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AUTHOR OF "tSARACINFSCA," "ARETtW&C'fftM lLLll<STf?AT/OMJV <A.WE!L> imftioiriuir jtijmjiajom CAAWAXX/UJ w VAe^6 *++WUSHT /uor My jnMAAM# C*4www SYNOPSIS. Baraka. a Tartar girl, became enamorod of a golden beardea stranger who was prospecting and studying herbs in the vicinity of her home in central Asia, and revealed to him the location of a mine of rubies hoping that the stranger would love her in Return for her disclosure. They were followed to the cave by the girl's relatives, who blocked up the en­ trance, and drew off the water supply, leaving the couple to die. B<*raka"s cousin Saad, her betrothed, attempted to climb down a cliff overlooking the mine; but the traveler shot him. The stranger was revived from a water gourd Saad car­ ried, dug his way out of the tunnel, and departed, deserting the girl and carrying e. bag of rubies. Baraka gathered all the (gems she could carry, and started in pur­ suit. Margaret Donne (Margarita da Cordova), & famous prima donna, became engaged in London to Konstantin Lo- .gotheti, a wealthy Greek financier. Her 'intimate friend was Countess Lev«n, known as Lady Maud, whose husband had been killed by a bomb in St. Peters­ burg; and Lady Maud's most intimate fr;«nd was Rufus Van Torp, an Ameri­ can, who had become one of the richest men In the world. Van Torp was in love with Margaret, and rushed t# London aa soon as he heard of her betrothal. He offered Lady Maud 15,000,000 for her pet charity If she would aid him in winning the singer from Logotheti. Baraka ap­ proached Logotheti at Versailles with rubles to ".ell. He presented a ruby to Margaret. Van Torp bought a yacht and •ent it to Venice. He was visited by Baraka in male attire. She gave him a ruby after the American had told her of having seen In the United States <a man answering the description of the one she loved. The American followed Margaret to the Bayreuth "Parsifal" festival. Mar­ garet took a liking to Van Torp, who pre­ sented her with the ruby Baraka had given him. Count Kralinsky, a Russian, arrived at Bayreuth. Van Torp believed him to be the one Baraka was pursuing. Baraka was arrested in London oiy the charge of stealing from Pinney, a jew- «1erf the ruby she had sold to Logotheti. Two strangers were the thieves. Lady Maud believed that Logotheti's associa­ tions with Baraka were open to suspi­ cion, and so Informed Margaret. Van Torp believed that Kralinsky was the Veowboy he had known in his young man­ hood. Logotheti secured Barakas re­ lease, and then, with her as his guest, went to sea on his yacht Erinna. Baraka explains her plans for revenge on the man who had deserted her and left her to die. Logotheti succeeds in moderating her rage. Lady Maud arrived in Bay­ reuth. Margaret and Van Torp entered into an agreement to build a tremendous opera house in New York. The thief who stole the ruby from Mr. Pinney is arrest­ ed In New York and the stone recovered. Lady Maud confides to Van Torp that •he believes Kralinsky to be the husband •he had believed dead. Van Torp prom­ ises his help <lo unravel the mystery. CHAPTER XIII.--Continued. -- v 3he had already come to the conclu­ sion that If Kralinsky was really LOT- en, the latter had seised the opportu­ nity offered him by his own supposed death to disappear from St. Peters­ burg, and had taken another name. Leven had been a ruined man when he had tried to divorce her; when he died, or disappeared, he left nothing but debts, which w<?re extinguished with him, for no one attempted to make his widow responsible for them, since there was no estate and she had QO fortune beyond tbe allowance her father made her. Lord Creedmore was far from being a rich peer, too, and what he gave her was not much, al­ though it would more than suffice for her simple wants, now that she In­ tended to live with him again. But if Leven had not been killed and had turned into Kralinsky, he now lad plenty of ready money, though It was not easy to guess how he had obtained possession of a quantity of raluable Asiatic rubies within the few weeks that had elapsed between his supposed destruction by the bomb and the date of Van Torp's transaction with him in New York. That was a mystery. So was his possible acquaint­ ance, or connection, with the eastern girl who was looking for him, if there was a shadow of truth In Logotheti's story. Lady Maud did not believe there was, and she felt morally