Her Art By CATHERINE COOPE . "Julio, Just bo Botislblo mid reason this thing out with mo," Loon Wll Bon, OBlrldo ft chair gnzod over fold ed nrnia nt tho girl. "You wnnt to follow-n career nnd I haven't n do nlro In tho world to marry and never will havo. Why not go through tho tuarrlago coromony with mo7 Como ho Bonnlblo." "It wns n perfectly dctcstablo thing to do tp. mako such a will." Julia was on tho vorgo of tcnrB. "Undo Harry might havo known I would fol low my art without his moneyl" "Thnffl JiiBt It," expostulated Ioon. "Tho old man hated careorfl and ho know that you couldn't study without nionoy and you can't Julia. You can't (;o abroad nnd Btudy undor good mas ters nnd nil that sort of thing without money nnd If you aro not married by the ond of noxt week you aro penniless ami I got all tho money. Jt puts mo In a mighty moan position espe cially when wo aro Biich good palB." "I know hut wo don't lovo each othor that way," crlod Julia. "That's tho Joy of tho whole arrange ment." Lon Jumpod oxcltedly from his chair. "If wo did, It would bo goodby to enrcor, goodby to mp trip around tho world and goodby to tho froedom wo both lovo." "You aro putting It rathor sensibly," admitted Julia. "But you may fall In lovo Bomo day and thon " "Never! Living nil my llfo with bo perfect n spoclmon has in ado mo Indlf lorent from tho ordinary woman." Ho turnod frank, serious oyoB toward hor. "Undo did mo tho grcatost turn of my llfo whon ho picked n Htllo wnlf out of tho snow and gnvo her to mo for a sister, Do you think I am going to lot nn old mnn'B foibles stand In I ho way of your doslro? If you woro In lovo with somo ono nnd thinking of marrying in tlmo to eavo tho mon ey It would bo all right, hut you aro not aro you?" "No," laughed Julia. "Good I Wo con ho married Immedi ately an tho will domnndB nnd thon wo can drop each othor at tho first lamp post," ho added lightly. "It Is n good Idea," admitted Julln, "but I still fool that I am stopping hetwoon you nnd happiness." "Rot!" Leon's tono sntlBflod hor. "In nnothor mlnuto I would noil this beau tiful old Wilson Manor nnd glvo tho money to n homo for stray mtco. Just becauBo Undo Harry was Jilted by a girl who cIiobo a enrcor Instead of lilm nnd n family I boo no rcnBon why ho should seok to cut you off." "Porhnps ho expected that clauso In tho will to mako mo settle down with n husband 'and family," Julln laughod. "Undo wan mlstakon," Leon Bald. "Then It's Boltlodl Julln, you aro a trump!" "So nro you," echoed Julia. "Sottlo tho bargain!" Ho loaned ovor and thoy kissed each other n kiss void of tremor. "Eloping would snvo n lot or embar rassment," Loon suggested. "Wo can r.ond tin certificate back to tho law yer, nnd ho will fix you up with tho money." "Half of it," corrected Julia. "Dut 1 didn't know you woro coming with mp." Ho raised IiIb surprised oyobrows. "My door Julln I Do you wnnt nil tho vlllngora to know tho conditions of our mnrrlngo? Certainly I will cb eort you to Paris I Biipposo that's your destination and from thoro I will Btnrt on my Joyous trip. Wo nro both sick of this place tho conditions of tho will nro really n blessing to each of us. If tho bronk hadn't como this wny wo might hnvo hung on nt tho old placo for unothor doendo." "Yob, and wo couldn't hnvo lived In this houso togothor, nnywny," laugh. cd Julln, "and wouldn't tho placo soom lorrlblo with ono of us gone?" i "It could bo. Our mnrrlngo tsdoub ly BouBlblo." Iicon gazed roinlnlscont ly about tho old-fnahlonod sitting room. ' "Wo will loavo old Mnmmy Jnno In chnrgo while wo aro nwny." Ho turn ed and faced Julln. "Thoro Is n full moon nro you gnmo to olapo tomor row night? Wo can Ball 8nturdoy nnd 1 am Buro you would rathor got n trousseau