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Copyright, 1914, by Harold MacGrathl

towel and proceeded to patch the
| princess hurts.
She was extremely uneasy. That
she should be under obligation to Nor
ton CALLED her. There was a spark
of conscience left in her soul. She
had tried to destroy him, and he had
been kind to her. Was he a fool or
was he deep, playing a game as shrewd
as her own? She could not tell. Where
was Vroon? Had he carried Florence
off?
An hour later a man came in.
"Hullo! More folks from the
wreck"
Where's the horse and buggy,
Jake?" his wife asked.
Rented it to a nan whose daughter
was hurt. He went to the village
will you describe the daughter?'
asked Norton.
The princess twisted her fingers.
The farmer rudely described Flor
ence.
Have you another horse and a
saddle?"
What's your hurry"
I'll tell you later. What I want now
is the horse"
'"What is to become of me?" asked
the princess.
You will be in good hands," he
answered briefly. Il am going to find
out what has become Of Florence.
Is there a deserted farmhouse here
abouts?" he asked of the farmer.
mot that l recollect."
why yes, there Is, Jake. There's
that old hut about two miles up the
fork" volunteered the wife. Where
the Swede died last winter
by lingo! I'm going into the vii
lage and see if that man brought In
the rig"
But get my horse first. My name
is James Norton, and l am on the Star
in New York. Which way do I go"
First turn to the left. Come on;
I'll get the'horse for you"
Once the horse vas saddled, Norton
set of at a'run. He was unarmed;
he forgot all about this fact. His n
thought was to find the woman he
loved. He was not afraid Of meeting
a dozen men, not while his present
fury lasted.
And he fell into an ambush within
a hundred yards Of his goal. They
dragged him off the horse and buffeted
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settles down. Come on with him. The
track Is only a short distance"
Jim, JIM" cried Florence in an
guish.
Never you mind, girl; they're only
blufing. They won't dare"
You think so?" said Vroon. wait
and see." He turned upon Florence.
He is your lover. Do you wish him
to die?"
mo, no."
I'VE promise to give him his free
dom twelve hours from now on condi,
ton that you tell where that money
is"
"F1orence!" warned Norton.
Vroon struck him on the mouth.
BE silent, you scum!"
1T is in the chest Jones, the butler,
threw into the sound" she said brave
ly. And so it might be, for all she
knew.
vroon laughed. 1--WE know about
where that is."
Florence, say nothing on my &C
count. They are not the kind of men
who keep their word"
"Eh?" snarled Vroon. We'll see
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and after a t%orturous five minutes
reached the fireplace. She burnt her
hands and wrists, but the blaze was
the only knife obtainable. She was
free.
Jones arrived with half a dozen
policemen. Vroon alone escaped.
The butler caught Florence in his
arms and nearly crushed the breath
out Of her. And she was so glad to
see him that she kissed him half q
dozen times. What IL he was her
fathers butler? He was brave and
loyal and kind.
They tied him to the track" she
cried. Look at my wrists" The but.
Ter did SO, and kissed them tenderly
And / saved him"
Jones stretched out a hand over
Florence's shoulder. when the time
comes he said; when the right time
comes and my masters enemies are
COMPOUNDED. But always the rocks
never the hawks, do we catch. God
bless you Norton! don't know what
should have done without you"
When a chaps in love-" began Nor.
ton, embarrassedly.
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castle and went down into the waiiH
to enjoy his evening pipe, all ths
while keeping a weather eye forward
at the ratty old pilot house.
It was ten o'clock, land time, why
he rammed his Guilty into a pocket
and r~esolutely walked forward. II
any n watched him they would think
he was only looking down the cut
water. The thought of money and
the pleasures 1t will buy makes Gun.
ming the stupidest Of dolts; and Steve
was ordinarily a dolt. But tonight his
brain was keen enough for, all pur-
poses. It was a hazardous. Job to got
the box of the fuke without letting
it slip back into the sea. Steve, how
ever, accomplished the feat, climbed
back on the rail and sat down, wait.
ing. A quarter Of an hour passed. No
one had seer him. With his coat So
curely wrapped about his precious
find he made for the forecastle. His
mates. save those who were doing
their watch, were all in their bunka.
An oil lamp dimly illuminated the fosN
ward partition. Steve's bunk was a.
most In darkness. Very deftly he rolleA
back the bedding and secreted the
box under his pillows, and then
stretched himself out with the PR
tense of ~snoozing till the bell called
him to duty. .r.,
He was rich; and the moment g
nan has money he has troubled;
there is always some one who wants
To take it away from you, His buf;;k
was on the port side, and there WAS
plenty of hiding space between tile
iron mates and the wooden partition.
He intented to loosen three or fonr
nlanks and then when the time came,
slim the box behind them. Some time
during the morning the f~orecast'e
would be empty, and then would he
his time.
But he suffered the agonies of dara-
nation during the four hours watcS.
Surprising some fool should go rum-
maging about his bunk and discoVar
the box? Suppose But he dared
not suppose. There was nothing to 90
but wait. If he created any curiosity
on the part of his mates he was loft.
He would have to divide with them
all, from the captain down to the coos 8
boy. 1t was a heart-rendi1g thought.
From being the most open and frafk
man aboard, he became the most cut
ming. From being a man Whom
enemies, he saw an enemy even In hk
