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The Delta independent., 1914-09-25
CHAPTER XIV.
The TIme O. NIaht.


Not ill-pleased to be left to his own
devices (whose proposed character
Digby would never have approved had
he SO much as suspected them) Alan
none the less deferred action until
after midnight.
And espionage was all he feared
save and except always, OF course, fall
ure to find his Rose.
It was about one in the morning
when he arrived inconspicuously tbut
not so much 30 as to seem deserving
of police surveillance) in the neigh
borhood of the Riverside drive home of
his mortal enemy, grim white house
that lowered, stark and tall. upon a
corner.
His preliminary reconnoisanee pro-
vided little more than comfortless OK
ercise. Huge, still. its wall bathed in
the milk and Ink of moonlight and
shadow, all its windows dark but
ons-and that one. in the topmost tier.
showed only feeble glimmer. 30 slight
that Alan almost overlooked 1t.
But once discovered. It focused upon
itself his thoughts with . power little
less than hypnotic.
He believed with small doubt that
Rose was . prisoner within those
walls; that Judith must have con-
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Rose Turned on Her Passion ately.
here in anguish all these weary years
for the fulfillment of my revenge only
to be cheated at the end by Death
God grant that Alan Law may be laid
down still living here at my feet!
Then :"
A bitter smile twisted his tortured
features: Then shall my will be done
to him! And then, when ! have seen
him die as his father died-tAen-Ah,
God!-then at last ! too may die!
There was long silence, then a
groan of exasperated protest: why
do they not come? Why does Judith
delay, when she knows how / suffer?
Why have been put of from day to
day with her kilograms that begged
for more time and promised every
thing-but told nothing!-unt yester-
day. Where are those mes
sages she sent me yesterday"
His one sound hand groped out like
q claw and sought mass of papers
on the desk beside him, sorting out
from among them two yellow forms.
Painfully he blinked over the and
slowly his pain-bent lips conned their
wording;
"'Alan and Rose safe with me-will
bring both home tomorrow night with
out fail.'" he read the nrst aloud; and
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Before he could recover-before,
that is, 1t dropped away and cleared
his vision, Alan had bent forward and
grasped the wrist of the hand that
held the knife.
He snatched simultaneously at the
other hand. but II eluded him.
Alan had this advantage. as long as
the knife might not strike-that his
right arm was free. while the assassin
had only his left. With this he strove
persistently to reach his knife-hand
and possess himself OF the weapon.
As persistently Alan foiled his purpose
by dragging the knife-hand toward him
and swinging II far out to one side. At
the same time he struck repeatedly
with his clenched right fist at the 9TH
er's face. His blows did little dam
age beyond disconcerting the other:
but this proved a very considerable
factor in the duel In the end, they
served together with that steady, re-
sistless downward and outward drag.
to break the grip of the mans locked
legs
Abruptly he pitched forward on his
face along the girder. kicking wildly.
grasping at the air. The stiletto fell
from an instinctively relaxed grasp,
and disappeared. And before Alan
could release his hold. or ease the
strain upon the right arm OF the as
sassin. this last had slipped bodily
from the girder and hung helpless In
space. dangling At the end of Alan's
arm-with no more than the grip OF
Eve fingers between him and death
The shock of that unpresased turn
brought Alan forward and nat on his
stomach. And the strain on his left
arm was terrific. He doubted II he
could maintain II for another minute.
Nor was there any reason why he
should retain IT, The end he had de-
signed for his victim was merely his
just desert
And yet Alan could not let him so.
Thus the battle began anew-but
now II was battle with a man half
crazed and struggling so madly that
he well-nigh frustrated the efforts OF
his rescuer.
In the upshot the assassin lay like .
limp rag across the girder, head and
arms dangling on one side. legs and
feet on the other. spent with his ter
rife exertions and physically sick with
terror.
And in this state Alan left him: he
had done enough: let the man shift
for himself from this time on.
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This accomplished, the men turned
attention to Rose, lashing her In SINH
lar wise at Barcus' side.
Standing just above the water-line,
with every sign of complete calm and
sanity other than that ominous flicker
ing in her eyes, Judith superintended
the business till its conclusion, then
waved the men away.
Quietly, like well-trained servants,
they turned their backs and marched
off.
And again, after a brief wait, the
woman laughed her short and mirth-
less laugh.
1.-THE tide will he high" she said,
precisely at sunset. You may time
your lives by that. When the sun dips
into the sea, then will your lives go
down with it."
She turned on her heel and strobe
swiftly away, with not SO much as a
backward glance, overlook her men,
and passed quickly from sight around
the farther point of rocks.
For some time Barcus struggled
Vainly with his bonds. AS for Rose,
she wasted no strength in struggling
perhaps had mono to waste. When he
profile unmarried by any line of fear or
doubt, sharply relieved against the
darkness of the rising Hood Her level
gaze without tremor traversed the
shining flood to its far horizon.
He noted that already the waters
had risen more than an inch.
Humbled even in his terror by that
radiant calm that dwelt upon her. he
~entured difidently: Rose - Miss
Trine-"
She turned her head and found the
heart to smile. "Rose," she corrected
gently.
I'm SORRY" he said-which was not
at all what he had meant to say, I've
done my best. l suppose it's wrong
to give up-but they've made 1t too
much for me, this time"
II know" she said gently.
"You"-he stammered-"you're not
afraid?"
There is nothing to fear" she said.
but death. :"
'Then," he said more bravely, after
. time-the water now was near his
chin-"good-by-g luck!"
mot yet, dear friend" she returned.
mot yet"
But the sun was perilously close
upon the rim of the world. But little
time, and 1t would be night.
He closed his eyes to shut out the
Vision Of its slow, implacable descent.
The water was now almost level
With his lips; It seemed strange that
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his throat could be so dry. SO
He opened his eyes. shuddering.
tits good-by now" he faltered.
mot yeti" her voice rang beside
him, vibrant. Lookup there-along
the cliff"
He lifted his gaze
Two men were running along the
cliff-and the man in the lead was
Alan. But his lead was very scant,
and the man who pursued was one of
Judith's, and stuck to the trail like a
bloodhound fresh from the leash.
And now the water was at his lips;
Barcus could no more speak without
Strangling.
OF a sudden he groaned in his heart;
though there was no passable way
down the cliff, still the sight of his
friend alive and unharmed had brought
with 1t thrill of hope; now that hope
died as he saw Alan stumble and go
TO his knees.
Before he could rise the other was
upon him, with the fury Of a wolf seek
ing the throat of a stag.
For an instant they fought like mad
men; then, In trice, the sky line
II the cliff was empty; one or the
ether had tripped and fallen over the
brink, and falling had retained hold
q his enemy and carried him down as
wall.
BY NO chance, Barcus told himself.
npuId either escape uninjured.
Yet, to his amassment he saw one
nan break from the cther's embrace
"a r1se. And he who lay still, .
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CHAPTER XIV.
Chanqeiinq.

