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sugar bowl at the breakfast table
stretches great prospective OF industrial
activity, business organization, agricul.
tural intelligence, financial management.
The transition from the canef1eld or the
beet furrow to the spoon involves many
complicated processes, and it is a Strik-
ing fact that little has been written on
this industry except in the way Of tech
meal or trade literature. Designed for
the general reader. this work is based
upon the most careful study of the In
duStry in all of its aspects, and whoever
reads it will have clear concept of the
marvellous organization of human ener-
aies that enables him to sweeten his cof-
fee in the morning.
THE OSBORNES. BY E. F. Benson.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
Washington: Woodward g. Lothrop.
This is Mr.. Bensons twenty-seventh
novel. number suggestive that possi-
bly, the wellspring of his inspiration
might be running low. But in point Of
fact there is no sign of deterioration in
this tale of English life. 1t might rather
be reckoned as the best that has come
from this prolific pen- 1t has whole
someness OF humanity not always to be
found in Mr.. Benson's stories: homely
honesty, simplicity of character some
what strange in London society. The Os-
bornes are Sheffield people, made rich by
the hardware business. vulgarians: viewed
from one angle. impossible folks with
only their wealth to recommend them.
Their capture of London. with their un-
limited capacity for hospitality as chief
weapon of assault, has been accom-
plished when the story opens. The
younger son is soon engaged to marry
the sister of an earl, an impecunious earl
with passion for betting on losing
horses and an altogether flexible code
of morals. This younger son of the
Sheffield maguate is q surprisingly beau
acquired at the university, but none the
less essentially vulgar when judged from
the standards of ultra British society.
Mr. Benson precipitates an interesting
problem when he effects the union of
this scion of the hardware business and
a daughter of the nobility. Fortunately
the latter possesses a sense of humor,
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door till somebody went in who didn't
| latch the door behind him. Great trick
that. Helloa! What's going on over
| there?''
We had reached our hotel by this time.
and Barney's eyes indicated a gathering
| crowd across the square in the neighbor-
| hood Of Irving place.
I'm Off, he cried, with a wave Of his
hand, and left us.
AS we edged our way through the jos
Ting crowd l asked AIilbrath what he
thought about returning to Winton at
| once.
why not to Boston? j should sup
pose our chances were there" =.
We'll, I've got it into my head that
The fancy came last night when you ask
! ed me il were seeing ghost"
Mflbrath's eyes widened.
"Jerusalem! That may be so. But
you've seen that man, haven't you?'
Never. unless he is the chap that
! Maggie carried the big hat to-, you
know So
Did he resemble Summerfield? In size
| and figure ! mean"
fancied he was younger, but very likely
| 1t was only fancy. But If La Cour is
| Summerfield. you can bank on 1t that
| Arms knows that he killed Mr. Somhers.
and perhaps knows why
well admit the theory for sake of
discussion said Milbrath. DO you
think that Arms knew it at the time OF
my trials?''
Its quite possible, and kept the truth
to himself for a money consideration. to
revenge himself on you. or for both rea-
| sons. Indeed. I'm not confident that he
was not an accomplice in the crime, in
| stead Of merely an accessory after 1t. It's
Of no use for you to shake your head
| he's involved somehow.
Then well prove it. Have you a
theory to explain Summerfield's visits to
| Winton?"
mo: there I'm stumped-unless they
! are to try to inttrpidate me with those
| foolish notes. And II he didn't want me
| to know the truth. why. on earth. did he
offer me such inducements to discover II ?
| The old gentleman must be just plain
daffy. By the way. have told you that
Arms has made a trail through the woods
| between Overlook and his cottage and
that it joins yours on the other sida?'
Mo- cried Milbrath, with interest.
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THAT is probably the way. then, that
Summerfield went the other day! How
did you learn about it?''
From Horsford. BY George. I be-
lieve that is the way Summerfield went.
Idiot that I was not to think of it at the
time.''
Milbrath pondered.
IF Summerfield resembles uncle" he
said, presently, 1.-The fact may account
for his apparent desire for seclusion when
he is in Winton. Surely he could find ex-
cuses to explain his visits to you. BY
Jove! If he's been at Overlook this year
without his beard, and looks like his pic
ture. doesn't that explain the ghost story
the boys tOld?'
Winton at once and call upon Arms. If
Summerfield is not there We can have
the cottage watched until he comes
again
We returned to the hotel for our bags
and found that a telegram awaited HE
there. / tore it open and read:
Come at once. Very important.
