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— — «¡IS MANUEL OFFERS TO HELP ENGLAND A- E'ourteen states now have laws pro hibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages as the result of Tuesday's election, on the face of the late returns, which show that prohibition was adopted in Arisons. Washington, Oregon and Col orado. The states which prohibit the sale of liquor are: Arizona, Okla homa, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, North Dakota, Virginia. Alabama once adopted prohibition amendment, but later rescinded it. South Carolina is largely so under various acts. A score of states have local option laws. % \ 7 ; 1 ' \ J / Vi > ,■ <, J.W ! SALE OF LIQUOR IS NOW PROHIBITED IN 14 STATES Seven states voted on the question of woman suffrage Tuesday. In two the suffrage cause won, while in five it was rejected. Montana and Nevada grated the franchise to women. Mis souri. Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio and South Dakota voters declined io uw \i V so. The 11 states, with the time of granting the franchise, are: Wyom ing, 1890; Colorado. 1893; Idaho, 1896; Utah, 1896; Washington. 1910; California, 1912; Arizona, 1912; Kan sas, 1912; Oregon, 1912; Nevada, 1914; Montana, 1914. « s l V Ex-Kinr Manuel of Portugal, here show» with bis wife, who is a Hohen- zollern princess, has offered to serve England in any capacity In accordance with the alliance between Great Britain and Portugal, and has advised hla royalist friends to be ioyal to their country. It is said plans are on foot to restore him to the throne. Democrats and FIRST REPORTS Thirteen Twelve Republicans Win BEING SUSTAINED New York — Returns from the 29 states where gubernatorial elections were held show that 11 Democrats and 10 Republicans had been elected, and that in seven states the Republican candidates were leading in five and the Democrats in two. California re elected Governor Johnson, Progressive. Of these 29 states, 16 now have Demo Prohibition Carries Every County cratic governors, 11 Republican gov Except Multnomah—Initiative ernors and two Progressive governors. Measures Mostly Lost. States electing Democratic govern ors were Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Minnesota, Portland—Election returns collected Idaho, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, from the state and Multnomah county Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, South and and compiled late Wednesday night Wyoming elected a Democratic-Pro leave hardly a shred of doubt as to the gressive. Republican governors were elected fate of any issue before the people. George E. Chamberlain is elected to in Connecticut, Iowa, New Hampshire, 1 New York, Nevada, North Dakota, the United States senate by a large Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvnaia, Rhode Is plurality over R. A. Booth, his Repub land, Vermont and Wisconsin. In Col lican opponent. If the ratios are not orado, Kansas and South Dakota the changed in the complete returns it Republican candidates are leading. New York, New Hampshire, Con may reach 18,000. necticut, Colorado and Ohio elected Dr. James Withy combe has received Republicans to succeed Democrats; a plurality for governor probably larg Minnesota and Tennessee chose Dem er than ever given a candidate for that ocrats to succeed Republicans. office in the state. It will range above 30,000 if the present ratios are con Four Out of Six States tinued. Go Decidedly “D ry” On the state and Supreme court tick Chicago— Four of the six states that ets the Republican candidate have voted Tuesday oa the extirpation of been easy winners. There has been a tremendous protest saloons decided, according to latest against the abuse of the initiative. returns, to forbid the sale of alcoholic Every measure except two seems to have been defeated, some of them by beverages in future and two voted to retain saloons. Ohio and California a vote as high as six to one. Only Prohibition and the amend kept their