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s. W ' iv. ." ... t . : : - 4 iA. The Ward of A Romance of the B 0TT1L1E A. LILiENCRJUITZ. auiaor e The Thrall if Lief tore LacJn- cp-r -ti. 1SC tr A. CHAPTER XXVI Cctitrrued. itfg-va :tsh; qa.c -- "Ye T XJee. raj n-irse K-av yco- seen hr? ' "I sew he- rjetwe-n cscxcrowmg and caws. :o--;- on when I let down tie bars for the -cattle to come in to the zzilxz.. The herd-boy who drives them said bomethiag to her it s-aamed to me that h- caned a Dan ish ruinre and said tnat person was vaiiing in iho wuod to speak with ter whereat sa : down her pitcher tra-1 went up the mne. I have not seen her since. ' The lady i the air iik little white hand-, beat a frightened child s. 'Three candle- have burned cut since th-tn. it is -crta-in that evil has be tallen her " She paused to gaze ecgsr!y toward a ireire that at this Eioment appeared in rh lew arch of the doorway "Tata' do yon bring me news of her?" Tfetczh she shook h-r ad. Randa lin 3 manner was full of suppressed c-xcitement as she advanced. "Not o: her. tidy. yv: cidmsa great tidings' The- King. hti sen: ' "Kts ilsrs-ial again? I -.r; net see h:-n. "Nay. the ilarsha! btt secom-pames tiie raeswngpr in 'rjth. Jady it is my belief that the token has accom plished its mission. The message is orocrmt by Thorke! Jarl. as this has not t en -ione before " "Earl Thorkel''" Zlfriva cried 3y tb ?,aintir. it can b nothmc less, than theTGk-n!" She dropped down upon the rustic seat that stood undr the green canopy of the old apple tree and sat th-ere a long t:m After a while an enchanting sm: touch-d h-:r lips. Screiy. a rc-e sard en is a ritting piace tL- rwrei-.1 the ambassadors or a lover." sh-- szid and stra-ffhtenec her self en her rutir throne, sleeping h-r draperies into more cracr-;i! fares. "3rnig tbem her. ladybird Candida, fetch hither th? iao veil from my fcower. and cal. tiie otiier ma.ds as WWW' . ',- - teriH,"?7in - .irt.j'.'t ivni.5ii i . i iwa-.: ! yau go, and all the pace you can find, r The Tall One a -ways grve-s me the " feeling" af a lamb t-fiore a wolf." Even had the likeness, never oc- cnrred te ner before, it would not bave beec strange if she had thcucht . of :t to-day as. frllrwd- by the Ma shal and preceded by therr fair usher. tlie eld warrior came across tne grass to the little court under the eppie tree. She r-;apfec into a kind of lamb-like tremor as siie rnvittd them to t-e seated, and commanded the at tendance cf her c:p-bearer. When she raught siao-t of The m'7 cf discom fort in Setx'rt frank face, she lost her voice ent:r.t and waited m utter silency while they drank their wine.- Yet Tfeorkt! s manner was unwent dly sen-aa' when at last he broachei his errand. "You lack the easemess rhr is to be expected, lady ' he- a:d as he gave hs moath a last polish with the celicat nakptn "Wil. ;t sot mterest you 10 bear that at last the Paiac-.1 is ready for a Queen" Canute is goinsr to grve the Angles a gifl of the elves. '" For an mstant. she was be ayed fasto believing him. and bent forward. her fiuscmg face transiiirared with de hrht. She was starting to speak when the Etheimg ro&e abruptly from iis seat. "Lcrd Thorkel." he said ancrily. Tr-' cat-piay would bring yon little tTaaafes from your King, nor will I longer entrare it. I pray you to explain wttfecut delay that the nam? 01 ".if giva' is ijorne also by Emma of Nor mandy " sJe did crj address the rwin's wife md-e-Hi. he reframed even from look ing at hr bur he- -poke swiiMy to the dark-haired -girl who tood beside the s-at. "Rancalin. I be; you to tell your lacy that Elrtnva Emma, who is Ethelred's widow and the Lady of Nor mcr.dy. arr.ves at rver tG-morrow to he mide Qu-?en of the English." As all expected, the Lady cf North ampton started up shrieking defiance. screaming that it should not be so. that the King was her husband and the soidiers would support her if the monks would not. that he was hers. hers and more -h.tr effect, until the plunging wcrds ran into each other and tears and laughter blotted out the last semblance of speech- A: the point where her voice gave cut her eyes fell on the house-dcor. and ..-. jrrrrpsiinr r-sTrr-r' fmr. TTe to amanement and from amazement to ' horror Catching Randalin's arm in tear, sne he ran to gasp o-s-er and over the name of Tebcen the nurse. In the dcorway the 3ntish woman was standing, waggmg her had in time to a sillr quavering song that she was singmg with lips so distorted as to be almost unrecognizable. Her ence fond face was ashen gray, and now as site quiied tne door post and j came toward them she reeled in her valk stumbling over stones and grop ing blirly with her huge bony hands. "A de-ni has possessicn ol her," Elf .riva shrieked. "Take her out of my sight, cr I shall go mac! Take her away take her away" Shrieking in wildest terror she fled before her. and for a moment the garden seemed given over to a grostesque gam; of blind-mans buff as women and 3oys scattered with renewed screaming at each approach of the ghastly face. It did. net stop until the two soidiers who nad been mae keepers cf the wretched creature came running cut cf the house and led her away. Then it was Thorkel's sardonic r ".