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CHAPTER XXI
The Light in the Tower

The night was propitious for the
adventure. Banks of black clouds OBJ
scured the stars and the moon was
yet far below the horizon. New York
was asleep beneath blanket of fog,
all unconscious that drama so
medieval was being enacted at her
doors. The play houses had turned
out their throngs of thirsty
men and women and the little play
dreams and tragedies were over
Many times Van Tasel had remarked
to Fosdick that New Workers thought
the only romance available was bogus
romance-pictured for them on the
theater boards. In their own lives,
and in the lives of New Workers
aronud them, they saw nothing but
prosaic humdrum.
To Van Tasel the whole world was
romantic. He had lived in romance
all his life. He had found it where
others saw nothing but tresome
routine.
Yet no such drama as that of the
present had come to him. 1t seemed
almost too much to believe of even
New York, with all its possibilities
1t would not have greatly surprised
him if he had awakened to find that
the princess was but a myth of his
nights fancy and the king an ogre
to vanish with the dawn
New York was sleeping, as the He'll
Diver, with all outer lights extin-
guished and scarcely making a ripple,
neared the black cliffs of Uranium.
Below decks, however. where spies on
the shore could not penetrate, the boat
was aglow with energy and anima-
tion. The brass of the engines gilt
tered like gold and the deep red glow
of the fires spoke of dormant power,
a power that would soon be needed
in the swift flight across the Atlantic
with the Princess Lucretia. Just now
the stokers, in spick and span jumpers
and overalls, were taking their ease,
but it would not be long that they
idled. Before the clock had gone round
again they would be working and
sweating like fiends at the fires of
hades. And they would have no rest
until the He'll Divers anchor touched
the bottom of the sea off Middledam.
Such, at least, We're some of Van
TaseFs reflections as he and Fosdick
sat smoking their pipes in the cabin.
Fosdick, now that he was in for the
exploit, was gay over it. To cross the
Atlantic with a runaway princess was
an adventure not to be sneezed at
and the spirit of the thing had hold
of his veins. He had seen Lucretia
only at a distance as yet but he had
spent half his nights listening to Van
Tasel rave over her.
Ben" said Van TaseL as the cap
tain on the bridge took the boat up
the Hudson. I'm inclined to believe
that you intend to betray me. Damn
me, Fosdick, If | don't think you in
tend to marry the princess yourself!'
Fosdck smoked his pipe COM
placently.
Since you admit that you are out of
the race" he retorted. whats to pre-
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vent? Two fellows can't marry her
and as long as you don't care to be
king of LuXembrant, | might as well
be"
Van Tase had struck a match to
light his pipe, but he held it in his fin
gers until it burned him. while he
froWned at his chum.
Il am out of the race" he said; "true
enough. So are you-so is Leander
The terms of my compact with Lu-
cretia are these that we are both to
forget that such a thing as love exists
in the world. If the queen forgets her
VOW, then am | not absolVed from
mine AS soon as any other fellow gets
into the race, | shall be in it again,
So be careful how you make love to
the princess on the way over, Fosdick,
Fosdick laughed at Van TasePs lu-
gubrious face.
"If l didn't know you, Van, I might
think you in earnest
Il am" said Van Tasel. why
shouldn't l be?'
Fosdick roared with laughter. when
| am the prince-cOnSort,' he went on,
tantalizingly, well invite you over to
our se-warming in the palace-Lu-
cretia and |. Will you come. NanV'
Van Tasel got up impatiently.
Come FoSdick" he said, don't Joke
about something that gets so close to
me. I have half a notion to kick over
the whole plan and go along with the
princess myself, leaving you to kldnap
Ieander What do you say to it?'
Fosdick was sobered. He had no de-
sire to match himself against royalty
in kidnapping contest Much pleasant
er he thought to cross the ocean in the
company of a charming girl who for
five DAYS at least would have to forget
that she was a queen.
mo" | want none of your kings.
Queens for me, if you please! I prom
ise to be most discreet in my love
making Van and to say, good word
in YOUR behalf She shall choose be-
tween us Van Tasel without preju-
dice"
Van Tasel growled at his friends
persistent facetiousneSs. but he forgot
it in a minute in giving Fosdick direc-
tions as to how he should send back
wireless messages from the Hell Diver
of the progress the boat made and o.
the health of the princess.
This cipher code" evpl lined Van
Tasel, II shall give to the operator on
the Sea Gull the first thing in the
morning"
1t lacked little of midnight when
the Hell Diver dropped anchor at the
foot of Uranium cliff. The river was
as black as the StyX as Van Tasel and
FOSdlcK STOOD on the ueck anu looheu
up the invisible slope of the shore to
the lofty point where the castle stood.
Van Tasel strained his eyes in the
darkness Then he caught FoSdick by
the arm, whispering hoarsely:
"The light Ben! Where is it?'
What light?" asked Fosdick,
"The princess agreed on a signal to
indicate that all was well. She was
to put a light in the barbacan tower.
If the lieht were absent I was to know
there was deviltry afoot."
Fosdick, too. gazed intently.
THE light is not there" he said.
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Ingram Wells hotel managed
by owners; satisfaction guar
antead.
FOR SALE

