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ed concentrated in the silent man who was
being carried with mighty pomp to the tomb
of the kings, to lie beside his father, whose
true son" now bore the crown.
/ possessed the sublime Self-COntrOl of
sovereign and did not betray how the SUI
preme sorrow for the dead cut my soul as
with Scourges
Behind the coffin / walked. At my left
walked he whose race was to follow me; at
my right the crown prince of our strong
and great neighbor, from whose hands my
brothers death had wrested the weapon
directed against u.s. And his death had
wrested something from me, too-the VIC
tory over the enemy, which would have
achieved
Thus 1 had to think as walked behind
the coffin through the black-decked capital,
over which the roar of the bells clashed like
a storm flood of death psalms.
And 1 had to think of my envy Of the
dead. / cannot sink lower than l did then
in that hour of burial; the fall from the cliff
into the abyss would have been a soft
descent to flowery meads compared with it.
OF that day of the funeral must report
that it was the first time since my royal
voyage through the ice. over the sea, sur
rounded by the laundering avalanches that
saw the beautiful woman again who had
called me-
The countess had not been at court since
then. She had accused herself of a serious
breach of duty, had begged for her imme-
date release. and had received it the same
hour. Now she stood among the populace.
close by the road, along which came the
two monarchs, the dead and the living.
held my head bent low but, as If 1 felt her
compelling presence, raised my eyes just
as the procession passed slowly by her. Our
eyes met and greeted.
On the day of the funeral the young wo-
man from whom my brother had parted dis
appeared utterly. No trace of her was ever
found, although l caused an earnest search
to be instituted. She was a great artist and
happy woman-a kings only Lowell
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we'll bending down to his face and kissing
the little red mark on his forehead. Then
she sobbed terribly-only once!
But the widowed queen was as annihi-
lated. Dumb and fearless in the presence
of all others. she lost her seff-command al
my first visit, and gave way to GRIEF ana
despair. Then / looked deeply into her
heart.
The poor one had learned to love the king
passionately. and she had been forced to
recognize that her love was hopeless;
Stranger as she had been to her HUSBAND
on the first day of their meeting, SO she
was to his last day. His love had belonged
to another. to the young actress. TINS wo,
man was the kings first and only love; anu
she, the queen. had known 1t. had deVoureo
herself in raging jealousy that was not les
Sened by the fact that she knew, too, that
the king had never seen his beloved since
the day of his marriage except on the stage
With the exception Of one single time
the day of his death.
was almost vivacious. he withdrew without
having hidden farewell to the queen, by
word or even a glance. He ordered tne
carriage and drove away into the park. IN
the neighborhood of the Doric Temple ne
stopped the equipage, told his ad5utant TO
wait there with the carriage and walked
quickly away.
He remained away an hour.
AS if he had told the queen himself, she
knew where he had been-with the beloveo
woman. He would have killed himself
there perhaps he would have died WIN
her. had such death been compatible win
the royal dignity. But most certainty Lne
woman knew. when the king left her, that
he was going to his death: as she kne"
that he had loved her alone.
Now his widow burdened herself with re-
proaches and accusations. She took on her,
self the responsibility for his death: Had
she understood how to be amiable ana
charming. she would have become prop
for the throne: and her love might have had
power enough to help her husband through
that last great conflict.
At my brothers funeral it was as II the
last hope Of the land were being borne 10
the grave. All the ideals Of the nation SEEM
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Copyright. 1908. by J. W. Muller.)

