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CHAPTER XIII-Continued.


lie did as he was bid, and two LONG
hours were spent in the recital Fran
: cine heard OF her fathers condition in
dry-eyed, speeches. misery; she listen
ed throughout Ike one in a dream. bur
she heard all, understood all. and at the
end, when Cressingham had no more
10 tell. she put her hand upon his arm
and said:
There is no hope for either You or nc,
Lord Francis; We are in the hands OF a
human tiger; escape is impossible This
tiny little island is inhabited only by the
count his grandson. and a score or two of
negroes and mongrel Europeans, every
one of whom is ruffian STEPPED in crime.
I have been here now six days and have
been everywhere, seen everything thas
may be seen. and studied all the crea-
lures that surround us. The count has
not sought 10 control my actions, and
does not now seek to control yours, be-
cause he well knows such precautions are
entirely needless, To escape We should
need wings"
OR boat muttered Crcssingham.
There are only two boats on the
island sighed the girl. and they are al
ways kept securely chained when not in
use"
In another hour we shall have day
light said the man. II shall then ex-
plore the plsce-whO knows, dear; some
kind fate may befriend US"
The girl sighed, and said: Then take
me with you. Will you please, Lord Fran
els Let us spend the last few hours to-
gether that are left us"
'Us2' he queried.
Yes, u.s. do you think I should care To
live without-hope?"
"FrancineI"
Il mean iti''
You would kill yourseif?"
Not that. / have not the courage But
you are an English gentleman. I put my
life and honor in your hands. You will
Kill me when the last comes; promise u7et'
He shook his head. No. dear. I'll not
do that: you are in no immediate perU.
think. dear, they will not try ia harm
you in any way, they have no rpason IN
Besides, you must be rescued one dav.
soon. I hope. for Perigord viii never resi-
Till he has fulfilled his mission. More
over. I depend on you to clear mv name
for me, the name which that villain has
furnished No. FTancine: you must live
II only for my sake"
She smiled sadly. MY father is diving
you are about to die. What is there lefr
In life for me2"
Come. come, dear, I haven't given up
hope yet, nor shall / till the very enc"
Hope, what is that with US. Lord Fran
els? despairing effort TO postpone fac.
ing the inevitable %
While life lasts, Francine. hope is the
handspring of ambition. II gives me
ambition now 10 work and md q way
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outing this afternoon. You had also bet
ter wash up that car lively. Here's "a
shilling for yourself
SIR Bruce tells the tale with gusto.
When asked. Did YOU take it?' CHE
shilIingt his reply was; why certainly
Every shilling ] earn brings me nearer 90
marrying Camille Clifford.
An Enthusiastic BHIIOOBist.
with the exception of the Llangattocks.
the Buffers. and a few other people keen
~ interested in 5aII0Oniug. no one else has
succeeded so far in getting a chat with
Frank p Lahm. who won the Gordon
Bennett prize. Lord and Lady Lldngat-
took are the parents of that other intrepid
balloonist. Hon. {. 5. Rolls, and they in
yited promptly the successful American 10
come and stay with them. lie is "a very
retiring young man ana strenuously OBJ
iects 90 being made q lion i'm any way.
But where balloons are concerned he is
an enthusiast If an idea strikes him he
gets right up in the middle Of the night to
try H.
While he was staying with the Llangat-
tocks he had an adventure. one night an
insuira ton seized him. and. knowing tnere
is a balloon garage attached to the house.
he got up to try his notion. He accom-
plishcd all right what he desired but
when returning TO the house his appear
ancc was announced i'm the twilight OF
the early morning by the sound OF many
bells 4 servant had soon him enter and
thinking he was a burglar. rang All the
bells by way Of alarming the household
Now that James Henry Smith tthe late
Chicago Smiths wealthy nephew and
Mrs Stewart are married. his sister. Lady
Cooper. is wisely making the best of it.
During the winter she proposes to give iu
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THE CORNERSTONE
AMBROSE PRATT,
AUTHOR OF VIGOROUS DAUNT BHLIoNAIRE"
AMBROSE PRATT,
AUTHOR OF VIGOROUS DAUNT, BLLIONAIRE

