HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1914-01-15, Page 7"Thatee right!" three yokes shouted. 1
"Vodka, yodka!"
Then the door clanged but again,
nnd be beard the murmur of voices In
Ruesian, but could not make out what
was saki. One of the uew prisoners,
groping round, appeared to have struck
the stone bench, as he hivaseif had
done. The man In the next cell swore
coarsely, and Lertnontoff, judging trona
'Bitch *wadies of their cotiversation.as
he could hear that they were persons
of a low order, felt no desire to make
their more intimate acquaintance and
so did not shout to them, as he had In-
tended to do, And now he missed
something that had become familiar;
thought it was a cigarette he desired,
for the one he had lit had been smoked
to his very lips. then he recognised it
was the murmur of the stream that
had ceased.
"Ah, they can shut It off," he said;
"that's interesting I most Investigate
and learn whether or no there is coin-
!flunk:Mon between the cells; not very
likely though."
He crawled ou hands and knees un-
til he came to the bed of the stream,
which was now damp, but empty.
Kneeling down in its course. he work-
ed his way toward tbe lower cell and,
as he expeeted. catne to Stout iron bars.
Crouching thus he sacrificed a second
match and estimated that the distance
between the two cells was as much as
ten feet of solid rock and saw also
that behind the perpendieniwr iron bars
were another horizontal set, then an-
other perpendicular. then a fourth .
liorizontal.
While In this position he was star -
tied by a piercing screrun to the rear. '
He backed out from the tnunel and .
stood upright once more. He beard the
sound of people splashing round In the
water. The ecrearner began to jabber
like st maniac, punctuating his ravings
with shrieks. Another was cursing
vehemently and a third appealing to
the saints. Lerroontoff quickly knelt
down In the watercocirse, this time
facing the upper cele and vtruck his
third match. Ile saw that a steel
rernindinchineof the thin !hat-
ter between the lenses of A 'camera,
had been sleet across the tunnel be -
.hind the second group of et088 bars,
and as an engineer he mold net but
admire the skill of the practical ex-
pert who had constructed this diabol-
ical dertee, for in spite of the preeoure
on the other eerie hardly a drop of wa-
ter owed through. He tried to reach
the shield, but coiled not. It was just
beyond tbe touch of his fingers with
his arm thrust through the two sets
of bars, but if be could have stretched
that far with the first bar retarding
his shoulder. he knew his band would
be helpless even if he had some weap-
on to puncture the steel Weld. The
rnen would be drowned before he could
accomplish anything unless he was at
the iever la the passage outside.
Crawling into les cell again, he heard
loore of the chatter and cries of
the maniac, and he surmisedthat the
other two were fighting for places, on
bench or shelf, which was amply large
enough to have supported both had
they not teen too dereented with fear
to reeognize that fact. The earning
man was victorious, and now he stood
alone on the shelf', roaring maledic-
tions. Then there was the sound of a
plunge, and Lermontoft, standing there
helpless and shivering, heard the pris-
oner swim rolled and round his cell
like a furious animal, muttering and
evreartng.
"Deal exhalant yoareelf like that,"
shouted Lennontoft. "If yeu want to
live, ding te the bate at either of the
two upper vergers. The water can't
rise above you Mese and you elm
breathe tilt It ealeselee."
The ether either did net hear or did
not heed, but tore aoreete mid around la
his Coonned teat.' Maud:46i the water-
ier* demote; wbak.
"Poor eleven" tateased J. "Wbat's
the me et telling Ikon west to del He
Is doomed In awry ease. Tbe ot ber two
are DOW better oat"
A moment later the water began to
dribble throne% the Maier ellenttent
to Jack's eell, laereasIng arid 1i:scream-
ing mall there was tine rear et a water-
fall, aad be felt tbe e.d. splashing
drops spurt Realest him. Berried this
there wits agleam. It was perhaps len
esthetes after teat the lever was pulled,
and the water belched forth from the
lower tnnae4 like a mei race broken
loom, temporarily flooding the floor so
that Jack was; compelled fir stand on
the bench.
