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10 conduct myself on that nsn.,o.,
occasion an instant's thought I sborIa
nave got on without the least tro,h,s
IL was with sigh of profound ~
lier That sank upon the char to
tween Miss Ellersly and Mrs a.
uou' saie from danger of MAKING
breaks, so hoped, for the rest of
,he evening. But within varv son,
minutes | realized that my littIe mic
adventure had unnerved mo NJ.
hands were trembling SO that I could
scarcely lift the soup spoon to INV
lips and my throat had got en- far
beyond control that had difficultv in
swallowing. Miss Ellersly and Mrs
Langdon were each busy with the man
Oh the other side of her: was left tn
my own reflections, and | was NOT sure
whether this made me more or lese
uncomfortable. To add to my torment
grew angry, with myself. looked
up and down and cross the big tahle
noted all these self-satisfied peon,e
perfectly at their ease; and | said RI
myself: What's the matter with
you, Matt? They're only men and
women, and by no means the best
specimens of the breed. You've got
more brains than all of em put to.
gether. probably; is there one of the
lot that could get a job at good wages
II thrown on the world? What do you
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thing sue probably wished me to sh,nh

thing sue probably wished me 70 Sh,nN
vaguely pleasant.
iou are the first woman ever
knew | went on. with whom II was
hard for me to get on any sort OF
terms | suppose it's my fault.
don't know this game yet. But IN
learn it. II you'll be little patient;
ana when do. | think I'll be able to
Keep up my end"
she looked at me-just looked. I
couldn't begin to guess what was
going on in that gracefully.poised head
of hers.
WIN you try to be friends with
me- said | with drectness.
She continued to look at me in that
same steady, puzzling way.
will your" repeated.
i have no choice" said she slowly.
i flushed. What does that mean 2"
| demanded.
She threw hurried and, IL seemed
TO me. frightened glance toward the
drawing-room II didn't intend to of.
fend YOU" she said in a low voice.
You have been such good friend to
papa-Ive no right to feel anything
but friendship for you"
I'm glad to hear you say that" said
|. And was; for those words OF
hers were the first expression of ap-
probation and gratitude | had ever
got from any member CT that family
which ! was holding up from ruin.
put out my hand, and she laid hers
in 1t.
There isn't anything wouldn't do
to earn your friendship, Miss Anita"
| said, holding her hand tightly. feel.
Ing how lifeless it was. yet feeling,
too, as IL flaming torch were being
borne through me, were lighting a
fire in every vein.
The scarlet poured into her face and
neck, wave on wave, until | thought
IL would never cease to come. She
snatched her hand away and from her
face streamed proud resentment. God,
how loved her at that moment!
Anita! Mr.. Blackjack" came from
the other room, in her mothers voice.
Come in here and save us old people
from boring each other to Sleep
She turned swiftly and went into the
other room, | following. There were
a few minutes of conversational mon
ologue by her mother. Then l ceased
to disregard Ellersly's less and less
covert yawns, and rose to take leave.
| could not look directly at Anita, but
/ hnt
on me, as If by some compulsion, some
sinister compulsion. left in high
spirits. mo matter why or how she
looks at you" said | to myself. "All
that is necessary is to get yourself no
ticed. After that the rest is easy.
You must keep cool enough always to
remember that under this glamour
that intoxicates you, she's woman,
just woman, waiting for man
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care what they think of you? It's a
,lamn sight more important what you
think of them, as it won't be many
wears before you'll hold everything
they value, everything that makes
Them of consequence, in the hollow OF
Jour hand"
When the ladies' withdrew, the other
men drew together, talking of people
did not know and of things did not
care about thought then that they
we're avoiding me deliberately as
flock of tame ducks avoids a wild one
that some wind has accidentally blown
down among them. | know now that
NV forbidding aspect must have been
responsible for my isolation. HOW
ever. sat alone. sullenly resisting
old Ellersly's constrained efforts TO get
me into the conversation, and angriiy
suspicious that Langdon was enjoying
my discontinue more than the cigar
ette he was apparently absorbed In
Old Ellersly. growing more ana
more nervous before my dark and SUI
len look. finally seated himself beside
me. 81 hope you'll stay after the
others have gone" said he. They'll
leave early, and we can have a quiet
smoke and talk .aa
All uustrung though was, l yet had
the desperate courage TO resolve ina.
IA moi leave defeated in the eyes OF
the one person whose opinion | reauy
CAL about. Every well" said l. IN
rep,y 10 him no o,bers
He and did not follow the otn l!
70 the drawingroom, but turned INTO
the library adjoining. From where
seated myself | could see part OF Tue
the others leav.
ing. saw ..-apRdon lingering iSn0Nns
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ME-JUST LOOkED.'
let this conversation, so hard to begin,
die out
your are one of those men who
have one code for themselves and an
other for women" she replied.
I'm man" said 1. "All men have
the two codes"
mot ALL" said she after pause.
"All men of decent ideas" said l
with emphasis.
Really" said she, in tone that
irritated me by suggesting that what
| said was both absurd and unimpor-
tant.
at is the first time I've ever seen
a respectable woman smoke" | went
on, powerless to change the subject
though conscious l was getting tedi
Gus. i've read of such things, but
didn't believe"
THAT is interesting" said she, her
tone suggesting the reverse.
"Ive offended you by saying frank
ly what | think" said |. "Of course.
it's none of my business"
"Oh, no." replied she carelessly.
"Tm not in the least offended, Preju-
dices always interest me-
saw Ellersly and his wife sitting
in the drawing-room, pretending to
talk TO each other | understood that
they were leaving me alone with her
deliberately, and ] began TO suspect
she was in the plot, | smiled. and my
courage and self-possession returned
as summarily as they had fed.
I'm glad of this chance to get bet
ter acquainted with you" said |. i've
wanted it ever since first saw you"
AS / 81 this TO her directly she
dropped her e. IS and murmured some
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the impatient glances of h,s vito
Ellersly. y" WIN 'iiss
AZ last Langdon arose. II irritated
iie 10 see her color under that In.
inherent fascinating smile of his. It
"''ta'ed me to note that he held her
n"hu all the time he was saving good.
%, %! ana the fact that he held 1t as IL
,.e as lief not be holding IL hardly
,essehed my longing to rush in and
Knock him down. What he did was
All Ill The way of perfect good man.
uers' and would have Jared no one
.ot representative, like me-and like
MS VIE | saw that she, too. was
frowning.
III an aimless sort OF way Miss
hilersly, after the Langdons had dis.
appeared, left the drawinp.room NV
the same door. Still aimlessly wan.
uerlhg, she drifted into the library by
the nan door. AS rose, she lifted her
eyes, saw me, and drove away the
irown OF annoyance which came over
her race like the faintest haze In
tact' 1t may have existed only in INV
imagination. She opened a large.
square silver box on the table. took
out cigarette, lighted ii and holding
IT, with the smoke lazily curling up
from IT, between the long slender first
and second fingers of her white hand.
STOOD idly turning the leaves of a mag.
azlne threw my cigar into the
fireplace. The slight sound as il struck
made her jump, and saw that. under
meath her surface of perfect calm, she
was IN nervous state full as tense as
my own.
You smoker" said I.
Sometimes" she replied. ut is
soothing and distracting | don't know
how 1t is with others, but when |
smoke my mind is quite empty"
It's nasty habit-smoking,"
said l.
DO you think so?" said she with
the slightest lift to her tone and her
eyebrows.
Especially for a woman" I went
on, because | could think of nothing
else to say, and would not, at any cost,
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"UNTIL TOMORROW"

