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it is that unhappy secret. I have
been gone so long, too; so many
traubles have interviewed they have
tended to set you apart from me. Is
not that sop $40.
Perhaps SO"
Then I would not have you do
violence to your feelings. Twill stay
sons; but you shall live your own
life until such a time as you
can truly feel that you love me as you
once did. want to be near the chill
dren, 1 want to be near YOU Con-
stance. May I? May I have the room
next to your uncle's ~
Yes
And will you try to love me again.
he asked, gently, yet with an eager
ness he could not quite conceal.
Love cannot be forced she an
swered.
But it will come in time if you
will let it,
But suddenly, evidently recollecting
some. resolution he had made, he
checked himself and said no more,
while Constance sat. idly turning over
the leaves of a book until she saw the
bank officers coming up the street.
Then she arose to go.
! President Hartwell and eight trus-
tees, with Tony Osborn, soon entered.
The new cashier, or treasurer, was not
present.
There was some constraint mani
tested by each of the party. unless
Tony be excepted. Indeed. his ex-
terror was seldom ruffled; but it could
be seen that he was fully alert to the
demands of the occasion, and, strange
as It may seem, did not range himself
ostentatiously at all on the side Of the
returned cashier. Indeed. he greeted
him very quietly, and sat down where
he could watch proceedings.
Mr.. Hamilton's manner was very
cordial and easy. Well as the several
gentlemen thought they knew him,
they were not prepared for so much
composure and freedom from nervous
ness. II not natural, then it was per-
fectly initiated. It appeared to rep
resent perfect innocence, and insen-
sibly, as each felt the cordial grasp
Of his hand and the fine, genial
warmth Of his manner, their suspi-
cious attitude became less rampant
and more acquiescent to the probable
explanations he would offer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
think husbands should save them en-
barrassment by making them a regu-
lar weekly. or monthly allowance

l. 4
Let the sum be sufficient to pay for
clothes and for the countless little ex-
tras so dear to the feminine heart
There is no need for man to impov-
er1sh himself In order to do this. A
common sense talk Before marriage
should inform him as to how much
Cor how little) his future wife needs
for spending money, clothing, etc. If
he can meet the demand he should
do SO. If not, let him figure out how
much of his salary he can afford to
give her as allowance; and If she is
the right sort Of girl she will usually
make it suffice.
OF course there are women whose
one JOY in life is to spend their hus-
bands money recklessly There must
be. The comic papers and the bach
elors say So But there are also men
mean enough to grudge daily bread
to their wives. Everyday observa-
ton tells us that. So the average Is
probably quite as much to one sex as
to the other.
Many man who brands his wife as
extravagant would fall dead if she
spent as much on her amusements as
he spends on his.
Many man grumbles that his wife
has no idea of the value of money.
When hear a man say that sort of
thing l mentally explain his wife's
ignorance of money values on the
ground that she never has any money
to experiment on. i
y ~ So
I once know a man whose wife lived
on board-and-cloth wages. He was
suddenly called out of town and left
her 500 with which to manage the
house in his absence. In joy at having
such an enormous sum to handle, she
rushed out and spent 20 cents-yes,
! twenty whole cents-on chocolates.
che husband returned unexpectedly
the same night and demanded the
money he had left with her. Shame
facedly and trembling she handed him
$3.50, and faltered out the terrible
truth as to the missing 20 cents.
just like woman!' sneered her
lord and master. "The best Of them,
can't be trusted to handle cash."
When a man dies and leaves his for
tune to his wife, small wonder she so
often squanders it. Had she handled
1t more freely in it's collectors life
time she would dispense it more wise
ly after his death.
From the bottom Of my heart feel
a deep pity for the average married
| woman. She earns her money as nobly
| and as completely as does any day
| laborer. She keeps a mans house,
| rears his children, makes his life
happy. And for this she receives no
| pecuniary compensation beyond an in
adequate amount of money, too often
| price to pay for the privilege of writ
| ing MRS" before her name!
| An allowance liberal allowance
ungrudg1ngly bestowed-is the solu-
| ton to more domestic difficulties than
| this world dreams of.
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A rumor of lost identity as the Sc
Qllal of his raaust ia1ls oh h.ad

