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to- TO carry r ny you there in sack-because
yausbe,a 4h, st iisten % Da him IN thEsaten she
little castle here in the side street, where
half the time / am so lonely! What
would Monsieur do. If Monsieur were In
place? But. bahi you would not have
me- me f9llo%ins you in the first hour we
flushed again hotly at this last word
Madam may discontinue the thought OF
my boyhood: I am older than she. But
II you ask me what ! would do with a
lowed, me, then l shall tell YOU II I
owned this place and all In IL. 1 would
tear, tear down every picture from these
couches! l would rip out these walls
and put back the ones that once were
here 4 house of logs far out IN the
forget the touch OF silk and lace. No
neighoor you should know until I was
willing Any man who followed you
Excellent! What then?"
Then. Madam the Baroness, I would
and would make YOU " a most 9t' e4ceiient 4t iiHsSf
| couch of the husks of corn You should
COCK at my fireplace. and for met
be @ea aeated dSWS sSe Piis SAID my oa at nies
est me-
1T is late l reiterated Come. Must
W SpIllc VI LUeSc lnlnSS-IOTCG YOU In to
My master can not wait"
She smiled, lazily extending her flaw
all OF her splendid figure. as though in
interested examination. II am alone SO
muchMso bored she went on. And
Sir Richard Pakenham is so very very
fat All. God You can not guess how
lat he Is. But you. you are not fat"
she looked me over critically, to my
"All the more reason for doing nc
have suggested. madam, for Mr., CAL
iie,lnn noun Is not even so fat as l am. This
not. Will prove OF interest indeed''~I
went on seriously and intently-'I ven
lure TO say this much without presum-
VIII have with my chief tonight will
show you things you have never known
give you an interest In living which per-
taken. you will ,find much In common
pet%een you and my master. I speak
ady F aeeea iee agent sen Rz # England but to the
> He is DID," she went on. "IIe is very
eshesa Sa hs 1aee e IL Is I'D thn and bloodess and
Madam" I said. Ibis mind is young.
his purpose young, his ambition young: |
and his country is young. Is not the |
youth OF all these things still your
She made no answer. but sat musIng,
Gpumming Wos Ta5 sh,ngg Lightly on m the chair arm,
once caught al glimpse nr ei0of OF her Then sioc at
ingsd foot the toe OF which slightly pro-
truded from beneath her ball gown. She
say the glance, and laughed.
Poor feet. she said. "Ah: mes pauvres
pleds lai You would like to see them
bruised by the hard going in some heath
en- country? See. you have no carrIage,
ana mine, Is gone ] have not even a
beyond" vac Ded
! obeyed her gladly enough. Under the
lrlnee or the satin counterpart I found
y QoN OF boots. slippers. all manner OF
footwear. dalntily and neatly arranged
Ihaking .han out a pair to my fancy. 1 carried
mem out and knelt before her.
Then, madam" said /, ''since you in
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adventuring-so 1 should have describe,
her Then why should her heart bea
| one stroke the faster now? l dlsmlsse,
that question, and rebuked my eyes
which l found continually turning towart
She motioned to a little table nea
ogr Put the slipper there" she said
Your nour little neck clasp. also" Again
stand there!" she said, motioning tc
the opposite side OF the table and I dic
so. Now" said sine. looking at m,
stsiaVely stir am goins with You to see
ms sai,s man wnom you call your chief, The
aaFor may mean as much on one side
as on the other-I shall not tell you why
But we shall play fair until. as you say
perhaps tomorrow. After that"
After that, on guardy'
Very we'll on guard, Suppose 1 dc
not like this other woman?''
Madam, you could not help it. All
tno CIV world ,!? loves her."
with my lfe''
them "
She took up the Indian baubIe turn
lnS 10 examine 1t at the nearest candle
sSG,once, even as l thrust the dainty little
slipper OF white satin again into the
POCKET OF my coat was uncomforta BILE.
wished this talk OF Elisabeth had not
come, up; l liked very little TO leave
Eilsabeth's property in another's hands.
DISSATISFIED, l turned from the table not
iifrIe inifHTIielhg az, Ior more ore, than an instant a
| was vaguely conscious, now appeared
on Its smooth marquetry TOP.
