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as killed the other? could not tell you
that. But 1t was some time ago. and l
watched my opportunity with patience
and perseverance. Then at last the OPP
portunity came, following on terrible
provocation. That dark, foggy November
night that you all remember SO well! l
was to meet my tyrant at the Veterans
Club at 8 o'clock. l drove up there and
as l stepped out Of the cab came face
to face with Luke. Something in the
boys manner told me what had happened.
He didn't tell me. but guessed. The two
men had quarreled and Luke had had to
endure the others arrogance.
1.-THE news upset me. Il felt faint and
choked with the fog. Luke didn't like to
leave me. and seeing how l tottered he
gave me his stick to lean upon. We
walked together for a little while up and
| down, and l felt stronger and better.
| the impostor came out at the club door,
| Luke obeyed at last and said good night
to me.
Paul Baker, knew that was his name
wanted me to drive straight back to
| Grosvenor Square, but asked me to drop
him first near the ratings Of Green Park.
He often walked about there in the even
| ings. 1t was curious fad which he had.
We called a cab and he told the driver
where to pull up. When l was sitting
| In my hand. 1 really had forgotten that
it was Luke's. While I toyed with it !
noticed that the top came out, and that a
| sharp dagger was concealed inside the
body Of the stick.
paul Baker was looking out of the win
| dow at the fog, and inside the cab it was
very dark. SO he did not know what !
| was doing. I killed him, just as / had
| killed Arthur's son, with a dagger thrust
| through the neck. This time I did not
| feel sick. because l hated this man SO.
When the driver pulled up near Green
Park jumped out quite coolly and told
| the man to take my friend to some dis
tant address In Kensington
II threw the stick away behind the rail-
! ings in the park / had forgotten that
| the stick was Luke's: I knew that It wa
not mine, and that, therefore. they could
not trace 1t to mo.
81 did not imagine for q moment that
| Luke could be accused OF a crime which
he had not committed. I did not think
that justice could be SO blind.
"All wanted was to be rid Of my ty-
rant, and that Luke's Inheritance should
| not be filched from him."
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

PUTTING MARSHVILLE ON THE
MAP. By William Ganson Rose. au-
thor OF 1.-The Ginger Cure" New
York: Duffield & Co.
THE C OF AUCTION BRIDGE,
and Other Bridge Variations. BY
Edwin oliver. Revised for American
Players by g. Edward Atherton OF
the Philadelphia Racquet Club
Philadelphia: David Mckay.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BABY. Told
to Thomas Lindsey Bradford, NJ ID.
New revised and enlarged edition.
Philadelphia: David Mckay.
A CURB TO PREDATORY WEALTH.
BY w. " Marshall. Second edition
revised. New York: r. F. Fenno &
Co. Washington: Woodward &
Lothrop.
THE DISSERTATION AND PROFANA.
TON OF THE ENNSYLVANIA
CAPITOL. BY Samuel w. Penny
packer. Philadelphia: William J.
Campbell.
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war Of American Independence It is
Obviously designed as q full-length por-
trait Of an Undesirable citizen" one OF
the people and their rights. q piutocrat, a
''malefactor of great wealth." made ia
miliar by recent political outgivings from
high places. But Mr.. Hough has not
quite succeeded in his endeavor. His
unattractive. He embodies all that is
vicious and cruel and destructive and re-
pressive in the grasping capitalist whose
ambition knows no bounds and whose
the doctrine that might is right. There
may have been John Rawns In the course
of our Industrial and political develop
ment, but none has been definitely identi-
fed before the world. This man does not
follow the usual course in his develop
ment as money-getter. He springs al
most sporadically into being as a financial
power at the age of forty-seven, having
been until that time a poorly paid rail-
road clerk in the city of st. Louis. Up
of conceited discomfort, with no particular
ability. CHANGING to overhear a young
associate Of scientific attainments dwell
upon certain great discovery by q Ger
man professor in the realm OF physics.
Rawn works out the business possibilities
Of 8 power trust taking its electric cur
rents out OF the air by an apparatus
which he believes his young associate
will be able to produce. With this idea
he organizes a company. The younger
man makes a model machine that works.
By this means success comes to Rawn.
He divorces his plain, old-fashioned wife
and later marrieS a younger and more
attractive woman. His young associate,
touched by socialism, after several years
Of work evolves an apparatus that full
fills all the requirements and then pro-
ceeds to smash it because he will not al
low 1t to be used for purpose OF mo-
nopoly Tragedy marks the climax Of
this tale, but at the end John Rawn, APP
parently crushed by reverses, sees light
ahead. The story leaves him headed for
a new career Of money-getting. Mr..