A rumor of lost identity as the Sc
quel of his mysterious absence had al
ready. reached them, early as it was
In the day; and they were, therefore,
prepared to listen without interrupt
tons or ordinations, until he had fin
1shed the tale up to the awakening of
his dormant perceptive faculties.
which had occurred, he said, but
short time previous to his return.
There was a silence of many sec
onds ere any one spoke. They were
evidently digesting in their minds this
curious loss of personality, which was
the first instance of the sort known
to the most of them. At last Mr..
Hartwell said, cautiously:
Did you say your memory had re-
turned to you pr IS
Not fully. I remember all of my
past life, 1 think. now, with the sex-
ception of: the brief time when the sus-
place. Whether the events OF that
period will ever be known to me 1
cannot tell. / shall consult a physi-
clan in regard to the matter. At pres
ent it is all a blank =
! gu came to yourself in Seattle,
you say?'
| YES
Can you give us addresses there
where we may be able to learn cor
roborative facts. Mr.. Hamilton 2,
II can give you addresses of the
workmen and of the, men who owned
the factory, Barnacle & Co.; that is
all. for made few acquaintances as
you will understand. But those with
whom I came in contact will readily
corroborate my story "
The president took down four or five
addresses given him by Mr.. Hamilton,
after saying, gravely:
1T is necessary that the matter be
thoroly investigated, as well for your
sake as ours
Certainly. I court the closest In
quiry. You will find all my declara-
lions true
NO doubt said Mr.. Cowdrey,. one
of the trustees. You have heard
something of the grave charges made
against you. Indeed, there is, I be-
lieve, a warrant out for your arrest,
Mr.. Cowdrey knew perfectly we'll
that there was, but it was an awkward
thing to say to man in his own house.
Mr.. Hamilton gave start.
| lTo Be Continued To-morrov,l
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THE MISSING MAN.
By MART r. F. HITCH 4utbr Of .1be
0ynhtby @&mpm @
Copyright by Lee & Shepard. Boston, Mass.
"Did Won appear sana ali seattla2

did you appear sane at Scatter"
80 they said. They said I seemed
keen enough about most things and
was a fair workman. The only thing
that connected me with a former ex-
istence was an idea that was going to
Carter needed me to work
True enough, Vane. And did that
lead to anything"
That seemed to be the point around
which my faculties rallied. 1t came
to me after awhile that Grovedale
and Mr.. Carter were in New Hamp-
shire. Next, remembered my home
and family, and last my own name.
At that point, satisfied that I had re-
covered my lost identity, I started
home, the workmen clubbing together
to provide the means. I shall send it
back to them at once
What name did you go by till you
recollected your own?''
Garter. 1t was the only naHle T
recalled"
"vane." said his wife, will you tell
us why you went away
+ The children had now retired and
the three sat alone together.
Why went away?" he repeated,
slowly.
Yes
you SO ~
es, you told me so, but that does
not explain why you went away every
May since our marriage and stayed two
weeks. You know and 1 know that
there was secret reason for your
going"
He listened intently to her words as
If needing them well and speculating
on their intent. Once or twice after
she finished he appeared about to
speak, but did not. He literally did
not seem to know what to say, how to
answer her. At last he said:
The same reasons for not telling
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CHAPTER XIV.
A Meeting of the Bank Officers.

