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(Copyright in U. s. by w. II. Hearst,
Mignonette grew in the little garden
/ where Rose Edwards sat at work. She
had plucked some Of it and fastened 1t
to her smooth black hair. It's very fra
GRANGE seemed a part OF her. At least so
VIII Harrington thought as he stood look
ing at her.
"Mignonette,' he said. stopping toward
her, ~''mignonette."
He would not " spoken so to one
who would have. quite understood him, but
she, who had gathered all she knew at
tho humble school of the small Vermont
town, had never heard that ~mignonette
means little darling" 1t was no new
thing for him to speak softly when he adj
dressed her, and she looked up neither
surprised nor startled. She said, Eyes,
Mr.. Harrington, / love ~mignonette."
Just then he was inclined to forget ev-
erything but that she was pretty. He
was more or less a man of the world,
prided himself on his family and spent
a generous income in a generous way. To
his great surprise he our amusement
and interest this summer in a home that
was very dear to his mother in years gone
by. It was true he had fallen in love
with a country girl. humble even among
simple people In | /r position. for she was
poor and the grandchild of two old people
who could leave her nothing.
Will Harrington drew Rose toward him
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An Unhappy Wife on Love.

Confessions Of a Wife" In the Century:
1T seems to me that II we could go back
and try all over again, we might be happy
yet. Love does not die. Love is the life
everlasting. 1t suffers maladies and
syncopes, and 1t may be hard bestead and
have to fight for its life-but it Is alive.
Dana, and it must be cherished like any
other living thing. We have avs and pen
alties for the slayers Of men What court
sits in judgment On the murdererst OF
love? Somewhere in the spaces and 81
lences there must be such an inviolate
bar. Shall you and I go there. h~andcuffed
together, waiting judgment? Oh, my darl-
ing. What can we plead? Mighty joy was
In our power, and we slew it, between us.
We were the happiest lovers. ours was the
maddest, gladdest bridal, we had re,er-
ence and ecstasy, and our real went SO
far as to outrun our ideal that We left
our ideal behind us-apd now the feet OF
our real move heavily, and the race Is
spent. We covered the face Of delight
with our marriage pillows. and smothered
1t till it breathed no more. We two, man
and woman. elected to a great fate. STAY
ers of a supreme love, recreant to a
mighty trust-who will take our brief?'
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was a wedding n a RECEPTION i,
ionable graystone house oyerIoni.a lash
Hudson. hen came the hona'.ls the
spent in Florida. for the chin was s.noon,
in the air. Before the honevmoa a.ready
over Harrington had discovered w was
never loved his wife. He wos 'uat he
thinking of @ little black-haired a.%ays
the mountains Of Vermont. sri IN
His wife. who had been a Nall,
ciety, the truth In a brief So
OF time. She intended to be a trua space
but she now took revenge In Si, wle'
make her husband Jealous was th h"u-to
OF her life. She fiirted as she ,hsa TASK
done in her girlish days. And &c .eEer
Is no danger Of going too far wi,h mere
who cannot be angling for d h,,sha one
married woman can fitrt when d
pleases. h husband watched har 81 sne
mad, Jealous eyes. and the nnh WIN
match ended In a quarrel, then a sens pns
ton. eepafa-
He went abroad and his wife led
life apart from him and was the s''say
of much talk. One day news cann o!ect
him that she had died. He returned ~ -, 10
New York home. was seen at his cl,hs .n nS
casionally n took more interest IN ~.
worlds doings. Rose and her mipno,o. -
We're slowly re-entering his mind
It had been his fault that she had h
wretched and had made him so h,t Gu
never thought OF that. He only felt thae
he was free. Rose had not married ana
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CHAPTER XII.
a VIRGINS TEARS.

