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zeal location and inherent possibilities,
The natural trade center for the Cuban,
Porto Rican, Central and South Amer
lean markets.
Ten years hence the provincial New
Orleans of to-day will be memory
The clannishness which has for cen
turies interfered with it's real progress
will have given place 10 local pride not
based on racial traditions but on the
greatness of the city.
Bearing this in mind, the traveller
who wants TO see the New Orleans
with which Cables stories and the
schoolbooks have made him measur-
ably familiar must not delay his visit
10 the Crescent City or he will be for
ever deprived of the medieval favor
which fingers lovingly with all who
have strolled through the already mort
bund French quarter"
The old tiled-roof houses with their
queer shutter doors are being sup
planted by more modern structures,
and but few of those still in existence
among them that shown in the pic
ture, which stands at the corner OF
Dauphin and ST. Philippe streets-re-
tain all the features of the original
architecture. The old centers of
French life, st. Louis cathedral and the
French market, are no longer dominat-
ed by the Creoles. They have been
wrested from them by the Italians who
live by thousands in the ancient dwell
ings of the original settlers.
The only custom which these Italians
seem 10 have acquired from their
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one arm in q sling, slid out from the
press and flew at him.
1t was d'Ayen, and i felt a sudden
warming of the heart to the man who
was going TO his death.
"You-you traitor!" he gasped, as,
using his sword with his left hand, his
sword ripped the free lance's ruff.
"Stand bask, old fool-stand back
or-there! Take i'll" and with sharp
scream dAyen fell backward, the crowd
splitting for q moment, SO that he
rolled 10 the foot of the stairs and came
up at my feet. God rest his soul! He
died at the last ike gallant man.
They were backing in confusion now,
and above the din could hear the
mooking of de Gomeron:
Come, gentlemen, do not delay; time
presses"
One rush through at that time might
have saved him, but he stood there
playing with death. With an effort
pushed d'Ayen, who was still athing,
against the side OF the wall, 20 let the
poor wretch die in such comfort as
could be, and, seeing my chance at last,
made my way to the front
De Gomeron was half way down the
stairs by this, and when our swords
met, he did not for the moment recog-
nize me. But at the second pass he
realized, and the torchlight showed him
pale to the forehead.
"Iou!" he said, between his teeth.
Yes, I, from under the Ssine;" and
had run him through the throat but
for om position where the advantage
was all his and my reach too short. He
had backed step up as spoke. Wheth-
er IL was my sudden appearance, or
what, ! know not; but from this mo-
ment his bravado left him. and he now
fought doggedly, and for dear life.
Mere was hush behind me, and the
light became brighter as more torches
were brought, and / could now see the
camnrguer, white as a sheet. with two
red spots on his cheeks.
"Do you like fighting dead man.
monsieur" I asked, as l parried a
thrust in tierce.
He half groaned. and the red spot on
his cheek grew bigger, but he made no
answer, and step by step forced him
upward.
He had been touched more than once,
and there was a stain on his white satin
doublet that was broadening each mo-
ment. whilst thrust and parry grew
weaker, and something, | know not
what. told me he was my man.
But he was brave man IL ever there
was one, and he pulled himself together
as We reached the upper landing for one
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of smoke, against which the BRIGHT
flashes OF drawn swords were as darts
of lightning. Beyond the smoke, and
below, we could hear the clash of steel,
cries Of pain and savage oaths, where
men were fighting and dying hard. As
L dashed down the passage, sword In
hand, my only thought to reach the
prisoners room. one of the retreating
figures turned and called out: Quick,
monsieur--follow me-the secret
stairl"
1t was Lain. In the confusion and
semi gloom he had mistaken me for mis-
chief. l made no answer, but a. |
rushed forward struck him on the face
with the hilt of my sword. and he rolled
over like a log.
There | was, right in amongst the
scared plotters, cheek by jowl with
NJ. de Savoy's envoy, and 1 could have
dropped him then and there, but that
my whole heart was in madame's room,
and | knew that there were others who
could and would deal with him.
As | elbowed my way through the
press, vaiI.ly endeavoring to find the
way to my dear's prison, we reached a
landing from which long stair led
straight up, and here l heard the mar
shars voice, cracked with rage and
fear:
"Lafn! De Gomeroni To me-here! !!
herel"
Ladies first, marshall must look to
my bride"
Then through the smoke / saw de
Gomeron's tall figure mounting the
stair, and l rushed forward to follow
him.
II was at this juncture that portion
OF our own party forced their way TO
the landing, and one OF them, whose
sword was broken, flung himself upon
me, dagger in hand, shouting: Death
TO traitors!" l had just time to seize
his wrist. He tripped sideways over
something that lay very quiet at our
feet, and, dragging me down, we rolled
over and over with the clash of blades
over us. 1T is I--fool-I, d'Aurisc-let
go!" I shouted, as he tried to stab at me
Let go, you'll" sputtered d'Aubus-
sons voice, and we loosed each other.
had no time for another word, and
grasping my sword, which was hang.
ing to my wrist by the knot, sprang
up, and the next moment was hot foo,
after de Gomeron.
managed somehow to force my wa y
through the crowd. but the stairway
was half full of men, and at the head oi
II stood the free lance with red sword
IN his hand and two or three huddled
objects that lay in shapoless masses
! around him.
