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thought that Erik must have seIecr ~
them of that size to facilitate their
carriage to the house on the lake
We examined them successivei,, to
see II one OF them had not funnel.
showing that 1t had been tapped at
some time or another. But all the
barrels were hermetically closed.
Then. after half lifting one to make
sure 1t was full. we went on our knees
and. with the blade OF a small knife
which l carried. l prepared to stave
in the bung-hole.
At that moment. seemed to hear,
coming from very far. sort OF mo-
uotonous chant which 1 knew well,
from often hearing 1t in the streets
of Paris:
"BarreIsi 49,. Barreist :. /.
Any barrels to sell? -. -
My hand desisted from its work.
NJ de Chagny had also heard. He
said:
That's funny! It sounds as II the
barrels we're singing!"
The song was renewed. farther
away:
Barrels! -. Barrelsi Z.
Any barrels to sell?
"Oh, / swear" said the viscount,
that the tune dies away in the bar
rel! -
We stood up and went to look be-
hind the barrel.
Its inside" said M. de Chagny.
Its inside!"
But we heard nothing there and
were driven to accuse the bad ccndt-
tion of our senses. And we returned
to the bung-hole NJ. de Chagny put
his two hands together underneath 1t
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compass. a guide or anything. Oh, !
knew what awaited US II nobody came
to our aid or II l did not find
the spring! But. look as I might,
found nothing but branches, beautiful
branches that stood straight up be-
fore me. or spread gracefully over my
head. But they gave no shade. And
this was natural enough. as we were
In an equatorial forest, with the sun
right above our heads. an African for
est
M. de Chagny and | had repeatedly
taken on our coats and put them Oh
again. finding at one time that they
made US feel still hotter and at an
other that they protected US against
the heat. was still making a moral
resistance. but M. de Chagny seemed
to me quite gone" He pretended
that he had been walking in that for
est for three days and nights. with
out stopping. looking for Christine
Daae! From time to time. he thought
he saw her behind the trunk OF a tree,
or gliding between the branches; and
he called to her with words OF sup
plication that brought the tears to
my eyes. And then, at last:
"Oh. how thirsty ] ami" he cried.
In delirious accents.
too was thirsty. My throat was
on fire. And. yet. squatting on the
floor, | went on hunting. hunting.
hunting for the spring OF the invisible
door especially as 1t was dan
gerous to remain in the forest As eve
ming drew nigh. Already the shades
Of night were beginning to surround
us. 1t had happened very quickly;
night falls quickly in tropical coun-
tries : suddenly, with hardly
any twilight.
Now night. In the forests OF the
equator. is always dangerous. particu-
larly when. like ourselves. one has
not the materials for a IRE to keep
on the beasts OF prey. l did indeed
try for moment to break on the
branches. which would have Lit with
my dark lantern. but knocked my
self also against tho mirrors and re-
membered. in time. ttst we had only
images of branches to DO with.
The heat did not go with the day
light; on the contrary, 1t was now
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myself on my knees toward what /
had seen.
| had discovered, near the Pun1ab
iasso. In groove In the floor. a black
headed nail of which l knew the use.
felt the nail | lifted q
radiant face to M. de Chagny. /.
The black-headed nail yielded to my
pressure.
And then.
And then we saw not a door opened
In the wall. but cellar-fap released
In the floor Cool air came up to US
from the black hole below. We
stopped over that square OF darkness
as though over limpid well. With
our chins in the cool shade. we drank
1t in.
And we bent lower and lower over
the trap-door. What could there be
in that cellar which opened before us7
Water? Water to drink?
| thrust my arm into the darkness
and came upon a stone and another
stone -. staircase :. a
dark staircase leading into the cellar
The viscount wanted to fling himself
down the hole; but 1. fearing new
trick Of the monsters. stopped him.
turned on my dark lantern and went
down first
The staircase was a winding one
and led down into pitchy darkness.
But oh, how deliciously cool were the
darkness and the stairs? The lake
could not be far away.
