c THE SCEAKTON TIUBUXE-MOXDAT MOENINO, AUGUST L'O, 1894. m k CHAPTER II. It was cloao ou 10 o'clock when 1 twoko next morning. My long tramp of tlio previous day had tired me more than I thought. Nevertheless I w.is an noyed at oversleeping myself and aston ished that Francis had not called me earlier. I knew how anxious ho was abuu.t tho proposed meeting with his brother and l'uuciod that his impatience would havo drawn him to my room at dawn. Apparently he was less curious concerning tho interview than I thought Yot, leaving him out of tho question, I ought certainly to havo been roused by Strent or his daughter and determined to reprovo them for such neglect. After all, an inn is an inn, and one has a right to attentions for which one pays. Judging from (3io landlord's looks, I did not think my bill would err on the side of cheapens. Thesw thoughts passed through my anna ns I hastily dressed myself. Open ing tho window, I looked out on the marshes golden in the sunshine. A keon wind was blowing from the 6ea, and the smell of brine struck into tho heavy atmosphere of my bedroom. An absolute stillness prevailed both inside and out I felt as though I had awakened in the ppellbound palace of tho sleeping beau ty. -Au inn of all places should bo full of bustle and noise, but there was some-, thing uncanny iu tho silence which reigned in this marsh locked hostel It hinted trouble, and I felt uneasy. In no very good temper I descended to tho dining room, with ths intention of apologizing to Francis for my tardy p.ppearaneo and of rating tho' landlord for his negligence. To my astonishment, neither Fruncis nor any ono clso was to be seen, and tho room was iu precisely the ssuno condition as dri tho previous night. Tho tiro was unlighted, the table not sot out for breakfast; even the win dow blinds wero down. For the moment I was sick with apprehension, as it was impos.-iiblo to conjecture the reason of this uejtL-ct and absence of human life. The F.tillness was ns absolute as had pre vailed up stairs, and when I rang the bell it echoed through tho houso as though mocking my efforts to summon landlord, maid or friend. Twice, thrice, I pulled the bellrope without result; then, somewhat un nerved by the sileuco iu which I found myself, went to the back part of the premises. Here the condition of things was the name as ill the dining room. The kitchen was empty, nor were there any signs of firo or of food I explored tho whole of the gronnd floor and found nobody. The conclusion forced itself upon mo that Strent and his daughter had left tho inn during tho night What was tho meaning of this sudden flight? What reason could be sufficient ly powerful to force them to vacate the premises? Asking myself these ques tions, I ontered room after room, but in none of them did I find any answer. ' Tho front door was bolted and barred, the back entrance was in the same con dition, and tliero was no key in either lock. I considered tho features of the caso and saw that tho air was full of mystery, perhaps of Sat, no; in that lonely house I could not bring mysolf to utter tho terrible word I knew not what had happened dur ing my fleep, but felt curtain that some event had taken place. Otherwise there could bo no reason for this state of things. Almost against my will I searched tho houso again, but could dis cover neither Strent cor his daughter Rose. I was alono in tho house. But Francis "Francis," said I, repeating my thoughts aloud, "aye, Francis. I won der if he has left tho inn also or whether ho has overslept himself and is still in his room. " To make suro I went up stairs to his bedroom. Pray observe that all this time I had not connected these things witli crime. It is truo I had a faint suspicion that thero might possihly bo some foul play, but as thero was noth ing to confirm such a belief I abandoned the idea. 1 declare that when I knocked at tho door of Briarfleld's room I had no more idea of the horriblo truth than tho baho unborn. My premonitions pointed to mystery, but not to murder. Yet