! from here for both of us. It gives M,
wider vision and points TO better days. e
! longer life and love
''Ah. you are brave-but YOU have not
! seen, you cannot understand"
! Dear, let us talk a moment of our
/ selves. The last time that we met ycr
were so kind to me I dared to dream
| 'Ah, heaven-hOw long ago il seems
| YES. long enough. and fearful things
have happened in between. But Fran
! cine
'Ah, let us rest. my lord. Soon IF yoJ
/ think Of trying TO explore the place We
shall have toilsome work enough to do"
She led him 10 Il couch and. seated there
looked I'D at him. do You know, / fec
| so weary and so old, so very old?'
/ He regarded her with tender pity, but a
little Of reproach was in his eyes. Toe
weary 60 remember, dear?" he asked. "a
I have been trying TO speak to you Of some
| thing that might have been. that yet per
/ haps might be.
All. my lord. what now matters any
thing?'
Love. Francine"
She sighed profoundly. and shook heI
head. 4 loved YOU once. I think per.
! haps. love YOU still. bus ] am miserable
Oh, my poor old father, All. To think he
Is SO III, he that loved me so, and I away
from him. With a sudden gasDing cry
she threw herself forward on the couch
and great heart-breaking sobs shook her
slender body violently. Cressingham
watched her in silence. tears trickling
down his own cheeks His heart ached 10
soothe her. TO help her in her great grief.
but he dared not touch her: he felt him.
r-1f fr.-r-
too sacred. But soon she grew more COM
posed and. controlling herself. looked
sadly I'D at him. What. do men weep -
she asked, a mouTnful smile parting her
quivering lips.
RE nodded. and answered huskiiy.
When they see the one they love in pain,
men sometimes weep"
All" she sighed, you love me.
Frauk?"
Yes. dear" he said simply.
'Sit down beside me- He obeyed. do
You think there is any hereafter, Frank
Il do"
She sighed again 4 do not 1 have
tried. an, SO hard, to believe that some
where beyond our ken a good God exists
who will judge US. when we die. accord
ing TO our lives on earth. But / can't. I
can't; I never could 1t all seems too un-
reasonable, too wild and fanciful. Never
a shred of proof has any one advanced 10
me- II God exist why does He not dis
close Himself?"
lie does. Francine.'
'.Where?"
In hearts and lives; sweet. pure, kind.
charitable hearts and lives like yours. Do
YOU think your sweet. unselfsh life has
been of Itself without fount or purpose
IL came from God, dear, and to God it
viii return.
You arc foolish. Frank because you
love me / nave not led a really good life.
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their honor one Of the great balls assoc
ciated with her name in the neighborhOod
of HursIey Park the magnificent seat Of
the Coopers near winchester. I am told
that Miss Stewart. Mrs. Smiths daughter,
may make her debut at this ball. Al
though Lady Cooper's attempts 20 settle
the matrimonial future of her brother,
james Henry. were 50 unsuccessful. she
rather prides herself on being match
maker She viii no doubt try her powers
now on Miss Stewart This girl and her
Young friend, Mrs. Anthony DreXeIs
daughter are both fun OF the most TO-
mantle ideas and have what amounts to
q terror of the fortune hunter As each
will Dee brilliantly well of. they certainly
have reason TO be- Already their futures
and their portions are being discussed at
an the smart clubs. and the fortune HINT
ers like vultures, are ready to swoop
down ou the social battlefield the instant
the announcement is made that these two
hciresses are I'm the arena.
Find English Hunting ..SIoyv."
HIr and Mrs Peter Higginson's nice
home on sloane street is being made
ready for them. They are well-known
Boston people. II is not surprising TO
hear that Afr. Higginson has found Eng
llSh hunting distinctly slow. with the
result that he means 10 do most of his
hunting in Ireland during the coming
season. Everyone who knows anything
Of tho .kildaTcs'' or the "Meaths'' real
lies the dullness OF the English hunt
with never "a stone wall 10 jump and
every siX-barred gate politely opened for
you To- pass through, People who have
hunted IN ireland know that the same
sport IN England gives little more excite
meHt than riding in the Row,
LADY MARY.
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NEXT WEEK AT
THE THEATERS

