I i ,-1 i M MALHEUR EXTEilPKISE. 1 e ill iii' i I! if : f hi "he edemptiof? By CHARLES FREDERIC 0088 Coprrltht, 110, bjr Thil Bewen.-M--rll Compaar. All Rlrhts ReMTTtd CHAtTER lit. Tra to his determination, the doctor devoted the night following hl advent Into the little frontier village to th Investigation of the Quaker preacheri fltneea for hla uae. He took Pepeeta with htm. the older habitues of the tavern standing on the porch and amll In Ironically aa they started. The meeting- house was one of those eon Ventlonal weather-hoarded building with which all travelers In the West ern States are familiar. The rays of the tallow randies bv which It was lighted were streaming- feebly out Into the ntrhf Th 1rt.ua were open, and through them were passing meek faced, soft-voiced and plain-robed wor hlpers. Keeping close together, Pepeeta light and graceful, the doctor heavy and awkward, both of them thoroughly em barrassed, they ascended the steps as ' bear and raselle might have walked the gang-plank Into the ark. They en tared unobserved save by a few- of the younger people who were staring va rantly about the room, and took their eats on the last bench. The Quaker maidens who caught eight of Pepeeta were visibly excited and began to preen themselves as turtle doves might have done If a bird of paradise had suddenly flashed among them. One of them happened to be seated next her. She was dressed In quiet drabs and grays. Her face and person were per vaded and adorned by simplicity, meekness, devoti-n; and the contrast between the two was so striking as to render them both self-conscious and tineas- In each other's presence. The visitors did not know at all what to expect In thla unfamiliar place, but could not have been aston Ished or awed by anything else half much aa by the Inexplicable sllenco which prevailed. If the whole assem blage had been dancing or turning -romersaults, they would not have been surprised, but the few moments In which they thus sat looking stupidly at the people and then at each other eemed to them like a email eternity. Pepeeta's sensitive nature could 111 en dure tuch a strain, and she became nervous. 'Take me away," she Imploringly whispered to the doctor, who snt by her side. Ignorant of the custom which separated tlio sexes. He tried to encourage her In a few half-suppressed words, took her trem bling hand In his great I w, preased It reaasuringly. wluked humoroualy. and Uien looked about him with a sar donic grin. To Pepeeta's relief, the silence was At last broken by an old man who roso from his seat, reverently foldel his . hands, lifted his face to heaven, closed his eyes and began to apeak. She had never until this moment listened to a prayer, and this address to an Invisible Ilelng wrought In her already agitated mind a confused and exciting effect: but the prayer was long, and gave her time to recover her self-control. The silence which followed Its close was less painful because less strange than the other, and she permitted herself to glance about the room and to won der what would happen next Her cu riosity was soon satisfied. Iavld Cor son, the young mystic, rose to his feet. He was dressed with exquisite neat tiess In that simple arl which lends to a nnhle person a peculiar and seri ous dignity. Standing for a moment before he began his address, he looked over the audience with the aelf-poa-aession of an accomplished orator. The attention of every person In th room was at once arrested. They sll recalled their wandering or preoccu pied thoughts, lifted their bowed heads, and fixed their eyes upon the com manding figure before them. This general movement caused Pe peeta to turn, and ahe observed a sud den transformation on the countenance of the dove-like Quaker maiden. A flush mantled her pule cheek and a radiance beamed In her mild blue eyea It was a tell-tale look, and Pepeeta. who divined Us meaning, s. tied sym pathetically. Hut the first word which fell from the lips of the speaker withdrew her attention from every other object, for his voice possrsaed a quality wtn which ahe was entirely unfiinilllitr. It would have charmed and fascinated the hearer, even if It had uttered Inco herent words For Pepeeta, It had an other and a more mysterious value. It wae the voice of her destiny, and rang In her soul like a bell. The apeech of the young guaker was a almpU and unadorned message of the love of Hod to men. and of their power to respon J to the iMvlne ,-n. Farh eentenc had fallen Into the sensitive soul of the fortune teller like a pebl.lt, Into a deep well, she was gating at him In astonishment er llpa were parted her t-yri r. ,uf. fused and she was lenin t.. . trflt,l. ly. When .1 length , M orpl1 speaking. It aenuej i !p,.cta as If a sudden end had come to eer thing as If risers had .eased to run and stars to rise and