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CHAPTER XVIII.

The Skylight in the Toison dor.
Once back in my room. flung off my
cloak and took e, survey of my new
quarters. The room was long and low,
and situated in the topmost story of
the house In one corner was settle
covered with a faded brocade, whilst
on the other side there was a ward
robe and a few necessaries. The bed
was placed at the extreme end Of the
room, and close to the window which
overlooked the back of the house, and
through which from where 1 stood the
blue sky alone was visible. There was
a table and a couple OF chairs. Be
tween the table and the bed interviewed
a clear space, about ten by six, covered
with coarse carpeting. If [ am thus
precise in my description, 1 would say
I have done so in order to explain
clearly what follows.
So far things were satisfactory
enough, and beyond what I had a
right to expect in such a locality. The
one drawback was that [ would be
compelled to use the turret at the end
of the passage for my watch, and
thus run the risk of being observed
from the other houses. In the mean
time I determined to see exactly what
could be effected from the window,
and pushing the table aside, so as to
get a better view, looked out. L then
saw that the house [ was in, as well
as the Toison dor, was built against
the remains of the old wall of Paris.
Below me there was a sheer drop Of
fifty to sixty feet, right into the bed
OF the abandoned fosse, which was
covered by a thick underground and
full of debris. A little beyond the fosse
was a portion Of what was known as
the new wall This was perhaps in
more ruinous condition than the forti-
fcation it was supposed to. have re-
placed. The brushwood grew thick and
high against it, and L could see a gap
where a breach had been effected prob
ably during the last siege when the
Sixteen and Nine. de Montpensier held
Paris against the two kings. Beyond
that stretched the open country, where
had | a mind to linger on the view,
I might have made out the windings of
the river, the houses of Corneuve, and
the woods of Dugnay and Gonesse.
But it was not of these 1 was think
ing, for at that survey had grasped
the fact that de Gomeron could not
have chosen a spot better suited for
his purposes than the Toison dor. It
was a part of Paris as secure as if it
had been cut off from the city and set
in some unknown island, such as those
who sail to the new world describe.
1 thought at first of stopping any fur
ther concern with the window, but as
I was turning away I looked rather
particularly at the wall below me and
saw that ledge ran along it about
three feet below the window Follow
ing it's track with my eyes, observed
that it was carried along the face Of
the Toison dor, and in doing this I
became aware that there was a win
dow open at the back of Babette's
house, and that this was situated on
the same level as my room, but just
about the middle, instead of the ex-
treme end, as mine was. When 1 con-
sidered the position of this window,
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life. 1t was all important for me now
to communicate what | knew at once
to the master general. With a little or
dinary care the conspirators could be
trapped to man, and If by one stroke
l could effect this, as well as free ma
dame-anything was possible. Without
further hesitation / therefore crept
slowly back, and descended to my
chamber as softly as a cat. Leaving the
ladder swinging where it was, for
could not undo the knot, drew on my
bccts and went to the turret to recon-
nCiter before venturing out into the
street. Imagine my chagrin and dis
appointment to see that three men were
at the gate of the Toison dor, evident
ly on the watch, and in one of them
l made out Ravaillac. l might have
passed the others without discovery,
but it would be impossible to escape
the lynx eyes of this villain, who,
though young in years. had all the
craft of age, and who later on was to
raise himself to an eminence so bad
that | know not whom to place beside
him, except, perhaps. those who were
his aiders and abettors. 1 did not fear
to run the gauntlet-that was an easy
matter; but merely doing so would
make my birds take to wing, and 1
found myself compelled once more to
hold patience by the tail until the coast
was clear.
(To be Continued
Use the Long Distance Telephone to Minne-
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hour was II o'clock, and by that time
every one was supposed to be IN BED.
