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It' J til hit .u A UNIQUE CLOCK P. AllAN c t.vor It was pnst u.id'i !i wlie.i mi and Tarsulol.t. t " " '' In ..: x caked their natura! Italian ted tpme huig euough. hail come to Anion, il l"r a new ou prusl U a window vis'i o.t the ground t) r of a hands,. me st.ve front rvs.il tt. with, a Jimmy sr.! e:t tcp tl the thawing r.s'iu 'I here w in Bol time In this apartment Hit they Cued cviixeutciilly . :irry away evs, I i. tall eh k ltl.it M.ssl en tl S '-n;:.-! 1'. .; It was a gem In.l.ssl. It x.as oft wi:i a ihhiiIst of g hi It w.ui'd Ills' any f in. ior of Isnn! .fnl thin ; iti line d iih it at erne -I w:utt that." Mid ;'!. xvl-iltid hi: e of the taste for ,mr;i, tup w,i;k ni.j i of his rut - ct it alone. Interposed T-arsnto's. Yi I can Hex er turn it mt unmet with af. ty It's Jt the 'thine to t.tvul.ix ant olio who takes it lit to it and ,cv If we can find any silver tint fan te melted doo. or tf we d.uv go up t: ins we may titid Jcwe's" ""if I c:iU fd.i any better." re;!ts ihc other, "I can pet the Jcwe's out of th-s anc I'm going to t.ike It" ""tVell. wait till pf Is-en (hrv 't the house. It may sir.'o- t i.e ti-i r win e you're near some of the family i: I awaken them." So the men went Inlrt t.e dit '.lug fixo-il. where they fund tV.-it nil the liver belonging to the f:imi'y in Use had Iwd left In the miIWhuM ;;.r.;i oli hold oH"n the mouth of a Ku win,,. Tar;.titola stuffed the articles in, tliet. lent lug the plunder ou the dining ns.ui tahle. they took off their arid Went upstairs, separating on tin- land 111 to esplure different rxsun. it.tt t men w ere successful. T.inn tola entered a bednsitu where a young fin was sleeping soundly and sun'essi ed In gathering a iiiiuiIst of ritt.s. bnnelet and brxn-he froiu a drevrr without awakening h.r He :" so nouraged hy bis haul that be con eluded to jo farther t.urxioil found oUi Tahuhle liri.- a brae for whkb he bad a fancy, and. being satisfied, to let well enough alone, be oil pi icd downstairs and made for the drawiug rooui to m ure l!i cl-vk lie tweted. Taking It from the maii trt. be ist u lied It la the side, pocket of his "loat and went Into the liiimu rHii. ber the silver bal been left. Me was lookia about to Koe if some arti cles bad nt l-eo overlooked and bad Just picket! up a butter dish w bcu be be:ird a rolcv. whku Mvined to tw right under his elbow: -inp thatr The plate rattled on the Cikht, and Gu vloli'i heart was ta-atlng like a tri; faainuier. Tarantula uitairs heard the utiud of the falling uietal and U-:it a faaty retreat Kutering the lining ruoiu. be accosted bis pal iu a boar li!sr: -What do jou mean by jour careless 'oejts?" " I here' some one here." gasped Cuz tlo'i. clutching at uis imI's hand In ter ror "You're acared out of your wits." aid the other. "Come; 'we've Quia lied the Job Ijet'a get out." "1 i ran tola, leaving Ouzzioll. went to the table nud took up the la; of silver and threw It over his slioui'Us-. lie w starting to pass through the draw ing room w heu agalu came the voice: Irop tbatr lie nniuagel to retain sutli imt con trol ut himself not to let the h.-avy weu'ljt down on the floor w ith a thump, bill he lowered tt at once mid. grasping revolver, htood ready fur defence. Sin- the men bad worked only by a bund electric flash lamp (Le room was dark eis-pt for what light could got in tbron-.-n tbe drawing room wiuijovvit Xroui tlie atr lioth uieo remained perfectly still for a moment, ex (Mating to be shot down by some one under cover of the dark tie s Having remained fur Home time, since nothing happonil. Tarau toi.i. though he knew he had uot Im-u tnitaken In hearing the words, wail aLut to take up tlie s.-ok Mtien lie liei.rd a voice say. "Have you got everything?" Mi'.i n while, the head of the house ba I been uwakeiied by the full of the elKer plate and, getting out of bed. had gone to the banister and sih1 listening. He heard persons whisper lag and moving below arid, darting to the telephone booth, carefully shut the door and railed the police. Then he went back to continue his listening, arriving at bis post Immediately after tbe ipiestion asked by the voice. He tienrd some one say: "Shut upr "It lsu"t me talking. There's some one beside me all the time." Then there was a cry of "1'ollce!" The men dropied everything and made fur the window through