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Wand of Sleep 999 — r.= OR ======================== The Devil-Stick hr ito Awksv al "The Myswry at « Haeawn Cab." Eia. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UHAPTER III.—(Continued I On the day after the Mnjor'i dinner party, laabella was elttlng In the ver anda with a book open on her lap and D1do aiandln» travel/ near her Mr« I>allaa In the cool depth« of the draw- Ini room, wa« Indulging In an after- luncheon elect* The «untight poured Itaelf over the velvet lawn«, drew f< rth the perfume* from the Hower bed« and made the earth languorous with heat. In the veranda all wa« cool and reel- ful and pleasingly alien! leabella. In her while dreaa. looked beautiful and penalve; while Dido. Ln reddish-hued rote, with a crlmeon kerchief twleted round her «lately head, gleamed In the ■emt gloom like aome gorgeous tropi cal bird ■■tray In our northern cllmea lloth mt«treea and maid were «(lent It wa« I>ldo who «poke flrat. Hh« noticed that th« eye« of her mletreaa eonatantly strayed In the direction of "Aahantee," and with the Jealouay be gotten of deep affection, «he gus«a«-t that the girl'« tho-.igxH« were Heed up on Maurice. At once «he «poke re proachfully. and In the groleaque ne gro dialect, which, however, coming from Dido's mouth, Inapered no one with merriment "Aha. mlaey." «aid ehe. In deep gut tural tone«, "you link ob dat yalier- ha'r man!" "Maurice! Tea, I'm thinking about him, and you know why." Dido's fierce black eyea flashed out a gleam of rage, and ehe curved Mau rice audibly In aome barbaric tongue which laal>ella eeerned to understand. At all eventa ahe Interrupted the wom an e epee- h t»lth an Imperluua geelura "No more of that. Dido. Tou know that I love Maurice, 1 wlah to marry him. Why are you oo bitter agalnal him"" "He take you from me." "Well. If I marry anyone the aame thing will happen.” responded la<>hol la. lightly; “end surely, Dido, you do not want me to remain a spinster all rn> life" "No, mlaey, no! Tou marry, an’ ols Dido am berry pleased But dat jai ler he r man. I no Ilka hint." "We are engaged." "Your mudder, «he aay no!" "Noneenoe* Hhe like* Maurice her- •elf." replied leabella. uneasily. "Mau rice war.te our engagement kept quiet for the preeont, but whan I do tell Ma jor Jen and my mother. I am auro nei ther of them will object.” "H'm we aee. mlesy. we «ee," «aid Dido, darkly. "Hut why you marry dla man I no like?” "Becauae I marry to plea«« myeelf, not you.” Mid l«al>ella. sharply. "Oh. I know your thought«. Dido, you would like me to marry IWvId Harby. Th« Idea' aa If he can compare with Mau rice'~ "W rong. mlaey I no wlah dat man." "Then Dr. Et weld -that horrid, gloomy creature!" Him great man!" aald Dido, sol emnly "Him berry berry great!" "I don't think any" retorted laabella. rising "Of courae. I know that ho la clever, but aa to l>elng great, he Isn't known beyond thl« place~ Hhe walked Io the end of the veranda, and Stood for a moment In the glare of the aun- ahlne Suddenly an Idea ercm«d to «trike her, and «he turned toward« the negroes. "Dido, you wouldn't like to eee me the wife of Dr. Etwald!" "Yea. mlaay. Him berry big great man! lie lub you. lie told old Dido •o " "lie acema to have been very confl- dent lai." «aid IMbella. scornfully, "and from what I have aoen, Dido, ho haa aome Influence over you." "No," aald the negreaa But while her longue uttered the denial, her eyea rolled uneasily round the lawn, aa though dreading some Invlalblo preap- ence "No, mlaay IMdo a great one. you know. Rhe no 'frald ob dat doc tor; but him big man. mlaay; you mar ry him'" "I love Maurice!" "You nebber marry him. mlaay Neb ber. nebber! I make de spell. I know De spell say dat doctor he marry youl" "Well. Dido., we will are And now Rhe never flniahrd what «he was about to My. for at that homent Dido stretched