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
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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
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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