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your mother, as I've told her In this
letter, that don't understand her at
all. She's got some idea in her head.
but can't make it out"
"Mightn't a girl just be independent" ?"
said the young man, putting up long,
thin hand to press his glasses against
his nose with first and second finger.
"Just independent, and nothing else?'
There's no knowing what a girl
mightn't be. Mr.. Shackleton," Mrs.
wiIlers responded gloomily. "I was
one myself once, but it's $50 long ago
I've forgotten what it's like: and,
thank heaven, it's a stage that's soon
passed"
1t SO happened that this little CONVEX
sation set Wins mind once more to
thinking Of the girl his father had been
so determined to find and benefit. AS
he left The Trumpet Office, shortly after
the withdrawal of Mrs. Willers, his
mind was full of the queries the find
ing of the letters had aroused in it.
The handsome girl he had seen that af-
ternoon, three months ago, appeared
before his mental vision, and this time
as her face flashed out on him from the
dark places Of memory 1t had a sud-
den tantalizing suggestion OF familiar
ity The question came that so often
leases us with the sudden glimpse OF a
vaguely recognized face: Where have
/ seen it before?"
Win walked slowly up Third street
meditating under spread umbrella.
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simultaneous laughter filed the room.
"You see you can't help saying It,"
said Mariposa, laughing foolishly, with
tears hanging on her lashes. It's like
any other bad habit-it's getting entire
control of you"
A few moments later Mrs. Willers
was walking quickly down the hill to-
ward Sutter street, her brows knit In
thought She had certainly discovered
nothing. In her pocket was Mrs
Shackleton's letter telling OF Miss Mo-
reau's refusal of her offer and asking
If Mrs. Willers knew the reason of It,
Mrs. Shackleton had wondered II Miss
Moreau's affections had been engaged,
which could perhaps account for her
otherwise unaccounta BILE rejection of an
opportunity upon which her whole fu-
ture might depend.
Mrs Willers had been relieved to find
there was certainly no man influencing
Miss Moreaus decision. For unless it
was Essex, it could be no oae. Mrs.
Willers knew the paucity Of Mariposa's
social circle. That Essex had asked the
girl to marry him and been refused was
astonishing. The rejection was only a
little more surprising than the offer
For a man like Essex to want to marry
a penniless orphan was only exceeded
in singularity by a girl like Mariposa
refusing a man of Essexs indisputa bic
attractions. But there was always
something to be thankful for in the
darkest situation, and Mariposa un-
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painter than q photographer. It's the
coloring that's so remarkable, so rich
and so refined-that white skin and
dark red hair. That's why 1 am proud
Of the picture. 1t suggests the coloring.
/ think 1t seems to me there's some
thing warm about that hair
Win said vaguely, yes, he guessed
there must be, wondering what the fell
low meant about there being something
warm about the hair. Further COM
ment was ended by an attendant COM
ing forward with the picture and hand
Ing 1t to the photographer.
The man held it out to Win with q
proud smile It was an enlargement Of
a small daguerreotype, taken some
twenty years previously. and repre-
senting Shackleton in full face and
without his beard The work had been
excellently done 1t was a faithful and
spirited likeness.
AS his eye fell on It Win suffered
sudden and amazing revelation. 1t was
like dazzling flash OF light tearing
away the shadows Of a dark place.
Through the obscurity of his mind en-
