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said Peterson. TELL them about 1t.
They won't believe me-"
A light broke on the young woman.
This Is surely a mistake" she said
sweetly. 81 am Mrs. Andrews, and
that is my husband Henry, who is a
writer of plays. We have a baby as
you see. There he Is in the crib. My
husband found he could not write at
home, the baby cried so much. So he
hired a room somewhere else, and
there he went several nights each
week to write in peace, coming home
when he was tired"
THAT is what / was doing when
those scoundrels arrested me-" said
Peterson Indignantly.
What was that you were saying
about remorse burdening your spirit
before we broke in?" demanded Roche
suspiciously.
II was reading from my play. The
Atonement of Blood" answered the
young man.
"Oh, look here, this won't do" broke
in McCandless. why did you tell
Mrs. Allen your name was Peterson?"
my name is Henry Peterson An
drews," said the young dramatist,
land gave her my middle name be-
cause 1t was as good one for her rs
any other, since I didn't want to live
in her room or explain to her why
rented It,"
Henry wouldn't be a dramatist II
he wasn't little mysterious" said the
young woman, with a charming smile.
Burke unlocked the handouts from
Peterson's wrists. ".
ANY one can see that this lady isn't
crooks wife or this gentleman .
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after all. there Is nothing strange In th;s
every office in Persia goes 10 he highest
bidder, and the town guards must pay for
their positions
We rather expected trouble on leaving
the town, so We got a couple of nounte
soldiers 10 see us safe beyoud she gates
tne rod@ or TN front. having for a way to
no cieareSi slicing AT people with his whip
and turning csmeIs. dcnkeys and their
drivers up side streets. Four or tivn hum
dred people tumhIed after us making a
fearful din. We took no notice. R,i, our
rear guard would every now and theu
swing round his horse. charge where the
.hronE VAS thickest. slash wildly at any
hody and everybody. and allow us to slip
ahead
~ one Mace the news Of our tourney nre
crded ue. and when we approached The
town about twenty OF the wealthy FER
SLAMS turned out on horseback After tho
customary salaams We rode i'm front. and
the troop danced and csreered around It's
denented escort The lanes were packed
T'th men. ard the houSetops crowded with
women. \ feast had been prepared. and
fs"re Was T1cCh bo7y,ng and sx>1nu zine o..
compliments. drinking of tea. smoking of
kahFus and general iioniz'ng Th. gov
eFfor OF the town waited on US and askas
CT behalf % the Inhabitants who Ind rev.
or before seen bicycle. that we should
give Al exhibition We said ~ would r{,}e
In ar open space az noon next day.
Well Ieccjlyct The autter Of excitement,
I Wa always IN when a travelling circ.us
came 20 the little towr Of my school laws
J think the folks u that Persian town ex-
DsTienCet something 81 the same x.nss-
ton. Five hours before noon. crowds col
iccted before the house where Nc we're
staying. aua. as tl.Ec sYert OF. HE gtss~g,.-
INK gave Nay To wells az impotence. cas-
uai|y stroltfa 20 The roof To srr14Ee a 81
gar and the tGmuI, uoqs shout ,ha, arass
has oniS been cquale6 l.. ny s,seu,st,, ~,
the pandemonium ike roar on the r,,st,rr
Of The fssaTes ~ a presidential election.
When Nc sailed cat. half q dozen sa,-
ashes armed with long switches cleared
the Nay. Never ~ is There anywhere q,,gt,
confusion. There was 81 IAN 81 the r,an,,-
lace IN the narrow ysuv< sal7gursa ~,
screaming struggling lshang. We faI,
nervous. Bat two soldiers kept near ZACH
- Us. There were quite 8 go psrss.r,s
about, and as We rode IN circles on car
wheels and lid stunts. the Aaaf~e, -
the folks Vas tremendous
The halt fer couple ot days gave h,,s,,-
Easn travelling south the Opportunity. -
carrying the news Of oar coming - c,,r
reception III every rnua village and s.ra0.
gisng hamlet VAS noisy. Al first We sn.
1oyea the novelty. bat so3y - became =
nuisance. ihea ~ would make a nt,--la
round ths place. fsut the Ensk-s,,ss sarr
tss~ sfia. ana teere was 3 face between ,ea
'}fieEefs EcT2ss the fields - jgtsyEert ts
ans ~ ez.4ed Ger ali we were v,-fh "a
ssee them TIE ga-by
~ SAs . bad aSosS, lgs We turned IL sn,a
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fused 10 hold. and our bare toes peeped
throuGh-that We began 10 feel disreputa-
bile. At TSheran. where & kin lir welcome
was extended to us by The English resi-
dents. We walked circumspectly till slow
working tailors had provided new suits.
