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IN UNITED STATES
Many Here Afflicted With Odd
Ailment, Says Prof.
Munyon.
QREWS0N1E CREATURES
VERY COMMON,
FINDS EXPERT.
Many pcoplo In the United States arc
afflicted with a queer rilscaic, according
to a statement yesterday by Professor
James M. Munyon. lie made the follow
Ing remarkable ana rather growsomo
statement:
llany persons who come mid wilts lo
my headquarters at Mil and Jefferson
Ht Philadelphia Pa., think they nro
Kuftcring from a simple stomach trouble,
when In reality they uro tho victims of
an entirely different dls6aso that of
tape worm. Thcso topo worms aro hueo
Internal parasites, which locate In the
upper bowel and consumo n largo per
centage of tho nutriment in undigested
food. They sometimes grow to a length
of forty to sixty feet. Ono may have a
tnpo worm for years and novcr know
the cause of his or hT 111 hpnlth,
"Persons who aro suffering from ono
of thcso creatures bcromo nervous, weak
and Irritable, and tire at the least ex- -ertlon.
Tho tapo worms rob ono of am
bition and vitality and strength, but they
nro rarely fatal.
"The victim of this disease Is apt to
believe that he Is suffering from chronto
stomach trouble, and doctors for years
without relief. This Is not tho fault of
the physicians ho consults, for thoro Is
no absoluto diagnosis that will tell posi
tively that ono Is not a victim of tapo
worm.
"Tho most common symptom of this
troublo Is an abnormal nppcttte. At
times tho person is ravenously hungry
nnd cannot get enough to eat. At other
times tho very Bight of food is loathsome
Thero Is a gnawing, faint sensation at
the nil or tho stomach, and tho victim
has headaches, fits of dizziness and nau
sea. Ho cannot sleep at night and often
thinks ho Is suffering from nervous pros
tration. "I have a treatment whJch has had
wonderful success In eliminating these
flreat creatures from the systom. In tho
course of Us regular action in aiding
digestion, and ridding tho blood, kldnys
and liver of Impurities It has proven fatal
to these great worms. If ono has a tapo
worm, this treatment will, In nine cases
out of ten, stupefy nnd pas It away, but
If not, tho treatment will rebuild tho
run-down person, who Is probably Buffer
ing from stomach troublo and a general
anaemic condition. My doctors report
marvelous success hero with 'this treat
ment. Fully a dozen persons havo passed
theso worms, but they aro naturally reti
cent about discussing them, nnd of course
we cannot violate their confidence by giv
ing their names to tho public."
Letters addressed to Prsfcssor Jame3
M. Munyon, E3d and Jefferson Streets,
Phlladelpha, Pa., will recolvo as careful
attention as though tho patient called In
person. Medical advlco and consultation
absolutely free. Not a penny to pay.
Serenity.
"Tho true religious man, timid all
the Ills of tlmo, keops a eerono foro
head and entertains a peaceful heart
This, going out and coming In amid
all the trials of tho clty, tho agony
of tho plaguo, the horrors of tho
thirsty tyrants, tho fierce democracy
abroad, the fiercer ill at homo the
saint, the bbeq of Athens, was Btilf
tho name. Such a ono can enduro
hardness; can 'stand alono and be
content; a rock amid tho waves
lonely, but not moved. Around him
the few or many may scream, calum
niate, blaspheme What is all to him
but tho cawing of tho soablrd about
that solitary, deep-rooted Htono?"
Theodoro Parker.
Reason Enough.
"What's tho . troublo, old man?"
askcd,tho sympathetic friend.
"Well," answered tho Judge, "you
sco, my wlfo and I havo novcr boon
ablo to got along vory well. The re
lationship has becomo so unbearable
that wo both want a divorce."
"I sco," answered the friend. "Then
why don't you got one?"
"Bocauso," answered tho Judgo, sad
ly, "I havo Bent all tho bogus divorce
lawyers to the penltontiury."
A Complication.
Uossto found getting well much moro
tiresome than being aick. Sho was be
coming very Impatient about staying
indoors and eating soups.
Whon her aunt asked her how sho
felt sho replied, that sho was much
worso; that tho doctor had found
Eornethlne clue tho matter with her.
