THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
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INTERNATIONAL
C!J Archil XXXA'll -fCoirnsTniO
) Once safe on English soil CnuHldi re
boeanio hlniBclI again. Ho forgot UIh
object terror anil resumed his thl man
ner. Then, ho I'm o lin had been in Ion
don ninny dajs, mono the question
How wns ho to subsist? Ho had llttlo
or no money, and such talents hb ho
possessed woio not at that tltno In
much demand. A happy thought struck
biin-ho would go down to Scotland,
hunt out tho rich tnls'rcss of Annun
dalo Castle, and perhaps secure some
lirlp from her By m pat by or her fear.
Thus It h-foll tlmi bo nrrhed quietly
one day In tho town of Dumfries, and
within a few hour of his in rival hoard
that Marjorlo wan allvo and dwelling
with her mother at the Castle, t'p to
that moment ho bad been In doubt
whether tin- woman he had botrnjod
wnH allvo or dead- Indeed, ho had
ticarccly.glvcii her n thought, and eared
not what fato had befallen her. Hut
now It was vory different. She lived,
and by tho law of tho land was hlh law
ful wife.
His plann were noon laid. He detor
lj.ncd to Hue Marjorlo alone, and if hhc
waa obstinate and unforgiving, to use
what power ho had oor In r to tho tit
ir.oBt, with tho view of securing present
mill future help. On reflection, ho had
not inueh doubt that ho would noon re
gain IiIh old Inlluenee over her: for In
tho old days she had been as wax In his
hanilB, mid her ehnracter had seemed
altogether gentle and unicsiitlng.
lie reckoned without. IiIh host. These
itcemlngly feeble and too faithful na
tures, when' once they Rain the strength
r Indignation and tho murage of dc
iipalr, ashuino a foreo of determination
sometimes uniiown and foreign to tho
utrongest nml iuoh! passionate men.
Ah matters had turned out, however.
It wa.s not with Marjorlo herself that
tlin Frenchman had had to reckon, but
with her life-long friend and protector,
John Sutherland. This pertinacious
young hero whom ho had always hated,
had now fully asserted his uuthorlty In
giving him tho llrht hound thrashing
ho hail ever received lu his life
named, bruised and bleeding, livid
with mortified rage, Caussidlere re
mained for some time where Suther
land left lilm, and when ho at last
found speech, cursed freely in his own
tongue. Then ho paced about madly,
calling Heaven to witness that ho
would have full and llereo revenge.
;,l will kill him." ho cried, gnashing
his teoth. "1 will destroy him 1 will
tear hlni limb from limb! Ho has out
raged nic ho has profaned my person
but ho shall pay dearly for ll, and so
fihall hhc- so shall they all! 1 was
right ho is her lover; but ho shall
'find that 1 am master, and she my
ulave."
Presently he tooled u little and sat
down to think.
What should he, what could ho do?
Of his power over Marjorlo and tho
vblld thero was no question; by the
lawB of both England and Scotland ho
could claim them both. Hut uuppose
.they continued to set IiIg authority at
defiance, what then? They woio com
paratively rloh, ho was poor. I In knew
that in legal strlfo tho richest is gen
erally tho conqueror; and, besides,
whiio tho war was waging, how was ho
to subsist?
Then ho bethought him of his old
hold upon Miss lictherlngtoti, of his
knowledge of tho secret of, .Marjorle's
birth. It was useless to hlni now, for
tho Bcaudal was common property, and
Mother Humor had cried it from Iioumj
to house till slio was hoarse. The
jiroud lady had faced her shame, and
Jiad overcome It; overyono knew her
Hccrot now, nnd many regarded hor
with sympathy nnd compassion. For
tho rest, she set public opinion at de
fiance, and knowing tho worst tho
world could say or do, breathed more
freely than sho had done for years.
Thus thero was no hopn for her. In
uccd, look which way he might, ho saw
no means of succor or revenge.
As ho sat there, haggard and furious,
ho looked years older, but Ills faco still
preserved a certain comeliness
Suddenly ho sprang up again as If re-
Bolvcd on Immediate action. As he did
so ho schemed to hear a -.olco murmur
ing his namo.
