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n f k rsa r Fc y a 4 r i P v mimUM nUtm rtiWifc THE FATAL REQUEST OR FO U N D OUT By A L Hnrrla Author of Mine Own Familiar Friend etc VojVriff1 1801 oy uastell Pub li b hln g 0 omp any - v v i v i uyaireel 3 m CHAPTER XXI Continued One member of the household was soon to discover this Miss Perkins came upon him unexpectedly as ho was stooping with his back toward her and apparently engaged in close ly examining the keyhole of the door belonging to his masters private Voom Whats that youre doing she cried sharply The individual thus addressed start ed violently and something fell to the ground with a chink something which he immediately covered with his foot before he turned and faced her without making any reply Youve changed your ways lately she said seeing he made no answer and always hanging about this door Whats your game I should like to know Anyhow you arent up to no good People a3 gets into respectable Jiouses under false names very seldom is up to any good1 With this Parthian shaft she turned away and left him looking back once over her shoulder Avith that same malicious smile as she marked the effectit had produced What did she mean by that remark of hers about a false name How could she have found it out The shot was too near the bulls eye to have been fired at random Good heavens Was- it pos sible she could have any suspicion of the real truth There was no source whatever from which she might have obtained this in formation Ah He flew upstairs at a tremendous rate flight after flight to the top of the house to his own room burst the door open and entered There was a modest looking box in the corner of the room a box which contained his few belongings Had he 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 Ho began to turn over the articles which it contained but could not hit t A ment she stood motionless holding the magazine in one hand while she look- ed at the individual before her with a puzzled searching expression npon her countenance Then a sudden light seemed to break in upon her she gave a gasp her expression changed from curiosity to amazement and ut tering a little cry she turned sharply round and ran rapidly up the stair case leaving the other a prey to the liveliest astonishment What other remarkable 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 magazine 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 a whirl and I hardly know what I am writing or what to do or think To imagine that I have so often puz zled myself over that young mans likeness to someone else a likeness which I could never quite fix though I have often seemed just on the joint of doing so Very likely I should never have hit upon it but for that apparently utterly insignificant action of mine in dropping the book I was carrying He rushed forward to pick it up and returned it to me and all at once it struck me like a flash 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 there is no mistake about it There could not possibly be two people so exactly alike and with pre cisely the same manner unless this is a twin brother of the ether But 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 what is the reason for his extraordinary conduct unless unless He is the Prince in Disguise after all Whats that youre doing upon the thing he was in search of The little shabby prayer book contain ing his real name in his fathers own handwriting was gone Gone Stolen That hateful woman with her sly cat like step and hypocritical ways had taken advantage of his one act of carelessness in leaving the box un locked to pry into its contents and carry off the most compromising article of all Well the damage was done and could not be repaired The only thing off the discovery now was to try and stave covery of the double part he had been playing a little while longer After a time he rose from his 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 the 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 baflle her for at least one more day Or else if she seemed inclined to show her teeth if she appeared disposed to be danger ous he must hurry on the matter A little later in the day as he was absently staring out of a window in the hall he heard a faint rustling sound and looking up saw Miss Fer rers descending the staircase He allowed his eyes to rest upon her for an instant telling himself that his op portunities for doing so would soon be at an end novi She must have felt his glance for a certain air of embarrassment seem ed to fall upon her and the color rose in her face Then she gave herself an impatient twitch as though she said to herself Stand upon your dignity and do not allow the impertinent gaze of a mere menial to discompose you The young man who iiad picked up my catalogue at the Royal Academy One of the effects of the twitch was that it caused her to drop a magazine which she was carrying just as her foot was upon the last step Before she could stoop to reclaim it there was a hurried dart across the hall on the part of the menial in question and the article was retored to her with what was not so much the respectful deference of an inferior as the ordinary and natural courtesy of an equal The effect of this simple act of politeness upon its recipient was as eipgular as unexpected For a mo- How the girls at school would envy me I am living in the same house with a real live Mystery CHAPTER XXM Perkins Revenge Friday morning came bringing with it about eleven oclock a message which struck a feeling of chill fore boding to the heart 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 What did it mean Was it merely some matter of small importance in connection with his household duties to which he wished to draw his attention person ally or Mr Ferrers was sitting in his place at the head of the table There was something judicial looking in his at titude and expression and standing at a short distance from him was the housemaid Perkins Come in and shut the door was the first sentence addressed to him He obeyed noiselessly and care fully more than ever mindful of his assumed position and grateful for each seconds delay which allowed him the opportunity of searching his brain for some way out of the dilem ma Edwards it was the voice of his master and enemy addressing