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News in Brief
Secretary of War William H. Taft
was the principal speaker at the final
republican rally in New Haven. Coua.
The Ixmdon Standard's Shanghai
correspondent says it is reported thai
the dalai lama f Thibet has arrived
at Pekin.
Mischa Elman, 12-year-old Russian
peasant boy. is creating- quite a furore
in Berlin musical circles by bis Vio
lin playing.
A man who registered as C. F.
Bryan of Indianapolis, committed sui
cide in a Terre Haute hotel by In
haling gas.
Longworth Towers, the sculptor,
son of the late Hiram Powers, the fa
mous American sculptor, has just died
in Florence, Italy.
Owing to ill-health. G. I Watson
has had to refuse Sir Thomas Upton's
request to design another yacht to
rare for the America's cup.
In St. Louis Maurice Sayres of Mil
waukee won the decision in a fifteen
round fight with Jack Lowry of New
York. The contest was close.
Michael Davitt arrived at New York
on the Cedrie. He 'said that he came
on private business and that he will
return to Ireland in December.
Melville W. Fuller, chief justice of
the supreme court of the United
States, is said to plan his resignation
after the inauguration of the next
president.
A cotton compress company in Ok
lahoma Gty, has contracted to fur
nish fno.noo worth of cotton to a Urn
of Japanese for immediate shipment
to Nagasaki.
William E. Curtis writes of the re
ported loan of $270,000,000 to Russia
by a Jewish banker a indicating- that
more liberal laws will be put in effect
bv the czar.
The Supreme Council of the Royal
Templars of Temperance went into
the hands of a receiver in Buffalo. N.
Y.. with liabilities of $205,000, and
assets of $52,000.
D. K. Pearsons of Chicago, who
has given much money to various ed
ucational institutions, has presented
$25,000 to Park college of Parkville,
near Kansas City.
Prof. Oscar Lovell Triggs expects
some time early in the new year to
found a novel educational institution
on a farm somewhere along the banks
of the Illinois rh'er.
Michael Davitt arrived in New York
and in an interview defends the Rus
sian fleet for firing on the North sea
fishermen, declaring that it was the
result of a misunderstanding.
San Francisco shipments of mer
chandise and produce to the Orient
during October were valued at $3,
837.302. as compared with $1,393,395
in the same month last year.
J. Pierpont Morgan presented to the
Italian government the cope stolen
from the' Cathedral of Ascolk which
be purchased and loaned to the South
Kensington museum in London.
The general land office in Washing
ton during October issued 10.000 land
patents, the largest number ever is
sued in one month and an increase of
3.341 over the previous mouth.
An army order issued in London
states that four officers not above the
rank of captain will annually bs se
lected for a two years course of
study, with residence in Japan.
Postmaster General Wynne signed
a supplement treaty with the Hungar
ian government relating to money or
ders passing between the two coun
tries which will greatly lessen their
COPt.
Rev. Albert W. Knight dean of St
Philip's Episcopal cathedral. Atlanta,
Ga.. has decided to accept the appoint
ment as bishop of Cuba, to which he
was elected at the recent general con
ference of the church in Boston.
Since old Geronimo, the noted
Apache chieftain, now 64 years of
age. became an attraction In the In
dian building at the Louisiana Pur
chase exposition at St Louis, he has
learned to spell and print bis name.
Three Officers of the Preferrd Mer
cantile company of Boston, the busi
ness of which was to lasue contracts
for diamonds on periodical install
ments and mature them in numerical
order, were Indicted by the federal
grand jury on the charge of depositing
in he mails letters concerning a lot
tery More than 200 members of the asso
ciation of collegiate alumnae, repre
senting colleges in every part of the
United States, assembled at the
world's fair for the twenty-third an
nual convention. Addresses of wel
come was extended by President
Francis and others Miss Florence M.
Cnshing of Boston, first vice president
of the association, responded to the
greetings.
Timothy L Lee. the American loco
motive engineer who was held respon
sible for the railroad wreck on the
Mexican Central railroad about nine
months ago. has been sentenced to
four years' imprisonment at hard la
lor in the salt mines in the state of
Coahuila.
Congressman Cowherd says the
democrats will have a big majority in
the next house.
J. Wyman Jones, the multi-millionaire
and art patron, a brother-in-law
of the late Senator M. A. Hanna, died
in New York.
Liberal shipments of wheat from
Russia are responsible for active liq
uidation on the Chicago markets.
President W. O. Thompson of Ohio
State Agricultural college says that
the hope of the country lies in the
life infused by the farm reared into
the life of the cities.
It was announced that Commander
Frederick Booth-Tucker, who for
eight and a half years had command
ed the Salvation Army forces In the
United States, had been appointed to
.the international headquarters In Lon
don, and will act as secretary.
The Japanese consul at Che Foo.
on the occasion of the mikado's birth
day, requested Rear Admiral Folger.
commanding the ' cruiser division of
the American Asiatic fleet, and the
captain of a Chinese cruiser to fire a
salute. Rear Admiral Folger declined
to accede to the' request
Dr. K. M. Pelkonen. a distinguished
physician of Finland, formerly chief
surgeon of the big hospital in Hel
singfors, and now traveling in the
United States, believes that happier
times are in store far his aflllctai
coaatry.
