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, Get forrard"" That seemed to exhaus,
his English. He had said the unspeaka BILE.
He had offered Sratuitous. biackguardly
| insolence in the presence of woman
But Dick looked over to the stern at the
Russian cnsiGn-back straight at the
princess. and laughed The princess
knew that he knew il was war between
| them-knew instantly that ne knew she
| wanted him in irons. She frowned. The
captain read the frown and misunder-
| stood it.
whee Ihouse. loaded. In second he had
snatched it. and he held it very close
to Dick, thrusting the stock out and his
own n,S chin hara a! the Yer same am ,,ise: tims
Yes" said Dick. and he seized the
rifie-twisted il with sudden wrench
that was irresistihle-and spun 1t over
tie. Wen take it
Andry pulled the fo'castle door open.
and rancid mixed stencil of onions,
garlic and unclean men crept out to
greet them a dozen men sat up to
si2wer as Dick strobe in.
peak and big ring in the floor to
lift It by. Beyond the trapdoor, cross
wise OF the ship, and above locker.
Wen take those two hunks" said
Dick: and Andry said. AYE. sir-.
Dick stood aside and looked around
AT MS nOStS, DUNK by bunk Apdry
laid the bag down. and passed him
the canvas-covered sword. Dick held
it just underneath the hilt, gathering
in the slack of the canvas, so that it
looked like what II was-a weapon
The Russians in the two hunks SEEM
ed to be asleep.
Get DOT. or I'll pull ye oot" said
Andry. suddenly enough and loudly
enough to wake the dead: and the
rapidity with which the man in the
lower bunk produced knife was
proof enough that he. had been awake
and watching.
Then Andry pounced like a spar
row hawk descending on hedgerow.
There was swoop. two yells-and the
knife went gathering against the bull
wark at the farther end; after IL, in
quick succession-thud! thud, thud,
went a Russian, then another one, a
chest. blankets, belongings.
One of the men who had been
thrown out of his bunk crawled to
the door, slipped out. and ran aft
with his complaint to the captain al
ready suffering from his lips.
Lift that trapdoor. Andry." Dick
ordered.
Andry's back muscles bent into a
bow of steel. Slowly the giant lifted
the trapdoof clear and set IL on its
end. disclosing darkness and a deep
sea smell.
Take those" said Dick: and Andry.s
huge fist shut on a box of matches.
open the bag. Take out the pipes
yes, yours and mine. both. Give me
mine. Now swing yourself down there
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| ruptly. and their chanters-hoth to-
gether-lifted TO the tune.
The fo'castle of the rrimy Nizhni-
Novgorod seemed to reverberate and
swell. Louder and louder skirled the
pipes. fercer. more defiant. till the
bees and the decks clattered as men
| raced over them to see
The door was pulled open suddenly.
and the captain looked. in over the
buc ket at the rear Of them. At a
sign from Dick the music ceased with
a suddenness that seemed to pune
ture eardrums
Come in. captain" smiled Dick.
The captain seemed to hesitate. 1t
was perfectly evident to Dick that he
was holding revolver and did not
Light your torch. Andry:" he di-
rected.
Andry struck a match The torch
stant rush for the door 10y all hands.
Take a seat. captain" suggested
Dick
what in hell is this" he clustered.
once more eXhaustinE nearly all his
command of English in one explosive
"a torch" smiled Dick. TN fam
beau. captain. We've discovered some
petroleum below here. We've pulled the
plug out, and everything below is wet
with it-smell it. can't you. from
where you are"
Damn, Say that again"
Dick translated IL into French for
him.
You see. captain. the ships at our
mercy. We purpose, now. TO travel
as first-class passengers or else to
burn the ship"
The captain swore. He clustered. He
threatened law at the first port. But at
each new argument the torch went lower
into the forepeak. AT last, Andry dis
appeared to pour new oil on his waste,
and then the captain capitulated: he
thought that his hour and his ships had
come.
He brought table and wrote out a
manuscript. In French, at Dicks dicta-
tion. 4 mate was sent for to witness the
signature.
An engineers cabin was to be made
over to them at once. They were to have
their meals brought to them there. and
to have the undisturbed use Of 1t. They
were to have a meal at once. and after
that three meals a day, the best that the
ship could provide.