&, t--. . Va T iJ . f VnBV . -voice iiit u'u"' "-e -I.!... ui .luitii-1 ini3 aitemcon not one more night in axsptoa 'bck to herself. "Now. is this prison! Randalin. learn what dis tils -bo-" you take the sight of your , posal is to be made of you, and King Canute Danish Conquest. T ilcCLUEJj- i Ca n hand .work" One mcuthfu. and nc mor has -she had of the blocd cf :ne coued snake " Stopping -where sh was.. Elfgiva "' gazed at him. and with a dawning comprehension came back her inter rupted fury. "The coiled snake." she repeated slowly; and after that, in a rash of words. "Then it was you who ent;ced her away and mistreated her? j But what coes it concern you that I ! se. e.i it s naive . vvu'.re si ui i- . TT-l. .. Hew knew you it had blood?" Without waitmr for an answer, she turned up on the Marshal, her Lds contracted intc narrow ;lirs behind which her yes raced like prisonec animals. "It is you who are to blame for this You who miscamed my message. You have betrayed me. and I tell y.on " H5ter:cal tears broke her . voice, but she pieced it together with her temper and weiu on telling him all the- bitter tarags she could tiunk of. whili he stojd before her in the irun silence of one who nas leng foreseen the disagreeable aspects of bis unriertak:r. and made up his mind to endurance. When she stopped for breath, he said steadily. i dclare with truth that yoc cannot disliae what I have done much more tiian I. Lady of Northampton, i hope :t will be an ex cuse with yoc. as it ;s a comfort to me. that instead of fetching ycc mto trouble " i Thorkel took the words from his lips, and no longer with sinister de- ! liberation but with a ferocity that showed itself in the gathering swift ness o his speech "Trouble yes" By the Hammer cf Thor I think you deserve to have trouble' Had any of ycur w.tches' brew done harm to th Kins. I can tII you that you wcu.i not hav lived much longer What' Ar- the plans of men to De -:ps-t r?y ycur oaby fare and a king .'.m .u: Because a l.t:, fco. chooses r-. "T 'WMWM 1 , yl. v h. 1 1 " CLfi TsV- 1 a; nsr awsy: to play with poison as a child with fire"" "Poison?" she screamed. She had been racing him with whitening lips. .and now the little breath that she had left went from ceF 111 a sharp cry. .-sot poison; love-pfiirres : To win him back' Lov philtres can yon not hear "Love-philtres! The old warrier's 'voice made the words on with con tempt. '"Did the mouthral she swal kwed have that effect upon your woman? Or do you think ycu planted iov m the breasts of the dead scui- lions riad you seen their wr.tamn I tnmk you would havc cal.ed another name." oy He was standing ever her now. and he was cowering before him. her shakmz hands rising as thcuch tc ward off h-s eyes "I meant no harm;" she was w&il.ng w-th stiff Hps. ' The scroL said not a word that it was hurtful. Do not kill me. I meant no " The word ended m an inar ticulate sound and she swayed back ward. lae EtfceLnc turned fiercely to the Jarl. "For God s sake, tell ner that no one suspects her of seeking his r t '.Ue. and give her his true messaze o- I will go and hang myself tor loathing." "Tell her yourself!" the old Dane snapped. "It is seen that you are as rabbit hearted as the boy who makes her such an offer. Were I in his place. I would have them all drowned for a j litter cf waulmz kittens The youuz soldier, having braved the nutbu-st of hysteria that re doubled at his approach, managed to slip a soothmg word into the lulL "It is true, nobre one. that for state reasons the King has consented to this un.on with Emma of Ncrmandy. who will brine h:m the friendship of Duke Richard besides causinz pleas ure to the English 3tit the crown of Denmark is a.so at h.s disposal, lady , and this he purposes to bestow upon your son Sven. fcr whom he has much ' e j iove. And it is his will and pleasure that you accompany the boy across the sea and. together with the earls of '-: rrr:iTr?r3h:7V h.nli r"rwi nnrr-a- ' for him" until his hinds shall be bis ! enough to grasp it alone. For this he 1 gives you the name of "queen' and all the honor you shall desire." It was as though a rainbow had been set in her showery eyes "He purposes this?" she murmured: and rose out of her seat in a kind of ecstasy then caught at its back, z-Gomms with doubt. "I cannot believe it :t is too beautiful Swear that you are not mocking me." "I swear it." he said gravely, hut his Tips curled a little as he watched her delight brine back her color, her smiles, her every Throwing her 2 wyn. who chanced rairy charm. rms about Dear to be nearest, she issed hr repeatedly. "Think, mouse a cueen a cueen! It was net for naught tliat I dreamed an eagle Sew over my head. Ah. how I shall cher- ish the dear little cne who has ! brought me this I pray you tell me I when I am to leave, and who goes with me. and every were of the plan, fcr I could eat them like sweets." Tlf Jarl will feed your ears later." Thorkel said gruffly. "Ycu will leave fcr Northampton this afternoon, to get the toy and to get rid cf ycu be fore the Lady of Normandy arrives." The shaft fell pointless as she turned ker sparkling tce toward her Yemen. "Toe hear that, mv Iambs? .A iW' quickly. Nobles, if I am cot yet enough queen to dismiss you. still aa I queen enough to depart -without your leav- " Chiming the street bells of her laughter, she glided away among her excited attendants, the silver mockery reaching them after sne had vanished into the house. Randalin awcke to a sense of be wilderment. "It is true that I do not snow -where to go, now that this place :s upset." The question -was repeated in her lover's attitude: but Thorkel Jarl an swered it, coming between them and drawing her aside. "I will remedy that," he said. "My men are to fetch you to the Palace so soon