Mr.. Hamilton, for so I shall. call
him despite the doubts of Constance,
evidently had no intention of desert.
ing his own freside for hotel pre-
cincts He returned early and break.
tasted with the family, much to Mr.
Carriers delight and not to the too
evident displeasure of his wife. He
still remained after Mr.. Carter went
to his office and the children to
school, for a meeting of the bank
directors had been called at 1 O. o. clock
at his own residence.
In the hour of waiting there was
much serious conversation between
the husband and wife. Tt could be
denied that she appeared a little ex-
acting and unreasonable while he
was quite gentle and forbearing. Could
a stranger to both have been present
at the interview, the chivalrous, lover
like devotion of Mr.. Hamilton would
have seemed in direct contrast to her
own more distant and constrained
manner. AT last he said:
II can see you doubt me. Some
thing has come between us. Perhaps
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trum. And it just made her heart
ache to think that after she had found
out that a stipule is one Of a pair of
usually foIiaceous APPENDICES at the
base Of petiole or certain leaves, that
she couldn't get a chance to tell him
before she forgot 1t.
y If she referred to Kipling's latest
poem, Kelsey would shift to the
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Of which
she had never heard. If she spoke Of
Rembrandt, Kelsey would drift into a
discussion Of the perspective plane
as applied to the canvas. Every time
she tried to deal lead she would
tumble the cards and hand out a mis-
lead.
Whenever a subject on which she
was particularly strong came up
something would happen to change it
before she could shoot her bolt.
Such was the case with every dame
who stacked the cards SO that she
could con Kelsey into thinking she
was real intelligent and eligible to
preside over the aft end of his table.
OF course, they knew it was very
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
THAT

THAI
Cuba has 100000 in her treas
ury, Or, in other words, her revenues
amount to 18,8OO,OOO and her expen-
ditures to $14,S00,OOO. In 1899 her i'm
ports exceeded her exports by $21,-
5000 to-day her exports exceed her
imports by s12,0OO,OO0.
India has population of 800,
600 people, a fifth of the entire popu-
lation of the world, and it is so dense
that there are 167 persons per square
mile Of territory, whilst our own pop
ulation is only a little over rs per-
sons per mile. It pays bounties for
the destruction of; depredating ami
mails; in 1902 it paid for 400 leop-
ards and 1900 tigers, not including
those shot by sportsmen for sports
sake. During the year 1,O46 people
were killed by tigers, one man-eater
being credited with IS individuals
Thirty thousand cattle were killed by
tigers and a still greater number by
panthers and leopards. These ami
mails are also charged up with 3,7OO
human victims, while $4,000 people
are known to have died from the eff
fects Of snake bite. Good place to
keep away from.
Chicago has 1896 widows-of all
brands. Her excess male population
is 63,246, and there are only $4,000
widowers. Widows and all there are
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16

passionately. you are not the same >
He started to his feet, as if stung
by her words, but was calm in mo-
7, ment,5 and answered reasonably and
kindly. So
rs notSthe defect in you, Constance !?
g see none, in myself. I feel the same
toward YOU lit is you who are
He arose and looked for his hat and
Wv ,,Wh ct bless bic, my soul! You amt
Yes, = will go to the hotel for the
stance q,
She bowed her head and murmured
something about changes to be
oh. but L.; wouldn't Don't go"
SAID Mr.. Carter, getting; UP and fuss
ing about the room
IT think Constance Is right, =. LITTLE
stiffly replied jher husband. Still he
went to her side, and as she did not
lit her face kissed her on her cheek.
Fnen ne Went out with q warm glow
on ms handsome face, "a perplexed
look i'm his eyes. II : ).
WHAT do you mean, Constance, by
turning a man out Of his own house
in this way?'' burst forth her uncle,
as soon as he was gone.
- did not turn him away. 1t was
ms SOW. own proposal to go to the hotel
But why, with a house full Of
rooms could have given up mine
If you ! had no place in yours 1
uncle, - q - 'i1'
You women beat the de--utch..
uncle Carter, " said Constance, fac
ing ABOUT and setting down her lamp.
LOT eor, sIie SIG. had started to retire, II don't
feel quite sure that it is Vane."
Are you crazy, Constance ~
No; but somehow feel a doubt,
Well. of all the notions you ever
took up, that is the greatest and
you've took up enough Of them. Pri-
mus Edes, for instance. You thought,
believe, that he looked like vane,
When nobody else could see look.
Perhaps he is your husband" said her
uncle, tl1oroly provoked by her ex-
Itrordinary behavior
never said so, uncle, and. I don't
say that this man Is not say have
: a doubt. At all events he will have
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to prove his identity, and he will have
to tell me why he went away before
receive him. About that am de-
|termined.''
What folly is this? Constance,. you
are a changed woman
70 his vexation she burst into IAN
uncomfortable fit of weeping.
am a most unhappy woman .
she sobbed, I know that
Unhappy when your husband, for
whom you mourned, has just come
back %
She did not answer, but took up her
lamp and went to her room, her form
shaking with emotion.
When there, she sat down, still and
quiet now, and thought deeply. Then
the sounds of a violin stole across the
fields and reached her, tho family.
But she did not raise her window for
| a moment, as she had sometimes done.
She sat still and listened till the sound
died away and then she retired. But
she did not sleep. She lay all night
thinking, bordering, wondering, fear
ing-What?
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BIZ BILLY BURGUNDY


