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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16

c.. +. Anderson. the district superinten.
dent. The regular communion service
will be held at 1880 p. m. II
BSrrArd Briefs.
The social which was given By tho
students Of the consolidated ana high
schools in the auditorium Friday even.
ing proved a decided success. A large
crowd was present and good sum or
money was cleared for the benefit OF
the school.
c. w. McCombs has returned home At.
ter spending several days at Columbus
and Westerville, Ohio. ~
The Pleasant Hill Ladies AID Society
will meet at the home Of Mrs. n d.
Archey on Wednesday at 1 o'clock
Mrs. NJ. A. MARBLE. OF Bethlehem, re-
turned home on Saturday after visiting
relatives in Warwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Bell visited rela-
tives on Boggs Run, Sunday.
Miss AIDA Mozena returned 70 4Af-
tins Ferry on Monday after . weeks
visit at the home Of J. F. Kiger.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Snedeker and chfl-
dren have returned to their home ae
Bethlehem after spending some time 1t
the A. ". Sncdeker home at Mt. Olivet.
Mr.. Murray has moved from the W. II.
Allen farm to McMechen.
Mrs E. S. Carnahan. Of wheeling. wAa
the guest Of Mrs. L. H. Schubert or
Mozart, on Sunday.
Mrs. c. T. Cloudy will entertain the
Allen Grove Sewing Circle at her home
on Thursday afternoon.
A young peoples meeting will be held
In the Pleasant Hill N. e. church on
Thursday evening.
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WELLSBURG

wellsburg, Feb. 15.-Tuesday evening
ma rkcd the opening Of a series Of Evan
gclistic meetings TO be held in tho Meth
odist Episcopal church. under the d.
rection Of DR.. w. w. Hall, noted Pitts
burg evangelist. DR.. Hall Is accompan.
led by Mr.. Harry Dixon Loes and Miss
Bertha c. Loes, who are experienced
workers in their line. Throughout the
past week several cottage prayer meet
ings have been held throughout the city
and large congre cation heard the open
ing service. \ large mixed choir will
be under the direction Of Mr.. LOGS
throughout these meetings.
Still Alarm
4 house on 2Sth street was the scene
of small fire on Tuesday morning, for
which n still alarm was sent in. Thr
fremen never got beyond the hose house
at 18th street, however, being informed
that their presence was not needed.
wellSburg Briefs
James BUGGY Of Coroapolis. Pa, for
mcr resident here. has returned home AT
ter 4 visit with relatives in this city.
DR.. p. NJ. Cummings Of Pittsburgh.
Pa. was Il week end visitor with his
parents. DR. and Mrs. W. II. Cummings
of Franklin avenue.
Miss Irene Warden, daughter Of S. Ii.
Warden was successfully operated upon
recently for the removal Of her tonsils.
The operation was performed at the Ohio
Valley hospital in Wheeling. %
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago. Feb. lj.--Cattlc, receipts,
5000: beef steers steady To CSC higher:
top. slO.25: bulk. SS.Oo@9.@5; butcher
she stock : bout steady; bulk cows and
heifcrs t5.0nGT6.jo; Gamers and cutters
slow, weak to &c lower; bulk. S2.75T
$50: bulls slow. weak /? @5c lower;
hulk. SI75NI50: calves steady: bulk
vcalcrs to packers. $?.5oTlO.50: stock
ors and feeders strong to &c higher;
bulk. S6.00Gt7.5".
Hogs. receipts. a4.oOO: lOc TO o5r
higher than yesterdays average; mcdi-
um and heavics up most: closing gcner-
ally firm: top. sl0.%5. bulk. zoo pounds
down. slO.0OGr 1925: bulk, 20" pounds
ur. S9.1jM9j": pigs 10" t" 25c higher.
hunk desirable. 90 to 10 pound pigs.
s9.TjGl lO@S
sheep. receipts. l5.6OO: killing classes
s,cndv 10 strong: lambs. top. 1915;
hulk. s77Smk.5N: owes. top !" shippers.
sIS5: bulk. $500 n $50. Ch"ic" l1S-
Mound wcthrrs. So; warnings. top.
81. On. bulk. $3.50 So. On" douhl" deck
rood and choice feeder lambs. 500.
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HAMMOCK

