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Prisoners By H. S. CHAPTER XX. One morning, about a fortnight later. Matthew Murk Easton received a letter which caused him to leave his breakfast untasied and drive off in the first hansom cab he could find to Tyars' club. The waiter whose duty it was to look after the few resident members informed the American, whom he knew well by c'ght, that Mr. Tyars was not downstairs yet. "We!!," replied Easton, "I guess I'll wait for him; in fact, I am going to hare breakfast with him a boiled egg and two jiieoes of thin toast." 11 was shown into the room occupied by Tyars, and proceeded to make himself exceedingly comfortable in a largo arm chair, with the morning newspaper. Tyars was not long in making his ap pearance trim, upright, strong as usual, and convevine that unassertive sense of readiness for all emergencies which was at times almost aggressive. He carried bis hand in the smallest and most unob trusive sling allowed by the faculty. At bis heels waited Muggins the grave, the pink-eyed. Muggins was far too gentle manly a dog to betrav by sign or sound that he considered this visitor's behavior tritie too familiar. "Good morning, captain," said Easton, cheeril.v. "Well, Muggins, I trust I see you in the enjoyment of health." The violent chuck under the chin with which this hope was emphasized received but scant acknowledgment from a very tumpy tail. "J have news," said Easton, at once, laying aside the newspaper; "news from old Smith Pavloski Smith." "Where from?" inquired Tyars, with out enthusiasm. "From Tomsk. It Is most extraordi nary how these fellows manage to elude the police. Here is old Pavloski an es caped Siberian exile a man they would give their boots to lay their hands on goes back to Russia, smuggles himself across the German frontier, show9 that solemn face of his unblushing in Peters burg, and finally posts off to Tomsk with a lot of contraband luggage as a mer chant. I thought I had a fair allowance of cheek, but these political fellows are far ahead of me. Their cheek and their calm assurance are simply unbounded." "The worst of it," said Tyars. turning over his letters with small interest, "is that the end is always the same. They all overdo It sooner or later." "Yes," admitted the American, whose sensitive face betrayed a passing discom fort, "but it is no good thinking of that now. "Not a bit." acquiesced Tyars, cheerful ly. ''Only I shall be rather surprised If I meet those three men up there. It would be better luck than one could reasonably expect." "If one of them gets through with his party, all concerned should be very well pleased with themselves," said Easton. "Now listen to what Pavloski says." He unfolded a letter, which was ap parently a commercial communication written on the ordinary mail paper of a merchant, and bearing the printed al dress of an office in Cronstadt. On the first page was a terse advice, written In a delicate, clerkly hand, of the receipt by Hull steamer of a certain num ber of casks containing American apples. "This," said Easton, "is from our stout friend. He has received the block soups and the Winchester cartridges." He then opened the letter further, and on the two inside pages displayed a close ly written communication in a peculiar pink-tinted ink, which had evidently been brought to light by some process, for the paper was wrinkled anil blistered. " 'I have,' read the American, slowly, as if deciphering with difficulty, 'reached Tomsk without mishap. I have bought a strong sledge, wholly covered in, and instead of sleeping in the stations, usually lie down on the top of my cases under the cover. I give as reason for this the in formation that I have many valuables watches, rings, trinkets and. being a young merchant, cannot run the risk of theft to save my own personal comfort. 1 have traveled day and night, according to the supply of horses, but have always ucceeded hitherto in communicating with those who are to follow rn". One man on my list was in the prison indicated ; he is probably dead. I find great Improve ment. Our organization is more mechan ical, and not so hysterical this I attrib ute to the diminished number of female workers. All the articles with which your foresight provided me have been useful, but the great motor In Siberia Is money. With the funds I have at my command I feel as powerful as the Czar. I can buy whom I like and what I like. My only regret is that the name of C. T. has to be suppressed that the hundreds of In dividuals who will benefit by his grand generosity will never know the name of the Englishman who has held out his laden hands to those groaning under the yoke of a barbarous oppression. When we are all dead, when Russia Is free, his name will be remembered by some one. The watches will