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Huttig Mews for $] a year.
Old papers for sale at this office
100 for 15 cents.
For Sale -A new organ at a bar
gain. Call at News office.
Dr. F. O. Mahoney and family
visited with relatives in El Dorado
Sunday._
J. C. Britt who is now living at
Smackover was in Huttig this week
yisiting old friends.
C. C. Bell returned from a trip
to El Dorado Thursday and left for
Monroe Friday Morning.
Mrs. Nettie Atkins of Chidester.
is the guest of her uncle Rev. J. R.
Rushing and family this week.
If you have any real estate for
sale list same with C. A. Berry, of
Huttig. who will sell same for you.
Mrs C. C, Bell arrived home
Sunday afternoon from a month's
visit with her sister, Mrs. Seavy, at
Millville.
For Sale, at a bargain seven
acres of land suitable for truck
farming and fruit raising adjoining
Huttig,
Mrs. D A. Keaslerand children
arrived home Friday from an ex
tended visit with her mother at
Ruston. La.
Mrs. Alfred Fish of Springfield.
III., arrived in Huttig Sunday for a
few weeks visit with her son A. G..
who met her at Gurdon.
Rev. W. T. King will commence
a revival meeting at Camp No. 1
Saturday night and continue for at
least one week. The meetings
will be held in the arbor erected
for that purpose.
Mrs. Charles E. Harman died at
her home near New London last
Saturday morning. She was in the
prime of life and leaves a husband
and three children to mourn her
untimely death.
Calumel is Bad
But Simmons’ Liver Purifier is
delightfully pleasant and its action j
is thorough. Constipation yields,
billiousness goes. A tri.il convinces
(In Yellow Tin Boxes Only.) Tried
once, used always. adv
There are nearly 15,000 post I
offices at present designated as
postal savings banks with the total
deposits at about $35,000,000
The business is steadily growing
and it takes 190 cierks at Wash-;
ington to look after that depart
ment.
The regular monthly open meet
ing of the Woman's Home society
was held on Monday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. T. F. Ashcroft.
Despite the inclement weather
twelve members were present and
a most excellent meeting was en
joyed as well as the refreshments.
ty«'s Sunken With Pain
Three years ago I had neuralgia
which caused my eyes to become
sunken and bloodshot \\ ith pain.
Hunt's Lighting Oil was recomend
ed and after using, the pain left
and has not returned, says A. M.
Coffey. 316 Van Buren Street.
Letchfield. 111. This wonderful
medicine is sold by all druggists
everywhere.
Practically every known way to
piepare mutton to eat about 60
in all is set forth in the latest ad
dition to the series of widely circu
lated cook-books published for free
distribution by the department of
agriculture. Should it prove as
popular as the others its circula
tion will amount to a million or
more copies like that of the famous
meat cook-book and the cheese
cook-book. Mutton is a very nu
tritious meat and Americans should
eat more of it, instead of insisting
on having beef, it is declired.
Imply Odt Sacks Wanted.
For all empty oat sacks delivered
to the Ice Plant on the 1 5th of each
month we will pay 5 cents each for
i them. Sacks must be in good con
! dition and we will only accept them
on the 1 5th of each month. These
sacks are well worth taking care of.
Union Saw Mill Co.
April 11. 1913.
Goodwin Makes Tariff Speech.
Calling upon the Democrats to
stand behind President Wilson in
his fight to restore the government
to the people, and attacking th<
whole Republican system of high
protection. Congressman W. S. j
Goodwin of the Seventh Arkansas
district recently delivered one of
the most effective tariff speeches
that has been hea^d on the floor of'
the house since the present debate
on the Underwood tariff bill com
menced says the Gazette's Wash
ington correspondent. Mr. Good
win was frequently interrupted
with applause, and he has since re
ceived the congratulations of his
colleagues upon his masterful han
dling of the tariff question.
Notice of School Election
There will be school election held'
in the Incorporated Town of Huttig
oh Saturday May 17th at the City
Hall for the purpose of electing two
directors for a term of three years,
voting on a school tax and for or
against county superindency of
schools.
Polls will open at 9 o’clock a. m.
and close at sunset.
F. W. Scott, Pres.
W. H. Moore Secy.
Huttig School Board.
To Democratic. County Central Committee.
There will be a meeting of the
Democratic County Central com
mittee at the court house in El Do
rado on Saturday. May 1 0, at 10
o'clock a. m.. to select the judges
and clerks for the primary election
for governor to be held June 21st
and transact such other business
as may come before it.
