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to be arrested for treason. He, however, avoided arrest, and after some years spent in Europe ended his adventurous life as above recorded. With more sue cess he might have been second RaJah Brooke, whose portrait still comes to us on the stamps of Sarawak.
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Selfish.

From the Catholic Standard and Times. T see Jack Ketcham has been married to Miss Roxley'
 .'Yes, and I was very sorry to see 1t. Sorry? For her sake or his?' For mine. I wanted her"
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Not So Many.

Yes, she's swell enough" said the Chi cago girl.
 But her forefathers?" suggested the Boston girl.
 "Oh, gracious, don't make 1t any worse than it really is. She's only had three."
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Didn't Know Where To.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Mrs. F'lip-I have just been talking to a specialist and he says my brain vitality has all gone to my long hair. Do you be- Heve 1t?
 FHp-well, er-I knew 1t had gone!
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Simply Had To.

From the Washington Post.
 sire" said M. Witte, 'I see you got your loan.''
 .Son. I had to; 1t was a groundhog case" replied the Czar "There was no meat in the house"
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Tclrdmand and WOIfrcm in the productions
OF the Wagner works at the Grand Opera.
His repertoire includes such widely varied
operas as -Lakme" and IL Africaine," and
comprises nearly fifty parts.
Arturo SammarCo is a young Italian barry
tone who came into prominence last fall
while singing in the supplementary Italian
season at Covent Garden. Before that
time he had sung in smaller Italian towns.
then at Milan and Rome. and later enjoyed
the triumph of Buenos Ayres.
Mario Ancona, who used TO be the first
barytone at the Metropolitan ten years ago
when Nittorio rinond was also in the com
pany. has sung in Russia and Portugal
since his appearances here. He is now
accounted the most famous Italian bass in
Europe. His large repertoire includes such
contrasting roles that he last summer sang
h ing Mark in Tristan und Isolde" on n
evening and Don PosqudIe the next. Most
OF his time in recent years has been passed
in Russia. VI. Renaud comes here for only
two months Of the season. After his depart
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At all events, here was an unusual nature
which must he tested 10y unusual met hods.
Suppose he should betray himself, what
then p? 1t seemed to Crontite now. as it
had seemed to him in outlining his cam
paign, that she would pit her wits against
his, and try TO bring about defeat for him
and safety for herself through misleading
him.
A dangerous course for her TO pursue;
especially dangerous when one was igno-
rant that an antagonist was pursuing the
same tactics. A false theory, in order TO be
effective, must be plausible; ard, being
known to be false, il would almost inev-
itably suggest the true theory.
Itwas some little time before Cronkite
saw the proper opening, but W hen heidi he
made a palpablc slip and fell right into it.
Here is the latest statement Of tho
Security Bank OF Tepoka." said Miss Mason.
Il suppose, OF course, you want to quote
from it,"
Why, no." replied the detective indif-
ferently. 1T has no more significance than
that Of a thousand others"
But | though you were president Of it?"
inter posed Miss Mason sharply.
Eth? What? Oh, of course / am. Par
don me, my dear young lady; | was oblivi-
GUS for the moment, wool gathering, not to
know the institution | I'M connected wirh so
intimately. Indeed, we must show what
the Security National Bank is doing. | am
proud
National bank? Il says here il is a State
bark
That's what ! said, didn't II" asked
Cronkite, much distressed. Don't tell me
that / orr losing my mind"
You did say State bank, Of course"
Miss Mason assured him gently. 1T was
my mistake, this SINE
There was a bright color in her cheeks;
there vas a triumphant sparkle in her eyes.
She folded her arms across her throbbing
bosom and her lips set with restraint.
Il, too. am wool gathering this morning,
Mr.. Driscoll," at length she said. 81 am
20 alone in the world; l am in such cruel
need of wise advice. Would you mind
hearing me? / won't be long. l nave
the utmost confidence in your judgment"
1T vas late, night before last, continued
the girl. when Mr.. Driscoll had bowed a
grave acquiescence. Il couldn't sleep; l
carle down here to the library for a book.
When outside / heard a bang, like the
shutting of Mr.. Grayson's desk there, and
then a moan. The door opened, and there
stood Mrs. Grayson, her finger bleeding.
Oh. Miss Mason she cried, L want
want you to help mo and not say a word
to a soul
And then she went on to explain that
she had had a secret meeting out on the
grounds with a person her husband did
not want her to see, and that in stepping
in from the porch she had caught her finger
in the window"
Il don't see why you need concern your
self about the matter counselled Cronkite.
