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Let me take you in my arms!” Charka, with a fine sense of propri- ety, walked back to his little box. ’ "Oh. it love could repay you, dear,” said Harvey. taking her in his arms. “if the devotion of a life could pay you for what you have done, how gladly would I make you happy! But What can I do? It will be impossible for me to see you now.” “Some dayâ€"some day I will come to you.” “Come with me now,” raining kisses on her lips. “I wi]! not go without you. I will go back and give myself up.” “So it is. darling. You have cut of! your hair, your beautiful hair. that I loved. How did you accomplish my rescue? Tell me what you did?” Alma told Harvey the Whole story. “I even gave myself up to abandon for your sake, dear one,” concluded Alma. “I permitted his lips to touch mine; I allowed his arm to encircle my waist. Oh, the thought of it burns, but it was for you!” you free if p0 this hay, and you. rather-â€" will be safe 1 “Dear one, do not speak like that! It is ungrateful!” “Great heaven! What a woman! And now you want me to leave you to their vengeance! Russia does not for- give. You will be sent~to Siberia. You must come with me or I shall re- main and tight for you.” sell “And be killed! You must go at once. Kiss me, dear one! It may be the last.” “It shall not! Hark! The alarm gun of the prison I” ' The dull boom of a cannon smote the air. “Here, we must get out of this,” said Charka, rushing from his box. “The soldiers will swarm along the river in no time.” “My uncle has thought we were gone too long,” said Alma,tremhling with the weakness of reaction. “He has search- ed for us in the palace and. not finding us, has gone to the prison. He has questioned the servants and learned that we were there. Perhaps he has even discovered that the prince is lock- ed in a cell. My dear one, hide under the hay. Charka, where can he hide? He is your friend, and your enemies are after him "’ pe With a sweep of his hand Charka showed them the immense cargo of hay. It rested upon many long planks that met in the middle of the boat and extended some feet over each side. Under the planks was a vacant space. CHAPTER X1. rmsox may. OVERED by their long cloaks. unnoticed by the few who | H were in the streets, Alma and . Harvey Irons went toward the ri.er. Several times Harvey tried to speak, but Alma would not permit it. Winding through the narrower streets, met twice by sentries and giving the password, which she knew, Alma led him safely to the wharf where the hay- beats lay. Lanterns moved here and iiiwi‘o, but most of the boatmen were {'r‘im 9. Alma knew where the boat of L‘imrha of Ashkar was moored and hur- riui to it. It could not well be this min-2:, for it was the largest of the ll;l}‘iw;il$, and its cargo had not been “Under there,” said Charka. “There you will be safe. Hurry! The dogs of Muscovltes will soon be here.” “You shall not go back to imprison- ment or death,” Bald Harvey. “Come with me! We 'wlll go to America. where you will be safe and happy. Come, my darling, come.” Alma hesitated. Again sounded the alarm gun. Perhaps the thought of col- itary imprisonment, perhaps the knout, perhaps Siberia. came to her. “I will go," she said unlply. The two crawled under the hay, and Charka lay down on the boat as it asleep. Everything happened a Alma had auppoaed. The ball had been deprived. It is Who calls Char 19W you “T 1 the bar GU arka!” she said as the two you the boat. “Charka of A SOLDIER OF COMMERCE Is Charka of Ashkar?” ask. 9y boatman as he emerged ngy little box he called his :1,‘ who purchase< ml for you to del me long coming. The med many times. But d come, so I did not [1 Alma, turning to lg out her hands. “1 Knowing that you being killed or of be- . where your identity l‘all bone of rescue that I h Bu JOHN ROE GORDON Copyright. 190:. by I". R. 1‘00an \V lll‘t 1 your iver it step- Ash- Cd All Run Down some organic 2' the con- dition can dosh.