sweet sir of th« »^t that stole up
: know who I mean. Kla'un»—who
act of self-sacrifice for hhn—her I ' wouldn't in»*de the «t*te w here his »¡*- GHOST OF TLL •P^NGIIN ” ■ frora the Mediterraneau.
enemy, her areuaer—the roan "bo had
H „»» about 11 O’clock when 1
♦er lixrd—but w, .traigbtrntd them out
lh«lr ta % ru tv -tn « .*•>
*• C'ua- > AUoandlng Swlftno«M of Foot Hhowa by
scarcely treated her drill}
' e was
stretched myself upon the• cotwhich
a Georgia« Masor-Hark.
Mime how. and they w-r- a b-ap worae
BY WILL LUUthBKB.
toiiti u. * kvurrut*.
aahan»ed to remember now (hnt ?! •»
Muggiu» had placed uponthe dect I
Col. Taylor Jenkins who lives a few
than you. We’ll jr»-t you a poaition in
Arthur 8. Burr, o' Old Haddam, w hen i
fell" P. p soon after, and dreamed of
thought had occurred to h*»n at the
I
miles
north
of
Blakely,
u*
known
the
war
drpartnu-ut
here,
on-
of
the
going across lota recently discovered
CHAPTER IL
bedside of his wife at the hour of her
For more than a week the Penguin
Whether iu the form of.
Mugg.u. ghoet.
the carcas« of a woodchuck partly eat ■ throughout that section as one of the
When Brant returned to bis hotel escape--even on the fatal «1.» •« Ut Which Irarrau offieea, where you krap your hail laid at anchor in the little harbo
It leeemed that «me »t range pres or liquid, the doctor’s
must
truthful
men
in
it.
At
least,
so
rank
and
your
unifortn
—
you
don
’
t
look
en, and a little further along a ruffed
there was an augmented respect in the he had l»cen struck down. Aid non
blo«i
d -eases is al«
She
WAS
a
small
seboontr.
a
ence came to 1M-« woman, beautiful
gr<>( 1. 'Chinking it was the work of a , says the Early County Times. Re
voire of the rlrrk on be handed him n this fond illusion ruust go v *h the ha.1 in it. Kla’un»—on better pay. And at Baatia.
mercury » * j
lubberly craft, with
out
vou
’
ll
come
and
we
me-*nd
we
’
ll
talk
'
weather-braten.
ceutly,
while
Mr.
Jenkins
wm
bevond any dream; and just as
fox, he in axle search aud found the bur
note with thi remark that It had been rest—the girl who had served him so
up the poisou
splintered and vue
he
.....
' her
Ka-w yard»
VflWU KD11E
row, with a large black hen and two hunting, hla dogs began bark'ng
left by I Sr-i . tor Booiupointer's coach. loyally was ashamed of it! A bitter over OM UOMM
1
-
,
, _t. iixjiijd Btroiigly reached out to toueh her ahe vanished, system, but they ah
I
Brant
felt
hi*
heart
turn
aick
within
|
>
“
»»'•
bro.
en.
yet
»lw
11
something
in
a
large
hollow
log.
leaving only a faint odor of some in the bones r
more partridge« at its mouth. Suspect
man 1 He b id no difficulty In recogniz- smile crossed his face.
1 him. But
But he
waa at
at her
now! | I picturesque
pmturraqu.. , ------------
»an«, -z vita bare po«, » stranee, sweet perfume. 1 awoke sod-
h« was
her merer
mercy now!
The supple
ing there were youi.;r partridges in the was a wild hog. He tauk the hog home iug Snsv’s ;>e<*uliarly Brobdiugnagian
“
Well,
I
don
’
t
wonder!
Here
are
al!
But
I'»e
told
against
the
iiaui.ng
euasit
skj.
d.nly with that inexplicable sensation joints give w .
row, he made up li:s mind to return ami dropped it in his cornfield. It is schoolgirl bund.
lie said with sn effort:
the
women
asking
me
who
is
tha
’
good
allowed
niy
little
boat
to
drift
before
lug
pains of
and dig them out, u the town of Had there now. A few weeks ago Mr. Jen
th.t sometime, tells us of the un«^n
jou that my career—nay, mj life—now
“Kla uns, I «-all it real mean! I be-
gradually bends
the gentle breeze.
dam pays a bounty of two dollars a kins went out to kill 1U thinking be ' Heve you just bof»rd I wouldn’t know looking Mrphistophclvs, with th«• burn ■ is in the field.”
presence
of
another.
ing eyes, wbo is j row!.ng arou ¡«1 my
(lecrepitu*
Al?oard the craft there were bo signs
could easily do ao with his unerring
bead.
i
up and looked about me in
| “Don’t you be a fool, Kla’uns, and
you If you’re a bit like your old self
‘',r‘ vague bewilderment. Th.- mom had lurel v tak
It was flve days before he had a rifle. He searched about till he you’ll corue right off here—this very rooms as if searching fur a victim. leave it there. You have done your of life visi' le. and I ¡.new the
it is but
chance to do thia, and w hen he dug out “jumped** it. Down a corn row it wen* night! I’ve got u big party on—but Why, you’re smilng for all the world work of fighting—mighty good fight- gins must !»• ashore, CK.rg li.n.sc f rwen out of the sea and was flooding crutches,
like poor Jim, when he used to do the
with rum, as was hi» custom when
the burrow wi*h the assistance of like lightning. He leveled his rifle and
the deck with it* mellow radiance.
the hair amide
I ing, too. and everybody know. it.
we ran talk someuhere between the Red Avenger.”
CapL Darke was aLscnt.
