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altogether hide his affection. His
eyes followed Agnes about and II she
did not notice it, there was one other
who did This was Perkins the house
keeper, who had ever been suspicious
of the young man." Not for mo-
ment did she allow him to escape her
pert scrutiny, and he was often handi-
capped in his task by her prying eyes.
He dared not make any prolonged
search, for Perkins would have had
him denounced as a thief. and he
should probably have been dismissed.
Then came a break in his attempt to
unravel the mystery. His mother was
taken seriously ill. and he hastened
home, only in time to hear her dying
message. When the funeral had con-
cluded he returned to his task leav-
ing his sister in DR.. Cartwright's care.
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CHAPTER xvIlI.-contlnued.

walt a Bit" was the impetuous
answer, there is more to come still"
He told him about the visit to the
detective, and the detectives opinion
of the matter. Then, with a little hesi-
tation in his manner, he related his
strange experience on the night of his
return; the voice which he heard tell
ing him where to look, ard the discov-
cry of the photograph in the very
place indicated Having reached this
point in his narrative he paused to
judge of the effect it had produced
upon his hearer.
Dr. Cartwright said nothing. and
Ted went on to tell how the imperfect
copy of the letter. which he had made
himself from the remains of the
original, had been completed and filled
up in another hand.
The doctor withdrew himself into
ambush, as it were. behind his spec
tacles. Then he opened his mouth
"A remarkable Co"
NO, hang it ALL" was the Interrupt
ton; don't let us have any more
condolences; I'm sick of the very
sound of the word. Call it anything
you like but that"
DIR. Cartwright shook his head. But
what else could it be? My profession
al opinion"-in quite another tone of
yoice-"is, that the sooner you hand
this room over to the housemaid the
better. Meanwhile. suppose you show
me the original document that was
burnt?"
The young man produced it from
the same secret hiding place as before
and laid it out before him without a
word. There was silence for some
moments. which was only broken by
the sound of the doctors voice, as he
repeated the words to himself, as he
succeeded in deciphering them. At
the end of five minutes he gave it up.
It's of no use puzzling my brains
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time, there is an explanation pos
sihla

time, there is an explanation pos
sible''
And that is?"
THAT in your sleep this arrange
ment suggested itself to your mind so
forcibly, that you were able to retain
the Impression on waking. and. what
sou thought you read with your out
ward eyes was, in actual fact, only
visible to those of your imagination
The young man gave an impatient
sigh. Have it your own way. or
course l can't expect you to accept my
statement as the truth"
MY dear fellow!" said the doctor.
Let us both agree to maintain our own
without seeking to disturb the other S
opinion. But. for all that, l should
like, if you have no objection. to sub
nit the origin of this discussion to
two tests, and. il you have micro
scope anywhere about the premises
and can also procure a lamp, as there
is no fire in the crate. we can pro-
ceed with the investigation at once"
Both articles were forthcoming
with very little delay.
The doctor examined the blank
spaces on the paper carefully through
the microscope. then shook his head.
There is no sign of any writing but
your own. | suppose you will stick
to your original opinion in spite of
this?"
81 do" was the answer, given most
emphatically.
Il thought you would" answered his
friend. Il suppose that now you have
told me all there is to be told?" He
rose from his chair.
keep your seat" said the young
man; II have not done with you yet.
First, give me your pledge of secrecy"
The doctor, somewhat puzzled, gave
his promise.
Now" said Ted, where is the
morning paper?"
Il left it in the other room. Do
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Miss Bertha NJ. Rush, 5435 Kincarde
street, Pittsburg Pa. Superintendent
Junior Society of Methodist Protestant
Church and leading Soprano of the
choir, writes: Words cannot describe
my thankfulness to you for Peruna. l
was a sufferer from systemic catarrh
for years and was in very much run
down condition. | was extremely ner-
vous and had the most foolish fears
over nothing. 1 was thin and ema-
ciated.
MY physician advised me to leave
this climate, but as it was not con-
venient to do so at this time. l took
the advice of friend to use a bottle
of Peruna. | took it faithfully and
when the first bottle was gone l felt
SO much better that I bought six more
and took them faithfully after which
l looked like a new woman.
81 gained in flesh, my appetite re-
turned and all my old symptoms had
disappeared. | am more than thank
full to Peruna."-Miss Bertha NJ. Rush.
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10000 Plants for Iso.

