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a pair OF determined feminine hands
and he was running along in the rear
Of the car he had recently been driv-
ing, trying his best TO overtake the
runaway lie had about as much
show Of accomplishing this feat as
two-year-old child would stand 10
catch "A confirmed old bachelor whom
the child had claimed as a paternal
relative. The car was now making
record and 1t wasn't a record for
sIowness or caution either. But bar
ring the shocks 10 some Of the other
passengers nerves. and the debris Of
few wagons scattered along the way,
the flight 10 Forty-ninth street was,
professionally. entirely successful.
When Mrs Chichester first took the
lever from the motOrman, and with
gentle heave. showed him from the
platform OF the car. before he could
recover. sufficiently from his surprise
"a. put up a hght, there was a large
fat woman sitting very near the front
platform. II Is a peculiar IN ng that
when a woman cen give an elephant
cards and spades and beat The animal
out IN embonpoint. she is either as
stolid as she Is solid or else she Is
bundle OF nerves that would make
telephone switchboard in a thunder
storm look like thirty cents. This
particular woman belonging 70 the lat
ter class When she saw Mrs. Chides-
ter give the lover a yauk and felt the
car jump forward as though Il were
pebble IN a catapault. the fat one
gave a little yeIp like a fox terrier and
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Now were In for IT," yelled Larry.
and the twelve men. in close order,
came running across tho ice toward
the shore.
open order. and fau back slowly
toward the house" 7 commanded. And
We deploved from the boathcuse. while
the attacking party stu clunE togsth-
era strategic error. as Larry assured
us
stay together. lads. Don't separ-
ate, youu get lost If you do" he yell
cd
Stoddari bade him keep stu. AMI
we soon had our hands fun with a pre-
limina~y skIrmish Moreau-s line ID
varCed wsrI.y. Davidson. tho drr.r-
tive seemed disguised az Morgan
tactics. openly abused th- caretake-.
and ran ahead of his column. revolver
ta hand bearing down upon Larry.
who held our center.
The ElElishuln's haste vas his u--
doing The light faU n snow a few
d7ys before had gathered DO the ntt,a
h6llowz of the wood deceptirely. The
detective plunged into one ns these and
fell sprawliug on all fourz-a calamity
that caused his comrades 10 rauS. 1u-
easily. Larry was upon lis enemy ...
nash, wronched his pistol away and
pulled the man 20 his feet
'Ah, Davidson, There's many a slim
Move. If YOU dare and III plug Won
with your own gun" And he stood
behind the man. using him rs "a shield
while Morgan and the rest of the army
hung near the hoathouse uncertainty.
It's the strategic intellect we've
captured, general" observed Larry 20
me. You see the American invaders
were depending en- British brains
Morgan nov acred on the hint we
had furnished him and sent his men
CUT as Sk.rnishers. The loss Of the
detective had undoubtedly staggered
The caretakcr and we were slowly re-
treating towai d the house. Larry with
one hand ON the collar of his prisoner
and the other grasoing the revolver
with which he poked the man fire.
ouentiy i'm the ribs. We slowly con
tinued our retreat. fearing a rush
Which would have disposed % fs easily
enough if N0rgau.s company had
shown moro of a fighting spirit Stod-
dard' S presence rather amazed them.
! think and i saw that the invaders
Kept away from his end of the line
We were far apart. stumbling over the
snow-covered earth and calling to one
another now and then that we might
not become too widely separated.
Davidson did not relish his capture by
the man he had followed across the
ocean, and he attempted once 10 roar
a command to Morgan.
Try il again" ] heard Larry ad-
monish him. TRY that once more. and
The Sod. God bless it, viii never feel
the imprint of your web-feet again. Co.
He turned the man about and rushed
him toward the house. the revolver
stil serving as prod. His speed gave
heart 10 the wary invaders immediate
ly behind him and two fellows urged
and led by Morgan charged our line at
a smart pace.
