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simitar. 1t was the ancient costume of the Baif
of VolSeni, the head of that clan of shepherds who
paStured their hockS the uplands The Prince
of Slavna held the venerable office and had been
court in the dress appropriate to it. He had refused
use his carriage sending his aideS-dc-Camp home
it, and walked through the streets OF the city
which he had in charge. 1t was constantly his
habit thus to walk. His friends praised his vig
lance; his foes reved his proving spying tricks;
of neither blame praise did he take heed.
Sophy did not know the dress, but the face had
been only lately before her dreaming eye; she had
seen it in the flesh that morning from the terrace
of the Hotel de Paris.
The three came on from her right one of the
lean men hanging back, lurking little behind. They
were under her window now. The Prince was only
a few wards away. Suddenly he looked up with
start-he had become aware OF their approach.
But before he saw them the three had melted to
one With a shrill cry of CONSERVATION, OF uneasy
courage oozing out Rastatz turned and fled back
to the square, heading at his top speed for the
Golden Lion In the end he unequal to the
encounter Sterkoff, too, disappeared; but SOphy
knew the meaning of that; be had slipped into the
shelter Of the porch. Her faculties alert now;
she would not forget where StcrkOH Mistitch
stood alone in the center of the narrow street his
huge frame barely leaving room for man to pass
on either SIDE.
For d moment the Prince stood still, looking at
the giant. Incredulity had seemed TO show first in
his eyes it changed now 4 cold anger he recog-
nizcd the Captain He stepped briskly forward, and
Sophy heard his clear incslye tones cut the AIR:
What extraordinary emergency has compelled
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Yet suddenly the Prince came into her view; he
circled halfway round Mistitch then sank
knee; she heard him guard the Captains lunges
with lightning quick movements OF his nimble
sirnitar He trying the old trick they had
practised for hundreds of years at Noseni-to fol-
low his parry with upward-ripping stroke under
the adverSaryS sword, to strike the inner side of
his forearm and cut the tendons of the wrist This
trick big Captain Misttch, of the plains, did
not know.
A iangle-a slithcr-a below of pain, of rage
the Prince had made his stroke-the hillmen of
Volseni were justified of their pupil. Mstitch's
big sword clattcrcd on the flags. Facing his en-
envy with his back the porch, the Prince crouched
motioness on his knee; but it death to Misttch
to try to reach the sword with his unnamed hand.
1t was Sophy's minute; the message that 1t had
come ran fierce through all her veins. Strainlng
to the weight she raised the figure in her hands
and leaned out of the window. Yes, lean hand
with a long knife narrow head, spare long back,
Crcpt out of the darkness OF the pOrch-crept
silently The body drew itself together for fatal
spring on the unconscious Prince, for fatal thrust
1t would be dcath-and to Mistitch salvation torn
from the jaws of ruin
Surrender yourself, Captain Mistitch!' said the
Prince.
Mistitch's eyes went by his conqueror and saw
a shadow on the path beside the porch. sur
render, sir, he said
Then walk before to the barracks Mis-
itch did not turn. AT once, siri
"Now. Mstitch roared,
The crouching figure sprang and with a hideous
cry fell stricken on the flags Just below the neck
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SOPHY Of KRAVON
By A N HONY HOPE

walking with head bent down and arms behind
him. The line of light struck full him; he was
plain to see as by broadest day He wore a costume
strange to her eyes-a black sheepskin cap, a sheep
skin tunic leather breeches, and high unpublished
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} barracks at once and report yourself under
Mt arrest. Will deal with YOU tomorrow.
d not tonight, Sergius Stefanovitch?" At
e was being as good as his word: he was
up to the vaunts he had thrown out so
in the great hall of the Golden Lion.
morrow shall both be cooler" He was
up to Mistitch now. Stand out of my
itch did not bulge There's room for YOU
S by" he said. Il won't hurt you But
ddle of the road belongs to me tonight"
voice seemed to grow clearer with every
the critical encounter was SOLDERING him. Yet
with sobriety came no diminution of de-
tianCe Doubtless he saw that he was in
for the worst now, that forward was the
word, and retreat impossible. Probably
from this moment he did not intend the
Prince to pass alive Well what he intended
was the wish of many he would not lack
shelter, friends or partizans if he dared the
desperate venture. Be it said for him that
there were few things he did not dare. He
dared now, growing sober, to stand by what
the fumes of wine had fired his tongue to.