from the conversation of tho previ ous night I might havo guessed what had happened. Tho houso was as ac cursed as tho palace of tho Artida), and Ato bided on the threshold stone. Not until I had thrice knocked with out receiving any answer did my sus picions begin to form. Thon they took shape in an instant. I tried the door. It was locked Tho ominous silence still hinted at unspeakable horrors. My knocking echoed jarringly through tho stillness. At that moment thero flashed be fore my eyes tho picture of two fig ures flying across a red horizon against which blackened the beams of a gal lows. It was the shado V-of thoy'nture, I knocked, I called his name, and finally in dospt ration at tho continued silence set my shoulder against tho crazy door. It yielded with a tearing sound, and I entered the room amid a cloud of fine dust Ho was lying on the bed stiff and cold I had no need to call, to touch his shoul der, to placo my hand on his heart. lie was dead. With tho clothes drawn up smoothly to his chin lay tho man with whom I had oonversed the previous night The right arm lay outside the counterpane. On the hand glistened a pearl ring. I looked at that bauble, I glanced at the waxen face. Tho matter was beyond all doubt Francis Briar field was dead Before I could further examine the body or the room I was forced to run for my brandy flask. For tho moment I Was deadly sick, and it needed a long draft of the fiery spirit to speed the stag nating blood through my veins. Tho strange circHinstanoo was a sufficient apology for such qualmishness. This lonely inn sot on a handbreadth of liv ing ground amid quaking bogs, this dead body of what had once been a friend, this solitude by which I found myself environed, these were sufficient mm THE AlTHOU to shako the Wrongest uwvo. It looks in a manner prosaio on black and white, but think of tho horror of the actual ex perience. For tho moment I oould formulate no ideas on the subject That luy friend should bu dead was sufficient to stun me. When reason ciune back, I atked myself how ho died and who wii re sponsible for the crime. Tho landlord, the maid, the brother, ono of these three had murder'jd Francis Erinrflold. But in what way? I examined the body. It was clothed in a jiightgowu, and tho clothes lay folded up on tiie chair by tho bodiida The face was clm; there were no marks of violwico ou (he throat or ou tho frame. Only on tho violet lips lingered a slight curl of foam. Tho smooth bod clothes drawn up to the chin forbade tho idea of a etrugglo. I looked at the right arm lying on the counterpane, at the hand, ami there in the palm was a rag ged wound from thumb to little finger. It was discolored at the edges and looked green and unwholesome. This livid appearance made me think of poi son, but I was not sufficiently a doctor to dingnoso the cum correctly. Yet I was certain of ouo tiling that Francis Briarfiold had come by his death in some foul fashion, and that at the hands of whom? Ayo, thsro Was tha rub! So to as I knew, the landlord had no motive to commit such a criiuo. Suspicion pointed toward the maid who had wished to speak with tho dead man aftor supper. Yet why should sho desire his death? From the lips of ' Fraucis'himself I had heard that ho knew neither Strent nor Rose, nor indeed aught of the Fen inn. Hither ho had been brought by his brother's letter to kotji on appointment and was as ignorant of the inn, of its inmates, of its surroundings as L Could Felix hao committed this crimo? Tmo, if my theory wero correct and he had panned himself off to Olivia Bcllin as Franoii, thoro were some grounds for beliviag ho wished his brother out of the way. Fronds would undoubtedly refuse to pwuiit the decep tion to be carried on, so it wti just pos sible that Felix, iu a freuay of wrath and terror at the idea of his treachery being expound, might hare slain his brother. et all this fine theory was upset by tho fact that Felix had not arrived on tho prsYious night to keep the appointment He therefore mutt bo guiltless. If so, what