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at Camden-by .the-Sea. We had gone there
in the Idler'
That's the name of the yacht?"
Yes, sir; glad to see that you remember
her, sir. We had gone by the way OF
Newport, Boston and York Harbor, stop
ping at each place for short time. The
| 1dler is out of commission now; Mrs Ran
dolph would have nothing more to do with
| her"
Go on" 1 urged. The whole affair was
really getting my nerves.
Yes, sir He turned my head and APP
piled the razor to the other cheek. I'VE
had been there two or three weeks Cam
den is a beautiful place, you know. with
,, the mountains just by it and the bay in
front, and the Poplars is a handsome es-
tate. Yet remember that you became
restless, sir, and talked about going to Bar
Harbor You went down to the Idler, TO
see the captain about it: and that was the
last We saw of you, sir You took the
boat to pull off to the yacht, or we sup
posed that you did. 1t was the yachts
boat. and had been left for you so that
you could go aboard when you liked. 1t
was found next day, Sir, on the shore,
overturned
and
Yes, sir; the body that we supposed
was yours was found on the I.inconville
beach, two months later. OF course tAe
time that had elapsed. sir, mad, complete
identification impossible; but no one
doubted that the body was yours; l did not,
sir
Mrs Randolph doubted?"
Perhaps she did sir; / have heard that
she did. l have heard that She never
would believe but that you had wandered
away in a fit of mental alteration But no
one else thought SO, sir; none of the serv-
ants thought So"
For a while lay thinking quietly.
Did Mrs. Randolph make further search
afterward?"
Il have heard that she did, sir; that was
the talk among the servants | never
heard her speak of it,
And 1t was generally accepted that the
body found was Julian Randolph's?"
Yes, sir
The thing must have made quite a stir
al the timer
1T did, sir
The very queerness of the situation gave
me strange feeling If | had not recalled
my own past well had not known Just
what l was doing yesterday, and the day
before, and the day before that, with recol-
lectons running back over the months and
years, / might have begun to doubt my own
identity. / wanted to shake myself at in
terVals to make sure that 1 was not dream
ing.
l hesitated again. as he brought out
clothing; then decided with reckless haste
TO go ahead and see what would come of
this queer adventure. He assisted me into
the clothing he provided, and found that
l was fitted to perfection.
AS | went down 10 dinner l him
smiling in what | thought an odd way, and
it flashed on me that perhaps he was deep
in some plot against me. And this impress
sion increased a / descended the stairs.
(To be Continued Tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-17
I Learn About Myself.

You will agree with me that to be in the
home of a man who is dead, supposed
to be dead, and to have his wife Tor his
widow believe that you are her husband,
returned to her, is ordinary experience.
If the woman is of compelling loneliness
the experience is no more strange per-
haps; yet that circumstance certainly adds
to it's strength if, In my case, you find
yourself at once madly, overwhelmingly, in
love with her.
What was l to do? 1 was resolved to
win her. l had tried, facetiously and feebly
enough, to enlighten her. She had not be-
lieved. And there was something in her
manner which assured me she would never
believe l could fly from the house, out
into the street, and there lose myself; or
flee from the city; but even then she would
not believe. The light which had come into
those sapphire eyes would be quenched by
my act, and the heart that had throbbed so
tumultuousy against my own would be
torn by unspeakable anguish She would
search for me, would grieve for me; and
she would not believe. And-I should lose
Am villain? Hear me to the end and
see.
1 had been shown to the rooms which
we've said to be mine. They contained
everything to make for comfort. Pipes and
tobacco jars. and fragrant Hayanas, so
old and dry that they were fiaky and
powdery to the touch invited me- AS l
prowled curiously about, like a cat in
strange garnet. l even found little side
board with glasses, a case of wine and
some bottles of champagne and whisky. A
glance into another room revealed fencing
foils. pistols. hammerless shotgun and
desk of books. A clearly disorder was
everywhere as if the owner had departed
intending to return soon, and never haV-
ing done so they had been kept as left
with scrupuous care. l confess 1t gave me
a queer feeling.
/ looked at myself in a long pier glass,
and saw there young man, beardless,
with brown. well-meaning eyes, pleasant
though not a particularly handsome face,
a firm mouth, a chin which for the first
time l fancied indicated a trace of weak
ness. abundant dark hair and well-knit
figure.
l was contemplating this picture when 1
felt presence.
AS l turned a soft-footed man stood be-
fore me: a young man of about my own
age, with an English cast of countenance.
He was speaking to me.
"Will you have a shave, sir, before din
ner?"
l looked in the mirror again, to assure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-17
hsW1nf What h EGYPT -.