A week passed and, just as | was
within sight of my limit of patience.
Bromwell Ellersly appeared at my Of
flee. Il can't put my hand on the
necessary cash, Mr.. Blacklock-at
least, not for few days. Can count
on your further indulgence?" This In
his best exhibit of old-fashioned court
liness-the gentleman" through and
through, ignorant of anything useful.
Don't let that matter worry you.
Ellersly,' said |, friendly, for | wanted
to be on somewhat less business-like
basis with that family. THE markets
steady. and will go up before 1t goes
down."
Good" said he by the way, you
haven't kept your promise to call"
I'm a busy man." said |. You
must make my excuses to your wife.
But-in the evenings. Couldn't we get
up little theater party-Mrs. Ellersly
and your daughter and you and T.
Sam, too, If he cares to Gomez"
Delightful" cried he.
Whichever one of the next five
evenings you say" I said. Let me
know by tomorrow morning, will
your" And we talked no more of the
neglected margins; we understood
each other. When he left he had ne
gotiated a three months loan Of
twenty thousand dollars.
They were so surprised that they
couldn't conceal it, when they were
ushered into my apartment on the
Wednesday evening they had fixed
upon. If my taste in dress was some
what too pronounced, my taste in my
surroundings was not. | suppose the
same instinct that made me like the
music and the pictures and the books
that were the products of superior
minds had guided me right in archi-
lecture, decoration and furniture.
| was pleased out of all proportion
to its value by what Ellersly and his
wife looked and said. But, though |
watched Miss Ellersly closely, though
| tried to draw from her some com.
ment on my belongings-on my pic
lures, on my superb tapestries, on the
beautiful carving OF my furniture-I
got nothing from her beyond that first
look of surprise and pleasure, Her
face resumed its statuelike calm, her
eyes did not wander, her lips. like
crimson bow painted upon her clear.
white skin, remained closed She
spoke only when she was spoken to,
and then as briefly as possible. The
dinner--and mighty good dinner II
was-would have been memorable foi
strain and silence had not Mrs Ellers
~ kept up her incessant chatter, !
can't recall word she said, but ad
mired her for being able TO talk at all.
knew she was in the same state as
the rest of us, yet she acted perfectly
at her ease. and not until thought II
over afterward did ! realize that she
had done all the talking except an
swers to her occasional and cleverly
sprinkled direct questions.
ITO be contInued)
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CHAPTER x.-Continued.

