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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
A Novel by Harold MacGrath

1.-THE door!" Ruth screamed. '"They
are breaking in the door," She saw
the panels warp.
William drew back for the real fin-
fishing blow, when Colburton Stun
bled. struck his temple against the
marble top Of the bureau, and crum-
pied up. ..
At the same moment the door crush
ed inward and flve husky Cinnamon
crowded over the threshold. With a
deep sense of chagrin William un-
derstood that in his pitiless ven-
geance he had overreached. Five!
Their thick. yellow torsos were
naked.
With q Herculean effort William
stopped and picked up the insensible
victim and hoisted him to the front
as bulwark. He did not wait He
was true flghtina man. and he knew
from experience that generally the
first blow decided a rough and tum-
BILE conflict. He rushed Colburton's
body straight toward the orientals,
who stopped, not knowing how to
handle such maneuver. William
heaved the. body forward as from
catapult. The yellow men were.
bowled about like tenpins. One made
a frantic endeavor to catch Colburton,
but he lost Mis- footing and both he
and his burden crashed against the
banister. which gave. There was a
wild yell. and the two bodies disap-
peared.
The remaining four. recovering
quickly, rushed forward. Had they
been Japs William would have gone
out broken or dead. But the Chinese
are not athletes, they are not natural
fighters. They do well enough in
numbers if armed; but they possess
an inherent distaste for the white
mans methods of using his fists.
William never missed point in his
= game of fists and wits. He fought
with his head quite as much as with
his hands. They call that general
ship in the ring. He had stamina,
skill and brains. No doubt. had he
taken up the sport as a business in
stead Of pastime. he would have
found distinguished niche in the
sporting pages Of the newspapers.
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Colburton's wild blows got home, but
sv savage was Williams mood that
he scarcely felt them His eyes were
like polar ice; his cruelty was feline.
Into this corner and that Colburton
stumbled, soon blind, cursing and
eobbing. Duck and dodge as he would
he could not escape those palms. He
flung chairs at Williams feet; he
tipped over the table and the supper
tray; he picked up and threw small
objects. more or less accurately. One
Of these, a little bronze god for In
cense sticks, struck William on the
forehead. laying it open. But none
OF these efforts served. The blows
kept falling. To the girl the impact
of those palms was like pistol shots.
There was another sound; only the
girl heard 1.-THE snap of pearls as
the scuffling boots crunchedA them
into powder. Her subsequent act had
no meaning; she was not conscious
of it, She stopped and gathered those
pearls which had rolled to her feet.
all the while her direct gaze never
leaving the two men. She stood UP,
the pearls clutched tightly in her hand.
In Udaipur she had seen a spec
tacular battle between an enormous
tiger and a leopard which had acct
dentally strayed into the tigers den.
To her mind, shocked from its bal
. ance by the happenings Of this night,
William began to assume the shape
of that tiger, and Colburton became
the leopard. Presently she cried out.
She could not stand the sight or
sound any longer.
Don't! don't!" she begged. Let
him go!'
Mercy? How like woman that
was! william heard the call and
understood. She wanted mercy for
the man. now that he was 'reeling
about beaten. Mercy? Had Colbur
ton ever shown any? Did he know
what the word meant? How many
women had begged mercy hopelessly
at the feet Of this man? And SO Will
liam began to strike for them. His
hands were red and beginning to
swell. t. ~ AZ. rs "a
God! kill me, kill mel" sobbed the
wretch. s'r .t1'a'.
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Suddenly large room opened be-
fore us. The floor was carpeted with
a soft layer Of fine sand. The side
walls were carefully braced by
masonry and the roof was vaulted in
a curious fashion.
BY way of precaution the general
had asked for some men armed with
picks and shovels. 1t happened that
we were quartered along with a COM
pany of engineers. and some Of the
sappers accompanied u.s. ~
"'You see,' the general explained.
tine secret wall may not function any
longer
"At certain point, marked by q
cross cut in the stone our chief press.
ed with all his weight
5 We watched him in silent expec.
tation. -
'All at once the wall moved.
This mechanism Is very curious.
said the generalA My grandfather
invented it in order to hide his wines,
OF which he was very proud. But
enter. gentlemen. and bring a light.
And you, sappers, If we don't come
out within ten minutes. dig away the
wall We don't want to be buried
alive. And there will be some IA;
nous "pinard" afterward.'
while he said this the general held
the wall open with his arms We
entered. one after the other Our
electric lamps projected rays Of light
ahead Of US. There was a strong
odor of decay in the chamber. =
Now. look out" cried the general.
He stepped away from the wall,
and. to our establishment, it closed
again.
1T is Mephistophelian. isn't II?
But very simple. I'll explain 1t to
you afterward. But look theren
"He had stumbled on something
long. stretched on the ground
1.-THE boche"
Our lamps were lowered. 1t was.
indeed. the corpse Of the Prussian
lieutenant. who had fallen there, dy-
ing with hunger, fear, madness--hor-
ribly punished for his crime.
"'What death! What retribu-
ton, My poor Firmin is avenged
The general tested the mechanism
again and the wall reopened.
1.-The. sappers might demolish II.
And l prefer to retain my combina-
ton
when we were outside again tho
general held the wall open and the
men dragged out the cadaver Of the
German officer, Then some bottles
were joyously carried away.
''Neverthel less. the adventure left an
uncomfortable impression. More than
once on gloomy nights. l have thought
Of the young Rrussian immured alive
. in the darkness of the mysterious
cavern -...-
D.. ..,. ..... tCop, right, 1907
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IRISH

