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there are seen the most attractive hats
so small that they might reasonably be
called hcaddresscs. made FOR the more
elaborate style OF dress. a small, close
fitting cap of fancy net or of open
work jewelled bands covering the top Of
the head, with a large white OF Uhck
aisrette. is immensely smnrt mud becom.
ING for theatre or restaurant. and tho
aigrette poised nj just thc right angle
gives height and style in n most effective
manner. II is on the theatrical order.
but it is one Of the few things that can
be theatrical without the back ground Of
the stage 1t is said the same style Of
hat or bonnet in black velvet with a
large, high aicrctte will be worn with
an elaborate street costume this winter.
the nigrctte wide enough TO bo brancbod
out ncross the hat Ostrich feathers and
nigrcttcs are still in fashion. In the most
elaborate and expensive hat trimmings
the shaded ostrich feathers arc extremely
effective, the feathers ,ong and droopipc
and with the shading of color mos. arts.
tically arranged so that tho deepest color
shades at the ends into the very light
this being more generally becoming. Col.
ored feathers on black hats are also in
style, and n7t only ostrich plumes but
all other kinds. including su(G wings.
Black hats are most popular both all
blnck aud with the colorcd or whi,s
trimmings, aud although the bat 10 match
the costume is still 10 be seen, the all
black hat is permissible with any and
every color of gown.
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part in the dress question of
to-day that the autumn and win
Ter styles in hcadgenr are
eagerly sought for weeks before
il is time TO make the change
from the summer fashion 'The leading
millincrs, with designers and workers,
bsvc been hard Mt work for far longer
period than the general public can con-
ceivc of. studying out what shall and
what shall not be worn, while the buyers
have been on the lookout for anything
smart and original since long before the
summer hats were first displayed So
much depends upon the hat that all this
preparation, all this expenditure Of time.
thought and strength is absolutely essen
tial. for the effect Of the smartcst and
most becoming OF gowns can easily be
ruined by an ugly hat, while an ugly
Ineffective, shabby costume will look well
II the hat is up-to-dnte and becoming
And what are the new hats TO be, large
or small? is the question most important
of ALL Both large and small will bc
fashionable is the somewhat guarded nm
Fwer, which may be taken TO indicate that
for certain occasions the small hat and
for others the large must be worn Never
were there so many toques and turbaps
rs this autumn, but never were there so
many large. exaggcratcdly large, shapes ex-
hlOited and IN all the details. such as the
size of the crown and the width of the
brim is there the same diversity of choice,
but there arc many more small crowns
to be- seen than there were last year, small
in the ,od size, that is, and the hats
while many turn down around the face do
not have the all conccaline big crowned
effects and more Of the hair in conso-
qucncc is shown. The smartest and
most becoming toqueS are draped in folds
of soft material or two or three diff
tcrent materials are combined, as we'll as
different colors. After having admitted
velvet and satin TO the list OF summer
fabrics suitable for hats. lace aud tulle
are permitted for winter and the tullc and
velvet theatre and restaurant hat now ex-
hlbited is most charmingly dainty. In the
autumn the entire satin hat or the satin
trimmed with velvet is also immensely
popular
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BY MRS. A. T. ASHMoRE.

- HE hat plays so important a
part in the dress question of
to-day that the autumn and win
Ter styles in headgcar are
eagerly sought for weeks before
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and the man was slightly wounded in
the arm, as was discovered later--for
the brave fellow made no cutlery at
the time. The general sprang to the
princess side, took her by the arm
and turned her toward the gangway,
speaking kindly but firmly to her.
