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The young man who was thus made
| the center of the group in the castle
yard was a youth Of great beauty and
of lofty bearing. He was only is years
old, but looked two or three years old
err. so tall was he and so perfectly de-
veloped were his well-molded and stall
! wart limbs.
He seemed embarrassed by the atten-
| ton which was bestowed upon him, but
answered modestly:
| Il am man of lowly birth who can
boast of nothing but a desire to become
! soldier. My name is Norval and my
| father is shepherd on the Grampian
! Hills. | was journeying to the royal
| camp to offer my services as soldier
when l CHANGED to have the good for
tune to be of service to Lord Randolph -
| Whatever may have been your birth,
your nature is noble" said Lord Ran
dolph courteously, and begged that Nor
val would be his guest at the castle I'M
| TIL the time came to march against the
| Danes, when he hoped that the young
man would accompany him to the field.
War in His Blood.
When Lord Randolph and Norval
had repaired the disorder of their ar
! ray consequent upon their recent en-
counter with the brigands, the young
| man told to Matilda and her lord
! further details of his life.
His father. he said, was a prosper
Gus man, whose only care was to in
| crease his fiocks and keep his only
son. himself, at home. For Norval
had heard of war and battles and
longed to be a soldier.
Near his home there lived in a c.ve
an old hermit who had once been a
soldier Of the Crusades To this old
man he frequently repaired and ms
tened with avidity to his stories Of
military life.
Also the old man instructed the boy
in the art of war as he had known
1t in his Crusading days, thus firing
still more the ardent desire of Noryal
to leave his fathers flocks and seek
service beneath the banner of some
war-like chieftan.
One night a band of fierce High
landers descended the valleys where
the shepherds fed their fiocks and
killing some. put the rest to fight
and drove OF their sheep and cattle.
Norval collected all the men he
could in the neighborhood, took COM
mand of them. pursued the thieves,
attacked and dispersed them and
brought back the gear"
Then. hearing that the King had raised
his banner by the Carron-side to repel
the Danish invasion, he took with him
one old servant and set out to offer his
services as soldier In the royal army.
Lord Randolph took the youth to the
plain before the castle where his retain
ers were encamped and tested him in his
knowledge OF the military ait.
So well did Norval come through the
ordeal that Randolph declared that he
should not only 90 to the war with him,
but be next to himself and equal to
Glenalvon In honor and command over
his vassals
All this filled the heart Of the dark
Glenalvon with rage, which he. with DIFF
ficulty. repressed
1t was he who had contrived by hired
assassins the murderous attack upon
Randolph, which Norvai had foiled by
his timely appearance On Tie sosno.
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: reckoned with. She is chaste. of course
the very pattern of virtue. But-wher
| she speaks to NOrVal there is a certain
| tenderness in her voice which betrays
| something more than gratitude for his
/ preservation of her lord.
| II have it-I will destroy Norval by
making Randolph Jealous"
Treacherous Praise.
| Glenalvon first sought out the ser, d nj
whom Norval had brought with him
! from his Grampian home. the man who
had fled like coward. as he was. when
| his master rushed to the assistance of
the imperiled Randolph.
The man had recovered from his fright
sufficiently to come into camp before the
castle, and Glenalvon had long talk
| more of his master than Norval had al
ready told himself. Then he began to
praise NorVal to Lord Randolph.
How thankful you ought TO be, kins-
man." he said, TO have a wife who loves
, you So Why. her gratitude to this brave
young man for saving your life is such
that she seems actually to love Norval
! for your sake
Randolph scowled. and. as Glenalvon
| had intended, took especial notice of the
| bearing of his wife and Norval when the
two were together.
1t was apparent to every one that the
two seemed drawn to each other in an
unusual degree. A fierce jealousy which
he could not suppress sprang up in Ran
dolph's heart-and the why Glenalvon
fed the fires of suspicion artfully.
After the attack upon Randolph
scouts had been sent out to scour
the forests in the hope Of apprehend-
ing some of his fugitive assailanrs
~
did not find: but they brought to the
castle an old man whom they had
found wandering in the wood.
He declared that he was but a SIM
pie shepherd, but when the scouts
searched him they found upon him
some jewels of value, which articles
were so out of keeping with the &C
count he gave of himself and his con-
dition that his case looked SUSPECT
Gus.
They thought the man was a robber.
evidently. and, in spite of his plea
that they would let him proceed to
the royal camp where, he said. he
had a son, they took him TO the cas-
tie.
