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ana, hugging the wall close, ran
toward the lake. Instantly the pursuer
broke into view. IL was Bates, evil
IDENTIFY much excited and with an ugly
cut across his forehead. He carried
a heavy club, and, after listening for
a moment for sounds of the enemy, he
hurried after the caretaker.
It was not my row, though / must
say 1t Weakened my curiosity. !
Strengthened myself out, threw my
legs over the school side OF the wall
and lighted cigar, feeling cheered
by the opportunity the stone barricade
offered for observing the world.
AS l looked off toward the little
church / found two other actors APP
pearing on the scene. A girl stood in
little opening of the wood, talking
to man. Her hands were thrust into
the pockets of her covert coat; she
wore red tam-o -shanter, that made
a bright bit of color in the wood. They
We're not more than a dozen yards
away, but a wild growth of young
naples lay between us. Their profiles
were toward me, and the tones of the
girls voice reached me clearly as she
addressed her companion. He wore a
clergyman's high waistcoat. and | as
sumed that he was the chaplain whom
Bates had mentioned. / am not by
nature an eavesdropper, but the girl
was clearly making plea Of some
kind, and the chaplain's stalwart fig.
ure awake in me an antagonism that
held me to the wall.
''If he comes here I shall so away,
50 you may as well understand 1t and
tell him. / shan't see him under any
circumstances, and I'm not going to
Florida or California or anywhere else
on a private car. no matter who chap
erones It,"
Certainly not, unless you want to
certainly not" said the chaplain
YOU understand that I'm only giving
you his message. He thought it
best"
Not to write to me or to Sister
Theresa" broke in the girl contemp-
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tuously. What clever person he isl
And how unclever / ami" said the
clergyman, laughing. We'll, at any
rate, l thank you for giving me the
opportunity to present his message"
She smiled, nodded and turned swift
ly toward the school. The chaplain
looked after her for a few moments,
then walked soberly away toward the
lake. He was young fellow, clean
shaver and dark, and with a pair of
shoulders that gave me a twinge OF
envy. | could not guess how great a
factor that vigorous figure was to be
in my own affairs. As | swung down
from the wall and walked toward
Glenarm House, my thoughts were not
with the athletic chaplain, but with
the girl whose youth was, / reflected,
marked by her short skirt, the uncon-
Germ with which her hands were thrust
into the pockets OF her coat, and the
irresponsible tilt of the tam-o' -shanter.
There is something jaunty, a sugges-
ton of spirit and independence, in a
tam-o' -shanter, particularly a red one.
If the red tam-o'-shanter expressed. so
to speak, the keynote Of st. Agatha's,
the proximity of the school was not so
bad thing after all.
In a high goodhumor and with a
sharp appetite went in to luncheon.
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very tough, sir. A piece of wood flew
up and struck me-"
TOO bad!" said with sympathy
You'd better rest a bit this after
noon"
Thank you, sir; but it's only q
small natter,-only, you might think
the cut trifle disfiguring."
He struck match for my cigarette,
and left without looking at him
again. But as crossed the threshold
OF the library l formulated this note |:
Bates Is a liar, for one thing, and a
person with active enemies for an.
other; watch him."
All things considered the day was
passing well enough. picked up a
book, threw myself on comfortable
divan to smoke and reflect before con-
tinuing my explorations. AS I lay
there, Bates brought me a telegram, a
reply to my message to Pickering. It
read:
Yours announcing arrival received
and fled"
1t was certainly a queer business,
my errand to Glenarm. i lay for a
couple of hours dreaming, and counted
the candles in the great crystal chan
delier until my eyes ached. Then l
took my cap and was soon tramping
toward the lake.
There were several small boats and
naphtha launch in the boat-house /
dropped a canoe into the water and
padded off toward the summer colony,
whose gables and red roofs were plain
ly visible from the boat-house.
/ landed and roamed idly over leaf
strewn walks past nearly hundred
cottages, to whose windows and
verandas the winter blinds gave a
dreary and inhospitable air. There
was. at one point, casino, whose
broad veranda hung over the edge of
the lake, while beneath, on the water
side, was a boat-house.
! walked back to the wharf, where I
had left my canoe, and was about to
step into it when / saw, rocking at a
similar landing place nearby, another
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CARE OF THE SICK ROOM.
Above All Things the Walls Should
Be Kept Dry.

