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He's at his room and

Twill you come. He's at his room and
cutting up badly"
Yes" replied Dacre, "I'll be there
in fifteen minutes.
Very we'll"
The Sheriff departed down the street
in the direction OF Wharton's lodgings,
Arnold Dacrc looked after him with
glowing eyes of mingled contempt and
triumph.
The ~unsuspecting dolts!!" he ejacu-
lated. They little dream the plot we're
playing. Wharton adiudged insane, and
irresponsible, and unable to answer GER
tain ugly questions about the bank &C.
counts which might be difficult to ex-
plain, Merwyn dead, the papers all fixed
TO suit my claims, my course is plain
sailing-only the girl and her unknown
protector" he muttered darkly, as he
led the horses into the carriage house.
"If I was sure of her silence and his
identity, If l could only trace them, I
would feel the victor complete"
He CROPPED about until he founr a Ian
tern or a hook.
This he lighted. By its aid he un-
hitched and stalled the tired horses.
Then, taking up the light, he held 1t
close to the vehicle.
1t showed rough usage, evidences OF
hard driving. A peculiar SANDY loan at
tached to the wheels, and he noted II.
Hello! that's a clue. They have gone
west beyond the swamp lands. / will
prosecute my search in that locality to-
morrow.
He flashed the lantern through the
door of the carriage next striving in the
appearance of the seats, the floor, the
robes to trace the possible movements of
the two persons in whom he was so eu-
grossedly interested.
No mud or loan here" he reflected.
$50 the drive was made without stop.
Alb. what is this?"
What, indeed! with the eagerness OF a
gold miner cropping in the glittering dust
for a nugget, Arnold Dacre snatched up
a card lying just under the drivers seat.
1t was y~ellow-ominous hue, suggest
i've Of the tawnY flag Of quarantine, the
lottery card, the convict ticket Of leave.
1t was worn, its edges frayed, and had
been trodden into the mire Of carless
feet
He held it nearer the lantern. He
glanced at it, stared, recoiled, and, gasp.
ing for breath, fell back against the sta
Bile door as if struck there by a powerful
blow.
The lantern went jangling to the floor.
Into his eyes came a weird, superstitious
dread, a nameless horror.
The truth was revealed now. No need
to seek further for the identity of perse-
cuted Flora Merwyn's mysterious friend.
For that ominous yellow card dropped
accidentally by the driver OF the car
rage. was a revelation complete-it told
all.
His brain Keeling, his senses dis
traught, all the past lowering over
him like q dark, threatening cloud,
all the future menacing him like a fam
ing sword, he seemed to see duplicated
in the air everywhere, swaying in SER
pentine flashes of fire, the words that
little card bore:
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] LoRANlERWYhS~
H. 2 2z!s ~ <9F0RTUNE.
N2RsE g-S

mysterious coachman-thiS strange un'
known who possessed the secrets Of the
bank, who knew just how and when to
act in the interests OF the dead tanker
daughter? Whittier had he removed the
one living witness to the crime OF the
cashier?
In an agony Of suspense, Dacre hur.
ried to the nearest livery stable. He Or
1ered It's swiftest horse, and once
mounted dashed down the road that LED
to the city like one mad. At every road
tavern and farm house he halted-of
every passing pedestrian he made the IN
,essant lnquiry-had they seen a close
carriage and team OF graTs? NO, was
The invariable reply. Once Tree OF tne
Gown. the flying vehicle and its occu-
pants had disappeared as efectually as
though the earth had opened and swat
lowed them up.
A man, making slow, llmping progress
| with the aid of a cane, shambled out OF
! the horseman'S way as he dashed past at
break-neck speed.
1t was John Wharton's pensioner, the
paralytic, Tom Cupples, bent an his mis-
| sion of secrecy. He stared strangely at
Dacre: he was about to call after him,
but he remembered orders, and
plodded on. The excited schemer
little dreamed that the toiling cripple
upon whom he had barely bestowed a
glance, was bearing away to hiding the
| precious packet he had entrusted to the
keeping OF the old bank clerk. only a
few hours agone.
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general fate of CONGREGATIONS, sieges
and pillage. One of these is in Nor
itzburg, the King of Saxony's histori-
cal hunting castle, near Dresden; while
in the celebrated gun gallery in Ores
den itself are to be seen, in an unri-
vailed show, the wonderfully inlaid
arms used by the elector.
The great banqueting hall of the
castle of Moritzburg is. one of the
sights with which no doubt many a
travelled reader has been charmed. It
is a chamber of noble proportions
sixty-six feet long by thirty-four feet
wide and thirty-eight feet high. On
its otherwise unadorned white walls
hang seventy-one pairs of magnificent
antlers, which one may describe as the
most famous of their kind in the world.
Not a single one carries less than
tw~enty-four tines, or is less than two
hundred years old, while some are
probably double that age.-Century.
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Smoke and Health.