great creaking cog wheels which work In
such way that the water Is caught in
clay pots attached to their rims, and thus
raised and poured into the little canals
through which it flows to the fields. These
wheels are moved by blindfolded buffaloes,
bullocks or camels: There are thousands
Of them in the valley of the Nile.
The American farmer would sneer at the
old-fashioned way in which these Egyptian
fellahs cultivate the soil. He would tell
them that they were 1000 years behind the
time, and. still, If he were allowed to take
their places he would probably ruin the
country and himself Most Of the Egyptian
farming methods are the result of long
perience. In blowing. 1.-The land is only
scratched, and the farmer is careful not to
turn up the earth foot or so below the
surface. This Nile mud Is full of salts, and
the silt from Abyssnia is of such a nature
that the people have to be careful in order
that the salts may not be raised from be-
low and rdin the crop. In many cases there
is no blowing at all. The seed is sown on
the soft mud after the water is taken off,
and pressed into ii with wooden roller or
trodden in by oxen or buffaloes.
Where plows used they are just the
same as those Of 5000 years ago. l have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-17

seen carvings on the tombs Of the ancient
Egyptians representing the farm tools used
then, and they are about the same as those
see in use today. The average pillow consists
Of pole about six feet long fastened to
piece Of wood bent inward at an acute
angle. The end piece is shod with iron, and
does the blowing: The pole Is hitched to
a buffalo or OK by means Of yoke, and
the farmer walks along behind the pillow
holding Its single handle. which consists
of a stick set almost upright into the
pole.
The harrow Of Egypt is a roller provided
with iron spikes. and the chief digging in
strument is a mattock-like hoe. Much Of
the land is dug over with the hoe.
The most of the grain here Is cut with
sickles pulled out by the roots. Wheat
and barley are threshed by laying them
inside a ring of weil-pounded ground and
driving a sledge which rests on a roller
over them. The roller has sharp semi
circular pieces of iron set into It, and 1t is
drawn by oxen. buffaloes eamels. Some
times the grain is trodden out by the feet
of the animals without the use of the
rollers. and sometimes there are wheels of
stone between the sled-runners which aid
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A Fillip to Curiosity.

Julian.
\ w.tching voice called the name. and
Witching face looked out at me from the
a,ssil'..e ,,ad -, wv Of Tho c,,rh
=, -, -
ll"u o'S'''' ''' '''
ment beforS-one or those briiilaht equl-
pages that roll so noiSelesSly along the drive
WAYS Of Central Park that YOU hear only
,.,,-.:, .,.... -. 49, boo~s of +La
'lie my ti'iil'N"i '"'''0 "a '
SHINING horses
One who is still reasonably young and I'M
pressionable NAV. | think, be pardoned Il
l,,ioLericc or tho nu1sa-beats when ad-
va .',.s..-,x -
dressed in that way by the possessor OF
such a voice and face, even though he has
no recollection of ever having heard the
-, -. so.,, ,ro ,,rer md lie name &c MOI
u"1- u '''' 0'''>-' "N
JuI!an.
In addition, the spirit of spring. which
puts fuller crimson on the robins breast,
had touched the world and me. had been
feeling It's jaunty Eghtness and bubbling
cffervesCence. and the earth seemed young
In spite of the fact that / had that very
morning spent whole half-hour bordering
by the big Egyptian obel.sk and trying to
make myself feel that the world is very.
very old indeed. Hence, when that voice
and those ewes called to me i was ready to
accept their invitation.
There were two young women in the car
rage. The driver had brought the horses
up with a sharp turn and the footman had
leaped to the ground. There was laughing
delight in the eyes OF the Nymphs. L was
sure. Or were they Sirens, rather than
Nymphs2
The tang of the air. the flashing Of sun
light on the polished green of leaves, the
crunch of stamping hoofs. a bird note in
Tho nearby branches and the beckonlng
Of a musical voice and of moist blue eyes,
Romance still disports itself as freely as
when CLEOPATRA put rouge on her olive
cheeks and steered her purpIe-sailed and
scented ralleys out to meet Antony. An
tony welded as mere man always does
when lovely woman stoops TO conquer. and
as ! am quite ready to confess that | did
I'm this instance
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THESE IowER2
ARR NN6TED TO
PGEms5

