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of speaking showed her to be nTedu-
Gated woman. Mrs. Power was de-
lighted with her and spoke much OF
the pleasure She felt in having SO in
telligent and sympathetic a compan-
ion. Altogether, thought had
reason to congratulate myself and
my professional brethren on the adj
dition TO the nursing staff ot our dis
posal.
Late one pctnb afternoon, after
a hard day S work, II drove down to
Lisfallan to visit my patient, whom
I had not seen for two or three days.
I,found Mrs. Power alone in the little
morning room where she usually sat,
although Sister Annals knitting-bas-
ket and web Of crimson fleece gave
token Of her recent presence.
Where 5 Is the sister, / asked,
during "a pause in the gossip with my
/ old friend which sueceeded our brief
professional interview
{, \ Look ont Of the, window" was
the reply.
/ went over to the deep bay-win-
dow, which formed one end of the
room, and, looking across the long
gardens stretching behind the house,
beheld Sister Anna, her prim cap laid
aside. her pretty head showing above
the soft gray shawl in which she had
wrapped herself and walking by her
side astall figure which / did not at
first recognize. This was Laurence,
Mrs. Powers nephew. He was clerk
in a bank, and hoped soonito be made
manager OF, a country branch.
The young people were by this
time coming up the steps leading
from the garden, ard presently they
entered the room. Sister Anna came
forward to speak to- me, a pink flush
on her usually Fale cheek, new
light nTherl pretty brown eyes. Laur-
ence Moore stood behind her, andex-
preston Of supreme content on his
handsome face, while Mrs. Power
looked on, quiet and keen-eyed. I
wondered IT, she were quite satisfied
at the turn affairs seemed to be TAX
ing.
Sister Anna went over to her pa
tient and made some change for the
better lin the arrangements of her
wraps and cushions. She then seated
herself in her usual low chair at the
opposite side Of the fire. After few
minutes more talk went away.
Laurence Moore accompanying me to
the doHr With an additional touch of
empressement in his always pleasant
manners T5s;
@I Igonder If he looks on me in the
ligN Of "a parent or guardian to be
pfopitiated, said to myself with
some amusement, as settled myself
comfortably In the brougnam. II
think q shall refuse my consent
i----'s~ tauerrsl may be its value. That girl
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t .
"Now for it." / said to myself, as I
undid the twine binding my precious
volumes, and prepared to examine
them more carefully than | had had
time to do since unearthed them
from the little, dark, secondhand
book shop that afternoon. There was
nothing remarkable about them; no
rare editions of well know classics
10 long. forgotten books, valuable
from theil very scarcity; merely a
few bound volumes of old magazines
and Il couple of the novels which had
delighted ME as 4 boy, and which
from old association were more pre-
cious in their original type and poll
ished leather binding than in the
spruce modern editions. Best ofNall
was copy of Dickens Master Hum
phrey's Clock with the woodcuts
that cannot now be reproduced. AS
] turned. them over,I became atboy
again. sitting in the old apple e>tree at
| the end of the garden at home, de-
vouring the thin, paper covered In,
stallments of the stories; laughing
and sometimes crying over them; as
the present day schoolboys, well
crammed and carefully examined stu
dents of literature as they are, are
too critical to do. adjusted my
reading lamp, drew my chair closer
to. the fire, and, forgetting alike the
CUP of coffee at my side and the pa
!! tient whose unusual symptoms had
worried me all day, lost myself in
The company of Nell and her grand
father, Mrs. farley, Miss Brass and
the Marchioness, seeing them with
the boys eyes, and adding to the pen
and pencil sketches a roundness and
completeness of detail drawn from
my imagination of fifty years ago,
and utterly lacking to my reading OF
later life. i
When had gone more than half
! through the SECOND volume, 1 came
upon large sheet of thin paper, COW
cred with neat, cramped writing. I
took it out and looked >at it. A mo-
ment's inspection showed me that. it
was will, written throughout in the
handwriting of the testator, Michael
Darcy, and dated two years before.
