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CHAPTER XIV.
Burleigh Unearths a Coinci-
dpnce.


Burieigh's eyes opened widely. You
don't mean 10 tel me, sir. that Mr.
Colson isn't about town as usual?' he
cried.
Not only that. bl't they can seem
10 get no trace OF him"
But he was ore cf the most promi-
nent figures in tom hes everywhere
in this business district. every day in
the week"
i know II, but he's nowhere in II
on this particular DAY"
The detective scrat -hed his head.
then wagged that member thoughtful
~ for a few seconds.
We'll, we certainly do seem TO be ND
against It IN this business he com
mented. with a WY smile. When was
the gentleman last seen. Mr.. Grafton? p
In the cafe Of the Grande last
evening"
"Alonee"
NO, with a party of friends. I be-
Ueve."
You don't know who they were?
No, but Bennett. his secretary. does.
and he has communicated. They can
tell nothing Of him"
I'm" Burieigh drummed on thu
arm OF his chair for a time; when he
looked up, his gaze was questioning.
I wonder what connection that has
with this robberyg'
Give It up sighed Grafton. NO
one, fancy"
"Why7'
"Colson isn't the sort OF a man to
steal. Burlelgh."
Very true. sir, but IN this unhappy
AFFAIR We seem to have no one be-
sides honest men to suspect. II we
can't fasten some sort Of suspicion on
ed"
But on the face Of It. he couldn't
have been the man-it's s. physical i'm
possibility.
WHY
He was in the cafe until 1. We
know that the robbery was committed
a about u o'clock"
''rrue-Td forgotten that" BurIeieb
snapped his fingers. And vet n he
had nothing to do with it. it's remark
able that he should have disappeared
AT This precise time. We know that
~-'~-- fssaN'-t AASACs anu 10 the pest OF
our knowledge and belief he's A per-
fectly honest man, but-wen. # IS
queer. sir"
It's queer. but fl is altogether TOO
circumstantial wsti.out the corroborat-
ing evidence of some other crooked
work on Colson's part"
Yes. it's rather ar unjustifed slur
on Colson. I admit" sighed Burleigh,
hopelessly. Wen. Wen have to look
in new directions"
Grafton nodded
Wen have to look pretty quickly.
too, Burleigh. Times getting short for
me now, you know"
The day after tomorrow. was It
not?''
At noon-yes. Been doing any the
orizing on your own account, Burleigh.
since early morrinE2"
a little-not much
In what direction
Well. I returned to the office when
YOU went home. sir, just TO start things
moving for tho day. To be perfectly
honest. 1 hardly knew in what way
this thing cour1 be best handled, but
on the ca chance I took the risk Of
sending L man 20 DObbs"
The postmaster, Ell? What was
that for asked Grafton
Wei, / gave him the key we found
the on which opened the box" Bur
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Investigation
Of Mail Chute
Shows Package
Was Removed
By Collector,
Who Arrived
Much Earlier
Than Usual
THE SYNOPSIS.

