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what seemed an uncommonly stubborn
reluctance, and got his way.

what seemed an uncommonly stubborn
reluctance, and got his way.
He could not know that anothe,
skuIked behind a barrier of lime bar
els n overheard all that passed and
when Alan had ducked smartly into
the unfinished building, rose and stole
AFTER him with footsteps as noiseless
as a cats and a face that had the say.
agery OF a tigers when it was tran.
silently revealed in a shaft of moon.
light.
At length Alan gained the gridiron
or Orders on a plane with the lighted
window across the way, and crept
along one Of these, gingerly on his
hands and knees, until he came to its
END and might, If he cared to, look
down a hundred feet to the sidewalks.
That view, however, did not tempt;
ne Kept his eyes level; and was re-
warded with a bare glimpse Of a pref
tlly-papered wall, framed in the lace of
haif-drawn curtains.
And OF sudden-whether through
fortuity, or instinct, or the psyche
logical attraction of his steadfast con-
centration-the tenant of the room
came to the window and stood there
for a little, looking pensively out, alto
gether unconscious of the watcher in
his aerial coign.
Again a horrible uncertainty har-
assed him. Was the woman Rose
or Judith? That she was one of these
he could plainly see. But which? Dared
he assume his hopes fulfilled?
With difficulty he detached his
hungry vision from her, and drawing
from his pocket a small notebook, tore
out a blank page, placed this fat on
the girder. found a pencil, and with
the assistance of a ray or two Of
moonlight scrawled a message OF al
most stenographic brevity.
When he looked up from this task,
she had vanished.
Sitting up, astride the girder, he
took his watch-a cheap affair he had
picked up when r%eclothing himself in
the garments of civilized society, at
Providence, that morning-opened the
back of the case, and closed it upon
the folded message.
Then drawing back his arm, he
breathed a silent prayer to the god Of
all true lovers, and cast it from him
with all his might-with such force
that it almost unseated him at the end
of the swing. But nothing less would
have served to bridge that yawning
chasm.
And the watch flew straight and
true, %squarely through the lighted win
dow and to the further wall.
At that very instant of his exultation
over an obstacle overcome, he heard a
sound behind him of heavy breathing.
The assassin had come that close
upon his prey when Alan turned and
discovered his peril.
The same moonbeam which had
aided Alan in the composition of his
message struck across the others face,
and showed it like a hideous Chinese
mask of deadly hatred, with it's eye
balls glazing and its lips drawn back
from the naked blade gripped between
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CHAPTER XIV,
ChanueIinu.