II was necessary always 70 retire back
wards from the presence of ladies.
One could not go into the streets OF
Teheran without an enormous crowd gath
ering. Yet there was never anything but
good humor. We had the pleasure OF sec
ing the shah. and being entertained at the
palace. where all the dazzling jewels were
unfolded for the sinister purpose of max
ing us Blind and filling US with envy. At
Isfahan We had an interesting afternoon
WITH the Zf-f-Sultan. who is the shans
brother. We rode about the palace
grounds, aad his royal highness who is
as round as tub. was - shaky with
mirth that he rolled about like an ami
mated b1rrel.
NOW ride down that path as hard as
you can he said To me. | did. | WON
dered why he was nearly having an apo
plecttc NJ from laughing Then | saw.
At the end Of the IN VAS sudden drop.
Tight went the brake. and | jumped from
tire wheel The III WAS disaoooinj ed. 4
broken neck and broken wheel would
have been so dsvertiug
''Ah. how wonderful his highness said:
how suddenly ven can stop the bicycle
There was ore thing that puzzled him.
How was IL that a bicycle kept on end
when ii was running. hut when sin top
pied over? 4 bicycle was turned round
- that the wheels were in the air. The
fore wheel VAS given a spin. and IL ran
for seven minutes. Tha1 also WAS curious
he could not comprehend the working OF
bail bearings.
Neither could he understand the spirit.
which pramPted Us To cycle in foreign
countries. When America is so bsauIi-
fal land, Why do you want TO leave it,"
ne kept asking. Adventure does not ap
peal TO the Pers.ans.
Though there ara no roads IN Persia and
though there was many a u1iie Of rough
traTnpsng very often We got magnifcen.
r,ars. The ground was hard, gritty and
sin-bs ked Just Ike n cinter track Once
Ne ieft place wi,h q prospect OF snow
and slash. and We expected 10 walk most
90 the way. suddenly came on TO
splendid ground and what We reckonai
would occupy three days we covered In six
hours and a half As IL was winter. ard we
trayersef very hjzn hills. the cold and the
STOW troubled liz. When we were on a
mountain called tire Kcd kush. which
meant "she shoulder Of DEATH" wers
les+. and spent dreadful Night struggling
through drifts Til We felt weary and
faint. BY tire time we reached village the
next morning. ws we're IN a soieraoiy fam
isaed state FOR ws had been exposed 20
storm. s.ss1 feet up a mountain s1oe, and
had had nothing - 81. IN twenty hours.
Wolves often pYDwisa around as and oTee
We met hears. One 4 Dg, black. feFoeiotl=s
brute. looked ike attacking, bat Es though.
better ot u as9 scsmUsrsd o. 10 = wood
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KOKOMO, Ind, Nov. zo-Tod Sioan,s tne
premier American jockey. who is now as,
tonishinx the English by his sensational
riding and surprising the Londoners by nas
swell clothes. was born in this city twenty
three years ago and was raised here his
early life was peculiarly different from
other BOYS OF his age. His father being a
helpless invalid and his mother dying when
he was Is months old. Tod vas taken into
the family of Dan and Mrs. Biouser ami
reared as their own child. the lad being
known here as Tod Bicuser.
His early life was one continuous series
of daring exploits and thrilling events
from the time he could walk until he be-
gan his turf life seven years ago. Moth
ing was too dangerous for him 10 attempt,
nothing too hazardous for him to deiiber-
ately walk into. Before he was years
old every man, woman and child IN the
city and county knew him. He was
celebrity in knickerbockers. prodigy in
frocks. His daring exploits and venture
some pranks were the wonder of the
neighborhood. His actions kept his good
foster parents in a state OF constant
alarm. Although he had the most pro-
found respect for his guardians and bene-
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found for journeying. and there was gener-
ally bare hut reserved for travellers On
the way there was often a demand that
we should ride. We would point out that
we could not ride over rough ground
Ride ride" the people cried. They
pushed and squeezed Advancing in the
middle Of 200 folks was not easy. It was
difficult To be patient. On one occasion
a stone was thrown. then another. The
crowd opened out TO give facility for the
stoning. We dashed inside the chapar-
khanna. A dash was made to follow.
But when once our machines were safe
and we were always more careful OF our
machines than ourseives-we would turn
10 the doorway. and following the Hi
herman advice of I" When you sec a head.
hit H." let loose with our fists with ALI the
energy We possessed.