ARMY WILL REST
HOSTILITIES ARE LIKELY TO
CEASE UNTIL SPRING,
UST Of THE MEW COMMANDERS
Indications that Kouroprtkin Will Not
Attempt Another Advance This Year
Only the Fall of Port Arthur May
Effect a Change.
ST. PETERSBURG The army or
gan publishes a long list of new c ira
Sunders in the far east, including the
appointments of Generals Linevitcb.
and Kaulbars to the First and Third
armies, respectively.
Generals Kutnevitch and Selivanofi
will command, the Twenty-second and
Thitry-seventh divisions of the First
corps, which chief, General Meyen
dorff, is resigning on account of ill
health. General Slouchevsky, com
mander of the Tenth corps, has alsc
resigned, and it is expected that he
will be succeeded by General Jzerpit
sky. The -sweeping character of thesa
changes may imply that there is no
intention on General Kouropatkin's
part to assume the offensive during
the year's campaign unless an exceed
ingly favorable opportunity offers. In"
deed it begins to look like a deadlock
between Mukden for the winter unless
Port Arthur falls or the Japanese
abandon the idea of renewing the as
soult upon the fortress there and set
tle down to a regular siege, either of
whicl. would release enough tr xjps to
give the preponderance necessary to
try to force the Russians out of Muk
den. In fact the latest dispatcher
from the front indicate
that some
such move is preparing, though the
best opinion at the war office holds
to the view that there is not likely
to be another big battle this year, one
of the indications pointed out bein
the departure of many military at
taches for the winter.
General Orioff, whom General Kour
opatkin blamed for the Russian re
verse at Liao Yang, declares, in the
course of an interview published in
the Novoe Vremya that he obeye-1
General Stackelberg's orders in mak
ing -the much criticised attack, in
which bis division was decimated and
he himself wounded. General Kouro
pa: kin apparently is convinced that
Orioff was not to blame and the order
detaching him has been revoked and
he has been appointed on General
Kouropatkin's staff.
MAY TRY TO TAKE MUKDEN
Japs Need the Town for Winter
Quarters.
MUKDEN Quiet continues here.
The Japanese are still working hard
intrenching their front, which begins
to look like a continuous fort. It is
believed they are preparing seriously
to advance, making their front strong,
possibly in order that it may be held
by a comparatively small force, while
the heavier force engages in flanking
movements. The Japanese have learn
ed by bitter experience not to expect
much from a frontal attack. They are
obliged, however, to maintain a strong
front to prevent General Kuropatkin
from breaking through their line and
carrying the war to their rear.
There is considerable evidence to
indicate that the Japanese will make
every effort to force the Russians out
of Mukden, not only for the moral
effect on Europe, .but upon the Chi
nese as well. Mukden is extremely im
portant to them as winter quarters.
The Japanese continue to receive
reinforcements and it is believed by
Russian military men that their ad
vancing depends only on accumulating
sufficient men.
Practical Joker is Killed.
SPRINGFIELD. Ilk James M.
Maxwell, president of local union No.
63, United Mine Workers of Ameri
ca, at Virden, has been shot and kill
ed by Thomas Hall, a bartender, as
the result of a practical joke. Hall
was returning home after closing the
saloon through North park, when
Maxwell, for a joke, stepped from be
hind a tree and ordered Hall to throw
up his hands. Hall, who had been a
victim of holdups twice recently, drew
a revolver and shot Maxwell in the
stomach. Maxwell, who lived for sev
eral hours afterward, said he did not
blame Hall for shooting him.
Race War in Colorado.
COAL CREEK, Colo. The knlin- in
cold blood of Marshal Bates of Coal
Creek, a coal mining town in Fremont
county, by two negroes. Grant and
Westley Thompson, whom he was try
ing to arrest for disturbing the peace,
has caused the white residents to issue
a warning to all negroes to leave the
camp. Many negroes have already
left town. If any insist on remaining
it is feared bloodshed will result. The
whites charge the negroes with nu
merous crimes committed since they
were imported into the camp.
Member of the Commission.
LONDON The Daily Telegraph,
whicn is often inspired by the govern
ment suggests that Admiral Sir John
1-isher will represent Great Britain
on the international commission to
inquire into the North sea affair. A
telegram from Constantinople savs M.
Mandelstam. dragoman of the Rus
sian embassy there, and who is an ex
pert on international law. had start
ed for St. Petersburg and will repre
sent Russia before the Nortn sea com
mission, but in what capacity is not
stated.
Denies Any Violation.
ST. PETERSBURG While no for
mal reply will be made to the Japan
ese protest regarding the use of Chi
nese clothes by the Russian troops it
is understood that Foreign Minister
Lamsdorff informally but categoric
ally, denied the truth of the charge
that there had been a violation of the
Geneva convention. He explained
that there might have been some iso
lated cases where soldiers whose win
ter overcoats had aot arrived had
donned Chinese overcoats, but not for
the purpose claimed.
American Fully Exonerated.