He sunk doers shivering on the stone
Abele latd his arena ea the stone pillow
and bUried Ms face in them.
"Hy God, my God!" be groaned.
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'Now, -That in eTI-Iisitei;" cried he,
ed. a leg man earn buncb neys ,
his belt, followed by another, who ear-
getting up on his feet and stretching
, himsele. "Still, a man doesn't starve
sled n lighted lantern. I
"No. 9," saki governor to in four days. I've cast my bread on
the
the waters. It has evidently gone
I
"1 beg your pardon, sir, am 1 a prison-
down the stream. New, what's to hitt-
Lew?" asked Lermontott,
The governor gave utteranee to a
-souna that WAS more like the grunt of
a pig than the ejaculation of a man.
He did not answer, but looked up at
the questioner, and the latter saw that
his face, gaunt almost as that of a
living steleton, was .pallid as putty.
"No. 9," lie repeated, whereupon the
jailer aud the man with the teeters
- put a hand each on Lermontoins shoul-
ders and marched hint away. They
walked together down a long passage,
the swaying lantern casting its yellow
rays on the iron bolts of door after
aoor until at last the jailer stopped,
threw back six bolts, inserted a key,
inalocked the door mad pushed it pea-
detwusly open. The lantern showed It
to b„ taint like the door of a safe; but,
unlike that of a ,.ate, it opened inward
As soon as the door came ajar Lar-
montoff heard the sound of flowing
water, and when the three entered be
noticed a rapid little stream sparkling
In tbe rays of the lantern at the fur-
ther end of the cell. He saw a shelf
of rock and a stone bench before It.
The jailer placed his hands ea a black
loaf, while the other held up the Ian -
tern.
'That will last yoa tour dela." mail
the jailer.
"Well, my son, Judaism front tbe ma -
appetizing look of It, I think It will
last ine much longer."'
The 'alter mode so reply, bat he and
tbe emu with the lantern rettred, draw-
ees the door heavily atter then. Ler-
meintref beard the bolts thrust hate
place and the turn of tee key. Then
offence telt, all but the babbling ot the
water. Be stood still In the center et
the cell, his bands thrust deep ha the
poets of his overcoat, andin spite et
this heavy garment, be shivered a little.
"Jack, my boy," he mattered, "this
le • new deal, ea tbep say la the west.
1 can imagine a an going crazy hem
If It wasn't for that stemma. I never
knew what darkness menet before.
Well, let's find out the stse of oar Use,
dom."
He groped foe the wall and, stum-
bling agalost the stone beach, whom
existenee be had foegottede pitched
bead forward to the table and eent the
four day loot rolling on the floor. He
made an IneMectual grasp after the
leaf, fearing It might fall Into the
odreant and be lost to bbn, but be
could not tind it, and now his designs
for measuring the cell gave place to
the desire of finding that loaf. He cot
down oe his hands and knees, and felt
tbe stone floor inch by Inch for half
an hour, as he eettmated the time, but
*ever once did be touch the bread.
"HOW heiplees a man is in the dark,
nfter all!" he muttered to himeelf. "I
-must do this systematically. beginning
. at the edge of the stream."
On all fours he reached the margin
• of the rivnlet mid felt his way along
the Writ till 111e'iteeid atnick the on-
mositn wall. He turned round, took up
.a position that he guessed was three
feet nearer the door and again tra-
versed the room, becoming so eager hi
the gearett thett he forgot for the mo-
ment the horror -of hls situation. just
• as wheu etigaged In a chemical experi-
ment everything else vanished from
his mind, and thus atter seyeral jour-
neys back and forth he was scab& re --
minded of the existence of the sten.
iseneh by butting Against it wtsee he
knew he Was Several feet from the
wall. Rribbing his heed, he muttered
.some unfavorable phrases regarding
the immovable bench, then crawled
round It twice and resumed his trans-
verse excavating. At last be reached
the will that held the door and now
with- breathless eagetnem, rubbed hie
' idateder sigainst It till he Cattle to the
opposite ,corner. He knew be bad
touched with knees and hands prac-
tically every square Inch of spat* le
the Boer, and_yet no treed.
der a man escaping by means of that
water course? Still, 11 be did, what
would be the use? He'd float out into
the Thiele sea and 11 able to swim
round the rock would merely be com-
pelled to knock at the front door and
beg admiesion again. No, by Jove!