Camden" she repeated, DULY.
Yes Can't you see that you've
eloped with him?"
with my luggage on board and all
my money with Mr.. Grogan? Nobody
will believe that" .. ..
Sometimes women run away with
out their hats. You were coming to
me with little else. Your Irishman
will prove human being like the
rest. ! shouldn't wait too long for
him. Good night"
Her hell now became a definite one.
Some night he would come in wine,
and then God help her!
On the tenth night he did come in
wine. He walked toward her with
out parley. and she saw what lay in
his eyes. She prayed silently and
ran around the bed. He ran after
her, laughing. She drew out a hat
pin and struck at him blindly. 1t bit
deeply into his arm. but he was too
deep In wine to feel the pain. He
caught her by the wrist and wrench
ed the pin from her grasp. and tossed
1t out of the window. The second
hatpin was not long in following.
She fought him like a tigress. She
buried her teeth in his hand, scratch
ed and kicked him. She fought with
all the weapons she had, as all women
fight when their honor is at stake.
And it was her honor. Finally he
succeeded in getting her in his arms.
He kissed her SO roughly that her
lips bled. He then jumped back be-
You'd the bed. still laughing.
1t was here that William came in,
haggard but bright-eyed.
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The Avenging Wall
A French War Story.

nous treasure had never returned.
They had searched all the galleries
fer him in vain. They had to report
him as missing Here was another
legend appended to the legend Of the
buried treasure.
I'VE had almost forgotten this last
story" our young friend continued,
when our attention was called anew
to the secret Of the chateau
1.-The owner was one of our gen.
erals. We knew that. AS he hap
pened to be in the Aisne region he
came one day to see what had been.
for centuries. the cradle and the
habitat of his people. He expected to
find chaos. He didn't even knit his
brows. He merely said: N
"'Did you know there was q
legend?'
1.-The legend about the treasure"
What? You know that?
I'VE told him what we had heard.
On learning of the death of his old
servitor the general, who had been
more or less Indifferent to the devas-
tation of the chateau; shed a tear.
my poor Firmin.'
After a silence he continued:
1.-The legend of the treasure Is
only a legend. But there is a true
theless.
"'In the crypts there Is a mysteri-
Gus wall-a wall which opens and
closes. the secret Of which is known
to but very few persons. 1t in
closes a marvellous cellar for wines
1t can be reopened only by a special
device, which Firmin alone knew
how to work
81 say reopened and not opened.
because the wall opens of itself, so
to speak. on very slight pressure.
But then it shuts quickly and one
cannot reopen it from inside unless
he Is master of the combination.
Any one who penetrated into that cell
lar, not knowing the mechanism,
would be buried alive
"One of us exclaimed:
How about the Prussian lieuten-
ant who disappeared? Could we go
and see?
Il looked at our distinguished chief.
was the highest in rank in our
group. So l asked him. very re-
specially, but in a tone which prob
ably betrayed an eager curiosity:
would you be willing to show us
the wall. monsieur lie general
"FIe graciously acquiesced. ...
Wen go down. he said ! am anx-.
ious to know whether my fne wines
are still there ..,
The subterranean passage was
long. Galleries still blackers led from
ones In which there was still sort
= Of melancholy twilight. .,,t ....
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But he fought for the fun OF It when
necessity did not compel him to fgEt
otherwise.
William mapped out his campaign
without an instant's hesitation. Ho
had played the fool with Colburton;
he had forgotten where he was or that
the man would have henchmen some-
where about the house. Moreover, he
was tired, and he could not close his
pulled hands as tightly as he would.
have liked. He must keep the yell
low devils in front. near the door.
where he could see them all. If one
succeeded In getting in the rear. out
of range. that would be the wind-up.
Sticking to his tactics of carrying the
Tight to the enemy, he ran to meet the
onrush, crying out his final advice to
Ruth. ...
When I got 'em outside, be ready
to shove the bed against the door. II
1 fall. shoot to kin" ,
Dear God" cried Ruth. She could
mt help him; she had all she could
do to stand and she hardly knew.
which end of the automatic was the
death dealing one.
AS the battle against odds began,
she recalled in a fash that curious
desire of hers. one day in Naples, to
see this ,Irishman fighting with his
bare fists for his life. From her van
tage on the far side of the bed she
watched this incredible contest. She
was in the grip of trance. 1t was
not possible to stir. She was con-
scious of being able to breathe with
diff1culty-that was all. One hand
held the automatic, the other still
clutched the pearls.
(To be Continued Next Sunday)
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Writ in Water.

