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you. Were I Of the world ] would say that
the wines are Of France and the table we'll
kept. But / care for none OF these things,
nor would I concern myself with earthly
subtleties. Assuredly, my child, we are as
the sparks which fly upward-a little while
in brightness and then but ashes
Now. my Lady Bsrbara's laughter an
swered this very doleful fellow with a
philosophy very strange to him.
These things may be nothing to you
abbot" she said, but / am no spark which
fleth upward, nor will l seek the heavens
when those lear to me are still the children
Of the earth. Is 1t aught to me that the
wines are Of France and the table well kept
when he that | love will imperil his life for
the sake Of that affection he bears to me
Nay, all my heaven is at the palace this
hour. What philosophy can speak for a
young girls heart? Indeed, you show me a
withered parchment while | would cry for
roses, to wear them on my heart until
love shall pluck them thence again
She spoke with a courage which surprised
him, for he, dolorous always, could but
shake his head upon this madness Of her
love.
Nay" he said, where shall one pluck
roses in the winter Of the year? You speak
Of things but little known TO me. daughter.
II your husband. indeed. be gone to the
palace to seek a favor, ] wonder not at
your impotence. / will not counsel hope,
for what right have 1? So the gods Jest
with us. We live in dangerous times, when
he who prayed yesterday shall himself be
prayed for tomorrow"
He went on, in ghostly word, to tell her
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had been seen at Queen Msry's court, the
news Of IL was carried quickly to my lord
Of Norfolk and afterward TO Gardiner, the
chancellor.
"A messenger from the north upon an
affair OF urgency: one that has been thirty
hours in the saddle that her majesty may
have his tidings."
Now. many messengers had ridden in
from the northern counties during the nrst
year Of Mary's reign. and rare was the day
when some news Of the doubtful country
did not come to the chanceilor's ears TO
play upon his appreheueions or to awake
his fears, but Of late report had lulled him
to some security and he had begun 70
think Of an affair more pressing than that
Of the shlremen and their complaints. For
which reason one messenger the more gave
him but little concern and, being unaware
Of any business which rightly might be
named urgent he sent . page to the
door to bid the Northman wait until such
time as curiosity might conveniently be
grateful.
81 behold Roy of Calverton in an ante
room Of the palace. looking patiently for the
good hour when he must seek his pardon
and declare the price Of It. Many years
had passed since last he set foot in London
city. The glamour Of pageantry and all
the splendor Of dress about him seemed as
q picture Of the past which he thought to
have forgotten. In the old days, when, a.
Count OF Drives. his father had presented
him at the French kings court, he had
known, p~erchance, a scene more splendid,
a life as full Of ~Joyance and display as any
which London could show him, but long
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of 0llertOn.
By MAX PEABERTON.

1t. winning laughter Of the group and a
new promise OF their fidelity. and. there
from, he passed TO a new avowal Of his
Intention. Tomorrow, very early in the
morning, they would ride to the house Of
my lord OF Taunton and there claim OF the
%janitor that hospitality which had been
offered to them. And. being established in
the house, II would remain to seek audi
ence Of the queen and to plead their cause
before her.
They say that she hath a right sense Of
justice and will lend a ready ear to those
that come obediently. The jails are already
open to such as treason did not charge, and
II there be a pardon, as | am told, my
name may well be written there. But l go
TO her with other claims. dear wife, and
they shall make good what is lacking in
the law. She hath need OF such service as
] and mine can give this day. Nay, IL the
truth Of It be as | think, her own case Is
no less perilous than ours. Let us press
on, then, with good hearts. Yonder are the
lights and beyond them lies London town"
They had passed the hills about Finchley
by this time and traversing the dangerous
common in all security (they being forty in
company and armed, moreover, as few that
rode abroad in those days) they came now
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answer for her majesty. Let me hesr Of
your tidings and I will answer you upon
the instant at what price they are TO be
valued. Are we not as two that barter,
while one has not seen the merchandise
which the other would sell?'
Now Roy perceived the intent Of 1t and
nimbly turning the words he yet replied In
all honesty:
Y have not seen the merchandise. truly
nor / the money. is you are plain, so
will l be plain, my lord. Set your name 10
the bond I seek and l will change with
you the promise Of Roy OF Calverton that
never yet was broken. Nay. more, I will
tell you OF men in arms across the border,
Of a company Of brawlers that shall ride
up from the south presently to cry a name
which is not Of the queen we serve; ay,
and OF a standard lifted in the midlands
against this Spanish marriage you wot OF.
I will speak, my lord. OF men and tidingr
which, and you hearken not, may bring an
other chancellor within the month, who
will not ask the faith Of Barbara OF Oller-
ton. nor say that she is wise to quit the
city. Is II a bond, my lord? Doth THE
matter concern you? All, surely, the mer-
chandlse is we'll II, for lack Of II, you fnd
yourself a beggar!"
He spoke with much exultation, says the
record, wearing that air OF klngship he
had won of the forest. No Judge or prison
in all the kingdom had affrighted Roy OF
Calverton that day. Even the chancellor
began to see with how strange a suppliant
he must deal. Nevertheless he remained
the master Of soft speech, the pleasant,
smiling eccleciastic.
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Chicago Tribune: Johnny. said his
father, you have disobeyed your mother
again. Come out with me TO the barn"
Johnny complied.
There was a woodshed on the premises,
but the stern parent preferred the barn.
He bent his dlsobedient boy across his
knee and proceeded TO punish him in the
ordinary method.
"oh that hurts!" screamed Johnny.
II know II, my son" replied the father.
at hurts you (whaekD a great deal worse
(whackD that II hurts me (whaek,
whack). and I'm glad II doesi" (whaeki
Whackl HhackD
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CHAPTER III.