This is n remarkable offes the John
\. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse. Wis,
makes. They Will send you their big
plant and seed catalog, together with
enough seed to grow
400 fine solid Cabbages.
1000 delicious Carrots.
1000 blanching, nutty Celery.
1000 rich, buttery Lettuce.
1000 splendid Onions.
1000 rare, luscious Radishes.
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made in order to
induce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you
VIII grow no Others and
ALL FoR BUT Ice POSTAGE,
providing you Will return this notice.
and If you will send them 20c in post
age. they Will add to the above "A pack
age of the famous Berliner Caulifiower.
(W. N. VI
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CHAPTER Xxx.

Extracts from Young Mans Diary.
Il find my self-imposed task harder
and more torturing to my feelings
than ever. Heaven knows how / am
to muster strength and determination
to carry it through. AS it is. I am
torn by conflicting feelings; my reso-
luton varies a hundred times day.
| only returned to my situation two
days ago. l had fully determined in
my own mind. before doing so, that
the only way in which to remain mas
ter of myself was to put myself as
far as possible. beyond the reach of
temptation, by allowing myself to SEQ
as little of, and by holding no sort of
communication whatever with, the en-
chantress, who has made havoc of my
sternest and most justifiable resolu-
tions, and taken my heart and brain
captive.
II returned to this house full of the
resolution of keeping my plan and pur-
pose constantly before me-of remem-
bering whose son | was and whose
daughter she is. And how long did
keep faith with myself? How long
did l preserve this precious resolve
inviolate? Only until she encountered
me-quite unavoidably on my part
and. animated by some celestial sym
pathy and divine impulse, spoke to
me of my mother, pitied my
sad bereavement, wished she
could have done something, and
even went so far as to say that she
could sympathize with me, because
she was halforphaned herself!'
Poor fellow!' heard her murmur
to herself as she turned away.
Poor fellow,' What title would
she bestow upon me IL she knew the
truth--the truth, which must out
sooner or later? Villain! Spy! Be-
trayer,
But I must not allow myself to
think of this, for. if | do. am lost.
Let me employ my pen on some other
and less distracting subject.
Il have made a discovery since my
return-or. rather 1t has been made
for me. One of the first items of in
formation worthy of notice. which
received from cook, who was appar-
emily bursting with that and a sense
of her own added Importance. in hav-
ing played such a prominent part in
the affair, was Lor'! now. whatever do
you think, young man? Masters been
and made is will, which l was the
chief Witness
This was piece OF news worth
having, Why has he suddenly taken
this step? What does he anticipate?
Does he begin to fear mans vengeance
or Gods? Is he menaced by some
mortal illness. the chances of which
have before contemplated, or does
he mean to commit suicide and thus
elude the just punishment which
might await the discovery of his
crime?
ITO be continued.)
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CHAPTER XIX.
DR.. Jeremiah is Astonished.

For moment there was a dead
silence. Then the young man. still
holding the sheet of paper in his hand
dropped into the nearest chair, and the
same words fell from his lips which
he had uttered before under somewhat
similar ircumstances-"Am l going
mad?"
Not at all" was the cheerful re-
spOnse. Don't you see?' he went on,
clapping him on the back. You
dreamt it: that was all
The other raised a haggard face
toward him. But how about the writ
ing which / saw, and of which, even
Dthough it has now mysteriously disap-
peared. can recall every word"
at certainly is very strange" said
DR. Cartwright. But. at the same
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Spain Is Waking Up.

recent report from Bilbao states
that there is a very strong possibility
of the import trade in nitrate of soda
and sulphate of ammonia for agricul-
ture purposes being considerably in
creased. owing to the efforts to im-
prove the methods of cultivation in
Spain. About 1000 tons of nitrate
are used every year at Bilbao in the
production of acids and chemical
manure.
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Tired, Nervous Women.

