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8tafva IN The same language. In1t
Il. not his ExceIleacy. imbecile. That
h oily . tourist, q 1lr. Haddon. You
undeestead. he repeatedly slowly.
shaklhg tAs eoacasgo ~ tie Apsl Of
his susseous coat ~tlnt p Only :
tourirf" -
Tho fellow looked ats Dr. st1rva. BE-
wildered.
'.Nais, mats, mais-" he stammefed
In expostulation. pointing at me.
Appearances are. sometimes treaeh-
erous" said Starva. EEimly. and added
with marked carelessneaG rs Madame
de varnier arrived! -
.An hour ago." muttersd the man.
his round eyes still starins q me-
Then do you think, fool. that his
Excellency would come to this hotel
at midnight. and at the hour that she
arrives? Are there no tongues to
talk! Are there no eyes, TO pry?s II
Mr.. Haddon'- -he emphasized the
name csprefers to- be nursed BY q
beautiful woman. shall !, his physician,
refuse! But for his Excellency to be
nursed by . beautiful 5 voman-at
least, he added meaningly. i.for. the
world to know it-now do you un'
derstand?" e -
He lowered over the little concierge
staring down at him iiercely vindic
tive. At the same time he slipped
into the servants unresisting hand q
number Of crisp notes. The hand oi
the coocierge closed over them lowing
ly: his broad. good-humOred face slow
" expanded into q smile Of perfect
comprehension.
But yes, I see It all as clearly n
the nose ON my face" The little
wretch placed his forefnger On thai
organ and wfnked.
Then You win see that there an
no inquisitive servants to spy imperti
j nently. Take us up on the hft your
self. The porter may leave the bag
cage below, since Mr.. Haddon goe'
early tomorrow morning with hi,
nurse and his physician. He mus
not be disturbed in his rest Tonigh
he is very iii. as you see: There Is I
long journey before us tomorrow.
shall arrange with you later concern
ing the diligence. Lastly. you win dis
creetly keep your eyes away. Yo'
will certainly not see his Excellency.
DR.. Starva now placed one foot OF
the carriage step. and leaning towars
me, gently aroused me. I opened m!
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tied the contents Of my glass into my
handkerchief. When Starva, furious
and perhaps suspicious. pushed the
man fiercely from him and looked at
me, was laughing heartily at his mis-
hap, the handkerchief in one hand, the
other holding out the glass for the
brandy, the fingers closing over It to
hide it from his view.
"Sante." he cried boisterously, and
drained the contents Of his glass at a
gulp. 1 followed his example, and in
spite of the powerful liquor, I tasted
(or fancied I tasted the dregs Of the
bitter drug.
'.Pah!" I cried in disgust, aud was
careful to hand the glass to the waiter
instead OF placing it on the table. Il
have tasted better brandy than that in
my life"
The expression Of disgust promptly
assured him that I had really drunk
the potion given me. But now that
was supposed to have taken It won.
dered precisely what effect 1t should
have on me, and how soon that eject
should be felt.
Fortunately, he concerned himself
with our luggage, for the boat was NJ
most at the dock. When he returned
to my side I greeted him In sleepy IN
difference. He looked at me keenly
1 was not blind to his satisfaction. He
shook my shoulder.
What is It! Are We arrived!
rose to my feet unsteadily.
Yes, and 1t is necessary to hurry
The handful OF passengers had nj
ready left the boat. We descended
the gangway slowly. DR.. Starva's arm
grasping mine.
We entered the closed carriage that
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PUTS ARSENIC IM THEIR PlEs.
liouselseepes's Mistake Causes Death
and illness In Pennsyivania Tosn.

Wilkesbarre. Pa = One man II
dead. child win die and several
other children are In . serious condi-
tion at the farm Of John Montgomery.
Trucksville. - . result Of eating pie
containing arsenie.
The houseKeeper. . Mrs. Kelly. mis-
took arsenic for baking powder. and
placed . quantity in the pies she vas
baking. The entire Montgomery fam
lily, the hired help and some visitors
to the house partook Of the pastry and
al became very III. Joseph Brown.
. hired man. died. Mrs. Kelly's two
children and three other children who
were visiting the farm ate freely Of the
pie. One Of the Kelly children cannot
recover. while the others are in . -
IiouD condition.
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CHAPTER xI.-continued.

CHAPV6H ASs"SOutsU090'
An immense man stood stiny at the
window awaiting us. His bearing was
sloyeuly. as was his attire. The spec
tacles and the puffy face. unnaturally
pale. suggested the habits OF the stu
dent. But the eyes, small. crafty. ana
very bright, instantly corrected my
first impression, and left me bamed
and vaguely distrustful. 1t was the
man whose reflection I had seen in
the pier-glass.
