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FOUR
INSTALMENT
XXXVI.
The
Vanishing
Candle
Suddenly
the
stopped.
She
pressed
her
ear
against
the
surface.
Thrilling
'
Mystery
Story
:
W
In
30
chapters
hand
found
her
arm.
"Sh!"
a
voice
whispered
as
the
contact
made
her
start
and
slip
a
little.
"Not
a
sound.
This
way."
She
was
being
led
forward.
She
heard
a
low
whine
and
a
patter
pf
Caesar
emitted
a
low
growl
andjPaws-
pressed
closer
to
her.
Her
heart;
"It's
all
right,
Caesar,
old
f
el-gave
a
little
bound.
She
strained
j
low,"
the
man
at
her
side
whis-her
nerves
to
atch
the
faint
.pered.
sounds
which
told
'her
the
search
They
were
moving
quickly,
sll-was
drawing
clow.
Little
by
little
j
ently
across
the
floor,
In
the
op.
they
grew
more
audible.
There
poIte
direction
.from
the
point
were
movements
on
the
stairs
out-,
where
she
thought
she
had
enter-
slde.
She
pould
hear
voJes.
People
led
the
room.
were
passing
Apvm
the
hall.
hammered
at
an
agony
of
suspense.
Her
hopes
and
they
squeezed
through
a
began
to
totter.
The
footsteps
and
narrow
opening.
Now
the
man
left
voices
were
moving
away.
her
side
and
walked
ahead
of
her.
heard
hor
name
spoken
In
a
two.
He
had
us
fooled
for
q.
whllp.i
h'ished
vole.
Astonishment
and
Put
not
lor
very
long.
Careful.
a
conflict
of
hone
and
dread
filled
mtos-
These
steps
are
a
bit
steep,"
hr
anew.
ILthe
newcomer
were,
They
were
descending
a.
stalr-a
mcmberOT
the
household
or
a
way.
Aden's
mind
was
full1
of
;:;Vrf
nf
Dx
Moffett,
why
did
he
Jarring
preplexltles.
to
be
known
to
the
others
in
the
even
remotely
possible
that
she
house?
ihad
correctly
Identified
the
voice
'Where
are
you?"
came
htsjhe
had
heard
In
th
dark.
whisper
out
of
the
darkness.
"Aw,
you
know.
You
had
It
all
"Here"
she
whlsoered
hack,
act-)
framed
up
between
jtqu,
IH
say
lni
on
an
instant's
decision,
Bho
you're
pretty
nart,
y6u
two.
Rut
rnu'd
not
make
her
predicament
be
didn't
get
very
far,
and
neither
worse
by
heedhlf?
the
voice
of
the
did
the
cops."
bi'ity
despite
Caesar's
quick
re-
started
down
another
sponse
to
his
call,
that
he
had
stairs.
torno
as
a
friend
"As
Jf
you
didn't
know!
'
'She
heard
emit
Inns
footstenR
RUimfortt
fcons
of
course.
we
fooled
them."
She
listened
with
a
sinking
j
hear
The
searchers
who
had
pas-
i
sed
so
close
to
her
must
hayc
been
;the
police
,p(
Stamford,
then,
.
Axelson
opened
a
door
and
stood
aside
to
let
her
enter.
She
walked
into
a
large
room
illuminated
by
a
candle
on
a.
table
In
the
centre
"Sit
down
and
make
yourself
comfortable,"
the
old
man
suggested
sneerlngly.
"Dr.
Moffett
will
be
here
directly."
With
that
he
closed
the
door.
Dr.
Moffett!
Her
heart
skipped
a
beat
as
she
heard
the
name
again,
but
she
tried
to
collect
her
wits
for
the
forthcoming
ordeal.
The
room
was
sparsely
fitted
up
with
old
pieces
of
furniture.
The
candle's
pale
sheen
fell
on
a
dreary
scene
that
seemed
to
have
been
set
for
some
depressing
ritual.
Reluctantly,
she
sat
down
in
an
old
chair
with
an
antlmascassar,
spread
over
the
back.
As
If
to
fix
her
mind
on
the
least
depressing
object
in
the
room,
she
gazed
at
the
tall
candle
in
its
holder
of
tarnished
brass.
