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shutters Mr.. Lawrence" she explained.
Not since the night you went away"
But, pressed further. she refused TO ex-
plain THE doctor said you were not to
be excited" she persisted. Here's your
beef tea"
Not a drop until you tell me- 1 said
firmly. Besides you know very we'll
there's nothing the matter with me. This
arm Of mine is only false belief" l
sat up gingerly. "Now-why don't you
open that Window"
Mrs. Klopton succumbsd. Because there
are queer goinEs-on in that house next
door," she said. II you will take the
beef tea. Mr.. Lawrence, will tell you"
The queer golngs-on however. proved to
be slightly disappointing. II seemed that
after left on Friday night, a light
was seen fitting fitfully through the
empty house next door. Euphemis had
seen It first and called Mrs. Klopton. To-
gether they had watched It breathlessly
until it disappeared on the lower floor.
You should have been a writer OF ghost
stories" said. giving my pillows a thump.
And so IL was fitting hitfully!"
That's what # was doing" she reiter-
ated. Fitting nitfully-I mean fitting
fitfully-how you do thrown one out. MF.
Lawrence! And what's more, it came
again."
"oh. come now. Mrs. Klopton," OBJ
jected, ghosts are like lightning; they
never strike twice in the same night. That
is only worth half a cup OF beef tea"
You may ask Euphemia," she retOrted
with dignity. mot more than an hour
after. there was light there again. We
saw it through the chinks Of the shutters
oniy-this time it began at the lower floor
and climbed
You oughtn't to tell ghost stories at
night" came Meningitis voice from the
doorway. Really. Mrs. Klopton. I'm
amazed at you. You old dufferi I've got
you to thank for the worst day of my
life"
Mrs. Klopton gulped Then realizing
that the "old duffer' was meant for me,
she took her empty cup and went out
muttering.
The Pirates crazy about me, isn't she?''
Mcknight said to the closing door. Then
he swung around and held out his hand.
by jove." he said. I've been laying
you out all day, lilies on the door bell,
black gloves, everything. II you had had the
sense OF mosquito in a snowstorm, you
would have telephoned me-"
Il never even thought OF IT," was
filled with remorse Upon my word Rich,
hadn't an idea beyond getting away from
that place. II YOU had seen what saw"
Mcknight stopped me. seen III Why.
YOU lunatio. I've been digging for YOU all
day IN the rulnsi I've luuched and dined
on horrors. Give me something 70 rinse
them down. Lollie."
He had fished the key OF the cellarette
from its hiding place IN my shoe bag
and was mixing himself what he
called a Bernard shaw-a founda-
ton Of brandy and soda. with a
little Of everything else in sigat to give II
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ers In the original Julian's and the pro-
fessor Of many celebrated American paint
ers
Like many OF the teachers in the
schools in Paris and like many Of the
most celebrated painters, Boulanger was
OF the people. Julian himself was a pro-
vincial and came TO Paris because he was
able to exchange a small scholarship he
had gained in his native town for one in
the capital He entered the school of
Leon Coignet, whose good will he after
ward bought, and, II is reported did not
succeed materially as a painter. In fact
he became poor, so very poor that it was
absolutely necessary for him to raise
money, and he conceived the brilliant idea
OF bringing some OF the wrestlers from the
south OF France, building a tent outside
the Paris fortifications and exhibiting
them. The GrAeco- Roman type OF athlete
was very popular at that time-it was
right after the Franco German war-and
his scheme succeeded admirably.
Julian was himself an athlete with the
head and torso Of a Greek god. One of
the noteworthy features Of the contests
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was regret that I-thst 1 hadn't been
obliterated. blown out like a candle. Please
don't look like that I am-only talking"
But her lips were trembling. and because
the little shams OF society are forgotten
at times like this. leaned over and patted
her hand lightly, where it rested on the
grass beside me.
You must not ssy those things" I ex-
postulated. Perhaps. sfter all. your
friends"
Il had no friends on the train" Her
cice was hard again. her tone final She
rev her hand from under mine, not
quickly, but decisively. A car was In
sight, coming toward Ms. The steel finger
OF civilization, OF propriety. Of visiting
cards and formal introductions was beck
oning us in. Miss West put on her shoe
We said little on the car The few pas
sengers stared AZ us frankly. and discussed
the wreck emphasizing its horrors The
she turned TO me with the quick, unex-
pected movement that was one OF her
charms.
I do not wish my mother TO know
was in the accident" she said. "wnl you
please not tell Riohey about having met
ms2"
gave my promise. Of course Again,
when We were almost into Baltimore. she
asked 70 examine the gun-metAl cigarette
case, and sat silent with IL In her hands,
while told OF the early mornings events
on the Ontario.
so you see" I finished. this grip.
everything have on. belongs to a fellow
named Sullivan, He probably lefa the train
before the wreck-perhaps just after the
murder"
the crimeg' Her eyes were on the cigar
ette case
Naturally" 1 said. "a man doesn't
jump Oft a Pullman car In the middle Of
the night In another mans clothes, unless
he Is trying 10 set away from something
Beside the dirk. there were the stains that
you saw. Why. have the murdered mans
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A s e