whi' h they had come. They pot sufely out and started down the street, but run right Into the Anns of the police who were coming la response to tlie tele phone call. Tliey were taken hack to the house, and all the article they had stolen were found ou them except the llvernnre When the little clock was tal.cn out of tiuxioll's pocket, a voice, which nntnlst.il. j lily came from it, cried a Second 'line: "I'olice! Cobbers! Pome quick!" The secret was out for nil. Itiide the case. Instead of the works of an ordinnry clink, was a phonograph which only needed to bo moved that the machinery be set going. Then nt Interval a voice which had been frilk ed Info it by Its owner would repent what lie hud said A Mountaineer's Mule Br M. QUAD Copyright 191 by Associated Lit erary Press. "One day as 1 was slain' ou my douli ttep," beg mi tbe old possum hunter, wben asked for a Btory, "a stranger Mum uloiig the roud leadiu' a mewl.' It ft. .s a N.'th t'atoievny lirwl. and tie ookrd like a likely boast. was a wou !. i n' w Ii the man was k'.olin' the it x,..mI of rkiiii ti u wheu lie . I it ltd S..I.I " i'i; oil i.i tit t the Tennessee !MT t jr. ' III and Irtish, and I II C'I il tl..s lll'l'l S'Mcltul I III l tf t.ul tt ml h: H ' " W ii.it t:o jou wnt to pensb for?" I tkisl 'lU'ki I'm alone III the world and loo a s t i it I can't stmd ttiewl. k !i'in a'oiind Hie. and I woud k-' tii'in ai. t li ne a h up and co.di u wiii;s ( in tcrw I Is Hie last thing I e t to g.'t nd of. and tf you tau. y him 'ic s x .mii s lor S.M.' i "I ix in :nit of a mewl jest then." n d .l. ":uid utter lookin hiitt over I i i.l n the looiiey. " It didn't take me long to disklxer tint t' it mewl was ornery All mewls an- -en on an. but this one was a i In ci'ioii If I tried to put a tsid.lle n hint he'd lay down 111 his Inn ks, mi! If I Ii;!. Iisl hint to a cart oothlu' on ,n;is.ti ,s.i;i, make hint pull a (sum. I lied hue and lied kick, and be went around loek'ii' for a fuss In a week I found he n ;s no atrthly pssl I clntt ls-,1 hi .i f.;i I was tird. but I colli. hit p. iiu I no x, ;.M. i;iio t! hi illlt. day I u 't s l;n. lint I wax gwliie lo sh.sd ! .i.ii. but the old woman noted la and s.,1,1. " 'I was j, ,t a t hill k 111'. Zeh IVt you rci'iemU-r Put cantankerous b ar that w..s around tore last fell? " 't If S SO ' " 'He'll likely come back ag in this f ill Cotter leave him to the uivwl if be co nes ' "I i;u up try In' to do anything wt:h the tneul. but he growesl mc.iiter and meaner all the tie, ami be an t luppv iin'i-s he ws kickiu' his hts-l gin 1 he o.i ) 1 1 ii doahs. "It so tlie old woman tlasn't sti'p out. and I had to carry a club Upkeep ti.m oT I'd had t.im m weeks and had want.s! to hoot bun etery day, w ben one icklil that b ar showed up He com e d.iwu off the mountain fecial' mo" cantankerous than ever, and that ornery tnel was u ai! ill for souiethin to come along, an. I l-giu a row They g it at It t:i no time. "Me and the old woman got up ami hs kisl out. and (he two critters was 'thoroughly enjoy in" thotusclxes. They was kiekm . bitin". clawiu. growllii and s,ne:ilin'. am) it was Istter thati a cin us to w at' h "em "It wss tlie same thing over the next , nlghl and every night for a week or i i io . A b'ar ought to lick a mewl easy ' tinfT. sisslally when he's a canlau keroiu bur but in this case he'd got , hold of a nit-w I so mean and ohMmate that he woul.lu t liev turned tail for all i the b ars in Teituevs He was a spry as a cat. aud the ny he bit and ' kl ked u.irnied up my heart He g..l i a g -si matiy scratches iu them ton i fiVts. tmi he wouldn't run away or jgue in One night, after we had eon j I. en roll that b'nr uier a d.i. u times will. .nit l.nrliii' bitu. the old womaii i said to me- ! " 'Zeh. it ain't exactly a fair font The mewl hain't g"t no shoes on. and (us ki ks don't hurt Cotter gin uitu a Jts ei I show ' "It stni. k me that way. and the next Jay I takes the critter up to the black unit! shop at the Cove nud hat sharp j !n-s put on his feet. He s.