be very useful ; I have eold two at a high price; but once be yond Irkutsk, and I will send or give one to the master of each Important station, or to the starosti of each village. By this means those who follow me will know that they are on the right track. I hare enough watches to lay a train from Ir kutsk to the spot where I assemble my party. I met my two companions by appointment at the base of the Ivan Vel iki tower In the Kremlin, and we spent half an hour in the cathedral together within musket shot of the Czar, and un der the very nose of the cream of his police. Since then we have not met, but ere each working forward by the pre scribed route alone. I see great changes here. Russia Is awakening she is rub bing her eyes. God keep you all three V Matthew Mark Easton indicated by a Jlttle Jerk of the head that the letter was finished. Then, after looking at it curi ously for a moment, be folded it and put It away in his pocket. "Old Smith," he aald, "waxes quite poetic at times." -yes." answered Tyars, pouring out bis coffee, "but there is a keen business man behind the poetry." One," observed Easton, In his terse ray, "of thf sharpest needles in Russia, and Captives M ERR I MAN and unite the sharpest In Siberia at the present moment." "He will need to be; though I think that the worst of his journey is over. The cream is, as he says, at Moscow. Once beyond Nijni he will find milk, then milk and water, and finally beyond Ir kutsk the thinnest water. The official in tellect in Siberia is not of a brilliant de scription. Favloski can outwit every gendarme or Cossack commandant he meets, and once out of Irkutsk they need not fear the law. They will only have Nature to compete with, and Nature al ways gives fair play. When they have assembled they will retreat north like an organized army before a rabble, for there are not enough Cossacks and gendarmes In Northern Siberia to form anything ike an efficient corps of pursuit. Thev may follow, but I shall have the fugitives on board and away long before they reach the seaboard. "How many are there in Yakutsk?" "Two thousand altogether, soldiers and Cossacks. They have no means tof trans port and no commissariat corps. By the time that the news travels south to Ya kiitsk, that there is a body of supposed exiles to the north, our men will have gained such an advantage that pursuit would he absurd. "It seems," replied Easton.-"so very simple that I wonder no pne has tried it before." "Simply because no one has had the money. I know .several whaling captains who would be ready enough to try, pro vided they were paid. The worst danger was the chance, of the three men being captured as soon as they entered Russia. They are now at their posts in Siberia. n Alay they meet surreptitiously on the southern slope of the Verkoioniska, cross the mountains, and they are safe. The three leaders will then be together, and they will retreat north as arranged. scaring the Yamschicks into obedience, nrt taking all the post deer and dogs with them, so that an immediate pursuit will be impossible. I think." added the rganizer of this extraordinary plot, that we shall succeed." As the middle of February approached Claud Tyars was tranquilly engaged in is preparations. Several ladies were pleased to express their disaDnroval of this affectation of hard work and failed o see why his evenings should be de nted to a task for which he had nlentv f time during the day. It would be hard to determine how far Tyars realized his position. He was disciplinarian of the finest mold, and it s probable that he had never, up to this time, allowed for a moment the fact that he loved Helen Grace. This determina tion to cultivate the blindness of those who will not see was not dictated by cow ardice ; because Claud Tyars was, like most physically powerful men, Inclined, to exaggerate the practice of facing dis agreeable facts with both eyes open. He had refused to realize this most incon venient truth, because he was oppressed by a vague fear that realization meant betrayal. He now suspected that Miss Winter had known all along that Helen Grace was not the same to him as other wom en. Added to this was a suspicion that she calmly and deliberately undertook the task of forcing him to say as much to Helen herself. He could think this now without vanity. Matthew Mark Easton stood and watched, as you may have watched these slow, strong rivers, and knew that his friend was passing on to some new coun try with a purpose which he could not stay nor turn aside. Probably he felt a little doubtful of Claud Tyars felt that he could not rely upon him to act like other men. At any moment the unexpect ed might supervene. Deeply, however, as he felt his respon sibility, anxious as he was, he never lost spirit. He was one of those men whose