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mo SMOKING
RULE A FAILURE

CHICAGO, Now 2.-The order
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FIRST trial OF abolishing smoking cars in
Chicago proving ineffective.
Train guards who reminded tho re-
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Clarence A. Knight. president OF the
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Inhnr Annlnnt cannon.

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Matohlna tha Gunner.

Now that tho hunting season is open.
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Saturday three young men from Ches
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

-
Horny stood staring at the accusatory
figure. sl-
the night Harry, as though suddenly
turned to stone, stood staring at the
aecusatory figure, with the eager form
of the evangelist behind it.
To the bishop 1t seemed the attitude
of guilt detected.
What was Harry Sanderson thinking
as under that speechless regard he
mechanically gathered the scattered
cards and lifted the little cross and the
unopened bag of double eagles from
the table? Where was the odd excite
ment, the strange exaltation, that had
possessed him? The spindles In his
brain had stiiled, and an algId calm
had succeeded az abrupt as the quiet,
deadly assurance with which his mind
now saw the pit into which his own
feet had led him.
He blew out the candle, replaced 1t
carefully IN It's altar bracket, made
shift to wipe the wax from the table
and slowly. half blindly and without a
word, went into the study. ~
The bishop came forward, drew the
key from the inside of the study door,
closed It ana locked It from the chapel
side. Harry did not turn, but he was
actually conscious Of every sound.
He heard the door shut sharply, the
harsh grate Of the key in the lock, and
the sound came to him like the last
sentence-the realization of a soul on
whom the gate Of the good closes for
ever.
In the dark silence of the chapel
Hallelujah Jones smote his thin hands
together approvinglyi as. be followed
the bishop to the outer door. There
!, the older man Iafd his hand on his
shoulder.
LET him that thinketh he stand.
eth" he said, take heed lest he fall!
Let not this knowledge be spread
abroad that It make the unrighteous
to blaspheme. q When you pray fol-
your own soul tonight pray for the
soul Of that man from whom Gods
face Is turned awayg
Something In the churchless evan.
gelist bowed to the voice of ecclesias
teal authority. He went without 9
word.
In the study Harry Sanderson stood
for a moment with the cards and the
I bag Of double eagles In his hand. Fl
nally he put the cards and the canvas
bag methodicaily into the safe and
closed 1t. Then he kneit by his desk
and said, Clearly and aloud to. that
cold, inner symbol Of consciousness II
his soul:
30 God, do not know If thou art
a. has been said. a seer of the good
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TIERS.

CHAPTER david Stires, deter
mined to ,disinherit his scapegrace son
Hugh in favor of his blind ward, Jes-
sica Holme, is dissuaded by the girl
and Rev. Harry Sanderson. The latter.
who resembles Hugh greatly. sowed his
wild oats with the younger Stires in
college, where he was known as Satan
Sanderson.''
" CHAPTER II.-Hugh returns and is
welcomed by his father. There is no
hope of Hugh's reformation, but Jes-
sica, deceived by her blindness. loves
him He plans to marry her.
CHAPTER Hillary lends him
money.
CHAPTER IV.-Jessica is to marry
Hugh, and a foreign surgeon is COM
ing to operate on her eyes. Jessica.
whose sight is restored is married to
Hugh, Harry officiating, although he
loves the girl. Immediately after the
ceremony Stires is informed that his
son has forged his name for $4,000.
CHAPTER Wary. sent upstairs
to bring Jessica to the old man, is mis-
taken by her for her newly welded hus-
band. He kissessher.
CHAPTER VI.--Hugh fees, and Jes-
sica. reproaches Harry for having led
him in evil ways in college. Stires signs
the will disinheriting Hugh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