of the landlord and his daughter? Certainly they had no rea son to slay a stranger who had shel- He tens tying on the bed stiff and cold. tered under thoir roof for tho night Yet their flight locked suspicious. If they wero innocent, why did they leave tho inn? Anothqr question pregnant with mean ing was tho reason of their being alono in tho inn. I had seen no servants either indoors or out. Father and daugh ter appeared to do all tho work, yet it was beyond all reason that they should havo no assistance. Where was tho cook, the waiter, the hostler, tho cham bermaid? Tho house was a lnrgo one. Two peoplo with all the will in the world could not thoroughly attend to tho do mestic ecouomy of so great a mansion. Moreover, the girl had looked unused to work. That iu itself was suspicious. "Can it bo?" thought L "Can it be that these two hired this inn to compass tho death of Francis Briarfleld, and that ho was drawn here as into a snare by his brother's letter? On the face of it, it looks absurd, and yet in what other way can I expluin the absence of serv ants, tho mildewed aspect of the rooms? Now Francis is doad, and thoy, with out a word to me, have departed. " I could not solve tho mystery. Far from doing so, the more I thought, the more I examined tho surroundings, the deeper grew tho mystory. Tho door had been locked, and I could find no key. The window also was locked, and even had it not beou no ouo could have en tered thereby, so considerable was the height from tho ground. How, than, had the iwnassin gained admittance? Yet sure was I that Briarfleld had been murdered, but by whom it. was hard to say nay, impossible. I did indeed think that he had com mitted suioide, but this was too wild an idea to entertain even for a moment When I parted from him on the previous night, he was in the best of health, looking forward to, meeting Miss Bellin, and was pasHably content with his life. There was no- hint of self destruction either in spseoh or action. The thought that his brother had deceived him would not havo engendered suoh an idea. Rather was he determined to un mask the traitor and regain his prom ised wife by force. Murder it might be. Suicide was out of the question. Thus far I thrashed out the matter, yet arrived at no logical conclusion. As there seemed no signs of landlord and maid, it behooved me to consider what I should do. According to Francis, his brother waa duo at the meeting place that morning, so I deemed it advisable to wait until he arrived and then ex plain the circumstances to him. If he was in lnaguewltb Strent to murder his brother, he would hardly be abla to dis guise hii joy at hearing the saooesa of his plot I therefore determined to watch his faoo during the interview. and if I saw therein any signs of guilt to there and then, in that lonely inn, ac cuse him a a second Cain. By thus ter rorizing his soul with suoh accusation and with the sight of his victim I might force him into confession. If he were guilty, I guessed tho plea behind which ho would shelter himsolf that he had not been near the place on the previous night. This I would counter by the accusation that his emis saries had carried out his orders and then sought safety in flight It might be that I suspected Felix wrongly, yot aft er tho story told mo by Francis I could not but think he was eouu ctcd in some unseen way with the death of the latter. But, after all, these suspicions wore yot vague and nimless. All I knew for cer tain was that Francis Briarfleld was dead I swore on the iustaut to devoto myself to finding out and punishing Ids detestable assassin. Having come to this resolution, I propped up tho open door, so as to close tho entrance to tho chamber of death, and descended to tho lower regions. Finding victuals and fuel in tho kitchen, I cooked myself a meakaud mado a suffi ciently good breakfast. Then I lighted my pipo and took my seat at tho front door to watch for tho coming of F ulix Briarfiold. Whether my suspicious would bo dispelled or confirmed by his domeanor I