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an attitude of utter WEAKNESS and dis
couragement. j owed her my life, no
doubt, and felt for her at the moment,
beside gratitude, sincere pity. Yet |
was on the point of asking her to risk
still more than she had already done.
There was no other way. / looked
around at our ow-passengers--the
old woman with her basket; boy who
was audibly sleeping; and young man
wEo was seated in the front of the car,
absorbed in a yellow-covered novel.
There was not one whom could suspect
of watching us. Invent, therefore, with
out further hesitation, to take the place
i'm front of her and, with as much non
chalance as could command, asked her
if she could tell me the name of the man
who had followed her into the station.
For a moment she seemed startled,
and shrank still further back, but
glance at my cloth seemed TO reassure
her.
Il saw no one" she replied. II came
quite alone"
1t never occurred to me TO doubt her.
/ knew, whatever the character of those
with whom she had been associated,
that she. at least, was innocent--nn un-
willing tool in their hands. / told her,
therefore, in as few words as possible,
who was, and tried first of all, 10 thank
her for what she had done for me. while
she was kind enough to express pleasure
in learning of my escape. i then went
on to beg of her that, if she were i'm
trouble, as / felt that she was, to let me
help her. / explained without reserve
my connection with the House with
Green Blinds, and all hoped to accom-
plish with the knowledge had concern
ing il. She listened quietly while told
her. and saw look of wistfulness, OF
longing. ot resolve, grow IN her great
dark eyes. Finally it came.
81 will tell you what know" she
said; and there were tears in her voice
though her eyes were dry. There is
no other course. Ihad no hope of doing
anything, but now you may be able to
do what / cannot" And she told me
tho following:
Her name was Cutting. and with her
father-a widowcr- she lived at p.
The winter before they had spent in
Washington, where. at reception
given at the white house, her father
first had met Madame of the White
ShoulderS-as | still must call her.
This woman was a stranger i'm the eos
mopolitan city, n magniiicently hand
some woman. part French. part Rus
sian and was said 10 I've sister of one
OF the members of the Russian legation.
Her beauty had created sensations;
Misc Cuttings father had fallen under
its spell. Madame seemed TO exercise
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but. as well as / could make out, was
there as n spy upon her movements and
on the lookout for some one else. He
had stationed himself near her in po-
sition where everyone who went
through the gate must pass under the
searching of his eye. l had noticed,
however, that he had purchased no
ticket, and l perceived that my only
chance of an interview with the girl
would be in following her on board the
train. Had he been sent by the people
from the House with Green Blinds TO
see, without her knowledge, that no
one approached her and that she was
safely out of town without n chance
of betraying them (for that they mis-
trusted her had been evident enough) :?
lie would scarcely allow a person
against whom he had the Slightest sus-
picion to follow her through the gate.
1 had no knowledge of his being ac-
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PART III.

j found that had gained the yard,
or small court, which properly belongs
to every New York house. Enclosed as
it was on three sides with its high,
smooth paii#gs, and on the fourth by
the house from which l had
but just escaped, IL seemed at first
glance as neat trap as man
could well wish himself well out of.
stopped for moment TO listen for any
sign from my pursuers, but all lay still
and dark behind me. They would,
thought, scarcely venture from house
which was supposed to be unoceupied,
into a place where SO many windows
could look down upon them. remem-
bered that the house stood noS many
numbers from the street corner, and
that the avenue upon that side had no
buildings to face IL. The row of yards"
lay inclosed only by their white palings.
An escape, therefore, meant no more,
after all, than the scaling of some ten
or a dozen of these fencings, and my as
sailants naturally would consider that
i could easily yaccomplish this. not know
ing how my strength was already
wasted. | crouched. meanwhile, To rest
in the deep shadow cast by the house,
being invisible from any of the win
dows, unless light were held. This
knew they would not dare TO do any
more than they would engage in
struggle to bring me forcibly back,
since by so doing they must inevitably
attract notice 20 themselves.