When the bedroom becomes a sick
room there is an added reason why cx
treme precautions should be used to
keep the room In thoroughly sanitary
condition.
Above all things, the bedroom should
never be damp. 1t should be nice and
dry, always warm and comfortable in
winter, cool and airy in summer, and
bright and sunny some parts of the
day.
II there is any suspicion of damp
ness in a bedroom 1t is probably due,
II there is wallpaper on the wall, to
the absorption of water by the paper
which frequently acts as a plotting pa
per and holds quantities of water In It.
The use of wallpaper on walls is to
be deplored; 1t means disease, i'll
health and unhappiness. 1t is FIRE.
quently the cause of lung trouble, not
only because of its dampness but also
because OF its power to retain infec-
ton of many kinds.
The desired method of treating a
bedroom wall is to tint it for the ala
bastined wall is perfect wall. It
never flakes off, chips or peels. 1t alb
serbs moisture and expels it, it opens
the pores of the plaster and makes
room livable and breathable.
The floor In the bedroom should
have light, cleanable, dainty rugs that
can be easily shaken and floor that
is thoroughly oiled or vanished, that
will not absorb moisture. The cracks
In the floor should be thoroughly filled
and covered. Woodwork in the bed
room should be attended to carefully,
window stills should be thoroughly var
nished or waxed, and the window cas-
ings kept in perfect order. The doors
should be wiped off frequently as also
should be all the standing woodwork
in the bedroom, as the presence of
dust on woodwork is a menace to
health as well as an evidence of poor
housekeeping.
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WHERE CHILDREN ARE TAKEN.
Mrs. Gunbusta Found One OF Few
Spots in New York.

Mrs. Gunbusta left her pretty cot
tage in Bumhurst and took the earliest
train to the city, says the New York
Press. She was going there to find a
modern fat for herself her husband
and their four little children. They
had tired of the suburbs and decided
to move to the city.
Arriving In the metropolis, Mrs.
,Gunbusta popped into the first real
estate Office that confronted her, and,
going up to ruddy-faced. chubby
man seated at polished desk, she
gasped:
Excuse me, sir-I'm Mrs Gunbusta
OF Bumhurst-were tired OF the sub
urbs--we want to come to the city
that's why I've called-Pm looking for
place where they'll take children
do you know of any such place."
ooh, yes, there are few places left
In the city where they take children"
replied the man, wheeling about In his
chair; there Is a fine place two
blocks down, right on the corner; take
look at IL; you can't miss seeing It."
II go 10 see IL immeuidteiy, anu
as Mrs. Gunbusta hurried out Of the
place and walked in the direction indi-
Gated the ruddy-faced, chubby fellows
eyes twinkled merrily. Walking down
two blocks. what was Mrs. Gunbusta's
surprise to see on the corner an Inn
mense granite building. on the front
Of which was large gilt sign. rend-
Ing:
Getty ORPHAN ASYLUM.
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CHAPTER VI.
The Girl and the Canoe.

Bates did not refer to his encounter
With the caretaker, and / resolved to
keep my knowledge OF it to myself.
always prefer to let a rascal hang him
self, and here was case, I reasoned
where, If Bates was disloyal to the
duties Pickering had imposed upon
him, the fact of his perfidy was bound
to disclose itself eventually. CHANGING
around at him when he was on guard
surprised look of utter detection
upon his face as he stood with folded
arms behind my chair.
He flushed and started, then put his
hand to his forehead. where a strip OF
plaster covered his wound.
Il met with slight accident this
morning, Mr.. Glenarm. The Hickory 5
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Just a Gentle Hint.