"Ah, my cousin at last! Georges,
this is Mr.. Haddon. an American. He
comes to the chateau at Alterhoden as
our guest"
1t was impossible to doubt that ne
had spied on me with Madame De
Varier's consent. But l was certaln
that he heard of my consent to go 10
Alterhoffen with positive annoyance
was not blind to the significant look
that passed between them: the eyes
Of Madame de varier dilating tn tn
umph and defiance; DR.. Starva equal
ly defiant and sullen.
Evidently there was discord In the
camp. DIR. Starva did not welcome
the fly that had consented to walk into
the web. Well, SO much the better
A little discOrd might prove usefui.
MADAM is an admirable host" DR.
Starva said slowly in French. But II
the guest is to be quite happy he must
be content to amuse himself a
madam wishes"
The words were almost a threat.
looked with repulsi0n at this pale
flabby, shufiling giant. 1t would Ok
well to be on my guard against him
He might be dangerous. But haiI tnt
battle was won in realizing that.
Madame de Varnier met his bolt
sally, insOlently careless.
"A diner, messieurs," she cried gay
". and took my arm, leaving the huge
DIR. Starva to follow.
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Executive 0rdee % pesoono lm claoob
fed clNio SERVES. -

Washington. = The rules a tho
civil service commission have been
% amended - to prohibit aA peesons
In the. classified civil service iron tak.
ing IN active part In political can
paigns. The amendment was made
through IN executive order issued b.
the president and = - follows:
"Pefsons who. BY the pr0v1sioas a
these rules are in the competitive
classaned service. while retaining -
right to vote - they please and to e.
press privately their opinions On an
political subjects. shall take no aetivo
part in political management or IA
political cAmpaigns." :
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eyes slowly and muttered something
to the effect that we had arrived.
Alighting, I grasped his arm mechan-
ically, and We proceeded slowly into
the hotel, across the hall, to the eleva-
tor. The little concierge trotted SOL
emnly in front Of M.
The elevator. ~ well AZ the hall and
corridors, was deserted ut this late
hour. We met no one.
Arriving at the suite Of rooms al
loted to us the concierge was sum-
marily dismissed. But before he left
us the servant insisted ON whispering
to Dr. Starva these words, which no
doubted startled him % much as they
did me:
The sister Of his Excellency il in
the hotel. Shall tell her that"
DR.. Starva clutched the shoulder Of
his informant. and held him in fierce.
vise-like grip.
Thrice times stubborn fool!" he
growled, what concern II It to Mr..
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awaited us. I lurched clumsily into
the vehicle, and sat cr0uched up in
the corner, my head sunk on my
breast. I assumed 1t safe and fitting
that 1 should appear passably indiffer-
ent as to what passed now. Certainly
by this time the drug would have
taken some effect had I swallowed 1t.
But need not say that had my wits
with me.
NV companion unfastened valise
he had brought into the carriage with
him. confess I watched him out Of
the corner of my eye in some trepida-
tion.
I was thankful when he produced
nothing more formidable than a mill
tary cloak and q felt hat. To my
astonishment he deftly slipped from
my shoulders the light covert coat
wore, and took my hat from my head.
substituting the garments he had
taken from his bag.
Ieould have laughed aloud. his con-
fldence in my condition was 90 abso-
lutte, and his Sntics 20 extraordinary.
When I left the carriage presently.
surely the driver must see the change
in my attire. and have his suspicious
unless he were in Dr.. Starva's conf
dence!
And this fact did not escape me:
The hat did not ingulf me-. ~ II
must have done had It been DE-.
StArva's.
Then II It were not his OVID
In IN instant i had guessed some
thing Of his game.
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Cro BE CONTINUED,
a8@
HORSE WENT TO CHURCH

toned place, where he remained untfl
Il was time to 60 home.
A couple Of weeks ago the horse
made his second appearance at the
church alone. Mr.. Smith had placed
Aug8ins in stan and had left the
stable door slightly ajar. The old
bell tolled exceptionally loud and long.
and Au9gins could not resist the caIl.
In some manner he slipped his halter
and made his way from the stable
to the church, where he remained
until the service was overs The par.
son patted the horse a1eettbaately a
he trotted up to the door. and then
he started ON his homeward journey.
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Instinct eade Him Rsspend % Call el
tiso Dell.

81. b. Smith Of Monterey, Cal. has
q remarkable bay horse, 0uggina,
which appears to have moro religious
instinct than tho majority Of animals.
