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loon and placed him near the musi-
clans. He resisted at first, and when
he saw the crowd he drew back, ex-
claiming:
What? Not overheard YETI
But Cosmo soothed him with some
whispered promise, and he took his
seat glancing cOvertly around him;
Then the instruments struck up, and
Immediately fixed his attention. AS the
musical theme developed his eyes i'm
mediately lost their wild look, and a
softened expression took its place. He
sank lower in his seat and rested his
head upon his hand. His whole soul
seemed, at last, to be absorbed in the
music. When it was finished Blank
was a changed man. Then Cosmo
clearly explained to him all that had
) happened.
After the first overwhelming effect of
his awakening to the realities of his
/ situation had passed, the Millionaire was
| fully restored to all his faculties. Hence
forth he mingled with the other pas
| sengers, and, as If the change that had
/ come over his spirit had had greater
results than the simple restoration of
| sanity, he became one of the most popu-
| lar and useful members of Cosmo YER
sails family of pilgrims.
Among the other intellectual diver
sons which Cosmo provided was some
thing quite unique, due to his own
ferences," held in the grand saloon
afternoons, in the presence of the en-,
| tire company, at which the prlncipaI
speakers were his two speculative
! Wifrid Athelstone. They did not care
very much for one another, and each
| thought that the time allotted to the
| other was wasted.
Thcriade wished to talk continuously
| of the infinite energy stored up In the
| atoms CT matter, and of the lilimltdble
power which the release of that en-;
| ergy, by the system that he had al
| hIIt X1rOnl1 nlACa
| position of man; and at the same timt
! Sir Athelstone could with difficulty be
neld In leash while he impatientlS
awaited an opportunity to explain how
! direct produ rtiOn Of Drotoplasm from
inanmate matter, and the chemica
control of living cells, so that hence
forth man could, people or unpeopi'
the earth as he liked.
One evening, when everybody not oI
duty was in bed, Captain Arms en-
tered Cosmos cabin, where the latter
was. debating to Joseph Smith. ant
softly approaching his chief, with
furtive glance around the room, stOop
cd and whispered something in hit
ear. a startled. though incredUlous
and he sprang to his feet, but be
fore speaking he oheyed a sign from
the captain and told Smith to leav
the, room. Then he locked the doc
and returned to his table, where n
dropped into chair, exClaiminG in
guarded voice:
Great heaven, can this be possible
Have YOU not made mistake"
stridulous whisper. II have made n
mistake. I'm absolutely sure. II some
thing. is not done instantly we ar
{ LOST
'''This is terrible" returned Cosmt
taking his head in his hands. 10
l tay IT is that fellow Campo? neve
- liked his looks"
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A, "Re is the ringleader," replied the
captain. The first suspicion Of what
he was, up to came to me through an
old sailor who has been with me on
many a voyage. He overheard Campo
| talking with another man and he lis
/ tened. Trust an old seadoG. to use his
! ears and keep himself out of notice.
Enough to freeze the marrow in
your bones! Campo proposed to begin
hy throwing old Versal' and me into
gone. and nobody but d lot of muddle-
headed scientists to deal with, 1t
! would be easy TO take the ship: seize
all the treasure m her: make every
body who would not Join the mutiny
walk the plank, except the women.
and steer for some place where they
could land and lead jolly life.
! You see,' says Campo, this mood Is
fake. There amt going to be no more
| food; it's only a shore wash. But
there's been enough of it to FIX things
all right for US We've got the world
aboard this ship, and there's plenty OF
female beauty, and we've only got to
reach out and take it.
Cosmo Versals brow darkened as he
listened, and a look that would have
cowed the mutineers II they could have
seen it, came into his eyes. His hand
nervously clutched paper5knife when
broke in his grasp. ash as he said in voice
me. Show me the proofs of this con-
spiracy. Who are the others? Campo
and his friends can't be alone"
"Alone!" exclaimed the Captain, un-
consciously raising his voice. There {
dozen as black-handed rascals in 1t
as ever went unswung.'
