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is Heart's Desire
By SIR WALTER DESANT
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chaptf.k XXV.
Tli wedding hells rang out a merrily
for Mary as if she was giving her hand
to an earl instead of a mined farmer;
joyfully as if the whole of her life
was planned for ease n nl lainess in
stead of hard work: as happily a if for
tune had poured into her lap all that
the earth can give or the heart can de
sire. The bells ran out over the whole
great parish. They were echoed along
the black precipice of Lustleigh Cleeve,
mid were lost in the wood of Latchell.
They beat Into the ears of the lonely old
man who sat in his parlor at Gratnor.
1 is papers before him. trying to persuade
himself that he was happy at Inst, for
be had what the Psalmist prayed for
his heart's desire. He had loused ardent
ly for the lands of Sidcote. He had that
land now within his grasp: the place in a
few weeks or months would be his; and
nbt only that, but five-sixths of Mary's
fortune as well. He ought to have been
a happy man.
Mary had left him for three weeks
only; already he had found the differ
ence between hired service aud the ser
rlee of love. Every day. and all day
long, he had turned to Mary for every
thing, and never found her wanting.
Now nothing was right not even the
position of his chair and table, or the
arrangement of his cushions, or the
comfort of his meals; and nothing would
would ever be right again. Perhaps it
would have been better if he had given
his consent, and suffered George to re
deem his land, and so kept Mary.
"Uncle" it was lavid who came in
lowly, aud sat down with deliberation
"the wedding is over. I have Just
come from the church. There was a
rare show of people most as many as
on a Sunday morning."
"Are they married?"
"Yes, they are married. I wouldn't
make quite sure till I saw It with my
own eyes. Married without your con
sent, aren't they?"
"Certainly. Tiiey have married with
out my consent."
"Then, Uncle Daniel, since they are
married without your consent. I'll trouble
you for six thousand pounds my aunt's
legacy of six thousand pounds with
compound interest for six years at five
per ceut. It amounts to 7,'J."7 13s l)d.
I hare been to a lawyer at Newton-Abbot
en A he calculated it for me. You
lent me, two days ago, a thousand
pounds, which I take on account of the
legacy, because you knew then that the
bans were up and the wedding fixed. The
balance you will pay over at once. Other
wise my lawyer will bring an action
against you. Halloo! uncle, what's the
matter?"'
"You took a thousand down, David,
In full discharge. It was an arrange
ment. I owe you nothing."
"Uncle, you are a man of business, I
believe. What arrangement do you
mean?"
"You told George In this room that
there was such an arrangement. Y'ou
set him agaimit me with telling him that,
David."
"Where is the arrangement? V here
are your papers?"
"David! David!" He fell back In his
chair. He had fainted.
David went to the sideboard and got
some medicine. When his uncle recov
ered he gave him a few drops.
"Y'ou fire simpler than I thought, uu
cle," he said. "Did you really believe
that I was going to give up this fortune,
and to you to you, of all men in the
world when I knew all along that they
would marry without your consent?"
"David, you are a demon!"
"I am what you made me."
"David! David!" he moaned and wrung
Lis hands, "tell me you are Joking."
"Not I! See now, uncle, I am going
war. I shall sell you the rest of your
coupons, and I shall go away; but be-J
fore I go I will have that money out or
you, to the last farthing. It is not for
myself, though; it Is for M f. You
thought to cheat her out of her fortune,
and to keep it to yourself; well, you are
wrong. You shall pay far more to me
than you would have paid to her, and she
khall have it all."
"You are killing me oh! villain! vil
lain!" "The villain is the man who lays his
plans to rob and plunder the helpless."
"Kill me at once!" said the old man;
"kill me and have done with me!"
"Kill you? Not I; killing would be
foolish with such a chance as I've got
now for revenge! As for villain who
robbed me of my land? You! When I
went away, who refused me the small
sum I wfliited to start me in Canada?
