ii Local News of the Wee
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G!d papers for sale at this offl e
100 for 1 5 cents.
For Sale A rjew organ at a bar
gain. Call at News office.
A. W. Larson is visiting with rel
atives in Kansas this week.
T. B. Weaver and wife arrived
home Tuesday from a visit to New
Orleans. _ _
Mr. and Mrs. G S. Prestridge
of Shreveport were in Huttig this
week visiting with friends.
'
Mrs. J. D. Loyd left Monday
for Piedmont. Mo. to spend the
summer visiting with relatives.
Mrs. A. G. Benson and children
left Tuesday morning for Savan
nah. Ga. to join her husband who
is working there now.
D. F. Collett left Sunday for
Little Rock to take the Scottish
Rite degrees of masonry at the Al- 1
bert Pike consistory.
C. E. McHenry has accepted a
position with the Bl Dorado Foun
ry Company and moved to that city
Tuesday to go to work.
Russell Moore returned from
Texarkana Tuesday where he un
d or went an operation for appendici
tis. He is again at work in the store
Mrs. Dora Weller of Milan. Kan.,
who has been visiting her brothers
W. H. and J. E. Greer left Tues
day for Poplar Bluff Mo. to visit
a sister. __ _
Cashier T. J Breed, of the First ;
National Bank left Wednesday
morning for Littte Rock to attend I
the meeting of the State Bankers
Association.
Mr. J. D. Gathright. son of J. P.
Gathrfght, and Miss Eva Harrison
daughter of Mrs Furgeson. wer
united in marriage at Bolding
Wednesday evening.
V/m. James Greer of 120 R. R
entertained a number of his friend?
from 3 to 5 p m. Saturday after- \
noon in honor of his birthday quit !
a pleasant time was spent in games
after whicn refreshments were
served. __
Dr. H. W. Nowell of the Boston
university school of medicine an
nounces that after several years of
research he has found a serum
which when injected into rabbits
mokes th-m immune to cancer. He
is now to test the remedy on GOO
"human b engs.
Harry W. Howland who was
formriy saw filer here, for the Un
Saw Mill Company, but who ha;
been living in the state of Washing
ton for the past three years was in
Huttig the first of the week visitinc
old friends. He was enrcute to a
position in Louisiana.
The Monument to The Women
of the Confed^arcy in Arkansas
1861-1 865 erected by the United
Confederate Veterans on the New
State Capitol grounds at Little
Rock will be unveiled on Thurs
day May 1. at 2 o'clock p. m. with
appropriate ceremonies.
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
views in-colors. If these sell well
the publisher expects to add sev
eral other vn ws to the list. They
will be sold at two for five cents
The members of the Sweet Bay
Grove Woodmen Circle gave a sup
per to the members of Swe t Bay
Camp Woodmen of the World at
the lodge hall Saturday which was
largelyattended. Attorney George
LeCroy of El Dorado made' an in
teresting talk on Woodcraft. The
cake voted to the best looking young
lady present was given to Miss
Marie Saxe and the cne. to the ugli
est man present went to Counci'
■Commander C. P. Pryor but Per
| cy knows it was all a joke.
•
All records wer? brok -n for t! e
number of bills introduced at the
i begining of a new congress. In the
house there was a de’ug ; of 3,000
bills in the first three days or ahou’
three times as many as were pass- :
°d by the ent:re last congress. The
total number introduced last con- I
gress was nearly 30,000.
Congressman W. T. Goodwir
has caused to be sent to the fa--- j
mersof this district three very bene
ficial bulletins from the Deoartmer.t:
of Agriculture, as follo w:'' Corn Cul
ture in tne south." "Feeding Hogs
in the south." and "An Example of
Intensive Farmingin the Cotton
Belt." If you were overlooked
write him an1 secure them.
Resolutions preparing for a num
ber of additional amendments to
'he constitution: have been present
ed <n congress. One provides that
the president and vice-president
shall be elected by popular vote, for
a single term of seven years. An
other would limit the tenure of the
president to two terms of four years
eac h: another to one tei*rn of six
years. Another declares that the
U. S. district judges shall be chos
en by popul: r vote.