You think he changed the tags on seven
and nine. SO that when you went back 10
bed you thought you were crawling into
nine, when Il was really seven. ehT'
''Probably-yes."
Then toward morning. when everybody
was asleep, your theory Is that he changed
the numbers again and left the train"
Il can't think OF anything else" I re-
piled wearily.
''Joye, what a game OF bridge that fell
low would play II was like finessing an
eight-sDot ana winning out They would
scarcely have doubted your story had the
tags been reversed in the morning He
certainly left you in a bad way. Not
Jury IN the country would stand out against
the stains. the stlletto and the murdered
mans pocSetbook In your possession"
Then sou think Sullivan did H?" I
asked.
"of course" said Mcknight confidently.
Unless you did II in your sleep Look at
the stains on his pillow. and the dirk
stuck into H. And didn't he have the man
Hsrrington's pocketbOok.
But why did he go off without the
money! persisted. And where does
the bronze-haired girl come iny'
CTO Be Continuea)
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pocketbook in this valise at my feet What
does that look like?"
I colored when 1 saw the ghost Of a
smile lowering about the corners of her
mouth. That is" finished, If you care
TO believe that am innocent"
The sustaining chain OF her small gold
bag gave way just then. She did not no
tice II. I picked It UP and slid the trinket
into my pocket for safe keeping, where ]
promptly forgot H. Afterwards I wished
had let II lie unnoticed on the floor OF
that dirty little suburban car, and even
now, when I see woman carelessly dan
Cling a similar feminine trinket I shudder
lnvoluntarily: there comes back to me the
memory OF a girls puzzled eyes under the
brim of a Hopping hat the haunting sus-
picion OF the sleepless' nights that followed
. Just then was determined that my
companion should not stray back to the
wreck, and to that end I was determinedly
facetious.
do you know that st is sunday?" she
asked suddenly, "and that We are actually
ragEed?"
Never mind that" I retorted. "AIi Eal-
tin ore is divided on Sunday into three
parts, those who rise up and go to church
those who rise UP and read the newspapers.
and those who don't rise up. The first are
somewhere between the creed and the SER
mon, and We need not worry about the
others"
You treat me like a child" she said al
most pettishly. Don't try 90 hard to be
cheerful. Tit is almost ghastly"
After that / subsided like a pricked bal
loon, and the remainder OF the ride was
made In silence. The information that she
would go 70 friends in the city was a
shock; II meant an earlier separation than
had planned for. But my arm was he
ginning again In putting her into a cab
struck Il and Eritted my teeth with the
pain. II was probably for that reason that
forgot the gold bag.
She leaned forward and held out her
hand. 7 may not have another chance to
thank you" she said, "and I think / would
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CHAPTER xI.

