C~ I F5. iS >*w. \ ■ ^;yf’: fHTERNft TIONALPRLSS ASSOCIATION. BY PCRMISS/ON Of RAND. MCNALLY & CO.. CHAPTER VII. HE COLONEL IN formed his sister in-law the same evening of the suc cess of his expedi tion to Llmehouse. He described his in ' tervlew with John stone at some length, and with a good deal of dra matic skill. "men you en trapped the man rather than persuaded him?” she asked. "X certainly did not Intrust him with Our secret,” he replied. “That can be easily explained at any time before we reach St. Helena.” “And you have no fear that he will draw back when he finds out the real nature of the service required from him?” “He’s not that kind of man. Besides, whatever he may be, let me once get him on board, and I’ll answer for bis going through with the affair." Camilla looked as If this remark was , less unexpected than unwelcome. “With—with any one else,” she paid, f:. “whom you might wish to engage in a & higher capacity, you would of course proceed openly?" The colonel saw the point of this question at once, and felt himself in a difficulty. He had as yet come to no definite Idea of how Dick was to be gained; he glanced at his slster-ln-law and saw an indignant resolve fore shadowed on her face. If he hesitated he was lost; she would resume her v right of Interference, and warn Est OOUrt. ■' ' _ . Aii win uasnea tn rough hie mind in in instant. "Let ua be quite candid with one an other,” he said. "If you will promise to leave me a free haitd, I will undertake lo write a plain, straightforward letter ?;y to Captain Estcourt, simply setting out •ur design, and asking him to Join us.” , . “Very well,” she said, coldly. ; "You promise, then?” he asked. "Of course," she said; “but In any ; case he needs no warning against an f open attempt.” V The colonel was inclined to think so too, but he said nothing, and retired to ■ {consider the matter more attentively In {the diplomatic atmosphere of his own ■ worn.. During the next few days nothing Sore was heard of the subject. Dlclt lied several times, and the colonel - noted with satisfaction his growing In timacy with Camilla., j The end of the week—the last before the start—was now drawing near. The time had come for the colonel to spread bte net. and he waa ready In his place, waiting only for the favorable moment. ; It was not long delayed. On the Fri lly afternoon Camilla asked him Whether he expected to be much oc cupied on the following day. : “No,” he replied; "I have no engage v meat whatever.” ; “I am told,” she said, "that there are home fine Claudes and Watteaus at No. I Great Russell Street. The house Is to be let furnished, and they allow one to walk in and see the pictures." He bowed, to hide the cat-like eager ness of his eyes. •V-.i "I thought," she continued, "that It {Would be an agreeable way of passing ( the morning; and If you can come too, (we might Invite Captain Estcourt to ac company us. He said something about (Milling, and there's nothing to amuse him here. Then will you Invite him?” v bhe asked, after a pause. "With pleasure." said the colonel, In *M» most formal and Indifferent tone; i and the subject dropped. After dinner the same evening he ap peared In the drawing room with a ■beet of paper In his hand. "This,” he said, holding it out to Ca " tnllla, “lc a rough draft of the letter I propose writing to Estcourt. In accord ance with our agreement of a tew days JLgO.** - •> <, J _ , j She took U and read as follows: "My Dear Captain Eetcourt: My sis ; ter-ln-lsw and I have more than once hinted to you how deeply we are devot ed to the service of the Emperor N.i poleon, and how cruelly we have felt if his exile. A favorable opportunity has r now presented itself for attempting; his liberation, and we are to start almost r Immediately for our base of operations. . Prom what you have already told us of your views on his majesty’s im prisonment. and from the cordial and iintimate friendship with which you ?-■' have honored us, I am Induced to hope theft you will give us your loyal assist ance tat this expedition. If we may rely | mia&ittm thin Important service, will - you he good enough to meet us at the Stine and place mentioned below, when 1 shall have the pleasure of introducing1 to you M. Canute and M. le Comte .de i Xtabodangee. two of our most trusted; confederates. In case, however, you I. should unhappily feel unable to join us, 'BMQr I ask you to destroy this letter stance, and not refer to it again? We < ahill understand your silence as in re ■ -it 1 v -: Sfflie weighed every phase and every word with painful care, then tossed the * paper back to him without comment. J "That meets with your approval, then'?