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CHAPTER Ix.-Continued.
The Secret of the Cave.

For some time they stood in silence,
until the sailor commenced to re-
proach himself for his rough protest.
Perhaps he had hurt her sensitive
feelings. What a brute he was, to be
sure! She was only child in ordinary
affairs, and he ought to have explained
things more lucidly and with greater
command over his temper. And all
this time Iris face was dimpling with
amusement, for she understood him SO
we'll that had he threatened to kill
her she would have laughed at him.
would you mind getting the
lamp?" he said softly, surprised to
catch her expression of saucy humor.
ooh, please may I speak?" she in
quired. IT don't want to annoy you,
but I am simply dying to talk
He had forgotten his own injunc-
ton.
Let us first examine our mine,'' he
said. IF you bring the lamp we can
have q good look at it."
Close scrutiny Of the work already
done merely confirme dthe accuracy Of
his first impressions. Whilst Iris held
the light he opened up the seam with
a fe wstrokes Of the pick. Each few
inches it broadened into a noteworthy
volcanic dyke, now yellow in it's alb
solute purity, at times a blush black
when fused with other metals. The
additional labor involved caused him
to follow. up the line Of the fault.
Suddenly the flame of the lamp began
to flicker in draught. There was an
air-passage between cave and ledge.
II am sorry" cried jerks, desisting
from further efforts, that have not
recently read one of Bret Harte's
novels, or / would speak to you in the
language of the mining camp. But in
plain Cockney, Miss Deane, we are on
to a good thing if only we can keep it,"
They came back into the external
glare. Iris was now so serious that she
forgot to extinguish the little lamp.
She stood with outstretched hand.
sssS There is a lot Of money in there
she said.
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RECEPTION GOWN FOR YOUNG GIRL.

ton for her, and at this closer range
she saw another which bore the. legend
II love you''
Somehow the two seemed to fit to-
gether very nicely. Va es
Yet a third carried the same words
ct love you!" They were still quite
coherent. She did not want to look
any further. She did not. even turn
over such of the torn pieces as has
fluttered to earth face doWnwards.
Opening the front Of her bodice she
brought to light a small gold locket;
containing miniatures Of her father
and mother. Inside this receptacle
she carefully placed the three really
material portions of the sailors let
ter. When jerks walked down the
hill again he heard her singing long
before he caught sight Of her, sedu-
Iously tending the fire.
AS he came near he perceived the
remains of his useless document. He
stopped and gathered them up, forth
with throwing them among the glow
.By the way, what were you writing
whilst had my bath 2" inquired Iris,
demurely. s.s
Some information about the mine:
On second thoughts, however, 3 sawlit
was unnecessary.
ooh, was that all = i.ss..1 9
sPractically al" /:
Then some part was impractica-
ble?'' IS 81 IS S
| He glanced .sharplysa her, but she
was merely talking at random.
We'll, you See he explained, one
can do so little without the. requisite
plant This sort of ore requires q
| crushing mill, snne1tingsfurnace,p per-
haps big tanks filled with Scyanid e aof
"And, Of course, altho you can do
wonders, you cannot provide all those
things, can your s5fs:
jerks deemed this query to he un-
answereable.
They were busy again until night
/ fell Sitting down for little while
before retiring to rest, they discussed
for the hundredth time, the probabil-
tiles Of speedy succor. This led them
4 to the topic of available supplies, and
the sailor told Iris the dispositions he
1 had made.
did you bury the box. Of books? q
she asked.
Eyes, but not in the cave. They are
4 at the foot of the cinchona over there
i why? Do you want any e? e?
IT have a Bible In my room, but
i there was a Tennyson among the
others which I glanced at in spare
4 moments.
The sailor thanked the darkness
land concealed the deep bronze OF face
and neck caused by this chance re.
/ mark. He vaguely recOllected The
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Greetings of the nlorf1inl)
A IhrIllIas Tale Of shlpwreek and Adventure.
BY LOUIS TRACY.
Copyright 1908 by Edward J. Code.

