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loudly insisted, her flushing cheek and her
eye showing angry spark. Il will not
be ignorant always; l will not, 1 will not"
And turning, she fed from his side, and
he was left to think over her story and ask
himself for the hundredth time what it all
meant what his own sensations meant, and
what would be the outcome OF conditions SO
complicated.
The possibly speedy appearance on the
scene of Georgian's so-cailed brother dld
not detract from his difficulty. He felt
helpless without the support OF Mr. Har-
per's presence, and spent very troubled
forenoon listening to the mingled condo
lences and advice OF people who had no in
terest in his concerns save such as sprang
from curiosity and a morbid craving for
excitement.
At O'Clock occurred the event of which
he had been forewarned. A carriage drove
up to the hotel and from it stepped two
travellers; one of them a stranger, the other
the man with the twisted jaw. Mr.. Ransom
advanced to meet the latter. He was anX-
ious to listen to his first inquiries and, II
possible, be the person to answer them.
He was successful in this. Mr.. Hazen no
sooner saw him than he accosted him with
out ceremony.
What is this I hear and read about
Georgian and her so-called twin?' he cried.
Nothing that l can believe, l want you to
know. Georgian may have drowned her
self. That is credible enough. But that the
girl we read about in the papers and whom
she evidently induced to come to this place
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CHAPTER XVITI-Continu
Gods Forest. Then Mans.

"She had a gotre; that is what she called
1t. and the great pocket of flesh hanging
down on either side of her neck frightened
me. 1t frightened everybody; she was used
to that but she said she loved me and felt
my fear mere than she did others Could
l bear to live with her, knowing what her
shawl hid? If l could she would be good
to me, but if l couldn't she would do what
she could to get me honest work in some
other place. l didn't answer at first but 1
did before she had put her shawl on again
l told her that l would forget everything
but her good smile, and stay with her a
little while. l stayed three years, helping
her by going about and selling the tattng
work she made.
She could make beautiful patterns and
so neat, but she couldn't sell them on ac-
count of her awful appearance. So l was
very useful to her. and felt | was earning
my meat and drink and the kind looks and
words which made them taste good. 1t
taught me lot, going around | saw peo-
pie and how they lived and what was nice
and what wasn't. l only sorry that
Mother Duda couldn't go, too. She loved
pretty things so. But she never went out
except at very early hour in the morn
ing, 50 early that it was still dark 1t
seemed terrible hour to me. but she al
ways came in with a smile, and when one
day | asked her why, she said because
She saw so many other poor creatures out
at this same hour, who were worse to look
at than she was. This didn't seem posi-
BILE to me, and once l went out with her
to see. But | never went again Such
faces as We met; such deformty-men who
never showed themselves by day-women
who loved beauty and We're hideous. We
saw them on street corners-coming up Gel
lar steps, Sinking in and out of blind al
leys-never where it was highland they
shrank from each other, but not from the
policeman. They were not afraid of his
eye; they were used to him and he to them
After had passed dozen such miserable
creatures l felt myself one of them, and
never wanted to go out at this hour again
Don't YOU believe this part of my story?''
she suddenly asked, looking up into Mr.
Ransom's troubled face. Ask the police
man who tramps about those streets every
night; he'll tell you"
The question on Ransom's lips died What
use of asking what she could not hear?
II wish | knew what you were thinking"
She now murmured softly, so softly that he
hardly caught the words But l never
SHAH. / never shall | will tell YOU now
how ! became deaf" she promised after
moment of wistful gazing. rs there any
one near? Can anybody hear me?' she
continued, with suspicious look about her
He shook his head. 1t was the first move
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Hazen. and hastily entering he approached
the anxious figure laboriously pushing her
needle in and out of the torn goods and
prickng herself more than once in the
attempt.
.Georgian!' he cried again and yet moro
emphaticaily as he stepped up in front or
her.
The young girl failed to notice. Awk-
wardly drawing her thread out to its ex-
IRENE length, she prepared to insert her
needle again. when her eye caught sight OF
up quietly and with an air of displeasure,
which pleased Ransom-he could hardly tell
why. This was before her eyes reached his
face; when they had, IL was touching 10
see how she tried to hide the shock caused
by its deformity, as she said with a slight
gesture of dismissal:
I'm quite deaf. / cannot hear what you
say If 1t is the landlady you want, she
has gone down stairs for a minute perhaps
to the Kitchen
He did not retreat. IL anything he APP
preached nearer, and Ransom was surprised
to observe the force and persuasive power
of his expression as he repeated:
mo nonsense, Georgian, opening and
shutting his hands as he spoke, in curious
gesticulations which her eye mechanically
followed, but which seemed to convey no
meaning to her, though he evidently ex-
pected them to and looked surprised (Ran-
her head and in sweet. impassiye way re-
iterated:
II cannot hear and do not understand
the deaf and dumb alphabet I'm sorry,
but you'll have to go to some one else I'm
very unfortunate. / have to mend this dress
and don't know how"
10 be continued tomorrow
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CHAPTER XIX.
In Mrs. Deo's Room.

