St. Lawrence county, has introduced a bill asking Gov. Hughes to appoint a commission con? sisting of three members from each of such other States as care to send delegates, to meet, sometime during the current year to devise a plan for, uniform laws, especially along the line of public service corporation regulation, insurance corporations and divorce statutes. The bill car? ries an appropriation of $6 ,000 to defray the expenses of the proposed convention. Incidentally Mr. Merrit takes a shot at the tates rights view of Sec? retary of Root, in a memoran? dum mad?. "tic with the bill, he saying: "Con: --alive men view wich the greatest ala m the suggestion and conclusion that ii necessary for the states of the union to surrender di? rectly or indirectly any portion of their rights to the federal government which is not now already surrender? ed. It is not a question of state rights, but rather one of preserving in its interity the sovereignty of the several states in these matters which are properly theirs to control." For Rheumatic Sufferers. ?The quick relief from pain afford? ed by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm makes it a favorite with suf? ferers from rheumatism, sciatica, lame back, lumbago and deep seated and muscular pains. For sale by De Lormc's Pharmacy. The British South African Compa? ny is said t<> have offered the Salva? tion Army 1.000.000 acres of land in Rhodesia free of charge, for coloniza? tion purposes, all the land to revert to the company in case the colon should not succeed.