"Why, what is it?" asked her aunt.
"I think the doctor said 'convalos
once.' "
Cement Talk No. 1
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trade mark. If you find the
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the name Universal on the
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Y.l
EFIANOE STARCH
Mr sticks
to tfco Irua.
The RON
oOUb
iLOUIS JOSEPH NCB
AUTHOR OF "THE BRASS BQWIj." ETC.
aatLQjOTfMnMJs by assr winrEms
COPYWCHT OY LOUC JOSCM IMHCS
1
CHAPTER I.
Der.lny and tho Babu.
Breaking suddenly upon tho steady
drumming of tho truckB, tho prolong
ed and husky roar of a locomotivo
wblsjlo saluted an lmmodlato grade
crossing. Housed by th!" "mind from his soli
tary musings In the parlor car of
which ho happoned temporarily to bo
tho solo occupant, Mr. David Amber
put nsldo tho magazine over which
ho had been dreaming, and looked out
of tho window, catching a glimpse of
woodland road shining white between
somber walls of stunted plno. Lazily
ho consulted his watch.
"It's not for nothing," ho observed
pensively, "that this railroad wears
Its roputation; wo aro consistently
late."
Hia gaze, again diverted to tho fly
Ing countryside, noted that It had
changed charactor, plno yloldlng to
scrub-oak and second-growth the
ragged vestmenta of an area somo
years since donuded by flro. This,
too, presently swung away, giving
placo to cloarcd land arablo acros
golden with tho stubble of garnered
harvests or snHnelled with unkempt
shocks of corn.
In tho south a shimmer of laughing
gold nnd bluo edged tho faded hori
zon. Eagorly tho young man leaned for
ward, dark eyoo lightening, lips part
ing as if alroady ho could tasto tho
savour of tho sea.
Then, qulto without warning, a deep
olhow of tho bay swept up almost to
tho railway, Its surfaco mlrror-llko,
profoundly blue, profoundly bnnutlful.
"I think," said the traveler softly
"I think it's mighty flno to bo alive
nud hero!"
Ho loungod back comfortably again,
smiling as ho watchod the wheeling
lundBcapo, his eyes glowing with ex
pectancy. For his cares were negli
gible, his contont boundless; ho was
experiencing, for tho first time in
many years, a sense of freedom akin
to that felt by a schoolboy at tho be
ginning of tho summer vacation. Tho
work of his heart nnd hand for a llttlo
tlmo belonged equally to a forgotten
Yesterday and an uncontemplated To
morrow; ho existed only for tho con
'fldont Today. Ho had put bohlnd him
the haunts of men, nnd his yoarning
for tho open places that lay before
him was' almost chlldllko in ifa fur
voncy; ho would, Indeed, havo boon
qulto satisfied If nsnured that he was
to find nothing to do save to play aim
lessly in tho sun. Hut, in point of
fact, ho looked forward to an employ
ment much more pleasurable; ho was
off to shoot duck with his very dear
friend, Mr. Authony Qualn of Tnnglo
wood lodge. Nokomls, Long Island.
Again tho whistle bawled uncannily,
and tho train began to modornte Its
speed. Objects in tho foreground thnt
othorwiso had been more Btroaked
blurs assumed rccogniznblo, contours.
North of tho lino a string' of squat,
square, unlovely "framo" odlflces,
aligned upon a country road, drifted
back. A brakoman popped hoad and
shouldere Into tho car and out again,
loavlng tho echo of an abrupt bark to
bo intorpretod at tho pnflsonger's
leisures.
Slowly Jolting across a rutted, dusty
road, tho cars stopped. Ambor, alight
ing, found hlmnlf upon a length of
board-walk platform and confronted
by a distressingly raatter-of-fact wood
en Btructuro, combining the functions
of waiting roomjtnd ticket and tele
graph offices, rrom its oaves de
pended a weather-worn board bearing
the legend: "Nokomls."
The train, pausing only long enough
to dlsgorgo from the baggago car a
trunk or two and from the day coach
es a thin tricklo of passengers, flung
on into tho wilderness, cracked boll
clunking HOtnuwhal disdainfully.