Jewels Arouse Suspicion.
Randolph. Glenalvon and Norval
were busy in the camp on the plain
when the prisoner was brought to
the castle. One of his captors sent
word to Lady Randolph OF what had
happened, and gave Anna a jewel
found on the man to show her.
Anna ran with the news and the
jewel to her lady. Matilda gave one
look at the jewel and uttered q low
cry. pressing her hand to her heart.
Upon the jewel was carved the crest
of Douglas
he
frantic look with which Lady Ran
dolph gased upon the gem
Il must see this man at once-at
once" cried Matilda. lust Heavens,
what can this mean? This Jewel was
among the trinkets giveh me by my
husband. the lost Douglas: II was
ameng those placed in The basket with
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for her Indulgence il ~ row. Lady Ran
dolph replied thar sh.. cn@,d never be
otherwise than sorroWful and at length
said that she had A hidden cause OF
woe which she felt she must disclose TO
some one.
And you. Anna" continued she. shall
I've he instructed partner of my sorrows.
Then she revealed to the faithful maid a
secret which she had hitherto kept locked
I'm her breast.
Hereditary Foes.
When Matilda was girl il happened
that her brother had in battle. saved
IN" life of the son of the Douglas, the
hereditary foe of her fathers house.
The two young men. the Young Doug
las and Matilda's brothers. Malcolm,
swOre eternal friendship to each other.
and the brother hoasted much to Young
Douglas of the beauty of his sister. So
much so that Douglas declared that he
must see for himself this paragon of
beauty.
Matildas brother knowing that his
fathe. you'd never consent to receive in
frienSAS wise the son of a Douglas into
his o$Cts. ut"us!.;;; t.!S friend home with
him after the war under an assumed
name. and young Douglas fingered long
at Balarmo Castle.
He was noble youth-all that a Young
hero should he-and he and Matilda fell
in love. He revealed his real name
and rank to the maiden, and they told
Matildas brother of their love.
A secret Marriage.
All three knew that 1t would be i'm
possible to get Sir Malcolm to consent
to marriage between his daughter and
a Douglas.
Nay. if the identity of the youth should
he discovered by the old knight his life
would scarcely be protected even by the
obligations OF hospitality. Balarmo was
a perilous place for a Douglas to set his
foot inland a still more perilous place
for him to make love.
But Matilda and young Douglas deter
mined that neither ancient feuds nor pa
ternal anger should keep them apart.
They felt their love overlap all barriers
and resolved at whatever cost that they
would become man and wife.
The brother entered into their feeling
and their plans. 1t was resolved that
they should be secretly married. They
were so married and three weeks
after Douglas was suddenly summon
ed to fight his fathers battles. the
elder Douglas having declared war
upon a neighboring noble.
In spite of Matilda's tears her brother
young Malcolm. went away to the war
with his friend
Her Great Mistake.
Not long after the two young men had
left the castle old Sir Malcolm learned
that the young man whom he had re-
ceived into his house as his sons friend,
was, in reality, the son OF his foe. the
Earl of Douglas.
Sir Malcolm was furious that he had
been tricked. and IL flashed across his
mind that the young noble and Matilda
had been. apparently. much taken with
each other.
his daughter with drawn sword and
questioned her. She fell. almost faint
ing. upon her knees before her angry
father and answered him incoherently.
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| they are not: that I know. Falsehoot
/ means certain death to you"
Tempted by the Gold.
eighteen years before he had been g
| tenant OF old Sir Malcolm, then Lore
of Balarmo.
But he had been driven from his
holding by Sir Malcom's steward, he
| believed, without the old knights
knowledge, and had gone to live in a
miserable cottage near the River Car
ron, where he supported himself and
his family principally by fishing.
One wild and stormy Decem Der
night he had heard cries for help from
the swollen river and, running to the
bank beheld a woman who had fallen
in the stream drown before his eye.
before he could help her-had seen
her body swept down the raging river.
A basket which had dropped from
her grasp was floating on the water.
Running to spit of land which
caused the waters to form an eddy
he had managed to rescue Ine basket
in which. when he brought n to shore.
he found living child-a boy-and
with the child were the gems which
now her ladyship held in her hands
as well as a store of gold-enough =,
make a man of his station rich to pos
sess.
Tempted by the gold he and his
wife had resolved to say nothing con-
corning the finding of the child and
had at once removed to a distant part
of the country, in the neighborhood
Of the Gramplans, where the treasure
found in the basket had enabled him
to set up as prosperous shepherd.