the kings hand fell upo his Shout
der and shattered his meditations.
Are you Sc dashed by the death Of a
wanton?" the king asked m~ockingly.
Villon turned upon him in a noble
rage.
She had Gods breath in her body,
sire" he said. Then drawing his hand
across his forehead as IL to dissipate
h sad faLcies that oppressed him, he
went on:
Il have been John-a-Nods for the mo-
ment, sire; now / am Jack-a-Deeds
again. The hour for battle is at hand
Louis shrugged his shoulders.
You have done ne a good turn, Cos
SIP" he said, and may ask any grace
Of me except your life. That depends
on your lady"
Villon looked over at the corner
where his old boon companions We're
huddled together, the miserable center
d. a circle of soldiers.
Sire" he said, grant me the lives
OF those rascals. They shall ride with
ple n fight for France tonight. It is
better than making them play bob
apple on the evil tree"
The king whispered a few words to
Tristan, and Tristan very reluctantly
gave the order of liberation. The COM
rades of the Cockleshell We're freed Of
their bonds and babe to stand apart,
under guard and out Of earshot, to wait
on destiny for future commands. At
this moment Louis, glancing upwards,
caught sight between the flower vases
on the terrace of a CLEAN Of crimson,
the crimson silk of a woman's robe. It
betrayed the presence of Katherine de
Vaucelies, who had come hard upon the
hour Of nine to seek for her lover, but
who paused irresolute at the head Of
the stairs, noting the presence Of the
king. Louis beckoned to her amicably,
and she began slowly to descend the
staircase. Louis came over to Villon
and whispered in his ear:
Here comes your lady. I think your
love-fruit is ripe and you need not
stand on YOU tiptoe to pick it"
Villon answered with his burning
eyes:
sire, I believe I have won the rose
of the world"
Louis chuckled like an enraptured
raven.
The count Of Montcorbier Is luckier
than Francois Villon. But the lady
has a high mind and a fierce spirit.
She may not relish the deception, par
don the cheat his lie!"
CONTINUED Next Weekly
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a tapster the score on his shutter. He
can spell o the hieh luck and the low.
Bohemian, Egyptian, Arabian wisdom
have no mysteries for him."
AS Rene ceased. the royal figure with
a sweeping gesture of his hand made a
sign of dismissal to Noel, who bowed
respectfully n withdrew into the
tower. The king then beckoned to the
mighty figure In the palmer's weed,
and Thibaut advanced slowly until he
was within touch of his prey, when he
suddenly flung out his great hand and
caught his enemy by the throat, grip
ping him into silence while his right
hand barred and brandished a dagger.
The figure In black dropped under his
! grasp, trembled and gasped, but the
hand of Thibaut was too strong upon
him and he could not speak or cry out.
| Thibaut Kissed at him.
Sire, I can decipher your destiny.
Do not speak or I will kill you!"
He pressed the point of the dagger
close to the captive's neck and smiled
to see him shudder.
II am Thibaut d'Aussigny, sire. whom
you thought to be dead, but who lives
to prison. you.
AS he spoke his companions emerged
from the gloom and gathered around
Thibaut and the king, q little menacing
circle of determined men.
you are in the tolls. Silent you are
still a man: give tongue n you are
simple carrion. You must come to the
knees of Burgundy. You shall be the
dukes footstool!"
The covering black figure wriggled
and quivered as IL every n of Thi-
baut's words were a stroke of a whip
that cut int his flesh; his eager hands
clawed piteously at Thibauts grasping
arm, until his very agony of terror
aroused the contempt Of his captor.. He
pushed the king from him contemptu-
ously, and the king dropped on the
ground a black and helpless heap of
fear.
Can a king be such a cur? Bur-
gundy won't hurt you If you do as he
bids you. I won't hurt o if you do
as I bid you"
The black figure rocked, a pitiable
bundle of %terrors, apparently sobbing
plaintively. Thibaut sickened at UGH
shameless fear.
stop crying" he growled.
Rene de Montigny, who had been
watching keenly the actions of the pris-
oner. Interrupted:
He seems to be laughing" he said.
Thibaut gave a cry of establishment
n stopped down Owe the PROSTATE
man, who greeted him with a prolonged
staggered the giant like a blow in the
face. At that moment the tower o
was flung open and Tristan appeared.
THE king!" he cried in a voice of
thunder.
In another moment, as If by magic.
the little garden space was girdled by
the archers of the Scottish guard,
strong hands mad sure Of the baffied
c~onspirators, and to their establishment
Louis himself made his appearance
through the open doorway, his malign
face smiling in h moonlight.
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STRONG PULSE BEATS
Gases in Which They Are Perceptibl