.'GASPARD."
Now what is the meaning of that?'
exclaimed. handing the message to Mil
brath cit is all unequivocal command.
and Gaspard is not a man to overstep his
boundaries or to attach undue impor-
lance to a situation
Then think we should make the
next train
We did make it," but it cost us hot
race to the station and our lunch.
1t was ) O'Clock in the afternoon when
we reached Beverly. The thought of how
We should get to Overlook did not occur
to us until it was too late to wire Gas
therefore. while the one station carriage
of Beverly carried an old lady up into
far-distant portion of the town some
where and returned for us. we made
start in a hired conveyance.
The driver was old. as deaf as an adder.
and, apparently. as uncommunicative. and
If we had hoped to engage him In gossip
we soon found that we were to be disap-
pointed. 80
AS we passed the Arms cottage he did
turn half around toward us as If to speak
and one arm went out toward the mouse.
but he looked back directly TO MS hoFses
without having uttered word.
We scrutinized the cottage curlousiy'
wondering whether it had revealed Sc
cret or gained one during our absence:
but it looked from the outside much as /!
had. always seen it-white aud green and
modest, it's shades partly lowered IKE the
eyelids Of fair coquette.
Gaspard was holding wide the screen
door before our carriage stopped IN 'front.'
Of the portico at Overlook. his lace
lacked the deborai. smile that usually
adorned IL, and knew at once that Wnat-
ever his reason in sending for me was
not only urgent, but serious
b .M'sieu has heard?" he asked, and
when / told him that I had heard Moth
ing he cast a glance Of such mingled In
credulity. Amusement and contempt at
our driver as condemned tho man at
once to a perdition of amending stupidity.
..Of Ms'eu Arms it iss. He ISIS of zee
dead today-of zee murdered. m sieu."
lin Arms murdered cried Milbrath.
"When did it happen man?'
'.Zis mornin m'sieu. And M'sieu Hors-
ford. he ISIS In gee preeson."
"Horsfordv' It was my turn to ex-
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collection, and is regarded as much too
low. In the lot are many pear-shaped
pearls more than an inch long, and some
round pearls an inch in diameter.
The party made a brief stop at Singa-
pore, where the sultan has an establish
ment. His great desire, the ruler Of Sulu
said, was to show his headmen the great
resources of foreign lands. especially of
the United States, SO that they would
work for peace with the men under them.
The party purchased clothing of European
style in Singapore for use on the trip.
which is expected to last about six
months.
The sultan, who is now thirty eight
years OF age, is a small man of we'll nour-
ished appearance. Although his harem
contains some twenty or more sultanas.
he has no children, and his brother. who
is with him on the present journey, is the
heir apparent. The reigning house of Sulu
is one of the oldest in existence. Members
of this family have been rulers of the
Sulu archipelago since the conquest of
those islands by Rajah Baginda. Su-
matra prince. in 1880. Jamaiul kiram II
is the twenty-eighth sultan Of his dynasty.
For 425 years the sultans of Sulu were
the absolute masters Of the southern seas
and had innumerable vessels and slaves.
Their fleets OF swift-sailing praos were
constantly raiding and destroying Spanish
and FfliDino towns to the north The
power Of Spain could make no Roadway
against these fierce and hloodthirstv ma
RAIDERS. and even Manila, the Spanish
stronghold. was in serious danger from
their attacks.
Not until 1887. after the introduction of
steam war vessels, was Spain successful
in her efforts to confine these hungry
tigers to their own territory. In that year
the Spanish Gen. Arolas built strong
Notifications at Jolo, and waged a relent-
less and partially successful war on the
Moros Of that region. with the result that
the piratical raids that had SO long car
ried terror and death to the Filipinos
were terminated.
An official thus describes his visit to
the palace Of the sultans Of Sulu at Mai
bun:
December so was the day appointed
for the interview with the sultan. On
landing we found guard of honor and
attendants waiting to conduct us to the
sultan's presence; they were a motley
group, but made themselves useful in
clearing the way. Passing within the
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ious days when masked highwaymen
rushed out to relieve luckless wayfare-s
Of their money or their lives. So here
the story is set. just when the French
revolution is raging across the channel
A fugitive Frenchman. noble rascally
SPY. is the hero Of the tale Conserving
with Jerry Abershaw, an English outlaw
who has come down to us with historic
backing. he fills these pages with wild.
incredible deeds. Gums snap and swords
flash at every turn. Treachery, snug
CLING. the abduction of fair lady in
good old-fashioned way, assault, arson,
murder. pack this romantic tale and test
to the utmost the ingenuity and capacity
Of an adventuresome era.