as ever your lady has left. The King has a us- for you." The rest he spoke into her ear. but its elect was to blanch her cheeks and cause her hands to clasp each other in terror as 1 1 -. rt-- iL iie -l-u , . i cannot sie cnec I cannot. "Y.u must." he said harshly. "Or you will do little credit to the blood that is in you. Do you no longer think your father and brother of any importance?" "They are pitiless to demand it of me." she murmured, and buried her face m her hands. (To be continued.) PROBLEM OF OLD AGE. Qusstior. fcr Pclitical Economists tc Puirls Ov;r. What the country shall do with its ei-presidents is not nearly so vital a problem as what it shall do w.th its j id men According to the new gospel of bus mess economics a man is "old" at fifty. That is to say. he can no long er remain an integral part of the industrial machine. Young men are m demand every where. Old men are in demand no wnere. The commercialism of the aae feeds upon young blood and re jects everything else. Most of the railroads have placed an age limit upon their pay roll ac count. It is a tacit rule that no man ' over forty-five years of aze shall be employed, even at clerical work. One of the great steel companies of thv country, employing thousands c: men. recen'ly adopted a rule that in certain departments requiring expert knowledge and skill no man over thir :y-fi? years of age shoulc be gives employment. Other large industries I are following a similar policy. Practically the same thing is true I :n ine professions. Except as s tounaelcr the oid lawyer is cot m de I mand. The churches are calling for voting ministers and the schools give nreierence to younrr teachers, u nen a man reacnes :e aze of fif'y he i: supposed to have crossed the dead Ime. It is a strange cemmentary on out modem civilization that while medi cal science is bending every energy to proiong the span of human life ro people the world with old men the tendency ot our economic system s to drive them out of business tc make them a charge upon the world, wh.ch is sa.d to owe every man a hv .ng. Here is a quest.on for political economists to d'gest. if possible, fo: fe benefit or" the coming genernaon: What shall the world co with its old men? Chirao Journal. Tec Grsar a Rsssmhiancs. 3ishop Olmsted of Denver is inter ested in a number of charities, and obtains many aenerous contributions on their behalf from rich Episcopal ians. There is in Denver, however, a mil lionaire who will rarely consent tc help Bishop Olmsted's pet projects. He is a zenerous man. and in his o n way he assists the poor, but to organ ized charity, for some reason, he heartily objects. The bishop often asks him for subscriptions, but these requests are almost invariably re fused. . Recently the millionaire portrait painted. 3ishop tad his Olmsted met him the other day and said: "I aw this morning your admirable portrait." "And did ycu ask it for a subscrip tion?" said the m.I'.ionaire. smiling. "No." said 3ishop Olmsted. I saw there was no use it was so like yoc." Pumced. In this picker-up of those unconsid ered trifles wh.ch that master of style. ; Charles Lamb, delighted to dwell on. I may r-cord one of the quaint say ings of a little girl who was recently i adopted by a philanthropic lady from : an institution for stray bits of infan tiie humanity thrown from the sea of metropolitan life in which their par , ents have been wrecked This tot. 1 who is as pretty as the proverbiai picture and wise beyond her years. was hurrying with me the ether daj ! to catch a train : and unconscious thai 1 I was taxmc: the little one beyond her power. I said, with masculine abruptness : "Walk faster, walk faster, or well be I-ff" "Oh. I can't." was the panting re ply. "I'm ail out of air." 3oston 3udcet. ; Statesman Had Kind Heart. The late Sir William Vernon Har " court, though an ardent fighter was one of the most forgivinz and kind hearted men. On one occasion, years ' ago, T. P. O'Connor asked him in the nouse o: commons regarcing tne size 01" cells in convict prisons. Sir Wrll- . inm gave tne desired inrormatian with such exactness as to suggest a laugh in tne nouse. but cneers roiiowed 'rien "e head of the hoe ofice qui5t' lJ a h iad considered it duty to visit several suet cells. 1 so as to know by personal knowledge i how the unfortunate beings who wers condemned to dwell there were accus j tomed to fare. Gave Up All fcr Religion. Ali Kuli Khan, a Persian nobleman. who has given up lands, title, family and posiacn. is now living in 3oston in obscurity because he regards his religicn as mre important than any of the temporalities he is relinquish ing. His fatter was ordered executed for becoming a 3ahisr, than which no religion is more feared by the Mo hammedan clergy of Persia, hut owing to the influence of his uncle, who was p-ime minister of the late shah. order was commuted. Ali is at work translatinz into English the works of the Babist writers at the request of American converts to the faith. Echo Frem the Far Ezxi. Little Willie Say. pa, what is this, Tie pass so frequently mentioned in the papers? ?a It is a pass usesd by many al leged actors when they traveL 3 son. Two Recommendations Needed. Slowpay Doctor. I suppose you ear recommend your tailor to me? Doctor Certainly, bat yoc wai have to get some one else to recommend yon to my taller. The Ward of A Romance f the Bv OTTILIE A- UUENCRAHTZ. Cc; st. IS03. by A. CHAPTER XXVI. Continued. Anger leaped from tne young nobles eyes