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but Richard objected He no doubt
had plan. for he said:
Don't let Us make ourselves ride
uIous. All Paris would laugh al Us.
o. G. has won the first game, We Will
win the second.
He was thinking Of the next months
allowance
Nevertheless, they had been so ab-
soluteiy tTiCked that they were bound
to suffer a certain detection. And.
upon my word, it was not difficult to
understand. We must not forget that
the managers had an idea at the back
OF their minds. all the time, that this
strange incident might be an unpleas-
ant practical joke on the part OF their
predecessors, and that it would not
do TO diFulge 1t pTematurely- On the
other hand, Moncharmin was some
times troubled with a suspicion Of
Richard himself, who occasionally
took fancifuI whims into his head.
And SO they We're content to await
events, while keeping an eye on
Mother Giry Richard would not have
her spoken to.
If she is d confederate" he said,
the notes are gene long ago. But,
in my opinion she. is merely an lido" "
She's not the only idiot in this
business. said Moncharmin pensively.
Well, who could have thought !t?"
moaned Richard But don't be afra.r
next time, | shall have taken
my precautions.
The next time fell on the same day
that beheld the disappearance OF
Christine Daae. In the morning q
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you tell me where to find a gate or
door. made OF bars. iron bars, opening
into the Rue Scribe and lead
ing to the lake? You know
the lake l mean? Yes, the
underground lake under the
opera"
Yes, sir, l know there is lake
under the opera. but I don't know
which door leads to it. I have never
been there."
And the Rue Scribe, madame, the
Rue Scribe2 Have you never been to
the Rue Scribe?"
The woman laughed, screamed with
laughter. Raoul darted away, roar
ing with anger, ran upstairs. four
stairs at time, downstairs, rushed
through the whole of the business side
Of the opera-house. found himself
once more in the light OF the stage.
He stopped, with his heart thumD-
ing in his chest: suppose Christine
Daae had been found? He saw a
group Of men AID asked:
i beg your pardon, gentlemen.
Could you tell me where Christine
Daae is?"
And somebody laughed.
At the same moment the stage
buzzed with a new sound and. amid a
crowd OF men in evening dress, all
talking and gesuculaung together, ap-
peared a man who seemed very calm
and displayed pleasant face, all
pink and chubby-cheeked, crowned
with curly hair and lit up by a pair OF
wonderfully serene blue eyes. Mer-
Vicomte de Chagny's attention to him
and said:
This is the gentleman to whom you
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SHNOPSIS.

CONSERVATION IS caused on the last
night That the Opera 3 managed by De
3ieHne and POfigny because OF the ap-
pearance of a ghost. said TO nave Deel
IN evidence On several previous occasions
Christine Daae. a member Of the opera
company. is called upon to fill very
pCrtaut part and scores great sue
cess Count de Chagny and his brother
Esa0Bl are among those who applaud me
singer RaOul tries to see Christine IN
lie dressing room, but is unable 10 do so
and later discovers that some one IS max
ag love to her. She eUuerges alone. ana
IpOn entering the room he Inds II empty.
While the farewell ceremony for the re-
Iring managers IS going on, the opera
3host appears and informs the new man
gers that Box No > is reserved for nm.
Box No ; is sold with disastrous results.
The managers receive d letter from the
opera Ghost calling attention to the er-
rgr- Christine Daaa writes Raoul that
she has gone to visit the grave OF her
father He goes also. and III the nigh[
follows her to the church. Wonderful
violin music is heard. I;aOUl VISITS a
graveyard. RaOul is found next morning
almost frozen. MOucEarmin and Richard
investigate Box No. and decide 70 see
seats Of that box. Carlotta. who sings
he leading part in 'Faust," is warned to
give the part to Christine Cartotta-
refusing. loses her voice in the middle
crashes down, killing a woman and
UpuHdiug many. Raoul searches for
Christine who has disappeared He sees
Ter al last. but does not speak. ana later
note is received from Ler making an
appointment FOR a masked ball Eaoui
meets Christine at the bali He sees a
aarsoU ia the disguise of Red Death
He hears her COnVerSiUg with some one
whom she calls Erik. RaOul visits
christine ard tells her he knows the
same OF the unseen man whom she calls
sHa angel of Music. Christine and Raoul
Gnruue secretly engaged prior to polar
-EpedJiou that RaOul is to make. Chris
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'Indeed?" sneered Richard.

