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blade after blade as easily as IL they we're
crystal instead of steel. All their attempts at
flight were futile, and for q short while they
desisted and awaited for any chance that
might occur to escape. But it was not with
out ~obiurgations and violent invectives I'D
dressed TO Robur; yet. considering his calm
and unmoved demeanor during the excited
meeting of the Weldon Club, It was not
likely that these threats would have disturbed
him.
In the mean time Frycollin was beginning
to give unmistakable signs of illness.
Whether he had cramps in the stomach or
cramps in the limbs, he was struggling in a
painful manner. Uncle Prudent thought it
wise to put an end to these gymnastic exer-
cises by cutting the cord which bound the
negro.
But he soon repented his folly. The Wallets
release was attended with an interminable
litany, in which the agony of fright was
mingled with the pangs of hunger. Frycol-
Inns brain was as weak as his stomachw was
strong. and it is hard to tell which of the two
organs was now suffering the most.
"Frycollin!" cried Uncle Prudent.
Master Uncle! Master Uncle!" responded
the negro, between two lugubrious walls.
:" 1t is possible that we are condemned to
die of hunger in this prison. But we have
resolved not to succumb until we nave ex-
hausted every means of alimentation capable
of sustaining life"
'What-eat me |" cried the terrified valet.
"What else would one do with q negro in
such n case ?"
Eryonl1in haUon tn oariprelu haliaua that ha
was to be employed in prolonging the life OF
the secretary and the president, and the
agony of terror which the thought threw
him into was painful. Time passed by and
all attempts to force the door or wall were
futile. 1t was impossible to recognize the
composition of the wall. 1t was neither
metal, wood nor stone. The Zoo of the
room was composed of the same strange sub
stance as the walls, and when struck gave
out a sound which Uncle Prudent was unable
TO class in the list of known sounds. An
other strange fact-this floor sounded hollow,
as If it was not resting on the soil of the
clearing, and the inexplicable whir sounded
as strong underneath as it did above and
not reassuring.
uncle ITuuent I! salu InH aNanh.
"Phil Evans !"
"Do you think that our prison has been
moved 2"
by nj means"
Nevertheless. for a little while after our
incarceration in this cell / was able to detect
the fresh odor of plants and the r~esinous
perfume Of the trees in the park. Now, when
l inhale the air il seems to me that all these
odors have disappeared"
"Indeed!"
"How do you explain this fact2"
ave cannot explain it at all, Phil Evans,
unless by s~upposing that our prison has
changed place, and / repeat that II such had
been the case we would have felt the move
ment."
Frycollin uttered a long groan, which
would have been taken for his last breath If
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Neither III the clearing, nor in the park"
Can you not see at least the roofs of the
houses or the tops of monumentsI" said
Uncle Prudent, whose disappointment and
fury we've increasing.
Neither roofs nor monuments"
what Not even a flagstaff or q church,
or even a factory chimney 7"
Nothing but space"
At this moment the door opened. A man
appeared on the threshold. 1t was Robur.
Honorable balloonists," said he in o
grave voice, you are now free to 90 and
come -
"Free!' cried Uncle Prudent.
"Yes-within the limits of the Alba
tross.'"
Uncle Prudent and Phil Evans precipitated
themselves out of the cell.
And where were they?
Three thousand feet beneath them they saw
the surface of a country which they tried in
vain to recognize.
Ito b Continued Aonddy.l
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the moment we were seized, q few steps from
the clearing, and the time we were thrown
into the cell there was only a 81 . OF about
two minutes time. 1t is, therefore, evident
that we are still in Paramount Park"
And II the cell had been moved we would
certainly have felt it" said the secretary.
"Of course" replied Uncle Prudent.
We are doubtless imprisoned in a compart-
ment of a large wagon or some other vehicle.
and, as we have felt no movement, we must
still be in the clearing. Now is the time for
us TO make our escape and seek this Robur
later"
He shall pay very dearly for this attack
on the liberty of two American citizens"
Every dearly!"
But who Is this man? From what coun-
try does he come 2 Is he an Englishman, a
German or O Frenchman ?"
He is a wretch, and that is sufficient, "
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ago; De WOLF Hopper, pigby Bell apd 9eff
De Angels will be seen In their original parts:
Laura Moore and Marion M, ManCla VIII sustain xil
have a part entirely suited to her abilities.
mark the advent OF Miss Charlotte Thompson.
'@n! JSne Eyre Tsre. she aiSf Il = lS Conseientio %.i p.Gi rsstSRR.
one Of the best OF emotional actresses. Her
work in " Jane Eyre ".is a finished, bit Of char
acter acting, full of delicate touches. Sunday
benefit of the Kenneshaw Educational Fund, by
the Original Jubilee Singers.
A play that appeals directly to the heart OF the
auditor because of the intense human interest OF
its story is BARLEY Campbell's white Slave, -
which ia down for next week at Proctor's Brook
is great. and Manager Harry Kennedy has taken
advantage of il in q generous way by supplying
number Of handson,c sSts; painted by we'll
troduced. In the cast are o number OF metro
politan favorites.
Another double bill il down for next week at
actor, Marland Clarke, will be seen, Mr.. Clarke
will produce Jekyll and Hyde =" with SpeGtscp.
lar lsyi sffectS xis and al u tSst w ,se ob HiippST SIa in si is r be
specialists has been engaged to appear i; the
chapel district is depicted. The.scenery, for this
was ssI painted Ten from ndI, hi0to y r and f Is said , to pc
ihtyy.o 't In Curio Hail a number II Of startling novel.
ties will be on exhibition.
II was a gala night at Zipp's Casino last even
ing. The crowd within the doors WAS certainly
the largest of the season, both in point Of en-
thusiasm and in numbers. Every one had q
copy OF The EVENING WORLD containing the
sonpH, I'm \ Chappie from Over the Wattah. "
When Miss Schult made her appearance, clad az
q typical '.chappie she was rendered II positive
Grafton ot ,Ss Do,c The song : SS wsH eoGore So to the si SSno ir nna
the writer's of the song was handed over the
footlights, for which Miss Schult gracefully
hou,aI bor acknowledgements
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BREAK.
hole in the wall. and the question was
whether their bowie-knives were strong
enough for this work. or whether they would
break and leave them helpless.
Where does this ceaseless vibration come
fromp" said Phil Evans, surprised at the
continued whirr which still sounded about
them.
1T is probably the wind, - answered Uncle
Prudent.
THE wind? Up to midnight it seemed to
me that the night was perfectly calm"
Possibly 30, Phil Evans. But if it is not
the wind, what then is itf"
Phil Evans having opened the best blade
of his knife tried to cut a hole in the wall
near the door in the hope of making an OPEN
ing large enough to ALLOW the opening of the
door from the outside. if it was closed with b
bolt, or if the key had been left in the lock.
Some minutes hard work resulted in the
breaking of the blade of the knife.
"This Is of no use, Phil Evans"
mo"
"Can we be in a sheet-iron cell ?"
"No, Uncle Prudent. These walls, when
struck, do not give a metallic sound"
"Of iron-wood, then !"
"No, neither iron nor wood"
"What is it, then p"
1T is impossible to tell, but, at oil events
II is a substance on which steel makes no i'm
preston"
Uncle Prudent was seized with a violent fit
of rage, and kicked frnntically at the un-
yielding door, while his hands e~ndeavored to
strangle an imaginary Robur,
BE calm, Uncle Prudent" said Phil
Evans; "be calm. try and zee if you can do
anything"
Uncle Prudent tried. but his knife could
make no impression on q wall which snapped
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CHAPTER vi.