But see" she said; you are lust like
man, aI9er all. and an unmarried man
ncnt,"
She was off on the instant into the
aIcoVe where the great amber covered
pea pea STOOD. She drew the curtains. l
Inn 1irga. II.
passed 10 and fro. saw the Hare of a
!lght as 1T rose beyond, Once or twice
sne thrust a laughing face between the
Sonds SSoI.a!ns, ngld h uSht together with her
IIhoeking me, stu amused-yet stll. as
l !t.hn9ught, more enigmatic than before.
miebf bbadams AMI, | hosa said at last, 7 would
slow! The night passes, Come, NV
master Will be waiting He Is III. | fear
he cannot sleep. | know how intent he
AZ an OIL old drSit1pg dyinpg nan y1n beg you to oblige
And YOU: Monsieur" she Knocked at
me from beyond the curtain. "aro Intent
o91iy on getting rid OF me. Are you not
woman for one nlght?"
=, AL last she came out from between
-'he Inc curtains: saroed more, suitably for
ong; dark cloak covered her shoulders.
On her head there rested a dainty up-
Jared bonnet, whose jetted edges shonc
:. vac Sahole ItSnt as shc moved toward |
ne. She was exquisite in every detail. |
beautiful as mind OF man could wish;
nat much was sure, must be admitted |
'y any man. l dared not look at her, !
She paused for an instant, drawing on
/ pair OF the short gloves of the mode
hen correct; do you know why I am
o 90 on this heather errand?': She de-
I shook my head
Mr. Calhoun wishes To know whether |
le shall go TO the cabinet of Your man
ryier ,f, oyer there in that barn you call |
our White House, ! suppose Mr.. CAL |
fr. Tyler?"
! laughed at this. "Serve him." ex-
lalmed, Rather say lead him, tell him.
ommand hIm,"
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fat, when his obvious duty 81,
MN otherwlse. Bah! It's as
myself were fat. which Is not b
You go too deep for me.
| said. "I am but a simple md
Al the same time. I saw how q
things were shaping for us all
mans jealousy was with us,
woman's whim,
Madam, said I. my hand at
tening OF the door. we have e1
pledges Now We exchange Oh
Is you who are the messenger,
self There is a message in you
| know not whether you ever
monarchy. Come. You shall see
republic has neither secrets no-
risies."
On the instant she was not
and tactful woman OF the world, /
dent, but once more couuette and
OF impulse. She looked at me witt
cry and invitation alike in her Ct
eyes. even as l threw down ~
at the door and opened II wild
TO pass.
smiling as she fumbled at A gf~
In reply. | bent and kissed G
OF her uneloved hand. They
e,a' seII'et 'Ldl udu
lerent than was had ] not fel1
tlngle In all my body In the Y
the moment to do more than
fingers.
Had ] done so-had I not thc
Characterization. as In my hear
believe. the flag OF England toda
rule Oregon and the PACING; and
float today along the Rio Grande
would menace a divided north anS
instead OF respecting a strong !
Invisible union which owns one
breads none In the world.
To be continued.
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cases Of very old Japanese china of a
pattern much used and valued by royal
ty in that country.
After the ceremony and presentation
were over and we had enjoyed the hos
pltality OF the general in the way Of an
appropriate dinner and the embassy had
left, we all went down stairs to the
billiard room, where the boxes were
opened and their contents examined. 1t
proved TO be set of china Of, should
say, not less than five hundred of six
hundred pieces, all the same style and
pattern, but very odd IN shape aud col
or. 1t was. indeed, rare set, but to
my inexperienced eve not TO compare
with some of our homo products.
General Grant, with his usual gen.
erosity, presented small sets to each of
us, and | assure you [ valued mine be
yond mention as not only coming, as
it did, from that wonderful country
but also from the fact that it was given
TO me by General Grant, whose first
thought after receiving it was that we,
his friends, should share with him in It's
possession.
After the failure Of Grant G. Ward
my effects were sold, and among other
things was this chinaware received by
General Grant and in turn presented to
me. | do not know who purchased this
china at the sale, but had il been
known in what circumstances / had re.
ceived it and from whom il came no
doubt it would have brought its weight
in gold.
Another Little Poker Incident.
IT was the custom ia our weekly
poker games when any member Of the
party ran out OF chips he would borrow
an additional $50 worth from some
more fortunate player and would hand
the party from whom he borrowed the
chips some little article from his
pocket, like knife or bunch of
keys. And when the game was over he
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sist on this. shall choose. Americ;
| is not Europe. Our feet here have rough
fdvs eT soinE. and must be shod for it. Al
Without the least hesitation in tn,
world, or the least immodesty, she hal
protruded the, foot which still retained
us slipper AS 1 removed this latter
through some gay impulse. whose nature
| dld not pause TO analyze. l half me.
chanically thrust It into the side pocket
| of my coat
This shall be security" said 7. that
what you speak with my master shall be
but the truth"
There was a curious deeper red in her
| cheek. 1 saw her bosom beat the faster
| rythm.
quite agreed" she answered But
she mot!oned me away, taking the stout
boot in her own hand and turning aside
| as she fastened II. She looked over her
shoulder at me now and again while thus
engaged.
