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CHAPTER XXIII (Contino«! ) Hut »ho »»• loo Into, for before she « «io Id onr'npo from the room. Or. Et wald ss smiling and composed ever—entered th* door II* placad hlmaalf quietly before the enraged Mr» Dellas. "Do not go. madam." said ha. quint ili. "I llave something to show you.“ “What la It”’ naked Mra Dallas. her eiirUioity Ilk« that of the Major get ting the lo-tter of her mt« "You wilt *ee in a few minutes Miai I Milan, you pale. I hope soon to bring hack the rosea to your cheeks Ma jor- ” “Don’t apeak to me. you scoundrel until you tell me what you have done with the ia>dy of my boy “ “You shall know In a few minutes. Major Indeed, I think It Is about time that this comedy should end!" "Comedy'“ echoed Mrs. Dallas. In acorn. "You mean tragedy'“ "I mean no such thing.” retorted El- weld, opening the door “All true com edies end In the meeting of lovers Tlx-ra Is my explanation" The three people gave a simultane ous cry nt ima<<-ment and delight, for there, on the threshold of the room, alive and well, stood Maurice .»yhner CHAPTER XXIV. "Sb D<-ar M In tha Joy with which you and Ml.a I nilas hailed th« appearance of the man whom you thought dead. I was -for the time be ing quite.f-*rs I very natur ally, too Prollllng by the occasion. I left the room and went to the bedroom where Mr Narhy lay In a trance simi lar to that Into which Mr Aylmer had fallen, both trances being caused by the poison of the devil-stick As you have learned fmm his own lips. I re vived him. as I revived his friend; so Dow, my good Jen. you have your two t«oya with you again, alive and well. The <-nm*dy Is finished, and was I not right tn denying to these past events th« misleading name of tragedy" “Naturally, you will wish to know how the dead came to he alive, and for what reiaon I behaved as I did Well, beta you shell find the whole explana tion so fully given that there will l<e »to necessity for you to seek me. In- <levd. If you do so. you will not And me, as by the time you receive this latter I slutll be well on my w«y Io New York Thence It Is my Intention to go abroad, and—as I told you at our last meeting -you will nsver see m« again When you finish this letter, you will, no doubt, be glad of thia, and It is just as well that I should remain Jre^ond your reach. I am as you know—« physician, but I am also what you may not know a man of genius I have brains, but no money; and for experiments In chemistry, money, I regret to say. Is extremely necessary This l>elng the case, I have needed money, and that In large quantities, all my life As I could not make tt for myself -not having tha mercantile Instinct I ree >lved to gain It by making a rich marriage. For many years I have traveled the world I.lke Ulysses. I have known men and cities, and some years ago. Chance—a deity al whose shrine I always pay my devotions led me to Hartmdoea Whll« there I was attracted, aa I always am by the weird and mysterious, by the superstItlons of the African race 1 studied the cult of Obt. the belief of the Voodoo Htone, and by a atrango chain of circumstances, which I nerd not relate. I gained possession of that powerful talisman which la known to all negroid America With this stone In my possession I was king so to apeak -of all the black race This power I determined to use to my own advantage, and through it to make a rich marriage “I discovered that Mrs Dallas was the richest women In the West Indies, that she had one fair and marriageable daughter, and that mother and daugh ter were under the Influence of a ne- grras called Dido, who waa a profound believer In the cult of Ohl I deter mined. therefore, to liend the negresa to my will by means of the Voodoo Htone, and to marry the daughter. Un fortunately. Mrs. Dallas and her child were In America Ho thither I went In order to prosecute my Sult, and obtain a rich wife in the person of Miss Isa- t>etla I>allaa From Information ob tained In llarbadoes I found where they were living, so to thetr town I repair ed. and established mt self as a physi cian. I made the acquaintance of your self, of Mr Aylmer, and Mr H.»rhy. and • Iso of Mra iMllaa and her daughter, the young and charming girl whom I Intended to make my wife. “tint here, aa you may guaaa, I found an unexpected obstacle Th« young Indy was tn love with Mr. Ayl mer. and would have nothing to do with an elderly bachelor Ills- myself. ( determined to remove that obstacle, not by dsath. but by gentler means which would do away with all risk, and place Mias IMilas In my power. Need I say that I allude to the devil- stick? “1 knew that you possessed It, my dear Malar, aa I had been Informed of Its existence and of Its owner by IHd<x Over thio negroes, by moans of the Voodoo Htone. 