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"> f I tell yon, to the prophecy to prove K, away back In >ke off, for the girl came lead- tt»e SOD, Who, as soon as he *W&4»ired old man wltli beside the wast- bed, flew to them rlth a|pt|fery, Theyt embraced him and. smoothed JUte, tremnloaaiy, feebly brekenthaaka lor *)*.., safe re- tm*. The mother at last fall back ; apon her pillow, her ey** shining with "• a great1 relief,:'While the \;|Wfcer was sotw*l with, a fit of cough­ ing that cruelly racked his gavnt -pferame and left him weak but shilling. :m, The girl had been, placing food ttpon 3f#ie; table. 1^, "Gome, Joel," she urged, "youmuat •<ea£--we have til breakfasted; so you anuBt sit alone, but we shall watch -iprott." /f; She pushed him into the chair and Mlled his plate. In spite of his pro- •^^ffBStS.' /vi "And- sow we must be about our preparations^for the Journey. The -:̂ topaw^ i»--•who is that?" • '. hi to • thedoor. 'Ijttk^ 'lM^^- were heard a hj&b* s* ,«as#ld;̂ fe(ioi<e him. * Tlie mother row Jbebly on her elbow to rehasnre him. J§ " "Ms Capt Girnway, laddie Have ntoaftarm--ho has befriended us. • But torhini we shoaldhavebaea put oiU, ,;,::^Mli '̂iay8 ago, without shelter and He let us be housed nntll you should come." / There nf a knock at the door, but Jtoel stood with his back to it The tords of Seth Wright were running tughshod through his mind. He pooked aharply at Prudence. ||S> "A mobocrat--our enemy--and you Jtevetakern favora from hinsb-a minion ' "He was kind; you don't realize ffhat he has probably saved their Jives. Indeed, youmlistlet bimin ||nd thank him." j* 1 t* » ." The mi^er interposed* irarrfeilty. "Yes, ĵ Jpidle? Yon know not •Stow - high-handed they h*** been. hey expelled hit but us, and some they have maltreated shamefully. This one has been kind to us. Open Mia door*' . "> a iv "I dare 'not face hlsdH-l may net fontain myself!" j| The kn6ck Waa repeated more loud- ,lgr: The girl went up to him and pat .per hands on his ahouldere todraW film away. "Be reasonable," «he pleaded, in low (ones, "and above • $>' hlm.w-. . il She put him gently aside and drew tack 'the door. On the threshold nailed the young captain. His cap :-|taa doffed, .and hit left hand rested the hilt >f hia sward. He jptepped laalde as one sure ot his wel '^§pme. *' Ff "Good morning, Miss Prudence, J|ood morning, Mr. Rae, good morn­ ing, madam--good morning-- He lox&ctft questl&ningly at the PludonAg |lgywft|l #AMMW| is Jo# Rne, Capt flirnwny bowed, aomewhat itiftr. Each i dark. Each hade fa«e toattraet But the ca|i^:.9^i#p<M|^ tiie world, neatly ; ipn fed, cleanshaven.. m * to look upaiir whiietha other was iven, hollow-cheeked, gaunt, dressed, a thing that had been and was now under ban. Each at ooce sensible of the contrast them, and each was at once byit: thecaptain to a greater .etpetvn 'affability;' "and above all, be polite wtslHo eeoort you that far nfey- ~ of your safety.̂ Jover tnrned fiercely. is zton, not Babylon. -4rir remember that!" - hastily between them. have much to db here In making ready for the stary' "Until to-morrow morning, then, at eight" He bowed low over the hand* aha gave htm, gracefully aaluted tha oth­ ers, and waa gone. ;t> - .X' .S," VS5JK it? ii" A Fa,r Apoatatui-, Ihw:; stood flntthad ifAffiic lwoiiii • ing whaii the dooor hftd tfmt, he hend- ̂lug' tcNnml *i£» eyes. Before she spoke, he «- fined that under her hervotmea* abme reaolation laor stubbonrfy toad- "Let iss apaak ilpne," ahe aaid, in a low vcdkta. T'heat, to the oM peo ê, "JO ̂ and l will «o into the garden awhile to talk. Be ^«tt«Bt" "Mot for' long, dear; «mr. eyes are aching for him." "Only a little while," «nd alii yon. wwr ̂ riwfora^apeait the' words of eternal life, and your feet that they tplght be wMft, to run in ways 'M/fle' Lof4-'" Yo« »t thi an#et of QOd had deaverad to Jofieplt Smith the aea^g hWs of power. Yon ac- cepted the glbrtoua articles of the father a|4 mosther have left the churclir aiiid hecaiMi of what?" "Becauae of bad thinga, becauae of this doctrine they practice--this wiek- a^ness of apiritual wives, pinrai wives. Think ot it, Joel--that if were year wife yon felgfet take tt> other." "I need not think