The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-10-07

Hes got a lot OF money on him.
and he'll give you some " you ind
him ana he's still alive"
"Dead?"
Maybe" And Tommy told briefly
what had happened aud what Celestial
believed had happened. The Indian
set on at q great pace toward thu col
umn OF smoke which marked where
the FIRE had been checked BY the lake.
Then Celestia and the two others
lighted candles and went INTO the cave.
They went in silence from cavern 10
cavern. Here the electric plant still
looked In good running order Here
n nan might hide and pretend 10 be a
voice. They did not explore the whole
extent OF the great subterrane; oaly
enough to prove that someone had
lived there for many years in a state
Of pseudo-maEnlhoence something like
the settings OF an expensive Broad.
way production.
Doesn't any OF Il seem familiar
Tommy asked.
She turned 20 him and threw her
arms round his neck and began TO cry
like a little child.
"Helll" said Freddie.
NO" said Tommy, .stoutly ITS
turned out to be heaven after all. Beat
e, Freddie!"
To Celestial the train seemed "a
move no faster than n snail. To get
back 10 the world In time 10 undo
what she had done. before q should
be too late. occupied her mind to the
exclusion Of almost everything else.
stllliter Was dead. His influence had
no longer power on her. She became
more rational and human with every
passed hour and she became no less
sweet.
They had waited az the cave until
old man Smellsgood came back with
definite news OF stilliter's death.
Him plenty enough dead" he said.
and nodded repeatedly. Then. with a
mouth so innocent that even butter
wouldn't have melted IN Il. he said
Tie not got a lot OF money on him
Not now. ! know that" said Tom.
my. as well as you do"
When at last they reached New
York they proceeded at once 90 Madi
son Square Garden. where a tremon.
dous pro-Harclay meeting was I'm SEES
sion. The triumyirate were all pres
ent. Celestia. ia a dark cloak. with a
veil over her face. waited outside with
Freddie until Tommy should signal "a
her TO enter.
lie came presently.
"Sturteysnt Is speaking" he said
Quickly He's explaining hcw you
your work done. have gone back 10
heayen-and. by heavea. Cclostia
they believe him! You might think il
WIS Matthew. Mark. Luke pr John ad
dressing a lot Of early Christians; PEG.
pie are sobblng. Better come now and
get Il over with"
stLrteyaut broke on In the midst OF
his peroration. 4 slim, white. com
munding figure was moving slowly 70
vard him Ills jaw dropped Then he
dropped to his knees and, a look OF
rapture On h.s face o. cried In a voice
ut thunder. Celestial"
Even this pirse 81 %play-acting could
BOT save tho situation for him. Tho
people had caught so bis face ne first
svift.lertiug looE OF uuu'to-abln ffirhl
and dIsmay And now they had caught
sight OF Ceiestia. and rose 20 her with
a great rag at sound
She passed slowly through Thorn
mounted the platform turned, lltec
20 hand "a little. and there was 20
i,ucc.
She asked them 90 Doc patient with
her She had wrongcd them. Per
Haus she had done ~irroporablo harm
IN the world. Hut 30 would be wonder
ul if they would listen to her one,
moro-thcy had always been so EooC
90 her
And presently rho had them on
thrallod In the spell Of her clear. sweet
voice. And she told them her story
from the b|ogluniug And when sh,
had finished she just stood and looked
straight ahead Of upr And murmur.
swopt tho vast place. as {.,tlc hrco2c'
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