CHAPTER x.--Continued.
my vanity was not done with
/ Ied on by 1t, | proceeded to have
i those ridiculous generous i'm
3ssr-I persuaded myself that
4 must be some decency in this
L,uN in addition to the prudence
n battered myself was the chief
II have been unjust to Roe
n thought. Il have been mis-
i, his character" And incredi-
I'hough 1t seems, | said to him with
Ipd deal of genuine emotion. II
!, know how to thank you, Mr..
IAock And, instead of trying, !
to apologize to you. have
Int many hard things against
have spoken some of them. /
|better have been attending to my
conscience, instead of criticising
b."
hank you, Blackjack" said he, in
kce that made me feel as If / were
HE boy in the crossroads church,
living could almost see the an
floating above the heads of the
hrs In the choir behind the
|cher. THANK you. l am not sur
hi that you have misjudged me.
| has given me a great work to do,
those who do His will in this
ked world must expect martyrdom.
|ould never have had the courage
b what have done, what He has
through me, had He not guided
every step"
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XI.
ANITA.

my first day in long trousers
have been more Ill at ease than
ss that Sunday evening at the
tslys but | doubt it.
hen came into their big drawing
b and took a look around at the
*mbled guests, | never felt more
Nome in my life. Yes said | to
elf, as Mrs. Ellersly was greeting
land as | noted the friendly inter
Do the glances of the women, this
fhere belong. I'm beginning to
into my own"
look back on it now, | can't re-
/ from smiling at my own simpli-
-and snobbishness. For, so de-
Lined was TO believe what | was
King for was worth while, that !
3ally iancied there were upon these
PATTY ordinary people, ordinary in
+, ordinary in intelligence, some
le marks of superiority, that made
4 at a glance superior to the COM
run. This ecstasy of snobbish-
/ deluded me as to the women
|-lor, as looked at the men, |
fnce felt myself their superior,
4 were an inconsequential, pat.
led lot even was better dressed
any of them, except possibly
|oray Langdon, and if he showed
pore advantage than |, it was be-
h OF his manner, which, as
probably said before, is superior
Fat OF any human being I've ever
Imam or woman.
gu are to take Anita in" said
hllersly. With laughable sense
! was doing myself proud,
fea the room easily and took my
/ IN front of her. She shook hands
ne politely enough. Langdon WIS
p beside her; l had interrupted
conversation.
Peilo' Blacklock!" said LangdoE.
qulzzical. satirical smile with
e'es only. 1T seems strange to
you at such peaceful pursuits"
sNnce travelled over me critically
\ mat was the beginning of my
p@ Presently he rose, left me
with her.
W Know Mr.. Langdon?" she said,
'uSiy because she felt she must |
something.
" yes | replied. 1--WE are old |
Us. What a tremendous swell he |
eslly a swell" This with enthu-
made no comment. | debated
myself whether to go on talking |
'usaon. | decided against it be-
all | knew of him had TO do with
20 uo~n town--and Monson had |
,s'eu II upon me that down town
@Ooo in the drawing.room.
'Dsed my brain In vain for an.
aud suitable topic.
sat, and | stood-she tranquil
'saaulul and cold, | every instant
,Iiserably self-conscious. When
'a'' Tor the dining-room was
!. ouered her my left arm,
! had carefully planned be-
,' aT Just what would do. She
!" hesitation and, as know now,
=. sympathy for me in my suffer
'ha taking my wrong arm, when
,"su on me like a binding blow
isoe mat | ought to be on the
= sue oil her. I got red, tripped
- 'ar-sprawling tra4n of Mrs.
w. tore 1t slightly, tried to get
No ''HeF side of Miss Ellersly by !
!, % u 'front.' of her. recovered [
oomehow, stumbled rourd Ua-
walked on her train and
~ lived at II, left side, con
- eV' ID hot atom % Ale
, .. 80 maxi q a spectacle Of
n. @uo that the whole company
- ,N!ins IT. | must have seemed
Ae, :" ignorant boor; In fact.
~ Nooot a sreat deal among
us,o Knew now to behave. and
W gwen the matter of how
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ITO be contInued)

