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Billy Murgatroyd, a little while ago
Eyou asked whether I could stand hav-
ing all this again; the past five years
of my life is my answer to that"
This reply brought to his wife's face
a look of pride, and unconsciously she
Strengthened up In. her chair; while
Shirley sighed perceptibly.
Laurie went on Murgatroyd, still
probing. but not unkindly. what are
you going to do with all this money!"
you'll have to ask Miriam bou
that" he returned quickly; and then
with a charming smile, he added: II
nave learned that a mans mission Is to
make money. and a woman's !"
Suddenly Challoner grew thoughtful
again.
ITO think of the time" he said, half
aloud, that it took Miriam N me to
save five hundred dollars!'
THAT five hundred that you saved"
commented Murgatroyd solemnly, sis
worth more to you than all this eight
hundred and sixty thousand
There's no mistake about that. either,
Murgatroyd,' spoke up Challoner
promptly; but, bending over his wife,
he added with a fascinating smile:
Miriam. you're going to let me build
that hospital, aren't your"
simultaneously with Miriam's mono
syllable answer, Murgatroyd glanced ct
Challoner sharply, not forgetting, quite
naturally, how easy in the past it had
been for the husband to get whatever
he wanted from his wife: his doubts,
however, were only momentary. for
presently he pushed the boxes toward
them, saying:
There it is-it all belongs to YOU"
But in all this Shirley had been
strangely silent.
MIR. Murgatroyd,'' she now said icily,
do you mean to tell us hat your only
motive in taking this money was to
save Mr.. ~Challoner?"
Murgatroyd took a few steps toward
her and regarded her coolly.
"No-and you alone were right. I
was bribed=I was corrupt was a
thief"
mo. not" cried out Shirley, relenting.
Yes" he went on mercilessly, sit is
true. 1t was my ambition that did 1t.
Besides, | was tempted by a
"A WOMAN faltered the girl. !.
Like Adam, Tn blaming it on Eve.
This woman wanted me to be. well,
really great
"You-'
yes" he persisted, II was bribed. 1
took the money. oh, you dom know
me. You don't know what / was
five years ago! 1t seemed to- me then
money was the only thing that
could make me really great. / knelt at
the shrine of money-loved 1t as a dip
somaiac loves his bottle
He paused; then he continued in a
voice.
Yes, / took money to acquit Challo-
ner. and then 1 convicted him. Why7|
Because the instinct within me to do
my duty was too strong to allow me to
otherwise. All the evidence was
him; he had confessed; I had
to convict him.
And the money ventured Shir-
ley.
Like a dipsomaniac-a reformed dip
somaniac--I put that money as he
might have his bottle, on the shelf
There it vast could nave 1t
time I wanted it.g His face be-
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entirely different aspect than they
would had he failed to obtain the sena-
torship. In the latter case 1t was in
evitable, no matter what moral sat
~isfaction he could derive from the re
turn of the money-and in fairness tt
Challoner be it said that he never onee
questioned it-that in addition TO The
humiliation of a ruined career, The
prosecutor would have 10 endure thu
modification of knowing that his los:
of self-respect was wholly futile. Bui
in any event, Challoner was too gener'
Gus not to accept without reservation
Murgatroyd's contention that, at leas1
in part. he was actuated by a praise
worthy desire to save his wife and hin
from the results of his designations. Tt
a man. such as Challcner now was, il
can easily be imagined, therefore, thai
he would regard that alone as suft-
cient reason to overlook everything else
and so rising. he grabbed impulsiyelH
Murgatroyd's hand. saying:
"Not another word. old man! It's
all right!'
Murgatroyd was visibly affected.
"Thank YOU he said simply. and
then added: "Only n thing more re-
mains to be done. Mrs. Challoner,
must ask you to break these seals
Miriam fdemurred.
"Oh. no, Mr.. Muragtroyd!" h said
surely you must know that l believe
you'"
But Murgatroyd insisted, and obeying
him finally, Miriam broke the seals,
and presently she showed 10 them the
securities, undisturbed, just as Murga-
troyd had taken them. dollar for dollar,
bond and bond.
Suddenly Murgatroyd felt a touch on
the arm.
and / believe you, Billy" said Shir'
ley contritely.
All enigmatical smile passed across
the prosecutors face.
do you indeed?' he said dryly, and
added: That's, perhaps, more than
had any right to expect"
A slight pucker showed on Miss
Bloodgood's beautiful brow, but she re.
piled, quite unrufied.