was of course unablo to say uutil tho interview took place. But I was most anxious to know. All that morning I looked down the winding road to Marshmiuster, but saw no ono coming therefrom. Not a soul was in sight, and if I did for a moment think that Strent and his daughter might return and declare themsel ves in nocent the thought was banished by a few hours' outlook. Tho inn, as I said before, was on a slight riso, and I could see far and wide. No human being was to be seen, and as the hours passed I grow almost horrified at the grnwsomo solitude. To bo alone with a dead body in a lonely houso iu a lonely moos is hardly healthy for tho mind. Toward noon I took a resolution. "If," said I, "the mountain won't coino to Mohammed, why, then, Mo hammed ln'ust go to the mountain." Tho interpretation of this was that I intended to see Felix Briarfleld at Bellin Hall, Marshmiuster. Face to faco with him, and I would forco him to explain why he had not kept tho appointment. It seemed to mo a suspicions circum stivnce. Perhaps Strent had told him Francis was dead, and therefore it would bo useless for him to rido to tho Fen inn. If this were so, it would go a long way toward implicating him in tho crime. I re-entered tho houso, locked up everything, and strapping on my knap sack took my departure toward Marsh minster. Some way down the road I looked back at the rain and saw it loom more grim and ghastly than ever. Even in the bright sunshine it could not ap pear otherviso than eerie, and it was with great pleasure that I left it bo hind Yet under those sloping roofs Francis Brrarficld lay dead, and it was to discover his assassin and a von go his death that I set my face toward Marsh minster. to be continued. The Lonely Track Walker. After nightfall, along the 3,000 miles of the Canadian Pacific railroad, no matter how bare the prairie nor how wild or deso late the mountain or lake shore, any one standing on the rear platform can see every few miles a lantern la the hand? of a track walker, who, after the trii'm passes, re sumes his duty along the track. It is a rule on this road that after tie passage of each train the roadway shall be carefully Inspected, and partieularly the bridges, for fear that some spark from the locomotive may have set tire to them. Along hundreds of miles between Ottawa and Winnipeg, over the prairies of Assinl boiaand Altwrta, and through the moun tain ranges fur west, the bumble hut of the railroud track repairer or guard is often tho only human babttatiou tunt, is seen for long stretches. In tho wild region north of Laka Superior one sees these log cabin every few miles. Often -!io em ployee ha a family, who live witli him in this ulmokt uninhabited couutry, practical ly cut off from human society. The log cabins ure only ouo story high, and very low ut that. There is no sign of a garden near them, and all supplies are brought by the trains. Sometimes it is necwisary for the men to travel twenty or thirty in ilea to perform a task assigned them, and for these journeys they uso the railroad bicycle, a contrivance with two wheels to (it the rails. A seat is rigged ha tween them and a lever imparts motion to the small cogwheels, which rnpidly turn tho wheels on the track. The men can easily travel twelve or fifteen miles an hour on these little machines. Whon tln'y hear a train coming, off they jump, take their bicycles off the track, and no sooner has the train piuweil than they resume their journey. New York Sun. l.i(;riili)UH Smuggling. One of t'.io most ingenious dovices for smuggling wa.-i detected in liufislanot long ngo. A grout mnulier of foWo bank notes had been put Into rlrculitlon within tfio dominions of the czur. They could only havo been imported, and, although tho strictest search was ninde habitually over ovory venifil entering a Russian port, no trace of the smuggling of false notes was discovered. Accident, however, at lust brought the mystery to light. It happened that several cases of lend poncils arrived one day from England, and while being examined ono of .them fell out from a packago, and tho custom houso officer, picking It up, cut it to a point and used it to sign the order which delivered up tho ponnlls to tlw consignee, lie kept the loose pencil for his own use, and a few days afterward, because it again needed a new point, ho cut it aain and found that thero was no more lead. Ho cut still fur ther and was surprised to find a thin roll of papor nestled In tho hollow plnco where tho lead was supposed to be. 