CONSTANTINOPLE The Ameri
can legation is now seeking permis
sion from the Turkish government for
the resumption of the excavations
conducted by Dr. E. S. Banks, director
of the University of Chicago expedi
tion to Babyona, at Bismaya, Meso
potamia, which were suspended pend
ing an investigation made in the
presence of American Vice Consul
Horner at Bagdad of charges of com
plicity on the part of Dr. Banks in
the alleged disappearance of valuable
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BANDITS SHOOT THE CASHIER.
Two Men Attempt to Rob a Bank at
Cody. Wyoming.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. Cashier I. O.
Middaugh of the First National bank
of Cody was instantly killed in a bat
tle with bank robbers between 3 and
4 o'clock this afternoon. The men
made their escape. They secured no
money.
Two men rode up to the bank on
horses, left the animals at the curb
and entered the front door. They
made no effort to disguise themselves
and immediately ordered Cashier
Middaugh and his assistants to throw
up their hands. The bank officials an
swered with a volley from their six
shooters and the robbers, without at
tempting to gather in the cash that
lay in a tray on the counter, backed
out of the building, firing as they went.
Middaugh followed the men to the
street and opened fire. One of them
returned the shots and Middaugh fell
dead. The robbers mounted their
horses and fled through the town.
The people of the town were aroused
by the shots and. flocking into the
streets, opened fire on the retreating
robbers. The latter seemed to bear
charmed lives, however, for they were
unhurt and dashed out across the
prairie. An officer quickly gathered a
large posse and started in pursuit but
up to a late hour the outlaws had not
been taken. Big rewards have already
been offered for the capture of the
men. dead or alive, and their arrest
is almost certain.
PROBLEMS OF IRRIGATION.
Subjects to Be Discussed by the Na
tional Congress.
EL PASO. Tex. The executive
committee of the twelfth national irri
gation congress program of the com
ing session of the congress to be held
in this city November 15 to 18. The
first and fourth days of the congress
will be devoted to general sessions,
but on the second and third days the
work will be divided into five sec
tions, namely: Forestry, engineering
and mechanics, production by irriga
tion, climatology and rural settle
ment, each section meeting in a sep
arate hall. This program includes ad
dresses and papers by eighty-seven of
the most prominent experts in their
respective departments, all of whom
have advised the committee of their
intention to be present.
A large list of delegates is already
in the hands of the secretary. Addi
tional lists are being received daily
from all parts of the country and a
heavy attendance, including many
women, is assured.
REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING.
Japs May Settle Down for a Winter's
Siege.
LONDON Conflicting reports
emanating from Che Foo regarding
the result of the latest assault on
Port Arthur. Bennett Burleigh of the
Daily Telegraph, who passed the fort
in a steamer, says that all was quiet
at C o'clock Friday morning, and that
there was no sign of firing or of any
movement. His steamer was thrice
chased and boarded by Japanese
within a brief period, the Japanese
forbidding any navigation within
twenty miles of Port Arthur.
The Daily Telegraph's correspond
ent at Che Foo learns that the Jap
anese are seeking to compel the Rus
sian fleet to quit the harbor and that
Vice Admiral Togo is prepared for
this move. If it is effected, the corres
pondent adds, the Japanese will settle
down to a winter's siege.
American Society May Work.
CONSTANTINOPLE The porte has
not prohibited the American Bible so
ciety from carrying on its work in
Turkey. There has been a slight fric
tion in four towns in the provinces,
where the local authorities forbade
street sales of the society's literature,
arrested the vendors and seized their
books. Upon representations made
by the American legation, however,
the porte promptly ordered the liber
ation of the persons arrested and the
surrender of the books taken from
them.
Prince Fushima Sails.
WASHINGTON The Japanese le
gation has received a cablegram from
Honolulu saying that Prince Fush
ima. the mikado's adopted brother,
sailed from Honolulu Friday for San
Francisco, where he is expected to ar
rive on the evening of November 9,
or the morning of November 10.
Another Rhodes Scholarship.
LINCOLN, Neb. Next year Ne
braska will jet another Rhodes schol
arship appoint in1 nt. A notice of this
was sent to Chancellor Andrews by
George R. Parkin of London, secre
tary of the scholarships.
National Treasury Balances.
WASHINGTON Friday's statement
of the treasury balance In the general
fund, exclusive of the $150,00,000 gold,
reserve in the division of redemption,
shows: Available cash balance, $147,
324.21C; gold, $83,09L381. .
No Spirit for Gayety.
ST. PETERSBURG There was lit
tle attempt Thursday to celebrate, ex
cept in a perfunctory way, the tenth
anniversary of the accession of Em
peror Nicholas. The imperial family
attended a Te Deum at the Kazan
cathedral and there were services in
all the churches. Later the troops
were paraded, the theaters gave free
exhibitions to the school children, and
there was music and holiday displays
in the parks, but on account of the
anxiety regarding Port Arthur every
thing was on a small scale.
Anniversary of Independence.
PANAMA Thursday being the an
niversary of the independence of the
republican of Panama, the occasion
was celebrated in various ways
throughout the country. On the invi
tation of President Amador, General
Davis, governor of the canal zone, at
tended a Te Deum mass with 669
zone employes. The anniversary was
observed by President Amador in the
issuance of a proclamation reviewing
events in Panama since it became an
independent government The whole
country enjoys absolute peace.