The quarterly communion services
were obscrN ID In The Presbyterian
church on las. Sabbath morning. with
preparatory services on Saturday, all
being conducted by the pastor, Rev. u.
$. Mellor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Beckett attended
the funeral of the formers niece. Mrs.
Fox, in Wheeling, on Sabbath.
Both rooms OF the local school was
closed on Friday, in order that some re-
pair work might be done on the heating
furnaces in each room.
w. T, Taylor and family attended
IL o'clock dinner on Saturday. given at
the home OF Mrs. Talyor's sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Good. OF near Flushing. Their
daughter. Mis- Mary. who has been Wis
iting with her aunt and with other
friends in that neighborhood, having &C
compa MED them home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harris are spend
ing some time with the latetrs parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Abel Of near New
Athens
Miss Sarah McMillen has returned to
her home here, after spending Few
days with her sister. Mrs. Z. \. Neff. OF
ST. Clairsvilel, who has been quite
sick but is a little improved.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Edmondson are
spending a short time with Mrs. Ed
mondson's sister, Mrs. Jennie c. Clark,
and family, south Of town.
Loid Gilman is recovering at the Ohio
Valley General Hospital. in Wheeling.
after a very successful operation
Mrs Roswell Caldwell and two daugh-
ters Janet and Mary, of ST. Clairsville,
visited the latter part Of the wee1 and
the first part OF this week at the homes
Of Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson and W. 4.
Merritt.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. l.. Hayes. of south OF
town. were recent visitors one ia! AZ
the home of A: VI. Lodge.
Mrs Agnes McGlenn. former resi-
dent Of uniontown. was a local visitor
among friends for several days.
The many friends Of Mrs. William
Mcfarland OF st. Clairsv!lle. who for
merly resided here, are sorry to learn or
her illness, which necessitated her re-
moval to the Wheeling hospital for
treatment.
Miss Virginia Taylor was hostess TO
number of her young friends on Friday
evening. Games of A juvenile nature
together with music formed the enter
tainment OF the evening. Dainty re-
frcshments being .hcrved at an appointed
time. TIE guests present being Misses
Carma, Anita and Ivcrne Williams. LII
cjle and Ethel Lyle. Gladys and H!lda
Wheeler. Jessie Doudna, Mary Smith
Bertha Morcland, Sarah Lee and Lucille
Gilman: Messrs Herbert Gossett Chas.
Norcland, Charles Doudna. willard
Smith. Wayne Hayes, Carl Bonner, Lau-
renee Adainson, William WILLIAMS.
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SlSTERSVILL.E

Mrs. W. - Kline OF Pittsburgh is in
the city ~ the guest OF Mrs. +. l.. Car
roll
Mrs. Raymond Implcby Ct Williams
town, w Va, is spending the week end
here with Mr.. and Mrs. !. G. Ump!chy.
Miss Leah Scohy after n couple OF
days visit at. her home has returned
to pittsburgh.
An enjoyable affair in Juvenile social
circles was the Valentine party ut which
MIR and Mrs. J. j.. May entertained a
group If Friends, Of their little daughter
Wanda
4 daughter was born sunday evening
to Mr.. and Mrs. James MCCoach.
Mrs. L. II. Talbot was the guest Mon
dav Of friends in Wheeling.
MISS Virginia Pick"ns and Miss Esther
Craig of ST. Marys who were the guests
OF Mrs. IVES. H"!n!"in have returned
home"
Mrs. I.av!na Pryor Of Salem. W. Va.
$ the guest OF her brother y. Nj Hunter
and wiz
Miss I.ucll1 Ross. public health nurse
In tn" Wheeling schools was the guest
over the week end of Mrs. Grant Keen
cr.
NJ and Mr.. !. $ McMulirn and
daughter Ruth. who have been .thc
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs Harry StoopS OF
larkcrshurG have returned home.
Miss Edna Holdrcn ot Pcnnshoro was
thK guest tn. pas, three days of her
sister Mrs. John Core
Mnsdam"e f.. =. jones. J. d Norford
and W Rhodes delightfully."- enter
,atncd members Of the Carroll society and
Their husbands AT the home Of the for
me- Monday evening.
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\, STOCKS