sure that the tale had evolved itself out of the Greek's fertile brain, as a fantas­ tic explanation of his atrocious con­ duct. While she was thinking over- these matters and , rehearsing >in; her thoughts the^JMriftie that wu before her, she mm V gondola making straight for the yacht across the fast fading green of the lagoon that lay between the vessel and the Ptazzetta. It came nearer, and she drew back from the rail against her cabin door, under the shadow of the promenade deck, which extended over the gang­ way and was supported by stanchions, as on an ocean liner. The Lancashire Lass, with her single yellow funnel, her one short signal mast/her turret- shaped wheel-house, and her generally business-like appearance, looked more like a cross between a fast modern cruiser and an oc^an "greyhound0 than like a private yacht. She even had a couple of quick-firing guns mounted just above her rail. Lady Maud looked atj the gondola, and as it came still nearer, she saw that it brought only one passenger, and that he had a fair beard. She quietly opened her cabin door, vand went in to dress for dinner. Meanwhile Mr. Van Torp had com­ pleted his toilet, and sent for the cap- "I suppose you're ready at any mo­ ment, captain?" inquired the milllon- aire. "Yes, air. The pilot 1a on hoard, and the gentleman you expected la just coming alongside." "Then you can start now," said the jowner, after a moment's thought. "Where are we bound, sir?" "Oh, well, i don't know. 1 wanted to say a few words about that, cap­ tain. Do you happen to know anything about a yacht called the Erinna, be­ longing to a Mr. Logotheti, a Greek gentleman who lives in Paris?" "Yes, sir,** answered Capt. Brown, for It was a part of his business to read the yachting news. "She wa^ at Cowes when we (sailed. She was re­ ported the other day from Gibraltar as having entered the Mediterranean aft­ er taking fresh provisions, owner and party on board. There is no further word of hef." "Well," said M1f Van Torn, "I have an idea she's gone to Naples, but I want you to find her right away wher­ ever she is, owner and part^ on board. ,f%at>att. „oairt*ita>r Jt jrcw fcippen toji was tfce left see her anywhere, you just come and tell me if I'm alone, and if I'm not, why send one of your young men to say you want to know something--any­ thing you happen to think of, and I'll come to your room and tell you what to do. See? That'* AS, and now let's start, please." > "A11 right, sir." When the party assembled in the deck saloon for dinner. Lady Maud was missing. Stemp, who did not intend that his master should dine without his personal attention, no mat­ ter how much the chief steward might object to his presence, approached Mr. Van Torp and whispered something. Lady Maud begged that the party would sit down without her, and she would join them in a moment. So they took their places, and tL« vacant one was on the owner's right, between him and the prima donna. "You see," said Mr. Van Torp, ex­ plaining to Mrs. Rushmore, which was wholly unnecessary, "we are Ameri­ cans, and this ship is America, so the English guest goes first." But Mrs. Rushmore knew these things, for she was used to handling lions in numbers; and the little lions and the middle-sized ones are very particular about their places at table, but the great big ones do not care "one dingle Sam," as Mr. Van Torp would have elegantly expressed their indifference. For he waa a great big lion himself. "Did you ever meet Lady Maud?" he inquired, speaking to Kralinsky. "Which Lady Maud?" asked the for­ eigner in his rather oiljr voice. 'There are several." Countess Leven, who was Lady Maud Foxwell," explained Mrs. Rush- more. Kralinsky turned quietly to her, his dingle eyeglass fixed and glittering. "No," he answered. "I knew poor Leven well, but I was never intro­ duced to his wife. I have heard that she is very beautiful." "You say you knew the late Count Leven?" observed Mrs. Rushmore, with an encouraging and Interrogatory smile. "Intimately," answered Kralinsky with perfect self-possession. "We were in the same regiment in the Caucasus. I dare say you remember that he be­ gan life as a cavalry officer and then entered the diplomacy. Gifted man, very," the Russian added in a thought­ ful tone, "but no balance! It seems to me that I have heard he did not treat his wife very well." Mr- Van Torp had met several very cool characters in his Interesting and profitable