* he 'naked. , ;■"On the contrary,” she replied, "the whole thing ia a folly, and meets with > tty disapproval; but If a letter must go, hyall means let that be the form of it" "Too think It' well calculated to " achieve its object?” asked the colonel, gkh a pretense of anxiety. •«rca»tlcaily. Ht put BYHENRY M&WBOLT on a look of dismay and disappoint ment. “If you think It will fall," he said, “perhaps It would be better not to do It by writing at all.” Camilla smiled, but made no answer beyond a shrug of Indifference. "I might put it to him In words of the same plain fashion,” he suggested, “I have made an appointment with him for 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, at Great Russell street; at least, I left n verbal message asking him to meet us, and I’ve no doubt that he’ll be there.” She looked up as though she did not Quite follow him. “I could ask Carnac and Rabodanges to come too,” he explained, “and then take the opportunity to bring the scheme before him while we are all to gether.” She was upon the point of vehemently rejecting this proposal, but two consid erations made her pause. She could not but long to witness such a scene as the confused route of her brother-in-law and his' allies, and she foresaw, in the second place, that she might bo able, If present at the Interview, to show Dick afterward that so shameful a pro posal had not been made to him by any wish of hers. At 10 the next morning the colonel slipped from the house unobserved, and by 10:30 he was posted at the northern end of the street in which Dick was lodging; his eyes were fixed on the door of the latter’s house, but he kept him self completely out of sight. He had not been watching three min utes when the door opened, Dick came out, and turned down the street In the opposite direction. “I thought he’d be early,” murmured the colonel to himself; "and I don't think there's much fear of his coming back!” we waited until his unconscious quarry had disappeared round the southern corner, and then hastened to the house. He rang the bell and a serv ant appeared. “Is Captain Estcourt In?” “No, sir; he's Just gone out.” "Do you suppose he'll be long?" “I shouldn't think so, sir; but he didn't say." The colonel looked troubled. “Will you leaVe your name, sir?” In quired the maid. “I think," replied the visitor, “that I had better go to Captain Estcourt’s room and write a note for him. My busi ness Is rather Important, and I can't very well call again.” The girl opened the door wider and showed him upstairs; placed paper and Ink before him, and waited by the door. The colonel wrote an exact copy of the letter he had shown to Camilla, only adding as the place of rendezvous “No. 8 Great Russell street," and “11 o’clock on Saturday morning, March 24th," as the time. Then he asked for sealing wax and a taper, fastened up the let ter with elaborate care, and handed It to the attendant maid. She placed It on the mantelpiece and went toward the door to show him down the stairs out of the house. He followed her down a few steps, and then stopped, with an exclamation, “I have left my gloves behind!” and he ran back before she could offer to go for him. He returned In an Instant, but In that Instant he had broken the newly made seal, opened the letter, folded It simply without fastening, and tossed It carelessly down again upon the mantel-piece. "Be sure,” he said, as he passed out, "that Captain Estcourt reads my note directly he comes home. I think you •aid that would not be long?" “No, sir, not long, I expect.” And She closed the door behind him. He hurried to his own house, to find Camilla waiting for him and the car riage at the door. “We are late," she said; “it Is Just upon U now." "I am sorry," he replied; "I have been round to Estcourt's rooms; he might as well have driven down with us; but he was not In, and I could not wait any longer.” She made no further remark, and they started at once. On arriving at the house they found Dick upon the door step. Camilla, who was dreading the decisive moment more and more, took comfort at the sight of his open smile and frank eyes, and unconsciously put more warmth than usual into her wel come. The colonel, too, greeted him .with efTuslve cordiality, and