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CONTINUED from last weekly

Not far from the point where the
road swung from the cliff to thread
the camp the hydraulic nozzle was in
action, its terrific force of water melt
Ing the mountainside away ton by ton.
Toward this Barcus ran at top speed,
gaining the man in charge of the noz-
Zle just as the car swung round the
bend.
Pausing only long enough to make
certain that there could be no mis-
take-and having this certainty made
doubly sure by Jimmy's action in ris-
Ing from his seat and firing over the
windshield pointblank at Alan as this
last stood waiting in the roadway
Barcus and the miner swung the noz-
zle round until it bore directly on the
car
The power of its stream was such
that the car was checked instantly in
its tracks; and before the water could
have been shut off or the stream di-
verted, the machine was driven back
TO the very lip of the cliff and over
it completely, taking with it those
twain upon whose efforts all the hopes
of Seneca Urine of late had been CEN
tered
A death that was merciful, in that
1t was instantaneous, awaited them at
the foot of the cliff.
CHAPTER IL.
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intolerable to you to think that / dare
love him and confess it to you--if
you begrudge me the humiliation of
STOPPING to kiss a man who doesn't
want my kisses-if you are so afraid
of losing him while live and love
him-very well, them"
With passionate gesture Judith
tore open the bosom Of her waist.
offering her flesh to the muzzie of the
revolver.
A cry broke from the lips of Rose
that was like the cry of forlorn child
punished with cruelty that passes its
understanding She fell back against
the wall. The revolver swept up
through the air-but its mark was
her own head rather than Judith's
bosom.
But before her finger found strength
to pull the trigger the man at the
table, startled from his sleep by the
sound of angry voices, leaped from
his chair with violence that sent it
gathering to the floor, and hurled him.
self headlong across the room, inn
prisoning the wrist of his betrothed
with one hand while the other wrested
the weapon away and passed it to
Judith.
"Rose," he cried thickly, what does
this mean? Are you mad? Judith"
Dragging the bosom OF. her waist
together, Judith thrust the weapon
;,,to 10 h11
"Be kind to her, Alan she said in
an uncertain voice: She didn't under
stand and-and / goaded her beyond
endurance I'm afraid. Forgive me
but be kind to her always"
Somehow, blindly, she stumbled out
of the cabin into the open, possessed
by a thought whose temptation was
stronger than her powers of resist
ance. What Rose had failed to ac-
complish might now serve to resolve
Judith's problem. :. None, she told
herself, bitterly, would seek to hinder
her But she meant so to arrange the
matter that none should see or sus-
pect and be moved to interfere.
Round the shoulder of the noun
tain, on the road along the edge of the
cliff, she was sure of freedom from
observation.
And yet, such is the inconsistency
of the human animal, the instinct for
representation was stronger than
her purpose: when touring car swung
round the mountain and shot toward
her, she checked herself hastily and
jumped aside in ample time to escape
being run down.
The next instant the machine was
lurching to a halt and the sonorous
accents of Seneca Urine were saluting
her:
Judith. You here! What the devil!
Where We We been? Where are Mario.
PLAT and Jimmy?'
Digging the nails of her fingers pain
fully into her palms, she breathed
deep, fighting down hysteria, reassert-
ing Der selI-control in so short a space
Of time that her father failed to ap-
preciate that there was anything I'M
common in the mind of the girl
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thing he had, without her knowledge
seen Judith put away there while She
thought he slept.
Then, with this hidden in the
pocket of his dressing gown he
steered straight if very deliberate
course to the door, let himself out,
and like a materialized specter of the
man he once had been, navigated the
corridor to the head of the broad
central staircase and step by step,
clinging with both hands, negotiated
the descent.
The lobby of the hotel was deserted.
AS the ceremony approached it's end
every guest and servant in the house
was crowding the doorway to the
chapel. None opposed the progress
Of this CHASTITY vision in dressing
gown and slippered feet, chucklfng
insanely to himself as he tottered
through the empty halls and corrf-
doris, finding an almost supernatural
strength to sustain him till he found
himself face to face with his chosen
enemy and victim.
