' . ATALE Or Copyright, 1S37, by 1 Tennyson Ncely. CHAPTER II. Continued. "Velly muchoo smashce up," replies the Celestial, with an angelic smile. "And a gentleman was hurt?" "Yep, hclly sure; he talkeo In air," TCFponds Ah Sin, nodding eagerly. "And they carried him to the hospi tal?" "Takcc to dead house, all samec," declares the Mongolian, rather flip pantly; for the heathen Chinee has no heart for anyone outside of Jack. H'ml Well, that settles it; but I'm hardly nble to belleo It happened even now. Where's your proof, Ah Sin?" . "How's this?" and the man from the Antipodes holds a small packngo aloft. "A packet of letters tied with a string. Where under the sun did you set those, my good man?" "On street fall from pocket of Howard, allee samee." "The deuce you say! Then why But never mind; I'll take charge of them and see that he gets his proper ty in the morning when I hunt him up at tho hospital. At any rate, this is proof enough I wasn't dreaming. "I wish I could be as sure about his raving. My ghost, eh? Well, I like that rather cool, to say tho least. Haunted by my name, Is he? Well, I'm sorry, but I never thouglit It was o atrocious as that. What else did lie say about going on? had an ap pointment at twelve that ho must ful fil. Rather unfortunate, but ho seems more In a condition to keep one in tho other world. A fortune at stake, , oh? Why, that's something in my own line. Deuced odd wo both should have visited the Canongate at midnight on errands involving the filthy lucre! Show him tho house with seven gables at tho corner. That was where he "had tho appointment, I reckon. Is there such a houso near hero.' I've a charitable notion to saunter on a lit tle bit and see. It would, perhaps, bo doing tho poor devil a favor if I dropped In and explained to the good folks just why Howard failed to turn ip. "It wasn't his fault, goodness knows. Wheels will sometimes fly off their "base, and give an unexpected twist to a man's fortunes. I've had such things happen myself. Ho said all might bo lost unless he got there. That would be a pity if a few minutes of my tlmo can save the day. "Ah Sin, my boy, do you see that building over yonder tho houso of soven gables tho house to which tho jioor gentleman was driving when his tire was punctured? Well, I'm going over to sound a tatoo on tho door, and let them know why Howard falls to show up." Ho gives tho knocker several res onant blows, which echo along tho iulet street. Someono is heard advancing on tho other side of tho door, and a hand tumbles the chain. Evidently the in mates of this queer houso with tho gables do not put implicit confidence in their neighbors, or else they como from a country where locks are a necessity. Then the door opens. The hallway is dimly lighted, and ho can jubt see tho figure of a man "Why, he's dead and I'm his ghost!" before him a man as striking In his general appearance as one would meet 1n tho Quartier Latin of Paris, where art students abound a man who has long iron grey hair that falls to his shoulders, a Bnow-whlto beard, and who wears tho conventional black vel vet Jacket of an artist. Jack is a llttlo struck by tho appear nnco of this gentleman, who has swung tho door back rather hastily, and ts observing him with what ap pears to bo a burning gaze, so that for tho moment ho forgets to speak. During this brief space of tlmo ho feels rather than sees the eyos of the other fastoned upon him. Nor is the explanation difficult to seek, if, as ho bollovos, this Is the house whore How ard had his appolntmont. He finds his voice. "Pardon me, sir; but were you ex pecting somoone?" ho asks. To his surpr'so tho old gentlomnn Immediately p b out his hand; his wliolo demonncv changes, since ho no longer frowns nd looks Busplclous, but smiles; and Jack, not to be out done In politeness, meet that palm fWmmd bi uiRiHtt ,h iwi im,nii; iHUa V TIE CUBAN WAR Copyright, 1SW, by Ktrcot and Smith. hnllwuy, believing ho can at least hold his own when It conies to a squeeze, if given his favorite grip. Tho bells clang out tho midnight hour Just nt this moment, and between the strokes ho hears tho other say, with wl at happens to bo a foreign ac cent to his English: "Welcome, wolcome, to my houso! You keep tho nppolntmont barely to the letter; still, as wo say In sunny Spain, Mns vale tardo quo nunca, which Is, Better late than never. 