to the Eye.
New. Orleans Times-Democrat: "It Is
Aot such an uncommon thing" said a
physician, 'to find a person whose pulse
beats can be plainly seen. and yet 1 sup
pose there are but few outside Of the pro-
fession who realize the fact In most per-
sons the beat Of the pulse cannot be per-
ceived. but the mere fact that the beating
Is perceptible Goes not mean that the
pulse is other than normal. I have come
across a number of cases where the
%throbbing of the wrist could be plainly
seen, and yet the persons rarely gave evil
dence Of abnormality in temperature.
They were rarely feverish and were In
good physical condition generally. Pulses
Of this kind, from this view, which is
| based upon actual observations of cases,
do not indicates anything more than an
! abnormal physical condition in the forma-
ton Of the wrist veins.
IT have met with one case which was
| possibly g little extraordinary, In that 1t
| was palmer and much more distinct thar
| any I had ever seen before. 1t could al
most be heard. The artery would rise to
| q point almost as large as the ball of the
little finger of a child, and would change
from the white of the skin to a blood pur-
1t easy to count the pulse beats without
/ touching the patients wrist. l could see
plainly enough to keep the record. and.
in order not to err in my calculation, !
tested 1t in several ways and found 1t
was correct and that there was no mis-
take in my counting with the naked eye"
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The heavy head dropped its golden

The heavy head dropped its golden
curls upon his shoulder.
You always Were hopeful h said
b%rokenly. Then suddenly clasping him
taken my body; only you ever took my
heart. Give me your lips"
Villon's spSr4 was troubled. 1t reemed
to him that his lips were bound Is. wait
for that Hiss. of his lady's. and yet the
dying girl loved him n he had loved
the dying girl after a fashion, n he
could not refuse her now. He bent to
grant her prayer, when suddenly she
shook herself free from his arms and
began to sing family the words of the
song he had made for her:
Daughters Of pleasure, n and all"
Then h caught her breath with a
sob n slipped TO the last lines of the
verse:
Use your red lips before too late,
love ere nov flies beyond recall"
She shook her head back in a wild
peal of laughter; then h gave a great
cry and fell forward. villon caught
her, looked in her face and knew that
she was dead, and that the best of his
old bad life lay dead with her.
Olivier in obedience to an order Of
the kings, gave a signal and the girls
body was swiftly wrapped In a soldiers
cloak and laid gently upon a pair of
crossed halberds. AS this vas being
done, Noel lie Jolys came painting back
with a red sword in his hand.
"Thibaut d'Aussigny is dead. sire
he said. my hand was the hand that
finished HIM"
Then as his eyes fell on the dead
body, they shone with sudden tears.
Villon went UP to him and touched him
on the shoulder.
II leave this dead woman In your
hands," he said, "foc I think you had a
kindness for her. See that she has
Christian burial"
Noel bowed his head and followed in
silence the girls body. The garden
vas left to Louis and Villon, Tristan
and Olivier, and the handful of cap
tured rogues who stood apart, strongly
guarded and stripped of their pilgrims
garb, gazing amazed at Louis and his
double. Villon, silent too, looked after
the little group that bore away the
dead girls body. His mind was q. war
fare OF wild memories. Strange recol-
lections OF times and places with HUI
guette came crowding up and beating
~piteously upon his brain. He thought
of what he had been. and groaned; of
what he was now, and his soul cried
out in praye in the name Of Katherine.
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and looked down into her eyes and said:
Rose. be my mignonette?"
I What he meant dawned upon her. She
blushed n trembled. The he spoke
be my wife" She answered Yea
Afterward they sat Just SO, his arm
about her waist, her work dropped in her
lap under her small brown hands. Then
q voice broke the charm, a harsk old voice
with a nasal twang. Rose 1t said. ''yew
como In tew tea and p'raps. Mr.. Harm
tun, yew better come tew."
But tho gentleman addressed declined
and took his way homeward. Walking
over the country road to the fine home on
the hill he thought Of many things. His
thoughts were not altogether satisfying.
II shall take Rose away he muttered.
These people will be nothing to us. We
Will travel a year or two and she will ac-
Quire the necessary manners"
When they parted he put a ring upon
her finger and promised to come for her
In the utumn. They were to correspond,
OF course-and that was a pleasant thing
to Rose. And ne left her with moist eyes
and a little bunch Of mignonette.
The summer holidays had ended and the
fashionable world had come to the city
again to keep Its winter holiday, and Har-
rington found everything as OF yore, and
as many gay beauties ready,to unite upon
him. There was an old Irritation, too,
which could not well be ended while the
lady was so willing It should turn into
something more, between Miss Hastings,
the hetreas, and himself. At first he did
not mention Rose to his friends, because
there was time enough. At last, because
1t was an awkward business, being put off
30 long. And Rose wrote 100 many letters
and put them into coarse yellow envel-
opes-. Her grammar was none too care
full ri b spoke far too much OF her
grandparents. who Jared upon Harring-
toms sensibilities.
Amidk balls, parties and dinners Miss
Hastings began to reassert her old su-
preEnacy. Reproaches for neglected an
swers came from Rose and vexed her
lover. Still he smoothed this over and
would have gone to thu Vermont town to
keep his troth in the autumn had not
Rose written him in the fitness Of her
reconciliation a loving letter In which she
spoke Of the ria of her grandparents
and of her JOY in looking forward to the
time when she would have O. home to
which to welcome them. That letter was
never answered. He burned 1t with a
savage oath. and that night proposed to
Miss Hastings.
In a month they were married. n there
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ne would win her again. The world was
nothing to him. Rose should do as she
chose. There should be nothing which he
would not give her leave 10 do. And 20
he left the city behind MIN for the sweet
purity Of tho country and one Of natures
! children.
He knew she would be proud at first
either cold or angry-but he would woo So
hunnbly that she should forgive him in tho
end. AS one condemned to death might
pray for pity and mercy he would beseech
Rose for pity and pardon. And then. yes,
she would let him draw her to his heart,
and touch her brow with his lips, and cali
her Mignonette, his little darling.
He had come to this thought when thu
door opened and he stood ready to greet
| Rose.
But 1t was not Rose. only her old grand
mother, common OF feature as ever, but
with a strange grief-stricken face. She
did not see him, but went straight to the
beds OF mignonette and began to pluck
handfuis with her horny lands Then he
spoke to her and h looked up.
Tn pickin' 'em for Rose she SAID
then a a start. IT didn't know yer at
first. Mr.. Harrin'tun. I tho't was the
minister. You're aged and you're kind o
gray. Yes. t,sese are for Rose. / used to
be hard on her for liken en-. so I'm
afraid. But I wanted her to be steady.
l Ill 4aERGtI ISL
Then came a sol. Harrington caught
he old woman's arm.
What is lit What has happened?"
II reckon you knew Rose was dead.
You see she kind o. faded when your let
tiers stopped comm. She wouldn't tell
me. I supposed 0 quarreled. She got
tired Of things n sat a great deal by
herself. Plenty wanted her. h was
pretty, but she didn't seem to care. Six
months 6 she was took down. There
was no hope then. and yesterday she died.
Says she. sGrannie, it's most over: when
I'm one put his letter in the grave with
me, and put mignonette in my hair. And
tell him. says she, for I think he'll come,
that I always loved him. Perhaps you'd
like to see her?"
Harrington followed her and saw Rose
dead, with his letters pon her bosom.
Little Of him was ever seen In his native
country after that. Until the old people
died he saw that they wanted nothing.
Faithful at last to the one love of his
life. he made pilgrimages to her grave.
Near it, also, his own has grown green for
many years, and over both creep soft beds
of mignonette in the summer time, Turing
the.golden bees from he gardens with Its
fragrance.
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X
d WHICH KING?

