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that the wall that is plastered both
outside and in is the very best to reg
ulate moisture. Dampness can't pen
citrate such a wall. Perhaps it is Il
misnomer to say that dampness can
penetrate any good cement wall but
our experience is very much in favor
of hollow construction. We all
know that beads of moisture during
certain kinds of weather, will stand
on the inside of solid wall. We may
not go into the subject deep enough
to determine whether the moisture Is
there because the wall is colder than
the air or because we have not pro-
vided proper ventilation for the rooms
inclosed. 1t is enough for us to know
that the dampness is there, and we
know very we'll that we seldom see
dampness on the inside of a wall that
is constructed with hollow space in
the center.
This is a we'll finished house with
out unnecessary expense. 1t can be
built under favorable circumstances
for about $4,000, as the plans show.
It contains seven rooms besides a
bath room and reception hall. 1t
is so compact that one chimney an
swers for the kitchen, for the furnace
and for the CRATE in the living room.
II Is difficult to find any fault with
this plan. For a seven-room house it
contains all the essentials for COM
fort, and there is accommodation suf-
ficient for quite large family.
The little things, such as pantries.
china closets, vestibule with a place
for the ice-box, linen closets and
plenty of clothes closets and other
minor details have been worked out
very carefully. These things always
appeal to a person after the house is
occupied and the housekeeper has be-
come acquainted with them. The lack
of such accommodation in a house is
very noticeable and very annoying.
The expense at the time of building Is
not much more. 1t all hinges on fore
thought In selecting the proper plan
to commence with.
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CHAPTER xxxvII.
The Second Dispatch.


was about to go to Helena in the
music room to bid her good-by, when
Capt. Forbes returned from his err
rand.
We'll, that's settled" he cried, Join
ing us. And do you agree with
Locke and myself that 1t is wise that
you should leave Alterhoffen before
daybreak?"
Perfectly"
He heard my decision with evident
relief.
You will accept my apology for
mistrusing you, Haddon, and | hope
we shall be friends" said he Offering
me his hand with winning smile.
But you must confess you gave me
ample grounds for being a little wary
Of you. Before long we shall meet,
and | shall hope to hear your reasons
for going into this extraordinary ad-
venture. In the meanwhile, may /
trouble you for the dispatch gave
TO you in the hotel at vltznau, or did
IL fall into Starvas hand that night?"
ITO prevent that ] dropped Il from
the window into a disused fountain in
the garden below"
Where | found IT," interrupted
Locke. Here 1t is, and please OBJ
serve that the seals are unbroken."
Frankly, Forbes" said, 81
thought you rather an idiot to give me
an important dispatch that night You
must have seen that l was more or
less in Starva's power, and that he
was likely to gain possession of the
papers"
Had that dispatch fallen into his
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Peninsula. Had Starva seen this dis
patch it is not likely that he would
have had recourse to violence"
do you mean to tell me-" ex-
claimed Locke, incredulously, that
your ministers of the foreign Office
cherish so Utopian a scheme? Are
the various kings to abdicate because
England nods?"
Il am telling you nothing of the
Sort" chuckled Forbes. You Amer
leans are infants when il comes to
the intricacies of diplomacy. Secret
agents and spies at Sofia had warned
the government Of the intended upris-
ing. l. was necessary that England
should know more of the conspira.
tors. Therefore, Sir Mortimer was in
structed to profess a sympathy for
the cause which, of course, was not
sincere. This dispatch Sir Mortimer
or myself were to allow TO be stolen
if necessary. Its contents were ex-
planned to me before / left London,
that | might repeat verbally the mes
sage, should the dispatch not reach
him"
Since you have already betrayed
your governments confidence" said
Locke, jocularly, tell us the purport
Of the second dispatch"
81 will read IL to you since the
seals are broken" agreed Forbes after
a moments hesitation.
"To His Excellency, etc.-Sir: The
same messenger who gives you this
dispatch will deliver you another
which authorizes you TO treat with
the committee of the various states
of the Balkans, who have for their
aim a confederation of these states.
You will use the aforementioned dis
patch at your discretion. II is need
less to say that neither this ministry
nor the other powers can for an in
slant sanction a scheme so impos.
sible. But 1t has come to our knowl-
edge that a dangerous conspiracy ex.
lists 20 overthrow the rulers of the va
rious states. To check this conspir-
acy IL may be well for you TO tempo
rize. II you think 1t expedient, per.
NIT the dispatch mentioned TO fall
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TRANSFORMATIONS.
Curious Results When Coffee Drinking
Is Abandoned.

