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and coat. shoulder his rifle. and mount
guard outside keeping your back up
against the hole"
"A good plan. replied sandoH aPprov-
ingly. Il viii do it."
shamarin handed him the cap and
cloak. and he quickly donned them. They
fitted his figure well. Then he crept
hurriedly into the snowy street, picked
up the rifle that the Cossack had dropp-
ed, and assumed q rigid martial atti-
tude. Opposite him was row Of low
buildings. dark and silent. To his left.
row street opened on the square. and to
the right IT extended through the out
skirts Of the settlement 70 the Kara
River. Not a living creature WAS in
sight.
Five minutes passed and no word or
signal came from Shamarin- Then a
quick, crunching sound fell on sandoH's
ear. and he had barely time to divine
its meaning when a Cossack officer
rounded the angle Of the prison and ap-
preached him on a brisk walk.
Sandon nervcd himself for the ordeal.
His cap was far over his eyes, and the
cape Of his coat came well up about his
cars. so he had little fear OF recogni-
tion. He presented his rife respectfully
as the officer reached the spot. The
latter cOntented himself with a nod and
brief glance. and was about TO pass on
when the rattle OF hoofs echoed down
the narrow street Hearing this, he
stopped not six feet from sandoH. and
waited.
Presently half a dozen mounted Co.'S
sacks loomed out OF the driving snow
and clattered down the street until they
were opposite the prison. Then. catch
ing a glimpse Of the officer. their COM
mander orderd a halt, and while the
horses pranced restlessly from side q
side, a brief conversation took place
[ between the two.
What luck. Captain Petrof?" asked
the ofhcer sf the guard.
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None whatever. lieutenant" was the
reply. THE girl has probably perished
from exposure by this time. Her body
will be found after the first thaw'
From this Sandon inferred that tho
squad OF Cossacks had been securing
the country IN search OF Vera. His ears
we're on the alert to catch every word.
though at the same time he was endur-
ing agonies OF suspense lest the prying
eyes of rhe Cossacks-which were fire.
quently turned toward him-should dis
cover the gaping hole In the wall that
he was trying TO hide.
The next question touched on a still
more interesting subject.
BY the way, lieutenant" said Cap
tain Petroff suddenly. Il want TO call
your attention. while I think Of IL. to a
grave mistake that was made a day or
two ago. though II only came 10 my
knowledge this morning. You know
the convict Shamarin. who was brought
up from the lower prison? Well. by
some bIunder he was placed in the same
kamera with Sandoff. the one time in
spector of the Third Section. You know
the connection between them-and. by
the way. it was the same girl that got
sandon into trouble who escaped last
night-the sister Of Shamarin, you
know"
THAT was. indeed. a serious blum
der. Captain Petro6. replied the lieu
tenant. Il will rectify it at once. will
remove Sharamin 20 another cell"
1T Will do the first thing in the morn
ing" suggested Captain Petrol.
NO. / viii atteld 10 10 tonight" re-
turned the lieutenant firmly. "as soon as
have finished my round of inspection.
The captain chirruped to his horse. and
the squad OF Cossacks trotted OF toward
the barracks across the prison square.
while the lieutenant pushed on without
glance at Sandon, and soon disap-
peared around the corner Of the stock
ade.
! The alarm and CONSERVATION OF the
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permitted to play before a Partisan
audience.
True, she had been invited to do
SO By 4 Partisan musical organization
of the highest class, but that fact
cut no figure. So the Parisians howleG
and hissed and cat-caIIed at Mrs. Zeis-
ler-until, fortunately, the municipal
guards on duty in the thedter inter
fered and restored order.
In this fact lies the bright promise
Of gentler art conditions in Paris be-
fore long There was a time when the
little patrol of municipal guards sta
toned at a theater would have been
unequal to the task of queIling such a
disturbance. and a serious clash be-
tween tho high-class mob and the SOL
diery or gendarmes would have been
inevitable
1t is becoming happily evident,
therefore, that those persons in Paris
who attend such concerts as those Of
the LamoreauX Orchestra are, by de-
grees. losing their savagery under the
soothing influence of music. The
news concerning Mrs. Zeisler in Paris
is good news.
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almost instantly. and before any plan
Of action could be decided upon.
The sentry had not heard any noise,
for the wind was blowing in the oppo-
site direction, but at the very moment
when the fugi:ives thrust out their
heads he decided 10 exercise his stiIen-
ing limbs. With long strides be ad-
vanced. bowing his head before the
driving snow. In this attitude the dark
gap in the prison wall caught his eye.
and with more Of curiosity than suspi-
cion he bent down close 20 the ayste-
rious hole and peered into 81. He could
not see the fugitives. but the conviction
that something was wrong quickly forced
itself into his mind, and he opened his
mouth 10 summon the officer OF the
guard.
Too late! 4 pair Of muscular arms
dartod lightning like through the open
ing. and the unlucky Cosssck was seized
by the throat and dragged bodily out OF
the snow and through the narrow open
ing Still holding his victim by the
throat so that no outcry was possible.
shamarin-for fl was he who had per
formed the daring deed-struck the Cos
sacks head forcibly against th2 end Of
the log. His struggles ceased, and he
lay quietly on the ground.
Not dead, is he?" asked sandoff, fear
fully.
mo; only stunned" replied Sha-
marin. Help me 10 bind him. quick
Every moment that we stay here In
creases our peril" AS he spoke. he tore
the Cossack's leather belt from about
his waist. and proceeded 20 sever It in
two. Iengthwise, with the knife.
Don't step for that" said sandof.
The officer OF the guard makes a round
/ every few moments. II he comes by
now we are lost"
''True!" exclaimed Shamarin. Il had
/ forgotten that-what shall we do? Il is
important that this sentry be put out
Of the way, as you viii see later. Stop,
1 have an idea. PGt on this fellows cap
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Copyright by Frank A. Nuasey.)


