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A -DOCTOR'S MISSION Glekhoy," CHAPTER XXL (Continued.) "Ikxjtor," now queried Mr. Lee, "what course is nest to be pursued?" "We must go to the porter's lodge, on the premises I think the keeper is still there get the keys of the hall, and in vestigate the ruined part, with its con cealed room. If we find all as here said we must at once publish the facts, far end wide. I should also recall the ser vants, who probably are gtill near, and reopen the house; and from his own home bury the real baronet. All these years a false baron has reigned in his stead." The gentlemen acquiesced in the plan, and silently wended their way to the now deserted hall. They did not take the front entrance to the grounds, but gained It by a shorter route, emerging at the rear of the house, and so passing unseen to' the clump of bushes, behind which was the entrance previously used by Dr. IClfenatein. Once in the corridor, they hastened to the end near the tower stairs, and there wide open, exposed to view through still parted panels and displaced shelves, lay the concealed room which for twenty- fire years ' had held poor Sir Arthur a prisoner, just as the journal had de- acribed it. Every link was now perfect! The hor rible tale was true! If further confirma tion was needed, it was at hand, in the shape of the one note written by Regi nald to his brother, when he had given him pen, ink and paper, at his earnest request. This note fell from a book that Mr. Lee picked from the table. Lawyer Huntley knew the writing at once, as he liad often received notes from the false baronet, in relation to legal matters. Having discovered all that could be done that day, the three gentlemen wend ed their way from the place, and after returning to their homes for their even ing meals, they all decided to meet at the village inn, and there make known the contents of the mysterious wallet. CHAPTER XXII. It was the morning after the events re lated in the last chapter had taken place, that Ethel sat alone in Lady Clair Lin wood's private boudoir, apparently en frnged with some pretty fancy work, but In reality more occupied with her own end thoughts then the needlework. . During the weeks she had been in this place everything had been done to pro mote her happiness. She was ever treat ed with the greatest kindness, and by Ijady Claire with true affection. She had entered into all her pupil's pleasures with seeming sympathy when her soul was even most cast down. How beauti ful everything looked to her weary eyes as she cast them from the window! How full the air was of fragrance, from flow ers and bush, and how merrily a starling was singing from the branches of an old elm tree near by! Hut this innocent glee awoke no answering echo in her own heart; there all was desolation and sor row. She felt so lonely in this her youth no mother, aunt, relative near in whom to find sympathy and love. Yes, she was Utterly alono, and would be until claimed by an unknown father; and when she might be cheered by the love of one true lien rt, her misfortunes had alienated its respfct, and all she could do was to constantly battle with her own self, and strive to overcome the unfortunate at tachment that was wearing upon her liealth and spirits. Today, the more she resolved to for get this man, the more she studied over iiis coldness, the more fondly she remem bered lum, and told herself it was her own want of frankness and the suspi cious circumstances in which he had found her placed, that had shaken his confidence in her integrity, and merited only his scorn. But, bound as she had loeii to Folcmn secrecy, she could not conceive how she could have acted dif ferently, and she felt convinced that, in order to be true to the trust imposed up on her, she had done no wrong. So deep had been her reverie that she beard no bell, no opening door, no sound, and not until the words, "Miss Nevergail, I hope I do not interrupt you." fell upon lier ear did she dreani that she was not 41 lone. Starting to her feet, she turned to face Itr. Elfonsteuu. She would have extend ed her hand and welcomed him joyfully but his grave, almost stern looks deterred ber, and as he offered no further greet ing, she merely assured him she was perfectly at leisure, and then wheeled up a large easy chair for his use. Not noticing the latter, however, the doctor took a lighter one, and placing it opposite the one she had resumed, said, ao he sat down: "I am glad to find you alone, as my business is important, and concerns no one but ourselves. The