Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1911 — Page 6

The Knight of the Silver Star

A Stelae® ©IT

By PERCY BREBNER

CHAPTER XXIV. •’ -ur £»U play a double game. I Count Vasca.” she said se- ' kjxryf* v erely. “You betrayed me, ssSeia] whom you professed to serve. You would now betray him to whom you have transferred ycnlr allegiance.” ~~ “For your sake,” he answered. “Do not forget that” “For my sake?” * XYou are a princess in Drussenland. You would be queen. As your knight I could but draw a good sword in your service; as a king I can give you my hand to help you mount the throne you covet” “I have ceased to covet a throne. Tomorrow I die.”

"Never by my will. I am here to save you. By the king’s permission I am here. If I can win your consent to be my wife he has promised you life and freedom. Even so far is Count Vasca powerful. But I have a far greater aim- Consent, and we. will leave this dungeon and the city. Before nightfall tomorrow Yadasara will be ih our hands, the king our prisoner. It wants but the sharp note of a trumpet to the city to my banner.” “Then let the trumpet sound at daybreak. Revolution will shake the city, and I shall be saved.” He paused a moment “The fortress is not yet in my hands, else had I not been forced to gain the king’s permission before I came to you. I cannot save you unless you come with me. From this dungeon the king protects us, afterward my friends—your subjects.” “And Sir Verrail?” “Him I cannot save. I would have done so if I could, but it is impossible. My followers demand his death, as they do the death of all those who have been brought into this land to fight for hire. He i§ a foreigner—a brave man, I grant—still, a foreigner.” “Yet you will be king tomorrow, so you tell me.” "Aye, as surely as that torch begins to burn low and shows that time clamors for your answer.” He spoke in a different tone. 1 perceived that his patience was nearly exhausted. “My answer is no,” she said firmly. “The rack is a crtiel companion, princess. Were I the greatest villain In Drussenland, yet should I be a gentler comrade than the rack.” “The rack kills the body. A villain would break my heart.” “Time is meaningless when in the nick’s embrace,” he answered. “Every second is an hour when agony thrills through every nerve. You may live for hours, and hours in such a case mean a lifetime.” “Yet I shall die honestly, loving a true man. Can a lifetime, be it of hours or years, be spent?” “You love this foreign dog?” “As my own soul.” She rose to her feet as she said it. My time had nearly come. Cautious- . ty i felt that my sword was loose tn ■ its scabbard. •*The torch burns low. Think once more.”

I wondered how he intended to take her without her consent, as O’Ryan had said he might do. Would he attempt to drug her? Suddenly he drew his sword. Was he about to wound her and thus secure her? He stirred the torch into a brighter flame with the point of his weapon. “See, I make the time as long as possible.” he said defiantly. “Though all the torches in Drussenland were here and each one were lighted from the dying flame of another, yet that time would not suffice to make me change.” said Daria slowly. “I believe—l know—that the God who looks down upon us will give me strength to bear what is before me. Go. Count Vasca, go! You are a double traitor. See that I do not betray you when the rack cracks these limbs of mine.” “I will see to that,” he answered harshly. “Your folly shall neither kill my ambition nor make me careless. Perhaps it is for my own safety, perhaps pity for you, I hardly know which, but the rack shall not hurt you. You shall make an easier end. There lies the death road. You shall take it tonight” He threw bis cloak back from his shoulder to give his sword arm freedom. Whether he meant to kill her I shall never know. My time had come. Darla sprang toward him. “For that I thank yon. You could do me no greater service.” She clutched the bosom of her dress with both. hands and tore it open, showing her white flesh. “Strike, and strike deep!” His moment of surprise was my moment of opportunity I drew myself up and stood in the dungeon. sword in band. Daria turned with a low cry<. The count, with an oath, pushed her aside, so that she fell upon the couch, and rushed at me. 1 remembered that the trap was just behind me. and I stepped aside as our blades met "You must crush your enemy now, count It is your last chance.” I hissed. “The road you were to take tonight I tafafc, The death way is for you.”

