TITE SUXDAT OKEGONIAJf, PORTLAND, AUGUST 27. 1911
BT FL-OFENCB TABOR CRITCHtOW.
WHEN th members of th Psych
Club want to prove the Immuta
bility of th Humn Will, or th
Presence of the Astral Body, or any
other HtU matter Ilk that, they al
ways y. with the air of presenting
evidence that ft Boat and Ineontrovert
able: "Well, for Inetanee, take the Armlt
K ease."
I am rhlllp Armltage. What my ease
really doea prove, or whether It prove
anything at all. you may determine to
your own satisfaction. I only tell the
story a It happened. It was. at any
rate, a very curious experience.
Tor I am a plodding business man.
not riven to dreams In the night, nor
to visions by day. Christine say that
I have no Imagination, which, no doubt,
la true. I live by rote, eat my meats
at regutar houre. go steadily through
the d-r's routine, and fall asleep the
moment my head touchea the pillow.
That I loved Christine la evident, be-ra-je
I married h-r Hut I couldn't
talk about It. I Just went on loving
' her. day by day. until he became one
of my necessary habit. Somewhere,
deep within me. was the conviction tpt
If ever I had to rive her up. It would be
a losing of a part of mye!f. o that,
for the remainder of my day. my ul
would ico crippled. But neither could
I talk of that. None of the precious
every-daynesa of affection should be
waited In order to carry the burden of
a possible tomorrow of grief. We were
together we rraJ today.
Christine was different. Pb waa a
delicate little creature, a butterfly
among the big. clumsy moths, made
be loved, yet even o. delicately, leet
one bruise the fluttering wings. Oh.
yea. Chrtetlne had wlnere. with which
he wandered Into all aorta of beauti
ful and Impossible romancea. while I
blundered atone: the duety middle high
way of practical life. I ltked to hear
her talk, though I couldn't alwayt un
deretand. Sometimes. I went to eleep.
la the evening, when the light hurt my
eyes, and my brain wae tired with lt
drudgery. Then Chrletlne called me
stupid. But It l lucky for Chrletlna
that I am not of her own kind, for
who. then, would look after her while
ahe nie? Only when ahe Inileted upon
an argument or. at least, that I five
categorical answers, did I feel uncom
fortable. I vii content to believe
whatever ahe wlahed me to. but that
didn't aatlify her active brain. She
wanted my Individual opinion. What
did I think about the eschatology of
Plato What waa my Idea of the per
sonal appearance of the Inhabitant of
Man? lld 1 believe In the eurvlval of
the Individuality or In the reaurrectlon
of the unflt? How did I auppoee that
we should be Able to recognli one an
other after we were dead.
It didn't matter what I answered, ahe
always took the other aide, because ahe
enjoyed opposition. upon which 4o
sharpen her own wit. That Tuesday
moraine- h wanted to know If I should
die a great many yeare before she did.
how I meant to spend the time until
her arrival, granting there should be a
place to arrive at. Would I wait, cloee
to earth, for her to eomeT Or did I
mean to go wandering off on loneeoma
THE FINAL POW-WOW OF
IMS. He knew nothing of civilised
life until he waa IS years old. at which
time hla father brought him back t
the United States end placed him In a
mission school. The rate at which
he absorbed his education was a mar
vel to all his Instructors. After gradu
ating from Dartmouth he studied
medicine, and has been In the employ
of the 5overnment most of the time
during the past li years. At first he
was a government physician to the In
dians, but later he was assigned to th
most difficult task of straightening
nut the tangles of Indian names
through all the tribes. In order that
the confusion aa to Inheritance or
property might be lessened.
Later the young Indian developed an
Interest in ethnology and studied his
own Omaha tribe and wrote an ex
haustive treatise upon them for tn
Government Bureau of Ethnology. For
a numoer of years he haa been a work
er In -.hat bureau and has become one
of the best authorities upon th abo
rigine and upon aboriginal languages
and dialects.
Francis La Fleeche Is one of the Brst
Indians to demoBtrat a thorough
adoption of the white man's customs
In private life, even unto the extent of
marriage and divorce. He waa mar
ried to Rosa Bouraass. an educated
Indian woman of the Chippewa tribe.
Both had been Government employes
In Washington. The matrimonial canoe
refused to float smoothly and eventual
ly the two Indiana found themselves in
th divorce courts on th saras basla
is their fellows of longer line Of civ
ilisation. .Indian Women.
Miss Laura M. Cornsllu. a young
Indian woman of th Oneida tribe,
lives at Seymour. Wis. Miss Cornelius
Is one of the moving spirits In th
new American Indian Association. She
19 a graduate of Columbia and of Cor
nell and Is a woman of very rare Intel
lectual gift. She writes for the mag
aslnes and haa attained much auccess
aa a lecturer. At present she Is in
terested in developing on the co-operative
plan what she styles the Cherry
Gardens. The land about Miss Corne
lius" home haa peculiar properties
that produce such cherries aa can be
grown In no other part of the United
States. The yield of cherries from
this land amounta to $100 an acre each
year. Miss Cornelius' plan Is to de
velop a large tract of this land through
the labor of her fellows among the
Indiana, to parcel It out and through
It make great numbers of them aeif
suppurtlng and prosperous.