eet. (the drew a long, deep breath, sighed and Bank back In her eat exhausted by the nervous tension to which she had been aubjected The effect upon the quack was hard ly lees remarkable. II.. to, had tened with breathless attention. Ha tried to enable and then to resist this mesmeric power, but gradually suc cumbed He felt as If chained to hla eat and It was only ly a great effort that he pulled himself together. (aoK ivpeota by the arm and drew her out into the Hen air. For a fw moments they walked In Hence, and then the doctor exclaim ed: "P p-peeta. I have found him at Xaat!" "Found whom?" she askej sharply, trrtiated by the vol.e which entered uch a reaping contrast to the one sill! cholttg in her ears. "round hcuf Aa If you didn't nwl I mean the man of d-d-des-tiny! He le a snake rharmer. rret! lie Just faltly b b-Umbooiied you! I we laughing la my sleeve and saying to mMtf. Hat bamK-Kxtad ppeta; fcwt he can't b b-bemboode met When t up ai.o did III Te-totally dij it) And U I. an hemtuvile ma. be e-su ta-tmbeaiile t !-.- "ltd tj tni.ieiun4 what be aaldf" lejeete asked. Vri.i.ii.4T Xitll should say .Mt ut UiKut u4 hl ,l4 j . I. I v, i . i , tor If he can fool the people with that kind of g-g-glbberlsh, he can certainly f-f-fool them with the Balm of the B-B-Blessed Islands! First time I was ever b-b-bambooxled In my life. Feels queer. Our fortune's made, P-p-pepee ta!" i His triumph and excitement were so great that he did not notice the silence and abstraction of his wife. His ar dent mind Invariably excavated a channel Into which It poured Its thoughts, digging Its bed so deep as to flow on unconscious of everything else. Exulting In the prospect of attaching to himself a companion so gifted, never doubting for a moment that he could do ao, reveling In the dreams of wealth to be gathered trom the Increased sales of his patent medicine, he entered the hotel and made straight for ths bar room, where he told hla story with the most unbounded delight Pepeeta retired at once to her room, but her mind was too much excited and her heart too much agitated for slumber. She moved restlessly about for a long time and then sat down at the open window and looked Into the night For the first time In her life, the mystery of existence really dawned upon her. She gased with a new awe at the starry sky. She thought of that Being of whom David had spoken. Questions which had never before oc curred to her knocked at the door of her mind and Imperatively demanded an answer. "Who am IT Whence aid I come? For what was I cieated? thla seren-by-nlne vatliy. like e snaa In ti b-b-barrel looking out of the b-b-bung-holef' Offended and disgusted, the Quaker ni about to turn upon his heel; but he saw la the face of the man's beau tiful companion A look which said plainly as spoken words, "I. too, de Ire that you should go with us." This look changed his purpose, Ana he paused. "Listen to me now," continued tne doctor, observing his Irresolution. "You think you know what life Is; but you d-d-don t! Do you Knot wnat g-c-rreat cities are? Do you know what It Is to p-p-possess and to spend the money which you d-d-desplse? Do you know what It Is to wear fine clothes, to see great atghta, to go where you want to and to do what you p-p- please?" "I do not, nor do I wish to. And thee must abandon these follies snd sins. If thee would enter the Klffdnm of God," David replied, fixing his eyes sternly upon the face of the blasphem er. fbe Redemption of g&vid orsot? By CHARLES FREDERIC G0S8 Copyright. 1900, br Tb. Bowee-Msrrili Company. AU Rights Reserved 132 fTtAPTFR IV (Continued.) Having stalked indignantly onwmrd for a few paces, the doctor discovered that hla wife had not followed mm, and turning he called savagely; "Fe- Deeta. come! It Is folly to try ana p D-persuade him. Let us leave the satni "Oood-bye, d-d-dead man! I hare always hated c-c-corpses! I am going where men have red b-b-blood In their veins." With these words he turned on his heel and started toward the carriage, leaving David and Pepeeta alone. Net ther of them moved. The gypsy ner vously plucked the petals from a daisy and the Quaker gaxed at her face. Dur lng these few moments nature had not been Idle. In air and earth and tree top, following blind Instincts, her myr iad children were seeking their mates. And here. In the odorous sunshine of the May morning, these two young, Impressionable and ardent beings, yielding themselves unconsciously to the same mysterious attraction which was uniting other happy couples, were drawn together In a union which time could not dissolve and eternity, per haps, cannot annul. (To be continued.) BOOS AS PASSENGERS. Hs Whither did I come? For what was I created? Whither am I going?" shs aaked herself again and again with profound astonishment at ths newness of these questions and her Inability