~ itt $2ZoO.
Four good 4-room negro houses on Ave-
nue. d; rental capacity $32 per month;
IL per cent on the investment
$500.
Four cottages on full-size lots; renting to
white people; 81 per month; one block
of car line; pays about 10 per cent.
$500.
Five room cottage oak floors throughout,
furnace heat; Norwood
SIS DOWN AND $25 PER MONTH.
Eight-rootn. 2-story, electric lights. por-
celain bath; fine porches; lot 9ox1lQ;
Woodlawn. lts
$4,000 -
New 2-story brick store; list avenue; bar
gain. ---,r ~.
$500.
New 2-story. home; has oak floors and
furnace heat; Norwood.
$4,000
Splendid furnace-heated home with three
alley houses renting SIS per month; lot
50x1S0; 3le blocks of the courthouse.
$12,500
S0x1O0. close I'M big bargain.
LONG LEASE
On nice Goth street store.
LOUIE REESE REALTY CO.,
Peoples IS. ellis Sd Ave- Bell sSa
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This Is Your Opportunity If
You Want q Bargain

1880 acres, the very best black land
in Greene county. Alabama, two miles
of Boligee, 600 acres in cultivation,
200 acres splendid meadow and iS0
acres virgin timber. splendid truck
and fruit soil. has Is tenant caoins,
overseers house of rooms; artesian
we'll and plenty of springs all over
the property. The artesian water Is
slightly mineral and is considered in
that locality the finest water on
earth. A good farmer can raise hogs
on this place and clear $4,000 year;
can clear $4,000 a year on hay, and
could make 1000 bushels of corn and
$50 bales OF cotton a year. 1t Is con-
sidered the finest plantation Ia
Greene county and is easily one of
the richest in the entire state; crop
failures are unknown. Only $25 per
acre, worth every cent of 500 per
acre; terms to right party. This 70 Q
bargain for someone. Address U-84.
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It takes only $1,000 to swing this seal
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YOUR SUMNER OUTING

If you are fond of fishing canoeing,
camping or the study of wild animals
look up the Algonquin National Park
of Ontario for your summer outing. A
fish and game preserve OF 1000, 600
acres interspersed with 1900 lakes and
rivers is awaiting you. offering all the
attractions that Nature can bestow.
Magnificent canoe trips. Altitude 1000
feet above sea level. Pure and exhilar-
ating atmosphere. just the place to put
I'm your summer holidays. Good hotel
accommodation. An interesting and
profuseiy illustrated descriptive publ
cation telling you all about 1t sent free
on application to W. S. Cookson. 917
Merchants Loan and Trust building
Chicago.
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LEGAL NOTICES