Another Indian woman who haa
demonstrated her ability to mak her
m-ay aa a wage earner In competition
witli white men and women Is Mrs. 1L
L. Baldwin, who Is an expert account
ant in the Government service. This
woman, horn among the Indians snd
carried as a baby strapped to her
mother's back. Is adjuster of claims In
the office of Indian affairs, and is prob
ably more familiar with all that mass
of detail that has been ground through
the bureau and which alTects the
clalma. good and bad. against the Gov
ernment on behalf of Its wsrds thsn Is
any other person living. The Indian
reservations and lands of the Nation
and the conditions under which they
are held with reference to mineral
rights, grailng rights and all such de
tail are at the fjnger tips of this Indian
omen. Often it Is possible for her
to tU at glance Just whether or not
he fmr
exploring tours before she got there?
I haven't the slightest Idea what I'd
do. because I have never seen a guide
book to that other country which could
tell us what Its customs are. but I ex
pect to do whatever other people do.
But I couldn't say that, right off.
brutally, to a little sprue In blue cash
mere, who was looking at me with big.
serious eyes, as though the answer was.
at that moment, the most serloua thing on
earth, of far greater. Importance. In
fact, than coffee and toast. But I'd
noticed how she used my aniwera aa
pegs, sometime pretty strong ones,
too, to bang her argument on. so I
thought It waa well to turn the tables.
Besides, I via reading the morning
paper, and trying to decide whether I'd
better run out to see Hamilton to close
our deal, or wire him to come In. If
I could set Christine to answering her
own riddles. I could read, and think,
and answer a rising Inflection yea,
when she appealed to me. 80 I diplo
matically reversed:
"But, Christine, supposing It Is the
other way round? If yon die first, how
will you pass -the time waiting for me?
Flirting with Oabrlel and St. Peter.
I presume."
"If I go flret there won't be any time
to wait." she repdled Instantly, with
so much decision that I dropped my
paper and gave her my whole atten
tion. -So?" I questioned Incredulously.
"But what will you do? Tou have your
programme all arranged. I presume."
"Please do not Joke about It. Fhlllp."
she aoftly cried. ro you remember
that legend about the girl who waa
willing to suffer a thousand year In
purgatory, for the privilege of return
ing to earth for on moment to com
fort her lover? Fhe pictured him fret
ting hla life away because of her ab
sence. She fouad him kissing his
bride. Phe was forgotten. We shall
never be separated, with such a possi
bility before us."
She waa so solemn that I became
serious. The Intensity of her low
vole was almost uncanny, even at the
breakfast table on a smiling morning
in Spring.
"Tou mean to kill the other woman,
and come back to stay. Ilk Poe'a Lady
LlgelaT"
-No." ah shook her head, and
frowned. "Poe'a Incarnate will was a
very foolish glrL I shall not need to
come back, because," ah made a long
pause "because. I shall take you with
me." she finished, with a little dash of
triumph In her voice, albeit her eyea
pleaded wistfully for a confirmation
from mine. .
"Then, you believe that. In principle.
Llgela waa right that the human will
can accomplish whatever It doea will,
even after death, or. rather, that It la
the will which survives?"
"Aa to the will." she slowly shook
her head. "I do not know. It may be
true, for the will who haa tried what
It can do? But of thla X am certain,
that Love never die, that Love can do
all things. Why." her face lighted
with the discovery which at that mo
ment flashed upon her, "Why. all the
great, the Immutable law of science.
those law which, to the worker In the
laboratory, stand for Ood. what ara
CONTINUED FROM PACE
a claim 1 valid, when It would require
weeka of investigation but for her
knowledge.
Both the father and mother of Mre.
Baldwin were Indiana. But both also
had th blood of th old French voy
ageura who penetrated all the stream
of th frosen Northwet and brought
to market th furs of that richest of
fur trmdina- regions. At the age of It
she knew naught of th great world of
civilised man. for her life had been
spent In th wilds of, the Northwest.
But at that age ah waa placed In th
paleface school and soon she became,
to all appearance, th refined woman
of th world and took her place among
Ita civilised and educated folk, and
there haa remained ever since, giving
such an account of herself aa la the
envy of the mass of her sex who have
sought to become self-supporting.
AYanted A MoeN.
These are but a few of the Indiana
who have attained enviable success In
the walks of the white man. These are
but -a few of the Important men and
women who may be looked to for the
production of a Moses that will lead
the red man to his ultimate great suc
cess. There are many others who have
Joined th American Indian Assoolatlon
and who have their shoulders to the
wheel for race advancement.
There Is. for Instance. Thomas L.
Sloan, a Nebraska Indian, who has been
representing his people in the bearings
before the lata Congress and who Is a
lawyer of recognised merit. There Is
the Rev. Frank Wright of Dallas. Tex,
who is a famons evangelist working
among white people despite the fsct
KINGS IN BUSINESS WORLD
CONTINUED
of their royal ownership, the other
Inns and restaurants find It difficult
to compete with them.
Moreover. In olden times, when for
eign travel was restricted for the most
part to people of rank and of wealth,
a sojourn at the hotel at Stuttgart,
which had for Its bonlface th mon
arch of Wurtemberg. constituted a
strong recommendation for admission
to his court.