him I have one 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 that is I have reason to believe the voice continued as its owner seemed to experience some difficulty in open ing up the subject that I have been deceived in you and in fact that the name under which you are at present passing is not your own Is that so Ted answered respectfully Begging your pardon sir but the name I am going under is my own Might I be allowed to ask who says anything to the contrary You mean to maintain that your name is Edwards after all he in quired bending his brows upon Miss Perkins whose as he now thought fit to describe it unwarrantable inter ference in the matter had subjected him to this annoyance Iy name is Edward sir An s at the end makes it sound better and I iSt fi m in w iiiiiiini thought there was no objection to my adding the letter Then your name according to your own statement is Edward and you have merely added the final letter If so I am sorry I This was more than the woman could stand and she broke in uncere moniously upon her masters speech Edward Edward what I should like to know Hes deceiving you sir in trying to make out as thats his sur name Ask him what the other is and why hes had to drop it Mr Ferrers turned toward him wearily la the woman right in as sorting that the name you havogiven is only your Christian name In which case it would seem that you have added the other letter for the purpose of making it do duty as a sur name There was a seconds hesitation during which the housemaid nit her up viih impatience before the answer came slowly My Christian name is Edward it did not seem to me to be of any im portance which I gave Perkins sniffed triumphantly So youre going to try and get out of it that way she thought but it wont do Something in this last answer had helped to raise him in his masters suspicions I must insist upon your giving me your right name he said authorita tively Shall I answer him with a lie was the thought which passed through the others mind Surely one more need not weigh very heavily upon my conscience And in such a cause But in the same instant the face of this mans daughter rose up before him How she would despise him if she knew he thought with a sud den reaction and a sense of self-contempt as he answered still respect fully enough I 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 carried away by her feelings at this point in a tone of triumph She had better have remained silent Hold your tongue woman was the angry reprimand she brought upon herself This is no business of yours Woman indeed A crowning insult And to be told to hold her tongue Her master turning again to the young man repeated his question with the addition of the inquiry sug gested by the last remark of the woman Perkins What have you done that you are ashamed of your name Nothing was the proud reply given with head erect and defiant and there was something about the manner and tone by which the other was obviously impressed Why then do you refuse to answer the question I have put to you he asked in a milder A oice There are family reasons was the answer Family reasons A man servant with family reasons just as though he were anyone else instead of being a useful sort of machine hired out at so much a year with board and lodging No wonder there was something incongru ous in the sound I have nothing to do with your reasons was the answer and I must absolutely decline to retain any one in my service under a false name He knew now that it was coming notice to leave on the spot Or might there not be a reprieve He was entitled to a months notice in the ordinary course of things Oh why had he procrastinated so long and wasted such goJaen opportunities A months warning that was all he prayed for A month another day was all he asked Then you refuse to give me your proper name I ask for the last time To be continued EXPENSE OF COLLEGE MUSCLE Vast Sums Spent by Leading Ameri can Universities The impressive totals of universitj funds invested in athletic equipment during the present year make the outlay for developing the sound body rival for endowment of classi cal chairs and foundations says Col liers Weekly The University of Pennsylvania is completing an ath letic field and a gymnasium in one magnificent quadrangle at a cost of nearly half a million dollars Har vard has just thrown open a new field called the Stadium at a cost of 250000 A movement is under way at the University cf Chicago to endow ath letics in order to remove certain ob jectionable features of an admission fee system to struggles for college honors and a half million dollars is the Mnount needed to provide suffi cient capital to maintain the varied sporting interests of the Institution Columbia has recently purchased real estate valued at 2000000 a part of which will be used for an athletic field according to present plans Princeton is building a gymnasium which will rival in cost and elaborate equipment any of her collegiate halls There are several preparatory schools whose gymnasiums and fields added within the last three years represent an outlay of 50000 each He Knew Him Hicks Gayman seems to he very happy to night He must have money Wicks Why do you think so Hicks Because of the way hes cracking jokes Wicks Nonsense If he had money he wouldnt be happy unless he was cracking bottles Catholic Standard Times B3 BOATS ARE SUNK THREE JAPANESE VESSELS GO DOWN WITH GREAT LOSS OF LIFE Japanese Attempt a Landing Near Bedzero Come Into the Harbor Flashing Russian Signals as They Advance CHE FOO Out of the four Japan ese torpedo boats which made the first attack on Monday night at Port Arthur three were sunk with great loss of life The fourth was a 2C knot boat and escaped The Japanese pedo boats effected an entrance into the outer harbor by using the Rus sian signal flash lights Consequently the Russians did not fire on them The following of the first surprises is from a Russian naval officer The battleship Pallada was on the outside edge of the Russian fleet and on watch duty that night The chief artillery officer noticed four torpedo boats approaching with full lights and in all respects like Russian tor pedo boats The officer informed his captain that the approaching boats were Jap anese The captain denied this and said they were built in Port Arthur