For moment after the big mans taunt
the Prince stood mOtiOnless Then he drew
his simitar. 1t looked a poor weak weapon
against the sword which sprang in answer
from Mistitch 5 scabbard.
"A duel between gentlemen!' the Captain
cried
The Prince gave short laugh You
snail nave no SuCn pea at the court martial,
he said. "Gentlemen don't WaylaY one
another in the streets. Stand asidel"
Mistitch laughed, and in an instant the
Prince sprang at him.
Sophy heard the blades meet. Strong as
death was the fascination for her eyes-aye
for her ears, too, for she heard the quick
moving feet and the quicker breathing of
mortal combat. But she would not look
she tried not even to listen Her eyes
were for a man she could not see, her ears
for man she could not hear. She remem-
bered the lean fellow hidden in the porch
straight under her window. She dared not
call to warn the Prince of him. a turn of the
head, a moment of inattention, would cost
either cOmbatant his life She took the man
in the porch for her own adversary, his
doing for her share in the fight.
Cautiously, making no sound she took
the heavy lamp-the massive bronze figure of
the girl raised it painfully in both her hands
and poised it halfway over the window sill
Then she turned her eyes down again to
watch the mouth of the porch. Her rat
was in that holei
d: TO- 10
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= St-eet Of the Fountain from SAINT MlchaeI
square. II no more than hall mile from heT
nm villa on the boulevard and she had long known
The decent old couple-Gerrnan Jews-who lived and
---ei on trade IN the house over whose front hung
40 Vas covered with carved timbers OF great
- L. door of the shop stood far back within
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HATENER Marie Zerkovitch'S s feel
ings might be, fate had its hand on
her and turned her to its uses. 1t
was she who had directed SOphy S
steps to the old house ten doors down
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b y
CHAPTER III.
Synopsis of preceding chap
tiers az end OF this Instalment

The Virgin With the Lamp
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The liussian plysiologi~t PaNlav
clearly demonstrated ia his researches
on digestion. that the ingestlon Of sub
stances with II purely nutrient ealGa
does not sufficiently satisfy the de-
mand5 Of the body. Taste aud appetite
mtst also be taken into consideration.
These are satisfied only by the add
ton t. the food of spices and salt. and
II IS largely due 10 the influence OF
these condiments that the proper
amount uf gastric juice Is liberated by
the mucous membrane Of the stomach.
The action upon the stomach Of reflex
stimuli l. shown by the favorable eff
feet on the flow of the gastric seere-
tious made by mental impressions in
dueed by the mere sight aud odor OF II
we'll prepared dish.
In this manner Epplen lrads up to
the broad clnim that the proper prep
bratlon Of all food. ~ demanded by
the essential requirements OF the Gu
llnary art Is not Il luxury, but ii physio-
Logical necessity, and Ia develop and
disseminate this knowledge IL an act
beneficial to the public welfare New
York Medical Record
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one day the famous duelst PierrUt
d1Snuc Went 10 see his friend, the Mar
quis Mrrl,, de- Salutr Marie 1t should
be explained mat In French picrrot
means sparrow and merle means black
bird Marquis" said B'lsadr, II am a
Eonapartst, and You are Il rOyalist.
Moreover / ain The sparrow and YOU
are thr bItkb Doesn't II strike you
that there, u one bird OF u9 too many -
1T precisely does said the marquis.
