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3ft ( I knvr t mm who thought be knew It all. Ho knew how Garth became a rolling balL Ha knew the souxco and secret of all life, no also knew how Adam came to fall. HI knowledge was of such stupendous girth, It took In everything upon the onrth And In the heaven ; but moBt stranga to say, 5Io didn't know a thing of real worth. He knew where people bo when they are (lend. He knew all wonders erer sung or said. Ho know the past and futuro ; but for all He didn't know enough to earn tils bread. He was a marrel of omniscience. Ho know the secret of tho whoneo and henen, fie was a bundle of great theories; Tho only thing ho lacked wn common sense. -Denver News. IW- i ,T- LOVE'S SACRAFICE ILBBIIT RAWSON was chief ac countant to tho Ann of Jasper Denman & Bro. Peoplo called Jasper a hard dealing man, but two loves were woven Into the warp and weft of his life his daughter Mabel and his younger brother and partner, Horace. There was Indeed soraothlug almost fatherly about Jasper's love for his brother, no Imd nover forgotten his promise to tho mother who bore them both. After long years, tho mean little room up an all but endless flight of stairs was still vlslonod for him as the placo where he had looked Into her dying eyes, and kissed and fondled her frail Angers, growing colder ns ho held them lu his own. He still heard her .voice as he heard It on the day ho bent over her for the last time "Take care of Horace, Jaspor, don't desert tho boy." As ho had given his bond, so ho kept It. From that day Jasper shared every thing with his brother. In tho days of his poverty ho hungered that the lad might eat. In tho days of his pros perity he hod raised him up, cdncutcd him, taken him Into partnership. But .Horace did not care for business. lie drank early und gambled late. And Jasper's love was blind. In these circumstances, It was Inev itable that the neglected work of the Junior partner should full uikmi Gilbert Rawson. Horace Duiunun worked, when he worked at all, by fits and starts. What he left unfinished Kawson had to complete, and the difllcultlcs of seeing a straight path through tho muddle and confusion of accounts and correspond rive thus mude him many a sleepless rVX'M. But there was another side to Raw Eon's resK)iisll)illty which pnld for all. It often happened that Rawson had to go to Jasper Denmun's home to talk over business, and going over business led to his going over as a guest, for Jasper had begun to make a friend o this keen und able young man for whose shoulders no responsibility seem ed too heavy. After awhile Jasper's daughter Mabel crept Into his life almost Impercepti bly, Almost before he whs aware of It ner big, deep eyes seemed always brighter for his coming, and by and by he took courage to hold her bund a little longer than a formnl greeting warranted, and to press the white flu gers gently, und to look Into her fucc till her eyes seemed to melt boforo his gaze. At last ho had to confess the truth to himself and speak. ".Mabel," ho said, "I have come to tell you Just one thing I love you. Will you bo my wife?" She was happy at the words, and her happiness shone In her face. "I I seem to have loved you since first I saw you," she Bald, with a cour age which surprised herself. "I will be to you all all you wish." And the next moment she was trem bling In his' arms. That night Rawson returned to his rooms treading on air. Business was baulshed from his mind. lie drew up his chair by the lire, lit his pipe, and weaved his romunco Into the cir cles of smoke ho blew from his mouth. It was a splendid thing, was love. How It heartened a man for his life's work ! The bell of the outer door clanged through tho hall. Rawson awakened from his ecstatic reverie with a start. He turned round In his chair to hear the maid's knock at tho door, to seo tho next Instant tho llguro of Horace Denman moving unsteadily towards him. His face wus white, like tho hue of chalk. "It's all up!" Horace greeted without 'preliminaries. "I know I can't hldo It any longer. But It's only a thousand or two. Jasper won't mlsa 'em. He's rich. Ho can afford to lose a bit, Raw eon." "You've tho advantage ow me, Blr," aald Rawson, fixing the pitiful figure with hi keen eyes. "Perhaps you will bo more more explicit." "Thunder and lightning, man," came tho reply In a truculent tone, "am I not plain enough? I'vo been Juggling my Recount I That's English, anyhow." Rawson gasped and stared. "Juggling your the firm's accounts robbing your brother? Is that your meaning?" "That's more brutal than tho way I put It," said Horaco, "but It'll serve." For a whllo Rawson stood staring at Uio creature like a man hypnotized. Then his feature set hard, and from under his brows there enmo flashes as of glinting steel. "Your brother has succored you