By degrees tho platform clcnrod, tho
erstwhile patrons of tho road and the
station loafers for tho moat part hall
marked nntlvos of tho region strag
gling off upon their several ways,
Pomo afoot, a majority in dilapidated
surroys and buokbotmls. Ambor
watched them go with unnssumed In
difference; thoir typo Interested him
little. Hut In thoir company ho pres
ently discovered ono, a flguro bo
thoroughly foreign and aloof in nttl
tudo, that It caught his eye, utid, hav
ing caught, hold It clouded with per
plexity. Abruptly ho abandoned his belong
Inga and gave chaso, overtaking the
object of his nttontlon at tho far end
of tho station.
"Doggott!" ho cried. "I say, Dog
gott!" Ills hand, falling lightly upon tho
man's shoulder, brought him square
ly about, IiIb oxprosslon transiently
Btartled, if not a shado truculent.
"Doggott, what tho deuco brrngs you
hero? And Mr. Rutton?"
Amber's cordiality educed no ro
sponso. Tho gray eyes, mooting eyes
dark, kindly, and penetrntlng, nicker
ed nnd fell; so much emotion thoy be
trnyod, no moro, and that as disingen
uous as you could wish.
"Doggott!" Insisted Amber, dls
concorted. "Surely you hnvon't for
gotten me Mr, Ambor?"
Tho man shook his head. "Hog par
don, sir," ho said; "you'vo got my
Dog's Faithfulness
Tho r.to'y of a dog's fidelity was
told when '.ho coronor for North West
morolund (Eng.) held au Inquest on
tho body of William Wharton, a
Westmoreland old ago pensioner, who
droppod down dead nftor recording hlo
vote in tho Parliamentary election.
Wharton, who llvod alono at Snap,
walked to Morland to voto, nnd sot
4ft home again lato at night. Next
morning'half a dozen woodmen found
uynie 'andy enough, but I don't know
you, and ''
"But Mr. Rutton?"
"Is a party I'vo nover 'card of, If
you'll excuse my sayln' oo, no moro'n
I 'ave of youreolf, sir."
"Well," began Amber; but paused,
his faco hardening as ho lookod tho
man ud and down, nodding slowly.
"Per'aps," continued Mr. Doggott,
unabashed, "you mlotyko mo for my
brothor, 'Enery Doggott. 'B was 'ome,
in England, hirst I 'card of Mm Wo
look a deal alike, I'vo boon told."
"You would be," admitted Amber
drily; and, shutting his teeth upon his
lnhorcnt contempt for a liar, he
swung away, acknowledging with a
curt nod the civil "Good arfternoon,
sir," that followed him,
Tho man had disappeared by tho
time Ambor regained his kit-bag and
gun-caso; standing over which he
survoyod hlo surroundings with somo
annoyance, discovering that he now
shared tho station with nono but tho
ticket agent. A shambling and dis
consolate youth, clad In a three-days'
growth of beard, a checked Jumper
and khaki trousers, this person
lounged negligently in tho doorway of
the waiting room and, caressing his
rusty chin with nlcotlne-dycd fingers,
regarded the stranger In Nokomls
with an nlr of Bubtlo yot vaguely mel
ancholy superiority,
"If yo're lookln' for th' hotel," ho
voluntoored unexpectedly, "thero ain't
none," and offoctcd a masterly retreat
Into the ticket booth.
Amusod, tho despised outlandor
picked up his luggage and followed
amiably. "I'm not looking for tho
hotel that ain't," ho said, planting
himself In front of tho grating; "but
I expected to be met by some ono
from Tnnglowood "
"Thet'B tho Qualn plnco, daown by
th ba-ay," interpolated tho youth from
unplumbed depths of mournful ab
straction. "It 1b. I wired yesterday "
"Yoour name's Amber, ain't lt7"
"Yes, I"
"Well, Qualn didn't got ycour mes
sage till this mornln'. I sent a kid
daown with It 'baou't ton o'clock."
"But why the but I wired yester
day afternoon!"