1 |H»eoeesed complete power. Hhe waa ready to do whatever I wanted, and I employed her In for warding my ehrmri Iler grandmoth er had come from Ashsnte* the native country of the wand of sleep, and knew all about It. also she knew how to pre pare the poison These secrets she transmitted to Dido, and I resolved to obtain the devil stick, to make Did > prepare fresh poison, ard to us« lh- stick against my rival, Mr Aylmer. “And now a word al>out his poison II does not kill, but merely places Its victim In a trance state, which so closely resembles death that not even the most expert doctor can tell th« dif ference If the trance continue» the victim dies—but there Is an antidote— which, by the way. I obtained from Dldo and this antidote. If used !n time, can restore the victim from a state of catalepsy to his pristine vigor 1 had made up my mind to use the stick, and so, aa I was anxious to give Mr. Aylmer a chance of «»cape. I pro phesied to him a state of life in death. This phrase describes exactly the trance state of those wounded by the devil-stick Impregnated wltie Its poi son. “However. Mr Aylmer did not take my warning and le«vo off courUn< Miss Dallas. On the contrary, he an nounced his engagement, and carried off the young lady In triumph Aa you may guess from what I have said be fore. I doomed him from that hour I made Dido hypnotise Mrs Dallas In order to have the devil-stick stolen If you remember. Major, I offered to buy II. but as you refused. I had to have It stolen in order to compromise th« mother, 1 arranged that she ahould steal It Hhe did. and without having ths slightest notion that she was com mitting the crime When Dido obtained the devil-stick she filled It with the poison Then she- by my directions— hypnotised Miss Dallas, put the devil- stick Into her hand, and sent her forth to kill Mr Aylmer Rut 1 should not say kill as you know th« d«DI stick ■ annul kill- let us say to cast Mr. Ayl mer Into a trance. By this Ingenious plot you must admit. Major, that It 'a Ingenious—I got rid of the lover, and obtained a hold over mother and daughter “Rut to make a long story short. I had t.1 l««iy of Mr Aylmer stolen, with th« aid of Indo, In order to revive my rival. I did not wish him to die, so I took away his t>ody. and kept him In the trance for some weeks, feeding him In the meantime so as to preserve life. While I was In prison. IHdo at tended to him by my orders Mr Ayl mer was not concealed tn my house, so that la why the police had a useless search for the body. Where waa he concealed? Ah. that Is my secret “After the trial, seeing that Mr Kar by had behaved so foolishly. I decided to almndon the game Evidently there was no chance of my winning the hand of Mias Dallas, and also I did not wish Harby to die Hut If I revived him I would have to revive Maurice also, the more so aa I did not want to stand my trial for stealing his body. The rest ■ f my story you know. I revived Mau rice and brought him to you; so 1 sup pose he will now marry Miss Dallas I also revived Ikavld to have the satis faction of seeing the women he loved In the arms of another. In both cases the antidote was efficacious Ho now. my dear Major, aa I said before, you have your two dear boys once more In the flesh, and I hope you are satlafled Did I not tell you that the devil is not so black aa he Is painted? "Well, my plot has failed, and now I am de|>artlng to look anew for a rich wife. Also to And Dodo, and get back the Voodoo Htone. of which eh« robbed me. You will never meet me again, and I dare say you won't t»a sorry Io »«« the tmek of me. And now, my ■Ivar Major. I fancy 1 have told you a'l. and you know the meaning of th« many mysteries which have pusaled you for so long TlMre remains only to say adieu, and remain your evil genius. Max Elwuld " »sees "Barba doeg “My Dear Major Jon- It Is over a year since I wrote you my explanatory letter from !>earimlnster. and 1 little thought that It would l* necessary tor me to write you again, least of all from this place. But here I came 'n search of Dido; and here I found Mrs. Dallas, and to my profound astonish ment, her daughter—still Mias Dalia« I sought an explanation They would not give me on« In despair—having received the most uncivil reception—I left them. Then, to my surprise, I ra.t across Mr I »avid Harby. “He was glad to see me. and thanked mo for bringing him back from the grave. 