of it Surely yon know my love. You know I could not do that. Indeed I have heard at last that this doctrine so long gosalped of Is a, true one. But I have been away and am not yet learned In ita mysteries. But this much I know and it ia the very cornerstone of my life: Peter, James and John ordained Joseph Smith here on this earthy and Jbaeph orAUned the twelvfe. All other churche| have been eatabliphed by the ifisfibm or felly of^mnni Ours is the only one on earth estapllahed by direct revelation from God. it has a priesthood, and that priesthood la a ler 'Oeaî 'le' ttim, Not ^bylon--»lt* niwniar̂ That come. Your peeple have worried owing to %» nafortunate cir- in whim they have been obliged to you, air, In thlir mother a^d to Miaa dotaum here." • trtm Af * ̂ hnhM timea weleoae. Can yoii tell me when you will to;crow the nymt >t tibe very eltfiiiet moment ..that Oad aad the jnob win let na. Ttwaor- tww mondnc I hope." .̂V n-ji "tH» hn|not been agreeal̂ e to n% r f̂hr lens #» to na, yon may be sure; .lro»;-|ii; """ "4»%' spoke with rising tonea, and t!^| lushed noticeably about th»^ your amiled hack at them. She went ahead through the door by which they had first entered, and out into the garden at the back of the house. He remem­ bered, as he followed her, that since he had arrived that morning ahe had always been leading him, directing him aa if to a certain end, with the air of meaning preaently to say some­ thing of moment to him. r She led 1dm to a rustic double chair under the heavily fruited boughs ot an apple tree, and made him ait down. fQte began with a vivacious playful- neas, pQorly assumed, to hide her real feelinjg. v aoberaidea, it must end-- mu* (hneas of youra waiting for some quea- tfon of hif to help her. But he aald notidng, ahe could fed the burning of hfta eyas upon her. ' ,'Thi»ai«wati$|o»a folly, yoa know," ahe blurted ŝ Mdng up at him in sudden "Tell me -MMt; mean--^you must know I'm Inslgiitiiiiife' . . - « She essayed to be playful again, pouting hw dimfled face MM* to his that he might Utsî her. 9mt he did not seem to see. He only "Well--thia rell̂ wn--this She shot one swift look at went on foiekly. v- / • "My people have left the church, and--I--too-̂ they found Hiiligaiii Joaeph Smithls teachings that seemed had to them. They went to Sprint- I would have gone, too, but 1 them I wanted first to aee yon and--and^aee if foe would not come with us--«t leaat »or awhile, not tak- the. poejr eld lather and mother t that wntehedness. They Wl let Stay with your parimta <m onsditioti that capt Gim- way would protaet thwtojWd me. He very kind awl had known pa siaea last irMpt attd h^^ .me the so power we must reverence and Obey, no matter what may be its com­ mands. When the truth is taught me of thia doctrine you speak of, I shall aee it to be right for those to whom it is ordiained. And meantime, out- aide of my own little life--my love for you, which would be always sin­ gle--I can't measure the revealed will of God with my little moral foot-rule. Joaeph was endowed with the open vision. He saw God face to face and heard His voice. Can the standards of society in ita present corruption measure and pass upon the revela­ tions of so whlte-soaled a man?" "I believe he was not white-souled." she KSptfod, in a kind, animated way, aa oaa who waa bent upon saving him from error. "I told you I knew why you Were sent away on mission. It waa becauae you were my accepted lover--and your white-souled Joseph Smith wanted me for himself." "I can't believe it--you couldn't know auch a thing"--his faith made a brave rally--"but even so, if he aought you, why, the more honor to you--«nd to «ne» |f yon still clung to me." they kept asking me if I was Wflitpt to do all the Prophet required^ I said ,Xjr|s sure of it, thinkinc |£ey ;p^# wtnddaBkifl was ready eel, and they said, unto us in ttf^Mp^^ys that the world would la^i^i^^but that it had been given to |jplfr:- to know all the mysteries of the Klng- dom. Then they said, 'You Will aee Joseph and he will tell yon what yon are to do.'" He was listening with a serious, confident eagerness, as if he knew she coald aay nothing to dim the Woph et'a luster. '̂ When we reached the building