New York, Feb. Is Trading IN the
stock market today was lergely over
Swallowed by pressure against Reading
issues The common shares recorded
en- extreme decline Of five points ana
the first and second preferred. Sis TO
3S points respectively.'
Heayiness OF the Reading group,
which later extended 10 the general list.
left little doubt that the terms segre-
xation are distinctly disappointing 10
speculative interests, as WAS the case
with Southern Pacific several months
ago.
Other noteworthy incidents of the
session included vigorous advance In
the foreign exchange which caused BRIT
ish remittances to mount TO their hISn-
est quotations so far this year and
court decision in Chicago which was
calculated TO further complicate the
question OF state and interstate railway
rates
There was partial readj iment or
prices in the later dealings when buy
ing OF equipments and steels caused
the shorts 10 cover in rails ana OILS
Sales amounted TO $4,000 shares
The money market was unrunled' tho
only change Of interest being the great
er6rmness OF call loans at seven per
cent. The supply at this figure was
smaller than usual. due. It was said 10
Withdrawals OF reserves by western
banks to adjust the financial tangle IN
y ortn Dakota.
In connection with the strength or
exchange on London there was consid-
cradle speculation respecting the main
tenance Of British bank rate. Well IN
formed interests here were OF the op'n-
ion that no reduction was probable PEN
ding greater easement OF credit.
Reading general tours were amoh%
the active features Of the bond market
making a substantial advance. but react
ing. later. Liberty bondsand other do
nes,ic issues were irregular with the
prominent foreign fotations. IotaI
sales ,nar valued Sl9.750, 900.
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MONEY AND EXHANGE

New York. Feb. l5.--Prime mercan-
tile paper -, C. Exchange firm. Ster-
ling. sixiy-day bills and commercial
sixty-day bills s3S6&: commercial six
dav bills ,3S6lr: demand 1891 Z: ca
blcs S&.92 Francs. demand I.3Sc: ca
bIes zoe: Bclgianu francs. dcpland
7.7lc; cable TIC. builders, demand
3.45c: cables 2.46c Lire. demand 1850;
cables sic Marks. demand. l.69c; ca
blcs loo. Gree. demand T.i0c. Ar
Eentjnc. demand 34S7C. Braziliac de-
mand ISIS. Mantreal l. 1850 dis
count
Government ard railroad bonds irreg-
ular.
Time loans easier: sixty days. ninety
DAYS and six months. 6ig q 1 per cent.
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BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE.

New York Feb. l5.-Butter firmcr.
higher than extras. 46 L TO q: Creamery
extras, - scircJ 40: creamery frsts tS8
10 81 scorel 40 10 As; packing stocks
current make No. >. 81.
AGES. weak; fresh gathered. extra
firs,s. 81; fresh gathered. tirsts IS TO sc;
state. Pennsylvania and nearby western
HENRY whites, tirsts to extras, ~ 10 SO;
do browns extras 80 TO 40; do gathered
browns and mixed colors, frsts 10 eX-
tras. So TO IS.
Cheese. irregular: state. whole milk
Fats. held. specials 10 TO 20; do av"ras e
run - 10 49,: state: whole milk fats.
fresh. specials @&ia to %: do dvcra sc
run. 80 10 "3'g.
Live poultry. firm; broilers. 40 TO 50;
chickens 30 10 So: dressed poultry weak.
western chickens. boxes 30 to Sc. fowls.
I'll 10 ~. TnrknNS 80 10 &c.
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w. ]. woLLMAN q CO.'S
CLOSING STOCK LETTER

tRy Private Wire to A. L. Masten Co.
New York, Feb. li.---After noon buyers
of General Electric, Westinghouse
added tone to tirmncss while steel moved
up to Si"s. the highest OF the day.
little more interest shown by pubic Is
coming TO the surface. Motor shares
Joined in the better feeling. Wild ad-
vance In grain with more moderate hrIn-
ness in cotton market. On the whol"'
the days trading was encouraging 10
the conservative xoptimists.
w, J. WOLLMAN & co.
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TOLEDO GRAIN.

