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A WARRIOR BOLD
By ST. GEORGE R.ATHBORNE,
Author of "Utile Miss Millions," "Tin- Spider's Web,"
Caprice," "lir. Jack's Widow," lite, lite.
ICopyripht, iii. In tm nml Smith Sfw Yorlc 1
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The (iiunc Grows Warmer.
Out of the fr.ving liiin intti the llro.
Charllo hnd just taken leave of the
professor's wife, tintl had not made
two turns from the little parlor ere
liu ran directly iii against the enemy
There stood the piofotsor, glnilug
nt him like ti wild beast.
"Will you again deny the truth, vil
lain?" he said, endeavoring to calm
himself lent he loan his otce.
Charlie surveyed him with amuse
ment. "Yes; this time. 1 confess. It was
your charming wife whom I lime Just
left. Do you know that two women,
your wife and her cousin. Hlhlegniele.
Imve nlni'd a uuy neat little game
upon you?"
"What? She and lllldegutele upon
me? 1'iay. with what object?"
"To arouse your Jealousy: to make
you realize how dear to oiir heatt
this same wife is; to take you out of
your musty hem s ami Induce you to
devote a fair ii.:t of our time to the
woman who has given up her life to
you."
The professor seemed stunned. "Man,
can this he true?" he gasped.
"As heaven itself. She Is in yonder.
Go and learn for ourself. You will
receive a warm welcome. Forgive as
you wish to be forgiven, professor."
"Sir. a thousand pardons. I shall
take your kind advice. Our duel. then.
Is olT. Oh. what an ass 1 have been!"
And Charlie quite agreed with Him.
"So ends the scene In the drama. Now
for another which may not have iultc
so pleasant a finis." muttered Stuart.
Again he bore down upon the fune
tifinnrv u-im bent watch and ward
over the hooks. When he had cor
nered the clerk he made his icquest
known, and a messenger was sent to
And the countess and request her pres
ence In a nearby bijou parlor.
Minutes passed. Still no one came
to summon him.
Tired of waiting he walked direct
ly to the door or the little parlor and
stopped inside.
Involuntarily a groan welled up
from his heart. He had entered this
room to meet the countess, that
charmer of men, who played with
nniiinpnniinrK and minces as though
they were pawns upon a chessboard,
and now he had found A rllne Brand!
There she stood before him, more
beautiful than even his ardent recol
lection had painted her. a smile of
welcome dimpling her cheeks, the
azure eyes glowing with pleasure.
Yes, "it was Arllne Brand.
Ye gods! If she and the countess
were Indeed one. he could leadly com
prehend how men were icady to give
up honor and fortune for the hope or
her love and favor.
Almost a minute they stood thus,
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thought.
Arllne was the first to recover.
She dropped the curtains and ad
vanced toward him. "Ah! you have
come, Mr. Stuart," she said.
He took her hand and pressed it.
Boldness was returning it seemed.
"Yes, I promised, you know; and,
though I darosny 1 have legions of
faults, at least my word Is as good as
my bond. Pray, be seated," offering
her a chair,
no tvno milto himself now, ntid that
meant a wide-awake, ingenious young
man. ready to meet and wiestle with
difficulties as they arose.
Just opposite to her he sat down.
It was, at least, a rare pleasure to
be so near her In this confidential
mood. Tho delicate, violet odor that
permeated her rustling garments was
liko a breath of Hprlng, and the
magnetism of her presence almost In
toxicated him.
"You have been wondering what ns
tonlshing chain of circumstances
hrought a girl like mo Into suen a
miserable place as that underground
dungeon?" turning toward tho door
with a glnnce that did not escape the
eye of Charlie Stuart.
"Well yes, to some, extent; hut it
was not' alouo the desire to hear your
promised story tlint brought me here,
In spite or warnings rroni the baron."
Ho watched, but by no telltale pal
lor or start did she betray the fact
that she knew to whom he referred by
"tho baron." , ,
"What other reason could influence
you?" she asked, a llttlo eagerly.
"The natural desire to meet you
agnln. That wasn't wrong-you don't
blame me, do you:
"Perhaps I should nnt-you have a -ready
been so good a friend; but If
acquaintance with mo is to bring die
aster or even danger to you.lt might
bo bettor if you forgot roe.