Ondn0ebn9.
In the vague. chill gray OF that dull
and desolate dawn. Judith stirred abb
ruptly on the couch OF sleepless
night. and with the rapidity OF one
who has arrived at q settled purpose
after long period Of doubt and per.
plexity. rose and bathed and dressed
herself in negligee.
In the adjoining room she could hear
small. stealthy NOTES.-THE sounds
made by her sister moving about and
preparing against the unguessable mo.
ment when her rescue would be At
tempted. according to the information
conveyed in that midnight message.
For chance had conspired with her
insomnia to station Judith in the re,
cess Of her darkened window. idly
viewing the gaunt framework Of the
unfinished building from an angle
which. when Alan edged out along the
girder, showed him plainly in silhou.
ette against the sky.
In Judith's eyes his Identity was un.
mistakable. She had hardly needed
the night-glasses which presently she
brought to bear upon him at the mo.
ment when he was laboriously inditins
his message-while grim death stalked
him from behind.
She had seen him throw the watch
and had heard the double thump OF its
impact with the wall and floor OF
Roses bedchamber.
And she had Witnessed with wildly
beating heart that duel In the air
able TO surmise Its outcome only from
the fact that the victor spared the life
of the vanquished.
The clock was striking six as she
left her room: across the street work.
ingmen were streaming into the build.
ing to begin the labors Of tho day.
Brushing unceremoniously past the
drowsy and Indifferent guard in the
corridor outside the door to Roses
room, Judith turned the key that 70.
NAMED IN the lock ON the outside, re.
moved It. entered. and locked the door
behind her.
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copyright, 1914. BY Louis Joseph Vance


