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Ioinina India and Ceylon.

The linking of India and Ceylon by
railway is again under discussion.
There is said to be no serious en-
cheering difficulty connected with the
bridging Of the Paumben channel, nor
at the south end of the line, for the
island of Mannar is already practical
ly attached to Ceylon. But between
the southern end of the island of
Rameswaram and the northern end Of
the island of Mannar, there is a dis.
lance of about SO miles, marked by an
almost continuous coral reef, either
covered with shallow water or rising
above the level Of the sea in numer.
u coral islets-the "stepping-stones"
Of Adams bridge-to be bridged.
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The sitting room was about IL feet
square. 1t contained a. rusty stove and
a single bench. It's windows had not
been washed since the surrender Of
Lord CORVALLIS and the only picture
on the walls was that Of a young lady
with long hair and holding in her hand
a bottle of the stuff that did the trick.
Miss Carrie took one end of the bench
and the young nan the other. For
~ minutes she gazed at her toes and
he at his. Then they raised their
eyes as high as the long-haired girl
n kept them there a long time. She
could have grown another foot of hair
while they looked.
Then the red-headed man came in
and said he guessed it was going to
rain. and went out again. AS it had
been pouring for half an hour his OBJ
servation struck home. The young
man wished to himself that he had
such a father-in-law and Miss Carrie
wished to herself that he would come
to the Boston weather bureau and run
the weather for a while.
Then the young man consulted his
watch. The girl wished it would stop
with a bang, and she walked over to
n OF the two windows to see if the
GOV still stood out on the marsh. He
walked over to the other to see if the
haystack still stood upright or had a
Pisa tower lean to 1t. Silence for 20
minutes. The two could almost hear
more rust gathering on the stove.
Then, all of a sudden, Miss Carrie
gave way. She had been wanting to
cry about something for three weeks
past. The something had ONE There
were tears and sobs.
"What's-what's the matter?" asked
the young man.
You are!" she answered fercely.
How am I-I-?"
You know. Here I've been for a
whole week, and you haven't-haven't
even spoken to me! No, you haven't,
and I'm ready to tell you what l think
of you!"
But, you know-you know" he
faltered.
"Of course, l know! Was it my
business to come up and speak to you
first? You knew l was impatient.
You knew I was lonesome. You knew
l had nowhere to go. And-and you
Just walked and walked and walked,
and you wouldn't even look at me.
Where are your manners, sir? Are
you a stick of wood or a young man ?"
But firted with a girl once and
she froze me-" lamely protested the
young man.
But am I that girl? Are all girls
alike? Did that girl have to wait five
or six weeks at IN old Junction? II
don't want to firt. l want to talk
Just talk. l want to know when that
old train is coming-when it's going
to stop raining-what time it is-if
the curl has come out of my hair in
this dampness, and lots and lots more!
Why, If you hadn't been a chump-1
mean If you had been a talker, we
might have had a real long visit and I
could have told you all about my Aunt
Sarah"
1t wasn't too late to make amends.
h young man hitched nearer and be-
gan to talk, and half an hour later
when the r%ed-headed man came in to
say that the train had concluded to be
two additional hours late, the couple
gave him no attention and he went to
the house and said to his wife:
We'll, they've took to each other at
last, and l just heard him ask her if
she would correspond. If it amt a
marriage within a year then I'll dye
my hair and grow chin-whiskers."
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Seated Himself Upon a Milestone.

