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75he Bondman Continue Story. Dy HALL CAINE. H"44M$frWi!434 CHAPTER X. (Continued.) "And now listen," said, that thrifty person. "What's it saying? 'A bird In the hand Is worth two in the bush,' We've pot our bird ia the hand, h ;ve n't we?" "So wo have," said "Asher; "six hundred golden pounds that Balla cralne fetched at the rale." "Just bo," wild Jaccb; "and before we part with It let us make sure about the two in the bush." With thst intention they started In quiries, as best they couid; touching tho position cf Michael Suniocka, his calory and Influence. And In spite of the difficulties of languago th"y heard and saw enough to i-atisty them. Old Iceland wa3 awakening torn a bad dream of three bad centuries and set ting to work with a will ta become a power among the states; the young president, Michnel Sunloris, was the restorer and protector of her liberties; fame and honor, were before him, and before nil who laid a hand to his plow. This rawhat they heard in many jargons ( . tvery side. "It's all right," whispered Jacob, "and now for the girl," They had landed late in the day of Greeba's visit to Red Jason at the little hotiFc of detention, and had heard of her marriaga, its festivities, and of the attempt on the life of the president Hut though they knew that Jason was no longer in Minn they were too nodi Immersed in their own vast scheme!! to put two and two together, until next morning they came upon the pad procession bound j for the Sulpbuy Mines, ana eaw that I count them, while his brethren, mucn Jason was onexsf the prisoners. They j gratified by this sign of G.ceba'a com wcre then on their way to Govern- placency, began to stretch their legs ment House, and Jacob said with t from the easy chairs about them, wink, "Boys, that's worth remember- I "An, and a pretty penny it has cost Ing. When did it do a:iy h'irra to j us to fetch it," said Jolin. "We've have two strings to your bnw?'' j had to pinch ourselves to do It, I can The others laughed at that, and j tell you." John nudged ThurJtsn and said. ! "How much has It cost you?" said "Isn't he a boy:" And Thurstan grunted and trudged on. When they arrived at the kitchen door of the house they asked for Grba by her new name, and after somti inarticulate fencing with rt fat Icelandic cook, the little Eng"il;:h maid wo brought down to them. "Leave her to me," whispered Ja cob, and straightway he tacked her. Could they see the mistress? What about? Weil, it was a bit of a pri vate matter, but no disrespect to her self, miss. Aw, yes, they were Eng lishmen that's to say a sort of Eng lishmenbeing Manxmen, Would the m!.tress kniw them? Ay, go bail on that. Kh, boys? H'l! ha! Fact was they were her brothers, miss. Yes, her brother., all six of them, and longing mortal to clap eyes again on their sweet little sister. And after that Master Jacob ad dressed himself adroitly to on Impor tant question, and grit most gratify ing replies. Oh. yes, ths president loved his young wife beyond words; worshiped the very ground she walk ed on, as tlsry say. And, on, yen, r,be had great, great. Influence with blm, and ho would do anything in tho wide world to ploise her. "That'll do," whispered Jacob ovr his shoulder, as the little innid trip ped away to Inform her mlHtrosK. "I'll give that: girl a shilling when she comes again," he added. "And give her another for me," Eaid Stean. "And me." said Anher. "Seeing th.U I've no land at home now 1 wou'dn't mind staying hero whn you all go back," said Jacob. "I'll sell you mine, Jacob," said Thurstan. The maid returned to ask them to follow, and they went after her, strok ing their lank hair wmoutfi on their foreheads, and studvlng the remains of the snow on their boot.;. When they esme to the door of the room where they were t meet with Greeba, Jacob whispered to the 1 1 1 tie maid, "I'll give you & crown when I come out agilri." Then he twisted his fare, over his shoiilile,' and said; "Do as I do; d'ye near?" "Isn't he a hoy?" chuckled Gentle man John. Then Into the room they passed, one by one, all six in file. Gretba was standing by a table, erect, quiv ering, with flashing eyes, and the old trembling on boih sides her heart. Jacob and John Instintly went down on one knee before her, and their 'four lumbering brethren behind made shift to do the (same. "So we have found you t last, thank God," said Ja.:ob, lu a mighty burst of fervor. "Thank God, thank God," the others echoed. "Ah, Greeha," tfi Jacob, in a tone of sorrowful reproach, "why ever did yon go away without warning', and leave u all ft wracked with sus pense? You little 'hue how yon grieved us, tieemlng to slight our love nnd kindness towards you" "Stop," nald Greeba. "I know too well what your love and kindness have baen to me. . Why have you come?" "Don't say that," -nid Jacob, sadly, "for see that w have made free to fetch yon six hundred pound." h added," lugging a bag and a roll of paper out of his