Some one, with q reckless indifference,
10 his own life-it was, / afterwarc
found out, Pantin-held up torch. anC
as the fare of it shot up the stairwa,
DE Gomeron threw back his head anC
laughed at us.
Twenty to one-come, gentlemen
or must | come to your" He took {
couple of steps down the stairs, and th'
crowd that had made as II it would rusl
az him wavered and fell back, BEARING
me, hoarse with shouting for way, will
them to the landing.
For the moment, penned up and utter
ly unable to get forward, was mer'
spectator of what followed.
The free lance took one more down
ward step, and thena slight figure, will
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French neighbors is an inveterste OBJ
lection to sunlight and fresh air. for
walk of several miles, on bright
spring morning, failed to disclose a
single open shutter anywhere. And the
shutters TO which this alludes are not
mere blinds They are made of solid
boards, locked with padlocks and other
safety contrivances, and applied to
doors as well as windows. In summer
the shutters are opened in the evening;
i'm winter they remain hermetically
sealed; and this queer state of affairs
seems to prevail among the wealthy as
well as the poor. The combination of
odors which pervades these houses must
be smelled to he appreciated; de-
scription in words would not do justice
to the variety of French and Italian
cookery nor to the possibilities OF the
olfactory organ. The musty smell OF a
New England parlor which has been
kept closed up for months by the
thrifty housewife to prevent the fad
ing of her ingram carpet is altar of rose
when compared with the mysterious
fragrance of IA typical French quarter
living room.
The portions of the French section
inhabited by the better classes are char
acterized by large gardens surrounding
the various mansions which, though
gray from age, reflect the Importance
of the people who dwell within their
walls. OF all exclusive creatures on
American soil the upper-tendom Creole,
especially If of the feminine gender, is
the proudest and most provincial, equal
in every respect 60 the high-caste
Brahmin who considers social inter
course with interiors and foreigners n
sacrilege. II is said that some of these
Creole danes. although born and reared
in New Orleans, have never crossed
Canal street, which is the dividing line
between the French and American por-
tions of the city.
But, as has been said. the younger
generation does not view this tradition
al prejudice with favor, and with its
passing away must be noted the disap'
pearance of ancient superstitions
among the lower stratum of French so.
ciety. In a religious way the French
people of Louisiana have clung with
marvellous fidelity to the Catholic oh
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servances of century ago. They are
still firm believers in the efficacy of
amulets and relies, much more so than
the Catholics of the north. A favorite
pilgrimage of the young people of the
city is to the old cemetery of st. Roch,
wherein stands a chapel containing a
marble representation of the Corpus
Christi. In this chapel there is a large
square table with several hundred tin
candlesticks. At the cemetery en-
trance votive candles can be purchased,
as well as diminutive images of st. JOS
eph holding the Christ child The
common belief is that the burning of
one of these candles. when accompanied
by prayer, will cause ones wishes to
be fulfilled, especially those of senti-
mental nature. The image of st. Jos.
eph, who, according to the tradition,
had warm heart for love-sick swains
and damsels, in order to work wonders,
should be carried head down until one 3
wish has come true. the argument be-
ing that the saint, prompted by nat
ural desire TO be placed in more COM
Portable position, will speedily answer
the prayers of the worshipers. OF
| course, the faith in these and similar
manifestations obtains only among the
ignorant, yet few visitors to the city
fail to burn candle at ST. Rochs or re-
turn TO their homes without an image
of st. Joseph in brass casket.
Slowly but surely these ancient be-
liefs are dying out, and with them, too,
will depart more of the quaintness of
Creoledom. But one interesting form
| of population New Orleans will always
| have--the negroes. And these negroes
are the most shiftless and thoughtless
of their race. Thousands of them live
in such abject poverty and squalor in
that part of the city which has by COM
mon consent been set apart for them
that a truthful account of their mode
OF existence would not be believed by
northern readers. Improvidence and
utter disregard for future needs seem
here to have reached the fullest meas
ure. And yet they appear to be happy
| and contented, free from care and abb
solutely unconscious of responsibility
to themselves, their families or their
country. The man who said that full
stomach maketh a glad heart must
have had in view the negroes of the
| south. as nowhere else does the stom-
| ach play so great a part. II is, i'm fact,
the ruler of all things; and nothing
could create any social revolution in
Coontown as long as some sort of food
was obtainable. The matter of raiment
cuts no figure whatever. In fact. the
less said about il the better for every.
body concerned. G. w. wEIPPERT.
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Mrs. Fourthly-What did you mean
by telling Mr. Bingo his boy had the
making of great man" in him? You
know you have told me a hundred times
that his boy is the meanest and most
worthless youngster you have ever seen
in all your experience.
Rev. DIR. Fourthly-My dear, 1 was
merely considering that boy in his rela-
tion TO the grand scheme of evolution.
II will be interesting to the antiquarian
of some future generation To point TO
Mr.. Bingo's boy as the particular brute
from which he descended Chicago
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CHAPTER XX.

