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The Yellow Crayon
The Further Adventures Of mysterious MIR. Sabn"
By E. Phillips Oppenheim,
ACTIN, ot "A Maker Of History Ttor Master Mmme
Betrayal" "A Prince of Sinners" ETC.
by Hed AID COMPANY
The Further Adventures of 'Mysterious
By E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright 1903 BY Dodd. Mead AID Company

extent my incognito. Yet I have not re-
ceived even warning letter. l am left
absolutely undisturbed."
Felix looked at him thoughtfully.
And what do you deduce from this?" he
asked.
II do not like It," Mr. Sabin answered
After. ALL Felix remarked. at is to
some extent natural The very openness
of your life here makes interference with
you more difficult, and as to warning let
! ters-well, you have proved the uselessness
of them"
Perhaps" Mr.. Sabin answered cat the
same time. II / were superstitious person
1 should consider this inaction omnous."
You must take account also" Felix
said, "of the difference in the countries. In
England the police system, if not the most
infalible in the world is certainly the most
incorruptible. There was never a country
in which security of person and life was
SO keenly watched over as here. In Amer
| lea, up to a certain point, man is ex-
pected to look after himself. The same
| feeling does not prevail here
Mr.. Sabin assented.
"And therefore" he remarked. 'for the
| purposes of your friends l should consider
| this difficult and unpromising country in
which to work.
"Other countries other methodist Felix
remarked laconically.
Exactly! 1t Is the new methods which
I am anxious to discover" Mr.. Sabin said.
| mo glimmering of them as yet has been
vouchsafed to me- Yet believe that 1 am
| right I'm assuming that for the moment
! London is the headquarters of your friends,
and that Lucille is hereT'
'If that Is meant for a question: Felix
| SAID II may not answer 1t.
| Mr. Sabin nodded.
Yet" he suggested. your visit has an
object. To discover my plans perhaps!
| You are welcome to them"
I Felix thoughtfully knocked the ashes off
| his cigarette.
my visit had an object" he admitted,
''but 1t was a personal one. I am not ac-
| tually concerned In the doings Of those
whom you have called my friends"
1--WE are alone" Mr.. Sabin reminded
him. MY time is yours"
''You and L. Felix said. ''have had our
periods of bitter enmity. With your mar
l riage to Lucille these. so far as am con-
| cerned, ended forever. I will even admit
| that In my younger days I was prejudiced
against you. That has passed away. You
have been all your days a bold and unscru-
| pulous schemer but your ends have at any
| rate been worthy ones. Today am able
| to regard you with feelings Of friendliness.
You are the husband OF my dear sister. and
for three years I know that you made her
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the prescription. When / was quite q
young man used to sit in a dark corner
and listen with swelling heart. while
people at the plano told me where little
girl babies got their wonderful eyes
from. of the things they did to them In
l wish now l had never come across those
ladies' papers. 1 know the shop where
they make those dimples, 1 have passed
1t and looked in. 1 thought they were
produced by angels kisses, but there was
not an angel about the place that could
see. Perhaps have also been deceived as
regards their goodness. Maybe all wom-
short story they appear to be. That is
why l suggest that science should pro-
coed still further, make them all as beau
tiful in mind she is now able to maxi.
them in body. May we not live to see IN
the advertisement columns of the ladies'
paper of the future a portrait OF n young
girl sulking in n corner. Before taking
the lotion! The same girl dancing among
her little brothers and sisters, shedding
sunlight through the home. After the
first three bottles, May We not have tho
Caudle Mixture; one tablespoonful at
bedtime guaranteed to make the lady
murmur. Good night. dear hope YOU
sleep WELL" and at once to fall asleep her
lips parted in a smile? Maybe some spe-
cialist of the future will advertise mind
massage. Warranted to remove from tile.
most obstinate subject all traces of hatred
envy and malice And when science
has done everything possible for women
her attention to US men. Her idea 1T
present seems to be that we are too beau
tiful physically and morally, to need
improvement Personally there are one or
two points about which I should like to
consult her. JEROME h. JEROME.
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vive the old confession book Eligible
bachelors will be invited to fill I'm page.
Your favorite height in women Your
fayorite measurement around the waist"
DO you like brunettes or blonds?' ard
SO on. The choice will be left to the girls
Il think Henry Arthur is just too sweet
for words" the eldest girl will murn'Ir
to herself after the ball; so tender. SD
likely to be true. All. she will he a happy
woman who gets him. whoever she may
be. Gently, coyiy. with her quick wom
an tact, she will draw from him his
Ideal of what a woman should be. Ia
from six months to a year she will rush
up to him. the perfect she-hcight. COM
plexion, weight right TO a I. He will
CLASP her In his arms. AT last" he will
cry, Il have found her-the woman OF my
dreams" And IL he does not change his
mind. and the bottles do not begin to lose
their effect. there will be every chance
that they will be happy ever afterward.