Fogs are said to have a very bene-
fetal effect on the health of districts
where they are prevalent, as they are
great purifiers of the atmosphere, and
even the sulphur which makes the
London fog so pungent and irritating
is credited with eHecting quite an app
preciable limitation OF prevalent
fictitious diseases. Professor Maur is
now of the opinion that smoke may be
turned into hygienic ally, and, under
some circumstances, be made capable
of preserving the public health toa de-
nee little imagined. The dust coll
lected from the smoke of some Llege
furnaces, burning coal raised from the
neighboring mines, produces, when
dissolved in hydrochloric acid, a 30
luton from which considerable guam
titles of arsenic and several other me-
tallic salts may be precipitated. 1t is
now suspected that this breathing OF
arsenic and other minerals in a finely
divided state may account for the
singular immunity from epidemics an
ioyed by certain industrial DISTRICTS
such as that Of st. Etienne, and medi-
cal authorities in those regions and
elsewhere are asked to throw upon
the subject what light they can. 1t is
suggested that the ventilating effect of
the numerous chimneys in iron max
ing and other industrial centers has
it's due share in constantly driving off
the vitiated air and replacing it by
fresh quantities of pure air. 1t was
noted that when pestilence was raging
in the English town of Clifton, an ele-
waited and apparently salubrious resi-
Dental district, its inhabitants mi.
grated to a low-lying and murky parish:
in the adjacent town of Bristol, where,
the air was black from the smoke of.
numerous chimneys, while the NOR
tally was lower than that Of the fash
ionable quarter overlooking it.-St.
Louis Globe-D Democrat.
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RIDE IN SEDAN CHAIRS.
ANTIQUE METHOD OF CONVEYANCE
BECOMES SOclETY'S NEW FAD.

Primitive Vehicle Again to be Used in
London and New York-Men Employed
to Garry Them-Appearance of the
Modern sedan-Rich Interior Finish,
The ultra fashionable set of Chi,
cago will soon startle the pedestrians
of Lake Shore drive and Michigan
boulevard by a new fad, says the
Chicago Times Herald. They are
about to adopt the antique and arts.
tocratic sedan chair as a means for
conveyance over short distances.
This new travelling fad has already
become quite common in London,
where the more fashionable people
have begun to indulge in the practice
to an alarming extent. They use the
sedan chair for all functions in their
immediate neighborhood, and only
hesitate on veritable State occasions to
abandon it for the brougham.
The fad soon reached New York,
where swelldom is now trying to &C
custom itself to the primitive novelty
of the horseless carriage. A corpora
tion has been formed and hundreds
Of sedan chairs have been made to be
let out at a nominal price per hour on
much the same system as that of the
hansom cabs. The promoters of the
scheme are already reaping a harvest
from the use of the new vehicles for
evening parties. Small dances,
receptions, dinners and all functions
of a purely private and exclusive ma
ture.
Between the conspiracies Of the
fashionable world and the wheeling
world the poor horse seems to be in
the decline of his popularity. All the
universe seems to be contriving to push
him out of usefulness. For the sedan
chairs are to be carried by grooms,
footmen or equerries, whichever term
the society woman chooses to apply to
her servants of the chair. Each will
be propelled by the strength of four
men. It seems like the revival of a
barbaric, medieval habit, when human
beings assume again the duties of a
pack horse.
But the sedan is extremely light in
weight, and the burden, divided be-
tween four, is said to he not so trying
as one would presume. The men
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like my lady's own dainty satin toilet.
For she will not call out her equerries
and her sedan except when she is
about to- 60 abroad in evening dress.
The hired sedans in New York are
not fitted out on such an elaborate
scale, of course, but, nevertheless, the
use Of chem is reserved by the month
for fashionable women who are sure
that no enc else Is allowed to travel in
them. The interior of the chairs are
thus kept perfectly clean and dustless.
Consequently the long, marvellous
evening wraps of shimmering white
are not contaminated and soiled by
contact with the vehicle.
The private sedan chair is going to
be an expensive luxury, for the orig
inal cost, not to speak of that of the
maintenance of the vehicle and the
servants, is by no means small. The
body or frame of the sedan costs but
little. Several hundred cheap sedans
were made by a local carriage manu-
facturer for use on the Midway during
the fair at $50 apiece. But they were
covered only with canvas and lined
with chintz. The new sedan, with its
elaborate interior trimmings and <
terror appurtenances, will cost from
$500 to $500, a tidy sum for a mere
whim.
Unfortunately for those women who
possess elaborate gilt sedans, they
cannot put them to this practicable
use. Some beautiful relics of the
olden time have been used, however,
for decorative purposes, and main
tanned their usefulness we'll as bric-a-
brac cabinets for little antiquities in
porcelain, brass and silver. Or they
have served as chests for old linen,
laces and brocades. Nearly all Of the
sedan chair made in 1893 for the Mid
way are scattered throughout the city
in the homes of curio collectors. Sew
eral society women succeeded in get
ting the unlovely things, rather soiled
after contact with the rabble of the
Midway, and then having them recov-
cred and decorated, they exhibit them
with ~pardonable pride and vainly as
the real Eastern palanquin. One
woman is now using her sedan chair as
o decoration for her lawn, after having
filled it with a profusion of rare trail
ing vines and beautiful blossoms.
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A Cheering COMPANION.