Tell me" she said gently. what Sc
curity do / have? You come. by my In
vltation. 1T is trues but none the less an
intrusion, Into my apartments You de-
has right TO demand Because I am
disposed TO be gracious, and because |
am disposed to be ennuye. and because
Mr.. Pakenham is fat. l am willing 10
take into consideration what you ask
have never seen a thin gentleman in a
woolen nightcap: and ] am curious. But
no gentleman plays games with a lady In
which the dice are loaded for himself
Come; what security shall have?"
L did not pretend 10 understand her
Perhaps: after all, we all had been mis-
informed regarding her? I could not tell.
But her spirit Of comaraderle. her good
fellowship. her courage. quite aside from
her personal charm, had now begun to
Impress me-
Madam" said 7. feeling in my pocket:
no heathen has much OF this worlds
goods, All my possessions would not
furnish one OF these rooms. / can not
offer gems. as does Senior YturrIo-but,
would this he. OF service-untl tomor-
a slipper each 1t Is with reluctance !
pledge TO return mine!"
BY chance / had felt in my pocket
iittle object which ! had placed there
1t was only little trlnket of Indian
manufacture. which I had Intended to
give. Elisabeth that very evening; a sort
OF cloak clasp, originally made as an In
dian blanket fastening. with two round
discs ground out OF shells and connected
by beaded thongs, The trinket was curl
oness looked at It with interest i"' oar
countryr she said, rs this his all hiNtfea that
your art can do In lewelry? Yet it is
To me?
mo longer?"
II can not promise It longer | must. |
have IT back when | send |
a messenger--I shall hardly come my
self. Madam
"AhH' she scoffed 'Then IL belongs
TO another woman?"
Yes. II is promised TO another"
Then this Is TO be the last time we
meet?"
~ do not doubt it,"
Are you not sorry?"
Naturally. Madnm!"
She sighed. laughing as she did so
yet l could not evade seeing the curious
10 f,11 |
he laces over her bosom. Utterly self
possessed. satisfied with life as il had
,ome to her, without Illusion as TO life
IDsorbed In the great game CT living and
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CHAPTER VI.
The Boudoir of the Baroness.
A woman's counsel brought us first
TO woe.-Dryden

Wait" she said. I'VE shall have
candles" She clapped her hands sharp-
ly and again there entered the silent
old serving woman. who. obedient to a
gesture. proceeded TO light additional
candles In the prism stands and sconces.
The apartment was now distinct in all
its details under this additional flood OF
light Decenuy as 1 might I looked
about. was forced TO stiae the eycla-
nation OF surprise which rose To nv Iins
Here certainly was European LUXURY
transferred 10 our shores. This in sim.
PIE washington, with its vast white un-
lnisned capitol It's piecemesl miles OF
mixed residences, boarding houses. ho
tells, restaurants. and hovelsi ! fancled
stern Andrew Jackson or plain John
The furniture I discovered to be ex-
qulsite in detail, OF rosewood and ma
nogany, with many brass chasings and
cary carvings; after the fashion of the EN-
tation following that of the court of the
earlier Louis. Fanciful little clocks with
carved scrolls stood about. Here and
there divan and couch showed elab-
orate care IN comfort Beyond a lace
screened grille l saw an alcove-doubt-
less cut through the original partition
@ within fTo tSs shese s3ess humble
lester bed. Its heavy mahogany posts
oeautlfully carved. the couch itself piled
aeep with foundations OF 1 know not
what of down and spread most daintiy
with coverlid OF amber satin. whose
edges frlnged out almost 10 the floor At
lne IN, other extremity, screened off as In
olsllnct apartment, there stood smaller
couch, Napoleon bed, with carved ends
furnished more simply but with equal
richness.
