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M. & Duct DIV. . 1.50 s. 4.0 p, 11.00 ft. mi. 6.35 pf vo Chapter 46 • T the sound of steps in the Jail corridor and the harsh grating of the key in the • lock, Ilarry rose hastily t from tbeironcot whereon • he bad beets Sittiug and took a step- forward- "Jesslear be exclaimed. .She mute toward him, her breatb. hurried, ber cheek pale. Tom Felder's face wes at her shoulder, "1 bare a little matter to attend to in the dike," be said, nodding to flurry. "I shall wait for you there, Miss Ronne," She thanked hini with a grateful loek, and as be vanished. Harry took her hand and kissed its Ile longed to take her In his arms. .9 heard of it ouly at noon," she be- gan, ber Voice uncertain, • "I was afraid they woulil not let me see you, so I went to Mr. Felder. They were saying on the street that he. had of: (erect to defend you." - "I had not been here an hour when he came," he said. "I know yoti have no money." she went on. "I know what you. did With the gold you found. And I have beg- ged hlta to let me pay for any other. eounsel he will name, I have not told itim-what I am to you, but I have told itim that I am far from poor, and that nothing counts besideyour life. He says you have forbidden him to do this -forbidden hinsto allow' any help from any one. liugh, Hugh: Why do you do this? The money should be yours: not' mine, for it was your father's: Is yours. for 1 am your wirer Ile kissed her hand again without an- ewerieg.. "Haeen't 1 a right now to be at your • side? Mayn't I tell them?" He shook his head. "Not yet. Jes, sica." "I tweet obey you." she said. With a ••wah. smile, "yet I would share your secant/ as proudly as your glory!' You are thinking me rweak .and clespleable; perhaps, because 1, wanted yen to. go' away. But women are not men. and r love you so, Hugel" "I 'aerie you are all that Is brave aud good," he proteested. "I' went you ta believe." she -went on, efliat I knew eau had .done no murder. If an angel from heaven had 'come to declare It I would not bare believed. It I Only want itow to underiitund." • "What do eon not unoerstendr' be asked gently. . • • .She half •turned ntoward the door as see said, be a lower key.: "After you had gone many . things came back to rme eleat..seeined strange-eemmething rives in your ',manner.' You had not. seemed wholle surprised. when 1 told. ion you were accused. 'Why did you abut the'cabin doer and speak so low? :Was there any one. else there when I came?" • ,• He 'alerted his face but be did not answer: She • was treading ott near gtound. • •• My • horse - tame 'beck 'this after- noon," she oontinued. "Ile .hadbeen ridden hard in the night. and his flanks werecut druelly with a whip; YOudld not use him.. but some oue did:" • She Waited a moment.Still be intide no reply. . • • • • "1 want 'to ask Yon." she said. abrupt- ly. -do you know who killed, Dr. Mo- .rean?" • His:blood chilled tit the question. Fle looked demi- at !lei speechless. .. "You must • let inc speak," she said. "You won't nuswer thtlt. Then'you disknow Who really did it. On. I have tbougnt. so much Slave last. night: For some reason you are shielding itin3.. Was it • the man who W4114 lil the cabin -who rode my horse? If he .Is guilty, why do you help nitn oft' ancl'so make yoUr• self partly, guilty? The whole town believes you are guilty -1 see it in ail their faces. l'hey are sorry, many of them, for they don't hate you as they Aidbut. they think,' youdid It -even Mr.. Felder, though .1 .tutre told hint What 1 saispeet and thengh be Is work - Ing, new to defsnd your "Jessica." he urged. "you mUst trust toe nntl have faith in MP. I ktiov.lt Is hard, hut I -can't explain to youi I can't tell You -yet -why 1 no as I am doing, but you tuuSt believe tbat I am right."' "Yon speak as If you Were sorry for me." she said, "and not. foryourself, Is beeause yeti know yeti ttre not in reel danger -that you knowthe truth m.uSt• (on)0 oet. only you. can't tell it , yourself or toll we either?. is'that it?" "It is not that...les:ilea." he saki gravely. "Yet you must not fear for tnu '-for ntS life.. Try to believe toe- when I say that some titue You will under- stand and knoW that 1 did only what I must." • s I • "Will that be soon?" she naked. "I think It May be soon." be an. steered. Iler thee lighted. The puzZles and dread lifted. "011, then," she said-- "oh,.then, I Mail hot he afraid. 