The hose has been used By Mr.. Smith
for. TIE last q years to draw the fami-
" to the village church. In tho last
20 years there have been only two
Sundays on which Auggins didn't
have to cany some. member Of the
family to church. Tho second occa-
sion Was . few Sundays ago. A year
ago the horse Was turned into the
yard for q little Sunday recreation and
nothing more was thought Of Huggins
until the far distant toll oe tho church
ben Was heard Then tho horse
pricked up his eaTs. and reahxing that
he vas late, started OF 1t . quick
pace for the church. He went directly
under the shed and took his accus-
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SAYS he MURDERED WOMAN.
ceorae kadelbaeh Writes Letter Con
fessino Aajnnesota Crime.

Minneapolis. MINI. = George Kar
delbach. brothsr-in-law Of Mrs.. Cath
crime NcCart, has made what pur-
ports TO Be . written confesnon OF tho
Killing Of Mrs.. NcCart, who was found
dead In q well, to his brother-in-law.
Henry Clasen, mailing the letter at
Delano. In this letter he said he was
contemplating suicide. Posses arc
searching In the vicinity Of the village
Of Long Lake. but no trace Of the man
has been found. In this! remarkable
letter Kadelbach claims 1rs. Mozart
hexxed him to kin her and kin himself.
and that he was ON his road to he'll.
The police believe the confession -
n ru,e to throw them OF the track.
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Z Masquerade Unwtllingly.
It must have been after midnight
when the carriage drew up under the
porte cochere Of the hotel. Dr.. StArva
alighted and met the concierge at the
vestibule. I heard little Of what was
said ut first but the surprise Of the
concierge was evident. He tossed his
arms about. and burst into excited pro
tests. Presently land / could seo that
Starva waP annoyed at the actioa) he
came to the door Of the carriage and
peered within. I sat hnddled mp IN
the corner. apparently asleep.
He II very in-his ExceIleacy!"
cried the coocierge In FrencA.
Listen to me-" stesnly replied
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Boise, Idaho.-Alfred Horsley, alias
Harry Orchard, the actual assassin OF
Frank Steunenberg, went on the stand
Wednesday as a witness against Will
liam d. Haywood, and made public
confession of a long chain Of brutal,
revolving crimes. done. he said. at the
inspiration and for the pay of the
leaders of the Western Federation OF
Miners.
An undertaking by the special pros
ecutors for the state that they would.
by later proof and connection. legiti-
matize his testimony opened the way
like a floodgate to the whole diaboli-
cal story and throughout the entire
day Orchard went on from crime re-
cital to crime recital. each succeeding
one seemingly more revolving than
those that had come before.
Tells Of ReveIting Crimes.
Orchard confessed that as a mem
ber Of the mob that wrecked the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill in the
Occur d'Alenes he lighted one Of the
fuses that carried fire to the giant
explosion; confessed that he set the
death trap in the Vindicator mine at
Cripple Creek that blew out the lives
of Superintendent Mccormick and
Foreman Beck: confessed that be-
cause he had not been paid for his
first attempt at violence in the Vindi.
Gator mine he had been treacher0us
to his associates by warning the man
ayers of the Florence & Cripple Greek
railway that there was q plot to
blow up their trains; confessed that
he cruelty fired three charges Of
buckshot into the body Of Detective
Lyte Gregory, OF Denver, killing him
instantly; confessed that for days he
stalked Gov. Peabody about Denver.
waiting a chance to kill him: CON
fessed that he and Steve Adams set
and discharged the mine under the
depot at Independence that instantly
killed IA men, and confessed that, fail.
ing in an attempt to poison Fred
Bradley. Of San Francisco. he blew
him and his house up with q bomb Of
gelatin.
And he has more brutal crimes to
tell that will bring his bloody career
down to its end at Caldwell: where
with q great bomb he killed Gov.
Steunenberg. These win come Thurs
day, for he Is to resume the stand
when the district court sits again.
Crowd siekened by Recital.
The story was told to q tense
nerved. rigid crowd that watched
with staring eyes Tor every move and
word Of the confessing witness: q
crowd that was sickened and weary
of its disgusting details long before
James H. Hawley, pleading illness oi
himself at three o'clock in the after
noon. secured adjournment for the
day.
Orchard retained control Of himself
almost from the moment he took the
stand, and II he suffered much he Cid
not show It. His eyes met those 0i
Haywood several times and the two
gazed nxedly at each other.
There were . few preliminaries a
to Horsley's birthplace and real name
and his first days In the North Idaho
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Seattle, Wash. = Philip W. Rau,
pien, whose arrest vas se1ght b.
omcials Of the Capitol National
bank q st. Paul. for the alleged d.
falcatioa q o.000. was arrested hero
wednesday. KampieA vas paying
taller q The hank
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Eleven yachts sailed from the IN
eAorase Of the Brooklyn Yacht club n
.0rdvesend bay Wednesday on . coo.
nile race to Bermuda.