crumpied, 1nnuman ...-% .ron the
sands. was Judith's man.
With a violent effort Barcus lifted
his mouth above water and shrieked:
Allan! Alan! Help! Here-at the
end of the point-in the water-help!"
A precious minute was lost before
Alan discovered their two heads, so
barely above that swiftly rising flood.
Then he ran toward them as he had
never run before. and as he came
whipped out jack-knife and freed it's
blade.
Even so-since it was, of course,
Rose whom Alan freed the first
Barcus was half-drowned before Alan
helped him in turn up to the beach.
And as this happened the last blood
red rim of the sun was washed under
by the waves.
Two minutes later the lifeboat was
afloat, and Mr.. Barcus, already recov-
cred, was laboring with the fiywheel
of the motor, stimulated to supreme
exertion by the sight Of party. led by
Judith, racing madly down the beach.
But 1t was not until well out from
shore and on the way to the safety
promised by the mainland-now read
lily discernible on the horizon-that
any one of them found time for speech.
Then Mr. Barcus Strengthened up
from his assiduous attentions to the
motor, and observed:
You bear q charmed life, my ad-
venturous friend. l want to tell you
that when saw you go over that cliff
made up my mind your usefulness
would be at least permanently i'm
paired. AS 1t is. / don't mind telling
you that If ever l get out OF this affair
alive, I'm going to have a try at your
life myself. Just once for luck!"
CHAPTER XXI.
The House Divided.
Alone in that strange place OF 81
lence and shadows-that den Of the
DEVILS livery, crimson and black
chained to the invalid chair wherein,
day in, day out, for years on end, he
had suffered the Promethean torments
Of the life that would not die out OF
his wretched, wrecked carcass, though
without ceasing sharp-beaked envy.
hatred, malice and all uncharitable-
ness pecked insatiably at his vitals:
Seneca Trine sat waiting, with the inn
passivity Of a craven figure waiting
on the imminent hour of ultimate
avengement for the wrong that had
made him what he was.
! Another hour! In sixty
minutes more they will be here, Judith
and Marrophat and Rose-poor fool!
and him! :. In sixty minutes
more they will put him down before
me, bound and helpless, II not dead
A slight pause prefaced words that
were whimpered prayer: God send
that he be not dead! Have fingered
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PRISONERS TAKE
FRENCH LEAVE
SIX ESCAPE FROM THE WORK
HOUSE, BUT ONE is
CAPTURED.

Six prisoners escaped from the
county work house Sunday night
taking French leave without asking
the permission Of the guards. The
news Of their escape was at once tel
ephoned to the sheriff, who began a
lookout for them. One of them was
captured Monday afternoon in West
End, but the other five are still at
large.
The one who is again in the tolls
of the law is Sam Sage, who has
quite reputation for being able to
skip the durance vile of work
house. He has been on the county
road once before, but got away and
was but recently found in Nashville
in the work house by Will Lancaster.
He was brought back and again put
to work, but had been here only a
short time when he escaped again.
He has been sent back third time
to finish out his sentence, and a close
guard will be kept to keep the gen.
tleman there until he is through.
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STOLE HERALD FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS
SPLENDID ILLUSTRATION OF
WHY ADVERTISING PAYS IN
THIS PAPER,

AS an Illustration of the value Of
advertising, the Vogue Theatre insert.
ed in The Herald a small advertise.
ment one time, stating that all chill.
dren who clipped out the ad and
brought it to the theatre would be ad
mltted free of charge. The manag.
ers, Ed and Cliff Hendley, stated that
there were exactly 143 kids who
showed up at the box Office the next
day with the advertisement which
had been clipped out.
The same afternoon that the ad.
vertisement appeared, there were
quite number of calls from sub.
scribers, stating that they had not
received their papers and that they
had seen small boys slipping away
with them. Others said that they
had gotten the paper but that the ad'
vertisement had been clipped out by
some one.
To make long story short, adver'
Using in The Herald pays, for the peo'
pie read it and read every line of it.
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CELEBRATION OF
ITS CENTENNIAL
BEAR CREEK CHURCH HELD AN
ALL DAY MEETING SUNDAY
IN MARSHALL.

