SitftJWMSIRiftA . jtL-spt.-u- - .j-. nwm(Hi -r- Ai . . t 4 iaESjwn sa.u v ?. AaM'WiiTOniiiiiiiiiiiiJi'iiniwiii,iiiii iiiwiiff JWNOPQIS. Tim Mory In tnlrt by N'lcliolne Trlat. I tin 'rhl r, Senator John Ciillioun, offered tho .IKitlfolUi of Hrrrctnry of nlnio In Tylor'n 'onhlni-t. Is tolil hy Hi. Word Hint Ills tlmo In rtlioit. Ciillioun ilcclnrcn that ho In not ready to die, runt If ho ucceiitn Tyler's of fer It morion that Texan nod Grown must 'ho nddul to the Union. Ho plain to learn tho Intcntlonn of norland with regard to iMoxIro tliroiiKli Haroncst Von Hltz. seeret npy nml rc.iutwl tolstroso of tho KnKllnli mnhiiKdiidor, I'aUonhmn. NIoIioIiih li went to lirInK tho litrniirisi to Ciillimm'H nptirt mrnt.i anil nilraen a nicotine with hln rwectlirart. Cllraholli Churchill. Whllo nenrrhltiK for the Imtmirtm' houxo a car THko ilnalii'i up uiul Nlcholau 1h Invited to enter. CHAPTER IV. Continued. "Your nmnnl" bIic ajmln domanded. I told lier tho first ono that camo to itny HpB I do not remember what. I did not dccclvo her for a moment. "Of course that la not your iinmo," inho mild; "because It docs not fit you. ,You have mo still at disadvantage." "And mo, madam? You nro taking mo miles out of my way. How can I help you? Do you perhaps wish to lliunt mushrooms In tho Georgetown woods when morning comes? I wish that I might Join you, but I fear" "You mock me," she retorted, "Very good. liCt mo tell you It was not your personal charm which attracted mo when I saw you on tho pavement! ''Twns because you wcro tho only man ln sight." f bowed my thanks. Tor n moment nothing was heard savo tho steady patter of hoofs on tho ragged pave ment. At length sho went on. "I nm alono. I hnvo been followed. I was followed when I called to you by another carriage. I asked help of tho (first gcntloman I saw, having henrd ithat Americans aro all gentlemen." "Truo," said I; "1 do not hlnmo you. Neither do I hlnmo tho occupant of itho other carrlago for following you." "I prny you, lenvo asldo such clat ter!" sho oxclalmcd. "Very well, thon, madam. Perhaps tho bc3t way Is Tor us to bo moro istralghtforward. ir I cannot bo of servlco I beg you to lot mo descend, (for I havo business which I must ex locuto to-night." Sho dismissed this with an Impa tient gesturo, and continued. "See, I am alone," she said. "Como ,wlth me. Show mo my way I will (pay I will pay anything In reason." (Actually I saw her fumblo at her Ipurno, and Uio hot blood How to my "forehead. "What you ask of me, madam, Is Impossible," snld I, with what cour tesy I could summon. "You obllgo mo now to toll my renl name. I have told you that I am an Amorlcan gen tleman Mr. Nicholas Trlst. Wo of this country do not offer our sorvlces to IndlcG for tho sako of pay. But ido not bo troubled over any mlstnko j It Is nothing. Now, you havo nor Ihaps had somo little ndventuro In which you do not wish to bo discover ed. In any cnBO, you ask mo to shako off that carrlago which follows us. If 'that Is all, madam, it very easily can bo arranged." "Hasten, thon," sho snld. "I leavo It to you. I was sure you know tho city." I turned and gazed back through Itho rear window of tho carrlago. Truo, there was auothcr vehicle following 'iia. Wo wore by this time nearly at tho end of Washington's limited pave imonts. It would bo Blmplo after that, il loaned out and gnvo our driver somo "brlof orders. Wo led our chaso ncross Itho valloy creeks on up the Qeorgo Itown hills, and soon ns posslblo (abandoned tho last of tho pavement and took to the turf, whero tho sound of our wheels wbb dulled. Rapidly as Hvo could wo passed on up tho hill, our 'going, which was nil of enrth or soft turf, now well wotted by tho rain. 