yesterday for a fortnight's trip to the
Budaresth convention, and I am TAX
ing advantage of his absence to pay
this long-deferred visit. And you?"
u am on my way to Salzburg."
"Ah, yes. Tell me, why were you
not at the Walters last Sunday? You
have always been such a habitue
there"
II found it absolutely impossible, it
was such an exceptionally full day.
Four "At homes" Did I miss any
thing?
II cannot Judge of that. You must
decide for yourself when I tell you
who was there. First, Martha
Schwert-"
"That is intended partly as a feeler,
I presume"
mo, wholly"
"Oh, I don't deny that I am atten-
tive to Martha Schwert. Why should
l not be? She is certainly very pretty,
or perhaps you do not agree with me-"
Indeed, yes; one of the prettiest
girls in Vienna. Is she equally re-
markable for her discretion?"
1.-The same old question whenever
her name is mentioned. No, she is
not remarkably discreet. Quite the
contrary. in fact"
And yet"
And yet I am n of her devotees.
At balls and skating parties she is
always the most beautiful girl present,
n to dance a %polonaise or a quad
rifle with her gives me thorough salts
faction. AS for my acquaintances, it
1%rritates the men exceedingly, and the
women even more. And then the cut
ting observations, especially from the
ladies': All, you know Fraulein Sch
vert? Pretty features, but rather ex-
pressionless.' "A picture without a
a SOUL DO you find Fraulein Sch
vert SO very entertaining?" etc. Be-
sides, my dear lady, l have recently
met Ida Zwirner at Wiegand. and
worship at her shrine ALSO"
"You are positively Don Juan of the
drawing-room. You have a long list
Of gods and goddesses, a veritable
Olympus. before whose affairs you
bend"
At st. Polten, this being the weekly
market day there, a number Of people
got on, but mostly second class. More.
over, Edgar had tipped the guard q
gulden to insure no one entering hia
compartment.
BY the time the train had reached
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Mighty Massachusetts Hunter

Roland Smith, who lives in the
town of Sheffield. probably holds the
record locally as a hunter of mu.h.
rats, says the Springfield Republican
Every year during the January thaws
he in company with a man sne,,de
the warm days shooting rats, and
they have captured a great nav
This month during the two davs th.t
the water overlooked the
they went out in a boat and killed w.
tween l5o n l6o rats. These will
bring from so to Is cents a pelt, &C.
cording to the size and quality :,
the fur, Mr. Smith hunts the rats
with a rifle and in this way ia ahla
to kill them without damaging the
skin to any extent. Sometimes whan
1t 70 necessary a shotgun is used.
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the
. Junction
Copyright, 1909 by Associated Lterar,
Press.)
b. Donald Allen

Copyright 1909 b. By: Associated Literary
Miss Carrie Mayberry had made a
Journey of 70 miles up the state to
pay a months visit to her aunt. She
had had to change cars at a junction
en- route, but the conductor had been
30 courteous, and there had been SO
many passengers changing with her,
that she had not minded the ten-min-
ute wait. In returning after her visit
was up, things were different. The
conductor was a cross-grained old chap
who had no goodlooking daughter of
his own, and then the only other pas
senger to get OF and take the G. & B.
road was a young man, who proceeded
to saunter up and down the platform
without giving Miss Carrie a second
look.
As If these three or four things were
not bad enough, she learned that the
train she had to wait for was three
hours behind time. She did not learn
this from the young man-oh, no. He
AOuAu OuI AOA AAuASOAA duu IASA hCPI
the information to himself, though he
must have known what a hurry she
was in to get back home and see pa
and ma. He just didn't care whether
she got home that day or the week
after.
Miss Carrie learned about the late
ness Of the train from the red-headed
depot agent. It was a country juno
ton. The depot and his house were
the only two buildings there. The only
landscape for three miles around was
made up Of a spotted COW, a swamp,
a haystack and a water-tank. 1t took
the red-headed man Just one hour to
get ready to come out on the platform
and say:
your train was three hours late an
hour ago; nov it's only two hours"
What! My train late!" was the ex-
clamation. "Why didn't you tell me
SO when I got off?"
mo good. You'd have had to stay
just the same"
The young man saw her look of
chagrin. disappointment and anger
from the -four barrel on which he was
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NAPOLEON AS PUss IN BOOTS
Master Of Europe Conquered by Re.
mark Made by TweIve-Year.
Old Child.

