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you know"
Mr.. Royce nodded. /, too, recalled
the name. Jim Kendall had been one
of the best men at the New York bar
twenty years before and must inevi-
tably have made n great name for him
self but for his untimely death. / had
heard n hundred stories of him.
"Wcll, | want you to meet them,"
continued Mr.. Graham, looking about
in all directions. "Ah, here they are!'
And he dragged his partner away to-
ward the bow of the boat. saw him
bowling before a gray haired little lady
and n younger and taller one whose
back was toward me. They laughed
together for a moment, then the last
bell rang and the ships officers began
to clear the boat. | turned back to the
pier, but was brought round an instant
later by Mr.. Graham's voice,
"My dear Lester" he cried, II
thought we'd lost you. l want to in
troduce YOU to Mrs. Kendall and her
daughter, who are to be your fellow
voyagers. Mr.. Testers n very In
genious young man. he added. make
him amuse your And he fastened
away to catch the gang plank before 1t
should be pulled in.
l bowed to Mrs. Kendall, thinking to
myself that l had never seen a sweet
er, pleasanter face. Then | found my
self looking into q pair Of blue eyes
that fairly took my breath away.
We not neglect Mr.. Graham's ad-
vice." said a merry voice. 80 pre-
pare for your fate, Mr.. Lester!"
There was a hoarse shouting at the
gangway behind me, and the eyes look
ed past me, over my shoulder.
"See," she said, there's n poor fell
low who has just made It."
turned and looked toward the gang
plank. One end had been cast loose,
but two deck hands were assisting an
other man to mount 1t. He seemed
weak and helpless, and they supported
him on either side. An involuntary cry
rose to my lips as I looked at him, but
I choked 1t back. For 1t was Martigny,
risen from his bed to follow us!
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same boat with us-yct 1t was not SD
wonderful after all, since he could not
guess that l suspected him, that I
knew him and Bethune to be the sans
person. That was my great advantage.
In any event we were In no danger
from him. lie was probably following
us only that he might warn his confcd-
crates, should we seem likely to dis
cover them. Certainly they were In no
present danger Of discovery, and per-
haps might never be. But his following
us, his disregard of the grave danger
to himself, gave me q new measure OF
his savage determination to battle us.
! found myself more and more begin7
ming to fear him.
Should I inform Mr.. Royce of this
new developnent2 ] asked myself,
Then | remembered the doctors words,
lie must have rest and quiet during tho
coming week. q
II trust that I'm not In the way, Mr..
Lesterf" inquired a low, provoking
voice ut my side, and I awoke to the
fact that had again been guilty Of
forgetting my companion.
Miss Kendall" l began desperately,
'let me confess that I'm In an exceed
lngly vexatious situation. The fact
that l can't ask advice makes 1t worse"
"You can't ask eve Mr.. Roycef" she
queried, with raised brows.
"He least Of all. You see, he's just
recovering from a severe nervous
breakdown"
II see," she nodded. /:
l glanced ut her a~gain-at the open.
candid eyes. the forceful mouth ana
chin-and I took n sudden resolution.
Miss Kendall" l said. I'm going
to ask your help-that is. II ! may" =
"Of course you may" :
well then, that man who came ON
board last Is the inveterate enemy of
both Mr.. Royce and myself. We're
trying to unearth II particularly afro
cious piece Of villainy In which he's
concerned. l have reason to believe
him capable of anything and n very
fiend Of cleverness. l don't know what
he may plot against us, but I'm certain
he'll plot something. Mr.. Royce doesn't
even know him by sight and shouldn't
be worried, but unless he's forewarne4
he may walk right into danger. l want
you to help me keep an eye on him-to
help me keep him out Of danger. VIII
you help meT
"Why, certainly" she cried. 80
we're to have a mystery-just we two!"
Just we two / assented.
She looked ut me doubtfully.
(ro be CONTINUED
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II was a little fishing hamlet and sea
side resort on the shore Of the English
channel not far north of Havre.
my theory is," l said, that when
the time Of her confinement approach"
ed Mr.. Holiday brought his wife to
Paris to secure the services OF an eN
%perienced physician perhaps, Dr. per
haps a nurse or linen, or all Of them.
