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BETWEEN TWO FIRES
By MRS. c. ~ WILLIAMSON
Author of Iady Mary House," Grey"
fortunes Sport" Etc, Etc Etc.
By MRS. C.. N. WILLIAMSON
fortunes Sport" Etc, Etc. Etc.
All Rights Reserved.

ordered to go that my ears tingled,
and I should have liked to kill the
whole French police force. To hear
a little wretched policeman speak like
that to my dear, brave, big English
man, and to know that it would be
only childish of him to resist-ofl, it
was unbearab1e!
Noel only held his head rather HIGH
and pressed his lips together, and at
the door as he was going out he threw
me back one look. It said as plainly
as if he had spoken: Remember
I did, indeed, remember; but it was
not until I had driven part of the way
toward home that I entirely realized
the full meaning of those few hurried,
stolen sentences in Italian, with which
Noel had defied the law.
wasn't possible that Noel should have
But the protest of my soul could not
change the thing that was. He had
asked it, and he had said that it, meant
more than his life" He had dared
to send me on a mission to that woman
for whose sake he had flung my love
| away, and-I would go. Oh, yes, ]
would go, If it killed me. I had told
him that would do anything" and
he had taken advantage.
A kind of fury possessed me. II
| I had known that death in some ghast-
lily form awaited me in the horrible
4 house to which Noel was sending me
still 1 would have gone.
| When the first confusion Of my mind
| had passed thought very ciear1y-aa
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twelve he came to my house and did
not leave it till nearly half-past one,
as my servant can prove"
I even sprang from my chair to
ring for Agnes, and call for my hat
and gloves and order my carriage. But
IL sat down again, and deliberately
crushed the impulse. I could not yield
to it. I dared not.
It was after three when Agnes, who
had at last despaired Of inducing me
to take food, came again to the door
OF my boudoir where sat.
"Mademoiselle, the Count Ipanof IS
here" she announced.
The words reused me. ''Send him
away. I will not see hint" cried,
angrily.
"But he has sent a note, mademoi-
selle, which he begs you to read. Here
it is
Curiosity born of fear made me open
it. T yielded to it's bidding, and then
II changed my mind; as doubtless he
had foreseen. told Agnes that Count
Ipanoff should come to me in the bou-
doir.
(To be continued tomorrow
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clearly as ever had in my life
fNoeps words-"get in somehow
were in themselves warning that I
should have difficulty in getting adj
mittance to the room where the MUIR
der had been done. z
tried to think it all out, ignorant
as was Of such things. The body,
probably, would have been taken away
by the time, but perhaps the house
would be guarded by the police. If
not that-since many people lived
there and would be inconvenienced by
such eding-at all events 1t was
certain that strangers would not be
allowed to prowl morbidly at their
own sweet will about the room where
great crime had been committed.
To get in and do what Noel wanted
done without being seen in the act,
and more harm than good accom-
plished, I would have to bribe some
body very heavily. Even that might
not succeed-but 1t would surely be
the only hope; and turned my at
tention to considering my resources.
had left home at very short notice.
and had only brought with me to Paris
what ] had at Marlborough to do q
| little shopping, which would be more
i a cloak for my state of mind than a
lgenuine pleasure.
This morning had started out with
! about twenty pounds, after giving Ma
/ rion the same amount, and had
/ bought a couple Of expensive hats
some silk stockings, and some smart
Il handkerchief in the Rue de la Patx
so that now ! hadn't much NOR than
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CHAPTER XI.-COntinued.
Told by NargOt Revelstole, the Home
Secretary's Daughter.
"FOR MORE THAN LIFE"

