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, J. v ocniHL STORY a th aura Picture by Weil Waltm Fiey Camnirtll Aletliiic Wilson a OopjrlRlit,lW7,ly4.C.UcClunA Co. SYNOPSIS. Lord Wilfred Vincent imil Atrtilhnlil Tcrhunc urn Introduced nt tlio n"iiln' if Ihu ntorj'. In Knsrliuu!, tho lattisr leltilliiK tli tulc. Tlio tiulr on un outlnn iiiIkm their tr.Un urn ist'ehlng ivcroatltin muui "tho Honorahlo Agatha Vl:hntT." Her hand Is much koukIU nftor, bccutisn of her wealth. On vlxltlm; tlio Wyrkhoff castle tlicy anj Introduced to two oiIht rirla, both known rH AkiUIiii Wyckliufr. At dinner llircu other AKatlm Vv'yckliorfM nrc Introduced unil tlio plot rovi-uk-il. Tho deceased Ktrp-fatliur. In nn t'coniitrle moment, made his will ho that th.- real Agatha, liolroSH to IiIm fortnno and Die cantle fit Wyo, Ktn:laiid, inltfht wed hor afllnlty. Tim Mm. Armlstead. elmptroti. was In duty bound to lcep the leal AKatha'n Identity unknown unci nultnrx Kite Invited to tryout Tor tho hand of thu bclross. An attempt by Terbium to puh t a. clow from tho chaperon falls. Vin cent shows liking for tho cliapuron'a .sec retary, Miss Murr.li. CHAPTER III. Continued. My new knowledge, wlillo It robbed tho affair of Its plqtmnt inyelfry for I lintl decided that Agatha Sixth was 1n truth the real Honorable Aatlm in ado my game even more exciting, now that tho stakes were assured. 1 road with Agatha Sixth, walked with her, talked with her, and played chess . with hor all the llrst week: and ns nearly ns I could make out Vincent's program ran something like this: He fore breakfast he took u horseback rldo with Agatha Fifth; after break fast ho played golf with Agatha First; tennis with Agatha Third; and took Agatha Second out sketching. In the i afternoon Agatha Fourth played Chopin to him by tho hour. Agatha Sixth ho had not approached, fearing me, ns was natural. In the evening ho plnyod games with thorn all or re tired Into tho library with Agatha i Fifth, who seemed to have lost her head over him completely. This program he repeated day after day with reckless lack of generalship and yet nvcry now and then, to my surprise and disgust, I caught him deep la his unfortunato lllrtntlon with Mrs. Armlstcad's socrotary. It wasn't fair to tlio poor girl, and I told Vin cent so plainly. Wo worn sitting on tho low stone balustrade of tho cast'.o Vincent In riding clothes nnil look ing as fine a lad as any in old England. Ho wns waiting for Agatha Fifth to go riding with him, although It was lntor than usual, all of us having bienk fasted. For myself, I wore my tennis things, which becomo mo greatly, If I do say It, for I Intended to play a set with those tennis fanatics, Agatha Second and Agatha Third, as tho aris tocratic Agatha Sixth was a into riser J and had not yet como downstairs. "No, Vincent," I said. "It won't do. Flirt with all tho Agathas, if you must, but when it comes to tho secretary, let her alone. To say nothing" or what Is duo her, think of tho tlmo you're wasting. We have only six weeks i think of It six weeks to mnko a try for twenty millions of, dollars!" "You forgot to say that a wife goes along with tho filthy lucre," ho said, and somehow I felt uncomfortable. Vincent has n fnctilty for making one feel uncomfortable, it makes me unite angry he's no hotter than tho rest of us, but he's ro confoundedly Innocunt about some things. I was going to explain to him that he needn't speak as if ho thought that I wero tho sort of a man to marry a Blrl merely for her money when his fnco lighted and ho spoko more ration ally. "nail," ho said, "what a rare lnrk It would bo to loss up u coin and take a chance at It. Six to ono only you'd have n good show to win out!" "How foolish you are, Vincent!" I responded. "Suppose you took a oliaiico at II, as you say, and Just pro posed to any ono of them, when you had mado no attempt to win hor wouldn't alio know you wero fortune hunting? And if It should happen to bo the real Agatha she'd refuse you n that account because It would de feat the object of hor father's will; and It It wero not the real Agatha she'd refuse you, too, because fehu'd know Jk hho had no fortuno to glvo you." r "Or course,'' said Vincent, sighing, (';vou'ro right about that. Hut I tell .you. Archibald. I'm not flirting with Anas Marsh. She'u an awfully sensible littlo girl, and I go to hor for advlco f about tho course I'm pursuing with tho Agatuas. I need