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and sorrow over James Hambleton,
was intolerable.
"If Mr.. Straker should by any
chance follow me here, you must tell
him that can not see him." she said,
and departed, leaving Lizzie wrapped
in righteous indignation.
well, / neveri" she exclaimed, aft
er her mistress had disappeared.
Cant see him, after coming all this
way! And into country like this,
too, where there's only one bath-tub,
and you fill that from pump in the
yard:"
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going. or who was back of their
scheme? 2"
NO, nothing; or very little. There
was money involved. I could tell that.
But no names were mentioned, nor
any places that can remember. You
see, | was i'll from the effects of the
chloroform, and frightened. too. II
think"
II don't wonder" said Aleck, wrink-
ling his homely face. He remained
silent while he searched, mentally.
for clue.
Il found out, through my maid, who
arrived today, that Sol ? one OF the
kidnapping party had been clever
enough to send false message to the
hotel, explaining my sudden depar-
ture."
Il see, see," said Aleck, going over
the story in his mind. And presently,
Where does Hand come in? And
how did Jim happen to be aboard the
Jeanne D'Arc7"
Hand was some sort of hencnmanl
to Monsieur Chatelard, believe. And
he told me that your cousin was
picked up in New York harbor. swim
ming for life. it appeared. No one
seemed to know any more"
Aleck stopped short, looked at
Agatha, pursed his lips for whistle
and remained silent. They had arrived
at the porch steps. and were tacitly
waiting for the doctors to descend and
give them, if possible, some en@our-
agement for the coming night. But
the story of the Jeanne Dare had
grown more complicated than Aleck
had anticipated, and much was yet to
be explained. Aleclz was slow, as al
ways, in thinking it through, but he
figured it out, finally, to a certain
point, and expressed himself thus:
That's the way with your steady fell
lows; they're all the bigger fools when
they do jump"
Pardon me, I didn't catch"
ooh, nothing" said Aleck, half ir-
ritably 81 only said Jim needed
poke, like that heifer over in the next
field"
Agatha understood the boyish irri-
tation, cloaking the love of the man.
nation about your cousin from Mr..
Hand" she said. "He would be likely
to know as much as anybody"
"Well, however it happened, he's
here now!"
Though If it had not been for his
! fearful struggle for me he would not
have been SO ill.," said Agatha miser-
an
step OF the piazza, stopped and turned
squarely toward her. His face was no
| less miserable than Agatha's, but be-
hind his wretchedness and anxiety
was some masculine reserve OF power,
and longer view down the corridors
of time. He held her eye with look
| of great earnestness.
"I love old Jim, Miss Redmond.
| We've been boys and men together,
and good fellows always. But don't
think that I'd regret his struggle for
you. as you call it, even if it should
mean the worst. He couldn't have
| done otherwise, and / wouldn't have
| had him. And if it's to be IA home
run-why, then, Jim would like that
far better than to die of old age or
liver complaint. It's all right, Miss
Redmond"
! Alexis slow words came with a
double meaning to Agatha. She heard,
through them, echoes of James Ham
bleton's boyhood; she saw a picture of
his straight and dauntless youth. She
held out to Aleck a hand that trem-
bled, but her face shone with graft
| tude.
Aleck took her hand respectfully,
kindly, in his warm grasp. Besides, I"
he said simply, eve won't give up.
He's got fighting chance yet"
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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Altered the Case.