work which fits over the camers hump
and makes him look like a hay or straw
stack walking off upon legs. Some of the
farmers, who cannot afford camels, use
donkeys for such purposes, and these
little animals may often be seen going
along the narrow roads carrying bags OF
grain balanced upon their backs
A Land Of Wheat and Barley.
have always looked upon Egypt as de-
voted to sugar and cotton. I find 1t a land
of wheat and barley as well. 1t has also a
big yield Of clover and corn. The sugar
and cotton fields all told cover about a
million and half acres, and they take up
only about one-fourth Of the tillable land.
There is twice as much farming country
devoted to grain. The wheat and barley
fields cover 100000 acres, and there are
more than a million acres in Indian corn.
There are something like 100000 acres in
millet and sorghum. The delta raises al
most all Of the cotton and some Of the
sugar. Central and upper Egypt are grain
countries. and in central Egypt Indian and
Kaffir corn are the chief summer crops.
Kaffir corn is. to large extent, the food
OF the scorer fellahs and 1t is eaten by
the Bedouins who live in the desert along
the edges Of the Nile valley.
Egypt raises a great deal Of hay apd it
produces some Of the very best clover. The
Egyptian clover is known as bersine. 1t
mas IlcH ieeuiHs Qualities anu d oihai
bundle Of 1t is enough to satisfy a camel
1t is cut and carried into the cities for sale
on the backs Of camels and donkeys, and is
also grazed.
Stock Farming in Egypt.
Egypt is a great stock country. For its
small size 1t supports, / venture. as many
animals as any other part Of the world.
The Nile valley is peppered with camels,
donkeys, buffaloes and sheep, either
watched by herders or tied to stakes, graz
ing on clover and other grasses. Nc
animal is allowed to run at large, for there
are no fences and the cattle thief is every
where in evidence. The fellahs are as
shrewd as any people the world over, and
a strayed animal would be difficult to re-
cover Much of the stock Is watched by
children. l see buffaloes feeding in the
green fields with naked brown boys sitting
on their backs and whipping them this way
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twelve months and is seldom idle. Under
the old system of basin irrigation the
farms lay fallow during the hot months
of the summer, but the canals and dams
able much of the country to have water
all the year round, and as soon as one
crop is harvested another is planted.
The Cities of the Delta.
The whole of the Delta is one big farm
dotted with farm villages and little farm
cities. There are mud towns everywhere,
and there are half a dozen agricultural
centers of considerable size outside the
big cities of Alexandria and Cairo. Take
for instance Tanta where I am at this
writing. 1t has $1,000 people and is sup
ported by the farmers 1t is a cotton
market and it has a great fair now and
then. to which the people come from all
over Egypt to buy and sell A little to
the east of it is Zagazig, which has
more than 10000 people, and further north,
upon the east branch of the Nile, is Man
sura, another cotton market with rich
farming district about 1t.
Damietta and Rosetta, at the two
mouths of the Nile, are also big places,
and Damanhur, which lies west of the
Rosetta branch of the Nile, not far from
Lake Edku, is also large. There are a
number of towns ranging in size from
five to ten thousand, and the whole coun-
try is peppered with mud villages. The
people 90 not i've on lne1T ldTHS, Dut III
towns. They go out to work in the morn
ing and come back home at night. They
usually bring their cattle in with them.
and never allow them to Craze at Will IN
the field.
Indeed. these farms are nothing like those
of the United States. We should have TO
change the face of our landscape to initiate
them There are no fences. no barns and
no haystacks The country Is as bare OF
such things as an undeveloped prairie. The
only boundaries of estates are little mud
walls; and the fields are divided into patches
some of which are no bigger than bed
quilt Each patch has Its wall, and the
from the canals can irrigate every inch
Irrigation.
The whole country is cut up by canals
There are large waterways running along
the branches of the Nile and smaller
ones, connecting with them, to such an
extent that the whole country is bound, as
1t were, in a lacework of little streams
from which the water can be let in and out
The draining of the land is quite as i'm
portant as watering, and the system of irri-
cation is perfect insomuch that it brings
the Nile to every part of the country
The methods of raising the water from
one level to another are different from ours
In some places there are steam pumps
which do the work, in others gravity is
employed and on some of the higher lands
half-naked men labor for months at a time
scooping water up in baskets and pouring
1t out on the fields above. There are also
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Yes, of course"
But If l insist with equal emphasis that
/ am not your husband, what them"
Her answer came without hesitation:
II shall know that l am right and that
you are wrong.
But you will admit that man is likely
to know who he Is %
"And you must admit that a woman is
sure to know her own husband, even
though for some reason he denies his
IDENTIFY
The silver bell of a clock tinkled some
where.
BE good now!" she said You will have
barely time to dress for our early dinner.
l will show you to your rooms, and your
old valet will come to you at once We're
going to be just as we were in the old days,
you know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-17
That Law Again.