Toledo. O.. Feb. l5.--Whcat, cash and
March $l97: May Sl.SI.
CIovcrScrd. prime cash. 1920. and Feb
ruary. Sll'O: March. Sll.l5; April
$9S5: October. SlOlj.
Alsikc prime cash. 1920. 1890;
March, $3.50.
Timothy. prime cash. lHlS. 32.So;
1919. $50: 1920. S@.95: February. $50;
!Iarch S302E: April and May. $3.50;
1mlN- SH3J.
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DRY GOODS.

New York. Feb. lj.-rrimnry cotton
goods markets were quiet today. job
hers did a steady business in small lots
of white goods. wash fabrics. domcsuCs,
laccs and handkerchicfs and notions.
Dress goods and silks in johhinE
houses were rather quiet. Rurl"p snip
ments from calcutta were lShtcst re-
ported in a year.
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LIBERTY BONDS

New York, Feb. 15.--Libcrty bonds
closed: 3iss. s9fOi; FIRST Is. $3.50;
second Is. $3.50 hrst as, $500: sec
opd Al,s. $3.50: third AS. S9O.lt;
fourth 4i,s. sScO2: victory 3%.s, So722;
Victory ANS. S97.22.
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CHICAGO GRAIN

Chicago. Feb. l5--Cneasiness regard
!ng the winter crop outlook led TO Il
decided fresh advance today in the
! rice Of wheat. The market closed
strong at a. 10 81 cents net higher
with March Sl.75 TO l.75L and Nav
sl.65 to l.65k. Corn gained "a to 2ss
cents: oats l " TO 10 cents and proHiS-
ions is to SIS cents,
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Cash quotations--Wheat. NO. = rcd'
$2.0l: No |, hard. $40 10 1.SOlt. corn
No 8. mixed. 65 TO 66isc; No. yellow
GIL. to 67l.c Oats. No. J white A3'%
10 45c: No 4. white IN to AZ. Pork.
nominal Lard. Sll.7j. RIBS, Slo''"
10 ll.I5.
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N. Y. COTTON MARKET

Wheeling. w Va. Feb. Is. ~.
Furnished The inteliigenCer by A. T..
Mastcn & Co. members New York Stock
Exchange. Second floor National Bank
of W Va. Bldg.
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PITTSBURGH STOCKS

Wheeling. W. Va. Feb. Is. 81.
Furnished The Intelligencer by 4. f.
MaSten 6 Co. members Pittsburgh Stock
Exchange. second floor National Bank
Of " Nn bldg
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PRODUCE MARKET
wheeling. w. Va. Feb.
PETROLEUM

OH City. Pa, Feb. l5.-Credit balanC"
S4.25. Runs 1901: average 6s.9&2.
Shipments lll.724; average 47SA9.
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STANDARD OIL
SUBSIDIARY STOCKS

Wheeling. W. Va, Feb. IS. IL.
Furnished The Intelligencer by 4. r,
Masten g. Co, members New York Stock
Exchange, second floor National Bank
Of w Va Bldg.
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BOSTON COPPER STOCKS

Wheeling, ". Va. Feb. 49, 81.
Furnished The lntellignncer by a. Z.
MaStcn & Co, members Boston Stock
Exchange, second floor National Bank
Of " Va RldH
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LOCAL STOCKS

wheeling. W. Va. Feb. Ii. 81.
Daily quotation list Wheeling Stock
Exchange. compiled for The Intelligent
err
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N, Y. STOCK EXCHANGE

wheeling. W. Va. Feb. IS. 'el.
Furnished The Intelligencer by 4. e.
Nasten. Co members OF the New YORK
Stock Exchange. National Bank BuiId-
ing. wheeling. W. Va. Louis +. Brand
Resident Partner. ---
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Wheeling, W. Va. Feb Is. 81.
Reported by 4. Il, Masten & Co. mem,
bers New York Stock Exchange. second
floor National Bank OF w. Va. Bldg.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16

Peter Faraday the great English
scientist started as bookbindcr's APP
prentice.
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The Azt"cS had n subtle poison which
W.t:s said to destroy the mind hut have
almost no rTcCt "n the body.
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SHERRARD
Patriotic Entertainment.