career, but he thought that if the man before him was Leven him­ self, as he seemed to be, he beat them all for calm effrontery. "Were yon ever told that you looked like him?" asked Mr. Van Torp care­ lessly. Even at this question Kralinsky showed no embarrassment. "To tell the truth," he replied, "I re­ member that one or two in the regi­ ment saw a slight resemblance, and We were of nearly the same height, 1 should say. But when I last saw Leven he did not wear a beard." At this point Lady Maud came in quietly and made directly for the va­ cant place. The two men rose as soon as she appeared, and she found her­ self face to face with Kralinsky, with the table between them. Their eyes met, but Lady Maud could not detect the slightest look of recognition In his. Van Torp introduced him, and also watched his face narrowly, but there was not the least change of expres­ sion, nor any quick glance of surprise. Yet Kralinsky possibly did not know that Lady Maud was on the yacht, for he had not been told previously that she was to be of the party, and in tbe short conversation which had pre­ ceded her appearance, no one had actually mentioned the fact She her­ self had come to dinner late with the express purpose of presenting b#n»nlf before him suddenly, but she had to admit that the intended surprise did not take place. She was not astonished, however, for she had more than once seen her husband placed in very difficult situ atlons, from which he bad generally extricated himself by his amazing power of concealing the truth. Being seated nearly opposite to him, it was not easy to study his features without seeming either to stare at him rudely or to be bestowing more attention on him than on any of the others. Her eyes were very good, and her memory for details was fair, and if she did not look often at his face, she watched his hands and listened to the intona­ tions of his voice, and her conviction that he was Leven grew during din­ ner. Yet there was still a shadow of doubt, though she could not have told exactly where It lay. She longed to lead him Into a trap by asking some question to which if he were Leven, he would know the an­ swer, though not if he were any one else, a question to which he would not hesitate to reply unsuspectingly If the answer were known to him. But Lady Maud was not ingenious in such cos versational tricks, and could not think of anything that would do. The outward difference of appear­ ance between him and the man she had married was so small that she could assuredly not have sworn in ev­ idence that Kralinsky was not her husband. There was the beard, and she had not seen Leven with a beard since the first months of her mar­ riage four years ago, when he had cut it off for some reason known only to himself. Of course a recollection, al­ ready four years old, could not be trusted like cne that dated only as far back as three months, for he had left her not long before his supposed death.' There Were the hands, and there Y 1 r n * Their Eyes Met. A. MfeclaBju. Tfcat might be the aeat of the doubt. P09- slbly she had never noticed that Leven had a way of keeping his left little finger almost constantly crooked and turned inward as if it were lame. But she was not sure even of that, for she was not one of .those people who study the hands of every one they know, and can recognize them at a glance. She had certainly never watched her husband's as closely aa she was watching Kralinsky's now. Margaret was in the best of spirits, and talked more than usual, not stop­ ping to think how Van Torp's mere presence would have chilled and si­ lenced her three or four months earlier. On the whole It was a gay dinner, and Mrs. Rushmore and Kralinsky knew that it was a very good one, and told each other so afterward as they walked slowly up and down the great promenade deck in the starlight. For people who are very fond of good eat­ ing can chatter pleasantly about their food for hours, recalling the recent de­ lights of a perfect chaud-frold or a faultless sauce; and It was soon evi­ dent that there was nothing connect­ ed with such subjects which Kralin­ sky did not understand and appreci­ ate, from a Chinese blrd's-nest soup to the rules of the great Marie-Antoine Careme and Brillat-Savarin's ' Physi­ ology of Taste." Kralinsky also knew everybody. Between gastronomy and society, he appeared to Mrs. Rush- more to know everything there was to be known. 