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The Quest of
itty Laocey
7J.K MACDA r. WEST
Copyritlit, by W. 0. Chapman. Copyright In Great Britain
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CHAPTER XVIII. .
If that len t a wireless I'm hearing.
I never heard one," quoth Johnny.
The trio hud tnken refuge below, is
the rain wns fulling heavily and there
was no cabin accommodation above.
"I learned th code, you know, enm
tntf over," ho confided to Hetty. "Wmi
aler what they're saying? Listen."
Johnny's knowledge was not very
extensive. Ho deciphered the words
TyoK." "Krefit hiistc," "null.'' all ef
forts to nave lifo," and "H. II."
"Well, we're on the trail of the story,
Anyhow," lie cheerfully mused. "That
tight to be some consolation."
All nlRht the three were crowded 1
space not blR enough for two of
(hem. The yacht made Rood time, nd
when It finally stopped with a Jolt,
Meta sought them out and bade them
CO ashore.
They were landing at the wharf of
what might have been a conventional
English urn port country place. At the
nd of a driveway, over which every
body limped except City Editor Hur
ton. who Henonl had left tethered In
tho yacht, rambled a pretentious house
f Gothic architecture. A modern
Class covered piazza was built along
one side of the place, and as they
mounted the steps Hetty recognized
w!thin this enclosure Tyoga In cap and
mpron. In charge of a pair of children,
approximately 9 and 10 years old. The
boy was the larger of the two, a alight
dark lad, with a petulant expression
and awkward movements. loiter Betty
aw this awkwardness was cuused by
deformity of the hip. The girl was
plainer of face than her brother, b'lt
tier figure had the perfect symmetry of
It wild things that llvo In the open
Ir.
Tyoga was mending a white gar
ment, but at sight of the pilgrims she
dropped her work, and went forward to
erect them, leaving the children star
dig after her.
She- bowed before Hetty and the two
other Americans, kissed Meta warmly
on the cheeks, and embraced Henonl
OMUMlonately. When these two were to
ether the relationship of mother and
on was easily discernible.
"Ah. so vou cume safely away," she
sighed, in a. relieved manner. "I w.is
ma alarmed, llaniley came home this
nornlng. He and the old man had a
dreadful argument. They nro upstair
now. It has been frightful. Hut you
must not mind. I do not know what
I am going to do with tho children.
They are getting so old now, I can't
put them oft with fairy tales any long
er. It Is racking." She turned to Het
ty. "I'm glad your friends found you.
Poor child! The strain on you has
fceoa terrible, but the snarl Is ncarlng
tta end. Vou shall soon see."
The Interior of tho house was as con
ventional as Us exterior. Hetty, Larry
Morris and Johnny felt that the pe
.aumbra of mystery was at length be-
-Injr pierced by tho return of reason.
"Hut If Mr. Wayne finds these peo
pl here he may kill them," objected
atcnonl.
".He shall not see them," assured
Tyoea- "Nor Hackleye. neither. Th-y
and the children must all bo out of
sight before he comes down stairs.
.h u dead Hackleye cannot
abide the sight of the children any
Mce, And till her things he wants
them wit of sight down here, yet hu
Uves In her old rooms. Take them to
the north wins. Meta, and I will brim;
vxho children."
The north wing had four bedrooms,
m sitting room, and a small alcove. It
ra done In English chintz, and several
canaries sung and swung In the win
stows, la Betty's room had been placed
acarments more conventional than those
b wore, and a dozen little toilet con
veniences, not the least welcome of
which waa a box of hairpins In assort
4 sixes. Bhe lingered long at her
dressing; why shouldn't she have dono
oT In all this time she had not been
o near the accustomed luxuries of
Ota. The bath tub was a delight, the
brushes, creams and ppwders brought
back visions of civilization, and even
r1 makeshifts for fashionable clothing
.over a comfort. True, the skirt laid
rot u plainly Tyoga's and needed
toaea reefs ond tucks; but for a waist
tbsrt was an old-fashioned polonaise,
tad this was better suited to Hetty's
is. When she was finished she reul
- iy felt proud of herself, and awaited
Abe reunion with the boys In tho sit
tine room with great anticipation.
They had fared belter In the matter if
tsethes, though Johnny's trousers were
too long and Larry s were ui nan-mast.
Vbile they criticised, commented, and
lota pared the children burst in upon
tbetn. The boy limped quietly in, but
the girl stormed through the doors
tike a whirlwind.
