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NK1IUASICA
Stockholm University has granted
the first tlegroo of Doctor of Modlclno
given a woman In Sweden to a Krau
loin Anna Stcckson.
Tennossco cotton planters aro send
ing out lnrgo orders for turitoys In cvn
effort to save tho crop from destruo
tlon from grasshoppers, which have
nppunrcd thlH neanon In enormous
numbers. ThlH turkey eats all the
time ho Is awnho and preiora grosshop
pers to anything else, while n gross
hopper diet results in wouderfully fine
turkeys.
A story from Scranton, Pa., says
Rev. Mr. Joseph Koauuth Dixon of
lloiton, has been rondo tnmtco of a
iiiont rcmiukublo fund. Mrs. 1211a M.
Amcrman, who died recently In Mas
sachusetts, bequeathed a fund of
$10,000 to Mr. Dixon In trust, the In
rome to bo devoted to the euro of hor
two horses and her pet dog. This will
was admitted to probata in Scrnnton.
After consulting with substantial
rolored men In nil parts of the coun
try, Hooker T. Washington, vi Tuske
gee, Ala., has decided to assist In the
organisation of a National Nogro busi
ness Leuguo. Tho object of this or
ganization Is to encourage colored peo
ple, through the central organization
and local organizations, to enter nil
avonues of business. The first meet
ing will be hold In UoBton on August
23 and IM.
Mississippi and Georgln have aban
doned tho system of hiring out con
victs, but hnve employed them to ad
vantage on farms, especially In raising
t'ottnn. This form of employment has
been found to work the least Injury to
free Inbor and to assure the best re
turns. Doth states have made a profit
out of their convict farms, and the
fsrm8 have been free from tho hard
ships and cruelties to convicts insepar
able from the lease system.
In December, 1839, tho Hon. Sho Ne
moto brought forward a bill, In the
lower house of the Imperial diet of
Japan, forbidding tho smoking of to
bacco by persons under 18 years ot
age, Imposing a line not only tiiton
offendcis, but also upon those selling
to such persons. Tho bill wns referred
to a committee. This committee, uftor
a full discussion of the merits of the
question, repor'jd favorably, malting
the age 20 instead ot 18. On the lth
It was passed, most ot the leading
members of the house heartily approv
ing the bill. From this It Is easy to
reason why Japan Is becoming the
great nation of the far cast.
It took so much money to pay the
salnrles of municipal officials In St. I
Joseph, Mo , that there was little or
none left for new streets and other
Improvements. The officeholders want
ed to meet tho emergency by Increas
ing tho taxes, but tho mayor thought
ho saw a better way, and tilled many
of tho high priced otllces with business
men and others who could afford to
serve without salaries. Then, we nto
told, the Htreet depnitment "boomed."
It does not follow that this would al
ways be a wine thing to do, but there
Is no question of the soundness of the
general principle that limiting one's
expenditure may serve tho same pur
pose as increasing one's Income.
Through tho death of David Dwlght
Wells of Norwich, Conn., Harvard
University, Williams College and tho
City Library of Springfield, Mass., will
each receive $37,000. Mr. Wells was
born In Norwich. Ho waB an exten
slvo traveler and had a wide reputa
tion as a playwright and uuthor. For
several years he lived In Loudon, Eng
land, being asslstnnt secretary of the
American Legation during the second
administration of President Cleveland.
It was whllo living In F.nglnnd that ho
secured the material for his most suc
cessful book, "Hor Ladyship's KIo
phunt," which wns published some
time ago, unit also for his most recent
work, "His Iordship's Leopard,"
which has appeared within tho Inst
few months.
Discussing a bill In the house of
commons for the legislative reform of
tho drama, a distinguished F.ngllsh
statosmnn Insisted that reform could
come from but ono source, public
opinion. Improper Jests and songs, If
men and women would avoid laughing
at them, would speedily fall Into dis
use. As a good example of tho foroj
of public opinion, tho American com
missioners to The Hague Peace Con
ference Inst summer refer to over ono
thousand telegrams, letters, and me
morials of sympathy received by them,
Tho fact that the whole American na
tion was backing its commissioners
had a most important bearing In tho
council, and was tho means of com
pletely reversing the nttltude toward
international arbitration of ono great
Europoun nation.
