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3e s t o s end i t s young ' men to t he Un i t eo S t a t e s , Eng lnad and o the r coun t r i e s t o educa t ed i t w i l l i n t ime become wha t may be ca l l ed a tho rough ly c iv i l i zed coun t ry . An i l l u s t r a t i on o f t h i s t end ­ency i s fu rn i shed in t he good wo t k o f t he Ch inese min i s t e r a t Wash ing ton , who was educa t ed in t he Un i t ed S t a t e s , i n t he b r ing ing in o f t he empi re o f Ch ina a s a s igna to ry o f t he Geneva conven t ion . Tha t invo lves an ag ree ­men t on the pa r t o f t he Ch ina t o ob ­se rve t he ru l e s o f c iv i l i zed war fa re anu r ende r s poss ib l e i n t e rna t iona l oo -ope r -a t i on i n t he ca re o f t he wounded .

The gove rnmen t o f Ch ina has no t on ly become one o f t he s igna to r i e s o f t he Geneva conven t ion , bu t a Red Cross a s soc i a t i on has a l r eady been o rgan ized unde r t he ausp ices o f t he empres s dow­age r who gave subs t an t i a l ev idence . i f h e r s ince r i t y i n t h i s movemen t by a pe r sona l subsc r ip t ion o f t he equ iva ­l en t o f abou t $70 , (100 . The in f luence o f J apan i s hav ing a g rea t e f f ec t on Ch ina . He r ru l e r s a r e ab ' i e t o s ee how Japan has become a g rea t na t ion in a com­pa ra t ive ly sho r t t ime , and Japanese i n -I ruc to r s a r e becoming numerous in Ch ina .

J apanese a r e d r i l l i ng t he Ch inese t roops , and no doub t t he nex t wa r wi l l show the Ch inese t o be much more e f ­f ec t ive t han he re to fo re . Bu t i f t hey have h ighe r a ims and*adop t J apanese me thods in dea l ing wi th fo re igne r s t he re wi l l be no more g round o f com­p la in t aga ins t Ch ina . Tha t s eems to be t he p re sen t t endency o f t he empi re .

The Weak Spot. A weak, aching back tel ls of sick

kidneys. I t aohe« wlion you work. I t aches when you try to rest . I t throbs

i l l c li a t i g c a b 1 e weal her. Urinary troubles ai ld to your misery. No rest , no comfort , unti l the kidneys are well . Cure them with Dean's Kidney I ' i l is .

Mrs. \V. M. Dati-scl ier , of l i . j Water street . Bradford, l 'a . , says: "1 had ; in almost continu­ous pain in the small of the luck. My ankles, feet ,

hands and almost my wtiole body were bloated. I was languid and the kidney secretions were profuse. Phy­sicians told me 1 had diabetes in i ts worst form, and I feared I would never recover. Donn's Kidney I ' iUs cured me in 3STIC), and I have been weJl ever since."

A FREE TRIAL of this j ireat kid­ney medicine which cured Mrs. Dau-srher wil l be mailed to any- part of t l ie United States. Address Fosler-Mil-burn Co., Buffalo. X. Y. Sold by ai l dealers, price 50 cents per box.

The Sou the rn Pac i f i c w i l l u se e l ec t r i c : • ca r s on i t s s t r ee t r a i lway l i nes i n Oak­l and , Cu l . . i n s t ead o f s t eam.

Piso's Cure for Consumption cured me of a tenacious and persistent cou^'h.— Win. H. Harrison, 227 W. 121st s treet . New York, March 2'j , 10U1.

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EXHIBITION WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,

CANADA)

JULY 26th to AUGUST 6th

The Best Exposition of Agricultural and Indus­trial Resources of Canada ever made :: :: ::

An aggregation of attractions never before attempted at an exhibition of this kind :: ::

Ample Accommodations for Visitors

Low railroad rates from all United States points. Particu­lars given by CANADIAN GOVERN­MENT AGENTS or nearest ticket agent.

FREE to WOMEN A Large Trial Box and book of in­

structions absolutely Free and Post­paid, enough to prove the value of

PaxtineToilet Antiseptic Paxtine is In powder

form to dissolve in water — non-poisonous andfarsuperiortoliquid antiseptics containing alcohol which irritate* Inflamed surfaces, and have no cleansing prop­erties. The contents of every box makes more Antiseptic Solu­tion — lasts longer-» goes further—ha* more uses in the family end dees mere good than any antiseptic preparation you can buy.

The formula of a noted BostoVi physician, and used with great success as a Vaginal Wash, forLcucorrhcea, PeivicCatarrh, Nasal Catarrh, Sore Throat, Sore Eyes, Cuts, and $11 soreness of mucus membrane.

- In local treatment of female lLs Pcxtlne is invaluable. Used as a Vaginal V/swh we challenge the world to produce its equal for thoroughness. I cm a revelation in cleansing

'.ir.aod nealing power; it kills all germ* wh:cti cause inflammation and discharges.

