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A 5T0RY OP* ?W5TCRY. INVOLVING STARTLING COMPLICATIONS &. ADVCNTUR ky ANNA KATNCRINC GREEI - author, oe ^Sj icavtWWOHTW CAOfc, StrUND CLOSI I ????? mr\ 0*mm+ lufai CHAPTER XXIX. ??There Is One WAy." ST VE you done?" Hasen wet on his feet and, rigid still, but oscillating from side ta side, as though his strength suffice to hold him quite erect, surveying them with eyes sunk so la bis head that they looked dying sparks reanimated for aa I by tome passing breath. The half-fainting woman he addreee I did aot answer She was lookiag I at Ransom for the sympathy and he waa as yet too dated ta Hasan made a move. It waa of physical suffering sternly en I "Let ma speak," he urged. "I bare to ask. I must ask It now. waa the woman who came up New York with you? There were sa> of you then." Without turning her head Oeorgiaa "That waa Bella, my maid; the same sa who personated me on the after* saa of my wedding." "That accounts for the coarseness ! her neck." Hasen explained with a grim humor to the lawyer, whs gWon a slight start of surprise or llation. Then quietly to Qeorg "'Was It she who threw the comb mad dropped your bag where my man *"1 threw the comb; threw It from , few window before I uttered that loud It did not go very far; but I at to be satisfied with the fact that say la the direction of the waterfall, at It waa to Bella I entrusted the af the bag- 1 It to her aha left the coach. I bad ex to her long before Just what a she would Had herself In when was set down at the foot of the bow she was to make her way *aa the darkness till she cams to where were no more trees, when sbe ? to strike across the stream, led the noise of the waterfall. I was particular In my directions, be I knew the danger sbe incurred slipping Into the chasm. It waa her of this and the more than ordl darkasss. I presume, which made Sjar throw the bag hap-haxard." saw the girl." Mr. Harper broke djgv "She wore a black skirt like the Saa) you now wear, a black blouse and % rod-checked handkerchief knotted about her throat. But the young wom? an who was seen leaving these parts Saa next morning had on some kind of % red dress and wore a hat. Bella teed thrown away ber hat; it was pick- 1 em up where the coach stopped and ejfflterwards brought here." "I know. My plans went deep; I tares* w the possibility of her being gejoognlzed by ber clothes. To guard last this. I had her skirt and blouse double, the one side black, other a bright color. She had dy to turn them. The extra hat carried with her; It was small oosily concealed. Her necker she probably tucked away. I its mate in my pocket, and when I left my room by the window, aa I the moment after I had locked the rooms. It was with my hair pulled and this neckerchief about my ilders. How did I dare the risk, ider now; but It was life, life 1 after; life and love; nothing else ild have made me so fearless; SMthlng else would have given me confidence In myself or lent such to my feet, running as I did in i darkness." 'You ran around the house to the and entered it by the turnstile." "Yes and so quickly that I had ttme to splash myself with mud and all mv natural characteristics any one came to find me. It -w/as Anltra they met, panting and die aovsled. at the head of the lane; Ant ?are in appearance, Anltra In heart. I not act a part; I was Anitra; Anl aa I bad conceived her. To mo was and Is an active, living per illty Whenever I faced you in character, 1 thought with her half educate i mind; felt with her hair dis? ciplined heart. 1 even shut my ears to sounds; 1 would not hear; half the Urne I did not. Nor did I fall back Sato my old ways when I was alone. From the minute Georgian closed her Soot upon you for the last time, and I darkened my skin In preparation for a permanent assumption of Anitra's Ssdlviduallty. I became the Imaginary twin. In thought, feeling, and action. It was my only safeguard. Alas! had I only gone ono step further and made myself really deaf " The cry wns bitterness itself, but It passed unheeded. Mr. Hansom could not speak and ilazen had other omres In mind. "Where Is this woman Hella now?" ho asked. Georgian was too absorbed or too unwilling, to answer. He repeated the question, this time with an authority she < <>uM not rv .i it. KVsing slowly, she fac ed him for one Impressive moment. "My God!" cam* from her lips in startled surprise. "How pale you are! Bit down or you will fall." He shook his head impatiently. "It's nothing. Answer my question. Whore is this Bella now?" "1 Lout know. Sac is beyond my _ EE iE LOVE INCIDEI yes. N. !l> OOORj?"eTQ. reach?and yours. 1 told her to loss herself. I think she is clever enough to do so. The money I paid her was worth a few years spent in obscurity.** The spark lighting his eye bright? ened Into baleful flame, but she mat it calmly. An indomitable spirit cos fronted one equally indomitable, and his was the first te succumb. Turning from her, Hase a took out pencil and paper frem his pocket, ami, crossing ta the window with that tarns pecu? liar and oscillating mottos of which he seemed unconscious, or which he found It Impossible to subdue, he wrote a Una, folded It, and before even Harper was aware of his pur? pose threw up the sash and flung it out uttering a Quick, sharp whlstls as bs did so. "What's that you're up to?" shout? ed the lawyer, rushing to the window and peering over the other's shoulder Into the open space below, from which a man was rust disappearing. "Am I a prisoner of the police that you should ask me that?" returned Hazen, haughtily. "No, but you should be," retorted Harper. "I don't like your ways, Haz? en. I don't like what you and your ?ister have said about the Cause and the conscienceless obedience exacted from its members. I don't like any of it; least of all this passing over of poor Bella's name to one whose duty It will possibly be to make trou? ble for her." Hasen smiled and moved from the window. No one there had ever seen such a smile before, and the oppres? sion which It brought heightened Georgian's fear to terror. "Let me!" she cried, lifting her hands towards Harper In inconceiva? ble anxiety. "A quarrel with him will not help you and It may greatly in? jure me. Alfred, what am I to expectT Something dreadful, I can see. Your face Is not the face of one who for? gives, or who sees Is a gift of money an adequate recompense for a coward? ly withdrawal." "You read rightly," said he. "Your fortune will be accepted by the Chief, but he will never formet the cowardice. What faith can he put in one who prefers her own happiness to the gen? eral good? You must prepare for punishment." "You must prepare for punishment." "Punishment!" broke scornfully from Harper's lips. She hushed him vith a look before which even he stood aghast. "You will only waste words," she cried. "I* ho says punishment, I may expect punishment." And turning back to Ransom, in a burst of longing and passion, she raised her eyes to blm again saying, "You do not forgive because you do not realize my danger. But you will realize it when I am gone.' Ransom, under a sudden release ment of the tension of doubt and awe which had hitherto he'd him speech? less, gave her one wild stare, then caught her to nis breast. She uttered a happy sight. "Ah!" she murmured in the soft ecstasy and boundless relief of the moment, "how 1 have learned to love you during the fears and agonies of this awful week." "And I you," was tho whispered nn swer. "Too deeply," he Impetuously added in louder tones, "to let any harm come to you now." She smiled; but desperation fought with love in that smite. Gently re? leasing herself, she cast another glance at Hazen, upon whos? gray and distorted countenance there had settled a great gloom, and passionate? ly exclaimed: "Had law or love been able to inter? fere with the Judgment of our Chief, 1 should not ha\e been driven into the herculean task of deceiving you and the whole world as to my real ident? ity." Then with slowly drooping head. and Um manner <>i one who has heard his doom pronounced, she hoarsely whispered: "The death-mark was scrawled up? on my door last night. This is never done without the consent of the Ohlei No one can save me now, not even my own brother." "False. 1 ?CTftwiod those lines," de? clared Ransom. "It was a test?" "Which I commanded you to make," put in Hasan. Then in fainter and less strenuous tones, "She's right Georgian Ransom is doomed; no one can save her." "False again!" This time it was Harper who interposed. "I can and will. You forget that I know the name of your Chief. Conspiracy such as you hint at is indictable in this coun? try. I am a lawyer. I shall protect, not only your sister, but her money." The smile he received in return evinced no ordinary scorn. "Try it," said be. Then with a laugh so low as to be almost inaudi? ble, yet so full of meaning that evea Harper's cheek lost color, he calmly declared: "No one knows the name of our Chief. Auchincloss Is a mem? ber and a valuable one?the only one whose name Georgian positively knows; but he's but a unit in a thou? sand. You cannot reach the Head or even the Heart of this great organisa? tion through him, and if you did aad punished it, the Cause would grew another head aad you would be aa far from injuring us as you are aow. Georgian hi right. Not area I can save her now." Then, with a steady look into each of their faces, he smiled again and one aad all shud? dered. "But the Cause will go on," be cried In tones ringing with enthusi? asm. "Mankind will drop its shackles and we, we sha'i have unriveted oaa of its chains. It is worth dying for. I, Alfred Hazen. say it." Slowly he sank back into hie chair. The pallor which had astounded all from the first had now become the ghastly mask of a soul whose only tok? en of life glimmered through the or? bits of his fast glazing eyes. He breathed, but in great pants. Georgian became alarmea. "What is it?" she cried, forgetting her own fears and threats in the hor? ror which his appearance excited. "This is something more than exhaus? tion from the pounding of that mur? derous eddy. What have you done? Tell me, Alfred, tell me." "Simply forestalled the verdict of the Chief," said he. "I was under oath to leave the country to-day on ao ordinary errand. I failed to keep my word, believing that the interests of the Cause could be better served by what I have here undertaken than by the fulfilment of my primal duty. But we are not allowed the free exercise of our own judgment, else what man could be depended on? With us, neg? lect means death, no matter what the excuse or the CauseVbeneflt I knew this when I made my choice last night I have been dying ever since, but only actually since I came into this room. When the doctors decided that I had received no mortal hurt in the eddy, I?" "Alfred!" The sister-heart spoke at last. "Not?not poison!" "That is what you may call it here," said he. with a return to his old im? perious manner, "but later and to the world it will be kindness on your part to name it exhaustion?the effect of my battle with the water. The doc? tors will reconsider their diagnosis and blame my poor heart. You will have no trouble about it. It is my heart?I feel it falling?failing-" He was sinking, but suddenly his whole nature flared up. Bounding to his feet, he stood before them, with eyes