'There's the boat, hut they probably
guard It night midday,and a man la
the water would have no chanee
against one in the boat. Perhaps
there's gratings between the cells, Of
course there's bound to be, No one
would leave the bed of a stream clear
for any one to earigate. Prisoners
would else each other In their cells,
and that's not allowed in any respect -
Able prison. 1 wonder if there's any
one next door on either side of me.
Aa Iron grid won't keep out the
sound. I'll try." And, going again to
the margin of the watercourse, he
shouted several times as loudly As he
could, but enly A sepulchral echo, as
tf from a vault, replied to him.
"I Imagine the adjoining cells are
empty. No enjoyable companionship
to be expected here. I wonder If
they've got the other poor devils up
from the steamer yet. 111 sit down on
the beueh and listen."
He' couid 'bane' foot:v.1 the bench anti
shelf almost immediately by gropiag
round the wall, but he determined to
exercise bid sense of directiMe to pit
himself epithet the darknees. '
1 need not hurry," he maid, "I may
be a kmg time Imre."
lu his nalnd be bad a picture of the
cell, but uow that he listened to the
water It seemed to have changed Its
direction, and he fouled be had to rear-
range this ruental picture and make a
differeut set of calculations to fit the
new position. Then he shuffled slowly
forward with hands outstretcbed, but
he came to the wall *ad not to Om
heneh. Again be mapped out his route,
again endeavored and agahr failed.
"This Is bewildering," he muttered.
ellow the darkness battles a man! Far
Ute first time in my lite I append**, bo
the full ths beuedietion se God's Mlle-
mnud, 'Lit there be light."
He stood perpleeed for a few mo-
ments, and, deeply thinking, his hands
automatically performed an operation
as the servants of habit. 'I'hey tee&
from his pocket his cigarette ease. Se-
lected a tube of tobacco, placed It be-
tween his lips, marebed seeetber poek-
et. brought out a matebbox aad knock
a light. The striking et the motel,
Interned Lerrnontoff as if it had bees'
an explosion; then he leughed, belles's
the match above his head, and there at
his feet saw the loaf of black bread.
It seemed as if somebody had twisted
the room end for mi. The door wee
where he thought the streace wee,
and thus he learned that sound gives
no Indication of direction to a ama
blindfolded. The match began te
wane, and feverishly be lit his cigar-
ette.
"Why didtat 1 neat of .the matehme
aacl, ob, what a pity I failed to MI my
pockets with them that night of the
'mammas dinner party! To think that
matches are selling at this', momeat In
Sweden 1:50 for a halfpennyr
Guided by the *part at the end et
tdselearette. he sought the bent+ and
Nerves Were
• Unstrung.
WOULD ALMOST HO OUT OF
HER MINI.
Many women become run down and
worn out by household cares, and duties
never ending, and sooner or later find
.themselves Nvith shattered nerves and
"weak hearts.
On the first sign of any weakness of
the heart or nerves you should avail
yourself of a perfect cure by using Mil -
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Mrs. Archie Goodine, Tilley, N.11,
writes:—" When 1 was troubled with tny
'heart, two years ago, I was very had.
My nerves were so unstrung, sometimes
I would almost be out of my mind. 1
.doctored mysell' with everythini; I
could get, until at last 1 got four boxes
of Milburn's lleart and Nerve Pills, and
they have ctirel me. I cannot speak
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and will recommend it to all sufferers."