All leading druggists keep Paxtine; price, GOe. • box ; i f you r s does no t , s end t o us fo r i t . Don ' s take a substitute— there is nothing like Paxtine.

Writ© for the Free Box of Paxtine to-day. 2L PAXT0N CO., 6 Pope Bldg., Boston* Mass.

LAND SCRIP—Safe , qu i ck , economica l T ie thod acqu i r ing Rovcmincn i . l and .

Hugo Seabe rg , Ra ton . N- i i .

Fudge. Mrs. Pevorsay—My first husband

wasn't up-to-date. He was awfully ild-fashioned.

Mrs. K. Z. Marke—In what way? Mrs. Devorsay—Well, he had the

:hance to rob a bank of two hundred thousand and he didn't do It.

Be Cheerful. B chee r fu l . G ive t h i s l onesome wor ld a

smile. We s t ay , a t l onges t , bu t a l i t t l e wh i l e . Has t en we mus t , o r we sha l l l o se t he

chance To g ive t he gen t l e word , t he k ind ly

g l ance . Be swee t and t ende r—tha t i s do ing good ; 'T i s do ing wha t no o the r good deed cou ld .

—Exchange .

s 1 An Invisible Hand Couldn't.

Fi r s t P l aywr igh t -—Somebody a lways s t ea l s my p lo t , bu t I go t one today the> won ' t s t ea l .

Second P laywr igh t -—Where i s i t ? F i r s t P l aywr igh t—In the ceme te ry .

C)l' Wide Interest. Rreod, Wis. . July 18.—Special .-

Chits . Y. Peterson, Just ice of the Pence for Oconto Co.. has delivered a judg­ment that is of interest to the whole United States. Put briefly, that judg­ment is . "I (odd's Kidney Pil ls are the best Kidney medicine on the market to­day."

And Mr. Peterson ^ives his reason for this judgment. He says: "Last win­ter I had an aching pain in my back which troubled me very much. In the morning 1 could hardly straighten in.v back. 1 did not know what i t was. but nil advert isement led me to try Dodd's Kidney Pil ls . After taking one box 1 can only say they have done more for me than expected, as I feel as well now as ever I t i id before."

l 'a in in the back is one of the first symptoms of Kidney disease. If not enrol by Dodd's Kidney Pil ls i t may develop into Hright 's Disease. Diabetes. Rheumatism or some of the other dead­ly forms of Kidney Disease.

By F ITZCER.ALD HOLLOY.

AutNor of An £xc«l!«i\t Knave, A Tr&i (or's Triumph, Etc. Copyright 1900 by F. Molloy

Pyrotechnical Birds. New York Globe : In Nagasak i J ap ­

an , t he re i s a f i r eworks make r who manufac tu re s p ryo techn ic b i rd s o f g r ea t s i ze t ha t , when exp loded , s a i l i n a l i f e - l i ke manne r t h rough the a i r and pe r fo rm many movemen t s exac t ly l i ke t hose o f l i v ing b i rds . The sec re t o f mak ing these wonde r fu l t h ings has been in t he posses s io i f o f t he e ldes t ch i ld o f t he f ami ly each gene ra t ion fo r more t han fou r hundred yea r s .

ABk Your Dealer for AJlen*s Foot Ea<*e, A powder t o shake In to your shoes . I t r e s t s t l i e f ee t . Cures Corns , I l un lons , Swol l en , So re , Ho t , Ca l lous . Ach ing . Swep i t l ug Fee t and Ing rowing Na i l s . A l l en ' s Koo t -Ense makes new o r t i gh t shoes ea sy . So ld by n i l d rugg i s t s and shoe s to re s , 2 r>c . Sample ma i l ed F l tKK. Addres s A l l en S . O lms ted , we Koj'. N. \\

CHANDELIER FOIL.

One Item in the Stock of Dealers in Bai and Hotel Supplies.

New York Sun : A few yea r s ago a New York sa loon p rop r i e to r h i t upon the idea o f cove r ing h i s gas f i x tu re s ove r i n sp r ing , fo r t he p ro t ec t ion f rom ( l i e s t h roughou t t he summer , w i th t i n fo i l i n s t ead o f t he f ami l i a r r ed o r p ink o r b lue o r ye l low ne t t i ng . He saved the t i n fo i l wrappe r s f rom the tobacco he used and h i s f r i ends combined in l i ke manne r , and . p re t ty soon he had fo i l enough to cove r t hem a l l .

I t was a nove l cove r ing t ha t t he sh iny , s i l ve ry look ing fo i l made , and i t c augh t t he eye and f ancy , and in t he cou r se o f a yea r o r two th i s cus tom of cove r ing gas f ix tu re s a t t h i s s ensun wi th t i n fo i l c ame to be t he one com­monly obse rved : and fo i l cove red gas f ix tu re s were t o be s een in many p laces . The t i n fo i l manufac tu re r s s aw a chance fo r t hem in t he obse rvance o f t h i s cus tom, and they began pu t t i ng up a t in fo i l t ha t i s e spec i a l l y de ­s igned fo r h i s u se , and tha t I s "ca l l ed chande l i e r fo i l .