Mr. Murdock of Kans..the Pro
gressive leader, in congress has
put in a bill prescribing a series of !
labels which must be used on all '
clothing to show whether they are. j
ail wool, mixed,shoddy or whatnot. I
so that the purchaser may know .
just what he is getting. Some of |
the members opposes the bill on j
the ground that lots of people like j
to believe that they are wearing
the finest wool even though it is
part cotton or shoddy.
Notice.
The Union Sa.v Mill Company
will pav S50.00 as a reward to anv
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
her of said Company.
This Iff-, day of February, 1 906
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. V/. Scott.
Secy, and Treat' j
f
Sa-. i:ri Him.
It didn't kill me but 1 think it
would, if it hid not been for Hunt's
Cure. ! was tired miseryble ai d
well nigh used up when i com -
menced u ing it for an old and se
vere case of ecz -,ma. One apph-'
cation relieved me and box cun d
me. I believe Hunt's Cure will
ura any form of itching known to
mankind.
Clifton Lawrence. Helena. Okla
The primary to select a demo
catic candidate for govenor will be
held on June 9.! st which comes on
Saturday. The judges and clerks
w ill be called upon to hold this elec
tion without pay and it will be a
t -st of the mettle of some of the
democracy of the state. The cost
of a primary would approximate
$30,000 arid it would be a prohibit
ive price for the candidates to pay.
We believe there are plenty of good
democrats in eveiy. Township in
Union cou-ty who will volunteer to
hold this election w ith as much en
thusiasm as an electi n where t e
pay was assured especially on ac
count of the fact that Judge Hays
of thie Judicial district is one of
the candidates.
There Is 4Tir.ro Cal rrh I 1 tl.'i sect'on of
■ the l-.illtur. til.. 4 r .1 t-l.i r (h: aiie.s put
toyetln r, . t t. II 1 ■ I .4 1 •>' y r.s
was su.ipr. i- I t t 1 ■ 1 .urn.!.; ;. Tor a Kreat
1 many '■ ..rs d ■■ t..:n ] • :.i.uae il II a local
Oise Iso lit r. 1 1 c .1 r. tut d> and
i.y cons: milv f.: t i iu.o v Mi local
treatment, in-or.au 1 it incurable. S-d
'tn e 1. s pi i Ca rr'i t » bo a consti
tutional lii.-.d. c. an l lher f to requires
conntitutlon-1 treatment. II-H's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured b> i Cheney &
Co.. T* I to. Ohio, is jt<p only Const! Mi
tlonnl < tiro into ra tl. '. Ii is talon ln
tcrnallv in do: s fr • a hi <'.r ps to a 1 -a
Epoonful. It n ts d'.rccilv on .';o id 'oil
and mucous surfaces i f the r m. Tl -v
po-cr one hundred dd'ars fr-y r.- • it
f "s to euro. Bend l r circular ) anil tes
timonials.
Address: F. .T. n"'”'Y iz C T -ledo, O.
Poll! bv TVu- -i-' 7>.
Take Ilall’a Family Pills for constipation.
JNI
CSEEN
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Author op “the lkavenwobtw case-'*
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SYNOPSIS.
OTT \PTCTt t fi ‘c.r.r** Anderson an'’
v.Tif< s- e -i remarkable man coii'." on* <>■
the ‘ ’lerna n{ hotel, look armimi fur r-'dy
y 1 I*is ban's in the snow and pass on
‘"Vm motion at ra^rs ! 1mm to th • Clermont
' f»t• 7«■ it is found that riie h* a»t fill Mis*
CI.-*!!oner has fallen dead on the
roi / /unine floor.
Cf-f VTKR TT—Anderson describes the
"art he saw wash hhs hands in the snow
hotel manager declares him to be
1 '"b/':!: Prof h* r-on.
' "H ' h’7"T"H TIT 7“ vs! ians find that
• 1 oner was st-bbed and not shot
1 - ms to « lertr h-rotlmrsmn of sus- l
pi<’'on.
('HAf’TTIR TV Crvre an aared det.ee-)
ti'. <• and $ * , water, h’s assistant. ta'<e
l!P 1 ■'*' o-y believe Miss Challoner :
stabbed » r • velf.
* *T "“‘"T '^T A paper cutter found
n» ;ie sf-ne of tragedy Is believed to:
he the weapon used.