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N' Main ave- buo, Superlative Brand ;C. J. Gillespie, W. Markot utroot. Gold Mednl BrandL Olyphant Jainoe Jordan, Superlative Brand. Peckville Bhallor ft K la t Superlative. Jennyn C. U Winters ft Co. Buporelative. Arohbald Jones, S mpson ft Co.. Uold Medal, t'arlwndale B. 8. Clark, Gold Modal Brand. lloneedale-I. N. Foster ft Co. Uold Medal. Minooka M. H. Lavolle LOUIS B. SMITH Dealer in Choice Confections and Fruits- BREAD AND CAKES A SPECIALTY. FINEST ICE CREAM 1437 Capouse Avenue. IRON and STEEL NORWAY IRON BLACK DIAMOND SILVER EXTRA SPECIATj 8 ANDERSON'S ENGLISH JKSSOP'S ENGLISH CAST STKEL TOE CALK TIKE MACHINERY SPRING SOKT STEELi ANVILS BfLLOWS HORSE NAILS HOUSE SHOES WILEY & RUSSELL AND WELLS BROS. CUTTING MACHINERY. Oittenbender& Wholoeala sud retail dealers' ia WftgenmakerV and Blsoksmiths' EUPPLlEa That we will GIVE you beautiful new pat terns of Sterling SILVER SPOONS and FORKS for an equal wei2ht,ounca for ounce, of your silver dollars. All elegantly en nraved free. A lara variatv of new uat- terns to select cereau 807 LACKAWANNA AVBNUU "ITo star was ever lost wa once have seen, We always may be what we might have been" A HAPPY PATRON OF TI EHGHARDS LUMBER CO Scranton, Pa. 22 and 23 Commonwealth Building. TRY US. DUPONT'S IIININQ, BLASTING AND SPORTING Manufactured at the Wspwallopsn Mills, Lu cerne county Pa., and at Wu mingtun, Delaware, HENRY BELIN, Jr, General Agent (or ths Wyoming District, n8 Wyoming Ave., Scranton P Iblrd National Bank BuUdJn 1 r.wvn vm TH08. rOKJJ, rnttstan, Fa. JOHN B SMITH BON; Flrmoath. I tr si um l miM tir(lwM.Q.. p. Pa, Agents tor the Kepaunt Unemleal Uonv fiaojr's Hln Explosives, POWDER from lie y. Trieune, i'ee.1, m. The Flour Awards "Chicago, Oot 8L Fh first offlolal announcement of World' Fair , dH plomas on floor bu been su4 A medal has been twardsd by th World's Fair judges to ths flour mano factursd by ths Washburn, Qrosby Co, in the great Washburn Flour Mills, Minneapolis. Ths committee reports; ths flour strong and purs, and entitles it to rank as first-cleis patent flout fay family snd bakers' use." ME6ARGEL & GONNELL WHOLESALE AGENTS. Tsylor-Jndge A Co., Gold Medal; Athertoa & Co., SuperUMre. puryea-Lawrence Store Co., Gold HedsL moosic Jiiun McUrlndle, Uold Medal Pittston-M. W. O'Boyle, Gold Medal. C ark's Green-Frace ft Parker, Superlative. Clark's ISummtt-F. M. Youns, Gold Medal. Daltou-S. . Finn ft Son, Gold Medal Brand, Nicholon-J. E. Hardini. Wv,rlyM. W. Bllas A Son, Gold MedaL Factpryvule-Charlee Gardner, Gold MedaL Hopbottorn-N. M. Finn ft Son, Gold Medal. Tobyhauna-Tobrhanaa ft Lebiica Lumber Co., Gold Medal Brand. Oouldaboro-8 A. Adams, Gold M4al Brand, Moncow-Gala-e ft Clements. Gold MedaL Lake Ariel-James A. Bortree. Gold MedaL Forest Clty-J. L. Morgan ft Co., Gold Meds PARLORS OPEN FROM T A.M. TO 11 P.Jt SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO SUPS PLYINtt FAMILIES WITH ICE CREAJU. WAGON WHEELS AXLES SPRINGS HUBS BPOHES RIMS STEEL SKEINS R. R. SPIKES SCREW Go.,Scranton, from at 4 Connell MT. PLEASANT AT RETAIL, j CM1 of the best qnallty fur domestlo assant ef all slews, doUvered In any part of IU it t lowest prloe. Orders left at mj offloa, 1 NO. 118, WYOMING AVENUE, Rear room, first floor, Third National Bank, or sent by mall or telephone to the mine, will receive prompt attention. Special eoniraota will be made far the sail ana delivery of Buckwheat Coal WM. T. SMITH. Mir, aaesr nana v. aaune a huj.uuumli. llUkwii lid,ftW aalk WaaaDiaapriaei pothtnlrsen. eool Wst Co. Cktaa,