"Where you live when you were a
tU glrir she flashed at Hetty. 'Tim
they always have something dola
round that you couldn't-see into?"
Of course they did," said Hetty.
Those things always happen when
you're children."
"Hut I don't believe It was Ilka It Is
tore," persisted the child. "Here
things are so funny, they make you
creep If you don't want to. You needn't
cowl, brother, you know It's true. Any
body can see It And why did thess
people come here In those skin clothes?
And why has Tyoga been so worried?
And why won't papa see us, and where
la mother? Do you oh, tell me do
' you think our mother's dead?" the
cbild cried, flinging herself In Betty's
lap, "We had the loveliest mother, and
he's been gone for so long!"
"What was your mother's nam,
dear?" questioned netty, though he
fenew before she asked, and fell asham
ed of the query. Bhe had the hot Iltllo
Caeavd pressed c lose to her shoulder and
mould feel the rising sobs. The boy
bad gone over to the window and was
tapping It moodily with bis fingers.
"tihe was Mrs. Cerlssa Wayne Hack
leye." replied the child, "but we Just
.called her mother."
Hetty's tears mingled with those of
ftbe little girl. "I don't know, dear,"
she answered. "Walt till we get a
post aiul then we'll know."
"That's what Tyoga always says,"
continued the child. "Hut the post neves-
comes here any wore. What's your
dtnir!"
"And hls'n?"
"Mr. Johnson."
"And his?"
"Mr. Morris."
"Mine's Paula, and brother's I Wal
ter Ilamlcy," unnourn rd the child. "Wo
JiiPt call him Walter, though. He's aw
fully shy, Ih brother. He doesn't wear
mother's picture any more; he says
she's been Rone so long that she doesn't
ove us or else she'd cume buck. Hut
hut Isn't so. Tyoga went away for
ong time, but Tvoir.i came back. This
s mother, see?"
She opened the locket around lier
neck and displayed to Hetty the now
familiar face of C'erlsse Wayne.
It was such a beautiful, lovely, mock
ing face, but it wasn't a Rood face!
Hetty couldn't held acknowledging that
to herself even as she made her bow
to the witchery of the painted features
before her. There was nothing of the
mother there.
"I hate this place," went on Paula.
I don't like the blacks and I don't like
tho quirt that's always here. Pap.i
said he'd take us to England, but sine.!
mother went awny he never talks of
that any more. Papa doesn't seem t J
love us like he did. Ho was away, too.
lie's Just come home. And so cross!
Why, the other day he stepped on one
of my guinea pigs and killed It, and
then he killed another and took and
drowned the whole pen full of them In
the river. He used to bo so good."
"Paula, you've talked enough," chld-
ed the boy. "These folks don't care
Lurry proceeded to make friends with
Walter, and Hetty and Johnny kept
Paula amused with a wonderful game
of ball that you make out of you
handkerchief and twirl around from
one to another on two hat pins.
Gradually Larry and Walter got int
the fun, and the revel was at its heigh
when Le Malheureux came Into the
room.
"Le Malheureux!" cried Hetty, and
stretched out her hand in welcome.
Hut tho shrouded figure stood aside.
"Excuse me, please," )0 protested.
"So these are your friends? Now they
have found you, I hope they may be
ablo to see you safely home again. I
will ask of you, too, a favor. Will you
tako theso two helpless children with
your rney ociong 10 my sisier, mrs.
Hackleye, known to you as Mrs.
Wayne. I wish they may go to their
father's people In Kngland. There Is
no one else who can tako caro of them
and they mustn't stay here any long
er. No," reading the question In Lar
ry's eyes, "tho father is not dead, but
he Is not well. And It la best for them
to go."
k "When can we go?" blurted Larry,
"and where la tho father? Didn't he
kl "
Hetty threw the ball at Larry, and
It struck him squarely In tho mouth,
Interrupting tho question on his lips.
"Judge not," cautioned Le Malheu
reux. "I will dine with you later, after
the children have gone tr bed."
The remainder of tho day was a
catechism by tho children. They de
voured their strange visitors with
questions about the country they had
never seen, wondered If they would
meet their mother, made a thousand
childish plans for tho voyage, and dro-y
lots as to which of their pets they
would take with them. Discussion as
to tho relative merits f white mice
over guinea pIrs and peacocks waa
bordering on belligerency when Tyoga
carried tho Juveniles away to the room
that did duty us a nursery and left
their Impatient elders to await tho
coming of Le Malheureux.
