Connecticut western news., 1921-03-03

and sought his cousin in her room, where he acknowledged has fault and protesbed against being estranged from her. :- /. :.* Mona assured him that nothing should ever estrange them. and Dan, deeply repentant, hurried away, en- counterfng in the hall Jarvis Kerruish, who seaing him emerge from his ceusin's room, promptly reported to tho Deemster this evidence of Dams improper conduct towards Mona.
 The Deemster, whose feeling for Dam had changed to jealous hatred, in turn conveyed this intelligence te Ewan, doing his best to convince him that Dan had treated Mona dishonor- ably. An excited interview between Ewan and his sister followed in which Bwan mistook her innocent protesta- tons of love for Dan for a confirma- ton of her lovers guilt, and dashed awey t0' avenge her supposed wre@g. He found Dan ready to beg forgive ness for his past fault, but in blind words; accused him of being the bas- est of scoundreis and bade him depart from the island.
 Dan protested his innocence, but when he found that Evan believed him to be so base his own wild pas sion famed up and he, in turn, cried out that there was room for but one of them in the world"
 A mortal combat followed, near the edge of cliff, and Evan, almost over come, threw his dagger into the air and reeled backward, falling over the precipice to his death. Then Dan realized what he had done and was overwhelmed with remorse.
 It was Christmas eve, and Mona waiting for Ewan's return, had a ter rfble presentiment of his fate. AS she tried to banish her fears, Dan climbed In through her window, prostrated himself before her, and confessed his guilt
 Filled with grief for her brother, hension for her lover, Mona told Dan that he must give himself up to jus tice and that by so doing he should atone for his sin. He pledged himself ! to do as she wished, and while she protested her undying love for him. he bade her a passionate farewell and vanished into the night.
 Returning half-dazed to where Ew- ans body lay, Dan found that his fisher friends had planned to take the body out to sea for burial, They em- parked upon Dams boat and he reluc- tantly allowed them to carry out their plan; owing to their unskilled sewing ] of the canvas about Evans body, the covering slipped apart and the corpse was washed back to land.
 Despite the fishermen's protest that all would be prosecuted if they re turned, Dan insisted upon their doing so. Evans body having been washed ashore was brought to the church where the bishop had just finished his Christmas service. He and the Deem ster looked upon the face of Evan and realized the tragedy; and the latter taunting his brother with the fact that if Dan were proved the culprit, the bishop must pronounce judgment on his own son.
 Dan, who had crept back in the darkness, witnessed the midnight burial of Evan, and after slipping away, narrowly escaped death when he fell into an old mine shaft where he remained for some time a prisoner. Meanwhile his fisherman friends were arrested as implicated in the murder, but during their arraignment in court Dan appeared, pushed his way through the crowd and announced his guilt.
 He was placed in a dungeon under { the bishops jurisdiction, and his fla 1 ther, bowed with grief, visited him ] and offered him the means of escape, i which he refused.
 At the close of his trial Dan was pronounced guilty" and awaited the death sentence which he felt sure must follow. A more dreaded fate, however, awaited him. With a break ing heart his father pronounced his sentence: "This man shall be cut off