Y'ou! When I came home, who offered
me the wages of a laborer? You! Vil
lain? You dare to call any man a vil
lain!" David bent over the old man's
chair with flcmlng eyes and purple
cheeks, his bands held back lest Le should
be tempted to kill him. There was the
tame fury in his look as when; six years
before, he stood before him with uprais
ed cudgel on the moor. And when be
had said all he had to say for this was
not all, only the rest was incoherent with
spluttering! and oaths he rushed from
the room, as If he could not bear even
to be In his uncle's company.
And then the old man was left alone
again. The wedding bells were silent,
and conscience left him alone to his own
reflections. When the new housekeeper
brought In the dinner he did not dare,
as he would have done In Mary's time,
to lay upon ber the burden of his own
misery and bitterness. Blie was a fine
large woman, who knew what was due to
herself, and Mr. Leighan had to treat
her with respect
"Now, sir," she said, "sit up and eat
your dinner." It is thus that they ad
dress the paupers. Mary, he remember
ed daily, had been wont to carve for
him. to ask him what he would take,
and where he liked it cut. Now he was
told to sit up aud eat his dinner. He
i.oticed these little things more than
usual, because when a man has received
a henry blow bis mini, for tome my
terlous reason, begins to notice the small
est trifles.
He obeyed, and ate his dinner, which
was half cold. And presently, partly
lecauso his mind was so troubled, partly
from habit, he fell asleep ns usual.
CHAPTF.U XXVI.
There was no wedding breakfast at
Sidcote, or any festivities at all not
even a wedding cake. George drove his
brida and his mother home after the
service, and presently they had dinner
together, and George kisst., his wife,
and his mother cried, so that there was
little outward show of rejoicing. Ye;
they all three rejoiced in the:r hearts,
rud felt stronger and more hopeful, just
because they could now stand together.
In the afternoon Mary asked George to
go out with her.
"I n.ust go and see my uncle." she
said. "I cannot bear to think of him
alone. Let us ask him to keep his money,
but to let us part friends."
They walked hand in hand across the
stubble fields, and through the lanes,
where the blackberry leaves were putting
on their autumn tints of red and gold,
and the berries of the hedge w-re all ripe
and red the purple honeysuckle, the
I ink yewberry, the blackberry, rowan,
hip and haw to Gratnor.
"Strange, George, that we shall go
away, and never see the dear old place
again!" said Mary, with a sigh. "Let
us go as soon as we can. so as to leave
it before the trees are stripped, and
while the sun still lies warm upon the
hills."
In the parlor Mr. Leighan was still
sleeping, though it w-as past his waking
time. Mary touched George by the
hand, and they sat down behind him in
the window aud waited. They waited
for a quarter of an hour. Then they
heard a step outside.
"It Is David," George whispered. "He
will rouse his uncle. Is he come already
to ask for his fortune. I wonder?"
Just then Mr. Leighan awoke, perhaps
disturbed by David's heavy step, anil he
awoke just as he had done twice before
namely, suddenly and w-ith a startled
shriek of terror. Just as he had done
twice before he sat up in his chair, with
horror and fright In his eyes, glaring
wildly about the room.
Mary, accustomed to witness this
nightmare, looked to see the terror
change Into bewilderment. But It did
not.
For awhile his mind was full of hif
dream; while he yet remembered th
place, the time, and the man. and before
the vision had time to fade and disap
pear, the very man himself of whom he
had dreamed stood before him at the
open door. Then he nj longer forgot;
his dream became a memory; he was
riding across Heytree Down in the even
ing; and he was met by his nephew with
cudgel, and the nephew cried out.
Who robbed me of my land?" and
struck him across the temples so that he
fell.
Murderer! Uobber!" he cried. "Help!
help! I am murdered and robbed!"
And then, lo! a miracle. For the par
alytic, who had had no power In his legs
for six long years, sprang to his feet and
stood with outstretched arms, crying for
help to seize the murderer. And David
stood before him with such a look of
hatred and revenge as lie wore on that
night, and In his trembling right hand
the cudgel ready to uplift and to strike.
