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~ lMCKISWHTfE AZ/ GFHDCF RAP]? "CPI 111‘ka “lath!" «led the Hindu. wringing III M ‘1 um! I cannot!" ‘1 a.“ m! The pistol!” With-t 1 word the Hindu. haunt. ,M I‘ll «apt In was. tuned to do b WI Mac. It m not for at for him to I In. am- out I luv. My on in! Quick. "fly God!" grained Brood. His an body "and toward. but his loss re- f-ul m curry him. The Hindu «light In as be m linking llmply to M. In... mu: a tremendous aflort of tho 'm. Brood succeeded In conquer In; the buck unconnelounm that m main; him. Bo unmanned pbmhnlmgudwm: trem- ilhg Inxm pointed to the pro-tut. I‘m on the floor. “The final. Rm hi! What. In I" 0". It In! Inn. "Sahib! mm- he Mined. “What would you do?” Wrenchlng the weapon fro- th. nun. unmisdu Eugen, he hath! It Across the room Mmlottoound latheroon. suddenly Brood made 1 meme“ nick no “media At the an. m- an! m Ilia. him-ell lorvu-d and M m- mutor‘n Inn. Ha I“ turned the rovolut upon Muse!!! flommomglmtuhhunflo m the Hindu nixed Ml land in n nip 0! Iron; 'Good God. father. you'veâ€"why. m'voâ€"" struggled [mm WI writhing lips. and then lab has: aged; II III-um luer they sue II] can a not And he dropped finally to Manly 1m Brood hi! can on M blotch that w with incredible swings-blood red mind the navy vinooliho broad-Mum M. with wide-oven eyes at the horrid Ivo‘. he flood “or. with the m um meme In - panned 1mm » ma mt neural-Ir to II- R cu m ova I. an (flailing of u on anlthlocr-n dun num. a ml 0! snot. and the on." of ham powder. We stood mum nm for :- Inca-L he!" the loft cloud that ms M:- m with! hunt. a “pros-Ion dvmomtln Manon. Then u to and lb Ifl. M "Mun-fundwtdm. w: mini-x win! I. IN. I. in“ Yvon-o viohndy tom am m an. no nut pin-in. Yvon-o. b mm. you at that «and. mm m uh; you all your m." n.- hm new! 11:. Hindu m “In“ a revolver Into II. nu- “Jun!” (on motion” from m I!!! of Yvouno. 8M Inna toward Mn .- am my“ II- Inu from um Prod-dot In! no But: 0! Min; bright as It M from the Im- hud (0 lb. whit. out. “0 did not n one. commie“. '1! “mad men.“ CID. hour-cl, m- a. (hm: of hm Brood. "It II.” not hymn nah. Thank you. Ya. In“ That Filled. Tun-Ind, they watched hlm uh two 0! than. mn- Into the mom. A: No bet In the unruly Hindu. N- on. flaming like cod. 0! flu tn the My “(ht AMcnumofmnthm m behind them-1 cry 0! pain and “(a that struck "not to their souls. he: had not head bl- approach. “I couldn't lave helped myself. 1-â€" ! lou- lâ€"qumnd In myâ€" Good God. no you lull trying to tempt me? Are you can akin; me to so “ray with "You would have loved me It It lull not been for Lydln?" "4nd 1 lane vuted all my beautyâ€" I In.“ lent It to nnlovouneu and It In not boon destroyed! It is sun with no. In it not? 1 bus not um It 111â€"" “You as beautiful beyond wordsâ€"â€" beyond uythtnx X hive ever hna “fined.” “Id be. luddenly main. hll had over Ml brow. "You no the most incomprehen- limo-4' “Am I not beautiful. Frederic? Tell me!” She came quite close so him. “You are the moat beautiful woman I. all the world." be In“! ubjectly. “Ah. 1 can see by your taco um you Into him! It in yell. That is some- thing. It to but little. I know. after nll l have winked for-but It is some- thing for In: to treasureâ€"something tor me to who back with me to the one sacred little spot In chl- beastly world of men and women." Ho obcyad. "See! Them In no one new." He held open the door to the hon. ”You must spank quickly-.1 am to Iowa thin house In an hour. 1 was then the hour. " CHAPTER XXVI lâ€"contlnucd. an”. YVIII. m mucking CHAPTER XVIII. 'GEORGE DARK M‘CUTCIIEON ,usmmous ficRAY wrms dunno-tunic. cm The Hindu’a pup tightened u the convulsive movement of his master‘- I’hnnd. HI- M“. were like steal “Shoot!