Tins lung been with one man, and no
with all tills new wealth she shall hav
him. Money buys anything! Diamond.
re money! C'crise shall be rid of this
Hackleye. I huto him, too!'
Another fiBure stepped out of the
larkness. Johnny n cognized the early
morning visitor he had trailed rrom
the D.Htcrle home Into the Klarders
nansion, months before.
Don't believe that for a moment,
this man rasped, "ton blithering oiit
fool you! C'erlsse Is dead! Do you
hear! She's dead! Dead!
The old man dropped his staff an-i
fill back Into trio arms of Le Malheu
reux. who led him to a seat near by.
"Hackleye, Hackleye!" walled ihe
old man, "you didn't you didn't. You
didn't kill her?"
Hackleye pulled a roll of newspaper
clippings from his pocket and dangled
them before the old man s eyes, and
spread them out on the table befor.)
him. With quivering lips the stricken
man read, punctuating each sentence
with a moan. Ho saw tho headlines
only, then Hung the papers from him
and tried to reach Hackleye with his
BtflfY.
"And you, you " ho malevolently
called to l.e Malheureux, "why did you
not prevent It?"
"How could I?" answered Le Mal
heureux. "and why should I? tou
know what Orlsse was, father. A mur
deress at heart, and my own sister. My
mother) daughter!"
"Yes, and mine," snarled the old man.
Where are thoso brats of Hackleye'i?
I ll kill them-klll them, I tell you!"
Lc Malheureux rang sharply on a
bell. Henonl entered from tho hall, and
together they bore the old man from
the room. Hackleye gathered up the
clippings nnd with darkening brow
paused before tho portrait of tho two
children that hung on the wall before
him. Opposite was a lifo size painting
of the mother, and his wife radiant,
smiling hs she had been In her early
MY DREAM OF DREAMS.
Alono within my house I sit;
The lights are not for me.
The music, nor the mirth; and yet
I lack not company.
Bo gnyly go the pny to ni-et.
Nor wait my griefs to nvnd
My entertainment Is more sweet
Than thine, to-night, my friend.
Whilst thou, one blossom In thy hand,
IlcwnU'st my we:iry hours,
t'pon my native hills I stand
Walst-depp among the flowers.
Alice Cary.
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TrUl Dottle Freo By Mail
MaaaA- .JaVilaU Ms.. iUn saaBBBstKi-al
Or:
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The Woman
Who Listened
The little club ut Koy;.t-les-BalnH,
where I waa taking the cure, had swal
lowed up most of my ready money,
and I was hound to go over to La
Uourlioule to see my elder brother.
Kvcii If 1 had not been broke I
should not have taken a Urst-clas on
such a little nldo line. A middle-class
girl got In, and the hot summer night
nnd the question of a draught from thts
window soon got us Into conversation.
She confided to me that she had met I
ber mistress In America, that her mis
tress was a Polish countess, that she
was traveling by the eanie train, that
they had been taking the 'cure at
Vichy, were going to complete it at
Mont-Dore, tUat her mistress was cer
tainly young, a widow, and pretty.
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This, interspersed with what I
... . . .' . . . ., j ! vouchsafed, occnnled MlBs King, for
glrmooa, ana wncn ane naa iiKieii-u - - -
to the ardent love-making of her fu
ture husband.
As the man looked the frown van
ished. A breeze stealing hi from the
window swayed the portrait forward
on tho wall. With outstretched hands
and lips apart the girl in the picturo
seemed to move towards tho weary
man, to offer him tho roses she held in
her hands. The dim lights completed
the Illusion. Hackleye sprang forward
to embrace the girl In tho picture, soft
words upon his lips.
"Sweetheart, sweetheart," he cried,
"you've come hack to me. I know it,
and you'll never go again, will you,
dear? Just my girl again, Just mine,
Just mine "
He had touched the canvas now and
its clammy surface woke him from his
dream. Hurling It back against the
wall, Hackleye Bnatched a Jeweled
knife from the table, and slushed the
canvas Into finest fringe.
"And all for love of a woman," quoth
Johnny to himself, as Hackleye un
seeing rushed down the corridor In a
blind rage and almost knocked hint
over.
(To be continued.)
that was her name, and myself till we
stepped out Into the dark at the little
tation of Lagueullles. from which I
learned we were to proceed by an om
nibus acrona the mountains to La Bour-
boule.
