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properly allotted in this world. There
was Watson. a good fellow anG mead
over heels in love with Ella Granger,
but so tied down to business that it
was out Of the question for him to
think Of spending even a month on the
other side" with her.
And here Penrhyn was able to leave
his desk for almost any length Of time.
and yet with no reason for desiring a
holiday.
As he rode uptown in the train Pen
Thyn asked himself Why he should be
different from other men.
4 needn't be-. he decided. Il could
90 around 70 the Brookses' tonight and
ask Helen TO be ny wife I feel sure
that she would accept ne. There IS
no egotism in that But I should not
feel the thrill Of rapture I know Watson
experiences. We are all different, and
am round peg in square hole"
Then for the next ten blocks he gave
free rein to his Imagination and en-
deavored to picture his state Of mind
should It be possible for him 10 pursue
the acquaintance with that girl Of the
fancy goods store.
The very fact Of tie difference OF
their stations in life would lend pi-
quancy to such q friendship, he decided.
Each would constantly be finding out
some new attribute, taste or idiosyn-
Grassy IN the other
There would be no dead, fat level of
sameness such as marked his inter
course with the women Of his set. where
the talk was always OF the same themes
other people Of their rnutual acquaint-
anee, the latest play. the newest en-
gagement-it all became painfully mo-
notonous to him. In this idylIic friend
ship Of his day dream such converse
would be out Of the question.
A new basis of talk would have 20
be found. There would be fascination
in studying the character Of girl so
completely out Of his sphere.
She was intelligent, he knew that.
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4 South american Federation,

Baltimore Sun-Chile's ambition to be-
come the leading power in South Amer
lea has long been known. The treaty
with Colombia may be part of the plan
which contemplates. It is said. a South
American confederation fer offensive
and defensive purposes. Such a coufed-
Grafton might be directed not only at
other South American states, but It
might eventually oppose the extension
CT American influence IN The southern
part Of the Western Hemisphere. Uncle
Sam may yet find that the South Ameri-
cans viii resent encroacAments by him
as quickly as they will resist agrees
sions by European powers Whenever
American statesmen assert that 1t is the
manifest destiny OF the United States
70 exercise suzerainty at some time in
the future over the South American con-
tinent. they set Latin-Ameriaans 20
thinking whether manifest destiny
does not equally demand alliances be-
tween South American states for their
common defense against ali aggressors.
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comedy by Congress campaign
of 1902 the thoughtful outsider who vitality
Office dependent upon party
he neeesares of
The swetoned speakers Republican and Democratic ogani
cations giving wobegone imitation Of Anna Held her bech
little dy Wont You Come and Play VIZ Me7 which constitutes
what probably amazing stunt" history
politics accompaniment played party organs
ring all right, the only thing
upon slightest impression produced people
play listen while the campaign plays They
busy greatly by
campaigns American concerned
phaey of We shall meet but shall miss him. the rallies
Of the present campaign.
Happily soy taxed organizations profes-
ona politicians there are now but few DAVIS remaining in which this
and it's defeat the polls a
strain under which political and party wheeorses la
boring
President Castro of Venezuela perhaps wise to make the most the time
which remains him before he is wiped off the
Foxy Grandpa supple
men to Mr. Hearst's Congress canvass
announced
thth family
families this
dinfeotant
right
people, but the nuisanoes all to have been
recruits is due to the fact
that they regainIng a a sailors
President
shytng
comfort in
adage that "An things to him who waits"
drops
several photographs
Between volcanoes and revolutions the
that they getting
the testimony
Republican party but the Repub
Q he
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At The END OF THE rl.... .e c ::