Hough's novel would be much more per-
suasive if he had not set out SO deliber-
ately to create a despicable character In
John Rawn. He gives him no chance
whatever. but starts him at the cradle On
his career Of ruthless selfishness. 1t Is
rather hard on the central figure in fiction
to be branded from the first page.
AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE. BY
j. Arthur Thomson, regius profess
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, offers ana hares. It is an amazing COM
binatton OF qualities. and the tradition in
the dog art Is that when one has once
acquired the Aredale. 1t becomes habit
not to be loosed.
ODD NUMBERS, Being Further Chron-
1cles Of shorty MeCahe. BY Sewell
ln 9s BY vaas Wils sas New
York: Edward J. Clode.
The Shorty McCabe'' stories that ap-
pear from time to time in the Sunday
to a permanence of bound volumes. They
are rich in humor and faithfully reflective
Of certain phases of metropolitan life.
Mr.. Ford has worked out q new method
in Offering as his medium of communica-
ton the brisk, resourceful, optimistic lit
tic athlete who wins condolences SO easily
and manages so readily the various diff
f1culties that fall to him for adjustment.
There are nineteen OF these stories in the
Of attractive illustrations.
THE AMERICAN YEAR BOOK, A Rec
ord Of Events and Progress-l811.
B. A.. B. &c., under direction Of a
supervisory board representing Ma
4 tional Learned Societies. New York:
D. Appleton & Co.
This is the second volume Of the .Ameri-
can Year Book the publication having
been started in January, 1911. It follows
in general the lines laid down at the
outset, covering all the activities in
American affairs during the past twelve
months. s. N. D. North, who edited the
first volume, has been succeeded by
Francis G.. Wickware. In most compact
form are given the results of the years
work, and the volume makes an inval-
liable reference book for all writer's.
THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. BY
Frederic ]. Haskin. Illustrations
from photographs taken especially
for this edition by Barney M
Clinedinst. Philadelphia: ]. B. Lip
pincott Company.
Mr.. Haskin's remarkable work descrip-
tive OF the activities Of the American
government is familiar to the readers
of The Star. many thousands Of whom
obtained copies through coupons cut from
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By
BARONESS ORGY
Copyright 1911. By George a. Doran Company

true heir-presumptive to the title and es-
tates which ] had always Yondly fnought
could only devolve upon Luke. went
over TO Brussels determined to see this
Philip before he set foot in England. The
thought that he would supersede Luke
was more than could bear.
II arrived in Brussels early one morn
ing, having crossed over in the night Al
once / drove to the mean hotel where ne
was lodging He was sharing room
with a man with whom he had picked up
a casual acquaintanceship on the sea voy-
age between the West Indies and Ant
werp. The two men had come over to-
gether in the Belgian boat. They looked
a pair Of young blackguards, but 1T did
not take me very long to be convinced
that for some reason best known to him.
self my brother Arthur had deceived me,
and that his son Philip was indeed the
legitimate and rightful heir to the title
which hold. The papers were authentic
and undisputable. This much knew.
and that Luke. whom loved best in all
the world, more than any father has ever
loved his son, would never be Earl OF
Radcliffe so long as Philip de Mountford
lived.
men will say that am an abandoned
criminal. and. indeed. 1t may be SO. May
God forgive me hereafter, for / killed my
brothers son. I pretended to rejoice at
his homecoming, and In half an hour had
gained his confidence In the afternoon
We went out together and after q short
walk we picked up taxicab. Philip gave
the driver the address Of a restaurant at
which I had asked him to dine with me.
kept carefully In the shadow. so that the
man shouldn't see me. Then on the way
In the cab ! killed him. When his head
was turned away from me, plunged an
old Italian stiletto. which had carried
about with me ever since had had let
tiers from Philip, straight into his neck.
'.He died instantly without q groan. and
I was sick to death, but managed to sit
quietly beside him until the cab pulled
up: then jumped out and told the chauf-
fe,Ir to drive my friend on to some re-
mote place on the boulevards.