aflame and a passionate strength In his attitude which held them spell? bound. "What can law, what can selfish greed, what can self-aggrandizement and the most pitiless ambition effect against men who own to such disci? pline as this? Nothing. The world will go on, you will try your little ways, your petty reforms, your slow moving legislation and promise of jus? tice to the weak, but the invincible is the ready; ready to act; ready to suf? fer, ready to die so that God is justi? fied of his children and man lifted Into brotherhood and equality. You eannot strive against the unseen and the fearless. The Cause will triumph though all else fails. Georgian, I am sorry ?" lie was tottering now, but he held them back with a stern ges? ture, "I don't think I ever knew just what love was. There is one way? only one?" But from those lips the explanation of this one way never came. As they saw the change in him and rushed to his support, his head fell forward on his breast and all was over. CHAPTER XXX. Not Yet. >?#-?* lflEY had laid him on the bed JL and Mr. Harper, in his usual practical way, was hasten ^' J' Ing to rouse the house, when Oeorginn stepped before him and laid her hand upon the door. "Not yet," said she wifh authority. "He said there was a way?let us find It before we give up our secret and our possible safety. Mr. Harper, have you guested that way ?" "No, except the usual one of protec? tion through the law which he scouts. I do not believe, Mrs. Ransom, in any other being necessary. Your brother's threats answered a vary good purpose while he Whs alive, but now tiiat he is dead they need not trouble you. I'm not even sure that I believe in the organization. It was mostly in your brother's brain, Mrs. Ransom; there's no such band, or if there is, its powers are not so unlimited as he would make you believe." She Simply pointed to the motion? less form and the distorted face which were slowly assuming an expression of great majesty. "There is my answer." said she. "Men of bis Strong attributes do not kill themselves from fancy. He knew what he did." "And you think?" "That I will not live a week if I pass that door under the name of Georgian Ransom. Mr. Harper, I am iure of It; Roger, I beg you to believe what I say. It may not come here? but It will come. The mark has been set against my name. Death only will obliterate this mark. But ths name?that is already a dead one? shall it not stay so??It is the oss way?the way he meant." "Georgian!" It was a cry of infinite protest. Such a cry as one might expect from ths long-suffering Ransom. It drew her from the door; it brought her to his side. As their eyes and hands met. Harper stepped back to the bedsits, and remembering the sensitiveness af ths man before him, softly covered hie poor face. When he turned back, Mrs. Ransom was slowly shaking her head ander her husband's prolonged look and saying softly: "No, act Georgian, Anitra. Hence* lorth Anitra, always Anitra. Can yen endure the ordeal for the sake of the safety and peace of mind it will bring?" "I endure it! Can you? Remember the eeafeees that marks Aaitra." "That can be cared." Her smile turned almost arch. "We will travel; there are great physieiaas abroad." "A sister?not a wife?" "Tour wife in time?Ah, it will mean a ne# courtship aad?Anitra is a dif? ferent woman from Georgian?she has suffered?you will lcve her better." "0 God! Harper, are we living, awake, sane? Help me at this crisis, i do not know where I am or what this is she really asks." "She asks the Impossible. She asks what you can, perhaps, give, but net what I can. You forget that this de? ception calls for connivance on my part, and whatever you may think of me or my profession, deception is for? eign to my nature and very repugnant to me." "And you refuse?" "Mrs. Ransom, I must." The hope which had held her up, the life which had returned to body and spirit since this prospect of a pos? sible future had dawned upon her faded from glance and smile. "Then good-by, Roger, we shall never have those happy days together of which we have often dreamt. I may stay with you a week, a month, a year, but the horror of a great fear will be over us, and never, never can we know joy." She threw herself into her hus? band's arms: she clung to him. "One moment," she cried, "one mo? ment of perfect happiness before the shadow falls. Oh, how I must love you, Roger, to say such words, to think such thoughts, with the be ly of "A Ransom toftly Ircw her aside where her eyes couia noc iail upon the bed. the brother I loved so deeply once, ly? ing there dead be.ore us, killed by his own hund." Hansom Boftly drew her aside where her eyet could tot fall upon the bed. Harper stopped still where ?e was, the picture o! gloom and uncertainty. "It must be settled now." said Ran? som. "As we leave this room, our re? lations must. rema*n." "1 cannot but mink your fears all folly," muCored Harper. "Yet the re? sponsibility you force upon me is ter? rible. If it were not for that will! How can I present it to the Surrogate when I know the testator is still alive?" "You need not. I will do that," said Ransom. "And the property! Given to a man we none of us know. Property that is not legally his." "I wl'l make it so," cried Georgian with a burst of ne w and uncontrollable hope as ^lie saw, as she thought, this couse'oatious lawyer yielding. "There is paper here; draw up a deed of gift. I will oisn it and you shall hold it so that whether I live or die, Auchin closs' title to his money shall be ab? solute. This much I wi. h to do, that Alfred's life should not have been sacrificed for nothing." "Let. me think." 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