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CHAPTER XVIII
The Truth-Speaking Of Borts and
Jorian.

This is the report Of Captains Boris
and Jcrian. which they gave in face
of their sovereignS in the garden
pleasaunce of the palace of Plassen-
burg.
Speak out your minds. good lads"
said Hugo, leaning a little further
back.
"Ay. tell us ALL assented Helene,
tell us how you delivered the Spar
hawk. as you call him. the officer Of
the Duchess JOAN"
So Boris saluted and began
'The tale is long one Prince and
Princess he said. "Of our many and
difficult endeavors to keep the peace
and prevent quarreling | will say no.
thing"
Better so," interjected Hugo with
a CLEAN in his eye. Jorian coughed
and growled to himself, That long
fool will make mess of it!
Il will pass on to our entry into
Courtland. 1t was like the home-com
ing of a long-lost true prince There
was no fighting-alack, not SO much
as a stroke after all that bother of
shouting,"
Boris" said the Princess warming
ly.
Give him rope muttered Prince
Hugo. He will tangle himself rarely
or he be done'"
Il mean the blessing of Heaven
there was no bloodshed,' Boris cor
rected himself. There was, as | say.
no fighting. There was none TO fight
with. Prince Louis had not a friend
in his own capital city, saving the
Muscovte. And at that moment
Prince Ivan the Wasp was glad
enough to win clear off to the front
Ter with his Cossacks at his tail. 1t
was a Gods pity we could not ride
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Berry Pudding.

When blackDerries appear make this
berry pudding, which is favorite one
at the Boston cooking school: Beat one
third of a cup of butter to cream.
Add gradually half a cup of sugar and
the beaten yolks of two eggs. Silt to-
gethar two cups of previously sifted
-four four level teaspoonfuls of baking
powder and half teaspoonful of salt.
Add this to the creamed butter, sugar
and eggs Put in half of the -four mix
ture, mix and then put in half
cupfu of cold water. Mix in the rest
of the -four, etc. Beat thoroughly. and
last OF all told in the well-beaten
whites of two eggs. Sprinkle cup
full Of blackberries with a little -four,
and add them to the batter as 1t is
dropped, spoonful at time. into the
mold, which should be rubbed with
unsalted butter. Steam an hour and
a half, or bake % minutes, and serve
with u blackberry hard sauce. The
sauce is made in the usual way. with
half a cup of butter and cup of
sugar. Add to this half cupful of
crushed berries.
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81 will eo!" said Margaret wilfuIIy.
verest military discipline. Nothing
was heard but words of command and
the ordered tramp of marching feet
The country barons and knights
brought in their forces, and their
tents, all gay with banners and fut-
tering penrons, stretched white along
the ALA for a mile and more.
The word was on every lip, When
will they Gomez"
the Sparhawk, Joan announced her
intention of riding on the morrow to
kernsberg. Maurice Won Lynar and
Won Orsen would accompany her.
Then cried Margaret instantly,
Il will go. too"
The ride would be over toilsome
for you" said Joan
Il will go'" said Margaret wilfullv.
Il shall never let him out of my sight
asan,"
We shall be back within the week!
You Will be both safer and more COM
Portable here"
The Princess Margaret withdrew
her head from the open window. mo-
mentarily losing sight of her husband
and making vain her last words,
''Ah, JOAN she said reproachfuly,
you are wise and strong-there is no
one like you. But you do not know
what it is to be married. You never
We're in love. How. then. can you
understand the feelings of wife,"
She looked out of the window again
and waved a kerchief.
"Oh Joan" she looked back again
with mournful countenance. Il do
believe that Maurice does not love mo
as | love him. He never took the
least notice of me when | waved to
kim''
(To be continued
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Land Was Out Of Siqht.

Yes" said one of the travelling
men, who was telling stories in front
Of the hotel. Il was once out of sight
of land on the Atlantic ocean twenty
one days
"On the Pacific one time I didn't
see land for twenty-nire days said
another A little bald-headed man
tilted his chair against a post and
knocked the ashes from his cigar.
Il started across the kaw river
near Lawrence in skiff once when
was kid" he said. and was out of
sight of land before I reached the
other side"
"Aw. come off" came from ore OF
the crowd, The Kaw isn't more than
300 yards wide anywhere along near
Lawrence.
II didn't say it was" said the Nttle
man quietly The skiff turned over
and | sank twice kansas City
Times.
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A Far-Seeinu Sc 1t.

