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ed fsom tbe ceiling, and these ha no mods of teaching him. save by tboee ehslvsn _I get; yea ena sever even see him, or be area by Mm. When my frtond rw ta n a , and wants him. we will marrow l toe iroa shelves, and ee take him bencs. “ WU1 yoa stay new. as be n a c be seen ' to thto very tnght 7" naked Sir KaMni M ‘ after a pause. “You can tend tor year trunks when yea wtok. 1 will p a j yea twenty pounds a month.” “I will stay.” 'T h en pieeee ring tbe bell yoa see yon r r f m il t T n o f t * T o * der. as 1 most inform my w ife" The bell brought a footman, who took Author a4 “ B o y R u s s s l l ' s R r t i . " tbe desired roeeeage. and Lady Constance •‘ G l i !* i o v , m " T h F a s h o x a i l k M o t i i i , " E tc . soon appeared. “Mias Nevergail ia to remain. She ia te be my amanuensis, reader. w>i asms: you and the nurse generally, in my care. I wish the room next this prepared for ( Gleadeaalag e f Lady C C H A P T E R T IL her immediate uee.” W# will now reru n :o look • Bttla into distinctly heard a carriage atop before “Why tost oae? It will »ot be wise to *be door, and hie ewa coach man's voice pot her there.” tW v tifa r t of Mr*» S m r f t J *»4 ^ sorrowful dip ***, a ittr tWy had roato*d speaking te the homes. “Wise or not, there she goes, so have It the horn* of their roUtfre. Mr. C b ir n “She has; shall she be brought direct* In read mesa** Rofferm, in CherWe »treet, Liverpool, sod ly to your presence?” bidden the handsome yoanf physic so “ Yea; and see te it (hat no oae enters CH A PTER I X farewell, who had cared for them both his room until they are summoned, aa I In about an boar a servant maid en ee tenderly dorinf their paaaa*e acruee wish to see this girl alone. Do you beer? tered. to aay that tbe room was in readi- Alone! entirely alone!” replied the baro~ ness. Taking up her bonnet and wraps* the Atlantic. It need only he said, la reference to tbe young girl passed through the front Lady Constance withdrew, and very hall into the room adjoining, which she that farewell, that the tears rushed to the hazel eyes of Ethel aa she saw him •ooa reopened the door to usher in and found exceedingly beaocifnL It had evi disappear in the distance, and a treat present to her sick husband Ethel Never* dently always been exclusively a guest and lonely void seemed suddenly to hare gail. his sister's adopted niece, then in caamber, and so richly waa it furnished, dropped into her heart. stantly retired, c:*wmg :he door behind i that she guessed at once why Lady Con 8he knew not why she had taken such her. Very beautiful looked tbe young stance bad objected to im daily use. a deep in ereet in this grave and often girl aa she stood by the side of the bed. Aa soon aa the maid had withdrawn. p re-occupied stranger, hut from the first her heavy crape veil thrown back, re Ethel commenced an examination of the word of kind ocas he had spoken to her. vealing her sad. sweet face and large, implements Sir Reginald had mentioned. the first glance into hw eameec eyes, she pitying eyes. The boo be a se he had spoken of she knew had felt towards him as she had never “Oh. sir!” said she. after an eager. had been carried thither from the library done towards any person of the oppoeite yet half haughty greeting. “I grieve to for her use since her arrivaL The draw •ex before. see you se helpless! Have you just been er to which he had given her a key of a But now It wss all ever, he had gone, injured r peculiar shape was a secret one, found, and henceforward she can bat learn to do “ Yen; this morning I was thrown from without bins. For a day or so it had al my horse, and am to lie here help lees as he had whispered, behind the books, and remembering hia directions, she pro moot seemed aa impossibility, but with for months I sent for you then, in an the rapid failure of her aont's strength swer to a looter received a few moments ceeded to open it, after carefully locking her thoughts were forced into another before the accident from my sister, writ her door. There lay tbe three singularly shaped, channel, and her own lonely feelings had ten before her deeth. In that she asks to be pushed aside for the more moment me to give you a home for four months in large knives, with long, aharp^pointed hi a dee. there, also was a china candle ous and important one of their impend return for any service I may wish ren stick, with three or four dosen wax can tag separation. dered. I