AT THE SIGN OF THE TOISON DOR"
Turning we beheld de Vitry at the
open door, the small and narrow figure
of Pantin at his elbow, and close behind
the stern features of the grand master,
the anxiety on whose face cleared as he
saw the king before him. He was about
to speak, but Henry burst in rapidly
~ know all, duke. 1t is time to act,
not talk, Arnidieu! But l shall long re-
member this frolic!"
1T would seem that God has given us
a great deliverance, sire. AN is ready"
Come" said the king, 1--WE have no
time to lose, and if we delay longer that
hothead de Belin will strike the first
blow"
with your majesty's permission |
will make an assault on the rear |
said. "On the rear!" exclaimed de Vitry,
whilst the grand master said, 'it is i'm
,possible!"
But l only pointed to the window,
and Henry laughed.
"Ventrebleu! / understands great
idea! But, monsieur, take care how you
give away secret. / shall have no
peace If monseigneur the great master
hears what has happened"
| was young enough still to feel my
face grow hot at the approval in the
kings voice, and then without another
word they passed out, tramp, tramp,
down the stairs, all except Sully, who
STAYED behind for a moment.
"Monsieur!" he asked, what has
happened between you and the king|'
"His majesty has pardoned me-"
"A child might see that. What else
BE quick"
"And has given me orders TO meet you
as you enter the Toison dor"
The frown on his face cleared. "WeA
answered, chevalier. The king see has
won q faithful and discreet friend.
Make your attack when you hear the
petard." Then he, too, turned his broad
shoulders on me and followed the rest
As the sound of the heavy footballs
ceased / gave last look at my pistols,
drew in my sword belt by hole, and,
all booted as / was, essayed the ladder
again.
1 had already observed that the sky
tlRHt was pub a iishN "ooueh ''".'N
work, with a glazing between, and
would need no great effort to break
down-one strong push and the way
was clear before me. So | stayed for a
minute of breathless silence, then far
below came a sharp, shrill whistle, hur-
ried exclamations from the plotters,
and now the explosion of the pesard,
that made the house rock to and fro
like tree in the wind.
I had no need to force open the sky
light. The effect of the explosion did
Ihs. most effectually for me, and blew
out<he lamps in the room below as well,
reducing it on a sudden to absolute
darkness. There was yell OF terror
from the room, and without mo-
ment's hesitation l swung through the
window and dropped down among the
ccnspirators. They were to a man
crowding TO the door, and not one took
any note of my entrance, SO great was
their confusion. followed the rush OF
hurrying figures as they passed through
the door into a passage in dim light
from fire that burned in small
crate. One end OF this passage was ful
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May and Edith are sisters, four and five
years old respectively. May had been very
naughty, and mamma had taken her over
her knee to administer corporal punish
ment, when Edith suddenly pushed the door
ajar and peeped in. Turning her chubby
face as far round toward her sister as her
peculiar position would admit, May sale
very gravely:
Go out, Edie, don't you see I'm busy"
1t is needless to add that mamma granted
= respite.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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WonderfuIly strengthened.

