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81. Sanford Marvin, a wealthy manufacturer
Of automobiles, has worn himself out BY
overwore. HE con Harry, and his adopted
daughter. Pauline, love each other, but she
wants two years Of thrilling experiences see
Ing life before marrying. Her reason 10 that
che 10 ambitious to be = writer. Old Mr..
Marvin asks to see what she has written.
While Pauline and Harry are In search Of a
magazine containing her story, Mr.. Marvin
opens the case Of q mummy which has Just
arrived from Egypt. Raymond Owen, HE
raseaily private secretary. helps lift of the
front o. the case, but leaves the old man to
remove the mummy's bandages alone. Mr..
Marvin, during fantino spell sees the half
exposed mummy some to life, step out Of her
case. take bracelet from her wrist and try
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to force IL Into his nerveless grasp while her
Tins whisper q strange message from the "a.
mote past.
Restored to consciousness by Harry and
Pauline, the old man believes t to be .
dream until later he finds the Identical
bracelet on the mummy's skeleton wrist. He
promises Pauline one year to sec life, and
places her in the guardianship Of Owen. A
final heart attack gives him Just time to
write on the doctors prescription blank .
brief WILL Then he dies. A lawyer tells
Owen that he would have permanent charge
Of Pauline's estate 1t something should hap.
pen to her before marriage. Hicks, . race
track man, and Owen consplre to Kill Pau
line. Tho preceding chapters have dealt
with the many efforts Of the two to accom-
pliot thia
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Gagged into utter silence, helpless. hone.
less, the only comfort that came to either
OF their minds was that they were together
in the fatal hour
10 Harry 1t was certainty that this was
the end. He had seen the face Of the gypsy
baithazar while they were binding him In
the shadow of the by-road, in the glare Of
the fire. But a. he lay on the bottom Of the
automobile. the soft fold OF a silken sirdls
brushed his face. He caught the scent Of II.
No artif1ce of perfume. no breath Of blossom
only the aureate aroma Of her he loved.
Men who have loved greatly know that good
women breathe q fragrance holy and sub
lime
30. ~ their captora bore them through
the overgrown. pathway. he knew that she
was near him. and he gave thanks that. II
death came. together they should share it
This is the place." said the voice Of the
gypsy. Balthaxar.
They heard the change OF the footsteps
from the soft mold OF the woods to the
board flooring Of house.
Everything is here. is it not, Ravelu7'
asked the same voice again.
"Ravelli il not here" answered one Of the
gypsies.
when did he leave us-where did he 70?
demanded Balthazar.
I'VE do not know-he was with US when
We bound the prisoners"
look Of suspicion and of fear flashed
over the face Of Balthazar.
Look behind the barrels there" he
ordered nervously.
Two men rolled barrel from the corner
OF the wrecked room and revealed, care
fully prepared and arranged, the tools and
the mortar and the piled bricks that Ravelli
had promised to provide.
Ba1thasaf's yellow hand folded his chin In
abjeot bewilderment
go ahead" he said. "You know what n
70 b dome" But hia mind was ponderfne
deeply the mystery Of the disappearance o.
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Again he caught her IN his arma He fele
her form weaken She tried to speak again
but the choking smoke stihed her words.
The dead weight Of her body told him she
had tainted
He laid her on the ground and bent over
her. calling wildly.
Polly! Polly. Don't give up yeti"
But there came no answer His utter
helplessness to aid flied him with a kind
OF madness. Again he assaulted the wall.
He tore at the crevices with his naked
hands. His hands ran red. The smoke
poured in. The room was logged with Il
now.
Harry stopped on his hands and knees
and crawled the length of the corridor feel
ing in every Granny and corner for some
possible weapon or tool with which to break
the wall The place was bare Of every.
thing but dust and mold
As he turned back from the far end Of
the dismal place. he felt his head swim
1T Is comfng-the end now he gasped.
He struggled back along the floor He had
Just strength enough to lift Pauline into hid
arms, to place her head upon his breast. b.
fore the darkness fell
The airman Ravelli had carried supplies
Will HAiu w ulS Fechle6s Htgnt inc sup
plies consisted OF two small bottles OF
whiskey unmixed with water. It lad been
q tumultuous day for him. But the en-
cheering of the plot against Pauline ana
Harry Marvin was belittled now in the thrill
and the triumph Of his last ride Now and
then. es he sped the magnificent machine
through the air, Ravelli drank deep of the
red poison.
