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as you say your lover may misjudge
you, but I see more clearly now And
tho I hadn't quite given him promise
before we quarreled. to make up to
him for everything I would marry him
as soon as he was free. It is for you
to help free him. Have I made it
easier for you to do that?"
"a trif1e," I said with a sigh. IT
must risk it. Anything for the parch-
ment, for that may save me vet. Tho
how you can possibly have got it into
your possession cannot imagine.
Surely the police must have searched
their prisoner before he"
mo, not before he had time to save
it. He hid it in the stove in the
room where the man was murdered.
When wen thot imto-day-for did
go-he implored me quickly in Italian
to find and bring it to you. And OH!
bid me sell it to you for a price. That
was my thought. Yet you have prom
ised now. And--Noel would not for
give me for this-I cannot let you have
what have gone thru so much to get
for nothing. It was awful-that
room-the horror of 1.-THE stains of
blood, all the frightful disorder of the
death struggle; everything as it. had
been except that the dead man lay
there no longer. had to buy my way
in; it cost me a hundred pounds,
which I had to borrow until to-mor-
row; but that was nothing. The ter
rible part was going into the room. [
was not there five minutes, but it
seemed an hour and there was the fear
of being caught, of having the parch-
ment seized after had unearthed it
from among the ashes. And the
CONCIERGE waiting outside the door,
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BETWEEN TWO FIRES
By ~ WILLIAMSON
Author "Lady Mary of the Dark House. The Woman Grey,
Fortunes Sport" ETC., Etc Etc.

pale as death, his eyes big and his
great white face damp. oh, I have a
right to set my own price upon the
parchment 1 - s,fs5, 80 IS
81 think that you have. You are a
brave girl and a loyal one" 1 said.
1.-THE price [ will pay. But trust me.
For Heavens sake don't keep back the
parchment until I have paid
Il do trust you she answered
whipped from her poke the treaty
for I was sure of it's identity atsSa
glance-and put it into my hand. To
feel it in my; fngers-----to know 1t safe
after all I had suffered; to know too,
what its blessed safety yet might IN can
for me, was almost too much of joy.
I trembled at the toucllaof the folded
parchme
do you know what this is, Miss
Revelstoke 2. Il asked.
No she said. 1t was your. pr OPP
erty or NOePS. OF course did not
open it. tried to brush and shake
the ashes away without that"
She said the words with such pretty
dignity, such quaint primness, that
could have broken into shrek of hys-
terical laughter. She had tried to
clean it-this thing worth nothing, yet
worth millions-this Franco Russian
treaty! could have kissed her. But
instead I was going out to keep my
word. Now that I had the parchment
i'm my hand, ashes and ALL [ could do
anything.
But the danger was not half over
yet / had the healing medicine In
my grasp. yet dared not think how
many slip might be between the cup
and lip.
I sent her awayfor it would not be
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CHAPTER XIII.
Told by Juliette de Nevers.