It was over in a moment, for the old
man fell helpless and houseless upon the
floor, though Darid did not strike. The
skull cap was knocked off by the fall,
and exposed the angry red scar of the
old wound. He lay upon his back, his
arms extended In the fashion of a cross.
as he bad fallen upon Heytree Down;
and as he lay there, so he lay here
with parted lips, streaming hair, and eyes
wide open, which saw nothing though
they gazed reproachfully upon his mur
derer. Then for a space no one spoke;
but Darid bent orer his uncle, breathing
bard, and George and Mary looked on
wondering and awe-stricken.
"A second time, Darid?"
Darid started, and turned. It was his
German protector, Baron Rergius ron
Holstein, and the tall figure of the baron
stood in the door, accompanied by my
self. But on this occasion I counted for
nothing.
"A second time, David?"
David gasped, but mane no reply.
"You came home, DarM," said the
baron, "to gire yourself in charge for
murdering and robbing your uncle. You
struck him over the head with your
cudgel, so that he fell dead at your feet.
You robbed him of a box of papers and
M HM. - . 1 - t .
a bag 01 money, ine luougni or lie
crime gave you no rest by day, aud at
night the ghost of your uncle came to
yonr bedside and ordered you to go home
and gire yourself up. You came home.
Your uncle was not dead. Hare you con
fessed the crime V
Darid made no reply.
"Hare you restored the papers?"
Again he made no reply.
"This Is your uncle; he looks as If
you had killed him a second time. Mad
ame" he addressed Mary "I am sorry
to speak of such things In the presence of
a lady, but 1 hare In my pocket the con
fession of Darid Leighan."
"He was not killed, after all," said
David. "What matters the confession?"
''Hut he was robbed. Where are the
papers?"
"Here they are all that are left," I
observed that he had a big book of some
kind under his arm; he laid this on th.t
table. "There are his papers. Now
what's the odds of a confession or two?"
"Is this man's presence desired by his
uncle?" the baron asked.
"No," said Mary. "He comes every
morning aud drives him nearly mad. II
had some power over him I know nol
what. He has made my uncle's life mis
eralilu for three months."
"My duty seems plain," said the baron
"I shall go to the nearest police stutior
and deposit this confession. They will,
I suppose, arrest you, Duvld. You can
wwiHtumMwrttwmmmtwtimmmiHimHiwmiiwi
not, I fear, be banged, but you will be
shut up In prison for a very long time.
The wise man, David, Hies from dangers
against which he can no longer struggle.
The door is open." He stood aside. "Kly,
David! let fear add wings. The police
will be upon you this night If you are
still In the village! Fly, David! even if
It Is once more to face the ghost of your
murdered uncle! Better a hundred ghosts
than ten years of penal servitude. Fly,
David! fly!"
David has not since been heard of;
and the question whether Mary's fortune
was forfeited by her marriage has not
been raised. Nor' can it be raised now.
For Mr. Leighan remained senseless for
three days the same period as that
which followed the assault upon him.
And when he came to his right mind, be
hold! it was another mind. He thinks
that the whole parish tif Challaootnlie be
longs to hiui all the f.irnis and cottages,
and even the church and the rectory. He
is perfectly happy in this belief, and is
constantly planning inipr emeuts and
good works of all kinds. He exists only
to do good. He Iim-s with George and
Mary, and enjoys not only good health,
but also nu excellent temper. He always
bus a bag of money mi the table, the
handling and music nf which give him
the most exquisite pleasure; and in the
drawing up of imaginary mortgages,
signing vast checks, mi I watching his
imaginary property grow more mid more,
l.e pavscs a happy ami contented old age.
His affairs ire managed by George, and
Mary is his heiress. So that for the
present generation, nt least, there will
be no more talk of going to Tasmania.