DO you know them?"
"Jim Waters does"
why haven't you told me sooner
How long his 1t been going on?"
Almost ever since the deluge stopped
I think; but 1t was only last night that
Waters got on the track of It, and only
Waters heard Campo talking to Is
plainly a new recruit / say there are
a dozen, because Waters has found out
that number; but don't know but thai
there may be hundred"
How did these wretches get aboard?'
demanded Cosmo, fiercely opening ano
Excuse me-" said the Captain. "but
that is up to you to say"
so 1t is" replied CosmO, with gulr
look; ''and it's up to me- to say whatl
. become of them. l see how 1t is. they
must have got in with the last lot tina
> ] took-under assumed names very Ike
; ly, I've been more than once on th'
= questioning him. ] was surprised by
: his hangdog look the first time saw
, him. But l have been so busy"
You'll have to get busy in anothe
sense II you mean to save this ship ant
! your life said the Captain earnestly.
Then take these-and use 'em when
lie handed the captain two heavy au
e tomato pistols, and put a pair in hi
Now" he continued, the frst thinI
4 Is to make sure that we've got the Tigh
r men-al of them. Call In JOsepl
Smith.
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CHAPTER XVI (Continued)
- UT he would have no plays but
those of Shakespeare.
They were probably not half

~ VI ne would nave no plays Out
- those of Shakespeare.
They were probably not half
a dozen persons in the ark
who had ever seen representations
Of these great dramas. and very
they had the advantage of complete
novelty.
The play selected for the first repre-
sentation was the tragedy of King
first sight seem, but Cosmo Versal had
a deep knowledge of human nature. lie
knew that only tragedy would be en-
dured there, and that 1t must be ira
Igedy so profound and oVermasterinS
that II would dominate the feelings Of
those who heard and beheld il. 1t was
the principle of immunizing therapeu-
Cps, where poison paralyzes poison.
II came out as he anticipated. The
audience, unused to such depth of dru-
matte passion, for the plays to which
they had been accustomed had been
far from the Shakespearean standard,
was wholly absorbed in the develop
ment of the tragedy. 1t was a COM
plete revelation to them, and they were
carried out of themselves and found in
the sympathy awakened by This heart
crushing spectacle of the acme of hu-
snan woe an unconscious solace for
their own moral anguish.
Afterward Cosmo put upon the stage
Hamlet" and 'Othella,' and Mac
beth" and "Coriolanus, and Julius
Caesar" but he avoided, for the pres
ent, the less tragic dramas And all of
them, being new 10 the hearers, pro-
duced an enormous effect.
On alternate nights he substituted
music for the drama, and. as this was
confined to the most majestic produc-
tionS of the greay masters of the past.
many of whose works, like those of
Shakespeare, mad long been neglected.
IL not forgotten. their power over the
spirits of the company was perhaps
even mere pronounced.
Cosmo Versal was already beginning
the education OF mis- chosen band Of
race regenerators, while I've unused
upon uthe wonders that the science OF
eugenics would achieve after the world
should have re-emerged from the wa,
ters.
One of the most singular effects oi
the music was that produced upon the
insane billionaire, Amos Blank. He
had been confined TO the room tina
Cosmo had assigned to him, and wal
soothed, whenever Cosmo could fire
time to visit him, with pretended aC
Quiescence in his craZed notion that III,
trip of the Ark was part of schem
to corner" the resources of the world
Cosmo persuaded him that the secre
was unknown except to themselves
and that It was essential to success
that he CBlank) should remain in re
tirement, and accordingly the latte
expressed no desire to leave his plac
of imprisonment. which he regarded a
the headquarters of the combination
passing hours in covering sheets o
paper with columns OF figures, which h
fancied represented the future profits o
the enterprise.
one night when a symphony Of Bee
thUScn was to be played, Cosmo le
Am9s Blank through the crowded "a
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The captain went to the door, and as
he approached it there was a knock.
