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T he TORTURE
l OF FEAR.
A Thrilling Short
Story by
M. P. Shiel.

whistling. and Ali was at the oar.
Two minutes afterwards Brand ar
rived. Had she come? He peered into
the archway and saw nothing; heard,
however, groan; and tumbled upon
his hands over Brescia. What the
mischief -" he began to say; then,
realizing a claim upon his help half
lifted the body toward the opening
There was no moon, but the vault was
rich with glories. AS he noticed the
slit throat, he had at the same time
noticed his bosom, his hands, all red.
A measured tread startled him. Glanc-
ing. he beheld three of Gordon of city
sbirTi, on their nightly rounds, APP
proach. The quick thought of the
blood on him. of Continental Official
over-zeal, night in the dungeons,
flashed upon him, and with a mo,
thank you" he gently posted the body
and took to running.
The men were after him. Brand had
no motion whittier he went. The mar
COW CALI of Venice are slab-paved,
without tTottoirs: a runner resounds
upon them, guiding his pursuer They
twist and double infinitely, with tiny
bridges everywhere. Brands heels
went flying down every turning he
met; his rage TO be free grew into a
very furOre of action. But his pursu-
ers, intimate with the labyrinth were
quite his equals One especially
gained surely on him. At last, on a
low quay, hearing the near foot-beats
round a corner, he pitched down three
steps, and, Selling an iron ring in the
wall, let himself into the water to the
neck. Here was a patch Of deepest
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hand. The solitary spectator was DR..
Jerome q. Going, Of Aiken. S. c.
Inc two doctors came 10 Atlanta YES
terday Ia consult physicians regarding
DR.. Munroe who had become a slave
to the morphine habit Or. T. u. WOOL
ey prescribed for the sufferer.
DR.. Munroe and DR.. Going sat IN their
motel room until late at night, and The
former suggested TO the latter that IL
a physician intended 10 commit suicide
he could make the performance % last
ing value to the profession by doing II
IN the presence Of fellow practitioners.
DR.. Going thought nothing Of the re
mark, and little later Or. Munras
retired. He had been in bed only a few
moments when be called pr. Going.
and the latter SOW that tho BED cloth
ing was being rapidly stained vita
blood.
Throwing off the sheets he found that
DR.. Munroe had severed veins in dr.
ferent parts Of his BODY with q keen
pocket knife. The injured man looked
UP at his friend with a smile and said:
Now take notes" Then he closed his
eyes and passed gradually into Uucon-
seriousness.
DR.. Going dld not take notes. bus
worked with all his strength to bind ~
the wounds and save the life that fras
ebbing away in front OF MIN. lie felt
ed to do 50. however, and Or. Munros
died twenty minutes after he had used
the knife. He vas a physician with n
very large practice and possessed Of a
fortune. He leaves a widow and two
children. He began the use Of NOR
phine seven years ago. and the suicide
was unquestionably prompted by his
inability to break himself OF tbs fahi..
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tuition that Bellini himself. in the tri-
umph Of his malice, would certainly
visit him. Suddenly he saw that the
dropping had ceased, but that one
patch by some hitch, still gaped near
the door. In his extremity he had the
distinct hope that the feeble old man,
suddenly confronted with the spectacle
Of his victim, would step down unto
destruction. He retired to the farthest
part Of the room and waited.
1t was past four. Belvidera did not
long lie sobbing. She lifted her eyes,
saw the room empty. and began to
pace. Can / do anything?" Sudden
ly she noticed on chair Bellin''s dis
carded red robe, his four-cornered cap.
She leapt to the table, found a scissors
and with it clipped the fringe from an
antimacassar. Her mask and mantilla
she cast away. Alta mirror, around
her hair she ranged with admirable
swift art the white fringe under the
cap. She draped herself in the robe.
touched a bell, and retired to the re-
motest shades. Some one entered.
With half turned head she said care
lessly, in the very voice of Bellini:
1.-The signorina has retired to my
chamber; you may now unfasten the
doors, Dandalo."
In a minute she was flying through
the palace toward the Watergate; in
minute Bellini, returning ready, had
discovered her ruse, and with a stamp
Of rage bid five men follow him. AS
the pinnacles of Venice chimed out the
quarter-past four, the two gondolas.
Belvidera first, Bellini in urgent wrath
behind, went skimming and churning
in widest chase over the whitening
CanalaZZo.
Brand, crouching in the obscurity,
heard a footstep without. Was it Bel
lini? His teeth went chattering. The
massive lock turned.
Belvidera rushed in. looking wildly
around. She sighted Brand, pounced
upon him, dragged him forth
"Quicki-ah, so weak? He will be
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INFLUENCED BY FRENCH.
Improper Use of Aspirates by Eng
lIshmen Commenced Centuries