"I knaow ye did," assented the
youth wearily. "It come through
raound closin' timo and thoy wa'n't
nobody baound that way, so I held it
over." '
"This craze for being characteris
tic," observed Mr. Ambor ob3curoly,
"Is tho only thing that really stands
in tho way of Nokomls becoming a
thriving motropollB. Do you agrco
with mo? No matter." Ho smiled en
gagingly; a seasoned traveler this,
who could recognize the futility of
bickering over the Irreparable. More
over, ho had to remind himself In all
fairness, tho blaino was. In part at
least, his own; for ho hnd thought
lessly worded his tolegram, "Will bo
with you tomorrow aftornoon," and It
was wholly llko Qunln that ho should
havo accepted tho atntcmtsit at lt3
faco valuo, regardless of the date lino.
"I can loave my things here for a
llttlo whllo, I presume?" Amber sug
gested nftor a pause.
Tho ticket agent stnrcd stubbornly
into tho InQnito, making no sign till a
coin rang on tho window-lcdgo; when
he started, eyed tha offering with fugl
tlvo mistrust, and gloomily possessed
himself of it. "I'll look after them,"
ho said. "Bo yo thlnkln' of walkln'?"
"Yes," said Amber ovor IiIb shoul
der. He was already moving toward
thn door.
"Knaow yeour wa-ay?" '
"I'vo been nero before, thank you."
Crossing tho tracks, ho addrossed
himself to tho southward stretching
highway. Walking briskly at first, ho
soon left behind the railway Btatlon
with Its few parasitic cottages, a dip
In the land hid them, and ho had
hereafter for all oompany his
thoughts, the desultory road, a vast
nnd looming sky, and bare fields
hedged with Impoverished forost.
Amber had profossed acquaintance
with his way; it occmed rather to bo
Intlrawy. for when ho chose to for
sake the main traveled rood ho did so
boldly, striking off upon a wngon
track which, leading across the fields,
delved prosently into tho heart of tho
forest.
Tho hush of tho forest world boro
hoavlly upon his senses; the slight
and stealthy rustlings in tho brush,
tho clear denso ringing of somo ro
moto ax, an attenuated clamor of
cawing from some far crows' con
gress, but served to accentuate Its in
fluence. Thon Into tho sllenco crept a sound
to rouso him from his formless rev
erie. At first a mere pulsing In tho
BtlllncBs, barely to bo distinguished
from tho song of the surf; but pros
ontly a pounding, ever louder and
more Insistent. Ho pausod, attcntlvo;
and while hi waited tho daummlng,
nilnuto by mlnuto gaining in volume!
swopt swiftly toward him tho rhyth
mic hoofbeat8 of a single horao madly
ridden. Whon It was closo upon him
ho stopped back Into the tangled un
dergrowth, making room; for tho
track wnj nnythlng but wide.
Simultaneously thoro burst luto
vlow, ut tho end of n brlof nlelo of
tho body by tho roadsldo In a gutter.
Tho old man's do? was lying over tho
body and guarding It. Tho body had
Iain thero all tho night In stormy
weather. Information was given to
tho police, but when an attempt was
mado to touch tho body tho dog bo
camo so foroclous that no ono dared
go near It, and boforo tho dead man
could bo removed the officers had to
aend for tho old man's nolghbor, who
trees, tho horse a vigorous blacK
brute with while nocks and nsuzzlc
running freely, apparently under
constraint neither of whip nor of spur.
In tho saddlo a girl leaned low ovor
tho horn a girl with eyes rapturous,
faco brilliant, lips parted in the least
of smiles, A fold of her byack habit
skirt, whipping out, almost snapped in
Amber's faco, so closo to him sho
rodo; yot sho seemed not to sco him,
and very likely did not. A oploudld
.sketch in black and whlto, of youthful
spirit and Joy of motion; so sho pass
ed on nnd wbb gone. . . .
Hardly, however, had tho forest
closed upon the picture, oro a cry,
a heavy crashing as of a horse thresh
ing about in tho underbrush, and a
woman's scream of terror, sent Am
ber, In ono movement, out Into tho
road again and running at a pace
which, had ho been conscious of it,
would Save surprised him.
A short CO yards separated him from
tho bond in tho way round which
the horse and its rider had vanished.
He had no moro than gained this
point than ho was obliged to pull Up
sharply to avoid running into tho
girl herself.