Notice of Final settlement
The, state of Alabama. Jefferson county
probate court. oath day of May, 1910.
Estate of Joanna Kelliher, deceased.
This day came John Kelliher. admins
traitor of the estate of Joanna Kelliher
deceased. and filed his account. vouchers
evidence and statement for final settle4
ment of the same. asa i.s.s
1t is ordered that the 21st day of May,
1910, be appointed a day for making such
settlement, at which time all parties in
interest can appear and contest the same
If they think proper. fs
y s. E.. GREENE, y
5-26-3t-th Judge of Probate.
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Paris, May 25.-The court today rejected
the application Of the Duke De Talley-
rand. formerly known as Prince Hello
De Sagan. for notification of the judg-
n.ent whereby Count Hatzfeldt was made
trustee OF his Silesan estates.
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spend some time with friends in Tennes-
see. M
Mr. and Mrs Felix Foster Ballard left
eral days. "
Miss Nina Balm has returned from
Agnes Scott college, where she has been
student the past winter.
Mrs. Leroy Roper of Petersburg, Va,
has arrived to spend some time as the
guest of Miss Elizabeth Dearborn.
Mrs Edward Moore is visiting her sis
ter Mrs. Sidney R. Prince, in Mobile.
Mrs. Austin Peay and children of
Clarksvlle, Tenn, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Earle M. Cary, 1924 Twelfth ave-
nue.. Fountain Heights. ..r
Miss Francis Peay has returned from
Baltimore and Washington.
Among the out-of-town guests at the
marriage of Miss Susie McLester and
Mr.. Richard Hawkins will be Mrs. Paul
Chalifoux of Lowell, Mass. formerly
Miss Dora McLester of this city. She has
already arrived and is the guest of her
mother, Mrs. Joseph McLester.
Mr.. Alfred Porter returned yesterday
afternoon from the Georgia Tech. where
he Is a student. and will spend the sum-
mer months with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. ]. Porter He is convalescing
after an illness that has kept him in the
hospital for several weeks.
The Birmingham students at Sweetbrier
will return home June s. Miss Dunbar
Averett. who is one of the Sweetbrier
girls. will come to be the guest of her
cousin, Mrs. Flournoy Rivers, for several
weeks.
Judge r. w Walker of Huntsville. for
mer associate justice of the supreme
court, spent yesterday in Birmingham.
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WANTED--SALESMEN

yANTED-Salesman by prominent Rich
man. Va, manufacturer, to sell vine
Har and cider brands established
1hroughout the south; permanent posi-
Ion for good man. For personal intor-
View. address w. d. Atwood travelling
nalos manager, Hotel Jefferson, city.
5-24-3t-thufri-su
NTED-Experenced hustling. travel
~ salesman to sell to general store
1.Ade, bargain glassware. crockery,
0namelware, ETC.; references required
0ood commission. Baltimore Queens
j. ware Co., 2ls South Charles ST., Balti-
more. Maryland. 5-26-3t
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FOR RENT-ROOMS

FOR RENT-One or two nicely furnished
large rooms, South goth street, block
from Terrace court; reasonable rent;
references exchanged. Bell phone 4O16
4-16-tf
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FURNISHED room; modern; bath. Bell
phone; house screened 242o 5th avenue.
5-25-3t
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ONE CENT A WORD.

HATES-one cent word n day; no nd.
taken for less than 25c for first inser-
ton. Cash must accompany order.
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LIFE Insurance policies purchased; a
banking house will pay more than com
panies cash values for policies matur-
ing within eight years. Address, FL
nance. care e-Herald. 5-22-3t-su-tu-th
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er, cement workers, office man, camp
cooks city statesmen, white waitress,
planning mill feeders. drivers, carpen-
tiers. laborers. Room 626 Chamber of
Commerce Bldg.
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WANTED-A competent combination
stenogra er and bookkeeper for real
estate and insurance business. prefer
one familiar with insurance business.
i Address with references, A-9. care
Age Herald. 5253t
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WANTED-25 good miners; steady work,
no gas in mine; and all mining condi-
lions good; none but good miners need
apply Crescent Coal Co., Seloca, Ala,
6-2c-4t
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COAL LAND-You can double and quad
ripple your capital by buying or leasing
good domestic coal land, 200 to 5000 acres
AZ TT, u mile from R. r. j. M. Ross
Somerset. Ky. 5-26-St
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THE AvALON-Beaut furnished
rooms; everything new and clean. SOB
21st St, cornc. : ave. 5-1-tf
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TWO nicely furnish ed rooms for lighs
housekeeping to parties without chill
dren; also large front room for gem
tlemen. Apply 2113 5th avenue. Pee
Piles phone 1856. 5-14-tf
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FOR stenographic piece work or month
ly contracts apply sol Empire Bldg, or
call Bell phone ST. Good work at mod
crate prices. 5-15-tf
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REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE.
Corner lot 50x150, Powderly, $500, terms;
easy small cash payment.
Two lots Cotton avenue between
Montevallo road and Mcconnell
street, 50x190 each. Easy terms.
1O0x140 feet. corner Ave. 3 and 18th St /:
prospective wholesale property; easy
terms; small cash payment; rents S52.
L. G.. PETTYJOHN
Phones 1101 and 465. 1S261z Sd Avo.
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ELEGANTLY furnished room, good loca-
ton. 800, corner 9Th ave- and 18th st.
north. 5-2O-7t
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IRON SAFES