footman told ie at the door that the family were ab sent, and 1 would find you here." "They are absent for the day, and, therefore, I am at your service." "The nature of my business, I fear, may startle you, but I feel that I ought not to forego it on that account. I shall be obliged to ask you several questions that you may dislike to answer, but. Miss Nevergail, allow me to say, as a preface. that perfect frankness on your part will be the best in the end. Certain things, lately transpiring, have led me to regret exceedingly that I did not use my own Judgment that evening when we were to gether in the corridor at Glendenning Hall, and search for the cause of our fright. I came to talk with you a little upon your career while in that house. J lad you. as I suppose, any especial rea son for not wishing that candle lighted, and a search made?" Poor Ethel! She knew not what course to take now to regain his esteem. Cer tainly she could only falter, while a burning blurb mantled cheek and brow: "I had, but I cannot explain it." "Are you ashamed to tell die reason V "Not ashamed, doctor. Save for what I did under compulsion In the tower, I fcave no cause for ahanW "Then you certainly are a very dif BY EMILY THORNTON Author of " Roy Russell's Rule," "The Fashionable Mother," Etc ferent person from, the one I took you to be," was the cold reply. "Miss Nev ergail, allow me to tell yon that a more infamous crime was never committed than the one you, an innocent appearin, young girl, aided and abetted by your help while m that sin-stained house. "Doctor Elfenstein!" exclaimed Ethel, rising to her feet, surprise and horror blending together on each of her beauti- ful features, and wonder and dismay settling in her large hazel eyes; "what is this you are saying to me? If I un derstand aright, you are accusing me of being an accessory to some dark crime Speak! Did I understand you to mean this?" "You surely did." "Then, sir," returned the Indignant girl, drawing up her slight figure to its full height, while a queenly dignity reigned in each motion, even though ev ery particle , of color left both cheek and lip, 'then, sir, all I shall say in reply Is that you accuse me falsely, and in do ing so you cease to be my friend!" "But, Miss Nevergail, reflect one mo ment. Mad I not been your friend snoum wisn no explanation. I am your friend, while I desire to be sure of your innocence. You say, and I rejoice to hear you affirm It, that you are guiltless, Will you not relieve my mind of these doubts by telling me frankly the nature of your occupation while at the hall?" Clasping her hands together in anguish the poor girl only answered: "Would that I might, but I cannot!" "Then, Miss Nevergail. I shall be obliged to tell you that all has been dis covered, and that your horrible secret is known. "O, thank heaven! Can it be possible! Please go on, for I am anxious to hear all you know, but dare not utter one word! exclaimed Ethel. You must learn then, that your night ly work was to carry food to a certain concealed room, place it upon revolving shelves, and ' "Doctor, you do indeed know all: then now am I free to speak, as no secret will be revealed by me? Those shelves were knocked over, and the ape escaped that night. It was his dreadful howl that so frightened us. Tell me, has the animal been recaptured, and returned to the owner?" Ape? Owner?" queried the doctor, surprise illuminating each one of his speaking features. "What can you mean t "Yes; Sir Reginald said it was a kind never before seen of that species. He was keeping it concealed, until the owner returned with other extraordinary curios lties, he was abroad collecting. When he did return, all were to be exhibited. The fact that he kept its existence a se cret, and made me take a solemn oath never to reveal it, was certainly no crime. It was absurd, and the absurd ity sprang from a love of money, but in consenting to preserve the creature's life by giving him food, during his lord ship's illnese, I did it only because he was nervous, and seemed to worry so much over its helplessness. I saw noth ing wrong in it, and as it was not sinful, I am not ashamed of it." ' While she thus spoke, a change, in deed, came over her listener. Surprise gave place to hope, hope to joy, and as the last words were uttered, the doctor had risen and clasped both her hands in his, while he exclaimed: "I see it all now! I have been rash, harsh and cruel in my judgment, and scarcely dare ask you to forgive me. But I must be forgiven, or I can never rest." "You are forgiven. But