liberating of his rival. A few strokes Of the
bowie knife suficed to cut the cords which
bound the enraged Uncle Prudent, who, as
soon as he had reached his feet and torn OF
the bandage and gag. said in o half strangled
voice
Thanks |"
mot at all" replied his colleague.
Phil Evans?"
"Uncle Prudent"
LET us have here neither president nor
secretary of the Weldon Club"
You are right, 1" replied Phil Evans.
Here are only two men seeking to avenge
themselves on a third, who shall be severely
punished. And this THIRD
lis Robur |"
Is Robur |"
At last Here was q subject on which the
two e~x-disputants could agree. On this sub
ject there was no fear of argument.
And your valet. " observed Phil Evans,
pointing to Frycollin, who was snorting like
a walrus. - shall I release him ?"
mot yet, replied Uncle Prudent. He
will only smother us with his cries, and We
have something else to attend to OF present."
And that is p"
ITO save ourselves. If it is possible"
And even If it is impossible"
you are right, Phil Evans, even If it Is
impossible"
The president and his colleague had not
doubted for a moment that their capture had
been the work of the strange man who called
himself Robur. Simple and honest thieves
would have first relieved them of their
watches, jewelry and pocket-books. and then
have cut their throats and thrown them over
the bridge into the Schuylkill below. In
stead of this, their property had been undis-
turbed, and they were imprisoned-in what ?
A grave que stion. that was necessary 70 be
solved, before their preparations for escape
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1t Is impossible to conjecture Frycolin's
thoughts as he lay there, gagged and blind
folded. He seemed more dead than alive.
For an hour the situation of the prisoners
remained unchanged. No one appeared to
give them that liberty OF movement and
speech of which they were 30 much in need.
they were reduced to stifed signs and NUT
'fed oaths, forced through the gags in their
mouths, and at intervals they struggled
irantcally in their efforts to loose the cords
winch bound them. After q few Intellectual
a''mpts they lapsed into a quiet state, Since
tney were deprived of the sense of sight.
,heS were trying with the aid of the sense Of
Nearing to gain some knowledge of their sur
roundings. But 1t was all useless, as they
could hear nothing but the continual and
ihexpllcable whirr which seemed to vibrate
I'D the very air around them.
AZ last something happened. Phil Evans
nad been quietly and calmly working at the
voras which bound his wrists. Little by lit
VT the knot stretched, and gliding his fingers
our one after another, he at last obtained the
freedom of his hands.
A vigorous rubbing restored the circula-
lon, which had been INSTRUCTED by the
'oras, and the next moment Phil Evans had
,aihed the bandage from his eyes. torn out
'ne gag, and cut with his b~owie-knife the
OUrus which bound his feet. An American
VINO did not possess a bowie-knife was q
rh'l Evans had only gained the power of
moving and speaking. That was all. His
eyes were too weak from the long confne-
nent to be of any service to him, even in the
n"ii abscurity of the cell around him. The
S'ngie ray of light came through a sort of
-oophole cut about seven or eight feet up the
rhil Evans instantly applied himself to the
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We'll, break the glass;" said Uncle Pru.

