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Fiiiilpisi At CHAPTfift Imni Frank, II. (Continued.) pulling the, old blue Jat-iet from under hi bad ana passing It to Mary, aald: "Take It to Hill Header -he offered me a shilling for it. and a milling will buy milk for Allle and eraik er fur mother tk It." No, Kmnky," nwerd Mry. "you would hT no pillow; beside, Ire got ometlilng more valuable, which I fan ell. I've kept It long, but It muat go to beep wa from trving"ud aha liel.l to view tha golden locket which tieorge Morrland had thrown around her neck. "You ahaw't eell that." aald I'rank. "You must keen It to remember (Jeorge; and thi n, too. you may waut It more aomo oilier time." Mary finally yielded the point, and gathering- up the crumpled Jacket ataried In quest of Hilly tteitder. H waa n kind-hearted boy, two year older than Frank, whom he had often befriended ami shielded from the Jwn of their com- paniona. lie did not want the Jacket, for it wa a vast deal too email; and It waa .ul In rfuly to a uronosnl from Frank (hat he ahould buy It that he had casual ly offered him a shllliug. Hut now. when he uw the garment, and learned why It waa aewt, he Immediately drew from hi old leather wallet a quarter, all the, mouey he had In the world, and giving It to Mnrv. bade her keep It. a ahe would Deed it all. Ilnlf an hour after a moling orange wan held to Frank'a pan-bed Hp", and Mnry ld. "Drink, brother; I've got two more, beaidea aome lililk ami bread, mil tha enr ahe addreaecd waa deaf and tho .).. .ill), thn tmmt fulllllir ahadoW of death. "Mother! mother!" cried the lit it. tflrl "l'eaiikr won't drink, and hia . . v - - forehead U all aweat." tr It.iw.r,! had been much worn.' that day. but agony made h-r atrong Springing to hi aide, ahe wiped from hia l.row the cold moisture which hud ... iiirni.l Ii.t ilnushter. chafed hia handa Hud feet, and bathed hia heed. tl til he .-em.'d better and fell asleep I'..-! th HhiKlea of liltftlt CI1I1I0 u. and when all woa diirk in the alck room Mary H.it.tied nut. "We have no candle, moth r noil If I c.i for one. and he ahould Me " The aotind of her voire arnuaed Frank, and feeling for hia alater'a hand, he aald. "Hou't go. Mary: don't leava me the moon ia ahlnluf bright, and I guess I can finrl mv war to Ood Juat aa well. s,'inelrn eleven and then through the dingr window tha allvery moonlight fell, aa if indeed to light the way of tha earlv loat to heaven. Mary bad drawn ..r ni,iili.r lnnnie to the aid of the trundle bed. and In a atata of almoat per feet exhauatlon Mr. Howard lay gasp Ing for breath, while Mary, aa If con clou of the dread reality about to oc cur, knelt by her aide. Ouc Mra. How ard laid ber handa on Mary'a bead, and prayed that aha might be preaerved and keDt from harm by the uofl or ino or phan. and that the aln of dlaobedienee niini nn hor own head might not be visited upon ber child. After a time a troubled aleep came up on her and ahe alept until rouaed by a low aob. llaialng heraelf up. ahe looked anslonsljr toward her children. The uioonbeama fell upon the white, placid face of Frank, who teemed calmly aleep tng, while over him Mary bent, pushing buck from hia forehead the thick elua tcrlng enrta, and etrlvlng hard to amoth- er her aoba, ao that they might not dis turb her mother. "Hoc he sleep?' aaked Mr. Howard, and Mary, covering with her hand the face of him who alept, answered: "Turn away, mother don't look at him. Frunky la dead. He died with hi arm around my ueck, and told me not to wake you." Mr. Howard waa In the lat atnge of consumption, and now ahe lay back, half fainting upon her pillow. Toward day light a violent coughing fit ensued, and ahe knew that ahe wa dying. Heckoning Mnrv to her aide, ahe whispered, "I am leaving yon alone, in the wide world. Ho kiud to Kiln and our dear little Allie. and co with her where she goes. May Sod keep anil bles you my precious chil dren nud reward you aa you deserve, my dnrllnif " The sentence was unfinished, and In munonkiihln owe the ornhnn girl knelt between her mother and brother shud ,irltiir In tho nrcaence of death, nnd then weeping to think that ahe wa alone, CHAPTER III. . Just on the corner of Chlcopee Com num. and under the shadow of the ecu tury-old elms which klrt the borders of the grass plat called by the villagers the "Mall," stand the small red cottngo of Widow Hender, who In her way was nnlte a curiosity. All the "ills which fleah is heir to" Widow Bender, if she could nscertuin tho symptoms, was snre to have In the most aggravated form. On the morning following the events narrated In the last chapter Billy, whose flrmma had been disturbed by thought of Frank, arose early, determined to call at Mrs. Howard's and see If they were In want of anything. Hut his mother, who had heard rumors of the scarlet fo ver. nan uu before him, and on descend Ing to the kitchen Billy found her sitting before a binding