Find Dentist Dead in Office.
NEW ULM. Minn. Dr. L. A. Get
shard, a dentist, was found murdered
in his office here. The crime is a
mysterious one, as no motive has
been discovered. The chance visitor
who called on the dentist found the
room in confusing evidences of a life
and death, struggle. Blood was spat
tered on the walls and furniture over
turned. The man's face was gashed
in many places and a blood-stained
knife and hammer were found near
the body. The safe la the oflce was
fottrt opaa, bat aotalag totaraW. I
FOLLOW BANDITS
AFTER THE MEN WHO KILLED
CASHIER MIDDAUGH.
MURDERERS ARE NOW AT BYY
Driven Into Hole-in-the-Wall Country
and Have Taken Refuge with
Sympathizers Posse After Them
Are Determined.
DEER RANCH, Wyo. Sheriff
Stough of Fremont county and Sheriff
Fenton and posse of Big Horn county
arrived here shortly after sundown
Friday, having found the trail of the
Cody bank robbers and followed it
into the very heart of the bad lands.
They are now not more than ten
miles behind the outlaws. Reliable
information has been received here
that the bandits have taken refuge
at the ranch house of a- sympathizer
near the notorious "Hole-In-: aeWall"
redezvous, southwest of this place,
and do not know that the officers have
followed this far.
Sheriff .Fenton. who is directing the
movement against the desperadoes,
has asked for reinforcements fronj
Casper, Wyo., 100 miles southeast of
here, and a telephone message was
received late Friday night, stating
that Sheriff Webb and a large posse
had started for the scene. Fenton
and his men will do a little scouting
quietly to see that the outlaws do not
leave their hiding place before Webb
and his party arrives. Should the
outlaws become alarmed and attempt
to leave the country. Sheriff Webb
will be advised at Wolton, Lost Cabin
or one of the smaller stations on
the telephone line, and an effort will
be made to intercept the bandits at
tne eastern exit of the Hole-in-the-Wall.
Should the robbers attempt to
double back on their trail and es
cape by the only other exit from the
Hole, the route they followed in en
tering the rendezvous, they will be
attacked by Fenton and his party
near this place.
A bloody battle is certain to occur
during the next thirty-six hours, eith
er at the western or eastern exit of
the Hole, or in the vicinity of the
recent hiding place of the outlaws.
Should the bandits remain in ignore
ance of the plan to bottle them up
in the rendezvous, then the fight will
occur at the ranch home of their
friend, for two posses from the east
and west will combine forces as soon
as Webb arrives and close in on the
bandits at once.
The officers here are completely
worn out, but they are anxious for
the fight They will get almost twenty-four
hours' rest, however, if present
plans carry and will be in prime con
dition for the battle when Webb ar
rives. RUSSIA'S EXHIBITS CLOSE.
Dispute With Fair About Percentage
of Sales.
ST. LOUIS Russia's exhibits in
two of the exhibit palaces at the
World's Fair were closed Friday by
order of the exposition management.
The cause of the closing was a re
opening of the dispute between the
fair management and foreign exhibit
ors relative to the payment of a per
centage on cash sales at their exhibit
booths. President Francis said that
under the rules of the division of ex
hibits governing the sale of exhibits
at the fair, if exhibitors wish to sell
from their spaces during the exposi
tion period, arrangements to that ef
fect must first be made, approved by
the chief of the department, with the
director of exhibits and with the di
rector of concessions. This arrange
ment consists of a fixed rate of per
centage to be paid by the exhibition
to the exposition on every cash sale.
Conference at The Hague.
WASHINGTON In a circular note
Secretary Hay has carried out the
president's instructions relative to
proposing a second Hague conference.
The note not only contemplates the
reassembling of The Hague confer
ence for the consideration of ques
tions specifically mentioned by the
original conference, as demanding
further attention, such as the rights
and duties of neutrals; the inviol
ability of private property in naval
warfare and the bombardment of ports
by naval force, but goes further by
practically indorsing the project of a
general system of arbitration treaties
and the establishment of ,an Interna
tional congress to meet periodically in
the interests of peace. The issue of
the call, while the present war is in
progress, is justified by the fact that
the first Hague conference was called
before our treaty of peace with Spain
was concluded.
Price of Coal Advances.
PITTSBURG Priots of all grades
of coal have been advanced 35 cents
a ton as the result of the increased
demand for coal and the strike of en
gineers in Illinois.
Booth-Tucker in London.
NEW YORK It was announced
that Commander Frederick Booth
Tucker, who for eight and a half
years has commanded the Salvation
Army forces in the United States, is
appointed to the international head
quarters in London, and will act as
secretary and represent all countries
outside of Great Britain. This will
make it necessary for the commander
to travel in all parts of the world.
Commander Booth-Tucker's farewell
meeting in New York City will be
held on November 15.
Massacres Whole Crew.