-ellled to know what they were for. uud he I lidn't like It 'tail. He was ugly all the j w iv tinii e. and when night come he stood in the yard will) Ills head down md '(ic iml to le thinkin" "The bar come down nboul S o'ch k Melils- he wan madder th;in tismil. fur he pit, -hod right in nt once. Me uud the o d wom.iu both liotiosl (hat lie Jidu't Use his heeis "tall, but Jest bit md iw-d. and we womlerej at It lioweier. after dghtlti" about half an In. ir the b ar eorm red him. uud he li.ul ' io turn mid lei Ily, nud he killed lli.it varmint as de:id as a doah li.ul with ue kick. The sharp tiilks of one of Jthe shoes I'lerin! the b ar's skull, uud i jier l.e went and never gut up ag 'in "I was mighty tickled over It ntid wi Tit out to praise the mewl He was itainliu' clus to the b ar. and he never moved a foot for five miliutes. Jest ti.i nml looked at me through the larkiif-s In a sort of licou-dii' way and I then fetched II g.l.-i u,,) fell ioW II o!d "'tie' bin wounded in his vitals, -aid lie- old vtoiuuu as she come out. with a lantern "Cut he hadn't He had some -rab lies and a bite or two, but nntliin' to worry about No. sah What tilled Hint tunic was mildness mid couirari icvs "He'd sot out to llk that b'nr with rut any hind hoes on and reckon in' to tight fair nud hev sutulluh' to I, rig ri bunt . and he was mini and con trury "bom my mixiu' in When In found he'd killed the b'ar he swelled up till tils hearl busted, and he fell .tier lead, and I Ji-t believe lie was gl ill In 2. Thar was tiolliin' mo' left on airlh for him to light, and why should he lurry longer? As to the b'ar, I reckon ii was the K.'itne with him Leastwise I iv tlnir. wltli a smile on his f:ice, lest h!: a tun ll who has tried his Ik-I In n font and got n lioi.d As for the feller who siihl trie the mewl, I never lid see him again, and 1 s'iee he went o heaven aeeordln to his program" A MEXICAN LOVE AFFAIR P.y 'II '.I.A ESTHER DUNN lon Martin l-'urtado, a Mexican gen I Ionian of furty and a bachelor, drew a goodly kiiiii of money from the bank and gave it to I'oiia liabel Mendo'.a, his li.'ihcco, for the purpose of buying the necessary furniture nml the tious seau. This may lie surprising to those of other countries where the bride Is exiecled lo furnish her own bridal oiilhl and ipiile of leu provides the home, though in Luiope this may be done with the dowry which Is always supposed lo go wllh the wife. In Mex ico the groom furnishes both furniture and trousseau. Hon Mii ri i n's liuncee was Just half his age and was for a time undecided between him it nd a young man a cou ple of years her seuiur, Jose Ilerrera. ; Put as Jose w;ts StialU poor there s.sMci to Ise tt s.sMhi'ly of their ii airy lug One day J.e prosiM a ' ' ;!il by wt l. h tin y licgl : tat the wherewithal f.tr their miloii He ilg ct.sl tint Uilvl rng'tiie hcon-if to I'oii Mill lit Ions 1'ih'itt.h (. kmiw the t'oi.M-ti slid the fiiiiiilnri I ton Jti-t t t.Me the wisi.lmg ti-l till i she b id ih-sotcivd that he did ti"t k'Ve ttlni It was probable that IVm M.titm would not permit her to n-tttrn the lids, for be was a gentleman and . known to tie a xcry llts-ral man Jtit how Itoiia Isatsd nsilve.1 this proposition within her heart d.K" not 1 i';s-ar. but certain It is tint she agreed j to It lvn Martin had prosisel to her sex era I times, and on the next similar I occasion tie was surprised to I ae : icptisl He told her that she had made ; hiiii xcry hippy, but that he did not i xx Nh to buy a wife he dilisl one j xx ho would love him. If therefore at ' any time Is-fore their marriage she j felt t'ut she prvfoned another man or j tli.it site did not loxe him he would re sign her j The next day Jos came to see her. ' and she told him that she had accept ' ed lstt Xl.trlui and what ber elderly : I. ner bud said lo her Jitse askisl what i she b:d rx'pHcd to his exprx-sslon of willingness lo resign her In csjse she dis.socnst that she d d It. it ke hint "she slid she had answered he need not fear for Iter marrying him without loxe. that, she proinlsisl, she would ncv rr do Jose laughtsl at this, dcvlartag that she was a trump and was work ing the old fellow Isviiitlfully He wss als'tit to glte her a kiss, but she held him nl, sating that so long as she was engaged to IVui M irtln she would ls true to hi in It would Is lime enough for kiss.s when she hid broken with him and engaged herself to Jose. Hating rxsclxed the means for the trousseau and the furniture. Iv na Is ts-l prxssssbsl to the dressmaker and milliner for the former and asked iKm Martin t.t go xxith her to select the hit ter Cut he lold her to buy what she liked and if the pun base money oxer ran the sum he had sent her he would make It up Ivils-I was