saloons, while Washington, ment changing the qualifications of Colorado, Oregon and Arizona closed voters have pulled through, but both theirs. Washington on first returns of those have received large majorties. showed at wet majority, but later re Oregon has spoken for a dry state turns gave the drys a lead, which tend with an emphatic voice. The majority ed to increase. in favor of the amendment, it is now Unofficial returns from Arizona show indicated, will go higher than 30,000. that saloons were voted out, the wom With the exception of Multnomah, en aiding materially in reaching this every county in the state has given a result, as well as in voting to retain majority for the amendment, unless the death penalty, thus condemning preliminary returns are grossly de finally to death 15 murderers awaiting ceiving. the outcome of the election. The state at large will overwhelm Ohio sustained saloons by a good the majority Multnomah county has majority and and adpoted a home rule given against the amendment, for if amendment that was recognized as a the complete returns show no change saloon measure. in the trend of votes the state will come up to Multnomah county with a Canada Restrains Press. possible majority for the amendment of 40,000. Ottawa—The Canadian government If there is any measure aside from has ordered the suppression of news these two which has a chance of adop papers publishing articles calculated tion it is the amendment authorizing to promote sedition among alien resi the merging of contiguous cities and dents in Canada. Weekly newspapers towns. printed in the German language in On several measures, such as the Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary and Eld- normal school bills, the dentistry bill monton have openly condemned Great and city and county consolidation, Britain, France and Russia and upheld Multnomah county has given small the acts of Germany and Austria in affirmative majorities, but it is prac the European war. tically certain that these majorities The Northwest mounted police have will be swept away by the upstate been ordered to put an end to the pub vote. lication of such sentiments. Chamberlain Wins Over Booth by 18,000 Plurality. Egypt Is Smoldering. Taft’s Escort Ejected. The Hague—A high official who has just returned from Alexandria, Egypt, says that conditions in that country are outwardly quiet, although inward ly dangerous. He says that disconten ted people, under the leadership of Prince Mohammed Ali Pasha, brother of the absent Khedive, are keeping up a quiet agitation while professing loy alty to the British and awaiting fur ther developments in the Turkish Mo hammedan world. “ Foreginers in Egypt are living like passengers on a liner with a burning cargo." Hartford — Ex-President Taft was voting in the Ninth ward Tuesday, having been escorted to the polls by his friend, Colonel Isaac M. Ullmann, a New Haven Republican leader, when Colonel Ullmann ripped down litho graph pictures of President Wilson and Governor Baldwin placed on the front of a building occupied by Democratic headquarters. Mr. Taft edged his way out of the angry crowd as Ullmann tore down a second picture. The police were called and Colonel Ullmann was ejected from the vicinity. Portland A surprising result of the later returns was the revelation that Multnomah has joined the sisterhood of counties and swung into the “ dry’’ column. Multnomah was the last county to report and makes the verdict in favor of prohibition, by counties, unanimous in the state. With only parts of two precincts missing the vote on this issue now is : For prohibition, 36,588; against pro hibition, 36.202. Majority for, 386. Seattle, Wash.