In h vague, chill gray Of that dull
and desolate dawn, Judith stirred alb
ruptly on the couch Of a sleepless
night, and with the rapidity Of n
who has arrived at a settled purpose
after a long period Of doubt and per-
plexity. ros and bathed and dressed
herself in n~egligee.
In the adjoining room she could hear
small, stealthy notes.-the sounds
made by her sister moving about and
preparing against the unguessable mo-
ment when her rescue would be at
tempted, according to the information
conveyed in that midnight message.
For chance had conspired with her
insomnia to station Judith in the re-
cess Of her darkened window, idly
viewing the gaunt framework Of the
unfinished building from an angle
which, when Alan edged out along the
girder, showed him plainly in silhou-
cite against the sky.
In Judith's eyes his identity was un.
mistakable. She had hardly needed
the night-glasses which presently she
brought to bear upon him at the mo-
ment when he was laboriously inditing
his message-while grim death stalked
him from behind.
She had seen him throw the watch
and had heard the double thump Of its
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I may not, dear little sister. But M
OF US will never leave it alive"
with a start Of terror, Rose shrank
back from this strange, wild thing
that wore the very shape and SEM
blance Of herself.
What do you mean? You cannot
mean to murder me in cold blood.
Judith"
Not T." Judith laughed harshly.
But, since It has pleased Destiny to
decree that we must both love one
man-let Destiny decide between us
and bear the blame OF m%urder!"
Judith"
One moment" Crossing to q side
table, Judith took up a glass from a
tray mat held a silver water-pitcher,
and returned with 1t to the table that
occupied the middle Of the floor. At the
same time she opened a hand till then
fast clenched and disclosed a small
blue bottle with a red label shrieking
the warning "POISON!"
"Strychnine," she explained COM
posedly, "in solution" And emptied
the bottle into the glass.
A measure of courage returned to
Rose. DO you expect to be able to
make me drink that" she demanded
contemptuously.
mot but Destiny, II 1t will! See
here" From a pocket of her dressing
gown Judith produced a sealed deck of
playing cards. Let these declare the
will of Destiny toward us. l will break
the seal, shuttle the cards, and DEAL"
she explained, suiting action to word.
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window, she was dressed and clam.
bered out upon the sill.
Sweetheart! My bravest little
woman!"
The hook hung steadily within six
inches Of the w~indow-ledge. Alan ex
tended his arm.
Nothing to fear, except lest l hold
you too tight, dear one!"
Without a word Judith set her foot
beside his In the hook, surrendered to
his embrace. and closed her eyes.
Immediately they were swung away
from the window, over toward the op-
posite sidewalk, and gently lowered to
the street.
Maybe this isn't a good scheme!"
Alan exulted In the innocence of his
heart. But | think it Is. And those
workingmen think 1t a great lark-I
told them the simple truth, you see:
that we were eloping!"
BY way Of answer Judith breathed
only a word of tenderness.
And that instant the hook paused
and Alan stepped off upon the side
walk.
Safe and southland not a soul
over there the wiser as yeti" he de-
clared with a derisive nod toward the
home Of Urine. Come along. Here's
a limousine waiting. In twenty min
utes we'll be at the ferry. in forty over
in Jersey, within an hour married,
within four hours safe at seal"
TO BE CONTINUED
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Impact with the WALL and floor Of
Roses bedchamber.
And she had witnessed with wildly
beating heart that duel in the air
able to surmise it's outcome only from
the fact that the victor spared the life
Of the vanquished.
The clock was striking six as she
left her room: across the street work
ingmen were streaming into the build
ing to begin the labors Of the day.
Brushing unceremoniously past the
drowsy and Indifferent guard in the
corridor outside the door to Roses
room. Judith turned the key that re-
NAMED IN the lock ON the outside, re-
moved 1t. entered, and locked the door
behind her.
without any surprise she found her
sister already dressed : the point Of
DOMINIC her outer garments.
Rendered h%alf-frantic by this unex.
pected interruption. threatening as It
did the perilous scheme that Alan had
proposed. Rose greeted her sister with
q c~ountenance at once aghast and
wrathful.
What do you want?" she demanded
tensely.
ITO come to al understanding with
you" Judith told her coolly.
There Is no understanding possible
between US: you know that as well as
l."
yet one there must be-"
II insist that you leave this room at
once!"
Insist by all means-and be
damned! may leave this room-and
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Time o. Nioht.