Beyond the track Of the straying wind
Behind the sIeepless stars,
IN the pause Of time. on the edge OF
space.
at the end Of the rainbow bars,
There sudden wings of vision CLEAN,
To mock our wistful dream.
They fit unheard through the hush of
night.
The souls of the After-time;
They break the peace of the sleeping
earth
With tender, haunting rhyme;
And where they wend their tireless way,
Is none to say them nay.
Swifter than lips Of lovers meet,
Light as the feeting breath;
Deeper than human speech is wrought,
More true than life or death
The flying vision comes and goes,
Fair as a wind-blown rose.
For Life was never purpose-bound.
Nor Thought enchanted IN space.
The star-strewn realm invisible
Is the souls resting place.
Unstable swings the world that seems;
Real IS the Life of Dreams.
L. LAMPREY.
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to MoTristown, but I say I'm going 10
stay in the house here in town"
And live on meme.y ana hope?" in
terposed Pen.
That's Just about it. don't feel like
going about with a lot Of gay parties.
I'd only be wishing she was along. !
can De just as comfortable in the city.
III 8, some Of my meals here ead the
others at restaurants. Where are you
going2'
The same place as yourself, old man.
I mean to stay right here in town
We'll. I'm glad to hear it. but I must
say IN surprised. don't see what
reason you have for staying"
"Oh. fancy of mine. that's all But
come. are you going to the Casfno?"
When they reached the theater
Penrhyn found it difficult to concentrate
his attention on the stage. He imagined
that his companions thoughts were
equally distracted. Indeed, when they
adjourned to the roof garden after the
performance Watson began, as they took
seats at a table:
zen dld you ever trace back cir
cumstanees to discover the source Of a
particular event? I've been doing that
tonight, to see how it came about that
1 met Ella. The whole thing seems to
hang on such mere chances at so many
points. II the Stocktons hadn't famed
one OF their horses coming down from
the Berkshlres two summers ago. theyrd
never have stopped OF at Lenox. That's
where they met Ella. you know And
got TO know he through them. And
now were engaged
'AIl on account OF q lame horse. -
added Pen.
He felt little frightened after he had
said it. not knowing whether Watson
might not think 1t fippant, but the
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other laughed, and then leaned across
The table TO say in a lower tone:
Don't look now. Pen. but in a minute
or two turn and you'll see Andy BIetch-
er- He's here with pretty rough
/ crowd You know he married against
bis family's wishes, and it's turned out
Just as they predicted it would He
found his wife was not educated enough
/ to associate with his friends, and he
drifted down to hers, and I guess she
isn't much. anyway. Mrs. Grundy may
be pretty severe sometimes. but it's SAT-
/ est in the long run to keep on the right
side Of her"
The conversation seemed TO have
taken a singular turn. Penrhyn was
not in the slightest degree superstitious.
but as he turled to look at the reckless
Andy BIetcher he was conscious of a
rebellion in his breast against this
mans presence on this occasion Then
it came over him that it might have
fallen out thus providentiany in order
that he. Kent Penrhyn should be pre-
vented from committing an indicretion
that he would regret ali the remainder
of his life.
Yes. I've seen. him once or twice
before" he reported TO Watson, after
his observation Looks as il he'd been
going it pretty hard. doesn't hep"
He couldn't really have loved her.
you know. was watson's rejoinder.
With him all roads seemed to lead to
Rome
1T stands to reason there must be
some community of taste, OF Interest.
TO give ground for true affection
These marriages. of princes with peas
ants DO all very well in novels and
fairy tales, but when you come down
10 real life, you want something prae-
teal Now Ella and I found com
mon theme at once in tennis. That
sounds trivial. but il was the open
ing wedge"
Pen made a good listener that night
Watson went on TO ring the praises Of
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peared. side by side with her poems. in
the ladies magazines 10 which she con-
tributed- She married George Maelean.
governor Of the Gold Coast. and died a
few months after her marriage 1t was
never positively known whether she
committed suicide or not There was
no doubt. however. OF the UnAappiness
OF her marriage On the morning Of her
death she wrote to friend that her
husband expected her to cook, wash.
iron, and do the work Of a servant, and
that he had said he would never cease
correcting her until he had broken her
spirit OF the winsomeness. Of her. per-
sonality. James Hogg. who met her in
London, gave testimony in these words
Il hae written and thought mony a BIT
ter thing about ye, but III do sac nae
MAR; didna think ye were sac bonny. =
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By THEW WHITE. IT..
Author of zone the Profession "T Asto"