"Da, da!" she replied, and left the
deck
The first arrow was but the precur-
sor of a shower of 20 or more, the ma
jority of which either passed far over
the vessel or fell short, thus proving
that the accuracy of the first shot had
been largely the result of lucky
guess
One of the arrows stuck fast in the
rail and a sailor broke 1t off by strlk
ing it with long pole. The rife vol
Icy of which It was the precursor did
no damage, as most of the Russians
were either lying on their stomachs
or were crouching behind the impro
vised bulwarks. There were evidently
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you would not be able to break away
from the destinations of the geisha
girls, who so strongly appealed to
you" Hardy ignored the hand
Il believe that you played scoun'
drelly trick on me in Japan" he said,
looking Romanoff coolly in the eye
and speaking with great calmness,
but am content, for the present, to
pass il by l-ah-suppose you have
your own code as gentleman Ac.
cording to mine. it is our duty now TO
sink all private differences and unite
in the rescue of this lady from most
perilous position
You are right" replied Romanof,
becoming insolent; IAN addition to the
crew is not to be despised at time
like this. especially a fellow who can
shoot as you can, You ought to open
a gallery in Petersburg, You'd make
your fortune" He turned his back
| rudely, but looked over his shoulder
| to add: But let us have no misunder
| standing. Nothing you can do here
will prevent my finding out why the
Japanese were so friendly to you and
what you are really doing in Russia,
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ing by his side, but he knew, with
out looking around, that this was the
princess.
I'VE must not speak loud she
whispered, the general has com
manded absolute silence" He could
feel her warm breath on his cheek and
her hair brushed his brow. Il came
to say that you must not mind my
cousin. / saw at a slance that he
does not like YOU and | think | under
stand the reason"
What possible reason could he
have for not liking me?" asked Hardy.
q assure you | never did him any in
territorial harm"
He is very brave, is my poor cous-
in, and he is furious that it was you
and not he who saved my life from
the brigands Bear with him, | beg
of you He will come to his senses
in day or two and will himself thank
you"
For your sake" whispered Hardy
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CHAPTER XIV.
Rurnlnu Arrows.

On deck all was silence, save for
the whispering, bubbling and plash'
ing of the treacherous Amur, or the
occasional cry of some lone water
fowl, high overhead following the
course of the river. Hardy, coming
above after his interview with Roman
off, found the general on watch Two
of the men also were awake, and were
listening and peering into the dark
ness with vigilance that proved that
they understood that their own lives
as well as the lives. of all on board,
depended on their alertness. The
American also listened and watched,
straining his eyes to see If, here and
there In the darkness darker forms
could be seen of the foe stealthily ap-
preaching.
Hardy had not been standing on the
deck more than 90 minutes, when he
felt hand laid lightly upon his arm
1t was so dark that he could not dis
tinguish the outline of the form stand
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said, ION your splendid marksman-
ship
81 take your hand, madame" he re-
piled, but | cannot accept the con-
CALCULATIONS. 1t was very bad shoot
ing. My only excuse is that this is
the first time | have used this rifle
Smulders dropped his boat-hook to
the deck, and running up to the Amer
lean. seized both his hands in his rat,
pink palms
You have saved my Chulia!" he
subbed.
There was, indeed, no further at
tack on the part of the Chinese that
afternoon. and at night, before the
moon arose. the besieged received an
important recruit A man heard
shouting from the Russian side was
allowed to approach and come on
hoard. Hardy could not see his face,
as lights were not allowed on deck,
but he thought ne recognized the
voice even though il was speaking
Russian. The newcomer went be-
low Immediately Half an hour after
arrival. Hardy was summoned by the
princess to her cabin.
MIR Hardy" she said in French,
this is my cousin, Boris RomanoH !
take pleasure in introducing two
brave men to each other, Mr.. Hardy
has saved my life, and Boris has
braved the most fearful dangers tc
reach my side. When he arrived at
Vladivostock and inquired for me he
learned that ] had started for Moscow
so he did not wait a moment, bui
fairly few up the river Had nc
known what gallant defenders were
bv my side he would not have fell
such anxiety
Hardy took this last remark as sim
nIv complimentary to himself and the
brave old general, and he acknowl
edged it by a polite bow; how coni'
ne know that Boris Romanoff was
suitor for his fair cousins hand, Wit
was n cousin far removed, after all
and that the princess often tried tn
hie fellows temper in the most insid
ions and seemingly innocent ways
"This is an unexpected pleasure
, Mr. Hardy" said Romanoff in English
extending his hand 81 hardly hoped t
meet YOU again in Russia. ! feare
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ahout 40 Chinese shooting arrows, ac'
companied by from six to ten rlne-
men. If they were trying to set nre 10
the boat, or merely to light 1t up so
that they might pot Mt its occupants
from the safety of the darkness, IL
soon became evident that their scheme
was not destined to prove highly sue
cessful The men, for one thlng'
made themselves plainly visible for
an instant or so while they were
scratching their matches and applying
the burning arrows to the string
They kept shooting now, sporadicai-
| ly. First here and there and then IN
some other spot red, fitful light
would CLEAN for an instant, dyeing
n patch In the river blood-red by It's
radiance, and revealing a wild, saw
age-looking Monaghan, armed Win
great bow and CULVER, who flicked into
view for moment and as soon was
swallowed up again by darkness.
