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only four pews away! Now three!
! Now two! And now-oh, Heaven, be
merciful- he paused at the pew
Louise was in, slowly turned, entered
it and sat down in the outer corner.
For one deadly moment the girls
heart seemed to stop and all turned
black before her eyes. Then the
blood surged back to her brain and
thoughts came quickly, as they do
| to one drowning. She remembered
the insane asylum hall, and this dam
gerous maniac sitting mute and mo-
tionless, spellbound by the power of
music.
A slight move made by her strange
seat-mate brought her back to the
present situation. No longer in a
| crowded, brightly lighted hall, but in
this dark and silent church she must
attempt to bind this man with
music's spell, and this time her life,
perhaps, depended on her success.
Another movement, slight but terri
| flying, reused her to action. By an aw-
| full effort of will she gained control
of her throat, which fear had almost
paralyzed, and there, in the darkness,
with a maniac as sole auditor, she
sang as never in her life before.
High and clear her voice rang in
the joyous Easter carols, tender and
rich in the minor strains of Lenten
| hymns. The listener sat motionless
as a statue. Sometimes Louise hoped
he slept, and she would pause, but
signs of restlessness ever forced her
to renewed effort. On and on she
sang-hymns, chants and carols,
snatches of oratorios, Scotch ballads,
love lyrics, college songs, and even
nursery rhymes while the tardy
hours of the night dragged by
When midnight chimed from a
neighboring tower the courageous
singer felt that she had reached al
most the end of her strength. Yet
in desperation she sang on, repeat
ing, improvising, singing scales and
exercises, now. stopping to take
breath, now impelled by terror to be-
gin again, till one o'clock struck; and
two; and three; and then, slowly,
slowly, the blessed daylight began to
appear! The sexton of ST. Stephens,
peacefully snoring away the early
morning hours, was disturbed just as
the day was dawning by a loud rap
ping on the door. He raised the win
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here ever since. I must get along,
snow I've got the chance, so good
night to ye."
Crossing the street, he entered the
church and peered about. 1t was
empty and quiet. Satisfied that all
was as it should be, he went out,
closed and locked the great door and
hurried away.
Down in the basement Louise was
putting the roses in cool corner
when her ear caught the clang of the
closing door. She sprang up the
steps and ran across the transept and
down the long side-aisle. Painting,
she tried the door, shook it, ratified
the knob, pounded on the panels, but
all in vain. She ran to the tower
door, thinking perhaps to ring the
bell. That, too, was locked. She
thought of the windows, but the
painted saints in the chancel were,
of course, immovable, and for the
rest the church was lighted from the
clearstory high above her head.
The basement! Surely she could
get out there! Through the deepen
ing shadows she FASTENED down the
stairs again. Again locked door
confronted her.
81 feel like mouse in a trap" she
said to herself. "There's no use in
being so frightened" She sat down
on the lower step and tried to face
the situation calmly. Here she was
prisoner in dear old ST. Stephens.
The SEXTON had undoubtedly gone
home for the night. Unless she was
missed and searched for he would not
be back until early morning, when he
would come to attend to the fires. AS
to the possibility that she might be
missed, it was very slight. Her moth
err supposed her to be at her aunt's,
while her aunt was not definitely eX-
pecting her, and would not be sur
prised at her nonappearance.
mo two ways about it," thought
Louise. "I'm booked to spend the
night here. I might as well settle
down to it, and make myself as COM
Portable as possible"
She rose and went slowly up the
stairs, humming little tune to keep
up her courage.
AS she entered the empty church a
slight noise startled her. She gave
herself little shake. Louise Mat
tison," she said to herself, sternly,
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petite while before 1 was nearly
starved" Mrs. Selma Tanner.
Mr.. L. o. Marble, of Geneva, Neb.,
writes:
81 do believe that my catarrh is en-
tirely cured. / have not had any
trouble with my stomach for long
time. l am as well as one of my age
could expect (seventy years.. have
had the catarrh ever since I was
young man, and have doctored for it
for years and got very little better, but
thanks to you and your Peruna and
Manalin believe am well of it. / can
eat anything now and it doesn't hurt
me, and Peruna is the only thing ever
found that will cure the catarrh. be-
Ieve it is the only cure for catarrh,
and I hope every one troubled with ca
tarrh will try Peruna and be cured."-
L. o. Marble.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma. write at once to DIR. Hartman, Civ
ing full statement of your case and
he will be pleased to give you his val
liable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, president of
The Hartman -Sanitarium. Columbus,
Ohio
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dow and testify inquired who was
there and what was wanted.
at is DR.. Barton and patrolman,' -
was the reply. There is something
wrong at the church, and we want
you to bring the keys and come with
us at once" The startled sexton
sprang into his clothing, seized the
keys and hurried out of the door.
The patrolman stood waiting; DR..
Barton, in his Impotence, was already
half block away.
whats to pay?" painted the little
sexton, as his short legs tried to keep
pace with his companions long ones.
The patrolman explained that he
had heard somebody singing in the
church. Remembering the escaped
lunatic he had telephoned DR.. Barton,
of the asylum. The doctor had joined
him, and both had heard the singing,
although it was evidently woman's
voice.
The three men entered the church
by basement door. The bolt shot
back grudgingly, with a grating sound.
Louise heard it, and duly wondered if
help were at hand. She paused and
listened. Did she hear footsteps in
the lower hall? Suddenly the mad
man by her side half sprang to his
feet and bent threateningly toward
her. Terrified, yet with renewed cour-
age, she opened her lips. The rescuers
on the steps halted in amaze. at the
burst of triumphant melody, while the
maniac, tranquilized, sat back to his
place.
The doctor turned to his aids. $50
through to the other stairs" he whis-
pered, land up into the vestibule. I'll
wait here till see you at the door
It's lady that's singing, but my man
is in there beside her."
The men obeyed, feeling their way
through the cellar dusk to the other
end of the church.
& "God will hearken, God will save"
sang Louise, all the pathos of a prayer
in her voice. AS the words left her
lips the curtain at the transept stair
way was thrust aside, revealing the
figure of the asylum superintendent.
Mechanically she0sang on, while DR..
Barton, his eyes fixed upon his escaped
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patient, advanced with measured tread
along the aisle. At sight of him, the
poor, mad creature sprang up. Then
he moved slowly backward, covering
lower and lower as the doctor APP
preached, till, crouching abjectly at
Louise's feet, he burst into flood of
tears.
They led him away, still weeping
and humble as little child, while the
brain and dazed eyes. Incuriously she
had recognized the patrolman and
sexton as they came within her field
of vision; as in dream she had heard
the word of command from DR.. Bar
ton and seen the lunatic rise; numbly
she watched until he was led from
her sight. Then, freed from the fear
full tension of the night, weary, ex-
hausted, her head fell backward, and
she lapsed into Inconsistencies.
When, after weeks of illness. Louise
had fought her way back to health and
strength again, it was found that the
strain of those frightful hours had
hopelessly injured the delicate vocal
chords, and her beautiful voice was
silenced forever. A fearful sacrifice,
yet one that had not been in vain, for
in those few hours of singing mir
acle had been wrought, and the dis
ordered mechanism of a brain had
found balance. The maniac, after leav-
ing the church, wept himself into a
quiet sleep, from which he awoke a
maniac no longer, but sane man,
his mental poise permanently restored
by the magic of voice.-Woman's
Home Companion.
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The Lesson of Hone.

