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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21

showed the carrels beneath the windows
to be one and all deserted by their monk
ish occupants, and he STROBE along I'M
hampered by curious eye or ear.
After all this luck he congratulated
himself ut will go hard with me if do not
either stumble on the youngling himself,
or someone who can give me news of
him.
He had no more than thought 1t, when
the sound reached him of a door closing
somewhere along the next side of the
square, followed by the clank of spurred
feet coming heavily toward him. AS they
drew nearer, the rattle of a sword also
became audible Lifting his eyebrows du-
biously, the Etheling grasped his own
weapon beneath his cloak
When the feet had brought their owner
around the corner into sight, he did not
feel tina. his motion had been mistaken
one, for the man who was advancing was
Rothsar Lodbroksson. 1t flashed through
Sehert's mind that the old cnihts forebod-
ings had not been without cause, and that
Ivarsdale was in danger of changing mas
tiers by a process much quicker than a
months siege. He stared in amaZement
when the Dane, instead of flashing out his
blade, stopped short with burst of jeer-
ing laughter.
Here is the F,ngiishman arrived, and he
looks small enough now!' he cried in his
thunderous voice. HAS 1t happened that
I am to be the hower-than who is to
fetch you I'M.
| Sebert's grasp frightened around his hilt.
Apparently the son of Lodbrok was ex-
| Meeting him! Yet even on a forlorn hope,
! he deemed it wise not to commit himself.
| He said with what haughtiness he could
muster. What Should plain traveller
want with a bower thane, Danishman? l
| stand in more need of the cellarer who
| is to provide me with meal"
.Another jeering outburst interrupted
| him Now l say nothing against it if you
declare yourself looking for sweetmeats!
! Well. | will be the cellarer, and lead you
| to Them
| II do not understand you," Sebert said
| slowly, and quite truthfully.
The Dane grinned at him. II mean that
| / will fetch you in to the one who sent
| you the summons.
| 1.-THE one who sent you the summons ~
| Certainly that sounded as though he were
! using the words to conceal name. Neither
| the E.helings patience nor his temper was
| long enough to reach below the knee. He
| made a swift gesture of throwing aside all
reserve Enough of mystery, Danishman!
| IF the message which l have received was
not sent by Fridtjof Professor, 1t was sent
| nv YOU. Be honest enough to admit it and
saw plainly what your intention is toward
me-"
"Fridtjof Professor" the Jotun Knocked,
and his fiery eyes probed the Englishman
| like knives. Now since honesty is to your
wish, I will go so far as to confess that
! the word came neither from Frode's son
| nor from me-"
] Seberts foot rang upon the ground. Say
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by no means impossible that Edmund will
fall upon the Tower during your absence"
Edmund is too busy with big game at
oxford to have that trouble about such
quarry as L, the young man said lightly,
and the Gamer is not likely to stir far
from Edmund while land is being dstribut-
ed. Then, SOLDERING, he gave the other a
grave glance over his shoulder. Even
though the errand for danger could not be
accomplished. how could l do less than un-
dertake it? Did not the boy go through
some risk for me when he BETRAYED his
own countryman to get me out of a hard
place? Had they guessed his treason
they would have torn him in pieces l owe
! him debt which it concerns my honor to
pay 1t lies not on your shoulders, how
ever his gravity gave way to his CAV
snile-'1f it is more pleasant for YOU not
To enter lie city, you may ride back to
! the hosiery We passed, and await me in
its shelter
The old cnihts courage was too well an
proved to require any defense. Contentine,
himself with an indignant grunt he refined
back to his place at the head of the dozen
armed servants who formed the Etbelinp.s
safeguard, and the young lord gaIloped on
between the bare fields, hummng absent
ly under his breath.
Poor bantlingi' he was thinking COM
passionately. Il shall be right glad tn
get sight of him again. l hope he will not
betray himself in his joy when he sees me-
Anything like showing that one Is fond
of him is apt to turn him little SOFT
None of these undercurrents was visible
in his face, however, when, having left
his escort in one OF the outer courts. he
stood at last in the parlor Of the Abbey
guest house.
Il am traveller. reverend brother, jour-
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blunders her laughter rang out in fairy mu
sic, which was sweetly echoed by her
