VOL.* xxxvi FJICKek'S! The time of the year is here when you want to purchase your winter footwear. Our stock of BOOTS, SHOES, RUBBER and FELT GOODS in complete. All our orders were placed early before the advance so we are prepared to offer BIG BARGAINS. November Price Li»t.'|||li"- Men u doable sole and tap working shoes 90c Men's high cut heavy sole box toe shoes $1.15 Men's heavy sole good kip box toe boots . .$2.25 Ladies' waterproof oil grain shoes 90c Misses' waterproof oil grain shoes B<k* Children's heavy shoes 50c Ladies' fine dongola patent tip shoes 90c Misses' fine dongola patent tip shoes 80c_ Ladies' fur trimmed Juliet slippers 75c_ Old ladies' warm lined lace shoes 75c Men's tine calf latest style shoes #1.25 Boy's fine calf latest style dress shoes $1 00_ Ladies' tine dongola turn sole simpers 7-x- Old ladies' fine dongola shoes SI.OO ■GRUBBER GOODS^- Men's Storm King rubber boots $2.75 Men's rubber boots (regular height) $2.25 Men's buckle arctics $1.2-'» Ladies' Croquet rubbbers 35c Misses' Croquet rubbers -5c Men's self acting rubbers 65c Boy's self acting rubbers 40c X, X FELT GOODS. X A Men's felt boots and overs $1.75 Men's knit boots and overs $2.25 Boy's felt boots and overs $1.50 Youth's felt boots and overs... $1.25 Men's German socks and high cut overs Boy's German socks and high cut overs $1.50 Ladies' felt boots and overs $1.25 Complete stock of Oak and Hemlock sole leather. Shoemakers' supplies of all kinds. High iron stand for repairing, and a complete stock of Ladies , Gent s Misses' and Children's overgaiters and leggins; also a full line of lambs wool insoles for making slippers. JOHN BICKEL, 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET. - - BUTLER, PA. HUSELTON'S! Showing or FALL and WINTER Footwear The biggest, most carefully selected stock of BOOTS and SHOP'S we ever of fered is now assembled ready for the showing. Crowds are here all the time because the best shoes for the money are here all the time. We please everybody, no one disappointed, ask the thousands of people whom we shoe and see. The newest styles from the WORLD'S BEST MANUFACTORIES. Women's Shoes. We show all the newest shapes and fashionable tnanisli shoes, heavy soles in kid skin and box calf AA to Eat $2, 2.50, 3.00 and 3.50. These shoes are the most comfortable shoe a women ever wore. In McKay sewed 75 cts. to $1.50. Women's Heavy Shoes. Our celebrated calf kip and veal un lined at 85c, $1.25 and 1.50, then the oil grain, kangaroo kip and grain at fi, 1 25 ajul 1.50, you can't duplicate in Butler Children's School Shoes. We sell only the best unlined kip heavy sole tip only one pair to buy dur ing the winter, no rubbers needed; then see the heavy veal oil grain, kangaroo kip; prices 75c, SI.OO and up to 1.40, sizes 13-2; sizes 9-12, 50c, 75, $1 and 1.15. We sell "Queen Quality'' Shoes for Women and The Famous Mrs. Jenness Miller's Shoes. B. C. HUSELTON'S, Butler's Leading Shoe House. Opposite Hotel Lowry. CTRIVING COR EFFECT! Ifl ■*» 1i . L SESSSJ ft ~| TJT _ Men don't buy clothing for the pur--j4<" $ I (x!f JAtpoue or spending money. They desire J*. /f| I- // vi v r}° " le ' >eßt possible results for thefTY /? [• 1 ~-\IF v A\. '' "? Ctnoncy expended. Not cheap -1 / /&\ i ibut goods as cheap as they can biofe. k\ *• 3 . .sold for and made up properly. Ifjjn; j rak ll ' 3 7 vyou want the correct tiling at the cor--,f; j ! J £.rect price, call and examine our."!*. "" \ VP.'J j j i J ar K e stock of Heavy Weights, Pally* \ •>•&&/ \I || ' Winter Suitings and Overcoats ofvlc \ F |}/Bar ) li latest Styles, Shades and Colors .y&. j ,' JBj , ii Fits and Workmanship |J J yj Guaranteed. £? "S G. F. K6CK, 142 North Main Street, Butler, Pa I; :| < > That the dread house cleaning is over the next < > ( > and more important work is picking a new carpet { > < \ To pick a carpet in our well stocked carpet rooms ' > I > is a pleasure, so say the many who have done so. 4I k ( > We have the famous Hartford Axminister, Wilton ( I. I | Velvets, Body and Tapestry Brussels and Ingrains , . in all the up-to-date patterns, only, and prices that will astonish you. Then our China Mattings, Floor and Table Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Rugs and Art Squares, deserve a passing notice. Ask to M * see our i ► ; ; SI.OO Axminister Rugs, A Neatest thing for the money ever shown in Butler at ' jjpUFFys STORE;: PAPE'S, JEWELERS. Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelery, Silverware, Spectacles etc. We have a large and well selected stock. We Repair all Kinds of Watches. If you have broken jewelery that you think beyond repairs bring it to us and we will make it as good as new. We take old gold and silver the same as cash allowing the highest market price. 122 S. Main St., Butler, l'a, Men's Fine Shoes- Come here if you waut the bsst for your money, they are here in winter tans —box calf, cordovan, wax calf, English, grain, vici kid, heavy soles, all new shapes at $1.50, 2 00, 2.50, 3.00 and 3.50. Satin calf fi.oo and 1.25. Heavy Working Shoes In kip oil grain 2 soles and tap, high cut box toe at $1.50, ».00, 2.50 and 3.00. Heavy veal ami oil grain Crcedmore's at fi.oo, 1.25 and 1.50. Heavy Boots a -50. 2.00 and 2.50. Boy's School Shq»«s—Strona. Dressy, Well Shaped Our Jamestown kip, high cut coppei toe shoe, then Bengal calf, oil grain and > crack proof calf, 2 soles and tap at SI.OO 1.25, 1.50 and 2.00, can't be duplicated in any store in Butler. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. TAKES A HIGH PLACE. Stands well in the Est mation of the People. Attention is Naturally Excited When 1 Anything is Praised by People I Whom We Know. A thing that stands liigh in the estinia- i tion of the public, and which is especial- [ lv recommended bv Butler people, nat- > urally excites our attention more than if i our own people did not praise the art!