“ the muted. (Milli. her who. "Sun yourself. for It ho In “lithium,“ withnyo'n Mzflhhmrw!" ma luv-m thulrlflv gym Alan-5mm “No! No! Not mt!" he cried. Ind u the word- rnng out. Yvonne to mom her horrified M from the blot ofrednndfixdltnpon thefacoofher husband. She Mignon“ up slowly and her unn- tell llmply to her sides. "It was man! for me. Shoot. hula!" Illa III". lino-t In 3 mm- this man of Ms. He remembered the story of another killing In the hills of Inch. m. we went from the brown (mum's face to the white. tender, lovely throat of the vomnâ€"and a house my broke from m- lips. A may look or marathon-Ion 1mm urn. lll'ood'l hot For a leo- ond In mind nllpyod m:- on. an“ to mm more Ippnllhu. Ho know m could In" “M Tim In. no mum-g II. mm. H. In! ahead MM her exocullooor. ‘ Tho Hindu Imack M. on breast ‘dnlflandy. ”Thy mum “nut PO Ila-Inn. nhlb. Din. I! choc um. but loan but lo Ru)“. M I. in m bullet left. It In {or you. You man! not to hero to \vltnm the death Rul- Jun. thy serum. lb." mm um hon shoot thy-elf now. I! to be R. M! nun thy-elf the mm ofâ€"" Ho did an lam: the common. but Pm mu. bony fluor- vont cam" an malo- M to“ I Ion lord». story an "You have killed your IOI. This bole lot In tor your-cu." “You! You! Butâ€"but no! 8h “no! 8150â€"" "Than II but on. bullet Ion. lamb,” cried the man. "Only one I: mnlnd.“ nld tho mu- Icr bully. “Down. Rajah!" he commanded In 3 low. clutloul tone. in he would have used In speaking to u do; when the nine in run to earth. Rania!) crawled to his tide, hil eyes covered with one nun. the other ex- tended. Blindly the master hit (or the pistol. not once removing his eye: from the mild figure against the table. H15 fingers cloned upon the wupon. Then the Hindu looked up, wnrned by the strange voice thnt spoke to him iron: the mind of his master. He saw ,tho um alowiy extend itself with n ‘Iinl‘ter hond directed airtight It the i «neon-ciao- flguro of the woman. This time Brood vu making lure ol hir dimâ€"no sure that the lithe Hindu had that: to spring to hi. root not! amp once more the land that held the wolpon. “Inter! Muster!" he cried out. Brood turned to look It hia‘mnn in sheer bewilderment. What could on thin mean? Whnt won the matter with the man? Slowly Brood’s mind worked out o! the mac. His shot had gong «night, but. Frederic himsell had leaped mm It: path to save (Ma miserable crea- ture who would hue damned his soul If We had been spared to him. "Blood!" she waned again, a long. shuddering word that came not from her lips but from the very depths of her terror-stricken soul. “Sahib! “MM” H. mm. An expression of incredulity leaped into his face. as If he could not believe Illa aenses. She was alive and unhurl! Hts bullet had not. touched her. His brain tumbled for the explanation of this miracle. "Blood! It in blood!" she moaned. and for the first time since the shot was fired her husband glanced at. the onq for whom the bullet was intended. “Am I going and?" he whispered Mandy. A- be card. the acne-to mmulmmmano-M Ii fill up an m nan-ad mum “than; Slowly her eyes were lowered until any fan hm upon hll stricken face. He saw her nnd suddenly hectare rlgld. Slowly he mi back. his eye- dlstended. his jaw dropping. He put out n 1mm and and himself from filling. but. his eyes never left the face of the woman who payedâ€"whose whole being we the material rem-e- unuuon of payer. But It wu not Yvonne. his wife, that ho a" standing there. It was anotherâ€"Matilde! "Ily God, Maudeâ€"Mums! For- give! Formal" He had forgotten the woman. She was standing luat beyond the body that all-etched fteelf between them. Her hands were clasped against her bruit and her eyea were lifted heaven- ward. She had hot moved throughout that age of ohllvton. All these years he had been blind. all these years he had gone on cun- lng his aim Imus. In that outputs- in; thought came the realization am It was too late for him to atone. HI- mlnd slowly struggled out of thnll that held lt stupefied. He was looking at his own faceâ€"dead! He would look like that! Maude was (one foreverâ€"n the eyes were clonedâ€"but he no there. going mar 1nd myer at face all the ttmo. ‘ ho Ind never neon nnylnlng in find- eflc’n acumen-non nu the M. nover-toâ€"befornotten eyesâ€"Ind they warn Mn Mnulde'n. Nov Rhona on. nnrn cloned. He can"! not one then. Ind the blindncnn m struck fro- Mn own. Re bad nl'nyn looked Into the boy'n eyesâ€"In had never been able to seek further than (hone hunting. In- quiring emuâ€"but now [In an the lean. strong 1“. nd the arm chin. the unlgm none and the brand (on- headâ€"nnd none 0! these were Maw tildo'u! These '01! the features of n Innaâ€"and of but one man. He was nec- lng Mince" n be was when he looked Into Mn mirror at twenty-one! Ian, min-inn M. M can not I movement In the room. mm. was“. the autumnal lint. oi his unintended victim. m staring at the graying taco with wide. nnblinaln «ya. He looked at Int upon the ion- tnm that he tad marched (at in vain than" all the "lien yearn. Thorn wan blood on M- land. and on his cheek. lot in had liatened nt am in: the bent of m heart. Afterward bin unlined gate [and zone to u. wont Iona taco. Than It was arrest“. A dumb wonder met! his aonl. Ho In.