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state Of affairs freed me from danger. At
q distance from him 1 might even gain
courage to inform against him; but this
left for future decision, the main thing now
me the money had saved. which amount
ed to 30 guineas, and escape from the town
on foot or In stage wagon without any Of
his myrmidcns being the wiser.
To adopt this course was to lose Mr.
Brome's friendship and the livelihood which
his employment provided: but such was the
fear had conceived of Fergusons schemes
and the perils they involI ed that scarcely
hesitated. BY noon, an hour which
thought least open to suspicion, had en-
and made all my other arrangements. and
in five minutes should have been safe in
the streets with my face set toward Ken
sington-when at the last moment there
came tap at my door and voice asked
If / was In.
1t was not at an hour at which Fergu-
son had ever troubled me, and trusting to
this 1 had not been careful to hide the
signs of removal which my room presented.
For moment hung over my trunk panic
stricken: then the door opened. l discover
ed the girl who had interviewed once be-
fore-I mean at the door of the secretary s
Office. and whom / had since noticed. but
not often gel ing in at the opposite rooms
She curtsied demtrely standing in the
doorway. and said that Mr.. Smith. which
was one Of the names by which ferguson
went. had sent her to me with message.
Yes said. forcing myself to speak.
would you please to wait on him this
evening at 8. SIR. she answered. HE
wishes to speak with you"
YES" 1 said, Eelplessly asserting. and
there was an end of my fine evasion 1
took it for a warning and my clothes from
my mail. and going down, paid the porter
a eroat and received in return dozen
porter's oaths, and so dismissed hin and
my plan together
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Durability of Floorings.

Some interesting tests OF flooring mater
ials recently made In Philadelphia are de-
scribed in the Scientific American. Tae
Investigators used ordinary iron rub
bling wheel. such as is used by stone work
ers for rubbing a smooth face on marble
or sandstone. The samples TO be tested
were cemented to blocks of sandstone and
laid. face downward. on the rubbing WHICH,
which revolved at the rate of seventy-dvc
revolutions minute and was kept sun
piled with sharp sand and water The
blocks TO which the noorings were cement
ed were OF equal weight, that the rub
bling was effected under nearly the same
the material which resisted best this Sc
we're test was india rubber tiling which
after an hours rubbing. lost only one-sis-
y-fourth OF an inch OF it's thickness. Next
TO this. English encaustic tile gave the best
results. losing only one-eighth OF an i'm II
stone known 'granoithic" was third
losing three-eighths of an inch; while
North River blue stone lost nine-sixteenths
OF an inch All the marbles wore away
very rapidly. A piece OF marble mosaic
disappeared entirely I'm thrty-hve minutes
while solid white Vermont marble los,
three-quarters OF an inch In an hour 3 rub
bing. Most OF the wood focrings. indeed
resisted abrasion better than the marble
White pine. for example. lost only seyca-
sixteenths of an inch under treatment
which removed nearly twice. as much from
solid marble. Yellow pine showed sun
stantially the same resistance as viii. -
pine. while oak lost more than either Of
the pines. Ii would seem az If the treat
ment with water was hardly fair to tho
wooden ffoorirgs. which depend a good
deal on their elasticity for resisting wear
but. even under such unfayorable circ.In-
stances, their superiority to stone is re-
raarkAble.
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In Q voice Of some amusement. u he new
knew who ] was.
"A dav in the Jays feathers!' said ha
scornfuNy.
and you do not know htmr'
mot Except for the silly fool he il !"
Then you do not know-well, some one
you ought to known the stranger answered
dryly. You ale getting old, MI FerEu-
My master cursed his impudence.
II am afraid that you do not keep abreast
OF the rising generation the other contin-
ued. coolly cycling the rage his words e1,
cited. And as for your Shaftsburys ana
Monmouths and Ludlows and the Old gang.
they don't count for much now. You must
look about you, Mr.. Ferguson: you mus!
look about you and open your eyes, and
learn some new tricks. or before you know
1t you will find yourself on the shelf"
1t would be difficult to exaggerate the
fury into which this threw my master. He
raved. stamped and swore. and finally,
tearing off his wig, flung it on the ground
and stamped on it. "There!'' ne cried. with
horrible imprecadons. the more horrible
is what I will do to you-by and by MIR.
Smith. On the shelf. am I? And need new
tricks? Hark you. sir. 1 am not so much
on the shelf that cannot spoil your game.
whatever it is. And Cd d-n me. but l
will!'
Mr.. Smith. listening. cool and dark-faced.
shrugged his shoulders. but for all his
seeming Indifference kept. | fancied.
wary eye On the piOtleT. VI, tut, MI.
Ferguson. you are angry with me-" he
said. And say things you do not mean.
Besides. you don't know"
Know" the other shr.eked.
Eyes. know what my game is.
81 know this" Ferguson retorted. drop
ping his voice on a sudden to baleful
whisper. who is here, and where he lies.
Mr.. Smith. And
so do Tom. Dick and Harry" the other
answered. struggling his shoulders con-
temptuously. and then to me. Mr.. Taylor"
he continued. with politeness. Il think We
will be going Light the door. my dear.
That is it. l have a coach below. and
good night Mr.. Ferguson. good night to
you. I'll tell Sir George l have seen you.
And do you think over my advice.
At that my master broke out afresh.
cursiug the others impudence, and franti-
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into a drawl and then into silence looked
at me slyly and began to ruminate-On a
new treason. unless / was miStaken-r,Ih-
Ding now one calf and now the other and
now dressing his ragged wig with his fin
gers. az he continued to smile at his wicked
thoughts. and sat there. the veriest bald
heaceI Judas 10 he conceived In the
ni'antiine L watched him. and l thought.
read him.
ever. and whether he was, as expected
as ready 10 sell the Duke of Berwick as
plot with MIN. he said no more to me on
the subject. nut presently went to his own
room TINS left. L thought II high time to
coHs!acT where stood. berg all of trem-
Die and tw!tter with what had heard and
seen. and | tossed through the night. fear
Iu!iy sounding the depths in which found
nlyseu. anu striving to gain strength to
oattie with the stream that day by day
VAS forcing me further and further from
the land. | was no fool or vain how M
aware of the danger OF being mixed nm
with great men and great names: rather
The ten years during which / had followed
public affairs had presented me with only
zoo many examples OF the iron not ana
clay pitcher. When. therefore / Silent al
last. late in the evening II was to dream
or the slctge and Tyburu road ard the or
cfnary-who bore in my dream. L marvel
ous likeness TO Mr.. Broms-and a wall Of
faces that lined the way and never ceassi
from St Giles pound TO Edgeware road.
Such a dream taken with my nights
thoughts left me eager to put In execution
O plan L had more than once considered
which was To give up all, to fly from London
ana. hiding myself IN some quiet p.aro an
DER another name. to 1--we as I best nigh:
'tanth fersuson's Capture CT q Change in the
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WEALTH FOR A saUArrER.
He Gets Lana Worth el9S. 900 ~ Just
Holding On to Il.