do not know how long lay crouch
ing there. The summer air that night
had an evil chill In il which crept grad
ually into my bones. A kind of apathy
came over me which made me oblivious
60 the surrounding strangeness. For
the moment the twinkling lights IN the
houses about. the soft sounds of chill
den st,iees and tife- --iratt trri11y tongues
OF the servants, borne above the dull
roar of the streets. had lit,ie meaning
for me. The danger ] had passed
through was forgotten; 20 the danger
was still In was obivious
was awakened 20 il 10y the sound OF
n window being slowly and carefully
raised somewhere above my head. Shift
ing slightly my position, so that could
look up and still remain unseen. saw
jackson peeriug cautiously down into
the shadow. lie drew in his head, and
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Ray, of the department., therefore, to-
gether with another young fellow from
our own office, to my rooms to watch
whatever might go on in the opposite
house and TO dog anyone who might
issue from il, though the latter seemed
TO me needless precaution.
Before six o'clock, having in the mean
time been refreshed by few hours
sleep ut the Hotel B, / was strolling,
without apparently other aim than that
of waiting for my train, up and down
through the waiting-room OF the Grand
Central station. II was not long be-
fore my expectat tion was fulfilled. The
girl entered the waiting-room and went
Immediately TO the ticket office, where
she purchased n ticket to p. What
set me back, however, was the appear
ance of the person who followed close
behind her. could not have sworn TO
his identity, but the resemblance was
u marked one. The hair, escaping
from under his soft hat in wavy rich
ness; the wcll-groomed appearance;
the small hands and feet, were all in
evidence. The chief difference lay in
the fact that now his beard was worn
rather long and OF n jet black color,
whereas the man whom i had seen
tried and convicted of grave charge
in her majesty's criminal court some is
months before. had worn a light-brown
imperial. This, of course, was a mat
ter easily changed by one who wished
To disguise himself. and after l had
caught n glimpse of his eyes, as they
flashed for an instant brilliantly into
mine, the resemblance. even the very
identity of the man with the one had
seen, was borne more forceiully upon
me. And yet. had seen those eyes, or
others like them, more lately. Through
the holes of the satin mask they Tor
was IL but resemblance had qucs-
toned me not yet ~ hours before, and
the same strange attraction in them
held me now rs then
lie did not seem TO be i'm company
with the girl for whom had waited
(for she took no notice Of him nj all.
and, after buying her ticket. stood
quietly waiting for the gate TO oper).
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lights above, and the other gave but a
feeble flicker. The men were rushing
headlong down the stairs, and madam's
voice rang out distinctly.
"No struggle" she cried. "Let there
be no noise. Stun him and bind him.
The police will be upon us"
My fingers touched the door. II was
fastened like the other. Frantically 1
threw myself against 1t. 1t yielded
slightly. Once more, with all the
strength that comes at the need of
desperate man, put my shoulder to il.
The wood splintered-gav
way. A breath of soft night air struck
my face. A step more, and, looking up,
l saw that the stars were shining.
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take aim with my own weapon. / saw
the three men, Jackson with his yellow
hands outstretched, start towards me
with fierce oaths upon their lips. L
heard the girl who had warned them
against me cry out for fear and mercy,
and saw her with frantic effort throw
herself against madam's white arm.
Then, as the biting snap of the pistol
rang through the place, l covered the
space which lay between myself and
the door, with a violent effort
wrenched it open, and, before madam
could get a second aim or the others
interfere, had gained the passage and
a short relief.
The lamps which Jackson had left
upon the table were still burning, SD
that i could dimly see my way. 1t
seemed TO me, as i afterwarc thought
of il, that / cleared the stairs at sirgle
bound, and that my hand touched the
knob of the street door at the same mo-
ment that my late companions issued
from the room above. The door re-
sisted my efforts TO open il, and 1 saw
that il had been barred and bolted.
Long before l could undo the fasten-
ings my four assailants would have
reached me. / had sense enough 10
know they would not stop at murder
were there danger of my escaping with
any part of their secret. j could do
nothing, still weak as L was and un-
armed, against so many. Even my
stick had been dropped in fight. An
instant still l wavered, and then the re-
membrance of door 1 had noticed at
the other end of the passage, when
Jaclkson's first appearance with the
lamps had made surrounding objects
visible, returned to me. Turning back,
groped for it blindly, for they had ex-
tinguished in their haste one of the
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rested, tried for conniving at the escape
of the several prisoners, found guilty
upon strong circumstantial evidence,
(although stoutly protesting his inno-
cence), and condemned TO long term
of Imprisonment. The only trace of tho
convicts which could be found was the
several suits of prison stripes which
they had exchanged i'm small clothier's
shop in Portsmouth during the night
for more modish costumes.