“ there petrified by the abort at dlnmvm. In the dim light in no longer on. the features of Matilda, but his own. and his hart van atill. la that revenling moment he mlimd that Wllh Incredible summon ha in m The annulus barely mud as ho pun-ed hum them And tho bony door and. no mud In 0mm and cloning. The" um no one In the hull. TM «and of an allot b“ not [one bayou the thick van. 0! am mo mind not: on an top floor. Boun- whamulhomrofunmoulm dlulncl who run uttering a humid “nun of French. nogxmns anovn, amour“. DOWNERS GROVE. ILL. “One or u I'lll nu It.“ It. odd motion-I1. “00!" Ho choc 1 “In flue. u the pa» Into Work- nod urnlghmood hln In]! an". u would A loldlct undor onion. HI. understanding nu Doubt hen Ixnln. Thom vu anothor command in her eyes. "0 placed the weapon on the mm. It had been a db- tIncl command to him. A. it lmpelled by the power 0! hi- (one. she faced blm once more. For what seemed hours to hlm. but In reality only seconds. Ml eeerchlng eyes looked deep lnlo hen. He saw at lent the soul of this woman end It ‘ wee not the non] he had known on here no to that tremendous moment. And he come to know the! she we- no longer ofnld of him or Me powere. "In hand was Iowan-ed. hlo eyel (ell end hlo llpo moved but there were no words. (or he oddreued e um“. All the venom. ell the hatred fled (mm hll eoul. Hie knee bent ln endden lubmln» Ilon. and tall eyee were rolled lo here once more. but now In their somber depth: In the fidelity of the doc! “Co at once." uho mi. and her '31“ in u clur u a bell. He glared st the half~sverted face. confounded by the most extraordinary Impression that ever had entered his incomprehensible brain. Something strange and wonderful was transpir in; before his very ”two-something so marvellous that even he. mysteri- ous seer of the Ganges. was stunned Into complete amazement and unbeliei’. That strange. uncanny Intelligence or his. born of a thousand mysterles, was being tried beyond all previous exac- tions. it was as it he now saw this woman for the first timeâ€"as it he had never looked upon her face before. A mist appeared to envelop her and through this veil he saw a face that was new to himâ€"the (see of Yvonne and yet not hers at all. Absolute won‘ der crept into his eyes. But she did not quail. She was past a." that. She looked straight into his eye- for an Instant and then. as It putting him out of her thoughts entire- ly. turned slowly toward the two men on the floor. The nun hall raised the pistol. but something stayed his hand ~nonlethlng stronger than any mere physical opposition could have done. “God. He can't he and! l have not killed him. He shall not dieâ€"ho Illa." not-J flinging the Hindu uido he threw himuli down beside the body on the floor. The revolver n It dropped. wu caught in the nimble hand at the Hindu. who took two ion: uwm strides mow-rd the womnn who‘ now [need him intend of her hulhand. There was a great light in his eyes as he stood oval- her Ind she saw death Itartng out upon her. He worked swiftly. deftly, for he did know what to do. Ho had worked over men before with wound: In their breastsâ€"dud he 1nd Icon them through the abodow of death. But he could not halo thinking. on he now vorlod. that I. m nevor known to min ' dining at mm new. .- m m a. vote- will "He Is coming." she said fiercely. "I sent for himâ€"1m ago. Don't stop nowâ€"4n quick! You know what to do. Stand: the low of blood. Do some- thlng. man! You have seen men with mortal woundsâ€"find this man must he saved.” “0n the way here? meduloualy. "Whyâ€"~" "Doctor Hodder is on the way no'.