from boyhood," ho sutd slowly. "He's been blind to what's bad In you In manhood. He's trusted you because ho loved you. What you'vo douo will cut Into his heart like a knlfo. And then there's there's Mabel Miss Denman. You'll shame them to tho dust." Tho man now began to whine. "Yes, I've seen that. But don't tell them, Rawson. Don't let them know they needn't know. You can cover It all up. Jasper will never know If you make it right on paper. That's why I came!" RAWSON WENT INTO Rawson did not remove his eyes from tho man's face. "In plain English, once again, Hor ace Denman, If you please V" he said. "You're a clever chap, Kuwsoit," Den man answered, nhulillng and hesitant. "und It wouldn't be dllllcult for you to make to make things balance." Rawson strode to tho door mid open Gil It. "Get out!" he said, with wrath in his face. Denman heard tho words dazedly. He stared at Rawson open mouthed. "Get out!" rang Ruwson's voice ugulu. "I'll repent, believe mo," whined Don man. "I'll turn over a new leaf. I'll " "You'll get out, now at once or by all that's holy I'll throw you out, 3'ou you blackguard!" Denman saw the flash of the steel lu Ruwson's eyes, steel which seemed to pierce him through and through. Then, affecting a aunty air, he passed through the open door. The next and two following days and nights Rawson spent In going through Horace Denman's defalcations, which ran well Into nearly $20,000. It was quite tho usual thing for him to take over tho Junior partner's uncompleted work and entor up tho partner's bal ances, but he had much else to do, and after covering several pages he had to break off and leuvo tho final balancing to a more convenient time. Ono thing seemed clear to him. To save the love of Jasper from shock and shame the man who had honored him with confi dence and friendship, and thoucrht him worthy of the hand of his only child Horace- muse somehow be shielded. Rawson bad less than tho necessary amount of his own, and tho problem to him was how to get the rest At 4 o'clock lu tho afternoon he left un uiaui uruuui. mil the quiet of his owu rooms. H locked ths books and accounts lu tho safe, Intending to return later In tho ovon tng, whon all tho clerks hnd gone. Ills brain wan lu a whirl, his heart torn with conflict. As he walked through the streets, with his head bent down, his light body seemed weighted with lead. Jasper Denman entered the otllce a few ml mites after Rawson had left Ho found among his letters an Invoice from a Ann with whom he had done business for many yours. It was mark ed "To account rendered." Now Jasper always paid account when they foil due, to tho day. To hhn "account ren dered" was an engagement unfulfilled, and nu engagement unfulfilled was mi thlnkabln to him. Moreover, ho whs certain this particular account had been paid, and ho wan Irritated and annoyed. Ho went to Ruwson's otllce, opened tho wife, and taking out tho books and accounts, begun to examine them. There was tho payment entered, clearly enough, and yes, hero was tho receipt Ho turned from tho books to look tho door, then turned to tho books ugnln. Ho was engaged upon them when the chief clerk knocked. Unable to enter, the clerk called from tho outside. "Are you staying, sir?" The honrwo voice of Jasper answered him. "Yes, for awhllu! Good-night!" "Good-night, sir." Jasper heard the retreating footstep with a sigh of relief. How wolrdly ullent everything seem ed now! Alone with these records of shumo and guilt In that great oince, every breath ho took si-orched him llko a flume. Tho mnn he had trusted, who wus enguged to marry his du lighter, wlxm ho hud decided to tuko Into tho business, was an unscrupulous thief. At about 0 o'clock Jasper heard tho key turned lu tho outer door, and then the Bound of footsteps In tho corridor. Ho drew back the crimson curtuln from the glass In tho door, and the light from tho room flashed on Ruwson'a white face. Jasper unlocked tho door quickly. Rawson staggered lu -staggered In to see the open books and ac counts before his startled eyes. "Well, Rawson," was Jasper's greet ing, "do you often work as Into at nights?" "It sometimes happens, sir," said Rnwsoti, pale to the Hps. Jasper took up the receipt which hud THE DARKNESS. excited his curiosity when lie first en tered tho room. One thing, he thought, in his swift Judgment, will prove the rest. "Did you write that?" lie asked, and he held out tho sheet. Rawson did not offer to take the re ceipt In his lmnd. The thought of the old man's prido lu his name, how ho would be broken on the wheel If ho wus told that tho culprit was tho broth er lio loved und tho partner lit his busi ness, rushed through Ruwson's mind, und he stood silent Agulu came tho Insistent voice. It seemed like a chip from ice. "Did you write that?" Rowson had made up his mind to the lie, though