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CHAPTER XX
ting Condomnad to fight Dual'
After k few abort houra of real W1I
eoa and Lang arose refreshed With
Pearl's help the twain managed to
care np sufficient food easily pre-
pared which answered for breakfast
With the intention of giving no visible
excuse to Schiller for further punish
meat and realizing that promptness
'in reporting for duty Was essential if
they expected leniency they hunted
Rogers up and gave themselves in
sharge
Rogers conducted Lang and Wilson
to a cabin built In the side of the
mountain situated in the north cor-
ner of the village This was the en-
trance to the shaft lending into the
heart of the mountain The mines
were practically only a tunnel about
200 yards long by 30 feet wide and
10 feet high at its highest point
hoarded up roughly to keep the earth
from crumbling in and filling the
a pace Over a hundred men worked
in this place Some of these prisoners
had never seen the light of day since
their lnoarce ration
“I suppose Lang” said Rogers call-
ing Louis to one side out of hearing
of everybody but Wilson "that you
ore prepared for the worsts in this
deal?"
“No I can't say as I am" said
louts smiling "blit I can take it as it
comes There Is a great deal in feel-
ing that you don't deserve punish-
ment and you know that I do not —
and I can make myself contented
under the circumstances I brought
it on myself ignorantly but if every-
thing goes on as it should I will be
the winner In the end I am used to
hard labor and as work is all one to
me I don't care what 1 have to do I
think the wife I’ve gained — the finest
little woman in the town is worth the
struggle SeeT
"Yes I see and I don't seel I think
I can understand as well as anyone
A villainous personage was placing
Too expect to make It warm for Schil-
ler In some way though"
"That remains to be seen- It would
he foolish for me to give my plans
away at this stage in the game!"
"I know Wilson pretty well and can
guess bla plans for revenge How--ever
you might have done worst than
fall Into my hands for safe keeping
I’ll treat you fair but I want to give
you a little advice— whatever you do
-do It well"
"There are two meanings to this"
wild Lang to himself
"I shall make Wilson overseer of
The oartmen not such a hardened
rrascal like yourself I can trust him
to come and go between the mines
and the river" Louis understood the
drift "And you Lang I shall have
i to give a pick and shovel and send
you Into labor with the diggers-
lifers We do not restrict even these
to absolute silence so you can talk all
you want to but I advise you not to
make a confident of any of my guard
— s word to the wise You know of
course from overhearing my conver-
sation with Golden that f bear Schil-
ler no love hnt that Is no reason why
1 should be nny too lenient with yout
'Your experience must come from hav-
ing hard knocks and your salvation
must come through your own self"
At this Juncture Cronoley Rogers
assistant entered tho office
“Give an Ignorant man authority
and he will abuse It" such was the
case of Cronoley He was a great
'burly grizzled Irishman of the typical
'kind At one time he had been a
sewer cleaner In' one of our large
Kittles He had killed a companion In
fit of anger and made bis escape
through the subterranean passages
wrtleh ha knew so well Ha toll In
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Charlea Morrla flutit-r
with a band of thieves later and In
turn fell In with the convicts under
Sdliiller ' The king bad appointed him
to the position he now held and It Is
safe to assume that he was the kind
to take advantage of his power'
Cronoley 1 conducted the twain to
their respective working stations It
only took Lang about 10 minutes to
divine Rogers’ true thoughts In as-
signing him to work with the '‘dig-
gers”— in the main life prisoners and
for that reason a most desperate lot
of prisoners whatever they had been
sentenced for The reason then was
apparent to Lang Here was the place
to stir up the Insurrection! Lang set
his wits to work to get into the graces
of his fcllow-workligmen as soon as
possible '
Lang fell under Cronoley's dis-
pleasure at once by his wilful clumsi-
ness In holding his pick and awkward-
ness generally and several times In
not too gentle terms was reprimanded
for loafing On one of these occasions
Louis retorted back In consequence
of his "Bars" he was warned by the
keeper that another offense of the
nature would mean twenty strokes of
the "cat” As a punishment Instead
of being allowed to go home for din-
ner nt noon he was compelled to load
up an extra car of dirt during the
noon hour alone and only given 5
minutes for rest and a very light
lunch of dry bread and black coffee
This was the first day Lang was
not so sure that the course he had
laid out for himself was the best but