He was becoming utterly crazed He had
forgotten entirely now what he had planned
to do with the aeroplane after It was stolen.
He knew there had been a plan. He was
going to sell 1t to some one. but he could
not remember whom.
And then there was Ba1thazar and his
cutthrOats. He must keep away from them.
Still it would be interesting to watch what
they were doing-to watch 1t from q safe
seat In the sky.
That struck Ravelli deeply It seemed an
idea happy and heroic. He had been cir.
cling the zone OF the great IRE, but was
forced to go SO high to avoid the smoke that
the spectacle was belittled. He steered
now for the place where the towering chin.
ney of the old Marvin factory doomed among
the trees.
His hand was growing unsteady ON the
levers. He caught one of the Nasks Of
whiskey and drained the last half Of It. He
choked. The plane dipped sharply over the
wood, His hands we're back ON the levers
In An instant. but 1t was too late.
The left frame struck into the branches
Of q tree. The machine spun round. Ravelli.
working madly at the levers. held It for .
moment. but It was beyond control
Ravellt saw directly before him the ruins
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the man he had called his chief aide
Hurry" he added nervously.
Pauline and Harry were thrust through
the hole over the great forge Of the aban-
doned factory.
The work went forward rapidly. There
were evidently others in the group Of
gypsies who were able to handle mortar and
trowel.
But the eyes Of Harry and Pauline were
blinded. and they did not know what was
happening. They heard. faint the muflled
words OF . man: Good God. ster: It win
live in our hearts forever. Let me kill them
with the knife"
Then came the sound Of muttered oath.
the half metallic shock Of inst On nesh and
the thud of falling body.
Balthazar had quickly silenced a posi-
BILE mutineer.
Pauline and Harry heard the tinkle Of
metal on stone. They though they
could not sea gathering darkness in the
pit where they lay.
To Harry's mind came suddenly the real
ixation of what was being DONE The scrape
of a trowel trimming the oozed mortar from
the bricks told him He was thankful that
he could not speak. He was grateful that
she could not ask him what was happening
He writhed In his bonds ana found that
he could move . little. Drawing UP his tied
feet he thrust them sideways and struck
no wall. It was apparent that the black
chamber into which they had been thrust
was somewhat commodious. There was
plenty Of air.
Trusting stil to the marvellous and kindly
whims Of fate that had saved them from 40
many dangers, Harry's mind began the fash
ioning Of plans Of rescue even In this
abyssma; tomb.
The sound Of . low laugh came from be-
yond the wall They could hear the rapid
Fetreating footsteps Of men. The beat Of
the footsteps on the board floor were soft
ened into the beat Of footsteps on eat
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The fire here was lighted in the old
dearest
You mean It was lighted to-to-kill M p
sne asked, her voice still tremulous, but
with gentle calmness that meant courage.
He hurled himself against another section
OF the wall without answering.
HAIRY. you needn't be afraid to tell me-
II we arc going to die. will not be afraid.
II you are with me when 1 die. 4 win not be
afraid."
He turned and caught her crushingly IN
MS arms. He pressed his lips eeatly to her
forehead. then lingeringly to her lips.
You are the Gamest woman In the world. !"
he said
But-H3rry-is it's this one Of the
awful things that have dones Il this one
Of the dangers that l have dragged you
into because was 20 sillyr
Your he cried. Never In the world.
They were after me this time. Polly was
the fool to let you come with me-"
EVEN the heat Of the FIRE onrressed then
answered.
= an Glad came With you.
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Written by Charles Goddard
The Distinpuished PLAYWRIGHT
Continued from Last Week.
CHAPTER XVIII.

Continued from Last Week.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Copyright, 1914. by the Star Company.
All Foreign Rights Reserved.
r-VvrHY didn't go? Why did trust
"W 1t to Balthazar?"
w Raymond Owen, pacing the
library of Castle Marvin. was berating HIM
self for his faith in others.
There are men who make religion OF
wickedness There are men who so worship
the idols OF evil that they can feel kind
OF remorse in the failure of their cruel ma
chinations Raymond Owen was one of
these. He was a coward. He aimed to be
colossally thief But he had mind-intel-
lect The power Of his strange brain was
only misdirected, not diminished, by the in
herent cruelty of his nature and the soul
deadening force of the drugs he used But
he had that weakness of all men who trust
to others the execution Of sinful designs
the terror Of suspense.
To him now the library Of Castle Marvin.