1 have waited wo all have wnlted anxiously. Por Dios! you nro hero. Again I say, with all my heart, wel come on this hnppy night, Mr. Jack Travers ha-ha!" CHAPTER III. Hypnotized by a Look. The young man from tho States stands thero as If petrified. Several 'times during the short ad dress of the elderly and picturesque gentlomnn with tho long silver locks and velvet sack coat he has endenv ored to break In. eager to disclose the fact that a mistake has been made, for Jack Is not the man to feel at ease In borrowed plumage; but, strange to say, wben tho other finishes his per oration with the utterance of Jack's name, all desire to thus disclaim any connection with the matter passes away. He is like a man partly under tho Influence of ether. Ho sees things as through a glass, darkly, and yet en deavors to grasp the truth as a drown ing man grasps a sfraw. A dozen things flash through his mind at onco. First comes the tnought that by some accident ho has stumbled on tho houso to which his unknown correspondent with whom ho had the appointment In tho Canon gate mennt to lend him, but this he speedily dismisses as less plausible than others. Beforo his bewildered mind flash tho remarkable things uttprcd by Howard In his confused state follow ing the smash-up. That is why ho does not mako any resistance when the Spanish gentleman draws him over tho threshold. Curiosity Is aroused, and even on the Instant there has arisen a deslro to discover why they play at battledore and shuttle cock with his name. Given an active mind and Jack Travers may bo expected to soon solve tho mystery; but it will take a llttlo tlmo, to gain which, without arousing curiosity, ho must carry out his part of tho program naturally. Probably It would bo hard to find a man more willing to meet Fortune half-way and dance to her merry tuno until the hour for unmasking comes. He Is bold by nature, fearless from constant association with danger, since familiarity breeds contempt, and not averse at any time to engage in an enterprise tho outcome of which piques his curiosity. "Ha! what you?" suddenly exclaims tho elderly gentleman, as ho brings tho door to, and nails poor Ah Sin In the jam Ah Sin who, seeing Jack en ter, attempts to slip across tho thresh old, believing it to be his duty to fol low where the master leads. The wretched Celestial is In a way to feel the power of the press, since his captor shows no signs of relent ing, when Jack hurries to his relief, and hastily explains that tho heathen Chlneo Is his valet, his shadow, with out whoso watchful presence ho would scarcely dare to breathe; upon hear ing which the muscular old gentleman suspends the pressure, and Ah Sin, re lieved, though considerably flattened, slips in. Jack hears voices somowhero near by, and his nerves are tingling with an eagerness to discover tho mean ing of it all, which deslro has been brought Into existence by the mere mention of his own name by this m markable foreign artist. "Follow me, Senor Jack," says tho party In question, as ho turns and walks in tho direction of the stairs leading aloft. Jack unconsciously allows a hand to slip round to the pocket where ho usually carries a small revolver. For years ho has lived among tho wild cowboys of tho Texan plains or tho lawless miners In tho Crlpplo Creek region, where a man's existence aften depends on his possessing a shooting Iron, and his ability to handle the same In tho smallest posalblo fraction of a second. Old habits nro difficult to break away from, and Jack has not vet grown to feel at ease without be ing "heeled." As ho strides past tho parlor door ho has a gllmpso of several parties in tho lighted room, and somehow dis covers himself taking an unwarranted interest in tho gracoful figure of a young lady who chances to havo her back toward him. The faithful, if wondering. Ah Sin fellows at his heels, apparently deter mined to wateli over his bolovod mas ter at all costs. Having Biirronderod