He turned the key and cautiously
opened crack to look out. The door
was instantly slammed In his face and
six men rushed in, with Campo, a burly
black browed fellow. at their head.
Three OF the men threw the captain on
his back and pinioned his hands before
he could draw weapon, while Campo
and the others sprang toward Cosmo
Versal, Campo pointing pistol at his
head.
It's all up, Mr.. Versal!' cried Cam
po with sneer IN take command
OF this ship. and you'll go fish for
Cosmo had one advantage; he was
behind his desk and 1t was a broad
and long one. and placed almost against
the wall. They could not get at him
without getting round the desk. Campo
did not fire, though he might have shot
COsmO In his tracks; but evidently he
was flourishing the idea of making him
walk the plank. With sign he COM
manded his co-conspirators to flank the
desk at each end, while he kept Cosmo
covered with his pistol.
But with lightning movement Cosmo
dropped under the desk, and, favored by
his slight form and his extreme agility,
darted like cat past Campo's legs, and
almost before the latter could turn
round was out of the open door, Campo
bullets went wide of the mark. The
pistol was practically noiseless and the
| sound reached no ears in the state
rooms.
1t happend that a switch controlling
the lights in the gangway was on the
wall by Cosmos door, and in passing he
| swiftly reached up and turned 1t off
/ Thus he was In complete darkness, and
! when Campo darted out of the door ht
could not see the fugitive. He coulC
hear his footsteps. however, and witt
two of his companions he rushed blind
ly after him, firing two or three shots
at random. But Cosmo had turned a
the first cross passage, and then a
the next, this part of the Ark being &
| labyrinth OF corridors, and the pursuer'
| quickly lost all trace of him.
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| HILLSWLLE AS MAN
!. HUNT PROGRESSES
Little Town Experiences
Most Grim Sabbath in
H. Its Existence.
Continued from First Page.)

. (COntlnOeu from F1TSJ 1dHb)
and returned the fire of the outlaw
band, was struck in the jaw: The clerk
of the court, braving death at every
step, followed one of the Aliens to the
courthouse door, emptying his auto
matte pistol as he went Some, one put
an old Colts into his hand and he pulled
the trigger of that until there was no
answering belch of flame.
Juror Fowler received a. bullet in
his head. He died last night.
Began to Feel Faint.
Miss Elizabeth Ayers, girl bystander,
ran out of the courthouse feeling that
she had been crushed in the scramble.
She began to feel faint a moment later.
Then she vomited.
Are you shot?" inquired the town
druggist.
mo, just frightened-got caught in the
jam" she said.
But she had been struck by bullet
She went home, ten miles through the
country, and died.
That is the roll of the dead.
Old Floyd Allen and Sidna Allen were
wounded in the fusillade. So were Fra
zier Faddis, a juror; Andrew Hawlett
a bystander; Stuart Worrell, by
stander and Bruce Marshall, another
ALLEN sentenced.
Some of them may die, adding to the
horror of the reign OF lawlessness
which ensued when the law tried tc
send old Floyd Allen to jail
Floyd Allen himself is said to have
given the signal that brought from the
pockets of the desperate mountaineers
their automatic pistols. The jury had
Officer. He released two of his nephews
whom deputy sheriff attempted to take
to Jail on a petty charge of disturbing
public worship last April, Old Floyt
beat the deputy sheriff and Allen-madt
law had once more scored a temporary
triumph.
Returned Verdict of Guilty.
Following Aliens conviction last
Thursday morning the usual court for
mnlities were observed. The jury re
turned a verdict of guilty. Judge Mas
Eie oveITuled a motion for a new trial
He told the prisoner to stand up. Th
rugged mountainear arose and received
his sentence. The sheriff advanced t,
take him away" At this move tn
leader Of the Allen clan unbuttoned HI!
ccat
I'm not a goin'," he said "Yo,
come and take me-
He gave the cont another twist.