Chief Justice Fuller apparently
wishes It to be known that he has
no intention of resigning to make
room for Mr.. Taft. The chief justice
recently gave dinner. at which both
lie president and Mr./Taft were pres
emit. Mr.. Fuller showed his guests a
new portrait of himself and remarked
that It made him look young. mot
day younger than the original" said
Mr.. Taft, gracefully. Thank you,"
said the justice, adding with what
looked like just trifie of emphasis;
Il never felt better In my life."
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Curious MAYS.
leraI field

Maps for military and general field
use are produced by DR.. o. H. f.
Vollbehr, OF Halensee. Berlin, as mi
croscopic transparencies, each about
one and one-half inch by two inches
in size These form slides for the
micro-photoscope, special instrument
having hand-mirror-shaped frame,
to which is attached stakeholder,
with a movable lens over 1t. The
lens slides in two directions, about 70
square miles being shown in each po-
sition
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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

o. mercury will surely destroy the sense OF smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
lions from reputable physicians. as the damage they
Will do Is ten fold TO the good you possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by II. j. Cheney Co., Toledo, o., contains mer-
curry and Is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Hairs Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. It Is taken Internally and made In Toledo
Ohio, ty +: j Cheney a Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 15c. per BOTTLE
Take falls Family Pills for constipation.
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Carpets from Paper.

pfepfietofs Austrian car
pet factory at Maffersdorf are stated
to have acquired German patents
which embody method of manufac-
turing carpets or floor coverings from
paper. The new material can be
made in all colors, is washable and
will probably prove itself rival to
linoleum
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CHAPTER v.-continued.

I shrugged my shoulders and turned
toward Glenarm. My grandfather had
left me a cheerful legacy of distrust
among my neighbors the result. prob
ably, of importing foreign labor to
work on his house The surly Morgan
had minated as much; but IL did not
greatly matter | had not come to
Glenarm to cultivate the rustics, but
to fulfill certain obligations laid down
in my grandfather's will. was, so to
speak, on duty, and | much preferred
that the villagers should let me alone.
Comforting myself with these refiec-
tons | reached the wharf, where 1 saw
Morgan sitting with his feet dangling
over the water, smoking pipe.
nodded in his direction, but he
feigned not to see me. A moment later
he jumped into his boat and rowed out
upon the lake.
When l returned to the house Bates
was at work in the kitchen. This was
a latge square room with heavy tim
bers showing in the walls and low
ceiling. There was a great fireplace
in an enormous chimney, fitted with
crane and hobs, but for practical pur-
poses small range was provided.
Bates received me placidly.
Yes; it's an unusual room, sir. Mr..
Glenarm copied IL from an old kitchen
In England. He took quite pride in
It. It's pleasant place to sit in the
evening, sir
He showed me the way below, where
found that the cellar extended under
every part of the house, and was di-
vided into large chambers. The door
of one of them was of heavy oak,
bound In iron. with barred opening
at the top. A great iron hasp with
heasy paddock and grilled area win
dows gave further the impression of
a cell, and fear that at this, as at
many other things in the curious
house, swore-if did not laugh
thinking of the money my grandfather
had expended in realizing his whims.
The room was used, I noted with
pleasure, as depository for potatoes.
In another of these rooms found a
curious collection of lanterns of every
conceivable description, grouped on
shelves; and next door to this apart
ment was another storeFoom filled
with brass f-sticks Of many odd
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Seamless Tubes for Boilers.