Victor Sandof at thirty is head Of the Rus
sian secrc- service. succeeding his father, whose
death be seeks 10 ayence. One night, in pur-
suit o. a noted nihilst named shamarin. he is
himself captured, but is released By Vera sha-
msrin. sister q the nihilist. on condition that
he Nill swear % grant her an equar favor on de-
Inand. Her opportunity comes a year later,
when the police are again close on the trail
Of her brother. At Heras demand Victor gives
her passport Tor her brother. But the plot
Who already plotting Nictor's downfall. gladly
seizes this opportunity 70 denounoe him. sba-
marin and his sister are captured and eziled
70 Siberia. whittier ten days later Victor fol-
lows them
Two years pass when Victor and sbsmaria
meet in tbe same prison. Shamarin. suppos-
ing that Victor has betrayed him. assaults
him. but regrets his rash act On learning that
Fictor's plight Is owing % what he hss done
for Vera and himself -hanarin and Victor,
As punishment ior hzating, are chained 70
their bau0ws and ordered 10 work apart from
the othes under charge Of a Cossack, at a
place where the ground is particularly hard.
Here Vera. who has escaped, IS able % COM
municate with them and 90 furnish tools 80 ss.
sis them to break our that night and Join
her. They raise a Go0r board Of their cell.
which f. on The ground floor, and crawl along
the earth 10 the side wall, which is built OF
logs, and, with some difficulty. remove one
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latter at what he had just heard may
be easily imagined. As he turned hur-
riedly log was thrust endways through
the hole behind him and was followed an
instant later by Shamarin.
Have you heard" whispered SandOff.
hushIy. Our escape VIII be discovered.
They viii enter the cell in few mo
ments"
Yes" said Shamarin. coolly. Il heard
all. am sorry now that I wasted so
much time with that fellow in there. I
wanted to mike sure that he would not
alarm his companions and put them on
our track. have him nicely gagged and
bound. Now my trouble goes for moth
ing But don't despair. Sandoh We
Will make good use OF what time we may
have. Here. help me 10 put this log in
place-then we viii be of"
SandoG lent a willing hand. and the
break in the wall was soon roughly
closed up.
They will find that fellow long be
fore morning" said Shamarin. He is in
no danger of being buried alive. Are
you ready now2 Just keep that Cossack
coat and rife. They may do you good
service in the future. I will carry the
other bundle and the knife and wedge.
We may need them all Is the breast Of
that coat you have on filed with cart
ridges?"
Yes replied Sandon. making a hasty
examination.
Good" said Shamarin. 1T is a
strong point in our favor 20 have fire
arms That rife may save us from
staryation-and from Cossacks. he add
cd Significantly
Then. with a last glance at the
gloomy prison. they quickly crossed the
street. and plunged in among the rows
of squalid huts. keeping sharp lookout
/ for danger. But on such a stormy night
no one was abroad except in the vi
/ cinity Of the prison. and after winding
in and out among the narrow streets OF
] the settlement. the fugitives reached ths
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The Making Of "Francezka. b"