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Pierre. g. d. = The contract for
the building Of the new etate capt
tol vas let Wednesday to o. II. o..
son. Of saltwater. Mimi, for @623;SS4.
The building II to b of granite 81
limestone,
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The court fortune teller q eoing
to resign" said one Russian o@cial.
"Yes." answered the other: he d
1t . disadvantage. II he predicts bad
news he comes into royal dfsfavor,
and II he predicts good news. u
doesn't come trua."
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A minute passed and another, until
Mickey could stand the strain no long
err. He reached down and lifted the
firecracker from beneath the chair.
As he held 1t up in the moonlight
10 examine 1t. mosquito lit upon his
fathers nose and the old gentleman
awoke. Grabbing the firecracker from
his sons hand he arose and holding 1t
aloft. he said:
Boys. there will be no explosion
tonight. I'm sorry to disappoint you
was Altered that Mickey might do
some harrum wild that big cracker, SO
whin he wasn't lookin' this afternoon I
took the powder out of 1t and filled
1t wild clay. So, you see that the show
is over, and We may as well go home
and go to bed There1l be no more
explosions only what ! give Mickey
wild single afore / turn In. Good
night to We all. Come around some
other night whin there is somethin
doin'"
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A FOOL FOR LOVE
BY FRANCIS LYNDE
AUTHOR OF -rHs eRArrxRs.- xro
. G6e

car instead of you. Now. then: guns
to the front! Steady!"
The Reverend Billy rose. and the
veins in his forehead stood out like
whip cords.
What are you going TO do." said
Virginia, She was standing. too. and
her hand. trembling little. was en-
los arm.
This clerical meekness In the attn
lete's reply was conspicuous by Its alb
sence.
I'm going to give winton tip II
it's the last thing | ever DO. They'll
rush him like rat In a corner."
she shook her head and pointed
eastward to the mouth OF the lateral
gulch. Under cover of clump Of ar
scrub man In wiae-iispped hat and
leather breeches was climbing swift
ly TO the level Of the new line. eau
tiously waving a handkerchief an a
peace token. THAT 10 the man who
arrested Mr.. winton yesterday. This
time he is going to night on the other
side. He'll carry the warning"
Think sos" said Calvert.
Il am sure OF II. Open the window.
please. | want to see better"
As yet there was no sign OF prepara-
ton on the embanknent For the
moment the arms OF the track force
were laid aside. and every man was
plying pick or shovel AZ II his life de-
pended ON the amount Of earth he
could add to the reforming dump In a
given number OF minutes.
winton was In the thick Of the pick
and-shoyel melee. urging II on. when
Biggin ran up.
hi" he shouted. "Fixin' to take
another play-day In Carbonate!
Lookee down yonder!"
Winton looked and came alive to
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SO cents; the five-franc piece one dol
lar. The French silver represented
about CD per cent OF the silver circu-
lation.
German silver thalers worth 60
cents went at one dollar. Everything
above 50 cents was one dollar and
everything above IS cents was SO
cents. A French bank In San Fran
cisco was said to have got rich ship
ping French coin In exchange for gold
dust United States coin was scarcer
until the mint was established In
the fan OF 1856 the banks refused to
take any foreign coins except at a
heavy discount The result was that
in few months all foreign coin disap-
peared- II proved a bonanza for the
saloon people They would give a
drink for q franc. while the banks
gave only I2is cents. The saloon PEG
pie gathered them and the rupees In
at old prices and sold to the banks for
bullion and made a good thing.
But for a few years we suffered
badly for silver change. Even until
1856 gold dust circulated 10 consid-
cradle extent in mining districts. But
he scales were always used.
There was no paper money until D
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MILLIoNs sAvED sy sclEnrlsrs-
Secretary Wilson Refers TO Valuable
Work Done in Agricultural De-
9artment.

Washington.--~Mi Millions OF dollsrs--
in fact. sum 30 vast that ii ctinnot
be estimaied-have been saved TO the
American people by discoveries made
by government scientists during the
fiscal year witch closed Saturday.
declared Secretary Wilson in speak.
Ing of the record OF the Department
OF Agriculture far the year. Time
alone E~st deep the Importance to
the word OF tis experiments being
conducted every day by these men,
whose only reward Il in the passing
fame attained In reporting valuable
finds. There could be money in many
of these discoveries II tie scientists
were 10 patent them In their own
names. but Ia every case the people
as a whole are the beneficiary. for
the patents are dedicated To the gov.
eminent TO be used by the United
States or any Of It's officers or en-
ployees in tie prosecution OF work for
the United States without the pay
ment Of royalty
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dam formed oy the lan6slIde. that tAs
window went up In the Rosemary and
Wsnton saw Virginia. Without mean
ing 10. she gave him his battie-word.