There's no want Of meat. slr.-Massinger.
Barbara OF Ollerton awaited her lover
with all a woman's expectancy on that
morning when he set out TO win his pardon
OF the chancellor and to seek, II II might
be, the security OF her estate. From her
window in my lord of Taunton's house.
which lieth but a stones throw from the
village Of Charing, che watched the busy
people passing, the ~gallants upon horse
back. the brawling apprentices. the sober
merchants. the multitude OF priests, the
women upon their pillions-all that merry
scene which spoke OF London's wealth and
London's gayeties. A winning figure in her
gown OF violet, with sable furs about her
pretty neck, and a Jewel which found a
coronal OF gold in her abundant hair, none
the less her %prettiness could not cloak
anxiety nor Danish from her wistful eyes
the story Of that hour. As the day wa1ed
older and Roy did not come to her, and
still she found new excuses for him. the
shadow which had doomed over her since
she quilted ollerton became q cloud Of
deep foreboding, an omen which no cour-
age might turn.
Now. there was none In my lords house
hold save the servants and a sleek ste ward
they called the Abbot ParkenhAm, and be
Was a man who had been turned from the
monasteries in Henry's day and now had
become philosopher. suffering himself to
eat and drink right well at his masters en-
pense, because" he said, the Lord so
wlled It," A monstr0us lean man. who
shufhed In his step and had eyes deepsst
in his head and went ~star-gaEing often
be was a doleful pessimist indeed, and no
word OF comfort could he speak for my
lady's consolation.
The house is open to you. mistress. as
my lord commands. Here you shall do we'll
in the nesh, II that be Of any moment to
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Gods word, an odd story" he exclaimed.
AYE, so odd that the queen must hear It
this very morning. Surely you will speak
of this matter to the queen, friends"
Roy touched the paper with his hand.
THE pledge, my lord-when the pledge be
written"
But the chancellor thrust the paper from
him.
mot So he cried, bond or no bond,
this story shall be toldg'
And then, leaning across the table and
speaking with finger outstretched, he said:
Hath the queen, then, no way Of making
the unwilling speak?"
He had meant to say the torture shall
compel but the outlaws merry humor
was a blow upon his conceit.
THE very words, my lord, once spoken
by the sheriff OF Nottingham. BY my
beard was his oath, this king Of Calverton
shall hang at Robins Oak!' The sun had
not set ere he lacked a beard to swear by!"
He laughed at the remembrance. and my
lord, being won by the Jest, must laugh.
too, despite his dignity.
NAY, God be thanked, I have no beard
that you shall treat me so. friend Roy.
These plainly be>tidings which must come
to her majesty's ears without delay. l go
to her upon the instant. Perchanee / may
find her willing to write the pardon Of
him that was to hang at Robins Oak"
He called to one of his pages and thus
would intimate that their talk was done.
But Roy had yet a word TO add.
The pardon Of Roy Of Calverton and for
Barbara OF Ollerton security In her estate"
''She being OF her husbands faith?"
AYE, Of the faith which teaches her to
believe in the God OF justice. my lord"
The chancellor shook his head and when
Roy was gone and others came in to tell
him that the queen had then returned from
riding he said to them:
"Assuredly, l have seen 4 man this day."
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CHAPTER II.
These ean>lie.
Flatter and swear. depraye, inform.
&unfla aud haIraN Ran Innnnn