1t is almost as hard for an old coffee
topper to quit the use of coffee as IL Is
for a whisky or tobacco fiend to break
off, except that the coffee user can
quit coffee and take up Postum with
out any feeling of loss of the mora
ing beverage, for when Postum is well
boiled and served with cream, 1t Is
really better in point of flavor than
most of the coffee served nowadays,
and to the taste of the connoisseur II
is like the flavor of fine, mild Java.
A great transformation takes place
in the body within ten days or two
weeks after coffee is left OF and
Postum used, for the reason that the
poison to the nerves-caffeine-has
been discontinued, and in its place Is
taken a liquid food that contains the
most powerful elements of nourish-
ment.
1t is easy 10 make this test and
prove these statements by changing
from coffee to Postum. Read The
Road to Wellville." in pkgs. There's
a Reason"
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agent. With renewed expressions of
our complete confidence in you,
Believe me. sir, etc"
"Haddon',' said Locke, not a little
crestfallen, 81 was ruefully wide of
the mark in my conjectures concern
ing Sir Mortimer's relations with the
Countess Sarahoff. / told you that
morning at Lucerne that / was be-
hind the scenes. / confess myself the
veriest amateur"
Never has writing thrilled me as
did that dispatch. A great light was
dawning on me. / clutched the pa
per. / held IL with a trembling hand
Forbes | cried, hoarsely, "once,
though quite unwillingly, tricked
you out of the dispatch Locke just
returned to you. But now / ask you
to give me for half an hour the dis.
patch you have just read. 1t means
everything to Sir Mortimer's sister.
Man, there has been more deviltry
in this Castle OF Lies that you are
aware of. The honor of Sir Morti-
mer himself is at stake. This dis.
patch will help TO save IL. Give me
the paper that / may show il to Miss
Brett"
II have been too much astonished at
the events of the past "a hours to
wonder at your request. Take your
dispatch, but you will return it in.
tact?"
You need have no fear as to that.
But / have still another request:
the papers you saw me take from the
safe, which Madame dc Varnier
wrestled from me-they belong TO
Miss Brett"
He hesitated.
"On my honor, they concern no one
but her. What DO you still mis-
trust me?"
mo, my dear fellow"
He placed the packet in my hand.
| entered the music room TO bring
to Helena tidings of great joy.
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into the hands of this committee
Capt Forbes will follow the same
course if necessary. He has full in
structions to exercise his discretion
in this matter.
1T is not without surprise that the
ministry has learned of your promise
to Ferdinand regarding England's sup.
port of his project, namely. the
threatened invasion of Macedonia.
Fortunately, the ministry is con-
WINGED that some such move as you
sanction is eXpedient to free Mace
donia from the atrocities of Turkish
misrule that have shocked Europe so
long. His majesty's ministry there
fore is inclined to overlook in this
instance any undue bias you have
shown in espousing Macedonia's
cause.
IF you are convinced that the finan-
cier of New York city whom you have
named is sincere in his offer to give
Prince Ferdinand financial support,
you are authorized to tell him that
his majesty's ministers are heartily
in favor of Prince Ferdinand's inva-
sion, and will exert every influence to
insure him unrestricted action. More
over, the foreign Office is in full ac-
cord with your views as to the sum
of money indispensable to Ferdinand
project.
But while his majesty's govern
ment agrees with you that lofty prin-
ciples actuate Bulgaria, it realizes
with yourself that lofty principles are
not sufficient to insure the success of
Ferdinand's cause.
In conclusion, we hasten to as
sure you of our fullest sympathy in
your endeavor to help an oppressed
people gain their liberty; and that 1t
is not without satisfaction we find
ourselves enabled to further your per-
sonal wishes and ambitions in this
matter Nor need you have anxiety
that your own interests will run coun-
ter to those of England. We view
with concern the precarious state of
your health; but we trust that it will
not prove an obstacle to your contem-
plated meeting of the financier in
conference at Alterhoffen at the
chateau of Prince Ferdinand's secret
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HIS MEMORY WAS GOOD.
Commodore Vanderbilt Had Not For
gotten Old Days.