LAST HAND IN THE GREAT GAME.
eff there were still another induce
ment to offer-to buy your help if you
will not give it, continued Miss Rev.
elstoke, there was a paper-or rather
a parchment of some importance to
you, perhaps"
darted at the girl and caught at
her wrist, hardly knowing what did.
For heavens sake" I gasped, what
do you know Of the parchment?"
IF I could get it for you"
What, you would bargain still, at
such a moment? If you but guessed!
Anything-ask anything you like for
the parchment, if, it is yours to give,
and you shall have it,"
Il ask you to tell the authorities
that Noel Brent was here last night
from 20 minutes past IL until-un-
til"
Until half-past L." finished,
thoughtlessly; then I saw by the light
ening of her face that, young as she
WAS, childishly innocent as she looked,
she had all along been cleverer, more
sslf-controlled than I in this matter,
and had been leading me on.
You will tell the police that?"
81 must, if you will sell me the
parchment at no less price. Yet, if
I do what you ask it will spoil my life.
The man love will know, and he can
never know the real truth
LET me take him the diamonds and
say to him that Noel Brent and found
them. That we were at your house
last night That would be true, for
I was at the gate. I nisjudged Noel
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had stolen the treaty with a quickness
which would have seemed to him-if
he had knoWn-Sleight of hand. But
now I was trembling all over, and ter
ribly afraid Of bungling at the last
His loving eyes hurt my face. / laid
one hand over them. Don't look at
me like that whispered, "or I shall
tell you, and spoil my PLAN
With my palm softly pressing down
his eyelids, as he held open the door
of the safe, I kissed him full upon his
lips, with a long, long kiss. And kiss
ing him / laid the treaty where I
had found it. So great was the relief
when it had left my fingers that I
could have fallen into weeping But
only sighed as kissed my lover;
and was in the act of dropping the
twice folded note I had written in the
carriage into the safe where Maxine
would be sure to see it, when there
was a knock at the door.
Instinctively my fingers frightened
on the scrap of paper. I drew back
hastily; Maxine pushed the door of
the safe. shut and locked it, and when
he called "Entrez!" was at the. other
end of the room in a, chair meant for
visitors. My bag Gin which had
brought the treaty. was open, and
had in my hand a tiny mirror, before
which I was adjusting my hair with a
confused and coauettish look. This it
is to have been an actress half ones
life!
(To be concluded tomorrow
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we'll that we should be seen together
and when 1 had dressed for the street
1 went out. l had eaten nothing. But
Agnes, who is a tyrant, made me drink
a cup of soup while [ waited for the
carriage.
That brave English girl trusted me,
and I would not fail her; but before
my promise was kept there was some
thing else to do-something else
upon which depended far more than
my life-Maxime's honor, which |
(deluding myself with the thought it
was for his sake) had dared to risk.
AS 1 drove, having told my coach
man to take me to the foreign office.
thoughts, plans, hopes and fears beat
in my brain, like the huttering wings
Of imprisoned birds.
How was to make all right-if all
could yet be right? Could save him
and myself for him?
had in my hand the ace of trumps
for that desperate game in which I
had staked Maxime's honor and my
happiness. Miss RevelstOke held an
other high trump for me (strange that
they should both come back thru
herb, but all the other trumps and
the 3enemy's. Every thing depended
now on the ways the next hand was
played, and it MasgsssI who must lay
down the first card. 81 : :S, !.
Il I had ordered my coac CHINA an to drive
fast, for if I missed Maxine it would
be too late to place the treaty in the.
safe to-day, while who could tell what
Tomorrow might bring forth and .
might, too, easily miss him at this
hour. It was. but chance that he.
might still beat the office.
The fear of, finding him gone was
so absorbing that could scarcely col
lect my thoughts; but I must think,
and clearly.
I had got the treaty in the first place
by a sruse but what excuse could i
make to-day to wheedle Maxine again
into opening the safe from which
had purloined it2 Even a lover would
scarcely be so Seod-naturedlyr reckless
of his trust for a. second time.
Suddenly, however, an inspiration
came to me-a plan by which might
induce him to unlock the safe door, for
me.
My purse has a notebook attach
ment. with tiny gold pencil held by
a. ribbon loop. i wrote few lines
shakily. as the wheels travelled fast
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IN THE PRESIDENTS OFFICE