The Bear Creek Cumberland Pres.
Dyterian church celebrated its hun.
dredth anniversary Sunday with all
day services. There were hundreds
in attendance from all parts of Mar.
shall and Maury counties, and the
church was entirely unable to hold
all who desired to hear the services.
The preaching was done by Rev.
Eshman, of Pulaski, who delivered
an eloquent sermon appropriate to
the occasion. He was heard by a ca
pacity audience.
At noon dinner was served upon
the ground to a crowd that was esti-
mated at close to one thousand.
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BUYS INTEREST
in MEAT SHOP
'CARTHEL SMITH HAS PURCHAs'
ED HALF OF THAT OF WILL
J. GUEST.

Carthel H. Smith has purchased
half interest in the meat shop OF '"
j. Guest on South Main street he
will have a hand in it's active man
agement and will devote all Of MS
time to 1t.
The shop is being completely re'.
modelled on the interior, concreV'
floor is being laid, and many otnei
improvements will be made to MAKE
the shop thoroughly up to date, 10
same efficient service that has 'en
given in the past will be rendered
the future.
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had changed my position and beliefs
nnnn the linunr nuaStiOn.

had changed my position and beliefs
upon the liquor question.
Fellow citizens, this political dis
turbance is pauperizing the state OF
Tennessee. 1t is not for the cause
of temperance and prohibition, but
for the sole purpose of keeping the
republican party in power in this
state. Gov. Hooper is now paying
TO interest on the state debt, while
the city of Columbia is floating its
bonds at SO. This state is paying
100000 in interest upon this debt to
keep up this political row.
II am against any more legislative
hegiras. l did not ride upon any
railroad pass two years ago nor would
I get one for anyone, though l had it
in my power ! am opposed to rail-
road passes, and favor law prohib-
iting their being given by the rail
roads. l stand in favor of better
roads for the rural routes, and be-
lieve that the state, government and
county should join in making better
ones. l favor now, as did two years
ago, the dismissal of all the back tax
suits.
Upon these issues and upon this
platform, I ask for your support and
your suffrage, and appeal to you to
support the nominees who are run
ming with me upon this platform.
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STANDS JUST WHERE
he DID TWO YEARS
AGO upon ISSUES
HAS NOT CHANGED PRINCIPLES
AT ALL, SAYS SEN. CHURCH IN
OPENING SPEECH.
LIQUOR QUESTION SETTLED
Democratic Platform Has Incorporate
ed in It Principles for Which He
Fought, and He Sees No Reason
Why Anyone Should Not Support It.
Tuesdays Daily

Senator J. w. c. Church opened his
campaign for reelection to the state
senate Monday afternoon before a
crowd of voters that comfortably fill
ed the circuit court room. There
were between $50 and 800 who heard
his speech. The senator was in fine
form, and as he illustrated in his own
peculiar way some point, he was fire.
quently interrupted with applause
that shook the room.
After short introduction by Hon.
w. C. Whitthorne, who welcomed
Senator Church back into the dem
Ocratic party in Maury county, and
who pledged him support upon gen
uine democratic platform, Senator
Church arose and spoke, in part, a.
follows:
Fellow citizens, the two wings Of
the democratic party should heed the
advice Of these new tangled clocks
OF which read the other day. The
old timers used to tick very slowly
and to the young lady and her sutton,
esated on opposite sides of the room.
1t seemed to say, stay apart, stay
apart" Now these little dollar clocks
which tick very fast fairly cry to the
boy and the girl, Get together, get
together"
Coming before you as candidate
today, stand upon identically the
platform that I did two years ago and
upon the record | made in the senate
as your senator upon that platform
Two years ago the independents en-
dorsed me upon that platform, in
April they heartily commended me
and my record, but now they have
withdrawn their support from me.
Why is this? Some say that I have
been turncoat, others say that l
have gone over to the liquor folks,
but | want to say to you here today
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FARMERS ARE GIVING
BETTER SUPPORT TO
HOG CHOLERA WORK
DR.. O'CONNOR SAYS SATURDAY
MEETINGS HAVE BEEN VERY
BENEFICIAL.
WANTS TO Be CALLED EARLY
Must. Get to Hogs Soon After Dis
ease Has Attacked Them to Get
Good ResuIts-ExampIe of Mr.. Eng
lish in Helping In the Work.

