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I began to Irr prove nt Once."
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Mrs. Emma Stolt, 1069 Oneida St.,
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Catarrh of the Internal Organs
Mies Theresa Bertles, White Church,
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At Culross Abbey In Fife, Scotland, a
tombstone has been found which is be
lieved to date from the fourth century of
the Christian era.
Sometimes It Does.
Teacher Tommy, do you know what
an epic is? '
Tommy Tucker Yes'm. It's something
n ,aIpk flint m.laa .tiii aiB n vaii, '
jruil lone luai luamn jvu b.va jvui
tummick.
' No Chance.
"Poes your husband Indulge In games
ot chance?"
"'No, Indeed."
""But I thought he played the races?"
"So he does."
"But that's a game of chance."
-"Not with him." Houston Post.
Then They Clinched.
Floorwalker I'd be ashamed to let
-my trousers bag as yours do. You ought
'to have them creased once In a while.
Bookkeeper If my shius were as sharp
us yours I wouldn't have any more trou
ble in keeping my trousers creased than
you do. Chicago Tribune.
Going- Too Far.
"Look here," exclaimed the leading
man, as be entered the green room;
"when I kissed you In the third act
uome of the coloring came off your
cheeks and got on my face.'
"You villain 1" snapped the Irate
leading lady.
"Ob, that's all right, madam. I don't
mind being a villain, but I don't want
to be a deep-dyed villain."
i
Determined OptlmUm.
"Grandfather, how have you managed
to retain your hopefulness and your
faith in human nature?"
"My dear, I avoid modern fiction, nev
er go to see a society drama, and read
nothing in the newspapers that has a dis
play head over It." .
How Marble Are Made.
Most of the stone marbles used by boys
fire made In Germany. The refuse only
of the marble and agate quarries is em
ployed, and this is treated in such a way
that' there is practically no waste.
Men and boys are employed to break
the refuse stone into small cubes, and
with their hammers they acquire a mar
velous dexterity. The little cubes are
then thrown into a mill consisting of a
jrrooved bedstone and a revolving runner.
M'ater Is fed to the mill and the runner Is
rapidly revolved, while the friction does
the rest.
. In half an hour the mill Is stopped
and a bushel or so of perfectly rounded
marbles are taken out. The whole pro
cess costs the merest trifle. Philadelphia
ltecord.
Uncle Allen.
' 'A man may smile and smile, and be
villain still,' quoted Uncle Allen
Sparks; "but I've known crooked men
that could keep their faces just at
straight as anybody else."
The town of Torquay, England, has
adopted a bylaw to prohibit people from
using bad laaiuajfs even In their own
Louses. . s . I
THE GIRL WITH
A MILLION
By D. C. Murray
CHAPTER V. (Continued.)
. lie carried the little secretaire up
stairs and there, locked In his own room,
he wrote a letter which was destined for
St. Petersburg, but traveled in the first
Instance f to the care of one Dr. Brun,
of Hollington place, London. In the soli
tude of his own chamber Mr. Zeno per
mitted himself an accurate and intimate
acquaintance with the French language,
little of it as he allowed himself for his
present purposes to know outside.
Meanwhile things were going more
pleasantly In the garden. Angela, with a
little twinge of conscience, had Informed
Austin that Major Butler would be de
lighted to meet him and had expressed
his great regret that he had been unable
to make the call he had contemplated that
day. The fact that the major had charg
ed her with this message did not help her
much, for she knew Its hollowness. iThe
major rather dreaded the advent of a
man who wrote books and regarded Aus
tin as a fellow who would be likely to
know a lot of things and expect other
people to know them also.
"Ol'd meek wun of the porty meself,"
said Eraser, with his own invaluable sang
frold, "but ol've meed up me moind to
go back to-morrow." '
"To-morrow?" said O'Rourke. 'That's
a little sudden, Isn't it?"
"I wish you'd come, O'Rourke," said
Maskelyne. "But Major Butler Is a
dreadful Tory, and I am not sure that
you'd care to meet each other." I
"Major Butler might convert me, per
haps," said O'Rourke. "No, no. Clearly
I am impossible." He spoke with sq per
fect a gayety and good humor that he
hurt nobody. But a little later he con
trived to get Maskelyne apart, and to
question him about a matter which had
puzzled him a good deal. "How does your
dreadful Tory's niece, contrive to be fa
miliar with Dobroskl, when a mere Home
Ruler like myself Is quite too terrible for
the old gentleman? I call him the old
gentleman with po dishrespect," he added,
with , bis delightful smile. "And, of
course, he may be a young gentleman,
and still be the lady's uncle, though,
again, he is her guardian, and probably
elderly."