We soon reached the bottom. Our
eyes were beginning to accustom
themselves to the dark. to distinguish
shapes around US -. circular
shapes . on which turned the
light Of my lantern.
Barrelsl
We were in Erik's cellar: It was
here that he must keep his wine and
perhaps his drinking-water. knew
that Erik WAS great lover OF good
wine. All. there was plenty to drink
here!
M. dc Chagny patted the round
shapes and kept on saying:
Barrels! Barrelsl What
lot of barrels! :"
Indeed. there was quite number
OF them. symmstricaIly arranged In
two rows. one on either side OF us.
They we're small harrels and |
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your tongue out OF your mouth to
listen to 1t better!
Lastly-and this was the most pitt
less torture OF alive heard the rain
and 1t was not raining! This was an
Internal invention. Oh.
knew well enough how Erik obtained
it, He filed with little stones a very
long and narrow box, broken up in.
side with wooden and metal pro1ec-
tions. The stones, In falling. struck
against these projections and re-
bounded from one to another; and
the result was series OF pattering
sounds that exactly initiated a rain
storm.
All, you should have seen US putting
out our tongues and dragging our
selves toward the ripping riverb
Our eyes and ears were full of water.
but our tongues were hard and dry
as horni
When we reached the mirror. M do
Chagny licked 1t and also
licked the glass.
1t was burning hotl
Then we rolled on the floor with a
hoarse cry OF despair M. de Chagny
put the one pistol that was still load
ed to his temple; and l stared at the
Punjab lasso at. the foot or the iron
tree. l knew why the iron tree had
returned. in this third change of
scenel The Iron tree vas
waiting for me!
But. as stared at the Pun1ab iasso.
| saw thing that made me start SO
violently that NJ. de Chagny delayed
his attempt at suicide. l took mis-
arm. And then caught the pistol
from him and then dragged
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good distance during the night. for
we suddenly found ourselves on the
edge OF the desert, an immense desert
Of sand. stones and rocks. 1t was
really not worth while leaving the
forest to come upon the desert. Tired
out. flung myself down beside the
viscount. for had had enough OF
looking for springs which could not
find
was quite surprised-and l said SO
to the viscount-that we had encoun-
tered no other dangerous animals
during the night Usually, after the
lion came the leopard and sometimes
the buzz OF the tsetse fly. These were
easily obtained effects; and l ex-
planned to M. de Chagny that Erik
initiated the roar OF lion on long
tabour or timbrei, with an ass's skin
at one end. Over this skin he tied
string OF catgut. which was fastened
at the middle to another similar
string passing through the whole
length of the tabour. Erik had only
to rub this string with a glove
smeared with resin and, according to
the manner in which he rubbed it. he
initiated to perfection the voice OF
the lion or the leopard. or even the
buzzing of the tsetse fly.
The idea that Erik was probably in
the room beside US. working his trick,
made me suddenly resolve to enter
into a parley with him, for we must
obviously give up all thought OF TAX
ing him by surprise. And by this
time he must be quite aware who
were the occupants OF his torture
chamber. called him: Erik! Erik!"
I shouted as loudly as could across
the desert, but there was no answer
to my voice, All around us lay the
silence and the bare immensity OF
that stony desert. What was to be-
come OF US In the midst OF that awful
solitude?
We were beginning literally to die
Of heat, hunger and thirst OF
thirst especially. At last, Il saw M.
de Chagny raise himself on his elbow
and point to spot on the horizon.
He had discovered an oasis!
Yes. far in the distance was an
oasis an oasis with limpid
water, which renected the iron treesi
Tush. 1t was the scene OF the
mirage. ~. recognized It at
once the worst Of the three!
. No one had been able to fight
against 1t :. no one. 1
did my utmost to keep my head and
not to hope for water. because knew
that. II a man hoped for water, the
water that reflected the iron tree.
and II. after hoping for water. he
struck against the mirror, then there
was only one thing for him to do: to
hang himself on the iron tree!