1 eans. not sham your thoughts ime emir ,ise. eret. ofid I must rebel iit that. Von mustn't Wattle nie-I wouldn't he lt woman If I. did not -hut 1 lore yon inore then all the world. and I efiell be- ileve that you' know hest. Hugh," she lidded softly, "do on know that -yon haven't klseed me?" Before bet upturned. pleading eyes atni tretnblitig lips the iron of his our - peso bent to the men in hine and he took her into hie arms. * * 5 * 5 5 * A 'frosty gloom WAS Over the city of Anision, moos end eters hidden by a elondy sky, from whit+ a light iinow, t he first of the season. Wait sifting down. The streets were asleep, Only °erosional beleted pedestreinteteere to be seen• in the chilly air. These eat, n men. his Nee muffled frotie the enottlifikee, pacte learriedie toward the fountalnedtmaitre. from whose steeple 2 o'clock WAS just striking. The wayfarer Skirted the wore, keeping in Mar Of the ball& • Cliotoll News -Record OW as though avoiding eletnee onset.. vatIon, till be stood ou the pavement of a Gothic chapel froating the open epace. On tbe night of his flight frow Stnoky Mountain, Hugh bad ridden hard till dawn, abandoning the horse to find its way back as best It might. He had slept through the next day. leer two days after Ws arrival he had bung about outside the town In a fever ot Impatience, for, though he bad .readllY ascertained that the premises were un. occupled, tbe first night he bad been frightened away by tbe too zealous scrutiny of a policeman, and on the next be bad been unable to force the door, Teat morning he had secured a sk.eleton key, and now the weather was propitious for les purpose, After e moment's reeoneoltering be scaled. thee frost fretted iroo palings: and gained the shelter of the porch. Ile trled the key anxiously. To his re- Ilef, it fitted. Another minute and be stood in the study, the door locked be- hind bine his veins beating with ex- citentent Crouching down before the safe. be took from his pocket the impel' upon which was written the cotneination. The match scorched his fingers, and he lighted another and began to turn rou speak as tfyouworcsorry for me," the knob. The lock bore- both figures and letters In concentric rings, ape he 'saw that the seven figures Haery bad wrltten formeda word. Hugh dropped the match with. a smothered exclama- tion, 'for tho word was Jessica! So Harry renily .had loved her in tbe old dayse• eIe swung' the massive door wide .and took out the' canves bag with the thousao& dollars.. With this and the ruby ring -Lit must' easily be worth as much againhe Could put the round .world between himself and cap- ture. • ' • • . , Re closed the safe and with the .bag. of. coin in his hand greped his way' to the door of' the ehapei. 11 ,wils less dark tbere.. for the snow was malting a white night outside, and the stained glass ease a wan glimmer •across the 'aisles: He greatly needed •sleep,' and tonight in the .open • that was out of the question. Be -Could gain ;several hours' rest where be was and still 'get away . before • aaybreak.' ele drew to- .gethee the alfar.cushlons end lay down. the canvas bag beside hline but be was cold, and at length herese. and went into the vestry foe a surplice. He. wrapped this About him and. lightleg a cigerette, lay 'down again.' He was• veil erred. and ina. few minutes he was sleeping. heavily, ., The last half Consumed Cigarette dropped from • his 'relaxing • tingere to, the cushion,. where it 'made n smolder. Ing nest of dre. A. tiny tongue of flame caught the edge of. a wall , hang. Ing. ran .up' to the .dry oaken rafters and speedily Ignited:them; In fifteen :minutes the interior of the chapel Was a mass of. flame; and Hugh -woke gasp- ing and bewildered. - • With a cry of alarm he sprang to -his feet seized the. bag of coin and ran to the deer of the study. In his haste he aturanted against it. and the dead lock .snapped to. He was a prisoner now. for lie bad left the skeleton key' in the inside of the outer door. Clutching his. treasure, be