When the doors were harrlraded we
would look around. The room was grimed
with smoke and smothered In dust. First
OF all We ordered a wood fire for the nights
In Persia are cold. There was always
trouble in finding wood: when ablaze the
smoke nearly suffocated us We told the
postmaster 10 bring rings.
Rugs" he would exelaim: ''there isn't
such a thing in the village Go and
fetch rugs We would reply; tand. look
here. make YOUR boy prepare tea al once:
and In an hour and half YOU must boil
us q 3o1 81 rice, ana fetcn uS IN dozen
uon1eRtanates."
In vain he protested that IL was imposst-
hie
Co We reared. and. seizlng him. we
gave him push on his way.
lie brought the things.
" was absolutely necessary 10 be deter
mined and bullying. At first we tried
geuficness and persuasion The result
WIS w starved. a Persian respects You
4 he fears YOU.
We never secured much variety I'm food
We SeUerllly asked FOR mutton Bat TO
secure mutton in Persia one must usually
buy She sheep alive. and the killing. skin
ming. dressing aud cooking occupies too
much time when three men are irritable
wl'h hunger
We rarely paid more than IA cents for n
leg az NATION. One az us nreparf,l a nice
eDlber fire. while another hacked the Joint
into onc-ouncs morSeiS These vera
threaded on a wire. and then, twisted and
ir}sd 7vSf jias rcd aShfs ware eoakf.t
This method Ct preparing mutton was a
faNorite one with us
often We had fowls. paying 10 cents a
piece for them. Indeed to NJ strictly ac-
cuFate we nearly always had fowls, be-
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Next 10 not habbin' no sense at all" the
Washington Star reports Uncle Eben as
saying, de wust ting dat kin happen to a
man is tryin' to be too smaht.''
Yassir." replied Pfckaninny Jim. pre-
pairing TO move away and escape a lecture.
dat shoiy is de troof.''
"Hof on. sonny" the old man exclaimed.
'Jes You wait minute an lemme illus
trify. Did you know dat one time Mistuh
'Rastus Pinkiey had er hull lot er money
lef' I'm in WHIP
mo, suh."
''Well, he did. Twas when We hof lived
In yuthah paint er de country Now he's
goin' roun' tryin' to borry 'nuff to CUB i'm
license 10 stan round an say come seb-
ben once in a while Whah is dat money
what he useter habe'
Il dunno. suh.'' replied the boy.
ITS done squandrsfied. OATS whah Ills
Lemme tell yer how It happened I were
stan'in' in front er de grocery sto' one
evenin' when 'Rastus come long. Hello.
INK says he. an Hello. 'Rastus' says I.
'You's pooty OF man. says he, am I
doesn't see dat you's got rich yit You
must OF vase yoh time bad done tot
i'm dat dab was lots o. folks dat warn't so
rich. an dat / didn' see no bankbooks
bulgin out his breas pockets Den he
says. 'Jes' watch ME. De reason some folks
don git rich is cause dey done misses dab
opportunities. Dab Is opportunities COMM
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THE LITTLE BROWN DOG AT THE
DOOR.

Early and late. you watch ana wait
Little brown dog at the door
F0r quick football and boyixh call
FOR your master 20 come once more
lager 10 follow. through field ard hollow.
Wherever iils feet may roam.
Content TO stray. If he leads the way
Wherever he Is. Is home.
But YOU never hear the whistle clear
Nor The sound Of the bcy;sh call
Nor the scanlper OF feet all hare and feet
Down through the shaaowy hail.
Though long you walt at door and gate
For your piayfeIlow OF old
With his eyes bIsie nj his hear. so true
And his hair like the sunzhines gold
It's year and dag since he went away
To a country beyond our ken,
And those who go thai way We know
Never come back again
stu early and late yog watch and walt.
Little brown dog at the door.
But the voice IS Still, aud watch as you
.iM
Your master comes 10 more.
D.. -DssetAU psane
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long all de time he continnered, with
great solemnicy. an all yoh gotter do is
reco'nize EN- when dey is befo YER De
grocery man happened ny jes' den, an
'Rastus axed i'm ef he had any good sweet
'taterS.
