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gled ficrcelv for breath and his raised
hand pointed piteous,y at Travers- Tell
him-not-nis own The words died
into a choked silence.
"Brandr-here. He's trying to say
something What is it, man
Stafford turned with a last effort ms
lips parted second time he pointed
with a desperate insistency al Travers-
then with a sudden. quiek-draNn sigh. he
sank back his face against Lois shout
der Col. Carmichael who knew death
TOO well. rose heavily to his feet
..It's all over. he said. We can do
nothing more for him and We must leave
him. Come. Lois
His stern command reused her from her
stlrpor Of half -increduIous sorrow. Gently
she laid the lifeless head upon tho cush-
ions which Beatrice had brought and
crossed the hands over the quiet breast
This time she fought in vain against the
binding tears They fell on the race OF
the dead man. and. moved by an ire
sistible impulse, she bent once more ana
kissed him
and faced hor husband, i cannot help
IT." she said He is dead.
Travcrs said nothing ~" was cnhSl's
to the yeranda and his face was gray.
Outside the noise and confusion mad IN
creased They could hear wells and mn
precautions and a stone whizzed through
the trees. falling few feet short or
where tho little party stood. o"l 'ar-
michael shook TraverS by the ARM
Don't stand there like that. he said,
his voice rough with contempt II can
be helped. and dare say we shan any
of us be much better of by tomorrow
7 have a patrol outside waiting to take
the ladies over to my bungalow. MIS-
Cary and Mrs. Berry are already there
There isn't a moment to be LOST. Rouse
yourself and look to Lois ! VIII escort
Miss Cary" He turned to Beatrice WIN
find us united
The enemy" exclaimed Beatrice,
sharply.
The rajah is our enemy" was the bit
ter answer You and Travers best know
why.
The two women exchanged one brief
glance Lois crossed the intervening
ace and took her husband arm.
Archibald" she said. slowly and en-
phatically. If this trouble has anything
to do with the mine. II WOULD ne Wen 10
let the rajah know that We also take our
share. There must be no suspicion mat
that we have not acted honorabiy or nave
shirked our responsibilities;
He stared at her with dull, listiess eyes.
What do you mean. LOIS! he KNOWS
/ haven't brass cent.
But have. And. of course, my money
must go to refund those whom you nave
Internationally ruined.
That reused him. He flung her on one
side, with desperate soaded ,ur Sc. -.
your money, How dare you' 1t not
your money Half of il is mine. set
lied 1t on you.
III il is yours I will give 1t back TO You
You will use il as | say. II not, sha'i
use it fer YOU
col Carmichael had reached the gar
den. He turned now. and there was
CLEAN of satisfaction in his eyes
That's spoken like an honorable
woman. Lois!' he said. God bless you
I~A@ sohn
already gone to Nehal Singh. II he fails.
there won't be any time to explain. Come
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When Truth Is in Fashion.

From London Opinion.
If the use OF truth were to come into
fashion We might hear the following in
stead of the customary conventionalities:
Bridget, YOU needn't tell him I'm not
at home; just say | don't want 10 see
him.
81 may as well tell you, Mr.. McCleary.
that I am not buying this hair dye for an
elderly friend; / expect to use IL myself.
Il won't pretend. Mrs. Xavier, that the
reason why 1 never have any photographs
taken is because they never look like
me; they always do.
Gentlemen. I am not going to lie to
you; my friends have not asked me to be
a candidate for this office. I'm a candi-
date for II because I want the salary"
Mr.. Hilker. there's no use In pre-
tending that / can wear a No. 4. I am
not ashamed of the size of my foot. Show
me No 61a.'
Il don't know why I'm lending you
this money. old chap; | do il with great
reluctance"
Dear Strive return this story TO you
for the reason that it is absolutely
worthless. We wouldn't publish IT II
you paid US for doing So
Il am not surprised. Mr.. Weldon, to
learn that you arc ffty-nine years old.
You look it."
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Illustrated. Philadelphia The John
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"a. by Guy II. Scull. field manager
of the Buffalo Jones African expedi-
ton. Introduction by Theodore
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York: Moffat. Yard * 20 Washing
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THE SECRET book. BY George
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Ballantyne & Sons.
HER HUSBANDS COUNTRY. BY Sybll
Spottisw oode. author OF Marcia IN
Germany. New York. Duffield AZ
Co.