The following story is told Of an
eccentric Scottish keeper on an estate
in the north of Scotland:
He was once guiding a shooting par
ty up near the top of steep and high
mountain. Suddenly, when they had
reached a great height, one of the
beaters gave loud yell. and seized
himself by the back OF the neck.
Through his interlocked white fingers
bright blood oozed- The man had
been peppered with stray shot in the
nape.
The keeper, seeing he blood, and
thinking the accident much worse
than it really was, bawled out excit-
edly-
Rim, Dugald, Rim coon the hill,
Heaven only ,ens hoo far well hA'e
to CARRY ye,"
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sible, save as claak for the Musco
yite dominion.
The country rose behind the retir-
ing Muscoyite. and Prince LAis was
conducted across the boundary CT his
princedom under the bitter thunder
of cannon and the hiss of Courtland
arrows.
Meanwhile Joan, casting aside with
an eXultant leap Of the heart her in.
tent to make of herself an obedient
wife. rode back TO kernsberg in order
to organize all the forces to meet the
common foe. II was TO be the last
fight of the Teuton Northland for free
dom and faith.
The Muscovite does not go back,
and il Courtland We're conquered
kernsberg could not long stand. To
Plassenburg tas We have seem rode
Boris and Jorian to plead for help
from their Prince and Princess Des-
sauer had already preceded them. and
the armies. disciplined and equipped
march TO defend their frontiers-it
might be 10 go farther and fight
shoulder to shoulder with Courtland
ana kernsberg against the common
foe.
The presence of Prince Conrad in
the city of CORTLAND seemed to
change entirely the character of the
people. From being somewhat friv-
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CHAPTER xxvIl.-Continued.

The only one of the party wholly
without settled plan was the woman
most deeply interested. Theresa Won
save her son or TO die with him. She
alone had no influence with Prince
Louis. no weapon to use against him
except her womans wit.
When in the morning light OF the
second day they came in sight or
Courtland. and saw on the green plain
OF the ALA great concourse. II dld
not need AIT Pikker's shout to urge
them forward at a gallop, lest after
all they should arrive too late.
They have brought him out to die, y
cried Joan. Ride for the young
mans life,"
But all their careful plans and
scrupulous intents We're in moment
cast TO the winds by the urgency of
the need. Expecting to find them
selves instantly captives. they found
themselves instead among stout and
independent people, stirred to the
highest point of hatred and excited
disgust by the cruelty Of the scene
too certainly ensue.
The sight of their favorite Prince
Conrad raised the highest hopes. not
only among the populace, but in the
army of Courtland itself. 1t had long
been standing toast in every guard
room. ITO the succession of the
cowl," For they looked to their ideal
knight Conrad. that hero without
stain. to deliver their country from
the degrading weakness and subserv-
ience of the reign of Louis. and es-
pecially from the intruding Muscovite
and hated Cossack who had sup
planted themselves as guards in the
very palace of their Prince.
Hence the shouts of Prince Con
rad" Our Delivered" The true
Prince." Down with Lous!" Drive
out the Russ which saluted them
everywhere as the cavalcade adyanc-
ed slowly through the press.
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|MnMa1e~efMe,k1ey

There are cases where an operation
the only resource, but when one con-
siders the great number OF cases OF
menacing female troubles cured by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound after physicians have advised
operations, no woman should submit to
one without first trying the Vegetable
Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham.
Lynn, Mass, for advice, which is free.
Miss Margret Merkley, of e75 Third
Street, Milwaukee, Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
"Loss of strength, extreme nervousness,
shooting pains through the pelvic organs,
bearing down pains and cramps compelled
me to seek medical advice. The doctor, after
making an examination, said had a female
trouble and liberation and advised an opera
ton. To this strongly objected and decided
to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound The liberation quickly healed, all
the bad symptoms disappeared and l am
once more strong, vigorous and WE'LL
Female troubles are steadily on tho
increase among women. If the month
ly periods are very painful, or too fire.
quent and excessive you have pain
or swelling low down in the left side.
bearing down pains, don't neglect your
self: try Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
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Creme for Kimonas

japanese crepes for kimonos and
dressing sacks have cherry blossoms
and dragons, quaint little japanese
maidens and butterflies in confusion
of gay colors, with disregard Of pro-
portions and probability that Is as at
tractive as the soft, creepy cotton stun
they are printed on.
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Rrains on the Increase.