out one arm Aero«« the lawn there crept a wlaen, grey-haired little man. with a cringing manner. He was white, but darkish In the «kin. and there was something negroid about hl« face. This dwarfish little creature was a tramp, who had become a pensioner of iMbella'g. He had attached himself Io her like some faithful dog, and rare ly failed to present himself at leaat once a day. What his real name was nobody knew, but he Mid that he wa« called Batters*. He wa« cringing, dirty, and altogether an unpleaMnt object to look upon, but iMl-ella was sorry for the creature, and aided him with food and a trifle of money. It may ba here mentioned that Hatteraea. although ho knew nothing of Ohl. was terribly afraid of Dido. Perhaps soma Instinct in the negro bl ■<» 1 for ha undoubtedly had »• methlng African tn hla veins— -nade him fear this unknown prteote«« of fetleh- wi rahlp "Well. Battersea." said tsal>ella. kindly, "how are you to-day?" "Very well. lady, very well. Indeed I met Mr Aylmer, and ho gave mo a dollar " "That was generous of him! But. why?" "Becpueo I said that a oertaln lady was----- " "Now. now." laughed Isat-olta. "no more of that nonsense. Battersea" Rhe I turned and ran along the veranda Into the houae The tramp and the negrM« wore alona. "What do doctor say?" said Dido, tn a low-voiced whisper. ’Two word« The devil-«tick." The negree« started, and threw up her hand« In «urprloa. CHAPTER nr. Evidently there was an understand ing between these two strange crea ture«. and thersby an occult connec tion with th« 1d«a« and doings of Dr Etwald What th« trio were plotting against Isabella and h«r lover remains to be Men i but It can bo guaeoed Ma liy that th« maaMge of th« devil «tick carried by IlalterMa to IMdo was of e<>me «Ignlflcanca. Batter««« himself knew nothing of It« oaotarie meaning, but to the na- gr««s the mention of the emblem con- vejed a dlatlnct understanding Rhe 1st hay arms fall listlessly by her side. • nd. with an unseeing gn>« ahe stared al th« green trees lathed In hot «un- ■hlne After a moment or so. ehe mut tered to herself In negro jargon, and clenched her hands. "Baal' the wnnd of sleep' the brtng- er of death'” "What are you wring. Dido"” asked Baller sc a. hl« fMble Intellect scared by the flerc« gestures and the unknown tongue "I say deep thtngs which you no un- de.sian*. Ixxik at ol« Dido, you white man." « Battersea whimpered, and. rubbing one dirty hand over the other, did as he was requ“«ted with manifest unwil lingness With an Intensity of gasa. Dido glared at him steadily, and swept her hands twice or thrice serose hla face. In a moment or so the tramp was In a state of catalepsy, and aha made use of hl« spellbound Intelli gence to gain knowledge. There was ■cm«thing terrible In her powers being thus exercised In the full sunlight. "De dabble-stick Whar 1« It?" "In the house of Major /«n In a llttl« room, on th« wall, with sword« and axes.” A« hs Mid thl« In a monotonous ton«. Dido looked acroM th« tree tops to where the red roof« of ~A«hantee" showed themselves against a blue July sky. Hhe shook h«r flit at the distant house, and again addressed herself Im periously to naltersea. commanding "Tell ole Dido ob de debble-atlck." "it Is green, with a handle of gold, and blue stones set Into the gold.” Dido bent forward, and touched the tramp on hla temples "H«e wtdln dat »tick." «he muttered, eagerly. "I wish to see." "There la a bag tn the handle." re- pealed Battersea, with an effort. "Un der ths bag a long needle." then, after a pause, "the needle 1« hollow " ”1« d«r poison In de bag. In da hol low ob de needle?" "No'" said Battersea, again. "The poison Is dried up!" At this moment a noise In ths house disturbed Dido, and with a pass or two she released Battersea from the hyp notic spell Ho started, rubbed his eyes, and looked drowsily at the tall negreM. who had resumed her Impas sive attitude. "What have you been doing. DldoF* h« asked, stupidly. "Obi?” was the brief reply. "Tou hab told old Dido what she wish about de debble-atlck." 