C. W. Hearin, Chairman.
G. S. Tatum. Secretary.
RUB-MY-TIS&l
Will cure vour Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, ;
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price 25c.
Not fit for ladies
Public sentiment should be
against it, and we believe it is. j
there can be no reason whv ladies j
should have to suffer with head-j
aches and neuralgia, especially ;
when Hunt's Lighting Oil gives,
such prompt relief. It is simply a j
question of getting the ladies to try j
it. All druggists sell Hunt's Light
ing oil in 25 and 50c bottles.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pav S50.00 as a reward to any
one. not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
person shall be convicted of depre
dating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1st, day of February, 1 906.
Union Saw Mill. Co.
By F. W. Scott.
Secy, and Treas
"Waiter, thiscoffee is nothingbut.
mud." “Yes, sir; certainly sir. It
was ground this morning."
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
TYe, the undersigned, li -.vs Known S'. .T,
Cheney for the laot 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially abl" to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is tehen Internally,
acting directly upon tho blood and mu
cous surfaces of tho system. Testimonials
sent fr. e. prieo 75 cents p r bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
Jiy ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
AUTHOR OF “THE J.BAVENWOPTH CASE”
“THE FILIGREE BAIL'T1IE HOUSE OFTHEWHISPERING PINES*
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CH APTKR I—Georpe Anderson anfl
wif* set* a remarkable man come out o'
the (Vermont hotel, look around furtively
wash his hands in the snow and pass on
Commotion attracts them tr» the Clermont
wh^re it is found that the beautiful Miss
Edith Challoner has fallen dead on the
mezznnim floor
CH \PTER II—Anderson describes the
• nan he saw wash his hands in the snow
T!.» hotel manas?er declares him to be
(*r•JIr\ *_ R rnt h ersp n,
f’TT.iPTrn TIT Physicians And that
M.ss Challoner was stubbed and not shot.
'■ < lt sec ms to clear Brotherson of sus- i
pic* on.
CHAPTER TV—Gryce. an aped detec- i
tive. and Sw* .vafer. h*s assistant, take
up the case They believe Miss Challone
8f n bhpd l' r ro>. 1 f
i T *.T' — A paper cutfer foun
near the se ne of tragedy is believed t
he the weapon used.
CHAPTER VI Mr Challoner tells of r
batch of letters found in his dausrhter"
desk, signed with initials stranpe to hin
All are love letters except one whlcl
shows that the writer w is displease.!
CHAPTER VII This k
bv Orlando Brotherson.
’• itials which lend to the
Hrotherson wrote all of
• tter was signed
The nth -rs hor<
conclusion tha
them.
CHAPTER VIII And* ’son pnes wit*
Sweetwater to identify Brotherson. wh<
is to address a meeting of anarchist?
The place is raided bv the police am
I’rot her son • scap-s without being identi
fled.
CHAPTER TX Brotherson is found 11 v
Ing in a tenement under the name o*
I Minn. .He. is an inventor.
ClfAFTER X Brotherson tells the cor
oner of his acquaintance with Miss Chal
loner and how she repulsed him wit!
ss rn when he offered her his love.
CHAPTER XT Sweetwater recoils the
mystery of the murder of a washerworn
an in which some details were similar t
the Challoner affair Brotherson was
tenant of the building adjoining the on*
In which the woman died.
CH AFTER XFT T'ur'flii'r comparison of
the two cases spurs (Jryce and Sweetwa
ter to renewed activity.
CHAPTER XIH Challoner admits h;«
daughter was deeply interested, if not in
love with Brotherson.
CHAPTER XIV Brotherson gives the
police a plausible explanation of his con
duet, fJryce and Sweetwater are given j
permission to pursue their Investigations
Independently.
CHAPTER XV Sweetwater plans to
disguise himself as a carpenter and seek :
lodgings in the same building with Broth- ,
erson.
CHAPTER XVI-Hi- wntrhes the InvPn
tor at work at night and is detected by j
the latter. The detect've moves to a
room adjoining Brotherson’s.
CHAPTER XVII Tie bores a hole In
the wall to spy on Brotherson. He visits
him and assists the inventor in his work
CHAPTER XVUI— Repetition of the
tune played by the orchestra the neght of
Miss Challoner’s death arouses the sleep
Ing .Brotherson to uneasy muttering*
CHAPTER XIX— a girt sent by Sweet
water with Edith Chailoner’s letters is
ordered out by Brotherson. He declares
the letters were not written to him.
