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ther, however, and trailed the monde.
script article up the stairs. We could
only gaze after him and wonder what
1t all meant.
The conclave lasted far into the
night. The feminine contingent went
to bed, but not to sleep. Some time
after midnight. Mr.. HARRISON and Max
went downstairs and could hear
them rattling around, testing win.
dows and burglar alarms. But IN
ally every one settled down and the
rest Of the night was quiet
Betty Mercer came into my room
the next morning. Sunday. and said
Anne Brown wanted me. I went over
at once. and Anne was sitting up in
bed. crying. Dal had slipped out Of
the room at daylight, she said, and
hadn't come back. He had thought
she was asleep. but she wasn't, and
she knew he was dead. for nothing
ever made Dal get up On Sunday, be-
fore noon.
There was no one moving In the
house. and hardly knew what to do.
It was Betty who said she would 60
up and rouse Mr.. HARRISON and Max.
who had taken Jims place in the
studio. She started out bravely
enough, but in . minute We heard her
flying back. Anne grew perfectly
whits.
Hes lying on the upper stairs!"
Betty cried. and We all ran out. It
was quite true. Dal was lying on the
stairs In 3 bath-robe. with one Of Jim's
Indian war-clubs in his hand. And he
was sound asleep.
He looked somewhat embarrassed
when he reused and saw US standing
around. He said he was going to play
practical Joke on somebody and fell
asleep In the middle Of It. And Anne
said he wasn't even an intelligent liar,
and went back to bed In temper. But
Betty came in with me, and we sat
and looked at each other and didn't
say much. The situation was beyond
VI.
The doctor lot Jim out next day.
there having been nothing the matter
with him but stomach rash. But
Jim was changed: he mooned around
Bella, Of course. - bsfore, but he was
abstracted at times, and all that day
sunday-he wandered Of BY himself,
and one would come across him un.
expectedly In the basement or along
some Of the unused back halls.
Aunt Selma held service that morn.
ing. Jim said that he always had a
prayer.book. but that he couldn't find
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James Wilson or Jimmy - he !. called
b{ his friends. was rotund and look
ed shorter than he really was. HIS
ambition In life was to be taken seriously,
but people steadily refused to do 70. his
Art is considered huge Joke. except to
eryone expected frolic. Jimmy marries
Bella Knowles: they live together . year
and arc divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
range to celebrate the frst anniversary
Of his divorce. The party is in full swing
when Jimmy receives q telegram from his
Aunt Selma, who will arrive In four hours
TO visit him and his wife, He neglects to
tell her of his divorce, Jimmy takes Kit
into his confidence. He suggests that Kit
.on the Sra nG:s.' . tnnt for one sns sh b. ns na
Iim's Jap servant 10 taken III. Bella,
5immy.s divorced Wife. enters the house
and asks Kit who Is being taken away in
kit tell, her Jim Is well and 10 in the
house: HARRISON steps out on the porch
ana discovers man tacking q card on
The door. He demands an explanation.
The man points to the placard and Har.
oison SECS the word Smallpox" printed
Leave the house until the quarantine IL
lifted. After the lifting Of the quarantine
several letters are found In the mall box
gndelivered. one Is addressed to Henry
LaeWeHyn, lQulQue, chile. Whlch was
written by HARRISON. He describes MI
nutely Of their Incarceration. also of his
lnfatuation for Mrs. Wilson, Aunt Selma
10 taken III with la grippe Betty acts as
nurse. HARRISON finds Kit sullking on the
roof. She tells him that Jim has been
treating her outrageously. Kit starts
downstairs. when suddenly she Is grasped
In the arms OF man who kisses her sew
eral times. She believes that HARRISON
Old II and Is humillated. Aunt Selma tells
Jimmy that her cameo breastpin and
other articles Of jewelry have been stolen.
She accuses Betty of the theft. Jimmy
tells Aunt Selma all about the strange
happenings, but she persists In suspecting
Betty Of the theft of her valuables.
HARRISON demands an explanation from
Kit as to her conduct towards him. she
tells him Of the incident on the roof. he
does not deny nor confirm her accusation
Aunt Selma is awakened during the
night; she finds Jim making love to
Bella; che demands an explanation
from Jim. Bella reveals the whole
plot to Aunt Selma. She forgives both
Of them. but calls Kit Jezebel She
tells Jim to reveal the true situation to
HARRISON. Jimmy Is taken III: Bella tells
the guests that spots have broken out
on his body. They are convinced that
Jim has the dreaded disease.
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Parlslans In Reminiscent Mood Where
Tints Of the Moment Arc
Concerned.