Flatter ana swear. deprave, inform.
Smile and betray. Ben Jonson.
Al . o'clock on the following morning
Roy Of CalvertOn. bearing a letter from my
lord Of Taunton. came to the palace at 81.
James, where the court was then kept. and,
disdatnins any parley with the ushers. he
demanded audience OF her majesty. To
such a. challenged him At the gate and
Rfterward In the Hnts-rOoms be let IL be
known that the matter was OF grave
urgency, aud bis name being not a little
authoritative and his dress such as rarely
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What One
Young Man
Did 49,.

Twenty years ago a young man, who
was then % years Of age, took out an
Endowment Policy in the Equitable
for $1,000, and paid the first years
premium, S47.6S. Every year since
then he has paid a similar amount,
until altogether he has paid. and, by
so\ doing, has laid away S953.6O. A
small amount to save in twenty years.
you will say, but 1t is made up OF
small sums that probably would have
been frittered way IL he had not
been compelled to save them on &C
count Of his policy.
This year, after enjoying the pro-
lection OF 81 1000 for twenty years, his
policy natures, and he may himself
draw the $1,000 in cash.
But this IL not all. In addition to
the face Of the policy, the policy.
holder may now receive his share Of
the surplus profits. The total result
TO him is a return Of all his premi-
ums, together with a fair rate OF In
terest. IL he prefers life assurance
to cash he may (subject to the usual
conditions) take a fully paid-up policy
for more than three times the amount
he has paid in premiums.
You can do as we'll
or better.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-01-23
TO RESTRICT DIVORCES.
The New Code of Law for the District
OF Columbia Goes Into
Effect,

Radical change in the matter of d.
vorce proceedings is q feature of the
new code of laws for the District of
Columbia, which was passed at the
last session of congress and went
into effect the first of the year. The
new law prohibits the granting of d.
Orc except, for infdelity, divorces
no longer being procurable for de-
sertion, drunkenness, cruelty and
other %offenses formerly recognized as
valid ground for legal separation.
There il a considerable change also
in the practice before justices of the
peace, the city being divided into ten
districts, with one salaried justice in
each district, in place of the former
feed officers, whose locations were
not to any considerable extent gov
erned by geographical distinctions.
The code is not a complete body of
laws for the government of the Dis
trict, the old Maryland statutes, the
common law and the statutes of the
United States applicable to the Dis
trict and acts of congress relating
to the District remaining in force ex-
cept where inconsistent with the new
body of laws.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-01-23
LOOKING TO CANADA.
Dominion VIII Solve Question
Of British Food Supply,

Canada is being congratulated on
the progress exhibited last year,
says the London correspondent Of
the New York Tribune. The fact that
public deposits in Canadian banks
amount to- s40O.00o,o 900 is considered
remarkable, and the Morning Post
looks to the time when the fertile
acres of the dominion will. solve the
whole question of the British food
supply, which isothe nightmare of so
many jealous Politicians in England.
"Here, surely" says the Post, sis
room for British capital and energy
to solve a problem not merely of the
greatest Importance to the internal
development of the dominion, but
also to the welfare of the empire.
AS a whole, it's solution would be ia.
cilitated by the conspicuous loyalty
of Canada, whereof so many ex.
amples have recently been Afforded"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-01-23
MAN GROWS
Fret. iKrause, of Germnny, Says That
the Human Rncc In Not DeEen-
Grating Physicnlly.