81 watched the cab until it was out OF
sight, then I hailed another and drove
straight to the Gard du Nord, and crossed
back to England that night. threw the
stiletto overheard into the SEQ. I had
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sor of natural history, Aberdeen
University, author Of 'Darwinism
and Human Life" etc. The Home
University Library. New York:

sor of natural history. Aberdeen
and Human Life" etc. The Home
University Library. New York:
The stamp Of this stimulating little
volume is its unity, its oneness OF view.
Here all knowledge OF whatever sort is
considered as a vast system of inter-
relations. These circle around center
which is no more and no less than a
mere attitude. an attitude Of cooperation
toward this inclusive fact Of orderly in
Independence. Not a new thought to
often put into form as simply and terse-
ly as it is here. In clean-cut detail, the
author sets out the aim, the methods and
the utility OF science. He explains the
broadcast Of outlooks, he moves to a dis
cussion of science in its bearings upon
certain subjects, some Of which are COM
monty denied admission to the family OF
sciences. These are philosophy, art, re-
ligion. The study, as a whole. gathers
one up, as 1t were, and sets him down
straight In world of knowledge, his out
look 'broadened, his grouping compacted.
his notions simpltied. Comprehensive,
scholarly. interesting. most useful.
THE YOKE OF SILENCE. By Amy Nc
Laren, author OF "Bawbee Jock,
etc. New York: G. p. Putnam's
Sons.
If it were not for misunderstandings
and foolish silences and unjustiaable sus-
picions the novel writer's would have q
hard time with their plots. For example.
If Capt. Adair had only told his young
wife upon their marriage that he had had
an old love affair that had ceased with
the marriage Of his former sweetheart
whose husband had turned out SO badly
that the captain had been compelled, out
Of generosity, to provide for his restraint
and care, there would have been no such
delightful tale as 1.-THE Yoke Of Silence"
Naturally Mrs. Adair took exceptions to
the presence Of the former sweetheart on
her husbands yacht, and out Of her
miserable frame of mind came an impulse
that carried her away from her husband,
and caused separation that lasted for
year, and was not ended until an auto
mobile accident laid him low in the very
house where she was staying. This Is the
beginning Of the narrative, which is en-
tertaining from the outset, and at no time
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KINGS WAR ROBE ON VIEW.
At the New York Museum Are the
Feathers Kamehameha III Wore.

From the New York Sun.
AS an example of the past royalty of
Hawaiian kings. a remarkable feathered
war robe. once the property Of Kane
hameha III, and said to be the equal in
value of diamond ornaments in several
OF the European regalia, Is displayed in
the hall of the South Sea Islands at the
American Museum of Natural History.
This emblem Of Hawaiian royalty was
presented by the king of the islands to
Commodore Lawrence Kearney. L. s. N,
in 1913. 1t is a war cape with history,
and according to- Dr. Brigham. an
authority on Hawaiian feather work.
similar cloak. completed during the reign
of one of the kings Of the islands. was in
process of fabrication through eight pre-
vious eras.
The Kamehameha royal cape is made
of innumerable feathers Of the Iiwi and
90 birds. which were hunted in the ra-
vines and wooded slopes of the noun
tains of Hawaii for the decoration of
these robes OF rank. The royal cape,
which is crescent-shape, consists entire
ly Of small red and yellow feathers. which
are interviewer upon a fiber net work
made from the bark Of the Olona plant
Contrary to the custom of the Peruvians,
who first made the feathers fast to a
cord and then knotted the cord to a CLOTH
the Hawaiians attached the feathers sep
arately to the netting.
Although a fortune in labor Is repre-
sented. the feathered war robe weights
only six pounds. 1t was presented to the
museum by George S. Bowdoin. and
is mounted fiat between two plates of
glass. as Is another specimen which Is
said to have been used by a former own
er as a sleigh robe, in ignorance of its
great value. W
Among the noted collections containing
specimens OF this craft are those at
Windsor Castle, which includes examples
given by. Queen Victoria, and Lord
Brassy's, whose trophies include q rope
brought to England by Capt. Cook. In
the archives Of the Hawaiian Islands a
history of each cloak made has been
inscribed. The capes are sometimes worn
at ceremonals in the islands to denote
the rank of the wearer.
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are hints for everybody here. and while
the Illustrations may be the despair OF
nome gardeners with slender purses. there
u always the assurance that something
can De accomplished In the way OF inn
provement by everybody.
THE COUNTRY LIFE" LIBRARY
CAUSERIES ON ENGLISH PEW.
