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nearing The depths reached by the miners
from which the CT had sprung Besides.
'hs nosaa we're coming He could So
'hei~ VFhts 'wlnkllrg On tho slope; he
could hear tho orders Of Lgnce and the
r1ut;errd Rr'Imhlings ~ the men not
ia-ing 90 d.sohey
Ths1 came a niRh'm1~r sornam. Out
~ the ut scrambled the man, n grab
'he STAKE: 20 turn. n tal nrnstra'".
screaming ~ two blazing ouals backed
full ~ his throat.
sTake {, ~ Take hor or scrceched
the iuaa. Aurora. Tor the love II mercy.
didn't mean % Kill you ! WIS looking
Tor the rauers' Help hsl1,'
Before the miners. led and compelled
Nv lance. rushed into the hovel The
do~tOr from his nos saw an astounding
thing With chRnce rectnpas the man IN
his struggles drove the stake INTO the
body Of the black ca' c'awing and tearing
AZ his throat
In an Instant the heas' snranR away ard
dsanreared within the excavation froW
which 2 had bounded What had 10 snid2
Thai lie would abide vengeance, Could
o.. b. that GOV this man was relieved from
the incubus that had haunted him hecarise
no had confessed had heen heard 70 ron
fsss? Then there might Ne eternal VEN
ties in the ancient beliefs witch Il had
been his lie work 20 a ssect and demolish
AGAIN the doctor feTvently wished that he
were in his quiet study
In rushed lance with his reluctant
cre'y surrounding the man
4 arrest vCu.- said tho de'ective
FOR the murder ~ Miss Aurora Ru'hven
otherwise known NJ old Anne Ruben
You admitted your guilt inst nov when
YOU thought you were alone ] heard
YOU these men heard YOU
Come then the least amends YOU can
make = ~ 'sll what Won were doing here
and here the body IL hid II cant no IN
that nit which We eNcavated and flied
In again The other dav Where q .. | say.
and wkv did YOU diE;-
Randolph Mavnes stood in silence
shivering and huggng himself with the
hood trchfng down his shirt front
Hold a hight here commanded I ance
and the rest Of Won guard that man.
tn find OUT for myself And he leaped
down INTO the MI
The iOct0f from hia post a. the window
fpt his nails piercing ms aims. vet he
could not 90 He heard a mufilei shout
from tine detective he saw Penryl. reluc-
fant vet l0val 10 the law. answer wi'h
the most stout hearted ~ he mates. He
saw them bend and strain a. the brink
Then he saw them drag up into sight the
body Of an old woman.
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Guides IN
= SUPERSTITION
The Myth Of the Cat

If will he NJ vital importance 20 ne,
said Ruthven. If this strange old woman
should turn ON 90 he my father : missing
sister. Mise Aurora Ruthven. A. you say,
tho name -h. goes by. Anne Ruben. ia
not ~ very unlike and then the circum-
stance ~ the letter. undoubtedly IN her
hand. po.tmarked piorson
-Fssy co-s b.. Dir. Jim lance, deter
tive sergeant. interrupted cheerl.y The
captain IS anxious 20 obhge tho British
Consul General and consequently 10 Ohlige
YOU We'll find yOUr aunt, never fear
Whistler she Is this queer one or another
queer one There t. no use IN getting In
a funk. though / understand how anxious
you feel to set 20 tho end when YOU are
nearing the end.
Then, / haven't heard a word from
Wales since ! landed continued Ruth
ven 4 left them In such a state.
Think ~ it. 20 find all IN q day that
the mine which had been the support o.
our family for generations not only was
exhaus - but that the manager. fearing
20 confess tho truth. had been stripping
tho supports and galleries Tor months -
that not sven that poor resource remained
M wonder ms father. brought face u
face With ruin. With several hundred
employees dependent nm im for bread
should have thought II his sister Aurora
fortune. tho accumulated dividends from
her share for thirty wears fairly going
begging for lack Of an owner.