what a small thing will keep a man
from insanity when in solitary conine-
ment," said a prison warden recently.
81 read the case Of a prisoner who
somehow in solitary confinement had
managed to keep his silver watch Sc
creted on his person. For a time he
kept up very well, and, as his crime
was a terrible one, we did not feel like
releasing him, but M day he became
violent and crazy, and we finally decid.
ed to remove him to the hospital. In
his cell we found the watch, with the
handspring broken.
at seems that a. long as the watch
continued to tick In his ear at night
he felt as if he had a companion and
his dark cell did not seem so solitary.
He caressed the watch fondly, talked
to it and it talked to him. Hour after
hour it spoke and he was enabled to en-.
dure the terrible loneliness, with this
cheering and gossippy companion. He
told me afterward that he put words to
that ticking and that the watch seemed
almost like a thing Of life.
But one night something snapped
and it's voice ceased. He wound it up
anxiously and still 1t was silent. II
was like the death of something be.
loved, the passing away Of the dearest
thing on earth. Before 1t had been an
mated and full of life, with a tongue
that wagged and wagged. Now it was
a bit of dead, lifeless metal. The long
hours of the night weighed upon him.
He seemed TO see strange visions. His
loneliness was frightful. And then
the next morning they found him rav
ing crazy."-Detroit Free Press.
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SIcK.ROOM HINTS.

For cramps or pains in the stoma
try q few drops of essence Of camphd
For q nervous headache a cup o.
moderately strong tea in which two or
three slices of lemon have been IN
fused.
For tired feet put a handful Of COM
mon salt into four quarts of hot water.
Place the feet in the water while it ID
hot as it can be borne. Then rub the
fee. dry with a rough towel.
For making a clear complexion stir
two teaspoonfuls of flowers of sulphur
into half a pint of new milk. Let 1t
stand q while, and then rub the face
over with it q short time before wash
ing.
For binding up cuts and wounds
always use linen, not cotton, as the
fbres of cotton are fiat and apt TO
irritate a sore place, while those OF
linen ara perfectly rounded.
For badness try the following tonic:
Liquid ammonia, almond oil and
chloroform each one part; alcohol, five
parts; oil of lemons, one dram. Apply
freely and often after first thoroughly
brushing the hair. This is a mild
stimulant and perfectly safe.
For a nail-cleaning liquid use the
following lotion: Tartaric acid, one
dram; tincture of myrrh, n dram;
eau de Cologne, two drains; distilled
water, three ounces. Dissolve the
acid in the water, mix the tincture of
myrrh and eau de Cologne and add to
the acid solution. Dip the nails in this
solution, wipe and polish with chamois
pad.-New York Tribune.
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Priceless Trophies Of the Hunt.