He did not answer. His eyes were fixed on mine, his sword flashed with mine. 'lt was to be a duel to the death. We both knew that. He tried to force me back toward the hole. I tried to make him change ground with me. We neither of us succeeded, yet he had the advantage, for the flickering torch was before me and spoiled my sight somewhat. Twice, thrice, he made a sudden effort to finish the matter, once almost breaking through my guard. The point of his weapon touched my arm and the blood showed. The count smiled. The next moment I had touched him. and there ensued a fierce encounter for a few moments. 1 succeeded in getting round him. Now his back was toward the trap, the torchlight in his eyes. The advantage was with me. Whether it was the light that troubled him or that his courage failed him I do not know, but he fought less freely. Time after time he only just managed to keep my point from his breast, and unconsciously he drew nearer to the hole. Once or twice his eyes left mine for an instant—a bad sign—but it did not make me careless. Not for a moment did I forget the man with whom I had to deal. Suddenly he attacked me more fiercely than before. “King!” I heard him utter between his teeth. Well could i understand him. His schemes were ripe. Tomorrow Yadasara would be

HE THREW UP HIS ARMS.

his if only he could slay me. His swordsmanship was not equal to bls ferocity, or perhaps he underrated my skill. I watched him, and 1 grew calmer. I waited until his heel was at the edge of the trap. Now I prepared to strike and end it, but once more he escaped me. He forced me back across the dungeon until my foot touched the wall, and he laughed. It was a strange laugh, such as few men laugh, for It ended in a gurgling sigh, almost like the sound a pipe gives as the last Of the water runs out, for the end had come. My blade had passed right through him. He threw up his arms aiid staggered back, falling beside the hole. I went to him. “He is dead.” “Clinton!” Daria was beside me. “My love,” I said, kissing her. "forget that name for awhile. We will go. I know the road. The danger is over.”

“But you—you”— “I am the count for tonight.” I took the cloak from the dead man and threw it around me 1 took his sword and put it on instead of my own, and I drew his hat well over my eyes. “Here is the key,” I said, drawing it from the cloak. “Stay! In case they should enter the dungeon when we are gone and should find that—it would betray us.” I took the dead man by his limp arms and drew him to the edge of the trap. Then I let him go, and he slid noiselessly out of sight. “Now come!” Her arm was in mine and I was Atting the key in the lock when there was a roar of voices in the corridor without “Vasca! The traitor! The traitor, Vasca!” “The king!” whispered Daria. A thundering knock came at the door. “Open in the king’s name!” “We are lost.” said Daria calmly. I (frew my sword and threw off the cloak. At least I might die fighting. "Clinton, kiss me.” “Open, open!” they shouted without “Kiss me.” I kissed her, one long kiss. “Now kil| me,” she said. Perhaps the request put the thought into my head. ' “You do not fear death?” "No.” 1 pointed to the trap. "Only dead men take it they say. and lie still in the river bed. Yet one dead man rose to the surface. We might rise alive. It is a poor chance, but if death comes it will find us in each other’s arms. It is better than waiting for tomorrow.’ 1 ' She shuddered a little. Theri she took my hands. “I am ready.” she said. “Quickly!” I sat down on the edge of the trap, even on the spot where a few moments before the dead count had rested. “Sit beside me.” 1 said to Daria. "Now put your arms round me so, now your- feet between mine, so. Do not struggle. To fall straight is our

only chance. My darling, 1 love you, I love you!” Our lips met "It is time. In another moment the door will be In.” I shuffled over the edge as I spoke, holding with one band. “You are ready?” "Yes.” “Now!” I let go my hold, and we slipped downward. (To be continued.)

WANT REAL PARCELS POST.

