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"Ohi" Anita exclaimed, and drew
back.
At the window of Pedro's Place
opposite-the street was very narrow
she saw a mans face pressed close
to the pane-a tense, harassed, and
anxious face. The eyes were staring
straight into hers, and were SO like
Noel Dukes that they startled her.
The face vanished; she must be mis-
taken. But she could not rid her
self of an uncomfortable impression.
Whats the natter" Alice asked.
Nothing; maybe we'd better go
now and wake aunty," she said, and
pulled Alice after her into the entry.
Monsieur Victor did not glance up
as they repassed along the balcony
above his head, entered the hall, and
knocked at Mrs. Ashton's door
knocked, and knocked again.
seMother!" Alice called, and no an
swer came. "Mother!" Alice tried
the door; it was locked. Anita, I'm
frightened" she whispered.
Anita stepped to the end OF the hall
and called: Monster victor!"
The Frenchman came up smiling.
with a newspaper in his hand. what
ees it, nam seller"
my mother did not go out any
where, did she?" Alice inquired. Her
door is locked; she doesn't answer.
Monsieur looked puzzled; he did
not seem to comprehend. Alice
raped louder ON the door.
CrO BE CONTINUED)
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ON BORROWING BENT
MRS. GALLAGHER CALLED ON
HER NEIGHBOR.
Much Polite PhraseoIogy, But No
Kettle Forthcoming - Visitor
Finally Retires with the
Honors of War.

Sure I've no patience wild the likes
of her. said Mrs. Gallagher, rolling
her brawny arms in her apron and
tossing her head. s4She may be
good neighbor, so she may, but I'd
as lief neighbor wild the Chink heath
en-, an that's sayin' strong words
P'lite! Bless We, butter wouldn't
melt in her mouth no more'n in my
ice box, but to perdition wild her
p'liteness, heaven forgive me!
81 went knockin' to her dure on
Thursday mornin' to get her to lind
me the loan of a kittle to bile up a
mess o. bacon and cabbage for me
mans dinner, an when she opened
the dure an seen who it was, o, but
she was the pleased woman entirely.
1t was An is it you, Mrs. Gala
gher,' an Sure, the sight of you is
good for sore eyes, an Come right
in an set down. an It's grand ye're
lookin' this mornin', ma'am.'
I'll not stay 1 says, 'thankin' We
kindly, but if ye'll be so accomydatin'
as to lind me the loan of your iron
kittle I'll be obliged to you, ma'am.'
I says. Me own has sprung leak,
bad cess to it, just as I got the
victuals ready to put it in. I hate
"An' wild that her ould fiddle face
got longer than ever, but she cracked
a smile acrost it an she says: Sure,
it's proud I'd be to lind we the kittle,
but mebbe it wudden't be big enough
to hould what ye'd want to put into
it. tt amt much of a kittle,' she
says, though for the matter of that
it's a good one, barrin' tbs wore thin
wild the scourin of it, me bein'
turr'ble peticlar on account of it
bein' so long in the family she says.
Me grandmother had that kitt1e,' she
says, an she set a sight O. store by
it, an she wudden't have lint it to
Queen Victoria, that was, if she'd
come askin' for it on her Bonded
knees an promised to bring it back
as good as ever the next day, which
is asy promised, but amt done so
often.
"Tm as free as must wimmen is
wild their belongin's, she says. But
twas only last week that Mrs. Null
cahy come around here an borried
flatiron. She's one of your Dor
riers, too. An 1 haven't seen a
sight of that fiatiron liver since, an
it's like I niver will, not to speak OF
the chances of it comm back roosty
er scratched. Sure the life is both
cred out O. me with people borryin'
Not that you amt free an welcome
to take tn little iron kittle. I was
a-thinkin' O bilin' some spinach in
it myself she says, but I guess the
spinach IL keep, an if it don't twill
be no great loss, though tits hard to
| get good spinach green's this time
| O. year. Do We think twill be large
enough, Mrs. Gallagher, ma'am?
I do not, ma'am,' I says. IT'S my
| opinion it's some sizes to small an ]
don't know how large it is at that
But things has to be in kapin', ma'am
I says, AN if it amt no bigger than
a thimble, twill hou1d all the da
cincy liver your family had, an room
to spare, an good mornin' to We
Thank the Lord 1 amt polite meself
but I speak me mind plain Chi
cago Daily News.
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CHAPTER TX.

