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Chapter Thirteen
A FRIEND IN NEED.

~ ms heart beat rapidly as he heard
r Vincento's footsteps. The Spaniard
was armed with a pistol, and Tim
only had poker. And back of Vim
~ cento was Mrs. Mullins and Arty,
while Tiny was Tins sole ally.
1t was not an encouraging prospect, but
Tim felt certain that he was stronger than
any two of his assaiants, and as he gripped
the poker, he made mental resolve that the
first head that came into the room would 60
out cracked.
Vincento didn't seem to be in any hurry to
come up, but he arrived at last, and gave the
door a fierce shove.
Tim motioned Tiny to retreat into an angle
of the room as he put his powerful shoulder
to the chest of drawers and held it against
the door.
Presently Nincento seemed to realized that
something was the matter, and he called out:
Here, you girl! Open this door!'
81 can't!" called back Tiny, with a laugh
She was enjoying the scene.
Cant, hey? Wen see about that! Come,
no foolishness, or In whip you goodr'
mo, you won't" put in Tim, quietly.
At this there was great outburst of wrath
on the stairs.
"So" cried the spaniard fercely, you're
there, are you?"
CONTINJJED ON pAGE SEVEN
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Chapter Twelve
EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES.

. ms first feeling was one OF surprise,
his next was fear.
The room in which he found him
self was about ten feet square, with
two doors, the one through which
--T- he had 40 suddenly entered and an
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ingtoni But all the time as 1 played
in my own little game-with no one
to enjoy it save myself saw myself
begin to lose. This country-this
great splendid country of savages-
began to take me by the hands, began
to look me in the eyes, and ask me:
Helena Won Ritz, what are you? What
might you have been?'
so now,'' she concluded, you asked
me, asked me what 1 was, and 1 have
told you. ask you myself, what am l.,
what am 1 to be; and 1 say, 1 am I'M
clean But, being as 1 am, l have done
what 1 have done. 1t was for prin-
ciple-or it was-for you, l do not
know"
There are those vino can be moth
ing else but Clean" 1 broke out. Il
shall not endure to hear you speak
thus of yourself. You-you, what
have you not done for us? Was not
your mother clean in her heart? Sins
such as you mention were never those
of scarlet. If you have sinned, your
sins are white as snow. 1 at least
am confessor enough to tell you
that
NAh, my confessor!" she reached
out her hands to me, her eyes swim
1HlhS wet 1n0lI she puSn0O NE DdCh
suddenly, beating with her little
hands upon my breast as though
were an enemy. DO not" she said.
Coz
My eye caught sight of the great
key, Pakenham's key, lying there on
the table. Maddened, 1 caught it up.
and, with a quick wrench of my naked
hands, broke it in two, and threw the
halves on the floor to join the torn
scroll of England's pledge.
1 divided Oregon at the forty-ninth
parallel and not at fifty-four forty,
when l broke Pakenham's key. But
you shall see why 1 have never re
GREETED that.
ASK Sir Richard Pakenham if he
wants his key nowl" l said.
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John Calhoun becomes secretary of
state in Tyler's cabinet with the fixed de-
termination to acquire both Texas and
Oregon. Nicholas Trist, his secretary, is
sent with a message to the Baroness Won
Ritz. spy and reputed mistress of the
British minister, Pal1enham- Trist en-
counters the baroness and assists her in
escaping from pursuers- She agrees to
Calhoun, and pledge that she
will tell him what he wants to know re-
garding the intentions of England toward
mate of which has been lost Trist is or
dered to Montreal on state business, and
arranges to be married to Elizabeth
Churchill before departing The baroness
drunken congressman, who is assisting
Trist in his wedding arrangements, blum
deringly sends the baroness slipper to
Elizabeth instead of the owner, and the
the baroness in Montreal, she having sue
ceeded, where he failed, in discovering
Englands intentions regarding Oregon
She tells him the slipper he had, con-
Pakenham, saying that if the United
States did not annex Texas within 80 days
she would lose both Texas and Oregon
Calhoun orders Trist to head party
bound for Oregon. Calhoun excites the
jealousy of Sonora YturriO, and thereby
secures the signature of the Texas at
tache to a treaty of annexation. Nicholas
arrives in Oregon. Later the baroness ar
rives a British warship. She tells
Nicholas that note she placed in her
slipper caused the breaking off of his
marriage, and that she intends to return
Nicholas follows her. He learns on the
way that Polk has been elected and
Texas annexed and that there is to be
Trist that in return for compromise of
the Oregon boundary the forty-ninth
degree, she has sold herself to Pakenham-
She tells him the story of her life
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The Polite chiffonier.