shadow.
At four o'clock he turned In ara
slept like a log. a
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Japanese Railroads.
Japan's government railways haro
a mileage Of SPIT.
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noted for his prowess as a DIG game
hunter, was returning home from a
hunt in the jungle on the southwest
ern bank of the river Damodar when
he saw a f%ull-grown bear rapidly ap.
preaching him. He was about to load
his gun when, to his dismay, he found
he had fired his last cartridge. The
hear made a rush at Singha, who de-
Tended himself with the butt end OF
his gun. Singha, who succeeded IN
killing the bear. was afterwards found
Unconscious, and was conveyed to the
BUNGALOW of the civil surgeon at Puru-
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about that" He glanced at his watch.
In half an hour the freight comes
along. 1t may become stalled at the
wreck. But it will serve"
Norton knew very we'll that II need
said must they would not hesitate to
execute a melodramatic plan OF this
character. 1t was the way of the Slay;
they had to make crime abnormal In
order to enjoy it. They could very
well have knocked him on the head
then and there and have done with
him. But the time used in conveying
him to the railroad might prove his
salvation. Nearly four hours had
passed since the sending Of the tele-
gram to Jones.
They bound Florence and left her
seated in the chair. AS o as they
were gone she rolled to the floor. She
, was able to right herself to her knees,
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then engaged on his theory of the ap-
solute. He saw the battle and ne
packed up his manuscripts and hed'
He recognized the Corsican as the
absolute on horseback. But when St.
Helena received this absolute Hegei
returned to Berlin and preached the
doctrine that the kaiser exemplihes'
Then arose in Russia the counterVall-
ing idea Of pan-Slavism, at first u
tured by the czar himself.
That is all engaging. but there was
Charles Fourier, a French socialist
philosopher, who witnessed the siege
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OF Lyons in 1893. He saw quantities
or rice destroyed, which had been held
so long for higher prices that it be-
came unfit for consumption. Then he
attacked social problems and devised
a system of community living. In New
Jersey today stand the ruins of mills
and warehouses that recall the Ameri-
can experiment in Fourierism. He
saw great social transformation if nat
ural forces we're left free to act. Sea
water would be as palatable as lem
onade. the north pole would become
habitable and man would develop new
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spaht.a a'ubiotsc and pearls anc
diamonds and rnbies! 1t vas mighty
hard not to say these words out loud.
too; blare them into the sullen faces
grouped around the table. He was OF
watch till midnight; and he was won
dering If he could get the box without
attracting the attention of the lookout,
who had a devilish keen eye for every
thing that stirred on deck or on water.
Well, he would have to risk it.; but he
would wait till full darkness had fallen
over the sea and the lookout would be
compelled to keep his eyes of the
deck. The boys wanted him to play
cards. b. a-@- -!
Not for me. Busted. How long d.
v thing $40 'Tlast in New York, any
how" And he stalked out Of the fore
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What did they call then? ? -1oublooao
and pieces.of-eight?
He ate his supper with his mess.
mates, and he ate heartily as usual.
1t would have taken something more
vital than mere treasure to disturb
Steve Blossoms appetite. He was
one of those enviable individuals whose
imagination and gastric juices work
at the same time. And while he ate
he planned. In the first place, he
would buy that home at Bedford; then
he would take over the ellison house
and live like a lord. II he wanted a
drink, all he would have to do would
be to turn the spigot. or tip a bottle;
and more than that, he'd have a bar.
tender to do it. Onions! He swore
he would not have an onion within a
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mile Of the ellison house. "Onions!"
Quite unconsciously he spoke this word
aloud. +
Huh? Well, If ye don't like onions,
find a hooker that packs violets IN
her hold" was the cheerful advice
of the man at Steve's elbow.
who's talkin' t. you?" grunted
Steve. "Wha' did l say?" va
Onions, ye lubber! Don't we know
whut onions is? Amt we smelt 'em
80 long that ye could stick yer nose
in tn starboard light an never smell
no kerosene? Onions! Pass tn
cavity" .......
Steve helped himself first. The man
who spoke bunked over him. and they
were not on the best Of terms. There
was no real reason for this frank
antagonism; simply, they did not splice
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any more effectually than cotton rope
and hemp splice. Sailors are moody
and superstitious; at least they gener-
ally are on hookers Of the Captain
Manners" breed. Steve was supersti-
tious and Jim Dunkers was moody and
had no thumb on his left hand. Steve
hated the sight of that red nubbin.
He was quite certain that it had been
a whole thumb once. on the way 10
gouge out somebody's eye, and hau
inadvertently connected with some
body's teeth.
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81 know, l know" Interrupted Jones.
"The second relief train is waiting.
Let US hurry back. I sha'n't feel Sc
cure till we are once more In the
house"
So, arm in arm, the three OF them
went down the tracks to the hand
car which had brought the police.
And now for the iron bound chest
at the bottom of the sea.
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CHAPTER XI-Contlnued.