'When at last wo reached n point near 'tho Bummlt of tho hill I stopped to lllston. Hearing nothing, I told tho driver to pull down tho hill by tho leldo ntreot, and to drlvo slowly. Whon wo finally camo Into our main street ngaln at tho foot of tho Georgetown lillls, not far from tho Httlo crook which divided that settlement from itho main city, I could hoar nowhero any sound of our pursuor. "Madam," said, turning to her, "I (think wo may oafoly say wo are alono. What, now, Is your wish?" "Home!" sho said. "And whoro Is homo?" Sho looked at mo keenly for a tlmo, ps though to read somo thought which perhaps sho saw suggested either In tho tone of my volco or In somo Tllmpso oho might havo caught of my features us light afforded. For tho moment Bho mndo no answor. "Is It hero?" suddenly I asked her, presenting to hor Inspection tho sealed .mlsslvo which I bore. , "I cannot seo; it is quite dark," she ,aald hurriedly. "Pardon mo, then" I fumbled for my caso of luelfors, and mado a faint light by which Bho might read. Sho pursed ber lips and Bhook hor head. "I do not rocognlzo tho nddress," nald sho, smiling, aa sho turned to ward mo. "Is it at this door on M street, ns you go beyond this othor street?" I psked her. "Como think!" im,nii m vmMmmmtmittMmt 54-40 FIOffTT BY EMERSON HOUGH iVUVUOR, Or THE MrWBflMppi BUUBJLE UIWTOATICW & MAGNUP O.ItJBTTNlER. COPVniQHT1 1QOO iZf-nnnrw-Tinnmi r rviMriTT.. "-' Then I thoueht I naw tho Hush deepen on her fneo, oven as tho match flickered tuid fnllcd. I leaned out of tho door and called to tho ni'jjro driver. "Home, now, boy and drlvo fast!" Slio made no protest. CHAPTER V. . Ono of the Women In the Caso. . Thero Is a woman nt tho beginning of all jjreat things. I.ntnnrtltic. A quarter of an hour later, wo slowed down on a rough brick pavo ment, which led townrd what thon wan an outlying portion of tho town ono not precisely shabby, but by no means fashionable Thero wa3 a sin glo lamp stationed nt the mouth of tho nnrrow llttlo street. As wo advanced, I could boo outlined upon our right. Just beyond a narrow pavement of brick, a low and not moro than semi rospectnblo houso, or rather, row of houses; tenements for tho mlddlo class or poor, I might have said. Tho neigh borhood, I knew from my acquaintance with tho city, was rcspcctablo enough, yet it was romoto, nnd occupied by nono of nny station. Certainly It was not to bo considered fit resldonco Tor a woman such ns this who sat besldo mo. I ndmlt I was puzzled. "This will do," Bho said softly, at length. Tho driver already had pulled up. So, then, I thought, sho had been hero before. Rut why? Could this Indeed bo hor resldonco? Was this Indeed tho covert embassy of Eng land? Thero was no cscnpo from tho situ ation ns it lay beforo mo. I had no tlmo to ponder. My duty was hero. This was my messngo; herowas Bho for whom It was Intended; and this was tho placo which I wa3 to havo sought alono. I needed only to re member thnt my business was not with Iloluna von Ritz tho woman, beautiful, fascinating, perhaps danger oub n3 they Bald of hor, but with tho Baroness von Rltz, in tho belief of my chief tho ally and something moro than ally of Pakenham, in charge of Hnglnnd's fortunes on this continent. I descended at tho edgo of tho nar row pavement, nnd wns about to hand her out nt tho atop, but as I glanced down I snw that tho rain had loft a puddlo of mud between tho carrlago and tho wnlk. "Pardon, mndam," I said; "allow mo to make a light for you tho foot ing Is bad." I lighted another luclfcr, Just as sho hesitated at tho stop. Sho mado as though to put out her right foot, and withdrew it. Again sho shifted, and extended her left foot. I faintly saw proof that naturo had carried out her scheme of symmetry, nnd had not al lowed wrist nnd arm to forswear thomBOlvesl I snw also that this foot was clad In tho daintiest of whlto slip pers, Biiltablo enough as part of her ball costumo, as I doubted not wna this sho wore. Sho took my hand without hesitation, nnd rested her weight upon tho stop an adorablo anklo now moro frankly revealed. Tho "And Where U 11 flM'lWi -V ,imtt( . AfMrOhMM . AlOtL imL I n 41 mm ,Mim. ' ; J I briefness of tho luclfers was merciful or merciless, ns you like. "A wldo stop, mndam; bo careful," I suggested. But still she hesitated. A laugh, half of annoyance, half of amusement, broko fiom hor lips. An tho light flickered down, Bho mado as though to tako the step; then, ns luck would havo It, a bit of her looso drapery, which was mado In tho wldo skirted and much-hooped fashion of the time, caught at the hinge of the carrlago door. It was a chance glance, and not intent on my part, but I saw that her othor foot was stockinged, but not shod! "I beg madam's pardon," I Bald gravoly, looking asldo, "but sho has perhaps not noticed that her other slipper is lost In tho carriage." "Nonscnso!" sho