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dear, no!-with a Fran, for example
what was the world coming to?
There they Stood" she told Bob,
the two Of them, all alone on the
f~oot-bridge, and it was after nine
O'Clock. If | hadn't been in a hurry
to get home to see that m didn't
set the house afire, not a soul would
have eel the two colloguing."
And it don't seem to have done
you any good" remarked her brother,
who, having heard the tale twenty
times, began to look upon the event
almost as a matter of course You'd
better not have saw them"-at an
early age Bob had cut off his educa-
ton, and 1t had stopped growing at
that very place. Perhaps he had been
elected president of the school-board
on the principle that we best appre-
ciate what does not belong to us.
my home has been Abbott's home"
said Miss Sapphire, Since the death
Of his last living relation, and her a
step, and it a mercy, for nobody could
get along with her, and she wouldn't
let people leave her alone. You know
how fond l am of Abbott, but your
position is very responsible. You
could get rid of him by lifting your
finger, and people are making lots OF
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can stay with your mother-since she
doesn't care for church-and you can
attend services as you did when [ first
came to Littleburg."
81 am sure" Mrs. Gregory said qui-
city, that it would be much better
for Fran to go to church. She ought
to COL don't like to think of her stay
ing away from the servlces-and my
duty is with mother" }
Grace said nothing, but the express
sion of her mouth seemed to cry aloud.
Duty, indeed! What did Mrs. Gregory
know about duty, neglecting the God
who had made her, to stay with an old
lady who ought to be wheeled to
church! Mrs. Gregory was willing for
her husband to fight his Christian
warfare alone. But alone? No! NOT
while Grace could go with him.
Gregory coldly addressed Fran
Then, will you go to church," II
was as IL he complained, Since my
| wife won't"
II might laugh said Fran. ~ DOM
understand religion"
Grace felt her purest ideals insulted
She rose, a little pale, but without
rudeness. Twill you please excuse
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TRAGEDY TURNED TO COMEDY
British Officer Tells How Snuff Saved
Him From a Hungry indian
Tigress.

A comedy which came very near
TO tragedy is related by a gallant Of
ticer of the Bengal Lancers, now
home on furlough.
Here is the strange true story II
the soldiers own words:
T was out for a day in the jungle,
and had had rather poor sport. Lying
down for a bit Of a rest upon some
Fank dry grass on the edge Of a wood
I'm the afternoon. | was seized from
behind without a moments warning
by q huge tigress, which had got my
scent and silently tracked me down.
She seized me by the breast Of the
coat with her great teeth, and quickly
shook me into q state OF unconscious
ness or course. | thought II vas Ell
up With me.
"Buf no.. Before long ! made 9
startling recovery Hardly realizing
for d while where u was and what had
farr sh4d i heard q little distances
Il necuIiar noise. as u someon
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CHAPTER TX.
Skirmishinu,