'Caussidlere! "
Ho looked toward tho window, nnd
r.aw there, or seemed to see, close
pressed against tho pane, a bearded
human cotintcnrituo gazing in upon
lilm.
Ho struggled like a drunken man,
Klaring back at tho face.
Wno It reality, or dream? Two wild
eyes met his, then vanished, and tho
faco was gone.
If Caussidlere had looked old nnd
worn before, ho looked death-ltko now.
Trembling llko a leaf ho sank hack
Into the uliadow of tho room, held his
hnnd upon his henrt, like a man who
had received a mortal blow.
CHAPTER XXXVI IT.
AiJSSiniKlli: re
mained in tho room
for Homo time, but
as tho faco did not
reappear, his cour
age in a measure
returned to him. At
Inst ho tool: up his
hat and left thu
houfe.
Ho wns still very
palo nnd glanced
ftT
r-'j -'tY yjw
v
uneasily from side to side; he had by
aUrrol iff
PRESS ASSOCIATION
this time 'orgotten all about the child,
and Morjnrle. too. Ho went through u
procession of by-streets to tho pollro
station, saw th' Inspector- a grim,
bearded Scotchman and demanded
from lilm police protection.
"Protection! What's your danger?"
linked the man. politely.
"I am In danger of my life!" said
Caussidlere.
lie was very excited and very nerv
ous, and tho peullnr!t of bis manner
hhMiik the man nt once.
"Who's threatening je?" ho nsd.ed,
quietly.
Tho repose of the stranger Irritated
Causfildlere, who trembled more and
more.
"I tell ou am in mortal peril. 1
am pursued. 1 shall bo killed If 1 do
not have protection, therefore I de
mand assistance, do you hoar?"
Yes, tho man hoard, but apparently
did not bred, lie already half suspect
ed that the foreigner before him wn.s a
madman, and upon questioning Caussi
dlere a little mine ho became convinced
of it.
After a short but storm m-ciic with
tho inspector lie walked away, involv
ing In liis mind what he must do to
make himself secure.
Of one thing he was certain; he muM
leave Dumfries, and resign all hopes of
obtaining further assistance from Mar
jorlo or her fi lends. Ho must remain
In hiding until political events voeied
round again and he could letnrn to
Fiance.
He hurried bark to his hotel and
locked himself again lu his loom. Ho
drew down the blinds and lit the gas;
then ho turned out all the money ho
wnb pfo-sed of. counted It carefully
over, a'nd disposed It about his per
son. Ills next core was to dispose about
his person any little articles which his
portmanteau contained; then ho drew
from his pocket n small box, ilxed on
tho false beard and mustncho which It
contnlned, and, having otherwise dis
guised himself, stood before tho mir
ror so transllgured that he believed
even his dearest friend would not hr.vo
known him.
Hy the time all this was dono It was
getting pretty late in tho day and close
on tho departure of the train he had
decided to take.
o listened; he t mild hear nothing.
He walked boldly out of tho room,
and hnvlng quit tly locked tho door and
put the key In his pocket, strolled leis
urely out of the inn and down tho
street unrecognized by a soul. Ho
went straight down to tho railway sta
tion, look a ticket for the north and
entered tho train, which was about to
start.
Ho had a carriage to himself; tho
II rt thing ho did, therefore, was to
throw tho key which ho had taken
from tho loom door out of tho win
dow; thou ho traveled mi lu compara
tive peace.
It was somewhat lato lu tho evening
and quite dark when ho reached his
destination a lonely village, not far
from Edinburgh. Ho walked to the
nearest and quietest Inn, and took a
bedroom on tho third Hour.
Thnt night he slept In peace, lie re
mained In the village for several days,
and during that time lie kept mostly to
his room.
On tho night o( the fourth day, how
ever, lie rang for the mold, who, on
answering tho bell, found him In n
state of Intense excitement.
"Ilrlng me a time-table," he said, "or
tell me when thero Is a train from this
place."
"There Is none to-night, sit.'
"Nouo to-night!"
"No, sir; tho last train is gone; but
the morn's morn"
"Well?"
"Thero Is nni. at seven o'clock to
Edinburgh."