Modest, too; he was certain she must
come Of reputable family. What a
pleasure It would be to raise her to
''Thirty-third Street. shouted the
guard.
Penrhyn sprang to his feet and hur-
ried TO the door, glad of the diversion
to his thoughts
What nonsense he had been going
over in his mind It could not be pos
sible he had fallen in love with a girl
ne had seen but once.
He walked briskIy along Thfrty-fourth
Street toward Fifth Avenue. as though
he would leave such absurdities behind
aim as quickly as possible.
He found Watson waiting in the res
taurant Of the club for him.
I'D given you up. old man. he said
as they shook hands. Have you
dined?"
No"
Neither have I Couldn't eat, you
know. in my present state of mind:
so I'll invite you to be my guest and
do the eating for ne. feel that I
must 90 through the form
I'm afraid you won't find me very
cheerful company. Ned"
What, you blue. too, Pen, Impos-
sible. You've nothing to be blue over.
Everything's plain sailing with you. my
boy. When are you going TO announce
it. and allow us to congratulate you2''
Announce what? Ny dear fellow.
you are Iaboring under a gross mistake
if you think have even the remotest
intention at the present time OF be-
coming engaged.
why not. Pen? It's the only way
for man to attain to a state Of per
feet happiness. Fancy the bliss of re-
aiizing that a beautiful girl cares for
you more than she does for anything else
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4 Famous Journalist.

The recent retirement OF NJ. de BIowftz
from the direction OF the London
Times bureau in Paris was an inter-
national event Of Importance. NJ de
BIowitz was compelled by failing sight
to give up his work He has inter
viewed Bismarck. THEIRS, MacMahon,
Gambetta. Emperors William and Fred
erick. and every other parsonage worth
interviewing during the thirty years OF
his connection with the Times" and
probably knows mors of the inside his
tory Of European politics than most dip
lomats. His successor is William La
vino, heretofore the correspondent OF
the Times" at Vienna LAYING is the
ItaIisnized form Of Lazy" He IS a
relative OF the proprietor of the Lon
don Telegraph" and represented that
paper at Berlin for several years.
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Copyright by Frank :. 3lunsey.)

Copyright By Frank s. 8unsey.)
This Story was begun wednesday. October o.
Synopsis Of first two installments: Kent Pen
Thyu, clubTnau, bachelor Of twenty-five, pos
sessor q large estate, has just LEFT the home
q Helen Brooks. society girl three years his
junior he has heard that they vgere engaged,
which snnoys him lie likes Helen Brooks.
but IS not sure that Re loves her. wherefore he
has said good-by- promising 70 70 10 Newport
IN two OF three months
Upon leaving the Brooks home, in Madison
Avenue, he walks down by way Of Fifth Avenue
and Washington square, finally landing At
Bieecker street. where he purchases pair Of
shoe l2ces. more TO satisfy q fancy Of his boy
ho7d days. spent in that locality. than because
o. any real need. IS he leaves the store q
W3fnsu's scream calls attention 70 8 child sFho
has fallen beneath approaching street car
Re Tescles the child mhurt and restores Il 10
It's mother, a Russian. who has Just been dis
possessed- benevolent German starts 4 col
lection. 10 which Pehrhyn contributes literally.
a very attractive girl q about twenty asks Pen
IN if he can speak 20 the woman IN French
Re docs 50, and with the girls help secures
Deg lodgings for the Russian family Peurllyu
greatly impressed with the charm and dig
nifty Of the BleeckeT Street maiden who works
IL small store which bears the name Of
Arthrr Preble. After the incident Penrhyu
goes to the river front and medirates on the
EbsuFdity OF social barriers
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his beloved one, and finally parted from
his friend. thanking him Tor having
cheered him up so successfully.
Penrhyn smiled to himself as he con
tinued on his solitary way to the club.
I was merely the unresisting medl-
I'm whereby he cheered himself up he
reflected
As 10 Penrhyn himself, he vas not n
"a particularly cheerful mood.
When he reached his room at the club
he drew chair up in front of his bu-
reau, and, sitting down. proceeded to
gaze soberly over The knick-k nacks, the
photographs, the trophies OF bathrooms
and dinners. that formed multicoIor-
ed mass upon it-memory in concrets
form
There was woman associated with
nearly every trife But how much
alike they all were!
Ella Granger was one OF them The
feur-de-lis pin in his cushion she had
given him at a german
What treasure il would be to Wat
son. But doubtless he had many such.
Just GS lHS majority OF EEIE4En ; HO1tE
OF the dance had come to him through
Helen.
Z wonder if she viii ever rnarry?''
he asked himself
I haven't given her any reason to
suppose that I consider her set aside
for me. It IS because we are such old
friends that happen to have more re-
minders of her than any one else.
He recalled the most confidential
moments with Watson that evening,
when the gone fellow had told him
of the thrill the touch Of Elias fingers
sent through him.
Then I knew I was a captive. PEN .
he had said. "a captive of Cupid. II I
was only a poet, BOW. could make
something out OF that
Penrhyn had wanted to laugh at the
time.
TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW. AND EVERY
WEEK DAY UNTIL COMPLETED.
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in the world tell you. Pen. there's
nothing like it."
Watson gave q great sigh Of mingled
.contentment and longing, and leaned
back in his chair to look up dreamily
for moment at the frescoed ceiling.
ooh, I admit the bliss. returned
Penrhyn promptly, granted that you
secure the two partners 10 It. But
think how unlikely that is to happen.
You might see hundreds Of girls you
could easily learn to love. but how i'm,
probable that they should love you! /
beg your pardon. Ned. I am speaking
strictly impersonaIIy. I will alter the
pronoun, II you please. and say how i'm
probable it Is that they should ever
love me"
Not a bit OF it. Pen. Love begets
love. Let 3 good. sensible girl see that
you care for her with all your heart,
and ten chances to one she'll find that
she'll go to sleep with your image the
last one On her mind"
is tha, the way Miss Granger did -
Penrhyn ventured to inquire. whereupon
they both laughed and Watson changed
the topic for a while
But the young lover was not able 10
keep away from the aIl-absorbing theme
for long. He returned to it again when
they were smoking their after-dinner
cigars.
Il wonder if she is sitting out on deck
now?" he remarked, throwing back his
head 10 emit ring.
Perhaps she's walking with the
ships surgeon" Pen wanted to suggest.
but curbed the impulse and said moth
ing
1t was a beastly shame 1 couldn't go
along. wasn't it. Penn" went on the fond
lover 4 don't feel like going anywhere
else. The family expect me to come out
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DefectfUe TeQchfnq Of SPELLING.