Chande l i e r fo i l comes in packages o f one pound each , such package be ing o f abou t t he l eng th an 1 t h i ckness o f an inch -wide ch i se l b l ade . Kach package con ta ins s ix shee t s o f fo i l , e ach shee t fo r ty -e igh t i nches l ong by l i ve i nches wide , o r su f f i c i en t t o cove r , w i th a l l i t s a rms , a good s i ze chande l i e r : I t wou ld he enough fo r a number o f bucke t s . Chande l i e r fo i l doesn ' t cos t much and i t i s smoo th in s t ead o f wr ink led , a s the tobacco wrappe r s a lways were : and be ­ing made in cons ide rab le l eng ths i t c an be made to cove r be t t e r and more eas i ly t han cou ld t he tobacco fo i l s , cov ­e r ings o f wh ich mus t , o f cou r se , a lways be made in pa t chwork .

And wi th t hese advan tages chande l ­i e r fo i l ha s come now to be a r egu la r i t em in t he s tock o f dea l e r s i n ba r and ho te l supp l i e s .

The ou tpu t o f coa l i n bo th F rance and Be lg ium l a s t yea r was g rea t e r t han eve r be fo re , t ha t o f F rance be ing 3S . -000 ,000 t ons and tha t o f Be lg ium 2 ' J , -' 'OO.OOO t ons .

A BACK LICK. '

Sittled the Case With Iter.

Many great discoveries have lieeti made by accident and things better t i tan gold mines have been found in this way, for example when even the accidental discovery that coffee is the real cause of one's sickness proves of most tremendous value because i t lo­cates the cause and the person l ias then a chance to get well .

"For over -5 years," says a Missouri woman, "1 suffered untold agonies in tuy stomach and eve'n the best physi­cians disagreed as to the cause without giving jne any permanent help, differ­ent ones saying i t was gastr i t is , indi­gestion, neuralgia, etc. , so 1 dragged along from year to year, always half sick, unti l f inally I gave up all hopes of ever being well again.

"When taking dinner with a fr iend one day she said she had a new drink which turned out to be l 'ostum and I l iked i t .so well 1 told her I thought I would stop coffee for awhile and use i t . which I did.

"So for three months wo had Postum In place of coffee without ever having one of my old spells , but was always healthy and vigorous instead.

"Husband kept saying he was con­vinced i t was coffee that caused those spells , but eveu then I wouldn' t believe i t unti l one day we got out of Postum and as we lived two miles from town I thought to use the coffee we had in the house.

'Tlie result of a week's use of coffee again was that I had another terr ible spell of agony and distress, proving that i t was the coffee and nothing else. That set t led i t and I said good-bye to Coffee forever and since then l 'ostum alone has been our hot mealt ime drink.

"My friends al l say I am looking worlds better and my complexion is much improved. All the other members of our family have been benefi ted, too. by Postum in place of the old drink, coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Batt le Creek, Mich.

Ten days' trial of Postum in place of coffee or tea is the wise thing for ev­ery coffee drinker. Such a trial tells the exact truth often where coffee is not suspected.

Look in each pkg. for the famous lit­tle book. "The Road to Wellville,'"

1 1 1 t h r jTese lU in s t ance he t ha i Duns t an Hurbage shou ld neve r have been p l aced in t he do rk . I t was no t in t he na tu re o f t he man s t and ing fo r t r i a l , youn t j i n yea r s ami expe r i ­ence , humane in d i spos i t i on and o f b l ame le s s cha rac t e r , t o t ake the l i f e o f ano the r man . The deceased had won the p r i sone r ' s money , bu t ne i the r be fo re no r a f t e r was the re a sh red o f ev idence t o show any i l l l f e e l ing be tween them; on t l i e con t r a ry , t hey had a lways seem­ed good f r i ends .

Wou ld any man among the ju ry s t a in h i s sou td w i th b lood , i ncu r a haun t ing r emorse , r i sk h i s l i be r ty and l i f e t ha t he migh t ge t back an 1 O U? The p r i s ­one r was a man o f hea r t and fee l ings and consc i ence l i ke t hemse lves , bu t was more un fo r tuna t e t han any one o f t hem, because susp ic ion had s t ea l th i ly wound i t s e l f r ound h im, caugh t h im in i t s to i l s , and th rea t ened to des t roy h im. Fo r th i s l i e de se rved the i r sym­pa thy .

Hu t i t mus t be r emembered tha t when the co rone r ' s j u ry r e tu rned t l nd r ve r ­d i c t he was p rac t i ca l ly unde fended , h i s name had been band ied abou t by an i r r e spons ib l e p re s s wh i l e he was be ing sough t fo r . and h i s condemna t ion , ow­ing to va r ious causes , had been a fo re ­gone conc lus ion .