There are secrets in every family
But there isn't a word Of truth in what
she said" exclaimed Miss Mason, passion
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Alice, Alice. | won't be a party to any
such scandal! warned Harry Cam.
Miss \asCn snatchnd "A told Of crisp yellow
bills from her breast. She dashed them 20
the floor. She ground them under her
heel.
That is all l took. ! %solenuly swearl'
she said to the bankcr. 81 refCGe il, I
despiSe il, almost as much as | do you'll"
As she stood therf a tremuIous Fame %
wrath, scorching oven her lover, Abe
Croniitc opened the library door and
ushered in a tall and lovely woman. She
giided across the room like an angel; and
gathered Miss Mason in her arms.
-Iou poor child, she said socthingly.
you mustn't deSpisc any one in this house.
We must all love one another"
Ii Was Mrs. Grayson
"Yes, Norvil," she continued. turning to
her husband, Il am tho culprit; a true de-
scendant OF Mother Eve. You talked SO in
your sleep OF all the paper in the secret
drawe meant to me and my little ones that
! determined to see what it could he at the
first opportunity. have the certificate that
proves the former marriage Of Helen
Rose!le.7
Il saw you coming out Of the library;
though you didn't see me-" interposed
the irrepressible Miss Mason. Then I
went in. and finding the top still ajar, took
the money. When that fool detective over
there was trying 10 involve Harry I said
you took it. / lied; but you did jam your
finger, didn't you?"
Wife, | have sinned before heaven and
in thy sight" faltered the banker.
But Mrs. Grayson. still holding the girl
with one arm, held out the other TO her
husband.
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ure the barytone roles will be sung 10y Sirnor
Summarize. who arrives here in January.
Nine. MelDa is &c be Mr.. Hammerstein's
soprano during the month of January.
She il to begin her engagement at the
close Of the first week in January. appear
ing in Ia Boheme." Nine. Melba always
makes it a condition Of her contracts now
adays that she shall begin every engage
ment AZ MINI. She will also he heard az
Lucia, Vioiettd, JuIiCts and Marguerite.
II is. also a condition of her contract mat
she is TO sing only with Signor Bonci. Nine.
Melba has appeared in opera in New York
only once during recent years.
Regina Pinkert, who has never been
heard here, is TO share the colorature roles
with Nine. Melha. She was the soprano
selected to accompany Signor Caruso on
his first trip through Germany. Although
her career has been confined almost en-
tirely 10 Italy, Nine. Pinkert il by.birth a
Pole. she studied with Nine. Marchesi
and made her debut at Milan. She was
then engaged at Florence and Rome. Last
winter she sang at the Teatro CONSTANT with
NM. Bonci and Battistini. Her repertoire
includes all the c~olorature roles. In adj
dition to her Appearances in Italy Nine.
Pinkert has sung with great success in South
America. For the last ten years she has
gone every summer-w which is the reversed
musical season of that c~ountry-to Buenos
Ayres, st. Paul and Montevideo. Nine.
Pinkert has been decorated by the French
Government with the Academic palms and
wears a diamond necklace given to her
by the Queen Of Spain. She will nah
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from pleasing spectacle of INDIGESTION.
Then Banker Grayson, already worn by
suspense, lost his temper.
Damn you" he cried, shaking his fist.
Don't you dare hold a rod over me. I'm
desperate; IL all else IN u be lost III still
keep my manliness. III not stand black
mail; III kill myself sooner. But if I 90,
if | do, I'll publish you to the world first as
a miserable, unGrateful thief"
There was a sweep and a swish from the
hallway. Miss Mason stormed through the
ROOM She confronted Mr.. Grayson. with
blazing eyes, standing in front Of Game
-TTis an infamous lie she cried. My
Harry il not a thief; he knows nothing what
ever about it. | took the money myself;
who had q better right? | have it with me
here now'-she struck herself across the
bosom. "Yes, and m going to keep it, too.
Who has a better right, l say"
what right to take, 10 keep demanded
Mr.. Grayson,
"A daughters right; the right of your
only legitimate child. Helen Roselle, whom
yot, coward, deserted, was my mother"
At this i~uncture Cronkite slipped noise
lessly from the room.
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enough 70 rcceise a Fellowship amounting
10 $40 q month and was able to live near the
conservatory. His only master wa Felice
Coen. to whom he attributes all his fame.
