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The heart OF Mr.. Barcus checked
momentarily; he shut his eyes and
shivered in an uncomfortable seizure
of dread. @
Then, tormentcd beyond endurance
by the fears-lle suffered for the safety
of his friend, he began to wriggle and
squirm like a crippled snake, pain.
fully inching his way across the floor
toward Rosc-with what design. heav-
en- alone knows. Dimly his men.
tai vision comprehended the bare pos
sibility Of his being able, with his fast
nunibins fingers, to work loose the
knots at Roses wrists; but deep in!
his heart he knew this to be nothing
but forlornest hope. =.
With infinite pains he had con-
trivcd to bridge the distance by half,
CT possibly not quite SO much, when
q dark body put the sunlight OF the
open doorway into tcmporaryseclipse
Another followed it. Boots nclumped
heavily on the flooring. The laugh
sounded again, apparently in ironic ap-!
probation Of Mr.. R;mcus' efforts. Two
pairs OF hands seized him, one be-
Meath the shoulders. the other be-
meath the knees, and he was logged
laboriously out into the sunlight. car
ried a considerable distance, and de.
posted unceremoniously within few
feet of the mouth of the abandoned
mine just at the moment when he had
satisfied himself that the purpose
Of his captors was simply to throw
him into the black we'll
He wasted look of appeal on the
frozen mask of villainy that was Mar.
rophat's (who bore the burden of Bar
Gus head and shoulders) and got
laughed at for all his pains.
Then he was left to himself once
more, but only for few moments;
the interval ended when the two ap.:
pcarcd again. this time bringing Rose
in similar fashion.
Not until she had been put down be-,
side him did he discover that Alan,
was likewise captive-trusscd to a
tree at some distance.
The remaining arrangements Of
their captors were swiftly and deity
ronsummated, though their design re-,
NAMED obscure to Mr.. Bnrcus until:
lie. after Rose. was dumped like a bale
into q huge bucket. and therein by
means of rope and windlass lowered
to the bottom Of the shaft--a descent,
lie estimated slirewdly, OF something
like hundred feet.
A l,ideous screeching followed. the
protests of rusty and greaseless ma
chinery. Twisting his neck, Barcus
saw the dim opening of the shaft
slowly clcHing, as if curtain We're
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being drawn down over II. jimmy
was closing the bulkhead door,. leav-
ing them definitely prisoners, beyond
human aid. there In that everlasting
black hole ..
With Il final squcal and thulnp the
bulkhead settled into place. A con-
fusion of remote sounds thereafter in
dicated that Jimmy with. perhaps,
Marrophat'S assislance) was making
the bulkhead fast beyond question
wodsing and blocking it with timbers.
These ceased and the silence was
broken by Man's voice.
"Barcus!"
The latter srunted soulfully by way
Of answer: he could do no more.
I've worked my gag loose Alan
pursued in Il hurried whisper. but my
hands are tied behind my back. Are
yours" Grunt once for yes"
Dutifully Bracus grunted solitary
erunt.
Then roll over on your face and
give me 4 chance TO work them free
that way. given time
Time" was the mirthless thought
of Barcus. Haven't we got all eter-
rity?"
For. all that, he wasted no time
whatever in Gbcying Alan's suggestion
then lay for upward CT ten minutes
with his face in the mold of the tunnel
while Alan cllewctl and spat and
chewcd and spat aud chewed again at
the ropes round the wrists Of his;
friend.
If it were in truth no moro than ten
minutes it seemed upward of an hour
before the bonds grew slack and Bar
Gus with an effort that cost him much
of the skin on one wrist worried a
hand free. then looscd the other. re-
moved and spat ont his gag. and SET
hastily about freeing his friend. That
took but few instants-little more
than was needed to rid Rose Of her
Ss'A'a~ -
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Ito be Continued.)
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rs, ms one 1easlDIe route was VIC the
rope And there was nobody at the
top to work the windlass-and Alan
hoped there would be nobody to op-
pose his essay
He addressed himself to the task
without murmuring-lifted himself u
on the rope, wound it round one lie
and bear that heartbreaking elm,
How he accomplished it he neve.
knew. That it lnust b. accomplished
was his one, all-absorbing thought.