1t left interest in the farm of Carrig-.
nalea, with stock and implements, to
testator's brother, Patrick Darcy,
who was also named residuary Iega-
tee, while the sum of three thousand
pounds in railway stocks and other
investments was bequeathed to my
late wife's niece, Anastasia French
It was, as far as I could judge-and
I have had some experience in mat.
ters of the kind--properly executed,
signed and witnessed.
1t was odd to find an important
lncnment Of this sort hidden aSay.
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tion before? would make some in
quiries about the matter. next day,
however; it>would be easy to find out
all about Michael Darcy of Carrig-
nalea. Meantime, the will could re-
main between the leaves of Master
Humphreys Clock"
But the morrow found me flying
along by express train to the bedside
of my only son, who had met with a
dangerous accident. And for many
weeks I could think of nothing but
him, and of the best means of snatch
ing him from the extended arms Of
death. And when, by Gods mercy,
he was as safe from those clutches
as any one of us can ever be, Michael
Darcy, his will, heirs and executors
had faded out of my mind as COM
pletely as if they had never had en-
tered it, and the will was resting un-
disturbed in its hiding-place among
my books.
Some twelve months later, went
in the regular course Of my practice
to visit an old friend who was suffer.
ing from an acute attack of pneu-
monia. She was an elderly lady, liv-
ing alone some two or three miles
outside the city. Her servants were
faithful and attached; but in the abb
sence Of relatives, I thought 1t better
| to insist on the services Of trained
MUSE. So gave Mrs. Powers maid
a note addressed to the matron Of a
nursing institution in the city, asking
her to send me, if possible, ONE of
two trained nurses whom l named;
or. If this was out of her power, to
send some. one on whom she could
thoroughly rely.
On my return next morning,
found. not indeed one Of my old
friends, but bright, capahle-looking
young woman, whose manner of
answering my questions and taking
my directions impressed me favor
ably. She told me that she had not
long returned from her course of
training in one of the London hospi-
tails, and that this was the first seri-
Gus case of which she had had sole
charge. AS the the case, though seri-
Gus enough. was a simple one, l had
no hesitation inrleaving the nursing
of it in her hands, and a few days
observation showed me that, even If
it had been far more complicated,
should have been fully justified in SO
doing.
She was an excellent nurse, alert
and watchful, knowing exactly what
to do, and. doing it with the quiet
ease that comes Of long practice. AS
the patient grew better, and had
time to notice less important details,
perceived that Sister Anna, besides
being an excellent nurse, was very
attractive young woman. She had
pretty brown hair with golden lights
In it, waving and, ripping over a well
shaped, wcll-set head; her eyes were
dark brown. and her complexion,
though pale. clear and healthy-look-
ing. She was fairly tall and very
we'll built. with look OF strength
and vitality pleasant to see. Her
voice was low-toned and pleasant,
while her choice Of words and manner
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entersa sick-room. ~
S ~ am afraid it has to be, a long
engagement" said Mrs. Power. "They
cannot think of marrying until Laur-
ence is a manager, and even then it
would be wiser to wait until he has
saved something. You know mine
isSbut, life; income, so that beyond
some plate or an outfit of table linen
/ can do nothing to help"
Sister Anna made it clear that she
did not mind waiting. Then the con-
versation drifted to the subject of a
former talk about artificial hearts
made. of India-rubber, which were
warranted, according to Sister Anna,
never to ache.
Come, Anna; you cannot know
much about heartaches, at any rate.
Indeed, l had many one the
time of my uncle's DEATH" she an
swered. 81 do not know what !
should have done had 1 not been COM
PEELED to rouse myself and work"
Did your uncle know you would
I7haFe to work." asked Mrs. Power.
sNo; he thought that he had pro-
vided for fime. In fact, I am sure
that he did so; but the will could
never be. found, so everything went
to his brother"
.IIis brother? But why did not
/ you, his niece, come in for your
! share?p
aDon't you see, although called
him uncle, I was only his wife's niece,
Land in reality no relation whatever!
