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other, and she felt that he was trembling
Lois" he said. Lois. don't think me
mad. There are limits to mans en-
durance. 1 have held out SO long that
can hold out no longer. / have come be-
cause I must speak to you alone. Will
you let me?"
She knew now what was coming and
she made a gentle effort to free herself
conceited II I say that I know what you
have come to tell me?" she said, with an
earnestness which did not conceal her
anxiety. "Will you forgive me II I ask
you not to tell me? It would be hard to
have to spoil our friendship. 1t has been
a great deal to me-"
docs that mean that you don't carer
Il did not say that AS proof that do
care l will give you my whole confidence.
! will be absolutely honest with you. Will
you think me very low spirited II tell
you that a man still holds place in my
life-a man who cares nothing for me ?
ought to forget him-my pride should
make 1t possible, and yet I cannot. and
somehow do not think ever shall"
isn't that rather a hard punishment
for him, Lois?"
For him?'
II. too. will be honest. / know whom
you mean and I ask you-does STAFFORD
look happy man? He looks like man
lieve that burden is the knowledge that
he has sinned against you. that in his
heedlessness, folly, what you will, he has
spoiled your life. Until he feels that you
have regained your happiness he will
never be able to find his own"
A spasm of pain passed over her face.
You mean-1 stand in his way?"
II believe so. And I am sure OF one
thing-fOr your own sake az we'll as for
HIS you must shake off your old affection
for him. and how better than through the
cultivation of new and stronger love?
My dear little girl. you couldn't pretend
that all the happy hours we have spent
together count for nothing. You say my
friendship has been great deal to you.
What else is friendship but the sanest,
most lasting and noblest part of love?
What surer basis was ever the union be-
tween q man and woman built upon? l
know what you would say-it has come
too soon. You have only just pulled
feel that you must have time to right
yourself and all the hopes that were
bowled over with you. My dear. I under
stand that-God knows. I understand too
well-but have pity on me. Think how I
have waited, and how time has drifted
on and on for me. Must I wait the best
years Of my life? Won't you let me add
the whole Of. my love to times cure for
healing the old would?"
There was no pretense In hfs pleading.
no pretense in the passion with which
his voice shook. And because 1t was
genuine. it carried her forward on the
wave Of powerful feeling toward his will.
II do care for you," she said, with a
friend you are very dear to me. and you
are. no doubt, right to class friendship
so highly. But I cannot pretend that !
love you. do not love you. And q
woman should love the man she marries."
He let her hands fall.
"And 80 you are going to Let your life
remain empty, little woman?"
"Empty?" she echoed.
"Yes. empty. VIII 1t prove the strength
OF my love Tor you u ! tell you that It
into your heart? How many times have
! read there the thought; 'Of what use
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away from it's immediate appeal. one is
able to sense its supreme effect of COM
pass and sweep. Of professional move
ment. of epic spirit Inspired by the full
import OF the civil war. and fred by the
heroism OF her native state in the defense
OF the Confederacy. Miss Johnston builds
her big story on the movements OF the
southern army In the state of Virginia
under the leadership Of Stonewau Jack
son. with whose death this war drama
comes to an end. So complete Is this
authors control over innumerable facts
of time. and place, and circumstance
tnat the story reads as much like history
lighted by a picturesque imagination as
1t does like romance founded upon his
tory. One stands respectful before the
artistic conscience of this writer. The
Long Roll" the first Of two books on the
civil war. takes its place clearly at the
summit Of Miss Johnston's distinguished
achievements.
PANTHER's CUB. BY Agnes and Eyer
ton Castle, author of Rose of the
World" etc. illustrated by Florence
r. A. Wilde. New York: Doubleday,
Page & Co Washington: Woodward
& Lothrop.
Out Of this literary partnership
which. by the way, one conjectures to be
the most hazardous Of all combinations
comes sparkling story of sustained and
compelling interest. The theme. conven-
tionally impossible, but actually not at all
uncommon, is the jealousy Of a young and
fascinating mother against a beautiful
grown-up daughter. To set the subject
in most believable surroundings, the
authors make the mother a great profess
sionai singer and the daughter con-
vent-bred girl brought late. and by a
temperamental whim of the artist, into
her own keeping. England and the con-
tinent place the action, and an English
lord propels 1t. through episodes of great
variety and stress, to the ultimate lady
ship of the daughter, and to the conse-
quent disappointment and chagrin of the
mother. The story made by this pair of
writer's Is uncommonly good. The move
arts OF plot are exceptionally we'll in hand.