to tho condi tions by which ho hns so suddonly boon surrounded. Jack fancies him self ready to follow tho lead pf this dancing will-o'-tha-wisp of fortuno at least to the very danger line. They ontor a room. A light stands on a table. Jack, giving a nasty glance around, sees nothing moro dar.gorous than a hairbrush on tho dresser. "Allow me to help you off with your outer coat," chatters tho other; "no , trouble, I nssuro jou. 1 am so pleased to think our plans havo como out so beautifully, and that this night wo Hpcure 1 a fortune, you a portion of the same with a lovely Cnrrambal Sonor, your parmonts pardon me do not exactly suit the occasion, But I forget; you hnvo boon n long Jour noy on, ami there has llttlo time oc curred for such things. After all, what does It niatter7 I doubt very much whether the fact of your wear ing a traveling suit will bo nt all ob served by your wife." Poor Jack feels a cold chill chasing up and down his spinal column. "Par don mo, Senor," ho gasps, "but you er said something concerning my wife, which I er hardly under Btnnd." The good-natured old gentlomnn In tho velvet artist's coat bursts into a laugh, ns though ho finds tho subject very comical, and, of course, Jack, to a I n numtt uimj. yum a t JW lM Mr H lAl 1RH 'i "Welcome on this happy night, Mr. Jack Travers!" bo accommodating, laughs too, though his merriment might bo set down as strained. Ah Sin simply grins whilo ho whisks the hand brush over his master's clothes, but ho Is making" better headway at solving tho rlddlo thnn Jack gives evidence of doing. "Of course," chuckles tho host, "very foolish on my pnrt, n merry bachelor as yot; but we calculate, Senor Jack, on having you tied In tho tightest knot posslblo beforo half an hour has gone by." "The devil you do!" mutters the in dividual In question, vaguely wonder ing, now that matterB havo reached this critical point, whether ho had not better kick over tho traces, declare his Identity, and call the gamo off. (To be continued.) A REALISTIC ORGAN RECITAL. Good Work Resulted In Personal Loss to the Professor. Andrew Carnegie's" ndviscr In all matters pertaining to pipe organs was tho late Frederick Archer, an English organist, who gave recitals weekly at the Carnegie Music hall In Pittsburg. One Saturday evenlngMr. Carnegie attended Archer's recital, and was en raptured with tho rendition of a de scriptive piece which depicted a ter rific storm. Tho howling of tho wind, tho surf's roar, and tho frequent crashes of thunder were realistically portrayed upon tho majestic organ. "It was grand," declared tho Iron master enthusiastically, as he greeted tho organist at the recital's conclu sion. "You wouldn't believe, though," re sponded Mr. Archer, "that on ono oc casion I played that piece on a small church organ with a most compli mentary result; in fact, I don't be lieve that I ever rendered It moro naturally In Imitation of tho raging elements." v , "What I" ejaculated the famous philanthropist, "you played that num ber moro perfectly on a small church organ than you did to-night on that great instrument?" "Yes," replied Mr. Archer, sadly, "on that occasion, when I made ready to leave tho church, I found that my um brella was missing." Origin of Pious Wish. Tho Rev. Dr. Burrell tells this story: One of the members of his congregation has a bright llttlo daugh ter aged four. One cold Sunday morn ing last winter she stood at tho win dow watching tho throngs of peoplo (the ladles wrapped in furs) on their way to church. Turning to her mother, Bhe said: "Mamma, I wlsht I was old enough to bo a Christian and go to church." "Why?" Inquired tho mother, pleased at this pious wish. "So's I could havo a muff an boa," replied tho angel child. Now York Times. A Punitive Tip. A follower of '"the races" and his frlond took dinner together recently at a promfnent seasldo htoel. "About how much do you usually give the waiter?" asked tho frlond as they sat down to tho table. , "Well," roturnod tho race track man, "If he sones me well I give him a dollar, and if ho sorvos mo poorly I give him a tip on tho racos." Too Natural. "Yos, ho wrote a dotectlvo story and It failed to