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There arc some lies which loyal woman
must carry with her to the grave. Bea-
trce bent and kissed the cold face
YOU do right" she said. Il knew YOU
would That is why ! came to You.
have helped to bring down all this mis-
fortune on Marut. ] have helped TO lower
ms all in tho eyes Of those-those who
used ard ought TO look up II Us. Now
YOU arc going 10 lift us out oi the n'fe-
| .ois. what that"
The two women chung TO each other.
Hitherto there had been no sound IN the
adjoining room save the regular rise ana
fall Of two voices. Now the startled MS
teners heard the report Of revolver
followed by a sudden absolute silence.
| .ois shook herself free from Beatrice 5
instructive clutch.
1T is in my husbands ROOM she said,
hoarsely. Stay here will go
She hurried across The room ana
thrusting open curtained door. disap-
reared. The next Instant Beatrice heard
cry which oyercame every hesitation
Horror and despair called her in that
sound and tn" next moment she followed
Lois footsteps. She did not know what
She expected To sec. Af;erward she be
iiaved that at tho back of her mind
there had been come thought ~ suicide.
Rut ii vas not Travers head that she
SAM pilloWcd against Lois knee Travers
stood on the verauda. the smoking pistol
still in his band his face livid and damp
with fear At his feet his wife was
bending the body of A man whom
Beatrice recognized with shock of pain
What has happened? she asked,
breat hlessly. What has happened
Travers turned and stared at her. His
eyes were glazed, and for the moment he
did not seem to know who she was.
Capt Stafford has-been murdered.
he stammered. He was going down the
steps when native attacked him =
fired. but it was too late. Oh. thank God.
! Here is Col Carmichael.
True enough, it was tho colonel him.
self who sprang up the veranda steps.
From beyond the ill-kept garden they
heard the tramp of men and a low. con-
tinuous sound, like the threatening moan
of the wind On the veranda relgned
complete and awestruck silence. Col.
Carmichael bent over the unconscious
man
This is the beginning he said. SOM
berry. How did it happen?
"A native must have been lying IN wait
at him with this He held out three
inch blade in hand which shook like
childs II tried TO save him. but !
couldn't. The man escaped. though !
think | hit him.
The colonel knelt down by Lois side.
and drawing out his brandy flask tried to
force a few drops between the purple
lips.
I'VE We're expecting him every minute.
he said but we couldn't wait. The dan
rii,hi. I.oois I'M
Capt. Staffords heavy eyelids had way
cred The colonel shifted him into
higher position. his head still resting
against Lois knee When the dying eyes
opened they fell straight on the sweet
dark face bent over him in loving pity.
Lois" he whispered. family. Lois :
my-kiss me-
Lois looked up at her husband. tie
nodded without meeting her eyes. Her
lips rested on the chilly forehead.
Dear john"
..Lois-you-tell the rajah-" He strug-
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Berlin Bank for Women.

From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
The first bank for women. and the oniv
one In the world that is conducted exclu-
sjyely for and by women, IL In Berlin.
The first annual balance sheet has just
been issued, and II shows the institution
to be I'm a very satisfactory condition.
The Berlin bank Is located In very de-
sirable residential district in comfortable
and finely equipped quarters.
1t conducts It's business on the same
lines as the ordinary banks, but unlike
them opens its doors to the married
woman without requiring from her. as do
all other German banks, the written per-
mission Of her husband. The two woman
directors have had exceptional business
experience. one having supervised the
credit department of a wholesale timber
business.
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spare Lois Of herself she VAS there 10
tell the truth.
Yes he knows But il i a mystery
which We shall never penetrate. Al any
rate | have sci Capt Stafford free"
Inis said nothing. lie: thoughts were
busy trying to piece together the secret.
With every moment diSirust and Sns-
picion were taking stronger hold ni,oa
her.
Lois Beatrice went on. That IS IN"
least of ii all The worst Of all is that
| cannot pay my debts alone. J must go
on running others. ! must ruin YOU
lois Stiffcned She sat RprGht as
though preparing herself for shock
which she dimiA anticipated
Tell me what Xou mean. she said.
Won rememhcr it was ! who tempted
Eaiah Nehal Singh into forming the
Marut Company
THAT is not what You want to say II
was my husbands scheme.