While she looked on he would nght to
win. and that without violence
I'VE are a dozen Winehesters 10
your one. Mr.. Deckert.. and we shall
resist force with force. Order your
men back or there will be trouble
Winton stood out on the edge OF the
cutting. solitary figure where a few
flying from hundred shoveis.
The sheriff's reply was an order. but
not for retreat,
Hes one OF the men we want.
cover hint" he commanded: and vir-
ginia caught her breath. Was she to
see him shot down before her eyesy
Happily the tragedy was only pcten-
tial Unless the public occasion APP
peals strongly TO the sympathies or
the passions, picked-ap sheriff's
posse Is not likely 10 have very good
metal In It. winton was covered BY
three or four Of the guns. pointed awk-
wardly, ana Peter Biggin laughed.
Don't be no ways nervous he said
In an aside TO Winton, Them profess
sionsi veniry ehumps couldn't hit the
side o. Pacific Peak"
winion held his ground. waiting the
turn or events and looking on. no.
without Interest. while the sheriff
tried TO drive has men M bare slo1e
commanded by 900 rifles 20 right ana
left. The attempt wal humiiiating
failure. Being something less than
soldiers trained to do or die. the depu-
ties hung hack To . man. husKiag tns
hackgrounding shelter Of the Rose-
mary as II they were shackied 10 the
private car by invisible chains.
Virginia. sanding a. the open win
dow and trembling with excitement.
could not forbear a smile II was too
much for the sheriff. the added straw.
and his exhortation to his foot. posse
burst into caustic profanity. Where
upon Mr. Peter Biggin rose up In hts
, place. took careless aim. and sent
bullet to pillow n little farrow 10 the
Ice and frozen snow within an inch
Of Deckert's heels.
EXCUSE me. Bart" he drawled,
but no cuss words don't 70 In this
here highly moril show. They pains
Us extreme"
Under ordinary circumstances ths
shertn would have replied to Mr.. Big
gins salutauon In kind. A Il Was.
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the possibilities In The turning OF q,
leaf.
Guns be yelled. and at the word
OF command the tools were flung
aside. and the track force. over 600
strong. became an army. not with
banners. but well-weaponed withai
Winton snapped out his orders Ike a
martinez major OF drill squads.
"Nulcahy. take half the men and 70
up the grade til you can rake those
fellows without hitting the car.
Branagan you take the other half and
go down along till you can eross-flre
with Mnicahy. Aim low, both OF you.
and the man who fires before he gets
the word from me will break his neck
at a ropes end Fall In"
by Joye!" said Adams Are you
going 10 resist! That spells felony.
doesn't IT."
winton pointed TO the waiting octo-
pod
I'm going 10 order the SIS down
out of the way; you may 90 with her
II you like.
Il guess mott quoth the teehnoio-
CLAN, calmly lighting a fresh cigar
cite And then 20 the water boy. wh ,
was scting quartermas,er. Give me a
rife and cartridge belt. Chunky. and
IN stay here with the boss
And where DO come I'M" Assc
Blggin. reproachtully
You'll stay out. II your heads level
You've done enough now 10 send YOU
10 Canyon CITY. II anybody earsS 10
take II up. Heavens and earth. man
Do you forget that yon are = sworn
offloer OF the Law"
Il aiDt a-forEefiin nothing o. 4
Peter. cheerfully. casting himself fat
behind a heap OF earth on the dump
edge and sighting one section of his
hip battery over the breast work
Winton pounced upon him. gssping
Here. you hre-eatsr, you mBs;u't
shoot be protested. 'Ite only q
long blum. ami I'm going TO raise the
limit 10 those fellows can't come in
There are ladies ia that earl"
You play your blufl1' hand and
lemme alone. said the ex-eowboy. I'm
jes; goin' 20 have little fun with ali
Bart Deekert while the suns a-shia-
in"
II vas at this moment. while The
sherifrs posse was picking It's way
gisEerly over the loose rock and earth
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day. had fallen asleep in his rocking
chair on the back stoop. when Mickey
lit the stem OF the big cracker and
placed it carefully under his fathers
chair.
The moon shone brightly, illuminat.
ing the grin on every boyish face
Every ear was strained to catch the
faint kissing Of the fuse and every eye
intent upon the sleeping man.
The fuse burned itself out, and the
silence and suspense was deepening.