"Dobroskl and Miss Butler's father
were dear friends," said Maskelyne, re
peating what he bad beard from Angela.
"When Dobroskl escaped from Siberia
be landed in England without funds or
friends. Miss Butler's father found him
out, maintained him, so far as I can
learn, for years, and was a stanch friend
to him. She has known him from child
hood, and has a great affection and ven
eration for him. It Is a difficult posi
tion, for he and her uncle are at daggers
now. But Dobroskl seems to worship
her."
"Yes, I can see that," O'Rourke an
swered. "A charming girl," he added,
softly, and in so natural a way that Mas
kelyne supposed him to be Ignorant of
his own Interest In her. "There's ro
mance In the situation, too," he continued,
in a lighter tone., Maskelyne, with a mere
nod In answer, made a move In Angela's
direction. "No," said O'Rourke, putting
an arm through one of his. "You don't
escape me in that way. I have something
to say to you, and I know that you will
be shifty and evasive and underhanded
in your ways until I have said it Let me
speak, old fellow. We shall both be
easier. I can't tell you what I think and
feel about that splendid loan of yours.
I was really desperate. I don't know
what I should have done without it."
"Very well," said Maskelyne, pressing
his companion's arm with a gesture of
affection, but speaking very dryly; "it Is
over now?"
"No, my friend of outward marble and
Inward tenderness, It is not over.. And it
never will be."
"Once for all, O'Rourke, bury that con
founded thing, and have done with it.
"Well, there, the thing is burled. I'll
say no more till I can pay you back again.
But I suppose you don't forbid me to
think of It in the meantime? It was the
only kindness in that way I ever had or
ever wanted. I sha'n't forget it; that's
all. And now it's burled."
On the following day O'Rourke took a
quiet walk by unknown ways across the
fields. He was a born townsman, and had
but little love for rural tranquillities by
nature, but he was already weary of the
work of the session, and was glad to es
cape to fresh air and silence for awhile.
One gentle little hill after another drew
htm on. He would see what lay beyond
this gentle eminence, and then he would
see what lay beyond the next, and In this
fashion he sauntered on until he came in
sight of a most exaggeratedly castellated
house of gray stone standing in the midst
of a dark pine woods. The building was
of a moderate size, but its peaks and tur
rets dwarfed it, and from a little dis
tance made It look at least as much like a
child's toy as a dwelling house for real
people. This was the chateau of Roufoy,
and the present residence of Major But
ler.
The wanderer, who had fairly good
taste in most things, stood for a moment
to smile at this preposterous edifice, and
then walked on again. It was a day ot
cloudy soft light, and the air was won
derfully sweet. The woods were in the
freshness of their greenery, and the dark
hues of the contrasting pines set off the
tighter foliage. A few hundred yards be
fore him lay the first link of a river
which went winding In a rounded ilgsag
until it lost Itself to view behind the
shoulder of a wood-clad hill.
He strolled down to the river side, and
there cast himself upon the grass, and
stared up at the soft motionless clouds.
The stream ran through narrower banks
than common near where he lay, and kept
up a pleasant drowsy gurgle. Listening
to this, he lay there enjoying all the de
lights of leisure after labor In every
fiber of his body, until he fell into a light '
dose., From this he was awakened by a
rustle and the sound of an execration
gently breathed. Sitting up he was aware
of a gentleman of British aspect, florid,
sturdy and ' well set, who stood on the
other side of the river, rod in hand, per
suasively pulling at a fly which had lodg
ed in one of the branches of a bush. Ly
ing down he had been hidden from the
angler, who, Beeing him rise, gave some
thing of a start.
"Pardon me, sir," said the stranger,
in labored and very English sounding
French, "can you detach that fly for me?"
"Major Butler," said O'Rourke to him
self. "Is this Major Butler, I wonder?"
He answered, also speaking in French,
that he would do his best, and walked
to the bush. O'Rourke secured the branch
to which the fly was attached, and cut it
away, .after which be disentangled the
hook, and the angler and he raised their
hats to each other.
