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Between Two Fires By ANTHONY HOPE "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." Francis Bacon. CHASTER XV. (Continued.) Thus far (he Signorina. I must bog to c;ll special attention to tin? closing linos of bej narr:itivt. P. lit before I relate the very startling occurrence to which she rfers, we must return to the bar nicks, where, it will be remembered, mat ters were in a rather critical condition. When the officers saw their mess room suddenly filled with armed men. and hoard the alarming order issued by the Colonel, their attention was effectually diverted from me. They crowded togeth er on one side of the table, facing the Colon-! anil his men on the oilier. As sisted by the two men sent to my aid. I seized the opportunity to push my way through them and range myself by the Fide of my leader. After a moment's pause the Colonel began : "Th hist thing we should desire, gen tlemen," he said, "is to resort to force. Hut the time for explanation is short. The people of Aureatahind have at last iisin against the tyranny they have so long eidured. Genera! Whittingham has pro ii a traitor to the cause of freedom; ho wou his position in the name of lib erty ; he has used ir to destroy liberty. Th'j Viiii-c of the people has declared him to have forfeited his high ollice. The people have placed in my hand the sword of vengeance. Armed with this mighty sanctum I have appealed to the army. The army has proved true to its tradi tions true to its character of the pro tector, not the oppressor, of the people. Gentlemen, will you who lead the army take your projver place?" There was no reply to this moving ap peal. He adv.-need closer to them, and went 3D : "There is no middle way. You are pat riot or traitors friends of liberty or friends of tyranny. I stand here to offer yon either a traitor's death, or, if you will. life, honor and the satisfaction of nil your just claims. 1 you mistrust the people? .1, as the.'r representative, here offer yon every just due the people owe you debt which hid long been paid but for the greed of thct great traitor." As he said ibis he took from his men pome bags of money, and threw them an the table with a loud chink. Major IM'h-iir glaiwd at the bags, and phuved at hi ccnrad-'S. and said: "In the cause f lilcrty. heaven forbid we should be behind! Down with the tyrant !" And all the pack yelped in chorus! "Then, gentlemen, to the head of your men." said the Colonel, and going to the window, he cried to the throng; "Men. your noble officers A cheer answered him. forehead, and said to tiiysel over," are with us." I wiped my "That's well ciiaptf.u xvi. T will not weary the reader with our further proceedings. Sullice to say we marshaled our host ar.d marched diwn to the Piazza. The news had spread by ltnw. rnd in the dimly breaking morning Tghr we saw f!v S'p'-iro full of people men. w men and ehi'dr'n. As we march ed in there was a cheer, not very hearty a cheer propitiatory, for they did not Vnow what we meant to do. The Colonel nade th 'in a brief speech, promising pence, security, liberty, plenty and all he goods of heaven. In a few stern word h cautioned them against "treach ery." and announced that any rebellion fgainst the Provisional government would meet with swift punishment. Then he postpd his army in companies, to keep vatch till all was quiet. And at last he paid : "Now, Martin, come back to the Golden House, and let's put that fellow in a safe place." "Yes." said I, 'and have a look for the rnonpy." For really in the excitement it fpemed as if then; was a danger of the roost important thing of all being for gotten. The dawn was now far advanced, and we left the Piazza, we could s c the Golden House at the other end of the nvenue. All looked quiet, and the sen tries were pacing to ami fro. Drawing j:earer, we saw two or three of the Presi dent's servants busied about their ordi nary tasks. ne woman was already re- mov.ng johnny ' arrs nie-Mood wttli a io;j and a pail of water; and a carpenter was at work repairing the front door, standing by it wis a doctor's brougham. "Corn" to s-e C:irr, I s'lppow," said I. Leaving our horses to th" care of the Tlell who were with US. we entered the house. J 1st inside we uvt the doctor him s.f. He was a shrewd little fellow, nam ed Ander-on. generally popular, and. al though a personal friend of the Presi dent's, not op.