That done, they proceeded to Etretat,
which they may have visited before
and knew for a quiet place with a
bracing atmosphere and good climate
Just such a place as they would nat
urally desire. Here the daughter was
born, and here, l am convinced, we
shall find the key to the mystery,
though I'm very far from guessing
what that key Is. But I have a premo-
nition-you may smile II you wish
that I'll find the clew I'm seeking at
Etretat. The name has somehow
struck an answering chord In me-"
The words, as ] recall them now,
seem more than a little foolish and
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self assured; yet, in light Of the result
well, at any rate, my chief showed
no disposition to smile, but sat for
some moments in deep thought.
II don't doubt that you're right. Mr..
Lester" he said at last. Eat any rate
I'm ready to trust your experience,
since l have absolutely none in this
kind Of work. / don't need to say that
l have every confidence in you. III
have a letter Of credit prepared ut once,
so that you may not want for money.
Shall we say five thousand to start
with?"
/ stammered that l was certain that
would be more than enough, but no
silenced me with a gesture.
You'll find foreign travel more ex-
pensive than you think" he said. at
may be. too, that you'll find that money
will help you materially with your in
vestigations. l want you to have all
you may neeG-don't spare 1t. When
you need more don't hesitate to draw
on u.s."
thanked him and was about to take
my leave, for l had some packing to
do and some private business to ar
ralasa when a message came from pr.
Jenkjnson. Mr.. Graham smiled as he
read II.
"I,oycc Is better" he said; "much
better. He's asking for you, and Jen-
to him, especially If you can bring
good news"
Just the thing" / cried. "I must go
to bid him goodby, in any event" And
half an hour later / was admitted to
our juniors room. He was lying back
in a big chair and seemed pale and
weak, but he flushed up when he saw
me and held out his hand eagerly.
II couldn't walt any longer, Lester"
he began. 1T seems an age since I've
seen you. I'd have sent for you be-
fore this, but l knew that you were
working"
YES" I smiled; II was working"
'Sit down and tell me about it, he
commanded. "All about it-every de-
tail"
The door opened as he spoke, and DIR.
Jenkinson anne In.
Doctor" l querIed, how far Is IL
safe to indulge this sick man? He
wants me TO tell him q story"
'Is II a good storyl' asked the doc.
tor.
why yes; fairly good"
'Then tell II. May ! sfayT
Certainly" said Mr.. Royce and I to.
sether, and the doctor drew up a chair.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-01-05
CHAPTER XIV.

7 WATCHED him with a kind Of
fascination unit he disappeared
through the door of the cabin. /
could guess what Il had cost him
to drag himself from his bed, what
agony Of apprehension must have been
upon him to make him take the risk.
The J%ourdains. puzzled Mt my not re-
turning. unable to keep silence, sus.
pecting, perhaps, some plot against
themselves, had doubtless gone to the
hospital and told him Of my appear
ance-there had been no way for me
to guard against that. He had easily
guessed the rest. He had only to con
suit the passenger list to assure him
self that Mr.. Royce and I were aboard.
And he was following us, hoping
what? What could a man In his con-
ditlon hope to accomplish? What need
was there for us to fear himi And yet
there was something about him-some-
thing in the atmosphere Of the man
that almost terrified me.
i came back to earth to find that
Royce and Mrs. Kendall had drifted
away together and that my companion
was regarding me from under half
closed lids with a little smile of
amusement.
$50 you're awake again, Mr.. Les
ter?' she asked. "Do you often suffer
attacks of that sort?"
Pardon me-" l stammered. "The
fact Is, II
you looked quite dismayed," she
continued relentlessly. "You seemed
positively horror stricken. / saw moth
Ing formidable about him."
"No, you don't know him." I retort-
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Vote for Onp)

And to be voted and marked by making a
cross In the space provided in the usual manner
as provided by law.
Should a majority of the ballots cast at such
election be In favor of said proposition, then
the Mayor and Council Of said city will be
authorized to issue and negotiate said bonds
according to the conditions and for the purpose
specified In the foregoing proposition, and all
as contemplated by the provisions of sections
s504 to S50S, inclusive Of CObbey's Annotated
Statutes Of 1908, and II shall be the duty OF the
Mayor and Clerk OF said City when so author
lied. and by order OF the City Council, ~ sign
and attest said bonds, and afix thereto the seal
of said city. The proceeds OF the sale Of said
bonds shall be paid 10 the treasprcro of said city
OF Red Cloud and kept by him In a separate
fund apart from other moneys, to be known as
the lighting fund, and paid out only upon the
order Of the Council and warrant drawn against
the same, for the said purpose specif ID and ne
other.
dated this December 18th, 1905.