Fran made nc delay in planning her
campaign against Grace Notr. Now
that her position in Hamilton Greg
ory's household was assured, she re-
solved to seek support from Abbott
Ashton. That is why, one afternoon,
Abbott met her In the lower hall of
the public school. after the other pu-
pills had gone, and supposed he was
meeting her by accident.
Good evening, Nonpareil," he said,
pleased that her name should have
come to him at once. His attentive
look found her different from the night
of their meeting; she had lost her elf
fish smile and with 1t the nan of
the unknown and unexpected. Was 1t
because, at half-past four, ones charm
is at lowest ebb? The janitor was
sweeping down the hall stairs. The
very air was filled with dusty realism
Fran was nc longer pretty; he had
thought
Then you haven't forgotten me-
murmured Fran.
mo-" he answered, proud of the
fact. "You have made your home
with Mr.. Gregory. You are in Miss
Bulls classroom. / knew Mr.. Gregory
would befriend you-he's one of the
best men living. You should be very
happy there"
mo" said Fran, shaking her head
decidedly, mot happy"
He was rather glad the janitor was
sweeping them out of the house. You
must find it pretty hard" he remarked,
with covert reproach, Ito keep from
being happy"
ut isn't at all hard for me-" Fran
assured him, as she paused on the
front steps. Really, it's easy to be
unhappy where Miss Grace Noir is"
1t happened that just then the name
Grace Noir was a sort of talisman
opening to the young mans vision the
interior of wonderful treasure-caves;
it was like crying "Sesame!" to the
very rocks, for though he was not
in love with Gregory's secretary, he
tfancied the day of fate was not far
ahead.
He had no time to seek fair and ro-
mantle ladies. Five years ago, Grace
Noir had come from Chicago as if to
spare him the trouble of a search.
Fate seemed to thrust her between
mis- eyes and the pages of his text
books. Abbott never felt SO unworthy
as when in her presence: an unerring
instinct seemed to have provided her
with an absolute standard Of right and
wrong, and she was SO invariably right
that no human affection was worthy of
her unless refined seven times. Within
himself, Abbott discovered dross.
TRY to be a good girl, Fran" he
counseled. BE good, and your asso-
citation with Miss Noir will prove the
happiest experience Of your life"
BE good" she returned mockingly,
land you will be Miss Noir." Then
she twisted her mouth. "She makes
me feel like tearing up things. l don't
Alike her. I hoped you'd be on my
side"
He came down the steps gravely
4"She is my friend"
I'm a good deal like YOU" Fran
declared, following. Il a like most
anything and anybody; but I can't &C
that far. Well, l don't like Miss Noii
and she doesn't like me--isn't thai
1fair2"
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A middle aged couple. made sud-
denly rich through an unexpected
turn OF fortunes wheel. were visiting
the senator from their district a this
Washington residence.
AT breakfast the first morning aft
er their arrival, the woman, nervously
trying to chip Off the top OF her egg
with her knife, attacked the problem
with SO much zeal that the & was
knocked out Of the cup and rolled un-
der the table Not knowing Just
what the proper thing to do under the
circumstances was. she nudged her
husband. NJ
Hank HANK she whispered. II
have dropped an egg. What shall |
dot"
Don't cackle," came the mattar-0E
fact reply.
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rather of a personal nature, !. e., the
government and the winning Of such
power for themselves. But inasmuch
as this new movement practically
can a split In the dominant party,
1t might be quite possible that the
Radicals, the 4Sers, would eventually
be the winners in this game and en-
ter parliament with flying colors and
in the majority. Count Tisza, how
ever, who is very shrewd and foresees
this dilemma, will shortly confer with
the emperor on this very point, and
try to head off his opponents.
1t will be many a day before the
bubonic plague--frst imported from
the Balkan battlefields-will have
been completely stamped out In Aus
tria-Hungary, and this despite the ex-
cellent sanitary measures taken by the
authorities here. AS a matter Of fact,
the plague spreads more and more.
In the western half Of the empire, In
Austria proper, there have 80 far
been only isolated cases reported, as
In Vienna and In Marienbad, where
by dint of stringent measures further
infection appears to have been pre-
vented. But in the other half, in, Hun
gary and it's dependencies, these have
not been 10 successful, although there,
too, severe precautions are being ta-
ken. There is at present hardly one
Of Hungary's counties from which new
cases of Asiatic cholera are not daily
reported. Those nearest the theater
Of the late wal naturally suffer most
from the scourge, but even districts
close to the Austrian border are not
free from 1t. And the mortality is
everywhere large. Among the pre-.
ventive steps taken by both govern.
ments is a strict embargo on all
foodstuffs from the diseased neigh.
boring countries of Servia, Rou,
mania, Montenegro, Bulgaria and
Greece. Meanwhile news from
the latter shows by no means q
diminution of the plague, In Buchar
est, for instance AZ per cent. of the
1865 cases so far reported have end
ed fatally. In Servia, another direct
neighbor to Austria-Hungary, there is
an increase In cases, the new ones
for the last week numbering alone
1924.
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POLITICS IN AUSTRIA
After Much Toll a New Party Is
Formed in Dual Empire.
Count Julius Andrassy Has Succeed
ed In Forming q Formidable PoIIt-
ieaI Group in Hungary Called
the Constitutional Party.

