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(Copyright, 1911,
HE smoking, Idling, lata
aftornoon crowd of poli
ticians In tho Nott Will
ard contained littho ot In
terest for us. Hand wa3
bored and I was uneasy.
We stood by tho window
looking out on tho ex
panse ot Washington, typ
ified by ,tho amplltudo of
.Pennsylvania nvenuo. For four days
"vro had been uii u Ihuio, unsatisfac
tory hunt for somo lost papers In a
iWest Virginia salt-mining den!, and
;Were now meroly loitering on our re
ctum to Now York, little dreaming of
;tho drama on which tho curtain was
iabout to rlso.
A negro boll-boy turned away from
the call-desk Just then, and his mu
sical voice, rolling through tho sea oT
chatter, was summoning:
"Mlsto Laawrenco Ra-and."
"Confound him!" said Rand. "Get
3iim quick."
That name, all too well-known, had
sounded once only, but a score of eyes
followed me with Interest as I took
from tho boy tho messago that Rand
."was wanted on tho telephone, and re
turned to him.
As Rand rejoined me, when he
merged from tho booth in a few min
utes, ho said succinctly:
"Count vou Bcla-Moulkna hnsheard
Tve aro in town, and, as something has
Just happened at his wlfo'B reception,
lie wants us to come Instantly to tho
embassy."
"Iu top hats and all that?" I asked,
as wo hurried toward tho olovator.
"I suppose wo must," said Rand,
with a slight lifting ot tho corners of
Ills thin lips.
In fifteen minutes wo were dressed,
"were downstairs, and rolling along tho
asphalt on our way to the handsome
eld residence In F street, which his
government had purchased for Its dis
tinguished diplomatic representative.
TJio air of a function and .the Inevi
table awning and carpet from tho door
to tho curb marked out the houso.
jWo were mot by an extremely tall,
elderly servant, very widespread as to
tho elbows and very tight as to tho
maroon breeches, but with a shrewd
twinkle in his guarded eyes, neverthe
less. Ho showed us hastily Into a
jjldo room, and back through others
that were en Kill to with It. instead of
taking us through, the hall, where wo
might have been seen by tho guests,
until we reached tho rear of the houso,
"wliei-a au important wing projected.
Tho difference In furnishings mado
It apparent that this was tho ambas
sador's own ground.
JVo wero ushored Into a largo room
on the second floor, half-library, half
trophy room, and the ambassador rose
stlfliy from behind a big, flat desk, at
'which he had been sitting, smoking
fiercely. Ho was a short, Bturdy man
of forty, with a blond face and an Im
posing head of Iron-gray hair. His
eyes gleaned under heavy black brows,
and a large mouth was shielded by the
mustaclc, which one often se.es on
men who have walked in tho shadow
of Bismarck.
rHls courtesies wero a trifle exag
gerated, It seemed to mo, and Rand
out them short by a somewhat abrupt
inquiry as to what we could do for
him.
&You can loll mo who took front
that square, teak cablnot there in the
corner a thin packago of papers, the
contents of which wero known only
to me, and which, If disclosed, will
turn Europe Into a seething hell ot
$yar in three months. I put them In
that cabinet with my own hands at
three o'clock this afternoon. They
were gone at four o'clock. It is not
five o clock, and In this hour, other
than telephoning you, I have done
nothing else than puzzle over tho
most profound mystery that I have
ever encountered In my diplomatic
jCaieor. Qther than tho door by which
you came, there aro no entrances to
this room but tho windows. They
aro locked, and have not been opened.
The only approaches to tho door bo
und you aro always under the eyes
of servants who "have been brought
from my own rolch estates, and have
the fidelity of centuries behind them.
Tia ouo has been seen to enter this
room slnco throe o'clock, and the only
persons In tho houso meanwhile have
been my family and domestic staff,
and our two hundred guests. There
"yas absolutely no clue In tho room,
In which, by the way, nothing has
"been disturbed except this antique
ftracelot, which was lying on tho top
of tho cabluct. I must have thoso pa
pers back again, and I niUBt have
them befuio they ran bo ropiod, which,
such are their uaturo an'd length,
-would take two hours. I must not
iell you what they contain, but In or
,der that you may bo ablo to Identify
them If you happen on tho one chance
eso a hundred ami no recover tnem, i
' show vou this nacket. which Is Identi
cal In appearance."