Holding en to II.
Prom IL St. Paul Pioneer Pre0-
James Griffin. sQuatter. 10 held to be the
owner OF eighty acres OF land in the heart
Of the town Of Sheldon Iowa, worth $12S.-
600. Such is the tenor OF the decision hand
ed down by Register Evans Of the federal
land office al Des Moines.
The land Is not improved, and the thriv-
Ing little city has grown all around It,
The question OF the title arose before the
land was taken into the corporate limits
and since then nobody would buy Ii lest
the title should prove bad.
Griffin. an OLD man with a logged deter
minaton to take care Of his rights what
ever might come. and convinced that in the
END ne would own the property and be
made rich by 1t. has lived alone on the
land. in a little tumble-down shanty in pow
erty- He has come to be regarded as an
eccentric old genius. but the suspicion of
MS insanity will doubtless be dissipated by
the decision, which makes him one of the
richest men in town.
In lSs2. when 1t was first discovered
there was question of the validity OF the
patent made 10 the state by the govern
meat OF a land grant fer the Sioux CITY and
81 Paul road. and that the land might he
opened TO homestead entry, Griffin suuatted
oi an eighty-acre tract Just north of the
village of Sheldon. He offered TO home
stead 1t and his application and the reiec-
tion thereof are on file in the land Office
Ihen followed the long litigation between
me government and the railroad for the
restoration Of 5000 acres of the public do
niain Two years ago the Supreme Court
OF The United States decided the allotmen.
was Illegal and that the land should be re-
stored to the public domain, subject to the
rights OF homesteaders and original set
tiers. S'
AZ various times during the litigation
urnnn renewed his offer to enter. aud as
oratr came opering the land to settIeme,t
IN IN feoruary. 1896. Griffin was one of the
nrst 10 reach Dies Moines, and took no
Sa AT the door of the land office, where
he remained all night
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\ Juvenile StratPgist,