A certain woman while walking
down the avenue one Thursday after
noon. her negro maids day out"
CHANGED to meet that young person
riding in an automobile with two col
ored friends. The next day the mis-
tress inquired how the maid had en-
joyed her ride
"Oh. it was cert'nly fine," was the
reply And the way 1 came to go.
ma'am, was this | was calm on my
cousin when a friend of hers. a chif-
fonier, came in He said he had the
machine outside and asked her to
have a ride, and. as he concluded me
in the invitation. of co'se I VENT"
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tiers were to be hushed up. The court
of England began to take cognizance
of these things. Our government was
scandalized. They sent my father, on
pretext of scientific errands, into one
country and another-to Sweden, to
England, to Africa, at last to America.
Thus it happened that you met him.
You must both have been very near
to meeting me in Montreal. 1t was
fate, as we of Hungary would say.
''As for me, 1 was no mere hare
Drained radical I did not go to Rus
STA, did not join the revolutionary
circle of Paris, did not seek out Prus-
STA. That is folly. My father was
right. 1t must be the years, it must
be the good heritage, it must be the
good environment, it must be even
opportunity for all, which alone can
produce good human beingsi In short,
believe me, a victim, the hope of the
world is in real democracy. Slowly,
gradually l was coming to believe
aat."
She paused a moment Then, one
time, monsieur met you, here in
this very room, God pity mel You
were the first man 1 had ever seen.
God pity neil believe LOVED you
that night, that very first night We
are friends. We are brave. You are
man and gentleman, so 1 may say
that, now. / am no longer woman
/ am but sacrifice.
Opportunity must exist, open and
free for all the world" she went on,
not looking at me more than 1 could
now at her. ct have set my life to
prove this thing. When 1 came here
to this America-out of pique, out of a
love of adventure, out of sheer daring
and exultation in imposture-then 1
saw why 1 was born, for what purposei
1t was to do such work as I might to
prove the theory of my father, and
to justify the life of my mother. For
that thing 1 was born. For that thing
have been damned on this earth:
may be damned in the life to come,
unless 1 can make some great atone
ment. For these 1 suffer and shall al
ways suffer. But what of that? There
must always be sacrifice"
The unspeakable tragedy of her
voice cut to my soul. But Hsteni"
broke out. You are young. You are
free. All the world is before you.
You can have anything you like"
"Ah, do not talk to me of that she
exclaimed imperiously. do not tempt
me to attempt the deceit of myself,
I made myself as I am, long ago. 1
did not love. l did not know it. AS
to marriage, / did not need it. 1 had
abundant means without. was in the
upper ranks of society. I was there;
I was classified; 1 lived with them
But always I had my purposes, my
plans For them 1 paid, paid, paid,
as woman must, with-what a wom-
an has.
But now, 1 am far ahead of my
story Let me bring it on. 1 went
to Paris 1 have sown some seeds
of venom, some seeds of revolution, in
one place or another in Europe in my
time All, it works; it will go, Here
and there l have cost a human life
Here and there work was to be done
which 1 disliked; but 1 did it. Mis-
guided, uncared for, mishandled as 1
had been-well, as I said, I went to
Paris.