(The end. I
a r:ck that blooms
One of the Rurrst und Strsnucit of
Flowering I'lontx.
A botanlcnl novelty is being Intro
duced In Washington under the name
of "The Living Kock." It Is exploit
ed as the wonder of wonders In tho
plaut kingdom, nature's living picture
of iutrlcnte curved stone work, und Its
appearance does not belle these strik
ing encomiums. It resembles, Indivd,
nothing so much us those curved con
glomerations of different colored
stones to be seen In most collection
of minerals. It Is claimed, snys the
Washington Tost, that this strange,
plant will live and bloom for years
without being planted or watered. It
Is culled by the Indians "The Star
Kock" nnd "Dry Whisky. ' the latter j
name being bestowed upon It from tho I
fact that, when chewed. It produces
more or less Intoxication.
"This r;ire nud marvelous plant,"
said the dealer, "Is found on the top
of arid, Uirren, rocky limestone moun
tains, at great altitudes. In Mexico,
where It Is too hot and dry In tho
summer for other vegetation niul too
cold In the winter for even hiiIuimI life.
It will live and thrive In nil extremes
of temperature and does well In a
northern climate when all the native
plants perish from the cold.
"It retains sufficient moisture and
substance to furnish a bloom for year
without being planted or watered, and
will bloom in a trunk, a room or wher
ever It may be.
"The name, 'Living Hock,' has been
glveu It because of Its unique hardi
ness; scarcely any kind of neglect or
bad treatment will Injure the plant,
unless It bb too much xvater; at Its
home rain does not fall, sometimes for,
years. It blooms In September and
October, and has a very beautiful vari
egated flower, Imbedded In a white.
silky wool aureole. Tne lower part of
the plant Is top-shaped, and the upper
part scarcely projects from the ground.
and Is from two to four Inches la
diameter when growing wini, but un
der cultivation It is double that size.
The plant Is very scarce and extremely
difficult to find."
Htory of "Dean'i" KiudneM.
At the Drexel Institute one recent
afternoon a group of people recalled a
very charming Incident In whhh the
recently deceased actor, Joe Jefferson,
acted a kindly part a few years ago,
says the Philadelphia Keeord.
President McAllster had Introduced
Mr. Jefferson, who had made his ad
dress to the students, and was about
to leave, when the doctor told hi in how
delighted a certain art student would
be If she could meet him. This girl
was brought every day In her roller
chair and had been a shut in up to
that time.
The veteran actor was delighted.
So was the girl.
He talked, and talked well, and she
listened.
In the course of the conversation he
learned that not only had she never
seen him net, but that she never had
been to a theater, and didn't think it
possible to go.
That was enough for Joe Jefferson.
It was arranged In less time than It
takes to tell It to have her brought to
the stage door ten minutes before the
raising of the curtain that evening.
When she was brought to that door,
around which clings so much mystery,
she was met by "Kip" himself in his
quaint make-up. Just as he has been
received thousands of tlineg by ap
plauding audiences.
Throughout the performance the girl
in her roller chair remained a charmed
listener at one side of the stage.
Joubtful.
"Mv noor man," said Mrs. Me-
Bride to the wayfarer at her door,
"here are the biscuits that I Just
baked. You have my hearty sym-
imthv."
"Hefora I eat the biscuits, ma'am."
responded the traveler, "may I ask If
It Is because 1 am about to eat em
that you sympathize with me or
tow?" Cleveland Leader.
Good breeding consists In having no
particular mark of any profession, but
a general elegance of manners. John
son. -
lie courteous, but not to the extent
of surreud irlng principles.
Tmmmmm
Hum WliidittLl Tower.
A heavy steel tower mid wlndml.l
built on n burn frame makes n consid
erable weight for the limbers to bear.
It Is well to have the lower ho thor
oughly braced us to be perfectly rigid,
these twisted wire rabies inn be used
for guys to run from the top "f lm'
tower to heavy anchor posts set do.'p
iy in the ground. These guys will keep
the lower rigidly In position it ml pre
etit any strain on the burn flame In
n violent windstorm.