Xow. t he f ads o f t he ca se were ex ­t r eme ly s imp le , and when ju s t l y s t a t ed unden iab ly p roved h i s i nnocence . He had los t mo iu 'y a t c ; ; rd s and used ph rases a l r eady undu ly dwe l t on . show­ing ; t ha i he dep lo red h i s foo l i shness . Immed ia t e ly a f t e rward be wen t up ­s t a i r s w i th t l i e deceased , a k ind ly hea r t ed , wea l thy young fe l low, who in ­v i t ed h im to h i s room, where he gave h im back the I O l* ' s t he p r i sone r had s igned . The l a t t e r t ook t hem to h i s own apa r tmen t , whe re l i e bu rned them. Owing to a d i sappo in tmen t r ece ived t he p rev ious even ing , he l e f t Knowleswor th Ha l l e a r ly nex t morn ing , bu t i n s t ead o f go ing to London a s he had in t ended and s t a t ed , he made h i s way to a f a rm­house , mi l e s f ro -n t he nea re s t pos t t own , whe re newspape r s were s low to r each .

He re he r ema ined , w i thou t s t r i v ing to conc . ea l h imse l f , un t i l he r ead o f t l i e murde r and was ho r r i f i ed t o s ee t ha t susp ic ion had a t t ached i t s e l f t o h im; when he a t once gave h imse l f up . The mot ive o f eve ry ac t o f h i s cou ld be ex ­p la ined , and the re was no t an a tom of d i r ec t ev idence t o connec t h im wi th t h i s c r ime .

C i r cums tan t i a l ev idence had be fo re now led t o dep lo rab le mi s t akes . Kven wi th in t he pas t l ew yea r s t he re were s t r i k ing examples o f men condemned to dea th o r pena l s e rv i tude fo r c r imes o f wh ich they were subsequen t ly p roved innocen t .

Many cases cou ld be c i t ed where j u r ­o r s . r e ly ing on c i r cums tan t i a l ev idence , wronged beyond r epa i r t he un fo r tuna t e men ihey had Jound gu i l t y : bu t he f e l t su re t ha t no such dep lo rab le b lunde r wou ld be made he re , whe re eve ry c i r ­cums tance had . been accoun ted fo r t o t he sa t i s f ac t ion o f t he mos t exac t ing . F ina l ly , he s t a t ed t ha t t he re was no case wha t soeve r upon wh ich t o conv ic t t he p r i sone r , whom the i r j udgmen t and consc i ence wou ld t e l l t hem was en t i t l ed t o be d i scha rged a s an innocen t man .

The p ro found s i l ence succeed ing th i s speech was in t e r rup ted by t l i e deep , g r ave vo ice o f t he judge , who wi th s low de l ibe ra t ion began to sum up and ba l - i a nce the sa , 5 "n l po in t s o f t he ev idence fo r and a t , n s l t he p r i sone r ; a t t he i c onc lus ion o f wh ich he l e f t t he f a t e fu l j • y . sue i n t he hands o f t he ju ry .

CHAPTKU XI . i THE VI -RDICT. '

Hav ing ag reed r ega rd ing the ve rd i c t t hey shou ld pas s on Duns t an Kurbage , t he ju ry r e tu rned to the i r p l aces w i th t l i e s low and so l emn ga i t o f men we igh ted by t he heavy r e spons ib i l i t y o f ano the r ' s f a t e . A t s igh t o f t hem the conve r sa t ion o f t hose who had r ema in ­ed in cou r t s ank to a wh i spe r and d i ed ou t i n .ominous s i l ence .

A sudden g lv . im o f s ca r l e t , on t he bench to ld t ha t t he judge had t aken h i s p l ace , f rom where , w i th in a coup le o f m inu te s he wou ld p ronounce a sen ­t ence t ha t mean t l i f e o r dea th t o t he p r i sone r , who , a lmos t a t t he s ame in ­s t an t , was b rough t i n to t he dock .

A t r emor wen t t h rough a l l when the judge , i n a vo ice ho l low a s the rum­b l ing o f an unde rg round cu r r en t , i n ­qu i r ed o f t he ju ry i f t hey had ag reed upon a ve rd i c t .

"Yes . my lo rd , " t he fo reman an ­swered .

Then , i n r ep ly t o t he inev i t ab l e ques ­t i on , c ame the ve rd i c t , "No t gu i l t y . "

The second o f p ro found s i l ence t ha t fo l lowed was smote by t he sob o f a woman ' s vo ice , and Duns t an . t ouched t o t he qu ick , t u rned to s ee Lady Uysshe ly ing back in he r s ea t . Ed i th ho ld ing he r hand . A t t he s ame in s t an t he caugh t s igh t o f Yene to wi ld ly ges t i cu ­l a t i ng . Af t e r t ha t a l l s eemed confus ion and no i se t o h im. He knew tha t t he judge add res sed h im. bu t h i s words seemed f a r away , a s though spoken th rough a t e l ephone ; he s aw the ju ry r i s e and f i l e ou t o f t he box and the gene ra l c rowd make toward t he door s , a s an aud ience in a thea t e r when the cu r t a in has d ropped .