We la comtesse, King and I were
the only passengers, and this, with the
fact of my acquaintance with King,
and that none of us were English, toon
enabled me to get into conversation
with the little Polish lady who Inter
ested me strangely, for she certainly
was very young to be a widow, and
was a very fragile little beauty with
quite ivory skin, Jet black hair, large
r
NCLK Sam 1ms no reanon to be ashamed of his first, ten years
In the Philippines. Whether one Is an Imperialist or an nnll
lmperiallst whether one rejoices or rc;;retg that we have the
Philippines on our hand.t, no true American can be other than
ghid that so large a niejiflure of Just rule and prosperity has
come to these Islands freni the American occupation, says a
writer in the Chicago Record-Herald.
Tho Filipino war left desolation In Its path, as war always docs, though
since this war was fougnt largely in the Jungle it left as lilfle desolation
and as few hitter feelings behlnj It as war ever doos. Kvcn Agulnaldo,
who hnd as much reason us any one, perhaps, to resent Uncle Sam's forcible
entrance, has become a Rood and peaceable American citizen, living In quiet
nnd contentment near Manila and 8i?aklng In the highest terms of the
government he so recently was fighting. After the war came the rinderpest,
that swei.t off nine out of Ion, If not ninety-nino out of a hundred, of the
carabaos, or water buffaloes, animals which arc almost Indispensable to
the life of the Filipino. Then disastrous typhoon succeeded disastrous
typhoon, uprooting homes and whole villages, until It looked as though
tho very elements were leagued against the American occupation. But
worst of all waa the long delay pf our Congress In recognizing the Philip
pines as part of the United States in a commercial sense. The old markets
of Spain were closed to the poor people, and no new markets were opened
to them In America until the last Congress gave them practically free trade
with the United States, allowing their sugar, hemp, tohacco and copra to
come In duty free.
Now the tide of prosperity, so long damned up or diverted from the
Philippines, seems to be flowing toward them in a steady stream, and the
days of murmuring of the Filipino, lot us hope, are ended. Already capital
is beginning to flow in. New enterprises are being started; the forests and
the gold mines and the coal lielija are being exploited and the virgin wealth
of the Islands, which cannot be estimated, is being explored and devel
oped. One might speak with enthusiasm of the railroads that are pushing
up into the country, opening up new floids of wealth with every mile con
structed; of the great carriage roads like the one to the new summer cap
ital, which cost $1,100,000. Three new docks recently have been completed
to which the largest ships aflqat can tie up. New streets are being opened
throughout Manila, and the splendid street railway system Is being ex
tended in every direction.
The church and the schoolhouse came with the pilgrims to Plymouth,
and they came to the Philippines with the militant pilgrims of 1898. To say
nothing here of the splendid work of the mission churches and schools,
nearly 1,000 American teachers and 8,000 native pedagogues are teaching
the young Filipino idea how to shoot, at the expense of Uncle Sam.
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Hpanma, or hT chiMrrn that do f o, mjr Nw Ila
coretr will rrl'eTe thtm. and all yon ar aakml to
do la to aend fur s Frc Trial tl BoW of Dr. Mj a
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hu enrd thonnanda whfra eTarjthlng la
failed. GuarnntMd by Mar Mwllral Xahorato.y
Vnd Pnr Fo"d and Pmga Act. Jnn aota, HM
Guaranty -No. 1HT1. Tirana Wilta for Special Fraa
Bntiia and tire AOS and complete addma
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The Army of
Constipation
Is Crowing Smaller Ey Day
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SKILL PILL, SMALL DCSE, SMALL PKICE
GeHtline aaal bear Signature
Didn't Menu That.
"These." said the lecturer. Indicating
them with his pointer, "are the mova
ble bath-houses. Thousands of people
congregate here during the summer
season. Over here on the left tj tho
hotel at which I stopped, and an ex
ceeding homelike place It is. I shall
give you a nearer view of It presently.
Althourtn I was there a week or two,
and would gladly have remained longer
if I could have spared the time, I did
not take any baths, for the reason "
(Loud and prolonged laiiKhter.)
"I meant, ladles and gentlemen," he
resumed, after the merriment had sub
sided, "that I didn't take any baths
down at the beach. This audience Is
altogether too smart." Chicago Tribune.
THE PARADISE OF BABIES.
CHATTER XIX.
The clock In tho room told ten, and
ho was not yet there. The children
slept and Hetty and her companions
moved restlessly from room to room.
Had it not been for Johnny, Ijirry and
she might have been exchanging a
thousand queries as to "when did you
first begin to love me," and "do you
remember that time?" but as it was
they tried to be unselfish and make
general conversation and, as is usuul In
such cases they only succeeded In hav
ing everybody miserable, Johnny as
well as themselves.
