Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-06-04

swer. TOO deeply" he impetuously
added in louder tones, ito let any
harm come to you now."
She smiled; but desperation fought
with love in that smile. Gently re-
leasing herself, she cast another
glance at Hazen. upon whose gray
and distorted countenance there had
settled great gloom, and passionate
ly exclaimed:
Had law or love been able to inter.
fere with the judgment of our Chief,
should not have been driven into the
herculean task Of deceiving you and
the whole world as to my real ideat-
ity.''
| Then with slowly dropping head,
and the manner of one who has heard
| his doom pronounced, she hoarsely
whispered:
"The death-mark was scrawled up
on my door last night This is never
done without the consent of the Chief.
own brother"
| False. ! scrawled those lines" de-
clared Ransom. ut was a test"
/ Which commanded you to make"
put in Hazen. Then in fainter and
less strenuous tones, "She's right.
Georgian Ransom is doomed; no one
can save her."
! False again!" This time it was
Harper who interposed. II can and
will. You forget that know the name
of your Chief. Conspiracy such as
you hint at is indictable in this coun-
try. / am lawyer. l shall protect,
not only your sister. but her money"
The smile he received in return
evinced no ordinary scorn.
cry it," said he. Then with
laugh SO low as to be almost inaudi-
BILE, yet so full of meaning that even
Harper's cheek lost color, he calmly
declared: mo one knows the name
of our Chief. Auchincloss is a mem
Der and a valuable one-the only one
whose name Georgian positively
knows; but he's but unit in a thou
sand. You cannot reach the Head or
even the Heart of this great organiza-
ton through him, and if you did and
punished it, the Cause would grow
another head and you would be as far
from injuring us as you are now.
Georgian is right Not even / can
save her now" Then, with steady
look into each of their faces, he
smiled again and one and all shud-
dered. But the Cause will go on"
he cried in tones ringing with enthusi-
asm. Mankind will drop it's shackles
and we, we shall have unriveted one
of it's chains. 1t is worth dying for, /,
Alfred Hazen, say it."
| Slowly he sank back into his chair.
The pallor which had astounded all
| from the first had now become the
CHASTITY mask of soul whose only tok-
en- of life glimmered through the or
bits of his fast glazing eyes. He
breathed, but in great pants. Georgian
became alarmed.
What is it?" she cried, forgetting
her own fears and threats in the hcr-
ror which his appearance excited.
This is something more than exhaus-
ton from the pounding of that muir
derous eddy. What have you done?
Tell me, Alfred tell me-"
Simply forestalled the verdict OF
the Chief said he. II was under
oath to leave the country to-day on
no ordinary errand. I failed to keep
my word, believing that the interests
of the Cause could be better served by
what | have here undertaken than by
the fulfilment of my primal duty. But
we are not allowed the free exercise
of our own judgment, else what man
could be depended on? With US, neg
lect means death, no matter what the
excuse or the Causes benefit. knew
this when / made my choice last
night. / have been dying ever since,
but only actually since ! came into
this room. When the doctors decided
that had received no mortal hurt in
the eddy, /"
Alfred" The sister-heart spoke at
last. "Not-not poison!"
THAT is what you may call it here,
said he, with return to his old i'm.
perious manner, "but later and to the
world it will be kindness on your
part to name it exhaustion-th effect
of my battle with the water. The doc
tors will reconsider their diagnosis
and blame my poor heart. You will
have no trouble about it. 1t is my
heart feel it failing falling"
He was sinking, but suddenly his
whole nature Jared up. Bounding to
his feet, he stood before them, with
eyes afiame and a passionate strength
in his attitude which held them spell
bound.
What can law, what can selfish
greed, what can self-aggrandizeme
and the most pitiless ambition effect
against men who own to such disci-
pine as this? Nothing. The world
will go on, you will try your little
ways, your petty reforms, your slow
moving legislation and promise of JUS
tice to the weak, but the invincible Is
the ready; ready to act; ready to suf-