The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
For Love, Liberty and Honor.
BY W. 8. SNYDER.


man who was fastening at the top of
his speed to the ferry. When he came
TO where another street intersected
Corlandt he lodged in and out be-
tween the wagons with surprising agil-
ity and without perceptibly slackening
his pace.
He was a pecuiar-looking man.
Scarcely Eve feet tall, with shoulders
of the breadth of large and portly
man. large head. set upon thick.
short neck, a derby hat two sizes too
large resting on his prodigious ears,
and exposing broad, bulging fore
head; small at the waist, with slender
legs bowed almost to deformity, and
toes that Tapped over each other as he
ran, he attracted scrutinizing atten-
tion.
Some Of the people who made way for
him stopped and gazed after him un-
til he was lost to sight by the filling
up of the gap which had been made to
let him pass. Even the stalwart po-
liceman. who carefully guards the foot
steps of the almost constant throng of
pedestrians TO and from the ferry.
momentarily relaxed his vigilance. as
the dwarf shot by him, and rushed into
the ferry house. If the people who saw
the dwarf had suspected his errand he
would have been surrounded as by
mob.
He passed the ticket punchers be-
fore they had time call upon him to
halt BY the time they thought of
their duty. the dwarf was tapping
man on the arm. This man stood
near the gate leading to the boat,
which was Just coming in.
The man whom the dwarf tapped on
the arm was fully six feet tall. He
was dressed in the somewhat worn and
ill-fitting garments of laborer. Over
his right eye was green patch. His
beard was two days old, and he had
been clean shaven when a razor last
touched his face. His slouch hat was
pulled well down on his forehead.
The dwarf spoke to the man as he
turned about and bent his head down
ward
But cannot come, Jimmy" he
said.
Again the dwarf spoke to him in a
whisper. Then the two turned away
together. They went directly to the
Sixth avenue elevated station, the
dwarf walking behind. When they
reached Twenty-eighth street II was
dark and rain was falling
They went briskly toward Fifth ave-
nue., where they turned up town.
walked few minutes, and the dwarf's
companion paused. When Jimmy
came up he said;
You must go in."
But cannot"
"She is waiting for you"
The man went up the steps. reaching
the threshold Just as the door opened.
He stepped inside. The door closed.
Jimmy waited until he heard n sob just
as the door was closing Then he hur-
ried away. His work was only partly
done.
He walked briskly, and in little
while ascended the steps of residence
on Madison avenue. The door opened
before he had touched the bell He
went inside and young woman closed
the door. The dwarf followed her up
one fight Of stairs into a sitting room
which was evidently her own. When
she had closed the door she said:
well. Jimmy?
He is with his mother"
Thank you, Jimmy. You may go.
When the dwarf had gone the young
woman stood looking apparently at the
figures of the carpet at her feet. But
If she had ever known what the fig.
ures were, they were then as far from
her thoughts as the date of the dis
covery that the world was round. This
young woman was Elizabeth Dalow
She was not beautiful. Her face was
too strong for beauty. But a novice II
character reading must have seen tha
she would be impressive anywhere.
Passing into another room, sh,
quickly returned in a macintosh ant
was ready to go out She passed
quietly down the stairway. opened tn,
door gently, and a moment later wa
walking swiftly down the avenue
Later she passed up the steps wher,
the dwarf had left the man with tn,
green patch over his eye. The doo
opened at her touch. She, too, wa!
evidently expected. An elderly woman
conducted her to a room at the rea
of the hall, smothering her sobs a
they went Before she touched tn
door knob she turned in response to
hand upon her shoulder. Elizabetl
spoke-only a word
Courage"
Then they entered the room. Bot
stood looking at each other. The eye
Of the elder woman were .suffused wit
tears. those of Elizabeth were filline
but her face was no longer sterr
Elizabeth spoke:
HE is here?"
"Yes."
"Shall see him?"
"Yes.'
Mrs. Julia Gaylord was 60 years @
age Her face was sweet pure wOm ar