having started on the plan despite
any discomfort to himself he meant
to carry it ouL In the evening Wilson
and himself were allowed their lib-
erty Arriving at the house they found it
deserted No Pearl no Hr Hunting-
ton what could It mean? la silence
each ate a few scraps to appease their
almost ravenous appetite Something
seemed to warn the lade tbrt a strug-
gle of momentous importance was
his rough hand over her mouth
about to take place Waiting until
there could be no doubt but wbnt the
absence of the two was not occasioned
by the fact that they were simply out
walking Lang and Wilson went to toe
home of Golden and stated the case
to him
“Some plot of Schiller's" said
Golden readily "but wbat It Is Is hard
to state 1 hardly think that he has
dared to abduct your wife from your
home He knows too well the penalty
for such a crime beret However we
will notify Rogers and if he thinks It
best we will call upon Schiller at his
palace”
After a little time spent In search
Rogers was found and while offering
no clew as to Pearl's whereabouts he
recommended a call upon the king
The quartette searched the haunted
house thoroughly first to satisfy
thcmselvcd that the lost ones were not
within Its portals then visited the
king’s palace
Tho king not overburdened with a
surplus of servants answered the ring
at the door himself 'Well?'' be
questioned as If at a loss to under-
stand why he was paid a visit
"Where Is Mrs Lang?" asked Gold-
en who thought It best to precipitate
hostilities from the stark Schiller
was equally on his mettle "I don't
know that that Is any affair of yours"
was the retort
"Perhaps It Is mine!" said Louis
The quartette while conversing were
following Schiller Into his office
which was the front room off from the
hall leadtrg from the front door
"She Is my wife I desire to know
wher she Is" i
"Your wishes can’t be many— a con-
vict!" sneered Schiller "What do I
know of your convlet wife?”
t
It waa with effort Louis restrained!
himself from striking the Insulting)
ian I
"Listen to me then!” thundered
Rogers speaking for the first time
"I know that Mrs Lang is In this
house Her husband may be a con-
vict bnt she as a wife s bound to
receive protection from every honest
man"
"That will do Rogers!" said the
king very calmly "When you say
Mrs Iang Is In this house you He!"
What might have taken place after
this declaration Is hard to say
Whether Rogers- would have tried
conclusions with his superior or not
never was demorstra'ed Schiller had
Pearce hurled the threat when a pierc-
ing scream was heard whose echo
filled the half-empty palace
I ang made a dive for the rear of the
house "My wife!" he cried and had
darted through the hall and Into the
kitchen There he met a sight which
riled his very blood and made him for
a moment a very madman A villain-
ous looking perronaee dressed In the
garb Of a guardsman was struggling
lo keep Pearl from shrieking by pise-
Irg his rough hand over her mouth
while supporting her In bis arras
Ostensibly be was attempting to carry
her from the room
' It took Lang but a second to knock
the fellow down and catch his wife In
bis own arms before she fell to the
floor When the party headed by
Schiller arrived upon the scene Lang
was master of the situation
“Who brought you here?” Louis
asked of Pearl f Between sobs Pearl
managed to tell her story “Early
this morrlng father came here to noti-
fy Schiller that be was ready to prac-
tice — be never came back I waited
end waited for bis return at last un-
able to bear the suspense I came to
find him Schiller would not tell me
where he was and against my will he
forced me to remain here He confined
me In a darkened room and has dared
to ask me to become bis wife again!"
This was too much for Louis "You
cur!" he cried and sprang upon Schil-
ler bearing him to the floor la hla
frenzy
Louis In taking this means of r
dress had simply robbed himself of
any legal right to impose punishment
— and at the same time laid himself
open to the law Before Golden or
Rogers could interfere the guardsman
who livid with chagrin and passion
had gained his feet hurled himself
upon our hero striking him upon the
head with the butt end of his revol-
ver Schiller rose to his feet smiling
"I have the advantage here" he said
"and I will have hir 'life for that
biow!” ’ ' ‘ ’
"Schiller" said Golden and he waa
terribly In earnest "you are a greater
scoundrel than I supposed From this
time on you and I are enemies! You
condemn Lang to death for this and
so help me I'll make it more than
warm for you!"
"I do cot fear your threats Golden
I am Ling here and this 1? my palace
This man — a convict — has assaulted
me and as my right I sentence him
to fight a dupl to the death with
Whalen in the amphitheater to-morrow
night! We will see who has the up-
per hand here!"
