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seemed to be ready to go out of his
mind. His jealousy, the awful torment
of soul and body, made him motionless
and speechless.
Seeing Don BaIthasar appear by the
balustrade the ruffians below had be-
come silent for while His aged, me-
ehanical voice was heard asking dis
tinctly:
What do these people want 2"
Seraphina, from within the room,
said aloud: "They are clamoring for
the life of our guest" She looked at
O'Brien contemptuously, They are do
ing this to please YOU
Before God, l have nothing to do
with this
That morning, in my helplessness, I
had come to put my trust in accident
in some accident hardly knew Of
what nature-Iny own death, perhaps
that would find solution for my re-
sponsibilities, put an end to my tor
menting thoughts. And now the acci-
dent came with a terrible swiftness, at
which I shudder to this day.
I noticed Lugareno withdrawing
himself from the throng about the
basin. His face came to me Familiarity.
He was the pirate with the broken
nose, who had had taste of my fist.
He had the sentry's rnusket on his
SnOuluST, ana Was Sl1Lhl1iS away TO-
wards the gate.
Don Balthasar extended his hand
over the balustrade, and there was a
general movement of recoil below. The
Lugarenos were muttering, Look at
the Inglez!" they cried out together.
''ExceIlency, give up this Inglez."
Don Balthasar seemed ten years
younger suddenly. / have never seen
him so imposingly erect.
"Insensate!" he began, without any
anger.
Hes going to f1re!" yelled Castro's
voice somewhere in the gallery.
1 saw a red dart in the shadow of
the gate. The broken -nosed pirate had
fired at me. The report, deadened in
the vault, hardly reached my ears. Don
Balthasar's arm seemed to swing me
back. Then 1 felt him lean heavily on
my shoulder. did not know what had
happened till 1 heard him say:
Pray for me, gentlemen
Father Antonio received him In his
arms.
For a second after the shot, a dead
silence prevailed in the court. 1t was
broken by an affrighted howl below;
and Seraphina's voice cried piercingly:
"Fathert"
The priest. dropping on one knee.
sustained the silvery head, with its thin
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body Of shining white mists in the
center; and, beyond, the vast level Of
the open sea, touched with glitter. an
peared Infinitely somber under the
luminous sky.
we stood back from the parapet. and
Father Antonio threw out a thick arm
at the splendid trail of the moon upon
the dark water.
This is the only way" he said.
lie mad a warm heart under his
black robe, a simple and coura geous
comprehension of life, this priest who
was very much of a man; a certain
grandeur of resolution when it was a.
matter of what he regarded as his
principal office.
This is the only way" he repeated
Never before had 1 been struck so
much by the gloom, the vastness. the
emptiness of the open sea, as on that
moonlight night. And Father Anto-
MOS deep voice went on:
MY son, since God has made use of
the nobility of your heart to save that
sinner from an unshriven death
He paused to mutter, 'Tnscrutablel
inscrutabie!" to himself, sighed, and
then:
Let us rejoice" he continued. with
completely unconcealed resignation.
that you have been the chosen instru-
AAASAAN ~ aAAOAO AAAAA1 TO
repent"
His tone changed suddenly.
He will never repent" he said with
great force. He has sold his soul and
body to the devil, like these magicians
of old of whom we have records
He clicked his tongue with COM
junction, and regretted his want of
charity. 1t was proper for me, how
ever, as man having to deal with a
world of wickedness and error, to act
as though I did not believe in his re-
pentance.
"The hardness of the human heart
is incredible; have seen the most ap-
palling examples And the priest
meditated. He is not common crim-
inal, however" he added profoundly.
It was understood that Seraphina
and I should try to escape won't
say by sea, but to sea. At best, to ask
the charitable help of some passing
ship, at worst to go out Of the world
together.
/ had her confidence will not tell
of my interview with her; but shall
never forget my sensations Of awe, as
if entering a temple, the melancholy
mad soothing intimacy Of our meeting,
the vague form of la Chica in the
! background, and the frail, girlish figure
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traitor!" came in sullen, subdued NUT
ter. A hoarse, reckless voice shouted,
Give him to us, and we shall goI''
You are putting in danger all the
lives in this house!" O'Brien Kissed at
me-. "Senorita, pray do not" He stood
IN the way of Seraphina, who wished
to come out.
1T is you'll" she cried. 1T is youl
lt IS your voice, it is your hand, it is
your iniquity!'
hemence.
who brought him hereg' he stam-
mered Am l to find one of that ac-
cursed brood forever in my way? l
take him to witness that for your
A formidable roar, sThrow us down
the Inglez!" filed the patio. They were
gaming assurance down there; and the
ferocious clamoring of the mob outside
came family upon our ears
O'Brien barred the way Don Bal
thasar leaned on his daughters arm
she very straight, with tears still on
her face and indignation in her eye, he
pent, and with his immovable, fine fea-
lures set in the caImness of age.
Don Balthasar, who seemed to have
heard nothing, as if suddenly waking
up TO his duty, left his daughter. and
muttering to O,Brien, Let me precede
the bishop" came out, bareheaded. into
the gallery. Father Antonio had turned
away, and his heavy hand fell on
O'Brien's shoulder
Have you no heart, no reverence. no
decency2" he said. In the name of
everything you respect, 1 call upon you
to stop this sacrilegious outbreak
OBrien shook off the priestly hand,
and fixed his eyes upon Seraphina. I
happened to be looking at his face; he
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features already calm in death. His
daughter flung herself upon the body.
OBrlen pressed his hands to his
temples, and remained motionless.
saw the bishop, in his stiff cope,
creep up to the group with the mo-
tlon OF tortoise. And, for moment
ms quavering voice pronouncing the
house.
Then a fendish noise broke out be-
low. The negroes had charged, and
the Lugarenos, struck with terror at
the Unforeseen catastrophe, were rush
ing heIter-skelter through the gate.
Inc screaming of the maids was
frlghtful. They ran up and down the
galerles with their hair streaming
O'Brien passed me by swiftly, mutter-
ing like a. madman.
also got down into the courtyard in
tlme to strike some heavy blows under
the gateway; but don't know who it
was that thrust into my hands the
musket which l used as club The
sudden burst of shrieks, the cries Of
terror under the vault of the gate, yells
OF rage and CONSERVATION, silenced the
mob outside. The Lugarenos, appalled,
at what had happened, shouted most
pltltully. They squeaked like the YER,
min they We're. l brought down the
dubbed musket: two went down. OF
two am sure. The rush of flying feet
swept through between the walls, bear
ing me along.
The thought of Seraphina cHnging
to the lifeless body of her father up
stairs came to me; ii came over me
in horror, and l let the musket fall
out of my hand. A silence like the
silence of despair reigned In the house
She would hate me now l felt as if
1 could walk out and give myself up,
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hat it not been for the sight of O'Brien.
He was leaning his shoulders against
the wall in the posture of a man sud-
denly overcome by deadly disease.
No one was looking at us. 1t came
to me that he could not have many il
lusions left to him now. I made one
stride, caught him by both arms
swiftly, and pinned him to the wall
with all my strength. We struggled
in silence.
In the midst Of our straining / heard
a sibilant sound I detached my eyes
from his; his struggles redoubled, and
behind him, stealing in towards us
from the court, black on the strip of
crimson cloth, / saw Tomas Castro.
He flung his coat back. The light of
the lanthorn under the keystone of the
arch glimmered feebly on the blade
of his manned arm. He made a dis
Greet and blood-curdling gesture to me
with the other.
How could 1 hold a man so that he
should be stabbed from behind my
arms? Castro was running up swiftly,
his cloak opening like pair of sable
wings. Collecting all my strength,
forced O'Brien round, and we swung
about in a flash. Now he had his
back to the gate. My effort seemed
to have uprooted him. / felt him
give way all over.
AS soon as our position had changed
Castro checked himself, and stepped
aside into the shadow of the guard
room doorway. I don't think O'Brien
had been aware of what had been go
ing on. His strength was overborne
by mine. ! drove him backwards.
His eyes blinked wildly. He barred his
teeth. He resisted, as if 1 had been
forcing him over the brink of perdi-
tion. His feet clung to the fiagstones.
l shook him till his head rolled.
Viper brood." he spiuttered.
"Out you go!" / hissed.
I had found nothing heroic, nothing
romantic to say-nothing that would
express my desperate resolve to rid
the world of his presence. All could
do was to fling him out. The Casa
Riego was all my world-a world full
of great pain, great mourning, and
love- ] saw him pitch headlong un-
der the wheels of the bishops enOr-
nous carriage. The black coaehman
who had sat aloft, Enmoved through
all the tufnult, In his white stockings
and three-cornered hat. glanced down
from his high box. And the two parts
of the gate came together with a
clang of ironwork and a heavy crash
that seemed as loud as thunder under
that vault.
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CHAPTER Vi.