Molly Elliot scawell. the author OF
''Francezka," and Mrs. Burnett are in
innate friends. and the latter was ac-
Quainted with the very embryo Of Miss
.SeaweH's new novel When she heard
Of the incident which forms the nucleus
OF the plot she seized Miss Seawell by
the shoulders and shook her, excIaim-
ing:
oh, why, why did I not think OF that
story? Oh. you wicked. wicked girlI II
only IL had come 20 me-"
This was encouragement. though It
does not look just like It. and Miss Sea
well eolfded TO her friend that an edi-
tor whom they both knew had had his
doubts about the morality OF the idea
Said Mrs. Burnett:
Tell him TO go 70 his grandmother
III tell him so myself II see him The
story is great. and don't you be fright
ened by any editor. big or little. Go
ahead and write it as hard as you can %
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suburbs. Presently they came 20 the
bank OF =" Kara River, where they
stopped for a breath OF free air-the hrst
they had enjoyed ia two long years
1T is possible that the lieutenant has
changed his mind. and won't enter the
cell un,t morning" said Shamarin, at
this poi-5. but we won't take any
chances The snow is now about half a
foot deer. md IL is not coming down
fast enough 10 conceal our tracks in
case our flight is discovered within the
next ho,T. We should be traced TO this
point AZ once"
Then what can we doe'' asked San
dof uneasiIy-
"Cnly one thing" was the reply.
Wade up tn shallow bed Of the river
1t is oaly partly frozen, owing 20 the
swiftness Of its current The Cossacks
may suspect our ruse. IL is true. but they
VIII foiiow the stream southwark down
the yaEe and not 20 the north. in
which direction We must 60 But come.
Vera will be expecting us.
without hesitation they waded I'M
the icy water and worked their way up
stream. keeping close 10 the shore,
where j; was quite shallow, and some
times stepping from one TO another OF
the rocks that. covered with snow and
tce. rose above the surface Of the cur
rent.
Two fall hours were required 10 ira
verse the two miles and q half that sep
grated the settlement from the gold
placers where the convicts had recently
been working. but ar last the ungainly
heaps Of sand and gravel began 20 a2-
pear here and there. Peering through
the falling sncw Shamarln deserted at a
little distance the hollow where his sis
ter had promised to await their coming.
ForgeJful Of pain and fatigue. they
pressed on. and as the weary feet trod
the soft snow that carpeted the shore OF
the river. dun report echoed through
the night, and shattered the stiffness OF
the valley. Then another. and another
each seeming louder than the last.
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Better Manners in Paris.

There is some reason TO hope that
the day is now not far distant when
the good example set by American au-
diences in their courteous reception Of
foreign artists viii be followed by the
playgOers and music lovers Of Paris,
20 the vast improvement of Partisan
manners.
The basis for this hope is found in
the experience of Mrs. Fanny Bloom
field Zeisler. Of Chicago. who appeared
at the Nouveau Theater in Paris the
other night as the soloist Of the IA
nous LamOreaux Orchestra's sixth
subscription concert Z was a high
compliment thus paid MIS-. Zeisler,
testifying TO the fact that her rank as
pianiste is confessed by excellent
European authorities. Only once be-
fore had an American been permitted
TO take part IN a Lamoreaux program,
Partisan audiences having d way of
hooting and Kissing foreigners from
the boards of their theaters.
And, at first. it looked as If Mrs.
Zeisler were doomed to this fate All
sorts Of a rumDus took place as she
appeared on the stage when her num-
Der was reached on the program, and
the demonstration Of Parisians
against this talented woman assumed
almost the proportions OF a riot. The
idea seemed to be that. no matter
how deserving from the artistic point
Of view. Mrs Zeisler must not be
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Aa MLOqicQL Doctrine.

Hall Caine draws a hairsplittins
distinction when he contends that the
"doctoring'' of a play TO suit the spe-
ciaI tastes OF audiences, as has been
done with The Eternal City is not
so reprehensibIe. from the artistic
point Of view, as would be the chang
ing of the message" Of a novel for
similar purposes
The drama has its mission OF eth
ical education fully as mucn as the
novel, and neither may be tinkered
with for the sake OF cash receipts
without making frank confession that
the mighty dollar was the stimulus
for their creation The little ManA-
mans logic IS not sound-but he has
so clear a grasp on the financial
phases of his ventures that he ma
be able to dispense with logic in ar
gUment.
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CHAPTER v.
Down the Shilka.