King William's predecessors on the
throne of Wurtemberg were keenly
alive to their responsibilities and du
ties as Innkeepers. This waa shown
when Peter the Great passed through
Stuttgart. The then ruler of Wurtem
berg had sent a courier to the Cxar.
Inviting him to make a prolonged stay
at the Royal Palace. To this Emperor
Peter replied that he was traveling In
cognlto. that he would only be able to
spend one night at Stuttgart and
therefore that he preferred to stop at
the hotel as an ordinary tourist with
out receiving any of the attentions due
to his rsnk. When he reached the Inn
at Stuttgart that night he found hie
quarters snd his meals prepsred for
him St the hotel.
Royal Hotel Keepers.
But waiting at the entrance to re
ceive him wa th sovereign of Wurt
emberg. arrayed ss the keeper of the
Inn, and filling th role of th latter,
while the various great dignitaries of
bis household and the leading nobles
they all but Love? The attraction of
gravitation, that bogey which they use
to frighten the Ignorant, is only the
expression of Inorganic affection. For
the first time in my life I see that in
actual fact God. the First Cause. Na
ture, whatever name you give to the
power that controls the physical uni
verse. Is Just Love."
As I watched her dear, flushed, ador
ing face. I could easily Imagine that
her theory would hold good. In truth,
she was not In the least like Poe'
dark Incarnation of Will. Why do
poets and novelist Invariably make
their blondee gentle, with colorlesa
characters. while giving strength,
fierceness, ability, for good or AIL to
the daughter of the dusk? Is it only
for the sake of symbolism? Yet why
should brightness and weakness be
synonymous? Christine wis neither
pale nor dark, nor of that dead sal
low betweenness commonly called
brown. Eyes, and hair, brows and,
lashes were all of the same shade.' the
warm, ripe color perhaps best described
by the old-fashioned term, haxel. while
her complexion was like the creamy
velvet of a rose. She was so small, so
fragile In appearance, that It seemed
absurd to connect her with that qual
ity of Intellectual muscle called will
power, yet I felt sure that whatever
she determined to do ahe could,
whether by will or by love. If they
twain be not one.
I had to run for my car. leaving the
argument hanclng at loos ends, and
forgetting to speak of Hamilton. He
wired me to come to h. country place.
Redwood Croft. I tried to telephone
to Chrlstln that I could not get home
that night, for ehe alwaye worried
herself Into a headache If I were " a
half-hour late for.dlnner without warn
ing. The line wa busy, every time I
called, until, at the last moment. I gave
up and sent boy with a note. How
could I foresee that the boy would lose
the note, and that Christine's Imagi
nation would work double-time all
night? ly sleep at Redwood Croft
waa even sounder than usual, although,
toward morning or it may have been
after daylight. It seemed to me that
the house was a little shaken by the
vibrations from passing trains. At
least, that waa the only explanation
that occurred to me, though I could
not remember that Hamilton' place
was near the rajlroad. But I drowsily
reflected that In a valley like the Croft,
vibrations can be felt from a very long
distance. My next consciousness wsa
of some one etandlng by the bed. speak
ing to me. trying to wake me, trying
to make me get up. shaking me, trying
to push me out of bed. Without open
ing my eyes. I know that It waa not
yet o'clock, though I could hot have
told how I knew. In fact, although I
was right. I do not yet understand In
what manner I received th Informa
tion. But why should any one wish to
rouse me at such an uncanny time of
day? Hwakfast, I had been Informed,
would be ready between and i. and
the only train to the city did not leave
until nearly noon. I did not want to
waken. I fought against It I tried to
make myself think that there waa no
one there, that I was In a nightmare,
that I must on no account yield to th
delusion. By the way. I never have
nightmare, nor do I often dream. I
determined that I would Immediately
go back to sound sleep. Then I opened
my eye, to look straight into Chris
tine's bright one.
"Tou must hurry. Philip, If you want
t n with tn. T hnve onlv a little
time, and then your opportunity will be
gone. It may be a long time before I
can come again
THE INDIANS
that he Is a full-blood Choctaw Indian.
lit a, James Hayes, of Idaho, an elo
quent Presbyterian minister, Is an In
dian, aa Is Rev. Sherman Coolldge. the
Justly celebrated Episcopalian, who Is
a full-blood Apache.
There are three Indiana who are
t'nlted States Senators. The ancestry
of Senator Curtis of Kansas and Sena
tor Owen of Oklahoma Is well known.
That Senator Clapp of Wisconsin la an In
dian with probably more of the aborig
inal strain than either of his associates
Is a matter of less general knowledge.
Representative Carter of Oklahoma Is
the fourth member of Congress with
Indian blood, thus giving ths raca a
representation In Congress that la
strikingly high considering Its numer
ical strength.
Thomaa L Sloan waa authorised by
the American Indian Assoclstlon to
bear an Invitation to President Taft t
attend the opening of th coming con
ference at Columbus. - That Invitation
was delivered a few days ago. The
President stated to Mr. Sloan that ha
would make every effort to so arrange
his Fall engagements a to attend the
conference. In later looking over his
programme he found that there waa no
conflicting engagement, so It Is prob
able that the Oreat White Father will
be seated at this, th last of the great
Indian councils. Commissioner Valen
tin of th Indian bureau 1 enthusias
tic over th possibilities of the coun
cil, and Is lending all his influence to
make It a success. 80 Is the whole ma
chinery of the Government put back
of this lsst effort to solve the problems
of the red man.
