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THE MISSING MAN
By MARI r. p HATCH 4u15or Of .z5e 7,agab.''.
BY N7x7R7 K. 7Oz001 -70s b07R1170g77V:
thy Shepard Boston Mass &

him. knew should. He lay fast
asleep with his head on his arm, in
a. hollow shut in by tall trees. But
] found him
=, :.tOh. thank you, thank you! My
baby, my baby" taking the boy, still
sleepy, into her arms and covering his
face with kisses.
7 went after beechnuts, mama; the
boys said they were thick, but I didn't
find one, and [ got tired and went to
sleep" said the child. .rousing UP, and
winding his arm about his mothers
neck.
Poor little darling, to get, LOST, 81
ooh, no, L didn't get lost. It was
you. ! was there all the time, but
was alone, and 1t was dark, and I was
'fratd till thought what you told me
about God being everywhere and that
He would hear my prayers. So I just
prayed to find you when it got light,
and then fell asleep: and next thing
it was. light, and Mr.. Edes had me III
his arms, and now I'VE found YOU
SO your PRAYER was answered, Per
ley" said his mother, earnestly. 81
cannot be thankful enough to God, and
to YOU turning to the silent man,
for bringing him back.
No. one could find him but me. .
said the man again, with his child
like air. as if longing to be praised
again and again, an air strangely at
variance With his .thought-seamed
brow and well-shaped head.
No one tried so hard perhaps
said Constance. gently.
f. Eyes, that is it, no one tried SO
hard he replied, and then as the
feet Of the searching party trod the
| bridge with a rhythmic motion that
seemed to sway it for a moment, he
walked slowly away, leaving the boy
with his mother.
"Edes found him, said the foremost
man, when we were not a rod away
! Strange our shouting and the tights
never walked him. He was fast asleep
Edes said; and with the garrulity
born of such occasions, man after mar
| took up the tale. till the wearied wo-
man was ready to drop, but still stood
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smiling and grateful III the midst with
her boy now sleeping sWeetly-in her
arms. i.
At last she felt that ,,he was being
gently drawn from her arms, and
looking up she saw Edes had returned.
81 will carry him II onleafor you; he
is heavy" said he. simply
Thank you, Edes. Come. Con-
stance, Z said her uncle. This stand
ing in the night air will never do after
so much excitement.
IT am very tired, and I thank you
ALL she said to the assembly.
on are welcome, e said the fore
man of the mill with bluff politeness
which yet was genuine. as they fell
behind the owner and his%niece.
After this. it was impossible to one
of so grateful disposition as Con-
stance to be rnn1indful of Prinlus
Edes. She felt that he had ia claim on
her kindness which it was a pleasure
as we'll as a duty to requite.,
! With one SO absent minded it would
be easy, she. fancied, to make changes
in his surroundings which he would
never notice except in vague way. or
gradual evolution, therefore: his room
at Mrs. Fry s. came to wear the dainty
| look that white dra perry. pictures and
books could give it. Next, as cool
weather approached a stove 1nyster-
| iously found it's way there. and a com
Portable dressing gown. or loose coat.
| if he chose to call it that, was found
hanging in he.c1oset.
Up to. this time; the ledger had ac-
! copied without question these changes
as emanating from Mrs. Fry, and had
i done many an odd job for her in re-
turn, but the coat puzzled him TAX
ling it to her he said:
IT found it, but. 5it-isn'f mine.
oh, yes it IS. she said. s'Itss
-Eyours. fast enoug = Is
/ Mol never had one like it. It got
Into my things by. mistake.
Well, if was you T d lest wear
4 it an ask no questions, said Mrs
i Fry, speaking as she would to q child
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decision flashed. into

But a look Of: decision. flashed. INTO e
the, mans face.
,s."'I can't wear it until i'll. 7 know where WI, ere
it comes from.
@.s-s.s.Oh, well, IF you must know Mrs.
Hamilton ,:sent4it over It's, Christ
mas; YOU know. orSwas last week. and
she always thinks of them that s alone
IN tllesworld.' =
With a sudden CLEAN of light III
his eyes, the. man left. her and went
into his, room. 1t was Sabbath morn
ing, and he never came out for hours.
