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CHAPTER XVI.



The crucial moment had arrived
and think my heart actually stop-
ped beating as J stood gazing helpless
~ into her face saw her eyes
open vide Ia astonishod recognition.
and then deep flush swept over
throat an1 cheek Tor the instant I
believed che would not speak. OF that
she would give say 90 her excitement
hnd tetray everything Z burst give
no tisua of varning. for there ex-
tiad DO GO between ug % warrant
uy expecting any consideration from
hsr vas au instant 80 toBse that
her 5Nanco seemed like a blow Yet
d. WOO oriT an Instant Then her
eJoa uief Into mine most frankly.
end lnI band uas extended.
p ca more than delighted 30 meet
you. DIloneI Cuuan. sha said calmly
aIthoagh . could feel her mps trsmbie
o. ihe words. while The fingers Z held
vore Ike ice Myrtle was one %
my dearest friends. and she Glanced
to be- ia ny mind even al wo met
That uas uhy she added. turning
toward Mics Mi1or as though she feit
hrr ramentarg agitation had rot
pasfel uuo.s.ffeI I aaf go f.r
pr.sei ehsa sos nrrt presented
Coiorel CuuaH
u confess fo having fen strangely
myself reformed 'he other. archiy.
although 2 believe concealed ~
feoiluE far better than yoa dld Edith
Really , thoagtt 700 eefe going io
faint it neg bf fhat Colonel curran
eFerc. come Hranra ocralt innu.
ence over fHH nfnfer err PERHAPS
be- o. DE aegcu't con m seventh
aon. ere Sou C1orrIf However.
dear am safe for the present from
Biz mvaier.oaa speII and 300 wm Do
compc led fo fare tte danger alone. o.
here comes Lieutenant lfsmmeramith
90 claim 9o dance I've promised
him"
before Nra brennan could inter
fore fhe iauehi1f Frl had blacsf ter
hand 0n tte i4erieranff blue sleeve.
and uifh meet'nr rnodhve nrar
backward over Dor shoulder vanlshed
80 ne crowd leaving us standing
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CHAPTER XVII.
Through tho Camp of the Enemy.

Through the Camp Of the Enemy.
a glance at my watch told me that
1t was already within a few moments
Of midnight There was, however, no
diminution in the festivities, and l
waited in silence until / heard the
sentries calling the hour, and then
pressed my way back into the noisy
crowded ballroom. was stopped
twice by well-meaning officers whom
| had met earlier in the evening, but
breaking away from them after the
exchange OF sentence or two / urged
my course as directly as possible to-
ward where the specialized brigadier
yet held his post as master of cere-
monies.
We had been conversing pleasantly
for several minutes when Mrs. Bren-
nan appeared. Standing so as to face
the stairs, l saw her first coming
down, and noted that she wore her
hat, and had a light walking cloak
thrown over her shoulders. My heart
beat faster as 1 realized for the
first time that she intended to be my
companion.
"Oh, General, am exceedingly glad
to find you yet here, she exclaimed
as she came up, and extended a neat
ly gloved hand to him. 81 have
favor to ask which am told you alone
have the authority to grant"
He bowed CALAMITY.
II am very sure, he returned smil-
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Wish you might remain uih "
permanently Your command. I be
l.ove. o. NOT connected with our East
earn armyf"
No. Win Thomas IN me cumbsr
land"
"Ah. yea. had some very pretty
fighting out there. I understand oh
pardon ne Miss Minor. permit me
% present 90 you Colonel Curran. u
General Hanscka star The Colonel.
4 believe. is az able q dancer AZ 10 Be-
@ soldier, and no higher compliment
% BE abilities could possibly BE- paid
dlsa Minor. Colonel lg q native vir
Finian. who ia present under protest
hoping doubtless 90 capture cone
young officer. and ihus asakea ils
tncmy'
I bowed pleasantly - ne brirht
eyed young woman facing ne. and not
sorry Co escape the Maf1ra frqeisf
tvoncss. 90 once begged for ne 70
maindCr OF TIE waltz Tho requenf
was loughlngly granted. and in anotb
cr moment we we're threading our way
amid tho numerous couples upon ne
floor. She proved 90 delightful q
dancer that 7 simply yielded myself
up TO fun enjoyment az The measure.
and conversation iapaed. until a suH
den cessation ~ the music lsn ua
stranded so close TO tho fireplace that
he very sight OF % brought d vivid
realization OF my perilous position n
80 lad not. my comp1nlou'a chance
remark most assuredly would
How easily you waitzf" aha saiA
automatically. her sparkling eyes
md flushed checks toetifying 90 her
Teen enjoyment $50 many find me
difficult 10 keep step with that have
become fearful az vouturinF upon IRE
foor With a stranger However. =
shall always BE- glad to give you q
character Go aLy OF 'oY friends"
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In that dimness I had not failed 20
recognize the short erect figure which
rode I'm front.
The woman shuddered, and drew
closer within my protecting shadow
Then out Of the darkness there burst
a solitary rider, his horse limping as
II crippled, and would have ridden us
down, had ] not flung up one hand
and grasped his bridle.rein.
Great Scott what have we
here?' he cried roughly, peering down
at us. by all the gods. a womani"
The hand upon my arm ciutehed me
desperately and my own heart seemed
to choke back every utterspoe The
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CHAPTER NlT-Captain Wayne 10 led
" Anderstand that the woman he admiTes
u Edith Brennan. wife q the FEDERAL Of
er, who hates him. He Il given tho
S1oic9 % revealing the Lee message or
o. being shot as q apy
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NIT me to state. am Colonel Curran,
Sixth Ohio Light Artillery, and am
not accustomed to being halted on the
road by every drunken fool who sports
a uniform"
He stopped short In complete sur
prise, staring at me through the dark
ness, and l doubted not was perfect
ly able to distinguish the CLINT OF but
tons and CLEAN of braid.
Your pardon, sir" he calculated at
last. II mistook you for some run
away soldier But l failed to catch
your words; how did you name your
self"
Colonel Curran, of Major-General
Halleck's staff"
The hell you arel Curran had q
full gray beard a month ago"
He took Q. step forward. and before
j could recover from the first numbing
shock of surprise was peering intently
into my face.
(To Be Continu d Next Week.)
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CHAPTER XITf-wayns 40 rescued
: on his prison BY Jed bunEey. ops %
Ines 90 General Lee and JED starts On
tie mission
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voice was Brennan's.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Tho Reputation OF a wom.r