"Then 1 will go by It do ou hear?
At six ou will call me, and I lenvo at
seven!"
The girl nodded and retired, fully un
der tho impression, ns tho inspector
of pollco had been, that the man wns
mad.
At six o'clock in tho morning the
maid, with a Jug of hot water in her
hand, nipped up tho stair and knocked
gently at Caussldlere's bedioom door.
Thero was no reply.
Sho knocked louder and louder, but
could elicit no bound, and the door was
locked, Leaving tho jug of water on
tho mat, she retired. In half an hour
sho returned again. The water was
cold. Sho knocked louder and louder,
witli no lesult. Thinking now thnt
something might bo wrong, sho tailed
up htr master. After some ront'ultn
tlon the door was forced.
All recoiled in horror. Thero lay
Caussldlor'o dead In bed, with his falso
beard besldo him, nnd his eyes stating
vacantly at the celling.
As thero were no inniks of violenco
upon him, it was generally believed by
those who stood looking upon lilm that
his death had been a nnturnl one. How
ho met his death was never known. It
wns discovered long after, however,
thnt ho was n member of mnny secret
soclotlts, that ho had betrayed In al
most every case tho trust reputed in
him, and van marked in their black
list ar n "tra'tor" doomed to die.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
T WAS not until
n f t e r Caussldioro
whs laid in his
giavo that the news
of his d o o c n n n
reached Marjorlo.
Sho read In u Scot
tish newspaper a
description of tho
mysterious dcatli of
a French gentle-
man In a village
near Edinburgh, and suspicious of tho
truth she traveled to the place in Suth
erland's lonipany. Tho truth wan
speedily made clear, for nuiasi tho
looso articles found on tho dead mnn'B
person were several letters In Caucsl
dlere's handwriting, nnd an old photo
gtaph of herself taken lu Dunifiicr.
It would lie f.ilso to say that Marjorlo
rejoiced at her hinband'H death; it
would bo equally false to say thnt It
caused her much abiding pain. Sho
was deeply shocked by his Midden end,
that was all. Nevertheless, she could
not ijinconl from herself that ilia re
moval meant life ami fieedom to her
self and to her child. While ho lived
thero would hae been no peace for her
in this world.
lie was burled In a pe.iciful place, n
quiet hlrkttid not far from the sea;
and there, some llttlo tlmo afterward,
n plain tombstone wns elected oer hla
grave, with this Inscription:
Sacred to the Memory
of
i.kon caussidiehk.
Who Died Suddenly In This Village,
June ID, 18.
"May ho iet in peace."
Marjorlo had it placed theie, in pcr
feit forgiveness and tenderness of
heart.
And now our tale Is almost told. Tho
figures thnt have moved upon our llttlo
stago begin slowly to fade away, and
tho curtain Is about to fall. What lit
tle more thero Is to say may bo added
by way of epilogue In a few words as
possible.
lu due time, but not till nearly
j ear had passed, Marjorlo married her
old lover, .lohu Sutherland. It was a
quiet wedding, and after it was over
the pair went away together to tho
Highlands, where they upent a peace
ful honeymoon. During their absence
llttlo Leon remained at tho Cattle with
bis grandmother, who Idollml him as
tho heir of the Hotherington". On
their return they found tho old lady
bad taken n new ieaso of life, and was
moving about the house with much of
her old strength and a llttlo of her old
temper. Hut her heart was softened
and sweetened oucn and forever, and
till tho dny of her death, which took
plaeo several years afterward, sho was
a happy woman. She sleeps now In
tho quiet klrkyard, not far from hor old
friend, tho minister, eloso to tho foot
of whoso grave !h yet another, where
old Solomon, tho faithful servant, lies
quietly at rest.
Marjorlo Annan or shall we rail her
Marjorlo Sutherland? Is now a gentlo
matron, with other children, bojB nnd
girls", besides the beloved child born to
her first husband. She hears them cry
ing in tho Castlo garden, as sho walks
through tho ancestral rooms where her
mother dwelt so long in sorrow. Sho
is n rich woman, for by her mother's
will sho inherited nil the property,
which was found to bo greater than
nnyono supposed. Sho Is proud of.her
husband, whom nil tho world knows aB
a charming painter, and whoso pictures
adorn every year tho Scottish Academy
walls; sho lovea her children, and sho !