Ho hold out a small manuscript bun
ille, half an Inch thick, formed of thin,
diplomatic correspondence paper, and
covered In palo blue, with veined
cross lines of darker blue. I noticed
at this Juncturo that tho orderly ser
vant had not retired, but had taken
his stand behind us.
Rand disregarded tho packet and
bracelet, and passed rapidly around
tho room, his eyes survoylng tho In
terior and fittings In overy detail. He
studied tho heavily napped carpet In
tently, then resumed his seat and took
up tho hracolet. It was made of nine
teen capsule-shaped chafed gold bars,
joined each to each by threo band
links. It was an Inch wide and In tho
r.enlor was an oval ring two Inches
long, supporting two goldon leaves,
and a coral apple. It was an antique
ornament of groat value. Hand turned
his pocket lenses on It, and said al
most Instantly:
"Your servant who announcod this
afternoon has mo giiesi-urn 01 cuursw,
and If I questioned him could his mem'
ory be depended upon?"
by V. L. Nelson.)
"Absolutely, sir. Ho is my major
domo, nud is really wonderful In that
rcgaid, an well on others,"
"Will you call him, please?"
"Ho Is here. Rudolf, answer nny
thing tho gentleman may ask you."
Tho stiff and towering fellow came
forward to tho end of his master's
desk.
"Rudolf, tako your guest list and
check oft the large, plump woman,"
Ho drow out tho Bhoct, ran down
tho names, and, as ho came to tho
last, Rand asked:
"Now, how many?"
"Eighteen, sir."
"How man, of thosa elghteon are
blond women turning gray?"
Rudolf considered a moment.
"Throo, sir."
"How many of tho guests hnvo loft
tho house? Any ot tho throe?"
"Ncanly all of tho guests nro at
tending upon tho vaudevlllo program,
Including thoso three ladies, sir."
Rand held up tho bracelet
"Now, Rudoir, which ot tho three
woro this bracelet?"
Rudolf's eyes qucstlonlngly sought
his master's face, which remained
downcast and unchanged.
"Madamo .Tulle "
"Stop, you fool. Not another word!"
roared tho ambassador, with a sud
den change of mannor, leaping to his
feot and clapping his hand over the
startled servant's mouth.
Rand was leaning forward, the pu
pils of his eyes reduced to pin points,
and shining brightly.
Then Count Bcla-Moulkna, realizing
tho undignified and unfortunate ap
poaranco of his outburst, drew back
and sank down In his chair, rubbing
his face fiercely with his hands, till
his mustache and hair, disarranged,
gavo him a wild, animalistic look
that could have been achieved In no
other way. Slowly ho recovered him
self, rose, and said coldly and with
ail tho dignity ho could summon:
"Gentlemen, this investigation has
reached a point where you must drop
it. Mr. Rand, your lnclslvcness Is
more than marvelous. You will re
ceivo my check for flvo thousand by
messenger in an hour. I regret to bo
under the necessity of bidding you.
good afternoon.'1
Rnnd, with a slight, sardonic smile,
bowed deeply and responded with
ea-ual hauteur.
We wero retiring,
whon tho ambassador clapped his
hands to his temples, then smote his
palms together, and began to laugh.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, one mo
ment! Forglvo my abruptness. I have
made a mistake. Pray rcsumo your
seats."
He had becomo most gracious In an
Instant, and hastened to say:
"Mr. Rand, I am sorely absent
minded. Tho lady whose namo I pre
vented your hearing In full was here
with mo clandestinely this afternoon,
and woro that bracelet for tho first
time. Only at the mention of her did
I remember seeing It. I must con
fess to having had, a small affair with
her, ono breath of which would ruin
me. I had tho papers after she left.