But better than these mechanisms of
structure are the people that they make
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

BELL AND WING. By Frederick Fan
ming Aver. New York: G. P. Put
MANS Sons.
JACK HARRINGTON, FORESTER. By
John Trotwood Moore, author OF
"Old Mistis." etc. illustrated by
George Gibbs. Philadelphia: The
John c. Winston Company.
THROUGH DUST TO LIGHT, Poems
From an Apprenticeship. By Robert
Valentine Heckscher. Boston:
Sherman. French & Co.
THE UNTAMEDs Range Life In the
Southwest. By George Pattul1o. New
York: Desmond FITZGERALD, Inc.
CYCLOPEDIA OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS: Contain
ing Facts, Incidents, Stories, Ex-
periences, AnecdOtes, Selections,
etc. for illustrative purposes. With
cross references. Compiled and
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two decorations. Each peculiarly suits
its place, and to an extent they compile
ment each other. Paintings Of this sort
constitute a new kind of mural decora-
tion and one which should undoubtedly
prove popular.
Mr.. Manley is better known as a paint
er of miniatures than of mural decora-
tioHs, but he has been a diligent student
of nature, and his manner of painting In
oils is broad and free. 1t is safe to say
that nothing finer of the kind has been
done in this country.
A GROUP of five water colors by Will
\ liam H. Holmes IL on exhibition at
the Shelby Clarke art galleries. All are
landscapes and were painted in the vi
cinity Of Washington. One is a flowery
meadow seen through the haze of a gray
summer day. The sky is overcast. the
atmosphere surcharged with moisture.
The result is an enveloping haze which
without obscuring color or form softens
outlines and lends an element of mystery
The field with it's blossoming asters
stretches out for a great distance and Is
bordered by scattered g1oups of trees
where 1t reaches the horizon and meets
the sky. little path. starting in the i'm
mediate foreground. winds It's way across
this meadow, and leads the eyes GER
tainIy but without conscious effort to the
distant VANISHING pOinI IL Is d CudI III
ing theme and beautifully rendered, the
treatment being simple, yet extremely
sympathetic and direct. Delicacy Is the
prerogative of a water color. but to this
quality is added in this instance perva-
sive strength. But all Mr.. Holmes wa
ter colors have distinction-there Is none
who handles the medium more skillfully
than he. Another picture in the group
now on exhibition shows a rather re-
markable sky effect. the floating clouds
on a field of blue being swept in such
manner as almost to simulate a bursting
blossom, a giant chrysanthemum with its
petals loose and scattered. To be sure
the resemblance is only suggested as it
was In nature, to be seen by those with
fair amount Of Imagination. or to be
passed unseen. 1t is. however, an ex-
traordinary effect most successfully trans
scribed.
third picture is an old mill and the
road approaching 1T. This is painted In
broader style than the former two and
with a trifie heavier color, but 1t has
the freshness and sparkle which all water
colors should have and which Mr.. Holmes
almost always gets in his works. APP
parently there is no lack of good pic
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the determined mouth under the close
cut mustache. the broad forehead with
the white line where the military helmet
had protected from the sun. the black
hair prematurely sprinkled with gray
these. together with the well built figure.
made him seem worthy of the record of
heroism and ability with which his name
was associated.
III you want rest, your only nope Is
with the ladies' Travers said. as he
turned with Nicholson toward the gar
den. ''They are the only people who
haven't got mines and industrial progress
on the brain. Are you prepared to be
lionized. by the way? We are all so
arrival is bound to be pursued to death. !"
II don't care SO long as l get In some
decent tennis and polo," Nicholson an
swered, cheerfully. mot that I've starved
fort into splendid form. We made our
net and racquets ourselves. and rolled out
some sort of court. 1t was immense
fun. though the racquets weren't all you
might have wished, and the court had a
most disconcerting surface" He laughed
heartily at his recollecttons, and Travers
laughed with him.
mo wonder the men worshtped you.'
he said and then saw that the remark
had been mistake.
sharp answer. THAT sort of thing IL all
rubbish They respected me and re-
spected them-that's all"
1T seems to me q good DEAL" Travers
observed.