The question is asked by IAN English
man." why is 1t that English people are
such sinners in respect TO the improper use
of the letter 'h?" The writer goes on to
saw that the Scotch, Irish and Americans are
not given to this faultiness in speech. Philoio-
gsts attribute the frequent disrespect with
which the letter is treated TO the influence CT
the French language upon those OF the ENG
disappearing race who live in England itself.
AS every one knows, the III is not as
pirated in the French language. which was
until the middle ages largely used IN ths
country Then, for almost centuries at
time in the days of the Plantagenets, cur
English soldiers, who were wandering about
France became naturally enough affected by
it's peoples manner OF speech, ana re.urhea
to their own country to infect their families
and acquaintance with the same Influences
which go to determine methods OF pronuncia-
ton And at that time 1t was really an Eng
lish-nOt British-army when dli the Oulh
of the fighting.
of England have been used a5 settlements
for French refugees-the Huguenots for eX
ampie-and French prisoners. Even so late
as the beginning of the present century,
when we were in a chronic state OF warfare
with Napoleon Bonaparte, great plumbers or
Frenchmen settled as prisoners en- Parole,
in England-the southern and midland cOun-
ties especially which, as we ihcw, are the
districts in which the aspirate IS least OBJ
served Scotland, Ireland alG Wales were
not under these same influences. the greater
distant from the continent being one of the
reasons But the constant N" dropping among
the working classes in England &c lay Is,
am sure, largely due to the fact that the
workingman who persists in speaking of his
horse his house and his home, instead of
his 'orse. 'ouse and ONE IS r5grdei By
his companions as a pedArt, and me wh1
''puts side on" l have Gftel noticed that
domestic servants are quite accurate or near
" so in the use of the aspir7 e when speaking
To their mistresses ETC.. while, once back
again in the kitchen among their fellows,
there ceases to be an N IN their c1El:.I-
sition-London Tid-Bits.
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OXYGEN FOR ULCERS.
New Treatment Discovered by the
British in East Africa.