Angry voices sounded from the corri
dor. One, unmistakably that of Do
Malheureux, tho other that of an older
and a mode irate mun.
They extinguished the lights, and
Hetty cautiously stealing to the door
put her eye to the keyhole and hor
eat to the crack. Out hi the hull was
Le Malheureux, with him a bent old
man, white-haired and saffron-skinned.
The old man leaned totterlngly on a
staff. "I hale you, hate you, a thou
sand times more than I ever have done
before, oh wretched son!" ho shrilled.
"Vile that you are!"
"You cannot, futher," Interrupted the
harsh voice of LeMalheurtux. In a
(o.-rowful Intonation. "You have ong
condemned me to tortures. Whut I am
you made me."
The two walked slowly down I In
corridor. Motioning to Ijirry and Pet
ty to await his return Johnny followed
In their wake. Through the main
building and across to the south room
wing they went, stopping In what was
evidently the old man's sitting room.
There the dlscusRloii broke out afresh.
"I hate you, I say A thousand
times more," repeated the old man.
"Untlliul son! Put I have outwitted
you! My cohorts, my good black nn
grocs. any one of them worth a thou
sand such sons as you, have found out
your secret custle, the gate to thos.i
bonanza fields where tho diamonds lie
so closely bedded together that a nee
dlepoint could not separate them. I am
free of you now, forever, free; do yo j
understand? That wealth that your
mother and young aunt so long de
nied me is mine, inlno und Ceriase'a
Ah, there is devotion for you, devotion
for you! Khe Is a girl after my own
heart! What vim! What nerve! Whut
daring! My Ceriaael No chicken
nerved 'ool like you, and you, rny sun!
liahl Now thut I have the path to th'
mines, now thut I need blm no longer,
llackleys tnuy go, and hi children
with him If ha wishes. They are but
poor offspring for my beautiful daugh
ter to own, Small wonder she never
, loved thvm. Nor htm either. !Ir btrt
Jnpnitcftp Find o Trouble Too ; real
In (.lilnic I'lenmire to Children.
Japan, the Flowery Land tho Land
of the Cherry IHossom and tho Chrys-
nnthtTinuni Is a happy place for the
wee folk to live in. No trouble is too
great for the Japanese it it brlng9
pleasure to tho "treasure llowers," as
their babies are called, hence small
wonder is It that tears ore but seldom
setn. i
Japanese babies never soem to cry,
writes V. Louise Wrench. Quaint, lit
tle, sago faced individuals, with shorn
heads und obliquely set eyes, they re
mind us of dolls, the gayest and most
delicately embroidered garments en
wrapping the tiny limbs, for a moth
er's first care after her baby is bom
will be Its dress. Kach baby's robe
will have some special color, according
to the month in which It was born,
nnd a mother will spare no expense
over the tiniest mite's wardrobe. There
seems to be a superstition that the
gayer tho child's kimono, the better
chances in life It will have.
As soon as any hair appears the
hhv Iiiik ilts head shaved, only a
fringe around tho forehead and neck,
with a tiny tuft In the center, being
left. Then as soon as the mother's
artistic sense Is satisfied she presents
her baby to Hotel, the god of children,
who Is one of tho seven gods of luck.
As soon as the hair begins to grow
again she shaves it off once more until
she has obtained the result she wish
es. Unfortunately, however, this ceTe
mony is not always performed with
a clean razor, scrupulous though the
Japanese are In many respects, and
often causes unpleasant sores. The
Japanese attribute this to naughtiness,
which they say lurks beneath the
scalp, and they fancy that if this ill
ness, or deviltry, comes out while the
children are quite young they will be
healthier In later life.
As soon as the children come to the
age of reason (anywhere between the
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SMOKED AND TALKED.
liazzling, turquoise-blue eyeB, and a lit
tlo round red mouth.
It was a lovely night, but the heat
In the 'bus was Intense, and, therefore.
there was nothing unnatural in my re'
nark:
"Should we not find It cooler If we
went outside?"
1 was soon helping Mme. La Com
tesse to climb by the little ladder ou
to the roof.
"So you have been picking poor
King's cotton brains about me. Well,
what have you found out?"
"That we both belong to a conquered
notion."
"You are Irish."
"Yes, who told you?"
"King. What else?"
"She told me I must And out the
rest for myself."
"You aBked her ray name?"
"No, indeed."
"Then, whati"
"If you were pretty."
