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CHAPTER XIX.

O44Ea1 LII A42A
They-that is, Mrs. C~allander, Henri
eta and Dorothy-waited in vain for a
letter from the Colonel.
A week had passed and he made no
sign. Dorothy was very uneasy, much
more so than Henrietta or his mother,
neither of whom shared her profound
f~oreboding of evil. To them, his abstrac-
ton, his Indifference to oil that formerly
interested him, the distressed expression
OF his eyes, sometimes so dull, sometimes
wild and reckless, were only marks of nat
ural but unusually deep grief. To Dorothy
they were indications of mental anguish
too strong for the control of reason.
1t was, therefore, with a sense Of In
finite relief she heard Collins tap at the
door, as she was changing her warm
outdoor dress for one Of lighter material,
and say, in a brisk, cheerful tone:
IF o please, miss, the Colonel has
come. He Is In the drawing room"
Callander was sitting by the fire In a
large armchair, his hand on Dolly's head.
Both children were standing by him de-
murely, gazing with wondering, awed eyes
at their now h~alf-forgotten father. All
seemed silent.
Dear Herbert, l am so delighted to see
your cried Dorothy, running to greet and
embrace him. He smiled ~absently, and
stretched out his hand to her. "Why did
you not write? / fek1 so anxious about
you"
Il was quite we'll. l had nothing to
write about"
The tete-a-tete which ensued was very
trying. Callander sat quite still after
the children had retired, answering the
observations she forced herself to make
from time to time with ~monosyllables, or
the briefest possible sentences. She
thought dinner would never be ~announc,
ed. How Dorothy longed for StandishI
She was growing nervous-fooishly ner.
o
When they returned to the drawing
room Callander again took the large easy
chair. Dorothy began some needlework,
and sat opposite him, In token of her
readiness to converse II he was SO inclin.
ed. He kept silence so long that Dorothy
thought he was asleep.
Suddenly he sat upright and exclaim'
ed: "You are not like her, and yet you are,
You haven't her beauty!'
II know that well, Herbert" she re
turned, hoping he would relieve his mind
by talking Of the dear dead.
"Still she looks out of your eyes at me
sometimes, Dorothy, and then l dom
know whether I hate or love you! You
used to be like a daughter to me, and
you are a good, kind girl You must al.
ways take care of those poor children!"
eyes, l will, to the best Of my ability
said Dorothy, with difficulty keeping bach
her tears.
"You must never let my mother ge;
hold of them, mind that"
81 hope you will stay with them, and
order what is to be done for them. Al
to Mrs. Callander, why are you so IN,
kind to her? She Is very unhappy"
Because I cannot forget how unkind
she was to my lost darling" be. returned
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No Discrimination.

An aged Georgia negro, Nathan by
name, is employed by a gentleman
very prominent in State politics. That
Nathan also has an eye to political IA
yors Is shown by the following CONVEX
sation, which recently took place be-
tween him and his employer:
"Marse Jim," said Nathan, sis you
gwine In dis yere a C fer Governors"
Haven't thought about IT.
well ef yer does run. an gifts elect
ed, VIII you give me a Jobs"
Certainly I would remember you,
Nathan. What would you like?"
well, sub, I'd des like ter black
boots roun' de Capitol"
~And what would you expect for
that serv1ceTf
"Weil, sub" he replied ~ should say
four dollars a day would be reasonable.
Das what de yutber legislators GET
Youths Comuau&n
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himself. '1There," he resumed, you low
ed her well. You would shield her men,
DRY WELL"
81 would do anything for her sake-any-
thing to comfort you" cried Dorothy, un-
able to restrain her tears.
Callander paced the room IN silence for
another minute, then he suddenly sat
down beside her ON the sofa, which was
her usual seat, and, taking both her
hands, which he held tightly, he said, low
and quick: II yil tell yoE all-all! I
found it out before-just before-we lost
her. 1t was my mother pointed it out!
But before that, before l left India, there
was a change, a faint change in her let
tiers. You would not have seen it-no one
would have seer 1t but a lover such as |
was! l felt and knew that something
had come between u.s." Dorothy sat lis
tening, motionless, with curdling blood.
Had he indeed discovered the TRUTH
my mother wrote that Standish almost
lived with her and you, but | would moi
notice her insinuations. Then l came
home, and I knew there was a change.