It
was
a
green
candle.
She
stared
at
it
as
If
it
A
niippr
KfnMnn
wpri
!i
tlilntr
nf
weird
Rvmhnlism.
her
brain.
That
Another
scene,
with
a
voice
:Doston
Iter
heart
beat
tumultously
with
voice?
It
had
spoken
only
In
whls-1
speaking
out
of
a
green
light,
f
11-
hope
and
anxiety.
Would
they
pers,
yet
there
was
something
fa.
,
led
her
with
a
morbid
fascination,
find
her?
As
if
her
tension
had
miliar
about
It.
But
It
couldn't
be.;
And
then
the
candle
flame
began
A
shout
trembled
on
her
lips,
They
appeared
to
be
in
a
hall
so;
was
dim
and
shadowy
baek
there,
but
in
an
Instant,
before
she
narrow
that
she
could
feel
the
And
now
a
strange
sensation
was
could
make
an
audible
sound,
the
wall
at
either
side.
Caesar
was
fol-!
stealing
over
her.
The
atmosphere
beast
was
upon
her,
his
paws
lowing
behind
her.
Somehow
she
clawing
at
her
breast
and
his
Jaws
felt
the
dog
was
not
entirely
at
worrying
at
her
throat.
The
shout-
ease,
but
the
Impression
was
died
in
a
feeble
groan
of
horror,
quickly
dispelled
by
other
things.
Her
hopes
ebbed
quickly
with
She
was
In
a
state
of
trembling
the
dwindling
footfalls.
She
cquld
uncertainty,
hopes
clashing
with
hear
no
sounds
now.
The
silence
Iears
that
the
chance
of
rescue
was
gripped
her
arm.
The
touch
teje-
gtone.
No
one
would
find
her
now.
graphed
a
sense
of
danger
to
her
She
tried
Iwavely.
but
it
was
hard
bra,n-
A
quiver
of
uneasy
pre-to
shake
off
a
sense
of
chill
des-;
monition
ran
through
her.
Her
pondency,
and
Caesar's
nearness
We
was
holding
his
breath.
IJis
kept
her
in
a
CQQftfcant
state
of
clutch
on
her
arm
tightened.'
dread.
Then,
as
she
stood
trembling
As
she
stood
bfllng
HelectedlJ
Tth
a
tension
that
seemed
to
against
the
wall
"M
sharp
quiver
have
communicated
Itself
even
to.
ron
through
her.
She:stared
Into
the
d(5.
a
commotion
broke
the
darkness
toward
the
opposite
sharply
on
the
stillness.
The
walL
She
stood
rigiiji,
scarcely
sounds
of
running
feet
came
from
breathing.
A
startled
movement
the
front
and
from
behind.
A
on
Caesar's
part
told
her
that
he
mutter
of
chagrin
fell
from
her
also
had
heard
something.
The
guide's
Jlps.
Caesar
growled
loud-slight
sound
was
follewed
by
an
fr-
Interval
of
nerve-tesring
sUUness.,
Then
a
Jlght
flashed
sharply
In
Hot
and
cold
pulsations
shot
her
eyes,
momentarily
blinding
rough
her
body.
Then
a
little
her.
She
was
pushed
roughly
r
came,
n
squeak
like
that
of
an
aside.
Shouts
dinned
In
her
ears,
unotted
hinge,
and
then
there
ap-
Through
the
hubbub
cut
Caesar's
Beared
to
be
a
pause,
a
period
of
thunderous
barks.
Another
violent
uneasy
waiting.
A
whisper
floated
Ph
sent
her
reeling
to
the
floor,
out
of
the
stillness:
A
thud
sounded
sickenlngly
In
"Caesar!"
'
I
her
ears.
For
a
few
moments
her
A
rasping
breath
on
the
silence
senses
swam
in
billowing
confuted
then
Caesar
appeared
to
be
slon,
and
then
a
light
shone
in
all
attention.
Again
a
muffled
her
eyes.
Some
one
reached
out
a
voice
trailed
through
the
darkness,
hand
to
assist
her
to
her
feet.
"Good
boy,
Caesar!