No need 70 tell the fugitives the mean
ing Of the booming cannon II was all
plai- enough. Their escape had been
discove cred, and in a Few nents
mounted CossGcks would be RI e to
and fro through the snowy nigh. From
one end Of the settlement TO n other
the news would spread. and all would
be on ,he alert for the escaped Pris-
Cuers.
IF We only could have had one
nights start painted Shamarln. as he
plunged forward through the Grifted
snow into the mouth OF the little hol-
low But the case is not hopeless. by
any means Keep your spirits up, San
doff"
Then he uttered a glad cry as a figure.
mufled in heavy furs. rose from behind
a rock. and came swiftly forward
-'Verar"
Felix. my brother
They fell into each others arms and
embraced passionately for a moment
Their in a few words Shanarin revealed
the identity Of his companion. aud Vera's
sorrow and remorse on learning the
truth were pirifuI TO see She bitterly
.reproached herself for SandoH's misfor-
tune.
Believe me, you are not TO blame"
said Sandoh, gently. when he had told
her all the circumstances. I entreat
you to let il cause you no distress. II
is all past now. and We have too much
al stake TO think OF anything but the
future"
Yes. that is true" added Shamarin.
BE sensible. Vera, and think OF what
lies before US We nust act promptly =
we would eIude the COssacks who viii
soon be securing the valley. | am i'm
patient 70 hear your story. Some strong
motive must have prompted you 10 es-
cape at such an unfavOrable time I
have enough faith In you TO be convinced
that you acted for the best"
To BE CONTINUED TOMORROW AND EYERY
! WEEK DAY UNTIL COMPLETED.
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If's a Happy Heart, anyway.

LI-TRUsT luck; luck; in the face
your heart will be aisy il it's in the right
place" the rollicking old Irish dtty tells; and
young Mr. Rupert Beech Greek, Pa, just plucky
enough trust his luck with that has shifted
to the wrong him. He found this
when he was for life insurance but he's
such hearty and happy chap the believe
to be Just as good insurance il his car
diac outfit suugly tucked away in the conven-
young Rupert singing along. not
minding his erratic comes
surrender it to Beech Greek girl bless you. she
won't from left right Just
freely and maufulIy given
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Inasmuch as Mr. Lewis unconventional
leading was one OF the distinctive feat
ures Of the Rogers Brothers perform
anees, especially whea he was instruct
ing the gallery occupants how 10 whistle
his Reuben and the Maid" song. his
presence n the conductors chair viii
certainly be missed
CHARLES DENEE, who wrote most
OF the music OF The Defender is pre-
pairing the score Of new musical come
dy that viii be named after Mrs. Sarah
Grand's story, The Heavenly Twins. ="
MEYER HELMUND has written an
opera called "Trishka." which has been
accepted by the management OF the
Royal opera, Berlin. The composer s
songs are well known and admired in
the United States.
y. c. GOODWIN is playing in Chicago
this week; E. s willard is giving his
repertoire in Boston; Denman Thomp-
son and The Old Homestead" are one
Of the attractions offered 10 Philadel-
phie theaters. John Drew is displaying
The Mummy and the Humming Bird"
10 Brooklyn audiences; Henrietta Cros-
man is In Philadelphia this week, de-
spite the efforts OF the theatrical syn
dicate TO prevent her playing in that
city this season; E II. Sothern is in
Milwaukee today and tomorrow. and
Percy Haswell's tour viii take her 10
the same city the latter half OF the
week; Blanche Bates Is in Baltimore:
the Bostonians are in san Francisco; W
Il Crane is in ST. Louis. while his one
time professional assOciate-Stuart Rob-
son-is in Portland. ore; jefferson de
Angels is IN Montreal; De Wolfe Hop
per is presenting Mr.. Pickwick' in
Rochester; Bertha Galland Is playing the
leading role in "Notre Dame" in Gin
cinnati: KyrIe Bellew is nightly killing
"a half dozen actors in the famous tight
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Giff 70 Harvard.

The Harvard University library has
ture relating 10 the drama. from John
Drew. Il contains several hundred rare
books and pamphlets on theatrical his
tory and biography, accumulated by The
late Robert y. Lowe. who died in Lon
don last summer. The collection was Of
fered 10 Harvard at a special price, be-
fore being placed on general sale, anc
Mr. Drew bought it and gave it 10 the
university, with a graceful noE ex-
pressing his pleasure in making the gift
This addition to the library maRNs Har-
wards facilities for the study o. ias
history Of the drama better than exist
eIsep here in this country.
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4 Newspaper NoYeHsr.

Edward Marshall. who VIII be remem
oered as one the pluckiest Of the Cuban
war correspondents. as well as one Of
the best newspaper men among them.
has been writing novel which is jsst
ready for publication and viii be called
"Lizette- The wound which Mr. Mar
shall received in the charge OF the
Rough Riders has made him nearly help
less, and he has employed his time in
the writing Of fiction.
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Score One for Husbands.