There are thousands of them every
where. A few bottles of Peruna would
do them untold benefit. As a tonic
and nerve invigorator it has no equal.
1t builds up the nerves, 1t gives
strength to the circulation and at
once restores the appetite and diges-
ton. No feeble woman should be
without Peruna-
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5 Hyou do not receive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use of,
Pcruna, write af once 10 DR.. HART
man, giving a fail statement of your
case, and he win be pleased to gfvo
you his valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President
of the Hartman Sanifariun, CO.
IunbHs, Ohio.
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reo.,nte and Billion Dollar Grass.

The two greatest fodder plants on
earth. one good for IA tons hay and the
other so tons green fodder per acre.
Grows everywhere. so does Victoria
Rape, yielding GO.O0O lbs. sheep and
swine food per acre
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS To TIE
John a. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse.
wis. and receive in return their big
catalog and lots Of farm seed samples.
CIV. n. u
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Sitting on a rail fence and gossiping
with your neighbor, side by side. Is
plcasanter than telephoning to him a
mile away over a wire fence. The
farmers life is getting too strenuous.
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You never hear any one complain
about Defiance Starch There is
none to equal it in quality and guam
tity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now
and save your money.
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Little Tommy, aged five. was much
Interested in engines. He was watch
ing engine No. 3 one day when he ex-
claimed: What number is that? 1t
looks like thirteen without a thirt."
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An excellent opportunity for a good
printer on weekly Denver paper. with job
room. or will sell half Interest. Address
j ;. Temple. =. o. Box 1911, Denver.
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Il you don't get the biggest and
best it's your own fault. Defiance
Starch is for sale everywhere and
there is positively nothing to equal
1t in quality or quantity.
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WiaaIe.Stick LAUNDRY BLUE

Won't spill, break, freeze nor spot clothes.
Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth OF
aNy other bluing. II your grocer does not
Keep it send lOc for sample to The Laundry
Blue Co, II Michigan Street, Chicago,
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his country asked the teacher. 'IIe
gave it an extra holiday" promptly an
!v-rol the boy Mt the foot OF the class.
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Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounce,
in package, 10 cents. One-thirc
more starch FOR the same money.
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ALL ron BUT Ice POSTAGE,

Patrick says that the microscopic
plants and animals that cause disease
IRE called germs in Germany. parasites
in Paris and microbes in Ireland.
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a statute of Kosciusko is to be set up
lu Washington. In spite of the fact that
freedom shrieks when Ii sees some OF the
sculpture already bestowed the Capt.
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lie laughs best who laughs last. unlcs
he has heard the joke before.
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The most satisfactory fare Is welfare
and the toughest is warfare.
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Opportunity for Good Printer.

Lots of people come to grief by meeting
,uEble halfway.
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All creameries use butter color
Why not do as they do-use JUNE
TINT BUTTER COLOR.
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ETC permanently cured. No nts afts
Til hrst days OF Dr. Klines Great Nerve estoi
or. Send for FREE A2. 90 trial bottle and treati.e
Dn L. H. KLINE, Ltd o3i Arch S.reet. Philadelphia, ia
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a dressmaker saws that fitting dress
Is d mere matter of form.
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After people break an engagement theS
try 10 lose all the pieces.
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one pair is two. but two pears are only
one pair.
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About the time love let's up on a man
rheumatism takes fall out of him.
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Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c
Evening star., 1904-01-30
Defects in English Manners.

From the National Review.
Nine. de Stael, after year spent in Eng
land under conditions that gave her an op-
portunity of seeing all that was distinguish
ed in society. recorded her admiration for
our constitution, institutions, parties. prin-
cples, laws and bylaws, but she was re-
luctantly obliged to admit that our men had
no manners and that our social intercourse
lacked one great essential. namely CONVEX
women speak only when they have some
thing to say, and then they exhaust every
phase of the subject-and themselves The
collapse which ensues in the conversation
says the vivacious French woman does not
seem TO discompose the hostess or disturb
the company; 1t is accepted as quite natural.
The defects in our social system must re-
main characteristic of us as long as our
men remain as indifferent as they are to So
ciety-in fact, as long as they are still only
partially civilized. The French nation has
undoubtedly put women on higher plat
form than has the British and the greater
refinement of their social conception is no
less indisputably due to this fact The no.
sition of wife and mother in a French
family is legally and instinctively a more
honorable one, and the mother-in- law
though often the subject of rdicule on the
tage, enjoys an authority and considera tion
which that relationship is totally deprived
of with us. Wife beating is unknown annonp
our Gallic friends, eXcitable though thev
are; and, as every one knows at home that
pastime Is commonly indulged in by our
lower classes at the expense of IS. Cd.
fine.
Evening star., 1904-01-30
VISITORS ARE THERE.
Beach Front Hotels and Their Guests