several months buying a wedding outfit: then t tt Martin one day asked ber If she would name the day Cut she was not to hurry, and he reminded her of her promise not to marry him without hoe At this sa lel npsvirts very thoughtful ami sail nothing I Shi Martin at this assumed that her cons, lence was pricking her and said "t'oiislder yourself released from your engagement. Moreover, tlie gifts I have made I shall expect you to kisp. for on no a-vomit would I re ccixe them if you returned llielil " "Not if I were to marry another T" "If you marry another consider It a wedding gift from me" When lnld told this to Josw he was delighted and asked her If she could not stick the old fellow for soine'hlng more She promised lo see a'soit It Ji.se asked her to sot the ilav when she xxontd marry him. and she Axed It for that tiny three months hence. A month ts-fore Jose was to ms.rry IsaU-l one of bis friends lold hint that he had hoard that IsaU-l was to tie married en the day fixed for his and her xxisbling. "oh. that Isn't announced yet." re plied Jose. "You must not say any thing n I .iit it." "How do you know 7' "I should Jhlnk I would know slmv I am to lie the ktoo'ii " "You?" "Yes. I" "I did not hear that." said Ids friend '1 hoard that she tvas to marry iKin Martin f'urtado" "That's another affair that my fiancee had some time ago She was ingaged to I ton Martin for awhile Cut keep this matter to yourself." As his wedding ilny drew near Joe wra i icd together nil tlie money he -outd and burrowed mi amount to ! mid by a mortgage on hU furniture to he made (he day after the wedding One day the stman left an eiivelo-ie for him. nud. oM'iilng It. he found sn iinli.nt..ii to the iveddlng of Ikuia Isals-I Metidor.a to (ton Martin Fur lado Tor a moment he thought it i part of the ruse Cut the Invitation tvas duly engraved, mid It occurred to Jose that he had Is-en victimized He rushed to Itolia Isabel's house and hreathlesjly asked her what It meant "It means." she said, "that I latved on. who pro.sed to get by n trick from a noble man the means lo marry me Your contempt idle conduct turn "d me from jou. nud I ton Martin's magnanimous notion won me to him. fj'todliy. You are welcome to my wed din;. After that I wish never to let ton again " Evil to Him Who Evil Thinks ijy RYLANi) BELL A guest at a house party ut the country home of my friend Cutler, head of the firm of Peter Cutler & Co.. publishers. I met ople w ho wen; In a business way connected with litem tun;. There were several proprietors of large liook manufacturing concerns, a number of literary critics nml half a dozen authors. These persons com posed about a third of the Invited guests nml on account of their connec tion Willi literature were object of In terest to I he rest of us. 'J'lie Cullers had recently published a novel lulled "Tin; Code Reversed," which wns having a phenomenal suc cess. It liml been Issued under o uom de plume, and opinion was divided ns to whether the nulhor xvaa man or woman. One spicy review of It. said It was the most I m morn I novel that had been Issued In many years. Most of tin; notices took pretty much the sumo view of the book, hut there were n few that made no mention whatever of anything naughty in it. One critic said that some persons might give It an Immoral Interpretation, adding;, "Evil to Iti io who evil thinks." Naturally we spent a (food deal of time dlseiissinjj the merits, demerit and Interpretation to be put upon thin story. Some of us endeavored in In duce Cutler to tell us about the au thor, ''ut he resolutely declined. IIo 'would li. t '! six wlulli.i the tss.k had tss-u written by a unt or a wo ' man The partv came .goler ruW I't tVtxtier and remain. si icl VcinU-r though there were mmx .ht" In the meantime I reummed as long s Cutter kept the h-'u-o oj titxlug mot a xoctig lidv whonn.- l. t me iM fotvlltly from any other won- til She was but nineteen nod io.hv . f li than a rosel.ud I kept mi too :ue al w ax under control xxli.it xil'h h.r t.-.t I might sh.sk her n t tint she wis prudish, for there wis notion prudlshness In her Her pnoiy was self ex ident She did not belong to ttie .nilh--r ess,.s. M-xer-ll 'f w lioiu were ' us, I atteuipttsl to tilk to her si. ml ; literature, but found thtt her tenl". (was xcry meager In.l.s.t In a puti whre Ih.w was a spi luk'lng of in ter.slu il iss..le I d d not see lh.it she had any ph.v I turned i inc. h t- i Cottier, who s.ll.l. "Oh. she's a ul. e IU tie girt; rather tins..ph sin ii.d lot I you know we'n not all geniuses here" i Tow anl the close of our stu f.ulYr announced one morning lint I" i jd.ns the author of ' I he o le It.o.