1t IL announced that a Scotch com
oany Is about to manufacture by 9
lew process seamless iron and stee
tubes for boilers, which e Is sald will
,oI ccrrode tg
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slight craft OF the same type as my
own, but painted dark maroon. ! was
sure the canoe had not been there
when / landed. Possibly it belonged
to Morgan, the caretaker. | walked
over and examined it. ! even lifted it
slightly to test its weight. The pad
die lay on the dock beside me and it,
too, / weighed critically, deciding that
il was a trifle light for my own taste.
"Please-if you don't mind
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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iualn nvOr ~
.. of the librA~
Aipe over a very
exceedingly dull
,evivals and Infiu-
ent out, assuring
Id get steadily to
Two.
srly chopping wood at
4 timber at the rear of
His industry had already
he. He had the quiet ways
n serving man.
Bates, you don't intend to let
.eze to death, do you? There
|st be enough wood in the pile there
last all winter"
Yes, sir; / am Just cutting little
more of the hickory, sir. Mr.. Glenarm
always preferred it to beech or maple"
turned toward the unfinished tower
in the meadow, from which windmill
pumped water to the house. The iron
frame was not wholly covered with
stone, but material for the remainder
of the work lay scattered at the base
I went on through the wood to the
lake and inspected the boat house;
then / followed the pebblv shore TO
the stone wall where it marked the
line of the school-grounds. The wall
observed. was of the same solid
character here as along the road.
.ramped beside it, rejecting that my
grandfather's estate, in the heart of
the Republic, would some day give the
lie to foreign complaints that we have
no ruins In America.
The buildings of st. Agatla's were
we'll hidden by the intervening wood,
and climbed upon the wall at the
iron gate for an ampler view. The
pillars at either side of the gate were
of huge dimensions and were higher
than l could reach. The little Gothic
church near at hand was built of stone
similar to that used i'm Glenarm house.
AS I surveyed the scene a number OF
,oung women appeared, and, forming
IN twos and fours, walked back and
sorth before the chapel. A sister clad
in a brown habit fingered near or
walked first with one and then an
other group of students. 1t was all
very pretty and interesting ard not
at all the ugly school for paupers |
lad expected to find. The students
we're not the charity children ] had
carelessly pictured; they were not SO
young. for one thing, and they seemed
70 be appareled decently enough.
smiled to find myself adjusting my
scarf and strengthening my collar as
3eheld my neighbors for the first time.
AS / sat thus on the wall heard the
found of angry voices back of me on
he Glenarm side, and a crash of un-
1erbrush marked a flight and pursuit.
: crouched down on the wall and wait
cd In a moment a man plunged
n through the wood and stumbled over
low hanging vine and fell, not 20 feet
away from me. To my great surprise
: was Morgan, my acquaintance of the
uoruing. lie rose. cursed his III luck
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27
CIR phtlusupl1u nj
Tnur
BY MRS. LEONARD MARSHALL.
dom, she can really do.

first sight The longer We m however, the grows the that
the humanity divided into types From the perfect type of each
kind paer and par reproductions photographs that
more and shdowy they copied from the negative We have
many there types There the gndc passion fatefu
50 terrible which all dread and long fore sacred fire will enc
scorcng flames and reduce hearts to ashes This love at
its acme divine that despite its dangers is and will be-
worlds There passonetes that grip for brief space
and leave sweet Deep and what Shakespeare terms the
love fancy the first glow passion YOUTH the Coming of Eros the
rising curtain the comedy the drama love- There love
the sentiment love the passion and the poor humans have little
understanding that they know not the from the other
One type becomes idiot when he falls In love- but such
have only step to take-hey the brink already When he
meets girl silly himself they marry and happy AFTER
to the this form of sutton absolutely unbearabl
have said nothing the paon oersths fad of Patos
unknown quantity and dangerous match to powder magazine
do not assert paonics impossible but fear they likely
,um to love.
That child Cupid plays such panks with hearts one
never knows what is going to happen next
People live side by side sexess friendships and day. behold
Love has his goes out dance heartwhoe
and fancyree coupe fond seen face that
memor on her vision vermore she on heart in the
nhir of the waltz and all the gray her life has turned gold
Men feel love with intensity than women they forget
more swiftly They have Short imagination greater scope
for experience understood and their lives little better
there would unhappy marriages Man hates that his liberty is
being anated he res this to h extent that an i'm
porant factor his love affairs No human being really interfere
anoher liberty this is idea at BEST given chiefly
by the Themselves they cling persenty man. interfering
with aspirations and mpeng his ambitions that either bursts
his letters sinks deeper and deeper into the slough domesty
Few love for themselves dream making them bappv
according their lights We want them "a" to ourselves bpv
must be happy the circle of limitation Just at first
when passion at its height is content to sport his golden ee
presently he the and for the distant and the
onane Prncesse who the emblem of new and deeper emotions
He pursue the study of f to fulfill destiny to accomplish
his evalutivn-he gathered and dead.
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Farm Sale Near Crowley.