She smiled, but said nothing, as If
avoiding an obvious compliment, and
then Bald:
"If chance had thrown me into con
fidences with your valet, I think I
should have asked your name."
"Do you know," said 1, "It would be
a unique experience to meet as we
have met, to woo and win, to continue
to the end, and if there never were
an end, to part unknown and un
knowing, never to meet again, but al
ways wondering and being wondered
about, and, therefore, never forgot
ten." "Do you think sot"
"Oh, yes!" I replied. "Every one
else you know, every one else I know,
knows all about us our names, our
ages, our likes and dislikes; tho goat-
naths we have traveled and will return
age of 6 and 10), they begin to leave, to. tney and we have worn out our in-
off their baby ways, apparently oi ( terest and our love and hate, one for
their own accord, nnd at once begin to tne 0ther. But a new experience
take theJr share of the world s duties.
As soon as a baby Is born It is handed
over to a sister, who takes care of it,
anal it Is a common sight in Japan to
supper in. But we ate little. I smoked
and talked. She listened with her
great eyes Intent upon me.
At what time I kissed her for the
last time and we parted, I do not
know. I remember she cried and clung
to me, and I promised to call for her
after I had seen my brother. This I
did, but only to leave a noto with
King, saying my borther required me
to start at once for Paris from which
I would return Immediately and come
straight to her.
On the third day I was back, only to
learn that the lady I described had
gone to Lyons. I followed her there,
nnd after some delay tracked her to
Biarritz, and thence to Spain. I was
madly in love and I determined to find
her.
I tracked her till I came to Barce
lona, where I could not hear of her
having left, and yet where I could not
Had her anywhere. In my despair, I
sent her description to the police. At
List they came there were several of
tlicm and the principal one said:
"Do you know her?"
"Yes."
"Is her name " ,
I stopped him with I do not know
her name. She is a Polish countess;
w here Is she?"
"You are quite right, slgnor. You
have been following her all over Spain.
We have followed you. We know oil
about you. You need have no fej.r."
"Never mind about me. Whbt of
her?"
"Her name is "
"I don't know or wish to know her
name. Where Is she?"
"On her way to Siberia."
"Siberia! Why Siberia?"
"She was enticed to a luncheon on
hoard a yacht by the Russian secret
poller."
"My God! The police! What is 'ao
supposed to have done?"
"They say she is a member of itome
political secret society."
There was nothing more to say, noth
ing to bo done, but Journey back to
lxmdon, worm myself into the confi
dence of the Russian embassy, gt let
ters of credit and a passport, become
attached to a great newspaper, and
start on a mission to prove to the
world at large that P.usaian nritions
were all that Is beautiful aud ' good.
and the Siberian wines were rest
cures. I knew they would be so pre
pared for me, as ths? had been so pre
pared for other tripling Englishmen.
I found them so, autl so reported, and
accordingly I wsj given all informa
tion I desired. I jlayed my game well,
and was mor than discreet, never ask
ing tho ona tnUg about the one per
son In the worfel I wanted to know till
I found myifW Inside the fortress of
Saint Peter atd Paul, for there I found
she bad been taken. Her dossier was
even shown to me. Tne last word In
the documeut was "Escaped.'
There Is but one means of escape
POLITENESS IN RAINSTORM.
WELL KIDNEYS KEEP
THE BODY WELL.
would be to part before we wore out
our loves, never to see one another
change or grow old, but always to stay
In each other s memory as we are.
see little girls of 6 or 7 with sleeping young; never to know the other Is
babies strapped to their backs like a
knapsack, while a glni with no ststen
or brothers will have a big doll sub
stituted. Hence when quite bablee
themselves they are taught to looli
after others.
Little boys in Japan never seem t
be affected with shyness, and they are
extraordinarily polite, always Inter
ested in what is said, and especially
attentive to a atraugcr should he at
tempt to converse with him. There Is
no scolding and punishing of Japanese
children, no shutting them away In
dull nurseries with hirelings to look
after them, but In the land of the
chrysanthemum children are as wel
come as the sunlight, they love and
are loved, the simple, unfettered life
they lead helping them to become
heulthy, mvally and phyalcally, and
the stern word duty to them is noth
ing to fear.
Iteaaoua for I.rvln lb Cooalrr,
A college man has made an inquiry
as to w hy a group of 400 students left
the country. Forty per cent of them
said there wasn't any money 4n farm
ing. Seventeen per rent lett because
dead or married, but always to feel
that one thing in the world had not
come to an end, believing that. It we
tnet again, we would be the same."