A prey to fresh agitation, he stepped back
to Anitra's side. Surely she must under
stand that it was Georgian and not herself
about whom he was most anxious to hear.
But she did not seem to. The smile with
which she greeted him suggested nothing
of the past. 1t spoke only of the future.
II will learn to be like sister," she i'm
pulsively cried out, rising and beamng
brightly upon him. II will forget the old
gypsy ways and Mother Dudas ways, and
try to be nice and pretty like my sister.
And you shall learn me to read and write.
I've known deaf people who learned. Then
shall know what you think; now l only
know how you feel''
He shook his head, little sadly, perhaps.
There were people who could teach her
these arts, but not he. He had neither the
ability, the courage nor the patience.
Then some one shall learn me-" she
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTRUMENT

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALLMENTS.
ROGER Ransom marries Georgian Hazen, a
rich and beautiful New YORK GIRL lmneui-
atey after Inc ceremony she rTersed go
cretly with her at the wedding reception;
Ransom seeks him out and learns he is Alfred
Hazen Georgian's half-brother. Hazen says
Georgian visited him shortly after the wedding
and gave him money, but that he knows nothing
gian that she has Unexpectedly come upon her
twin sister. Anitra who was supposed to have
dicd'n childhood. but who, 1t appears had been
camps She is deaf. flliterate and otherwise
afflicted, and Georgian cannot leave her. liazen
declares this story of Antra is myth and
that Georglan's brain is affected. But Edward
Harper. Georgians lawyer, tells Ransom the
missing woman has called at his Office since
leaving her husband, and brought Anitra with
her. heavily yelled The object OF her visit was
to have will drawn up. This will Is to be
OF Sitford Conn. Thither Ransom goes in Sc.
cret. arriving at the village inn in advance of
his wife. He sees Georgian arrive that
night. with Harper, by stage. Antra, in
fit OF temper has jumped from the stage
and arrives soon on foot She and Georsian
bulk of Georgians great wealth to certain
"Joseph Auchincloss" of st. Louis, of whom
Ransom has never heard. After the docu-
Late that night the household is awakened
by Anitras shrieks The deaf girl cries out
that Georgian has Just leaped from the balcony
and has run toward the nearby waterfall. The
fall is examined but no trace of her body can
be found; letter of farewell. discovered in
Georgian's roon declares death is imperative
and conides Auitra TO Ransoms keeping. Har-
per and Ransom search the premises, find
footprints leading in another direction from the
waterfall and meet villagers who tell of seeing
young woman early that morning hurrying
toward New York This women. however. bore
likeness to Georgian. Harper decides that
Georgian could not have reached the balcony
from her room, as Auitra declared, From these
aud other clews both the lawyer and Ransom
believe that Auitra not Georgian has vanished,
aud that the supposed Anitra is really Georgian.
They test her in various ways to ascertain
this. Tut EatlPd Anitra expresses devo-
tiOl for Ransom. She tells him OF her early
life among the CypsiPS. of her straying to New
York and of her adoption there by good hut
hideous old woman, whom she calls Mother
IDudu -
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ear, and 1 thought it was myself as 1
would look in heaven, for she had such
beautiful clothes on and looked so happy
But when She talked l could see her lips
move and l couldn't hear; and knew that
was just in the park with my empty
basket and my onion and bread, and that
the lady was lady and no one I knew,
only SO like what l had seen of myself
in the glass that 1 was shaking all over
and she was shaking all over and neither
of us could look away And still her lips
moved, and seeing her at last look fright
ened and angry that l didn't answer,
spoke and said that / was deaf; that was
very sorry that l couldn't hear because
we looked so much alike, though she was
great lady and 1 was very, very poor
girl who hadn't any home or any friends
or anything to wear or eat but what she
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ment he had made since she began her
story.
This apparently treasured her, for she
proceeded at once to say:
Mother Duda had never told me anything
about herself. 1t scared me then when one
morning l found sitting at the breakfast
table a man who she said was her son. He
was big and pale looking, and had a slight
swelling on one side of his neck which
made me sick; but / tried to be polite.
though / did not like him at all and had
sudden feeling of having no home any more.
That was the first day. The next two were
worse. For he didn't hate me as did him,
and wouldn't leave the house while l was
there. saying he could not bear to be away
from his mother But he skipped out quick
enough after l was gone. so the neighbors
said, and sometimes / think he followed
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saw. At this her eyes grew bigger even
than before, and she tried to talk some
more, and when l shook my head she took
hold of my arm and began drawing me
away, and / went and We got on the ears,
and she took me to a house and into a
room where she took away my basket and
put me in chair, and took off first her
hat then my own, and showed me the two
heads in a glass. and then looked at me
so hard that ] cried out, Sister, which
made her jump up and put her hand on
her heart then look at me again harder
and harder, till 1 remembered way back
in my life, and l said:
"'When l was little girl / had a sister
they called my twin. That was before I
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It is to Smile.