From Success Magazine.
For miles and miles the through pas
senger train has plodded along in the wake
of the slow freight. The travellers grow
rksome and even petulant.
Conductor" says one Of the boldest OF
them, why do you not get that freight to
take a siding while we go by it?"
Under the new Hepburn law" explains
the conductor, sadly, we are not allowed
TO pass anything.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1907-07-26
Grosne grinaeber.

Ere Gnorts gringebGr, Saften al
3 gitroner, en- gtnt Suffer, en-
Chart 8anb. Suffer oe 8anS TO.
ses iammen 2 Rinuter, ian tiliattes
Gitroniaften og Saften al be 10
Quarts gringebpr. 9ette f9ttes
oerpaa tiIfioe for at aftisIes. Snrib'
lertio i9tter man "SSce.Greom.5ree
screen" op | ben ubpenoiee Bette oa
paffer runot ben meo SIS og Salt,
iom naar man ifaI frpie See Cream.
Raor iaa Srugtblanoingen er foIo,
bar man BEN op | "Sreeoeren", og
~efterat 2aaget er lat paas logger
man ct llIot9ppe eler ct Strife Gar
pet oper "Sree3eren" og letter berne
paa ct fidigt Steb. ON en- Sime
Ifraber man neb fra Siberne al
"Sree3eren" oct of Nasien, iom er
begpnot of blipe itipt, og lnoer oct
itaa en- Sime, til man ~ierperer oct |
~Sberbet" .@Iasie, ibet man fsrIt rs-
rer iammen meO Den frosne RaSie
ben tilooersbleune Suart 8rineeber.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1907-07-26

