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BBetvcen Two fircs By ATHOY HOPE "A wiM dm will mak nor opportunities thaa h tod." Francis Bacoo. J CHAPTER XXI 11. (Continued.) I could doc pretend to regret th desd man. Indeed, 1 bad been near doing th dJ myself. Bat t shrank before this nl ru b.Minni Anot&er nn followed. Then th President aid : "I'm orr f. all tbi. Martin sorry you aod 1 cam to blows. "Tou played u fa; about th mony. I aa.d bitterly. f "Yes. j," a answered gently; 1 don't b.am. ,ou. Tou wr. bound to m. b no tie. Of cours you saw my pir -I supposed our excellency ""nt w keep th. nd throw M -Not altogether." b. aa.d. "Of cours. I .i. bound to bar. tb. nwn.y. " ii tb. other thing, you " " r .k. . ..nf. I WOUIO - - iui "J"'" J " ' m car. you cam. to no harm. -What waa it, then?" . -t ,.,ht understood all Ion. v. :. ".. .,.rri. "I " J DJ H1U Wim " a wer. my rival with Christina, and ray .a- ... to driv. you out of th. country by making tb pl-. too hot for Jau- -.U. told , iJ ' cue aod ber nil quit. h. nd. -I.d she?" b. answered w .th. He. "I must b. getting c.ev.r to dec v. .wo such wiJe-.w.k jrouBf peopl. f" i.it an .io. ut 'ou hL7Z .rit than I .ouft !. N. nearly done uj -, nu, sorry. Martin : I l"' "ow. liking, mustn't int.rf.r. with duty b. , a. .milina. 'What claim bar. you bu'ri... I PP-f ' II. ot up and paced tb. room for a I .ird wltn soma au moment or tWO. I waltea Wliu ... ... i. mrorth something 10 " .y:..r ' '.'ven -hen thin,, look black ' . . . a hero. at, and i " . i... J. . .hi. nffer." b. aald at last, -Your boat Ue. ther. read,. Get into b.r and fo; otherwia- I ae.," aaid I. "And you will m"" b.rr "Yea." b. aaid. II. looked at b. with aomtbln Ilk. "Who can tell what woman will wl U io a week? In lea. than that ah. w.ll m.rr. ma cheerfully. I bop. you may grier. aa abort a tlm. will. In my Inmoat heart I knw it wa. tru.. I had ataked .rerythin.. not for a wom an', love, but for th. whim of firl ! or a moment it wa. too bard for m., and I l.ow.4 my bead on tb. tabl. by m. an1 hUi my far. Then b. cam. and put bla band on mine, and aaid: -Yea. Martin ; young and old, w. .r. ail alike. They'r. not worth quarreling for. Hut nature', too atronj." -May I ae ber befor. I fO I l.ked. "lea," h. aaid. "A Ion. 7" Y," b aald onr. mor. Oo now If aha ran ae. you." I went up and cautloualy opened tb. eVor. Th. flir'in waa lying on th. td. with a ahawt oer bar. 8h. aeamed to ba aaleep. 1 bent oT her and klaaed lier. lh opened h.r ay.a, and aaid la a wenry olr t -la It you. Jack?" -Yea. my darling," anld I. "I m going I mu go or die; and wb.th.r I go or die, I mut 1 alone." , Hh. waa strangely quiet, .Ten .pathet ic. As 1 knelt down by ber ah. raised herself, and took my fc between her hands and kissed ma, not paaalonat.ly, but tenderly. "My poor Jack " aha aald: "It waa no ne, dear. It la no oa. to fight against him." "Yon Iot. m7" I cried in my pain. Yes," sh. .aid, "but I am T.ry tired; nd he will b. good to me." Without another word 1 went from hr. with th. bitter knowlrdg that my great grief found but . pala reflection In her heart. "I am ready to go," I said to th. Presi dent. "Com. then." h. replied. "Iter, tak. these, you may want them," and he thrust bundle of notes Into my bsnd (soma of my own from th. bank I afterward dls coeered). Arrived at th. boat, I got In mechan ically, and mad. all preparations for the tart. Then th. President took my hand. "Oood by, Jack Mrtln, .nd good luck. Pom day w. may meet again. Just now there's no room for ua both her. You tesr no malice?" -X., air," aaid I. "A fair fight, and yoti've won." As 1 was pushing off he added: "When you arrive, send me word." 1 turned the boat's head out to sea. and went forth my lonely way Into tha night. CHAPTER XXIV. as isr as i am concerned, this atory Has now reached an end. ith my depart ure irom Aureatalanil I re-entered the world of humdrum life, and einr that memorsMe niht nothing hns bv(li.n me worthy of a polite res.Wr's attention. I l.ave endured th. drudgery Incident to srning a living; I have enjoyed the re- Iniatlons every w,e man makes for him m. ..hi in.. hi. i u ininy or nnpar !.inble egotism if I supposed that I. my- ii, was i ne oniy, or me most. Interest ir.g sahject presented In TB foregoing nf. and I feel I shall m-r-lv be doing my duty In briefly recording th. facts in my pnaesion concerning the other ner eons who hav. figured In this record and t&e country wbert ita acen. was laid. I did not, of course, return to Eng land, on leaving Aureataland. I had no Ofsire to .iplain In person to the direc tors all the facts with which they will now m in I position to acquaint them elves. I was conscious that, at the In at at all events. I bid rather subordinated their Intere.ts to my own neoeitie. n, 1 knew well that my conduct would not meet with the Indulgent Judgment that It lrnsps rii.res. Arter ail. m.n who have lost three hundred thousand dollars can hsMly le eipertrd to he Imii.irtisl and I saw no re.ison for sulimitting my If to a biased trilmnal. I preferred to se-k my fortune In a fre.h country, and I am hippy to say thnt j-iy prosirlty in tue land of my adoption hns g .ne far to Justify the President's favorabl. eati Diste of my Snun.