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CHAPTER XtV. (Continued.)
"The Bccrot Is not my own," In con
llnued earnestly after a mlnuto; "you
must bo satisfied with half confi
dences,' I waited,
"What I want to tell you, Kitty, Is
this. I am bringing a visitor hero to
night to sleep. I want no one to know
that ho Is hero. Ho Is eluding Justlco. I
am sorry to say that I nm abetting
him."
"John, what has ho dono?"
"Don't bo frightened. Kitty. Wc can
Blcop in safety without fearing for our
lives. Ho has forged a chequo a
chequo for a largo amount. It Is not
his firm offense. Many years atsu ho was
guilty of a similar forgery; then tho
would-bo prosecutor was bought off,
tho caso was never brought lntp court.
This time ho has to deal with men who
aro made of sterner stuff. They will
hear no compromise; they Insist on
prosecuting; for wcokR past I havo
been trying to ncgotlato with them, to
savo him. I have failed.."
"Is ho worth it, John worth all your
work?"
"No, I think not."
"Why arc you so anxious, then?"
"For old friendship's sake."
"Was ho an old friend of yours? Oh,
let him como horo; wo can hldo him!"
"Kitty, you spoko thon almost as
your old self might havo spoken. No,
dear, ho wbb nover a dear friend of
mlno. Ad I said beforo, Kitty, you
must be content with half confidences.
A fow weeks ago I hoped ho had es
caped. Ho could not bo found. Thon
wo discovered thnt ho had returned to
London and was hero In hiding. To
day I find, what I feared yestorday,
that his hiding placo has been discov
ered; ho dares not return thoro to
night When it is much later und tho
way is clear, I shall bring him hore.
No ono need seo him, Kitty. I havo a
I LOOKED STRAIGHT AT HIM.
dlSKUlsa nronnrod fnr him. Tomorrow.
when ho leaves hero, ho will, I hope,
bo unrecognizable. His berth has been
taken for him In another namo In a
nhlp for South America. Onco there,
ho will bo l.vyond tho law."
John stood talking to mo for nomo
tlmo longer, arranging tho details of
our plot.
"Shall I sco him, John?" I nBkod.
"I think not, Kitty."
I roso nt last to go. John detained
mo a mlnuto longer.
"Not a W6rd to Meg," ho warned
mo.
I "No," I promised.
"Ono wjnild not willingly trust state
Bocrots to Meg," ho added, with u slight
smile. "Try to keep hor with you all
tho evening, Kitty, As for tho serv
ants, I will tell them to build up tho
study fire and then not to disturb mo
again tonight. When dinner is over,
tnko Mog back to tho drawing-room
and keep her there,"
"You will not bo at dinner, John?"
"No," ho answered abstractedly, "I
m going out now,'.'
"Where?" I asked.
Tho question escaped mo beforo I had
tlmo to think ; it was not often that
I questioned him about his goings. Ho
looked a Uttlo voxed at tho question
now.
"To Madamo Arnnud's," ho answered
simply,
I turned toward tho door; ho opened
It for mo, smiling at mo as ho did so.
"Thank you, Kitty." ho said In n
grateful tout. "You huvo helped mo
very much."
"A wlfoly duty!" I returned, with a
bitter llttlo smllo. "Don't thank me,
I was bound to help you;" and I
turned away from him with tho sound
of my own bitter mocking volco ring
ing in my cars.
CHAPTER XV.
"Heigh-ho, what a long evening this
1st" and Meg sighed, "Wind and rain,
wind and rata;' lleto-i to It."
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HUSBAND
"Hetty," Etc.
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"Don't stand at tho window, Meg," I
urged.
Hut Meg did not heed mo. 8ho stood
between tho parted curtains, and
looked out across tho wot pavement
shining In tho gaslight.
"Madamo Arnaudl" cried Meg sud
denly. "Madamo Arnaud?" I repeated.
"Sho Is coming in with John. Sho
chooses strange hours for calling, Kit
ty; tho clock Is Just striking nine.
Well, I nm glad that somo ono has
come to enliven our dullness oven a
dull caller Is hotter than no one."