Finally, Dick was to be given a re-
volver for their protection and to enable
him to enforce the contract afterward
The captain put up his greatest fight
over this verbal clause: but he had to
give way. He gave up the one he car
ried in the end-tossed it to Dick, un-
loaded. and threw the cartridges after It,
II think we shall part company at
Trebizond. said Dick.
They walked together down the deck,
stared at stupidity by a crew who won-
dered where the leg irons were. And
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veil down and disclose the Princess Olga
karageorgov!ch. At her instant cry OF
XIII him. he had blocked the door a
moment. for it suited him TO see how
this wonder of a man might acquIt him
self, with half a chance. He had watched
the fight spellbound, while Andry backed
Dick with broken chair, and Dick
hewed-smas shed--burst a road to the out
er night and freedom.
Above all. though, he had heard the
story of the sword. that king named
Alexander had presented 1t to an An
thony. There is only one Alexander To
the Afghans. or ever will be-but one
ma gnificent Islander. The tale alone
had been enough to fire his veins and
his imagination; but the tale. and thu
sword. and the man. and the fight he
made considered all together-Allah.
Within five minutes. he had sent his
seven men hurrying through byways.
with orders to scout fast and bring word
later. Within an hour. they had tracked
Dick down. and had brought him the
name of the steamer, even. on which Dick
waited for the dawn. Within five mir
utes of receiving that informat ton. Us
beg Ali Khan was the only one OF all
that hesitating swarm who knew exactly
what to do
He rushed in a hired cab to the differ
ent steamship offices. The Themistokles.
he soon discovered. was bound for Black
Sea ports with various calls between. He
was able to find out too. that Dick An
thony had booked for Trebizond on the
sea silOTt. ne tI1ltlltu
adventure. He detected plan in his hero's
wanderings,
There was another steamer bound for
Trebizond. without any intervening stop.
that would leave I'm two days time and
get there one day later than the Themis-
tokles. He booked by it for himself and
his seven men.
So. all unaware of the fate of the
Themistokles, he disembarked one after
noon into Il bumboat expecting to find
Dick ashore there ahead of him Then
he learned that the little ThemistokIes
was what Lloyds call a total loss" Dick
Anthony and the Princess Olga Kara
georSovich were named as having been
among the passengers. and missing.
One day a Russian steamer dropped
anchor in the infamous roadstead. There
came bagpipe music from her deck and
his sensations were mixed as he recog-
nized the Tilt and swing of British battle
tunes.
Then a gunboat caught his eye. She
was going Off. to bring away an over
due consignment of tinplate from the
Nizhni-Novgorod. He made a quick bar
gain. and took a trip by her, gazing
steamers decks and commenting on what
he saw through them with strange
sounding Himalayan oaths that made
the boatmen stare and grin.
The Princess Olga Karageorgovich ap-
praised Dick at his real value. 1t was
for herself that she wanted him. She
knew that IL she was ever to have him
for her own il was for Russia she must
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soon as the curtain went up on the
next act. which was to be the last In.
stead Of doing SO. however. he lin.
gered to the end of the play. secure in
bis constituencies espionage. II had
come to him that II he met them in
front OF the theater as they came out
he could invite them to Join him at
supper In one Of the nearby restau-
rants. The idea pleased him. He
COOLED 1t until it became a sensation.
When James Brood and his wife
reached the sidewalk they found him
there. directly in their path, as they
weoged their way to the curb to await
the automobile. He was smiling
frankly. wistfully. There was an hon.
est gladness in his fine. boyish face
and an eager light in his eyes. He no
longer had the sense of guilt In his
soul. 1t had been a passing qualm.
and he felt regenerated for having ex-
perienced it, even SO briefly. Some
how 1t had purged his soul of the one
lingering doubt as to the sincerity of
his impulses.
"Hello!" he said, planting himself
squarely In front of them.
There was a momentary tableau. He
was wildly aware of the fact that
Yvonne had shrunk back in alarm, and
that a swift look of fear leaped into
her surprised eyes. She drew closer
to Broods side-or was it the jostling
Of the crowd that made 1t seem to be
so? He realized then that she had not
seen him in the theater. Her surprise
was genuine. It was not much short
Of CONSERVATION. a fact that he re-
allied with a sudden sinking of the
heart.
Then his eyes went quickly to his
fathers face. James Brood was re-
garding him with cold, significant
smile. as one who understands and
despises.