A convict In Sing Sing prison, who
was In tho bird business in New York,
and has mado tho taming of birds a
Btudy, has, whllo temporarily engaged
at work outside tho north prison wall,
caught and tamovi i young robin. Tho
bird cornea to him when ho whistles to
It and porches Itself upon IiIb finger,
Sometimes it goes with him to his cell
nt night, and porches on his book
.shelf. It Is entirely at homo In tho
prison. In tho morning It goes out
with him and stays around whllo he la
at bis work. '
Worst Fears Concerning Pckin
Confirmed.
SO STATED IN OFFICIAL DISPATCHES
Defrnnn W'nn Abln, lint Almnliilcly Unn-
tri ltrport Acrrplxiliu living Truo
Situation nt Tlcn Tula ((rowing
Morn .Nnrlmi Othur Nona.
A Shanghai, July 1ft dispatch says:
An otllcial telegram was received to
night from thu governor of Shan Tung
stating that a breach was math' In the
wall of the IIi'HInIi legation nt Pokln
after a gallant defense and when all
the ammunition bud given out.
All foreigners were killed,
There has been serious rioting In
Nlng I'o, where the Roman Catholic
mission has been burned. No details
have yet been received.
It seems Impossible to entertain any
longer the least doubt ns to the fate of
tho Kiiropcuiislu I'ekln, Mays a London,
July 10 dispatch. The Associated press
learns that Lady Hart, wife of Sir
Robert Hart, dlieetor of Chinese Im
perial maritime 'customs, on July ft,
received the following telegram from
her husband:
"Our people, Including women, aro
In the legations. Prepare to hear tho
worst,"
The European governments have re
ceived from their representatives at
Shanghai a dispatch from the governor
of Shan Tung, dated July 7, reporting
that the Kuropean troops made a sortie
from pekln and killed ','00 of (leneral
Tung Fuh Slang's forces, and that tho
boxers were mounting guns to make n
breach in the defenses.
CIixIiik In ut Tim Tln.
A Che Foo, July 10 via Shanghai,
July 1ft, dispatch says: Dispatches re
ceived today from Tien Thin cover
events that took place there on July
0, 7 and 8. The Chinese arc growing
In numbers and audacity dally, and
drawing closer In. Their lire had
already wrecked many buildings, In
cluding one gas holder.
Several thousand refugees, most of
them women and children, have left
Tien T.sln in accordance with Admiral
Seymour's order to sill non-combatants
to depart.
Admiral Seymour's dispatches give
the latest news regarding the situa
tion at Tien Tsln. The operations of
the allies were successful against tho
boxers. The moral effect of thu suc
cesses of the allied forces upon the
Chinese is believed to be very great.
PRESCOTT ARIZ FIRE SWEPT
Illiniums District D-trii)il Willi I.
of t 1, 500,000.
Fire, which started at 10:1ft oVlmdt
Saturday night at Prescott. Ariz... ami
was not under control until .1 o'clock
Sunday morning, when the lire light
ers went a considerable distance in ad
vance of the Haines and blew up the
buildings on the north side of Good
win street, preventing them from cross
ing that street, caused a property loss
of between 81,000,000 to SI, .100,000.
SENATOR GEAR DEAD.
i:xilrv In WiiNlihiKtnii Afti-r it Short
Ulnni.
A Washington, D. C, July 1ft ills
patch says: 1'nited States Senator
(iearof Iowa died at his apartments In
tho Portland at 1:23 yesterday morn
ing of heart failure. Ho wus-in his
usual health up to S::iO a. in., when he
was attacked. Doctors were Immedi
ately summoned, but their efforts were
unavailing.
Vnlo Down l'mpnnt'il 1 1 runt ml,
The convention of the green glnss
bottle blowers In session at Detroit,
Mich., unanimously voted down thu
proposed demand for an eight-hour
day. The conference committee of thu
Hint glass blowers returned to Pitts
burg, but before leaving it wns de
cided that n committee from the green
glass bottle blowers should meet in
conference next April, when the prob
lem of amalgamation will again be
taken.
Conllim Them In n Dungeon.