81 could tell you what think Of you
in very few words"
True, You could, Maria" responded
Mr.. Meekman. But you won't. Maria.
you won't
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TWELVE DEAD IN IOWA WRECK.
Rock Island Express Train Crashes
Into Freight-TweIve injured.

Waterloo, Iowa. - Twelve persons
were killed and a dozen were injured
when a north-bound Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific passenger train
left the rails at Norris, Iowa, and
crashed into a south-bound freight
train standing on siding.
All of the dead and injured were in
the smoking car, which was immedi.
ately behind the baggage and mail
cars. The smoking car was demol-
ished. The north-bound express was
ten minutes late at Norris, where the
freight train was waiting. The ex.
press came along at terrific speed in
an effort to make up time.
The dead; P. B. Oliver, Waterloo;
Will Goodman, Waterloo; John N.
Watson, Waterloo; G. L. Landphere.
Shell Rock, Iowa; Wray Johnson,
Dixie, Iowa; B. R. Christy, Minneapo.
lis; Lepovan Toja, Hammond, Ind /;
w. H. Meyers, baggage man; four I'M
identified men. The severely injured:
j. H. Douglass, Waterloo; collarbone
and arm broken; Thomas Evanson,
Mors, Mimi; leg broken; " o. Mar.
tin, mail clerk; W. H. Myers, Albert
Lea, Mimi; arms and legs crushed;
]. A. Newell, conductor; arm torn off; ;
Dr. Charles J. O'Keefe, Marble Rock,
Iowa; leg crushed; John Shaw, Wat
erlOO,
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KILLED IN CANADIAN WRECK
Crowded Excursion Train Left
Track at CaIedon, Ontario.
Engine and Five Cars Thrown Into q
Diteh-Six Passengers Perish
and Many Are Injured.

Orangeville, Ontario. - Five pas.
senger cars of a special Canadian Pa
ciic passenger train from Markdale
to Toronto were wrecked and hurled
into a ditch near Caledon. Six per-
sons are dead and large number of
others are seriously injured. The
train, which was heavily loaded, left
Owen Sound about 8 o'clock, and
when it reached Orangeyille was one
hour behind it's schedule.
From OrangeviIie there is a pro,
nounced down grade for some dis
lance. The locomotive left the track.
Five of the seven cars followed The
engine driver, Mack Grims, of Tees
water, formerly of Orangeville, was
shot through the window of his en-
CINE cab. He escaped almost unhurt,
and not a train hand was killed.
All the six men who were killed
were riding in the smoking car, next
to the locomotive. Word of the ca
tastrophe was sent to Orangeville and
a train was sent out bearing all the
doctors of the town and the necessary
medical supplies.
Caledon, the scene of the wreck, is
forty-two miles northwest of Toron-
to, and is directly on the line of the
Canadian Pacific running to Owen
Sound. 1t is in Peel County, in the
township of Caledon, seven miles by
rail to the southeast of Orangeville,
or six miles direct
The dead: Norman Tucker, Flesh
ertown; John Thurston, Waterfalls;
James Banks, Perm; James Butler,
Priceville; w. A. Armstrong, Mark
dale; Robert Carr, Shelbourne.
Seriously injured: A. j. Robinson,
Orangeville; J. M. Davis, Markdale;
s. Boggs, Guelph; A. Mcdonald and
Mrs. Mcdonald, Shelbourne Mrs DIR.
Caldwell, Fleshertown; Mr.. McCor-
mick, Markdale; James Brander,
Priceville; Mrs. S. Webster, Mornings
Mills; &. E. Gray, Markdale; J. A.
Jelly, Shelbourne; H. H. Albert, Or
angeville; r. A. Jelly, Shelbourne;
Maggie Patterson and Sarah Patter-
son, Badgerow; John Clayton, Mark
dale; John Boyd, Fleshertown; Mar
garet McDougall and John McDou-
gall, Dundalk; Harold Merter, Mark
dale; John Curry, Orangeville; M K
Richardson, Fleshertown; M. H.
Blunt, Fleshertown.
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Churchyard Under the Sea.