“ she mid cully. His hands ceased their mentions a ll checked by n madden paralysis. “The doctor! " he cried In Yvonne‘s car. u M: strong fingers went out to tear open the red shirt bosom. "8e quick! Send for Road» By heaven. we must save him." She did not move. He vhirled upon her fiercely. "Do u I tell you. Are, you an damned-3' Slowly Frederick eya opened min. They "vet-ed from one face to the other And there was in them the Imoolnblo mystery of divination. A. the iidn dropped once mom. Brood] mnner underwent I tremendous change. The stupefaction at horror and doubt fell Away in a flash nnd he was again the dear-headed. indomit- nbie ma 0! action The blood rushed back into his veins, his eye. lulled with the returning tire of hope. Ms voice wn My. sharp. commanding. ‘ l "I shall uvo your soul. Jame. filmed" 1 vote. was “yin. but I! ”and far any. "He shall not die. Your poor matched tool my rm to an I shall hep death any hm- Mm. You It." not My. to pay for thinâ€"no. not for mu. The bullet m men! for me. I m my life In Inn. you thin ova his to me. But you have yet to any a ma!" debt than this can ever become. He Is your son. You on “other for In lifeâ€"and you ‘ win never be on of her debt mu evemln hen. Isms Brood.” I Someone he" has“. "nut He saw a slim tha hand so out and touch the ”I"! Mow "Ha I. not and? Merle. Mm. ll] nonâ€"” Me dropped to In ham and hunt-ally clutched u the land “at by “fetched ml braid. the "up nun. Tho pumm- eyn cloud Ho I'M Work“. up. ten om. Mo was looking up at them. with a film um! In men «pun-«tn towel lot help. for “to. for madma- Inc! Miro Ind~ah?" The "cl-mt “on Ml tram an "on u aha "mu loaned font-rd. her lam». nu am on Nate's Om. “on! An. ta! lmnd and ”an been unwind. 8.0! 004 II haul. “Ivâ€"l cannot kill you-l cau'not kill tho womun who stood when you are standing a moment ago. Matilde was more! She was alive. do you hear She went on in a deadly monotone. “You Intended the bullet for me. ll is not. too late. Kill me, if you will. I glve you the first chanceâ€"Make ll, l'or ll you do not I shall take mine." She turned wearlly away and pointed to the weapon on the table. “Who Is to use it. you or I?" He opened his mouth but uttered no sound. His power of speech was gone. "What â€"â€" are ~â€" you -â€" saying?" he gasped. "Matilde has been here. She has always been with him. She is always near you. James Brood." The cold. lifeless voice of Yvonne was speaking to him. huskiar than ever before. “Whoâ€"who are you?" he cried out in sudden terror. He ielt the presence of Matilde. He could have stretched out his hand and touched her. so real. so vivid was the belief that she was actually there before him. “Matilde was hereâ€"4 saw her. before God, l saw her. And~aud now it is you! She is still here. i can feel her hand touch~ in; mineâ€"l can feelâ€"mo, again. iâ€" He wan. to hls feet and advanced upon her. utually Itenpluz acrou the body of his son In his reckless haste. Ber many gecondl they stood with their laces close together. he staring wlldly. she wllh a dull look of agony In her eyes. but unflinching. What he saw caused an Icy chlll to sweep through his tense body. 1nd 1 ulcknefie to enter his soul. He shrank back. mmm nu loan Than" m Matilde! What «canned trick He had refused to see the newsm- per men who came. Doctor Hoddor wisely had protested opium; my. "Murder will out." he Ind sold fret- funy, lmlo realizing how clone]! the trite old saying ”plied to {La Inna- tlon Ho Ind mounted the Moon of Yvonne and Room: a to no we! mmummm.m . Admitting that he had been deceived ‘hy a trick or the imagination. there stlll remained certain lndlspatahle facts to confound him. first of all, the absolute conviction that Yvonne had the power to prmerve the life that hung so precariously in the balance. He could not overcome the amazing belief that she. and not the skilled surgeon, would check the sure progress or death. Something told him that she represented a force even mightier than death and that she would prev-ll. no matter what betide. l Blo- he "a ordering himself to face new complexities. He in. confronted by the most improhnhie of hallucinaâ€" tions. it was not a inmgihie andow that he now