ExcICsfVE agents faffs Sale Company
safes; not Hall Safe & Lock Co.. get
prices. Thrasher Safe company. Mont
gomery, Ala 3-15-365t
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WANTED-A registered druggist at
once Address P-9, care AgeHerald.
i 5-26- ct
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pense that is assumed nowadays is folly
and | hope to see the day when more
sensible view of burial will be taken.
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FOR SALE-F'ive shares Protective
Life Insurance company stock OF
Alabama at $25 per share. ADDRESS s.
Tav 5-28-4t
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WANTED-HEL4P

XANTED-Good cook at 1905 south ATTN
avenue SEPT
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FOR RENT-2225 Arlington avenue; 8
rooms; four doors from Highland ave-
nue.; from June to October l, or long
er; rent cheap. Phone Bell 8S9 or 4155.
e r Brazelton 5-11-tf
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LARGE front room, nicely furnished,
suitable for two young men. Apply 2l13
9th avenue. .'' 5-22-tf
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FOR sALE@Second-h hand stone crush
err, steam roller and road machine.
Phone 1855 Bell. 5-zo-0
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FOR SALE-Cheap, solid oak ana plale
glass office fixtures. Apply Moore &
Morgan, 1920 1st avenue. 5-ll-tl
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KANTED-F'irst-class steel tank and
tower erector; thoroughly experienced
and reliable. State age, references and
wages. w. e. Caldwell Co., Incorporat-
Cd, louisville. KY. 5-15-6t-su mo-thu
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Judge r. W. Walker of Huntsville. for
mer associate justice of the suprem'
court, spent yesterday in Birmingham.
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BUSINESS CHANCES

HAVE first-class proposition in carpet
cleaning establishment for industrious,
energetic man. No capital required.
Give age and former occupations. Adj
dress CO, care .Age-Herald.
DC
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VANTED-MALE HELP

%FANTED-One experienced rivet and
bolt maker. The VIM j. Oliver Mfg.
Co.. Knoxville, Tenn. 5-25-3t
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FOR RENT.

TALK WITH ALAN JEMISON.
e127 THIRD AVENUE. S-6-tf
RENT an Underwood typewriter, the
Pioneer Visible; rent applied on pur-
chase If you buy. Underwood Type
writer Co.. 323 N. goth st. Both phones.
5-7-30t
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FOB SALE-10-room residence in best
part of Woodlawn; half block from car;
price 24OO; terms easy w. F. carter,
Woodlawn. Bell phone q, Peoples r.
5-24-3t
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MISCELLANEOUS

VIE repair all makes Of stoves with
experienced help. Robert Prowell Stove
Co., 81 N Goth street. Bell phone 5000;
Peoples 327. 8-10-tf
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Board

Rooms = WANTED = Board
CONGRATULATIONS room, with or
without board; must be close in; state
price and give references. Address K-9
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w ANTED-FEMALE HELP
MONEY TO LEND