CHAPTER XX Sweetwater is tin
masked by Brotherson, who declares he
recognized him at once.
CHAPTER XXI Sweetwater gets a
messag- that C.rvce lias made a d "V
ery which changes the whole situation.
CHAPTER XXII Closer inspection
shows that the letters signed “(> B
w. r* written hy two differen: m#n. Sweet
water gees to Derby in search of the se
ond “O. B..” whom lie expects to Arid
through one Doris Scott, mentioned in !
Miss Chailoner’s letters.
CHAPTER XXTII Doris is found act
ing as nurse for Oswald Brotherson. wh«- i
Is critically ill from typhoid fever, and
calls in Ids delirium the name “f Edith. 1
He is the manager of the local works |
and is idolized by the people.
CHAPTER XXIV -Oswald passes the
c?is‘s and the doctor says he will recover
CHAPTER XXV Sweetwater comes
across a peculiar hut in the woods. He
sees a load of boxes marked “O Broth
erson.’* taken inti the hut under the su
pervision of Doris Scott.
CHAPTER XXVI Sweetwater returns
to New York and reports to Gryce. hut ,
omits mention of tin hut in the woods,
the sole discovery of importance.
CHAPTER XXVII—Challoner appears ,
In Derby
CHAPTER XXVIII Doris fells Chal
loner of seeing in a dream th*- face of
the man who killed Edith. Tin door bell j
rings and she recognizes in the visitor
th** man of her dream.
CH APTER X X 1 \ Tt is Orlando Broth
arson, who requests an interview with his |
brother. It is denied. H« seems greatly
perturbed when Doris tells him the
boxes have he n safely placed in the hut
CHAPTER XXX Orlando is greatly
agitated at the realization that he has
fallen 11i love with Dor s H** demands
to be present when Oswald is inform* d of
Edith’s death.
CHAPTER XXXI It develops that Or
lando is working on a Hying machine
which Sweetwater, who has arriv ed a .rain
on die scone, declares will revolutionize
air flight.
CHAPTER XXXII- Oswald is told of
Edith's death.
CHAPTER XXXIII- Orlandj trim his
brother of bis repul*e by Miss Chalioncr.
CIIAl’TI • XXXIV-Orlando asks his
brother to assist in tests of Ids air ear.
a> lie ean trust tu> ore- else Oswald re
fuses owing to his we'kenod condition.
<*ii.ii * . v .v . v v . ud on ns ovii I*i li
near approach of the test of his machine
a a d the lack of a suitable assistant, Or
lando is startled by a knock at the door
of the hut and admits Sweetwater.
CHAPTER XXXVI—Sweetwater offers
bis services .is an assistant asd shews tie
knows something of lirotherson's id'«i
CHAPTER XXX "II—The air cat pioves
CHAPTER XXX * III Oswald declares
his grief over Edith's death reudets liiin
Incapable of accepting his brother's olfei
to share in ii's wort- and triumphs. Or
lande offers himself to Doris and Is re
fused lie spends tile flight in tile han
ipi i ip T, d?7. O
No answer, yet she was there. Tie
knew it in every throbbing fib jr of his
body. She was there and quite aware
of liis presence; of this he felt sure;
yet she did not bid him enter. Should
he knock again? Never! but he would
not quit the threshold, not if she kept
him waiting there for hours. Perhaps
she realized this. Perhaps she had
meant to open the door to him from
the very first, who can tell? What
avails is that she did ultimately open
it, and he, meeting her soft eye
wished from his very heart that hi.
impulse had led him another way
even if that way had been to the edge
of the precipice—P;;rl over.
For the* face he looked upon was se
retie, and there was no -enity in
him; rather a confusion o, unloosed
passions fearful of barrier and yi rn
ins tumultuously for freedom. Hut.
whatever his revolt, the secret revolt
which makes no show in look or
movement, h« kept his ground ami
forced a smile of greeting. If her face
was quiet, it was also lovely—too love
ly, he felt, for a man to leave it. what
ever might come of his lingering.
Nothing in ail his life had ever af
fected him like it. For him there was
,0 other woman in the past, the pi^s
■nt or the future, and, realizing 'his
taking in to the full what her affm-Mon
and her trust might be to him in
hose fearsome days to come, he so
-trended a rebuff—-he who had been
ie courted or women ana the admired
f men ever since he couid remember
—that he failed to respond to her wel
•ome and the simple congratulations
he felt forced to repeat. He could
ieither speak the commonplace, nor .
isten to it. This was his crucial
tour. He must find support here, or
ield hopelessly to the maelstrom in
■-hose w hirl he was caught.