He detected a plaintive little note In
this, and his chivalrous spirit waa up
rrnnU.e habit of deserting
any one who Is my friend because. : ptr-
.imps. It may mean trouble or even
ganger to mo to continue my acqualn-
taSho seemed deeply affected by his
W "rdYo. overwhelm mo with kindness,
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other way.
It Is a raro ii'icasuro for
""inns l"an hardly refuse, for.
tfoaveii knows. I am In great trouble.
and need a filend, if ever
woman did."
"Compose ouihclf, 1 beg. and be
gin, please."
Charlie believed he wim about to
hear some news of moie than ordin
ary Impoitance. In Imagination he
could picture the lein.ukahle young
widow who created Midi a fuioro all
over Mill ope She lnlnht re.enible Ar
llne in many ways, but suiely such
a charmer of men could not possibly
assume the air of Innocence which this
young woman cat tied with her.
At the same time he fell Impelled to
relate the ailventuie he had experienced
with the professor, anil even mention
that he had been solemnly warned by
the baion.
When she heard that. IVterhoff be
lieved her to be the celebrated adven
turess, she hung her head.
Charlie wiih overcome with confu
sion. "I have dlsti posed you; and yet I
beg you to believe I meant it all kind
ly. It was a silly thing for I'eterbolf
to do, but even the shiewilest of men
of his stamp make absurd bluudeiH
sometimes. Ills last famous one cost
Hussla her Czar. Itomemhur. 1 never
for once took any stock In his ridicu
lous Idea. It was all a mistake."
Then the maid looked up.
Her eyes were sparkling with real
team, but Charlie's haste to assure her
or his positive belief In her innocence
of the charge had hi ought a smile to
her face.
"It Is dreadful, even to be taken for
such a notoilous woman, don't you
think? Hut perhaps 1 should look at
It reasonably, and believe the baron
has made an excusable blunder. Real
ly, some of the garcons hero In the ho
tel have addie.Jsed me as countess, and
I have been puzzled to account for
It until now. so we must look alike
I a demure little Kngllsh lassie, and
she a clever, designing Russian dip
lomat." Charlie nodded, eagerly.
What she said sepmed so very rea
sonable, and she took it much better
thnn he expected.
Hut he could easily discover that
Arllne was not wholly at her ease.
Frequently she east quick glances In
the direction of the door.
This fact had come to his attention
some time back; but Charlie did not
find the least reason to suspect that
the baron hail aught to do with It.
She seemed to hesitate, perhaps
hardly knowing Just how to begin her
story.
"Allow me to remark, in tho begin
ning," said Charlie, "that, while I am
icady and anxious to serve you, and
stand ready to do all that may become
a man if there Is any reason why you
should wish to keep these things se
cret. I will try to help you. even while
groping in complete ignorance."
"Oh. no," she answeieil quickly; "It
Is not that. You arp entitled to the
fullest conlldence. 1 was only endeav
orlnu to collect my thoughts so that
1 might know Just how to begin. And,
besides, I have a natural feeling of
shnme. because the person who has,
I sadly rear, been plotting in secret
against me, is one who should be my
best friend upon earth my father!"
Young though she was. this beauti
ful girl had known what It was to Blip
with poverty, to be left alone and
fiipndless In the world and to mept
with tho most unexpected and gloilous
fortune.
Her story, even when briefly told,
was a series of dramatic surprises, such
as are well fitted for tho stage, yet
occur so seldom In real life.
She barely mentioned her earlier
years, save to tell how her father, a
sea captain, had been lost as It was
believed, at sea; and with her mother
she hnd fought the grim woir In hon
don, sewing, as such people or refine
ment reduced to poverty must do In
order to earn bread.
Then came her mother's death, fol
lowed by her bitter fight against tho
world, and especially the persecution
of a dashing gentleman, who seemed
determined that she should marry him,
no matter If dislike and disgust took
the part or lovo In her breast.
Then the wonderful freak of fortune
that brought Arllne In contact with
nn eccentric old aunt who was exceed
ingly wealthy.
It was tho old story Arllne's mother
hnd married beneath her, and from
that hour had been as dead to h?r
relatives: but when a kind Provl-
denco throw tho forlorn young girl un
der tho high-stepping carriage horses
of tho dowager Lady Wnllls, and she
later on discovered that this lovely
creature was her own flesh nnd blood,
a sudden love for tho girl sprang up
in her withered old heart, which re
sulted In her adopting this ulceo a3
her fiolo hclresn.