lightenment rent like a current Of cleo
tricity, That was what the memory
was, that dim sense or previous knowl-
edge, that cropping after something well
known and yet elusive.
He stared at the picture, and then
turned and looked at Mariposa's hang
Ing on the wall. The photographer,
looking commiseratingly at him, evil
IDENTIFY mistaking his obvious perturba-
ton Of mind for rush OF filiaI afrec-
ton, recalled him to himself He did
not know that he was pale. but he saw
that the plate OF ivory in his hand
trembled-
"It's-it's-first rate" he said In q
low voice. I'm tremendously pleased.
Send 1t 10 The Trumpet Office to-mor-
row, and the bill with it. please. You've
done an A number one Job"
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beaten. You've got sense enough to re-
fuse to marry a man who's bound to
make you miserable. That's astonish-
ing in any girl. And then, on the other
hand, you throw up the chance OF a
lifetime for nothing. That would be
astonishing in a candidate for entrance
into an asylum for the eble-minded."
Perhaps I am feeble-minded," said
Mariposa humbly. II certainly don't
think I'm very clever, especially now
I am"
You're only fool on that one point.
honey. And that's what makes it so
aggravating. It's just a kink in your
brain, for you've got no reason to act
the way you do"
She spoke positively. but her pleading
look at Mariposa showed that she was
not yet willing to give up the search for
a reason. Mariposa leaned forward and
took her hand.
"Oh, dear Mrs. Willers," she said,
don't ask me any more. Don't tease
me. / do love you. and you've been so
kind TO me can never stop loving you
no matter what you did. But let me
be. Perhaps have reason, and per-
haps 1 am only a fool. but whichever
way 1t is, be sure haven't acted hasti-
ly; and I've suffered. too. trying to do
what seemed to me right"
Her eyes suddenly filed with tears,
and she got I'D quickly to hide them,
and stood looking on of the window.
Mrs. willers rose. too. and, putting an
arm around her, kissed her cheek.
"All right" she said. "I'll try not to
bother. But you want to tell me what
ever you think you can You're too
good-looking, Mariposa, and you're
such-a-"
She stopped.
"a fool" came from Mariposa, In the
stif1ed tones Of imminent tears. There
was a moments pause, and then their
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gravely into his. At the moment that
his glance, fresh from other faces, fell
on it, the haunting suggestion OF ia
miliarity, of having some intimate con-
nection with or memory of it, possessed
him with sudden, startling force o.
whom did she remind him?
He backed away from 1t, and, as he
did so. was conscious that he knew ex-
actly the way her lips would open IL
she had been going to speak, Of the pre-
else manner she had of lifting her chin
Yet he had seen her only twice in his
life that he knew of, and then in the
half-dark. 1t was not that she was
known to him, but some one that she
looked like-sOme one he knew well,
that had some vague. yet close con-
nectio1 with his life. He felt in an eery
way that his mind was gropingly ap-
preaching the solution, had almost
seized it. when the photographer
voice behind him broke the thread
1T will be ready in a moment. Mr..
Shackleton," he said You're looking
at that picture It's a Miss Moreau. a
young lady who, believe. is singer.
1 put it there by itself, as 1 was just
little proud Of it."
It's stunning picture and no mis-
take" said Win, arranging his glasses,
but it must be easy to make a picture
of a girl like that"
"On the contrary. + think it's hard
Miss Moreau's handsome. but it's a
beauty that's more suitable to a
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He turned away ana went slowly out.