-isl shilin.-s. My aii'l'len disappearance etcited some remnrk. and people were even found to Insiiiuat. that the dollars went the same wsy aa I di.L I bars never troubled my elf to contradict thene acandslous ni mors, being content to rely on th. hand me vlndiratinn from this chares whi. h the Presi.lent puhlished. In addreasing the II ue nf Assembly shortly after his resumption of power ha referred at leng'h to tk cirrvimstsn.-es attrndnnt on the 1st. revolution, and remarked that al though he waa anaMe to avii,t Mr. Mar tin of moat onjustiflahl. Intrig.tes with tb. rebsla, yet h. waa la a positioa to as sure them, a be bad already assured thoaa to whom Mr. Martin wa. primarily re sponsible, that that gentleman's hasty flight waa dictated solely by a conscious ness or political guilt, ana mat, io uj"'7 matters, Mr. Martin's hand wer. a. clean as bia own. Tb. reproach that had fallen a th. fair fam. of Aureataland in this matter wa. du not to that abl. but mis guided young man, but to thos. unprinci pled persons who, in th. pursuit of their de.irns. had not hesitated to plunder and despoil fr.endly tradrra, established in th. country under th. sanction of publie faith. Th. reDroach to which hi. .xc.ll.ncy eloquently referred consisted la tb. fart that not a cent of tho. tbre. hunuTsu thousand doliara which lay la tha bank that ni?ht was ever seen acain S Tb. theory waa that th. Colonel had mad. away with them, and th. President took great paina to prove that under th. law of nations th. restored government could not IM beld responsible fi.r this occur rence. I know aa l.ttle about tb. law of nationa as tb. President himself, but I felt quit. aur. that whatever that ei alied cod. might aay, non. of that money would ever find Ita way back to tb. di rector.' pockets. In tbi matter I must say hia eicellency behaved to ma with sciuDuioua consideration: not a word passed his lip about th. second loan, about that unlucky cable, or any other dealings with tb. money. For .11 he aaid, my account of tb. matter, posted to th. directors immediately after my de parture, stood unlmpeached. Th. directors, however, took a vie opposed to hi. excellency', and relatione became so strained that they wer. con templatlng tb. withdrawal of their bus! ness from Whittingham altogether, when .vent, occurred which modified their ac tion. Before 1 lay down my pen I must giv. sooi. account of these matters, and I cannot do so better than by inserting . letter which I had th. honor to receive from hi. excellency, some two year, after I laat saw him. 1 bad obeyed hia wish in communicating my address to him, but up to this tim. had received only a short but friendly note, acquainting me with tb. fact of hia marr.age to th. Kignorina, and expressing good wishes for my wclfar. in my new sphere of action, lb. matter, to which tb. President refer, became to some extent public property soon after ward, but cwrtain other term, of th. ar rangement are now gir.a to tb. world for tb. first time. The letter ran aa follow.; -My Dear Martin Aa an old Inhabit ant of Aureataland, you will be inter ested In tb. news I bav to tell you. also tak. pleasure in bop.ng that, in pit. of bygon. differences, your friendly feelings toward myself will mak. you lad to hear newa of my fortunes. You ar. no doubt acquainted generally with th. rours. of event, ber. .inc. you eft os. As regards private friends, I hav. not indeed much to tell you. You ill not b. aurprised to learn that Johnny Carr haa don. th. moat sensible thing h. ever did in h.a lit. in making lKnna Antonla his wife. Kb. is a thoroughly good girl, although she seem, to hav. a very foolish prejudice against Christina. I waa abl. to assist th. young people' plan, by th gift of tb. lata Colonel Mc Gregor', estates, which under our law passed to the Head of th State on that gentleman's execution for high treason. You will be amused to hear of another marriage In our circle. Th. doctor and Madam. Ievarge. hav. mad. a match of It, and aocisty rejoice to think It haa now beard the last of tb. lata monsieur and his patriotic sufferings. Jones, I suppose you know, left na about a year ago, Th. poor old fellow never recovered from hia fright on that night, to aay nothing of th. cold ha caught In your draughty coal-cellar, where he took ref uge. Th. bank relieved him In response to his urgent petitions, and they've sent as a young Puritan, to whom it would be quit, in vain to apply for a timely llttl. loan. I wish I could glv. you a aatlsfactory an account of public affair. You wer. mors or less behind th scenes over ber, so you know that to keep the machine go ing is Dy no means an easy tank. I hav. kept it going, a ngle handed, for fifteen yra, .nd though It', th. custom to call m a mere adventurer, upon my word I think I've given them a pretty decent ot- ernmenf. But I've had enonrh of It by isn is, my near .Martin, I n bargsln for th. recognition .f l"' C.rr'e rights to th. Colonel a good. V hen this is settled .her. will b. lip .nd I .hall U." .r. without ST. reluctance. Th. firs. I "ro. to - -ill b. Th. truth U. , . i - .,f the ma a I waa. 1 va put , 7 " .11 it life. d 1 muat loo mu(-a - - ... or the boiler will buret io... h. i. a. I DriSTllMI e" - ... ,i aa I am. But you anxioua iw - j - , . , . .i till I am dad to mak. lov. to b',-;RrwH.TrKn.Of- A I ' write. I hear that arrange went I. to b. carried out. " ,..a: Krief history .. a nation. .T;. ;: story of her nation., debt mora hanol'T thaa I .' thought It wouia. happl.y man -.i.lon of cog less io , . -kefol. ISiy. UJ"."