GOOD MEN AND TRUE. BY Eugene
Manlove Rhodes. Illustrations by
H. r. Dunn. New York: Henry Holt
& Co.
A dilute Sherlock Holmes and concen-
trate Baron Munchausen. done UP in one,
pull the strings and shift the scenes Of
this imitation picturesque adventure. A
young man, the hero of this tale. inno-
cent and inadvertent. going home much
too late of a night. mixes in a fracas
nicely calculated. save for his own part
in it. to rid a masterful politician. sum-
marily and without benefit of clergy. of
his foremost foe and political rival. Kid
mapped, borne to q lonely and mysterious
house of detention. threatened with death
unless he consent to throw the protec-
ton Of his silence around his powerful
captor. this imperiled young man be-
comes the center of a mighty unravel-
,:.ent on the part of his alarmed and mys-
titled friends Both sides of the Rio
Grande, Ell Paso and across into Mexico,
are chosen as the fit stage of this out
laWry, with exits easy and entrances dit
ficult through the rusty machinery of
extradition. The pursuit and rescue make
an ensemble of ,oose-jointed. rickety, clat-
tering horseplay that falls below even
good farce.
THE STORY OF SUGAR. BY George
Thomas Surface. Ph.D., M.Sc. as
sistant professor Of geography,
University. illustrated. New York
D. Appleton & Co.
Behind the simple act of passing the
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twenty millions Of Caucasians and the
eight millions Of negroes In eleven states
of the south, still It Is a national problem,
because whatever affects one part OF our
national organism concerns the whole
of it,"
\ chapter on What Is a Negro" ie OF
distinct interest to the people OF the Dis
trfct. In, view Of the fact that case Is
now pending before the Supreme Court OF
the United States involving this question
as affecting the right Of child OF mixed
blood to be educated in the public schools
assigned to white childvea. Throughout
the volume. In its dealings with the mani
fold legal limitations placed upon the de-
scendants of slaves in their political ana
social relations and their use OF public
utilities. are to be found matters OF mo-
ment to every student of this most COM
plicated question In American affairs.
MR.. DOOLEY SAYS. BY the author OF
.'Mr. Dooley In. Peace and in War.
etc. New York: Charles Scribner 8
Sons Washington: Woodward &
Lothrop.
Mr.. Dooley says: ''well. sir, II there s
wan person in tn wurruld that I really
hwy it's me frind tn ex-Prisidiat "
Harvard. What a wonderful thing Is
youth. Old fellows like ye'ersilf an me
make a blum about tn advantages iv
age But we know there's nawthin' in it.
We have wisdom, but We wud rather
have hair. We have experience. but We
wud thrade all Nv its lessons f'r hope an
teeth"
Mr.. Dooley says many other things
equally true. equally delightful In their
quaint application and terms and twists,
in their naive philosophy and their at
tractive dialect. In the twenty-one chap
tiers this philosopher of the Archey road
discusses everything Of current impor-
lance from divorces. woman suffrage.
panics and ocean travel to army canteens,
the Japanese scare, vacations, tariff, ex-
friend Hennessy weigh the affairs Of the
world in their balance and pronounce ac-
cordingly. Mr.. Dooley is institutional
and 1t is the present hope Of his faithful
friends that he will never cease to dis
course upon the matters In which they
are interested.
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CHAPTER xxx.
Horsford in Durance,

AS we left the telegraph Office at 5th
avenue and 23d street felt a touch upon
my arm and turned about to find at my
side a small man who looked up into my
face with furtive eyes and sly smile.
Barney Rafferts, by all that's unholy!'
I exclaimed. "Been shadowing us, Bar
ney?''
Not this time. It's a gory-hued d.
vorce I'm. on today he laughed.
"'Not this time?' All. BY the way,
Barney. you're just the man I've been
wanting to see. What's the name Of the
old fellow who put you on my track six
weeks or so ago.
Barney shifted his eyes and showed his
teeth with pleasant intention
Say, l think that's worth more'n an
answer. don't your
Maybe it L. How would this please
your and produced ten-dollar bill.