Vienna.-After months of toll, Count
Julius Andrassy, the able son of a
great father has succeeded in form
ing a new and formidable political
party in Hungary, the so-called Con-
stitutional party. 1t starts with q
lament. There are also political lead
ers of experience and capacity within
its ranks, outside of its illustrious
founder. But there are, nevertheless,
some peculiar features about this new
organization. Political life in Hun
gary runs in two main currents; rep
resented by the 67ers and the 4Sers,
so-called.
The first-named base their convic-
tions and their action on the constitu-
tional compromise effected with the
emperor Gas their kingl and with
Austria proper in 1867, giving Hun
gary virtual autonomy and indie
pendence save In a few stipulated
points. The 4Sers, on the other hand,
otherwise known as the K~ossuthers,
remain i~rreconcilable and demand a
republic and complete independence.
At present and for many years past
the 48ers are in the minority.
Now the platform Of Count Andras-
sy's new party has just been pub
lished, and in all but n~on-essential
points 1t is identical with the declared
principles of the party now In power,
at whose head stands the Hungarian
premier, Count Stephan Tisza, and
who is in great favor with the en-
peror and is doing excellent work for
his country. r
The new party, 1t Is true, has taken
some paragraphs from the radicals,
the 48ers, such as a general grant of
the franchise and a thorough reform
of the election laws, and in this q
spect Count Stephan Tisza does not
go SO far. But In the main Andrassy's
aims seem to be the same, notably
in foreign politics, in tax and educa-
tional questions and in the handling
of the nationality problems in Hun
gary, and the chief ambition of And
rassy and his followers appears to be
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Examine yourself" he advised.
"and find out what it is in you that she
doesn't like; then get rid of what you
find"
HUH" Fran exclaimed, I'm going
to get rid of her, all right"
He saw the old elfish smile now
when he least wanted to e it, for 1t
threatened the secretary, Knocked the
grave superintendent, and asserted the
girls right to like whom she pleased.
Fran escaped, recognizing defeat;
but on her homeward way, she was
already preparing herself for the next
move. So intent was she in estimat-
ing the forces of both sides, that she
gave no heed to the watchful faces
at cottage windows she did not recog.
nize the %infrequent ~passers-by, o OBJ
serve the occasional buggies that
creaked along the rutted road. With
Grace stood, of course, Hamilton Greg
ory; and, judging from Bob Clinton's
regular visits, and his particular atten'
tons to Grace, Fran classed him also
as a victim of the enemy. 1t now
seemed that Abbott Ashton followed
the flag Noir; and behind these three
leaders, massed the congregation OF
Walnut Street church, and presumably
the town Of Littleburg.
Fran could count for her support an
| old bachelor with a weak heart, and an
old lady with an ear-trumpet. The odds
were terribly against her.
The first light skirmish between
Fran and Grace took place on Sunday.
All the Gregory household were at
late breakfast. Sunday-school bells
were ringing their first call, and there
was not a cloud in the heavens as big
as a mans hand, to furnish excuse for
non-attendance.
The secretary fired the first shot
Apropos of nothing that had gone be-
fore, but as if it were an integral part
of the conversation, she offered-"And
Mrs. Gregory, it is so nice that you
can go to church now, since, if Fran
doesn't want to go, herself"
Which she doesn't, herself" Fran
interjected.
$50 l presumed" Grace remarked
significantly. Mrs. Gregory, Fran
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SHAKING HANDS WITH FACES
Lackaye Said John Drew's Was Only
One With Which That Could
Be Done.