The Time o. Night.
Not i~ll-pleased to be left to his own
devices (whose proposed character
Digby would never have approved had
he so much as suspected them Alan
none the less deferred action until
after midnight.
And espionage was all ne feared
save and except always, Of course, fail
ure to find his Rose.
It was about one in the morning
when he arrived inconspicuously (but
not so much so as to seem deserving
of police surveillance) in the neigh
borhood of the Riverside drive home Of
his mortal enemy. a grim white house
that lowered, stark and tall, upon q
corner.
His preliminary reconnaissance pro-
vided little more than comfortless ex-
ercise. Huge, still, its wall bathed in
the milk and ink of moonlight and
shadow, all its windows dark but
one-and that one. in the topmost tier,
showed only a feeble glimmer, SO slight
that Alan almost overlooked it.
But once discovered, 1t focused upon
itself his thoughts with a power little
less than hypnotic.
He believed with small doubt that
Rose was q prisoner within those
walls; that Judith must have con-
veyed her there with all speed.
And, this being the presumptive case,
that small. high window Of the light
might well be hers.
Directly across the street from the
Urine residence, on the opposite cor
ner, q colossal apartment structure
stood half-inished, etonework to its
second story. gaunt iron skeleton rear
ing above.
To his infinite disgust. Alan found
the guardian very wide awake. very
much on the job: no chance here to
steal unseen into the building.
This in itself might have been
deemed q suspicious circumstances:
not for nothing does an honest night
Waterman 70 deny the laws of nature
and the tenets Of his craft. But Alan
merely praised the man while cursins
the very fact Of his existence; and. &C
costing. overcame with bank-notes
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it's teeth-a stiletto nothing short Of a
foot in length.
With a sharp, startled movement,
Alan swung himself bodily about, 60
that, seated again astride the girder,
he faced the assassin who sat up,
straddling the girder. his feet hooked
beneath it a stiletto poised in his
right hand to strike.
But ever now Alan was in little or
no better case than before. If he faced
the thug, he faced him with no arms
other than his bare hands. He had not
even a pen-knife in his pockets.
With a low cry Of desperation Alan
snatched of his hat, a soft and shape
less felt affair, and flung 1t squarely in
the fellows face.
Before he could recover-before,
that is, it dropped away and cleared
his vision, Alan had bent forward and
grasped the wrist Of the hand that
held the knife.
He snatched simultaneously at the
other hand, but 1t eluded him.
Alan had this advantage. as long az
the knife might not strike-that his
right arm was free. while the assassin
had only his left. With this he strove
persistently to reach his knife-hand
and possess himself of the weapon.
As persistently Alan foiled his purpose
by dragging the knife-hand toward him
and swinging it far out to one side. At
the same time he struck repeatedly
with his clenched right fist at the 9th.
er's face. His blows did little dam.
age beyond ~disconcerting the other:
but this proved . very considerable
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"The n who gets the trey of hearts
will drain that glass. Is 1t a bar
GAIN"
Never! Oh, l know that you
are altogether mad!"
Perhaps. Are you ready?" And
Judith made as II to deal.
"NO-never! tell you l refused"
Rose chartered. terrified.
"You dare not refuse"
"Why?"
Because of this"
Whipping a small revolver from an
dith placed 1t on thu table, ready to
her hand.
you will shoot me II l do not con-
sent?"
Not you-but him. If you refuse,
little sister, / will shoot Alan Law
dead when he comes to keep his ap-
pointment with you"
Ali" Rose cried In mingled fright
and amaZement. How did you find
out?"
Never mind. Is 1t a bargain. now,
about the trey Of hearts? Remember,
l shall keep my word about this pis-
toll"
With a shudder Rose bowed her
head.
Deal" she muttered fearfully, land
may God Judge between u.s."
One by one she stripped the cards
from the top of the deck, dealing first
to Rose, then to herself.
One by M they fluttered to the
table on either side the glass of poison,
and fell face uppermost.
The trey Of hearts fell to Judith.
There was an instant of silent dread,
ended by Rose, as Judith's hand moved
steadily toward the glass.
Judith" she implored. Don't
beg Of you'll didn't mean tt taxi
back my consent"
Too late!" said Judith, lifting the
glass and cycling it's contents with q
strange smile.
Judith! you cannot mean to drink
TT"
Cant I. thought" the other laughed
mirthlessly. "Just watch mel"
With a strangled cry Rose covered
her face with her hands to shut out
the sight, stood ~momentarily swaying,
and dropped to the floor in a complete
faint.
Delaying only to recognize this phe-
nomena with a plying smile for the
weakness of spirit that caused 1t. Ju.
dith's glance darted through the win
dow and saw that which caused her to
stay her hand an instant longer.
On the topmost tier of Orders Of the
building opposite. Alan Law stood
amid a little knot of amused and ami.
mated laborers. one foot in the great
steel hook of the hosting tackle, both
hands clasping the chain that linked
it to the gigantic block.
And az Judith stared, he smiled at
something said by one Of those about
him, looked back, and waved a hand
to some person invisible.
Immediately the arm began to lift,
the tackle to move slowly through the
blocks. Very gently he was swung up
and outward.
With q cry Judith flung the poison
heedlessly from her. leaped across the
room, and snatched up the street gar
ments Rose had dropped at her sisters
entrance.
In another moment she was strug-
Cling radly into them.
Before the shadow of Alan, clinging
to the hook and chain. fell athwart the
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and fell to the floor between the two
men.
Face up, 1t grinned sardonic mock.
cry of Alan's confidence: 1t wac a trey
of hearts.
With an ashen face and a TREMBLING
hand, Digby stopped to pick the
damned thing up; but Alan was be.
forehand with him, and got his fingers
first upon the card.
Nov will you believer" Digby de.
manded huskily.
I'm what? A simple coincidence? %
Alan flouted. Not l! Who knows I'm
in New York-or that the Arthur Law.
renee for whom your agent engaged
these rooms was Alan Law. No, nv
friend: it's a bit too thick for me. Take
my word for it, this is nothing more
nor less than a souvenir of a poker.
party held by yesterdays tenant of
this suite"
"Perhaps-perhaps!" Digby assent.
ed, stroking tremulous lips. But Pm
afraid for you, my boy. Who knows
that Trine's spies were not watching
my man when he made this reserya.
ton? Who knows but that Arthur
Lawrence was too thin a disguise for
Alan Law? l tell you. I'm frightened
to the marrow of my old bones! Do
me this favor at least, my boy: now
that you've been warned, whether by
accident or design-we won't argue
that-do leave town-go ~incognito to
some quiet place near by and wait
there for the sailing of the next trans
atlantic steamer. Oh. surely you can't
deny me this one wish of my fond old
heart, my boy!"
With a gesture Of u~nfeigned affec-
tion Alan dropped a hand on Digby's
shoulder.
There's nothing on earth I would
not do for you," he said: you've been
a father and a mother to me ever since
/ can remember, ever if we were sepa-'
rated, most of the time, by three thou
sand miles of salt water. But this
thing-I can't do it. even for you. |
can't do it even for myself. Rose
Urine Is here in New York, In the
hands and at the mercy of her father
and sister: and you may judge what
their mercy will be when you learn
all that she has done for me. l won't
go and l can't go until l find her and
TAX her with me. And that is final"
"Then," Digby struck in, grasping
wildly at a straw of hope, Il have your
word you'll go, providing find and re-
store Rose to you?"
"You have my word to that, unques-
tionably. Bring Rose to me, and I'll
gladly shake the dust of New York
from my shoes, and never return till
Urine is put away comfortably in his
grave"
ut shall be DONE" Digby promised.
TT must!"
"You believe that?"
"In twelve hours Rose shall be re-
stored to you"
"Will you make a book on It? I'll
bet you something happens-and hope
l lose into the bargain. If you believe
you can carry out your promise, wire
the White Star line to reserve the
best available suite ON the Oceanic,
sailing tomorrow morning at ten
and make arrangements for a mar
riage before the boat sails"
"Ill go you," Digby agreed: "and II
I fail, l forfeit the cost of the reser-
walton. But about this marriage"
He hesitated.
you'll have to have a license In
this state-and can't get n except
by applying in person with your bride
to-be. There won't be time"
Then we'll marry in Jersey!" Alan
insisted. dig up some clergyman over
there. if you don't know one your
self"
ooh, I'm well acquainted with the
very mani"
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A WAY OUT