ran- to the main entrande. It was fast. He tried the smatter win- dows.. Iron bars Were 'set . across them. • He made shift to wrap the surplice about his mouth against the stifling smoke and fiery vapors. The bag drop- ped from his hand. and tbe gold rolled -about the door, Ile stooped'atid clutch- . ed n hoodful of' thecoins and crammed them into his pocket. Was he to die, after all, like this, caught 'like a rat In a trap? Uttering a hearse cry,' with the strength of despair, Hugh wrenched a. pew from the floor and made of It Widerto melt. the .rose window: Mounting this, he heat franticaily with his fist- tmon the painted glass. The crystal shivered beneete the blows, and clinging to' the even supports, his beard burned to the Skin. he set his face to the aperture and' drew a gulp- ing breath of the Street, cOld In his agony. with that fiery hell opening beneath hen: he could see the massed people watching from the safety that was so near. "Look! Look!" The sudden cry. went up, and a thrill of awe ran through the crowd. The glass Hugh bad shattered hod formed the face of the penitent thief in the window de- sigee and his outstretched ante: 'fitted those of the figure. it watt as though by some ghastly miracle the painted features had suddenly sprung Into Ofe, the haggard oyes optsned in appeal; All at once there came a shout of Yearning. The Wall opened ontward, tottered and fell. Then it 1V110 that thee slaw the Writh- ing figpre, tangled hi the twisted lead bars the Wreeked rose • wincloW. eidelding thole Nees from the unen- durable heat, they mulled and Imre it to, safety, hieing it on the ertsp. snowy , grass end tearing off tile Singed fold fermi:Mg ministerial robes. JOdge CtinWell was one of these. in the flaring (mansion he leaned over the figure. The gleam of the ruby ring on the- finger canght his eye. He bent form -nisi to look into the drawn and diatorted Nee. • "flood Mali" he Harry Sanderson!" Chapter a 7 N eonimutiltiee Kuril as Smoky Mountain the 111W Jo ill tiTt111:11:111r,ryftittoewfulberean•l formelle arraigued the - E531 sevoutl morning :trier his self sUrreuder :sad had pleaded uot guilty, The gramd jury was la sessioa -Indeed_ had about neighed its labors -and there had heell 00 reason for de- lay. All necessary witnesses for the state were on the ground. and Felder for his part had no others to summon. So that when 1/r. Brent mie keen fore- noon swung himself ole n Pnillnan nt the station, returning from bis ten days' absence, be found the town thrilling with the exeltement of the first day cif the. trial. Before he left the station he bati learned of Prendergast's, death and accusation aufl Ithew that Tom Felder had come to tile prisoner's defense. Dr. Brent bad takeu no stock In the young lawyer's view 'a Hugh Stires. betook himself to the Oiled court. room'. The court ifial opened two hours before and ball' the jury had been se. lected, Ilis atteetion was given first to the bench where the prisoner sat and second to a chair close to the rail - beside .I1Irs. Halloran's. •where a girl's face glinimered palely under a light vell. • . Toward this chair the hundreds ,of eyes in the room that morning lied often turned. Since.the day Mrs,. Hal- loran had surprlsed ,,tesslett at work upon the rock statue she had kept her counsel: but, as the pbysician hatreen- jeetured, the•monumeet had been stum- bled upon and had drawn curious vis- itors. Thus the name on the grave had become common property and the coin-- eidence bad been chattered of. That Jessica* had chiseled the statue- was not doubted. She hail bought the tools in town, and old Paddy Wise, the black- Stillth. had .sharpened teem for her. The story Prendergest bad told in elle general store, too: bed not been forgot- ten, and the. aid she • had given the' fever stricken man had acqinred a new. significance lo face of 'the iteowledge that she had Mere than .onee teen ad- mitted to- the jail with Felder. lerotu the moment of -the opening of the trial Jessica • had divided Interest with the prisoner,.. • • Circumstantially speaking. ,the evi- dence was fla wless. Dr. Moreau,' Wh Ile ' little k.nown and less liked, bad figured 10 the town as a promoter and an in- ventor