THE DOOR WITH THE BROKEN
KNOB.
But all the conscience-tortured
ghosts that ever walked by night, all
the pirates, and all the musty memo
ries which haunt an ancient French
pension. could not keep two travel
weary girls from sleeping. At nine
O'Clock in the morning Arthemise,
with coffee and rolls, knocked twice
before they wakened.
Presently they burst into the hall,
enthusiastic and singing; for the sun
shone bright, Carnival had come, and
the beautiful world was full of thines
for them to do.
MY love is a rover without a care
Gay as q robin. and fleet a hare"
Alice sang gayly as she raced along
the hall and stopped at her mothers
door. She tapped lightly; there was
no reply
Don't wake her yet" Anita sug-
gested; Tets explore
All right" Alice eagerly agreed.
They tripped out, one behind the
other like dime-novel heroines, to the
balcony The girls leaned over the
railing and looked down upon an
oval courtyard. 1t was dull and dim
below, a sanctuary Of perpetual twi-
light Stiff green palms in greener
barrels ranged themselves with math-
ematica1 regularity, one at the base
of each column Heavy green benches,
that no one ever came to sit upon,
stood between. A solemn parrot
marched back and forth on the back
of a bench
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-24
By HARRIS DICKSON
CHAPTER vIII.-Continued.
Author of
The Black VOLTS Breed" Etc
QNess--~|aH~ss-~2fA~ss-
Copyright, 1905, by D. Appleton & Coz

CHAP Elk VIll."OOntlnueO.
The girl came running. Monsieur
Victor indicated Mrs. Ashton's foot
with a gesture most delicate and
gallant, laid his hand upon his heart
and bowed himself backward from
the room.
Arthemise, deft and quick, with
comical shrugs that sent the girls gig
Cling again, stripped Mrs. Ashton's
foot and bathed it so speedily that
the old lady forgot to grumble- The
maid spoke no English, but her keen
eyes missed nothing, and she was
gone the moment that they needed her
no longer.
'HThese French maids put me in a
fidget-remind me of wasp buzzing
around grumbled Mrs. Ashton. The
girls were wandering about the large
room, commenting on everything.
Look, Alice, at that tapestry; it
must be a thousand years old. A cru
sader; see the red cross. Just think
of it, we are in the very room where
a pirate used to stay-Lafitte was a
pirate, wasn't he? Maybe that was
his cabinet, all inlaid; 1 wonder how
you open it. Wouldn't it be grand
if we could find some of Laftte's
treasurer"
Mrs. Ashton undressed herself
methodically; pirates, Gen. Jackson
and the duke of Orleans were all
alike to her; she was very sleepy.
The enthusiastic girls went down
on their knees before that artfully
devised Spanish cabinet, and began
prying into it's secrets.
1t had four panels below, and a
solid door above which seemed to let
down the lid of a desk. The two
meddlers experimental with its iron
fretwork and complicated fastenings
until drawer after drawer flew open
all empty, commonplace, disappoint-
ing
Thine you girls were going to bed"
"All right, mamma, in a minute;
look at that picture, Napoleon at the
Bridge of Lodi" Alice puzzled out
the French inscription, and felt very
proud of herself.
whats that other one-the woman
behind the bars?"
Charlotte Corday in prison, 1 sup
pose'' Mrs. Ashton Interrupted
Now go to bed; I'm tired, and we
have lot of shopping to do to-mor-
row."
"All right, mamma" Alice kept
walking ar;und looking at things.
what a con.cal old bed-big as a
house-lots bigger than a fiat Wo-'.
you feel like a grande marqIise sleep
ing behind green silk curtains,
and
go to bed" This command was
final.
The girls leaned in between the
green silk curtains and kissed Mrs.
Ashton good night.
do you feel better, mother?"
Eyes, 1 feel all right; just sleepy
Good night"
They went reluctantly out of the
room, their backward glances resting
upon many curious things that they
were eager to examine. Look Ami
ta,' Alice whispered when they had
closed the door-'look at those knobs;
they're cut glass, like decanter stop
pers. But this one is broken"
The hallway seemed so big and dark,
so full of weird shadows and mumbling
ghosts, that they caught each others
hands and ran laughing to their room.
isn't it scary here?" said Alice, as
she closed the door safely behind
them.
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Eyes, Lucy captured Dick for a hus-
band
LUCY Why, I thought Thelma
would win him with her grad uaton
exercises"
No, Lucy won him with her after
graduation exercises"
"After-graduation exercisesT
Yes; as soon as she had graduated
she went home and helped her moth
er to iron and wash tho dishes-
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He Relented.

