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ley's drama, nor of sightseers in view
ing the room in which the unfortunate
Beatrice is said to have been tortured
That room is in the Castle OF st. An
cello, otherwise known as the tomb OF
Hadrian, in Rome. This famous
mausoleum, one Of the oldest land+
marks of the Eternal City, has been
greatly changed since its erection
more than seventeen centuries age
The original structure is almost hid
den by Notifications that have been
built around it; the cone of earth
which once crowned the top, planted
with evergreens, has given place to a
gilt angel sheathing sword; and the
interior has been stripped not only OF
works of art that adorned it, but OIL
much of the very material used in It's
construction, that material having
been utilized for other buildings
In 1900 the tomb was connected
with the Vatican by subterranean
passage. A photogravure OF the castle,
of ST. Angelo, as it is now called.
showing also the Tiber, the bridge
that gives approach 10 the tomb, anG
the dome of st. Peters in the back
ground, illustrates this article. 81.
Peters the largest Christian place OF
worship in the world, and the Mecca
of pious pilgrims from all over the
globe, has also undergone various
transformations since the early days
when it succeeded an old basiiica To-
Gated on the same spot. 1t was built
at first on the plan OF a Greek cross
which was changed later to Latin,
cross and shifted between these. two
forms twice more before being left in
its present form. 1t is not seen to fun
advantage at close range, on 'acceunt
of its great dimensions; but the pic
ture accompanying this article gives
an excellent effect of the stately and
impressive dome.
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one fore foot advanced for a second
or two growing deeply, evidently, she
thought with almost superhuman
keenness of perception, preparing to
leap into the pool and seize upon her.
The rush of the current as 1T sw1rled
about her caused her to sway gently,
otherwise she stood motionless and
apprehensive, awfully expectant. She
had made no sound, and save for that
low growl the great beast had been
equally silent. There was an awful
fxity in the gaze she turned upon him
and he wavered under it. 1t annoyed
him. 1t bespoke little of the DOM
nance of the human. But she was
too surprised, too unnerved. too des-
perately frightened to put forth the
full power OF mind over matter. There
was piteous appeal in her gaze. The
bear realized this and mastered her
stuff GENTLY
She did not know whether she was
in the water or in the air; there were
but two points upon which her con-
seriousness was focused in the vast
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voured that was small thing, but
that she should be SO outraged in her
modesty was uncomfortable. She wished
the hunter had not come. She sunk
lower in the water for a moment fain
to hide in its crystal clarity and real
lied as she did how frightfully cold
she was. Yet, although she froze
where she was and persisted with cold
she could not go out on the bank to
dress, and it would avail her little,
she saw swiftly, since the huge mon
ster had fallen a dead heap on her
clothes.
Now all this, although 1t takes min
utes to tell, had happened in but a
few seconds. Seconds sometimes in
clude hours, even a lifetime, in their
brief composition. She thought it
would be just as well for her to sink
down and die in the water, when a
sudden splashing below her caused
her to look down the stream.
She was so agitated that she could
make out little except that there was
man crossing below her and making
directly IOWuTu TIE uOuy vi the DedT.
He was a tall black bearded man, she
saw he carried a rifle. he looked Meth
or to the right nor to the left. be did
not bestow a glance upon her. She
could have cried aloud in thanksgiving
for his apparent righteousness to her
as she crouched now neck deep in the
benumbing cold. The man stepped on
the bank, shook himself like a great
dog might have done and, marched
over to the bear. He uprooted a small
nearby pine, with the ease of Her
cules-and she had time to mark and
marvel at it in spite of everything
and then with that as lever he UNI
concernedly and easily heaved the
body of the monster from off her
clothing. She was to learn later what
a feat of strength it was to move that
inert carcass weighing much more
than half a ton.
Thereafter he dropped the pine tree
by the side of the dead grizzly and
without backward look tramped
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SEEK NEW LIGHT ON PIGMiES
Curious People Found to Be lndus-
trious and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ton to Visit Them.