"FOR MORE THAN LIFE"
y Suddenly a light flashed into his
eyes, and his face flushed UP to his
forehead. You are an angel Of gene
rosity," he said, in conventional tone,
tho a culver ran thru his voice. Then,
very low and quick-so quick, so unex-
pectedly that I could scarcely under
stand-he spoke in Italian. For more
than my life, go to the room of the
murder; get in somehow, and take
from the front of the stove, under the
ashes, parchment. Give it to Juli-
cite with our own hands. Every mo-
ment counts. I've no one else to ask.
or I'd cut off my hand sooner than put
it on you"
With swift, resentful movement
of suspicion the warder came close to
us. "That is forbidden! he said
sternly. I'm what language did you
speak ~
"He spoke in Italian 1 answered
hastily, looking as innocent as I could
"and he only babe me good-by We
have been very dear friends. 1T is
hard not to have a last word for our
selves alone"
THAT may be true; but it is never
theless Forbidden replied the Warder
glaring reproachfully at Noel.
must report this; and no further com.
munication can be permitted"
With this, Noel was so SHARPLY
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The telegram proved to be from
Maxine, saying that he had not recov-
cred what was lost. or learnt any,
thing concerning it. From Noel Brent
there was no word at all; and I could
not understand his silence. Not to
it was cruel-unless something had
happened to him.. I determined to
send Henri to the Elysee Palace hotel
to inquire, and did so about IL
o'clocw.
Henri was not long in doing his err
rand, tho it seemed for ever to me.
When he came, however, it was butte
tell me that which sharpened my anx-
'.Mr. James Guest Of Birmingham
Chat was the name, Of course, for
which I had directed Henri to in
$quire), had gone out after Supplng
about midnight, and had not yet re-
turned to the hotel.
The only delay Of which my poor.
affectionate old servant had been gull
ty was a short one. He had stopped
which, when he had given me his
news, he thrust into my hands with
beaming countenance.
I would have flung the paper aside
without glance when Henri's back
was turned had it not suddenly oc-
CURED to me that, II Noel Brent mad
had an accident Of any sort, it might
be reported.
When I read what had happened
how he was accused of murder, and,
while declaring his innocence, had re-
fused to state how and where he had
spent the time between midnight and
quarter to two in. the morning, my
heart went out to him in a wave OF
gratitude for his brave loyalty. Here
was man! He declined to speak the
words which would prove me a liar
ito Maxine and compromise me be-
yond repair in the eyes of my lover.
/ NY first impulse was to hasten to
1.-The chief Of police, with whom [ was
Epersonally acquainted. and say: Mon
Esieury this gentleman cannot have
lcommitted murder in the Rue de Ia
Tour between midnight and a quarter
Ito two, for at twenty minutes past
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BUYING, SELLING
AND BUILDING
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS,