-is 1 e.1" would Is-w Ith lis Scleral w ho h id ' antioiin.ssl tticlr liifi-nlii.n of U- iii!' ! ttiiiiiisll ,li ! d.s lari d tint tin t would ! remain Suite one ask.sl tntii r If tie or she was coining lu.'og Cntlcr ri ! piled that the s-is..u would Is' "g 'Cut lie promised Is-foie the p.titt broke up to reuioie the mask Hi . I we might all see him or In r in pn-pt i.i ! tsrs..uiV tturlng the licit few dns seveiil I sts.iiis arrtiist. and e i. It comer i fat iiev suinced tiisio i. the t.itti r j One was a young m m w ho note Im hair sitniadoiir and l..l..d oilieini-e like a genius An. -I her w a' a luldd'e lagtsl utasi-iillue l.siking ixoiiiin tilth a coarse xidce and nnretiii. d m tuners Cethitps I would tnte taken nnre Interest hi this m.iltir I, id I n .1 ts t ess Lilly en.lisl iv ltd t he i.uiug iali I hate mnitt..nisl tih..u- in me was Mary I'.rou n t tne 1 1 nlug wlo'eihit ting with hef alone di mii.; n. uer and le-aier to s-Mkiug mi tenl. I Una Ily let lux arm fall uis.n h.r ii t and luriiiiig my fee l hns ki.s,, her. I had scarcely d"iie so ulien it ei-.i eil .t Ine tint the o i w i a prof aualloli I was Hot ie iii-e. l.ul time was so much unsle.li dm i.in.l mi lh,. part of (he young t.ott tint I hitined myself for taking ulnt I till not Ihe rigtit to take I h i-l. n.s to repair H e damage by an offer of mi dent and hand Two dills later, as I was llsnil tl leaxe. Cutler auiioiin.e. ihit If we would all gather In tie diaiiut,- r.-iu he would preseiil the aillhir of "The I 'isle l.'ex eced " I inlend illi lie ..lh ers. and w hen all It id ,a-o ni! ;. i our host appro-i his us an l tiling M irr Crown It Hie hind lid h.r n-nl fn.in the others and s il l "ly friends. I hate Ilie Ii imr lo . resent the author of I he I Ii tersrd ' ixlll ais.i rxpi tin 'hit h.r Iss.k Is an exiiiiiple of h.m ) T . f ,.tl v .lllTerent s.rs..ns mat . k ii-.ii tl e same thing on aU l.aie had an ! strtuiilty to know Xln-. Ilnoni nud ire i am sure united us In her .u iti " "Cut tun said 'he was to utiiie remarked u giie-i "P.irdoli me; I ild tint -he ii.iiiid ts With lis I did tmi av that she t not then w Itli us " Mis p.ro'in Is Inc. t ii r w if- hut I fake Hire that she d s.-u . ril l,! it lent in if for l.l. all. ill I'm Innately she J Iml it ol'ed In' hef remarkable mio e.s II . .he t.wn elated oter It she Won. I hue l.en l.ioinid bt an e'piiil di-ii i..li.tuient Her story was without Ijterarv merit A ineiililiig h..d I feu .li-d ii..,ii tt by persons whose minds naiiu aih r ehe the sensual ''., the iiuilior no sin h Cleaning w is Intended Imbed die was Incapable of eoiieltin.: of sti h meaning Cutler nniler.,.. U.ili the puhllc iin. I the author ami n.. he lug it terse lo making unmet nut of a llr-t seller had I-Hlcd the sd.rv XnoliV ttioiisly. git In- It a name Unit Annul luggcsf win.? he wish.il 11 to -c.ve.l A CUTE DEVICE r-r sadii: oKoi i At .lnhte I urlo there l u slmi w lu re they rent such it i li s ns men of n., men i.., ,( ni-sj-,1 tin. in iu i ni a swalh. The. things me u inilly jew els I'or ii consideration ll. pruiuie tor will I in it a d.auioml l...u. Ii, u pent lie. k I. lie, nil, I w hell II ciilllllc.s ei.lneS along who has parlcl with In r ihiuU iu to Hie pnw nl. inker Mie may rent ..ne for the occasion. 'I lu re me p.u uiant IKTsons visiting Mniile I'nrlo who are eilher Hliarpeia or genlleinen nml la dies iu li tl li ti -tit I (listless to it. in. nit trusting I Im-iii wllh wilii.ahle .iilleh-s for XX till ll they h ive not ih p.r.lei se curity; therefore the limn. tier Is usually shadowed by a dele. tin. The shallower of ineli Is ipuiiilly n rmiii, while the hhadower of wninin is u wolmiil. I, n ttotnati Iwlonglng nt that time to the detective stuff of l.udulg Swllz huff, loauer, was called one day lulu the proprietor's olllee nml illrei IimI to watch ii lady who had borrowed nu expensive diamond circlet to he worn on the head. Khe represented herself a the Caroness von Mehneimleln, a (ionium title that hud fallen in lo pov erty. The haroiiesa-so Herr SwilzhnlT told me-x.iiH trying lo resluni the pi, hIHoii of Hie family