London.-Fresh and interesting in
formation regarding the habits and
conditions of life of curious pigmy
race will be sought by the new expedi-
ton to Dutch New Guinea, which is
now being planned in London. This
strange race of people were first seen
by white men when the recent expedi-
ton under Capt. G. G. Rawling pene-
trated into the heart Of the island.
Rawlings expedition comprised six
Englishmen and was sent out by the
British Ornithologists' uniop. Their OBJ
jective was a long range OF snowy
mountains, called the Nassau ranga.-
but between them and it lay 80 miles.
of absolutely unexplored country and
of the most difficult kind to negotiate
Dense forest covered most of it, inter
sected with rivers which for one half
of the year were torrents and the other
half nearly dried up river BEDS
The pigmies were first discovered
near the Kapare river, one Of the inn
mense streams which, rising in the
Nassau mountains, make their way
down to the sea. The Japanese sol
diers who accompanied Rawling as
bearers spied a couple of the little
pigmies one day in the hills. The pig
mics bolted at once, and an exciting
chase took place, which ended i'm
their being captured, and two days la
ter more were surprised and surround
ed. They proved to be sturdy men,
averaging about four feet, eight inches
high, and much better developed than
the tribes encountered in the plains
They were also Industrious and de-
cidedly more intelligent. They had
neatly constructed huts, and after
some time it was discovered that they
had words in their language, to denote
numerals up to ten, words entirely
lacking from the language of the
plainsmen. Although the most siren
uous search was made, only solitary
huts could be found. Strangely
enough, no children and only one
woman, who was being escorted to her
new home from her wedding. were,
seen.
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swiftly and steadily up the canon
through the trees, turning at the point
OF It and was instantly lost to sight.
His gentle and generous purpose were
obvious even to the frightened, agi-
tated, excited girl.
The woman watched him until he
disappeared, few seconds longer,
and then she hurled herself through
the water and stepped out upon the
shore. Her sweater which the bear
had dragged forward in its advance.
lay on top of the rest of her clothes
covered with blood. She threw it aside
and with nervous. frantic energy, wet.
cold, though she was, she jerked on
in some fashion enough clothes to
cover her nakedness and then with
more leisurely order and with neces-
sary care she got the rest of her APP
parel in its accustomed place upon her
body. and then when it was all over
she sank down prone and PROSTATE
upon the grass by the carcass of the
now harmless monster which had so
nearly caused her undoing, and shiv-
cred, cried and sobbed as If her heart
would break.
She was chilled to the bone by her
motionless sojourn, albeit it had been
for scarcely more than a minute in
that icy water, and yet the blood
rushed to her brow and face, to every
hidden part Of her in waves as she
thought of it. 1t was a good thing
that she cried; she was not weep
across the sky toward the other side
of the canon and the mountain wall
A storm was brewing such as she
had never seen. such as she had no
experience to enable her to realize its
malign possibilities. Nay, it was now
at hand. She had no clew. however,
of what was toward, how terrible a
danger overshadowed her. Frightened
but unconscious of all the menace OF
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determined the end In spite of her
assurance there was some little APP
prehension in the glance that she cast
about her.. but it soon vanished. There
was no one. She was absolutely
alone The pool and the chance of
the, plunge had brought her down to
earth again; the thought OF the en-
livening exhilaration of the pure cold
water dashing against her own sweet
warm young body changed the cur
rent of her thoughts-the anticipa-
ton of 1t rather.
,Impulsively she dropped her rod
upon the grass, unpinned her hat,
threw the fishing basket from her
shoulder. She was wearing a stout
sweater; that, too, joined the rest
Nervous hands manipulated buttons
and the fastenings. In few moments
the sweet figure of youth, of beauty,
of purity and of innocence frightened
the sod and shed white iuster upon
the green OF the grass and moss and
pines. rejecting light to the gray
brown rocks of the range. So Eve
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down the canon; her bloody sweater
still lay on the ground with other
things of which she was needless. 1t
had grown colder, but she realized
that the climb down the canon would
put her stagnant blood in circulation
and all would be we'll
Before she began the descent of the
pass, she cast one long glance back
ward whittier the man had gone
Whence came ne, who was he, what
had he seen, where was he now? She
thanked God for his interference in
one breath and hated him for his
presence in the other
The whole sky was now black with
drifting clouds, lightning flashed above
her head, muttered peals of thunder.
terrifically ominous, rocked through
the silent hills. The noise was low
and subdued, but almost continuous
With a singular and uneasy feeling
that she was being observed, she
started down the canon, plunging des-
perately through the trees, leaping the
brook from side to side where it mar
rowed, seeking ever the easiest way.
She struggled on, painting with sud-
den inexplicable terror almost as bad
as that which had overwhelmed her
an hour beforehand growing more
intense every moment, to such tragic
pass had the day and its happenings
brought her.
Poor girl, awful experience really
was to be hers that day. The fates
sported with her-bodily fear, out
ragged modesty, mental anguish and
now the terror of the storm
The clouds seemed to sink lower,
until they almost closed about her.
Long gray ghostly arms reached out
toward heI. 1t grew darker and dark,
er in the depths OF the canon. Shf
screamed aloud-in vain.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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ing woman, her tears came slowly as
a rule and then came hard. She rath-
er prided herself upon her stoicism,
but in this instance the great depths
of her nature had been undermined
and the fountains thereof were fain
to break forth.
How long she lay there, warmth
coming gradually to her under the di-
rect rays of thelsun, she did not know,
and it was a strange thing that
caused her to arise. 1t grew suddenly
dark over her head. She looked up
and rim of frightful black, dense
clouds had suddenly blotted out the
sun. The clouds were lined with gold
and silver and the long rays shot
from behind the somber blind over
the yet uncovered portions OF the
heaven, but the clouds moved with
the irresistible swiftness and steadi-
ness of a great deluge. The wall OF
them lowered above her head while
they extended steadily and rapidly
the hour, her thoughts flew down the
canon to the camp. She must hasten
there. She looked for her watch
which she had lifted from the grass
and which she had not yet put on.
The grizzly had stepped upon it, it
was irretrievaGly ruined. She judged
from her last glimpse of the sun that
it must now be early afternoon. She
rose to her feet and staggered with
weakness; she had eaten nothing
since morning, and the nervous shock
and strain through which she had
gone had reduced her to pitiable
condition.
Her luncheon had fortunately es-
capped unframed. In big pocket of
her short skirt there was a small
flask of whiskey, which her Uncle
Robert had required her to take with
her. She felt sick and faint, but she
knew that she must eat il she was to
make the journey, difficult as it might
prove, back to the camp. She forced
herself to take the first mouthful OF
bread and meat she had brought with
her, but when she mad tasted she
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cHAPTER.v.