Two years later Arllno was bcrert
or her eccentric, but kind relative, and
found herself onco more alono in the
world, this tlmo possessed of a most
bountiful fortune.
Then It was, with the abruptness or
a cannon Bhot, Captain Urand ap
peared upon the scene.
Ho had a thrilling story to tell of
his vessel's ronndorlng In a galo off
tho African coast, his narrow escape
from drowning, of being cast ashore,
found by wandering Arabs, taken into
captivity, bold some years later to a
tribe of the Croat Sahara, so that In
tlnall) dilfted to Dahomey where,
thiough the assistance or the fnlthftil
woman he had been forced to marry,
he eventuall) made a hold and success
ful escape, though his companion gave
up her life In tin owing hoi self in
front of a spear that w.js meant for
him.
Arllne accepted It alt iih gospel truth.
and would have at the time bellove.i
even a much more miraculous serten of
ailventuies could sueh have been by
any moans Invented by thl modern
Munchausen.
This was befoie she knew Captain
Urand so well.
She spent money with a liberal hand.
He was enabled to Indulge his love
for fine clothes to Its full bent. He
smoked the llnost clgais. drank mo
most expensive liquors, and she feated
ho fipqiiently Indulged In gaming.
Thus a year went by.
Captain Urand hud ceased to beg ror
iniitipv. He demanded It as his right.
mid 111 Minis so 1 ai go that Arllne was
glowing alaimrd.
lie had tiled to influence her to
make her will leaving all her wealth
to him; something might happen to
her. though Heaven foiblil. and hI
would not like to think of the great
property going to strangers white her
tmnr n.iii!i was left unprovided for.
Aillno refused to do as he icqucsted.
something within vvainlng her against
Some time after tho dreadful us
picion had flashed Into her brain that
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forged to suit hl.s Ideas governing the
case.
Kvon thou fho hnd not realized what
this might portend. How should nn
Innocent trusting young girl desirous
of bestowing all reasonable benelits
upon the man she had come to believe
was her father how should she sus
pect that this ungrateful man could
conspire with unprincipled cmuum-i-ate.i
to actually take her life, yet by
sucn means as would mnko It seem a
cruel accident?
While in Antwerp he had professed a
keen desire to visit tho dungeons of tho
Steen. and yet always made it appear
as though she were the one most
iutoiohted in the abode of ghostly
memories.
An expedition was accordingly
planned.
Arllne never could tell Just how It
(nine about. She remembered Captain
Miami's enthusiasm In leading her
deeper Into the recesses, and how ho
suddenly disappeared while sho was
i.vniiiltiliiL' some object or Interest;
how she waited for him to reappear,
until, growing alarmed by the dimin
ishing size of her candle. Bhe hud en
deavored to find her way back to tho
partv; how she tripped and fell, losing
her light. Then she cried out in terror
ns tho awful daikness closed around
her, but no answer came.
Then h)ic realized that the others had
gone; that this cruel-hearted man she
called father, had deserted her. pro-
tcndlm: to believe, no doubt, that alto
had gone above with a portion or tho
party upon whom tho horroia or thu
dungeon soon palled.
He could also take It for granted
she had gone away with her new-round
fill ids. and not show any alarm ror
houiB. .
It was a cleverly concocted and dia
bolical scheme, which had for Its ultl
tnau outcome the dethronement of
her reason.
Doubtless Captain Brand had nr
mnvod It so that In such a case ho
would be appointed the natural pro
tector and guardian or his afflicted
child, and thus, of course, have tho
handling or her lortuue.
Charlie was aghast.
He had never henrd so terrible a
thing In all his life. Ho almost
doubted his senses.
"I hnve mnde up my mind regarding
one thing. Miss Brand," ho said, posi
tively, "which Is to the effect that I
do not believe thin man to ho your
rather!"
(To Bo Continued.)
Majestic "Be signs for Grant
Memorial at Washington
i-ould Ihon bo judged, this model
t.ittn.iiii.i kn,. tii'n liu- fiiv dc.-li!U:i
for the tiratit statue at Wa.-.hliigtoii which attracted a great deal of alien
vvhli It weie thought vvmtliy of mention
bv the (Irant Statue Coininlsslnn. out
of the array submitted In competition,
which have been shown in tho form of
models tu the Couiiiaii Art dallory lu
Washington.