A young woman who is a secretary for
representative went to see the president
day or two ago on some business for
her employer. She was shown into the
presidents office and sat down near the
door while the president talked with a
man she didn't know. The man asked the
president about something. "Ho!'' shouted
the president so emphatically the windows
ratified. There was lively discussion and
the young woman thought the two men
were coming to blows. She arose and be-
gan to tiptoe <out of the room Keep
your seat, madam" the president roared.
'"There will be no blood shed here unless
do it, and I will give you ample warm
ing"
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tore out the leaf, folded it into tiny
square, and slipped it into my glove.
Three minutes later my carriage drew
up before. the foreign office.
I dreaded to learn my fate. Was
the Comte de Ribaumont in?' I
asked. He was not-and down went
my heart. But he was expected back
little later. In ten minutes, perhaps,
he would return. There was still hope
for to-day, then!
I would not wait, but left word that
also in ten minutes would be back
for a word with the Comte de Ribau-
mont. There was another card now
to be played, since the ace must wait.
and had written :. out the message
which I wished to send, when a voice
we'll known and loved spoke close be-
hind me-.
'.Juliette.'' exclaimed Maxine. 81
had. just come to telegraph to you,
And now find you!''
I turned with start. laying my
hand over the telegraph form on
which Count Ipanoff's name and adj
dress were written, also these words:
IT have. changed my mind You need
wait no longer. All. stands as before.
DO what you choose.-=-.I dem.
81 went. to- you atsthe Office I said,
my, voice trembling little. You
we're not there so came to- send a
wire. Now if you will, wesscan go
back together. You shall tell me
what YOU We're meaning to telegraph.
That will be better. =" u,
ct was onlYsto sayasthat e have no
news of the necklace; tho have done
all that II can. do not; deserve to
see you after my hateful conduct last
night and my brutal carelessness,
which is costing us bothsso much. Yet
I was going to asks might come to
you after the. theater Tonight. Shall
I send your telegram for You, and then
we can go to- the office, since you are
so good, so xquisitely forgiying ~
Send the telegram! Lig1ltnfng shot
thru me at the thought, YETI forced
a smile. No, i thank you, dear one,
I. said quietly, slice 1T concerns sur
prise for you. 4 do not wish to have it
spoilt. (Which was true, if ever
|ispoke truth)
/ drove him back to the foreign Of
fice-it was not five mintes' drive
land fortunately because I looked pale
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and my eyes showed sleeplesSness,
Maxine forgot in his loving anxiety
for my well-being to ask what brought
me to him. 1 wished to leave the ex
PLANTATION until we had arrived, that
I might try my plan.
AS soon as we were in Maxime's Of
fee, and alone together, I said: Have
you no curiosity as to why came %
Il hope. it was because you longed
to see me a hundredth part as much,
perhaps. as to see YOU he answered.
1T was partly that, and partly
something else,'' I returned, smiling
at him with eyes full Of love and long
ing-longing for the happy calm
which might be ours after storms if
only-only all went we'll within the
next hour. Il have news for you,
L went on. II want you to learn it in
a certain way, not from my lips but
from something 1 have written.
You have writtenIme a letter.? he
asked.
"A very little one
'Give it to me, them
"Ah! but that is not what I want to
atone for last night. 1t will
do. oh! Maxine, be kind to me. Give
me my own way, just this once, to
atone. Let me. put the note have
written for you in your safe, among
the great and important state docu-
ments which you gave me peep at
the other day. Mine is as important
as they, promise you; but |. shall not
believe you think it so unless you let
me lay it there, not to be read until
have left you.''
Us the news good or bad?" he de-
manded. IF it is bad, / will not wait
in suspense. will hear it now from
YOU
ut is good, z / said.
Then it scan wait, for i have you
now-that is enough of good at one
time
"But it cannot wait to be put in
the post-box, I cried. pushing him
away when he would have taken me
in his arms, and laughing. nervously.
Am I to have my way %
There need be no great difficulty
in that" laughed Maxine, since you
are you, and know that could trust
you with my soul. =
oh, how the. words hurt--tho I
loved him for them.
He opened the safe from which !
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whose points extend we'll down over
the blouse. The sleeves are in bishop
style, but are fuller below the elbows
than above, and are finished with
cuffs shaped to match the yoke. At
the neck is a novel stock which is adj
mirable both for this special waist
and as model for the odd collars of
which no woman ever yet had too
many.
The quantity of material required for the me-
dunn size is AS yards p inches wide, AS yards
80 inches wide, or rs yards A inches wide.
The pattern (4656l is cut in sizes for a 50,
81 sc, 80 and 40-inch bust measure.
In ordering pattern fill in this
coupon.
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PATTERN NO..