-niy identified w.th cither political party. "I have a request to niak" to you. sir" Ij said to McGregor, 'about Mr. Carr." "Well, is he dead?" said the Colonel. "K he is, he's got himself to thank for il" The doctor wisely declined to discuss this question, anil confined himself to stating that he was not dead. On the contrary he was going on nicely. "Pat" he went on. "quiet is essential, and I want to take him to my house, out of the racket. No doubt it is pretty quiet here now. hut " The Colonel interrupted : "Will he give his parole not to es rar'?" "My dear Ir," said the doctor, "the man couldn't move to save his life and lie's asleep now." Tou must wake him op to move him, I nappone," said the Colonel. "But you tnay take him. I-et me know when he's veil enough t me. Meanwhile, I hold j-ou responsible for his good behavior." -Certainly," said the doctor. "I am content to be responsible for Mr. Carr." "All right; take him and get out. Now for Whittir-gham !" "Hadn't we better get the money first?" raid I. "I must have a bit of food. I've tasted nothing for twelve hours." .One of the servants, hearing him. sail: -"Breakfast can be served in a moment, U " And ha sabered us into the le dining room, where we soon had nn ex ivllont meal. When we had got through most of it. I broke the silence by asking: "What are you going to do with him?" "I should like to shoot him," said the Colonel. "On what charge?" "Treachery," he replied. "That would hardly do. would it?" "Well, then, embezzlement of public funds." We had n little talk about the Presi dent's destiny, and I tried to persuade the Colonel to milder measures. In fact, I was determined to prevent such a mur der if I could without ruin to myself. "Well, we'll consider it when we've seen him," said the Colonel, rising. "We've wasted an hour breakfasting it's seven o'clock." I followed him along the path, and we entered the little room where we had left the President. The sentries were still there, each seated in an armchair. They were not asleep, but looked a little drowsy. "All right?" said the Colonel. "Yes, excellency," said one of them, "lie is there in bed." He went into the inner room and began to undo the shutters, letting in the early sun. We passed through the half-opened doo? and saw a peaceful figure lying in the bed, whence proceeded a gentle snore. "Good nerve, hasn't he?" said the Colo nel. "Yes; but what a queer nightcap," I said, for the President's head was swath ed in white linen. The Colonel strode quickly up to the bed. "Done !" he cried. "It's Johnny Carr !" It was true; there lay Johnny. His excellency was nowhere to be seen. The Colonel shook Johnny roughly by the arm. The latter opened his eyes and said, sleepily : "Steady there! Kindly remember I'm a tritl'i fragile." "What's this plot? Where's Whitting ham V" "Ah. it's McGregor." said Johnny with a bland smile, "and Martin. How are you. old fellow? Some beast's hit me on the head." "Where's Whittingham?" reiterated the Colon.-! savagely shaking Johnny's arm. "Gently!" said I ; "after all, he's a sick man." The Colonel dropped the arm, and Johnny said sweetly: "Oiiiis, isn't it, Colonel?" The Colonel turned from him, and said to his men sternly : "Have you had any hand in this?" They protested vehemently that they were as astonished as we were; and so they were, unless they acted consummate ly. They denied that anyone had entered the outer room or that any sound had proceeded from the inner. Thy had kep- igilant watch, and must have seen any intruder. P. (th the men inside wore the Colonel's personal servants, and he believ ed in their honesty, but what of their igilanee? Carr heard him sternly ques tioning them, and sa id : "Those chaps aren't to blame, Colonel. I didn't come in that way. If you'll take a look behind the bed you'll see another door. They brought me in there. -I was rather queer and only half knew what was up." We looked and saw a door where he said. Pushing the bed aside, we opened it, and found ourselves on the hack stair case of the premises. Clearly the Presi dent had noiselessly opened this door and go' out. Put how had Carr got in with out noise? The sentry came up. saying: "Every five minutes, sir, I looked and saw him on the bed. He lay for the first hour in his clothes. The next look, he was undressed. It struck me he'd been pretty quick and quiet about it, but I thought no more." "iK'pend on it, the dressed man was the President, the undressed man Carr! When was that?" "About half-past two, sir; just after the doctor came." "The doctor !" we cried. "Yes. sir; Dr. Anderson." "You never told me he had l(een here." "lie never went into the President's into General Wliittinghatn's room, sir: but he came in here for five minutes, to get some water, and stood talking with ns for a time. Half an hour after he came in for some more." We began to see how it was done. That wretched little doctor was In the plot. Somehow or other lie had communicated with the President; probably he knew of the door. Then, I fancied, they must have worked something in this way. The doctor comes in to distract the sentries. while his excellency moves the bed. Find ing that they f k a look every five min utes, be told the President. Then he went and got Johnny Carr ready. Re turning, he takes the President's place on the bed. and in that character under goes an inspection. The moment this is over he leaps up and goes out. I'ctwecn them they bring in Carr, put him into bed, and slip out through the narrow space of oiteii door Ix-hind the bedstead. When all was done, the doctor had come back to see if any suspicion had been aroused. "I have it now!" cried the Colonel. "That doctor's done us both. He couldn't Pt Whittingham out of the house with out leavp, so he's takn him as Carr! Swindled me into giving my leave. Ah, look