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
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Th. Uiul
'Mitild .ami .lick arrifH
lot Is-rote Hull llliirrt'le
"Is licit an.'"
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is iresn mi
Iilinle of him
unite ....Isf rll.V MJ
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if 1 here were a '"
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