KITTY'S
By Author of
fmuti
CHAPTER X.
A bcntitlful woman, about whoso
beauty thcro could not be two opln
Ions of goodly height, yet bo full of
grace that sho waa rnrcly described no
tall with a certain gontlo Btntcllncss
that no words can qulto describe with
n head well poised, gray eyes that had
moro tenderness, more passion In their
depths than any other eyes I had over
Been, mobile Hps an cxprcsslvo as tin
eyes, a face a perfect oval, clearly, deli
cately cut, bright, brown wavy hair,
growing gracefully around n perfect
brow tho moBt beautiful woman I had
over Been, over dreamt of Madame
Arnaud,
She had the gracious ways which a
beautiful woman learns by tho tlmo
sho Is thirty years of age. It thirty
yearn had taken tho first soft, pench
llko bloom from her complexion, that
was but a small loss. With her queen
ly ways, her slow yet radiant Bmllo,
bIio was far moro charming than any
moro girl could bo. In hor prcnenco,
oven Mog's prcttlnoB8 acemcd Inex
pressive. 1, who had scarcely nuy
claim to prottlncss, was ovorwholmod
with a sonao of my own Insignificance.
Wo saw much of Madame Arnaud.
Sho camo often, and alio generally
onmo In tho evening when John was at
home. Ostensibly, her calls wero on
mo; but, when sho left tho drawing
room, John accompanying her ncroB3
tho llttlo hall, Bho fell at once Into a
noftor, moro familiar tone; Bomctlmcs,
half an hour nfter sho had bidden
jiood-nlght to mo, alio waa Btlll talking
In a subdued, confidential volco to
John In tho hall or In his Bludy; r.nd
now and then John would go with hor
tho short dlstnnco that lay between
our houses, and If tho evening waa
quiet I could catch tho sound of tholr
footstcpa na they passed and ropasscd
ay Mid down tho pavement, until nt
"DID YOU NOT KNOW SHE HAD BEEN ENGAGED TO JOHN?"
last alio wont Indoors nnd John re
turned nlono.
A month wont by a chill, gray Octo
bor, with raw mornings nnd misty
evenings and rare glimpses of pale
wintry sunshine. I grow more than
ono month older lu those four long
wooko. I Bearcoly know what troubled
me; I tried to put tho thought of tho
troublo away I shrank from fnclng It.
John asked mo sometimes If I wnu
happy; I always nssurod him "Yes;"
and perhaps tho assurance waa moro
oagor than spontaneous, for ho would
look at mo gently ami turn away with
a llttlo sigh.
Ho waB u! ways gontlo. I wished Im
patiently Bomotlmcs that he would be
loss patient, Icaa good, loss kind. Wero
mon so Invariably patient with wlvos
thoy wero uro thoy loved? Again nnd
ngnln hta sister's words enmo back to
mo "You lovod hor bocauso you
wlflhcd to lovo hor, la such lovo trust
worthy? Will It wenr a llfotlmo? Hus
band It with nil your energy I" Tho
words oeomcd to echo In my brain; I
could not, Btrlvo nB I would, put them
away from mo.
It was a misty, chilly nftornoon to
ward tho ond of Octobor. Meg had run
in to bco mo. Sho was full of Ufa and
epIrltB; sho laughed nt mo becauso I
was sitting In tho twilight; sho klssod
mo and rang tho boll for tho lamp and
ton; thou sho kissed mo again and
bado mo toll hor I wnB glnd to bco hor.
When I nssurod hor of my gladness bIio
put hor hands upon my shoulders and
shook mo a llttlo, because my assur
ance, sho said, was too lukewarm;
then, repenting, oho kissed me again
becauso sho had shukon me.
"Kitty, my dear, whonovor I aeo you,
I say to mysel?, 'Don't mnrry,' " she
aald, divesting hersolf of nor trim lit
tle scalsklu Jackot, and looking round
for tho moBt softly-cushioned chair.
"Poke your flro, Kitty: let uo have a
blaze."
HUSBAND
"Hetty," Eta
4
I poked my flro obediently. Tho
merry blnzo shot up and dispersed tho
shadows. Tho firelight was so pretty
that the lamp, which tho maid at that
moment brought In, was banished by
Meg to tho piano In tho corner. The
llttlo afternoon tea tablo was wheeled
beforo the fire, and Meg drew her chair
opposlto to mine nnd sank back in It
with n sigh of luxurious content.