~Ah, sir, win you not, too. leave the
room, and let me tell on this story to
myself, to my own soul? 1t is filter
for my confessor than for you"
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The students of welLknown woin-
ems college will probably be thrown
into spasms of indignation by the
statement of one of them that plain
girls go to college to try to compete
with rivals more endowed with natural
gifts In the matrimonial market-thsf
pretty and attractive girls do not need
college training to secure husbands.
This frank confession will not help to
popularize college education, nor the
opponents, either. OF such startling
candid theories
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Let me, then, be your confessori''
said I. Forget Forget. You have
not been this which you say. Do 1 not
know?"
No, you do not know. Well, let
be. Let me go on! I say 1 went to
Paris. I was close to the throne of
France. That little duke of Orleans,
son of Louis Philippe, was a puppet
in my hands. Oh, 1 do not doubt 1
did mischief in that court, or at least
if I failed it was through no lack of
efforti I was called there America
Vespucci.' They thought me Its!iani
At last they came to know who 1 was
They dared not make open rupture
in the face of the courts of Europe.
Certain of their high officials came to
me and my young duke of Orleans.
They asked me to leave Paris. They
did not command ft-the duke of Or
leans cared for that part of it. But
they requested me outside-not in his
presence. They offered me a price, a
bribe-such an offering as would, 1
fancied, leave me free to pursue my
own ideas in my own fashion and in
any corner of the world. You have
perhaps seen some of my little fan
cies. 1 imagined that love and hap
piness were never for me-only am
bition and unrest. With these goes
luxury, sometimes. At least this sort
of personal liberty was offered me
the price of leaving Paris, and leaving
the son of Louis Philippe to his own
devices. 1 did So"
"And so, then you came to Wash
ington? That must have been some
years ago"
Yes; some five years ago. I still
was young. 1 told you that you must
have known me, and so. no doubt, you
did. Did you ever hear of America
Vespucci'?'
A smile came to my face at the sug-
gestion of that celebrated adventures
and mysterious impostress who had
figured in the annals of Washington
fair Italian, so the rumor ran, who
had come to this country to set up a
claim, upon our credu1ity at least, to
being the descendant of none less
than Amerigo Vespucci himself, This
supposititious Italian had indeed gone
so far as to secure the introduction of
a bill in congress granting to her GER
tain lands The fate of that bill even
then hung in the balance. / had no
reason to put anything beyond the au-
dacity of this woman with whom 1
spokei My smile was simply that
which marked the eventual voting
down of this once celebrated measure,
as merry and as bold a jest as ever
was offered the credulity of a nation
one conceivable only in the mad and
bitter wit of Helena Won Ritz
Eyes, madam" said, Il have heard
of america Vespucci.' 1 presume that
YOU are now about to repeat that you
are shei"
She nodded, the mischievous enjoy
ment of her colossal jest showing in
her eyes, in spite of all Yes" said
she. among other things, 1 have been
America vespucci,' There seemed
little to do here in intrigue, and that
was my first endeavor to amuse my
self. Then 1 found other employment
England needed skillful secret agent
why should 1 be faithful to England?
At least, why should l not also en-
Joy intrigue with yonder government
of Mexico at the same time? There
came also Mr.. Van Zandt of this Re
public of Texas Yes, it is true, /
have seen some sport here in Wash
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For she is wise. if I can judge of her:
And fair she is, if that mine eyes be
true;
And true she is, as she hath proved her
self. Shakespeare.
"What have you done?" she ex-
claimed. care you mad? He may be
here at any moment now. Go. at
oncel"
81 shall not go."
my house is my own, 1 am my
own,"
you know it is not true, madam!"
saw the slow shudder that crossed
her form, the fringe of wet which
sprang to her eyelashes. Again the
pleading gesture of her ha1f-open fin
gers.