John Grafton. owner OF nearly the entire
town Of Kenyonville. which he founded,
has moytgHEsd his fortune, about s. CO.,
600, 20 back a traction company promoted
by George COlson- Al midnight q few
days before the settlement u is discovered
that the papers. showing the company
Indebtedness 10 Grafton, have disappeared
from his once. Detective Burleigh IS
Immediately summoned and. from various
clues. concludes that the package, sealed
and addressed IA one OF the firms envcI-
opss. has been dropped down the mail
chute BY the thief.
Grafton psrsuades Brady. a politician.
to secure the passksy from tho postmaster
and open tho box HIS hand Is almost on
the letter when Brady reads tbs address
and, pretending 20 be overcome with moral
sCrlples. replaces the letter In the box
Grafton looks Burlsigh up again and To-
gsther they return 10 the Grafton building
While there the thief returns, but Il
frfKhtsnsd away. Detective and magnaJe
pursue him e the railroad yards where he
IL lost sight Of While celebrating on
what nsKf 20 DO and as morning daWus-
they discover a shining object at their
feet which proves 20 Be the pass-ksy %
the mail chute.
TTaz--sFzsk 49, - EF.rpz.- Fsr +.
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YOU viii not mention or even think
about. IS that the whole collection Of
them were stolen from here last
night"
Jennison's mouth opened
stolen. SIR
Walked of Win bodily some time
in tho neighborhood Of L O'Clock last
evening"
The chief clerk half rose from his
chair-then sank back again and
gaped at his employer.
~Why-it can't BE- sir
IL not only can be. bur II is. and
9n unpleasanty cold and indisputable
fact 81 that
They are gone--sIl OF theme'
The whole lot. just as they were
when ] left them tied with bit Of
red silk tape. JennisoE.
And you discoveries the loss when
YOU came this morning."
"No--;ast night. when / brought a
friend 20 see the building Just be-
fore = o'clock
God bless my soul sir! That's ter
rihlew
IT'S all Of that"
And do you suspect who the thief
may have BEEN
Il haven't ths vaguest idea in the
world, confessed Grafton. Whoever
ne was. he must have arrived some
time after eleven ana accomplished
ar entry here by means OF duplicate
keys. The Colsou papers 1 had left
or the desk here, for l went away
rather hastily in response to a tele-
gram. you will remember. Now they're
no longer here-were no longer here
a midnight. That's the whole story.
Jcnnison."
But you must have some clues.
sir?''
Grafton looked him over thought
fully. Jennison was all right: Grafton
trusted him with everything and no
trouble had even ensued; and stiii,
until he had discussed the matter with
Eurleigh and Collins. II would be as
well not to reveal too much. He had
been upon the point Of rec0unting to
Jennison the whole remarkable series
Of happenings. in the hope that the
other might stray upon an ec.plsna-
ton. Now he paused.
Nothing very definite. Sennison. as
yet, and ! don't know that we ever
shall have"
The chief clerk shook his head hope
lessly.
However Grafton went on. "the
great thing is that they are gone,
and that unless / have them by noon
on the twenty-first, that little settle
ment with Colson viii not take place
You will see quite readily that me
situation holds announcement possible
ties"
Il should say that II did, sir"
'Weli-I've toll you the facts What
have YOU got TO suggest as a scheme.
Jennison.
''Why-I don't know, sir"
Then you're IN my predicament ex-
actly. L don't kno ' either" He
frowned abssntiy. Then he looked up
and raised his eyebrows
wei, think it over any way, Jen-
nlson-and don't take to thinking It
out aloud II you see anything or hear
anything that might connect any one
whatsoever with the robbery, let me
know instantly. And If any sort of
solution Of the difficulty should chance
a. occur 70 yoI, let me know that at
once. toe"
Indeed ] will. sir, but -"
But you feel hardly up to coping
with it, en-? I have some such sensa-
ton Of dimdence myself said Graf
ton. dryly. However. there's your
proposition. ana if YOU find a way out
of the hole, you shant lose by it..
JennisOn. That's All for the present
The chief clerk walked out, and the
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Twentyght Immaculate Came in Nom