approach me, stepped by her went close to
the bed and said aloud:
"Since nobody called me to the place that
belongs to me, l have come uncalled.'
The priests ceased praying. Only the
death rattle from the bed was audible. AZ
ter l had spoken I stood still and awaited
reply. But nobody spoke. neither priest nor
minister of state. nor royal court marshal,
nor adjutants. My mother. too. remained
silent.
l could not bear the silence, bent toward
the king and cried to him:
IF life is still in you. hear me! Hear me!
/, your brother. enter on the reign after
you. And l, your successor, swear to you,
on your death bed. to rule over your land
and your people, wisely and truly, well and
justly, strong and faithful or to follow you
in the way that you have shown to me-.
My dying brother heard my oath and an
swered me. His breaking eyes opened and
looked into mine. The eyes of the dying
king said to me: You will follow me in the
way that l have shown to you"
Looking into my eyes the king died
All kneeled, only 1 remained standing.
The archbishop repeated a prayer. Some
one sobbed aloud. 1t was not my mother,
but an old lackey who had crept In unseen.
1 did not listen to the words of the priest
that implored God for grace for this king
by Gods grace l stood. gazed into the face
of the dead. listened to the sobbing of the
servant and thought: will any one weep
at your deathbed?'
The archbishop ceased. He arose from his
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UNCLE SANS MAILS.
They Can Follow a Traveller All the
Way Around the World.
From st. Nicholas.

From st. Nicholas.
The United States mails are carried ev-
erywhere. 1t would be almost a physical
impossibility for a man to hide himself in
any remote corner of the world without be-
ing discovered at last by some insignificant
agent of a worldwide service the machin-
cry Of which operates quietly and with
clcck-like regularity. If birds-eye view
Of the different railroad and steamship
lines which carry the malls could be taken
the giant spiders web thus formed would
appear woven in a pattern so intricate that
the mind would balk at the mere suggestion
of unraveling it. And besides the regular
steamship and railroad threads of this
maze would appear tens of thousands Of
cross-lines, representing pony routes, dog
and-sled tracks swift courier and runner
trails and even reindeer, whaling-sh
and canoe lines Every sort of vehicle and
beast of burden, and nearly every invention
of man for quick transportation have been
pressed into the postal service, and 1t is
possible for a letter to go around the world
under conditions SO strange that the mere
history of its journey would form a story of
thrilling interest.
If man should start from New YorI,
and travel northward to Alaska. then down
the coast to California and take ship to
Manila. and follow the lines of travel to
Hongkong, 70 singapore TO canton, TO To-
kio, to Eladivostok, to st. Petersburg, to
Vienna, to London, to South Africa, and
finally to South America, touching on the
way at several Pacific and south Atlantic
islands. and thence back to his starting
point. he could travel a distance several
times greater than the circumference of the
globe. If he ordered his mail forwarded to
him, and left correct addresses behind at
each place. the letters would dutifully fol-
low him and finally be delivered to him in
New York a few days after his own arrival
there. All that he would have to pay extra
for this remarkable journey would be dol
lar two In tolls, which would represent
the charges for forwarding exacted by some
of the countries through which it passed.
There is in the Post Office Department at
Washington the envelope of letter which
Travelled in this way 100000 miles. and an
other which came safely through a trip Of
125, 900 miles. Both are marked and stamp
ed in a way to battle any except very eX-
pert decipherer of puzzles.
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xxx.