- , cle. Such a thing is going on right here in this city every people are i praising Morrow's Kid-r»e-oi'ls because ' the\- cure. There is no deception, no I humbug, they do positively cure, anil we ' furnish the evidence. Mr. J. T. Friend 123 West I-ulton St., says:-" I have been suffering with symp toms of kidney disorders for the past *ett years. It commenced with a dull heavy ' pain in the small of my back which ! would ije attended by a sharp sh ootin | pain in the region ot the kidneys extend ing up the spine and right side Late j my nerves became ad ded so I could j not rest or sleet). The discharge of the | secretions from tho kidneys were colored I and irregular. Morrow's Kid-ne-oids j were recommended to relieve me, so I secured some and took them according to directions. Since taking them the pain has stopped and I can sleep better and sleep gives me rest. "Ihe secretions have assumed a natural color and are regular and free." Morrow's Kid-ne-oic's are not pills but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty cents a box at all drug stores and at Redick & Grohman's drug store. Hailed on receipt of price. Manufac tured by John Morrow it Co., Chemists. Springfield, Ohio. Thousands ar.» Trying It. In order to prove the great merit of Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective cure for Catarrh and Cold in Hand, we have pre pared a generous trial size for 10 cents. Oct it of your druggist or send 10 cents to ELY BKOS., r,G Warren St., N. Y. City. I suffered from catarrh of the worst Kind ever since a boy, and 1 never hoped for cure, but Ely's Cream Balm seems t do even that. Many acquaintances lit* ■ <i it with excellent results.—Oscar Ostrmn, 45 Warren Ave., Chicago, 111. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure f. >r catarrh and contains no cocaine, mercury nor any injurious drug. Pr>e, 60 cents. At druggists or by mail. Biilier Savings Bank H Lit lei-, TP El. Capital - £60,000.00 Surplus and Profits - - $170,000.00 JOS. I, PURVIS Preside!:t J. HENRY TROUT MAN Vice-President WM. CAMPBELL, Jr Caihifr LOUIS B. STEIN 'leller Dili KCTOR!v-Joseph 1,. • urvls, J. Henr> Tro':traan, W. l>. BrandoD. W. A. Stein, J. S. Csmohell. The Butler Savmzs Bank Is the Oldest Runkini; Institution!n Butler County. General banking business transacted. Wo solicit accounts of «11 producers, mer chants. farmers and others. All business entrusted to us will receive prompt, attention. Interest raid on time deposits. THK Butler County National Bank, Butler Pen 11, Capital paid in fx »,000.00 Surplus and Profits - ji3°>7°3-95 Jos. Hartman, J. V. Rilts, Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier; John G. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier. □/ general banking business transacted. Interest paid on time deposits. £3Money loaned on approved security, c We invite you to open an account with this bank. HIHECTjRS—Hon. Joseph llartmari. Hon. W. 9. Waldron, I)r. . M. Hoover. 11. Mo- Hweeney, E. E. Abrams, c. I'. Collins I. • ■ Smith, Leslie IV Hazlett, XI. Fines,in, tV. 11. Larkln, Harry lleasley, l>r. W. C. McCandiess. Hen Masseth. I ». Bltt» Braun's Pharmacy : Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way. Pittsbuij>, Pa,, I-, D. Telephone 2542. Wholesale and Retail. Importer and Jobber ot Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps, I lit ushes, Etc The only house west of New York carrying" a full line ot Meyers' urease, Paints and theatrical goods. Physicians' Prescriptions Compounded Day or Night by "Registered Pharmacists" only. Wholesale and retail dealer in Lubricating and , Illumniating Oils, Capital Cylinder, Dynamo, Water VVhite and Standard Gas Engine Oils, Gasolein, lien- j zine, Paraffine Wax and Petrolatum. Address all mail orders to W. F. Braun. H.O.HAYS. L.H.HAYS. PUT YOUR RIG UP AT • l Livery and Sale Stable. Best Accommodations in Town. West Jelerson street, Butler, Pa People's Phone 109, Ilell's Phone 59 L. S. McJUNKIN, Insurance and Real Eslate Agent. (17 E. JEFFERSON. BUTLER. - PA. Pearson B. Nace's Livery Feed and Sale Stable Rear of Wick House, Butler, Penn'a. TIIO best of horses and first class rigs al ways on hand and for hire. Kest accommodations in town for perma nent Imarding and transient trade. Speci al care guaranteed. Stable Room For 65 Horses. QA good class of horses, both drivers and draft horses always on hand and for sale under a full guarantee: and horses bought pou proper notification by i_ 3 g PEARSON B. NACE. Telephone.'.No. 211). BUTLER THURSDAY, NOVIvXIBEH i>. lSS>y THEY THAT JIT IN DARKNESS A ' STOEY of ' .THE AUSTRALIAN NEVER-NEVER 0m£?! v By v </°HK AACKJE / AUTHOR Or *THE DEVILS PLAY(jROI/NO'Ano"3INNER3TWAiN." //0 ty f CHAPTER XV. DEARKR THAN I JFK ITSELF. Tho persistency of the blacks was ap palling. When they got within 30 or 40 yards of us. they discharged a volley of spears and stones. We had knelt down on the terrace, and the ledge being higher than the floor they either rattled harmlessly against the roof of the cav ern or else strnck against the ledge that skirted the terrace. For a minute after this there was a deathly stillness, during which I could actually hear the bubbling and splash of the water at the spring, the cricking of a cicada and the lal>ored breathing of wounded Gordon in the cave. "Fire!" And we sent a well directed volley into them that carried death with it. 1 believe every bullet did good work that day I saw the old chief spring into the air and fall back stono dead. In another minute he was Itorne away. Then there was a murderous rnsh up that inclined terrace ijmie blacks fell dead ere they had begun to ascend. In another min ute it was a hand to hand fight—a bloody, fierce, devilish struggle. I saw Savile, wli« a he had emptied the maga zine of his carbine, throw it behind him, snatcha great ironwood club from the hands of a black fellow and dash in amoiig ill. m, clearing tint platform in a way which only a giant like himself could have done. At every sweep of 11i> brawny ana a nigger's head cracked like a gl . 