Might not science go even further? Why
rest Satisfied with making a world Of
merely beautiful women Cannot science
while she is about Il. make them all good
and clever? Hang the expense! Speaking
as q family man myself. I am willing to
put my hand In my pocket and bear my
share OF the cost. I feel sure that IL the
case were put clearly, fathers and hus-
bands and brothers would respond with
out a murmur. I do not apologize for the
suggestion. / used to think all women
beautiful and good: it did not occur to me
that they would be improved upon I'm
either respect. 1t is their own papers
that have disillusioned me. 1 used IL
look at this lady or at that-shyly. when
nobody seemed to be noticing me-and
think thow fair she was. how stately:
now / only wonder who is her chemist
They used to tell me. when I was little
boy. that girls were made OF sugar md
spice. I know better now. I have read
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The skirt Is OF smart racing length. trimmed
with three shaped fat founces

The skirt is OF smart racing length. trimmed
with three shaped fat founces
Another race frock IL three-tier skirt
In gray and white check. and one OF the
new short boleros worn with a gray suede
band and waistcoat and repers OF soft
gray suede, with cuffs and inner cuffs of
the same finished with tiny silver buttons
This Is surmounted by a charming hat of
soft gray felt. with a band of velvet, gray
Kid buckle. and some gray and white wings
Blouses are also practical for country pur-
poses One idea is of white flannel finished
with collar. jabot, and wide kid band
Another Is blouse suitable for motoring
ETC.. In a dull shade of brown soft kid. so
soft that Ii might almost be glove kid
bound with border of fooled kid painted
In black and gold.
Remember that, IL you contemplate real
exercise, skirts must be very short, and the
real Highland kilt with q kilt coat is about
as practical q dress as one can have for
mountain climbing or rough shooting A di-
rection In which think We nave much i'm
proved Is In headgear. only do not imagine
that 1t Will be popular to go out with the
guns with light floating wells, soaring both
birds and fishes.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
SOCIALISTS EXPERIMENT WITH
CITY BAKERIES FAILED.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ROME. September 1, 1905
Socialist ideas and arguments often look
well on paper, but when put into practice
ofttimes they fall. The latest attempt of
the socialists to improve conditions Is re-
ported from Catania. There was much
glorifcation when a little more than two
years ago the socialists captured control of
the municipal council and began to run
things according to their own tenets. One
Of the most important of the reforms they
Immediately instituted was the municipal
ization of bread.
Municipal bakehouses were built and local
bakers put on the city pay roll. Bread was
sold to citizens at a low price. almost one
half the ruling price In other cities In Italy.
An immense business was done. Soclalistc
newspapers described the experiment a
huge success and Occupations from other
cities and provincial towns went to Catania
on tours of inspection. Many had decided
to initiate the socialists.
Now, however, has come the awakening.
The government auditor recently visited
Catania and a result is that the city has
been obliged to put the municipal bake
houses into liquidation. An administrator
has been appointed and the price of bread
has gone to the old and regular bakers
figure. The loss on the two years of city
bread-making was $4,000.
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seemed scarcely conscious Of the disaster
His cheeks were white. and he leaned
across the table toward Mr.. Sabin.
What name did you say-what name?"
Mr. Sabin referred again to the letter
which he held in his hand
BROTH he repeated He is home sec
Rotary. 1 believe"
what do you know about him?'
Nothing" Mr.. Sabin answered. MY
niece, the Countess of Camperdown. asks
me to meet him today at luncheon. Ex-
plain yourself my young friend. There is
fresh glass by your side"
Felix poured himself out a glass and
drank it off. But he remained silent
.'Well?'
Felix picked up his gloves and stick.
You are asked to meet Mr. Brott at
luncheon today?"
Yes"
Are you goingr'
"Certainlyr'
Felix nodded.
VERY good" he said IT should advise
you to cultivate his acquaintance. He is a
very extraordinary man.
Come. Felix" Mr.. Sabin said. you owe
me something more lucid in the way of ex-
plantations. Who is hep"
"A statesman-successful. ambitious. He
expects to be psime minister" .
with me" Mr.. Sabin asked quietly.
Felix shook his head.
Il cannot tell you.'' he said "Yet ]
fancy that you and he may some time be
Mr.. Sabin asked no more questions. but
he promptly sat down and accepted his
niece's invitation. When he looked around
Felix had gone. He rang the bell for Du-
son and handed him the note
my town clothes. Duson.' he ordered
Il am lunching out"
The man bowed and withdrew Mr.. Sa.
bin remained for a few moments in deeu
thought.
BROTH he repeated. "Brott! 1t is q
singular name"
(ro be continued tomorrow)
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QUAKE IN CHILE TN '95
ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER
FROM EYE-WITNEsSEs.