l0NEY loaned salaired people, women
keeping house and others without ~
ourtty; cheapest rates: easiest pay
ments. offices in 66 principal citias;
ave yourself money by getting my
6erns first D. H Tolman, room 401
Farley building lilly
EXL estate loans to suit you in amount,
1orms and interest; can pay back month
II or yearly; will take second mort
age. John W. Prude. 10S North 21st
Arrest. Bell phone 240 10-16-tf
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GROCER'S refrigerator, roll front, at a
bargain: also a few high-grade resi-
dence refrigerators to go at factory
cost Southern Store Fixture Co.. 2O2s
Sd avenue, Bell phone S35. 5-26-1ot-eod
AM compelled to sell within 10 days three
lots In West End; fronts on Avenue
$50 by 1870 on street. W. NJ. Newton,
care Southern Land and Investment Co.
AUTOMOBILE for sale cheap; Stanley
steamer runabout: excellent condition:
in fact, good as new; 1909 model, but
has only been run few hundred miles.
John P. Evans, 1927 10th avenue. south,
phone 1896
IF you want seven shares Acme Laun-
dry stock at $50 per share phi one
Peoples 2241 or address r., P. o.
i Box 79e.
STORE tables for sale four mahog
any finished display tables, size AKA
feet: strong. finely polished, suitable
for any kind of business; will be
sold cheap. Kress Third Avenue store.
= 5-26-2t
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-19

the narrows and the sea swept ont
hundreds OF small craft. and In hait
an hour New York bay, the harDor
which had made this city the com,
mercial center OF the new world. han
vanished. In its place there stretch-
ed a vast mud fiat. dotted with strand
ed vessels and forgotten wrecks. tho
East river totally disappeared. leaV-
ing only a few pools OF water In the
midst OF It's channel. while the North
river wandered sluggishly through the
dreary waste OF mud where was once
the outer bay, and reached the sea
some three miles beyond Sandy Hook.
The vessels az the docks lay toppled
over and against one another, hope
lessly stranded New York was no
longer a maritime city. but had be-
come almost as much an inland town
as Poughkeepsie. The scepter or
maritime New York had passed away
forever.
An hour after the sea began to fall
a hurricane blew with tremendous
force until about 3 O'Clock In the "a
ternoon. Meanwhile. from every part
OF the coast. from Canada To Mexico,
aud from Portland TO San Francisco,
came the same Geographic story OF
the withdrawal OF the sea II was now
plain that some terrible catastrophe
had followed the collision, and the
news from Europe was looked fof
with painful anxiety.
Continued Tomorrow
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ally few persons in this country or
in Europe. dreamed OF going 70 bed
The streets were crowded. and while
some affected TO keep up their spirits,
the majority acted as though death
was inevitable The women were, for
the raoSt part, cooler than the men,
many OF the latter being beside them
selves with terror. Here and there
street preachers organized prayer
meetings. and the sound OF hymns,
sung by thousands OF voices. echoed
with a did, despairing sound through
the night. Men were observed as q
rule 10 seek the companionship Of
their families. and forming little
groups on the doorsteps, clasped their
wives aud children silently. Now and
then troop of drunkards paradcd
the streets, bowling parodies OF pious
hymns. The theaters We're open. bit
they were nearly deserted. and the
burglars and pickpockets piled their
trade unmolested.
Thus the night wore on until the
comet passed below the horizon and
the paler light Of dawn began TO
manifest itself. Many weary men
and women had dropped asleep, and
thousands OF young children were
sweetly sleeping in the arms OF their
anxious parents. Suddenly the city
hall clock struck 8, and a murmur
from the lips of the watchers ar
nounced that the crisis OF their fate
was at hand. For a moment the most
oppressive silence weighed upon the
city Then the shrek of a hysterical
woman. who could no longer bear the
strain TO which she had been subject
ed. or the wild prayer of an excited
fanatic. broke the silence. Suddenly,
at precisely four minutes after 6,
slight, a hardly perceptible Earring O:
the ground was felt The comet had
struck us and We were still unhurt.
The tumult that ensued was indie
scribable. The vast crowds at once
separated People broke into unmean-
ing laughter. and frantically clasped
hands with perfect strangers. A boy
detected In stealing a handkerchief
was seized upon and dubbed with
joyous enthusiasm by a policeman
who moment before had been upon
his knees. A general rush into the
hotels and eating houses for break
fast took place. and In half an hour
the city had resumed its accustomed
appearance.
The morning papers appeared three
hours later than usual. the presses
having been kept waiting until after
the collision They contained no news
from Europe later than midnight. and
consequently we were left 10 imagine
the possible result OF the shock on the
other hemisphere About o'clock
rho vyatar "a bnut the dpcke hogan m
fall. and as the ebb rapidly continued
IL was evident that the sea was re-
cedng \ tremendous current toward