lions Of it,
mo need to quarrel about division.
There is enough for both of u.s.
quite enough. We can even spare
some for our friends"
He took so readily to this definition
of their partnership that Iris suddenly
became frigid. Then she saw the
ridiculous CLEAN of the tiny wick and
blew it out.
II mean, she said, stifhly, that if
will each be very rich
Exactly. I applied your words to
the mine alone, Of course"
A slight thing will shatter day
dream. This suffced. The sailor re-
sumed his task of burying the stores.
Poor little lamp!" he. thought.
when it came into the greater world
how soon it was snuffed out"
But Iris said to herself, What a
| silly slip that was of mine! Enough
| for both Of us, indeed! Does he expect
me to propose to him? I wonder
what the letter was about. which he
destroyed as I came back after my
me. Why did he write it? Why did
he tear it up ~
The hour drew near when jerks
climbed to the Summit rock. He
shouldered ak and rifle and set forth.
Iris heard him rustling upward thru
l Lie II CCSs olAO oOI oO1AlC WdtCl& W UOll
for tea, and, whilst bringing fresh
supply of fuel, passed the spot where
the torn scraps of paper Uttered the
sand.
She was the soul Of honor, for q
woman, but there never was a woman
yet who could take her eyes off a
written document which con-
/ fronted her. She could mol
i help seeing that one small morsel con.
tanned her own name. Tho mutilate6
i 1t had clearly read-sDear Miss
i Deane.''
$50 1t was Intended for met she
i cried, throwing down her bundle ane
dropping to her knees. She secured
i that particular slip and examined Il
earnestly. Not for worlds would she
pick up all the scraps and endeavor te
sort them. Yet they had a fascina-
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eyes. Shall we drive to Hurting
LII

Eyes. Shall we drive to Hurting
ham this afternoon"
Looked at in that way it seems to
be a, tremendous time, tho, indeed, in
some respects, it figures in my mind
like many years. That is when I am
thinking. Otherwise, when busy, the
days fly like hours.
g It must be convenient to have such
an elastic scale
Most useful. I strive to apply the
quick rate when you are grumpy.
Iris placed her arms akimbo,
planted her feet widely apart, and
surveyed jerks with an expression
that might almost be termed impu-
dent. They were great friends, these
two, now. The incipient stage of love-
making had been dropped entirely, as
ludicrously unsuited to their environ
ment.
When the urgent necessity for con-
tinuous labor no longer spurred them
to exertion during every moment of
daylight. they tackled the box Of
books and read, not volumes which
appealed to them in common, but
quaint tones in the use of which
jerks was tutor and Iris the scholar.
at became fixed principle with the
girl that she was very ignorant, and
she insisted that the sailor should
teach her. For instance, among the
BOOKS ne IOunQ a. LT6dIlSe On dSLrOn-
ony; it yielded a keen delight to both
| to identify a constellation and learn
alIssorts Of wonderful things concern-
ing it. But to work-even the simplest
problem required a knowledge of al
( zebra, and Iris had never gone be-
yond decimals. So the, stock of note
/ books, instead OF recording their ex.
periences, became covered with sym
bols showing how K plus y equaled X;
minus 100000.
AS variant, jerks introduced 6
study Of Hindustani. His method was
i Ito write a. short sentence and ex.
plain in detail It's component parts
/ With a certain awe Iris surveyed The
lintricacies Of the Urdu compound
verb, but, about her fourth lesson
she broke out into ordinations O.
i extravagant JOY. :
What on earth is the matter now? 2
i demanded her surprised, mentor.
Don't you see? she exclaimed, de
lightedly. OF course you don't! PEG
i pie who know a lot about thing
often miss its obvious points. hav,
discovered how to write KipHngese
4 All you have to do is to tell you
i story ssin Urdu, translate It Hterall.
Into English, and there you are!,,
Quite SO. Just do 1t as Kiplinl
does, and the secret laid bare. B.
the same rule you can hit upon tn.
Miltonic adjective.
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Undoubtedly marriage Is In a GER
tain sense a lottery, but, it is hazard
in which the stake is so great that a.
man who will not resolutely throw the
dice is coward or fool The .'ab-
solute whole" of earthly bliss is to be
found in happy marriage. No one
was ever so happy single, but that
millions have been a thousand times
happier double! To remain unmar-
ried for fear of risking unnecessary
sorrow Is like refusing to live, In Or
der to avoid unnecessary dangers!
Especlally-when one realizes that
nine-tenths of all marital unhappiness
Is absolutely unnecessary and mex
cusable, being the fruit of individual
unreason. and not the inevitable con-
comitant Of the relationship itself.
BY marrying we put ourselves in the
way Of enjoying life's most perfect
friendship-the love Of the opposite
sex; of securing life's most powerful
incentive to industry, sobriety, unset
f1shness-the responsibility Of a fam
lily; of enjoying life's most honeyed
of gaining life's most profound con-
solation-the care Of our old age by
the devotion of offspring.
The young people Of this age are to
be pitied because they breathe an at
| mosphere tainted with marital UNI
happiness Everywhere they see self
ish and irrational people chafing under
the bonds of marriage, simply because
! they refuse to put curb upon their
| passions On every side the squeak
ing of the hinges on the divorce court
doors fills the land with discord. That
utterly unsettling question (the very
asking Of which is a synonym Of weak
ness and deterioration) Els marriage a
failure?" fills them with skept1cism
and alarm.
| But if they are to be pitied they
are also to be blamed! For they are
old enough at a manageable age to
be able to discriminate the essential
from the fictitious obstacles to happi-
ness in this heaven-ordairfed relation
ship. They ought to be able to see
that the obstacles to happiness in mar
rage are no more essential and no
1 more numerous than the obstacles to
success in business or science or art.
| Patience, wisdom, purpose and love
in both the man and woman are prac-
tically certain to produce it.
And these same qualities In even
one (if carried up to their very high
est power) stand many good chances
of reproducing themselves in the other
during the long and educative years
seemed to be a fugitive bliss.
; Do not let calculation stif1e instinct!
It is the fatal weakness of "calcula-
tion"-that, while 1t is able to thwar1
the marrying impulse in youth, it Is
{ impotent to reanimate that impulse
Fl in maturity.
, If you do not marry when you wan
l to, you will not marry when yol
wish to.
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BLOUSE ETON 1914.