encouragement, you know; it's all bucIi a beastly mebs. Ouo doesn't know with which ono of tho attractive young ladles to fall In lovo. It's so dilllcult to decide with i that twenty millions hovering in tho 'T background. Ju&t think, Arch, what tho governor would say If his penniless lounger t,m should bring that amount into the family. And tho daughter of u baroness, too, It would ho such a f I The rxeai j-q if By i Edith f Huntington v I Maion I t'vV H ' match' 1 can Jit X cot 1 w t.ckld he'd hp to have his .volume . hi woll pro vided for. The di ar old gowrnor!" And Vincent's eyes moistened. ".So jimi sec," ho went on hurriedly, "Miss Marsh's attitude towa-d mo Is entirely friendly. Sho Is merely the conlltlanto of my dllllcultleo of fe heart, and her taato, I find, Is excellent." "It Is alo changeable," I said dry ly. "If the course you haw been pur suing Is through advice of bets." Vincent smiled. "And then you know." he went on, Ignoring my thrust, "she's writing a very interesting book, the history of the burons of Wyckhoff, and I'm helping her. I'm ftwf'ly Interested In genealogy, y' know." This was true. IneongiuotiR as it may seem, Vincent's one sorlous bob by 1 don't consider his paint-dahbllng serious which had to do with re search and scholarship, was his lovo for things ancient In general, and family trees In paitlcular. It had been llaroness Wyekhorf'a wish that sumo review of the lives of the barons of that name should bo made, since the last one had died, and Mrs. Arm Isteud had given her secretary this woik to do. I eyed Vlncont searching ly as he spoke, hut his face was so thoroughly unconscious that my sus picious were disarmed completely. "Yes," he said, "there are a lot of very Interesting old books In that llbraiy." "Yes," I said, "Hint's why you and Slits Marsh spend so much time there, I suppose. I'm glad to hear It. I really couldn't see what you thought was so attiactlve " A sharp blow In the chest interrupted my speech. "Shut up." Vincent hissed In my ear; "don't you see Mls-i Marsh?" As he spoke that young person tupped lightly up the wide stone steps of the veranda and was about to pass on when Vincent stopped her. "(itiod morning," he snld, his hat In his hunt, "Are you beginning work no early?" and he looked at the papers carried under her arm. "Yob," sho said. "I have a new idea about that Inst chapter we wrote." "I'm sorry 1 can't bo with you this morning," he answeied, and sho passed unA0M i ) :r i & i . v. :. 'r..- Al efl R At . r- JvtfV AUATHA FIFTH. Into the house. Sho wore a white frock and a natty littlo blue apron, and 1 must admit looked very fresh and dainty, but Wilfred's tono was so cool and conventional that I mcntallly freed him again from my accusation that ho was In tho midst of a warm lllttntlon, though you will agreo with mo that appearances had been very much against him. Hut that evening when he and 1 were having our nightly bedroom col loquy 1 was obliged to admit that Vincent, considering his methods, had accomplished n great deal. With Bomo embarrassment ho related to mo the talo of his hoieblick Ude in the morn ing, and 1 must say It completely un settled my belief In tho discovery I hnd made as to the Identity of the real Honorable Agatha Wyckhoff. Neither Vincent nor I knew what to make of It. "Do you know, Arch," ho said, stri ding up and down my room, "l'vo been through a horrlblo exporlonco to-day? It was an awful shock to me, mid a lesson." "I'm glnd It was a lesson." said I. There are so few lessons In Vincent's life. "Yes," he said, "I felt liko a beastly cad. And I don't sco whnt l'vo done to deserve It. Of courso, I've held her hnnd a couplo of times " "That bad habit of yours again," I murmured. "And l'vo looked nt her a lot sho's got tho most soul-moving eycB y' know." I didn't know, but I nodded. Tho boy wns very much In earnest. "Hut I never thought," ho wont on "I nover thought she she " Ho stopped and tho words seemed to stick In his throat. "Great heaven, man," I cried la my Impatience, "get It out. What didn't you think sho'd do?" "I never thought sho'd really care for me," he muttered, shamofncodly, and turned his back on mo. "What do you mean?" I demanded, Impatiently. Ho Is most oxasporatlng. "Why, thin." Ho ceased his restless walk and stood on tho hearth rug, fa cing mc. "We'd been out ubout an hour this morning, Agatha Fifth and I, and we'd been getting up Into tho hilly country, when