9 bottle, and the owner col lapsed ;.li of a hap like a pokaxed bullock Jack, Daly and I kept firing int-i tha mob that pre: - dthem on from behind T• my .surprise and just when I was looking back with fearful < y s to see if any «.f the Hacks l.ad pas:- d by U3 into the cave I :aw n mething that startled me. Kneeling on the ground and firing with e ccol deliberation. Norah w.-i • defending the narrow cre vasse or i . i;. • that 1 dto tbo spring, which in o.:r excitement we had over looked. It gave mo a bad turn at the time to i. te that the warm olive of the girl's cli< . k bore a crimson stain. Still, she v.-a ■:. i nrthodieal and collected as if she had i n simply practicing at a mark on a tree, us we had often seen her do One inig':t have thought that Elsie Gordon w.. ud bo rather in tlie way than otherwise in an experience < f this kind, bat it would have h<sfti a mi take Shi- had f Hatched up Savile's riii-- and, taking from her pocket several brass He nnntehi il a a rent ironwood club from onc of the sawi'jcs. cartridges, forced them into the slot Then just ; s the savages were making a final rn. h and Savile's club flew from his hands as a blow from a boomerang momentarily paralyzed his arm Elsie Gordon, darting to bis side, put the loaded rifle into his hands. This turned the tide of that fierce onslaught. Savile did not even put the rifle to his slurul der, but, as the Americans say, literal ly "pumped the lead" into the mass of bodies in front of him. The blacks wav ered, broke, seized their dead and wounded and made back to the cover of the trees and bowlders some couple of hundred yards away. If we could oidy have had our horses just then and fol lowed up our victory. I have no doubt but that we could have effectually dis persed the blacks rind saved ourselves. As we were situated, however, it would have been madness to have loft the shelter of the cave. Gordon was in such a weak and helpless condition that we could not have traveled. Suddenly something occurred to me —I ran down the terrace to the spring and there found a couple of blacks making away from the narrow crevasse that opened from it into the cave and which Norah Mackenzie had defended. I promptly squared accounts with them. One noteworthy feature of the fight was the behavior of Samson. On one occasion when Savile had been hard pressed by a huge black this fonr footed tactician, coming behind the latter, sank his teeth into his shins. The terror and agony of the savage at this unexpected attack wero only equaled by the look of mortal terror on his face as Savile, re covering himself, swung his great club aronnd his head and cracked his skull. It was Jack who first discovered that the blacks had taken with them our provisions, which in the pack bags had been placed at the f< ot of the cliiT. At this discovery we stared blankly at one another, for if we were forced to re main in that cave for any length of time we must starve. Jack wanted to make a raid upon them and endeavor to recapture the provisions, but this was a mad scheme and impracticable 1 promptly reminded him of those whom in that caso wo must leave be hind us in the cave comparatively un protected. I believe each was the reck less courage of Jack that he would have attacked the blacks himself single hand ed if wo had let him. As for Daly, he was strangely taciturn, though ho had showed considerable courage. I had seen him during the fight when a black fellow had seized the barrel of Jack's rifle and I was otherwise engaged de liberately fire in another direction when he might just as well have rid Jack of his antagonist. It was satisfactory, however, to think that Elsie Gordon had also seen this, fori saw surprise, indignation and horror in her eyes. Going back into tho great cavern, which opentd up into three other pas sages as it pierced tho cliff, I found Norah Maekenzio leaning against the side of tho cave as if in a faint. On seeing her 1 forgot that hint of resent ment in her voice when Jack had asked if sho really cared what 110 did. For getting what it meant, I only rem ui bered what she was to me. To fetch some wat'-r from the spring, take the handkerchief from the br, art of her jacket and to lave In r cheek with the water was my next effort When I had removed the blood. I di.-covc red to my relief that . ho had only received a slight cut on the cheek bone, which if it did li are a mark would bo trifling. So concern, d was I over herconditiun that it is not unlikely my manner betrayed . a reater degree of solicitude than any one is my position was justified or bad any right to express just then. What I said to li> r out of the steadily growing sense of mj great km it wen difficult ' to remember now, but I must have lost sight of the fact that as yet she had given mo no right to speak to her as I did, for the color came back into her cheeks. Her great eyes looked at me re- . sentfnlly, and that delicate purple shad- ' ow under them seemed to deepen as she j spoke. "Mr. Parker, do you think it right to 1 talk to me as yon are doing? I don't i wish to appear ungrateful, but why for get yourself like thi .V" "Because you have grown dearer than life itself tome!" I cried boldly, and 1 the truth was out at last. Falterin;.;ly s?ie rose to her feet and looked steadily but, as I thought, not resentfully upon inc. "You don't know what you are say ing," sho said. "This is neither the time nor place to talk of such a thing Besides, there is some one"— I heard no more, for at that moment