1'ndor the terms binding the cmniiils
kIiiii oiilv sl of all tho models submit
ted could be distinguished bv being
meiitlouod. Those sl designs thero
foto lopieseiit lu tho minds of Hie
members of the commission tho half
doon best winks olfeied by the sculp
tens enleilng tho competition.
Mention by tho loiiiiiiissl.in eimles
Hon Hi the Corcoran (lallery. stood the
best chance of being Anally adopted
for tho memorial.
Mr N'lehaus' composition was also
early pronounced one of tho notable,
mien among tin- models sent lu. It was
likened, because of the geiieial concep
tion, to St. Caudons' "Sherman." al
though not up to the height of that
composition.
In this. C.runl Is on Ills horse and
In attended by a soldier on either Hide
heialdlng triumph and the coining c.f
peace. Horse and men aio In motion.
Tho objection at once iiiaclo to this
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park onnimlssion, and also In view of
tho possibility of this equestrian llguro
of (iiaut'H becoming the oential feat
uie of this petition or the plan of tho
p.uk commission, tho eonitnlttoe begrt
to suggest that befoie finally making:
tho award Mossis Shindy and NlehaiiH
be leqiiested to execute another model
of about four feet In height for thu
equestrian gioup of Hen. (Irani.
"As this enlarged model would In
volve a vcrv soiioim expense to tho
sculptors, tiio committee suggests,
that an appropriate sum of money
1 ffeied lu reiniiiieiatloii to tin?
unsuccossrul competitor."
The leprodiictloii.s here printed arc
from photographs iniido by J. !'' '"
iIh or Washington, those of tin
Shindy and Niobium inoueiu m-.
copyrighted and aio published by per
mission. Tho colossal scale of the statuoa may
bo seen readily from comparison
with tho llguro of the man standing
lu (ho gtas.s plot which surrounds the
statue In the model iiiaclo by .1. Mas
soy Kind. . .
This statue lias been said to furnish
In mnnv lespects the most satisfactory
i opt esoiitutlon of C.rant himself or any
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MR.. SHRADY'S DESIGN M
with It an award or $!.Oini for each of
the models, or designs, so distin
guished. The repent of the commis
sion was In a wa.v a conditional one.
The commission, instoad of selecting
finally ono design, found two of the
number before It to bo the most meri
torious of those submitted, and called
upon the authors of those two to hiib
nilt each another model, made on a
larger scale, and therefore hotter fitted
to piove tho sculptor's ollliieney for
tho task or making a gioat national
monument of a great national hero.
Tho statue is to occupy ono of tho
composition, otherwise distinctly fine,
was that It Involved a mist opt oscula
tion of (Slant, who. It Is held, never
permitted hlniseir to occupy the posi
tion or a conqueror. Mr. Nhiiaus In
preparing bin model was associated
With Henry Bacon a aichltect.
Here Is what the special advisory
committee, cm whose report the com
mission acted in reaching its decision,
said or the models by Mr. Shindy
and Mr. .N'lohiius:
"The committee thinks It desirable.,
notwithstanding the brilliant charac
ter or Mr. Shrady'H composition, to be
MR. NIEH'US'S DESIGN
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DELIGHTED
Ladle Calling on I'rrHlclnit Tliouclit
lift llud Hriiion to lie ririxeit.
"Just send In your cards," said a
well known army officer to two New
York state women who were wonder
ing how they could arrange "Just to
shako hands with the president."
The advice was followed next day,
nnd much to their surprise nnd delight
they were at once shown into the re
ception room, whero tho president wns
busily engaged In refuslnc tho request
ot a prominent senator who had called
on the ever-present and everlasting
topic or offices.
"Very sorry, senator, but thlB 1b Im
possible; I cannot do It," the presi
dent was heard to say.
"Please think It over, Mr. President."
said tho senator, "and I shall call
again to-morrow."
"Absolutely final. I cannot do It. I
cannot do It."
"My," said ono lady to the other,
"but wouldn't we better be going?
That man Ir a senator and wo don't
know what may happen."
The next moment the president was
shaking hands with both.
"I am delighted to Bee you, de
lighted," said ho.
"Woll, you ought to be," said onp ot
the women, recovering from tho whirl
wind or cordiality.
The president looked embarrassed.