now. the better for their ultins-.e sue
cess In the wrestling match with the
inscrutabIe
However, he decided. after a little
further consideration. some lnvests-
eating on bis own part could do no
harm He revolved the matter for a
time then, touching the button be
side his desk. he directed the office
boy to ask Mr.. Jeanison's attendance
at the private office.
The chief clerk, a msa of twenty
eight or so, brisk and Immaculate.
came in a moment or two. Grafton
looked quietly al him.
Just close the door, Jennisou.-
The other complied.
Now. have a chair. No, never mind
the notebook now. I've nothing 10
dictate this morning that can't be
given TO one OF the stenographers- 1
want 70 have a sort Of consuItat ion
with you, Jennison."
The chief clerk inclined his head
Yes. sir"
"NoW-um. Let's see I left early
last evening, did I note"
"A little earlier than usual. sir"
And what time did you go home 2~
Perhaps fifteen OF twenty minutes
later"
you were, as usual. the last one
out OF the Officer
Yes. Miss Carter left a few mo
ments before me. I was the last 10
go. Mr.. Grafton"
80 I supposed" Grafton's pencil
drJmmed absently on the open desk at
his side. Everything was as usual
when you VENT"
''Why-yes, sir"
You looked around?'
i always do"
And you noticed nothing out Of the
ordinary
Nothing whatever"
The safe was closed and locked?"
Certainly
And this desk?"
Jennison regarded It thoughuuHy
and a puzzled frowl appeared on his
brow
Upon my word, Mr. Grafton. 1
can't say now whether the desk was
open or closed when / saw it. You do
sometimes leave It open, you know"
I'm fully aware of that, Jennison.
but what I'm irving TO get at is
whether or not 1t was open last night.
You seem to have an impression that
it was-haven't your
We'll. 1 could never take the stand
and swear 10 II either way" said Jen-
uison slowly, but TO thu best of my
recollection YOU had left the top UP.
And yCu didn't care TO disturb u?''
we'll never have" said the chief
clerk. and faced bis employer In ap-
parent astonisbfnent.
quite right, too, but-well, / wish
you had last night, Jennison."
why. sir?''
You knew about those Colson pa
pers. didn't you. Iennison?''
L knew that you and Mr.. Collins
brought them from the ..,r,I,is vaults
Yesterday"
And did you see them while they
were in the oftice7"
mo. / don't think so. sir You
were locked up in here with Mr.. Col
Inns and ! had no occasion to enter
during that time.
..sTrue-Td forgotten that" Graf
ton stared at the ceiling in silence.
Jennison watched him with some
curiosity.
Us anything wrong. siT2''
''Well, one thing that's wrong"
smiled Grafton, lis that / must have
been so exceedingly and unusually
careless as to leave that whole bundle
Of notes and bonds on this open desk
when ] left. ] went away in hurry,
YOU know.
/ remember.
And another thlug-fhat doors
closed. is lt?-znOther thing. which
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only one" said Grafton, wanly.
"Coison has dropped right out OF ex-
istence now
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ITO Be Continued Next Sunday.)
Pa &c Nine
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CHAPTER XIII.

,cosyr4sAt. NJ. - M frank 3 MuD.sy Co
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FanaticiSm, Not Patriotism.

Every word spoken of Durham
White Stevens by Americans who
have lately visited the Orient offers
proof that he was a true friend of
Korea, that he had that unfortu-
nate country's best interests at
heart, and that his chief aim was to
give the down-trodden people of
that land a square deal. Yet they
were Koreans who shot him in San
Francisco. They call themselves
patriots. So do the rabid Russian
nihilists. So do thousands more
who under various significant ap-
pellations parade their violent re-
form methods here and there
throughout the world. Such as
these argue with a pistol and reply
with a bomb. They hope for prog
ress through the determination of
friends of law and order every
where.
It is singularly unfortunate, as
one of the japanese statesmen has
remarked, that the cowardly IA
natics who shot Stevens down
should have found refuge, not in
Seoul or in Tokyo, but in one of the
cities of the land of Stevens birth.
Truly a commentary on the charac-
ter and disposition of certain
classes of immigrants. and truly
another reason why the bars set
against ingress from foreign lands
should be made more exclusive than
they are.
As counselor for japan in the
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Where Delay May Be Costly.