courage rises to the occasion, and while he recognized fully that without Claud Tyars failure was inevitable, he would not blind himself into the belief that the leader was absolutely safe. CHATTER XXI. At the risk of being accused of betray ing the secrets of the sex, this opportunity Is taken of recording an observation made respecting men. It is simply this: That we all turn sooner or later to some wom en In our difficulties. And when a man has gone irretrievably to the dogs, his descent is explicable by the simple argu ment that he happened to turn to the wrong woman. Matthew Mark Easton had hitherto got along fairly well with out feminine interference, but this In no manner detracted from his respect for feminine astuteness. This respect now urged him to brush his hat very carefully one afternoon, purchase a new flower for his button hole, and drive to Miss Win ter's. He found that lady at home and alone. "I thought," he said, as he entered the room and placed his hat carefully on the piano, "that I should find you at home this afternoon. It is so English outside." "The weather does not usually affect my movements," replied Miss Winter. "I am glad you came this afternoon, because I am not often to be found at home at this time. Tell me, how Is Mr. Tyars?" "lie is well," was the answer, "thank you. His arm Is knitting nicely." There was a little pause, then he add ed, with ' a marked drawl an Ameri canism to whifh he rarelv gave way: "Ho-w is Miss Grace?" Agnes Winter looked up sharply. Mat thew Mark Easton met the gaze of those clever northern eyes with a half smile. She gave a little short laugh, half pleas ed, half embarrassed, like the laugh of some fair masker when she finds herself forced to lay aside her mask. "I wonder," she said, "how much you know?" The strange, wrinkled face fell at once into an expression of gravity which ren dered It somewhat wistful and almost ludicrous. "Nothing-I guess I" "How much do you surmise?" he amended, unconsciously using a word to ward which he had a decided conversa tional penchant. "Everything. My mind is in a fevered state of surmise." "Is there anything to be done?" she asked, after a lengthened pnuser "I counted," he answered, "that I would put that question to you." , "Don't you see that 1 can- do nothing, that I am powerless?" "And," he continued, Imperturbably, "what am I to do?" "Well, I should go to Mr. Tyars and say, 'Claud Tyars, you cannot go on this expedition you have no right to sacri fice the happiness of of another to thu gratification of your own personal ambi tion.' " "I cannot do that," he said, "because Claud Tyars has bound himself to go, and I will not let him off his contract. It is my expedition." He hardly expected her to believe it, knowing Tyars and himself as she did. But he was quite aware that he laid him self open to a blow on the sorest spot iu his heart. "Then why do you not go yourself, Mr. Easton?" He winced under it, all the same, though he made no attempt to justify himself. She had touched his pride, and there is no prouder man on earth than a high-bred North American. He merely sat and endeavored to keep his lips still, as Tyars would have managed to do. In a second Miss Winters saw the result of the taunt, and her generous heart soft ened. "I beg your pardon,", she said; "I -know there must be some good reason." She waited, in order to give him an opportunity of setting forth his good rea son, but he refused to take it, and she never had the satisfaction of hearing it from his own lips. (To be continued.) FEAT IN RAILROAD LIGHTING. English Line Testa ew Syatera Which Greatly Itedbt-ea Coat. A new uud interesting engineering test and one of considerable value to railway companies and of great com mercial possibilities bus been inude ou the Ureat Eastern Hallway of Great Britain, says the New York Tribune. It was to demonstrate the value of a new system of lighting railway trains, which Is known as the Leltuer-Lucas system. The dynamos were entirely sealed up; that is, the oil wells, brush and rt versing gear. The automatic cutouts were similarly placed under seal, us well as the storage battery, the seal ing being done by the railway com pany iu such a way that no replace ment or repairs could be made, no oil added to the well or any part of tLw maclilnery and no water or acids added to the batteries. Mr. Leitner'a claim was that under these conditions he would light the carriages designated during the time they would cover a distance exceeding the circumference of the earth at the equator and during the most exacting period of the year, from October to the end of December. Ou Jan. 1 the distance agreed on had been exceeded, the two coaches used for the test on arriving at Pad- dington from Cornwall having covered 25,200 miles. The light had not