—Late figures indi cate the majority for prohibition will be closer to 20,000 than 15,000. The majority for the drys increased stead ily as the returns were received from the outlying precincts. With one pre cinct missing, it is indicated that King county gave the wets a majority of 15,706. This is somewhat less than the anti-prohibitionists had figured, and saloon men feel that this county should have done better by them. The figures for 407 out of 408 precincts in King county on the amendment were 34,322 for and 50,028 against. Satisfaction is expressed here in many quarters that Oregon also was carried for the drys, since, it is con tended, that puts Oregon at the same economic disadvantage as Washington in reference to adjacent wet commcn- wealtbs. It is asserted here that the effect of the conflict between the word ing of the prohibition measure and tht state constitution relative to the time of effectiveness of the act will mean that, while, under the constitution, the act must be effective within 30 days after its passage, the clause in the bill providing that the measure is not to go into effect until January 1, 1916, simply has the effect of preventing the imposing of any penalty for violations during the coming year. Democrats Will Have Majority of 24 in House New York—The membership of the Sixty-fourth congress as the result of Tuesday’s election, excluding one con test still in doubt, will be as follows: House of Representatives — Demo crats, 229; Republicans, 196; Pro gressives, 7; Socialist, 1; Independ ent, 1. Democratic majority, 24. Senate — Democrats, 53; Republi cans, 39; Progressive, 1. Democratic majority. 13. Senatorial contests in doubt are in Colorado, Nevada and Wisconsin. Democratic leaders still claimed the election of Charles S. Thomas over Hubert Work, in Colorado, and of Francis D. Newiands over Samuel Platt, in Nevada. Republican leaders claimed the elec tion of Francis E. McGovern over Paul A. Husting, Democrat, in Wisconsin, but through an error discovered late in the day in one of the Wisconsin coun ties, an apparent majority for Mc Govern had been swept away, leaving the situation much in doubt. The result in only one congressional district was undetermined. In the First New York district, Frederick C. Hicks, Republican, and Representative Brown were running on virtually even terms, and the outcome probably will not be known until an official count is made. In computing the Democratic total in the house at 229, William Kettner, of the Eleventh California district, who also ran on the Progressive ticket and ranks as a Progressive in the pres ent congress, is included with the ma jority party. Turk Plunders Armenian. London — In a dispath from Tiflis, trans-Caucasia, coming by way of Petrograd, the Daily Telegraph’s cor respondent says: “The Turkish Ar menians were pitilessly plundered on the eve of the war. Hundreds were arrested. The arrival of the Russian troops was greeted enthusiastically in those neighborhods, where harvesting now has been resumed. Large num bers of Armenian refugees have reach ed Odessa seeking enrollment in the Russian army. They will be enrolled as a special corps to the Caucasus.” “ Wet” Majority Is Heavy. San Francisco—Returns from 3324 precincts out of 4585 in the state give: Prohibition—For, 172,896; against, 294,653. Red light abatement—For, 154,134; against, 165,259. Anti-prize fight — For, 145,045; against, 124,166. The Governor's T J ^ N o v e l i z a t i o n of J L f i i C i y Alice Bradl ey' s Play GERTRUDE STEVENSON Illustrations from Photographs of the Stage Production O en k M . ins tr a m —»on i saw Beeerre*) hr UavM H«la««e. S Y N O P S IS . P a n lo l Blad« o u d d o n lr a d v a n c o s f r w a a p o n nllvsa m tn e r tu a m llllo n a lra . H a la am blU uua tu bccom a ( u v a m u r a t th a • ta ta . l ila atm pla. h o n te -le v tn g « t f a fall« to rlaa tu th » new i-ondltlona. B lade m aata K a th a rin a , d a u g h ta r o f S e n a to r H trlch - lan d , an d aeaa In h e r a ll t h a t M a ry la not Ktude de, -liier» to s e p a r a te fro n t hla w lfs an d ta k e a lo o n ta a t hla d u b . H la d aaer in of hta w lfe an d hla o o n a ta n t a lle n d a n c a on K a th a r in a M trtck lan d cau sa a p u b lic c u m m m t. C H A PT E R V—C ontlnued. ’’W sll, I d o n 't c a rs how you « at It— I w an t I t It's vital. 