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CHAPTER XIII.
The Tortures Begin.

The Persian's Narrative Continued.
The voice repeated angrtly: What
have you done With my bag? So il
was to take my bag that you asked
me to release you!"
We heard hurried steps, Christine
running back to the Louis-Philippe
room. as though to seek shelter on
the other side of our wall.
What are you running away forT
asked the furious voice, which had
followed her Give me back my bag
will you? Don't you know that it Is
the bag Of life and death?"
Listen to me, Erik" sighed the
girl LAS it is settled that we are
to live together what differ
ence can it make to you?"
You know there are only two keys
In it." said the monster. What dc
you want to do?"
II want to look at this room which
have never seen and which you have
always kept from me. lti
woman's curiosity" she said. in q
tone which she tried to render play
full.
But the trick was too childish fol
Erik to be taken in by 1t.
Il don't like curious women" he
retorted. land you had better remem
ber the story of Blue-Beard and be
careful. Come. give me bacl
my bagl :. Give me back my
bag! Leave the key alone
will you. you inquisitive little thing?'
And he chuckled. while Christine
gave a cry OF pain. Erik had evi
IDENTIFY recovered the bag from her.
At that moment, the viscount coult
not help uttering an exclamation o.
impotent rage.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20

In voice that seemed exhausted by
the EFFORT she had made. But | am
fastened SO tight. Oh. the
wretch!"
And she gave sob.
Where is the key?" | asked, sign.
ing to M. de Chagny not to speak and
to leave the business to me. for we
had not a moment to lose
I'm the next room. near the organ.
with another little bronze key. which
he also forbade me to touch. They
are both In little leather bag which
he calls the bag OF life and death. .
Raoul! Raoul! Fly! Everything is
mysterious and terrible here. and
Erik will soon have gone quite mad
and you are in the torture-cham
Go back by the way you
came. There must be a reason why
the room Is called by that name!"
Christine" said the young man.
I'VE will 90 from here together or die
together!"
We must keep COOL" 4 whispered.
why has he fastened you. mademoi-
seller You can't escape from his
house: and he knows iti"
II trise To commit suicide The
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20

monster went out last night, after
carrying me here rfainting and half
chloroformed. He was going to his
banker, so he said! When he
returned he found me with my face
covered with blood. :. had
tried to kill myself by striking my
forehead against the walls"
"Christine!" groaned Raoul; and he
began to sob.
Then he bound me. am
not allowed to die until eleven o'clock
tomorrow evening"
"Mademoiselle," declared, the
monster bound you and he
shall unbind you. You have only to
play the necessary part! Remember
that he loves you'll"
'Alas!" we heard. Am | likely to
forget IT."
Remember it and smile to him
entreat him tell him
that your bonds hurt you"
But Christine Daae said:
Hush! hear something
in the wall on the lake! It
Is he! Go away! Go away!
Go away"
We could not go away, even II we
wanted to-" I said. as impresstvely as
/ could. I'VE cannot leave this! And
we are in the torture-chamber!"
Hush" whispered Christine again.
Heavy steps sounded slowly behind
the wall. then stopped and made the
floor creak once more. Next came a
tremendous sigh, followed by a cry
of horror from Christine, and we
heard Erik's voice:
Il beg your pardon for letting you
see face like this! What a state
am In, am l not? It's the other ones
fault Why did he ring? Do | ask
people who pass to tell me the timer
He will never ask anybody the time
again! 1t Is the sirens fault"
dous still. came from the abysmaI
Another sigh. deeper. more tremen-
depths OF a soul
why did you cry out. Christine?"
because | am in pain. Erik
Il thought | had frightened you"
ERIK, unloose my bonds.
Am not your prisoner"
You will try to kill yourself again."
you have given me till eleven
O'Clock tomorrow evening, Erik"
= The footsteps dragged along the
floor again.
After all, as we are to die together
and | am Just as eager as you
yes. | have had enough of this
life, you know. . Wait. don't
move, | will release you. You
have only one word to say: MOI And
1t will at once. be over with every
body! You are right, you are
right; why wait till eleven o'clock
tomorrow? True. 1t would have been
grander. finer But that is
childish nonsense We should
only think OF ourselves in this life,
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
.But answer me. Chrfstin,i