he could have crushed his questioner to the dust with a word. "Yes," he said. Jasper's hand went to his brow us he reeled up against the table. He recov ered himself In an Instant. "You'vo destroyed my faith In men:" he said, lu a hoarso voice. "Go, and nover let mo seo your face ugaln '." Without another word Rawson went out Into tho darkness of the night Tho days passed, and Mubel heard nothing of Rawson. A leaden silence settled on the house, weighting all bo ncath It In vain she questioned her father; all he could say was that Ruw son hud gone away. And presently, Jasper looked Into the eyes of his child and bow them red with weeping, and Into her face, and saw that tho bloom was passing from her cheeks. "Don't fret, my child !" ho would say to hor, with Ids arms about her neck, "I daro say ho Is not worth It!" In her longlug and despair Mabel went ono day to Rawson'a rooms. Thinking she might call knowing that sho would, Indeed he had left her a message. It was short live COB I FM1V hnps It Is better sot" She returned to And a man at tho door. "Mobbe you're MIm Denman?" ho questioned. "Yes," she suld. "Huv you a mes sage?" "Well, miss, I hnvo, but It Isn't a pleasant one, and I ain't much of a hand at breaking things gently. But there's been a raltwuj accident, and the gout ut the hospital says another gent what got hurt wauts yr!" "I'll come at once!" replied Mabel. 81m felt she dare uot ask who the man was. But hr thought told her It was her lover! But when Uk; doctors kd her to the bed another sight was for hor eyes. Horace Denman lay there, a life flick ering out lu pain! "They they suld I couldn't last long?" he whispered hoarsely. "I daren't seud for for your father! But I want to tell you that that I was tlw tho cause of Ruwson's going away! I robbed tho Ann and forged receipts, and and he took It took It upon him self to save your father my brother, from the disgrace andand tho shame, nnd " Even while ho was shaking, with tho truth out at lust, her anger and contempt flushed tip for a moment In hor eyes. "Say you'll forgive mo!" ho pleaded. With her own Hfo In duat and ashos. for she knew not whether tho Injury he had done herself and her lover would bo repaired In this world, she bout down her head, and laid her Hps against his forehead. "I forgive you, Horace!" sho suld And with his hand lu hors, she sat by tlM bed till tho hand beckoned, and tho voice called to tho Judgment afar off. Rawson had been In New York a fortnight wlien ho read the account of the accident and the list of killed Wondering If by any chnneo death had laid tho secret bit re, he wired to Jnsper his message of sympathy. "Please accopt all regrets for terrl bio news!" And he meant what he said. A few hours afterwards cunie back u message to the address he cave : "Forgive me, and return. Jasper ! Come buck, Gilbert, I am waiting und longing. Mabol !" When ho returned It was to seo Jas per a changed man--a man bent and bowed, with whitened hair, with un un spoken sorrow stamped In suffering on his face. "I've lost a brother and and found a son!" he said In greeting. "I'll make amends!" And presently Mubel was throbblmr In happiness close to lilin. "1 have nover wronged you In u thought, Gilbert!" she quavered. "If they hud told me you you hnd done It, I would not havo believed till you had spoken !" "To hear you say tlmt pays for all I" he answered ns he pressed his lips to hers. Chicago Tribune. FEW AUSTRALIANS HERE. Oik- Purl of ht World Which Docnn't Sonil tin Sou to Amri-li'ii. There lire only a few Australians dis tributed throughout the United States, and their number is so small that lu most of the olllclul bulletins they como under the head of "unclassified." There are lu New York City less than SCO Australians, nnd tho majority of these are such "In name only," having liooit born In Australia during tho tem IMirary residence of their parents. One such ease Is that of Mine. Melhu, the prima donna, v1k was born In Mel bourne, Australia, in 1805, though her home Is in England. Tho only city In the country In which there is any considerable number of Australians Is San Francisco, In which there are about a thousund. Chicago has some 'AQQ, and Oakland, a suburb of Sun Francisco, 1!50. Once every year the Australians In New York City as semble for fraternal mooting, and It Is found usually thut the larger number of those present aro traveling Austral ians. VolciiiKX'N mill Iurliiimk;n, AprojMw of tho recent earthquake shocks lu Calabria and the simulta neous eruption of Vesuvius and Strom boll, u remurkable example of tho closo connection of volcanoes and earth quakes wttB observed by tho early Span ish settlers In Sun Salvador. When the water In the crater lake of Ilopango rose above n certain level eurthquuko shocks always followed. Si) they cut Ti channel to allow of the