"Ah, what matter?" she said. at
much. What is past, is past, mon
sieur. Once down, woman does not
RISE
you forget history-you forget the
thief upon the crossi"
''The thief on the cross was not a
woman. No, 1 am guilty beyond hope!"
Rather, you are only mad beyond
reason, madam. I shall not go so
long as you feel thus-although God
knows l am no confessor"
81 confessed to you-told you my
story, so there could be no bridge
across the gulf between u.s. My hap
piness ended them
"It is of no consequence that we
be happy, madam. l give you back
your own words about yon torch of
principles"
For a time she sat and looked at
me steadily There was, I SAL, some
sort of radiance on her face, though
1, dull of wit, could neither under
stand nor describe it. / only knew
that she seemed to ponder for a long
time. seemed to resolve at last. Slow
ly she rose and left me, parting the
satin draperies which screened her
boudoir from the outer room. There
was silence for some time Perhaps
she prayed do not know.
Now other events took this situa-
ton in hand. / heard a football on
the walk, cautious knocking on the
great front door. So, my lord Paken-
ham was prompt. Now 1 could not
escape even If 1 liked.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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country's Oldest Weaver.

Mrs. Melissa Hodgdon, aged seven
ty-five years, who runs four looms in
the weaving department of the York
Manufacturing company, at Saco,
Me, and claims the distinction of be-
ing the oldest weaver in the United
States, began work IN this plant 55
years ago the middle of this month
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A Gotham magistrate complimented
in his court a wife who resented a
beating with a forcible remonstrance
conveyed by a stove lid If all wives
were so resoureeful with the family
furniture there would be no need of
the whipping post, and even the SEN
timentalists could not complain that
a wife injured her husbands self-re-
Epect by not taking her beatings with
patient submission
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An investigation recently brought
out the fact that students of a we'll
known college are being supplied with
skim milk If the theory is correct
that men are what they eat no wonder
need be expressed at the opinion late
ly delivered by a prominent lecturer
that the colleges are turning out
crooks
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1t is proposed in Nevada to allow a
prisoner sentenced to death to make
choice between hanging or an instant
and painless poison. Taken In connec-
ton with its willingness to sever I'M
pleasant marital bonds for any old
reason, this new proceeding certainly
establishes past argument that the
State Of Nevada has a most obliging
disposition
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Busted

Many a man goes broken Health
then wealth Blames his mind
says it don't work right; but all the
time it's his 6cy>Ls. They don't work
liver dead and the whole system gets
clogged with poison Nothing kills
good, clean-cut brain action like con-
stipation. CASCARETS will relieve
and cure. Try it now. M
CAScARETS Zoe bog for weeks
treatment An druggists Biggest seller
tn the world Million boxes a month.
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There is a natural precedent to sup
port the tale of the New York dog
which is turning black as the result
of eating a black kitten. Plenty OF
human beings eat crow and, as a rule.
it makes them look black.
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A lady who seems to have investi-
gated reports that one may live to be
$50 years old If one will take the pre-
caution to avoid the use of heavy I'M
derwear She is likely to get in bad
with the wool producers.
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An American girl is alleged to have
paid $4,000 for handkerchief in
Paris a few days ago. Foolish maid
en-. She might have bought an inter-
est in a French count for that price.
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Despite electricity in its various
uses, the mule goes right on becom-
ing eye<y year more valuable
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Black frost has killed the Georgia
peach crop, though perhaps white
frost would have been as bad
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Another kidnapper has just been
sentenced to twenty-five years i'm
p.isonment. At this rate of effective
justice the kidnappers. when they re-
gain their liberty, will find their pc
culiar industry among the lost arts.
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If radium is to become the rival of
coal as a heat producer the coal pro-
ducers think that their article should
be nearer the price demanded for the
rival article.
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hams Vegetable Compound was rec
commended, and after taking three bot
ties she has regained her health, thanks
to your medicine. I can recommend it
for all female troubles Mrs. L. A.