W. A. Baillie- Grohman writes OF
"Sports in the Seventeenth Century"
for the July Century: The author
says:
The stag was altogether the most
highly priced animal of the chase; and
his a~ntlers, if they were of great size
Or showed any abnormity in their
growth, were the most treasured
trophies of the hunt. When potentates
made one another presents, these usu-
ally consisted of some famous deer
head; for these Nimrods not only wed
with n another in the quantity Of
game they laid low, but also regarding
their collections of a~ntlers. upon which
sums were spent. For the
famous sixty-six-tined head killed In
1896 by the Elector of Brandenburg,
and which is still preserved at the Cas-
tie of Moritzburg, near Dresden, it is
said that the Elector of Saxony gave
q company of the tallest grenadiers IN
his army. For an abnormal thirty.
six-point head one of the Dukes OF
Wurtemburg gave a whole village,
with it's inhabitants, land, houses and
church, including even the parsons
prebend, as the chronicler does not
forget to mention. A Duke of Pom
erania for a celebrated thirty-two-
tined head, which he was anxious to
have for his collection, a sum which
would correspond to S25, 600 OF our
present money, and what is more, his
bid was refused. Upon the spots
where great stays were killed monu-
ments were erected; and in more than
n instance monasteries and cloisters
were founded in such localities, as
we'll as in those where some great
Nimrod had escaped mortal danger.
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CHAPTER VIII.
ICONTINCED.

1t was an open window that looked
out on a private court, that ended al
Merwyn stables. Against it stood a lad-
der. When last he had stood at that
window, it was closely shut, and the
ladder was certainly not there. It's
presence now perplexed and worried the
schemer.
perhaps the officers put it there in
trying to get in," reflected Dacre, but
~uneasily. AT all events, Flora FIRST.
I'll release her, and force the rear door"
He approached the vault Its combi-
nation was familiar TO him. A mere
mechanical twirl Of the fingers, and the
tumblers clicked.
he swung back TIE the ponderous door
and glanced within, deciding that his
prisoner was still insensible, for all was
silent.
Then, a great hollow cry rang from
his lips, for, peering into the gruesome
void, he made a marvellous, a tewilder-
ing discovery.
The vault was empty-the bankers
daughter was not there!
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A Famous Tablecloth.

A famous restaurant in Vienna pos
sesses a remarkable tablecloth, on
which are inscribed the signatures OF
the majority of the reigning~ sovereigns
of Europe, the members of the house
of Hapsburg, and of a great number of
celebrities in art, music and letters.
The names were written on the cloth
in pencil, the proprietress of the es-
tablishment afterward carefully en-
bordering them.
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How America Was Named.

Vespucci himself must not be held
responsible for the u%surpation. The
unconscious criminal was a certain
Martin Waldseemuller, Of Fribourg,
an eminent cosmographer patronized
by Rene, Duke of Lorraine. The
Duke probably showed a letter of
vespucci's to his geographical friend,
who incorporated its contents with the
treatises which he was issuing under
the assumed name of "Hylacomylas,"
and, as these publications had q wide
circulation, the use of the name Ameri-
ca thus became propagated through
out the world.
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Not Much Luck.

care the fish biting we'll to-day?"
asked a man of boy who was fishing
in O brook not far from Boston.
"The fish do not bite, sir" replied
the boy, respectfully. "They swallow
the bait, and the hook embeds itself in
their mouth. But they are very wary
to-day, sir. Puck.
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Killed by Potato Bugs.

Charles Price, a farmer, residing
near Hamburg, Ind, is dead, as TIL
result of poison from potato bugs.
He was at work in his potato patch
killing the beetles that were devour-
ing the plants. Swarms of bugs
alighted on his face and hands, which
were soon impregnated with the
poison. He died in great agony.
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Bargain Day in Stamps.

"Can't I get these two-cent stamps
cheaper if T take a quantity?" asked
Mrs. Chestnut of the stamp clerk at
the Philadelphia p~ostofice.
"I can let you have a dozen for a
quarter" replied the clerk.
every well, I'll take them. "-Har-
lem Life.
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Interesting

IT find the American farmer 80 in
teresting," twittered the poetess.
II manage to extract a good deal OF
interest out of him myself" was the
answer of the short, elderly, double
chinned gentleman, who, as it after
ward developed, was in the mortgage
business. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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A County T~reasurer's Shortage.