tire her reet in not wai er nnd her head thrown back In a manne plainly allowing that something new ha taVon hold of her in good earnest. "Oh. William." said ahe. "I've lived through a alght. but my time baa com at last. Huch pain In my head and toin ach. I do belUv I've got the scarlet fever, and you muat run for the doctor, quick." "Hcarlet fever!" repeated Hilly: "why, you've bad It once, and you can't have it again, can youT "Oh, I don't know-I never wa like nvhM Ola an 1 can have anything a down time. Now be spry and fetch tho doctor; but before you go hand me my anutr boi and put the canister top heaplu' full of tea Into the teapot. Hilly obeyed, and then, knowing that the green tea would reuiovo hi mother ailment be hurried away toward ir. Howard's. The aun wa Jut rising. Within the cutuge there w no ound or token of life, and. thinking It inmate were sleep. Hilly paused several min ute upon the threshold, fearing that bu ahould duiturb their dumber. At Uat, with a vgue presentiment that all wa n..i rlirtit. he raised the latch and enter ed, but Instantly atarted back in aston- iahment at the scene before him. un me thundle bed lay Frank, cold and dead, ami near him, in the unit long, dream- leas aleep, wa hi mother, while between them, with oue arm thrown lovingly acroas her brother' neck, and ner cneea preaaed aga inat hi, lay Mary-her eye lid moist with tear wiilcn. mougn sleep ing, ahe stilt hed. On the other side of Frank, and nestled ao closely to nun tnai her warm breath lifted the brown curl from hi brow, wa Kiln. Hot there were no tear staloa on ber face, for aho did not yet know how bereaved she w. - ..... . . i...- For a moment Hilly Sioou irr-onur, and then, as Mary moved unensiiy in ner slumbers, he advanced a step or two to ward her. The noise aroused ner, ami Instantly remembering and comprehend ing the whole, she threw herself with a bitter cry Into Hilly a extended arms, as If he alone were all the protector she now hud in the wide, wide world, J.rc long File. too. awoke, and the noisy outburst hich followed the knowledge of her loss made Mary still the agony or ner own heart In order to soothe the more violent grief of her excitable aiater. Hilly' tears were flowing, too. out at icngm rlalug up. he said to Mary. "Mometutng must be done. The vlllagera must know ef It. and I shall have to leave you alone while I tell them." In balf an hour from that time the cottage wa ne.rly filled with people, some of whom cam out of idle curloalty. Hut ther were other who went there for the sake of comforting the orphans and attending to the dead, and by noon the bodlee were decently arranged for burial. "There will be no trouble," aald one, In finding a place for Ella, she Is so bright and handsome; but aa for Mary, I am frald ahe'll have to go to the poorhonse' "Were I In a condition to take either," replied Mrs. Johnson, "I should prefer Mary, for in my estimation she 1 much the bet girl; but there I the baby, who must go wherever Mary does, unles he can b persuaded to leave her." Before anyone could reply to thl re mark Mary, who had overheard every word, came forward, and, laying ner face on Mr. Johnson' lap. sobbed out, "I,et m go with Alice; I told mother I would." t , Hilly Bender, who all this while had been standing by the door, atarted for home, never once thinking, until he reached It, that his mother more man six hours before, had sent mm in greni hnsto for the physician. On entering the house ho found her, as he expected, rolled up In bed. apparently in the last stage or arlet fever; but herore sne couiu re proach him he ssid. "Mother, have you heard the news?" Mrs. Bender had a particular love tor nnu-H Blkll HOW lOlKCIUIIK " death's door" she had been, she eagerly demanded, "What new What has nap- When Billy told her or uie sumicn denths of Mrs. Howard and l-ranK. an expression of "What? That all?" passed over her face, and she said, "Hear me, my snuff, Billy. Both died Inst night, uu they? Haln t you notnin eise io tenr Yes, Mary Judson and una uampoeii, too, are dead. Mrs. Bender, who. like many others, courted the favor of the wealthy ana tried to fancy herself on intimate term with them, no sooner heard of Mrs. Campbell's affllctlou than her own dan gerous symptoms were forgotten, and, springing up, she exclaimed, jv.hu v amp i,n .load! What'll her mother do? I must go to her right away. Hand me my double gown there In the closet, and give me my lace cap In the lower drawer, and mind you have the teakettle biled agin I get back." "Before you go anywhere, suppose you stop at Mrs. Howard's and comfort poor Mary, who cries all the time because alio and Alice have got to go to the poor house." "Of course they'll go there, aud they ort to be thankful they've got so good a place." "I want to ask you." said Billy, "can't we couldn't you take them for a few days, and perhaps something may turn up?" "William Bender," sold