TER. BY Antonio De Navarro New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons
The author OF this work warns hs
readers that they will not find In the
chapters that he presents an array of
technical data. His purpose chiefly is to
demonstrate that pewter making was by
no means a vulgar art. but involved
numerous examples Of exquisite work.
manship and design. 1t has passed now
into the field of collection. So keen In
real pewter of artistic shapes and rare
markings that much spurious material Is
offered for sale. which IL is the purpose
of such works as this to warn the world
against.
FAMOUS PRIvATEERSMENsA And Adj
ventures Of the Seal Their Revings,
Cruises, Escapades and Fierce BatA
. .< an. Sp s"r the f sy cSs,
II. l. Johnston. author OF Famous
Scouts" eto Illustrated. Boston,
I. c: Page & Co. Washington
O.
Mr.. Johnston has already given the
young readers OF this country several
thrilling and instructive volumes, and his
latest offering. descriptive OF the prfva-
teersmen whose exploits are noted in his
tortcal annals, will prove to be by no
means the least welcome. Indeed, the
subject is especially appealing to the
juvenile reader. Mr.. Johnston handles
the subject with breezy directness that
wins the attention Of the boys into whose
fortunate hands this work may fall. He
tells here OF the careers Of the following
seafighters: Carlo Zeno. Sir Francis Drake,
Sir Walter Raleigh, Jean Bart, Du Quay
Trouin, Edward England. Woodes Rogers
Fortunatus Wright. George Walker, John
Josh Barney. Robert Surcouf, LATTE
and Raphael Semmes.
THE TREVOR CASE. BY Natalie Sum-
ner Lincoln. illustrated by Edmund
Frederick. New York: d. Appleton
& Co.
Miss Lncoln's first attempt at long fic-
ton Is q most creditable and promising
achievement. She has adopted for her
theme the always entertaining topic Of a
crime mystery involving people Of high
social position. The unravelment of the
intrusted to a young newspaper reporter.
who plays an important part in q ro-
nance which eliminates with the final
disclosure Of the criminal. The story is
laid In Washington, and will therefore
exert a particular appeal to local readers.
The interest Is well maintained and the
climax Is effectively surprising.
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imposes any strain Of credulny on tho
part OF the reader. It is q worthy sue
cessor to "Bawbee Jock
A NEGRO EXPLORER AT THE
NORTH POLE. BY Matthew A.
Henson. with a foreword by Robert
e. Peary. rear admiral, U. s. n. re-
Booker oea ana wasb,nHion wtS ,us
trations from photographs. New
York: Frederick A. Stokes Company.
AS an appropriate supplement to Ad-
miral Peary's own account Of his dis
covery Of the north pole comes this small
but interesting volume by the man who
accompanied him upon his last journey
and who stood with him at the apex Of
the world. Henson was with Peary on
all OF his expeditions since 1891, and Ad-
miral Peary says in his foreword that
he proved his fitness by long and thor
ough apprenticeship. and his participa-
ton in the final victory which planted
the Stars and Stripes at the north pole
and won for this country the interna-
tional prize OF nearly four centuries, Is a
distinct credit and feather In the cap Of
his race" Henson tells his story In a
narrative the simple modesty that lends
dignity to the version. Nothing new is
added to tho polar controversy. but the
book il nevertheless an important ana
entertaining 1t0Hk III THO Upo10AuI0 VI Sn0
great achievement. Booker T. Washing
ton adds an Introductory note Of appre-
citation of Henson.
OUTING HANDBOOKs-THE ARE
DALE. BY William Haynes. author
of "Toy Dogs" etc. New York:
Outing Publishing Company.
In these compact little volumes are to
be presented from time to time various
condensationA of the most reliable and
instructive matters in which sportsmen,
campers, fanciers. farmers and nature
lovers are interested. Upward Of 200
titles are projected, the series to cover
all phases Of outdoor life from bee Keep
ing to big game shooting. The first to be
issued Is 1.-THE Airedale,' which deals
informingly with "the biggest and best
terrier" In 1t are set forth the excel
lencies Of the Airedale, and advice is
given as to the breeding and keeping.
The Airedale is the result Of local Eng
lish necessity. having been bred especi-
ally for work against foxes, badgers.
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spent twelve hours in Brussels, and had
killed Philip de Mountford and made sure
that Luke would be Earl Of Radcliffe
after me.
at was not likely that in their search
for the missing criminal who had stabbed
an unknown stranger in cab. the Bel
gian police would suspect an English peer.
The mystery of that crime has remained
impenetrable. because nothing was ever
known of the stranger who was murdered.