"One question, Kitty," sho said.
"Will John como In?"
"I think not not yet."
"Then I'm happy," b)io replied; "I
brcatho freely. Now confess, Kitty
I'll nover toll n soul don't you feel a
sense of relief when John goes out?"
"No, I don't."
"Kitty, you'ro snappish. Your tem
per was never nice and It's getting
worse."
I laughed and began to pour out tho
tea. Meg leant back In her chair and
looked critically at her blue cup, nnd
stirred her tea slowly with tho quaint
llttlo apostlo's spoon, then removed the
spoon to oxamlno It.
"I llko your silver and your china.
Kitty, Tho sight of your silver and
china would almost pcrsuado mo to
marry, If anyono would marry mo. Hut
the night of you and John counteracts
tho rash doslrc."
"How do John nnd I look?"
"Look nt yourself In tho glass, dear;
tho glass will apeak for one. And John
lookH worse. Do you keep blm on cold
mutton chops, Kitty? Nothing but nn
unvarying diet of mutton chops could
account for his profound gloom."
"John's not gloomy you Imaglno
thnt," I declared, with a llttlo sharp
catch In my breath oven ns I made tho
dcclslvo assertion.
"And you'ro not gloomy?" ques
tioned Meg, stirring hor tea, nnd put
ting out her neatly-shod llttlo feet to
tho wolcomo blaze. "Is ho a tyrant,
Kitty? DOCB lie smlln ilnrnltfiilli, l,
foro tho world, and thon In prlvato
beat you?"
"Hnvo Borne moro tea, Meg, and
don't bo a goose."
"Thank you. Kitty. Turn tho hnndlo
of tho teapot this wny, dear, and lot
mo help myBolf don't bo such an olll
clone hostess. Do you know tho first
law In tho code of a hostess' dutlos?
Cultlvato an nlr of roposo. When your
guest politely asks you, 'Docs your hits
bnnd boat you?' don't dnsh nt hor with
'Have Bomo moro ton. Take another
piece of BUgar,' Your guest will natur
ally conclude that your husband docs
beat you."
"Sho would need to bo nn lmnglna
live guest," I returned, laughing. "I
cannot Imaglno John's being anything
but very good to mo."
"Don't you find It dull, dear?" aBkod
Meg, with n reflcctlvo nlr. "I couldn't
possibly love n mnn whom I couldn't
imnglno being anything hut good to
inc. Tastes differ! Talking of tastes,
Kitty, my dear, I like cream, not milk,
In my ten. Don't bo economical bo
early In life, It's n vlco that grows. Do
hold mnmma! I think mamma grows
worse than over; fnthor promised to
take tickets for tho Hnymnrkot noxt
wcok and wo had such a fusa ubout it.
It seems, Kitty, thnt tho expenses of
your very quiet wedding wero qulto
ruinous; wo mustn't dream of tho ox
truvngunco of tho thoator for a year to
come. Of courfio, fnthor yloldod; bo I
ran In to sco John this morning na I
passed tho ofllco; I thought I might
drop a hint that you wero pining for
tho thoator nnd pining to tnko mo with
you. So I atrollod ostensibly to nsk
John If I might tlo my shoelnco and
If a black spock had not dropped upon
my cheek."
"Meg, what a cheat you aro! t ahnll
loll John."
"Do, doar. Woll, wo'ro going, Mad
ame Arnaud had or will take a bar,
and Bhc Invites ub all."
CHAPTER XI.
Tho firelight was very bright 1
leant bnck In my chair to escapo from
It. My heart had suddenly turned
cold; I wnltcd for a moment, then
aaked a question very quietly.
"Was Madamo Arnaud thcro at the
office, Meg?"
Meg hesitated for n moment. Sh
put down her cup, folded her hands lr
her Inp, and looked closely nt me.
"Kitty, for goodness' sake, bo a ra
tlonnl being!" bIio exclalmod. "If iroc
had meant to bo Jealous of Madnmi
Arnnud, you should havo been Jcaloui
before you married John, nnd not have
mnrrled him. for goodness' snko,
don't bo Jealous at this late date."
"I'm not Jealous," I replied, In a dull
yet protesting tone. "Why should 1
bo?"