In one revue / caricatured famous
dancer. A little while after, while
abroad, was told that the husband of
the lady was looking for me with big
stick. A few weeks later / returned
to London. I met the husband. who
shook me warmly by the hand and
thanked me effusively for the skit on
his wife. They had quarreled In the
interval-George Grossmith in The
Tatlcf.
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Here is pretty model for an even
ing skirt. The garment is cut in three
cores and is one of the most delight
full styles of the season, and despite
It's elaboration of detail is quite easy
to carry out The tunic is fashion
able feature and the draped effect is
quite fetching.
The patterL (6169) is cut in sizes
% to 80 inches waist measure. Me-
dunn size will require "a yards of Sc
inch goods. Width of lower edge In
3 yards.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper
Write name and address plainly, and be-
sure to give size and number of pattern.
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This is one of the newest style
shirt, waists, and may be used for
wear with separate skirts or as part
OF a complete costume. 1t closes at
the front and may be made with or
without the front drapery. The neck
is finished with or without a collar,
and the long sleeves are perfectly
plain.
The pattern (6132) is cut in sizes
"a to AZ inches bust measure. Me-
dunn size will require Is yards of 36
inch figured goods and ia yards of So
inch plain material. If one material
is used 21h yards of material SO inches
wide is needed.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
20 Pattern Department" of this paper.
Write name and address plainly and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
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Why They Don't Marry.

Miss Leftover-You are a woman
hater, hear.
Mr.. Slimpurse-That is a mistake;
/ merely cannot afford to marry.
Miss Leftoyer-Cannot you support
q wife?
Mr.. Slimpurse-Oh, yes, I could
support wife easy enough, but
have't enough to support the two or
three other women she would need
to wait on her.
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Another Sure Cure.

Pierre Lott says there is too
much talk at dinner" Way to pre-
vent it would be to enlist the services
of the hotel men and have it put on
the extra list, along with bread and
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
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Is No Longer Put First

listers, are called in only when it is too
late.
Health made manful struggle for
supremacy with bank balances, but 1t
lost out.-Life.
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KnowEach
Other
BY REV. JAMES M. GRAY. D D..
Dean Of the Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago

TExT-For what is our hope, or JOY or
crown of rejoicing? Are not even We. in
the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ,
at His coming? Thess, 2:19.
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Possible Objections.

It is no objection to this that Jesus
teaches In another place, Matthew.
22:3O) that in the resurrection there
is neither marrying nor giving in mar
rage. for such relationship is not
necessary to identity nor the spiritual
JOY of 1t.
Some would say that in the life to
come many friends would be missed
who have not died in the faith OF
Christ, and that from such a point or
view recognition and reunion would
make for sorrow instead of joy. But
as Bishop Mant says:
"Fear not. the prospect of the realms OF
love
Shall mar thy bliss. or thence sad lights
arise
To hunt thy sense OF heavens ecstasies:
glow,
Meet for thy place. twill solace thee to
No friend of thine, mid those keen
!. agonies
For none is there but Is OF God the Zoe,
And alien thus from thee. The ties OF
blood,
And earth's most sacred bonds. are but
Irvine
or grossamer, compared with what Is
owed
To Him. the Lord OF ALI On Him re-
cline:
He shall thy heart of every care unload.
He bid thy day with cloudless luster
shine"
The practical effect of such a hope
as this is an extended one. In the
first place, it brings us strongly under
Tho power. of heavenly realities. In
the second place, it induces us to form
only holy friendships that can be con-
tinued through eternity. In the third
place. it affords the most precious
consolation to the bereaved.
GAS year by year we lose
Friends out of sight to know
How grows IN Paradise our storeI"
Let the fact be- emphasized In clos
ing. that we are talking about Chris
fans and not the unbelieving people
Of the world. True Christians are
those who have received Jesus Christ
as their Saviour by faith, and who,
regeuerated by his holy spirit, are
following him as Lord and master. 1t
is these who have this hope before
them. and only these. Let us then
ask ourselves with oandor. as in the
sight of God. whether we belong to
this blessed company.
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What the Bible Says.