The great lesson Of Easter is hope.
1t tells of life triumphing over death.
It's picture is broken grave, empty
now because He who lay in it could
not be holden of death. The lesson is
a great deal wider in it's reach, how
ever, than the ordinary application
of it. 1t is wondrously comforting to
know that all who sleep in Jesus God
will bring again from death to life.
But the victory of Easter included
all that belongs to the Christian life.
We suffer many defeats before we
come to the last faintness, which men
call dying. But there is not one of
those which the glorious Easter fact
may not change into victory. Always
Christian faith brings life out of
death.
Many times we seem to fail, but
there is way to bring good out of
every failure. Indeed, ofttimes the
best thing that can come to us is de-
feat. 1t takes the self-conceit out of
thus sets new lesson for us-the
strengthening of the weak point. 1t
makes us more patient and sympa-
thetic with others who fail. Then it
inspires us to new courage. We rise
to try again, and we determine yet to
be victorious. Thus depending upon
Christ we become more than conquer
ors through Him that loved us, and out
of the graves of our vain struggles
comes resurrection life.-Dr. j. R.
Miller
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A NeW Easter.

Every call to self-denial is call to a
new Easter. The lower is to be sacri-
feed for the sake of obtaining the
higher. AS in the grain of wheat is
hidden secret of value and growth
which can be realized only through
the dying of the grain in the earth
so in every fragment of human happi-
ness and comfort there is covered up
secret of blessing and of good which
can be brought out only through the
losing of it, the giving 1T ups. S
Times.
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Best of All Our Hopes.

Is not the best of all our hopes-the
hope of Immortality always before
us? How can we be dull or heavy
while we have that new experience
to look forward to? 1t will be the
most joyful of all our travels and ad-
ventures. 1t will bring us our best
acquaintance and friendships. But
there is only one way to get ready for
immortality, and that is to love this
life and live it as bravely and cheer
fully and faithfully as we can.-Henry
Van DYKE
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More Nonsense.

81 think these jokes about Easter
bonnets are downright stupid said
Mr.. Meekton.
'Indeed!"
Eyes. The idea of a woman's asking
her husband for money to get bon
net with! just as if she didn't have
it all the time and wasn't thinking her
self pretty generous if she gave him
IS cents to buy lunch with" -Wash-
ington Star.
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The Last Straw.

"Judson thought he might pun
through without making an assign
ment, but just as he was about ar
ranging satisfactorily with his cred
itors-" fs5
"What happened?"
"The bill for his wife's Easter hat
came in."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Times,

Wife-Women always have the best
of it when it comes to Easter head
gear.
Husband-Of course they do. The
men have to pay the freight.-Chica-
go Daily News.
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2 ~ Soo III ChebAAho
: for your kind adj
" ic e. / never
J once thought /
! had catarrh of
I the stomach. l
J commenced TAX
! ing Peruna as
! you directed. My
J stomach contin-
! ued to hurt me
! for about two
J weeks after l be-
I gan the medi-
! cine and then it
] stopped. / now
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whose fame a national one, of Peruna
tive qualities and ann afflicted
spation residence Washington has increased these troubles few
medicine relief
that continuation of them will Peuna
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Delicious Desserts.

Delicious Desserts.
Burnham's Hasty Jelycon makes the
finest dessert jellies, clear and sparkling
and deliciously Favored. Prepared in min
ute. 1t is only necessary to dissolve IN hot
water and set away to cool. Flavors: or
ange, lemon, strawberry, raspberry, peach.
wild cherry and unfavored "calfsfoot" for
making wine and coffee jellies. All grocers
sell it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-05

Mrs. Selma Tanner, Athens, O.,
writes: II cannot find words to eX
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7HEkG ORA
Mhh2gV0IcE.
4 W -~seosesao-
~ Xasv>Ss SSmv SSu\ms-

r WAS Easter eve,
and half a dozen
girls of the Altar
Guild Mere dec
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A. N. K.-G 1889
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-24
CHAPTER Y.

Hillars went to the sideboard and
emptied half a glass of brandy. Com
ing back to his chair. he remained in a
reverie for a short time. Then he re-
sumed his narrative:
The princess looked up into nay face
aud smiled.
Eyes; thence to France. All. could
60 alone. But listen, monsieur. Above
all things there must be a scandal. A
princess elopes with an American ad-
venturer. The prince will withdraw
his suit. The king may or may not for
give me. but will risk it. He is still
somewhat fond of me Notwithstanding
the worry I have caused him. This
way is the only method by which
may convince him how detestable this
engagement is to me. Yet my freedom
is more to me than my principally.
Let the king bestow it upon whom he
will. l shall become teacher Of Ian
guages or something of that sort.
shall be free and happy. Oh. you will
have a merry tale to tell, merry adj
venture. You will return to your coun-
try. You will be the envy Of your COM
patriots. You will recount at your
clubs story such as men read. but
never hear told" She was growing a
bit hysterical. As she looked at me she
saw that my face was grave.
"Is there no other wayY' l asked.
"Can it not be accomplished without
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-24