If: Mrs. Fry could have seen him with
the coat on. sitting by his table pa
tiently trying to form the letters after
Dams copy, and again and again writ
1 ing the word Constance, she would
have been puzzled. And the happy,
peaceful look on his face when he sue
lceeded fairlyswell, Would have puzzled
her, likewise, for Primus Edes was
not an inbecile in any sense. Tho a
silent man, he was of average natural
| intelligence. and "a skilled workman.
Tho he might be "a poor creetur be-
cause he did not laugh and joke and
slnoke..with burly Dan and the other
boarders thas he. had advanced ideas
of cleanliness. forever: a-scrubbin :of
hts hands, as Mrs Fry said: tho he
| could read and write with difficulty
/ there was. something winning about
the man: manner; appealing insensihly
to the feminine heart. The foreman
at~tlle mill, too. took note OF his work
and advanced him in a. way that sa-
vered Of favoritism.
d Indeed, there was, a marked pecu-
i Iiarity about the main that after a
/ time called attention to him. His
/! skill in detecting and righting defect
lin machinery in. putting his hand IN
erringly on the exact spot and de-
yising makeshifts till proper repairs
could be made.s3was simply marvel
ous particularly. when taken IN con
1nection with his statement that he
knew little. about such work until he
came to GroVedale.
.He's smarter than papa was, for
! papa could never make things, said
IPerley one day to his sister III their
mothers hearing.
Papa didn't need to make things
He could get a living without, said
4 Glare, supereiliously. e +.
i Mr.. Swan made second visit .te
.Ithesvi1lag since. rs. Fla mi It on, con:
suited him q bout I he strands of hail
land the possibility of their being
q dyed, but he went back to Boston II
a nonplussed mood after talking with
4 Mrs. Fry and having found the right
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to herself the night when he was lost.
Truth to tell it seemed an i'll requital
Of his kindness to pry into his private
history. She would have nothing to
do about it. Still she experienced a
faint uprising sof curiosity regarding
SO far from any revelation to herself.
unless Mrs. Fry had made herself ac-
quainted with it's contents.
She had, as her next words i1-
formed her visitor.
Il read it from beginnin to end
she said, calmly; "but, lor', it never
was wrote. to Edes. in the world
never
.'Why?"
Because it begun dear husband
an was signed your lovin' wife an
he told me himself he never was mar
ried. So it stands to reason.
I But do you think-perhaps he did
not tell you the truth.
Il can tell when folks is lynn, an
he was tellin' the honest truth when
he said he never was married. know
that" said Mrs. Fry, decidedly.
What did she write3' asked Mrs.
Hamilton, led on by her curiosity In
/ spite of herself.
| oh she wasSlonesome without him,
an wanted him to come home an
settle down. quiet like with her. Twas
all a good deal like that clear thru,
sorter as if she want contented with
! out him. Whoever twas wrote to,
orter gone back to her, for you could
see, plain as could be, she set her life
by him.
DO you recollect the name signed
| to it?',
3 mo, 81 don't. rive forgot it I do
lforgit names turribly as I grow older.
/ Seem if twas L. or S it began withs
jest one name it was.
4 "A long one ?''s
mo; twas in two parts, tho
IL, you say. Was it Lenora ~ for
that name would live in her conscious
ness forever, she thought.
No. don't think it vas
Lenora; you might have read IL
that way.
Yes; but didn't. Twan't that.
I'm pretty sure. I've a good mind to
/ open that letter. / will, if yoasay
i So
..Ol1, no; have no right to it, any
way, and am ashamed of my curi-
/ ositys.'z
And so'the letter went away, freight
Led with a writing portentous in mean
i ing and possibilities, not alone to
4 Primus Edes, but to others, among
4 them the stately lady whose hand had {
4 touched that very packet.
(To Be Continued To-1norrow.l
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DIDN'T MINcE MATTERS N.I1s REPORT ABOUT AMERICA

and public works in general to resem-
BILE those of ill-managed oriental COM
munities is no less a disgrace than a
puzzle. to the foreign observer; most of
the great American cities are nothing
short of prototypes of slovenliness and
filthy habits. They have splendid hos
pitfalls, the medical profession is of the
highest character in the United States,
yet the mortality is far above what it
should be-"
Won Polenz winds up his interesting
report with a firing volley of harpoons:
The Americans have made more in
ventions than any other nation; they
have taught Europe, the whole world,
how to live better, and more COM
| Portable lives, how to save time and
wealth, but for themselves don't know
how to live.