Cl I \ I '• KR VI Mr Phalloner tells of a 1
h-at« J; of letters found iri his daughter's
d* sh. signed vvlth initials stranjo to him
A I! . re love 1- tiers e'*eopt one which j
shows that the writer was displeased
Cl
be » udando P.ro: h'-Tson. The others bore j
;*dtio!s vvhieh h- id to tin* conclusion that ;
Hrotherson wrote all of them.
‘'HAFT KT1 VIII- \ nderson ernes with
, ; : . Brotherson
• s in a 1 Ir* ss a meeting of an u ■'•hists.
Thr- p i< e is raided hv the police and j
: t hers.»n escapes without being identi
fied
CHAPTER X TSro'lierson tells th«^yor
oner <>f Mis ,i qunintu n« e with Mi?5 Chad
loner and how she repuls* <1 him with
s^ orri when he offered fu r his love.
(’MMTKH XT—Sweetwater refills the
niv:--? rv of the mur-i r of a wa'J'iPrv.’otn
an in wh?ehi Home deta’ls were similar to
th Ch:•doner nff ■'v BiaAherson was a
?«o - nr , f the hii;hiin,> adjoining tlu* on»
in wlo'cl the woman dh vl.
(• t; \ fT” •• TT: T-. C *"• * r comparison of
the tvvn asf s -pin -- Oryce and Sweetwa
ter to renewed activity.
f’h \PTFlt XITT Clmllon'T admits trs
daughbr was deeply interested, if red in
lov** with Biotin rson.
CHAPTER XiV Bred hereon trives the j
police a plausible explanation of his con
A>. t rirye, and S. eetwat r are given |
p rm's-shin to pursue their investigations |
tndependf n tly.
f*H AFTER W Sweetwater plans to
dt'stprse himself as a cart enter md seek
lod-.dn^s in the same building with Broth
ers'»n.
CHAPTER XVh-Me watches the inyen
Km at \\< r k ■>? mu1 • .-w-i d- • ted by
tlu* latt -r. The det.ect:ve moves to a
room adjoinin'; Brot her son’s.
CHAPTER XVII TTe bores a hole »r,
ti e wall to spv on Brotherson. Th visits
h*m and assists the Inventor in ,his work
CHAITIIK XVU1 Hep tition of the
tun* played by tlu- orchestra the n».;hl of
Miss C’hadloner’fi death arouses the sleep
ing J:? her:- >n to utv asy mutterings.
rn AFTER 'XIX A gYl .^nt hy ^woet
w ter with Edith Ch illoner’s letters is
; o:der*-d out by Brc/th* »s.m H - d- dares
i the 1 -tiers were not ri!*en to him.
CT1 \ PTE FI XX ? . ml water is un
I »■*•••-’ • d by I re' f er w ho (declares he
r- • ocnizod him at on e.
CHAPTER XXI Sweetwater gx-ts a
n i y* that Gryce has male a <! %-nv- i
cry w! eii ohang-s the wiiole situation.' f
CHAPTER XX1T Closer inspection !
s: >ws that the letters si:;};. d “O. B ’
v !- written 1 two different rnsn Sweet- |
waiter ut es to Derby in seat eh of the so • I
find » E ." whom hi* expects to find '
throe.-h me Paris fv att, rnentioiK-d in I
M ss Ch.alloner’s letters
CTIaITEU XXITl Doris is fund act
ing as nurse for Oswald Brolherson, wh*
Vs • rlti illy tl1 from tvp' >ul fever. ;im'
«■: I- t?i his delirium the name of Edith
Tie is the manager of tin local work.*
and is idolized hy the people.
CHAPTER XXTV -Oswald passes the
ere- s and the doctor says he will recover
CHAPTER XXV Sweetwater comes
across a p. culiur hut in the woods. He
Sees a load of boxes marked ”< i Broth
erson.” taken into the hut under the su
per. »sion of Doris Si <.f*
fll U’Tl'Tt XXVT Pw-etwater returns
to X \v 1^ rk and reports to Gryce, hvr
omits in ntam of tiie hut in the woods
the so! His' overy of importance.
