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Preta’sPouble
By HELEN V. GREYSON.
(Copyright by Robert Bonner's
CHAPTER V.
continued.
"Ton have thkl which belonged to
Breta Panton. Oh, luy lady, you can
not deceive me! I havo known yon
too long. Take your choice, however,
afl it matters little to me. Eithor bring
me the five hundred that you took from
that girl, or go with me to tlicso Brent-
woods and lot me introduce yon.”
"I have no money, I tell you again!”
eho cried in anger.
“And I tell you again that I know
better I give you two minutes to
choose yonr course.”
Sho stood silent, thinking what she
should do, when his voico interrupted
her.
"Time's np!” ho said. “Como, wo
will go to the house together,”
"No, no! I will give you tlio money!
But I have notgotflvo hundred. There
Were only four hundred!” sho cried in
alar m.
Tho more thought of facing Eric
Brentwood with this man wns enough
to make lior decide. Hlio must koop
tho trntli from him at any price.
"Well, thnt’ll do. To-morrow night,
at this hour, I shall expect to find you
here with tho money."
“3fou leave mo no clioieo but to
obey," sho repliod, intones of nngor
and lintred.
..“ISoit can return to yonr friends
now, my dear," lie said, in a sarenstio
vpfoe: “I shall tnke n run up to New
xbrk in tho morning, but I’ll bo back
in time to koop our appointment)
never fear."
"I wish you would novor como
back!” she cried, in pnssionate tonos.
“I do not doubt it, my doar. How
ever, I will oomo back, and who known
but you will bo glnd to soo me, after
all!" ha said, with a light laugh, ns he
moved nwny.
’ He spoke the last words in a jesting
manner. But wns ha a prophot?
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CHAPTER VI.
IN TUG EAGLE'S CLAWS.
ensuing danger."
We will go back to tho oxperioncos
of the real Bretn Panton, ns, alone,
she took lior seat in tho train’ for
Brentwood Park.
As the face of tho good-honrtod old
doctor fadod from her view, a feeling
of loneliness stolo over hor. After gaz
ing out of the ear-window for nwhito,
she settled back in her Beat and oponed
a newspaper which Poctor Montford
bad boon kind enough to furnish her,
uad for the next tlftccn minutes sho
perused its contents, undisturbed.
Presently, the opening and shutting
of tho door nt the rear end of the car
censed hor to start; and, turning her
bond, she saw a man coming up thu
aisle—tho very handsomest man sho
bad ever seen.
But had sho not scon him before?
If not him, certainly some one very
like him.
"Where and when," she nskod her
self, “bnve I seen cyos liko his?”
He seated himself nearly opposite
her, and once, when ho tnrnod his
eyes in hor direction, sho uoticod him
start. She turned her face from his
gaze, and pretended to be viewing tho
landscape from tho window, while all
tho while her thoughts wore oocupied
with tho stranger. As his gnze rested
upon her nil uncanny fooling stole over
her, and she sank back further into
the cushioned sent. Turning her fneo
iu his direction ngain, as jf some sub
tle fascination urged her to do so, sho
met those piercing black eyes still
fixed upon her in half recognition.
She was about to take up her paper
again, when sho was alarmed to see
him rise from his sent and como toward
her.
“Excise me," ho said in pleasant'
tones, "but may I ask you u ques
tion?”
"Certainly,” she repliod, not know
ing what else to say, so startled was
sho by this unexpected move on his
part.
“Are you not Miss Bretn Dnntou?”
he asked, seating himself in tho va
cant sent beside her.
"Yes, that is my name. But how
did you know? I cannot place you,
yet I seem to remember your face.
Somewhere wo have mot. Whore?”
“Can you not remember? Don't
yon recollect tho man who caught your
runaway horse one dny in sunny Italy?"
ho nsked in a polite tone.
As he mentioned tho fact, memory
at oncp returned.
’.'. a, I knew I had seen yon before.