suddenly wo enmo out of the woods anil saw unlaw us the grandest stretch of country you can imuBlne." ' He re ho bro',e o nml went Into ft rhapsody over tho sky lino and tho gtazlng sheep, and raid something! about 1'topla and Kden and other things like that, until ho got through at last and rnnui to tho lutorestlnK part. They can't help going on like that, those artist fellows, and Vincent never losses nn opportunity to get In' a bit of ilcscilptlon. "Well," he continued, "1 wns Just! onjo.vlng that view and saying nothing, when she stopped switching tho tops off the harebells with hor crop and, turning those warm hazel ejes of hers on mo. sho said In a low volro, as If whnt sho said didn't matter at all, i lovo jotil'" "What I" 1 shouted "She didn't?" "She did," asserted Vincent ruefully, hut with firmness "She did. .lust like that, out of a clear sky. Simply folded her hands nud looked at me and told mo sho loved me." "Angels and ministers of grace, de fend us!" I ejaculated. Nothing else seemed ndequate. "Wha' under tho sun did you do?" "Why, I told her simply that 1. didn't lovo hor, nnd couldn't marry her, and 1 was very sorry, but I thought wo'd better j;ot on our horses and go home." "Quite right. If you don't really care," 1 said, "but oh, Vincent!" ns n thought struck me, "Just think, sho might have been tho Honorahlo Agatha tho real and only honorable!" "Sho was!" said Vincent. 1 was speechless. This was tho end of It, then. I saw thu millions taking unto themselves wings, and my pan of milk spilled. Tho real Honorable Agntha had been discovered, thu secret was out, but she had avowed herself as loving Vincent and ho had spurned her. After such a perform ance thero was no chanco for cither of us. "How do you know she was?" I asked, weakly. "Sho told me so herself," ho an swered. "Hut. after you lofused her, 1 sup pose?" "Of courso," said Vlncont, rcbign edly. "Hut, Wilfred, my boy," I cried, springing up, and knocking off my glasses In my excitement, "couldn't you change your mind, couldn't you lix It up? If sho really cared I should think you could!" Though thin event would have proved tho deathblow to my own hopes, still my interest In Vincent's welfare is so genulnu that 1 couldn't help this anxious expostulation. Hut again ho misunderstood. "You don't moan that, I know, Arch," ho said. "Of course 1 wouldn't marry tho girl when 1 really don't enro for her. Hut wasn't It tho deuce of a position to be In?" "Oh, Wilfred, Wilfred!" I mourned, "twenty millions right In your grasp, and you throw them nway. I wish I'd had jour chanco. Your poor father, how disappointed ho'd be if ho know." "Ho'd bo more disappointed In mo If I had changed my mind and snld I would marry her Just for tho sako of tho money," said the young man, cross ly, and turning on his heel ho left tho room. Vincent's getting more quick tempered every day lately, and ho used to bo so good naturcd. I'm sure it wns only natural and very disinter ested In mo to bewail for him tho re sult of tho unfortunato affair that morning. (TO DH CONTINUISD. ) WHEN ONE DOES BEST WORK. Time Varies with tho Occupations of the Worker. Tho records glvo nn average ago ot oO for tho performance of tho master work. For tho workers tho averago is 17 and for tho thinkers 2. Chemists and physicians average tho youngest at 41; dramatists and playwrights, poets and inventors follow nt H; nov elists glvo an averago of 40; explorers and wnrrlors. 47; musical composers and actors, 4S; artists and divines oc cupy the position of equilibrium at DO; essayists and reformers stand at fil; physicians and surgeons lino up with statesmen nt 52; phllobophern glvo an averago of 54; astonomers and mathe maticians, satirists and humorists reach 50; historians, 57, and natural ists and jurists 68. As may bo noted, thero Ib a rearrangement of tho or der nt this time, but tho thinkers, as beforo, and as would natnrally bo ex pected, attain their full maturity at a later porlod than tho workers. Tho corollary Is ovldent. Provided health and optimism rcmnln tho man ot 50 can command success ns readily as thu man of 30. Health plus optimism read tho secret of bucccsb; tho ono Ood-glvcn, tho other Inborn, but also cnpablo of cultivation to tho point of enthusiasm. Century. Bernhardt' Wonderful Wig. Speaking of Sarah Hernhardt'H per formance as Elconoro In "Tho Courte san of Corinth," tho ParlB correspond ent of a Uorlln jmper says: 