let me hear how this animal was discovered, and also how he looks ? As I fed him so long, and he frightened me so terribly, I should be one of the first to know." "You shall hear the whole story at once. Come to the sofa, dear Ethel, and let me hold your hand in token of peace, being fully established between us. First, then, let me say you were deceived. The man calling himself Sir Reginald Glen denning concocted an infamous lie for your benefit, when he told you that an animal was concealed in that room. It was no ape, but his own poor brother. Sir Arthur, whom for twenty-five years he held chained to the floor alone, dead to the world, in that horrible prison." "Oh, doctor, doctor! can this be true?" exclaimed the poor girl, shuddering deep ly at his words. "Did I indeed push that wretched food to a human, being? It is too terrible to believe! I cannot endure the thought!" "You did; but be calm, for heaven ordered it to be so. Remember that, and that through you he obtained a knife, which aided him at last to escape." "Never can I forget the anxiety I felt, after committing what I then thought a terrible blunder. I feared the ape would kill himself. When he escaped that night I knew after a few minutes that it was the supposed animal, and fearing the discovery of its existence through my means, I prevented you from examining the place. I had taken a solemn vow never to reveal his being in life, neither the fact of a concealed room." Ethel then went over her whole expe rience while at the hall, to which Earle listened with intense interest, ending with Sir Reginald's rough usage when she was dismissed, to which he also listened with fierce indignation. When Dr. Elfenstein, in return, told his listener that Rev. Edwin C. Stiles and Sir Arthur were one, her amaze ment knew no bounds, and with breath less interest she listened to the whole tragic story. "What has been done with the body?" "It was taken to Glendenning Hall this morning, where it lies in state. The -servants all returned, and I have loaned Mrs. Clum to the place until I come back from America, aa while absent my cot tage will be closed." "Are you going to leave us, doctor?" murmured hla companion, in dismay, aa aha heard these words, and ha felt the hand he still held tremble and grow cold la his clasp- "I most, for a vary abort time, X atone know the whereabouts of the younger brother Fitzroy, who was so many years regarded aa the murderer. This gentle man sent me here to clear his name from this foul calumny. To-day I see it un stained, and as he is now the baronet, and a great invalid, I go to bring him back in triumph to his home. Poor gen tleman! his days are numbered; but with care and attention I feel t(hat he can reach the home of -his boyhood in safe ty; but there must be no delay. A vessel leaves Liverpool to-morrow, and in it I must take passage, if possible, in order, as a medical man, to look after his health in this, to him, eventful voyage." "Yes, now," resumed Earle Elfenstein; "I have fulfilled my trust, and can carry to him the most blessed news the poor man could hear in this world. Ethel let me call you Ethel this once I, too, know what it is to take a solemn vow, for I took one at the bedside of Mr. Rappelye, the name assumed by my em ployer, to this effect: I would dedicate myself to this cause, and in order to do this, I would allow nothing to interfere with this, my work. Even at the outset I had a temptation to swerve from this promise set before me. It was on the ocean when I saw a sweet, young girl alone, with a great sorrow and anxiety, Oh! how I longed to take this young trav eler into my arms and bid her rest in .my care, my love. Now I am free to yield to that blessed feeling, and I thus joyfully avow it, and ask if it meets a return. Speak to me, dearest," he added, as he passed his arm around her slight form and drew her tenderly towards him; is this dear girl to be my darling my own sweet wife? For one moment the bowed head rested on his shoulder, then as he met no resist ance it was raised, and kiss after kiss was pressed upon the-ripe, red lips that murmured softly: "Yes; your darling; yours forever and eTer." (To be continued.) PIANOS IN GERMANY. Knormons Product of Floe Instru ment at Half the America Price. E. L. Harris, United States commer cial agent at Eibenstock, Germany, has lately transmitted to the State De partment In Washington, some inter esting information on the subject of the piano industry in Germany. Among other things he says: "The manufacture of pianos in Ger many has reached a state