"Bol, for the front door, I called TO
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white and cleaning under the sun. I
felt unutterablv lonely and heart-sick,
and tired of strife. II seemed a thou
sand years ago that I had walked and
talked with the child Olivia; and ten
thousand years more since the girl in
Gray at the Annandale station had
waEensd in me a higher aim. and
qgickeucI a better impulse than I had
ever known.
Larry Toared my name through the
lower floors. ] vent down with no
wish in my heart but 20 even matters
with Pickering and be- done With my
GrandfltHeT's legacy forever
The sEegin and Morgan have gone
back toward JEe lake. reported Larry
They've gone 90 consult their chief"
/ said. Il wish Pickering WoulG lead
his own battGlious. II would give social
prcsusc 10 the night"
ban. g-ese women" And Larry
tore NAe corner from "a cartridge b0N.
SJod1ard, with "a pile OF clubs with
in retch. las ON his back on the long
leather couch, placidly reading his
Greek Testament. Bates. for the first
time since my arrival. seemed really
nervous and anxious. He pulled a sill
Yer watch from mis- pocket several
times, something had never seen him
do before. He leaned against the ia
ble. looking strangely tired and worn.
and I saw him start norvOusly as he
felt Llrrys eyes on him.
81 think. sir. ID better take another
look az the outer gates" he remarked
TO me quite especially.
His disturbed air aroused my old an
tGgonisn. Vas nc playing double IN
the matter2 Did he seek now an eX-
cUse for conveying some message 10
the enemy?
"Youu stay where you are I said
shErpl-. ard I found myself rcsucssly
lingering nay revolver
Very good sir, and the hurt look
I'm his eve stouched me.
"Bates>is all right" Larry declared.
with an emphasis that was meant to
rehuke ne.
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and felt Sr0ddard pause IN his S.-
zsrtic stride 70 throw himself be-
tween me and the pursuors.
sprint for il hot he called very
co0IIv, as though 1e were coaching
me- ln a contest Of the most amiable
SORT imaginable
"Gsr away from those guns. 7 pant
cd. aUEersd by the very Eenerosit~ Of
his defense.
"Fe.1r for the front sr1rs-ce and
then run for the terra Pc and the
library door" he commanded. as ne
crossed the little ravine bridge
They've got us headed off,
Twice the guns Doomed behind us,
and twice J saw shot cut into the
snow about mo
I'm an right" called St7ddard re-
7szurirr.v. still at my back. They're
not a bit anxious - XIII me-
Z was AZ the t0o of my speed now.
bur the Crer~vm1n kept close at my
heels was blowing hard. but ne
made equal time with perfect ease.
The sheriff was having orders 10
his forces. who awaited us before the
front door Bates and Larry were not
visible but 7 had every confidence
..laI the @aIffHf-| T. F~.'H.at= --- pear -.t
the fight al the earliest moment posi-
bic. Bates. too. was 20 be reckonCd
with. and the final struggle If IL came
to the house itself. might not be so
unequal providing we knew the full
strength of the enemy.
Vow for the sherif-here We E0.'
cried Srodda-d-besida ue-snd we
were close 20 the fringe of trees that
shielded The entrance Then off we
were suddenly ~ the left close upon
the terrace. where one 0f the French
windows was thrown open and Larry
and Bates stepped out. urging Us on
with lustv cries
They caught rs av tne arms and
dragged us over where the balustrade
was lowest. and We crowded through
the door and si7mmed IT, AS Bates
snapped the bolts Norgan's party dis
charged its combined artillery and the
sheriff began a great Clatter at the
front door.
"GeutIeme0. we're En- state Of
siege" observed Larry. filing his pipe
Shot 0attered on the walls and sew
eral p7ues of glass cracked I'm the
French windows
"AlTe tight below, sir" reported
Bates. 'T thought it best TO leave the
tunnel trap open for our own use.