And somehow. By some almost super
human effort, it was eventually accom-
plished.
He arrived at the top Of the shaft
far too exhausted to show surprise
when, falling in Lalf-fainting condi-
ton within two feeJ OF the blink. he
saw Judith Urine running like mad
across the clearing.
But without her aid he would not
within hours have been able to work
the windlass and lift Rose and Ear
Gus 10 the surface.
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CHAPTER Xiv.
AZ in a Glass, DarkIy.


Thoushtfully Mr.. Barcus returned
his attention TO the lovers.
If the evidence OF his senses did not
mislcad him, he was Witnessing their
first difference of opinion. 1t was not
an argument acute enough to deserve
the two We're at odds upon some ques.
tion-Rose insistent. Alan reluctant.
The last gave way in the end,
shrugged, returned to the car.
I'm going back up the trail he
announced. and hesitated oddly.
Feeling the need Of some little ex-
: ercise no doubt" Barcus suggested
Rose thinks it's dangerous to stop
here" Alan began to explain, ignoring
the interruption.
Miss Rose is right-eh, Miss Jul
dtho' Darcus interpolated.
Judith nodded darkly.
so I'm going to see if can't buy
burros from the prospector back there.
Rose says he has some-doesn't know
how many"
"Three will be enough" Judith inter
posed. Il mean, don't get one for me.
I'm stopping hero
But" Alan started 10 protest
She gave him pause with /; weary
gesture.
Please. It's no good arguing. Mr.
Law: I've made up my mind; l can be
most helpful here. by my fathers
side" she asserted, and nodded at
Urine with significant smile that
maddcncd him. lie needs mc-and
no harm can come to me; I'm pretty
well able to take care of myself"
At this the innocent bystander
breathcd an unhearl but fervent little
PRAYER of Thanksgiving. whose spirit
he doubted not was shared by Alan.
For it stuck in the memory OF Bar
Gus that their friend. the prospector
whose shack had sheltered Rose and
3arcus after their transit OF the desert
and prior 10 the man-made avalanche.
which had afforded this temporary i'm
munity from PURSUIT. had mentioned,
in the hearing Of Rose the fact that
his string of burros was limited to
three.
This, then. must have been the nnb
of the lovers quarrel: Roses insist
;ncc that Judith be left behind. Alan $
reluctance to consent to this lest he
convict himself Of the charge OF rank
ingratitudc. remembering the great
service his erstwhile antagonist had
done him.
Ii only Judith might not find cause
TO change her mind!
He set himself sedulously to divert
Judith with the magic Of his CONVERSE
tional p0wers-an offering Indifferent
ly received. He was still blithely
sossiping when Judith flung away to
her sisters side.
The ensuing quarrel seemed but tho
more portcntous in view of the re-
strant imposed upon themselves by
both parties thereto.
He believed. however. that crisis
impended when the tinklc c. mule,
bells sounded down the canyon road;
and at this he threw discretion to tho
winds and ran toward the two with
hands upheld in mock horror and {.
manner of humorous protest.
Ladies, ladies' he pleaded. II
beg of YOU both. let dogs delight TO
bark and bite"
lie got no farther: .Iudith's ears
were as quick as his own: she. too.
had carshta The sound of bells behind
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CHAPTER KILN.
Camp-for-the.Nieh

We'll, gents" the driver observed
chcerfully. Withdrawing head ant
hands from long and intimate com
munion with the stubborn genius be
meath the hood II reckon you-al
mays we'll make up yore minds tc
christen this hyeh salubrious spot
Camp-for-the.Night. You won't be
goin no farthell-not just t present
Pulling this old wagon through them
desert sands back yondeh has just
naturally broke the heart of that en-
ginc!"
What, precisely, is the troubleo'
Alan Law inquired, rousing from anx
ious preoccupation.
Plumb bust all to hell" the chauf
fcur explained tersely.
Nothing could be fairer, more en-
act and comprehensive than that,
Tom Barcus commented.
Law nodded head too weary to
respond TO the others humor. His
worried eyes reviewed the scene OF
the breakdown.