failed on any occasion, the illumination be ing as bright ou the last Journey as on the first. The lights were kept sup plied with an electric current at a practically constant voltage, running or standing. The seals were taken off, and It was found that though the dyna nios had not had a drop of oil, nor the accumulators a drop of water or acid, they were In first rate condition, and could have gone ou for another month or more, still under seal, and supplied a good and sufficient light. The result of this test In a cotniner clal point of view Is that during twelve weeks and for a distance of 25,200 miles, coaches were effectually and even luxuriantly lighted, practically without any human attendance at nil, end without renewals, replacements or repairs in other words, without any cost, except for more coal, theoretically consumed on the locomotive, which Is such an Infinitesimal amount as not to be traceable. If the Heart Stopa Renting. When the heart stops the circulation ceases, the capillaries of the lungs be come gorged with stagnant blood, while the blood In the brain no longer car ries away the waste products and brings the oxygenated fluid to restore the tissues. As the blood takes about half a minute to circulate through the whole system. It may b taken that at the end of this period after the stop page of the heart the arteries would le filled by the last effort of the left ven tricle, while the veins would be xur lng their contents Into the right auri cle. In a few seconds more the ner vous centers would cense to act. and probably by the end of the minute the subject would be practically dead from suffocation, although reflex muscular action would probably keep up the ap jiearnnce or life for some seconds longer. A DlKt-onrnKeinenf . "Why don't you write your prescrip tions lu plain English?" "What's the use?" rejoined the phy sician. "I write my bills In plain Eng. llsh nnd a lot of people don't seem p, make any sense of them." Washington Stir. Vmnn'l Ktichta. H" You say a woman has no rights. She That's what I say. . 'Why. n man has to go to-the i.c-.-i. lflture to change his name, while n woman only has to go to the pre:n r." Yonkers Statesmau. ladentedneaa. "Don't you feel that you owe some thing to the public?" "No," answered Mr. DuMlti Stu. "The principal object of r;:y f,; .i . j,, onreer has lecu t l;ce; th pr.j; debt to n.e." Washington St -r. Thre re four millionaires I.i to one in France. I- Automatic Chicken Feeder. The feed box or trough at the bot tom for the chickens to eat out of Is made out of IxG Inch boards, 3 feet long, with slats on the side 3 inches wide, making the trough 2 Inches deep ; end pieces of 1 inch lumber, 1 foot wide, IS inches high. The middle partitions are cut G inches wide nt the bottom to fit liottom of trough 3 inches high, then tapers out to 10 inches at top, that liiakes It a V-shape from both sides, so chickens can eat from either side of feeder. One side Is fastened to end pieces and middle partitions, the other side lias pieces to slide up niul down between cleats, so you can shut the feed clear off or raise It up any height ac cording to what you have in the bins. The bottoms of these bins are 1 Inch from bottom of feed trough, so as the chickens eat more feed It will come down. You can have corn In one, wheat THE AUTOMATIC CHICKEN FEEDER. in one and grit or oyster shells In a third. The chickens can help them selves whenever they want to eat, and their feed is always clean and they can't waste their feed by getting It in the mud or snow, and the lid is on hinges, so it can be shut down and fas tened, so that feed is perfectly dry. Each bin will hold one peck of feed. Farm Progress. Summer Cnltl ration. Summer plowing will answer well on ground that has long been in sod, and which has been turned under in the spring. Such land is usually planted to corn or potatoes, and the frequent use of the cultivator keeps the ground loose and promotes decay of the sod. liut potatoes for an early stock are harvested as soon as possible, which leaves the soil not only rough, but in an excellent condition for weeds. By plowing the soli after the potatoes are off it will be reduced to a finer condi tion, the weeds will be destroyed and the second crop of weeds retarded, so that by the time the land should be gotten ready for wheat (when It should be plowed again) the seed bed for the wheat can be harrowed down fine and nice, while all the weetls will not only have been destroyed, but prevented from seeding. If the plowing on corn land Is done as soon as the corn is out, nnd again the land plowed before seed ing the wheat. It will be a great bene fit to the wheat. Fine Wool Sheep. The Wensleydale breed of sheep Is far from common even In Its home, England. None is in America. It is a fine