In the third place, while the testi-
mony of the Bible in this respect is
not definitely clear it is inferentially
So Certainly Christ's words to
Martha with reference to the resur-
rection of her brother Lazarus, imply
that In the resurrection they would
be known one to another. Read the
story in. the eleventh of John to prove
this. Furthermore, we have the
teaching of Jesus in the parable of
the unjust steward, recorded in Luke
13. where he says: MAKE to your
selves friends of the mammon of I'M
righteousness; that when We fail. they
may receive you into everlasting
habitations." 1t is difficult to inter
pref this in any ether way than that
in the life to come those saints OF
whom we have made friends here by
our treatment of them will know and
welcome us into the joys beyond And
Paul's words in the text are to the
same purport. He expected to meet
those young Christians of Thessa-
lonica when the Lord Jesus Christ
should come in his glory, and evident
" he expected to know them for they
were to be his Joy and crown OF re-
ioicing in that day
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which is expressed on every tomb
stone and heard in the hymnody Oh
the church in all the centuries. A be-
lief of few men in few places Is
not a sufficient ground of evidence.
but belief of all men in all places
is very different. God would seem to
be the author of a belief like this.
and, if SO, there must be ground
for it.
In the second place, the reasonable
ness of the idea strengthens the con-
viction of it's truth. For example, the
resurrection of which the Bible
speaks is one of individuals. but in
dividualss are capable OF identifying
themselves only as they identify 9TH
ers with whom they were associated.
If, in other words, we shall know our
selves In the resurrection, then we
must know others who have helped to
make us what we are. But the OBJ
ject of the resurrection is equally con-
vincing, since it is to bring reward to
the righteous and punishment to the
wicked These rewards and punish
ments are based upon the deeds done
in the body, but to remember the
deeds, we must remember those for or
against whom the deeds were done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09

fore the war and during that conflict in
the companies of the famous manager,
Ford of Baltimore. and also played in the
companies of the elder Wallack.
After the tragedy of that night in April,
1865. he gave up the stage. going into the
booksalling business in Lynchburg, Va,
for many years. More than half a score
of years ago he returned to Washington,
where he founded a stained glass works.
of which thriving concern he is the head.
Despite his years, he is in as full pos
session of all his powers as he was thirty
years ago. He discourses on the events
of that terrible night with a tiuency and
correctness that show not only a memory
unimpaired, but also the indellible inn
preston that was made upon him. On
not one single point was his memory at
fault
1T all seems to me as though it was
last aight,' he said.
Despite the changes that half a century
mus work in a MAINLAND ii is nearly that
$ nc, Mr.. Emerson played Lord Dun
rtaty-he still looks strikinely like that
English swell, whom much younger
generation saw in the two Sotherns who
later played the famous role With dis
tinguished looking FURNISHES" adjoining
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the tragedy" said Mr.. Emerson recent
ly. 1T is nearly half century ago. but
the events were imprinted too deeply on
my mind for me ever to forget them.
1t was just after the beginning of the
third and last act, and 1 was lean
ing up against q piece of scenery in the
wings, waiting for my cue TO go on,
when 1 heard a shot
Truth compels me to say that this
caused not the slightest ripple of ex-
element among any of us back of the
stage. There We're, We knew, a score
of causes in all the various parapher-
MALTA of the stage mechanism that might
cause sound like that. We We're a lit
tie bewildered for moment by the ap-
partition on the stage of a man who didn t
belong there, crying out something we
could not clearly understand. But, you
must remember. the war had just come
to an end the President was in the house
and most of the actors ] am sure
thought. for a few minutes that it was
just some prearranged patriotic demon
Strat1on. Even the sight of a man dash
ing through the wings did not bring us
to any realization of the truth.
Then, suddenly, there sped through
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Fasting LuxuriousIy.

T ENT is now upon us. and Bishop
l. OGorman of Sioux Falls, discussing
Lent the other day. said:
It's the spirit rather than the letter
Of our observation of Lent that counts.
I mean that one may sew for the poor
and at the same time talk scandal; one
may fast and at the same time german
die.
Two plump and rosy gentlemen were
talking about l. mt.
Book trout has gone up. said the
first.
-Pnrigord truffies and Marennes
oysters were never so dear before, the
second murmured.
The price of snapper and diamond
back is prohibitive-posiuvely pro-
hbitiNe.
Wine and fresh vegetables. whether
from Florida or California, are worth
their weight in gold
The first gentleman sighed and eX-
claimed:
Alas, in these days of high prices.
where Is one to get the money to fast.
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Her Healthy Ancestors.