Kedd-They say there are fewer
people betting on the races now Do
YOU suppose that means money is get
ting scarcer?
Greene-No, it only means that
brains are getting more plentiful
Yonkers Statesman.
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Millions Sent to Italy.

The Bank of Naples, through which
comes most of the money sent home
by Italian residents In America, re-
ports that in the last u months it has
handled $5,0OO.OO0 sent to Italy from
the United States. From Argentina
$500, 900 was sent and 100000 from
Italians in Brazil.
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With a smooth IRON and Dehlnce
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods.
and it will be positive pleasure TO
use Starch that does not stick to the
iron.
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OPERATION AVOIDED
ExPERIENCEOFM MISS MERKLEY
She Was Told That an Operation WA0
Inevitable. How She Escaped 1t.

When physician tells woman suf.
fering with serious feminine trouble
that an operation is necessary, the very
thought of the knife and the operating
table strikes terror to her heart, and
our hospitals are full Of women coming
for lust such operations,
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d" "'s WIG. Sd'o tne FF'neest.
them down. But though Jorian and
l did all that men could
"Ahem." said Jorian, as if fly had
flown into his mouth and tickled his
throat.
II mean, your Highnesses. we did
whatever men could to keep the pop
ulace within bounds. But they broke
through and leaped upon u.s. throwing
their arms about our horses necks,
crying, Our saviors!' Our deliver
ers! God wot, We might 81 well
have tried to charge through me bill
lows of the Baltic when it bl)ws a
rorther right from the Gulf OF Both
mia! But it almost broke my heart
- see them ride on with pGver
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Defiance Starch Is the latest inven-
ton in that line and an improvement
on all other makes, it is more eco
nomical. does better work, takes less
time. Get it from any grocer.
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Little Girls Desire.

Mabel had always worn high-topped
shoes, much to hr own dissatisfaction.
and one day while admiring her moth
sr's slippers she said Mamma.
cant | have pair OF lownecAed
shoes next summer
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Foreigners. in their ignorance OF the
language, SO often mistake the sui
tans trades for tirades.-Albany Ar
gus
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Relpian Polar Expedition,

For the Belgian expedition to the
south pole, planned for 1907. it is said
that the sum Of 100000 has already
been subscribed.
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A wise man may profit By the &C.
uopA of q fool.
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For Preserving, Purifying
and Beautifying the Skin,
Scalp, Hair, and Hands.

Cutacura soap combines delicate medicinal and emol
nsnt propsties derived from Cuticurs the great skin
Suc with sns pursss OF le.nstns and the
n .terhouse So PART. Rue Dc Ia faiai Boston: III
~ AAaisd fres, HOG to Pressrvs. eurteys AnA
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GOLD IN SOLUTION.
There Are Billions of Tons In thI
Waters Of the Oceans.