Those fellows won't come in that way
it's too much like a blind alley
Where's YOUR prisoner, Larry"
Potato cellar quite comfortable,
tbanFs'"
tt was 10 o'clock and the besio-ers
eu16erlv withdrew short distance for
parIev among themselves. Outside the
sun shone brightly; and the sky vas
never bluer. I'm this moment Of
respite. while we made ready for what
further the day might bring forth. !
climbed up to the finished tower 10
make sure we knew the enemy's fun
strength. ] could sec over the tree
tops. beyond the chapel tower. the
roofs of ST Aeathas. There. at least,
was peace. And in that moment. look
ing over the black wood, with the
snow lying upon the ice of the lake
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on end. metaphorically speaking. So
she spoke a few sharp words about
polittness being an excellent thing in
this life and then again requested
that motorman run little faster. The
car at this time was just dawdling
along, and even the other passengers
began 10 sit mp and wonder why they
were not making better speed.
The mot0rmau was No. 5l5. lie had
his own yi,ws about running trolley
cars iu HdlSrcd street. Besides, he
Vas a little ahead of schedule. anyway.
and wanted % Kill time. lie was.
therefore. not as deeply impressed with
The Evergreen Park story as ne
might have been, So he continued 10
take his time and ignored Mrs Chi
deste..
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CHAPTER XIV.
Besleged.

Tt was Q o'clock. A thermometer ON
the terrace showed The mercury cling
ing stubhornly to Il point above zero,
but the stul air was keen and st5wu-
latmg. and the sun argued for good
cheer in "a cloudIc=s sky. We had sw1l-
lowed some breakfast. though / be-
lfeye no one had manifested am apDe-
tile. and We were cheering ourselves
with the idIeSt telk possible. st1aalrd,
who had hegn 10 Tho chapel for his
usual Z O'Clock service. was deep I'm The
pocket Greek Testament he alWays
carried
Bates ran IN 90 report summons at
the outer wall and LARRY and I went
together To answer It. sending Bates
10 keep watch toward The lake.
our friend the sheriE, with deputy
was outside i'm a buggy Tie stood up
and talked 90 MS over the wall
you gents understand that I'D only
doing my duty. It, an unpleasant
business bur the court orders me t'
eJvct all trespassers on the premises.
and I've got to do it,
The law is being used by an in-
famous sc1undTel to protect himself ]
don't intend 10 give i'm. We can hold
out here for three months. lt neces-
sary, and I advise YOU 10 keep away
and not be made a tool for a man like
Pickering"
The sheriff listened respectfully, rest
ing his arms on TOD Of the wall
You ought To understand, AIr Glen
arm. that I ain't the court; m the
sheriff. and it's noI Tor me 10 pass on
these questions. I've got my orders
and I've got to enforce 'em, and hone
YOU will not make Do necessary for me
TO use violence. The judge said 10 me.
We deplore violence n such cases.
Thoso were his honor's very words
You may give his honor my compli-
ments and tell him that We are sorry
not 20 see things his way. but there
are points involved in this business
that he doesn't know anything about
and we. unfortunately, have no time to
Law them before him"
The sherms seeming satisfaction
with his position on the wall and ais
disposition TO parley had begun 10
arouse my suspicious and Larry sew
cral times exclaimed impauently at
The absurdity of discussing my affairs
with a person whom he insisted ON
calling a constable to the sherins
evident annoyance. The officer ROW
turned upon him.
You. sir.-we've got our eve ON YOU.
D and YOU'D better come along peaceable
Laurance Douovan-the description fits
you 10 t."
You could buy a nice farm with that
reward. couldnt { YOU began Larry.
bat at that moment Bates ran toward
US calling loudly
They're coming across the lake
sir, he reported, ana Instantly the
sherifs head disappeared. and as we
ran toward the house we heard his
horse pounding down the road toward
St. Agatha's $.
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..TEa Iaw be damned They don't
intend % come in here hy the front
door as matter OF laW" said Larry.
.'Pleker.aa's merely using tna sheriff
rp.cire rfsuectshIitv 60 his mgueuyers
for those notes and tha rest rf H.
