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L The DEVIL'S MANTLE: Peter oe} his "M8 'hand across his lorehead to flirt away the sweat jseads that came dripping into nis ayes. It was hot here in the brig's hold, stifiingly hot, and his exer Mons of the last half hour, which he had spent in scrambling and claw his way over the jumpled : eargo, had not made the heat any more endurable He sat now on a bale of some sols Jattial, physically at west i moment, though his mand : ey i anything, more grimly and relentlessly at work than ever. He knew, of course, from the motion, that the brig had been under way for some time, but the hateh through avhich he had entered had been cl very shortly after he . had dropped into the hold and it was impenetrably dark here .un- in deck. Save for the fact that e hold was only half filled with heterogeneous assoriment of ose barrels and bales, of whose The up to date busi ness man has laid aside the 'cumbrous, heavy - looking frames for the rim- less glasses for the office, We can match your present lens- es perfectly with- opt your prescrip- tion, Jury & & Lovel OPTICAL PARLORS HEHE UU contents he, of course, knew moth- ing, he had so far gained little by his arduous tour of inspection. The hatches were closed. He was trap- ped himself, wasn't he? Well? An inner voice laughed wad mocked at him, Certainly he Was on board here with Marion--bat what good had he done Marion? Peter's jaws clamped, He would have none of that! And, besides, he wasn't even trapped yet. He had only explored the forward part of the hold. And, trapped or nor, he was glad he was where he was ~--because Marion was here," too. _ What he might be able to aec- coniplish, alone, against the brig's crew he had not known, had uot even' stopped. to consider, when he had come aboard; he did not Xknow now; he would mot have known even if he were now able to make his way at will on deck--he had depended wholly on being guided by the circumstances of the mo- ment. But reach her he meant to, and reach her he would--some- how. The forward end of the wh had been a disappointment to him, He had hoped there might be some opening into the forecastle, and he was not even now convinced that there was mone; but the car- go had been stored there close up against the bulkheads, and though, with perhaps hours of effort, he might be able to shift enough of it to enable him to determine ae- finitely what was beyond, to make 'I that attempt mow would obvious- ly for the moment he a waste of time, for there was, still the after end of the hold to explore. Peter's hand went to his temples, pressing fiercely against "them. He cried out suddenly, sharply, Honrs! He had no hours to waste! Marion! Where was she? Perhaps he was even now too late! "He battled with the thought, trying to drive it from him; but it surged 'back again bringing in its train a frency of fear and anxiety--and, too, a mad Just for vengeance, What had they already dome to her? And the Isis? What had happened fo the Isis? 'The hrig had saileg away; had the Isis, after being looted 'and Marion taken, also sail- ed away--or what? He began 'to grawl again, mak- ing his way aft mow. It was difi- cult, almost perilo#s work in the intense darkness. He could 'not see his hand in front of him, and the bales, barrels, boxes and pack- ll ages of all sizes and shapes, that were plled and packed together, CH | formed a surface so broken and uneven that it could only be ne- gotiated by the sense of touch, and not always then with safety: now his hand, feeling out before him, would shoot downward into nothingness, as Into a miniature abyss; now, struggling out of some Electrophonic 10 Inch Double Sided Phonograph Records 65c¢ Why Pay More? game composer. Fox Trot Record No. 8733 Waltz, Record No. 8741 Fox Trot Record No. 8761 Fox Trot Record No. 8718 Plano WILSON & LEE, The Waltz Hit Supreme RAMONA Even better than "In A Little Spanish Town" and by the Apex Record No. 8745. 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Sounds came ww fam from further aft, sounds lke muf- fled voices--and then the sudden creaking of what was perhaps @& door being opened, a 'door that yielded grudgingly, or perhaps the straining of tightly wedged plank- ing as' a possible partition in a 'bulkhead was being removed.' Peter raised himself peering over the top of a huge packing case, There was a light! There were at least six or seven--and they were all bobbing up and down, Lanterns! For sonre reason or other, the hold was being invaded by a half-dozen or more men, His mind was working in quick, stabbing flashes now. They were after stores, of some sort, prob. ably. But if they found him! That would be the end, wouldn't it?