A measure rich in possibilities for
good in the District-the Gallinger
bill for the compulsory registration
of tuberculosis-has passed both
houses. Certain amendments were
made TO it in the larger body which,
while they do not reach to its prin-
ciple, yet render it less effective.
To those changes the author of the
bill is known to be opposed, and
consequently in his capacity as
chairman of the Senate District
Committee, he has had the measure
referred to a subcommittee before
submitting 1t TO the Senate.
Mr.. Gallinger's judgment is sound.
His interest in the cause is not
questioned, But it is earnestly TO
be hoped that he and his associates
will neither take such action nor
consume so much time on these
amendments as to endanger the
whole enactment.
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Hermit Kingdom, Mr.. Stevens had
been laboring patiently and eour-
ageously to lay the foundations of
a just and progressive administra-
ton. His sincerity and his ability
were never questioned by strangers
who came across him; by the Japa-
nese these attributes of his were
repeatedly rewarded. He was, in
short. a Woodworking, right-minded
statesman. who never shirked a
duty, even though the end required
some drastic means. Ut was this IN
swerving straightforw8rdness that
drew upon him the hatred of the
Korean trouble-makeIs.
The United States has lost a citi-
zen whose services some day might
have been turned to good account in
the settlement of the intricate
problems OF our oriental sphere.
There need be no doubt that the
California authorities will deal with
his murderers in an exemplary
manner.
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Another Thud.

The failure of the "speechaphone"
installed in Congressman Ames'
committee room, in the new House
Office building, must be a severe dis
appointment to the statesman, who,
though duty bound to attend the
sessions Of the national legislature,
would also ike to smoke cigars and
talk things over at campaign head
quarters.
Anyone who can solve the Con-
gressional problem of following the
course of bills and simultaneously
planning the master-surOle TO be
given at the national convention at
Chicago or Denver will be pensioned
for life and given a Carnegie hero
medal. Also a set Of complimentary
resolutions of warranted orna-
mental value. Also a season ticket
TO the park where the Senator'S
give their famous imitation of a
baseball team. The prizes, indeed,
are too numerous to mention. Let
il suffice to say that the inventor
can name his own reward; and he
viii get it. irrespective Of what the
unresponsive Tawney may have to
say about tie shocking size Of the
appropriation bills.
Hope was raised by the device in
troduced by the Congressman from
Lowell, Mass, but only to be drop
pea again with the usual dull and
disspiriting thud, 1t was not a de-
vice of the Congressman's own max
ing. Simply he was willing TO be
the first to rise or fall with it. He
fell. The "speechaphone" looked
both promising and mysterious. but,
alas. while the sounds were car
ried all right, they we're in a hope
less tumble, and seemed more like
the rawlings Of a madhouse than the
speech of a member Of Congress"
The conclusion must be that while
politics remains to bestir the pride
and speech OF man, a debate in Con-
gress will be impossible to transmit
intelligently over the wire. The
telephone is an all too faithful re-
porter. It lacks the faculty of dis
eliminating as do the eye, the ear,
the brain. 1t keeps too close to
realism. It makes the fatal error
of betraying the unimportance of
Congressional oratory. And yet,
what was it that dispatch said?-
more like the rawlings of mad
house than the speech Of a member
Of Congress" That doesn't read
like realism, does it?
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Ia TOILETTE LEADS KNOX
IN LIABILITY MEASURE

The race between the La Toilette and
the Knox employers liability bills has
rounded the first turn, with tie la
Fcnette proposition comfortably IN the
lead.
La Toilette and Knox both want the
distinction of paternity TO the measure,
which should amend the law to meet
the objections pointed out by the su-
prene Court in its recent decision.
Each introduced a measure. La Fol
lette asked that his be sent to the
Committee on Education and Labor,
headed by Senator DoIliver. Knox sent
his to the judiciary. Thef each got
busy to secure a report.
Il appears now that the Education
AID Labor Committee is ready TO hand
out the measure and that the committee
members have tacitly, at least. agreed
TO report II favorably On the other
hand, the Knox bill still fingers in the
musty pizeonholes of the Judiciary.
II looks like a victory to La Toilette.
All the politicians agree that some bin
on the subject must be reported and
acted upon at this session; the political
reason is the governing one. but il is
enough The President has demanded
il, and organized labor demands IT, II
Democrats in the House have declared
themselves.
1t will pass, In some form, before the
end OF the session. The only question
is what Presidential candidate shall get
the most credit.
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Co. eaeaaea@o6
9IIN THE Bon WOR- DHIHJ
S55SlB IZ2Gy 3

