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The Exeter Advocate, 1897-12-30, Page 6b BY ST. GEORGE R,ATkIBORNE.. izead burrs the great bonfire, e ,pilose 1,e the track that the cars will be.blistered by the heat if they re- 'Main e- 'Main...,statiouary long. A water tank •is seen, and the engine -driver le tak- •mg inane supply, of the aqueous fluid 'With th nonchalance that distinguish- es : railroad men the world over. It is ixoiie : of his quarrel—his duty ie only tQ see , that the locomotive is in a condition' to go. Perhaps he, too, is a Carlist,raui deep in the plot—who knows ? Scattered along the side of the train are a score of men—they advance in . the direction, of the compartment our (friends occupy, and it is evident that this is the object of their rush. Sev- exal carry lighted flambeaux, which • they whirl about over their heads in ea weird manner—they look like fire - fiends leaping forward to seize their prey. Jack is intensely interested in the picture, but the. time is hardly a pro- litable one for sight-seeing, since these men are advancing with murder in their minds. He counts their number, anal, finds about a score—of course it is ponn;ole there may be more on the "'" other side of the train, but ail that are is sight , he has enumerated in this figure. ' - - hat manner of men they are re - /mains to be seen. Jack does not have a very exalted opinion of what Car - lists he has already met, and doubts o butthat prove not tat these fellows will r e p to be cowardly.'• Still, their-.�txumber May carry the claire, An idea strikes 'Doctgf' Sack—ho wishes he had thought of it before—is it too late now ? He turns to Larry, ter and in a quick tone says :--- ' ! WRx i -d you dare to try and make 'It your say up to the engine, and^force the e. `ineer to pull (0,it at the point !' ipf .t -revolver ? I'm' `'afraid lie's in �... r ,,�.• lea un with • them. r; It .iso "only is enthusiasm is .communi� ed to t e dude—Larry Yi ude— air is red tti�.do an Y ready d Ogee anything. ' Yes, I will go, but do you hank You can keep the fiepds qu of ret?" he apts. " I will hold the fort gyri tiun- tired for ten minutes," es ack, , $rm1y. " That ought to be *untie tale—let pie take an obser•vaticia—now p s me through the open etnnd d -by, Avis." + 4r I�eisgone. Ali has been said "and a 7 in legs titan a minute of th''i"re. ' I 0 Dramin of the advancing Carlists inofi r *.way, but his eyes are bltn ed byi`the torch he carries. ''Besides, the ,men seem to have an idea thatite railway carriage at which some x'o them are pow pounding is the one in which they innay find those they seek, hence as yet no attention is paid] to the one which our friends have barricaded. As Sack thrusts his head out again be sees this fact—Larry is not in sight, leaving been wise enough to at once erawl under the car, and get upon the bide where the shadows lie. The situation is Indeed thrilling. Sack, from his perch, watches what Is tDing on beyond, and to himself counts he throbs of the locomotive—each pul- bation is like a heart-beat, marking the passage of time, and time is what they want now to insure safety. Each =second is precious, and fraught with great possibilities. The carriage the Carlists have at - necked contains the pasha and Don .Carlos—Jack sees them appear—hears the latter call upon the assailants to cease their foolish demonstrations, and a,eply them in the proper place. Then 'ack sees the senor point in his di- *action—a shout arises as if the crowd night him, and a forward rush is made. The man of steel calmly awaits the b■sault a physician might have taken old of his wrist just then and be amazed to find his pulse beating as tregularry as clock -work. On come the shouting fiends—the y �'e at the carriage windows now—sev- 11ira1 blows from clubs dash the glass to a thousand pieces. and mon elamber up. The glare of the torches Show their excited faces—they loo k like demons let loose from Hades. No longer is the interior of the car - riage wrapped in darkness, for th 'blazing flambeaux thrust near eat window reveals all. Loud shouts ar F tittered—above all else Jack can hen them calling him an accursed govern invent spy, and demanding that h come out to his doom. • But for the helpless women, who he has sworn not to desert, Docto Jack is just the man to leap into th /midst of the mob, and let them hav tie fair chance