CAUTION-Be careful to give cor
rect number and size of patterns
wanted. When the pattern is bust
measure you need only mark 80, "a
SO or whatever it may be. When in
waist measure, %, "a, 26, or whatever
it may be. When misses orr child 8
pattern, write only the flgure repre-
senting the age. 1t is not necessary to
write ''inches' or years"
Patterns of this garment will be sent
postpaid on receipt of 10 cents. Be
sure and mention number Of pattern.
Address
PAPER PATTERN DEPARTMENT,
JOURNAL, MINNEAPOLIS.
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BUYING, SELLING Il
AND BUILDING
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Lucy R. Hutchins to Laura B. Chase, lot s.
block !, Hastings Second addition, $500
ton. lot 152, Minnetonka Beach $500.
Nils Q. Werner (assigneel to John Hanson
lot TO- block 2, Forest Heights. $3.50.
franklin Steele, Jr. and wife to John +.
Fitzpatrick etai, lot ss, plat Of distribution Of
part Of the estate Of Annie %. Steele 5000. :.
Franklin Steele; Jr.. land wife to John F:
Fitzpatrick ct al, lot fl plat of, dstrib1tion of
part of the estate Of Annie. =: Steele, $500;
nings ct AL lot 4S, Auditors subdivision, So. $50:
John Crosby and wife to David G Johnson lot
8, e. H. 'sSteele's subdivision. $775.
L. "a! Austin to August F. Bruchholz, part
lot - Austins Encouragement, etc, $1,000.
Lansing c.. Holden and wife to Melven p
Jackson lot II. block g. Baker s addition, $1,000
Mary Holasek to John Hoasek, in section j.
116-22 500 :" -
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should say (off hand) that one
half of all the troubles of matrimony
are matters Of money. The problem
of ''making ends meet gets onto hui
man nerves. It's solution is stern
and imperious necessity that haunts us
day and night. 1t can never be dis
posed of for good and ALL but recurs
to-day with the same horrible COM
plexities as yesterday and will come
back to us tomorrow just as grimly.
The manager of a mortgage COM.
pany has just told me that there are
at least 10000 families in the city of
Cincinnati tangled up by debts to in
situations like his own. This repre-
sents one-seventh Of the population.
Could there be any more dramatic
evidence of the fierce nature of the
struggle to make ends meet?
| have heard of a lunatic in an in
sane asylum who wanders around the
grounds trying to bring the two ends
of rubber band together around the
had gone crazy trying to make ends
meet" And wasn't it quite enough to
drive him wild? Think of the genius
and the agony that you yourself have
put into the effort and then multiply
this by the numbers Of individuals in
your community, and you will form
some conception Of the strain that is
bearing on the nerves of the human
race. E-. T.. ...- .r.....c.E.2 ...
And when you multiply do not ex-
empt any one. For the rich are as
hard put to it as the poor. Every
time a mans wages, his salary or his
profits are increased new expenses
arise-just as new pests develop with
the increase OF vegetables in a garden.
There isn't a more surprising expert
49, of
a "raise!' The instant 1t COMES we
begin to spread out" and SO over
reach our income just about as much
as before. On $4,000 a year men
have more luxuries. but no easier time
paying for them than when living on
$4,000 or even $1,000. Whatever the
scale of our living, we are all of us
chasing our debts as dog chases his
TAIL
No wonder the everlasting grind
wears out nerves. Just stop for a mo-
ment to measure the heroism revealed
in this tragic struggle every day of
human life. Consider the self-denial,
the honesty, the fidelity, the patience,
the genius that go into the task Of a
workingman and his wife who have to
rear a family on dollar and a half
a. day and you will be surprised that
there are so many happy and virtuous
homes in the world rather than that
there are so few.
There are four or five combinations
which affect the success or failure OF
people to make ends meet.
A woman is extravaganza, when a
man is economical. (The agent Of the
mortgage company says that this is
not the case in most of the homes OF
the poor, and to this the superintend.
ent of a great insurance company
agreed. If the men would give then
wages to their wives affairs would be
greatly improved, they think. Prob
ably in the better-to-do classes, where
women are treated as darlings rather
than helpmeets it is differently
A man is extravaganza, when the wo
man is economical.
p. Both are thrifty-and they become
msers.
Both are northumberland they &C
to ruin.
Now, measure, If you can, the irri
tations of such possible relationships
A. man tolls and moils'' and sees his
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FREE SEED JOKES

Some constituents of the congressman at
Washington find humor in free seeds.
Representative Lacey of Iowa received a
letter the other day from one such. 'The
seeds you sent me- wrote this man, who
signed himself John Allen,'' ''were no
good. Nothing but weeds grew where
planted them"
BY the next mail Mr.. Lacey sent re-
ply. II take pleasure in forwarding you,
under another cover,'' wrote the Iowan,
"a copy of bulletin from the department
of agriculture. 1t is entitled Weeds, and
HOW to Kill Them'n
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BLOUSE OR SHIRT WAIST, 1856