Then in a momen t o r two he was in t he p r iva t e room of an ho te l , whe re Lady Bysshe had embraced h im and Ed i th had to ld h im o f he r g ra t i t ude a t t he r e su l t o f h i s t r i a l , and the coun t had wrung h i s hands in s i l ence . Even Max was the re , pa t t i ng h im o n the shou lde r and say ing in an exc i t ed vo ice :

"I am awfully glad, old chap, at your escape—that is, 1 mean that they have let you off."

His hilarity was a little cooled by Lady Bysshe's stare, and he began to feel that he had not expressed himself as he should.

"You will, I hope, come back and stay with us as long as you can, Dunstan," Lady Bysshe suggested.

"We shall be very glad if you will," Edith added.

"And we shall do everything we can to soften the painful impressions the hall may have for you,' remarked the count.

"Oli, thank you; I know that you are all very kind, but just yet I could not bear to see the place; besides, I have promised a friend to stay with him. Signor Veneto has asked me to return with him."

"Yes, he has arranged to come with me," said a tall, handsome man, with a brown face and pointed beard, a trifle untidy in his dress, but with a free, breezy, picturesque air, who had just entered the room unnoticed by the oil­ers.

"Signor Veneto," Dunstan said by way of introduction.

Lady Bysshe 'ooked at the Italian shrewdly, and then held out her hand to him, over which he bowed with the air of a prince.

"I have heard Mr. Burbage speak of you, Signor Veneto," she told him. adding, "Perhaps it will be better if he goes with you."

"My place is very quiet," responded Veneto; "there he will be far from the world, he will recover himself, for you see how he has suffered. The darkness of the prison is still blinding him, but in a little while he will begin to see clear. My daughter and myself, we will take care of him. He is dear to us."

"I think," said the count, who at his request, was led forward by Edith, "I am addressing a fellow-countryman?"

"It is true, count," Veneto replied. *T have heard of you."

"From our young f r i end he re?" "No . f rom my f r i end Sasa r i . " -Be fo re t he coun t cou ld make any

fu r the r r emark ( Jeo f f e ry Bysshe en ­t e r ed t he room * i th the buoyan t a i r o f a man expec t ing a hea r ty we lcome . Nor was he d i sappo in t ed , fo r h i s aun t warmly expres sed he r g ra t i t ude to h im fo r wha t he had done , and p ra i sed h i s ab i l i t y . • t

"And you mus t l e t ' me add my thanks . " Ed i th s a id , g iv ing h im he r hands , wh ich he qu ick ly p re s sed in h i s own . "you spoke sp l end id ly . "

As she sa id t h i s bo th Max and Dun­s t an . wa tch ing he r f ace , we re su rp r i s ed by t he sudden b r igh tnes s t ha t ove r ­sp read i t . l i ke a bu r s t o f sunsh ine , and re f l ec t ed i t s e l f on t ha t o f t he ind iv id ­ua l she add res sed . Bo th young men jumped to t he conc lus ion t ha t he was in l ove wi th he r . and Max sudden ly f e l t h imse l f bo i l w i th ange r a t t he though t ; wh i l e Duns t an , t hough knowing tha t he p robab ly owed h i s l i be r ty t o <>eof -f r ey Bysshe , cou ld no t a t t he momen t fo rg ive h im fo r da r ing to lo se h i s hea r t t o he r .

" I t i s no t eve ry day a man has such a r eward fo r s imp ly do ing h i s du ty , " t he ba r r i s t e r r emarked ,

"You ' r e abou t r i gh t t he re , " Max sa id , r ead i ly ag ree ing wi th h im: "bu t t ha t ' s whe re you l awyer s ge l t he pu l l ove r o the r men . ' '

( J eo f f r ev Bysshe l aughed a t t he j ea l ­ousy r ecogn izab le in eve ry word . "Wai t , un t i l you a r e a fu l l -b lown doc to r , " he r ep l i ed , " and you wi l l s ee how g ra t e ­fu l you r pa t i en t s ' i l l be t o you fo r spa r ing the i r l i ve s . "

A sudden g l a re o f s avage ange r Hashed i n to Max ' s eyes , a s i f he had r ece ived a b low in t he f ace , and wi th l i p s p re s sed t i gh t t o p reven t h i s ange r e scap ing them, be t u rned away .

Ha l f an hour a l t e r and Burbage was sea t ed in a r a i lway ca r r i age wi th Ye­ne to and l l oma on the i r way to Lon­don .

As fo r h im. he s eemed sca rce ly aware o f h i s su r round ings , and looked l i ke a man un t ime ly waked f rom deep s l eep . H i s words were f ew and spoken wi th ' wea r ines s , and he showed impa t i ence when the t r a in ha l t ed a t va r ious s t a ­t i ons , a s i f sw i f t mo t ion co r r e sponded wi th h i s t hough t s , o r g ra t i f i ed h im by the knowledge t ha t i t c a r r i ed h im fa r the r and f a r the r away f rom the ha t e fu l s cenes t h rough wh ich l i e had pas sed .