She saw his excitement and faltered
hack a step—a move which she regret
ted the next minute, for he took ad
vantage of it to enter and close behind
him the door which she would never
have shut of tier own accord. Then
au spoke, abruptly, passionately, but i
in those golden tones which no emo
tion could render other than alluring:
“1 am an unhappy man, Miss Scott.
I see that my presence hero is not
welcome, yet am sure that it would be
so if it were not for a prejudice
which your generous nature should
be the first to cast aside. In face of the
outspoken confidence of my brother
Oswald. Doris, little Doris, 1 love you. ,
I have loved you from the moment of
our first meeting. Not to many men
is it given to find his heart so late,
and when be does, it is for his whole
life; no second passion can follow’ it.
1 know that I am premature in saying
this; that you are not prepared to
hear such words from me and that it
might be wiser for me to withhold
them, but 1 must leave Derby soon,
and 1 cannot go until I know whether
there Is the least hope that von will
yet lend a light to my career or
v. hpther that career must burn itself
to ashes at your feet. Oswald—nay,
hear me out—Oswald lives in Irs
memories; but I must have an active
hope—a tangible expectation—if I am
to be the man 1 was nn ant to be. Will j
you, then, coldly dismiss m°, or will
you let my whole future lift prove to
you the innocence of my past? 1 will
not hasten anything; all I ask is some
indulgence. Time will do the rest.”
"impossible," she murmured.
Put that was a word for which he
had no ear. He saw that she was
moved, unexpectedly so; that while
her eyes wanfb red restlessly at timet
towards the door, they ever came but k
in*girlish wondi r, if not. fascination, to
his face, emboldening him so that he
ventured at last., to add:
“Doris, little Doris, I will teach you
a marvellous lesson, if you will only
turn your dainty ear my way. Love
such as mine carries infinite treasure
with it. Will you have that treasure
heaped, piled before your feet? Your,
lips say no, but your eyes—the truest
eyes I ever saw'--whisper a different
language. The day will come whet
you will find your joy in the breast o'
hirn you are now afraid to trust.” And
not wa ing for disclaimer or even a
glance of reproach from the eves h
hud so wilfully misread, Vn- withdrew i
with a movement as abrupt as that j
with which he had entered.
Why, then, with the memory of thn
exultant hour to fend off all shadows, I
did the midnight find him in his soli 1
tary hangar in the moonlit woods a j
deeply desponding figure ag hi. lit1- ;
side him swung the huge machine
which represented a life of power an !
luxury; but he no longer saw it. H
called to him with many a creak and
quiet snail—sounds to start his blood
and fir<> his eye a week—nay, a day j
ago. But he was deaf to this music
now; the call went unheeded; the fu
ture had no further meaning for him,
nor did lie know or think whether he
sat in light or in darkness; wh the r
tile woods were silent about him, or
panting with life and sound. His
demon had gripped him again and the
final battle was on. There would nev
er be another. Mighty as he felt him
self to be, there were limits ev'f e to
his capacity for endurance. He could
sustain no further conflict.. How then
would it end? He iuver had a doubt
himself! Yet he sat there.
Around him in the forest, the night
owls screeched and innumerable small
things without a name, skurriej from
lair to lair.
He heard them not.
Above, the moon rode, flecking the
deepest shadows with the silver from
her half-turned urn, but none of the
soft and healing drops fell upon him.
Nature was ho longer a goddess, hut
an avenger: light a revealer, not a
solace. Darkness the only boon.
Nor had time a jneaning. From
("lily ev ■ to early morn lie Hat there
and knew not if it. were one hour or
twelve. Earth was his no longer. He
roused, when the sun made everything
li _ 'it about him, but he did not think
about it. He rose, but was not con
scious that he rose. He unlocked the
door and stepped out into the forest; ;
but he could never remember doing
tins. Fie only knew later that he had
been in the woods and n«w was in h*
room at the hotel; all the rest was !
phantasmagoria, agony and defeat.
He had crossed the Rubicon of this
world’s hopes and fears, but be had
been unconscious of the passage.
CHAPTER XXXIX,
Th? Avenger.
“Dear Mr. Challoner:
“With every apology for the Intru
sion, may 1 request a few minutes of i
private conversation with you this j
evening at seven o’clock? Let it be 1
in your own room.