For many minutes we sat In silence,
tho clock on tho llttlo chlmney-plecc
ticking nudlbly In tho stillness of the
room. Then It wno I who broko the
silence. I spoke with sudden passion,
yet In a low, slow, dollbcrato tone.
"I wish I had nover mnrrled John,"
I said. "I wish It every day, Meg. I
have spoilt his life. I have made him
wretched."
"Kitty!"
Meg was as serious now as I. She
came round to where I snt, and seated
herself on tho elbow of my chair. 1
put my head ngaliiBt her shoulder nnd
sat In silence, looking perfectly hope
lessly beforo mo.
"Ho loved her," I said nt last, still
speaking In n quiet tone, still looking
beforo mo Into the glowing flro. "Some
ono should havo told mo! No ono told
mo; I did not know I did not know!"
"And I did not know It until nftor-
wards," said Meg gently. "I had heard
of her, but I had only heard half the
story. I heard It nguln tho other day
moro fully."
"Tell mo."
"Hut John has told you."
"No."
"How strange! It's n long story; 1
scarcely know whero to begin. Ten oi
cloven years ago Madamo Arnnud she
was Lucia St. John then was an
actress, a slugor but you know that."
"I know nothing."
"Sho sang In opera; they said nhe
wns the coming prima donna. She
sang for two seasons; then her voice
failed hor."
"Go on, Meg."
"Sho had been engaged to John
how strange It Is, Kitty, that I should
know this and not you! did you know
aho had been engaged to John?"
"No."
"John ought to havo told you, 1
think. Well, sho had boon making a
big lncomo, and tho Incomo dwindled
down to nothing suddenly, nnd John
was poor. Ho was very poor, you
know, In those dayB; he waa only a
solicitor with a precarious sort ol
practice, with a reputation yot to be
made. Then ho wns struggling to paj
off his father's debt ho was poor,
hopelessly. Sho had made him promise
that, after their marriage, aho should
not glvo up hor carcor sho was to be
allowed to go on singing. Sho had
been singing in Pnrla; oho was coming
homo, it wob midwinter, nnd sho nnd
Miss Mortimer, who was nlwnys with
hor, choso to remain on deck whon
Bonslblo people would hnvo been sleep
ing in tnolr cabins. Sho took cold
When sho got well again hor volco wni
gone gono as far as hor profession
was concerned. That's hor story."
"But not nil. Go on."
(To bo continued.)
Was Helmut After tho Flood.
It Is claimed for a bulbil IIP nnnr Qf
Albans, England, that It Is the oldest
inhabltatcd house In that country. A
part of It, at any rato, la moro than
i.uuu years old. This Is the foundation
which wus built by Klncr Offn. Thn
structure wna origlnnlly used as a Ash
ing loiigo by tho monks of tho abbey
of St. Albans, of which monastery It
formed n part. It wns sltimtPd
bank of nn Immense fish pond near St.
Albans, bolonglng to tho royal palace
of Klngabury, of which llttlo but tho
nnmo now remains. The present build
ing resting upon these undent founda
tions was probnbly erected during tho
fifteenth century. It has nossoHsoil unv.
oral names, and Is nt present known ns
tho "Fighting Cocks." There Is a
wooden tablet on the front wall set
ting forth that it Is "Tho oldest in.
habited Iioubo In England," But this,
though enough to satisfy any reason
able being. Is fceblo when comnnrnd
with a former sign which rnn: "The
Old Round House: Rebuilt after the
Hood."
Triumph of lteallsm,
Brusho "I suppose you hnvo heard
tho old story of tho artist who
painted grapes so natural that the
birds camo and pecked at thorn." Penn
"That's nothlnc. A frlomi of mino
painted a tramp so truo to llfo that ho
couldn't got rid of It. Peoplo wouldn't
havo tho thing In their houses." Now
York Journal.
No Cnuae for Worry.
Mrs. Hoiincssy Shiwe, Patsy, dar
llnt, Its afraid 01 am that 0111 ovor
Blnpo mefaclf In th' mnrnln' an' bo too
late for early mass. Honnessy Don't
worry a' tall, a' tall, Mary Ann. Av
yo folnd yourself ovcrslnpln' Jes' tech
mo an' Ol'U wake yo nt wnnst. Ohio
State Journal.
