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CHAPTER XVIII.
Stranded.


Mr.. Thomas Barcus picked himself
up from the bottom of the lifeboat.
where he had been violently precipi-
tAted by the impact of grounding,
blinked and wiped tears Of pain from
his eyes, solicitously tested his nose
and seemed to derive little If any com
fort from the discovery that 1t was not
broken, opened his mouth and
remembered the presence of lady.
Poor Mr.. Barcus!" she said gently.
and say it out loud!"
Mr.. Barcus dropped his hands and
dropped his head at the same time.
1T can't be did," he complained in
embittered resignation; "the words
have never been invented :"
In the bows Mr.. Law (who had
barely saved himself a headlong
plunge overheard when the shoal took
fast hold of the keeD felt tenderly Of
his excoriated shins, then, rising, COM
passed the sea, sky and shore with an
anxious gaze.
In the off1ng there was nothing but
the fiat, limitless expanse of the night
bound tide, near at hand vaguely sill
vered with the moonlight In the dis
tRnces blending into shadows; never
a light or shadowy, stealing sail in
that quarter to indicate pursuit.
where are we?" he wondered aloud.
Acl
piled; somewhere on the south shore
Of the cape-unless somebody's been
tampering with the lay of this land.
That's lighthouse over yonder"
Alan took soundlngs from the bows.
Barely two feet" he announced.
withdrawing the oar from the water,
"and eel-grass no end"
"Oh!" Barcus calculated with the
accent Of enlightenment; and leaving
the motor, turned to the stern, over
which he draped himself in highly I'M
decorative fashion while cropping un-
der water for the propeller.
That's the answer" he repeated;
there's young bale of the said eel
grass wrapped round the wheel.
Which, suppose, means I've got to
10 overheard and clear it away"
Like Mr. Law, he wore neither shoes
nor other garments that could be more
damaged by salt water than they had
been-but only shirt, trousers and
belt.
IF you've nothing better to do, my
critical friend" he observed as he
stopped to hack and tear at the mass
OF weed embarrassing the propeller,
''you might step out and give us a
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her heels in his own famished eager
ness, by the hand of Alan falling heav-
lily upon his arm.
Watt" the latter admonished in
half-whisper. Look there!"
Barcus followed the direction of his
gesture-and was transfixed by the
sight of a rocket spearing into the
night-draped sky from a point invis-
ible beyond the headland of the light
house.
The two consulted one another with
startled and fearful eyes.
AS with one voice they murmured
one word: Judith" To this Alan
added gravely: "Or some spy Of
hers!"
Then rousing, Alan released his
friend, with a smart shove urging him
across the threshold of the hotel.
Go on" he insisted, "join Rose and
get your supper. I'll be with you as
soon as can arrange for a boat. Tell
her nothing more than that-that |
thought it unwise to wait until every
body was abed before looking round"
He turned to find his landlord ap-
preaching from the direction of the
hotel barroom. And for the time it
seemed that the wind of their luck
must have veered to favoring quar-
ter; for the question was barely ut
tered before the landlord lifted will
ing voice and hailed a fellow towns
man idling near by.
Hey, Jake-come here!"
Introduced as Mr.. Breed, Jake
pleaded guilty to ownership of the
fastest and stanchest power-cruiser
in the adjacent waters, which he was
avariciously keen to charter
They observed haste religiously;
within ten minutes they stood upon q
float at the foot of fight of wooden
steps down the side Of the town wharf,
while the promised rowboat of Mr..
Breed drew in, at most leisurely pace,
to meet them.
Aboard and away from the wharf,
the burden of Alan's solicitude seemed
to grow lighter with every sQueal
of the greaseless oarlocks, with ev-
cry dip and splash of the blades
which, welded by a crew Of villainous
countenance, brought them nearer the
handsome motorboat which Mr.. Breed
designated as his own. 1t was not
until Alan looked up suddenly to find
Mr.. Breed covering him with re-
volver of most vicious character that
he had the least apprehension Of any
danger nearer than the ofing, where
Judiths schooner might be lurking,
waiting for its prey to come out and
be devoured.
''I'll take that money-belt Of yours.
young feller," Mr.. Breed announced,
"and be quick about it--not forgetting
what's in your trousers pocket"
In the passion Of his indignation
Alan neglected entirely to play the
/ game by the rules. The indifference
he displayed toward the weapon was
positively unprofessional for he
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SYNOPSIS.