Still, she had some love for me, but he
was always at her earl He would not
let her come way with me alone! That
would have made all right So I deter
mined to have his life; but she-she-
His voice failed him, and he paused, pant
ing, big drops standing ON his brow.
paul Standishi' cried Dorothy
wrenching her hands from him, all her
force and courage returning. Paul Stan
dish is as innocent as l am. What-whC
put this horrible idea into your head
You did not believe your mother, who
told you this horrible LIEF"
1T is no lie!' he said, with a moan like
that of a creature in pain. 81 saw 1t in
her own writing"
"She never wrote anything to Pau,
Standish which the whole world might
rot see. Who has imposed upon your"
"Ah! you do not know. Neither she
nor he would speak of such evil things
to you. But, Dorothy, ! will have pa
tience, subtilty as profound as his. an6
| patience. I will punish him yet, cruelty
| unrelenting. l feel my hand on his throa'
| now" and he clenched both his own, look
ing .awfully wild. the fine, strong face she
knew so we'll distorted by passion to {
~demop-like expression.
| Dorothy. felt as if Paul's doom wa;
| fixed, that nothing could save him. Sh'
l she Ou1y COu1Q uudSNSANS GS hAClNdSN
man before her,.
You are wrong. Herberty' she said
brayely and steadily. II can prove tina
you are wrong; I can prove that Mabe
always loved you, that you do Paul Stan
dish the greatest injustice. Will you wal
here for a few minutes, and will you reat
what / bring your
Callander, checked and astonished b,
her words and impressive manner, stop
ped, silent and still. What do yo1
! meanT' he stammered.
"You. shall seel" she cried, and fev
away upstairs to where in the secret draw
er of her old dressing case, inclosed In
blank envelope, lay the letter she haa
never been able to deliver into Egerton'
hands. All fear, all hesitation was gone
What matter any danger to herself from
: the fury of the excited man she had lef
/ behind? What matter the desperate ret
ribution she might bring down on thu 4rea
| offender? Everything was seconda t
! the desire Of proving that Mabel wal 3eal
~ true to her husband. that Stands va
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..gas not written since, though he prom
Used to do So"
"3Well, to my mind, he Is the ikeliest
man to do any good. Why, that wonder
ful detective has just been making fools
Of u.s."
"Mr. Egerton promised to write again
soon, when he had anything to tell Mr..
Standish may have a letter any day."
"Perhaps he has to-day. l fancy he
has come, too, for I heard the doorbell a
Jew minutes ago."
"Miss Oakeley is In the drawing ROOM
said Dorothy, without stirring.
"Come. now" said Mrs. McHugh, my
dears, l must clear that table, and get
tea. Let Miss Dorothy go; she is wanted
down stairs"
"And when you have finished tea, you
shall come down, too" said Dorothy, eS
Gaping with some difficulty.
Descending slowly, Dorothy found the
drawing room ajar. and, entering softly,
SOW Henrietta and Standish In the recess
formed by q bay window; their backs
were to her. He held Henrietta's hand,
and, as Dorothy paused, uncertain as to
her next movement, Standish exclaimed
warmly, my dear Henrietta, how can ]
ever think you ~enough?" and kissed tbs
hand he held.
Dorothy slipped away as noiselessly as
she had entered, and went down to a
email study, where she selected a book
then, feeling strangely tremulous, she sat
down and tried to clear her thoughts from
the painful haze which seemed to dim
them. Soon, very soon it seemed to her,
Collins came In and said, Miss Oakeley
desired me to say that tea Is ready, miss
"VVhere have you been, DorothyT' cried
the tea-maker. "I have sent up and
down to find you. Mr.. Standish has a let.
tar from Mr.. Egerton, he wanted to show
you"
''There rs very little In It." said Stan.
dish. He had shaken hands with his
ward, looking kindly and anxiously into
her face, and then drawn over a chair foi
her.
81 never expected much from him." re,
turned Dorothy.
HE certainly is not sparing himself"
returned Standish. Here is his letter.
Dorothy took 1t and laid it ON the table.
Standish watched her with some curl.
osity, and Henrietta, who seemed in high
spirits, launched into a description Of her
Aunt Callander's unreasonableness about
the children, about the trouble they gave
when they did 60 to see her, and the ter.
ribly bad system on which they were
brought VI. -
Then looking at her watch, she exclaim-
ed: "Oh, / must go out! I promised my
aunt to see her to-day. She has a bad
cold. Indeed, l do not think she is at all
well. l am quite sorry about her, poor
old thing! You can tell Dorothy wha.
W have been talking about, Mr.. Stan,
dish. Ring the bell, please, and tell Col
line to get me q cab. Good-by," she add.
ed b Standish, II suppose you will be
gone by the time l come back"
As soon as they were alone, Standish,
after locking very earnestly at Dorothy,
sat down on the sofa behind her.