Attest: by the Mayor.
L. II. FoRT, c.. T. D~IcKxNsou.
(ssAi) City Cierh' JAMS
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ed Knd stopped, lest I should say too
much.
IL think we'd better sit down." she
said, smiling. "Your knees seem to be
still somewhat shaky."
SO we sought a seat near the stern,
where we could watch the city sink
gradually away in the distance as tho
great boat gllded smoothly out into
the bay.
I confess I was worried. I had not
thought for a moment that Martigny
would have the temerity. to board tho
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-01-05
NOTICE Of SPECIAL LECTi On.
Electric Ll4ht Bond P~rcpssItIon.
(To be CONTINUED J

Notice II hereby given to the electors OF the
city of Red cloud. In Webster county, Nebras-
ka, pursuant to a resolution adopted by the
Mavor and Council OF said city, at an adjourn.
ed regular meeting thereof, December z, 1905,
and based upon the petition OF more than ten
resident freeholders from each ward OF said
city. that an election Is called and will be held
In said city. atthe usual voting places therein,
to wit: In the first ward. ut the II. Il NJ. Bank
Building and I'm the second ward at the Fire.
mems hall, on the 9th day OF January, 1905, be-
tween the hours OF 4 o'clock A. NJ, and O'Clock
P. NJ, OF said day, at which the following prop.
osition is submitted to be voted upon:
Shall the Mayor and City Council OF the city
Of Red Cloud, Nebraska, be authorized to issue
the coupon bon enominated electric
light bonds OF said City OF Red Cloud. In the
amount OF Ten Thousand Dollars, In the dc.
nomination Of five hundred dollars each. pay.
able to bearer and to become due twenty years
after the date thereof, but payable any time
after the expiration Of five years. at the option
Of said city, and bearing not to exceed five per
cent annual interest, ana to be dated the day OF
their issuance. Interest and principal OF said
bonds to be payable at the fiscal agency of the
state Of Nebraska, I'm New York City. Said
bonds to be sold for not less than par value.
With accrued interest, and the proceeds thereof
to be used by said city for the construction aud
establishing of a system OF electric lights in and
for said city, aud shall the mayor and council
OF said city annually levy the necessary tax
upon all the taxable property within said city.
In addition to all other taxes TO pay tho interest
on said bonds as the same becomes due and TO
furnish a sinking fund for the payment OF the
principal OF said bonds, and nm annual tax OF
not to exceed two mills on the dollar of the
assessed valuation OF said city, for the purpose
Of maintaining, operating and extending said
system; OF electric lights.
The form OF the ballot to be used at said ,elec-
ton shall be as follows:
Vote for One)
COR plpptrIp LIGHT hon6s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-10
Safety in Railroad Travel.

From American Homes and Gardens
Increased safety In railroad travel Is one
OF the urgent needs of the day. Railroads
have never carried so many people, never
run so many trains, never put on so many
cars, never employed so many men. never
covered SO much territory and never been
so popular as means OF getting about as
today; yet with all this has come greater
danger to human life, more accidents, more
serious accidents, more people hurt and
more damages inflicted. The simple truth
seems to be that the railroad managers are
Eot sufficiently alive to the sacredness of
human life. This Is the most precious of
all earthly things. It Is something that,
once destroyed, can never be replaced, and
something the injury to which may lead to
results of most serious consequences. There
Is a popular impression in Europe that rail-
road accidents are more frequent IN Amer
lea than abroad. because the American
trains are run at higher rate of speed.
This contention is hardly borne out by the
facts since with the exception of one or
two recently established trains, the fastest
trains In the world are operated abroad.
Tho numerous American accidents are due
not so much to the rapidity with which
American trains are run as to the careless
ness with which they are operated, or the
Indifference with which the American pub
lie at large views the railroad. An accident
that involves a person not an employe of q
railroad not q passenger may be partly
due to the injured ones own carelesSness.
An accident to passenger is mostly due
to carelessness in railway management
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THE QUICK LUNCH ROOM.
Etiquette In Everyday Life.

One eats In quick lunch room because
one is In hurry to get out again to busi-
ness or pleasure. One never goes there to
talk business. There would be much dam
ger of having important business secrets
overheard by the closely packed lunchers
and, at the very least, long conversation
would be offensive both to the manage
ment which Is interested In accommodate
ing as many persons possible, and to the
people standing in line waiting for seat.