If she isaIIyr it - TlEht that she should
have the rhauo. tn help u she ~ dead.
then my father I- her natural heir. though
II course sre might have willsd 10 from
him
That 10 not likely. dr. H. a. Won say.
disappointmant BOO love drove her away
. from her Kim. Those who brood are not
much Tor chang" N0u saw Won found a
scrap of "a .attar from hrr among the
~ ects Of an old nurse MAY ] ak what
she was writing about
About a cat answered Ru'hven some
what reluctantly Nurse Margold. a
strange and lonely Old woman. had a brood
n black cats nf winch she was very fond
We thought that Aunt Aurora must have
written for On" Oh! thorn though Ieft too
hurredIy 10 hunt gp the shipment
An you say, sr goes 90 sirDw that thu
captain made a good ggess IN picking our
Old Anne Ruben. She lives among the
rough folks u our iron mines. lust al
your relative might naturally choose
n do She has a black cat ~ which she's
overload; indeed they say that's why the
uaiRhb0rs arp s0 shy ~ her
a queer lot. them Cornish and Welsh
men hard workers thrifty. but liable
10 outbreaks There's a learned pro
teasor { sonnet mes advise with. pr. Achil.
ies biore n the university. and 1 heard
him say once that their virtues and vices
N'SEa ahks prmeval
"NOw. sir. II you'll foot 10 up this hiII
Old Aune's cottage vi'l he IN sight ne
rough gong bat whar can you e1rect
Ia such a iopsy iurvy rex Dny"
% was rough going Tho wav Ted
through mounds Of earth and piles n ore
naaf shaCks o. screaming CH 'dran and
sheds u putting engines. aud uy open Cuts
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with all the boats hanging on the dAvits.
A miniature touring car which stands on
n" forward deck il shown SlunR ready
20 loWor over the SIDE and land on some
pier The other Is a longitudinal s.1tion,
nudel
One side Of this shows the yacht floating
In the water. The water has been painted
by Warren sheppard a marine artist.
The other side shows the interior Of the
vessel. giving the arrangements oi the
Eve DECKS zach room or section Of
room shown IL furnished just az IL IL on
the original. even b. the woods and the
color II the silks and tapestries. These
two models are enclosed in plate glass
cases which are dust proof II has taken
several months 20 build these two small
yachts and the cost % M Billings is
said b be about 800.
Some id-a OF tho amount Of study
required o. build such a model can he
understood when the sizes Of tho many
different parts oi tho original vessel are
known and il is seen how carefully they
have becn scaled down. A chair that
NAY ~ ltoi ilku on lue VFlklhhl - Hnres-
quarters Of an inch on the model There
are many parts such as turnbucklos that
on the original arc not mors than inches
long and inch in diameter On the
models these are one-hah inch long and
graded 20 the proper thickness ThOy
are practical turnbuckles, each having
a right and left hand thread ard have
been used 10 set up the parts they hold.
Tie launches have miniature motors in
them and tho wheels Of these motors turn
over Tho blocks used In the falls have
sheaves 20 that the boats can h. lowered
20 the water just A. they are on the big
vessel. The engines are the most delicate
pie cs Of mechanism and exact copies
Of the or ginAls
Another detail that has been most care
fully worked out ia the lighting arrange
mcnt n each room and la the passage.
ways are tiny globes showing where tho
electric lights are PLACED on the larger
vessel and On deck a. the bow IL the search
light and on the port side u the half model
10 the usual green light. Prom she port
side the view Of the model IL most uleasina
The windows and ports have glass silk
curtains are draped AZ the windows Of the
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and abandoned shafts Everything
seemed coarse harsh and unfinished 20
Ruthyen, and his heart sank within him
a. he thought how the nature ~ giTl who
hat been the beauty % his countryside
must have changed for bar 20 have
dragged out the dreary years % her diAap-
nearance among such surroundings
4 tow headed child hmped out from a
hut and stood on one foot hcr shrtin zen
limb drawn UP under her dress. with her
hand 10 her white pinChed fa,s shielding
her eyes from the sun
Have you seen old Anne about. little
girl asked lance
With a scream the 81 SOUR I'd away.