CHAPTER XX VII- Challoner appears
!r. Derby
CHAPTER XXVITT Doris tells Chal
... of • in” in i dream tl#- Eve or
I5 c man who killed Edith. The door neT
lings and she recognizes in the visitor
tie* man of her dream
CHAPTER XXiX-Tt is Orlando Broth
even, who r- «111« -ts an int- r\ ie\v with his
brother. It is denied. H seeing great!;,
perturbed when Doris tills lorn the
box s have he n safely placed in the hut
CHAPTER XXX Orlando is greatly
air‘a w-d at the realization that he has
falh-n ir» love with Dans TTe demands
to he present when Oswald Is informed oi
EA:,i;.*s denth.
CiAPTEU XXXI It develops that Or
lando is working on a Hying machine
w’ i -h Sweetwater who ha- arrived again
or- the sc»*ne, d a dares will revolutionize
air flight.
< H \PTKR XXXII Oswald is told of
F ’Ah’s death
CHAPTER XXXII! OCand^ tells his
brother of his a pulse by M ss Challoncr.
( HA FT! * XXX! V ()rlan*lo asks his
hr■-ther to as.- st in t- s s of his air car.
a- he con trust no one el.se. Oswald re
fuses owing to his weakened condition.
"For nobody; not for myself even.
This is the first time they have left
their hiding-place in my brain.”
"Can you swear to that?”
”1 can and will, if you require It
Hut you ought to believe my word, sir.
I am square as a die in all matters not
connected—well, not connected with
my profession,” he smiled in a burst
of that whimsical humor, which not
even the seriousness of tli; moment
could quite suppress.
‘‘And what surety have I that you
do not consider this very matter of
mine as coming within the bounds you
speak of?”
‘‘None. But you must trust me that
far.”
Brotherson surveyed him with an
irony which conveyed a very differ
ent message to the detective than any
he had intended 'I "n quickly:
"To how many have you spoken, di
lating upon this device, and publish
ing abroad my secret?”
"1 have spoken to no one, not even
to A'r. Gryee. That shows my km- . ty
as nothing else can.”
| ”*ou have kept my secret lUiuct?”
“Entirely so, sir.”
“So that no one, here or lyr where,
.hares our knowledge ol n ,:o#
min's it: this mechanism?”
"1 say so, sir.”
"Then ii 1 should kill you,” came in
'•rocious accents, “now—here—”
“You would be the only one to own
hat knowledge. But you won’t Kdl
Lite.”
■Why?”
“Need I go Into reasons?”
“Why? 1 say.”
“Because your conscience is a1, r. dy
oo heavily laden to bear the burden
of another unprovoked crime.”
Brotherson. staring back, glar d
vit.h open ferocity upon the man vho
dar<d to face him with s^cli an accu
sation.
“God! why didn’t T shoot you on en
' ranee! ” he crb-<k “Your courage is
certainly colossal.”
A fine smile, without even the hint
of humor now, touched the daring de
tectives lip. Brotberson’s anger
seemed to grow under it, and he loud
.v repeated:
“It's more than colossal: it’s abnor
mal ano—” A moment's pause, then
with ironic pauses-—“and quite unnec
essary save as a matter of display, un
less you think you need it to sustain
you through the ord' al you are court
ing. You wish to help me finish and
prepare lor flight?”
"1 sincerely do.”
“You consider yourself competent?”
“I do.”
Ilrotherscn’s eyes fell and he walked
once to the extremity of the oval llooi
iiig and back.
Well, we will grant that. Put that’s
not all that is necessary. My require
ments demand a companion in my
urst flight. Will you go up in the car
with me on Saturday night?”
A quick affirmative was on Sv.’P't
water's bus but. the glimpse which b.a
got of the speaker’s face glowa ri. g
upon him from the shadows into which
llrotherson had withdrawn, stoppt d Us
utterance, and the silence grew heavy
Though it may not have lasted long
by the clock, tile instant of breathless
contemplation ol each other’s features
across the inti rvening space was ot
| incalculable moment to Sweetwater.
|and, possibly, to Urotie-v v,n. As
' frowning men are said to live over
heir whole history between th« ir first
(lunge and their final rise to 11 .•be an 1
uir. so through the mind of the. de
eetive rui-hcd tin memories of hi
east and I he'fast fading glories of hi.'
inure; and rebelling a' the subtle
peril ho saw ir. im.t sardonic eye, he
■ ociferated an impulsive:
‘No! I'll not—' and paused, caught
tty a k w anti irrcshuibie .=• motion.