to answer them. For a long time she sat In the light of the moon, and reflected on these mysteries with all the power of her untutored mind. But that power was soon exhausted, and vague, chaotic, ab street conceptions gave place to A definite Image which had been eternal ly Impressed upon her Inward eyea. It was the figure of the young Quaker, Idealized by the Imagination of an ar dent and emotional woman whose heart had been thrilled for the first time. She began timidly to ask herself what waa the meaning of those feel ings which this stranger had awakened In her bosom. She knew that they were different from thoae which her huaband Inspired; but how different ahe did not know. They filled her with a sort of ecstasy, and she rave herself up to them. Exhauated at laat by theae vivid thoughts and emotions, she rested her head upon her arms across t):e window sill and fell asleep. It must have been that the young Quaker followed her Into the land of dreams, for when her huaband aroused her at midnight a faint flush could be seen by the light of the moon on those rounded cheeks. 1 Froblem Consider fey late. State-Commerce Coramtsslosu Tribulations are besetting the dog. As a traveler, while he It not an out cast, he and hla owner are subject, on many steam and electric railways, to regulations that amount to cruelties, a Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Telegram says. It Is not unlikely that the Interstate commerce commission In the near fu ture may be called upon to provide uniform regulations for the carrying of dogs on Interstate trains. The rules governing the transportation of dogs are merely what each Individual Una proposes to make them and a move ment has been begun to bring About reform regulations that will be fair to passengers and Just to the dogs. Some railroads charge a specified fare for a dog; others transport the dog as baggage, and yet others make no charge, although they differentiate between little dogs and big ones. A few lines permit the owners of "small dogs" to take them Into the passenger cars with them; other lines relegate all dogs to the baggage' cars, whore again into the windows of they are In danger of being crushed For this he upbraided himself; to his prayers! But let him remember the old p-p-proverb, young saint old sinner!' Come!" He proceeded towards the carriage; but Peneetn seemed rooted to the around, and David was equally lnca pable of motion. While they stood thus, gastna- Into each other's eyes. they saw nothing and they aaw all. That brief glance was freighted with destiny. A subtle communication naa taken place between them, although they had not spoken: for the eye has a language of Its own. What was the meaning of that glance? What was the emotion that gave It birth In the soul? He knew It told Its own story. To their dying day, the actors in that silent drama remembered that glance with rapture and with pain. Pepeeta spoke first hurriedly ana anxiously: "What did you say last night about the -light of life?' Tell me! I must know." "I said there Is a light that llghteth arrery man that cometh Into the world." "And what did you mean? Be quick- There la only a moment" "I meant that there Is a light tliat shines from the soul Itself and that In this light we may walk, and he who walks In It walks safely. He need never fall!" 'Never? I do not understand; It Is beautiful; but I do not understand!" Pepeeta!" called her husband, an grily. She turned away, and David watch ed her gliding out of his sight with an Irrepressible pain and longing. "I sup pose she Is his daughter," he said to himself, and upon that natural but mistaken inference his whole destiny turned. Something seemed to draw him after her. He took a step or two, halted, sighed and returned to his labor. But It was to a strangely altered world that he went. Its glory had van ished; it was desolate and empty, or so at least It seemed to him, for he con founded the outer and the inner worlds, as it was his nature and habit to do. It was In his soul that the change had taken place Thoughts which he had always been ablo to expel from his mind before, like evil birds fluttered again s-nd his seal. but by falling trunks; and In some In-1 only to discover that at the very mo stances the roads require that A dog ment when he regretted that he had CHAPTER IV. On the following morning the preacher-plowman was afield at break of day. The horses, refreshed and rested by food and aleep, dragged the gleaming plowshare through the heavy sod as If 11 were light snow, and the farmer exulted behind then. David tied the reins to the plow han dles and strode across the fresh fur rows. Vaulting the fence and leaping the brook which formed the boundary line of the farm, he ascended the bank and approached a carriage ' om which a man hnd balled htm. As he did s,i the