please tho public." "How was that? He's a clover writ or." "Yes, but ho made It too natural." "How was that?" "Why, tho thief was too smart foi the detective." I .if H m M&wk EEZZO m Arozzo, tho tiny town In Tuscnny In which Petrarch was born, hns nov or forgotten tho obligation tho grant Italian poot and mnn of letters put upon hor by first opening his oyes In this world In tho midst of her red tiled roofs, nnd ns that event occurred Just COO years ago, Arezzo has seen to It that duo honor wns paid to tho occasion'. Thero was n week of ceremony, for nn event like this must bo cele brated with duo solemnity nnd In a comprehensive mnnner. Thero wns a congress literary persona from various parts of tho earth woro there; tourists, too, dropped In to seo tho show; there was n banquet, n gala performance at tho theator, n tnblot unveiled, and flnnlly a reproduction of PET&WCr Petrarch's famous triumphal entry into Arezzo in tho height of his famo. Tho llttlo town was absolutely mad with delight. When a train rolled Into tho station of Arozzo a genial nnd progressive momber of tho town com mittee would rush up to each stranger whom ho suspected of coming for tho celebration. "Petrarca?" ho would ask, eagerly. "Yes," replied tho tourist, hardly knowing what to say. But that was onough, Arezzo was delighted again. Tho committeeman representing that commendnblo prido would take possession of tho nowcom er, rush him into a side room at tho atation nnd thero bear him down with tickets, badges, pamphlets and what not. Arezzo hnd not been so much ilivo since that day in 1350, when Pet rarch, nstrlilo his whito horse, visited his birthplnco. As a matter of fact, ill Petrarch ever did for Arezzo was to bo born there, and pass through tho city forty-six years later. But could a great man do anything moro for any city? Arezzo wns cleaned Jn honor of the event It celebrated, and from gain posts erected In tho city banners of red nnd yellow fluttered In tho occa sional breeze. From every houso pieces of red and yellow stuffs hung from windows, nnd even garlands of flowers festooned plcturesquo walls. The part of the festival to which ill looked forward with tho greatest amount of Interest was anything but Msnppolntlng. This wns the repre sentation of the festivities, with np proprlate costuming, given in honor of Petrarch when he arr-lvcd nt his na tive city in tho year 1.TJ0, ns ho was returning from tho jubilee In Rome. Tho magistrates went out to meet htm, nnd ordered that no alterations should bo mado in tho humble'' houso In which ho wa born. At that tlmo ho was at tho height of his fame; ho ad received tho laurel crown nt 'tome, had written his great work "Africa," which is n. longer read, ml was on his wny to Vaucluso. Petrarch's original triumphal entry to Arezzo was In December, but as o sixth centenary of his birth was elng celebrated, it was thougnt ad- isablo and not anomalous to Include his feast for tho eyes, and so not nly lend that color so dear to tho Tuscan, but that spectacular element beloved by every human being. Tho "festn storlca" wns given toward evening, for tho sun had been extremely hot. Fifteen thousand per sons had gathered to witness tho cul minating point of the centenary cele bration on tho great "prato," or field, Just at the edge ot tho town. They had como from everywhere In tho surrounding country, for tho Italians not only know their great men ot antiquity, but ore proud of thorn. Tho spectators sat In rows on benches which surrounded tho prato, which has always been used for games and shows, nnd was moro than likely tho fcceno of Petrarch's triumph nearly six centuries ago. In tho center of tho field stood a huge wooden figure, representing tho 1 cad and body of a Saracen. This lurncd on n pivot, and was tho object of attack by tho soldiers, who woro drossod as knights in armor. They rodo through the ontranco of tho in closure nt full gallop, but waltod to begin their exhibition until all the me diaeval figures had mado a circuit of tho field, and had Boated thomsolvos In tholr appointed plncos. Tbon tho leader rodo to the confer ot the Hold, and at a signal from his whittle the knights, each with a wood en lance In hand, rodo at tho Sara can, tholr' object being to strike tho figure and break tholr lancos against It. Soma of tho horsos objocted vio lently to their unprepossessing an - '" s ViV,.'