Shefni Fowler he found that the wily “cut down” on it, but never touched a
,u my mind grew more compoaed^I Jit ion truly horrible.
a«?ts! Haven’t I grovved! Tell me!
Susy’s voice, an illustration. recaJle«] You’ve earned a change. Let other*
My old friend, tho captain, had bee □
mother fox had removed. They were, hair, lie “Jumped” It again and shot And m.v! what, a
detected a subtle perfume on the night
Coot,.
gloomy swell the him to hi mself. “Furious I max well I take your place.”
pPCTAih ifi
’
beating abcut the Med'terraneaa with
determined to have that bounty, and in again, but no hog. Again and again
y,
Toison—
young brigadier is! Th«* carriage vvili be,” he said, with a gentler smile, al I He shuddered as he remembered that his lubberly ncboot <r for half a »core air. the some that had come to me in
MERC I’PT
cidentally the foxes, and after a long he “jumped” it and shot at it, with the
1
mask;
come f<»r you—so you hare no excuse.” though bis ryes still glittered, “furious his wife ha«l made the same appeal. of years, a. ■ f.C
• < lr
d‘t i ’ 11 Lave 1» * I mv dream.
search they found a new burrow, pick same result. He la-gan to wonder w hat
W m it only the effect of my imagina-
»Oft hoi
The
effect
of
this
simple
note
ujmju that I have to wait until the one woinan 'Was he a fool, then, and ihcse two engaged, but for L’l arrival of a lett- r
ing up two more partridges on the way. could be the mat tar. 'J hr corn rows
t-i-ease- '
Brant was st rang»-[y out of p UlMM’tiOII I came, to see, the one woman 1 have women—so totally unlike in every thmg at Ilaatia telling him of a ncv.ly-ir- tian? No; there could be no mistake
On digging out this new hole they took were as straight ar moonshine whisky
~11 y» it
a« to ita rmlity. Something w hire la v
to ita triviality. But then it wasSuM^’ *B i not seen for so long, while th* se pup —right in this?
herited
fortune
left
hhn
by
an
uncle
out eight partridges, three rabbits and and his gun true as the third party to
» ■•octont •
st roy fe**t; I pick«! it up; it was a del
very triviality—so expressive of her pets have been nightly dancii.;? i»efore * “Come. Kla’uns," said Susy, relapsing wbo had been lixine in Florence.
a vrrj large woodchuck, with five Tom Watson, yet hit it lu couldn't. To
?>h, a«*
icate piene of lace embroidere I lineu.
against his shoulder, “now talk to me!
But upon n cei; t of tie g .ods new he and exhaled the breath of perfume that
young foxes in the end. The partridges shoot at ti*r hog us it ran off down the characteristic irresponsibility — t hat her—can give me a few moments from You don’t say what you think of me, of
puttie rptiB
bad always affected him at such mo- them, to talk of the old days.”
ware partly eaten, but the wodobuck corn rows win just like nhuoting at it
I
waa off at once, ieav.ng h s disabled
■
my
home,
my
furniture
—
of
my
posi
menta.
Again,
as
at
Robles,
h<*
frit
i:
iw-
had
before
greeted
my
senses.
In his reaction he was quite sincere,
won completely cleaned out, nothing standing, so far as getting a “brad on
schooner in charge cf Muggins, an c. I
While I stood bewildered at the amaz
i
it” was concerned. Tomakoaune that set against bis own rtbi<*s. Wuasb- not although he felt a slight sense of re tion—even of him! Tell me!”
but the akin being left.
sailor who was moi e Uon« »t « an -ob
“
I
find
you
well.
pru«|M*rous,
and
ing circumstance, I perceived a white
right
in
her
delightful
mil
tern.
Ism
?
8|>ortamrn have long claimed that he didn’t “wobble” off the bog he put
morse as he
the quick fsint color happy,” be said, w ith a faiut nuiile.
As my bout drifted along* de the
form emerge from the hatchway and
foxes were more destructive to game up a small target and ‘ cracked down” Was she not happier than if >bc had rise, as in those old days, even through t
Penguin I perccited a roj«e trading move forward, with a slow, gliding
“Is that all? How do 1 look?”
than all the hunters, and have note*] a at it five tiroes, then took his ax and la-rn consistently tructo Mrs. lVytuu, to the to-night’s powder of her « heck.
She turned lf»*r still youthful mis over the port aide, and, making my lit movement.
great increase of foxes in towns that chopped in and found five balk all in the convent, to the rpisodr of her the “That’s like the old Kla’uns,” site said,
chievous face toward him hi (he inoon- tle craft fast, I drew mysei:’ ujxin dev! .
I stood immovable, watching the fig"
have not ¡»aid a bounty for the last few one hole in th** middle of the spot. atrical career, to Jim Hooker —even to ’ with a slight pressure of bis arm, “but
I looked about me, but to one was
years. The only incentive the farmers* I hat settled it that tlw fault w as not himself? And did !*•• conscientiously be we will not have a chance to speak light. Th«- witchery of her blue eyes visible. It was evident that I was th«* ure as it came toward me. A» it drew
wm still there as of old. the same frank
near. I perceived that it was a girl, and
boys have fr killing the fox is the in him or tlu* gun, but the hog had out lieve that Hooker or hifus* If had suf- until late. When they are nearly all
ay teed pgrg
irresponsibility lM*atn«*d from them; her only soul aboard the Penguin.
fered for her inconi Mtency? No. From
bounty money. Eight partridges In » run Die bullets.