1 Lady Maud caught snatches of the conversation as the two came near her, and then turned back; and she re­ membered that Leven used to ta)k on the same subjects with elderly women on whom he wished to make a pleas­ ant Impression. The voice was his,, too, and yet she knew she had a doubt somewhere, a very small doubt, which it was a sort of slow torture to feel was still unsatisfied. Mr Vsti Torp sat between her and 5 ldy Margaret, while the two others «lk«d The deep-cushioned straw (•hairs stood round a low fixed table on whit h there had been coffee, and at touY|*ret's request the light had been put out, though It was only a small, 'Opalescent one, placed under the awn­ ing abaft the wheel-bouse and bridge. "We must be going very fast," said Lady Maud," for the sea is fiat as a mlllpond, aad.yet there's a gale as soon as tm4 ^ets but of the lee at things." "She's doing 22, I believe," replied Van Torp, "and she can do 23 if pressed. She will, by and by, when she gets warmed up." "Where are we going?" Margaret asked. "At this rate w« are sure to get somewhere!" "I don't know where we're going, I'm sure." The millionaire smiled in the gloom. "But as you say, it doesn't take more than five minutes to get somewhere in a ship like this." "Yon must have told the captain what you wanted him to do! You must have given some orders!" "Why, certainly. I told him to look around and see if he could find anoth­ er yacht like this anywhere in the Mediterranean. So he's just looking around, like that, I suppose. And if he finds another yacht anything like this, we'll see which of us can go fast­ est. You see I don't know anything about ships, or where to go, so I just thought of that way of passing the time, and when you're tired of rushing about sod want to go anywhere. ln par­ ticular. why, I'll take you there. If the weather cuts up we'll go in some­ where and wait, and see things on shore. Will that do?" Margaret laughed at the vagueness of such a roving commission, but Lady Maud looked toward her friend in the starlight and tried to see his expres­ sion, for she was sure that he had a settled plan In his mind, which he w^uld probably put * She rose. "Do you mma very much If I go to bed. Fm rather sleepy after the journey. Oh, I mustn't forget to tell you," she added, speaking to Mar­ garet, "I always lock my door at night, so don't be surprised! If you want to come in and talk when you come down just call, or knook. and I'll let you in directly." "All right," Margaret answered. '\?j' Lady Maud disappearedjbell^w, leaf­ ing the two together, for Mrs. Rush- more and Kralinsky had found a pleas­ ant sheltered place to sit, further aft, and the Count was explaining to the good American lady the delicious Rus­ sian mysteries of "Borshtsh," "Shtahl," "Kasha," and "Smyetany," after ex­ tolling the unapproachable flavor of fresh sturgeon's roe, and explaining that "caviare" Is not at all the Rus­ sian name for It and is not even a Russian word; and Mrs. Rushmore lis­ tened with Intense Interest and stood up for her country, on a basis of Blue Point oysters, planked shad, can­ vas-backs, and terrapin done in the Philadelphian manner, which she maintained to be vastly superior to the Baltimorian; and each listened to the other with real Interest. Van Torp and Margaret had not been alone together for five minutes since they had left Bayreuth on the previous day, but Instead of talking, after Lady Maud was gone, the prima donna began to sing very softly and beautifully--nothing grand nor very difficult; not the waltz-song that had made her famous, nor the "Good Fri­ day" music which she could never sing to the world, but sweet old me­ lodious songs she had learned when a girl; Shubert's "Serenade" and "Ave Maria," and Tostl's "Malia," and then Beethoven's "Adelaide;" and Van Torp was silent and perfectly happy, as well he might be. When she bid Van Torp good-night she pressed his hand frankly, as she had never done before, but he took no sudden advantage of what he felt In her touch, and he returned the pressure so discreetly that she was almost disappointed, though not quite, for there was just a little something more than usual there. She did not disturb Lady Maud, efther, when she went to hpr cabin, though If she had known that her beautiful neighbor was wide awake and restless, she would at least have said good-night and asked her If she was still so very tired. But Lady Maud slept, too, at last, though not