"Ilut not tonight," I said absently.
Meg turned away from tho window;
wo both waited for John to bring
Madamo Arnaud Into tho drawing
room. Wo walled in vain. Thero
wcro steps in tho hall, then John's
study door closed, and all was silent
in tho house.
Meg and I wore silent, too; tho rain
beat against tho panes; I sat and lis
tened to It absently. Presently Meg
crossed tho room and stood bcsldo my
chair, and kissed mo caressingly,
"Madamo Arnaud must havo gono
agnln," I said, almost defiantly, defying
Meg's unspoken sympathy, turning and
looking up at hor.
Meg did not answor. Presently sho
drew a low chair Just opposlto to mlno.
An hour dragged by. All through
that hour, oven whllo Meg talked, I
was listening with a strained atten
tion. "Co to bed, Meg," I said at last,
pleadingly.
"Why, Kitty?"
"Do go, Meg," I urged,
Meg glanced nt mo. Thon for onco,
sho roso and kissed mo again and
wont.
Tho wind had risen; tho rain beat
dcafcnlngly against tho window.
Bounds in tho houso wcro lost in tho
sounds of tho storm outside, I crossed
tho room, took up my Btnnd at tho
window, whoro Meg had beon standing,
and closed tho curtains bohlnd mo to
shut out tho light of tho room.
Minutes went by, mlnutca that
scorned Ilko hours. At last tho houso
door opened, Bhut softly, and John nnd
Madamo Arnaud camo out together,
nnd passed tho window whero I stood.
I waited. Ton minutes passed. Tho
clock Btruck cloven slowly, and John
passed tho window again this tlmo
nlonc,
Ho lot himself In silently; ho went
back to his study, and for an hour
longor I waited.
Tho flro had gono out, tho room had
grown cold; but ray hoad was hot and
throbbing. I throw opon tho window
nnd knelt bcsldo It, wolcomlng tho
cold wind that swept in, ovon wol
comlng tho rain that boat against my
burning cheok. After a mlnuto I
shlvorod. Ilut oven thon I did not
movo. Physical cold 'seomed to
doadeh for a mlntito all tho passlonato
burning tumult of thoughts that were
surging through my brain.
Tho wind caught tho curtains nnd
mado thorn sway to and fro, Suddenly,
as tho door was opened, I turned to
sco John coming In with a firm quick
step ncross tho room. Ho drow down
tho window sharply beforo ho spoko
n word. Then ho turned to mo. with a
quick glnnco of mingled sevorlty nnd
gontlene8s. Ho tried to Bpeak pa
tiently, but thoro was something of
nngor In his self-controlled tono.
"Do you try to mako yourself ill,
Kitty?" ho asked.
I had risen from my knc.es, and I
stood loaning against tho shutter, my
hands hold down beforo mo, I lookod
straight at him, all tho agony, all tho
hopelessness of tho past two hours
shining In my oyes.
"I try to'dio," I said calmly, with tho
calmness of tho deopest passion.
John's oyes expressed a passion as
deep as mlno, He was puttlug.a curb
upon his speech; his effort after oeli
rcstralnt was evident.
"Why should I wish to live?" I
asked. "Why? Tell mo why."
John sighed and mado no answer. I
went on passionately
"if tho wind blows upon me a llttlo,
If tho rain touches me, you aro sorry.
You are not sorry that my heart is
bnaklng. It is breaking nil day long
always. And you you do not care."
"Kitty, I think you nro mad when
you talk Hko this."
I pushed back my hair, which was
falling loosely about my forehead, and
looked at him with an odd llttlo smllo
a heart-broken half-bitter smllo.
"I should bo happier If I died," I
said. "And you could marry Madamo
Arnaud, John."
John's grny eyes flashed a quick,
startled, scrutinizing glnnco nt my
faco.
"That is ono of tho things, Kitty,
that I cannot allow oven you to Bay,"
ho returned at last severely,
Thcro was a long silence. It was
John who was tho first to break it.
Ho spoko slowly, and hia tono was
heavy as ho spoke.