as in his turn, he came between her and the JarL He said forceful'y. "No cne shall ask anything of you that you do not want, nor shall any king compel you. Yet I think I have a right to know what his will is with you. ! "You have not." the Dane contra- ! dieted. "Do you think the king's pur- ' poses are to be opened to tne sight ' of every Angle who becomes his man? End this talk, maiden, and zive me I your promise to be obedient.' iuji i s.ji i uiuaL. taen scuzm to make peace with her lover by lay ing caressing hands on his breast But for once the Ethelmgs will did not h-izid to her coaxing, his moutn was doggedly set as he looked down upon her. "I trust no man I do not know," he answered, "and I do not know Canute the man. You have 10 ?ause to reproach me with lack of faith in you. Randalin. for when every happening even your own words made it appear as if it were love for Rothzar Lodbroksson which brouzh' you into the camp. I looked into your eyes and believed them amiinst ail else." Love for Rothgar Lodbroksson?" she repeated, drawing back. "Then you did believe that I could love Roth zar?" Her voice rose sharply. "You believed that I followed him! ' Too late he saw what he had done. "I said that I did not believe it," he cried hastily "What I thought at first in my bewilderment that could not be called belief. ' 3ut she did not seem to hear his ex planation as she stood there gazing at him. her mind leaping lightning like from point to point. "It was that which made you behave so strangely in the garden." she said, and she spoke each, phrase with a kind of creathless finality. 'You thought WKZ !"' , U !vr- :- x, ' &; J , 1 s-T-y . a w, M.ir"r wa "Ycu! To voncse m: that I I was Use those those other 1 her attendan the or 'y woman avail women in the camp. And what are ( able, a wench they had taken rrom 1.- ...... - - L. . rou thm:-:m: or me now; i ,-uu care to dream that the kinz " Turn- i-rT sh- confronted the old warrio ! ! fiercelv. "Thorkel Jarl. I ask you to tell the Lord of Ivarsdale as quick as you can what the king wants tt- me." "That quickly. I will not do" the Jarl said "You know no prudence maiden. also Englisi :he Lord of a mishap Ivarsdale is might occur him: "I care not if I lose Canute h s crown! If you will not risk it, I will tell him that the king settles to-night with Edric of Mercia and his men. and that it is to witness the pumsnment of my kins men's murderer that he has sent or me. As for my camp life, ask Rothgar himself, or Elfziva. or the king, or any soldier of the host! Of them aL. you alone have tcought such thouzhts of me." She fiung up her hands against him in a kind of heart-broken rage. Yoc! To whese high-minded ness I trusted everything I have!' Hiding her fice. she ran from them sobbing, into the house. CHAPTER XXVlt. The Twilight of the Gcds. As she had seen it from the sal had lerv where the kings soldiers hidden her. Randalin saw again th great stone hall, en-hnuing a feast inc table around which a throne of nobles in their eoreeous dresses and their jewels and their diadems male a glittering halo. At the farther end. the kine sat in h: shining elided chair. Just below her was Edric of Mereia with Norman Leof-iuessor. beside him. The lizht from the taper which a page was holdine behind Nor man of Baddeby fell upon the zemmed collar that was his principal oma- ment. ite crlxar nad been her rath- er's; she could not look at it without seeing again his ruddy old face with rhe cliar had been her fath- its smm moutn and raced smciy ejes. Beside this vision rose another the vision of this beloved fa-:e dead in the moonlight, with Fridtjof s near it. his brave smile frozen oc bis young lips. From that moment, softness and shrinking died out in her bearing as out of her heart, and her blood wa5 turned to fire within her the liquid fire of the North. When the wave of good-win and fel lowship had reached its height, like one who would ride in upon the crest the Gainer rose to his feet and be gan speaking to the king. The first words Randalin heard distinctly were Canute's, as he paused with upraised goblet to look at the Mercian. "Strangely do ycu ask." he said. "Why should I give you more than Edmund gave yoc?" She had no cifiiculty in hearing Edric this time. Agzressively honest, his wor-ls rang oat with startling sharpness. "3ecause it was for you , that I vent asainst Edmund, and from ( faithfulness to you that I afterward destroyed him." i Out of the stillness mat followed, a voice cried. "Are you mad?" and th-re was the gratmg of chairs thrust I hastily back. 3ut, after a great wL-nch. her heart stood still within fcw.- as through the madness she per cerred the purpose. As well as Edric of Mercia she knew that the yo mg "Viking's venerable point was his Ungiii fo-- bis own self-esteem, a graving so enreckoning in its fervor hat should he have the guilty con sciousness the traitor counted on i H fP4B A f T0 hf nWF ffl OflC I for cowardice h would be ecaa! to I King Canute Danish Conquest. artttr si The Thrall f Lief the Lack. C Mcd-TTHG CO. the wild brazsnness of zinging the avowal m the teeth of his assembled court. Her pul-es began to pound in a furious dance as the same fiash of intuition showed her the rock upon which the Gainer's audacious steering was going to wreck him. For no skulkins guilt was in the face of the new king of England as he met the startled glances, but tn siead a kind of savare joy that widen ed his nostrils and drew his lips away from