Ther-. Bear, the Man and the Flood.
The water was deep enough to re-
ceive her dive and the pool was long
strokes The first chill of the Icy wa
ter was soon lost in the vigorous mo-
lions In which she INDUCED. but no
more human form, however hardy and
Injured, could long endure that frigid
bath: Reluctantly, yet with the knowl-
edge that she must go. after one more
sweeping dive andsa few magnificent
strokes, she raised her head from the
water tapping her white shoulders and
shaking her face clear from the drops
of crystal, faced the shore. 1t was no
longer untenanted. she was no longer
alone.
What she saw startled and alarmed
her. beyond measure. Planted on her
clothes, looking straight at her, hav-
ing come upon her In absolute ST.
lence, nothing having given her the
least warning OF his; approach. and
now gazing at her with red. hungry.
evil vicious eyes, the eyes of the
covetous filed with the cruel lust Of
desire and carnal possession, and yet
with CLINT of surprise in them. too.
as if; he did not know quite what TO
make of the white loneliness OF this
unwonted apparition' flashing so sud
denly at him out of the water, this
strange invader Of the domain Of
which he was sole master and lord
paramount, stood a great, monstrous.
frightful looking grizzly bear. Ursus
Horribilis, indeed
He was an aged monarch of the
mountains, reddish brown in color
originally, but now ~-hoary dirty
gray. His body was massive and
burly, his legs short, dark coIored and
immensely powerful His broad square
head moved restlessiy. His ranged
mouth opened and allow hoarse growI
came from the red cavern OF his
throat He was an old and terrible
monster who had tasted the blood of
man and who would not hesitate to
iattadk without provocation, especially
anything at once SO harmless and SO
whitley inviting as the girl in the
pool.
!. The girl forgot the chill of the water
In the horror ofethatsnnom Alone,
naked. defenseIessy lost in the noun
tains. with the most powerful. san
culinary and ferocious beast OF the
continent in front OF her, she could
neither fight nor fly; she could only
wait his pleasure He snuffed at her
clothing a moment and stood with
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Not His Lire.

