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"That's what any good, brave wo-.
man would do" he said.
''It must be done. haven't seen Al
meric since last night I must see him
now. I've shirked facing him today.
He has always been SO light and gay
that dread seeing him bending under
this blow. 1t is my duty to help him
bear It."
Eyes: it's your duty all right"
''Then you think am right. You
agree
"Yes: agree" he answered gravely.
II give my consent TO your marriage"
"You do. cried Ethel. And there
was a distinct horror in her tone. Il
was as II the idea shocked her.
'T'll place IL In your hands," he an
swered and then was rudely twirled
about by Horace. who had approached.
~ protest against thisr cried the
young man. "She does not know
what she's doing. ! for one won't
have itr'
TOO later' cried Ethel. with chok.
Ing sob .He's consentedT'
And with a bowed head she ran from
them into the hotel.
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Synopsis Of Preceding Chapter.


CHAPTER I.-Daniel Voorhees, Pike,
a rising young Kokomo Ind. lawyer,
hears that his ward, Ethel Granger
Simpson, is to be married abroad to the
his Of an English earl. His father was
son nearest friend, and he has long loved
the girl. He goes abroad TO arrange
with her the business matters connected
with her marriage. II-Ethel Granger
Simpson and her brother, Horace, have
become anglomaniacs and are spending
much Of their late fathers fortune III
travel and entertaining. They become
intimate with Lady Greech, the Earl OF
Hawcastle, his son, Almeric 81. Aubyn,
and Comtesse de Chainpigny, an adven-
turess and associate of the earis. they
are at hotel at Sorrento, Italy. Ethel
promises to marry the son because she
Graves a title. III-The Russian Grand
Duke Vasili is shortly to arrive at the
same hotel incognito as Herr Won Grol-
lerhagen. IV.-The Earl OF Hawcastle
is in need Of money and wants his son to
get a huge settlement OF money at MS
marriage to Ethel. An escaped Russian
bandit is located at Sorrento. N-tor
some reason the comtesse fears the AL
legged bandit is ono Ivanoff. Almeric
tells his father Ethel has accepted him.
VI-Horace agrees to persuade his sister
Ethel to settle $7so,ooo on Almeric. VII
Ethel tells Horace of her delight at the
prospect of her coming marriage into
the ancient family of the St. Aubyns.
yIII-yon Grollerhagen arrives with
Daniel VOORHEES, Pike on foot, their auto
having broken down. IX-Harold. Ethel
and the Hawcastle party are disguised
with what they term the American
manners. Of Pike. She tells Pike OF
her identity, as he had failed to recog.
uize her in her European clothes and
Furopean department. X-Pike refuses
TO consent as her guardian to her settling
$3.50 600 on Almeric, and Ethel IS en-.
ragged at him. XI.-The Russian re-
fugee meets Pike, and the latter shows
him a place to hide from the Italian po-
lice. Won Groileihagen aids Pike to dc
this. XII.-The fugitive tells Won Grol'
lerhagen and Pike how he came to be
present to the Siberian mines. Horace
falls in love with the adventures. the
comtesse. XIII-Pike tells Ethel that
he can never forget how she used &c
sing .Sweet Genevieve" back home in
Indiana. xIv-Hawcastle tells Pike
that be will have him put in jail fo'
sheltering fugitive from justice unless
Pike gives his consent to Ethels mar.
rage with Almeric. Xv-Pike lean {
that Hawcastle has had a checkerec
career in St. Petersburg and that hs
stole the wife of Ivanoff, the Russian
fugitive xvI-von Groaerhagen is re
vealed as the Russian grand duke. Haw
castle and the comtesse (Ivanoffs faith
less wife) are confronted by Ivanoff
and they are horihed at the dicevery o
their awful secret.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
MISUNDERSTOOD.

- ADY CREEcH was out early the
next morning. Perhaps she had
a hope that something might be
saved from the wreck and rec.
objected the ancient adage about the
early bird. She was seated on the ter.
race having breakfast and keeping a
keen eye on the main entrance when
the hopeful Almeric appeared. yawn-
Ing and lpexpressibly bored.
.Mornin'. aunt he said
where's your father. Almericr she
demanded.
aFlew the bally coop for Naples last
night. Seemed TO be Jolly well upset,
you know. Feared this beastly convict
cnap would take shot at him or
something like that
Lady creech snorted.
"He always was n fool. Bah! He
should have stayed. Where's the
countessr-
NAPLES: 70 look after the governor,
I'd say. Went OF this morning. Beast.
