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turned 20 an iron gate in a high stone
wall crowned with spikes.
The grillework of that gate Afforded
glimpses of small, dark garden and q
little house of two stories Blank
walls of beetling tenements shouldered
both house and garden on either side.
Unlocking the gate with ready key,
Lanyard refastened it very carefully.
repeated the business at the front door
of the house, and when they were Sc
curely locked and boIted within dark
reception room, turned on the electric
light
But he granted the girl little more
than time for fugitive survey Of this
anteroom to an establishment Of
unique artistic character
"Solon's living quarters are down
stairs here" he explained hurriedly.
He's unmarried. and lives quite
aIone-his studio devil and the woman
who cares for things come in by the
day only-and so he avoids that pest
Of Partisan life, the concierge. With
your permission, I'll assign you to the
studio-up here"
And leading the way up a narrow
ElSHL u Steps, AC Aou A4c1NC q AASAN -
the huge room by the time the girl
joined him.
ST believe you'll be comfortable" he
said. That divan yonder is as easy
| a couch as one could wish-and there's
this door you can lock at the head of
the staircase; while l, of course. will
| be on guard below. And now. Miss
Bannon-unless there's something else
I l can do
The girl answered with wan smile
and a little broken sigh. Almost in
voluntarily, in the heaviness Of her
fatigue. she had surrendered to the
I hospitable arms of huge lounge chair.
Her weary glance ranged the luxuTi-
ously appointed studio and returned
to Lanyard's face, and while he waited
he fancied he caught something NOV
| ing and wistful in those eyes so deeply
Swallowed with distress, perplexity and
| fatigue.
I'm very tired indeed" she con-
fessed-""more than I knew. But I'm
| sure 1 shall be comfortable. And
count myself very fortunate, Mr.. Lam
yard. You've been more kind that
| deserve. Without you, 1 don't like to
think what might have become of me-
please don't!" he pleaded And sud
denly discountenanced by conscious
ness Of his dupIicity, he turned to the
stairs Good night, Miss Bannon," he
mumbled. and was half way down be-
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Policeman McNulty. two blocks
away. was told that a priest was BE-
ing beaten. When he arrived at the
acene. he found the information all
wrong Father MeGrath had both
n,e1 down. He was sitting on one and
the other was pleading, Please don I
hft me again" The militant priest Is
known as Fighting Father McGrath OF
the Seaman's mission in New York
CITY. and he had rescued sailor who
Nd been attacked late at night By two
thus on the river front
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CHAPTER XIl-Continued.