When the Coast Erosion Commits
sioners visited Walton on the Maze
yesterday they were shown a spot
north of the pier, and about mile
from the shore, which was formerly
a churchyard. A quarter Of century
ago the -ombstones could be seen
under water at Cbb tide, but since
then the sea has further encroached,
and even when the tide is extraordin-
arily. low ard the sea clear the old
Iurying ground is scarcely discern
ible from the sea vel.-London
Daily News.
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FOR GRANTING REBATES ON OIL
-Four More Indictments Found at
jamestown, N. Y.

jamestown, N. Y.-The Federal in
vestigation in this city of alleged con-
cessions granted to the Standard Oil
Company by the New York Central
and the Pennsylvania Railroads from
Olean to points in Vermont is now
completed. The Grand Jury returned
four additional indictments and was
then discharged with the thanks of
the Court. The four additional in
dictments will add materially to the
troubles of the corporations under
fire.
The corporations named in these
indictments are the Standard Oil
Company of New York, the Vacuum
Oil Company of Rochester, the New
York Central and the Pennsylvania
Railroads.
AS the law provides a penalty of
$4,000 for each offense, and as fifty
eight separate and distinct offenses
were alleged, the Court, if the cor
porations are convicted, could inn
pose fine of $1,160,000 on each cor
poration, or $4,640,000 in all. Add
this to the indictments previously
found and the fines will come close
to the S29,000,000 fine recently i'm
posed by Judge Lands at Chicago
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to hold the end of hose at the point
desired and pour the stream of wa
ter upon it for such length Of time
as might be deemed necessary. This
mode Of holding the stream is more
or less defective, in that the stream
of water could not be poured upon
the exact spot for any great length
of time on account of the person
holding the hose becoming tired and
unable to direct it uniformly. In orr
der to obviate these difficulties and
to produce an apparatus not requir-
ing continuous attention, the device
here illustrated was produced,
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tration below shows one of the most
recent toys patented. 1t consists of
a small platform holding small cir
cular box at one end. Close to hole
in the box is mouse, while at the
other end is the ever-watchful cat.
In the centre Of the platform is a
guideway. Attached to the mouse
and the cat is an elastic band, di-
rectly under the guideway. Normal
ly, the catch is held at the far end
of the platform by spring releasing
the catch; the cat springs after the
mouse; but unfortunately, the mouse
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About Noted People.

President Roosevelt is studying
ornithology.
Alfonso is encouraging the Span
iards to play golf.
Secretary Cortelyou is al work pre-
pairing life of William Mckinley
DR.. Wilhelm Won Knehels death
in Iceland has cast gloom over all
the scientific societies of Germany.
Korea's deposed Emperor actively
intrigued to regain his power If not
his title.
6ate for the Presidential nomination.
Secretary Taft may now be regard
"a as openly il the field as a candi-
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TIcKLEs sLEEPERs TO DEATH.
Filipinos and Foreigners Ask War
Department to Stop Raids.

Washington, D. Military and
civil authorities in the province of
Antique, Island of Panay, Philippine
Islands, have received appeals from
natives and foreigners to suppress a
band of night maurauders the men,
bers of which prod lances through
cracks in the floors of the houses and
tickle people while they sleep.
In number of instance the click
ling" has been fatal, and, according to
the advices received at the War De-
partment, the residents of the prov
inces have become panic stricken.
They have been advised to stuff up
the cracks in the floors or to sleep
high. The authorities are doing
everything in their power to capture
the band.
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81
The Field of Labor.
vs. ~.

The Provision Trades Council, of
Chicago, ILL.,. and vicinity, represents
more than $4,000 individuals en-
ployed producing or handling pro-
Visions
The Amalgamated Society of Brit
ish Engineers will, after this year,
cease attending the Trades Union
Congress, and absent itself for at
least four years.
Suit was begun in the Supreme
Court, of the District of Columbia, to
restrain the American Federation OF
Labor from carrying On boycott
against a manufacturer.