The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

which they had come. The solemn music sounded again and Wilm fAlke lay listening to 1t till if became faint CT and fainter and at last merged w1th the roar of the surf.
 Wilm Fake made one last furious ef- fort to release himself from the hide. At last he succeeded in freeing one arm and thus could loosen the bonds. With out looking around. he raced home ward. where he found Kaspar 9trumpf lytpg unconscious on the floor.
 He wept with joy when he was re. suscitated and saw his friend alive be- fore him. But his joy vanished when ne heard what Fake proposed to do
 would dive into hell itself." said Fake. rather than to see these naked walls and drag through this wretched existence. Follow me or not-I goi's
 He snatohed torch, steel and finder and rope and hurried away. RaspaS hurried after him. but was left far penipd- When he reached the cavern or steenfoii. Wiim was preparing to lower himself through the ffssufe~ Finding that. his companion was de- termfned. he followed him, and both stood on the platform of rock above the boiling surf
 Fake ordered him to hold the rope. With mighty efforts. which only mad dened desire and blind mania could have made possible, he ciambered down the almost sheer walls of tho cave till he found foothofd directly over the widest whirlpool.
 He peered Into the foam and tho sucking currents. Suddenly he dropped the torch. dfved headlong and disap- peared. strumpf gave him up for lost but he rose from the depth, snatched at the rock and hoisted small chest to it. He broke 1t open and disclosed mass of gold coins.
 Strumpf begged him piteousiy to bs content with his find, but ralke was wild with desire and excitement He cried that this was only the beginning of his treasures.
 Again he dived into the hidden sea. kaspar sank to his knees, for he was certain that terrible peal of laughter had sounded at that instant from the water. Despite his terror he chamber cd iownward as far as he could and held the rope in readiness for his oon,- panion. but Wilm Fake did not emerge rom the black abyss again.
 He was not seen more by human eye.
 Kaspar strumpf went home at last, but he never was the same man again. The terrible experiences that his weak brain and sensitive heart had suffered turned his mind. He allowed all his poseseions to fall Into ruin and wan dered about day and night. starine ahead without seeing anything. His acquaintances pitiedS him, but feared him. too. for that which he had sean. He became q lonely man. avoiding mankind and avoided by t.
 There fell wild night at last on the Scottish islands. A fisherman caught by the storm was driven ashore near the cavern of, Hteenfcli
 When he reached the village he was pale and disheveled and told weird story. He had seen the Carmslhan beat into the storm and drive at last against the cliffs of Stsenfoil. Then he had seen the passengers ana crew move solemnly along the shore; and in the gleam of the lightning he had recognized Wilm Fake among them.
 That night Kaspar Strumpf .iisap- peared All search failed to discover the least trace Of him; but the Carmil- han appeared regularly after that among the cliffs of the cavern of Steen- foll. whenever storms troubled the rest of the dead in tho deep. And the fishermen who were so unIucky as to see it. declared that they saw Kaapar Strumpf by the side of Wflm Falko among the crew of the ghostiy vessei. %. NEXT SUNDAYS QNE-PAGE CIA9- SIC WILL BE saTHE CL0rsTER AND THE HEARTH." By sCHARLEs