Raymond Hitchcock comes 10 the Co
Iumbia next week. not as a star Of comic
opera. but as a straight comedian, in a
play by Richard Harding Davis, entitled
The Galloper" This farce enjoyed "A
long run at the Garden Theater, New
York. last winter and was warmly
praised by the metropolitan critics. Mr..
Hitchcock safely crossed the divide
between the realm of light opera, in
which he had won so much success IN
King Dodo" and "'fhe Yankee Consul.
TO the field of farce. This season both
star and play have met with similar sue
cess in the cities visited. The action of
The GalIoper' takes place in Greece
during the GraecO-Turkish imbroglio-
that comic opera war" which the au-
thor reported for the London Times, and
from which he drafted his story. Mr..
Savage has mounted the Davis play in
his usual painstaking manner, and given
the star capable company of we'll
known actors. The seat and box sale IS
now open.
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Musical comedy, without any h0nk-honk
trimmings, viii again be the Offering at
the New National next week, when Katie
Barry and John Slevin will appear at the
head Of the John c. Fisher Company in
Raymond Hubbell and Robert B. Smith s
latest arrangement of frolic and melody,
entitled MAN selle Sallie." 1t is said TO
be clever and very entertaining pro-
duetion by the authors Of 'Fantana." in
which, by the way, Miss Barry. as leading
support of jefferson de Angels, made an
impression That mas by no means worn
away. The company that will be seen
in support Of Miss Barry and Mr.. Slevin
includes such capable people as Jack Hen
dersOn. Agnes Finley, George L. Mack,
VIM. 2. Carleton. jr-. Eleanor Rose, sgd
ney de Grey. and Rose Quinn. The six
Little Butterflies. specially brought over
from England for the production, will be
a notable feature.
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Artistic FIoraI Creation.

An artistic floral piece displayed at the
acknowledgement wedding was the
Peruvian Minister'S presentation Of a
basket of orchids and ferns. An exact
reproduction of the basket is now on eX-
hibitjon I'm Blackistone's window. Four
teenth and II streets The choicest Cat
tleya orchids and Adiantum and Far
leyense ferns are artisticaily arranged i'm
bed of wood moss, and the large bow
Of ribbon on the handle of the basket
blends tremendously with the delicate
tints of the orchius
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On Monday night at The BeldscO. Hilda
Spong. supported by William +. Hawtrey
and an unusually strong company. under
the management Of Walter y. Lawrence.
will present her new and successful play
of modern English life entitled John
Hudson Wife" The drama IS the work
of Alicia Ramsey and Rudolph De Cor
dOva. and is said to give splendid OppO7-
tunities not only 10 Miss SpOng and Mr.
Hawtrey. but 10 every other member of
the organization. Among the members Of
the company are Lionel Walsh Charles
Rowan. Herbert Percy. Frederic Lane,
Henry Hdnscombe, Stanley Jessup, Fred
&. Patterson. Walter Russell Leila Rep
ton. Cora Dean. Edna Bern. and Florence
Howard. The elaborate setting that was
used during the New York run will be
seen here.
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Niece of President TayIor Dead.


opeclaI % Inc washington HesaId
Annapolis Nd, Oct. 2i.-Mrs. Mary
Virginia Randall. widow Of Surg Bur
ton Randall Z. S A, died here tonight
from the infirmities of age. She was
eighty-nine years old. Mrs. Randall was
Il niece Of Gen. Zachary Taylor.
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Extremely attractive is this novel style in which two contrasting materials
a
being ned e m
and
L and fashioned
the deep stitched hem
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NOTES OF THE STAGE.

David Narheld. in THE Music Master
closes his very successful Boston engage
ment this week lie will spend November
IN Philadelphia. at the Lyric
Ada Reeve. the English Coincidence. is
coming over for tour in vaudeville along
toward New Year She couldn't with
stand the temptation Of "A contract offered
her with salary figures so big she doesn't
dare breathe them for fear people would
think she was hbbing
Blanche Bates is making herself con-
spicuous among the .profesh." in New
York by cutting out late suppers at Del
monico's or Sherfy's. and going straight
home from the theater after perform
ances in a street car instead Of an auto
mobile. IN fact. Blanche is living the sim
pie life right in the Tenderloin.
Listen TO this sermonCtte by Mile.
Manhattan, OF the Telegraph:
Il saw Gustav Luders putting big rolls
Of money in the bank yesterday. II looks
immoral to me to. see composers like Vic
tor Herbert and the only Luders calmly
soak away large and opuleut royalties
every week It doesn't somehow seem 10
rhyme with little romances I have read
about Chopin's poverty and Mozart's hard
luck and the long line of cherished tradi-
ton that has to do with genius starving
in garrets Can il be that We have all
been fooled about the genius of Victor and
Gustav"
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Free concerts every hour.

