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^ffmmmm Wrl^rm I err Witnout a Name «Y W T. KOBEKTS. Ao « hamlumy young man, with gooj bf.'llh, fns^iivnablo frienjs, iind sn a;iov/:imc i^f i'&')0 • «r »nnum fioiii h)» faihtr, \\;iiim Koupcl was in a \ij'iU',x that mntiy wwuld have envied. hut his nllo\v:.-ico was far from be- inK sufficient to rn.iblj him to •jralify his ixlravoK-'>"l Inslct;. He kept hovsos B. livery stubles. He shoWvi'cil costly pivfonts on ladies l^ the ihcatrical piofossion, gave extravagant din.'.vr- parlics, and .vas a constant and un- lucky ifnir.blcr. RAISING THE WIND. At twenty-two he found himself in debt tc- the extent of nearly £10,000, llie money being mainly due to money- lenders and jewellers who knew that his fother, old Dick Roupcl, of Cross House, Ktnnington, for all his mean way of life and sh/.uby attire, was enormously wealthy. William Roupel knew that it woul.i n.ean ruin if he discloced his liabilities and h«>w they had been incurred to the old man. So, at tht? :'ge of twenty- two, he committed his first forgery. His father was poK.ses,.';ed of several tistates. One, the Kingston property, was worth £21,000. William Koupel had kfcess to his father's deed boxes; he took the title deeds to this estate, forged a de«'d of gift of it from his father to himself, and on this raise<l £15,000. THE SECRET SHADOW. Relieved for he moment of his fin- ancial anxieties, Roupel plunged into new extravagances. A year later he was again hopelessly involved in fin- ancial difficulties. Once again he re- sorted to forgery to rid himself of them. He forged a deed of gift of another of his father's estates worth £25,000. and raised £20,000 on it. Again he was free to devote himself to the pursuit of pleasure in its most ccstly forms. I must turn now to a tragic eircum- Etance in the life of this man, whe, with all his faults, bad some good qualities. He was generous and, when m funds, pave freely to those in need. He had many perscnal attractions, including a strikingly handsom"! face and great charm of manner. But legally ho ha<l no name. He hail he<>n born eight years before his father married his ni<<lhcr. He only learned this when he was sixteen; and from that time onwards the knowledge of his illegitimacy seems to have eaten like A canker into his whole moral nature. BY FATHER'.S DFATH-BED. More than that, it filled him with terror lest his father should die with- out' making a will, and thus leave him a nameless and penniU'ss outcast. When old Roupel died his wife, ar- riving at the hou.se with William aftir all was over, would not at fust go to the room where her dead husband lay. She sat, blinded with tears a broken- hearted woman, in the small sitting- rtom. Her son went ups'^airs to the death rbaiiiber. In -he room was a bureau, in which he s'lspected that his father's will, if there was one, would be. He had searched before for a will, but he had nevei dared to search that bureau. It was the one thing in th'.' house whose contents his father had kept concealed from him. Tho key was in it. Roupel turned the lock and opened the desk. At one side of a pile of papers lay the last will and testament of his f.ither. He read it without flinching. It was not a lengthy docunurt. There were Bonie twelve bcijues's to relations, an annuity for life to Mrs. Knupel of £2,000 per a.inum, n'.d the wh> le of the icmninder of an (state worth nearly £7.'>0,000 was bequeathed tc Richard Roupel, William's junior by a number of years, but his father's legitimate son. William Roupel was not even men- tioned in the will. Why must always remain n mystery, for old H.iupel had always appeared to have the greatest possible nffec'ion for him, and had entrusted him with he management of his affairs. The joung man walked tn the lied where his dead father lay, and l<x>k<'d down at him. What n tumult of thoughts mu.