'And tho wig who will descrlbo It? Wo know that it wns mada In London by tho man who 1ms no superior in tho busi ness. Wo know also that llornhardt insisted on tho maker coming to PnrJs with his handiwork in order that ho might adjust it properly, becauso, sho says, 'tho best wig, when improperly placed, is only n wig, wbilo urtlstic adornment mnken it part of tlio per son who wears it.' Ho camo ant'3e- celved shall wo bcllovo it? l'uOO marks for his troublo. Hut It was worth it to tho actress and to tho audi ence, for it guvo llornhardt tho np pearanco of being a woman of 30 bho la really a littlo older." Hired Help In Argentina. Male sertants In tho Argentina cap ital get CG cento to $2.20 gold a dy and feiualo help 40 cents to $1.10. OPEN DEALING IN PAINT. Duyinp pnlnt used to bo llko tho proverbial buying of a "pig In a poke." Mlxturos in which chalk, ground rock, otc, predominated wero marked nnd sold as "Pnro Whlto Lend," tho doccptlon not being np parent until tho pnlnt and Ihu paint ing wero paid for. TIiIb deception Is still practiced, hut wo havo lenrncd to exposo it easily, National Lend Compnny, tho larp ost makers of gonulno Puro Whlto Lend, realizing tho Injustice that wns being dono to both propurty owners nnd honcBt paln manufacturers, eot about to mako pnlnt buying safo. Thoy first ndoptod n trndo mark, tho now famous "Dutch-Hoy Painter," nud put this trademark, as n guaranty of purity, on every packngo of tholr Whlto Load. Thoy then sot about fnmlllnrizlng tho public with tho blow-plpo test by which tho purity and genuineness of Whlto Lead may bo determined, and furnished a blow plpo frco to cvory ono who would write theni for it. This action wan in Itself a guaranty of tho purity of Na tional Lead Compnny's Whlto Lend. As tho result of this opon dealing tho paint buyer today lins only him solf to hlnmo If ho Is dorrnuded. For test outfit nnd valuablo booklet on pnlntlng, nddross Nntlonal Lead Com pany, Woodbrldgo Uldg., New York. QUITE 8AFE WITH HER. One Secret "Toe-tale" Surely Never Would Paes Along. "John, lovo," said tho yonng wife, "you oughtn't to havo nny sccrots from me." "Well, Tootslo?" "You go to lodgo meetings, nnd you nover toll mo nnythlng about them." "They wouldn't Interest you, dear. I don't mind giving you tho password, though, if you'll prumtso nover to (lis closo It to a living soul." "I'll promise novor to tell it to nny body." "Remember It's to bo ropeated only onco nnd very rapidly." "I'll remember. What is it?" "Alduboroutlphosclphornlostlcos." "What! Plcaso say It again, a lit tlo slower." "Havo you forgotten tho conditions already? I said 'only onco nnd very rapidly.' " (Tearful pause.) "O, dear! I wish you hadn't told me!" European News Dlcsemlnators. A French statistician calculates that there is ono nowspapcr published for every 82,000 Inhabitants of tho known world. In Europe, Germany heads tho list with 5,500 newspapers, ot which 800 aro published dally. England comes next, 3,000 newspapers, of which 800 aro "dallies," and then comes Franco, with 2,810 nowspapcra, of which only one-fourth nro dally or published twlco or thrlco a week. Italy cornea fourth, with 1,400 papers, and Is followed by Austria-Hungary, Spain, Ilussln, Grccco and Switzerland, tho last having 450 nowspapors. Alto gether, Europo has about 20,000 nows papers. India's Savings Banks. Tho postal savings bank of India waB CBtabllshod In 1882, in which year tho depositors numbered 39,121 and tho deposits amounted to $932,243. In 1907 tho depositors numbered 1.100. 220 and tho doposlts amounted to $49, 223,283, which, porhaps, should not bo considered largo In a country having a population of somo 300,000,000, but tho averago Indian farmer, mechanic, servant or laborer nover doposlts monoy In a bank, but hides it uway in a pot or box In tho ground. Now York World. A Doublo Miss. Cltlman Now that you're living In tho country don't you miss tho early morning nolso and buatlo of tho city? Suburbs I do if I miss tho 6.54 train. Now York Press. FRIENDLY TIP Restored Hope and Confidence. After soveral years of Indigestion and Its attendant evil influcuco on tho mind, It Ib not very surprising that ono finally loBea faith in things gen erally. A N. Y. woman writes nn Interesting letter. Sho says: "Throo years ago I eufforcd from an attack of porltonitls which loft mo in a most mlsornblo condition. 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