Six men who aro believed to hnvo
fieen the ringleaders in an attempt to
overpower the guards and escape from
tho military prison on Aleurtra. Island
are confined in a dungeon there, pend
ing the result of au Investigation, says
a San Francisco dispatch, which Major
O'llara, commandant of the Island, has
instituted. There are about ftlitl pris
oners on the Island, some of them men
w ith records as desperate men.
Cooli IIU IU'hIi.
While dumping ashes from a small
far at the Star mill at Lead, S. I)., L.
M. Lee, an employe, fell from an ele
vated track fifty feet into a pile of
tishet. lie sank out of sight before
help came and his Hesh was cooked
from his lames. His partner saw him
fall, but In three minutes' time tho
mnn was dead. He has no relatives lu
America and was unmarried.
i:iirthiiiiike Shock In HtimU,
Severe earthquakes in the Kars and
Kitgyrman districts of the Caucnsus
mountains, Uussla, resulted In tho de
struction of five villages, several
churches and many houses. Six per
bons were killed and several injured.
miuiuouni shocks are still being re
ported. llullillni; Trnilm Control.
In tho election of otllcers of tho Chi
cago federation of labor the buildings
trades council inllueneu had control
anil elected Its candidates by an over
whelming majority.
DYING FOR WANT OF WATER
Tlia Urolith In Arizona rrovlug Fatal
tn Ntork.
A Los Angeles, Oil., dispatch says:
Reports from the tlrouth-strleken sec
tions of Arizona aro to thu effect that
every wnter hole and most of tho
wells have gone dry. In consequence
cattle arts dying by the thousands and
their shrunken frames dot tho desert
country of Pima, Pinal, Santn Cruz,
Yuma, Cochise and parts of Maricapo
counties. The loss to owners of herds
cannot be computed nt their present
gaunt condition no market can bo
found. Itarely in the history of tho
territory has the water In the Gila and
Salt rivers been so scarce. Not a drop
Is reported In the Gila and there is
none in tin; San Pedro from Ilenson to
Its continence with the Salt river above
Phoenix.
At Oisii Grande the Immense reser
voir is dry, tho supply having long
since been exhausted. Crops of alfalfa,
barley and wheat between Florence
ami Casa Grande as well as on the In
dian reservation at Saeton, where thu
Plnas dwell, are beyond hope. Added
to all this is the destruction of timber
by tht! forest fires which continue to
rage in the Santa-Catallna mountains.
NOT AS BAD AS EXPECTED
Morn Whrut lu the Nnrlhnatt Than
Snppof .l.
II. V. Jones, in nvonservntive review
of tho crop condition iu the northwest,
printed In thu MliineapollsJournnl, af-
ter personal inspection of the fields,
predicts that thu yield of wheat in the
three spring wheat states of Minneso
ta and tho Dacotas will, nt the very
least, reach i:ift,000,0(M) bushels as
against i! 10.000,000 last year and that
with favorable weather during the en
suing four weeks thu yield will reach
lftO.OOO.OOO bushels. This Is tho high
est estimate yet made. Mr. Jones
maintains that the soaking ruins
of Hie first days of July have, worked
wonders In the filling out of tho whent.
The best section is southern Minnes
ota, in many of whoso counties toward
the west almost twice as much wheat
us that year will be raised, with a largo
area running from twenty to twenty
five bushels to the acre. The yield in
South Dakota will be about the uver
age and the marked deficiency oeeura
in northern Minnesota and North Da
kota. The quality of the southern
wheat will be high.
SOLICIT AID FOR STRIKERS
Two TliniiHiinil CiiniHsrrn IIcrIii Work
lit St. I.oiiIh.
Two thousand solicitors engaged by
the trades and labor unions of St.
Louis to canvass the city and collect
contributions for the striking street
railway men's bus line have com
menced work. In addition to collect
ing funds for this project the solicitors
are expected to ascertain what propor
tion of the population is in favor of
trades and labor unions.
Fight boys are being held by the po
lice pending investigation into an as
sault on William M. Johns, aged 17
years, who was attacked by a crowd of
youths when he alighted from a llrontl
way car. The boys aro from ten to
seventeen years of age.
MUST CHOOSETHEMSELVES
C'iiIiIUi Aliiii'xiillon Not mi IuinitMlliito
I'mtnllilllty.