gone you’ll take me to get a little re parted lips seemed to give him buck the
I threw myself on a camp-stool in the ar tlie moonbeams fell on the pale face t ibie. and one thousand «l.li^.a
all
that
he
had
heard
she
wax
a
suita
1
I
recognized
it
as
belonging
to
Ved
i
offered
for
proof
io
the .~l,g
burrow but four clays old show the
freshment, and w«*’!l have a t hat in th«* breath of bis youth. He started, but shadow of the sail and fell to regard
LONDON DOOS OUT CALLING. ble helpmeet to th»* senator, in her so
never fails to cure Coat.ejS
Dork*, tlu? I ittde fruit seller.
great destructiveness of foxes.
conservatory. But you must drop that she did uot.
ing
the
range
of
dark
hills
that
rose
cial attractiveness, her charming osten
Her eyes were wide open, and staring Poison, Scrofula, Eczema.
awfully wicked look, and make your
back of the romar.t <• little city. Pres
Their Card« Go I p with Thoee of Their
VENEER PRODUCTION.
“Susy, dear!”
tations, her engaging vanity that dis
vacantly ahead in a wav peculiar to Cancer, or any other diseisfl
Mtotroaeea.
self generally agreeable to those wom
ently
I
was
interrp
f
e<l
by
the
wound
of
It was her husband n voice. “I quit*
armed stiNpirion, and her lark of re
B om « Wood* Can H« Aawed m Thin im
the wornnambulist. She was a sleep blood. If von have a hloajl
It appear«, from an article in th*
en until then.”
take a remedy which will not itB
forgot,” it went on. as he drew the cur- oars, ami a few inoments lut< r M “.:"-
sponsibility even in her partisanship
Writing Faper.
It was ¡»erhaps part of this reaction ! tain aside, "that you are engaged with gins* tawny head appeared over the rad. walker! The thought came to me like Beware of mercury; don't dog
Figaro by M. Paul Megnin, that in I>on-
While the finer and thinner veneern don at the present time it is not only the Nobody even dared to hold the senator which enabled him to obey his hostess’
a flash. Yet, what could account for her to your system. Don't Ret i.-l
He
started
when
he
saw
me,
and
wu
of cowtIy woods err »bred tangentially fashion for a lady to provide her lap- responsible for her promises, even w hiie commands with a certain recklessness ,a friend, but Miss 1-aulknrr is waiting
about to beat a hasty retreat when n.y presence aboard the Penguin?
dur books sent free :o
from the wide of th«* log, there are dog with a little wardrobe and even a enjoying t he fellow «hip of bot 1». and it that, however, seemed to I m * in ke< ping to say go«Mi night.’ aud I volunteered to
Without attempting to answer the .swift Specific Co., Atlanta,(¿B
voice stopped him.
find
you.
”
is
said
that
the
worthy
man
singularly
wood« that, cannot be cut thin way no handkerchief, but to have visiting cards
puzzling
question.
I
started
toward
the
with the previous Satanic reputation be I “Tell her to wait a moment,” said
“Bless roe, I thought you were n
amount of Ix/iling or «teaming render made for it, too. When a fashionable profited by it. Ix>oking upon it merely had, all unconsciously, achieved. The
figure, but aa I did so, the sound of
ing it poflfdble to cut them without lady pays a visit, taking her la|xlog with bn a phase of Washington society, Bram women listened to the cynical flippancy Susy, with an impatience thut was us ghost, I did, by the ¡xjwers!” he said, something like the dropping of an oar
seeming
well
pleased
that
his
feara
had
undisguised
as
it
was
without
embar-
resolved
to
go.
breaking down the tissue* to Buch an her, she sends up the dog s card along
in a boat came from over the i»orL Then
of the good-looking soldier with an un rassmeut or confusion.
T he
not been realized.
The moon was high as the earring*
extent ax to d* str*>y their surfaces for with berowu.
a moment later the dark figure of a
disguised admiration, which, in turn,
“
Well,
now.
what
the
deuce
is
there
But
Miss
Faulkner,
unconsciously
fol-
whirled him out of the still stifling ave
pohAbing—w Lite others, says Hard
woman
—
the
same
I
had
seen
making
the
WORK
M. Megnin says he was visit mg the
excited curiosity and envy from his
nnd MATER:
about me, Muggins, to make you think
nues towards the soldiers’ home a sv I*
wood,
becoming
discolored from editor of one of the l< ading s|>orting pa
usmult on UieliUlefruit-scllei—slipped
own sex. He saw* the whisj>ere<l ques > lowing Mr. Boom pointer, was already
steaming or boiling, and lieing too hard I mts in London, when the servant van suburb frequented by cabinet min tioning, the lifted eyebrows, the scorn upon them. For a moment, (he whole me a ghost ?” I asked.
IN ALL
“Oh, it isn’t that you look like h noiselessly over the rail. She paused for
to rut otherwise, have to I m * nawrd. brought in two cards, one that of a lady istrrs and th»* president wn r»* the ful shrugging of shoulders—aud knew four were si>en( although ¡»erfectly
a moment to glance about the ship,
ghost,
Mr.