New Lyceum next week. Only the very
best or talent has been selected for the
show. A musical farce, Mixed Pickles"
is said to be very funny. Clever vaude-
Vile speciaIties viii MI in between the
acts, among them the Breakaway Bar
lows. in sensational aerial act; VIII
IT, Ward, THE happy Dutchman" and
Clark, Higgins, and Bergman, singers
and eccentric dancers.
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Starlight" a spectacular electric bal
let. will he given at Chase's next week by
the famous II. Harndin Company. with
an ensemble of thirty beautiful dancers.
IL is said 10 be the largest ard most ex-
pensive novelty ever introduced in polite
vaudeville II is whispered that it costs
so a minute. II ran nine months in Paris.
seven In London. and three ia Berlin.
The added attractions viii bee Fred Ray
and Company in IL funny travesty upon a
famous play; Mr.. and Mrs Allison I'm their
comedy, Minnie From Minnesota"
George ". Day. in "corkonian converse
Ziones.' and In Court" tho Josselyn
Trio: Delphino and Delmora. musical
comiques; Saona, with his living portraits
from the Hail Of Fame, and motion pic
lures.
The Brothers Byrue viii be seen az the
Academy next week in their Bantomimic
comedy, Eight Bells" The Byrue Bros
are adopts in stage mechanism. Eight
Bells" Is said TO be stuffed with new
tricks, illusions and IaughabIc effects.
Byrne productions are always strong
with the little ones. As well as older pe0-
pie. and to those who are blase with or
binary stage performances Eight Bells
might revive their interest in the thcater.
A large number of people are seen I'm the
comedy The Byrne family. four in num-
Der, appear III original creations.
The Americans. better this season
than ever, it Is claimed. viii be at the
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G. $. Williams comedy. The Arrival Of
Kitty" viii be the offering at the Ma
Jestic next week. Il is declared 10 be
one Of the seasons big hits, with a cast
above the average in excellence, headed
by Miss EVelen DunmoTe. whose clever
work in "Pin Pan Pouf' ana The Chi
nese Honeymoon" is we'll remembered.
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Sunday night at the Belasco Theater
the first of the new winter series Of or
chestral concerts will be commenced by
the Rakeman Concert Orchestra. Mr..
Herman 6. Rakcman. conductor. 1t is
believed By the management that these
events viii prove the most enjoyable.
Mile. Refine Harden-Hickey will be So
pran0 soloist OF the first concert. and the
programme for the orchestra will draw
its numbers from Weber. Nevin. Clerc.
Luigini Linck Keller Bella. Richard
Strauss, and Wagner. The enCOres WilI
be the latest popular melodies.
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10 BE CONTINUED TOMORROW.
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Houdni, the "handcun king" has a
rival in Prof Maurice Joyce. Of this city.
who viii give a remarkable exhibition at
the Columbia Theater Sunday evening.
When Houdini was recently in Washing
ton. he created q sensation by making his
escape from boxes and bags, but the trick
was done behind a screen Prof Joyce.
who is director OF physical culture at the
Carroll Institute, viii, on sunday evening,
perform first the feat Of escaping from a
wooden box and the same kind of paper
bag that H0udiui used behind a curtain.
and viii afteTward expose the trick 20
the audience. The sale of seats for the
performance will open az the Office Of r..
Arthur Smith. Sanders & Stayman's. 1877
+ street northwest. Friday morning.
Mr.. George Murray, one of the best
known theatrical men In the country, was
in Washington yesterday. attending 10
details preparatory to the engagement
here of The Belle Of Mayfair" which
will shortly occur at the New National
The supporting cast Will be unusually
strong. including Christie Macdonald.
Irene Bentley, and Ignaccio Martinctu.
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IN THE SENATE.

In mis- opening prayer in the Senate on
the 18th Chaplain Edward Everett Hale
made reference to the san Francisco disas-
ter. Only routine business was transacted,
adjournment until next day being taken at
$50 p. IN. to permit the Democrats to pro.
coed with their conference on the railroad
rate bill
The Senate on the 10th passed A joint
resolution approprating Sl.Wc,o0o for the
relief of the people of California, and an
emergency bill carrying $1,000 TO pay the
expenses of bringing home the bodies of the
Kearsarge victims. Mr.. Bailey made an
explanation of the proceedings of yestcr.
days Democratic caucus and Mr.. La Fol
lette delivered the first half of an exhaust
i've speech on the rate bill. Mr.. Iilman
and Mr. Hopkins had another spirited en-
counter concerning the Walsh bank failure
in Chicago. which was ended by the pre-
siding officer Adjournment was taken un.
til next G@y.
In the Senate on the 10Th Mr. La Fol,
lette continued, but did not conclude his
speech on the rate bill. The appropriation
for the San Francisco sufferers was made
available for the purchase of medical sup.
niles and steps were taken toward replac-
ing the public buildings by calling on the
secretary of the treasury TO prepare an
estimate of the cost of new structures. At
40 D. N. the Senate went into executive
session, and three minutes later adjourned
until the next day.
In the Senate ON the 21st Mr. Perkins of
California made acknowledgement of the
cablegram from the vice president of
the Rraziion senate, expressing the sym.
pathy of that body for the sufferers in Cali.
fornia He also acknowledged the debt of
gratitude due the government of the United
States. the people OF the different states
and cities and the railroads for the gener-
GUS aid granted. On his motion the Vice
President was instructed to express the
Senate's appreciation. The remainder Of
the day was devoted to eulogies on the life
of the late Senator Oryile II. Platt of Con.
n m adjournment taken
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vaults at Masonic cemetery, where the
papers from TIE Hall of Records are
stored. All the records there We're saved,
but those il the county clerks office
were lost.
The Teachers. principals, supcrin.end-
ents and the board Of education are
ready for work. Buildings or tents suit
able for school purposes viii be proyid-
ed in the near future, and just as soon
as they are ready school Will begin.
Doomed Men Are Shot
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 2f.-
That three mon were shot 70 dSati} on
blazing roof III san Francisco TO keep
them from bong burned alive, is sol
emily asserted by Max Fest. a gar
mcnt worker. who came here ycster-
day.
WHEN III. arn carcht tia Windsor
Motel ~ Ff aud Market" said Mr..
l'eist. there were tire" mon on the
roof and vas impossible To get them
down Euthru than sec the cra2ed men
fail il with lie roof and he roasted
awe tic u itary officer directed his
taoa =. nnn. which they al. III
the Desebc # 1000 people.
Il saw great stones fall on three men
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

