(Cc vou Lv a ol i. i wy - @.c ay >» the t) Is me ‘ i} t ! , » that I obey amy sub 1 think it s a reckless ? i S100 « t it . ) WE t - c I zth coul 10t avail iVel coe Ww ike M s s ery , f nt § crush me te « rth that » so before 1 ting » and whe We ym c Ci me Was 2 av in my h \ rt ss w hy 1M You tal 5 Y ‘ ‘ vou i i i gi ) VW you ve the promise ?”

‘To make my victory the more cam- plete

I suspected it.”

And now you knew it. ‘ould you biaine: me ?’’

I nt oO at i<do Bui this n us st g irs se s to k 1d -— < £

‘ the cor : has been with me all my |! But I reselived while still a boy never to make a vain dis- play of it.”

‘What of your performance with the beat the other night ?’’

That was idle display. There was no necessity for yanking that craf ashore as I did. Had ! paused to re- flect, I would not have done so.”

‘And the breaking of the darky's

table ?’’ ‘That was another imstance of which I am ashamed.’

‘Now, however, since you have bro- ken your rule, there will be no harm in going a little farther.”’

‘What do you m by

ean

Give me a private exhibition.’ ‘Haven't you had enough te con- one

vince you ?

“Yes, and enough:.to make me wish for more.”

I did rot like this,.but my eye hap- pened toe fall upon the safe in the next

room. I recalled what I had done be- fore Harold Westcott. when there was

reason for my exhfbdition.

“Tl do one thing and no mere for you.”

‘Very well, provided that one thing

is sufficient

Advancing to the mext room and turning my side teward the mass of iron, precisely as in the first instance, I extended one arm ecross the top and

lifted it from the floor, the detective giving utterance te a2 gasp of amaze- ment.

But a strange thing impressed itself upon my consciousness—the safe was heavier than before. What cculd be the cause ? I was the only one in Am- erica that had the combination, and I had added naught to its contents,

[ started to walk round the room, but the burden was se great that when half-way across I abruptly retraced my steps, setting the massive structure back in place with a bang that shook the upper floor.

Nevertheless it was-a most astonish-

ing feat, and Detective Cone declared it surpassed everything of which he had ever heard.

‘Just one more demonstration.”

‘I shall do nothirg else of that na- ture,”’ I said, thrilled by a shivering fear that I had already done too much.

‘Very well, and [I thank you for your Kindness. [I would give $1,000,990 it it were mine for that gift, which is one of the marvels of the century.’

‘Of what good is superior strength ? The most dangerous desperado of whom I ever heard was a youth in Texus. whom a schoolboy could handle, but he was lightning with the revol- ver. Man’s brain enables him to make all the forces of nature his ser- vyants. It is the brain that is king.”

‘But, all the same, the power of a

lion is a handy thing to have about the house.”’ : : ‘'There may be instances in which it

is convenient, but the possessor is lia- bie nresume upon it t& a fatal ex- tent Il can see now thet if Tom Dis- coe head known how easily I could van- quish him he never would have given me the chance. If he is .acquitted, I shall be :at his mercy.”

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substitution the fraud of the day. See you get Carters,

ask for Carters,

~~ “> ~~ riow rt mim] because he néver would per- mit me to t within reach of him. ” cannot handl 4 pistol like him, ang, stan ling it ‘+ safe distance, he could she L« at his leisi re without my being able to help mvself.”’ \s to Tom and Jake, it doesn’t look

as if they will gaze upon the blue em-

pyrean vault for am indefinite number of vears to come They heave been at this business for ten years, and the of- ficers have been on their trail for half that time. The counterfeits which t} have iss 1 are as dangerous as those that Uhlrich used to engrave and almost equal to those made by that Jérbey genius with his pen,”

é the only ones in this par- tituiar scheme ?” lieved there fs a

third, rut

ihe ‘offic ss haven't betn able to locate him. I thought you were the missing link.” ‘TPDid enyone share that flattering o} bua \ sh Wellir agreed with me. Whe he nd you had bound and

‘“He’s now you're best friend.” ~~

taken Discoe prisoner, he weakened.”

‘Not, however, to the extent of fail- ing to arrest me.”’

“He meant to be on the safe side. He's now your best friend and greatest admirer.”’

