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CHAPTER xiIi.-continued.

She had already come to the conclu.
sion that II Kralinsky was really Lev
en-. the latter had seized the opportu-
nifty offered him by his own supposed
death to disappear from st. Peters
burg. and had taken another name.
Leven had been ruined man when
he had tried TO divorce her; when he
died. or disappeared. he left nothing
but debts, which were extinguished
with him. for no one attempted to
make his widow responsible for them.
since there was no estate and she had
no fortune beyond the allowance her
father made her. Lord Creedmore was
far from being rich peer. too. and
what he gave her was not much, al
though II would more than suffice for
her simple wants. now that she In
tended to live with him again.
But II Leven had not been killed and
had turned into Kralinsky. he now
had plenty OF ready money. though
II was not easy to guess how he had
obtained possession of quantity Of
valuable Asiatic rubles within the few
weeks that had elapsed between his
supposed destruction by the bomb and
the date OF Van Torp's transaction
with him In New York. That was a
mystery. So was his possible acquaint.
ance. or connection, with the eastern
girl who was looking for him. II there
was a shadow OF truth In Logotheti's
story. Lady Maud did not believe
there was. and she felt morally sure
that the tale had evolved itself out Of
the Creeks fertile brain. as n fantas.
tic explanation OF his atrocious con.
duct.
while she was thinking over these
matters and rchearsing In her
thoughts the scene that was before
her. she saw a gondola making
straight for the yacht across the fast
fading green Of the lagoon that lay
between the vessel and the Piazzetta
II came nearer. and she drew back
from the rail against her cabin door.
under the shadow OF the promenade
deck. which extended over the gang
way and was supported by stanchions.
ms on an ocean liner. The Lancashire
Lass. with her single yellow funnel.
her one short signal mast. her turrct.
shaped whcclhousc. and her generally
business.likc appearance, looked more
like cross between fast modcrl
cruiser and an ocean greyhound"
than like n private yacht She even
had couple OF qulck.nring guns
mounted Just above her rail.
Lady Maud looked at the sondola.
and nm II came Htill nearer. she saw
that II brought only one passenger.
and that he Ind fair beard. She
quietly opened her cabin door. and
went In TO dress for dinner.
Meanwhile Mr.. Van Torp bnd com.
pletcd his toilet. and sent for the cap.
tain.
u suppose you're ready at any mo,
mcni. captain7" inauirea tho million.
aire.
"Yea. sir. The pilot Ia Oh board.
and the gentleman you expected IN
.unt coming alongside"
Then you can start now" said IN,
owner. after moments thought.
where are We bound hir7"
"ob, we'll. 1 don't know. wanted
10 say few words about That, cap.
tain. DO you happen 10 know anything
aboui . yacht called tho Erinna, be.
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ner. Yet there was still shadow of
doubt. though she could not have told
exactly where 1t lay.
She longed to fead him into a trap
by asking some question to which II
he were Leven, he would know the an.
else. a question to which he would not
hesitate to reply unsuspectingly II the
answer were known to him. But Lady
Maud was not ingenious In such coz
versational tricks. and could not think
OF anything that would do.
The outward difference of appear
ance between him and the man she
had married was so small that she
could assuredly not have sworn In ev-
idence that Kralinsky was not her
husband. There was the beard. and
she had not seen Leven with beard
since the first months OF her mar
riage four years ago. when he had cut
II on for some reason known only TO
himself OF course a recollection, al.
ready four years old, could not be
trusted like one that dated only as far
back ms three months: for he had left
her not long before his supposed
death.
There were the hands. and there
was the left hand especially. That
might be the seat OF the doubt. Pos.
sibly she had never noticed that
Levcn had way OF keeping his left
little finger almost constantly crooked
and turned inward as II II were lame.
But she was not sure even OF that.
for she was not one OF those people
who study the hands OF every one they
know. and can recognize them mt u
glance. She had certainly never
watched her husbands MS closely Ms
she was watching Krallnsky's now.
Margaret was In the best OF spirits,
and talked more than usual. not stop.
ping to think how Van Torp's mere
presence would have chilled and II.
fenced her three or four months
earlier.
ON the whole II was gay dinner.
and Mrs. Runhmorc md Krnlinsky
knew that II was very coed one. and
told each other no aftcrward ms they
walked slowly up aud down the great
promenade deck In the starlight. For
people who are very fond OF good eat.
Ing can chatter pleasantly about their
food for hours. recalling the recent de.
lights OF perfect chaud.froid or n
innltlosA sauce. and Il was soon oyi
dent that there waH nothing connect.
cd with such subjects which Kralin.
sky did not understand and approci.
ate. from Chiroso bird's.ncst SOUP 20
N" rules OF the great Maric.Antoino
Carcmc and lirilln,.Sayarin's "Physl.
ology Of Taste" Kralinslgy also know
everybody. Between gnsuonomy and
society, he appeared 10 Mrs Rush.
moro TO know everything there was
TO be- known.
Lady Maud caught nnatchea OF the
conversation m the two enmo near
her. and then turned back, and rhe re.
mcmbcred that soyon used 10 talk on
the anne rihIocts with elderly women
ON whom he wished to mako n pleas.
ant impression. Tho voice was his.
too. nbd yet she know she had doubt
romowhore. a very small doubt. which
Il was sort OF slow torture TO feel
was siill unaaiirnod.
MIR. Van rorp sat between her and
Lady Margaret. while the two others
walked. The deep.eushioncd straw
chairs stood round low fixed table
on which there had boon coffee. and st
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
ELEPHANT ROPE DANCERS