"Don't you care to read the letter?' h
asked.
Il should prefer hearing its contcnt
from you"
Her voice sounded dull and respondent
"Wen, them" taking it up, "Egerton
after much searching. has found an ole
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muleteer whose nephew, Pedro, Is a sailor
and was. the old man thinks. on board q
vessel that traded between Cadiz and the
Levant, and sometimes went further. The
muleteer does not know where he Is now,
but he appeared last December at Alicant
and seemed very flush of cash. Since ther
he has gone to sea again, and his return
is problematical" :.
Eyes, / suppose 1t is-yery,s returned
Dorothy quietly.
my dear Dorothy, something Is work.
ing in your minC which you hide from
me. It is %tormenting and distressing you
Don't you think you had better op<n youI
heart to meT'
'What is it Henrietta told you to tel
me?''
"We have been arranging a scheme foa
Callander aud all of ou. We propose
that when the time for which you tool
this house Is upethat is in about q fort
night, | think-you should set up you
head quarters in Brussels. There are pic
lures, and churches, and the field of Wat
erloo for Callander to mediate upon, and
you are en- route everywhere. Henrietta
I mean Miss Oakeley, thinks that II you
persuade Callander thnt you cannot trave
without him, he will consent to live with
you, and then, the children and yourselves
being constantly with him. will draw mir
gradually out OF himself. He b. SET
In his papers and gives up the army, I
sorry to say, though l quite expected
Eyes. I think SS sSt thing a
g: e $; = G. Z, j
MOI be some
ening, my
ddren, and
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Thirty-six Miles an Hour at Sea-.
The fastest ship in the world Is the
French torpedo catcher Forban. which
can steam al the tremendous rata
about thirty-six miles an hour.
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innocent of the hideous t~reachery attrib
uted to him-all consequences were swal.
lowed up in this ~overpowering motive.
(To be c%ontinued.)
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why did he kiss Henrietta's hand?
and what was it he thanked her for so
enthusiastically"
She went to sleep with this unanswered
question preying on her heart.
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TANGLED SKEIN.
By Mrs. ALEXANDER.
CHAPTER XvIII.IContinued.)

CHAPTER XVlll.0Continued-)
Standish naturally took advantage OF
Colonel Callander's absence in Fordsea
to renew his visits to Princes Place. de
was far too sensible to take offense at the
whims of a man so evidently out of men
tai harmony, and he was anxious to see
rs much as he could of his interesting
ward, whose mood puzzled and distressed
him. In all her grief and depression she
had always spoken to him with the utmost
confidence, with a degree Of unreserve
which showed how glad she was to open
her heart to him. But for the last week
abe had grown silent, reserved, hesitating
She seemed to think before speaking TO
him
One day, on reaching Princes Place, he
was shown upstairs to the drawing room,
where he found Miss Oakeley.
Still further upstairs Dorothy was
amusing her little nephew and niece, as
the chill February afternoon was too
showery and east-windy to allow of their
going out. Mrs. McHugh sat at her nee
dlework, while ''auntie" built up card
houses for Boy to knock down.
"And RS there no news at all OF Mr..
Ege-ton?' asked Nurse, breaking a toll
erably long silence, while she threaded
her needlq
sMr. 8 lhdish hed one letter from D.
hadkreac N NalenA
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sternly. "And u
either! l can new
wants to make out
In brain! She sen
dog my steps dow
Indeed, I am
often goes down
less search for t
hesitated.
-Of the murde
with composure.
But IL alone mul
may wait, but / "
by my own handl"
Dorothy felt UNI
avoided contradic.l
silence. CallaIl
stood up and he
"What has
he written?"
~Yes-he I
traces"
the murd,
he pause
"At all
Paul ST.
"StaIl
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DEAD AT SANTIAGO.
Names of Soldiers Who Succumbed
to Sickness on Aug. 1.

Names of Soldiers Who succumbed
to sickness on Aug. 1.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The follow
ing is Gen. Skaters report of the SAN
itary condition of his army on Aug. 1,
received at the war department today:
Santiago de Cuba Aug. 2, 1S9S.-Adjutant
General of the Army, Washington, D. c.:
Sanitary Report for Aug. Total sick, 4,239;
total fever cases, 3,179; new cases fever, $50;
cases fever returned to duty, 679. Deaths of
Aug. Private Ball Lemetter, Company L,
First Illinois, yellow fever Melville B. Suf-
foam, Company C, Ninth infantry, acute ma
larial fever and diarrhoea; Private Arthur
Fisette Company C, Twenty-third Michigan,
yellow fever; Private William bartholomew,
Private Albert Duschene, Company e,
Isaac A. Lester, Company E. Twenty fourth
infantry yellow fever; Private WILLIAM Jew
ell, Company E, Seventh infantry, pernicious
malarial fever; Private A. Simpson, Company
M, Eighth Ohio, malarial fever; Private Ar
thur Nelson, Company B, Eighth Ohio, dysen-
terry; Private Frank Carnegie, Company E.