Major Butler, for O'Rourke's not un
natural guess had hit the mark, express
ed his obligations with some little diffi
culty, and O'Rourke, who was Paris bred,
responded that he was infinitely delighted
to be of service. If this were Major But
ler, thought Vt. O'Rourke, It would be
good fun to conquer his prejudices, and
apart from the amusement, it would be
agreeable to have a country house to call
at during his stay. Then he thought of
that charming girl.
He began by asking after sport, and
the qualy of the stream and the fish,
and the major, who was an accessible and
friendly soul when once the Ice was brok
en with him, displayed his take, and floun
dered on with his French In a very cour
ageous and adventurous manner.
Presently he hooked a half-pounder,
who behaved in a very lively manner, and
was finally grassed workman-like.
O'Rourke looked on with Interest.
"They give plenty of sport," he said.
"Capital sport," replied Butler, heart
ily. "They're not feeding well to-day,
though. 'Two or three days ago a young
friend of mine, an American, who's stay
ing at my place, fetched out seven pounds
In half an hour. Used a fly quite strange
to the water, too, a gaudy American thing,
but very killing."
I "There can't be any Americans over
here."
."Only one that I know of," said the
mijor. i "Maskelyne." He had time
enough to think that this was the novel
ist, ten to one, and a very different sort
of fellow from the man he had expected.
"Pleased to meet you," he said. "Shall
be glad if you'll look me up."
"Thank you," said O'Rourke, sweetly.
"Thank you very much Indeed. Maske
lyne and I are very old friends."
"Not the novelist," said -.the major, si
lently. "Of course not Spoke much too
intimately from the first mention of him
only to have met him yesterday."
"You are Major Butler?" asked
O'Rourke. There are ways and ways of
putting this sort of interrogatory. But
ler bowed assent. "Maskelyne told me
with whom be was staying. My name is
O'Rourke." '
"Oh !" said the major, blankly ; "you're
not the "
"I'm afraid I am," answered O'Rourke,
with so admirable a good humor that But
ler could not refrain from a smile. "We
needn't talk politics If we differ, as I
dare say we do."
Honestly, If Major Butler could have
withdrawn bis invitation he would have
done so, and he was a little annoyed
with himself for having given it. But
he bethought him, the man was a friend
of Maskelyne's, and Maskelyne spoke of
him In the very highest terms. But then
again, there was something about people
talked they said the Irish members were
here to make terms with that infamous
old scoundrel Dobroskl, a rascal who
thirsted for royal blood and wanted chaos
to come again.
"Do you stay long?" asked Butler, with
a diplomatic purpose. J.
"Yes, a week or two, perhaps more. A
friend of mine I dare say you know him
he's really a very distinguished man
Farley, the novelist is staying in the
same hotel with me at Janenne, and so
long as he stays I shall stay."
Angela and Maskelyne were each a good
deal surprised half an hour later to see
Major Butler coming down the avenue
toward the chateau side by side with
O'Rourke. Perhaps at bottom the major
himself was a little surprised, but he was
certainly vanquished. He confessed that
he had never met a pleasanter man in his
life than this Home Ruler, whom in ad
vance he had been prepared to detest.
CHAPTER VI.
Dobroskl and O'Rourke sat together In
a chamber of the Cheval Blanc
"You thought my scheme a madman's
vision when you beard it first," said the
old man, In his tired and tranquil way.
"But now? Speak without fear, and
with perfect candor."
"I see a practical possibility In it,"
returned the other. "A bare possibility,
but still a possibility."
"Possibility enough to make It worth
while to strike when the time comes?"
"Possibility enough to make It worth
while to strike when the time comes.
Yes," There was something In O'Rourke's
manner of repeating the phraso which
made the repetition soem weighty, rufloc
tlve,' and full of respect .for Doliroski'i
years and qualities. "Hut " Ho paus
ed with a look of thought, and drummed
upon the tnhle with his fingers.
'Hut?" said DohroNkl.
"We must not Ions the cause. We must
not lose for want of a little enndor. You
havb laid your scheme before me given
me fncts, names, numbers. You tell me
that I have your perfect confidence, and
that I know now all you have to tell."
"There are details," answered Dob
roskl "countless details. But the main
facts are yours."