That apparently unwieldy, but ac-
tually agile mountain of hesh' Ile
ele hant, which today dellghS liie
small boy as well as some or US VINO
are not such small boys, was also an
esteemed circus performer in the Gays
of Germanicus Caesar, who durlh tHe
reign of Tiberius exhibited at Rome
twelve elephants that would De
ere lit to the greatest show on earth
and every circus is that! Those
ancient elephants were dressed, accord
ing to their sex, as men and women
and after they had performed many
tricks, which, unfortunately, the MS
torian does not describe in detall, they
We're served with an elaborate feast
After the Roman custom cOuches were
placed about the great table, and on
these couches the big beasts graVely
deposited themselves. At signle they
fell to eating and drinking, and 1t Is
re corded that their table manners
would have beeen a credit to an en-
peror, although that is not saying
much.
Aristotle tells us that in ancient
times elephants were taught to throw
stones at a mark, to cast spears INTO
the air and catch them as they fell,
and to dance, not merely on the earth,
as do some of our present day ele-
phants, but upon a rope! We have a
high regard for Aristotle, but we do
wish he had stated whether the rope
was~ slack or tight, and just how the
trainers went about their work of in
struction. Just a common, everyday
dance we can readily comprehend, the
association of music and a hot floor
making the dancing lessons compare
lively simple, but that rope certainly
bOtherS us
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
D. A. R. QUELL ROW
Of CAL|FORN|ANS
Nineteenth Congress at Washing
ton Ends Squabble Over
State Officers
STATES RIGHTS INVOLVED
To Request Corporations Where
Foreigners Are Employed
to Raise Flags
STATES RIGHTS INVOLVED
Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, April 23.-With an
animated discussion of states rights as
it's final item the nineteenth congress
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution ended today. The congress
confirmed the selection of regents ana
vice regents for the ensuing year, as
follows:
Arizona-Mrs Henrietta H. Talbot,
Miss Edith Talbot Barnes.
California-Miss Mary r. Stilson,
Mrs. Anna S. Kinkaid.
Idaho-Mrs. Anna Ford Pursell, Mrs.
Anna Dudley Blitz.
Montana-Mrs. Ella L. A. Renisch,
Mrs Emma Ware Schoeber.
New Mexico-Mrs. Mary Catherine
Prince. Mrs. Nettie A. Ashentelter.
Oregon-Mrs. Katherine S. McCant,
Mrs. Laura Allen Taylor
TeXas--Mrs. Lulie Hughey Lane,
Mrs. Bottle T. Stevens.
Washington-Mrs. Eva Wead Cove,
Mrs. Nellie F. Newton Trumbulk
Wyoming-Mrs. Emily A. Pattern
Mrs. Ida Harris Mondell.
A resolution was adopted requesting
the United States steel corporation
and similar organizations employing
great numbers of foreigners to display
the American flag on national holidays
The California delegates were di
vided into two factions, and two can
didates for each of these state offices
were presented to the congress for rati-
fication.
Mrs. Mary F. Stilson and Mrs Anna
S. Kinkead were chosen regent and
vice regent by the California delegation
to the congress after it had reached
Washington. Mrs. Caroline Kelly Laird
and Mrs. Lena NJ. Wells had received
the approval of a state conference held
in California some time ago. The con-
gress upheld the election of Mrs. Still
son and Mrs. Kinkead, however, as the
constitution of the society provides
that the regents and vice regents shall
be elected in Washington by the dele
gates who attend the continental con-
gress.
The question of state rights was in
volved in the contest. Efforts previous
" had been made to amend the consti-
tuition so as to authorize the election
of regents and vice regents at the con-
ference held within the state, but each
time unsuccessfully.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
TESTING HIS HONOR