Ilctrocrosslon.
Sprlggs How much older Is your
sister ihan you, Johnny? Johnny I
dunno. Maud used to bo 25 years,
thon Bho was 20. uud now Bho ain't
only 18. Wo'll soon bo twins.
COOKING FOR MEN.
SCHOOL FOR TEACHINQ THEM
THE ART.
Courio of Instruction Huro to Do Lais
of (load, Says a lioston roper Women
Conks llolnj- Urndnnlly Kotlred and
Men Apply tor Their l'laccs.
One of tho most Interesting schools
In cooking for the sick to be found any
where Is now nt tho Washington bar
racks, Washington, where Miss Eliza
beth Stnck la teaching tho privates who
havo enlisted for service In the hospi
tal corps the art of preparing food
suitable for Invalid nnd convalescent
soldiers, says the Boston Transcript.
This la a new Idea. Hoapltal stewards
have, of course, received Instructions
of this sort before, but the taking of
tho raw volunteers nnd drilling them
in tho niceties of cooking is something
new. So successful has It been that
tho authorities at San Francisco havo
been directed by tho war department to
open a similar course of Instruction for
tho volunteers there. Miss Stack has
classes numbering In all about fifty.
and they nro tnught in groups of about
ono-thlrd thnt number. Tho courso
consists of twenty-four lessons nnd
four reviews. Tho pupils nro Bturdy
men, fresh from a great variety of oc
cupations cab drivers, barbers, stage
carpenters, brick masons, tcamatcra,
etc., nnd ono man Is n physician of five
years' standing. Tho courso begins
with milk, nnd theso men nro taught
processes of sterilizing nnd pasteuriz
ing nnd tho uses of milk In various
ntagea of convalescence. Similar stud
ies In water follow. Then come the
broths nnd Jellies, nnd nfter that the
corcals. The possibilities of rice form
a largo chapter in the Instruction, for
it is tnken for granted thnt at Manila
this will bo the most easily obtained of
tho cereal foods. Ab for hardtack, Miss
Stack shows her pupils ten different
methods of preparing it. Tho way tho
mon tnko hold of tho work is surprls-
lng. Most of them nppear nmnzed at
tho possibilities In the lino of scientific
cooking, and whero they have homes
thoy usually announce thnt they will
effect a revolution In cooking thcro
upon their return. Thcro Is an eco
nomic side to this work, too. Tho hos
pitals nre allotted 40 cents a day for
each patient with which to buy milk
and other food. Tho class is taught
some of tho principles of food-buying;
what things will ho of most sorvlco
thnt can bo procured within the limits
of thnt sum. All this Instruction goes
on side by aldo with tho regular army
training for the hospital corps, such na
the litter and the ambulance drills.
Now men nro enlisted direct for tho
hospital corps, whllo In the recent war
all volunteers enlisted on the snmo
basis and certain of them wero picked
out for this work . Thero la no differ
ence In tho requirements of the pay
for this work than thnt of other pri
vates. Tho corps get about tho samo
class of men. Its services in tho far
cast aro bound to bo In great demand,
nccordlng to nil accounts, nnd thero Is
no estimating tho amount of good
which Miss Stack's course of Instruc
tion will do.
A (load Cleaning Oil.
An excellent cleaner nnd polisher for
furnlturo with a very high finish Is
recommended by nn experienced dealer
In rnro woods. To ono tablespoonful
of linseed oil add nn equal portion of
turpentine, together with a pleco of
nny pure soap tho size of a walnut.
Pour this Into a vessel containing ono
quart of boiling water, nnd let the
whole boll for nbout 10 minutes, stir
ring it occasionally, so that It may bo
woll mixed. This liquid can bo used
either warm or cold, but experience
tenches that It is more eftectlvo when
wnrm; it enn bo heated several times
beforo it will need renewing. Apply
with a soft flannel cloth, well wrung
out, to a small portion of tho surface
to bo cleaned. Aftor tho dirt has been
well wiped off, tako a fresh flannel
to polish with, nnd a fow minutes'
vigorous rubbing will Boon restoro tho
wood to Its original brilliancy. Crudo
oil is tho polisher used In moat of tho
furnlturo shops. But it Is woll to re-
mombor that In tho stores thero la
senrcoly n day when each pleco of fur
nlturo la not carefully wlpod off with
a soft cloth, keeping tho surfaces per
fectly cloan, ao that the aid of tho oil
la only called In to take off tho cloudy
nppoaronco which will nt tlmea dis
figure tho most carofully tended furnl
turo. New York Evonlng Post.