out if we meet, Mr. Doctor!" We rushed out of the house and found this conjecture was true. The man who purported to be Carr had been carried out, enveloped in blankets, just as we sat down to breakfast; the doctor had put him into the carriage, followed himself, and driven rapidly away. "Which way did they go?" "Toward the harbor, s.r," the sentry re plied. The harbor could be reached in twenty minutes' fast driving. Without a word the Colonel sprang on his horse; I imi tated him, and we galloped as hard as we could, everyone making way before our furious charge. Alas! we were too late. As we drew rein on the quay we saw, half a mile out to sea, and sailing befqav a stiff breeze, Johnny Carr's little yacht, with the Aureatahind Hag iloatiug defi antly at her mast-head. We gazed at it blankly, with never a word to say, and turned our horses' heads. Our attention was attracted by a small group of men standing round the storm signal post. As we rode up, they hastily scattered, and we saw pinned to the post a sheet of note paper. Thereon was writ ten in a well-known hand: "I, Marcus W. Whittingham, Presi dent of the Hepuhlie of Aureatahind, hereby offer a reward of live thousand dol lars and a free pardon to any person or persons assisting in the capture, dead or alive, of George McGregor (late Colonel ir the Aureatahind army) and John Mar tin hank m.-inay-oiv and I do further pro claim th said Georue McGregor and John ! Martin to U traitors and rebels against the Republic, and do pronounce their lives forfeited. Which sentence let every loyal citizen observe at his peril. "MAIlCl'S W. WHITTINGHAM, "President." Truly his was pleasant! CIIAPTEK XVII. The habit of reading having penetrat ed, as we are told, to all classes of the community, I am not without hope that some who peruse this chronicle will bo able, from personal experience, to under stand the findings of a man when he first finds a reward offered for his apprehen sion. It is true that our police are not in the habit of imitating the President's naked brutality by expressly adding "alive or dead," but I am informed that the law, in case of need, leaves the alter native open to the servants of justice. I am not ashamed to confess that my spirits were rather dashed by his excellency's Parthian shot, and I could see that tlm Colonel himself was no less perturbed. The escape of Flounce seemed to Mac beth to render his whole position unsafe, and no one who knew General Whitting ham will doubt that he was a more dan gerous opponent than Flcance. We both felt, in fact, as soon as we saw the white sail of The Songstress bearing our enemj out of our reach, that the revolution could uot yet be regarded as safely accom plished. Put the uncertainty of our ten ure of power did not paralyze our ener gies; on the contrary, we determined t make hay while the sun shone, and, i; Aureatahind was doomed to succumb onc more to the tyranny, I, for one, was verj clear that her temporary emancipatior might be turned to good account. Accordingly, on arriving again at the Golden House, we lost no time in insti tuiing a thorough inquiry into the stati of the public finances. We ransacked th' house from top to bottom and found nth ing! Was it possible that the Presiden had carried off with him all the treas tire that had inspired our patriotic of forts? The thought was too horrible. The drawers of his escritoire and the safe that stood in his library revealed nothing to our eager eyes. A foraging party, dis patched to the ministry of finance (where, by the way. they did not find Don Anto nio or his f i r daughter), returned with the discouraging news that nothing was visible but ledgers and bills. In deep dejection I threw myself into his excel lency's chair with the doleful reflection that this pleasure seemed all I was likely to get out of the business. The Colonel stood moodily with his back to the fire place, looking at me as if I were respon sible for the state of things. At this point in came the Signorina. We greeted her gloomily, ami she was as startled as ourselves at the news of the President's escape; at the same time I thought I detected an undercurrent of re lief. When, however, we went on to break to her the nakedness of the land, she stopped us at once. "Oh, you stupid men, you haven't look ed in the right place. 1 suppose yon ex pected to find it laid out for you on the dining room table. Come with me." We followed her into the room where Carr lay. He was awake, and the Sig norina went and asked him how he was. Then she continued : "We shall hive to disturb you for a few minutes. Mr. Carr." (To be continued.) Itever !. "So you are the gentleman who rnns 'Hints to the Home Gardener'?" said the fair caller in the newspaper ollice. "Do you obtain your material from experiments in your own garden?" "Oil, I haven't any garden," replied tlie sallow young man witli the pen be hind his ear. "I live in a flat." "You don't say. Well, perhaps the gentleman who writes 'Hints on Rent ing Flats' could give me some good ad vice from his experience in apartment houses?" "oh. he doesn't live in nn apartment house. He lives