Tho Reputation Of a Woman.
Like flash occurred to me the only
possible means by which we might
escape ope0 discovery-an instant dis
closure OF my supposed rank, coupled
with indignant protest Already, be-
heving me merely some private soldier
straying out OF bounds with a woman
OF the camp as companion. he had
thrown himself from the saddle to In
vestigate. Whatever was to be done
must be accomplished quickly, or it
would prove all too late. To think
was to act. Stepping instantly in front
OF the shrinking girl and facing him,
said sternly:
II do not know who you may chance
to be, sir. nor greatly care, yet your
words and actions imply an insult to
this lady which am little disposed to
overlook. For your information per-
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In the same spirit. "and l can Ger.
tRinly return the compliment. most
heartily. II is SO long since l was
privileged to dance with q lady that
/ confess to having felt decidedly
awkward at the start, but your step
proved SO accommodating that / be.
came at once at home, and enjoyed
the waltz immensely. ! fail to dis
cover any seats in the room, OF
should endeavor to find one vacant
for you"
"oh. am not in the least tired"
She was looking at me with so deep
an expression OF interest in her eyes
that | dim!y wondered at It.
did I understand rightly" she
asked, playing idly with her fan,
that Major Monsoon introduced you
to mo % Colonel Curran Of General
Halleck's STAIR"
What the deuce am I up against
now? thought, and my heart beat
Quickly Yet retreat was impossible,
and / arCwered with assumed care
lessness:
Il am. most assuredly, Colonel Cur.
ran"
From ohio?"
This was certainly coming after me
with a vengeance. and I stole one
quick glance AT the girls face. It
was devoid Of suspicion. merely evinc-
ing polite interest.
Il have the honor Of commanding
thS Sixth Artillery Regiment from that
State"
You must pardon me. Colonel, for
my seeming inquisitIveness," and her
eyes sparkled with demure mischief
Yet cannot quite understand. l was
at school In Connecticut with Miss
Currnn whose father was an officer of
artillery from Ohio. and, naturally,
az once thought OF her when the
Major pronounced your name: yet it
certainly cannot be you--you are al
together too young. for Myrtle must
DO eighteen"
laughed. decidedly reli we'd from
what ! feared might prove q most
awkward situation
Well. yes. Miss Minor. I am in
deed somewhat youthful 10 be Myrtle s
father" ! said at venture. but I
might serve as her brother, you
know, and not stretch the point OF ago
oyer.much"
She clasped her hands on my arm
with gesture OF delight.
"Oh, ] am so glad; I knew Myrtle
had brother. but never heard he also
vas I'm the army. Did you know
Colonel, she was intending to come
down here With me when returned
South. at the close of our school
year, but from some cause was dis
appointed. How delighted she would
have been 70 meet you! shall GER
tainly write and tell her what a
splendidly romantic time we had to.
gether You look 50 much like Myrtle
wonder failed TO recognize you at
once"
She was rafting on without afford.
ing ne tho slightest opportunity to
slip In a word explanatory. when her
glance Glanced 10 fall upon some one
Who was approaching us through the
throng
"Oh. b. the way. Colonel. there ia
another OF Myrtlos old schoolmates
present iOnight--a most intimate
friend indeed. who would never for.
give mo n 7 permitted you 10 20
without meeting her"
She drew me back hastily.
"Edith.' she Eaid. touching the
sleeve ~ a young woman who was
slowly passlng Edith. wait Just a mo-
ment, dear. this is Colonel Curran-
Myrtle Currar's brother. you know.
Colonel Curran. Mrs Brennan"
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SYNOPSIS.