deep down pat. Then she would put
the calf-bounds back on the shelves
and cook up a scheme to have the
subject come up by accident, so that
Kelsey would think she knew Just as
much about everything else. But
when Kelsey called something always
happened to steer him away from what
she had been looking up.
If she tried to lead up to botany by
speaking of the color Of new chrys-
|anthemum, she would start Kelsey
emitting calculation about The primary
colors as seen thru the spectrum, and
how they are formed by rays Of light
or other radiant energy in which the
parts are arranged according to their
refrangibility or wave-length, SO that
all Of the same wave-lengths fall to-
gether, while those Of different wave
lengths are separated from each other,
forming a regular progressive series
just as is seen In the rainbow.
OF course. the poor little creature
never for an instant imagined that
speaking Of a chrysanthemum would
lead to such a, horrid thing as spec
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naughty and wicked to pretend to.
know whole lot about the awfully
profound things, but what else could
they do to win a man who was GER.
tainly too brilliant to care for a girl
who was the least bit frivolous?
Well, to get to the point, wherever.
Kenlsey went the he-catchers tried to
win him out by displaying their
.breakfast-food brand of intellect, but.
there was nothing doing.
One day Kelsey met a giddy little
blue-eyed blonde, who could talk
nothing more abstruse than caramels,
chiffon and Booth Darlington.
Blondy was an affectionate little thing
and very becoming to a cozy corner.
When she got Kelsey into the speak
easy where hung guns, swords,
shields and Indian blankets she
nestled her curly head upon his
/ bosom, lifted her wondering eyes and
said: Does 90 NV 90 little ducky?''
Kelsey must have, for he married
her the next day.
Moral-You cannot fool a gambler
| with loaded dice.
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SHOOTING IN THE ARMY.

Standing, kneeling, sitting and lying
down are the four positions pre-
scribed for firing by the army regula-
TONS: The lying position alone Is pre-
ranges, while at all the other ranges
UP to- 2 900 yards the lying and sitting
positions are used. At 100 and 300
yards the sitting and standing posi-
tons are prescribed. Wherever the
sitting position is prescribed the kneel-
ing my be substituted, but1for the ma
Jorlty OF persons the sitting is by far
the better position Of the two.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
1908. by steve Floyd, N. VI

Once upon a time there was man
whose long suit was knowledge. His
name was Kelsey Kempston KanteH.
Kelsey wore more characters on the
end of his name than a railroad Off
cial, and he had perfect right to-
do 1t. for he was graduated from
everything from grammar school to
Heidelberg university, which is more
than can be said of a G. PA. & T. NJ.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
T TP- TO-THE-MIN.UTE
- FASHIONS.
A Daily Hint Of Practical Value
to Journal Readers Of the
Fair Sex.