itna uoeufor al Extraordinarily.
go at buue fraftise MioIer er
iisisriist for auniuIerne. aIene al
Den @rirmo, at be eanIfe mangIer
idaoarie. Der finbes nenIia intet
iteolist goIiti. 9efoIfnineen beitaar
boneoiaaeIig al 9usiere Tea. 10000,
@eorsiere % aineiere; boob Der I'm.
oeS al anbre Rotioner er fun imoa
WtnoretuI. @ecrgierne er ubeu
H%notoseI'e noset forbrpSerif gaf.
Salt rantnier gpen opinoo 800
TIT e.aiueiere. Nau forffrer mig,
friper 9orrefponbenten iromiif, al
Der pirfeIig meIlem btsie 10000 faI
ttnoes negIe Sunoreoe prbentIiae
&enneifer, ia Of Der melem sgste.
parrene oirfeIis ifaI bare uosIe, Der
er lesiiint sifte.
ENGLAND, Srmfriee, gmerifa, So.
pan os RlisIanb bar aoniuIer |
Sarbin. Get fibite er Of getponins,
forbt bet bier, at Rusierne mener Del
aIooriiet meb at bile rsmme Rau.
ifluriet. Oct bar Sa ogiaa forminb.
fet fine Stribsfrrfter Der gauife be.
tpoeIiet. ielo ON De enbnu teller 49,.
600 Rano unber aommonoo al
alerouber ben anbeus naturIiee
Son, General Siditi6bagoff. On
tort Sio nil RusIanb barre iItano til
at operIabe aineierue De maufduri.
he @aner % beroeo fan uobetaIt ben
meget betnbeIige Srm, Der er faItiat
icn aisbepris for oisie.
Gnomi er Ser life forsoet noeet al.
rrrIigt SoerfaIb paa grprestoeet,
Der ire @anee ON llaen Isber fra
Woffpa til Oct poerite. Giten; men
poa eoo Billie fra 8snerbauoerues
Sibe bar oct life Ifortet, % Eoeere
er oerfor beIpis pausret % boer Bogn
beiat meo SoIbater. Den tpIfe 8or.
Respondent fortGuer, at oa ban for
nogeu Sio fibeu reiite fra gIaoipo.
ltof til Sarbir, fir Basiasererne poa
oen monihuriife CHARACTERIZATION 20.
sromtidnoia at pibe. at en- flor Ban
DC aunguier og 8eorgtere bapoe
flaat iig iammeu ON at operfaloe be.
res Cog paa geieu. 9ette bIep imib.
Ierti6 iorbinSret af 9pens Rolitibei
Sipnnoff en- / belle G%ititbirien fienot
og afboIbt Iono, Der bapbe fact
Rps ON Sagen % berfor Loo Soset
ertra itprft bei9tte meo Solbater.
"a Rsnerbanben iaaleoes iaa fin
Imnffe 8Ian sbelagt os fif pioe, boem
bette ifpIoteS. ftormebe ben bans go.
Iig, orpbte bam % m~iSbaroIeoe 81.
get paa oct frpgteIigite.
Oct piI iiffert blipe 9tneierne Ell
meeet ippr Spgape after of ifaffe
SO | 9anoet.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1907-07-26
nebpenbiat. Qisie set.er eIer aap.

neopenoigt. Stsle S9tter eHer Hdp-
per f9iies pna Soppen al Saaterite
enten beo at binbe Steiie ! Sisrnene
of Setterne eIler peb at f9ite benz til
Morfen peo Si4lp at Binoer. Wogie
9uiin Of bisie fan fisbes billigt og
bill bare ! lang Sib, naar Der tages
Bare paa Dem. gnfeIte, Der bar
prspet benne geffptteIie for 1T so,
poaitoor, at bet for benz bar betali
fig onerebe bet fsrite aar.
4aar oft fommer til ait, ina er
Sset en- at be pistigite aoltn9er, pi
bar / 2anoet, oe ~efterbpert ioul
SarmIano fcmmer | bsiere Rris, Bit
Der oaioa bette 8robuft forboIospts
bprere, iaa oct oil ipare goo &egning
at iamIe ce opbeoore oct altiammen
poo ben beoit miIige Raaoe, og
Smfoimingerne rtao life fines, naar
De er inoen 8imeIigbeoens SrGnier.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1907-07-26