There was but one link connecting
this affair with the one in which was
now implicated human voice; but
yet, TO me, from the study had given
the subject. il was no slight connec-
ton. l had seen enough TO know that
n plot of some grave import was hatch
ing in the House with Green Blinds,
and that my own appearance upon and
disappearance from the scene would
hy no means retard matters. What
ever the nature of il might be land /
had my own opinion as to this) had
seen and heard enough TO know that
they could scarcely draw back now.
There was no time to lose, therefore.
My goal was the shop of man well
known to our profession-a costumer
and secret dealer in professional dis
guises. In half an hour / issued from
il as well set up clergyman as one
could wish to see. My next move was
10 trace the girl who had spoiled
madam's aim, and in doing so had un-
doubtedly saved my life. l had no7
ticed, as she stood under the brilliant
glare of light in the drawing-room of
the House with Green Blinds, that her
hat and veil and gown were covered
with shining particles of black dust
n kind which collects rarely but dur
ing a railway journey. She had en-
tered the room hurried and breathless,
as though she had been walking rap
idly. Had she come in from any sta
tion other than the Grand Central,
which was but n few blocks away, IL
seemed TO me, from her evident de-
sire for haste, that she would scarcely
have taken time for walking. i pos
sessed myself, working upon these
suppositions, of timetable, and found
that an accommodation train which
had P (wkther madam had COM
manded me to go the next day. for one
of its stations, had arrived but few
minutes before the time of the girls
appearance at the House with Green
Blinds. No other for the same sta
tion was scheduled to depart within six
hours. 1t was now nearly 12 o'clock,
aud there remained but one thing to do
before allowing myself few hours of
much-needed rest. This was to have
m interview with my chief and explain
10 him the details of an affair which
il had grown cut of my power to con-
troll unaided. found him just leaving
his club, and explained the thing 10
him carefully, together with my own
plans and ideas. He was kind enough
TO commend them and 10 allow me to
GO on as had intended, leaving prac-
tically the entire management in my
hands, but giving me the benefit of his
advice and placing whatever assist
ance desired at my disposal. / sent
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came strange, moody, irritable. He
was often absent upon sudden and un-
explained journeys, from which he re-
turned detected and, apparently.
frightened and desperate. The cause
Miss Cutting herself had never known
until her own connection with the af-
fair began, but a few weeks ago. At
that time new aid had been needed by
the gang of which she had since became
cognizant, and she, as one who would
not dare betray her own father, had
been chosen. Since then she had been
constantly employed as a messenger
between the members of the organiza-
ton whenever messenger had been
needed.
For some weeks she had known that
q plot OF magnitude had been silently
Matching, but in what direction she
could ons; conjecture. Her father had
been silent and careworn when at
home, which was rarely. She herself
had been dispatched hither and yon, TO
deliver such messages as l had heard,
at any time of day or night. She had
not dared to rebel, for her fathers
sake. From the messages which were
necessarily conflded TO her, she had
learned that the people with whom her
father had become cntangled, belonged
TO large socitey which had members
and organizations in many countries.
From kilograms and cables which she
bad been required to send written in
cipher, of which she had been
able TO acquire some knowledgc), she
had learned that the plot which was
forming in tbs country was duplicated
in many European ones, and that the
contamination was near she feared from
many signs which the designers had
not been able 10 keep from her knowl-
edge. Madame of the White Shoulders
was here the leading spirit. Her
brother, of the Russian legation Tin the
description of whom recognized both
the man who had given the note 10 ths
messenger boy and hc who had assisted
Jackson I'm his search for me about the
ydrd). was her chief assistant. Tho
third man. she believed. was q Russian
who had escaped TO this country after
Implication in a desperate attempt to
ssaassinate the car. discovered, nap
PLY, IN time. jackson was n mere tool.
whose skill in the manufacture of deli
cate explosives rendered him OF ipcal-
culable value to the others. OF the man
who had traced her TO the station she
had no knowledge, having never seen
anyone who answered 10 his dcscrip-
ton.