Miss Fritz laid the kings dead son into a
cradle alongside of the narrow bed of the
mother. She decked him with linen and
laid the first spring pinks over him. The
boy had entered the world with eyes of the
color Of his fathers. And on his tiny fore
head, between both brows, he had wrin-
kle, deep and red like wound.
Judica lay in pain. uttered no moan but
prayed silently to heaven to release her
She begged that they break the news
gently to her dearest king" and to tell
him that everything was well with her,
quite well. The messenger who bore the
dispatch was to bring back the DOCTOR But
if he hurried ever so fast he could not re-
turn before the next morning
Toward midnight she closed her eyes: she
appeared to have fallen asleep Softly Miss
Fritz arose and went to Gebhardt, who was
waiting. She said!
"Judica sleeps
''Thank Cod!
Isl as not gone to sleep forever"
ooh r
Il ood sleep may mean life for her
now.
Heaven prevent it,
and suppose she awakes and feels that
she will liver
He did not end his sentence; but Miss
Fritz understood. They sat together silently
for a long while. Suddenly the woman
said:
"She has been happy
Gebhardt replied: And she will be happy
even in her death. For she dies for her
love-"
Then Gebhardt went upstairs to stand
watch.
(To be continued)
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! ing the hatch. All except Jackson and I
crowded into the three empty staterooms.
shutting the doors. Jackson and l held
a hurried consultation. Then l went on
deck and he remained I'm the companions
way. / was just in time
silver Star ahoy! came the hail.
Hello / shouted
rs all we'll aboard?''
"AllS we'll"
The patrol launch came alongside and a
man leaped aboard. He was a naval officer,
l could see. by his light duck uniform
who are your he asked.
'Bos'n and night Waterman" re-
sponded.
What was that shot for a while ago.,
he demanded. rather testify.
Why, l saw a big shark alongside and
took pop at him
The officer looked about him. rather sus-
plciously. / thought but asked no more
questions. Finally he volunteered
You forgot to hoist your boat"
/ acknowledged the oversight.
He stayed about ten minutes even en-
tered into brief conversation about things
In general. and told me that the Spaniards
were soon expected to make another sor-
tie feigned great interest
We'll. good night. bos'n," he said at
last "DonI be popping off your gun at
night unless it's necessary"
He dropped into his launch. and with a
few coughs it shot off toward the flag
ship.
jackson had heard all.
Bully. old boy" he cried. grasping my
| hand. Now let's sneak as soon's We
can
Leaving our prisoners to be released by
the stevedores ia the morning. we all
crowded into the boat and silently pulled
for the beach below Cavite. In half an
hour our keel scraped pebbles Tho seven
men. the crew of the Nova Scotiamen,
waded ashore. Jackson and with them.
Now, fellers,' said Jackson, as We
reached land. you hit the road for Camp
Dewey. Scatter among the outfits, and
the boys'll treat you well. I'm coming
ashore in a few days, and I'll see you
then
And they left us
We pulled cautiously back to the Zea-
landia, reaching her hour before dawn.
Ny watchmate met us at the gangway and
helped make the boat fast astern. The men
retired at once, while | took up my post at
the gangway An hour later the chief Off
Ger appeared.
Well, how have things gone during the
night?" he asked
Good" I replied, and meant what I said.
1t became known next day throughout the
fleet that the Nova Scotiaman had been
boarded by pirates during the night, as
the captain put 1t, and that his crew had
decamped. but no discoveries were ever
made. The naval officers had something
more serious to consider than capturing
runaway sailors, the incident soon
dropped out of notice
Jackson went ashore to join his regiment
some days later Some of the deserters
afterward joined his command, and several
We're killed in action. Later during the
campaigning. met some of them. Jackson
afterward went to South Africa where he
Boer ranks. That was the last heard Of
him.
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Largest Hailstone.
From the Hartford Courant.

From the Hartford Courant.
Undoubtedly the largest hailstone seen
during the recent storm was found by the
proprietor of a wel-known cafe a few doors
south of Mulberry street. The proprietor
was watching tn storm from his front
door and noting tt. large size of the hail
stones. He was startled by the crash OF
an enormous hailstOne about the size of
his two fists, seemingly precipitated from
the clouds upon the sidewalk just in front
Of him.
Unwilling to venture out. he feared
for his head in case Of a repetition of the
occurrence, he called his man-of-all- work
and had him go out and pick it up. For
about an hour the hailstone was exhibited
to all corners and was much commented
upon. The distressing part of the story is
that a certain practical Joker in the neigh
hood had robbed ice-chest of the hail.
stone % and thrown it down just when
and where it would do the most good. Now
the proprietor is waiting for chance ~
get even.
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The Small Gear.
From the London Chronicle.