They told me you were here" fall
tered Frederic. the words rushing hur-
riedly through his lips. "and l thought
We might run in somewhere and have
bite to eat. IL want to tell you
about Lydia and myself and what"
The carriage man bawled q number
in his ear and jerked open the door
of limousine that had Just pulled up
the the curb.
Without a word, James Brood hand
ed his wife into the car and then
turned to the chauffeur.
Home" he said, and, without 90
much as a glance at Frederic. stepped
inside. The door was slammed and
the car slid out into the maelstrom.
Yvonne had sunk back into a corner,
huddled down as II suddenly deprived
of all her strength. Frederic saw her
face as the car moved away. She was
staring at him with wide-open. re-
proachful eyes, as II to say: "Oh. what
have you done? What a fool you are!"
For a second or two he stood as II
petrified. Then everything went red
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am thinking OF, Mrs. Brood, but Of
Frederic. Why have you done this
abominable thing to him? Why?"
Il did not realize what it would
mean to him." said the other, desper-
ately. II did not count all the cost.
But, dearest Lydia, it will come out
all right again, promise you. / have
made horrible, horrible mistake.
can say no more. Now. let me lie here
with my head upon your breast. |
want to feel the beating Of your pure,
honest heart-the heart that have
hurt. l can tell by its throbs whether
1t will ever soften toward me. Do not
say anything now-let us be still"
1t would be difficult to describe the
feelings of Lydia Desmond as she sat
there with the despised though to be
adored head pillowed upon her breast,
where it now rested in a sort of conf
dent repose. as IL there was safety in
the very strength of the young girls
disapproval. Yvonne had twisted her
1.-THE body on the chaise Tongue so that
she half-faced Lydia. Her free arm,
from which the loose sleeve had
fallen. leaving 1t bare to the shoulder.
was about the girls neck.
For a long time Lydia stared
straight before her, seeing nothing,
positively dumb with wonder and ac-
knowledging a sense of dismay over
her own disposition to submit to this
extraordinary situation. She was ask
ing herself why she did not cast the
woman away, why she lacked the
power to resent by deed as we'll as by
thought. Life-marvelous. adorable
life rested there on her breast. This
woman had hurt her-had hurt her
wantonly-and yet there came steal
ing over her, subtly. the conviction
that she could never hurt her in re-
turn. She could never bring herself
to the point Of hurting this wondrous
living, breathing, throbbing creature
who pleaded. not only with her lips
and eyes, but with the gentle heart
beats that rose and fell in her throat
After long time, in which there
was conflict. she suddenly pressed her
warm lips to Yvonne's. Then in an
abrupt revulsion of feeling her arms
fell away from the warm. sweet body
and almost roughly she pushed Yvonne
away from her.
IL didn't mean to do that" she
gasped.
The other smiled. but 1t was a sad.
plaintive effort on her part. Il knew
that you would" she repeated.
Lydia sprang to her feet, her face
suddenly flaming with embarrassment
Il must see Mr. Brood. / stopped in
to tell him that" she began, trying
to cover her confusion. but Yvonne in
terrupted.
Il know that you could not help it.
my DEAR" she said. Then, after a
pause: you will let me know what
my husband has to say about it?"
"To-say about it?"
About your decision to marry Fred
eric in spite Of his objections"
Lydia felt little shiver race over
her as she looked toward the door.
"You will help us?" she said, trem-
ulously. turning to Yvonne. Again she
saw the drawn, panied look about the
dark eyes and was startled.
you can do more with him than
l." was the response.
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SYNOPSIS.

In the New York home Of James Brood,
his son. Frederic. receives a wireless
from him. Frederic tells Lydia Des-
mond. his 'fiancee. that the message an
nounces his fathers marriage, and orders
Mrs. Desmond. the housekeeper and
Lydia's mother, to prepare the house for
an immediate homecoming Brood and
his bride arrive. She wins Frederic's lik-
ing at first meeting Brood shows dislike
and yelled hostility to his son. Lydia and
Mrs. Brood met in the jade-room, where
Lydia works as Brood's secretary. Mrs.
Brood Is startled by the appearance OF
Ranjab. Brood's Hindu servant. She
makes changes I'm the household and gains
her husbands consent to send Mrs. Des-
mond and Lydia away. She fascinates
Frederic. She begins to fear Ranjab In
his uncanny appearances and disappear
ances. and Frederic remembering his
fathers East Indian stories and firm be-
lief In magic. fears unknown evil. Ran
5ab performs feats Of magic for Dawes
and Riggs. Frederic's father, jealous, I'M
Justly orders his son from the dinner table
as drunk. Brood tells the story OF Ran
1abs life to his guests. He killed a wom-
an" who was unfaithful to him. Yvonne
plays with Frederic's infatuation for her.