So cried to M. de Chagny:
Its the mirage! It's the
mirage! Don't believe in the
wateri It's another trick OF
Then he fatty told me to shut up,
with my tricks Of the mirrors, my
springs, my revolving doors and my
palaces of illusions! he angriay do
clared that must be either blind or
mad to imagine that all that water
flowing over there; among those
splendid, numberless trees, was not
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CHAPTER XIV.

Tho Scorpion or the Grasshopper:
Whlchf
The discovery flung US into a state
OF alarm that made us forget all our
past and present sufferings We now
knew all that the monster meant to
convey when he said to Christine
Daae:
Yes or no! II your, answer is no,
everybody will be dead and buried!"
Yes. buried under the ruins of the
Paris Grand Operai
The monster had given her until
eleven o'clock In the evening. He
had chosen his time we'll. There
would be many people. many mem
bers Of the human race" up there. in
the Respondent theater What finer
retinue could be expected for his fu.
neral? He would go down to the
tomb escorted by the whitest' Shout
ders In the world. decked with the
richest jewels.
Eleven o'clock tomorrow evening!
We were all to be blown up In the
middle OF the performance -. II
Christine Daae said mol
Eleven o'clock tomorrow evening!
And what else could Christine say
but no? Would she not prefer to es.
pouse death itself rather than that liv.
Ing corpse? She did not know that
on her acceptance or refusal depend
ed the awful fate OF many members
Of the human racei
Eleven o'clock tomorrow evening,
And we dragged ourselves through
the darkness. feeling our way to the
stone steps. for the light in the trap
door overhead that led to the room
O mirrors was now extinguished: and
We repeated to ourselves:
Eleven O'Clock. tomorrow EVENING""
Go BE CONTINUED,
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SYNOPSIS.

Consternation IL caused on the last
Plight that the Opera is managed by De-
6ienne and Poligny because Of the ap-
In evidence on several previous occasions.
christine Daae,. a member OF the opera
ny Important 's ssrs called sda upon to MI very
cess Count de Chngny and his brother
Eaoul are among those who applaud the
the Dressing room. but Is unable to do SO
mo later discovers that some one Is maxi
ms ny, love 70 her; She emerges alone. and
upRon entering the room he finds II empty
,Wniie ~ niie the farewell ceremony for the re-
uunnE managers is going on. the Opera
Be-. aSS No. q the nsg for s
Box No II sold with disastrous results
IIne MANAGERS receive a letter from the
ror. Christine Dase writes Rsoui that
feilo~. fsin.r h zoe: also: and In he nigh!
Violin music il heard. Raoui visits "a
1mosy 1Tnysy.5d sra..r RsoSl !. found next %orninS
investixate Box No. ana decide scH tensse to sse
the performance Of Faust from front
sst sssts Of that box. cariotta. who sings
rye tho part to Christine. Carlotta,
rsrur'ng. loses her voice in the middle
orssh.s or s0nS % and b,,,f.u The main chandelier
christins. who has dissppesrsd. He sees
note Is received from her making an
appointment for a masked ball. Raoul
meets Christine at the ball. He sees a
gesson In the disguise OF Red Death.
ne hears her conversing with some one
Hnom she calls Erik. Raoul visits
ChrSofine and tells her he knows the
2smt or the unseen man whom she calls
Pc angel of Music. Christine and Raoul
Seoonne secretly engaged prior to a polar
Hpeditton that Raou1 Is to make. Chris
s1ne relates a strange adventure with the
encesn Erik and promises to run away
NTH Haoul. Raoul announces his inten-
uon OF marrying Christine. which dis
pleases Philippe. In the midst of a per-
tormance the stage is enveloped In dark
ness and Christine disappears No trace
OF her Is found. Moncharmin and Rich
ara behave strangely. Raoul searches
Hadly for the missing singer. The Opera
Ghost demands the first instailment OF his
allowance, and when 1t Is left at an ap-
pointed place the sum mysteriously dis
tine. He meets a mysterious. person
70 aid Rnoul in locating Christine and
they gain access to a secret chamber.