From Success Magazine.
To live too fast is also to die too fast.
Prospective heirs are usually glad TO wear
dead mems shoes.
The worker with the most sand usually
is the first to raise the dust
To lose ones head is often the immediate
preface to losing ones feet.
II some of YOUR china has been in the
family for years, you probably wash your
own dishes.
When the poor young man hnds rlch
''better half he also is apt TO ma better
quarters. -, -,
The song of the nightingales may be SO
mournful because morning after morning
they find their bills all over dew.
They say woman's aim is poor 1T Is
only natural after all, that she should
find herself at mans feet when she has
thrown herself at his head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-22
THE CHIEF LEGATEE.
BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN.

Copyright
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
Howard Center.

Mrs. Sigler visited few days last
week with her cousin. Mrs. Fred
DAVIS, Sunday Mrs DAVIS took her to
Slratoga where she will yisitrelatives
in that vicinity.
Mrs. and Mr.. Pete Lickteig enter
tanned company Sunday. 3
Will Rathert and family OF Cresco
spent Sunday with S. S. Culver and
family.
Miss Nora Walsh is sewing for her
sister Mrs. Dave Ferrie this week.
Thomas McKernan and daughters
Nellie and Eldora spent Sunday even
Ing at the home of Sam Dinger.
Will Fish and wife aud Will Smith
and wife of Cresco spent Sunday with
Fred Fish and family.
Florance Culver, Mabel and Ed.
Dinger are having russell with the
whooping cough.
Some OF our young folks took in the
ball game at Schley, Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur White and son Harry
of Cresco, spent from Thursday until
Sunday evening with her cousin, Mrs.
John Brierley.
George Lybertland wifs entertained
company Sunday.
Will Miller and family of Cresco
visited with John Brierley and
family Sunday.
John Finuegan and wife were Cres-
90 callers Tuesday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
BUILDING FALLS; TEN DEAD
STRUCTURE IN COURSE OF EREc.
TON coLLAPsES.
Several Workmen Victims Of Aeoi
dent at birmingham, Macs
Feur still MISSING.

South Framinsham, Mass. July 20.
Al least ten persons were killed
and several more injured, ohAsdy'
artisans and laborers. ~ the collapse
OF building in course Of construo-
ton at Concord and kendall streets
Among the dead are:
Charles Blythe, South Framingham,
superintendent OF construction; C. F..
Hardy, Natick, head plasterer: Pat
rick Prendergast, Newton Upper
Falls, plasterer; Frank Driscoll, New
ton Highlands. plasterer; James w.
WEIGH, Westboro, plasterer; Neal
O'Brien, Framinsham; william Scan
Jon, Hoiliston.
g. M. Amsden. owner of the build
ing, sustained fractured leg.
The tottering walls and pillars and
the hanging beams and Orders made
the work OF extricating the bodies not
only difficult, but dangerous. At
dawn there were still nine bodies at
the morgue, one other victim could
be seen In the ruins, eight of the in
jured were at the hospital, two others
WOAO az tASAA AOkASS, WullS LuS llSl
Of missing still remained at four,
making total Of "a who. SO far as
could be learned. were about the
building when the support gave way
and sent the tons OF cement, iron col
umns and steel beams crashing in a
tangled mass into the basement.
The local authorities sent out call
Tuesday morning for assistance in
the work Of ovsrhauling the ruins and
large number Of men we're or
dered here from Boston. The mill
tary authorities also sent down an
other company Of the Ninth regiment
to relieve the company, which had
been on duty at the ruins all night
Tho cause OF the accident has not yet
been definitely learned. The town
has no building laws, and any pro
ceedings against contractor or other
persons in connection with faulty con,
struction will have to be upon an
other charge. and any action will
have to be brought by state officials
instead Of the local authorities.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
BOnair.
Some barley is in the shock.