“Yours truly,
“ORLANDO BROTHER SON."
Mr. Challoner had been called upon
to face many difficult and heartrend
ing duties since the blow which had
desolated his home fell upon him.
But from none of them had hr
shrunk as he did from the interview
tints demanded. He had supposed
himself rid of this man. He had dis
missed Mm from his life when he had
dismissed Sweetwater. His face, ac
cordingly, wore anything but a pro
pitiatory look, when promptly at the
lioi'r of seven, Orlando Brotherson en
t.ered his apartments.
ins ph isure or in. displeasure was
however, a matter of small conse
quence to his self-invited visitor. He
had come there with a set purpose
and nothing in heaven or earth could
deter him from it now. Declining the
offer of a sent, with the slightest or
acknowledgments in the way of a
bow, he took a careful survey of tli
roo'm before saying:
“Are we alone, Mr. Challoner, or M
that man Sweetwater lurking some
where withm hearing?"
"Mr. Sweetwater is gone, as 1 hr.'l
tiie honor of telling you yesterday,”
v as the somewhat stiff reply. “There
tire no witnesses to this conference, if
that is what you wish to know.”
“Thank you, but you will pardon
my insistence if I request, the privilege
of closing that door." He pointed to
the one communicating with the bed
room. “The information 1 have to
give you is not such as I am willing
to have shared, at least for the pres
ent.”
“You may close the door,” said Mr.
Challoner coldly. “But is it necessary
for you to give me the information
you mention, tonight? It it is of such
a nature that you cannot accord me
the privilege of sharing it, as yet, with
others, why not spare me till you can?
1 have gone through much, Mr. Broth
i arson."
I "Yofl havp.” mm** In steady essen*
I as tlif mail Ulus addressed stepped to
the door lie had indicated and quietly
j closed it. “But,” he continued, as he
! crossed back to his former position,
"would it be easier for yon to go
■ through the night now in anticipation
of what. I have to reveal than to bear
it at once from my lips while 1 am in
the mood to speak?”
The answer was slow in coming.
The courage which In d upheld this
rapidly aging man through so many
trying interviews, seemed inadequate
lor the test put so cruelly upon it. lie
f iltered and sank heavily into a chair,
while tile stern man watching him.
gave no signs of responsive sympathy
or even interest, only a patient and
icy-tempered resolve.
“1 cannot live in uncertainty;” sucli
were finally Mr. Challoner's words.
"What you have to say concerns
Edith?” The pause lie made was in
finitesimal in length, but it was lone
i nougli for a quick disclaimer. But
no such disclaimer came. "1 will hear
it," came in reluctant finish.
Mr. lh’oiliorson took a step forward
His mi ni, r was as cold as the heart
whiyh lay like a stone in his bosom.
“Will you pardon me if 1 ask you to
rise?' said he "I have my weaknesses
o. (lie gave no sign of them.) “I
Minot speak down from such a height
to the mar. I am bound to hurt.”
As if answering to the constraint of
: will quite outside his own, Mr. Ch: I
loner rose. Th ir heads were now .
more nearly on a level and .Mr. 1'oth
rron's voice remain, d low, as 1. pro
seeded, with quiet intensity;
“There has Ivon a tirno- wd it may
exist yet, God knowr—when you 1
thought me in some unknown ami . o
cret way I ho ntorder- of your tk.u-h
ter. I do not qua rel will the srs- |
piclon; it was jim'ifted, Mr. Chailon *r j
1 did kill your cm .-'iter, and with this
hand! I can no longi r deny it."
The wret- h« d fat!’', r sway d. follow
ing the .g: Ktnre '■! the hand tints held j
out; bu. he tinl not fi ll, nor did a !
