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they could Tommy dropped his stick, and Constance
forgot to hold up her dress. Round the in
stream out from under the ades and there green
field and the slopng shore; right ahead the big
wooden bridge
Hurry, Constance' called Tommy, for right behind
the rushing water and Constance hurried but her
foot slipped and she sat solidy down in shallow pool
Tommy pulled her to her feet and kept close hold Of
her hand The brook began to swell in little tides about
their feet but there chance to scramble ashore
and they reached the bank the came swiftly
down with little white pufs Of foam upon it's
"My!'' gasped grandma, when the two drabbled fig
into her clean Kitchen
"We've been following the brook said Constance
Then grandmother smiled. "Why,'' she said s'that's
just what your mother used to do when she little
girl and your grandmother, too,' she added..-The
Youth Companion.
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Der nta es ia INNER tpieoer buben!a !.
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School chlldran saxnd.

In but few of the cities OF the world
are school children examined on en-.
trance or subsequently TO determine
which are defective with reference to
applying the remedy. Examinations
OF nearly nine hundred pupils in an
American school OF the better class
during the last year showed that "a
per cent were near-sighted, 1913 per
cent had functional heart disorders,
Sc per cent had spinal curvature with
some vertebral rotation, 41.2 per cent
more had symmetry OF spine, hips,
or shoulders, LAG per cent had ade.
noids or chemically enlarged tonslls
In over 10 per cent OF tho cases letters
were sent to parents. recommending
that medical attention be given to
some physical condition. Examina
lions OF 10000 school children by
school physicians In the duchy of
Saxe-Meiningen; Germany. showed
that 2S per cent we're nearsighted, 10
per cent or more had spinal curya.
ture, and GO per cent had teeth which
needed attention.
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stay In the Hunt, therefore l have
come to Town which has Just Begun.
Believe me, dear Ned, It is the begin
ming of a World. Such chances are
here, I am Sure as do not exist In any
other Land, for behind this land is all
the Richer and older Parts. which are
but waiting to pour money and men
hither so soon as the Ry. shall be
Fully completed. | have heard OF
many men who have made Fortunes
since the War. 1t is truly a rapid
Land.
Il am persuaded, my dear boy, that
this is the place for you TO come.
There are an Hundred ways in which
one may earn n Respectable living,
and | find here no Glass Distinction.
Il is an extraordinary fact that no
man and no profession ranks another
here. One man is quite good as an
other.
"A year from now. as l am told,
we shall have 1000 Persons living
here, and In five years this will be a
City. Conceive the opportunity mean
time. The Cattle business is bound to
grow, aaD41 am advised that all this
land Nll Ultimately be farmed and
roVA>rich as that through which |
Past In coming out. You are welcome,
my dear Ned, as l am sure you know,
TO half my blankets and rations dur
ing your stay here, however long same
may be, and l most cordially invite
you to come out and look over this
country, nor do | have the smallest
doubt that II will seem TO you quite
as II does TO me, and shall hope that
we make a Citizen of you.
IL am but new here as yet myself,
but am fully disposed. as they say in
the strange language here, TO drive
my Stake. | want you. my dear boy,
also to drive Yours beside me. and to
that Effect beg to extend you what
even Aid may lie in my Power.
Hoping that you may receive this
communication duly, and make reply
TO Same, and hoping above all things
that may soon meet again my Com
panion OF the 47th, beg to subscribe
myself. my dear boy, ever your obdt.
q Affect. Friend.
"Battersleigh.
"P. spray Herild your went by
a letter & bring about lbs. or 8 lbs.
Of your Favourite Tea, as | am Short
Of Same"
The letter ended with Battersleigh's
best flourish. Franklin turned 1t over
again and again In his hand and read
Il more than once as he pondered
upon its message. Dear old fellow, {"
he said; "he's a good deal OF a Don
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"Of course you did" interrupted DR..
Cartwright "and quite right OF you,
too. Always make game OF this sort
OF thing whenever you come across It..
| always do myself, on principle. II |
didn't, | should have half the parish
sending for me whenever they had
the nightmare. At the same time"
he added, in a tone of concession, 81
admit that II certainly was-a coin
cldence. Anything more | cant &C
knowledge-my reputation won't al
low It."
Yesterday morning. resumed the
young man, I'VE received a telegram.
IL said Here II is-you can see for
yourself"
DR.. Cartwright brought his spec
tacles to bear'upon the document.
"Humphl Hal
"'Am returning to-day by the 1880
train. Shall be home to dinner.
Friend accompanies me-
He read It through twice before re-
turning It. And you say you have no
idea what the name % this friend your
father went To meet wasT
ITO my knowledge | have never
heard It mentioned. | thought | knew
all my fathers friends, but this one
must have been an entire stranger to
me, and my father must have had
some reason for"
He stopped abruptly, respect for his
dead parent held back the words upon
his tongue But DR.. Cartwright ap-
parently guessed the remainder OF the
sentence.
you mean, your father must have
had some reason for concealing the
fact Of his previous acquaintance with
the man he went to meet at Dover?'
The young mans face flushed.
81 tell you, mol won't believe IT,
] won't even listen to such a supposl.
ton for a moment tell you-but
there. you never knew him!" And he
turned his head away.
ITO return to our subject" said the
doctor. you insist on connecting this
same unknown parsonage with the
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Apropos, the diet craze OF the last
two or three years may not and does
not perform all that 1t promises for
those who listen to the voice of the
medical or other faddist, says the Lon
don World, but from its extravagances
may come ultimate good, and another
generation may reap happily where we
have sown. The time may come, a
great continental doctor believes,
when the science Of dieting will be
so perfected that we shall not merely
be able, as we do now, TO keep people
alive much longer, but we shall like
wise keep them in a useful condition.
Octogenarians will retain their fac
ultles to the full, senility will be avoid
ed, and If, perhaps, grandfathers and
grandmothers do not contrive TO pre-
serve their youthful appearance TO
the end, they will at least, so we are
assured, be as clear-brained at n as
at q, and thus, with the advantage
OF ripe experience, they will help on
the work of more youthful brains and
temper the follies of the rising gener-
alton.
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CHAPTER v.-contlnued.