I t was l a l e a t n igh t when t he f ly t hey bad t aken f rom Barne t s t a t i on tu rned down the na r row road l ead ing to J Jad -l ey < ' ommon .

When Duns t an go t . ou t a t . t he hall door he s t agge red , and was kep t f rom fa l l i ng on h i s hos t , who a s s i s t ed h im in to t he ha l l , l ook ing sh rewdly in to t he young man ' s f ace , wh ich was dead ly wh i t e , wh i l e h i s eyes b i a sed .

"You hav( - e a t en no th ing a l l day , " Yene to sa id , a s s i s t i ng h im to a cha i r , "bu t we wi l l have suppe r p re sen t ly . Meanwhi l e Koma wi l l b r ing u s some wine : i t w i l l wa rm your hea r t and mine , f o r i t comes f r -v .n t he v ineya rds t ha t once be longed t o me . "

"Wine , w ine . " mu t t e r ed Duns t an . "Yes . l e t u s have wine ; i t i s t he co lo r o f b lood ; we wi l l d r ink and be mer ry , l i ke t ha t n igh t l ong ago—the n igh t he d i ed . B lood , b lood , b lood! i t s eve ry ­where—see . s ee ! ' "

"H i sh . " Yene to sa id , l ook ing n t h im wi th eyes fu l l o f ho r ro r and a l a rm.

" I know, 1 know, bu t we wi l l d r ink i t , you and I ; bu t l i e c an d r ink no more— no more . Come . "

He rose sudden ly , l u r ched fo rward l i ke a d runken man . and s t ruck aga ins t t he wa l l . Yene to was bes ide h im in a second , wa tch ing h i s tw i t ch ing f ace and coun t ing h i s pu l se . Then he shou ted fo r h i s s e rvan t , Ma t t eo . who on a r r iv ­ing was to ld t o he lp h i s mas t e r in pu t ­t i ng the gues t t o bed .

Burbage . now sca rce ly consc ious , a l ­lowed h imse l f t o be gu ided ups t a i r s , bu t on r each ing the lobby s tood s t i l l and gave a . w i ld uncanny l augh tha t echoed th rough the lone ly house .

"He i s mad . " Ma t t eo sa id i n f r i gh t . "We mus t ge t h im to h i s room." -"Fa the r . " Roma c r i ed ou t i n a l a rm, a s

she pushed toward them. Yene to waved h i s hand f r an t i ca l ly . "S t ay the re , don ' t come nea r us , " he

to ld he r . She wa tched them t a \ e the he lp l e s s

f i gu re a long the pas sage , l i gh t ed by a . s i ng l e l amp and in to t he bed room p repa red fo r h im , t he door o f wh ich was has t i l y c lo sed . She knew he mus t be se r ious ly i l l , wh i l s t r ema in ing ig ­no ran t o f t he na tu re o f h i s sudden ma lady . A numbness f e l l upon he r hea r t , wh ich was a l r eady so re ly t r i ed by t he suspense i t had su f f e red fo r weeks r ega rd ing Duns t an ' s f a t e and the t e r r ib l e s t r a in i t had endured du r ing the t r i a l .

She wen t down s t a i r s wea r i l y and s a t wa i t i ng in t he d in ing room un t i l he r f a the r came to he r .

"When he d id . ha l f an hour l a t e r , h i s s ca red expres s ion impres sed he r pa in ­fu l ly .

"He i s su f f e r ing f rom feve r , b r a in f eve r , bu t i s qu i e t e r now. I have l e f t Ma t t eo wi th h im: he wi l l wan t con ­s t an t a t t endance , " he s a id in a s low though t fu l way , a s i f some we igh t l ay on h i s mind .

"I f ee l su re I can do a s much fo r h im a s any doc to r , and tha t i f he were consc ious he wou ld no t have me ac t o the rwi se t han 1 am now do ing . So r e s t s a t i s f i ed w i th t ha t a s su rance , my daugh te r . "

"And can I do no th ing fo r h im?" she a sked , a look o f de spa i r i n he r pa l e f ace . "

"No th ing , s ave to p ray t ha t t he bes t may hap j»en fo r h im. ' *

"The bes t ? " "Yes , whe the r t ha t be l i f e o r dea th , "

he r f a the r r ep l i ed g rave ly .

CHAPTER XJI .

MAX SETS OFT. At t he conc lus ion o f t he t r i a l . Max

r e tu rned wi th t he f ami ly t o Knowles ­wor th ha l l .