very long, and was the only one who appeared at breakfast to keep Van Torp company, for Mar­ garet slept the sleep of a singer, which is deep and long as that of tbe healthy dormouse, and Mrs. Rush- more had her first tea and toast hap­ pily in her cheerful surroundings of pink and gilding. As for Kralinsky, his man Informed Stemp and the chief steward that the count never thought of getting up till between nine and ten o'clock, when he took a cup of chocolaie and a slice or two of sponge cake in his own room before dressing. So Lady Maud and Van Torp had. the yacht to themselves for some time that morning. "I fancy from what you said last night that your plan is to catch Lo­ gotheti and the Tartar girl at sea," salt Lady Mod* when they were alone. "I supposed you'd understand," an­ swered Van Torp. "Do you see any harm in that? It occurred to me that it might be quite a drastic form of demonstration. How does It strike you? Ai all low-down?" "No, frankly not!" Lady Maud was still incensed at Logotheti's conduct. "A man who does such things de­ serves anything that his rival can do to him. I hope you may overhaul the yacht, run alongside of her and show Margaret the two, making love to M the least that. Ought to him f*' "Tlttnk you. I like to hear you talk like that. Capt. Brown will do his level best, I think. And now, tell me," he lowered his voice a little more, "Is that man Leven, or not?" "I am sure he Is," Lady Maud an­ swered, "and yet I feel as if there ought to be a little doubt still. I don't know how to express it. for it's rather an odd sensation." "I should think it might bo! Is there anything I can say or do? I'll ask the man any question you sug­ gest. I'm certain he's not old Levi Long legs, and If he's not Leven, who on earth is he? That's what I should like to know." "I shall find out, never tsar! I know I shall, because I must, If I am ever to have any peace again. I'm not a very nervous person, you know, am I? But it's more than I can bear long, to sit opposite a man at talfle, again and again, as I shall have to, and not be sure whether he's my husband, come back from the dead, or some <me else!" She paused, and her nos­ trils dilated a little, but Van Torp only nodded slowly and sympathetic­ ally. "I mean to know before I go to bed to-night," she said, with a little desperation In her voice. "I shall talk to him till I am sure of one thing or the other. At table, I cannot tell, but if we are alone together I know I can settle the question. If you see that we are talking at the other end of the deck, try to keep Mrs, Rushmore and Margajret' from oomlnf -near us. Will you?" To Mrs. Rushmore's amazement and Margaret's surprise, Lady Maud made a dead set at Kralinsky all that day, an attention which he seemed to appreciate as it deserved. Before breakf ast was over. Van Torp had re­ peated to her what Kralinsky had said about having formerly been In­ timate with Leven, and Lady Maud took this statement as a basis of op­ erations for finding out just how much he knew of her own life; she judged that if he were not Leven himself, he must soon betray the fact by his igno­ rances That was the SUrtngest day she had ever passed. 'She found it very easy to talk to Kralinsky, as it always Is j^f when there has been long familiarity, even if it has been only the familiar intercourse of domestic discord. He knew many details of her life In Lon­ don. That was clear after half an hour's conversation. She alluded to the Idle talk there had been about her and Van Torp; Kralinsky knew all about that and had heard, as he said, some silly story about Leven having found her with the American in cer­ tain rooms in the Temple, and about an envelope which was said to have contained over four thousand and one hundred pounds in bank-notes. He politely scouted the story as non­ sense, but he had heard it, and Lady Maud knew that every word of it was true. He knew of Leven's unsuccess­ ful attempt to divorce her on that ground, too, and he knew the num­ ber of her house in Charles street, Berkeley square. On the other hand, there were many things of which he knew noth­ ing, or pretended to be lgnorsnt, such ;,as the names of her brothers and sis­ ters, her father's favorite pursuits snd the like. But she understood very well that if he thought she suspected his Identity under the disguise of his beard, and if he wished to avoid re­ cognition, he was just the man to pre­ tend blank