CHATTER THE story o. crs in n
tort % The C.riedera,e arm eta criucil
STARE oi th- CIVIL War. Gen ~, Impaired
o. Caption Nryue p secret mesa = To- Long
street, ulnu tie u, livery 81 which depends
great bsic Accompanied by Sergeant
Cmig, az old AMY scout, Wayne starts out
on bis dangerous mission.
CHAPTER II The two messenger
make Wild RIFLE, doiging squads Of sol
dieis. almost .osc their bearings and final
ly are within the lines Of the enemy, hav-
ing pens truei The Gordon Of pickvts I'M
moic.tcd
CHAPTER iil EicOuntering a small
party Of shiiers in the IA tkncss Wavne is
taken Tor federal officer who came TO keep
an nppoihueni, j. accepted as his rcprcseii-
taiive, and Young lady OF horseback is
givea Ia lis charge.
CHATTER ~ The female compan-
= tsG. ~ lhe two snutheri scouts Is north
ffo,Ns Sen she becomes aware OF
?, "auons, lsshes wayne with
ErastORitemPts 90 escape but
ppcQT
VIZ N.-Oae Of the horses CIV.
-.s,'N ayne orlers Craig 10 get through
= Niti The dispatches 90 l.ngsireet lie ani
Ny pady 81 the North are left alone near
r,cky girge
CHAPTER VI-The Confederate
officer and the Union girl thrcod the mazss
OF che Nnods llc discovers r. lonely hut.
AMI cuienng % iu ihe dark huge mastil
attacks Tim The girl shoots the brute
just in time
CHAPTER Willie ow, or Of the
bur- one lci nur gay, appears anil he and
his vile give fle captain a welcome Sud.
denis paay a. hor-c mcl are observed run
ing down the rial.
ttAfTER VITi--They ara led nv
60. &c S ming % b Red Lowrio. who
49, - M 80, ha9.gay o give them food.
woman discovers the man 10 So a a.
SO impostor. attacks the Intruder and
tnife j. general melee.
CHAPTER IX.-The dise,,isea ,osasr
IS1e1 % b. Major brennan. a Fcdsrai
70 orders the rrrcr' on WAYNE a. ~ -,
- s'i ESQ sos ssys $40 Nal a. - I.
CHAPTER X-wayne held priaonsr an
eophe, sees files Of Confederatoa pass
r'sd az q distance and knows that
NFAig has delivered tho message.
CdAl-IER NI.-The captive r. brought
bfiore General sheridan who refuses 10
n sage.
CHATTER NiT-Captain Wayne 10 led
- nnderstand that the woman he aduiTes
u Edith Brennan, wife 81 the Federal Of
er, who hates him. He ~ given the
Snoic9 % revealing the Lee message or
o. being shot as q spy
t-I4AprER vfrr w.. A., -
ON Ills prison by Jed bunEAy One N
ON must get a quick report through the.
1.o mission.
CHATTER XfY.-Finding the gsrb Of
gn absent officer % the Fufon arfiiery
Wayne ponetrateH o. the ballroom uhsre
social army function ia 81 progress.
ana pretcuda to DO Gel Curran - Ohio.
The sun., 1912-07-21
The System of Cruelties and Tortures
Against Which Political Prisoners
Protest by Starving Themselves