What's to be done?" Mr.. Law Won
derc,i dlouu.
Take it calm" the aifable chauffeur
advised. t'rottin' won't get yo,.all
no;hin II it was me, I'd call it 4
day, make fire, get them cushions
out Of the cyah and get some rest,
You can't do nothn' till get back,
anyway. ana that wont be much be-
fore sunnr.'
Where are you eoing?" Harcus de-
manded.
"Waikn'. friend; just waikiki"
What for
"1'o fetch -lcastways. onless
yo'vc got some kick comm and I'D
rutller stop hyeh permanent
lie turned Off and busted himself
with preparations against his journey.
ITS simply things like this make
me believe this isn't, after all, moth
Ing more nor less than a long-drawn-
out nightmare" Barcus observed pen
svc!y.
But Mr.. Law was no more attend
ing: he had turned away and was just
iIcll S'ilIuiuSS W 'Ht ] uiiIliiiS-poaIu VI
the motor car ard civilly explaining
to Miss Judith Urine the purpose Of
the chaufreurs expedition.
Discovery of this circumstance
worked a deep wrinkle between the
brows as well as into the humor of
Mr.. Barcus.
Here, he promised himself. was q
situation TO titllate the Comic Muse
itself. He pointed out in turn tho sew
cral component parts: the motor car
derclict in the hollow of those awful
and silent hills--for all the world like
Il mouse petriiied with fright ut finding
itself in the midst OF IL herd OF Gle.
plants; in the car. that aged monoma-
MAC, Mr. Seneca Urine, author OF all
their woes and misadventures. gnash-
ing his teeth in impotent rage to find
himself in close juxtaposition to and
helpless to iniure the man for whose
life he lusted with in insatiatc pas
sion: the latter standing outside the
car. in polite conversation with Mr..
Trinc's mutinous talking to
her in the friendliest fashion mag
Unable precisely as ii she had not
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fallen little short Of comprising his
death not once, but half Il dozen
times: Judith herself poised on the
running board and smiling down ut
her victim with Il warmth patiently
even more than the warmth OF friend
ship: and at some little distance, Rose.
Mr.. Laws iiancec and .ludith's sister.
eating her heart out with jealousy of
this ncw-sprung intimacy between her
sister and her lover.
BAD business, my friend" Rarcus
mentally apostrophiZcd the unwilling
Alan Law. ss
lie interrupted himself to nod III. "
insly and with profound conviction:
Il knew it, Now it begins again.
For Rose had abruptly taken a hand
II the affair.oa gesture of evaporation
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...py.ul7,n.., ra,rn,~o - ,uS'y IiIs,crctI
there doubling which was the greater
peril. TO advance or to stand fast and
let tho flooding tide snuff out the fires
OF life. To return to the neiglibor-
hood of the bulkhead was to court the
death indicated by the fuse and the
l;eg of blasting powder
OF a sudden the thought crossed
Alans mind that Marrophat had ar
ranged the lattes. solely to keep them
away from the bullheaG. Now that he
thought of it. he felt certain that the
powder room had been deliberately
disclosed to him by Jimmy.
Probably. then, the lieg and fuse
were but stage properties-or pos
sibly -.
Whether or no. was death in one
form preferable to the other?
He was decidedly of the opinion
that it were better 10 be extinguishod
ouca and for all time. in the space Of
second, annihilatel by an explosion.
than to die thus lingeringly.
On this consideration, he drew Rose
With him back to the bulkhead,
When they had been some fifteen
minutes beside the bulkhead, the wa
ter mounted the head OF a slight rise
perhaps ten feet behind them. and
poured down in ever deeper volume
to back up against the barrier.
It was waist deep, however, before
they re1rcated to the head OF that
rise
Half an hour later it was waist
deep there, on the highest spot in the
tunnel
In fifteen minutes more it had
reached their chins. And they stood
with head against the roof OF the tun'
mel.
Holding Rose close to him. Alan
kissed her lips. that were as cold as
death
Then. fumbling under water, he
found the hand of the man at his side.