Seventh infantry, asthenia; Private Timothy
Rothe Company G., Eighth Ohio infantry
thermic fever and exhaustion; Private Charles
F. Harrison, Company F, Twenty-secord in
fantry, dysentery; Private Sias Undergrave,
Company H Second Massachusetts, typhoid
fever Artificer Leonard L. Walker, Company
H, Eighth Ohio, maarial fever and despond-
ency; Sergeant John Olivier Company E,
Thirty fourth Michigan, acute pulmonary tu-
ba'culosis."
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SHIPS WERE ovERcRowDED.

No me Can BE Blamed for COncbo
WASHINGTON Aug. 3.-Col. Charles
Heyl, Of the inspector generals office.
has returned to Washington from New
York, where he went at the direction
OF Secretary Alger, to make an exam
lnation to fix the responsibility Of the
officer who sent the transport Concho
to New York from Santiago in an un-
fit condition to carry sick and wound
ed.
Col. Heyl reported verbally to Secre-
tary Alger the result Of his inquiries,
and the secretary made the following
statement:
At the time they left Santiago the general
desire Of the convalescents to come home
doubtless overcrowded both ships. Then
also, large number Of civilians rushed
aboard to get away. and they occupied many
state rooms that should have been given over
to the soldiers. No recurrence of such occur
rences Will be possible hereafter and nothing
OF the kind should have hapepned The gen
eral commanding that army, the surgeon
general and the quartermasters and commits
sary departments have done the best they
could until unforeseen circumstances named
above, prevented the conveniences being pro-
vided that otherwise would have been fur
nished.
Secretary Alger who is determined
that no further trouble Of the kind
shall occur, if in his power to prevent
it, sent the following telegram to Gen.
Shafter at Santiago:
Whenever 1t becomes necessary to use
transports for sick and wounded purposes, 1t
should be made the duty of some experienced
and competent medical officer to see that only
such troop ships as are in good sanitary
condition and best suited for the purpose are
selected; that the water supply on board is
ample in quantity and wholesome in quality:
that sufficient supplies of food, medicines,
dressings, physicians stores, including d lii
cacies, where possible to obtain them Ice
supplied and placed on board; that sufficient
number Of experienced medical officers and
nurses accompany the sick and wounded on
the voyage; that there be no overcrowding of
the vessel, but that there are suitable accom-
modations for all; that the dispatch Of III Sc
ships be telegraphed to the adjutant and sur
geon general.
A similar dispatch was sent to the
commanding general of the army at
Porto Rico and Manila.
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MAYOR VAN WICK A HERO.
Saved the Lives of Three Young
Women Who We're DROWNING

Saved the Lives of Three Young
Women Who We're Drowning.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Mayor Van
Wyck at Newport today distinguished
himself as a life-saver of no mean
ability by rescuing three young women
from drowning. The rescued were:
Miss Jennie Lowndes, daughter Of
Rev. Arthur Lowndes, assistant rector
of st. Thomas church, of this city;
Miss Clara PritZ and Miss Eliza Helm
scheimer, both Of Cincinnati.
The three young women went in
bathing in Jamaica bay, about 200
yards from the hotel where Mayor Van
Wyck was stopping. Miscalculating
the depth of the water on account Of
the tide, Miss Lowndes, the only one
of the trio who could swim, got out
ove3 her depth and could not get back
to the beach. The other young women,
although they could not swim, started
to her rescue. They were instantly be-
yond their depth. The cries of the
struggling women attracted the atten-
ton Of Mayor Van Wyck, who was
sitting on the porch, and he threw off
his coat and ran to the rescue. Unaid-
ed, he brought the three to the beach.
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PALACE FOR THE QUEEN.
Ready If Her Majesty Is Compelled
to Leave Madrid.

VIENNA, Aug. 3.--Albrect palace in
Vienna, the residence of the venerable
Archduchess Elizabeth, mother of the
queen regent Of Spain, is undergoing
extensive restoration. and 1t is COM
monty rumored in this city that these
repairs are to fit the palace for the
reception Of the Spanish court in the
event Of a revolution at Madrid grow
ing out Of the present war.