"You askod mo tho other day to let
you leavo me," ho said. "I refused. I
was wrong and you wore right. You
mny go, Kitty. I will not try to keep
you with mo."
I was silent. John turned away,
with a tired and heavy sigh.
"Wo will talk of It tomorrow," ho
added. "It's too late wo aro neither
of tie calm enough to tnlk tonight.
Rut you shall go. I promise."
I think I murmured a few Incoherent
words of thanks as I turned nway. I
might go! Tho prlvllego seemed nn
empty boon, Indeed. I had no fooling
of elation, no feollng of contentment In
having won. Llfo stretched away
blankly beforo mo, bereft of every Joy,
every hope.
Even now I cannot recall tho long
hours of that night with an aching pity
for that old self of mlno who lay sleep
less, tearless tho whole night through,
and hoard tho hours strlko ono by ono,
and .waited In n dull, hopeless, unox
pcctnnt way for tho dawn to break.
Tho dawn camo at last. Tho sun
roso slowly abovo tho houso tons a
red orb in n copper-colored sky. I
dressod wearily, and turned with n
heavy heart to go down stairs.
My han.l was on tho handlo of my
door when tho door was opened from
outside. Meg camo in. At tho first
Bight of her faco I Btepped forward
quickly and put my arm around her.
Her faco waa deathly whlto white
even to tho Hps. Her lips woro tremu
lous, nnd yett they were trying in a
pathotlc way to laugh at herself and at
me at herself for hor emotion, nnd at
mo for my solicitude.
"I ought to faint, Kitty," sho said,
looking nt mo with a queer, tremulous
llttlo smllo. "It would bo befitting
and and romantic, dear."
Sho pushed away tho cau de Cologno
I had brought her, and gradually tho
color camo back Into her checks. . -
"You should havo told mo ho was
here," sho said, after a minute, half
lightly, half reproachfully.
"Did you seo somo one, Meg? Woro
you startled? A a frlond of John's
cumo last night to stay. I didn't toll
you."
"Do you know who ho was?" buo
asked.
"No. I don't know John didn't tell
me. Rut ho told mo that ho was com
ing. I wish you hadn't seen him, Meg.
Ho startled you naturally when you
didn't know that uny ono was staying
here. Would you mind, Meg, not say
ing to any ono that you havo seen
him?"
Meg laughed harshly.
"I am not likely to mention it, Kit
ty," sho said drily. "It Is not often,
dear, that I boast of that early cs
capado of mine. When I am nn old
woman and very dull I mny weave a
romanco out of thoso Ices and lovo
letters and Jam puffs; but I am not
old enough Just yet. I shan't talk of
It, dear; don't fenr."
"Meg, what do you mean? Who was
It you saw? Not Arthur St. John?"
(To bo continued.)
COLL1S' SECRETARY.
How n Itiitan Wni Mlo to Illn Siilnry
Tho Chicago News of a lato dato
gives currency to tho following story:
A fow years ago Collls P. Huntington's
prlvato secretary, Mr. Mllos, asked for
an lncreuso of salary. "Do you nood
any moro money?" asked Mr. Hunt
ington, thoughtfully. "No, sir, I don't
exactly need It," replied Mr. Miles,
"but still I'd bo glad to bo getting n
llttlo moro." "Ah hum-m-m," mused
his employer, "can you got along with
out tho ndvanco for tho prosont?" "Oh,
yes," answered tho secrotary, "I guess
so," and tho matter wns dropped. A
couplo of years later a now boy ap
peared at tho Mlloa homo and tho
secretary thought tho tlmo propitious
to renow tho application. "Why, my
dear sir," said Mr. Huntington, when
ho honrd him through, ."I ralsod your
salary whon you asked mo beforo." "I
nover heard anything about It," said
tho secretary, In amazoment. "Proba
bly not," roturned Mr. Huntington; "In
fact, I used that monoy to buy a piece
of property for you. I'd Just lot It
stand for n whllo If I woro you." Mr.
Miles thanked him warmly and retired,
somewhat mystified. Rocently Mr.