Napoleon BOnaparte was always q
very small man, and when he first
entered the army as a s%ub-lieutenant
in an artillery regiment, the top
boots which were part of his uniform
were so high and wide, that the thin
little legs Of the future emperor
seemed quite buried in them.
However, the young s%ublieutenant
was vain enough to be quite uncon-
scious of the comical figure he cut,
and went, readily enough to show OIL
himself and his fine uniform to the
Duchesse d'Abrantes and her sister,
who had been early %playfellows of
his.
No sooner did the young officer en-
ter their drawing-room than the two
girls burst into a loud laugh at his
appearance, the younger of the two
especially making great fun of him;
but B%onaparte never could relish q
joke, especially at his own expense,
and he now became quite angry at
their laughter.
The elder girl was a year or more
Bonaparte's senior, and she told him
that now he was an officer and wore
a sword, he ought to know how to be.
have to ladies and not to speak
angrily to them, but should be able
to joke back if they laughed at him."
Ladies'" said Bonaparte, contemptu-
ously, and looking at the younger girl,
"she is nothing but a little school.
girl"
This affronted the 1~2-year-old young
lady. and she retorted with great
spirit: And what are you? Nothing
but a puss in boots!"
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sitting, but did not come forward and
take the r%ed-headed man by the neck
or speak words of consolation to her.
She looked at him and mentally called
him names-real hard names.
The agent had a home, a wife and
two children. It was a few rods away,
and the right thing would have been
to invite Miss Carrie to tarry there.
He didn't do the right thing. He didn't
care whether she walked the platform
q roasted on the haystack.
And that young man! A nice speci-
men he a OF course, Miss Carrie
had made up her mind when she first
got of that If he tried to scrape &C.
quatntance she would promptly freeze
him out, but that was on the under
standing that the G. & B. train was
on time. Now it was hours late, and
that made all the difference in the
world. He ought to know that 1t did.
Just after the ~red-headed man had
told Miss Carrie that she still had two
hours to wait, she looked at her watch
and found that 1t had stopped. There
was no clock in the depot. The young
man had a watch which he frequently
consulted In a somewhat ostentatious
way, but would the girl humble her.
self to ask him what time it was?
Never In this world! There were some
yellow flowers growing alongside the
tracks 20 rods away, and he could
have jumped down and culled her a
bouquet.
The two hours we're about up when
the red-headed man came out to Miss
Carrie to say:
"Your train Is another two hours
late. making five hours In all. Mebbe
It will be six, but I'll say five to you"
"And live got to wait two or
three hours more!" she almost
screached.
".Unless you want to walk"
The young man a at the far end
Of the platform inspecting a patent
washing machine that had arrived bv
freight, and yet he must have heard
tho message and known her feelings.
II not why did he grin? For a minute
Miss Carrie looked around for dyna.
mite to blow him OF the face Of the
earth. but then 1t began to rain and
she had to seek shelter. The young
man also sought shelter.
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s7s;c7 new ENGLISH Law
GrIns Of Clown and Acrobat's Contor.
lions May Be Copyrighted
in t.,e Future.

All grimaces- in Mr.. so-and-so's
performances are copyrighted"
This notice on the program may
greet the eye Of a spectator Of the bar
lequirS fr. Of the fu4''re II effect Is
given :" he recom,, ;ations OF the
comr~ TO consider the law of copy
rigli: r"h has just concluded Its
sitti, avs an English exchange.
For Ii lis report just published ,ap'
pears the Recommendation that the
protection of copyright should be ex-
tended to Entertainments in dumb
show" and these Mr.. Scrutton, K. c..
q dissenting member Of the committee.
points out, must necessarily include
facial expressions.
But the clown will not be the only
one to benefit. The contortionist who
ties himself in a novel knot. the gym
mast who invents some new feat. may
equally copyright them, for their en-
tertainments may be Entertainments
in dumb show"
Verbal contortionists, too, will have
their need Of protection, for the COM
mittee recommends that authors OF
lectures. speeches and sermons should
have the sole right of delivering them.
though newspapers may report them
unless notice prohibiting publication
is given at the time of delivery.
No longer will the author of a mu-
steal work groan at the thought Of lost
royalties when he hears his master
piece ground out on a Barrel organ.
for he is to have the sole right Of au-
thorizing it's adaptation to instru-
ments which can produce them me-
Chemically"
And the artist who sees his picture
reproduced by a cineEaatograph may
be tempted to overlook the absence
Of some of it's finer shades in reckon
ing the profits of the performance.
For, so the committee recommends,
authors Of literary. scientific or artis-
tic works are to have the exclusive
rigl, Of authorizing the reproduction
and public presentation of their works.
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Passing Them Up.

