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.