But answer me, Christine! F..
In heavens name, II you are alone.
answer mel"
Then Christine's voice whispered
Raouls name
Yes! Yes! It is I! 1t is not a
dream! :. Christine, trust me!
We are here to save you
but be prudent! When you
hear the monster. warn us!"
Then Christine gave way to fear.
She trembled lest Erik should dis
cover where Raoul was hidden; she
told us in few hurried words that
Erik had gone quite mad with love
and that he had decided to kill every
body and himself with everybody II
she did not consent to become his
wife. He had given her till eleven
o'clock the next evening for refiec-
ton. 1t was the last respite. She
must choose. as he said, between the
wedding mass and the requiem.
And Erik had then uttered a phrase
which Christine did not quite under
stand:
Yes or no! II your answer is no.
everybody will be dead and buried!"
But l understood the sentence per-
fectly, for .. 1t corresponded in a ter
rible manner with my own dreadful
thought.
Can you tell US where Erik is?" 1
asked.
She replied that he must have left
the house.
mo. l am fastened. | cannot stir
limb"
When we heard this, NJ. de Chagny
and gave yell Of fury. Our safety.
the safety OF all three OF us. depended
on the girls liberty OF movement.
But where are your" asked Chris
tine. There are only two doors in
my room. the Louis-Philippe room OF
which told you. Raoul; a door
through which Erik comes and goes,
and another which he has never
opened before me and which he has
forbidden me ever to go through. be-
cause he says 1t is the most danger
GUS OF the doors. the door of the tor
ture-chamber!"
Christine, that is where we are!"
You are in the torture-chamber?'
Yes. but we cannot see the door"
"Oh. If could only drag myself so
far! l would knock at the door and
that would tell you where 1t Is"
rs 1t door with lock to it?'' 1
asked.
Yes, with a lock-"
'Mademoiselle," | said, ut is abso-
I,,t<
that door to us!"
But how?' asked the poor girl
tearfully..
We heard her straining. trying to
free herself from the bonds that held
her.
Il know where the key is" she said.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
the man who rang at tho SIRENS door

the man who rang at the SIRENS door
Just now-go and look II he's ringing
at the bottom Of the lake-weIl, he was
rather like. There, turn round
are you glad? You're free
now. Oh, my poor Christine.
look at your wrists; tell me, have 1
hurt them? (. That alone de-
serves death. Talking OF
DEATH must sing his requiem!"
Hearing these terrible remarks. /
received an awful presentiment :.
! too had once rung at the monsters
door and, without knowing
1t, must have set some warning cur
rent in motion. And | remem-
bered the two arms that had emerged
from the inky waters. What
poor wretch had strayed to that shore
this time? Who was the other one.
the one whose requiem we now heard
sung?
Erik sang like the god OF thunder,
sang a Dies Irae that enveloped us as
in a storm. The elements seemed
gan and the voice ceased SO suddenly
that NJ de Chagny sprang back, on
the other side of the wall. with emo
tion. And the voice. changed and
transformed. distinctly grated out
these metallic syllables:
What have you done with my
bag?"
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
Soma Literary RIunder..

Doctor Smythe-Palmer gave somt
delightful instances Of literary blund
ers about works in recent L.ondor
Institution lecture. The case Of
'curmudgeon" should be add =. Doc
tor Johnson. dealing with the puzzle OF
its etymology. recorded it as coming
from the French occur merchant"
(wicked heart). adding unknown cor.
respondent" to indicate that some
anonymous helper had contributed
this conjecture. Another lexicogra-
pher, Ash. annexing this etymology.
explained the world as derived from
occur. unknown: merchant. cores
pondent."
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
Valuable Find of Manuscript

which confirmed the impression con-
veyed by the antiquity OF their ap-
pearance that they belonged to the
very earliest stage Of the art Of print
ing. which was introduced into this
country In 1S47
The majority OF them are folio vol
umes. and with one exception they are
all in their original bindings. The
covers are carefully planed boards Of
solid oak. and the books are bound
with stout leather laces. the backing
and lining being fragments Of Hum
mated manuscripts Of a much earlier
date. cut up ~ waste with ruthless
indidorsnca
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
Household Hints.