/ MY aunt was living when ] first came
! to them, so long ago that l can
l,searcely remember it; but she died
soon after, and then my uncle and
took care of each other. The old
lhouse was a pleasant place 1t did
lSnot look like a farmhouse, for there
lswere trees about it, and an old or
lEchard and garden. took care of the
garden. i wanted to manage the
dairy, too, but uncle said the work
would be too heavy for me-we had
| a good many cows-so there was a
regular dairy-maid, who never al
Flowed me. to interfere. I found 1t
hard to get cream for uncle's tea
sometimes; and l had to steal 1t
FwhenaI wanted 10 make hot cake,
she added, laughing.
! How did you employ yourself?'
asked Mrs. Power.
.Oh, had the house to. attend to,
and the poultry-yard, as well as the
lgarden. And then / used to read a
good deal-uncle had collection OF
books. He had been buying them all
This life, chiefly secondhand ones.
we used to get catalogues of second
hand books from the London dealers,
and sent for those we fancied most.
It was like putting into lottery,
believe some of the books were4valu-
able. There was an old copy OF, Mas
{, ter Humphreys Clock. with pictures
Limit, that used to delight me when
| was a child; pictures Of Nell, Quilp
and Dick Swiveller. I used to think
how mics it would be if uncle and
could 60 wandering about the world
like Nell and her grandfather; hav-
| ing the farm to come back to when
We were tired, of course"
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about Patrick Darcy: ana rnese III
quiries proved satisfactory, for in a
few days he informed me that Patrick
Darcy was a well-to-do man. and a
mark for far larger sum than the
one due to Anastasia Ffrench.
A day. or two later, therefore, ]
presented myself again at Mrs. Pow
er's.
II have brought you wedding
present, my DEAR" I said to Sister
Anna, handing her the three volumes
of Master Humphrey"
"Of course" I added, seeing the
look of surprise that Mrs. Power
could not entirely conceal, you shall
have the orthodovx bracelet or claret-
jug later on; this is only prelim-
mary
Indeed, DR.. Moran, said Sis,
ter Anna, II don't think anything
could give me greater pleasure tb IN
this; it is just like the copy of 'Mac
ter Humphrey we had at home.
Why, 1 do believe it is the actual
book. Here is the pencil mark that
poor uncle was so angry with me for
making. Where did you get this.
DR.. Moran? Was it from Patrick
Darcy?"
II bought it, my dear, at second
hand book shop, year or two ago.
1t was only the other day 1 discov-
cred that you had an interest in it.
Turn to the picture Of Barnaby and
his raven. think you will find
something there that. concerns you."
She turned the pages with prac-
ticed hand, until she reached the one
she sought.
"Oh!" she exclaimed, "here Is my
uncle's writing. How strange it
seems to find it here"
Read it," said.
She glanced quickly over it, the
color fading out Of her cheek as she
did so.
1T is the will. she gasped-"my
uncle's will"
Mrs. Power was ut her SIDE In a
moment.
Nonsense, Annie; how could your
uncle's will have found its way into
DR.. Moran's book? Here, let me see
it." And she took the paper from
the girls passive hand.
Anastasia Ffrench looked at me
Questioningly.
"Yes, my DEAR" I said. ats all
right; 1 have shown the will to my
solicitor, and he says that you Will
have no difficulty in making good
your claim to the money your uncle
intended for YOU"
"But I do not understand said
Mrs. Power. "How did the will come
into your possession, DR.. Moran?"