by u marriage wllh a rich num. She was strikingly hand some nml looked every Inch n noble. Lastly, she had lier eye on mi laiglMi cot toll Hplmier, who was Imnieniiily wealthy, nud expected lo Innd him. Mr. Hugh Cartridge, ns the man wrote Ids mime on the honks of Iho ho tel, wns to be seen every evening n the giilnlillng tables lind wns ufleii nc coiiipiiiileil liy the haroiiess. One even lug I noticed that Mr. Pnrlililgc was losing. I had often seen hlui win, but never before hud I seen lilm Ihho. Tim next, evening he xvns nt the bible again nml ngiiln lost. It occurred to me that he lind struck n run or Inn lin k, uud if he should turn out nut In be the wealthy mail ho rcprcscniid himself to be he might Iwirroxv the bnronesH' circlet, oq which. U tatao uioiiuv to tlda lX OIT ,,i.cl..icr thai I S.UIH1 lis k lit Usaxlns the circle! the htroc-ss. o relict ed me from the duty t , ..lowing tor and put n another c a s. XI X d illos stilt led lc lo ' '" 1. . 1n; salon, and Iheie I is.iillnind lo see Xlr I'mlit-Ue One rtenlng I w 1.1. a I sslng It did U 't seiitt lo ut that he w is loslllS heatPt. but b tlie expiesst.m on his fust one would sup isise ih it be bid hsst a f uttiti- r tnal ll he .t lk.sl bis flitlf and I In the l ink lie at. flout mis I he I a l ie ami t tw tssroliess. i ho had .iie.tnit luie i tilend. stioxe to soolhe him. foi he seemed o h broken down loiiiplelelx I liotl..s h Itlitn t.er l.s'king Mm anxiously they tear u t.le In sn. h cases In Monte fail... u d It burls ltt. lt buslms, peis. ii I wj lii. low lug left the tiuil.lii g hall at tlie nine lime aa Mr riiliidse I followed her Iter b lei and, turtilng ri-ltaxsl my atep Su.ld. ulx In the garden surrounding He ciitit.ling ti.xlt I heard a lfl II tin ,. near toe that I went In the dl ns llou ht'iii w lo. h the .mad Msentisl t,i come and bid Mot ip'iie ttfll yard l.tfore I saw a malt li'ng with hi foe In the full l e of one of th , i,e. It w is Mr Cartridge Cefote (, ,. td tlo I heard t.-'tst.-fs and li ii instil tui lost aide Ishlttd onte . ii lies One of the lorn elnplole.1 al the g mil. ling lull ilashed pat me. aud I sa him il.s i iirr ih,-silk Ide a Issly an l stuff a rod of I Ills Into his " ki l I knew on well wlnit this wa for II .is to le itoie the Impression thai the man Ltd killed himself nil actvuut ..f g ii. it. I ll. l.-s-.es .. ,.. p. i To. Hi llll. waltlnc for fie c.ii lo s aw st No xsHiin-r had I i. o f .t i.-ps d isl In the distance Hi in Hie sn!. l ie g.. up bail the bill I ..in I Is p. ki t. gl tn isl oxer them Iu l .e lu .pii.M and thin, with a grunt ..f . iti-f i. t .it. w n Iked away II had pi. ed a x neat ( line I k ne ti lli.it tie would Iraxe Monte i n !,, it on. r mid considered 111 y vill pl-.ter ill dlllH-er .if kistiig ber Circle!, r-r the ltl..ie Wit ultdollbttstly either Hie duie or the confisliirute of a .I.IIUU..II sn iu. tier Itt-eitiliia1 It my .1 .it i. ii a ! ii hut a sssm a t " I ' I . I t. i,t l.i tils li.uise lie dire- its! tlie no u tu tils euiitot to search for the I si and demand the return of hi po.'tti In I r tssesi..ii The! start ed it ..in e tu dlff. rrn. I dins llous. .me going lo her hotel. i4!irn to place here sfie w is llkelx to lie found Cut Hie baroness hid left on a late Iriln that hul .1, pa tie. I atsitit twenty minutes after Hie sill, kle of the Col toll sp inner " tie telegraph wit Used, bill ili'i.r !; hid tratcled Iu disguise ut It ft the tram or used tsuur wttier el .. I .ut I.i in Mil Hi.-e ho might (el ..it tier in. k t any rale, my rm i n.-r In anl tiuttiiiig inure i.f lr or his i in 1.1 I left Ills erx. e ..!! after that and went to Carls one rn'iilud I wa In I f tt elegant hotel mi Cue Kit nil it In n whom kIhiiiI.I I e. languishing in a -ptendld costume hut the .aron . Hie it.lnitfisl of iiittiir admirer I i -ked wtio she was and was Informed tl. il she w is the Wife of a It . limn prime Siirelt she lieier assumed tl le il tl X one if toll degree I ollUllltl ill. iii. -I wl'h her through aimtlirr and i:g.