ShO cannot bo responsible for their
disappearance. Wo had a rather dra
matic interview, as she wished It to
bo our last, and I paid little attention
Jo that bracelet though, as I look at
It, I feel sure thoro was a finy oval
Ipckot pendant from It, which is nl
ui(T5t certain to have contained" my
picture. Also, I am now positive that
she, toying" with the bracelet, dropped
It here on my deslt. I found It there
on the cabinet thirty foot away.''
Rand, at this fact, leaped from his
seat and strode to tho cabinet. He
turned his lens over tho top, then on
tho mantel behind It, and caught up
a polished silver topographer's tracer
with a broad, flat handle. As he held
It to tho light. I saw his little smllo
of triumph. As usual. It vanished
instantly, and he returned to his seat
"Your pnpers were taken within tho
Inst two hours, my dear sir, probably
by tho same porson who pried tho
locket from tho bracelet with this tra
cer. See the little scratch and the
trace of the soft gold." He held It up
carefully between his two Index fin
gers. "Also tho person wo seok seems
to bo blackmailer as well as spy."
"Pray tell mo, Mr. Rand," said the
ambassador, "how you made the mar
velous' selection of tho owner of tho
bracelet?"
"Very simply. It Is a large hraco
let, yet tho end links between each of
the fence work bars are so worn by
wearing well down on tho wrist, with
consequent strain on tho end links,
that its weurer must have been a
large, plump wumuii. Then, on tho In
side, under tho leaves, was a ccctlon
of a naturally blond hair, with signs
of approaching loss of color. It was
merely a, process of elimination."
"And now this ?"
"Wo must wait and see. May I
havo a bit of drawing paper and a flno
pen a crow's foot, If you have them?"
Tho nmbassador had both, and
Rand, getting all tho light possible,
carefully laid tho tracer on the desk,
drow forth his pocket case of Instru
ments, and, measuring with dividers,
began copying from tho polished sli
ver faces of tho handlo, tho faint, oily
lines of imprint a hand had left upon
them. Twisted and distorted as thoy
wero by tho hand having boon closed
around tho Instrument, Rand recon
structed them with a wonderful ac
curacy of Imagination, and with bucIi
rapidity, that In not moro than twon
ty minutes ho had before him a line-
drawing of tho hand that last hud
hold tho tracer. It was tho left hand,
long, and with distinguished linos.
I should say at this point that bo-
fore ho had been at work moro than
a fow seconds ho had askod:
"Is it posslblo for you to Inform tho
Countess Hola-Moulkna that you havo
by chance secured a noted fortuno
toller; say, M. Marcon, of Paris, and
Insist that sho glvo me Immediately
a special place on her program?"
"Pardon mo, I don't understand,"
said the diplomat, seemingly unablo
to follow Rand's plan of rapid action.
"I am about to rcproduco tho hand
of tho woman who has our pnpors
and tho locket thnt can ruin your ca
reer." "PnrIou tno again, sir, thnt Is nil
very wonderful, but whnt does it sig
nify?" Rnnd bit his lip, and his fingers
holding tho little brass dividers were
whlto with tho proasuro they exerted.
"A fortuno tollor who uses palmis
try aB ono means ot divination may
havo an opportunity to soo that woman'-:
hand," said ho, utlli oliUHus
suavity.
"Ah, really, Yes yes marvelous.
Um ah. Yes yos, of course," an
swered tho ambassador, In a bowll
dered sort of way.
Ho stnrtod to give tho necessary
messago to Rudolf.
"Would you bo so good as to wrlto
that message and send it by another
servnnt?" said Rand.
Rudolf's eyes snapped with somo
suppressed feeling.
Whon tho messenger was gono and
the baud ncarlug completion, our em
ployer ngalu Interposed his inqulrlos.
"Of course, Mr. Rand, finding this
womnu In one step, but what then?
How can you possibly recover tho pa
pers and the locket without arresting
ono of my wlf'o's guests? Do jou re
allzo that any action of a sort that
would provoko tho slightest scene
either In this houso or outside of It,
whero It was traceable to this woman's
presence here, will lead to disclosures
thnt, no matter how small, will bo fol
lowed by greater ones, all of which
mean, notwithstanding your clover
ness. entire and complcto failure, sir?"
