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CHAPTER XXVI.
GRAFTON WINS AND LOSES.

GRAFTON WINS AND LOSES.
n S the three men and the
~ servants left the room,
with an expression Of re-
lief so great that she could
not describe 1t, Anne sank down In
the chair by the table. She thought
her lover extricated at last from his
precarious position. Her emotions
during the last few moments, when she
feared that the marquis would dis
cover his presence, and then when de
Vitre had so nobly interfered in his
behalf, had been almost more than
she could bear. She forgot for the
moment that the marquis had not gone
with the others. She had not remarked
his suspicious silence, his strange
movement, in the excitement Of the
passing moments.
Now, Modemoiselle de Rohan," he
said harshly, "since this play has been
played out and the actors in the little
comedy have departed, will you be
good enough to explain the situation? /?
Will you tell me who 1t was that wore
.Josette's cloak; who listened in the
armory; whom you have entertained
in this room, whom you conceal in
your chamber"
What mean you, monsieur" she
faltered, all her terror coming. back
again. Monsieur de Wire"
"De Vit-e is a fool" exclaimed the
marquis angrily, "and yet admire the
man. He took it all upon himself like
gallant gentleman"
Monsieur de Vitre told nothing but
the truth. monsieur"
Quite 3d." answered the marquis,
with difficulty restraining himself. He
was in deadly earnest, with the sup
pressed fury Of his most dangerous
moment. Quite so. I have no doubt
he told the truth. 1t spoke in his eyes.
But did he tell it all? You answer not.
But what need? Did Monsieur de
Vitre leave this hat on the table? I
have seen hats like that, mademoiselle,
but upon English heads"
Monsieur" stammered the girl.
mo more faltering!" continued the
marquis, pacing back and forth before
her. "He is here. A lover in your
room, an Englishman, and you have
betrayed me- betrayed -your-honerj
you-" he used harsh word from
the camDs "Stand asidei"
He laid his hand roughly on her
arm. She struggled to bar the way,
moaning family. The door was thrown
open, the hangings dashed apart, and
Grafton, sword in hand, sprang into
the room. At last!
Monsieur lie Marquis!" he cried.
release mademoiselle! BY heaven,
no man lays hand upon her when l
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until We look into this. Come hither,
woman!" he cried to the affrighted
maid. Know you aught Of this?"
The girl was almost paralyzed with
terror as she slowly stumbled nearer
him. AS for Anne, she sank back in
her chair as If stricken. Was Grafton
about to be discovered, then? For
tunately, no one noticed her at the
time.
Josette stopped before her master,
white with fear, dumb with apprehen-
sion.
Answer mel" cried the marquis.
Speak! Ha! what is this?" he ex-
claimed, stepping across the room and
picking up the cloak from a chair
where Grafton had thrown it. WAS
this it,"
81 Judge so, Monsieur lie Marquis" +"
answered Basile.
Speak, woman!" thundered the old
man. Whose cloak is this?"
mine sir" faltered the girl.
"And who wore 1t tonight"
T-I did myself, sir"
Were you in the armory listening?"
"I-yes-sir. Oh. mon Dieu, mon
Dieu!"
She sank on her knees on the floor,
covered her face with her hands, and
burst into tears.
"win Monsieur lie Marquis pardon
me?" said Basile insistently. "The
person, a man, perhaps, was seen with
Madame Josette."
"Ah, SOL" cried the marquis, turning
fercely to the PROSTATE woman. "You
have lied to me, them"
"Yes, monsieur" she sobbed.
WHO was it? Speak, you fool"
But the girl only shook her head and
sobbed and walled at his feet The
marquis could get nothing further from
her.
Curse these women!" he exclaimed
in deep disgust. Where did they 60
Basile?"
"They came up this stair, monsieur.
Have you men outside the door?
0B, MOuSlcuT lc
bid them search every chamber in
this corridor. Now, Mademoiselle
Anne" he said, turning to the countess
perhaps you can help us. Know you
aught of this strange visitor? Has
anyone been here"
Anne's tongue clave to the roof OF
her mouth, her knees trembled beneath
her, her heart stopped its breathing In
terror, but she could not lie, even to
save her lover. She looked at the
marquis in silence.
There Is no one in the other rooms
Monsieur lie Marquis" said the steward
as the men reported to him.
"Ha! He must be here. then. Anne
tell newly are you silent? What
Is It child?" her grandfather bent over
her. Speak! will have an answer!
Did any one come here? Is there any
one here now? BY heaven, these
women exasperate me beyond endur-
ance! tJean-Renaud, you were here
when l came in. How long had you
been here?
But a few moments, Monsieur lie
Marquis"
Did any one come in while you
were here?"
mo, monsieur"
You have b~en- o faithful servant
for so years, you would not lie to me.
I ask you again, did anyone come while
you were here?"
mo. monsieur"
"Your pardon, de Chabot," inter
rupted the Comte de Kersaint, "let
me ask another question. Jean-Re-
maud, was there any one here besides
mademoiselle and her maid when you
came in?"
The Breton looked stubbornly at the
sailor.
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time came to know Mrs. CHADWICK IN
business way. 1t was something over
year ago that I learned that w. s.
Fay and Henry Wurst, Of Elyria, had
had some dealings with Mrs. Chad
wick. They were known as shrewd
business men. began to inquire, for
as a business man l wanted to exert
every effort to turn an honest dollar.
guess my inquiries reached the ears
Of Mrs. Chadwick. At any rate, she
came to Oberlin, and it was there the
thing began. began looking for legi-
innate business. Mrs Chadwick? Well,
you must Judge for yourself. A Sec
ond interview and made a small loan.
1t was promptly met. In addition we
secured considerable splendid business.
Frem thereon the story leads into a
maze, the end Of which wish to God
could now see."
Moaning aloud and stopping to mop
the sweat from his brow the counten-
ance of the banker suddenly lighted
up. Man, do. you think that woman
may have executed the name of An
drew Carnegie upon these notes? She
may have done so, but II so she is
gifted with far more than ordinary
cunning. How could we suspect any
thing wrong. She would sign state
ments almost without reading them.
And through 1t all she appeared almost
like a child.
II remember one statement she sign
ed particularly. 1t was a statement to
the effect that no person had any
claim upon the securities she claimed
to possess. We wanted written
statement.
"'Anything to make you perfectly
assured she said as she signed the
paper"
New York, December 5.-Dr. Leroy
s. Chadwick, has cabled a lawyer In
New York telling him to call upon him
for any settlement that may be needed
for the pressing claims against his
wife.
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LIVING UP TO CHRISTIANITY.