to down the foreign who slew the mad bull—he will no leave the carriage now unless dragge out. In one hand he holds a revolver the other weapon is close by, withi reach. A man leans through th `broken window, and with a horribl laugh lays hold of the American' sleeve, as. though he would draw hi out of the opening, but Jack clutche his wrist and gives it a twist the itreaks the bone, and sends the wretc * s7 ag hack. Others by thio time are 02140a9,04$4si to squeeze themselves through—i neck will not come out to them the �r++ean to enter and take him by force The time will admit no delay, nor doe ack hesitate. Since the battle is on e means to give these wretched Car 'lists all they can manage, and in ,cane of this kind. one determined ma 'May accomplish wonders by promp action The terrible right arm is brought in to play, and in a shorter space of tim •Than it takes to tell it the car window trey ..oiea.red. They spring up again w,4=ethers'in their places, and jack i Ti' this time the uproar is terrible neverai shots have been fired in at'tie windows, and although they are sen at random, one at least draws th brave man's blood. Ail this 'while Brom the noise outside, one wouI think pandemonium had broken loos e Ordinary passengers on the train "slinking they have been stopped b bandits from the �nourxta.in passes, ad t4, the racket by their cries of Jerre The two women in the ,laarricaded coach do not shriek out—Madame Sophie, huddled in the corner, Mops and groans—Avis, .with elevated head, and white face, watches • the. actions of her hero, expectirrg3to see him fall at any moment, when lien heart must . - break. Those terrible minutes bring Denier Jack closer to iter t<hair years , might during an ordinary /'acquaint- ante—shy Sees the xttan,as 'fie is, bold as a lion in defense o£°the woman' -he loves. ;; µ. •• .. It le now fast becoming ep anent: to Jack that he must aaoiifi Other tactics; since his enemies haveeabout given. over the idea of enterii gotlte carriage, and are opening upon""li`iit with all. manner of weapons. " : en , So he begins to shoot, -,;.•When` he spoke to Larry about having some practice in this line, he did- not come near the truth—his equate an a pistol shot would be hard to find, since lie can drive a nail as far as the`; eye can see it. Hence, it is not at all 1Zlzely.:that he will waste a single bullet—not that he aims to take life, but -rather to inflict such wounds as will place 'the victim hors de combat, and reduce the number of his foes.the Consternation soon becomes visible among the Carllsts—they have met with a resistance unlooked, for, arid: quite demoralizing.Could Jack keel. up the firing indefinitely, he will have. no difficulty in driving them off, but ; already one of his revolvers £ails to explode as he pulls the trigger, and he knows the cylinder is empty, while the other cannot be fax from the same ecndition, The enemy seem almost ready to break and run when Jack ceases firing. The i of leadv f that le ranf? act t a the terrible has stopped gives them new courage, and -they rally. As he sees them ad- vance again Jack, who has everything in readiness, tries to insert new car- tridges 'into the cylinder, but this work cannot be easily done, and he only gets three seated when the howling demons are again at the win- down, Once more the`reeae is tnaeted, but while Jack hits hopes of keeping them off he sees a new and terrible danger menace the occupants of the car.the Some of the Carllsts, inflamed to white heat by their wounds, have run to the great bonfire, and snatching up arm- tells of the brush begin to carry it along, and pile it under the car. Their intention cannot be mistaken—they nlean to set fire to the railway ear- riage, and roast the occupants. In vain do the Pasha and Don Car- los storm—their men have been trans -y' formed into devils, by the stubborn re- sistance of this man who defies them, and are no longer amenable to diad- pline. Those who urged them on have 'sown the wind, and they must reap the whirlwind. It is a horrible situation, and even brave Doctor Jack feels his flesh creep as he contemplates the doom before him. Nothing that he can do will avert the disaster—already he is com-= petted to strain every nerve to keep the wretches from clambering in at the windows._, Oh ! if the train would only move— minutes have passed since Larry dis- appeared, and