Although dismounted, sho was on
her feet, and apparently uninjured.
She stood with ono hand against tho
trunk of a troo, on the edgo of a
small clearing wherein the axes of
the local lumbermen had but lately
been busy. Her horse had disappear
ed; tho rumble of bis hoofs, diminu
endo, tcrld tho way he had gone.
So much Amber comprehended In a
single glance; with a second ho
sought tho cause of tho accident, and
identified It with a flguro so outro and
bizarre that ho momentarily and ox
cusably questioned tho testimony of
his senses,
At a llttlo distance from the girl,
in tho net of addressing her, stood a
man, obeso, gross, abnormally dis
tended with luxurious and sluggish
living, as llttlo common to tho sccno
fc' .cto
His r
So She Passed
aB a statue of Phoebus Apollo had boon.
A babu of Bengal, every Inch of him,
from his dirty red-and-whlto turban to
his well worn and cracked patcnt-lcath
or shoes. His, body wo,3 onyeloped in
a c61hp!6lo suit; of emerald silk, much
soiled and faded, and girt with a
sash of many colors, crimson pre
dominating. His hands, fat, brown,
and not ovcrclean, alternately flutter
ed npologetlcally and rubbed one an
othor with a suggestion of oxtrome
urbanity; his lips, thick, sensual, and
cruel, mouthed a broken stream of
babu-Engllsh; whllo his oyes, nenrly
as Btimll nnd quite ns black as shoe
bultuiis oyes furtive, crufty, uud
cold suddenly distended and became
fixed, as with amazement, at tho In
stant of Amber's appearance,
Instinctively, as soon as ho had
mastered his initial stupefaction, Am
ber stepped forward and past tho girl,
placing himself botweon her and this
preposterous apparition, as if to
shield her. He held himself wary and
alert, and was Instant to halt tho
babu when he. with the air of a dog
cringing to his master's fcot for pun
ishment, would have drawn nearer
"Stop right there!" Amber told hlra
crisply: and got for response obedi
ence, a low salaam, and the Hindu
salutation accorded only to porsons of
high rank: "Hazoor!" But boforo
tho babu could say moro tho Ameri
can addressed the girl. "What did ho
do?" ho Inquired, without looking at
her. "Frighten your horso?"
"Juat that." The girl's tone was
edged with temper. "Ho Jumped out
from bohlnd that woodpllo; tho horso
shied and threw mo."
"You'ro not hurt, I trust7"
"No thank you; but" with a
norvous laugh "I'm furiously angry."
"That's reasonable enough." Am
bor returned undivided attention to
the Bengali. "Now then," ho domnud
od sternly, "whut'vo you got to say
for yoursolf? What do you moan by
know tho dog, and succeoded in coax
ing it to qulotness.
, Sympathetic Burglar.
A thoughtful burglar who uroko
Into tho houso of Joseph Brown,
Strenthain Highroad, last week, has
earned tho- gratitude of Mr, and Mrs.
Drown by returning through tho post
two highly-prized miniatures, whoso
intrinsic valuo to tho thief was incon
siderable Tho thlof took JC12 or 14 worth
of portablo valuable, including a gold
frightening this lady's torso What
are you doing here, anyway?"
Almost groveling, tho babu answer
ed him in Urdu: "Hazoor, I am your
slave "
Without thinking Ambor couched
his retort in tho aanio tongue:
"Count yourself lucky you nro not,
dog!"
"Nay, hazoor, but I meant no harm.
I was resting, being fatigued, In the
shelter of tho wood, whon tho nolso
of hoofs disturbed me and I stepped
out to see. When thn woman was
thrown I sought to assist her, but sho
threatened mo with her whip."
"That is quite true," tho girl cut in
over Amber's shoulder. "I don't think
ho intended to harm me, but it's pure
ly an accident that he didn't."
Inasmuch as tho babu's explanation
had been mode In fluent, vernacular
Urdu, Amber's surprise at the girl's
ovldont familiarity with that tonguo
was hardly to bo concealed. "You un
derstand Urdu?" ho stammered.
"Aye," she told him In that tonguo,
"and epoak it, too."
"You know this man, then?"
"No. Do you?"