1t was in 1890 that Signor Bonci was found
npe enough to make n public appearance.
He first sang at Parma the part OF Fcnton in
Verdi's @Falstaff." He went to Milan and
at Leghoru sang in Faust" He was then
called TO Milan and at La Scala appeared in
L Puritani." In this opera he has always
made his greatest success, and it ia a con-
dition in all Of his contracts that he shall
first appear in Bellini's opera. He made
a o u OF Italy, went to South America and
won equal fame. His fame in Europe out
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REMEMBERS SIR WALTER SCOTT.
John Haig AndersOn's Recollection % the
Man He Met Riding ON a Pony.

John Haig Anderson. according to tho
CGiedonidn, still preserves a vivid recolleo-
ton of the great minstrel OF the Borders.
His first meeting with Sir Walter Scott was
when walking by the Tweed.
There had been a big food, and in order
to- cross the river he and several companions
were compelled to go around by Melrose
Brig. When the lively youths were opposite
Abbotsford a gentleman who came along.
riding on a Highland pony, turned out to
be none other than Sir. Walter. Addressing
the lads in broad Secs, he said:
Boys, are We no feared yen be drooned9
See, the water has been a roond the haugh.
We maun TAX care o yersel's an no ia into
the WAFER
Sir Walter then asked the lad Anderson
his name, and o learning it he followed it
up with q further question:
An what's yer mither's name. my man,
MARY Sommers. was the ready response.
-Oh," adds the great man, then Geordie
Sommersnl he your uncle'-a fact which
was readily corroborated by the youth.
Then" added Sir alter, tell yer uncis
Geordie that / was spcerin' for him. In
now, SEE there's a saXppnCe, an when ys
get back, get yersel' "A hap" "a breakfast
OH at Mewrose' lMelrose Brig IoW.
yen be hungry. my little man .
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THREE CLUES
TO THE THIEF.
The Robbery Of Banker Norvil
Grayson's Dcsk-Story Of
a Scrap of Paper.

Banker Norvil Grayson's library desk
was an elaborate affair. Constructed as a
loving duty by an East Indian whom he
had befriended, it presented marvellous
combination of Oriental ingenuity, palms.
taking and art.
Steel itself seemed not TO be harder,
heavier and more secure than its carved.
inlaid and closely fitted parts OF ebony
teak and mahogany. The lock was a mys-
terry even to its owner.
He alone knew just what buttons to press
and knobs TO pull for its top to roll back
noiselessly. How and when he knew but
even he did not know why.
This ignorance increased Mr.. Grayson's
confidence in the desk. On its broad writ
ing plain he made his most intimate oalcula-
tons. In its conp artments he kept his
personal accounts, b~ankbooks, letters and
papers.
In it's toy safe OF chilled steel he often
placed money to n considerable amount
without bothering to set its separate com
bination. No, indeed, when he had drawn
down its top with an approving bang, he
went TO his sleep convinced that his secrets
and treasures were a. guarded and secure
as the thoughts within his busy brain.
One morning, on going to his desk to take
with him TO the office certain memoranda
he had made the night before, Mr.. Grayson
wa shocked to find the interior In con-
fusion, the loose sheets tossed to n side.
the files displaced and broken. One glance
at the tiny safe, with door swung open,
and he gritted his teeth, enraged. Ten
thousand dollars, in one thousand dollar
Hills, was gone.
Mr.. Grayson sprang to the telephone
and summoned tho chief OF police to come
TO him ut once Then. Suddenly apPre-
hensiye. he opened a shallow drawer that
seemed a part of the side panelling and
turned pale.
1t was empty. The next instant he had
darted back TO the telephone and was
~Hpologizing to the chief for having troubled
him unnecessarily.
Mr.. Grayson continued pale Throughout
his downtown walk and while he examined
the matt az the ofice-pale, grave and silent.
For a time he sat in deep meditation, he
whose wits and acts had ever been alike
instantaneous.
Then he hurried over TO the Aerial Build
ing and consulted with his lawyer. Judge
Josiah Marcellus. A a consequence, when
he returned home that night he brought
with him n respectable but somewhat
stolid looking man. whom he introduced
NJ his friend and business correspondent.
Mr.. DriScoll, who was going TO put up Wit
him for a few days; he only wished that
they might be many.