they have been the longest minutes Jack ever knew, seeming more like hours. What has become of the little dude—could he have been waylaid and knocked over before reaching the locomotive ? If so, their doom is assured. Already a flaming torch has been applied to the brush beneath the car- riage, and- the crackling of flames cause Madame Sophie to cry out in terror. " To think that I should come all the way from Boston to be cooked in an oven like a baked potato. Some one save me—help 1 help !" No one notices her cries, for they have other things to do. Avis no longer crouches by the side of the Bostonian—she has arisen to her feet, and Jack, feeling a hand . upon his arm, turns and confronts her.,to " What are you doing here ? Avis, for God's save go back again. You might be struck by some flying misewill sale," he cries, earnestly. " I am in no more danger than you are," she answers, "besides, unless something desperate is done soon we are doomed. That fire will set the car In a blaze." 'Yes yes If I could ' only get one of my revolvers loaded, I would jumpother down among these wolves, frighten them off, and extinguish the blaze, e but—"and his action completed the h sentence, for he is compelled to clear the windows of the clinging wretches e again. r "Crave me the weapon and cart- ridges. I know how to load it, thank heaven. You should have done this before, Jack." m Manlike, he has not thought of such r a possibility, but he sees the wisdom e of her proposition, places the long re- zvolvers and cartridges in her hands, and then springs at more ugly heads t in the windows, which must be kept d clear at whatever cost. The flames crackle merrily below as the fire gains headway, and the Car- n lists seem to be abandoning the at- e tack to some extent, certain that the eit heat will either roast their enemies in I the car, or drive them out to fall vic- m tiros to those who lie in wait. s In the midst of this intensely dra- t matic situation there suddenly rings ix out upon the night air a shrill cry— the voice 15 clear and resonant, pierc- B is the atmosphere and:strikingter- 8 f ror to the heart of each Carlist. • " Fly ! fly for your lives, comrades! • It is a trap ! We are lost ! The sol- 1 diers are surrounding us. Fly in the , name of the Virgin ?"self • Wild excitement ensues—men utter a oaths, and the wounded pray aloud L be taken off. Jack thrusts his head t out of the carriage—he has recogniz- ed the voice that has uttered those b thrilling words in Spanish. It isVtded -far e Mercedes—yes, as he glances along s the side of the train he sees the :sup- posed peasant boy running' toward a them, waving his cap, and still shout- tug the words of warning that have created such consternation., in theMix e lareaats et the Carlists,S Reaching the car under which the fire is blazing the brave girl lmmedi- i ately dashes the burning brands asideposer@ r —they are saved..'reddens d It is only a temporary respite, how- ever—the Carlists- are recalled. by'the commands of Don Carlos, who' under stands the situation,' and Corrie run- - .. Hing ar c awhng bank.' 7Jndoubtodly r, it is their intention to repeat the mer w formanoe, having seen how near sue- a Dass they name before. reins time. however, Avis has placed, the loaded revolver in Jack's hand, and taken the other from him. He feels. that all is not lost so long as 'tills brave girl is beside him -her ,presence gives him a new 'courage, and he kteeinnt,thes, must sueoeed. iasiar to Direr � on the advancing foe •. -how he;ctoee not care where his bel- lets go so long as they cut home. , s r .Tlsess. inhuman monsters would burn innocent women to death in the oar in oi'dQr to-' get at hien, so there is no reason he should spare them. , They " lire possessed of a certain des- perste valour—perhaps the sight of blood has wrought them up to the highest .Bitch of excitement. At any rate. they continue to rush upon the car in a way that astonishes Jack, who has never believed them equal to it. '. Some crawl underneath—it is their object to once more gather the scat- tered brands and make anew blaze, which this time they will guard zeal- ously, and no false alarm shall send them scurrying toward the hills. Again the situation becomes strain- seizes that which Avis thrusts into his hand, and moves in the direction of the window. She reads his inten- tion, and knows it