To cure your husband of swearing
around the house is easy. though 1t
may require a little practice. Swear
whenever he does-and even more pro-
fanely. II possible.
Stair carpets may be made to last
indefinitely by using them only when
you have company.
There are many cures for warts.
but as a rule nothing that has cured
anybody else's wart will cure yours.
To keep undesirable visitors away
from your house teach the dog to be
overly friendly to them.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
Clever Dogs Trained by smueeIer,

The manner in which dogs art
trained by smugglers to assist in theii
operations on the Italian frontier IL
certainly ingenious. The canine pupt
is submitted to various torments OF
Swiss territory, and after being re
peatedly shot at by one of the gang
attired in the uniform Of an Italian
customs official, it Is driven acros.
the frontier into Italy. Here it meet
with the greatest kindness at thu
hands of the smugglers. SO that it soor
learns to know on which side are it'
friends and on which Its enemies. The
dog is then taken back to Switzerland
where 1t is laden with sugar. tobacco
and other articles Of contraband. ant
is then allowed to escape back to iu
friends in Italy
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20

A very interesting and remarkable
discovery OF illuminated manuscripts
and early printed books. ranging as
far back as 1880. has just been made
in the library at Oxton Hall. says the
Nottingham (Eng) Guardian.
II came about In this way: The
vicar OF the parish. Rev. w. Laycock.
obtained permission to go through the
books In the library at his leisure.
While so doing his curiosity was
aroused by q locked and forgotten
cupboard therein, which he proceeded
to Investigate. IT. contents proved to
be betweon forty and nifty volumes,
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
New Mexico.

The Pacific Mines Company prop
erty at Mogollon is now shipping twen-
ty-five tons of ore per day to custom
works Developments in mine are
quite encouraging and the ore re-
serves are increasing.
The recent strike in the Ground Hog
mine, lying between the old San Jose
and the Lucky Bill mining claims. lie
the most important of the year now al
most drawing to close. The strike
determines the continuity of the ore
chute which has made the old San
Jose famous as one of the great mines
OF New Mexico.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
Wyoming.

Samples OF ore claimed by the dis
coverer. Joe Fairis of Hudson. to have
been taken at intervals of few feet
across ledge 14O feet in width. show
sl3 in gold and 81 in silver to the
ton.
An important strike of potash has
been made near Lyman. Mormon
settlement In Uinta county Samples
taken form an area of several thou
sand acres average thirty-five per
cent potash.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
CHAPTER xxI-(continued.)

i KNEW NY Elm loO Wcil W Ictl dl
all comfortable on jumping into his
house. knew what he had made OF
q certain palace at Mazenderan. From
being the most honest building con-
ceivable, he soon turned It into q
house OF the very devil. where you
could not utter a word but 1t was over
heard or repeated by an echo. With
his trap-doors the monster was re-
sponsible for endless tragedies OF all
kinds. He hit upon astonishing in
ventions. OF these. the most curious.
horrible and dangerous was the So
called torturechamber. Except in
special casee. when the little sultana
amused berself by inticting suffering
upon some unoffenhing citizen. no
one was let into It nut wretches con-
demAed to death. And. even then.
when these had had enough" they
were always at liberty to put an end
to themselves with Punjab lasso or
bow-string. left for their use at the
foot Of an iron tree.
My alarm. therefore. was great
when | saw that the room into which
M. 10 Vicomte de Chagny and l had
dropped was an exact copy OF the
torture-chamber OF the rosy hours of
Mazenderan. At our feet, / found the
Punjab lasso which~I had been dread
ing all the evening. was convinced
that this rope had already done duty
for Joseph Buquet. who. like myself.
must have caught Erik one evening
working the stone in the third cellar.
lie probably tried It in his turn, fell
into the torturechamber and only
itft It hanged. can well imagine
Erik dragging the body. in order to
get rid OF It. to the scene from the
Roi de Lahore. and hanging It there
a. an example. or to increase the su-
psrstitious terror that was to help
him in guarding the approaches to his
lair! Then. upon reflection. Erik
went back to fetch the PunJab lasso.
which is very curiously made, out OF
catgut, and which might have set an
examining magistrate thinking. This
explains the disappearance OF the
rope.
And now discovered the lasso. at
our feet. in the torture-chamber! =.
! am no coward, but cold sweat COW
cred my forehead as I moved the lit
tie red disk OF my lantern over the
walls.
M. do Chagny noticed It and asked:
What is the matter. sir?'
made him a violent sign to be
silent.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
Arizona.

It is stated that an English syndt
cate will operate the Yavapai mines
on large scale
w. X. Warren and Daniel Mccarthy,
principal owners of the Golden Jewel
group of nine mining claims are
about to begin active work upon the
properties.
Frank Harrington. who has beer
spending few days in Prescott. re
ports that the lower tunnel OF the Mel
son mines. at Crown King. goss
stendi,v into the big mountain.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
Colorado.