--' I th. little sunny, eneeriui. - -.i nl.ee. .her. I spent four aoch tfttl year. Perh.p. I ! b7"- ' Z . . .i t ahotild lor. m.oc w.. pi.y-fi " anr Dl.c where I had seen ib. -a (THE EXU.) PRECIOUS STONES AS CURE Baelf not so young as I waa. In year I'm not much pimt middle age. but I shouldn't b. surprised If old Marcus Whittingham'. lease was pretty nearly np. At anr rate. my only chance, so Anderson tells me, is to get a rest, and I m going to glv. my self that chanc. I bad thouaht at first of trying to find . aucesor. and I thought of you. But. while I wa con- s.dering this, I received a confidential pro- poe.il rrom th old government. They were very an ions to get l.s. k their prov ince; at th same time, they were not at all anxious to try concisions with m. again. In short, they offered, if Aureata land would come back, a guarantee of lo cal autonomy and full freedom; they would take on themselves the bunion of the debt, and last, but not leant, they would offer th. present President of tie Republic a compensation of $.Ml,ni. "I have not yet finally accepted th. offer, but I am going to do so obtain ing, aa . matter of form, th sanction of the Aseemhly. I hav mad them double their offer to me, but In the publie? docu ment th money la to stand at th orig inal figure. This recognition of my er vlces, together with my little savings, will mak me pretty comfortable In my old ic-. nn leave a comwtenra for rreserlbesl as at .! ' . .k mmmm Cwatarr. Truly, among tb ancient iroluroca tbr. ara nona wblcn yi.ia wr ..!m.r. tn th .tudent or num.u tare and Ita folblea and folllea than tboM dealing with w.y. and nieana to preaerr. mankind from aliment. -u. disease, wy. tha Weatmfn.ter Gazett And though the present d.y la aald to furnish better oi)irtunItlea to tha qua.k dot-tor and tb. valetudinarian than any former period in tha world', history, a glamw through aom of th. medical work, of four or flva renturle. ago .how. that It would ba difflult to beat soma of th ugge.ted cure, and tireacrlDtlona, W bar com acroaa aom Inform Hon gathered In an ancient Toluma tell Ing of tba marTelou. propertle of pra elmit atones In curing disease. Tb comoller of th Tolum tella bla read era that In th second century. A. D., a famoua medical man cored King Xecbo of Egypt of dlgeatlv trouble by cau.lng him to wear, tied around bla neck, "a dragon cut out of green jae- per." And whosoever wished for Talor and daring bad only to wear a diamond about bl. person. "But If taken Inter nally In any ahap or form It la pois onous. Ten centnrle later an Italian med leal celebrity caused bla patient, to wear rubles "for to mak tbetn cautlou. and to drive away Id! and foolish thoughts." Taken Internally, the ruby kept the plague at bay and fortified the system against all manner of die- ease. Th emerald, crushed to powder and administered In dose from alt to thirty grains, waa an Infallible mnedy against colic, anak bites, plagu and epileptic fit. Likewise It stopped bleed ing, strengthened the memory "ami banished th fear of ghosts and erll spirits," and seems. In fact, to bar. been a panacea against all Ills, so that on can almost read with approval of this otherwise cruel system of crushing Into powder on of tit most wonderful bits of color which nature can produce. The sapphire ran th emerald close for remedial virtues, and In powdered form 'strengthened the heart and cured run ning eyes," while th "strengthening of th heart" waa also a property of the crushed turquoise and tli ruby. Apart from th curative qualities which each separate kind of precious stone poasessed there wer various mix ta res, mainly manufactured In France, for which fabulous price wer paid. and there wni on remedy In particu lar, composed of a mixture of powdered corals, pearl, sapphire, emerald, topaa, gold leaf, allver leaf, grens of serpent, toad and nnlcorn, which wa. considered as Indispensable In a household aa food and drink. An old French medical man writes that this powder, notwithstanding It. enormons price. Is found In almost ev ery home In France, especially In Pror enc and Langiwloo. "Bat he adds, "the great popularity of th remedy ts the reason why ther are thousands of Imitations, and It Is a very rare thing to find a tiny pot of the real thing." Among the properties of the topag was th Invaluable one of Improving bad temper, and on Is apt to think that In this respect It may, eren In this day of exploded "superstitions,'' retain Ita power, especially If. Instead of being held "under the nose" of the sufferer (presumably for Inhalation). It la pre sented In a dainty and artistic setting. THE IRON PIRATE A riain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea By MAX PEMBERTOK -ooo- rldow. my 4 . , . mireataianfl nas hi.1 a run lone; If there had been any grit In the people they would hav mude a nation of themselves. There Isn't any. and