of "slier, stock sehetnei. Ile bee eotne there with Hugh Stires from Sacramento,' where they bad. had .a .businoss patenershipof short duration. Tbere had beet, bad. blood between them. there, as the latter bad once ad- nittted. The prisoner had pre-empted the claim on Smoky mountain Ju an. abortive"balm" which' Moreau bad engineered, end 'neer wbose proceeds the pair, .it was believed. lead fallen ont He had teen, to. use the atterney's phrase, "swapped the de.vii for the settee" ohd hild taken up with Prate dergast, who by the =mac -lea -his thee ing.ofe had finally justified. n jaii rec- ord in another state: Soon . after this break Hugh Stires had' vanished.: On the day following .hia , last appearance, in, the town the body of Moreau had been found on' Abe. Little • Paymaster claim shot by a... cowaidly -bullet through the back, a fact which pre. dueled .the possibility. that. the. deed had been done in self defense.- There: Was evidence that he bad died it,paliar. fial and lingering death.' euepicloo had naturally poIntecrto the vanished 'nem and this suspidon had grows after some months'. absence, he had returned, alleging that he had lost his tnentork of the past to resume his Ore In the cabin on tile. mountain and his 4"-•-•••••••_. 14,NC(> As she passed /tarry she bent awl toia one in his hand.• partnership with the thief Prendergast The twO had finally qttarreled. anti Prendergast had Moved to town. Subsequent to this the latter had been healt to Make dark insinuatiotol.. :Imitated at the time, bet since grown signiheithe hinting at eriminal lieowl. edge of the prisoner. The close of this chapter bad been Prenclostast's dismal end in the gulch when be bad prodoeed ,the scrap of papetswhieli was the :ISIS ef the case. He declared he had found Menheau dyitaz that the hitter had trneed with his own halal the license. Hon Which fastened the mime neon teugh Stires. In his cross eicamintettori Felder ?Might gamely to lighten the weight de the evidente. All reeted, he wad, uport a tingle stietp of wirier, a fregtuent of handeeriting in no tray dletleult of imi- fatten, end tide in torn upon the elide. &hen of a thief'. etthee doWn in en itee of trete. Whet* Weril is ita ordinary &Me, o' fad Weald lieit be worth & been eliegid: bik .16 4,11,0,11•4 al,. iliwaiiii4 16, ..• fee the killing of Moreau by the pris- oner. but Prendergast bad bad motive enough, in his accusation. It had beau °pea knowledge teat he hated Hugh Stiree, and his own character made it evident that he woule not have scru- pled to fasten a murder Oen him. But as Felder etudied tee twelve grave Vices in the Jury box. who, In the last analysis were all that counted, he shared his client's hopelessness. Judgment and experieuee told elm bow futile were all theories in the face of that inarticulate but daniniug witness that Prendergast had left behind. bin3. So the afternoon dragged through, a day for the state. • Sunset -cameearly at that season. Dark fell, and the electric bulbs made their mimic- day, but lie one left tbe room. Tbe outcome seeiated a fore- gone conclusion. The jurymen no longer gazed at the prisoner, nod when tney looked at one another it was with. grim understanding. As the last wit- ness for the state stepped down and the prosecutor rested the judge glance(1 at the clock. ' "There is a bare half hour," be said tentatively. "Perhaps the defense would prefer not to -open teStIp3Ony till tomorrow." Felder had risen. Ile saw his appor- tunity-to bring out sharply a contrast - log point 111 the prisoner's favor, the one clreunistanee, considered apart, polsSing toward innocence rather than guilt; te leave this for the jury to take with then., to ofiset by its effectthe weight of the svidence that had been given . ' proceed. ;our honor pleases," he saki and. owleta rustle surprise and interest called Jessica to thIssts31113e4.went forward to the wt' -s chair she put back the shielding, velt. nod her face. pale as bromide bloom under lier red bronzed hair,...made an apnealing pictme. A cluster of white • "Thitt man'a Mike," he Waxed. "is not . . • 1.1itutt Sttres." carnations was pinned to her coat, and as she passed Harry she befit and laid one in his band. 