Irish Harvest or 1800.
A good general Idea of tho Irish har
vest of 1899 can now bo formed by tho
reports sent In from all over Ireland,
nnd It may confidently bo nssumed that
It Is at least a good nverago ono. Tho
season was a peculiar one, which caused
great anxiety amongst agriculturists,
na though tho early rain was favorable
for farming operations, April nnd May
wero cold nnd harsh, then camo June,
with regular tropical weathor, drying
up everything too much, nnd causing
consternation amongst green crop
growors, but July and August wore
Ideal months, which repaired most of
tho damngo done by tholr predecessors.
Altogether, however, Irish farmora
have every reason to bo thankful for
what must bo sot down as a very fair
all round harvest, whllo for two years
In succession tholr English brothron
hnvo suffered sovoroly from drouth.
lie ltcmombered.
Johnson Were you at tho concert.
Jonea? Jones Yea, part of tho tlmo.
Johnson Did you hear mo Blng "Tho
Wolf"? Jones "Tho Wolf"! How did
It go? Johnson (singing) "While tho
wolf, In nightly prowl, bays tho moon
with hideous how-w-w-1." Jones Oh,
yes; I romomber the hideous howl!
A RUSSIAN PANIC.
Leagues to rroteet tho Cxar Again!
lievotutlanlxt.
A wild panic solzod tho court clrclos
nt St. Petersburg after Alexander's
death, says Prlnco Kropotkln In tho
September Atlantic. Alexander III.,
who, notwithstanding his colossal stat
ure and force, wns not nn over-courageous
man.refused to move to tho Win
ter Palaco. nnd rotlred to thn nalnm nt
his grandfather, .Vaul I., nt Gatchlna. I
know thnt old building, planned as a
Vnuban fortress, surrounded by moats,
nnd protected by watch towers from
tho tops of which secret staircases lead
to the cmporor's study. I havo seen
tho trap doors In tho study, for sud
denly throwing nn enemy on tho aharn
rocks In tho water underneath, nnd tho
aecrot staircase leading to underground
prisons nnd to nn underground passago
WHICH opens on a lake. All thn nnlnrnii
of Paul had been built on a similar
plnn. An underground cnllnrv wna int?
round tho Anlehoff palaco of Alexnndor
III., and wns supplied with automatic
eiecine appliances to protect it from
being undermined bv tho revolution
ists. A secret leaguo for tho protection
or tho czar wan started. Officers of all
gradca wero Induced to undertnkn vol
untary spying in nil classes of society.
comical scenes fo lowed, of eniirao.
Two ofllcers.wlthout knowing that thoy
ooth belonged to tho lencuos. would
ontlco each other Into a disloyal con
versation, durlnc a ra lwav lournov.
and then proceed to arrest each other,
only to discover nt tho last moment
that their nlans had been labor lost.
Tho leaguo still exists In a moro oulclnl
shnpc, under tho name of Okhrana
(Protection), and from tlmo to time
frightens tho present czar with all sorts
of concocted "dangers," In order to
maintain Its oxlstonce. A still moro
secret organization, the Holy League,
was rormed nt the same time, under
tho leadership of tho brother of tho
czar, Vladimir, for tho purpose of op
posing tho revolutionists In different
ways, one of which wns to kill thoso
of tho refugees who wero supposed to
have been tho leaders of tho Into con
spiracies. I was of this number. The
grand duko violently reproached tho
officers of tho leaguo for their coward
ice, regretting that thcro wero none
among them who would undertake to
kill such refugees, and nn officer, who
had been a page do chambro at the time
I was In tho corps of pages, was ap
pointed by tho league to carry out this
particular work. Skobeloff, tho hero
of the Turkish war, was asked to join
this league, but ho blankly refused.
WOMAN REFUSES
To Lire with Her Husband Ilccauso She
Says lie Is Homely.