Syracuse Evening Herald-Withcut
discussing at length the question wheth-
er the present school methods Of teach
ing spelling are defective, it may be said
that faulty or careless spelling is alto
gether too common a defect among the
youth Of both sexes who are supposed
TO be fairly well educated In the news
paper profession we have many oppor-
tunities for detecting this inexcusabIe
drawback. Not long ago in a general
examination OF the students in one Of
our colleges, the large percentage of
poor spoilers revealed was astonishing
and discouraging- Spelling may be one
Of the TudimentaTy studies, but We can
not for that reason afford to look upon
il with contempt. The ability 10 spell
English words accurately is. OF should
be. among the most valuable accomplish
ments OF cultivated men and women.
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NeW Jersey Authors.

Librarian Charles Dana. Of Newark.
n J, has started = controversy with
the statement that the people Of that
State have not produced one line OF pure
literature. Immediately springs up
Francis Baseley Lee and reminds the
pubic Of seven writer's whom New Jer-
sey has mothered, and also recalls that
James Fenimore Cooper and Paul Lei
cester Ford have found literary material
there. This rivalry between States in
the production OF literature promises &c
be noisy. If not dangerous.
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Finnish kRthor.

Herman Montague Bonner, whose
English Lyrics Of Finnish Harp has
recently appeared. was born in Helsi1g-
fors. the capital Of Finland His father
was for nearly twenty years United
States consul for Finland, and his grand
father won distinction in the Crimean
war, having been personally honored by
two Cars, Nicholas I and Alexander II.
By the Iatter's orders, his portrait was
painted and hung in the Imperial Palace
in HelsingfoTs. Mr.. Bonner was educated
in England and Switzerland. and came
to this country about ten years ago. He
organized and is the president of the
Finnish-AmeTican Municipal League.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-24

Mr. Nunsey, the publisher Washington
The Washington Evening Times of the New York Daily News
has just completed for the purchase of the Boston Jour
na This transaction single management
three properties established counts
commercial capital political activity,
most noted seat of education and culture without saying that
operated conformity the three newspapers viii be
each city interesting service
value to the constituencies they appeal thereby
tincty enhanced.
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A PHe8te8s Of Sentiment.