Harry Lehr's favorite story has to
do with a couple of ambitious appli-
cants for admission into the exclusive
social set of Chicago.
They were wealthy, circumstance.
it seemed to the young wife. that
should make their progress smooth
one; but there was one obstacle to
their success that gave her no little
uneasiness, and that was the utter
lack of confidence displayed by her
husband in his ability to play the
gamo"
When on one occasion they were
talking things over and she had Of
fered various suggestions as to his
future lie of conduct the unhappy
husband interrupted to offer this OBJ
servation:
Its no use in me trying, Marie.
I'm not qualified for this game at all.
When talk l have to stop eating, and
when l eat / have to stop talking.
was never cut out for society mani"
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ellipse of her imagination. Another
moment or two and all coherency OF
thought would be gone. The grizzly
still unsettled and uneasy before her
awful glance, but not deferred by it,
turned its great head sideways lit
tie to escape the direct immobile
stare brought his sharp clawed foot
down heavily and lurched forward.
Scarcely had a minute elapsed in
which all this happened. That huge
threatening heave of the great body
toward her relieved the tension. She
found voice at last Although it was
absolutely futile, she realized as she
cried, her released lips framed the
loud appeal
"Help for Gods sake"
Although she knew she cried but
to the bleak walls of the canon. the
dropping pines, the rushing river, the
distant heaven, the appeal went forth
accompanied by the mightiest con-
duration known to man.
For Gods sake, help!"
How dare poor humanity so plead.
the fdoubter cries. What is it to God
if one suffers, another bleeds, another
dies? What answer could come out OF
that silent sky? Sometimes the Lord
speaks with the loud voice Of mems
fashioning, instead of in that still
whisper which is his own, and the
sound of, which we fail to catch be-
cause of our own ignoble babble.
IL 80, L. - -
with roar in her nervous frightened
ear like clap of thunder. Ere the
first echo of it died away, it was sue
ceeded by another and another and
another, echoing, rolling, reverberat-
ing among the rocks in ever diminish
ing but long drawn out peals.
On the instant the bear rose to his
feet, swayed slightly and struck as at
an imaginary enemy with his weighty
paws. A hoarse, frightful guttering
roar burst from his red slavering jaws,
then he lurched side ways and fell
forward, fighting the air madly for a
moment, and lay still.
With staring eyes that missed no
detail, she saw that the brute had
been shot IN the mead and SnOulder
three times and that he was appar-
emily dead. The revulsion that came
over her was bewildering; she swayed
again, this time not from the thrust
iof the water, but with sick faintness.
The tension suddenly taken off, un-
strung, the loose bow of her spirit
quiyered helplessly; the arrow of her
life almost fell into the stream.
And then a new and more appalling
terror swept over her. Some man had
fred that shot Actaeon had spied
upon Diana. With this sudden revela-
ton of her shame, the red blood beat
to the white surface In. spite of the
chill water. The anguish OF that mo-
ment was greater than before. She
could be killed. torn to pieces. de-
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Gone to STAY.

Booth Harrington was telling stor
les to group Of college graduates in
a New York club. when one of the
party suddenly inquired: What has
become of Davis?"
"He has gone out OF town on busi-
ness for few days. guess" re-
piled another of the party.
HE has gone for long while" OBJ
served Mr.. Harrington. with smile.
Davis is one of those men who leave
unmistakable evidence of their pur-
poses. Whenever Davis goes away to
stay long period he takes with him
an old mouth organ. which he loves
dearly to play while he occasionally
nibblcs at gingerbread. I have made
an investigation Of Davis room, and
have found that the mouth organ dis
appeared with him. The presence or alb
sence of that instrument is enough to
tell me what Davis plans are"
The party learned soon after that
Davis had left for Wisconsin to re-
side permanently.
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Gets $1,000 for DOGS Bite.