his teeth in a terrible smile. "Now much do I thank whatever god has moved you to open speech." for with every fiber of my body have I Ionr wanted to require you for that faithfulness. Knowmr that you were coming to-night to ask it, I have the reward ready. Never was recompense given with a better will." Leaping to his feet, he hurled the goblet in his hand against the op posite wall so that it was shattered on the stone behind the embroidered hangings. At the signal the tapesrry was lifted, and in the light stood Eric of Norway, leaning on a michty battle-axe. To him the king cried in a loud voice, all the irony gone rrom it. leaving it awful as the voice of Thor at Ragnarok. "Do your work where all can see yoc. Eric Jarl. that no man shall accuse me of being afraid to bear my deeds. And let Nor man Leofwinesson die with his lord for the slaying of Erode of Aval comb." A roar of hideous sound a con fusion of overturned lights, of screech ing servants, of writhing strugzlng bodies above it all. the vision of that glittering axe poised in the air tnen flashing downward Randalin s recol lections blurred, ran together, and faded cut in broken snatches. She recalled a brief space of some thing like sleep-walking as the sol diers led her through branching cor- 1 rldors to this rco retcned tor 1 'ffx m rf y.3. - .4Z . n-mindedness I trusted evervtttrc , w tucaer- asiiing :n tne rovai kitch- ' en. She remembered irritablv re- jecting the woman's clumsy services and sending her to sleep on her pal- , let, while she herself walked to and ; fro with her surging thoughts until I steer physical exhaustion forced her to throw herself upon the bed. After that she remembered nothing. j "I am- glad that I did no-t disgrace my kit", by screaming or fainting,'' she reflected now. as she raised herself j snffiy. "I am glad I did that much j credit to my name." She flushed as her hand, touching the pillow, found :t wet, and for an instant the bearing jf her head was less erect. "I do not remember what I dreamed." she murmured, "but full well I know that .t was not because Norman Leof- winesson is slan that I shed tears in I my sleep." For a while she drooped there, her eyes on the open window j jutside of which a robin was singing 1 jlithely among the cherries. But all it once she seized the pillow with a kind of fierceness, and turned it over and piled the others on top of it. cry ng under her breath. "How dared he! How dared he! I will shed no tears for him while I am awake. I will remember only that I am mv 1 father's daughter and the Lady of Avalcomb." Proudly as became an Odal-woman she followed the pace when he came to call her to the royal oresence. The great stone hall in which the king awaited the arrival of his Norman bride was the sam rcom m which he had feasted the nicht before, but ' taoies anc cisaes now wo-e zona gold-weighted tapestries hung once more over the door by which Edric of Norway had made his entrance. and a rich-hued rug from an eastern loom lay over the spot wnere she had seen the axe rise and falL Forcinz herself to tread rorcmz herselt to tread tne rug with steady step, she came where the ! king stood by an open window. He j was as cuanzed as the room, thouzh in honor of his ende he wore again state robes of silk and cioth-of-goid. for the fire of the Northern lights was gone out of his face, leaving it dull and lusterless. His ward counesied deeply before him. "ror your justice. Kinz Canute. I give you thanks drawn from the bottom of my heart,'" she said. "I welcome you to your own. Lady of Avalcomb," he answered as he re turned her salutation. Leaning against the window frame he stood a ! long while Icoking at her in silence . so long that she was startled when at ' ast he spoke, "ret for the good of , 1 the realm. I must lay on your cdal one burden. Frode's daughter." "What Is that. King?" "It is that before the year Is cut ycu take a husband who shail be able to defend ycur land in rime of need. Her white cheeks w-ent very red before tim and then grew very pale again, while her breast rose and fell j convulsively. But she clasped her ' hands over it as though to still its 1 protest and. suddenly, she fiunj up ter head in a kind of trembling de- fiance. "What does it matter? King. I know wnat a iJanisn woman owes her race. Choose you the man and this shalL like other things, be as you wish." It was evident him by surprise. that ner answer took for he bent from the wall to otserve her. "I cheese:" he repeated. "Have you then no choice?" She tried to say "No": she tried Jt , 1 .i - .,!.. n .... J . ?.., ..Tw... .4.. - - - couraze was crumhlinz under her. All at once she took her hands from her breast to hold them out pleadingly, and her voice was broken: "Lord, let me go back to Avalcomb now to day! "Wherefore to-day?" he asked. "I had thought you would remain here for awhile and get honor fro I Queen Emma. A moment he looked away from her. out of the window at the drifting clouds. "I can tell you. Frode's daughter, that while she is noble in her birth, she is still nobler her mind." he said gravely. "Lit- tie would there be in her service for you tc take ill. I think it possible that she might be highly helpful to you. There is that about her which makes the good in. cne come out ar.d bask like a snake in the sun. while the evil slinks away shadow-like " She interrupted him with a cry that was half a sob. "Lord King. I cannot bear it to see more people that ara strange to me! Since I left