in the country." ltd re "Some great phy the woman in tin eating beef puts a nii.r. Does it put Trent. sici in tells us," said green waist, "that person in a bad hu yonr husband in a bad humor?" "I should say pot." sighed the little woman with the ty pewriter ink on her fingers. "My liill:i inl is a poet and be is so tickled when we can afford real beef that he is in a good humor for a whole week." The l-'nw Knil, "At last the time mine," said the Arctic explorer, "w lien our sole sup ply of food consisted of a few canned os tails and pickled pigs' feet." "Then." said his hearer, "you were indeed reduced to extremRies." Ros ton Transcript. "nr They Don't Speak. Clara Don't le surprised If Willie Saplelgh proposes to you to-night Maude Gracious! IK you think he will? Clara Sure I do. When I refused him last night he Raid he didn't core what became of him. Chicago News. Two of m Kind. "George !" "Yes. darling." "Ion't you think that the lst fruits of romance are the wedding date nnd the bridal pair?" Baltimore American. i Mot her-t n-I.a vr. Singleton So you don't Ix-lleve Ira a monarchical f0rm of government, ehj Wedderly I should say not! ThaPs whp 1 married an orphan. Corn ltoot l.oune. Time spout in killing insect pests must usually be set down as so much time lost from the constructive work of improving the tilth of the soil, and attending to the other needs of the crops. Occasionally, however, an Im proved system of cultivation gets rid of our insect enemies at the same time. This is conspicuously the case in the method recently proposed by Prof. Forbes, of Illinois, for destroying the corn root louse. The post works havoc to both sweet and Held corn. The small brown nut attends the louse and is responsible for carrying it about the field. Pro fessor Forbes found that by using a disk harrow one to three times early In the spring, before the corn is plant ed, from SO to 'X per cent of the ants and corn root lice are destroyed, and no further treatment is required dur ing the season. The peculiar virtues of this remedy are that it is simple, effective and good for the corn, since the soil is thereby put in a better state of cultivation. Safe Chicken Coop. It has been proven by statistics that the raising of chickens is the greatest industry in the Fnited States. Of course tins includes these who are In this business on n large scale for prof it, and also those who probably keep a half dozen fowl in the back yard. Nevertheless, wheth er for business or pleasure, e li i c ken raising Is an Inter esting pastime that CHICKEN COOl appeals to every body. It is claimed that chickens should have ns much being to insure the care as a human best results, and modern methods certainly tend in that direction. The chicken coop shown here is a good example. It is simple, etli ciciit and durable. As shown here it is rectangular in form, being made of sheet metal. The top and sides are bent to shape, with flanges at the bot tom which connect with the flooring. At eaeli side are supports which hold the coop slightly above the ground, tending to keep the coop moisture proof and preventing rain or other water from entering. At each end are perforated doors, which nre very easi ly held in position. At the bottom of each door is an extension, through which passes a rod, the l itter extend ing through the top of the wop and also into the ground, preventing the coop from being displaced. In this way the fowl are rendered safe against the attacks of animals. Sheep the Market Demands. Say u Western writer on sheep: The market calls for dieep with a larl: face and legs, and a close ilcce is ai advantage. There never Inn been a time when n fair pre fit could not le (.btaliiKl from the keeping of sheep. Tiicrenre in the world to-day 90,()M.iM) fewer sheep than twelve years ago, ;T.d the consumption of mutton and wool is rapidly Increasing, hence it is safe to conclude that sheep to the farmer is a safe proposition. Do not start on a large scale; begin low and work up. The Western f .'inner does not like to do this, and you are no exception. You have never planted the apple because you did not expect to stay to eat the fruit. You must rush on and do big things. Do you not know that in the animal as well as the vegetable world rapid growth means rapid decay? Plant thi live stock business and then give it time to strike its roots deep down, and nfter it Is fairly rooted allow the top to grow. I'nrkliiK Apple. In packing apples for market first as sort them, so that they will run uni form in size and quality. Pack in sound, (lean barrels barrels with Hat hoops preferred. Turn the upper head down, take out the lower head and place a large sheet of white paper next the bead, then pack the first layer of apples with the stem ends upon the head. Pack the second tier, but reverse the apples; then fill the apples without bruising the fruit Shake down thor oughly and fill so full that the head must te pressed In with a lever or bar rel press ; then fasten the head, turn the barrel over and mark plainly the name of the variety contained. Extra care and labor In packing enhances the value