Mineola. L. Mrs May Miller.
housekeeper for George Wintjen.
taught his pet collie to jump and seize
dainties on her shoulder. Last year
the dog jumped on the shoulder OF,
Miss Minnie Stockton, laundress.
who lived across the street, and, find
ing no dainties there bit her on the,
shoulder, forearm and knee. so that,
she could not leave her bed for four.
months She was awarded 81 900 damn
ages from Wintjen
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CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO NOTED
Known as Toa1b of Hadrian--Scene,
of Torture of Beatrice
Cenci.

Rome.-Nearly everyone is familiar
with the famous head called Beatrice
Cenci," said to be by Guido REM, and
with the story of that Inflated family
as it is presented in Shelley's play.
The beauty and virtue of Beatrice
have become a popular tradition; but
we are now told by certain iconoclasts;
that the famous painting is not of her.,
that 1t is not by Guido REM, and THAI
the lady was neither beautiful nor Yir'
tuous. The poor tradition has not les
left to stand son, but the fact does not
spoil the pleasure Of readers in Shell.
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SYNOPSIS.

Enid Maitland, a frank, free. and un-
spoiled young Philadelphia girl, IS taken
to. the Colorado mountains py ner ua.cie'
Robert Maitland James Armstrong,
Maitland's protege. falls in love with her.
His persistent wooing thrills the girl, ou1
she hesitates, and Armstrong goes east
Enid hears the story of a mining engl.
neer, Newbold, whose wife fell off a cllIr
and was so seriously hurt that he was
compelled to shoot her to prevent her be-
ing eaten by wolves while he went for
help. Kirkby the old guide who tells the
story, gives Enid a, package OF letters
which he says were FOUND on the uea9
at Kirkby's request keeps them.
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Wealth of the Nations

ranges from $1,8S5 in Geneva to $279
in Tessin. Switzerland thus stands
very high The population in 1921
was 1,SS5,229 SO that in 80 years
time it has not doubled. France. it
will be noted, stands at the head of
the nations with a per capita wealth
of 5000. That the United States.
with its enormous total, does not rank
higher is because of the rapidly in
creasing population. France. on the
contrary, has reported a diminishing
or at the most very slowly increas-
ing population. so that the money ad-
vance has become greater than the
birth rate.
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subject Of Prime Importance.

Weather is the one topic of CONVEX
sation that never grows out OF date.
We are almost as nearly at the mercy
of the sunshine, the rain and the snow
storm as we were a century ago.
Therefore we always scan the sky
when we get up in the morning. 1t is
almost instructive, even with the city
dweller. No farmer fails to take a
long look at the sky when he first
rises, for on the weather will depend
his activities during the day,
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Absorb Water Through the skin.

Experiments have been made with
frogs which tend to show that those
animals rapidly absorb water through
the pores of the skin. Emphasis is
laid by certain authorities upon the
fact that frogs never take water by
the mouth. On being exposed for sew
eral hours to dry air some frogs ex
perimented with lost IA per cent. OF
their weight, but this was nearly all
regained within "a hours when they
were placed in dish containing wa
ter only one centimeter in depth
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needed no further incentive, she ate
to the last crumb; she thought this
was the time she needed stimulants,
too, and mingling the cold water from
the brook with a little of the ardent
spirit from the flask, she drank Some
of the chill, had worn off. some of the
fatigue had gone.
She rose to her feet and started
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may have looked on some bright Eden
morning. A few steps forward and
this nymph of the woods, this naiad of
the mountains, plunged into the clear,
.cold.a waters sofs the. pool--a & water
sprites,and her fountain! 4
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PACIFIC COAST
IS THREATENED
WITH ANARCHY

VANCOUVER. b. G., May "a
According to Miss Agnes Laut,
well-known magazine writer the
Pacific Coast is threatened with an
arehy She declares crisis is rap
idly approaching.
Il am not against labor organiza-
tions," said Miss Laut on the
contrary | am in sympathy with
them. but there are social labor or
ganizations in British Columbia,
Washington state and California
which are nothing more than organ
lied anarchy, the only object of
which is to overthrow capital and
law and order
Miss l.aut declared that the situ-
alton would be keenly accentuated
with the opening Of the Pan-Amer-
lean canal.