Franklin looked about him at the
squat buildings of the little town, at
the black loan of the monotonous and
unInviting fields, at the sordid, set
and undeveloping lives around him.
He looked also at the white wagons
moving with the sun. 1t seemed to
him that somewhere out in the vast
land beyond the Missouri there beck
oned to him a mighty hand, the index
finger of some mighty force, impera-
tive, forbidding pause.
The letter of Battersleigh to his
friend Captain Franklin fell therefore
upon soil already well prepared. He
read II again and again in its some.
what formal diction and informal or
biography, was as follows:
ITO Capt. Edw. Franklin, Bloomsbury,
ILL.,:
my Dear Ned have the honor to
state to you that l am safely arrived
and well established at this place,
Ellisyille, and am fully disposed to re.
main. | must tell you that this is to
be great market for Western
btVNtos Oh THESE Cat-
tie are now coming in to this country
from the far South, and since the Ry.
is yet unable to transport these Ami
mails as they arrive there is good
Numbers Of them in the country here.
about, as well as many strange per-
sons curiously known as COWBOYS or
Cow-Punchers. which the same | may
cali a purely Heathan sort. These for
the most part resort at the Cottage
Hotel, and there is no peace in the
Town at this present writing.
For myself have taken entry
upon one hundred and sixty Acres
Govt. Land, and live little way out
from the Town. Here have my quar-.
ters under tent, following example of
all men, for as yet there are scarce a
dozen houses within fifty Miles. |
have chosen this point because II was
the furtherest one yet reached by
Rail. have been advised that IL is
highly desirable to be in at the be-
ginning in this Country II one is to
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mysterious circumstances of your faith.
er's death?"
Who else could It boz" exclaimed
Ted. you yourself have put the mo-
tive OF robbery out OF the question -
Certainly" was the reply. But
having disposed OF that motive only
makes II the more necessary to pro-
vide another"
And there again you supply II your.
self" burst out the other. you hint.
ed OF the possibility OF my father hav.
ing something discreditable in eonnec.
ton with his past life"
mot discreditable." interrupted the
doctor, '"only indiscreet."
Now" proceeded the other, re
verse your implication. Apply what
you have said OF the one to the other.
and there you have your solution of
the mystery-your motive, and what.
ever else you require"
He paused. breathless with the We.
hemence With which he had pro
nounced these last words.
We'll" said the doctor, wagglng his
head sagely. Il don't deny IL. There
you have a motive OF a sort-not a
very strong one. But, before you can
proceed further with It, you have to
establish the important fact as to that
other occupant OF the carriage. And.
when you consider that the individual
in question, even II he did travel by
that same train and in that same car.
rlage, was actually the recipient of
an invitation TO your own house, there
seems to be something so improbable,
so coldblooded about the whole con.
Germ that"
And Is not that exactly what II is?
A coldblooded. dastardly outrage upon
one who never injured a soul, and
who was one of the kindest and best
OF men. Oh, Lord | can't stand the
thought OF IT,"
Now I've started him on again, A"
murmured the doctor. remorsefully.
why couldn't have left well alone?
Anyhow, must be going now"
So, drawing himself up and squar-
ing his shoulders in his most military
style, he remarked, falling back into
his eJaculatory manner, Must be on
now, Found the wound In your faith.
er's head to-day. Tomorrow look for
the bullet that made II. Goodbye.
Can't stop another moment" and he
was gone.
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books TO take up rifles. and they came
not back TO their places. They were
forgotten, save once year, upon Dec
grafton Day, when Judge Bradley
made eloquent tribute above their
graves.
II was therefore predetermined that
Edward Franklin should go into the
office OF Judge Bradley 10 begin his
law studies, after he had decided that
the profession OF the law was the one
likely to offer him the best career.
II was one OF the unvarying rules Of
Judge Bradley's office, and indeed this
was almost the only rule which he
imposed, that the law student within
his gates, no matter what his age or
earlier servitude, should each morn
ing sweep out the Office, and should,
when so requested, copy out any law
papers needing to be executed in
duplicate. So long as a student did
these things, he was welcome as long
as he cared TO stay.
Edward Franklin accepted his seat
in Judge Bradley's office without any
reservations, and he paid his daily
fee of tenure as had all the other
students before him, scorning not the
broom. Ardent, ambitious and reso.
lutte. he fell upon Blackstone. Chltty
and Kent as though he were asked to
carry redoubt. He read six, eight,
ten hours day until his head buzzed,
and he forgot what he had read. Then
at II all over again, with teeth set
Thus through more than a year he
toiled, dashed forward by his own de.
termination, until at length he began
see some OF the beautiful first prin-
lies Of the law. So in his second
Franklin Jared somewhat beyond
principles merely, and got into notes
and bills. torts, contracts and RENE.
dies. He learned with SILVER how a
promise might legally be broken, how
gift should be regarded with suspi-
cion. how a sacred legacy might be
set aside. He read these things again
and again, and forced them into his
brain, so that they might never De for.
gotten; yet this part OF the law he
loved not so much as its grand first
principles Of truth and justice.
One morning, after Franklin had I'm.
ished his task of sweeping down the
stairs, he sat him down by the window
with Battersleigh's letter in his hand;
for this was now the third day since
he had received this letter, and II had
been In his mind more vividly present
than the pages OF the work on con-
tracts with which he was then occu.
pied. II was a bright, fresh morning
In the carly spring. A long and hazy
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CHAPTER VI.