said. "Allow mo your hand across to tho walk, ploaso. It Is lost, yes." "But lost whoro?" I began. "In tho other carriage!" sho ex claimed, and laughed freely. Half hopping, sho wns across tho walk, through the narrow gate, and up nt tho door beforo I could either offer an arm or ask for an explana tion. Somo whim, howover, Boized her; somo feeling that In fairness sho ought to tell mo now part at least of tho reason for hor summoning mo to her aid. "Sir," sho said, even as her hand reached up to tho door knocker; "I admit you havo acted as a gentleman should. I do not know what your messngo tuny bo, but I doubt not it Is meant for mo. Sinco you havo this much claim on my hospitality, even at tills hour, I think I must ask you to stop within. Thero may bo some answer needed." "Madam," said I, "thero is an an swer needed. I am to tako back that answer. 1 know that this messago is to the Baroness von Rltz. I guess it to bo important; and I know you are tho Baroness von Rltz." "Well, then," said sho, pulling about her hnlf-clad shoulders tho light wrap sho woro; "let mo bo aa free with you. If I havo missed ono shoo, I hnvo not lost It wholly. I lost tho slipper In a way not quito planned on tho program. It hurt my foot. I sought to adjust It behind a curtain. My gentleman of Mexico was In wlno. I lied, leaving my escort, nnd ho fol lowed. I called to you. You know tho rest. I am glad you aro less in wine, nnd aro moro a gentleman." "I do not yet know my answer, madam." "Como!" sho said; nnd at onco knocked upon tho door. I shall not soon forgot tho surprise which nwalted mo when at last the door swung open suddenly at tho hand of a wrinkled and brown old serving woman not ono of our colored wom en, but of somo dark foreign race. Tho faintest traco of surprise showed on tho old woman's face, but sho stepped back aud swung tho door wide, standing submissively, waiting for orders. Wo Btood now facing what ought to havo been a narrow and dingy llttlo room In a low row of dingy buildings, Your Homo?" wWdfr''' ft" ' lygitMjgpawMfcittutiiJMUjBwtu11"1 ""' ""''" Jm each of two stories nnd ho shallow In extent as perhaps not to ouor spncu to more thnn a half dozen rooms In stem! of what should havo been, how over, thorn was a wldo hall wldo as each building would have been from front to back, hut longer thnn a half dozen of thorn would havo been! I did not know then, what I learned later, that tho partitions throughout this entire row had been removed, tho material serving to 1111 up ono of tho houses at tho farthest extremity of tho tow. There was thus offered v long and narrow room, or series of rooms, which now I saw beyond pos sibility of doubt constituted tho resi dence of this strnngo woman whom chance had sent me to nddress; and whom still stranger chanco had thrown in contnet with mo even beforo my er rand was begun! Sho stood looking at mo, a smllo flitting over her features, hor stock lnged foot extended, too down, serving to bnlanco her on her high-heeled sin glo shoe. "Pardon, sir," sho suid, hesitating, aB alio hold tho scaled epistle in her hand. "You know me perhaps you follow me I do not know. Tell me, are you n spy of that man Paken ham?" Her words and her tone startled me. I had supposed her bound to Sir Richard by ties of a certain sort. Her bhtntness and independence puzzled mo as much as her splendid beauty enraptured mo. I tried to forget both. "Madam, I am spy of no man, unless I am such nt order of my chiof, John Calhoun of tho United States senate perhaps, if madam pleases, soon of Mr. Tyler's cabinet." In answer, sho turned, hobbled to a tiny marquetry table, and tossed tho note down upon it, unopened. I waited patiently, looking about mo meantime. I discovered that tho windows woro barred with narrow slats of iron with in, although covered with heavy dra peries or amber silk. Thero was a dou ble sheet of iron covering tho door by which we had entered. "Your cage, madam?" I inquired. "I do not blame England for making it bo secret nnd strong! If so lovely a prisoner wero mine, I should doublo tho bars." Tho swift answer to my presumption came in tho flush of hor cheek and her bitten Up. Sho caught up tho koy from tho table, and hnlf motioned mo to tho door. But now I smiled In turn, and pointed to