FAere Are Billions of Tens In the
Waters Of the Oceans.
Do you know that the waters Of our
z obe hold thousands Of millions Of tons
81 soil ii solution. and that II It were
95 BE . extract the precious metal
r. tn aqueous constituent Of our
Dlaa2l 4 J would be the commonest
i. ..-- tails? More than 100 years
ali boilers on the coast Of
.I1., found slight traces Of the
re IS metal on the sides OF their
Ta gators, and later on Scottish
"a In the same article reported
-l!3 s.,.iIgs in the water taken from
lle l-1uth Of the Dundee. In 1853 the
chemists Malaguti and Durocher ana
lyzed waters from several different To-
calities in the several oceans and seas.
the result being that they found q
slight trace OF gold and silver in every
specimen tested. Finally, in 1855. they
made a grand summary Of all their
findings, the figures presented with
that report being without doubt the
most wonderful exhibit that has evei
been given to the scientific world
II was there shown that the ave"
depth Of all oceans is $500 fathoNs
and that the surface area is sufic!en
70 make a grand total Of 100000 C0'
cubic miles Of water. or not less thni
1887, 03O, 272, 900 900. 600 tons. Each til
Of that vast amount Of surging liqui
holds, at a very low estimate. one
thirteenth Of q grain OF gold, or a tota
Of not less than 1O,2J0, 900. 900 tons OF
the precious metal. II this vast amount
OF gold could be extracted and thrown
upon the market the best fnancier IL
the world cannot imagine what the re
suit would be.
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Mrs. b. Smith will arrive In the
city the last Of the week, to spend a
few days with her sister, Mrs. B. B.
Benshaw.
F. d. VIM, Of the winn-B Barr
Chainey company, was q visitor in
Spokane today arranging for the pur-
chasing Of large stock Of rubber
goods.
VT. j. Rilly and wife, Of Doughar-
ty, Iowa, will arrive in the city the
last Of the week to spend q short time
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. P. j. Broder
lick. Mr.. Rilly may locate in the
city.
w. Il. Martin, cashier Of the Pion.
eer state bank OF Ritzville, Wash. :,
and Thos. II. Brewer, Of Spokane,
president of the Fidelity National
hank Of that city, and also president
of the First National bank of Occur.
d'Alene, were visitors in the city TO-
day.
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A VERY FORMAL HONOR.

PaImeFstOn Had Not Besn Intro-
dueed to Huge or Dumas.
Alexandra Dumas, the elder, tells
this story In his diary: zone day Victor
Hugo and were dining with the Due
Decazes, and among the guests were
Lord and Lady Palmsrston. Lord and
Lady Palmerston had come late. There
had been no time for an introduction
before dinner, and after dinner, while
we were taking tea, the Formally had
been forgotten. Young Due Decazes
came up TO me- My dear NJ. Dumas.
he said, Lord Palmerston has begged
me 10 ask you to leave an empty chah
between yourself and Victor Hugo ]
did So
Lord Pa1merston got up. took his
wife by the hand and brought her ovei
to us. Look at the clock, my lady be
said What O'Clock Is itY asked Lord
Palmerston. 'Thirty-nve minutes past
TO- replied my lady. Then remember.
said her husband, that this evening al
thirty-hve minutes past 10 you were
seated between Victor Hugo and Alex.
andre Dumas AID that such an honor
Is not likely to happen TO you twice in
q lifetime
HE then took his wife by the hand
and took her back to her place at the
other side Of the room without another
word You see. he had not been intro
duced either to Victor Hugo or me-"
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Anchnr,nr Lirh,.hIn.

A very effective method Is employed
to keep a lightship always In practi-
caIly the same position. The ship IL
moored By three anchors which rest
In the sea bed In the form Of Z triangle.
When the tide alters its direction the
vessel. Of course. swings with It. but
only to a limited extent The ship can
not change right over. as Il would II
only one anchor were used. for the
three anchors each az II IN a different
position and do not allow II to move
more than a few yards.
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TAs Valuable ''My Pretty Jane"
NY Pretty Jane" was one Of th.
most prontabls songs TO the publisher
Ovnr written. Some years ago Il
brought over $4,000. Jet all that Mr.
TltzhalL tho writer Of tho words, and
9lr Henry Btshop. The composer OF tn
music, Jointly received did not exceed
so FitxhalL to BE- sure. declared
nat q took him just ten minutss &
Wt9ts. and Bishop thought % nttis Of
hb Own setting that be had thrown tbs
manu1eEip4 Into The waste paper baa
k0t, from which II was nshed cut By
@ manager Of Yauxhall Gardens
But, sven 90. the composer was surely
entitled to a prOpOrtiOnate reward with
the publisher. and II IL not conSoling to
recall the circumstances that Bishop
Did almost a pauper.-Chambeu'
Journal
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-27

The Dear chlla-oA. Mra- Brown.
when ana yOu get baekf Ma Brown
Bless you. dear. was not away any
where. What made y0u think sol The
Dear Chlld-I thought you were ]
heard my mamma say that you were
ct Ioggsrheads with your husband f0E
over a week.-LOndOn Answer
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-27