is a forlorn hope. " No, no, you shall not go," she =!ries,. her hand clasping his arm nightly. " I must—it is our only chance. I shall scatter the jacbals—or die try-in hint': yea must not—will lot ! It is un- necessary. See, do you not feel the car s te—we are moving, Jack—the train starts—yes, and we are saved,' and she foils back on his arm almost in a swoon, while Jack, • discovering the truth, cries :— " Thank God! Larry is at the lever!"fingers been fought back there by the barrt- ended coach, ,and with the odds so toe- niertdous, it is possible that Doctor Jack may have been downed. He dares not leave his post of duty to find out the truth, and while the' train rushes onward Larry remains. in a State . of great anxiety, hoping for the*best but feaxfttl, f <: (TO EN ct1��11NUF.11. ) THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Common say lies of 't0 onit'tp•mitko; Dake. n ortlt Oveu with peen, th@1n for Large, ful glow the baked. one latter with 'comes burnt �e 'uutil opened tinting"tie must if should Slamming may test oven needle 01ent, Dan lightly done. of the lihould 0001 Theywill Even "they;need few wenn' the .Art to their Pretensions pa';-furainiu entertained. I! 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(` 11�E BAKING., A , if Adlieril .vier ? df''aEtteesi a eed g' are not not difficult are rather akesraisec powdeiand sire a sugar Therefore be so and require exceptiu be With to can stand if the cake part can. ruined. kept should as possibl baking, them as possible to it out or knittin this , however look the Cake have put and remain the paper round it is f . a Oft@ deal alli diol• tc well brier+ quid , it hot, care• i gently that th regu it worn get le over close b Cake an the shut i alway of tic come or b; i a piee� inti the; til pan ii them dr; for i called shoal - ' t findini 'a g ar the re to, -.,eau to Suoueas. in cakemalcin g whore secret. baking, There is this, and it rppliee cakes, which but"are rather following rules ; require a and set them. such as baking also req that have much to'burn quickly. thevt must not cakes require long Spiall,sugar cakes Gingerbread, too, thick kind, should ; oven is Mere dangerous a 1itt101bb: hot. can a4opt;r, pedients ie taper, or it sasid.or salt, or the wotS and the of burnt to ba• door sfi -elle dough Lit �stre lis little process of baking, -shaken while to turn turned as gently the • vee door even a carie heavy. persons should , before taking putting a skewer ,/ee center, If erienced persons, P i tell"'lli 'the it whether cakes should over them When prevent &COrohing, ale allowed to being rbnioved from keep best Aviti'filo y were baked left a *skewer, leaves'thelia. to be left' jifile'oven o, a� to. soak, as` out of the tin 'cakes ' a'siei'e till cold of filo steam. - LESSON I, FIRST QUARTER, INTER- NATIONAL SERIES, ••JAN. 2. Text of the Lesson, Math. >W 7-17—Diem-g' ry verses, 18•17—Hoiden Toz .. Math- iii, 17—Commea iory by the, Itev. D. M. steams. Let me at the beginning of our study of the gospel by Matthew, in. which we are ntfor inns six months, quote a few Pregnant sentences from ;Studios In the Gospels by Rev. Henry G. Weston, D. D,: "The Bible is a history of the contest be- tween Christ and saran for man and his dwelling place; of 'redemption provided by God proceeding from His love, with iove determining the method and the end. The gospels are the history of that part"of' re- dentption which 'was wrought by the Lord Jesus Christ -in His earthly life, death, burial and resurrection. The Din P- bof view of and the purpose in each gospel deter - mine'in every -ease what shall . naorted and omitted- The Old Testament closes „ fulfillment of the propheeieeof antro "ho, shall reign in ri hteousness, tinder *limn g Atha the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord, Matthew is the gospel of the Jewish king rejeoted, resulting in the re - jection of the;iation, until the church, His body, shall b° Bothered out of all nations. In the Old Testament here, is for His pea- pie; in the gospels He is with His people; the Epistles He is in His people. These three, God for us, God with us, God, in us, are the method and the end of the :Alvino dealing, holiness eternal in the„heavens, incarnate on earth, embodied In . the saints,” �'' i of ho - nth i. "0 Brat onvie w h warnod 'sou "tic Elco -ft, to wrath to t Dome," Chapter i gives"ty}�cr ;,gptsealogy of the Kang froze � rakharu tct,.Tosoph, the ,;h,usbati4 of Mary, who wa 'p'f.:tlie",royal lino through Solempn, soix of Aavid, Luko iii gives.tha genealekr bt:?ld, but 1, de- orates thaajesug'Christ is :the. inheritor olares ri, tikes= of brut ...the. inheritor and fulfiller of allShinge promised t0 Da- vid and Abraham, en . , Y . 