Hardy, not understanding the gem
erals orders, reasoned that he would
be pardoned for acting under his own
If he were going wrong. he reflected,
IL would be easy to stop him. lie
therefore held his rife ready for ac
ton, as a man who Is expecting
covey of quail to rise, and STOOD
watching the water, alert, tense. Keen
as cat about to spring. His chance
came soon, when one of those lights
, flashed nearly in the direction OF his
, gaze and not far away He threw
/ the gun to his shoulder and fired. He
could not see the sights, but he could
/ make out the object plainly, and he
knew he should not go far wrong. He
r missed, for the Chinese, standing
a about waistdeep in the water, lifted
G the arrow to the string aud discharged
|, il. The shot rang out loud and clear.
O 1t seemed to Hardy that he had never
4 heard rife make such loud report
h before. The general exclaimed:
| Monsieur Hardy, ah!" and made nc
Il further comment, SO the American
4 continued his shooting--once, twice
n three times. Meanwhile the ATTACKING
ia party seemed to be approaching III
ID tie nearer, and they succeeded in lodg
% ing several of their burning missiles
Fl in the woodwork of the boat; one M
NJ row in the rail, two In the side OF tn
wheelhouse, and one in the hull. Thes
q were broken off almost as soon a
II they stuck and did no damage, fol
\ strange to say, the Chinese then
4 selves had ceased firing their rifles.
And now Hardy had the ine'
Z pressible joy of killing one of tn
N attacking party, who fell bacltwar
4 into the water with his blazing AFRO
4 In his hand.
Il I'm getting the knack OF It," h
\ muttered; Il shall be able to do
I more frequently now. Perhaps
n alone, can stop them
n A moment later he heard sudde
a shouting, the sound of running fee
"A snarls of rage and the splash of heav
A bodies falling into the water. A part
"A of Chinese, that had crept down froI
q above in rowboats, was attempting
4 board, and the Bouriats and Gre
4 were repelling them savagely with ba.
Il onets and swords
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SYNOPSIS.

frederick Hardy. a fashionable Boston
acietv man, lost his wealth, was Tilted
so'io Girl and sent by n friend to take
DE 900 Of an American Trading Company
s cure . in Russia, On his journey through
s Sum he met Stapleton Neville, sup
Jup"5iv an Englishman. They agreed 10
20 together to Russia ,i heeSg aus Of sgs
pielos molested by the Japanese Hardy
was arrested and found upon N his Isr pssrs2a
Me,Cd was proven guiltless on a train
he S met Ais9me Sane; da sHass Of Jap
met mere of forts, proving him to be a
Russian spy Hardy wS dePar %Ss for %,o Ras
si ia.Iv afterward. He was rescued by
sh9 RFnsgsa ms steamer. on reaching Vladi-
ssostok he was well treated. lie started
Voc siberia. meeting Princess Romanovna
ior he train. Hardy boarded a vessel for
an Hm mr. Hardy showed the princess his
Guinness ,et as a rifle shot. The steamer
e EXP stranded. The princess and hei
Maid were attacked by Chinese HARDY
mari mar their lives The princess thanke,
G,rdv for his herolsln.
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Hardy shot and the chief still came
on, followed by his men, shouting like
wild Indians. in their barbaric tongue.