Some of the adventurous members of
the Austrian aristocracy who are i'm
bued with Carlist sentiments are en-
gagged In a lively correspondence with
the pretender to the Spanish throne, and
there are indications that many young
Austrians are preparing to join in the
movement, mainly for the sake of the
excitement, if Don Carlos and Don
Jaime raise their standard in the
north Of Spain.
The sentiment among the friends and
relations of the queen regent in Vienna
is understood to be strongly for peace
on the terms specified in Washington.
There is a studied reserve in govern
ment circles, here in commenting on
these terms while the peace negotia-
tions are proceeding The belief pre-
walls, however, that Americas stipula-
tion will prove acceptable to Spain,
which in it's paralysis desires a tout
prix the restoration of peace.
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ONE ISLAND SUFFICIENT.
Senator Burrows Opposes Annexa-
ton of All the Philippines.


WASHINGTON, Aug. g. Senator
Burrows, Of Michigan, was at the war
department today. The senator said
that he had no means of judging what
would be the prevailing sentiment of
the senate as to the treaty of peace
as he had had no conversation with
any Of his colleagues on the subject.
LAS for myself" he said, "I don't
care to go very deeply into a discus
sion of the subject at this time, but, in
general. terms, 1 take this view of it:
We must have absolute possession of
Porto Rico, and Spain must relinquish
completely her sovereignty over Cuba.
We should retain permanently the ISL
and Of Porto Rico. Towards Cuba we
will act in good faith, and with perfect
justice, giving to the people of the ISL
and free and independent govern
ment, as soon as it can be established.
We must see to it that good and sta
bic government is established, and, of
course, the future will depend upon the
ability of the people of Cuba to govern
themselves, the United States giving
them all possible assistance and every
opportunity to maintain themselves as
a free and Independent people. AS to
the Philippines, 1 do not believe that
we want the entire group Of islands,
with it's several millions of semi-bar-
barous people. In my opinion, we
should retain one entire island-the
best in the whole group for our pur-
poses-absolutely as our own for a ma
val station and commercial base. Our
ownership of the entire island should
be absolutely complete, with. no vestige
of Spanish influence anywhere upon it.
This would give US all we want for
the development and protection of our
commerce. The rest of the group Of
islands must go back to Spain, or the
people might be left to work out their
own destiny. The question of just how
far this government should exert is
self in the matter of securing good
government for the islands which we
do not retain is a matter Of detail for
the future; the only thing that 1 care
to say on that point is that I do not
think this government should retain
control or interest in the rest of the
islands after having taken possession
of the one we want"
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corps to be embarked at once for the
new camp at Montauk Point, L. I.
AMERICAN RESPONSIBILITY.
Delicate Question Involved in Dis
posing of the Philippines.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3-An inter-
esting question, and one of vital i'm
portance to the administration, is the
attitude to be assumed by the United
States towards the Philippine insur-
gents, in the event that we reach an
agreement for the suspension of hostil-
tiles with Spain. 1t is stipulated in
our peace terms that the United States
military forces shall occupy and estab-
lish a military form Of government over
the city of Manila and the bay, with
the surrounding territory. This in
wolves an immediate surrender Of the
Spanish forces, not to Aguinaldo, but to
Gen. Merritt, and there is some appre-
hension that the insurgents will resent
this very bitterly and that 1t will be
necessary to expel them forcibly from
the territory described. Aside from this
it is said at army headquarters that,
pending the decision of the peace COM
mission towards the future of the Phil
ippines, the United States would be
morally bound to maintain the statu
quo in the balance of the islands at
large. On the other hand, having de-
prived Spain of the means of resisting
the onslaughts of the insurgents, it has
been urged that the United States
would be bound to prevent the latter
from continuing their warfare. There
is lack of information in Washington
on many important points as to the
conditions In the Philippies. For in
stance, it is not known even approx
mately how extensive the revolutionary
movement has been throughout the
vast group Of 1900 islands and among
the large population, estimated to ag-
gregate between 100000 and $4,000, 000
If the revolutionary movement is gen.
eral and extends to very many of the
islands, the task presented to the Unit
ed States military and naval author
tiles will be one Of great magnitude,
in the event that 1t is decided to be IN
cumbent upon us not to restore Spanish
sovereignty, where it has been lost, but
to prevent it's overthrow in regions
where it is still supreme, and to pre-
vent eXcesses and outrages at the
hands Of the insurgents