‘ be remedied. Your doctor is the best adviser. Do not dose yourself with all kinds of advertised remediesâ€" get his opinion. More than likely you need a concentrated fat food to enrich your blood and tone up the system. "I cannot think. I am going to the prism? to see what has happened.” He called for his carriage. It was gone. He took the nearest oneâ€"~one in which a Chinese mandarin had come to the balléanti hurried to the prison. He flashed to the living apartmentn. Marie was asleep. He roared for her, and, trembling in every limb, she came to him. “Has my niece returned from the ball?” “She did return. colonei. I went to her, but she dismissed me and told me to go to bed.” . "What deviltry is here tonight?” he gasped. nig "Yes; the inspector general.” “What! Do you mean Prince Dell- nikofl'?" “Yes. my colonel. He had with him also an orderly.” “Was my niece here?” “I did not see the young lady.” “What did the inspector aeneral do?” ican lie dashed to the prison. The captain of the guard started when he saw the minor of the Colonel's face. “Has any one visited the prison to- “Wrong! W but can be wrong?” "Somethln". I know not what. The girl hewltehed us all tonight. I had never seen her so guy, so reckless. She acted as if she had drunk too much wine, and she seldom drinks any, and now, when she is not here. with her beauty and her wit to ensnare me, I recall how she hated the prince. She never said so, but she refused to marry him. She was in love with an Amer- Jurniefl' run to Alma’s rooms. 011 the floor he saw her long brown tresses. is just such a food in its best form. in}; It will build up the weakened P“ and wasted body when all m other foods fail to nourish. ll l’? you are run down or emaciated, ll: give it a trial: it cannot hurt w: you. It is essentially the best caf possible nourishment for delicate “‘1‘ children and pale, anaemic girls. W We will send you a sample free. has The governor showed his anxiety as the time for him to take the highesz of his guests to supper arrived. "1 am filled with misgivings, your ermeuency.” said Jurniefl'. "There I: Sf.;Xl’.:;“,hing wrong." acted as if wine, and I now, when “It is not so easy to leave ofl a con- versation with a girl like Alma. It is almost time for the supper. I hope they will not forget." “The prince said they were going to find a secluded spot and talk things over. I asked Alma, and she consented to the announcement of their betrothal. but said the prince had not asked her to be his wife. I sent him to her. and they came to an agreement. But they wanted to be alone to talk. I do not know what keeps them.” “w nere are your beautiful niece and Dellnlkofl?” asked the governor. ht?” Scott’s of Cod Liver Oil W8 is a common expres- sion we hear on every side. Unless there is With assumed reluctance Charka Be sure that this picture went to the door of his box, into which lnflulom of: label has two soldiers had gone to investigate. the rohmyboulo and came out with two sleepy Astra- “ Y“ “Yo khans. “Behold the loving acts of the cur. 5C0" 8‘ BOWNE 0111: mater}; ssid Chsrlu to his men. 3.."31U!Si0n 1 BUIUIEK'S U1 UH: czar: ' as, the con- be remedied. “No; a passport to safety signed by THE SEARCH FOR TIIE FUGITIVEBâ€"TIIE HAYBOA'I‘ STARTS. HARKA of Ashkar pretended to waken from a deep slum- ber as four soldiers, led by a subordinate oflicer, came rush- ing down the wharf. “Ho, there, on board this hayboat!” shouted the olfieer. “Masters. I am here,” said Charka, rubbing his eyes and blinking in the light of the lanterns they carried. “What has happened 1*” “A prisoner of the ezar has escaped! Assisted by a woman who is a traitor, he escaped from the prison at 'l‘itlis tonight and must be. with his compan- lon, somewhere in the city." “Well, am I the prisoner?” “No. you pig.” “Am I, then, the woman?” “Curses upon you!” “Why am I awakened with these shouts? I am a peaceful man from Ash- kar, trying to sell my hay." “0h, your hay!” shouted one of the soldiers, with a laugh. “With the busi- ness of finding a prisoner of state on our minds. we must think of your hay!” As he spoke he thrust his bayonet deep into the hay. “Shut your mouth, fool!" said the ot- ficer. “There is no American. It was a Russian who