NOT even In memory am ] willing to
live over again these three days when
Father Antonio, the old nnajor-domo,
and myself would meet each other in
the galleries, in the patio. in the empty
rooms, moving in the stiffness of the
house with heavy hearts and desolat te
eyes, which seemed to demand, What
is there to do y"
OF course, precautions were taken
against the Lugarenos. They were be-
s1eging the Casa from afar. They had
established a sort of camp at the end
OF the street. and they prowled about
amongst the old, barrieaded houses in
their pointed hats, in their rags and
nnery; women, with food, passed con-
stantly between the villages. and the
panic stricken town; there were
groups on the beach; and one of the
schooners had been towed down the
pay, and was lying now moored stem
and stern opposite the great gate.
Two enormous wax torches in iron
stands famed and guttered at the
door; black cloth draped the en-
blazoned shields; and the wind from
the sea, blowing through the open
easement, inclined. all together the
Hames of a hundred candles, pale in
the. sunlight, extremely ardent in the
night. The murnnur. of prayers for these
souls went on necessarily; I have it in
my ears now. There would be always
some figure of the household kneeling
IN prayer at the door; or the old major
donao would come in to stand at the
foot, motionless for time: or, through
the open door, / would see the casSock
OF Father Antonio, flung on his knees,
with his forehead resting on the edge
OF the bed his hands clasped above his
tonsure.
Next day Father Antonio was calmer.
To my trembling inquiries he said
something consolatory as to the blessed
relief of tears. When not praying fer
vently in the mortuary chamber, he
could be seen pacing the gallery in
severe aloofness of meditation. In the
evening he took me by the arm, and,
without a word led me up a narrow
and winding staircase. He pushed
small door, and we stepped out on a
fiat part of the roof, flooded in moon
light.
The points of land dark with the
shadows Of trees and broken ground
clasped the waters of the bay, with
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Where Mrs. Camp Acted as Nurse.