As { al word from her a man came ont
from the house aud looked s0urly AZ the
newcomers though he pulled a tuft IN
recognition u the deteCtive
We are looking for Old Anne Penryl :
aid Lance.
Then you may find and take her. sir. :
replied the man You'll meet no one
here VINO has seen her or heard ~ har
Tor days hut It's too good news that she's
gone
That's a fair sample. air zaid Lance.
a. they left Penryl sowing and mutfer-
ing behind -ot old AnneS popularity
Begging your pardon but they think
hTF no Uett"r tnAn a witch and III miss
my guess II yonder fellow and not a had
sort either. hasn't got Il In for her on
account % the little girls leg Well.
here We are. and all We are TOO fear.
judging from the 20 lee look
They entered the broken down hovel
set 10 a depression Of the brow Of the hill
All was gaunt and wretched emptiness
within the bed stripped ~ il covering
the cupboard open. shelf swinRinR
from one hook on tho wall
Look, said lance. there's teen some
devils work here and he pointed Ia a
rear corner where the flooring had bean
torn up and tho earth thus exposed
showed signs of having been broken and
trampled Wait. until ! bring help
Presently he was hack with Penryl
and gang 81 labOrers all alike reluctant
yet coerced by fear % the law. They
s.t 20 work digging with spades and picks
tn" light friable soil yielded readily
frequently falling IN and falling aWay
as n there was n cavity underneath.
They prOspected here long ago.
explained Penryl. and didn't half pu
hack Blast me- what was that7-
That vas two blazing Goals backed
and impelled by a hal, Of black thai
came whirling out 81 the pit scattering
the men and flashing after them a. thsl
rushed headlOnE into the often.
II was the cat cir. said lsanOs
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saloon. dining room and owners quarters
and tho light from tho opon side 81 the
model shines through these windows and
ports.
The bottom Of tho model shows the
structural steel work. the framing ana
plating and the reinforcing under the
engines. Above tho kcelsOn there are
several compartments In the bow and
al the stern are two small compartments
used for trimming the vessel. an OF the
one In the how IL the chain locker. and the
cable h shown leading down from the
anchor on the main deck That chain
leads through the windlnss. AT Of the
chain locker is q storeroOm and IN that
are broofns, pals. cans Of paint and var
nizh. blocks. ropes and buckets. Ar OF
the storeroon Is the refrigeratinr 0oom
and plaHt. whore fresh provisions sor use
on a long VOYAGE can he stored awav.
Still further aft Il a coal bunker and there
Is coal ready 70 he shovelled into tho fur
aacrs The boilers and Furnaces are next
SHOWN The snokestack leads up from
this space aud further up IN the stack Ia
shown how tho smoke from tho galley
stoves h carried on More bunkers come
AZ u tho boilers ard then there Is tho
engine space This vnrh, has two tur-
hira engines ard ore 10 shown on the mort
~Itae Lf'NWefn I'ie ~ Two NNIbiltA - .
reciprocating engine that drives tho mid
die propeller and the shafting with all its
hoaringr terminating finally in tho three
bllded wheel IL shown ~ 81 this en-
rirc space 10 the auxiliary engine used for
hghting and venti,ating. Still further
rft j. TIE aCcumulatOr room with al the
accurrulat1rs shown wired and aft agaln
are the tanks for oil and Tor water piped
and with pumps attached.
On the lower deck or berth deok aro
rooms FOR the officers. the forecastle with
bsrths for the crew aud other storerOoms
Some Of thess rooms are not shown open
because cutting n" vessel longitudinally
leaves a partition. but those rooms that
are shown open are fully furnished
On tho main derk forward h the wind
asa and n snail engine for hosting.