insisted upon their conditions, either
the prison regime must be improved or
they would all starve themselves to death.
"Only on the fifth day the prison in
spector promised under oath that he would
introduce reforms in the prison regime.
But during those five days a number Of
the political prisoners died Of hunger.
"'The conditions prevailing in the Pskov
prison were unbearable. The chief in
spector Of the prison was real brute. He
was fond Of watching the political prisoners
undergoing unheard Of tortures which
he himself devised. He used to have the
prisoners brought out in the prison yard
and when they were lined up in rows he
ordered them TO sing God Save the Gar.
and then he would force them TO go
through what was known as the tear
torture
"He would order tho prisoners to raise
their arms, although their hands and feet
were fettered with chains. and when they
were unable to do that ne would beat them
with cane until tears stood in their eyes
He thus beat them simply for his own
amusement, for no cause whatever
Those who grumbled were incarcerated
in dark cells for five or ten days. After
the black and blue marks had passed
the prisoners would be transferred to their
former cells.
The sun., 1912-07-21

|. IT'S peculiar fun to work twenty-five
hours a day" suggested.
ITS tiring fun" conceded Mr.. Nc
Combs. Il slept fourteen hours after
ward without 4 break. And yet he
said. AZ if 10 qualify what had gone be-
fore. Il believe it appealed to me AZ work
rather than for any particularly personal
part happened to be playing.
Il believe I'm rather impcrsonal. It's
the results Of things themselves | like to
sec. like TO conceive a plan, to mature
il and to watch it come out or even not
come out so long as you get chance 10
alter your tactics and make it come out
in the end. II gives me little satisfaction
to take up something and continue II
haphazardly. like to sit and plan from
beginning. and watch the plan mature
to logical end"
"Your recipe for success?"
"Is. returned the national chairman.
-what has been termed 'bromidic': to con-
ccive what you want to do, and to stick
to it. ! admit the bromidiom. but stand
by II still And oh, yes there's one
important thing to add Rest. don't
think people rest enough to be success
full"
! "You don't appear to rest much your
| self" ] said. with tho thought OF the
stated two hours.
"Oh. but | do. Whenever I feel tired
! go to bed and stay there. stay there
for "A couple Of days. Then I'm all righ'
again. People don't attach half the
virtues to bed that belong to 1t. alway'
prepare for vacation by staying IN bee
q couple of days. Then I'm ready Il
enjoy II rest"
The train slowed up
"Yes. MIR. Mctombs!" said the hackman
just outside.
MIR McCombS rode and continued tn
epic Of bed. Then the hotel reporter
awaited him.
"Why. how do You do. MIR. McCombs?
said they. with r'Iulgcnt smiles. an
hands aspiring 10 shake.
IL WAS u different smile from that q
the porters and the Passengers and tn
hacamcn. and yet it was tho same.
possessed the elements OF n tribute I
the ascending sun ,ie smiled himse
and shook hands with them doubles
with the intention ofnturning them int
campaign documents also.
The sun., 1912-07-21
Men Beaten Without Mercy - Women
Killed by Hardships Relief Sought
in Suicide-Stories That Leak Out

the five most incorrigible prisoners ex-
amined.
.The five political prisoners. sum
moned to the Office. were threatened with
immediate death'if they would not sign
an affidavit saying that no prisoners
we're tortured in the Oryol prison. that
the authorities treated the inmates gently
and that the food was very good. The
prisoners signed the affidavit and the in
vestigation was discontinued
Another inmate of the Moscow prison
writes as follows:
sour prison may be rightly called h~u
We are being starved here. beaten, lashed
and Knocked. And VIC are compelled
to work under the most horrible condi-
tions. What the attitude of the authors
ties is toward the political prisoners
you may sec from the following incident.
"One day the political prisoner. Shever-
dyanov. did not rise quickly when the
inspector Druzhinin entered. The inc
spector became enraged. rushed over
to the prisoner and struck him first with
his fists and then with his sword. A few
minutes later our comrade was taken
out into the corridor and he was attacked
again. He did not come back to the cell.
Twenty-one days later he was trans.
ferred from the dark cell to the hospital.
His health is rapidly failing him."
A former inmate Of the Pskov prison,
where the hunger strike is now m prog
ress. writes:
Il am astonished that it Is possible
for the prisoners there to express their
protest in any way, even by means Of Q
hunger strike. At the time ] was there,
about two years ago. we did not dare
make a single move in that direction.
The authorities caned and lashed US
mercilessly and incarcerated us in dark
cells"
That the Pskov tragedy is not new:
that it has m ercly reached its climax.
may be gathered from the appeal sent
out last December by all the political
inmates Of the Pskov prison. In that
appeal they depicted in detail all the
horrors perpetrated upon them by the
prison administration. The appeal con-
cludes as follows:
"The hangmen here are washing their
hands in our blood. and they want to
force us to kiss their hands. Every day
they snatch out of our ranks some Of our
comrades for all sort of tortures. Yet
We were silent.
.Tlfey are mocking and beating us
and yet We are silent. Dark despair
is crawling into the hearts Of our COM
rades. and the phantom Of suicide is hover
ing over many OF us like terrible nj ght-
mare The fire of righteous Indignation
is already dying ont within us and We are
losing our energy to keep up our struggle.
| steeling this our hangmen are dOui ling
their energy in their Efforts to crush ua
here. that our cry Of despair should not
reach the outside world"
The sun., 1912-07-21