iogbe: "Topo! Rammol 8an ie3
foa fou,me op | Seueeu til eoer9"
Seq iaa bort | @drneienaen. Ger
fac ben lille 9robdt oa iatte ct Gar
iaa tr~oTfpIbiee, nofre Siue poa mig,
at ieg life funbe labe bare at tags
bom | mine arme % lGege bom Oeo
Siben az mig. Du fan life t9ufc
dig, bpiIfcn en- bIso, BARN TuI oct
por, oa bnor lpffeIia % ttIfreos ieg
fsIte mig, od @litten areb mig run0t
SaIien, meb fine imaa, trtnoe arme."
Sbomp'on presieoe 9Rberne fam.
men, oe bans gIif beeuubte at bIioc
forirnberIie miIOt, i6et ban iao Ger
toiis % ubepGgeIig. San iaa uGr.
melt no, tom piISe ban prsoe at fna
gle paa roget lanet taugt borte.
ale bans gsru oor borne.
"Dten Sntter min bar life til.
frebs meb at Iiage Der peh Siben al
mig" fortiatte Carton. San Flap.
pe6e mig poa ainoeu, reiite fla op 90
iaa bort pau fin Wor % iagoe: Seq
biz Iigge imelem, faar ieg9" Sg
ba ieg banbe loat BAN meIlem mig
og bans Wor, fog ban en- al os paa
bper fin arm og iagoe: "Ru er Def.
iom Oct ifal pare." % ieg f1trne
life an6ct emo boI0c me0 @utungenl
Carton Srog noeIe Iterte Drag pau
I'm usIe Cigar, og Gbompion iaa no
ill at t9nfe alporstuHfer. Saa
penote ban iig pluoielig MOB Carton
% ipurete: "Spao mer iagoe oenne
lille arobat9"
Seq buffer life. Seq tGnfer De,
nor oft. San laa Der og iDntes al
barre tiIfrebs meo Berbeh Zig, Tom
SUB fable ben"
Otter en- lang Stitnos Saltsbeo
reiite abompiou fig op, greb fin Sat
og iaeoe:
"&omL Lao oS gaa neo til Cigar.
butiten. auit oGf oepne Gigaren,
ioa ifal on fau en-, iont er ififtelig al
rg9e."
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1907-07-26
Ppor mango DOR unee,

Oct er blet iugt, at faa RenneIfer
Ssr al alberoomsiooebeo, og at De
fleite Ssr al lltiIfreosbeo, for itrerst
IeaemIiat eIler anrbeIigt arbeiSe ell
Ter peo lllpffestiIfeIber, friper en-
WeSarbeiber al "Sealtb Culture.
2iSerifaberne or9ber mango
Reno, ofte ~pIuoieliat. Get aImin-
beige Srbtng: San .bcIbt poa Of
bIi foaIt az Raieri", er life meget ior
itprft. greoe forforter 9iuet, ielu
ON ben life SrRber gerioneu siebiif.
teIist. Get inmme eiploer ollie
SIags beftige SinSsbepGgelier.
RRnb meS It9rf 2eeemsbpgning Dor
nteeet ofte unge, mems peifbpgoe,
ioaabelieSe RGno fan IeDe iorbolos'
big Ipnee. 9ei fommer oeraf, at BE-
itprfe alticr burtiet brueer op i'm
Stprfe. De peife tor gierne gooi
Bare paa fla ielu. be it4rfe life.
Com BET er meb 9eaemet ionleoes er
Oct osiaa meo aanoea os Sempera.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1907-07-26
8rinseb9r-G g. .gsic.

On life for bpb 8uobing.Sorm
flebes / 8unben os paa Si6erne meb
goo 8te-Grtit. Saa fploer man
Sorren n9iten fltIb meb 9ringebPr
og itrsr oper Dem en- Sop puIperiie-
ret Suffer. Saa fiebIer man no
8ie-Gruit Itot tpffere END i9bpanIis,
og ifi9rer beraf ct 2aag til 8,ib-
bine.Sormen, iom bog bsr bore Iibt
itsrre END benne. 8ette legges paa
Soppeu, men presses life faft neb
paa Sormen. Sette iteges berpaa I
en- mtbbeIs BARN @ageropn. Smith.
Iertib Iaper man en- Guftarb peo at
foge en- Sop tpnb SIsoe eIer rig
Melf | en- Double Boiler. Soainart
oct foyer, rsrer man beri en- baIp
SbeIfe Gorn.S tar6, ubrsrt I ltot
foIo MeIf, en- Spiieife St,ffer, ct II.
bet 8ran Salt iamt TO pispebeg@g 9e.
blommer. 9ette rsres l. til oct be-
gpuber at bIipe tpft, iaa lsfter man
BET at Stopen 90 rsrer / bet, til oct er
foIbt. Raar 9ien er ftegt oe noset
affisIet, Isfter man forfisttg Saaget
Of beIoer Guitarben oper, logger
iau Saaget pua i9ien os ierperer
9ien al6eles foIo.