my fath er's house I have felt the starkness of strangers, and now now I can endure it no longer. My heart within me Li as though it were bruised black an- blue. Let me go back where all know me where nrne will hold me or: at arm's Iensth to challenge me with his eyes, but all love me and place faith in me because they know me. Lord, give me leave to go home pray it of you! Beseech it of your" Entreating, she would have fallen A his feet if he had not caught her hands and stayed her (To be continued.) WEN WITH GREAT MEMORIES. Mississinpian Vcuchss fcr Two Very Remarkable Canes. Somehow the talk shifted to won derful memories. The man from Mis sissippi, who had been trying to get the word, at last succeeded. "I rath er fiatter myself." he remarked. "I can tell you a couple of the most remark able cases on record. The first was that of an old nezro born and reared in slavery, unable either to read cr write. His task on the plantation at dusk was to weigh the cotton baskets of the two score or more negroes who came home every night from th fields. He relied solely on his memo ry, had no record of any sort, and made his report to the overseer every Saturday evening. He could tell the amount of cotton each one had picked for the six days in the week, and was never known to make an error. "The other case is told m an inter esting article in the "Publication of I 'he Mississippi Historical Society" i The Indian agents of the federal gav ' ernment, just after the treaty of Dsm j :ing Rabbit creek, had a census taken I of certain Choctaw villages. The task I was performed by a member of the tribe, who recorded the number of mi.ies. females, and children on . notched sticks. Some months late the records were burned and the In dian, without the slightest hesitation. reproduced them entirely from mem ory. There were over 5, )) souls enumerated by him. If I recall correct ly. And there was ro question as to his accuracy. A test made in a village 1 or two proved that his new notched j sticks, made from memory, were as j accurate as the old ones." New Or- eans 1 imes-Democrat. Get Mcr- -an He Wished. Jim Webster -a as Deing tried for bribing a colored witness. Sam John sine, to testify falsely "You said the defendant offered you 350 to testify m his behalf?" "Yes. sah." "Now repeat what he said, using his exact words." "No. he said he wocld zive me S50 if I"' "He didn't speak in the third per son, did he?" "No. sat: he tuck good care da: dar were no third person 'round; dar was only :xo us two." "I know that, Dut he spoke to you in the first person, didn't he?" "I was the fust pa-son myself" "Ycu don't understand me. When he was talking to you did he say, I will pay yoc 5:'"' " "No. sah: he didn't say ncthir.' I -bam von Davin' rae S0. Your name ! T-icnV T-.r.r.T,H -w7h h rnU a j e. ecer I got into a scrape yon was j the best lawyer in San Antonio to fao! Aa id-e and ite ftirv in fae." von 1 was de best in town to cover up res j kelity " j For a brief, breathless moment the I trial was suspended. Milwaukee WLs i consin. A Dream Cisnellee. There was ence an observing voting woman who took note of the fact that the men seemed to be abashed when in the presence cf the maid who ruled the kitchtn. So she went to cooking school and took a thorcuzh course in culinary science, graduating with honors. On a time she married a man, and she insisted upon getting the meals herself. 3ut. alas' instead of standing in awe of her and allowing hr to boss th house he was quarrelsome and dictatoriaL and she was little better than a slave. At last see threw herself a: his feet and begged mm to tell her why a man was not as much afraid of his wife as he was cf the cook. Hut" he responded. "I'm not ziz:iid oulI - vonr Tob ind dL " aochc:d vstem." " This show, . lhaz co-diaon5 jj- job and discr- :cc the plausiiblity cut of theories right alonz. Break It Gently. Richard Le Galiienne spends much cf his time in New York. He affects a decidedly poetical fashion in tis hair, which calls for a sparing use cf the shears. Near his locgmgs is a German barber shop, where he fre quently drops in to have his shoes polished, hut never for tousonal at tention, much to tne diszu?t of the the Bmari-mr whn t r-o-ses.-i of th true barber hair-destroying inst.net. The ether day as the poet left, after one of his usual visits, a customer heard the barber say tn th boy: -5ee here, Fritz. d-r next dime dot shentlemans comes in to get his shine I vants you to say somedinzs to him abcudt dot shameless hair he zot. Doan get fresh, and make some of fenses shust hint delicate. Say. 'Boss, ycu Iccks like a shackasses wid dot hair: vhy dean you already?' " Inspect Restaurant Kitchens. In order to promote a hizher stand- arc", of cleanliness in the kitchens of London restaurants, the public health department of the city corporation has drawn up a series cf regulations, ani certificates are about to be issued to those owners who have complied with the same. Periodical inspections of restaurarj.tr cd bake souses wJl b made and fresr. certificates will fee is sued. The London county council proposes to ask for powers for inspect ing premises on which food is pre pared for public sale. i few IIVETER4INS N-oYtfOT at C Buried To-day. Bnrid to-iiay When the on srees bsda ore rjcrstias out. And up 02 the south rtd Mines a ahaut EdbTrmv:f. iaken away. Srurdy of heart aad stoct oJ Ursb. From eyes that drew tail riwir Hii: Iross- Ar:l put low. low beneath tlie els. In aw sprirj