sheep, superior in some respects to all others. It is said that for cross ing on any other breed the Wensley lale has no equal. Since the Royal Agri cultural Society of England commenced giving prizes for wool three years ago, the Wensleydale wool has each time se cured first prize In the "any other long- TYPICAL WENSLEYDALE. wooled class." No long wool produced In the British Isles is equal to the Wensleydale in quality or value. Cnlllnn- I. Ire Stock. A great many breeders fail to achieve the results at which they aim simply liecauso of their reluctance to discard an occasional animal which rontains a slight blemish. Wanting the lest, they use what they know Is not perfect to produce it, hoping na ture will kindly gloss over and not re produce the defect. Such a policy Is suicidal. The breeder who would en Joy the highest success must not 1 afraid to cull. Let every animal which can not lo rated as first-class, and strictly so, be matured and sold. Breed from only the test. and on no condition or consideration let your flock deterio rate through failure to reject the Im perfect. Agricultural Epitomlst 1'ae of Coal Atkri. While coal ashes contain no fertiliz ing value they are certainly useful on the farm and should be saved. They are not entirely valueless In the soil, for they will materially assist in mak ing a stiff clay soil more workable If ofll mixed with it The best use for coal ashes, however. Is In the filling in of wet i, sifting them and using the fine ashes in the dust boxes In the poultry houses and the coarser por tion for the making of walks alone or mixed with gravel. They may be uod to advantage as a mulch around trees msinly for the purpose of l-cepiog the II moist and keeping grass from growing around theia. A IS'all Wonnda In IToof. It has long been known that nail pricks and other similar Injuries In the horse's hoof may lead to an Infec tion followed by formation of pus under the horn of the hoof and n serious gen eral disease of the horse or at least the loss of the hoof. Iu a bulletin of the South Dakota Station, Moore has recently reported results obtained In a number of cases from applying a strict antiseptic treatment to injuries of this sort. The method consists In paring away the horn of the hoof from the affected part until the blood oozes out. The hoof Is then thoroughly washed lu a solution of blchlorld of mercury at the rate of one part to 5X of water, after which absorbent cotton saturated In a solution of the same strength Is applied to the wound and the whole hoof Is packed In cotton surrounded by a bandage and well coated with tar. This prevents any further filth from coming In contact with the wound. The operation must usually be done by a qualified veterinarian. Subsequent treatment, however, can be applied by the average farmer, since all that Is necessary is to pour a little of this solu tion of blchlorld of mercury upon the cotton which projects from the upper part of the bandage. The cotton will absorb enough of the solution to keep the wound moistened and hasten the healing process. Shade the Poultry Yard. If It is necessary to confine the poul try during the summer and the lnclosure cannot be placed near the shade of buildings or trees, try the plan of grow ing some plants Just outside the fence, but far enough from it so tfiat the fowls cannot get at the foliage. One of tlie best plants for the purpose Is the canna, using the menp, tall-growing sorts, nnd buying the roots, not the seeds. Another quick growing plant nuu one which will make an abundance of shade Is the castor bean, which may be grown from seeds planted where they are to stay; that is, the young plants cannot well be transferred. Even corn set thickly will furnish some shade quickly, and if a vine is wanted, noth ing is better than the rtmmon morning glory, the seeds being sown thick nnd the vines trained alon strings fastened to the poultry yard fence. While the vines or plants are growing erect a rough roof of lioards open on all sides to supply temporary shade. Farm Irrigation Plant. A current wheel to run a chain and bucket gearing Is quite feasible for farm Irrigation purposes. Herewith is given hii lllustra m tion of such a wheel for oper ating a chain and bucket. The diagram is self-explanatory. A Pointed Queatlon. Two cows cost $40 each jmt year for keep. One of them yields you 4.1 MHt quarts of milk a year, that bring you $sti. The other yields 120 quarts, that bring you $2(1. The latter loses for you about $14 and reduces the gain on the former from $4t! to $.'52. Why do you keep t ho 1,200-quart cow? You would be better off with the one that cleat's $41, for you would have only half the investment, half the work, and half the feeding, and you would gain $14 each year. There would be no surplus butter on the market for