-t have rushed through his iirain! But one thing emerged clearly. Unless he could produce an- other will he was not only a ruined man, but his forgeries would be dis- covrr"d. His mind worked swiftly, lie would not i|< stroy the real will, but he would produce another of later date. That very night ho forged that other .vill in the room where his father lay d. ad, and be fo ged tho names of the vitnfssca also. In thi forged will he made his fath- i er bequeath the whole of his estate to his wife, whom he appointed his s'lic executrix. He did this because he :new that his mother would renojncc :er duties as ewecutrix in his favor, and allow him to administer the estate. "TO SOME FRIGHTFUL END!" The forged will was proved without much difficulty, and Roupel then launched out on a lif« of greater ex- trava,f ce than ever. He stood for l'ar<inment and was elected for Lambeth. He sold most of his father's estates and banked the proceeds. At one ,ime he had over i"J00,0OO on current account, and was living at the rate of £100,000 per an- num. But he knew he was heading for ruin and that his forgeries must ere long be discovered. He kept a diary at this time. Here is one extract from it which throws an interesting light on his state of mind: "I seem sometimes to be living in a state of cxiiilntion," he wrote. "1 have the command of almost unlimited sums of money. I can gratify every desire, enjoy every pleasure, ami can evfW satisfy my ambition to enter Parlia- ment . . . and hen I stem at other moments to be living in tho horrible hell of my own thoughts, in the black eft misery, in the most frightful men- tal agonies. I am rushing downwards or to some frightful end. What it will be I know not, but I long for the end to come." INTO THE LION'S JAWS. It came quickly. One mor:iing, while riding in the Park, he was accost«d by the buyer of one of his father's pro- perties. "I believe," said the man, "that there is something wrong about that property I purchased from you." "Something wrong?" repeated Rou- pel. "Yes; and you will hear more about it." The man who had spoken to him suspected that something was wrong because his solicitor had suggested that there might be something wrong with old Roupel's will. Others soon began to suspect the same thing. Rou- pel fl«l to America, leaving behind him a letter to his mother in which he confessed all his forgeries. His brother Richard shortly af'er- wards commenced proceedings to eject the holders from the properties pur- chased f r in William Roupel. It had at first been William Roupel's intention to have reniaine<l abro.nd. He was well .iupplied with cash, and flio'T were many countries where ho could have found a sale refuge. But he I hanged his intentions. He came to Kngland pnd gave evidence in the ac- tions taken by bis brother. Ho left. the witness-box 'a self-confeseed forger, and was arrested in court. A month later, he stood in the dock at the Ccnt'iil friniinal Court, and was sentenrid to penal scrvitud-^ for life. He died in prir;on. â€" Answci!-. Learn How to Control "Gas Bag" and shut the tloor on hln» Hot there Wttji no noise In there, It was rery quiet; not a sound. We tiioiight he w»H having a Joke on us, but when wo hunted around tho pig had escaped from the (IrawluK room ihrouKh a door leading to our bedroom and made lilm- Hfilf nice and comfortable on our bed. We didn't let mother know, but «e put ilie pig out In a hurry for fear moth'T would come in and find liim theie, when there would Iiave been trouble. Next morninK, when I went out to milk, 1 found Billy cuddled to one of the cows in the shed. When I woke hlra up ho started to poke the cow about with bis noce until at last the cow got up. Then he started to such the cow, so father said be would get rid of hlra. Aiiolhor day Billy was lying in tho sun, when mother weiu out my young brother had the cat sitting on the side of the pig's neck with bis head near hi.s ear, telling it to sing pretty things In his ear, and my young sister was silting alongside him with a comb, combing the pig's hair, and saying' â€" "Ooii will hab to dat oou hair turled ot we tcii't take oou to dee plehos!" Lindbergh to Open 49-Hour Air-Rail Service to Pacific WILL 6E TRAINING SHIP FOR ZEPPELIN PILOTS The Goodyear blimp Volunte«r, which Is being built at Arcadia, Calif., to lest out southern California air conditions and simultaneously train pilots for the HawallLos Angeles air line. Forests and Birds Sberbrooke Tiilmno (Lib.): One of tho nio.st efllcacious ways of prcvcnt- biK tho growth of timlx'r eating In- sects sliniild be particubidv intnre.sl- Ing to tho general public - the prcscr- vallnn of birds. There m.iy bo birds in