occupants got out and came to meet him. To hla astonishment he saw the strangers whom he had no ticed the night before. The man ad vanced wltn a bold, free demeanor, fhe woman' timidly and with downcast eyes. "(.ood morning," said the doctor. David returned his greeting with the customary dignity of the Quakers. "My name la Dr. Aeaculaplua." Thee la welcome." I as over to the m-m-meetlng house laat night and heard your s-s - W , . I I - ' . . - 1 . , ievi-n. 1'tuii i uiuicisiaiui a W-W- word, but aaw that you c-c-can talk like a I'nlted Statea Senator." Itavld bowed and blushed. "I came over to make you a propo sltlon. Want you to yoke up with me. and help me aell the M-ll-Ualtu of the Ulessed Islands.' You can do th t-t-talking and 1 11 run the b-b-busl- ness; see? What do you s-s-say?" Gravely, placidly, the young Quaker answered; "I thank thee, friend, for what th evidently means aa a kind ness, but I must decline thy offer." "Decline my offer? Are you c-c-cra-sy? Why do you d-d-decllne my of fer?" "He.auao 1 hnv no wish to leave my home and woik." Although his answer waa addressed to the man, his eves were directed to the woman. Ilia r. ply, simple and nat ural enough, astounded the quack. What!" he exclaimed. "Do you mean that you p-p-prefer to stay In this p-p-ptsstye of a town to becom ing a clttten of th g ( great world?" 1 do." "But listen; I will pay you more money In a alngl month than you can earn by d-d-drltng your plow through that b-b-blerk mud for a whole year." "I have no nd and no dealr for more money than I can earn by dally toll." "No need and no dealr for money! H-b-th! You are not talking to sniv eling old women and crack-b-h-braln-ed old mn; but to a f f-feller who can se through a two-Inch plank, and you can t p-p-pas t,rr any of )olr - l.gioue d-d-drixel on him. either" This roars Insult ent straight to the soul of lh youth Tie Mood tln sld lu bis eli.e There v,i tight nlng around Ms heart of something hUh was out of place In th bosom of a Quaker. A hot reply sprang to his Hps. but died aav as he alano4 at the woman, and saw her face n.a-n-tled with an angry Rush. Calmed by her silent sympathy, he quietly replied: -Friend, i t4Ve no d sir t annoy the, but I ha bea taught thai the lute of money Is the tool of all ovif and bsli.ung a, I 0014 net the ttt.il th.. I did" "We!L well, reckon ou are mors be IIIUJ I ha b blamed reult f arty J4uot Tat Ilk p p par rwtl Waal re a a oig f.iiow te .. , . . shall be crated, whether placed In the baggage car or carried by the owner. In practically every case a permit. must be obtained. Commissioner Prouty of the Inter state commerce commission, in a let ter replying to a recent Inquiry as to been tempted at all, he also regretted that lw had not been tempted further. All day long his agitated spirit alter nated between remorse that he had en- Joyed so much, and regret that he had enjoyed so little. Never had he expe rienced such a tumult in his soul. He struggled hard, but he could not tell whether the regulation of the Pullman whether he had conquered or been de- company that dogs shall not occupy the car is a Just and reasonable one, said: I am inclined t'o think It is and that the company is not obliged to distinguish between a small dog and a large one, for the reason that it would be impossible to draw the line if any dogs were permitted In the car. "The writer has a do of his own which Is Bniall and inoffensive and which he transports every year "from Washington to Newport. Vt While I am certain this little dog would In convenience nobody, I have always thought best to submit to the regula tion of which you complain." Poor Mother Kt. "Dr. Emll Reich is now saying that the American woman can't understand genius. That doesn't preclude her from understanding him." The speaker, a Colonial Club wom an, frowned. Dr. Kelch," she said, "Is anything hut a genius, though abroad the wom en do fawn on him. Here we treated him as a light-weight with a slight gift of humor. He didn't like It Hence his strictures on us. I admit that Dr. Reich is now and then rather funuy. Once, for example, I heard hltu say at a dinner, apropos of wom an's vanity: " Mother Eve must have been terri bly put out not to be able to hold a small pall of water in front of her when shs stood with her back to a pool and tried to see if her hair was properly done up behind.'" Maklac lh Rest ( It. When the young hustvind reached home from the omoe he found his wife In tears. "Oh. John!" ah sobbed on his shoulder. "1 had baked a lovely cake and I put it out on the back porch for the frosting to dry aad the dog Ate tt!" "Well, don't cry about it, sweet heart," he conaoled. pAttlng the pret ty, flushed cheek. "I know a man who wilt give us Another dog!" Brooklyn Ufa. (rim. She I can't bind myself until I'm sur. Give me time to decide, and If. six