"Why. of course. I do. After all, you
were honest. weren't your And not
waiting for his answer. added lngenu-
ously: You We're not a thief"
Instantly the expression on Mursa-
troyd's face became a very serious one.
Yes, / was" he protested, ~ was q
thief" And with that he turned 10
Challoner and said in a voice of great
feeling: "Challoner, this money is your
wlfe's. Take 1t. And great God, man"
groaned, don't, don't forget what 1t
to you-what it made you years
ago"
Mrs. Challoner shivered at the prose.
tutors carnestness, but Challoner, hest
for a moment only, advanced and
said:
Wen take I. I'm not a bit afraid
now, Murgatroyd-for / know" And
holding out his hand. he continued
BILLY, If you hadn't taken it
where would I have been today?'
"Free-free as you are now" said
the other man in a low. strained tone.
Yes" assented Challoner. out OF
but"
Mrs. Challoner quickly rose put
an end to the conversation going on be-
tween the men.
"Corne, Laurie she said abruptly,
and holding out her hand. "good-by,
Mr. Murgatroydi I'm afraid we have
up altogether too much of your
Murgatroyd shook hands with the
-~halloners. but on Shirley making her
idieus. he said
May I have a ONE with you,
Miss Bloodgood? Won't yor wait.
,IaaeaoD tNA
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BY Dodd. Mead & Company.
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-
IT don't know" returned Murga
troyd calmly.
There was no question In the mindI
of the prosecutors visitors but tha
these boxes were the same that Miriam
had brought to him so long ago. fillet
with negotiable securities. to the ex'
tent-es Miriam was not likely to for
get-of eight hundred and sixty thou
sand dollars; but, as to their presen'
contents, all, naturally. We're at a los:
to conjecture. So, no one spoke, but
continued to wait expectantly FOL
M~urgatroyd to make the next move
Apparently, however, that was far from
hts intention, and after a momen shir'
Icy broke out with:
"Do you mean to say that you don
know what is in them?
Miss Bloodgood. there's only one
person in this room who knows that,
he replied quietly. Then turning tt
Mrs Challoner, ne went on in the same
tones
DO you see these s~eals?"
Yes" she whispered.
"Unbroken. are they not?"
YES" again she assented family.
t-well. then, you know what is inside
Of them. 1 do not"
IT, faltered Miriam. why
Then followed a moment of racking
suspense for all, except, perhaps, Muir
satyoyd.
MRS. C%halloner,' he resumed. you
told me once that there were sS6o,000 In
negotiable securities in these boxes. II
what you Their said was true, there they
are, coupons and all"
but, Mr.. Murgatroyd," protested
Mrs. Challoner, you said that you did
not have any money
Murgatroyd smiled.
81 spoke the truth. But vol -.
And now. to Challoner's great surprise,
Murgatroyd fixed his eyes on him, and
said in a voice that impressed them ali
the more, inasmuch as it was filed with
a kindly confidence rather tina with
d%istrust:
There's $3.50. 900 in those boxes, Chal-
Toner, belonging to your wife. Can yop
stand having it back again?" \
Challoner looked puzzled; for as
Miriam had told Shirley, he had had no
reason to believe that his wife's for
tune had not all been spent by them.
Slowly he began to understand. but he
was too overcome to speak. Presently
he found his voice and said:
"Can I stand
Yes" interrupted Murgatroyd, you
know what money did for you before
what it led to-" He broke off abruptly,
and turning to Shirley he added 81
told you onces~Miss Bloodgood, that
there was but one way to cure a bad
millionaire. but one way to reformshim.
and that was to take away his millions.
Well, 7 took away his
All eyes now rested on Challonef,
who. oblivious to hts surroundings.
seemed lost In thought, and who can
tell what dresn,s may come to one sud-
denly lifted from the depths of poverty
again to affluence, But in any
event, looking the prosecutor straight In
the face he said in an easy. determined.
voice:
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what for. MY dear? Are you going
to lynch him2''
Blushing f%uriously, Shirley waved
her hand at the boxes on the table and
said:
Billy says that you've gone off and
forgotten all your money!