The sketch nnd the following de
scription will fully explain:
Two of the tower orner posts (11
rest on the main cross beam. The othiv
two tl' rest umii tie purlin, shown
at C. The vertical shaft runs down
WIMiUII.I. TOWKll O.N 1HK II A UK.
alongside the purlin to I lie beiiui nt A.
The bevel foot gear Is located here, and
this runs the horizontal shaft.
The vertical shaft Is of cold rolled
spring steel, one Inch In diameter. Th
line shafting Is of the same material,
one and one half liii lies In diameter,
and -runs through three adjustable
hangers. Wood spilt pulleys of proper
diameter anil face are adjusted on the
shafting to run the machinery below.
Shafting, pulleys and belting are per
fectly adjusted, so that there Is the
least possible friction. This Is essen
tial, and causes troii'de In many en'
unless corrected by nn expert machin
ist. The Illustration shows how the ele
vated grain runs down Into the grinder
hopper (B and the ground feed Into
the bins below. The elevator (I) may
be uael either to till bags on the plat
form (II) or to carry ground feed to
the bin below.
Satisfactory Truck Crop.
Growing sweet corn for canning
purposes In the vicinity of Ashvllle.
In Pickaway County, Ohio, has be
come a very Important Industry. A
few years ago theso rich river lKt
toms were devoted largely to general
field crops, but with the erection of
a large cannery conditions have large
ly changed In this section. Most
farmers now devote large areas to the
growing of sweet corn. For the can
nery last year about U.KO0 acres were
devoted to this crop for this one con
cern. Farmers are paid alxnit $S per
ton for the corn delivered. Stowell's
Kvergreen is grown extensively here.
The average yield ranges from three
to three nnd n half tons per acre. In
liMH the average was about four ton
per acre. Some farmers last season
averaged about Ave tons. American
Agriculture.
Corn Shock Tjrer.
Anv device to aid In tho work of
corn cutting Is worth considering. 1
have a home-made device for tying
corn shocks which I have used several
years satisfactorily. It consists or n
block of wood, A. 1MX'. Inches,
through which Is cut an oblong hole.
H. entered from square end of block-
by -lnch hole for insertion of rope.
Block hns tapered slot C, sawed In
other end. Knd of hole. B, Is round
and smooth next to tho (dot. Kope,
I. I), is V-lnch and as long as desired.
When rope Is around shock with end
passed through hole, B. the rounded
IT 4W"
COHS bllOLK TVtU.
end of hole serving as a pulley, shock
can be drawn tight aud rope pressed
snug In slot. C holds It till band Is on.
Chancy Avery, In Ohio Farmer.
Storing Walnut for Winter.
Remove the husks and rub the nut
thoroughly dry with a cloth. A number
of earthen Jars should bo requisitioned,
and the nuts packed In, a few burnt-
fuls of common salt being sprinkled
between the layers. Cover the tops
with a piece of slate aud store lu a
fairly damp cellar. Or they may be
placed in rows at the foot of a north
wall, and covered thickly with coal
ashes. Theso methods Involve trouble,
but nuts so treated remain sweet and
fresh for a long period. Inrge quan
titles may be stored In tubs, uslug
plenty of sand and salt, the tops cover
ed to exclude air.
Country Grain Weight.
Because of the lack of uniformity
la legal weights of the measured bush
el, farmers often full to get all that Is
due them in selling to country buyers.
For example, In soma Instances, a
shipper at country elevator will require
41 to :.' Hound of Inn-ley to tho bushel
In buying from the farmer, while
weighing out only 4 pounds to the
bushel In selling It til the Chicago
market. The same Is line of mils and
other cereals, of onion, et The differ
ence may not be much on a single
w agon load, but In the crops of a year
mean many dollars. Farmer should
understand what Is the legal weight
and refuse to deliver more In selling
to the local dealer. Exchange.