The rose garden seemed to be as quiet
as a c~hurchyard. No sound was heard
save the faint soughing of the evening
wind among the rose bushes, no sight
resembling humanity save the face of
Pan looking down m~ockingly upon the
crimson blossoms that girdled him.
Yet in a few seconds it became plain
that the god Pan was not the only oc-
cupant Of the garden. Through quiet
alleyways, cloaked and cnwled figures
came stealing, six in number-men with
pilgrims cloaks about their shoulders,
and pilgrims hoods upon their heads
men who carried cockleshells upon the
sleeves Of their gabardines-all con-
yerging through the dark walls of the
garden to a common center, and that
center the grassy space before the
kings watch tower. The six figures
huddled together at the base of the
image of Pan. One Of them who seemed
to be their leader, a mar of giant form,
spoke, and the voice was the voice of
Thibaut d'Aussigny.
Are we all here?" he asked.
The nearest pilgrim to him answered
with the voice of Rene de Montigny.
AYE, and ready to gather the royal
rose of this garden"
AS he spoke there came a faint click
at the latch of the tower door. Thibaut
waved his companions apart
Keep Close" he said, and four of the
pilgrim forms disappeared swiftly into
h spaces of shadow. Only Thibaut
n Rene remained, standing masked
and attentive, their eyes fixed upon the
tower doc 1t opened and Noel lie Jolys
emerged, followed by the slight. hunch-
ed figure in faded black velvet for
whom the eyes OF the conspirators were
so eager. Noel advanced questioning:
is the star-gazer here?".
Rene de Montigny answered him
glibly as a Snowman in the praise OF
his wares.
AYE. He Is the wonder Of the world.
Ge can read the stars more easily thai
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Knew All About Il.