months he no, I f.) as I do now, I will be yours. Ardent Adorer I could never wait that long, darling. Beside, the courts have decided that dealiug la futures, without the actual delivery of the g.vds, is gambling pure And simp!. lMk. A Wsflkr tTm. To U ta lie salw, I paid i .t. mission to bear that u pianist Utt night" "Wall, do yon begrudge ttr "Tea. 1 do. II turned Out to b the fs'.low 1 complained to the polio About thumplpg th piano All day aaJ All night la the ttetl fiat" Judge. feated. He heard again the mocking laugh ter of the quack, and the stinging words of his cynical philosophy once more rang in his ears. What this coarse wretch had said was true, then! Much of his youth had already passed and he had not as yet tasted the only substantial Joys of existence money, pleasure, ambition, love! He felt that he had been deceived and defrauded. A contempt for his old life and its surroundings crept upon him. He be gan to despise the simple country peo ple among whom he had grown up, and those provincial Ideas which they cherished In the little, unknown nook of e worl " where they stagnated. During a long time he permitted himself to be borne upon the current Of Mies thoughts wlthoi t trying to stem It till It seemed as if he would be swept completely from his moor ings. But his trust had been firmly anchored, and did not easily let go Its hold. The convlctiona of a lifetime be gan to reassert themaelves. They rose and struggled heroically for the pos session of his spirit Had the battle been with the simple abstraction of philosophic doubt, the good might have prevailed, but there obtruded Itself Into the field the con crete form of the gypsy. The glance of her lustrous eye, the gleam of her milk-white teeth, the heaving of her agitated bosom, the Inscrutable but suggestive expression of her flushed and eager face, these were foes siralnst which he struggled In vain. A feverish desire, whose true significance he did not altouether understand, tugged at his heart, and he felt himself drawn by unseen hands toward this mysteri ous and beautiful being. She seemed to him at that awful moment, when hla whole world of thought and feeling was Slipping from under Ms feet, the one only abiding reality. She at leaat waa not an impalpable vision, but sol id, substantial, palpitating flesh and blowd. I.Ike continuously advancing waves which sooner or later must un. dermlne a dyke, the passions anl sus picions of his newly awakened natur wr sapping the foundations of his belief. At Intervals h gained a llttl cour age to withstand them, and at such momenta tried to pray; but th ffort was futile, for neither would the ac customed syllablea of petition spring to h's Up, nor th fel!nga of faith and devotion arise wtthtn his heart CHAPTKR V. Violent emotions, like th lunar tides must hav their ebb becaus they have their flow. Th feelings do not so much advance lik a river, as oscillate l!k a pr.d.ilunv Striding homeward. David's determination io Join his for tunes to those of the two advuturrs began to wan. II trembled at an unknown future and hesitated bwfore untried path Already th Strang xpr1ne through which h had psd began to m to him lik half-forgotten drm. Th rflun thoughts and f. tags of hi rllioug life tega to t back tut tvr bay and estuary of Ala soul. With a Mas ef sham, he rgrttd t feasty feci oa. and was )tng to hisa!f. "I will rt and a t m. rthi . for all tb tpMnc tif. Vm cannot driu yourself tat 4t4 thetuMlv at e ta th f. . rhrrtr: must l.mnr uir Uuse of it. sutuiur. Jvige lewr!! -'ij1a It to Uaa p.a.i, 4t, fc 4 V - W r IttruUtltt, Stag that this whole experience would hav become a mere Incident in his life his torv. if his destiny had depended up on his Dersonal volition. But how few of the great events of life are brought about by our choice alonel Just at sunset he crossed the bridge over the brook which formed the boun dary line of the farm, and as he did so heard a light footstep. Lifting hla eves, he saw Pepeeta. who at that very Instant stepped out of the low bushes which lined the trail she had been following, Her appearance was as sudden as an apparition and her beauty dazzled him. Her face, flushed with exercise, gleam ed against the background of her black hair with a sort of spiritual radiance. When she aw the Quaker, A smile of unmistakable delight flashed upon her festures and added to her bewitching grace. She might nave Deen an ureaa or a Dryad wandering alone through the great forest What bliss for youth and beauty to meet thus at the cbsse of day amid the solitudes of Nature! Had Nature forgotten hehself, to permit these two young and impres sionable beings to enjoy this pleasure on a lonely road Just as the day was dying and the tense energies of the world were relaxed? There are times when her indifference to her own most Inviolable laws seems anarchic. There are moments when she appears wan tonly to lurs her children to destruction. They gazed into each other's eyes. they knew not how long, with an In comprehensible and delicious Joy, and then looked down upon the ground. Having regained their composure by this act they lifted their eyes and re garded each other with frank and friendly smiles. "I thought thee had gone," said Da vid. 