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Mrs. Wrandall hears the story Of Hetty Cas- tleion's life, except that portion that re­ lates to Wrandall. This and the story of the tragedy she forbids the girl ever to tell. She offers Hetty a home, friendship and oecurity trom peril on account of the tragedy. Sara Wrandall and Hetty re- tura to New York after an absence of a year In Europe. Leslie Wrandall. brother of Chains, becomes greatly Interested in Hetty. Sara sees In Leslie's Infatuation possibility for revenge on the Wrandalls and reparation for the wrongs she suf­ fered at the hands of Challis Wrandall by marrying his murderess into the family- JLcslie. in company with his friend Bran­ don Booth, an artist, visits Sara at^her country place. Leslie confesses to sara that he Is madly in lava with Hetty. Sara aiTttngts with Booth to paint a picture or Hetty. Booth has a haunting feeling that he has seen Hetty before. Looking through a portfolio of pictures by an un­ known English artist he finds one of Hetty. He speaks to her about It Hetty declares It must be & picture of Hetty Olynn. an English actreaa. who resembles her very much. Much to his chagrin Leslie Is refused by Hetty. Booth ana Hetty confess their love for each other, but the latter declares that she can never marry as there is aji insurtnountable bar­ rier in the way. Hetty admits to Sara that she loves Booth. Sara declares that Hetty must marry I^eslle. who must be made to pay his brother's debt to the girl. Hetty again attempts to tell the real story of the tragedy and Sara threat­ ens to strangle her If she says a woru. Sara insults Hetty by revealing that all this time she has believed Hetty to have slaned in her relations with Challis Wran­ dall. Later she realizes that Hetty is in tiocent. Leslie again propose# to Hetty and Is rejected. Hetty prepare® to leave Sara, declaring that after what has hap­ pened she can remain no longer. I: ws . CHAPTER XI11«--Continued. Leslie did not turn up at his father"* place in the High street that night until Booth was safely out of the way. He spent a dismal evening at the boat dab. His tyher and mother were In the library when he came home at half- past ten. From a dark corner of the garden he had witnessed Booth's early , >'s departure. Vivian had' gone down to f ^ the gate in the low-lying hedge with V f her visitor. She came in a moment after Leslie's entrance. "Hello, Lea," ehe said, bending an Inquiring eye upon him. "Isn't this early for you?" Her brother was standing near the fireplace. heavy dew falling, Ma- "Shant I touch ng?" er to him qulck- on his arm. she said ani­ le flre." this room," eaid up trom his ys doing some- ort. tice him. Lea- match. "There's a tor." he said a match to His moth' U, and laid "Your lonely. "It's very Mr. Wran book. They thing tor No one He knelt and "Well? *f\Yeli what?" he demanded without looking up. * His sister took a moment for thought. 'Ts Hetty coming to, stay with us in Julyr He stood erect, first ^rubbing his knee to dislodge the dm*--then his palms. \ "No, she isn't coming," he said. He drew a very long breath--the first in several hours--and then expelled it vocally. "She has refused to marry IM." Mr. Wrandall turned a leaf in his book; it sounded like the crack of doom, eo still had the room become. Vivian had the forethought to push a chair toward her mother. It was a most timely act on. her part, for Mrs. Wrandall sat down very abruptly and very limply. "She -- whatf* gasped I*slie's I mother t "Turned >me down--cold," said Les­ lie briefly. • Mr. Wrandall laid Ms book on the lllble without thinking to put the book- *She--What?" Oasped Leslie's Mother. ';|park in place. Then he arose and removed his glasses, fumbling for the ; *• * "She--she--what?" he demanded. T&t' "Sacked me," replied his eon. ^ "Please not Jeat with me, Les- ^e' 8aid hiB mother» trying to smile. ^ "He isn't joking, mother," said Viv- with a shrug of her fine shoulders • • < - "He--he must be," cried Mrs. Wran- JT$|all impatiently. "What did she really # "The only thing I remember was >/<? Tfeoodby,'" said he, and then blew his panose violently. .v';i "Poor old Les! "I V'^eal^ellng. ;; ;Y;. "" "It was Sara Gooch's doing!" ex- Claimed Mrs. Wrandall, getting ber ^reath at last. "Nonsense," said Mr. Wrandall ^ : ;J^,ckiug up hlB 1x1011 onc« more and ^n;t¥'-t>furning to the place where the book- («uu-k lay, after ivhich he proceeded to •aid Vivian, wtth re-read four or five pagee before dis­ covering his error. No one spoke ifor a matter of five minutes or more. Then Mrs. Wran­ dall got up, went over to the library table and closed with a snap the bulky blue book with the limp leather cover, saying as she held it up to let him see that It was the