Some of the mem acted good deal
like children in 9sueh matters. They
wanted to stay Ups and when the time
for rising came they wanted to remain
in bed. During the second year I is
sued an order prohibiting the men
from lying in bed between a. m. and
p. m. We slept more during the second
year than the firstErny officers sleeping
then from fourteen to sixteen hours
day. AS for me, slept only nine
hours, but | found trouble in doing So"
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them from getting sick. 1 had to study
each man and to see that those who
needed exercise got it. Some of the
party were rather lazy. I could not
tell them that I wanted them to work
merely for the sake of exercise, for if
I had done so they would have thought
that there was already something the
matter with them. 1 simply gave dl-
rections to the officers to- give them
certain kinds of work out of doors,
and in this way kept them in good
physical condition.
Tell me, general. how you managed
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you were in the Arctic regions, gen.
eral?"
"Yes, as long as our food held out.
During the last few months we were
so weak that no one could do much. I
was very systematic in my work, and
I tried to make my men SO. 1 had to
keep them busy, in order to prevent
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about sleeping during the arctic nights
and days. How could you arrange to
take only so much sleep when it was
dark for four months at time, and
how, when the sun shone for months
without setting?"
1--WE had regular times for sleeping"
replied Gen. Greela Our retiring
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Use the Long Distance Telephone to Mlnne-
sofa No. and So. Dakota cities and towns.
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fro BE CoNTINUED.l
The Pen.

The earliest mode of writing was
on bricks, tiles, oyster shells, stones,
ivory, bark, and leaves of trees: and
from the latter the term leaves of
paper is probably derived. Copper
and brass plates were very early in
use, and bill of feoffment on copper
was some years since discovered in
India, bearing the date one hundred
years b. G. Leather was also used
as well as wooden tablets. Then the
papyrus came into vogue, and about
the eighth century the papyrus was
superseded by parchment. Paper,
however, is of great antiquity, es-
pecially among the Chinese: but the
first paper mill in England was built
in 1888, by a German, at hartford,
in Kent county. Nevertheless, it
was nearly century and half-in
1713-before Thomas Watkins, a sta
toner. brought papermaking to any
thing like perfection. The first APP
proach to pen was the stylus, a kind
of iron bodkln, but the Romans for
babe its use on account Of its frequent
and even fatal use in quarrels, and
then it was made of bone. Subse-
quently reeds, pointed and split like
pens as in the present day, were used.
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Small Farms In Japan.

Japan. ana not France or Belgium,
would appear to be the land OF petite
culture. According to recent Ameri-
can bulletin couple OF acres is con-
sidered a large tract for farming pur-
poses. Most of the farm are smaller
aud on little plot a surprising variety
Of crops is cultivated-a few square
feet OF wheat, barley, maize and millet;
a plot Of beans, perhaps ten feet wide
by twenty long, similar area OF pota-
toes and peas, and a patch OF onions
'.about as big as grave beet-root,
lettuce. turnips, sweet potatoes and
other crops occupy the rest OF the area.
The. farmer examines his growing
crops every morning, just as an en-
gineer inspects his machinery, and II
ANYTHING is wrong he puts it right. II
weed appears in the bean patch ne
pulls it up, il hill of potatoes or any
thing else fails it is at once replanted.
When he cuts down a tree he always
plants another. As soon as one crop IL
harvested the soil is worked over,
MANFRED and forthwith resown to an-
other crop. 1t is estimated that nine
tenths of the agricultural land OF Ja-
pan is devoted to rice, md as this Is
crop requiring much water the paddy
fields are banked up with terraces, one
above the other, and divided OF into
small plots twenty-five or thirty feet
square, with ridges of earth between
them to prevent the water from flowing
away when they are flooded. AL farm
ing lands are irrigated by q system
that is thousand years old. Some OF
the bitches are walled up with bam-
boo wicker-works and some with tiles,
and stone. early half the total popu-
lation of Japan is engaged In agricul-
ture. Silk and tea, the two chief ex-
ports of the country, are raised almost
entirely by the work Of women. Lon
don Times,
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THE most recklessly extravaganza
woman has vein of economy some
where in her composition. Economy
is born in woman. 1t may not de-
velop in manner to prove beneficial
either to herself or her husband. Yet
there will always De some point at
which she will retrench, will look
well to the pennies. and think and
calculate with the ablest financier.