DE grocery man p'inted some out ter
I'm, an 'Rastus picked up one 10 famine
It, De fus' ting / know his face mos
change color an he wah smeliin' at II like
er dog at rat hole Den he bit intou IL.
an In a minute mo- he TUX de grocery man
OF ter one side an gnnter whisper to i'm
Den ne broke away In n dead rum wifout
huyin' muffin. l seen i'm ag.in in A couple
o days. Git ready ter take yoh hat off
when yo' sees me comm long de road he
says Use done it Done what?' I axes
i'm. Made mer fawchn. I done bought
de fahm.' What fahm? says I. Den he
laugh Dat shows says he. how a man
kin hab de chance right unduh his nose an
not cit no good out'n ia Dat sweet 'tater
was whut done put me on De scent. foun'
out whah twas raised an done put rner
money down as fus payment All has
to do now is To git some white folks TO he'p
me make up a company an sell out a share
in de property ter pay off DE- nawgage.'
Lemme un' stan yer. 'Rastus.' put in de
grocery man, Who had stop ter listen Did
YOU buy dc patch whah dem sweet 'taters
was raiser OATS whut I dome saws
'Rasius. an you mlghter done de- game 81
you had beer noticin Ike me. Ez soon as
] picked up dat 'tater ] seen dab was
sGmpin Gurus bout IT, an when / BIT into
- {, was plain as day dat done foun' an
oil well. De groun' was so soaked wifi I,
dat Il was rnnnin' wiz de sap in de pores
or de 'tater. You go On. Msstuh Grocery
Man. ,epdn' sto' an rnehhe one er desc
days. Ct I don't Ike de way yoh does II.
I'll buy yer OUT
What d!d de grocery man say ter dat7"
inquired Picksninny Jim.
He said he done toll dat boy o. his 'nure
times bout brinvin' de kerosene in de Same
basket wif lie gshden truck an he reckon
he might IS well aschahge i'm an hah n
ovuh wif Da's ali he said"
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an Indication that there Is no poison. In
deed. az the house OF one Persian gentle
man. he always took something from, nv
plate before ! commenced eating myself
The greatest mark of honor is when the
hoss discovers a tit-bis on his own plate.
and, holding ii between his finger and
thumb. pors IL into your month
There were some singular experiences on
IN. read. At Tabriz we were pursued by
q bowling mob right through the baxaars.
We saw a couple OK policemen. or guards
Or soldiers. or ruffians and requested them
TO show ns the way. How much viii Won
give us2'' was the first thing asked. Ana
there We had to stand. bargaining vhat
was the price Of their ciTility. Perhaps.
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To be honest enc must not describe Per-
STA as either beautiful. or romantic or po-
esfcai. And vet. in saying this. ! must
make exceptions
Satrax. the garden of love-" II an ex-
Quisste spot, renowned for it's rose gardens
It's orangerses. its myrtle groves The seem
cry IS charming. and ali is fragrance and
delight Towards the south coast. after
dropping from the great Persian lakeland.
there are palms and shady bowers. folks
oreSs galiy and are merry: and one did IN
deed feel that the scene was Eastern.
Tnere We're TO be seen the marvellous ruins
OF Persepoiis the great palaces built by
Darius, the audience chamber Of the
mighty Xerxes. the noble hail Of a hun
dred columns. the spot where Alexander
the Great toasted.
The shattered pillars were the gaunt rem
nants OF mighty past. and an American
riding his bicycle over such historic ground
was marvel beyond imagination
JOHN FOSTER FRASER
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i STRIVING CONTRAST.

frightened ard rade thev sstf il Vas 4
'HN}nE dvVtA a horse t;ag d3A ysst ssf
ccrn wxs = marvel ana tbs take ~ bring
rs = handful a. char Rnd offering "a t,e a
hscyese wss Se~n 10 taresas oetogs ~re
half finished oar ride.
There were 10 reads. bat near3y always
~sllstss5ued camel tracks. Where lne
sfoussd VAS hard xnA gritty We Spaa agarg
easily a. twelve miles an hear s,ut u hvfs
~ way OF charge. faese was Saasas.
ar rfsck-ssrswn pass. then-wel We a;a
ncs travel - fast.
Ne generally reached a village goaars
stnaases The heuSefags- tae eh4ef s,lst,ss
81 recreation would I've crowded. A greae
sacUS seHk Ua = aya sa WeTe see.i. ara
eer arrival called eat a. ghe ps-oage fsar.
autekly than ever did the islesi ls,r,s- NJ
hA0ssl5a eaIl out TIE rats. TIE lsAah-
sSaafs ~oalA uaAe 4 sxaop saxArsE a.
ishsa3HE srss alas, yelling waxsug
tsssf artis- hSHisaz questions ws ~tasalsf
e.ss1oani al sSA Tor gAe sa&psr-Ahaasa
Che ssoss2alss4. wAs.s eess~s eoala &c
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rule TO wash as little as possible .rav-
cling across Persia Certainty we never
touched water In the morning for I'm tha
dry desert air our faces would have skin
ned 10 t2ttsrs. Occasionally little luke
warm water in the evening was agreeable.