the forests which arc not insec- livoroiis, but generally spcrlring It Is true that the more bird? lltcre are, I lie fewer Insects, In tho past chll- ilren were too Inclined to sally out Into the woods, gu'i under arm, and to shoot at everything that '-augh' tlieir eye, witlioiit thinking of the damage they were causing Thanks to an efliclent propagand:!, tnis kind of bird liiinting is going Jut o( fasliton nd we take greater care ot our teal ti- ered friends. But there are still plenty of jicople who do not seem to understand tliG necessity of preserv- ing the insect eating birds. It Is to these that we would address llie cx- IVort(itlon: Respect our birds. Anglo-American Co-operation London Sunday Dispatch (Ind. f'on.) : Goodwill between the British and American peoples, v/hiih ever since the war has run strongly be- neath the eddies of occasional super- llcial ditferences, is to<lny more vigor- ous and active than ever. Both coun- tries demand thi^t their statesmen shall "take the current when it servos" and translate this powerful sentiment into practical masures for the peace of the world. Sunday School Teacherâ€" "My word. doesnt that little boy swear terribly'?" Hack Sliderâ€" "Ves'm, ho sure do. Ho knows the words, but he don't put -lo [expression In tin in. The Tale of a Pet Pig By P. B. Prior Boys and girls, as a rule, have many kinds of pets In tho country, but Its seldom they make a pet of a pig. WolL I did as a bey, and I will tell you ajl about it. . â-  • , This particular pig was gfven me By my father, with the blea that I should hriju; it lip. as its moUicr had tiled. At this llmo Billyâ€" as 'we caricd himâ€" was only the size of a small dog, and was very wild, for every time we went near him ho would run away. Jiut he gradually Kot.so that wo could handle him, uiUilho f:ot ♦hat quiet that ho became a iiuisanco-to father and moth- er, for every time they would go out- side ho would run after tbein like .^i dog, Hfiiiealing all the time, and when he found that they had no feed to jjivc him ho would start picking up things from tho f,'iiiuiid about their feet, such as chipK, bits of wood, or old boots, and stand in front of them chewiiiK It as much as to say be wanted some- thing to eat. 1^ they took no notice of what ho was doing lie would start lubhlng aj;aliist their letis, and when he would Iind ho could not make tlieni take notice he would leave them and come to us children and do tlie same tricks with us then. I would start sciatchlng akjiig hi.s ribs with the toe of my boot, and then he would No down on his side, after I had scratch- ed It with my fool for a while roll on the other side for me lo scratch it. One day he riiblied against father's leg, and he rubbed biiii with tho too of his boot, but he could not have nibbed him as goiitly as I did for he made a grab at his boot as if to bito him. Ho missed his boot and grabbed I he boltoni ot hi.s overcoat, and his teeth must have got fasteiiod In It somehow and he couldn't let go. So there was father singing out to come and make tho pig lot go, nnd tho pig pulling In the opposite direction and squealing all the time. At last tho piece gave way â€" thin there was trou- ble. Father was chasing tho picâ€" whether ho was after the piece ot his overcoat or not I don't know. He picked up an empty Jam tin and threw it at him. Billy gave one squeal, then ho lay down and rolled over and over. Mother and all ot us ran out to see what all tho nolso was and when the pig saw mother, he ran and stood behind mother looking around the side of her skirts at fath- er and criiMlliig all the lime, and then we discovered what the squeal had been for, as he had only half a tail. After that Billy and father were far from friendly, you may be sure. A few days after that we had an- other funny experience with Billy. The baby was laid in the pram out In Ihe sun and my sister went out a few minutes after to see how the baby was, ;ind Billy had crawled up into the pram and was lying acro.ss the baby's [feet. My sister shooed him out of the : pram as soon as she saw him. When jhe jtimped down wo discovered he had the baby's rubber pigeon In bis month by Ihe tail. It was one ot those with thP squeaker !n it. Then we all start- ed to run to get the pigeon from Billy, and ftt