THE NAME WAS SULLIVAN.
had my arm done up temporarily IN
Baltimore and took the next train home
was pretty far gone when 1 stumbled
out OF a cab almost into the scandalized
arms Of Mrs, Klopton. In fifteen minutes
l was in bed, with that good woman pillng
on blankets and blistering me in unpro-
tected places with hot water bottles. And
In an hour had had whiff OF chioro-
form and DR.. Williams had set the broken
bone.
dropped asleep then. waking in the late
twilight to a realization that I was at
home again, without the papers that meant
conviction for Andy Bronson, with a
charge Of murder hanging over my head,
and with something more than an impress
sion OF the girl my best friend was In love
with, girl, moreover who was almost
as great an enigma as the crime itself
And I'm no hand al guessing riddles" I
groaned half aloud. Mrs. Klopton came
over promptly and put a cold cloth on my
forehead.
'Euphemia," she said to some one out
side the door, telephone the doctor that
he Is still rambling, but that he has
switched from green ribbons to riddles"
There's nothing the matter with me.
thinking out loud. Confound that cloth:
IT'S trickling all over me!' gave It fling,
and heard it land with a soggy thud on tho
floor.
Thinking out loud is delirium." Mrs.
Klopton said, imperturably. "A fresh cloth.
Euphemia."
This time she held It on with a firm
pressure that was too weak to resist
l expOstulated feebly that i was drowning,
which she also laid 70 my mental exalta-
tion. and then l finally dropped into a
damp sleep II was probably midnight
when reused again. had been dreaming
OF the wreck. and II was lneKpressibly com
forting TO feel the stability OF my
bed and TO realize the equal stability OF
Mrs Klopton, who sat fully attlred by
the night light. reading Science and Health
Does that book say anything about
opening the windows on a hot night:"
suggested. when had got my bearings
She put It down Immediately and came
over 70 me. IL there Is one time when
Mrs. KlOpton 10 chastened-and Il ia the
Only tine-it Is when she reads Science
and Health i don't like to open the
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VETERANS OF IULIAN'S DINE
Third Annual Gathering Of the Jolly
Lot the Biggest Yet
>Ac-IsTs IN NEW YORK HAPPY
Oid Jokes Played Again a. ola
stories RetoId--President =
Tells OF Fnmous school 90
as IL Was in His nay.
E-IsTs IN NEW YORK HAPPY
Happy days At Juii-an's.
Whan lffa waa full -

When life was full OF Joys;
Just draw and paint and sing toutours,
jolly lot Of boys.
NEW YORK, March 26-The Jolly Lot
have silvered hair now and they don't
move with the same alacrity that they
used TO IN the famous atelier in the Pas
sage des Pyramids. Some Of them have
achieved greatness; none Of them, II Is safe
60 say. has had greatness thrust upon him
| The many who expected the future TO
crown them with laurel wreaths have
been disappointed; the few have profited
and walk through establishments Of high
priced dealers as n conscious Of ill-fitting
hats bulging over serrated leaves invisible
20 the lay eye.
But one night in the year greatness and
failure are alike forgotten, while the An
ciens de PAcademis Julian meet together
and renew the old days OF student life II
Is perhaps the most communistic Of all an
nuals OF New YORK, for here a mans pres
tige counts for Raught; what he has
achieved is as absolutely nothing in com
parison with what he was.
1t is the third time that the Julian stu
dents have met for an annual roundup
and the increasing membership seems to
promise, IL not greater noise, at least a
larger number OF tooters for each recur-
rent anniversary. Just at present you
eannot become a member OF the society
n your date OF entrance into the Julian
RtSier Is subsequent to 1896; next year
tbAdate Of limitation win be mUre elastic
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was the appearance OF a masked man
who entered the arena and always van
Quished the victor. II was rumored that
this parsonage was Julian himself, but
no one could find out, and one night after
the contest was over the students followed
the closed cab, stopped the driver and
opened the door, determined to find the
clue TO the mystery. Among these stu
dents was an American painter. now dead
When the door was opened the cab was
empty and no one ever found out the truth
Of the report However, he made money
and started with 1t the famous Julian
studio in Coignet's old place, where he
himself had studied
1T was in this big bare room upstairs in
one OF the buildings OF the Passage des
Pyramids that Marie Bashkirtseff painted.
and it was her rival. described so graph
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better not try, anyhow. cannot tell you
how grateful 1 am" / muttered something
about the gratitude being mine: owing TO
the knock was seeing two cabs, and two
girls were holding out two hands.
Remember" they were both saying. you
have never met me. Mr.. Blakeley. And-if
you ever hear anything about me-that Is
not-pleasant, ] want you TO think the
best you can Of me. VIII your
The two girls were one now. with little
flashes OF white light playing all around.
Tim afraid that I shall think too well
for my own good" I said unsteadIly. And
the cab drove on.
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Wallack on the Ballet.

The late Lester wallack once told a
story Of his still more famous father.
James W.. that as either an actor or "A
manager he could never tolerate the
ballet. even where II was seemingly
necessary according TO custom as part
Of an entertainment or In the opera.
One day there came to him friend.
q man about town. who said. My dear
walIack. Il is very curious that you do
not So, the beauties OF Imagination
shown by the poses 81 the ballet" Co
Ing on Ia this strain. the visitor az last
wore ont the patience Of the actor
manager. who replied:
Lock here II is had enough to stand
these ahsurdltirs In IN opera: but.
though can comprehend people sing
Ing their Joys. aln hanged II | can
their dancing their griefs "
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"Nearsighiedness must be very en-
barraS~ins M times" remarked
Brooklyn resident to an acquaintance
thus afflicted. The other morning.
for example nan addressed me on
crumard bridge trolley. and In the
course "f conversation he roundly
abused n cnap whose political aud
business uwth,-is he disliked equally.
In fact. h. became acutely personal
IN his denunciation.
"Refore he left the car he was To-
formed ny friend near him that
was the man he had been abusing IL
didn't wwry me NJ all. but u must
have h.ru hit diSconccrting for him
duut yu4 ihiuks"- New YORK ,ilol".
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Tn. Hunter and IN. Wind.