Ilaymond,
”
he
returned,
good *
t- r had “decreed* like i.obUt
Th«* flnr-toothrd, *hin-gauge circular, and the other as follows:
then, with a cry of rage. that, might
that the story of his disgrace was iu composed.
apologetically. “But, you see, when
khan, "a stately pleasure dome to en-
with fiangi’d center, is th» favorita for
Senator B<»or
• unconscious of cove is looking to ree n ghost, he’s pret have proceeded from some wild ani
t«*rtain bis friends and ¡«artisans. As the air. But I fear this only excited
mttiug all ordinary veneera thicker
him to further recklessness and tri any inielu »ty > ii his interruption, was
mal in deadiy combat, she lesped upon
MS. FRIVOLITY.
thau 30 to the inch; 20 to tfie inch ia the
they approached the house the trem umph. Once he thought he recognized calmly wait ng. < ...rence, opposed sud ty certain to take the first live thing b
the unconscious girl, the blade of a
eyes fall on ior wbn* L»*’s lookin'? for.”
thickneas most commonly UBed for cab
bling light, like fireflies through the Mist Faulkner's figure at a distance,
Colila.
denly to the yonu” girl, whom he be
“Then you were ixpeding *o
e long knife glinting in the rays of the
inet work and fini«hiiiff, but much
leave«, th«* warm silence broken only by
and even fancied that she had been lieved was avoiding Ins r«*»•»»gmtion, something of th
moon. Roused to action by the sight of
thinner is uard in th? case of rare and
Asked if he knew the name on the I n military band playing a drowsy waltz watching him—but he only redoubled I rose, coldly im¡»» iturluhl«*.
Miss
“That’s a f
the murderous intruder, I leaped
costly woods, or rar«* abnormal nr acci card, M. Meguin said li«* presume*! it co the veranda, ).n ' »he heavy odors o*
his attentions to the fair woman beside Faulkner, l<»okiiig t .ill«*rai»d more erect ’tain't often a cove is believed when he quickly forward, and, l>eflore the knife
dental figures, as in the case of burls. was some dog fancier. He was greatly jessamine in th«* air thrilled Brant with
him,
and
looked
no
more.
in
the
long
folds
of
her
satin
cloak,
tells such a story. There’s a ghofi«on descended to do its deadly work, I
Some woo»!» have to Iw cut much thick surprised to we a lady come in, accom u sense of shame ox he thought of his
But he wm glad w hen the guests be neither pair»! nor blushed, us she re this old hulk, or eli»e I’m losing iuy eye <■ aught the hand that held it.
er, Ix’ing unable to b«’iir handling when panied by a handsome collie.
old comrades in the field. But this was
garded
Susy
and
Brant
with
a
smile
of
gan to drop off. the great rooms
sight.”
But if T reckoned n an easy victory
too thin; g»*nuinr ebony, the only An«*
M. Megnin went to aatationer's shop presently dissipated by the uuiforuu*
“And you really believe in such non in eul |
really jet-bluck woo*] known, and largo and ordered 1 Hi curds for l:is little flog that met him in the hall, w ith the pres thinned, and Susy, ap|M*aring on the well-bred apology
f mv a !
;.r . I BOOH dl»-
ARK FULLY WARRAV’/h.
“
I
expert
to
leave
Washington
to
sense?”
enough to I m * of any use, will not stand He whs again M(ir|ir>M*d to find li.nt the ence of some of his distinguished su- arm of her husband, coquettisbly re
•orsnd
morrow,
and
may
uot
I
m
*
utile
to
call
minded him of his promise.
“For I
“I believe w hat 1 see«, that’s all.”
though ag< to all a; >ea; ances. seemed lie also makes SHOES
sawing much below one-fourth of an stationer had koi
ady printed, neat periors. At th»* head of the stairs, with
again,” she said, “or 1 w oul<l not have so
"What did jou see?”
Inch in thickness, owing to the extreme ly |>acked in pr«
to possess the i . ;; ' h cf the strongest
n circling background of the shining want to talk to you of old times. Gen.
and floes REPAIRINGS
itle curd case*«.
particularly pressed a Iravetaking up
brittlenesH *»r want of cohesion, but
“Well, since you ask, I don’t mind man. and, finding“ herself foiled in her
crosses and ribuonN of the diplomatic Brunt,” she went on, turning explana
the Best Manner
torily
to
B<»ompomt<-r,
“
rnari
H
<1
inv
on
you.
”
there are other woods that can be rut an
telling
you.
You
see,
since (.’apt. murderous attempt, she turned upon
corps, stood Susy her bare arms and
ON SHORT NOTICI J
“
I
was
talking
with
my
old
friend,
Sdopt4*(i
mother
in
(
al
if«.;
ma
.it
RoblM«
thin ok writing paper and st 111 be
Darke went away and the crew was •! t • me with the fierceness of a panther.
neck glittering with diaiuouds. her face
handle*] in larg«* Nhrrts. Other woods
ndlsuf with chlldliki i lvacit| A tig« n dear old place were 1 spent my earli Gen. Brant.” said Susy, more by way charged, the Penguin has been under Coining unexpectedly a>s the attack did, KDDLES. WHIPS, ROBE: |
est
years.
So
you
see
we
nn*
sort
of
of
introduction
thun
apology.
there are that will lose their fine color
it caught me off my guard, and before
my care, and I have be *n He* p’i
niticant pressure of her little glov«* ms
Brant bowed. For an instant the aboard the v <el . : 1 sq (!• ■- j ;o
All pr.Mgri
on exposure to the atmosphere, «•sjw-
I realized my peril, the hand that held always on hand.
I n ? mods his bow istettiBd to be Ms oul.v Telatjons l>\ marriage,” si.«* addM« with
clear
eyes
of
Miss
Faulkner
siipjw*d
icily
delightful
naivete.