EDWARD IL. JAMES. son of the la's
IL Prof William James and editor Of tie
Liberator. who has come TO America -
champion Edward Mylius. detained Al II
lis Island because he libeled King George,
said in Concord that the object ~ his
paper. published in Paris, is to chang
monarchies into republics
And gradually" said Mr.. James.
'monarchies are changing into repubhcs-
Portugal and China have changed withi2
the last few years.
"Monarchies are doomed. and not tn
least benefit of their passing is the ahol
fishing of the special privileges that mem
beers OF the old. aristocratic families al
ways enjoy under mnnarchical rule.
Mr.. James smiled and continued.
The new lady of the castle WAS un-
consciously true republican who said
There are the graves Of the form. =
owners ancestors Nv ancestors shs
added. proudly are all living.
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observed. and / heard later 1 really was
Presently the passage becomes as en-
lightened as in daylight, and at the same
time hear a clear. strong voice coming
from one of the pillars of the door:
"Oh. is 1t you, dear sir? l beg your
pardon. l did not recognize you. Come
In. please. All my guests are already
here"
At the same time I hear light
whistling noise. and l see the door open
ing as If by an invisible hand. I go in
at once. and | turn round, intending to
thank the gentleman. who was so kind
as 10 open the door for me. But there
Is nobody to be seen. l am alone and
hear the same voice saying to me. Pray.
go on, don't be afraid All. you will
close the door? Don't take that trouble.
II viii close without your aid"
Instinctively l look behind me on hear
ing light noise and see the door clos
ing as II being pushed by the same in
visible hand. Somebody is observing me,
but how? | whisper through my teeth:
1T is really fantastic"
There is nothing fantastic in it," an
swers my invisible companion. who
seems TO follow me. Go on: now TO
your right. Well. come in, sir. 1 am
waiting for YOU
1 was ascending the first step when l
l started with surprise. trying to guess
what had happened. and 1 saw that an
electric carpet had in an instant cleaned
the soles of my boots. l looked at it adj
miringly and I proceeded to ascend the
stairs. but rather cautiously, as / feared
they would start moving. But they did
not.
I am now in the house. or rather in
the working room. This roonl is actually
a laboratory. where / can see strangely
shaped instruments and flowers which
have grown gigantic through electricity.
Suddenly. a tremendous spark flashes
with a cracking noise between two big
copper pieces, which absolutely bewilders
me-
But again the same mysterious voice
whispers in my ear, Don't be afraid,
Will come presently"
At last the master Of the house ap-
pears on the threshold. ! look at him
curiously. He is a middle-sized man with
sympathetic features: his blue eyes have
ii prodigious vivacity. You feel that such
q man has an entire confidence in HIM
self. and that when he has made up his
mind TO solve a problem that problem
must be solved
VIII YOU" l asked him, 'tbefore visit
ing your wonderful house let me see
some experiments with these enormous
electric reels and bottles?'
Would you care top he asks
Yes If there Is nothing to be feared"
1 replied.
Well, there is sixty-centimeter
sparkle which would kill a nIan. Take
this electric lamp in your hand and come
near TO the sparkle
l approached it, and without touching
anything the lamp becomes incandescent
i'll my hand. 1 begin to feel uneasy.
Draw your hand near to this reson
nateur. says he. / do as / am told and
Immediately draw II back I did not
feel anything. but I saw a million spar
kies issuing from my hand.
There j can behold all the conquests of
science, for this laboratory is really the
most extraordinary one / have ever seen.
In this corner they handle liquefied air.
\ freshly plucked rose Yanishes when
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trio linen ROOM and here no fire is needed
for ironing the linen.
But it is already late and We must
think of rest. / am shown my sleeping
room. with its dressing room, in which
j see electric curling irons, warming car
het water and a handsome electric glass
f0- ladies.
when you awake tomorrow morning.
the French Edison says to me. you shall
have in this little apparatus a marvel
ously trained servant
go to bed and my sleep is full of
dreams. The fairy tales of my infancy
come back to my memory. 1t seems to me
that the blue eyes of my host have grown
AID stare at me fearfully.
I awake. 1t must be broad daylight,
the buttons, and Immediately 1 see On the
calling the dial of a clock showing seven
hours. l press a second time and the
vision disappears. l press on another
button, and | feel the electric foot warm
e. becoming instantly warm. / see. also.
the electric pfiaster which is proficient
for healing cold or rheumatism.
[ read also shutters, curtains L
press on the button and all at once the
lamp goes out. the shutters open and the
cortains arc drawn.
Nothing is to he heard i'm the house
| press on the button with the inscrip-
ion Service" and / instantly hear a
soft voice saying to me: :.
What will You have, sir?''
1 look around, thinking d woman is in
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English Literary Consuls.