LONDON According to Informa
tion from the island of Perim, st the
entrance to the Ked sea. an investiga
tion of Massiia island made by th
si' "nan of Muscat shows that the cap
tain and a urat' crew of twenty-one
men. which left l!ie British steamer
Baron Innoriial", which ran ashore at
the Kuria Misia islands, were messa
cred by the natives there. Nine of
the murderers have been arrested. In
formation was that the boat had cap
sized and all of the occupants drown
ed except one boy
Fatal Quarrel at St Louis.
ST. LOUIS A quarrel over a re
ceipt for the payment of a board bill
resulted in the killing of Hayden Y.
Loring, manager of the Loring hotel
near the exposition grounds, by Nor
man M. Vaughan, formerly of Council
Bluffs, la, manager of the Elks
Publishing company. Vaughan fired
several shots at Loring, all of which
took effect, and he draped dead. The
shooting was witnessed by Vaughan's
13-year-old sister, Oma, who stood near
Loring, i - stated, beseecblag her
brother aot to ire.
The Ward of
A Romance of the
Sy OTTILIE A. LIUENCWAHTZ.
Copyright -lan. by
CHAPTER XXV.
When Love Meets Love.
Before the time of the Confessor,
the West Minster was little more than
the Monastery chapel, in which the
presence of the parish folk, if not for
bidden, was still in no way encourag
ed. To-day. when the Lord Ivarsdale
came unnoticed into the dim light
while the last strains of the" vesper
service were rising, there were no
more than a score of worshipers scat
tered through the north aisle. After a
searching glance around him, the
Etheling took up his station in the
shelter of a pillar.
"Little danger or hope is there
that I can miss her." he told himself,
"if she is indeed here, as the page
said."
Tender as the gloaming of a sum
mer day was the shade in the great
rave, with the ever-burning candles to
remind one of the eternal stars. From
the throats of the hidden choir, the
last note swelled rich and full, to
roll out over the pillared aisles in a
wave of vibrant sound and pass away
in a sigh of ineffable sweetness under
the rafters.
As he bowed his head in the holy
hush that followed, the hush of souls
before a wordless benediction, some
of Sebert's bitterness gave way to a
great compassion. What were we all,
when all was told, but wrong-doers
and mourners? Why should one hold
anger against another? In pity for
himself and the whole world, his heart
ached within him. as a rustling of
gowns and a shuffling of feet told that
the worshipers had risen from their
knees and were coming toward him.
The young noble's glance leaped
them completely In its haste to reach
those who followed the knot of
women, fluttering and rustling and
preening like a flock of birds. But
the bird he sought was not of their
number. He stared blindly at the
pilgrim as the wanderer shuffled past,
"Is it thus, on his knee,
muttering and beating his breast.
Only one figure followed the penitent,
and if that should not be she! Even
though he felt that it could not be
even though he hoped it was not
hoping and fearing, dreading and long
ing, his eyes advanced to meet the
last of the worshipers.
Only one figure, but all at once it
was as though the whole world were
before him!
Coming slowly toward him out of
the soft twilight, with eyes downcast
and hands folded nun-like before her,
the daughter of Frode did not look
out of place amiti blue wreaths of in
cense and starry altar tapers.
Standing there gazing at her, a won
derful change came over the Lord of
Ivarsdale. Neither then nor ever after
could he understand how it happened,
but all at once, the barrier that cir
cumstances had raised against her fell
like the city walls before the trumpet
blast, until not one stone was left
standing upon another. Without
knowing how or why looking at her,
be believed in her; and his manner,
which a moment before had been con-
rtrained and hesitating, became ease
ful with perfect confidence. Without
knowing how or why he knew it. he
knevr that she had never squandered
her love on the Jotun. neither had she
come here to meet any Dane of the
host. He knew her for his dream
love, sweet and true and fine: and
he stepped out of the shadow and
knelt before her. raising the hem of
her cloak to his lips.
"Most gentle lady, will you give a
beggar alms?" he said with tender
lightness.
The sound of his voice was like a
stone cast into still water. The rapt
peace of her look was broken into an
eddying of conflict emotions. Amaze
ment was there and a swift joy, which
gave way almost before it could be
named, to something approaching
dread, and that in turn yielded place
to wide-eyed wonder. With her hands
clasped tightly over her breast she
rtood looking down at him.
"My lord?" she faltered.
As one who spreads out his store,
he held out bis palms toward her
"Randalin. I have sought you to add
to the payment of my debt the one
thing that in my blindness I held back
I have come to add my true love
to the rest I lay before you."
As a flower toward the sun, she
seemed to sway toward him, then
drew back, her sweet mouth trem
bling softly. "I I want not your
pity," she said, brokenly.
Still kneeling before her, he pos
sessed himself of her hands and drew
them down to his lips. "Is it thus, on
his knee, that one offers pity?" he
said. Holding the hands fast, he
rose and stood before her. "Heart be
loved of my heart, you were merciless
to read the truth before. Look again
and take care that you read me as
fairly now."
Despite his gentleness, there was a
strength in his exaltation which would
not be resisted. Turning sbrinkingly,
she looked into his eyes.
In the gray-blue depths of her own
he saw the shimmer of a dawning
iight. as when the evening star first
breaks through a June sky, and gradu
ally the star-splendor spread over her
face, until it touched her parted lips.