os tins spring- day. Passes axar. AH the pcuJe of bo-Kfe fc-T3ru All the hope of His y-t la ra; Who Aires to question wfcec cfi -Nay-ilursiur not only pray. salts Enters to-day Another fcdy m churchyard pod. Another soul ott tie life tr GoC Hi Chrm was buno and trves alway; Trust Hist, an J ?o your way. Separated Fcrty Years. j At a meeting in 3oston of the thre Vermont companies of 3erdan's sharp- : shooters two veterans shook: hand- ' who had not seen each other for forty years. They are George W. Dimo-nd cf : Hill. N. H and David M. Bullock of Readsboro. Vr n- r3 t jhiTt r- ntr-inni who was then a resident of Grafton. V. and Mr. Bullock, who lived m Reads- boro. were mustered in at Brattiebcro. For three years they fouzht for the union. For a long time they were tent- ' . mates aad at their recent meeting thay 1 exchanged reminiscences of the aid , days. Mr. Dimond was taken prisoner , at Gettysburg and was far three , months a prisoner at 3eile Isle. "I would not have missed this visit to 3oston fcr anything." said Mr. Ei mond. "I expected to meet rev- ' eral of my old comrades, but ro meet my old bunkie and tentmate. Dave Bullock, was the most agrees able surprise of my later years." t It was at Petersburg in ISoo that , Mr. Dimond last saw Mr 3uIlock. just ' before the breaking up. the beginning of the end of the war, a? it were. M- ' Dimond had some interesting experi ences as a member of Berdan's sharp shooters during his three years' scrv- ice. When the regiment went out ;b . first quarters were at Falmouth. Va. and 3erdan s sharpshooters, w-ho were in advance of the troops, were rh first Yankees that man of the soe-a emera saw. For several months. practicaUy al summer. Berdan's men went up and cown the Rappahannock river, chas ing Gen. Jackson. While enzazed in this work they saw their first real -u- asements. me nrst time tne me were under fir was while supportiaz an Indiana battery enzazed in an ar- tillery duel with a confederate battery across the river. Pieces cf railroad Ircn a foot lonz came frcm the Southerners' znns and at first they went high over the neads of the men. Then they began to come down lower enal finally tney clipped men here and there and disabled five of the Northern guns. 3attery 3. Fourth U- S. artillery, came up and a captain sighted the first gun fired and put the brass piece of the Southern ers out of commission. Several of Mr. Dimond"s comrades were killed in this engagement. It was from the Minnesota "Injuns." as they were called, that he and his comrades learned some tricks in get ting under cover m the tall grass when out sharpshcoting. The Minne sota men neve- would get behind a tree when there was any grass or It was at Gettysburg that Mr. Di mond was captured. His regimen: had gene mto the woods to hoid back a charge. For three-quarters of an hour they kept back the Southerners. cut a lieutenant and twelve men of 3erdan"s reziment were captured- among them Mr. Dimond. He had some tough experiences in captivity. For three month he was imprisoned, and with two cf his comrades they shared a half blanket. At mzht they took turns in sleep ing in the midcle, the choicest place. When they went to Annapcus the cit izens said they wer the worst-icofciug prisoners ever brought there When they reached that city all Mr Dimond had was a pair of ragzed-edzed pants. vera off from the knees, and an army blouse with the sleeves worn to tat ters. On the way to Belle Isle he got for ten days' rations three pints of four and three portions of ueef. The fiour had to oe mixed with the water and drank as a paste, for there was no chance to bake anything that resem- ' bled bread. He manazed to swap a ! pen which a Confederate thought was i zold fcr three biscuits, which he di vided with a comrade. For three months afterward he suffered the pcius u. uLu.-e. izuc. irruaiiy. tioston Globe. The Yates Phalanx. rs phalanx." said the ca tain, "had a hari time setting mto tne, service and a card time getunz out. i remember well cuj. we oegan to or- zanize the phalanx as scon as the news came to Chicago that Fort 5cm- ter had been fired on. We had iW men for the regiment, when "ve re" ceived notice that the quota of the state was mere than full and that we ' could not be accepted under the first calL The men were 0 disanpointed and irritated that they joined in an 1 effort to have the regiment accepted ( by the state of Missouri. The tender . of 500 fighting men was no small thing ( in the first months of the war, but Missouri could not accept us and the , toys were in a state of mind. ; "We had banked on ocr name. ' Yates' phalanx, carrytaz us throczh. I hut other reziments zot ahead of us in compleanz .vrzan.zatiau, .e thouzh: rovemcr hadn't taken enough interest in th- phalanx, and cme of us Cold him -o Thereupon the governor, to show his interest in the regiment, sent Capt. O. L Mann to Washington to urze the immediate acceptance of the phalanx. Finally the regiment was accepted as the Thirty-ninth Illinois infantry, the day after the first battle of 3aII Run was fcuzht. We left Chicazo Oct. 12. 23oI. for St. Louis. Five weess later we were ordered to Williamsport with the f best of the regiments in the field. r-ra I "We went into the service a p drill baitalion and m good time we won a reputation as scod marchers and fighters. 