seemed to take hts presence as a personal favor. "We are so very glad," he said, as they entered the house together, “that you have been able to Join us. I thought you would myself, and. In deed, I said so to Madame de Montaut, but she seemed uncertain about It.” “How could you doubt It?" said Dick turning to Camilla, with tender re proach. And he added, lowering his voice; “Surely you know that I would give up anything to go with you any where?" The colonel laughed softly to himself, and examined a picture with great at tention. The other two passed Into the dining room. He did not follow them, but stayed behind to receive MM. Car , nac and Rabodanges, whom he was momently expecting. Dick was In his happiest mood, and If he did not care much about the pic tures, at any rate he thoroughly en joyed the privilege of looking at them. He noted, with a lover’s keenness, that ;Camllla’a manner to him was changed and seemed to imply a new kind of re lationship between them. What It meant he could not even guess, but cer tainly she was now quite a different be ing from the imperious beauty, whose wit had stricken him dumb on the night of the ball so long ago. She had a wist ful look in her eyes, as though she would have asked something of him If she dared, and her air was almost that of one who clings to some one stronger for protection or support. He was raised out of his natural diffi dence by this delicate, unspoken flat I tery, and set high on a pinnacle of ex alted hope, from which he now and again shot swift glances far Into a gleaming -future. And all the time. In the room benea th, the colonel was relentlessly planning his downfall. . .. . . For no sooner had Dick and Camilla passed upstairs Into the drawing: room, which contained the more valuable paintings, than M. Carna'c and the count arrived almost together. The colonel took them Into the din ing room and closed the door. "You will remember," he said, “our last meeting, and the resolutions then arrived at.” They bowed. “I am happy,” he continued, “to be able to report that my efforts have been crowned with complete success. I have engaged a daring and competent sea man to work my submarine boat, and I have secured an officer to command our vessel who is personally known to and esteemed by the admiral command ing at St. Helena.” M. Carnao looked flustered: this news had quite taken away the poor old gen • tleman’s breath. But the count was enthusiastic, and warmly congratulat ed the colonel, plying him with strings of eager questions. M. de Montaut stopped him with a smile. “Not so fast, my friend,” he said: “the gentleman Is In the house at thi3 moment, and I shall have the pleasure of presenting him to you Immediately. Of one thing, however,” he continued, “I must warn you beforehand. He ha3 given, so far, no more than a tacit assent to my invitation to join us, and it will therefore be as well to make no reference to the matter at present, be yond, of course, giving a cordial greet ing to so Invaluable an accomplice.” M. Carnac started; the word “accoVn pllcc” appeared to disagree with him unpleasantly. But both he and the count acquiesced, and M. de Montaut led them upstairs. Their voices, as they approached, startled Dick and Ca milla In their seclusion, and the faces of both clouded at once. "This is too bad!” he exclaimed, Im patiently. onu looaea trouDietl, ana said In a:i anxious and. deprecating1 tone: “It is only some friends whom we asked to meet us here." "Oh!" he replied, “that’s all right; your friends are mine.” And the three gentlemen entered. The formal introduction took place, and Camilla, seeing the dreaded ordeal close at hand, felt as though she must flee, or fall where she stood. Her evident nervousness touched Dick, who naturally enough thought himself the cause of it. "She's afraid I resent their interruption,” he said to himself; "I'll soon put that straight.” So he replied to the compliments of the two strangers with a cordiality even more marked than their own. “I look forward,” he said, “to our becoming the best of friends. I hope you will al ways command me for any service in my power.” Camilla’s heart failed her; the words seemed like an evil omen. A sound like a chuckle was heard from the colonel. “What are you laughing at?” Dick asked. “Nothing,” he replied; “but I am vastly pleased with this Claude 'The Embarkation of St. Helena,' I believe it is called.” Camilla turned deadly white. “I am