~ and sharply. a rhythmic pulsing
sound began to annoy the quietude.
K-track, k-tracl, k-track-it grew loud
err; it grew more momentous and ma
terial; it irritated the calm that had
wrapped the animate universe. AS
though from an Unreasonable distance
he heard a low, continuous. roar and
now and again through the roar nearer
voices
Harry awoke. His mind awoke, but
hts eyes did not open at once, for the
gentle swaying that Graded him was
pleasant, and the mufiied claek and
hum soothed him like opium. He open
ed his eyes. 1t was daylight. He was
lying on dusty boards that ratified and
vibrated beneath him, the floor of an
empty freight car in motion. A small
brown dog: an abject. muddied and
shivering morsel. was Struggled close 10
his side. 1t whined as IL with joy TO
see his eyes opened. and its stubby tail
beat the floor.
Harry turned his head. Two men In
dingy Earments-.,were seated on the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

W. away. and. his audience
gone, he folded the camp stool. turned
OH the gasoline flare, shut down the
lid of his melodeon and trundled it up
the street.
AS he pushed up the street he came
to a great motor car standing at the
curb under the naples. There was no
nelin II, Ebut somewhere In its interior
muffied whirring throb beat evenly
like double metallic heart He
stopped and regarded it inquisitively.
A. rich mans property, to be sure!
;, He looked up. It was at the gate of
the chapel. No doubt it belonged to
the fashionable rector who had been
pointed out to him on the street the
day before. He remembered the young.
handsome face the stylish broadeloth.
, Yet it was a beautiful edifice that
wealth had built there for Christ He
saw dimly the stone angel standing in
the porch and. leaving his melodeon
on the pavement. entered the gate to
examine it. &
He noticed now q dim flicker that lit
one corner of the great rose window.
Moving softly over the cropped grass,
he approached. tilted one Of the hinged
panels and peered in. Two men were
there. behind the altar railing, seated
at the communion table.
Hallelujah Jones started back. There
on the table was bag of coin, cards
and counters. They were playing-he
heard the fall of the cards on the hard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

next Hugh boarded hts gold; he-t
staked the red wafers-each one day!t
He had won almost a thousand dollars. (
but the second bag had not yet been
opened, and the vampire intoxicaticn i
was running molten hot in his veins.
The untouched bag drew him as the
magnet mountain drew the adventure
GUS Sindbad-he could have snatched
It in his eagerress.
But the LUCK had changed. His red
counters diminished. melted. He would
soon have to draw on his real win /
nings. Cold beads of sweat broke on
his forehead.
/ Neither saw the face pressed against
| the aperture. Neither guessed the Wild
and terrible thoughts that were raging
through the mind of the solitary
watcher as he peered and peered.
Scarce knowing what be did. he clos
ed the panel softly ard ran across the
chapel lawn. On the pavement outside
he met a man approaching. 1t was the
bishop. The excited evangelist did not
know the man. but his eye caught the
ministerial dress, the plain. sturdy pi-
ETY. of the face. In his zeal he saw an
instrument to hfs hand. He grasped
the bishops arm.
"Quick! Quick" he gasped. There's
devil work doing in there. Come and
see!" He fairly pulled him inside the
gate. s
The puzzled bishop saw, the intense
excitement Of the others demeanor.
He saw the faint glow in. the corner of
the rose window. Were there thieves
after the altar plate?
He shook off the eager hand that was
drawing him toward the window.
"Not there. Come this way" he said
and hurried toward the porch He
tried the chapel door. 1t was fast. He
had key to this in his pocket. He in
serted it with caution, opened the door
noiselessiy and went in. the street
! preacher at his heels.
What the bishop saw was photo
graphed instantaneously on his mind
in fiery. indelible colors. 1t ate into his
soul like hot iron into quivering flesh,
soaring itself upon his memory. The
evangelist of the pave had been horri-
fed, shocked to word and action; the
bishop was frozen, inarticulate, i'm
paled For any evil In Hugh Stires he
was prepared-since the forgery. But
Hugh's companion now was the. man
whom he himself had ordained and
anointed by the laying on of hands
with the chrism of his holy ministry.
An irrepressible exclamation burst
from his lips.
With the sound both men at the ia.
5 BILE started to. their feet Hugh, with
r single glance behind him, uttering a
e wild laugh, leaped the railing. dashed
}. through the study and vanished into
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