privately printed history of the Mnrgatroyd family: "It came by post this evening from London. She is merely a fourth cousin, my eon." He looked up with a gleam of in­ terest in his eye... CHAPTER XIV. Crossing the cKdnftef. Booth, restless with a vague uneasi­ ness that had come over h!m during the night, keeping him awake until nearly dawn, was hard put during the early hours of the forenoon to find occupation for his interest until a seasonable time arrived for appearing at Southlook. He was unable to ac­ count for this feeling of uncertainty and irritation. At nine he set out to walk over to Southlook, realizing that he should have to spend an hour in profitless gossip with the lodge keeper before presenting himself at the villa, but somehow relishing the thought that even so he would be nearer to Hetty than If he remained in his own door- yard. Half-way there we was overtaken by Sara's big French machine returning from the village. The car came to a standstill as he stepped aside to let it pass, and Sara herself leaned over and cordially invited him to get in and ride home with her. "What an early bird you are," he ex­ claimed as he took his seat beside her. She was not in a mood for airy per­ siflage, as he soon discovered. "Mise Castleton has gone up to town, Mr. Booth," ahe said rather lifelessly. "I have Just taken her to the station. She caught the eighth thirty." He was at once solicitous. "No bad news, I hope?" There was no thought in his mind that her absence was other than temporary. She is not coming back, Brandon." She had not addressed him as Bran­ don before. He stared. "You--you mean--" The words died on hla lips. "She la not coming back," ahe re­ peated. An accusing gleam leaped Into his eyes.' "What has happened, Mrs. Wran­ dall?" he asked. She was quick to perceive the change in bis voice and iqanner. "She prefers to live ap4rt from me. That ie all." "When was this decision reached?** "But yesterday. Soon after die came in from her walk with you." "Do--do you mean to imply that that had anything to do with her leav­ ing your home?" he demanded, with a flush on his cheek. She met his look without flinching. "It was the beginning." "You--you criticised her? You took her to task--" "I notified her that she was to marry Leslie Wrandall If she marries anyone at all," she said in a perfectly level tone. "Good Lord, Mrs. Wrandall!" "But she Is not going to marry Les­ lie." "I know it--I knew it yesterday," he cried triumphantly. "She loves me, Sara. Dtdnt she say a* much to you?" i "Yes, Brandon, she loves you. But she will not be your wife." "What is all this mystery? Why can't she be my wife? What is there to prevent?" She regarded him with dark, inscru­ table eyes. Many seconds passed be­ fore she spoke. "Would you want her tor your wife if you knew she had belonged to an­ other man?" He turned very cold. The palms of his hands were wet, as with ice-water. Something dark seemed to flit before his eyes. 1 will not believe that of her," he Bald, shaking his head with an air of finality. "That is not an answer to my ques­ tion." "Yes, I would ctiU want Iter/* he declared steadily. "I nierely meant to put you to the harshest test," she said, and there was relief in her voice. "She is a good girl, she is pure. I hsked my question because until yesterday I had reason to doubt her." "Good heavens, how could you doubt those honest, guiltless eyes of--M She shook her head sadly. "To an swer you I would have te reveal the secret that makes it impossible for her to become your wife, %aA that I cannot, will not do." ^ Is It fair to me?" Perhaps not, but It !• fair to her and that is why I must remain silent. "Before God, I shall know the truth from her, if not from you--and "If you love her, if you will be kind to her, you will let her go her way in peace." He was struck by the somewhat sin­ ister earnestness of her words. Tell me where I may Qnd her," he said, setting his jaw. "It will not be difficult for you to find her," she said, frowniftg, "if you insist on pursuing her." "You drive her away from your house, Sara Wrandall, and yet you ex­ pect me to believe that y6ur motives are friendly. Why should I accept your word as final?" * "I did not drive her awnay# nor did I ask her to -stay." ' ' He stared hard at her. > - "Good Lord, what is the meaning of all this?" he cried in perplexity "What am I to understand?" ; The car had corns' to a stqp Georo"e Barr M°Cutcheon eapyw&n/aa er GeortcTaAM *nciiro¥faff; carman/9J2 aYPQD&ff&iG ĉoMPAftY 8}ie laid her hand ' \ \r V- UH-V the porte cochere. on his arm. "If you will come In with me, Bran­ don, I will try to make things dear to you." He left in half an hour, walking rap­ idly down the drive, his coat buttoned closely, although the