My choice Is pistols, and, as Is appro-
pirate for birds of ctr species. let us
lighr IN the tree As II il were not n
Sufficiently ridiculous thing that Que
man should challenge another because
his name wnS sparrow and the others
Blarkbird. the duel WIS actually fought
from tln. trees The seconds standing
on the ground below. The pistols were
fired at the sieuu There WAS a rus
thing among the leaves al one Of the
chestnut trees II WAS l'ierrot d'lsaac.
who. wounded severely IN one leg.
came tunhling Ia the ground Al this
point the marquis began Ia chirp trt-
unphantly, Initiating The song Of Il
hlackbird This WITS fresh insult. TO
he utoned for In only unc way. and
bisaac waited for his wound to n.
cover to challenge Sainte Marie for the
chlrp This time the duel was fought
with swords, aud Suinte Marie was
badly wounded The sparrow had
avenged himself on the hlachhrd
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II came Wllhih hi.eeh minutes "'
ulelt aFrNa' hoihe' MIS- bfoHS"l'
h'lshnor' WIS at the h"use W an u
f1ha' ana @S s"oll a. Nt'at saili "cAah
|" dt9'Iip' 'he SUI" sven iot ''e pea-
ei' "l Tue "'uoNs ana "tphaiiS 'le ''i
WIS e"t oil 'le eas
10 You Aio" "h"l YOU VI a'he' AUNT
N''liA W "'n'i "SN'u Tue '''i'l III
SERIOUS tones.
NhN' We n"" s"''' ''in'.
aes' You We haa good hine' ana
You are going 10 pay an AWFUL price iot
IT, """'"h 'e III No"r sh"'S '"' "h
'ile money 'n1s sue III 'eil'n"
hut Nu"' II" -" ileaH iNh
FVtN pouN u"'N 70 h''p 'h' ""'oNs
'u'' VI l''i"'i9
NJ 1t Al s'i's 10 N'nu A"ut 9"u' !"
Tue haa t'n'e. Aeh' NailN, you We heeit
10 'i'tuS'
NJ ! maven !. ""u,un e' 70
circus i"i '''''''2.''''' "''i''is' "'" W"
NioN IT,
10" W. "''n - '''," ''su'''
''''"' wv an Us "''N'u'i''a' "''i no"
- N''''' -" - s''hH ~ e''
S',''THN ~, y - '''''V u w" H"!
80 '"'is' u '''' u.
p'i :, an" '''' ii'''r' Pu' 10 nun "io
Nv -" w a. " ~ " '''e' ''''' Wv ''''''
"o,N'' = l''''.
"eN'' "'"ia nav pe''eNv ' II u
-" "aiie" AUNT 9"'N' ~
''tiiH ''"t '''e VI NY V" II MI" "'''' nn'
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THE GNU is A PUZZLE.
II seems To He "a Cross Between the
Horse, Cow and Deer.


Did YOU evtr hear of horned horse?
II Is called the gnu and is Il native of
South Africa. The gnu Is n puzzle.
We have called it horse, but 1t Is
more like II COW. II really seems to be
n cross between the horse, the COW and
The deer. Ii has the head and horns
of Il COW, the tail, the name and with
crs Of the horse and the legs of Il deer.
Altogether the gnu IA one of the most
singular creatures on cnrth.
The gnu inhabts the hilly districts
OF South Africa. roaming all over the
country in vast herds. As far as tray
elers have yet penetrated ii Is found.
and 1t IS fortunate that II is so. for the
flesh of the gnu forms excellent food.
They are, however. extremely Wild,
and. being very quick In their move
mcnts, are difficult 10 shoot Upon the
first alarm the Whole herd scamper
away Ia single file, following Il leader,
When seen from distance they look
Ike troop of horses.