floor Il little distance away thumbing q
decrepit pack Of cards over an empty
box. He could see both side faces. one
weather beaten and good humored, the
other crafty-knights of the read
The sudden movement had sent
momentary twinge to his temple He
put up his hand. 1t touched coarse
handkerchief TINT had been bound
tightly about it. The corner hung down
It was Soiled and stiff with blood
What was he doing there? Where was
he? Who was he?
1t came to him with q start that he
actually for the moment did not know
who he was-that he had ridlculously
slipped the leash of his identity He
smiled at his predicament. He would
lie quietly for few moments. and it
would come. OF course it would come.
Yet It did not come, though he lay
many moments, the fingers of his mind
fumbling for the latch Of the closed
door. He had walked perfectly well.
fCopfiuuad op papa Savenl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
lay. lived. for, deoency and for the

day, lived for, decency, and for the
righty'
Hugh's eyes were fastened on the
gold In Harry's fingers. Two thousand
dollars! II luck came his way he could
go far on that-far enough to escape
the nameless terror that pursued him;
in every shadow. Money against red
waters? Why. it was plenty II he won,,
and IL he lost he had staked nothing.
What fool Harry wasl
Harry saw the shrewd, calculating
look that came to his eyes. He caught
his wrist.
"Not here"' he said hoarsely. He
flung open the chapel door and pushed
him aside. He seized one Of the altar
candles, lit it with q match and stuck
1t upright in its own wax on the small
communion table that stood just in
side the altar rail, with the cards, the
red waters and the bags of coin. He
dragged two chairs forward.
Now" he said In q strained voice.
put up your hand-your right hand
and swear before this altar. on the
gamblers honor you boast Of. win or
lose, to abide by this camel"
Hugh shrank. He was superstitious.
The calculating look had fed. He
glanced half fearfully about him-at
Harry's white face-at the high altar
with Its vases Of August lilies; at the
great rose window. now a mass of
white. opaque blotches on which the
three black crosses stood out with
weird distinctness: at the lurking. I'm.
| lighted shadows in the corners. 81,
looked longingly at the gold. shining
yellow In the candle light. 1t fascinat
|. ed him.
| He lifted his hand. 1t was trembling
81 swear willr' he said iii stanl
by the cards. Harry. and for every da.
I you win I'll walk a chalk line, SO hell
me God.'
| Harry Sanderson sat down. He emp
| tied one of the bags at his elbow an,
pushed the box of waters across tn
table. He shuffled the cards swift
and cut
| "Your deal!' he said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

..Why did you tedue leave it?'
IT. Hugh touched
his parched lips with his tongue. Again
that nervous, sidelong look, that fear
full glance over his shoulder.
II had no money to work it. had
to i've. Besides. I'm tired of the whole
thing"
The backward glance, the look of
dread, were tangible tokens. Harry
translated them.
"You are not telling the truth" he
said shortly. What have you done?"
Hugh flinched. but he made sullen
answer: Nothing. What should
have done?"
''That is what am now inqufring
Of myself" said Harry. your face IS
a book for any one to read. see things
written on It. Hugh-things that tell
a story Of wrongdoing. You are
afraid
Hugh shivered under the regard. Did
his face really fell so much?
II don't care to he seen in town" he
said you wouldn't either. probably.
,inder the circumstances. His gaze
dropped to his frayed coat sleeve. In
his craven fear of something TINT he
dared not name even to himself and
in his wretched need he remembered
n night necebefore when he Ind sitiled
into town drunken and soiled to lux
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07


ravaged like nicked blade. Dissipa
ton, exposure. shame and unbridled
passion had each set its separate seal
upon the handsome countenance.
Hugh's clothes were shabby genteel
and the old Sinking grace of wearing
them was gone. A thin beard covered
his chin, and his shifty look. as he
turned it first OH Harry and then nerv-
ously over his shoulder. had in it
hunted dread.'>a dogging terror. con-
slant and indefinable. From bad to
worse had been swift descent for
Hugh Stires.
The wave of feeling ebbed. Harry
drew the window, curtains, swung a
shade before the light and motioned to
the chair.
'.sit down." he said.
Hugh looked his old friend in the
face a moment; then his unsteady
glance fell to the white carnation in
his lapel as he said, II suppose you
wonder why have come here"
Harry did not answer the implied
question. His scrutiny was deliberate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