The water Tapped his lips like a
blind hand
In the tunnel that bvanched Off from
the main shaft beyond the bulkliead,
some thirty minutes before this june
ture, q candle had guttered in its stick,
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The Cleveland Leader disagrees with .he remedy proposed by Secretary .ine for the relief of Alaska because ,t does not propose. in the Leaders opinion, immediate and definite action W th reference to the disposition to be made of the public domain. In the opinion of the Leader, 1t Is let se ,mebody -eIse-do-it policy"
 IL has this to say, which is perti- I .nt and for the accomplishment of which there is umple machinery in the .nuu Mws now in full force on tho statute books. but rendered inopera- tive by blanket withdrawals of fake forest reserves:
 Right now the American peopir ure keenly interested in the establish mtnt of farms and homes. Perhaps never in the country's history of sturdy pioneering were so many citi- zen shungering for land. Witness tr rush when some filing Indian r,s'r-
  |, no lack of pi"nrcrs. And Alaska ,.ilI never be riprr for the piuncr ring than now.'
 l'nnfrt unat.l, too few newspapers aud persons entertain tue common sense view taken by the Leader in th's matter. Tho impossibiiity oi sccuiil'; settlement under H no-policy govern ,ncnt attitude is vious, and [" n" op, more than tu s-cretary i-in'. This mo- policy attitude Is due |" man uiactured hostility which in time may pass, but which now cant i'c over ,"ine and which blocks progress.
 Tu relieve the situation SecrG'r! Lane has evolved and offers con s,ructive policy which will bridge thc chasm, a policy which has the ap- m oval of the people "f Alaska and "f ul. we'll informed friends of the terri t.ry.
 The object of au Alaska commission is to remove the administration If the public domain from which it $ LOW vested in uniformed Washington bureaus t0 the public deinoin itself and place it in the hands of practical men un the ground.
 It has appealed to all wii" Know .Alaska's problem and has their full est approval.-Ex.
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iperiL and deserted by theAr home xoyernment. the Americans in Mexico o,i pathetic specimens of men withou, Il country.
 The policy of "Walchful Waiting may be popular in Washington. but it is hrHrtbrcaking in Mexico. Those to whon1 it Ia applied are u little band .M' true men ,I'csct by robbers ana as- sins. barrics,dcd and defending ti"in- scl,ts against lIUj" less odds. l'nt ever watching and waiting for ihe gl"am uf their cuuntry'S tiilg and thr blur1 cf the buglrs telling of relief nt hand. ';u, t0 such the prt.i,tcnts mcss4lEc ...lds out nu ray of iopr.-Ncw York American.
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President Wilson's message to con gross is enthusiastically direct and simple in style and substance.
 unfortunately in the matter of pub ic concern which he recognizes as f prime importance by putting it first in his message-the Mexican situation the president has no triumphs to report, no we'll defined line of policy tl urge
 Nothing in the paragraphs of th" message dealing with this subject gives my indication that the prcsi- dent is in possession of any informa . tinn denied to the general public that may justify his policy of inaction-or. as he describes it, of "Watchfnl wait ing"
 "AIexico hns no government" says the president. Quite true. There being :.o government there to protect the i,cs and property of American citizens ii. the chaotic country. where shall they turn for protection"
 To their own country? Not SD. The president of tho United States has for tho citizens of this country resident i; Mexico nc guarantee of protection. TO word of promise save the vague assurances that the collapse of Hncr- ts's power Is not far away.
 Failing to secure safety for Amer jeans today, the president advances not the faintest hope of their protec- tion in future. Nowhere In the mcs- sage does it appear that our fellow citizens in Mexico are entitled to oI v III receive any protection irony thei' government. If upon the fall of Iiu- erta worse government succeeds which is l,y no means improbable hbcv need not lift their voices tn Washington in un appeal for aid. Tho uolicy of "Watchfui Waiting" is moi fstiguing--cxccp to the sufferers h Alcxi,o--s,nd nothing in the messagt fl President Wilson suggests any cnt l.. it.
 IIntcd by the Alexicans. looked upor askance hy other foreign residents a' partially responsible for the genera
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One of the greatest handicaps thu; the United States Las in conducting its business with foreign nations is in the men who are employed by this country in n diplomatic capacity.