"Go on!" was all she said.
I took her little hand.
"To exchange names Is to label on
self, to establish doubt; fear as to the
past and as to what the other will do,
or thluk, or say. Not to give names Is
to act naturally as If alone, unseen
unwatched, unafraid.
She was entranced; her head was on
my shoulder. She sal J dreamily: "Go
on! Talk to me
"If I do not tell ycu my name, if I
never hear yours, nothing that may
ever happen to either of us will mat
ter. If your death were announced, if
my name became the 'most dishonored
in the world's history, it would bring
no sorrow or shame to either of us
nor shadow our pleasant memory of
to-night which must be eternal."
"The idea has endless possibilities.
Names, a you say, are a folly. I will
not tell you mine."
i I persuaded her to break the Jour-
ney and we went to our hotels. I to
I the lies -Britanlnues, she to the Am-
t lllxen with I'mlirella Shown How
Conrteoua Siw Yorkers Can lie.
The politest man in New York wai
paying gallant attention to the 'adlei
for two hours at 5th avenue and 35th
street yesterday afternoon, accordinf
to the New York World. F. Hopkins
Smith, author, artist and engineer, la
mented at the Southern society's din
ner tho other night that "we live ir
the most insolent city in the world.'
Mr. Smith would have been delight
ed to study this very polite man.
A drizzling, penetrating rain was
falling. The polite man carried a ver
large umbrella. In the most defer
entlal manner he urged women whe
had been shopping and who walte'c
buses going uptown to find sheltei
from the rain In the doorways of th
shops on the northeast corner and
near it.
Then, raising his silk hat, he asked
each woman courteously if she want
ed a 5th avenue bus or a Riverside
drive bus. As a bus approached he
halted It and asked the conductor how
many places were vacant. learning
this, he told the women waiting in
the doorways, and, In turn, escorted tc
the bus as many women as there wer
places for. He protected the women
so carefully under his big umbrella
that hi3 high hat and seal-lined over
coat soon were soaking wet.
Plainly some women were grateful
for his attention; some giggled; sonu
resented his addressing them as il
they feared his motives. But his de
corous, deferential manner nevei
changed. About 6 o'clock, after escort
ing scores of women to the buses, h
started up 5th avenue.
"Why have you been doing this?'
a reporter asked him.
"I just wanted to show people that
New York men are polite," he answered.
"Will you tell me your name?"
"Pardon me, but what has my nam
got to do with the purpose I had In
view?"
When the kidneys do their duty, the
blood i3 filtered clear of uric acid and
other waste. Weak
kidneys do not filter
off all the bad mat
ter. This is the,
cause of rheumatic
pains, backache and
urinary disorders.
Doan's Kidney Pills
cure weak kidneys.
J. P. Alexander,
820 Ave. D, Council
Bluffs, la., says: "I
had backache, pain
ful urinary disorders
and kidney ills from
the close of the war.
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me in 1906 and
the benefit has been
permanent."
Remembe r the
name Doan's. For sale by all deal
ers. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
50 cents a box.
",'i itmyhriurt
.'-vfT u
l -
I JLtirm iaiaaaii il ' 1
To sum up in percentase the six
leading cereals show a yield of 7.6 per
cent greater than last year, and only
4 per cent below the sum of the rec
ord years In each.
If Yon Are at Trifle Sennltlve.
about the Blze of your shoes, many people
wear smaller ahoes by using Allen's I'oot
Euse. the Antiseptic Powder tc shake into
the shoes. It cures Tiled. Swollen, Aeli
lii(! l-'eet and irlves rest and comfort. Just
the thing for patent, leather shoes. Sold
everywhere, 5c. Sample sent KUIJU. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted. Le Koy, N. Y.
In the year 1908 there were seven
teen thousand wells drilled in the Uni
ted States, at a cost of about $30,000,
000. PILES CURED Ilf 6 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OtNTMENT la iruaranterd to cure anr
case ot Itching-, lUind. lili-orim or Protruding
tilea in 6 to 11 days or money refunded. 50c ,
I'eraonnl Mairuetlaiu a Great Atari.
There have been great advocates at
the bar whose charming manner, like
the presence in court of some of the
world's famous beauties, would so
sway the Jury and the judge as to en
danger and sometimes actually divert
justice, says Orison Swett Marden lu
Success Magazine. A gracious, genial
presence, a charming personality, a
refined, fascinating manner are wel
come where mere beauty is denied
and where mere wealth is turned
away. They will make a better Im
pression than the best education or
the highest attainments. An attract
ive personality, even without great
ability, often advances one when great
talent and special training will not.