Short coats are to be noted on the
greater number Of advance models and
are exceedingly chic and attractive.
This stylish little Elton is made in
blouse style and can either be rolled
open to form reyers or closed as
shown in the small sketch. Also it
allows a choice between the drop
shoulders and the regulation arm
holes. The model Is made of tan coll
ored cheviot with revers of brown chif-
fon velvet and trimming Of brown and
white braid in which are threads of
gold. At the waist Is a, crushed belt
of velvet and the sleeves are finished
with frills Of lace.
The Elton consists Of fronts and
back, both of which are tucked Tor
their entire length. The lower edge
is slightly full and is Joined to a mar
row belt over which the crushed belt
Is arranged, the fronts being finished
free as far as the first tucks to form
the pointed revers. The sleeves are
cut in one piece each, are tucked
above the elbows, full below and are
finished with flare cuffs.
The quantity Of material required for medium
size is A yards II inches wide. 3N yards p
inches wide, or 2h yards A inches wide, with
M-yard OF velvet, 8ss yards Of braid to trim as
illustrated.
The pattern (4e74) is cut in sizes for q 80.
"a, SO, 3S and 40-inch bust measure.
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stars that globed themselves In heav-
en-" were shining clear and bright in
the vast arch above. Respondent
amidst the throng rose the Pleiades,
the neurological seven hailed by the
Greeks as an augury Of safe naviga-
ton. And the Dyakso one OF the few
remaining. savage races Of the world
share the superstition Of the people
who fashioned all the arts and most
Of the sciences.
b The Pleiades form the Dyak tutelary
genius. Some among a bloodthirsty
and vengeful horde were even then
pointing to the clustering stars that
promised quick voyage to the isle
where their kinsmen had been struck
down by a white man who rescued a
maid. Nevertheless, Grecian romance
and Dyak lore alike relegate the in
1uence Of the Pleiades to the sea.
Other stars are needed to foster en-
terprise ashore.
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In all the upper circles Of society
(measured by wealth and culture)
marriages seem to be decreasing in
number and to be postponed to a later
and later period of life.
This is a phenomenon that cha1-
1enges our investigation, for it is GER
tain to work some sort of revolution
in the social system.
The reasons for the fact are not
hard to find. Young women are able
to decline unsatisfactory offers. be-
cause their prospects Of self-support
have been enormously increased.
Young men are less ready to UNDER
take the maintenance of family. be-
cause the standards Of a good living"
are being steadily elevated and the
expenses of keeping up an establish
ment have risen with them. Both
sexes have come to desire and to de-
mand more out of life than the earn
ings Of a single sex can procure. It is
easier to be a bachelor or q spinster
than a husband or a wife, and the
mere luxuries Of the single estate are
more than twice those Of the double
one.
These considerations, and many
others like them, have made marriage
a matter Of educated calculation RAJ
Ing Is so fatal to matrlmony as cal
culation. -
Some people consider this a happy
state Of affairs; but do not. They
think It conduces to the general well
fare to have fewer marriages and to
have them contracted in deliberate
prudence, q method which believe
to be fatal to the best interests of So
ciety. People may, of course, marry
when they are too young; but the
trouble is that if they do not marry
when they are young enough they
will not marry at all. And however
reasonable it seems that calculation
marriages than impulse and instinct
at % or 20, it has never been shown
to be a fact.
Some people are proud Of not hav.
ing married until they saw their way
clearly to a good living" But some
of us are equally proud of the fac
that we fell in love like the birds, and
like them, mated with as little fea1
Of being able to find our daily crumbs
Did not the good God make us t.
love and to live? Why should W,
be afraid to do either? If I did no
believe in the right to live and low,
should pray for death, for to doub
those two pillars Of the temple o
existence is to doubt the divinity VIII
dwells within the shrine.
do not say that instinct can dis
pense with reason, but I do say tina
reason should not gag and blindfol
instinct. Love is Of the heart-an
x not the brain! You may not thin
with your heart and love with you
intellect-except in the sense that 20
may see with your ears and hear wit
s your eyes.
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manner in which the lines from
Maud" came to his lips after the ep-z
isode of the letter. Was it possible
that he had unknowingly uttered them
aloud and Iris was now silly poking
fun at him? He glowed with en-
barrassment.
1T is odd that you should mention
Tennyson," he managed to say calm
ly. "Only to-daySI was thinking Of a
favorite passage
Iris, Of course, was quite innocent
this time.
z,, "oh, t 90 ten J., me. Was It from
He gave sigh of relief. mo. Any
thing but. that" he answered.
What then?''
- Maud =
..oh, Maud. 1t is very beautiful,
but I could never imagine why the
poet gave such q, sad ending to an
idylhc love story
They too oftetend that way. More
over, .Enoch Arden is not what you
might call exhilarating.
No. Its sad. have often thought
he had the Sonata Pathetique' in his
mind when he wrote it. But the note
is mournful all thru. There IS no
promise of happiness as in Maud. = ss
Then it is my turn to ask guess
tons. Why did you hit upon that
poem among SO many q
Because it contains an exact de-
scription Of our position here. Don't
you remember how the poor fellow
Sat Often in the seward gazing gorge,
"A ship-Wrecked sailor, waiting for sail.
Tam sure Tennyson saw our island
with poetic eye, for he goes on-4-.-
| No sail from day to day. but every day
| The sunrise broken intossearlet shafts
! Among the palms and ferns and preci-
pieces 81 Il
/ The blaze upon the waters to the east
The blaze upon his island overhead; IS
| The blaze upon the waters to the west
\ Then the great stars that globed then
selves in Heaven, 80
/ The follower believing ocean. and agar
The scarlet shafts of sunrise-but M
sail. 10
She declaimed the melodious verse
with a ssubtle> skill that amazed hel
i nearer. Profoundly moved, jerks
j dared not trust himself to speak.
It read the whole poem the othe1
day, . she said, after a silence OF some
minutes .Sorrpwful as 1t is..1t com
i forted me by comparison. How diff
j ferent will be our fate to his Whel
Their ship stays by this isle'
Yet.neither of them knew that ont
IIline she had recited was more singu
lllarly applicable to their case than tina
(which they paid heed too The grea
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Iris tossed her head.