1'vs got to hav e leu th o u san d to «o to E urope. Every body's going— Mrs. W ebb, M rs. O 'D on n ell—“ an d h e r voles tra ile d off Into a p e ttish w hins. "Yez. I know all a b o u t th a t crow d.” M erritt sn arled . "S u n n y p laces for shady people,” "W esley! I need c lo th es I’ve told everybody I’m going,” an d th e peev ish w om an g lared a t h e r husb an d Then ahe add ed su d d en ly : "C a n 't th e »enator a sk S lad e 7” "Oh. my God. F a n n ie !" th e h ecto red man g roaned. "C an I su g g e s t th a t ! V riv al c a n d id a te ! I’ve m ortg ag ed my p ro p erty up to th e h ill now for •lothea— b u t so o n e r th a n — “ "I don’t c a r e - I need c lo th es." his wife In te rru p te d , rtslu g and w alking restlessly a b o u t th e room . " I’ve got o go to E urope. T h e devil ta k e your jic u s c a ." T h en , w ith a sud d en c h an g e of ho u g h t, ahe cooed. "W e sle y !" M erritt stood w ith h is elbow on th e m antel, looking m oodily t ito th e fire. "W osley," s h e cooed ag ain . "W hy lo n ’t you— If you c a n 't g et In—why lo n 't you boom B lade? T hey say he's ouylng every b o d y ." “W ell, w e've been bo u g h t." H er h u sb an d 's tone In d icated ju a t how little c o n sid e ra tio n su ch a plan would have from him . "No. but you've been d efeated six tim es," sh e o b jected , d ete rm in e d tc irg u e th is new p o ssib ility th a t had lust o cc u rre d to her. “ W es—If th e »enator h as gone back on you—look ju t. Sell o u t 1 m u st h a v e clo th e s.” She sto p p ed as th e s e n a to r him self sn tered from th e sm o k in g room . "T h e y ’re a sk in g fo r you, W esley,” and M erritt, glad of th a In te rru p tio n , h u rrie d out. "A h— good evening, F a n n ie .” S tric k land took h e r h an d In h is sm ooth, affable way. “I’m so rry , F an n ie, th a t W esley d o e sn ’t ta k e m ore to Slade. It's a g re a t m istak e. W hy don’t you tell him so ?” "O h, my g ra c io u s !” h e r m an n er ch an g in g to s u it th e occasion. "W h at Influence could 1 possibly have w ith my h u sb a n d ? H e's a m an of Iron will. W hy, I hav e to do ev e ry th in g be te lls m e m yself. I w ouldn’t d a re to m eddle w ith h is affairs." "W ell, ju s t coax him . F an n ie, th e way a nice, sw eet, w om anly w om an can,” u rg ed th e s e n a to r, know ing full well th a t th e M c rrltts bad oue m e nage fo r p riv a te use an d q u its a n o th e r for publication. "I w ant to go to E u ro p e and my husb an d say s he c a n 't afford It.” H er voice dropped to a su g ary w h in s "W e c a n 't all be m illio n aires like Mr. S lade, can w e?" J u s t th in k . It w ould c o st f 10,000, to say n o th in g of clo th es." "D on’t w orry ab o u t th a t trip to E u rope, F a n n ie ," th e s e n a to r advised, m eaningly. ”1 th in k ," and he paused sig n ifican tly , "I th in k you’ll e a rn IL” W ith th a t he s ta r te d to w ard the sm oking-room . "W esley ,” he called, and as M e rritt a p p e a re d In th e d o o r way, re m a rk e d : “I believe your wife h a s so m e th in g to say to you." “O h, yes, W esley— I h av e so m eth in g m ost Im p o rta n t to sa y .” “W ell, If It’s ab o u t th a t trip to E u rope," grow led M erritt, a ss e rtin g him self as he would n e v e r d a re to do w hen he w as alone w ith her. "N ow , W esley, com e w ith m e to th e balcony,” FaD nle coaxed In w hat she consid ered her p re ttie s t m anner. "Y ou’ll ex cu se us, se n a to r? " As F a n n ie d rag g ed h e r husband o u t of th e room H ayes, re tu rn in g from th e sm oking-room , and K a th erin e, re tu rn in g from h e r ta lk w ith th e re p o rte r, found th em eelv es alone. K a th e rin e w as n erv o u s an d III a t ease. Im m ed iately sh e began to busy h e r se lf folding copies of h e r fa th e r's speech and In se rtin g them Into m a il ing envelopes. "S la d e 's doing It,” Bob rem ark ed . "T h ey