“ What do you apprehend will be the

{ result of all this ?”

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‘The two prisoners will be brought to trial and of course found guilty. The term of neither will be less than twenty

rears.”’

“Why shall I be neeGed as a wit- Tress ?’’

[I am not sure you will, since there isiplenty of evidence to -convict with- out yours. Besides, since the district @ttorney is convinced wf your inno- eence, he will be willing, owing to your position in society, to avoid attaching 2ny possible suspicion t9 you, as would be the case if yen had to ex- Plain the singuler part you played.”

Let Me anticipate by saying that it as Detective Cone and Huke were senteneai to twenty

prophesied. convicted

Discoe and

¥ears in the petiitentiarv,:and, so far as the public was concerned, it never learned of my csmmection with the

bus nnOR.

After the departure of the detective, T-sat fi r some minutes in deep thought. A vast, disquieting dread had come upon me.

What was the explanati« yn of that Sate growing intsterably ‘heavy while I was carrying it around the room ?

ad rece allied the solemn words of Pro- £ sor rove n i ittered Vv rs hefs re,

he warned me against making idle disp! ay of my miraculous gift. Could it be that my breakage of the rule obeyed so long had ‘brought its punishment ?

i was alone. Stepping softly into

next room, as if afraifi of being ‘ rheard, I again approached the huge iron structure. Extending my arti as before, I slightly bent my knees ant lifted with all my might.

I could no more budge the tmass of metal thaa if I were a chihi of six

years. Where was my mer lt had from

vellous

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IN THE (‘4AELSTROM I -sat for several minutes smethered hy .a strange terror. The could be no mistake about it. The miraculous

gift, reproduced centuriss in myself,

ever.

after the lapse

had departed for-

My vanity was my own Deiilah. Yielding to a silly pride, ] had maje Fr vain display of my incredible strenzth, and now it had vanished, ani I was as ordinary men.

Sins maine that during all my Tife, when i was not as others, the feeling of aw> theenl oresent with me in a greater or less degree, never approach- ed in height and breadth and depth that which now pervaded my being.

And yet it should not have been so.

ther the emotion should have been atner tne

one of inexoressible relief that the su- pernatural element had been eliminat- ed. and that I was walking on the plane of my fellow-mortals.

Perhaps such would be my mood When Tf ! ume accustomed to the great change. But for the present ] shivered like a man standing on the verge of a fathomless abyss, into Which he feels himself slipping with- out . > power to draw back.

I must do something to fissht off my slice nd 1g madness. I was seized with an unspeakable dread of myself, of my room, of being alone. I must go out —must look upon others and meet men face to face.

Amid my tempest of emotion that Saving consciousness remained. My Only escape from the collapse of brain

and mind was to rush out of the build- in and plunge into something that cael relieve the terrific pressure by turning it in another direction. Without waiting for the elevator, I

dashed down the stairs three steps at

a time. In the clear sunlight I breath- ed freer.

Whither should I fly? What was to be my refuge ?

Wall street. In the wild vortex, the dizzy maelstrom of that piace, I might find surcease from my tremendous emotions ‘Thither I wold go and leap into the pit which hes been the

grave of despairing muitit-ules., e, I had never heen there, and Banothing of its labyiint x

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Sat nuia i! A Man MuUSt Nave money in order to lose mcney. The $10,000 Which I drew some davs before was ti'l in my pocke Most kely my cheque would he accepted, hut it might be questioned. JI had never looked at the hank-book that was shoved §to- ward :ne, and did not do so now.

Kiow much is my balance, please ?”

The cashier turned to the bookkeep- er and said something in a low tone. The bookkeeper handed him a slip of

per with some figures on it.

“Tr ho yi account stands,” Si the urteous cashier, passing me t lip, With which I walked to the re k proy ; 70r <7 accom-

tio { the customer of the 7

Lt.