The two md themselves in a passageway
which they expect will lead to where
Chrtstine has undoubtedly been carried
~ Erik. Tho Persian knows Erik to
have been one OF the contractors who
built the Opera. Also that while the work
torture chamber. beneath the structure,
From this chamber Raoul and the Per-
sian hear Erik and Christine conversIng.
Erik misses bag containing valuable
keys. Christine looks into the chamber
and assures Erik that there is no one
there. She discovers that he Ii ven
triloquist
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siIl hotter under the blue rays OF
the moon urged the viscount TO
hold our weapons ready to IRE and
not to stray from camp. while | went
on looking for my spring.
Suddenly. we heard lion roaring
few yards away.
"Oh." whispered tho viscount. me
is quite closel Don't you see
him? There through
the trees in that thicksti
II he roars again. will firsi"
And the roaring began again. loud
er than before. And the viscount
fired. but do not think that he hit
the lion; only. he smashed mirror.
as, perceived the next morning. At
daybreak We must have covered .
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CHAPTER xxlv-{contlnued.)

SrAF iEH ANtw@(Continueo
Then he lay fiat on the floor, as
one does In wood. AND declared that
he would wait until / found the door
Of the forest. as there was nothing
better to do. And he added that,
from where he was, ''the view was
splendid" The torture was working,
In spite OF all that l had said.
Myself. forgetting the forest,
tackled glass panel and began to
finger It IN every direction, hunting
for the weak point on which to press
In order to turn the door In accord
ance with Erik's system OF pivots.
This weak point might be a mere
spsck on the glass. no larger than a
pea. under which the spring lay hid
den. hunted and hunted l felt as
high as my hands could reach. Erik
was about the same height as myself
and ! thought that he would not have
placed the spring higher than suited
his stature.
While cropping over the successive
panels with the greatest care, | en-
deavored not To lose a minute. for /
was feeling more and more overcome
with the heat AID we were literally
roasting in that blazing forest
l had been working like this for
half an hour ana had finished three
panels. when. as ili-luck would have
It. | turned round on hearing NUT
tered exclamation from the viscount.
Il am sitting" he said. "All those
mirrors are sanding out an Internal
heat! Do you think you will find that
spring soonl II you are much longer
about 1t. we shall be roasted alive!"
was not sorry to hear him talk
Ike this. He nad not said word OF
the forest and l hoped that my COM
panion's reastsn would hold out some
time longer AGAINST the torture But
he added:
What consoies me 10 that the mon
stsr has given Christine until eleven
tomorrow evaurng. II we can't get
out Of here aud go to her assistance.
1t least we shall be dead before her!
Then Erik's mass can serve for all or
usi"
And he guiped down a breath OF
hot air that nearly made him faint
A I had not the same desperate
reasons az M 10 vicomte for accept
ing death. i returned. after giving him
. word Of encouragement. to my
panel. but I Aad made the mistake
Of taking few steps while speaking
and; In the tangie Of the Elusive for
sst. was no longer able to ind my
panel for certainl | had to begin all
over again. at random. feeling. FUN
bling. cropping
Now the fe~er laid hold OF me in
ny turn for found nothing.
Absolutely notnang. In the next room
aii was silenc.. We were quite lost
b ths f-~>ss. without An outlet .
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real wateri And the desert
was real! And SO was the
foresti And It was no use
trying to take him in he was
an old, experienced traveller
he had been all over the place!
And he dragged himself along. say
ing: Water! WaterI"
And his mouth was open. as though
he were drinking.
And my mouth was open. too, a.
though ] were drinking.
For We not only saw the water, but
we heard i'll ~ We heard Il
flow. we heard It ripple! do
you understand that word .rfpplsY''
1t is sound which you hear
with your tongue! You nut
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and. with last effort. burst the
bung
Whats this?' cried the viscount
This isn't water!"