CONCLUDED roNoRRcw.)
lstoutatinc DIsxasiI
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pushed a slender, girl-like figure into
the room. The small gloved hand,
which trembled slightly, went twice
across her darkly veiled face. The
signal was quickly answered, and the
four, jackson included, collected in
a little group about the newcomer,
leaving me for the moment forgotten
and apart.
"why are you here?" one of the men
began, abruptly.
Through no wish of my own" the
girl replied. Madam brought one of
my pistols carelessly into position, and
she shrank back. Again the laughter
gippled lightly from madam's lips.
''You are a coward still Always n
coward, and the child of a cowardl"
she said Now, once more, why are
you here?"
The girl made an effort 90 control
herself. II have a message" she re-
piled.
Deliver II, madam impatiently de-
manded.
saw through her veil. which she
had not raised. that she glanced timid-
ly in my direction, before replying.
f'It is this" she said. "You are 10
trust no one who comes tonight, or
any night. as n messenger. but bring
ing no message"
had thought my danger over, and
here II was--iust 3egunl saw madam
aarn slowly toward me and as slowly
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quainted with my own appearance, and
yet, even while he might not have been
present the night before at our inter-
view, there had been plenty of time
for any member of the organization 20
become familiar with my face while
they were watching me in my rooms
and before the signal had been given
20 me 10y Jackson, My only hope, there
fore, was that nay disguise would pass
muster. As il happened, chance fe-
vored me in more ways than one. AS
was following the other passengers
through the door which led 10 the train
i passed very close 10 the man as he
stood carelessly watching. The woman
i'm front of mean old woman. laden
with huge and heavy basket-dropped
a small pocketbook. lie stopped and
picked IL up. retWsning IL to her
courteouSly, and in so doing saw that
his beard was false. The next moment
] was through the gate unchallenged
and had assured myself that he -a-
manned behind.
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Emuiating DIsraeii.
Lord Roscbery Is said to 10 writing o
novel.
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ssYou take il WE'LL" she said. "Now,
jackson, search him!" The stained
hands made rapid exploration of my
pockets, but, thanks to the precaution
j had taken before starting out, roth
ing of nature to excite further sus-
picion of my good faith was discovered.
The search, however. seemed scarcely
to satisfy their fears, for they held a
hurried and somewhat excited conver-
sation together, wherein the two men
seemed to hold an opinion differing
from that of madame. She finally
turned from them and commanded the
man she had addressed as Jackson, to
release me.
II have for you n further commits
sion," she began; the words falling
quickly and tersely from her lips, max
ing the slightly foreign accent with
which she spoke charmingly percepti-
BILE. Tomorrow you will take the
train which leaves the Grand Central
station at ten oclock for P. In two
hours YOU will arrive there. You will
be met by a man 10 whom you will give
the usual signal. You will find him
awaiting you with light wagon and
a pair Of black horses. He will take
YOU 10 a certain house whittier further
orders will be conveyed to you within
the "a hours which follow. Should you
by any means fail to receiv them within
that time, you are at liberty to return.
AS before, be prompt. be sure, and, as
YOU value your life, be silent. Do not
think that a mistake on your part will
escape detection, or that blunder will
pass unforgiven. / will return TO you
your pistols. When next you are in
clined TO suspect possible danger, take
better care of them"
Her voice ceased and she stood close
before me, her eyes blazing into mine.
''I have seen you somewhere-some-
time" she added, slowly. You will
be true either TO ourselves or 10 our
enemies. For your own sake, let il bc
the -fnrmeri"
She took out my pistols from dNwer
in the table near which she was stand
ing, and half held them towards me,
when suddenly there peeled through
the room the long, shrill quivering, of
an electric bell. Madam drew back-a
revolver III elllef manu-. we SlOOu III
silence. staring into each others eyes.
She raised her right hand slowly un-
til the weapon covered my face.
''If you have been false" she said,
'if you have dared TO speak, your own
bullet shall repay you"
/ bowed silent answer. The revol-
yer followed the bending of my head.
down and up. The bell peeled again.
this time in tHvo short, quick rings
with distinct pause between. One
of the men let fall an oath. The other
breathed a sigh of relief. Madam low
erred her weapon and turned to my late
guide.