rrof. krause, an eminent German
authority, has come to the conclusion
that. Gespite the general fears, the
human race is not degenerating physi-
sally. The professor says that the
Egyptian mummies, after allowing for
all possible s%hrinkage, were no larger
In body when alive than are the pres
eat jewellers on the banks of the Nile.
Ancient Roman writer's give the
height of the soldiers Of the pretorian
guard as 81 inches. No Europcan-na-
tion with a guard would think of SO
low a standard. Skeletons of the an-
Gent Germanic tribes found in the
valleyHof the Rhine bear witness to
the conclusion that the old Germans
were much beneath the present gen.
GRAFTON in stature.
DR.. krause bases his view chiefly on
the irrcfutable evidence Of the re-
rru!ting sta tistics of all European
countries. These show that even in
France. since 1915, there has been a
growing improvement in the physical
capacity Of the recruits.
School going. coddling and other
reffnements of cirilization," says DR..
sKrause. may have an injurious effect
on the modern human fiber. but this is
more than counterbalanced by the i'm
proved and better cooking"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-01-23
INSANITY CURED BY LOVE.
Man in Nan.as Receivers Tsls REASON
When Reunited with His
First Wife.

Love worked a subtle change on the.
mind Of d. w. Thrrstan, of Fort Scott,
Kan, which medical science was pow.
erless to encompass. Thurston is
about 10 years Of age. Recently he
became insane, ard was on the eve
of his departure for the state insane
asylum when his Givotced wife, from
whom he had been separated mere
than so years. arrived. His mind be-
came clear at the sight of her, and he.
IS COW entirely recovered. The wom-
an, whose I'M had become Mrs.
Sarah M~aycunber. had been a widow
"A years, and Thruston's second wife
had been dead? about the same length
of time. Last fall he learned that his
secrTc:- wife was widowed, and living
n the old Michigan home. Zeal She
bcygan. Prompted by memories Of
happy daya. and a love which Lad
never Gied, he wrote her asking her
TO come to Kansas ard live With him
again. She consented, and a Cay was
fixed for their second marriage. Some
thing happened to cause a postpone
ment, and itSis said the disappoiut-
ment preyed upon his mind, causing if
to become unbalanced. The otherday
they remarked. aud are as happy as
they were the Cay they plighted their
troth as youth and maiden. They will
make their home at GirarG. Kan.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-01-23
NEW SAFETY DEVICE.
System Devised for Closing Water.
Tight Doors on Steamships In Case
of Accident by Electricity.

The first public exposition Of a new
system of closing water-tight doors
on steamships, adopted two years ago
by the North German Lloyd company,
but thus far installed on only a few
of its vessels, was given on board the
Kron Prinz Wilhelm the other day at
New York. The new system is one.
by which every bulkhsad connecting
door throughout the vessel below the
water line can be closed automatically
by the turn of a lever on the bridge and
within the space OF a minute. In order
to close the 90 compartment doors Of
the Kron Prirz Wilhelm 1t is necessary
to move lever on the bridge, in doing
which an electric bell is sounded for
20 seconds at every deer. giving warm
Ing that the door is about to close.
Then the doors close slowly. and in
order that the commanding { f:cer may
be sure that every door closes there is
a board in the charthouse en- which is
an electric bulbnumher to correspond.
with each door. As each door closes
tight the corresponding bulb in the
charthouse CLOVIS.
ASIDE from tbs arrangement. the
doors are SO arranged that in case Of
any failure of the automatic system
the doors may be closed by hand in The
usual manner:
aE-ahEEsEE
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-01-23
SANTA'sNEW VICTORY
Wins rs Way Into tIs Hearts Of
Porto Rican Children.


Many of the children of Porto Rico
were treated to "a Christmas tree this
season for the first time intheir lives.
Christmas day and the yisitssof Santa
Claus are not observed in Porto Rico
as in northern countries. Intact, until
this season Santa Claus was unknown
to the Porto Rican youth, The real
Christmas comes IL days later in Porto
Rico, that is as far as the exchanging
of gifts and remembrances is con-
cerned. January 6 is Three Kings day,
and the three kings take the place Of
Santa Claus there. Instead of having
a Christmas tree, or of hanging their
stockings in the fireplace, the young
sters there on the eve of January 6
put a box filled with grass and their
shoes out on the balconies or on win
dow-sills. The three wise men who
are travelling through the country pro-
c~laimingthe birth of the infant Christ
stop at each box, and, if the little boy
or girl is good, the three mules which
the wise men I riding eat the grass
and leave a toy or a bit of "Dulse."
But. if the youngster has been bad
during the year, the box is left UNI
touched and the wise men depart, leav-
ing nothing. To fill these little boxes
children of all ages are at work for a
week, andsnearly every blade of grass
in the little parks is pulled.
In the schools, on the last school
day before Christmas, the teachers
told the story of Santa Claus, and in
some of the Schools Santa Claus APP
peared in person, much to the delight
and establishment Of the children, who
had never before imagined such a
thing. Christmas trees, imported
from the United States. especiallyfor
the occasion, with tinsel and lighted
candles and laden With candy and
cakes, were a revelation to the chill
dren.
Within a few years it is safe to pre-
dict Three Kings day will be for
gotten, and The pretty little tradition
will be a thing ofthepast. The Amer
icaniaation of the island extends to the
folklore of the people.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-01-23
E NEW LIGHT.
Abram S. Hewitt's Son Discovers n
Cheaper and observation-disclosures
THIN Arc Light.