The 8 Of Hearts Is the death sign" en-
ployed by Seneca Trine In the private war
Of vengeance which. through his daugh-
ter Judith a woman OF violent passions
like his own, he wages against Alan Law,
held responsible for the accident which
made him a helpless cripple Rose, Ju-
dith's twin and double. loves Alan, and
learning OF her sisters campaign against
him, leaves home and joins her fortunes
20 his. Under dramatic circumstances
Alan saves Judith's life and so wins her
love; but failure to shake his constancy
90 Rose kindles Judith's jealousy and set
ties her in her homicidal purpose. She Is
Fantucket's sound, from which Rose and
Alan escape with their friend Barcus. Ju-
dith pursuing in a chartered schooner
with q crew of cut-throats.
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CHAPTER Xxx.

HellFire.
But by this stage in his history Mr..
Law had arrived at a state of mind
immune to surprise at the discovery
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copyright, IOl1, by Louis Joseph vance

web-footed as 1t is, and she's toe
tired"
We'll, what them"
I'VE can carry her, can't wef"
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WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

official communiauc issued
last night briefly states that the situa-
ton is unchanged and that on the French
left wing the fghting still continues.
The afternoon cummunique admits that
the allies have been forced to give
The German line In this region. accord
ing to the latest reports. runs from
Peronno TO Chaulnes, and from there to
Lassigny, at the angle in the battle line
between the Disc and the Somme. The
night CommuniQue reports that In the
Argonne and on the heights OF the Meuse
the French have repused attacks both
by night and by day.
"A wireless message from
Berlin says that the German army head
quarters issued an official statement an
nouncing that three forts and connecting
redoubts at Antwerp had been taken.
The Germans also assert that on the
Niemen River they succeeded In de-
foeting the Third Siberian and part of
the Twenty-second Russian army corps
In a furious bottle ''sttl o
days, that 1000 Russians were made
prisoners and MANY guns We're captured.
Was unofficially reported
from northwestern Galicia that the
Russians have captured the fortress of
Tarnow. In southwestern Poland, In
the general region of cracow, near
kelce. Russian cavalry has defeated
German troops sent from France 10
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defend Cracow. II Is believed that a
great battle has been begun in that
region and that the engagement NAY
determine the fate OF both Cracow
and Sllesla. To the north in western
Poland, a great force of Germans strik
ing toward Warsaw has been checked
and pressed back by the Russians An
oricial report from Petrograd says that
the Germans suffered a severe defeat az
Augustowa and are in full retreat
JAPAN.--Japanese cavalry repulsed an
attack OF Germans near Using tao, In
Sing -hao harbor: there was an OK
change of shots between Japanese and
German ships in which one German
ship was struck by four shells Japa-
nese troops continue to advance along
the Shangtung railway.
BELG1UM.-British troops with big guns
have arrived at Antwerp TO assist the
Belgians in the defence OF the forts
The British are at the River Nethe
The Belgians claim that all their de-
fences are holding out.
RCMANIA-The German Government
has served a notice on Rumania that
she must not enter Pennsylvania The
note II considered In the nature OF an
ultimatum. A hasty meeting OF the
Rumanian Cabinet was summoned 10
consider the communication. but action
had to be postponed because of the III
ness OF the King, which ls alleged to
be "A diplomatic Illness. The party lead
crs are unanimous in urging mainten-
ance OF strict neutrality.
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WHITMAN BEARS
BOSSES BR ANDS,
SAYSROOSEVELT'
Chararterizes Him as Tool of
Both Barnes and
Murphy.
"BEGGED NOMINATION
FROM PROGRESSIVES"

Col. Roosevelt opened the Progressive
CAMPAIGN yesterday with pointed attack
ursr Mr. Whitman. He devoted the
greater potion of his night speech at
Poughk,eps.c to categorical charges
'ri' NJ Whitman had proved himself
,u 70. the tool Of both MIR. Barnes and
Mr. Murphy and. II elected Governor,
he would ,till he controlled by them.
I'm his first speech of the day, at
Yors,ls. COL Roosevelt put Mr.. whit
man n the Ananias Club" by asserting
positively. despite MIR. Whltmans SUBJ
s,gu,r. deral. that the District Attor-
ucy had Told him that he had voted for
h.m for President in 1912. This CONVEX
sa'..u. boo said, was in the presence Of
Justice Franklin c. Hoyt of the Chill
drrr'- Court.
Justice Huyt recalled the conference
bur wt- unable to substantiate Col
Rous"y,ltS assertion in regard to what
NJ Whitman said Of the vote.
Mr Whitman was on his way from
Newport 20 New York and could no,
he reached
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WAR ORDER" JUNE l49
London .'Timc." Prints German Lett
ter with Instructions for Cruiser.