? ft Ifflffl MTHLS IHTQ TWDTOH tagonist, but in gcnernl tho knights ncqultted thomsolvea na worthily ns any of tho Round Table, nnd spoiled tho countennnco of the Saracon, tho "enomy of nil tho Christians." This game, called Qlostra del Saracono, was very popular long ago nnd con tinued In favor for sovernl centuries, bolng considered most usoful in strengthening tho young men and making them adroit nnd quick. Having finished tho game with the Moor, tho knights guvo nn uxhlbltlon of horsemanship, for which tho Ital ian cavalry nro fnmous. It should bo stated that nil those knights" nro In tho cnvalry and came from Flor ence especially to tako pnrt In tho colobrntion. After their withdrawal nil tho char acters taking pnrt In tho show walk ed around tho Hold. Tholr costumes wero wondoi fully good reproductions f i oin tho old pictures, nnd in color nnd form every ono of them might havo como to llfo nfter a sleep of several centuries, Every class was represented, Just aa six centuries ago overy class turn ed out nt Arezzo to do honor to tho clty'B greatest son. Thero wero nobles nnd Knights in armor, moving bits of color and flashing bits of stool; Judges nnd priests wero there, too, nnd llttlo boys In tho most engaging clothes, nnd tho populace, tho trades men, the workers, nil woro thero Nib vividly portraying tho year of graco 1SG0 as Is posslblo In tho unromantlc year of 1901. But It was tho schol ars" in tho procession, thoso somber robed figures, with crimson hoods, with faces which haunt ono like Hint of Donto or Giotto or Clmnbuo, who gave tho medlnovnl character to tho procession. MesRor Frnncesco hlmsolf wns near ly at tho ond of tho procession. Seated upon n whlto horso led by pngos, tho hero of the occasion slowly passed In vlow. This man was n good actor. Ho seemed to bo a Petrarch himself, with his self-conscious nnd Belf-satts-ficd mnnner. Petrarch took overy honor ns a matter of course; ho know ho was n grent man, and thouglit it anything but Immodest to nppreclato himself at his true value. So with tho Petrarch in tho fostlval.ho was tho old scholar, humanist nnd poet to tho life. Flnnlly tho mediaeval cortege halt ed, and a chorus selected from among those In tho procession sang n hymn in prnlso of tho poet. Begun Into In the day, tho twilight had now envelop ed the fantastic procession In n poetic Indistinctness, llko an nttractlvo vis ion of tho past; tho music sounded old and distant nnd darkness closed In on a scono such na ono could find nowhere save In Italy. Francesco Potrarch, who haB been called tho first modern scholar nnd man of lottors, wns born In Arezzo, Tuscany, July 20, 1304. Ills wholo llfo, llko thnt of Balzac, whom Jio resem bled in no othor wny. was a light for fame nnd n desire to bo loved. At tho time of his birth his parents woro living In Arozzo In oxllo, his father, who w'as a notary, having been bnnlshed from Florence in 1302, at tho tlmo Danto wns also banished for his syrapnthy with the Blacks. When ho was seven, years old his father remov ed his little family to Avignon, then the city of the Holy Seo. Theso early yenr8 wero not spent in Arezzo, but on tho estate of his father, at Anclsa, consequently ho, hnd no early recol lections of his birthplace. At 14 ho was Bent to Montpeller to study law, and later followed tho samo pursuit at Bologna. He was 23 wnen ho first saw tho Madonna Laura, his lovo for whom expired only with his doath. Sho in spired those sannets for which Pet rarch is now boat remembered, but tho sincerity of bis passion has been questioned, and even tho existenco of tho lady was doubted' in his own dny. It nppoars, howover, that sho did exist, bolng tho wife of n certain Ugo do Sado, a gentleman who Is said to havo been ery cross to her at times, jtt she nevor failed In her wifely devotion nnd was tho mother of ten children. In his youth Potrarch was hand home, and affected tho dross and man ners of a fop. His genius and la