"I have been taking Lydia Z. Pink
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Purifier and Liver Pills and feel won
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your remedies was in terrible state;
felt like fainting every little while. |
thought l must surely die. But now,
thanks to your remedies, those feel
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Evidence Against Him.

81 am proud to say" said the man with the
loud voice, that / have never made a seri.
Gus mistake in my life"
But you are mistaken" said the mild.
hammered man with the scholarly stoop I;
You have made one very serious mistake
I'D like TO know where you get your au.
thority for saying SOP"
Your declaration is evidence that YOU
have never tried to see yourself as Others
see you."-Chicago Times Herald.
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vic,ors. eetuus YOUNG.

In view Of the fact Of the Queens sp-
preaching visit to the continent, English.
men are especially interested in her majes-
ty's health. IL is announced that her hear
ing has grown acute and her eyesight keen
er. Youthful faculties in cid age depend
merely upon the health. the blood should
be kept pure and the stomach sweet with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t cures in
digestion, constipation, biliousness, nery-
business, liver and kidney troubles, as well
as malaria and fever and ague. II keep
people young.
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Each Thought the other Had Them.

Two farmers had been enjoying festive
evening with another farmer, and both OF
them "hsd done themselves remarkably
well" to uss an expressive phrase. They
had drive of Ave miles before them, and
It was very dark night, but the horse knew
the way. Side by side they sat in the cart
and went along at spanking pace. AT
which led to the house in a most alarming
manner, only just missing the gate-posi
by an inch or two Gently, George, gently
round the corner, old man." murmured Bill
George grinned. What haven't you gol
the lens eitherg he said.-Answers
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THE CRESCENT CITY.
In Many Respects New Orleans Is
Without a Rival.
The Ubiquitous IconocInst. However
IL Hard at work and L. Rapidly
Moderniying Thought and
Action.
Especial New Orleans Letter ]


New Orleans certainly is sui generis.
There is no other city like il in the
world. Ii combines the customs of am
era that has passed away in all other
American towns with a progressiveness
that is surprising the nation. Its popu-
lation, numbering 100000, is thorough
ly cosmopolitan. Americans, Creoles,
Frenchmen, Germans, Italians, Span
iards and negroes live together In unity,
yet each nationality has its special dis
trict or faubourg wherein IL preserves
provisional customs. virtues and vices.
The Creoles, descendants of the early
French settlers who came TO America
with Bienville some 200 years ago, are
the oldest inhabitants.' and have, with
characteristic tenacity. preserved the
manners and traditions of their fathers.
who, fleeing from religious and polit-
ical prosecutions, sought refuge in
Louisiana and contributed the most
romantic and interesting pages to the
history of the continent.
Not until very recently have the
scions of this proud and ancient race
consented to meet their American fel-
low-citizens on social level; and
among the elders of the French colony
there still are scores who refuse to look
upon the yankees" as equals. The
younger generation, however, have out
grown the prejudice of their elders
lntermarriages are frequent; and these
unions between Saxon and Gaul have
as a rule, proved beneficial to both races
and called into being a new type OF
American-physically perfect, and
combining the poetic temperament and
impulsiveness of the Frenchman witt
the tenacity and all-conquering energy
| of the American. That this estimate
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they Get IL Honestly.

Way is il that women lay so much
mors stress than men do upon the value
of q pedigree?"
They inherit II from Eve. l guess"
Prom Eve? don't see what she had
to boast of in that line"
lit wasn't much. but she wasn't made
out of clay, while Adam was. and III
bet she never got through reminding
him of her superior origin. n."-Toronto
NewE.
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Those Absurd Names.

"What ridiculous names they have over
there in the Philippines" said the man who
had Just walked up to the counter and been
best room in the hotel. There's Calumpit,
for instance. That name would make a
horse laugh. Who ever heard Of anything
so absurd as to give town such postmark
as that"
Then he took the pen that the clerk had
been holding out toward him and wrote
upon the register:
-. Crawford, Woonsocket, r. I."-Chi
eago Evening News.
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