well, break the glass" said Uncle Pru-
dent, - and perhaps you can see better"
Phil Evans struck the window q violent
blow with his bowie-knife. The glass gave o
ringing sound, but did not break. A second
blow, more violent than the first. Same re-
suit.
"Good!" cried Phil Evans. "Unbreak-
able glass"
In fact, the pane must have been composed
Of glass tempered by the process of the IN
veutor, Siemens, since in spite Of repeated
blows it remained intact.
However, it had now become light enough
outside to see dimly through the glass, but
the range of sight was limited by the small
size of the narrow window.
What do you seer" asked Uncle Pru-
dent.
Nothing"
"What2 Not a clump of trees?"
mo"
mot even the tops of the treesP 2"
Not q branch"
Are we not in the clearing2"
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could be attended with any chance of success.
Phil Evans" said Uncle Prudent, 1T
would have been much better for us had we
given our attention to the neighborhood into
which we were wandering and less to the
exchange Of useless arguments. II we had
remained in the streets of Philadelphia this
thing would not have happened. This Robur
was evidently aware of what was Transporting
at the club. and foresaw the disturbance that
his antagonistic attitude raised, and to pro-
tect himself he very properly placed several
of his bandits within call. When we left.
Walnut street these scoundrels followed us,
and when we imprudently lost ourselves in
the depths of Paramount Park we were at
their mercy"
"Of course" replied Phil Evans. "Yes;
we should nave gone directly to our homes"
I'VE all can generally tell what we should
have don after the matter is all over" an
swered Uncle Prudent.
At this moment q long sigh came from the
darkest corner of the cell.
What was that ?" asked Phil Evans.
Nothing, only Frycollin ~dreaming!"
And Uncle Prudent continued: Between
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replied Uncle Prudent. Now to work"
With their hands stretched out and fingers
open they felt carefully along the walls of
the room, trying to find a joint of a crack.
Nothing, not even at the door. 1t was her
metically closed, and the lock resisted all
their attempts. 1t was necessary to cut q
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ahln avRstonh sa Mrd the Weldon Clubs @oty composed Of aennau1 In Phnadepha, 0ned n
ssa %@ na SsS a s.ts"ness by by s anSS s%t%m % o H. n4m. S y9 a&Ft ts sSs A%%' ~ as@So sa s%sss
PGPR ss sfTG s % s%sa a %% ssssH ssSHH%%TSb " @ %w%$%s -R% ass %Msdk ~SSd G%nsm .%%
evening whnu they ARE saed and ond by unknown men,, and are spirited away together with Pudntsy
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the CONQUEST OF THE AIR.
A. Record of the Womder1Wl Cruise of the
"AL6OtrOSS."
Bv L VERNE,

Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-" a Trip to
q" "ArOMnd the World IN Eighty DaUS," DEC.
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THE PLAYS FOR NEXT WEEK.
NEW THINGS AND OLD OFFERED BY
THEATRES OF TWO CITIES.

TiIIctson,s Fun-Makers In "Zig Zas' mt
the Bijou-" The stowaway" to Reap
near at the star-Nellie McHenry and
Three of n Kind" Announced for the
windsor stase-Mrs. Langtry's Varied
Week.
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

Profusely Illustrated by " Evening World" Artists.
, 1889-10-10
OFFICIAL VOTE OF JEFFERSON
COUNTY.

The board of canvassers, composed of
Auditor Seavey, Commissioner Wey-
mouth and Justice Wood, of Jefferson
county, met at the court house last night,
the 3rd, and canvassed the vote of the
county. / he votes that the Democrats
claimed, but which were rejected and
placed in a box by themselves, were rot
considered in making the official count.
the board not considering that they had
any jurisdiction in the matter. The vote
in detail is as follows:
Congressman, Wilson s66, Griffiths
'637.
Governor, Ferry S67, Semple 633.
Lieut., ,-Governor, Laughton $50, Platter
GIL.
Secretary of State, Weir SD, Whittle-
sey 667.
Treasurer, Lindsey S64, Kaufman
636.
Auditor, Reed S65, Murphy 63S.
Atty. Genl., Jones S62, Sniveiy $50.
Supt. Public Instruction, Bryan $50,
Morgan Gil,
Com. Pubic Lands, Forrest Sol, Good
ell $40.
Supreme Court, Dunbar S61, Stiles
s46, Hoyt $50, Anders S64, Scott S82,
White $40, Sharpstein $50, Judson 6i3,
Reavis $50, Ganahl 639.
Superior Judge, Blanchard 500, Sachs
651.
State Senator, L.andes s35, Payne
655.
Representatives, Jones 1856, Plum
mer 7a2, Tibbals 736, Kukn rs.
County Clelk, Fenimore $50, McArdle
625.
For the Constitution, 1856, against
IS.
For Woman Suffrage, 3O7, agaist
1923.
For Prohibition, 3S4, against 9i5,
Capital, Olympia 1908, Yakima l34,
Ellensburugh 50, scattering 5.
, 1889-10-10
KEY CITY CLUE.
!. BRILLIANT GSSEMBLAGE at
THEIR EGOliS EAST NIGHT.
4 List OF Those Present.
(Frcm Fiijsy'S DaiIyi