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Rand gavo me a look that besought
my sympathy. Though I was as
greatly daunted by the obvious diffi
culties as was the 'Count Bela-Moulk-na,
I had a faith In Rand that allowed
mo to smile. Rand did not answer at
once, and when ho did, ho used tho
tono adopted with a questioning child,
and did not ralso his eyes from his
work.
"One hill must be climbed at a tlmo,
my dear sir. I havo a slight hopo of
being successful."
I must admit, as I realized that
when ho had finished his present proc
ess, ho would hnvo no moro than a
moral certnlnty that tho woman whom
he had picked out was possessed of
tho papers and locket, I was consumed
with curiosity as to what possible
means ho could takn to prove posses
sion and effect recovery. Nover for
ono moment did I doubt but thut this
was all clearly formed In his Incom
parable brain.
When the drawing was complete,
wn wero accompanied by tho ambassa
dor through tho curtained tmtranco to
tho largo drawing rooms, nnd found
ourselves at the back of tho clustered
audience, listening to a woman noted
us n reader of child's poems. Sho was
at that moment responding to hor fin
al encore The countess, n courtly
woman with high Teutonic color,
moved toward us. beaming. The am
bassador presented Rnnd as M. Mar
con, and Rand, with tho mildly unctu
ous nlr of tho socloty faquir, immedi
ately Introduced me, to my uor
amazement, as "my assistant. Mr. St.
John Coulwor."
"Merciful hoavens! I nover toad a
palm In all my life," I whispered to
him, as wo moved toward the dais
whero tho outortalnors took tholr sta
tion.
Before I had recovered my com
posuro wo wero announcod, and' Rand
plunged into his rolo with a vervo that,
oven though I had seen him piny parts
rnntrintr (mm tho Driest ftt Doctor
Luarsch's houso to tho Swedish engi
neer at Marengo, uuvcrwuiuon tuw
plotcly amazod mo.
Ho consumed a momont or two In a
llttJb lecture on palmistry, and all that
ho avowed as being dlscernlblo from
tho lines of tho hand I knew full well
ho could read In tho facial character
istics of his subjects.
"Of course," continued ho, "it is ob
viously lmposslblo for mo to glvo moro
than n fow of tho ladles before mo
anything llko a thorough reading this
afternoon in my brief half-hour with
you, but I will select n number at ran
dom for a fow statements each. So I
am going to ask you to hold up your
left hands as long as I hold up mine,
it you plcaso. Will you obllgo?"
Up wont two hundred left hands oa
ho raised his.
Ho surveyed thorn rapidly, and said
aside to mo after thoy wero lowered:
"Our woman Is cither tho black vol
vot Elizabeth to your right, tho tall
eagle In tho center, tho chlantl flask In
salmon In tho roar, or tho looly Lady
Gainsborough on't,ho loft, second row,
Nono of them scorns to bo of n pro
fessional stamp, though. Wo may bo
too late,"
Tho outlook seemed rather hope
less, 1 must say, as I covertly sur
veyed each of tho four, whllo ho picked
out sovoral othors, and brought them
forward alternately, startling tho com
pany with his insight Into their char
acters. Once ho camo closo up to mo nnd
said: "When I put this drawing on
tho tablo, pick It up and fix on your
memory tho deep lines across tho palm
and tho crooked third finger."
I did as he bnde mo, and whon sat
isfied that I had tho mental picture, I
caught his eye. A.moment later, when
ho'd finished with a dour senator's
wtfo, he said:
"Now, ladles, I hopo that I have
won your confidence; I havo a feollng
that thcro Is somo ouo hero this after
noon for whom I may bo ablo to do a
WE LOWERED HER INTO A CHAIR.
great good, and, whllo I am lining Just
a fow more destinies by tho chanco
method of selection I hnve beon pur
suing, Mr. St. John Coulwor will
pass among you seeking that particu
lar palm In which aro tho signs of tho
fltnr of tho day and hour. I have n
feollng that thero Is some one here
over whom fate hangs today. If this
lady, whoever sho may be, will romo
forward, I will endeavor to draw back
that mysterious veil that shuts the fu
ture fiom our eyes and bare tho so
crets that Ho beyond."
