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CHAPTER XII.
Sealed and Directed.

Unknown to Mrs. Hamilton, Dan
had told his mothers boarder that his
conduct in regard to watching her
house was subject Of annoyance. He
did not do so, however, until he saw
that Edes was determined to take his
walk each evening in that direction.
Then he told him. The man seemed
somewhat mortified, and promised
not to go If it displeased her.
IT liked to look in, it seemed SO
pleasant there" was all he said; and
he did so no more, but centered his
attention upon Perley, to whom he
seemed deeply drawn. The child was
great favorite with ALL and, if, as
Dan suspected, Edes was fascinated
by the mother, it was not to be Won
turn as usual from school,, and for
some time his mother was not
alarmed, as she supposed he had
called to see his friend Edes. Clare,
whose studies took her to a different
part of the school building, knew
nothing about him, and by 6 o'clock
Mrs. Hamilton experienced a, sudden
thrill Of fear that he had not returned.
She went to the mill at once and to
her uncle's office, but he had not seen
Perley.
Where does Mr.. Edes work, the
one who boards at Mrs. Fry's? Per-
ley may be with him.
.tEdes? Oh. he takes away from
the saw. I will go with you"
Together Mr.. Carter and his niece
wendell their way mid shrieking ma
chinery till they approached Edes, one
of a score Of men who pre-
sided over the process Of chang
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WHAT THE SOCIALISTS ARE AFTER
The Clarion

Socialists desire that the land and
all the instruments of production, dis
tribution, and exchange shall be the
property of the whole people, and shall
be used by the people, and for the peo-
pie.
This means:
1. That the land, and all the ma
chinery, TOOLS, and buildings used in
making needful things, together with
all the canals, rivers, roads, railways,
ships and trains used in moving and
distributing needful things, shall be-
long to the whole people (the nation).
2. That the land, tools. machines,
trains, rivers, shops, scales, and s,au
the other things belonging totthe peo-
pie shall be worked, managed, dis
tributed, and used by the whole people
in such way as the greater numb
of the whole people may deem best.
Socialism may be summed up in five
words as really meaning: The Coun-
try for the people.
To-day the nation owns some of
these things; under socialism the ma
ton would own all of them. :4s%
To-day the nation owns the. ships of
the navy, the forts, arsenals,: public
buildings, government factories, and
some other things.
To-day the government, for the peo-
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Copyright BY Lee, & Shepard. Boston. Mass.