She may be willing to pay 500 for a
gown, but will shop all over town to
save ten cents a yard on the lining.
She may spend SIS for a ride in the
park, but she will begrudge five cents
car fare when out shopping. She
may stint the table at one time and
be wildly extravaganza at another. She
may ruin whole garment by the de-
sire to finish it cheaply, which desire
has remorsefully seized her at the
last moment, but there is one thing
in which she never economies. When
she loves she loves with her whole
heart. There is no stint-only Civ
ing of all the wealth Of her affection.
Therefore do not laugh at her little
economies; simply remember that a
woman to be womanly must be just
made up of those contradictions that
seem so ridiculous to the average
masculine mind.
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A European experimental has pro-
duced an artificial leg. 1t as nearly re-
sembles human member as any that
can be devised.
This artificial leg is curious contri-
vance of hinges, screws and elastic
bands. Extending downward from
about what in the human leg Is the
ankle, to a point midway between the
heel and the instep, are two steel rods,
placed one in front Of the other.
One rests on sort of roller hinge,
and allows the foot to give or bend
with each step. The other serves the
purpose Of bringing the foot back into
place after the step is taken.
Any lateral movement Of these rods
is prevented by the sides Of the slot
through which they move. A screw
and nut at the top Of the rod also
prevent the rod from turning, and thus
give trouble in walking. An artificial
heel tendon is placed within the foot
behind the ankle joint. and extends
loosely through hole IN the leg, where
il connects with nut at about mid
wayup the lipb. New York Journal.
D
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HER SISTERS HONOR,
A Tale of English Life.
By Walter Besant.

Il cannot bear it. How can tell herr
Oh, I wish / was dead! How can l tell
her? will kill myself" She wrung
her hands. looking round the room as If
for some help or comfort there.
"They all say that, said the man.
But they don't do it, you know"
She pushed back her hair; then she
tore of her bonnet and let it fal, as II
the sight of it oppressed her. The wild
look In her eyes and her white cheeks
frightened the man-brute as he was.
"Come, Ruth he said, "be more sem
sible. Consider-think little. Let us
part friends" He held out his hand as
one who seeks to conciliato. In it was
The little dagger.
She snatched it from him. no. she
cried. Il will never tell Naomi. You
may tell her-you. I will kill myself.
Yes-let me go-let me go. Twill kill
myself"
She fought with the strength Of despair
while he tried to wrench the weapon
from her hand. Then his-her-feet
caught, and they fell upon the fioor-he
undermost.
When the girls shrieks called in the
housekeeper from the next set OF cham
bers. she was standing over Mr.. Harry
Stoke, who lay on his back-white in the
face-lying in his blood. Upon her
dress was blood; upon her hands was
blood, and in her right hand the paper
knife which she had torn from the ribs
OF the wounded man was dripping blood.
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and forget, and when facts OF most
damagi9 kind may have to be admit
ted, TO 20 into a witness box must be
the most disagreeable thing in tho world
for sensitive and candid soul. Only
consider what the young man might
have 10 confess! Yet he marched into
the box upright and confident, his cheek
q little flushed, without the least APP
parent nervousness. The reason OF this
was, suppose, q little note which lay
in his pocket. 1t contained these
words:
Ny sister bids me tell you that she
will give no account at all OF what took
place. She will have no question asked
about her relation with you. What you
say in your evidence shall go unques-
toned NAOMI"
He went into the box, therefore. for
titled by the knowledge that he could
say anything he pleased. Let us be-
lieve that he did really conceive himself
to have been deliberately stabbed by
the girl; he SO well deserved that pun
ishment that he had no doubt in his
mind as 10 her having done it on pur-
pose. He deposed simply that the girl
had called upon him, that there had
been an alteration, that the prisoner
seized n small paper-knife with steel
blade, and that he remembered nothing
more.