2nd Gov Yates showed a very kmdly inierest ic us. While we were in North Carolina. in Januarv j 13o3. the zovemcr sen: us a ne- as with his portrait on it. and several menths later we took that Saz into Fort Wagner on Morris island. South Carolina, under what might he called a suspension of the rules. That was 3 lon siege, and we were ia the trenches a gcc many times. It 30 the I S t-iaed that we were m th trencher n- rho nihf rK -o4a tT T. . . .' n "ZTt. ji .ww -&i3 uiuccu. uu UUL1UU& mr covered, that the fort was being evacaf ! a:ed. and under the leadership of CoL O. L. 3Iann we scrambled into the fort J just in time to cut the fuses set to blow up the fortifications. "After a scrap with the rebel reap guard we hoisted the Yates tag o the parapet aad our commanding orTtV cer sent a quaint dispatch to Gem Gia more. announcing that the Yates phi--lanx was in the bembproofs- of Fort. Wagner two hours ahead of time. This was talked about a gooti deal when we veteranized in January. I3o4." and came to Chicago on veteran fur lough. We went back in March wrt 750 men- m the regiment to 3utler Army of the James, aad in tie cour of the next six months lost nearly 2u0 of them m battle In- the charg ar Deep Run. for example, we cLmbetl over the rebel works to find Che Tebs reedy for a hand-to-hand fight. Tiey put IkM of our men out of action, tat we captured ths works." Chicasp -1,er C:1:1 ' Sadge Lcne StarState- The deparrmec of Texas ha-. ador ed one ef the mest unique designs is !pii2ii a department badze and it will ma its first appearance ai tne mitknni encampment in :his ctty tt is mat of German silver and represents ttr head of a Texas steer pendent by two eight-link chains from a pin bar bea.- ing th letters G A R." Hanzmz n.j tween the chains is "the lone star," rh ' """ " "- " ""-' -'-t " 1 ..-.,. .., .!. 1 ...... I..-; ........ -W.4 ..ML. tne letters rormiuz tne name 01 m- state. For several years the -iepart- cieuL u"ia tr-ijrei- a LC ceuu " -; Uixe "erievr Pa"i5 V ot "loc? borZ5" a5 e'bl';a:a:ic of e st-te- ' new" adge came out the sar ' kiea 1 The T-Ao-Headed Snake. I Every now and then some traveler tells of a two-headed snake whicc ex ists in Ezypt and whenever the na ( rator hasn't sees the snake himself; he is more or less disposed to asr that there rea.My & a snake with tj heads in Ezypt. because he has b3 loid aoout ir by maay reliable ieryjo Indeed, sometimes a traveler -who" has actually cauzht a glimpse oi th snake rs likely to declare that is trrny is two-headed, for the serpent certain ly appears to be so when seen only by chance. It is only when the snake is actually taken up and examined closely tha? the trutn is revealed Th- two-headed snake is not a po-Is-onoos serpent. It was os!y a boa coa- stricter, and it is fairly common. Bur " it is so secretive that it hides away in t its sanfy burrows almost constantly , It is strangely tocmed ia so far that ics coi tail, instead of tapering of to 3 it as the tails of other snakes do. widens out into a biudzeos shape, thas making it look so utterly unlike a tail that it is almost impossible to thini. it is anything ont a head when th-! snake is seen for only a raoment. To add to the deception. jugglef3 catch these boas and pelnt jsws aaif eyes on ise tail. The work is 30 care fully ose that only a trained ot server can distinziiEfc tie reai head from the false. Thus the story of t two-headed snake as obtained wid, cirtralarlon. and has even crepe into the books of otherwise accurate writ ers. ??nr the scord "head" rs otsIt a r-i"! , alL3osteu Globe. 1 Srcnze Star Eacge. It may be interesrmz to note shat the Grand Army rs indebted to John .-i Logan "3lack Jack." as he -as lov inzly called by the men who ser.v-f under him for two things irseparafe!? connected w-ith the order He save ir its hallowed Memorial day. rhac -ia I sacred to tender memories, frasrar-r 1 flowers and the renewing of "Oltf Glory aEove the zraves of cooKles ' thocsands of brave men -s-fco steo therr dreamless sleep oc feaatired-- ft aeK-&mzkt buttlefieUis or amid tt 4 peacefulness of quiet cemet?rtj -rr-hnn-. rhi- hme.i Liad He gave it also the "bronze star" for a fcadze. for it was dunuz his ad- i-isrrT!nr: as eomraasdfr-ir--tf ' that :t was adopted It is a 'cadze which costs but little m mone-r 5. z. which a million oi dollars cannot cu? the right to wear, the badge whic-i 2 men will wear throuza Boston streets on inesdi the badze that nearly one million of comrades have worn in the .pa:. but the badze lira: icarrely ! veterans win be iivmg 10 wear thirty years hence. Scutnem Nevusoacer Pretests. The Atlanta Ga. TeLezrarr s? pars to have taken great o'en-e be cause of the nterminmrur. of th ! Confederal- Veterans by V con . rad-s of E W Kins'ey Pt A IL, of 3oston. during the racent National Encampment of the G-and Army at ! :ha: city. It says "There is so ra ; son for that sort of thins. This busi ness about the twinmz o? the 3tn- ' ami the Gray is all nonsense. Th-r , is' such a thing as a fraternal hnd- grasp. but the presence of Confeder ates at a session of the Grand Army of the Republic is act m crd-r any more than the presence of members nf -he latter orsaciraticn wosid c fitting at a U C V camptlr irxce.pt as a matter of individual hospitality.." First Flag Raised. At Catamount Kill is the Krn ct Cal-un. Franklin county. Ma?., thera tanls a mtrble- slab markmr zh spot where a log schoIhous.e tccd ra l 1512 which bears this inscripciom: "The first United States Flag 07T a Public Schcoi was 3 sated" ln-.Ha?.-' 1S12. from a log School house, wfclek stood on this 3por The nag was ma by Mrs. Btcda Shippee." - v-Ll