To was no time for discussion of
motives. We ram across the meadow
past The water tower and through the
wood down t1 the boat house rar
out ON the lake we srw Ea.5 dozen
mon aurr1achirE the Gleuarm grounds
They advanced steadily over the light
snow that law upon the ice. one man
slightly ln advance and evidently the
leader
'Tf= 2Torz7U.' exclaimed Bates
and there's Ferguson"
Larry chucE.ed and slapped his
thfeh
observe that stockv Tt'Ie devil just
behind tna leaIer2 He's MY friend
from Scotland Yard Iads' this IS
really an international affair.
.Eat=s. 60 back 10 rE- house and
call a. any Sign of attack [ ordered
.-The eherffs loose somewh- re-.
And Pickering is dirseIinr his
forces from af7r" TcmarEcd Stod-
dard.
ct count ten men In Norgan's line.
said Larry. "and the sherI1 and ms
deputy make two more. That's twelve
not counting Pickering that we know
or ON the other s.do.'
'Eyaru them away before they got
much nearer suggested Stoddard.
we don't want to hurt people if we
can help it"-and M this : went TO
the end of the pier. Morgan and his
men were now quite near and there
was no mist1king their Intentions.
Most Of them carried guns, the others
r-voIvers and long ice-hocEs
Morgan" 7 called holding up my
hands for truce. eve wish YOU no
harm but ff YOU enter these grounds
YOU do So at your peril"
.-N-c're an sworn donutv sheriffs.
called the caretaker. smoothly I'VE
have got the law behind us
"That must be why you're coming
i'm the hack way" 7 replied.
The thick-sot man whom Larry had
identified as the English detective now
came closer and addressed me in
high KEY.
GIeuarm You'd better give him up
The American law supports me, and
you'u get yourself i'm trouble if you
protect that man. You may not un-
derstand sir. that he's very dan
gerous character
Thanks. Davidson called Larry.
You'd better keep out Of this You
know I'm "a bad man with the shilla-
Iah--'
THAT YOU are. You blackEuard.'
yelled the officer. so spi.efully that We
an laughed,
"They are not going to kill anybody
if they can help it," remarked Stod-
dard. "any more than we are. Even
deputy sheriffs are not turned loose
10 do murder. and the Wapana coun-
~ court wouldn't If t hadn't been
imposed on by Fickering, lend itself
to a game like this"
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after casting one despairing glance at
the Evergreen Park train. and was
taken away 10 the stock yards police
station.
The motorman. who looked some
what as though he had been crowd
ing an elephant and was minus bits
of skin here and there, told his story
10 the police sergeant in charge and
declared that she was a mad woman
possessed with the strength Of seven
men and that she ought 10 be put be-
hind the bars. Mrs. Chidester was
calm. that is as calm as could be eX-
peeted of any woman under these try
ing circumstances. She told the ser
Eeaur that she had only wanted 10
catch uer train and that the motor
man had apparently entered into
conspiracy with himself 20 keep her
from accomplishing this laudable OBJ
1err.
Iu the end Mrs. Chidester convinced
.aa sergeant thar she was not insane.
that she was only an erring woman.
and De let her off. much 10 the disgust
Of the mOtoTman. He didn't know
what else 10 do with her for he had
never had a case just like this before.
But she missed her train.
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CONTINUED from NInth Pase)

/ did. She even turned, with pretty
courtesy. TO hold the light for me at
the crypt steqs-a service that j ac-
cautad perforce and with joyleSs ac-
ouiosceuce I'm the irony of it. / kne"
that I did not believe I'm her; her con-
duct as TO Pickering was utterly indie
fensibIe-I could not forget that; but
the Hght of her eyes, her tranquil
brow. the sensitive lips, whose mock
e~v stung and pleased iu "a breath
hv such testimony my doubts we're al-
ternateIy rc-euforced and diSarmed,
swept 10y these changing moods I fol-
lowed her ont into the crypt.