The counsel for the defense said he
was instructed to ask him one question:
Could not the wound have been inflicted
by accident?
Witness said that he could not.say.
There were no other questions asked,
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married girls Of q who go mad with
drink every night. and assault the ruff
fans, their associates, though to stick
knife into q man is reckoned beyond tho
rules of the game. 1t was not stated
where the assault took. place, or what
was the pos ton OF the wounded man.
or the relations of these twain. There
fore the case occupied five lines, and no
one paid the slightest heed TO the terri
BILE wreck and ruin OF n life. That
girl Of q should be locked up in a prison
for seven long years, and at the end OF
that time should be separated from the
virtuols by the memory Of shame, and
crime, and jail, is thing that happens
every day. Only another OF our unhap-
by sisters come to grief. We are such
large family that we can not love all
our sisters, can WEI
In the city there were some persons
who showed each other the paper, and
whispered: John Stokes eldest son.
Devilish unpleasant thing" week
later the matter was clean forgotten,
save by the younger men who still re-
membered the romantic episode in the
life of Harry Stoke, and still told the
tale how he was knitted in row, by e
girl, and taken up for dead. Now, had
the case been fully reported; hal GER
tain questions been asked, which should
have been ked;-had l been upon the
Jury would have asked these questions
namely, why this girl called upon this
Young gentleman in his chambers on
Sunday afternoon? what had been their
relations? whether che brought that
knife with her? what she said before
a. nd forth har
might have been some sympathy for the
girl; the jury know not--might have
brought in a different verdict, and there
would have been a corresponding YER
diet, or an equivalent sentence passed
upon the injured man by the world out
side the courts.
Let us add one or two details not re-
ported in the papers.
Tho case was taken after luncheon.
When the prisoner was placed in the
dock, she lifted her veil and looked
round the court with seeming curiosity.
She was pale, but not trembling or con-
fused, nor did she appear in the least
afraid. If she had been q mere spec
tator she could not have been more un-
moved. When she had looked steadily
! at the Judge on the bench, the jury IL
/ their box, the clerk below, the counsel
! in their wigs, she lowered her veil, fold
! cd her hands, and stood impassive. Be-
/ ing called upon TO plead. she made nc
audible reply, but the official beside hel
! leaned over her and informed The Court
that the prisoner pleaded, Not Guilty.
The principal witness was Henf,
Stoke. Considering all facts OF the case
one might have expected him to DO IN
/ highly nervous and agitated condition O
mind and body. Ii Is always horrid z
/ co into q witness box and give evidence
evan when QUE has TO give, so to speak
oursida evidence. Bat il such case q!
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ishments one reads with equanimity.
Well, he himself had become even as
great villain. That mans heart must
be as hard as the neither milestone, who
could thus send to feion's prison the
girl whom he had loved and betrayed,
10 whom he had promised so much and
lied SO foully. But he went away
bravely, with quite color in his cheek;
a handsome young man, as some OF the
women in the court whisper d TO each
other, and no doubt abominably treated
by the wicked, impudent, designing,
murderous wretch who had now re-
ceived her reward, which richly she de-
served.
The counsel for the defense walked
across Fleet street to his chambers in
the Temple, accompanied by friend,
briefess but without envy.
Il was thinking, Jack" he said, but
stopped.
$50 was 1" said Jack.
81 was thinking" he began again.
That it is beastly shame to lock
up such pretty girl for ven years.
Yes, poor wretch. Why wouldn t the
girl ask any questions? Why did she
refuse any cross-examination? Why
wouldn't she allow me to ask what the
row was about? Did you see her face,
Jack? 1t wasn't murder in that face,
my friend, it was pride. She never
meant to stab him. The only question
she would suffer me TO ask revealed the
truth-what had the fellow done? They
say he's the son of rich city man. He's
villain, Jack: he's a villain. And he's
cur. Jack; he's cur. Well, the girl
had the sweetest face. She let that fel-
low say what he pleased-she was too
proud to defend herself. Oh, he's a viii
lain; he's villain. Poor child! l hope
they will be kind to her. But she's got
to come out again, and her life is ru-
ined.