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
ATLANTIC CITY, N j., January 90, 1904.
The weather has been pleasant here DUR
ing the past week and all the beach front
hotels are well filled for this season of the
year Visitors enjoy promenading on the
boardwalk daily and the ocean piers are
we'll patronized. Young's Pier Theater has
been provided with additional fire exits and
new asbestos curtains have been put in the
front and rear theaters.
The annual convention CT the New Jersey
State Bankers Association will be held
here on February rs and q, and several
hundred bankers will be in attendance on
that occasion. The banquet will be held at
the Hotel Chelsea on the evening of Feb
rury 20 and among the speakers will be
Secretary of the United States Treasury
Shaw former Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman j. Gage, Representative Fowler,
Representative John J. Gardiner, State Sem
ator E. S. Stokes. and others.
United States Senator Boies Penrose Of
Pennsylvania. and c. Wesley Thomas,
collector of the port of Philadelphia, spent
portion of the week at Marlborough
House.
Mrs T. Morrison of Washington is regis
tered at the Hotel Morton.
Mrs. A. \. TAYLOR and Miss A. B. Mar
shall of the national capital have apart
ments at the Hotel Majestic
William L. Boyd and Mr.. and Mrs. L. To-
briner of Washington are stopping at the
Hotel Traymore.
Among the Washingtonians located at The
Hotel Wiltshire are Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II.
Weber, Mrs. E. A. Keach. c. P. Ball, Miss
D. F. Stewart. Miss A. III. Peachally and
Mr.. and Mrs James Young.
s. A Mansel of Washington spent the
week at the Hotel ST. Charles.
William F. Lemon Mrs. w. L. Abernethy
and Miss Abernethy of the national capital
have apartments at Haddon Hall.
w. c. Skinner of Washington is recent
arrival at Kuehles Hotel.
NJ. Sheridan and M A. Walsh of Wash
ington are sojournng a the Seaside House.
Mrs. Frank Van Week of Washington is
occupying suite at Marlborough House.
J. c. Brown, Miss Savage and Mrs. II.
Savage represent the national capital at
the Rudolf.
Mr.. and Mrs A. C. Irwin of Washington
are guests at the Penhurst.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Wolfsteiner of WaEhing-
ton are making an extended visit at the
Arlington.
L. Baumgarten of Washington is a late
arrival at the Hotel Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs Ira Barker. who have been
visiting Atlantic City friends, have returned
to their home in Washington.
A number of hotels opened this week for
the coming season. The Islesworth, Young s
and the Scarborough are again eA1y for
business. The Garden will open on Feb
ruary 10. and the Revere on the 23d The
Normandie. recently purchased by A. c.
Mcclellan & Son. and the Windsor will also
be opened during February.
Evening star., 1904-01-30