The coming of age of Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt and the payment to her Of
some twelve millions of dollars inner
itance has brought out new crop OF
anecdotes about the Vanderbilt for
tune. One of the latest illustrates
the democratic spirit of the old CON-
modore.
Sitting on the porch Of a fash
ionable hotel at a fashionable resort
on one occasion, it is related, the
commodore saw a lady approaching
with whom he was acquainted. His
wife and daughter, who recognized
her, could scarcely contain their al,
ger when he arose and politely adj
dressed her.
Don't you know" said the daugn-
ter after she had gone, that hor-
rid woman used to sell poultry to
us?"
Eyes," responded the old million
aire, land l remember when your
mother sold root beer and / peddled
oysters in New Jersey"
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chiropodlst,s Presentation.

A lotion and powder for tender and
swollen feet: One teaspoonful of boz
racic acid to one pint of grain alcohol.
After bathing the feet in lukewarm
water, spray them with the lotion
used in an atomizer. and fan until dry.
The effect is delightful. Then rub
over the foot this powder, or put Il in
the stocking:
Powdered starch, 35 grains, oil Of
bergamot, ten drops; oil of lavender,
6 drops; oil of wintergreen, 16 drops.
Mix well, and pass through a sieve.
Excellent-National Magazine.
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and the cost OF painting in after
years. We all know that wooden
houses need painting frequently, and
most of us know by experience that
it is an expensive annoyance because
outside painting must be done at the
proper season when the weather is
neither too warm nor too cold, and
when there is no dust blowing and no
flies to stick fast in the fresh paint.
A good many prefer a cement plas.
ter house to a solid cement wall or
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and corners. The final dressing OF
course is given to and with the last
coat and there are a number of styles
of finish to choose from, such as
rough-cast. pebbled or smooth, and
these may be made in any shade or
color that the owner may desire. Be-
fore deciding on the style of finish 1t
is a good plan to have the mason de-
sign few panels, all different, to
show what he can do in this line.
Still another great advantage in
outside finish Of this kind when CON-
pared with wood is saving in paint
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UC1YR1E7Z NOo b1 DA%2RkZGWG C0UfzT1I

hands" replied Forbes, ut is quite
possible that Ferdinand would have
been saved his bad half hour. Do you
remember l told you, my pseudo-am-
bassador land you acted the part re-
markably well, let me tell you, that
| carried two dispatches for Sir Nor
timer, and that l gave you the one
of lesser Importance"
Eyes. And the second dispatch?
Was it stolen from you by Starva
when he trapped you in the tower?"
Forbes nodded II took the liberty
of taking it from him just now"
"And may humble American con-
sui ask" drawled Locke. how to-
nights episode would have been
averted had the dispatch you gave
Haddon fallen into Starva's hands, in
stead of into the fountain?"
My chief at Downing street would
retire me, and with no pension, if he
knew that | were going to divulge
state secrets. However, l am going
to tell you.
This dispatch you have returned
to me, | happen to know, authorized
Sir Mortimer Brett to meet in confer
ence the men who so very nearly
snuffed out Ferdinand's life an hour
ago. / am referring now to the dis
patch which | gave you at Vitznau,
Haddon. He was to assure these rep
resentatives of the various states that
England realized that a harmonious
confederation could alone permanent
ly allay the present discomfort in the
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A Ventilation Test.

It is very hard to make an impress
sion on those people who defend their
possessions on all occasions. A lady
was explaining to visitor the many
advantages Of concrete hollow-block
construction, Of which the walls Of
her new home were built.
"The air spaces in the walls afford
insulation against heat in summer and
cold in winter" she explained. BE
sides, such walls afford ventilation
and insure a more healthful house."
The visitor reflected a moment, and
replied:
Our frame house must be quite as
we'll built. Every night we lock the
cat in the cellar, and have to let her
out of the attic in the morning.
Youths Companion.
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ted around the window frames, cor
nice and other joints. When using
material in a plastic condition 1t does
not require a fine mechanical genius
to make a good tight joint II is only
necessary to employ men who are or
dinarily careful and who try conscien-
tiously to do the square thing.
Another great advantage in outside
plastering is the finish. OF course 1t
is understood that two-coat work is
required in all cases, and that the
foundation is made right by stapling
the expanded metal lath securely to
the Turing strips and that the metal
is carefully fitted around all angles
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sweat of our brow in the laboratory,
and afterwards in practical construc-
ton.
1t is no longer necessary to use ex-
pensive building materials because we
are afraid to trust cement. In the
hands of good workmen cement is the
best building material we have. and
we are no longer confined to any one
mode Of construction. We have learn
ed how to combine cement with other
materials and to save expense and at
the same time to turn out a job that
looks well and that will last forever,
and answer for street paving mate
rial afterwards.
One great advantage in outside plas-
tering is the ease with which it is fit
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All EXPLAINED.