Ignorance of some vital matters, after admitting his acquaint­ ance with many others. He had been very intimate with Leven, to the last, he said; Leven had always written to him very fully about his life, very wittily sometimes, but always without balance! That was It; he had no "bal­ ance." Yes, he himself bad been in Petersburg when Leven was killed and bad seen him on the previous day. Within a week he had made a rapid trip to New York, whence he had now just returned. He had crossed on five-day boats both going and coming, and he named them. "I am naturally interested In meet­ ing any one who knew my husband so well/ Lady Maud said, making a bold dash fit a possibility. "We had many differences, as you seem to know, but I dare say that if he could come back to life and know the real truth, we should forgive each other." She looked up to him with a gentle smile as she said this, for she had often felt it; and in that instant a flash of light Qfme into his usually rather uncertain eyes. Her heart stood still; shellooked at the sea again di­ rectly, for she was leaning against the rail; then she drew breath, as if from an effori She had seen a look that could only mean recognition. Leven was alive and was standing beside her. But she had the courage to go on talking, after a moment, and she tried to change the subject, though not very adroitly. v During the afternoon MrSVan Torp had a revelation, sudden and clear, for he had watched Lady Maud and Kralinsky all day ahd had thought about them a good deal, considering how his mind was occupied with other matters even hearer to his heart than his best friend's welfare. As poon as the revelation came upon him he rang for his own man. "Stemp, see here!" he began "You've valeted around with-all sorts of different looking men. How long does it take to grow a beard like Count Kralinsky's?" "A year, sir. Not a day leas, and longer with most gentlemen* If you were thinking of it, sir--" "You don't believe it could be man­ aged in three months, by taxing an expert .around with you to work yot..' face?" "That' Gentlemen's beards that have shaved all their lives, as I suppose you have, sir, do grow faster, but I should con­ sider a year a short time for such a fine one as ihe count's. Indeed 1 should, sir." • • : "Do you suppose you could stick it on fresh every day, the way they do for the stage?" "Not so that it wouldn't allow la broad daylight, sir.* "Well, that's all. 1 wasn't exactly thinking of trying a beard. I was only thinking--just like that. What I rang for was a cap. Got any more like this? You see I've managed to get a spot of ink on this one. Had Jt on the table when I was writing, 1 suppose. That's the worst of white caps, they spot so." A little later, Mr. Van Torp waa looking out for a chance to speak alone with Lady Maud, and as soon as he found his opportunity he told her what Stemp had said. Strangely enough, it had never occurred to him that such a remarkable beard as Kra­ linsky's must have taken a long time to grow, and that Leven, who had none, had not left London more than t&ree months ago. He watched the effect of this statement on his friend's face, but to his surprise she remained grave and sad. "I cannot help it," ahe said in a tone of conviction. "He must be Leven, whatever Stemp tells you about his beard." "Well, then it's a false beard, and will come off," observed Miv Van Torp, with at leas( equal gravity. "Stemp says that's impossible, bat he must be wrong, unless you are ** "It's real," Lady Maud said, "and he is my husband. I've talked to him all day, and he knows things about my life that no one else coukl, and if there are others about which he ia vague, that must be because M Is pretending, and does not want to show that he knows everything." Van Torp shook his head, but te- mained unconvinced; Lady Maud did not change her mind either, and was already defeating with herself-as to whether it would not be really wiser to speak out and tell Kralinsky that she had recognized him under hfp transparent disguise. She felt thai} ahe must know the worst, If aim wa# ever to rest again. 