A method of treating suppurating
wounds and ulcers by oxygen gas has
lust been adopted by the British gov
eminent for coolies at work construct
ing the Mombasa and Uganda railway,
in East Africa. says the New York
World. a large number of these men
are suffering from ulcers on the leg,
which incapacitate them from labor.
The British foreign office has sent out
twenty complete sets of the apparatus
necessary for applying oxygen.
The discovery of this new method of
treating Lucrative forms Of disease
was made by DR.. George Stoker. When
he was in South Africa as surgeon to
the British troops he observed that
wounded Zulus were very unwilling to
submit to professional treatment. He
also noticed that when a Zulu warrior
was badly wounded in battle his COM
rades were in the habit of carrying
him off to the highest mountain tops.
Inspired by professional curiosity, DR..
Stoker penetrated one of these native
mountain hospitals and found that,
while the only treatment resorted to
was the occasional washing Of the
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shadow. One of the sbirri, dashing
forth now to the waters edge, halted
astonished, and began to seek him.
Half an hour later, Mauro Bellini
walked alone in a spacious oval ap-
partment of his residential Palazzo.
Outside, at each of the seven doors,
waited a man behind the hangings.
Presently one entered. The nOiseless
walk ceased and the rheumy, bleared
eyes glanced at the words of note he
held. 1t read There was a mistake.
The worng person was dispatched, but
we have the American nevertheless.
He is at the Red Palace. What shall
we do with him?"
It was true. The Moor and Ronald
had discovered the fugitive the sbirri
had missed and had dragged the ex-
hausted man into their gondola. He
had not struggled, supposing them TO
be strangers to whom he could explain
his case. Arrived at the door of
brown Notwithstanding pile. he had
been accused Of murder, bound after
a fierce struggle, and left in a locked
chamber. The sere face OF Mauro
Bellini flushed with rage. The dull
fcols," he muttered. The man must
be rendered incapable Of explanation
in some way" There was way, he
long ago either, never failed TO IN
hinge the brain. Agitated with pas
sion, he scTibbled THE torture Of fear
until four: then I will myself come to
the palace"
At $50 Belyidera presented herself at
the Residential palace. and from an
ante-room sent a request to see Beilini.
The old man summoned a guard. whis-
peTed hurriedly, and aloud babe him
admit the signorina. She, in her am
Der dress, walked with brisk step to
the table, placed one palm upon it, and
said:
The. American. where is he?"
The shapeless eyes looked up in mild
fatherliness upon her.
Am to take this an an open def
anee, them" ne said.
Yes. Tell me where Brand is or by
tomorrow the whole world knows Of
the Banda
That is a vain threat, my child. He
is in tha Chamber of the Torture of
Fear at the Palazzo RossoI"
Without a word she walked to the
door; 1t was fastened.
4 am a prisoner, them" She cried.
Bellini, perusing q document, did not
answer. He presently walked toward
his chamber, which opened from the
room, to prepare himself for his visit
TO the Red palace. It was nearly 4.
Belvidera had cast herself sobbing,
upon g couch.
The Torture of Fear! Brand, when
he heard what was in store for him.
and seeing resistance foolish, walked,
as hidden, with perfect contempt, be-
fore three nen from his prison to the
topmost floor. He was locked into a
very large chamber, circular. lit by a
mean lamp. 1t contained one of the
frontage windows looking out upon
the waterway; this was paned with
single pane, 1rsh with the wall. The
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1t was one Of the old torture chambers
of the Inquisition.
He became aware of clicking some
where-above him 1t seemed-and
glancing, he saw that all over the
doomed ceiling was a multitude of OBJ
long Sits, little black openings, cut in
all directions; then, that something
hanging by strings in each of these
holes was moving; slowly, to and fro
like pedulums A pang, he knew not
why, pierced him. In ten minutes he
knew why-a faint whizzing filed the
air. He discerned that the strings, as
they swung, were frightening; that
the things they swung were massive
leaden balls. His blood stopped still;
it was dogs death, and so slow. He
stood with backward head, gazing up
with hOrrid interest at the nearing
masses, deliberate as fate, at their in
tensifying sweep and rush; legion they
seemed, flying every way, yet nicely
systematized, so that no one bumped
another 1t was an age Of misery be-
fore he lodged the first; the chamber
was then very bedlam of kissing
death; an in another minute Brand was
ducking, darling, lodging, with bound
arms, with the agility Of clown, with
a maniacs startling eyeballs, from the
complex, omnipresent malice of the
racing lead.
Suddenly as he lay fallen on his
face awaiting the crash of death, the
Kissing ceased-a rumbling southland
the balls went rapidly aloft. For some
time he lay gasping; but presently
started up in surprise. He had noticed
that the bottom of the brazen wall was
pierced all round with a series of
arches, and he now discerned that I'M
der each of these, far within the thick
ness of the wall, stood a mastiff of
brass, on a low brazen base. At q
grouling sound around him he sprang
straight-it was like the winding of
thousand clock-works-an the next
minute he was encOmpassed by deep
growl Of angry hounds. From every
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United States MarsLaTs Notice of
Seizure.