the highly astonished- lady, "what can you mean? A poor, alck woman like me, with one foot in the grave, take the charge of three pauper children! I sha'n't do It, and you needn't think of it." TSat, mother," nerslsted Hilly, Wb ceold generally coat her to do a he liked, "If only for a few day, and they'll not be much trouble or expense, for I II work enough harder to nuke It up." "I havo said no once, William Bender, and when I ay no, I mean no," wa the answer. mil. would be lea decided the next time the subject wa broached, so for the present he dropped it. and tag ing hi cap he returned to Mrs. JJow rd', while hi mother tarted fur Mr. Campbell's. Next morning between the hours of 9 and 10 the toiling bell sent forth its s.id long a few of the vil lager were moving toward the brown cottage, where In the same plain coKlu slept the mother and ber only boy. Neur j them sat Klia, occasionally looking with , childish curiosity at the stranger around j ber. or leaning forwsrd to peep si uie tip of the new morocco shoe which Mrs. Johnson had kindly given her; then, when her eyea fell upon the coffin, ahe would buret into such an agony of weeping that many of the villager also wept In sym pathy, and a they stroked her soft hair, thought, "how much more she loved ber mother than did Mary," who. without n tear upon her cheek, sat there immova ble, gating fixedly upon the marble face of ber mother. Alice wa am prra.-uv, for Hilly had not oniy sueceeoeo iu nlng bl mother' consent to take the chil dren for a few day, but be had also coaxed her to aay that Alice might com oefore the funeral, on conditlou that be would remain at borne and take care of her. WANT DOLE FIKED HAWAIIAN LEGISLATORS DON'T LIKE THE GOVERNOR. THE ARTILLERY ARM. Full fhe First Stiilon of the Territorial Ujiilatur of Hawaii Come to an End Without At- complUhinJ Anything President Dole li Ignored-Chargei the Uglilatur With Accepting Bribes. Honolulu, May 7, via San Francis Muv l!l Tlif first legislature 01 Hawaii came to an end the evening ot April :), according to Governor l)oe, and the next ni't according to a majority in both house, ilie legis lature ended its existence at logger heads with the governor all along the line, and without having passed a sin gle one of the important measures to which the home rulers were com mitted, except the county government act, which the governor killed. The lut act of the house the even ing of the 30th, was to pass a concur rent resolution containing a memorial to President McKinley for the remov al of Governor Dole. Dole is charged ... . , 1 I .1.. ,t Via Wltn Having iimucrcu me m session by his hostility towards the legislature, withholding information and reports that were called for, and refusing to co-operate with the law makers. The president is asked in the resolution to use his influence in behalf of an extra session ot the legis CHAPTER IV. Scarcely three hours had passed since the dark, moist earth was heaped upon the humble grave of the widow and her .on. wnen gam. urer ... i t trn-t cenerft lee alation In con opee noaie . we u, " ... refusefJ to rant. S. r.TSS haZ" hurrM toward elusion, the home rulers fk that Dole the Campbell mansion, which wa. soon ; be removed, if the president sees no nearly filled. ! other way of bringing about an extra On a marble table In the same room lay Kesiou 0f the territorial legislature, the handsome coffln. and In it alept young j jwiaring that the governor has acted Ella. Gracefully ber small waxen hand j in ft manner aa to lose the confi- folded one over the otiier. nue ; . ma;onty of the people ot the territory white, half-opened rosebuds were wreatn ed among the curia of her hair. "She i too beutiful to die. and the only child, too." thought more than oue a ttey'look ed first st the sleeping clay and then at the stricken mother, who. draped in deep out Mark, sobbed convulsively. And yet she was not one-half ao desolate as was the orphan Mary, who in Mrs. Bender kitchen sat weeping over her sister Alice, and striving to form words of prayer which should reach the God of the father- less. . oh! my mother." she cried. as she stretched her hands toward the clear blue sky, now that mother's home. "Why didn't I die, too?" There wa a step upon the grass, and looking up. Mary s.w standing near uer Mr. Campbell' English girl. Hannah. She had alwaya evinced a liking for Mrs. Howard' family, and now after nnisning her dishes, and trying in vain to speak word of consolation to her mistress, who refused to be comforted, she had stolen away to Mr. Bender', ostensibly to ee all the orphan, but in reality to see Ella, who had always been her favor ite. . , The sight of Mary'a grief touched Han nah'a heart, and sitting down by the lit tle girl she tried to comfort her. Mary felt that her worda and manner were prompted by real sympathy, and after a time she grew calm, and listened while Hannah told her