Just aft In an op@n spacN a hlt tour
NJ car 10 carriNd and this car can be
hoisted In sings. lifted overheard and
lowered on 20 dock ready for tho owner
n start ~ on a trip on lend NJ any nort
who're ne ran get che Yacht alongside
\ pi"r Tho f0rCuast comes ueNf This
mast is rot stnrD"d through rho deck
h'l' rostz on a steel support which takNs
very little room. Tho mast is stayed ia
~. ysuli pny and n" rigging IL .et M
ny urnhgcGlcs. Silver wire 10 used for
he shrouds.
The main dining saloon cou,es next
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Yes. Or Achilles Blore had reservations
Of his own which he found vastly amusing
The story brought by lance was not
altogether new 10 him. That very morn
ing a Gentleman in dress and manner
had called on him. who oddly enough
had neglected to give his name. Az a
matter 81 course. In the absorption Of his
favonte subiSct. the doctor had not
thought ~ asking Il until II was too late.
A. fellow archRolOgist. tho stranger
had said Who in Egypt and the ORIENT
had investigated 70 a slight degree the
myth - the cat he Was taking upon
himself the liberty Of paying his respects
10 the most eminent authority m super
sution in the hope Of belng enlightened on
one moo, point.
IL Ia this. Doctor he had continued
II witch in artic,ilo norris has occupied
the body Of the cat that has been her
familiar attendant does she taercby in
this feline form acquire or preserve any
greater length or tenAcity Of Bfe than
would pertain 10 the cat itselff'
such a Possession being dsmoniaoal h.
~ course. Of mortal limitations tho
doctor had answered The moss erIldita
inquirrrs agree that Il IL tho malign IN
tensity Of the witch that gives vitality.
While this IL unappeased the cat occupied
by her spirit Ia not subject to the laws Of
its kind Provided. however. Il must
h. noted. that a sharp stake has not been
driven through either the dead heart Of
the witch OF tho live heart Of the cat
for In either case. - the ancienta held
possession ceases a. Onca and forever
In the common mortality of both.
LET me read 20 you a curious inatano.
cited by the learned De LiFa, tho doctor
had gone 90. now firmly aEtrids Of his
hobby. IT h IN subdivision n Of chaptar
81 u his De Naturu ReUim'-
tie had leaped lightly into an alcnva
and up q ladder. but when b. had returned
with the pOnderous tome his visitor was
gone.
Il occurred 70 the doctor on hearing
Lance'g story that this mysterious visitor
might have been mona other than the
Randolph Mayne who had lately laid claim
70 the fortune u Aurora Ruthven. m
this were - then u might well no too
that Mayns had killed tho Old woman
and was now tortured BY . superstltious
fear Of her cat.
II this were ~, u thia were NJ. then IL
might veil h. alan that Mayne would
return 70 the SPOT whara the body Of hig
victim vas hidden % exercise unca and Tor
al time the feline presencs by which he
deemed himself haunted. IN such \ case
what en- opportunity. what a glorious
opportunity might aFins Tor he doctor
70 zee Win his own eyos whether there
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the BIG LEAGrERs INITIATED.
SniaIi Boy Baseball Players IN City Lots
DO surprising Things.

City lots baseball with small hoys as
players reveals occasional gllr1psos u
real major league technique The on
locker who has seen the big fellows. high
sStried stars n tho game. pictured in
chu srt sic ATTITUDES in the newspapers
durGIE IRE spring training trips or in the
champiorshi games doesn't realize the
complete USES Of these action photographs
II ne could sce some 81 tho grass eaters,
a. the small boys arc known. playing their
games he would know Who some Of the
eager students oI baseball are
The batting position II this ~ that star
y copied faithfully Il Is amusing % see
some little lad. hardly "A tall a. tho bat
he Yields with difficulty standing NJ ~
the plate IN imitation Il some hero OF tho
big league fold These small boys swing
the bat. plant the feo' and meet The hall
with the fnish u veterans very 1itea.