The much talked of and anXiousiy
waited for event of The season now eN
lists only in the memory OF the severa
hundred people present at the luXuri
ously furnished rooms Of the Key City
club last night. Never has there beei
i'll this city such 4 gathering OF hand
some men and beautiful women =:
We're seen last night at the grand open
ing assembly given by tie club mem.
bers last night. The rooms were hand,
somely decorated with rare plants and
an abundance of flags and banners,
while outside and in the windows gor.
geous Chinese lanterns Illuminated the
| building.
The toilets worn by the ladies ,gere a
collection Of choice poems worthy the
hand of Rcdfern or Worth, and the
jewels displayed would purchase al
most the entire water front. The
dancing list was composed of twelve
numbers and the music furnished by
the well-iznown Marratta brothers OF
Seattle, and their well-known capabil-
tiles in the art were fully recognized.
The supper was served by p. +. Emer-
SCn of the DelmOnico in the large
rooms on the first floor and the menu
was a credit 10 that gentleman and to
the club management, the committee
in charge being B. S. Miller, y. j.
I A NJ
and f. a. Bartlett. We regret our in
ability to give detailed description of
the ladies toilets. No one but "mo-
diste" or a long time married man
could do them justice.
Among those present we uoticed
Lieut. Wiley, Capt Sheppard and
wife, DIT B Perry, Lieut. Moore, Lieut.
DimOck,, w + Hayes and wife, T ]
Notion, b o Morgan and wife, Chas
Dyer, wife and two sisters, r C Hill
and wife, B 5 Miller and wife, c Ger
rish and wife, w II WhittIesey and
wife, Frank Hastings and wife, w
Hastings and niece, Capt Glover and
wife, Lieut. Semple, T j .Iacllnlan and
wife, Capt Stetson and wife, w Payne,
Colonel Landes, NJ b Sachs and wife,
DIR Lowery, DIR Seavey, Frank Bart
lett and wife, Mrs NJ A Sawtclle, Mrs
Blackiston and daughters, Capt Rich
ardson, Capt T J f Scoones, Mr. Kram-
er, Chas Packard, G G Perkins, F 4
Hill and wife, + w Pettygrove and
wife, A c Phillips, T 3 Turpin, e Lay
man and wife, a II WintrOde and wife,
d n Slocum, J b Hogg, J Jones and
wife, + J Losl>ey, DIR S B Conover, + f
Jago, J Jones jr, Capt Sawyer and wife,
II + Beecher and wife, Rev J C Taylor,
wife and daughter, T Nj HAMMOND, j
e Clarke and wife, Geo Green, J P
Belts and wife, II l. Burkett and wife,
Misses Miller, Burns from Tacoma)
Hastings, Sawyer, Brooks, James, l. II
Pontius and Jones, DIR w WenzIick, II
Ellis, l. Cullom, j S Latimer, Mr. Lutz,
Mr. Mas, DR. Capron, w Bowen and
wife, Mr. Ruffin, DIR Glennan, w +
Newell, George G Mcnamara and wife,
y Plum and wife and many others
, 1889-10-10
The Jewish New Year.

The first serVicee Of AtonemeDt day
or Tony-KuPper. which forms part of the
Rosh ha- sho moo or Jewish New Year
VAS held throughout the couAtry wher-
ever there was Rabbi Friday evening
a; 6 O'Clock. The stores presided over
til after sunset yesterday. The sacred
service began at nine O'clock yesterday
morning At Seattle the services were
cnud noted in the Armory and at eleven
O'Clock the TIRE was read, which was re-
pested again at one during the Mussoph
s'rv;ce. At four o'cl, ok the Mrcta, or
service of the dead was held. Beginning
with to-day are the Jewish holidays
which continue during the week.
, 1889-10-10
REACHING OUT,
The English Trying to Control the
brewers Hoard of Trade