(Copyright. 111. by W. A. DuPuy.)
FROM PACE 4
of his court were arrayed as hotel
servants.
The Joke was kept up until the fol
lowing morning, when the Czar, on his
departure, was handed by the royal
bonlface a fully receipted bill, with
profound thank for the honor con
ferred upon the establishment by hts
having spent a night beneath Its roof.
King George's Farms.
King George of England, like his
father and grandmother, -derives a
handsome revenue from hla model
farms at Windsor, Balmoral, and at
Sandrlngham. and at the Shawye Farm
on the Frogmore estate at Windsor,
maintains a herd of several hundred
superb cattle, mostly Jerseys, Here
fords and Devons. which take prizes
at most of the agricultural ahows.
Queen Victoria was devoted to her
farms at Windsor and at Balmoral and
knew the name and pedigree of near
ly every one of her bovine beauties.
Some of the scions of the reigning
houses of Europe derive a handsome
revenue from Industrial Inventions
which they have made. The reigning
Grand Duke of Oldenburg has invented
a form of propeller which is in use by
most of the German warships and mer
chant liners. The German Crown
Prince has Invented a collar button
which Is being exploited to great ad
vantage by a company formed for the
purpose in which he holds most of the
stock, while the Grand Duke of Hesse
RAGE CftSC
She spoke In the most matter-of-fact
way. aa though her presence and her
errand were both understood, and
needed no comment. I did wonder how
she had come, alnce there waa no train
later than the one by which I arrived.
But the fact of her being there did not
cause me any surprise. At least, look
ing back. I cannot remember that it
did. though as to that I may be mis
taken. I am quite aure that no alarm,
nor even any curiosity concerning a
remark which now. looking back,
strikes me a very peculiar. When I
heard the words. I must have supposed
that I knew what she meant, which Is
considerably more than I now dare to
auppose.
In the dull gray light for the morn
ing waa extraordinarily backward she
helped me dress In a hurry, handing me
the articles I needed. No one was stir
ring in the house, as we passed down
the stairs, so that I wondered, if she
came that morning, who had shown her
to my room. My wonder grew, when I
found the big front door locked and
bolted. But perhaps she arrived last
night. Tet Hamilton and myself had
been the last to come upstairs. After
our business matters were arranged,
we sat late, talking of school daya and
later of adventures. Christine, a few
steps in advance, tried In vain to turn
the great key. nor could she lift the
old-fashioned bolt She turned to me
with the smiling helplessness of a little
child, the appealing way ahe bad which
made me love her more:
"I guess you'll have to help me, Phil.
The door etlrks. I don't eem to have
much strength, since I passed over to
thla side."
I didn't know what she waa talking
about, but who would expect a little
creature uch a he. to have the
strength for such tremendous locks? Our
hand met as we fumbled the key. How
I loved the touch of her velvet fingers!
Then we were out of doors, in that
strange, hushed sir Of the early morn
ing In the country. At that time of day
I alwaya feel as though the earth had
been made anew since I lost it In the
dusk 0 the evening before. For the Joy
that waa In me, on this particular day,
for the lightsome heart that carried me
across the grass. I might have been
Adam, going forth with Eve. on our
wedding morn. In very truth, although
we, or I. did not yet know, the earth
had been torn to pieces and re-made,
and the workman's untidy fragments
were yet lying about. The broken trees,
the atones loose In the pavement, fallen
bricks from th chimneys, all these
things seemed only evidence that Ham
ilton was very careless about repairs.
To my aurprl, Chrltln led the way
to th building used to shelter Hamil
ton's new automobile. Matthews, the
chauffeur, slept -within. In answer to
her loud and Imperious knock after
considerable delay. Matthews came to
the door. In his eyes was the look of
one who haa been face to face with the
terror that flies by night He was an
exceptionally Intelligent man, who had
been with Hamilton, in various capaci
ties, for many yars. His face lighted
with relief when he recognised me. but
he atared unoomprehendlngly at Chris
tine, whom, as It happened, he had never
before scan. She spoke abruptly:
"How soon can you have the motor
ready for a run to the city?"
"Not for an hour anyways, ma'am.
he
answered, respectfully.
"Mr. Hamilton didn't say he'd be want
ing the machine so early. I'd be having
to wait for my breakfast, an' cook prob
ably ain't up yit unless ehe be sayln'
her prayers after the earthquake."
"Earthquake," I repeated, "was that
an earthquake I felt this morning? I
thought It was a freight train."
Then for sure you re a heavy sieeper.
haa Invented and patented one of the
best and most up-to-date aeroplanes
In one of which his brother-in-law.
Prince Henry of Prussia, has made
some of his most successful flights.
America, It may be added In conclu
alon. figures largely in the business
Interests of Old World royalty. Thus,
the Duke of Connaught, who is to ar
rive on these shores next month as
Governor-General ;of Canada, figures
for over 11,000,000 on the list of North
ern securities filed at Trenton, N. J-.