'Indeed?" sneered Richard
But this is a matter that concerns
myself alone. Well, it was in
Box Five one evening, l found q let
ter addressed to myself, a sort of note
written in req ink l needn't read the
letter % you, sir; know it by heart,
and l shall never forget it if | live to
! be a hundred"
And Nine. CRY, drawing herself up,
recited the letter with touching eIo-
Quence:
Madam:
1925. Mile. Menetrier, leader of the bal
let, became Marquise de Cussy.
1882. Nile. Marie Taglioni, a dancer be.
came Comtesse Gilbert des Voisins.
1916. La Sofa, a dancer married a
brother of the King of Spain.
! 1847. Lola Monies. a dancer, became the
morganatic wife of King Louis of Ba-
varia and was created Countess of Lands
field.
1S48. Mile. Maria, a dancer. became
Baronne dHerneville.
1870. Theresa Hessier, a dancer. married
Dom Fernando. brother to the King of
Portugal.
Richard and Moncharmin listened
to the old woman, who, as she pro-
ceeded with the enumeration of these
glorious nuptials, swelled out, took
courage and, at last, in voice burst,
ing with pride, flung out the last sen
tence of the prophetic letter:
1885. Meg CRY, Empress!
| Exhausted by this supreme effort
the box-keeper fell into chair, say
| ing:
Gentlemen, the letter was signed
! Opera Ghost | had heard much OF
the ghost, but only half believed in
| him. From the day when he declared
! that my little Meg, the flesh of my
| flesh, the fruit of my womb. would be
empress, l believed in him altogether
! (TO BE CONTINUED
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Best He Could Do

Mr.. Raymond appeared at his neigh
boris door one November evening at
dusk in a towering rage and uttering
fierce threats against his neighbor's
dog Nero. Vainiy the neighbor tried
TO explain that Nero was only a puppy.
He belongs to Johnny" he went on,
and it would break Johnny's heart if
anything happened to him. l think.
hopefully that his manners will i'm,
prove
Manners roared Raymond I'm
not complaining of his manners, but
his nature. After he had jumped all
over me he bit the back of my leg"
That's as far as he can reach, IS
broke in Johnny IN a wounded tone.
You don't expect a little pup like him
to bite a big man like you on the neck
do you, Mr. Raymond? youth Com
panion.
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CHAPTER XVI.
Nine. Giry's Astounding Revelations
AS to Her Personal Relations
With the Opera Ghost.

Nine. Giry's Astounding Revelations
AS to Her Personal Relations
With the Opera Ghost.
Before following the commissary
into the managers Office | must Ge-
scribe certain extraordinary occur
rences that took place in that office
which Remy and MERCER had vainIy
tried to enter and into which MN
Richard and Moncharmin had locked
themselves with an object which the
reader does not yet know, but which
it is my duty, as an historian, to re-
veal without further postponement.
/ have had occasion to say that the
managers mood had undergone a dis
agreeable change for some time past
and TO convey the fact that this
change was due not only to the fall
OF the chandelier on the famous night
of the gala performance.
The reader must know that the
ghost had calmly been paid his first
twenty thousand francs Oh, there
had been wailing and crashing OF
teeth, indeed! And yet the thing had
happened as simple as could be.
One morning, the managers found
on their table an envelope addressed
to Monsieur o. G. (priVate)" and ac-
companied by note from o. q. MIN
self:
The time has come to carry out the
clause in the memorandum-boOk. Please
put twenty notes Of a thousand francs
each into this envelope, seal it with your
own seal and hand it TO Nine. CRY. who
will do what is necessary
The managers did not hesitate:
without wasting time in asking how
these confounded communications
came to be delivered in an office
which they were careful to keep
locked. they seized this opportunity
Of laying hands on the mysterious
blackmaiIer. And, after telling the
whole story. under the promise of Sc
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Eueruhndu,s nninn II