 Il Is seldom the case in an exchange u parleys on interna tionat quest i"lis tl,at the United States comes "n' ni.', lest. To be Eure We ale in tlc habit .. ".n,"- ,uiiiAs i.:.uueh and fr>'- uuctly get our own way in the end. but most generally we are w"rstcd in nh diplomatic exchanges.
 There is a reason for all of this anu it Is a reason which has been so very evident for so many years that there is just one reason why the crying evil 9 our diplomatic service has never bren corrected. The reason is the same that Is responsible for so very nm;ny of our failures and out absurd ities. politics.
 By our political system of rewards fol party workers we never consider ths. fitness of the man for the office. There Is an office. with a salary at- t.,h,.J. that must not be overlooked. and there Is a man who has contri- buted to the party's success, either Financially or otherwise. who wants ttr office and the salary. Therc you .art. ii s quite simple. Make him min l., svinnwhere or ambassador to scme court. Tho party debt is paid and we have representatives where we need representative. Very simple and easy md we may send Il man lo represent us In some country whcrc there are dipomatic questions of vital importance to be decided who has learned all he knows of the uses of diplomacy in the back room of bank cr n newspaper office or the more lu- cretive business of manufacturing beer.
 These men, uulearncd in tho ways of diplomacy. unversed in the usagcs and dictums Of international law are sent to handle affairs of grave mo- ment and to cross swords with other diplomats trained through years "f study and service for the positions which they hold.
 It Ia all so very absurd that We should never cast u siur on onr feeble ambassadors and ministers when they mske asses of themselves and bring ,.ntempt upon their country. It E not their foult hmt t is the fault If tho system.
 There h not even the saving grsscc Ii, our diplomacy q having a man at the head of the state department who knows one little lot about his business
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aa diplomat and the head or thc itreign service. This does not apply f, the present incumbent. though he probably knows less about his busi- l.rsx than have many of his prede- cessors, but to most of the men whO have been thrust. through political cxigcncies. into the position of direc- ting the nations diplomacy.
 Already the present administration ins heen much embarrassed by the ,inings of some of the diplomats" that H has sent abrUld Notably is tEis the case in South Americn whero u bunch of amateurs have been found quite unequal to the conditions thrust upon them.
 These men have all been successful politicians in home precincts but they have proven lamenetably weak when forced to meet even tho diplomats of the little Latin-American states. When they are thrown against the trained men of Europe they are a mere noth- inz in the negotiations.
 This fact, that our representatives nre so out of place in their positions, good lawyers. editors. doctors or butchers though they be. has been the reason that they are now nothing m.re than highly paid messengers Nssx hA Ia nf department to the several foreign of- Hccrs of the countries to which they ar. accerited and then carry the an swers back again.
 They can do very little harm in that way, the least possible harm in fact and the only discredit that they can actually bring on the country is by their social breaks" They are not dipiomatists merely messages. and trey ure so regarded by even the smaller powers who tolerate them and laugh at them.
 When the messages that they carry io foreign governments are sent by mun who knows no more of diplo- macy than the average country editor and pyrotechnic politicians it Is no wonder that in the diplomatc world at least we are the huge and delicious j,.ke.
 IL is not the fault of the diplomatic officers. It Is the fault of the system ,rut allows a man to be given posi- ton for which he is totally united simply because he happens to he creditor of the political party in power.
 Imth President Wilson and Secretary bryan were more or less committed ,u the spoils system when they took ull,ce. and in some instances the spells system may not work to so aiscretlit the country as it does in the diplomatic service. but the present administration has had several severe ylts from its diplomats. notably in south America, and it is reported that iresident Wilson is beginning to be- iitvo that. like the army and navy the diplomatic service should be made a permanent service. a career. and that in this country as in Europe q nan's life should be spent on the job nf diplomacy.
 Let us hope that before tho end of his term MT Wilson will see his way clear to instituting a permanent corps .f diplomats and that some means may also be found whereby the head .i the department of state will in future bc man who at least knows the rudiments of diplomacy and inter- national law.
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