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By A. L. Harris Author of "Mine Own familiar rriend." etc.
toivr?Aj, last, by Vatttll Vubtithing Company.
Vopyvlahl, 19 0 3, b y 8 t r t i I . S 1 t t h .
CHAPTER XXI Continued.
One member of thu household was
soon to discover this. Miss Perkins
came upon him unexpectedly, as hu
wns stooping, with his hack toward
her, and apparently enwd In close
ly examining Ihe keyhole of the door
bclnneiiiK to his master's prlvnte
room.
"What's that you're dolus'" she
cried, sharply.
The. Individual thus addressed start
ed violently, and something fell to the
ground with n chink something
which he Immediately covered -with
his foot hefore he turned and faced
her without milking any leply.
"You've changed youi ways lately,"
she said, seeing he made no answer,
"and always hanging about this door.
What's your game. I should like to
know. Anyhow you aren't up to no
good. People as gets into respectable
houses under false names vcr seldom
Is up to any good!"
With this Parthian shaft she turned
away and lett him. looking back once
over her shoulder, with that same
malicious smile, as she marked the
effect it had produced. What did she
mean by that remark of hers about a
false name? Mow could she have
found It out? The shot was too near
the bull's eye to have been (lied at
random. Wood heavens! Was It pos
sible she could have any suspicion of
the real truth?
There was no source whatever from
which she iiiIkIH have obtained this In
formation Ah !
He Hew upstairs at a tremendous
rate, flight after Might, to the top of
the house, to his own loom, burst the
door open and entered.
There was a modest looking bo
In the corner of the room a box
which contained his few belongings.
Had ho remembered to relock this
on the last time when he had occasion
to resort to It?
No, the lid offered no resistance to
his' hand.
He began to turn over the ai tides
which It contained, but could not hit
"What's that
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upon the thing he was in search of.
, The little shabby prayer book, contain
ing his real name In his father's own
handwriting, was gone! Gone! Stolen!
That hateful woman, with her sly,
cat-ltko step and hypocritical ways,
had taken advantage of his one net of
carolcssness, In leaving the box un
locked, to pry Into Its contents and
carry off the most compromising
artlclo of all.
Woll, the damago was done, and
could not bo repaired. The only thing
now, was to try and stavo off the dis
covery of tho double part he had
been playing a little while longer.
After a time ho rose from hU grov
eling attitude with his mind fully
made up. There was only one course
to pursue, and he would pursue It.
He must appear totally Ignorant of
tho theft, and receive every .allusion or
Insinuation with an affected utter lack
of comprehension. Let her suspect
what she might, let her act and talk
as she would, he must keep up the
delusion and try to baffle hor for at
least ono moro day. Or elso, If she
seemed Inclined to show her teeth if
she appeared disposed to bo danger
ous, ho must hurry on tho matter.
A littlo later In tho day, as ho was
absently staring out of a window In
the hall, ho heard a faint, rustling
sound, and. looking up, saw Miss Fer
rers descending tho staircase. He
allowed his eyos to rest upon her for
an instant, telling himself that his op
portunities for doing so would soon
bo at an end now.
She must have felt his glance, for
a certain air of ombarrahsment scorn
ed to fall upon her, and tho color rose
In her fnce.
Then she gave herself an impatient
twitch, as though she said to herself,
"Stand upon your dignity and do not
allow tho Impertinent gazo of a mere
menial to discompose you!"
Tho young man who had picked up
my cataloguo at the Royal Academy!
Ono of tho effects of the twitch wub,
that It caused hor to drop a magazine
which sho was carrying, Just as her
foot wns upon the last step.
Hefoio sho could stoop to reclaim
It, there wns a hurried dart across tho
hall, on tho part of the menlnl In
,0, question, and tho artlclo was retored
to her with, whnt was not so much tho
respectful deference of an Inferior, as
tho ordinary and natural courtesy of
an equal.