WHEREAS A LIBEL HAS BEEN FILED IN
the District Court OF the United States Of
America, and in the Third Division Of said
Court on the 5th day Of November. A. D.
1897 by John II. Ives Proctor, III Behalf o.
Herman Mercord and Louis II. Brandemuehl,
co-partners as Mercord Brandemuehl against
the Steamboat Abner Giles, her tackle, ap
parel and furniture. In cause OF action civil
and maritime and for causes fully set
forth in said Libel, now on file in said
Clerks Office of the United States District
Division, and praying the usual process and
monition Of the Court that all persons IL er
ested In said Steamboat Abner Gle, her
tackle apparel and furniture may be cited
to answer the premises and all due proceed
ings being had that the same may be de-
creed to be sold ard the proceeds thereof
distributed according to law
Therefore, in pursuance OF said monitlon
under the Seal of said Court to NE directed
and delivered, | do hereby give notice geaer-
ally 10 all persons having or pretending to
have any right, title or interest therein or
knowing or having any thing TO say why the
same should not be condemned and sold pur-
suant 10 the prayer in said Libel and TO ap-
pear before said Court to be held in and for
said District of Minnesota at ST. Paul in said
District, on the 18th day OF December. A. ID.
1897, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon OF the
same day If the same shall be a day of Juris-
diction, otherwise on the next day of Juris-
diction thereafter then and there TO interpOse
'''''1 R. T. o'CONNOR.
United States Marshal.
John II. Ives Proctor for Llbelant.
Dated at Saint Paul. Minnesota, November
Sth, A. D. 1897.
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archway, save the three by Ais bed,
out rushed, at the end of braZen rod,
a swapping dog. The tiny wheels upon
which their bases ran had been cum
ningIy adapted to the material of the
flooring to exactly initiate a wolfish
grumble. Forth they rushed a little
way, and back, then further forth and
back, With continuous deepening
growl, with swapping, demonstrating
brazen teeth. This once favorite tor
ture of the Inquisition was not known
to Brand; his reading led him to re-
member the rooms central spot, with
hope that there might be safety; but
he now observed that the dogs did not
run symmetrically toward the center,
their race being directed about the
chamber in a calculated disorder of
wild compleXity. They were of many
sizes, the teeth of some reaching to
his middle: caught, his neither limbs
must be rent to fragments. He thought
of falling to the ground. and instantly
remembered that he must be at once
banged to death by the frantic masses
At last hope turned to the bed, but
his retreat was now barred; some had
already rushed across the central
point; ard he, with gasping mouth, was
squirting and leaping, armless, quite
mad over among, around them. The
dreadful teeth, of the roll and roar of
this brazen rabies. In a dodge from
the right, there was a snatch of flesh
at his left thigh: and he dropped
swooning among the hounds.
Not long did he lie there. He soon
stirred to find himself ragged and
bleeding; but the dogs had retired to
kennel. Some new sound it was which
had stabbed his sleep with a new fear.
He was worn now with the long woe;
but he bent the intense ear of old
misers listing to the creakings of
midnight thief at a clanking sound
from beneath, and at the same time
caught sight of a black space in the
flooring. He sprang Mortified The
whole flooring, he now observed, was
composed, not of straight planks, but
of broad sections, each made up Of
several pieces. 1t was these pieces
which he now beheld sharply dropping,
one by one, at irregular intervals, out
of sight; then deliberately rising again
movement became rapid, incalculable;
here, then yonder. then here again, In
endless Formulation, yawned the sud-
den patch of black. Brand began
mad jig from ring to ring, from piece
to piece. He trod upon terror, every
nerve strained to detect the first sign
of yielding beneath his feet, the veins
swollen on his dripping brow
Was death or only torture intended
him by these horrors? If death, that
could have been effected long since.
Probably. then, only torture-to be
followed later by death. But at whose
hands? He recalled Bellini's glance at
the Procurazie masque, with the in
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Notice Of Ninrtgnre snle.