pocket. "Six hundred golden pounds," re peated the others. "It's your share of Lague your full share, Greeba, woman." said Ja cob, deliberately, "and every penny of It Is yours. So take t, and may 1t bring you a blessing, tireebn. And don't think unkind of us because we have held It back until now, for we kpt It from you for your wn giod, seeing that there was nome one bark ing after you for sake of tfbut you had, and fearing youi- good money would thereby fall Info ey'.l hands, nnd you he made poor and penni less." "Ay, ay," muttered the others; "that Jnon that Bed Jason," "But he's gone now, and aervM feint right." Id Jacob, "and you're redded to the right mao, praise God." i So saying he shambled to his feet, and his brothers did likewise. But Greeba stood without moving, and said through her con.pres.-ed lips, "How did you know that I was here?" "The letter, the loiter," Asher blurt ed out, and Jacob gavo him a side long look, and then said: "Ye see, dear, it was this way. When you wcrs gone, and we didn't know where to look for you, and were left us in auger, not rightly seeing left us In anger, not rightly seeling our drift towards you, wo could do nothing but sit about and fret for you. And one day we were turning over some things in a box, just to bring back the memory of you, when what should we find but a letter writ to you by the good man himself." "Ay, Sunlocks Michael Sunlocks," Eaid Stcan. "And a right good man he is, be yond gainpay; and he knows how to go through life, and I always said It," said Asher. And Jacob continued, "So said I; 'Boys,' I said, 'now we know where she is, and that by this time she must have married the man she ought, let's do the right thing by her and sell Bailacralne, rnd take her the money and give her Joy." "So you did, co you did," said John. "And we sold It dirt cheap, too," paid Jacob, "hut you're not the loser; no, for here is a full seventh of all Laguo straight to your hand." "Give mo the money," said Greeba. "And there it is, desr," suid Jacob, fumbling the notes and the gold to Greeba, "N'o matter of that," interrupted' Jacol), with a lofty sweep of the hand. "Let mo pay you back what you have spent in coming," said Greeba, "Not a pound of It." said Jacob. "What's a matter of forty or fifty pounds to anv 'of us, compared to do ing whato right by our own flesh and blood?" ... "Let me pay you," anld Greeba, turning to A-mer, and Asher was for holding out his hand, but Jacob, com ing behind him, tugged at his coat, and t:o he drew back and said: "Aw, no. child, no; I couldn't touch It for my life." "Then yon," said Greeba to Thur stan, and Thuratan looked as hungry as a hungry gull at the bait that was offered him, but Jurt then Jacob was coughing, most lamentably. So with a wry face, that was all colors at once, Thurstan answered, "Aw, Greeba, wo man, do you really think a poor man has got no feelings? Don't press "it, woman. You'll hurt me." Recking nothing cf these refusals Greeba tried each of "the others in turn, and getting the same answer from all, she wheeled 'about, saying, "Very well, be it so," and quickly locked tho money in the drawer of a cabinet. TM3 done, the said, fcharp Jy, "Now, you can go," "Go?" they tried, looking up from their seats in bewilderment. "Yes," fcbe said, "before my tus band returns." "Before hi returns?" said Jacob. "Why, Greeba, we wish to see him." "You had better not wait," said Greeba. "Ho might remember what you appear to forget." "Why," said Jacob, with every ac cent of incredulity, "and isn't be our brother, to to tray, brought up in the house of our own father?" "And ho knows what you did for on r poor father, who wouldn't lie shipwrecked now but for your heart less cruelties." said Greeba. "Greeba, lass; Greeba, lass," Jacob protested, "don't say he wouldn't take kind to the own brothers of hia own wife." (v "tie also knows what you did for her." said Greeba, "and the sorry plight you brought her to." "What:" cried Jacob, "yon never mean to say you are golug to show pn ungrateful spirit, Greeba, after all we've brought you?" "Small thanks to you for that, after defrauding me bo long," said Greeba. "What! Keeping you from marry ing that cheating knave?" cried Jacob. "You kept me from nothing but r:.y jupt rights," said Greeba. "fJow go go." Her words fell on them like swords that smote them hip and thigh, ami like sheep thpy huddled together with looks of amazement and foar. "Why, Ureha, you don't mean to turn us out of the house, " said Jacob. "And if I do," said Greba, "it is no mora than you did for our dear old father, but less; fur that house was his, while this is mine, and you ought to be ashamed to show your wjeked laces inside ita doors." "Oh, the outrageous little atomy," cried Asher. "This la the thanks you get for crossing the seas to pay people what there was never no call to give them," said Stean. "Oh, bad cess to It all," cried Itoss, "I'll take what it cost me to come, and get away straight. Give