Hooded softly with the sunshine Of mid
afternoon. scented Of the flowers from the
garden. was place Of fear and peril
The vines Of the veranda made lazy
shadows shifted with the shifting Of the
vine leaves on the wall of the library. They
got On Owens nerves.
Owen was man who was waiting for the
10Y of death message. The waiting tortured
him. He was not afraid to hear that Harry
and Pauline were dead. He was afraid that
he might hear they were alive.
The dimming light in the library drove him
out to the fresh air of the veranda. He
turned sharply, however, and dashed back
into the library. He caught up the tele-
phone feverishly in trembling hands
"Balthasar." said a low voice over the
wire.
"Yes-Owen." answered the secretary
at is all we'll It Is DONE" came the must.
cal words Of the gypsy
Owen softly returned the telephone re-
ceiver to its hook. smile of comp1acence
ovsrspread his sallow face. He had not
dared to ask questions, but he felt sure
that II Balthazar had made his way to West
bury-the nearest place where telephone
could be had-the work had been fully COM
pleted. He felt sure that Harry and Pauline
lay dead in the sealed pit of the ruined
factory.
The telephone bell rang again.
Owen paused. his hand clutching his chin
In hesitant self-questioning. But after Z
moment he answered the call.
"Hello-Castle Marvin" came q mans ex-
cited voice over the wire.
"Yes." said Raymond Owen. calmly, "thia
q Castle Marvin"
Tell MT. Marvin all Braithwait IL burning
1.-The factory's gone. We can't stop the fire. "
You are crazy. man. What do 20
@eanr yelled Owen In excellent alarm.
mean I'm the manaseer-
But Owen had hung up the receiver and
was turning with look Of utter satisfaction
oway from the table.
He win think l am dashing madly t.
warn the household" he whispered pleas
ontly to himself
The automobile In which Harry and
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Of the old factory. The walls wn..e. for .
price. he had directed the entombment -
Harry and Pauline, doomed gray and ghost
like under the pail of the smoke from the
burning town. The ancient chimney, be.
meath which. lie knew. lay the imprisoned
lovers, lowered in his path-not as tool OF
crime and pro1t now. but as a monument
to his own doom.
The right plane struck the chimney. which
crumpled like a cardtower under the blow.
The bricks OF the rfven walls half buried
Ravelli as he gasped out the f!nal breath q
his evil life on the floor of the rcofless cham.
Der. The chamber in which lay Harry an1
Pauline was opened to the air.
Harry awakened as II out of
Eunligh. blazed upon his startled eyes He
breathed the fresh air. Around him werO.
ruins. Weakly he got to his fest. and lift
ing Pauline. reeied out through the Grpot
hole that had let in the sun and air.
She stirred suddenly in his arms me
opened her eyes. He laid her head upon hi,
shoulder and hurried. 90 that she might B0l
see the body Of the dead Ravelli in the suthaIs
(Te b eentinwod neae uoolkl
-
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etreWn ground. Inc VoaCee VSo0 away
There came the distant choking OF an au-
tomobile that was being cranked- They
heard no more.
could move only the fraction OF an inch 1T
a time in the grimly calculated ooaas tns'
held him, hand and foot
He was fearful Of moving IN the pit. be-
cause he could not tall into what chasm he
might tall. II he turned upon his side. 1t
might mean instant death tor him. ulti'
mate death for the only ono he cared TO
save. He kept on DRAGGING himself along
the rock door. A he did 20 he se1apeo tne
gag along tho door.
His head struck something. He felt the
hand of Pauline against his forehead. He
turned upon his side and ground The gag
from his mouth against the wall Ire caught
in his teeth the end of the cord that bound
her hands.
low suffering sound came as II from
afar OF, but he did not give heed to it. He
was frantically tearing with his teeth 1t
the knot In the rope.
The Suffering sound grew into q crackle.
A faint pungent odor seeped into the must
of the pit.
Pauline strained with her frail hands TO
loosen the rope. while Harry tore at It It
was Impossible for him to tell her that she
only tighrened 1t BY her struggled
But at last he had cut It free. He felt
her draw her hands out Of the opened moose.
He felt tae freed arms suddenly clasp him.
"Pollyl" he cried. faint but ENCOURAGING.
Harry! Harryi" she gasped as she tore
the bandages from her own lips and eyes.
Where are wes What does It all mean !?
Why-Harry-there's smoke-it's coming
through the wallsl'
you must unite my hands. dearest" he
said
With a little CRY Of selfreproach, she
stopped over him.
"Now!" he cried. a. he felt his muscles
loosed.
