10 THE RCRAXTOX TRIBUNE SATURDAY MOTCNING. TJGUS T 22, 1S9G. THE WAY OF THE " "TRflHSGRESSOR. S .' . BY 'HOWARD. FIELDING. S S ' ' ICopyrlffht,-ISt)6, by the Batheller Syndicate. r synopsis. Sir. J. TVooflbury Xewcomb, an elilcrly ctuilcnt of criminology, returning to New York from a visit to Sins Sintr prison. miotB on tho train Frank Gleason, PHI Harris and Javk Pinney, convicts wr o T-.ave .ust completed the4r terms of IinpNs on merit, t nd who mistake Newcomb for a fellow convict. To draw them out, he aa mimes the charaVter, and proceeds to I ell them th story of his first crime. Fr:int Gleason then narrates an attemptel crime. In which fortune puts him into the posi tion of the rescuer of his Intended vl tint. Hill HnrrU describes the unsuccessful burglary for which he has ieen doing time. FAKT IV. Jack Finney, the second-story bur plnr, like his famous companion, Cleaxon, has seen almost all parts of the world. Travel hud enriched his vo cabulary to fttich an extent that few men could have followed with com plete iinderstamllnK the tnle thut he told. It was pmln llislicil with the cant ot criminals In a hundred cities scat tered over the globe; so that even New comb the student of inn itfhteousness, whs frequently obliged to nsk for a translation of some word or phrase. It will be Impracticable, therefore to reproduce the story literally In the present narration. It appeared that on account ot some Infraction of the law, Pinney was obliged to nnlt Ms native land wry suddenly and with all posilile secrecy. A brief study of extradition treaties Inclined him in favor of Spain, and lie Jin .TVAS A' iTOT.D-ELOODED! .TANKKE. PordlnsTy took pasage In a steamer leaving? New York for Mediterranean ports, and touching at Gibraltar. Skill and cood fortune enabled him to elude the authorities on both sides of the water, and within a month he found himself In the Spanish capital, seem ingly qnito free from danger of an noyance by the police. J!ut though he Hind outstripped the officers of the law an enemy quite as much to be dreaded was overtaking him; namely ixiverly. His funds had been somewhat scanty when ho left New York, and a thief is seldom frugal. He had hoped to thrive by his own lniquitious trade, but Spain Is robbed too much by tlii? Span iards to afford a ready harvest to the stranger. His knowledge of the lan guage was all that time very Imper fect, and the deficiency hampered him. He could not easily form advantageous alliances with the members of his own prcifewion,' nor catch the hints that help a clever man tcrob his neighbor. Pinney's lat dollar was in sight When, In an eating house that had onco been frequented by Knglisli speaking people and still made some pretense of effort to supply their wants, he chanced to take up an American magazine wherein he read the story of the unlucky ring of King Alfonso XII. That ring, a the reader may remem ber, was made for the father of the present king. It was a regal trinket, magnificently set with diamonds and pearls. Alfonso gave it to Ills cousin, Mercedes, on the day of their bcthrotal, and It Is said she valued It more high ly than Is common with the great, to whom such baubles are familiar. Per haps the occasion gave it worth, but We are not accustomed to regard the marriages of royal personages as mat ters of sentiment However, Mercedes wore the rlns for the brief day that remained to her of life, and when she waa irone, Alfonso gave the gold circlet with Its diamonds and pearls to Queen Christina, his grandmother. Her days were few, and the ling was the king's again. He bestowed It upon his sister, the Infanta del Pilar who survived the fatal gift about one month. The ring wus then given to the youngest daugh ter of the Duo de Montpcnsier, and she died within three months. Alfonso XII. and all his court might Tiell hnve viewed the ring with sus, plclon after such a series of events, and yet not have been held more supersti tious than other people. That it was so regarded by the king Is a matter ot record. Ho would not give It to any one; yet strangely enough he nliowed it to be put away in his own treasure box; and he died in less than a year. Evidently no mortal life was proof against the evil power of the ring. The rulers of the' states, after the king's death, so decided, and they ordered that the deadly ring should pass out of hu man keeping. It was suspended by a silken cord around the neck of the bronze statue of the Maid of Almodma, the patron saint of Madrid, whose sanc tity was deemed more than sufficient to