The American shot again without
result
Then he swore softly. good. hon
est Saxon oath. removed his eye
glasses, wiped his eyes with his hand
kerchief, replaced his glasses, laid his
cheek on his weapon and shot third
time. The chiefs rife dropped into
the yellow Amur, his arms fell to his
side. and he plunged over his horses
flank, head-first into the water. The
| animal whirled about and charged on
/ the line behind him, dragging his
riders body, which hung by one stir
rup The other brigands turned and
followed their leaders body to the
bank and disappeared into the dark
| Manchurian woods.
The princess approached Hardy and
extended her hand.
81 congratulate you, monsieur she
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CHAPTER XVI.
Battle by Moonlloht.


The burning arrows had been d.
version, as the books on tactics say,
to draw the attention of the little band
of defenders and occupy 1t completely
on the downstream side, while an.
other attacking party crept up under
cover Of darkness and boarded from
above But for the fact that the willy
old general, fearing the trick, had
kept guard stationed at that side,
the ruse might have succeeded per.
fectly. The boat, as we have seen,
was swung diagonally across a sort
of channel, her nose and stern being
imbedded in sand-banks. The Chinese,
coming down stream in three row
boats, struck her at either end and
near the middle, their evident inten.
ton being to spread the Russians out
as much as possible.
At this moment a frayed and worn
old moon floated up out of the ST.
berian forest. Hardy saw by it's light,
a wide expanse of water, dimly shin.
ing between ghostly forests; he saw
several Monaghan heads, covered
with round black caps, looking over
the side of the boat; he saw julius
Smulders whirl heavy oak pole in
! the air and bring 1t down ON one of
these heads with terrific force; he
saw one of the Bouriats cleave an.
other head so completely that one
half stood erect for a second, while
the other fell over the victims Shout
der as the Bouriat wrenched at his
| iUnhn1nnH n
rail- he saw gigantic Manchurian,
with long two-handed sword, lean
aboard to be thrust through by bay
onet lunge just as his feet struck the
deck
All this the American took in with
one glance of the eye Just as the
moon rose above the woods.
| (TO BE CONTINUED
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COY RLGA7 1906 TH<

convey a slight suggestion to the
general for me? l make 1t in all
humility"
She looked at him inquiringly as he
explained. AS result, some of the
men were set to work dragging up
mattresses and bedding and piline
Ihem against the rail to form a bar.
ricade. This work was not more than
nan completed when the brigands
made their first attack. Emboldened
by the accession of half dozen re.
cruits' they deployed in a long line.
ana, swinging their rifles about their
heads, they came galloping on through
the shallow water of the river. the
chief well in advance. The general
gave quick, sharp order and his lit.
tie army fell on their knees behind
the half-finished barricade, on the ton
OF which they rested their rifles.
Evidently, being good soldier. he
had ordered the men not to fire till
the enemy should get close. Smulders
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had no rife, but he seized stout
boat.hook shod with sharp iron
noint and sank on his knees, shout
ing: c,,,,r
"They shall never get my Chulia'
On came the wild line, splashing
Through the water, which was now up
70 the horses knees When they had
troyorsed about one-third of the dis
lance they stopped and deliberately
took aim. The general spoke Sharply
to the princess, who sat down on tne
dacl, behind the barricade. Al thls
,,oment the brigands fired and seVerai
~ the bullets passed over the BOAT
and splashed in the water on Ihe
farther side. one struck the siiloNe'
stack with a "plulf," and another, eV''
IDENTIFY Aattened by its impact with 'ne
water hummed musically' Ihe olu
General stood erect, without fihchins
reneating some order to his men, l''s
voice sounded alfecuonate almost
caressing ..,.urod
Hardy raised his rifle and measured
the distance. ,.,d nj
what does he say" he asked o.