Their speed Is very great, and when
| first disturbed they do not exert 1t. bul
kick out their heels and begin butting
at anything lhat comes In their way,
exhibiting The greatest fury. Unless
hard pressed they seldom show fight
but when brought to bay they VIII de
fend themselves desperately. They
dart forward upon their enemy With
great fury, and unless lie remains cool
and collected he probably VIII not es
cape
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"TEMSE" AND THAMES"
1rISi" of the saying About SettIng
the River ga Fire,


Sometimes when Il person wants 10
make an unpleasant remark in pleas
ent sort of way about duh boy he
will say. THAT boy viii never set lhe
river on fire Nov. that IS ali very
true. for even the smartest man Ia the
world could never set 4 stream ot wa.
ter on lire. and 50 perhaps many Of
You who have heard this expression
have wondered what IS meant ly set
ting tie river on lire.
In England many. many Years ago.
before the nillcrs had machinery FOR
Sitting TOUR. each family was obliged
To- Sift lis own flour. For doing this
Il was necessary Ia Use Il sieve. called
Il tense, which Wis So fixed that il
could he turned round and round in
the top of Il barrel If II waA turned
too fast the friction would sometimes
cause it 10 catch fire, and as it was
only the smart, Woodworking boys who
could make IL go 50 fast The people
got into the way Of pointing out lazy
boy by snylng that he would never set
the tense ON fire. After awhile these
sleeves went out OF use. hut as there
We're still plenty Of stupid boys In the
world people kept on saying that they
would never set the tense on fire.
Now, the name of the river Thames
Is pronounced exactly like the word
tense. and SO after many years those
persons who had never seen or heard
Of the old fashioned sieve thought that
setting the tense ON fire" meant set.
ting the river Thames on fire. This
expression became very popular and
travelled far and wide until the people
living near other streams did not see
why It VAS any harder for 4 slothful
boy 10 set the Thames on fire than any
other river. and SO the name of the
river was dropped, and everybody after
that simply said the river" meaning
the river of his particular city or town.
and that Is how II Is that people today
talk of setting the river on fire
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Onr evening III dinner Jean 1ngeloW
confessed thnt though she had often
written poems abont nigbtineulcs, she
had never heard one sing Every one
commented On this AZ extraordinary,
and We agreed that a poetes5' imag
determined thai not another night
should pasc without reintl wing this
srleVuus omission. II WAS In May. aud
about O'Clock we led forth Miss ln-
geloW To tlr lime avenue. where the
nightineal,s were singing Ia scores
We all held our breath 10 listen as one
song. Presently Miss lngelow asked
anNiously: We'll, are they singing yet?
| don't hear any thing" 1t TRANSFERRED
that, being ii l.ondoner and uncertain
OF unknown Strawberries on a chilly
spring evening she had deiied drafts
10y the simple eSpedirut Of putting cot
out least, She said II Wus on ne
count Of drafts. but | thought AT the
time and still think that her determine
ton TO be betrayed into nothing that
could SAVIOR of sentimrutulism had had
something 10 do with 1t. However, she
never minded being chatfed about It
and enjoyed the joke rs much az any
OF US q Il. Stuart in lipPneott's
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IirnIn AnnIu Tn.ia.

Emerson said he WAS an endless ex
perimenter, with no past At his back
This IS the secret Of finding every day
new and delightful. 10 he bound down
by what TRANSFERRED yesterday. to as
sumo that things must certainly be so
because they have always been SO IL
To limit life 10 narrow confines. The
Joy of existence Il 10 tackle every day
a. II fresh problem Who knows what
It may bring forth Nothing prevents
us from living It In an entirely new
way. rs II yesterday had never been
and tomorrow We're not 10 be ham
pered by 40 precedent, cowed lay no
fear, IL 10 strike out on fresh trails
and find new delight daily Exchange.