1t was fortunate that the accident
had occurred where it did. Five miles
beyond al the station marked for the
arrest Of Norton as an abductor and
the taking in charge Of Florence as a
rebellious girl who had run away from
her parents. II he could reach the
Swede's hut, where his confederates
were in waiting, the game was his.
After struggling along for half an
hour a carriage vas spied by Vroon,
and he hailed it when 1t reached his
side. "
What's the trouble, mister?" asked
the farmer.
"A wreck on the railroad. My daugh-
ter is badly hurt. I must take her to
the nearest village. How far is it,"
About three miles"
"Pll give you twenty dollars for the
use of that rig Of yours"
Cant do it mister" ..
But It's a case Of humanity, sir"
Indignantly. you are refusing to aid
the unfortunate"
The farmer thought 1t over for a mo-
ment. All right. You can have the
buggy for twenty dollars. When you
get to the village take the nag to Doc
Sanders livery. He'll know what to
do"
Thank you. Help me in with her.
Vroon drove away without the least
intention Of going toward the village.
AS a result, when Florence came to
her senses she found herself sur
rounded by strange and ominous faces.
At first she thought that they had
taken her from the wreck out Of kind
ness; but when she saw the cold,
impassive face of the man Vroon she
clused her eyes and lay back in the
chair. Well, III and weak as she was,
they should find that she was not
without a certain strength.
In the meatime Norton revived and
looked about in vain for Florence. He
searched among the crowd of terrified
passengers, the hurt and the I'M
harmed, but she was not to be found,
He ran back to the princess and helped
her out of the broken a
Where Is Florence?" she asked
dazedly.
God knows! Here, come owe and
sit down by the fence till l see if there
is a field telegraph"
They had already erected one, and
his message went off with a batch Of
others. This time he was determined
not to trust to chance. The shock
may have brought back Florence's re
cent mental disorder, and she may
have wandered off without knowing
what she was doing. On the Other
hand, she may have been carried of
And against such a contingency he
must be fortified. Money! The curse
of God was upon it.; 1t was the trail.
of the serpent, spreading poison in its
wake.
By and by the princess was able
to walk; and, supporting her, he lee
her to the road, along which they
walked slowly for at least an hour
They might very well have waited fol-
the relief train. But he could mo-
stand the thought of inactivity. The
princess had her choice Of staying be
hind or going with him. He hatet
the woman, but he could not refuse
her aid. She had a cut on the side
OF her head. and she limped besides.
They stopped at the first farmhouse
explained what had happened, and thu
mistress urged them to enter. She
she had seeE no one, and certainly no
young woman. She must have wan
dered off in another direction. Sht
ran into the kitchen for a basin ant
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organs, such as an eye in the back OF
his head. Isn't that a philosophy pref
cradle to Hegel's ideas Of the abso-
lutte? What misery would be atten-
dant we're one to know all about the
absolute, to foresee all that was to
come down the ringing grooves OF
change.-Pittsburgh Post.
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FOURiER'S THE BETTER IDEA
His Philosophy Infinitely Preferable
to HegeI's Expressed Ideas of
the Absolute.