In Pnrla than in WHbou vlllo." "You forgot I don't nocd n troua Boau." Leon looked uncomproh'ondlngly nt liar, nnd n ulow blush mounted her chocks. "That'll so," ho laughod, quickly. "Well, I must bo off to got tho rings. Thoy nro to bo thick and broad so that nono of those French guys will try to flirt with my wlfo." Tho word sounded Btrnngo In Julia's oars and Bho would havo cnllod hlni back, hut ho was gouo. Tho following ovening thoy slipped off and wero quiotiy married. A trip to Franco wnB nuoa with koon onjoy ment nor whb it marred by oinbnr rasamont nt tuoir unique position. It was rnoro a continuation of tho llfo they hnd nlwnys led. Tho day of pnrling nrrlvod. it was raining nnd gloomy. Loon wont to .lullafl Btudlo irt tho Lntlu Quarter. 'Remember, Julia I you are ovor lonesomo or if you havo tho slightest i'filro to marry jubi loiogrnpn mo. in tho former caso I will como to chcor you and In tho socond wo will look Into an annulment of our roarrlago. It in nil very simple." hvim are an old dear." murmured Or Heart? Julia with tears In hor voice. "And promlso you will do tho same." "Haven't I already promised to lovo, honor nnd obey?" ho chldcd lightly for tho tears woro very near. "Woll, I must bo off. Como nnd kiss your husband gbodbyl" ho com manded. Julia wont nnd stood within tho cir cle of his arms nnd ho drew her closo Into them. "Now, bo good to yourself nnd Btudy hard." Ho turned nnd wns gono. Tho girl, left nlono, threw hcrsolf down on tho couch nnd sobbed out hor lonollnosB. Paris without Leon. Paris with only work abend seemed n vory droaiful placo to Julia. Sho dried her tears and set to work with a will. Whon Leon left his wlfo ho turned Into -all tho booking ofllccs bo passod and purchased tickets to Romo and St, Potorsburg and Horlln nnd nil tho placos ho had soon In Ills dreams for many years past. I was lorrlblo to buy only ono tick et. Tho pleasure of travollng had been diminished by ono-half with no Julia to buy a ticket for. During tho long Journeying, Leon managed to pick up an occasional frlond, but occasional travollng compnnlons woro fow. Leon wan desperatoly lonosomo. Thoro waB no ono to rhapsodlzo with j thoro wns no ono to grumblo with nnd thoro was no ono to talk homo with. Homo nnd tho thoughts of homo he enmo nn obsession. He longod for tho gront chair In the living room at Wll son Manor, his plpo and tobacco woro nlwnys thoro. He thought many tlnios of Ills big cloan bed with Its sheets that Binollod of lavendor. Most of nil ho wnntod to sit In his own dining room nnd watch Julia pour him n cup of Mnmmy Jano'n black coffoo. Somo flvo or six weeks later, hav ing como by tho quickest routo from tho Interior of Japan n man nllghtcd from tho train as It stoamcd Into tho stntlon nt Wllflonvlllo. Tho long sta tion bun wn3 dtscornlblo In tho dark ness nnd tho man sprang eagerly to ward It Boforo tho lank horsos started oft nnothor pnssongcr cropt Into tho bus. Wilson could boo that It wna n woman. Tho whools rumbled on through tho dnrkncBB nnd finally drow up nt tho huge ontrnnco posts zi Wilson Manor. Tho horsoa would hnvo turned In, but Leon Wilson Bprung lightly out. "I'll walk up through tho grounds." Ho spoko shortly bocnuso tho Bight of tho old trco lined drlvo hud inado speech hard, Ho swung off through tho winding Inno on which tho trees enst weird Bhadowa. Whon tho lights from tho living room glonmod through tho fo Hago tho refrain of "Homo, Swoot Homo," burst from hla Hps nor did ho henr tho votco thnt had called to him n second, tlmo. "Loon! Leon! Walt for mo I nm ntrnld of tho ohndowBl" His Biiltcaso droppod on tho road- wny ns ho turnod Bwlftly but n lit tlo panting flguro had tumblod Into his arms. "Julia Bwcothcartl" ho