The first that blocked his way into
the chapel, bellboy of the hotel
looked round at the first touch of the
claw-like hand upon his shoulder ana
shrank back with a cry Of terror-a
cry that was echoed from half
dozen threats within another instant.
AS if from the path of some grisly
visitant from the world beyond the
grave, the throng pressed back and
ther of the bride
And as the way opened and he
looked up toward the altar and saw
Alan standing hand in hand with
Rose while the minister invoked @
blessing upon the union that had been
but that instant cemented, added
strength, the strength of the insane,
was given to Seneca Thine
When Alan, annoyed by the dis.
turbance in the body of the chapel,
looked round, it was to see the aged
maniac standing within a dozen feet
of him; and as he looked and cried
out in wonder, Urine whipped a re-
volver from the pocket of his dressing
gown and swung it steadily to bear
upon Alan's head
At that instant the storm broke
with internal fury upon the land.
A crash of thunder so heavy and
prolonged that it seemed to rock the
very building upon it's foundations,
accompanied the SCATTERING of huge
stain ed-glass window
A bolt of blush fame of dazzling
brilliance slashed through the window
like a flaming sword and smote the
pistol in the hand of Seneca Trine,
discharging the weapon even as it
struck him dead
AS he fell the bolt swerved and
struck two others down-Alan Law
and the woman who had just been
made his wife.
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CHAPTER LII.
The Old Adam.


A long minute elapsed before either
woman moved or spoke.
Transfxed beside Alan's chair,
steadying herself with a hand upon its
back, Judith stared at the figure in
the doorway in temper at once dis
comfited and defiant. With this she
suffered a phase Of incredulity, was
scarce able to persuade herself that
this was truly Rose who confronted
her-Rose whose sweet and gentle
nature had ever served as the butt
of Judith's contempt and ruthless
ridicule
Here was revolution with venge-
ance, when Rose threatened and
Judith shrank!
1t was as if the women had ex.
changed natures while they slept.
The countenance that Rose showed
her sister was thundercloud rent
by the lurid lightning of her angry
eyes. Her pose was tense and alert,
like the pose of an animal set to
spring. In her hand hung a revolver,
the same (Judiths hand sought the
holster at her hip and found it empty
that her sister had worn and for.
! gotten to remove when she dropped,
half-dead with fatigue. upon the bed.
| And slowly, toward the end of that
long, mute minute, the girls grasp
frightened upon the grip of the weapon
| and it's muZzle lifted.
| Remarking this, fash Of her one
time temper quickened Judith. Of a
sudden, with start, she crossed the
floor in single, noiseless stride, and
threw herself before her sister.
'Well?" she demanded holly. What
are you waiting for? Nobody's stop
ping you: why don't you shoot?"
The upward movement of the hand
was checked: the weapon hung level
to Judith's breast-as level and I'M
equivocal as the glance that probed
her eyes and the tone of Roses voice
as she demanded:
What were you doing there?"
IF you must know from me what
you already know on the evidence Of
your eyes-I was bidding good-by te
the man I love-kissing him withou,
his knowledge or consent before leav
ing him to you for good and all"
What do you mean?"
"That I'm going aWay-that | CAM
stand this situation any longer Mario
plat and Jimmy are dead, my fathers
helpless-and mean to see that he
remains so. Nothing, then, stands II
the way of your marrying Alan bu
me. And such being the case-ant
because he's as dear to me as he II
to you-Im going to take myself OF
and keep out of the way"
For fear lest he find out that 70,
love him."
Judith's lip curled. DO you thinl
him so witless he doesn't know tina
already?"
"And so you leave him to me out o
!. your charity! Is that it?
! ANY way you like. But If it's 81
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her lover. nesting IN the hollow Of

her lover. nesting IN the hollow Of
| his arm.