I'm not going to slave myself for them sny longer. No doubt they'll h, very well treated, and to tell the truth. I don't much csre If 'hey aren't. After all, they'r a mongrel lot. "I know you'll be pleased to hear of this arrangement, aa it gives your old mssters a better chanc nl getting their money, for, between ourselves, they'd nev er have fot t out of me. At tb risk of shaking your feelings. I must confess that your revolution only postponed th. day of repudiation. "I ho to h.iv. asked you om day to rejo.n us here. As mstters stand, 1 am more likely to come and find you: for. when released. Christina and I sea Mr.. to bend our step to the Htates. And w nop io com soon. There's a llttk diffi culty outstsnding about th terms on which the (ioblen House and my other property are to psss to the new govern ment ; this I hop. to compromise by .bat ing half my claim In private, and giving It all up la public. Also 1 hav. had U. fitwasmaktns; Methods. A departure In gtsssmaklng methods threatens almost a revolution In the Industry, according to Consul Bock, of Nuremberg, says th New York Herald. Should It really poses th advsn- tnges claimed It wonld cans serlons dnnisge to the blowing glass pint In dustry In this district, where "three fourths" glass plates ar chiefly manu factured. So far two methods have leen employed In the manufacture of crystal plat glass and mirror and win dow glass, namely, that of casting and Mowing. The new third method I. the Invention of Mr. Fonrcault, a Belgian, who has sold his patent to a Eurojan syndicate of plat glass manufacturers for $!).',2.(X)0. This syndicate consists of (ierman. French and Belgian manu facturers and one Bohemian factory. Cntll now In the making of window glass th molden substance has been blown Into cylinders by glansmakers' pipes and subsequently flattened, whll In th making of pint gins, th scld mass was cast from the pou and rolled. The new Invention draws the molten substance from th pot and conducts It b-rwe.n roller ,yln)r iM by Seventeen pairs of these rollers ar built up toweHlkejiliove th pot. IWnd, Clancy. hat that chauffeur waa an accommodating chap." "In phwst way. Caseyf Phoy. h come down here nt .....w ininut cup awn knocks ar rum out of place." tin-r in caI1 th,t ccomrawl' "Shure. Don't b. conn back th' aan w.y hour later awn knock nt back a m Hast. Kaelw.!,,..... j '7r,rh 0f N'w "--Dld yon bath during your rcnt vl.it to At lantlc City? Mrs. Emerson R.ltonstall of Boston No. I had intended to do so. but an ther lady was ualng th oreaarUf. rituvrrR I. Th. train hj .uwlv over th. aandy aiarsh whioh lie bet3 Calais snd Bou logne. Koderirk ... asleep, .nd Mary'. pretty head bad fallen againat tb. eusB-on-A I recti n. .,.r lenrth on th. - - - . ai g i ' " - - cushion, of the atufff comp.rtment, thought how Strang, a company w. wer. then beina carrot .er th. dull, drear pastur. land of I'ranc. to tn. ngnis, ma music and the life of th. great capnai. Roderick and I K.,1 been at Caius Col legt, Cambridge, together, fr.end. drawn th closer in affe,tion because our condi tions in kith ..j i.;. In missesaion and In purpose, in ambition and !n Idleness. were so very lik. K.iderick wa. n or rh.n 2s years of young, rich, dew.r ing to know life, caring tor wan, not vital cnouch m elii danger, a good fellow, a rentl.rr,.. Ilia aister waa bi. only cure. He ,av. to ber tb. strength of an undivided love. For myself. 1.. 23 when th. .trang. things of which I am about to writ, hap pened to me. fv father had left me t.sl.issi, which I drew upon wnen i w of age; but, .ham. that I should writ, it. I had snent more rban 40,ss in four years, and my s.-hooner. th Celsis, witn some few thousand pounds, alon. remam d to me. Of what waa my future to be, 1 knew not. In th. senseleas purpose of my life, 1 aaid only. "It will come, th. tide In mv affair, which taken at th. flood should lead on to fortune." And In thi. supreme folly lived th. days, now In th. Mediterranean, now cruising round th. coast of England, bow flying ol a auo den to Paris. A journey fraught with folly, tb child of folly, to end In tony, so might It hav. been eaid; but who can foretell the .uureme moment, of our live.. when unknowingly w. stand on . tb. threshold of action? And who should ex pect me to foresee that th man who wa. to teach the sprint: of my life's action sat before me mocked of me, dubbed th Per fed Fool over whose dead body I waa to tread the path, of danger and the Intri cat. way. of at rang adventure? But I would not weary you with more of these facta than are absolutely neces sary for th understanding of thi story. rtirpasMing stranje. Mary and Roderick slept, while the Perfect Fool and I faced each other, sick lo weariness w.tb reflec tions upon th probability of being 1st. or arriving before time. At last he .poke. .nd, .peaking, seemed t be the Perfect i ool no longer. "They'r both asleep, aren't rhey?" be asked suddenly. "Would you mind mak Ing sure, for I have a favor to ask.1 It was looking at me with a fitful pleading look unlike anything b. had ahown previously. I assured hia at one that be might apeak hi. mind; that, even If Roderick abould overhear us, I would pledge my word for hia good faith. I