A Resident of Bookings Shows the
Way
There's one effective way to relieve
kidney backache.
Liniment and plasters may relieve
it;
But they seldom reach the cause.
Backache is cause to suspect the
kineys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for disorder
ed kidneys.
Bookings people back them up.
Read a case of it.
Thomas Martinson, Second St.,
Bookings, S. d., says: For more
than a year | suffered from backache,
caused by disordered kidneys. | had
a dull, nagging pain across my loins
and at night l didn't rest well. The
kidney secretions caused me annoy
ance. Doan's Kidney Pills finally
cured me. The cure has been per-
manent. | always recommend this
remedy when have the chance. You
may continue to publish my former In
dorsement."
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Martinson had. Foster-Milburn
Co, Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-23
Tiedemann-ROse

Miss Edna Rose, of Dodge,
Neb., and William Tiedemann of
Ekalaka. were united in mar
riage April 14th at Fremont,
Neb.
The bride is a sister of Au.
gust, Fred, Louis and William
Rose, who live south of Ekalaka,
while Mr.. Tiedemann is a bro
ther of Mr.. August Rose and
also of Mrs. Henry Rose of Cal
ifornia, this being the third mar
riage between brothers and sis
ters in the Tiedemann and Rose
families.
The happy couple will come to
Montana to live on the groom s
farm south of town.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-23
Lily Creek News