A high standard of honor is preva-
lent among the Japanese, as the fol-
lowing story will show Japanese
nobleman happened to slide back the
thin wall which separated his room
from an ante-room in which a young
page was on guard.
This boy was amusing himself by
counting the rings on the nobleman's
sword handle, and the man, seeing that
the lad had not heard the almost noise
less withdrawal of the wall, quietly
slid it back again and said nothing.
That evening, however, when all the
household including the page boy,
was gathered together, the nobleman
set them to guess how many rings
there were on his sword handle, prom
ising a reward to the one who guessed
ri.;htly.
Some guessed one number and some
another, but the page boy said nothing.
why do you not guess?" said the
nobleman in a stern voice to his page.
"Are you lazy?"
"Oh, sr!" answered the boy at
would not be fair for me to guess, be-
ca Use I know. l counted them this
morning. There are eleven, but could
not pretend to guess."-London Tele-
graDh
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soUARING OF THE CIRCLE

This is a problem that has occupied
the minds of many men, both of mod
ern and of ancient times The prob
lem is this: To figure out the side OF
a square having the same area as that
of any given circle. Well, of course
this could be done by obtaining the area
of the circle and obtaining the square
root-if the area of a circle could be
found But 1t is now proved that such
is almost an impossibility OF course
every school boy knows that to get
the area of a circle we have to square
the diameter and multiply by a GER
tain number, 3.1416, which is called pi
This pi is the relation of a diameter
to a circumference in any particular
circle-that is the length of the cir
cumference is equal to pi times the
diameter. Now the difficulty lies in
obtaining a true value for pi. 1t has
been proved that no two numbers in
the form of fraction can be it. Say,
for instance, 227, which is used oc-
casionally for 1t, here we have two
numbers, but the value of the frac-
tion is not quite correct-so mathe-
matics says that no two numbers can
express it. This seems to an ordinary
reader impossible, for suppose the dla-
meter is one inch, why cannot the
length of the circumference be exp
pressed in inches and fractions there
Of? OF course for all ordinary intents
and purposes it can, but the exact
value has never been found. The value
of pi has been taken to over six hun
dred places of decimals and has newer
vet come out even. The first 1877
are as follows-and to the students
who see this would advise clipping
of this, as it is In no ordinary text
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TWo-sToRY RESIDENCE

The sketches herewith shown are OF
a two-story residence designed and be-
ing built by Ye Planry Building COM
pany, 212 Mercantile place, Los An
geles, for Lucien S. Taylor of San Di-
mas, Cal.
The exterior Is of shakes stained
brown, and white roof with brick porch
columns and tile porch floors.
There is a reception hall in the CEN
ter with open stairway to the second
floor and passageway to the breakfast
room. The living room has a large
stone mantel, panel wainscot and
French windows to the porch. The Ii
brary is paneled and with pressed
brick mantel and windows on three
sides, these rooms being finished in
slash grain oregon pine.
The dining room is finished in quar-
sawed oak, wainscoted ~ feet
high with tapestry panels, beam cell
ing and built-in. buffet. The pantry
and breakfast room are ena1neled in
old ivory and the kitchen finished In
gray enamel, these three rooms being
finished in yellow pine. In the base
ment there will be storage room,
furnace and laundry.
There is an open balcony from the
stair landing and from a front bed
room. The screen room will be paneled
in redwood seven feet high with cell
ing and frieze of Japanese mating.
The four large bedrooms and boudolr
are finished in ivory enameled yellow
pine with white maple floors and bath
rooms having tile floors with built-in
linen closet and clothes chute to the
laundry room in the basement.
In the second story hall there is an
other linen closet and stairway to
the attic.
The house is built in an orange grove
on the edge of a canyon with an un-
obstructed view of Old Badly.
The garage and stable combined
with quarters for several employees,
will be constructed in the rear.
A summer house, fountain ana vine
covered pergola half way down the
side of the canyon will be features
conducive to outdoor life.
The cost of the house and improve
ments will approximate $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
CALIFORNIA MAY Be
COMET SANDWICH MEAT
If HaIIey's Hits Earth, We viii Be
in BetWeen-SIim Chance
of Any Collision