of perfection attained by no other nation. Admitting that in other countries particular firms produce instruments which in every re spect are equal to the best German make, it Is claimed that as an indus try, considering the number of facto ries and the high exports to nearly every country in the world, the man ufacturers of this empire are a long distance in advance of all their rivals. In spite of the enormous sale of pianos every year within the limits of the empire, the manufacturers are depend ent upon the markets of foreign coun tries for the sale of fully one-half of the number produced. The success of the German piano Is due to the fact that they are cheap, comparatively speaking. Two hundred and fifty dol lars will buy a very fine piano in this country. The construction is always apace with the latest art designs, spe cial attention being paid to the wood work; they not only present ah ele gant appearance, but are solid and durable." With this Introduction Mr. Harris goes on to state that mere are 4do piano factories in Germany, which manufacture 80,000 instruments an nually. Of this number 140 are lo cated in Berlin, 27 in Stuttgart, 21 in Dresden, 10 in Leipzig, 15 in Ham burg, 10 in Leignitz, 9 in Zeitz, and the remaining 197 in Munich, Halle, and Brunswick. In the past 20 years the export of pianos from Germany has increased from $1,900,000 to $6, 110,000 annually. Great Britain is at present Germany's best customer, buy ing 40 per cent of the total exports, although prior to 1890 the Argentine Republic, which now ranks second, was the best market for German pianos, Belgium ranks next after Great Brit ain and Argentine, and then comes Australia, which takes $1,000,000 worth of German pianos annually. Russia $1,000,000 worth and Holland $1,000,000; Brazil, Norway, Sweden, South Africa and Chile coming next in order. Mr. Harris also tells us that Germany is a large manufacturer of stringed- instruments, the chief facto ries being located in the towns of Marknenkirchen, Klingenthal, Mitten wald, and Johanngeorgenstadt. The first named town sold $6S4,000 worth of violins, mandolins, etc.. to the United States last year. 'The manufacturer of the different parts of stringed instruments," he states, "is carried on chiefly in the worker's own home." Hero Wnliout Honor. An anecdote about Gen. Miles con cerns an innocent professional. It was in an up-town hotel. A number of men were gathered around listening to the speaker, a slender and rather magnetic man. Yes," he was saying, "I was in the midst of it at Santiago!" "Were the Spaniards good fighters?" "Rather. But I took five or them unaided officers, too in Cuba, and two more in Porto Rico." May I ask who you are?" inquired the general. "Yes, indeed. I'm Mr. Clinedinst, the photographer, from Washington, and I took you, too, in Porto Rico." Philadelphia Ledger. Cotton in Rhodesia. It has been found, through extended experiments, that Rhodesia can pro duce first-class cotton, which will com mand the highest price In Liverpool. Church of Notre Dame. The Cathedral of Notre Dame In Paris is now lighted by electricity. As men grow wealthy they begin to Inquire Into their ancestry. Every man who took part in and in fhe lull which preceded peering over their earthworks THE SORROWING MOTHER. Last night I dreamed he came to me; I held him close and wept and said: "My little child, where have you been? I was afraid that you were dead." Then I awoke; it almost seemed As though my arms could feel him yet. I had been sobbing in my sleep; My tears had made the pillows wet. I cannot think of him at all As the bright angel he must be, But only as my little child Who may be needing me. Do not make him grow too wise. Angels ye who know; I am dull and slow to learn. Toiling here below. Do not fill his heart too full With your heavenly joy. Lest the mother's place be. lost With her little boy. Those may dare to doubt who have Their loved ones here below; For me, I do not now believe, I do not hope I know. Katharine Pyle in Harper's Bazar. A Little Palmistry HAT is your particular line of robbery?" he asked as he ap proached her small, canopied table at the charity bazaar. "Palmistry," she returned smilingly. Shall I read your hand? It costs half a crown." I'm afraid you might discover my true inwardness. Let me read yours, I'll pay you just the same." "Very well," she said readily. He sat down opposite her at the little ta ble and she placed her hand on the small velvet cushion. "A dark gentleman loves you," he began promptly. "Which one?" she inquired demure