Iris tossed her head.
don't know anything about the
Miltonic adjective, but I am sure about
Kipling."
s This ended the argument. She
knitted her brows in the effort to
master the ridiculous complexities of
a language which, instead of simply
sakllng Take" or Bring compels
one to say ."Take-go'' and Take
come"
8 One problem defied solution-that
of providing raimert for Iris. The
united skill of the sailor and herself
would not induce unraVeled cordage
to supply the need Of thread. 1t was
either too weak or too knotty, and
meanwhile the girls clothes were fall
ing to pieces. jerks tried the fibers
of trees, the sinews of birds-every
possible expedient he could hit upon
and perhaps, after experiments cover
Ing some weeks, he might have sue
ceeded: But modern dress stuffs,
weakened by anilfne dyes and stiffened
with Chinese clay, permit of no such
exhaustive research. It must be re-
membered that the lady passengers
on board the Sirdar were dressed to
suit the tropics, and the hard usage
given by Iris to her scanty stock was
never contemplated by the Manchester
or Bradford looms responsible for the
durability of the material.
AS the days passed the position be-
came irksome. It even threatened
complete collapse during some critical
moment, and the two often silently
surveyed the large number Of merely
male garments in their possession. OF
course, in the matter of coats and
waistcoats there was no difficulty
whatever. Iris had long been wear
I ing those portions of the doctors uni
form. But when it came to the rest
At last, one memorable morning,
she crossed the Rubicon. jerks had
climbed, as usual, to the Summit
Rock. He came back with the ex-
citing news that he thought-he could
not be certain, but there were indica-
Etions inspiring hopefulness-that to-
wards the west of the far-off island he
could discern the smoke of a steamer.
Tho he had eyes for a faint cloud
| Of vapor at least fifty miles distant
he saw nothing of a remarkable
| change effected nearer home. Out
|wardly, Iris was attired in her wonted
manner, but il her companions mind
were not wholly monopolized by the
BLUSH haze detected on the horizon he
must have noticed the turned-up ends
of a pair OF trousers beneath the hem
OF her tattered skirt.
/ lTo be continued to-morroW.l
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WOMAN FINDS DEED WORTH $5O0O0O