a re n e a rly all w iped o u t In th e re . T h o se w ho h a v e n 't been be guiled, hav e been bullied o r bo u g h t— H old on! T h a t so u n d s like th e h e a d lin es In a S o cialist p a p e r—’’ " W h a t's h appened to you?" he broke off a b ru p tly . ”1 c a n ’t And a tra c e of you left. E v er sin ce you cam e back— I’ve been h u n tin g for o ne sign of the girl I knew . Y our n o te s —th e very let te r s you w rote me from E urope sound ed as If som e one else had w ritten them . W ho Is It w ho's occupying y o u r m ind, K a th e rin e ? " "I d o n 't know w h at you m ean ,” th e girl evaded. "You used to c a re a lo t fo r m e,” reflectiv ely , h is m ind recallin g th e w arm , e a g e r w elcom e of h e r a rm s the day he had d eclared h is love for her, six y e a rs before. *T only th o u g h t I d id ,” sh e d eclared , b u t h e r ey es dropped before hie s t e a d / gaze. "Y ou did c a re ," positively. "You did care, I could tell. W hen you w ant aw ay th e first tim e you did. W hy, It w as only a q u estio n of my luck tu rn in g . You w ere going to w ait for me. I alw ay s knew th a t T h en 1 m et Blade. E ven th e s e n a to r’s got a good w ord for m e now. B ut you— “ h is voice b ro k e and he leaned forw ard an d laid hie h and o v er h e re aa U re s te d Idly on th e table. " H e a v e n s I" he exclaim ed, a s he s n a tc h e d b is hand aw ay. "W h a t I o u g h t to h av e done w as to h av e rid den up h ere, ta k e n you o v e r my sh o u l d e r an d galloped off w ith you on a broncho.” "O h, Rob,” sh e b re a th e d , really pleased a t his d o m ineering tu n a " T h a t's th e s o rt of a m an to g et on w ith e w om an like you,” he ec cused. "A b ru te! A m an could do a n y th in g w ith you If no on ce co n q u ered you. T h e re ’s noth in g In th e se long u n d e rs ta n d in g s ,” be b ro k e off, d isg u sted ly . "I'v e lo st you and 1 d o n 't know how , o r why. 1 do know you liked m e b e tte r th a n anyone else, and 1 a d o re you y et," he finished, Im pul sively clasp in g h e r hand w ith both of hla. K a th e rin e p atted h ts stro n g fingers w ith h e r fre e hand. "I'le a se , Rob, I know you do,” and sh e left him to pass back and forth th e len g th of th e room. “ I c a n 't.” sh e sighed T h en h u rrie d ly : “If I only had th e courage. Oh, R o b !” and sh e tu rn e d on him w ith a h elp less little g estu re. “ W hat do you m ean by co u rag e?" he dem anded. ” 1 m ean I'd h av e to—to live h e re In th is little hole In th e W e st.” she b u rs t fo rth , v ehem ently. “ No— no, I c a n 't face It—a lw a y s !” "W ell, suppose It did m ean to atay h e re ? ” Bob stood w ith folded arm s. " I t's a hom e E veryone v e g e ta te s m ore o r less a t borne. K a th e rin e !” hla voice becam e m ore te n d e r, "do you really m ean th a t? ” And he pul h is a rm s aro u n d h e r sh o u ld ers and looked long and e a rn e s tly Into her u p ra ise d face. "I c o u ld n 't— Oh. Rob. I co u ld n 't," sh e p ro te ste d . "Alt th is m onth I’ve been w eak en in g - but I—" "A h,” he In te rru p te d , h is faro close to h ers "Y o u 're w earing my flow ers, too— I saw th a t w hen I cam e In. And my p ictu re— you a re still keeping th a t.” "B u t I— I c a n 't q u ite,” sh e began. ”l ‘m d read fu lly tro u b led , llo b ,” she finally m anaged to say. S he tu rn ed from h is em brace. "W e'd be poor and th e n w e'd be like th e M e rrltts,” w ith a tra g ic sp read of b e r arm s. "I'm used to th e w orld. I w ant to liv e— e v ery w h ere— to see things. I'd die h ere, v e g e ta tin g !” ”Oh, no you w o uldn't.” lla y e e s t a r t ed to re m o n stra te , w hen th e door of th e sm oking room opened an d Slade ap p eared . “I w as ju s t going to look you up, R obert. I th o u g h t you w ouldn't go w ith o u t seelp g me, b u t— ” "No, o f co u rse n o t.” H ayes did not a tte m p t to conceal hla a n n o y an ce at th e In te rru p tio n . K a th e rin