In May. 106, by James J. Hill In con
nection with the demanda for an
amended certificate of incorporation.
The Csar holds soma M. 000. 000 worth
of stock In the Pennsylvania Railroad,
in the New Jersey Central, the New
York Central and the Northern Pacific,
which yield him handsome returns. His
Investments were made on the advice
of his Minister of Railroads, the late
Prince Hllkoff who. after being
wounded as a young officer of guards
at St. Petersburg, came to America,
and, securing work on the New York
Central aa a brakeman. gradually
worked his way up. until the death of
a rich relative and the Inheritance of
large estates enabled him to return to
Russia and to turn to good account in
the service of the Cxar the practical
experience of railroading which he bad
obtained In the United States.
Emperor William Is known to have
about $4,000,000 Invested In Union and
Southern Pacific, Illinois Central, Atch
ison, Topeka Santa Fe railroad bonds.
The Kalserln's private Investments in
railroad stocks here amount to about
a half a million dollars.
Queen Victoria was generally under
stood by those regarded as well In
formed In .London to derive sn Income
of no lee than $700,000 from her Ameri
can investments, which comprised not
only railroad holdings, but likewise
American Sugar Refinery stock, ss well
ss the bonds of the Tennessee Coal &
Iron Company, now absorbed by the
steel trust.
Big Amerlban Holdings.
King Edward la known to have, under
th anVlre of Sir Rrnsit Cassel and of
J. Plerpont Morgan, considerably In
creased his mother s homing in iniiro
Oi.t., C..1 m-hll. )tirn fh r 1 f I n a of
Spain, who inherited an Immense pri
vate rortune irom ner uncio, wie wig
Archduke Albert of Austria, haa had
-..rl 9ft --. r mnmm 13.000.000 worth
of United 6tates bonds, and retained
possession of them during me war 01
Spain with this country. They are de
posited with the remslnder of her hold
ings of one kind and another In the
Barfk of England, where so many Con
tinental sovereigns are In the habit of
keeping their savings for the sake of
safety. ,
This faot was brought to light some
years ago by publication in the Carl 1st
and Republican papers at Madrid of the
fao slmllle of schedules of the bank ob
tained through the theft of a bag of
private papers, bank books, etc., from a
member of Christina'e household while
on his wsy back from London, where he
had been for the purpose of attending to
some of her affairs.
That the reigning family of Holland
was formerly Interested to the extent
of many millions of dollars in the varl
ous oil wells around Pittsburg was re
vealed through the late King's gift of
some of his oil stock to his American
favorite,-Mrs. Musard, of Pittsburg, who
played a considerable political role dur
ing the last six or seven years of the
reign of Napoleon III In Paris. It is
understood that the Dutch reigning
royal house has transferred, since the
development of the Standard Oil Com
pany as a virtual monopoly. Its Invest
ments in American oil to American railroads.
Mr? Armltage. I thought for one spell
we'd be falling through to Chiny." .
"We won't watt for breakfast," Chris
tine Interposed. "In fact, we cannot
possibly wait. We must be home before
," I lost the last words.
"Well." returned Matthews, "I
wouldn't want to start oft without a
bite."
"Oh, you don't need to go. I can
make the run. all right. If you'll see
that everything Is ready and In good
order before we start," she rapidly ex
plained. Matthews looked at me. I nodded.
"It's all rtght. This Is Mrs. Armltage,
my wife. If she says she can run the
universe, you take her word, ahe can."
To tell the truth, I was, as children
say, "dumbfoundered," for I had not
known that Christine had ever touched
a wheel. But I always stood by her.
Matthews grinned appreciatively.
"All right, if you say so, sir. I can
have the car ready In a very few min
utes. Mr. Hamilton has me keep her
in trim, in case of emergency."
He was at work as be spoke, so that.
In an incredibly short time, we were
on the highway. With ever growing
admiration I watched this wonderful
wife of mine.
"Of course, I know how," she flashed
back. In answer to my unspoken
thought "Why I can do anything. I
had no idea It would be so easy. Just
to need, to desire with your whole
heart, and you can."
It was true. She used to learn her
school lessons with the same ease. The
road was new to me, for I had always
traveled by train, yet I recognized
every landmark, anticipated every turn,
with the fine Instinct one might exer
cise in the-village lanes of his boy
hood. Our speed was doubtless en
tirely proper, but to me, who am no
motor maniac) it seemed terrific. When
we were thrown together, as happened
once or twice, her brown hair brushed
my face, and I caught the exhilaration
of her mood. When I screamed some
comment, ahe flashed back a look that
made my senses swim. I had never
known that she was so lovely. In her
face was a new quality, ' that faint
eluslveness which converts negative in
to positive beauty. Thla Is not so much
perfection of line or of coloring, as It
Is a suffusion of an Inner spirit of beau
ty, that which the Greek sculptors sym
bolized by the attributes of a god. and
which the mediaeval painters wrought
Into the golden halo. Watohlng the
play of this new and essentially spirit
ual light on the features of my beloved,
I scarcely noticed the passing of time,
until we were entering the city.