"They have not yet discovered the
real relation Between money-getting
and money spending. Wholly abb
sorbed with the production of material
wealth, they have not given culture
a, chance.
Real culture needs two things,
which the American allows neither to
himself nor to others-time and con-
lcentration.
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- y : +. =, 49,
OF, way. thru her boarder's small be-
munications from Bruce, who was just
recovering from a. long illness. and
who had, or fancied he fiad,-feund a
new clue which Jay SO to speak, in
the immediate neighborhood Of Grove
dale Being unable to travel yet, he
had written to Swan, having been in
formed by Mr.. Hartwell that Mrs.
Hamilton had employed him. and hav-
ing no objections to join issue with
a, young, active man in his present dis
a,bled condition. Consequently Swan
had come to Grovedale and gone away
again in a puzzled state. for the SUR
misses of Bruce. did not strike him as
being at all probable. Nevertheless
he probed the matter we'll and left
safeguards behind him in the form OF
certain statements and orders left
with Mrs. Fry: who Impressed him
as being a, capable woman.
mus Edes came from a western city.
where for at least a month he had
worked in a. sash and s.: blind
factory, that he bore re.
gp r,si character. was deemed
little dull, tho a good workman, and
tn at a. man named Harrison sArkWflght
| worked I'm the same factory at the
same. fI1ne, DUMAS fItON SCAiS.. e1ssclSt'
so aits was apostolic to learn whether
he. was the person who had owned the
articles sof clothing marked 81. A. or
not: particularly as no clue could be
found to the present whereabouts OF
Arkwright. And Bruce. he knew, at
tached' much significance to these. INT
tia1s as illustrating theory Of his
| own.
! "IIe wouldn't, if he could see the
man said Swan ;sto hinnself.,s
Swan learned to his satisfa ction that
Edes neither sent off nor received let
| tiers. Indeed, as appearances indi-
Gated. .Edes could not write: a. legible
letter if he tried His educati on must
have been terribly neglected, he once
said to. Mrs Fry with an air of: ex-
| IRENE candor, and this remark he re
peated to the. detective.
'sOla. he's just what he seems, you
may be sure of that, she said
There amt nothin' behind the door
nor f1id- about Prinaus Edes.i- Ed las
seon suspect rny4Dan.'
Then you are willing to help prove
lit, / suppose, said the willy detective
4 laying a, trap for the outsp oxen Mona.
an ss-s. So s -.s.-f--
/ Eyes. e am. s
We'll, then, if you ever find SCRAP
of writing, never so small want you
to send it to me 4 will leave an ad-
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lat all. but International. being made
UP of board of trade men, specula-
tors, sportsmen, fashionable beauties
and similar characters belonging to
an unrecognized leisure class. Among
eighty millions of people, notable for
abundant mental and physical health,
personal honor and superior diligence.
this handful Of. semi-nad men and
mad women is too Insignificant for
mention.
There are snobs. of course. loads
of then-those democratic airs every
true American delights in cannot con-
ceal the fact that an aristocracy is
forming slowly. but surely. The Sun
day newspapers in Baltimore. ST.
Louis, washington, Chicago and other
great cities make a specially Of print
ing coats-of-arns. The woman who
can exhibitsthe portraits Of two grand
fathers thinks herself far better than
| the lady. who is only sure of one. And
| thosesmarriage contracts between dol
lars: and foreign titles, are they not
the essence of organized snobbery? z
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Unless I a1ns very mistaken
about the temper, the ambitions
and the political destiny. Of the
Americans An! e their admirable talent {
for, assimilation and for attract
ing other peoples and countries
will result in the annexation of {
Canada, Mexico and all 3; the
+ neighboring island world. AL
I ready they have achieved COM
stnlercial and Industrial supremacy
! in Mexico. It seems to be, the
T mission Of the United States to
create an empire, radically differ
! emit from any Europe ever pro-
| duced. -. -g
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with ease. Y ct naQ he Oee4 dDlS TO
keep his temper he would have beaten
me.
Take heavy blows cheerfully and
make light of them. If they come Of
tener than you think is justifable
don't retaliate by turning the bout
into a slugging match. Simply eau
ton your opponent to "go easier If
he does not heed the caution refuse
to box with him. .s..-:
No blow, that a boy Of your own
age and weight can deliver with an
eight ounce boxing glove can .sert-
ously injure you. Learn, therefore. to
take hard knocks, and soon you will
not mind them. IT is not such very
bad training for the knocks that this
old world will deal you in q. few years.