bors, howovor, wirm ono of tho most remnrkablo chnptors In tho history of Italian litorature. He accumulated books, and had a corps of transcribers constantly woriung ror mm, for ho lived boforo tho duys of tho printing pi os. Some works ho copied him self, nnd there is recorded the tact that Boccaccio sont him Dnnto'a "Di vine Comedy," thnt he might read It and 'Change hi J poor opinion of that groat poot. Potraroh was a groat travolor for his time, ai"i ho liked to see himself as another Ulysses. Ho composod a '&lgiL grent poem on Afrlcn, which ho dodl cnted to tho king of Naples, and then botii Paris and Rome, hearing of hi? doslro to bo crowned with tho lnurels after tvio mnnner of tho ancients, of forcd to grnnt him tho distinction. Ho chose to go to Homo, nnd thoro won tho bays, having first, nt hla cwn re quest, passed n Bcvero examination. Twice ho wns Bent by Floronco aa nmba8sador to Venice, nnd It wna soon nfter his roturn from that em bassy thnt ho died, July 3, 137-1; with in two days ot his seventieth birthday. AGED WOMEN WHO SWIM. Love of Bodily Exercise Undiminished by Advancing Years. English papers stato that a num bor of women who hnvo passed three scoro yenrs of llfo took swimming loBsons with grent onthUBlasm nt sea sldo resorts last summer, nnd regard thin as Indicating a general tendoncy on th part of cldorly peoplo to per form fonts such as would not havo boon dreamed of n generation ago. Dr. Dcightou's walk from Land'B End to John o' Gront's nt tho ago of CI; tho cycling tour from London to Berwick nnd back by nn octogenarian, Dr. Hnrrls; and Mr. Mario's task, yet uncompleted, of walking 6,000 miles, thonsh ho Is 7C years of age theso nro enterprises that havo attracted considornblo attention. Tho cnBo Is cited of a woman, near ly 70 years old, who says her regular dumbbell excrclso brings tho pleas- antost houra of her llfo. A morabor of the English Alplno club, now over GO, lias just rcclimbed tho Mattorhorn, nnd n Wolshman aged 70 not long slnco tramped over tho highest peak of Snowdcn, along nn arduous moun tain ridge, nnd somo ten miles of un dulating road. Afraid to Tackle Us. The refusal of the Fifes to even at tempt to design another yacht to race for the America cup is perhaps tho finest trlbuto that ban ovor boon paid to Yankees by their cousins across tho water. A letter received from abroad by a Boston ynchtsmnu says that respect for Yanltco ability in yacht designing has developed Into a sort of supersti tious drend among foreign builders ami sailors as well. Tho samo lettor sayB thnt tho Germnn emperor, who for a timo considered tho poHBlbllity of challenging for tho ctip, has also given up tho Idea. At Tiffany's, In Now York, whero tho famous cup Is Feturt of Petrarch to frezio in 13.60 stored, it Is nq longer considered necessnry to tako any special precau tions against Its theft. Apparently thero is no ono In tho wholo w,orld who is capablo of stealing it from us. Titled Salvationists. Among tho Salvation Army's officers nt homo and abroad aro a Russian princess, tho daughter of an English earl, tho cousin of a Scottish duke, and the daughter of a New York mil lionaire, who, discarding tho society of that city, is happy in working amid tho slums ot London. All theso womon havo long been active and. usoful members of tho organization lm various branches of its beneficent op-, eratlons. The Art of True Deduction. Mary, tho searcher after Informa tion, was poring over a largo book sho had seen her father reading tho evonlng before. "P-h-l-l-o-so-p-h-e-r'Vflho spelled la boriously. Then, after a moment's Internal struggle, sho added: "Phil osopher. What's ho. Tommy?" "Huh," snorted that prodigy. "Sh'd think you'd know. Man who rides a phllosophode." Imports Clerks From Canada. The Uiitod States Is suing tho own- ers of u San Francisco drug store under tho alien labor law, for Importi ing four clerks from Canada. Tho. defense Is that tho men, as graduate pharmacists, are in the oxempt clasa ot "men belonging to a recognized) profession." Women Scene Painters. Womon havo been doing somo of tho scene painting at the Imperial theater, London, lately. 'jjMKBSsVQswvfHoisSflMlmKw