Come
here!",
'The
excitement
Is
over,"
said
A
scraping
of
paws
a
short,
low,
Axelson
in
a
tone
of
grim
satis-:
friendly
bark
signified
that
the
faction.
dy
recognised
the
voice.
j
She
rose
dazedly.
On
the
floor,
"Come
here,
old
fellow
I"
Just
beyond
the
range
of
Axel-
She
listened
In
acute
bewilder-'son's
flashlight,
she
saw
a
dark,
nvnt.
A
fresh
hope
had
sprung
up'
motionless
form.
The
face
was
within
her
when
she
heard
the'"
turned
downward
one
arm
flung
furtive
sound
at
the
other
side
o(
wide.
The
others
ihc
felt
cer-
the
room.
Now.
as
she
heard
Oae
I
tain
from
the
violence
of
the
brief
sor
bounding
lightly
toward
the
commotion
that
there
had
been
speaker,
the
hope
began
to
waver
,otheT
were
gone.
She
shuddered;
The
voice
continued
to
address
',
as
her
trembling
gaze
fixed
on
the
the
dog
in
an
undertone,
and
still
figure
sprawled
out
on
the
Caesar
responded
with
a
series
of
)
floor.
low,
friendly
growls.
Consequently
Axelson
pushed
her
forward
the
n&eomer
must
be
either
a
"Step
lively,
miss.
You're
pretty
member
9!
the
household
or
a
fre-
j
cute,
but
you've
only
made
more
qi'ent
victor.
Otherwise
Oaesar
trouble
for
yourself."
.
would
rot
have
responded
sol
She
cast
a
glance
over
her
readily.
In
either
case,
she
feared
.
shoulder.
"Who
is.
that?"
she,
the
person
at
the
other
side
pf
the
room
had
not
come
with
fWendly
intentions.
.could
not
resist
asking.
Axelson
chuckled
maliciously,
"No
ned
of
telling
you.
Yqu
AEalnshe
stared
sharply.
She
Know,
yqu
re
a
smooth
pair,
yqu
seemed
to
change.
The
dim
cor
ners
of
the
room
were
brightening,
She
sprang
up
with
a
little
gasp,
A
green
illumination,
rich
and
soft
as
velvet,
was
falling
ov
er
the
room,
transfiguring
the
de-;
told
her
with
stinging
emphasis
Suddenly
the
man
stopped
andicrcpit
furnishings,
touching
the
lapeq
draperies
with
a
caressing
apd
rejuvenating
film
of
verdant
but
what
she
now
saw
was
stran
ger
than
all
the
rest.
She
clasped
her
hands
to
her
cheeks.
She
shuddered
with
a
sense
of
the
in
explicable.
The
flame
was
still
there,
although
now
It
seemed
to
burn
less
brightly
than
a
few
moments
ago.
She
could
plainly
see
the
tarnished
brass
candlestick,
1
streaked
with
tallow
at
the
sides.
But
the
candle
Itself
was
gonel
She
swallowed,
opened
her
eyes
wjde.
Was
she
going
mad?
No,
the
thing
was
actually
as
she
saw
It.
There
was
the
flame,
a
lumlnou?
wraith
In
the
air.
glowing
In
empty
space.
And
six
or
eight
Inches
lower
down
was
the
tarnished
brass
holder,
but
nothing
absolutely
nothing
between
the
holder
and
the
flame.
!
YANKEES
LOSE
TO
ATHLETICS
.
-
.
.
.
miii.nr
nt
U'nrM
riianininns
fted
with
them,
out
we
otner
one;
"
v-
i
.1
1.1.
v
uj
.!-
v
rrnvp
inriirciuai,
r,aui3iianr
uie
one
wi(oe
wimbci
iuu
jwu-i
rz'
-
led
jaer
after
the
searchers
hadl
.
.Wins
Hi.
Twentieth
Game
passed?
The
sight
pf
a
black,
still
j
form
haunted
her
Imagination.
NEW
YORK,
Sept-
f
Washing
ton
Senators
stopped
two
late
postoh
Red
Sox
ra)lles
yesterday
and
finished
the
series
one
game
ahead.