An early extension Of Gamage's busi-
ness premises in HolbOrn will demand
the sacrifice Of yet another old London
landmark, number of buildings, in
Guiding the Black Bull tavern, having
been acquired.
1t is in Martin Chuzzlewit' that
Charles Dickens introduces the tavern.
There it was that Mrs Camp relieved
Mrs. Prig at night in the nursing of Mr..
Lewsome, Mrs. Prig having informed
Bartholomew that ''the soberest per-
son going and the best of blessings in
a sick room Is Mrs. Gamp."-St. James
Gazette.
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SEATTLE UNIONS
ROAST DEMOCRATS

SEATTLE, Aug Resolutions
strongly denouncing the King county
Democrats for the resolution pa3se@
last Wednesday animadverting upon
the alleged non-enforcement of tie
factory act, were passed last night by
the West ern Central Labor Union OF
Seattle. The meeting was largely
attended, nearly every union in the
city being represented, and the reso-
lutions passed unanimouly.
1t was directly charged by the res
olutions, and as well by all the speak
ers, that the plank in the county
platform was in reality directed at
William Biackman, state labor COM
missioner, although nominally aimed
at the Republican state administra-
ton. 1t was proclaimed by the meet
ing last night that the object of the
plank was to injure Blackman's
chances for the nomination for lieu
tenant governor, and that it was in
spired by the friends OF q King cOun-
ty candidate for that oTtice, Van r.
Pierson.
Dudley G. Wooten also came in for
a liberal share of denunciation, the
old accusation being repeated that lie
urged the resolution in the county
convention in order tc grind out an
old grudge against Blaclllnan, whom
he blames for his failure to win an
action for damages
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NEW LANGUAGE
FOR ALL NATIONS