Milburn's Hearn and Nerve T'ills are
50c. per box, or 3 boxes for $1.25, at all
etcetera, Or mailed direct on receipt of
'mice by The T. Milburn Co., Limited,
Toronto, Ont.
sat dowu upou it. Ile was surprised to
fled hitneeli so little depressed as was
actually the case. Ile did not feel la
the least detheartened. Something was
going to halves' ea his inhale Of that
he was quite certain. It was perfectly
ridiculous that even la Emmet a loyal
subject who had never done any Illegal
act la his life, a ackleasea at the Ism
pee and a friend id the csar obinald
be ineaecerated for kers wittiest trial
and eveu without accusation. Ile beet
no euetnien tbat be knew of sod many
facade, and yet be experieseed a
rarest uneasiness when be remembered
that his own course et life had bees
eurit nett be would not be Blessed by
tile friend*. Fur more teas a year he
lewd been In elogiand, at sea and in
America. eo mneb absorbed ia his re-
searches Unit be had written no pa-
rtite letters worth speeklag of, and It
any friend were Asked his whereareats
he was likely to reply:
"Oh. Lerrnontoie Is la some Gerrsaa
nniversily town or in linefeed or trav-
eling elsewhere. I haven't seen hies
,r beard of Alm for months. Lost ta a
wIlderuem or ia en experiment per-
haps."
These nahappy meditation, were hs
-
twigged by the doing et belts. Ile
tbooght at first It was his men doer
that was being opened, bat a moment
later testite et was Meeker' ot-tbe*next
eeil apistreern. sowed ot coarse
couid not penetrate the extrereneiy ask*
wall, but came tisane' the aperture
whose roof arced the watercocarse.
From tbe voksee he estimated that sev-
eral preemie' were being pet inte one
cell, and be wondered whether or not
he eared for a compata4ea. It woald all
depend. If' fellow primmers hated euek
other, their enterred proximity might
peeve empteem ot,
"We are huusetY." he blearel inee say -
"Ming no food."
The jailer imagined.
"1 will eve yea tosmothirig to desk
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CHAPTER XVII.
tide position Jock slept coif and
oa, or, rather, dosed late a kind
of seartatueer from which he
awoke with a Mart now and
then, as be *eosin he heard &gala the
mineed Mee it adevistlea and maledic-
tion. At last he slept sereadty Rad
awoke retreat/Red. Mot hungry. The
tont lay beside hint, Ned with his knife'
he cut a elle. front It. munching tbe
coarse tweed with Mere et relish than
he had thought ponsible when he fret
saw it. Thee hie took out another rig -
ameba, struck a metal, looked at his
Watch and lit the cigarette. It was tea
minutes past 2. He woudered If a
itight hid entervereede but thouget' It
unlikely. He had landed very early la
the morning, and now it was atter-
noon. /le was fearfully thirsty, but
could not beteg himself to drink from
that streams of death. Once mere be
heard the bolts shot bade
'They are going to threw the
weetebers into the IMO he mattered.
net the yellow gleam et a Meters
sbowed btu lt Wei OS owe door that
bed teem oinfoched.
"Yea are ti res tine goveraeres
the leiter "Come with me.'
'leek apeseng te the neer ef his eel*
layeartrIatt a ery &SOL 1144bil(
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AS lbe jeellher ad de Mee es• insiform
met behead long labia
would tepee his situation guy wore,
and perfume his perettareve powers ne-
on that °Meer! might remit in some
anseliortitiou of hie position. In any
cam there was the brief respite of the
later/it*, mid be would gladly have
chummed with the devil himself to be
free few ihoments from title black
An-telt:el the outride door of the goy-
*FtiOefl room !stood open, the room was
not as well lilemined as it had been
lettere, for the sun had now gone
•roune. to the- other side of the island,
hut to the prisouens aching eyes it
+eetned a ctutenner of refulgosee. Tb.
•ame temp was burning on the table.
thine forth an odor of bad oil, bat ha
,ddttki to this two candles were
ighted. which supplemented In some
light menentre the efforts or the ianni.
et the end ef the table lay a number
A COLD
Developed Into
3RONCHITIS.
However slight a cold you have, yott
bould never neglect it. In all pos-
ibility, if you do not treat it in tirne it
sill develop into bronchitis, pneumonia,
w some other serious throat or lung
ruble.
Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is
mrticularly adapted for all colds, coughs,
monchitis, pneumonia, asthma, whoop -
n coligh and all troubles of the throat
old lungs. Three points in favour of
Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup are:
1. Its action is prompt. 2. It invigorates
ti well as heals, and soothes the throat
Ind hums. 3. It is pleasant, harmless
eel agreeable in taste.
Mri, Albert Vain Brockville, Ont.,
weites:,—"Just a line to let you know
Ovate Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup.
Dar oldest little girl is no/ sie year*
nte we: four months old she got
a cold win et developed into 13ronchitis,
.01d we tried ev:.rything we cottld think
of and laid cwa doctors attending her,
but it w, u) good. One clay I read
in your altnanac about Dr. Wood's
Norway Pitt. Syrup, so I tried it, and
before di. had finished one bottle of it,
tite dry hacking cough had nearly all
,pne. Titre is nothing equal to it,
and tv:. are. never without it in the house."
S,:e that you get "Dr. Wood's" when
you ask for it, as there are numerous
ituitations on the market. The genuine
is cnanufactttred by The T. Milburn
Co., Limited, Toronto, Out.
Priee, 25c.; family size, nine.
of nociiiiinnlit itraner I neinerwenglin
nrrunged with the neat precialon of a
methodical man. The governor bad
!men warming his hands over the bra-
zier, but ceased when Lermontoft was
brought up standing before him, lis
lifted the paperweight, took from un-
der it the two letters which Lennon -
toff had given to the steward on the
steamer and handed them to the pris-
oner, who thus received them back for
the second time.
"1 vilatt to say," remarked the goy-
enior, with an air a bored Indifference
whielt was eyidently quite genuine,
"thut if you Inake any further attempt
to commtuileate with the authorities
or with friends you will bring ea your-
self punishment which will he unpleas-
ant."
"As a subject of the czar I have the
righ t to appeal to him," said the prinee.
ni In` Oppetil you have written here,"
replied the governor, "would have
usenees even if It had been de -
Hewed The rear knows nothing of
the Tregzeiontloin which is a strong-
hold entirely under the coutrol of the
esand dukes and of the navy. The
rrogemonitoff never gives up a prim
mew."
-Then I am here for a lifetime?'
••Yes." rejoined the governor, with
frigid cnlniiiess, -and if you give me
to trouble you will save yourself some
twouvenience."
-Do you speak French?" nsked the
orifice.
"ICuglishr
"Net."
-Italian?"
"German?"
-Then." continued Lermontoff in iner-
tia:I. "I desire to say a few words to
which I don't wish this jailer to
miler:nate!. 1 sin Prince lvan Lee
eeitoff. a personal friend of the czar's.
who, after s 11, is Enlister of the ;arena
hikes and the navy also. It' you wilt
tient to put me into comeitin lea eon
with hitn. I will guarantee that no
harm comes to ,you. and, furthermore,
vvi 11 tilake you it rich man."
1'he governor slowly shook his head.
"What you ask is Impossible. Riches
are nothing to me. Bribery may do
much in other parts of the empire, but
It Is powerlees In the Trognnondoff. I
shall die in the room adjoining this., as
my predecessor died. 1 Ale quite as
much a preioner Irs the Trogzmontielf
as Is your hiejmess. No man who has
once set foot in this- room either as
governor, employee or prisoner Is al-
lowed to see the mainland again, and
thus the secret has been well kept.
We have had many prisoners of equal
rank with your highness, friends of
the czar, too. I dare say, but they ell
died on the rock and were buried la
the Baltic."
"May 1 not be permitted to ret•elvie
certain supplies If I pay for .thein
That is allowed In tithe- prisons."
The , orernor:shienk his head.
"I can let you have a blanket," he
snid, "and a pillow or a ebeerseitla if
you find it cold at first, but my power
here le eery limited, and, as I tell you,
the odic -era have little more comfort
than the prisoners."