To Alan, on the other hand, this
rencontre seemed to afford nothing
but the pleasantest surprise imagin-
/, able.
! Well" he cried, releasing Rose
and running down to the car. Here's
luck! And at the very moment when
| / was calling my lucky star hard
names! How can ever reward your
thoughtfulness, Mr.. Urine? 1t beats
me how you do keep track of me this
way-happening along like this every
| time / need car the worst way in
| the world"
! Drive on" Urine screamed to the
chauffeur. Drive on, do you hear?"
| But Judith had stepped up on the
running board and was cycling the
driver cold!y, with one hand signifi-
cantly resting on the butt of the
weapon at her SIDE The car remained
at standstill.
Sulphurous profanity followed, a
pungent stream of vituperation that
was checked only by Judith's inter-
ruption: We've had to gag you once
before, you know. If you want another
! taste of that-keep on!"
| "But where's Barcus?" Judith de-
manded when, after helping Rose into
| the car and running off to thank their
hosts, Alan returned alone to the car.
J,o
man answered cheerfully. He would
insist on rambling off down the can
yon in search of an alleged town
| where we could hire motor car
| somewhere down there. / tried to
make him understand that we had
! plenty of time, but he was mulish as
he generally is when he gets foolish
notion into his head. So I daresay
! We'll meet him on his way back-or
| else asleep somewhere by the road
side!"
Taking the seat next to the chauf-
feur, he gave the word to drive on;
and they slipped away from the loca.
ton of the mining camp, saluted by
! cheers from the miners.
| The road dipped sharply down the
mountainside to the bed of the canyon.
The car moved smoothly and swiftly,
coasting: only now and then was it
necessary to call upon the engine for
power with which to negotiate an up
grade or some uncommonly long
stretch of level road.
Half an hour passed without word
spoken by any member of the party.
Each was deep in his or her own es-
pecial preoccupation: Alan turning
over plans for an early wedding; Rose
hugging the contentment regained
through her lovers protestations;
Judith lost in profoundest melancholy;
Urine nursing his rage, working him
self up into silent fury whose conse-
quences were to be more far-reaching
than even he dreamed in his widest
moments.
It's first development, for all that,
was desperate enough.
The aged monomaniac occupied the
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"Where?" he demanded angrily as
she approached the car, where, l
want to know, are Marrophat and jim
my? Haven't you seen or heard any
thing of them? They left me at six
o'clock this morning, to go after"
"Dead!' the girl interrupted, SEN
.entious, cycling him strangely.
Il don't believe it," the old man
screamed, aghast. Il won't believe it.
You're lying to me, you jade! You're
lying"
Il am not" she broke in coldly. Il
am telling you the plain truth
They followed us all morning in that
red racer, firing at us all the while.
Finally they caught up with us here,
about noon-came up this road shoot
| Ing over the windshield. 1t was our
lives or theirs. We turned the hydrau-
lie stream on them and washed the car
over the cliff. If you don't believe
me, get somebody to show you their
faces"
She indicated with a gesture two
forms that lay at little distance
back from the roadside, motionless
beneath sheet Of canvas-the bodies
Of Trine's creatures, recovered by the
mining gang and brought up for a
Christian burial
But Urine required no more confirm
alton of Judith's word. The light
fiickered and died in his evil old eyes;
his stricken countenance assumed a
hue of pallor even more intense than
was normal with it; a broken curse
issued from his trembling, thin, old
lips; and his chin sagged to his chest.
heavy-weighted with despair that fol-
lowed realization Of the fact that he
no longer owned even one friend or
creature upon whose conscienceless
loyalty he might depend.
The last bitter drop that brimmed
his cup Of misery was added when
Alan Law himself appeared, leaving
the miners cabin In company with
his betrothed- Rose now soothed and
comforted, smiling through the traces
Of her recent tears as she chung to
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Thus his one able hand was next to
Judith, in close juxtaposition to the
revolver in the holster on her hip.