Her hands moved toward him in
hutter Of entreaty: 81. too. must leave
unseen-I must! Take me with you
and l promise you no one shall ever
know"
He lacked time to weigh the disad-
Vantages inherent in her proposition;
though she offered him a heavy handi-
cap he had no choice but to accept
1t without protest.
Come, them" he told her-"and not
g sound"
She signified assent with another
nod, and promptly he turned to an ad-
1acent door. opened it gently. whipped
out his fiash-lamp, and passed through
Without sign of hesitancy she fol-
lowed. and like two shadows they
logged that dancing spotlight through
linen closet and service room, down
shallow well threaded by a spiral of
iron steps and, by way of a long cor
rider that linked the kitchen offices.
on to stout door of oak secured only
by huge. old-style bolts of iron.
In two minutes from the moment of
their encounter they stood outside
Troyon's, that door at their back, fac
ing cramped, malodorous alleyway-
a dark and noisome souvenir of that
wild medieval Paris whose placement
is an enduring monument to the fame
of the good Baron Haussmann.
For all its might and it's omniscience.
Lanyard doubted if the Pack had as
yet identified Michael LANYARD with
that ill-starred Marcel who once had
been as intimate with this secret way
as any skulking Tom of it's feline
hordes.
But with this one confidence was
never akin to foolhardiness: and if.
before leaving Troyon's back door, he
had paused to take the girls hand
anu had drawn it through his arm-it
was his left arm that he thus deGi-
Gated to gallantry-his right hand
remained unhampered and was never
Tar from the grip OF his automatic.
Nor was he altogether trustfuI of his
companion. Momentarily he grew more
jealousy heedful of her, of every nu-
ance in her bearing The least trace
OF added pressure on his arm, the most
subtle suggestion that she wasn't alto
gethers indifferent to him or regarded
him in any way other than as the
chance-found comrade of an hour of
trouble would have proved enough to
nix his suspicious. For such, he told
himself, would be the first thought of
one bent on beguiling. to lead him on
Oy some intimation-the more tenuous
and elusive the more provoking-that
she found him in person not altogether
Objectionable
But he failed to find anything of this
In her manner
So what was he to think? That she
was alert enough to appreciate how
ruinous to her design would be any
such advances?
In such perplexity he brought he,
to the mouth of the alley and there
pulled up for reconnaissance before
venturing forth into the narrow. darl
and utterly deserted side street tha-
presented itself
At this the girl gently disengageC
her hand and drew away a pace o.
two, and when Lanyard had satisfied
himself that there were no Apache,
In the of1ng he turned to see he
standing there, just within the en-
trance to the alley. in a pose Of bIanl
iindecision.
Conscious of his regard, she turne,
to his inspection a face touched with
fugitive. uncertain smile
Where are we now?" she asked II
. guarded tone.
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tuaIly commanded me to take the
place. and there was nothing to do
but obey her. She was then eighty
four. and, as it proved within two
years of her death.
1t was no time for me to rebel
against her wishes, but l yielded with
the heaviest heart 1 have ever car
ried. and after my election to the
presidency at the national conven-
ton in Washington. I left the stage
went into dark corner OF the wings,
and for the first time since my girl
hood cried myself sick
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FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
california Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, motherl If coated, give a
teaspoonful OF this harmless fruit
laxative" and in q few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out OF the bow
els. and you have a well, playful child
again When its little system is full
Of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-Temem-
Der, a good inside cleaning should
always be the first treatment given
Millions Of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonfuI today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for & so
cent bottle OF California Syrup OF
Figs which has directions for babies,
children Of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle Adv.
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good reason for running away from
your father"
"a very real. a very grave reason"
she affirmed quietly.
And you'd rather not gqsback-"
THAT is out of the question:" with
restrained passion that almost won his
credulity.
But you've no friends in Paris?"
Not onei"
"And no money. So 1t seems, If
you're to elude your father, you must
find some place to hide pro tenn As
for myself, I've not slept in forty-eighJ
hours and must rest before / can do
more, before I'll be able to think clear
" and plan ahead. And we won't &C
comp1ish much riding round forever
in this miserable ark So 1 offer yo.i
the only solution I'm capable of adj
vancing under the circumstances"
"You are quite right" the girl agreed
after a moment. Please don't think
me unappreciative. Indeed, 1t makes
me very unhappy to think know no
way to make amends for your trouble"
There may be a way" Lanyard in
IOrm0Q HSE Qu1oI1y5 Jul VIC II AOI oAo
cuss that until we've rested up bit"
81 shall be only too glad" she be-
gan, but broke on and, in a silence
that seemed almost apprehensive,
eyed him speculatively throughout the
remainder Of the journey.
It wasn't q long one, and in the
course of the next ten minutes they
drew I'D at the end OF a shallow pocket
of street a scant half-block in depth.
AIighting, Lanyard helped the girl out,
paid and dismissed the cocher. and
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Cheese as an Aid to Health

The long cherished idea that cheese
should form only a small part Of the
daily diet recently has been chal-
lenged. Not long ago the United
States department of agriculture is
sued a bulletin recommending the use
of cheese as a cheap and wholesome
substitute for meat.
An interesting and important asser-
ton by q Swiss investigator is to the
eject that persons who make cheese
: considerable part CT their regular
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CHAPTER XIV.
AWakenina.