Fred Schmidt and wife to Nick Watig ct al;
lots /, and 8, block 3, Village OF Loretto'
Loan and Trust Savings bank to Amelia H.
Mathaner: lots II and Is, block 2, Hobntt's ad'
Joseph Couture and wife to friedrich Mod
row; in section Is, town 119, range "a, 81. 200.
son and wife; lot 81, block 5, addition Of Brack-
EFT, Lee & Heaton, 5000.
part Of lot s, BLOCK 2, Grand Avenue addition
Jacob spurzeman to Fred sehmit; lots 1 and
e. block 3. Village Of Loretto, 1925.
section 49, town 49, range %, 1876.
L. Drake ct a. to eers = S
Luther F. Abbott and wife to Joseph F, Busch !;
lots 49, II and y, seamang s. subdivision, 81, 500;
Helen J. Hemenway to Thomas Burns; part
Of lot 2, block 4, Stillman's addition, $4,000.
John NJ. Davis to Ellen Forsberg; lots II and
John P Nash to william NJ Nash; part Of
block 2. Atwater's addition, 81 $50.
snd we ci of 1 snS Soe Sf dn
dition, $1s75.
William Ditzler and wife to Joseph Couture;
section 49, w 1l gdre u.s.
and "a, block 2 Peteler & Goodrichs addition
n. H. Emmans Realty company to Carrie
T. Moore; lot 6, block 10, Lakeview. addition
niger; east half Of lot IS, block ?, MENACE
Fifth addition, etc, $1,e7S.
Gertrude w. Mendenhau (trustee) to JOhl
Muller; lot s, Mendenhalps outlots, 5000.
Edward Savage (executor) to William @
Palmer; lot 49, block s, Excelsior addition
$500.
Adam Hannah M and wife to George n: Parker
in Sc section 49, town 11s. range e. 5000.
section 18, town 11s, range %, 81, 600.
Mabel Seamans to Agnes E. Seamans
} lot 10, Seaman's subdivision, $500.
David Dennison and wife to Mary K. Shand
; lot 5, block. i, Dunsmoor's Encouragement, $3.50
John c. Stockman ct al. to Anna L. Simons
lots 9 and 9, block 6, Highland Park addition
81, 500.
John c. stockman ct al to Anna L. simons
part lot Is, block 49, Bloomington Avenue add
: ton, ETC., $9,883.
Anna L. Simons and husband to O. Henri
: Stockman lots s and 9, block 6, Highland Par
addition, 81, 500.
Anna l.. Simons ct al. to John O. Stockman
/ undivided two-thirds of lot 6, block 80, sibe
addition, $1,450.
Anna L. Simons ct al. to G. Henry stockmar
: part Of lots 10, block s. Cobb's addition, etc
So, 60.
Richard H., Hutchinson and wife to Thoms
H. Wilson; part OF lot 80, P. G. Deming's r.
. vision 800:
Twelve minor deeds, $S43.
Total, forty-one deeds, $57,712.
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five pounds left. Marion had spent
quite as much as I had, and re-
membered laughing atfsAunt5 Clem's
slang, when she had exclaimed on the
way to Ritz's that she was cleaned
out" s
If found that I had to bribe some
policeman in charge, or even the con-
cierge, it would be worse than useless
to make a stingy bid must offer so
large an amount that even if the
bribed official were discovered and
dismissed, he would have at least what
he could have earned in his situation
in year. That might really tempt
him. The sum that suggested itself
to me was a hundred pounds. might
begin with offering less. but / would
want to have that to work UP to II
necessary. Yet how was i to get. It?
Of. course, I might apply to- lord
GaWain, but he Is such reckless man
about money, always forgetting to
take enough when he goes anywhere,
that It was doubtful II he would have
half as much to spare ina hurry; and
even if he had he would be very Gu
Erious and surprised at my asking for
| it at a moments notice. And L must
have it at a moment 'sSnotice; for Noel
had said, with a desperate look In his
eyes that every minute counted. -
There wasn't time ito telegraph
nOme-rnefe WASH {, time 40 10 aly
thing; but suddenly in the CABS ]
clapped my hands together and gave
little .cry-for the queerest idea had
darted into my head.
They knew in the hotel who Il. was
and that if said could get money al
a certain time it-4would be all right
couldn't ask them very well to lend
1t, tho, with no security at all. But
there was that diamond necklace
had found. It wouldn't be claimed
1 till tomorrow some time, even if
sent an advertisement to the papers
the first thing when i got home
which I shouldn't really take time tc
4 do; and, meanwhile, would ask the
on it. II it were real, as hoped, he
4 might do that as d ia ia &pf; and Z couft
4 get the money from home In twenty
four hours; yet il it We're not real
5lWell, pould but try&s
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tons, all Of which are straight at the
lower edges. The upper portion is left
plain at the front, but is tucked at
sides and back, while the center and
lower portions are gathered at their
upper edges. Each section is finished
with a. hem, and beneath those Of the
upper and center portions the Jennings
are made. When preferred, the tucks
at the belt can be omitted and the full
ness arranged in gathers.
The quantity Of material required for the me-
dium size is IL u yards Fl inches wide, So yards
Fl inches wide, 5M yards A inches wide, or AZ
yards 50 inches wide.
Tie pattern (4654) is cut in sizes for Z %,
a, 20, i2S and 3O.inch waist measure.
" Tn ordering pattern fill in this
coupon.
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THIS JANIToR IS INDEPENDENTLY RICH

stacks opinion, is especially inviting.
Comfort is certain for him who
chooses it, and affluence is possible.
where they dust and wash windows.
Said he:
To show the possibilities Of the trade,
let me refer to Peter Hanson. He Is a
window washer in Steinway hall. and he
holds $4,000 in stock in the building. It
is an edifying sight to see the man lay
aside his jacket and cap when there is
business for. the stockholders to transact
and enter the directors room and sit down
as one of the board. ~ sjst+ s>ass
One Of the articles Of our constitution
forbfds drunkenness. and any man who
cannot break off a habit of indulging In
liquors is suspended from the organization.
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CHAPTER XII.
Told by Juliette De Nevers.
ON THE RACK.