~ about this convict chap. you know
What's 20 become Of himT'
II can at least give you some infor.
nation" the old lady replied. This
grand duke persons obtained for the
fellow pardon by telegraph from st
Petersburg"
"TIow's the dear Ethel this morn.
mgr asked AlmerIc when be had d.
gested bis establishment.
'13ehavIng very peculiarly--outra.
! geously, ! might say"
"HowT demanded Almeric. sitting a
! yawn.
shedding tears over this Ivanors
story. What's more. she has sent tina,
dreadful Pike person to him with as
\ sistance."
Money! by Jovei Good girl! Buy
ing the beggar or 10 keep him from
making scandal for as. How's thatY
Lady crecch looked at him with
something akin to admiration.
"Almericl How clever Of youl OF
course she Is. Your father will BE-
pleased. What a pity he didn't waitr'
Daniel appeared at the top Of the
steps and. seeing the pair. came slowly
toward them. As be reached the table
where they sat be addressed AImeric.
Your pa seemed In a hurry last
night" he said.
Almeric started violently, but LadJ
Creech arose and. with a naughty
glance, swept into the hotel Pike
looked after her and then back to AL
meric.
"oh, yes" the latter answered. HAD
20 catch a traln-tbe pater bad-he'l
easily worried by tri1es. you know"
well. you don't worry-not too
easy, do you. sonr
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N.alrsHul.

With mingled awe and establishment
we have been watching the gentleman
st the next table eating spaghetti lie
has n way Of catching Il on bis fork
winding II around and around and
tossing II IN with free arm move
ment akin 90 that OF a hired bani
pitching has into a NOW.
"Yes." he says to his friend. who
has been watching him with as much
interest as We have. I'm an expert
on spaghetti"
II believe H." remarks his friend.
'you bet. Why. know forty Oh
ferent ways Of cooking t."
And do you know but the enc Wa
Of eating ItY' asks his friend.
For the moment we are inclined g
send good cigar 20 the frlcnd.-Chi.
cago Post
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"Your father and mother-both-
came from Missouri, didn't theyT'
He sighed heavily. and she hung her
head. Hawcastle looked toward the
open door of the room and touched his
son upon the shoulder. When they had
reached the door the earl looked back
and shook his fist at Pike.
"You haven't heard the last Of this.
curse you" he said and disappeared
quickly Lady Creech. who had been
! in a semi-swooning condition. came
suddenly out Of her trance and gazed
sharply about her.
Don't humble your words" she
said sharply and rose to her feet
With a whitening glance at Pike she
turned TO Ethel.
"Come. my DEAR" she said. This
terrible place is not for you. Let us
| 60"
Horace came suddenly to life and
closed his dropping jaw. He stepped
| forward and faced the old lady.
"My sister will remain for a time.
Lady Creech." he said. II will look
after her-in the future"
Lady Creech put up her lorgnette
and stared at him and with naughty
sniff left the room with the air Of n
conqueror. Pike gazed after her whim-
sically.
There goes the last Of the EN-
presses" he said and looked down at
his feet.
Twice Ethel essayed to speak. and
twice she put out her hand In his di.
rection. and both times she failed.
Then. with a choking little sob. she
picked up her dress and fairly ran
from the room. Horace followed her
quickly. and still Pike stood there In
an attitude Of incomprehension-
The point be had striven for had
failed. He had shown this girl the
true rottenness Of the people she had
tried 20 hard to ally herself with. and
the knowledge had failed to move her
His brilliant plan had recoiled upon
his own head and had resulted In more
firmly implanting q sense Of duty In
her heart He saw no way out now,
At irst II had been q desire-now II
had become q duty. and be wondered
II he had the right to withhold from
her her patrimony.
/ Il was not until be saw Q DARK
figure with a bag In its hand walk
quickly down the steps and out through
L the entrance garden. not until be ha(
heard the creak of carriage spring.
and the muttered directions and ther
the crunch Of the wheels. chat b
, awoke. He called a passing servant
Mariana. 1t proved II be-and question
ed him.
|. who was tbatT' he asked.
Mariana bowed deeply.
1T Is milor' the Earl Of Hawcastle,
: be replied. He has gone to keep thu
, appointment he have made some day
|. since at Napoli. II is said"
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caSueE
Won Grollerhagen smiled. Ribiere
stepped forward and addressed Haw.
castle directly.