'Ths devll-atlck." repeated the tramp. In wide-eyed surprlM. "1 don't know anything of It. Dr Etwald mot me, and see ho. 'Ton go to Mies Dal las,' and I see. 1 does;’ and he see. ‘You’ll see Dido.* and I sea. I will;* and he sea. Ray to her "Dsvll-etlck." an* I sm . 'Right y’are. sir.* But «a to know ing-------" "Dat nuflln!" Mid Dido, with a lord ly wave of her hand. "1 black; you hab de black blood In joum also. I mek you do Dbt. Um!" "What** Obi? What'e you torkln* of?" asked Battersea, rather nervous ly. "An* *ow docs you know I hev black blood"" "Obi say dat to ma Tour mudder black?" "Tab!" cried Battersea, derisively You’re out of It. My mother white, but my father." here he hesitated, and then resumed—"Tea, you’rs right. Di do; my father was a negro* A Reedoe boy who was flreman on a liner." *1 hab eeen dal." replied Dido, nod ding her head "Black blood In you««. • a* 1 can du Obi on you. I send your | spirit to da house or M ssm Jen! Tou toll m« ob d« debbl« «tick. Rut I take eare ob you Now git to d« kitchen; dor« am food for you." Ths old man’s « jm brightened In sa lt el pat Ion of a feast, and be shuffled off round the corner ss quickly aa hl« age would allow him Dido looked after him for a moment, considering the meaMgs ho had brought from Dr Etwald. and then began to think of ths devil-otlck Hh« knew very well what It was for her grandmother bad bon carried off a «lav« fr-,m th« west e ast ol Africa, and knew ail about Ashsntee •orrery and fetish rites These ah« had repeated to h«r granddaughter. IH do. with the result that Dido, cherish ing th««e recollections, knew exactly how Io use the wand of sleep Rhe had Spoken about It to Dr. Etwald. quit* Ignorant that Jen kept one aa a curios ity. and now Etwald had intimated through Battersea that ho wished hot to d<> something In • nneetlon with th* stick. What that something might ba Dido, at the present moment, could not gueas. Hhe had exerted h«r magnetlo and hypnotic Influence over Battersea, not that «ho wished for a detailed deocrlp- Bon of the wand, for already oho knew Ila appMranc* but becauM It might happen that It would bo nooesMry t( um the tramp for Mrtala purpose* connected with the discovery of m - ereta Dido exorcised a strong Influ ence over this weak old crMtura Ilattarsea was supp-wed to be s Christian; but th« barbarlo fluid In hl* veins inclined him lo the terrible gro- teaquenM« of African witchcraft, and Dido and her words stirred some dlrs Instinct In hla mind Tho negreM mw that accident had placed In b«r way » helpleas crMtura. who might be of us* In her neeromantls busln«««. there for* by hypnotising him once or twice ■ ho rontrlved to keep him within hot power Ail of which fantasy would have been denied by tho average now« paper rMd«r. who cannot tmegl«« such things taking plac« tn whal he Mils euphoniously a ChrlstJan land. But this happened, notwithstanding Having dismissed Battersea, the ne groes turned to seek leebella She wa* so devoted to ber nursling that sh* could hardly b«ar to be away from her; and since her Infancy iMbella had scarcely been absent an hour from hot • Iran»« attendant. The girl had g-u>* Into tho drawing-room, where Mrs Italluo was still sleeping, snd there, relieved for the moment from tha pry ing eyes of the negreM. she took a letter out of her pocket. Il was from Maurice, stating that he was coming to mo her that afternoon at Z o’clock, as he had Something particular to My It was now c I om upon the hour, and I m I «Ila was wondering how aha could get rid of Dido, whom »h« did not wt»h to be present at the coming inter view. The Inborn jMlousy of th* w.