"Not in tho lcMt How should I?"
"You yourself speak Urdu."
"Woll, but" The situation hardly
lent itself to such a discussion; ho
had the babu first to dispose of. Am
ber resumed his cross-examination.
"Who nro you?" ho demanded. "And
what is your business in this place?"
Tho fat yellowish-brown faco was
distorted by a fugitive grimace of
deprecation. "Hazoor, I am Behari
Lai Chntterjl, solicitor, of the Inner
Temple."
"Well? And your business horo?"
"Hazoor, that Is for your secret
ear." Tho babu drew himself up, as
suming a certain dignity. "It is not
meet that tho message of tho Boll
should bo uttered ir. tho hearing of
an Englishwoman, hazoor."
"What aro you drivelling about?" In
his blank wonder. Amber returned to
and Was Sorie.
English as to a todgua more suited to
his urgent need of forcible expression.
"And, look hero, you stop calling m
'Hazoor.' I'm no more a hazoor thaa
you are Idiot!"
"Nay," contended the babu reproach
fully; "is it right that you should seek
to hoodwink mo? Have I not eyeu
with which to see, ears that can hear
you speak our tongue, hazoor? I nm
no child, to bo played with I, tho ap
pointed Mouthplcco of tho Voice!"
"I know naught of your 'Voice' or Its
mouthpiece; but certainly you are no
child. Yon are either mad, or insolent
or s fool to be kicked." And in ex
asperation Amber took a step toward
tho man as if to- carry into effect his
implied throat.
Alarmed, the babu cringed and ro
trented a pace; then, sudllenly, rais
ing an arm, Indicated thn girl, ' "Ha
zoor!" ho cried. "Bo quick tho
woman faints I" And as Ambor hastily
turned, with astonishing agility tho
babu sprang toward him.
Warned by his moving shadow as
much as by tho girl's cry, Amber leapt,
aside aud lifted a hand to strike; but'
before ho could deliver a blow it was
caught and a small metallic object
thrust into it. Upon this his fingers
closed Instinctively, and the babu
sprang back, panting and quaking.
"Tho Token, hazoor, tho Token!"
ho quavered. "It is naught but that
the Token!"
"Token, you fooll" cried Amber,
staring stupidly at tho man. "What
in thunder !"
"Nay, hazoor; how should I tell
yoj now, when another sees nnd
hears? At another tlmo, hazoor, in a
week, or a day, or an hour, mayhap,
I corao again for your answer. Till
then nnd forever I nm your slave, hn
zoor: tho dust bopoath jour feet. Now
I go.
And with a ha3to that robbed tho i giving tho ago of her ago, not of her
courtesy of its grace, tho Bongall t solf. Sho has claimed to bo twenty
salaamed, thon whoolcd squaro abuut for about, that long. Judge.
miniaturo locket containing tho por
traits of Mr. Brown's two llttlo boys.
Tho parents woro particularly sorry
to loso tho locket becauso tho elder
of tho boys died only a short tlmo
ago and tho miniature could uot bo
replaced. Loudon Dally Mall.
Certain Americana Abroad.
Thoro are American's who llvo
abroad nnd speak of their native land
In Bhamoful whlspors. Another kind
vls au explainer. Ho becomes fretful
and involved In tho attempt to make
and, hitching his clothing round him,
made off with a celerity surprising in
ono of his tremendous bulk, striking
directly Into tho h,eart of tho woods.
Amber was left to knit his brows
over tho object which had been forced
upon him so unexpectedly.
It proved to bo a small, cubical box,
soraothlng more than an inch square,
fashioned of bronzo and elaborately
decorated with mlnuto relief work in
the best manner of ancient Indian
craftsmanship.
"May I sec. please?" Tho voice of
ho girl at his sldo recalled to Ambor
her existence. "Mny I sco, too, please,
Mr. Ambor?" sho repeated.
CHAPTER II.
The Qlrl and th Token.
In his astonishment he looked round
quickly to meet tho gazo of mlschlov
ous eyes that strovo vainly to seem
simple and sincere.