wanted to speak to yon some days go," he said earnestly .na qnicgiy, s. hi. bands continued t. play with a paper. It must seem curl is your eye that I, who an quit a ssranger to yoti. should have been in wear company for sorn weeks, and ahouU aot hav told you more than my name. Jtfirtin Hall. Aa the thing etsnds, you hav been kind enough to make no Inquiries; if I am an Impostor, yon do not ear to know It ; If I am a rascal him ted by the law, yon bar. not been willing to kelp th law; you do not know if 1 have mowey or no money, a bom or no home, people or no people, yet yon hav Made nw .hall I say, a frlendr II. asked th toewtion wrth aoch a gen tle Inflexion of th vole that I felt a offer chord was touched, and 'n response I shook bands with him. After that b continued to sptak. "I ant very grateful for all your trust, believe me. for I am a mil that baa known few friend In life. Ton hav given me your friendship unasked, and k la th mor. prised. What I wanted to aay ka this, if should die before Lb re days have passM, will yon open this packet of papers I have prepared and reeled for you, sad carry out what Is writ ten there as well as yen sr. able? A. for th. dangers, they are big enough, but you sr. th man to ever com. them aa 1 hope to overcome then if live ; The sun fell ever the lifeless scene with out as Martin Hall ceased to speak. I bad thought th man a fool snd witless, flighty in purpos, and shallow In thought. nd yet b seemed to .peak feat my teriew and f death. In on. moment th Jester, cloak feQ front him, and I saw the mail beneath. "Tell at, are m atv pertain that you r. not Uiking nonsense?" I asked. "If you ar not ulsilne th fool. Hall, you must be more explicit. In Urst plsnr, how did you get this absurd notion that you ar going to d. Into your head? sec ondly, what i th nature of th obligation you wish to put anon me? Why should you, who sre eong to Paris, ss far sa I know, simply as common ighteeer. bar ny reason to fear some mysterious ca lamity In a city wber you don't know a soul?" "Why am I jolng to Pari without aim, do you any? Without im I, who hav waited years for the work I believe that I thall acconipii.i, I will tell you. I stn going to p.rj. to meet on who, be for. another year ha gone, will b want ed by .very government In Euroi ; who, If I do not pat By nand upon hi throat In th. midst of hi foul work, will msk. grave, a. thick at pines In th wood ther befor you know another month ; on who I msd and who I sun, on who, If h knew my pnrpiaa would crush me s I crush this paper; ' who ha. everything that lif. can r1T and seeks more, a man who has set Bit ftrt ajran,t humanity, nd who will a,,!,. war n the nationa, who has money aai) men, who can com mand and be obeyed In ten eltJes, sgainst whom the p,,; mi((ht , W(. hope to flint aa ae,inM fh. wh a-.U of the South Se,: , ma of pnrpo,. deadly that the wl,... )a wou, not think . T mn la short, who is th product J. eulminstin, ?,hm I .m going to neet In thi. ptr I go without "Dare I risk ! poor, ther. can't b much danger." "Ther I every danger ! but, so, th girt is waking V I It wa. true; Mary looked up suddenly s. w. thundered past th. fortification, of . Paris. Roderick .hook himself lik. a great bear; tb. Perfect t ool negaa ni. banter, and roared for a cab a. th light. rings npoq hia fingers. They wee men marked by time aa with long servic on tb se; men scarred, burnt, some with traces of great cuts and slashes received on th open face; men fierce looking as painted demons, with teeth, with none, with four finger to tb. hand, with three; men wh.M laugh waa a horrid growl. who threat ch.lled the heart to bear whose very word , seemed to poison th ailr, who mal th great room lik. a cage of beasts, ravenous and ill seeking. Martin Hall put himself at hia esse th moment w. entered. II mad hia way to th lop of th room and stood befor on who forced from m individual no tice, so strange-looking was he, and so deep did th. respect which all paid him appear to be. He sat at th. bead of tb. md. table, but not aa the other .at, for ther waa a pile of rich-looking skin bear, tiger, and whit, wolf beneath him. and h alon. of all th. company wor. black ekxhea and a whit, shirt. II. wa. a Short man, black-bearded and smooth skinned, with a big note, almost an in tellectual forehead, .mall, white-looking hands, .11 .blase with diamonds, about whoa fin quality ther. could not b. two opinions; and, what wa. even mor re ef the at a ton twinkled In th semi-dark news. 1 could scare be lier. .. I watched i morkable, ther bung .. a pendant to hi. hi. antics, that h. wa. th man who had spoken to m. of great mysteries ten mln ate. before. Still lea. could 1 eonvinc myself that he bad not many day. to live. So ar. th. fateful things of I f hidlsn from ua. CIIAPTErt II. Th lights of Psris wer. eery bright a. w drov. down th. Boulevard de. Ca pucinea, and drew np at length at th. Hotel Scribe, which i. by the opera house. Mary' ottered a hundred exclamations of Joy ss w. passed through th. city of lights; and Roderick, who loved Paris, condescended to keep awak! I'll tell you what," h exclaimed, "th beauty of thi. plac I. that no on. think, here, except about cooking. Suppose w. plan a