Ed. Collins arrived home from
Wisconsin last week.
Lorin Gilman of Fallon creek
returned home Monday from a
two weeks visit at Missoula.
G. S. and W. G.. Guyer visited
with neighbors Easter Sunday.
Dad Stevenson has given his
claim shack a coat of paint.
Van Craig and Frank Freese
are turning up sod these days.
Warren Collins passed through
this vicinity few days ago.
II. O. Potter and Paul Mclean
cailec, at j, I. Brady's last Thurs
day.
Hartman & Brady have one
tlCld seeded to wheat and will
soon have another seeded.
Mr. and Mr., Joe Souvisik were
in Ekalaka Saturday.
The latest man to take a home
stead on Fallon creek is a Mr..
Green from Missouri.
d, T. Brady visited Easter
Sunday with his father, J. II.
Brady.
M. and Mrs. Rolla Cummins
have received their furniture and
are now nicely settled on their
homestead on Fallon creek.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-23
About Forest HOmesteads

On February 16, 1915, the Sec
retary of the Interior upheld a
decision of the Commissioner of
the General Land Office in which
the latter rejected an additional
entry made by an entryman on
Forest land. The Secretary held
that as the original entry was
made under the Act of June II,
1906, Forest Homestead Act,
which allows entries of 16O acres
only, the homestead right was
exhausted. The idea is that an
entry made under the act of June
ii, 1906, is made by the entry
man because he obtains some ad-
vantage over the ordinary home
steader, either in getting better
land or more desirable location.
he makes his Forest homestead
entry therefore in preference to
an ordinary entry, and thereby
exchanges his right under the
ENLARGED Homestead Act for a
right under the Forest Home
stead Act. The case in which
this decision was rendered occur
red in the Helena National For
est. ...
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-23
Hall & Snow Mill

Operations were resumed at
the mill on Monday morning with
N. X. Hall as head sawyer. The
lumber trade is picking up.
A brand new nine-pound boy
arrived at the hcme of Rurness
Blake on Saturday night.
Mrs. f. w. Snow and children
spent a few days of last week
visiting at the Hall home, +.
Mrs. DeLoss Hall, Mrs. F. w.
Snow and Norman Booth spent
Monday visiting the 0. r. Hall
ranch in the H. S. Basin.
Miss Rose Carroll is spending
the week in the Mill gulch.
The Spring Valley Literary
Society will give another one OF
its enjoyable programs and dan
ces on Saturday. April Oath.
J. D. klnsey is setting out a
large orchard and garden.
Fred Cation is busy blowing and
seeding for James Brooks and
Wallace Hurd. He is demonstrat-
the success of tractor farming.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-23
Notice to Swine Owners

Numerous complaints having
been made to me as to swine rum
ming at large, will refer hog own
ers to the following section in
Montana Penal Codes:
Sect. 1888. Swine running at
large. That hereafter it shall be
unlawful for any owner or own
ers of swine to permit the same
to run at large.
Sect. 1889. Penalties. Any per-
son or persons violating Sect.
1898 of this Act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined in the sum of ten dollars
for the first offense and in the
sum of twenty dollars for each
subsequent offense and shall be
liable to damage to any party in
jured thereby, to be recovered in
any court having competent jur-
isdiction. FRANK EVANS.
Under Sheriff,
2t Fallon County
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-04-23
State Land to be Sold

Some time during the year 1916
the date to be fixed later, the
State Board of Land Commission
ers will sell at public auction at
the county court house, such
tracts OF state land in Fallon
county as may be applied for, the
application to be filed five weeks
prior to date of sale. Sales can
only be made to citizens, or to
those who have declared their
intention to become such, and
corporations organized under the
laws of the state.
Land is sold at the appraised
price. but at not less than $40. 90
per acre. The average price of
state land sold during the last
four years is about $3.50 per
acre.
State land is classified into
five classes. viz: agricultural-irri-
gable, agricultural-nonirrigable,
grazing, timber and coal. Timber
and coal land is not for sale. Not
more than 100 acres Of agricultu-
ral-lrrigable; nor more than 800
acres of agrcultural-nonirrigable
nor more than $40 acres of graz
ing land will be sold to one pur-
chaser.
All purchases of $iOO. 90 or less
must be paid in full on day of
sale. On all amounts over $1OO
at least IS per cent of the pur-
chase price must be paid on day
Of sale, the balance in 20 equal
annual installments bearing five
per cent interest. No lands will
be sold unless application is filed.
Application for the purchase of
state lands may be made before
s. j. Emswiler, U. S. Commits
sioner at Ekalaka, who has the
proper blanks.