well, you see there amt no dye
stuff in the room, an no signs Of
none," said Mrs. Fry, Strengthening
the room a little preparatory to leav-
ing it. DO you want to look any
more? 2"
NO. said Constance, rising from
her seat at the window as if to follow
her from the room. But as she passed
the bureau she deftly extracted from
the hair-brush the few strands that
chung there. and with them hidden in
her hand went down into the sitting
room as she thought, unobserved; but
Mrs. Fry had seen the act as she
CHANGED to glance back and wondered.
The ways of gentlefolks she had long
given up as past finding out. There
was a, difference more intangible than
| real, she thought, for she knew per-
fectly that Constance was aware OF
her opening the trunk, tho she would
not look into it herself. Could she
be infatuated with the boarder to the
extent of wishing to possess few
strands Of his hair? Well, if she was
it was too bad. To care for a man like
that! Even If her husband had de-
serted her and she chose to marry
again some time, she hoped 1t would
be some one her equal. AS she looked
at Constance with her stately, high
bred carriage and beautiful, clear-cut
features, she could only wonder at the
closed hand which she knew held the
| threads of hair.
Constance saw the last troubled
glance at her closed hand and guessed
at the cause. She might as well ex-
plain at all events, even If Mrs. Fry
had not seen her take the hair. She
accordingly held them UP before Mrs
Fry, whose face frightened at once.
II mean to send them to some per-
son who can tell me whether they are
colored or not said Constance
quietly.
ooh, that was itp'
Yes. There are people who car
| tell truly. You and can only guess
| But if they are colored, what
then?''
| 81 don't know" said Constance
! thoughtfully. and she went home with
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ing the bark-covered logs to
white. planed boards. At this
moment he was carrying one end of
long board to a pile not far away,
when he saw Constance approaching
Down went the board, to the great
other end while he stood staring
rather stupidity at the lady.
Pick it up, man" shouted Mr..
Carter above the din; and then when
he returned, at the mill-owner's or
der man from the yard took Edes'
place while Constance questioned him
about her boys whereabouts.
It was the first time she had ever
spoken to him, she thought, for ali
this wild questioning Of her heart and
of other people. But it was but for
an instant this occurred to her. for
she was not a little alarmed about
Per1ey.
II will go out and hunt him up he
said, putting on his coat that lay near
on a pile of shavings. Il saw him
this morning, not since then.
'.Oh, if he should have fallen into
the water!" cried Constance. Il will
go to see his teacher at once. Yes,
do go in search of him." she said to
the ruan. Have you any idea where
he can be-"
mo, but will find him. he said.
confidently. Il will find him.
Mr.. Carter looked at him in some
surprise. We'll. / hope you can get
him home before nightfal1. He may
be somewhere in the neighborhood
with the other children
Mrs. Hamilton herself questioned
the school teacher, inquiries were
made thru the village, but no trace OF
the little fellow could be found. Moth
ing had been seen of him since he
stood in the yard at the cluse Of
school: but one little girl professed to
have heard him say he was going
after beechnuts. With this clue a
company of men and boys at night
fall started to scour the woods with
lanterns and torches, for by this time
IL was pretty evident that there was
serious cause for alarm, many per-
sons not hesitating to say that he
might have fallen into the water
while looking from the bridge, as the
scholars often did in their passage thru
it, to and from school. Constance,
nearly frenzied by this time, sat with
tightly .clenched hands, listening for
any sound she might hear from the
direction Of the woods. Clare had
cried herself to sleep on the sofa, and
Mr. Carter walked nervously about
the yard and down to the edge Of the
woods a score of times.
To be continued to-morrou. 4
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CHAPTER x.-Continued
Light or Dark.

a small, sparsely furnished room met
her gaze, but it was neatly kept, and
Mrs. Fry surveyed it with some pride.
Them cuttings will be in the wash
tub Monday, tho faint a great while
sence I washed 'em; but will keep
neat If I don't do nothin' else. See,
here's his brush, with a few hairs
sticking to IT, and she held UP one for
the inspection of Mrs. Hamilton, who
sat spellbound, it seemed to Mrs. Fry.
What was the cause? She knew many
months later, but not then. There
amt no light color to the roots ont, -
said Mrs. Fry, striving to attract her
regard.
No, there was not. The hair showed
no indication of having been colored.
Perhaps he attends to 1t every
day. said Mrs. Hamilton, arousing
herself and shaking off the occult in
f1uences Of the room.
We'll, then, the hair dye must be
round handy. Shall look in the
trunk? The lock is broken, I see"
But Mrs. Hamilton stood looking out
the window and apparently did not
hear her, for she did not reply. But
a wave Of color swept over her face
when Mrs. Fry lifted the cover and
began to rummage the trunk without
any qualms of conscience since Mrs.
Hamilton seemed to have none.
Not a thing here that would color
a rats whiskers." she said. you
look"
ooh, no." said Constance, shrink
Ing. on are right, I presume
e well, here's one Of them marked
shirts I told you about. Amt that
III. Az"
Constance came eagerly forward and
looked at the initials put on with in
delible ink.
Eyes, you are right. The letters are
H. A. If they indicate his name it
cannot be Primus Edes.'
mot less the shirt b'1ongs to some
one else. Mebbe 1t dooz I don't
know. Some one might a-gi'n it to
Dim
Eyes. it might be-
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HERE WE GO FLYING