"If Halley's comet strikes the earth
California will get the brunt of the
blow, and the collision will occur about
632 p. m. May is.
1--WE will be submerged in the
comets poisonous tail exactly one
hour.
"The comets tail is poisonous, no
doubt. but not sufficiently so to injure
US. an
600 miles long, but 1t could be showed
into a hatbox.
IF the comet really runs into the
earth, I feel sorry for the comet be-
cause its actual nucleus is not suf-
ficient to make a dent in our own
planet, and we would not feel the
blow"
Such were few of the statements
made last night in a novel lecture de-
livered by Prof. e r. Baumgardt to
about fifty members of the Engineers
and Architects association and their
wives, mothers and daughters at the
Hollenbeck cafe, where the association
rendered a sumptuous luncheon as
feature of its meeting.
Professor Baumgardt said there
were three questions about the comet
deeply concerning the Los Angeles pub
lie at present. and that these questions
are: Where is Halley's comet? When
can it be seen? And what is known
about it?
Professor Baumgardt illustrated his
lecture with a number of interesting
lantern views.
"Halley's comet" he said, "can be seen
at present between the hours of and
4 o'clock a. m, if one looks toward the
east, where he will see Venus, the
brightest of all the stars in the firma-
ment. Close to Venus, not bright, out
vaguely discernible is Halley's comet.
1t won't be much brighter before May
20. then 1t will be an evening planet,
visible in the west and setting shortly
after the sun does. One must look
closely. and should Nave some kind OF
n, glass to see 1t. 1t has an ordinary
tail. 10000 900 miles long, which can
be nut into a hatbox because this tail
is really but an emanation-it might be
called a ghost-and it is extremely at
tenuated. The tail is due to the sum-
and it will grow longer from now un-
til 1t has receded from sight. 1t has
been claimed by the newspapers that
we would pass through the tail; hope
we do but there is nothing known to
astronomers to indicate that we will.
'yThe tail of Halley's comet points di-
rectly from the sun, and for this rea-
son it may be termed an electrical
phenomenon There is nothing ma
terial about the tail. but the nucelus
is a solid mass. The earth strikes the
tail of a comet but once in fifteen mil
lion years. The time may now be up
but if we hit the tail of Haley
comet doubt if we know about it, and
if the comet hits us 1 feel sorry for
the comet.
ION Nav % the earth will be in con-
junction with the comet, and if we
collide with it California will receive
the brunt of the impact" said Profess
sor Baumgardt laughing, because the
Pacific coast is facing it,
Professor Baumgardt then told of the
discovery OF the comet by Professor
HALEY, and said that its finder mad
predicted it would return in seventy
six years. His prophecy has come
true.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
PRINCE TSAI TAO AND
PARTY LEAVE BAY CITY
Receive Full Military HonorS at
the Preside

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.-Under
the guidance of Gen. Thomas II. Barry,
commander Of the Department of Cal
ifornia, Prince Tsai Tao war minister
of China and uncle of the emberor of
that country, inspected the local mill
tary posts today. At the Preside the
head of the Chinese army was received
with full military honors. After the for
NAL salutes the prince and his party,
under escort of a troop of cavalry, pro-
ceeded in automobiles through the Pre-
sidio to Fort Scott and returning visit
ed the quarters Of the commanding Of
ficer at Fort Mason. Dismissing the
military escort, the party re-entered
the automobiles and visited Golden
Gate park.
Shortly afternoon Prince Tsai Tao
and his retinue boarded a special
train at Oakland for Chicago.
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WITH ROD AND GUN

Another lucky one to get into the
game at Sunset was Johnny Merced
who was down at that seaport We'd
nesday. He reports all kinds of sport
is to be had there and plans on making
a return trip to make try at those
he missed the last time.
Bav city was the chosen field of A.
+. Newman last Wednesday and he
came back with a smile and a full
basket. surf are running well there
and are of good weight. Fish are
caught UP to three pounds of weight
and that was not a fisherman's guess,
either. Surf. yelloWfin and founders
are the water inhabitants there, with
the largest majority on the side'of the
surf.
A. e. Morse is to try the sport there
today and cannot miss good sized
haul.
Newman and Spier are planning to
test the waters of Anaheim landing
today and expect to make some dis
coveries in the line of good day.
catch.
GaIbraith the Los Angeles actor. is
taking his vacation up among the
trout holes Of the Sespe near Fillmore,
He hopes to bring home some fine
tales of good catches of steelhead and
to be able to get a good meal off some
finely toasted trout.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
SKY WANDERER VISIBLE
TO FRESNO SCIENTISTS