sent, because I need assist The third week was drawing to a doo* ance Immediately of a very peculiar na dles. Matches were in a large tin box. and the young girl had thrown herself ture. Are you willing to undertake it, ready for constant and instant use. Refastening the drawer, and replac upon her knees by the bedside of the at a fair salary T* ing the books, the young girl proceeded Invalid to catch the last words that she “Probably. I can tell better when I co the wardrobe on tbe oppoeite aide of had to speak in her ear. At her request, hear what the duties will be.” the room, and unlocking it, she aaw at •he had been left alone with her child, “ Before I tell you that. I wish you to the back a door bolted on her aide, which and now, with her hand in hers, she mur hand me the email Bible you see upon gave her an immediate feeling of se mured: that table.” “ E:hH. darling, I feel that I have bat With wondering eyes, Ethel handed curity. Softly drawing ths bolt, »he looked out • few hours more to be with you. as my him the book. into a small passage that led merely from strength la fast waning; but while I may. 'T h e duties to be performed are of a her own room to a similar door inaids I wish to tell you what I thought might purely confidential nature. No human be kept from your ears until your twen being must know what I tell you. Wife, a wardrobe she had seen In the baronet’s. These two rooms communicated with ty-first birthday; but aa I shall not be nephew, niece, man servant, nor maid with yoa then. I must Impart to you cow ¿errant must ever know that you do more this little passageway from the inhab ited part of the bouse, and these alone. an important recret. and give into your than read to and amuse me. write my let charge some documents not to be opened ters and attend to my daily business af Directly opposite her door was a smaller until that day. My dear, will you cake fairs. The true duties will be perform one, which fits at once knew must lead these papers, and promwe me that you ed in half an hour each evening, alone. to the Haunted Tower, and deserted will not break their seal until that time Will you swear on this book to keep my rooms, belonging to this singular old mansion. arrives 7*’ se c re tr Retreating to her own apartment **f will, dearest aunt; rest assured I “I will swear, if you will asm re me through the wardrobe. Ethel bathed her will do exactly as you wish.** that these duties can be done with a pure face and hands, smoothed her hair, and “The papers I apeak of. then, are In my trunk, inside a small wallet. Take conscience, and that they are perfectly once more turned towards the room of proper for me to do.** the invalid. charge of them immediately, and be sure “ I assure you you can do them with At the threshold, however, she met old te aottend to them at the time I mention. Now. I must tell you a fact that 1 have perfect propriety. Will you take the Mrs. Fredon. the nurse, who had been in oath?” the family for years, who whispered that withheld from your knowledge for the “1 will.” came from the lips of the ths baronet had fallen asleep, therefore, bevt of reasons, and in order to keep a rembling girl, reluctantly, it muet be she might walk around the grounds if solemn pledge of secrecy given to yoor father when a babe. 1 took you. aa you 'onfeaaed. but still came, because of the she chose. Feeling that ths fresh air would revira are aware, when a child of a few weekf promise given to her dying aunt that aha her shrinking spirit, Ethel tripped dowa old. as my own had died, as well as mr ■rould not refuse hia offer. ‘T hen kies that book, and repeat af- the broad staircase and stepped upon husband's sister, who was your dear :er me rhe?e words: ‘I. Ethel Nevergain, the piazza. As she did so. she almost mother. ■•wear I will tell do person the nature o f ran against a gentleman just entering. “ You were so young, and to be so en ny nightly duties, and that I will per Raising her eyes to apologize, she tirely ours until your twenty-first birth form them to the best of my ability.* ** found herself face to face with* Dr. Elfen- day. that all thought It best to call you Again Ethel shuddered, yet did aa he stem. the kind friend that she had part by our own name. I now tell you. for required; and. after kissing the book, ed with a few weeks before. He was as the first time what has been kept secret. repeated die words. much astounded aa herself it seemed, at Your father still lives, but for various “Bit down, and come very close, so you her unexpected appearance. reasons did not wish to claim you or be can hear, while 1 whisper the secret. “Is it possible that this can ba Miss known to you until that time. I have Now,** he continued, “listen to me in Informed him of my husband's death, tently. I have In my possession a very Nevergail?