had to contend with but something definite. something that took shape and mocked him. In hi0 hitter indictment satin-t circular dances. he argued thnt his Drain vna momentarily unbalanced following the shock enticed hy the shooting. and that in its disordered lute he had pictured things that did not exist. It in. out]: reasonable to assume that he had Inf- iered from the elect of a startling. vivid hallucination. and yet then m a strange. insistent voice somewhere in his clearing mind tint panacea him uninnt his will that he had heml- ly seen the tape of natilde. stem of the hours when he was awake. Helm! ”mundane-mumm- Me melon. He wanted to forget her. to put her out of Me thoughts nlto gettmr. tor obvious reasons. but the feet that she remained the dominant figure In hll present desvtte the nut wen proof, even to him. tint the was and she" would he the commute; force in his mind If not in his heart. "a had mm a vision. lta elm 0‘ Mia had be": «innovating. Thu for- ; made of a lifetime bad ham shattered in a ainaio instant of «intact with the ins-pace that had at laat ma. ital!" toit in physical manifestation after all the” years of aplritoai attendance Ha had an" boon mmpimiy free from the vane notion that Matilde wad an: M- ta ”Mt. that than, was an artual Mommy to the pm that Mimi Mu «Imam: and denim M- the “alumna-[oranguta- Tho Volca of tha Windt Hours afterward Brood sat alone In the room when the tragedy occurred. Much hall transpired in the Interim to make thou hour- mm like upmte and diatim't yoara to him, each hour an epoch in which a vttal and memor- able incident had been added to lita already overtuli measure of expert- cnco. Underneath all waa an over- prmnt aenao of tnucnrity. an it the whole order of ltte had been auddanly deprived of toundation or auppon No matter whom ha looked. than can not the allahmt ray 0! light in tha dari- noaa that onwlopod hia underatandf Inn. Bout-thin tmmondaua had hay potted. anldo (mm the vlaible. playa- ical incidvnt that had attained him temporarily at that out-M of the tank: on. unwthina that an Myond'botm prr'wttnlon and inlanaibln and which rontinuatly ioomod up below hltn aa a lunch? that had naithrr ahapa nor aubutanco and nt iaa aa rompioteiy poattin- aa anything nlaa that had tranaptnd. "a could account for tho altoottna. thn ntnotlona unending that nnhnvny maven". thn tntornnttnn of tata that and Yvonne from death and latd low the aubatituta. tha «an of hnnor that omitted. thn auddon rav- ctatton that can. to him aa ha looked into Moflc‘a fat. I“. lta cloud "on. and the any at wanna that no. momma! Blur. hat a cloud attil htlfll our him that his: intalltam maid not pomtrata not hla pay-teat being discs-i. no tnatt" how hard ha “mauled to rlaar a way to the: «pan, “Hush!" said the woman. Brood'l hands were shaking again. shaking and uncertain. “The doctor? He comes?" “Even now." said the Hindu. turn- lnx toward the door. "He comes. Ranjah has obey. l have told him that the revolver was dis~ charge accidentallyâ€"by myself. by the unhappy son of a dog. 1. It is well. Rania!) in but a dog. He shall die to- day and his lips be sealed forever. Have no fear. The dead shall be Ii. lentâ€"" His voice trailed oil into a whisper. (or his eyes were looking into hers. "No." he whispered, after 3 mo- menbâ€"“no. ihe dead are not. silent. One who In dead has spoken to Run- jab." “Attend!" she cried. and be bent to the task again. He Is not going m die. It Would be too cruel If he were to die now and miss all the Joy of vic- tory over youâ€"4113 lite-long foe. He-â€"" The door opened behind them and they looked up to see the breathless Hindu. He came straight to the woman. He glanced at her not. "lid (me. “Yes. It was an accident. And this In between you and me. We Ihall settle it later on. Now I see you as you are â€"-u Yvonne; God. lâ€"wonderâ€"J’ His hand shook with a sudden spasm of Indecision. He had a'galn caught tint baffllns look In her dark eyes. stand ?" low and bulky one. more. with a no!