Do you think I am going to describe
that day In that doomed city? Volumes
could not do it. Those who were there,
who saw their homes shaken down
about their heads, who ran for their
lives from the thousand fires, cannot,
in all that remains of their days on
earth, complete the description of those
hours 6f terror. While we threaded
our way through the fleeing throngs,
into the midst of the smoke and the
flames, I lived my thousand years of
purgatory. To tell what I saw would be
to relive another millennium of torment.
One thought of comfort, one ray of
heaven, illumined the anguish: Chris
tine, in some miraculous manner, had
escaped. I knew not why she was car
rying us both again into the midst of
the tight for life, unless she hoped that
my presence might, avail to save some
relic of our home.
Some one, a policeman, presumably,
Ordered us to halt, to turn back, to
carry people out of the city. If Chris
tine heard ahe gave no sign. We, were
in our own street now, rushing through
S, cordon of police. We were at home,
now, or In front of what had been our
home, a heap of debris. Christine, was
on the ground, and flying through the
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
My friend bowed and smiled. "Mr.
Sandeford, of Reading, . I suppose?"
aid he.
' "Yes, sir, I fear that I am a little
late, but the trains were awkward.
You wrote to me about a bust that la
In my possession."
"Exactly."
"I have your letter here. You said
I desire to possess a copy of Devine'B
Napoleon, and am prepared to pay you
10 pounds for the one which is In your
possession.' Is that right?"
"Certainly."
"I was very much surprised at your
letter, for I could not Imagine how
you knew that I owned such a thing."
"Of course, you must have been sur
prised, but the explanation is very
simple. Mr. Harding, of Harding
Brother, said that they had sold you
their last copy, and he gave me your
address."
"Oh, that was It was It? Did he tell
you what I paid for It?"
"No, he did not."
"Well. I am an honest man. though
not a very rich one. I only gave 15
shillings for the bust and I think you
ought to know that before I take 10
pounda from you."
"I am sure the scruple does you hon
or, Mr. Sandeford. But I have named
that price, so I Intend to stick to it"
"Well, It Is very hsndsome of you,
Mr. Holmes. I brought the bust up
with me, as you asked me to do. Here
It Is!" He opened his bag, and at last
we saw placed upon our table a com
plete specimen of that buBt which we
had already seen more than once In
fragments.
Holmes took a paper from his pocket
and laid a 10-pound note upon the ta
ble. "You will kindly sign that paper, Mr.
Sandeford, in the presence of these
witnesses. It is simply to say that you
transfer every possible right that you
ever had in the bust to me. I am a
methodical man, you see, and you
never know what turn events might
take afterwards. Thank you, Mr. San
deford; here is your money, and I wish
you a very good evening."
When our visitor had disappeared,
Sherlock Holmes' movements were such
as to rivet our attention. He began by
taking a clean white cloth from :
drawer and laying it over the 'table.
Then he placed his newly acquired bust
In the center of the cloth. Finally, he
picked up his hunting-crop and struck
Napoleon a sharp blow on the top of
the head. The figure broke Into frag
ments, and Holmes bent eagerly over
the shattered remains. Next Instant
with a loud shout of triumph he held
up one splinter, in which a round, dark
object was fixed like a plum In a pud
ding. "Gentlemen," he cried, "let me Intro
duce you to the famous black pearl
of the Borglas." .
Lestrade and I sat silent for & mo
ment and then, with a spontaneous
Impulse, we both broke out clapping,
aa at the well-wrought crisis of a play.
A flush f color sprang to- Holmes
pale cheeks, and he bowed to us like
the master dramatist who receives the
homage of his audience. It was at
such moments that for an Instant he
ceased to be a reasoning machine, and
betrayed his human love for admira
OF THE OCCOLT
door, before I had an opportunity to
ask what she thought we had better do.
The sentry either did not see her or
she waa too quick for him. Me he
barred.
"Keep out," he said, not unkindly,
for he may have guessed that this had
been ray home. "You were lucky not
to be inside when the roof fell. They're
going to dynamite It In a few seconds."
"But my wife is in there," I cried des
perately. "Hold hard, young fellow," he spoke
sharply. After a look at my face, his
voice softened. "You are excited. If
she was in there when the crash came,
she died before she ever knew what hap
pened. But you've only Just come In
from the country, I see she may have
rushed out at the first shake. You'll
probably find her at the fort, or the
park. If she was Injured, and yet got
out alive, she's being taken care of at
the pavilion."
The delay exasperated me. I shook
off his hand, and tried to explain that
he had but Just gone' in, perhaps to
fetch something, and that I ought to ne
with ' her. He could not understand.
Others had come up. In an undertone,
which was, nevertheless, clearly audible
to my strained attention, he told them
his opinion that I had lost my wits from
grief and excitement.
"Better humor him," advised a superior
officer. "He will be more likely to get
over It, If he sees for himself. If he
don't he'll dream about the possible
horror to his dying day. I'll hold off the
dynamtie a few minutes."
"Well," the other grudgingly assented,
"it may keep him out of the asylum.
But It ain't a bit of use."
We found Christine In her own bed,
pinned down by timbers. The officer
tried to draw me away, for she had the
look of death. He promised to send men
to release the body and bring it flown,
but I called his attention to the possi
bility that she was uninjured. For, al
though ahe would have been unable to
release herself, she was so protected
by pillows and blankets that she might
have escsped fatal blows. Moreover, as
I bent to kiss the white face, I found
the lips warm and red, and at that mo
ment her eyes opened with a look of
recognition. The men were called. In
a few minutes we bore her down the
broken stairway, with not a bruise on
her fair body. I held her in my arms.