One resented the liberties England
TOOK In establishing this manner OF
rnenage In our simple city, and arrogant
~ taking for granted our Ignorance re-
garding 1t; but none the less one was
forced to commend the thoroughness
SHOWN. My first impression was that OF
feeling OF resentment at the presumption
which installed all this In our capitsI
OF Washington.
presume my thought may have been
reflected In some manner In INV face
heard a gentle laugh, and turned about
one sat there In great carved chair. |
smiling, her white arms stretched out on |
Inc rails the fingers just gently curvIng.
the chair the rich cloak which covered
@heT @ IN the carriage. and sat now In the |
iiull light, In the splendor of satin and |
lace and gems. her arms bare. her throat |
and shoulders white and bare. her figure |
recognized graciously Dy every line OF |
superb gowning such as we had moi
yet learned on this side of the sea.
She die not speak at first. but sat and
BE seated, pray she said at last.
Let ct us talk over this matter"
obedlenl 10 her gesture. I dropped Into
varying her posture. and still regarding
me With the laugh In her half closed
what do you think Of my little
place?" she asked finally.
1.-TWO things, Madam" sntd + half
sternly IF 1t belonged to a man, and
70 minister plenipotentiary. 1 should
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disturbed when one of the actors-not
Mr.. Booth, but a member of his com
pany whose name has escaped me ad-
vanced to the footlights between acts
and in Mr.. Booth S behalf bade the
audience a last farewell. He denounced
Mr.. Fish and myself as men of deep
avarice, and predicted that our enter
prise would be failure.
1 personally built the water system in
Wyandotte, Kan, at cost of 100000.
and which after our failure netted
profit of nearly $1,000,000 to my
creditors, and as much of this stock was
held by the Marine National bank
for loans made to me personally it
proved one of the most valuable assets
20 the bank, and did much toward that
institution paying such large dividends
to its depositors.
Then, too, through my investments
IN the Evening Star mine, in Leadville,
the, company organized by few of us
and managed by my brother, I netted
seen that had I not been burdened with
losses brought about through invest
mepts made by my partners that proved
and had they, too, made
profitable investments, as were mine, |
would not have been compelled to bor.
row money at such exorbitant rates but
would rather have been q lender than
a borrower.
| merely state these facts, all of
which l am prepared to corroborate by
documentary evidence, simply to show
that my every aim was to build up
rather than tear down the house with
which | was connected
As have said before, I put no blame
On General Grant, as he was not ac
Juainted with business, but I do feel I
should have had more help from those
who, experienced as they were in busi.
ness, should have brought to the firm
.he same share of profits that / did
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Early in April 1888. General Gran
informed mo that it was his desire an
intention to give dinner to Genera
Diaz. president of Mexico, who was the,
visiting New York City. During Gen
eral Grants visit to Mexico on his tril
around tho world he and General Dia
became close friends, and General Gran
desired to show his appreciation Of the
courtesies extended to him by Genera
DiaZ while in Mexico.
The time and place for the dinner
was discussed between us, and April 4
selected as the day and the Union
League club as the place, and it was
also decided to place the affair in the
hands of Delmonico, who was instruct.
ed to spare no expense to make 1t m
affair in keeping with the high stand
ing of the guests. The menus were
unique and most elaborate, consisting of
a cover Of maroon velvet, on which
We're painted the flags Of America ard
Mexico. The first page gave a picture
of General Diaz, the second colored
map of Mexico, the third the menu OF
the dinner and the fourth list Of the
guests. of which there were thirty.
Among the guests were General Diaz,
Senior Romaro. Mexican minister; Senior
Manuel Romaro, father-in-law of the
president: Roscoe Conkling, Mayor
Flsnklin Edsen Of New York; Thomas
L: James, John W. Foster, United
States minister to Spain; Jay Gould,
Russell Sage, a, L. Sullivan, Colonel
,,lr
Porter. Clarence Seward, II. W. Alex.
ander, Nelson a. Tappan, City Cham
berlain, and others, including myself.
This was my first experience at a
dinner OF such Importance, and YOU may
rest assured / enjoyed every minute Of
'ty with the exception of n very few
when, much TO my surprise and embar
EASEMENT, General Grant called upon me
for a speech You may imagine how |
felt when, after listening TO the bril-. |
liant speeches and quick, witty repartee
of such men as Senator Con'linp Hor-
ace Porter, Clarence Seward. H. E. |
Alexander and others, was called upon
10 speak.
I tried my best to be excused, but
The General would not have it. I sim
ply made few remarks and sat down,
or rather fell back in my chair, con.
scious OF having made poor showing
IN contrast with those who had come
before me. 1t was trying place to
put young man Of my years and of
no experience in public speaking, but
still L always appreciated the honor
shown TO ME when, at the head of the
able, this great General, surrounded by
some Of the leading men Of the times,
,alled upon his junior partner for few
remarks. 1t showed how ever thought.