VERY wcll. il waS our scheme u Nnn
like 4, any rate the whole reSrousi-
bility rests or should rest upon our
shoulders. I'VE have ruined HIM. and We
have ruined hundreds az others u IS
only fair that should hear our share
Of the calamity.
And haven't We done 50? N"n nave
enough And Archie -" Sh"
paused a fierce note Of defiance ringing
on, with her last words Beatrice mad"
no answer. and the tw" women looked at
each other III SlSHlfifanI SiihfP i''i
don't mean that that il Was dishonest
Il have no doubt Mr.. 'fraNerS believed
the mine was going - he a success. But
II has failed and the whole burden Of the
failure rests upon others. not upon him.
MY husband is ruined, too. All his
money is gone.
Yours remains.
Yes butt She stammcred and
broke off helplessly
Beatrice said nothing more. she saw
Il hnN-
pa MONS working face. She knew there
was no need to explain further the care
ful precautions which Travers had made
for his own safety. She knew that for
his wife there was only one action pos
sibIe oils rose to her feet.
You must forgive me. she said new
and dangerous light in her dark eyes. Il
am very slow and stupid about business
matters, but ] understand what you have
been trying to say to me- You have
pointed out a duty To me which other
wise. in my ignorance. | might nave over
looked. My husband has incurred re-
sponsiblities which must he met-lf not
by him. at any rate by me. No third
person shall take his share of the burden
certainly not the rajah. who was no
more than the tool which my husband
used. l would be glad if you would let
every one know that of course my money
will go toward refundng those whom the
failure of the mine has injured.
Beatrice rose also. She put her two
hands Lois shoulders.
You needn't do it, she said. The
money is yours. Ii is a thing that IS
done every day The world won't say
much If you stick To what is yours.
1T is not mine. MY husbands re
sponsibiities are my responsibilities.
She paused. and then went on. quietly:
Thank you for explaining to me- l
should never have understood myself. and
Archie-no doubt breads having to tell
me that of course my money must go,
too" She looked Beatrice full in the
face and they understood each other.
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ers few years ago just coming into
prominence, have discovered that IN
many instances they made excellent IN
vestments from the financial standpoint.
That the leading American painters now
receive as much as from $1,000 to Si,tU
for their pictures viii probably be a sur
prise to many. Good art apparently
has a marketa BILE value.
THE Metropolitan Museum has Just re-
ceived another generous gift from
Mr.. Hearn-s1O0.NN0 in cash, the income
from which is to he expended in the pur-
chase of works of living painters who are
citizens of the United States. The gift
is made in memory of Mr.. Hearns son.
who died last year. and all of the paint
ings purchased with this fund are 10 bear
the inscription Arthur Coppock Hearn
fund" The object is TO encourage the
art Of painting in America. Mr. Hearn
has already given many valuable paint
jnes bv American artists to the Metropol-
itan Museum. and to these he now adds
two by Winslow Homer. one by lnness
and one by Horatio Walker.
THROUGH the art season has closed
there are some admirable exhibitions
to be seen during the summer. In Gin
cinnati collection of PA paintings by
the leading American artists is set forth
at the Art Museum in Eden Park. In
the Albright Gallery Buffalo, until the
last of August. an exceptionally inter
esting collection of selected paintings by
American PAINTERS is to he seen. This
comprises IA pictures. which will later
he shown at the City Museum. st. Louis
At Worcester. Furthermore. smaller but
no less select collection is on exhibition
in the Art Museum. and Worcester is on
the direct route Of northern travel. only
about an hours journey from either
Springfield or Boston All three of these
exhibitions are thoroughly representative
Of the best output of the day. There will
he special exhibitions of note during the
summer at the Museum Of Fine Arts
Boston: the Museum of the Rhode Is
land School of Design and al Poland
Springs Me. The exhibition at the mu-
scum in Boston IN July will he of Chi
nese ambroideries and tapestries. and will
be arranged for the special benefit OF
students taking DR.. Denman Ross course
in design at the Harvard Summer School.
IN New England there are three Spe-
ciaily interesting summer colonies Of
artists. They are at ogunaut Me
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those familiar With the process can com
pretend Mr.. Wei is one of the few who
have kept alive the art of Wocd engraVlhs
and he has done so. without doubt, at
no little personal sacrifice. But TO stand
foremost in profession must III 4 meas
ure be reward and 10 continually en-
large the scope of a given medium must
also he a delight.