1T is a good deal. In ono sense, -
Nicholson returned. "It IL the only con-
dtlon under which native and European
can work In unity"
Nehal Singh and Stafford were walking
a little ahead and Travers thought he
saw the rajah hesitate as though about
to join the conversation. Almost imme-
diately, however. Nicholson changed the
subject
i've had no time to look up my old
friends" he said to Travers. Perhaps
you could tell me something about them.
Col. Carmichael Is. OF course. still here.
l had q few words with him this after
noon. Do you know II that little girl,
Lois Caruthers, IL with him. or has she
gone back to England?
mo, she 10 still in Marut."
That's good. When I was q young
lieutenant she and were great pals. OF
course, she Is grown up now, but I al
ways think of her as my wild little COM
rade. who led me into the most hair
breadth adventures" He smiled to him
self, and Travers looking sharply at him,
felt that there was a wealth of memories
behind the pleasant gray eyes.
Things change" he said. senteutiously.
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been completed by Thomas r.
Aanley and put in place. In general
character 1t is quite similar to the first.
but in composition and coloring it is
very different. Both are large panels
representing classical landscapes and
are painted with thin oil pigment which
literally dyes the canvas and thus sug-
gests tapestry in effect The walls Of
the room in which these decorations have
been placed are covered with a fine gold
burlap or similar fabric which makes
not only an excellent background, but a
good color foil.
The first panel, which occupies space
between two doors on the wall opposite
the windows, is in tints Of green and
blue and gold-a summer landscape. The
second one, which is an over-mantel, Is
warmer in tone, reds and browns pre-
dominating, the scene depicted being
autumnal Both decorations were paint
ed especially for the places they occupy.
though they could be removed and are
complete In themselves. The dominant
features of the composition in the latter
are two tall trees, the trunks of which
divide the picture into three panels. A
group of cedar trees Obstructs the vista
in the central panel, and in the panel to
the right the foliage is heavily massed,
but in the panel to the left there Is
broad outlook and glimpse given of
hit of water rejecting the glow of a
sunset sky. Light and shade are nicely
distributed and the forms of the trees
cut, in pleasing silhouette. against the
luminous sky, forming In conjunction
with it an interesting pattern-a design.
All of this naturally contributes to dec
orative effect. and the more so because
the intent is not obvious
Though one may know that compost
tions do not happen this way In ma
ture, and that consummate art Is requir-
ed in attaining such result. still the I'm
preston given is of complete naturalness
The spirit Of nature is Transcribed, the
beauty of many Landscapes Is epitomized
The effect varies with the light. and a
certain appeal is made to the imagina-
ton, so as a picture 1t has continuing IN
terest But even beyond It's significance
may be reckoned its colorful charm, its
rich harmonies of fine color tones. 1t
would be hard to choose between these
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CHAPTER XV.-Continued.

Nehal Singh's expression protested.
III money is the moving power. you
may be right" he said; but If. as
think, the conception 10 everything. then
the credit Is wholly yours"
"You have been the energizing spirit.
Travers retorted.
swell, we will divide the honors. And.
after all, 1t does not matter in the least
who has done it. so long as 1t Is done"
well spoken" Adam Nicholson said.
IF that's your principle I'm not sur
prised at the marvels you have brought
about
Nehal Singh turned to the speaker.
"You think the changes are for the
good?" he asked eagerly.
without a doubt The new bazaar is
a model for Indian civilization"
And the mine?"
Excuse me-is that part Of the reform ?
! understood that it was merely specu-
lation."
The princes brows contracted with sur
prise.
1T is part of the reform. wish to
give my people a settled industry. There
Is no idea of-personal gain
II See. Well. don't know about that
yet. i haven't looked into the matter;
must tomorrow-that is. no, I won't. You
know'-with movement OF good-tem-
on rest cure and I'm not to bother
about anything. Please remind me now
and again. / always forget"
Stafford smiled grimly.