neutralize the malevolence of the demon that dwelt In the ring. Though the statue stood In a public square no watch was set to guard the costly trink et. Its story was thought quite suffic ient to protect it, and the course of events seemed to prove the accuracy of that judgment. No thief in all Spain showed any disposition to barter his life for the ring, doubly protected by Its own reputation and the sainted Maid to whose care it had been committed. But Jack Pinney was not a Spaniard. He was a cold-blooded Yankee who did not believe In anything. He did not even believe that the ring was there, after he had read the account of It In the magazine but he thought it barely worth while to go and Investigate. Much to his surprise he discovered that the story was true. "When I found that out." said Pinney, "I made up my mind that all Spain needed was a roof over It to be a lunatic asylum." The rascal spent trm remainder of that day In blessing .the chance thnt had brought him to Madrid, and doubly blessing the hand that had laid that magazine In his way... There was little need for making plans. To steal the ring was, for a person of his abilities, as easy as knocking an apple off a tree, Unless, Indeed,, some secret trap were set to protect It. This possibility had - occurred to his mind early, and could not be dismissed, although his examin ation of the place had not given him any slH to tlit totalis bJ5 Which to ring was guarded. The square in which the statue stood was large and not well lighted. By night there were few peo ple astir in its vicinity, and the police seemed never to look that way. So much he gleaned by one night's obser vation; and ho decided to make the at tempt. That he could secure posses sion of the ring and escape immediate arrest was nearly certain. The only danger was that, a Spanish thieves were known to shun this adventure, there might lie a "round-up" of all sus plcluus characters from foreign parts, as soon as the city's loss should be dis covered. In that case Pinney could not hope to avoid being taken Into custody, for he had not the means to leave the city on short notice. It would be neces sary first to sell one of the smaller jew els from the ring. These considerations Impelled him to prepare a hiding place for the ring, and hie decided to secrete It In the heel of one of his shoes. With this end in view he removed the lowest "lift" ot the heel and cut out enough of the leather beneath to make room for his precious booty. Then he replaced the lift In such a way that it could be quickly wrenched off, and readily put on again with the ring beneath. Ills plan was to run for the nearest dark corner the Instant that he had taken the jewel fiom the statue's nick; and, having hidden It. to return to the Ir.n where he was living end there calmly await the ine vitable arrest, trusting for ultimate freedom to his protestations of innocence supported by the failure of the authorities to find the stolen propt rty. The succeeding night was admirably suited for the adventure. It was very dark, and there was n hlph wind with sudden and violent showers. There was Utile to fenr from c hance wayfarers, or, indeed, from the police, unless the offi cers differed radically from those with whose habits Pinney had become famil iar In his native land. The city seemed us empty as a desert when Pinney stole through the square at midnight; ami. as he crouched In tin' shadow of the pedestal on which the statue stood, he felt only such fear as was engendered by the mystery of the affair. This, despite his lack of super stitions tendency, thrilled him to the heart. The mere novelty ot the situa tion was a strain upon the nerves, lie bad often matched his cunning against bolts and locks and armed guards, lie hu.l risked his life for a thousandth part of the value of the jewels that sparkled in the dead monarch's luckless ring. It was the greatest stake for which the criminal had ever played, and the risk soenied Incomparably the smallest that he had ever taken In a similar adventure. His mind could not reconcile the two extremes. His Im agination made tiie danger match the prize, and tortured him with apprehen sions quite as harrowing as any that could have been conjured up In the soul of the most superstitions believer In the curse of the ring and the power of the saint. The voice of caution would be always saying: "It cannot be possible that the ring is unguarded. There must' be a hidden watchman; the ring Is mechan ically protected. An electric (lash may strike you dead when you