Colorado.
The Lady Bell mine at Eagle is pro-
ducing and shipping carload Of ore
every other day.
A gold brick, valued at about 3d.
500, was sent to the Denver mint from
the Wild Horse cyanide mill, Cripple
Creek.
The magnetic separator mill of the
Wellington Mines Company at Breck-
enridge has completed repairs and is
again at work.
A new ore shoot carrying rich val
ues has been developed at depth of
about 900 feet by the Acacia Gold
Mining Company in its Burns shaft,
Cripple Creek.
The Country Boy mine near Breck-
enridge, operated under lease and
option of the Simcoe Mining, Milling
and Leasing Company of Leadville, is
producing high grade of zinc blend
ore.
A general improvement is taking
place in mining way in the George
town district. Several deals have
been closed during the past few
weeks, and others of greater magni-
tude are pending.
A gold strike that has caused tre-
mendous excitement in Collbran and
vicinity was made on Plateau creek.
and in one day seven miles of the
creek was staked out. Fully $50 To-
cations have been made.
Samples from the gold strike at
Collbran, thirty miles from Debuque
by stage, were brought into Grand
Junction. They are from the mine on
which a test assay at the Collbran
camp showed ore running S13S to the
ton.
In Gunnison county the Brant Gold
and Copper Company, which has been
operating in the Abe Lincoln mine at
Bowerman, recently struck a new ore
shoot 100 feet long and from two to
four feet wide that averages better
than s12 per ton.
Another heavy flow of gas has been
struck in the second we'll which the
Glenwood and Colorado Springs capi-
talists have been boring at DeBeque-
The first drill went down 1900 feet.
and the pressure broke the pipe line
The second strike temporarily has in
terrupted operations.
A good strike was made recently on
the Queen Bee property. situated in
the Bowerman district, Gunnison coun-
ty, and owned by w. o. Daniels of
Delta. After running a ninety-foo,
drift from the bottom Of the 120-foot
shaft a vein of copper-gold ore five
feet wide was opened up.
At special meeting of stockholders
of the Mountain Top Mining Company.
held at Ouray seven per cent con-
vertible bond issue sufficient to meet
the requirements of the company un-
til next spring was authorized. This
insures the continuance of develop
ment work during the winter.
81 honestly believe that the mex,
mining boom in Colorado will begir
in the San Juan" said a SilvertoI
man, who is just in from that country
"Silverton and the mining eountr,
around about is more prosperous thai
for many years. More mines ars
working and larger quantities of ore
are coming out"
The biggest strike in the Eagle min
ing district since the 1,000-ounce-to
the-ton strike in the Lady Bell min'
last spring, which caused the rush t.
the Horse Mountain district, wa
made at the North Dakota mine whel
vein five feet in width was un
covered !assaying AGO ounces to tn
ton throughout its width.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20

OF our own death the rest
doesn't matter. You're look
ing at me because am all wet? .
oh. my dear, It's raining cats and
dogs outside! Apart from
that. Christine. think | am subject
10 hallucinations. You know.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
CHAPTER XXI.
In the Torture Chamber.

In the Torture Chamber.
The PsrsIan's Narrative Continued.
We were in the middle Of q little
six.cornered room. the sides OF which
were covered with mirrors from top
10 bottom. In the corners, we could
clearly see the "joins" in the glasses.
The ssgmeatD intended 70 turn a
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
YVES ERIN
MINING NEWS
Iestern Newspaper Union News servlee.
IN q RI E F

" e5teTH NeWspaper UNION NEWS SeFVIce
TREND OF METAL VALUES.
Lead APO 40 4.25
Spelter .............. SITE a. 5.25
Copper ......... 14.75 @15.25
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
SYNOPSIS.