It is curious that Nicholas ii. one of the
greatest of living monarchs. should also be
one of the smallest-from the physical
point of view; and had he carried out his
intention of visiting the king of Italy We
should have been treated to the spectacle
of a meeting between two of the shortest
sovereigns of their time. Yet the tsar,
however small and slight Of stature. has
somewhat the advantage, as regards inches
of King Victor Emanuel H. who requires
to get into the saddle, like Napoleon ILL.,
before he can be seen at his best. Like so
many men, both the tsar and the king of
Italy are more the sons of their mothers
than their fathers, so to speak, and GER
tainly there is nothing in the appearance
of Nicholas II to suggest his sonship to
Alexander III, who was almost a giant, or
of Victor Emanuel to recall the burly SOL
dier-like figure of his father and his grand,
father the rollicking, fiercely moustachioed
Re GalantuOmo.
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xviii.

And now 1t is time to speak of another
one who is lost forever-of you, Judica.
Now believe that you, too. were king 8
only love.
But you had to leave your life for me,
that 1 might know this-and not even then
to know 1t clearly and altogether. In your
grave on the high. bright mountain meadow
you had to wait long for the hour that
brought me the full knowledge.
But that hour, too, came at last.
And now l write of you in the pages of
this book In which you read yourself to
your death The adoring worshiper speaks
of his saints and martyrs as 1 will speak
and testify of you now, you sweet martyr,
once my lovely smiling child
Once more I must speak Of the time that
we spent together on the Sea-Alp in snow
and beauty.
She had been forced to become accus-
toned to seeing little of me- who was turn
ing day into night. She bore 1t In the silent
hope that her time would come.
In that autumn night. in the storm, when
the beautiful woman came to me through
terror and death to call me to the throne
of my fathers: when Gebhardt threatened
to hold me back by force; when my crea-
lures made him prisoner at my command
then, in the moment of my departure, 1
went to her where she lay i'll in bed told
her briefly of the dangerous illness of the
king and said farewell with lying tender
ness
At dawn the creatures freed the count.
He tried to follow me at once but found all
boats useless and the path chOked by the
avalanche. So he had to remain. prisoner
in prison from which there was no escape
for the time being.
Although / had commanded the servants
to keep secret all details such as the arrival
of the countess and the Imprisonment of
my adjutant, Judica discovered that the
hoe
badly frightened. insisted on getting up
and being dressed and then sent for Geb-
hardt, who tried to pacify her as well as
he could. He said that the prince had left
him behind purely for the sake of guarding
his ailing wife, and he described my trip
as perfectly SAFE He succeeded in lessen
ing her fear for me, and then he hastened
to make arrangements to keep secret all
the wild happenings Of the night That
done. he proceeded to help the men who
were laboring to clear the path.
In the night, too. they worked. by torch
light. Gebhardt was everywhere; now in
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Prospective patron-"What modern lam
guages do you teach here?"
College president go years hence)-Al
the leading ones except English"
Prospective patron-"Except English?
How is that?'
College president-"We have abandoned
the effort to keep up with It, Our stand
ard dictionaries now contain several mil
lion words-principally slang, sir; princi-
pally slang-and there is new one born
into the language every minute in the
day."-Chicago Tribune.
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Excuse.

From the Detroit Free Press.
II don't see what excuse there was for
publishing this volume of verse"
"Why. the author is thirty-second cou-
sin to James JONES'
"And who is James Jones, pray?'
ooh he's a man the two-hundredth ami
versary of whose birth or death falls some
time about now"
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The Cause.
ago Record Herald

From the Chicago Record Herald
'.What made her faint?" asked the SYM
pathetic old lady.
madame" replied the sour-faced misogy-
MIST There was a good-looking man stand
ing right behind her..
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car. 1.-TWO of them looked like men
but were not larger than boys. On.
man was slightly built. muscular win
STOPPING shoulders, light hair and !,
Roman nose. They were all rough,
dressed, and their clothes looked \,
though they had purposely rubb0a
them in the dirt. They wore haud
kerchiefs across their faces"
Earle d. Curtis, the son of PROF,
sor E. d. Curtis, principal OF the su,
nyside school, was robbed of $S5. Sal
far as known his is the largest loss Ii,
others suffering mostly from the lo,
of their watches. Many valuaba
rings were obtained and altogetbe,
there is no doubt but that $500 would
hardly cover the loss of everythin, \
taken from the passengers, and a, h
money of the company taken from Ii,
conductor.
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Highway Robbery in Portland
tContlnu q from fIrst page.l