nice littl. dinner for four?" "For two, my dear fellow, if you please," said Hall, with mock of state he was quit tb Perfect Fool .gain. ".Mr. Mark Strong comleacenda to din. with me don't you, Mr. Mark?" "The fact ia, Roderick.t I explained, that I made a promise to meet on of Mr. Hall', friends to-night, so you and Msry must din. alone. Hall and I mounted th. Hairs of th cosy little hotel, whose windows overlook th cor of th. great throbbing heart of Paris, and so until w. wer alon. In my room, whiMier b. bad followed me. Quick', th. word." h. said, a h. shut th. door, and took several articles from bi. bat box. "One pair of spectacle, on. wig, one set of curiosities to sell do I look lik a second-hand dealer In odd lota. Mr. Mark Strong?" I had never seen such sn otter chang in any man made with such little show. The Perfect Fool wss no longer before if; there wss In his plac a lounging. shady-looking, greed-haunted Hebrew. Tha baunching of th. shoulders was perfect; in stoop, tb. walk, wer. triumphs. It s fiv. minute, from here," b. said, 'snd th. clocks sr. going eight you sr right ss you sre, for you ar. a cipher in the affair yet," II passed down th stairs and I fol lowed him. So good wss his disguise snd mske-pretense that th others, who wer. in the narrow hall drew back to let him go, not recognising him, and spoke to me, asking what 1 had don witii him. Then I pointed to th new Perfect Fool, and without another word of explanation went on into tb street. W wsJked in ailenc for som. littl. distance. Finally be turned, crossing . busy thoroughfare and stopped quit ud denly at last In a narrow street. II had something to say to me. . "Thi la th. place," b said. Ton carry tbia box of metal" h. meant th. case of curiosities "and don't open your mouth. Keep a hold on your eyes, whatever you see or whatever you bear. lo I look all right?" I"rfeetly but Just a word ; If w. ar going Into some den where w. may hav. a d.tnculty In getting out again, wouldn't it be a. well to go armed?" "Armed 1 piahl" and h. looked un utterable contempt, treading th. paaaag with long strides, and entering a bouse at th. far end of It. Thither I followed him and found my self at last on th. third floor, before a door of thick oak. Our first knocking upon thi. bad no effect. Then I beard a great rolling vole which seemed to echo on th. stairway, and so lespt from flight to flight, slmost lik. th. r.ttj. of a can non .hot with It. many reverberations. For th moment indistinct, 1 then be came awar. that th. voice waa that of a man ainging and walking at tb. sam. time. When th noise .topped at laat, ther. wa. silence, complete and unbroken. Hall stood mot ion lews. After that w beard a great yell from the same voice, with the' worda, "Ahoy, Splinters, shift slong th. gear, will you?" A mumbled dis cussion seemed to tread on th. heels of tb. hullabaloo, when, apparently having arranged th. "gear" to satisfaction, the man .talked to th. door. "Hullo th. littl. Jew .nd hi. kick- sbsws; why, matey, so early in th. morn ing?" Tb. xclamatron cam. a. he aaw us. puMing hi bead round th door, and showing one arm swsthed all up in dirty red flannel. He wa no sort of a man to look at, for hia head was a mass of dirty yellow hair, and his face did not seem to hav. known an ablution for a week. But ther. waa an ugly jocular look about hi rabbit-lik eyes, snd a great mark cut clean Into tb. .id of hia face, hich wer a fit decoration for tb red- burnt, pitted, and horribly repulsive coun tenance b. betrayed. I looked at him and drew back repelled. Thi. he saw, snd with a flush and a display of on great stump of a tooth which protruded on hia left lip. he turned on m. "And who may you be, matey, that you don't go for to shak hands with Roaring John? I Hp m In brine, if you was my son I'd dress you down with a two-foot bar. Why don't you teach tb little He brew manners, old Josfos; but there," snd this he ssld ss he opened the door wider, "so long aa our skipper will have to do with shiners to sell snd land barnacles, what can you look for? walk right along here." The man who called himself "Roaring John" entered the apartment b-fore us. bawling at the top of his voice. "Josfos, the Jew, snd his pardner come aboard!" snd then I found myself In the strangest company and th .trangest place I have ever set eyes on. So soon ss I could see things clearly through the hanging st- mospher of tobscco smoke ami heavy watch chain a great nncot ruby which must hav been worth Ave thousand pounds. One trademark of the sea alone did he possess, in the dark, curly ringlets which fell to his shouldrra, matted there as long uncombed, but typical In all of ins man. m.i men wss tne tellow upon whoa .very word that company of ruf fian, appeared to hang, who obeyed him, a. I observed presently, when he did so much as lift his hand the man of whom Martin Hall had painted such a fantastic picture, who was, as I bad been told, soon to be wanted by .very government in Europe. Hall wa. th first to apeak, and it wa. evident to me that be cloaked hi. own voice, putting on th. nasal twang and th manner of an East-end Jew dealer. "I hav come. Mr. Black." he aaid. "a. you wt. good enough to wish, with a few