Ellis Molee, who is now living In
this city, has originated a plan which
has already aroused considerable at
tention, of reuniting all the Teuton1c
languages into one common mother
tongue. He has published two books
on the subject, the last one entitled
"Tutonish," having just been issued.
In this volume Mr. Molee gives a
thorough exposition of the propcSed
scheme and includes some samples
of the new, tongue, which make in
teresting reading to the student of
modern languages.
The idea of the friend of Tutonish
according to Mr.. Molee is to draw
up plan for a compromise language
of home Teutonic material and then
leave it to the press and to the in
fluential commercial and educational
interests in the world to persuade
their various governments to send
delegates of expert linguists to Ian
guage congress for the purpose of
definitely formulating a scheme for
the gradual introduction of the re-
united language.
Mr. Molee was formerly professor
of languages in the middle West.
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MRS. META DIXSON FALLS HEIR
To BIC FORTUNE IN AUSTRALI IA

BY a strange move of fortune, Mrs
Meta Dixson, focmer keeper of the
pantry at the Hotel Washington, and
now in charge of the Tacoma branch
of McCoy's Seattle flower store has
fallen heir to property valued at from
100000 to $1,G00,000. This hap
pened several weeks ago, but Mrs.
DiXson's modesty would not permit
her to make the matter public Some
of her friends, however, did some
talking, and the story of her good
fortune came out.
The story as told by her friends,
is romantic one.
When she was eighteen years of
age she met and married poor man
in Australia. The act so enraged her
brother, her only liYang relative, that
he disowned her.
They were both living in New zea-
land at the time, and although he
was rich he positively refused her
the door when one year later she
humbly returned a widow.
Discouraged but not disheartened,
this girl left her brothers home and
went to Melbourne. There she
worked to support herself. A little
more than a year ago she came to
this side of the Pacific. She went
to Seattle and secured employment
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at the Washington hotel. A short
time after going there she met Mrs.
Mccoy who runs a flower store on
Second avenue, Seattle, and went TO
work for Aer In two months she
become so proficient in handling the
flowers and gave evidence of so much
business ability that Mrs. Mccoy sent
her TO Tacoma to take charge OF Il
branch store.
When the first dispatch came, tell
ing Mrs. Dixson of her brothers de-
mise and that she had been made his
heir, she could not believe it. She
had not seen her brother in years,
and as she had heard but little or
him, she had no idea of the immen-
sity of his wealth Letters followed,
however, and she became convinced
that she was perhaps the richest wo-
man in the entire state.
There is no telling what the es-
tate is worth. 1t is known the bro
Their left $150,000 in life insurance,
200 pounds in money, two big
ranches, two gold mines in the heart
of the Australian gold fields, one big
coal mine, three hotels, one in Mel
bourne and two in Sydney, the world
renowned race track ncar Melbourne
and a stone building in that city re-
Gently erected at cost cf 800, 900.
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NEW YORK, Aug. John B.
Mcdonald, the contractor for the
cost colossal piece of engineering
work ever undertaken by man, has
made good" True to his promise
of several months ago, Mr. Melon
aid today turned the New York sub
way, complete in practically all OF
its details, over to the operating COM
pany. A few weeks will be spent
in running experimental Grains, and
on September l the finest and safest
system of rapid transit in the world
will be opened to the teeming mill
ions of New York.
Run Trains Mile Minute.
On that date 1,600 cars, driven by
100000 electric horsepower, will be
put in operation in the new subway,
and it will then be possible for the
New Yorker to travel from his home
in Harlem to the city hall or Brook
lyn bridge, a distance of nine miles,
in is minutes. The best time made
by the elevated railroads will be cut
in two.
Express trains will run at a speed
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MARKETS