Secretary Root, In discussing tho
coming meeting of the constitutional
committee in Cuba, expressed himself
quite positively in regard to annexa
tion. In answer to a question lie said
thu question of annexation or any
other matter for that matter, might bo
brought before the convention, but In
his opinion Cuban annexation was not
imminent just now.
Said he: "Under the congressional
declaration we are in honor bound to
give them Independence first. If, sub
sequently they wish annuxation, that
is a matter for them to determine."
IIiik lllnilnu Worn by I.nwton.
II. M. Powers, of Unity, Neb., re
ceived by express from San Francisco
recently a box containing the biiilot
plerccd blouse worn by (leneral Law
ton tin the day lie was killed in tho
Philippines, Ills cuffs, tine shoe and ouu
legging; also Major Guy Howard's
shoos worn on the day he was killed,
both leggings and many other relics.
Powers also Is in possession of the
blood-stained tag that camu into Ma
nila from the battlefield on the body
of Col. John M. Stotseuburg. His
brother, Otis Howard Powers, Is chief
omhnlmcr for thu United Status army
at Manila and in thu practice of ins
profession he becomes the recipient of
many souvenirs of the nation's loyal
dead, some of which he scuds homo for
safe keeping.
I'nll for Vntertlii Meeting.
A Clmttiinooga, Tenn., July 14 Spe
cial says: Geneal Willis J. Hillings,
commander in chief ot tho Spanish
American war veterans, lias directed
the adjutant general's olllce In this
oity to issue orders directing the na
tional association to meet here on Oc
tober 8-13.
Storm nt Yankton.
The worst storm In years visited
Yankton, S. 1)., Saturday evening.
Two and one-hnlf Inches of'rain fell in
onu hour and another similar deluge
followed. The whole town is under
water. Sidewalks and crossings have
been washed away anil a ferry luu
been established on Fourth street.
One to I.riiRiin Mcntliii;,
Governor Roosevelt loft New York
for St. Paul, whero ho will address the
national league of republican club ut
their annual convention.
Only
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CHAPTKU III.
Richard Dempster had never entire
ly trusted HutchlnBon.Althotigh ho had
been a member of his llrm for years
he had never made him a partner, and
tho utmost ho had done was1 to nllow
hi m a very liberal salary, and a com
mission on what ho had made. There
fore It was not n tllfllcult matter to get
rid of him; but the Interview between
tho three men wns one which neither
forgot.
Alan Mackenzie, who, as he told
Veronica, wunted no ono to do his
dirty work, wns present, and unfolded
document after document of lncrlm
inntlng matter. If ho had not mado
the discovery It would have come to
It that the Urnzllhin government
would have arraigned the firm of
Dempster on tho charge of selling fire
arms to tho Insurgents. Ulchnrd
Dempster knew that the confidence In
them would bo shaken unless he be
haved flrmly. He dismissed Hutch
inson, offering him no consolation;
tho mnn must consider himself dis
graced. Ills Imprecations against
Mackenzie were deep and terrible.
Alan would not have cared If It had
not been for Veronica. After nil, tho
ninn was Vcrontea'a father, although
the girl had never rightly understood
why she lint! never been acknowledged.
Thero wns a mystery which Hutchin
son nlono knew, hut ho was n quiet
and reserved man, steeped to the brim
In plots, and he could be dangerous, ns
(pilot people alone can.
Dempster's ndlcux to Hutchinson
were short. "You would have betray
ed me," he snld to the mnn who had
been In tits employ for years, more
years thnn he cared to think, "If It had
not been for Mackenzie! My wortl has
always fieen well thought of until now,
my Arm nn honorable ono; but you
would have drngged me down!"
Hutchinson said nothing, but glared
ot Mackenzie "That young cur!" he
said; "but 1 will be even with him
yet!"
When It came to sayylng goodbye to
Alan It wns another nnalr. The elder
mnn had taken a great liking to Alan;
ho had full confidence In him.
"Look here, my lad," he said, "I
sha'n't leave you nt Santa Rosa I'm
not sure It will be worth your powder
and shot; but go there now, and I will
move you on to Sun Ingo In u little
while."
Alan thnnked him and went. Ills
liend was full of Veronica. The girl
was about to show her confidence In
him lu the fullest way n woman can.