1t was the signal Within less thai
sixty seconds more than q hundred
srcts had been fired, and five persons
were on their way 70 eternity =
The Allen gang-it is said that ther
We're twenty Of II en- there that day.
backed out Of the doors of the littl
1ed court house. Horses were waiting
outside, and beyond lay the mountains
AS he stumbled toward his horse
Floyd Allen felt the twnEe oc thre
bullet wounds in his weather. bea te
body But the hardihood born of tn
years spent over the trails of the Blu
Ridge hills enabled the veteran feudis
to grit his teeth and throw game lie
ever the saddla horn.
A few miles out of town he topple
from the steed bearing him to III
safety Of the mountain passes. In tn
fall his leg was broken letwcGn tn
knee and ankle.
Barricaded the Room.
Victor Allen, a son, rode along beside
,JIe picked up the WrIIhing body Of hi
father and started back to Hilsvill:
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A Continuation of This Story viii
he Found In TOmOrrOw's
Issue of The Times.
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I o'clock the alarm clock aroused
Mr.. Barrett who was partly suffoCat-
ed, but was able to staEger to the
stove and close the valve. ThrO,
members OF the family are very IN,
but will recover.
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husband. the energetic boarding house
keeper. the lean and INSCRIPTIONS
country editor and the grocery store
politicians are other amusing char
acterS.
The young attorney. Tilford Wheeler,
who is a central figure in the plot, is a
partner of Hackleys, and an interesting
and energetic young person. He meets
with all sorts of trouble when he starts
In to make political fight, but the
shrewd planning and the plain phil
osophy of Jim Hackley put him on the
right road. His prospective father-in-
law and political opponent, the judge.
finally Jim Hackley discovers him in a
power to ruin the Judge forever. and is
about to do 1t. regardless of the con-
sequences to his partners f1ancee. And
this brin IS about one of the prettiest
stories in the play. The judges wife.
whom Jim loved before her marriage.
intercedes for her husband, and Jim. for
her sake and the sake of old times, let's
a great chance slip away.
In the end the love story is brought
to a romantic close, and the young at
torney is elected to office. The serious
dramatic climax OF the play occurs in
the third act. amid excitement in a cam
paign headquarters, with the election re-
turns coming in and the political pot
literally boiling over.
Walter Wilson. Jane Marbury, Everett
Butterfield. Charles Lane and Jessie
Glendinning are cast for important roles
in THE County Chairman.
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Chevalier in The Deep Purple and
other notable offerings. and who comes
with an ample equipment for fngenue
roles, will be found in the cast of the
Columbia Players tomorrow evening.
| Miss Heming is a protege of Hall
Caine the novelist. with whose children
she passed her early days as playmates.
She went on the stage when she was
| twelve years old, playing Wendy in
| Peter PAN" The following year she
played, the little suffragette in Fluffy
| Ruffles." and o. H. Hall of the Chicago
! Journal said of her: she reads her lines
admirably, her manner is ease persona
fed her gestures few and eloquent and
her acting withsl masterful.
| When she WIS fourteen she appeared
| in the role of Rebecca in "Rebecca of
Sunny brook Farm" and made. con-
sentative judges aver. a decided hit. AT
| fifteen she was leading lady for Albert
ChevaIier in Daddy Dufard,' and during
the past season she was seen in this
city as the leading woman with 1.-THE
Deep Purple" She has also played i'm
portant roles in The Unwritten Law"
and THE Fox and served a season in
stock in Portland, Me-, where she is a
great favorite. Miss Heming is under
engag cement for an all-star production
which opens in New York early in the
fall.
! SHY ON BATHTUBS.-While the Web
er and Fields Company will travel ev-
erywhere on special train, with its
private cars de luxe for the principals
and guests, its Pullman drawing room
! sleepers for the chorus girls and must
clans, and its two diners, such princi-
pals as Lillian Russell. Fay Templeton.
William Collier, George Beban. Bessie
Clayton. Ada Lewis, Helena Collier Gar
rick, John T. Kelly, frankie Bailey, Web
or and Fields and the others will be
likely to long occasionally for other
things.