New
York
Yankees
lost
In
spite
of
hard
hitting
led'
by
Lou
Gehrig,
who
slammed
put
his
twenty-ninth
homer
of
the
season.
Qeorge
Earnshaw
got
his
twentieth
victory
pf
the
season
for
the
Philadelphia
Athletics
In
the
encounter.
Yesterday's
scores:
American
League
"'"
Washington
10,
Boston
5.
New
'York
2,
Philadelphia
No
pther
games.
St.
Louis
-
60
A
small,
hoarse
cry.
an
expres-
ver
In
a
score
slon
of
sheer
uncanniness.
sprang.
have
now
won
from
her
lips.
In
the
back
of
the
room,
bathed
In
a
green
sheen
,a.
voice
sounded:
"Blow
It
oyt:
We
shan't
need
It
at
all,
and
it
seems
only
to
dis
tress
you
very
much."
he
continued
to
stare
at
the
wralthy
flame.
A
flame
without
a
candle!
It
smed
ever
stranger
than
th$
footsteps
whi-h
were
op
proachng
her
without
the
accom
panlment
of
a
human
form.
As
Jt
to
smother
something
gruesome,
she
blew
it
out.
The
spectral
flame
vanlslied.
Only
the
tarnish
ed
.xnndUiilck.
showed,
jiow,
.And
then,
Utile
by
Utile,
the
candle
appeared
to
return.
There
was
a
thin,
elongated
shadow,
a
blurred
shape
of
green
al)
but
submerged
in
a
brighter
and
richer
green.
From
theer
exhaustion
she
sank
back
into
jlhe
ciuMr.
Her
nunUs
were
beglnnjng
to
respond
to
the
strange
.
illumination.
She
.
cpidd
1
&AWQteh
her
with
such
stealth,
"Who
are
you
talking
about?",
see
the
candle
quite
PtofolS.il
as
if
he
did
not
wish
his
actions
she
aked,
wondering
If
It
were,
but
its
outljnes
were
still
h
now.
fog-
Wd
by
the
surrounding
emerald
radiance.
A
chair
creaked
As
op
the
for
mer
occasion
Dr.
Moffett
ew
had
naa
sat
Mfii
down
about
half
a
11
known
and
there
was
a
nossl-.
"The
cops?"
she
echoed
as
they
i
hjajjiad
eluslvely
Into
the
verdant
L.
41
52
59
63
60
70
74
77
L.
42
53
59
67
09
70
85
01
IP.
11IG
LEAGUE
STANDINGS
National
League
W.
Chicago
8$.
Pittsburgh
-..-..;.,...-..7J.
New
York
.
67
St,
Louis
61
Brooklyn
58
Phtfadelnhlas
57
Cincinnati
.
....LI
.53
:..l....-...:49
-
American
League
W.
Philadelphia
,..:...9
been
communlsated
to
Caesar,
he
Not
here
;
to
flutter.
She
became
aware
that
.
New
York
.
75
atonned
hi
intermittent
arowls
"Careful,"
her
guide
whispered,
la
door
had
been
opened
some-
Cleveland
67
and
pressed
closer.
She
stood
In-
a
smau
creaxing
souna
came,;nere,
mat
a
currem
oi
air
was
i
Detroit
60
sweeping
lazily
through
the
mus
(Washington.
59
ty
atmosphere.
She
gazed
Into
the
Chicago
51
far
corners
of
the
room,
but
it
Boston
45
Pet.
.677
.584
.532
.492
.468
.449
.425
.389
Pet,
,58.9
.532
.472
.481
.402
.620
General
Motor
Team
Was
Best
Outclassed
Tired
Salmon
Bellies
in
Last
Quarter
of
Mann
Cup,
Lacrosse
Match
new"
Westminster.
seDt.
4.
(
color.
Her
pulses
were
racing;
she
m
thfcoelririe4
itame
of
the
Minn
squad
when
they
rammed
In
three
figures:
goals
in
the
last
quarter,
chiefly
Sunshine,
because,
the
tired
Salmon
Bellies
could
not
hold
their
checks
any
longer
Fraser
Mills
Win
B,
C.