But the smoka-don.t you small the
smoker" whispered Pauline. -
He made no answer. but with deft, strong
lands tore the bonds from her feet. then
from his own. They arose in their lonely
and mysterious prison. hand in hand.
Out at Castle Marvin all word had
ceased The servants who had gathered ex-
citedly after Harry and Pauline drove sway
were now on the roof of the garage. gazing
fascfnated At the. far Aames Of burning
-Braithwait 49,.
> Even had the household been watchful
and At work they would not have seen the
figure Of the exile Ravelu creep through the
woods and through the shrubbery Of the
garden. -
RAvelH was more than cautious. He was
risking not only his freedom but his life. on
this mysterious errand. Fer to accomplish
his purpose he had deserted Balthaxar. the
gypsy. n the midst Of dangerous work; had
left the captors Of Pauline and Harry 1t
the moment when he was most needed
Ravelu himself could hardly have e4s
planned why he had been SO foolhardy. He
knew a. well then as he did nov that he
would be killed the first time he should
meet . member of the band ef Balthasar.
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Some deeper. more compelling call than
that OF fear had lured him to leap into the
thicket while the automobile drove away.
to take the highroad amid the crowding.
weeping refugees Of Braithwait. to mingle
with them and shelter his flight In their ex.
element
It was = call from the past. AS Ravelli
had lain behind the bushes on the Marvin
grounds Z few hours before. and watched
the mechanics working over Harry Marvins
atrship. the memories of his old daring days
came flooding back to him-the days when
he had been q lieutenant OF the Austrian
air corps-the days before he had sold the
secrets Of his country to q prospective foe
There Hes always some gold of inspira.
ton I'm the alag Of the blacklist heart,
RavelH loved the air. He had loved, a. II
they were living things, the machines that
had carried him on his daring Nights
The sight Of the splendid aeroplane-last
mastery Development Of the inventors skin
had awakened IN the exile the old lons.
ing for the thrill Of speed and peril. He
crept ON stealthily through the garden.
Al he parted the bushes adjacent to the
aviation 6eld. he saw the little group Of ser
wants ON the root Of the garage. Even the
aviator and his mechanics had left their
work to watch the IRE. Tho aeroplane.
trimmed for flight. stood unguarded in the
open field.
1t was the matter Of but q moment for
Aavellt to step through the bushes and seat
himself in the machine. He started the
engine. With the shift OF a lever the ma
chine wheeled forward and took to the air
as gracefully as bird.
The joyful look on the face of the driver
was the look Of a mailman. He had &C
complished his purpose. He felt the thrill
Of triumph. The screams and shouts that
now echoed after him az the Marvin ser
wants saw him swinging away were al
plAudits to his ears
RavelH had drunk heavily the night be-
fore. He had been drinking all day. His
daring suddenly became reckless. He
turned the machine and drove back over the
Marvin grounds. over the roof Of the garage,
where the servants were standing They
broke and ned for the scuttle as he sent
the aeroplane close to the root
He swerved abruptly and shot away in
the direction of Braithwait.
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In the walled chamber of the ruined fec
tory CROPPED Harry and Pauline. They had
freed themselves Of their bonds. only to
face . greater peril.
It was not totally dark in the chamber
There were drippings Of light from
crevices I'm the roof. And now they could
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not only scent the
smoke: they could
see 1t pun through
the floor beneath
them
The smoke be-
gan to stine them.
Harry, leading
Pauline along the
dim corrid or.
stopped at every
pace to hurl his
strength against
the wall. He
hoped that he
might ind the
place where the
bricks had been
newly laid. But
the wall was more
than q foot thick
and the bricks
had bean laid
skillfully. N o :
where Was there
the slightest
yielding.
"Harry. do you
know where we
are" asked Pau
line in q fright
ened whisper.
Il am not sEre,"
he answered. ''But
i believe that It
is the old factory.
Il don't know any
place else Of this
kind that they
C. o n l d b a We
reached SO quick
ly."'
But the fire
c o u l d mt haze
reached the cid
: factory"
The fire here
forge. 1t isn't pay
r %
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ali fu81tlveS OF the
confagration.
The automobile
stopped. Harry
and Pauline were
lifted from It and
carried rapidly
through . narrow
path. The swish
Of the bushes told
them that they
we're In q seclud.
ed place. but their
blindfolded eyes
gave them no
clew to THAR
whereabouts
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Pauline lay helpless crushed its way slowly
along the brambled road that Owen and
Balthazar had traverssd . few hours be-
fore. 4
Harry lay on his back in the bottom @3
OF the tonneau: Pauline lay ON the
seat. Balthaxar, with = drawn re- ~ .
volver in his hand. stood guard
over them. But the machine
moved so slowly that the
other gypsies. on foot. kept
pace with it. To any in ssass
different eye. they were
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-10
Death.