brenthod, "How In tho world" Ho could only gnzo down Into her oyea. "I dropped my bag down by tho gnto," eIio pnntod, "so I could run fast enough to catch up with you I camo In tho bus." Her volco halted, but ho Btlll look ed down nt hor. "I couldn't stand Parla any longor without" "Without?" ho promptod. "Leon," Bho nBkod quickly, "do you lovo anyono?" "Yes," ho snld, "I dn." Ho folt for tho hand with Its two rings and his own closod ovor IL "Shnll wo go homo now?" "Tho. lights nro beckoning thoy, Loon?" -aren't Fair Offer. Sho was Btrong-mluded and monnt to havo hor rights at any cost, nnd when sho wns hauled up hoforo tho UBtlco of tho pcaeo for exceeding tho Bpcod limit sho domnndod to bo repre sented by counsel. "I Just toll you ono thing, Judgo," Bho said, whaoklng tho tnblo with hor right hand, "I'd rathor pay n lawyer $25 than glvo UUh court $10 for n lino." "All right, madam," Bald fho Judgo. "I'm th' only lawyer hereabouts, and It yo'll Jest hand ovor that $25 I'll guarantee to uppoar ho foro myBolt nnd got yo off." Hurpor'a Weekly. Too Sunncatlve. "I Eoo whoro tho nowapnpor roport of procccdlnga nt n colored church conforonco Htntoa that a largo colloo lion wns lifted.'" "Thnt 1b n word which should never havo boon usod." "No?" "It BtartB n 'pusBiin' to thinking dcop thoughts about n chicken rooat" Hla Usual Way. Ho llrown says ho's mnd enough to kill his wlfo. Sho Will ho go homo and llok hor? Ho No, ho'll atny downtown and liquor. Its Urgent Need. "Whnt kind ot labor bill dooa your party wnnt?" "Otio which will work." ii OIIER GALL London's Oldest Custom Relio of Crusaders. Benchers, Barristers and Students Summoned by Ancient Method Recalls Days When Clocks and Watches Wero Un known. London. Nowhcro do' old cuatorria cling moro firmly thnn in tho ancient neat of legal learning, tho Mlddlo Temple, London, which still Jealously guards tho traditions It has lnhorltcd. To tho presont-day bencherB, bar risters and studentn nro summoned to dinner each evening during term tlmo by tho blowing of n horn a custom which hnfl survived on this spot slnco tho romantic days of tho crusaders. Every ovonlug nt 5;30 during tho thrco weeks of tho logal tcrmn, n warder, In gold-braided uniform, procures tho ox horn from tho strong room of tho Mlddlo Tomplo, nnd proceeding to tho famouH fountain in Fountain court, summons tho mombors to dinner by blowing ft blast on this primitive in strument. Ho thon visits oach court In turn, nccordlng to nnclcnt custom, and many n bencher throws up his window to listen to tho sound of tho -winding horn, "which hna been hoard continu ously In thoso precincts slnco the tlmo whon tho Knights Templar established themselves thoro In 1181. Its use recalls tho days whon clocks anil watches wero unknown, nnd tho volco of tho watchman, cnlllng out tho time, was n familiar sound through tho night watches. Sun dials woro thon tho only guides tho peoplo pos sessed ns to tho flight of tlmo, nnd of these moro than ono still survives, Summoning Lawyers to Dinner. with Its quaint motto, on tho walls of tho Templo buildings. It la to tho aworn enemies of tho Knlghta Tem plnr, tho Saracens, oddly enough, that as wo do, Indeed, tho greater part ot our mnthomatlcnl knowledgo na woll. V'hen tho Templars founded their now monabtcry between Whltefrlara and Essox houso in tho Strand, tho latter was, ns Its namo Implies, merely a beach bosldo tho silver Thames, nnd nil around wna open country, tho slto of tho present law courts being a largo Hold which wna used as n tilting ground by tho knights. In later days, whon tho men of law had taken ovor tho Bottlomont of tho Knlghta Tem plar, tho students, who woro rosldcnt In tho Templo, woro dopendont on Its kitchen