-est...t ii. return of tlie circlet of she might ! riM..ed The clr. Id Ma vli en tii ami eiil it to Mr Split h f The I'rtt thuiistil II prudent tu ate Paris al nfirf A KODAK'S CLICK t'y ( i(i ill li A II All. An Atio-rl. an gciitUiimiu was walking mi Hi- l- ilik of the Hern iilliie hike, li de park. I oiuloii He i iirrud a trav inis kodak Iii his hum), nlilt whlili he t...k x it w .Nun he would u I in t at a ronl-..it gliding pust. ii.iix nt imn f the el.iUii.ile bridges nm n,, at aouie .ie of the ple.lsnlit himlsi il' xli-Wa w ith xx hi. h the pnrk ah uimla Clesentiy he sat dutxn mi i,n,. ,,f the In in hes lh. it line Hie hike Imli wits lining nt the other end, but he did hot liolee her till she mux yd ieif y (ll 111 nu. I s lid hi il Inw lulu.; "I am In need i,f (.ti " I!" turned and saw a woman, fairly Well die. -ed nud ipilte respis table In appear, uu e. He was or li.ul been a man of the world and t sik In the sltuii Hon at oie e, hut he did not realize It full liiiii.riani e The wiiiniiii wuitld not Is. likely iii ask fur n Inn from a stranger unie... n. ,,.,, ,,m,. menu, ,,f etifnr. ing her llemiiml - ,, is eurrvd to him. but the slmplii Ily m,d tin, slreiigih of Iter . hcinu had lio dcxnl ope. In hi a iiiind "I mil suit) nut tu be m bin tu mcioiu mod. il- jou minium. ,ul I initio, I H, i lllllolliil with nie '' j "Von hilte ,1 w,. t I,., p.Hkelh.M,!, This I kiioty niiw yon hike It i,u II Hlini! on Oxford Hlreel when you ; made ii pun hnse. I followed ym here. And I know Hint ymi tire uu American both by j.nir uncut nml the hotel to which you nrdensl gmsls scut, which Is fleipienleil by your countrymen. And )nil me ii married imin, becnuse you bought goodi for women uud fr chll 'lieu. The ense between lis Is perfectly plain 1 give a shriek nud cry wllily for n pollceiiinn. I nm f(,u ,u (,,, ,1)t wllh Imligiialhui nml bliial lulu lenra. 'I lie polh emnii usks whut'a tint ituiltiT. I It'll him Unit w,is hIiIi,k 1(,r. Vnii 'iilim nml sat down besldn ine un, . Hulled nut. Uu lakes you to a police Mullon. If j U1. , ,,,,, ,(( bull nt iiiice jou tin; locked up fr the nlgld. In any event you will be exaui lin d before imiKlslrnln in the tuorn lug No one will know whether my ' lunge Is true or false, but there nre I "'HI l'"Heve It tru. I Mm only be able ,,rovi. tt ,)Jf mj ow Hlaletnelit, nml yo Mill liniloubl..dy b" ills. Iiiirged. Neveilhelesa your ar rent will be cnhled Alnnllca as an II in nf news.' Tim Aineilcnii mm t llHtenlnK to this ! tu .,...,., on or ti, ,.,1Hni 1()t rciityhik: fur a few mlnules. tt wns Making np .Is mind wlmt lo do. Presently he said: "VVbut jrou suy U eVer xvurd ut tt him oxer .I. .I L.-S leuild Ainetl. mis ale .oinetid w pay up tike men I will fclt )u cxer p. nut In my ssk tl k i tllo r Ihui Is' pl.ie rsl lit the ili.i -ii il. HU Cut ene lhl"B I feur I bite tioli.nl iho t...-ii.itii ttn Is wl. I. tua ua Mi... i , lie as toe fciie J)in tn kelUs.k lie llltllt lss t h lent f.w lis Itausfcr "I hU would istiw ).ir ar lest, and I would I eMiid to aps-.ir sgsliol )'tl I wniiM Is) uiltihed t iHskel tss'k liiu-l pi lo loir II hoot ! atnai Ui'g lh 1s t l tleulloli I .t,..e ltd phiu I wlil otslt the l k rl tss.k aud show ).m llnl there t. llll i l. Then I Will get lip. g.l to the In a l g lit of the wntir. ill op the l.k.H-'k and walk io Voti tun go and pi k U up deflit III it the s.!i. man may l ike itoilce " The woniaii'a rte ll.isln-d tinensllv She w l.'kliig for a lib k "No." she aald picwullt, 'not Ihsl, )tol a yotl hsie iiiHMMn It uiir ptiise found eu me would ts.utl. I me 1'i. p a toll ef bill. I hen none Is. k lo Ibis U u. h I will go and ki l thi ol an I walk awa " "Anl way you like tint Insure, xo.n aafi If, w hi. It I lie re mine Hi in i otu " iaklng Oxe lett i..uit.t in Its fi.mi bl ) krlls.k he bel.l lh. in r-. in .( flout ant one ex ep H r xx....ni II.. n ilsliig. in IU. I UUuieli o Hie in it .in of lie lake and. wtille laiell Ihete ppsieltll) I. .king ool oil to lite w tier, dlnppisl them tl . t.t I roll.. I fl.f xx ailing a few inlin.l.s he w.iil sI.imIi ..i. k Li Hie Is n. tl and al down Not ti tslctilng. the won, in ii,.ai and dawdled Idly In the H-t w In l be b id itriird de money, put her t..t -it It. dit.psis her halt. Urn li- f and pi. sr. I up Hie money and tlie lijuil.ru Hi f at the Mine true She w startled by a i II. k t asllng a ipll- k a'ttl.e .1 Hie Xlonl cen. .tie n bitu lltlns wltti tin ko dak tU hi lap. the k-l.ik . .inl.s Inward lr 'Coll. el" be i tied llohhy. who al thai Uii.iii.nl t. ksikili( rlMiwbere. Inrtirs) nml nt I he .tlieli. ail tsrs k l a toe tos Hid hlui " I ll 1 1 Woman ba I l I. la. kiu.til II, il he ha letUsI on me u.sl her ,iul I Will lotillUt )..i o lite n.I. e tatlon Die woman "xl e l a