Awaro that ho faced an uncommon
ly pretty woman, who chose to study
him with a straightforward Interest ho
was nothing loath to imitate, ho took
tlmo to Bee that sho was very fair
of skin, with that creamy, silken
whiteness that goes with hair of tho
shado commonly and unjustly termed
rod. Her noso ho thought a trace
too severely perfect in Its modeling,
but redeemed by a broad and thought
ful brow, a strong yet absolutely fem
inine chin, and a mouth . . . Well,
as to her mouth, tho young man se
lected a rosebud to liken it to.
Having catalogued theso Beveral
features, he had 'a mental portrait of
her ho was not likely soon to forget
For It's not every day that one en
counters so pretty a girl in tho woods
of Long Island's southern shore or
anywhere else, for that matter. Ho
felt sure of this.
But ho was equally certain that ho
was as much a stranger to her as
she to him.
Sho, on her part, had been busy
satisfying herself that ho waa a very
prcsentablo young man, in splto of
tho somewhat formidable reputation
ho wore" as a person of learned attain
ments. If his looks attracted, It was
not because ho was handsome, for
that ho wasn't, but becauso of certain
signs of strength to be dUcorncd in
his faco, as well as an engaging man
nor which ho owned by right of an
cestry, his ascendants for several gen
erations having been notable repre
sentatives of one of tha First Families
of Virginia.
The pauao which fell upon tho girl's
use of his name, and during which
they looked one another over, was
sufficiently prolonged to -excuse tho
refefenco to it which Amber chose to
make.
"I'm sure," he said with his slow"
smilo, "that we're satisfied we've
never met before. Aren't wo?"
"Quito," assented tho girl.
"That only makes it the more mys
terious, of course."
"Yes," said she provokingly;
"doesn't it?"
"You know, you'rn hardly fair to
me," he asserted. "I'm rapidly be
ginning to entertain doubts of my
senses. When I left tho train at No
komls station I met a man I know aa
well as I know myself pretty nearly;
and he denied mo to my face. Then,
a llttlo lator, I encounter a strange,
mad Bengali, who apparently takes
mo for somebody he has business
with. And finally, you call mo by
name.
"It isn't so very remarkable, whed
you come to consider It," she returned
soberly. "Mr. Dayld Amber is rather
well knowft, oven in his own country.
I might very well have seen your pho
tograph published ia connection with
some review of let mo see. . . .
Your latest book was entltW 'The
Peoples of tho Hindu Kush,' wasn't
It? You see, I haven't read It."
"That's senslblo of you, J'm, sure.
Why should you? . . . But your
theory doesn't hold water, becauso I
won't permit my publishers to print
jny picture, and, besides, reviews of
stfd: stupid books generally appear
in prcw?url3. .monthlies which abhor il
lustrations." "Oh!" She received this with a
note of disappointment "Then my ex
planation won't do?"
"I'm sorry," ho laughed, "but you'll
havo to be more Ingenious and prac
tical." "And you won't Bhow me the pres
ent tho babu made you?"
Ho closed his fingers Jealously over
tho bronzo box. "Not until . . ."
"You Insist on reciprocity?"
"Absolutely."
"That's very unkind of you."
"How?" ho demanded blankly.
(TO BH CONTINUED.)
His 8elf-Defense.
"When a man's married," said Rose
Stohl, "his excuses begin. "Did you
evor hear how Sambo got out of it
whon ho was caught In tho turkey
coop?"
""Deed, mlstah,' he said, "'deed,
sah, I Isn't a-stenlln' dls yah bird. l's
takln' it in self-defense. Hones' I 1st'
" 'Self-defenso?' roared tho Indig
nant owner, shaking him by the col
lar. 'What kind of a Ho aro 70U try
ing to toll moT
" 'Pleaso, sah,' walled the much
abused Snmbo, 'mah wlfo sho sny of
I doan' fotch homo a turkey sho gwino
to break obery bono in mah body. An'
so I Jos' 'bleeged ter perfect mah
se'f!'" Young's Magazine
Blank Filled Corectly.
"When Llzzlo Tlnims filled out her
application blank to teach school,"
laughs tho neighbor, "eho wrote on the
lino asklug what her ngo was, 'My ago
Is twenty years old.' Wasn't that a
ludicrous mistake?"