Special cable Despatch 10 THE SuN.
LONDON, oct. 6.--The Times prints "A
communication from Cape Town pur-
porting to show that Germany was pre-
pairing for war as early as June II.
An intercepted letter addressed 10 the
commander of the German cruiser Eber,
which locked at Cape Town "A few
days before the outbreak of the war,
contained instructions from Berlin,
dated June IA, revealing the complete
system of coaling off the navy in the
event OF declaration of war, through
secret agents at Cape Town, New York
and Chicago
The letter contained an intimation that
collier would leave Table Bay osten-
sibly bound for England. but really TO
meet the German warshlp at a specified
point.
Commenting on this disclosure the
Times remarks:
Thus fortnight before any con-
ceivablc preteNt for a European quarrel
had been discovered Germany issued in
structions which were TO be observed in
the even, of a war which she pretends
was thrust upon her.
The Archduke Ferdinand was assas-
sinated June 2S.
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Allies Admit They Have
Seeded" Ground at
Certain Points.
BATTLE CONTINUES
WITHOUT CESSATION
No Break in Deadlock Along
Champagne Hills-Fight
On in ArgOnne.
KAISER'S MEN SEEK
TO OPEN Up NEW LINE
Attempts to Establish Commu-
nications West From
Metz Fooled.
spccioi Cable Despotch TO tn. sus.
PARIS, October r


The Germans have undeniably gained
ground in the region Of Roye at the
hinge Of the allied line The official re-
port this afternoon admits that ground
has been "ceded' at certain points.
The allies line has bent under ire
mcndous pressure. but remains I'M
broken. North OF the Disc, where tho
battle front forms a right angle. the
fighting tonight was violent but In
decisive.
Meanwhile the Germans have APP
parently failed to check the thanking
movement whose point. according to I'M
Official information. Is within sixteen
miles Of the Belgian frontier.
Gen. Jo6re's purpose, now revealed,
points to q drive at Mons and Brussels
while holding fast in the main battle
line. This contemplates the relief Of
Antwerp as well as weakening Of the
German centre necessitated by army
corps sent from the centre to support
Won Kluck.
Along the fortified hills of Cham.
payne the deadlock continues, but In
the Argonne and along the Mouse the
Germans, summoning fresh resources.
continue their efforts to break the al
lied riGht wing and 30 open an urgently
needed east and west line Of commune
cation from Metz. Gen. Joffre assures
the Government that these attacks have
been beaten back.
The establishment Of a line OF com
munication on the railway lines running
from Metz through Nancy or verdun
and then almost due west to Paris
would relieve the Germans OF the neces-
sity Of protecting their present circu-
itous line by way Of Belgium to Cologne
and Aix-la -Chapelle.
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7. R. ATTACKS WHITMAN.
Dc,otcs First Day of Campaigning
to district Attorney.

F'rGHkEErsfE, y. Y, oct. Col
Roosevelt began and ended his first days
c'npa su.ug with Frederick ". Daven-
pore the Progressive candidate FOR Gov
e.r'~ with attacks on Charles >. Whit
man. lie told his first audience in
okn's 1t noon that Whitman asked
hin year ago for his support for Mayor
promising not 10 run for Governor unless
ire Colonel wanted him to. and the Colonel
tod MS last audience here tonight OF
Nhitmdn's writing Of the Duell letter at
tacs'ug Barnes.
t"i Roosevelt began his POughkeepsie
speech with a review of his attacks upon
"h1i h, called the system of bipartisan
control OF the State by the Republican
and Democratic machines and the master
mechanics who run these machines He
cited the experiences OF GOV. Hughes
10 prove that the two machines have
always come together to thwart the Gov
oh'r uo matter To which party he be-
longs lie charged that the leaders OF
On, machine come TO the aid of any man
Of the other machine who is attacked and
insitucrd the desperate efforts in behalf
0t senator Aids when he was expelled
nom tho Senate and Senator Stiwell
""ol au attempt was made to expel him.
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German Troops In Rout.