touch it. Per haps your hand upon the ring may light a thousand lamps around this square, and you may be shot by the assembling guards, like some wild animal taken in a s nu re." These terrors crowded in upon him more and more strongly as he leaned against the wet stone of the pedestal, trying to recover his breath lost in the run across the square. But the longer he walled, the shorter he breathed: and by this ho knew that he was afraid. Punic terror was taking possession ot him. These black Spaniards were play ing with him. They would have him in their dutches In unother moment. It is customary to speak of the reck less daring of criminals. They are thought 'to be below the level of the feais that torment sensitive men of highly organized moral natures. IJut that is an error. Thieves, for Instance, suffer agonies of fear, but the strung criminal Instinct drives them forward, aa the drunkard is driven to the cup through the midst of the torments of remorse. Jack Pinney may not have reasoned upon this subject, as he lay trembling in the iihadow of that statue, but he knew Instinctively that he must stimulate- his thief-craving or become the helpless prey of terror. So lie forced himself to think of ring as he hnd seen it in the sunlight, flushing upon the ithroat of the Image. Its jewels were bare In the sight of all men. Only n. slender golden cord held it. Only, the superstition of a people, that he de spised protected it. He would have it. He would not be turned back from his enterprise. 'With his thoughts upon the ling he was much firmer. His breath ceas ed to come in gasps, and his heart made less noise in his Breast. Slowly he began to creep around the base of the statue to thu point which he had SLOWLY HE T.ErtAX TO CRKEP AltOUXD .TUB HASE OP THE STATUE. selected for the ascent Then, sud denly, he knew not how, he found himself face to face with a man a giant towering there In the wet shad ow till his head seemed to overtop the statue. TART V. ' " ' The encounter was so deadly close that It did not permit of flight. To turn was to feel a bullet in his bac k. To sur render meant confession and a prison. It Is the peculiar temptation of the ex convict that the Idea of a prison Is al ways In his mind. Though he may be no more prone to violence than the best ot men, he Is driven to It by the press ing' fear of the cell, the unrequltted toll, the meagre fare, the loneliness of prison life. . Therefore, dnrinff neither to flee nor to surrender, Jack Pinney sprang upon the man who had risen so mysteriously in his path. He had no hope, for the enormouB size of his opponent and the certainty that he was armed, made suc cessful attack almost impossible. How great, then, was Plnney'a aurprlM when his enemy went down at a touch, gasping for mercy as he fell. And, to complete the miracle, Pinney recog nized the half-smothered voice, and a moment later, the face of the man be neath him, shining; white in the dark ness. "Doc. Hraydon!" he cried. "In the devil's name what brought you here?" This Hraydon calledl "doctor" fop some reason that neither he nor anyone else could remember was an American criminal whom Pinney had known quite intimately In the old days. I'pon recognizing hiin. Pinney leaped to his feet, but Hraydon lay upon the stones, still begging for mercy. "Shut up!" said rinney, bending over him. "You're all light. Get a grip on yourself. I'm Jack Pinney. Don't you know me?" It required several minutes for the truth to penetrate Uraydon's mind. At last he staggered to his feet, Pinney supporting him with one arm. ".lad;, is it you?" he pasped. "Well, this Is awful. I never lost my nerve like that before." "I was just a bit nervous myself," re sponded Pinney. "I suppose we're here on the same crarnd. and I dont mind admitting that it's a ticklish business. PUT'' rri&Mm 'Wry I IK PI.rOKRTMT Ol'TOF THE HAND THAT SKK.MICl) TO 1113 tJUOWlXU COLD ALUKADY. Tint I feel a good deal better now. Tf the noise, that we've mudo hasn't brought anybody. It's) because there isn't anybody to bring. I'm convinced that the job is as easy n.s It looks, Hnd you and 1 can do It in a couple of min utes." "I don't know, Jack," said the other. "If everybody else lets this thing nlone, there must be a reason for it. It's got a record." Pinney laughed. The foal's that had so shaken him had vanished when the first danger proved to be not only nat ural, but of small account. lie had ulso the support of companionship, made stronger by the pleasure of meet ing an old acquaintance in a foreign land. The same