New York World: Mrs. Jcnnlo Gold
farb has given n novel excuse for re
fusing to llvo with her husband Sam
uel. Sho says that ho Is too homely
for any woman to live with. Goldfarb
who Is n philosopher, admits that ho
Is not nn Apollo, but ho nlso insists
that his wlfo has never been known
as a professional beauty. Tho Gold
farbs havo had a good deal of troublo
Blnco they wero married In 1890. It
took Mrs. Goldfarb but a short tlmo to
discover that her husband did not
como up to her standard of manly
beauty, and sho began to mako things
uncomfortable for him. Occasionally
sho went back to her mother. At an
other tlmo Samuel In despair sent her
to Europe, hoping that when sho re
turned ho would find favor In her eyes.
Hut matters wero still worse whon sho
camo back, nnd, nccordlng to n num
ber of affidavits, In tho possession of
former Judge II. W. Leonard, Gold
farb's counsel, sho positively refused
to live with him nt all. Goldfarb in
tho meantlmo hnd spent n small for
tuno on complexion beautlflers, hair
restorers nnd other toilet luxuries. He
became n Berry Wall In his dress. But
his wlfo remained obdurate, and Anal
ly, n short tlmo ago, charged him be
foro Mngistrate Hogan with desertion.
Goldfarb was sent railroaded, he sayB
to the island for six months. Ho
gnvo a bond nnd was released. He at
onco sued for a separation, and "for
such other relief as may seem Just."
Theory of Lubricating Oils.
In a lecture on "The Relations of
Physics to tho Mechanical Arts," Prof.
Abbo stated that Prof. Reynolds waa
the first to show lubrication ia simply
a caso of tho flow of n viscous fluid
through a nnrrow channel. When the
Journal presses on Its henrlng, tho In
termediate space Is probably l-10000th
of an inch In thickness. This space
being filled with oil constitutes tho
thin film that converts tho rubbing and
tearing of the metals into the sliding
and rolling of liquid molecules, like
myriads of minute steel friction balls.
Tho results of tho difficult researches
In molecular physics of Stoker, Klrch
off, nnd Hclmholtz havo thus a direct
application to the lubricating action of
oils.
To Kxplnre the I'nclllc
Prof. Alexander Agasslz, with a corps
of men of science, and under tho au
spices of tho United States fish com
mission, sot sail from San Francisco
recontly In tho steamship Albatross, on
ono of tho most Important scientific
expeditions of recent times. An lm
monso area of tho Pacific ocean, Includ
ing the Pnumota, tho Friendly, tho El
llco, tho Gilbert and tho Marshall Is
lands, nnd many unnamed groups of
coral lslots, will bo thoroughly explored
for tho first tlmo. Tho voyago will
covor about 20,000 miles, nnd tho ex
plorations will include tho llfo nnd
phonomcna of tho sea from its surfaco
to Ita groatest attalnnblo depths.
Tommy, aged 5, was strutting around
the houso In his first pair of boots and
being told his baby sister wanted to
klsa htm, said: "I'll Just bet a csnt
that kid takes mo for her father."
KRAPOTKIN IN THE SOLITARY.
Inscription of tho 1'rlton Itoom
In
Whleh Ho Wns Connned.
From tho Atlantic Monthly: My first
movement wna to approach tho win
dow, which was placed so high that I
could hardly reach It with my lifted
hand. It was a broad, low opening, cut
In a wall five feet thick and protected
by nn iron grating nnd a doublo Iron
window framo, relates Prlnco Krapot-
kln. At a dlstnnco of a dozen yards
from this window I saw tho outer wall
of tho fortress, a pleco of masonry of
Immense thickness, on tho roof of
which I could mako out a gray sentry
box. Only by looking upwnrd could
I perceive a bit of tho sky, which wa3
now faintly Illuminated by tho last
rays of tho sun. I mado a mlnuto In
spection of tho room, whero I had now
to spend no ono could say how many
years. From tho position of tho high
chimney of tho mint I guessed that I
was In tho southwest corner of tho
fortress, In a bastion overlooking tho
Novn. This room of mino wns a case
ment destined for a big gun nnd tho
window was nn embrnaurc. Sun rays
might nover ponetrato It; even in sum
mer thoy must be lost by tho thick
ness of tho wall. It was eleven steps
from ono cornor to tho othor of tho
room, which held an iron bod, a llttlo
oak tablo and an oak stool. Tho floor
was covered with painted felt nnd tho
walls with yellow paper. Howover, In
order to deaden tho sounds, tho paper
was not put on tho wall Itself; it was
painted over canvas and behind tho
ennvos I discovered a wire grating, do
hind which wns a layer of felt. Only
beyond the felt could I roach tho stono
wall. At tho Inner sldo of tho room
thero was a wnshstnnd and a thick oak
door, In which I mado out a locked
opening to pnss the food through nnd
a llttlo slit, protected by glass and n
shutter from tho outside This was tho
"Judas" through which tho prisoner
could bo spied upon at every moment.