Her husband warns her that the thing
must not go on. She tells him that he
still loves his dead wife. whom he drove
from his home. through her. Yvonne.
Yvonne plays with Brood, Frederic and
Lydia as with figures on chess board.
Brood. madly jealous. tells Lydia that
Frederic Is not his son. and that he has
brought him up to kill his happiness at
the proper time with this knowledge.
Frederic takes Lydia home through
heavy storm and spends the night at her
mothers house. His wavering allegiance
TO her Is strengthened by day spent
with her. Yvonne over the phone rouses
Frederic's infatuation for her again. Lydia
goes to beg Brood not to tell Frederic of
his unhappy parentage. but is turned from
her purpose
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VOGUE Of White Paint.

A clever decorator who remodeled
the dining room in q New England
farm house has even gone 80 far In
her use of white paint as to finish the
floors with 1t. The woodwork and
furniture were also white. but plenty
of color was introduced by bright
chintz-patterned paper and plain
bright green rugs. The white dining
room table was always bare. which
allowed the mistress to use many at
tractively colored dolly sets. Her
china showed up to splendid advan-
tage on this white ground. and the
flowers from the garden seemed un.
usually bright and pretty in the midst
Of all this white. A country house
near Cleveland has all its floors paint
ed white. with bright green. blue and
purple rugs used to carry out certain
color schemes. OF course, using white
on floors Is practical only when you
are far from the city's smoke or mo
tors dust.-The Countryside Maga'
zine.
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how ineffably happy, how peaceful life
would be II his father were to lay his
hands upon his shoulders and say, my
son, l love you'll love you dearly"
There would be no more lonely days;
all that was bitter in his life would be
swept away in the twinkling of an
eye; the world would be full of Joy for
him and for Lydia.
When he entered the house that
evening he was full of resentment
toward his father, and sullen with the
remains of an ugly rage. And now to
be actually craving the affection of the
man who humbled him, even in the
presence of servants! 1t was unbe-
lievable. He could not understand
himself. A wonderful, compelling ten
derness filled his heart. He longed to
throw himself at his fathers feet and
crave his pardon for the harsh, venge-
full thoughts he had spent upon him
in those black hours. He hungered
for a word of kindness or of under.
standing on which he could feed his
starving SOUL He wanted his fathers
love. He wanted. more than anything
else in the world, to love his father.
Lydia slipped out Of his mind,
Yvonne was set aside in this immortal
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MILK USEFUL IN MANY WAYS
A. a. Cleansing Agent II Is Frequent
Iy Better Than Anything That
Can Be Employed.

Use milk on patent leather to pol
ish. clean and brighten 1t. Nothing
else gives it such luster and softness.
Use milk to clean piano keys. 1t
removes all dust and CRIME and does
not mar their ivory smoothness.
Use milk to remove ink spots. Wet
the ink spot with the milk and keep
1t wet until the spot disappears. Then
wash the spotted fabric in cold before
washing it in warm water. Do not
allow the milk to dry-keep adding
more to keep 1t damp. The dried
milk sometimes makes a yellow stain
that Is troublesome to remove.
Use milk to restore the surface of
oilcloth and linoleum. Dip a flannel in
the milk. and rub the oilcloth or limo
leum thoroughly with it. Then rub
again with a dry flannel
Use sour milk for removing freck-
les. II is the Tactic acid in milk that
is effective in removing the freckles.
Use milk In starch to give it a
gloss. Add a few tablespoonfuls to
q painful of starch.
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Being young and enthusiastic the
engineer began to enlarge upon its
wonders. telling the farmer how We
could measure the distances to dif
ferent planets and even weigh the
planets; how We could foretell the
coming OF a comet or an eclipse years
IN advance Of its actual occurrence
determine the velocity of the swiftest
pro1ectiles. ascertain the heights Of
mountains without scaling them, and
many other things meant to astonish
the old man.
"Yes. them things does seem kinder
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CHAPTER XIV.
Sensations.