(Continu d from first page.)
The doors upon the front platform are
always locked, and the robbers poked
their pistols through the glass and
called upon Motorman G. Nye to hold
up his hands
The demand was emphasized by a
pistol pointed at Nye's head. and
though he attempted TO start the car
again the robbers placed the revolver
TO his forehead, and he put on the
brakes bringing the car to a full stop.
The three men who boarded the car
from the front end went through
Nye's pockets. relieving him OF
gold watch and chain. 81, but omit.
ting to take IS which he also had.
Just after the three highwaymen
boarded the front platform two others
sprang upon the rear platform. Day
was one OF the first to hold up his
hands, but with no regard for his sur
render one OF the robbers fred d.
rectly into bis back
With a cry OF anguish the Injured
man fell backwards, stlll holding his
hands above his head. In a mute token
OF abject surrender 10 the robbers |
one OF them supported his falnting
form. while the other, utterly needless
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FALSE THEORIES.
lead to Worthless or Harmful Rene.
dies.

Lead TO Worthless or Harmful Rene.
dies.
Stimulating the scalp may allay the
Itching OF the dandruif. but that does
not cure the scalp. The disease won't
yield TO quinine or capslcum nor al.
cohol because II Is caused by a germ
or parasite. To cure dandruff the
germ must be destroyed. Until re.
Gently there was no hair preparation.
or dandruff cure. or hair restorer on
the market that would XIII that insid.
ious germ that dries up the scalp in
little scales called dandrun, and alb.
sorbes the vitality OF the hair, caus.
ing falling hair. and finally badness.
Newbro's HerpicIde is the only really
sclentinc preparation To cure dandruff
prevent falling hair and badness.
Sold by leading druggists. Send lOc
In stamps for samples to The Herpl.
eide Co. Detroit. Mich. Daniel J.
Fry, Special Agent. Salem.
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ing. Today word came that his injur
les had terminated fatally at an early
hour this morning. Mr.. Fitch was
one of the oounty's most highly es-
teemed citizens. He had long identi-
fed himself with the county. It's in
terests and our people. Upright,
honest. consclentious-thes qualities
endeared him to all his acquaintance.
and his friends. who are legion, will
learn with much regret and sorrow Of
his untimely and tragic death.
A. A. Fitch was a native Of Michi.
gan. and aged iS years months He
was machipist and engineer by
trade moving West at the age Of 81.
he piled his vocation in all the states
and territories west Of the Missouri
river He came to Klamath county in
1888. and built Colahan's sawmill
north OF the town Of Dairy. He after.
wards purchased IT, In June, 1894. he
was elected sheriff OF klamath county
md was reelected in 1896. He Is sur
lived by a wife and two children. who
.eside at Hlldebrand. and a brother,
:. Z. Fitch. Of Bly.--Klamath Falls
Express.
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tcar from the rear had gone half way
down the line of frightened passeng'
ers the three who had begun with
Motorman Nye had worked their way
along, and the two gangs Of highway
men met near the center of the car.
A hasty look among the passengers
convinced them that little had been
overlooked All this time one man
had stood outside the car on guard
where the passengers could not see
him. This accounts for the statement
of one or two that only Eve men held
up the car.
o. N. Bittner, who was robbed on
Milwaukee street, Immediately after
the car hold.up, met six men, who
robbed him of a small amount of
money and a watch Unless an un.
known seventh made off in the dark
ness. six men in all did the work
When the robbers were convinced
that they had missed nothing, FIVE
quietly skunk off in the darkness. The
sixth, who appeared to be the leader
Of the gang of murderous robbers
stayed on the car until. under his or.
ders, Motorman Nye had run II al.
most to full speed. Then he swung
from the steps before a hand could be
raised against him, and. still guarding
himself with the pistol, made off to
Join his companions.
Everyone of the robbers was of |
imall stature" says II. NJ. Smith, of
who was a passenger on the !
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