Restaurant Proprietor-Here's your
wages 1 don't want such a careless
waiter around my place.
Waiter-What's the matter?
Restaurant >Proprietor-Why, the
gentleman ordered sirloin and you
served him porterhouse-
Waiter-We1l, we all make mis-
steaks occasionally
Then the boss re1ented-
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oner. Prima FacIe Evidence.

Judge-You mean to say that you
base your demand for divorce on the
allegation that your wife can't cook
a decent meal? That's no ground for
divorce.
Plaintiff-Your honor, would you
nind coming around and taking din
uer with us some day?
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InduIaenees.

Mrs. Knicker What were the
favors at her dinners?
Mrs. Bocker-Her cook let her give
II and her doctor let her eat It
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The Mutual Revelations.

The special grand jury which is investi-
eating the insurance class is getting I'M
comfortably close to former President
Richard A. McCurdy of the Mutual com
pany, who Is now In France. The other
officers. the directors and well known
lawyer who helped work out the system
of padding bills in the supply department
of which ANDY Fields was the head,
will also proba bly, be called upon to de-
fend themselves in criminal proceedings.
Incidentally the members of the Truesdae
committee, which has been Investigating
the company's affairs for almost a year
have reason to feel absurdly cheap for
the grand jury has learned more in a
week than the acknowledging body has
dug up in all its long existence.
The grand jury has got at the bottom
OF the amazing system by which the sta
tionery and printing bills rendered by
Lysander W. Lawrence & Co. to the
Mutual were passed to the amount of
100000 a year. The Truesdale committee
has never touched upon this In its many
ordy reports This money passed
through the hands of Andy Fields. but
lust what he did with it the grand jury
has yet to learn. 1t Is supposed that he
snent 1t in defeating legislation antago
nistlc to the officers of the company and
promoting legislation which entrenched
them more firmly In control of affairs.
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THE WEEKS TALK
IN NEW YORK CITY
Bryan as a Presidential Posi-
biIity in 1908
COLOSSAL FRAUD SYSTEM
How the Mutual Policy Holders Were
Robbed of $1,5oo,ooo Through
ANDY Fields and Sta
tonery Firm.
COLOSSAL FRAUD SYSTEM
BY sEWELL HAGGARo.