Even in v Itation I was sur- 7 i ere $15,000

t ent to Europe he

ced | my hands, of which I had made use, such as paying

Irs Murphy and my personal ex- renses I dad drawn only the single a) i ‘ t ' nt my i ut haif of i "a é

iViden listake some-

ere ‘ amount left at I co 1 $25,900. However,

. > wo Inquire Into he t It could rit.

ry lar of the bal-

! to the package in ‘ket. That inade a goodlv sum

Wilma which I make or mar my

fortune In Wall street. I was resolved

t ) ie of t <« ing

would be a fitting clin

Which to wind up my loss of st I Gid not kKnov a soul in (mat Lnane- Clal centre, though scverai pe.sons ke » me, and I returned theil Entering the offiee of the first promi- I rt f brokers, I cont | 1 mv agitation so as not to attract atten- icn, ¢ Ti fit inqui : os to th

the various stocks. “Have yeu any intention of making

@ venture ?” was the bland inquiry. Z aoe is what brings me here.

ruovements of

Wi Go you advise ?” a: ave you any pre ference ?”

‘None. I simply made up my mind awh ago to take flier. Here is $: Invest it for me as your judgment dictates.”

He gave me a receipt, thanked me for my custem, and I told him I would call en the following afternoon to lezrn the result.

i walked all the way back to my rcoms up town. ‘The exercise and the

reaction from tle grotesque step I had taken acted as a soporific. My fever cooled, and a refreshing calm suffused my being. I was not afraid to re- enter my apartment cai to sit down in the chair, from which I had bound- ed with a nameless terror.

I looked at the black, ponderous safe, Which seened to glower and gibe at me from tne adjoining room as if to Say :—

“Vain fool, you would lift me again frem my support. Try it and be over- whelmed with shame.”

But I did not necert the challenge.

was not afraid to but what man knowingly attempts the impos- Sible ?

After ali, that it had come about the world

do so,

flected, it was well ovt thus. To go

with the power of sepa.

as I re

Samson was to rate me from my kind. By and by I would find myself apart from othets. If in due time I should seek a wife, she would shrink frcm me upon baer my inexplain- able gift. But now 1 was only an or- dinary man.

Strange how quickly a sound philoso-

phy reconciles us to the inevitable! My sickening horror, my awe, my dread, left me Truly I was relieved to have thins as they were.

But with this new phase of the sit- uation came vexing thoughts of an- other nature.

TI had risked every dollar I possessed where the chances were a pane to one that I would lose all. Thea I would be penniless. No Goubt when

the matter was explained to Harold he

would assist me. But I could not live upon the generosity of that man who had alrea ly done so much for me

I — tell him the whole truth, but sternly fuse any aid. Why should not I earm my ewn living like any other person ? I was no better than thousands of young men that d» not shrink from :carving their own for-

tunes,

What a lunatic I had been to risk all

on the throw of a die! I would re- turm te the brokers ang cancel my .or- der. { To be Continued ) cieeieninaininliin’ Ck ed 2

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To ouitbesiina ts annoy a policemai {s

quite one of the little arts. Try this: Go

up to fhe Bobby and say, ‘‘ Please can you direct me to such and such an address?” lo which Bobby answers, ‘“‘Go straight

dewn there, take the first turning to the right, the second t d the left and the first to the right again.’’ You are stupid. You do not comprehend. Bobby complies with your reque st torepeatit. ‘‘Thanks. Then, to start with, I go straight in that direc- tion?’ (This with an air of respectful, trembling humility.) ‘Yes, sir.” Then walk off bang in the other direction.

And here is a ne Ww way of aggravating mathematicians, Say to your victim: “Think of a number; double it; multiply it by 9; add 165; subtract 17; divide it by 22; add 865,”” and so on until the man begins to get impatient. Then say to hin, “ e II, you have arrived at a certain re- sult? “Yes.’’? “Well, divide that figure by a similar figure and I think you will fin i the result igi,”

Which reminds me of a simply horrid game for ladies I once invented. Here it is: “Think of your ago; multiply it by 2, and then you get your real age,”

And we is something for poor old cab- by: You hail him in Regent street and show ae A piece of paper with ‘Charing Cross staticn’’ written on it. ‘‘Bleece gan me to zat address, gabman?’’ “Richt, sir,’”? he answers. Ar- rived at C Cross station you alight. ‘‘How moch voz dat, bleece, gabman?’’ you ask naively. ‘*’Alf a sovereign, sir,”’ ‘Right. There’s a shilling for you, you lying old scoundrel!’’ But don’t do it to cabman. He may fall off his

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