More details of the Russian success
in the Suwalki region have been re-
ceived. An official report from Petro-
grad Is as follows;
THE German troops which penc-
trated Russia as far as Druslenlki and
OssowieC have been defeated at Angus
towo and are in full retreat According
to reports from commanders the Rus
sian troops at the battle Of Augustowo
gave proof Of extraordinary courage.
"Prisoners taken say that the Ger
man losses were so large that only 20
per cent. of their forces remained
The whole line of German retreat is
blocked with the bodies OF their dead.
II is thus that the German invasion
from East Prussia into Russia has
failed utterly. The enemy is now
definitely leaving the borders of the
provinces of Suwalki and L0mza"
\ despatch from the Mdtin of Paris
adds this Information;
The German army in the east,
operating in the Suwalki region. has
been cut In two. One section has been
Continued on Third PAGE.
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Say Won MoIfke
Has Been Deposed
Paris Hears General Noights-
Rhetz Has Superseded Ger
man Chief Of Staff.


LONDON, Oct Ga despatch from
Paris says the Echo dc Parts prints a
report that Gen. Won Moltke has been
superseded by Gen. Won Voights- Rhetz
as Chief Of the German General Stan.
The Echo de Paris asserts that Woln's
Agency, the official German news trans
mitter is authority for the statement.
The report was strengthened by repe-
titions received here last night from
Berlin. Military writers are inclined
STANDARD comments:
III this Is true. it is news indeed,
for 1t will constitute evidence Of serious
panic in high places. Even in minor
affairs OF the world 1t is not often
that the policy known as swapping
horses while crossing a stream is
adopted. There must be something
very gravcly wrong indeed II the Ger
mans find II necessary to get rid Of
the man who originated and directed
the whole OF the strategy OF their cam
paigns. and that at vitality critical
moment
We do not know how many Of the
mistakes were due to Won Moltke's bad
judgment and how many to interference
with his work by the Emperor or his
camarilla. one cannot for instance be-
lieve that Won Moltke Of his own initi-
alive and free will withdrew troops from
France at a moment when they were
urgently needed to secure a decisive re-
suit in tina. area Of war.
Having Withdrawn them, We cannot
imagine Non .Ioltke sending them on
useless errand to Fast Prussia, when
their presence in Galicla might have
saved the Austrian army from disaster"
\ week or so ago 1t was reported that
Gen. Voights-Rhetz had been appointed
Commissary General of the General
STAFF to succeed Gen. Stein.
Lieut.. ten. Count Helmuth Won Moltke
whose strategy =, quickly conquered
France in 1870 He was Major at the
time Of his uncles death in 1891. but the
X User pr,motcd him to a Gencralship
In 1899. made him u Lieutenant-Gene
IN 1909 and Chief of the General St,ff in
1905.
j, was reported at the time that Won
Moltke sought to avoid the resp MS biliiy,
pleading lack OF qualification However,
ne Is credited with perfecting the splendid
system and organic ton of the German
army.
OF Gen. Noights-Rhetz less Is known.
His father WAS noted soldier. but the
abilities of the son have had no opportun-
ity for prominent expression.
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Ride to Death to
Avoid Surrender
With Retreat Cut orr, Russian
Battery Deliberately browns
in Lake.
Special cable Despatch 10 THE SrS.

HPec'h tdoN Despdtck 10 THE SrN.
PETRoGRAD. oct. b.-This incident Of
the lighting about the Mazuren lakes
on a date which Is not given Is told
here; A Russian battery commanded by
Lieut., Smirnoff was hanked on the
right by German infantry and on the
left by machine guns. Behind II was n
lake which cut off the retreat OF the
Russians.
Lieut.. Smirnoff decided that he would
not surrender and galloped az full speed
with his battery into the lake. Every
man and beast was drowned. When
Lieut.. Smirnoff's father learned OF the
incident he expressed his Joy at his
sons choice OF death before surrender.
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HAS NINETY.SEvEN WOUNDS.
French Army surgeon In Hospital
Tells of Experience.

Special fdbie Despdtch 10 the SuS.
PARIS, Oct. 5.--A French Surgeon
Major now in Paris hospital has
ninety-seven officially counted wounds.
He tells this story:
After hard days fighting on August
30 | bandaged my last case and was
rcmountng my horse when | heard a
sound ike thunder and "a shell burst
over my head. The horse was killed
and was thrown violently to the
ground. An orderly carried me mile
and quarter. when he found a
stretcher on which he carried me three
miles further.
NO essential organ was touched. |
lost an ear and the sense of hearing;
the right side of my head was scared !;
my left arm was ripped to the bone; my
hack was ridded like "A Colander: my
loins were torn and my legs tnttooed
in highly inartistic designs. but |
still live"
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SAY TURPINITE HAS FAILED.
New Explosive Mixture Has Be~n
Definitely Abandoned by French.
Special Cabie Despatch TO Tns

Special cable Despatch 10 THE SuS
PARIS, oct, 5.--M. Turpin's new pow
der, turplnlte has failed, according to
report current here.
Great things had been expected from
the powder, but II Is now said TO have
been definitely abandoned after adequate
battlefield trial.
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AMERICAN HELD IN BERLIN.
y. =. CASTOR Distributed Clothing
to British Prisoners.