tho unopened note on tho table. "You will pardon me, madam," I went on. "Surely It Is no dlsgraco to represent either England or Amor lea. They aro not nt war. Why should wo be?" Wo gazed steadily at each othor. Tho old servant had disftppoared when nt length hor mistress choso to pick up my unregnrded document. De liberately sho broko tho seal and read. An instant later, her anger gone, sho was laughing gaily. "Seo" said sho, bubbling over with her mirth; "I pick up a stranger, who Bhould say good-by at my curb; my apartments aro forced; and thl3 Is what this stranger asks: that I shall go with him, to-night, alone, and other wlso unattended, to seo n man, por haps high in your government, but a strnnger to mo, nt his own rooms alone! Oh, la! la! Surely theso Americana hold mo high!" "Assuredly wo do, madam," I an swered. "Will It plenso you to go in your own carriage, or shall I return with ono for you?" Sho put her hands behind her back, holding In them tho opened messago from my chief. "I nm tired. I am bored. Your Impudence nmuses mo; and your errand Is not your fault. Como, sit down. You havo been good to mo. Beforo you go, I shall havo somo refreshments brought for you." I felt a sudden call upon my re sources as I found myself in this sin gular situation. Here, indeed, moro easily reached than I hnd dared hope, was tho woman in tho enso. But only hnlf of my errand, the easlor half, waa done. (TO nR CONTINUED.;- Sense of Direction In Animals. Tho romnrkablo faculty which cats, dogs, pigeons and other animals pos ecss of returning in a straight line to a point of departuro has awakened much curiosity on tho part of natural ists. Somo refer It to Instinct, somo to intelligence similar to man, somo to an internal mechanism which makes tho nnimnl simply automata, but nono of theso attempted explana tions does anything toward solving tho mystery. Ono of our ablest mod em scientific writers supposes that when an animal is carried to a great dlstanco in a basket Its fright makes it very attontlvo to tho different odors which it oncountors upon tho way, nnd that tho return of theso odors, in lu vcrso order, furnishes tho needful guldo. In Fig-Leaf Dnyg. First Prehistoric Whero did Adam get such nn awful grouch? Second Ditto He's kicking because his spring clothos don't make him look as broad shouldered ob tho fellows In the advertisements. Fuck. ,43 i.,! MILLIONAIRE FARMER GONE David Rankin, a Poor Doy Who De came Wealthy by Sticking to tho Missouri Farm. Tnrklo, Mo. When David Rankin died recently at his homo here, thero passed away tho first of the million aire fnrmora. Nor should this bo tak en to menu that fanning was ono of soveral occupations followed by him; ho wns born on a farm and died on tho farm, nnd front tho day of hl3 birth until tho day of his death ho nover knew what It wns to give an hour, to any othor pursuit. Neither Hhoiild it bo imagined that ho Inherit ed n well paying farm which ho de veloped. David Rankin's story in brief Is this ho started In poverty, ho atuck to hla Job, ho watched his chances, grow with tho times, and died as tho farmor Tho Millionaire Farmer. of tho biggest single acreage In tin world. And n most wholesome, salu tary story It Is. Thero Is no need to morallzo about it or to run into phil. osophlcal language to tell of the mer its of such a career or to point out the secret of tho millionaire farmer's buc cess. It tells itself. This, in effect, la tho Btory of tho man who stuck to his Job. In 1S2G ho was born on a small farm ,!u Sullivan county, Indiana, in a log house 16 feet square whero tho cook ing was done on the logs and tho field labor was accomplished with the prim itive instruments with which tin sturdy pioneers conquered the wilder noes nnd cut the path, which civlliza ntion and culturo havo followed, lnt tho west. He 'was taught to work at Boon as ho was able to wield a hoe, and was reared to regard shoes aa o luxury and schooling as an lndulgenci granted to boys In tho seasons wher larm work was impossible. At tin age of eleven ho saw tho last of the school room nnd settled down to r man's share of the burdens of lifo oi tho paternal farm. In 1S1G he startcf out for himself with ono ox and oni crudo plow. Two yenrs later, while the average farmer was looking