my mate entered the cave, and sho stopped short. I could see their eyes meet and read in them the dawn of that new life which it had now become im possible to conceal. Her action and words only a few minutes before had been avowal enough. How could I have been so blind? Was it not natural that she should prefer Jack to me, he who was a handsomer, a hotter man than myself in every respect? What but a more than ordinary interest in him could have made her masquerade as she had done on the Macarthur and rnn the graVo risk of detection? It was clear as day to me now. "It is written in the book," I said, for tho time being becoming a fatalist. I 1 -owed my head and went out on to the terrace —the light had gone out of my life. It seemed to matter little to me now whether or not I was killed by the blacks I thought sho stood looking after me, as if she would have softened the bl<>w. Cut I had got my answer— the deathknell of my hopes had been sounded. We held a council of war npon the terrace, bnt the outlook was a gloomy day at the latest the squatter must come back, most likely down this very same valley in which we were now entrap ped, nnd discover us. But again the chance were that tho blacks, who must have been cognizant of his where abouts, would lie in wait for him in large numbers in ono of tho narrow gorges and surprise him on his way back. It was now getting dark, but we could still see the forms of tlio savages, carrying fire sticks in their hands. Hit ting aliont among the bowlders and be hind the trt . All that night they kept up a most terrible wailing over such of their numbers as had come to grief in the fight. All through that long dreary night we watched at the mouth of the cave on the terrace and peered into the darknc A in order that wo might not bo surprised by the savages sneaking upon us, f it - a savage, when be does sneak upon foe in the dark, is as noiseless and unsubstantial as a ghost He will crawl on his stomach st< pithily as a snako. At the slightest hint of danger he will, like certain member-a of the animal kingdom, suspend, as it were, animation in his body until, peering into the gloom, the foe will think that the dark body seen is only a tree stump or a dead branch or some physical pe culiarity of the ground —anything but a black fellow. We determined that two of us should go on watch together. Daly and I took the first watch, so Sa vile and Jack retired into the cave. Gordon by this time was in a condition that made us fear an attack of fever, but his sister waited upon him and at tended to his slightest want Luckily the blacks had left our swags untouch ed, so that we did not v.- Nt for ,%.in kets to make couches for the -ick man and the women. Norah Mack* nzi • had gone into one of the three passu ,'e£. and lain down. We dared not light a fire anywhere in the front part of the cave lest the light from it might throw us into relief, and thus make a mark for the spears of the savages. Moreover, it would only servo to blind us and pre vent us seeing distinctly. However, in the left hand passage a small fire was lit. One of the black boys had sneaked out and drawn in two or three dead logs, and thus by its light Elsie Gor don was enabled to attend to the wants of her brother. Oh, the horror of that long night 1 Daly sat on one side of the cave, and I sat on the other, but we hardly spoke, i We only peered into the gloom, with tho senses of sight and sound rendered I abnormally acute, and waited for tho | time when the foot of tho Southern | Cross fchould point to a certain quarter 1 and our watch bo relieved by Jack ami ; Savile. I had eaten nothing sinco mid "Youhave yroun ti>"rer thou life itself to me," I cried boldly. day, but somehow I did not feel hun gry. As has been said, the savages had carried off our pack bags and left us with only what little food we had re maining from our dinner, which, of course, we tacitly understi d would be res. rved f< r the women and the sick man The Macks kept prowling about, as usual kindling only the smallest fires and kee; ing back from them, so that they might dot be marks for our bullet-. The Southern Cross had de scril t d a half circle when Daly said "I guess it's a fair thing now. Par ker. What d'ye say ?' "Certainly.' I replied "Time's up A six hours' spell of this sort of thing becomes monotonous after a bit The beggars are beginning to go to roost. I don't think they'll attempt anything tonight" Now that Daly was in the same di lemma as we were my dislike to him had I come somewhat modified, and I was inclined, despite his late conduct, to treat him civilly One thing was cer tain —he had not shown any cowardice wh< ri the blacks had made their attack For my part. I would just as soon have watch., d there all night, knowing that if 1 did lie down it would be impossible for me to sleep But still the air was somewhat chilly in that elevated situa tion. and having on only a thin shirt 1 confess to having thought just then that a warm over a fire would be rather a pleasant experience. Our understand ing with Savile and Jack had been that we should awake them at the time ap pointed for beginning their watch I told Daly to keep a lookout and went into the cave to do so. I groped my way in for several paces and then, a bright light showing from a passage on the left, turned into it. Hero near a small fire lay Gordon, as if asleep, with ono hand under his head. Resting with her back against the side of tin; cave sat X' rah Mackenzie, as if watching the sick man. She had just sent Elsie Gor don away to lie down and had taken her place. Jack lay some little distance off. He mnst have been asleep when I came in. However, he sprang to his feet and buckled his belt more tightly round him. But the most singular figure of all was that of Savile. who