TO BE CONTINUED.
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SS- How often one hears the express
sion "She just got married because she
wanted to have Mrs. put on her tomb
stone" Now, this seems a very nat
ural statement to the average listener
but as a matter Of fact there are few
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Down With
THE DISPENSARY
Baptist Convention DenounceS
State Whisky Business.
THE BRICE BILL Is ENDORSED

State Of South Carolina Was Deeeiv.
cd Into the Liquor Business and the
People Must Now Fight For Their
civilization-God Fearing Citizens
Urged to Persevere In Their Efforts
Until the Last bispensary Has Been
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KINDNESS FOR HooDLyMs.
How the Children of the New York
Slums Are Looked After by
Settlement Workers. q ~

The reform Of youthful hoodlums b,
| other means than through the club O
the policeman and the reformatory ha,
been undertaken by two New York or
ganizations recently. To Transform
such youths into orderly young men i.
the work which the West Side Neighbor
hood house and the East Side house arr
now attempting. reports the Sun of re.
cent date s-<s.S< a-ssflsiii i,3e's 81
The workers in these settlements are
Rgenerally men of tact and personal pop
ularity. They investigate the gang
spirit thoroughly and learn its cause.
and the means BY which it can be trans.
formed into something better. They
scome into immediate contact with the
members of the local gangs and study
|<the mental and moral possibilities OF
each and in what way each member car
be influenced
Most of these gang youths live in tene-
ment houses of the lowest order, with
an environment not calculated tt
awaken their better nature They either
congregate on street corners, in saloons
or at some other rendezvous; theft
homes. such as they are, are merely re-
garded by them as temporary lodging
places.
One fortunate circumstance in the
work of reclaiming these wild youths Is
that the gangs each have an organiza-
tion with recognized captain or lead
er. and BY proper persuasiveness and a
real kindly interest this form of organi.
xation can be turned from one of GRIM
inal propensities into law-abiding or
ganization, ambitious for decent deyel-
opment The members of the gangs have
a deep loyalty to their leaders, whose in
fiuence and example. one way or am
other. pervade the whole company.
The settlement workers visit the tene-
ment houses; interest themselves with
out any patronizing airs in the personal
welfare of each member; win over the
captain first. and after him his follow
ing, and before the gangs are scarcely
aware of the fact the Organizations are
converted into orderly clubs.
Rival gangs which formerly fought
fiercely on the streets and assaulted one
another at the drop of chance meet
ing are brought together in the settle
ment houses and are influenced to forget
their animosities and their predatory
life and become merged in a harmonious
club. 4,->.s
The settlements give them the use of
gymnasiums and other beneficial and
elementary facilities. This transition is
not being accomplished suddenly. tits a
gradual process. and sometimes the
greatest difficulty is experienced, par
ticularly in effaciDg the spirit Of rivalry
among the more vicious.
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AN INSTRUCTIVE ILLUSION,
Here Is .. Chemical Trick Which l.
II Amusing a. Well a. Genn-
a.
inely Scientific.