8, "Bring forth therefore fruitgmeet for :, r in rapentaneo, or, as in the asg an- swerabie to amendment of^life." Paul's preaching also was, "Repent and turn to God and do We -eke' meet for repentance” (Acts xxvi, 20). The teaching of all Scrip- ture is that by nature eve aro away from God; God. is calling us to cUzri0. to Him,which $ even as t t Called Adam from his hiding place in the garden, and has ever since . been stoking lost sinners. When we turn to Iliin, lie receives us graciously, for- gives:ue freely and makes us His children through ,lesus blood Then He asks use. to walk; arth of our calling. y d.think not to say within your- selves, a lupe Abraham to our Father. Even to f Loran:Hiinself these people e, "We said proudly,` be Abraham s seed,” but He repl'iede If.ye were 'Abraham's chin dren, ye would do the -1 -Works of Abraham," and the He told thein vie, p lainl Ye b, Yeti p y, « are of your father, the davit, (John viii, 88, 89, 44),• It will not do for mato say, "I atm a member of the °Murch, I have been baptized, my people are all Christians, I� de the best I can," etc,, as if any of these could save us. There must be a true recap tion of Jesus Christ as our own personal Saiiour and a whole hearted reliance upon His merits only, 10. "Every tree which bringeth not forth ood fruit is hater dawn and Cast g into the fire.”Both in the Old Testament and in the New the believer is compared to a tree, See Ps. i, It; Jer. -vii, 8p and compare our Lord's words in Math,":xv, 18, "£uverq plant.whlelt my Heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up."• 11. "He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire." Jolui''aou ht'ao g honor for himself, but ho loved to point to the mightier than he, whose shoes ho was not worthy to bear.. We have not the right spirit if we ever Beek any glory for ourselves. Repentance and the forgive- nese of sins are God's free gift and make era to be surely saved, but being saved we must be filled with the Spirit in older - to serve Him and bear the fruit which will be gloryporcelain, His to and make manifest that we are His• 12. "whose fan is in His hand, and He thoroughly purge His floor and gather His wheat into the garner, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." May there not be some reference here to the Ere of the last verse? Compare the harvest time of chapter xiii, 40-43. I have heard people pray for the Ere, and I have wondered if they were even ready for the Spirit 13, "Then cometh Jesuairom Galilee to Jordan r whenuntoJohn, to be baptized of him. Consider where He had been for the last 18 years since He said to His mother at „ Jerusalem, I must be about My Father's , business." He had certainly been about that business, but how and where? In the humble home and carpenter's shop of Nazareth, subject to Joseph and Mary, willing and obedient and waiting God's time for public work. We need to lay this tO heart o 14. "But John forbade Him, saying, h have need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou to me." So John was ever humble and ready to lay himself at Jesus' feet. When they told John a little later that all men were following Jesus,.here- plied, "I am not the Christ, but sent be- fore Him ;'the friend of the gridegroom re- joiceth greatly because of the ,bridegroom's voice; this my joy therefore is fulfilled", (John iii, 26-29 . Just a voice; an him ) , anything or nothing if only Christ is magnified. 16: "And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now, for thus it be- cometh us to fulfill all righteousness." This was His consecration to His public work, a life of constant and, manifest death to self that He might glorify God,manifest (3 g yEnjoy and declare His' Name and fulfill all that had been written of Himself in the law, the prophets and the Psalms. As His wit- messes there is no other way for us than renunciation., 18, 1pLo, the heavens were opened unto and He saw the Spirit of God de -y- Rcending like, a dove and lighting upon Him, Heaven is always witnessing what is gthough goon on on the earth, and, 'thele may be no outward manifestation as here, yet it is even so, i believe it firmly and have found great comfort in such as- suranoes as II Chron. xvi,9. At Perste- cost Spirit came as tongues of Ste or P8 ' f /hero was puri cation needed as well as power,but there was no sin in Christ. 