If business must be discussed. an individual
table-or quiet restaurant-should be Sc
leeted.
In the quick lunch room every one stands
on a par. Each person awaits his turn and
takes what he or she gets It Is no place
to sniff or behave with an aid OF extreme
hauteur. If accustomed to better places
should evince all the more refinement
when placed in trying situations. All
thought Of business or pleasure or discom-
fort should be thrown off. and the act OF
reinforcing ones physical self attended to
strictly.
Do not sit through the meal with your
coat on. Remove It. fold 1t compsetly ana
place II on the back of your chair. It VIII
then be well out Of your and everybody's
way and you will not be tortured with the
fear that some one will steal It.
Be eonsidsrate Of yogr ns,shbors Pc not not
butter. salt and pepper directly In front Of
Of you and out of reach of the person
across the table. II you forget to push
them along, anu no IN ICECtQ W dSA SoN
for them. apologize for POUR lack OF cour-
tesy. You will have Infinitely more respect
for yourself, even II you are In hurry.
Never submit to the untdy way Of sitting
| with a soiIed or wet table before you. II
| the waitress forgets to wipe up the place.
| take fresh napkin and clean It up your
self, or change your seat
Your appearance while eating 10 OF prime
| Importance. The habit of eating with the
mouth open Ia disgusting to most people.
| as Is an overuse Of the knife Keep the
| elbows well down at the side& It Ia sur
prising how many people ignore this in1-
portant rule. Never lean oyer the plate
| to facilitate the carrying OF food to the
mouth,
| Consideration for the waitress viii be APP
preciated Always give your order clearly
and distinctly, 70 preclude the pQssinipty
OF mistake. II you have done this. YOU
may justly claim your right to the correct
| order II she has 4Ade q mistake. - u
| quite possible TO do This without offerfsa
I Tips are not essential. The partaker Of
the hurTy-up lunch seldom has tins to
| think OF them. However. Il you are
/ regular customer, and the Same waitress
| serves you. It Is only fair and right that 9
| small fee should b given at the end Of
| each week. Tipping y noe necessary unless
| you eat at tho lunch room every day.
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A MI-CAREME FETE
French Getting Ready for An
nuaI Carnival.
THE SPLENDOR OF DRESS
Spring Styles Are Very Much in
Evidence.
BEAUTIFUL M o U R N I N G
Delicate Fabrics Loaded Down With
Heavy Crepe-other
Hints.

Special CORRESPONDENCE Of The Star
PARIS February %, 1903.
Paris is preparing for Lent, despite omi-
nous prognostication. Everywhere in the
best circles the recent Catholic riotings are
deplored and some of the shopkeepers af
firm that the division of the state from the
church will even affect trade. Grand ladies'
OF pious bent. in fact, have already an
nounced their intention of passing Lent en-
tirely en- deuil; this. and further halt In
matter OF expenditure, to prove their 10y
atty to the church and disapproval of the
new state of things.
on the other hand. preparations are going
on for the yearly carnlvals which precede
and follow Lent and brighten the middle OF
the period Of fasting and prayer. The most
joyous OF these Carnivals is undoubtedly
that OF the mi-careme, the middle of Lent.
originally entirely a festival of the lower
people. called, indeed lie Carnival des
Rlanchiseuses Cwasherwoman's carnival.
the celebration of mi-careme has come to be
quite fashionable hobby. The street pa
geant. which takes hours to pass along the
boulevards is stiil made up to the has peo-
pie: but rubbing elbows with pretty laun-
dresses, flower makers, butchers, bakers
and what not. safe in her incognito of mask
and domino. the duchess may seek jollity
and adventure. The immense street crowds
"a very good natured on these occasions,
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Among these are empire wreaths made
In cloth, overlapping each other, laid on
silk foundations. Some of the great dress
making houses have been reproducing the
gowns worn by the Empress Josephine and
the ladies OF her court. even those they
wore when hunting and when they joinej
shooting parties. For these occasions white
cloth was trimmed with green velvet. One
has. however, been adapted to evening
dress. a white satin skirt with blue vel
vet tunic. Rich claret velvet in the same
style was worked with gold and blue with
silver. Pink and silver and lilac and silver
have reproduced the fashions OF those days
with difference. How quaint and curl
Gus on such occasions these exalted ladies
must have looked. the head surmounted by
q toque, generally white, with nodding
plumes. white scarf about the shoulders
Imagine any one so appearing nowadays I'm
the hunting field, The men even wore
green velvet. with silver froggings.