Huntington called him Into his prlvato
office. "Ry tho way, Miles," ho said,
"I hare sold that real c3tato of yours
at a protty good advance. Horo Is tho
check." Tho amount wns ?50,000. The
property was part of a largo oectlon
purchased by the railway king as an
Investment for his wife.
Height of Vulgarity.
Among tho French, formerly, to
make r-n tho most casual referenco
to. a handkerchief was coutldereJ tho
height of vulgarity.
A SHOWER OF
Comes Once in Every ThirtyThree and
OneQuarter Years,
All persons who watch tho heavens
and gazo in admiring wonder on the
glittering stars seo frequently appar
ent runaway stars, dashing r.mong
their fixed fellows, leaving trails of
light behln.1, and then, usually, In a
second or two disappearing complete
ly. These stars 6eom to have been
shot out from a previous fixed position
by somo tremendous force which
makes the watcher think of the action
of a great cannon, and henco tho namo
of "shooting stnrs" is given. Tho
astronomer knows that these "chootlng
otars" aro not really stars. Real stars
aro giant nnd distant suna shining by
their own light. They aro cold, dark
bodies, which become hot and visible
when they strlko tho nlr surrounding
tho earth. Tho velocity of their mo
tion is, on tho nvernge, about twenty
flvo miles a second, nnd so when they
dash Into the earth's atmosphere tho
friction of tho nlr produces a tempcra
turo of mnny thousand degrees. Tho
rcBUlt Is that, ns theso bodies aro usu
ally very small, they aro completely
evaporated and dissipated. Sometimes
quite largo bodies aro able to resist
this tremendous frictlonal heating
and then tho residues roach tho earth.
Such bodic3. when found.
meteorites, meteoric stones, aerolites
lair-stones) or uranollths (heaven
stones). Somo consist of nearly pure iron,
with nickel; others are stony, and still
others arc mainly stony with grains
and globules of Iron. Comparatively
very few meteors havo been seen to
fall. Their chemical and mlnera
loglcal character Is such that thpv cm
bo Identified as meteors, it is sup
posed, without anyone seeing them
fall. Tho number of shooting stnrs
visible to tho naked eye Is far great
er than ono would imagine who only
glances at tho sky now nnd then. A
single observer can see, on the aver
ago, about flvo nn hour. Tint such n.
group of watchers can observe, ordi
narily, only thoso stars which "shoot"
within two or three hundred miles of
tholr observing station. If, there
fore, tho whole earth woro covered
with observers enough to sco all tho
heavens, 1$ has been calculated, by
tho lato Prof. Nowton, of Yalo univer
sity, that tho number visible dally
would bo between fifteen millions and
twenty millions. When to this num
ber wo add thoso which aro too faint
to bo seen by tho naked eyo wo reach
a totnl which may run up to one hun
dred millions. Wo aro thoroforo forced
to tho conclusion that Intor-plauetury
spaces aro quite rich In such bodies.
Investigations show that these shoot
ing stars aro of a gregarious temper
ament. Millions travel together in
tho samo swarm or group. They havo
plenty of room; tho separate bodies
frequently being miles apart.
Tho best to obscrvo la between
midnight and tho sunrise-twilight, ns
provod tho case during tho recent
heavy meteoric showor. Wo woro
then on tho advancing front of tho
earth and saw thoso meteors wo catch
up with or meet,
Tho "story of the Novembor me
teors" Is most Interesting nnd in
structive. Tho astronomers havo been
nblo to work out tho llfo history of
these meteors from the observations
made. In 1799 S. Humboldt saw from
the Andes mountains a grand star
shower, and In 1833 thcro was another
great meteoric display. Many thou
sands foil In tho course of a tow hours.
Prof. Nowton, of Now Haven, investi
gated tho matter, looked up old rec
ords of star ahowera and Bhowcd that
thero had been a great number of star
showers occurring about thirty-three
years apart and coming In the fall of
tho year. Ho prophesied that the noxt
return would be seen Nov. 13-14, I860.
Tho shower came as predicted, and so
caino tho scent shower.
A SHOWER OF METEORS.
l'liylr nnd tbo Mechanic Art.