Carrollton, Mo-, which lawyers as
sure her entities her to the owner
ship Of property worth over 100000.
The deed, signed by President Mon
roe, Feb. 4, 1919, and granting to
James Darden, a veteran Of the war
Of 1919, the Missouri land, is in a
perfect state of preservation.
Darden gave the deed to Mrs. Mat
terms mother. She hid it behind the
canvas seventy-five years ago and for
got it.
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ing, $4,000
Six minor permits. $780,
Total, permits, S., $40.
IF YOU Do NOT KNOW
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
THAT

!. ~ j
THAT
The Bhatgur reservoir, great artif
c1al lake In India, holds 4,65O,0O0, 900
cubic feet of water, and acts as a feed
er to the. Mira canal. It. is formed by
a masonry dam of #l03 feet high and
1920 feet long.
The largest coast light off the United
States can be seenstwenty-eight miles
in clear weather. 5s
The largest pearl fishing industry
is located at California bay. Last year
divers found nearly 30 0tons of shells
and one blue pearl weighing16 karats
was found and sold for $1,000.
It would take 50,o00,O0o layers Of
the films of soap. bubbles to make an
inch. i, 80
fs1Ss " t-7.--.y7sa
s The value of the match industry, or
rather the producta4of that industry,
has increased wonderfully in the last
ten years. It has developed from a
connpara lively moderate amount to
more than s$22O, 00O, 900 per year.
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are worn, are extremely useful and
will be as fashionable as ever this
spring. They are made to button in
front or a little to one side and have
a stock collar and deep cuffs of bands
of brown satin, with hemstitching be-
tween, or else have plain collar and
cuffs, over which are worn the finest
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CRADLE, ALTAR
AND. GRAVE
BIRTHS.

schweig, Mr.. and Mrs. E. j., 1882 Bryant ave-
nue. N, son.
Flynn. Mr.. and, Mrs Thomas. 1908. Twelfth
Bradley, Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. 2e42 Grand.
avenue, son. e. ~.
Allen; Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. so1a Nineteenth
avenue s. daughter .eseas
Lund, Mr.. and Mrs. John, 1873 Fifth avenue
NE, son. L
Logan, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick, 2so1 Fifth,
avenue. s. daughter:
nue. N, a daughter. sSf So.
Becker, Mr.. and Mrs Samuel. 1914 Dupont
avenue n. q son. $50 .5F... 3 "a. ;$s>.
Hanson Mr.: and Mrs. John, 1891 franklin
avenue, son.; - & VI = -
. Schubert, Nj. and mrs. Theodore, 1715 Frank
lin avenue s. twin boys. &.
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OF

MIN not To Venture vuU. CO
True to his promise, however he
asked that a carriage be called ITO
convey him to the polling place. st
promised would come and vote, and
I have kept my word" said the sick
man as he turned to leave the polling
place.
ertion brought on a collapses and He
fell to the ground. An ambulance
was Called but the sick man died be-
fore he reached hospital.
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UP TO THE MINUTE FASHIONS
4. Dali, Hint Of PraetiealI aue 10 the Fair Sex

easily
may e o The
80
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lot Passes Away.
New York Sun Special Service

New York Sun Special Service
Chicago, March 10.-Sick unto
death, Fred Baum, 81 years old, 5000
Emerald avenue, yesterday kept his
promise to vote for a friend and died
shortly after casting his ballot.
j. D. Riordan, candidate for the
democratic nomination for alderman
in the thirtieth ward, had received
the promise of a vote from Mr.. Baum