There was a melancholy, depressing
tone In his voice that was- Inimitable.
"Go down thero and find our wom
an," ho said to mo, and with n tight
lump In my throat that seemed to
choke mo moro and moro ns 1 pro
gressed, I began moving In and out
among tho chairs of tho guests search
ing for tho hand that matched tho plc
turo In my mind. Rnnd was brilliant
ly diverting all tho others savo thoso
1 was encountering at tho moment. I
was astounded at tho vast dlfforonco
in tho hands extended as l passed, and
was oven able to exchange pollto bad
inage with two or threo ladles who bo
sought mo to glvo them tho grand op-
poitunlty of tho afternoon Tho first
two of the fpur Rand had selected had
hands shaped similarly to tho drawing,
hut tho lines were in no way allko.
Tho third woman had a larger hand
and no crooked third finger
Tho fourth was tho woman I Bought!
Sho was pnlo nnd nervous, with hor
HpB closely sot, nnd when I told her
that It was she whoso palm bore tho
sign of tho day and hour, she shrank
hack, as If from an accusation. Hut
sho thrust her pretty chin forward n
trlflo, and, whon Rand hnd finished
tho reading then In progress, sho roso
to her full, stately height, piossed hor
trembling flngors to hor massos of
hair, then smoothed out tho folds of
her rich gown with a rapid, down
ward gesture, and lod tho way, unfal
teringly, to tho dnjs
Rand took hor hand with a markod
gentleness, nnd his faco was gravo
and kindly, although tho Btool-polnt
glint In his eyes boiled his whole man
ner, Thero was a moment of sllonce,
with tenso Interest among tho specta
tors. The ambassador, his faco a
study, drew slowly nearer, with Ru
dolf at his heels.
"My dear madamo," Rand began,
so low thnt I nlono could hear his
words, "thora seem to bo things hero
which I feel suro you do not wish
known."
Sho started visibly.
"Much ot what I say I will nddrcss
directly to you, but whon I begin to
talk of your lntlmato woman friend,
that also will bo meant for you. Pray
stop mo it I go too far."
Her eyes wero lighting and darken
ing, nnd hr breast was heaving with
suppressed oxcltoment. Slowly, and
watching her narrowly, Rnnd told her
points of her character which wero
plahAy written on her faco, such as
her determination and high spirit, sig
nified by the nnglos of tho chin nud
mouth; her romnn,tlc, adventurous na
ture, Indicated in tho sho and open
ness ot tho eyes and tho low, arched
brows, and hor lovo of this world's
goods, shown In tho thinness ot nor
lips and tho unusual shapo of tho
point ot tho noso. Ho passed from
phase to phnso, "bowing truo to tho
lino," as I could seo by her expres
sion. "Hut you hnvo chosen your path,"
ho went on. "I can but warn you ot
pitfalls. Thero Is ono pitfall yawn
ing just hetoro you, and, whll your
danger Is great, thoro Is greatoi dan
Kur confronting a frloud a woman
not unllko yourself, but, although you
do not know It, she Is bent on somo
dospernto and dangerous practlcos,
that are drawing near a terrible cli
max." All ot tho faint color loft her face,
and I could seo tho fluttering of tho
arteries In her neck.
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"Sho has set foot whoro thcro aro
graver dangers than death, and has
laid hand to tasks that aro to bo ex
tremely bitter In their recompense.
Ono task she has Just accomplished.
I can soo her eyes light with triumph.
I can see her pass among hor follow
human beings with tho stoalth of a ti
gress, holding to her guilty honrt tho
secret of hor doeds. Llttlo sho knows
what Is boforo her. Over her shoulder
there lifts an extended hand the hand
o: retribution. Even now this very
momont It falls. Sho is caught and
disgraced before tho wholo world. Sho
IB "
With n heavy sigh and a soft rustlo
of garments sho sank backward. I
caught her as alio fell, and wo lowored
her Into a chair.