An entertainment in honor OF Wash
ington's and Lincoln's birthdays Will Be
given in the high school auditorium on
next Friday afternoon. beginning at
o'clock. Hon. G. l.. Carrigan Will deliver
an address and program VIII be rem
dcred by the school children. Everyone
is invited.
Quarterly Meeting.
Tho second quarterly meeting for THIS
conference year on Marshall charge Will
be held in thu F'aiTview VI. f.. church on
Wednesday afternoon and evening. The
quarterly conferrpc" will convene at
. 80 o'clock and will be conducted by Or.
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET

Extra D!vidends-Q) Soc: (2) soc.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-07-07

in, so that even the star-decked sky was invisible, while the path he must follow led almost dizzily upward. It was bOulder-strewn, and he fell twice, yet toiled steadily on, never permit ting his hand to leave the guidance of the wall to the right. and carefully testing the placing of each foot in fear of some pitfall. He could neither judge time nor distance, yet it was long before light came into the sky, when he finally clambered over a rock barrier across the path, and came upon a shelf of stone, the left wall of this strange cavern abruptly disap- bearing. Fearful of what precipice might yawn there, as soon as he again attained his feet Shelby fiattened him. self against the one rock front remain ing, scarcely daring to venture for ward more than an inch or so at a time. A few feet brought him to the caves mouth, a mere hole, scarcely wide or high enough to receive his body. He explored the black interior to the length of his arms, finding it larger within than at the entrance She insisted there was no danger, and the silence seemed to prove the place contained no inhabitant. Doubtless the open shelf of rock would be ex- posed to view from the valley below with the first flush of day. To avoid discovery he must creep in out of sight.
 This was accomplished without diff ficulty, the floor being fairly level, and the roof rising so tEat he could almost stand erect. Shelby explored every inch of the space, knife in hand, and not entirely satisfied until the task was completed. It was only box of a place, less than fifteen feet long, and perhaps half as wide, narrowing at the top, as though in some great cataclysm of past ages two masses of rock had been hurled together, leaving this little jog between. It was hot in there, and Shelby, dragging after him the bag of provisions, removed his coat. A few moments later he rolled it into the form of a pillow, and lay down, staring up at the black vault.
 He could think now, recall all that had occurred so swiftly, and weave this and that together. He had acted recklessly; there was no doubt of that. No one but a blind fool would have ever ventured alone into this place to free a prisoner. He should
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H HATE HER."


 Synopsis.-Tom Shelby, a rancher. rides into the frontier town of Ponca, looking for a good time af- ter a long spell of hard work and loneliness on the ranch. Instead, he runs into a funeral-that Of Dan Calkins, a retired army man or whom little is known. A girl, stlll in her teens, survives Calkins. Mc- Carthy, a saloon keeper and Pom ca's leading citizen, decides that the girl. now alone in the world, should marry. She agrees to pick out a husband from the score Of men lined up in her home. To his consternation, she selects Shelby, who had gone along merely as a spectator. The wedding takes place and the couple set out for Shelby's ranch. With them is Kid" Macklin, whom Shelby has hired as a helper. On the way the girl tells her husband her name is Olga Carlyn, and also tells him something of the peculiar circum- stances of her life. Upon their ar- rival at the ranch Shelby is struck down from behind and left for dead. He recovers consciousness to find that Macklin and his wife have gone. He starts in pursuit He learns his wife is an heiress, that her abduction has been carefully planned and that she has been taken to Wolves Hole, a strong hold of the bandits and bad Indians. Reaching Wolves Hole, he is dis covered by Indian Joe" and forced to accompany him into the hole. Here he claims to be one of the conspirators and Is locked up pend- ing developments. He conf1des in Mexican girl, Pancha, in love with Macklin, who intends to marry Olga.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-07-07