sound leave hi. ';’
ltrotlierson went cob’!;* e *:
“I did it !>> cause I regarded her
treatment to my suit as insolent. I
have no merry for any such display of
intolerance on tiie part of the rich and j
the fortunate, i hated her for it; 1
hated her class, herself and all she
stood- for. To strike the dealer of such
a hurt I felt to be my right. Though a
man of small beginnings and of a
stock which such as you call common,
I have a pride which few of your
blood ran equal, i could not work, or
sleep or cat with such a s'ing in my
breast as th“ hid planted there. To
rid my If of it, I determined to kill
her. and I did. I'ow? Oh, that was
my. i'• ■ h it h “ proved a great
tumble y block to the detectives, as 1
knew it would! 1 shot her - but not,
with an ordinary bullet. My charge
was a sin 11 icicle made deliberately
for the purpose. It had strength |
ino. _h to jp iK'trat.v but it left no |
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f
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trace behTncf if. 'A bullet of ice for a
lioort of ice,’ I hart said in the tor
ment of my rase. Hut the word was
without Knowledge, Mr. Challoner. I
nee it now; 1 have seen it for two
whole weeks. I dirt not misjudge her
condemnation of me, but I misjudged
its cause. It was not to the compara
tively poor, the comparatively obscure
man she sough' to show- contempt,
but to the brother of Oswald whose
claims she saw insulted. A woman I
should have respected, not killed. A
woman of no pride of station; a
an who loved a man not only of my
own class, but of my own blood—a
woman, to avenge whose unmerited
death 1 stand here before you a solf
••ondenmed criminal. That is but jus
ice, Air. Challoner. That is the way
1 look at things. Though no senti
nentalist; and dead to all beliefs save
he eternal truths of science, 1 have
hat in me which will not let me prof
t, now that I know myself unworthy,
>y the great success 1 have earned,
lence th's confession. Mr. Challoner.
t has not come easily, nor do I she
ny eyes in the least to the results
which must follow. But I cannot do
lifferently. Tomorrow, you may tele
raph to New York. Till then I d'e tre
to be left undisturbed. I have many
things to dispose of in the interim.”
Mr. Challoner, very white by now,
pointed to the door before lie sank
again into his chair. Brotlierson took
it for dismissal and stepped slowly
back. Then their eyes met again and
Mr. Challoner spoke his first word;
“There was another—a poor woman
—she died suddenly—and her wound
was not unlike that inflicted upon
iCdith. Did you—”
“I did." TIip answer came without
■i trt mor. "You may say and so nu.y
others that I was less justified in this
attack than in the other; but. I do not
< e it that way. A theory does not al
ways work In practice. 1 wished to
test the unusual means T contem
I la ted, nnd the woman I saw before
i me across the court was hard work
■ ing and with nothing in life to look
1 forward to, so—”
A cry of bitter execration from .'Ur.
j t'halloner cut him short. Turning with
I a shrug, lie was about to lift iiis hand
! '0 the door, when he gftve a violent
fart and fell hastily back before a
'tuickly entering figure of such pas
sion and fury as neither of these nu n
has ever seen before.
It was Oswald! Oswald, the kindly!
Oswald, the lover of men and the
adorer of women! Oswald, with ttie
words of the dastardly confession he
’ijd^pnrfly overheard senring hot with
"n his brain! Oswald, raised in a mo
ment from the desponding invalid to
a terrifying ministrant of retributive
justice.
Orlando could scarcely raise his
hand before the other's was ui«m his
i hroat.
"Murderer! double-dyed murderer of
■nnocent women!" was hissed in the
‘•Irong man's ears. "Not with the law,
but with me you must reckon, and
may God and the spirit of my mother
nerve my arm!”
CHAPTER XL.
Desolate.
The struggle1 was fierce hut momen
fary. Oswald with his weakened pow
ers could not Ions: withstand the
'■ady ex-»r'ion of Orlando's giant
eth, and i re long sank away from
;• t test into Mr. dial loner’s arms
*1 You sh.uild not have summoned the
(!■> of our mother to your aid,”- ob
■ rv d the other v. i ’t a smile, in
'.i:.h tin irony w; s lest in terribly
res aye. "1 was always h r favorite.”
O: wi ld shuddered. Orlando hud
roken truly; she hid always been
blindly, arrogantly trustful of her eld
< st son. -No fault could she see la
liiin; and now—
Impetuously Oswald struggled with
' is weakm ss. raised himself in Mr.
li illom-r s arms and cried in loud re
volt:
‘Thil Cod is juct. T’e v;U not ’ t
you ( e; If If' ilo t, I will not. I
will hound you to the ends of this
i arth and, if necessary, into the eter
nities. Not. with the threat of my arm
—you are my master there, but with
the curse of a brother who believed
you innocent of his darling’s blood
i nd would have In lieved you so in
face of everything but your own
To Be Coni nuf.d Next Week.)
You will find on sale at the
Union Saw Mil company store,
the Union hotel and Bell's cream
parlor four different local post card
/tews in colors. If these sell well
..he publisher expects to add sev
eral other views to th list. They
wih oe so u it two foi live oeuts.