"You love me " she breathed, but
her voice no longer made it a ques
tion. Still gazing into his eyes, she let
him draw her closer and closer, till
be had gathered her to his breast
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The murmur of the raic that was
falling gently on the budding roses of
the Abbey garden stole in through the
open windows of Elfgiva's bower and
blended softly with the music of Can
dida's lyre. Poring over the dingy
scrolls spread out on the table be
fore he- the Lady of Northampton
yawned until she was moved to throw
herself back among her cushions with
a gesture of graceful surrender.
"It seems that the Saints are going
to take pity on me and shorten one
or these endless days with a nap.
Nurse, have a care for these scrolls.
And if it happen that the King's Mar-
snai comes Kandalin! Where is
nnmtnlin"
Beyond Leonorine's embroidery
frame and the stool where Candida
bent over her lyre, the length of the
room away, a figure in iris-blue turned
from the window by which it stood.
"Here. lady. What is your need?"
To place the speaker Elfgiva raised
her head slightly, laughing as she let
it sink back. "Watching for him
already, and the sun but little pat
noon. For shame, moppet! Come
here."
"So please you, I was watching the
rain on the roses," Randalin excused
herself with a blush as she came for
ward. A merry chorus mocked her: "Is it
to watch the roses that you have put
on the gown which matches your eyes,
you sly one?" "And the lilies in your
hair, sweet? Is it to shelter them
from the rain that you wear them?
"Fie. Tata! Can you not fib yet with
out changing color?"
But Elfgiva raised an impatient
hand. "Peace, chatterers!" she com
manded; and drawing the girl to her,
she spoke low and earnestly in her
car.
Randalin looked up In surprise.
"You will not see him, lady? Not
though he bring news of the doings
. in the nalaee?"
"Heaven's mercy!"
Elfgiva shrug-
that one offers pity?"
ged with a touch of scorn. "What
abundance of news he has found to
bring since the day he fell in with you
at even-song!" Then she consented to
smile faintly as she settled her head
among the cushions. "I would rather
sleep, child. Comfort him as best
you can only not so well that you
forget that which I enjoined you. If
lie fail us, I cannot tell what we shall
do now that the second scullion has
been so foolish as to get himself
killed in some way. Where bear you
the ring?"
The girl touched the spot where the
gold chain that encircled her neck
crept into the breast of her gown.
The lady shook her head.
"Never would you think of it again.
Take it out and wear it on your fin
ger." As she obeyed Randalin laughed a
little, for the ring was a man's, ring,
a massive spiral whose two ends were
finished with serpent's heads, and her
thickest finger was but a loose fit in
its girth. But Elfgiva. when she had
seen it on. closed her eyes with an
air of satisfaction.
"To keep from losing it. will keep
it in your mind." she said. "Now leave
me. Candida more softly! And see
to it that you do not stop the moment
my eyes are closing. Let no one
-.rake me."
They drew silence around her like
a curtain through whose silken web
the blended voices of rain and lyre
and singer crept in soothing melody.
To escape its ensnaring folds. Randa
lin stole back to the distant window
beneath which Dearwyn sat on a lit
tle bench, weaving clover blossoms
into a chain.
The little gentlewoman looked up
with her soft pretty smile. "How
mysterious you are, you two!" she
whispered, as she swept the mass of
rosy bloom to the floor to make room
for her friend. "What with Teboen
always seething ill-smelling herbs and
Tata, I pray you tell who has gifted
you with such a monster?"
Waving the ring where the light
might catch ihe serpent's eyes, Ran
dalin pursed her lips with so much
mystery that her friend was tempted
to catch the hand and hold it prisoner
while she examined the ornament.
After one look, however, she let it
fall with an expression of awe upon
her dimpled face.
"The ring Canute gave Elfgiva
that he won from the giant Rothgar?
Heaven forbid that I should press
upon her secrets! My ears tingle yeJ
from the cuff I got only for looking at
yonder dirty scroll. Yet how long
is it since you were taken into their
councils, Tata? Yesterday you were
no better able than I to say how
things were with her."
"How long?" Randalin repeated
dreamily. Her gaze had gone back
again to the rain, falling so .softly
that every pool in the sodden paths
seemed to be full of lazy winking
eyes. "Oh, there are many good
chances that he will be here soon
now. He is seldom later than the
third hour after noon."
After a bewildered gasp. Dearwyn
stifled a burst of laughter in her gar
lands. "Oh. Tata, come to earth!"
she admonished. "Come to earth!"
And scooping up a handful of the frag
rant bloom, she pelted the dreamer
with rosy balls.
Shaking them from robe and clus
tering hair. Randalin turned back,
smiling. But her lips sobered almost
to wistfulness as she sank down upoa
tfee seat beside ktr Mat. "It
that I must do that against my will."
she said. "Dearwyn. do you get afraid
when you are happy? Sometimes,
when I stand here watching- for him
an .i think how different all has hap
pened from what I supposed. I am so
happy" she paused, and it was as
though the sun had ought the irla
flowers in her eyes, until a cloud
came between and the blue petals'
purpled darkly "so happy that it
causes fear to me. lest it be no more
than a dream or in some way not
true."