A breath of wind—the first he had
•It th- r night—had swept in through
some crevice iu the curving wall, flap
ping Hie canvas enveloping the great,
car. It acted like a peal to battle
Alter all, a man mu3t take so no risks
in this? iife, and his heart was in this
•rial of a redoubtable mechanism in
which he had full faith. He could not
•> no to the* prospect of b-ing th'
first to share a triumph which would
si ud his name to the ends of tin
aith; and. changing the trend of hi
sentence lie repeated with a on Iran;
which had the force of a gr at c,
vision:
“I will not fail you in anything. If
he rises—” litre his trembling hand
ell on the curtain shutting off lii:
view of tiie ship, “she shall fake no
vit’n her, so that when she descends .
na> be the first to congratulate th
proud inventor of such a marvel.”
“So be ill” shot from the other’s
lips. Iris eyes losing their threatening
>ok. and his whole countenance sud
dcnly aglow with the enthusiasm o:
awakened genius.
Doming from the shade ws, he laid
his hand on the coid regulating tin
• ise and fall of the concealing curtain
“Here she is!” he cried and drew
he cord.
The canvas shook, gathered itself
into great folds and disappe: red in
he shadows from which he had just
'topped.
The air-car stood revealed a start
ing, because wholly unique, vision.
Long did Sweetwater survey it.
lien turning with beaming face upon
'he v atchful inventor, lie uttered a
ioud hurrah.
Next moment, with everything for
gotten between them snv< the gloi<«s
of this invention, both dropped sim :)
. • aneously to the floor and begat- that
minute examination of the m- ahenisn:
necessary to their mutual work.
CHAPTER XXXV!I.
Hi? Great Hour.
Saturday night at eight o’c?oc?t.
So the lint had stone forth, with no
one ihou to be made on account o;
veather.
Ah Oswald came from his sapper
<nd took a Jook at the heavens from
• »r small front, porch, ho was <h. ;
out.i<d that Oriaudo had rem. in. .
a obbf'putu on this point For there
>i ru i.iiii a--is clouds rollin'-1' up from
th.- oash and the storms in this region
of hibh _.«ouma:nj and .abrupt vgih_r .
wire not light, nor without danger j
t" an to those with feet Well planted
upon mother earth.
I; the tempest should come up be
fore ■ ' i.!
Mr. Honor, who, from some mys- I
»• l ions impede, of bravado on the parr !
of ! vothiM-sou, was to be nllowi d to 1
it lo 'dint’s small tu w* of
; i "f-.tao .vas equally conctr e,J a:
this, si'-'.tt but not for Brot.herson. H*a
fears v • ■•••e for Oswald, whose slow
ly gathering strength could illy bear
inn strain which this additional anx
iety for his brother's life must impose
upon him. As for Doris, sh • was in
a state of excitement more connect, '
with the past than with the future.
That afternoon she had la d her hand
in that of Orlando Brntht rson, and
wished him well. She! in whose breast
"till lingered reminiscences of those
old dour's whirls had beclouded hi
frnnoe for her at tli'dr first m* eting.
She had not been able to avoid it.
His look was a compelling one, and it
had d, 'Handed thus teach from her.
and—a terrible thought v- her gentle
spirit—he might l>e going to bis
death 1
ft had boon settled by the prospec
tive aviator that, they were to wuUl,
for the ascent from the mouth of the
g) : \ road leading in to the hangar.
The three w »rc- to meet there at a
quarter to . ight and await the stroke
and the air ;;r‘s rise That time was
mar. and Mr. Challoner, catching a
glimpse of Oswald's pallid and unnat
urally drawn features, as he set down
the lantern he carried, shuddered with ;
foreboding and wished the hour ;
passed.
Doris’ watchful glance never lef* j
the face whose lightest change was j
more to her than nii Orlando's hones, i
Hut the result upon k< r was not to |
weaken h i r ■ (nation, but to strength- j
> n it. Whslvvca'- the outcome of the I
next few minutes, s.'.'.e must stand
ready to sustain her invalid through;
it. That the darkness of .-a My eve j
uing had deepened to oppression, wt'. j
unnoticed for the n»ment The fear»
of i.n hour i .isi. had '.i. forgotten.