for tholr dnlly meals. After a hurried breakfast In tho buttery nt eight o'clock thoy would tnko their law books, and wander off along tho Strand, whero, In Bummer tlmo, thoy lay under tho trees and bushes Btudy- ing law, Somo would row ncrosB tho rlvor to tho Surrey fields, and wandor through tho open country. Half nn hour beforo dinner tho pan- yor mnn, who drow tho dally supply of bread cvory morning from West minster, used to tnko n largo ox liorn and walk nlong tho rlvor'a side, blow ing tho horn na a signal to tho stu dent's to return to tho templo for dinner. Tho pnnyor man, who waa formorl? charged with tho duty of winding tho horn, had nlao to provldo tho hall with mustard, popper nnd vinegar, hl8 an nual wages in 1G38 amounting to $20. Othor useful members of tho staff woro tho chlof wash pot nnd tho undor wash pot, tho chief turn broach, tho Btownrd'a sorvant and undor turn spit; tho last named receiving $G u year. Tho horn now In ubo In tho Mlddlo Tomplo posscsea no nntlqunrlan In terest In ltBolf, dating back only Bomo ten yours. It wob brought ovor from tho Argontlno by ono ot tho members (shortly beforo It was found necessnry to discontinue! tho ubo of tho old ono. "Yo horn of yo Mlddlo Templo" had hecumo bo decrepit, through ago and constant ubo, that tho weird nnd fancy sounda It emitted woro calculated to bring It into rldiculo. It had bocomo a, mnss of silver bands, which had been added from tlmo to tlmo to keep It together, nnd closo up tho cracks In i Ub sides. Rut In aplto ot thoso bauds tho nlr Btlll cflcaped bo freely that tho wardor who blow It had to placo a wot hnndkerchlef ovor tho born evory tlmo ho used it. So tho, ancient horn, which had Bounded tho welcome summons to din Her In torm for generations, was placed on tho retired list, nnd now It only eoea tho light on grand nights in hall, when it 1b placod on tho tablo with tho reat of tho Mlddlo Tomplo'a proud display of stiver plata EGYPT'S MUMMIFIED MONKEYS Some Specimens of tho Hideous Ob jects Found In the Tomb of Amonhotep. II, ; Boston, Mass. It la no atrango thing for n mnn to havo household pets chosen from among tho number loss forms of llfo In tho nnlmal world, but Ills attachment is seldom so groat as to result in tho preservation ot their bodies after death, as was dono by somo of tho ancient rulers of Egypt. Possibly tho man ot today -who .erects a monument to mark tho 'last resting placo of his pot dog would 'gladly follow In tho foostops ot tho Egyptian by preserving tho rcmalna Mummified Monkeys of Egypt. of various othor pets, If ho know how. It Is much better thnt ho does not possoss this knowledge. For one thing, tho country would bo moro or loss lit tered up with nnlmal mummies, and wo have nbout all tho Junk wo can consistently caro for n3 it Is. Whon Amenophla, or Amonhotep If., succeeded his father, Thotmos III., on tho throno of Egypt in 1811 D. C, ho was destined to n short reign. It wna n lively one, howover, for ho took Nineveh by assault nnd conquered tho Ethiopians. Somo writers even identi fy him with Memnon, who fought in tho Trojan war. Ono would scarcely expect so nctlvo n warrior to spend much ot his tlmo in fondling pets about tho palace, yot this King was vory fond of monkeys nnd enjoyed hnvlng many of thorn around him dur ing his reign of about ft dozen years. ThlB has been provon In recent years by tho finding In hla tomb ot their mummified remains. Othor curious contents of the tomb wero mummified ducka nnd chickens, but it ia not likely theso wero consld bred ns pets by this old-tlmo ruler. Thoso latter wero preserved In wood en vobsoIs, enrved to represent tho bird thoy contained In this old tomb, tho oddest finds In this old tomb, howover, wns a