e slow ly to w ard th e door. T m n o t d riv in g you aw ay, am 1, M iss K a th e rin e ? " B efore ahe could a n sw e r F an n ie M e rritt cam e sw eeping In. S he w as ra d ian t. H er beam ing fa r e and M er r i tt 's su llen one m ade th e situ a tio n plain to all In th e room . "M y d e a r," who exclaim ed, tu rn in g to K a th e rin e . "You w ere q u ite rig h t! Mr. S lade Is a g re a t m an. I'm leaving my W esley h e re to w ork for him . I’m off fo r E urope n ext w eek,” sh e gushed as H ayes helped h e r Into h e r evening w rap, "leav in g my poor, d e a r boy all alone. You will bn good to him , w on't you? Good night, Mr. S lad e; th an k you,” and. closely follow ed by K a th e rin e, sh e h u rrie d o u t to h e r w aiting m otor. S lad e's face w as a stu d y In am used co m p lacen cy aa he realized th a t be need fe a r n o th in g m orn from W esley M e rritt o r hla “tin-horn to o tin g s h e e t.” T h e self-esteem th a t w as slow ly but co m p letely o b scu rin g c le a r vision, p rev en ted him from seein g th a t his m oney, n o t him self, had b ro u g h t ab o u t th e ch an g e. T h e m oney he had m ade w as hla— wae be— him self. H e c o n fused Its v a st pow er to bend th e Mer- r ltts and th e ir w orld w ith h is own s tre n g th . vorce," and he srntuii h im self sq u arely In fro n ' of th e aaio n U lird lluyea. "A div o rce?" " T h a i's w h at I w an t,” and h is lips sh u t grim ly. "B ut. my G od!" H ayes w as am ated . "Y ou d id n 't w ant It In th e first place. All you w anted w as to live your own life. Do you e x p e rt m e to help you get rid of Mrs, S le d s? ” "D on't go c ra ty ," S lad e advised, not a su g g estio n of fselln g ev id en t In his voice o r uiauner. "If you do you a r t due fur a s u r prise. I c a n 't go stick in g a kntfs Into th a t w om an's h e a r t I w on't.” "Y ou're a h —I of a la w y e r!” S lad e's a n g e r w as rising, "I'm not th a t s o r t of a law y er,” H ayee ro se aa If to d ism iss th e su b ject. "W h a te v e r so rt of a law yer you a re I m ade you, H ayes.” "I know you did," re tu rn e d Ilayea, b itterly . "Y ou've told m e th a t before and th is Is w hat com es of lettin g a m an m ak e y o u l" "Y ou bet, ra n k In g ra titu d e ,” hotly. H ayes leaned fu rw aid , his a rm s on h is k nees and looked S lade sq u are In th e eyes. "I h o n estly th in k y o u 're d ru n k w ith all th is pow er and p ro sp erity . T h a t little w om an wae th e ap p le of your eye. I alw ay s said to m yself: ‘T h e re 's o n e m an w ho does stic k to his wire!* I d id n 't believe wild h o rses could d rag you aw ay from hom e— ” "O ne m in u te !” In te rru p te d Slade. "A ll th a t h as n o th in g to do w ith you. N e ith e r you nor an y o n e living can In te rfe re w ith roe now. H ave you stopped to figure out, an d I say It w ith all k in d n e ss and w ith all resp ect, w h at s o r t of a g o v e rn o r's lady Mrs. S lad e would m ake, feelin g aa ahe does?" "W ell, w hat s o rt of a g o v ern o r would you m ake If you w ere di v o rced ?” H ayes q u estio n ed , m ock ingly. "T h o se m en In th e re ," an d h e je rk e d hla th u m b to w ard th e sm o k ing room d o o r; "w ill they sta n d for th a t? ” “T h e y 'v e got to —1 ow n them , boots an d a l l ! ” "B ut you d o n 't own public opinion." th u n d e re d Ilayea, banging his fist down on th e table, s c a tte rin g th e copies of th e s e n a to r's speech In all d irectio n s. "W hy d o n 't I?” S lade q u estio n ed w ith an a rro g a n t sm ile disfiguring his m outh "I'm going to buy h alf of M e rritt's p ap er to n ig h t. I guess th a t will be public opinion enough for me. More th an th a t. I'll sta n d as a m an w hose wife has d e se rte d him. T h a t's how It will end. Mrs. Slade will d e cide w here sh e 's to liv e —but It m u st be a t som a d ista n c e ." "You w on't get your divorce th ro u g h d e se rtio n ," H ayes scoffed. ”1 kuow her. You c a n 't do