In a loituro recently delivered be
foro tho Franklin Institute Prof. Clovo
land Abbo said that all great station-
AN ARIZONA METEOR. FELL
ary engineering structures Illustrnto
the perfection to which tho arts havo
attained and tho physical problems
that must bo solved. Tho tubular
bridges over tho Mennl straits and tho
St. Lawrence, tho suspension bridges
over Niagara and tho East river, tho
Eiffel towor at Paris, and tho Ferris
wheel at Chicago were only pos3lblo
after machinery had been devised for
rolling tho iron and Bteel, cutting and
bending it, punching nnd twisting It
in all directions, and finally testing
overy portion of the structure us to Its
strength and expansion with stress
nnd temperature. Tho modern blcy
clo Illustrates the fact that at every
turn our knowlcdgo of physics Is of
vital Importance to our fnturo prog
ress. Roentgen lUya In llcdlcluo.
In an address beforo tho Roentgen
society Dr. Mansell-Moullln, tho presl-
POLISHED METEORS IN
dent, said tho fluorescent screen has
now reached such a degreo of perfec
tion that the minutest movement of
the heart and lungs and tho least
METEORS
change In tbo action of tho diaphragm
can be watched and studied in tho liv
ing subject. So easy is this Investiga
tion that somo day it Is probablo tho
examination of a patient's chest with
tho fluorescent tcreon will be consid
ered as much a matter of routlno and
as llttlo to be neglected in all doubt
ful cases ns an examination with tho
stothoscopo at present. Thero is
scarcely any change in tho lungs,
IN ARIZONA IN 185G.
hcart and great vessels which cannot
how be seen and photographed.
ONE UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE
Tlireo Trained Nnries on the Niger Ar
Not to Us KnTlod.
Tho unpleasant experience of threo
trained nurses 500 miles Up the river
Niger does not lead anyone to envy
them In their situation. They are tho
only white women that have over been
seen there, and are, therefore, objects
of curiosity to tho natives. Ono of.
thorn says: "We aro ont In a clearing
in the bush tho hospital is one largo
wooden hut, and our house is another,
partitioned off Into three rooms. Our
patients are officers and non-commissioned
officers of tho West African
frontier, and arc nil whlto men, nnd
tho cases are mostly malaria, for this
climate Is a deadly ono. Wo took
moro than six weeks getting hore, as
tho river was tp low that wo stuck
halfway, and had to bo taken off to a
little station. Wo stayed thero over a
fortnight, till tho river roso enough for
us to continue our Journey. This la
altogether tho roughest life ono can
possibly lead. Wo lived almost en
tirely on tinned foods, but now wo aro
on short commons, as the rfver has
been so low 'they' have not been nbfa
to get the stores np. We havo no Orr
niture, except a camp bed each, and
somo packing cases ns tables. At tho
termination of tho rainy season our
men expect to have a good deal of
fighting with tho natives, bo I suppnso
we shall have heavy work then. A
great many of tho natives aro canni
bals, and after n fight they dig up hu
man bodies and eat them." Plttaburg
Dispatch.
The mtTorunce of Clothing.
How much more tnughnesB and en
durance the average wuainn has Jiau"
tho average man when it comc3 to n
question of tho cold! One would havo
a sort of pfty for a man who should
vonture out on the chJUy days ci cir
tumu with no avercont Yet the extra
coat that tho woman donar Is no tnldtcr.
nor warmer then tho avSinziy toiliTo
coat that a man wearz within doora,
and in which he looks "peaked" in Uin
outer air. But the woman, on tho
other hand, wears that little coat over
n cotton shirt urolst, and is warm end
comfortable. Often in this climate tho
addition of a fur collarette fs the only
concession Bhe makes to the colder
days when a man's light 'overcoat Si
banished by the coming of the heavier
winter garment. In summer It Is as
much of a mystery how tho man can
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
smilingly enduro tbt eternal coat,
whllo his sister, or wife, or mother,'
covers her shouiJera with tho airiest
of muslins. Naw Ycrt Evening Sun.
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