A New England contemporary.
which is prone to delve deep into the
very essence of things, cannot forego
indulgence in an excursion into the
domain of philosophy as it furnishes
a prelude for war. 1t recalls how Ma
poleon's entry in Jena in 1906 dis
turbed the German philosopher, Hegel,
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liza. His body was badly ~lacerated'
but his recovery Is expected.
consequences.

It is easy, in a complicated civiliza-
ton like ours, to have altogether too
much regard for consequences. Let
only the thing to be done be right in
itself, and the thing to be said be
true In itself. But sit down and figure
first on the consequences, and in nina
times out Of ten you will neither say
what is true nor do what is right
Carl S. Patton.
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Man and Bear in Duel.

Man and Bear in Duel.
A fight to the death between a mar
and a bear Is reported from Taluk
Jamdiha, in the district of Manbhum,
India. Rajkishore Singha, a mar
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INTERNATIONAL
SUNDMSQlO0L
LESSON
By E. o. SELLERS, Acting Director Sum
day School Course, Moody Bible Insi-
tute. C%hicago.}
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 8
SOWING AND REAeINa
Worlds Temperance Lesson.)

LESSON TExT-GaL 6:1-10.
GOLDEN observation-disclosures a man
soweth, that shall he also reap.-Gal. 81.
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Japanese Railroads.
Japan's government railways naso
a mileage Of 5,217.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-14

not be sure that he was really mine
and dancing would be a means to an
end instead of the end itself. In the
same way Dick, perhaps, likes to talk
to Eleanor Fairlow because she is
not as serious as I-she amuses him
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Butler, a court reporter. He an
nounces that, if elected, he would rid
the payroll of "reformers." He stands
for 'broad-minded personal liberty."'
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-02
PRIZES COME 10 NORWICH PUPILS
Amy A Tsadwsy of Broadway School Wins Special SIS Prize n Colonial Dsmes Es.ay Contest Mi. Lillian Wyckof Wins Second in Grammar School Competition Nmefou Certi6cates of Merit Given Here.