Barney's eyes flashed greedily, but
note IN my pocket and he answered:
THAT might quiet my sensitive con-
science long enough for me to admit
there was man who had me look you
up. but as to his name. Well. you see
my mem'ry amt first rate always"
Perhaps this other bill will refresh
your memory. you fox!'
Just 8 like S not it will. Let's see
how they feel. Genuine, amt they? See
en- disappear into my pocket-so? There!
The old fellows name. did you say? To
tell the truth he didn't confide in me that
far, but he was old and had gray hair
q beard ditto, and
IF you don't know his name how dare
you take my money! l roared in his
ear.
Now don't excite yourself" said Bar
ney. imperturbably. ''I'll come to an in
teresting part presently. He didn't tell
me his name. but looked on the register
at the Plaza when l went up to report.
aud he was down as-Summerfield OF Bos-
tom
"And you followed me home that night!
Well. all is fair in war. / suppose. How
did you manage to get the note in the
house the next dayT'
Easy! Just hid behind a vestibule
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mother, who had ceased to vail while the
girl spoke. now broke forth again.
NOW, Mrs. Arms" I began. resolutely
as she paused to take breath. Il am
here as z friend. and I mean to help you
II l can. But ] can do nothing unless
You Will dry your eyes and let me talk
with you for few minutes without in
terruption.'
The checked apron came down after II
had made few effectual dabs at the old
woman's face.
Aye. sir Mrs Arms said. '.rll do as
best l can
please show ME. then. just where Jim $
pody lay when yon Lrst saw him after
the shooting
AYE, SIR
She led me into the Kitchen a large
uncarpeted room. and pointed to a red
spot on the white scouTed floor.
fHat, sir, is where e LAYS cad this
way above the spot. the feet ere
I studied the position of the spot in re-
lation to the rest of the room It Was
within two feet of q side wall-at diverg-
ing line from which the body must have
lain to bring the feet SO well toward the
center Of the room.
WAS the room upset-as il there had
been a struggle?' asked.
Hit was not. SIR
There was one chair over ma. This
one. don't you remembers" and Maggie,
who had followed us into the kitchen.
touched wooden-seated chair against
the wall about three feet from the Grim
us the chair now where it set when
YOU went oit TO the garden Yesterday"
Aye, sir. Tbs always there except at
(which way did the chair lie when you
found it-oh which side?''
Mrs. Arms hooked puzzled, but Maggie
did not hesitate.
This way. SIR. just so.' and she tipped
the chair over. The evidence. if the girl
were right, was that the chair had fallen
In the direction OF the body
Was there no one here with Jim when
you went to the garden?''
No one, sir
'EIow long was it after you went to the
An 'alf hour. perhaps, SIR answered
Maggie.
did either of you see the revolver that
was fred?''
AYE. sir. The coroner as It now
Did you recognize it?''
Both women shook their heads
us there anything further that you can
There seemed to be nothing. SO I asked
to see the clothing that Arms had worm
tions 7 had asked up to that point were
sterectyped and formal. and had left me
still sailing around WITHOUT rudder In
this new sea, OF mystery. But as / put
my nSh0S upon the garments SO recently
worn by the lAte master Cor tyrant) Of
the house In which stood. L felt with a
thrill that was wholly. without logical ex-
cHse that I had got hold of something
that would yield q clue.
WAS he wearing a coat? inquired i'm
some surprise, as l unfoldled the brown
tweed garment that lay ON top.
4 did ave it on when We found him."
answered Maggie, in q puzzled tone, "but
not when We went out. The burn of the
bullet is on 1t, SIR"
Ito be continued tomoTrow.)
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claim. DO they say that Horsford did
it,"
',oui. m'sieu; He vas zee last at zee
maison of Msieu Arms. Now he will
Blees.'"
/ thought of the money that Arms had
owed Horsford and wondered whether 1t
could be that a row had arisen over the
killed. That Horsford had killed his cOu-
sin Intentionally did not for moment
believe.
looked at Milbrath.
We'll go over to him at once!' l said.
tentatively. HE is in the Beverly Jail.
l suppose. Gaspard?'
"Oui, msieu. Alais pardon, zee preeson
is not longer open to vee-se-tors from
seek o'clock. and it is now past seek,
zirty minutes.