littl. things beautiful thing which coat me moosb money " "Ho, ho!" sang out Cpt.In Black, "ber. I. a Jew who paid much money for a few llttl things! Look at him, boy. ! -rh Jew with much money ! Turn out hi. pocket., boy.! th. Jew with much money ! Ho, ho !" Hi merriment set all tb. company roaring to hi. mood. For a moment their play wa. far from innocent, for one light ed a great aheet of paper and burnt It under the nose of my friend. I remera bered Hall', worda, and held still, giving banter for banter. Io what sort of a company was I, wher mere seamen wore diamond rings. Hall gathered up his trin kets and proceeded to lay them out with th well-simulated cuning of tb. trader, (To be continued.) EARLY HAY MOST DIGESTIBLE. Som rise DlatlwetloBS as to Wkfi Grass Shoald be !. Th proper stage at which th grass es snould be cut for bay has been the subject of much Investigation on the pnrt of agricultural chemists, writes Prof. W. J. SpIUman of the United Stat,?. Department of Agriculture. The genc"nl conclusion to which these In vestigations have led Is thus stated by one of the most eminent Investigators, says the Baltimore Sun. "Young plants while rnpldly growing contain relative ly more protein and leas fiber thnn more mature ones; consequently, early cut fodder must be of better quality than that cut late. -It Is more digestible." W have here three factors and one Inference. As the point Is one of much practical lmjiortance, we will consider It at length. The facts ar ; First, that young, growing plants con tain relatively more protein than ma ture onf s ; second, that they also con tain less fiber and, third, that they are more digestible. The Inference from these facta Is Early cut fodder Is of better quality than that cut late. Is this Inference Justified? Concerning th first fact. It may be stated that w do not grow the ordinary grasses for the protein they contain and the fact that mature grass es hav a smnller percentage of It than Inuu.iture ones Is a matter of small Im portance. We can get protein more cheaply than by cutting immature grasses for It, when by doing so we lose conitderably In yield and, perhaps, also In pnlatablllty. The second and third facts are close ly related and may be considered to gether. Careful digestion ex(erlnients are not sufficiently numerous to show definitely that timothy cut, any, when the seed are In the dough state. Is de cidedly less digestible tlinn when cut, sny. Just before bloom. But grant that there Is a difference. Is It sufficient to roniiensate for the smaller yield and hrwer palntahlllty of the early cut hay? The fart Is that old. experienced feed ers end hay dealers almost Invariably pre'er timothy hay tlmt hns been cut after the seed Is pretty well formed. They Insist that stock like It lietter and that It Is a stronger feed thnn hay cut eHrllc-r. There Is a rHwsIhlllty that In vent'gators have paid too little attention to one of the most. If not th most. Im portant factors In determining the val ue of a given food, namely, Ita palata blllty. Considering the comparatively small rarlntlon In the chemlcnl coniosltlon of th same grass cut at different stages, the most Imjiortant question Is not now nutritious Is a pound of It, but bow much of It will an animal eat Is It not better to cut hay at the stage when It will be most readily eaten, and then balance up the ration by a Judicious combination of feeds of different compositions? The writer be lieves this to be the case. Tb Struggl. Tbougti everything w struggle for U not good, everjtlilt.g g'jd has to be struggled for. Rev. Frank Crane, Unitarian, Worcester, Uisa. Temptation. Temptation Is not sin. Good men ar tempted; children sre tempted; angels are tempted ; Jesus waa tempted. It la not a sign that yoj are bad that you have teuiptstlona. . Rev. N. M. Waters, Cotigregatlonallst, Brooklyn. Good ItevHla. !t us learn a lesn from Christ's heroic conduct Let us never hesitate to irf.rm a good dee.L ven though w fores. that It will In volve us in suffering and humiliation Cardinal Glbljotia. Roman rrh.ili Baltimore. Work Work I. not only a necessity. but a blewslng to humanity. Life', bent Joy come through well directed activity. Work la not only a blessing to tb Individual worker, but to x-l-ety a well. Rev. T. X. Orr. Prestiy terlan, Philadelphia. Liberal Thoughts. How many an apo-tle of th faith, preacher and dl clpl baa become fatally inoculated and perverted by breathing too freely In th vitiating atuioMpberv of so-called "liberal" thought. Rev. J. K. Smith, Presbyterian, Pittsburg. Divergency. A sixteenth of an Inch Isn't niiii h, but a an angle of diverg ence a mile away It mirana a great deal. So little sarlatloo from truth, honor, goodlltieiie, means a great deal, ten, twenty, fifty years out oa the path way of life. Rev. IL E. Foss, Metho- ' dUt Philadelphia. Incapacity.. (Joodnes alon will not win, but goodneiw and skill. The sad dest thing to those who try to help needy men 1. the knowledge that so many ar Incapable; they can, not do anything, even when they are put In the way of Christ. Rer. I. J. Van Nss, Baptist Nashville, Tenn. Human Nature. -r-Human nature nat urally aspires. Our heroes are th Buddha. Socrates, tho CbrUt