that "as soon aa her mistress iV't so anybody could go near her, she n.Vnt to ask her to take Ella Howard to fill the place of her own daughter." "Tlu.v lonk as much alike as two Katun " aa iri she. "and a'posin' Ella How ard ain't exactly her own flesh and blood. she would grow into using ner, i nm.. That nicht after her return home Han Malt 1!nr,,rnil for lone- time about the narlor door, glancing wistfully toward latreas. who reclined upon the sofa with her face entirely hidden by her cambric handkerchief. "It's most too soon. I guess," thought Hannah. "I'll wait till to-morrow." . Accordingly next morning, when, as she had expected, she was told to carry her mistress' toast and coffee to her room, she lingered for awhile, and seemed so, desirous of speaking that Mrs. Campbell j asked what she wanted. j "Why, you see, ma'am. I was going to i say a word about about that youngest Howard girl. She's got to go to the poor- j house and it's a pity, she's so handsome. Why couldn't she come here and live? I'll take care of her, and 'twouldu't be nigh so lonesome." At this allusion to her bereavement Mrs. Campbell burst into tears, and mo tioned Hannah from the room. "I'll keep nt her till I fetch it about," thought Hannah. But further persuasion from her was rendered unnecessary, for Mrs. Lincoln called that afternoon, nnd after assuring her frieud that she never before saw one who was so terribly af flicted, casually mentioned the Howards, nnd the extreme poverty to which they were reduced. Here Mrs. Campbell commenced weep- ln nnd as Mrs. Lincoln Boon took her leave she was left alone for several hours. At the end of that time, impeueu by something she could not resist, she raug the bell and ordered Hannah to go to Mrs. Bender's aud briug Ella to her room, as sho wished to see how she ap peared. (To be continued.) The concurrent resolution passea throueh both houses by large majori ties, all the native home rulers voting for it. It did not get to the senate until the day after the end of the session, as calculated by the governor, but on that day the native party in the senate passed it. Governor Dole created a sensation by saying that one of his reasons for I not granting an extra session wua that he had been reliably informed, that bribery was taking place. Both houses passed a resolution demanding proof. NEW ORDER OF THINGS. Important Secretary of War Will Increase It to Its Strength. Washington, May 13. Secretary Root is a man to whom wide discre tion in the matter of interpreting and administering the laws might have Ik-ch given. This is shown in his de termination to increase the artillery corps at once to us iun aireiigwi. Congress, in its abject fear of criti cism, placed a provision in the bill which looted as if the artillery corps of the army was to be increased only 20 per cent each for five years. But the men who drafted the bill knew what they were doing, and when it came out as a law n proviueu ma not less than 20 per cent should be raised the first year, and not less than 20 per cent each succeeding 12 months until the full strength of the artillery was reached. Secretary Hoot inter prets the "not less" to mean that he is not prevented from making the en tire increase at once, and so he di rected that it should be done. This is a very good thing. No branch of the military service needs men so much as the artillery. The fortifications and the equipment of the fortifications with valuable guns has been far in advance of the in crease of the artillery. In the Spanish war congress was induced to increase the artillery from five to seven regi ments, and the last congress was in duced to make the increase to 18,000 men, but witn an inumawuu w n wording of the bill that the increase was to be made only gradually at 20 per cent a year for five years. Every coast state, every state where fortifi cations are needed, and where they have been erected will applaud the action of Secretary Root, aa it means more heavy artillery, and fortifica tions already in place and fortifica tions to be erected will have artillery placed upon them, and received the care of trained and efficient men, a care that very valuable defenses have not received during the past three ears. Another thing where Secretary Root showed his judgment was in construing the stupid provision of the Spooner amendment to the army bill, relating to tne rmnppincs. There were two amendments, one pre paredly Senator Spooner, giving the president autnonty to control Philinnines. and Senator Hoar se cured the adoption of another regard ing franchises, which would prevent t'ley.r roupmaker. lrlend Why do you dump all th dirt luto your soap kettles? Sonp Mannfaeturer-If folks don't find the water dirty after wasliln' they think the soap is no good. New . York Weekly. ' The man who makes a short speech full of long words Is Just about as great a uulsance as the oue who takes, long while