New York, May 19-The democratic
politicians of this state are already dis
cussing among themselves possible candi-
date for the presidential nomination in
1908. Referring to Mr.. Bryan's letter re-
ceived in this country a few days ago, in
which he declared that he was not a
candidate for the nomination, a well
known leader said:
If the democratic convention were held
today Mr. Bryan could, in my opinion
and the opinion of other observers, have
the nomination II he desired it. He is a
much stronger man than when he left
this country and on his return early in
the summer he will find 1t out. The
discovery may change his Views In re-
gard to being a candidate.
THE insurance investigation has done
more than anything else to make Mr..
Bryan stronger. 1t confirmed the belief
in the minds of many that the election
was bought away from him by Mark
Hanna In 1896. The fact that he has APP
proved the popular measures advocated by
a republican President has also con-
tributed to his strength
While L believe that Mr. Bryan could
get the democratic nomination | am not
for him. He Is strong on the side of
and good intentions. If his head were
only as good as his heart l would be for
him. But / cannot tolerate his advocacy
Of free silver. state banks, state as OPP
posed to government ownership of rail-
reads, and the packing of the court with
lawyers that hold his views"
Republican politicians are also mani
Testing some interest in the prospects for
1908. The professional class of statesmen
are conducting a quiet but determined
campaign for Fairbanks. but keen OBJ
servers can see nothing but defeat in
store for the Vice President. When asked
why, they answer that he represented a
class Of politics which is fast passing
the politicians who decide in defiance of
the people how offices shall be filled. 1t
is conceded that Secretary Shaw has more
chance, but he Is handicapped by the fact
that he belongs to the same school as
Fairbanks.
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yesterday of Alexander Beriman. who at
tempted to assassinate him in July, 1902.
IL is no exaggeration TO say that Mr.
Prick has lived in state of terror, espe-
eially for he last year. At present he
occupies the George Vanderbilt mansion
opposite st. Patrieks Cathedral in Fifth
avenue When he leased the place last
year he made of it a veritable fortress,
He eats and sleeps behind bolts and bars,
and he never goes out without a guard.
Though Mr.. Frick is taking no chances,
he is a man of GOODNESS He was sitting
in his office when Berkman entered,
leveled his revolver and fired. Mr. Prick
was badly wounded The building was
ali excitement, but the injured man was
the coolest of them all.
He quietly gave directions 10 place him
on couch until the surgeons came.
When they arrived he even gave them ad-
vice as to what to do. Taken home, he
was all control. Mrs Frick lay i'll in her
room, and. as he was carried by the
door, he asked how little Helen was.
Henry Clay Frick is now 56 years old.
He was farmers son in Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania, and his career from
poverty to millions reads like the ro-
nance of a Carnegie or a Schwab Where
Carnegie retired. Frick kept on. He Is
now known as the Coke King. 1t is said
that he has made S20000,000 within the past
year IN Reaulng alone his lIleHuS ue-
clare that Prick has more than the man
who made him-Carnegie.
Here in New York Frick has his many
offices They are as varied as are his
interests. When he leaves the house in
the morning not even his chauffeur knows
to which one he is going. He is director
IN scores of corporations, and in nearly
all of them he has a secretary for that
particular work. He picks up his secre-
taries as he hurries around in his auto.
Sometimes he sends them to Pittsburg
o. Philadelphia or Cleveland to meet him
there.
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racers case. "Girth disease and blood
ailments of various kinds had been
thought by the veterinarians to be tortur-
ing the animal into slow death, and he
had been treated internally-not to his
benefit either. Eczema is a germ disease,
and Is thus defined by medical authority;
IAN infammatory disease of the skin,
characterized by the presence of redness
and itching, an eruption of small vesicles
and the discharge of watery emulation,
which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts: called also letter,
milk crust and salt rheum.'
The effect of such malady upon a
sc nsitve. hgh-strung and nervous thor
oughbred like Sysonby is prostrating and
deadly.
Mr. Keene appraised Sysonby beyond
al: figures Only last winter he refused
100000 for him-and that was world 5
record price. He had previously smiled
at bids of 100000 and $4,000 made for
his pet racer He had deep affection
for Sysonby also for sentiments sake.
The great flyer (now a 4-year-old) won
$l65 S43 for his owner in two seasons.
Once only In fifteen races was he beaten.
To Harry Payne Whltneys Artful belongs
the credit of this performance In the
Futurity of 1904 Race King ran dead
heat with the Keene breadwinner in the
1905 Metropolitan. when Sysonby wasn't
quite fit. The other thirteen races he
won easily.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-20
A relenhone War.

New York is in the throes of a tele-
phone war, but so far the public has not
benefited-only the newspapers. The New
York Telephone company has the mo-
nopoy and its threatened rival. the At
lantic company. Is seeking a franchise
that it may enter the field, The old COM
pany, in its efforts to defeat competition
Is occupying pages of advertising space
every day arguing that duplication of
systems would be a nuisanee-hence the
windfal for the daily papers.
While there is no doubt that a double
system would be a nuisance 1t is also
true that the telephone service in New
York is absurdly limited in use by ex
orbltant charges. For a residence phone
limited to 800 calls the price Is s65 year.
At public pay stations the charge Is 10
cents call in any one borough and 10 and
90 cents for interborough calls. The new
company proposes to put In residence
phones for s12 a year. with local calls
cents and suburban calls cents.
The new company is not likely to get
franchise, however. for the reason that
there is no place for 1t to put its wires
The city has leased its subways to a COM
pany controlled by the monopoly and
work is being rushed TO occupy the
streets that are not already occupied by
the old concern.
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SCENE IN ION THE BRIDGE ALL


The comedy element of "On the Bridge
at Midnight" will serve to relieve the
tension of the play and tighten up the
more tragic scenes. Two capable come
dams Will have the leading comedy roles,
those of German professor and boot
black.
This will be the first visit of ION the
Bridge at Midnight to the Bijou, and
melodrama patrons will no doubt avail
themselves of an opportunity TO see a
thriller" which is promised TO be differ
ent from it's predecessors.
The opening performance will be given
tomorrow night. There will be the usual
ms finpPS
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ADJUSTMENTS
At the elIou.