Inlluenee operated to put courage into Hraydon, but he was of a superstitious nature and could not rise superior to the terrors of the ling, lie had been driven Into the enterprise by the spur ot necessity, and had been almost on the point of abandoning it w hen his encounter w ith I'inney had so absurdly frightened hlni. With the encouragement of Plnnev's assurance, lie prepared to execute his share in the crime in which they had s strangely become partners. Kach had provided himself vi:h a noosed and knotted rope for sealing the side of the statue. It was decided by lot thai Pinney should ascend by the rope after the noose had been thrown over the head of the Image. Tills was accom plished after several failures; and still there was no sign of discovery by any of the tity's nneturnnl guardians. The n'.vnt wim easy: but when In came within reach of the ring, Pinney could not, for all his hardihood, stretch forth his hand and grasp It. Ills for mer fears returned. He hung there trembling, until his strength had al most failed, and be was on the point of falling back to the 'ground. At this moment he heard the voice ot his com panion whispering excitedly; "Some one is coming!" ,. Some one cried out upon the corner of the square. The thieves were dis covered. Convulsively, Pinney slezed the ring, and at he same Instant he loosed his hold unon the rope. 'The golden chain broke with the strain thus suddenly put upon it, mid the thief fell upon the shoulders ot his companion. Until men rolled upon the ground. The ring slipped from Pinney's hand. He heard it tinkle on the stones. Hraydon seized it, and sprang up. At that moment, the policeman who had discovered them, and was running to ward the spot, fired his revolver. Pin ney, who was upon his hands and knees, heard the bullet whistle over his head. Hraydon uttered a cry and fell back ward, his huge body clashing down upon the flagstones. The ring was in tho palm ot his open hand, as he lay there, rinney saw it by the Hslit of Its own jewels. iTo bent down and plucked it out of tho hand that seemed to him, as lie touched the flesh, to be growing cold already. Then he fled, putting the statue between himself and bis pursuer. AVhether lie was actually fired upon, he did not know. Ills fears created a perfect fusillade, ami at every step he felt the sting of a bullet. Hut the noise might have been the echo In his brain of the shot that had struck down Hray don and he was unwoundod when at last he paused In a dark and dirty street near the inn where he had lived. It hnd been his first intention to re main in Madrid, and take his chance of arrest, believing that he was known, and that nny attempt to leave the city would only make his Incarceration sure. The fate of Hraydon changed Pinney's plan. It had given him new light upon the possibilities of destiny. He was not more sure that the sun would rise on the morrow than that the power of the ring had directed the bullet which had laid his companion low. The darkness and the distance put markmanship out of the question. It was a chance shot. Then by the severest logic, there was something in the story ot the ring. He marveled at his own courage in taking it from Uraydon's hand; and. Indeed, he credited his escape to his bravery. It was a survival of one of the oldest superstitions that magical dangers are only fatal to those whose hearts yield, Uruydon had proved a coward and hnd been struck down the instant that his fingers closed upon the ring. Pinney had braved the peril, and had been snared. He believed that he should be safe as long as he crushed down fear. If he cfculd get out of Spain; could re turn to his own land, and be among his friends, he felt that his courage would not desert him. Therefore he resolved to leave the city with all speed. Hastening to his room In the Iqn, he gathered up his scanty baggnge, and then summoned the landlord, that he might pay his bill. Pinney ond the landlord were on terms of mutual un derstanding, In that each believed the other to be a thief. When, therefore, the landlord learned that Pinney was calling for his bill in the middle of .the night, he rightly judged that a success ful robbery had been committed. This did not prevent him from taking the money and wishing his guest the best of sucecss upon his Journey. 