H1THE l. w. W." said Mayor Ole
Hansen Of Seattle, think they'll
leave their mark on the history of in
dustrial evolution. Well. they remind
me of the old boatman.
"'Boatman.' said lady passenger.
what makes that funny streak on the
water|
That said the old, boatman. Why,
that's whar the path run. acrost the
ice last winter, ma'am.'"
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Y AM going to tell you story
about brigands," began our
friend, Lieut.. x, who had


friend, Lieut.. x, who had
arrived on leave from the.
Chemin des DANES. 1T happened re-
Gently in an old chateau near that
famous highway whose name is redo
lent of the ancient regime. 90
I'VE had captured the ruins of this
chateau. The Germans who occupied
them were taken prisoners.
when l speak OF ruins you must
not imagine that l mean slashed and
mangled towers, open to the sky.
ready to be covered over with the
MOSES and ivy which turn them into
romantic show places for tourists and
for the illustrated postal cards. No;
the ruins of this war are not of that
sort. They, too, have suffered de-
struction. The Roman poet Lucan,
recounting Caesars voyage to the de-
molished walls of Troy. said. with a
note Of melancholy: Even the ruins
have perished.' What poet will ap-
propriately lament so many little cit
les, with ancient dwellings and noble
monuments. which are now only dust
of which nothing remains which can
give an idea Of what they were to the
generations which follow?
'Of the chateau in question only the
cellars still existed-cellars vaulted
like chapels, cool in summer and
warm in winter. where the wines of
France must be stored for some years
in order to come to perfection.
"One Of the boche officers whom we
questioned told us that there were
subterranean passages underneath the
chateau running in various directions.
Many times. in these regions, in
which the history of France was
made, we have encountered such sub
terranean passages. In descending
into them one recalled the warriors
of past centuries, shut up in be-
sieged city. striving to make sorties
by means Of these catacombs stretch
ing out into the open country, often
reaching a spring whose water was
the salvation of the garrison.
well informed about the place
where they had been SO comfortably
installed, the Germans told us the
legends current about the chateau. An
immense treasure had been buried in
the crypts at the time OF the revolu-
ton. 1t was so well hidden that no.
body could find 1t. That, at least. was
what the guardian Of the chateau had
saba brave man who had paid with
his life for the crime Of having tried
to prevent the pillage. of the property
confided to him. A little Prussian lieu
tenant had shot him with Il revolver.
because he refused to reveal the hid
ing place. of the treasure.
This cultured boche. having un-
dertaken to go down alone into the
subterranean passages to find the ia
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you, Ruth. ] sent back to your lit
tie college town. / know your pedi-
gree. You're cut from the same pat
tern as your mother only, she made
bargain and kept It. You let me
go to the extent OF purchasing a GER
tain kind of trousseau. You made
a bargain. and then you played the
cheat. Yes. let us speak the truth
while we're about it. And then that
night at Juneau's you ran away from
me without any explanation"
Cheat? To q certain extent, yes.
But do you want the real explana-
ton? I will give 1t to you. When
you put my coat on that night
saw you in the mirror. You smiled
and winkeda at the head waiter as IL
I'd been a woman you had just picked
up in the street"
80 that was IT." sColburton sensed
chagrin. . ..-.,.,
Yes. that was It. ! had up to that
moment believed you really cared for
me. I was very unhappy. I had
failed In the great object of my life
! had failed utterly. turned to you.
I did not care what became Of me.
Up to the moment looked into that
mirror I was ready to go with you.
] did not love you, but might have.
/ would have kept to the letter Of
my bargain. Well. in the mirror
saw everything. knew instantly
the kind of man you were. You would
not have kept to the letter Of your
bargain. And a little later l should
have been no better than the poor
things who live in these houses until
they go to the hospitals to die. But
God did not intend that I should go
that way--be your kind"
You will be before you leave this
house." he replied. moodlly.
II can always kill myself"
"How?"
She smiled. He did not like that
smile. He was a little afraid Of her
You have only to put your hand
on me to test my earnestness."
You kept the pearls" he said, a
queer look In his eyes. .
80 I did. l took them in payment
for that smile OF yours. Oh. offer
no excuses for what have done. 1t
! was on the point OF sending back
thoso pearls. bo you tnInk my con-
science never bothered me?"
Did II ever occur to you that
could have had you arrested for theft?
You took something Of which, at that
time. you had no right"
Yes: 1t occurred to me that morn
ing In Venice. You were trying to
separate us. Perhaps that was your
tale to the carabinieri.",
"Ah! our red eaded friend? Where
Is hep
He'll And me: never doubt that"
will he? viii he want to find you?
Men are not friendly for nothing"
His kind are
I'll break you. Ruth. haven't
been called a hell-rake for nothing.
I'll break you. I've all the time in
the world. You'll come to me: walt
and see. And I wouldn't put any
stake on that Irish friend. BY this
time he believes you've eloped with
Camden" 49,. .
"Camden?~ .......
why, yes. Camden's the cleverest
man In his way know. When you
ran away sent him after you. /
gave him your photograph. And here
you arei"
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CHAPTER XIII.