J.. We had looked everywhere for the
diamond necklace, Maxine and I, and
to him, poor fellow, it's loss for the
second time seemed all-imp He
did not see in red letters, always be-
fore his eyes, these two words, 'The
Treaty. as I did. He was in happy
ignorance OF that other loss which Il
flicted upon him. He was satisfied
with#1ny statement that by means Of a
person employed by me the necklace
had been recovered and given to him
as a surprise.
We searched the garden, the whole
the second time the drawing-room
where we had talked together. But
it was all in vain, and at last he left
me to retrace his steps along the way
he had come, and to make inquiries
for the cab in which he had driven
part Of the distance.
AS for me, there was no thought Of
sleep, but when I had unlocked the
door Of the boudoir, found the room
empty and the window open, and
talked with old Henri (wlo admitted
having seen the English gentleman
stealing cautiously away, there was
nothing left for me to- do save wait
in the dim hope that Noel Brent might
return with news.
Clinging to this hope, I would not
go to bed. But when o'clock came
and he had not returned. 1t seemed
that for an hour or two at least / must
give up, the idea of seeing him. I'M
dressed, therefore, and went to bed.
When l. awoke and looked hastily
at my watch, to my dismay 1t was af-
ter II o'clock. was wild with fear
lest the servants, in their well-nlean-
| ing stupidity, had sent important Wis
1 itors away, refusing to disturb me
But when Agnes came flying in an
4 swer to my violent ringing of the bell
she said that no one had been. There
were letters and a telegram. and Henri
had bought all the morning papers.
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CAUTION S
BY SAM HILL.
II.-RESPECTED

happy life. she was found breathing
her last, at her post in the summer
kitchen, the throttle of a fifty-gallon
churn clutched tightly In one hand
and the other reaching out uncon-
sciously, towards a cake of securing
soap that had dropped from her clasp.
In month the town committeeman
was wearing out the turnpike in
search of material to take her place
and he finally selected pink-cheeked
creature with good teeth and repu-
tation for carrying tub full of clothes
up two flights Of stairs, and made her
the partner Of his joys
Three days after the respected
farmer had completed the transfer by
slipping the circle Of gold over the
second joint, he discovered a bright
yellow carpet in the parlor and the
doctor had to tap an artery to relieve
| the congestion. When he was strong
enough to be out, he also found
| fresh coat of paint on the house and
she of the pink cheeks and the repu-
| tation for lifting heavy weights told
him In a loud harsh voice, that he had
not hithertofore noticed, that If he
did not like her pancakes he had best
arrange to take his breakfast at the
| nearest farmhouse, likewise, If he
did not encircle his thorax with
band Of white and secrete his shirt
| sleeves at the dinner table, there
would be very little doing for him in
the commissary department. Further
and more, she invested some $95 in
sewing machine and automatic dough
mixer, causing the farmer to absorb
SO worth Of tincture of iron to keep
his head above the waves.
When the friends of the late Mrs.
File would drop in and inventory the
improvements with protruding orbs
and tell her all about what saver
the late lamented was, she would tell
them to go back in the garden and
kill angleworms, as number one was
dead letter and that she intended to
take the heavy lead in home politics
as long as crops held good.
In less than a month the man Of
: affairs had to have his signature o.
KID. by his wife, and his hand shook
} so when he wanted to buy sack of
, peanuts, they had to take the money
out of his pockets for. him. 1t was
also observed that the house absorbed
as much paint as the .cOrncribs and
that the farmer carried water to the
: stock. ..
Caution: Don't take too many
II | chances,
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and white stitched with black corti
celli silk, and is charmingly graceful,
but is adapted to the entire range of
seasonable materials, cotton and linen
as we'll as silk and wool, and is pc
culiarly desirable for bordered goods
and the washable fabrics which it is
always we'll to cut straight at the low
ersssedge. The tucked upper portion is
fitted smoothly over the hips but al
lowed@to fall in folds below, and the
center and lower portions give grace
full lines that harmonic herewith.
The skirt consists of the three por-
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When you get to be president of the an
nual Pumpkin and Quilt Display,
county road commissioner, school, trus-
tee. town committeeman and delegate
to the annual conference, you can start
the bets at about 100 to /, that you've
got to have bunch Of live ones and
a lot of alfalfa growing, or you can't
stir the custard.
Theophilus File was all of these and
more. His corn preserve made a
smudge on the county map of some
three sections, and he held paper on
a small portion of the balance. there
fore he was SO honored and respected
that he refused to wear a collar and
always came to the table in his shirt
sleeves. no matter who was company.
His barn was coated SO thick with
sun proof paint that it took a ten
penny nail to find the wood but the
house where he kept Mrs. File looked
like the birthplace of a president and
tn efour-stopped parlor organ had to
be nailed to the wall to keep 1t from
falling into the lap of the player.
His wife. who looked like second
assistant dlshwasher, had lost her
personality SO far back in the haze
that all she could remember was to
get UP at a. m. cook breakfast for
sixteen farm hands, do likewise at II
and also the same at 8 p. m. If she
w
bed at IL, while the head of the re-
spect trust drove over to a neighbours
in the cool of the evening and beat
him out of a likely yearling.
During the day when not otherwise
engaged, she learned to feed 300
chickens, weed the garden, carry
dessert out to the raZorbacks, sepa.
rate q few dozen COWS from their milk
keep the turkeys out Of the radishes
clean up the house, mend the chill
dren's clothes and partake of a few
other pleasures of a like nature
Once In while a slave from nearby
farm would drop in and tell her how
lucky she was to be Mrs. File. This
always did her heap Of good.
When her people were hard pressed
Cor funds, Theo came came to the
front, put a plaster on their farm
which he afterwards foreclosed and tt
show them how good he really was
allowed them to plow up 1853 acre
and keep two for their own use.
At times he would forget himsel
and cut Off a foot of blue ribbon tina
he had brought home to tie on a priz
hen and give it to his wife, al
wrapped up in warning not to ex
pect 1t every time.
The strenuous life told, however
and in the thirty-second year of he
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MISUNDERSTANDING TALKER A BACHELOR