'The slightace not lost upon the spectators, 'celledforth a Sibilant -flutter of sympathy, for it wore no touch of designed effect.. Its ineptilse was as pure and uumistaltabie as its- meaning. . Rafts, had started uncontrollably as she rose,' for be had bad no inkling of the lawyer's intentien, and a flush darkened his cheek at the Coal touch. of - the flower., But this• faded to a settled palter as under Felder', grove gatei. tioning she told In a 'yoke as' clear as .tt child's, yet with 4 wotnan's 'emotion struggling throUgb .11, the story Of her .disregarded•warning. While she spoke pain and theme traveled throughhis eyery vein, for, though technically 'she had not brought herself into -the per•;.' I/teeing Purview of • the law, she was 'laying bare the secret of her own heart; which now he 'would have corered any cost • • "That is all, your honor," said 'Felder • when Jessica had finished her story. eleo you wish .to 'cross examine?" asked the judge. perfunctorily. The prosecutor looked at her an th stout. He saw the faintness in her eyes, the twitehing of the gloved hand on the rail. ."By no means." he said courteously and turned to his papers. At the same tnotnent as Jessica step- ped into the' opeu aisle the ironic chance treeted. the. spellbound atull. ence to a novel sensation. Every electric light sitddenly went out. and darkness swooned upon the town anti the courtroom. 'Hubbub aroSe-people Anted up in their pittees, • . The judge's gavel pouttded vicionsilS and his stentorian voice bellowed for order. • : • • "Keep. your Seats. everybody!" he r commanded, "Mr. Clerk,. get. some can- . dies. This root Is not yet adjourned." As the Pall of darkness fell upon the courtroom it brought te Jessica 83sense • of pretnonition as 'though the lurident. prefigured the gloomy end. She turned sick and stuntbled down the aisle. feel- ing that She must reach the outer air. In the room Jeaslea bad left the tur. moil was simmering down. Here and there n matelt Was struck and showed a circle or brightness. The glimmer of One of them lit the countenance of a. man who bad brilShett her sleeve xis lie. entered. It was Hallelujah Jones "Walt. wait!" be eried, "I have evi- deuce to giro!" He pointed eXeltedly totvard Harry. "This man h uot what you think' He is not"- n'he judge's gavel thumped upon 1110 lewd, "IOW dare you." he vociferated, "brenit in upon the deliberations of this court? I fihe yott $20 for eo.ntempt." ' Felder had leaped to his feet, What , could this Man know? Ile took a bill froin his pocket and clapped 11 down on the clerk's desk. ,"11 beg to purge him of ceotempt." he stild, "and tall hint us 0 Witile104." Hallelujah Jones. suatehed the ,Bible tin frotl:t? tlelidg‘ eier1,1:: burning is(g iuiitrunislincill'kists)encl ole Tht. Knowledge e juwere leaning forworti In their etitoi "Have you Otter seen the prisoner be. foie'?" netted Felder. "Mee?" "When he wee 13 mitileter of the goti- pel." Felder attired. The Indge frowned. The jury lotiked et one another. and a *ugh tome, the bombed mom. The merriment kindled' the evatigel. Wei dietaMperthd pdattleta. Sudden :m- eet delete In hith. Ile leaned forward ,O,O4 snook hls hand vehemently to the teble where Harry sat, his face as cot- ortess as the tiovver he wore. "That man's name." be blazed, "Is not Hugh Stires. ,11 is a cloak he has eliosen to cover bis shame. He is tbe Rey, Henry Sanciersou of Anistoe," * * * • * Harry's pulses had leaped with ex- ellen:tent when the street preacher's first exelamatlen startled the court- room; uow they were beating as though they lalust burst. Through the stir about hint he heard the erisp voice of the district attorney: "1 Usk your boner's permission before this extraordivary witness' is examined further," he said caustically. "to reed an item printed here which has a bear- ing upon the testimony." He held in his band ti newspaper which earlier In the afternoon, with cynical disregard of Feldees taeties, he had beeu casuai. ly perusing. "Read it. sir." Holdiug the newspaper to a candle, the lawyer read in an even voice, pref- acing his reading with the journal's name° and date: , This city. which was arousedin the 11111t by the burning of St. lames' chapel, will