Wlml Aslira Are Worth.
Wood ashes iot only contain potash,
but serve to loosen stiff soils and cr
form valuable service us chemical re
ngent. This Is due lo the large pro
portion of lime contained In the iishe
nlsMit :i."i per cent -which Is t lie best
form In which It can be used. About
PJU pounds of potash Is tho propor
tion In a Ion of wood nsbes, while "(
pounds of lime accompanies It. Thes.
proportions may be more or less, ac
cording lo the kind of wood from
which the ashes are obtained. Ashes
lire worth only $d per ton, according
to the above proportions, so far as
the actual potash Is concerned, though
the lime and other substance con
tained possess value, the phosphoric
acid ranging from 'J to C per cent.
Autumn Hon Past u ir.
In some of the Northwestern States
and lu all the valley of the Western
mountain States It Is entirely practica
ble lo grow Held pens and to fatten
swluo upon them In the Held In which
they have been grown. Till method of
harvesting peas with swine I prac
ticable wherever Caniidii Held pea nre
grown, but In climate of much rain
fall In the autumn month the grazing
would be attended with considerable
loss, and on clay soil much Injury
would be done to the land. Moreover.
It would always be accompanied by
loss of the straw for f h mI, but where
other fodder Is plentiful thl l"
would be more than compensated by
the saving In labor effected by harvest
ing the crop In this way. Thomas
Shaw.
When I'rriiurliiK for Hcedlnu.
If a chul crusher Is uaM do not uare
It with a Oat crushing surface. Tho
one In the Illustration, with several
crushing edges. I much more effective,
says an American Agriculturist writer.
It Is made of two inch hard lumber
eight Inches wide and alioilt seven feet
long. The hoard are held In place by
tlireo strtns of Iron half an Inch thick
and three Inches wide bent Into
notches two Inches deep and six Inche
long, except the List one helium.
which I to be eight Inche long. Any
blacksmith can do this work. The
bonnl are bolted fast to the Iron
strips, with tho head underneath. As
the board are wider than the notches,
they will overlap two Inches. Two
piece of Iron, with ring lu the end,
are bolted to the front board three or
four feet apart for the purpose of
hitching with a chain. Comfort may
be added by attnchlng a seat from
some old machinery.
Indication of Laying.
The color of the "omb niHy Indb-ato
that hens or pullets i:re about to iay,
but so far as the aeveral breed are
concerned, and also In regard to the
size of the comb affecting the laying.
It Is not a fact, as bus been claimed,
that tho larger the comb tho better
layer the hen. Such belief grew out
of the fact that the comb always en
larges and becomes red on all hen
Just as they begin to lay. It happens
that some of the best laying breeds,
such as Mluorcus, Black Spanish and
Leghorns, naturally have large combs,
but the light Brahma has a small
comb, and It Is regarded as being f'llly
piiial to any other breed. The innili
simply Indicates heillh and condition
and does not Influence laying.
Ifi-Ilrccdliiu of Kiiw'i,
The ln-breedlng of fowls Is not so
much lu disrepute among fanciers as
It was. We have theories, but the re
sults of experiments nre not always
what we expect. The sumo seems to
be true with the result of In breeding
fowls. It Is a subject of which we do
not know so much us we thought wo
knew.
To Cure Collar Oall.
At night rub air-slaked lime on the
sore. The next morning apply axle
grease or sweet oil. For hardening
horses' shoulder nothing equals a
strong tea made by (deeping white onk
bark, being ciireful to peel tho bark
down to tho wood. Apply frequently,
say twice u day.
Active Hen Good Layer.'
The wedge shaped hen may be tho
layer, and she may not; that Is an open
question. But the hen that has a quick
movement, especially of the head from
side to'slde, and Is never content to
mope, Is certainly the business hen,
and may be relied on to give the de
sired egg.
Planting Tree.