You .re Mr. Martiuui, whom I novor
can thank enougn for saving my life."
And she held out her hand to him.
“How come you to be in America,
Miss Pauton, and nlone?”
"Mamma died, and I am going to
friends. But, sir, I am surprised to
ee$ yon over here.”
!> "I, like you, have friends on this
aide of the ocean. At present I nm
going to Brentwood Pork to see nn old
friend, Eric; Brentwood."
“Yon going to Brentwood Park!
she exclaimed. “Why, that is the
very place to which I am going. How
strange that we both are bound for
onod speed and her companion, tak ing
hold of her arm, assisted her from the
car.
“Are you sure, Mr. Mnrtinnl, that
ho called out ‘Brentwood?’ I thought
ho said something else. I didn’t quite
understand him.”
“Why, certniuly, I ntn snre. I
know this country around here well.
Most of my life was spent in America,”
he returned, ns ho stopped with hor
into tlio station.
“Wait here until I get some sort of
conveyance. I saw several standing
over there, although they were not
very inviting looking. However, I
•appose they will do in liou of some
thing hotter.”
Heating herself pn the bonch that
snrrronndod tho waiting-roenn, Breta
was filled with misgivings. Although
tho man she knew ns Mnrtinni had
saved hor life while she and her
mother lived in Italy, sho knew very
little about him, suvo that he was thon
stopping at tho one Binnll inn tho small
town boasted. Shortly after ho had
done hor that scrvico ho had left tho
place, and sho had neither soon nor
heard of him until she met him on tho
train bound for Brentwood.
Tho waiting-room was deserted, nnd
a feeling of desolation took possession
of her ns sho looked about her.
Presently hor companion rotnrnod
with nulose carriage, or rnther, what had
onoo been worthy of tho namo of car
riage, but which was now so old nnd
mud-coverod that it hardly deserved
tlio name nt nil. A vicious-looking
ilrivor jumped from his seat and hold
open the door foy them to outer.
“Come!” said Mnrtinni. “This is
the best of the lot," indicating tho
old vehicle.
Mechanically she nllowod him to
assist her into tho carriage.
"Did you tell the driver where to
tnko ns?" she asked, as sho noticed
that ho gave no directions iu hor pres
ence.
“Yes, I told him wlion. I hired this
old ‘get-up.’ Hopo I did not keep
you waiting long. We’vo got nbout
an hour’s ride nhend of us yet, so just
lenn book nnd mnko yonrsolf as com
fortable ns .this old rig will allow."
After about five minutes' ride Mar-
tinni exclaimed: “Look out of that
window, Miss Panton! Did you ever
soo anything liko that before?”
Brotn turned to gaze in the direc
tion indicated, bat suddenly sho was
hold in a viso-liko grasp, whilo a cloth
satunrnted with chloroform was
pressed to hor nostrils. She was con
scious of a choking sousation, and
thon sho kuow no more.
CHAPTER VII.
A l’KISONim,
a heart, madam, and I appeal to you
to let me out of this house that I may
go to my friends.”
“Sorry, miss, bnt I can’t do it until
I have orders from Carlos.”
“From whom?” inquired Breta.
“From Carlos—the man you know
as Martiuui,” replied she.
“Is not that his namo?”.asked Breta,
in surprise.
“That's one of them, I suppose. Ho
has various ones,”* returned tho. wo
man, with a short laugh.
"Who is he? What is he?” asked
Breta. “No man would have so many
different names unless lie were a crimi
nal, eluding justice. Have I been in
the company of such a man ? Ho might
lmvo killed mo!” sho exclaimed, with
a shudder.
“Carlos nover harms any ono unless
ho or sho injures him in some way.
Yon linvo never done him wrong; be
sides, I heard him say that ho Bavod
your life once.”
“Yes, he did. But why did he treat
mo thus?" asked Breta.