FRESNO. April 23.-Halley's comet
hecame visible to the naked eye in
Fresno this morning for the first time
The discovery was made by w.
Cranmer, a local student of astronomy,
who located the fiery visitor about 4
o'clock at point about thirty degrees
north of Venus AS yet the comet as
seen from here, is but mere blur IN
the sky, and it's tail, which IS pointed
south, can only be seen by persons
when standing in certain positions.
Cranmer states that there is no mis-
take about his discovery being Hal
Iev's comet, as he knew just where 1t
would appear and had been watching
for it for several mornings past. other
persons also saw the comet after II
had been pointed out to them.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
THE CALL OF SUMMER

and expert go forth looking for new
fields to conquer With the coming Of
summer, with its young beauty, there
rises in the blood of the camera en-
thusiast a desire to wander in search
of scenes and subjects. He haunts the
beaches and resorts, swapping joyous
humanity in it's revels. He climbs the
mountains searching for the most
beautiful scenes in the wild places. He
roams the countryside catching inter
esting and beautiful pictures of the
fields and farm. He sails the sea and
travels the islands in hopes of catch
ing the elusive beauty of the glimmer-
ing water. In short, you'll find him in
every place where there is a chance
for a good picture.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
DIPLOMACY AND A DOLL

Concerning a certain doll a dread
ful political question once arose. Dip
lomatists and statesmen were called
upon to discuss the gowns of This
doll! The thing came about in this
way:
When a president of France went to
Russia to cement his country's alliance
with the czar, he neglected no means
of obtaining favor at the Russian
court. He courted the friendship of the
rising as well as the risen generation
by taking, as a present, some wonder
full talking dolls to the Grand Duchess
Olga, then two years old.
These were, of course, Photographic
dolls, and, though their form and eX-
quisite dressing were the work or
Franch art, they owed the aplllty 10
talk and sins to our own Edison.
Now one of these dolls was a little
girl. dressed in white muslin, with a
waist of blue silk. When the royal
infant opened the box wherein this
doll had been placed, she was as
tonished to hear it say in perfectly
clear Franch, a language which the
little grand duchess understood as
well as her own:
Good day, little mammal"
Then, after some further remarks
the doll began to sing Malbroucks s
Franch equivalent for the song we
call, For he's a jolly good fellow"
and also two other Franch songs, All,
mon beau chateau and lie petit tam
bOur.
The other two dolls were more re-
markable for their costumes than any
thing else, though they, too, could
speak. But it was the doll clad in the
costume of a peasant that was the
most interesting to the grown-ups or
the Russian court, for 1t was this one
that gave rise to the political ques-
ton mentioned above,
The costume made for this doll was
the dress worn by the peasant women
of Alsace and Lorraine. Wise states
men at once decided that this would
not do at all, since it might have a
tendency to indicate that at the Rus
sian court Alsace and Lorraine were
regarded as rightfully still part of
France. Accordingly, after much con-
suItation, it was decided that the lit
tie peasant doll should be deprived of
her Alsatian costume, and left only
those (Which had accompanied her) OF
Normandy and Brittany.
You can buy 1t, perhaps at many places but
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
THE MASTER sUN-Is 1T sIRIUs7

Astronomers once believed that the
entire starry universe revolved around
a center of attraction, and the star
named Alcyone in the group or the
Pleiades was selected by Maedler as
marking that great center 1t has long
been known, however, that Maedler's
conclusion, which was based on the
apparent motions of the stars, was in
correct, and If any universal center
exists it has not yet been discovered
In fact, many of the stars seem to be
moving in straight lines, some In one
direction and some in another; and
among these is our own sun. But it
is possible that further observations
will show that all the stars are really
moving in curved lines. In the mean
time 1t has been found that there are
certain groups or sets Of stars which
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
MUSIC TO BE ELM MATED
AT TWAIN FUNERAL SERVICE

ELMIRA, N. Y, April 23.-When the
body of Mark Twain arrives here to-
morrow morning it will be taken to the
home Of Judge Charles j. Langdon,
his brother-in-law. There a BRIEF SER
vice will be held at $3.50 p. m. There
will be no music at the service. Rev.
Samuel z. Eastman, pastor of the
Park church. will have charge.
Mark Twain's body will be laid at
rest beside those of his wife and
daughters and son on the hill in Wood
lawn cemetery.