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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. '