There Is always a premium upon a
charming presence. Every business
Just closed, the Yurniouth and Lowe
stoft herring season has yielded 800,
000,000 herring which sold for $5,000,
000. A-B-C LIMMEXT
relieves cold In the chest, neuralgia, nnd
backache. Apply as directed. All dealers.
In London. In 1907,
married widows.
1,449 bachelors
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for
children teething, BOftens the gums, re
duces Inflammation, nllaya pain, cur
wind colic. 26a a bottle.
Soldiers In the Russian army are td
carry compasses with luminous needles,
DAVIH PAINKILLER
rjas no substitute. No othur ivim-dy is so cfTpctlv
for rheumatism, hiiuha.ro, Milfness neuralitia or
cold ot aujr son Pul up In 36c and 6uti Unties,
The Turkish government has awak
ened to the necessity of Irrigation and
railroads.
man likes to be Riirrnttn.lprl hv iwinla
from the prison of Saint Peter and lf plfta8,nK per8onamy anJ winnlng
t nui. ano tnai is iun,uRU s t.u,. mner,, They are regarded as splen-
a a...i. . ...1 Jm h.IiIaK puns ASSP f ha I
in u our corriuor wun-u iuu
river.--K. A. P.
i i . ... nknad niir rnnma nn,l V,v
of the hard work, and another 17 per I m,nt; n,Pt a,n and wandered
cent left because ot the lack of social .... . . Iac open to
, advantages.
The Cows of Museat.
Mvmcat la famed as the hotbed of
snutglers in the Persian guir, tne
utrby desert tribes being regularly
supplied with arms despite the efforts
of the British patrol. But to the
wvlter. reared on a Missouri farm,
the odd antics of the cows of Muscat
seemed nothing short of freakish. They
actually eat fish. No grass grows, so
the wllv Arab teaches his family cow
to subsist on dates and dried fish. The
niiMc tastes queer to a foreigner,
which is probably why the Arab likes
it. He also claims It Is richer and
makes more butter, but most ridicu
lous of all is the deception practiced said the professor.
n when the calves are "wean- "Yea. sir.
ed" A calfskin or sometimes a goat
skin is stuffed with rags and tied not
fur from where the mother cow is on
chored. This effigy of her late lametit
ed offspring soothes her nerves and
b., her from "going dry," accord-
tnr in Arabic tradition San Francis
r
co Chronicle.
did assets.
What is It that often enables one
person to walk rlglu Into a position
and achieve without difficulty that
which another with perhaps greater
ability, struggles In vain to accom
plish? Everywhere a magnetic per
sonality wins Its way.
Young men and young women are
constantly being surprised by offers oi
excellent positions which come to
them because of qualities and cliarae
terlsticB which, perhaps, they have
never thought much about a fine
manner, courtesy, cheerfulness and
kindly, obliging, helpful dispositions.
Constipation causes many serious,
diseases. It is thoroughly cured by
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One
a laxative, three for catharti':.
The Irrrgalur Verb "To Be."
In one of the Senate cloak-rooms dur
ing a recent session, the talk turned,
aays a writer in the Troy Press, on
the old ante-bellum negro of the South
and his amusing originalities in the
use of the English language.
Senator Taylor, of Tennessee, said
the finest example he knew of was the
remark made by an old negro whose
worthless son waa married Becretly.
The old man heard of it and asked
the boy lf he was married.
"I ain't sayin" I ain't," the boy re
plied. "Now, you, "Itastus." stormed the old
man, "I ain't askln' you is you ain't;
I is askln' you ain't you Is!"
A Dlffrrrut I nalruuieul.
You are a typewriter, I believe?"
"Very good. Now, my dear younfl
lady. In playing the piano you must
not pay too much attention to your
Bpecd." Louisville Courier-Journal.
As long as there are men and wo
men it will never oe officially decided
whether tobacco or corsets are more
injurious to health.
tinuilaess la lull.
Elsie Auntie, were you good or bad
when you were a little girl?
Aunt.c Oh, I waa always very good
klsle Well, I think it s s lot nicer
to oe bad it's more Interesting to talk
about when you grow up M. A. P.
12
No woman's hair is as long hanging
A girl seldom admits UuU shs's In down her back as it loo to be In th
love uttUI h) Isn't 11 on top of her head.
m me m