ly. "Several. They are all villains Avoid them." "Thanks. That is very important. What else?" "A blonde gentleman also loves you He is about my height and color." "I shouldn't call you a blonde, ex actly." "Well. then. I sbouldn t call him a blonde, exactly." "Is he a villain, too?" "Not at all. You -will be very happy if you marry him." "He hasn't asked me," she said. "No; but he's going to." She studied her own hand. "I see him," she cried. "How wise you are! He is now'far from here." "He isn't!" indignantly. "He is very near." "Oh, then it can't be the same one." "The one I mean is the one you should marry," he said. "Oh, yes, now I see the one you mean," she said. "There, on that cross line. But he is very attentive to a short, blue-eyed lady." "Not at all. She's only a " "Sister to him?" "No; not even that Just a calling acquaintance." "But he calls her by her first name." "That s what I meant by a calling acquaintance. But how do you Know he does?" "I've heard him," she said with posl- tiveness. , "I thought this was palmistry?" "Oh, so it is. Well, I find it in the line under this finger." Well, they're old friends, you see." But you said she was only a call ing acquaintance. I was looking at the wrong line, he said hastily. "Let's go on. "This not exactly blonde gentleman Is going to be very wealthy. He will give you every luxury." How about all the dark gentle men?" she Inquired. "Some of them are wealthy already." "They will lose It all last winter yon were quite ill." "You' know tnat, anyway," sne re marked. "X am judging by a small break In AFTER THE THIRD ATTACK ON NANSHAN HILL the third attack on Nanshan Hill tell before the Russian fire? the advance of the next Japanese at the scene of awful stillness the life line. The not-exactly-blonde gentleman sent you flowers." "Yes. It was very kind of him. So did the dark gentlemen." "Theirs meant nothing." "What did his mean?" she quieried. "Undying devotion." "How nice! That must be the blonde gentleman who is so far away." "It Isn't either! It is the one who is very near." "You seem to read a good deal about other people In my hand," she ob served. "Maybe I wasn't looking at it as al together your hand," she said au daciously. "Whose would it be, pray?" "Suppose we call it mine. One ought to be able to read one's own hand pretty well, you know." She withdrew her hand. "It's possible that you read more In it than I do," she said. "In my hand?" "In mine." "Is it the same thing?" he begged. "How about the blue-eyed lady's hand?" "She can give it to one of the dark gentlemen." "Well, that might be good arrange ment. But as to giving mine to the blonde gentleman " "Yes?" eagerly. "That," she said mischievously, as she arose, "isn't a question of palmis try. Besides, you've had your money's worth already. Here comes one of the dark gentlemen." Home Monthly. RIVER MONSTER IN AFRICA. Amphibious Animal Is Between an Elephant and Hippopotamus in Size. If Sir Harry Johnston had not re cently returned from Uganda with the first skins of the okapi there would be more reason for receiving with incred ulity the story of a French traveler, says M. Trilles, writing from Njole, that while exploring the northern Con go three years ago he heard from the natives of "an enormous amphibious animal something between the ele phant and the hippopotamus in size, and in nature very ferocious toward man.' 'Unbelieving, he paid little at tention to what had been told him. "However, later, when in the neigh borhoodTf Djali, near the Great falls. the accounts were given with more de tail. The animal in question, or at least one of its species, lived near the source of the Mourk; it lay in wait for the canoes, upset them, and in prefer ence attacked the women and children. Twice the natives fetched me to see it as it slept on the sandbank. But on each occasion it had disappeared when I got there. "On returning from my travels I asked many questions about this ani mal, but it was unknown. On the coast I never heard it spoken of. But since my arrival here I have had re peated descriptions of it. The people of the upper Ogue give it the name of the nzemedzin (the water tiger). Ser geant Sans of the Njole tirailleurs shot one recently at less than twenty me ters, but, unfortunately, the wounded animal escaped him. "The people here make out that the nzemedzin is smaller than the descrip tion given by those of the interior. Its color is a light tawny gray, dotted with black spots; the hair rough, in stead of smooth, as in the otter; the tail long and powerful, the paws short and