Tho effect of this simple net of
politeness upon Its recipient wns as
sipgular as unexpected, For a mo-
ment she stood motionless, holding the
magazine In one hand, while she look
ed at the Individual before her with n
puzzled, searching expression upon
her countenance. Then a sudden light
seemed to break In uton her she
gave a gasp her expression changed
from curiosity to amazement, and, ut
tering a little cry, she turned sharply
round nnd ran rapidly up the stair
case, leaving the other n prey to the
liveliest astonishment. What other
remnrknble Incidents was the day to
bring forth?
Meanwhile the young lady had re
gained the stronghold of her own
apartment, locked the door, and.
throwing the now despised muga.ine
Into a corner, sat down to confide the
state of her feelings to the keeping of
her faithful diary:
"A most extraordinary thing has
happened." she wrote. "My head Is
In u whirl and I hardly know what I
am writing, or what to do. or think.
To imagine that 1 have so often puz
zled myself over that young man's
likeness to someone else, a likeness
which 1 could never quite llx. though
1 have often seemed Just on the joint
of doing so. Very likely I should
never have hit upon It but for that,
nnimrentlv. utteily Insignificant action
of mine in dropping the book 1 was
catrying. He rushed forward to pick
It up anil returned it to me and all
at once it struck mo like a tlash
where I had seen him before. It was
the same circumstance the same
action and the same young man!
"It Is a most extraordinary thing
and takes my breath away even while
I write; but theie Is no mistake about
It. There could not possibly be two
people mi exactly alike and with pre
cisely the same manner unless this
Is a twin brother of the (ther. Hut,
If so, how is it that one Is a gentleman
and the other only a servant?
"Was there ever such a combination
met with before, and what oh, whnt
Is the reason for his extraordinary
conduct, unless- unless he Is the
Prince In Disguise, after all!
you're dolng7"
"How the girls at school would envy
me! I am living in the snme house
with a real llvo Mystc-y!"
CHAPTER XXII.
Perkins' Revenge.
Friday morning came, bringing with
It, about eleven o'clock, a. messnge
which struck a feeling of chill fore
boding to the henrt of the individual
whom It concerned.
The master of the house desired to
speak with the young man Edwards
at once. In the dining-room. Whnt did
It mean? Wns It merely some matter
of smnll Importance In connection
with his household duties to which he
wished to draw his attention person
ally, or?
Mr. Ferrers wns sitting in Jils place
at tho head of the table. There was
something Judicial looking iu his at
titudo nnd expression, and, standing at
a short dlstnnce from him, was the
housemaid, Perkins.
"Come In and shut tho door." was
the first sentence addressed to him.
Ho obeyed noiselessly nnd care
fully, more than ever mlndfifl of his
assumed position and grateful for
each second's delay, which allowed
him the opportunity of searching his
brain for some way out of the tlllem
ma. "Edwards." It was the voice, of his
master nnd enemy addressing him
"I hnvo ono or two very serious ques
tions to put to you."
The young man bent his head defer
entially, and seemed to Intimate his
entire readiness to answer all inquir
ies. "It has been brought to my notice
thnt Is, I have reason to believe" the
voice continued, as Its owner seemed
to experience omo dlfllculty In open
ing up the subject "that I have been
deceived In you, and In fact, that tho
name under which you are at present
passing, is not your own. Is thnt so?"
Ted answered respectfully, "Hogging
your pardon, sir. but the name I am
going under Is my own. Might 1 be
allowed to. ask who says anything to
the contrary?"
"You mean to maintain thnt your
name Is Edwards, after all?" he In
quired, bending his brows upon Miss
Perkins, whose us he now thought
fit to describe It unwarrantable Inter
ference In tho matter had subjected
him to this nnnonnco,
"My name is Edward, sir. An V nt
the end innkon It sound better, and I
thought lucre wns no objection to my
nddlng the letter'
"Then your name, according to your
own statement, Is Edward, and you
have merely added the Muni letter. If
so. I nm sorry "
This was more thnn the woman
could stand, nnd she broke In. uncere
moniously upon her master's speech,
'Edward! Edward what, I should like
to know? He's deceiving you. sir. In
trying to make out as thnt's his sur
name. Ask him what the other Is and
why he's had to drop It?"