Prophet. When he caae np they in­ troduced me and left me alone in. the little room with him. Their actions had seemed queer to me, but I re­ membered that this man had talked face to face with God, so I tried to feel better. But all at once he stood before me and asked me to'be hia wife. Think of it! I was so fright­ ened! I dared not aay no, he looked at me ao--I can't tell you how; but I said it would not be lawftf He said, 'Yea, Prudence, I have hfttf a revelation from God that it ie Mfful and right for a man to have aa many wTves as he wanta--for aa it was in the daya of Abraham, so it shall be in these days. Accept me and I ahail take you straight to the celestial Kingdom. Brother Brlgham "^wiW marry us here, right now, and you can go home to-night and keep it e#tfet from your parents If you like.' Then I said, 'But I am betrothed to Joel Rae, the son of Giles Rae, who is away on mission.' 'I know that,' he said--'I sent him away, and anyway you will be safer to marry me. You will then be absolutely suie of your celestial reward, for in the next world, you know, I am to have tow­ ers, thrones, and dominions, mutt*. Brother Joel ia very young and- has not been tried in the Kingdom. He may fall away and then you woald be lost'" The man In him now web atrei> gling with hla faith, and .he seemed about to Interrupt her, but she went on excitedly. "I said ( would not want to do ant- thing of the kind without delibera­ tion. He urged me to have it over, trying to kiss me, and saying he knew it would be right before God; that if there was any sin in it he Would take it upon himaelf. He said, 'Yd« know I have the keya of the Kingdom, and whatever I bind on earth ia bound In heaven. Come,' he aald, 'nothing ventured, nothing gained. Let me call Brother Brlgham to seal us, and you shall he a star In my crown for ever.* "Then I broke down and cried, for I was BO afraid, and he put his arms around me, but I pushed away, and after awhile I coaxed him to give me until the next Sabbath to think it over, promising on my life to say not one word to any person. I never let him aee me alone again, yen may be sure, and at last when other awful tales were told about him here, of wickedness and hia drunkenness--he told In the pulpit that he had been drunk, and that he did It to keep them from worshipping him as a God --I saw he waa a bad, common man, ^ and I told my people everything, and sobn my father was denounced for an apostate. Now, air, what do you aay?" When she finished he waa silent for a time. Then he spoke, very gently, but with undaunted firmness. "Prudence, dearest, I have toM yon that this doctrine ia new to me. I do not yet know its justification. But that I shall see it to be sanctified after they have taught me, thia i know as certainly aa I know that Joseph Smith dug up the golden plates of Mormon and Moroni on the hill of Cumorah when the an^el of the Lord moved him. It will be sanc­ tified for those who choose It, I uvwin You know I could never choose It for myself. But aa for others, I must v*t question. I know only too well tbAt eternal salvation for me dependa upop my accepting manfully and un* questioningly the authority of the temple priesthood." . - - * -f "But I know Joaeph w*s'net * man." "I believe with all my heart Joseph waa good; but even if not--we have never pretended that he waa any* thing more than a prophet of God. And was not Moses a murderer wh«n God called him to be a prophet?" "And this awful Journey into A horrid desert Why must you got Surely there are other ways of sol­ vation." She hesitated a moment ' t have been told that going to heavau is like going to mill. If your wheat is good, the miller will never atk which way you came." , "Child, child, some one has tap» pered with you." She retorted quickly. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Wlp ŝft know that '!