Lydia stopped for a moment in the
hall, after closing the door behind her,
to pull herself together for the ordeal
that was still to come. She was
trembling; weakness had assailed
her. She had left Yvonne's presence
In a dazed. unsettled condition Of
mind. There was lapse of some kind
that she could neither account for nor
describe even to herself. The black
velvet coat that formed a part of her
trig suit. hung Imply in her hand,
dragging along the floor as she moved
with hesitating steps in the direction
OF James Brood's study. A sickening
estimate Of her own strength Of pur-
pose confronted her. She was sud-
denly afraid of the man who had
always been her friend. Somehow
she felt that he would turn upon her
and rend her. this man who had al
ways been so gentle and considerable
and who had killed things!
R1hjab appeared at the head of the
stairs. She waited for his signal to
ascend. somehow feeling that Brood
had sent him forth to summon her
Her hand sought the stair rail and
gripped it tightly. Her lips parted in
a stir smile. Now she knew that she
was turning coward. that she longed
to put OF the meeting until tomor-
row-tomorrow!
The Hindu came down the stairs
quickly, noiselessly.
THE master say to come tomorrow.
tomorrow as usual" he said, as he
paused above her on the steps.
Tit must be today" she said. dog.
gedly, even as the thrill of relief shot
through her.
Tomorrow" said the man. His eve.
were kindly inquiring. "Sahib saw Won
are to rest" There was a pause "To.
morrow will not be too late"
She started. Had he read the thou.h.
that was in her mind?
Thank you. Ranjab." she said afts,
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MAKES A GOOD, PLAIN CAKE
Oelicaey That May Be Baked In
Great Number Of Ways, as
One May Desire.

remember reading an article many
years ago in which cake was designat-
ed as the rose of cookery" the term
seemed to suit the dainty process OF
combining all the delicate ingredients
that go to the making of toothsome.
dainty. beautiful, fragrant cake so well
that have always remembered 1t. re-
marks a writer in the Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
Here is very good rule for plain.
though excellent cake. 1t may be
baked in all sorts Of ways, as you will
see:
One generous tablespoonful of but
ter, one cupful Of sugar, one and
half cupfuls of -four. half cupful Of
milk, two eggs. a pinch of salt and .
level teaspoonful of baking powder.
Stir the butter, sugar and eggs to-
gether, beating them hard. Then add
the -four, in which the baking powder
has been mixed and sifted twice.
Add the milk by degrees, beat thor
oughly and bake in a moderate oven.
l have not mentioned the fiavoring.
because there is where the variety
comes in. Favored with vanilla, rose
or lemon extract and baked in Q loaf
and iced. this is a very nice cake for
ordinary purposes. Or it may be baked
as a layer cake, with chocolate. car
amel, lemon. jelly or other filling be-
tween the layers.
Often l bake it in four very thin
layers and put it together with very
tart jelly. making a real old-fashioned
jelly cake.
By leaving out a tablespoonful of
flour and adding grated chocolate. a
very nice chocolate cake results, and
this may be baked in layers and put
together with a chocolate filling; a
very good imitation of the more ex-
pensive devils food. Grated cocoa1ut
or chopped nut meats will make a
pleasant addition. or raisins. currants
and spices will give you a delicious
brown loaf of simple fruit cake.
Orange peel grated into the batter
makes a very nice flavor; then I
would advise icing the top with an
orange icing. but do not put any of
the Juice in the cake for 1t will "kill'
the effects Of the baking powder.
This same recipe may be baked In
gem pans and served hot for luncheon,
Or the little cakes may be iced and
set away for Sunday night supper.
A portion of the batter might be
Favored with chocolate for variety
and the chocolate cakes covered with
a chocolate icing.
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heard the bishop mutter something in
which he emphasized the fearful words.
into everlasting fire."
The dentist ventured to suggest that
MS lordship might feel rather uncom-
Portable at first. but in little time he
would get used to them.
Without appearing to notice the
dentist. his lordship exclaimed. with
tremendous vehemency. Into everlast-
ing fret"
But. indeed. my lord. II you have
patience. pleaded the dentist In .
weeks time or So
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q ticket of admission, however. ana
lined up with others who were content
to stand at the back to witness the
play. Inside the theater he leaned
weakly against the railing at the back
of the auditorium and wiped his brow.
What was. it that had dragged him
there against his will. in direct oppo-
sition to his logged determination to
shun the place?
The curtain was up. the house was
still, save for the occasional coughing
of those who succumb to a habit that
can neither be helped nor explained
There were people moving on the
stage, but Frederic had no eyes for
them. He was seeking in the dark