III meaning There was none. Therefore for
a week or ten days at a time we slept in
our ciotnes. only removing them 10
change. or TO hattie our legs in some rsyr,
let Naturally our costumes got very tat
tered For a pocket 10 be torn from a
jacket is nothing. i: was when knicker-
bockers were slit at the knee, and there
were great rents in the hinder parts
when thread refused TO bind, and canvas.
fastened with tire-repsiring solution. re-
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cause fsay were easily ohta!nahls. whe-e-
aS mutton seldom was. snd We do roy f,av,
- embark ga the wholesale extra4.agss,,a
cf buying Eve sheep. for which ~ yxn,,l.,
have Pad - Pay hat; 4 aailar
The feTssans are net tixefesa MoAar.,fYs-
oafss. ana frequently we had foasf j., IA.
VS." 9SeAsss Renewing our shoes. We
SSaAi;fsi oF1 the Aoor. sitting tailor alo,,
Big tray piled ssth FIRE Noaia he ~ ,ha
center, Knives forks and Sygesonz srse w.,
pSFd There 50 everybody eats with ms S.
xers, tt - hard at f1rst ~ eat rso9 u.s,S.
cut making hash . yourself ara -.
noor- has after = whle yoa Succeed l.,
AaEA&}G& &c gssi&e t@a 4A. rs
'tae fore part % the fingers raaxst ~ ,Aa
nsoasa. sas aasiiy SspF IL 18th no .h,.,,ss,
After ynu have had q iat q rses srssr
shaay stsHs AFe niacea before vou. nss ,.n,
awe IN SeaF fingers anst pau 10 ssss1r nis.~
What yea want 4 tsaaI ef ~hsyhe& ssa~,sx
hy. an6 ysss az sSTfsk from Il Be stsss.. ~s.s.
II - CASTE ae nrafe-g thsnS fos the rose >,
S4sA ses2siasaa 1soa ySax p.a.e, Ra.ca a
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efforts on the part Of the young ...ss,s. i
drive the cat back home were I. ms,
was bound 10 go with him. ana ....,tat.
trated it's ability az hunter py ~ 80,
ing a woodcock, which young 49, -
Then IL flushed = partridge. 49,, -
would not part with the cat for tas -
bird dog IN the country.
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factors. he could not be induced to attend
school. He played "hookya with unfail-
ing regularity and was never In sight
when wanted. He spent neaFly all his
time at livery stables and bus barns, al
ways displaying a. great fondness for
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horses Nothing suited him better thu,
- noun, spirited animal and ride a,
orsakneck speed through the Streets.
Conquer. an tnruiy B~nst.
one day while Tod was yet in froeks ana
scarcely years Of age a usrttcuas- -
Vicious stallion was brought to town from
Arehtuchy and placed in one OF the livery
0&fns for several days. HaH = dozsn
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A Valuable Cat.

A Valuable Cat.
Howard Reed. of Milford. Pa, staffed
out hunting for partridge and wood cesk
and was followed by the house cat. AZ
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himself, as far and as fast as he was
able, its living monopolist and its motive
power, The conceptions of political graft
tude, representative capacity, RESPONSE
bility to DemOcracy's past and for its
future, were speedily eradicated from his
mind, If, indeed, they mad ever been inn
planted there. To Washington he carried
amazing ignorance of every political ana
economical question, and an unparalleled
lack of fixed convictions on any political
subject beyond the minor matters of ad-
ministrative routine ana this absence and
this uncertainty he concealed behind
words laborlously chosen from the die
tionary. He studied diligently his copy
of the "Statesman's Manual" and found
in its pages both ideas ana phrases which
needed only his utterance to become his
own. Probably to his immense surprise
at first, he found that his platitudinous
versions OF venerable ideas We're hailed
by considerable ana very Volube part
of the American public as the revelations
and Inspirations of vast, original politi-
cal genius. Thus there grew up in him
the firm and apparently sincere belief,
perhaps the most characteristic and GER
tainly the most amusing feature of his
intellectual make-up, that a truth needed
to be accepted and uttered by him in or
der to possess public Importance. He had
discovered early the potency Of the word