The End. h
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it and called:
Miriam. Laurie. come here-come
backi'
One look at the lace Of the girl that
she had left in the Office WAS sufficient
to tell Miriam that she had great news
to communicate. Nevertheless, she
asked innocently:
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the strength Of the wind Zppe ships
strated ability
VIII proceed under comparab favorable conditions
their predecessors the
PEELED to adhere certain wind directions
and undoubtedly
The expedition will certainly
arctic regions but climatic peris will
danger is also unmpoan but the the provide difficulties
for the sun constantly the
of supendou
will possible
ably suited for the The
loon engineering problem
Fog that arch Of the all atud
phenomenon the during
the Fran,
sixteen IN August On the other hand the
but OF the visible
obstacle that Count
technical difficulty Of considerably
the ordinary astronomical equipment the
mariners absolutely
This Will Weman
to be carried out
the flight.
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his socialistic views. In 1903 she was
In st. Petersburg on a visit to her un-
Gle, Robert s. Mccormick, then ambas-
sador from the United States to Rus
sia. There she met Count Gizycki, a
man twice her age, with a reputation
as spendthrift and rake.
The following year Count Gizycki
came to Washington and renewed his
acquaintance with Miss Patterson. His
wooing was fast and furious and the
girl was carried away by his polished
manner and the glitter of his title.
Despite all objection, in two weeks she
married him. Her mother settled $780,
600 year upon her and she and the
count went to Vienna Then the trou-
ble began. The counts extravaganza
and gambling habits at the Austrian
capital plunged him deeper in debt
than before, and because of his dissi-
pations he became the mock of Eu-
rope
In March, 1908, came the crisis. The
countess taxed her husband with his
wild habits and the nobleman knocked
her down with his fist. They separat-
ed and she went to London with her
baby, the Countess Felicia, beginning
an action for divorce in Paris, a suit
which ultimately she won. In April,
1908, in connection with her suit, she
crossed from London to Paris, leav-
ing the baby countess in charge of a
nurse just outside the British capital
In the hope of stopping the suit for
divorce and of forcing more money
from his wife, the count made a rush
trip to England stole the baby and
carried her to Vienna, where he Sc
creted her in one of his castles Just
outside the city. The countess was
frantic over the loss of the child and
employed detectives by the score to
trace the baby Once Felicia was To-
Gated the authorities interposed so
many barriers against the mother that
the count had ample time to carry the
little countess to a castle near st. Pc
tersburg.
Meanwhile Joseph Medill Mccormick
and another member of the Patterson
and Mccormick families we're Bringing
every influence to bear on the courts
OF France and Russia to recover Fe-
licia legally. 1t was not until secret
compact, which never has been clearly
explained. was entered into with the
Car, mainly through the work of for
mer Ambassador Mccormick. that an
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PEASANT AND THE DIAMOND.

Monster Stone Found by Antoine in
an Abandoned Prospect.
Let me give you the actual episode
of Antoine. Antoine was so humble a
peasant that when he left Vierzon and
took up prospecting In South Africa,
nobody asked what his other name
was, Franklin Clarkins says In Every.
body's. Having no capital save his
muscles, he asked leave to dig, on
shares, claim on the Vaal River with
which one prospector after another
had become discouraged. Antoine got
Kaffir boy to help. The yield was
pitiful He asked the boy to stop work
Ing the center and try the side. When
the boy did not understand Antoine
impatiently drove his own pick in the
place designated.
Suddenly (says one who knew him
on that day. he was spellbound at
sight of large stone-a diamond. For
some moments he could not move and
could not speak. He feared 1t was an
Illusion, like the mirage Of water
which appears to men long athirst. He
expected 1t to vanish If he winked an
eyelash. Collecting his energies, he
darted forward and clutched the stone.
Such was the tumult within him that
for two days he was unable to eat or
do anything but laugh and cry!"
Now, back home in Vierzon, where
he had been peasant, he sits, as you
may see, in comfort and content, with
a glass replica of the diamond on the
tip of his weather vane, for the stone
itself weighed 2SS carats in the rough,
12O carats when cut and those who
purchased it paid hundreds of thou.
sands Of dollars to possess it.
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SEED OF THE VIOLET.

Flower Blooms Twice in a Season
Has an Explosive Pod.
The common wild violet affords one
Of the most remarkable illustrations
of the care and apparent forethought
of nature In preserving a species,
writer in the st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat says. AS everybody knows, the
violet grows in the shade, in pastures,
woods and fields where the grass Is
abundant and long 1t comes up early
in the spring and flowers at a time
when the grass is most abundant and
succulent. OF course, it is liable to
be cut down by the scythe, but much
more likely it Is to be bitten off by
grazing animals.