Remorse at Last.
The child they brought up as their
own. and one after another lost the
children which were really theirs, as
a Judgment upon them, they believed,
for using the gold. leaving them oniy
this adopted boy. to whom they had
never told the story of his rescue
from the waters and who believed
himself truly their son.
As the boy grew up he developed
physically and mentally into a being
different from youths of the sheph-
erd class. They could see, they i'm
agined, that he must nave some noble
blood.
They had come to love him very
dearly and were much disquieted by
his constant talk. as he grew older.
of wars and battles and his longing
for a military life.
At last he had left them and gone
to join the forces which the king
was gathering to oppose the Danish
invaders
Stricken with remorse. the old man
had taken the Jewels which all these
years, he had kept secretly, and start
ed for the royal camp. determined to
seek out the boy and. telling him all.
give him the jewels in hope, perhaps
that by their means he might discover
who were his real parents.
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, the same battle in which Malcolm and
Douglas lost their lives.
New Cause for Despair.
And now a new cause for horror and
despair fell upon Matilda. She knew
| that she was to become a mother. She
contided her story to her old nurse and
together they plotted to conceal every
| thing from Sir Malcolm.
| The knight. much of the time away
| hunting or on distant warlike expedi-
| tons, suspected nothing and seldom saw
his daughter At length the fateful time
arrived and Matilda gave birth TO a man
child. She was attended only by her old
nurse.
1t was a dark and stormy December
night but riSking everything for con-
cealment, the nurse placed the child in
q basket and set out with it through the
wild tempest to try and reach the cot
iaEe of her sister. into whose care she
intended to deliver the boy and charge
her to bring il up as son of her own.
/, The path of the nurse lay across the
River Carron and the next day her
body was found floating in its swollen
water. She had been drowned in at
tempting to cross the stream.
There were no reports of the finding
of any other body in the river or along
its banks. and Matilda was convinced
that the child had persisted when the
nurse had been drowned and its little
body swept out to sea by the raging
flood.
Such was the story which. with many
tears and doleful lamentations. Lady
Randolph told to the astonished and
sympathetic Anna. Scarcely had Lady
Randolph concluded her story when the
tall form of Glenalvon was seen ap-
preaching.
Il cannot meet that man in an
hour like this" cried Matilda: Il will
tell you hereafter why 1 loathe him.
Stay you now behind and detain him
here until 1 reach my apartments"
ANN did as her mistress had bid
den her. but Glenalvon had seen Lady
Randolph depart with the evident in
tention of avoiding him. and when.
after a short conversation. Anna also
withdrew. he said to himself:
All. so she avoids me, does she.
Well. my lady, i was cheated of you
once. but will not be so the next time.
I'll WOO her as the lion wooes his
bride.
There are matters afoot that shall
make me lord of these broad acres
and chief Of power. I go with Ran
dolph to the war: amid the confu-
sion of the battle things may be done
secretly and with safety. Randolph
has lived too long"
A Narrow Escepe.
Having inquired OF the castle serv-
ants where Lord Randolph was. and
learning that he had gone unattended
to visit the royal camp. but was ex-
pected back before nightfall, Glenal-
Won himself went hastily out Of the
castle and disappeared In the woods
which surround the gothic pile.
Toward night Lady Randolph heard a
sound Of clamor and confusion at one
Of the gates Of the castle, and. attended
by Ann. went to inquire the cause OF II. |
As she entered the court the cause Of
the commotion was revealed to her. for |
surrounded by inQuiring and Indignant |
vassals. she saw Lord Randolph come
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Her Own Son.

And what Is your name asked
Lady Randolph who. though her brain
seemed on fire. had managed to keep
an outward calm.
''Norval." replied the man. -and by
that name il the boy known"
For . minute NatildA eoolA not
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Seeking Death.

Follow her. Anna said Randolph,
land see that she does no hard to her
self. I would follow her myself but. I'm
her present state, my presence would
be abhorrent to her, and but excite her
more
Presently Anna came running back to
where Randolph stood Borrowing over the
body OF Douglas, crying out in terror:
MY lord, my lord,''
. She said that she had followed Lady
Randolph and had seen the distracted
woman destroy herself by jumping from
high cliff down into the bosom OF a
mountain lake.
II will not put the passion of my soul
into idle complaints said Randolph
when he had heard the tale of horror.
Peace in this world I can have no more.