vessel containing honey, which had retained Its doll clous flavor all thoso thousands ot yonrs slnco Amenhotop II. himself was laid away amid such strange sur roundings. . A look nt tho picture, showing somo Df his companions, Impels ono to won der If tho Klirg'B slumber was ever broken by any Btraugo or fantastlp dreams. PINES RELICS OF DIM PAST Thoro Aro Now but Two Small Groves of tho Torrey Species In tho World. Snn Diego, Cal. Possibly no othei, treo that grows has ao small a geo graphic rango as tho Torroy plno, Thoro nro but two smnll groves of, this species of plno in. tho world. Ond Is nbout 18 miles north of San Diego, Cal., and tho othor is on Santa Rosa group. It Is ovldcnt thnt tho Torrey plno, Uko tho glnnt redwoods of tho 81errns nnd tho Montercry cypress, la a relic of a pnst geological epoch. Tho grovo north of San Diego la tho largest ot tho two that Btlll exist. Hero tho trees aro found closo to tho ocean, on ti rugged nnd Inhospltablo const, whoro thoy aro awopt altornato- Tho Torrey Pine. ly by tho westerly winds off tho Pa cific, and by hot blasts from tho des erts In tho Interior. Probably it la owing to this situation that tho trees aro dwnrfod In sizo, nnd that most ot thorn nro grotosquo and fantastic in shnpo. "Whon planted In favorablo regions, tho Torroy nlnos grow tall ami straight, nnd grow very rapidly. Thoy aro of Uttlo valuo for tho purposo ot tho lumborman, and nro not ofton nlnntod oxcont for ahado nnd orna mental purposes. Dies of a Broken Heart. Hempstead, L. I. Extrorao grloB ovor tho tragic fato ot hor little girl caused Mrs. Kato Dloowskl to dlo of n broken heart. Last wook tho Uttlo ono wob fatally burned nt a bonfiro In front ot hor homo hero and as sho wns carried into tho houso tho mother collapsed. Sho remained in a semi conscious condition until hor death. Tho attondlng phyBlclan snyB that hor death wa3 due aololy to a broken boarL fpROSECUTED THE M'NAMARAS nttonded n meeting of tho Loa Angeles "Votes for Womon" club. Mr. Fred cricks wns invited to attend nnd Bpoak on "Woman's Sphero on Politics," which ho did, but first lio got Into tho program in a. very unexpected man ner whon tho members wero asked to sing n sort of parody on "America," Mrs. Bcrthft Wllklns Starkweather declining to sing tho recognized version on tho ground that America wns not tho "land of liberty." Sho proposed n substitute which called for women's votes nnd othor thlnga beforo admitting tho land of liberty clause. "You aro making history hero tonight," Mr. Fredericks protested, "in re fusing to sing tho natlonnl anthem. You nro nsklng tho right to vote, but you'll nover got it by that sort ot tactics. I am in favor of giving you suffrage, but you'll nover get my voto by thnt nttltudo. Thcro is a feeling In your ntti tudo that the whole world will resent." Thnt was a poser to most of tho women, who speedily "reconsidered," nnd tho real anthem was read aloud and then sung with enthusiasm although thcro was a pretty Btrong "No" voto on tho motion. TELLS OF CHINESE HORRORS Grndually tho horror of tho pres ent outbreak in uniappy China Is be ing brought homo to us ns tho news sifts through tho press censor's fin gers by way of private letters from officials nnd missionaries who nro in tho midst of tho turmoil nnd blood shed. To tho frlendB hero who re celvo such letters details ot tho tragedy of war aro brought homo with Btunnlng force. Dr. Joseph Beech, whoso portrait Is hero shown. Is oue of thoBO who, through no act of their own, nro on tho firing lino, so to say, in tho rebel lious provinces of China. In ft letter to a friend hero in America Dr. Beech describes his ex periences after tho outbreak against tho Mnnchu dynasty and declares that tho suffering