Hooker's
once
vain
cially a Stooky one: these are cut only
vvi’lcom**, but. a moment later she
of my time here. Last mgat uLuu. t’. o the knife was wrenched from my grasp:
ightat
B f M
when immediately wanted, aud art-
then there waa a swift blow, a keen
o’clock I woke, thinking I heuid > n
< aught hie arm ■ > ou’t jel to 11 ow glorious allusion to his relations to the across him as she made him an old
man
befor«*
him
flashed
a«
ros
‘
Brunt's
kept covered until the finishers can put
him.” she said, i i half whis|M*r; * l.e
thing moving near me. I was keeping pain in. my shoulder as the blade en
on a protective coat of some prrpara
thinks a good det I of hhnoeif just hhc Blind, but it left now only a smile on
in my cot on the deck, an 1
i lucks tered; then a mist gathered lM*forc my
his
lip«
Hr
felt
he
had
already
become
Uon.
Jim. But he makes others believe i
about me I sees a woman, all in white, eyes, and I sajik unconscious upon tlw sixth S t . O pp . L istxr 4C
a
¡»art
of
the
irresponsible
comedy
of
and that’s wbrre poor Jim l.piM <l up."
moving like a specter right Ly the deck.
Not In the Embalming Daalness.
life around him. Why should he resist
When my sense« returned it w:u*
hatchway. While I was watching, it
Once, when a man of great note died,
Or
examine
its
ethics
too
closely?
He
«« terist ¡calix ilisposcd of and p: <•; * nt< d
Th
treeined to sink into tlu* deck and disap broad daylight, and I was lying on a
hb frienda tried to get. Dr. Holmes to
offered hisurm to Susy; they descended
Brant. It was the man he had seen I m *
n
pear. I’m not tlu* man to run from u cot in Muggins’ cabin, the beautiful but.
“say a few kind words about the dc-
fore material, capable, dogmatic. A the stairs; but instead of pausing in the
of
single night-prowk-r, but I
’.t qiacr- troubled face of Veda bending over me.
< « muum I which might lie publbdMwi.” But
glance from his shrewd eyes u«*cus- supper-room, she simply passed through
It was about a week lx*fore I was
like at this, and can’t see he .v a woman
he decline*!. “Do you we?” he said,
toined ?o the weighing of iiien’s wcak- it with a significant pressure of his arm.
» of th
could be on the Penguin. Thinking she able to get ashore, and, though I had a
•‘tliey want to engage me in the cm
ses and ambit ions, und a few hurried and drawing aside a muslin curtain
Ido each
might have dtscended the companion trained nurse from Bastia, Veda re
balmlng h'leiriCMi! But I cannot help to |
stepped into the moonlit conservatory.
ladder, I go * dow n with a lantern, but fused to leave me entirely in the hands
uses apparently satisfied Lim t’.int Behind the curtain there was a small
pieaerve thut fly in mii I mt .
;RI)
find« nothing. Then I looks all over of another.
Brant was not nt t Iu* moment important
rustic settee; without releasing his arm
the ship with the su>me result. I slept
Well, in that week I had learned to j
or nvaifable, and th«* 1 wo men a moment
F ine
she sat down, so that when he dropped
no more that nJght, and though I look love the little Corsican beauty with. I
later »Irifted easily apart. Brunt
i
beside her their bands met and mutual
after the ship during the day, 1 shan’t such an intense demotion that I could I
tered listlessly thiough the cr»»-*«n«l
ly clas|>vd.
sleep her** aga.n if i . now myself, call not bear the thought cf separation.
“I wu talklntf to tuy uid fri «nd. Qea. Brest.
rooms, half remorsefully e»uis» n.,
“Now, Kla’uns,” she said with a
•aid Busy
Iler life had been, one of trial« an»!
j it ghost or wlmt you will.”
thnt !)•■ I' J tn1 < • 0 onn*
slight comfortable shiver as she nestled !
htep, and none the less ussuied l»y Cn
i With thia he picked up a lantern and misfortunes. The old hag who bad tw ice
fashioned
colonial
courtesy,
and
taking
lieside
him,
“
i*
‘
..............
‘
‘
It’s a little like your chair ;
presence of two or three ivportars nt-d
(Uxklssu iesn'* •♦ '» 'T’-ll —' Susy’« arm she left the room. Brant did descended to his boat that lay along- sought the life of Veda, was prevented
«orr<*s|N>ii<l»*iif« who were «logging hi'« down at old Robles, isn't it? Tell me. uot linger, but took leave of his host al , side.
' from taking my life by the timely ar
steps or the glnnerR of two or three And to think it’s five yeurs ago. But
“Then I shall spend the night here » rival of Muggins, who had come over
Kla’uns, what’s the matter? You are most in the same breaih. At the front
pretty women whose curiosity had evi-
to the vessel in his boat just before day
and lay your ghost fur you,” I said.
< hauge<l,” she said, looking at his dsrk door a well-appointed carriage <»f one
“You’ll greatly oblige me if you w ill.” break to set* how I was faring. Find
face in the moonlight, “or yau have of the legations ha*l just rolled into
ing herself thwarted, she leaped into
something to tell me.”
waiting. He looked back aixl »»aw Miss he returned, “though I’ll I «• blowed if the bay, and was drowned before she
Gcod evening,
“I have.”
Faulkner, erect and beaul ifiil »*.* a l’ri*le I think you succeed.
could be rescued by Muggins.