New YORK, September 29.-War has
broken out between the managers OF the
breweries owned by English capitalists
who lately acquired them, and the Amer.
lean proprietors OF other breweries. The
feeling is very intense, and centers
around the approaching election OF trust
eeS in the Brewers Board OF Trade. the
political and business organization OF
breweries TO which seventy breweries
belong. The representatives OF English
capitalists who have been buying brew
cries here, and who want to buy more,
are trying to control the election.
The American brewers who have not
sold are headed by George Ehret and
Jacob Rapport, and do not propose to
have the Englishmen succeed. The
Englishmen say they were promised
control of the board OF trade, and they
argue that this promise should be redeem
ed. That they should desire to control
it is very natural, especially in view OF
threats of boycotting the English con-
Germs, which have been made quite free
ly by Irish beer drinkers, who grow
more and more numerous every year.
If the English companies could get
hold oil the board of trade it would do
them little hsrm to be boycotted, for no
member can cut into another's trade,
and through the exchange, which has
substantially the same membership. all
the earnings are pooled and divided pro
rata by the controlling board OF trade.
All the great political influence OF the
brewers would be on their side, and be
used to protect them against attacks by
Irish patriots.
, 1889-10-10
Aftermath.

The following is clipped from the
Great Falls Leader, and shows up the
kind CT man the Democrats would
foster upon this state: The Democrats
OF Washington have nominated tat
tooed ticket, as they have elsewhere.
In fact it is evident that their political
timber is getting scarce and exceedingly
scruhby. Fer congress they have uom-
mated one Thomas Z. Griffitts, OF Spo-
klne, an adveaturcr OF the most pro-
nounced type. He Is low, cunning,
scheminF, unscrupulous and cowardly ;
corrupt and unprincipled as the party
he is allied with. AS the Port Townsend
ARGUS says of him, he is a concerted
wind bag and utterly unworthy to rep
resent an honest, intelligent constituency
in any capacity. We know the fellow
and know whereof we speak.
, 1889-10-10
Before Justice Wood.

Jos. O'Hara, drunk and disorderly !;
fine 81 and costs; default, five days in
jail,
Clarence Brown, assault and battery /;
fine $40 and costs, paid,
Chas. Mcdonald, drunk and disorder
ly; fine 81 and costs; default, five days
Jail.
]. Cox, drunk and disorderly; fine
$500.
In the case OF Bruce Keeny, for as.
saulting James Sullivan, the justice said
he thought that Keeny had great provo
caticn, and that under the circum-
stances he would dismiss the case
against Keeny, and fined Sullivan $40 and
costs. Sullivan being out of funds was
sent to jail for eight days.
, 1889-10-10

The agents OF the ship California have
experimental considerable difficulty in
engaging q crew to 20 will. tlias vessel
to Australia The men would agree to
sign for the round trip but the vessels
agents wanted tn take them ouly for the
outward voyage, owins 10 tie probable
difficulty in obtaining Il cargo and hav-
ing to pay the men while lying idle
possibly wo or three months. At this
writing it is not known how the matter
was settled,
, 1889-10-10

Election is over, but the public waits
with impatience for the final count from
the different counties before shouting.
Late yesterday afternoon a number OF
men congregated on the corner of Water
and Taylor streets and bets were made
to a large amount on tho result OF the
election in Montana, both sides claiming
victory in that territory. We have mol
met any OF the defeated candidates re-
siding here but what take their i'll luck
in philosophical manner. One of them,
and perhaps the most popular in the city
paid bet and remarked tFor sush is
the kingdom of Heaven"
, 1889-10-10
LATE RETURNS.
Lopez and San Juan.

The following are the majorities fol
the Republican candidates at Lopez
Wilson Sc, Ferry So, Laughton 50,
Weir 60, Lindsey 50, Reed 81, Jones
50, Bryan so, supreme judges each 50,
Landes As, superior judges II, for con-
stitution 40, woman suffrage IA, for
Prohibition 2T, capital Olympia 73,
Seattle =, Yakima ?;
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
Gives the state ticket $50 majority
and Sachs 81. This gives Mr.. Sachs a
majority of SO.