Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-20

Hes sOt a lot or money on nim.
and he'll give you some IL you lind
him and he's still alive"
Dead
Maybe And Tommy told briefly
what had happened and what Celestia
believed had happened The Indian
set on at a great pace toward the col
umn OF smoke which marked where
the IRE 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
a man might hide and pretend to be u
voice. They did not explore the whole
extent OF the great subterrane: only
enough to prove that someone had
lived there for many years In "A state
Of pseudo-magniicence. something like
the settings or an expensive Broad
way production.
Doesn't any OF II seem familiar"
Tommy asked.
She turned to him and threw her
arms round his neck and began 10 cry
like a little child.
He'll" said Freddie.
"No." said Tommy. stoutly It's
turned ont 10 be heaven after all. Beat
It. Freddie"
To Celestia the train seemed to
move no faster than a snail. To get
back to the world in time to undo
what she had done. before IL should
be too late. occupied her mind 10 the
exclusion of almost everything else.
Stilliter 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 NJ the cave until
old man Smeilsgood came back with
definite news of Stilliter's death.
Him plenty enough dead" h. said.
and nodded repeatedly. Then. with a
mouth 80 innocent that even butter
wouldn't have melted in It. he said
He not got q lot III money on him"
mot now. know that" said Tom
my. 'as well as you do"
When at last they reached New
York they proceeded AZ once 10 Madi-
son Square Garden. where a tremen.
dous pro-Barc.ay meeting vas in SEES
sion. The triumvirate were all pres
emit Celestia. in a dark cloak. with a
veil over her face. waited outside with
Freddie until Tommy should signal 10
her TO enter.
lie came presently.
"Sturtevant is speaking" he said
quickly. He's explaining how you.
your work done. have gone back 10
heayen-and. by heaven. Celestia.
they believe him., You might think Il
was Matthew. Mark. Luke or John ad-
dressing q lot Of early Christians: peo-
pie are sobbing. Better come now and
get IL over with"
Sturtevant broke of In the midst Of
his peroration. A slim. white. com
handing figure wac moving slowly to-
ward him. His jaw dropped. Then he
dropped to his knees n a look OF
rapture on his face. he cried In a voice
or thunder. Celestial"
Even this piece OF ~p,ay-acting could
not save the situation for him. The
people had caught in his face the first
swift-ieeting look Of unutterable fright
and Gismay. And now they had caught
sight OF Celestial. and rose to her with
a great roar OF sound.
She passed slowly through them.
mounted the platform. turned. lifted
one hand a little. and there was 81
lence.
She asked them 10 be patient with
her. She had wronged them. Per.
haps she had done irreparable harm
in the world. But IL would be wonder
ful III they would listen to her once
more-they had always been so good
10 her
And presently she had them en-
thralled in the spell OF her clear. sweet
voice. And she told them her story
from the beginning. And when she
had finished she just stood and looked
straight ahead OF her. And
swept the vast place. as little breezes
20 daDDIing over smooth water. Then