1 (TO BE COHTINPgP.) Qriat Soldier's Quick Thought. Once during the Iron Duke's cafl£ palgn'ln the Pyrenees, it happened that Gen. Picton's dispositions for ra> ceivlng the assault of Marshal Soutft displeased him; The danger threat­ ened from in front, and the difficulty lay In delaying the attack until Wel­ lington could effect the change He wished. He Was, as usual, equal io the occasion. Waving his hat In the air, be galloped to the front of a regi­ ment as if he meant to order a charge, j The whole of Picton's line cheered tre­ mendously, and as the roar <|ied away, Wellington was heard to remark, half to himself: "Soult Is a cautious com­ mander, and will not attack in fon t without ascertaining the meaning 6f these cheers. That will leave time for the Sixth division to come up, and we shall beat him." This was exactly what happened, and Soult sustained a bloody repulse where he might have won an easy victory. ne 1 How to inclose a Stamff. "There's only one decent way to In- cloae a stamp for a reply," said the head of a large business, "and that is to use one of the stamps from the out­ side rows of a sheet with a blank mar­ gin that can be stuck upon the letter and leaves the stamp ready for use. Any other way either loses the stamp or elss spoils it for use. But I found to-day a trick that la pretty good. Most people Inclose the stamp by •ticking it down at one corner, and then you have to paste that corner down when, .you use the stamp. The new trick is to wet the stamp in a little space in the center and stick it there. It pulls off easily, yet when you use the stamp all the edges have gum enough to stick."--Farm Ma­ chinery. Malaria. Malaria ever has been, and la yet, the great barrier against the Invasion of the tropics by the white races, nor has its injurious influences been con­ fined to the deaths that it causes. It has been held by careful atudenti Of tropical diseases and conditions, that no small part of that singular apathy and indifference which steal over tbe mind and body of the white colonist in the tropics, numbing even his moral sense and alternating with furious outbursts of what the French have termed "tropical wrath," charac­ terized by unnatural cruelty and ab­ normal disregard for the rights of others is the readly work «t ma­ laria.--Outing. Hunting Grounds for Naturalists. Those who are curious about birds may spend time to great profit in looking at the poulterers' shops when game is in season. There they will find many rare and even valuable specimens that apparently have been thrown Into the hamper by the man who shot them on the chance of hi* receiving something from the London dealer. A very good museum of stuffed birds might be srot by simply purchasing those that through ill luck have found their way Into I-eadenha*. Market.--Country Life. Terrifying Threat "Halt or III shoot at you!" cri«* the policeman. The hold-up man ou<v laughed and continued to sprin*. "If you don't halt fll 5fioot up !j the air!" shouted the e«*p. desperately The criminal threw uo both hand* and submitted to arrest. Liberty wa» dear t<* him. but the rl*» «fu 'H -2 Advioe. "Your boy Jerry has a grand votoe,'* Bald Mr. Dolan. "Yes. He says he's going Into grand opera," replied Mr. Rafferty. "He wants, says he, to have the crowds leanin* forward to catch every tone as he lifts his voice to express things that , ' ^ jl no one but himself can fully compre- * ^§| ;1 bend." "Jerry says that, does *1 "He does,", . tA A "Tell htm to be an auctioneer. He ' ^ can do the same thing and the money ^ Is surer." „ -j ' >- I I * # X'.-' . - • _ . An. Easy JeVi v-4 * "• "'*• 1 '4 ^1 > **Do you think that you* C«i ttklit " my daughter happy?" askcd lir. Cum- , *|j rox. '. 4^ k "She has been happy with you, hasn't she?" rejoined the confident t\ » youth. ' jjrJ "I think so, sir." "Well, if she's that easy to please 1 there ought to be no difficulty * ^ If You Are a Trifle Sensitive * " 'M ^ iknt the size of your shoes, mmnj people • , , wear smaller shoes by using Allen's Foot-Ease, - v- • < y"j the Antiseptic Powder to shake into the ahoes. , . . y It cures Tired, Swollen, Aching- Feet »nil , , 3' rivos rest and comfort. Just the thing1 for • breaking in new aho«p. Sold evMywfceve, Me* Sample sent FRKK. Address, Allea 8. Olauted, . LeRoy, N. Y. Back on Earth. "I hear your son is something of *ai; aviator, Mrs. Comeup." "Well, to tell the truth, he was a bit, that way, but he's taken the pledge." Pettit'a Eye Salve 100 Years Old, ill relieves tired eyes, quickly cures eye aches, - . . ̂ U1 inflamed, sore, watery or ulcerated eyes.,1* , 91 £ ! All druggists or Howard Bros.Buffaiat»w.Y. \ ] A woman waters her grief with he? » %S't tears and it springs Into a lovely flow- hlf j er; a man salts his with bitterness 1 it turns to a thorn. ONLY ONE "BROMO QCISINB ' Ult TIM It LAXATIVB BHOMO QClNlNB. U«k U* the «lgTj»tnre of B. W. GKUVTC. Used tbe Wort* WNteCiMkCeUlaOMOu. ate. • The decay of poetry may be due to the fact that so much of It is rotten. Aebe all oreThroat surp. with chills? That la L* t i tirippe. Ptrry Dtr i' Painkiller will break U op if ; 5®} taken promptly. All dealers, 23c. SSc andSSc bottlea. ' * S:, Eyery man has theories about rala- ^ iDH a family--before he marries. : .