Without the least warning his left
hand closed upon the weapon, with
drew it and leveled it at the back of
Alan's head.
AS he pulled the trigger Judith flung
herself bodily upon the arm.
Even SO, the bullet found a goal,
though in another than the intended
victim. The muscular forearm of the
chauffeur received it.
With a shrek of pain the man re-
leased the wheel and grasped his
arm.
Before Alan could move to prevent
the disaster the car, running without
a guiding hand, caromed off a low
embankment to the left and shot full
tilt into a shallow ditch on the right,
Smelling it's passengers like peas from
a broken pod.
Alan catapulted a good twenty feet
through the air and alighted with
such force that he lay stunned for
several moments.
When he came to, he found Barcus
helping him to his feet; heavy sew.
en-passenger touring car halted in the
roadway indicated the manner in which
his friend had arrived on the scene
| of the accident.
When damages were assessed II
was found that none of the party had
suffered seriously but the chauffeur
and Seneca Trine himself. The former
had only his wound to show however,
while Urine lay still and senseless at
a very considerable distance from the
i wrecked automobile
Nothing but a barely perceptible
respiration and internationally futter
ing pulse persuaded them that the
flame of life was not extinct IN thai
poor, old, pain-racked body.
CHAPTER LII.
The Last Trump.
Tou,ord tho ovnninp of the tl1rC
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CHAPTER LIV.
The Wife

Again three days elapsed; and JR.
dith, returning from the double fu-
neral of her father and sister, dotted
and more suited to the atmosphere or
a sickroom, then relieved the nurse
in charge of Alan.
He remained as he had been ever
since the falling of the thunderbolt-
in absolute coma.
But he lived, and-or the physicians
lied-must soon regain consciousness.
Kneeling beside his bedside judith
prayed long and earnestly.
When she arose it was to answer
a tap upon the door She admitted
Tom Barcus and suffered him to lead
her into the recess of the window,
where they conversed in guarded
tones in spite of the fact that the
subject of their communications could
not possibly have heard them.
1--WE come to tell you something"
Barcus announced with characteristic
awkwardness, i've known it for
three days-ever since the wedding,
in fact-and kept it to myself, not
knowing whether / ought to tell YOU
yet or not
He paused, cycling her uncertainty
unhappily.
81 am prepared" Judith assured
him calmly
You're nothing of the Sort he
countered. argumentative. You
couldn't be. It's the most amazing
| thing imaginable. \. See here
"Well?"
"You understand, don't you, tha1
Alan must never know that Rose was
killed by that lightning stroke?"
What do you mean?'
"I mean" the man floundered mfss
erably, you see, he loved her so-B
thought-I'm sure it would be best
if you can bring yourself to ito LETT
/ him go on believing it wasn't Rose
who was killed, but Judith And THAT'S
skating so close to the truth that liz
makes no difference: the Judith Alan
knew and the Judith | knew in the
beginning is gone as completely as
though she and not Rose had been
killed.,
After long pause, the girl asked
him quietly: 81 understand. But is
it possible you don't understand that.
If I were to consent to this PROPOSE.
ton, lend myself to deception which
must maintain through all my life
to COMEDIAN would consider me his
| wife," n
We'll, but-you see-you are his
wife. 81. Oh, don't think I'm off my
bat I'm telling you the plain, unvar
nished truth. You are Alan's wife.
No, listen to me. You remem-
Der that day in New York when you
substituted for Rose, when Alan tried
to elope with her, and you went With
him to Jersey City, and stood up to be-
married by a preacher-guy named
Wright and Marrophat broke in Just
at the critical moment and busted up
the party?"
'Well?' she demanded breathless1y.
Barcus produced folded yellow pa,
Continued on page 3D.
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CHAPTER LII.

The Last Trump.
Toward the evening Of the third
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Ella Chicago will generally
This that
Swetzer the
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At this solemn the Hon Roosevelt with
waiting somebody
Ia o. Republican presidential nomination IN 1916.