You seem TO know a good deal
about this place. and 7 suppose ] can't
object TO YOUR fami'iauzins yourself
with your own property And the
notae-TU give myself rhe pleasure of
handing them TO Tou tornr.T ow. You
can cancel them and give them r. 81.
PIcEerlng-a pretty pledge between
,.ourr
J thrust my hands into my pockets
90 give am Impression Of ease I did not
feel
eyes" she remarked I'm O practical
tone "three hundred and twe1.v thou
sand dollars is no mean sum of money
SIT Pickering viii undoubtedly be de-
l.erted to have his debts "auCcled-"
"Tn exchange for a life OF devotion.
=reered. $50 you knew tn, sum
tho eylrt amount of these notes. He
HASN'T served Won well. ne snould have
told you that we found them today
"You are not nice, ara sou. SqLi'a
C1-u7rm. when YOU are Cross2"
she was Ike Olivia now. 7 Falt the
utter futlity of attempting 10 reason
with woman who could become
child no Will She walked up the steps
and ont into the church vesubu-s.
Then before the outer door she spoke
with decision
1--WE part here. if YOU r.-ase, Ar.d
II have not the slightest intention Of
trying 90 explain my erraud into shat
passage You have jumped 10 your
own conclusion. which viii have 10
serve you. D advise YOU NOT to think
very much about ito the exclusion
Of more important business-square
Glenarm,'
She lifted the lantern To turn out its
light. a-d it made glory of her face.
but she paused and held it toward me.
Pardon mo- You VIII need this TO
light you home"
''Rut YOU must not cross the park
alouct-
Good night, Please he sure to close
tho door ta the paszage when YOU E.
down You are g dfe1dWlly hcedloss
person, Squire GIen4rm."
She flung "nen the outer chapel door,
and ram along the path toward ST.
AE8thH's ] watched her in the star
light until bend m The path hid her
sWiff-Wuv.ns figure.
Down through the passage I hasten
Cd her lantern Hsht.ue my way. At
the Door If BrWldcrmeut I closed the
opening. setting up The line OF wall as
We left 1T iH thc afternoon, and then 7
went back to The library. freshcneI
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Killing Time.

At Forty-drst street the car stopped
O. allow teamEtey 10 make up his
mind whether hc was going to get Of
the track uT not Apparently. upon
Hrst sight. The teamster had no iutou-
t0u of moving from the comfortable
rails 10 tHa Joltv c0hblestoues. when
the motrrm1n tangled his ben the
driver looked back and Wiaked. where
~ the motorman< smiled instead "f
swr.rInZ. ass amy right-mindcd motor
man shouId have done. He was ahead
OF uls schedule. and when d motor
man gets ahead of his schedule moth
Ing can really worry him into going
faster than suaIs pace. He VIII
see imaginary humps iu the track
that require a sudden slowing down,
fire runs. no walCh The law requires
an cars 20 stop. coop ur dt yve~y
street corner in most bcwidering
manner And when these signs fan
him hc win sec enough imaginary pas
seueerz 10 800 three or four cas- aud
stop for them au with 1n entirely un-
imaginary jerk Of the brake.
Mrs CHidcsfe- grew nervous bat re-
strained hers1f with fair success
When the rr4msfa- finally Iazily drew
to one side and allowed the car 90 pass
her face frightened somewhat with
that hope which springs eternal in the
human breast Tho encouragement
was. however. short lfved.H AT Forty
third street it took two old men a lit
tIc longer to get uu the car than seem
ci entirely right md proper. and it
was aU Mrs ChlJestrr could do 10
keep herself from urging them to
'-tar lively" Sha couldn't stand the
strain with folded hands. so she went
out ON the front platform % further
impress upon the motrrma1 the inn
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he had very little time to spare and told the
mOtorman so. And when, after many ex-
asperating delays he laughed at her anxiety,
she hurled him off the platform, took the lever
in her own fair hands, smashed all records for
speed on the line lin addition to a few wagons
in charge of prOcrastinatng drivers, landed
herself in unsympathetic police station
and missed the train
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had Just five minutes 10 get To the
house where you We're expected TO
dine. or when You had just ten minutes
to catch a train. and there was suu
twenty blocks 10 go?