"Oh, l don't know. You misunder
stand it. She wns honest. Sim wna
it clear to somo Englishman with a
cold and flshllko oya that, ns a mat
ter of fact, tho lynching nro Beat
tored over a largo territory, and Tam
many has nothing whatever to do with
tho Unltod States senate, nnd tho
millionaire does uot crawl Into tho
prcsonco of his wlfo and daughters,
and Morgan nevor can bo king, and
citizens of St Louis aro not In dan
ger of being hooked by moose. After
ho gets through tho Englishman says.
"Really?" and tho painful Incident hi
closed. George Ado in Century,
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PHILOSOPHY TO THE RESCUE
Pat Went Without Hla Steak, but at
That Everything Was Not
Lost.
Charles Nagel, secretary of com
merce and labor, saya the Irish race
has, in addition to its sentiment and
romance, a lot of philosophy as ono
of Its characteristics.
"Tho best illustration I evor heard
of this," ho explained to a dinner
party ono evening, "was tho case of
n poor Irishman who had been given
a flno, juicy piece of steak. Doing a
religious man, ho placed tho steak in
front of him, and there, in tho shado
of tho trees surrounding his benefac
tor's houso, he folded his hands,
closed his eyes, and gave thanks to
heaven for tho meal. When he wa3
In tho attitude of prayer, a dog rushed
up and captured tho steak. Pat
looked around in timo to see the food
disappearing over tho hill.
"'Thank heaven,' he exclaimed,
ngain closing his eyes, ho loft me my
appetite!'" Tho Sunday Magazine.
AS A RULE.
4 . ((ta
"What Is an income tax, pa?"
"A wife, my 3on." .
To Be a Good Cook.
"To be a good cook means tho
knowledge oj all fruits, herbs, bairns
and spices; nnd of all that is healing
and sweet in fields and groves, savory
in meats; it means carefulness, in
ventiveness, watchfulness, willingness'
and readiness of nppllanco; it means
tho economy of your great-grandmothers
and tho science of modern chem
ists; it means much testing and no
wasting; it means English thorough
ness, French art and Arabian hospi
tality; it means, in flno, that you are
to bjB perfectly and always ladios
(loaf-gfrers), and you arc to see that
everybody has something nlco to eat."
Ruskln. svf j
A Personal Matter.
"You muBt havo studied political
economy pretty thoroughly to be so
Impressed with the Iniquity of the
trusts."
"To tell you tho truth," replied tho
candid citizen. "I don't know much
about tho lnsldo workings of trusts.
But I havo seen pictures of tho men
who run them, and I havo kiud or
taken a dlslikn to thorn."
1
A Hopeful Fellow.
"What is an optimist?" ,
"A man whose bump of hope is big
ger thnn tho rest of his head."
AT THE PARSONAGE.
Coffee Runs Riot No Longer.
"Wife and I had a serious timo of it
while wo were coffee drlnkorB.
"She had gastritis, headaches, belch
ing and would havo periods of sick
ness, whllo I securod a dally headache
that bocarao chronic.
"Wo naturally sought relief by drugs
without avail, for it is now plain
enough that no drug will euro tho dis
eases another drug (coffee) sets up,
particularly, so long ns the drug
which causes tho troublo is continued.
"Finally wo thought wo would try
leaving off coffee and using Postum. I
noticed that my headaches disappeared
llko magic, and my old 'trembly' nerv
ousness left. Ono day wife said, 'Do
you know my gastritis has gono?'
"Ono can hardly reallzo what Post
um has done for us.
"Then wo began to talk to ethers.
WIfo's father and mother wore both
coffeo drinkers and sufferers. Their
headaches left entirely n short tlmo
after they changed from coffeo to
Postum,
"I began to enquire among my par
ishioners and found to my astonish
ment that numbors of thorn use Post
um In placo of coffee. Many of tho
ministers who havo visited our par
sonage havo becomo enthusiastic cham
pions of Postum." Namo given by
Postum Co., Battlo Creek, Mich.
Read the llttlo book, "Tho Road to
Wcllvillo," in pkgs. "There's a reason."
Ever read tho above letterr A w
one npprnr. from time to time. TktT
"e nnl. true, and full of humaa
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