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BUT, THEY HANG ON

This making with
which this of the state
that months but there isn't of
them that is grouchy pssmistc they
Enterprise.
The is the real
opmis bright days when there nothing
sight They truly the
sunshine prosperity The not
weekly payroll but smiles all the
something
editor leaves his desk evening and starts
nights half the people that
his Mer
$500 worth
secretly halfway him
running while good fellow tells him
paper paper doing good sometimes
after ALL aren't the
sweet?"-Waycross JournalHerald.
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THE MONTHLY ROLL Of HONOR
IN AMER|CUS PUBLIC SCHOOL
THOSE DISTINCTION
FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY SEVERAL GRADES OF
FURLOW GRAMMAR SCHOOL

The Honor Roll" for Furlow
school for the month of February, has
been made I'D and contains the names
of scores of youthful pupils who have
thus attained distinction. The honor
roll in full appears herewith.
First Grade-SectiOn One.
Bette Bccot, Mary Earle Barnett,
Hermis Hammond, jamie Claire John
son, Emma Joe Lipford, Bessie Quat-
tlebaum, Louise Reeves, Harriet Ry-
lander, Ann Walker, Allen Hill, Jr.,
James Mcdaniel, Robert Sieg, John
Richard Mcdaniel.
First Grade-SecOnd Section.
Robert Culpepper, James Furlow,
j. r. Hammick, Jr., Harland Johnson,
Robert Mozo, Frank Weaver, Marion
Hert Young, Elmer Buchanan, Matte
w. Cleveland, Kathryn Harris, Nettie
Herbert, Lamar Johnson, Eugenia
Lockhart, Massie Lane, Anna Strick-
land, Mary Stokes, Emily Thomas.
Second Grade-First Section,
Mabel Sawyer, Fannie Love Stevens,
Alice Wheeler, Mildred Mackey, Eta
Ruth Brooks, Virginia Nicholson, Cap
itola Castleberry, villa sanborn, Eutry
Hammond, Mozelle Devours, Elizabeth
Moses, Eugene Langford, Tommy
Azar, ]. T. Adkins, Laban Cooper,
Henry Everett, Edwin Bell.
Second Grade-SecOnd Section.
Jane Armstrong, Mildred Clark, Ed
it'll Gaines, Elizabeth Council, Lillian
Denham, Alice Harold, Chloe Daven-
port, Martha Johnson, Frances SILVER,
Lucille Schneider, Charlotte Turner,
Eugenia Walker, Russell Clark, Ben
jamin Davis, Ernest Davis, Macon
Dudley, William Dykes, William N'ree-
man, Joel Hightower, Tommie Myers,
Curtis McNeely, McGrady Oliver, Alton
Poole, Joe Poole, Robert Hooks.
Third Grade-First Section.
Mary E. Easterlin, Mary Glover,
Mary F. Evans, Lucille Morgan, CHS
tine Brown, Rachel Beard, Sara NJ.
Culpepper, Helen Herbert, Margaret
Barnett, Alice Westbrook, Pauline
Williams, Allan Mcneil, Flora Surles,
Leroy Swain, Eugene Williams, Law
renee Anthony, Lee Verne Easom, Day.
id Broadhurst, Luther Ivey, Jr., Mar
shall Bacot.
Third Grade-SecOnd Section.
jamie Williams, Kathryn Killebrew,
Jessie May Simmons, Marjorie Hatcher
Ruth Everett, Lottie Dean Kellum,
Irene Hayes, Elise Brogdon, Nettie
Clare McMath, Mary Earle Allen, Ann
Heys, Teress Andrews, Claire Harris,
Ira Gatewood, Lawrence Blakey Doug
las Stewart, James Collins, !. w. Har-
ris, Skilman Young, George Ellis, Puc-
ser Bivins, Russell Thomas, Seth
Belcher, Edward Macarthur, Edward
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Our idea of nothing about the lack Of hubab pies
anything
family get along pie.