cause Of your handsome face. your ele-
CANT form, your bright eyes; You are
man who loves adventure which has
the spice Of danger In 1t. My country
men, She crooked one Of her bare
shoulders. which shone like yellow ivo-
~ in the subdued light. This rank fat
terry cooled me. A woman who has any
regard for man is not likely to fiatter
him In respect to his looks on SO short
and slight an acquaintance. Mon
sieur." she proceeded. this is to be NO
as desperate woman. At court | cal
find no one to succor me save at tht
peril Of that which Is dearer to me
than my life. Among the commoners
who would dare? An Englishman? 1t
Is too much trouble. A Frenchman? !
would trust him not quite so far as the
door. You are the first American not
connected with the legation | have ev-
er met. Will you help me-"
IF what you ask me to do is within
my capabilities. I am yours to CON-
mand."
"The reward will be small" As if to
try me.
laughed. l was so insaaely happy,
1suppose.
There will be danger" she persist
ed: ''secret danger. There will be scan
dali
THE more danger the merrier,"
cried.
"Ah, yes" smiling; 1T is the man of
Balkistan."
leaned over the table and inhaled
the ineffable perfumes which emanat-
ed from her person. Tell me from
what must l succor the princess? Is
she a prisoner in a castle over which
some ogre rules? Well. then, I'll be
Sir Galahad." My testing tone Jared
on her nerves. She Strengthened in her
chair.
Monsieur is amused" she said cold
ly.o
And he asks thousand pardons!'
cried contritely. Command me-" and
grew chilled and serious.
You have heard that | am to wed
Prince Ernst of Wortumborg"
Yes" l gnawed the ends of my
mustache.
Monsieur. it is against my will, my
whole being. l have no desire to con-
tribute psircipality and wife to a
man who is not worthy of one or the
other. refuse to become the kings
puppet Notwithstanding his power to
take away my principality and leave
me comparatively without resources. |
detest this man so thoroughly that
cannot hate him. l abhor him. 1t Is
you who must save me from him. 1t is
you who must also save me my princi-
pality. Oh, they envy me, these poor
people. because l am a princess. be-
cause dwell in the tinsel glitter of the
court. Could they but know how l en-
w their lives. their homes. their hum
BILE ambitions! Believe me, monsieur,
as yet love no man. But that is no
reason why should link my life to
that of man to whom virtue in wo-
man means nothing. He caused my
mother great sorrow. He came be-
tween her and my father. He spoiled
her life. Now he wishes to spoil mine.
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1.-THE prince aDilI be In Brussels. You are
to come In his stead"

1.-THE prince 1Dill be In Brussels. You are
to come In his stead"
But l will not have it so. will give
up my principally rather. But first let
me try to see If l cannot retain the one
and rid myself of the other. Listen.
Tomorrow night there will be dinner
here. The king and the inner court
will hold forth. But they will cast
aside their pomp and become for the
time being ordinary people. The prince
will be in Brussels and therefore una
BILE to attend. You are to come in his
stead"
'1?' In establishment.
even So" she smiled. while the
festivities are at their height you and
l will secretly leave and return to the
city. We shall 60 Immediately to the
station, thence to France"
looked at her as one in a dream. IL
You! Thence to Francew
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-24
By Harold MacGrath ~

cess that It was marry the prince or
give up the principally. She gave her
consent. not knowing what to do un.
der the circumstances. Prince Ernst
is a prince without principally or reve.
nues. In marrying the princess he
acquires both. l shall tell you how !
became concerned"
Hillars laid his smoking pipe in the
ash pan. He got up and roamed about
the room. stopped at the window and
stared at the inken sky. then returned
to his chair.
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Continued from last week.

Continued from last week.
The apartments occupied by Dan
were all q bachelor could wish for.
The walls were covered with photo
graphs. original drawings. beer stems.
pipes. a slipper here. a fan there and
books and books and books. l felt at
home at once.
l watched Hillars as he moved about
the room. tidying up things bit. and
j noticed now more than ever how
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-05-16

General Adna X. Chairee, who repre-
sents us in the Chinese muddle, has
stumbled in manner common with
heroes and has talked. General Gaselie
gave banquet and smoking concert to
officers at Pekin in the "tempe oI
Heaven" in honor Of General ChalIee
and his officers. General ChalIee made
speech to the effect that Americans
and Britishers would never face one
another on the field OF battle and in.
timated that in the event OF the United
States intervening in any conflict, it
would be for the assistance OF Great
Britain and against her adversares,
These remarks have caused good deal
OF uniavorab'e remark aud Chalee's
reputation for discretion has gone be-.
low par. Il is conceded that man has
a right TO think what he pleases, hut it is
suggested that man in Chanee's posi-.
ton should be more economical with
opinions on delicate subjects
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-05-16
Dry Diggings.