it me, and I'm off. ' "No," cnlil Greeba, "I'll have no half measure". Yon refused what I offered you, and now you shall have nothing." "Och, the aly slut the 'crafty young minx," cried Ross, "to get a hold of the money first." "Hush, boys, leave It to me," said Jacob. "Greeba," he said, In a voice of deep aorrow, "I never should have believed it of you you that was al ways so kind and loving to strangers, not to apeak of yor own kith and kin " "Btop that," rrled Grepbu. lifting her head proudly, her eyes flashing, I and tho woman all over llama. "D : you think 1 don't see through your paltry schemes? You defrauded me I when I was poor and at your mercy, ' and now when you think I am rich, I and could do you a service, you come to me on your knees. But I spurn you, you mean, grovelling men, you that impoverished my father and then turned your back upon him, you that plotted against my husband and would now lick tne dust under his feet. Get out of my house, and j never darken my doors again. Come here no more, I tell you, or I will dis own you. Go go!" (To be continued.) Profit on "Romola." George M. Smith, the London pub lisher, In his literary recollections publishing In Cornhlll, says that George Eliot got $35,000 for "Romo la," and might have had 150,000 if her artif"o conscience had allowed her to divlfi?! the novel into sixteen parts, as Mr. Smith wished. Champion Smoker. Judge Ray, one of the New York delegates In congress, is said to be able to smoke a cigar faster and to smoke more cigars in a day than any other congressman. He never neg lects an opportunity to smoke. guiulde Epidemic. The number of suicides in Paris is very large at present and the chief cause Is thought to be the general retrenchment following the exposi tion, which has thrown many people out of work. Throughout France however, suicides seems to have been increasing for some time. In the five years ended January 1, 1901, the num ber of suicides was no less than 27, 000. Great Reformatory for Girls, There is now being erected In the town of Bedford, N. Y., one of the largest reformatories for women ever built in this country. The reforma tory, which is to cost $300,000, is de signed for girls and women from 16 to 25 years of age who are guilty of first offenses. The cottage system Is to bo used and the plan will be ready for use next summer. Don't Want a Change In Climate. A recent Northern visitor to West ern Florida reports that the negroes of that section of the state to a man are opposed to its proposed annexa tion to Alabama. They say they do rot like the climate of Alabama, that it Is sickly and unhealthful, and if Western Florida is annexed they will all move out, believing that annexa tion will bring In that objectionable climate. Actor Hud Orator. "The actor," said Joe Jefferson In a speech to a Chicago audience the other night, "wonders why he does not suc ceed as an orator, and the orator wonders why he Is not a success on the stage. It Is because, while in cer tain things they are alike, in cardinal points they are entirely uifierent. The orator never has to listen. No one ever talks- back to him. The orator impresses. The actor Is Impressed." Greek King's Lung Kc-lgn. The king of Greece, who was C5 old on Desember 24, has reigned long er than his father, the aged king of Denmark. It was on March SO, 1803, that he acceded to the throne, having been proclaimed king by the Greek national assembly, while King Chris tian did not ascend the throne of Den mark until the middle of the Novem ber following King George, who, It is hardly necessary to recall, ia the younger brother of the Princess of Wales, was only IS at tho time of ids accession, Romlnrt'i Heavy I nun runes. The Marquise de Fontenoy now states, on what ahe calls official au thority, that the life of the late King Humbeit was insured for, 36,000,000 lire, or about $7,000,000, and of this amount jti.wvwO was represented in policies in companies In this court try. Nevertheless, it 13 believed the marquise has been grotesquely 1m posd upon in this matter. A Krbome that Didn't Work. Tho supremo court of Iowa has de cided against a young lawyer who took out life Insurance and accident policies to the amount of $34,000 and within a week came back from a hunt ing expedition with his foot so badly mangled that It was necessary to cut If off. The Jury came to the conclu sion that he maimed himself and de clined to give him a verdict. JThe supreme court sustains this verdict. Queen of tli 1'la.tform. "Best woman speaker In the world" is the title bestowed by her intimates upon Mrs. Henry Fawcett, widow o the able blind politician who was so long postmaster general in England. In the course, of a public address Mr. Fawcett once referred to her as "the helpmeet whose political Judgment Is much less frequently at fault than my own." 1 hy Are Everywhere, , Dr. Thomas H. Norton, American consul at Harpoot, Turkey, recently gave a dinner to the members of the Phi Beta Kappa