You don't look as though you knew
what rest is." he said.
Travers, who stood a little on one side.
felt there was some truth in the criticism.
During the brief conversation between
Nehal Singh and Nicholson he had had
ample opportunity to study the two men
and to CLEAN the esthetic pleasure which
ali beauty gave him. Both represented
the best type of their respective races,
and. curtously enough, this perfection
seemed to obliterate the differences
Travers could not help thinking, as he
glanced from one to the other. that had
IT not been for the dress. II would have
been difficult to decide who was the ma
tive prince and who the officer. Nehal
Singhs high forehead and clean-cut fea-
lures might have been those Of a Euro
pean, and his complexion, IL anything
was fairer than that of the sunburnt man
opposite him. 1t was doubtful. too. which
OF the two faces was the more striking
Trayers felt himself irresistibly drawn to
the newcomer. The bold. aQuilins nose.
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Here are folks of personality, with va
riety of appearance and temperament and
habit to their account. 1t is a good story
that this reader sat up OF night to read
to others. all bent on seeing what finally
did come to pass.
THE sUBJECTIOy OF WOMEN. BY
John Stuart Mill. With a foreword
by Carrie Chapman Gait. New York:
Frederick A. Stokes Company.
To come into vital touch with the pres
ent artificial and unstable character of
the industrial and political status of
women. to grasp the fundamental and
logical cause Of her social unrest. one
should first read. and then study. the dis
cussion Of the Subsection Of Women by
John Stuart Mill. This essay. written in
the middle Of the last century. when
thought on this subject was relatively
unaroused. passed into obscurity to be
revived In the present as the final word
on the inherent rights of women For
scholarly foundations Of historic prece-
dent for scientific examination. for log
sion. this discussion stands classic in
thought and treatment. An appreciative
foreword by Carrie Chapman Gait turns
1t specifically to the uses Of the woman
suffrage movement.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE. By
Charles Gilbert Davis, NJ D. Chi
cago: D. D. Publishing Company. .
Thought is the stuff out of which
things are made" Nothing can harm
me but myself" This is the essence Of
DR.. Davis gallant advocacy Of mind as
the essential source Of health. happiness
and dominion over the powers of life.
Few Of the innumerable new thought
messages are 80 stably based, as is the
one in hand. upon the laws of biology
and psychology. upon the results Of high
ly specialized investigation. and pro-
longed distinguished practice This
author presents the novel case Of a sue
cessful surgeon and physician openly
advocating and using mental science as
substantial professional ally. While
all intelligent medical men have come to
recognize the mind Of the patient as a
therapeutic element, the most Of them
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by one the rajah's guests took their de-
parture in order to prepare for the even
ing's festivities. he gave up his last hope.
Il suppose it was too late.'' he thought,
ruefully. "Or-she was SO young, and It's
many years ago-maybe she has forgot
ten.'
1t was not till long afterward that he
knew how unconsciously his first sup
position had brushed past the truth.
(To be continued tomorrowD
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Wrongly Accused.

From the New York Morning Telegraph.
Washington Heights small boy namet
Tubman. went to his mother crying yes
terday afternoon.
Whats the matter. Willie?" she asked
'The kids have been teasin' me-" he re-
piled.
"Why?
''On account OF my last name" walled
the boy. They're 'cusin' me of takin'
baths"
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THE WASHINGTON ARCHITECTURE
AL CLUB will open its eighth an
nual exhibition with a private view and
reception in the hemicycle hall of the
Corcoran Gallery this evening" These ex-
hibitions are perennially interesting They
comprise as a rule not only the best local
work, but some of the best work done In
this country, and they are made thor
oughly fntelligible to the layman. Archi-
lecture is the backbone Of art, and is
governed by the same principles to
great extent as painting and sculpture.
1t Is not, as so many suppose. a mystery
only to be fathomed by the initiated
Almost every one recognizes at
glance the superiority Of the Treasury
Department In design over the Pension
Oftlce. for instance, and the eye of the
inexperienced is quick to note good COM
position and fine proportion in examples
OF domestic architecture. The kind of
buildings. both public and private, erect
ed in Washington, Ii a matter Of indi-
vidual concern. and to inform ones self
In regard to this matter is part of ones
civic duty. The architectural exhibition
will be open for nearly two weeks and
though coming late in the season, should
A N equestrian statue Of Col Theodore
- Roosevelt is to be erected in North
Dakota as a mark OF honor and regard
The sculptor is Gustave vigeland of
Christianfa, Norway, to whom Col.