Empire green (very empire) is the
latest whim In Paris, as is everything
reminiscent of the empire period. This
shade may best be likened to the bril-.
liant yet soft green of the Chinese
jade, 1t is beautiful In every imagin.
able material. and blends particularly
well with silver or gold.
Another late shade Is sacre, a com.
bination of cerise and coral. 1t is ex.
ceedingly handsome and effective in
ostrich piumage and flowers. but must
be used with discretion on account Of
Its brilliance.
In mauve the latest are prelate,
evecque and pervenchee. The first
two are rich. deep ecclesiastical pur.
pies. and pervenchee Is a soft, pale
lavender. slightly pinkish In tone.
Hener Is beautiful golden yellow.
clear and translucent, with Just the
faintest touch Of apricot in the cast
1t Is practically the only distinct vel
low shade In favor at the moment
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WALKING Skirts,

Enter the tweed skirt that is short,
well fitted. pocketed and rain and dust
defying. 1t is practical walking skirt
for mountain climbers. for "shirtwaist
girls" for city business women.
There are many styles to copy when
making 1t. The circular skirt Is always
good II you are able to prevent sag
ging at the back seam. This can be
done by sewing tape with the edges
the full length Of the back seam.
The two.plece skirt with the seams
at the sides is very satisfactory.
Then there Is the circular form. with
piecing at the center line OF both back
and front.
A deep hem is stitched with eight or
ten hows Of stitching; little pocket
with buttoned flap is added. and a
narrow stitched belt OF the same ma.
terial finishes the eminently practical
garment.
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Survival Of the Klmono Sleeve.

1t is strange how faithful Dame
Fashion is to the kimono sleeves,
which still appear on the latest mod.
eis and we have gone back to the very
high waist effect. In most OF the new
skirts there is loose pleat at the
back. which hangs down to varying
lengths. but generally reaches the
hem This has charming effect. and
takes away the extreme severity Of
the plain, tight skirt. Tho train which
has made Its appearance is either cut
quite square or 10 very narrow indeed.
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Culture.

Thus there is a climbing scale Of
culture, from the first agreeable sen.
sation which sparkling gem or o
scarlet stain affords the eyes. up
through fair outlines and details OF
the landscape, features Of the human
face and form. signs aud tokens Of
thought and character In manners. up
to tho nefiable mysteries Of the intel.
lect.
Wherever we begin thither our
steps tend: an ascent from the Joy of
a horse and his trappings. up to the
perception Of Newton, that the globe
on which we ride 10 only q larger ap.
pie falling from larger tree: up to
the perception Of Plato. that globe
and universe are rude and early ex.
pres5ions Of an all.dissolving unity
the first stair on the scale to the tenn
pie Of the mind.-Emsrson.
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Felt Very MournfuI.

anything with 80 many people in the
house. So Aunt Selma read some re-
ligious poetry out Of the newspapers,
and gave us valuable talk on Decep.
ton versus Honesty. with me as the
illustration. ........
Almost everybody took nap after
luncheon. l stayed In the den and
read Ibsen. and felt very mournful.
And after Hedda had shot herself, |
lay down on the dlvan and cried lit.
tle-over Hedda; she was young and
1t was such a tragic ending-and then
I fell asleep.
When l wakened Mr.. HARRISON was
standing by the table. and he held my
book In his hands. In view OF the
armed neutrality between us, e1.
pected to see him bow to me curtly,
turn on his heel and leave the room.
Indeed, considering his state Of mind
the night before. ! should hardly have
been surprised II he had thrown He'd.
da at my head. (Thls Is not pun.
l detest them.) But instead. when he
heard me move he glanced over at me
and even smiled little.
"she wasn't worth IT," he said, In.
dicating the book.
Worth what7'
Your tears. You were crying over
It, weren't your"
"She was very unhappy" I asserted
indifferently. "She was married and
she loved some one else"
DO you really think she did," he
asked. And even so, was that rea.
SOM"
The other man cared for her; he
may not have been able to help IT,"
But he knew that she was mar.
ried." he said virtuously. and then he
caught my eye and he saw the analogy
instantly. for he colored hotly and put
down the book.
Most men argue that way" I said.
"They argue by the book, and-they
do as they like"
He picked up Japanese ivory pa.
per weight from the table, and stood
balancing 1t across his finger.
'You are perfectly right" he said
at last. II deserve 1t all. My griev.
ance Is at myself. Your-your beauty.
and the fact that thought you were
unhappy, put me-beside myself. It
is not an excuse: 1t is a weak ex.
PLANTATION. will not forget myself
again."
He was as abject as any one could
have wished. 1t was my minute Of
triumph, but ! can not pretend that I
was happy. Evidently It had been
only . passing impulse. II he had
really cared, now that he knew I was
free. he would have forgotten him.
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Corset Cover Straps,