u these prisons and tell the outside world
Of "a system of crime and brutality that
transcends belief.
some letters from Russian prisoners
lave reached this country. And from
time To time there come also to these sh ores
the living witnesses Cf such horrors,
people who have experienced these afro
cities and who have escaped as Ivy a mi
racle
Ivan OkuntsoF. editor OF the Russi.oye
Sloro, a Russian weekly, published in
this city. was once condemned 10 dcath.
hrt had his sentence committed TO i'm
prisonment for life. A district school
director at Verkhneudinsk. Siberia. he
was carried away with the revolutionary
stream In 1905 and took an active part
in the work Of the emancipation move
iuant He was caught in the schoolho,lse.
surrounded by his pupils and sentenced
10 death The famous writer. Koro-
lenko. appealed to Count Witte and tn sem
tence was committed to imprison ment for
life. He succeeded in making his escape
and came to this country several years
ago by way Of Japan.
When asked by SCN representative
about the hunger strike at the Pskov
prison and about some Of his own expert
ences Mr.. Okuntsof said
-Two years ago there was another
hunger strike al the Pskov prison. -Four
hundred prisoners refused to accept any
food. They were freezing in their cells,
and for three days they declined all food
from time to time the inspector would
come and appeal to them to accept food
The prisoners were determined. They
The sun., 1912-07-21

A woman prisoner writes from q wilma
dungeon:
"The conditions Of life are deathly. We
are surrounded by groans and BY dis
eases. What O vast number OF consump-
tives there is among usl And what vast
number of candidates for tuberculosisl
How terrible it Ia to sce your comrades
melting away like wax before your very
eyes!
II am here only five months and yet
can nee how some ominous machine is
working here to shorten human lives.
Many of the women comrades. halo and
hearty but five months ago. are now
breathing their last. In the winter time
we were freezing here. We had no blankets
to cover us. Many of us slept on the
floor.
And the food is dreadful. Constant
lack of food has produced numerous dis
eases.
1T is terrible to look at the figures Of
the women prisoners with their hopeless
and dimmed eyes.
There are some women among US
who are to be exil ed to Siberia. To
them the prospect Of going away to
cold, distant Siberia offers comparative
! relief. But those Of US who are con-
demned to many years Of impri eonment
are in state of hopeless despair
The following letter is from an inmate
Of the Oryol prison:
sThe authorities are beating only the
political prisoners. OF the party Of sixty.
nine political prisoners that came from
the government Of Yekaterinoslav twelve
1 I'll 4but tr<v rynNy NJ
their arrival here. During the last two
and one half years the prison cemetery
has grown immensely. In 1909 there were
forty suicides at this prison.
-The prisoners are hurting themselves
down the stairway. destroying them
selves in any way possible. One student
committed suicide only four month";
before his term had expired.
@ln 1911 one OF the guards was killed
by a prisoner whom he had attacked
Five prisoners were shot to death In the
prison yard in full view Of all Of the in
mates. and fifty other prisoners were
court-martialled. During the exam
ination their ribs we're broken. their
skulls were fractured with iron bars
Many OF these also died, unable to endure
the tortures.
two students. imprisoned in separats
cells, decided to commit suicide atethe
same time One Of them was saved. but
he eoon became insane.
AT one time the accounts Of thess
tortures became known to the outside
world. One day the prosecutor arrived
for the purpose Of investigating the con
dition of our prison. The warden de-
c,ared that there was absolutely no truth
in these stories and that no prisoners
we're tortured there. He offered to have