young though they are
Only the other day m Observer. watch
ina Z scrub game. saw boy ~ about 70
do a fallawey slide Co secund that d would
have been hard 20 improve The nov was
on his way 60 the bag and the hall had
him beaten a step Hs slide. a copy Il
what 10 Just now tho correct thing IN major
league sircles, carried hrs body or Il reach
" the basenen. while he feet found tho
base IN safety
The Rows COPY too the throwing STYLES
of the hig players Tie pitchers wind ar
and deliver the hall A. they have secn Il
pictured This brings 20 mind a point
about whai Is natural throwing
In England where cricket u tho game.
the delivery Is always 'te fun arm pitch
Il the bowler The small boy on the ou,n.
mons or heath IN England fails into thai
style but doesn't throw a. the American
lad does. In Germany the voungs,er who
tosses ball uses an awkward round arm
motion. unlike the American style. In.
deed Il is hard 20 teach the German lad ~
pitch a. the American does " seems the
most natural thing IN tho world for tho
American small boy 20 take a hail and ir'
his first and second fingers direct Us
night.
With the increased popularity N base.
bail and a.. spread u knoN ledge q the
F tactics II the game. the CORNER l0ts PLAYER
has developed wonderful tactics one
I groWnup saw the Gther dav a game Ia
| progress IN which q ten-yoar-uld AZ tho
I haf, with Two 0ut ard a man On second
/ hunted the ball toward first This act was
| a surprise and he got away with H.
A few seasnns ago that play. sprung h
b a hig hague game worked we'll tOo lie
the unexpected the boys are learning
and the grrss eaters are getting into tho
stTateEis, class
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was any verify in the supcrs'itious bcllef
which had obsessed mankind from the
earliest days.
Not that the Doctor gave much credit
n the mixture ~ primeval fact and
up 20 date fiction he had prescribed Tor
his visitor Oh. no; be- vas simple
inquirer. seeking elucidatlon With a match.
Therefore. assigning To Lance ial-e
suspicion Of penryl he had made a s',bter-
fuge % lt 10 gain aCcess - the hovel m
the hope that Mayns might retun 20
demonstrate what there vas Or was uot in
the myth Of the cat.
II vas black dark a. the scholar and
the detective toiled Up the hill. but AZ
the brow they each caught a glimmer
coming FROM the declivity IN which the
howell was ss'.
-No wonder. sir said Iance. that
ne ~ a one of the miners h around and
their houses are all shut right and tight
A hEht from that deserted shAn;y will
give whoever "a in there full loenas % do
whatever Il IL he's about
III IL IL the man think Il a. -
piled the doctor. he realzez that a.
thoroughly a. Won OF ]. Your main
object. Lance. u 20 solve the mysterious
disanuearance u old Anne Ruben and 70
catch her murderer Il she has been
killed. Very we'll. then; ct together a
posse IL the mining folks and surround
tie house Meanwhile will watch With
out
Tn 10 the side % the huvel Dr. Blore
crspt. 10 stand on a billet % wood and
peer through the dusty window In the
rear coTucr a man was digging where
the miners had dug with q teroe energy
oddly contrasting With his fashionable
rairnent and white hands.
He stopped. he turned Tor \ moment
a. II 10 highly wrought a. to he sensitive
70 the doctors nOiseleEs approach. and
the light On tho table shone fall on his
drawn and haaghrd face. II was the
visitor who had asked the curious duen-
ton regarding transformation and the
length % dcmoniacal life.
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This il in mahogany deck house with
handsome plate glass windows. richly
upholstorcd and furnished ia mahogany.
There Is a buffers pantry aft which CON
meets with the owners galley. On thq
other side Of tho smokestack h the crews
galley and then come Soma stateroOms
In these rooms thore IRE brass bedstsads
and tho detail has bcen carried out ~
thoroughly that there are pillows and
cnmfoTtnh les on tho beds. Rugs are on
tho ioors aud mirrors on the bureaus
A. she after end 81 this deck the steam
-t@arinR rDar can he seen. Il shows tha
quadrant and tho way Il works on the
r,idd.r. Over tho dining salOon there IL
a sun deck and NJ the after end OF that
Il tho chart house, with bridge above.