CoRKRAN, 1103 Rutland Street, Balti-
more, Md.
Hundreds of such letters from moth
ers expressing their gratitude for what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has accomplished for them have
been received by the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass.
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head
ache, dragging-down sensations, faint
ing spells or indigestion, should take
Immediate action and be restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. Thousands have been
restored to health by its use.
Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn.
Mass, for advice. free.
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Sleeping sickness is said to be car
ried by goldfish. Don't allow you
goldfish to run at large.
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Praise not a woman for what she
hath, but for what she hath not, and
thy reward shall be exceeding great
-Gelett Burgess.
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Jail sentences should not be con-
fined to women smugglers. The male
wholesalers should get their share.
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Man has worn the trousers too long
to allow women to appropriate them
without protest
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Sore Throat is no trifing ailment. Tt
may carry disease germs to any part of
the body through the food you eat. When
you feel sore throat coming on, Ham
Inns Wizard Oil.
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1t is not the quality of the meat but
the cheerfulness of the guests which
makes the feast--Lord Clarendon
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Bare Old Wine.

Some wine has been discovered in
the cellars of the city hall. of Bremen,
which has been left there for two and
a half centuries
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Paris afirms that modistes are born
and not made. 1t is a>pity that hats
and gowns do not come the same
way.
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Among those who are not kicking
about the weather are the youthful
sportsmen who play "mibs."
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why are hotel bellboys called But
tons'?"
Because they're always off when
you need 'em most"
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49, - 1870 -AAAO<, y
was re s tore d to
health by Lydia E.
Pinkham'S Vegeta-
BILE Compound She
was pale, with dark
circles un der her
eyes, weak and irrf-
table. Two different
doctors treated her
and called it Green
Sickness, but sh e
grew worse all the
time. Lydia E.Pink-
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ASK FOR ALIENS FOOT-EASE.
the Antseptic powder to shake into your hoes Re-
Ieves Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Nails, Swollen and
Sweating feet, BIsters and Callous spots. Sold
everywhere, Csc Don accept substitute. Sam
pie FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy NY.
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Man without patience is the LAM
without oil; pride in a rage is a bac
counselor.-A- de Musset
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The sleeping sickness is increasing
lin Philadelphia
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One man predicts the end of the
world in 1912 and another sees the
coming of the millennium in 1915.
One of them must be wrong
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The crusade against the housefy
this year is to be exceedingly strenu-
Gus.
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A Chicago mail order house has just
shipped 10000 alarm clocks to CHINA
What China really wants is something
to eat
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Danish warship going to Green
land will be the first craft of that kind
to enter the arctic circle. Let US
hope it will not get cold feet.
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This Is the season when fish is con-
Bidered a fine brain food.
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Simple remedies are BEST Garfield Tea
is simple pure, gentle in action, and al
ways potent Composed of Herbs, not drugsi
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A new revolution is threatened in
Turkey. 1t begins to look as if Tur-
key must have Spanish blood in its
veins
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NY
DAUGHTER
WASCURED
By Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md send you here
with the picture of my fifteen year old
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The harem skirt seems destined te
. short life and an exciting one
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patton Constipation is the cause of many
diseases. Cure the cause and you cure
the disease. Easy to take.
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Our notion of the height of folly Is
an all attempt to shoot up an ocean
liner.
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GOOD HOUSEKEEPERs.
Use the best. That's why they buy Red
Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers cents.
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In Russia they call the harem skirt
q jupecullotte." That ought to kill
IL
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Not by years but by disposition Is
wisdom Observation-Disclosures.
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CHAPTER xxxIV.

The Victory.
She will not stay the siege of loving
terms,
Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes,
Nor ope her lap to soul-seducing
For she is wise if I can judge of her;
And fair she is, if that mine eyes be
true;
And true she is, as she hath proved her
self. -Shal1 espeare.
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Il. S. GIvLER. Pub.