&*# With such <yi those of the maple, far by the wind and may thua t|ke root in distant soil. In an article In The Plant World, we are tolfl by Mr. H. Tullsen that this form «( see<-**esel is of no special, advan- *ji» ttMtfee" trees at present, hot was doibtieda developed in Boise long-dis- tant np»! when it was necessary for of the species that the be carried over wide 1ft- fertile ajjttces of some kind. He says: "There are about 100 species of maplea (Acer) and 40 speciea of ash (Praxlnus). iUl kave winced fruits. We may be eettain that thia peculiar form of fruit waa not. developed inde­ pendently in each of these numerous P(]|qb_ "The direct actios of the environ- Mn tiavtt itfuia viAfKivnr tnuroivl It would be hard to conceive of any other factor than natural Section as having wrought to produce them. Natural selection, we- know, can ate only where there jprevalla a fierce and keen atruggle Soar etlfteaoe. So, tat some great struggle of the pest, we may conclude that the production of winged seed-vessels, by Assuring the wider territorial distribution of the trees that bore them, saved the ancea- tore of th%jaa»les, and those of the ask, from. rn»t this is true, it may at first be *inewhst dHBcntt to apprehend. The aahea and maplea, it may he aald, grow peacefully, and in their tranquil shade there is nothing that smacks of struggle. . . . Bat lie who 'ai^pies thus ia thinking of present and local CKmdHtons only. Now let ns look at one oftheaetreee under another and a different «viroament Upon the great Pine Ridge Indian Indian reservation in South Dakota, for example, are nu- merous streams and 'draws' or coulees (whl̂ h are nothing more or less than ravines or gutllee free of water except in time of flood and rain) which, aa a role, are far below the general surface of the adjacent eoontry, and often miles from one another. Upon the flood-pialna of audi streams, and in the 'draws' grow ash trees and box- elders in company with trees of a few other speciea. Nowhere on, the high, dry bills do they or any other trees, except pines, grow; although I have often found their wind-toaaed samaraa there; and If germination, takes place, the seedlings are doomed to parish. Along the 4raws mud. other water courses all tike various kinds of treea . Itaatage rf a Its aeeds shall he J!*** or creek-fftpfn of life ire.mo^i these conditions might dev^^Mip on a „seedling. the writer ; an ancestor of the trees bearing sach seeds to be grow­ ing in an isolated "draw" amid vast barren hills. Its traits, while wing­ less, may be anj^pjed to produce occa­ sionally a minute winglike appendage on the end ap do many Plants. The winds cszKjr"ia tew of the nascent keytenlts ft* .if^^lhe fer­ tile soil of another ftaod^latn, an yet unpeopled by trees. Other spsdves sels, unable to fly far with the winds, perish m the treeeiowded eosiee er ikJiikitii Young our et had long and WWhed to i he would hleaa course I waa prettie8t frock and set off with had aald yea. On Why How They Came la Be and the Raaeon fer It. spoke Tb the hMiniiittfe " Corsdpj yearaan the r of that tone of talk, air, our men have resented m it at daintily Which she pushed your mother may he your father is talking voice, rough frqaa the with Inner STARTED IN SllPREIdE COURT Baeia of Action on Whloh the BigMt la Brought--Road Is Accuaed sf Making Fraudulent Statements ISff Number of Years. s' Winged Seeda of Ash and Maple. upon the barren hills. The treea that spring from the aeeds of appends fruits wilt tend to produce this kind of seed-vessels themselves. Thus, In time, first a samaroid and later a fully- winged fruit will be evolved. To quote further: "Baay oonditions of life cannot have impi30fd the jaahe8 and mapler to de­ velop kayvfrults. Great diAcultiea have In fin past been encountered, ind the teeee that were enabled to es­ tablish means ot dissemination sur­ vived in the straggle for existence. But the barriers to he- passed over may not have been In all, or even most cases hlllk. ilr John Lubbock finds that the only treea thtt beac winged fruits are forest treea, which fact would seem to indkstte that such fruits In many instances have been evolved In order to he carried over vast tracts of dense woodland. But the theory here set forth remains un shaken, and is really thua supported, for the principle is the same. "To sum up: It is certain that key- fruits were developed in a country where they became ot far greater service to the trees which bore them than they appear to be to the ash treea and maples in