Society resident In Pcra. Nearly a dozen persons were present representing Harvard, Prince ton, Yale, Vatisar, Hamilton, Bowrloln Amherst, 'Williams and Columbia, Monkey Hkin by the Million. During the past year there was an increase of nearly $30,000 in the value of monkey skins exported from tho Gold Coast, from which it is estimated that at leant 1,000,000 monkeys were killed in that district alone. In the senate on the 18ih a number of tributes wore paid to the.mcmorjr of Judge Samuel Maxwell. V Man a :nm Isn't worth the mar ket value of the phosphorus in hia bones. The history of mankind Is an Im mense volume of errors. Among every 70 births there If ft pilr of twins. I A Sang in Winter. s A robin a nn the leafless spray, Hey, ho, ntar will go! Sunlight shines on CS -tusiUite way, Ami under my eei I feel the beat Of the world's heart thxi never la still, Never is still, Whatever may stay. Life out of death, as day out of night, Hey, ho, winter will go! In the tlurk hedge shall glimmer a light, A delicate sheen Of budding green, Then, silent, the dawn o' summer breaks, As morning breaks. O'er valley and hight. The tide ebbs out, and the tide flows back; Hey, ho, winter will go! Though heaven be screened by stormy rack, It rains, and the blue Comes laughing through; And cloud-like, winter goes from the earth, Goes from the earth That flowers In his track. Sing, robin, sing on your leafless spray, Hey, ho, winter will go! Sunlight and song shall shorten the way, And under my feet I feel the beat Of the world's heart that never is still, Never Is still. Whatever may stay. A. St. John Adcock. In Far Succonotchie. BY DABNEY MARSHALL. (Copyright, 1901, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) To say that Succonotchie was as tonished when the new school teach er arrived expresses It too mildly. They couldn't have been "no stonish eder," said Si Hardsock, if one of the amen elders had taken to being hon est in a horse trade, or one of the populltes had foresworn whiskers and whiskey. The Succonotchie boys and girls, young men and young maidens, were a rather ur gentle set, and the Succonotchie " mothers, when the sa cred persons of their offspring had been invaded by a hickory or their feelings hurt, were wetl, the less said of them the safer. Between them they made the life of the teachers so vivid and spicy that wita one exception they all resigned before the end of the term. The exception did not resign. He died at the end of the third week. Finally local talent ceased to apply, and tho trustees were oompelled to re sort to a city educational bureau. , It agreed to furnish upon the pay of its fee and one month's salary, a suitable teacher, and sent one Frances Irving. Failing to observe that the "Frances" was spelled with an "e" and not with an "i" they rashly concluded they were to have a male instructor. Imagine their consternation when out of the hack stepped neither a man nor a woman, but a delicious and dain ty combination of pink and white, Just seventeen years of age, and pretty enough to have been picked for a beauty ia Paradise. "The lawd can't have made that gal outen the dust like the rest of us," said Si; "but he must have took dog wood blossom and sunshine and dew drops and wild rose3." She teach? Impossible. And yet, as they had paid out the state's money they must try her a month anyway. Monday morning found her duly en throned upon the teacher's platform and the schoolroom full of dazed pu pils. At first out of sheer amazement the assembly kept quiet, and things went along smoothly. She mapped out lessons, divided the pupils oft into classes, and now and then interjected little homilies about making the Sue- "Here, Miss Irving, whale the life out of him." conotchle school the pride of the state. Her manner was so winning and appealing that it went straight to the hearts of the elder boys and girls. However, their curiosity soon palled, A little breeze of whispering fluttered through the room, but It was not long before It had swelled to a perfect tor nado of talk, The teacher had not noticed the whispering, but could not pass over the tornado. In vain she rapped for order. In vain she told them they could not learn this way, and were throwing away the best years of their lives. With this state ment they radically disagreed. Who ever heard of bullying a teacher called "throwing away one's life." By and by the boys began to wad up paper and throw It at each other. The school divided Into armies, Brit ishers and Boers, and the wads flew thick as bullets at Modder river. Among the non-combatants was Hal Baker, t, young fellow about twenty one years old heretofore a ring lead er the son of the richest man In the cttlement and immensely popular with all classes. During the course of the fight he had gradually edged closer and closer to the teacher's platform, and when a bullet aimed at the head of the "Lord Kitchener" had, owing to the expert dodging of that wllr mill tary genius, missed