.ItWhen / bought these books with
some others, found the will lying as
you see, between the leaves.
thought that 1t was probably dis
carded win, invalidated by the exist
ence of later one. I meant, how
ever, to make some inquiries about
it; but before I had time to do so,
received the news of Philips acci-
dent, which put all minor matters
out Of my head for long time. J
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The words "his wife's niece" had

The words "his wife's niece" had
somehow seemed familiar to me, but
It was not until the allusion to Mas
ter Humphreys Clock" had supplied
another link in the chain that there
flashed to my mind the remembrance
of the will hidden in the old copy at
home; Michael Darcy's will, with its
bequest to my wife's niece, Anasta-
sia Ffrench. I could hardly keep
the excitement out of my voice as
link after link in the chain of evil
dence was supplied, in. answer to my
questions. I found that her real
name was Anastasia, now cut down
to Anna French; that her uncle's
name was Michael Darcy, and his
farm was known as Carrignalea. In
reply to my query as to her reasons
for believing that her uncle had made
will in her favor, she said:
After my poor uncle got the par
alytic stroke of which he died, he
made several attempts to speak; and,
as far as we could understand, his
words were always about money, and
about having made it all right for
Annie Besides. our old servant al
ways declared that week before his
illness he had called her and another
woman, who was accidentally in the
house, into the sitting-room, and
made them witness paper, which he
said was will. When they had fin
ished signing. he Said, half to him
self-'Now my mind is at rest about
Annie.'."
"Why did he not get the will prop
erly drawn up by solicitor?"
"He was fond, of reading ..glaw-
books, and knew something about
law himself. He has sometimes
made wills for other people, and /
never heard that there was anything
wrong about them"
"And the will could not be found?"
:. aThe will could not be found. We
hunted everywhere for it in vain, and
then Patrick Darcy said he did not
believe it ever existed, and that old
Margaret had invented the whole
story. The other woman had left
the neighborhood by that time. Pa
trick Darcy offered to give me some
money, but refused to take gift
from him. I knew one of the nurses
in the sisterhood here at Marshport;
she had. been nursing q lady in our
neighborhood the winter before; so
wrote to her, and she got me taken
as probationer. I was there for
six months, and then I went. to Lon
don to be trained. I intended to
revolutionize the whole art of nurs-
ing, but now Laurence has spoiled all
my plans"
There was no doubt that this was
the heiress of the will in my posses
sion. The question was, Did the
three thousand pounds still exist, or
had the heir-at-law made away with
It?
What kind of man Is this Pa
trick Darcy?" I asked.
"A hard man; very close about
money. He is a good deal younger
than my uncle"
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Amount OF Pensions.

The total amount CT pensions paid
by the United States between 1866
and 1908. inclusive. was $3,654,663,-
364.42. and the cost, maintenance
and expenses of the organization for
the payment of these pensions during
the same period were s122,574.-
4S2.se, total os s3,?77,237.s28.3s.
exceeding the amount os money In
circulation IN this country IN 1907
W more than s1,12G,c00,G0O.
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An Old Crime.

Breaking into houses where fun-
erals have just taken place and plum.
dering them is spoken of by the
Berliner Tageblatt as the latest trick
Of the thieves of that city. Whilo
this may be a new form of criminality
in Berlin. says the writer, it is really
only IN imitation OF an incident de-
scribed In Dion Casslus as having
taken place: $500 years before Christ:
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Vulkanol,- a new artificial paving
stone that is being tried in leading
German cities, is mixture Of crushed
basalt or similar rocks with a small
percentage Of cement. The material
is made into blocks by hydraulic
! pressure, burned about twelve days
in special furnace, and cooled
slowly. Pavements are laid on con-
crete or macadam, thin sheets Of the
yulkanol being used for sidewalks.
1t is claimed that the pavements cost
less than granite or concrete, are
tough and durable, are SO hard and
close jointed as to be quite free from
dust, and are more easily cleaned
than other kinds.
A simple method Of obtaining ar
gon in considerable quantity has
been worked out by Fischer and
Ringe, German chemists. A powdered
mixture of ninety per cent. Of calcium
carbide and ten per cent. of calcium
chloride was heated to 500 degrees
c., and after sufficient circulation
over this both oxygen and nitrogen
were completely. absorbed from the
air. The so-called crude argon re-
maining-.0097S by volume of the
air used-was mixture containing
99.75 per cent. OF argon and 0.25 per
cent. of helium, neon, krypton and
xenon. In two days about three gal
Ions of crude argon was obtained.