"Another room, Immediately," aald
Rand to tho ambassador, who had
rushed to the dais at tills climax ot
tho teti3o scone. Just behind him was
the tiscrutablo Rudolf.
In a moment wo woro In a llttlo sldo
chamber, leaving tho company In
great commotion. Tho countess was
deftly opening tho unconscious wom
an's gown at tho neck. I saw a cor
nor of bluo paper wlth darker volns.
Rand qulotly drew forth tho packot
without attracting tho attention of tho
countcfes by nny haste, and passed It
behind him to tho trembling Count
llola-Moulkna.
"Merciful heavens!" ho gasped In
my car. "This woman Is tho daughter
ot tho French socretary. Ten thou
sand moro If you got that locket."
Rand was doftly assisting tho count
oss nud tho mnld. r.roin somowhero
about tho person ot tho unconscious
woman, a llttlo goldon thing rolled out,
whooled down tho folds of her gown,
and across tho llogr beneath tho oyes
ot the countess, till It struck tho too
of tho toworlng Rudolf, drawn up stiff
ly by tho door.
With a hasty word of explanation,
Rand instantly turned to tho drawing
room, to get control of tho scono thoro
nud contlnuo tho program. Tho ambas
sador stood with his bulging eyes fas
tened on thu locket. With tho impas
slvo air ot an Indian chief, Rudolf
shifted ono foot slightly, until his hool
was on tho trinket, than turned and
ground it Into bits.
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Deep down In tho heart of every
normal man and woman Is tho ambi
tion somo day to own n homo. This
may bo half formed a vnguo discon
tent and unrest concerning conditions
which every rontor so woll knows
or, it mny hnvo renched tho state of
nctivo dotormlnntlon to mako any or
nil sncrlllcos necossnry to escnpo tho
renter's Ufa and llvo In a real homo.
Tho nmbltlon Is thero, moro or loss
definitely formed in tho heart of every
mnn and woman, waiting only for tho
needed stimulus to develop to the
point of action.
It Is natural to llvo in ono's own
homo. It Is unnnturnl to llvo In n
rented houso or apartment Tho fam
ily that Hvo8 In Its own houso, no
matter how humblo It may bo, fools
tho senso of Independence thnt does
not come to tho fnmlly In a rented
houso. Every renter feels, even If ho
does not say It, that every month's
rent thnt ho turns over to his land
lord Is monoy practically thrown
away. That Is, ho knows that It Is
loo much to pay for tho merely tem
porary comforts It brings nnd
they're often protty doubtful com
lorts, too.
When ono stops to think of tho
amount of monoy thnt Is put away In
rent during twenty or twenty-flvo
years, ono Is amazed nnd dumfouud
od. It Is enough to buy a fino home,
all froo from Incumbrances. Yet what
has tho renter to show for his monoy
expended, oxcept a bundlo ot ront ro
celpts? The samo money spent a llt
tlo more Judiciously In monthly pay
ments for a house and lot would go
to securo a deslrnblo homo and mako
a fino Investment and saving.
Thoro nro various ways for tho ront-
i . . . -.a". jjo. i-r-r-
jiJLJ&&J&iitZ
. . - . fM1-. . "- ! 1 sh
er to go about It to acquire a homo.
Ho may undertako to purchaso a
houso that has already boon lived In,
an old houso, porhapB, at any rato a
second-band houso; or bo may go to
tho suburbB whero tho largo jen es
tato operators nr6 putting up many
hpuBos on speculation, relying on soil
TnV'lnem after thoy aro completed.
Both ot these methods nro at fault to
tho extent that such a houso Is not
mado to meet tho spocial require
ments ot thoso who aro to llvo In it
Tho requirements of no two fam
ilies aro exactly allko, and when a
mattor bo vitally Important ns tho re
quiring of n homo, a dwelling that has
to bo occupied throughout life, it
seoms that tho house ought to bo built
especially to meet tho needs of tho
ownor.