** “It ia. indeed; but I can scarcely be my failing health, and of my return to rare animal, one entirely unknown. It lieve this my friend. Dr. Eltonatein. How Bnglsnd. I have also given him Cousin ia the property of a friend, and I am la It we meet In this unexpected place Rogers address, who will tell him where •ecretly taking care of It for him. He you can be found when that date arrives. ia absent now abroad, searching for more and manner?** “ I waa about calling on my patient. “ I will only add that there is nothing wondens to add to a collection. On b«s Sir Reginald Glendenning, when, instead te be ashamed of In your birth. You are return he is going to exhibit all, and ex of being received by a servant, Mi«a Nev • true gentlewoman, and when twenty- perts to realize a fortune by doing so, ergail comes flying towards me. How is one will come into possession of which I am to share. Now, although It you are here? I see by your black property sufficient for your support; but this fact is not to be generally known. wealthy, I love money, and always have; robes that your aunt must hare passed therefore. I take every care of this crea away! But come out upon the piazza, Four months will elapse before that time comes, and I can leave «only enough ture, in order to obtain more gold. No as you were about to do, and tell me of to bury me and purchase suitable human being, aave myself and Its owner, yourself.” is aware of it» existence. It la hiddea in Passing from the door to the shadow of mourning apparel for yourself. **I dare not leave you without a pro a ruined part of this house— in fact, in the trained vine«, followed by the phy- tector and guardian, and aa our present a concealed room, the existence of which rieian, the young girl related the occur host ia poor and has a struggle to pro no one knows but myself, and in close rences of the last few week». “Did I understand that you were to re vide for bis own rtx children and wife. connection with, but not in, a place we I have written te my brother. Sir Regi call ‘The Haunted Tower.* What 1 wj«h main here some time?*’ you to do ia this: I myself have always “ Yes! I am to be Sir Reginald's secre nald Glendeoning. asking him to take charge of you. I told him unless he did. fed this ape, or ourangoutang, for it pos tary, amanuensis and reader. For this, sesses some of their nature, and if he ia aud helping to amuse him. I am to re you would be obl-x-ni to earn your own living, and I hated to send you out into not attended to he will starve. About ceive a good salary, and will have a home ten every evening you are to do this, for for the iQQimer.” the world alone for such a purpose. I (To be continued.) esked him if you could not be of use in me. *‘ A basket m always standing In a cer some wsy to him. until the fifth of Oc tober. when you would be otherwise pro tain place In the ruined part. A person M oney in R a ilro a d in g . vided for. This letter must be sent af I pay well comes every evening, under A New York boulevard car waa go a promise of secrecy, and puts food in ter my Interment. Let him be notified of ing north one day recently when, with my death and invited to my funeral; It. You must get this basket, go through a sudden Jar, the cu rrent was thrown then, after all ia over and your mourn a long, covered corridor that connects Ing garments are made, send him the let this tower to the main building and opens off and the passengers wore bumped directly into a small hall, or passageway rudely together. T h e car cam e to a ter. T h e motorman, says the “Now, my love. I wish you to promise near your room, and the door from your standstill. New York Tim es, threw open the front me that you will go to him if hs sends room is hiddea by a wardrobe. “Open it, and pass through, taking a for you. sod seaist him in whatever ca door and ran back to the conductor pacity he offetu. even though It may be knife of a peculiar shape that yon will on the rear platform . distasteful. Will you do this for your find In a bookcase drawer in your room, They exchanged a few words; then together with plenty of candles and dying aunt. Ethel, my child?