unwell; my head aches,” she said. "Let us go home.” She took Dick's arm and he led her from the room. (TO BE CONTINUED.) A Wonderful Organ, The electric organ has been developed into a marvelous Instrument. Its dis tinguishing feature is that by using the "console,” a keyboard on a movable stand, the organ can bo played from any point, or several organs can bo played at the same moment, and by the same 1 ouch-of the keys. So that. If tne service of half adozen ormore churches could be so timed as to exactly cor-cs pond In the length of the respective parts of their ritual, one organist would suffice for them all. He would sit at the keyboard and perform his offertory, anthem, or hymn, as the case might be. and the pressure on the keys would make the electric contact, which would open the pneumatic valves In the pipes of all the Instruments connected up by wires. The largest organ is controlled electrically with a simplicity, ease and and absolute command of nil it3 re sources that is simply astounding. The organist touches a button, and the elec tric motors start the blowers, which are operated automatically, and which wi'J continue to supply all the wind needed until they are stopped. At one time, organ playing was apt to be an ex hausting gymnastic exercise, now the player actuates any or ail of the stops by “stop keys,” little ivory levers Just over the keyboard, which arc moved by a light touch of the finger, even without raising the hand from the keys. Heretofore, the organ had had its lim itations of touch effects; the latest electric organ has what is termed a “double touch,” an action of the keys which is so quick and elastic that pianoforte music can be played by it ef fectively and so delicate that It is cap able of the finest "expression.” The wires connecting the keyboard with the organ are run in a cable, and 2,000 are held In a conducts of lVi Inches diam eter. Could Not Hake Thibet. Mr. t\ llson relates an amusing story of an officer who determined to enter Chinese Thibet by stratagem. This officer managed to cross the frontier at night and so escaped the frontier guard Next day. however, while he was jour neying deeper Into Thibet, the Thibetan soldiers overtook him and informed him that, as the country was unsafe because of robbers, they would go with him in order to protect him, to which arrange ment the traveler was compelled to agree. In a few hours they came to a river, which was crossed by a rope bridge. The Thibetans passed over first, in order to show that the bridge was safe, and then the officer got inco the basket and was pulled along by the Thibetans. Suddenly, however, they ceased pulling and left the Englishman hanging ln^ midair above the rushing torrent. In vain the traveler shouted to the Thibetans to pull; they merely smoked and nodded their heads. The hours passed and still the officer hung above the torrent. At last the Thibetans agreed to pull him back If he would promise to leave Thibet immediately. This, of course, he was compelled to do and took his departure from the for bidden land.—Gentleman’s Magazine. FREE WOOL FRAUD NOT A LEO LEFT FOR FREE TRADE TO HOBBLE ON. Wool Cheaper . Herr but Dearer- In the Market* of the World—Territory Wool (.rovers Lose 815,000,003 In Sheep Values. Many newspapers have published a significant table prepared by Messrs. Justice, Bateman & Co., wool commis sion merchants of Philadelphia, show ing the comparative values of wool on October 1, 1891, one year after the pas sage of the McKinley law, and October 1, 1895, one year'after the passage of the Free Wool Wllson-Gorman law, as follows: Comparison of prices for loading grades of •Am.-rlcan wool Oct. 1, I89\ (about one .rear alter the passage of the Wilson Free Wool Hill) with prices lor the same grades In Octo ber, 1891 -about one year after the passage of the McKinley Law. « . AMERICAN WOOL. Philadelphia and Boston Prices. XX Ohio washed... Ohio medium washed.. Ohio coarse washed (H blood) Ohio tine unwashed. Inil. & Mo. fine unwashed. Ind. & Mo. mod. unwd. (yt bid) Iud.& .Vio.foarse {% bid. unwd.) Ore. & Col. tine, shrink 70 pr ct. XV Ohio Scoured. Ohio medium scoured. Ohio hi* od scoured. Oregon & Col. tine scoured. 