"Alore respect. sirr' he cried. "You
are addressing the Grand Duke vasili
of Russia"
Hawcastle paled and fairly stagger
ed into the arms Of his son, who
reeled from the shock. The Others
stared uncomprehendingly, and Pike
looked up with curious frightened
look upon his lean face. Quite slowly
he moved to the table and rested a
hand upon it and with the other ca,
ressed his chin. His eyes were look
Ing straight ahead. and he murmured
in awestruck tones:
"Good Lord. And think what-why
I've been calling him-doc."
The grand duke perceived the agi
tation on Pixies face and came for
ward to take his hand.
my friend" he said gently, 1T has
been refreshing" He spoke TO Ribiere
Il shall take the man lvanoff's state
ment in writing. Bring him to mt
with you"
He turned on his heel quickly and
went OF through the door on the othel
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.0h. one nnds nothing particular
this morning to bother one" the
young man replied. yawning. "Noth-
ing at all. OF course Miss Ethel n
standing to her promiseT'
"Yes. she is" replied Pike grimly.
and Almeric went on:
"Ye-es. the governor only thought II
best 70 clear out q bit until we were
certain that she manages to draw OF
this convict ehap-what you Amen-
cans call 'afixing him isn't itT'
Pike lifted q warning hand.
.Don't try to talk United States. SOC
Just tell me in your own way"
why" replied Almeric. shes been
giving him money. hasn't she? You
took Il to him yourself. didn't you? Nat.
rralIy we understood what II was for.
She's trying TO keep the beggar quiet"
so that's what she sent the poor
cuss the money for. was itf That's
the way you look at II, ehY' the Amer
lean asked.
.why. OF coursei What other rea.
son could there be7" asked the other.
well. you know I'd sort Of gath
cred Il was because she was sorry for
him--thoueht he'd been wronged, but.
Of course. I'm stupidg'
.Wcll. ray-tber! ! don't know that
II was so necessary for her TO hush
him up. but Il showed very worthy
intention IN her. didn't II. eh. nowT'
Pike looked at him carefully.
would sou mind my being present
when you thank her for itT' he asked.
and Almeric laughed riotously.
Shouldn't 10 the least II I intended
to thank her. II simply shows that
she considers herself already one Of
Us. It's perfectly plaln-as plain as
you are. chr
lie walked of whlstllng.
Pike gazed after him with an admi
rable chuckle. As be turned about be
saw Ethel standing ut the head of the
steps, and there was a sad look upon
her face.
II hear that Dord Hawcastle has
left" she said quietly.
"Yes. saw him 90 last night he
answered, looking up at her.
"He left very quickly" she said CD.
sently.
HE did seem 10 be forgetting the
scenery" the American replied. DIX
you see 1vanoffT
@Yes. ] am almost sorry. He made
30 much of-what could do"
4 There are some good people oveI
here, mint thereT' he yentured. and
sbe looxed at him quickly.
awhen you are at home again I hope
you will remember them" she said.
Il will," he replied.
-And hope you yin forget every.
thing ever said" sie went on.
Somehow IL doesn't seem likely Q,
II / ever would" be returned.
"Oh, yes. you will.' she said. aAil
those unkind things said to YOU
"0h. Ill forget those easy" he 10.
terrupted quickly. and she went on
almost tearfuliy:
"And the other things, too, when
you're once more among your kind
good home folks-and probably there's
one-you'll be 50 glad TO get back &c
you'll hardly know you've been away
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Vdau Of Russt1i-
side OF the room that led to bis private
chamber. when he bad gone Ribiere
touched 1vanof on the shoulder as Q
signal. and the stricken man arose.
One glance be cast upon the guilty
woman. who shrank so shiveringly
into a corner as he gazed upon her,
and then said:
Il woui: not touch you-even &c
strangle YOU and then to the thun'
derstruck Hawcastle be said:
God win let me pay my debt to the
Earl OF Hawcastle"'
In an instant he was gone. and Haw
castle. pale with rage and anguish
strobe forward TO Pike. who was smil
ing.
swhy. you the earl began, but
Daniel raised his hand. He spoke soft
", even gcnially.
@oh, hated 70 hand you this. my
lord" he said. 81 didn't come over
here 70 make the fine flower OF Europe
any more trouble than they've got.
But I had 10 show John Simpsons
daughter. and I reckon now she amt
wanting any alliance with the rem
nants Of Crecy and Agincourt."
From the other side Of the sofa,
where she had been sobbing on her
brothers shoulder, Ethel came trem-
blIngIy.
Il have no choice" she said slowly.
aYou see. gave Almeric my promise
when thought II an honor 20 bear bis
name. Now that you have shown me
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CHAPTER XVI.