awakening.
It was late afternoon when Lanyard
wakened from sleep so deep and
dreamless that nothing could HAYS n
duced it less potent than sheer sys-
temic exhaustion, at once nervous,
muscular and mental
A profound and sitting lethargy be
numbed his senses. There was stu
por in his brain and all his limbs ached
DULY. He opened dazed eyes upon
blank darkness. In his ears sounded
q vast silence
And in that strange moment OF awak.
ening he was conscious Of no indiFid-
uality-it was, for the time, as If he
had passed in slumber from one exist
ence to another, sloughing In the
transition all his threefold existence
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diet are very resistant to many in
testinaI diseases, such as dysentery
and the dreaded typhus fever which
has desolated Serbia According to
Doctor Burri. the daily meat ration
in the Swiss army has already been
partly replaced By cheese, with excel
lent results.
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DID NOT WANT PRESIDENCY

ography. THE Story of Pioneer" she
says: Miss Anthony Immediately
urged me to accept the presidency of
the National association, which was
now most unwilling toe do. had
lost my ambition to be president. and
there were other reasons. into which
need not so again, why felt that l
could not accept the post
At last however. Miss Anthony ac-
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Doctor Shaw Tells How Her Election
a. Head of Woman's Suffrage Az
ISOLATION Came About

It is interesting. ncss that it is ru-
mored that Doctor Shaw is to lay
down the presidency OF the National
American Woman's Suffrage associa-
ton. to recall how unwilling she was
TO assume II in 1904.
In her reeantly published autobi-
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Hereditary ExperIenee

Hereditary Experience.
"As a social climber, Mrs DeRieh is
certainly q success"
She ought to be- Her father was q
Hneman- Judge.
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The Corporation Of Trinity church.
New York. owns S5s houses, the rant
Of which maintains the church
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Millions Of particular women now use
and recommend Red Cross Ball Blue. All
Grocers- Adv.
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Six children in England claim the
Prince OF Wales as their godfather.
Evening star., 1916-07-29

Hearon. 2:30 p. m. lecture. by Rev:
Charles M Sheldon. p m, musical
prelude. by assembly talent. Gems of
Music, Art and Eloquence," as given by
Henry r. Rose. Songs Of the world s
greatest singers reproduced on the
auxetophone. Reproductions Of cele-
brated paintings to illustrate gems of
song and eloquence as they are being
rendered by auxetophone or lecturer.
Friday--Under auspices OF Equal
Suffrage League of Virginia 10 am,
prelude, assembly talent 10:45 am,
lecture, by Miss Adele Clark. pm.
Fred Butler. 2:so p.m;. sermon; by Rev;
lecture. THE Great War of 1914" by
DR.. Henry r. Rose, based upon his
personal experiences in the countries
| at war.
Officers of the meeting are c. c.
Gaver, president; ]. Arthur Otley, vice
president: John H. Bowers, vice presf-
dent; Charles e. Conard. vice prest-
dent; A. B. Richard. vice president: ].
P. Hatcher. vice president; H. j. Hoge.
secretary, and A. B. Davis, treasurer
Executive Committee. ]. ]. Otley,
William T. Brown. H. ]. Hoge, H. M.
Hoge. George w. Bowers. B. o. Com
pher. A. B. Davis. and c. C. Gaver.
Other members Of the association are
Rev. D; G; Hedrick. John I. Kalb.
Rev. e. N. Parish. ]. NJ. Mount. A ].
Simpson. W. c. Zeverly, Joseph H.
Pancoast. E. c. James, w. T. Smith.
F. g. Welsh, r. l. Saunders, D. T.
Link, C. L. Sexton. J. 2. Rinker and
Henry B. Taylor.
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full may be enabled to mako use Of It"
The conditions to be fulfilled are that
confession and holy communion be
made. which can be done in any church
and on the eve of the feast or on the
day itself. In the prayers prescribed
Benedict The visits, however. must be
paid to a Franciscan church, for 1t Is
there that the indulgence proper Is OBJ
tanned. The Franciscan monastery will
be open at noon on August 1 for all
visitors. on August 2 solemn high
compline and benediction at $3.50 pm.
and the church will remain open until
late in the evening as long as there
are worshippers to gain the indulgence.
The far-famed Sanctuary Of Our Lady
of the Angels Is situated in Umbria, be-
tween Perugia and Foligno. on the line
from Florence to Rome, and Is visited
annually by hundreds of thousands Of
pilgrims.
Passing through the village. the trav-
eler catches sight of the rear Of the
basflica. which contains the chapel Of
the portiuncula, in which are some Of
the most beautiful carvings and paint
ings.
AS he enters. the visitors attention
Is at once arrested by a small building
in the center Of the nave, under the
splendid cupola, which seems to hang
over it like royal robe. 1t is ST Mary
Of the Angels. the portiuncula, the
holy chapel, as 1t Is called by the
faithful of the surrounding country.
1t is the cradle and the home of the
friars minor. st. Francis called it the
Plus x. 1909, confirmed this title to St
Mary of the Angels.
This gem Of holy poverty" was built
in the midst of forest In the time OF
Evening star., 1916-07-29