BERLIN. via The Hague and London,
oct. Edward Page Castor, an Amer
lean, was arrested in Berlin yesterday
as he was about to leave the city The
charge against him has not been made
public Ambassador Gerard is working
to obtain his release,
Mr. CASTOR recently distributed blan-
kets, underwear and clothing to the
British prisoners OF war in Germany.
Edward Page CASTOR is IA newspaper
man and lecturer and at present is the
European manager for Funk a. Wagnalls
the publishers, His home is In Harvey
H., but he has lived In London some
years
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ALLIES CEDE GROUND.
violent Engagement on the Left
Wing Il Unabated.
Special Gable Despatch TO THE srN

Special Gable Despatch 10 THE srN
PARIS, October S.
The communicates OF the twenty
third day OF the battle are exceedingly
brief, an indication invariably OF a
crucial stage OF conflict The night
issued at 11;15 o'clock to-
night, was as follows:
The general situation is I'M
changed.
On our left wing lighting still
continues In the Argonne and on
the heights OF the Meuse we have
repulsed attacks both by day and
by night.
Grand Duke Nicholas (comman-
der in chief OF the Russian army
has sent a telegram announcing
the Russian viCtoy at Augustowo
to the Minister Of War to be COM
municated to Gen. Joffrc.
Gen. Joffre has sent in his name
and In the name OF the French
army his most hearty congratuia-
tons to the Generalissimo of tho
friendly and allied army because OF
the victory, regarding IL as an in
dlcatlon or tuture successes.
Oficial admission OF the first French
setback for several days, in the region
where success was noted yesterday.
was contained in the communlque OF
the afternoon, issued at 1882 o'clock.
The text was as follows:
on our left wing, to the north OF
the Disc. the battle continues with
great violence. The result remains
indecisiSe, We have been obliged,
at certain points, to cede ground
Along the remainder Of the front
there has been no change.
In Russia, after battle which
lasted ten days. the German army
which was operating between the
eastern Prussian front and the Me
men River has been driven back
along the entire line and made ts
ITetreat. abandoning a considerable
quantity Of war material. This
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The fighting continues the the battle line The
German the allies left evidently
French War Office
that the allies have forced yield
The hold the line Chaunes
from there The result this
of the line remains undecided
In the shown which
been The road which the depended
with the north the line extending northeast
through St. Maubeuge
AK Ia Chapele This has the
The which the allies
their the
which which
Valencennes Mons.
country Roye Iassgny
Noyon at the of the battle line
they 'obiged ground
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BRITISH AID
BELGIAN ARMY
AT ANTWERP
Hurl Back Germans i'm New
Attempt to Cross the
River Ncthc.

LONDON. October 3.
British troops are assisting IN the
defence of Antwerp. To-day they fought
shoulder to shoulder with the Belgians
in the trenches along the north bank
Of the River Nethe.
The Ddilp Mail receives from its
correspondent confirmation of reports
that British force has reached the
city and IL actively cooperating in its
defence, The correspondent OF the
Morning Post in Antwerp sends the
following:
The Belgian field artillery is cooper
ating cffectually with our heavy ar
tillery our infantry is intrenched on
the near bank of the Nethe. opposite
thu main German forces. Two German
attempts 10 cross the river have been
smothered by our artillery"
An official announcement from Ant
werp supplies further confirmation:
The situation with reference to the
fortified positions of the British and
Bergian forces IL unchanged"
In spite of German announcements
that three forts and intermediate re-
doubts of Antwerps outer defences have
been taken reliance is placed here upon
official statements by the Belgian Gov
eminent that no fort has been destroyed
or has capitulated and that the defence
Is vigorous and unbroken. There is APP
prehension, nevertheless, because Ger
man attempts to cross the River Nethe
at Duffed and points to the west be-
tween Fort Waelhem and Fort Wavre-
St. Catherine seem to indicate that the
Germans have penetrated the outer line
Of defence, However, they have been
unable to cross the Nethe in the face
OF determined resistance by British and
French artillery and infantry.