FACE 10 FACE


KF the roof Of the building had col.
lapsed and had left the persons
there assembled 10 the room con-
fronting death itself. there could
have been no more complete astonish-
ment
II was Horace who first appreciated
the somberness Of the crouching. ter
ror stricken woman upon the floor.
"Helener' be whispered, but Pike
stepped forward and waved him back.
ayou stand backw said the lawyer.
ashe's his wife" And at the words
Horace fairly staggered. Daniel went
on. pointing TO the cringing Hawcas-
tie, And there's his best friend"
The words seemed 10 rouse some Of
the fighting St Aubyn instinct in the
earl, and his eyes flashed.
Its lie be cried hoarsely. 81 nev.
er saw the man 10 all my life before
The lady seemed 70 recognize him.
said Pike grimly. II guess you won't
have 70 jab your memory too hard.
It's only ten years TO St Petersburg,
Mr.. Glenwoodw
"AlmerIc. 20 for the polIcer' ordered
the earl.
NO. no. cried the countess. Il
can't stand It's
Pike laid his hand upon Ivanors
shoulder and spoke loudly:
.call 'em IN. We're readyr'
Almeric. with a frightened glance
around. stepped TO the doors and threw
them wide. calling as be reached the
passage:
TEL that officer TO bring bis men
herer'
lie turned and again entered the
room, and Pixies face III up unpleas.
hntly as be looked az him. then soften.
ed as he turned 20 Ethel
Il want you always 70 remember
that consider Il cheap at the price"
be said.
There was a quick step without. and
Won Grolierhagen entered, followed By
Ribiere. For an instant be glanced
about the circle and then spoke 10 q
clear. ringing voice.
There will be no arrests tonight, ms
friends" be said. and az the words
Hawcastle. sneerrd openly.
This man goes. tooF' be declared
violently. Gall those carabinieriT' b.
reiterated 10 AImeric.
Won Grollerbagen smiled sweetlJ
and raised bis hand deprecatingly.
''The officer IL not there. You see
the caHbinlefi have been withdrawn.
He turned 70 Daniel. For you. ms
friend. ! have relingulshed my incoy
nito." Pike stared at him uncompro
misingiy. and the German turned &
Lord HawcastIe.
This man ivanoff." be said. IS Il
my custody"
For a moment the two men measur
ed each other. and then Hawcasti'
burst out violently:
by whose authorityf DO sou know
you are speaking TO the Earl Of Haw
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M.lba and n. Old Woman.

Nine. Melba once said that the most
pathetic incident In her career occur
red when she was singing nc Phiia.
dolphin. "when left the academy
she says. "my arms were full Of ross
A white haired woman stepped far'
ward and said: God bless your beau
tIfuI heart. ! have been waiting 10 TIC
snow for you TO come out. Your voice
IL the most beautiful thing IN the
world. VIII you give me rose III
keep In memory OF III There sne
stood. white haired. IN the drivins
snow. poorly clad In black and Wild
lines of grief and age scanned on u,
face. waiting 10 tell me that hao
made her happy. ! gave her ever,
flower I had. kissed her on bon
cheeks. and we cried together"
Il see that your boy has q litu'
hntchet." =.
YES. But fear he'll never mas'
a president" =.
doesn't chop down your favor''
cherry trees. chr ,,s
mo. lie chops up my favorite
stIcks.r-w Washington Herald.
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twilight And shall be far away.
Keeping the promise that have made
and living out-my destiny"
what destinyf' he asked grayely.
II am hound to Almeric by bis mis-.
fortune. He has 10 bear name that Is
disgraced. and II is my duty 70 help
BIN bear ito help him make II hon.
orable again. to inspire him I'm the
struggle that lies before him to rise
above Il By his own efforts, IN the
product OF his WORK.
Work. asked Pike IN astonishment
Yes" she went on. mo matter how
hsmbly he begins and no matter what
II costs me. must be with him, help.
Ing him. Isn't that truefv
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-21
China's Railroads.

Cable reports are that China has
withdrawn from the controversy over
the Antung-Mukden railroad and DIN
cides with Japan in all important par
ticulars. To an American 1t seemed
all along that If Japan were going to
reconstruct the road II would as well
make it a standard and useful prop
erty. There is a political and stra-
tegic side, as we always hear In these
observation-disclosures operations,
but it seems absurd to make a RAM
shackle railroad when the power in
charge would like to improve the
world with a standard gauge, Ameri
ca%n-euuipped line. If the Portsmouth
treaty engaged Russia and japan to
exploit Manchuria solely for CONNER
cial urpose the making of a cheap
railroad would not improve matters.