1 Pinney had decided to put his trust in disguise, and to travel to the coast by train. The first that he could get, would start about Ave o'clock, and so ha bad aente hours to .wait. Alter care- fully locking the door of his room, and screening the window, he set down by a table and viewed the ring in the light of a candle. It was the most wonder ful piece of jeweler's work that he had ever seen. The gems shot forth a thou sand glittering rays. It seemed to him that the ring gave more light than the candle. It enchanted his eyes; and though he believed in his heart that it had slain his friend that night, and would cost him his life in the end, he would not dream of parting with it till he could transmute its jewels into gold. How long he remained with his head bent over the ring, he could not say. A rough and grating sound startled him. He looked up hastily, and saw the land lord of the inn standing by tho open door. There was a revolver In his hand and it was pointed at Pinney's head. The thief remained motionless In his chulr, staring into the black barrel of the weanon. The innkeeper closed the door with his left hand. Then he took two steps forward. The muzzle of the revolver was almost touching Pinney's forehead. He pointed down at the ling on tho table. "Where did you get that?" ha de mr.nded. "Hive it to me!" His fingers closed over It. "It is the ring of Alfonso XIT." said Pinney, mechanically. "I took It from the statue." The innkeeper suddenly held up tile ring to the light. Then, uttering an outh, he threw the ring upon the floor and fled from the room. Not even the death of his friend had so impressed Jack Pinney as did the flight of this man. His face proclaimed him a hardened villain, und he had just proven himself a desperate thief. Yet. though the jewels In the ring were worth a dozen fortune:!, he durcil not hold it In his hand a moment. "His cowardice Is my gain," was Pin ney's thought, us ho picked up the ling from tha lloor. Yet he bad grown to fear the trinket as something accursed, and he was Inwardly prompted to leave It where It lay. A moment biter he heard the sound of ninny persons ascending the stairs. A Voice snoke In the Spanish langli'ige, and Pinney did not grasp the meaning; but the tone was official, and warned him that the police were upon him. lie hastily thrust the ling Into the hilling place which he had prepared In the hi el of his shoe. No sooner had he reualjii-d an upright posture than n little squad of uniformed men forced their way into the rooniV One of them told bini In Spanish, and then in fairly intelligible Knglish, that he was tinder arrest. When lie assumed an nir of In nocence, and "sl-:od what crime was charged nvrainst him, he was Informed without delay that he was accused of stealing the ring from thJtncek of the Flatue. They searched him with a great show of care, but Pinney iiotici.il that not one of them tried to Und the ring. Incred ible as it seemed. hi' was convinced that ui'ii one of tin m iiiianlc from touch ing the ill-fated bauble, and wished to shift the curse of it uiion some com rade. Hailing to find It upon the pris oner, they searched the room in tbj same cowardly fashion. Naturally the ring w as not found. There was n brief consultation, which resulted in linncy's being taken be fore u high police official. He was charged Avith the crime, but he irtnutly protested his innocence. Then he was thriift Into a cell, where he remained nearly all day. Finally be was brought once move before (ho oiilcli.l, who was backed on this occasion by a. much more magnificent personage, whom I'inney took to be a direct representa tive of the crown. The proceedings were conducted In Spanish, and he' had little idea what was done; but at last a minor official took him In charge, and Informed him that his L'liilt had not been proven. It had been decided, however, to send him out of the country. The speaker had been detailed to conduct him to a sea port, where he wnuhl lie sent te America. This leniency, he was given to understand, was shown to him be cause he was an American. The re lations between the two countries be ing unhappily somewhat strained, it was felt by the authorities that no severity ought to be shown In cither toward thn citizens of the other. The officer's manner when he spoke tin se words was so palpably Insincere thai Pinney was heartily terrified, H" believed that this leniency was a mask t X ROUGH AND ORATINrt SOUXP STARTLED HIM. for some unspeakable vengeance, ond that he would never reach tho coast alive. He had heard of the ruses by which prisoners are shown an appar ent chance to escupe.nud are shot down at the first step. No such tricks should be played upon him, be told himself; and as a matter of fact, he stuck closer than a brother to