xtndi. lie (lance at the xmeil. in In a iisoni-itl tt raute ms.n her that hr hid Isreii outw:tl.. 1 lie lu-il iiiornlng lle - w i In. .1 tlie V liter t.nu wa put tut Hie Mud aud told the t..ri a. It ln 1. u I .: I here. Inirlitg the itl.lil tie had di irl..p e.1 the plate he hid l iken. lio l,,t the ttoinan pi. kin up h i ! .:: and sau.l.s) the phol. .graph I . lite magi Irate The rat wa ilur Hie sn Mian wa Idclitllrd a one w n had played the same game Is-f.rf and wa eld tu prto Tbe A inert, a a aalied for It mtlt muiilry Facing Death For Love I1, Alt 1 1 II K W DKl V.MIC I beta . an lilaud in the I o (ii. si-all with It pr-iln. est troll. .I ll u.l ;, i . . .in niiiiitiii.ni r hiiii nii .i.i, i ii-i. , . 1 , . ., , , ,. , take It aw ay olid lisle tl eiiii iVi I Iu in. iin y i.i in .te h c...U a the in tile reiiilfi Cut the l-lili.l fs Mill imt loiis. nt In nltl li,ii,:lliijt x. .Hi tl.. rthllest and uliT esss la'ly e,i'.ott ol lln-lr won., ii I s, ,, . (i,n ,,,,u, to tut woiii.iu xx ho list i,s white In tu f..f a Inter ot a lin.band One d ij M Amrrb an ulilp named the Mat; lloyle lo ss ,al the Inliml with cargo of ml", elliiiiistii g.U whl. li ihi. unliKided and t--k on In It pice oe h fruit a a (he place prilu i-d 'I tin few of the Mary lu.tle aire smut led bt reuiiiin ashore dtirlltg the dt. hut at rtenlng they xxem re.pilrei In pi alsiard the ship The captain of Ibe Mary lloyle had txcrin-d Id sailor to have m. thing to do with Hie Women on I he lalamt. tell lug them Dial they would md only eu dinger their lxe. but I. ting certain ibalh on any woman lo wtmin they ilij.lii bite The Warslltg wa not lice asanry with regard lo I he wi i, as whole, who were Iminy of thelii hide on Kxen the gills were Iml glflisi wllh whnt a white man would con Ider In-nitty There itm, Innxeur nlie exeeptloti While Hie ahore force n linloinlliig on Hie bco Ii setinil glrla came down lo bntbe. They went Into the w nbr and sported like ilol phlii One t,f them who swum nlsml, lu r lung bin. k lutlr Iriilllng Is blnd ber, wa. a k'liiceful a a swan Tba ami tfllsteiied i,n some brua brncelct she wore ou her arm and sparkled on a "tune tbnt wna fixed Just nlsne her for bead lo a rthlsiii hunt.. I around her head In contrnsl with this dusky uiahleu wna niie of tint snllors whose i-yo she 'niiglif. Jnck foglnn by name, wllh light luilr and blue e)ea He followed h'T with his unre so fixedly wlt.r. ever she swnin thnt the unite u charge it the party noil 1 1,1 ntlraclioti, ami nip It In the bud Krullly ordertsl lilm hi nil I to ,ia work. When the Ulrla weru llrisl of swim tnlliif (her vul Malmin, passlntf lienr ttie sailors u( wurk, nml the dark Ueuilly. k-I'lllclug at Jnek, ,BW ,,!, K'ln nt her rapturously, !,ovm la Ilka Kiinpowdtir thai only n siuirk Is required lo exphsle. The girl saw not nly wlmt tu her wns impiUlto inniily ueiiuty in the fair young sailor, but Hit) love gh ,N ,. Hl 1HHt,,, on with her compiiuhins, but Ihn limn age nml Is-en doim. One. eichiiiiLm of Klnucea hrunght alsmt that which wna feiuly to brave ilenth, A wiH'k Inter, when tlm M,iry lloyle wn about rendy lo gel mi her anchor hd sail nwny, tint cnpiniu, In order ttiaka Hiiro thnt nil tlm rrexv were "Isiard, ordered Iho iMiiibuvnlti In cull tilt) roll. Whell ho cnillll lo Ihn tin inn of CoKliill (here wns no reply. Tltu ctiitnlii' brow lowered. H0 shrunk from leaving any of his mmi bi.blntl jnd feared that Jnrlt hm Iu aoiim wny beeoino In vol veil, mo Hint It would be Impossible to eiirlonla hlui. Night wan cuijiiin, ou xvhiiii no wliltu luan ? WinuHteil U bo ou the btlund. If J l. k I... . ..... I.- bile Co . ..... . """Iu lo w at t.ii , . Hft, J i ""k i S'.s Ml.. tt.lt .. I tf Bl1 III M'X ll.g II... ,l., .. . """ - J oil .1,-. X. -SXj ' -'..r tni .. . "1, O... -i.. . 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PERT The p it V gray lin Irixl tfU, . . ... i .....i iiiiiiiuiil li1" is iresn mi Iilinle of him unite ....Isf rll.V MJ , ..., .,f ns nie J"''' I I mil iel nt H IV l"1 4 I lie inr .1 pin f.silsli iiuselli")'11"1" Itclng mi "l''!1'"" :.,,,, ' 1 . .tlm' if 1 here were a '" " ...I. IM . .. ,.. .n-iiL-mw'" J There is tuts , at ,l!:"iM"l:,r,::,:uitrii,i colnrnniii'i" , Hcirui.i.i. mil' i'"'1'-0' latttiltJ " ' td ciiri'Ht I . " ...it a n 0 llll llllC.e.-- Iry. Cut wlin a cop or fi-r" hn . ofletl l""'7,i;vrtb' fiislilni.ul'l-'- '",Mt right phi u.