sit with his legs drawn up, his back against a large bowlder, his head buried in his hands and the Chinese puzzle on the ground in front of him. "I say. Parker." said tho great fellow as he rose to his feet to follow Jack out. "just have a turn at that there jrtizzle I'm blessed if 1 can make it out!'' "You must l>e tired. " remarked Miss Mackenzie pleasantly "You'll find some freshly i.:;. i ■ tea in the billy Tho others have jn?t hll - ime. Daly and you require it, I'm sure Luckily we saved the tea and sugar. " I thanked her. and Daly and 1 help ed ourselves. It seemed to put new life into in. There is nothing like a drink of good tea and coffee to comfort one when troubled in mind or fatigued in body Then beside that flickering fire 1 sat and brooded, the caiikerworm of disappointment gnawing at my heart. I had tried to prevail 011 Norah Mackenzie to lie down, saying I would watch, but sho would not hear of it and advised me to try to get some sleep. Sleep' And with such a fever in my brain! After what had passed that day be tween us I felt about 20 years older "What flip had told me had sunk deep into my soul and weighed *npon my spirits with the oppression and persist ence of some horrible nightmare. If I forgot it for a minute, the very next it would loom up and crush down upon * t h"A\f ll feul(T I have been «.» blind as to suppose that a bright young creature lik? her could come to care for such an 01.1, fever stricken, rolling stone as myself? I marveled afmy per sistent blindness and cursed myself for tuy folly. I could not blame her. She had never by word or sign encouraged nie to hope. What had f all my fine plans for the future now'. \\ hat did my altered circumstances matter? Money was only an clement that seem ed to mock at and make me feel my position all the mere, for there was my comrade .Tack, the man she had chosen in preference to me, without a sixpence he could call his own in the world. Poor Jack, or, rather, happy Jackl And then a strange conflict took place with in me, as fiends of selfishness and jeal ousy fought for my soul. Chill, gray eyed morn looked with wan eyes and pallid face into the cave and on the tired, blood stained human beings it contained. Though I knew that we were all in imminent danger of being massacred or slowly starved to death, these dan gers appeared as nothing compared with that of the demon of jealousy. CHAPTER XVI. DALY HANDS IN HIS CHECKS. The usual time for savages to make a sortie upon an enemy is jnst before dawn—in that still hour when, it would seem, tired nature is sunk in her deep est slumber. But no attack had been made npon us. The blacks must have decided upon another line of action. That it was to starve and weaken us by keeping us in the cave until we made a last feeble effort to break through them I had no doubt- All that we had now in the cave to maintain life were some tea anil sugar and half a luaf of yeast bread, which was kept for the sick man. The black boys had sneaked out and <luk up a few yams at the foot of the terrace, with which they doubtless kept their hunger in check. As yet I had not experienced any particular discomfort from the want of food. Jack and Savile declared that all they wanted was a drink of tea They were altogether so cheerful, and made so many jokes about their want of appetite, that any unenlightened per son might have supposed they had some connection with a picnic party. Only Daly was strangely silent. He seemed to bo thinking, thinking, thinking; ho was a species of skeleton at the feast, but none of us minded him much. I no ticed that Elsie Gordon looked at him curiously onco or twice, then turned away her head with an expression al most akin to terror in her eyes. Luckily wo had plenty of tobacco, so that when we men bad lit our pipes we were not so badly off. It was necessary, however, to determine upon some line of proce dure, it being suicidal j>olicy to remain in a state of inaction, because the longer it continued the less able we would bo to cope with the savages. If the squat ter diil not put in an appearance that day or the next, or some of the hands come up from the station, we must break through the blacks at any risk Tho sun was new high above the horizon line, and the day had fairly be gun. The blacks were Hitting alxiut un der the trees in what appeared to Ins greater numbers than on the previous day. We could see on the little iron stone riilge already referred to about a hundred of them watching us. They kept coming and going, seeming much interested in our movements. I sat for some little time beside Gor don, lint as he had lost a go<d deal of blood and was weak and listless I thought it would lie greater kindness to leave him to himself. I knew the proud, stubborn spirit of this man It was only sheer physical debility that could have conquered him thus. I had a long talk with Jack and Sa vile. We discussed the situation and tried to arrive at some definite plan of action. So far as we ourselves were con \n - TT< n ihil 'in'it Itiiu Ulern of rock on to th* terrace. cerned. we could have fought our way through the blacks, but there were th«> women and the sick man. and we could not leave them behind. 