For instance. the bathing problem Is
one which is bothering them all, for even
private cars de luxe are not provided
with porcelain tubs and needle baths
not you can notice it. The stops in
each city will be so brief that the best
these luxury-loving players can expect is
a mad dash for a hotel tub, and then on
to the rails again. But imagine some of
them making the dash.
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The New Glen Echo.

Inc New Glen Echo, which has been en-
iarged and made more beautiful than
ever, Will reopen May % for a season of
entertainment which, the management de-
ciares. Will be on more elaborate scale
tnan ever before. The many improve
ments at the park include new paths and
roadways of crushed stone, and the
changing of many of the amusement fea-
lures, notably the removal of the Ferris
wheel. to a point nearer the entrance
gate. where it will present a fairyland of
tWinkling electric lights at night A new
scenic gravity railway. built at a cost of
$1,000. 80 feet high and over 10000 feet
III length, carries passengers on a mile-a-
minute trip through and above the tree
tops. winding its sinuous way over seven
dips. which add thrilling feature to the
fioe. All the supporting posts of the rail-
way have been set into a base of solid
concrete. thus assuring double safety, it
is declared. and making this one of the
longest and strongest scenic railways in
TINS section of the country, If not in
america. The dip has been repaired and
strengthened. and the auditorium has
been transformed into a midway. wherein
may be found twenty distorting mirrors
several giant slides, human roulette
wheel, treadmill and other novel forms
Of amusement. Newly painted steel boats
and roomy landing piers make canoeing
and boating a pleasure. The dancing
pavilion, which accommodates without
crowding over 1000 people, will continue
operations under the plan inaugurated
last season. Mills Orchestra will furnish
music for the dancing, and the musical
attractions will be augmented by the Sol
diers' Home Band, under the leadership
of J. s. NJ. Zimmerman, which will give
continuous concert next Sunday, May %,
beginning at 2:3O o'clock. The same rule
against improper and questionable con-
duct. which resulted SO successfully last
season. will again be enforced this year.
Free sand piles. free swings and other
simple amusements for the children have
been provided. and another free amuse-
ment feature which will be appreciated by
visitors will be the free open-air moving
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WALTER WILSON

opera comique, "Mignon,' which has not
been sung in washington for long time.
and Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lam
mermoor." Both operas. the Messrs.
Aborn promise, will be presented on a
lavish scale.
'Mignon," which will be sung Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday nights and at
the Wednesday matinee, is really an
opera comique of the same type as THE
Tales of Hoffman and Martha and.
by contrast with the usual grand opera
offering, is light and brilliant. Its Ii
bretto, founded on Goethe's Wilhelm
Meister," tells charming story. MI
gnon'' has many beautiful melodies of
/, as Mignon's aria, 'Knowest Thou That
Fair Land?' Filina's brilliant polacca,
"Titania"; the Swallow" duet, Wilhelm s
aria, "Adieu, Mignon." and others. In
the cast for "Mignon," alternating at
the several performances. will be Louise
LIE Baron and Elena Kirmes in the title
role, Albert Amadi and Pilade Singara as
Wilhelm Meister. and Mabel siemonr and
Alice Kraft as F1lna. Philip Fein VIII
be Laertes: Marie l.. Biggers. Frederick;
Rupert Henry. Giarno. 800.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights
and at the Saturday matinee Lucia
will be sung. Its affecting and dramatic
story is founded on Scott's novel, Ine
Bride of Lammermoor." Its many meio-
die gems. such as the famous sextet,
Pure and Tender" are always delight
to music lovers. In the cast will. be
Edith Helena and Lena Mason In the
title role: Leonid Samilon and salvatore
Sciarretti as Lord Edgar Ravenswood:
Estelle Wahl, Herbert Waterous. Harry
Luckstone. Rupert Henry and Arthur
Green.
and Karl Schroeder will direct the stage
for both 'Mignon" and Lucia