maids; but the men appeared to see moth
ing but her beauty she poised herself
lightly before them like some shining azure
bird on tiptoe for flight. Sebert paid her
the tribute of quickly drawn breath, even
as he took his eyes from her to scan the
butterfly RACES who ran to and fro, recov-
ering the gilded rings. Yellow hair and red
hair and brown hair curled on their gaudy
shoulders, but no black. In all the picture
there was but one figure crowned with
such raven locks as had distinguished
Fridtjof the Bold, and that figure belonged
to girl standing directly opposite by the
messy curb of the old well, which, guarded
by a circle of carefully tended trees, rose
like an altar in the center of the Enclosure.
-Four of the red-cloaked Danish mobiles
stood about her-and one of them wore
golden crclet upon the gold of his hair
but the Etheling's eyes passed them almost
unheedingly to dwell upon the black hessed
maiden.
Something about her. while it was en-
tirely strange was yet SO absurdly familiar.
She was some very high-born lady, there
could be no doubt of that, for the delicate
fabric of her trailing kirtle was Powered
with gold. and gold and coral were twined
in the duSky SoftneSS of her hair and hung
around her neck in a costly chain, which
the king was lingering idly as he talked
with her. Now she looked up to answer
the testing words, and the man in the pas
sage saw her smile and shake back her
so familiar
Rothgar's gloating eyes detected light
breaking in his victims face, incredulity,
amazement CONSERVATION; and he began to
jeer under his breath "A great joy is this
that you see your Fridtjof again, Why do
you not go in boldly and rescue him? Goes
he not look to be in need of your help?
To stiie his laughter he muffled his head
in his cloak and leaned, shaking, against
the wall.
Flushing a deeper and deeper red, the
Lord of Ivarsdale stared at the smiling
maiden. Just So a hundred times. she had
lifted her sparkling face toward him. and
he-fool that he was!-wllere had been his
eyes? Perhaps it is not strange that after
the surprise had faded from his look the
first feeling to show was bitterest NORTH
cation. Turning he forced a laugh between
his teeth.
81 do not deny you the right to be
amused. You speak truly that she needs
no help from me. 1 will hinder you no
longer"
Rothgar leaped forward to bar the pas
sage and the mantle that fell from his
face showed no laughter of mouth or eyes.
II have not as yet spoken harm, but 1T IS
not sure that do not mean it," he said. IF
you take 1t in this manner to see how you
have been tricked you may suppose how
well like it to remember the lies she fed
to me- who would have staked my life upon
her truthfulness. 1t Is not allowed me to
take revenge on her for her treachery, but ]
think need not spare you, as you got the
profit Of her falseness."
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DO not yet celebrate Thanksgiving day az
a people, though a few individuals may do
so. You must remember that most OF them
are very poor and ignorant. They have
not been In this country long, and they
know little about America or American IN
sututfons Many of them, too, being help
less pedd'ers. are shaken down by police
grafters in various cities: and so they do
not realize the real excellence of American
law and the American system Of goveryA
ment.
Beginning to Understand.
But it will come In time Already they
are beginning to understand. in some cases.
what the day means; and the children are
being educated In the schools In a few
years the Syrians Will rejoice on Thanks.
giving day much as anybody They al.
ready value American citizenship; and all
OF item become naturaiized at the earliest
possible moment"
At present most Of the Syrians, Armeni-
ans and Greek Catholics in America cele-
brate tier own national and religious fes-
rivals rather than those of the people
But this Is habit that wears itself out
rapidly. and their priests encourage them
to become Americanized
Il teach Them said a priest of the Greek
Orthodox Church. Ito come to church in
the morning to give thanks to God, I'm the
tue American way, and then to go and
enjoy themselves for the rest of the day as
the custom OF the country appoints / tell
them 1t is their duty to become good Amer
leans and give thanks for the benefits which,
they ENJOY In this great and free country"
That is the attitude of most of the min
listers of foreign churches i'm American
cities and II has much to do with the
speedy assimilation of the Thanksgiving
spirit by The hundreds of thousands Of new
Americans who flock TO our shores every
year.
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SUN AS HEALTH RESORT.
Sol Not Molten Sphere, but Shin
ing Sanatorium.