Chicago Tribune: you are working
yourself up into a fever OF indignation
over this Alaskan boundary controversy
with Great Britain. Do you know any
thing about the present boundaries Of
Alaskan"
o course I do. Alaska JONES Oregon
on the north. and the blamed British are
trying to run a three mile strip straight
through It from Canada to the ocean.
You must think I'm an ignoramus."H
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Entire Wedding Party on Honeymoon

Entire Wedding Party on Honeymoon.
Baltimore American: Miss Marion
Roam, who will be married Wednesday
to Raymond Stephens, has invited all the
bridesmaids. ushers and the best man to
her on the wedding trip. A
private car will onvey the party south
and then comes a voyage to Nassau. The
bridesmaids are Miss Bissell Of Dubuque.
Miss Dorothy Grohehser Of Johnstown,
Pa. Miss Fitzpatrick of Baltimore and
Miss Eleanor Kelley. Miss Marjorie
Streeter and Miss Florence Grey of Chi
cag
the maid Of honor. will go, too. Mn men
are invited to be of the party.
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Two Of skInd.

New York Weekly: Tramp-Parding,
num-. but I'm told by your gossipy neigh
bors hat o do not associate with peo-
pie In trade.
Mrs. Toplofty-That is largely true.
Tranp-Yes. mum Neither do /, mum,
N SO ] thort Tdsdrop in to take tea with
yeh. mum
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-10
RESCUED WITH
GREAT DIFFICULTY
Fire Renders a Family Home
less Near Winchester.
Coal Theft.
fsnecIal 70 The Tlmcs- Dlspatch)

Especial to The Ttmes-Dlspatcn.)
WINCHESTER, VA, February ga very
disastrous fire Saturday completely wiped
out the residence OF Mr.. Jack Bate. at
Honkel. and came within appalling dis
lance Of ORIGINATING some Of his children.
The family were asleep when the fire oc-
Cured, and were aroused by the sitting
smoke and the sense Of impending peril.
Mrs. Bate rescued the children with
great difficulty. and the family, with the
exception Of Mr.. Bate. who was away
from home at the time. escaped In their
night clothes. The family. was thus rem
dered homeless. The loss is covered by
insurance. The burned property Included
a store-room. 1t is not known how the
fire originated.
An unusually bold theft occurred last
night at the farm Of Scott Grant. at
Kernstown, when some unknown person
boldly drove two-horse team to MT.
Grants place and stole about eighty
shocks Of fodder. The man deliberately
drove to Mr. Grants place, coolly appro-
gpriatcd the fodder, and then drove away
awards Winchester. TIe was seen by Mr..
Grants man, who was returning to the
farm but who had no Idea that the man
had stolen the fodder.
In expectation of hearing great deal
OF tho troubles Of two prominent Scotch
families aired in court. q large crowd OF
people gathered ut the Police Station to-
day to attend the trial Of Messrs, Clarke
Maxwell and B, James Ferguson. two
Scotchmen. who are among tho leading
people Of this section, who were arrested
Tor engaging In a street fight. Ferguson
several years ago, In Edinburgh scot
land, married Maxwell's divorced wife.
and bad blood hns existed for some time.
Muxwells fortune Is now held In trust
by the courts decree, and their affairs are
In a great measure unsettled. In court
to-day the men were fined.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-10

Grams and Sons OF Veterans will have q
guard OF honor present
Toano Is to have a canning factory,
with a capacity OF 1900 cans per day.
The scheme is being backed by capitalists
from Salisbury. Nd All kinds OF farm
products are to be utilized at this can-
merry.
The truckers Of this section are plant
Ing, or preparing to plant their early oIorJ
OF irish potatoes. The acreage OF IN
kinds OF truck will be much larger than
ever before.
James City County Court was In ses.
sion here to-day. The case Ct Jimmie
Smith, colored, on an appeal from the de-
clsion of Justice j. g. Carlton, was heard,
and the Jury returned verdist sustaining
the Justice. Green stole q single barrel
shotgun, and will spend six months Ia
jail. III 5fs5
DR.. Henry A. Wise, the we'll known
surgeon, assisted by Drs. D. j. King ana
P. T. southall, yesterday performed q,
very delicate operation on Mr.. b NJ;
CROOKS. The operation was successful.
and the patient is out Of danger.
Rev. H. T. Louthan. pastor Of the
Baptist Church, preached an illustrated
sermon yesterday morning at his church.
The local option element at Toano. "a
James City, say they will carry both!
Powhatan and Stonehouse Districts 'tdry.',
This will make tho whole Of James CITY
dry" & IN -, + - -