I 20 straight to the battle In whose
tumult will seek death and pray that
he pass me not by"
And II WAS In the battle with the
Dane. which took place upon the shore
Of the River Carron the next day. that
Randolph L. supposed to have died-for
he was seen no more at Balarmo.
But the bodies Of the slain upon that
fateful field were 50 hacked and dishe.
ured that Identification was dificult and
some said that the last Of the Randolphs
died. years after. = pilgrim penitent N
the Holy Land.
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! the same battle in which Malcolm and
! DpnplaS li,rnS
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W. VA. HAS TOO
MANY SCHOOLS
SURPRISING STATEMENT MADE
BY STATE SUPERVISOR OF
RURAL SCHOOLS HANIFAN.
Statement Applies 20 Small Country
schools and In Support OF His
Plea for Their Consolidation.

Special Dispatch 20 the Intelligence.
'HARLESTON, ". Va. Jan. l2.-
West Virginia has too many schools
small country schools This some.
what surprising. and. at first thought.
startling. statement is made by State
supervisor OF Rural Schools l. J. Hani.
ian, In his report OF the work of the
rural schools His report is embodied
In the report OF the Department OF
Free Schools for the biennial period
ending June 30. 1914
The above statement j. made in con
necuon with his plea for the consoli-
dauon OF rural schools boards OF
education have gone on for years build
Ing schools where there seemed 10 he
need OF them-and in most cases
where At that time there was a need
or them. he SAYS. Since these
schools were built the population has
shifted. many families having moved
away while the children of others
have grown up and left the schools.
But the school houses are still there.
aud the few who send To school insist
that the schools be run for their bene-
fit"
This situation would be al least toll
cradle II there were no other school
in reach OF the children, according to
Mr.. Hanifan. But I'm very many cases
the school is allowed TO run with "A
half-dozen children attending. when
these children could very easily walk
to nearby schools Such schools are a
burden to the district and a source OF
waste Of school funds. he emphatically
declares.
What we need suggests Mr. Hani
fan. " is a readjustment of the schools
10 meet the needs of the people of III,
communities today. not what they
were 10 or IL yearS- ago. when tbs
school houses were built. Fortunately
many boards OF education have seer
(Continued on Page sevenD
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big PARTY
MEN ON JOB
PRESENCE OF MANN. ELKINS
AND OTHERS GIVE RISE
TO RUMORS
And Cause Much Prophecy Re
garding L. S. Senator. Governor.
Etc.-Nlany Good Men.
BY W. r. KEYSER
(Ststf Correspondent }

CHARLESTON. W. Va, Jan. r.
The presence in the states capital of
many prominent politicians gives rise
TO considerable political gossip OF a
somewhat interesting nature. The oc,
casion OF the gathering here at this
time OF those more or less Interested
In the game OF politics is the conven
ing tomorrow OF the 1915 session oi
the West Virginia legislature. and
with scores OF Legislators and inter.
ested spectators minglinG together in
the hotel lobbies and capitol corridors
these places are proving clearing
houses for the exchange OF political
prophecies. secrets and ideas.
Though no particular significance
can be attached to the arrival sunday
afternoon Of Hon. Isaac L. Mann, OF
Bramwell, from his Washington, H.
C., home. yet his presence IL made
the occasion for some talk regarding
the possibilities OF mis- being a candi.
date for United States senator in
1916.
Mr.. Mann. IL will be remembered
was a candidate before the 1913 scs.
sion Of the legislature for that posi-.
tion. and showed great strength. being
one OF the two leading candidates up
until the time OF the nomination of
Judge Nathan Con. Mr. Mann is pop.
ular throughout the state. and oar.
ticularly so in his home county Of
Mercer and adjoining counties.
Up to the present time Mr. Mann
has refused 10 discuss the probability
Of his being a candidate at the next
election. but when asked yesterday
BY an lntelligencer representative as
TO his attitude regarding the senator.
ship he declared that he really has
given the matter little or no thought
He appreciated the compliment OF be.
ing regarded as a possible candidate.
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CONTRACTS LET
For Eight Submarines to Be Built for
Coast oefense-one TO BE Lars-
est IN the World

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. I2-
Contracts were awarded by the Navy
Department to-day TO the Electric
Boat Company for one sea-goinE sub
marine. 10 be built Ht Quincy. Mass.
a. St.35OOOO. and for three coast de
tense submarines. % be built at Sc.
attic. Wash, ~ Si5O.OO0 each. and 20
the lake Torpedo BOat Company for
four coast defense submarines. to BE-
built az Bridgeport. Conn. s427 900
each
The biz sea going submarine OF 900
ions displacement will be twice a.
large as any submarine in foreign
navy. though some are now building
in Europe Of more than 500 tons.