Eyes, the meetings that we have
had the past two or three weeks al
the school houses throughout the
county have been we'll attended, and
at these meetings we have had better
interest and more genuine sympathy
shown in our worn than there has
ever been," said DR.. O'Connor this
morning in discussing the hog chol
era situation over the county.
The farmers are beginning to give
us that cooperation for which we
have been pleading for the past sew.
eral months. That prejudice, which
prevailed against us at first, has grad
ually been dissipated, and in most
cases we have had hearty support
and cooperation in the past three or
four weeks.
"Just one instance. There was a
man living near Cross Bridges who
had some hogs sick. He refused to
let us kill one of the sickest ones to
make test of the blood. Tom Eng
fish happened to be present. He sim
ply bought the hog from the farmer,
paying the money out of his own
pocket, and told us to go and make
a thorough examination. When we
have support like this all over the
county, when the farmers demon
strate their willingness to assist us
in every way that they can, then we
are going to stamp out this cholera
and we won't be long about it.
There is now but one request that
| want to make. 1t is the same one
that l have made before. 1t is to
please let us know just as soon as
one hog gets sick. Don't wait for
several to die and the whole herd to
become infected. 1t Is very little use
to call us then. The only time that
we can do very much good for the
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HORN IS
BUSY ON CHARGE
FIRST SERMON AT BlGBYvlLLE
ON SUNDAY DELIGHTED
MEMBERS.

Rev. ]. M. Horn, the new pastor OF
the Bigbyville Methodist church, has
arrived and entered upon the dis
charge of his duties. On last Sunday
morning he preached his initial ser
mon to the congregation and made a
most pleasing impression. He has
entered upon the work Of the year
with great vigor and promises to
make a splendid record for achieve
ments for the Lord.
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that / stand for temperance, law en-
forcement and the present election
laws as l did two years ago. This is
the proudest day of my life, and why?
Because my own party, the democrat.
ic party, has incorporated these prin-
ciples into it's platform and adopted
them as it's own (Applause). In
spite of what my foes tell you, am
still standing for exactly the same
principles that l did two years ago
and in April, when they thought that
was such good servant that they
endorsed me so heartily. Not only
am prohibitionist by principle,
but also by practice. Not one OF my
children has ever tasted or smelt IL
quor under their fathers roof. Can
some of my opponents say as much?
1.-TWO years ago l went before the
democratic caucus in the senate and
pleaded with the members Of it to put
the law enforcement and temperance
bills upon the statute books Of the
state, promising them that I would
come back to the party If the prohi-
bition plank would be incorporated
in the next platform. This was done
at that great convention in May, and
am proud that the great democratic
party adopted this platform, pledging
the maintenance of every temperance
law on the statute books.
Nov that the party has done
these things for which we have been
fighting for four years, plead with
you to come back to the old party
and support every nominee upon the
ticket. Mark 1t straight from head
to foot. / believe that it is better to
go down to defeat upon such plat.
form and behind such candidate as
we have nominted than to keep up
lQ0 6CulSluS huU ulNlclOAc al IAO puA-
ty. that have arrayed brother against
brother and father against son. The
liquor question is a dead issue, it is
settled and settled forever. There Is
no reason why democrats cannot once
more get together and in solid phal-
anx march to victory next Tuesday.
Gentlemen, in the interest of
peace and harmony, | went to the
leaders of the independents in this
county and appealed to them to allow
me to address them at their conven-
ton here on October II and explain
to them my attitude and position
upon these questions, but they de-
MED me the privilege. And why?
because l had committed the unpar-
donable sin in their sight of refusing
to support Gov Hooper for third
term and was going to vote for Gen.
Rye for governor. That was the sole
and only reason, and not because |
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BRINGS DAMAGE
J. SUIT FOR $500

J.. z. Warnock has instituted suit
or $500 in the circuit court against
the corporation of Mt. Pleasant. The
suit is for damages alleged to have
been done to him
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BUILDING FALLS,
FOUR ARE DEAD

Special to The Herald.
SAMSON, Ala, Oct Pin NV
collapse of a building here TINS Do,n
ing four are known to have been all"
ed and several injured.
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farmer is when he gets us there soon
after the disease appears and before
it's ravages have spread through all
of the hogs"