So thero Is tho third way of ac
quiring a homo, and It Is probably the
bCHt, It Is not to buy a roady-mado
First Floor Plan.
house, either new or second-hand, but
to have n now houso built in Just tho
location nnd ot Just tho stzo nnd char
acter desired.
And with home-bulldlng conditions
ns thoy nro In most localities, this Is
an easy Ihlng for tho man of averngo
means to do. For a vory modost sum
tho services of skilled nrchltocts who
make n specialty of designing dwell
ing housos may bo secured. A de
sign can bo selected that la Just what
suits tho special needs ot tho family;
n houso complote In overy detail and
conveniently arranged for tho work of
thof houso. Thon on a vory modost
payment down tho real estato oper
ators aro very glad to put up the
houso following these plana and speci
fication!. Tho house 1b contracted Jor
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beforo tho work Is started, nnd so
they aro tho moro willing to co-op-erato
with tho prospective owner,
slnco the element of speculation In
tho deal for them is very much reduced.
If renters who nro interested In this
proposition will go out nnd talk with
tholr local real ostato men and dccldo
whero they want to build, they will bo
Second Floor Plan.
surprised at how easily tho whole
mattor can bo arranged.
Tho design illustrated horowith is a
good largo-sized houso ot dignified
homc-llko appearanco, woll suited for
tho homo of a family ot substantial
worth and reputation. It is a houso
thnt would bo a credit to any streoLi
and would tako Its placo among tho'
host houses In tho town.
Yet considering its bIzo nnd con-'
structlon this Is a vory Inexpensive
houso to build, This design has becat
carried out complote for $4,500 or fori
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$5,000, using -brick veneer construc
tion. This makes a very warm and
substantial nppearlng house and all
things considered Is to be highly rec-j
ommended, -4
TJie design Is slightly colonial iatV
doallng; yet nioVo important than that '
it has the air ot home-like hospltalltjj
that is so much to" be desired. Al
broad veranda, extending clear across1
the front and on ono side, is a fean
turo thnt is much appreciated.
Tho floor plans show the interior oC
this houso to be laid out to provide!
plenty of room for a good-sized famUyj
Tho large living room occupies tho en
tiro left -portion ot tho first floor, be
tag 15x32 feet in size. This hi strictly!
in accordance with tho very latest!
Ideas in houso planning and those who
have lived In a dwelling laid out in
this way rocommond it very hfthly.
Tho dining room and kitchen aro to
tho right of the central hallwuy and
arc arranged for convenience In doine
tho housowork.
On tho second iloor thero are four
good largo bedrooms besides a Bow
ing room. The bathroom is convenient
ly located. An amply supply of clothes
closots Is provided.
This design has been selected from
a great number as most completely,
meeting tho needs of tho prospoctlvo
homo builder for a residence of this
kind.
The Fiery Red Star.
In tho south, thoso nights, about 9
o'clock, ono will seo a fiery red star,
known ns Antares. It 1b tho heart ot
tho Scorpion, tho plainest constella
tion in tho skies. Anybody can seo
the Scorpion up thoro can tell It by
Its widespread claws and its loug
tull. Thero Is a story told of Antares
that ono will remember, doubtless,
when ho sees tho star,
Awny back In ancient times whon
tho gods of mythology wero run
ning things, Phnotop, tho son of old
Sol, got leavo to drive tho chariot
of tho sun on Its day's course around
tho Bklos. Now it happened tlfat An
tares Is close to the track on which
tlje churlot Is driven, and so, whon
tho courses nenred that groat fiery
object, they becamo frightened, and
thon Phaeton lashed them furiously,
and thoy reared and plunged so that
tho chariot upsot and camo near aplll
lng tho sun out upon tho earth, but
then Sol appeared, calmed tho steers,
cuffed Phaeton a llttlo, and got tho
coursers on tho right track, which,
they hnvo kept over slnco. Ohio
State Journal.
No Sympathy.
Tramp Madam, will you let me telli
you of my heavy burdenB
Lady of the House You needn't, II
can see at a glance you're loaded. .
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