The viscount put his two full hands
close to my lantern. -. | stopped
to look and at once threw
away the lantern with such violence
that 1t broke and went out, leaving
us In utter darkness. J
What l had seen in M. de Chagny's
hands was gun-powderl
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INTERNATIONAL.
SUNlSCIIOOL
LESSON
(By e. o. SELLERS. Director OF Evening
Department. The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 21ei
DIVISION OF THE LAND.

LESSON TExTCJoshua 14:1-A
GOLDEN TEXT-"Seek ye first the
kingdom of God and his righteousness:
and all these things shall be added unto
you."-Matt- 6:s3.
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GROWING WARMER
Is Fioht For Oqice Ct Cengressran -
THIS Oistr'et-L7n. :. Bruce ALI
sen Is Latest TO Enter Race.

A. No time :or fliur ~, m. r.-ir-
nation of Congressman John ". Davis
draws n"arsr. m fght auo-V b.fh
Democrats and Republicans VITO have
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FIGHTERS FINED
Two Foreigners Given Heavy Punish.
rent in Police Court For Assault
on Another Man.

Tony Charm AID Pete Rore two OF
the Italians who were charged with
assaulting Pietro Mayzero. a fellow
countryman. az the corner OF south
and Sixteenth streets late Tuesday
night Were each fined 500 and costs
IN police court yesterday morning
John Polando and sam Morita, also
Italians. charged with being implicat-
90 n the affair. were held until this
mornings session Cf court. charged
v.tl violating the Johnson pistol tot
ito law.
Following the assault Polando and
AOrita escaped the officers for tine.
going 10 the Senate hotel where they
secured a room. The officers were
informed that the men had rented a
room az the hotel and going there ar
rested them. a revolver. dagger and
ice pick were found on the mcu 9
clothes and they viii likely tc hold 10
await the action o. the era nd jury.
Joe Frappinger. white. and William
White. black. we're arrested on ;he
South Side for lettering Both men
were hned s. and costs but the sen.
t"nce was suspended 20 give the men
an opportunity to find work.
John Cochran. an old time Offender.
again fe.l victim o. the booze ana
was fined s. ana costs or thirty DAYS.
James Glen. also druuk received he
sam" fine
Charlie Doc. plain drunk. was sent
70 the hill for thirty days while Ham
iartod arrested for drunkenness 81
tho 4 q. station. was fined $40 and
costs or sixty days.
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BEAR TRAP BREAKS
Serious Accident Occurs at MeMeehen
Dam-Wlll Likely Not BE Re-
paired For Some Time.

A serious accident which win require
the expenditure OF very large sum
Of money TO repair damages occurred
1t the McMechen dam Monday even
Ing. One OF the big bear traps on the
west side OF the river used for the
purpose OF lowering the water In the
level OF the locks tore out complete
iy. turned over. and was caught be-
tween its piers and destroyed. The
trap is about eighty feet wide and al
together some sixty or 100 feet long
The bear trap at the McMechen dam
was made from SKIS oak. being a quite
different construction from that used
in other dams built by the govern
ment. and was regarded somewhat in
the nature OF an experiment The
trap had not been working well for
some time and was being examined at
| the time the accident occurred The
force OF the water apparently got UNI
der the upper leaf OF the trap. turn
ed II entirely over and over. wrecking
and straining IL so that IL is consid-
The cost TO replace the trap with
one OF iron and steel will probably
be from $4,000 to 100000. At the
time the trap turned over a number
OF government officials were examin-
ing II and when the huge structure
began TO give there was some hasty
scrambl!ng for safer positions. All.
however. escaped and the only loss
will be for the repair OF the trap.
The condition of the trap. however.
! will not seriously affect the operation
Of the dam. as the trap ruined is one
OF two and the second trap can be
used and the results OF lowering the
water can be obtained by lowering
the wickets. Repair work on the trap
will probably not be begun for some
| time.
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