There is little story going round
the house of commons about certain
member who abstained from voting
on the deceased wife's sister bill.
Questioned by one of his friends as to
the reason for his abstention, he re-
piled: "Well, my dear fellow, it's just
like this-my wife has a sister,
John Bull
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CHAPTER xxxvI.-continued.

But their release will be the most
effectual way of spreading the news"
"On the contrary, they cannot make
it known without exposing them
selves. If they do that, Ferdinand will
see TO it that their respective SOW
ereigns quitely but effectually remove
them. Each of them is so well known
that they may be arrested at any
time. Ferdinand shrewdly makes
them hostages, as 1t were. The three
certainly will exert their great infu-
ence to check the rebellion they them
selves have fostered. AS for Gornji and
Gortschakoff, before they are released
from the hospital the crisis will have
passed
And are we left to account for
the deaths of Starva and Bratinau as
best we may?" | questioned anx-
iously.
IF you remember l told you at
LuceTne that | am an old newspaper
man 1t is impossible to hide the
fact that an attack has been made
ON Prince Ferdinand here tonight.
But an attack by his own countrymen
that has proved a disastrous failure
is quite a different thing from a de-
liberate gathering here of representa-
tives of each of the Balkan States.
Ferdinand has taken my advice to
post in hot haste to Sofia. | shall
see to it that this nights work does
not get into the papers until "a hours
have passed. BY that time he will
have shown himself safe and sound in
Sofia. The episode of the death mask
will have proved a complete fiasco.
My story will make Prince Ferdinand
a hero triumphant over his foes and
not weak king who was lured here
unwittingly by his mistress to his
DOOM"
There still remains Jacques"
ooh, jacques" said Locke. with
contempt He was only a tool of
Starva's and a stupid tool at that.
1t was he who was to lower the flag
at half-mast, it seems--to give the
signal to the conspirators who were
watching in the village. But when
he rushed to the chamber window to
lower the flag he found both rope and
fastenings wrenched away. He sup
posed that the gale had done this, but
seeing the flag at halfmast, the rope
being caught in the pulley. he said
nothing about the matter to Starva
I suspect that you were responsible
for the lowering of the flag, and not
the gale"
Il needed the rope / said, short
ly, too impatient to make further ex-
PLANTATION. And now for my last
question: What the devil did you
mean when you said that you had
promoted me? And why this haste
that | leave Alterhoffen?"
Are you so anxious then that 1t
be known that you have been imper-
sonating the British ambassador"
Scarcely l said, uneasily.
"And. my dear fellow, Kuhn and
the rest think that it was Sir Morti-
mer who came to the rescue of
Prince Ferdinand, and not Mr.. Ern-
est Haddon, an American tourist"
But why do you allow them to
think this?"
'Haddon, at times you are singu-
larly dense. If these men believe
that the British ambassador has been
killed by one of their number while
defending Ferdinand, do you not see
that this will keep them even more ST.
lent regarding their share in this
nights tragedy? For If England's am
bassador were really murdered, you
may be sure that she would not rest
until she had brought the assassins to
justice"
You are right, Locke; must leave
Alterhoffen at once"
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SAID TO BE SIMPLE
EASILY MIXED RECIPE FOR KID
NEYs AND BLADDER.
Tells Readers How to Prepare This
Homemade Mixture to Cure the
Kidneys and Bladder and
rheumatism.