Certain features Of American desitu
viii make thiE craft unique
She will have a radius OF action Of
about 5000 miles surface speed of
twenty knots and submerged speed
of eleven kuOtH By using her stor
age batteries alone she viii travel
completely under water for more
than a whole day on her deck will
bc carried rapid hrc iunu designed to
Do completely enclosed when the YES.
sel dives beneath tho surface. s val.
uabio feature will be direcfabIc tor.
pedo tubes making 90 unnecessary 70
maneuyer the ship 20 aim at an
enemy. and adding enormously 10 the
crafts offensive power
The coast defense submarines are
only oneth.rd the size or the biz sea.
EoinE type although they themselves
are quite scaworfhy for short voy.
AGES. these boats win have a steam.
inE radius on the surface Of about
1000 miles. and their lighter craft is
regarded ~ essential for operations
in comparative shallow hsrhor1
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CHARLESTON. W. Va. Jan. IL
Perfect harmony and absence Of any
feeling marked the Republican eau
Gus In both senate and house tonight
\ complete list Of names OF candl-
dates TO be presented al the organi.
zation OF the 1915 session of the legis.
lature 81 noon tomorrow was agreed
upon. In the senate the principal
nominations Vere made on the nrst
ballot, white in the house three OF the
four nominations were made BY accia-
IDation.
The names tho Republicans viii
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KARLSRUHE is
In ENGAGEMENT
WITNESS TO NAVAL BATTLE OFF
GRENADA, IN WEST INDIES,
WRITES HOME.
Karlsruhe Reported 20 Have Gone
Down IN This Engagement.
Much Wrecksse Ashore.


MONTREAL, Jan. IA detailed
description Of a naval battle of Gren.
ada. British West Indies. is given in
letter received here to-day from An
eyewitness. who asserts that in his
opinion the German cruiser Karlsruhe
look part and was sunk.
The letter was dated Grenada Da.
cember .. and the writer asserts that
after the battle a Hfebuoy came
ashore marked -. NJ. S. Karlsrube
together with wreckage and barrels
and foodstuds. Further he writes that
fishermen had brought the news that
they had met dead bodies floating in
the vicinity Of the battle numbers of
candles marked Kaiser Light" boots
with fet In them. helmets and other
wreCkage.
The Karlsruhe last was definitely
heard from on October &c when she
captured the Lamport and Holt liner
Nandyck The Nandyck was the sew.
enteenth vessel that had been caught
by the German cruiser
Since October 26 several vessels
have been reported I'm cable dis
patches from points In South America
as having sighted warFhlp sun
posed 10 have been the Karlsruhe.
The presence Of the speedy British
battle cruiser Princess Royal IN the
waters in which the Karlsruhe had
been operating was supposed In mari.
time circles TO have curtalled her ac.
tivitics
The British admiralty has made no
announcement concerning the report.
ed s.nkIrl Of The Karlsruhe Nor has
10 Inum8ted that any British war.
ships have been in action with or
have even sighted the Karlsruhe
Heretofore the admiralty has been
prompt .o announce any disaster 90
German varahIpa.
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England and Johnson Victors In Caucuses
EMPTY HONORS
FOR DEMOCRATS
tey W. r. keyser. stsr Cores
oondent)

tey w. r. keyser. Stsn Cores
aondent)
CHARLESTON, w. Va. Jan.
t2.-The Democratic members OF
the legislature eaueused tonight
IN the assembly room Of the Hs-
nawhs hotel. An organization
was nominated a. a matter Of
form and without the hopes OF
winning az the Democrats are
considerably In the minority In
both houses.
Septinus Hall OF Wetzel eoun-
~, presided and James w. Weir
of Randolph county acted az clerk.
c. L. Shaver, Of Marion county,
was nominated for the speaker
ship OF the house; John n. Linn,
or kanawha was suggested for
clerk; James r. Meighen, OF
Parkersbura. was nominated for
sergeant al. arms; and Col. Jonn
r. Love. Of Huntington, was
nominated for doorkeeper.
Senator Fred L. Fox OF Bras.
ton county, vas nominated for
the presidency OF the senate, and
the remainder Of the proposed
Democratic organization will be
completed tomorrow.