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end Of Lent to wear their straw hats, but
sally forth In the gayest of them any time
after the middle OF March. They do not
like to feel that they are one in the great
narade of worm for he-first- time bonnets.
In any event, milady may be fashionable
this season either in large hat or one
fashioned after the tfniest models. She
need not lament the fact, as she has been
forced to in former seasons, that small
hats are the style and she looks hideous
In one; nor that large hats. which are the
only fashionable headgear, make her look
like a fright She may select either big
fiat hat or a small. turban-llke creation
and still be fashionable. provided 1t Is along
the approved lines of Madam Mode, 'o8. To
be becoming or to be fashionably hated Is
not the question today; be both.
Make or Mar.
And the selection OF hat may make or
mar the effect of an entire toilet Is 1t,
then, any wonder that the sex feminine
spends so much time discussing the hat
problem2 One word should be said as to
the buying OF hat. No woman should
decide on hat when she has seen 1t only
while sitting In front of the splendid mir
rors in the show room of millinery es-
tablishment. Many hat which looks well
when the prospective purchaser saw only
her head and shoulders In the mirror
proved absolutely unsutted to her style
when she stood up some distance from a
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60 that properly escorted, the lady of the
highest degree may fear no danger. At
certain hour the law forces everybody TO
uumask. and when this strikes. like Cinder-
ella from the ball, the grand dame who has
been playing at canaille fiits to the safety
of her own home While lodging In and out
OF the crowd. finging and receiving con-
fetti, she is no longer duchess or even mad
anne. Citizeness tcitoyennel is the revolu-
tionary title she most often hears, and let
her beware of being too superior in return.
Paris Is very merry when II plays, but one
needs Away to look for the turn or the tide.
Seems All Right.
Even IN the most religious circles the
mi-careme carnival passes as right and
proper. and the masked balls given at this
time are sometimes very splendid. The
toilets seen at these. however, are no
more magnificent than some Of those which
appear In the street pageant. for often the
beauties In the floats are costurned and
5eweled by the most fashionable trades
people So 1t often comes about that pri-
vate ball will reproduce faithfully the cos
tume Of some beautiful dancer, laveuss or
grizetts OF the public festival The ethics
of mi-careme Ii the fiinging OF OF all tram
1nels and masked iuncheons Ia the Bots,
next to the table OF ones own cook. may
round up the morning.
In the ateliers OF Monsieur c., cos
tuner much patronized by stage folk were
found some charming toilets.
But" said the visitor, these are for
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fun length glass; The hat should not be
confined only to fts appearance on the
couture, but should be viewed from dis.
tanee-thn tout ensemble should be consid-
cred. For instance, a. short girl may look
stunning in large fat hat when only her
head and shoulders ere taken into consid-
GRAFTON. but let that same girl come toward
you on the street and see what the large
nat hat makes her look ike, By the same
token, the tail. slender girl should not wear
narrow, hif,hly-trimIned bonnet II she
would look her best
Many OF the Easter hats have the same
lines as the models shown In the autumn.
though IN the heavier straws Il is difficult
to give the hat the many turnings and
twisttngs and bendings that the pliable
feIts and vefvets and silks took on.
Colors and White
No one color seems to predominant In the
late spring ana early summer hats, unless
It IL the color. which II Is said is not
color-white. There are white chip hats.
white straws white horsehafr. lace, linen
and tuIle, and each one Is trimmed In the
most chic OF white bows. flowers. feathery
wreaths and saucy aigrettes. For the girl
who fancfes white In her millinery there
Is no end OF variety. And with these white
hats she will wear the long. white hirta-
ton veil trailing off the brim as IL II
would fly away at any moment
Some OF the quaint little hats which viii
be worn much during the early summer
look for all the world as IL our great-grandS
mother had hauled them out of her chest
In the attic and passed them over TO US
without so much as Strengthening out the
mashed-in crown or brushing or the faded
petals Of the posies They are the sort of
headpieces we are wont to select to wear
with an old-fash.oned masquerade costume
when we haunt the costumers establish
menf.
Simple Enough.
One imported model displayed as 1t came
from the great trunk was of Milan straw
shaped like a berry bowl. but having a very
narrow brim. turned down as a college
youth turns down the front of his cap.
Standing up ON one side of the crown was
a spray OF forget me-nots with one pink
rosebud. Entwined about the crown was a