The premier of Servia once upon a
time had a round of official calls to
Ilaa in the ministry building. His
/ first visit was at II o'clock and he had
allotted Is minutes to it.
He called on a certain high official.
stood talking to him for what he
thought was his Is minutes, and then
proceeded across the hall to the office
of another minister.
On the way there he sought to look
at his watch. 1t was gone. He burst
into the other minister's office and ex-
claimed:
This is too much. Here | come to
this place and call on a high official,
and when l come out my watch is
gone. / will not stand it"
'Excellency,' said the other minis
ter, pray be calm! l will see what
| can do"
Presently the second minister re-
turned and handed the premier his
watch
What did the thieving rascal say
when you made him return my
watch?" asked the premier.
"Oh," replied the other minister, he
did not know | took it,
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tlr., Nay the Energy OF the Sun. al
Present Largely Wasted. Be Ctii-
ixeI 20 Advantage2

The enormous energy which is CON
stantIy poured out by the sun il al
most past the comprehension of the
lag mind
Measurements have shown that on a
clear sunny day the sun transmitted
to the earth energy which CORES
pended to about 7,000-horsepower per
acre. At present all that is practical
Iy wasted. Attempts have from time
to time been made to utilize this enor-
nous supply of energy, but not with
any great measure of success. If peo-
pie only knew how 10 harness it they
could, at the expense of lowering the
temperature of the earth by q degree
OF so, obtain all the power necessary
TO perform the work of the world Only
about thTee-ffths of the energy sent to
the earth from the sun is appreciabie
TO tho eye as light. If the sun were
twice as hot as it is, four-hfths would
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Problem for the Scientist

be appreciable in that way. and if it
We're still hotter the whole Of the en-
ergy would affect the eye as light
Radiant energy is not heat; that is.
the energy of the sun does not reach
the earth in the form of heat 1t is
not heat at all until it falls on bodies
whose temperature can be raised It
might rather be called electricity; in
fact it is form of electricity, for all
the methods used to detect and meas
ure radiant energy depend upon alb
sorbing it and Transforming it into
| heat
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Parrot Listening.

teaching is by the employment of the
telephone, says the Popular Electrl-
city.
With the feathered pupil perched
upon stick in the Instructors hand,
telephone is held in such a position
that Polly may readily distinguish the
words or sounds emitted, and whether
from the oddity of the thing or from
some other cause the bird Invariably
pays strict attention.
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Bound To Get Il

Tommy, after going to bed. became
thirsty, or thought 10 did. He called
out:
Ma, I want a drink"
The mothers voice answered back:
Tommy, you go to sleep"
Tommy grunted. turned over. and
was silent for ten minutes. hen
again:
Ma, I want drink"
Tommy, you go right to sleep was
the reply.
Intense silence again for ten min
utes. Then:
Say, ma, I want a drink"
Tommy, if you don't go right to
sleep I'll come and spank you"
More silence, this time for about
two minutes. And then:
Say, ma, when you come to spank
me won't you bring me drink -"
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The Ghost and the Meat.

We have all heard of the French
schooIboy who, asked to translate
into English the French of "To be or
not to be-" evolved this: ITO was or
not to am"
Another schoolboy has equaled this
translation in recovering from Ger
man the text, The spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak" in the
form: The ghost. of course. is ready,
but the meat is feeble. youths
Companion
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cAAPrER- Nv. kcontinucdl