DEFAULT HAVING OCCURRED IN THE
conditions OF certain mortgage bearing
date OF May twenty-tflth 1887, executed by
Frederick W. Richardson. mOrtgAEOr. to j.
Homer Pierce, trustee. mortgage. ana re ord
ed in the Office OF the Register Of Deeds Of
Ramsey County, Minnesota, on the twenty
eighth day of May, 1887, at two o'clock p. m.
in Book "1G0" Of Mortgages. on page 2l7;
which said mortgage was duly assigned to
Samuel b. Pierce by an instrument in writ
ing bearing date of April second, 1883. and
recorded in the office OF said Register OF
Deeds on April thirteenth. 1SSS. in Book "T'
Of Assignments, on pages 2iS to 2Jl inclusive:
which said mortgage was by instrument IN
writing bearing date Of June tWeuty-llth
1889. and recorded in the office of said Register
of Deeds on the seventh day Of October, 1897.
in Book ''3S" of Assignments on page rs,
again duly assigned by said Samuel f. Pierce
to ]. Homer Pierce and Charles II. Clark, as
they trustees unuer deed from Samuel
h. Pierce and Hannah r. Pierce, his VIE
(Which deed is recorded in the office Of said
Register Of Deeds. in Book IS" Of Mortgages,
on pages 393 TO 395 inclusiye) and, whereas,
there is now due and payable on said mort
gage the full OF one thousand five humid
red seYenty-eight and 93-100 dollars Sl,5IS.9O,
which said sum includes taxes assessed
against the mortgaged property for the years
1898 to 1895 inclusive, amounting 10 the sum
OF eighty SIX and 52-100 dollars (Ss6.52J. which
have been paid by said last named assiGnees.
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that
BY virtue Of the power OF sale in said mort
gage contained. and pursuant to the statute
in such case provided, the said mortgage viii
be ioreclosed by sale at pubic yendue. OF
the premises therein described. to be made
by the Sheriff Of Ramsey County. at the
Cedar Street entrance TO the RamRcy County
Court House. in the City OF st. Paul. County
of Ramsey and State Of Minnesota. on Tues
day the thirtieth day Of November 1907. at
ten O'Clock In the forenoon. to satisfy tee
amount which will then be due on said mort
gaF= the taxes, the costs ard disbursements
Of sale and fifty dollars attorneys feos
stipulated in said mortgage 10 BE paid in case
Of foreclosure.
The premises described In said mortgage
and 80 to be sold all that tract or pafcel
OF land lying and being in the County IL
Ramsey and State of Minnesota. and de -crited
as follows, to-wit; Lot eight (Sl in BLOCK
one Cd Of Samuel B. Pierces Enlargement
OF Summit Park Addition to Saint Paul ac-
cording to the recorded plat thereof on hls
OF record in the office Of the Register d!
Deeds Of Ramsey County. Minnesota
Dated St Paul. Minnesota, October isth,
1897.
j. HOMER PIERCE and CHARLES r..
CLARK. As They Are Trustees.
Assignecs Of Mortgage
str!nger & Seymour,
Attorneys fer Assigrees Nat. Ger an
Bank Bldg. ST. Paul, MINI.
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WANT ADS.

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FAVORED WOMAN WITH BUNDLES.
DIR. Edward Everett Hale Preferred
Her soeiety.

A Chicago young woman, Who has just re-
turned from Boston. related this incident OF
Edward Everett Hale, whom she greatly ad-
mires, having met him and become personally
interested in him at the home of friends:
Il was waiting for a car" she said. when
Dr. Hale, who was also waiting for the same
at once anticipated delightful treat tete-
a-tete on the or. Just as it reached US,
however, a large German woman, carrying
several great bundles. climbed to the only
seats that were vacant and filing one her
self, placed her bundles in the other two,
leaving the venerable psstor and myself
standing. DR.. Hale smiled and took up one
of the bundles, motioning me to the pace it
had occupied. Then he dropped the bundle
in my lap.
q Lend a hand, Miss jessie. he said this
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poor woman is overburdened. I will carry the
other myself
This he proceeded to do. talking mean
while to the woman in German, and paying
no further attention to me. Was l chagrined?
/ was more disappointed than l can tell.
When he left the car he bowed to me in his
pleasant, fatherly fashion. but to the Ger
man, as he returned her bundle. he said:
L have been much interested in your
story. 1t has given me new view Of life
thank you.
And I daresay," continued the young
woman, that he has just put her into a book
or a sermon by this time, while wasn't in
1t with the woman Of the bundles"
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HELP wANTED-MaIe.

CARPET SEWER-Wanted, man to sew and
lay carpet; call at once $40 st, Peter st.
WANTED-Men to learn barber trade: only
eight weeks required; tools donated; illus
trated catalogue mailed free. Mo!er's Bar
Der College. 22S Washington ay. south, Min
neanOIis
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HORSES AND CARRIAGES.

HORSES! ORSES!-Lumbsrmen take notice!
200 head Of heavy logging horses weighing
from 1.500 to l, 500 lbs. for sale ct low prices
at Barrett e Zimmerman's stables, Mime
sofa Transfer. st. Paul, Mimi; part time
given If desired; take ipterurban car from
either city.