-- the end of any chance of reaching Marion? The voices reached him now quite distinctly--one in command. The lanterns began to spread out, and jerk up and down vialent- ly, as though their owners were he- ginning to climb up and advance over the cargo. Peter instantly Began to retreat. There was only one chance tor him, and that was to hide; and the only place that flashed Into his mind ag offering him any chance on that score was where, a few yards back, he remembered crawl- ing over a number of large bales that had heen massed together. If he could worm his way in between, or under, some of those! He was crawling, scurrying back in almost frantic haste now, heed- less of the slight noise that he made--the groan of bulkheads and timbers, the ship's nolses, must take care of that; and, besides, the voices, drawing ever nearer, were constantly shouting out to one an- other and helped to drewn out any sound he made. Over his should- er he saw the glimmer of the lan- terns, spread out from port to star. hoard, advancing in a line of dane- ing lights. He shut his teeth as the sweat poured from him, Thank God, a lantern did not penetrate very deeply into the shadows! A minute more, and he had reached the bales. He worked des- perately tp pry two of them apart; and then with one loosened, the rest was comparatively easy owing to the light weight of the bales and the soft, yielding nature of whatever the material was that they contained, He wriggled his way down between the two, end then in under one of them. He lay still now, Hp was quite safe, he felt, unless, by the most improbable of ill luck, what the men with the lanterns were after happened to be under these par- ticular hales, or were the bales themselves; but he seemed to have absolutely shut out frony himself what little air there was In the hold, and he could breathe only with the greatest difficulty. He could see nothing, nor eould he hear the voices now save in a faint, almost inaudible way; and then he felt a sudden weight up- on him. Some one was crawling over him. A moment more and the pressure was gone. Peter drew a breath of relef. They had pass- ed on up toward the forward end of the hold. It should be safe now, untl they came back, to push the bales a Mtle farther apart so that he could get more ar, and-- Peter's jaws snapped together. Hs hand, ,n the cramped space fought fits way swiftly to his vocket and closed upon his re- volver. Something had touched the sole of his shoe, and was. touching it again now--nudging it deliberately, it seemed. And then Peter lay in amage- ment listening to a voice; a volee that whispered and came from just above his 'head, as though the speaker's lips were at the opening between the two bales. A Friend In Need *Is it in the sahib's mind that he is an ostrich? If the sahib who wears white shoes will draw in his foot and will make no sound, all will be well. In a little while, when the search is over, I will re- turn. Is it understood, sahib?"' "It is understood," Peter an- swered in a numbed, mechanical way. Peter drew in his foot. It must have been protruding slightly from the end of the bale. He had had no means of knowing that. Who was this man, a native obviously, who at least pretended to offer help? Was it pretense--trickery-- native cunning? Nonsense! The man need only have shout- ed out his discovery and his com- panions would have swarmed around him. What was the gawme, then? A time that seemed interminable to Peter passed. He was no long- er under the bale. A long while ago he had heard the yoices of the men in the hpld as they pasced by him again on their way aft--and then, with the bales parted, he had listened intently, and. assured that the hold was deserted, had crawled out from his stifling hid- ing place. He was waiting now-- for just what he did not know. But one thing he did krow--- there was a way out of the noid through the after end. He had been tempted for the last little while to make an effort on his own initiative in that direction without waiting for the return of fae ma- tive who had spoken to aim; bat, though each minute was unendur- able with the semse of inaction, where action swight produce re- sults was perhaps possible. com- mon sense, that promisea »x .eert an even chance of outside asaisi~ ance, which above all things else was needed, had kept him tuecre. COMMUNITY PLZ ik 2 When it suddenly dawns upon you--somebody's Wedding, Birthday or Anniversary! Don't rush off and get something that's an injustice to your good taste and good wishes, Let us help you! We have made a study of gifts, and have an infinite variety--particularly