'We stayed longer than we expect ed," Pepeeta replied. 'Has thee been hunting wild flow ers?" he asked, observing the bouquet which she held In her hand. "I picked them on the way." "Thee does love the woods?" "Oh, so much! I am a sort of wild creature and should like to live in a cave." I am afraid thee would always turn thy face homeward at dusk, as thee Is doing now," he said with a smile. 'Oh, no! I am not afraid! I go because I must." The path was wide enough foi two. and side by side they moved slowly forward. The somber garb In which he waa dressed, and the brilliant colors of her apparel, afforded a contrast like that between a pheasant and a scarlet tana- ger. Color, form, motion all were per fect They fitted into the scene with out a Jar or discord, and enhanced rather than disturbed the harmony oi the drowsy landscape. As they walked onward, they vague ly felt the Influence of the repose that was stealing upon the tired world; the Intellectual and volitional elements ot their natures becoming gradually qui escent the emotions were given lull sway. They felt themselves drawn to ward each other by some irresistible power, and, although they had never before been conscious of any Incom pleteness of their lives, they suddenly discovered affinities of whose exist ence they had never dreamed. Their two personalities seemed to be ab sorbed Into one new mysterious and Indivisible being, and this identity gave them an incomprehensible Joy. Over them as they walked. Nature brooded sphynx-like. Their young and healthy natures were tunea in unison with the harmonies of the world like perfect In struments from which the delicate fin sat! ui wiv Biwi -viusician evoKed a melody of which she never tired, re serving her discords for a future day, On this delicious evening she permit- tea tnem to be tnrnied through and through with Joy and hope and she ac companled tne song their hearts wero singing with her own multitudinous voices. -Be happy," chirped the birds; oe nappy, whispered the evening breeze; "be happy," murmured the brook, running along by their side and looking up into their faces with laugh ter. The whole world seemed to re sound with the refrain. "B happy! Be happy! for you are young, are young!" Pepeeta first broke the si lence. "I had never heard of the things about which you talked," she said. "Thee never had? How could that be? I thought that every one knew them!" "I must have lived in a different world from yours" "And' thee was happy?" "I thought so until I heard what you said. Since then I have been full of care and trouble. I wish I knew what you meant! But I have eeen that wonderful light!" "Thee has seen It?" "Yes. to-day: And I followed If I shall always follow It." ' "When does thee leave the village" David asked, fearing the conversation would lead where he d.'d not want to go. "To-morrow." ahe said. "Does thee think that the doctor would renew hla offer to take me with him?" 'Do I think so? Oh! I am sure" "Then I will go." "You will go? Oh. I am so happy! The doctor was very angcy; he has not ben himself sine You don't know how glad h will b. "But Will not the b hannv he aaked. ' Happier than you could dream." s answered with all the frankneas of child. Having- reached th dg of th ooda. where their paths separated they paused. "W must part." said ntt "Yea; but w shall meet to-morrow." Uood-by" "Oood-b)." At th touch of their hands their young hrt w.r s.,.i i, UnJ.r and tumultuous f.linga a too siroc, preur startled th.m. ard they loo. n4 their grw.p. The sun scat bruad th AUl. Th shadows that fall up thir f awaken 1 ih. i m taetr drm Again fcy i4 0od kr, srd reluctantly parted Oar r,y .i,,. Tn this Interview, the entlr pat of these two lives seemed to count for nothing. If Pepeet-i had never eeit nnythlnt of the world; if sh had Is sued from a nunnery at that very mo ment she could not have acted with a more utter disregard of every princl pie of safety. It was the same with Dnvld. Th fact that he had been reared a Qua ker; thAt h had been dedicated to Ood fiom his youth; that he had strug gled all his days to be prepared for such a moment as this, did not Affect him to the least degree. The seasoning of the bow does not Invariably prevent It from snapping. The drill on the parade ground doe not always Insure courage for the bat tle. Nothing is more terrible than this futility of the past Such scenes as this discredit the value of experience, and attach a ter rible reality to the conclusion of Cole ridge, that "It is like the stern-light of a vessel Illuminating only the path over which we have traveled." It was to this moment that their consciences traced tholr sorrows; it was to that act of their souls which permitted them to enjoy that momen tary rapture that they attached their guilt: It wss at that moment i ad In that silent place that they planted th seeds of the trees upon which they were subsequently cruolfled. (To be continued.) Old Favorites Bonn? Elols. 