** “I surely will,** waa the low reply, sob matches for your use. also there; and to both ran through the car to the front platform . Every passenger sat mute bed out almost with a wall; “but I can this drawer I will give you the key. “You will find several of these knives w ith surprise. Suddenly the ca r start net think of your dying. O. auntie! I have loved you no. hew can I live with put there, for fear one might accidentally ed. and then backed. Then It started get broken. Take on^ with a lighted again, and once more backed. Then out you?** *' ‘Aa thy day. so shall thy st'vngth candle, I say, go down the passage to the it stopped. Off Jnmped motorman and be.* is all 1 can aay. God will comfort tower, then count on tbe wall from the conductor, and as the astonished pas yon. and in a few more mouths your door that leads up the tower stairs, back father will claim and protect you. But ward, three panels. Into a seeming crack sengers looked out of the windows what 1« this? 1 cannot see! 1 am grow that you will see there Insert the knife they saw the tw o men down on their ing numb—cold! Ethel— Ethel— I am point, and then turn It around three hands and knees, trying to craw l un dying r* time#, when the panels will fly apart, re der the car. Presently, with an ex She spoke no more, and as Mr. and vealing a small opening, where a set of clam ation o f delight, the motorman. Mrs. K.»<ers hastened back to the room revolving Iron shelves will be seen. covered w ith mud and grime, slowly at Ethel's hurried call, they aaw that “On these place the food. W ater ia in emerged. E ntering the car and hold •he was Indeed breathing her last. the roecu. where the creature can help Etuel mourned, aa one with such a himself, aa be witoea it. Keep and re ing up for Inspection a ten dollar bill, Icvlng heart would naturally do. over store the basket to Us place; also be sure he said: “E xcu se me. passengers, for Jarring her great loea, but amid all her grief and keep the knife. Push then the •he remembered distinctly every direc shelves, and they will turn slowly around, you and keeping you w aiting; but I tloa she had received from those loved, and coroe beck to yon with the plate cam e near running over this ten-dollar dying lipe. The perks re epoksn of waa empty. bill, and I ha tod to do It and leave It hidden instantly amid her own poeeee “A fter this, replace the panel and re for th e motorman on the car behind eions. and • message dispatched te die turn te your room silently. Theft will be baronet. all tor about two or three weeks, when T he next day a telegraphic dlapatmh I shall add a small service, such aa plac Th# M ean Thing. •nnrmoned the yoeug girl Immediately ing a tight e f a certain nature ia tbs he said he fell r t te the presence ef the baronet, sayiag tewer, and winding up a little machinery. ••that he wen 111. and needed her at ence."* WU1 ye« da all tola?” askad a * eagerly. her feat. P a t r ie * —Oh. well. If ha fen soy- An hoar later sew her seated la a rati “Yea,” half moaned tbe peer girl, in th * room tt would be way train on her way to the Hall. Peer wSeee seal shrank la horror from toe T a n k er* Statesm an. g irl; she MttJa knew whet awaited her teak; T f yen assure me I will net be harmed by toe beesL” Sw lo td e t e R e s e t * . “Yea never wUL He ta chained to a P a lly 1S0U persona com m it stdrtda C H A P T E R YTII. heavy Iren belt; besides, tola rosea be la ha R asa la ev ery y e n * i# game?” asked 81 - A DOCTOR’S MISSION ¿8 T ? iia traveling business Is all right as long s s you stick to getting or der*.“ said the young man ss he wear Uy put dowa his gripe and registered. “But some times a f a low makes s f'» l ot him self.“ -W hy. w hat’s wrong?” asked ths hotel d erk . as he wrote the traveler s name down on a tittle slip of white paper. “You know Jackson— that grocery salesm an who stops here. I met him on the train up in Wisconsin among the inland lakes. Every time the tram stopped some prosperous-looking man would get on with a bunch of duck* By the tim e we head reached Oshkosh Jack son and I had it all fixed up th s. we would go duck hunting. He he was born and raided in that part of the country and knew of an old s ough th at the ducks simply cou dn t ¡•ass. and we could shoot as many as the law allowed. It Is fine to plan a hunting trip— better than getting or- tiers on the hooks. ••We rented a complete outfit, from •nits to guns, and started early