Lug 0dudIOAAuAs
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The western astronomer who announces
that the sun is not a molten mass, but, on
the contrary, delightful place to inhabit,
will receive more respectful attention than
would have been possible ten years ago.
That the sun Is the source of practically al
the light and heat we receive is undoubted.
but the nature of these two forces is not
only mystery to us, but the theories
which have from time to time been adj
vanced concerning them have been found
untenable. Although we have immeasura-
bly, increased our knowledge concerning the
universes and some Of it's laws in the last
four centuries, we are not much nearer any
appreciation of the causes underlying them.
The ignorant talk glibly about the Sub
tie ether" gravitation. light heat and cleo
tricity, but the wisest admit that mighty
little can be positively asserted about any
of them aside from observed phenomena.
No reasonable explanation has ever been
given that explains the law Of gravitation
which alone of all these in the universe
seems to work exactly the same at all
times and under all conditions. No one can
explain how the rays of the sun pass
through the friged space for ninety millions
of miles and yield us the warmth and
light without which life is impossible.
Very plausible theories have been advanc-
ed to explain how the sun maintains it's
volume Of heat in spite of the constant
loss through emanation, but they are the
cries only.
The atomic theory was used for decades
to explain many things, but since that has
been destroyed or made doubtful through
the discoveries attendant upon the Hert-
Zian waves and the emanation Of ions,
scientists are at sea where once they felt
secure. Radium exhibits phenomena that
are thus far ineXpHcable and it is proba-
BILE that the western astronomer has ar
ranged his theory of an inhabitabe sun
largely because of these recent discoveries
which have done much more to destroy
former views than to construct new ones.
He thinks that the sun is the great dynamo
OF our system, and that heat and light are
mere effects of electricity locally mani
tested when in contact with matter. This
sounds we'll, but 1t means little. 1t does
not dispose of the difficulties attendant
upon the theory afforded by other known
conditions.
What can be said is that no one with any
Intelligence will at once categorically dis
pute the theory. That period has gone by.
What is demanded is that he who pro-
pounds this or any other hypothesis shall
back it up with reasonable proof of
scientific nature. We are unlearning MANY
things just now and are preparing to learn
new ones. and we must all approach any
subject with an open mind devoid of
prejudice. The sun may or may not be
inhabitable. 1t is going to be difficult to
establish either proposition.
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neying from London to Worcester" he
said with grave courtesy to the gaunt
black-robed monk who admitted him.
And my errand hither is to ask refresh
nent for myself and my men, as we have
been in the saddle since cockcrow.'
THE brother whose duty it is to attend
upon travellers Is at this hour In the chap
ter house, with the rest of the household"
the monk made answer. when he comes
forth. | will acquaint him with your needs.
Until then, bide here. and 1 will bring you
a morsel to stay your stomach"
Sebert smiled his satisfaction as the SAN
dals battered away. he had foreseen this
interval of waiting-indeed, he had timed
his arrival to gain it-and it was his design
to put it to good use. While he swallowed
what he wanted of the waters and wine
which were brought him, he took measure
| of the reverend servitor, with the result
| that, as he set down the goblet. he ven
| tured a question.
From the numbers and heaps of attend e.
ants / saw in the outer courts, holy broth
| er, 1t appears that this season of peace has
| in way lessened the tax on your gener-
| osity. Is rumor right in declaring the
| Danish king to be one of the guests or
your bounty?'
! Either it was the agreeable presence of
the young noble when relaxed the Bene-
| defines austerity, or else the fact that
| Sebert had left his wine in his cup. The
| holy man answered with unwonted reafii-
| ness.
"Rumor, which is the mother of lies has
| given birth 10 one truth, noble stranger
| The king whom Christening providence
| has set over the northern half of the is
| land has been our guest for the space of
| four weeks-together with the gold-bough hit
| English woman who is known as his Dam
| ish wife" The monks watery ewes were
| rolled upward in pious disapproval, before
| he turned them earthward with sigh of
resignation. Nevertheless it is the will
| of heaven-and he is very open-handed with
| lands and gold when his meals please
him. He cast a thirsty glance toward
| the half-filled goblet which Sebert was
| absently lingering. IF you have eager
| ness for a sight of him, you have but ia
| walk through the galleries until you come
| to the garden in which he is fleeing his
time with his women
| Now ] think 1 should like to take a lool,
| at him while | am waiting" the EtheIinp.
assented, rising gravely Should Ed
mund be the first to pay the debt of ma
ture which God avert! the Dane will,
become my king also. Is 1t this door tha :
| commands the cloister?"
| 1.-The door your left the monk cor
rected; and shuffled away lest some envious
chance should snatch the cup from him he.
! fore his thirsty throat could close on the
| sweet remnant.
/ At the moment That he was making sura
| of his booty in the safe darkness Of n
| passage, the Lord of Ivarsdale was pursu-
| ing his object along the chill Enclosure of
| the gallery. The November sunlight that
unsoftened by any filter Of rich-tinted
glass. fell coldly upon the worn stone.
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UNDERGROUND LONDON.
How Its Five Hundred Miles of Sewera
Are Managed.
From Tit Bits