It must havo been a case of neces
sity,” returned the woman. “He
would dot have done it unless he had
a strong motive. Just have patience,
miss, nnd lie’ll see you through all
right. You’ll get to your friendB in
good time, nover liar.”
Tho wornnn was not so bad at heart,
and the beauty and innocence of Breta’s
faco took her fancy; and nltliough sho
wan compolled to keep her in confine
ment, she dotermined to treirt her
kindly.
“I must go now and bring up your
supper. Take my advice and take
things quietly, for no hnrra will como
U> you. Don’t be too harsh with Carlos
if ho happens to como hero, and I'm
sure you’ll got your liberty all the
sooner. I’m’ sorry to be obliged to
lock tho door nftor me, but it can’t bo
helped."
MORE SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY
BROl’QHT OUT BY WITNESSES.
BAD FOOD AND BAD WATER.
Kansas City Doctor Severely Roasts Army
Surgeons—Tells a Highly Inter
esting Story.
General Dodge, Colonel Sexton and
Dr. Conner, of the war investigating
commission, arrived in Chicago Mon
day and immediately began the exami
nation of witnesses at the Auditorium
hotel. A large number of witnesses
were on the list.
Dr. Lewis Schooler, of Des Moines,
la., was the first witness to testify.
From June 7th to Jnfy 17th Dr.
Schooler was stationed at Camp Thomas
as chief surgeon of the Second divis
ion, Third corps.
Questioned by Dr. Conner, he said
that during the time he wns there the
sanitary condition in tie hospitals
wns not very good; that the sinks in
the whole division were bad, owing
principally to the character of the
ground, and the discipline wns rather
lax.
“At the opening,” said Dr. Shooler,
"there were practically no facilities
for the care of tho sick; we were short
TEXT OF THB PROTOCOL.
of medicines and had no apparatus by
Ho saying, shq passed out, closing [ which the stewards could prepare the
and locking tho door behind hor, lenv
ing Bretn standing in the middle of
the floor with a perplexed nnd linlf-
frightonod look in her largo, bine eyes.
medicinos that we had.
“Tho regimental hospitals, all lint
ono or two, were poorly supplied with
medioines os division hospitals. Be-
Hinkiug into a chair, sho leaned ' qnisitions were made for more, but
back in a weary,half-resigned manner, | they were generally disapproved at
saying; ' I tho camp headquarters.”
1 wonder if any other young girl Asked to give, in as few words as
has had Hitch strnnge experiences? j possible,'his opinion about the gen-
And,” she continued, half-aloud, “I i eral condition at Camp Thomas dur
ing the time he was stationed there.
wonder if that wicked Inez reached
America? I-thought that she,too, wns
my friend. But if she is a friend,save
mo from my enemies! To think that,
aftor I paid hor passage across, she
should stain her soul with guilt! And
it must hare all beou for the sake of
Dr. Schooler said:
Colonel I-ee Cento red.
“In the first place, the quartermas
ter and surgeons could not agree as to
the number of tents that we should
tho few hundred dollars that were in have. Colonel Lee contended that
my vnlise. I have told no one that it we wero limited to a certain number of
was the work of treachery—my being tents, seventeen, I think it was, in the
in the water. But if over Inez nnd I ; beginning. We afterwards prevailed
meet, I will bring it home to her. Had U P°" him to give ns twenty-one. His
hIio been tho friend she pretended to ! contention was that he could not issue
he, I would not be hero now. Ah, lioro tents beyond the prescribed number,
uomes that woman again!” as she heard I think the quartermaster's depnrt-
steps outsldo the door. ment was largely responsible for the
Tho key turned in tho lock, and in Rreat sickness; the medical department
stepped the woman with hor supper.
When Bi ota Danton regained con
sciousness, she found herself lying on
a couch, in a room poorly furnishod,
but noat in every particular.
Gazing nbout her in a dazed man
ner it wus several minutes before she
fully remembered what had liapponod
to her. She gave n suppressed cry ns
she remembered that tho man Mnr-
tinni who pretended to be her friend
had chloroformed hor. After that sho
knew nothing, until she nwoko aud
found herself iu that room which in
stinct told hoi' was not ono nt Brent
wood Pnrk.