If America is famous for its ambassa-
doris who have been men Of letters, Eng
land can boast Of her literary consuls.
G. y. r. James, probably the most pro-
life English novelist (eXcept. perhaps.
Miss Braddon), wrote three novels a year
for about forty years. and died in 1850
as consul general at Venice. Sir Richard
Burton also wrote most OF Lis trayci
books and TRANSACTIONS of eastern works
when consul in various parts of the world.
At his last consulship at Trieste. which
he held from 1S12 TO 1870. he succeeded
Charles Lever the Irish novelist, who ha.
occupied the position for fifteen years. But
is there a famous EnglSse AteraTy consul
at the present time.
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every day brought upon the people of
his nation feeling that all the deaths
that wisdom and forethought might
prevent would and should be laid at
his door. He was hearing the cries of
suffering that were coming from the
prisons and the sobs of the mothers
for sons, lost like his own.
The second attitude that he most often
assumed was by the window that looked
out upon the White House lawn. L al
ways thought that when he stood by the
window he was looking out for Willie.
for ne had watched the boy play many
an afternoon from that very window.
1t was as he stood by the window that
the great tears would course down his
hollow cheeks, and he would be forced
to dry them with his handkerchief. On
two or three occasions he was SO broken
with his grief that he sank into a chair
by the window and wept aloud. A big,
strong man broken by grief is always a
tragic thing to see, but never was there
grief equal to Lincoln's.
In all the months that L had my daily
half hour with Lincoln the order that We
We're not to be interrupted was broken
but twice, and in each of these Interrupt
lioIIS the DItdtil was strangely
tive of the character of the man. The
first person who intruded upon the rest
hour was a woman of middle age. She
was the mother of boy who had worn
the gray and who had been captured and
was in old Capitol prison.
The mother wanted a pass to see her
boy, and such d pass required the sigma
ture of the President. Lincoln listened
graciOuSly to the WomanS plea, wrote
pass with his own hand and apologized
that the boy was being skept from his
home. The second woman was young and
pretty. and she blushed when she started.
falteringly, to state her mission. The
President anticipated her request, said
that he knew by her --blushes that she
wanted to see sweetheart, and granted
her request in advance.
These visits to the White House con-
tinued for five months. Through all this
time the personality of Lincoln was grad
ually sinking deeper and deeper into my
soul. l was modelling the man in clay,
but he was being engraven still more
deeply upon my heart.
''Then, finally, came the great tragedy.
I was in our home on Capitol Hill that
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him. There. were a good many people
who were rather closely acquainted with
Lincoln and who, I think, appraised his
character rather correctly Most of them
are, however. long since dead.
when I knew him and spent half an
hour daily with him while modelling my
statue, he was nearing that greatest of
tragedies in American history. the
sassination in the theater. So l knew
the ultimate man. / met him also as an
impressiOnable young girl of sixteen and
the intuitionS of such a child as / was
are very apt to he correct. The mind
a that age is plastic as clay and re-
Ccives an impression as readily. and that
impression is likely to harden and he
permanently retained. AT sixteen / was
mature enough to very we'll grasp the
character II the man. l was young
enough also to De alive today and vet
not so very old. So think. L am in a
position which gives me an advantage
over almost any one else in the world
with reference to personal impressions of
the wartime President"
Mrs. Hoxie who was thus being inter-
viewed, may be regarded as having