Come on, don't let's stop here"
why not?"
Don't youse see dem signs on de
Sate?"
Eyes, but they're new ones on me-"
"Dcy means dat de family liytn'
here is meat strikers"
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Don't boast Of your lineage. It's a
dozen to a quart that if you trace 1t
back a few generations you will find
some n who borrowed a horse with.
out the owners consent.
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The careful housewife doesn't mind
her husband leaving footprints in the
sands of time, provided he doesn't
track any in the house.
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yesterday for a fortnight's trip to the
Budaresth convention, and I am TAX
ing advantage Of his absence to pay
this long-deferred visit. And you?"
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-13

EXPERT collec.; prompt remit; loans negot. @.
2. NJ. Co.. $50 Pacific bldg, S. f. Ph. Sut. $40.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-13

WANTED-Room in private family with person
willing to teach English language to 1 or 2
gentlemen. Address 455 sth St., Oakland.
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%: .as': sss. ii, a.s Thempssn's Eye Water
Light on Cause Of tuberculosis,

Light on Cause Of tuberculosis,
The sixth annual meeting OF the Ma.
tonal Association for the Study and
Prevention Of tuberculosis was held
in Washington on May 2 and 8. Among
the most interesting papers was one
by DR.. William II. Parks, the famous
pathologist and head of the lebora-
tories OF the New York city depart
ment of health. Doctor Park contended
that pulmonary tuberculosis is very
rarely. IL ever, caused by infection
from bovine sources. such as the
drinking of milk or the eating Of meat.
tuberculosis of the stomach and inter-
nal organs. which compose only about
ten per cent. of the sickness from
this disease. are often caused by drink
ing or eating infected matter. Doctor
Park substantiated his conclusions by
showing the results of years o. inves-
tigation and examination of pathology.
cal specimens. His conclusions are
substantially those reached by DIR.
Robert Koch. the discoverer of the tn.
bercle bacillus.
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DIDN'T GET THE SITUATION
Flight Of Eioquence Wasted BY
Friend Of Dobkins - Pretty
Enough, But Not Appropriate.

What makes you act so grouchy
this morning. Dobkins?"
Had an addition to my family"
What? Why. you ought TO be
ashamed to be gloomy over that! To
think that a normal human being
should be angry because Of the ad-
vent Of such cherub, Do you act
ually grudge a place In your happy
home to an innocent creature fresh
from heaven. bringing with 1t the very
fragrance of these celestial realms
DO you greet with an unwelcoming
chill small epitome Of all purity and
sweetness given into your keeping as
priceless. though undeserved treas
ure by too benevolent Providence?
A lovely copy of what fancy feigns
the angels to be like-a tiny shred OF
grace and glory, snatched from the"
Say, that's very pretty, but do YOU
know you're talking about my mother.
in.law?"
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AN INTOLERABlE ITCHING

Just about two years ago, some
form Of humor appeared on my scalp.
The beginning was a slight itching but
1t grew steadily worse until. when
combed my hair, the scalp became
raw and the ends OF the comb.teeth
would be wet with blood. Most OF the
time there was an intolerable itching.
in a painful. burning way, very much
as bad. raw burn, II deep. will itch
and smart when first beginning to
heal. Combing my hair was positive
torture. My hair was long and tan
gled terribly because Of the blood and
scabs. This continued growing worse
and over half my hair fell out. was
In despair. really afraid Of becoming
totally bald.
Sometimes the pain was SO great
that, when partially awake. l would
scratch the worst places SO that my
finger-tips would be bloody. l could
not sleep well and. after being asleep
q short time. that awful singing pain
would commence and then would
wake up nearly wild with the torture.
A neighbor said II must be salt rheum.
Having used Cuticura Soap merely rs
q toilet soap before. ! now decided to
order a set Of the Cuticura Remedies
-Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills.
! used them according to directions
for perhaps six weeks. then left of.
~ the disease seemed to be eradi.
Gated, but toward spring. eighteen
months ago. there was slight re.
turn OF the scalp humor. COM
menced the Cuticura treatment at
once. 80 had very little trouble. On
my scalp used about one half q cake
Of Cuticura Soap and half q box Of
Cuticura Ointment In all. The first
time took six or seven bottles of Gu.
ticura Pills and the last time three
bottles-neither an expensive or te.
dious treatment. Since then I have
had no scalp trouble OF any kind
Standing up. with my hair unbound. II
comes to my knees and had It not been
for Cuticura l should doubtless be
wholly bald.
This Is n voluntary. unsolicited ties.
timonial and take pleasure In writing
1t, hoping my experience may help
someone else. Miss Lillian Brown,
r. +. d. !. Liberty. Me-. Oct 20. 1909"
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CHAPTER III.