From The BuraIo Express.
family went 10 Crystal Beach on Mon
day. Toward evening the children gre W
tired and cross. Presently the two boys
got into fierce fight The younger one
got tie worst of ii. and in a fit OF sulks de-
clared that he would go home Immediately
To preserve the peace. ne was ,iven his
ticket and the key of the house He de.
parted on the : O'Clock boat. The remain
der of the party went several hours later.
When they reached home they discovered
why the younger son had been so anxiors
to precede them. He had got at the fi~a-
works belonging to all the other children.
and had had a celebration all by himse T.
The fight was counterfeited for the pur-
pose of obtaining this opportunity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24

From Notes and Queries.
That the shamrock was used as diet be-
fore it was adopted as the national en-
blem is concusively demonstrated. though
Mr.. Colgan shows that one writer borrows
from another; very few drew their infor-
nation from personal observation. Spenser
undoubtedly did. and he is perhaps re-
sponsible for the familiarization of this fact
10 his contemporaries. L quote the passa ge
from The View of the Present State of
Ireland"
out of every corner of the woods and
CHIMES they came creeping foorthe upon
theyr handles. for theyr leggs could not
bears them; they looked like anatomyes of
death, they spaEe like ghostes crying out
of their graves; they did eat of the dead
cartons and yf they founde a
plotte of water-creSses or Shamrokes there
they locked as to feast for the time
This dietary use was known to the Eliza
bethan dramatists:
Il will give tee leave to cram my mouth
phft shamrokes and butter and water
creeshes instead of pearsh and peepsh"-
Ben Jonson's Irish Masque.
This Irish footman. a wild kerne a
frog: a dog; whom I'll scare spwin. Longed
you for shamrockr'-Thomas Decker
The shamrock thus used as food (says
Mr.. COlgan) was one or other, or perhaps
both, of the meadow c1overs or trefoils,
trifolium pratense purple clover) and T.
repens twhite clover of modern botanists."
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Summer Visitors,

From the Churchman
1t must be confessed that the summer Wis
itors are not at present a means of grace.
They present a demoralizing example of
idleness which makes the country people
disconnected with their own hard and mon
otonous lot They introduce social distinc-
tons which are new to the natural and fine
democracy of the village and the farm.
They are seen making merry on front
porches as country folk go by to church.
and on Sunday afternoons they play golf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24

From the Boston Courier.
Dear Husband: We've been here q week:
I've had no chance to write
For things have followed In a streak
To tar me day and night.
Dams had the collie awful bad
From eating unrtpe ounce,
Jack tumIled In the creek, and's had
An ague ever since.
Mas suffered from mosquito bites
TIL she is most insane
And poison ivy has made rights
OF Sue and Mary Jane.
tree on Patrick fell and cracked
His skull; he bled stream:
The nurse with agony Is racked
From country fair Ice cream.
Zen Pug has not escaped, Q taste
OF snake his portion Is,
And SO you'd better come In haste
As soon as you get this
Do come and bring the doctor, prayt
Ere things get any worse,
And II you don't come right away
You'd better bring q hearse."
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fresideht Pierce Scolded nm ,h.
Street.

From the Boston Herald
MT. fleree often walked out among the
more irequented streets. just as any nr;-
'ate gentleman would. and was rarely i'm
corrupted. O1e evening after sunset yhan
l was walking slowly toward the White
MUSE, heard the voices of two persons
approaching behind me- one of the speak ers
obviously under excitement. the other per
iectiy CAIN and steady. Claiming over my
shoulder L saw that one of the two was
the President, the other some one 10 me-
unknown. The excited tone of the latter
induced me to time my gait with theirs
Whiie not seeming to notice them Ii soon
became obvious that the excited man was
from Mr.. Pierce's state, and was in an
angry mood because he had not been giy ZEN
something he wanted. He was Obliged to
ADMIT mat the President had never prom
iSed IL, Out Tor some reason he chose TO be
angry, and he used language which any
magistrate would have decided at once was
calculated to provoke a breach of the
peace Mr.. Pierce had it in his power to
summon assistance at any moment but he
preserved the most serene seIf-command
throughout No one but myself was near
enough to distinguish words or even the
anger of either party. I heard the angry
reproacheS--to speak mildly-of the one and
the calm disclaimer of obligation and Do
lite regret at disappointment by the other
while passing most of block. Near the
gateway to the grounds of the Presidents
house L paused as if looking across into
Lafayette Square. Mr.. Pierce turned in at
the gate. lifting his hat with a courtly
bow and said good night calmly and po-
liteiy, adding: You will pardon my quit
ting you now to binding engagement. and
will doubtless feel differently after you
have reflected" The angry mans splutter
was checked in mid career. / have never
been mere impressed with the impregnable
force of self-command and the imperturb-
able bearing of the cultivated gentleman.
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The impression which they give 10 the re-
hective rural mind u that well-dressed ,eo-
pie set little value upon the institutions of
religion The country parson breads the
right OF them. They give no support to his
labors. either material or moral They de
veiop all that Is most mercenary in the
lives OF his people: they introduce a dts
tfnctly harmful influence into the neigh
borhood. For Il Is possible for ine yoifag
fellows in white flannel suits and for nice
girls in summer gowns to DO harm to the
whole community just by doing nothing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24