In setting fruit trees be sure to ex
amine the roots, taking out all borers
and cutting off all parts affected with
the woolly aphis.
cmid ( in i urn.
Lsittlo Uconf
ira patriotism
Henry Knox, a Boston bookseller,
wa one of the most active of the
colonist In their opposition to F,ng-
laud that lerml
linted III the Itevo
liitlounry W n r .
After the battle
of Lexington and
Concord be hasten
ed to Join the Con
tinental A r m y ,
abandoning h 1 a
business and de
voting hi entire
thought to the lib
erty of his coun
try. lie fought gal
lantly lu tin' I mi 1 1 !
in.Nin kmx. of Hunker Hill.
When Washington Joined the nriny lot
pi mted Knox to the rank of col
oticl. In laying siege to the city
Washington found himself embiirrii
soil by the w ant of Nullb'leiit at I lllery,
anil Knox coiicched the Idea of o!t
tiilulng n supply from Lake Georgn
nml the Ciiiiadliin frontier. Knox set
out lit November on this hazardous en
terprise. By extraordinary elforts ho
was able to return III December, hav
ing succeeded In his mission. He
brought with Mm fifty fie cannon,
'.'tis pounds of lead and a barrel of
Hints.
Before the battle of Trenton. Knot
wa sent by Washington to cross the
I tela ware and march on the place.
Tills be did before the stream been inn
choked with Ice. Halting on the bank
of the stream, In the enemy's country,
while Washington it ml his army were
struggling amid the flouting be In the
darkness, he directed their ndvauoc to
a landing. He then pushed on Ms
gun through a blinding snowstorm
and wa oon In front of the lies
stalls.
I ST It ADA PAIM4., RfsjOMIN'ATID
I OK l'ltlS!l)IM Of ( LIU.
Kstrada Palms, who wa renom
inated by the moderate pnrty for the
presidency of the Hepubllc of Cuba,
ha been called "the Koosevelt of
Culm." President Pultun, though fast
approaching Ms seventieth year, die
not look bis age by ten year, and U
a active and progressive a he ever
was In hi life, which ha been de
voted to the cause of Cuban Independ
ence and development. In the Cuban
rebellion of IHiW he wa a general In
the republican army nnd later presi
dent of the provisional government.
He was cnptunsl and taken to Spain,
where hi estate were coiifleatod be
cause be persistently refused to swear
allegiance.
A lloyal Treaaure-Hue.
At MarlUirough House tho plate
room contain what I probably th.
most valuable collection of treasure
In any private house In England. The
room Is underground and lighted by
electricity, the wall being lined by
bookcase containing many rare rol
ume presented to King Kdward and
the Prince of Wales from time to time,
forming a valuable library. In big
Iron safe In the center of the room
I stored away, a wonderful collection
of gold and sliver plate, Including two
enormous sliver pilgrim bottles pre
sented by Alexander III. of Kussln to
King Kdward, and a priceless em
bossed gold shield, which was a pres
ent to the sovereign from a number
of Indian princes.
Rtenla ( look While Court Mat.
A Chinese carrying a bidder walked
Into one of the police courts In Singa
pore the other day. Kemovlng his hat,
he bowed with grace to the Judge on
the bench. Over tho hitter's seat waa
a valuable clock. This the Chinese
quietly removed, tucked It under one
arm and the ladder under the other,
bowed again to the magistrate and
withdrew. Some days elapsed and the
clock was not returned. It had beea
stolen while the court was sitting.
Not for Him.
Mrs. Newllwed It's just brutal of
you to cull It "this stuff." You mild
you'd be glad If I baked my own
bread and
Mr. Newllwed Yes, but I didn't soy
I wanted you to bake mine. Phila
delphia Press.
Ills Well-Known Garment.
Walter A thief has stolen your
overcoat, sir.
Customer Never mind. I'll get U
back. Every pawnbroker In town
knows my overcoat Pittsburg Dis
patch. Every day will ba Sunday by ttd
by; but you won't know It
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