his escort during the journey to the coast. At last he found himself on the deck of a steam vessel that was bound for New York. The ring was still in the heel of his shoe. His escort bade him a courteous farewell, and went over the side Into a waiting boat. Pinney was utterly dnzed. Was it possible that Spanish superstition went so far that even the highest officials welcomed the chance to get the ill-fated ling out of the country? At any rate, he had it; and his fortune was made. He had been Informed that his pas sage to America had loen paid.and that a stateroom had been assigned to him. Like a man In a dream, he went below, and In his stateroom, by the light thnt came through the open port, he gazed once more upon the burning Jewels of the ring. Some one shook th door, rinney hastily thrust the ring Into his pocket, and resjionded to the summons. To his great surprise Hraydon entered. He had supposed that the man was dead. Every question that lie had asked about Hraydon lint! been unswerod eva sively, yet In such a way as to leave the Impression that his fate had over taken him. "Oh, I'm no ghost," was Era y. Ion's greeting. "That bullet went through my hat, and trimmed my hair a little, but it was fear that knocked me over." "Heaven knows I'm glad to see you," cried Pinney; "though it costs me half my. fortune .17)11 , W "What do you mean?" - "I mean the ring," whispered Pinney. "I've got it. Doc, and we're rich." "Let me see it," said Braydon. Pinney took It from his pocket. Hray don snatched it, and made a motion to throw it through the porthole; but the other grasped his arm. "Why, you madman." gasped Pinney, "are you still superstitious? Do you still believe" "Oh, nonsense, rinney," raid Dray don wearily. "I'm on to the whole busi ness now. The man that brought me down her told me everything. That ring is bogus. Th real ring has gone Into the bottomless treasury of Spain long ago. They've had a fake ring on the statue for I don't know how long, and it's been stolen over and over again. That doesn't make any difference. They have a cartload of models like this, and every time one 13 taken, they hung up another. There was one on the r.eck of the statue, when I passed it yesterday, after my nrrest. And the worst ot it Is that we were the only two crooks In Spain who did not know it. Protected by superstition! What a fake! Why, every fly man in the king dom has been on to the fact that that ring wasn't worth five cents, ever since the day after it was first hung up. Only the ignorant and superstitious believe In it, and the authorities work the trick to please them." It took Pinney a Ion? while to bring his mlndf around to this unwelcome truth :but careful tests of the supposed jewels at last forced conviction In upon him. Ho had some hone that the excellence of the Imitation might make the trinket worth something m a basis for a confi dence game, but unfortunately he was arrested on a cabled Information from Spain ns soon us his ship reached New York, and the( ring was taken from him. "1 couldn't have bud worse luck." said he In conclusion, "if the thing hud been genuine." (To be concluded.') r.I'l'KCTS OF CI! HAP COINAGE. 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New Telephone Exchange Building, 115 Adams Ave., Scranton, Pa, .I.I.I 2,000,000 BARRELS Alads ar.d Sold in Six Months, ending f larch 1. 1896, Total Product of Hlli S D The A Mill Alone produced 1,000,000 Barrels, Largest Run on Record. Washburn, Crosby's Superlative is sold everywhere from tba Pacific Coast to St. John's, New Foundland, and in England, Iiehin.l and Scotland very largely, and in recognized as the best flour in th world. MEGARGEL WHOLESALE AGENTS. viW'Sk? GomeMttMneieTellble,BOTlhlT,lwilUii medleln. Onlr hnrmleei taj loo purest orugaenoaia De tuea. u ju " " gut Or. Peal's Pennyroyal Pills Thor an rompt, nfe mH certain to remit. The genuine (Dr. Feel'e) nerer dUapt 'twiat. a enwhere, iUW. JUdme fM Muieiaa Co., Ue'eUnd, o. For sale by JOHN H. PHELPS, Sprue Street, Soranton, Pa. SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILE . SIGNATURE of i (IS ON THE WRAPPER OF EYEBY , BOTTILE OP Castorla Is tint no in ono-slzs tottlos onlr. It jail not told In bulk. Don't allow nyon to tall yon anything else on tho pica or promise that it ia "jmt is good" and "will sower every por pose." Bee that yon get C-A-S-T-O-R-I-A. I The fis- A ' .i i wrapper.' DATE. Over 28,000 In Use. (jENUlNS I 11 hi 1 dip! Pharmacist, eon Wyoming Avenue and CONNELL
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