0 nwet I lh vale wher th Moha.w gently glides n.wk On It clear, winding .. . i me i. HUNTING IN CHINA, Variety of Gam Foosid Among th Royal Tomfca. Four hours by train southwest of Peking He th Hsi Ling or Western Tombs, the mauBoIea of the reigning dynasty. The tombs 11 in a largs parklik lnclosure containing some sixty square mile of broken, hilly country In which the Chines Ar not allowed to settle And which may not be plowed up. In consequence of this It's A refuge for all kinds of gam and About the only sura find for pheas ants within easy reach of Peking. A kind of chamois (the Indian goral) and spotted deer are found on th higher hills and are preyed on by the -panther and the wolf. As soon as the frost sets In for the winter the Chinese begin shooting the pheasants. and although they seem to do their best to exterminate them, a good many apparently escape and provide th stock for the following year. The birds are shot over dogs, some of which have really good noses, though In appearance they differ In no way from the scavengers of the village streets. If possible a tamo hawk Is also taken out to mark down birds that are missed or not fired at. The man with the hawk takes his stand on a commanding hill and the hunter with his dog proceeds to draw round him. If the dog puts up a pheasant which is missed by the Chinaman, or a brace, only one of which can be fired at, the hawk is at once loosed and pheasant and hawk disappear together. The hunter reloads and follows And finds the hawk by means of a small bll Attached to Its back probably sit ting on a rock or tree stump. . He then sends his dog In to put np the pheasant, which Is Invariably hid- ng In a thick bit of cover within a few yards of the hawk. As long as the hawk Is sitting there the pqor bird will neither run nor fly, and thus falls an easy victim to the hunter. In this way a couple of Chinamen with a gun. a dog. and a hawk make comparatlve- y large bags In places where the for eigner vainly attempting to walk up his game with a straggling line of useless Chinese beaters will probably nly get a few shots in a day, and certainly never find a pheasant again which he has once missed. On the stonier hills, where there Is ess cover, chlkor are found in con- Iderable quantities and give very fair port, except for their indefatigable powers of running uphill; but th , . L ...a . .ninese Keep tnem snn by using a hawk. Along the streams, fighting hard to keep open in spite of the se vere frost, a few duck and snipe may be picked up. the latter heavier and plumper birds than regular spring and autumn visitors. Ana aearer ma m .,,. earth beside tr'ami Is this bright, roiling- er to But sweete.. -oarer, yea, dearer f., than these, rtf Who charms where others fall Is blue-eyed, bonny, bonny Elolsel Th bell of th Mohawk vale. 0 sweet ar th scenes of my boy. ivwu a gfugggi j CttrB, That bespangle the gay valley o'er And dear are the friends seen throurt memory's fond tears, That hav lived In the blest days at yorej But sweeter, ' dearer, yes, dearer far than these, Who charms where others all falL t blue-eyed, bonny, bonny Elolse,' The belle of the Mohawk vale. O sweet are the moments when dream lng, I roam Thro' my loved haunts, now tnour and gray; And dearer than all Is my chlldhood't hallowed home, ' That Is crumbling now slowly w.. But sweeter, dearer, yea, dearer far man mese, Who charms where others all fail Is blue-eyed, bonny, bonny Elolse, ins oene oi me Aionawk vale. -C. W. Elliott ui la th Starlight. tn th starlight, in the starlight, let wander gay and free. For there' nothing In the daylleht half so dear to you and me: Like the fairies in the shadows of the woods we 11 steal along, And our sweetest lays we'll warble, for tne night was made for song: When none are by to listen, or to chide us In our glee; In the starlight in the starlight let ui wander gay and free. In the starlight, in the starlight let ui wander, let us wander; Tn the starlight, in the starlight let ui wander gay and free. tn the starlight in the starlight, at ths daylight's dewy close, When the nightingale is singing hit last love-song to the rose, In the calm, clear night of summer. when the breezes softly play, From the glitter of our dwelling wi will gently steal away; Where the silv'ry waters murmur, bf the margin