“ slalom no“ at accunuon In It, "It was an accident. do you under-and? You did not shoot to tillâ€"him. The world shall never know the trunk-un- leu he dies. and that Is not to happen. You are safe. The luv cannot touch you, (or I shall never speak. This in between you and me. Do you under- CHAPTER XIX. mm," Interrupt“ It. Run. Ina- in; his 00qu ‘1... mm pit "no may. WI. thinning "There was one bullet left In the to volvor. Rania «flood no to I". n -for myself. Ho'n u thoughtful Id- !ow,” mid Brood. "It ha been to moved, of mm but-â€"-" "Jim." acid Hr. Rim. mm: 3. self. "It’s too bad (but you didn't III 'ht you shot at.” “0h, Jim, youâ€"you mustn't do that" stunned Mr. Duvet, nmnod. "You nln't such a coward u to do tint." "Write It?” said Mr. Dates. and Brood nodded his head slowly. null- may. Frederic. n m an madam In that respect Thank you for what you walk! do. It Isn‘t necessary. old vain. Tho story that mm. to“: must and tn the time being. Later on-vwell. I my writs myownuoryandginnmm world." Two Old Men. shaking .- wan Palsy, Roam“ About an Place. “Thu. you. old polo. I “dam.“ that n M you In trying to do. In to an. I am the INK. ll m1 Meet an 00 n7 "7!qu man to you. I'- um. except that. as am In my vu- nn. l an Id In.“ I» hum lav Wood. min howâ€"on lion. hid MI hud- ou (Mr “ovum. amt-c it. had an is not. to “will “any. The house was in a note of enhdned excitement. Servante evoke in whin- pora end tip-toed through the hallo. Nume and other doctor: came. Two old men. ehalinx as with pally, roamed about the place. intent only on worm» In; their way into the preeenee of their friend and eupoorter to otter eon- eoiation and encouragement to him ta hie hour at tribulation. The; ehed~ tiered an they looked into each other‘e tacoe. and they ahooh their head. without emotion. tor their Int-do were Illed with doubt. They did not (nee- tion the truth 0! the etory ae told. bet they had their own opinione. in up- nort to the theory that they did not believe there we: anything accidental in the ehootlnx of i‘todoric it in only necessary to eoeah ot their utnordl- nary attitude toward Raniah. They ehool hande with hitn and told him that Allah would veer-rd hint! Later on. altet' they had had tltne to think it ell out tot Manhattanâ€"being .01.. what alo- or comprehenatonâ€"they eoeuht out Jam-e mood and olered to accept all the blame (or having loaded the revolver eithont con-elite; his. thelr object having been to deetroy 3 eat that inteeted the alley hard hy. Tho; telt that it eaa ahaolotely neoeo ten to eccoont toe the mm of tin- unexploded cartridge. with the I happened. His story was supported by the deo- lsrstlons or Mrs. Brood. who. while completely exonerstlnz her husband'o servant. had but little to say in expla- nation or the affair. She kept her wits about her. Most people would have made the mistake of saying too much. She professed to know nothing except that they were discussing young Mr. ‘Brood's contemplated trip nhrosd and that her hushsnd had given orders to his servant to pack I revolver in his son's traveling bag when the time came for his departure. She had psld but little sttention to the Hindu's movements. All she could say was that It was an accidentâ€"s horrible. blighting accident. For the present. it would not be possible for anyone to see the heart-broken father. Doubt- less, later on. he would he in the mood to discuss the dreadful catastrophe. but not now, etc., etc. He wss crushed asking Brood e einxle queotion, I} though he knew him to be e witneoe to the cheating. Yvonne new the reportere and inter on on lnepector at police. Renjeb told his unhappy story. He hnd token the weapon from a hook on the well tor the purpose of cleaning it. it had been hanging there for years. nnd ell the time there hnd been I single certridle left in the cylinder unknown to en!- one. He had started to remove the cylinder no he iett the room. All these Iyenre the hammer had been raised: death had been hanging over them all the time that the pistol occupied its in- secure position on the wall. Somehow. he could not tell how the hammer tell no he tugged ot the cylinder. No one could have known that the revolver wee loaded. 'l‘het woe all that he could say, except to declare thnt it hll master's eon died he would end hie own miserable. valuelese lite. horror 0! the thing that had