.ul he was and how sincere was our
How, often I have sat alone. and
.hought of that night. and memory has
brought back the pleasure experienced
by us all in listening TO the speecnes
II these great men. cementinp the {
rlendly relations that have ever since {
,xisted between Mexico and the United ,
states. General Grant was at his best,
md so also was General Diaz, both of
whom seemed TO enter fully into the :
pirit of the occasion.
As further illustration, however. of :
he Generals disregard OF ways and {
means, a week or SO later he handed TO
re bills amounting to something less /
han $1,000. representing the cost Of the ]
inner, with a request that paw ard c
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WAS n small gold handled n,,
with u, S. Grant" eneraves pve
outside. General Grant vis;foS
field works in England, and
and his party started to NJ
the works the manager ~; Tal
time started the making of 81
and as the party passed alos
did the knife. so wbon ~
room Of the factory was @ Tss
knife was handed to GenessI
completed and his name enora
! valued this souvenir varS
carried it constantly far ib.
but unfortunately I LOST i
give liberal reward Il J" ane
very highly. 'sn
Present Of the Tsar
Painted silk fans exeeutsd
OF the great artists and monnt.
most delicate and beautiful ~
tortoise shell, and also fans NJ ~
feathers, as well as the feost ~
rare foreign birds, were AN
might say, by the dozen 'ns'
The Tsar of Russia preseutad \
Grant with a Russian sable a.
reached from the neck TO tbs
and had large, flowing bishne
This was the most beauiifnIp
sable ] ever saw, and cost an
sum. General Grant never wnra y !.
felt 1t was too conspicuous: ~
than nave 1T remain unused he,
cut up, and it was the cord
OF my wife to receive a mnS on -.
thus coat as a present from tba - !
This she kept with the utmost \
til 1t was worn out. =
Then, too, came those cast.
beautiful Workmanship in wh;o, &
presented to General Grant tha
dom of cities which he yis;tsS &
were many of these, and ere..
seemed to vie with the other. .' y
the. caskets especially fitting to = !
casion. y Y
1t would be impossible in q.
space that this article affords ~ ~
describe one-half OF the br,d,.i
beautiful and odd present. fh;s !.
tion contained, but the extent - y \.
be imagined when | stats tSst & =
four or tve large cases in wbisS !.
play these gifts, and even Inc,
were somewhat crowded, Rsrs
cut glass, works of art, books n,
and all sorts of embroidered iarc y,
and the finest laces were thers' =
To examine them carefully and
General Grant s description Z
they came was a great treas. AM
that he has passed away | feel r.
be a great privilege to ths psa
this country If his children, who'
sumo still possess these treasure
consent to an exhibition of n
New York IN order that the pres.
GRAFTON might see TO what an
this great general was honore
loved by the people Of the worl
There is general but very ca
that this collection 3
rendered by General Grant to Il
II. Vanderbilt in payment of b
of $l50,000 made by Mr.. Vanded
the general on the eve of our
But this to a certain degree ia
General Grant, 1 believe, Gid sd
n few of his army relics-a
swords, guns. etc,-to Mr.. Var
who at once presented them to Il
ernment, to be kept in Washinj
relics of the war, but aside froi|
Judge this great collection ba
Kept intact by the Grant family|
| had many of these beautiful
presented to my wife and myss
.ime TO time by General Gra MT,
ng of embroiderlss, tapcstyi
works of art, but unfortunas
'torehouse in which / he'd 3
burned and / lost them all.
THE END.
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A Sprained Ankle.

As a rule man will feel w
fed if he can hobble around on
in two or three weeks after d
bis ankle, and it is often two
months before he is fully n
This is an unnecessary loss of
by applying Chamberlain S Lin
directed, a cure may as a n
fected in less than one week q
in many cases within three dan
berlain s Liniment also affor
relief in cases of chronic and 3
rheumatism. Twenty-Five and
bottles. Sold by all druggists
Tribune Wane A.ds
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Millions Say So

When millions of people use TOT
years medicine 1t proves It's merit:
People who know CASCARETS'
value buy over a million boxes a
month. It's the biggest seller be-
cause it is the best bowel and liver
medicine ever made. No matter
what you're using, Just thy CAS-
CARETS omce-you'll See. s1l
CAScARETS loc box for q weeks
treatment all druggists, Biggest seller
"a tho world Million boxes o mouth
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Bell Main 5000. Indepeno