Tli.Mr att-ntion was too absorbed In i
what wag going on b fore the in, for
even a ghinat ov.-rhfad.
I S'.'.'idonly Mr. Chailoner spoke.
“Who is the nun whom Brotbersor
h"s asked to go up with him?”
It was Oswald who an.-vemd.
"He has never told me. He has
kept his'own conn;- T, about, that as!
about ev >rything else connected with
this matter. He simply advised nt
that 1 was not to bother about him
any more; that he had found the as
sh.tant ho wanted.”
“Such reticence seems unpardon
able, You have displayed great pa
tience, Oswald."
“Because I understand Orlando. He
! reads men’s natures like a book!. The
j man he trusts, v,e may trust. Tosnor
. row, he will speak, openly enough. All
i cause for reticence will" he gone.”
j “You have confidence then in the
I sucre sis of this undertaking?”
“If I hadn’t, I should not he here.
T could hardly bear to witness his fail
ure, even in a secret t at like this. 1
should find it too hard to face him aft
erwards.”
"I don't understand ”
“OH; ndo !i gn at pride. If this
enterprise fell- J cannot answer for
1 ini He would be capable of any
’hitig. Why, Doris! wbrt is the nir.t
•or. child? I never saw you look like
that before.”
She had been down on her knees
regulating the lantern, ; nd the sud
1 u flame, shooting up, h- d shown him
her face turned up toward liis in an
apprehension which verged on horror
“Do I look frightened?” she asked,
[ • niembi ring herself and lightly ris
' mg. “1 believe that I am a little
frightened. If—if anything should go
wrong! If an accident—” but here
: he reniembi red herself again and
quickly chang. d her tone. 'Hut. your
- on idonr - shall le* mine.. 1 will be
lieve it; his ;;.-od angel or- or in bis
* elf-to :::: •::«'! and e.r at r. solution. I'll
lot be fri htened any more.”
but Oswald did rot seem satisfied
I He continued to look at her ir.
j concern.
He hardly knew whnt to make of
[the inti use feeling sin- had manifest
'd. Had Orlan io touched her girlish
heart? Had this cold-blooded nature,
with its ate el-like brilliancy and hon
orable but stern vi. ws of life, moved
his warm and sympathetic soul tr
more than admiration? The though
disturbed him so he forgot the near
ness of III" moment they were all
awaiting till a quick rasping sour,
from the hangar, followa d by the sud
den ap; urn nor. of an ever-wixlenin,
“Orlando!” a
Shriek Went Ud, “Or
lando!"
band of light about its tipper riot,
drew his attention and awakened them
ail Id a. breathless i-xpt c'^.. n_«.
The lid wr.s rising. Now it was
:i;Jr-wav up, ' d now, for tlit» first
■;i.,: was lifted to its full height
. iid stood a broad oval di k against
iu> back-round of the forest The ef
; v,. . ; tr-.tigu. The hangar had
b--c:i made b;Tljaut by runny lamps,
. ; d th ir united glare pouring from
its top aud illuminating not only the
.oti 'Mug. treetops, but the broad
f ,c of this uplifted disk, roused in
: I , ;•« ■ d sp.-piator a thrill such as in
i, i 'o times in . hr have g; et
*.il the sudden sight, of Vuir vn’s
stp.':by bb ring on Olympian hills.
Hut tin- r-hng of iron on iron would
hi.v a! o ’ d the flash and gleam of
those une' peeled fires, and here all
was still save for that steady throb
nevei heard in Olympus or the hails
of Valhalla, tlie pant of the motor
eager for f.i fit in the upper air.
As they lisrened in a trance of burn
ing hope which obliterated all else,
Ho.- noise and all o hevs near and <Vw
ti.ni, w as suddenly lost in a loud clat
ter of writhing and twisting boughs'
which set the forest, in a roar and
seemed to heave the air about them.
A wind had swooped down from the
east, bending everything before it and
rattling the huge oval on which their
eyes were fixed as though It would
tear it from its hinges.
The three caught at each other's
hands in dismay. The stornt had come
just on the verge of the enterprise,
and no one might guess the result.