The violets that come in the spring
either do not seed at all or very spar
ingly. But in the late fall the plant
bears another crop Of blossoms that.
are never seen save by the profession
al Dotanist. They are very small, ut
terly Insignificant in appearance, and
grow either just at or below the sur
face Of the ground. These are the
flowers which produce the seeds for
the next season. The flowers on long
stems blooming in spring are only for
show; the hidden flowers are foi use,
and the number of seeds they bear
may be judged from the ease with
which a wild violet bed spreads.
When the seeds are ripe the pod ex'
plodes, scattering them to a consider.
able distance, often to ten or twelve
feet from the parent plant, so that In
spite of its boastful modesty the vio-
let not only takes care OF Itself, buI
becomes troublesome aggressor.
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MOST RARE OF AUTOGRAPHS

That of Thomas Lynch, Jr., SfEner
of Declaration, of Great Value.
What is the most expensive auto
graph you ever sold?" inquired the re-
porter.
That Of Thomas Lynch, Jr.," an
swered the dealer The reporter look
ed perfectly blank. Never heard of
him." he confessed.
We'll, he was signer of the Dec
laration Of Independence. He signed
it as proxy for his father, who was Ill
at the time. Soon after he went to
sea and was never heard of aagin.
Now autographs of Declaration sign
ers are much sought by collectors
None approach, in rarity those of
Thomas Lynch, Jr. In fact, so far as
l know, there Is only one in existence.
This is affixed to an autograph let.
ter address by Lynch to George Wash
ington, which lends it additional value.
1t was owned at one time by Jared
Sparks, president of Harvard College.
Subsequently It passed to Thomas Ad-
dis Emmett, from whom bought it for
the sum of $4,000. l sold 1t to Au-
gustin DAILY, who was a keen auto.
graph collector, for $4,000. Later, EN-.
met repented Of letting the autograph
go from his possession, and secured 1t
from DAILY for $3.50, presenting it af-
terward to the Lenox library, New
York, where 1t now Is"
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in advancing the of suffrage to which she
recently became convert Her daughter the Duchess
of Marlborough formerly Consueo Vanderbilt, is also
known for her phlanthropies among the London poor
Miss Giulia Morosni, daughter and heress of the ia
banker who passed away about year ago. spends
large in aiding children in New York, especially
Christmas time She gives largely also to charitable
institutions Mrs. Harold F. Mccormick Of Chicago,
formerly Miss Edith Rockefeller had much to do with
the direction of the charitable done by her father
John D. Rockefeller before she married. and is said
to spend largely, though quietly, in aid of many
charities
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hfs7or ueN sAohy1s s Of tie ~ 6sAeens.
Kheh support HE AirshLo

HE Kaiser Count forces dis
of the north pole by arship The
made with the aid of the Zeppelin
constructed preliminary the
ANH latudes will be carried
N&AASGg Spzbgen during
this thrilled
patriotic
Ledger
the arctic which
finally fall
theological
things expected from the Zeppelinergel expedition.
Count Zeppelin and his meteorological
dscaim official intention of attempting
expedition
regions of the arctic and
know understands full well the real objective the expedition
00mi
within the radius action zeppeln arshps
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imperial decree compelled the count to
give up the custody of the girl. After
recovering her daughter the countess
hurried to Cherbourg and sailed for
New York City. From New York the
party hurried on to Chicago, where the
Countess Gizycki and the little Coun-
tess Felicia will reside in future,
pleased to have escaped from the tolls
of nobleman lost to all sense Of de-
cencY.
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of poverty and ignorance rather than to relieve
the sufferings Of those who poor and ignorant"
Miss Helen Goulds gifts likewise have been widely dis
tributed She has spent than $10O00,O00 of the
fortune left her by Jay Could her father Perhaps
methods of moneymakng have been widely
demned than those Of Jay Gould, but his daughter has
shown how great blessings can come from the wise
of money She has endowed schools and churches and
has given largely for relief and aid work the sol
ders and sailors of the United States army navy
Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont the first wife of William
K Vanderbilt gave 100000 to the Nassau Hospital at
Mneola, L. l. She has been actively interested in diet
kitchens for the poor of New York. Mrs Belmont
intends 1t Is said to spend part of her fortune
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Gated Dane. the children are instruct
ed in the schools as to dairying and
farming"
They are not" said the Dane, "but
they are taught the old Danish poems
(sagas) In the schools. That makes
good Danes Of the children, and then
they become good farmers"
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.tzmsn< Science
) |sszesslsesIhyef1tion : eseI


Germany has become the greatest
producer Of cocoa butter in the world,
turning out about 1000 tons year.