Edward Franklin, Lawyer.
Edward Franklin had taken ur his
law studies in the Office of Judge
Bradley, the leading lawyer Of the lit
tie village of Bloomsbury, where
Franklin was born. and where he had
spent most of his life previous to the
time of his enlistment In the army.
Judge Bradley was successful, as such
matters go In such communities, and
II was his open boast that he owed
his success to himself and no one else.
Thirty-ive years earlier, a raw
youth from old Vermont, Hollis N.
Bradley had walked into the embry-
onic settlement of Bloomsbury with
a single law book under his arm and
naught but down upon his chin. He
pleaded his first cause before a Judge
who rode circuit over a territory now
divided into three congressional dis
tricts. He won his first case, for his
antagonist was even more ignorant
than he. AS civilization advanced he
defended fewer men for stealing hogs
and more for murder and adultery.
His practice grew with the growth of
the population OF the country about
him. He was elected county attorney,
local counsel for the railroad, and
Judge of the Circuit Court. He was
mentioned for gubernatorial honors,
and would perhaps have received the
party nomination but for the breaking
out of the civil war. Not fancying
the personal risks of the army, he
hired a substitute, and this sealed his
political fate. for Illinois at that time
did not put in power men who sent
substitutes to the war.
It was an immemorial custom in
Bloomsbury for the youth who had
aspirations for legal career to read
law" in Judge Bradleys Office. Two
of his students had dropped their
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traversed the head completely. and
must have caused instantaneous
1sath.-
II can't realize H." groaned the 9th
Or. Who could have done it7-unless
he was robbed"
DR.. Cartwright shook his head.
His watch and chain and valuables
were taken charge OF, like those OF
the other passengers, and a consider
able amount of money was found upon
him. Whatever the object. II was not
that. The thing win be to discover
II he had a travelling companion. and
who that travelling companion"
Ted Burritt brought down his hand
npon the table, with force that made
that article OF furniture SILVER.
IT know the mani" he cried. "or,
u do not know now. will never rest
until have found Quit"
"Phewl" whistled the doctor. "Then
you know something about the AFFAIR
You have your suspiclons?"
"suspicionsl" cried the young man;
more than susplcionsl see II all
n only knew the mans name"
what mans manner" asked the doc
tor.
what man." was the impatient re-
ply. why. the murderer, TO be sure. "
IL wish you would just begin at the
beginning and tell me all you know
about IT,"
Il will tell you all know, as well
\ IL.
my father received letter, which APP
peared 10 have a peculiar effect upon
him. II is evident TO me that he was
expecting the letter, and that II was
that which made him nervous and
fidgety and unlike himself At break.
fast the next morning. to our sur.
prise, he announced his intention OF
taking a short Journey; giving no 9th.
er explanation than that he was GO
ing as far as Dover. partly on bust
ness-though we had reason to be-
lieve that the business was only an
appointment with a friend"
"And the friends name?-of course
he told your"
mo" was the answer, that was
Just what he did not do"
"Humphl" said the doctor, that
was rather Well. never mind. Go
on"
The night after my father left
home, ! was awakened suddenly in the
middle of the night, by his voice call
ing me. And answered him back.
The next morning my sister May
came TO me In trouble about a dream
she'd had the same right, She dreamt
that something dreadful ha; hap
pened, or was about to happen, TO her
father, OF course. ! made game Of
t."
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CHAPTER IX-continued.