II. A. Corliss president OF the Dr
Diggings Mining Co., has rec nliy Tin
ished cleaning up after his season's an
A 80 day Iun ye'ded $1,000 or a ON
$ll5 per day with one giant. scaciy OF
water is this mines onlJ shorlcoming
The gold lies in no particular channel
but is distributed every where. Last
winer much Of the ground worked by
Mr.. Corliss WAS not more than one or
two feet deep and merely surface Dirt
He simply blew Off the top OF the
ground down TO clay formation in lien
OF bedrock, and it yielded richly mosll,
in fine gold. The coarse sold is found
generally in the deeper ground. The
largest piece taken out this year was
valued at about $50.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-05-16
District and State Fairs

II is the intention Of the management
for the district fair to be held this sun
mer in southern Oregon to make ,h.
lair the mos, successful aud satisfactory
ever held in the district. Special at.
tention will bee given to the excellence o..
exhibits aud more money will be ds-
vg,td TO premiums nLj less 10 r,rln,
,y,n,s than heretofore, fup l,.i
eshhi,s are TO be seat tu the state .air
and arrangements have been made by
which the railio,d company will ship
the exhibits both ways Tree OF charge.
The hearty cooperation o' sou hrrn
Oregon eiiz'ns is earnestly d,sircd 10
make the fair complete success
The state fair premium list for 1901
has b,en received. over $4,000 D..
offered for premiums on livestock and
iarm products, aud is by far the lar e,t
and best pr,mium list ever offered in
this state. The list has been thoroughly
revised, and brought mp to date In every
department New premiums have been
added, and others increased ON articles
most worthy Of merit. Oregon can boast
now OF as complete aud liberal premiums
as any state in the union, aud Il hard
work and earnest efforts on The part OF
the management counts ior anything,
the fair itself will compare iavoubly
with those Of older states, and will be
the best ever held ilis side the Rock y
mountains. Copies Of the lis; may be
had ON application to J, o. Booth or T..
y. Croxton, or at the CouREg office,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-05-16
Kerby Breezes.

Basket dinner at Altholse church
Sunday.
hrs. Geo. Dnncan and her sister Mrs.
}. Hodgdon went to Althouse Sunday.
The Wil,on and Meredith mines have
closed for the season.
Thomas johnson and VIII Tfeiethan
returned to Kerby last week after a
weeks stay in Grants Pass.
Mr.. and Mrs. R P. George, Of Waldo,
was in town Saturday.
Mr.. T +. Rourke, who owns a placer
mine on Althouse, went over to Grants
Pass Wednesday to visit his family.
Mrs. NJ. Davis, of Nebraska regis
'ered at the Pioneer hotel last week on
her way to Bto~ntown to look after her
interest in the mines.
Mr.. Cooper, Of Crescent City, regis.
tered at the Pioneer hotel Thursday.
Mr.. Eggers and sister, Miss Kitty,
returned to Waldo Sunday with their
sister who has been in Grants Pass for
several weeks for medical attendance.
Mr.. Dave Gilmore and j. Houck, left
Monday morning for eastern Oregon.
Miss Lucy NJ George went TO Grants
Pass Monday TO attend teachers insti-
tute.
Mr.. Chas. Whip and Frank Floyd
visited Simmons mines Sunday.
Quite number Of Kerbyites attended
camp meeting Sunday at Althouse, while
others were fishing for suckers, on the
banks OF the Illinois far away"
CHATTER Box.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-05-16
Sale of "Tallerbox" Mine.

j. S. Pool, owner with Geo. Hoffman
OF u quartz mine on "Talerbox" creek
in the Appegate district has sold his
interest therein to Fred Bolt Of Gold
Hill. This mine is the one from which
over 5000 was recently cleaned up from
eight tons of rock and previous lesser
cleanups of similar pToportionate rich
ness have been made. Little develop.
ment has beeu done on the property.
The ore thus far worked has occurred
mainly in lunches and irregular de-
posits. The property is considered one
OF exceptionally good promise and one
in which systematic development seems
certain to show mine Of richness. Mr.
Pool intends to try his fortunes in the
prospecting field in another district
Tie is very successful pro. pactor and
knows how to find good prospect il 1t
exists in the locality in which he
operates.