there was a second tableau which
lasted about two minutes. The girl
was holding herself up by the last
shred of her will. Now that the dan
ger was over, now that the horrible
hours Of suspense were done with,
It seemed as though every nerve in
her body had gone slack. like violin
strings suddenly touched by night
dampness. He had come! All along
she had known that he would come.
The confidence which this prescience
had instilled in her heart had stood
like a rock between her and self
destruction. Call to me, and I'll
come" He had said that
The smile on Colburton's face slow
ly faded. His mind, fuddled by wine
and dizxied by the fury of the recent
struggle, refused to accept as a real
ity the advent OF this ,IrIshman. 1t
was not humanity possible for him to
be in this room. to arrive at this pre-
else moment. Colburton made a slight
gesture, as II to dismiss the appari-
ton.
Then William moved. He walked
backward to the door. found the key,
transferred 1t to the inside and turn
= ed 1t. A hysterical sob rose and died
in Ruth's throat. She had never
thought of running to the door while
struggling with Colburton. She saw
william drop the key into a pocket.
There was nothing hasty about his
movements; all was deliberately done:
and this very deliberate ness held the
other man in thraldom..
''Ive got something here that be-
longs to you"
With an unexpected gesture will
liam flung the channels bag into Col
burton's face. The thread snapped:
the pearls cascaded to the floor and
bounded and ran about.
william drew of his coat and flung
it aside; and then Colburton knew
that what he saw was made Of solids.
Trapped!
Don't don't kill him"
whispered Ruth She could not stand
any more horrors.
xiii him? Not much But I'm go
ing to put tie fear of God in his
heart, believe me
Look out!" she warned.
William laughed as he leaped for
ward. Colburton succeeded in draw
ing the automatic. but not in level
ing it. william gripped Colburton's
wrist and shook 1t. The weapon fell
near the bed. .,. ..e4
pick that up. sister: 1t may come
in handy later" ets2 81
Ruth laid the automatic on the bed.
We'll, Handsome-Is. we meet again.
You call yourself white man"
william struck, not with the fist,
but with the palm. A clenched hand.
used with the same force, would have
knocked Colburton down. He was q
rogue, but he was not physical
coward as is usual with men in his
breed. But he knew that for once
he would need the strength OF ten
men and the cunning OF a werewolf
millions. huh? Call on them, white
mani" snarled william. .,..
Instinctively Colburton knew what
those palms promised in the way of
torture. Nothing stings like the nat
of the human hand. A blow OF the
fst numbs and bruises, but tho palm
rcrucines the nerves. keeps them alive
and dancing with pain. s.r.
"a. It was a singular combat. Colbur-
ton smashing out blindiy and hope
lessly,. and william using only his
palms. They were terrible buffets.
Bare knuckles would have been mer-
ciful in comparison. Thwack! thwack!
across the eyes, the mouth, the nose,
the cheeks and the side Of the head,
oil stinging like hell fire. Some Of
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CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.
The EeXan Store.