The arrival Of Mrs. Humphrey Ward
for the FIRST time in America on ldarcn
10 on the Adriatic has aroused more tE-
terest than the visit Of sny English
novelist for a long space Of years.
Mrs. Wards uncle. Matthew Arnold.
in 1888 came to the United States for
the first time, and repeated his visit
three years afterward. The present
hostess and cousin of Mrs. Ward, Mrs.
Frederick w. Whitridge. who is rbe
daughter OF Matthew Arnold. was ike
wise his hostess, and the Whitridge
dwelling at Is East Eleventh street Be-
ing one OF the older mansions Of New
York. Is the same that Arnold visited
then.
Mrs. Ward has been besieged 20 tell
whether she has come for "imprs s.
siOns' Of America. and in reply init
mates merely that she cannot help but
get them. That Mrs. Ward filds one OF
her own novels, THE Testing Of Diana
Mallory running In HarpePF Maya
zine Independently with her visit
is Of special interest TO her great Amer
lean public.
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A CONCRETE ESTATE.

Not a single building of concrete, such
as Edison, -i5t wizard, talks of, but
a whole estatt dwelling. barns. cot
tages, lighthouses, wagon sheds, stables.
clubhOuses, bridges, all of concrete. A
concrete estate is what they call the
1 ,O0O-aCre place OF Fred Pabst, Jr-. on
the shores Of OcononowOc lake. Every
thing is built of concrete. 1t required
10 .OO0 barrels of Portland cement, but
the sand and the gravel was already
there. The residence, 60E100 feet, and
three stories high, is bull. entirely OF
concrete, with a great concrete porch.
There is concrete boat house and a
concrete bath house. a large concrete
bridge spans the lagoon. The stable is
45x125 feet, two stories and basement, all
concrete. There is a concrete garage
and greenhouse. The manager OF the
estate lives in a concrete cottage, and
the employees club house is also Of con-
crete. In addition there is a riding pad
dock. a stable for eighty horses, groups
of outhouses and barns, all OF concrete,
and all rooted with cement asbestos
shingles. Everywhere there is air and
pIenty Of room and cteaniiness--EX-
change.
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A New Book on Egypt.

,-ai,,abIe contribution 10 TIE hterd-
tur, of the subject is a new book, emit
he'd "Egypt and It's Betrayal b. FL
bert z Farman, eX-c-nsS. general at
Cairo. published by the Grafton Press
OF New York 49,
Although the bulk Of the book relates
70 Tudge Farman's experiences as an
American official. at drsJ as consul gen
eral in the years 1NlJ-Sls ana then utitlI
the year 1854 as judge OF mixed tflou-
nails in Egypt. it is we'll filled with ma
tcrisI from which the reader can o.
rain a very adequate knowledge OF the
country and its inhabitants, their oc-
c11patf0ns. modes of life, etc But prop
ahiv the main interest of the volume
u,iIf center in the chaDteVs descriptive
IF rhe manner and m-ans by which
che people have been and are being
.snofled' Tor the benefi- of Europeans
Particular exception, S.lso, is taken 10
tie Iaudatory manner in which LORD
Cromer's rule in Egypt has been treated
hv the press of Great Britain and THIS
country Mr. Farman declaring that
ord Cromer left no native mOurners
in E,eypt outside the official group ana
a favored class"
The hook is a companion volume 10
Judge Farman's earlier work, Along
the Nile" published about Two years
ago BY the Grafton Press, and relating
especially TO the antiquities Of Egypt,
and President Grants visit 70 that
country. Along the Nile is now pub
Iished in a new edition.
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DISTRICT MILITIA
TO CAMP NEARBY
Washington Soldiers VIII
Not Go to Big Pine Plains
ManeuVeTS.