Mr. Ferrers turned tonnul htm,
wearily. "Is the woman right In as
sorting that the name you have given
Is only your Christian nnme? In
which ease It would seem that you
have added the other letter for tho
purpose of making It do duty as it sur
name?" There wns n second's hesitation,
during which the housemaid nit her
up with Impatience, before the answer
came, slowly.
"My Christian name is Edward; It
did not seem to me to be of any lm
IKirtnnee which I gave."
Perkins sniffed triumphantly. "So
you're going to try and get out of It
that way," she thought, "but It won't
do."
Something in this last answer had
helped to raise lilin in his master's
suspicions.
"I must Insist upon your giving me
your right name," he said, authorita
tively. "Shall I answer him with n lie?"
was tho thought which passed through
the other's mind, "Surely, one more
need iiot weigh very heavily upon my
conscience? And In si ch a cnuso!"
Hut. In the same Instant, the face of
tills mail's daughter rose up hefoio
him. "How she would despise him,
If she knew," he thought, with a sud
den reaction and a sense of self-con-tempt,
as he answered, still respect
fully enough
"1 should prefer not to mention It."
"Oh. you would prefer not to men
tion it, would you? And what have
you done to make you ashamed to
own It?" exclaimed Perkins, the house
maid, who was cat tied away by her
leellngs at this point, In a tone of
triumph.
She had better bine remained silent.
"Hold your tongue, woman," wns the
angry reprimand sl.o brought upon
hei.sclf. "This Is no business of
yours."
Woman. Indeed! A clowning Insult!
And to be told to boll her tongue!
Her master, turning again to the
young man. repented his question,
with the addition of the Inquiry sug
gested by the last remark or the
woman Perkins.
"What have you done that you are
ashamed of your nnme?"
'Nothing," wns the proud reply,
ghen witli bend erect and delimit:
ami there wns something about the
manner ami tone by which the other
wns obviously Impressed.
"Why, then, do you refine tontiHver
the question I have put to you?" he
asked in a milder voice.
"There are family reasons," wns
the answer.
Family reasons! A man servant with
family reasons, just as though he were
nnyone else. Instend or being a userul
sort of machine, hired out at so much
a year, with board and lodging! No
wonder there wns something Incongru
ous in tlie sound!
"I have nothing to do with your
reasons." was the nnswer, "and I must
absolutely decllno to retain any ono
In my service under n false name."
He knew now that It was oomlng
notice to leave on the spot. Or might
there not be a reprieve? He was
entitled to a month's notice In the
ordinary course or things. Oh, why
had he procrastinated so long unit
wasted such goluori opportunities? A
month's warning that was 11 ha
prayed for. A month ?-,anot her day
wns all he asked.
"Then you refuse to give me your
proper name? I nsk ror tht last
time." i
(To be continued.)
EXPENSE OF COLLEGE MUSCLE.
Vast Sums Spent by Leading Amerl
can Universities.
The impressive totals or university
funds Invested In athletic equipment
during tho present year make! tho
outlay Tor developing tho "sound
body" rival for endowment of classi
cal chairs and foundations, says jol
lier's Weekly. The University i of
Pennsylvania is completing nn ath
letic field and a gymnasium In one
magnificent quadrangle at a cost of
nearly hair a million dollars. Har
vard has just thrown open n new fiojd
called the "Stadium," at a cost tf
$2r0,)00. I
A movement Is under way at the
University of Chicago to endow ntn
letlcs in order to remove certain oil
Jectlounble features or an admission
ree system to struggles ror colleg
honors, and a half million dollars is
tho amount needed to provide suflll
dent capital to maintain the varied
sporting Interests or the Institution.
Columbia has recently purchased rcali
estate valued ut 12,0011,000, a part of
which will bo used ror an athletic
Held, according to present plans.
Princeton is building a gymnasium
which will rival In cost and olnborato
equipment any or her collegiate hulls.
There are several preparatory schools
whoso gymnasiums nnd fields added
within tho last three years represent
an outlay or $50,000 each.
He Knew Him.
Hicks Oaymon seems to bo vetjr
happy to-night. He must have money.