APPLY there believe that
above being tampered with. by the artfules Of
women and that a husband still has rights in his
house which will uphold and maintain This
Joyous truth is the decision the
cult court of Sandusky Ohio. which justified
having put his mother-inlaw out Of his doors
kept thereafter This, in despite Of the
fact that Mrs Oscar owned the home from which
noher-in elected the plainly believing that
man must possess supreme authority the the
family. o. upright court! Daniel come to judgment.
Yea Daniel
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Mr.. Payer's Discovery.

NHRISTIAN RAYER. Of wfkesbarre, Pa. may not be
| pretty clipper he before last Saturday
he has sense. let Us hope He had INDUCED
quarrel with his wife, who urging him to surprise
himself by doing work and frghen again
supporting him by her unaded exertions Rayer made
thought would be winning bun at hanging him
self Whereupon his wife him hang and he would
probably been there yet deader than dOorna if
neighbor hadn't down and resusci:aed him
women-that's what Rayer is contend
ing now-theyre go back you the critical
JACQUES OF ARDEN
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CHAPTER ".
A Daring Escape.

~ 9TH men thrust their heads out
X together and drew them back
L. as quickly with q startled jerk.
An armed Cossack was standing
on guard along the prison wall not ten
feet distant.
The imminenca Of the peril staggered
the fugitives for an instant. They be-
lieyed that the Cossack had heard the
falling log. and expected him TO put in
an appearance at any moment. The lat
ter part Of this supposition was verified
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Origin Of a Phrase.

Everybody has used the significant
phrase An AK to grind" but few know
the name OF the author. II occurred
first in an essay by Charles Miner, who
lived in the early part OF the nineteenth
century. He told the familiar story OF
the stranger who aattered the small boy
into turning his grindstone. to point an
obvious moral which made up the rest
OF the essay.
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The Price of a Bite.

HERE some mysteries tanta!zng that one can
dismiss them from the mind but must keep on
puzzling at them matter how hopeless the task
this way concerning the suit brought by
Hogberg, of Denver Col against N. Cochran.
$1,000 asserting that he has suffered injury to this
dog number of bites INDUCED
twenty-five that Felix Hogberg wants just $40
bite Why $40 bite? Is there gruesome scale Of
cannibal market which this price. with reduction
probably such Hogberg where bites
are lots Of twenty-five?
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TOu Can'f Lose EN-.

\ me years told in the days news Joseph P
N Myers. OF Madison. n J.. his door by
stranger He had finished dinner-but family did
him from that day until Saturday when he
walked into his wies home and he thought
he would his dinner. back and did not
give very satisfactory himself he wanted
his dinner. That's invariably the with Enoch
Arden husbands. They always back they are al
ways hungry when they get back
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MAURICE GRAU'S season at the
Metropolitan Opera House viii open to-
night. and the brilliancy Of Madison
Square Garden and the Horse Show last
week will be transferred to the audito-
rum OF the Broadway house Never
has the opera season in New York be-
attended with more interest than the one
which is about to begin. The advance
sale OF seats has been enormous. and II
is said that II the sale continues as
great the seasons receipts will be
81. .000 0OO With the exception OF LII
Ian Nordica. FRITZ Scheff and Carlo
DAM. all OF Mr. Grau's singers have ar
rived in America. Nordica viii sail
from England December 6, and the
others viii come tomorrow.
J. N. BARRIE's new play. called The
Admirable Crichton." which was intend
ed for Maude Adams use, has been
played In London with not little sue
cess. The cast is headed by H. B. IrV-
ing. Violet Van BrOugh-recalled here
for her splendid acting o; the part OF
the manicurist in The Gay Lord
Quex"-and Gerald de Maurier. There
are four acts IN the piece; two occur in
London, and the others on a desert
island
RUDYARD KIPLING'S The Light
That Failed" which was announced
some months ago as the play in which
Mr.. and Mrs. y. c. Goodwin were to
be seen this season. has been kept in
the family. after all. Olga Nethersole.
who owned the piece. has sold IL to Mr..
and Mrs. Forbes Robertson Mrs Rob
ertson IS better known to American
Theatergoers as Gertrude Elliott. a sis
ter Of Maxine EIIiott-Goodwin.
MAURICE LEVI, who wrote the music
for the Rogers Brothers series OF mu-
steal farces. is no longer with the Teu-
tonic comedians as musical director.