He turned away and went slowly out.
the photographer and his assistant
looking curiously after him. There
were steps to go down before he re-
gained the street. and he descended
them in a maze, the rain pouring on
his head his closed umbrella In his
hand 1t was all as clear as daylight
now-the secret searching out OF the
mother and daughter. the interest
taken by his father in the beautiful and
talented girl. his desire to educate and
provide for her. 1t was all as plain a.
A, B, c.
She was so different from Maud and
me-" Win thought humbly. as he moved
forward IN the binding rain NO won-
der he was fond OF her.
1t was so astonishing, so simple. ana
yet SO hard TO realize IN the first mo-
ment OF discovery this way. that be
stopped and stood staring at the pave
ment.
Two OF his friends. umbrellaed and
mackintoshed. bore down on him, not
recognizing the mOtionless figure with
the water running of its hat brim till
they were close on him.
win, gone crazy" cried one gayly.
He looked up startled. and had the
presence OF mind enough not to open
his umbrella.
Wins trying TO grow" said the
other, knowing that his insignificant
size was a modification to the young
man so he's standing out IN the rain
like a plant
Rains all right" said Win I Ike
IT,"
mo doubt about that. sonny. Only
thing to doubts your sanity"
Cute little day, amt it?' said his
companion.
Win likes It." said the first Keep
It up. old chap. and you'll be six fest
high before the winters over"
And they went OF cacklIug TO the
club to tell the story OF Win, with the
water pouring Off his hat and his
glasses damp. standing staring at the
pavement on Post street.
Win opened his umbrella and went
on. He walked home slowly and by .
circuitous route His mind traversed
the subject back and forth. and at each
moment he became more convinced. an
all the muddle OF puzzling circum-
stances fell into place in logical Sc
Quence.
She was his half sister. older than he
was-his fathers first born BY this
accident OF birth she was an Outcast.
penniless and Unacknowledged, from
the home and fortune he and Maud had
inherited. At the very moment when
the father had found her free to accept
his bounty he had been snatched away.
And she knew It. That was the ex-
PLANTATION OF her changeable conduct
She had found II out in some way be-
tween the deaths OF her mother and
ShackletOn- Some one had told her or
she had discovered il herself
In the dripping dark Win pondered IL
all. going up and down the ascending
streets in a tortuous route homeward.
wondering at fate. communing with
himself
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It was raining hard now, level DOWN
pour that beat pugnaciously on the city.
which bleamed and ran rillets Of water
under the onslaught. People were
scurrying away in every direction. wo-
men with umbrellas low against their
heads, one hand gripping UP their
skirts, from beneath which came and
went glimpses Of muddy boots and wet
petticoats. Loafers were standing un-
der caves. looking out with yellow.
apathetic faces. The merchants Of the
quarter came to the doorways OF the
smaller shops that Win passed. and
stood looking out and then up into the
sky with musing smiles. 1t was .
heavy rain, and no mistake.
Win had commission to execute be-
fore he went home. and so passed up
Kearny street to Post. where. a few
doors from the corner. he entered q
photographers. He was having copy
made on ivory of an old daguerreotype
Of his father. to be given as present
to his mother, and to-day it was to be
finished.
The photographer, q clever and capa-
BILE man, had started the innovation Of
having his studio roughly lined with
burlaps, upon which photographs Of
local bellies and celebrities were fast
ened with brass-headed nails. Win,
waiting for his appearance. 1oitered
round the room looking at these, recog-
nized q friend here. and there proud
beauty who had endured him as part
ner at the cotillion because he was the
only son Of Jake Shackleton. Farther
on was one Of Edna Willers, looking
very lovely and seraphfc in her large
eyed innocence
On a small slip Of wall between two
windows there was only one picture
fastened, and as his eye fell on this he
started. 1t was Mariposa Moreau, in
the lace dress she had worn at the
opera, the face looking directly and
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doubtedly had no intention of marry
ing him. Providence was guiding her,
at least, In that respect.
II was still early when Mrs Willers
approached The Trumpet office. The
sky was leaden and hung with low
clouds AS she drew near the door the
first few drops of rain fell, spotting the
sidewalk here and there as though they
were slowly and reluctantly wrung
from the swollen heavens. 1t would be
a storm, she thought, as she turned into
the doorway and began the ascent Of
the dark stairs with the lanterns on the
landings. In her own cubby-hole she
answered Mrs. Shackletons letter, and
then passed along the passageway to
the sanctum of the proprietor, who was
still in his office.
Win, in his fathers swivel chair,
looked very small and insignificant
The wide window behind him let a
food of pale light over his bullet
shaped head with its patch Of limp,
blonde hair, and his thin shoulders
bowed over the desk. His eyes mar
rowed behind his glasses as he looked
up in answer to Mrs. Willers' knock,
and then. when he saw who 1t was, he
smiled, for Win liked Mrs. willers.
She handed him the letter with the
request that he give It to his mother
that evening, and sat down in the chair
beside him. facing the long white panes
of the window, which the rain was be-
ginning to lash.
MY mother and you seem to be hav-
ing lively correspondence" said Win.
who had brought down Mrs. ShackIe-
toms letter some days before.
Yes, we've got an untractable young
lady on our hands. and it's a large
order"
Miss Moreau?" said the proprietor
Of The Trumpet. MY mother told me.
She's very independent. isn't she?"
She's . strange girl. You can tell
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-25
LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS.
a Subject About which We Know
Absolutely Nothinu