-rnan. and her advocacy of Dr Et- wald’« ault. made her an unpleaMnt third at ouch a mwllng; moveover Maurice Instinctively disliked thio Sul len crMtura, and was never quite may In her presence. Finally, Isabella decided to slip round back of ths house and meet Maurice at tho gate. Rhe put on a straw hat. and ran lightly away to m * her lover Hhe paaaed out by a Bid« door, danced like a fairy across th* Intervening Space of lawn, and slipped laughingly Into the narrow path which wound through the wood to tho ave nue nsar the gates Juel as she emerged Into the open she hMrd a sharp click. and mw Maurice approaching Ho was dress ed In his flannals, and looked part leu larly handsome, ah« thought, th« mor* •o when »he Leheld his face lighting up at h*r unexpected appearance. The magnetism of love drew them IrrMlstl- bly together. "My own dear love." ho murmured, softly. "How good of you to meet me!" "I camo down here to escape Dido." explained iMbella. slipping her hand within his. "You don't like her to t»e with us!" "I don't like her In any case, my dar ling. Hhe la Ilk« a black shadow of evil always at your heels I must get your mother to forbid her IrsapaMlng upon our meetings." "My dmr Mauries, how can you pos sibly do that, when you refuse IS tell my mother of our engagement?" "*<>h. I bad a reason for keeping our engagement secret, but It Is no longer necessary, and I sm going straight to ask your mother to give me this dear hand In marriage If ahe concent* we will soon get rid of Dido." "But my mother may not consent." •aid iMl.ella, a trifle nervoualy. "Why not? 1 have a prof«Mlon and a small property. We love one anoth er dMrly. so I don’t eee what ground •he has for refuMl. I wish to tell your mother of our engagement; for I must rescue you from the Influence of that dark Jexet>el. Hhe is dangerous" "I know she Is. but she hates you!" *1 don't eare for her hate," replied Maurice, carelessly. "It Is a poor thing, and cannot pnasthly harm me Hurely Mrs linllaa will not let herself bo guided In so Important a business l>y th« will and feelings of that black wench." (Ta be continued.) THE AMERICA» WORIM AJI III« I oaSIHen a« I emparwd •• • ll«b sad UwesaM laxbwreee. J. I! lit rest, slatlstlcAn for the Brit ish department of cotnmercs and la bar. who has been InvMtlgatlng com parstlvs conditions of working psopls throughout Oermany. the United Slates and England, aays that ths American workingman II« m higher. ■ or I ls leaser hours snd has a belter time all around than either hla Ger man or English brethren. *! And that tha skilled man In tha United Statoo has a better and mors varied diet than In any other country I have InvMtlgatsd." ho Mid. "Ths English workman baa as much meat, but bo hasn't ths variety of vegetables and swMta. His ibm I s lack imagine lion." Ths German mechanic Mr. St rest Beds to be In the worst condition of all. HU trade« unions are the most complete and beet organised of the thrM countr I m considered, and yet be works more hours, gets I« m pay. Mtx lews, and Is worse housed than any of thorn They gst JS per cent I ms pay than Englishmen.” Mid Mr. Street They work 10 hours a day aa against nine In England and eight in the United SlatM. and their coot of living Is II psr cent higher" Tho poor districts of American ci tie* failed to horrify Mr. Street. He Mid they bad worM at boms "Tvs been through your poorest see tloa." Mid be. "It Is much the Mins as one finds In all the large cltlea of tho world The difference hero Is that there I* an appearance of energy and bopofulneM la moot of your poor poo pls. The reason la. I tako It, that they bad enough entorprtM and thrift to •tart with to get themselves over here with tils intention of bettering tkslr csndittoa ~ FASHION HINTS «fatare of 1«. *A hotel keeper has an occupation which Inclines him to amiability." "How wT "Beca um to all Inquiries about rooms, no matter how put. hs likes ts give a suits