with short ones. Interior Department WUI Require Report Regularly. Washington, May 13.r-A new order of things has been inauguraiea m tho Interior department and its sev eral branches, relative to making nnblic certain reports that are ae- ;vi trnm time to time by the Pliv B - Washington correspondents. Here tofore the geological survey, wnicn is miR of the bureaus of this depart ment, has been allowed to run along with comparative independence, and in a wav it gave general satisfaction. Under the old regime the newspapers were given access to the many reports that are prepared by the survey from time to time, often when the reports manuscript form. Now tbi.4 is chanced, and no reports wil be accessible until they are in galley proof, or even a more advanced stage, Tha nivtinii to the new ruhne lies 4n,;r here. The survey sends its par ties out in the summer. During the winter months the field forces are oc cupied in Washington writing up their reports, which are generally iWnselv and valuably illustrated. U well into the spring before these rciMirts are completed in the manu script. It very often happens that the reports of a past season's obser vations, if made public in the spring, will be of great value to prospector, and others in the season immediately following the scientific examination. Under the old order ot tilings, wnen manuscripts were temorarily availa ble, the newspapers could get at the facts at a comparatively early stage, And when much of the information via fresh mid newsv. But now the assistant secretary of th interior, who. in the absence of Hitchcock is the "whole iiiiiKf." sets out at once to exert hia mthnritv bv issuing an order forbid ding tho publication of extracts from the manuscript. This means that the reports will be held back until late in the summer or fall, and possibly intr. the next winter, and in this way the public will be prevented from get ting the benefit of the most impor ant facts for a whole year, in effec. The Appetite Grows. Berlin. Mav 13.The Berliner Towos Zrituntr. which prints a Wash- intrtrm dispatch asserting that the United States government is think anything from being done to improve , the condition ot ino lsiaaus. owu .1. . Du:i!mnnA amanilmAnt WAS aner me x iiiMfi'"3 """--- cabled to the Taft commission, a reply was received Bhowmg tnai if it waa adhered to strictly," it would mean great hardship to the people of the Fhilippme islands. After mature aenoerauon uie ecu retary decided to allow the regu lations for the cutting of timbei which the Philippine commissior had enacted to remain in force and not to be interfered with by the iloai amendment to the army bill. It would have been well, perhaps, tc give the secretary some authority ir modifying affairs in Cuba, for he haf a way of making such modifications of the best interests of the government and the people who aregoverned. AUSTRALIAN PARLIMENT. ing of securing one of tho Azores aa i coaling station, says that "the appe tite grows with eating. Dublin Caper Seized. Dublin. Mav 13. The police to night seized William O'Brien's week ly paper, the Irish People. It is re nnrted that the seizure was made on account of reflections upon King Ed ward, i First Under the New federation Opened Duke of Cornwall. Melbourne, May 13. The opening of the first federal parliament which took place at noon was a most im nresivft eeremonv. The capacity of the exposition building, the scene of the ceremony, is 12,000 people, but the available space was taxed to tne ut most. The decorations consisted oi regimental standards, trophies of arms and floral festoons. The doors were opened to ticket holders at 9 o'clock in the morning, and by 11 o'clock the auditorium was filled except the royal dais. This was located beneath the great dome. It held a single row of chairs, the largest, in the center, being sur mounted by a small gold imperial crown. The whole was overhung with the royal standard. In front of the roval chair was a small table, on which was a telegraph key, by which the Duke of Cornwall and York was to flash the opening signal throughout the commonwealth, when the Union Jack was to be simultane ously raised in every settlement of the federation. The majority of the audience was composed of ladies, mostly clad in mauve colored costumes, dui many ui them were dressed in white. Bril liant scattered groups of army and navy uniforms gave color to the scene. Facing the dais was a slightly raised platform, where seven rows ot chairs accommodated the membrera it.. .-....rtaHYi rvorliument. 01 VIlO CUIUIUVIIl".""" . m. V . ... i-. ' ..A.anf wnO HA. Tne lony nuim iiiicu voted to the members of the state par liaments. East and west of the dais were grouped the ministerial staffs. The remainder of the hall and the galleries were packed with a well dressed, earnesst, expectant crowd. A great orchestra enlivened the ante meridian hour with operatic airs.