and combine their knowledge OF aerial
navigation that within sixty days the
world would be given flying machine
that would carry a man and pc per-
fectly dirigible. Professor Bells kite
has demonstrated that it will rise from
the ground, maintain a perfect equll1-
brium and make Roadway IN the race
of the wind. Professor Langley's
knowledge of motors and how to con-
struct machines which have the nee
essary lightness, with the greatest ab1l-
ity to develop horse power, added TO
Professor Bells knowledge of aero
planes, should bring the flying ma
chine at an early date.
It have no hesitation in saying that
with $4,000 capital I could invent a
flying machine, using Professor Bells
kites.
"Since these kites have the lifting
capacity, all that is necessary to as
motors and propellers, which will
make the kites or machines move at
the will Of the operator. Given a
motor Of sufficient horse power and
lightness, a machine will be able to
make Roadway against a twelve mile
breeze.
zone Of the most interesting phe-
nomena in the fight Of birds is their
ability to advance on rigid wings
against the wind. In the experiments
an immense aeroplane was weighted
near it's forward end by fve-pound
bag of sand. The plane was then
flown into the air as kite. The fly
ing line was released in such man
ner as to shift, the center Of the
planes gravity to a point still further
forward. When all connection with
the earth had been cut loose, the plane
advanced steadily into the face Of the
wind for some hundreds of feet. Had
propeller been in operation on the
plane those who witnessed the per-
Torrance believed the machine would
have shown very creditable flying
qualities.
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person., whether his hair was dyed or
not; for Mrs. Hamilton's attitude in
the matter puzzled him not a little.
Meanwhile, he took measures to dis
cover whether the hair she sent had
been colored.
He knew Of no specialist in such
matters, but he felt convinced that a
pfact1ced dealer in human hair might
give him points of, calculation. Ac-
cordingly he went to the large estab-
ishment of Springer &. Hollis on
Washington street, Boston, and as 1t
CHANGED was fortunate enough to see
Mr.. Hollis and state his errand to him.
There is one person in this building
on whose Judgment you may rely
Ambrose, tell Mr.. Hawkes. to step this
way.
In a moment a, quiet, gentlemanly
Individual made his way toward them
and Mr.. Hollis showed him the strands
of hair, after Introducing the detec-
tive and stating his errand.
Mr.. Hawkes. took it and disappeared
with 1t for a few moments. Wher
he handed it hack to Swan the de.
tective fancied 1t to be slightly wet.
Well2' said he, fnterrogatively.
It has never been colored. It is
the natural shade" -
Are you sure ?''
Perfectly sure
you may count on Mr.. Hawkes.
opinion as reliable" said Mr.. Hollis
rs it what you expected to learn?"
Hardly. I suspect the one who
sent it to me thought it might be col.
.ored," replied Swan.
The detective answered Mrs. Ham.
ilton's inquiries In person, and he
could see she was relieved somewhat
when she learned what Hawkes. had
said. Indeed, she told him SO. Al
his request she told him the few facts
she had learned regarding Primu.
Edes, which, however, did not ap.
pear to impress him much until the
matter of the marked shirts came up
g suspect such thingsalways did,
he said, for I never knew anything
Of the sort to count in a suspected
person. Guilty people, or those with
anything to conceal, don't give one
name and carry about articles OF
|clothing marked with contradictory
initials"
Il should think your reasoning
good, said Constance, much i'm.
pressed. Perhaps Dan Fry is righ
in thinking that some one gave him
the articles
Il will find out if I can" said the
detective. And he did to his own sat
isfaction that very day, for he learned
that Dan had asked the question al.
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mus Edes. When reprimanded by his
mother he only said:
5"Oh, I know him. I've seen him
lots, and I like him. He has made
ship for me-
''But don't know that I like to
have you with him. When did you
first see him 20
"He spoke to me when went over
to Mrs. F'ry's on an errand for you,
and now I most always run into the
mill a minute or two when I go to
school,
"But Is he a good man, Perley,'
asked she, seriously.
ooh. yes. He says I must always
mind my mother, and he hurries me
to school so I won't be late"
Incontestible proofs to Perley, but
not so to his mother, tho she could not
think wholly ill Of him. Indeed, the
time was coming when she was to
feel inexpressibly grateful to him.
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ready, and been answered to all APP
pearances truthfully. "A stranger
gave them to him." he said.
"He is a harmless person, you can
see that" said Swan, "and an ignorant
one. Dan Fry says he cannot read
nor write, but is anxious to learn. I
saw a copy that Dan wrote for him and
the fellow tried to follow. Here it
is. All capitals! He would have them
Dan said. Improves fast, you see
Down here he has put some Of the
letters together. CON. Your name,
as L live, Mrs. Hamilton! I remem-
Der you signed your letter Constance
Hamilton
YES" sau Constance, woefully
ashamed Of the miserable scrawl
which told SO much to the geen-eyed
detective.
"He is, evidently trying to learn how
to write your name first of all'' and
he looked at her hesitatingly. do you
think-may I ask
ASK what you please" she an
swered with an effort.
Then perhaps you will tell me
whether he seems to regard you with
more than ordinary interest?'
IT am afraid he does" and Mrs
having watched her house many times,
but forbore to speak of his glances
at church, tho not that he had
touched her little girls hair.
Swan smiled little, but looked
puzzled.
ri should dismiss the matter from
my thoughts if were you, madam "
he said, after a little thought. TOO
much studying over a matter is apt
to cloud it after awhile. This man
levidently has no connection with the
subject of your husbands disappear
ance. He has seen you and admired
you, that is ALL
A simple solution Of a great mys-
terry, thought Constance, if only she
could believe it. It looked plausible
after she had thought of it awhile, and
she was indignant with herself thai
she had allowed SO slight a matter to
| ruffle her, when she was already borne
down by such heavy burdens.
Swan returned to Boston, and Mrs
Hamilton was fam to take up her per-
| picked existence undiminished by a
single care, unless it was the strange
! dread she had felt that Primus Edes
| hair was really light instead of dark
in it's natural state. That she had dis
| missed. He did not come to her house
now. She never saw him except at
| church, and then he did not glance at
her. But he did at Perley, and one
Sabbath the boy surprised her by leav-
ing her side and walking off with Pri-
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a grave look on her face.
What then? Would that make her
think her husband was there in hiding,
so near her and under such strange
circumstances? No. Nothing could
make her believe it.
The man might be found to have
colored his hair, he might look like
her husband, there might be a more
subtle resemblance between them than
the external one, but she would then
be conscious of a difference indescrib-
able, intangible, which even a com
plete resem blance could not blot out.
What this mysterious something was
she could not explain any more than
the other puzzling points of the mans
personality. It was absurd toe think
for one moment that this man could
be her husband. She knew that, and
existed incontrovertible marks of diff
ference which nothing could efface.
A leopard does not change his--spots,
an Ethiopian his skin, nor a man the
color of his hair unless he dyes It, she
reasoned. If Prihnus Edes really had
dark brown hair he could not by any
possibility be her husband, nor would
he look so very much like him. AS
sured of this the strange fascination
would disappear, and with It this
haunting dread come to mar the calm
belief which had been growing that
her husband was dead, a martyr to his
duty fulfilled to an unappreciatiye
public.
Mrs. Hamilton's first act after re-
turning home and removing her wraps
was to write to Swan and send him
the three strands of hair, neatly
gummed to a paper. - So
The hair" she wrote, twas combed
from the head of a person resembling
my. husband in some respects. Do not
mistake me. I do not believe the man
to be Mr.. Hamilton, but I wish to
know that he ID not. Please submit
the hair to a specialist in such mat
ters, If such a one can besfound, and
learn whether 1t has ever been dyed ?,
ter implying 50 much but showing SO
little upon the surface, and he PROM
ised himself look at the mysterious
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national; police would be local, anl
the army and navy national