True she was leaving nothing but un
klndncss anil tyranny; but Veronica
was young and very beautiful, nnd
many men would have rejoiced to have
secured her for life.
Ho had made all arrangements for
the girl. She wns to leave Ulo nt onco
and go nnd watt for him at Santa Uosa.
He had sent her money, nnd had found
a lady who would look nfter her until
he enmo to claim her for himself. They
would bo married at once, and he
would begin his life there n married
man. Ho wns looking forward to this
new llfo. He wanted a compnnion
n woman. Sometimes he felt that, If
It", had been possible, ho would hnve
preferred a woman who would de
mand moro of him, for ns long as ho
was simply joined to Veronica she
was perfectly happy. Poor child! she
had had so much unklndness In her
short life, for she was but seventeen!
Alan Mackenzie wns not n man who
makes plans that como to naught. Do
fore another threo months were over
he was established at Santa Rosa,
married to Veronica. She hod n sur
priso tn stnro for him. Sho told him
that Hutchinson had como homo from
the momentous interview vehemently
abusing Ainu.
Sho had stood up for htm, and then
ho had flown Into a violent rngo and
had abused her, telling her that sho
was not his child, nnd thnt sho had no
claim upon him. In some strange way
this rather pleased Alan. Ho had very
dcflnlto ideas as to duty, nnd It hud
vexed him thnt It was his fato to un
mask tho father of the girl he was to
mnrry. Therefore, Hutchinson's
words thnt sho wns not his child
rather relieved him.
And now there began some months
of qulot, uneventful, pleasurable life.
Veronica was sweet, gentle, loving,
nnd very beautiful. It was Impossible
not to become fond of her; nnd though
Alan know that there wero possibil
ities of love within him which she
never drew out, yet ho never regretted
his chivalry. She wus not very use
ful, but she made a home. Sho always
looked charming nnd mado tho rooms
pretty with flowers and ornaments.
9ho wns always thero, too, to tnlk to
htm when he wanted to tnlk, to rldo
with him when ho wanted, to ride. Sho
scorned to live simply to give him
pleasure True, he never discussed
I any serious topic with her, and there
was- n part of his nature thnt wns a
scaled book to her; but that did not
prevent its bolng a happy, easy life.
Hut it only lasted four months. Alan
nnd his chief .corresponded two or
three times n week, but only on busi
ness affairs. If Richard Dempster
hoard n rumor of Alan's living at San
ta Rosa as a married man he did not
nttftch much importnnco to it. Alan
was doing such good work that ho was
almost wasted ot such u smnll center
ns Santa Rosa. Ho knew It himself,
hut he had been grateful for tho op
portunity of establishing hlmsolf
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Alan Adair.,,,
there. Now Richard DempBter wished
him to go further down the conBt, to
the growing town or San Ingo, to b
tabllsh a branch of his business thero.
It wns four days' Journey by stenm
er, and Alan thought thnt the best plan
would bo to leave Veronica In her own
comfortable little house, with her own
servants, until he could find a suit
able place for her In the new town.
The news of this separation was like
a blow to Veronica. Sho clung so to
AInn thnt It seemed to him thnt she
led no life apart from him. Hut she
mado no demur; everything that he
said wns law to her. She only lifted
ti pale face, down which tears were
streaming, to her husband, and said:
"Hut not for long, Alan not for long!"
"Not for a week longer thnn I can
help, darling," he snld fervently. He,
too, would feel the separation; he
loved her as one does nn nffeetlonnte
child who Idolizes one. She never pre
tended to be on equality with him, nnd
she wns quite content to bo Just loved
by him and petted; but she loved him
with nil the force of her nature. She
saw that If she made uny difficulties
It would only worry him, and so she
mndo none; but Alan could not but
notlco thnt she grew thinner day by
day. "Do you mind my going so much,
dear little one?" he nsked her, on the
eve before his departure. They were
sitting on the verandah together, on
ono of those moonlight nights which
nlwnyB reminded Alan of the first
time ho hnd seen Veronica. He, too,
was feeling sad. His poetical nature
wns easily touched, and his wife's
quiet, dignified grief mntle It more dif
ficult to leave than nny noisy deinon
8trntlon of woe.
"Mind It?" she said, her voice vi
brating with passion. "Mind It? You
don't know what It is to me! It Is like
tenting soul from body!"