of the sea. the starlight, in the starlight wf will wander gay and free; the starlight In the starlight wt will wander in the starlight the starlight. In th starlight wt will wander gay and free. Stephen Glover. In In In Bid FINDS IN MESSINA EUIKS. Glre the Children SnsjAr. Children may eat too much sugar and they may also stay too long In their bath tub, or in the creek when they go in swimming, or get tanned or a headache from playing too long in the sun. or chilled by staying too long in the open air; but Is that any sound reason why they should be de prived of sweets, sunlight, baths and f.erh air, or discouraged from indulg ing in them? All that is needed, sayi Dr. Woods Hutchinson in Success Magazine, is a little common sens regulation and Judicious supervision, not prohibition, or denunciation. Most of th extraordinary craving for pur sugar and candy, which is supposed to lead the average child to inevitably "founder himself" is left to his own swtet will and a box of candy, is i,i to state of artltUlal and abnormal suar starvation, produced by an in sufficient amount of this invaluable fed in its regular diet. Children who given plenty of sugar on their n.nsh. bread and butter, and pudding, a regular allowance of cake and plenty o.' sweet fruits, are almost free from this craze for candy, this tendency to gorge themselves to surfeit. nd can usually be trusted with both th candy box and th sugar bowl. And, lh Acs i4 ho.-, ,. Uraiag. w.ssj th.ir fcaai.; " I"! 114 th I4k 4 kf ai J t jti. Kim Hlat Well. B'gbe I say, Smallbee. you are Just th man I want to see. You Hat known me now for flv years, haven't you? Smallbee Ye. Bigbee Well, I would like vou to accommodate m with th loan of two pounds. Smallbee Sorry, Blgbee, but I CCJl't Plghe Can't! Why not? Smallb Because It known roa (or Sv years. Exchange, M n Satis. "Poopl prat my work." said th artist, boasting! y. "And they Uugh At mln," rJoln4 th sad faced pArty; "but I 40B-, mind.1 "WhA Is your ltnr queried lh artist "Tm prcfuMioaal humorist." r P4 th ether. 'hlcgo Daily S',wt AU U r i.r f T,Mwc u M ft ,, AAi'.Ua.UAU Jewelry and Valuables Worth 20 000,000 Unclaimed. Jewelry and other valuables which the military authorities have collected from the ruins of Messina and for which Ho claimants can be found art estimated to be worth IL'0,000,000. This vast collection of riches li heaped up in the subterranean vaulti of the citadel and in wooden shelters, says a Rome letter, and is intrusted entirely to the honesty of four officers, who have not even sufficient soldier to guard the shelters. In one of these shelters the soldlen have constructed rough shelves, on which diamonds and gold are piled in the most extraordinary manners. A small cardboard box, the size of I matchbox, contains a necklace of pearls valued at over 120,000; betweea an old pair of boots and a pair of oan there is a single envelope containlnf state bonds of $400,000 made out to bearer. In another small wooden box Hm a diamond solitaire, worth a fortune, which was registered by the soldlen as A white stone. Further on a petro '.eum can contained gold coins amount ing to 110,000. There are also safes innumerable Ailed with hundreds of gold watches, rings, chains, bracelets, earring!, pocketbooks and treasures of all sorts. All these riches have been found In the superficial excavations carried on up to the present, while the wealth iest part of the town the first and second floors And the cellars is still tntouched. Soarar ta Ancient Tines. Cane sugar was produced by th Chinese At a very remote epoch. I western countries It was a more re cent Introduction. The Roman writ ers, Pliny, Varro and Luclan, at ths beginning of our era, barely mention ed It It was then known by th name of Indian salt and honey ot Asia, Arabia, or India. In 1090, Cru saders Arriving In SyrlA discovered sugar cane, which became a farorit dainty of the soldiers. During tbi fnllnixHnv MAntA V. en n- r .an WSI t introduced Into Cyprus, the Nile Del th north coast of Africa as far I Gibraltar, Blclly and the kingdom of i- NapIaa. It reached Spain In the 15t century And thence was carried ;, Madeira and th Canaries. In W ' th French Imported It Into Goad" , loup and a little) Uter Into MArtinlC j And Louisiana. Th Portuguese 1 k trodoced It into BrAxIl And the E llsh Into Jamaica. Her Handle. "You say you won your busbo through weArinf a $2 frAdiuUlal gown?" "I dld." "How romantic! I suppose you vry happy V "Oh. yea. But Uuit $2 gown was awful bad precedent to Ubliah. I found." LoulsvlU Courier-Journal Kidlenloa. Wlf Now, a 'r. Jim; if 7 don't provide for m Utter X u jult so 1 warns yr. Husband Provide UltrT Wei I Ilk thAt Why, Ain't I sot yr tarts food Job o' work this tt moots ? rt BkeU-h. bsfore a gin put aa ton a fcgg otuenbet frclrd U ralaA tut A (bl AAA kf I4 Um4 IaaxaU,