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The DEVIL'S MANTLE: Peter --_ Vy hand across his torehead to flirt away the sweat jeads that came dripping into nis yes. It was hot here in the brig's . hold, stiflingly hot, and his exer- tions of the last half hour, which he had spent in scrambling and cla his way over the jumpled | mass ¢argo, had mot made the heat any more endurable. He sat now on a bale of some soft material, physically at rest for, & moment, though his mind ! was, it 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 big Rc) awhich he had entered had josed very shortly after he : oy revved into the hold and it mpenetrably dark here .un- dor deck. ve for the fact that the hold was only half filled with heterogeneous assortment of bores barrels and bales, of whose Glasses / lig mm | m Wil nif TT 1 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- out your prescrip- tion, Jury & & Lovel OPTICAL PARLORS Phone 88 or 68 FETE mn contents he, of course, knew moth- ing, he nad 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 mor, 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 xnow 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 gulded 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 hold 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 determino ae- finitely what was beyond, to make '| 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 tennples, pressing fiercely against them. He cried out suddenly, sharply, Hours! 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 to the Isis? The brig had salleg away; had the Isis, after being looted 'and Marion taken, also sail. ed away--or what? Hé began to crawl again, mak- ing his way aft now. 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- lages of all sizes and shapes, that were piled and packed together, pe ll "rnc a surface so broken and Sill uneven that it could only be ne- METER RRR ERE abi gotiated hy 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 65¢ Why Pay More? same composer. Fox Trot Record No. 8733 Waltz, Record No. 8741 Fox Trot Record No. 8761 Fox Trot Record No. 8718 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 \w fm from further aft, sounds lke mruf- 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 some Treason 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 {t?---- the end of any chance of reaching Mafion? he voices reached him now quite distinctly--one in command. The lanterns began to spread out, and jerk up and down violent- 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 been 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 nrade--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, He was quite safe, he felt, unless, by the most improbable of ill lnck, what the men with the lanterns were after happened to be under these par- ticular bales, or were the bales themselves; but he seemed to have absolutely shut out fron himself what little air there was in the hold, and he could hreathe only with the greatest difculty. He could see nothing, nor could 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 o his pocket 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 volce that whispered and came from just above his head, as though the speaker's lips were at the opening between the two bales, A md 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 game, 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 voices of the men in the hold as they pasted 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 fiot know. But one thing he did krow--- there was a way out of the hold 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 tae ma- tive who had spoken to aim; bet, though each minute was umnendur- able with the semse of inaction, where action might produce re- sults was perhaps possible, com- mon sense, that promisea »x .eert an even chance of outside assiat~ ance, which above all things else was needed, had kept him tucre. taste and good wishes, Let us help you! celebrated FELT When it suddenly dawns upon you--somebody's Wedding, Birthday or Anniversary! and get something that's an injustice to your good Don't rush off We have made a study of gifts, and have an infinite variety--particularly in COMMUNITY PLATE BROS. 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Lawn Grass Seed One of our Specialties Hogg & Lytle LIMITED Church St. Phone 203 [; = |like the lash of a whip. ™is al 1 Tajal All's the man for whom was offered and is Blake Sahib was on hip and had escaped cabin, in which 'he' had up." then, if he thought here," asked Peter, until now Lo search mind of "Tajal All, know, that it came to knowledge that i reat reward whose name tha other from the been shut "But, why, I might be "did he wait the hrig? "That also, "sahib, 1 do not know," the other replied, "except that - first search was made every- where and last of all down here in the hold." "Well, that perhaps accounts for [it and perhaps doesn't," said Pe- ter brusgnely. "But {it doesn't matter! What matters is the fact that this Tajal Ali of yours, or whatever yon call him, carried off a young lady from the Isls, Do you know---"' > 1 "Wait, softly, "it sahib," sald the other is my turn to ask a question. It is true, is it not, that the ahib's name is Blaké Bahib?" "Yes," said Peter tersely, "that's my pame."" Aghar Pind "And mine," sald the other, "is Aghar Pind. Fate is strange, sh hih. We travel always upon the Wheel, but who would have fore- told that Blake Sahib and Aghar Pind would nreet*in the black hold of a ship that is full of thieves-- and worse, sahib!" Worse! The word cut at Peter Yet-- worse! That was it. Marion! He leaned forward and his fingers closed fiercely on the other's arm, "Look here," héb urst out, *I--"" "Wait, sahib,"" sald 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 sahib came here, Will the sahib gay that I am right?" Again Peter frowned. There was something about the man that he could not 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 on 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. no chance. 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 sess 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 yours self!" "All that the sahib says is true," sald Aghar Pind gravely: "and i fs hecause the sahib fears that thare is some trick that I will not tell him why I am willtag to help him, even as the =ahib says at great afsk to mwys2?, until I have proved to 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. "The rest can wait if you are able to téll me anything about her, Where is she? What have they done with her?" "Sahib," sald Aghar Pind, "there are two cabins which join together at the stern of the ship, which are the cabins of Tajal All. The Miss Sahib is in oné of those." "And Tajal Ali?" Peter's voice was suddenly hoarse, imperative. "So far, sahib, she is safe," said Aghar Pind. "Tajal All eats now with his officers in the main cabin, Would it prove to the sahib that I, Aghar Pind, am to be trusted if I took the sahib secretly to the Mids Sahib's cabin?" (To Be Continued) 'THE GREAT DIVIDE OF BEDFORDSHIRE 1,000. Year-Old Boundary Separating Villagers Has Its Funny Side An extraordinary situation ex- ists in Hockliffe (Bedfordshire) owing to the fact that half the village lles on the opposite side Watling street and in a different gcclentastical parish from the other alf. The rector, the Rev. T. 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