"We den't want anything, you
know."
most conspicuous sites at the capital,
and is to cost JiMO.OOO.
The two best models, ill the judg
ment or the commission, are those or
Henry Merwln Shrady and Charles
Henry Nlehaiis, both of Now York. In
fact all of the six mentioned models
are by New York sculptors except one,
that sent fiom Rome by Waldo Story,
son or the poet-sculptor, the late W.
W. Story.
Gen. Dodge. Senator wetniore ami
Seciotary Root selected an advisory
committee of generals, sculptors and
architects to assist them In determin
ing the merits of the models submit
ted, and there was a special advisory
committee composed of (Son. .1. M.
Scholleld and Augustus St. amnions.
SnvoRil of tho sculptors sought tho
aid of architects In formulating I heir
ideas of what the (Srant statue should
bo, and tho models submitted by these
artists wpio made in conjunction with
tho architects.
Mr. Hhraily'H composition Is ono or
fierce movement and eager, straining
activity, presided over by the falm,
unruffled C.rant. It comprises three
groups.
At ono side there Is a eiasn oi cav.ury
and nt tho other a battery of artillery
Is rushing Into action. Both uro done
In tho round. Between these two In
tense groups, with tholr fervid move
ment, and towering abovv thorn, (Sen.
Grant sits firm and quiet astride a spir
ited and alert horse, tho figure of tho
general tho only quiet ono in the stir
ring scone.
Tho broad and simple platform on
which the groups muklng up the com
iBiHnn urn mounted Is designed to
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assured of his powers to execute a
lino figure of Grant with the nobility
and leservo power that It should pos
sess. "On the other hand, the qualities of
Mr. Nlehaiis' work were of such high
onlor and wore so close In merit to
those of Mr. Shracly's that the commit
tee feels that it would be unfair to Mr.
of the models In the competition. Re
poseful, but uncompromising as Crom
well, as has boon said, Grant sits on
the groat horse, which Is such a one
as appeals to M'ulptors. Mr. Rhiml. In
submitting this model, was associated
with Bright & Bacon, architects.
Mr. Story's model at onco suggested
when it was exhibited what Is by some,
called the greatest of eeuiestrlaii
statues, that or Bartolommeo Colleonl
at Venice. But It Is ornate anil rancl
ftil In contrast to the dignity, power
and lepresentatlve character or somo
or tho others.
The model submitted by Charles A.
I.opez, who in Mexican bom, and I 0.
it. Uoth. In association with the
architect. Henry Hoinbostel. alms nt
seeming Its effect of grandeur through
the towering height ot the columns,
lepiesentlng the north nnd south, be
fore which Grant sits on horseback.
Tho peristyle surmounted by an
equestrian statue of Grant flanked by
emblematic -figures Is tho work or
Burr Churchill Miller, who Is a sou
of former Cnltoil States Senator War
ner Miller of New York state.
The conditions or tho competition
called tor the erection or tho stntuo
either in the rear or tho Whlto Houso
or on the south axis or tho state, war
anil navy building.
Tho special advisory committee, In
repoiting to the statue commission,.
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MODEL SENT BY MR
Nlehaiis to reject his work without
another trial.
"Furthermore, In view of the fact
that since the competition for the
Grant Monument was Instituted the
proposition to place three equestrian
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STORY FROM ROME
went beyond Its Instruction In order
to have a word to say aB to sites. Thc
commltteo said on this point:
"The committee begs leave to sug
gest that while tho central site
namely the White Lot la well adapt
ed for tho purposo or a monument to
Con. Grant, the placing of any kind
or a monument In tho Whlto Lot
circle Is extremely objectionable from
an artistic standpoint and la an en
croachment upon historic ground. Tho
rour corners of the Whlto Lot squnro
nro deemed highly appropriate
places ror subordinate military
monuments, but neither ono is suited
In dignity ror a site for a monument
to (Sen. Grant."
It Is understood tlint the pnrk com
mlsslon'B plan, which was broached
atter tho competition was Instituted, Is
moat likely to ho carried out. Tho
Shrady composition, It wns announc
ed from Washington, was not only tho
first of the modolB In Intrinsic roorlt,
hut also best adapted to this site. Tho
Nlehaiis model was pronounced bcc
ond la Intrinsic merit nnd adapted to
either Bite, although not so desirable
for the Whlto a1 site. New York
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