1 went to the narrow fissure which led to the sprinir and looked upward. It was just Imrely possible that a man might by staying himself against either wall of r<vk and by climbing like a goat eventually scale that cliff If nothing turned up in the conrst- of the next few hours to release us from our unfortunate position. I would have to make the attempt and endeavor to find help 1 did not say a word to any one abont it. knowing that Jack or Sa vile might endeavor to prevent me car rying out my plan. Of course I would n>>t leave without letting some one know—one of the black boys, for in stance. who would keep the matter a secret nntil I had got clear away. We roll-< 1 great bowlders of rock on to tli-- terrai so as to form a bre:»-t work that would shield us from the spears of the savages. Toward noon we broke our fast hy eating some spinauh which Sa viir had found growing near the spring. It was a native plant called "hat hen." It was pleasant and palatable, but a man could not keep himself in fighting condition on that alone. It was noon now. and Jack and I were sitting on the terrace keeping a look on t when Savile came to «be month of the cavern. He looked abont him and seemed surprised. "I wonder where Daly can be?" he remarked. "I thought he was h*e. " "Is he not in the cave?" asked Jack "I'll go back and make sure." he an swered. Jack and I looked significantly at each other. I somehow felt sure that Daly had given us tho slip. It hardly surprised me. When we had sat watch ing together on the previous night. I could not see his face, but knew that he was thinking as to how he could beat make his escape. Savile went into the cave anil kiokiil everywhere and then questioned the black boys, lint they, po«.r frightened mortals, had not seen him. They fat stolidly over a tiny fire an if they de rived some comfort from watching its fitful glow. It was certain that Daly was not in the cave or at the sprine. Snowball sprang to his feet and went ing" along the ground as a bloodhound might do to try and pick np a scent cried: "Track sit down here b'longin to Daly. That fellow got m little fellow foot and baal"- here he tapp»-d his heel —"on this one foot." By this he meant Daly's left hoot was minns tbeheeL lie followed the track past the spring, then pointed to a little terrace that ran np ward and along the clilT and which was covered with a dense undergrowth. "That fellow bin go that a-way." he said. A pebble turned wrong side up or a blade of grass that had been disturbed was to Snowball what an open book would be to a civilized man. It was no use going farther. We returned to the cave. Gordon was asleep. His sister was sitting beside him. and Savile was standing hard by. Now, some people mightsnppose that Savile would hail with satisfaction rather than otherwise this practical il lustration of his rival's cowardice and perfidy, but they would l>e mistaking tle ir man. lie only thought of how he could lessen the cruel blow that must fall upon tlu* woman he loved. ••Elsie," I heard him say. She looked up. but did not speak, ihere was a hopeless, wearied expres sion on her face. That bright, saucy, careless light had gone out of her eyes. "Daly has gone for help," Savilecon tinued. "He didn't tell ns he was go ing, but of course he had his reasons fgt it. You'll see he'll either go up and meet Mr. Mackenzie coming back from the table lands or go d< wn to the sta tion and fetch up the others to help us. " Khe looked at him steadily and ear nestly for a minute or two. It was as though the true nature of this man were beginning to dawn upon her She s»-em ed to feel strangely uncomfortable and rather ashamed of herself when she thought of the contrast between his kiudly, self sacrificing conduct toward li. r ansl her former thoughtless and self ish treatment of him. Thf sick man muttered to himself in his feverish sleep and clinched his hands spasmodically as they lay by his side. The sound of voices came broken ly from the month of the cave. The un seen splash, that divers toned lnllahr, of the water as it fell from the rock above ujhiii the stones put one in mind of a fountain in some sleepy old world garden. Dot none of these things was so full of meaning as the silence of this woman. Suddenly the voices at the month of the cave became more distinct, and I heard Norah Mackenzie ask: "How much ammunition have you, Mr. Tvndall?" A sense of some impending catas trophe took possession of me. 'I here was a pause, and I heard Jack exclaim: "By Jovel I believe Daly must have taken the lot! Oh, what a black piece of villainy I" Such was indeed the case. Ami now the woman who had thus been cast off and left in an almost de f.-ti--1. : - |Kisition to her fate by the man who had t..ld li. r that he l.,ved her and whom she had loved utter* d never a word, but buried her face in her liunds. "Elsie. Elsie." I heard Savile fay. "don't believe it' Then s some mistake. There must be a mistake. Daly didn't take them; they don't think of the fir ing we've done. I rememlx-r taking the last l*ix myself and emptying it into mv leatln r pouch. Don't take on, like a g(«xl girl! I'll go and tell them this." I do not think, when Savile cornea to answer for his misdeeds on tho day of judgment, that this—call it what you may will lie found written against his name in the big book. The sick man stirred, opened his eyea, gazed strangely aliout him; then, as if somewhat .-;isier, went to sleep again. But still the girl had not seemed to no tice him. < >nly, suddenly, she raised her dry. strained eyes from th»- ground, and, looking Savile full in the face, cried al nio>t fiercely: "Wh> Int yvm t»-ll t:t- that I be*ti a f>«>l at once, Savile?" What Savile sat J in reply I do n. »t know, bnt this I •!> another maa le-s «.f it icenthuian. Would have f»>l lowed np hi .i IvautaK' thfto and then Fortunately it i- n. t to l» born with a silver *;»• n men - ou nth to he a ! ::in Th- ittriNl - I»r --taimm; t.> in are «nblimely ialiSrrnit t«> «!!< h ilrtaib as hrnwli i- th or fu-tian N<«>n. and n >w th*-.«* k*. a hn-h in the LT. ~t We -*»t in the shaiU»w of the cuve and no. n«> «p<>ke Th- situ • tior. vis b>-i minx <-rii. al >nddrtlf we heird mi escitol i hattwiav an>>nit th-- Mack* and. 1 <km t-ward th»» bcrw -hiw Wnd In th»> rufht. we saw tlx? can*.' S.ini- l«l <T J. r » f.-*t ah- th* 8t 1 •'■■»!