81 suppose We might bring influence TO
bear from some quarter ard see him to-
night. / remarked to Milbrath But it
is late, and perhaps il would be as Well
first to hear what others have to say
In this aIilbrath agreed. aud We en-.
couraged Gaspard to tell us all that he
knew about the tragedy He told 1t with
many words and gesticulations, frequent
appeals to us for assistance with the
English language. and with great dra-
matte fervor. But we knew little more
when all was told land gesticulated) than
his first words had conveyed-that Arms
was dead from bullet that had entered
I.
Horsford was alone with him at the
time. and had been arrested, although HE
stoutly maintained his innocence OF the
crime and did not know who did it; and
that he asked continually for me-
After hasty supper Milbrath and I
drove over to the Arms cottage. Mil
brath declined to go inside.
IF !. can aid you, OF course you may
call upon me. Otherwise I'll remain in
the background. l fancy that nv pres
ence would not greatly comfort either of
the women" he added, with a touch Of
pathos.
I~found Mrs. Arms in loud lamentation.
but Maggie was silent and fearless. and
Of her mother, who rocked back and forth
with her checked apron over her face.
and walled increasingly for her Jamie.
her poor. murdered Jamie!'
Tell i'm 'oW 1t wur. Maggie she COM
manded at length. uncovering her face
for moment. tell 'im,'
Maggie hesitated. The color mounted
slowly to her forehead an4 her eyes
widened with a new expression Of alarm.
Then she began, dutifully, to speak, in a
soft, monotOnOuS voice:
1T was after the work was done up
in the morning. and ma went down to the
garden with me to clip pick biackberriss
for jam. We saw Joeie come in-and
porch yonder shouting for us to come up.
But e didn't do 1t, SIR" she Interrupted
herself to exclain with increased alarm.
land you mustn't believe q did"
Il don't believe he did" I answered,
and my words appeared to have Won
derfuily quieting effect on the girl. For
the first time I saw her eyes rest upon
me without apprehension.
But Jamie was shot, she went on in 4.
a doubtful voice, as il, having convinced
me. she could yield to the doubt that
harassed her. shot and lynn dead on the
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leave the protecting walls Of Jolo unless
armed and in force. There Is little doubt
but what, If the sultan possessed q 1.-THE
OF the war spirit of his daring and un,
conquerable ancestors, he would have no
difficulty In placing himself at the head
of an army q $1,000 fighting men within
a. week. However, Jamalui Hiram IL
considers discretion the better part OF
women In his compound at NAHUM, about
eighteen miles from JOlo. and leave the
administration Of his country to the In
vader. He has now no civil authority,
but exercises considerable power as splr-
itual head Of his Mohammedan subjects
- 4
The sultan is far from rich. Including
his allowance from the United States
government. his income Is about $12 600
per annum- Out Of these funds he has
to provide for many dependents. He also
maintains a residence in Singapore.
where lie sometimes goes to hobnob with
his fellow sultans Of the Malay pentn-
sula.
The widely published story to the effect
that the sultan proposed marriage to Mss
Roosevelt when she visited Jolo with the
Taft party arose in this way. The news.
paper men present at that time conceived
the IDEA OIL having the Suttau OHoI uibH-
self as candidate for the hand OF the
Presidents daughter, and with this object
in view persuaded the sultan's interpreter
to manipulate the scheme. The sultan,
while willing to oblige. either realized the
improperly Of the proposed action or else
lacked the nerve to carry it through. but
this fact did not prevent the epterprising
reporters from furnishing the reading
world with another romantic incident.
The ANAL disposition Of Moroiand is one
Of the grave problems that the United
States has to solve. To turn II over to
the Filipinos would be equivalent to let
ting loose a wolf IN a flock of sheep To
withdraw and leave II without restraint
would mean that a thousand miles of SUM-
lit seas would be infested by swarms Of
the most daring pirates and cutthrcats
that the world has ever seen.
The islands of the Sulu archipelago are
thought by many travellers to be the most
beautiful on the globe. There are few
landscapes in the world that exhibit q
more delightful appearance than the. sea-
coasts Of SuluI the lnxurlant variety Of
the enchanting hills exhibits a scenery
hardly ever equaled and certainly never
surpassed by the pencil of the artist; some
with mystic woods that wave their lofty
heads to the very SUBMITS; other with
rich pasturage delightfully."- verdant. with
here and there patches burnt for cultivation
which form an agreeable contrast with
enameled meads; others again exhibit cul-
tivation to the mountain tops, checkcred
with groves affording q grateful variety
to the eye-in word. it only requires the
decorations OF art and civilized life 70
form terrestrial paradise.