"Ob, 1 don't care anything about
comfort." protested Lernionner. "Weat
I want 1s, roam scieutitie apparatus. 1
am a student of science. I have moth -
In: to de with politics and hare never
been implicated In any plot. Some
one in authority has made a stupid
mistake, aid so I am here. This mis-
take I am quite certain will be dis-
covered and reinedied. 1 hold no
malice and will say nethIng at the
place once I am tree. It Is so bust, -
nese of mine. But 1 do not wish to
have the Intervening time wasted. 1
should like to buy some elect:Seat-ma-
elnnery and materials. for which I am
willing to pay any 'priee that Is asked."
••lio you understand electricity r
qeestioned the govern,ir, and for tho
fie t time his hopeseive face shovel a
etimmer of Intermit.
-Do I nnderstand electricity? Why,
for over a rest. I have been chief *tet-
te, lan on a warship."
• Perimpe thee." said the governor,
renesem Mtn Russian swain. "you elm
len trie iv-hal—is wrong with our dyna-
mo here in the rock. After repeated
requisition they sent umehinery for
Vining our °dices and passagea with
eiectricity. They apparently did not
:arm to send an electrician to the
nregnmondoft, but forwarded instead
mime books sr instruction, I have been
working at It for two years and a half,
but .1 am, still, ,ueng oll lamps and
mottles. We Wired the place without
litlicultn." He held up the candle and
,bowed. depending from the ceiling, a
chandelier' of electric lamps winch
Lermontoft had not hitherto noticed.
verioue brackets and one or two stand
humps in a corner. with green silk cov-
eted wire attached.
"May I see your dynamo?" asked
Lermontoff.
'The gove.rnor, with title final warm-
ing of his hands, took up a dlr.. told
the jsiler to remove the aliade from
the lamp and brine it. tee the way
Along a peesane and thee into a mom
where the presoner, on time entering.
had heard the mar a water.
"What's thin yon bovle a terhinei
Does it give you any power?",
"Oh, It gives power enoligh." said
the governor.
"net's see how yon tern on the
?item tn."
The governor act the terhine at
work, nnd the riantemo began te 1111M.
a !tonna which to the teleented ear of
Lermontoff told him seventi things.
•"11tat's ell right, ;overlies; turn it
eft. Tbis is a Hottiewhat old fashioned
nynerne, but It ought to give you all
the lien you mei est. You moat be A
enthral bern electrIelan, or you never
could have got this machinery work
Ing as well es it sloes.*
The dull eget' ef the governor glowed
for one brief moment, thea resumed
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"Now," said Jack, throwing off his
coat, "1 want a wrench, screwdriver,
hammer and a pair of pinehers if you
have got them."
"Here Is the tool chest," said the
zovernor, and Jack found all he need-
ed. Bidding the governor hold the can-
dle here, there and elsewhere and or-
dering the Jailer about as if be were
en apprentice, Jack set energetically to
work, and for half an hour no one
spoke.
"Tarn on that water egain," be
minima mice].
The governor did so, attd the nts.
chine whirred with quit!, n clirfor(”it
note. Half a dozen electric Imps in
the room donde.] the plate with a dos -
Ming whlte glow.
"There you ar,:.." erica Jack. robbing
the oil off his hands on a piece of
coarse sacking. "Now, itommy. put
these things back in the tool chest," he
veld to the Jailer. Tien to the governor:
"Let's see bow thing"; look in the big
room."
The passage was lit, arid the gov-
ernor's room showed every mark on
wall, ceiling and floor.
"I told you, governor," said Jack
with a laugh, "that 1 didn't know' why
I was sent here. lint now I understand.
Providence took pity on you and or-
dered me to strike a light."
At that moment the jailer entered
with 11111 Jingling keys, and the enthu-
siastic expression faded from the gov-
ernor's face, leaving It once more cold-
ly inipassive, but lie spoke in German
instead of Ilteminn.
"I am very much indebted to your
highness. and it i,srieves me that our
relationship remains unehanged."
"Oh, that's ail rilit." cried Lemon -
toff' breevily. "if it is within your
power to allow me to corne and give
you some lessons in el-^tricity and the
care of dyeamoe, I shall he very glad
to do so."