Get from any prescription pharma-
cist the following:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Shake well in a bottle and take a
teaspoonful dose after each meal and
at bedtime.
The above is considered by an emf
nent authority, who writes in a New
York daily paper, as the finest pre-
scription ever written to relieve Back
ache, Kidney Trouble, Weak Bladder
and all forms of Urinary difficulties.
This mixture acts promptly on the
eliminative tissues Of the Kidneys, en-
aiding them to filter and strain the
uric acid and other waste matter from
the blood which causes Rheumatism.
Some persons who suffer with the
Affections may not feel inclined to
place much confidence in this simple
mixture, yet those who have tried 1t
say the results are simply surprising,
the relief being effected without the
slightest injury to the stomach or 9TH
er organs.
Mix some and give II a trial. II
certainly comes highly recommended.
1t is the prescription of an eminent
authority, whose entire reputation. 1t
is said, was established nv 1t.
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When COURAGE Failed.

"a man should always have the
courage of his convictions" Yes"
answered the member of congress
gloomily; but when II comes to vot-
ing 10 increase your salary even the
stoutest heart is liable TO forget it's
high sense of justice and moral duty"
Washington Star
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Lies Need BACKING.

owen: One lie must be matched
with another, or it will soon rain
through.
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CHAPTER xxxvIII.
TldInas Of Great Jox.

She stood at the open window look
ing out on the mountains in the Tar
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Allotted snace.

We are immortal until our work Is
done.-Whitefield.
The Washington times., 1907-07-17
ATTELL SIDESTEPS
FRED WEEKS GAME

CHICAGO. July II. - Abe Attell.
featherweight champion, wants none Of
the boxing game as played in Cripple
Creek. Col.
Early this morning the little Hebrew
received an offer OF $1,000. win. loose, or
draw. TO box twenty rounds with Fred
die Weeks, the hard-hitting little fellow
who has been whipping everybody out
there None Of that for mine" Abe
said, this morning. The air is so light
there that 1 would be whipped inside OF
three rounds. George Dixon and
started 10 fight out there once. and
after the second round were so badly
stopped up BY the thin air that the
crowd started TO boot and hiss. think
ing we were taking IT
Nobody can whip Weeks out there
unless he went out there and lived for
a couple Of months. ] have offered 10
fight him In Denver, or any other place
but Cripple Creek" t..t
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PRESERVING THE ELDER DUCK.

In Iceland. on certain islands. near
Ryckavik. the elder duck is raised in a
systematic manner. II is really more
OF a small goose than a duck. being so
Independent Of fish and animal food as
to be able to support itself by grazing
on the seaweed at the bottom OF the
sea at considerable depth 1t is a
splendid diver, being as much at home
under water as on the surface The
great value OF the elder ducks down Is
we'll known, and. owing 70 the bird's
tendency TO pull out such large guam
titles for lining its nest that Il leaves
its lowe. breast almost bare when Il is
setting. there is no difficulty in getting
a good supply of these feathers without
destroying the birds. In Iceland II Is
strictly guarded against intrusion.
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coming from one who was very thor
ouEhly possessed of vitality and ANNA
ton. In fact. II went so far as TO show
chat the writer had been leading a dou-
bic lie.
Corpse in Trouble
The letter explained to the loving and
directorate widow that the construc-
tive corpse was In trouble and needed
her assistance. 1t realized that the
woman with whom he had been living
since his vIcarious death was suing him
for divorce and asking allmOny.
He wanted his widow 20 sign a depo-
sition that she was his wife in order
10 upset the claims OF his second wife,
living IN Seattle, Wash.
Believing that she had been injured by
the supposedly drowned man, who had
originally deprived her OF support and
then Of a widows comfort, Mrs. Buck
lev asked Judge McEwen 20 grant her q
divorce from the Waterlogged mate OF
former years.
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BRIGAND HELPS NEW YORK DINE.

Down on Tenth street there is a HIT
tie italian restaurant that reJoices
in al unpronounceable name. II would
do you no good even II you knew 1t. for
you would not be able to find the
place anyway. The stranger who can
make his way unassisted around Green
witch village is phenomenon. The pro-
prietor Is an exiled brigand. and the
coat-of-arms is conspicuously displayed
in every possible place around his es-
adjustment. 1t is the only decoration
about the rooms The unassuming ex-
terror, with It's modest sign. Table
Board" gives no hint of the glories to
be found within. For 80 cents you get
the most complete dinner, with wine.
that can be found IN the -city. Are
you never going back to Italy2'' I once
asked the gentleman whose name is I'M
pronounceable. See Naples and die -
he laughnEly replied. But not tIlI
then No. There too much money
here. From When New York Dimes a
la Boheme," in the Bohemian.