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heavily though it seems but slight evidence
TO me. Any one Is apt TO jam a finger. For
instance, Mrs. Grayson bruised one Of hers
the other day in shutting a window"
But We shouldn't consider Mrs. Grayson
in any event. SIR" i~nterposed Cronkite'
lightly. Besides, don't you see? Uy
such injury, when truthfully explained, /,
at orc, eliminated. When we find one
to which a false cause is assigned, then
witch out, [ say. And now to take up the
other clue
The other one? Ididn't know there were
two"
YES. sir. YGs don'tkeep your desk very
clean. Mr.. Grayson; it il too bad your good
wife never has access 10 il.
See this little steel impairment where
the money was kept dust along the bottom,
which of course has been disturbed by
sliding in and out the bills; dust along the
sides, undisturbed, except in this one case
TO the left. See?
"A hand reaching in stuck there, sir; a
hand wearing a broad fiat ring, with an in
scription cut on it. Doesn't that look ike
an A to you-a capital A, with two or three
small letters following?"
Again Mr.. Grayson breathed hard. but
this time az il from relief.
My nephew, Harry Caine. has such a
ring" he said. "A class ring, with the
motto Age Quod Agis' inscribed.
Il have been worried about him lately;
he j. dreadfully extravagant and in debt.
He knew | hal that money with me.
But Harry is a good fellow; he might per-
haps steal in desperation, meaning 10 re-
place. He would never, no. never. black
mail or use that paper against n who has
been good to him. Indeed. it il inconceiv-
able to me that he would take it,"
There is always an alternative. sir
-He hasn't a bruised finger, either; you
must ave noticed that yourself"
There is always an alternative, sir"
Il don't think much of your clues, sighed
the banker deiecteily "or OF the alternatives
that are going to make impossibilirie3
possible.
But go ahead the best way you can
you nave carte blanche; that pager must be
recovered. The whole thing is a mystery
TO me; if ! don't put it out Of my mind, If
l don't trust you implicitly, as the Judge
advised, l shall go mad.
Il tell you again, for the last time, no one
knew of h existence Of that paper or Of
its hiding place, except myself"
There is always an alternative, sir"
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ately. "She was at the desk. l tell you
1 heard the top fall.
Besides, when I bent over her to dress
her finger | saw distinctly a fold of yellow
bills in her bosom. Caught it in the win
dow? Preposterous!
You can see for yourself 10 has been
screwed down for weeks against the cold.
She lied TO me, and what makes me so
frightened il taat she knows that l know
she lied"
Il See" reflected Cronkte You fear
that to shield herself she may compromise
you. l sympathize with you. Miss Mason;
but it's a delicate matter; I wouldn't want
to assume it alone. There is Mr.. Game,
now. II 1 might advise with hlm-' .
Il can arrange that" cried Miss Mason
with an e~Eultsnt ring. here at S O'Clock;
and I'll see that he comes
~.
Yes, Alice, dear" cried Harry Game. a
few minutes after S. Il came as soon az /
got your message. WHAT
He stopped short as Mr.. Driscoll. the
banker guest. advanced from an alcove.
Il was looking for Miss Mason he ex-
planned confusedly.
The governess in your uncle's family?
You seem to be on very intimate terms
with her"
what business is it of yours. I'd like to
know"
1T is all my business. | am n detective
employed by your uncle TO discover the
person who robbed his desk the other
night"
Harry Caine forced se~lf-control; straight
ening himself, his hands clenched.
And whom do you suspect?" he de-
manded.
Il will tell you, if you will tell me who
has your class ring. There is the imprint Of
it's motto, Age Quod Agis,' in the dust in
side that desk"
my Cod" gasped the young man. throw
ing himself into a chair and burying his
face in his hands,
Silence; while the inevitable filtered
through and weighted down his conscious
ness. Then he rose, haggard.
There is no need of looking further
he said. Il am the guilty man"
Harry" came Mr.. Grnysonis voice, as
the door opened and shut. Il knew you
were in hard shape; | told Cronkite so. last
evening; but yet. | hoped. l hoped. Why
didn't you ask me, my boy?'
Il needed the money as you say, " replied
Harry, duly. Il knew you sometimes left
it there for weeks. | thought / could re-
place It,"
Il know; / haven't been such a saint my
self that I can't make allowances. Give
me the other, and we'll .lana ge the money,
some way
The other?"
"Yes. the other; the paper you took.
Come quick, I can't draw an easy breath till
/ hnve IT,"
Il didn't take any paper, faltered Harry.