Crowley, La: The largest sale OF i'm.
proved farm property passed in this
parish in a number of years was eff.
fected Friday, when DR.. J. w. Cocker
ham of Natchitoches bought of w w.
Duson farm near this city aggregat-
ing $40 acres for a cash consideration
Of $42,500 The land averaged about
SIS an acre.
DR.. COCkerham, who for many years
has had large holdings of Acadia par
ish property, said in discussing the
purchase: AS farm values go in this
State, regard my purchase as a good
one. Lands similarly situated in the
immediate vicinity of NatchitOches
bring more money, although the in
come from them is not as large as
from these lands.
Il know of no instance where irri-
gated lands have gone back in value
materially. Lands in the rice belt
should for some time yet advance in
value Only one thing seriously
threatens them. and that is a reduc
ton of the tariff on rice or the admis.
sion free Of duty of Philippine rice.
Even these dangers some rice men
ar disposed to make light of, alleging
that rice can be raised at a profit
wit bout a tariff "
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Copyright. 1906. Bobbs-Me Coz
SYNOPSIS,

Arthur Warrington, American consul
to Barscheit, tells how reigning Grand
Duke attempts to force his neiCe, Prln-
cess Hildegarde, to marry Prince DOpple-
kim, an old widOWer. Warrington does
not know the princess even by sight.
While riding horseback in the country
night oYertakeS him and he seeks accom-
lmOdatiOns in a dilapidated castle. Here
he finds two women and an old man
servant One woman is Princess Hide
garde and the other friend, Hon; Betty
Moore, of England. They detain him TO
witness a mock marriage between the
princess and a disgraCed army officer
Steinbock, done for the purpose of tollnG
The grand duke StenbOCk attempts 70
kiss the princess and she is rescued by
Warrington SteinbOCk disappears FOR
good. Max SCharfenstein, an old Amerl-
can friend of WarrngtOn's reaches Bar
scheit. Warrington tells him of the prln-
cess. Scharfenstein shows warrington
d locket with Il picture of woman IN
lside. 1t was on his neck when he. as
boy, was picked up and adopted by MS
foster father, whose name he was given
He believes it to be a picture or MS
mother The grand duke announces TO
The princess that she is to marry Dopple-
4xinn the following week. During morn
ang's ride she plans to escape. She meets
iScharfenstein He finds a purse she mas
dropped but does not discover her lden-
'fitv
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he had been sprinting up back streets.
The boys crowded around him, and
there was much ado over the laggard.
Unfortunately the waiter had forgot
ten to bring chair for his plate. With
genial smile on his face, Max inno-
Gently stepped over to the officers
table and plucked forth the vacant
chair. For a wonder the officers ap-
peared to give this action no heed,
and | was secretly gratitied. 1t was
something to be consul, after ALL
But counted my chickens too early
"Where are the cigars" | asked as
Max sat down complacently.
Cigars ?"-blankly. Hang me, I've
clean forgotten them" And then, OBJ
livious of the probable storm that was
at that moment gathering for down
pour over his luckless head, he told us
the reason of his delay.
There was a crowd around the pal
ace" he began. 1T seems that the
Princess Hildegarde mas run away, anu
they believe that she has ridden to-
ward the Pass in a closed carriage.
The police are at this very moment
securing the country in that direction.
She has eloped,"
"Eloped?" we all cried, being more
or less familiar with the state of af'
fairs at the palace.
"Good-by to Doppelkinn's frau"
Good girl"
"She has been missing since seven
o'clock, when she drove away on the
pretense of visiting her fathers old
steward, who is ill.," went on Max, feel
ing the Importance of his news. They
traced her there. From the stewards
the carriage was driven south, and
that's the last seen of her. There
won't be any wedding at the cathedral
next Tuesday, laughing.
Queries and answers were going
crisscroSs over the table, when | OBJ
served with dread that Lieut.. Won
Storer had risen and was coming our