national; police would be local, and
the army and navy national.
sion of the principles, or ideas, of local
government, and Of the various cor
poration and civil services.
There is nothing in socialism to
destroy religion, and there is nothing
In 1t to destroy the home, and there
is nothing In it to foster vice.
Is But there Is something in it to kill
is something in it to shut up the gaois.
to do away with prostitution, to re-
Tduce crime and drunkenness. and
wipe out forever the sweater and the
slums, the beggars and the idle fops.
the useless fine ladies and lazy lords.
and to make it possible for sober and
happy and honorable lives. :
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pie, manages the postoffice and tele-
graphs, makes some Of the clothes and
food and arms for the army and navy,
builds some of the warships, and over
sees the church, the prisons and the
schools.
Socialists want the people to own
all the buildings, factories, lands
rivers ships, Schools, machines, and
goods, and to manage all their bust
ness and work; and to buy and sell
and make and use alI goods for them
selves. s. -.ssya LIZ,
To-day some cities make gas, and
supply gas and water to the: citizens.
Some cities, let their citizens buy their
!, gas and water from gas and water
companies.
Socialists want all5Ethe gas and
water to be supplied to the people by
their own officials, as In Glasgow and
Manchester. 5,. j1.fs 49, Us
Under socialism we sfolfld find that
some kind of work were best done To-
cally--that is, by each town or coun-
ty; and that some were best done ma
tionally is, by a body Of Off
Gals acting for the nation.
For instance, tramways would be
local, and railways rational; gas and
water would be local. and colieEies
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JUST THE RIGHT ANSWER
New York Press.