IN hunting against the wind In open
forests more game Is passed than
many hunters would suppose. The an
lmals see the man. note that be VIII
pass them aud hide by getting a. near
to the ground as possible. II they
scent him after he has passed they
evidently realize that the danger -
over. though some. mostly the younger.
inexperienced animals. then sneak on.
Where game is very Wild IL rs often In
such localities as have mentioned
auiy possible 10 approach them with
the Wind bay outdistaucing the latter.
l.sausc Dig game animal at rest de-
ponds on its nose To save II from dan
ger in the direction from which the
wind comes and on its eyes 10 watch
the side from which Il can get no 9th
er warning Track aud Tracking by
Iusef Rrunner.
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The smokesiacks on ocean vessels OF
recent years have been made 10 slore
backward more particularly TO give the
steamer a rakish air. the masts also
icing given the sam. slope As TO the
effect ON the draft. there Is a slight
one. ~ the wind pressure on the mont
ri, the stack sloplng up aud over ing
ton " the stack i more apt 10 dray
the smoke cut than 10 cut II on, bS
from an We are aware Of this seems
"a have been held Of secondary con-
slderation The shape Of the smoke
stacks also Is changing from round 20
oval so n to present less surface AZ
The front. II you compare the steam
~ with The Sloping and straight
.niok-Siack~. Ia one case the former.
while motionlcss. still appears to have
life. Will. the rleidlty Of the other
gives Il an appearance Of stiffness
even white under considerable speed
81 Nicholas
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The people will never enjoy the full
fruition OF the elective franchise as
long ~ they elect only office seekers.
II they would put In practice the max
I'm THE office should seek the man
tic res, It's would be more satisfactory.
And they could do this II they would
In spite OF the schemes OF those
interested in deceiving them. II is
not practicable. Of course. under exist
ing circumstances for the people to
take the initiative In choosing national
officers and II is only partially so in
regard to state officers--the politicians
have made Il SO on purpose: but in
spite OF all the complication in the
electoral machinery. they could elect
the men the majority want for district
and county offices and for representa-
tives In the Legislature. II is fact
that. as a rule. the best men do not
offer themselves as candidates and
the people can only get the bc.s by
going after them. Not many would
decline when their fellow citizens call
on them TO serve.
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Or. Hsle's Day.

DR.. Hale and the late Bishop Hunt
ington OF New York were fast friends.
The latter had been Unitarian. and
his shift caused sensation. says the
Christian Register. The Episcopalians
have saints assigned TO the various
days In the year. When an Episco-
pallnn minister writes letter on any
day for which there is a saint be al
ways writes the name OF the saint at
the close OF the letter instead OF the
date Bishop Huntington learned
these things quickly and began 20 prac-
tice them nc once The frst time he
had occasion TO write TO bis old friend
DR.. Hale after joining the church he
iilay,4l "si Micharl'~ day after hi>
SIGNATURE \ reply from the doctor
came. nnd after his name he had writ
ten Ia a full. round hand. Wash day
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RESTING THE BOASTER.
Little Problem That Floored tina
Lightning Calculator.