escaped.” “By the gods,” exclaimed another, “that is an idea! This man is from Astrakhan and would no doubt assist the American to escape.” “Pardon! I forgot. But the Astra. khans do not love the czar.” “How much you love the czar!” re- plied Charka. “It is fear, not loyalty, that makes you curse me and stab my hay.” “By heaven, we will stab you! What did you come to Tiflis for?” “To sell my hay. It has been pur- chased, but not yet paid for.” A volley of curses answered him and a bayonet prickod his leg. “Charge the hay!” said the officer. “They may be hiding in it.” “Burn the hay!” laughed a soldier. “That will settle it.” “Insolent pig! And do you think we want buy from you?” “It is for beasts of a higher class I keep my hay,” said Charka calmiy. “Burn it if you dare! I have some- thing in my pocket." “A pistol, which you would use on the Soldiers of the czar?” In ten minutes the ball was over. Chinese mandarins and Persian princes were hustled off and chattered together in bewilderment. Every Russian at the ball was sent out to hunt the fugi- tive, with orders to bring him back dead or alive. "im not burn his hay!” shouted the uiiiu-r us one of the soldiers made a light by twisting u Wisp of the hay into the flame of the lantern. ”We are a 1101' prisonus. We do not wish to run against the passport.” The soldiers were crnwling over the hay. jamming their bayonets deep into it. The officer was slashing it with his saber. “Dragged!" he exclaimed. “The girl has tricked us all! Where is the Amer- ican?” His cell was opened. It was empty. “Fire the alarm gun! They are still in Tiflis! The guards will find them! Get out every man! Have the garrison turned loose! I must go and report to the governor.” the governor "I say truly I would do so it they came.” “Loosen your boat from its mooring- and take yourself to the Caspian." “But my bay is already sold." “It is robbing no one. There is plen- ty of bay, and you say the. payment has not been made. Go. or I will for. get the passport.” “The doqr musf be broken in. Go for the locksmith.” _ The locksmith was roused from his sleep and soon had the door open. Jurneltr rushed in and began opening the cells. In one he found Dellnlkofr, sleeping as if drunk. He dragged him out to the light. “What is that?" demanded the of- ‘Zcel'. turning on Chal'ka. “You call us dogsâ€"we who are your masters?” “You should tell the mollah that. He would be pleased.” “Are you a follower of the mollah?" “Who else? It is so written. ,Char. ha of Ashkar was never false to the faith.” “Then leave Tlflls. The governor’s passport will save you from harm, but in the name of the czar I command you to depart at once. There will then be no chance of your doing mischief. We know the fugitives are not with you now. But it they came you would give them shelter " They did not return." “Open that door to the dungeons!” The captain took down the bunch of keys. He trembled and turned white. “What is the matter?" commanded J nrneiflf. “The key is gone." J urneitr swayed. He no longer thought of promotion, but how to save himself from disgrace. “Dogs of Muscovites! When I get my ”WINS. I will not stay in this place!” ”me and ms orderly went Into the dungeons where the prisoners for 81- beria are kept. They soon came back. as the orderly was not well. The in. spector general said they would go out CHAPTER XII. a short time and W hay. Hafiffi’i’fi’ “Good Charka!” said Alma. “It is so good to find a faithful friend.” Charka took the purse and opened it. The shining gold brought a gleam to his eyes. “Let them ask again," he said. “You have kept your word with Charka. No Muscovite dog shall take you from this boat while I am alive." or.” “One was a woman.” “Then let a woman hunt. It is the only way." Harvey’was the first to appear. and then the shining boots 0! Alma came wriggling from under the hay. They looked into each other's eyes and laugh- ed. It was so good to:be free. They went into the little house and ate the meal Charka had prepared. “Charka. you have done well," said Alma. “I took the precaution to bring my purse. In it