"I am not disputing, sir," said
O'Rourke, with a smile which seemed to
say how impossible that would be. "I
am ouly recapitulating. But you see,
Mr. Dobroskl, I get these things from the
fountain-head, and I am assured of their
verity. But when you ask me to be your
emissary at home you forget that I have
neither your years, your first-hand knowl
edge, your history, nor your authority. In
short, I am Hector O Kourke, and you
are John Dobroskl. If I carry this pro
digious scheme to the men in England
and In Ireland who would be ready to
receive It and to take Dart In It what
credentials have I?"
Dobroskl turned his mournful eyes full
upon O'Rourke' and regarded hi in in si
lence for a time. O'Rourke bore the
scrutiny with an admirable candor and
modesty. .
"That does not speak well for your
opinion of the scheme," said Dobroskl,
after a noticeable pause. "I know, and
no man knows better, that when we strike
we strike for life or death. I know that
a single indiscretion may ruin us. I have
weighed, the chances and counted the cost
for years."
"I recognize the dangers, too, said
O'Rourke, "but we must face them and
outface them." He spoke lightly, but
with an underlying resolve so clearly
indicated that there was no doubting him.
No, it is not the danger of the scheme i
that gives me pause. But it needed all
your close and intimate knowledge, all
the authority you carry in your name and
your career, to make the existence of so
vast a plan seem possible. I accept the
scheme," he said, vividly, half rising from
his seat "I bind myself to it without
reserve. Win or lose I But, except upon
the fullest exposition, I would not have
taken it Except upon the loftiest au
thority, I would not have given credence
to It. No, Mr. Dobroskl, you must come
yourself to England. Leave me behind
to work as your lieutenant there, if you
think me worthy of "the post, but come
yourself and bear the news and make the
first appeal."
"I will go," said Dobroskl, "if you
think It needful."
"I think it actually needful," O'Rourke
answered. "I -will write and will make
arrangements. We had better not travel
together." f '
"Good," said Dobroskl. "I will start
to-night. The longer the interval be
tween my going and your following the j
less cause to suspect that we have a com
mon errand. Perhaps I can be doing
something, in the meantime. I may tell
your friend Mr. Frost that the plan car
ried your adherence with it? Your entire
approval?"
"That It carries- my entire approval
with it," O'Rourke answered, slowly and
weightily ; "because it - promises nothing
precipitate, because it promises cool and
cautious preparation, and good general
ship." "You think he stands In need of that
warning?" f '
"Most of us stand in need of it," said
O'Rourke. "We are too eager. We frit
ter our chances on affairs of outposts.
That has always been our trouble."
"I understand," said Dobroskl. "I will
not forget your warning. ' But now, sir,
I will say farewell. We shall meet again
in a little while, I trust. We have not
seen much of each other as yet, but I am
not slow to read a true man, and I know
that I have done well in trusting you. I
have fought in this war for now this forty
years and more. We have done but little,
but at last the hour Is coming, and all
will soon be done or undone."
When he first said farewell he took
O'Rourke by the hand and held him so
until he had spoken his last word.
O'Rourke looked back into the sad and
passionate eyes that gazed Into his own,
and his glance was affectionate and wor
shipful. . . . "
The little toy train at the toy railway
station at Panenne was getting up steam
to be gone, and was making as much noise
of preparation as if it had a thousand
miles before it' Dobroskl emerged from
the doorway of the Cheval Blanc, followed
by a stout female domestic, who bore a
portmanteau ' in either hand. The old
man caught sight of O'Rourke and bowed
to him. O'Rourke returned the salute,
and turning round when Dobroskl had
disappeared, saw Austin at his open win
dow. ' 1
"Farley," he said, "I believe our old
revolutionist is leaving us. He has just
gone off to the station with a couple of
portmanteaus. Has he said nothing to
you about It?" i j 1
"Nothing," said Farley, , smijing.
"Doesn't he take his fellow-conspirator
into confidence?"
"Well, you see," returned O'Rourke,
smiling also, "I haven't asked him for his
confidence. And even if I did, he might
prefer to keep It."
"Likely enough," said Farley, smiling
still. "Hillo I Here are our friends from
Houfoy. Meet them for me, there's a
good fellow. I'll be down in two min
utes." (To be continued.)
Jnat the Thins;.
"When I, was young, my dear, girls
were not allowed to sit Up so late with
young men."
"Then, papa, why do you allow me
to do so? It would be so much more
Interesting If you would only forbid
if Judg
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