when selling. Grow Feetl on the Farm. The Massachusetts State crop report contains an article by Prof. F. S. Cooley on "Some Causes Affecting the Profits of Dairying-" On the subject of feed ing dairy cattle the professor urges that feeds be produced on the farm as far as possible. Usually the best prac tice Is to purchase only feeds rich In protein and raise the coarse fodders on the farm. Cows fed on starvation rations yield no profit, and those over fed with expensive feeds are also kept at a loss. The point of highest profit In feed must be determined by experi ment and calculation, and varies with the locality and circumstances of the feeder. n?t tefyj Dry Farming. The Campbell system of dry farm ing, which was first tried In the semi arid portions of North Dakota ami about which much has appeared In newspapers and magazines within the past year or two, is doing great things for many portions of the Western States, where with a rainfall of but ten or twelve Inches per annum bumper crops of corn, wheat, beets and other crops can he grown. This system of crop culture is based on the conserva tion of practically all of the moisture in the soil through a dust or surface mulch, and under it as high ns forty bushels of corn to the acre have been grown In North Dakota, fifty bushels of wheat per acre in western Nebraska, while better than twenty tons of beets have been produced in Colorado. While this method of crop culture has little value in those portions of tho country where there is an abundant rainfall, it does have a tremendous Import in nil territory where there is fertility in the soil, hut nn annual rainfall of less than twenty inches. Windfall Apple. What to do with the windfall apples is a problem that gives the owner of every large orchard considerable con cern ns the time for picking apples ap proaches. Where one is provided with a.i evnporator or is so tlxed that he can convert this defective fruit into vinegar, the problem is comparatively simple. Hut where neither method of disposing of tills product of the orchard is possible it is a question what is the best thing to do. An effective method of disposing of such apples and one which gives a certain return Is to turn droves of hogs or sheep into the or chard periodically and allow them to clean them up. Tills not only disposes of the apples, hut the worms as well, as such apples tire usually wormy. In any case it is best to remove the wind falls from beneath the trees, ami if they cannot be disposed of In any of the methods suggested it is best to put them on the plow land with the manure and turn them under. Knrmern nnl Poultry Fanciers. The farmer has a real grievance against the poultry fancier, In that lie has done all of his crossing and in breeding of fathers, daughters, uncles and aunts without any regard to prac tical utility, says Fanning, whether the hens from which he has been breeding were producing sixty eggs a year or -hi made no difference. His whole aim lias been to breed out a foul flight feather or two, or to create a better comb, or eyes of a better tint nt a sacrifice of everything else. The result is that when a farmer goes Into the market to buy thoroughbreds with bis money in ids pocket ready and willing to pay for the best stock, lie not only often pays fur qualities lie does not need, but actually pays a premium for something that has been obtained at a sacrifice of the very qualities which lie docs need. There are a few men, however, raising thoroughbred stock that Is "bred to lay," or to meet certain market demands, and these are the men that should be patronized. ( nre tf Orchnril I'll j . Fruit growers about Saugatnek, Mich., have been busy trimming their apple trees, says Country Gentleman. Tin years ago they were thinking of cutting them down and setting out peach trees. To-day every half-dead tree is trimmed, and if there Is n o enough manure, fertilizer is bought for these half-dead trees. Six years ago one (if Suugatuek's young farmers mar ried a Chicago girl who used to spend her vacation there. She loved country life, and was a subscriber to agricul tural magazines. Her husband's or chard was just like the rest, untriinmed and had never been sprayed. She made him buy manure, trim the trees, plow and spray. Two years ago he began to hire his neighbor's orchards. Last year he was the only one who had ap plea to sell, and cleared ifJ,U(K. (outline fruit .rnM lth t lover. Crab grass is like the dog in the manner, it kills out every other stem of green grass and then turns brown itself. It makes a coarse and ugly cover in the lawn and the Individual who attempts to eradicate it by dig ging and cultivation may lie entirely without a lawn for two or three years. If anything can get the best of crab grass in a fair contest, it is white clover. In a number of lawns in Wash ington and elsewhere white clover lias furnished the means for a final vic tory over crab grass. The white clov er gradually invades the area of crab grass, replacing the latter with a close, dark-green carpet. llany W'ny to tiet Hid of Stamp. A method of getting rid of stumps which has