Hideous thoughts flashed through
RaouIs congested brain or course.
Erik must have discovered their Sc
cret, must have known that Christine
had played him false. What a ven
geance would be hisl
And Raoul thought again Of the yell
low stars that had come, the night be
fore. and roamed over his balcony.
Why had he not put them out for
good There were some mems eyes
that dflated in the darkness and
shone like stars or like cats eyes.
Certainly AlbinOs, who seemed to
have rabbits eyes by day, had cats
eyes at night; everybody knew that,
Yes. yes, he had undoubtedly
fired at Erik Why had he not killed
him? The monster hau fed up the
gutter-sp0ut like a cat or a convict
everybody knew that also
would scale the very skies, with the
help CT a gutter-spout No
doubt Erik was at that time contem-
plating some decisive step against
Raoul, but he had been wounded and
had escaped to turn against poor
Christine instead.
Such were the cruel thoughts that
haunted Raoul as he ran to the sing
oT's dressiGg-r
"Christine Christne!"
Bitter tears scorched the boys eye
lids as he saw scattered over the fur
niture the clothes which his beauttiu
bride was to have worn at the hour
Of their flight n, why had she re
fused to leave earlier?
Why had she toyed with the threat
ening catastrophe? Why toyed with
the monsters heart? Why. in a final
access OF pity, had she insisted on
fiinging, as a last sop to that demon 5
soul. her divine song:
Holy angel in heaven blessed.
My spirit Longs with thee TO rest
RaouI. his throat filled with sobs.
oaths and insults, umbIed awkwardly
at the great mirror that had opened
one night before his eyes, to let Chris
tine pass TO the murky dwelling be-
low He pushed. pressed, CROPPED
about. but the glass apparently obeyed
no one but Erik. 49,. Perhaps ac-
lions were not enough with a glass OF
the kind? Perhaps he was expected
TO utter certain words? When he
was a little boy, he had heard that
there were things that obeyed the
spoken word
Suddenly, Raoul remembered some
thing about a gate opening into the
Rue Scribe. an underground passage
running straight to the Rue Scribe
from the lake. Yes, Christine
had told him about that. And
when he found that the key was nc
longer in the box. he nevertheless ran
to the Rue Scribe.
Outside. in the street. he passed
his trembling hands over the huge
stones, felt for outlets met
With iron bars were those
they Or these? Oh
could it be that air-hole? He
plunged his useless eyes through the
bars. How dark it was IL
there, He listened.
All was silence! He went
round the building and came
to bigger bars, immense gates.
1t was the entrance to the Cour de
Administration.
Raoul rushed into the doorkeeper's
lodge
I beg your pardon. madame. couIc
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actfuI Request.

Dobbleigh was confirmed borrow,
er, and, what was worse, he seldom
returned the borrowed articles He
had held on to Whibley's umbrella.
for instance, for nearly year
And I'm blest if / know how | am
ever going to get It back" said Whib-
ley.
Easy" said HickenIooper. Call a
messenger and send Dobbleigh this
note"
And he scrubbed off the following:
Dear Dobbleigh: If you can spare 1t
I'd like to borrow that umbrella OF
mine for couple of days. Can you
oblige me?"-Harper's Weekly.
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BruidicaI Circle Stones.

How many stones in the Druidical
circle at Keswick, England? One an
tiquarian says forty-eight, but other
mathematician give different and
varying estimates. A favorite number
is thirty-eight. Superstitious natives
declare that the lofty circle is haunt
ed by fairies, who bring to naught the
efforts of the profane to take a census
of the megaliths. "They can't be
counted" says the guide, however
long you try"
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Fashions Long Kept Up.

The British admiralty's annual or
der for black silk handkerchiefs for
the navy, recently placed for 10000.
led to inquiry. why black" It is
said to be as mourning for Nelson's
death at Trafalgar Another instance
of long-continued mourning is shown
in the dark clothes officially worn by
the Anglo-Saxon race; at the decease
of the duke of Gloucester, Queen
Anne's heir-apparent, the bar went
into imagining and has never dotted
this, though the lapse of the Stuart
dynasty on the British throne was
scarcely to be regretted Doubtless
the largest following of one fashion
by men was after Alexander set the
style of having the face clean
shaven; this was kept up by the
| Graeco-Roman world for five hundred
| years.
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One Letter Required S94o Postage.
worlds record in postage ex-
penses on single letter has been es-
tablished by the cost of sending a
packet of valuable securities from
Russia TO Austria, amounting to s940.
The envelope measured more than
two feet long by a foot wide, and one
side was entirely covered by 1872
stamps. representing the cost of post.
age and insurance
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Tactful Voter Was This

Mem Herr" he said to the German
election official. will you tell me
which OF these tickets is the letter
one?"
The officer looked at them. why.
this is much preferable" said he, in
dicating the Germans ticket.
"Ah, l thank YOU" answered the
peasant. Il will keep it next my
heart. He folded it carefully and put
it inside his coat. CAS- for this other,
then" said he, with an air of putting
It away from him as an unworthy
thing, q will leave 1t here" And he
put the Kable ticket III the ballot box.
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AMUSEMENT FOR DULL DAYS
Wolf, in Search of Prey, Enters Outer
Circle and Makes His Way Around,
Closing the Gate.