1. on my aide, complimented him for saving my neck from the hang man's noose. The flrat greetings thus being over, he told ms the news whisk concerned those who were Implicated In our little comedy. I confess that ths nows surprised me; end I write you for an explanation. “tn the flrat place. I learned from Mr Harby that lealtelia Dallas refused to marry Mr Aylmer, and that, far from being offended, ho appeared te bo a« glad of the retea»» from htg engsp»- men! I also leamej that be had sit o i married M«g flrance, who has always I be-fi au deeply In l ive with him Will you l»e so kind, my dear Major, as to ' explain tbla sudden misplacing of Mr. Aylmer's affections? "I learn also from Mr Harby that he has prevailed upon Miss I Mlles, the de serted Ariadne of Mr. Aylmer, io re- I ard Ills long devotion by giving him her hand. I heard that they are to be : married within the month, and that the i match la one which meets with the full approbation of Mra iMllaa Under | lbe»« circumstance« 1 am afraid that there la no chance of my marrying Ml»« Dallas. so I must content mysolf with searching for another wife. I found In my brief interview with Ml»a Dalias that she had learned how I she had tried to kill Mr. Aylmer while, under the hypnotic influence of Dido perhaps this knowledge broke off lb« ! match, and the young couple took a dislike to one another from the pecu- : liar circumstances of that night Car-I talnly—bypnotism or not—one would' not care to marry a »roman who had attempted one's life; so that. I conjec ture. la the reason for Mr Aylmer's withdrawal Also. Miss Dallas must ' have had a horror of seeing constantly! Iwfor« her the man whom -Innocently ■ enough she tried to kill Hence he« ■ refusal to marry your deur Mauricw 1 Am 1 wrong In thee» Ideas? I think not Hull. 1 should like an explanation from you. As I shall be here tor some | months- searching for the Voodoc I Htone and Dido—please send your let- - ter to llarhado«« directed to your anx ious Inquirer Max Etwald.” • • • • • "llarlwdoea. | "My lyear Major Jen- -It la now sots.! ■ tain Inquiries, but you have not been courteous enough to gratify my curios- Ity. That la cruel of you. Miss Dallas; Is now Mrs Harby. the other lady lai now Meg Aylmer, yet you will not t •-! me how thia strange transfer of wive» came about. Never mind. I am sue«! the explanation I fancied In my last I letter Is the correct one. Hut you are] a rude correspondent. "1 shall return good for evil, and tell! you that I have regained possession ■ ■ f th« \ o.■■!>,., Ston<’ Delo is de:»»t. j killed by her own excitement al an Obi! orgle. I am now the King of the «clack I Race throughout the world, by posses sion of the Htone. and to you 1 sha.l remain, for the last time, my dear Ma jor. Max Etwald ” (The end> ATCHIbOM OLUBK bl U HI'S GERMAN fS JEAM V AU KAM. The hardest job on earth Is a pole MHIieaatre r bi lee «be«ei»t Wbo SO V m »» a«e vs a» a HaaSH. (tring Herr Charles May. of Berlin, may be The greatest tragedy tn the life ot s termed the Jean Valjean of Oermany boy Is rain on circus day Millionaire whose time and money Evsry man engaged tn a lawsuit wore spent Io doing good, author of re claims be wss forced Into it. ligious books and altogether a eplea- Occasionally you And an old wldowsr dld figure ot Chrlstlas manhood May who doesn't like ths marrying joke iwaa just a few days ago branded by a A good way to flgbt the saloon la to jury aa ths perpetrator of many vio maks tbs horns more agreeable for lent crimes in southern Ha ton moun tains forty long years ago. whore be tn«n The men have enough other foolish led a band of desperate brigands May. notions without oaring much for ent who la 70 years old. collspeed sad wss put un-lcr guard to prevent his com- glass dishes ! mtttlng suicide The charges were Aa ws become older, we are about made by Wilhelm Labltis. a trade convinced that It is poadble to natch union leader May sue*! for libel The anyone In a He. i jury decided that Ix’blus had proven The womea say that unless yon era i the allegations In a court at Char very careful. It la esuiy to get an ugly lottenburg. a suburb of Berlin Not carpet on your floor only «as It proven that Herr May had There la one thing aa agreeabla txren a notorious bandit, but there la man's enemies can always any about no doubt but «hat be Is the author of him: "He Is politic." ' a long series of chsap novels written Now comes an original sort of Re many years ago In which be describes Herr former, and says that prices are