THAT in to say, | haven't il with me. Per-
haps | can get it for you, though | don't
know from whom
He grew red, be shifted his feet, . far
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"Oh, you may stare" Miss Mason con-
tinued vehemently. Il know what I'm talk
ing about. I'm not a bad sort either.
Perhaps l did come here to spy ont the
land. l got TO love my charges; my little
sisters, they are. | have been faithful to
them. / wouldn't put a slur ON their names,
though your tiular wife has driven me
crazy with her airs n graces.
Harry and 1 low each other; see, | have
his class ring. We were going away con-
tented "a marry and be- by ourselves. But
/ knew he needed money; and -, when
found the desk open, | took IL.
why didn't you stand your loss like a
man? You must nave known il was a family
affair. But no; you brought your fool de-
tective here, who might just "a we'll have
been labelled; and when he accused my
Harry, behold the result
at may be so" said MIR. Grayson with a
sort of deadly ~calmness. you may be my
daughter; Helen Roselle may have been
your mother; l can only say | never heard
Of your birth.
Keep the money; marry Harry and live
oontentedly by yourselves. | will do more,
far more for you. Bat first You must retract
part OF what you said.
You are net my only legitimate child;
you are net my legitimate child
You msrriad my mother. | have the
certificate"
There wGs n ceremony, I admit; but
your mother had been married before;
her husband was living"
Prove it. She never told me st Prove
il or be an infamous liar again"
Il thought 40" interpossd Mr.. Grayson
bitterly. Il felt you couldn't be your
mothers child without being false and
cruel. You riiied my desk Of what | valued
more than my entire fortune; the shield
and protection 10 my dear wife's fame, my
lear little girls name
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Hammerstein's company, is Frenchman-
He comes to this country from the Theatre
de Ia Monnaie in Brussels. where he sang for
several years. He was this year engaged
for the Royal Opera House at oporto and
MIR. Hammerstein attained his release by
the payment Of a large forfeit. NJ. Dali
mores is the dramatic tenor OF the company
and will take the heavier roles in tine roper
tnire.
N. AltsoheSsky is a young Pole who had
appeared in Brussels and first attracted
attention in London last season. He sings
the lyric roles.
Maurice Renaud the famous barytone,
almost came to this city five years ago.
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de la Monnaie there. He made his debut in
1883 as a priest Of Odin in Reyer's opera.
~Sigurd." He remained in Brussels until
1890, when he was called to the Opera
Comique in Paris. He was the next season
engaged for the Grand Opera in Paris,
appearing there first az Neiusko in
"LAfricaine He san for five years at
the Grand Opera, making in the meantime
visits 10 Monte Carlo. London and ST. Peters
burg. In recent years he has sung with
great success in Italy. NJ. Renaud was
the first to sing Hans Sachs, Vdnderdecken,
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Maurice Grau, who had engaged him. was
taken i'll. however, resigned his post at the
Metropolitan and the singer was unable to
come here. He happened to have a con-
tract which contained no conditions as to
his enga cement, so he was able 10 recover
SIS 900 damages in court. America has
thus proved very profitable TO him already.
Maurice Remand was born in Bordeaux
in July, 1852. lie was at the Paris Conser-
vatoirc for a year hut did not distinguish
himself. He Jared better when he went to
Brussels and was engaged at the Theatre
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side Of Italy began in 1901 when he went
to Berlin and sang with Nine. Sembrich in
Il Puritani," IA Traviata" and Faust"
He was then engaged TO sing in St. Peters
burg and Vienna and has been a regular
visitor TO Germany ever since.
His repertoire includes none Of the dra-
matte roles. He is purely a lyric tenor and
sings EdGGTdO. OtdriO. AInGriuG, Alfredo,
Ernssto and RudOLjO in La Boheme."
He has sung Faust in French. hut biS roper
toire is Italian.
Charles Dalmores, the other tenor Of Mr..
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III.

Promptly at 10 the next morning, as
agreed, Miss Mason raPI ed at the library
ioor. As it opened the sunlight from the
window opposite illumined her face like
an oren page.
White and set, with heavy brows over
and dark lines under black eyes. lit by a
sombre, almost sinister glow, Cronkite
read there endurance and purpose alike
indomitable. His first impression revived
that she suspected his real character and
errand. II this was so. did not such knowl-
edge presume guilt. since Mr.. Grayson had
Kept silent and secret about his Loss3