Is beloved by all the peoplo of the pua-1
toral district where sho dwells.
Tho Annan Hows along, as it has
ilowed for centuries past, and na It will
How for centuries to come. Often Mar-'
inilo wandois em Its banks, and look-1
Ing In Its peaceful wateis, sees tho old
faces come nnd go, llko spirits In n
dream The gentlo river gave her tho
namo sho loves heat, and by which
many old folk call her still Marjorlo
Annan; and when her tnno comes, sho
hopes to rest not far from the side of
Annan Water.
THE END.
ENGLAND'S COAL SUPPLY.
Mlnm Mill T.utt About Four Hundred
Vcnm,
"It may now bo accepted as geolog
ically certain that botween Dover nnd
Hath there ore lira tt moro or-lcsa In
terrupted trough of coal measures" of
ICO miles in length, and of a breadth
varying from two to four miles, meas
ured from north to Bouth." Dr. Hull
bellovfs, however, tJiat this trough is
Interrupted by many ilcxurcn and
disturbances urn! that it cannot be ex
pected to eoinponsato for tho posslblo
exhaustion ef tho 1inea.shlra nnd mid
land areas, says tho Spectator. Nor,
though ho considers that it must oxtond
under tho channel toward Dover, docs
ho think that It could be worked under
tho sea to any extent with prollt; as,
except nt nn enormous depth, the dlfll
cultlee of intruding wator would bo toj
great. Taking oaeh c:al Held separate
ly, Dr. Hull dlscus-ses Its probaUlo lat
eral extension under ovorlylng-wtnita,
nnd, on the basis that about 4,000 feet
represent tho downward limit of prac
tical working, ho arrives at estimates
lu ronnd numbers of tho amount of
coal that will bo available at tho end
of thn century. The total for the
Unltttl Kingdom is Sl,C8:i,000,000 tons.
As the output of coal for 189C waa over
1iiri,000,000 tons, on tho extremely lin
probablo assumption that tho into of
production, which has moro than
doubled trince J SCO, will remain prac
tically stationary, tlicso flgumi of Dr,
Hull would give a life- of about 400
ars to our oal mines. Within tills
period, then, an enormous readjust
ment of social conditions nnd piobably
of cammt-rclal conditions Is bound to
occur.
FOR WOMEN AND HOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOIt MAtOS
AND MATRONS.
The Wiiiitrn of AfKlmiiWtmi Willi it
I'fiv I Mint !.( riirn lion in Mil)
Iln Wnrn Vtltliimt MIKl liif 'nine
AiKurm In '(irrmrnli'iili.
ilm runluc.
DfiN'T tnnf tn
l"iu on. my
little liny ciilcl,
.U Into tin pillow
he litlllul Jill
Ill'Ulli
II 11 tint i'ntut-lun-1
i nine drilling
MIOII lntl) III'
loom,
Hweiplin: nut mrin
nt with lili
Kiitir. lirooiii,
nl my cli'lil grew
UIU Olfl'loilH III
I'caili III the tomb.
And thu whnl" win Id Klinuil. l t tin
size of a lied.
I watched hlni sleeping, wlili his tirim
thrown iiliovn
Ills denr, rinly lieml. Ilk" euplil In
loo.
And IiIh hiiiiiII lioom u tiling, and wink
ing IIKIllll.
Slowly nnd lofllj -no tdqhlng, no pulu-
llls tar never hearing the swish" of the
lain,
Nor the loud inirltiK thunderbolts hutted
down bj Jove.
They Mintteird n walnut ti ml mar
the sheil,
And two resting entile with t.lrlcken
iiiiwn dead.
Hut the child reimilnnt sli epln through
"II thnt ureal storm;
Tho wirtli hhook nnd tiemtiled, lull ntlll
no nliirin;
Ills driiini. If (in bail one, showed mi fear
or harm;
Hut he I.i j- with his arum eiaqed over nu
head.