“And it’s something dreadful, I in her gauzy <haj»eries. «1» -« u
th«* Mr. Raymond. I ll drop alongside euny
She waa the. last of the Bar al odo fam
know, * she said, wrinkling her brows stairs l>efore the wsiting : i»i is lie in the morning and see how you have
with a pretty terror. “Couldn’t you tclt his Ivar! rut strung« I;
hesi- ( fared. There’s the key to r.-.y cabin,” ily. between whom and the Dorios a
he added, tossing the key upon the dreadful vendetta had existed, and it
pretend you had told it to me and let us luted; recalled himself w ith an effort
go on just the same? Couldn’t you, hurriedly stepp'd from the | orch into 'deck. “You’ll find pipes and plenty of waa to esca|»e the vengeance of the oi l
Kla’uns? Tell me.”
the path as he heard the <• rriiige door , tobacco, and a sip of rum in a decanter. woman that Veda had stowed herself
“I am afraid I couldn’t,” he said, with close Behind him in the distance, ai d if you look close. Now Hgam good altoard the Penguin, hoping to be car
Box
ried to some foreign land, and thus es
a sad smile,
even felt the dust from her I. oisck ’ I ' night to you.”
“Is it aixuit yourself, Kla’uns? You hoofs rise around him ms she drove ¡ mas ! | I Ilia oars dipped into the water, and cape the violence and death that con
stantly threatened her.
know-,“ she went on with cheerful ra hiiu and away.
•
t he was gone.
Veda and I were married, and a
pidity, “1 know everything about you
| Duak was i.lrvady settling over the
month later sailed for America in the
THB
I always *hd, you know and I don't
1
took
a
seat
out
he
deck
aud
lit
water.
I to hi ' cowtoh id
care and never did care, and it don’t and
V
Great REST
I a cigar, and be tn» ,n rur.r.icg over in my Penguin with roy aid friend Capt.
Darke, who had returned and had the
1
1 did i.i.»k<’ U m iligManl diflarrnm
Restores’
mind aoinc of ih< c evinta thut Lad be- vessel rep,aired.
_ heslth. nr
to lur So don’t tell it and waste time,
THE QUEEN’S DONKEY
fallen me sin. c i«. y arri’, al in Corsica.
msBhooi I .
Muggins
waa
much
elated
over
th
Kla’uns.”
For more th:.n
i
B I La<l
move« Hl
of • Toor Haaqm |
happy ending of my attempt to “lay
“It’s not aliout me—but about my Owe U»
sits
t Bl'
*•» lomantlc litth his ghost, though fie always declared
been staying x
it.
n
w ife,” he said, slowly.
Restorsv
’
-----------
jff
island, findii. • .i I it...! • . a.in in it» I had made a moat lucky failure, and
Quren
Victoria,
during
her
recent
,o-
//-*■ ir.tiry V-,
Her expression changed slightly. “O.
journ at Cimiei. on the French Med quiet seclush ’ • w .j a | . SKingcon- instead of laying tlu* gho«f, I had my
/
STStem
and«
e3tc
her?” she said, after a pause Then
iterranean coast, waa often aeen to traet to the l ’c i l*ud I a t n tpcudlr.g self been layed by it.—N. Y. Tx*dger.
vital l.vsMS ■ .I ».
half resignedly: “Go on. Kla’uns”
moves effects
drive, on pleasant afternoon», a very forth** ¡mst two %« ar. n thvgny capitai
Hr began He had a dozen times re
wil l Of JOl.dl
aleck and oomfortable-looking donkey of the restless and pira v ure-lo • ing
vosi«, of Inter
hearsed
to
himself
bin
miserable
story,
dently been aroused by the singular ab-
The aged queen, holding the reins her French.
RemovosLi a
FOND OF^LETTER H.
• straction of th in handsome, dis- always feeling it kernlv, aud even fear self, seemed greatly to enjoy her drive, I One is not likely to expect to meet
Of t
03 a
ri ri« « ju ■
1 tinguiNhed. but »ardonic-looking ofli- ing that hr might he carried away by and the complacency of the donkey with adventures of the thnHing kind M«n Vse It for an Initial In Names When
Any Other Wonld Do.
Cures h •'-■ IF
« cr. But the next moment he wm sin- emotion or morbid sentiment in telling suggested that he almost understood in the peaceful preeincta of B&atia, vet
rsitorei rt-"1 't*
“It's a peculiar thin *.
___
it to another, but to his astonishment he the honor which was being done him. •onirthing bordering upon thi» h.ul
said __ the
guhirly interest«*«!.
sisep
Curl» A
haowii g
found
himself
telling
it
practically,
This
donkey,
whose
name
is
Jocko,
has
come
to
my
lot
les«
than
a
month
be
ootenro a- 1
'
A tall young woman had just moved
mor«'
for
its
hospitality
th
an
i;
i,
for
its
calmly,
almost
cynically
to
his
old
play
an
interesting
history
full
vital
* __
fore.
Into the center of 1 tie room with im in
inquisitiveness
into
the
eh-
i
r
of
its
Curii
ail
«
----------
«
0?»
’
mate.
repressing
the
half
devotion
and
•at
During
a
previous
sojourn
in
the
dolent vet Nttiiple gracefulness that
For the amateur urtiet the quaint lit
d'wne ir.i
■
guests, "it's * peculiar thing the fond
seemed familiar to him A change in even tenderness that had governed him. same district, says the Youth's Com tle city will furia.’L uvany subjects fvr
îcv»i'r»aent to all
ness that the avers -«■ man has for the
from
the
time
t
hat
his
wife,
disguiNe*!
as
panion.
the
queen
wae
one
morning
en
her |M»Nitton suddenly revealed her (sec.
NI^VE-LIFE .. .... -■ T.-
the pencil and bru >h, aiid I had iuad<
letter II as an initial. No,.. I don't
»••Jfilifli usaunent and sffcr
It wan Mi mm Faulkner. Prrviotn»h lie a mulatto woman, hatl secretly watched joying herself incognita, in the open good my oppwtunities since my ar
suppose that there are more middle
>.• r.rit day'i use. It remo’»« six
had only known her in the riding habit him in his office, to the hour that he had air at Acqui*grana. when she saw s rival.