There are only $50 miles of it at the
worst. The best guess is that China
was only saving its face.
The Standardization of the road
does make It a useful military high
way and gives Japan access to the
wheat country Of Manchuria, but 1t
does not hurt China and China, as
well as all the civilized world, needs
all the short, standard, practical rail-
roads It can get. China has 10000
coolies at work fastening the compile
ton of the Tientsin-Pukow road. 1t
is planning a vast northwest system
through Mongolia. Rail-making
plants are being erected and schools
of engineering established. Incident
ally it should interest Americans to
learn that every district on this north
western system will plant 10000 elm
trees for future ties. China's wide
plans for railroads should, the novice
American being the judge, incline its
officials to help out high-class roads
everywhere. China cannot fight, but
it can connect railroads and use them
to advantage. When an S0O-mile road
is still only half way across the en-
pire China has no energy to waste on
little, narrow gauge connecting lines
in the Japanese zone of Manchuria.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-21
The Hannis Taylor Diagnosis.

DR.. Hannis Taylor, once minister to
Spain as a democrat, gives a moment
of profound and disinterested study to
the political situation. He decides
that the democratic party is so near
dissolution that 1t will never again
set a formidable squadron to he
charge. DR.. Taylor's ability to pass
a di~spassionate judgment will be gen.
orally acknowledged. The only way
of replying to his calm opinion is to
assert that he poisoned his grand
mother or chews plug tobacco or
shores when he sleeps. The eminent
diplomat has a clean score and his
diagnosis will go far toward ~convinc-
ing the country.
Old parties, DR.. Taylor continues,
give place to new. An old party be-
comes conservative. another party
takes a radical view and sooner or
later wins, In the United States the
democratic party, either in its old or
It's new guise is really not radical or
novel. 1t has simply declared an op-
position and has three times proven
its unpopularity and incompetence
without inspiring hope.
The tariff reform cause is not an
issue for democrats. but, IL for any
set of men. for Dolliver, Cummins,
Murdoch and the Minnesotans.
DR.. Taylor mentions the party
solidihcstion OF 1920, out Of which
grew the division into whig and demo
crat, but can not make the analogy
apply. The election OF Mr.. Taft would
as well have been unanimous in the
electoral college, as far as effect on
the country was concerned. except fol-
other differences to keep the two old
organizations apart and alive, 1t IL
true that the democratic party has not
much out of which to create a victory
but there is nothing else to supplant
IT, Its destiny is TO wriggle along in
a cheap opportunism, beaten az every
election, until a real issue arises. The
democratic party exists on the coloret
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-21
PERSONAL NOTES.

A Texas inventor has organized a $1,000
600 company to run mail. passenger, and
freight airships to all parts Of the country.
The news has not caused any railroad re-
ce%iverships SO far.
Jefferson Nichols Of Butler, Mo-, whose
residence was inundated by the recent
flood in the Cynges river, caught a bushel
of fish in his dining room, wher they
were carried by the rising waters.
Missouri is about to be Shown" Some
400 new laws passed by the last state legis-
Iature went into effect there today. Cigar
cites are put nuder the ban; Columbus day,
October 70, becomes a legal holiday; mar
riages between Caucasians and M%ongolians
are prohibited; 1t is made a felony to steal
a hog.
DIR. Milo Pecanna, who by the death Of
DR.. Alfonso Penna has become president
OF Brazil, is an experienced though not old
administrator, with a remarkable gift for
financial administration, his transforma-
ton of the fiscal condition Of the state OF
Rio de Janiero during his presidency beinE
one Of the most remarkable in the history
of Latin-American financlering.
Sir Frederick Pollock, one of the fore
most English jurists and author OF that
treatise on the Law of Torts," with which
nearly every American first-year Law
student is familiar, has arrived in New
York. He Is a member of the Royal Labor
Commission, corpus profess of jurisprud.
ence at oxford, fellow of the British acad.
envy and honorable fellow of Corpus
Christi college. oxford.
Marshall Bell, a wealthy resident Of
Newburg, n. Y, caused something Of
surprise recently by filing a voluntary ap
plication to be a~djudged a bankrupt, Hi
liabilities were stated to be $112,0 00, but OF
the day fixed for creditors to appear
claims to the amount of 1900 only wert
presented. In his application Bell alleged
that he got into a brace game OF faro il
New York City and played rashly until h,
lost all the cash he had with him ant
gave in addition his notes for Sic, 1000.