No boy ought to take up boxing
regularly until he Is IA. If you find
that your first fatigue continues after
half a dozen lessons, and that you do
not recover easily from lit, consult
your family doctor and let him deter
mine whether your heart and other
organs are In normal condition. If
they are not don't box at all.
Never box or perform any other ex-
ercise after you are exhausted. Stop
and rest. If the fatigue does not pass
off stop exercising for the day You
will find as time goes on. that you
can stand more and more work 9TH
out firing .se $1,000 SO <ss.:5S
In our next lesson will teach you
som ething about foot, work. 1t is per-
haps the most important item of mod
ern boxing. .'ssaf1F s5t -
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ties to supply the needs of any family,
and the generator is so simple that
any person of ordinary intelligence
can act as engineer. In the inventors
own words. you can wire your house
for electric bells, telephones from
room to room. or for anything cleo
trictiy will do, and the batteries in
your automobile will operate them.
The cost is. SO trifling after you are
provided with your plant that it is not
worth mentioning. It has always
been my ambition to bring the uses of
electricity within the reach of men of
moderate means. Mr.. Edison warns
the public that there is yet much
work to be done before the harvest he
has sown can be reaped. But the in
vention is perfected and the problem
OF cheap electrical generation is de-
finitely solved.
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THEY HAD SOME CONCEALED.
Saturday Evening Post.

on the proposition to put anthracite
coal on the free list, and the news
papers We're filled with stories of the
scarcity of coal. Mrs. Foulke, the wife
of Williams Dudley Foulke of Indiana.
then a member of I, the civil service
commission, took her small grandson
up to the senate In Washington one
day to hear the speeches.
floor. This question of the scarcity
of anthracite coal he acclaimed.
The small Foulke grandson was lis
tening with. all his ears AS the ora
tor rolled out the words Anthracite
COAL the little chap leaned over the
railing and shouted ,.0h, mister,
we've got sonle!"
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Be careful, when making body coun-
tiers. not to twist the body into an
awkward or unnatural posture. This
the force of the blow and renders your
recovery" less quick than it should
be. Change the attitude of the body
no more than is necessary for the sim
pie moving of the head, the bending
of the knee and the delivery of the
blow.
In, counters of every kind success
full delivery depends entirely on quick
ness and accuracy. A second too slow
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MAKING OVER THE FORESTS
Z. New York. Herald.

New 7 ork Herald
The department of agriculture has
been passing a particularly. active sum
merr in rebuilding forests Tn many
sections of the country work is il
progress looking to the inprovennen nj
Of present wooded tracts, the refor-
esting of fire: devastated areas and the
planting Of areas which have either
never matured a tree growth or have
been laid bare by the woodman's ak.
In this work the department is re-
ceiying' valuable support and cooper
alton from the Yale, forest school
several graduates from which have
conducted parties in the field.
One of the. most. difficult problems
of the season is to: devise. means for
fastening the repro uctions of a
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A HANGING "A SOCIAL EVENT

To wit1fess all execution was a, hun
dred years ago a sort Of social amuse-
ment lin England: Byron used to go
often to see. lannon's criminals hanged.
The. wits and handles Of the day
thronged to Newgate onailanging days.
In the modern world however, pub
lie executions have become rarer and
are evidently OH their way to being
entirely abolished. Only official wit
nessesl are permitted in New York,
for. exanple,sto be, present at the swift
and secret infection of the, legal pen
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to reproduce.

Nine Gored Skirt with Front Gore
Extended to Form Yoke 4575.
Skirts made with full length front
cores that are cut in one with hip
yokes are edingly.,s becoming to
the greater number Of figures ana are
to be noted among the best designs
of the season. The 9unbroken lines of
the front give desirable effect of
height while the yoke allows of full
ness without bulk over the hips. AS
shown this one is made of noleskin
broadcloth, simply stitched with
certicelH' silk, but all cloths and chew
lots are appropriate as we'll as the
lighter weight materials. such as veil
ing, eolienne ana the like, and trim
ming Of the popular fancy braid can
be substituted for the stitching.