“Where am I?” sho cried. "Why
did that man bring me here?”
Hastening to the door she turned
the knob, but to her surpriso anil
alarm slio found it locked.
“Ho lias locked me iu! Why did ho
do it?"
Whereupon sho rapped loudly upon
the panel, thinking that if any one
were around ho would surely come to
soe what was wanted.
And she was not mistaken, for sho
heard the heavy tramp of feet upon
tho cnrpetloss stairs, aud presently tho
door opened, and a large, dark-haired
woman outcred the room and planted
hor back ugniust tho door.
“Woli, miss, so you’ve como to, eh?
Had quito a long sleep, "roinnrkcd the
wornnu in coarse tone*.
“Whoso house is this?" asked Breta
“Why did that man Mnrtinni bring mo
hero?"
"This is my house, miss. As to
why ho brought you here, you'll have
to ask him that yourself. He doesn’t
tell me liis motives. Ho just came iu
nnd said: ‘See that this young lady is
kopt where she can’t got out,’ nnd, of
course, I had to oblige him, as be is
an old friend of mine,” replied the
woman.
“But, madam, you’ll not koop me
confined hero?” asked Breta, in be
seeching tones.
“Am obliged to. Can’t disobey
orders,” she returned. - "But,” she
added, “no harm will oome to yon,
rest assured, miss. Whatever his ob
ject iu confining you here, he means
yon no personal harm.”
“How do you know?” put iu Breta.
“Did he not chloroform me while pre
tending that ho was taking me to
Brentwood Park to my friends? I
think that jj harm enough.”
“Oh, well; you see he had to do that
CHAPTER VIII.
the same place and that you should iu order to get you here quietly,'’ re
know the BrentwoodsJ" I turned the woman.
“At any rate, it is a happy coinci-j “How far am I from Brentwood?”
dence, for we can go there together inquired Breta, with a white face,
and give them a double surprise. “Oh, quite a distance. About ten
By the way, we get off at the next sta- miles, I judge.”
ti°n.” ! “The villain! To take advantage of
“Why, I did not know that we were j my ignorance of this country to lead
there, ’ she said, us the train slack- me into a trap like this! But you have
A F1IU1TLE8B ATTEMPT.
After Carlos Monteri, or Marlinni,
as he was known to Breta Dauton, had
succeeded in reducing her to a state of
uuuonsRionsiioss,ho ordered tho driver
to go directly to a certain house not
over half a mile from tho station, bnt
hidden from view by_a dense woodland
which surrounded it.'
Having placed Breta in charge of
the woman, with whom' he appeared
on good terms of intimacy, and to
whom he gave strict orders to guard
his prisoner, he immediately pro
ceeded to tho station and waited until
tho next train came along. He had
not long to wnit, for it soon came to a
halt as it reached tho station, aud
Carlos Monteri proceeded on his jour
ney to the vicinity of Brentwood Pork.
Having renohed his destination,
which happened to bo a farm-house
about a mile from the park, he spent
the remainder of the evening in writ
ing letters. At nine o'clook he sallied
forth to keep his appointment.
It wns a bright, moonlight night,
nnd ns it wanted an hour of the ap
pointed time, Carlos did not hurry
himself, but gnve himself up to
thoughts of his day's work.
‘By jovel” ho murmured. “Who
would linvo thought that I would
stumble ovor that girl here, and
Inez thinks that she is at the bottom
of tho son. Hhe failed in her attempt
to drown Bretn Dauton, after all; and
bnt for tho odd working of fate that
threw her in my path, she would have
renohed Brentwood Park, made her
self known, nnd tho jig would have
boon up. Ahn!” bo chuokled. "I have
got an additional hold on my lady!
Won’t she bo surprised when she
hears the news?”