In the afternoon. It was a fine day for ducks — so the man aald who rented us the layout and held all the rest of our tr-n ey on deposit—In case we didn't come back. “I don’t w ant to be a knocker, but I really don't think Jackson knows much •boat duck shooting W e »neaked along the shore* of a small rlTer. then along a lake, craw ling under barb, wire fences and orer wooden fences and m aking new tratla through thick underbrush. It snowed moat of the time and rained the rest. I never saw so many ducka before In my life, but they were always on tbe o p p o s e side ,.f the river or they would fly away before we could get a shot Jackson and I didn't claim to be good Shot, and we didn't c a r . to th . chances of shooting any stray hunters. ••I got disgusted and suggested going hack, but ths grocery salesman sa d we must go to that old Hough where be had never failed to get at least threo or four ducks with one sh ot « * dragged ourselves along another mile or two, but felt repaid when w * saw a little bay half covered with ducks. Jackson said they were mallards. We crawled along on the wet ground until we were within shooting distance. -Suddenly we heard people talking, tooklng up. we saw a new M hmm J ust a little back from the lake. Then an awful suspicion flawed through our minds at the same time. Jackson said they must be tame ducks belonging to a farmer. They certainly did appear civilized—didn't seem to be worrying a bit about being shot, and kept get ting nearer and nearer. But we dldn t dare run the risk of shooting tains ducks We didn't care to run the risk of getting arrested. * . It might have hurt our employers' feelings to see our names In the paper when we were sup posed to be getting orders. “In a disgusted fram e of mind we started for home, and hadn’t gone ten yards when that whole flock started to fly away, but shots from real hunt era made s lot of them change tbelr minds. “No, I don't believe I want «ny more duck shooting—It's too much like work, end If one Isn’t willing to take big risks he gets l e f t ’’—Chicago Dally News. run THE HANSOM OF KOREA. A F A V O R IT E MODE OF TR A V E L. T he means o f locomotion most affected In Korea la shown In the accom panying c u t and It Is largely used by officials of the Hermit Kingdom In making official calls and transacting public business It Is somewhat differ ent from the Chinese wheelbarrow, yet very similar to It. The coolies who propel these vehicles allow the wheel to com* In contact with the grouud only a t Intervals and a t auch places as the surface Is comparatively level. They cover the ground with great celerity on occasions when they are prodded by the distinguished person whom they have the honor to have as passenger. i H t t W t t I i ♦ I » ♦ + H -M -H A HELPfUl EEACHER. : Straighten T to i Backacl T. StJacobsi M o * * S c . aw * so*, P E T R IF IE D MILK. | I t la One of th e Achievement. e r a C hem intry. “Chem istry is Incessantly | to create new Industrial vtl. tubstances heretofore ronsidttg less,'’ says Consul General at F ra n k fo rt In a report to I Invented “m ilk atone," or milk. “It la a well known fact,"! quoting exp ert authority, •access o f a cream ery, wbeted source o f profit la, of count! does not depend so much upoif of production and the selllo(I butter aa on the profits detij the skimmed milk. The for the milk skimmed for thej c f butter m aking la really f question of the milk Indu mod milk ha* been used f | purposes— for tbe manufacta gar of milk, a s food for as for milk champagne, which ll n ed milk m ixed with fruit jq Impregnated w ith carbonic i rather large percentage of | milk la also separated into J ponent parts, which are th«l up. The casein serv es for tft facture of cheese: also for| and Isolating substances. "B u t all these different t med milk did not solve thrj most favorably. This, now expected from the newlj^ petrified milk. It ia mans the following m anner: “By a chemical process | is precipitated as a yelk powder, which Is mixed line. Thereby a hornlike | formed, called milk stone. BtaDce. with various admlxh a substitute for born, turtle) celluloid, marble, amber rubber. Handles for forks, paper cutters, cigar holders, seals, marl ornaments and billiard balh^ made of skimmed milk, blllty of galalltb. Its ea«j I elasticity and proof again It very desirable. Alre*h| uuarts of skimmed milk a n t for this purpose in Austria'I their wit* by exclaiming, “Come on, now!” Besides geographical and