''Unfasten the door," she said. at
is one OF us. Perhaps messenger
from the same source, with the letters
at last. There was no one To expect,
rbough, but this stranger. What"
She changed her speech to the strange
tongue she had used previously, for the
moment speaking earnestly 10 her com
panions. All four stood. listening in
silence. Presently the door opened,
and Jackson with his yellow hands
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The Wonderful ShOerS.
Christmas
Slippers.

OC. H@S;5,s,':s H1Ss S.Ss s!leg.':' sHISa1 !i.s'
6 TO IL, price was 75c.
~ MEMS INT. ALLIGATOR
)SL Slippers, patent quarters,
sizes 10 II, price was s5c.
MEMS VELVET T. NJ
;;s$:; 4. :f; % :ss s'fa:: :::
MEMS HANDS l. WE ID
Slippers, in red, black and
I'd tan; sold elsewhere for sl.5o
and sl.75
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PART ".

! followed ;he girl into the car and
seated myself behind and near her. She
had sunk into the corner of the seat in
New-York tribune., 1895-08-13
CANOISTS IN CAMP.
NO INTEREST IN THE RACES. BUT THE ATTEND

NO INTEREST IN THE RACES. BUT THE ATTEND
ANcE INCREASING NEVERTHELESS.
Hotel Champlain. Clinton County. ~ " aug. IL
(SpeciaD-There was big campfire at the camp Oh
the American Canoe Association tonight Among
the recent arrivals are Joseph NJ Towne. OF Fast
Orange y. j.: r. c. Black, jr.. OF Pelham Manor
H. NJ Carpenter and party. Of Sing Sing ana henry
NJ Datur OF Brooklyn
The interest In the has been declining s'eadiy
for three or four years In spite of this fact, the
total attendance at the meet Is increasing eacn
year The falling off in the number or entries ana
in the interest taken in the races by the he'oe'S
generally Is admitted be due to the fact tna the
racing rule. OF the association. originally framed for
the cruising canoes which used to comprise It's en-
tire fleet place no restriction on the amount OF sa
that may be carried on the length OF .he ue,S N
seams which correspond to the outside DaIast OIL
yachts The result is that class OF racing h, ma ma.
chimes has been built up under the rules wnicn mas
entirely driven from the races the cruiser. .ne
only real sailing canoe The contest each yeaL iL mas
been narrowed, eliminating In practicai wakovtr
for Archibald the Canadian. In every race ne entered
New-York tribune., 1895-08-13
WINNERS AT ST. LOUIS.

st. Louis. Aug. 12-I.ong shots were again IN evi-
dence at the Fair Grounds to-day. taking three OF
the races. and but one favorie landed first Rub
berneck threw his Jockey In the second race as ala
Sencienne In the sixth. Neither boy was hurt
Summaries:
First threequarers mile)-King Mao 112 Of carr,
to l. won: Charles p. 100 Crurner): to second
Francis Pope 1l2 (rhornton) TO l. third Tme-l:l64
Second (fve-eghths me)-Loya Princess 30 Gar
ner) 10 l. Fredona 90 &C. Slaughterl, TO l.
second: Sir Archer 102 H Davis. so 10 third Time
1:024
Third race Zone and one-sixeenth miles Nc
Donald l03 Garter, o. won: Assignee, 10 81.
SMITH second: J. Hickey. 1O2 "a. Bsrreto. 80 TO
l. third Timc-l:4yh
Fourth race seven and half Automatically. e5
Turner, l. won; Amelia May 95 "a. BarretD. 3 to
l. second: Molie b.. l1O (Freeman) TO /, third. Time
IL :35L.
Fifth race tsix and one-half furlongs)-Masnst. liz
Garner even won: Empera 1T (Mosby). 10 to l. sec
ond: Don Caro 90 &C. Slaughter. TO l. third Time
1:21
Sixth race (nveeighths mie)-Amelia Fonso 90 "a.
Barrett) to won Midland. 103 tGarner), 20 sec
ond Alright 80 Foucon). 80 TO l. third. Time-l;Ol9t