pon the question whether life bear
Ing planets can exist in other Sola,
systems than our own the answer OF
Science Is clear and distinct 1t is pre-
cIS"iy the same which Professor New
comb gave concerning the possible in
fa5ltantS Of Mars, The reader Know )
Just rs much Of the subject as Go
and that is nothing at all" Within
our Solar system We can indeed form
some crude estimate of proba biities.
beyond II. nothing. All the amazing
progress of modern science, all the rev
elatlons made hy the spectroscope or
by photography. all the advance in bi-
olu@N. have not brought us one stcp
nearer an answer to the question. is
thjS the oaly inhabited world:' = Wc
stand essentially where WheWoll and
brewster did in the middle of the nine
fe"nth century. or we might indeed say
where t'alilei and CHpoano We're 800
years ago. We can indeed spin out the
discussion at greater length than our
predecessors and can introduce a far
larger number of more or less irrcle.
want facts. but of serious argument
either for or against. we are entirely
destitute. Professor Maunder in
knowledge.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-25
BRYAN AND GOOD DEMOCRATS

Now that Mr.. Bryan has made public
his rule or ruin p~ticy and has insisted
that the Democratic party must re-
affirm the Kansas City platform and
bow down before him and his 16-to-1
hobby or incur his displeasure the duty
OF all Democrats Who have the good of
their party and the success of its prin-
ciples al heart is plain.
Mr. Bryan is evidently laboring un-
de- the ha!lucinatioH that his political
influence and lung power are equal
and that When he commands all Dem
ocfats must obey in fear and tremb-
ing. I've disastrous defeats and the
dlmnution Of his prestige and power
should have lessened his egotim and
subdued mis- dominating spirit. but the
entertainments given him abroad seem
to have filled hin. wit1l tnat confidence
which Is the possession of these who
rush in Vhere angels fear t, tread. "
The Democrats of this country can
wv AAo bSAit4 tlldll " accept lHo cuHI-
lenge and prepare te settle Mr. Bryan
and his reatfirmation foolishness for
all time. The Democrats of Nebraska
ca do no better than to send Mr.. Bry-
an to the ST. Louis convention as a
delegate at large; the chairman of that
convention can do no better than to
place MIR. Bryan upon the committee
OF resolutions, and the representative
of the nations Democracy can do nc
better than t. reject his reaffirmation
proposition and Populist platform sc
peremptorily that he will bolt the con
vention and the party and consort with
those Missionaries and radicals who may
love him for the enemies he has
made
If Mr.. Bryan is intent upon commit
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ting political suicide let NO cne raise
hand to stay the act.
-OS,U
DAVIS APOLOGY.

The Star of Hope publishes a state
ment to the effect that Governor Da-
Wis has apulogized t. Judge Wood for
the insulting language used at Hope,
and which led to a personal encounter
between Davis and Wood, in which
W-'ad was held by Judge Bourland and
others while Davis assaulted Wood
with a cane The Star of Hope says:
1T came oilt in the lrial Of Governor
Davis and Judge Wood, in this city
last week that when the candidates
spoke at Sloan Springs after leaving
Hope. Davis apoIogized to Judge Wood
for the language used toward him at
Hope. At the latter place Davis knew
he was among the friends of Senator
j. X. Jones, and also that he had about
him lot of his own friends who were
clamoring for him to pitch into wood,
hence he charged Wood with being a
traitor and 'stabbng Uenat0F Jones
under the fifth rib. At Sloan Sprin IS
he was aware Of the fact that he was
i'll the midst of Judge Wood s friends
and away from the crowd who were
pushing him to Show fight. II Davis
had an apology TO make why did no
not make 1t before the people in whose
presence he had committed the Of
fense?'
The Star of Hope is right. Davis
made his false charges publicly and
he should be required to make his
apology Just as public as he made the
charge, and Judge Wood should az
cept no apology until it is made in
that way. Davis is sneaking enough
to privately apologize t. Wood and
then go about over the state reafiirm-
ing the false charges.
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MONDAY, JANUADY %, 1904.
JUST so you ARE FOR JEFF.

The following is an extract from a
speech made by Governor Davis at
Eureka Springs on November 5, 1903:
Il say to you, ladies and gentlemen
nor | announced this rule and have
never knowingly violated it; that no
man eenld be appointed to office I'M
der my administration unless he was a
white man, Democrat and Jeff Da-
Wis man; these have been the qualiti-
cations for appointment in my admin
istration.''
The governor lays down three quail
tications for appointment by him to
office as follows:
mpleXion-White.
PoliticS-Democrat, as Governor Da-
Wis may define Democracy
Political god--Governor Jeff Davis.
Governor Davis doesn't care SO
much about your complexion and yGur
politics as he does for qualification
third. If you worship Jeff as your po-
ltical god all other imperfections are
overlooked, but if you fail to regard
him as the alpha and omega of Ark
ansas politlcs. then you are all wrong
regardless Of how White your skin
and character may be, and though you
may be Democrat of the most loyal
type it counts fer naught He says
himself that only Davis men get office
from him and he tells the truth for
once. Only Davis men stand any show
and to be a Davis man means that
you must sacrifice your manhood, ysur
independence and bow to the man
dates of jeff Davis that you must sub
NIT to a political dictator who cares
nothing for you except that he may
be able to utilize you in some way tc
promote his own selfish designs.
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iNGEtSsOltS MAG HiNE S.
They VIII Sell, Cpunt aud Cancel
Ticktts 1T 81. Louis =iaair.