i Marie Dearins, Tales of the Resi- cides.
 icides.
 Gladys s. Hart, Sir Walter Raleigh and His American Ventures. Gustave l.. Nelson, Sir Walter Ra- leigh and His American Adventures. Clinton 8. Jones for an essay on a special topic.
 to these pupils in West Town street
 Helen $. Avery. A Description of Norwich and It's Lands Sidney H. Avery, Tales of the Resi- cides
 Stanley G. Dickenson Sir Walter Raleigh and His American Ventures. Two hundred and twelve essays were received.
 The essay committee makes this note in awarding the prizes: The the Broadway. Grammar school. Nor wich, deserve special mention because of their exceptionally good york. supt. Graham Highly Pleased.
 School Superintendent E. ]. Graham
 was highly pleased over the fine show ing that the Norwich schools made, particularly with the awards that came to the West Town street school and said that they indicated the good work that the teachers had been doing in English composition, upon which
 the schools had been placing special
 emphasis The good results are par ticularly to be noticed at the West Town street school and entitle the teachers and scholars to special cred it as this is the first year that they
 have made so satisfactory a showing.
 The Broadway school and the West
 Town street school were the only
 Norwich schools that competed and <an<. h -or Tn, For arfr rxrfr, seemed likely that if more of the schools had competed they would also have counted prize winners among their scholars in the essay writing There is special honor in winning the prize taken by Miss Treadway as this essay contest was open to the schools Of the state, both high schools and grammar schools. Last year a Broadway school pupil, Gale Moves
 also took the prize in this class.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-02
MAKING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 = OF DONATIONS MADE,
City Mission Received Many Useful
 Articles in Month of May.

The City Mission thankfully &C., knowledges the receipt at its rooms during the month of May, of clothing, household furniture, literature, etc. from the following persons and firms and institutions:
 Miss Hourigan, Mrs. Frederick A. Byrnes. Otis library, The Misses Nor Mrs. c. A. Northrup. A Friend, Mrs. Prentice, Mrs. F. E. Dove, Mrs. W. F. Lyman, The F. A. Wells CO, Miss Car rie A. Gordon, Mrs Amos A Brown ing, Mrs. J. E. Driscoll. Mrs. l. S Jones. Miss Forbes, Mrs. c. s. Hol- brook Miss Subert, Mrs M. c. Stan ley, Equal Suffrage league. Mrs. Ward Mrs. H. D. Rallion. Mrs. T. D. Guy Mrs. Hitchcock, The Misses Cogswell Mrs. Robinson, A Friend, Dr. J. H Allen, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. R. c. Jones D. J. Kenefic, Miss Gladden., Mrs. w S. filling, Mrs. A. D. Speeler, Mrs Charles B. Lee. Mrs. W. A. Richmond Miss Perkins, Mrs. Caswell, H. c. Mo Naught, Mrs. George w. Hamilton. Mrs. A. W. Deneff, A Friend, Mrs William Williams. Mrs. L. H. Bru- nelle, Mrs. Charles w. Gale. Miss Lang. Miss Trumbull, Mrs. John Bar Der, Mrs. E. D.. Kinsman.
 The Mission could use a baby car riage if it had one and all sorts of children's clothing, the supply of which is far behind the demand. AL most anything usable in the clothing and household and reading line is al- wisely be disposed of. Children's shoes, even of partly worn can be used. after being repaired. If in doubt call up or write
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-02
French Pastors to Participate.

St. Ann's church in Hartford, organ ized in January, 1889. will observe it's 18th anniversary Wednesday, the eker- cises orening in the morning at tho church on Park street. where at 1J.S0 o'clock solemn high mass will be cele- brated by the Rev. Jean Charles Mathieu of Wauregan, assisted by the Rev, Charles F, Bederd of Putnam as deacon and the Rev, J. F, Pefreauit. pastor of St. Anh's church. Bristol. sub deacon, The sermon will be preached by the Rev. U, o, Bellefese of Taftviiis.
 After 1aos Rev, Charles P. Bedafd, now of Putnam, was pastor of St, Ann,s, During the 17 years that he spent in Hartford the parish made much progress, Important repairs were made to the church and to the school. In 1908 the property was bought at a cost of t6,000, In the spring of 1911 about $5,666 was spent to repair the house, ts furnish it and te make of it a convenient residence fer the pastor, who occupied it in June of the saFae year, During these 12 years the FaEis5a also paid debt of mere than $16, 300, and when Father Bedard left to be- come Raster of St. Aaryss church, Put nam, ths parish had more than $3,696 in the bank
 The successor te Rev, Charles f. Bedard was Rev. Hector Decelles. the present Paster. whe took charge Aug 22, 1913.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-02
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