Aft Of the smokestaok h the wireless
room, whcre the Instruments are shown.
Two launches are swung from the davits
Of the half model. and these launches
have motors. the wheels OF which viii
turn over.
The fun model gives more attention 20
the outward appearance II the vessel.
OF this there are six boats on the davits.
and guns are mounted forward and aft.
Tho hags are Aging from the maStheRds
and these Tags ran BE- lowered by tho
hailiaris, which are rove through blocks
The whisI IL IL ~ the forward side % the
mas vent ilaf 0rs are In position and everv-
thing 80 he found on the yacht itself can
be found In miniature.
Mr. Boucher Is now AZ work on a still
larger model for Morton =. Plant He In
reproducing the big steam yacht Iolande.
but In a somewhat different way and ~
the iOlRnde il a larger vessel than the
Vanadis This model will he larger.
Henry A. MOrss ~ Boston has had made
models Of all the yachts he has owned.
which are 20 he shipped shortly TO his
home IN Boston. In this lot are copies
/ = the schooner Dervish. the sloOps Cos
sack and Brigand. the new schooner
Vision. the knockabout Aspinet and tho
sender boat Vim There are made 10 a
scale % thTee-eighths 81 an inch 10 the
foot and are fully FiRRed. Mr. Morss.
who has just returned from a trip around
! the world, has brought back models n
japanese and Chinese iunks aud Dutch
/ fishermen 20 add 70 his collection.
Frederick Fletcher has ordered models
Of bic cruising power yacht Cristina. the
schooner Rosemary and some knock
abouts and smaller craft he has owned
For the Eastern Yacht Club models are
being made q the Emerald. spokane.
Arhclla, Vim. Joyctte and Wolf vessels
famous In that clubs history and the New
York Yacht Club Ia having full rigged
models made % the cup defenders Nay
, flower and Puritan.
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YACHT MODEL SIX FEET LONG
ELABORATE PIECE or WURk
FOR &. n. g.. Killings.
Tho Vanadls, split LrngthWIse. shown In
Miniature Even the smallest Of Pit
tinEs Reproduced MOdel Collections
FAVOrite Hobby aT Many NachtsTnen.

NnEs heihFNNufFu NNNiFA ' NAAFNAANNa
FAvOrite Hobby oT Many Nachtsmen
To he an up % date yachtsman you
must not only own a Yacht hut have a
faly rugged model n II Il is proper
too. 70 have models Of an the vessels a
yachtsnnn has owned
One II the hands0mest sets u models
yet turned uut has just been completed
for G. X q Billings by the n T.. Boucner
Manufacturing Company, which has a
well appointed shpbuiding plant on
Fulton street Mr. Boucher has made
a study uf models tie has made many
for the United States Navy and Army
departments AVID has recently made sets
q models % illustrate text books used
by the cadets at Annapolis
The new models just exhibited arc those
81 the steam Yacht Nanadis. which j. one
81 the finest afoot The model 10 IA hand
some as the Yacht and Is complete down 70
the minutest detail The Vanadis was
built 10y 4 J highs at Glasgow from
designs by TamS. Lemoine and Crane.
and is a steel vessel fitted with three
Sorrows. two u which are driven by tur-
hine engines and the other, on the centre
shaft, by reciurncating engine. Her
dimensions are ~ feet . inches over an. 80
feet inches ON the water line % feet
7 inches beam. Is feet inch depth and Il
toet draft. The model has been built
On the scale Of one-quarter inch q the
foot. - that the model measures Just
under feet % inches from tho stem
head ~ the aTrail and including the
bowsprit Is = feet p inches long
There arv two ~ thes" models. One
shows the Yacht standing On blocks Just
a. she would appear in a dry dock, and
on this she has aIl her spars standing,
two mastAHying flags This shows the
huh and tie decks and the deck fittings,