II there is in your family any per-
son who smokes. you can turn this
habit to good account by asking the
smoker to help you perform trick
which VIII AFFORD not only amusement
but some scientific instructions. s.ls
TsThe smoker is to undertake to blow
smoke into q goblet which you have
covered tightly with plate. or sau-
Ger.
1t seems quite impossible. doesn't
It? You put the plate on the goblet
and at the same Instant the smoker,
standing several feet away, sends a
vigorous pm insthe directions Of the
glass, and To-! the glass il 'faled with
a cloud of white smoke, or what looks
like smoke. But it isn't smoke at all; !;
it is cloud Of fine particles Of a
substance known as sal ammoniac or
imuriate Of ammonia or ammonia
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COLD FEET.

He rauses stiffly and sedate,
lump within his throat Is growing:
Matiida's at the garden gate.
Her ev'ry pulse within her glowing
When Jeremiah sauufersd down
The shady lane be fashioned duly
Each word he meant TO say--they've flownl
There's witchery about her, truly.
What Is the charm that dweils within
That pair OF roguish eyes. wonder?
His ears are buzzing with the din
OF words that sound Ike distant thunder
ButswherGsthe speech this loving swain
Deciaimed awhile ago so easy.
When he came walking down the lane
with msen and heart so light and breezy? ?
An where's the speech Of yesterday.
And others of the sort he'd utter
Or meant to? All have flown away;
HiS It's are dumb. his heart a-fiutter.
ID-niEht he meant to tell his love
He was so brave before he met her.
hut now. alas. IN treasure trove
HIS tongue is tied and In a letter.
An finally HIS Words they come.
The words of this devoted lover:
No longer stands he daxed and dumb.
The spell of speschlessness Is over
The words :znpassioned greet her ear
WIZ thsHi and thrall Matiida's sway
~ jfrens7a says: This year
The folks,N start IN early haying.''
--11orac4 80 xaouf Keller. n ~ Y sun.
cx<1ef esudden. Il is the average
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Speech Abruptly Ended.

These people who get one idea or one
tenet and never change ~said Represen-
tativ John Sharp Williams, OF Mississip-
n. the democratic leader of the house,
always bring to my mind an episode at
dinner attended once where a schol-
arly and eloquent pioneer was telling of
the dangers that beset him in his early
days in the west.
81 remember once he said, when |
was travelling from one town to another.
a tremendous thunderstorm came up.
The scene was frightful. awe-inspiring.
expected every moment that the light
ming would strike the tree under which
had sought shelter. -
Why in thunder didn't you get un-
der another tree? shouted man at one
of the tables. and the speech ended right
there. IN. Y. World
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At a recent meeting Of the Biological
society In Paris q woman of 22 years
demonstrated to the scientists present
that she was possessed Of aremark-
ably developed sense OF touch by
means of which she could tell different
colors blindfolded The subject of the
Experiments was a healthy individual,
without any Of The nervous symptoms
that SO often 60 with remarkable gifts
of this character. During the experi-
ments her eyes were closed by black
cloth, and a physician Kept his fln-
ger on her pulse to sdefect II there
were any variations from vthe -normal.
The first tests were made with pa
pers yon which different colors had
been painted. Red, blue and yellow
were easily recognized; green was de-
|scribed as blue. and orange as red.
White spaces on the paper were easily
/ (recognized. Red. blue and yellow.
were also recognized when painted
pieces Of paper were inclosed in glass
tubes, so that the fingers did mt
come into immediate contact with
them. As final test the. subject read
words painted on paper in coIors,. trac-
ing the outlines. OF the letters with
her; fingers. ssss'.s ~ : Z z z - s : :.
The young woman does mot begin
the experiment directly she is blind
folded; she waits few minutes until
a gaseous film forms before her eyes.
as she expresses it, then she knows
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when a Man shaves Himself.