Tho sentry who stood In tho passage
frequently lifted tho llttlo shutter nnd
looked Inside, his boots squeaking as
ho crept toward tho door. I tried to
speak to him. Thon the eyo which I
could seo through tho slit assumed an
expression of terror nnd tho shutter
wna Immediately let down, only to bo
opened furtively a mlnuto or two later.
But I could get no word of reply from
tho sentry. Absoluto sllenco reigned
all around; no sounds camo from any
where. I dragged my stool to tho win
dow and looked upon the bit of sky I
could sec. I tried to catch any sound
from tho Neva or from tho town on tho
opposlto sldo of tho rivor, but I could
catch none.
DEWEY IN AN EMERGENCY.
How Ho Circumvented Desertion Con
spiracy After the Civil War.
Ono striking characteristic of tho
idmlral Is tho readiness with which ho
meets every emorgency, says Leslie's
Weekly. Ho Is resourceful as well as
prompt In action. An Illustration of
this occurred during a cruise which
Dewey took after tho civil war, In tho
Mediterranean; on tho old ship Canan
dalgua. Tho war fever had died out,
and men frequently deserted. On men-of-war,
boats cannot bo lowered with
out nn order, except in caso of a man
overboard. Several malcontents In the
crew ono night, therefore, raised tho
"man overboard" cry, lowered a boat
and scuttled off into tho darkness.
Dowey was executive officer of tho ship,
and was called from his berth. Though
oven then particular aa to dress, ho
didn't caro about uniform whon tnerc,
was quick work to bo done, nnd ho ap
peared clad only in his night shirt. Ho
rushed up to tho qunrter-deck in half
a gale of wind and promptly took com
mand In splto of his curious appear
ance. Ho know his men thoroughly,
and acted promptly In splto of tho
dnrkness. "Como back horo, Jim
Brown, Tom Robinson, and tho rest of
you," he shouted, and punctuated his
remarks with three shots from his re
volver. Tho shots, tho ghostly flguro
on tho qunrtor-deck, and tho sudden
uso of their names startled tho mon
Into obedience, and thoy came sneaking
back to tho ship, while Dewey nnd his
novel uniform retired onco moro below
A Curiosity of the l'hlllpilnc.
"Among the queer things found In
tho Philippines aro bamboo opals, a
vegetable gem which Is sometimes dis
covered by tho natives In tho stem of
tho bamboo," says a gentlomnn who
has lived for a number of years In Ma
nila. "Not ono pleco of bamboo In a
thousand, however, contains a speci
men, aa the bamboo grown thore. aa
olsowhore, Is usually empty; hut acci
dent occasionally brings to light In tho
bnmboo stem a small, fllntllko matorlal
which presents tho nppearanco of a
porfect opal. Theso nodules aro known
to the natives aa 'tobacur,' and I have
from tlmo to tlmo during my long stay
on tho Islnnds seen soveral of theso
vegetable freaks of nature which re
produced the characteristic lines of the
opal so faithfully that exports wero
puzzlod to know tho dlfferonco between
tho vegetable and the real speclmon."
A Church Curiosity.
A church In which only two Rnrvlnpa
aro held during tho year is surely a
sunosuy, yoi sucn a ono Is to bo found
In the middle of a largo Hold near tho
vlllago of Towton, In England. It was
originally erected as n memorial to
Lord do Clireord. who fell In the battln
of Towton In 11G1.
With Vleasurr.
McSwattors I alwavs'lovn tn h...
that girl next door play "Tho-Star-3pnnglcd
Banner." Mrs. McSwatters
I thought you said you cou!dn' Bfn,i
hor piano playing. McSwattors Well,
wnen sno piaya "Tho Star-Snaneind
Banner" it's n sign she's got through.
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