every step ho would take the [pjgeou would squeak. Billy ran Into a little outhouse where father kept I all his tools, and he knocked a stick â- away that was keeping tho door open !and the door came shut on him. Then 'the noise of his squealing and the tools rattling was terrible. We were that frightened, none ot us were brave enough to open the door, but mother plucked up itoiirage enough lo open it 'and see what was doing. Some of the things that had been .on the bench were scattered on the floor, and strange lo say tho pigeon was on the bench. That sounds as K it not hue, but it is easy accounted for, as there was a lot of bundles at the end of the bench that Billy could easily have got 11]) on and run along the bench and dropped the pigeon, and then jumped down. Lilly nearly knocked mother over in bis excitement to get out. When father came home that evening and wanted lo know what had knock- ed his tools about so much, wo told him Billy had done It, but he would not believe us, so we went to prove It to him bv pulling the pig in again. My sister and 1 tried all we knew lo max him t>y im'ting feed Just Inside the door an.i" coaxing him and petting him. In the end wo tried lo carry him-, but as soon at we got him near the door he would wriggle and squeal. My young brother, who was then just over four years of ago, was standing there with his hands in bis pockets laUKliiiig, and telling us to pull his tail. My young sister that was only two years olil, said: "How tan oo pull him tall, bo only dot 'Itlle one 'eft!" Hut with all tho advice wo could not got him in, so at last we had to give up trying. After wo were all inside explaining lo father, my young broth- er came running into the kitchen and said: "I got him In." When we went to see where he had got him, he had not hold of liilly'a ear and led him l:ito the drawin.nrooin Amelia Earhart Among First Passengers in Quick East- West Trip New Yorkâ€" A 49-hour transconti- nental air rail service will be inaug- urated when Col. Charles A. Lindbergh presses a button In the Los Angeles terminal of the Transcontinental Air Transport, dispatching the Airway Limited from Pentisylvania Station here, on the opening trip of the Lind- bergh line, at 6,05 p.m., July 7. Sixteen passengers who will make the first east-to-west trip by this ser- vic ewill board the train after a cele- bration at the Pennsylvania Station, when Miss Amelia Earhart, one ot the passengers, will christen the flagship of the airplane fleet, the City ot New York. Arriving at Port Columbus, O., at 8 a.m,, July 8, the passengers will board an airplane, which will be dis- I patched on signal from Robert B. La- ment, Secretary of Commerce, for St. Louis, where they will change lo an- other airplane manned by a different crew and wil continue their tiight to Waynoka, Okla,, wit hstops at Kansas City and Wichita. At Wichita they will dine and board a Santa Fe train of sleeping cars for Clovis, N,M. The journey will be con- liiyied by air on tlie morning of July 9 from Clovis with stops at Albuquer- que, Wlnslow, Kingman and Barstow, arriving at Los Angeles at 6.57 o'clock the same evening. The hoop-up of transportation facili- ties will make It possible for passen- gers lo leave Paris on Wednesday and arrive In Los Angeles on Thursday of- ternoon ot the following week. Salesmanship London Times Trade Supplement: It is very difficult to avoid the conclu- sion that British selling methods abroad are not on a par with the (piality of British goods; it seems dear that in recent years factory organization has made far greater progress than the marketing methods of the sales department. In the in- tense competition of modern business price is very important, even if it be admitted that in some directions qual- ity is the deciding factor, but it is becoming clear that even a combina- tion of competitive price and good quality cannot make up for failure to show the poods to the consumer, neg- lect to emphasize their merits, inatten- tion to conveniei.ci of delivery, and in- sufficient provision for such matters as .service and the supply of spare part.s. Do Animals Reason? Whenever it can be proved that an animal has reached a ecntluslou bjr pure reaaoniiiR, It is veK .-orth re-' cording, and It Is equally interestlDC to find out why that animal .