MILWAUKEE, April 24-Close-Whcat--
Firm No. nGrthtrn' sS on traGk sc; M"i
No : on track. 47Iac. Oats-Easy; stand.
BarIey-Firm: standard. 56c; sample ON
track,, 3sa;,5 Rye Steady; No. ON
track 64Isc proyisious-Steady; pork
Bee; lard. $50
ilour quotations are: Hard spring wheat
p Waed Io:0 export patents aS in sacks
4 5mf3, u; first clear. in sacks, 335: rye, in
wood, 5 4oIl3 80; country, 2Soa3Go in
sacks. Buckwheat -four, 5.$oQ5 50, Kansas
MiilstufTs are quoted at 1870 for
brnn II 30 for standard middlings
ana 1918 for Milwaukee flour middlings
in ioolh sacks: red dog, 20 25a2o5o: barley
fnot - * deliyrrrd nt couutry points.
"a. ,ytr,
CItiCaCo nj Apru a --Close-Whcat-
Nor 791Lr. .IuIv ioIaJT7gssc. Corn-May,
49, mn 4Gt,c oats1AI9y, 32l4c; July,
5naFSo rInrl,"Nov - G.1b. JuIy L.. S2i5T6
80 ot.G NJ = 171hEts 3o. IuIy. 500
d az, Ga,a La Ribs"Mav. S5ous 52lg: July,
c1 T'Iov-Cash northwestern, 49, south
,'n,+or,, ~ Nav ! II Rye-Cash. $50
~. NJ, ~, a.. inIyS fnIbr rimothy-Aprif
~ % Ha ,Slor uir, i"th 1t5o Hnrley-Cash-
""stiI-tc
,y W 5tFIc: July. 1,l%0795sc: Sep.
i" ~, 49, tt,-s3Gc. No bnrd -o1.c. No l
,e arthn. So. No > northern, 71itc: No,
n northern' 155t7i,c
i'o ~ ~ III Ninn anri u -CIose-Whcat
~ ~ ~ a,rir ri' No northern soc. No >
northern. Use; on track, No / northern,
sur. En . northern. 7Sc; MAY. 79a,c: July
Sossc: September. 7s&c. Fiax-To arrive
ana on track. l1G4; May, 1.16A: July,
I liz oatsNTo arrive and on track and
Nav 3i1sc. Rye, sc. Barley, 37@45c.
Recripts. Wheat. 29,447. Shipments, 49,.
sol
KANSAS CITY, Mo. April o4-Close-
Whpnt-May, 72s,c: cash 40 hard, Is0
sor. No ) red. 9lGr92r. Corn-AIAv, 455sC;
InIv. 4oc; cash No. > mixed. 4G&.c: No >
white I7IIIhc Oats-No white 32Iac
KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 24-Cattle-
Rnrniuts II nlu Including coo southrrrIs:
stondy. native steers. ! o5f1J 81: southern
str"rs Z 1oI,,o5; southern cows. 25olp
M. native cows and beifers . 5odI5 90:
stnninrs ana feeders. 4 o,II4 ~: buIls. , 90
~ po. calves 3Uo45.5o western fed
steers 2 5nll5 -. western fed cows. 754D
a., Uocs-Kpceipts II 900. market
steady. hulk of sales G3OGlG a: heavy, $40