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Won't You ne fair enough To tell meg'
well, YES. She admitted Il don't
like being called underlined. lis not
true. and YOU wouldn't like ii Your
self"
1t VAS u careless statement. eNag
gerated by bradford, and made when
had met only 4 few girls of the Molly
Racer type. You know perfectly we'll
that IL never applied Ia You in my mind
ar anyhodNs | saw ut glance that
you We're thoroughbred that you add
ed 10 the older culture of the east The
frank courage and honesty of the west;
that YOU had the poise TO be II law unto
Yourself and unto me. oh. shall fin
iSh now. for | shall never speak TO YOU
again till YOU say YOU wish me 10. You
are girl | could adore and be proud
Of east or west. would bear anything
Tor one willing Word of love from you.
lou know nae my pedigree. education
and behavior the best of their kind
haven't much money. though | shall
have, hnt have pride AZ much as
You"
at him
Il was mfair and | am sorry.
want YOU to \ furious rattle Of
wheels, 4 sound of cursing and yell
ing. and sam Browns cart careened
dangerously is the terrified horse
crashed into the fence Just beneath
Kingdom started IL leap down, then
caught the girls face to his breast and
covered her ears With his hands 10
spare her the sight and sound of the
drunken brIte being dragged 10 death
The horse broke loose and dashed
away \ crowd gathered. aud King
don whispered, stay here I'll he
back In Il moment aud get You down"
He Slipped down into the alley and
out into the crowd
In about twenty minutes ages to the
girl he again scrambled up beside her.
Il did what there was 10 do told
them tie life had gone out lie never
knew what struck him. It's under
takers work now This has been mis-
cradle enough for YOU. Let me help
you down and Ia the housc As She
did not speak lie looked ii her She
laughed and held out her hand
VIII YOU speai, 10 me now that |
ask You To? You are the incest man
l know SHE took his hand and
climbed down. he after her
Wait. he commanded swinging
down before her Il shall lift You
down she WIS lust III easy reach
of his arms .And another thmg
want yoa 10 Kiss me-
Ills mastertulness took her breath
WHY should :. SHE laughed at last
lis improper reason enonsh Tor y
western girl" he leased
.imperiinent aud won't stand" size
decided Another reason"
Well Elizabeth do 1t hrcause You
want to
He held out hi arms. aud she could
not lind il ia her heart 10 deny him
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REUSED THE AUDIENCE.
Mining Camp MeIodrama With an
Unexpected Climax.


Joseph Jefferson used To say that his
career came very near being nipped in
the bud in Il small western town. He
at that time was Il member of Il small
pioneer company which progressed by
means Of three bull teams" from one
mining camp to another. They were
always heartily received by the min
ers and cowboys, Who readily paid the
81 In gold required to witness theft
performance. Mr.. jefferson WAS the
traditional mrlodramatic villain and III
the third act WIS supposed to kidnap
the child. The supposed mother,
hearing lis cries. PUSHES upon the scene
just as he is about to escape and fires
fruitles9 shot from revolver.
Upon this particular occasion all hnt
gone we'll mtll this scene WAS reached
and the audience. many OF whom In,
never before seen any kind Of theatric
al performance. sat rs II spellbOund
At the crack of the mothers revolver
however the spell WIS rlldcly broken.
BY heaven, she missed him" a rec
shifted miner Ia the front row shout
ed, drawing his own six shooter and
leaplng IL his feet. Round 10 the
back door and head him of fore he
can Kit boss, boys' lac yelled, and,
following him. haf the audience STAN.