i can tell In minute simply by look
ing at man whether he shaves himself
or is shaved by barber said the WELD
er OF the razor and brush. mo. il isn't
q question Of cleanliness, nor vet a
question of hacking the face. There Is
no reason why man who is accustomed
to shaving himself shouldn't make as
cleana job of 1t as the average barber
And YET can spot him every time. See
that little lock Of hair that grows dowr
the side of .hs face lust in front of the
ear? Well. wnen man is snaveu py
barber those two locks don't vary in
length more than sixteenth of an finch.
The man who shaves himself. ON the
other hand, is invariably lopsided. He
always beings to shave higher up on the
left side Of the face than on the right
side. as a consequence of which one side
OF the face looks longer than the other.
No. don't know that can explain this
phenomenon. only know that the
condition exists. - Philadelphia Rec
ord.
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GLASS FILLED WITH THE GAS.
chloride, which you have probably
taken mixed with licorice a. 9 rem,
edy for coughs and colds, ~, -
Sal aInmoniac is q compound of am
monia and muriatic or hydrochloric
acid.
Now, how did the white powder ge.
into the covered glass? 1t was formed
there because before you put the plate
on yoa put few drops of muriatic
acid in the glass and moistened the
bottom Of the plate with a little am.
monia.
Now. ammonia is really gas. The
liquid ammonia, or Spirits Of harts-
horn" with which you moisten the
plate, is solution of ammonia gas in
water. Hydrochloric acid is also Z
gas really, and the liquid acid which
you put in the glass Is q solution Of 1t.
These two gases evaporate from their
solutions, come together. and combine
to form the cloud of solid white par
ticless of sal ammoniac which looks
so much like smoke.
That the sal ammoniac is solid may
be proved by letting the glass stand
undisturbed until the white powder
has settled down on the bottom. Here
you have solid made by the union
Of two gases. and to obtain the gases
you started with two liquids. or so
lutions. because YOU could not conven-
ientlys handle them in the form Of
gases. Detroit Free Press.
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-. e i
Muiford, with the grace of polished
man of the world. put all at their ease.
AS to him. he swore to himself and to
them that never before had he tasted
anything half so good. That evening
he vent home better satisfied with
himself than he had been for years.
This was but the precursor of many
dinners at the Wenham tat. Mulford
was forever sending up something to
serve as the foundation of feast He
got to haunting the markets looking
for good things. Gastronomy seemed
to have become his ruling passion. But
II was not all gastronomy. After din
ner Mabel would play and sing, and
they had the most delightful sessions.
One Sunday Mulford took them all out
to the beach. and after this many lit.
tie excursions followed He began to
plan theater and opera parties and en-
joyed their enthusiasm which really
was quite contagious
, Well. of course, there was but one
ending. The reader has seen it COM
ing all along. And when, one day.
Mulford took Mabel in his arms and
asAed the old, old question, and saw
tie lovelight In her eyes, he knew that
his days of unrest and bitterness wers
over and that new vistas opened out in
the great sunny world.
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EXPERIMENT. IN PRESeuREE
Anyone Can Conduct It ana Obtain
Valuable Information in
Simple Way.