^sed its reasoning power when hundreds of Its species never sh.nved liny signs of It. Home years ago, I i ,(I a young stal- lion named ".Mischief." lie surprised me one day by di.-playing reasoning jiowers he was not supposed to pos- sess. On that particular day like many other days, I drove up to the village to get the mail. On such oc- casions Alischiei always waited pa- tiently for a reasonable length of time after which he would commence paw- ing 'he ground. He had been pawing that day for some time when I untied him. Jumped into the two-wheeled cart, a-'.d then went flying down the road to the ranch. It was always necessary to stop at a gate, which was made out ot stall poles mortised into two heavier poles, on eat each end. The gate swung n a pivot, but was always fastened se- curely against the pressure of wind or any other cause, by means of a chain, one end of which was stapled flrmly lo the heavy standard post that formed the gateway. The loose part ot the chain was looped over the pole of the gate, the uper part of which stood upright about ten Inches above the top of the uppermost horizontal pole. On reaching the gate I always got out and lifted the chain off the perpendicular pole standard, then gave the gate a good push and it would swing open. On this particular day Mischief was in a great hnrry to get home, tor he tore down the road at his fastest trot- ting pace. Just as we reached the gate he rushed up lo the pole stand- ard, seized the chain in bis mouth, flung it oft the standard, then gave the gate a sharp fillip with his nose and was through the opening before I could quite take in what bad happen- ed, though I witnessed It aU. The next day I purposely kept the horse walling until he was very anxi- ous to go. As we reached the gate I slackened the reins and he immediate- ly stepped over, stretched out his neck and opened the gate precisely aa before. I felt justified in believing that one horse at least had reasoning powers. That conclusion was empha- sized by the fact that whenever Mis- chief was in a hurry he opened the gate as quickly as ho got there, but when he felt lazy or tired after a long trip, such as hauling a load of grain twenty miles, he would wait for me to get down and open the gate for him. On such occasions, knowing he could do it, I would gently tap him with the whl paiid tell him not to be so lazy, that I was tired as well as he, and he was -learerâ€" not that he under- stood the language, but he knew and sensed I was expecting something of him. 1 never had to wait but a few seconds before he would reach over and do the job as well as I could. If Mischief was endowed wiAi greater reasoning powers than other horses â€" whic hot course Is quite prob- able â€" they were developed in him be- cause he was a pet of the family from his birth, and he was also the son of a pet. He never had lo fear anything, because he knew nothing but kindness from the human family. Had one ot those men, who thrash a horse every time it stubs its toe on a rock, driven him up lo the gate, that man could not have coaxed him or thrashed hira into opening it, because the horse's intellect would be clouded loo much by fear.â€" J. T. Parsons. Government and Tariff Ottawa Journal (Con.): (it waj i rumoured recently that the Govern- meut would do somefihing "revolu- tionary" about the United Slates lariff.) Our guess is that nothing will be done. Mr. King will re- main on Ihe Galineau hills, shepherd- ing his sheep, until it is ;iine to cross the Atlantic lo lielp keep England ic Ihe Empire; Mr. Kobb will have en- ough worry over some refundin.us b6 ha.s^ to make; and the rest of the CalJinel will live up lo their old motto. "See Europe first." By th« time tho snow flies something may turn upâ€" Mr. King is lucky. I I j Mother: 'Vpu're going to the devil! I Daughter:' Perhapsâ€" I had a hot i time last night. "lias the trolley car gone yet?" thfi swaying gentleman asked, earnestly. "No. not yet." "Must have pone. Can see its tracks plain as anything. Employerâ€" 'But. look here, these aren't testimonials." Oflice Boy (ap- plying tor position)â€" ".\o, sir. but I thought they would help. They're copies of the doith certilicafe of my , four grandparents," S'MATTER POP i\ • r