pedrd Tor the eNit
The excitement Was finally allayed
by tho "fnoihcr" and the villain APP
peuria hand ia hand before the cur
tain aud The managers explanation OF
the situation, When the performance
had been concluded The audience insist
ed on paying another admission price
ana having an immediate repetition
from beginning 10 end Success Maya
zine
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There may be an advantage in birds
living In colonies, but cannot see how
any other birds would want IL live
near colony Of gulls. \ gull In his
own country will steal like II politician
and murder like pirate. They swarm
about rs like yultures after battle
The minute our approach drove
inurre or cormorant from Its nest the
sanity looking scalawags JRooped
down 10 cat the eggs and Young
While the gulls are freeboOters and
robbers on the Island, II Is only when
other birds are frightened from their
nests that they have chance 10 carry
on their nefarlous trade. Eternal Wig
lance is the price The latter pay for
their eggs and young. Except when
they are frightened by the approach
OF some person, their possessions are
never left for an instant without d
guard But the flttest manage TO sur
yive on the rocks, and these gulls are
the most useful birds In the bays and
rivers about the watcrfronts Of our
cities. They are valuable as scagen-
gers ana should be protected IN every
way Three of them are equal to
buzzard. Ten Of these gulls are EQUAL
TO a pig The World Today.
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4 Ghost story.

Under the date of March q. 1906. the
Annual Register tells how Il butcher OF
Stretford. Ia Lancashire. had dlsap
peared during 4 Thea recent Hood aud
how rumors spread that an apparltlon
had been seen near II certain local pool
OF water Some gave It the form OF an
uneanny dog. others that OF an equally
mysterious man who uttered blood eur
ding yells. and II was told that. even
when nothing was seen. cattle refused
10 drink at the pond, and horses trem
bled ~ they passed IT, At last II town
meeting decided TO pump the pool dry.
1t was done, and there, sure enough,
WAS the butcher London chronicle
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The first say ings bank established In
the United States was la Philadelphia,
which opened Dec. ., 1916. It Is said
that the first deposit made In this bank
the counter by boy. The bank was
entitled, The Savings Fund Society Of
Philadelphia" The first bank OF this
kind established IN New York was
chartered Nov %, 1916, and went into
business July 8. 1919
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LlNCOLN'S WIT.
That and RIdicuic Mere HIS Wee -
ona OF Onense Mmd Defenae.

oos of oTense AVID Defense.
Wi and rldcule were Lmcoln's
weapons Of offrHse and defense. and
he probably laughed more jury cases
our Of court than any other man who
praetIeed al the lar.
- once heard Mr.. Lincoln defend
man in Bloomington against charge
OF passing counterfeit money" Vice
President Stevenson told The writer.
There was a pretty clear ease against
the accused. hut when the chief wit
ness Tor the people took the stand a.
stated that his hume WIS j. Parker
Green. and Lincoln reverted to this
the moment hc fuse To eroas examine.
Mhy J. Parker Green: What did the
J. stand for John? We'll, why didn't
the witness cati himself John L. Green?
That WAS his name, wasn't III Well,
what was the reason he did not wish
TO he known hy his right name? Did !.
| Parker t;reeH have anything to con
eeal. and, II hot, why did !. Parker
| Green part his name in that way|
| And So ON. OF course the whole exam
nation WAS farcical," Mr.. Stevenson
said, "but there was something lire
sistihly funny in the varying tones and
| infections OF Mr.. Iincoln's voice as he
! rang the changes upon the mans
name, and at the recess the very boys
| In the street took II up rs II slogan and
shouted H. Parker Green all over the
town. Moreover, there WAS something
In IncoIu's way of informing his ques-
tions which made me suspicious of the
Witness. and 10 this day l have never
been able TO rid my mind of the absurd
Impression that there was something
not quite right about j. Parker Green.
1t was all nonsense, of course: but the
Jury must have been affected as l WAS,
| for Green WAS discredited and the de-
| fendant went free Frederick Trevor
I'LL in Century.
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I ard MARKS.

II IS conlcctured by some writer's on
the subject that the marks upon the
cards designating the four kinds in q
pack were originally symbolieal and
intended Ia signify the different class
cs or society according to thiS suppo
sillon. HE hearts represented the clcC
KY, padcs the nobility, some old packs
OF cards hearing sword or lance head
instead or a spade. clubs The serfS and
diamonds the burshcrs Or citizen
Clagsrs