Reaching tho nppoiuted plnoe of
meeting, he consulted his watch, aud
found that he still laokod ten minutes
of tho time. Seating himself on tho
trunk of n falling tree, ho waited for
the girl and the four hundred dollars
which ho had demanded.
"Sho is not in any hurry,” ho mur
mured.
Just then ho thought ho heard a
rustle somewhere behind him, but as
he saw nothing, he gave the matter
no more thought and started to whistle
a favorite Italian air, while he re
clined on thp trunk of the tree, with
his face turned toward tho park.
He had not finished whistling the
the tune ho had begun, when a voice
oried out in a suppressed bnt passion
ate tone;
"Die, you villain!”
And before he eonld collect his
thoughts he felt a thrust from behind,
and knew that he had been stabbed.
Bnt the dagger had missed its mark,
for it merely grazed his shoulder-
blade.
[To be continued.]
(that is, the Rtipply department) wns
also responsible for some things. Thon
we lacked facilities to make reports
on—did not even have stationery.”
Water Not Fit to Drink.
In regard to the water supply at the
camp, Dr. Schooler stated that he did
not think any o? the surgeons in his
division considered the water fit to
drink. And, again, there was not
enough teams at the disposal of the
officers to enable them to bring suffi
cient yater.
He gave as his opinion that the
medical officers wore hampered too
much liy officers of higher rank, but
who hnd no medical training.
When questioned as to tho lack of
nnrRes, the dootor said that he thought
that both the nurses as well as the
officers were overworked.
ttato Department Makes Public Content*
of the Document.
A Washington special says; The
State department for the first time
made pnblio a copy of the protocol be
tween the United States and Spain for
the preliminary settlement of the war.
The protocol, textnally, is as follows;
Protocol of agreement between the
United States and Spain embodying
the terms of a basis for the establish
ment of peace between the two coun
tries, signed at Washington, August
12, 1898, Protocol:
William R. Day, secretary of state
of the United States, aud his excel
lency, Jules Camlion, ambassador ex
traordinary and plenipotentiary of the
repnblio of France.ot Washington, re
spectively possessing for this pnrpose
all authority for the government of the
United States ami the government of
Spain, have considered and signed the
following articles,embodying theterms
on which the two governments have
ngreed in respect to the matters here
inafter set forth,having in view the es
tablishment of peace between the two
countries, that is to say:
Artiole 1.—Spain will relinquish all
claim of sovereignty over the title to
Cuba.
Article 2.—Spain will cede to the
United States the island of Porto Rico
and other islands now under Spnnisli
sovereignty in the West Indies, and
also an island in the Lndrones, to be
selected by the United States.
Article 3.—The United States will
occupy nnd hold the city, liny nnd har
bor of Manila, pending the conclusion
of a treaty of penco which shall deter
mine the control, disposition and gov
ernment of the Philippiges.
.Article 4—Spain will* immediately
evacuate Cuba, Porto Rico nnd the
other islands now under Spanish
sovereignty in the West Indies, and to
this end each government will, within
ten days after the signing of this
protocol, appoint commissioners, and
the commissioners so appointed shall,
’within thirty dnys after the signing of
this protocol meet in Havana for the
purpose of arranging nnd carrying out
the details of the aforesaid evaouation
of Porto Rico and other islands now
under Spanish sovereignty in the
West Indies.
Article 5—The United States nnd
Spain will each appoint not more than
five commissioners to treat of peace,
and the commissioners so appointed
shall meet at Paris not later than
October 1898, and proceed to the nego
tiation and conclusion of a treaty of
peace, which treaty shall be subject to
reaffirmation according to the prospec
tive constitutional forms of the two
countries.
Article fi—Upon the conclusion niul
signing of this protocol hostilities be
tween the two countries shall be sus
pended, and notice to that effect shall
be given as soon as possible by each
government to the commanders of its
military and naval force’s,
Pone at Washington in duplicate in
English nnd in French by the under
signed, who have hereunto set their
hands and seals, this 12th day of Au
gust, 1898. W. R. Day,
Jules Cambon,
Food W«i Dud.