Ho had not thought she had real
depth within her. "If you feel It like
that you will muke me miserable," he
said.
"Will I?" She smiled, ns If pleased
that sho could make him feel mlser
nble. "You will understand when I
say that I am pleased, won't you,
Alan?"
"My denr child, It Is only n matter
of weeks! I don't suppose that I shall
have been there n fortnight before I
shall hnvo found something suitable
for you. And then, you know, I have
arranged for this house to be taken off
your hands, so thnt you may not hnve
any trouble."
"It Is a dear little Iioiisd!" she said,
with half a sign. "I shall always be
grateful to It. It is the only place I
have ever been happy In."
He pinched her cheek. Men do not
alwuys understand why a woman
likes one house nnd not another. "I
shall remember that you like u ver
undnh with flowers round It," he said.
"Hove you any other likings about a
house, Veronica?"
"Only that you must be Insido It,"
sho laughed, with rather a pitiful at
tempt to bo merry. "Alan, you must
write tho Instant you nrrlvo, and you
must not mind if my letters nre short;
I write such bad lettors."
"Hut mine must be long Is that It.
little one?"
Sho laughed again nnd then she
stopped. "How many days before you
get there, Alan, four or five? And you
will bo on that horrid black water at
night! Oh, 1 hnto the thought of It!"
He laughed outright at this. "And
I n sea captain's son! Why, 1 luve the
wuter, Veronica! I could willingly
spend my life on It!"
The very next day ho left. Voronlct
had exercised all hor strength nnd
courage, nnd sho nerved herself to wish
him goodbye; but sho had dreamed of
the man who she hnd known as father,
and that always alarmed her. Still
though sho was nervous, she was no
cownrd, so sho kept her fears to her
self, only she prayed earnestly that no
harm might come to her beloved, and
sho showed him n bright face before
sho left. Alan accomplished his four
days' voyago In safety, nnd wrote
homo to his wife constantly. As he
hod predicted, there was no great diffi
culty In finding n home which would
suit Veronica. Ilo only placed tho
necessities of life In It, knowing thnt
It would please her to make It pretty.
Ho got servants, and snw that the
place was full of flowers; and though
his work engrossed him to the utmost,
yet he began to look forward to the
plensnnt homo life ho had enjoyed in
Santa Rosa.
"I must not become selfish," he said
to hlmsolf. "A wife like Veronlcn, so
loving nnd yielding, mnkes o man sel
fish; hut I will not bo that." Ho
thought how ho could make her life
fuller, by encouraging her to rend and
to know moro of tho outside woild.
"Just now I fill up her llfo," ho
thought. "I may not always bo
enough for her."
And then nt last tho day for hor do
parturo came. Ho had booked hor
berth for her lu one of the best ot tho
little coasting steamers tho best was
bad, ns wo reckon steamers and then
ho wnltcd for his wife. Tho weather
was stormy, nnd ho was rather un
easy. Veronica would surely bo n bad
sailor, and sho was not very strong
Just then. Ho wns so llttlo used to
think nf weather nnd winds that ho
wns rather astonished to think how
t nervous ho hnd becomo. Ho put It
down to his lovo for Veronlcn.
Anyhow, ho wus down at tho quay
eariy on the fourth Tiuxmlns, and was
Btlll moro uneasy nt hcarlnj; tlint there
was no news of lira steamer. lb
haunted tho quay all Uio next day,
rather to tho detriment of Jala work,
nnd nt night ho could not sleep.
Thought of Voronlca'a fcara and suf
ferings obtruded themsulvca. Hn
blamed hlmsolf for leaving her, for
not having returned to folch her, al
though ho could not well havo left
Sho had always hated tho water and
feared It, and he had loved It. Tho
next duy ho was down at the quay
again, trying to get some Information
nbout tho steamer. In a llttlo while
not ho nlono, hut tho owners of the
boat, began to get frightened. They
could get no news. No other boat
seemed to hnvo seen anything of her.
Hy and by thero wero stoiios of some
of tho wreckage of n steamer being
washed ashore, nnd nt the end ot a
fortnight tho haggard man who spout
his days ut the quay looking out for
tho boat which would never return to
tho town had to give up nil hope. 'Hie
steamer had assuredly gone down, nnd
nil hands with It; and Veronlcn, his
wife, wns lost with the others!