The best Turkish tobacco Is grown
in the low mountainous region border.
ing the south shore Of the Black Sea.
The entire fire department of Frank
fort-on-the-Main, Germany, Is to be
changed from horse to motor traction.
To prevent fraud in weighing, the
government Is having self-registering
scales built for use in customs ware
houses.
The paper on which the Bank of En-
land notes are printed has been made
by a secret process in the same mill
since 1719.
A resident of New Jersey has pat
ented a tapering stiletto on which
there is a sliding gauge to regulate
the size Of the holes 1t may make, to
save an embroidery worker from car
rying set Of tools Of different sizes.
Contrary to the general impression
that the country furnished by birth a
much larger percentage of leading men
in all walks of life than the city, DR..
Frederick Adams Woods arrives at the
conclusion that 1t Is the urban popula-
ton which takes the lead In this re-
spect. He bases his results on the
birthplace statistics given in a we'll
known volume containing brief biog-
raph1es of notable Americans TAX
ing the total urban and non-urban pop
ulations, he finds that the town shows
notably higher percentage of produc-
tiveness in the way of talent. This he
regards as consistent with the laws Of
heredity, since talent of all kinds
tends to seek the cities, and should be
expected, generally, to reproduce its
kind.
On Of the most interesting achieve
ments Of Lieutenant Shackleton's polar
expedition was the ascent of Mount
Erebus, the most southerly of all
known volcanoes, by party led by
Professor David. The highest peak
has an elevation of 1920 feet. An old
crater, filled with feldspar crystals,
pumice and sulphur, was found at the
height of 1000 feet. The active crater
at the summit is half a mile In diam
eter, and 800 feet deep. 1t was eject
Ing steam and sulphurous gases to a
height of 1000 feet when the party
visited 1t. The ascent was made in
March, 1908; In June the volcano was
very active, and photographs of the
eruption were made by moonlight.
The neighboring volcano Mount Ter.
ror, was inactive.
OF course the ocean is not as old as
the earth, because 1t could not be
formed until the surface of the globe
had sufficiently cooled to retain the
water upon it, but 1t seems chimerical
to try to measure the age of the sea.
Nevertheless Professor Jolly has under
taken the task, basing his estimate
upon the amount OF sodium 1t con-
talns to that annually contributed by
the washings from the continents. He
thus reaches the conclusion that the
ocean has been in existence between
SO,OOO,O00 and 170,0OO,OOO years. This
does not seem very definite determin.
alton, but then, in geology, estimates
OF time In years are extremely DIFF
ficult because Of the uncertainty of the
elements Of the calculation. The most
that can be said Of such results Is that
they are probable.
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Up to Date,

Drummer-So the coal oil got near
the butter and favored it, eh? l sup
pose you'll lose It?
Storekeeper Jason-Oh, no, stranger.
I've Just put sign over 1t, "Try the
New Petroleum Butter" and 1t Is 60
ing like hot cakes.
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title, none has been
a C C o mpanled by
more mental and
physical m | s g r y
than that Of Flea
nor Patterson, Of
Chicago, and Count
Gizycki, of Russian
Poland. The shat
tered romance be-
gan six years ago.
Eleanor Patterson
was the educated
a n d sweet-faced
daughter of Robert
w. Patterson, pub
Usher of the Chica-
go Tribune, and a
sister Of Joseph Me-
dill Patterson, a
young millionaire
widely known for
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How to Make a Farmer.

The foundation-stone of a nations
success is revealed in an article In
All Ireland Review. A friend of the
author was In Denmark, and was as
tonished at the amount of wealth got
out Of 80 poor country by da!ries
and by farming
mo doubt" said he to q well-edu-
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NATURAL Deduction.

II tell you," said the moralizer
honesty pays in the long run"
According to that" rejoined the de-
moralizer, II suppose dishonesty pay,
best for q short distance"
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Men are usually willing to arbitrate
only when the chances are they would
bs whipped In q nght-