The fashion pictures given daily in
this department are eninentiy practi-
cal, and the garments pictured can be
reproduced easily from the paper
patterns, which may be obtained at
trif1ing cost thru The journal. The
models are all in good style, pretty
and original Tn effect and not too
elaborate for the ambitious amateur
to reproduce
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
KELSEY COULD READ sANscR1r WITH /,

Kelsey could read Sanscrit with one
eye, Greek with the other write Arabic
and talk Latin to beat the pope all at
the same time. He could translate the
hieroglyphics on the stones Of Egypt,
explain why magnetic disturbances are
indicative of the approach Of the
period of maximum sun spots, why
one-half of a seidlitz powder is always
wrapped in blue paper and the other in
white. and why hens don't crow. He
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16

beneath and they are more generally
becoming to youthful figures than are
the tighter ones. The model is made
OF dark blue zfbeline with collar of
velvet and is stitched with Corticelli
silk, but all of the cloaking materials
OF the season are appropriate, cheviot,
cloth and the like.
The coat is made with fronts and
back and is fitted by means of shoulder
and under-arm5 seams. The fronts
are faced and turned back to form
.lapels which meet the collar that is
scanned to the neck. The sleeves are
wide and ample below the elbows, but
snug above, IN. conformity with the
latest fashion,. and are finished with
shaped cuffs.
The quantity of material required for<medium
size az years, is ~ yards A inches wide or
2 yards 90 inches wide. .
The pattern 4576 is cut in sizes for girls Of
8, 1912 and IA years. of age.
In ordering pattern fill in this
cOupon:s
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$4,000 unmarried women and 517,6OS
unmarried men. The city. boasts of
two widows under 15years Of age, 81
between 10 and 10, 1900 between %
and 80, while theswidowers Of that age
number but $50. From 4 Ito 54.there
are 14,492 widows and f4sS77 widow
ers, and from 65 up there are 114,527
widows and 5,538 widowers.. 8:
The strikes OF last year cost us
$5OOOOOOOO:
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WITH ONE EYE AND GREEK WITH THE OTHER.

ganized debating contests, biblio-
graphical parlor societies, bugging and
botanizing expeditions and a lot of
other pastimes calculated to inveigle
him into stepping, unbeknownst; upon
their fypaper. " - ~
whenever. one Of the petticoated
trappers got promise to call from
Kelsey. she would shut herself up i'll
the parlor. and bury her face in the
encyclopaedia until she had something
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
467e Girls Box Refer,
8to 50 years.

Girls Box Refer, 1876.
Loose coats are exceedingly smart
for young girls as we'll as for the older
folk and are to be commended from
every point of view. They slip: on over
the gown with ease and readiness,
they do not rumpfe the waist worn
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-21
The ChapIain's Deal.

An army officer tells this story:
zone of my chaplain friends was OIL
an army transport going south with
some officers and men from various reg.
lments. The officers were playing
cards in the cabin from morning to
night. When Sunday came, the chap
lain took a good supply of reading mat
ter from his cabin, and was on hand
with 1t as the breakfast table was
cleared off and the officers were get
ting ready to play cards as usual.
stepping to the head of the table,
he said good-naturedly: Gentlemen,
tracts are trumps to-day and it's my
deal
"'All right, chaplain the officers re-
sponded give us hand
THE books and prayers were given
out. No cards were played that day
The chaplain had his opportunity un'
hlndered, because he showed tact in
his way of presenting his case"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-21
Choosing Wife by Music.

A German professor proposes to
solve the difficulty some people seem
to have in choosing wife by trial
by music" Everything depends on
the taste of the subject under study.
If she prefers waltz music, and
above all, Strauss intoxicating strains.
she is certainly frivolous.
If she loves Beethoven, she is ar.
tistic, but not practical.
Does she prefer List? Then she is
ambitious; while a devotee of Mozart
would be rather prudsh. Why an
admirer of Offenbach should be Gun.
ming is not clear; but, remembering the
opera of Faust" it is easy to under.
stand that any girl preferring Gounod
must be romantic and tender-hearted
1t is hard upon Flotow that because
his music is out of fashion a taste fol
it denotes vulgar soul; while Cots
chalk fares little better, pleasing, &C
cording to the German professor, only
the superficial. Massenet is supposed
to attract the timit, while devotion ID
Wagners music is a distinct proof Of
egotlsm.
Saint Saens, however, is a composer
the admiration for whom denotes &
girl of intelligence and well-balancet
haracter-London Express.