In the motor, and looked helplessly
around. She was fuit and weak from
fright: I thought it could be nothing
else. The captain saw my dilemma and
picked out man- to act as temporary
chauffeur.
At that time there was. there could
be. but one thought, one purpose to seek
Instant safety. But later, when we were
safe at Redwood Croft, housed, fed,
clothed, we each. In our several ways,
and according to what we severally
knew, began to puzzle over the events
of that morning. For myself, I won
dered why Christine had come to fetch
me back into danger, as well as to how
she had come? Again, why did she flee
from me into the fallen house, and how.
In the few seconda before I followed, had
she met with such an accident as with
out doubt had befallen her? And as I
thought on these strange things, I re
membered that when she stood at my
bedside, in the early dawn, she wore
her usual street costume, with hat and
veil. But when we found her upstairs,
apparently lifeless, she was In her night
clothes, lying in her own bed, as one
taken while asleep.
She was yet an invalid, from the shock
she had sustained, the fright, and the
exposure following her rescue. No ques
tions could be asked until her strength
returned. But one'day she herself sur
prised me by opening the subject
Tell me, mil, sne ocgaji. "
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3
tion and applause. The same singular
ly proud and reserved nature which
turned away with disdain from popular
notoriety was capable of being moved
to Its depths by spontaneous wonder
and praise from a friend.
"Yes, gentlemen," said he, "it is the
most famous pearl now existing in the
world, and it has been my good fortune,
by a connected chain of inductive rea
soning, to trace it from the Prince of
Colonna's bedroom at the Dacre hotel,
where it was lost, to the Interior of
this, the last of six busts of Napoleon
which were manufactured by Gelder &
Co., of Stepney. You will remember,
Lestrade, the sensation caused by the
disappearance of this valuable Jewel,
and the vain efforts of the London po
lice to recover It. I was myself con
sulted upon the case, but I was unable
to throw any light upon it. Suspicion
fell upon the maid of the Princess,
who was an Italian, and it was proved
that she had a brother In London, but
We failed to trace any connection be
tween them. The maid's name was
Lucretia Venuccl, and there is no doubt
in my mind that this pietro who was
murdered two night ago was the
brother. I have been looking up the
dates in the old files of the paper, and
I find that the disappearance of the
pearl was exactly two days before the
arrest of Beppo, for some crime of vio
lence an event which took place in
the factory of Gelder & Co., at the
very moment when these busts were
being made. - Now you clearly see the
sequence of events, though you see
them, of course, in the Inverse order
to the way In which they presented
themselves to me. Beppo had the pearl
In his possession. He may have stolen
it from Pietro. he may have been Pie
tro's confederate, he may have been
the go-between of Pietro and his sister.
It is of no oonsequence to us which is
the correct solution.
"The main fact Is that he had the
pearl, and at that moment when it
was on his person, he was pursued by
the police. He made for the factory
In which he worked, and he knew that
he had only a few minutes In which
to conceal this enormously valuable
prize, which would otherwise be found
on him when he was searched. Six
plaster casts of Napoleon were drying
in the passage. One of them was still
soft In an instant Beppo, a skilful
workman, made a small hole in the wet
plaster, dropped In the pearl, and with
'a few touches covered over the aper
ture once more. It was an admirable
hiding-place. No one could possibly
find it But Beppo was condemned
to a year's imprisonment, and in the
meanwhile his six busts were scattered
over London. He could not tell which
contained his treasure. Only by break
ing them could he see. Even shaking
would tell him nothing, for as the plas
ter was wet it was probable that the
pearl would adhere to it as, in fact,
it has done. Beppo did not.despair, and
he conducted his search With consid
erable Ingenuity and perseverance.
Through a cousin who works with
Gelder. he found out the retail firms
who had brought the busts. He man
aged to find employment with Morse
Hudson, and In thai way tracked down
three of them. The pearl was not
there. Then, with the help of some
Italian employe, he succeeded in find
out out where the other three busts had
gone. The first was at Harker's. There
he was dogged by his confederate, who
held Beppo responsible for the loss of
3
you guess the danger I was In, and how
could you get there so soon
The question puzzled me a bit, but Mrs
Hamilton, who had heard my story, mo
tioned me to keep silence.
"Tell us first, my dear Mrs. Armltage,
she gently suggested, "Just what hap
pened to you."
"I don't know" Christine hesitated,
and gave me a doubtful, pleading look,
"it seems unkind to tall on Phil, after
he risked his life to save mine, but he
didn't come home- Tuesday night I
didn't know where he was, and I wor
ried all night Toward morning. I
wrapped myself all up In the blankets
and pillows, and, I suppose, cried myself
to sleep."
Mrs: Hamilton gazed reproachfully at
me. She was a motherly old lady, with
the beautiful white hair and sweet eyes
that make you feel like a very foolish
and very young little boy. when you are
caught doing wrong. I shook my head.
"I sent you a letter, by special messen
ger." I defended myself.