"So be It” said Golden furiously
and there was n look -of resolve in hie
face "and in the meantime I will take
his wife under my care"
Rogers was rather taken back at
the unexpected turn of affairs "Schil-
ler where is Dr Huntington?" be
asked
“At the hospital" was the dogged
reply of Schiller who now desired to
cultivate Rogers as a witness to the
assault
"For how long?" demanded Golden
"Forever!" retorted the king
"It Dr Huntington has consented to
do his duty you have no right to fur-
ther punish him"
"That will do gentlemen" said the
revengeful man “That Is my busi-
ness The people have granted ms
the privilege of being revenged on
him and I refuse to be balked by
you!"
"Then I will appeal to the people to
take away your arbitrary power!” said
Goldeu "Rogers and L as two of the
suprems councllmen must pit our-
selves against you!"
“Do so! You dare to Interfere with
me and see what I will do with you!"
“Set the ball to rolling" was
Golden’s retort “Your downfall will
be on your own head!"
Without more ado the party left
the house Golden took Pearl Into hla
charge Rogers placed Lang under ar-
rest taking Louis to h!s own home
-Wilson alone slept in the haunted
house
In the evening sure enough upon
the pubtle bulletin boards appeared
this notice:
"NOTICE!
"Be it known- by sll men that
whereas Louis Lang being duly con-
victed of assault with Intent to kill
the person of the king he Is hereby
sentenced to fight a duel to the death
with one Whalen convicted of trig-
nmy at the amphitheater on Wednes-
day night July 10 By order of
"SCHILLER King
(To be continued)
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CALVE S 7S 4 XI
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF
The Sunday Observer says that the
British government has decided to
establish a naval base at Singapore as
part of a vast new scheme of Imperial
defense
The latest telegrams received at
Havana indicate that tho presidential
election has resulted In a complete
government victory throughout the
entire Island
A big army scandal which may as-
sume the proportions of the Taggart
affair Is being thrashed out behind
closed doors at the Vancouver bar-
racks at Portland Ore
The bull fight which was to have
been a conspicuous feature of the fes-
tivities In honor of the coming visit
of President Loubet to the Spanish
capital has been suppressed
An agreement was signed by the
Norwegian and Swedish delegates at
Karlstad at G:10 o’clock on Septem-
ber 23 Tbe protocols wUl be pub-
lished next week at Christiania and
Stockholm simultaneously
Two deaths from cholera have oc-
curred at Blockawek near SL Peters-
burg on the Vistula river The vlo-
Urns were members of the same
family in which a death from cholera
was reported last Wednesday ‘
The railroad damage suit Industry
In Texas has taken a new turn Tired
of being made to pay out millions of
dollars to employes on claims many
of which they believed to be fictitious
some of tbe railroads have adopted
the poUcy of suing their employes
when accidents occur through negli-
gence Devlin's creditors will not meet un-
til October 19 Tbe change of date
for the meeting has been authorized
by the referee in bankruptcy By
that time Judge Horine of Chicago
and other parties interested in un-
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be able to report just wbat they can
do
President L Clark Selee announc-
ed that he had received an offer from
Fred Bennett a wealthy resident of
Joliet 111 to remove Smith college
from Northampton Mass to Joliet
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One death from cholera haa Just
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the victim was a 4-year-old Infant A
bacteriological examination showed
that death was from cholera AH of
the members of the crew of the barge
have been Isolated
At Seoul Korea M Hayashl the
Japanese minister gave a luncheon
to Miss Alice Roosevelt and her party
Schutnsnn-Helnk arrived In New
Vork from Syracuse Doctor J Mount
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- Gfenral Kaulbars formerly In com-
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St Petersburg -From 8t Petersburg
General Kaulbars will proceed to
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lie Is seriously 111 and was carried
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HINDOO BOTHERS TEACHERS
Persists In Wearing Turban During
Class Hours
Hira Singh a high caste Hindoo
who has Just been enrolled among the
students of East High school Minne-
apolis persists in wearing hla turban
In class hours and the school authori-
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the matter With him the turban is
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times When he rose to recite he still
wore his turban and when naked to
remove it by a teacher he poUteiy bnt
firmly refused When the dismissal
bell rang Hira still wore his turban
and he is still wearing it in school
and out WhUe the question is being
discussed by the school authorities
Singh is fast becoming one of ' tho
most popular students in the h’ga
school
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A Young Lady from New Jersey Put
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"Coffee gave me terrible spills of
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