Phflander p. Claxton, United States
commissioner Of education; Rev. DR.. J.
Henning Nelms, rector Of the Church of
the Ascension; Percy s. Foster, Mrs.
Franceska Kaspar Lawson are resi-
dents of Washington who are to par
ticipate in the thirty-ninth annual
bush meeting Of Loudoun county, Va,
to be held at Purcellville from Tuesday
until August 8, at which 1t Is ex-
pected large attendance will be pres
ent from this city.
Others who have places on the pro-
gram are Miss Mildred Matthews, SOLO
list of Delaware; Representative Charles
n. Randall. Los Angeles, Cal. the only
prohibitionist member Of the House Of
Representatives.; Representative C. C.
Carlin of Virginia, Miss Lillian NJ.
Phelps of Niagara Falls. N. z; former
Gov. ]. F. Hanly Of Indiana: Rev. DR..
Henry R Rose Of Newark, N. J.; Rev.
DR.. Charles NJ. Sheldon of Topeka,
Kan; Miss Adel1 Clark of Richmond,
Va: Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Butler of New
York, soloists: Rev. DR.. George W. Nc
Daniel of Richmond. Va. and g. Wal
ter Mapp, member Of the general as
sembly of Virginia from Accomac
county, as well as the Misses Hearon
Of New York.
Prof NJ N Goldman Of this city viii
Evening star., 1916-07-29

On Tuesday and Wednesday the in
"one Of the brightest of the gems in all
the rich treasury of the Roman Catholic
Church." will take place. This indul-
gence, the Roman Catholic Church
teaches. was given by Christ himself
to st. Francis for the salvation of
natural day in the year. that is-from
the first vespers Of the feast of our lady
of angels, 2 o'clock on the afternoon of
August 1 until the second vespers, at
sunset of August 2. Unlike other in
dulgences it can be gained as many
times in one day as one desires, pro-
vided the necessary conditions are full
filed.
The history of the indulgence is as
follows: "St. Francis had restored the
Church Of St Mary of the Angels, and
count Of his great devotion to the
blessed virgin. This was in 1916. One
night he beheld in a vision Christ and
His blessed mother, surrounded by a
multitude of angels. Our Lord bade him
ask what he would, and ST. Francis, it
had received holy communion should
gain a plenary Indulgence by visiting
that little chapel. This our Lord grant
ed, directing him to go to the Pope for
the confirmation of the indulgence. The
Pope, Honorius III, approved the in
it to the space of one natural day. Since
then this great privilege has been ex-
tended to all Franciscan churches
throughout the world. SO that the faith
Evening star., 1916-07-29

Pope Liberius (352-35D by four her
mtts from the holy land. who placed q
relic Of the Blessed Virgins tomb in II,
for which reason they dedicated 1t to
st Mary of Josaphat." The name in
common use. however, is st Mary of
name very dear to ST Francis. who. 1t
Is said, loved to think of this spot az
the little portion which God had. from
all eternity, assigned to him; another
narne for it Is ''St. Mary of the Angels,
given to 1t, as St. Bonaventure says, be-
cause the celestial spirits often ap-
peared there to mortal eyes.
The portiuncula measures about Il
feet 6 Inches in length (to the foot OF
width. There are two large doors.
which St Benedict had made. foresee-
Ing what crowds would one day press
into the narrow precincts of the little
sanctuary in order to gain the indul-
gence of the portiuncula. Above the
entrance is a painting by Frederic
Overlook of the granting Of the in
Stetnle. On the arch above the door
are these words of Christ to St Fran
els: Petitioner tuam, Francisco. ad-
mitto." A little higher st. Francis had
the following words carved: "Haef est
porta vitae aeternae." On the gable
Of the little chapel in a small turret,
is a figure OF the Blessed Virgin seated
altar is a mastery annunciatfon. paint
ed on wood, and the carvings on the
marble altar are said to be among the
finest in the world.
On August i and over 100000 Pill
grims have assembled at the portiun-
cula at one time to gain the indulgence
Of the portiuncula-
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MISSIONARY NOTES.