historical questions he asked meanings of words, had the pupils parse and spell, and sometimes called for the Latin deriva tion of a word. When he had doubts ns to whether the children were going to answer, he would give a partial reply himself, as, for Instance, when he asked, "W hat Is the meaning of volley?" Pause. “What is It, Jessie?" Anxious alienee, which the master breaks by saying, "A great many I guns." He lingered over every word a In the hope that the girl would catch the cue—"going off at the same t—" To be a successful "Tim e,” says Jessie, quickly, and retain tbe love and that passed for an answer. The pupils picked the final word of an answer of her husband sboS| off the teacher’s tongue In that way woman's constant again and again, and he would dwell on the first letter of the key word as I sbe would be all that l long as he could, and lean forward in she must guard well igi keen anxiety that the pnpll should not force him to pronounce It all. Usually signs of ill health. Mft| hia efforts met with a prompt reward, tells her story for tbe I and be could settle back In relief and all wives and mothers. In pride over his pupils’ ability. “ D ea n Mm. P n ta H A « :-l M aster o f the House. P i n k h a m ’s V e g e ta b le !" A tale Is told of a family consisting w ill m ake every mother f of two members, a middle-aged, under healthy and happy. I di sized man and his strapping, belliger nine y ea rs o f m iserable i ou t w ith pain and weariaml ent wife, a woman whose temper was noticed a statem ent of >| worse than uncertain. troubled aa I w as; and tb»* One evening. Just at dusk, the neigh- results she had had fw » * bor* were startled by hearing shrieks, table Compound, and doew thumps and other unaccustomed noises w hat it would do for At th* Issuing from the house, and supposing three m onths. that the place had been entered by tim e. I w as a different ' neighbors remarked H> i _ burglar* several persons went In at band fe ll in love with 0 j the open door and proceeded to inves again. It seemed like a a e 'T tigate. I hod been suffering wMi ' The sound, came from an upper tion and fa llin g of the » w room. Rushing upstairs, the intruders medicine cured that, and 1, _ flung open a door, to dlscever the atal- en tire system , till I was 0 W new woman. — Sincerely ' wart lady of the house brandishing a Cnaa. F . Bnow v, t l Cedar ' Tings, A rk ., V ie* P i e * * ] - h.",’f h<>r unf» « tin .t.” th: *r halL huddled against the waN under sb . — m m frrfrn tf a School life in Scotland seems not to show all the discipline by which Scot tish life has been stiffened for so many centuries. Clifton Johnson thus de scribes in “T he I.and of Heather” a little school In a Scottish glen, when the m aster put his children on exhibi tion for the benefit o f his American visitor: "Stand, then," said the master. T h e children stood up and repeated the Lord's Prayer In unison. “Sit, then." said the master. Usually the session began with the singing of a hymn, but the dominie ex plained that as several of hia best singers were absent, he did not feel like having the sluglug before a stran ger. At the close of the prayer he asked several pupils to repeat certain of the commandments, and tell what was meant by them. The whole hour was spent In these and other exercises of a religious character. The master said it was the hour of “the conscience clause.” Attendance was not compul sory. and any parent* who chose could keep their children out till It was over. But a s a m atter of fact, few of them took advantage of this privilege. At 10 o'clock the master called off the 30 names he had on hia roll, and then he bade his oldest class read Sir W alter Scott’* poem, "T he Battle of F lod d en’’ T h l* clasa of seniors, which the mas ter epoke of a t "the elxth standard,” recited sitting in the corner next the platform , with their backs against the continuous wall desk. Every child kept th * earns key of vole* right through, end only used punctuation m arks to catch breath. On* would think th * poem Itself conveyed no meaning to their mlnda, and that they f e lc .^ W" P'P““ ln * ^ • ’'•'ing were simply reciting a list of word*. I I n ,’? ln “ T owe house! A ft** th * reading the master put I will be master In my own house!" some questions te the clam, beginning I f a woman can’t keep a se e r« .b e with. "W here Is Flodden r If th* ones questioned hesitated, be bastensd b !"p . W* 7 ' and 0thOT t* j 7 j ¡' a 3 ’ J - “. ?