The artillery officer insisted that they were Japanese and the captain became angry saying I am in command of the ship sir Despite this the artillery officer gave orders to prepare for action It is reported now that the Japan tst attempted a landing near Bedzero eighty miles north of Port Arthur but were repulsed with heavy loss They again tried to effect a landing at Talienwan under the shelter of the fleet but owing to the strong fort firing they were unable to succeed It is said that one Japanese ship has been torpedoed The British merchant ships in Port Arthur have repeatedly applied for permission to leave port but this has been refused The Tsaravitch was towed into the harbor here at 3 oclock on Tuesday afternoon It is said only its outer bottom was penetrated by the Japan ese torpedo and the Russians are now bussy repairing it It can be re paired in two or three days The Pallada is still outside and beached It must be seriously injur ed but it is now also being repaired It is the only one of the torpedo ves sels now outside A shell struck a hospital ship out side the basin during the bombard ment The captains cabin and the chart room were blown off but there was no loss of Jife as the ship was only recently purchased and was un manned Reports of Heavy Firing TIEN TSIN It is reported from Ching Wang Tao about 150 miles northwest of Tien Tsin that heavy firing has been heard at sea and it is inferred that another engagement has taken place Iowa Man a Big Loser WrEBSTER CITY la George H Reinecker the Webster City million aire lost a quarter of a million dol lars in the Baltimore fire He owned the steel structure next to the Hurst building in which the fire started He carried but 4000 insurance Wants Legation Archives CARACAS Venezuela The Colom bian government has sent notice to W W Russell the American charge daffaires here who has in his posses sion the archives safe and books be longing to the Colombian legatian at Caracas since diplomatic relations Be tween Colombia and Venezuela were severed to transmit this property to Bogota It has been learned here that large quantities of provisions re cently have been bought at Cura cao and Trinidad to be sent to Sa vanilla and Cartagena Colombia CAPTURE BY JAPS They Take Prisoners Two Thousand Russians LONDON Special dispatch from Tokio says the Japanese have cap tured three Russian transports hav ing on board about 2000 troops Dispatches to the Daily Mail from Tokio and Nagasaki dated February 10 report the arrival at Sasbo Japan of two large Russian steamers One is the volunteer Fleet association transport Ekaterinosjav which re cently landed troops and arms at Port Arthur and the other Is the steamer Argun belonging to the Chinese East ern Railway company Both wero captured by the Japanese cruisers Soi Yet and Hei Yen in the neighborhood of Fusan Corea The Ekaterlnoslav IT IS LEAP YEAR YOU KNCW S fate i f CJft A tit I e6lte tMfff AW And Single Men Had Better Take To the Brush Boston Herald is of 10000 tons displacement and had been fitted up as an auxiliary cruis er It had thirty rifles on board and was on its way from Vladivostok The Argun was going to Cladivostok from Nagasaki The Russian whalers Clorig Nicelzal Alexander and Mich ael captured by the Japanese have also arrived at Sasebo Official dispatches from Tokio re ceived by Baron Hayashi says the Japanese admiral on arriving at Chemulpo Corea sent in word to the two Russian cruisers giving them a time limit in which to leave Shortly afterward the Rusisans came out and attacked a Japanese torpedo boat which replied with a torpedo inef fectively A general exchange of shots then followed After a hot fire the Russians returned to Chemulpo and sank at the entrance of the har bor It is not yet known whether their sinking was due to the Japanese fire or to the Russians own action but it is believed to be due to tho former The crews of both the Rus sian vessels sought refuge on a French warship at Chemulpo There were no casualties among the Japanese and their vessels sustained no damage We were slow in negotiation so wo are making up for lost time by quick ness in action said Baron Hayashi this morning The engagements at Port Arthur and Chemulpo were mere ly in accordance with plans long ma tured As soon as our forces are land ed in Corea look for an important fleet action at Port Arthur The Rus sian vessels are not likely to give up the advantage they gained by be ing under the cover of their land bat teries By going to the Chinese side however the Japanese fleet by high angle fire can drop in shells which should make it very uncomfortable for the Russian ships lying moored close to one another Thereby it is hoped to drive out Viceroy Alexieffs forces Possibly like Admiral Cervera he may anticipate fate and come into the open of his own accord The present events merely go to show the utter uselessness of Port Arthur from a strategic view point Raising Funds for Japan NEW YORK Consul General Uchi da presided on Friday at a mass meet ing -in Carnegie hall attended by sev eral hundred Japanese and many American sympathizers for the pur pose of furthering the plan to raise a fun for Japan Mr Uchida an nounced that it was intended to raise 5000000 In view of the presidents proclamation ot neutrality lie explain ed that it would only be permissible for American citizens to contribute for the support of the Japanese Red Cross society Cubas Proposed Loan HAVANA Bidders for the propos ed loan of 5350CO000 will submit pro posals in a very few days In view of the financial uncertainties caused by the war in the far east it is not ex pected however that these proposals will be absolutely definite President Palma has issuerd a decree that the revolutionary bonds of 1896 and 1897 may be presented here after the pres ent week for examination and recog nition preliminary to the payment of accrued interest on the same at that time I ran rent or bate On Crop PymenU SEVERAL OUOICE FAHBTB Bend for UiU J MULII ALL Sioux City lows Lovo can neither be bought nor sold but it may be exchanged JUrs Vintiown Soothing Syrup For children teetalni Bof tcpa tho nura reduce In flammation tllays pain cure wind colic nc nbotilo Take care of your enemies and your friends will take care of themselves 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