And t tlimiKht of the limi; ilrrnlly yeara
Of ret. duK and stluiu: nu piln, and no
fiar.
Ami I IhoUKht, hnw tll.c sleep In a ehlld
In his bed.
Ate the long years of sib nee to those
who inn dead.
Hut we nil fiar Kunilty's Mieji, I then
said,
As I wlpid from my nyea the K.ithrrlm;
t'als.
How wn ery iigiiluil going, ami lo-iNlm:
behind
Thn friends who nro iinehnrrd by love In
our mind.
And 1 rested my bead mi I he plllo.v, be
sldo My Hlioplm; dnrllni;, nnd ttlul, nnd I
tried
To think nut nnd lennon; hut soon I vrai
lied
Tly tho wime mystic powerso denth-llko
hnd kind.
Women of AfglinnUlUM.
Mlts Hamilton, or, rather. Dr. Ham
ilton, the Englishwoman who ban
AFGHAN LADIES.
fjeen court physician of Afghanistan
for mnny years, sus It Is totally Im
possible for a westerner to understand
an oriental. "As far as tho east Is
fiom tho west," so dlffcient tho two
modes of thought.
Slaves In Afghanistan arc not de
graded. The Afghan women, Miss
Hamilton says, are indolent and use
less, ami absolutely neglect their chil
dren. To tho slaves falls tho manage
ment of all things. In a rich family
tho head slave Is the hosekeepcr, a
grand personago one in wise to eoncil
late. She lias much authority, and
dresses richly. Another important
personago is llio slave who pci forms
thu duties both of maid and valet. Tho
wife, however, has the proud privilege
of pouring water over tho hands and
feet of her husband when ho Hi mak
ing his toilet or spreading his prayer
rug, and preparing his favorite dishes.
The women are never Jealous of each
other. Miss Hamilton asked an Intel
ligent wlfo, who was devoted to her
husband, what sho would do If ho mar
ried again. "I shouldn't mind," she
s.nld. "Proper-minded 'women think it
a dlsgraco to bo Jealous and light over
any man. What difference could the
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iJill
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iWLMmmmL,uMlr jf- mumMmlL i $ mm Mumm
jjb&. . .luSMig-V' . milium - iXSMV'XUfSmmt
presence of another woman make In
his feelings towanl mo? man's heart
Is llko a river; what change Is theie
In tho eitrient It here n.dog satlslles
Its thirst on tho banks, mid there it
camel; does It How any the loss etcud
ily on Its appointed way?"
Women me not legarded as the
men's equals. This Is recti een In tho
.itlltude of bos of twelse. Though
their inothirs hae eared for them In
sickness and shaed for them, us soon
.is a boy escapes from tho mother's
aims to school ho speaks roughly, oi
deis her about, and exhibits no feeling
whateer, and the mother ban no ie
dices, nnd, Indeed, in servile to her
son. The women of tho upper oltiirt
lead an almlesis life. They think It be
neath their tllgnlt. to new; I hoy do not
cook or look after the children, anil
cannot icad or write.
l)lii)"iltilin nt in l.oie.
Arthur has been for snino mouths
paying the most mail.ed attention to
a most charming nnd altractle young
woman. She has been his nliiioU con
stant companion, and they have grown
ery fond of each other. Hut It so
happens that the lady In the case Is
enraged to a man whom sho respects
ami has learned to look upon with a
great deal of favor. Arthur has hut
Just learned of the elsteiiro of this
poison, .mil fiels ery badly heated
anil somewhat bitter over tho situa
tion. He feels sure that tho lady would
be the gainer by ghlng up the other
man and taking hlni for better or
whim', Hut she will, not, mid that Is
tho end of It. Aithur wants tho ed
itors opinion on tho matter, and asks
If ho has not good cause for complaint.
Answer: The question of mum Ing for
love Is to be aiiHweied lu but one way.
There Is no other ground for marriage
but a genuine alTeetlon. If Arthur can
win tho joung woman's heart and
head, hor li.md will not be so dlmmlt
to secuie. Hut by all menus, Arthur,
bo mire that ll Is a sentiment that Is
lasting, and be signally sure that you
are quite us good as the other fellow
before you attempt to supplant lilm.