Did YOU ever request the motorman
in your poiitest manner to get a move
on the car that would enable the
chance passers in the street 10 realize
the car was not a fixture in tho land
scape?
IT'S an easy bet that YOU VIII answer
the first question in the affirmative
You may not be the hurrying kind. but
lust the same you've seen the time
when YOU were IN a hurry. II You
have lived I'm any American town big
enough 10 have electric lights and "a
departmout store YOU win also answer
the second question affrmatively. But
the answer to the third question de-
ueuds entirely upon your own tempera-
meut-which is the new word for tenn
Per.
There was "A woman In Chicago the
other day who was in a hurry. She
knew she was I'm a hurry and the
motorman on whose car she was
travelling knew she was in a hurry for
she told him. The trouble arose from
the ract that the motorman allowed
that it was TO private automobile he
was running, and told her that he did
not care a continental V-.ether she
was IN a hurry or not
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Running Cars Was His Profession

Notormau No 5lG distinctly told his
passengers ta a rather nasty. impcr-
s0Ual tone that running cars was his
vice
AIRS. Chidostar was now furious. She
told the other passengers In the car
that she was Eour re "Ee- so. 5l6s
Sob it it took her "a month NEere1t
the mat0-mau gave her h0ar5r laugh
and slowed down "a little.
Then before the w0torman realized
what had happened. his lever was in
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stood by and urged him on. The car
was stopped and the fat woman came
to enough % Weep a flood Of tears
The tram for which Mrs. Chidgsrer
had put zap such a valiant fish, Was
just steamiug into tae station and she
made a wild leap To run for ir. But
the conductor had achieved O. strsn-le
hold on some part Of her clothing and
though there was O. sound of ripping.
she couldn't quite get away.
NO. you don g. said the conductor.
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SDeedg, Spectacular and Specific.

The woman was Mrs S. H. Chides-
ter. of Evergreen Park. which is one
of the suburbs of Chicago. and she
n1rved that she was speedy, spectacu-
lar. and specific, If not cautious, when
fr comes TO arguing such questions
with men, .'horrid men," with whom
she immediately classed the motor
man. Like most women she had her
yysv fn -he end. but her methods were,
% saw the least. unusual.
Airs. Uhidester came into Chicago
early in the morning TO visit some
friends who live near the stock yards.
The recent stories in the newspapers
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CHAPTER XVI.
The Fight in the Library.

They. re coming faster this time. 10
remarked Stoddard.
Certainly. Their general has been
cursing them right heartily for re-
treating without the loot. lie wants
his three-huudred-thous dollar au-
toSraph collection" observed Larry
..Whv doesn't he come for il him
self. like a MANI 1 demanded.
Like A man. do YOU say" ejacu-
lated Larry. Faith and YOU fiatter
that fat-head,'
Tt was nearly II o'clock when the
attacking party returned after a par
ley on he ice beyond the boat-house.
The four Of as were on the terrace
ready for them, They came smartly
through the wood. the sheriff and
Morgan slightly i'm advance of the
others ] expected them to slacken
their pace when they came 10 the open
meadow. but they broke into quick
trot at the water tower and came to-
ward the house as steady as veteran
campaigneTs.
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On TO the P0HCe Station.
Mrs. Chidaster saw that she was OUT
numbered A policeman had arrived on
the scene and the uotorman was
struggling nap from The rear. Therefore
she res lEued herself 10 the inevitable,
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.'To. come along 10 the station house
You don't think you're going 10 steal
"a trolley car in broad daylight and get
away with the Iab do y0u-'
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the fire and brooded before IT uurI
Bates clme 10 relieve me az dawn.
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(To Be Continued Next Sunday.)
A u q uSt IL. 1906