Wicks Why do you think so?
Hicks llecause or the way he's
cracking Jokes.
Wicks Nonsense! ir ho had money
he wouldn't be happy unless ho was
cracking bottles. Catholic Stnndard
Times.
THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
APPEALS TO RUSSIANS
Csar Calls Upon His People to Up-
hold Ihe Government in Ihe
Conflict with Japan.
Reserve in All Parts of the Vast
Empire Have Been Sum.
moned to the Colors.
The enr has answered .lapiin's per
emptoiy challenge to aims nnd order
ed his armies and fleets In the far cast
to meet force with force.
The empire Is responding to the call
of the ear. The seems or Intense
patriotism which uccompanled the
declaration of wnr against Turkey In
1877 nre being repeated In all parts
of the empire. From Kief, Odessa,
TORPEDO FLOTILLA
Khnrkoff. ICkaterlnoslnv. and Moscow
come stories of patriotic demout tril
lions. Tho war fever has seized upon
the people. Public balls and other
restlvltles have been countermanded
and the Red Cross society Is be
sieged with womeu lendy to go to the
rront as nurses.
The enr's first move after accept
ing the Issue or wnr was to order the
mobilization of the army ieseres In
cast Asia.
In every military district In Ku
ropeau Russia regiments or Infantry,
cavalry and artillery are under orders
to prepare tor a campaign In the far
east.
The war department has practically
assumed contiol or the Transslberlan
railway nnd Its capacity already Is
being taxed to the utmost in the
transportation or troops nnd munitions
or wnr.
There was a great scene nt the
naval academy when the enr per
sonally advanced the senior class to
the rank or ofllcers. The czar, who
wore an admiral's uniform, iu address
ing the cadets, said:
"You are aware, gentlemen, thnt
two days ago war was declared upon
us. The Insolent foe enme by night
and attacked our stronghold and (leet.
Russln now needs her navy as well
ns her nrmy. J have como today to
promoto you to tho rank or midship
men. I nm confident that, like your
revered predecessors, Admirals Chi
chngor, l.narer. Nakhlmor, Karnllof
and Istomln, you will work ror the
weUnre nnd glory or our beloved fath
erlund nnd devote nil your energies
to the fleet over which files the flag
of St. Andrew."
The Russlnn newspapers In general
chorus denounced the action or Japan
as being treachery, declaring thnt It
is truly Asiatic, but Insisting that
the Issue or the conflict will not he de
cided by the naval engagements, as
tho Japanese will hate to meet Russia
on dry land, when the score will bo
wiped out.
The Novoe Vromyn says It is quite
possible thut the whole or Corco has
been overrun by Japanese soldiers In
disguise, nnd thnt Russia may first
huve to assumo the derenslvo, but
when her rorces in southern ' Man
eliurlu and Corea are Increased tho
Japanese wll realize whnt they have
to meet.
"f!oi, right and International law on
our side," the Russ snys.
'One hundred and thirty million
Russlnn henrts are beating In unison
In the desire to expunge the traitorous
slight on Russlnn honor. Enough of do
tensive tactics! Let ns drive out the
toe!"
The lionise Ouzette snys: "Yester
day we longed ror peace. Now wo
think only or wnr. Tho world soon
wll be startled by Russia's heroic
work. Jnpan has placed hersoir be
yond tho pnlo of civilization, Thu up
start, pigmy Japan, would not have
dared to attack the giant Russia with
out tho encouragement of Kngland
and America."
In this connection the Rusk claims
to have authority ror saying that the
two new Japnneso witrshlps, the NIs
shin and Kasuga. wero saved from
certain capture by the Russian squad
ron bound ror the rnr east under Ad
miral Wlrenlus by the nctlou or tho
commander or n Hrltlsh battleship in
placing his vessel across tho Suez
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thus delaying thu llusBlnns two days,
(Ion. Dragomlrov ban nrlvod In St.
Petersburg. He Is ono of Russia's
greatest fighters unit may be appoint
ed commander In chirr, ns (Jen. Kou
ropatkln, tho wnr minister, probably
cannot be spared.