me princess. kneelng by her
mot yet. my children, not yet
nav " said the American, you can d,
-,,l nIG for me. if you will; thlni
IO aan hit the chief now. Ask the gen
eral as a special favor to you 10 "
me try ,uort upo,
The Nanchurians sat silent u ,.',i
n,atr horses shading their eyes VIII
,nen hards to see, if possible un
.ne ,',,r Of their volley The princes
lea"t 90 tba general and spoke hurried
II, a" ~ y, him. and the latter turned an
- n,5dod At Hardy The American az a.,
MD ,.,"tad his pince-nez and raised III
Ju .o =, his shoulder. 1t was ron
shot hut he had done oe'''I =" .o,
1 HI;rondocks at deer. His nerves WEI
.ru' and his muscles as lenSe
So Inst as he was about TO pre-
bo trigger, the chief s"uhs u'' ho,
en no,t his head. pointed at the VOC 10,
"uJ came plunging on again ~ W. "
anu Sa' difncult matter now as u
man was in motion. fet ne ga va 40,
lii ',nndid mark. looming big ana Lax aS'
s .tpya acoinst the bright water VIII ~,
{ there us+ t"o Of vivid color about OIL
evidently ribbons OF '"'
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az will endure anything from him, at
least until we have rescued you from
this danger"
A small hand crept down his arm
found his hand, and pressed It,
"Merci, mon anil" whispered the
princess.
At that moment splash was heard
by the side of the boat
Go below!" said Hardy In voice
of command-the voice that real
woman likes to hear sometimes from
real man; and he stepped lightly TO
the spot. He could see nothing, could
hear nothing more but he found the
general standing at the place, which
was on the downstream side. gazing
into the water For moment Hardy
had confidently expected to see
throng of Chinese climbing up the
sides. II this splash had indicated
the arrival of the enemy, however
there was nothing in the generais DE.
meanor to betray the fact lie ala
not move. did not awake the sleeping
crew. but turned with sigh ana
crossed the deck He was stopped by
| the princess, WIZ NaihSu "''A ''''' "
few seconds.
He has sent one of the crew, Stem
ka Pugacheff, down the river Tor
help" she said TO Hardy. Brave
Stenka! He hopes to get far enough
in the darkness to escape the eyes OF
the band which is collected here. ano
then he will take to the woods. Is he
not hero, this simple Cossack? i
is 30 yersts to the military station
and there is death waiting for him a
every step"
A light flashed and went out 30 o
40 yards below, and Immediately
blazing object described an ar
) through the air and fell on the dec
not far from their feet. One glanc
, was enough to show that the objec
was an arrow which. freighted wit
| some highly inflammable materia
S was sticking upright in the deck an
J. burning like candle 1t cast COZ
siderable light. Hardy leaped
Q snatch it, but, ere he reached 1t, on
e of the Cossack soldiers anticipate
/. him and threw the blazing missile int
& the river. Just as he was in the az
l. of Selling 1t, several shots rang OF
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MIRAGE Seen In Scotland.

One morning recently there was
curious mirage seen at the entrance of
the Firth of Forth, Scotland. 1t had
all the appearance of an island stud
ded with trees and spires many of
which seemed upside down. As
viewed from Dunbar It had a lovely
aspect, as It was encircled by a
rainbow of abnormal proportions
London Mail.
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Ap,LAYTnYE ~
,@2TORIES~S

A row OF popular trees so state
ly and tall stood in a long line on
the street. To Johnny, who sat in
the window peering out at the
rain they looked just like soldiers
marching in a row.
Johnny was lonely. Little
boys of five get lonely when NAM
mas go way to parties 1eaving
them at home with big sister, who
is always busy reading a book.
"A girl book, too," so Johnny
said to himself. There was moth
ing In 1t about soldiers, or In
ddans, or lighting, cause lister
had said so when he wanted her
to read aloud to him.
But the poplar trees were his
friends anyway. When the wind
blew. didn't they COW to him in
their most courtly fashion?
Guess IN p'tend they're
sogers," whispered Johnny to
himself. "And when the wind
blows they'll be marching"
Could that be the great big
poplar-the monarch and captain
of the Mne-who was bowling and
smiling at Johnny? What queer
hummtng sound! His mamma
called 1t the wind whistling. AS
Johnny listened he heard Captain
Poplar call to him, saying: "Come,
march with u.s."
You may be sure Johnny ran
out as fast as he could; and such
funi They marched single and
double ale. right about faced and
even made circles. Just as John
ny was going up to march in front