Mrs. Beatrice Deitrick will test
voices without charge ct her studio,
suite 3, Sander block, on Monday
and Thursday afternoons. She will
be happy to meet Occur d'Alene ar
fists and music lovers. Phone so X.
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A man always puts on the left ahoe
last, and when he puts on the righe
shoe frAt-on the right foot--he also
puts on the left shoe on the right foot.
A man most always puts the right shoe
on the left foot aud the left shoe on the
right foot, Baltimore American.
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A man who stands on the street cor.
ner chewing and splitting. telling how
the government should be run. eursina
the town, finding fault with his grand.
mother because she was . woman,
claiming that the merchants are a lot
of thieves, that the lawyers and news
paper men would skin a man TO a I'm
ish and whole lot more. is nuisance
and an abomlnation. Any town pes
tered with one or more such worthless
would be Justified In exercising cow
hide authority on the bosom OF their
trousers. No one is obliged to live
where he is not suited. II things don't
suit you go where they will. A growl
or and a sorehead In a town IL an en-.
terprise killer every time.-Macksvill
(Kan-) Enterprise.
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Mrs Homebody engaging cook
Very well, then: you may come tomor.
row at 10, Cook-Ofd sooner come az
8 mum, Thin II OF don't lotke a.
place Oh can lave in tonne for ~
matinaY .-pnek.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-14
Int0rmes de Chile

Valparaiso, 26 de Agosto.-Conti-
atia el estado de sitio y NO Sc permi-
IS nadie circular por las calie>,
41espu6sde las seis de Ia tarde.
Han ocurrido algunos accid ntes al
Aacer saltar con dinamita varios cdi-
6cios ruinosos.
FL Presidente Riesco HI contesta
do d Ia casa banquera de Rothschi1 I
que ofreci6 su ayuda para los que
sufrieron 4 cauea del terremoto di
ciendo que eSpera que los recourse
dc Chile bastaran para ese fl.
El gobierno ha preparado y pre-
scutado I'm pro ecto para Ia recons-
trucci6n de Valparaiso. A hn de evi-
tar que las GALES sc inunden, ten
dram I'm nivel conforme. LIE anchu-
ra mfnima de las Gales, sin contar
las aceras. serd de ounce metros. FL
gobierno pagara al contado los terre.
nos eXpropisdos con csc objeto y ha-
ra prGs,anos a los duefIos de los te-
rrenos que st utijicen con ese objeto
Los derechos de aduanas sobre ma
teria1es de construction, dejaran de
cobrarse durante diez y ocho n eseS
La Bolsa Y i4s casas de concrete
no han reasumido los negocios toda-
via, las bancos contindan hacienda
pagos limitados caJrsa &c L ta.5c
lie dinero.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-14
Ell AMO DEL MAR

aqueo fu6 acuerdo tactic para concedere ell pues
de preferencia en- todas las reuniones.
Ella sentfa una embriagadoa complacencia en- estas
atencioues dasmedidas las recibfa sonrendo in pc
to- del err6neo pron6stco cuyo benefcos disrutaba
Sc defend6 NAL contra este secreto placer. La pri
nera vez Que sorprendio cuchicheo, ell tulo fa
Yniliar que unan nombre Ia Reipa del Mar, fuE
Saqqarah.
Toda Ia colonia americana Sc habia movilizado pa
ra hacer esta excursion que iba examioar Ger6ni
mo Cruas el teatto de las excavacones.
Un lunch sbundannsmo envia g desde Ell Cairo
aguardabs los tutistas Ia de Mariete ale
gre chara resop6 en- ell abor too de la cencia
Sc vacisron copas De vino de Champagne por la
rrecci6n de los Faraones.
Nine Fianona. siempre pen atiea acc gfa con mas
dureza cue de ordinaro los cumplmientos de Archi-
bafdo.
Pensaba q1c 81 bre misma mesa algunos dfas
antes e cruel ausente habfa esco aquea carta satu-
rada de dolor -.
No la recib3o V, Ultima 1.en.e la vista del ca
ptan Tournoep pregurt5 Cras.
ST, respondi6 el egipt6logo tenido OCCASION de
asegurarme, de que distpguido ohcal merecfa So
reputation.
Muy pocog. entire los vsitantes que desflan por