"I nevr got it. As I said. I was cry
ing, and must have fallen asleep. The
next thing I knew, the house was tum
bling all about me. I tried to get up,
r.MMn't t thought of vou. wondered
again if you had been killed the night
before, which was the only possible ex
cuse I could make for your neither com
ing nor telephoning, and tried to think
of some way in which I could get help.
Then I heard the shouts of fire. In the
street outside. Of course I didn't know
the world was in flames. I thought that
it must be only our house, and that the
roof had fallen in because of what had
already happened from fire. In that
case, there was no hope for me. I ex
pected fleath in smoke and flame, any
minute. I was glad you had, at least,
escaped that. I remembered our dis
cussion at the breakfast table, and my
vain boast that I would cause your
death to follow mine immediately. In
stead, you had gone first, but you
would not have long to wait. The hor
ror of the manner of my death to come
made me faint. The next thing I knew
you were bending over me, holding my
head, the men were lifting those heavy
planks. For the reet, we've been to-,
gether ever since. But, Phil, how did
you know? Mrs. Hamilton says you
wore here all night; how did you know,
how, could you get there In time?"
I repeated the story I had told the,
Hamiltons, essentially as I have given
it to you. Christine laughed.
"You goosle! How could I come after
you, when I hadn't the slightest idea
where you were, and when, as I've Just
told you. I was fast in my own room?
You had a dream, which made you wor
ry, and you started to come home the
quickest way possible. Besides, why.
Philip, you know that 1 never in all
my life touched the machinery of an
automobile." ,, . ,
To corroborate my story, I called in
Matthews. You may imagine my amaze
ment when he declared that on Wednes
day morning I had come alone to the
garage, had assured him that I under
stood the motor, and that he had seen
me start off like an old hand at it
Mr.. Hamilton says that that is what he
told her and her husband, when they
missed me at breakfast time. This is
as far as we have been able to get in
sounding the mystery. For, as you can
readily see from my story, I do not
know a carbureter from the funnel or
a tugboat, and couldn't run an automo
bile ten feet without a smash-up. I
neither knew nor dreamed that Chris
tine was in any danger in fact, had no
idea there had been an earthquake un
til Matthews told me. Now, what I
want some one to explain Is. who drove
that automobile to the city Wednesday
morning? , .
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the pearl, and he stabbed him In the
scuffle which followed."
"If he was his confederate, why
should he carry his photograph?" I
s-sked. , . .
"As a means of tracing him, if he
wished to Inquire about him from any
third person. That was the obvious
reason. Well, after the murder I cal
culated that Beppo would probably
hurry rather than delay his move
ments. He would fear that the police
would read his secret, and so he has
tened on before they should get ahead
of him. I could not say that he had
not found the pearl in Harker's bust. I
had not even concluded for certain that
it was the pearl, but it was evident
to me that he was ipoking for some
thing, since he carried the bust past
the other houses in order to break it
In the garden which had a lamp over
looking it. Since Harker's bust waa
one in three, the 'chalices were exactly
as I told you two to one against the
pearl being inside it. There remained,
two busts, and it was obvious that ha
would go for the London one first I
warned the inmates of the house, so
as to avoid a second tragedy, and wa
went down with the .happiest results.
By that time, of course, I knew for
certain that it was the Borgia pearl
that we were after. The name of tha
murdered man linked the one event
with the other. There only remained,
a single bust the Reading one and,
the pearl must be there. I bought 16,
in your presence from, the owner
and there it lies."
We saj in silence for a moment.
"Well." said Lestrade, "I've seen you
handle a good many cases, Mr. Holmes,
but I don't know that I ever knew a
more workmanlike one than that.
We're not Jealous of you at Scotland
Yard. No, sir, we are very proud ofi
you, and if you come down tomorrow,
there's not a man, from the oldest In- '
spector to the youngest constable, whoj
wouldn't be glad to shake you by tha
hand."
"Thank you!" said Holmes. "Thanle
you!" and as he turned away It seemed
to me that he was more nearly moved
by the softer human emotions than X
had ever seen him. A moment later
he was the cold and practical thinker
once more. "Put the pearl In the safe.
Watson," said he, "and get out the pa
pers of the Conk-Singleton forgery
case. Goodby, Lestrade. If any lit
tle problem comes your way, I shall
be happy, if I can, to give you a hint
or two as to its solution."
(Copyright, 1911. by Sir A. Conart
Doyle.)
Cheap Cigarettes In Malta. ;
Consul James Oliver Lalng.
While expensive cigarettes are soldi
in the clubs and to certain individuals
in the island of Malta, the greatest
trade is done in cheap cigarettes, which
are smoked by Maltese workmen and
countrymen and by British soldiers and
sailors. Of the two best sellers, one
costs at wholesale $1.60 per 1000, and
a case of 50,000 weighs 121 pounds. This
kind sells at retail In shops for 4 cents
per package of 10, and In soldiers' and
sailors' canteens at 3 cents. The whole
sale price of the other best seller is
$1.39 per 1000, and the weight of a
case of 60,000 is 113 pounds. This
cigarette retails in shops at 3 cents
per package 'of 10, and in the soldiers'
and sallprs' canteens at 2 cents. To
the wholesale price must be added 4
duty of 24 cents per pound-
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