The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-03

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Author of"The PeriIs Of Pauiir
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exnop.,s 70 PREVIOUS ctAPTERs.
After the tragic death Of John Amesb,ry: M M
sIss m AZ her death stts, an sssn
Of the interests, kidnaps .ne o. "n in. para
s.ts e :.. :"a no 0r. sa
tauaht by angels, who instruct nt IS. sae q
mission 70 res I. Suddenly thrust Into the ~orle
Were agents of the interests are reaoy 20 PR
tsas 20 an " .eeIden. Tommy SECS her first. and
hides with her In the Adlronaaoks; .,e.tI. from
lessor s' mt .assn 70 New Y
they declare her sane, healthy ana sinGete. Sn
tells tel ss ~9 70 rsesvs worship Prophete.s
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the interests s.se s! p.snnsd d snl.
i Hs and returns 70 her s,tsI.I heaven IL
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CHAPTER XIV.
Gordon Barclays servants had orders 70
admit no one without orders. Inc CITY WaS
in turmoil. With each fresn eoition . u
the newspapers the situation Of the conspira-
tors became more serious. In the puOnc
parks efigies of them were hanseo OF
burned. It became necessary 70 keep co II
semmes' house and Sturtevants no window
remained whole. For twenty hours tnese
two men had been Barclays guests.
Gunsdorf's great hour had come-tnat
hour for which he had plotted all his me-
and lied for and schemed for He mao psen
the leading figure in the mob that mao tlisu
TO lynch the triumvirate In the nrst purs.
of rage And he found himself suddenly at
the head of all the Iawless elements In the
city He was drunk with power and sense s
of his own importance. But openly ne spoAe
Of his love for mankind
Through man friendly to him and deep
in Gunsdorf's councils. Tommy learned ina.
and been good to him was In danger. ms
house was to be stormed over the heaos OF
the police and himself hanged or torn 10
All their differences fed from Tommy'a
mind and he remembered only their mutual
affection; SO he hurried to the old iarniiiaf
ITS Just to say few words, said TOM
my, and he told Barclay what Gunsdorf was
planning for that very day.
Gordon Barclay had turned very grey IN
the last days. He was broken and disap.
pointed man. Still he chung warmly to that
remnant Of life which remained to him
"wen go to Gull Island" he said Simply,
It'll this thing has blown over. suppose
you are not unhappy about what has nap
pened. It's a. pity she came back s,;,.,,. :.
Tommy when we Quarreled I was amhiuous
Tor power only. Later began to think thas
Celestia was a real panacea for sick worio,
So that If had been destined TO RUE,
would have ruled for the good of the people
I want you to know that what began IN
cynicisrn ended in faith and honesty nave
put you back in my VIII 1or Pr ,sc,, i,ss
turned knave. Mary. II she marr1es him.
will be worthy of him" Gov
YOU at Gull Island" said Tommy He was
too moved to refer to what he had S ,uSs
learned. I'll get Celestia there as quickly
as I can"
Have you married herr"
Tommy looked very manly when he saia
that he had And Barclay smiled one OF
his old-time dazzling smiles
And I think" he said finally, that you
had better get out of this house as quickly
as you I'm going, 100. l can't aHoro
to be a hero
They shook hands and parted. never to
meet in this life again.
Late that night Tommy and Celestia and
Freddie the Ferret, whom Tommy was try.
ing to train to be his valet, caught the last
boat for Bartelrs, on Bartelrs Island, from
which Cults Island may be reached In an
hour in a fast launch. They had had no
word of what had happened In New YORK.
At Missaquid, the point of departure TOT
Bartelrs, there seemed to be some sort OF
a ruuor in the air and a state of suppressed
excitement Usually it is a town that goes
to bed very early. But this was not the case
tonight There was rough looking crown
at the station, and at the wharf
Tommy. without arousing suspicion, could
not find out if Barclay, Semmes and Sturte-
want had gone ahead or were following.
eff they are behind u.s." he said to Ce-
lestia they'll have to charter something.
Perhaps father will come all the way by
toat-that would be best. His own yacht
would be spotted. But he'll work some
thing"
Gull Island resembles loaf of bread that
has risen too much. A rounded. billowlng
top is set upon high. almost perpendicular
sides There is only one landing place. and
from this the habttable portions of the Is
land are reached by steep and narrow
path A determined man with pile o'
cobblestones could stand off an army
1t was Gordon Barclays favorite estate
The timber was mostly scrub oak anc
scrubby little pines. but in dense grove
of these Barclay ha6 built a low, rambling
'-onse which was very dear to him. ant