TTo BE Continued
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An Egg-stealing Snake.

When the farmer in South Africa
loses his eggs on several successive
nights he does not load his gun with.
No. shot, and. with his handkes-
chief tied tightly around his head so
as to cover his nose, lie in wait in the
darkness for a certain little black and
white animal to appear in the hen
coop. The black and white animal is
an American, not South African,
institution. The South African
farmer needs not the handkerchief
nor the gun; he requires only small
stick and strong lantern. With
these, if he ventures out into the
coop when the fowls are squawking
in alright, he may be able to bring to
Justice q low creeping thief in the
shape of snake. The process will
be the more easy because his snake
ship, who is only about two feet long.
will have increased the weight and
size of his head to the extent OF one
egg. His mouth is just big enough
to take in one egg, leaving the tongue
to play about on the outside.
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Smuggling Extraordinary.

The report that Cinnamon are being
pulled across the st. Lawrence river
by means of rope stretched from Iro-
quois to Hogansburg, thus gaining an
-atrance to the land of the free aud
the home OF the brave, In spite OF. the
law, is being widely circulated. The
lack Of particulars has led people to
think that it Is no trick at all for the
a mond-eyed celestial to do the rope
passage, but people who. are acquaint-
eel with the old st. Lawrence know
that it takes lots of nerve to hang on
to rope aud be dragged from Iroquois
to Hogansburg in the witching hours
Of aight.
The strong current Of the river makes
it impossible to pull straight across.
consequently Hogansburg is somewhat
down the river from Iroquois and in
order to keep the rope in place it has
TO run through several guide pulleys
anchored on sh0aling points. These
pulleys are source Of annoyance to
the passenger, and, as it Is impossible
to see them in the night, their position
is not known until thumb or finger
is cut of. 1t was the finding Of these
fingers and thumbs in the stomachs Of
fishes caught along the river that led
to the discovery of this method OF
crossing. One fish caught in Louisville
Bay had two right hand thumbs in its
stomach.
The great wonder is how any China
man could make the trip and have any
fingers left After leaving Iroquois on
the Canadian side, the course leads
down through the rapids above Nor
risburg and the first guide pulley Is
anchored off the foot of Ogden's Is
land, about four miles down. The
next pulley is near Farran's Point, some
fourteen miles further down. The next
at the head of the Long Sault Island.
four miles below After leaving the
head of this island, the passenger en-
tiers the head. of the Long Sault rapids,
where. after twelve or fourteen miles
Of swift water he lallGs at the mouth
of the st. Regis River, just below Ho-
gansburg. Here the half-drowned
Oriental has the water wrung out OF
his pig tail, the stub Of his missing
thumbs and fingers bandaged up and
proceeds to find 4 place where he can
washee Mclean Man shirtee.-Nor'
| wood IN. " News.
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CHAPTER v.
THE CASE

The case, which came on for trial a
few weeks later was very briefly and
imperfectly reported in the papers. The
facts, as they appeared in the reports,
were neither sensational nor interest
ing. A certain Ruth Heron, aged Fl,
unmarried, was charged with stabbing
end wounding with intent to murder one
Henry Stoke. The prisoner was repre-
scented by counsel, but there was prac-
ii ally no defense, and the jury found
their verdict without leaving the box.
In passing sentence, the judge told
The prisoner that only rrovidential
interpostion had prevented her
from being charged with actual muir
der; he should sentence her to the
term of seven years penal servitude.
The prisoner, who appe red perfectly
unmoved, then left the dock.
As reported, the case looked like
nothing more than common street
brawl among drunken and disorderly
persons. There are thousands of I'M