•
Lu* ruem satura to effect a cun •
nam.s beginning with II than with
peasant
leading
along
by
the
bit
a
don
paxsrd
her
through
the
lines.
1!«
with
of confederate grn> which nlir hud Nt
pltrva'.ned Special discount t'
The most prized among my collec an^- other letter M or R or S or B—but
first affected, or in the ligbi morning held only the incident of Miss Faulk key which looked as if he had once been tion *aa the portra t cf V. da, the L t!c
Uav naw traatiM on Ntrvou»
nine men out of ten if thev are in
a flue animal of his kind, but now
Mtakwd, Its Loss and Reev^ry.r
muslin dress she had worn at Grav ner's complicity nnd sacrifice.
Corsican fruit-sell
i * re wn.i ►. u
doubt
about
a
middle
initial,
decide
<>n
seemed
to
be
almost
starved.
He
waa
rm
in pialo »«»ltd wrippar for t*'1
“And she got nway—after having
Oaks. It seemed to him to-night that
H,” quotes the New York Sun.
Now,
MnxBBs. ManUoo this papsr.
l«»n. languishing, evidently suffering. > thing faacinatiug
t r'.ei; ] we, ai
the varelrsM elegance of her full dress k’u krd you out of your place, Kla’uns?”
Trisl Tr»«taieBt ari bt
The queen asked the man if his don the dark beauty of ! • r face l.r.d draw .
tny middle initial is it. I ut for every I MBS Wc.
iM’ciiiiir her »»till more, that the pretty said Susy w hen he had ended.
M(RVE-lin HDICAL
letter I g. t, except from ix-ople I know
Clarence stiffened beside her. But he key waa for sale.
me to her as if by mo :*. v subtle <• itei ct ;
k LAMAfri
" illfulnrsM of her < hin aud shoulders
That depends, signora," said the
well, that has my.initial right. I get
One evening, as I was at;
warn chastened and nuxlifl^l by the felt he ha*l c »nr too far to quarrel w ith man "If I were to sell him, now, bow
three
in
which
it
is
put
down
II.
It's
I
1
pearls round her fair thn*at Suddenly hm conti.lant«* "She went awav
I through the streets, I Lc.’.rd a er
should I get my living?"
very twhlom. too, that you'll find a man
their eye« met. her face ¡»altsI visibly; houesdy believe that we shall never
| mortal terror rome froui the court cf .
"How much did you pay for him?”
with sufficient strength of character to *
he fancied that ahe almost leaned inert again or I should not bo telling
ruined
build*ng
where
»
leave out the middle initial of the man
-A hundred franca"
SO »«»1
you
this!
”
ngaiiiNt her companion for support;
he s writing t. if he doesn't know it. so
"I will give you two hundred, and families hat! taken ‘ I
’ Kl*’uns," .he raid Ilf bUy, takinff his you can buy another donkey "
’lien she met his glance again with a
tering hastily I
he daps in an II and lets it go.
There
face into which the color had dm sud- hand «fain. ’ don't you belie,* it! She
The man sold him to the unknown woman, withered ha
seems to be a prevailing superstition
won
’
t
let
you
fo.
You
’
re
one
of
thoee
denly i uMh’tl. but w ith eyes that seemed
that a man isn’t just w hat he ought to
' signora.' and poor Jocko at ouee be knife, in the net • f #
to l»e ap(»«*aling Io lum, even to the men that a »oman when »he once haa gan a new life Abundantly fed and waa crouched in »•:
be unless he lias a middle name, and
point of |Mnn iiik I night. Hrant was | h«H>ke l on to won’t let fv of e,eu when
I a truck the 1
arvfully groouied. he blossomed out as
at the chances are very strong that
not conceited, hr could see that the »he t«elie,e. she no longer hives him -or a roval favorite. The story spread, end would be muni
t name-begins with the eighth letter
TRAOI ■*
Kiri’s agitation was not the effect of I meets l.igcer ami lietter men I reckon the queen conld take no more prom
f the alphabet
face to face wit’
DlttC*
any mere |»rri»onul influence In his I It’s tieesuse you’re so different from enades with convenience, for she waa
Now.
here's
another
instance:
Cast
CORVUIO«’’
victim.
rreognit ion. but ««f something else. He other men—maybe—there are so many certain to encounter every day several
Anyone
•ending
•
iketeh
and
our
eyes
over
this
page
ofourregis-
She only ¡»au^eil a
topmi
quick » aaoertam. fraa. whether an t .»*
CT.
turn«*il h »Mtily uw *y; ym hen he looked different th in its about you to hook on peasants who tried to sell her decrepit 1
la,e quests w ho
»r 2* ’ :»•«•’tahla < < mrrun*-al’'*'
Jc ad. ,
I
. a« • v ' S
I
to ami you lion't slip off as eaaily na and half starved donkeya She bought kiaa upon my baud
**
drop in here late at
nij;
Kv ( } W t c k . lull and nroutul again «he wiuigone.
■’
and sign
through a p.ip in the
ia Amar -a We hara a Wga <• r
the
others.
Now.
if
you
were
like
old
none
of
them
NevrrthrleiMt
hr
felt
filled
with
a
name*
other
than
their
own
Patent« taken through Munn A
•».
complete and in condensed lot tn lx Ini«*}
- «-...I
Ser the
That
waa
U.e
I
m . t I k
I
BBMialaoUceintba
i
vague Irritation. Did «hr think him Peyton, her first husband, or like poor
I hiring her late visit the queen drove
result: ‘Charles II. Jone».’ ‘John H.