JAPAN'S POSSIBLE PLANS
English Strategy Expert Review
Conditions of the War.
Spenser Wilkinson, whoso commen
taries on tho strategy and tactics of
the South Arrlcan wnr placed him In
the rorerront of Hrlttsh military writ
ers, has an article In tho lndon
Morning Post In which he nays:
"Any Japanese objective can best
be sectited by the defeat of the Hits-
ATTACKING BATTLESHIP.
slaii army, ami it therefore seems un
likely that Japan would willingly
place any large force In Coren except
ns concerns n road to Muiichurta In
the absence of any better road. Rut
Is not tho sea a better road? That Is
tho question 1 find somo dlfllculty In
answering. Tnero nre three ikiIiiIr nt
which an army if landed would be
well placed ror operating against tho
Russian communication. They nro
tho north coast or tho l.iaotutig gulf
betwen Shan Hal Kwan and Now
Chwaug, tho ninth west const of Corea
liny between Port Arthur and tho
Yalu, nnd tho const near Vladivostok.
Rut in the present season the first and
last of these places probably are im
practicable for landing on account or
WHERE FIRST NAVAL
Disabled Russian Warships
Ice, and the IJnoliing gulf is perhaps
too shallow In Its northern portion to
admit or transports approaching.
"To land near Vladivostok would be
to have to advance through an exceed
ingly difficult country toward Kharbln,
und the march could be delayed by a
Russian rear guard so long ns to nul
lify Its effect ns a blow against com
munications. A landing In Coren
would hnvo to be secured against a
torpedo attack and might be resisted
on shore, but if successful It ought to
clear tho Russians from the Yalu.
"The difficulties or landing at any or
tho places named may lead the Japan
ese to move their nrmy through Coren,
lauding Its portions at various points
and to trust to their power or maneu
ver to bring about a decisive battle
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Europe Wonders at the Astounding
Success So Easily Won by
the Mikado's Navy.
Land Battles with the Armte f
the Czar May Yet Turn the
Tide of Conflict.
Kvory successive detail from the fas)
east emphasizes tho significance. of ths
astounding successes won by Japaa
says a dispatch from Ixmdnn. it is
pointed out Hint the mikado's squaaV
rons are sweeping tho sen as trlunv
pbantly ns did that Dutch admiral
who todo tho channel with a broom at
his masthead. In lesa than forty
eight hours tho balance' of the naval
power In tho rnr oust was entirely
upset.
Russia, one expert says, Is in the
position of n chosii player who loses
his queen In the first, halt dozen
moves. Tho uavnl position or tho
Russians nt Port Arthur Is considered
nbsolutely desperate, and it Is thought
most unlikely Hint Vladivostok's
squadron of four powerful armored
cruisers will bo able to go to the
assistance of tho battered fleet at Port
Arthur.
Admiral Stark's position there is
likened to Cervorn'f) at Santlngo. He
is described ns being between the
horns of a dilemma. Ho must either
submit to be held under the guns ot.
Port Arthur In u posture Intensely
humiliating to Rusnlnn pride nnd pres
tige, or he must como out and tight
Iu a condition or inferiority which
would render defeat, almost n foregone
conclusion. Whutover now happens,
the Japanese empire Is thought safe
from attack. It Is, howovcr, recognis
ed that tho wnr Is by no means over
BATTLE WAS FOUGHT
In Port Arthur Harbor.
und Rusaia's position Is compared to
that of Great Britain after tho initial
reverses of tho Boer war. Several
papers take pains to throw a littlo
cold water on tho exultation with
which tho news of the Japanese vic
tories are receivod In London. Every
thing Is not over, bar tho shouting,
suy these papers, and, by tho way, a
majority or the Kngilsh press pays a
warm tribute to the manner In which
Russia has received the news of her
disasters.
What will Japan do next? Is the
question asked on every sldo. The pre-'
dictions made here are neither more
nor less valuable than those published
on tho other side of tho Atlantic, andj
it Ih idle to cable more than an Indl-'
cation of what appears to ho tbo con
sensus or British oxpert opinion on
tho subject.
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