q rocket behind 1t, plunged heavily
over the rim of the blur into the river.
A moment later the deep black wa
tiers, Of '.the hole" had closed above
the mass Of sentient steel. The swift
current had smoothed away every
trace of the strange monster 1t had en-
quilted, and there by the side Of the
track, huddled against the broken sig
nal post. his clothing piastered with
mud and CRIME, motioniess and with
nasty cut. on the temple, lay Harry
Sanderson.
A long, saturating peace, q deep and
drenching darkness. had folded him.
Duly at frst. at length more fnsistent-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

that is in the bad, and of the bad that
is in the good, and 4 lover of them
both. But I know that l am in u
final extremity. l can no longer do
my labor consistently before the world
and before thee. If am delivered it
must be by some way Of thine own
that cannot conceive, for 1 cannot
help myself. Amen" -
He rose to his feet, mechanically
put on Il coat that was lying on q
chair-IIugh's coat. but lie did not no.
tice this-and bareheaded passed out
to the street The motor car stood
there He took his place in the for
ward seat and threw on the power.
Barking joyousiy, RuIimy, the brown
spaniel. tore out of the gate, but his
master did not stop. The little crea-
ture pursued the moving car, made u
frantic leap to gain his seat. but MISS
ed. and the huge armored wheel struck
and hurled him to the gutter.
Harry did not hear the sharp yelp
Of pain. His hand was on the lever,
pushing 1t over. over, to its last notch.
and the great mechanism. responding
with a leap sped away, faster and
faster, through the night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

wood, saw the
CLEAN Of a gold
piece, the smear
Of melted wax
marring the pol.
ished oak. The
reddish glow Of
the candle was
reflected on the
players ia Is.
They were gam
bling! At Gods
holy altar and
on Christ's ta-
bic! Who would
dare such a prof
anation?
He craned his
neck. Suddenly
he gave a smoth-
cred cry. The
player facing
him he recog-
niEed-itwas the
vsA>k~-
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Observation-Disclosures

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ridge of the rail-
road track, the
forward axle
caught an iron
signal post, and
the great motor
car, its shntter-
ed lamp jlngling
like a gong, its
pistons thrust.
ing in .nidair,
Lcureu Ou. tWO
wheels, hurting
its occupant ont
like a pebble
thrown from q
sling, half turn
ed and. leaving
a, trail Of sparks
like the tall of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

critical and in
curing. What
have you been
doing the last
year, he asked
"A little of ev-
cry thin g." re-
piled Hugh. ~
ran a bucket
shop with Mo-
reau In Sacra-
II G II I o I o r
awhile. Then l
went over in the
mining country.
/ took up n
claim at Smoky
NJ o u n t a | n.
That's W ort b
som ething or
may be some
time"
why did you
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Chapter 10

-! I'VE miles through the
:: 8. :: g: :: :; :: 9: =: ::
theroad bent to theb bluff
above the river to pass the skeleton
railroad bridge. But Harry knew mel
Their place nor time. He was conscious
only, OF motion-swift, swailew-iike. ir-
resistible-this and the racing pictures
In his brain steneiled on the blur Of
night that closed around him. These
pictures came and went-the last revel
Of the saints when he was Satan San
derson, Hugh sneering ut his calling,
Jessica facing him with unbandaged
eyes, Hallelujah Jones preaching on
the street corner.
Something in Harry's brain seemed
ito snap. A tiny shutter, like that of a
camera, fell down. His hands dropped
from the steering wheel, and, swaying
In his seat, he began to sing in voice
made high and uneven by the speed of
the car:
Palms of victory!
Crowns of glory,
+ Palms Of victory shall wearr'
He sang but the three lines, fos
suddenly the car left the road, the In
fated tires rcbounded from the steel
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Chapters
.

ALLELUJAH J O n Z S
had finished his labor
for the night. The
crowd had grown res
tive and finally melted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
Chapter 8

IT K AIRY SANDERSON
stared at the uppari-
No. : ton with strange
k<S feeling, like rising from
SAEI@ the dead. The aristo-
SS-S In fa.,t