Joseph Jefferson and Wilton Lack
aye were in the same company one
season. 1t was the custom Of Mr.. JEFF
ferson to respond to curtain calls and
make a speech to the audience. He
enjoyed 1t, and the audience enjoyed
1T also. Mr.. Lackaye, however, al
ways commended hat an actor should
not step out of his part in this man
ner.
One night after Mr.. Jefferson had
made his speech and was going to his
dressing-room he met Lackaye.
We'll. Wilton" said jefferson. how
did | DO tonightf"
oh replied Lackaye, the same
old story. You went out before the
audience and made the usual blum
derf
FBlunder!f exclaimed Jefferson.
What did do or nay that you would
call a blunder2. f.
Why, said Lackaye. you said, Al
! look into your faces, ! feel that !
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Walden 20 whom Kiss 10 unknown.
Kissing is not practiced In Japan, he
told his English friends, not because
the people are stony-hearted, but be-
cause 1T is regarded as the height Of
bad manners"
The kiss in Japan, it seems, is fit
only to be bestowed upon young in
fants by their mothers. "A Japanese
mother Is often seen to kiss the baby
in her arms says this Japanese wri-
ter, tbut when the baby leaves its
mothers arms-that is, when 1t a
get along by itself and feels a sort of
semi-consciousness-it would not al
low its mother to kiss it" He men
tons the complaint Of western visit
tors to Japan that "we Japaneseeex-
pose too much our natural bodies"
Though the natural body lis n Of
the most beautiful forms on earth"
the Japanese critic of kissing con-
cedes that it should not be too much
exposed. He adds: Our natural feel
ings are really exquisite. Their ex-
posture beyond a certain limit, how
ever, is equally offensive to u sense
Of decorum." 4
Much Of the kissing that he OBJ
served in England distressed this SEN
sitive Japanese not q little. When /
saw" he writes, IAN old couple, with
eareworn faces and tottering steps
kissing each other on the pavement
of the London streets | could not help
feeling rather unpleasant. I cannot
give an adequate reason for 1t, but
somehow | do not feel pleasant when
I see the conventional custom Of kiss
Ing between married people kept up
to old age" Surely 1t is impossible
for a westerner to fathom the Oriental
mind.
This Japanese observer got into an
odd ~predicament through other peo-
pies kissing. He was strolling about
Hampstead heath one day when he
found himself In a narrow footpath,
and in front of him he saw a young
man and a girl seated on a bench.
Presently" he relates, "the two heads
came closer, and they were finally lost
behind the girls hat. I knew what was
going on behind the scenes, 80 /
stopped short and pretended to be
looking another way SO as not to dis
turb their happy state. Now and then
I turned toward the scene to see II
1t was already over. l was in this
predicament for about half an hour lit
seemed SO long to mel, but the two
heads still remand in close attach
ment. At last ! gave up waiting till
the end of the scene and crossed the
field, taking another path"
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Make America seem NIaaardIy.

Compared with the salary and al
lowances of the president of France,
the pay of the president of the UNI
ted States almost s4lks into insight
canoe. The French president enjoys
some petits benefices apart from the
$4,000 he draws yearly as salary and
allowances. Supplies Of vegetables for
his table come from the kitchen gar
dens at Versailles, fruits from the or
chards Of Fontainebleau, game from
the state forests and hay for his
horses from the meadows of Ram.
bouillet. Moreover. the state pays
the wages of his table hands and his
~coachman, but not hie chauffeurs, and
bis naval and military equerrIes are
maintained BY the ministries u. war
and marine.
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FIND COLONY OF RATTLERs
Exhibit on an Alabama Farm That
Lost Its Owner a Prospective
Renter.

Gadsden, Ala.-George Duncan took
Osburn Mcqueen out to see a tract of
land, expecting to rent 1t to him
for the coming year.
In looking over the farm they saw
two large rattlers, which they shot
and killed, one of which had nine rat
ties and the other six. When they
finished the killing Of those two they
discovered that the ground was full
Of these deadly reptiles and they then
began the slaughter, and when they
could find no more they piled them up
and began to count and saw that they
had killed 81. Thirty OF them we're
small fellows. having one rattle each,
showing they we're only one year old,
and measuring from IL to Is inches
long.
It Is needless to say that Mr.. Dun
can lost a renter. Mr.. Mcqueen said
one or two rattlers did not frighten
him, but when 1t came to 80 in one
pile he would let the other fellow take
the place.
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was ~sneezing violently. It was the
terrible tigress.
Il rubbed my still somewhat dazed
eyes, and then discerned the great
beast sinking away, sneezing all the
time, and every now and again emit
ting a frightful roar.
only when she had got clean out
of sight did the strange truth dawn
upon me. The tigress. In shaking me
preparatory to finishing me of, had
jerked my recently replenishvd snuff
box open from my jacket pocket, and
received the contents full in her face
and eyes. Hence the sudden retreat
and my salvation"
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anauaa Intricacies.