1t is useless Sa i'll tile art critic OF
the New York Times recently TO de-
bate the claims OF other reproductive
methods as compared with wood enSfaE-
ing. There is not the smallest chance that
the wood block viii regain its Importance
as medium for popular illustration. But
for this Very reason the wood engraVer IS
now in the position Of the original artist,
with ample leisure 10 perfect his product
instead OF meeting the demands Of com
mercial haste. He can careSS his sur
faces and refine lis line to his heart s
content, certain that the appeal made ~
his work TO the connoisseur will he the
stronger.
Collectors in All parts of America have
enlisted MIR. VOLTS BURN in behalf Of
their most valued posse sSons, and many
of his most beautiful blocks have been
made from pictures in private collections
The unique service which he thus renders
to art makes his an interesting figure in
the So-caled art world In an article
on wood engraving publ SHED some years
ago in the Buffalo Academy Notes Mr..
Wolf called attention to the fact that
many eminent artists had al one time or
anot her in their careers made a specially
of dra wing on wood for engraving. Among
those he mentioned were Daubisny, Corot.
Mcneil. La Fargo. Winslow Homer.
4 hbey and John w. Alexander. all of
whom. however. abandoned this work for
painting Ii will be seen in the collection
or engra wings by Mr.. Wolf now on view
al the National Gallery. tiat not only &C
curate craftsmanship. but synnathe'ic
understanding Of several artists moods
is essential to interpret. Is he has done.
the works Of others. and il may reason
ably he supposed that his could only
primarily be acquired ~ going directly To
nature. On this account Mr.. W OH : oriGi-
nal engravingS have double significance.
ITO the Corcoran Gallery was loaned
this week an exceptionally fine pof-
trait hv Raeburn. tho great Scotch por-
tra't painter. tho contemporary Of Gains
borough, and Que % the greatest Eortra
ia inters the world has known. This is
an old family portrait. likeness If Mrs.
katherine Douglas. and Was loaned bv
Mr. Chiffon The canvas is almost
square. and represents Mrs Douglas as
an elderly lady seated III IN armchair,
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She wears a black gown. and over ner
shoulders dull red scarf. Behind her IS
a curtain of dark nondescrlpt color, Whi, II
is so looped back as to show fragment
of the sky low on the horizon. The face
and hands are remarkably painted, beau
tifu in color and refinement of modelling.
but more than this there is spirit beflnd
the mask. a definite personality Is por-
trayed-a vital. living being. Raeburn
was perhaps, most successful portraylnS
aged persons. His portrait of a Scotch
gentleman loaned by private collector 10
the National Gallery is mastery produc-
ton. equa led only bN other works by the
same painter in the British public and
private collections.
THERE is something almost horrifying
il the enormous prices which are be-
ing paid today for works of art-paint-
ings hy deceased artists whose reputa-
tons are Established and whose works
are growing constantly more unattainable
through acquisition of public galleries.
Only last week il was reported that $500
G,o had been paid for portrait by
Ga;nsborough and $4,000 for a portrait
b. Raebu-n. Within year Mr.. ,ick.
who bought the Gainsborough. has spent,
il is said. a million dollars for three pic
lures. Mrs. Huntington has paid half 4
mill on for telasquez and others al
most much for works by other mas
tiers.
These prices are essentially modern n
far they have materiaiZed within
the past few years. \ double iectie
ago $4,000 was thought a large sum 10
give for single canvas. Millet' s
"Angelus'' was sold originally for 500
and VIXEN purchased for the Louvre
brought 10000 Troyon's pictures sold
during his lifetime for a few hundred
and now bring many thousand: the Rae
burn portrait. which has just been pur-
chased for Slc5.00p could doubtless have
been had some years ago for less than
tenth of that amount. Such prices
make possession impossible 10 III 50 -
those Of immense fortune The smaller
museums cannot afford To make pur-
chaScS a. such rates, nor can the Aver
age collector Happily. however. .noSe
who secure such treasures are proverbs al
~ generous so that eventually the paint
ings a rule find their way into public
cole, tons. Meanwhile il may !, noted
that American paintings arc CRAFTY n
cfeasing in price. Works - Homer.