FROM Tit Bits
The average Londoner is possibly un.
aware that nearly 500 miles of sewers are
situated beneath his feet and this includes
only the large sewers, several of them so
large that number of boats could float
down them abreast. And some idea of
the enormous cost of draining London may
be gathered from the fact that the drain-
age works and machinery alone cost fS..
100000 sterling.
The three main sewers in the metropolis
run from Fleet street to Hamstead from
Blackfriars to Abbey Mills, and from Har-
row to Old Ford. Connected with these
are multitude of smaller sewers measure
ing about twelve feet In diameter, which
make London one of the best-drained cities
in the world.
A thousand men are employed all the
year round not even excepting Sundays.
in keeping London properly drained and
the stupendous total of 1.000.0Oo,oo0 tons
of sewage is chemically treated every
twelve months and taken away in sludge
vessels to the North sea. 1t might be
supposed that the occupation is an I'M
healthy one for the men engaged, but this
is not So as the sewage is treated with
protophosphate of iron and lime water.
which clarifies it as it passes to the great
reservoirs, ready to be taken away.
During wet summer like the present
tHe pumping machinery winch draws away
the rain water might be expected to be
very heavily taxed, and the sewers also;
but beside there being a number of storm
channels, which are only utilized when the
volume of waters in the main sewers Is abb
normal. the pumping machinery at Abbey
Mills alone is capable of lifting 49,, ooO, 900
gallons of water to a height of forty feet
every day. which, in other words, implies
that London could never ne destroyed by
floods
AT Barking, where the sludge Is dealt
with, there are fourteen sewers, measur-
ing thirty feet across-that is to say,
a small tuGboat to pass Gown. Here the
sludge, after being chemically treated,
has to go through enormous iron cages,
resembling gigantic colanders, which keep
back solid objects such as pieces of wood.
old boots and forth, while not infre-
quently valuable articles of jewelry are
found wedged between the bars of a cage.
The vessels used to convey the sludge
to the North sea are not by any means
gagged in the work. They are luXuriousy
fitted with coy apartments for the men
and lighted throughout by electricity.
Each barge carries 1850 tons of Sludge,
and when fifty miles from the coast the
cargo is distributed over an area of sew
eral miles.
Connected with the sewer under Ludgate
Hill is the old Roman subterranean bath,
which is the Oldest structure in London
and must have been in existence long be-
fore a single brick of the present city
laid At one time it was approached by
subway but this has long since disappear
ed though the bath, which measures some
fourteen feet to sixteen feet across, still
remains.
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CHAPTER XXI.
With the Jotun as Cham berlain.