II has bee1 decided by the War De-
partment that the District Of Colum-
bia militia will lot be sent 10 the big
maneuver camp 70 be established at
Pine Plains, n. Y, Instead separate
camp will be established for the Dis
trict ana Maryland militia al some PORT
in Maryland near Washington. No suit
able location has been found, and Col.
Weaver, c-lief CT the militia division, is
having difficulty finding a site.
The change iH plans was made e. 8
matter Of economy, as the cost Of send
ing the District militia 10 Pine Plains
would be heavy. All the militia Vi Della
ware and half Oh that OF New Jersey
are to participate n the coast defense
inaneuvers, and. as Pennsylvania Is go
ing 10 send but one regiment 10 Pine
Plains. this leaves but a small detach-
ment for 50 long a trip.
The District militia declined to par
ticipate in tie coast defense maneuvsrs
at Forts Washington and Hunt on the
Potomac. below Washington. This &C
ton is not understood by the War De-
partmsnt
The ntaneuver camp at Pine Plains IS
10 be one OF the largest and most con-
plete ever established by the War De
partment for combined maneuvers b.
the regular army and the organized
militia OF the various States.
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Rene Bazin,s &c Nun8 IN EngIish.

Rene Bazin's great novel, The Nun"
(''L' Isolee"J, viii be brought out In
this country In a translation very short
" by Charles Scrfbner's Sons. n. Ba-
zin, who IS acknowledged to be one Of
the first. II not the first. among French
novelists OF today was recently re-
Gently made a member Of the French
Academy. HIS earlier novels. la Terre
qui Meurt." 'Une Tache d 'Encir." Les
Oberle," etc, established his fame Sc
curely in France and Europe, and The
Nun which has already passed It's
hfty-eighth edition in France, created
a peculiarly deep impression through
its striking ard brilliant treatment Of
a question of the moment II is the
story Of FIVE nurs who are Surned back
into the world through the closing OF
their school by the recent French law.
fHt4teE Hla4 tu-if Ials=. lEh 600
and unhappy. are described with a sim
plicity. a power and vigor or expression
that make an absorbing story and
novel far above the Ordinary. THE
Nun will be published on the 18th OF
March.
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Shut out OF Russia.

Russia, the relentless censor. keeps
on surprising Americans, who, even
while they are forewarned Of her atti-
tude. are never quite prepared for the
significance Of an incident like the fol-
lowing. Back to New York from the
Russian frontier, stamped with the Of
fetal displeasuFe OF the censor. show
ing half a dozen registered pOstmarks,
a dark seal Of red winged with the inn
perial eagles, and bearing on its paper
wrapper the clean-cut inscription Re
fuse par Ia Censure EtrRngere de Var
sOvie," comes The Memoirs OF a Rus
sian Governor 10 whose author, Prince
UrussOv himself. tbs book had been
consigned.
The volume was sent TO the prince
IN complimentary courtesy by Mr.. Her
man ROsenthal. translator OF the Rus
elan original, and il was returned 70
him at the address affixed BY the
sender, the AstOr Library. There will
perhaps be some free discussion Of this
incident in America. Refused by the
foreign censor at Warsaw" has said
all that Russia has TO say.
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peet is a vigorous effort by Con-
gress, now seemingly established as
the only body with real powers over
railroads, to make the most of those
powers. Congress ought to do a
few things without delay. Among
them are.
1t should pass the Fulton bill, Civ
ing the Interstate Commission
power TO prevent increases in rates
when circumstances Justify
1t should give the Interstate Com
mission power of initiative in the
matter of all rate control and regu-
lation measures.
1t. should provide for a physical
valuation of the entire system of
railroads.
1t should promptly give the com
mission the S75O,OOO which has
been asked with which to put into
effect the provisions of section 20
of the rate law relating to control
and supervision of accounts, and
the requirement that accounting
methods be uniform.
These four things-this session,
and at least.