many regions of our eastern United States and else­ where. But I do not wish to inaiat that the barriers to be surmounted were necessarily hills. They may have been broed dry plains, or fares! growths of other kinds of trees, or even bodies of water--it all depends upon the nature of the region where the changing form first grew." Springfield, I1L, -- Suit to an accounting to the stele by |he Illinois Central railroad, e&ollva- lent to action to recover millions ot dollars in back taxes, was filed in the supreme court at Springfield by At> tofney General W. H. Stead. It waa to cover the sifiatse involved in iMa attit that Gov. |Joneen asked the iegia- lature to appropriate |1S£,600. Tho period for which the accomii- Ing is asked la from itti% wMt: (Jib Illinois Central first a«^t^...|MibiM of mileage other than that gffsntil hy charter provision, to theM'iiiiut date. Wittiln that time, gwaeral charges, the'- Unte; been paid anything Qke the cent of the' foed'S greea which it is entitled u^der ter. The amount out of whteh claimed the state has is not set forth in the can be determined counting preyed fir. to the he pladhs the stato'a ahai*,i by a partial' rauninatfon ̂ at |4,80«,0M,̂ and saye n veatigation doubtleaa would emae this. The bill, which is a votauMnons Bloodless Dueling With Wax Bullets oust. freight i , » ' T*, * * V*-V < ' Jr .. * i -*.-v iV'tu* . t aftaooaeaoQMaQMOMOOQQooooaoooooooo Strange Story of a Mexican Ckitfch ... -An tateresting story is brou t̂ from Oelaya by an . American lefty, who vondhea for the truth of ft, which IWnWh food for thought and in- nwH|Sllii[i to the skeptical, who can- net' hco^pt aa goap ̂all atorleS relat­ ing to the supernatural. According to the atory told by thia lady there appeara every nlgkt amct- ly at the hour of IS on t̂ e ̂ VTeenda of the parochilal church of Celays. which ta in the heart of the city, the form of a man draesod in pri#î iMv-.-!%»- watts back and fnih - hetWê u tite gate and the door of the chapoi read­ ing a strange book and murmuring strange sounda. The' gaze of thia nocturnal peram­ bulator is fixed steadfastly upoa the book, in which, to all intettta and pur* poses, he is intensely abaorbed, and pays not the slightest attention to things mundane. It Is said that rain or shine a midnight vialt is never missed, and this haa been kept up fdr montha. According to tike story no one dare approach the premises, and the peon class, the members ?! which are intenaely superstttlona, villi not veotare Within a block of what they consider the haunted ohurch.--Mexi­ can Herald. Shooting at human targets merely for the sport derived #om it and as n teat of marksmanship; in other words, bloodless dueling or fencing with pistols, haa been made poesibie through the invention by a French­ man of a harmless wax projectile*. This hew diversion ia really no more serious than fencing with swords, and 1,2--False steel cartridge for, shoot­ ing new buliete. 3--Bui lata sf wax and stset, «n& her 44. i 4--Priming device. has that aplce of realism in it that tends to make any aport -p^ilar. The new bullet is an ingenious de­ vice and required a great dial Jof ex­ periment before being perfected. The altuation was thus: A heavy projec­ tile sftpst necessarily have a wound­ ing force, a light one loses its pre- elaton and a soft bullet will be changed in shape and describe an ir­ regular trajectory; therefore a harm­ less projectile to be effective must differ from all theae. The French- span's product la a spherical ball ol wax and fat, with a small charge, and in tests 24 balls were lodged in suc­ cession in a rectangle 4 by five iftchee at 20 yards. At a six-day tourna­ ment held in the Tuileriea the effi­ ciency of the wax bullet waa demons­ trated. The combatants wear thick screens for masks, with heavy glaas over the eyes, and wear thick clothing to pre­ vent braMng fapn the impvdt of the balls. The diatirifee is 2$ psoas and the weapons are revolvers, held aa seen in Fig. I. The director of the combat keeping hia gase fixed upon a metronome which beats 80 to 100 tinea a minute, makes the inquiry in an actual dnel, "Are you seady?" ands when they reply "Yes!" the di­ rector, timing hia