its aim and Im pinged directly upon the teacher's forehead, he strode over to the marks man, and in the twinkling of an eye lifted that young man squarely off bis feet and dragged him to tbe platform, and blurted out: "Here, Miss Irving, whale the life oat of him, and keep whaling till hs jeeonmhers he is a gentlemat." Miss Irving reached rlfi vleinnaly for the hickory, tut dropped it, saying, "I can t do' it, Mr. Baker." (Hal blushed at the Mister.) "He did not intend to strike me."' Then the storm of her tear3 broke, and she sobbed aloud, openly and audibly, where all the school could hear. An awful hush fell upon the room. Threats, resistance, blows they were prepared for and could parry, but tears that was taking an unfair ad vantage. Finally Hal said: "Look here, the next chap that bothers that girl will have me to reckon with." The next day Hal's desk was near the teacher's platform, and order, while not perfect, was miraculous con sidering. A few boys were kept in during recess. At tbe close of school she proposed to keep in a few others, but Hal said to her: "No you don't, you go home; you need rest." Then he whispered, embarrasedly, "They won't bother you tomorrow." And they didn't, and between Miss Irving and Hal things went along so smoothly and the children learned so rapidly, that Succonotchie speaks of it to this day. Under such circumstances teacb'ng would to the average Instructor have been past time, but it was telling on Miss Irving. Her little hands had be- He clasped her to. him. ; come pale and filmy. One Saturday Hal brought a pony over for Mis3 Irving to ride, saying she needed the exercise. She replied: "Why, Hal, I can't ride." "Eut you can learn," he answered. "That's what you tell me when I get tangled up in my algebra." Hi led the pony at first, but finally throwing the reins over its neck, he mounted his own horse, and rode slow ly by her side. He swung himself Into the saddle with such grace, and looked so manly, that he attracted her admiration. Heretofore she had thought of him as kind. Now it oc curred to her she had never seen a handsomer young man. One Saturday when the March sun shine was flinging through every in terstice in the pine boughs little fluffy golden plumes of light, and the air waa breathing balm, he took her fish ing down on the Finoahook. The girl was too busy with the flow ers to do much fishing, and Hal he was too busy watching her to do much more. And they could not keep from laughing and talking and being noisy and happy. They were both aston ished that the noon came so soon and their siring of Via a was so Bmail, and they were a little confused, too, when Hal's mother commented on their non success. A few days before the school was to close. Miss Irving received a letter from her mother telling her some rail road stock which her father had owned had unexpectedly risen in value, and she would not be compelled to teach any more. A' sudden Joy flooded her heart at this prospect. Then she be gan to think how pleasantly the time had passed in Succonotchie; how kind all the people had been, and was there ever such a young man as Hal? She had never seen a stronger and finer young man. Was it possible all these people were going to drift out of her life? Would she never see Hal any more? For some reason, she did not tell the people she was not coming back to Succonotchie, but Hal and the oth ers knew of course she would go home on a long vacation. During tbe last few days of school his eyes actually dogged her, and they had such a long ing appeal In them she hated worse than ever to think of not coming back. She wished he would not look at her so. She was a trifle afraid of him. She had never failed to do what ever he had told her to do. True, he always used his power for her com fort, but suppose be should ask some thing for himself? What then? She wished the old railroad stocks, as far as she was concerned, had not risen In value. She ought to teach. A woman should do something In tho world. She, had been told Hal had never studied, had never cared for anything, until she came to Succo notchie. She knew since ber coming he applied himself strenuously, and she felt with the proper teaching and encouragement he would make a great man. She had even dreamed of see ing him governor. But without fter would he apply hlmaelf? Hal drove her to the station at the clOfre of the school. They passed over the road where they had often ridden. How pleasant those rides had ben! Hal aald nothing, but his eyea were eloquent with appeal. At last they crossed the creek where that March morning they had gathered flawera, and fished, and dreamed. Had ah ever been so happy? To stop the de bate in her heart she said impulsively "Hal, I am not coming back, to Sue conotchle to teach aiy more." At first he was silent a If not com prehending her. She saw hia era dim, but suddenly they flashed u? with the same light of determination that had gleamed fim them the da he iwd dragged