have ridden to POnca, and called upon his friends for help; perhaps he might even have been able to obtain the services of a troop of cavalrymen from the fort down below-the major knew him and would believe his story. Why hadn't he done this? Why had he been so rash, and bull-headed? The an- swer flashed into his mind, as though some voice had spoken-it was love of Olga Carlynl He knew it instant ly; made no further effort to deceive himself. Lying there in that black silence, staring blindly upward, he saw the woman again as plainly as though in the f1esh-saw her, and knew that he loved her. Her eyes smiled at him, with such wlstfulness in their depths i; there was nothing sullen about her ex- pression any longer; she was all wOm- an, and-he loved her.
 He covered his eyes with an arm, and rolled over. GodI wasn't there anything he could do but wait? He felt wild to act; to accomplish some thing; to strike some definite blow in her behalf. His wifel She was his wife-Olga Carlyn! It meant much to him now. How deathly still it was :; how terribly dark. He felt hot and stifed there in the cave, yet did not move, or change his position, and so he finally fell asleep.
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CHAPTER Ix-cOntinued.

"Si senOr; know the way that oth- CTS do not. get you out, but" pas sionately,. feet is not to save you. I belong here-see; with Juan, my brother am born outlaw, yet she must go! That I resolve. If she stay here I keel her. But 'tis easier way to have her married to you, an safe."
 "You love Macklin?"
 ''Si, senOr," proudly, "why not? He say he love me; yet she come. Madre de Dios! hate heri She take my love- She! Bet shall not be. You swear. senor, that she go with you, an never come back any moreT
 'Yes, Pancha, I swear that. Once we are away she shall never come back" he answered soberly, impressed by the violence of her passion, "yet how is that to be done?"
 She glanced apprehensiveIy behind, still clinging tightly to her perch. low ering her voice again into its former cautious whisper.
 ''Listen, senor; I tell you. Bet is late now, for I wait before I come, an think eet all out, so I know what to say. Indian Joe, he bad man, verra bad man, an much afraid But now he sleep in there; I creep past while he breathe, an not wake heem. Iris because he drank. Juan my brother, go up to the cove to find Senor Han- ley an he not be back teel morning. Tonight eet must be done. an so they will not know I helped. Is eet sop
 "Yes; I understand; yer have op- portunity tonight; but must get away so no one shall suspect yer had any hand in it."
 "That is eet," eagerly. Indian Joe, he keel me if he found out; maybe my brother, too. see heem keel men, quick, like that Then he laugh. So I think; he look in here, but not to search, so he not sure what might be. Perhaps there was a knife under the bed, he dropped somewhere what you found-see? Maybe you had eet hid in your boOt-how he know that?"
 ''Yes, but I haven't, Pancha."
 "SO know; but breeng one-see," |" and she pressed the handle into his hand. How he know how you get eet? Eet Is strong. sharp so you cut these bars, an when morning come you are not here Who knows how eet happen, senor2 I am also asleep, an you are gone; 'tis the mercy of God"
 Shelby caught his breath to her ex- pressive gestures, his fingers gripping the knife.
 'T doubt if I can get through that hole" he said mournfully, "after the bars are cut. I'm pretty big"
 'But you must, senor; there is no other way" she insisted impatiently. ''The blade is strong, sharp; eet will dig out the log. but do not be long. See-there is a tree wonder; I will wait you there, an show where you must go, so there be no trail. You come to me quick, but be still like death. Madre de Dios 'tis the only way"
 She was gone before he could pro- test again, vanishing into the black night so swiftly and silently he could only stare out helplessly through the bars. Yet she had left hope and deter imitation behind. With teeth set he he~an the work, finding the steel blnde