And so ended this brief little cplsorlc.
Alan had been very happy with his
gentle wife, nud South Amerlcn wns
loathsome to him now. He began to
long, with n longing that hail been
stifled during his brief married life by
the drawing out of other parts of his
nature, for Knglaud nnd things Eng
lish. The white, elenr moonlight, the
scent of the tropical flowers, the soft,
dark eyes nnd liquid nccents of the
Spanish women, tho songs they sang,
the very guitars they played, remind
ed him of his poor Veronica, now ly
ing fathoms deep under the restless
sen.
Hut ns she had never stirred tho
pnsslonnte depth of his nnture, so her
death never drew out passionate grief.
Ho felt lonely, that was nil; nnd the
glowing lnnd, where everything was so
beautiful nnd yet seemed so ephem
eral, became distasteful to him, so he
gladly accepted Richard Dempster's
offer to manage the export part of his
business lu London, nud to return to
Fugllsh shores.
In a short time his South American
experiences nlmost faded out of his
mind. Veronica became a sweet mem
ory to him, which moonlight nights
freshened. Ho was very successful In
his work, and In four years time had
gained a good position for himself. Ho
was ambitious, too, nud began rending
for the bar, which he found ho could
do together with his work for the firm.
And four years after ho left South
America saw him respected nnd much
made of ns any young man of twenty
six might be who Is beginning to bo
known as a man who may become Im
portant. (To be continued.)
Drlmrrcil from Itnjnl I'rrii'iirp.
Now and then one hears of society
ladles being offered larpe sums and
accepting them for piesenting an am
bitious woman nt u drawing room;
but money will not always secure of
of the lord chambei Iain's cards of ad
mission. For example, tho wife or
daughter of a retail tradesman, how
ever large his business and however
wealthy ho may be, Is never allowed
to enter the royal presence, nnd two
or three other classes aro rigorously
barred. There is also an objection to
the wives of company promoters. In
deed, when there is n drawing room
announced the clerks In tho lord cham
berlain's office have quite an exciting
time in Inquiring Into the position of
those desiring to attend. London
Chronicle.
Hmlpeil Thlrtrcii Indium.
Wlchltn correspondence Chicago In
ter Ocean: Fred Grnbby. aged fil.-dlcd
at Strnnd, Kan., Inst week. Grnhby
mado himself famous by scalping 13
Indians In one bunch 14 years ago. Ilo
was traveling through Oklahoma with
his family. Thirteen young Indians
e.uno upon him and demanded his
scalp. He fled to tho wagon and ob
tained a lasso. This he threw around
five Indians and bound them together,
whllo his wlfo held the others nt bay
with a rifle. After he had killed nnd
scalped tho five ho killed tho other
eight. Such n feat was never before or
slnco heard of. To commemorate tho
deed Grubby settled on the spot whero
lie killed tho Indians.
Itmnrnalty of (.'lilnii.
China and Its dependencies havo a
total area of 1,218,-tOl square miles and
a population of -lOL'.OSO.OOO. In area It
Includes nearly one-twelfth of tho to
tal area of the globe, whllo Its popula
tion Includes nearly one-third ot nil
tho people In the world. As compared
with the United States, tho Intter's Is
land possessions being excluded, China
has 800,000 more squnro miles of terri
tory and more than flvo times ns many
Inhabitants. Tho population of China
proper per square mllo Is 292; that of
tho state of Rhode Island Is 251, and
that of Texas six.
Trine Nhm-kcil Iiy Vnnilitlllc.
His more or less royal cx-hlghncss,
tho Prince Knlnmlnnnolo, of Hawaii,
who Is now in New York, went nlono
to see a vaudeville show there to de
termine If It wns a proper place to
tako his wife, and though the per
formance was nvtld enough from a
Now York standpoint, ho wns gieatly
shocked nnd decided it would not ilo
for tho piincctsd.
lonntlun IMiwiriW Mmiim-lal.
Tho First Church ot Northampton,
Mass., will, on June 22, place n tablet
upon tho walls of Its sanctuary In
memory ot Jonathan Kd wards, who
wns pastor of this church from X72C to
1750.
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