Roosevelt gave sitting at the time he
made his address on 'Internat1onaI
Peace" before the Nobel committee.
A picture Of the statue heads the let
tiers of appeal for contributions which
have been sent out recently in consider
able numbers. and II 1t is at all accurate
1t is sincerely to be hoped that the
statue ho
is represented astride a horse in rapid
motion. whose chief effort seems to be
to kick off two of his legs and leave the
earth altogether. The jackson statue In
Lafayette Square will become insignifi-
can't in comparison. Strenuosity could
go no further in bronze. PERHAPS how
ever. the reproduction is a libel
LEILA MECHLIN,
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poses a molding Of very simple design.
The foreign artists are in advance Of the
American artists in this respect. In lne
Carnegie Institutes international exhibi-
ton it is to be noted that the pictures
sent from abroad are in almost every In
stance simply and inexpensively framed.
but yet not ineffectively. The New York
Water Color Club is setting a good fash
ion.
A T the Public Library there Is now an
exhibition of prints reproducing
paintings by great masters, which illus-
trates the excellence of present day,
moderate priced reproductions, and indi-
Gates the resources Of the library in such
pictorial material. Two cases are filled
with color prints, some most excellent,
sepia and black and white, which are as
good as original photographs They are.
Of course. produced by a Photographic
process. but 1t is remarkable to what de-
gree the actual spirit of the painting is
rendered. Among the reproductions are
works by Titan, Raphael, Rembrandt.
Velasquez and the lesser masters of the
several schools. 1t Is an interesting lit
tie exhibition and admirably arranged.
The picture collection of the Public
Library has now crept up in the thou
sands and covers a great variety Of sub
jects. 1t is not only free for examina-
ton. but is lent upon call to schools and
study classes, the groups of pictures be-
ing circulated in much the same manner
as books.
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torial motives IN the neighborhood Of
Washington. but one must remember
that the way picture Is painted signifies
much more than the subject, and that it
Is this, after all. which determines
whether or not it is work of art. If
1t were only necessary to reflect nature
accurately the camera would long ago
nave displaced the artist. In Mr.. Holmes
while they are true. they are primarily
artistic.
THE New York Water Color Club has
announced it's intention OF trying a
radical experiment in its next annual
exhibition. to be held In the coming au-
tumn. 1t has been found that much Of
the difficulty In arranging these exhibit
tions has been caused by the necessity OF
spacing and harmonizing the frames.
Therefore. In order that they shall hold
IAN exhibition of pictures rather than
OF frames, the club has passed a rule
for the coming exhibition which limits
the width Of frames to two inches, in
elusive Of everything. This practically
excludes mats. and 1t is suggested that
for small pictures light holdings Of one
half or one-third inch be used.
1t Is said that in many foreign exhlbi-
tions effects Of great dignity have been
produced by narrow framing and due at
tention to arrangement and spacing The
club feels that, with the assistance Of its
exhibitors and members. an exhibition
of more than ordinary interest will be in
strred. This Is decidedly a step in the
right direction. The frame does much to
make or mar the effect Of painting but
1t Is by no means more important than
the painting itself, and simple frames
greatly conduce to good effect. This
furthermore minimizes expense in trans
portation and handling. The chief cost
of an exhibition is transportation charges
on the frames. The cost Of frames is
little realized by the majority of people
For water colors the simplest kind of a
gold frame can rarely be made to order
for less than IS, and for oil paintings the
price begins more often at $50 and goes
up over 500. For hand carved frame
for painting by Sargent no less than
5000 was paid in Paris three or four
years ago. This is somewhat appalling
when 1t is realized how fragile, as rule.
frames are. On the other hand, 1t has
been shown that the cost is by no means
essential. A number of artists, with
great success. have made their own
frames. designing each specially for the
picture, and using for exhibition pur-