be greatly shocked to learn that Its rector, the Roy. 1enry 0anderson, who has been„,for some mouths on a prolonged vacation. was M the building at the dine and now fies at the City hospital, suffer- ing from injuries front which It is ru- m wed there is grave doubt of his re- covery. In the titter that rippled the court" room Harry felt his heart bound end Under the succinct statement he-elearly discerned the fact. Lle so* t;te pitfall into which Hugh had fallen. -the trap ittto which he himself had sent him on that fatal errand vvith the ruby ring on his finger, "Crave doubt of his recovery!" A surge 'Of relief meet over him to his finger tips, He would 'be free to go back -to be him- self agaitt, to be -Jessicies-Lif " Hugh died. The seading voice drummed lu his ears; Th e facts have not as yet been ascer- tained. but It seems clear that the popu- ler young minister returned to town un- expectedly last night and was Asleep in his study when the lire started. • Rix presence in the building was unguessed until too late; and- It was by little short ,01 a miracle that he was brought out As we go to press we learn that Mr. Sanderson's eendition is much more hope - tut than Was at first reported. ' Harry's heart Contracted as if giant hand had clutched IL Ills ela- tion fell like a rotten tree girdled at the roots. , If Hugh did not die! Ile chilled as though in a spray of liquid air. Hugh's escape-thP theme hid conscience had given him -was eut off. The judge reached for the newspaper the lawyerheld, ran his eye over it and brought his give' down mete an angry snort.. "Take bine away," he said. "Ms tes- timony is ordered stricken froth the reeordiii The fine is remitted, Mr. Felder. We can't make you responsi- ble for lunatics. The court stands ad- journed." • Felder had been among' the last to leave the courtroom. He was dia. comfited and angry.. At the door of the eourthouse Dr. Brent slipped an arm through his. ' • • "Toe bad, Tom," he said eynepathiz- legly. "I don't think you quite de- served it." Felder. eaced. •inement without speaking.eI need evideude," he said then; "anything that may. help. * I made rt" mistake. You heard all the testimony?". The other nodded. "What tffd you think of it?" "What could any one think? I give all credit to your motive, Tom, but It's a pity you're- mixed tip in it" . "Because, if there's anything in hu- man evidence. he's a thoroughly worth, less reprobate.. He MY for Moreau and murdered him in mid blood, and he ought DO swing." "The COSMO view," said the lawyer &or:malty. ".lust-. what I should have said myself -if this had happened a month ago." • • His friend looked at him With 013 anauSed eNpreSsibti. "I begin to think he must be a remarkable man:" he said. "Is it possible he 111113 really con- vineed you tliat he isn't guilty?" Felder turned upou the doctor tmtutrely. "Yea." he returned bluntly. "He has. Whatever I may have be- eieeed when I took this case, 1 have- cotne to. the eoneittsion -against all my 'professional lustineta, mind you -that he never MI °reit u I believe he'S tta innocent as either yott or I!" "Ile has as good as admM itted to Iso Heinle that be 1010135 Who did it." . "Come. COMP: Putting his 00013 into the tniose for mere Qttixotic. feeling? And who. pray. in this Clod forsaken. . town, should be be saeriticing hitoself for":" the doctor asked satirleally. •"rhst's the rub," sald the lawyer. eNotarly, Yet I hang by 1113' proposi- ion." "Well. hell hang by eoinetehig loss temions,. Pro afraid, But it won't be your fault The , (item, evangelist was only au In- cident He mere., ly served to jolt. Us beet to thess normal lie the. Way. 31011' hear bini splutter after he got out'?" )\:1111-I-‘1\1\1‘.\\ bcarl.t°11: 133037110 •'...„,„eXte told the other night of the min- • tivi44't later who wan ea tight mbling 038 11 Deluged dye it neran t. n11,4, n (7,1 e bl' ern Well. Huge Sams Is not only the Rev- erend Henry tlomothing-or-other, but be ts that man tool The crack brained old idiot would have told the tale alk *Vet' again only the erOWt1 hflsth'(1 1)115. There he 18 HOW," he Mdd 'Auddenlr Oaa light sprang tip and voicer brolto out on the onnosite etnittet. -"The an Cr() BE CONTINUED.)