When making corset cover that Is
to be loose-fitting and fastened by a
draw.string at the top and at the
walstline. stitch the shoulder straps
to the upper edge Of the back OF the
garment. Do not sew them In front.
however. but fasten them either with
button and buttonhole or with q
small safety pin.
Then when the corset cover Is laun.
dered you can unfasten these straps
and iron the garment fiat, great con.
venience.
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A trial package Of Munyon's Paw Paw
quest. Address Professor Munyon. SD l.
Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. II you are
in need of medical advice. do not fail to
write Professor Munyon. Your communi-
cation will be treated in strict confidence,
and your case will be diagnosed as care
fully as though you had personal inter
view.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are unlike
all other laxatives or cathartics. They
coax the liver into activity by gentle
methods. They do not scour. they do
not grippe. they do not weaken. but they
do start all the secretions Of the liver
and stomach in a way that soon puts
these organs in a healthy condition and
corrects constipation. In my opinion
constipation is responsible for most all
ments. There are 20 feet Of human
bowels, which is really q sewer pipe.
When this pipe becomes clogged the
whole system becomes poisoned, caus-
ing biliousness, indigestion and impure
blood, which often produce rheumatism
and kidney ailments. No woman who
suffers with constipation or any liver
ailment can expect to have clear
complexion or enjoy good health. II
l had my way would prohibit the sale
Of nine.tenths OF the cathartics that are
now being sold for the reason that they
soon destroy the lining Of the stomach.
setting up serious forms Of indigestion,
and so parnlyze the bowels that they re-
fuse to act unless forced by strong
purgatives.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are tonic
to the stomach, liver and nerves They
invigoratc instead Of weaken; they en-.
rich the blood instead OF impovcrish
It; they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is pu.
into it.
These pills contain no calomcl, no
dope; they are soothing, healing and
stimulating. They school the bowels
to act without physic.
Regular size bottle, containing 45 pills,
2j cents. Munyon's Laboratory, SD /
jefferson Sts.. Philadelphia.
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NEWEST coLoRs AND wEAvEs EMPIRE SHADES FIND FAVOR
softness Is Likely to Be the Strong
Point Of Each-strlpes and Hair
Lines Liked.

Apart from few eccentricities
which feminine good taste will soon
Danish. fashion this season is bringing
us some charming creations among
the new materials. such as. for In
stance, the reversible covert coating.
one side Of which is striped and the
other plain.
Silky cashmeres In very soft tones
will also be offered to us-gray. terra
Gotta, blue, etc. These cashmeres also
have one side glossy and one striped
This stripe is generally black and
white. though sometimes dark color
such as navy. brown or violet, re.
places the black. Among these double
faced materials which will be very
popular. and which lend themselves
to such multiple and charming com.
binations. navy blue lined with khaki.
gray or plaid of an indistlnct pattern,
will be very successful Very chic
also are the fine striped materials
black and whites lined with orange or
cerise. or plain black lined with mole
or Parma violet, or black with fine
hair lines In azure. green or mauve.
which have an elegance quite their
own. ...-..
We can imagine nothing which adds
more to the slender appearance so
much sought after than these stripes
and hair lines Our tailor-mades In
these materials will be simple and har.
monious. straight without exaggera-
ton. The plain revers will be lined
with fancy material, as also will the
turned-back hem of the skirt.
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oaIntles In Lamp Shades,

Exquisite indeed Ia the lamp shade
OF real lace over a delicately tinted
silk background. True. such shades
come under the head Of luxuries and
are not inexpensive-but. then. few
beautiful and unusual things are!
Very lovely Is a shade Of squares OF
Italian filet lace, the pieces Joined by
bands Of Cluny lace and edged with It
at top and bottom. And for fringe
what could be more In keeping than
little crochet balls. not too close to.
gether?
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CHAPTER XXI.
A Bar Of Soap.