« white man It was Daly, am! h»' had N>*n d»'t»i by th»* Marks in th»> act <f pa-: X»w tho liiacks WITH rnnnin? want him. and ht> had »t<• >1 nj».n the dtfeu ive. "IK-vil and all that h»» ia" rri«l Jack, "we can't b»t him be k:llrd he f,.r,. ~nr -y.-s' Sarilr. y..n wait h'T* Snowltall nnd Tarry. TI» y. nrr» Tulv. TS Yon i in defend thf cav»> fr on !• hind tii- '••••• .-4 t-A-..rk i'< m- • n I He'# W»> M'iz«-<1 <nr rillfs. ran di>wn th t< rra<t'. th-n t< ward D.;;y. 1 •k. aini' to him to jnmp from the 1. and mak»' toward ns. So had all this hai'iK'ned —as yet not a "hi t had I ri>uld nee hl» fare at he ran toward u* fmm tKf •finogrj. boon fir><»l—that only a comparatiTuly small titimWr of tbe Marks aware of this inci knt and t.»'k part in it And now I eonld s* that Daly w*» aware of his danger, for he ran a lon* the t« rrai ". It was impoiwibfc to go hack by the way he had come. I saw him gather hinix'lf together and sprinjr into tii- air. A bush broke his fall Anothwr hnmlre<l yaribt Belves bail t«> l ecovered hefore we ronbl meet. I could see his face as h«* ran to ward ns. On it was a look of movtiil terror. He tnrned rmce and dropped a savage who was close npon him. bat ere he conld reach us a irr-at barbed gjit-ar thrown near at hand pn rr»'d his back, and he fell f. >rw»rtl on his face. Jack checked the onward conrse of a savage or two. I stooped over Daly, whipped ont my sharp Jackknife and cnt off the spear within six inches of he was only a liifht man. In another minute he was across my shoulders, and we were making toward the cave. Jack kept off the savages, who were gradually onv.-rging toward this point. It wast a critical and deadly little skirmish. Another 10<> yards and we would he safe. And then my foot caught something. I tripped and fell with my hnman harden. In another second the blacks were all around me I could nee their long shairgy mops of hair tremble on their shoulders. the rolling whites of their eyes, thair up lifted spears and coold bear their hoarse, fierce crlea In another second it would all be up with me. The next thing I knew was that cr>me one shunt ed, "Get up, Parker, and run for your life. " There »as a "bang, hang hang'" and I saw the huge hulk of Sarile as. with lightninglike rapidity, he com menced a fusillade upon the blacks around him In a few seconds tu.re clear spate Then Savite picked up Ikily and rsa.W. toward the cave. ''Don't run," ho cried. "Walk and stand them off." By this time the entire camp of blacks had been alarmed »ad c;un.> to the assistance of their comrades, bnt thev had come too late, luckily for us for in another minute we had reached the cave and crawled over the harri cade. Several telling shots feed at th« closing mob of blacks stopped the rush thev made n|s>n ns to try an«l fore* onr position. And now the truth "f the old say in*. "It's an ill wind thill blows nobody good'' was exemplified in a remarkabl* fashion. Ha vile carried Daly into the cars and placed him on the ground I noticed that when the rest of ns were otherwise occupied he took two or three handful* of « artridges from the wounded man * pockets and transferred them to his own. I understood the spirit that prompted hwu to do thia Then Daly came to himself and opeaed his syee. I saw tlsle Gordon go toward him When she saw that ominoos. awakened look on his face and that flickering light in his ey«» there was no mistaking it she forgot nil this man's treachery and double dealing Remembering only that she had loved him. she knelt by hie aide and. taking his hand in hers, cried over it bitterly. But the dying man drew it away We found that the spear had entered « little ls-low the left shoulder, and could not Is* withdrawn. When Daly realized that the word had happened to him, his cheeks paled, and he look.d around upon ns with such a fearful light in his eyee that I realized what a hell a man's own thoughts could be. I noticed that Gordon had r.s. n from the spot where he had lam ami come feebly toward us. The black hoys kept a lookout at the month »t the cave We could see that the dark valley was already casting its shadow nj» n Daly, that a mortal straggle was going on within him. "If you've aught to say. Daly." said the Scotsman somewhat simplifying his Doric to suit the man he addressed —"that would ease your inind. say t— "as long s the lamp hol<ls on to burn, you know Hetneftiber there was on# who died for sinners suck ss yon and ine." TVfn Daly «p..k.> Hi* »uic- wtu> woo d'Tfrilly firm, though tb«* *«« fhat within hiiu wH' h told hlru th»- ni;tin c(>rinv of lif»* was ahont rnn d'-wrj. »n<i that th»> mechanun <>f th«* mortal frame inn.-t wdiu come to a standstill. ll® said: "That # ao, (Kirdon. I've be»n (ram- Mm? with th«- d«-Til. bnt tkw tramp card no* !!»• j>«n«»*l a miunt» as if to draw bn-ath an.l Ii«t»-fi. th»'n went on again "AD<l this W what I nwd t<> call 'kingdom cm*' at last, i* if. Ym it"* coming and no Op» n Uiy shirt. Siivile. and !<»>k ia«id» Take off th«- flannel belt and what Ton flrd th»*re." . . _ ___ m • No. 4" Si»*: le did u> he WM v W" «P at -1 wtth w. ndertag Al aw— »lm< k fan* I knew m-nartivaly that t* w a ui*«tery WM In HP l IWL -ip, that the IIKM rntahb* Jf-meainrfch-h lift* a .a.u! w f. :„.w« clow tp»B XTtMhrm was aJ«.«t to eettle <!• wn 'it it* victim* I&-!•!•- the •hirt on th* fcißi'l l»li !"»*.■•! up ta H «n«« •tr.jll bnach f paper* ■»■ elpto far fcea*ew »n l »v nl fcl yi'-Mlmd Ink Wt •tared 4«nB» at the rami nd th»* caw *• h. m if W ww- nn*l.ie t, ntr-l .«r "These aw - ui~ . f tli# w*n,-* I* said, -that w«t» fr»,m tWMtaf S»-rt..n, who W.M RNTXILB r»d >m tl*« Oa carry '" < T»e or tw» of an «av» ntir rMa » to inv. inn!«r **rbimati<<tt« of *nrpn*e. ao'l I think that near!- ail of n* <tarw4 bark in H«IRR'IR ft*. «NR»IT KM WM the ninrder»-r < 4 S»*t«a' " 'Jl'lifr a- t that y- N-» t jndir i * said 'n rili-r •umiftrMth \i «->k:nir at oa and hraliiis( >wer tlx •tT;nn —» "That • nxht. IMt Whi** yn«i |ht* time nnbfir<s« a y.