Some barley is in the shock.
No cars here this week to ship in
but three cars of stock.
Margaret and Griffith Jones were at
church, Sunday evening. 4
al. Taft and family spent Sunday
at the home IT Frank Taft.
Alice Jones and Mr.. Thorne went
up to the cities, Wednesday morning,
on the excursion. Miss Alice will re.
main for visit with relatives in
Minneapolis, aud Mr.. Thorae. We pre-
sumo, will go on to Elk River for a
visit.
Rev. Gammons, OF Cresco, is to
preach at the NJ. e. church, next
Sunday evening.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
TRAIN LEAPS INTO
Lake; nine dead
GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN GOES
OVER ENHANCEMENT NEAR
CAMDEN, WASH.
EXCESSIVE SPEED ON
DOWN GRADE CAUSE
Another Theory Is Engine May Have
Run Away-Pertlons Of Care Not
Submerged Destroyed by Fire
Injured Progressing Faverably.

Spokane, Wash, July 26.--At least
nine persons are believed to have per-
ishsd and . score Of others injured
in tho wreck Of Great Northern pas
senger train No. 8, westbound, near
Camden, Wash, when the locomotive,
mail. baggage and smoking cars left
the rails on emerging from tunnel
and plunginS over the 70-foot smbank-
ment into the waters OF Diamond lake.
At ten O'clock Tuesday only two
bodies. those Of George H. Curtis and
T. ]. Dolbow, passengers, both Of
Spokane. had been recovered. The
engine 10 believed to be about go or
70 feet under water and the bodies
Of Engineer Munson and Fireman Bell
may not be recovered for days. It
was thought the mail and baggage
cars, with the bodies OF Mail Clerk
Bonner and Baggageman Strickland,
would be recovered before night The
injured are reported to be progressing
fayorably. No inquest has yet been
ordered by the coroner OF Stevens
county.
The wreck probably was caused by
excessive speed on down grade at
a curve. The theory is advanced that
the engine may have got beyond the
engineers control.
Fire Destroys unsubmerged Part.
Immediately after the smoker
struck the water there was a binding
fash, which spread over the part Of
the car not submerged. and q fire
followed. The impact was 80 terrible
that several cars on the rear OF the
train were wrenched and twisted. and
only the fact that the couplings did
not break on the dining, tourist and
sleeping cars avsrted greater loss Of
life.
W. 8. Ninneman, a contractor fer
construction work on the Oregon Rail.
soed and Navigation company. broke
through . window to escape from the
burning and haIf-submerged smoker.
Mr.. zimmerman said:
I'VE were coming through the tun-
nsi At fearful sped. and the passen-
gers we're wondering II che engineer
had lost his senses, driving at that
rate with a sharp curve ahead. I
think we must surely have been going
As miles an hour.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
lDE TO PuNlsH PuLAJANEs.
Governor Asks for Soldiers to Assist
Censtabulary Of Leyte.

Manila, July 25.-Gov. Ide has re-
Quested military aid to punish the
Pulajanes, In the province Of Leyte.
A battalion Of the Eighth infantry
from noilo and battalion of the
Fourth infantry from Camp Domus
have been sent to the assistance Of
the constabulary. Gen. Allen expect
cd possibly to conduct a campaign in
Cebu, but the Ladrone chief and Is
men have surrendered, and Gov. Os.
mena reports that there are no more
outlaw bands there, and that the is-
land 10 completely pacifled.
The Ladrone leaders, Montalon.
sakay, villefuerts. Devega, Carreon
and Natividad, have pleaded guilty to
the charges Of bandolerism at cayite.
MICHIGAN ROADS ARE WoRsTED
Supreme Court Decides for state Ip
Suit to Collect Taxes.
Lansing. Mich, July 25.-The state
gained An important point in its last
Of the great railway cases by deci-
sion OF the supreme court Monday
afternoon, In the case Of the state
against the Michigan Central railroad
to collect 100000 in back taxes,
claimed to be due the state under an
original charter Of the corporation and
covering the years from 1856 to 1898.
Suit was brought before Judge
West, in Ingham county circuit court.
to collect on the ground that the COM
pany had made fraudulent report as
to the amount Of property 1t had, SUBJ
ject to taxation.
The company filed demurrer, al
leging that the state was barred by
the statute Of limitations. The court
below overruled the demurrer and the
company appealed.
The supreme court sustained Judge
West.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
Peace RESOLUTION
BY BRYAN ADOPTED
NEBRAsi<AN WINS INTERPARLIA-
MENTARY UNION DELEGATES
~ HIS ELoQuENcE.
WlDENs SCOPE FoR
SETTLING DISPUTES
Ex-Dsmeeratie Presidential Candidate
ls Given an Ovation at London
Conference - Futile Ambition Of
Germany.