Winning u lowi that ouo cannot keep
Is hut a poor conquest. An to tho ques
tion of the right or any Individual to
lonceal an engagement, that Is a more
matter of fancy. One need not pro
claim It. neither should it be. kept u
ns'iet If there 1 likely to be any In
jurious iimKoqiienccs.
llriMJ Uniliroliler.
Awkwanl Needlewoman aRlia what
sho can do to mako her embroidery
look well. It will draw nnd pucker.
She has tried all sorts or ways with
out avail. Answer: Tho trouble Is
that you make your llrst thready too
tight. Ilegln with a great deal of rare
and do not pull or draw the work.
Perfect accuracy Is learned only after
long practlie. Indeed, It appears to bo
Impossible for some workers to Hnlsli
a pleco of work without puckering it
all out of shape. Fine embroidery is
best done over a hoop, which may bo
had of any dealer In fancy goods. Caro
must bo taken lu putting thn material
lu tho hoop that it is not too much
wrinkled or ei eased. Almost nil em
broidery Is Impi ovod by being pressed
with a model ately warm Iron.
WeildliiK 'I riniemi.
A hiimlHomo bridal gown sent out by
a leading modiste is of Ivory duelicusu
satin, tho bodice einbiolileicd in sil
ver and pearls and draped with white
chiffon. Sleoves nnd sash are of chif
fon and mango blossoms and white
heatlier further decorato the waist. A
veil of old Hrusseln point Is worn.
The bridesmaids who attended this
especial bride woio frockit of whlto
striped satin, bodices diaped with chif
fon nnd finished with Helms of white
transparent net bordered with plaited
THE MUrHh GOWN.
rhlffon frills. Sashes of colored chif
fon two of tho mnlds wearing green,
two blue and two pink, with hats to
mnteh- completed these fetching toi
let. An English bible's traveling gown
v.n of elect ili-iiine satin eloln, ein-
Luddereil with silver and ornamented
with a ery ifiecilvo velvet applique.
Tho est of this gown was of white
satin, wiled with whlto chiffon. A.
mantle of electric blue satin cloth was
provided to coiiesiond, lined with
white liinchr, while I ho Initio's hat was
of blue wlvit with plumes of whlto
osttieh feathers.
t .ii mI iur'i llniriK,
Variety is the splro of life ami itlso
of fashions this season. It's such a
eoinfoit to thoso who must wear their
last winter's gowns to know that those
same gowns, although of not the new
est modes, nro yet sulllelrntly up to
duto to bo win n without uuy misgiv
ing. Harely Is so much remodeling
countenanced as Is UiIh ear In find,
It i done quite openly and with u
frankness that wo would have con.ld
ered appalling In other years.
Old silk shirt waists that are too
oool nnd too shabby for present wear
may bo inado serviceable by the inser
tion of a lining lu the yoke to give It
additional warmth. Tim silk may then
bo entirely covered with black or some
other colored chiffon to conceal Its
bhabblness, and It will bo lendy for a
llttlo longer wear.
One of the prettiest of new gowns Is
of steel gray cloth, trimmed with fes
toons of sable about eight Inches from
the bottom. Tho tlglit-llttlng bodice,
with loose front draped to the left, end
lug there in u fur-edged drapery, had
tight sleeves, with three fur-edged
shoulder tlotince.s.
Inlierllunen nf Property.
'i A. M. writes for advice on the
following points: A woman who Is tho
mother of tlnce daughters, one of
whom Is dead, owns property to u con
tddi rnblo amount. She dies and leaves
by will her estate to tho two living
daughters, leaving out the children of
tin daughter who died. Can the will
1m luokeii lu favor of tho grandchild
ren? Hut a few months before her
death sho married and nothing Is left
to tho husband. What can be done?
Answer Such a problem would fur
nish a hard nut for u good lawyer to
crack, in some of the states a hus
band can Inherit fiom the wlfo and no
lav can prevent It. On general prin
ciples all children must bo provided for
in a will. It would nppear to be an
oisy matter to break a will nindo un
i1t such circumstances, but a doubt
ful undertaking to try to keep the hus
band out of his rights under tho will.
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