They WI Sell, Cpunt aud Cancel
Tickets at ST. Louis Fair.
The admission department oi the
worlds fair las under consideration
aud test several nechauical devices for
doing portions Of its work which, If
adopted viii nc an absolute novelty III
| exposition affairs and will cut down
the number Of employees in marked
degree.
Two machines, one for counting can
ceIed tickets and the other for chopping
tickets as they are put into the turn
stiles. are being designed Oh plans and
suggestions furnished to the inventor
BY Chief f. Norton White of the ad-
missions department.
Another labor saving machine which
has been perfected and will in all like
fH0ot be adopted is IL slot device which
XII supply Patrons with their tickets
automatically. thus dispensing with the
services OF human ticket sellers.
The ticket counting machine, which
is, now being tested and improved, will
do the work Of Il dozen persons and do
it thoroughly and accurately. 1t is es-
timated that oniy four Of these ma
chimes will he required to count all the
tickets and passes of the entire division
of concessions.
Counting of Cancelled tickets at ex-
positions is an extensive work. At the
Chicago exposition twenty-five girls
We're employed to do this work. The
average number of tickets counted each
day was 10000. 1t is expected that
the number here will be considerably
CREATE. than this.
The counting machines will be able
to run off the pasteboards at a wonder
fully rapid rate. -Four of the machines
can handle the entire estimated mum
Der as rapidly as they come in, and. do
ing this. will only be kept in operation
a fractional part of each day.
Formerly tickets We're chopped o,
cancelled by Il foot lever attached to
each turnStilc. The new chopping de-
vice now under considera zion is run by
electricity and cancels the ticket im-
mediately upon its passing into the
turnstile. It is covered with a plate of
glass, so that each patron can see his
ticket being cancelcd as he passes into
the groundS.-PEiladelpa Record.
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Et:.!E'S AHnlx. Of L..I iGl.GntS 8

Those who follow Italian affairs are
perfectly a%tanished at the statistics of
emigration IL 1850 what was consid-
cred the iN:lhetlSe number Of 10000
men left tEei;. native country, the emf
grants o@cillating between that and
10000 UP to lSSl. until in 1887 those
numbers We're 21o, 900, rising to 100000
the very next year. Arrived at this
figure. it seemed as though the maxi
mum must have been reached and that
the numbers would decline, but instead
in 1891 there was another rise to 293.-
000. maintained for three consecutive
seasons. the century closing with the
enormous number of $50 600 emigrants
But even that was not the consumma-
ton. as in 1901 they We're 533, 900.
Thus in the first two years of this cen
tury Italy sent over 100000 souls to
other countries to enlarge there the al
ready numerous Italian colonies.-Rome
Letter in Pail Mall Gazette.
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Novel, sight In HniIouH

saw a hootblack and. being dirty
pnt my foot up on his block. A few
small boys immediately came around.
ana before long a fairly large crowd
had gathered. The crowd consisted of
all classes and sizes. including well
dressed ladies and two "coppers' with
sword hits bright as silver plato T
counted forty-siX in all. | wondore1
that | should prove such an attractive
OBJECT and went away meditatiny on
prophets being without honor in their
own country. Later in the day found
that shoeblacking in the streets was a
new industry that dry. It was being
run by an American, who had brought
over couple of dozen English boys-I
had noticed the boy was English 7
was the first man with pluck enough
10 make an example Of myself in the
Mshway.-Rotterdam Letter to Pail
Mall Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-25
To Enter Orange River Valley.

The number of Americans who may
enter the Transvaal or Orange River
Colony is limited to 80 a month, and
each must have permit, the blank
application for which can he had Of
any British consul. And, 100. an aft.
davit must be made that the applicant
has sufficient means to support him
self and family after arriving. Con
sideratlon OF such application is often
delayed for weeks and those who grow
inpatient and arrive in advance OF
heir permit are generally given the
ption of leaving the next day or i'm,
'risonment for six months, With hns
# 2433.
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.OkO-

In a decision handed down Saturday
the supreme court decided that the
statute providing fsr the burning, by
the officers, Of gaming divices. is con-
stitutional. hence it should be no trou-
bic to put an end to gaming, as the
officers should be able to burn the
aphernalia faster than those engag-
ed in gaming can buy it,