Middle-aged people will remember
something about the work Of Il. E L, %
the centenary Of whose birth occurs this
year. She was a writer for whom the
old-fashioned word "poetess" sens TO
be the only appropriate epithet. Only
in which she lived is still standing
This is No. 43 Connaught Street Her
own life was more romantic than even
the wild tales OF sentiment which ap-
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OF MAKING
MANY BOOKS"
4 Pathetic HISTORY.

Lady Duff Gordon. whose Letters
from Egypt" are soon to be published,
was one Of the famous beauties Of Lon
don in the middle of the last century.
IN the zenith of her social triumph she
was stricken with illness. and was sent
to the remote parts of Egypt as the
only chance Of prolonging her life.
From places where no white woman and
few white men had set foot. she wrote
these letters to her family. Her last
days were spent among the Arabs. who
almost worshiped her. George Mere
dith has written an introduction to the
letters
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WINNOWED OPINIONS.
The Tnx on Coal.

New York World-Ex- Governor Hill
did we'll IN his speech IN Tammany Hall
last night in shifting his attack upon the
coal monopoly from impossible and i'm
polite Government ownership to very
timely and practical demand for the Te-
peal Of the duties on coal To tax the
food and clothing OF the people is hard
enough, but q monopoly in the most Of
these articles is not easy. The tariff on
coal is not needed for revenue, and it IS
tax for the benefit Of monopoiies only.
L is a good idea as Mr.. Hill suggests.
to ask Senator Plat and all candidates
for Congress whether they viii vote for
q repeal Of the duty on cOal-and Incl
dentalIy on beef also.
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The American Form Diuine

Philadelphia Americana Tony We'll
Ter could attend the sessions of a Ger
tain convention Of feminine reformers
ne would be confirmed in his opinion
that women IS rum crseturs." These
quetr people have resolved with great
solemnity that the form in which they
were created Is immoral, and that pic
torial representations Of the female fig
IRE are degrading TO the last degree Il
is a wonder that they can reconcile
themselves to continued existence in
such a shocking shape
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The Lesson Was the Same.

It was a New Jersey clergyman in a
small town who pointed a moral recent
ly by introducing dramatic story OF
KiPling's deafhbed. After the service
one Of his parishioners demonstrated
'Kipling isn't deadl'' rejoined the
clergyman calmly Well. that's odd.
But never mind II must have been
some one else who died. but the point
remains the same"
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4 NouefatIa Annrentieeahin.

Maxim Cork. the Russian novelist
served stern apprenticeship. He ran
away from home at the age Of fifteen.
and for ten years worked as a day
laborer, a sawyer, a cook, and light
erman. Hearing that free instruction
could be obtained at Kazan, and having
no money to pay fare, he walked
thither. a distance OF some six hundred
miles.
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CHAPTER n-(COntiuued.)
These Social Barriers.

@A4S5G SVNAd4 OcA4ASL5-
EN in their shirt sleeves we're
IEf7 sitting on the front stoops.
almost all Of them with pipes
IN their mouths
Children we're playing on the side
walks
The fact that these people. many of
them, we're dependent upon daily wages.
which might at any time be cut of BY
a storm or by the completion Of the
building on which they were at work,
did not seem to trouble them IN the
least They lived only IN the present
Penrhyn struck out for the elevated
station at Fourteenth Street. He re-
membesed a quasi-engagement with
Ned Watson 10 90 with him to the
Casino that evening. Watson's faneee
had just sailed for Europe, and he
poor fellow would need cheering up
Things somehow didn't seem 10 be
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The POLITICIANS IN SUSPENSE

Delegate Dennis Flynn, Of Oklahoma been making Repub
lean campaign speeches in Connecticut and Representative John Sharp
Williams OF Mississippi whose Democratic orator heard In
New Jersey until recently alike complain that refuse to at
tend political gatherings year.
he STRAIN N winch such complaints voiced only spell
pnaes named but by others OF their clan and by
well strikes the ordinary observer combining of the b
Gus with the pathetic OF the ny situation not
distinctly perceived by political workers but this fact does mt
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4 Descendant of Dickens

Miss Ethel Dickens, granddaughter Of
the novelist. conducts a training school
for typewriters and typewriting Office
in London. and is said to possess much
executive ability and a decided charm
of manner