“Will he dare? Will he dare?”
whispered Doris, and Oswald an
swered. though it se-'ined next to im
possible ,hat he could have heard her:
; “He will d' .e. But will he survive
it? Mr. (’hi.iloner,” he suddenly shout
d in the? gentleman's ear, ‘ what time
is it now?”
Mr. Challoiv'T. di- w,guying hnrs-lf
'■••cm th r mu'uni grasp, kreit down
! if Use laden to consult his watch.
“Oiu minute to eight,” ha shout'd
hack.
The forest, n-a? now a pandemonium.
Great boughs. split from uieir parent
■runUs, fell crashing to the ground in
II devotions. The scream of the wind
oused echoes which repeated tbem
■ •Ives, here, th re and everywhere. No
in hfd fail i. yd, but the sight of the
•iouds'skurrying p; 11 mell through the
. '.are thrown up frern the shed. cre
ated such havoc ir, the already over
trained minds of the three onlookers,
'hat they hardly V <ied, when with a
hitter and crush which at another
irae would have start! d them into
light, the swaying oval before tin ,n
was whirled from Its hinges and
brown back against (he trees already
bending under the onslaught of the
tempest. Destruction seemed the nvt
:ru! accompaniment of the moment,
and the only prayer which sprang to
Iswr Id's lips was that the motor
whose throb yet. lingered In their
blood though no longer taken in by
I the ear, would either refuse to work
\ or prove insufficient to lift th« heavy
I car into this seething t'jmutf of war
ing forces. Ills brother's life hi.eg
| In iho balance against his fame, and
} 1 • co' id net but choose life for him.
j V<>t, Vs the multitudinous sounds about
'>m > elded for a moment to that
other’s shout, and he knew that the
i none nt had come, which would soon
Ml' ■ 13, h- found himself sraving at
he elllf rb d ediy r-:’ the. ha near, w i ll
n antic'pal Ion whi^h h-id in it 3
much terror as joy, for (no end of a
. 1 in or tin !v-gii uing of a gn at
: i mnh vas compress, d into (Ms
rambling instant and if—
Great God! he sees it! They all
ee it! Plainly against that, portion of
he disk which r .11 lifted itself a tar. »
lie further wail, a curious moving
mass appears, lengthens, takes on
hope, then shoots suddenly alo».
•learing the encircling tops of the
lending, twisting and tormented trees,
freight into the. heart of the gate,
here for one breathless moment it
hiris madly about iike a thing dis
raugbt, then in slew but triumphant
bed if.nee to the master land that
aides it, steadies and mounts tnnjes
icnliy upward till it is tost to tn'ir
lew in the depths of Impenetrable
arkness.
Orlando Erotl’crson has accom-'
ilshed his ta.-.k. ht has invented a
u rbanism which can send an air-car
'r ight ini from its mooring place.
*.s th 1 thiee v . r-hers realize this, Os
: Id ittt< is a cay of triumph, and nor
th, rov - h ’ If ; o Mr. Chailonor’a
ms. T!" 11 t! y ail stand transfixed
ain, waiti! g for a d« scent which
,. y [mver come.
Bur hart.; a I'e-v sound, mingling i’s
' • r with id! the others. It ie (lie
;*in. Quick, maddening, drenching,
coimps; enveloping them in wet in a
iiinvmt.. (' ". t!u*y bold their faces
■> against it 7
And tin wind! Surely it roust toss
’tat aerial messenger before It and
’in" it bank to fai .ii, a broken anti
j lespisod toy.
‘Orlando?" went tip in a shriek. “Or
• ando?”
oil. for a ray of light in those far
tff heavens! For a lull in (he tre
aeudotiB sor.ndr. shivering the heavens
j md shaking tiie earth! But the tem
pest rages on, and I hey can only wait,
\e inini'i ten m .itiir.s. looking,
■'oping, fearing, without thought of
• If and almost without thought of
nch other, till suddenly as it h i
onto, the rain ceases and the wind,
w ith one final wait of rn~e and d feat,
rushes away fn*o the west, lo .ring be
i hind it a sudden silence which, to
their terrified hearts, seems almost
more dreadful to boar than the accu
mulated noises of the moment just
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