Under the head Of Dreadful Earthquake
In Chile" Niles Register OF Baltimore
chronicles in its issue Of June 6. 1885, a
calamity as having occurred In the Febru-
airy previous. 1t says:
BY the arrival of the ship Coral at New
Bedford from Talcahuanco intelligence has
been received of the entire destruction Of
that port, the city Of Conception and more
than thirty villages lying between the Pa
ciflc and the Andes by a succession of
earthquakes. the first of which occurred on
the Goth of February. The number OF lives
lost had not been ascertained when the
Coral sailed. There were but two other
American ships In the harbor at the time,
namely, the Milton and the Nile. A small
schooner was driven from her anchorage
and drifted over the town, the sea rushing
upon the land in great waves after the
first shock rising twenty-five or thirty feet,
and sweeping away the ruins. Many lives
were saved by the active exertions of the
crews of the three American ships. The
Coral sailed. on the 9Th of March, up to
which time the shocks continued every day,
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without hat. If you have nothing else
to do you follow her. 1t is always on the
cards that such girl may do something
really amusing before she gets home. Thus
things begin. To girl of this kind natu-
rally curly hair is essential. 1t must be
the sort of hair that looks better when it
is soaking wet. The bottle of stuff that
makes this particular hair to grow may be
considered dear, If you think merely of the
price.
But that is not the way to look at It,
What is it going to do for me? That
is what the girl has got to ask herself.
1t does not pay to spoil the ship for d
ha'porth of tar, as the saying is. If you
are going to be dashing. willful beauty
you must have the hair for 1t or the whole
scheme falls to the ground. Eyebrows and
eyelashes. the professor assumes. the lady
would like to match the hair. Too much
eccentricity the professor does not agree
with Nature. after all. is the best guide.
Neatness combined with taste-that is the
being worn almost straight. The eye
lashes long and silky, the professor sug-
gests, as usual. with just the suspicion of
a curl. The professor would also suggest
little less cheekbone CheekboneS are
being worn low this season. VIII the lady
have dimpled chin. or does she fancy the
clean, square-cut jaw? Maybe the square
cut jaw and the firm, sweet mouth are
more suitable for the married woman. 1t
goes well enough with the baby and the
tea urn and the strong, proud man In the
background. But for the unmarried girl.
the dimpled chin and the rosebud mouth
are perhaps. on the whole. safer. Some
gentlemen are nervous of the firm. square
jaw. For the present. at all events. let
us keep to the rosebud and the dimple.
Complexion! Well. there is only one COM
plexion worth considering-a creamy
white, relieved by delicate peach pink. 1t
goes with everything and is always eff
Job n1f1 ri ma
YES. YOU hear of these things doing well.
1,ha professor.s exnerfence. hoXeYer. Is
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she gave up trying. No doubt she had
made muddle and had sent for the
wrong bottle. but she would not listen to
further advice. She said she was tired
or the whole thing. In future years there
will be no need for young man to look
about him for wife. He will take the
nearest girl. tell her his ideal. and if she
really cares for him she will go to the
shop and have herself fixed up to pattern
In certain eastern countries L believe
something of this kind is done. gentle
man DESTROYS of adding to his family sends
round the neighborhood the weight and
size Of his favorite wife. limiting that IL
another can be found of the same propor-
tions there is room for her. Fathers walk
round among their daughters, choose the
most likely specimen and have her fat
tened up. That Is their brutal eastern way
of doing it.
Matchmaking mothers will probably 1e-
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save enough out of the housekeeping
money in month to get rid of every
one of them. Gray hair! Well. of course.
IT you cling to gray hair there is no more
to be said. But to ladies who would just
as soon have rich wavy brown or black or
delicate shade Of gold I would point out
that there are 147 inexpensive lotions on
the market. any one of which. rubbed gen.
tly into the head with a toothbrush (not
too hard) just before going to bed will, to
use colloquialism. do the trick. Are you
have to do is to say which and inclose
stamps. Like the two beans that Alice
found in Wonderland, one prescription
makes you bigger, the other prescription
makes you smaller But o,not make
mistake and send for the wrong recipe
If you are already too thin, you might in
consequence, suddenly disappear before
stout lady 1 knew worked at herself for
eighteen months and got stouter every
day. This discouraged her so much that
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CHAPTER K.


Mr. Sabin was deep in thought. He sat
In an easy-chair with his back to the win
dow. his hands crossed upon his stick, his
eyes fixed upon the fire. Duson was NOV
ing noiselessly about the room, cutting the
mornings supply Of newspapers and set
ting them out upon the table His master
was in q mood which he had been taught to
respect. 1t was Mr.. Sabin who broke the
silence.