Our Ideal are honesty, gentleness, kindli ness, peace. Our tnstltutlona are found ed on liberty, equality, fraternity. Hu man nature rings true every time. Rer. B. F. Mills, Evangelist- U An geles. Ingratitude. Ingratitude dim. th windows of the soul. It I not only unpleasant, but It Is morally bad. Tba man who considers bis misfortune rather than his blessings and falls to be grateful for the benefits be has re ceived from (jod and man. la falie to bis highest self. Rev. U. B. Vosburgh. Baptist, Denver. Wisdom and Power. Th combina tion of wisdom and power Is the essen tial of all success. I'ower require wis doin to direct It. energies; wisdom without power I. helpless. It hi thi. combination that baa brought about th. wonderful achievements of modern civ ilization. Rev. J. A. McKlraban. pre. bj terlan, Cincinnati. Ideals. Ideal character U Cod's dl vlnest revelation ; and It Is la th Held of goodness that any man la Just I fled In ambitious yearnings to reach the highest standards. He who approaches an Ideal approaches God. He who achieve an Ideal becomes a high priest of the Perfect One. Rev. C. E. Locke, Methodist Brooklyn. Charity. Charity means to give, not merely a kind word, but erlia a se vere word. Charity means to give, not merely a liberal dole, but sometimes to withhold the dole. It means for ua to give ourselves In all sphere, social, lit (luntrlal, commercial, political, a. lu tho philanthropic sphere. Rev. J. J. 'll- klns, F.placopallan, Lo Angeles. It Men. Uoxl Intended ua to bo men. Iet ua tr mat ana not animals. things, mere existences or puppet. God's other creatures beneath ua are true to themselves. The flower remain a flower and la beautiful and benefi cent We are Intended to be men, let be men. I a that lies our greatest Lyona, "And yon rin hn, down?" I Pr. 1 made out the forms of six or "k-d. "WT,M , " ' h JO him?" eight men. not sitt.ng ss men ususlly do in S pisrr? a nera I lie J mi, imii wj uni i ins on their haunche by a series of low nar row tables, laid mund the four allies of the apartment. Each man lolled bsck on his own pn of oirty pillows ana dirtier blankets; each hsd befor him s great metal drinking cup, a coarse knife. long rolls of plug tobscco, and a small red bundle, whi-h I doubt not waa his portable property. Each, too, was dress ed exsctly ss his follow. In a coarse red shirt, seaman's trousers of smpl blue serge, a belt, and each had some bsnhl of bracelet en bia arm, and soma Strang At tb m... . K... In s month the interest 0f n As sure ss you nd I talk of i. .t..re will be fifty thousand pound, offered for knowledge of i ZVl ""Ifr comes upon ns . I looked at BiI , t on. who dre.ms Sresms, hnt hs 4jj nrt flinch. "TVnrh, wlth him; within dys mi , . for h.. ' b. mint If I fall, "t 1- ft r-o to foii rtrM(, whirh I h.v Irlr. . Br r -are wot.. lsr. yoq .1.. . . . i.k in I meet There Is yet another factor which Is really more Imisirtant than the varia tions In chemical coniioltlon, and that Is tli effect on the digestive organs. Grasses cut very green are laxative In character, while those cut rl tend to produce constipation, and this Is some time the determining factor In cutting bay. In practice, tlterefore, the fnc tors which determine the stag at which grass should I cut for hay are yield, pnlatablllty and effect Tims I. ale. "Ah. darling." sighed the romantic youth. "I would gladly lay the world at your feet" "But of course yon can't," replied th practical maid, "for It's there already.' Chicago News, Th Church of England haa aa la com of f 75,000,000 a year. dignity and Joy. Rubbl A. J. Hebrew, Brooklyn. Selfishness. Th man who goes about bis dutiea In bushier or else where prompted by seltlsh Inclination to achievement, comforting himself all the while with the ttutught that he U In no way trauxgrvNstng the main teachings of lils religion. Is allowing the moon of bla fulth to obscure tho sun of love and life. Rev. J. W. Stod alree, Jr., Swcdcnhorglan, Chicago. Crime. Reforms may come and re forms may go, but crime goes on for ever, and tlie explanation of It all Is that public virtue Is an Intangible, sporadic force not always to be relied tiKu, while evil Is a constant iower having vested Interests and exerting a mighty Influence over men by appeal ing to their pleasure and profit as they sew It from their lower nature. Rer, A. A. Ross, UnlversnllHt. Chicago. The Bible. The Bible not only prom ises that w. "shall know," but showa as how, while Ita final consummation Is the lodging of every son of man In the lofty realm of son of God. To) know God eternity Providential ad ministration worlds heaven ! To be like God! These ore our longings and these our dreams, ami the llllile discov ers them to ns ImU In hind and In hie. Rev. Wallace Thorp, Disciple, Allegheny. Commercial. 'I see a young man bus raised $io,. 0t on bad checks," he remarked, look ing up from his paper. "Is that so?" rcaiHin.lc,! ,, .fe. In differently. 'I'd call such checks pret ty good myself." Then he reflected that she did not know much about business nnjlhiw. Philadelphia Iedger. When a girl marries a man of whom her pnrents do not approve, the preach er who comes to erforti) the cereiuou looks terribly like au undertaker.