The skirt. is cut in nine cores, the
front one also forming the yoke, and
is laid in backward, turning plaits
that conceal all seams. The plaits
are stitched fiat to f1ounce depth; then
left free to give the fullness requisite
to grace and to style. The closing is
made by meeting the edges of the
yoke and those Of the center plaits
which can be stitched flat or thru
two thtcknesses only, giving an eff
feet of greater freedom, as may be
preferred.
yards, Al inches wide, or 4s4 yards SO inches
wide. when aterial has figure Or nap; eigh
wide. when material has neither figure nor nap
This pattern 4575, is cut in sizes for %
a, 26, 2s and 30-inch waist measure.
| In ordering pattern fill in this
coupons. 81
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and the chance is lost. A second too
soon Gas may be the case where you
think your opponent is going to lead,
when in reality he. is only feintingl
and you lay yourself open to a return
blow which you will find difficulty in
guarding. Not an instant too soon
nor an instant too late is the keynote
of every move In boxing. Above all in
In delivering the left counter to the
wind described In detail in the last
artic1e) q. little knowledge of anatomy
will stand you. in good stead. just
where the ribs diverge into sort Of
inverted 'FV'' there is a spot about
the size Of a silver dollar. directly
below the apex. of the "V." This is
important nerve center. A heavy blow
there will temporarily paralyze the
whole body. Even a moderately stiff
! blow, scientifically planted there, will
make your opponent groggy.. But a
few inches above or to either side he
is protected by an armor of sbones.' So
YOU see the necessity Of planting this
left counter In exactly the right place.
/ If you err at all, you will give more
effect to your blow if you land t-be-
low the solar plexus than above or to
one side of it.
In friendly sparring or in practicing
the various points, do not Slug when
delivering a body blow. Strike light
". but in such a way that, if you so
desire, you could throw tremendous
force into the blow. In other words.
bring the weight and strength of the
body into the blow, but do not drive
that weight and strength. home with
/ full force. If you do, you are apt
to have a knocked-out sparring part
ner or free fight on your hands.
Now for another body encounter,
Let your sparring partner lead again
for your face with his left. This time
move your head to the left to avoid
his blow, bend the left knee and lead
for his heart with your right. Raise
your left arm to a position where you
can guard any possible right-handei
for your face.
Maintain your balance" carefully
4 (until that balance becomes instinc.
/ tive) in these counters, for only per
/ feet balance can render the blows eff:
feetive. r:g
The very instant the blow land
come back at once to the first position
of guard. Whatever blows, parrie!
! or other moves You, make. at any: stage
! of boxing, always rem ember- to; come
back again at once to 'fon guard"
When your opponent leads s
straight right for your heart, knocl
| his arm outward with. your left anc
bring your right across in a straigh
lead for his face. A similar rule. ap
! plies when he leads for your s0la1
! plexus with his left In the latte
! case knock his arm outward Will
your right and send in a left lead. fol
his face. In. order to. make thes'
guards do not, of course, raise you
arm as in guarding a. blow for thu
face, but lower whichever arm yo,
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atty in the case of capital crimes It
is one more brutal and demoraliz-
ing spectacle banished. 1t is well
known, however, that in some parts
of the west and south the old custom
fingers. It is oddly exenplified in
formal Invitation to a hanging repro-
duced above. Evidently. Sheriff May
of Crenshaw county, Alabama. scat
tered his invitations about as to a
social function, and in the spirit of the
most refined politeness. The r. s.
v. p is a. nice touch. One might
have eynected tR L P"
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TIP TO-THE MINUTE
FASHIONS.
A Daily Hint Of Practical Value
to Journal Readers Of the
Fair Sex.

The fashion pictures given daily In
this department. are eIninently practi-
cal, and the garments pictured can be
patterns, which may he obtained at
tlifing cost thru The Journal. The
models are all in good style, pretty
and original in effect and not too
elaborate for the ambitious amateur
| to renrnduce.
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tisnn Of. real danger and real misery.
AS a consequence, jingoisn. and
empty Dragging are more alive than
ever s
But Polenz finds that even our ten
dency to empty Dragging is only the
enlarged and greatly developed char
acteristics which have descended from
the oak forests Of Germany and the
bog lands of. Holstein. ..
4 In many things, however, Polenz
finds us altogether admirable. OF
our tendency toward expansion he
Saws: .