Martin and InneSs. which durtag TIC
artists lifetimes could have peen had Tor
small! sum. now sell for several thou
sand dollars and at each succesSiy,, sale
bring more and more. Astn," collie, :
tors who bought directly from he PAINT
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uneasily under the fateful appearance
and disappearance of this object so in
naesflt Of aspect. 50 fell-lurking of in
tent. Around these high eenters swarm
agents. spies, sleuths. thugs what-not
And sinister adventures breed like the
plague. All IF this exciting to-do is
originated and carried on for the pur-
rose Of bringing about what. in the course
" nature. would have done itself To
light the divine spark between the owner
Of a pair of soulful brown eyes and the
posseSsor of an honest face. and to keep
this spark afiame through all sorts of
quenching weather. is the real business
under this turmoil of adventure. Had
the author, however, left this matter to
tho certain but unohtrusive methods of
nature the reader would have missed
the enjoyment OF this brisk, entertaining
invention.
MEMORIES AND IMPRESSIONS:
study in Atmospberes. BY Ford
MADDOX Hueffer. illustrated. New
York: Harper & Bros.
Mr. Hueffers youth was passed in 1.-THE
dollhouse atmosphere of pre- Raphaelism,
among the great figures of the Victorian
age His grandfather, Ford MADDOX
Brown. the painter, lived in the house
made famous by Thackeray as the home
of Col Newcome and his friend, Mr.
Binnie. and it was there that the author
a child IN pinafores. got his first impress
sions Of almost all the intellectually un-
conventional of that period.
To the average American reader of to-
day. -Raphaelism meant, in its time,
a vague something mixed up. somehow,
with the ascetic fad that cropped up in
this country in the shape of a pallid
poet with an appetite for lilies. who call
cd himself Oscar Wilde. The author
knows all about both cults for the very
good reason that the MADDOX Brown studio
was a hobnobbing center for Raphael
ties and fer the founders of the esthetic
movement, which came into prominence
later
Painters and writer's whom the rest of
MS know only through pictures, books and
PORTRAITS were so many men-good, or
bad but never indifferent-whom Mr..
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= = NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS y x

Gloucester. Mass. and Lyme, Conn. AZ
Ogunquit Charles Woodbury.. the marine
FAINTER. has his summer school ana
number of landscape painters summer
studios. To Gloucester. Rhoda Holmes
Nichols goes regularly with her classes,
and Walter Dean. Cecilia BeauN and oth-
ers, year after year, for individual WORK,
Childe Hassam. Winslow Homer and
Frederick J. waugh painted some of
their best pictures there. Lyme is later
discoyery-an unspoiled little village on
salt tidewater creeks. Here Willard Met
calf painted "The May Night. which is
in the Corcoran Gallery. IL Is at Lyme
that Everett Warner and Charles Bittln-
ger have their summer studios this year
And besides these centers there are 1T
tie artist settlements one at PROVINCE
town. another at Chester, and vet another
at Edgartown on Marthas Vineyard. Then
there is the School of Landscape Painting
at Woodstock and little colony at Crags-
moor y. Y. Numbered with the latter
are George Inness, jr.. Z. Z. curran and
Miss Katherine ..ipman. formerly of this
city.
JAMES HENRY MOSER, the president of
} the Washington Water Color Club. was
in Atlanta, Ga. this week having been
invited TO lecture before the Southern Pho
tosrap hic Association on the Art of Por
traiture'' We inesday evening. Mr.. Moser
lived for number of years in Atlanta
and in reality began there his artistic ca
reer making Illustrations for Joel Chandler
Harris Uncle Remus and doing other
clever Illustrative work which brought
him to notice.
TUESDAY evening a lecture on orien-
tai rugs was given before the Wash
ington Architectural Club by Paul g. Gar
her of New York who explained the vari-
Gus ways of determining genuine worth
and illustrated his talk with some fne
specimens of rugs.
TT is reported that John Mcclure Ham
ilton has been commissioned by the
King of England TO paint the official pic
turc of the coronation. Abbey. il will he
remembered painted the picture of the
previous coronation Mr.. Hamilton is an
American native of Philadelphia. but
resides permanently in England. He has
PAINTED some very interesting portraits
of celebrated people. but the majority of
these are small-not lfe-siZe-and il
seems a little improbable that he should
undertake this kind of commission.
LEILA MECHLIN.