in celebrated COMMUNITY PLATE FELT BROS. The Leading Jewellers--Established 1886 12 Simcoe Street South "Buy Where Satisfaction is a Certainty" ig only 1 Tajal All's mind of Tajal All, know, that it came to And so he was still waitinz. But his impatience, born out of an- i xjety and an agony of soul at the knowledge that the man for whom thought of Marion, would not much (a great reward .was offered and longer hold itself in check, If [whose name is Blake Sahib was on the man-- the other ship and had escaped A voice close to him spoke out [from the cabin fn which 'he' had of the darkness: been shut up.» #Sahib, I have made report fhat "But, why, then, if he thought you are not here and that, wyough |I might be here," asked Peter, they could mot find the sahib on |"did he walt until. now to search the other ship, he 'must still. be [the brig?" there, since there are so many "That also, sahib, I do not more places there to hide thang. Know: the other replied, "except here." that first search was made every- The man was close beside Peter ih re and last of all down here In now, but Peter could scarcely see |'N¢ hold. him, let alone distinguish a single | 'Weil that perhaps accounts for one of the other's features. Peter I 2 Bopp iy NW %id Pe frouhed In 8 Buslled WSY. ed. matter! What matters is the fact "that It was for me you were | hat this Tajal All of yours, or searching around In here a little (Whatever you call him, carried off while ago. I don't understand! 2 Young lady from the Isls. Do Where's the Isis? We've been np- |" * A hin. way for at least a good hour Wait, sahib," sald the other nour now. How did any one on |foftly, "it is my turn to ask 8 question. It is true, is if not, that board here know anything about ine ahiivs name is Blaké Gahib?" "Yes," said Peter tersely, "that's "Sahib," answered the other, my name," "Tajal All, whose man-servant I am and who is chief of all on the Aghar Pind ship, took many things from the| «ang mine," sald the other, "is other ship besides the Miss Sahib | sonar Pind, Fate is strange, sae and then he let the other ship Bo |pih We travel always upon the on its way. I do not know the |ywpheel hut who would have fore- answer to the sahib's other ques-|(,1q that Blake Sahib and Aghar tion, for It Is locked away In the [ping would mreet*in the black hold ---- of a ship that Is full of thieves-- and worse, sahib!" ! Worse! The word cut at Peter like the lash of a whip, Yet-- worse! That was it. Marion! He leaned forward and his fingers closed fiercely on the other's arm. "Look here," heb urst out, *"I--" "Wait, sahib,"" said Aghar Pind calmly. "There is yet one more question. It is in my mind that it was because of the Miss Sahib, and Wor no other reason, that the sahlb came here. Will the sahib say that I am right?" Again Peter frowned. There was something about the man that he could pot fathom. What makes you think so?" he countered curtly. "Because, sahib," sald Aghar Pind quietly, "if it were to escape from the law and find shelter with men such as these om this ship whom the law also seeks, the sahib would mot have crawled in here to hide." "A bit thin." said Peter grufiy. "I was a prisoner there with po » lchance. Here, there would always be the chance of getting away un- observed when the brig made land." "Then, sahib," said Aghar Pind coolly, "I will tell the sahib more, so that he will understand that I know why he is here. [I saw the sahib come aboard--and before that I heard talk between the sahib and a little man with red hair who opened the door of the sahib's cabin for him." Peter stared blankly through the darkness. "You saw me come aboard! You heard--" He broke off helplessly, "Jook here, I don't understand. You've kept your mputh shut, and so far you've stood by me. But what's the game? You are one of these men-----even the personal ser. vant of this Tajal Ali, or so I gath- ered from what you said--and yet, unless there's a trick somewhere, you are now double-crossing them for me, a man you never saw be- fore, and you certainly could net do that withoutg reat risk to your- self!" i "All that the sahib says is true," sald Aghar Pind gravely: "and i is hercause the sahib fears that thare is some trick that I will not tell him why I am willtag to help fim, even as the =ahib says at great isk to wys2'2, until I have proved Lo the sahib that I do mot sneak with two tongues and that I am to be trusted. Listen then, sahib! We wil Ispeak of the Miss Sahib. since that is most in the sahib's mind, and since it is be- cause of that alone the sahib is here." "Yes!" exclaimed Peler eagerly. 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