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The preaching years
Buy Home experience Florida
prove Atlanta her shop
ping purchased
attire would have been danger of being
better values home
Madison merchants like Of
the trade doesn't
know mic offering.
certainly European
army likely
low safely
pced and throwing into
Baryco rather
busy these days.
The agreed perfect
the
course a of
be valuable
allied ombardmen
fourishmg
industry when the
this
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will
del &
our aea Oh nohg worry ABOUT Is the lack OF huoarb pies report
anything
family it S pie
Italy into the
the mastrom country
their native land.
Ella Fagg Chicago will
This
swetzer is the cheese.
this to
his
him Republican presidential n 1916.
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ard, John Sheffield, Sam Conner, Olin
Dixon.
Fourth Grade-First Section
Georgia Lumpkin, Edith Oakley, Ella
Slappey. Mildred Warlick, Rossie An
drews, Mildred Sumerford, Geraldine
Ryals, Louise Thayer, Lucy Lane, Lena
Mayo, Lena Braswell, Agnes Gran
berry, Julia Flowers, Louise Dudley,
Ouida Hatcher, Margaret Cranberry,
Ethel Mae Hart, Alice Johnson, Martha
Ivey, William Mathis, Samuel Lott, P.
c. Allen, Earnest Cameron, Herman
Howard, Eugene Sieg, Irving Marsh,
James Macarthur, Ira Lee Hines, Char
lie Everett, Newton Glover, Walter
GOA, James Crew.
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certainly himself felt in the
likely Kaiser might
e safely in
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Fourth Grade-SecOnd Section


Frances Ryals, Parmalee Davis, Myrtle
Poole, Katherine Turner, Lily Lee,
Murph Mcdonald, Joseph CLAM, Den
son elmer, Willie Florence, Eugene
White, Robt. Buchanan, Guy Allison,
Frank Sullivan, Edwin Samson, Albert
Harris, Geo. Council, Katherine Davis.
Fifth Grade-First Section
Ruth Conner, Julia Doty, Mary Crit
fin, Myrtle Herring, La Vern Hubbard,
Hulet Humber, Mona Johnson, Annie
Ruth Jones, Sara Oliver, Helen Quat-
tlebaum, Cornelia SILVER, Lucille Tom
linson, Halle Walker, Macie Wright,
Emanuel CLAM, Richard Herbert, Sam
uell Hooks, Jack Howard, Frank Lee,
Ernest Mathis, Will Mcneil.
Fifth Grade-SecOnd Section.
Ethel Bass, MARCIA Beard, Elizabeth
Jacobs, Annie Johnson, Ruby Oliver.
Elizabeth Sheffield, Katherine Sanbor1,
Enoch Williams, Clarence White, Le-
roy Feagin, Ralph Glover.
Sixth Grade-First Section.
Olive Howard. Bernice Macarthur,
Alice Stevens, Ina McElheny, Joe Nc
Math, Elton Parker.
Sixth GraGe-SecOnd Section
John Butt, Roland Broadhurst, Espy
, Daniels, Allen Williams, Lula Howard,
Mary Elma Poole, Lena Mae Finch,
Ruth Council, Gladys Smith.
Seventh Grade-First Section
Mary Azar, Annie Cawood, Mary
Dudley, Mabel Ellis, Agnes Gatewood,
Mary Slappey, Eugenia Warlick Win
ME Lou Webb.
Seventh Grade-SecOnd Section.
Lollie Chapman, lone Carter, Nellie
Griffin, Mary Belle Greene, Rohoma
CLAM, Mary Will Harvey, Ann Harden,
Georgia Mayo, Rosa Mae Stevens, Ros-
ella Westbrook, Louie Hansford, Will
liam Pearlman, George Riley, Hope
| Smith Will Green Turnin
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that the life of the 15nch naval short but
as things shells
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keeping pacfed throwing
Barleycon Bill
busy these days.