To this otter the governor made no
reply, hut he went on still In German:
"I Omit transfer you to eel! No. 1,
whirl) Is not only more comfortable,
hut the water there Is pure. Did you
say you spoke English?"
"Yes: quite as well as I do Ruesian."
The governor continued, with, never-
thelese, it little hesitation: '•Ou the IT'
'pi ov,e, tire tool: j.,/1! r41 tt:fd 1P1'•
ec (41 me 1,. ,At:
turn or the steamer there eel' eu
Englieh prleoner. I Will ;sive bitn ceil
No, 2, :ma 11 you donn :ilk so
that the jailer beers yo . It may per-
hape inane the day lee: eearisotoe."
"You aro very kind," said Jack, rig-
sepereesing atm trace of either
emotion or Interest as he beard the In•
ielligeuee. keping at once to entitle
eeecluslons nevertheless. "1 shan't
ask for anything more, much as
shield like to menden candleematcher,
I. sod tobacco"
"It Is possible you rutty inat an three
In No. 1 before this time tomesrow."
Then In Russian the governor sala tett
the jniler:
"See If No. 1 le ready."
The Piller departed, mei the govern-
er, throwing open it drawer li his ta-
ble, took out two cattalos, 0 box of
matches and a pneket of eigerettea.
"Put these In your pocket," he said.
"'Ile cell door opens very slow's-, so
you will always•know when the jailer
Is coruing. In that case blow out your
light and conceal your ea.nd:e. It will
last the longer,"
The jailer returned.
"The cell is ready.
eat&
"Take away the prisoner," comn3and-
ed the governor grefily,
i;
CI1APTER
ELL No. 1 was a great improve-
ment on No. 9. There was no
shelf of rock or stone hem+,
bet a cot bed In the corner, 21_,
bible and a wooden ehalr. The III -lug
spring Issued from the living rock In
a corner of the room, When the jailer
and his assistant had retired and
shoved in the outside bolts Jack lit
hls candle and a cigarette, feeling al-
most happy. He surveyed the prem-
ises now with more Care. The bed.
was of iron and faetened to the floor.
On the top of it was a mattress, a,
pillow and a pair of blankets. At its
head a little triangular 'shelf of rock
had been left In the corner, and on
this reposed a basin of tin, while a
coarse piece of sacking took the place
of a towel. Jack threw off his over-
coat and finng It on the bed, intent on
satisfactory wash. He heard some-
thing jingle in the pockets and, forget-
ting for the moment what it could
possibly be, thrust his band in and
pulled ont a glass stoppered bottle of
oak. He held It out at arna's length
and stared at It for come moments like
a man hypnotized.
`Teel,' St. Peter!" he cried. "To think
that I should have forgotten thisn'
Ile filled the tin basin with water
and placed it on the table. Again he
dissolved a minute portion of tbe
chemical and again filled the syringe.
"I must leave no marks on the wall
that may arouse attention," he said,
Rad, taking the full syringe to the arch
over the torrent and placing the candle
on the floor beside' him, he gently push-
ed In the piston. The spray struck the
rock, and the rod; dissolved_ slight!
(To be Continued) '
excellency." he
Cured Diseases - •
of the Kidneys
And Is Depended On to Hight Stow
mach and Liver Dieordere.
Once Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pints"
are introduced into the family and
their efficiency becomes known they
are usually found too valuable to do
without. For everyday ills arising
from liver and bowel disorders they
bring relief promptly, and when com-
plicated diseases of the kidneys and
liver develop they often prove a sum-
eessful cure after doctors have failed.
As an illustration, you may read the
following, which was received a teW
days age:
Mrs. John Wright, 3 MeGee street.
Toronto, Ont., states: "We have used
Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills for ten
Years, and would not be without them.
MY husband suffered frOm kidney
trouble, and after taking treatment
from neveral doctors without receive
trig any benefit, tried Dr. Chase's Ktd-
hey-Liver Pills, which worked a cot*.
plete cure. Since that time we have
need them tor all stomaelt end liver
didorders."
Ohe pill it. dose, 26 oonts bet, all
dealers, or Edmanson, Bate/ & Co.,
Limited, Toronto,