Sidney ]. SANFORD, County Treasurer at
Barrie, Ontario, Canada, has disappeared.
He went away, leaving a letter, sayingth that
there was u shortage in his accounts, which
he could not meet. A partial investigation
shows a loss to the county of about 800 ,O0O,
which will probably be increased by future
Investigation.
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OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR.
LAUcHTER.PRovoKINc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

ALPS Fair In Observation-Disclosures Of
Delay-safe-No Regarder of Persons
The Cornerstone - Surprised - Bargain
Day In Stamps - Far From It, Etc.
A bicycle corps,
With weapons galore,
ALI strapped to the broad, slanting backs,
Charged after the foe
With q whoop and halo
But the road had been sprnkled with tacksl
Chicago Record.
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A Mndern Munchausen.

"Any quail about this neighbor-
hood?" inquired a tourist, who was
about to register at a Western Texas
hotel. -,
"Quail!" said the proprietor, with
m indulge smile; ''they've got to be
O nuisance. The cook complains that
she can't throw q piece of toast out OF
the back window but four or five fat
quail fight to see which one shall get
il, "--Texas Siftings.
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for9n manfred th leader.
washinpton's SURVEY.

George S. Deakins, of Rowlesburg'
W, Va, a surveyor, has the compass
and the instruments which belonged to
his grandfather when, with Washing
ton, he surveyed the road from Wash
ington to the Ohio. -.
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the Figure.

Van Arndt-"See those two girls
oyer there? Not much difference in
their figures, eh?"
Fenilworth-"Not the slightest.
I'd call them both gawky, long and
angular"
Van Arndt-"Yes; but the one in
blue is heiress to millions-so she's
always referred to as being 'svelte.'"
Puck.
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Not to be Expected.

Salesman-"If the goods are not
just as represented, we will cheerfully
refund your money"
Rural Customer-"Don't tell me
sech yarns as that, young man! Ye
might gimme me money back, but t
amt human natur fer ye to be cheer
ful about dom it."-Puck.
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Oyer-C Cautious.

1T WISH" said the clarinet player
thoughtfully, that they'd leave out
one of the numbers in this pro-
gramme."
"What for?" inquired tb leader.
"You see, the gentleman in charge
of this occasion doesn't know very
much about music. That selection
requires me to rest for thirty-two
measures, and I'm afraid he'll think
I'm not earning my salary. Wash
ington Star.
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Safe.

"Umpire, why didn't you dodge
when that pitcher struck at your head
with his bat?" -.
dodge? Haven't I been watching
him play ball all season? He can't
hit anything. detroit Free Press.
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Convict 1924,
~Good-Couduct Card.

And convict number 1924, as he well
knew, was the man his v"illainy had con-
signed 10 hideous prison cell, the man
whom Flora Merwyn had loved and
lost-Ray Webster!
fro BE CONTINUED.
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Reckless Extravagance.

Tommy (reading)-'The desperate
outlaws, finding themselves sur
rounded, resolved to sell their lives as
dearly as possible; but the assailants
advanced bravely-"
Edith-"How foolish! Why didn't
they wait till bargain -day?"-Puck.
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The Cornerstone.

Mrs. Bumpus-'I see in the papers
that Millionaire Van Dough only laid
the cornerstone of his fortune q few
years ago."
Bumpus-"Ah, mebbe he was one
of the fellers that sold me that gold
brick then. "-Pittsburg News.
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Far From 1t.

Mr.. Citiman-"I don't see how you
can spend the best years of your life
in a place like this"
Mr.. Subbubs-"Hang it all, man!
I am not spending the best years of my
life here. The years I have spent here
have beeu the very worst years of my
Life. "-Puck.
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No Regarder of Persons.

. "George, I fear you are marrying
me just because my uncle left me q
fortune"
"No, my precious. I'd marry you
just the same if any other person had
left it to you. "-Tit-Bits.
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Evasion.

Miss Rivalle-"Now, Mr.. Jones,
I'm sure you think Miss Minks pretty"
The Astute Jones-'eYes; she is
pretty tall. "-Pick-Me-Up