17. "And, lo, a voice from heaven, say- ang', This is My Beloved tion, in whom I um wellpleased." ' It is written in Luke that Jesus was ra m and in 21,paying,. y g, ' John i, 82, that rho. Spirit abode Upon P . Here are, very plainly the. Father, . 'Son and.Holy Spirit. _The Spirit must have been always in Christ, but hare is a apecral ministry of the Spirit at the begin -yolks think sting of His public work. Canwe of tieing with IMO ae,. :. PHOTOS OF THE UNSEEN. Dr. a u;is. HRS _Photographs of Nervous . Lmanations nit tzre'Human Doily, ,� new woncle • `o .,science is the pho- to ;eaphin„ of tleenfhuvia or invisible e;n: nations of. the:min�m -nervous aye- tem. ,It has been, accomplished by Dr. Tatxijs, a prom » ut 'member of the brouoh Academy of Medicine. :in the 06Rrse Drone of the last meet- ings Of, ilia Society of 13rglagy of Paris Dr. Luijs, liber of the Academy of "• Medicine, esplamed Lis discoveries. In pollaboratieli with. M. David the doctor a ina veryclear has succeeded iu' fixing, , the doced—Jack eneuvie evil fch'are given off by fingers ` goodg rs rs entan iC i fe Of constitu- tion and enjoying pel'feet health. To obtain' this result two scientists shut themselkes v:ith'• their subject in a laboratory entirely nyitliotit light: They placed the hand which was to serve for the experiman in a bath of hydroqui- none,the un�lersi e s'o the ftng@r ` be - ing applied *o' a plat tof gclatiuo-lino- inure Of silver., TO pose lasted 16 to nO minutes. The plate of -gelatino-bromnre, tretyt- - ed according to the ctistomasytiodb; -...,•en gave a proof as anticus as it is ip vflGt ive. '' e One saw the• hies of the ends of the with the efpuvia,-given off from it is ioutNate them like a kind of„spe n...„.On tiro abr., mer of the plate; in'the'3rpprr left hand, detached skirt' fidmtiing in the bath,' Which emits effiuvia directly. in: the° form of vert 'oalfllantente; -All-the lit- tie white points which were seen on' .e , i 1i roof r are- h l l •ink of nd. theni b ao s b, gr i 0 p seated the dust of effluvia Hosting in the bark of hydroquinone. Luijs aid not stop there with his resear0ires. Ile pr000: eci also to r@cord the effluvia of the .eyes and It O ears. New experiments have. giveu excell;=nt results iu this res set, and even dates P1 influenced from a distance re;;;stered veryfaithfully the impressions felt. It goes without saying, says the ami- nilnt s0ient'st in Lis report to the So- Oiety of Biology, that these new studies Will give a new meaning to a series of,,„ pheucmeua long known as suggestive cone@tions in default of demon- P any stration of their reality. The fluid of magnetism termed by, Reiohembach the odd and the neutrio force of Bare will now receive the certificate of soientifia reality. is It is proved that there is given Off a normally from the human body in S' continuous manner a special fluid which, P seems t0 be an essential maiijfesta•' tion of life, and which exteriorizes it-' self, as lately Colonel de Roches hag tried to prove with so much zeal. He terms it the exteriorization of sensibil- i a/ Several objections were raised .on the examination of the first proof of the fingers, effluvia. Certain incrednlons persons asked if the impressions pro- duped on the plate of gelatino bromure did not result simply from the contact of the fingers, To answer these critics, Dr. Luijs in- saluted two fingers, avoiding all contact with theplate. The result was a proof which bore three impressions like the first and two others less developed, but yet convincing. We may be sure, says the doctor, that this process is likely to have prolific re- sults in h siol0 and in tholo It P y » gy' is easy of application and is within the reach of all persona who have an ere- mentary knowledge of photography. The immersion can be effected in all or- dinary bath of 9-12. One can thus record the variation of the nervous force which is incessantly given off from the digital extremities of human beings. It varies accordingto g age, sex, the different periods of thee day and the state of emotion which Sets the human being vibrating. CHAPTER XVII. When Larry finds himself under the railway carriage he has already map- ped out the nurse he means to par- nue, The other side of the train is andconsequently partlyndarkness, co . 