The illustration represents in the
simplest outline a primitive wolf trap.
The dotted line is a gate opening in
to circular enclosure. dow was the
trap set and the wolf caught?
The trap consisted of two circular
fences higher than a wolf could scale.
with gate as was shown on the for
mer diagram. To set the trap a lamb
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Must Re StODDed

did you punish our son for throw
ing lump Of coal at Willie Smiggs?''
asked the careful mother
Il did" replied the busy father.
Il don't care SO much for the Smiggs
boy. but I can't have anybody in this
family throwing coal around like
that
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Sockiess

Bonnie was looking over his broth
er's shoulder at the pictures in new
geography.
What are those men with the
bushy hair?" he asked
Those are Australian aborigines, u
replied Ben.
Don't they wear any more clothes
than that?"
That's about all"
Dear mel" exclaimed the little
brother, what in the world do they
bang up on Christmas?"
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In the Declaration,

Too often in speech and print occur
Uncle Sans common people," MY
servants" Our middle classes" Re-
publican France still adores her
princes and despises her poor. The
United States and the Kingdom of
Heaven were founded for the homes
Of the poor and the weary and the
persecuted-not for turnkey monkeys
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TELEPHONE TEACHES A BIRD
Most Original Method of Instructing
Parrots in Art of EIocution En-
pIoyed in London.

London has a school of elocution for
birds. Trained parrots are made
teachers of other parrots by being
placed near the pupils cages While
whistles and various musical instru-
ments are used in giving instructions,
one OF the most original methods of
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Not UnIikeiv

well, my boy" said the visitor 10
Bobby, Il suppose some day you ex-
pect to step into your fathers shoes"
'Oh, l suppose So" said Bobby,
gloomily. I've been wearin' out
eyerythin' else he wears since mother
learned how to cut 'em down tor
me-
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a Good Loser,

A Rhode Island politician who was
. prominent candidate in the late
election came home one day much pro-
voked at some misdemeanor which
his son, aged ten, had committed.
Frank" he said, sternly, do you
know, sir, that you are a candidate
for a whipping?"
a hope I'll be defeated, father, -
was young Franks reply, as he looked
up playfully at his father.-Harper's
Bazaar.
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SomethinQ Wronu

Little Frances dot a new baby.
Mrs. Neighbors-You don't say
Little Frances-Yes' m an it's ewes
open jes like my dolly's, but I dess
somefn's the matter wifi its works,
cause its eyes don't go shut envy
time they lay 1t down.
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Their Comparative Bulk.

The latest Russian dancer to ar.
rive for an American tour is Mile
Observation-Disclosures. She will carry
her wardrobe in a handbag and her
name on three datcars fastened to-
gether.
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Poison Oak or ivy Poisoning

is quickly relieved by bathing the af-
fected parts in a solution of two tea
spoonfuls of Tyree's Antiseptic Pow
der to a pint of water. Csc. at all
druggists or sample sent free by J. s.
Tyree, Washington, D. C.-Adv.
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a Prereouisife

Where should you advise me to go
for my Yacation?"
Why not try Shoreville?"
Can | have a good time there?'
Yes, if you take it with you. -
Judge.
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Wise Brother,

What's a stepbrother?" asked little
Mabel Of her six-yearold brother.
"A stepbrother," he replied, is me
sitting on the front step.
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plenty of EiIeI

Goals out" announced the office
boy
I'm"
Shall I try to scare up some
more?"
NO" said the rural editor. Spring
poems will be coming in soon"
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Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums. reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain cures wind colo ,25c bottleAf
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Wherever the tree of benevolence
takes root, it sends forth branches
above the sky.-Saadi.
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Some people might just as well be
crazy for all the sense they have.