Entirely Too Much Energy Wasted on Roads From Town to Country. As to some products of the farm, there is a difference of 40 to 50 per cent between the price that the grower receives and the price that the consumer pays. There are even cases in which this price difference amounts to 300 per cent. Part of the loss is due to a bad system of retail distribution, as when a dozen city milk wagons travel over the same route, each delivering one bottle here and another bottle there, when one wagon might as well make all the deliveries along the route. This same waste appears even more markedly between the farm and the town. How many fully loaded wagons do you pass in driving to town? From a dozen farms a dozen packages, of butter, poultry or vegetables may go to town the same morning, each in a different vehicle. Every day a dozen parcels of merchandise are hauled out of town along the same road in a dozen different conveyances, and the time and labor Of eleven men and eleven horses go for nothing. The rural free delivery mail wagon now comes to your house with a load that you could put in one or two bushel baskets, and it goes back to town with an even smaller load. Under present conditions it looks’ as if the postoffice department was not giving the farmer his money’s worth.—Country Gentleman.

Live Stock Notes.

Do you use the whip because you have it handy? Are you humane in the treatment of the animals you drive? A. horse’s pulse beats from thirty-six to forty times a minute when he is in heal th. x A mule is no more prone to kick than a horse unless he is taught to do so by bad treatment. , Are you one of the unthinking who starts a horse with a blow instead of using your voice? Do you want a balky horse? You can easily have one by giving him too heavy loads to draw. If the horse must be kept in the barn during hot weather keep all the doors and windows wide open. Oats is the most perfect all round feed for horses at any time of the year. Barley is a cidse second. It is a good sign to see a pair of scales in the stable, but you have to use them to get any good from them. Carrots must be fed sparingly to working horses. Cut them in slices. They are a laxative, and affect the kidneys also. Lop off the ration of all kinds when the horses are doing little or nothing. They are too much like a man to stand heavy feed while lying still. Stuffing the colt with hay or straw or any coarse feed will spoil its looks. Keep this ration down by the use of some grain and less coarse feed.

Watch the hired man with your horses. If they cringe, dodge or show signs of fear while with him, take my advice and “fire” him. A good horse is spoiled when ho is a victim of fear. Don't make your horse wait till he is cooled off before you give him a drink. Take a couple of quarts in a pail and give that. Then wait a while and give as much more. By this you will save a lot of suffering on the part of your horse and he will come out all right too.

Letting Him Know. “Tell me, pretty maiden, are there any more at home like you ?” “Yes sir, there are several.” .“That interests me all right.” “You needn’t come round. They all have more sense than I have.” No Insinuation. “I have a little hen that lays two eggs every day.” “Every day in the year?” “Yes.” “You ought to learn to count.”

Wasted Effort. Do not complain About th© rain. Don’t 'kick with Your tired feet About the heat. Don’t rise and scold When ft is cold. The weather threads Its even way No matter what You have to. say.

A Spattering. “He thinks he would like to live a literary life.” “Has he had any preparation?” “A fellow threw an inkstand at him once.’*

Evident. “Is he a man of good taste?” “Excellent.” < “What does he admire most?” “Me.” •e •?

OLD TESTAMENT TIMES BROOKLYN TABERNACLE BIBLE-STUDIES

DARK PROPHECIES FULFILLED Jeremiah 39—Aug. 27 "Be sure your sin will find you out.”— Numbers 32:23. CHE dark prophecies which the Lord sent through Jeremiah the Prophet finally reached fulfillment. The besieging army of the Chaldeans, after a year and a half of siege, finally, with battering rams, succeeded In making a breach in the wall through which an entrance was effected and the city forced to capitulate. King Zedekiah and his small army escaped toward the south in the direction of the Jordan, but were soon overtaken by the Chaldeans. Nebuchadnezzar, in person, was some miles distant from Jerusalem, at Riblah, and thither Zedekiah was taken. The punishment was after the man ner of the time, illustrated on some of

the victory tablets which still remain. The king’s eyes were put out and, a blind prisoner, he was taken to Babylon. Th u s was fulfilled two very str 1k i n g prophecies which, until fulfilled, seemed quite contradictory. In this