LONDON. July g. Mcat-cating is injurious to the vitality of the race D.. Josiah OIdfield London physic' ian told the Fruitarim Society the other day.
 "lu every country" he went oN, "yhory mcat-cajjng is national ha- bit the birth rate has decreased in thu ,a.t fifty years On the other hand m countries like Bulgaria, Rmania and Serbia, where meat k not a national. dietary. the birth rate is high and in- creasing."
 Experiments showed ho said tha. m.a;-.ating produced sterility. EggS today. he remarked. were not as hea- thy as they should be because hcns were ovcwaxed with cgg-produciHE food. such as fish. blood and meat. H' said that in his hospital care was talk. cr that the eggs used were laid by fowls which fed. naturally on grain O" in ,hc fields
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true cor. No. place of beginning. Area l6.i9 acres. Variation at all cor ners 19 deg. 5O' F. Lat. 56 deg. 56' N. Longitude 1858 deg. 35' ".
 As additional to original homestead entry of Peter M Stecn, guardian of John 4. Steen, H. F. 1877 dated July ?, 1866 at Winnebago City, Minn.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- vcrsely any portion of the above de- scribcd tract of land are required tU file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Ju- ncau. Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oath. during the period of publication or within thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statute. NORTUWESTERN FISHERIES co"
 By Jno, R. Vim,
 It's Attorney in Fact TT Is HEREBY ORDERED that ,h' foregoing rvtlyc be published for th, statutory period in the Seward Gateway. newspaper of general cir cuIa,iOn printed at Seward, Alaska, the nearest newspaper to said above described claim or survey.
 Fife <. Frisbce,
 Register. seward Gateway GO Days Tirsl Pub May 29. 1919. Last Pub. Aug. 9. 1919.
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SERIAL NO. 029C5 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT


 |. S. Land Office, Juneau, Alaska.
 May 2S, 1919.
 NOTICE is hereby given that Northwestern Fisheries Company, . corporation. as assignee of Peter M. Stccn. being entitled to the benefits or Sections 2GG6 Of the Revised Stat utcs og the United states and the amendments thereof. has applied to make entry Of tte lands embraced in r. <. Non-mineral survey 1920 situate OF East side of Port Hciden Bay, Alaska. particularly described as fol- lows, to-wit:
 Beg. Cor. No. 1. on Beach Port Uoiacn Bay al mean high tide. cor. not set. wit. cor. bears East 0.97 chs; |. <. l.. VI. this Sur. bears S. deg. 22' &S" F. I'll chs; thence meandering beach Port Heiden Bay at mean high tide CD <. , deg. IS W. 5.6G chs; @ :. I deg. 1T ". S.6i chs @ $. l2 de". 3S' ". G.II els. to cor. No. ?, cor. not srt. wit. cor. bears East LII chs. l.. \. l.. V. this Sur bears \ 2l deg. - F.. sri chs: thence East 12.27 chs. to co~. No. 2; thence North I5.2O, chs to cor. No. {; thence West 9.S7 chs tp
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NEW GOLD DISCOVERY

BRUSSELS, July 8 The Belgian Colonial Office has received word of recent important discoveries by gold prospectors in the Uelle district (Bel- gian Congo) belonging to the Belgian state.
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 BROSIUS X NOON

LUMBER and BUILDERS HARDWARE WINDOWS DOORS GLASS MILI.WORK and BOAT LUMBER. Apers For STANDARD MARINE ENGINES, STANDARD KID
 TROLLER, STANDARD KID.
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