Baseball
Defeat
fienerals
by
Seore
of
9-0;
Standing
Now
Two
Games
to
One
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
Sept,
4.
The
Traser
Mills
won
the
third
game
of
the
provincial
oaseoaii
championship
scries
yesterday
by
blanking
the
Generals
of
Vancou-
Mills
one.
01
7-0.
Generals
two
games-
and
Toronto
Wins
Cricket
Title
Defeated
McGlll
University
by
an
Innings
and
213
Runs
.
Yesterday
MONTREAL.
Sept.
Nottinghamshire
lu-vaii
linrnicr
118.7
hours.
Total
rainfall,
seven
inches.
Greatest
daily
rainfall,
IM
ches
on
August
21.
Maximum
temperature,
84
August
2.
Minimum
temperature,
40
August
1.
Mean'
temperature,
57.5.
Highest
barometer
reading
sea
level,
30.30
on
August
0.
Lowest
barometer'
reading
sea
level.
29.54
on
August
25.
ln-
on
on
Wrk
il
rirrord
!
rinunrt.it
MiimmI
at
at!
POEMS
WRITTEN
!
BY
A
CONVICT
LONDON,
Sept.
4:
The
literary
-
wrjd
of
Loadon
has
been
Interested)
In
a
bowk
of
poems
jut
publUhed
ht
by
Mosrs
Durlc-fcorth
uixlr,
the
title
ft
"Hum
Mid
Ap."
The
author
18
Omrd
!
Bvn.
A
lte
oer
aev-n
yi-nra
W'
ih
wtltcr.
ot
thrp
pomn
whs
a
man.,
mighty.
In
Uie
financial
ltr,'
of
th
city
a
nrnittiagr
who
roi
sidemd'
the
wy
Ptlrn
of
prtbitv
anj
pro-;
prlety.-
Then
wa
urent
miiatlun
1
l-n-nrniili
Nw
on
of
the
prlnsipal
ro:upanle
...I
a
oar.
.In
,,!
pralrn
Jk
.
-KIM,
..UI
V.
h-
am
ra
Cricket
Club
wort
the
John
Ross
enp,,.
ni
to
the
contm-
RobertfiOn
Cup,
emblematic
Of
Ca
ent,
and
tor
nm
time
rv:idd
arrr'
nadlan
cricket
championship,
yes-
y
n
Hato?rat
diajruin
On
.
betno;
iciay
Xri)m-lU-Uiuvidtyj3y.'.
A1J!?-
"ZT":
:
an
innings
and
213
runs.
The
t?nUnoe
lhe
,
wlthj
scores
wcro:
Toronto,
320;
McGiU,
(
excyon
at
nuch
period
a
va.
GO
and
47-
mlttt
on
aocount
of
hl
good
con-
I
duct.
Part
of
hla
Invprinomwnt
win1
,
cerved
In
Ubo
aame
penitentiary
on
ithat
whkh
held
Horatio
nMt.vnly.
i
There
are
83
poem
in
t.h
work
now
v
9
m
Ufa
puuuHn.
ioej
Denny
mi
a4iy
wiin
1
lc
I
mirtx
WlftTIPI'
whcfonsiUnk.
,hc
n8R
Wrd.
15
VllvtVCl
I!
lllllVl
a,
i.fMtliiWhlle
son
ol
tlitm
are
)gjlH
t
ibvtovy
."?
fnilt
c
hl
pnnlrtment
!
...
A
ui
re
n
dq
louoa
.
traces
oi
niw
t
Capture!!,
Ijnglish
County
,
Title
Vcsterday
Voir
First
Time
in
Twenty-two
Years
,
a
u
it
porinn
are
well
worth
hi
mo
attention
.
I
the
first
4.-For
LONDON,
Sept,.
reMler
wm
time
in
twenty-two
years,
Nottlng
onlv
a
itrecnhh
smudge
that
.h
tniri
her
that
he
did
not
maJ
nMn41
..
Stl.l.4
n
1
i
.....
i
...
iiiHUb
vi
.
nBni.
..Ym
,
VCrv
strange.
Yet
it
only
"Queer
about
that
candle,
was-
seemed;
natural.
The
same
ttdmr.
n't
n't
It?"