It." "I c a n 't do It, e h ? " S lad e's eye* held a n a sty exp ressio n . " T h a t's w hat th e y 'v e been tellin g m e all my life. E v er sin ce 1 w as a barefooted little b ra t ru n n in g aro u n d th e m ines th e y 'v e said to m s: ‘You c a n ’t do th is and you c a n 't do th a t.' B ut I alw ay s did It. L et m e tell you. young m an, a fte r all I've co n q u ered uo wom an la going to atop m e! “C a n 't do It. e h ? " ho re p e a te d , pug naciously. "You w atch m e do It! You young ja c k a n a p e s! I'm as good aa d e se rte d now. T he only q uestion Is: A re you going to sen Mrs. S l a d e - p u t h er ab o ard a tr a in e a s t or n o t?" “M rs. S lade bus been my beat frien d ." H ayes a n sw e re d quietly. "I love h e r d e a rly —I— " his voice broke. "A ll rig h t. T h a t s e ttle s It. You tu rn o v er every s c ra p of p ap er o f rnlno you have by”—h a th o u g h t a m o m en t— "by tom orrow n ig h t. T h en you can w alk th e tie s to th e dovll, young m an. and go back w here 1 found you.” As ila y e a tu rn e d to go, S tric k la n d h u rrie d Into th« room. " M e rritt hna ju s t Introduced a very un ex p ected su b je c t In th a sm oking- room th e q u estio n of— well, you've got to know It, S lade— th e q u estio n of Mrs. S lade.” H ay es w heeled aro u n d and w atched to see w hat effect th is ann o u n cem en t would hav e on Slado. (TO BE C O N T IN U E D .) TO O QUICK W ITH HIS A N S W ER R esponse of C ourt W itn ess P u t Him U nn ecessarily In a Som ew hat U n fav o rab le L ight. A t a session of county co u rt In an o u tly in g co untry, a village m erc h a n t w as p ro secu ted for " a rso n ." It de veloped th a t th e bualneas m en of th e tow n had re ta in e d a "Bpcelal p ro se c u to r" to a s s is t In th e case. T he a tto rn e y for th e d e fe n d a n t In variably ask ed each w ltneaa V he had e v e r con trib u te d a n y th in g to w ard th e su p p o rt of th e "sp ecial p ro se c u to r.” O ne old m an w as very zealous In hla efforts to con v ict th e d efen d an t. T h a a tto r ney s ta rte d to a sk him th e re g u la r “c o n trib u tio n " q uestion, b u t th a w it ness In te rru p te d him and gave hla an sw e r In th e m iddle of th e question, w ith th a follow ing re s u lt: ”Q. H ava you e v e r co n trib u ted a n y th in g to w ard th e su p p o rt—' C H A PT E R VI. "A. No, s ir ; I n ev er d id —n o t B "M rs. S lade w o n 't sign o v er th e c o t cen t! I ! ” “—of your fam ily?" ta g e ," H ayes began ab ru p tly . ” 1 c a n 't T h e w itn ess w as excused am id th e do a n y th in g m ore.” "S h e m u s t ” S lade u tte re d th e la u g h te r of th e co u rt, ju ry and au d i w ords th ro u g h set teeth . "S h e c a n 't ence. H e le ft th e room , mad as a live th e re . R obert, you a re th a only h o rn et, and w as h e a rd to m u tte r: "I person w ho know s us both thoroughly. a in 't got no fam ily."— W eat P u b lish 1 w a n t you to brin g th is m a tte r to a ing com pany. finish q u ietly and kindly a n d — now .” A verage S ta tu re . “W hy don’t you see h e r an d have T h e difference betw een th e ta lle s t It o u t w ith h e r? ” H ayes suggested. "W e had It o u t th e n ig h t 1 left th e and s h o rte s t ra c e s In th e w orld Is ho u se and told h e r not to w ait up for one foot eig h t and one-eighth Inches, m e,” S lade rem inded him . “I n ev er and th e av e ra g e h eig h t of th e w orld's q u a rre l w ith anyone m ore th a n on ce.” peoples Is five fe e t five and one-half H e eyed H ayes critic a lly for a m in Inchea. ute. "Y ou’re w ith m e, a r e n 't y ou?” as If an Idea had ju s t o c c u rre d to T h irte e n T h e ir S acred N um ber. him . T h irte e n waa th a sacred n u m b er of "I'm aw fully so rry fo r Mrs. S lad e,” th e M exicans and a n c ie n t people of H ay es began, when S lade In terru p ted . Y ucatan. T h e ir w eek had U d ay s g ad “Look h ere, H ayes— 1 w an t • di they had I I sn a k e gods.