A Little Problem That Floored ths
Lightning Calculator.
"Now. gentlemen. concluded the
lightning calculator Il ave denon'
strated 20 you upon this ere black
board the mary clous speed aud accura.
CIV insured 10y my great system OF add
ilon. satisfaction. division aud multi
pllcatlon. and trust that you an. all
satisfied with the results. Now. gen
tlemen. ave ere n little shillln' book
let explainin' my marvellous system In
full and by n careful lH.rsuai ~ which
| will guarantee you 10 become as ex
pert lighlnin' calculator as myself
within the period Of one week. by
which time shall Ice Gut Of the town
Ahem. Now. gentlemen. when you re-
call that | was straight away able to
multiply l.iii.lll.lil.m3s by 937.ii
1Il.iIl.lil perhaps YOU VIII
ION. moment. sir" called out n shrIll
voic. from the back ~ the crowd.
But will you answer the a question:
I'm no scholar myself hut ] was won
derlng the other night how lid - child
born IN September. nincircn no'ight
nine. would be- Ia September. nineteen
nought ten;'
The lightning calculator threw hts
int-rrogaiur lonk Of contempt
One year 10 course my ma" man."
a.. ,.,,lis.,I ..,r,.tSffs.gllN
Well" rrtori'd the shrili voice. y
think N ,ou WEI. iu go huiu- a'd I'm
pru,c Your u,,n arlihnW'iir ,on w"tld
hnd ihat child wunil T.. Il iui years
1l,i +" i.unaur ANSWERS
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u g. to. ~ G"ae,li ilryelock that
one DAG Nnen i"y hr father. having
some business Go 90. tea him on Lon
don bridge ana babe MIN wait there
TIL he came back. The father was de
tanned aud forgot his son. unl return
ing 10 the hr.Gge an TIE day. "a the
evening be- reached home. and AFTER b.
had rested awhile his wife inquired
Where g. Harry
The father ihuugirl moment
Dear me- he said. II quite forgot
Harry lie Is on London bridge and
has been lhrie FOR eight hours waliiir,
for me-
lie FASTENED To- relieve the 10y an..
found him Just where he had left hiia
IN the morning. pacing Ia aud fru Tx :
a sentinel on his beat. The strict i'del'
fly 10 duty which the boy .ioriously
,llSplayc, on MS occasion shaved u
self On after YEARS and was the rirars
~ winnlrg ~ ~ lannon's vi"icrv 90
ha'ile.
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HIS STURDY WATCH.
Hs Keeps II In Repair Himself with
the Aid Of Knife.

the Aid Of Knife.
"Some men. don't you know" said
Mr.. Gri.lkillton. will step or curb.
step down about foot and break q
leg, and then another man win fall or
the top OF seventeen story house and
not even muss his clothes And It's
about the same way with watches.
Il dropped ms watch the other day
about six inches on 10 thick plush
carpet. and II cost me $40 for repairs.
When was out walking with my
friend BwIlllwIliby this morning he
dropped his watch on the sidewalk.
and IL didn't so much as stop IL.
1T sounded when Il came down like
a safe falling out OF high window.
and II was only two dollar watch.
and expected. OF course. 10 see Bwill-
kwillby just kick the fragments on the
sidewalk and pass on. but Il seems
Bwillkwlllby knew the watch better.
He picked up the crystal. not even
cracked. from where II had tiown. sew
Gu feet away. and put that la his peck
ct. aud then he looked nj the watch.
1t was going all right. but some
how In the fail the long hand had got
bent. lie Strengthened out that bent
hand with his pocketknife 80 that the
two pointers wouldn't catch. aud then
he pricd of the crystal rim of the
watch and put the crystal back In
place. and then he snapped the rim
back on the front OF the watch again
aud dropped the watch In his pocket
aud started ON. aud AS ! was saying.
he said. just as IL nothing had hap.
pened Washington Post
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-04

The Beaumont Enterprise endorses
the opinion Of the New Orleans States
that ''the boil weevil Is a blessing in
disguise for the south. In that II will
lead TO a greater divessification on
the farm In the next column the
Enterprise expresses its own opinion
that the cold and snow has proven a
blessing In disguise" because II is hop
ed that II has killed the boil weeyil.
Putting these together. II seems that.
as the Enterprise sees il. the Lord
sends the farmers IA blessing In dis
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In tribute TO the late Senator Har-
ris OF Kansas, the Topeka Mail and
Breeze says: His conceded honesty
was his greatest political asset" Thorn.
as jefferson placed honesty first
among the qualifications which every
officeholder should possess. But
there are different standards OF hon.
crty. According to the code cf rome
he who keeps the eleventh Command
ment. Thou shalt not get caught with
the goods on" may claim 20 be honest.
But jefferson and Senator Harris had
a higher standard than this.
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II has been stated that no one has
ever seen the sun. A series Of con-
centric shells envelops nucleus OF
which we know nothing except that IL
must be Infinitely hotter than The here
est furnace and that II must amount To
more than nIne-tcntbs ~ the Soiar
mass. That uucleuS lc the real smn.
forever hidden from ~. The oni"r-
mast ~ the .nveloping shells u ai-'lt
5,nD niles thick aud * rail,i iiir
.'rhrun.osph.re n " u gaseous ii~d