1t takes more than hostile aeroplanes TO
stop mission work. A postal card from
Rev. J. Henry House. president Of the
Thessalonica Agricultural and Industrial
Institute. dated at Saloniki. March 27.
speaks Of an ae-oplane raid on the city
that morning, in the course Of which q
bomb fell near the mission house. But
all were safe and work was going on as
Usual. and plenty Of it. There were crowds
disturbance and new lines of opportunity
opening We are without fear and work.
ing as usual"
One-tenth Of the men in the church have
been doing nine-tenths of the work.
Samuel w. Zwemer.
y q - =
A Presbyterian missionary in Yucatan
writes of plans which the native Chris
tians are making for systematic evan
gelistic effort throughout the state:
Our native men have large plans for
every important center in the state Of
Yucatan within the next few months.
An interesting feature Of this plan is the
proposition to arouse the congrega tons
to pay the expenses of the campaign.
We are specially pleased to see steps
taken that look to telling the story to
those who have never heard, and also
the effort to awaken the believers to a
sense OF responsibility TO support the
work"
q 81 - -
A missionary describing recent pray
sr meeting in Chosen, says:
There was such a crowd to pray that
we had. to change the order Of the meet
ing. We let everybody pray together.
They put their hands on the floor, and
prayed in one murmur, in perfect har-
mony. It was just like the murmuring
of the waves of the sea. And their pray
ers were answered." And he adds, IF
those few Chosenese can receive this
mighty baptism. what about us?'
Se - % y
A Presbyterian missionary writes from
Mexico:
High prices. low wages and depreci-
ated currency make untold suffering even
today, and there is little hope in sight.
But adversely makes the heart tender and
easy of access. The church lis not yet do
ing anything like its share of the work
to be done in Mexico
Evening star., 1916-07-29
REV. J. S. LOUGHRAN FORMERLY OF
WASHINGTON, MADE NAVY CHAPLAIN
Graduate of Catholic University and Local Schools
and Son of Late Lieut. Joseph Loughran
Enters Service of His Country.

Rev. Joseph s. Loughran, formerly OF
Washington, has been appointed to the
Chaplain Corps Of the United States
Navy.
Rev. Loughran is a son Of tho late
Lieut.. Joseph Loughran. U. S. A. who
served as a staff officer to Col. Kit Car
son and was one of the organizers Of the
famous LIST New Mexican Cavalry. of
which Kit Carson was at the head. He
was born in this city June II, 1887. and
attended the public schools.
After graduating he entered Holy
Cross College, Worcester. Mass. where.
after receiving his diploma, he became
a student of the Catholic University of
America, where he graduated in 1903,
being the first graduate of the under
graduate school to be ordained to the
priesthood.
He entered St. Joseph's Theological
tumn of 1910. and June 1. 1912. he was
ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal
Farley in st. Patrick's Cathedral. New
York city. He was then sent by his
bishop. the late Thomas J. Conaty of
the diocese Of Monterey and Los An
geles, for a years study at the Univer-
sity of Freiburg. Baden, Germany.
Returning from abroad in September
Of 1913, he came to southern california
and held assistant pastorates in the
cathedral parish of Los Angeles. Holly
wood and Long Beach. remaining at the
latter post for over two years. where he
was when appointed a chaplain.
While residing in California he has
been chaplain to the deaf-mutes Of the
diocese. having begun this character of