Dr. Milo B. Ward, of Kansas City,
who was a brigade surgeon at Camp
Thomas from July 12th to Heptember
10th, when asked br to the condition
of tho hospitals, said that there was a
great lack of medicines, only some of
the very simplest medicines being on
hand.
“The food which wnH furnished the
men,” said he, “I would not wnnt to
give to my pet dog.”
Ho said that the food would have
been all right hnd it been properly
cooked, but in the shape in which it
was brought to the men, it was enough
to mako anybody sick. The doctor
wns then questioned ns to the lack of
nttention shown patients just coming
down with disease.
The doctor stated that he knew of
several cases where tho patients were
allowed to lio out on the ground the
whole day and also during the night
before being taken to the hospital.
FOURTH OHIO IN WASHINGTON.
Regiment I* Reviewed anil Given a Re
ception B.r President.
The Fourth Ohio infantry, which
passed through Washington Saturday
en route from Porto Rico to Colnm-
bus, was paid the usual compliment of
a reception at the white house.
The regiment first passed in review
before the executive mansion, after
which the'soldiers filed through the
main doors, moved to the left and en
tered the east room. Marching in
single file, the soldiers passed by the
president, who oordially shook hands
..aVi nna A f 1 Q *5)0 n'fllnfilf OlA
with each one. At 12:30 o'clock the
regiment left for the west over the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
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RAY FORBIDS AN EXECUTION.
Courtmnrtlal Sentence By a Cuban Gen
eral Wat Not Carried Out.
A Santiago dispatch says: An inci
dent has occurred which is causing
much talk among the Cubans, and may
create ill feeling. The Cuban general,
Perez, recently ordered the trial by
courtmartial of one of his men on a
charge of deserting the army in time
of war.
The prisoner wns sentenced to
death, blit before the sentence was
executed notification wbr sent to
Colonel Ray, of the Third immune
regiment, who laid the matter before
General Wood, commnnder of the
military department of Hnntiago.
General Ferez was at once informed
that if the man was executed he and
the firing party would be'hanged as
soon as the courts could legally sen
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TROUBLE FEARED IN PARIS
Should Cassation Court or Inquiry Prove
Fnvomlile to Captain Dreyfus.
The London Daily Chronicle pub
lished the following in its issue of
Monday morning;
“We have received information from
a reliable quarter of a well organized
plot in Paris in the event of the in
quiry of the court of cassation proving
favorable to Dreyfus to foment a rioh-
otts outburst in the French capital, to
attempt to overthrow the civil power
and to assassinate the leading cham
pions of Dreyfns.
"These reports are confirmed by
interviews with M. Trarieux, former
minister of jnstioe, and M. DePressio-
so, former editor of The Temps, os
well as others. The police have warn
ed those friends of Dreyfns to change
their residence temporarily or at least
to carry revolvers."
In Zululand when the moon is at
the full objeots are visible at a distance
of seven miles. By starlight one can
read with ease.
After a Long Illnenn He In Enabled tn
Enjoy a Duck Hunt.
Governor Robert L. Taylor, of Ten
nessee, hes sufficiently rec jvered from
Lis reeent illness to enjoy a duok hunt
Saturday near his old home in the
Nolachuckey. He visited his brothers,
- Alt and James, at the home place, and
spent several hours very pleasantly.
Governor Taylor hopes^ to be in Nash
ville within a week,
with remarkable rapidity
OHIO BANK IN TROUBLE.
First National Bank of Flashing Plowed
In Honda of Roeelvor.
A Washington speoial says: The
comptroller of (he currency has order
ed the First National bank of Flush
ing, O.,’ to close its doors.
Bank Examiuer J. W. Delay has
been appointed temporary receiver,
He is improving Dry rot is said to have caused the
failure.
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