high the deeds he lead committed May la a splendid linguist, npeoklng aecsuse of trading stamps! svsn Chinese snd Choctaw Tbs stepmother sever lived who was misrepresented and abused as much Mother» wffl flad Mrx WlneDW. ««-tkleg aa that word "entertain." ffnin <*• be«« r»me*1r U> u»» I«» lk»l» ■ niMrea luiisg ihe cwlhiug period What has become of the old fash ioned man who attended a wedding Net la HI» JaSaaaeat. and Instated on kissing tbs brtde? ‘The nest thins tn order." »aid ths The women say nothing makes them master of oeremonle», referring to the quite so Ured as for a man to tali slip of paper In hie hand, “is music " them what a Devil be has been "No. sir!" savagely whispered the Would a bride rather have a half leader of the band “Not mualc! Th» doxen heavy silver spoons aa a wed nest thins Is 'Hall Columbia!’" Taking hla station, h» »cowled, waved ding present than a doxen light allver his Ireton, and th» noise of th» brasses spooaaf buret forth CMr«r ' T-'bnn«. An editor In a Kansas town sold out k Ceres WkM» Yew Walk. because he never received "sympathy" Allen’» /««>< kaaa is > pertain rnrefnr h<* and “encouragement " He never do westing, railui, and iwvllen. »--liltig tret H.-IO •1 »11 I’ruggtria Price .-Ve. lw.n'i accept any served either. ubslitut«. Trial barkag« VKXE. Address As soon aa a man's bat fa taken from Ulen 8. Ulmatct. I-»It..y, V Y. him at a reception, he whispers to his A Fire Drill. wife: “How soon can ws <> t out of "What kept you so late at the fao barer | tory T" We were having a Are drill." "Isn’t that something new?" "Nope; th» bos« was trying to drill t Into the heads of tbs men that If hey didn't Improve the class of work they were turning out they would be Ired."—ll«r«,"> •»*'«• FASHION HINTST Reg. HOW SHE KNEW A NEW YORXEB la F.aaferaee Jo.« < uwlda't Tell How a W esters W oman --«.uessed** II. It was New Year's eve and no ex traordlnary gift of tele;-athy or Intui ' Don was required to guess that hr waa sighing for Rector's, .Martin s ot| the Cafe de l'Opera. Give him halt a a chance and he'd con tide that there was no place like Broadway on a night like this Yet here hr wax. tar from the luminous lane, condemned ; by fate to be taking a train out of Kansas City for Denver, and while] the revelers of the Rialto were hurry ing Into their evening clothes for the annual carnival he boarded a sleeping car and threw his luggage into the section which he had reserved It happened, however, to lx- already oo < tipled by a Kansu City girl who was going out of town for a New Year's house party, the Times of that city aaya. When he of th« Yiddish cast of countenance, the ostentatiously silk- lined top-coat, the showy little Anger ring, the exuberant hand luggage, and the unmistakable air of proprietorship appeared, the Interloper murmured an apologetic explanation that she was only a local passenger getting off at the eecotid atop and started to And another seat. But be politely Insisted upon her remaining and to make her feel welcome launched Into the u»ual formula of qu«rstlons as to her deed nation and place ot residence, with which every chance traveling ac-! qualnlance opens. The conversation might just as well have stopt>ed there, aa far as she was concerned, but it waa not to be. "This Is an unusual New Year'a eve for me." he went on. "1 certainly would like to be at home to-night." “Oh, yes!" ahe returned pleasantly “New York will, of course, be very gay" He stared at her In astoniahment. “Why, how did you know I was from New York?" he demanded. She hated to tell him all the rea- eons, so she merely laughed and ask ed. “Who wouldn't?" leaving him to the Inevitable conclusion that there Is something individual and differentiat ed about the New Yorker which even an unsophisticated Kansas City girl Instinctively revoltnlx«-« And she said not a word about the Hebraic physiog nomy, the ostentatious silk lining, tbs conspicuous little Anger ring, ths ex uberant luggage or the typically pro prietary manner which betrayed him as one of those favored of the gods who know their Broadway aa you know your back yard. She Hed the Price. tn vain they told the heiress that the duke was an Impostor and worse “Why,” aald a friend. “1 have read there la a price upon his head " But the heiress, al) serene, only answered! “1 have the price!"—Young's Mcg astne. leisure will always be found by per sona who know how to employ their time; those who want time are the people «ho do nothing —Mme. Ro land. Weak. Weary, Worry Eyea. 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