/ II you have ever "been in swim
ming" you know from experience how
the water buoys you up. If 1t did
not you could not swim, but would go
to the bottom like, q stone.
The pressure is caused by the
weight of the liquid, and yet It acts
equally in all directions.
The pressure at one point, mind, for
the pressure is different at different
points. 1t is the same at al points at
the same depth. but 1T increases as
you, descend in exact proportion to the
depth, because the quantity. and henca
the weight, of water above, which is
the cause of the pressure, is propor-
tional to the depth. 81.
This may be shown by pressing a
wet card against one end of q lamp
chimney and plunging that end into
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water. The water does not enter the
chimney because the pressure forces
the card against the glass and makes
q tight. joint. The card may be
weighted, and still 1t will be support
ed by the upward pressure. s'
The simplest way to weight it is to
pour water on top of It.
II you do SO, pouring gently. yon
will find that the card will remain
pressed against the glass until the wa
ter inside the chimney stands at the
level of the water outside.
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ali ready to put in the oven. and We
will have some hot biscuit, anyway"
Yes" replied the other. moody.
with this blamed tallow. stuff tnstqhd
Of butter. I'm sick of this -pinching
along on short rations-and We had
our mouths all made up for luscious
strawberry shortcake-one of those
With the berries all mashed up. so yoil
can't see the crust--lfke we used to
have in the country"
Suddenly it occurred to Milford
that he would give more for one Of
those old-fashioned strawberry short
cakes than for anything else he could
think of. A vision of his boyhood
days rose in his mind and he could
fairly smell and taste the rich, red
mess. Then he realized. with a start.
the fact that he was listening, And
he turned to move on.
The door burst open and the young
man burst into the hall with a small
pitcher in his hand evidently going Tor
some milk. &
Mulford again c1ught the aroma Of
the new bread, ana formed q suddea
and desperate resolution.
II beg your pardon, SIR" he said,
'but i was an invoIuntasy listener to q
part of your conversa}ien Just now. |
am bachelor and once lIxod in the
country. have been IA the city
long time, and it is many years since
had anything good to eat. Gould I.
without offense, suggest tnat you'd
feel 1t great personal favor If You
would permit me to furnish the neces-
sary ingredients and to have share in
the feast I haven't had decent
strawberry shortcake for 20 years"
The young man flushed hotly. but
before he could speak Mulford weat
on: - xs -
1T do not presume I'd say this as an
'offer'to assist you. It Is elrroposition
of which am to be the chief benfici-
ary." He smiled in that persuasive
way. which had helped him in SO many
deals.
The young mans face cleared and he
replied: "All right. sir; III take you at
your word Come on and get the stuff
and we'll give Mabel surprise
So presently Muiford found himself
shopping industriously. He insisted
on getting the biggest and finest ber-
ries, and in the most unheard-of guam
tity. Then he insisted on getting
quantity of the finest butter. and
sack Of the most fragrant coffee, and
other things as he saw them AS they
went back to the apartment, loaded
with bundles. MuIford smiled at the
thought of the picture he presented.
He had learned during the shopping
that the young mans name was Mil
ton Wenham and the young woman
was his sister, Left orphans without
means, they bad come to the. city.
where he was working IN N once
days and studying law at night Nhile
Mabel was taking in sewing und De-.
voting her afternoons to perfecting
herself on the piano. with view .os
teaching. Their ambitions made the
most rigid economy necessary 3es s.
Such a feast as followed certainly
never happened before or since. Ma
bel took the intrusion IN good part and
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A EckacoRca rdrinkers must take two
step& tosbe rid Of his troubles and st
strolE and we'll again. ss SksS
TIE frst II 70 cut on coffee abs5-
luteiy. -
That remeves the Destroying ele-
ment. The ext step ls 70 TAX 4 liquid
food (and tit q Poetum nod Ubnee)
that has II Il Me3I6 6neni9 natiire re-
quires tozchapge the. blood corpuscles
from p0Ee plnk 81 white 70 rich red.
and go5s re- bn6d m II sood strong
and heaIthy cells in place OF the
brokon down cells Destroyed by coffee.
VIII wellz boiled Postum Food Coffes
to SHIT to- both these steps are easy
and Xleasant. The experience OF q
Geo1 Ian proves how important both
"F{om 1872 to the year 1900 my wife
and chad both been afilicted with sick
or ncfvous headache and at times VIC
feed untold agony. We were coffee
drln Ers and did not know how to get
awaX frcm 1t for the nabit II hard to
4 Il in 1900 read Of ! clse similar
to o<fs where Postum Coffee was used
IN uace Of the ord coffee and a COM
pIetE cure resulted, 80 I concluded 70
get bome and frylt. tti Z. :.
." Be result was. after three days use
OF lbstum IN place Of the coffee
new had Z symptom q the old