child, every one
has a word of
praise for the no.
bic animal. There
is a graver danger
thanthat of drown
ing that menacrs
childhood. II is
a d a ger from
which every 10
spective mother
may save her babe
If she will only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
PART TX.
CHAPTER XIV.

1t must be confessed that after that it
was with a sore shrinking and foreboding
of punishment that 1 prepared to obey
Mr. Ferguson's summons. and at the hour
he had fixed knocked at his door. Hitherto
he had always come to me, and even so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
TO THE RESCUE.

I'll When a Newfoundland dog plunges
into the water and saves a drowning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24

toes, 1 suppose I came off better in this
strange exhibition than might have been
expected. For by and by. the lady, who
never ceased to watch me with sharp eyes
grunted and babe me stand He might
pass, she said. among FOOLS and with his
mouth shut! But odds my life,'' she con-
tinued, lrrltabiy. God ha' mercy on us
that there should be need of all thisl Ia
there no loyalty left in the world, that nv
son of all people should turn traitor to his
lawful kirg and spit on his fathers faith !?
sometimes l could curse him. And you,
woman. she cried, with sudden fierceness
you CaJoled him once. Can you do nothing
now, you Jezebel?"
But the woman she addressed stood stiff
~ upright, looking before her and answer
ing nothing and the mistres, with a smoth-
ered curse. turned to the man. We'll"
she said, have you nothing to say?"
only madam. what l said BEFORE" he
answered smoothly and gravely INV
lords succession is no longer an issue 1,bs
question Is how he may be brought back
into IN the path of loyalty. TO be frank, he
IS NOT or the stuff of those Of whom your
ia9ysnlp KNOWS, who will readily lick both
sloes or the trencher. And so. without
some NIUE pressure. he will not be brought
pack. But We're he once committed to the
sood cause, either by some indiscretion on
that" eo 10
s,r which he eannal, man. he cannot" she
secocd IN I,n impatieftr He will make no
True. madam the man answersd
Inen there remains only the way which
uoes not depend on him, and which I before
!nalcated; some rttse which may lead both
the friends and the enemies of the good
cause to think him committed to it. Alter
WARD, thls opinion being brought to his no
,ice' and with 1t the impossibility of clear
lEg himself to the satisfaction both of st.
think eome AND awsr St; James he would.
dryly iG '"'o iiSoain'
1t Is long wayAto Rome madam" said
the man. with meaning in his voice.
one nodded and shifted uneasily in her
seat. You think that the one means the
otner! she said at last.
90, madam. But there Is a new point
"hlch has just arisen"
"A new point? What?'
IheFe Is design, and II presses" the
man answered, In low voice, and as If he
chose mis- words with care. TT will be exc
cuted within month. If 1t succeed and
my iord be still where he Is, and unrecon-
ciied Know no head must fall so certain
ly. Not Lord Middleton's influence, no, nor
yours, my lady. will save him.
cape?"
Yes, madam, for he has made his peace,
and proved his sincerity"
believe It," she cried grimly. He Is
me devil And his wife Is like unto him.
i bat a., there's Sidney Godolphin. What of
He has made his peace, madam"
"Russell?"
The same. madam, and given proofs"
bat' odds my soul, sir" she cried sharp
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Upward and Onward.

Scarcely a day passes without
the addition of several new names
to the Daily Star subscription list.
Never in the two years history of
the paper has it passed through a
more steady and rapid growth.
The advertising columns speak for
themselves.
The demand for space has never
been equal to the present. The
leading merchants Of our city ger
orally place their advertisements
where they will be read by the
most people.