Censtsrnation is caused on the last
Fight that the Opera Y managed by De-
psarance of a ghost. aid to have been
N evidence on several previous occasions.
Christine ca,stI Daae; s; me.nber of the opera
important part and scores a great sue
cess. Count de Chagny and his brother
EnSsl are among those who aPPIaqd the
the dressing room but IL unable to do so
and later discovers that some one is max;
upon entering the room he finds It empty.
While the farewell ceremony for the re-
Gring managers is going on. the Opera
egers that Box No. 5 IL reserved for him.
Box No. is sold with disastrous results.
ppsra letter the tne
ror. Christine Daae writes Raoul that
she has gone to visit the grave of her
follows her r e toes the a'V church. uS wonderfui
violin music Is heard. Raoul visits
graveyard. Raoul is found next morning
investigate Box No: and decide to see
the performance of Faust from front
ss Sf that 9GT wa2nsd snfs ts
refusing. loses her voice IN the middle
crashes down. killing a woman and
wounding many. Raoul searches for
Christine, who has disappeared. He sees
her at last. but does not speak. and later
q note is received from her making an
appointment for a masked ball Raoul
meets Christine at the bali. He sees a
person In the disguise of Red Death.
He hears her conversing with some one
whom she calls Erik. Raoul visits
Christine and tells her he knows the
name of the unseen man whom she calls
the Angel of Music. Christine and Raoul
become secretly engaged prior to a polar
expedition that Raoul Is to make. Chris
tine relates a strange adventure with the
unseen Erik and promises to run away
with Raoul Raoul announces his inten-
tion of marrying Christine. which dis
pleases Philippe. In the midst of a per-
formance the stage Is enveloped in dark
ness and Christine disappears. No trace
of her Is found. Moncharmin and Rich
ard behave strangely. Raoul searches
madly for the missing singer. The Opera
Ghost demands the first installment of his
allowance, and when 1t is left at an ap-
pointed place the sum mysteriously dis
appears. Raoul goes in search OF Chris
tine. He meets mysterious person
known as the Persian. The Persian plans
to aid Raoul in locating Christine and
they gain access to a secret chamber.
The two find themselves in a passageway
which they expect will lead to where
Christine has undoubtedly been carried
by Erik. The Persian knows Erik to
have been ono OF the contractors who
built the Opera. Also that while the work
was In progress there was built secret
torture chamber beneath the structure.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-30
ECZEMA Is YEARS
FACE A MASS OF II
Says "Reslnol Cured Me OF One OF
the Worst Cases Anybody
Ever Saw"

PHILADELPHIA, Pa had &c
zema for the last twenty-five years.
and have been afflicted so badly
that for weeks could not go out
side the door. My face was one
mass OF pimples, and not only the
looks OF It. but tho itching and
burning pains experienced we're
Just dreadful. lost a great deal
OF sleep and had to keep dampened
cloths on my face all night to re-
lieve the pain. | had become dis
gusted with trying different things.
"One day made up my mind to
try Resinol. and after using ono Jar
OF Resinol Ointment. and one cake
OF Resinol Soap, saw the differ
cnce, and now my face Is as clear
ms anybody's. and | certainly don't
need to be ashamed to 20 out. Res
mol Soap and Reslnol Ointment cur
ed mo OF one OF the worst cases OF
eczema, guess. that anybody ever
saw" (Signed) Mrs. c. Hellmuth,
5Gil Appletree st., Sept 20, 1912.
Nothing we can say of Resinol
equals what others. such 6s Mrs.
Hellmuth. say OF t. If you are suf-
fering' from itching, burning sNin
troubles, plmples, blackheads. dan
druff. ulcers. bolls. stubborn sores.
or piles. get Resinol Ointment and
Resinol Soap at the nearest drug
glst's For free trial, write 10 Dept
21.R, Resinol, Baltimore. Md.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-30
Look at That Jaw, Then You'll Get an Idea
of the Man Who's to Be District ATTORNEY

into Seattle politics and too,
couple OF beatings for the yosz .
the democratic cause.
That Was IN the dark ages 81
democrats were az few and :.
between as eouncilmen yotinv ~
real commission government
Clay took a sound licking -.
he ran for prosecuting attors..
and not quite such a bad one ~.
he ran for corporation cou..a
against Scott Calhoun.
Pick Allen for Job
Having voted for Bryan en-,
chance he could. Allen was s,,n~s
the early birds 10 hitch ~.
carts 10 the Wilson star So VIZ
the Wilson managers needed sor~
one 10 report on the outlook IN n.
Pacific Coast states they pIesss
Clay Allen Also. when IL becsrs
necessary 10 pick a district =
torney-and there was a good ~,
OF friction between various ~
numerous candidates--what -
tho result?
You know. President WIN
asked:
What's the matter with Gin
Allen7"
And the answer was: "Hss u
right
50 that ended the matter, "a
strange though il seems, the nr,l
factions seem equally tickled va
the result.
Allen is 3s, married. and liva
at 1928 North Broadway.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-30
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