The offering for this week at the Bijou
theatre will be "On the Bridge at Mid
night" Klimpt and Gazzoo's well known
melodrama. The scenes of this play are
laid in Chicago, and the story treats of a
blind mothers efforts TO find her lost
child. Various localities in Chicago are
reproduced scenically and the story is said
to abound in good comedy
feature of the play and one which
is Nest widely advertised by the owners
is the bridge scene introducing a set"
which shows the great Jack knife bridge
over the Chicago river in operation This
scene was built, 1t is claimed, at an ex-
pense of $4,000. The management an
nounces a scenic production in its en-
tirety surpassed by none of the melo-
dramas now being presented to the public.
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1.-The Hesitation of Gisella,' by Editn
Macvane. is the title of the novelette,
which opens the June number OF the
Smart Set.
Mary Austin, so well known for her
stories of the shepherds on the western
plains. contributes to this number one. OF
her best tales, entitled AT Ito Juan
Arthur Stanley Wheeler is again a con-
tributor; 1.-The Violin Is a ghost story.
Amos .DeLany is a new writer, put ms
contribution. 1.-The Strength of His Arms,
will cause his name to be remembered.
Robert McDonalds The Reformation OF
Billy Henderson," is humorous tale, ana
1.-The Making of Man. by Edna kenton.
will please host of readers. arthur
Stringer is at his best In Three women
and Love-" and there are other stories oy
Mabel Herbert Urner, E. J. Rath. Lena
Burton Wells, Charles Battell Loomts
and Anna Warner, besides story in the
original French.
Bliss Carman is the author OF the es-
say, THE Golden Age and In 1t MS
prose style is revealed at its best. Regi-
nald Wright Kaufman, Ruby Archer
Charlotte Becker. Theodosia Garrison
Clinton Scotland and Madeline Bridges are
among the versifiers whose work appears
Youths Companion.
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A Novel Toy.

The newest playthng of Hermann Gel
richs. is years old, Is a wireless telegraph
device. which is erected on the roof OF
Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs' mansion at Fifth
avenue and Fifty-seventh street. Young
Master Oelrichs promises to be of an in
ventive turn of mind. He himself operates
the wireless plant and can catch mes
sages from some distance out to sea.
The spar to which wires are hung can
be seen from all the apartment houses in
the neighborhood. Young Oelrichs goes
to his wireless outfit through trap-door
built in the roof and on bright days
spends hours tinkering with his unusual
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Mayors Hard Problem.

Mayor Mcclellan is confronted by an
odd problem. He doesn't know what TO
do with the fund contributed for the Mar
Unique sufferers. At the time of the vol
cenic eruption of Mont Pelee spontaneous
contributions were sent to the Mayor
to relieve the sufferers. About $l400 was
received before it became known that the
only survivor was a negro convict who
escaped death through being locked up in
the Martinique jail.
The money has been on deposit draw
ing interest for four years. With the eX-
ception of this one negro everybody whose
property was destroyed was killed. The
negro has been earning a living by ex-
libitng himself at dime museums. II he
does not claim the fund and it is allowed
to go on compromising II will be big
enou~h in few hundred years to pay the
city debt.
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Birmingham, Ala.

by the same eruption of Vesuvius which
destroyed Pompeii still remains Tor the
most part buried in lava. PROFESSOR Ian
c,ani If Rome tells in The Youths Com
panion of May II how likely 1t is that the
unexcavated part of the town contains
treasures of almost priceless value, per-
hans literary remains of which no dupli-
Gates have existed since the fall OF the
Roman empire. The same number OF the
Companion has story by Wins boyu
Allen ..rhe Shadow of Death" which re-
lates the frfghtful mishap of traveller
who rashly ventured to the edge of the
crater of Vesuvius. Supplementing these
contributions there will appear In the
issue of May "a an article of very timely
interest on What Science Knows About
Earthquakes" by William M. Davis pro-
lessor of geology at Harvard and an au-
thority on the subject of which he treats.