you will find enough to pay youâ€"for your bay." A curse for his insolence came float- ing back. The launch continued down the river. In the little box of a house Charka prepared a meal. Before he or his men partook of anything he called to the refugees. “It is safe.” he said. “The launch is out of sight. and we are passing swamp lands where there are no villages or farms. We shall meet no one. Come from under and eat. It may be some time before you reach a place of safe- ty.” formed me he was an escaped prison- “I took the precaution to bring my purse.” have I spent on the journey. Many nights I lay and thought of my profits. At last, when I reached Tiflis. there came a merchant who owned five cam- els. He purchased the hay and prom- ised to come and take it away and pay me for it. But. alas, the soldiers of the czar came in the night and drove me away! I am Charka of Ash- kar. They said that because I follow the mollah I am not fit to sell hay to camels." “Aye, and men and guns," muttered Charka as the launch sped on. “Have you seen two escaped prison- ers?” came back a voice. “Enjoy yourself, fanatic. Go ask the mollah to buy your hay. He has many camels.” Mystifled, baflled and enraged, Jur- niefl' raved and cursed as he paced the prison corridor. But while he raved. and soldiers searched. Charka and his boat continued slowly down the river. By daylight Charka had made twenty miles and tied up at the rotting wharf of a small town. Leaving his men in charge. he went ashore to buy food. He returned with a sufficient supply for the day, and the boat went on. A little steam launch containing soldiers came pufling up behind him. The search throughout Tiflis went on. Generals and (-olonels. many of them informed for the first time that the abductor of Kozzra Biartelkis was an American, joined in the hunt. our cers in the brilliant uniforms they had worn at the ball rushed with those in working garb and searched bazaars. cofl‘cc houses and churches. There was not a square foot of ground in Tiflis that was not searched nor a building that was not entered. "Profits! 'Yuu want profits tram a I fair'and yet follow the mollah against 3 the car ?" returned one of the soldiers. Charka made a sign. The men at once began releasing the boat. amid the shouts and cries of soldiers and dis- . turbed boatmen all along the river. i Hundreds of soldiers flocked along the wharfs. invaded boats, routing out men and women that they might in. f spect the most secret places. i Chsrka. grumbling and with much make believe auger, slowly got under way. The soldiers laughed as the hay- boat began slowly to descend the. stream. The boat was a most crude aflair. Its only means of propulsion was a great lateen sail, useless on this quiet night. So the men resorted to long poles, and the big boat crawled along the bank. “Who are you?” demanded the offi- cer. “Why do you leave Tiflis with a load of bay? The markets are there.” “There are no markets for me, Charka, with a sad wail. “Man; “l have seen many men. No one in- CHAPTER XIII. Tm: norm on rm.- cupum. \ W0 days and two nights they continued thus, traveling con- stantly. Two of the men did the pollng while the third slept. At times. unda- tho cover Many days ” said “\Vhat are ‘peg dresses? \\'h\', 2mm! - that hang in one's closet. are not ut'lt'l‘. worn and get a little out of style. They are apt to be the ‘hest gowns.’ h} which I mean those for dressy owa- slons. Most of us have but one. whivh is worn so seldom that it bt‘t'Olllt’S a problem to keep it; always in style. for there is a limit even to the changing of sleeves and alteration or the adorn- ment of lace. When that is reached the owner must be firm with herself and discard the dress in its present form For this reason I think it a goal plan to have this gown of rather inexo pensive material and let its beauty he in the way it is made; then when it must step down from its high estate we on put the scissors to it with bet- ter men. for I have always found that it take- moral courage to flunk a rich A Grandmother's Hint About Gmnn and Their \Venflnx. “The way to be Well dressvd." mid grandmother. “is never to have ‘pt‘r-I dresses.’ That was my mother’s rule. and I have always made. it mine. ""«We must keep We“ under cm" ml that boat nu passed us." said Harvey, “What do you make it out to be, L‘nar. saw 1 b’oat overhauling them. Harvey stood aghast. Alone he cuuH not handle the sails. lie shouted to them to come back, but they paid In attention to him. He returned to Alma. “The fools have left us! Charka \\‘.'.\' thrown overboard by a broken row: and I told them to g? in the small [mat to rescue them. They took the bout. preferring that in the storm to remain mg on this boat with us. They 6:1). my darling, we have brought a cum upon "19!." " It m a long. low vessel. Without mute, with high bow and storm. It was propelled by four rowers. two on each side. end I fifth man sat in the stem with a paddle to steer. cayik shot a way “I. too. my master. am going to .\.~ trabad.” said Charka. “Does ev ery one who goes :0 t‘ '- at Tifllsgo from there to Astrulu “1_\’ot all excellent captain; but a -§.~- -4oc-qnuoob- Muscovlte woman and an unbelievor We do not wish to kill. so we leave." “We have nothlnx to fear from that," laid Churn. “That is a Turkish ca. yik. Some rich merchant perhaps from Constantinople has brought his pleas. ure boat all the way to the fair. Think of carrying a. boat across laud!" “Yes. and we want that .-\!:u*riv:1n now!" growled the olfieer in command. “What have yen in those sacks?” “Nothing, excellent sir. but some of the goods I took to the fair and \'."11‘<'h I did not sell. I shall return to Asim- bad and thence to Constantinozdc W way of the caravan." “ :0 on,” said the officer, and (in! “Now. you.” said the cilia»: tn t ka. “Hello! It is that slow old boat. Well. my friend. where am going?” “That may be I0 or not," said liar. vey. “A boat might be built at Tim; after the Turkish model. It is safer for us to be out of sight." Charla grumbled envioushv :. saw the tour rowers bending to “8". The Turkish cayik Sm'mm‘; anxious to avoid the haylu'm! Charka was to avoid the (mil steered to the opposite side M m er. the eflorts of the rowers wm bled. and at a burst of speed n by. “They are after the Turk! In for it. too!" waned Charkn. “Keep a cool head, Charla Harvey. “Remember, a preciou pends upon your shrewdness." “I know.” “Stop Where you are!" came from the Russian. “We will you." Knowing the uselessness of m Charka made his way tower launch,‘ which had now steam alongside the cayik. “It is true. most excellent 52w." :1 Turkish voice from the cayik “us my- lng. “I am an Osmanli. It is nlm true that I am Hafiz Elfendl, who Ullm‘ acted as merchant in those goods the men of Georgia and Clrcassia had to sell. I stole nothing. but when :1 {:1- ther wished to place his beautiful daughter in the house of a “'(zllllly prince I carried on the negotiations. But that is all done. Even the num- day a girl was stolen, but it \ms an American, not an Osmanli. who stole her." The long boat came on rapidly, and Harvey and Alma again cra wlml under the hay. At night they were within z< the village of Salain. Thong!) 8 dark night, Chat-kn, who 1.- livcs of his passengers in mi] bade them coming from undrr 1 “The steamboat of the Mn: ti \‘ “The steamboat of the M has not yet returned up the 1 said. “It is lying at Salain the boats that go out upon {ussian is going business of some nearer. that we I nation." , As they came the town they saw the Ru: shoot out from the land and (11118 of the strong: electric 1i; bow saw the cayik evidently escape. 'L‘his was too much for eness of Haryoy. 110 e. :e of the bay to obser‘ on. arka.” he s an to so {'m “r .nxrmrnn.) PEG DRESSES. ame opposite tlu we may ' intert kind 1 lid I] Jear t ’th 88 their more than THE JOB : : DEPARTHEN'I‘ short distance 1 Wm“ Sue?! L hours from 1:. ’ t H K? 1 in the \va Hm. to 10 11.111. 21:, Special atmmnx. on and Children O; Sution ”v {Ransom monumu ‘l mac HOUSE. swam” :z‘srz d ndnev t” uoportv. l. G. Hutton. FFICE AND RESIM‘ ,\ G‘t‘ff.” ahd ‘ H‘ I” "'Q t “ hi‘l. 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