It?"
IieArfliirmurcd.
IiaArflurmurcd.
He
He
spoke
spoke
hannert
happens
wheri
wheri
you
you
drop
drop
a
ruby
in
The
iiuwun
ine
same
ueep,
preaxant
-voice
n
i.,,
0f
red
wine.
.
coming
In
hor
direction,
and
she.
you
got
word
to
them
is
more",
she
haU
heard
the
:otrW
tlrne,
but
,
moved
forward
quietly.
A
fumbling,
than
I
can
figure
out.
Anyhow,
'
again
she
perceived
a
slight
twang
thcMghU
In
regard
f
hlx
yudden
collapse
and
exile.
Mr
Devan
ertlnly
display
a
romantic
fertility
in
the!
ehokyj
of
words
and
aeiiU-ma.
The1
thlctfly
to
a
aenae
of
pity
for
this
man
I
hamsnrc
yesterday
won
the
county
ho
in
the
iminiK
of
what
mmnt
dozen
feet
.
.
.
-mnionshln.
I
have
been
a
fine
career
find.
art
n,
frpro
Bhc
felt
ho
was
looking
at
her.
but
she
could
sec
no
face.
"
1
1
atit,
rMiln
'ilnm
To
Be
Continued
Tomorrow
Wednesuay
ALFONSO
OF
SPAIN
KEEPS
FIT
IN
HIS
SPEEDY
CKAFT,
TIJC
TO.ip
King
Alfonso
of
Spain,
ardent
yacht
mn
t
thn
fit
by
yachting,
but
has
won
a
m
The
Letter
Box
FROM
OCEAN
FALLS
Editor,
Daily
News:
On
behalf
of
the
Ocean
Tails
baseball
team,
I
wish
to
thank
the
Prince
Rupert
team,
also
the
pub-
tic
for
the
kindness
and
clean
j
sportsmanship
shown
towards
us
on
our
recent
visit.
"RHD"
APPLBBY.
RANGERS
WINNERS
,
OLASOAW,
Sept.
4:
The
Rangers
defeated
Queen's
Park
one
to
nil
In
Scottish
First
Division
football
yesterday.
AUGUST
WAS
DAMP
MONTH
Had
Total
of
Seven
Inches
of
Rain
With
116.7
Hours
of
Sunshine
During
the
morlth
of
August,
felt
a
tightness
at
the
throat,
cup
latrosse
series
here
on
Monday,
Prince
Rupert
had
116.7
hours
of
Footsteps
werecoming
toward
her
there
was
no
doubt
but
that
Osha-
sunshine
and
seven
inches
of
but
she
strained
her
eyes
in
valn.
wa
General
Motors
were
the
better
rain.
The
rainfall
was
very
heavy
She
could
see
no
human
form.
And
then
she
stared
in
stupc-
team,
although
the
9
to
5
score
for
August
and
much
greater
than
could
hardly
be
taken
as
a
criterion
the
3.37
Inches
in
Aufust
last
faction
at
the
candle
flame.
Ev.
;
of
play.
The
visitors
displayed
their
year.
ery
thing
about
her
was
strange,
(superiority
by
outclassing
the
home
Following
were
August
weather
ttl'cr
of
hi-;
yacht,
Ton
in.
mber
of
trophies
a"s
well.
Hie
Old
Guides
Warning
Tr-fe'oWIg8i
know
that
ctrdss
hunti
c
cm
many
fon:
firs
resulting
In
the
destrue;:
r
excellent
h'unUng
grounde
ste
well
as
;
:
tirnber.
Th
good
hunter
i
careful
uuh
ue
in
the
wooc&
i.i
Immi
by
authority
of
HonouroUt
Charle;
Minister'
'
4,1
jbhc
Gin
of
Quality
jmf
a
world
wide
1
zZZ.
,
popularity
for,
180
JZ
ipf
ll,tilHfa
t
JOSEPH
b
JOHN
VICKERS
V
CO
lii.
invoon
1
7
50
tsciANO
i
ThisinUvtrHscment
ta
not
published
or
displ
;
Liquor
Cintrol
Board
or
by
the
Governs
British
Columbia