At the mean hotel where he lodged no one
,, knew anything about him. Only one per
son knew and he was silent for purposes
Of his own.
'Before the police searched the unknown
strangers room. the room which he shared
with the chance friend whom he had
picked up on the Belgian boat, the latter
already had found and concealed the pa
pers which would have revealed the iden-
| tity Of the murdered man, If not that Of
+, his murderer.
II. at home in England, wondered how
it was that the Belgian police had never
! discovered that the murdered man was
named Philip de Mountford and that he
claimed to be the heir to the earldOm o1
Radcliffe. ] expected paragraphs in the
paper. some unpleasantness even, but none
| came.
| IT could not understand it, for had
| forgotten the existence OF the chance
And then one day last April I under
stood. Once more I had letters from
abroad, from a man who claimed to be
my brothers SON. At first I thought the
whole thing a silly imposture, until the
| day when q man confronted me in my
own house. armed with every proof that
had killed Philip de Mountford in Brus-
sells. He had the latters passports, his
birth and marriage certificates. his let
ters OF Identification, all, all the papers
| that he had filched from among the dead
mans things, and which he now Haunted
before me. daring me to prove him an i'm
postor. II am not Philip de Mount
de Mountford? And from that hour
was as wax in his hands. He held me
and he knew 1t. might have proved him
| an inpostor, and he could prove me
| murderer.
Heaven alone knows how did NOT
lose my reason then. fioundered in
sea Of wild conjectures, wild projects. wild
hopes Of escape. But my tyrant held me
and dared not rebel.
| And once more was obsessed with the
awful gertrude that Luke would never be
Earl of Radcliffe after me. while this
man lived.
"He had SO taken upon himself the per-
went to prove his identity with the late
Arthur de Mountfords SON were Sc
strangely circumstantial. that. short OF
my proclaiming loudly that had killed
my brothers son with my own hand,
nothing could prevent the impostor from
succeeding In filching Luke's Inheritance
And even II I had confessed then, IT
seemed to me that this man would still
| succeed In proving that / had murdered
an unknown stranger-a chance friend.
who was an English bricklayer's SON
and that he and he only was Philip de
Mountford. the late Arthur's son.
! When did tlrst dream Of killing him.
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that under certain unusual conditions they
trailed out at even greater length
Many of the audience were surprised to
be told that clouds could never be repre-
scented by circles or segments OF circles,
even the billowy, cumulous clouds Of
summer being made up of broken lines
and angels. The anatomy of trees was
finally discussed, and with numerous
facts, such as the necessity of employing
the outward curve successfully, rather
than the inward curve or broken lines In
drawing tree trunks, and the manner OF
growth Of the branches, as well as the
proportion of branches to stem. A good
rule to remember. he said. was that the
sum of the branches equals the trunk at
its base, for though it is not absolutely
correct, 1t Is near enough to insure bal
ance. The individuality of trees he also
the elements, struggled, as 1t were.
against fate, and thus showed signs Of
conflict; the willow. on the other hand.
was more complacent and yielding, con-
became wearfsome, dropped over and
died. The poplar he characterized as
aspiring. the cedar as upreaching, but
more austere; the apple as inquisitive.
willful. stretching this way and that at
pleasure, the elm as stately and yield
ing. To those who were lovers Of nature
as we'll as Of art these suggestions were
full of significance and gave welcome
new thoughts.
4
THREE new pictures have recently
been purchased by William T. Evans
for the Evans National Gallery collec-
tion-"Laguna," by Albert L. Groll: 1.-THE
Cup of DEATH" by Elihu Vedder. and
"Monhegan Headland," by William g.
Robinson. The first and the last were in
cluded in a notable exhibition held a few
weeks ago at the Lotos Club, New York;
the Vedder was purchased from an exhi-
bition held at the Macbeth Gallery about
the same time. 'Laguna'' has arrived
and is hung in the last Of the series of
galleries to the right Of the corridor. 1t
is an excellent example of Mr.. Grolls
work, strong, Characteristic and at the
same time conservative. There is broad
expanse Of sky crossed and recrossed by
summer clouds. The village, with its
quaint dwellings, and gaily clad resi-
dents, stands on a bare hill to the right,
while to the left at an interminable dis
tance roll the purple hills like sea to
the remote horizon. The feeling of the
desert. its awesome witchery, finds it's
way into this picture, which gives with
special felicity the impression Of enor-