Over the entrance 10 the house OF
the American Society Of Mechanical
Engineers, at ~ West Thirty-first
street, there hung the other night
what looked like a column of cold, blue
white light, four inches in diameter
and four feet high. 1t gave a brilliant
illumination to the street for nearly
half a block. Inside the house the au-
ditorium was lighted by five similar
lights, but of lesser diameter, and the
light of the hall was almost like sun
light. Beneath these lights, which
looked like big candles, sat several
hundred members of the American In
stitute of Electrical Engineers to lis
ten to the reading of a paper on "Elec-
trio Gas Lamps and Gas Electrical Re-
sistance Phenomena" by the'young in
ventor of the lamps, Peter Cooper
Hewitt, son Of Abram S. Hewitt.
Six years ago Mr.. Hewitt came to the
conclusion that a better and cheaper
light than that supplied by either the
arc or incandescent lamps could be OBJ
tanned by the use of a gas as the con-
W. IiStCdu u Tie ILll uSSu lulue
incandescent lamps. He began to ex-
pertinent, with the result that he has
obtained such a light, and, except for
the perfection of a few details, is ready
to put it on the market.
Mr.. Hewitt's lamp consists simply
Of a glass tube. with a bulb at one end,
into which he introduces the gas gen
Grated from mercury. The tubes,
when filled, are connected with the or
binary electric power in any building
and The current turned on. The gas
acts as the conductor, and as soon as
the switch is turned the tube is food
ed with light.
Mr.. Hewitt says he can produce his,
light at one-eighth the cost of the in
candescent lamps and one-third the
cost of arc lamps and of gas lamps.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-01-23
NEW MARRIAGE Law.
NV York STATE Abolished tbs
Common Law Marriage.
IN ITS Place u Civil Contract Form Is
Provided, which Must Ne Signed
before Two Witnesses and Then
Filed Mt Court House.

EH#4.ta
With the old year common-law
marriages in New York state ceased,
and a lew lawErecognizing marriage
by civil contract has taken effect.
BY the signing of a written agree
ment in the presence of two wit
ncsses, acknowledging it before a
notary and fling the paper with the
county clerk, a man and woman may
legally wed in New York state.
In abolishing the old law, it's abuse
by designing persons has been done
away with, and the services of cler-
gymen, justices of the peace and nj
dermen are made no longer neces-
sary to tie the marriage knot. Law
yers who have given the new law at
tention say that it will require fur
Their amendment to prevent ats being
used to the injury of one or the 9th
er of the contracting parties by a
failure to make it a matter of rec
ord.
Asscmblyman John A. Weekes,
Jr., introduced the bill in the legis-
lature last February. 1t passed both
houses in April and received the gov
ernor's signature.
1t is the last clause in the law that
has aroused criticism. If both par
ties contract a marriage, but neglect
to record it within six months
through c%arelessness Of the intent
of the husband or wife, the marriage.
is invalid.
It is pointed out that a husband
may wilful;y deceive a wife about re-
cording the certificate and after the
interval has passed may desert her.
1t is suggested also that the law pro-
vhes an Inconsistency by recogniz-
ing a man and a woman as husband
and wife for five months and 20 or
30 days, and then. ii no certificate is
fled, declaring their mnrriuge ille-
gal.
In advocacy of the bill Assembly
mar Weekes pointed to many use
in the courts in which designing
women had posed as widows and
claimed estates Of men deceased.
The new law recognizes al marriages
solemnized by clergymcn, and no de-
crease in the number of church we'd
dings is expected.