thcro is beyond do Bcriptlon. Ho states that over 0,000 persons, woro ruthlossly slaughtered, whllo many women and girls commit ted Btilcldo nt Chentu, West China, whero he 1b connected with tho Chentu Methodist Episcopal College. Ho was still ponned up thero with tho refugees in Chentu when the let ter was written, but this letter was smuggled through tho disturbed area in somo mnnner nnd found its way to tho friend here, who has mado known its contents. .. WINNER OF A uy a commltteo of flvo chosen from tho Norwegian Storthing. Othors receiving nwnrds woro: For chemistry, Mmo. Mario Sklodowska, Curio, famous for being with her husband tho co-discoverer of radium. For mcdlclno, Prof. Allvar Gullstrand, of Upsala University In Sweden. For lltor aturo, Maurlco Maeterlinck. For pence, Prof. T. M. C. Asser, of tho Nether lands, and Alfred Fried, an Austrian editor, who dlvldo tho prlzo betwoen, thorn. PUTS CONVICTS ON HONOR An Interesting xporlment in tho humnuo treatment of convicts has mot with tho success thnt It desorves and its nuthor, Governor West, ot Oregon, at first regarded ns a sentl montnl enthusiast on prison reform, is now receiving tho plnudlta of thoso who would bo doing something for tho "undor dog." Salem ia tho center for a num ber of tho Btato Institutions, all of which havo considerable tillable ground surrounding them hundreds of acres of rich nrnblo valley land ready to roturn to Its cultivators abun dant harvests of golden whent. It was Governor Wost's self-imposed task to bring to this work tho hun dreds of strong, naturally actlvo men shut up In tho penitentiary, and nt tho samo tlmo to establish n system which would bo of mutual benefit to tho Btato nnd to tho convict. Tho govornor doclnros that Bontlmont had nothing whatever to do with tho "honor Bystem." Tho system has worked admirably whether tho men havo been employed, at farming, roadraaklng, brlckmaklng or In tho shops, Tho mon nro forget ting earlier lessons In law-breaking and learning frcBh onea in citizenship. In tho quest of tho "men higher up," said to bo involved In tho Loot Angelca dynamiting plot that resulted, In tho confession of tho McNamara brothers, John D. Frcdorlcfcs, district1 attorney, la pretty certain to bo a looming figure. All through tho trial or tho broth ers Mr. Fredoricka Hhowed nn immls tnkablo brand of Judgment nnd energy. Ho nnd his associates woro, opposed by tho cleverest counsel that could bo obtained, but tho trial waB n regu lar progress of victories for tho prose cution, even beforo tho lator Btngcs, when outsldo ovonta began to under mlno tho caBo of tno defense. Added to Mr. Fredericks' legal acumen ia n largo fund of personal, popularity in California. In nddltlon to being n Btern and rather uncompromising individual, Mr. Fredericks Is a man of Imagina tion nnd distinctive sontlmont. A lit tlo moro than a year ngo, when ho NOBLE PRSZE Prof. Wllhclm Woln, whoso pic turo appears herewith, was recently awarded tho Noblo prlzo for Physics. Professor Weln is only 47 years old. Ho studied at tho University of Got tingen, Heldclburg nnd Berlin, nnd is tho author of a number of books on Roontgen rays, hydrodynamics and electricity. (Tho awarding of tho Nobel prizes Is an annual occasion of great inter est throughout tho world. It takost placo on tho nnnlvorsary of tho doath ot tho founder of tho fund, Alfred, Bernhard Nobel. Tho fund amounts to ovor $8,000,000 and tho flvo prizes, closely npproxlmato $10,000 each. Thoso for physics and chemistry aro nwnrded by tho Acadomy of Sciences1 of Sweden, that for mcdlclno by tho Cnralus Instltuto or Stockholm, nnd tho lltorary prlzo by tho Swedish; Academy. Tho peaco prlzo is award ed annually at Christlanln, Norway,'