years to come and prices would rule strong if the cows were eliminated which are kept fit a loss. Dairy farmers have not yet halt waked up to an understanding of the great practical lnqsirtance of weed ing out the unprofitable cows from their herds. Many a man would make a fair profit, that now faces a constant loss. If he would keep only such cows as pay a profit on their keep. Farm Journal. IlanllnK liny. It Is a very desiralile thing to be nble to haul all the hay into the barn the same day It is cut. Too worrlment nnd anxiety consequent upon the liability of a storm before morning are thus nvoid ed, and experience has taught that hay having no more than three or four hours' sun will come out in the spring perfectly sweet and in fine condition for the cattle. In adopting this plan it is well to keep the hay constantly stirred with a tedder. There has been a fear of putting hay into some barns that contain a nolli-cable amount of water, but If It Is properly packed by being evenly distributed over the mow, each forkful trodden upon, ami the barn kept closed as much as possible, the result will probably be gratifying. Farm Tool and Implementa. On many farms, hoes, forks, shovels and other tools have to e looked up when wanted, nnd this looking up sometimes consumes more time than would l' reipiired by the Job of work itself. Oftentimes plows, harrows and cultivators. Instead of toing carefully housed, are left out of doors all win ter. Applr a flood Fertiliser. The value of vegetables depends largely uion quick growth, and if crops are not growing well some quick- acting fertilizer like nitrate of sod.!. guano or poultry droppings, (should la worked into Ihe soil el.i.p to the root. Frequent cultivation of the soil with the cultivator, rake or hoe will ofteu be all that Is netfssarr. IBKIUATION BY CVBUENT WHEEL. NORWAY'S CROWN PRINCE IS A HUSKY YOUNGSTER. THE CBOWN PRINCE OLAF. Crown Prince Olaf Is said to be the most popular child In Norway. He la received with every evidence of delight by the people whenever he appears on the streets of Christlanln. This little son of King Haakon and Queen Maud is a grandson of King Edward of Eng land. Ho Is a healthy youngster, and the sea-kings, his future subjects, are pleased with the prospects before them. LION LAZY AND LAMBLIKE. Yoanar Eng-llahraan llaa a Snrprla-Ina- Experience In Nlflrerla. That the Hon Is not always the roar ing, tearing beast of legendary descrip tion may be seen In the following ex tract from the diary of a young En glishman who Is at present serving his country In Northern Nigeria : "I had Just topped a long incline and was walking my pony, when, on com ing around a corner of the road, hidden by some trees, I saw, seventy yards In front of me, basking in the sun on an open patch of burned grass, a magnifi cent full-grown lion. The sun was not strong, and he was very, very lazily flicking his tall from side to side. Ha had a short mane and his eyes were n lovely amber red in the weak sunlight "My first sensation was one of aston ishment, profound amazement and de light at seeing such a fine beast. He was a beauty, and It seemed Impossible to realize that he was really wild as he lay on one side, looking nt me with his head raised as a dog does when be hears his master's footstep. He was f:t as butter, sleek coated and glossy. "My pony, as the breeze was coming from the other direction, did not wind h(m and went steadily on without so much as pricking up his ears. My dog was walking on In front, about ten yards, and luckily did not notice him. It was not until I was actually passing him, which I did within twenty yeards, that I realized that If the Hon took t Into his head to fancy a bit of white man I should le unable to dispute his right. "After I had proceeded some 150 ytrds the lion got up leisurely and fol lowed along the road behind me, but nfcer going about 10 yards, he turned Into the bush at the side of the road." "PRINCESS ALICE" ABROAD. Congressman Iongworth and his bride, photographed on board the ocean liner St. Louis while en route to En- MB. AMI MBS. LOMiWOKTII. rojK'. They were formally presented to King Edward and Queen Alexandra. Mrs. Iongworth was cheered by the crowds as she rode through the streeta and returned the gn-etlngs. The picture Is from Ijondon Black and White. Aaked and Anawered. "Here, here:" cried the Rev. Mr. Goodley, haponlng upon a gang of bid boys playing craps, "what are you play, lng that game on the Sabbath for?" "Why. fer keeps." replied one of them. "W'at'd yer 8se?" Philadel phia Press, There Is one thing the great Sherlock Holmes, with all hi genius, never found ont: From a man's own Hps If he was to be married. When you hear who Is about to sue for a divorce. Sister, you will put oa your bonnet and run light over. Of My 1 & ;4