\<£. % Lewis' Single Binder, the famooa .vi, V': straight 5c cigar--annual sal* 9,500,000- Reform la a good thing «hen applied - £| < "f; to the other fellow. ^ ------------------ ... RkniMitliai HfHrrH kl Six lis-- by ^ ..»« % Dr.Detchon'a Relief for Rheumatism.?5e. It's never too late to mend- It Is too late. -until '3n v <'V'4 :i ftf; HER PHYSICIAN APPROVES v 3/- t'V 1 -rt • ! ,J Taking Lydia EPinktiaaiV • Vegetable Compound .v' II surprised to* Mi% ow much good L M.r PNYSL-^ >?;V said ' Without; -.* •<•>$ i> - Sabatftis, Maine.--"You told me to f ̂ take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and ,^ . ' ^ Liver Pills before* * child-birth, and wei • re a l l su rp r i sed to%'^ •ee how it did. dan said - w doubt it was the . Cotnpoun helped JOB.* 1^% thank you for .? kindness in advising me and git® yon full permission tome ! ̂ my name in your testimonials."--Mrs. H, W. MITCHELL, BOX 3, Sabattas, Me. Another Woman Helped. Caaniteville, Vfc -- "I * -passing through the Change of Life ai- ̂suffered from nervousness and other annoying symptoms. l ydia E. Pinkham's Vege- 1 table Compound restored my health and ji strength, and proved worth mountains of gold to me. For the ^ake of other? suffering women 1 am willing yon! should publish my letter." --Mrs.- CHARLE8 BABCLAY, R.F.D., Granite-' Tille, Yt. # Women who are passing through ; this critical period or who are suffer- j ing from any of those distressing ills v- ."i* ^ peculiar to their sex should not loae» $ sight of the fact that for thirty years. • .'-i ? Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com» pound, which is made from root# and " herbs, has been, the standard remedy for female ills. In almost e?ery com­ munity you will find women who have been restored to health by Lydia m-;-« ."»1' ^ £. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound* Trial Bottle Mall „ , at - . t . v If yos wifar from Br»Qep«y. THs. lUBagBltteMWi Bp&naa, or fcave cblldiennat do to, mj Sew Die-. coTery will relieve them, «n4 *11 ToaaMMkedto . - dob to need foraFreeTiUItS Bottle of Our* II h&a cured thousands wfa«-r« averrthlux «Sm failed. Guaranteed by May Medical m T'nder Pure Food and Drugs Act, Jane MtMHl *. t,1 Guaranty No. 18#T1. Please write for BpecialPrse 1 , BotUe and five AGB aad complete addcaoa 01. W. H. MAY, m Psarf Stresl, Ri- Ttrt.» ' Fleas* MUCAJL E8TATK. ••• i-? 33 FBEfe GOVERIMEIT NOSCSTMK I i the jfiva? whciu iroviof psv 006 acivs la** Tear. Tliur^; Aim. \hm igjbijr ii an can be obtained Ot Mumaiia. 3. £artu» will ... ----- moni<y the farmer <•> «-r makes.. TIm'j iirt> o pru4«cti,e und easily tilled l)o noi wait uuti of tho best fiirms are taken. Write the Biiltngs Montana I'hamber of f oiuiueri-e, 1- i»f for ia- iortnation cwncerttin* !hes*» fr%'e laad>. MuvensjueM •/> Irrigated farms nt Humler, orvbard lra«s and frwi» ' VAD,' farms n«»ar BilUuits- Also elwap det-ded wbvai tp/ff ' farms, and sugar be«<t lands. s*elUers are coaling in * V * coloiues to these last freeguvernnieur wheat larsus. " COLORADO--Write fcr Uiustraud ooofc. Knut. garden and poultr* tract* adjoining Oen*<*r. • Under the lireat Antero Irrigation S<|*teui. Ili» best, surest and safest i nv^tuiem mi] the market. OonTer Is 'be best market in the wvrid. a (U aud SU- > aer» traets x-Ht on :tie east payment, pkin n !U • pay for Ehemselver. in a few vears. *4l0ja*).WJ *ortB . •old in tbe past ti montlis. We (jivf yisa the name" . of UU »tx> hafe/boutfht. for referenct;-the Governor, tvfer to local "" ' •TIdeal Bldg.. Dearer. Oul. ALBEKTA WHEAT LANDS FOB SAUK-- Choice improved and raw landsuii ti> acres . " in block, in the best part „t jHjuthern AliMHrtaei front IIS per acre up. All inquiries promptly ao- wrered. Henderson Jt Mlnkler, 1st Si., W»«, Oalfary. A lb«rta • DOK SAU5-- Imptuwd «i aere WlwoasJn f*i«. r !ti plowed: fraoi.- bulldlti*!*. clay i. machinery: rillag* _ i. no or UaSM Wrw J»a Won. Wisconsin 2,200 Acr"** ̂as * great mm x' T Ii#*;' t *2.