1 4 Yr� this must be his line a£ advance in the direction of the locomotive, He pursues it, at times hiding in m obser-Dr. order vatic, but sell t haen s whileelf d drawing nearer the head of the train, that pulsating engine, panting there as if eager to continue its onward race. g dude—he Glace a man aanfronts the seems to be desirous of halting him, perhaps recognizing Larry as one of o ibe the partyagainst hon h irtQ whom y o£ the Cellists is aroused; but the tourist is in a hurry, and cannot stop •9.`Ai to satisfy the curiosity of this fellow —the clamour that anises from the rear announces that the battle is on, and seconds are precious, When the man attempts to use force, Larry gives him the benefit of the weapon he carries, and presses on toward his goal, the puffing motor. More than once he is delayed by be- ing compelled to hide, so that minutes elapse before he finds himself in the vicinity of the engine, The panic is now on, and Larry won- dors what causes it. as he has not understood the cry raised by Mer- cedes in advancing. It ceases, and once more the melee begins, but, thank heaven, he is now .beside the locomotive. In appearance it differs from.' those he is in the habit of seeing in Ameri- ca, but they all work on the same principle, and, it necessary, Larry is ready to set the lever and open • Cl1e throttle himself. • It The engine -driver is in the cab, i hut has his head out, interested in what is going on. If the mob is about :to burn the rear carriage, some one lead better uncouple it from the rest, and let him pull them off to a point :of safety. He is just telling a train man this when he feels a clutch on his arm, turns around, and looks into Larry's revolver. The desperate dude never appeared so big to any one in all his life as he does in the eyes of the as- tonished engine-driver—the fact of his holding a loaded revolver may have something to do with it. • " Start the train ahead I" snaps Larry. His look and the tone of his voice cannot be mistaken even if the does not understand the words used. The man makes agesture,and in broken English stammers that he dares not start without orders. " There is your order—start the train," roars the irate dude, thrusting the revolver into the other's face and pointing to the throttle. The man looks him over as if to size him up—there is something he does rot like about the diminutive New Yorker, and perhaps he sees death 'in his eye—at any rate, he turns sullenly around, grasps lever and throttle, throws the one into place, and opens the other cautiously. .: As the train moves, a shout arises without—men run frantically towardthe the engine, and Larry stands ready to shoot the first one who tries to come aboard. • " Faster -open the throttle, man !" and he gives the driver's arm a jerk —the throttle is thrown open, and with a jump the train begins to gather headway It is too late now to unfasten the last car—no one can do it, for most of the shouting Carlists are left behind,• and a few who still cling to the cars are dropping off in great terror lest they be carried off, and fall into the hands of the government forces. Larry beams with triumph, but he knows it is too early to crow—not for a moment does he relax his vigilance; since he has become assured that the engine -driver is a Carlist and may play them a trick yet. By this time the blazing fire is left behind—they are plunging along, through the darkness of the valley, with only the stars as guides, but the rails : hold the iron horse on his way , and all is well, Every mile passed over makes them so much farther away from their gine- mi'es-the driver has made up ills mind to the inevitable, and watches ahead, as is customary, while .he holdshi, his hand on the throttle, Looking back, Larry sees that theRim, :, train .is, intact, and he breathes free. ,One thing alone gives him , worry this is the uncertainty as > to whether his friend lend has come out a the cel un- 4 ; iage un�c�©ended, He has known all. a.lnnrz thee a. tPrrihip ba.ttla •niudt ha.ua Art aro residences, into every to The O ' ! 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