founding rapidity of speech has been
cultivated by his occupation.
He is employed in a clerical capa-
city by the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road company, and the greater part Of
his duties consist in reading pay
checks. He keeps two clerks busy
checking off the payrolls and ten
clerks equally busy making out the
checks. The work is one that requires
absolute accuracy, the slightest mis-
take meaning a loss in dollars and
cents. Since being thus employed he
has made but one slight error.
Mr.. Conway is 80 years old and un-
married.
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'Hitting the pipe" is no longer a
pastime strictly belonging to the hu-
man race. Smoking has literally
.'gone to the dogs" in Minneapolis.
Two CANNES of the city are confirmed
smokers and are more or less of a
familiar sight upon the streets.
The smoking dogs" generally at
tract attention wherever they go.
They are the property of Harry Gaber
Of the Worlds Window Cleaning cor
poration, and with their pipes between
their teeth follow their owner where
ever he goes.
Dewey the big dog, has been the
property of Gaber for over three years
He has been smoking" for about two
years and carries his pipe with all OF
the nonchalance of a tie tramper on
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TTP-To-T:H3E-M!lNUlTE
OFAsH1ONsI ].
A Daily Hint Of Practical Value
to Journal Readers Of the
Fair Sex.

The fashion pictures given daily in
this department are eminently practi-
cal, and the garments pictured can be
reproduced easily from the paper
patterns, which may be obtained at
trifling cost thru The Journal. The
models are all In good style, pretty and
original in effect and not to elaborate
for the ambitious amateur to repro
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MEN

the railroad. Ruth is younger, but
she had fallen into the smoking habit
with the feminine penchant for fol-
lowing prevalent styles no matter
what they may be.
To the credit of the dogs 1t may be
said that tobacco has never warmed
the bowls of the pipes but they take
as keen a pleasure in carrying the
dudeens as did ever a tar with the
bowl filled with clipper navy"
dewey is a born fighter, but when
carrying his pipe passes by possible
conflicts even when he must know that
victory would be easy for him. The
dogs are of the Spitz variety and in
addition to their pipe act have num-
Der of small tricks which they have
been taught.
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ordinary standard, a drop counting as
one, but as Beatrice weighs only a
pound and three-quarters they suit her
we'll. The baby is Is inches long.
The day Beatrice was born her
father wrapped the wee stranger in
blankets and carried her four miles
thru the cold to the Kings county hos
pital, where she was put in an incu-
bator. Her diet aside from an hour
ly drink of whisky, is two teaspoons
full of milk, administered at the same
time.
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PATTERN NO..
CAUTION-Be careful to give cor

CAUTION-Be careful to give cor
rect number and size of patterns
wanted. When the pattern is bust
measure you need only mark 80, 81
;36 whatever it may be. When in
waist measure, e., "a. 26, or whatever
lit may be. When misses or child s
pattern, write only the figure repre-
senting the age. It is not necessary to
write "inches" or years"
I Patterns Of this garment will be sent
postpaid on receipt Of 10 cents. Be
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He Washes Windows of a Building i'm
Which He Owns $4,000 Worth
'.'-.5t. of Stock.
New York. Sun Special Service.

Chicago, Feb. Ito the young
man who has not chosen his life
vocation, Charles /Fieldstack sug-
gests the profession of janitor.
The. adviser is president Of the
International Union Of Building En-
ployes, organized last week in Mil
waukee. No other career, he says, is
SO promising as that Of the person
in his trade and union. The field of
the office building janitor, in Field