Shirt waists make a subject of per-
ennial interest to all Womankind and
show variations without limit. The
model illustrated is among the latest
and is much to be desired. 1t includes
a yoke which is a favorite of the sea-
son and shoulder straps which give
the dropping line so necessary to pres
ent styles. The model is made of
white mercerized vesting, simply
stitched and finished with motifs of
embroidery, but all the waistings of
the season, silk and wool as we'll as
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DOG SAVED MASTER FROM AsPHYx1ATIoN

daughters on, the second floor Of
Brooklyn fiat building.
When they retired Mrs. Bourguig-
non lefta the gasCin the dining room
burning. 81 At 5xe'cleck in the morning
Bourguignon heard; Beauty whining
The dog was scratching at the bed
clothes. ~. 80.
Bourguignon with difficulty got out
of bed and crawled to the parlor win
dow, which he opened. The rush of
fresh air revived him and he set to
work to save his wife and children
who were Unconscious. The gas had
gone out thru uneven pressure.
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THE UNITED TAILoRs NEED WATCHING

partner. did not run. away with the
stock. ~e*-.-
David j. WEIGH, the partner sat all
night shivering in the rear of the store
to see that the night passed without
the Schwabs running away with the
building. A policeman was on guard
In front of the store Welch pasted a.
large sign which told passersby.
Forced out Of business by Charles NJ.
Schwab. But I'll not give in to the
trust"
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The swallows circle as they go
In such crazy sort of way.
don't know why they circle so,
Altho' ! should so like to know. s4
Perhaps Il ask them why come day.

II. Gilbert Robbins to Daniel Kreklau, lot B.,
Browns Encouragement $500. (.
Stiles +. Jones and wife to Richard F. krase,
lot Z, block 3, First Division Remington park,
$500.
John J. Tallmadge and wife to Robert S. ARM
strong ct al, lot 4. Thorpe's subdivision, $500.
Thomas Ryan and wife to Charles L. Strehler
in section S-119-23; $500.
Charles H. Richards and wife to Joseph
Moreau. NJ lot B. block 10, Morrison & Love-
joys addition, 5000. >
Western Realty company to Charles Wallen
ct al. lot 81. block 4, Fair Ground addition,
$275.
Lucius B. POND. ct al. to Joseph Wood, lots 5
and 6, block 81, Remin=tons Second addition,
$500.
Samuel S. Thorpe and wife to Louisa ].
Adams. lot 2S, block g., Lawndale, $15O.
Jennie A. W. Hardy and husband to John A
Arnold, lot 2. block g. Forest Heights, S165
Daniel Kreklau and wife to Oliver Boucher,
lot s. Browns Encouragement. 5000.
Three minor deeds, $3.
Total, twenty-th three deeds $23, els.
BUILDING PERMITS.
One minor permit $780,. u -
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~ FASHIONS
A Daily Hint of Practical Value
to Journal Readers of the
Fair Sex.

The fashion pictures given daily in
this department are eminently practi-
cal, and the garments pictured can be
reproduced easily from the paper
patterns, which may be obtained at
trifling cost thru The Journal. The
models are all in good style, pretty and
original in effect and not 10 elaborate
for the ambitious amateur to repro
duce.
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CONDUCTORS MUST HAVE DRY FINGERS

ductor here. The cut was sustained
two weeks ago, while Powers was tear
ing the slip from his book for a pas
senger.
In this connection. the board Of
health has issued q mandate forbid
ding conductors to moisten their fin
gers with saliva in order to separate
the transfers before dealing them out
to passengers. Fears of disseminat-
ing disease germs caused the boards
action
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priate.=
The waist. is made with fronts and
back all of which are laid in box
plaits that extend for it's entire length,
the closing being made beneath the
plat at the center front Over the
waist is arranged the shaped yoke,
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Gas Had Gone Out Thru Uneven Pres
sure, and the Animals Intelli- :
gence Prevented a Calamity.

New York Sun Special Service.
New York, Feb. 1S.-Beauty, prize
winning fox terrier, early saved the
lives of her master and those Of his
family. The dog is the property of
George Bourguignon, a barber, who
lives with his wife and their three
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST
For Minneapolis and yicinit!


temperature
i. b :
al in porto to-nigh
west
rmerF
eryw winds
%z I...a
Minnesota
and
in
.
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One Man Died of Lockjaw Thru
Handling Transfers-Ma Is
sued to Prevent Possibility of In
lection.

New York, Feb. 1S.-Lockjaw
caused by a cut on the hand from a
transfer slip, has caused the death
of George Powers, a street-car con-