escape of tho water and prevent It rising in tho cra ter. And for a hundred years tlioro wus no earthquake In that district Then the precaution was neglected, the water rose In tho crater, and presently a violent earthquake shook tho coun try. At tho same time, tho lake was blown out by a volcanic eruption. Cburatcturlntiu. Stellu What Is Cholly's auto llko? Bella Just llko him; It doesn't know when to go. New York Sun. When you spoak of hearing the op- proving volco of yonr conscience, your neighbors are apt to think It doesn't know what he Is talking about AtOUT JUMPINQ OFF CARS. Snfo Method VntA hy Son Vemmt nt Hntlroad Mn. Millions or dollars aro paid In dam ages an Dually to fools who havo nuvor practiced tho art of alighting from a moving car, sayn the New York Press. If tho railroad malingers had the cour age of their convictions or the foresight of a John D. Rockefeller, thoy would establish schools lu all parts of tho world to educate patrotw In this Im portant matter. Watch, for Instance, vouio of tho noted railroad men. Ist us tuko big, Jolly, aorlous, hopeful, restless Presi dent Underwood of tho Erie. He Is a strapping big man, um strong as I'rosl-. dent Roosovolt's bull moose, und camo up from tho cross ties. No ono I it tho entire rollrond world Is his superior In hard and practical experience. Does President Underwood wait on tho plat form until tho train Is under way bo-' fore ho decides to get on? Nover! No fancy work with him. Whon tho engi neer pulls open tho throttle you can hot all you own on eurth and imrt of your salvation that F, D. Underwood Is com fortubly ensconced In his corner of tho president's prlvato car. Underwood Is said to be tho strongest of till railroad presidents. Ho Is a Sandow, without liolng muscle bound. In early youth ho wus u scrapper from way back, could lick thrloo his weight lu wlldcuts and looks as If ho could do It now. Tom Iahs Is a blggor mun. Tom Is 0 foot 4 Inches. Did anybody ever seo him run for a truln or Jump otr when his car was lu motion? No. Ho loaves tlioso feats for fool passen gers. Did George II. Daniels, dean emeritus of passenger agents, ever try to cutch a train? Nover. Or leap off boforo a dead stop. Not on your life. What of Charlie Lambert? A train would huvo to get off the truck to pass over him, yet he Is ever careful. President Baer of tho Reading ays. torn lifts up his volco to heaven boforo entering a train and Is sure to bo In his seat ere tho bellropo Is pulled. His ablo and accomplished vlco president and general manager, W. 0. Palmer, Is a handsome, stocky man, about 5 feet 8 Inches In height and has the shoulders of AJux. Rosier could llo on tho track and let one of his 040,000-iiound en gines run over him without fear of evil, but whoever saw him Jump off a mov ing trnln or try to catch one? President, Cassatt, tho most Interesting of all railroad presidents, has not tried to Jump off a train In motion since ho ran' a level lu the construction department! of tho Pennsylvania system. FEED-WATER HEATER. I n vriitcil by it Juiiiiiik a nil l'uloiit oil III h- U n Hod Nliile. A feed-water heater, invented by a Japanese and patented lu tho United States, should provo of Interest. It wis tho object of tho Inventor to devlso a heater In which tho products of com bustion utilized for heating tho witter lire brought Into contact with 'tho lur- gest possible area of heating surface, and full and complete utilization of tho heat unit of combustion effected. Tho outer shell, or casing, of this heater Is divided by partitions, top and bottom, into tho witter, smoko and draft cham bers. Tho water chamber Is nrovldod with n number of combustion tubes, tcr- mliuitlng at tho partitions and bring ing the smoko and draft chambers Into commun ca on. In the center nf iim heater Is tho flume trunk, broken away IMI'ltOVKI) WATKU 1IKATKII. ut Its lower end to receive the products' of combustion from the furnace. The llamo trunk delivers into the smoke chamber at tho top of the henter, the bent combustion then being directed downwardly through tho tubes Into tho draft chamber. Tho flnmo trunk Is relatively largo In diameter, but In order that the products of combustion which do not como directly In contact with tho wall aro utilized, an auxil iary boating coll Is employed. This heating coil Is placed within the flume trunk and communicates with the water chamber. A groat advantage Is obtained In providing tho products of combustion with a circuitous or dou ble path of travol, and bringing them lu contact with all of the heating urea of the water chamber. By this means the heating properties are fully ex pended and tho greatest economy and tho highest clllciency are obtained. Along about meal time it man be-. gins to attach loss Importance to curia A If.. I. I.... t .1 I uuu w mi u.i i. m.-uiiuu iu ureas. Q