words exactly to the beats ot the pendulum, cries, "Firo--one--two--three!" command "Fire!" the ad- Jan raise their weapons and shoot The two shots must be made before the command "Three!" As the participants in these trials were experts they made a good average, hitting their man six or seven times out of eight shots. Although more than 1,600 balls were fired there was not the sttghteet accident The wax bullets can be used in apartments aa well as in the open air, without the Inconvenience of the lead ball of small caliber}) says La Nature, which will probably lead to ita introduction into the armies of the various nations for practice shoot- ing.' . That each- one bf ;'.tlte';- statements presented to tfcg';, governors ot the stete of •Vttt is false in that they amounts of gross income the, charter lines. That seven per cent of ao omitted can now be the stete. That the freight, paaaenger, exprees and other eaminga of the entire mra- tem in which the charter Uneii *afel$p pate should be dlvidfe* hetiMS charter and nonc&erter linee cta a w# form mileage tiksia. * That in ̂division of the mi other sfcriihga of said which the charter linee practice U giving tected or ftetftioua" noncharter Unee is against the atete. Pie«Chartar |.ines Mot < That the " dedacta part thereof of the charter'.i»|(fc*'- That thn haul coal q$n charter Unesi\ be '̂ 0 m ekwwh«re":iia»:tt», ^ the eharter linea ^Mmld fair rsntnis. That the charter credited with fair ea of the rolllng atnck by ' : \ ffOW FREE 18 Ballooning and other forma of aerial navigation have been the meana of bringing before the congress on international law, which met lately at Ghent, and before the similar con­ ference at Berlin, under the patron­ age of the kaiser, the interesting legal question: How free is the air? ..For some time there haa been dlfecusaion of possible ways by which a nation could exercise Bome sort of control over ita own air, as all nations con­ trol their territorial waters. Not only haa ballooning raised this question, but wireless telegraphy haa helped to make it pertinent. The opinion waa entertained at both the- cougrees and the conference that it is imprac­ ticable to establish limits of sov­ ereignty over the air, and that the only rights which goveriunenta have in the premises are auch as "are ren­ dered necessary to their preservation in peace or in time of war." This ia to say, e: panion, no the territory lute its water age, nor may the Youth's Com- nist may hover over nation and pal­ er do other dam- ipfe tontlUca- tions from a balloon. Otherwiae, and until future notice, the air ia free. That the interest anally received by < bank deposits and ments in stoe)ter#*Mi of other railroad i of the gross income and the charter lines. That "the practise ji? bates, drawbacks to shippers"" out * and receipts of the chairter lawful. That the semlannuia state the governor and methods of the ings between the each of the nonchnitir1 verified by the secretary of the That the attorney < gin the suit in the e(pt#hft<eouit be a surprise to lawyers it has been supposed' Utlgation would be ia thed#etitti In ̂ Court of Laat Reaort% Mr. Stead will begin the pr in the court of laet raeort KNk | ground that it ha8 ovigittal ' in all matters relating ̂ to.rewteHii^ that the claim of the stcli ngainst the Illinois Central is a proceeding with regard to state ravonae. This means ihnt the first in the legal battle between thft̂ and the Illlmda C«ntrni wqt hi| the question of thq jnrlidktlSK iq|%M) supreme court. If the snprasse ' * should hold that it has not jurisdiction in the case, Mr. bring suit in the etoeoftt comt of gamon county, or some other in the state. .. ... Sate Harbor. "You say it took the detacUvea months to discover the whereabout* of that missing ̂ >ank teller?" "Fully." "Where waa he?" "At home."--Miiwaidceo Traveling In Osg. "Yea, my son." "Why do people travel incog. ?" "To show that they have *n suppose, my boy."--Ylfrakera man. Wiae Natne -«nw wisely Natof* thhm after all," ahe helping her to splaah Lent came in the be hardly aay chanca spend their winters ha Find Cure for An anti-opium statee ia meeflnj A plant aaid tn; of cnrtig'iiê ' dbmovered in IgWfJdistrll