-sweet it Is the waxing of the
moon. I pray you be blithe In your
spirits. Small wonder your lover
bears himself as gravely as a stone
man on a tomb if you talk such "
"Dearwyn. the same thought has
overtaken us both!" Randalin broke
in anxiously, and now she was all
awake and staying the other's busy
fingers to ensure her attention. "Not
a few times it has seemed to me that
he looks weary of heart, as though
some struggle were sapping his
strength. He swears it is not so.
yet I think the rebellion of his pride
against king-serving "
"If you want to know my belief,
it is that he carries trouble in his
breast about you," Dearwyn inter
rupted. "About me?" So much hurt surprise
was in Randalin's manner that the
little maid begged forgiveness with
caresses of the swaying clover.
(To be continued.)
DELICATE SENSE OF HEARING.
Known Cases of Remarkable Power
in This Direction.
The quickness which some persons
possess in distinguishing the smaller
sounds is very remarkable. A friend
of the writer has declared he could
readily perceive the motion of a flea,
when on his nightcap, by the sound
emitted by the machinery of his leap
ing powers.
However extraordinary this may ap
pear, we find a similar statement i&
given in the ingenious work upon in
sects by Kirby and Spence, who say:
"I know of no other insect the tread
of which is accompanied by sound, ex
cept indeed the flea, whose steps a
woman assured me she always hear;
when it passes over her nightcap
and that it clacks as if it were walk
ing in pattens!" If we can suppose
the ear to be alive to such delicate
vibrations, certainly there is nothing
in the way of sound too difficult for it
to achieve.
Cats and dogs can hear the move
ments of their prey at incredible dis
tances, and that even in the midst of
coise which we would have thought
would have overpowered such effects.
Rabbits, when alarmed, forcibly strike
the earth with their feet, by the vi
brations of which they communicate
their apprehensions to burrows very
remote. Nature.
When Sumner Was Nonplussed.
A party of tourists were standing
before the portrait of Charles Sumner
that hangs in the national capitok
"Such a strong face!" "So intellec
tual!" "So serene!" were some of the
comments.
An old and feeble man. who leaned
on the arm of a guide, heard the
words, and smiled.
"Serene!" he said. "Serene is good.
When Matt Carpenter was In the Sen
ate he and Sumner had a tilt. I don't
remember what it was about, but 1
think Matt he was one of our towns
people, you know, and we all admired
him Matt flung it at Sumner that he
ought to be sorry for what he had
done.
"'Never, sir!" retorted Sumner, with
emphasis. 'Never! During all of the
years of my public life I have yet tc
look back upon one single public act
that can cause me regret!"
"Carpenter tossed back the mass of
gray hair that shaded his forehead,
and exclaimed in a tone of rapture:
"'Happy Senator from Massachu
setts! Never, since the meek and low
ly Nazarene stood on the vine-clad
hills of Jerusalem has mortal man
been able to say as much!' "
Reckless Courage of a Cat
"I have come to believe that the
cat is the most iearless of all beasts
said a student of animals. "I used tc
tuink they were pretty timid, but I
have changed my mind. In the yard
next to me there is a bulldog whe
sleeps all day with one eye on the
fence, which is the promenade ground
of all the cats in the block. As soon
as one comes in sight the dog makes
a rush for the fence and goes up
against the boards with a force that
makes them shake. He doesn't bark
but just makes rushes.
"I have seen one big. black cat sit
on the fence for half an hour and
tease that dog by striking at him with f
her paw, as a kitten will strike at a
dangling string. The cat knows that
if it should tumble off its narrow
perch it would be killed in a jiffy,
and yet it seems to delight in the very
danger of the situation. It is only a
few inches from instant death, but it
doesn't &eem to care, though a push
from the housewife's broom from the
other side of the fence would drop
it into the ferocious jaws waiting c
seize it."
A Flourishing Game.
"As to the cause of education," said
the Montana man. "I am glad to say
thit is flourishing with us."
"Plenty of schools, eh?" was quer
ied. "Well, one every few miles or so.
but I was referring more to the school
ma'ams than the schools."
"In what way?"
"Why. we've had fourteen in our
district in the last two years, and
every one of 'em has got married and
is living as happy as a clam. We are
behind in some things, but when it
comes to the cause of education we
give a schoolma'am her pick of a
dozen candidates, and if she can't find
one tc suit her as a husband we know
she ar'n't up on geography and 'rith
metic nd let her go."
The Whole Trouble.
"What's the matter, little boy?'
asked old Mr. Goodhart "What are
you crying for."
"Boo, hoo!' sobbed tha boy. "Boo,
hoo!"
"Come, come! Dont mind, don't
mind!"
"Boo, hoo! I didn't an' that's
what I was licked fur.'
Utterly No Good.
Secretary Bung General Blazea
waski is no good. He doesn't win any
victories.
Secretary Hole I should say he was
no good. He doesn't even claim any
victories. Exchange.
Beginning ef the Trouble.
"When I married you," sneered the
aristocratic husband, "your father
was In trade."
"True," replied the wife, with a
sigh long drawn out "and I was badly
QUICK RESULTS.