thi boy to tbe plat form "Not emJrvg beick' to SucconotchieT Well, you'vu ot come back. I want you, Miss Frances, tor ray teacher fat" the rest of my life!"' Then with a boldness he never aft ' erwards understood, he clasped her to him, kissed her, and said: "You need some'jody to take care of you. You struggle for a living? I Just can't bea it. You've got to come back," - She was silent and breathless in his clasp. He did not know how fiercely he held her. He continued; "You've got to come. Won't you come back?" "No, Hal, she said, "I won't com back." Then, as he unclasped her and turned a deadly white under his tan, she hung her head and whispered: "I won't come back, but but, Hal, you can bring me back, if you want to." VANDAL ARMIES. What Soldier of Clvlllzailoa Did In tlie Chinese Einplrr. "The sacking of the imperial palac es at Pekin," writes a military writer in a Bavarian paper, "was thorough and complete. The walls, even whe& the Germans arrived, were nearly bare. There was hardly enough furniture left to fit out the dwelling of the staff. Only very heavy things, suGh as big looking glasses and screens were there; Beds and bedding had to be procured from elsewhere not without, difficulty. Cupboards, boxes, drawers were pulled open, broken and ransack ed. Barbarian work. Bronze statues were thrown down to find the gold ia the interior. Sometimes it was found, sometimes not. Very often, in order to simplify the work, the statues were smashed. Objects too heavy to be car- ripd a-WAv wprA hrnkpn nnd onlv the valuable parts were carried off. The Chinese are very fond of clocks and watches ingeniously constructed' so as to make music. Some are heavily gild ed. In the imperial summer palace were two big clocks (under glass) in. the apartments of the empress. .The figures were on a big sun, whose rays were made of the best and heaviesl gold. Sun and clocks are still there but the golden rays were taken away. Near the lotos lake of the imperial palace in Pekin stands a small house with a sort of belfry, with clocks of various dimensions. They were struck by a hammer and produced a most harmonious concert. The big clocks are still there, but the smaller ones are all taken off. On the other shore oi the lotos lake was the private mansion of the emperor, since the empress dow ager kept him prisoned. The emper or's apartments consisted of three rooms reception room, bedroom and library full of costly books bound In the precious yellow silk, the privilege of-the, imperial family. The emperor's bed was here not a bench, as usual In China, but a real sleeping sofa, a couch covered with dark brown, heavy silk, which was torn off to the edge of the couch. Everything pillaged: Chairs, tables, benches were made of a very hard, valuable dark brown wood, adorned by wonderful carvings'. They were broken, knocked about by hun dreds. The work of barbarians! By which nation was it done? It is im possible now to say." HOLES IN COINS. Three-Cent I'lecje Will Have a Mark ol Indicate Their Value. ' The United States is about to begin the coinage of a 3-cent piece for use particularly in the west and southwest. It will be of nickel, about the size of a 5-cent piece, but in the center of it will be a hole about a quarter of an inch in diameter. This will enable one to distinguish it by the feel even In the dark. As Is well known, only the gold coins are made on a basis of value equal to their denominations. The cent, for instance, is not worth, as metal, a fraction of that amount. The nickel Is not either. All art stamped from blanks which the gov ernment buys by contract. SHvit coins were originally of the same value as the metals, but silver has dropped so that a "cart wheel" dollar is only worth about 50 cents. Gold is worth cent for cent. With the beginning of the new year a new series of coinage began. All the old dies with 1900 on them were destroyed that Is, the face was. On New Year's day more than 1,200 of the dies were made useless; the faces were ground off them with an. emery wheel. . Ever since then brand-new dies have been used. These old dies were from all the various mints and the work of destroying their faces and reworking new ones was done at the Philadelphia mint. A rorlralt or lien. Kltclieaer. He was tall, about six feet two or three; his figure ungainly, and hU shoulders sloped; he slouched In hit gait, as he walked In long, knee-bending strides. He was a much older man than his pictures made him appear to be. Hia face it may have been the Egyptian sun wos brick red. ' It wa full of little lines and his prominent steel-gray eyes had a peculiar expres sion; one of them I have forgotten whether it was the left or the right had a habit of roving by Itself, while the other transfixed you with a cold and piercing glare. To a certain ex tent the eyes are characteristic of the man, for Kitchener la known to b able to see things near by and ' thlngo far off at tho tame time. Jame Barnes In the World's Work. '