To
my
ini.uirii
>
i
;
• PACIFIC COAST NKWS
Smith, 'tieorge II. Robin*, u ‘ A. H.
lit
SCIENTIFIC AMEUlClVnr.
I
impoîtAiit h.ippe!) - •uch a ftml hm to imperil her «afrty bv Jim. or even my Boompmnter. you'd through Aequtagrana with Jocko, and ' abouta I received 1
baanttfuliv ■ lluttrated. 1*react etrryb
r.,
Brown.’ ‘F W. Brown,’ ftnd so on.
«qwnly re« »»gm/i» g her without her | be all right! No. my boy. all we can do his former owner, the peasant. saw the
'1',
. . .1 . <K'l
. ts.t 1 I urg< »
of the week from Behring Strait
1 t 11
*n*
•’ ufnal. week'y.t»rm»A ‘
There are ten names oc
con«rutDid «hr think that he would is try to keep her from getting at you equipage go by. The donkey was fat. cepting al t of hr-
•n
that
one
page
gio«.,- and glittering with buckle, of told me that she : id I longed to o the middle initial of which
H Now.
’
3—JOSEPHINE COUNTS HOMI.
- ------ is - .1,
AS
from relui k* M»ur tlatr to prvNUiur upon thr service «h«* I here I reek on she won’t trust herself silver and gold.
w ml thy and inffaer tisi family, an*! that letter isn't *ny easier
MUNN A CO.,
’*«■
to write than
1
‘
Or n or** ttufragetuiM in Washington again in a hurry!"
1,
3fil Broadway. 5rw lark-
cev without fear or favor oc intent t > lece I
that she had nvelved a fir >«hed educa sny other letter: it certa niv isn't
•Hit |*eop.r
Ala»”’ ek.laimcd __
•
"Hut I cannot stay here—my career
any
"When I sold the d nksy. why didn't j tion. But re^etae* hat! come; her fa more ornamental, and I can't see
e
grace, kruun i ( m . tt w<> ati«l fra ml that j Is In the field "
4—INDKPENDBN r EDI rORIA
t N. ’( ’ H
' 1 ’ k I i i« . 12 . » fli
lilt ».*
c
throw mvM-lf in-“
ther had fallen a victim ta a dreadful in any rrapee. it hM xn »ir.nt^ that
"Yonr career is alongside o' me.
he would th itc her Into a thachmurr to |
UTer
without asking any inni ■> <r |> .rt v
vendetta, an 1 the had finally been left the rest of the alphabet
Yet the
"••ve hnuwrlf ’ Nt»! no- «be could nut i honey and Boompointer. But nearer
Te Ha»ter» old ItqeSs
»
pennileaa
orphan
human
race
sticka
to
it
tri;
We ll fix all that I heard »ome
’I* 1*
<h** !i:ul
rha|*M n errttrd j me
Valuable books and engra«ings that
with a fidelity
1 ««a d*pl, interrated m her. but worthy of a more important
—
what *'ir ha<l don* in a freak ^>f glrli«h 1 th mg at»«ut your being in disgrace, age and the Ixxik-o orm have defiled sw
,
,.
--1 cause. I'd
Uke
to
have aome*wiae mau UU me
’
' b I »' had iriurnrtl to her old , but the story waa that yog were soft rvwtorvd by u.ing i-aper of a apwri.il n.’ one cuuki gne me the slightest clew
whv.”
aa to whither she ha.(ytled.
f.
on kvme aeceah girl down there and kind. n>a.le into a ' nip ami hr < r»’
Still I had ing-r •<ul atxwit the places
Uegleeted your business. Kla'una. But ■ xperhnent t »• vl the exact« oh- .<
’>• Their Trwrh.
I need to see h« r " as I in love with
* * ïî .
la'rdy! to think it waa only your own I'tete that le tob r ende.'
tbs little Corm can beauty*
wife! Never mind, we ll straighten that Arabie or rum » met
the
a>
h-
wcarll
_
,
Her face wou tld come before my men-
out We’se ha>! worse jobs than that the mixture ao that it will h .
OR fj WHEN NOT IN
AN
UJ viaum a. « ep or waking, bringing
there ess a on. Why. there was that commissary gether. A thin .beet of aim« t r- •
• swart s. ; ut i I ha.1 never before ville, ' li« the Aral time, forsooth. I
I torre, —In who was buying np dead horses at one »'.ao, or Bica, or ivlhsloxl. • pat ■ n
(
ftb/Wo «
’« parienced and rvt I tried to dismls» hare playrtl the roll nf detective The
end of the field and selling them to the the a,as u> hr rvfM rrd. «hieh
f
r«»rer»’aöi« or
dinctora of th:9 r^d km.« me not.
her
ft^m
my
tnind.
govern rue nt for uwm href at the n»ber;
»'•fl tbr pulp, witch, by a J, e
!
“How to Ch'*» P»
t I
and there was that general who toueh. 1« wort rd to )>■» the.srfs -e ■
I aal smoktng for «M boo™ upon but I am on their track.”
■ *»• 11 it. L' ». »»» «V*r'* *» ’
_J um th.u B «ton ti>mr<l
««rra
li
woiiMn't make an atta.k when it the text irr «vf the ■ per that
A*
U»a deck of the Peaguui, watching th.-
OU»1
nw
th« way H
h(B
h.n)
rsisrd. sad the other general you IL—5 T 1‘vet
I yallaw light, dancing in th« mmaat.c
»•el rvry much rat« p - \ y. World
1 btKe etty. and drinking la th« frw^.
KEPT AHEAD OF THE BULLETS.
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