London. July 26a-William J. Bryan
at the interparliamentary peace con-
ference, by his eloquence Tuesday in
duced the conference to adopt reso.
luton of international disputes.
Bryan was given an ovation. He
said: IF we are able to separate
questions Of fact from questions Of
honor In International disputes. we
shall be able to settle the facts with
honor when great questions arise"
Points to Nelson; 10 Dramatic.
Pointing to q painting In the hall
illustrating the death of Nelson, Bry-
an exclaimed:
There Is as much inspiration In q
noble life as In heroic death. Per-
manent peace only can be established
on the foundation Of the brotherhood
Of man."
At his conclusion the delegates
rushed to the platform. where they
surrounded Bryan and congratulated
him on his eloquence.
The conference then adopted q
resolution calling on all nations to
ask for an international committee
inquiry.
Bryan's rider 70 the model arbitra.
ton treaty was discussed and result.
ed in its being recast, as follows:
Text of Resolution.
IT disagreement should arise, not
included in those to be submitted,
parties shall not resort to any act
of hostility before they invite the
formation Of an international com.
mission of inquiry"
The resolution unanimously was
adopted.
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant
head of the French delegation, de
clared that, II the powers were unde
cided among themselves how to act
they would be forced to do so first
by BANKRUPTCY and then by revolution
He said that Limitation of ornaments
had no connection with the chimers
of disarmament. The arguments
against disarmament were based or
the augmented expenditure of the
powers.
He added the augmentations In the
United States were due to the unfor
tunate example of Europe, but in pro
portion to the population the Amer
lean forces had not been increased
unreasonably.
Germany, continued the baron, com.
mits the grave fault of. struggling
with the United States for naval pre-.
eminence and thus divides her ener-
gies. both on land and sea. uselessly,
for the American states are united
and inaccessible. while the states OF
Europe are divided and always viii
be menaced by the possibility Of 9
coalition against them.
A resolution was agreed to IN prin
ciple urging that the question OF dis.
armament be placed on the pro.
gramme Of the next peace conference
at The Hague. The exact wording OF
the resolution will be discussed
wednesday.
Congressman D. L. d. Granger, Of
Rhode Island, was elected vice prssi
dent OF the American delegation 70,
the coming year and Congressman
Richard Bartholdt, Of Missouri, and
T. d. Burton. Of Ohio. were elected
members Of the International council
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
NAV lynch Nearo Eiopelr.

Louisville. KY, July 25.-Henry
Clayter. negro. arrested in Chicago
when he was about to marry white
girl, with whom he had eloped from
Irvington, KY was placed in the
county jail here Tuesday for safe
keeping. Word was received by the
local police that mob was forming
at Irvington to lynch Clayter.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
courdaIn leaves Iollet.

Joliet, III. July 25.-Louis A. Gour-
dain. who claims to be seeking to
have penitentiary sentence against
him enforced, has suddenly left Joliet,
together with wife and son, and all
baggage. He went away Tuesday on
q Rock Island west-bound train 1t
is reported that he has gone to New
Orleans to board his yacht. .
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
Several Slaughter Houses Closed.

Several Slaughter Houses Closed.
Philadelphia July 25.-At a meet
ing of the board Of health Tuesday an
nouncement was made that 20 slaugh-
ter houses recently condemned as ua.
sanitary had closed permanently.
Sixteen other establishments were i'm
proved by order of the board and the
owner Of one slaughter house who re.
fused to obey the mandate to improve
his plant was ordered prosecuted.