Z -. : :
9 How often have we heard this from
an acquaintance in financial distress:
Say, old man, can you let me have
"a couple of dollars. Like blame
fool came off in hurry this morn
ing and left my money on the chif-
fonier.' And how often have We
"coughed up?" The other day I heard
Sykes put it that way to Tykes and
Tykes said: Sorry. old fellow, I can't
let you have 81, b., ut can put you
in the way Of getting your money
very soon.'' you are very kind.
How?" Here is a nickel for car
fare. Go home and get your roll.'
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THE FOOD DRoPPERs.

do you know why SO many we'll
in down. town restaurant while eat
ing a noontime bite? ?" asks Victor
Smith, in the New York Press. TN
order to save their trousers. Nearly
every one who eats at a table drops
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certain business
these married people
ens s"a,Se s ssss s
sss low @
sssasE Calling ss sh sa5e to s @ sz yn
tho s
from ignoring these business relations
% se fall Ss the m sh in these matters
of the w thur @ m
anu zaeh ought freely
rude
Of hs no ppg f hn S a mahs ea
daily in this
sa
that % sem n a be 1es1s e1 @ % h a y man
@ s that that .asyss s%p
disloyal
she will not
The ts b nsr as
expenditures
sns rent and s fos
@ as long he a n es and recreaen ana ay1 m
Church charity
to
in of in
divided
the % @ sa h a ay es
division
profit q nay
there S
rom
frequently
to which ru1e oes nota .
major
mad
division for his
this Partnership be taught bust
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food into his lap, from which 1t works
off to the chair, and in low priced res
taurants walters have neither time
nor inchnat ton to clean the chairs
after each departure. No gentleman
cares to sit down in crumbs, and for
that reason the neat man elects to
stand at the lunch counter.
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A GOOD ACTOR.

Say, Gertie, II You're little brothers.
40 scaret, mebhe you'd bettor tell him
Pm only play5n the wild man OF
Rorneo"
That's all right Freddie. Hes
emily playIn' he's scared
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In the city Of Chicago primary
school attendance is about 100000,
while in the grammar grades about
10000 children attend. Half of the
children in the primary grades never
go beyond the fourth. The fifth grade
shows about $4,000 attendance, while
in the eighth grade there are but
10000 and the high schools less than
10000 and the normal schools but
$50. This shows the necessity Of do
ing the very best possible to improve
the lower grades in our public schools
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In ,twenty-seven states more than
SO per cent Of our children between
10 and "A years of age can read and
write.
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Canada is rapidly coming to the
front with her waterways, and unless
the lower lake route is improved on
this side of the line and a deep-water
way afforded, our western freight to
the seaboard in our own territory, it
will be but a few years before we
will find vast amount Of our freight
carried on the Canadian waterways
and paying toll to the Canadian gov
eminent. At least half of the interior
commerce of the United States is
transacted by boats. There are few
waterways that are not paralleled by
Ia railroad and both always thrive.
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IF you DO NOT KNOW
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
THAT

Last congress appropriated nearly
$1O,00O,0O0 for the Improvement and
care of rivers and harbors. OF all
these water routes, the 500 canal is
the most important, nearly $1,000, 900
tons Of freight pass thru it in a year.
bulk freights in and out. of Lake SUI
perior average less than one mill per
ton per mile, the cheapest transport
tation known.
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WIFE AS CHIEF
HOME FINANCIER
When Tried Usually Found Competent Manage Domestic
Fnances-Both Should Make Business Statement at End
of Month Expenses Covered Profits Should Be Shared
Working Plan Outlined in Detail.
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University; Chief Librarian Columbia University
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