-W.. J. Hill. of. Con-"
cord.'N. C.. Justice of
the-Peace, says:
"Doan's -Kidney
Pills -'proved -very
-efficient,
remedy' in -my.
case. -1 used-them;-
for disor
dered kidneys
and- backache.
from, which. I
had 'experienced.
a- great 'deal of
trouble and
pain.-' The kid
ney secretious were very- irregular,
dark colored and full of sediment
The pills cleared it all up' and I have
not had an ache in my: back s'ince
taking the last dose. My health gen
erally Is improved a great deal."
FOSTER-MILBURN CO.. Buffalo.
N- Y. For sale by all dealers, price 5U
cents per box.
She was telling the experiences of
Husband Had Presence of Mind,
herself and her husband in ft railway
accident "We were suddenly pitched
clear out or the car. John said to
me. 'Are you hurt?' 'Not a bit.' said
1. Then he up with his list ami gave
me a black eye and we claimed ?f.0i
damages. Now I call that real pres
ence of mind."
Pennies Bother Car Companies.
What to do with the copper pennies
taken in by street raiway companies
is getting tq be more and .mors ot a
probeui in Engish cities. In Loudon
many of these coins are disposed of
in five-shilling packages to hotels and
other places where change is needed,
but much remains to be disposed of
otherwise.
Monkey of Brilliant Hues.
One of the most brilliant colored of
all monkeys is to be found in Tibet.
It is known as the orange snub-nosed
monkey. It lives in troops among tin
taller trees. After its color the next
conspicuous feature about this animal
is its tip-tilted nose.
Best in the World.
Cream, Ark., Nov. ..(Special.)
After eighteen months' suffering from
Epilepsy. Backache and Kiduey Com
plaint. Mr. W. H. Smith of this place
is a well man again and those who
have watched his return to health
unhesitatingly give all the credit to
Dodd's Kidney Pills. In an interview
regarding his cure. Mr. Smith says:
"I had been low for eighteen mouths
with my back and kidneys and also
Epilepsy. 1 had taken everything 1
knew of, and nothing seemed to do
me any good till a friend of mine got
me to send for Dodd's Kidney Pills-.
I find that they are the greatest med
icine in the world, for now I am ablo
to work and am in fact as stout and
strong as before I took sick."
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kid
neys. Cured Kidneys cleanso the
blood of all impurities. Pure blood
means good health.
Unable to Distinguish Red.
The most common form of color
blindness is an inability to distinguish
red. Last year thirty-four officers and
would-be officers of the British mer
cantile marine service failed on their
color tests, twenty-three being red
blind and the remainder unable to dis
tinguish green. The 4,0i candidates
for certificates were also submitted
to the form vision tests and twenty
two of them failed to distinguish the
form of the object submitted.
Every housekeeper stiould know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 oz. one full
pound while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in -pound pack
ages, and the price is the same. 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
a 12-oz. package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
ters and figures "10 or.s." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
To Utilize the Shark.
The shark, which is so abundant in
the waters of Central America. Is to
be utilized in commercial products..
A company has been formed which
converts sharks' fins into jelly and
tinned soup, makes tine machinery oil
from their livers, handsome leather.
equal fo alligator's, from their skins
walking sticks from their backbones,
and numerous articles from their jaw
bones and teeth.
The Wabash is the Only Line Landing
You at the World's Fair.
Rround trip rates from Omaha are
as follows: J8.f0 sold daily except
Friday and Saturday, good 7 days.
$13.80 sold daily, good 15 days. Tbe
Wabash is the only line tr.at land's
passengers at the main entrance of the
World's Fair grounds. Also the only
line that can check your baggage to
the World's Fair station. Think what
a saving of time, annoyance and ex
tra car fare.
All agent .s can sell you through
ticket and route you over the Wabash.
Very low rates to many points South.
Southeast. For beautiful World's Fair
folder ana all information call at 1601
Farnam St. or address Harry E.
Moores. Gen. Agt Pass. Dept Wab.
R. R., Omaha, Neb.
Perhaps He Couldn't
"While lunching a few days ago
with a friend," said Paul A. Bonwit.
"I mentioned that I understood a mu
tual friend was not drinking any
more, to which ha replied: 'No; may
be Jack isn't drinking any more; but,
I guess he is drinking about as much
as he ever did." New York Times.
Blanke Coffee Wins Everything.
St. Louis, Nov. 8. World's Fair
gives C. F. Blanke Tea & Coffee Co.
higrest award, grand prize and gold
medal, on coffee, also five additional
highest awards on Grant Cabin Tea.
Quaker Ceylon Tea. China Tea. ShhJ
zuokaken Japan and Formosan Teas,
making greatest number grand prizes
ever awarded one firm.
Manchurian Pagodas.
Of the ancient pagodas of Man
churia those of the first class have
seven, nine or thirteen stories, while
second-class ones have from three to
five. They are still erected occasionally.
B Bje. "hfc
BBBLfl " EftiM
Tribute to Tobacco.
What a quiet world this would be If
every one would smoke! I suspect the
reason why the fairer sex decry thee
is that thou art the cause of silence.
Caataia MarryaL
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