been highly recommended and which, to be effective, should be done now, Is as follows: Hore a hole one or two Inches In diameter and about eighteen Inches deep Into the center of the stump. Then put Into this bole one or two ounces of salt peter. Fill the hole with water and plug It up. In the spring take out the plug, pour In about one-half gal lon of kerosene oil and light It The stump will smolder away to the very extremities of the roots, leaving noth ing but the ashes. Farming. Improving- (he Herd. Select as far as possible females which conform to the standard of ex cellence of the breed. If this Is accom plished It will Insure a uniformity In type that Is highly desirable. If in ad dition to this It Is possible to select cows and heifers that are similarly bred they will be more likely to pro duce uniformity In their offspring. Says the Madison (Mo.) Times: "It. J. Pendleton has u cat that Is an ex- ! pert Usher man. Near Mr. Pendleton's home is u large pond stocked with fish land on a number of occasions this sum mer the eat has come from the pond to the house carrying a catfish lu her mouth. The flsh had evidently just been taken from the water, as they were perfectly fresh, und Mr. Pendle ton Is convinced that the cat had caught them while they weer swim ming near the edge of the water. The flsh In each instance were between three and four inches long." In lSi8 the astronomical world was deeply interested by the discovery of 'an asteroid, Eros, whose mean distance from the sun is less than that of the planet Mars. Now conies the no less Interesting and remarkable news that an asteroid has been found whose mean distance is greater than that of the planet Jupiter. This body was discov ered at the observatory of Heidelberg lust February, and since then the cal culation of its orbit has revealed the fact that when nt aphepllon the little planet is about 4,000,000 miles outside tho orbit of Jupiter. The provisional designation of the new asteroid is "l'.KHl T. G.' This discovery increases the probability that the minute satel lites recently discovered circling round Jupiter nre captured asteroids. More and more t he attention of tho military authorities of the great na tions is concentrated on the means of luhiptlng the automobile to the trans portation of field nrtlllery. A French writer points out that the Idea of n self-moving carriage for field-guns was suggested by the engineer Cugnot ns early ns 1709. At present, efforts nre directed to the perfection of n form of automobile suitable to take the plnea of horses in drawing the artillery wng ons. Many different forms of lron-end nutoniohiles, carrying light guns, have already been Invented and tested, with more or less success; but the main problem Is to adapt tile automobile to the transportation of guns mounted, is nt present, on tho! r own cnrrlnges. In other words, it concerns the aboli tion of nrtlllery horses. Australia's emus are being destroy ed wholesale by the wire fences which hnvo been erected to prevent the rnv ngs of that country's rabbit pest. Ev ery year the emu makes n migration from enst to west, the return Journey helnp made at the beginning of tho dry soitson. The march of death begins in the westward Journey, when the birds, striking the fences, find further prog ress barred and die in hundreds from thirst. A boundary rider In n Journay of six miles found no fewer thnn fifty dend birds; while In a stretch of nhout sixty miles it was estimated thnt no fewer thnn .W had perished. Hut In other districts matters appear to bn even worse, boundary riders reporting that when riding nlong these fences they nre hardly ever free from the stench of putrefying bodies. A com plete track Is found on the east side of these fences, worn by the maddened birds In nttemptlng to find a pnnnnge to tho coveted water. Only n very few nppear to have the courage to charge the bnrrler nnd those, once over, make off westward at top speed. MR8. ARTHUR PAGET. An American Womnn of thn llrlllah Smart Set. We hear n groat deal In one way or another iiImhU the pitiful failures and mistakes of American girls who marry foreigners. Hut there is another side to the story. These failures nre the ex ceptions rntber than the rule, and if one were to enumerate nil the successes he would need much spnee for the list. Some of the foreign marriages nre Ideal nnd the glow of n beautiful domesticity Is ever present In their lives. Such n one Is the ense of the daughter of the late Parnn Stevens, n distinguished nnd 'JL. v ?J$ MBS. ART II I B PAGET. wealthy New Yorker. She married Ar thur Paget son of a well-to-do British family associated with the nobility and considered leaders in the smart set Her married life has been very happy. She has a number of children, one of whom married a daughter of the late William C Whitney of New York. la th Tear IBSO. "What Is that old book you are study ing, Elizabeth?" "I don't know, papa; I haven't yet mnde out whether it Is a cony of Chau cer In the original old English or Web ster's unabridged dictionary of the first part of the century." Baltimore Amer ican. of .'Jptf f few,