II was rather strange, but the
moment he put this question the little
doctor shifted his glance, and merely
answered. "Humph!" while he seemed
TO be looking at nothing III particular.
You know what | mean?" was the
somewhat impatient response. Did
my father meet his death through
the shock of the collision or by
the"
Your father was not killed in the
railway accident at ALL" was the
paralyzing reply, as the giver Of II
still avoided the eye of the questioner.
What" shouted the latter, leaping
to his feet. What do you mean? For
Heavens sake, explain yourself and
do not talk in riddlesl"
What | mean is this" was the an
twer given with great confidence and
decision, as he once more allowed him
self to meet the other mans eye:
Your father was not burnt to death,
as you feared, and he did not perish
through the shock of the collision,
which you hoped might be the case, as
being the more merciful death of the
two. Your father wasSshot!'
Had the young man received a bul.
let wound himself. he could not have
started more violently than he did on
hearing these words.
Shot" he cried-"shot!" Then.
passing his hand across his forehead
I'm not dreaming. am ~"
DR. Cartwright shook his head.
mo, my boy. you're not dreaming,
except inasmuch as life itself is a
dream. Your father. repeat. met his
death by foul play-that is putting
aside the question OF sui"
"Suicide!" cried the young man,
snatching at the word. as II we're.
Suicide! My father! Oh, you must
be madl"
The doctor shook his head again.
Il discovered, on examining the
body after you had left the church,
that death had resulted from a bullet
wound in the right temple, which had
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Protecting school Children.

The Minister OF Public instruction
in France has taken the lead OF all
the world in measures for the proven.
ton of consumption In the schools. A
new law requires that an examination
OF every pupil shall be made once In
three months, and the hight, the
weight. the chest measure and the
general physical condition OF every
one shall be entered on the pupils
report. The schoolrooms receive the
same preventive attention. Carpets
are prohibited, curtains must be OF
cloth that may be frequently washed
no dry sweeping is allowed. and dust
must be removed by wet cloths; all
school furniture must be often
secured; books are regularly disin.
fected, and no book that has been
used by consumptiye child may be
used by another person.
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A Mans Time to Die.

When a man appeared the other day
before. Justice Blume, in Chicago, and
asked for protection against some
neighbors who had threatened to kill
him, me justice refused to grant the
request. When asked for his reasons
he said that when II zane a mans
time 10 die he would d., and not be
fore. He announced himself as a
fatalist and said belief came from his
own experiences. He says he has
passed through seven accidents. three
hold-ups, one fire, two drownlngs, 100
falls, pneumonia, conclusion OF the
brain, AVID all the dangers OF several
battles of the civil war. IF all these
things won't kill a man." said the
justice, there is a special Providence
looking after him"
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coIIaanuea M Outs

Years ago when Lord Anglesey was
lieutenant OF Ireland he said once oi
the Irish secretary of that day: 'Mr
Stanley and | do very well together as
companions. but we differ so totally
about Ireland that never mention the
iubiect to him" Just how they trans.
'cted official business remains a nys.
terry.
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CHAPTER X.

The Fourth Carriage From the En-
sne.
The next morning, being Sunday
everyone from far and near repaired
10 the church, which contained within
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's-~"slfS-'s-~efif rss--sf t'-ss--~f\ ~;

Quixote, but he never forgets friend.
Buffalo and Indians. railroads and ho-
tels-it must at least be land Of con.
trasts!"