with suspicion ant. contempt at tho reapers advertised li the catalogues ho bought ono and user it In another two years ho felt tha ho was prosperous enough to marrj bo ho handed his $4 to the parson an took a hclpmato. For another 15 years ho slmpV farmed on, stendlly, surely growing watching every chanco to lmprovo hit knowledgo of farming conditions ant taking advantage of every innovntloi that promised better returns. The; ho began to bo truly wealthy. It wa in 18C5 that he sold pork inl Now Yorl fattened on his own land and ahortlj afterwards ho cultivated broom corn eschewed by all the conservative till ors of tho soil, and mado a quarter d a million out of It Now in recent years Mr, Rankin, farmor extraordinary, had cultivator JuBt 20,540 acres of land of which 19, 000 was in corn every year nnd ht raised about 1,000,000 buahelo a your. QUEER VERDICT OF JURIES Some Are a Puzzle and Difficult tc Solve, While Many are Exceed ingly Amunlng. Chicago. "Hero is a runny thlna about tho rolntlvo valuo of a man's right and left leg," onid a Chicago lawyer. "Not long ago I was called upon to conduct the caso of a man who hnd lost hla left leg in a railroad accident. Ho waa laid up In tho hos pltal for several weeks. Whllo thero tho uttor uselessness of his light hand cnused much comment among tho doctors and nurses. Other left-hnnded pntlents thoy hnd mot with ablo at least to fight files, but my cllont'a right hnnd wasn't oven fit for that. "Tho caso enmo to trial, and tho Jury awarded him damages ?500 In excess or what ho had asked Tor, be cause, said tho foreman, 'ho Is left handed.' "Tho next day 1 stumbled on my mnn in a restaurnnt and found him Btoklng up with hla right hand. " That Ib all right,' said ho. 'It lsn' a now accomplishment. I could do it all tho timo. Can use ono 'hand as well as tho other, always could, but after I lost my loft leg I concluded to let my right hand tako a vacation. You seo, I know tho ways or Juries. I cannot follow their reasoning, but I havo studied thler vordlcts, and I havo discovered that whllo tho right leg Is considered of moro valuo to tho aver age man than his left log, tho loft log fetches a boom prico If It belongs to a left-handed man. I cannot boo tho connection, but Juries can. You heard what tho Jury of mlno said? Well, they always reason that way.' M (m. 1 u w " U rg.T: USJ.,-JA.'fBiye 7-'i:?aiBI.'?'iiW?tMftirf UNKIND JOLT FROM ADAM Ao If Eve Hadn't Sorrow Enough, Her Partner Had to Add to tho Affliction. Adam had Just received his notice of ejectment Ho stared nt it a long tlmo In silence, whllo Eve, crouched In n dusky comer, softly whimpered. Presently tho father of mankind looked around. As Evo cnught his angry cyo hci whimper changed to n gulping Bob. "Well," ho sternly said, "you've con tnlnly put us In n fine mess wit your silly curiosity! And yet when ' refused to hnvo anything to do with your npplo Echcmo you called mo $ poor fool. Do you remember thai you called mo a poor fool?" "Yc-es," sobbed Eve. "Well, there's Just ono question I want to ask you?" said Adam. "What is it?" gasped tho first mother. "Who's looney now?" ho harshly demanded. Then ho turned nway abruptly and Btnrted to pack up tho family gourds nnd tho tent poles. Clevelnnd Plain Dealor. BABY'S SCALP CRUSTED "Our llttlo daughter, when three months old, began to break out on tho head and wo had tho best doctors to treat her, but they did not do hor any good. Thoy Bald sho had eczema. Her scalp was a solid scalo all over. Tho burning nnd itching was sosevcro that Bho could not rest, dny or night Wo had about given up all hopes when wo read of tho Cuticura Remedies. Wo at onco got a cako of Cuticura Soap, a box of Cuticura Ointment nnd ono bot tlo of Cuticura Resolvent, nnd fol lowed directions carefully. After tho first doso of tho Cuticura Resolvent, wo used tho Cuticura Soap freely nnd applied tho Cuticura Ointment Thon sho began to lmprovo rapidly and In two weeks tho scalo camo off her head nnd new hair began to grow. In i very short tlmo sho was well. Sho la how sixteen years of ago and a plc turo of health. Wo used tho Cuti cura Remedies nbout live weeks, reg ularly, and then we could not tell Bho had been affected by the disease. 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