I t was now the l a s t week in Sep tew-

I her , when early autumn had t lung an ' incomparable glory of color over tht I country. | In t he even ings he s t ead i ly devo ted

h imse l f t o Ed i th , so f a r a s she wou ld a l l ow h im. Occas iona l ly she s ang o t p l ayed to h im a t h i s r eques t , o r took a hand a t dummy whi s t w i th h im and he r aun t , bu t a s much a s poss ib l e she avo ided be ing a lone wi th h ' im , and d id wha t she cou ld t o d i scourage th t l abo red compl imen t s he con t inua l ly s t rove to pay he r .

Somehow, s ince t he morn ing on wh ich news o f t he t r agedy was b roken to t hem, some sub t l e coo lnes s , whos t o r ig in she had no wi sh to t r ace and sh rank f rom ana lyz ing , had r i s en be ­tween them; bu t i f he were aware o t t h i s he s t ead i ly i gno red i t .

Yea r s ago , a lmos t f rom boyhood , he had come to r ega rd he r a s h i s fu tu re

; w i f e . They were in a way connec t ions ; • h i s f a the r was he r gua rd i an ; t hey had ! been b rough t up toge the r ; and she was | an he i r e s s wh i l s t he was penn i l e s s ; a l l

1 so l id r ea sons to h i s mind why she ! s hou ld mar ry h im and thank p rov i -. d ence fo r s end ing he r such a man .

He unde r s tood he r so l i t t l e a s t o ! wonde r i f he r coo lnes s t o h im was s im-; u l a t ed in o rde r t o make h im more a rden t ; a p l an he knew was adop ted by many g i r l s . I ' e rhaps she wi shed to l l i i * i . Duns t an wou ld ha rd ly have p roposed t o he r w i thou t encourage ­men t ; when he d id he go t t he r eward o f h i s p re sumpt ion . Then she had ce r ­t a in ly s eemed ve ry f r i end ly w i th t ha t ba r r i s t e r f e l l ow, t hough , o f cou r se , she cou ld no t be in l ove w i th a man twen ty yea r s he r s en io r .

When he to ld h i s f a the r l i e wan ted change , and wou ld l i ke t o run ac ros s t he channe l and s t ay a f ew days in t he

, F r ench cap i t a l . t he coun t who was ; f ond o f and indu lgen t t o h im, ag reed I t h a t i t was neces sa ry he shou ld have j r e c r ea t ion and amusemen t . ! " 1 know i t mu ; -» i be v~r> du l l fo r

you he re , my .dea r boy , " he s a id in h i s soo th ing , gen t l e vo ice , " and tha t i t w i l l

i br igh ten you to rub shou lde r s w i th t he c : l iWi i s o f a g rea t c i t y . "

"Yes , my dea r boy , " he sa id , "go to ( Par i s my a l l means . " ! " I t ' s awfu l ly good o f you , pa t e r , bu t . " : a n swered .Max w i th h i s p rac t i ca l a i r , i " 1 mus t t e l l you tha t , wha t , w i th one , t h ing and ano the r , I have on ly a f ew . s h i l l i ngs l e f t o f my qua r t e r ly a l low- -j ance . " | "You a r e hope le s s ly ex t r avagan t , "

1 t he coun t r emarked . j "J f ea r 1 am. J c an ' t keep money . " ; "Because you don ' t t r y . 1 shou ld* f ee l j t e r r i b ly anx ious abou t your fu tu re , i f ; i t we ren ' t t ha t you a r e to mar ry an ! he i r e s s , " t he coun t t o ld h im j e s t i ng ly , i "The he i r e s s doesn ' t s eem to ca re

much abou t me a t p re sen t , " Max an ­swered in an i r r i t ab l e tone , r eco l l ec t ­i ng the many s l i gh t s he had r ecen t ly r ece ived .

"You mus t have pa t i ence and pe r se ­ve rance . A t p re sen t she i s upse t by t ha t un fo r tuna t e occu r rence , and by the t r i ^ l . Bu t 1 am su re she ca re s fo r you , w i th whom she was b rough t up and t augh t t o t h ink o f a s he r fu tu re hus ­band . "

"Gi r l s t h ink fo r t hemse lves abou t t he i r fu tu re husbands , " Max comment ­ed . "o f l a t e 1 have had a ha rd t ime s t r i v ing to p l ease he r , bu t w i thou t much succes s . "

"Don ' t de spa i r o r you wi l l neve r w in he r , " h i s f a the r adv i sed . "Hope i s t he fo re runne r o f v i c to ry . By the t ime you come back she may be more inc l ined t o

j l i s t en t o you . She knows i t i s t he ; grea t des i r e o f my l i f e t o se . e he r you r • w i f e , and 1 th ink I have some in f luence j ove r he r . A t a l l even t s , i n you r ab -| sconce 1 wi l l p r epa re he r mind to ac -

j cep t you r p roposa l . " " ( iood . When#! r e tu rn I wi l l p l a in ly

! a sk he r t o mar ry me . I f she r e fuses—" "Don ' t l e t u s an t i c ipa t e any th ing so

un fo r tuna t e , " r ep l i ed t he coun t hu r ­r i ed ly .

i On the morn ing when Max s t a r t ed j f r om the Ha l l h i s f a the r gave h im a

hundred pounds fo r h i s expenses . I "Th i s i s more t han I expec t ed , pa t e r , "

he sa id , g r a t i f i ed by t h i s ev idence o f gene ros i t y .