3 ft -2*3 Q t*1 |°o 2 b * 30*40, 3flc. 33c. 21 He. -Oc. 27c. 18*4c. Bac, tiOc. 4 c. Me. . o • 8 ‘4c. "5,922,000 Decrease f;om valuo in 1893.ll.284.13t The Boston Commercial Bulletin of August 24 says: “These states comprise the region that produces what are called ‘territory’ wools. On March 1, 1893, fine territory staple was selling in this market at 60 cents the scoured pound. On August 12, 1894, just before the passage of the Gorman tariff, it was selling at 40 cents. It is worth today 36 cents. “In two years the value of the Ameri can flock has dropped from $125,909,264 to $66,685,767, thanks to the success of our free wool friends in the elections of 1892. On account of the slaughter of sheep, and the shortage of the clip, growers received more for their wool this year than last. None of them have received anything approaching the prices paid when wool \tfas not un der the blight, as it has been since March, 1893, of hostile control by the national government.” In 1893 the farmers of New York state averaged 200 sheep each. They can easily see how they have been robbed by a glance at the following statement: The average production of clean scoured wool by each farmer in Ohio, Such a statement is the product of an unduly stimulated imagination, for, in point of fact, foreign wool is not only no lower than in October, 1S31, when the McKinley law had been in force for one year, but is higher in the markets of the world, as will be seen by the fol lowing table of London market quota tions for eight of the leading London grades of \700l that are most like Amer ican wool: FOREIGN WOOL. London Prices. Port Ph lip greasy (similar 10 XX Onto).. Now Zealand crossbred greasy (similar to Ohio mcd.). English Shropshire hoggets (similar to Ohio Si blood).... Cope grease... Port Philip seoured. N. Zealand crossbred scoured. English Shropshire hogs sc'r’d Fine Cape scoured. *- a •?r3 S S3 11 Hd lid. 23d. J9d Utfd I5«4d is s§ 0-4 *0 ft 2X 2%a. 2d. fl*d. Md. :oa 6d. 4d. Id. Id. id.* Id. 14 Since this table was prepared foreign wo Is have adrauced. American wools are un changed. Another defender of Grover Cleve land's policy, which U rapidly slaughtering the seventh largest Amer ican agricultural Industry, says: “The farmersof New Yorknever could have Imagined how poor they have be come until told by the republican state convention that the democratic party has 'robbed' them of ‘millions of dollars through free wool and the re duction of the tariff upon agricultural products by the Wilson tariff bill.’ As to wool, sheep growing in New York, as in all the old states, not excepting Ohio, has steadily declined for many years in obedience to natural laws that no amount of protection can over come. As population Increases in the other states land becomes much too valuable for sheep raising. In accord ance with this law the number of sheep in Now York fell off under protection and is still declining. The protectionist explanation of this decline is that the duties were not high enough. But the sheep culture in this country would hr vo moved from the dearer to the Michigan and New York states during President Harrison’s administration, and under McKinley law protection, was 600 pounds, the value of which wa3 60 cents per pound. Under Cleveland’s administration and Gorman tariff free trade the value of the same has been 30 cents per pound. The net gain to each farmer by reason of cheaper free wool clothing (allowing three pounds of pure scoured wool to eight annual new suits of clothing to each family) would be $7.20. Giving credit for cheaper cloth ing, the net average loss on the wool and sheep by reason of free wool has been $422.S0, as the folowing table will show: March, 1893 and rrjvio’is. BOO pounds scoured we d at McKin ley price. 80 cents. 5383.CO October, 1895, and previous, 600 pounds scoured wool at Wilson iavr price, 30 cents. 180 00 Loss on wool. 8180.00 March, 1893. uua previous, 300 sheep, at *4. 8830.0) October, 1835, and previous. 2-0 sheep, at 82.75. 550.00 Loss on sheep. S2i0.00 Total loss on wool and sheep.. (430.00 Clothing, eight suits at 3 pounds on each suit, 24 pounds, Mo Kinle,’ price. 6» cents. 814.40 Clothing, eight suits at 3 puunds ou each suit, 21 pounds. Wil son law price, iO cents. 7.23 Saving on eight suits of cloth ing by free wool.v. *7 23 Net less to each wool grower by iree trade in wool. 8122.80 The same paper said: “But the worshipers of the McKinley tariff idol arc rapidly diminishing among the farmers of this country.” If “the worshipers of the McKinley tariff idol” are diminishing, why did many hitherto democratic farmers last year join the republican party? 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