-nr «*»! »ad gu* lb* de il tht »lip Rpni-mhrr who it WM th.it aco mpanied i"hn*t into paradt** wh-n h' on the mw ** Then Daly wand to train fnsli a*-. f. r he IwM at am auw tad ifca. • A Uf Aimtxhty tia I mn. hm my hne. "he said and I tia I e nut to addres« htm n»«« than I rmm help b> w. twit I Wi If wwehow it winH make th* h tndtn* ta nt my cb»"k« a bit if ftrbarsd <ry orrtaia matters jnst a Itttls 1 «wwa» that I did iv 4 mnrder SrMna I know that »iiue „f yoti have faarleri all alnM that I did. aa<ltbrwa<tn. whirl fan H fire I by their nnmt>en ar« then that w.-re b"k from his N»ty w. nU lead y..li U» belierw that I did. bat H'a Mot SO Ive not ill BIT to rata hy dyiac with abeis my throat I'm speaktae tho tmth n. w I d say "« help me thai* if I tlar-d The chap as did it was the maa wb> IB h.s tnra. WM murdered HY th* black* and whom yoo foaad na tkrabhy creek IB last Jnly " Jack an<l I «t.ir«l blankly at •>«• aa other, and I rotild see that eve* N rah Ma< keß2ie|oi4ked mystiflMi Row marh of what be said WM true and how ninth was falser WM h» mmm tu die with an<-tber sin «a his ami that ut "false witiK-ae' * Then he . ..ntisaed "1 timrni ont from the Cloacwty tw...laysaf >reSritondui. bat I KTIW d h< was you. la>kiag at Jack. ' 'werea't lti>ini( with him I'd Bo rata, tad so the devil hatched a scheme ia my head 1 hnn« r nnd that <|aarlPT (« a day or two aaxl then followed up Sea ton I s poa«e it WM my game to ball him tip. hat. M for murder. I nanutf to draw the line there I dare aay. haw ever. I miicht have dot it if I'd be— driven to it When I came npon btm oa the ni if tit of th«> "leveath. I foaad he'd pickeil np a mate. I • poM !Vitoa most have b»*en flashing boat hi* mooey far th- other chap killed him fnr it Then I r-sle np and the npefeot of It WM that we went halves cm the dead maa * staff and after a bit cleared oat each 4m ha own h<»>k "At flrst the chap as did it had triad to iret the drop on me. bat I'd the ad vantage and held him ap The be«gar knew me It's a mighty qaeer thing one of ns didn't pot t other After wt tling np. thi* man. whme veal aaaae I don't kn«>w. *.|.l m* a sorrel bnm, and I paid him with some of that aw blood money. yoa r- member mmm aat m msis»*i »w" rrW alUe ute* He did so ukl then wml ot» afiio •■Otf tin mi I >-aa't *>• throng* at ail in how jno came fc> fln4 tut I'd Soaght a burv frviin him ami paid hU" with )«ak notea, tut I own ap it wan your knowing thie that «t thr Macarthnr rkkrt nud* nae take hark what I'd Mid It was a facer HowdM yon rrt wiad J itf _ It was straage to Be* him fiklbil such curiosity •« the very threshold <at death ha l...k*d hard at mm. aad I looked at North It «• rri:mrkahie seqoeaea <4 evmto Imm ttee far#, or th* gtrl pa If slightly m Mm tnrn-.-d to Jack and spoke, a* it *wt, to him. Though it waa r*rf Mkhtt aha waa iatHwlr mured by tb» tr*k and solemn nstnro of tV «"■*. what At had to «ay waa spnkfß simply aad clear ly eiu>u*h It was to the foltowia* fact When she had wKnessrd the * the tragedy on Scrubby ctak. «fca knew ther-*was « methtng wroae bat *tlH felt there waa nothing criminal in Jack's oadnct. Wbea aw wer* filling in the grar». she had found a small bo»>» lyiag the ground, bortfd in tla gra-», and. picking it up. took It with fc.r. unthinkingly. to her fathers camp she had >fDel tt tb«rn» aad toand written • n the Ay leaf, ' 'Sold this day b T Daly sorrel mare, hranA-d K «r 7 on near si.|e. for £M tn bank notes. * She k**pt th* N .«k f.ircee tain reasons it was unnecessary to eater npon <>n reaching the Robtnami river ■lf* saw a mare an*w«*iag the descrip tion referred t.. and I-»med that Daly wm> the owner She h*-b#*sd that fce— Daly knew -omethin* »h*rt the mar der <t Sexton. so that when Jar* «M before the magistrates at the Macartha* she gave the clew to me •» that tta.se wb ni she felt convinced wet* lams-eat in fbe matter miaht m-tsotfer Shsh«d felt, and she hid «*>t heea rnlstaksa. that the only way •' Hearing op th« mystery was by sayiag little aboattt. Stich things were bonad to rssaal ttaa selree si»>ner or later Jack, bending oeer Daly said "Daly, don't yna think we might •hake bands? Yoa're said there • aw bl»d oa them «ybn». and I belieee yon T'it (kid's sake. M's part fneoda 1 can see a»w that I was m arach to blame as yon were, perhaps more, aad I ma>le a mistake ahoat yia Shalt as call It aquare betweea a*. Dalai" Daly n.dded his ta a-rat. aad their ac~* nts wefe squared fosevsr But it was po»r &gha who was Daly's b»et frtead jast thea H motioned to us to say nr. mote m»i t** ing Daly * han.l in his >wa beat him. whispering something ia his • «* There came a l>mk on I*»ly s fare that I hop** I never shall see again oa the face at any <a« It spoke of fear aad agonv. bnt it passed ta another «r »d a- he Udted eutreatliMfly at Gordo®, saying brokenly ••It's years aad year* siace 1 tried to Oord.«. bat If yon will"— Th«* Smtnua mo<ioß»d to as a«ata. and then knelt -town oa the be side him Ami in the sUeace that *a sned Oordoa began that *abUm--t f prayers, the oae that has stowl th- t'M of time and shall lire when aii el—» perishes The sick wa« repsate.l it >a »■ ret we»k.*aiag words, sad en did we all Then a shn.lder raa tltton-rh his frame aifiwith somethingnp.«a H» that souixleil like the cry "f the licaa in the temple he was gna«*. |to sa coatuffll P»kl»a »s>«» Wrttlss. "No oae will know what *«« ««• by tha* paragraph." saki ttte pu nsj»»r "Of coarse not' answered the •»«£»••* "I don't know sbat I nieaa by a my self." •"hlcago !'»et Eaalli «alla*»4 "Mrs Mtgas dM you gn t» «ee the wild atari In the show?" [ ">«. the taiiM- nw*n are wlhl eawagh ftor a»e*" - (.'hteagn Mrcunt
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