Richard Grant White in his Words
and Their Uses" says. "Transpire
means to breathe through, and 80 to
pass of insensibiy. The identical
word exists in French. In which lam
guage It ID equivalent OF our perspire,
which also . to breathe through,
and 50 to pass of insensibly The
Frenchman says J'ai ~beaucoup tran
lapire a have much perspiredl i
In fact tyanspiEe and psrspire are
etymologicslly Is nea perfect syn
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NO KISSING AMONG JAPANESE
Ejaculation Regarded by Natives as the
Height Of Bad Manners and
FooIlshness. a

Toxic, Japan.-In a recent number
OF the Far East. published in Toxic. q
Japanese contributor, Smimasa Idi-
chi. who writes excellent English, re-
lates some Of his surprising adven-
lures among the kissing races Of the
west. He describes the horror of Eng
fish women of his acquaintance when
he told them that he had never kissed
his mother in all his life. The first
thing an English child learns is how
to kiss" he says. THE first thing a
Japanese child learns is how to bow"
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onyms as the nature Of language per-
mits; the latter, however, has by COM
mon consent been set apart in English
to express the passage Of a watery
secretion through the skin, while the
former is properly used only in a fig
urative sense to express the passage
Of knowledge from a limited circle to
publicity"
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TAKE UP THY BED AND FLOAT
A Partisan Has Discovered a Mattress
m. and Life Saver While at
Sea In One.

Paris.-A large Paris factory is
busy filling an order for thousands OF
mattresses which are pronounced un-.
sinkable mattresses. An unnamed ex-
perimenter recently discovered a
vegetable substance which Is light,
supple and soft enough for use as
mattresses IN berths aboard a ship, and,
AZ the same time unsuitable. Every
passenger on the ship furnished with
these m%attresses--if they are what ia
said OF them-will have an ideal life
%preserver in his bed.
Several large steamship companies
are said to have decided to replace
aeir present bedding with these new
ACTRESSES.
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was not warranted by its real atmos-
/ phere. Since there were not many
inhabitants of L~ittleburg detached
from housekeeping, Miss Sapphire
Clinton depended for the most part
on 'transients;" and, to hold such in
subsection, preventing them from In
dulging in that noisy gaiety to which
"transients" are naturally inclined
just because they are transitory-the
elderly spinster had developed an alb
normal solemnity.
This solemnity was not only benefi-
cial to ~"drummers" and court men"
acutely conscious of being away from
home, but it helped her brother Bob.
Before the charms of Grace Noir had
penetrated his thick skin, the popular
Littleburg merchant was as unman-
ageable as the worst. Before he grew
accustomed to fall into a semi-coma-
tose condition at the approach of
Grace Noir, and, therefore, before his
famous attempt to "get religion" the
bachelor merchant often swore-not
from aroused wrath, but from his pc
culiar sense of humor. In those Anti
Grace and heather days, Bob, sitting
on the long veranda of the green
frame building, n leg swinging over
the other knee, would say, Eyes, -
it," or, mo, - it." as the case might
be. 1t was then that the ~reproving
protest of his sisters face would jelly
in the fat folds of her double chin,
helping, somewhat, to cover profanity
with a prudent veil.
Miss Sapphire liked a joke-or at
least she thought so-as well as any
body; but like a too-humorous author,
she found that to be as funny as pos
sible was bad for business. The tray
cling men we're bad enough, needing
to be reminded Of their wives, whom
they'd left at home, and, she'd be
bound, had forgotten. But when one
man, whether a traveller or not-even
a staid young teacher like Abbott Ash
ton, for in%stance-a young man who
was almost like a son to her-when he
secluded himself in the nighttime
by himself? with another male? oh.
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Ice Cream PAYS We'll.

Adelaide, Southern Austrlia.--Dur.
ing the hearing of a case in the Ade-
laide local court some interesting
facts were learned regarding profits
on Ice creams. Al witness stated that
on ten gallons Of ice cream he could
make e7 profit He said that the cost
Of the ingredients was l3s. 3D., and
that the total expense Of making with
ten gallons Of milk at Is. Sd. q gallon
was BOB. Id It Is said that no other
business could give such a return.
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storekeepers In Difficulties.

A number Of shopkeepers were
summoned at the Grimsby police court
recently for contravening the closing
order under the shops act. They com
planned that they had difficulty in un-
derstandipg what they could and
could not sell. One of the defendants
admitted selling soap to a man who
was very dirty. Thinking cleanliness
was next to goodness, I let him have
a packet" said the determinations
don Mail.
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should like to shake hands with each
and every one.'"
We'll, what's wrong with that?'
asked Jefferson.
Its perfectly absurd retorted
Lackaye. THE only face that I ever
saw that you could shake hands with
is John Observation-Disclosures.
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CHAPTER x.
An Ambuscade.

Fran's conception of the Clinton
clearinghouse, the home of jollity,