The ingenious plan by which De-
brix, a French inventor, measures the
distance of an invisible vessel de-
pends upon the difference in the velo-
city of sound waves, which travel
about 100. feet a second, and of
Hertzian waves, the passage Of which
is practically instantaneous. The re-
ceiying station-which may be a
lighthouse on shore-has p train of
clock work that moves pointer over
dial one division per second. A
sound wave from gun or whistle and
Hertzian wave are started simul-
taneously from the ship, and the
Hertzian wave sets the clock work
in motion, while the receiving OBJ
server notes the position of the point
er when the sound arrives. The
number of divisions passed over null
tiplied by the sound velocity per sec
ond gives the vessels distance. A
suggestion is that lighthouses send
out Hertzian and sound signals at
| regular intervals, with distinguishing
peculiarities TO indicate the stations,
| and then any vessel having the sim
ple receiver necessary could deter
mine its position at any time.
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Gold and s;ivc. Cans.

The maharaDah gsekwsr OF Baroda
has melted dowc End converted i2to
bullion the celebrated geld and silver
cannon OF Barods. Cf these costly
but useless toys tie silver guns of q
former gaek were the inspiration.
Ir order to "go one better" than his
predecessor the late gaekwar had the
gold guns cast and mounted at cost,
It is said, of $500,G02.
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inquired the Judge. ..Weli, uue,e
was a gallon of whiskey--there was
a gallon of whiskey-'' The fuster-
ed defendant could think of nothing
else. Il knew a gallon of whiskey
was load for a man. said the
Judge dryly, "but I didn't know it
was load for a horse. March
Ipp:ncott's
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Family Discipline.

sso you are going to send your
youngest boy to coIlege?"
"Yea.n answered Farmer Corntou-
sell. "He's too big for me to handle
in the woodshed, and guess I'll hAva
to have him hazed. "--Washington
Star. !:
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$ Singers and Speakers use Browns
Bronchial Troches>for Hoarseness and
Throat Troubles. They give instant relief.
IN, boxes 25 cents. Samples mailed free.
John I. Brown & Son, Boston. Mass.
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The Favorite.

Millions OF suffering eyes have
found in Dr.. Mitchell's famous salve
a. real blessing. Reject the offer OF
eny dealer to sell a drug for your
eye. DR.. Mitchell's Eye Salye is a
simple, healthy remedy to be applied
to the lids. 1t cures without entering
the'eye. Sold everywhere. Price Csc.
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is most to be suspected. Spanish.
The man who thinks he knows will
not 60 SO far as the one who knows
he knows.
The more time a man puts in try
ing to get even, the less chance he
has of doing so.
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You are just as apt to underrate
your competitor as you are TO over
rate yourself. =
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When one makes a forecast, ii
should be such that. if it9comes true.
he will be happy. So. 10 '09.
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That man lis the most educated that
Is the most useful. ~
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Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous Troubles. Capudine will relieve you.
IT'S liquid-pleassnt to take-acts immedi-
etely. Try 1t, 1oc., 25c, and soc. at drug
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Mauy ChiIdren Arc SickIy.

Many Chndren arc SickIy.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, a nurse m Children's
Home, Now York, cure Summer Complaint,
Feverishness, Headache. Stomach Troubles,
Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At
all Druggists, 25c Sample mailed FREE.
-Ada,.ess q lla,, & ihInatad- La Roy n. Y
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The world never sours upon man
until he sorrs- on himself.
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Shephards and farmers comprise
about one-half of the population Of
Greece. s.
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The foolish man wastes the present
thinking about the future.
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SCIENCE
AND

of impression which we
ing an object is exceed
an ordinary chemists
me million times as sem;
Fights down the two-hu'
of a miligram.
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can Protectorate have been issued
recently; these provide that no per-
son may establish any wireless sta
ton or erect any apparatus for wire
less telegraphy in any place, except
under license granted by the Govern
or. -
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rs relating to wireless
n the British East Afri-