Late that evening Betty Mercer and
Dallas were writing verses OF condo.
lence to be signed by all of us and
put under the door into Jim's room
when Bella came running down the
stairs.
Dal was reading the first verse
when she came. Listen to this,
Bella" he said trlumphantly:
There was fat artist named Jas,
Who cruelty called his friends mas.
When. altho' shut up tight,
He broke out over night
With a rash that Is maddening. he clas.
Then he caught sight of Bella's
face as she stood In the doorway and
stopped.
"Jim is delirious!" she announced
tragically. you shut him In there
all alone and now he's delirious. I'll
never forgive any Of you"
"Delirious!" everybody exclaimed.
He was sane enough when ! took
him his chicken BROTH" Mr.. HARRISON
said. "He was almost fluent"
He Is stark. staring crazy" Bella
insisted Historically. IL locked the
door carefully when | went down to
my dinner, and when l came up
tit was unlocked. and Jim was
babbllng on the bed, with sheet
over his face. He-he says the house
is haunted and he wants all the men
to come up and sit In the room with
him." - -.
Not on your life," Max said. 'T am
young and my career has only begun.
I don't intend to be cut of In the
flower Of my youth But I'll tell you
what I'll do; I'll take him q drink.
can tie It to a pole or something"
But Mr.. HARRISON did not smile. He
was thoughtful for minute. Then:
Il don't believe he is delirious," he
said quietly. land wouldn't be sur.
prised II he has happened on some.
thing that-will be Of general inter.
est. I think will stay with him to.
night" 7D..
After that. Of course, none Of the
others would confess that he was
afraid. so with the South American
, leading. they all went upstairs. The
d women Of the party sat on the lower
steps and listened. but everything was
quiet. Now and then we could hear
the sound Of voices, and after a while
there was rapid slamming Of doors
and the sound Of some one running
down 10 the second noor. Then quiet
again.
In an hour or so they sent for Elan.
nigan, and he went upstairs. He
came down again soon. however. and
returned with something over his arm
that looked like q rope. II seemed to
be made Of all kinds Of things tied
together. trunk straps, clothesline, bed
sheets. and something that Flanagan
pointed to with rage and said he
hadn't been able to keep his clothes
"a Ill day. Hs refused 70 explain fur.
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Handbag Mounting.

The use Of hand.wrought copper as
mounts for handbags Of suedes In
modish tints and odd shapes Is one
Of the fancies Of the season. II there
Is q monogram on the bag II Is car.
rted out In the same metal and the
fittings inside the bag or decorated
with the copper also.
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Our idea Of true philosopher is
man who is able to explain away his
faults to the satisfaction of himself.
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ERE We have European soci.
ETY. bud who is wearing one Of
4 the fetching bathing costumes
that are always on view at Hol.

lands famous seaside resort.
the style is distinctly .viennese, due
to the fact that It Is by Vienna tail.
or who makes a specially OF smart
water wear. 1t Is as charming as It
Is modest, yet not quite devoid Of a
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||| lI[N| ]DID|'
risque touch popular in Europe.

risque touch popular in Europe.
1t Is made Of white pongee silk.
with inserts Of white.and.blue striped
silk. The knickerbockers are Of the
same materials and may be worn
loose or gathered Just above the
lAe. Blue silk stockings and head
III ! Of white silk complete the dain.
ty ensemble.
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His Instinct.