All dooTways
Before going forward,
should be looked to:
For difficult IL is to know
Where foes may sit
Within dwelling.
-UAVAMAL
"Once more, Lord Sebert, be exhorted to
turn back" Old Morcard spurred forward
20 offer u last remonstrance as the city
gates yawned before them. Even If the
message be genuine. you are putting your
life in peril. If men speak rightly, Glou-
cester town is no better than a camp of
carousing Danes. Is it likely that they
care enough about this peace to stick at
so small a thing as man-slayingY
The EtEeling replied without slacEening
his pace: Il do not think they are liable
TO modest a peaceful traveller. | Will take
care that l upheave no strife, and | VIII
make all my inquiries of the monks"
Go a little more slowly, lord, and con-
slider the other side of it," the old cniht
entreated. Suppose the message is false
the black tress around it proves nothing.
Suppose the son of Lodbrok has spread a
net for your
Then should l keep on my way still
more Justify" the Lord of Ivarsdale an
swered, FOR his making use of the boy $
name to entice me would show that he had
discovered our friendship, in which case
the youngling would be suffering from his
anger.
The old man plucked violently at his
beard as the walls doomed clearer before
them. Lord, you have already gone
through some risk in leaving home. It is
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Joy.

Written for The Evening star by Charles w. Ste
And what hope and faith and love, to still
The doubts that throw a sadness Ger the soul
If cleareyed joy came not to whole,
We seek for life and find 1t hard. fulfill.
The laws Of duty, do and dream what WILL
Yet death to all ambition is the dole
That nature rings, and constant troubles roll
Their bitter waters with unnerving chill.
To- it's a simple boon TO ask, this key
That must unlock the meaning Of our fate
A gentle justice and kindly ruth.
They who the blessed way woull plainly see,
WHO labor on for others lone and late,
Crave but to understand and know the truth.
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A Wise Precaution,

From the Chicago Post.
II wish you'd give me the address of your
tailor
I'll do better than that. I'll introduce
you to him.
For heavens sake don't do that, old
man. There's no use spelling my credit
right at the jump.
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Contentment.

From Life.
| envy not the famous
OF any time or land:
Horatius may have held the bridge,
I've held Myrtilla's hand.
Though Shakespeare may have written plays
And Snnnets not few;
Yet to Myrtila have penued
A joyous billet-doux.
Drake may have circled round the globe,
And though that pleased his taste
Suffice for me to have my
Around Myrtillas waist.
Though Sherman may have had a march
From Georgia to the sea,
A wedding march right up the aisle
Is good enough for me.
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progressive and enlightened of all Mos
lem states-the only MOslem state, In
fact. which is going ahead as Japan went
ahead, instead of falling into decay.
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Melted Out Punishment,

He spent the rest of the afternoon hear
ing both sides fully, and then gave judg-
ment. 1t was a bad day for the officers of
that regiment. They were proved to have
Systematically robbed and maltreated their
men. Habibullah ordered that the colonel
The daily tribune., 1903-11-06
New Chief Justice.

Judge William H. Gabbert will
become chief Justice of Colorado on
January /, serving for three years OF
until the expiration of his term on the
supreme bench John Campbell, who
was elected to succeed himself on the
bench Tuesday is the presen. chief
Justice. though his reelection does
not carry with it the honor of the
chief justiceship.
The constitution provides that there
shall be new chief justice every
three years, the order Of seniority of
the judges being the basis:
Mr.. Gabbert is now the senior
bench six years, and Campbell was
there six years before he became chief
Justice. The next chief justice after
Mr.. Gabbert will he Justice Steele,
then Judge Campbell again. and after
that the successor of Judge Gabbert
who will be chosen three years hence.
Attorneys who have had cases be-
fore the supreme court during the past
six years agree that Judge Gabbert is
jurist Of ability and exoellent legal
Judgment. AS general rule lis
accession to the place Of presiding
judge Of the tribunal will be received
with favor.
Judge Campbell will take the oath
of office for q second term the second
Tuesday in January, when Judge
Gabbert is formally inducted into the
chief jnstioeship. Denver Post.