Fresh ranch eggs have again
stifieEed and are now quoted to the
jGbbets at 81 and % cents. This
forces tne consumer to pay 30 cents
p@T doGen for thi2 product. 1t is ex-
gectad the price viii so still higher.
re. .'r.IG ss.nS n2sccs were quoted
~ TOE wholesale :ncI. 10 the jobbers
LH:e I0:GinE;
Eyss% ;;rGt E>roSisIons.
fresh Meat-Cow beef. SO SIC;
steer beef, co 64sc; veal, 7@Sc;
aogs, Tao SC; trimmed pork, 91a@
feI4c; muts0n. ewes, SC; wethers,
$50; ianbs. &C.
='>CY.AiC,As Hams, 12@ 13c; bel
:.es. 5.rala, 9@11kc; breakfast ba-
e,sN, 4sl40 13c.
Vegetables.
Yakima potatoes, white, $1.75;
red, $500; carrots, $1.00 sack; ruta-
bagas, soc SACK home grown cab
bage, 1920 California tomatoes, 81
crate; home grown tomatoes, $500
crate; radishes, I0c dozen punches;
head lettuce. 15c doz.; California red
onions, $3.50; Walla Walla Globe,
s1.35; green onions, loo dozen
bun Ches; rhubarb. &c Id; dry Chill
peppers, 25c Id; cucumbers, rs q SOC
When you're down town, visit the
Toe Store. $50
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horses will begin their vacation trips
this week There are 200 horses
affected
Yardmaster John Murphy Of the
stock yards company is the Pooh BAN
OF the district He was the only
skilled workman left in the COM
panys employ. A large consignment
of hogs was received. 1t Is neces-
sary to count them FIRST as they pass
through gate. The hogs we're IN
desperate hurry and for some UNI
known reason the new man assigned
to the job didn't know this, SO he
climbed down In their midst and be-
gan to count In spite OF all his ef-
forts the hogs wouldn't stand stilf
and be counted. The climax came
when orc pig. not a vegetarian. took
a nibble at the calf Of his leg The
new man quit his job and Murphy
had TO count them first, then weigh
them.
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STREET CARS y7EnG
OUT or BUSHES

Owing to a slight break in sG1ae o.
the machinery at Election yesSsc-
day the street car service was Jig
pended for about two hours. Pec2,e
going to and from the parks sIel-
tered and fumed and said all SORTS
of mean things about the railway
company Some of the cars on the
Spanaway line were caught out n
the country, where there was no
means OF finding out what the trou-
BILE was. There the delay was par
ticularly aggravating.
The delay nthe Spanaway and
Interurban lines was not of long
duration. On the other lines the
shutdown lasted from about
o'clock until nearly 3.
The greatest congestion occurred
at Ninth and C streets, where hun
dreds of people stood in the sun,
waiting for a chance to go to Point
Defiance park.
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TRAINS EMERGING FROM TUN-
MEL ONTO VIADUCT AT 122D ST,
away the rock 100000 pounds OF dy-
Mantle was used. The work has
been done by 1900 men. OF this
number, 1926 have lost their lives
through accidents, such as prema-
tue explosions, cave-ins and falling
stone.
Danger Reduced 10 Minimum.
Modern methods have been en-
ployed by the new road to an ex-
tent that reduces danger from acct
dents to the minimum. The third
rail which supplies the power, is COW
cred and the system is divided into
blocks of 500 feet. The signal sys-
tenn is so arranged that even should
a motorman drop dead at HIS post,
when danger signal was get against
an approaching train, it would be I'm
possible for the latter to run past II,
for the reason that the same mechan-
ism that displays the signal at the
same time shuts OFF the power and
prevents the train from moving an
other hundred feet.
Cars Are Fireproof.
Steel and copper are the principal
material used in the construction OF
the cars, making them as near fire.
proof as possible.
The inside of the tunnel is lined
with white enameled brick and light
ed throughout by electricity.
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THE BIG SHOW
ALMOST READY

The Mardi Gras will open in this
city tomorrow morning for six
days session. Everything is being
placed in readiness today for the in
auguration of the reign of Queen
Inez and for the events that are to
follow.
Tie festival will open Tuesday
with a parade which promises to be
elaborate. The grounds at Twenty
second and Pacific avenue are in
readiness and contain many novel
features.
Immediately after the parade the
queen will be crowned.
The week will be full of novel
things and the Mardi Gras grounds
will attract large crowds of people.
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OUTCOME OF
BIG BATTLE

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. IA
second dispatch FROM General Kuro-
patkin reports that the fighting
around Simucheng gradually ceased
Sunday evening. All the Russian po-
sitions had then been retained He
adds that no reports have been re-
ceived of the operations on the eX-
IRENE right.
The eastern main Russian army
retained It's position at Yenselin pass.
The Russian casualties have not
yet been ascertained
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COON D.A.'>y TCN ROATNEN

Yesterday was = busy Jay for the
bo&tu3cn on tHe GourG. From carly
morning u.ltii I2te at light every
small boat IN TIE harh5- wG5 busy
carrying passengers from Tacoma 20
Stones Landing. Three Tree point
and the cthCr re9orts rezr the city.
the regular cleaners a2sG carried
an unusually lsrge member cs Passer-
gers On their trips Gow0 the souud.
The day was 9 pIea"aat Gre for boat
ing ard a large nuwbev Of Tacoma
peoale took advantage 81 it.