answer." — llaltlmors American American capitalists are trying to form a merger of every acro of timber producing land tn Novta Scotia, tarsos- Ing Sarsaparilla Leads all other medicines in th*? cure of all spring ailments humors, loss of appetite, that tired feeling, paleness and nervousness. Take it. Get It today in usual liquid form °r tablets called Hursat-iba. 100 Doses IL IllUa'r Mean I teat. “Those," Mid th« lectursr. Indicating them with his pointer, ’ar« th« mov«- hl« bath houw« Thmrsanda of p«o|>ls consr• gal«» bar« during th« «umrn- «•■son Over h*r« on th« Isft Is th« hotel at which I stopped, and an sx- e««dlng homelike placs It 1« 1 shall gl\• you a nearer vt«w of It presently Although I was ther« a w««k or two. and « uld gl^.lty hav« remained lunger If 1 could hav« «pared th« tlm«. 1 dl<l not taka any batha. for ths reason-------" (Ixrud and prolongvd laughter > "1 meant, ladle« and a«utl«men." h* resumed after th* m«rrtm*nt had sub- I take anv baths down *t the beach This audience Is altogether too «mart." -Chicago Trib un«. __________________ III« I.Kile Sehea««. "Great Caesar, old man'" oxclalmef tb* gunner a* h* spewed ths door an< found hla frisnd's kouM brilliantly lliu mloatod at noonday "What does this mean? Why ars al! theM blankets ovsr tha windows, aad why ts tbs gai burning tn ths daytime?” "Sb!" whlapored Guysr, cautiously "(ft a «cherne of mlns” "What kind of a seberns?" "Why. my wife Is sn a visit to hs, mother, and I tsll hsr I romaln hotni •very night aad r*»i 1’vs got to gs< rid ot sows gas somsbow so It wlU go on ths bill at ths end of ths month ' — Atlanta ConsthiiHojJ____ With Seme Kaeoptloa«. "Grandma, do you think birds go t« heaven?" ”1 see no reason to doubt It. dear 1 sometimes think, though, that parrots go to ths other placs." Kaewledgs. Seeklas It had been raining all day and fln ally llttl* Ix>la asked "Mamma, whss God gets all ths julcs squeezed out ol a cloud what doos t>* do with ItT'— Chlcaso Naw* Th« longeat tslogrsph lln* In the world. al>ov* ground, and without a break, haa I-een completed In Australia. Its total leugth Is som*thlng ovsr •0« mil** TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ALWAYS BUV THE GENUINE S yrup -F igs E uxi H enna “ AND " MANUFACTURED BY THE Foulardi ar* coming in luch lovely •hades and patterns, that It s no wonder ih*y are io t>* mor« than ever popular this season On* of wistaria, hgured o> er with irregular dashes ol while, is shown here. It is designed for general wear. A llttl* hand snibroid*ry on the vest adds to its attractivM*** l h«'' ki- mona" or “ peasant '* typ* of shoulder- and-alerve-in-on*, is again fashionable C alifornia faSYRUP (o SOLO BV ALL LEADING _ p 0RUG6ISTS, M O ne S ize only . so * a B ottle Fl«h % •►••• Beef. When tha Beef Truat put* th* price of steak up to St a pound wa can go to eating more flah Grating land di minishes svsry ysnr. so It Is only a quMtlon of tlm* until l««f get* up eomewhar* near canvas back duck In price. Old ocean will always ba In bualn«M at tha old stand and with th* soma undltnlnlshed conflnaa, unless wa run afoul of a wildcat comet or planet and ar* wiped out; then It won't maha any dUIarsnc*. So long aa fish |* * trifling Incident of our diet Its pries will somewhat follow up tho prtoa of bwf, for lack of general supply. WTiea It becomes a chief article of food anor moua flah InduatrlM will ba Mtabliahed everywhere, and tha supply will keep ap with the stMdy demand Thar* can’t b* a monopoly of th* ocean; there can't aven ba such a monopoly tn th* handling of flah aa In th* slaugh tering. pssktog and celd atoragtng of boat A The Hood’s Rilsi.« REDUCE YOUR COST OF LIVING Take Advantage of Our Cat P t I cm on Kverytktnr You Buy and SAVE 2S% to SO*. Specials for April «« Akwvha . Xe iMstaa aJfaitiB fle e< - K Mike. I< Lawyer. 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