Tempest so intensely desired what
he took the trouble to want at all
that he had no rule for the bearing OF
disappointments. he had until lately
admitted none. To accomplish what
he deigned to desire he put out what.
ever effort was required on his part.
and with magnetism and intensity
drew things towards him. The facility
with which things slipped to his hands
spoiled him. Petulant OF habit, impa.
tient and turbulent Of temper. he
never waited-when his wish for
variety was delayed he went for II
and snatched 1t to himself.
But lately this life had undergone
q change. Precedent no longer would.
he knew. be Indicative of his future.
His future! Curse the word and
epoch! Why had he consented to ac-
cept one?
During the last three days, his mind
had been resting in the contemplation
Of gentle things II had amused and
entertained him to take pleasure in
the society Of this woman of another
continent. whose presence alone was
30 extraordinary, whose advent was
20 droll and unusual
He was with women as with other
things-tyrannical. an absolutist, bold.
" asking and taking pleasure where
he chose-with more of the brute. per.
haps, than the angel in his compost.
ton, and great fund of affection to
give and waste. great. hungry
need OF companionship to be filled.
Except for the periods when he shut
himself up in Craven. periods of isola-
don and fast. there had never been
. time In his life not dominated by a
woman. He had. for such as himself,
scofRed at marriage, claiming that its
douce esclavage would fatally exor-
else his Inspirations and that he
would make "a deyilish bad husband"
During this last exile at Craven he
had alternately given thanks for his
liberty and the fact that no woman
was forced to share his miasmatic
humors, and alternately hated his un-
companioned hearth.
But he was utterly unprepared for
the note which came instead Of Lucy
Carew. He read II. the look Of con
tent his thought Of her coming called
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deepest waters she had to offer, and
she knew 1t. The fact that she had
no more refreshing draught to give
him at his imperious demand, that he
had reached the bed of the stream.
would have desolated woman who
really loved. But Lady Ormond wanted
to escape-not Tempest. exactly. but
the fact OF her deficiency. She knew
she could never be again to another
what she had been to him. and that IL
he could come to her as he had orig
inally, with the like enthusiasm. the
like forceful demand. she would be
anew carried away by his charm. Such
a Tempest could not come again. In
their gradual drifting apart she had
not suffered: she had prepared her in
terests. new claims were ready to as
sert themselves. and she grew to &C.
cept his frequent absences without re.
proach.
Lady Ormond was "up for Sunday.
to entertain some Americans passing
through London, and. standing under
the careful adjustment of lights. sur.
rounded by half a dozen of the most
sought men in London. she looked
with surprise to see Tempest making
his way through the crowded room to
her. His eyes were on her and he
half stumbled against chair in his
way. Awkwardness was foreign to
him-he, was intolerant OF II in others
and he was now so cruelty self-con-
scious that Lady Ormond flushed for
him. rejecting the dark-red OF his face
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CHAPTER discontinued.

Thank you very much indeed.
shall look for you this afternoon
Shall l send for you. or will you
walk?"
III walk" said Miss Carew. and he
accepted her decision, saying:
Then I'll mount and leave you here
You will simply tell Mrs. Ramsdill
that you have planned to stay on for
a day or two because Of your mes
sage"
He shook her hand and. getting on
his horse, took leave Of her in the
lane.
But at four o'clock his carriage
came for her-he was not, evidently
in a mood to wait for her arrival.
Mrs. Ramsdill came in to Lucy
Carew with the announcement and a
note
"Win you not dine here?" II ran
IF you are rigid conventionalist
Mrs. Henly shall sit and knit In her
corner"
To Ramsdill's presence. to her
slightly pursed-up lips, her "air," was
due the response that went to Mr.
Tempest. for looking suddenly up Miss
Carew caught a sight OF her sister
woman's face and 1t gave her pause
Was she coward. and did not dare
to take her life without fear Of a
peasant woman's comment? Or did
the look on the humble. good face re
fleet only what was in Lucy's own
heart-a fear, dread, distrust. and a
certain shame?
She wrote note and sent It in her
stead. But she could not like a crea.
ture with no mind or will. entirely re-
fuse the favor she had promised.
Il am sorry, but I cannot come to-
day. will 60 to Craven tomorrow
between two and three