webbed and fitted with very sharp nails six or eight centimeters in length. The nail is horny, as In the tiger. The animal only lives near wa terfalls and is carniverous. It snatch es women and children as they bathe and defies even the crocodile." ATHLETIC GAMES IN SYRIA. Customs of the Orientals Undergoing Gradual Transformation. Oriental peoples are very averse to physical exercise of any kind, says the World To-Day. Their Idea of enjoy ment is to sit under an awning and play backgammon. That a man should go out and run around a track in shameless nakedness and this with a hope of gain, only confirms them in the belief that all Americana are mad. But they are imitative people, and years ago the Influence and example of the line, the Russians could be seen London Illustrated News. younger teachers got a few of the pre paratory boys out for footraces. That day, for Beirut at least, the death blow was struck to the picturesque dress of the Orient. You can't run a 100-yard dash with long, baggy drawers and a silk gumbez that flops around your ankles. Even if you "gird up the loins," by tucking your skirts Into the sash, the effect Is more startling than speedy. So, one by one, the students ordered trousers from the city tailors. At first they were poorly cut and viewed with suspicion; but to-day there are not three men In the col legiate department who wear the old costume, and many of the students dress with taste and an elegance that their professors cannot afford to emu late. Tennis and basketball soon won their place In the students' favor; and now we have gymnastic apparatus and a regular graduated athletic director, who has learned physical culture and boy nature through a long experience In the gymnasiums of America. But it was football that did the most to ward unification. The value of team work is a new idea to eastern college men. The old ideal was that of "every man for himself." It has been so since the time of Alclbiades and Absa lom. If it had not been so the history of the world might have been different. It was comparatively easy to see the joy of winning a footrace or a tennis match ; but to play an untheatrical part in a football game, obeying a captain and working for the good of the side, that was a very different thing. We always play the "association" game, and it used to be the ideal of every player to get the ball and carry it down the field all by himself, while the audience cheered "Bravo, Jurjy!" So we arranged matches with the crews of visiting British frigates, and from sad experience our boys learned the value of back plays and frequent pass es, and began to see dimly the truth that good football Is played, not with the legs or the mouth, but with the head, and that hard "teamwork is far better than grandstand plays. That lesson may change the map of Asia some day. The Advantage of Being 111. One of the greatest difficulties in life is illness when the hands are full of work, and of business requiring atten tion. In many cases the strain and anxiety, which causes resistance to the illness, Is even more severe, and makes more trouble than the illness itself. Suppose, for instance, that a man Is taken down with the measles, when he feels that he ought to be at his office, and that his absence may result in se rious loss to himself and ouiers. If he begins by letting go, in his body and In his mind, and realizing that the ill ness is beyond his own power, it will soon occur to him that he might as well turn his Illness to account by get ting a good rest out of It In this frame of mind his chances of early re covery will be increased, and he may even get up from .his illness with so much new life and with his mind so much refreshed as to make up, in part, for his temporary absence from, busi ness. But, on the other hand, if he resists, worries, complains and gets Ir ritable, he irritates his nervous system and, by so doing, is likely to bring on any one of the disagreeable troubles known to follow measles; and thus he may keep himself housed for weeks. perhaps months, Instead of days. Les lie's Monthly. Confidential. Little Willie Say, pa, what Is a re mote period? Pa A remote period, my son, Is the period due at the end of your mother's remarks. Remember, however, I am giving you this explanation in strict confidence. In an Assured Position. Mrs. Cobwigger So your husband thinks his position In society Is now) secure? Mrs. Newrich Yes. He Is so core about It that he has stopped hiring a dress suit and Is having one made to order. Judge. He who serves his friends Is a buax man.