II see the family dog sinking out
Of the room. What's the matter with
him?"
Precedence. Presently there will be
q tremendous family row on"
"But how did the dog know that?"
We'll. so to speak, his nose Is
something Of storm scenter."
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age man is normal, or LOO. and his white blood
puscles gobbe and kill the staphyococc as fast they
invade the tissues
But the with the boils has opsonc index that
below normal and the staphylococci put up hot
fight against his weakened corpusces and the debris of
the unequal conflict the pus his bOilS. In practically
every the staphylococcus opsonc index falls below
normal and then This for the fact that
practically every man, at some time in his life, suffers
from boils.
When patient presents himself to have his opsonic
index determined three four drops of blood drawn
from pinprck in of his ngertps and permitted to
COagulate This separates the red cOrpuSCleS from the
yellow blood in which the white corpusces float
Then, by simple device, the white corpuscles sep
araed from the too, and washed in salt solution
The red corpusCleS are thrown away. We now have
drop two of clear with the lmpalpabe, lnvisl
BILE opsonins floating about in it, and small fluffy
of white corpuscles.
Meanwhile the who is making the test has got
from his stock of germs every psychological labora
tory keeps large stock of live germs of all sorts on
hand) couple of thousands of healthy and virulent
staphyococci.
They make spot small pinhead; but they
all very much alive and, despite their microscopic size
exceedingly active.
Then the bacteriologist mikes the germs, the serum
and the white corpusces, and for half hour keeps
them in incubator at the exact temperature of the
human body. At the conclusion of this halfhour the
mixture is stained with aninc dye Ito make the
things in it show up better and placed under micro
scope which magnifes thousand diameters.
In the field of the glass the white corpuscles are
plainly 1abby. transparent sacs each of which
seems to be about as big tencent piece. Inside
everyone of them observed lot of little dark dots
most of which arranged in clusters These dots
the staphylococc and the bacterioogst counts them
To the ayman this counting of germs may inn
possible task but matter of fact, the microscope
makes them appear so large and the anne dye stains
them so dark that it is quite easy to see them.
In the first white corpuscle let say, the observer
will count six staphylococc. Then he will shift his slide
and observe another corpuscle In this will be eight
Staphyococci. He will continue in this until he
has counted the contents of fifty corpuscles Then he
will strike average and find perhaps that it is
staphyococci to the corpuscle.
Gobbline Up Staphylococci
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corpusces Then of sudden the leucocytes (Which
colorless things much like minute badders with seeds in
them will begin to open and swallow germs Some will
gobble two three, and others will gObble Dozen In
the end if the blood is entirely healthy and there
not too many germs, the leucocytes will swallow and
kill everyone of them. When this same process takes
place in the blood human being is cured say,
of the disease that af1icts him.
1t early observed that in cases, despite the
fact that the eucocytes in patients blood were penti
full and seemingly healthy, they swallowed few if any
gerns which meant of that the disease caused
by these organisms instead of being cured grew worse
Many investigators concluded hereby that there was
something in the blood serum floating about between
the corpusces that had to act upon the germs before
the leueocytes could tackle them The germs to put
it in homey fashion, seem to require sailing before
the leucocytes would eat them.
How DIR. Wright Proved 1t
THIS was held as sort of provisional theory for
L good while; but it remained for DR.. Wright to de-
velop it into useful fact His method of proof
look back upon it, absurdly simple. 1t consisted
in which they Oated and in studying their action alone.
He chose healthy blood and showed, first that its leu
cocytes, while still floating in the capable
of swallowing definite number of specific germs Then
he separated other eucocytes from this same blood nd
them of serum by careful washing-and found that
without this serum they were no more capable OF swa
lowing germs than many grains of sand.
DIR. Wright is repeating this experiment hundreds
of times in series of lectures and demonstrations before
the universities and learned societies of country,
under all conceivable conditions, and always the
result is the Leucocytes floating in serum were
hungry for germs and disposed of them in short order;
leucocys separated from and washed clear of
inert and helpless. This proved absolutely that
the contained some mysterious compound which
either increased the gern-swallowing power OF the
leucocytes decreased the eucocyte power
of the germs. 1t is still matter of difference among
pathologists whether of these things is accom-
shed the other or both; but that the serum CON
tains something that promotes the ngeston of
by leucocytes plain. Regarding this something, we
know next to nothing 1t may be chemical salt, and
then again it may be living organism small that
microscopes do not reveal it. But, though unable
to it, it is perfectly possible for to observe its
effects In lieu of better name, DR.. Wright has called
it "opsonn from Greek word signifying Il prepare
Where Opsonins Come in
HAVING got this far, Dr. Wright ahead of him the
possibility of determining mathematicaly the power
of opsonns in the blood of different 1t evident
that healthy leucocytes capable of swallowing
given germs in direct ratio to the amount of opso-
nins present in the blood in which they foated
and it possible to find out with accuracy
given mans power of resistance to these given germs
1t also evident that when the leucocytes of