"Dusonp
Your grace"
81 have always. as you know. ignored
your somewhat anomalous position as the
servant of one man and the slave of a So
ciety. The questions which l am about to
ask you you can answer or not according
to your own approximations OF what Is due
to EACH
II thank your gracer
MY departure from America seemed to
incte the most violent opposition on the
part of your friends. AS you know. 1t was
with a certain amount of difficulty that
reached this country. Now. however, l am
left altogether alone. / have not received
a single warning letter. My comlngs and
goings. although purposely devoid OF .he
slightest secrecy. are absolutely undis-
turbed Yet 1 have some reason to believe
that your mistress Is in London"
Your grace will pardon me- Duson
said. but there Is outside a gentleman
waiting to see you to whom you might adj
dress the same questions with better re.
suits for compared with him know moth
ing IL is aonsieur Felix"
"why have you kept him waiting?" Mr.
Sabin asked.
Your grace was much absorbed" Duson
answered.
Felix was smoking a cigarette, and Mr.
Sabin greeted him with certain grim
cordlality.
us this permitted-this visit?" he asked
himself selecting a cigarette and motioning
his guest to q chair.
1T Is even encouraged" Felix answered
You have perhaps some messageT
None"
II am glad to see you." Mr. Sabin said
Just now am little puzzled. will put
the matter to you. You shall answer OF
not at your own discretion"
II am ready" Felix declared.
You know the difficulty with which es-
capped from America" Mr.. Sabin contin-
uei. Every means which ingenuity could
suggest seemed brought to bear agains,
ma. And every movement was directed, II
not from here. from some place in Europe
Wen. arrived here four days ago / live
quite openly, have even abjured to some
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best now the eye has been fixed upon. TO
discuss the question of the hair. The pro-
fessor opens the pattern book. Maybe the
lady is OF a willful sposition. She loves
to run laughing through the woods during
exceptionally rainy weather or to gallOp
across the downs without a hat. her fair
ringlets streaming in the wind. the stout
= old family coachman painting and expostu-
latng in the rear. If one may trust the
popular novel, extremely satisfactory hus-
banGs have often been secured in this way.
You naturally look at girl who is walk
ing through O wood, laughing heartily, ap-
parently for no other reason than because
il Is raining; who rides at stretch gallop
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Sporting Garments
for Shooting Season
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, September 8, 1906.
The cult of dress for sporting women
is better understood In England than in
any other country, or at least by English
tailors and sportswomen.
We English are ESSENTIALLY a sporting
race. and although we see occasionally
some terrible outrages in the way Of
psuedo sporting clothes in the provinces,
when the smart world goes to Scotland
for shooting. golfing, fishing or motoring.
there Is no doubt that there are some
charming and businesslike sportswomen
to be seen. Their charm is further en-
HANGED In g practical and patriotic dfrec-
ton by the fact that they almost neces-
sa1tly lend encouragement to the indus
tries Of the British Isles At this time OF
year the craze Is for Irish frieze English
homespun and Welsh fannels. The latter
differ somewhat from our older types Of
flannel: that is to say. they are of harsher
make, in quite new and original patterns
and colors, so that they really look like the
ordinary tweed, and possess the same mer-
Its. being admirable for walking after the
guns. as they are quite light; indeed, lighter
in weight than many tweeds.
Nowadays we do not eXaggerate our sport
being more successful than Of yore. The So
called country tailor-made has to do duty
on many occasions not thought of thirty
years ago. namely. for walking, golfing.
racing, fishing and motoring; in fact. at this
time II We. are going up north tweed and
serge are absolutely essentiai garments 10
take with The pretty chiffons and mus
Inns and other thin fabrics never look
smart under such conditions, and light
cloths must be the substitute for the few
dressy occasions on which we require some
thing more dainty than tweeds,
X
This is essentially the shooting month and
other sporting pastimes. One idea In
suitable garments Is a somewhat new
type Of Norfolk Jacket In a rough
browny tweed, the skirt Of which is
gored and unlined. The coat is cut with out
side patch pockets and a waistcoat of brown
linen with soft kid buttons, worn with a
linen and kidd cap en- suite; also with a
brown kid belt at the waist. This II worn
over a thin manly canvas shirt: and cam
vas or soft flannel shirt Ii the most COM
Portable thing in which to take exercise.
A good driving or motoring wrap Is
design In a heavy white blanket-cloth,
trimmed with q narrow blue and white bor-
der. The wrap IL voluminous enough to be
can be buttoned or unbuttoned at win. This
Is finished by a leather collar and cuffs.
Another idea 10 q house or race gown Of
white tweed. with a navy blue line running
through 1t. This, for warm days. shows an
undersleevs Of washing white cambria and
frilled white cambric shirt. held In the
center by strap and navy silk button:
these buttons also reappear on the sleeve.