"1 hope you wi l l spend on ly wha t i s neces sa ry t o g ive you a p l easan t ho l i ­day .

" I wi l l do my j^es t no t t o be ex t r a ­vagan t , " t he young man answered , mean ing wha t he sa id .

"Above a i l t h ings , don ' t gamble ; p romise me you wi l l no t gamble , " Hie coun t s a id ea rnes t ly .

" I am no t l i ke ly t o have any t empta ­t ion t o p l ay iu Pa r i s . "

"One neve r knows . The re a r e gam­b l ing he l l s i u a l l g r ea t c i t i e s , and l i ke t he magne t w i th t he s t ee l , t hey a t ­t r ac t t hose whose weakness l i e s i n t ha t d i r ec t ion . "

"As mine does , " Max admi t t ed . "As your s does , " s a id t he coun t s ad ­

ly . "You know tha t ? " "Tha t knowledge i s tUe pun i shmen t

o f my s in ; fo r i n my young days I was a gamble r , and wi th me i t was a pas ­s ion in t he b lood , a madness in t he b ra in , d runkenness was san i ty in com­pa r i son . When ] th ink o f t ha t ] am t i l l ed w i th f ea r fo r you : v i ce s a r e in ­he r i t ed , o r , i n o the r words , t he s in s c f t he , pa ren t s f a l l upon the ch i ld ren . "

"My dea r pa t e r , don ' t be so t r ag i c , " Max sa id l i gh t ly .

"Ah , my boy , you CJMHO I know, and I canno t t e l l you , whe re such a v i ce may l ead a man , who see ing h i s weakness dues no t r enounce i t f i rmly , w i thou t compromise o r da i i i ance ; fo r once caugh t i n i t s fo rce , i t i s a ca t a r ac t t ha t sweeps h im to des t ruc t ion . "

(Continued Next Week.)

Faithfulness! Now York T imes : John Newco inb ,

o f Dove r , N . J . , a shoemaker a t Sussex and Cl in ton s t r ee t s , occn SU, na l ly . s ends Nero , h i s b ig Nt -wfnundh ind dog , t o f e t ch h i s l uncheon f rom homo.

Nero wen t on t ha t e r r and yes t e rday , and .Mrs . Newco inb p repa red t he mea l In two pa r t s . One she pu t i n a pa i l , and the co f f ee she pu t i n a g l a s s bo t -

: t i e , hav ing a ba l l by wh ich i t cou ld he I c u r r i ed . Ne ro s t a r t ed fo r t he shop a t a dog t ro t , and dec ided t ha t he eou ld sho r t en the t r i p a qua r t e r o f a mi l e by

i go ing c ros s - lo t s , and then ove r t he ! f oo tb r idge o f t he cana l . The b r idge i s ' a na r row p lank , and In c ros s ing i t Ne ro ; ha i l t o be so wa tch fu l o f h i s . s t eps t ha t i he fo rgo t t o keep h i s J aws t i gh t ly shu t I on t he hand le o f t he co f f ee bo t t l e , and I i t d ropped In to t he wa te r .

Fo rge t t i ng t ha t he a l so had the pa i l i n h i s mou th . Ne ro jumped in a f t e r t he co f f ee can . a r id t hus lo s t bo th o f t hem. Then he began to swim a round f r an ­t i ca l ly In t he cana l . The acc iden t had been wi tnes sed by two boys , a r id a f t e r t hey had wa tched the dog swim a round fo r ha l f an hour t hey wen t t o t he shoe shop and to ld Mr . Newcomb abou t i t . Mr . Newco inb hu r r i ed ove r t o t he cana l and found the dog s t i l l sw im­ming abou t , p lung ing he re and the re , • s eeming ly endeavor ing to ge t t he lo s t l uncheon . He ca l l ed t o t he dos to come ou t o f t he wa te r , buL Nero wou ld no t l eave t he cana l . A l l e f fo r t s t o ge t h im to the sho ie were f ru i t l e s s . The dog was becoming exhaus t ed , bu t s t i l l he swam a round , ye lp ing p l t eous ly , s eem­ing ly hea r tb roken a t hav ing me t w i th t he acc iden t .

Then Mr . Newromb saw tha t t he on ly way to ge t t he dog ou t o f t he wa­t e r wou ld be t o f i sh up the lo s t l unch ­eon . Th i s was done fo r thwi th . Af t e r abou t f i f t een minu te s t he d inne r pa i l was pu l l ed ou t . and a f t e r t ha t t he co f ­f ee bo t t l e . Ne ro then consen ted to come ou t o f t he wa te r , bu t was so •weak he cou ld no t c r awl , and had to be hau led up on d ry l and . The dog had been swimming abou t fo r more t han an hou i .

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