Mrs. Charles w. Young died at the
Tourney hospital Sunday afternoon
about o'clock after a short illness.
The funeral services were held from
the residence, No. 10 Blanding street,
Monday afternoon at $50 o'clock and
the interment followed at the ceme-
terry, Rev. ID. NJ. Mcleod Of the Meth
odist church conducting the services.
Mrs. Young is survived by her hus-
band, Mr.. Charles w. Young, four
sisters. Mrs. Geo. II. Hurst and Mrs.
Donald Auld OF this city and Mrs.
Baker and Mrs. Trive OF Vero, Fla,
and two brothers of Savannah and
Florida. She leaves three children
by her first marriage, Mrs. j. Lem
King, Eugene Chandler and Miss
Gladys Chandler OF this city and one
eight-months-o baby by her second
marriage.
Mrs. Young was well known in this
city and her death has caused gener-
al sorrow among her many friends.
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FIRE THURSDAY MORNING.
Building OH Liberty Street Damaged
u. Fred Wise Greatest Loser.

building on East Liberty street,
the property of the Sumter Investment
company. was slightly damaged by
fire about 8 o'clock this morning.
The fire, SO far as could be deter
mined caught under the flooring of
a back room in the ground floor of
the building, and is supposed to have
been caught by rats. A hole in the
floor was burned and some damage
was done by water, but otherwise the
building itself was not injured.
However, Mr.. j. Fred Wise, the
proprietor of the Lyric, had soda
water fountain and a quantity of fix
lures and apparatus in the room,
where the fire caught and these were
seriously damaged by the heat, smoke
and water His stuff was expensive
and easily injured by the heat and
water. He estimated his damage at
around $500, with $1,000 insurance.
The front part of the floor was Occu-
pied by NJ. j. Jenkins, a barber who
suffered little damage from the fire.
The second floor Of the building is
used as q hotel for colored people
and there were large number of
them in the building when the alarm
of fire was turned in, but they left
the place in short order after they
found it was on fire. The alarm was
turned in by officer j. Nj. Barwick,
who discovered the fire.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-10
COUNTY BOARD MEETS.
Annual Meeting to BE Held Thursday
Many Matters to Come up-To Is
sue Road Bonds.

The regular monthly meeting of
the County Board of Commissioners
was held Tuesday in the Supervisor S
office, the issue Of $4,000 road i'm
provement bonds being the only mat
ter Of interest to be considered.
The annual meeting of the board
will be held Thursday, when a num-
Der of matters Of general interest Will
come up for discussion. The board
will then go over the work of the past
year and plan work for the new year.
A session will also be held with the
county delegation in the General AS
sembly to discuss the tax levy and
other matters Of general Importance
regarding legislation for Sumter Coun-
ty.
At the meeting Tuesday a petition
was received asking that the cause
way over Pocotaligo swamp he widen
ed. This petition was considered but no
action was taken.
1t was decided to issue the third
series of $4,000 road improvement
bonds under the act of the legislature
Of 1910. The clerk was instructed to
secure the necessary Information con-
corning the issue of the bonds and to
arrange for the advertising for bids.
A number of hills Iyore oODo over
and approved.
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X. of II. Insta" Officers.

The installation of officers Of Game
Cock Lodge. Knights of ,Pythias, took
place last night at the hall in the AL
ston building. Grand Chancellor Geo.
w. Dick conducting the installation
ceremonies. The meeting was a very
interesting one and was we'll attended.
The newly installed officers are:
Chancellor Commander. c. C. Beck (;
vice-chancellor, ]. II. Chandler, prelate
w. II. Shelly: master of finance, B.
Walsh; master Of exchequer. ]. G. r.
Wilder; keeper Of records and seals,
r. S. Churchill; master of work, ]. A.
Middleton.
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Notice.

At meeting of the board of pen
sions for Sumter county, a motion
was made and acted upon recommend
ing the election Of Mr.. j. West Brad
ford to fill the vacancy caused liy the
death Of Mr.. Winfield Dinkins, and a
ed for the third Monday in January
as required by law. The clerk is
Of the meeting in the county papers.
w. u. Scarborough,
Chairman