necessary to make some repairs IN the
chapel under which was the tomb OF tho
Quadros family. The stone which served as
the cover to the entrance to the tomb was
lifted. Underneath, with a sword of won
derful workmanship clasped in bony nm
gers, lay the skeleton Of a man. On the
under side of the great stone and on the
made by the chisel of stonemason. The
sword was nicked and broken.
What devil Is this? cried the mason
ut must be that some one has tried to es-
cape from his tomb"
They called the sacristan. THAT must
have been somebody buried alive!' he said.
Then he lighted an enormous cigarette.
the stonemason.
"Who can know that?" replied the sacris-
tan. Long ago these things were always
happening. But wait"
Going to the altar he took candle from
the candlestick, lighted it and descended
the steps into the tomb. A few minutes
later he returned.
"The Heritor the Marquis Maria Quad
ros was the last person buried in this tomb,
he said. THE coffin is broken open. How
he must have suffered beating against those
walls with his sword-and nobody could
hear him.
who knows but it might have been a
punishment for something that he had
done?' said the stonemaSon
THAT is hardly probable. My father
often spoke of the marquis as most ex-
emplary man. His brother was a Friar OF
Ponta Delgada. and he had a daughter who
was the Sister Amelia Purificacao. An,
1 know the history.
Then the sacristan and the stonemason
placed the bones again in the niche, put the
stone door in its position and sealed the
tomb with lime.
Evening star., 1904-01-30
A ROYAL Book Lover.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Empress Catherine III of Russia was a
great reader and lover of books. One of
her services to letters in Russia was the
purchase of the libraries of Voltaire and
Diderot She warm friend and ad-
mirer of these French philosophers, and
their work interested her, because she was
ca ger to learn new theories or politics and
government. Voltaire's library of about
1000 volumes is now part of the Russian
imperial library in the Hermitage palace.
and in the hall devoted to it is Houdon'
statue of Voltaire. The story of Gather
ines purchase of Diderot's library is inter
esting. 1t is creditable to her tact and her
generosity. Diderot named f15,000 as the
price of his library. Catherine ii offered
him f16,000, and named a condition of
the bargain that her purchase should
main with Diderot until his death. Thus
Diderot, without leaving Paris, became
GATHERINGS librarian in his own library.
AS her librarian he was given yearly sal
AIRY of $1,000. One year this salary was
paid. Then Catherine wrote to her libra
rian that she could NOT nave him or her
library suffer through the negligence of a
treasurer's clerk, and that she should send
him the sum that she had set aside for
the care and increase of her library for
fifty years. At the end of that period she
would make new arrangements. \ check
for f25 900 accompanied this letter.
Evening star., 1904-01-30
BY FORCE" "

pist, she was delighting herself with very
different visions. She saw fields full of
light and flowerS-growing vineyards and
medlars, figs and oranges and the loquot-
soft, moonlight nights. when the lips of
those who love come like the leaves of the
hly-and ever the voice of Alfredo in her
dreaming came to tell her that there must
be couragei
One day her father sought her in the con-
vent parlor. This had seldom happened
since the beginning of her novitiate. He
came in his full captains uniform and by
his side hung a great sword of most Won
derful workmanship. which he swore should
be buried with him when he was translated
TO other worlds.
The Heritor the Marquis Quadros seated
himself near the grating in an arm chair,
placing his shake upon table, while his
daughter, standing, with eyes on the
ground, arms hanging Imply and hands
crossed, in an attitude of respect and fear
awaited the message o. her father.
You know that next week your novitia te
will end?'
II did not know it, my father"
''Well. 1t is so; and / have resolved that
you shall profess your final vows as soon
as possible. Everything is arranged. and
the solemnity will be worth all the splendor
OF my house. Have you any objection to
make to this?'
which / have suffered so much in our
house. / will never be a num-"
The marquis restrained his anger and re-
piled:
"Girls of your age do not know what Ia
Evening star., 1904-01-30
A. IBFR MOUTHPIECE
Imbedded in Mans Tongue for Over
Nine Weeks.
From the Brooklyn Times.

From the Brooklyn Times.
With the amber mouthpiece of a pipe,
nearly an inch and a half long, mbedded
in his tongue for over nine weeks, and Suf-
ferfng no inconvenience whatever, Joseph
LefIgey of New York consulted DR.. c. W.
Graham concerning a slight bruse on
his tongue the other day, when the stem,
nearly three-eighths of an inch in diameter,
was found imbedded in the center of the
thick part of the tongue, far back in the
mouth and completely hidden from sight.
only a slight puncture, about the size of
a pinhead, could be seen by the physician
on the first examination, and so bewildered
was the patient when the long stem was
finally removed and shown to him that his
first exclamation was: Look around in
there, Doc; ] lost the pipe, and maybe the
whole thing is laying around in there some
where"
Two months ago Lefkey was returning to
his home from the West Allis shops and
was smoking his pipe while on the rear
platform of car, when "A sudden lurch
threw him from his feet and he plunged
head foremost to the ground. He was
bruised but soon got to his feet, and spent
several minutes looking for his pipe which
he had lost.