we get a lesson of how carefully we should study Divine prophecy, and how faithfully we should trust its every detail if we would receive light instead of darkness. One of these prophecies respecting Zedekiah is found in Ezekiel xii, 10-13. The other is found in Jeremiah xxxii, 3-5. Ezekiel declared that King Zedekiah would be taken to Babylon a captive, and that there he would live and die; yet he again declared that fie would never see the city, apparently a contradiction, Jeremiah predicted the downfall of Jerusalem, declaring that Zedekiah would speak with Nebuchadnezzar mouth to mouth and see his eyes. This seemed to contradict Ezekiel’s statement, for if he would speak with the king mouth to mouth and see him eye to eye, how would it be possible that he would not see the city qf Babylon? ' The fulfillment met all the requirements. Zedekiah saw Nebuchadnezzar and spoke to him at Riblah in Palestine. His sight was there taken from him and he was taken a prisoner to Babylon. He lived and died in Babylon but saw it not Cruelties of the Past In the Bas Reliefs, representing the capture of Lachish by Sennacherib, the prisoners are represented, some pegged down to the ground to be flayed alive —others having their eyes put out In one of the sculptures at Khossabad, Sargon represents himself in person holding a prisoner by a thong attached to a ring passed through his under lip. The victim kneels before him, while with a spear he pierces his eyes. To what shall we give the credit of dur modern progress ahd civilization? We cannot give the credit to any

Blinding a prisoner.

great influence which has moulded the civilization of our day has come to us from the words and example of “the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time” (I Timothy ii, 6). The great truths which he uttered have come echoing down the centuries, speaking righteousness, peace and love, even for our enemies. Everywhere His “Wonderful Words of Life” have made an impression, and here and there have effected the transformation of character. • We should more and more feel our obligation to the great truths which came to us from the Bible, and less less obligation to the sects and parties which have quarrelled'and battled over those Words of Life. Thus, gradually, we will come to discern the truth of the Bible declaration that there is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, and one Church of the living God, the Church of the FirstBorns, whose names are written in heaven. These, found scattered in all the denominations and outside of all, constitute the saintly few who have the promise of the First Resurrection, as joint-heirs with Messiah in Hls glorious Kingdom which will soon be established in the earth and enforce righteousness. » . Jesus was the great Light which came into the world, and His followers were to be > lights or candles also. “As He was. so are we in this world”'—light-bearers. The Church is not of. the world. As Jesus said, “Ye are not of the world,” Yet the Church is the light of the world. Each individual Christian should let his light shine before men, and the Church as a whole is to be like “a city set on a Jrtll which cannot be hid”“ (Matthew T. 14-1 C). • r

Jerusalem captured.

church, sect or party. We must h < nes 11 y acknowledge that '-every sect, in its turn, has displayed more or less of bitterness, bigotry, superstition and persecution —contrary even to its own standards. In the last analysis we must admit that the

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Chicago to Northwest, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and the South, Louisville and French Lick Springs. RENSSELAER TIME TABLE. In Effect December, 1910. SOUTH BOUND. No.3l—Fast Mail (daily).... 4:45 a. m. No. s—Louisville Mail (daily) .11:06 jk m. No.37—Chicago to Cincinnati. 11:30 a. m. No.33—lnd’polls Mail (daily/. 1:58 p. m. No.39—Milk Accom (daily).. 5:58 p. m. No. 3 —Chicago to Louisville. .11:05 p. m. NORTH BOUND. No. 4—Mail (daily) 4:59 a. m. No.4o—Mi.k Accom (dally).. 7:35 a. rm No.32—Fast Mail (da11y).... .10:05 a. m. N 0.38 —Cincinnati to Chicago. 2:53 p. n% No. 6 —Mail and Ex. (daily).. 3:15 p. m* No.3o—Cln. to Chi. Ves. Mail. 5:58 p. m. No. 4 will stop at Rensselaer to lei off passengers from points south ot Monon, and take passengers for Loweh, Hammond and Chicago. Nos. 31 and 33 make direct connections at Monon for Lafayette. W. H. BEAM, Agent, Rensselaer.

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