morning was hot and breathless. He held In his hand a small scrap of paper on which was written: "If I loved you less, I would come to you now and lie to you. If you love me, Brandon, you will, let me go my way. It is the only course. Sara is my friend, and she Is yours. Be guided by her, and believe in my love tor you. Hetftr." • • » • " • - And now, as things go in fairy sto­ ries, we should prepare ourselves to see Hetty pass through a season in drudgery and hardship, with the ulti­ mate quintessence of joy as the re­ ward for her trials and tribulations. Happily, this is not a fairy tale. There are some things more fantastic than fairy tales, if they are not spoiled in R He 8tood Looking Down Into Her Se­ rious Blue Eyes. the telling. Hetty did not go forth to encounter drudgery, disdain and ob­ loquy. By no manner of means! She went with a well-filled purse, a definite purpose ahead and a determined fac­ tor behind. In a manner befitting her station as the intimate friend of Mrs. Challl? Wrandall, as the cousin of the Murgat- royds, as the daughter of Colonel Cas­ tleton of the Indian corps, as a per­ son supposed to be possessed of in­ dependent means withal, she went, with none to, question, none to caviL Sara had Insisted on this, as much for her own sake as for Hetty's; she argued, and she had prevailed in the end. What would the world think, what would their acquaintances think, and above all what would the high and mighty Wrandalls think if she went with meek and lowly mien? Why should they make it possible for anyone to look askance? And so it was that ehe departed in state, with a dozen trunks and boxes; an obsequiously attended Beat in the parlor car was hers; a telegram In her bag assured her that rooms were being reserved for herself and maid at the Rltz-Carlton; alongside it re­ posed a letter to Mr. Carroll, instruct­ ing him to provide her with sufficient funds to carry out the plan agreed upon; and In the seat behind sat the lady's maid who had served her for twelvemonth and more. The timely demise of the venerable Lord Murgatroyd afforded the most natural excuse for her trip to England. The old nobleman gave up the ghoet, allowing for difference in time, at the very moment when Mrs. Redmond Wrandall was undoing a certain pack­ age from London, which turned out to be a complete history of what his forbears had done in the way of prop­ agation since the fourteenth century. Hetty did not find it easy to accom­ modate her pride to the plan which was to give her a fresh and rather imposing start in the world. She was to have a full year in which to deter­ mine whether Bhe should accept toll and poverty as her lot, or emulate the symbolic example of Dicky, the canary bird. At the end of the year, unless ehe did as Dicky had done, her source of supplies would be automatically cut off and she would he entirely depend­ ent upon her own wfts and resources. In the interim she was a probationary person of leisure. It had required hours of persuasion on the part of Sara Wrandall to bring her into line with these arrangements. But I am able and willing to work for my living," had been Hetty's stub­ born retort to all the arguments brought to bear upon her. "Then let me put it in another light. It ie vital to me, of course, that you should keep up the show of affluence for a while at least I think I have made that clear to you. But here is another side to the matter; the ques­ tion of recompense." "Recompense?" cried Hetty sharply. "Without your knowing it, I have virtually held you a prisoner all these months, condemned in my own judg­ ment if not in the sight of the law I have taken the law unto myself. You were not convicted of murder in this unitarian court of mine, but of an other sin. For .fifteen months you have been living tinder the shadow of a crime you did not commit. I was reserving complete punishment for you In the shape of an Ignoble mar rlage, which was to have served two bitter ends. Well, I had the truth from you. I belleve you to be abso­ lutely innocent of the charge I held over you, for which I condemned you without a hearing. Then, why should I not employ my own means of mak­ ing restitution?*' "You have condescended to believe In me. That ie all I ask." "True, that is all you ask. B«t Is it altogether the fstr way out of ltf To illustrate: our criminal lawB are less kind to the innocent than to the guilty. Our law courts find a man guilty and he is sent to prison. Later on, he Is found to be innocent--abso­ lutely innocent What does the state do in the premises? It Issues a formal. pardon--a mockery, pure"and simple-- and the man is set free. It all comes to a curt, belated apology for an error on the part of justice. No substantial recompense is offered. He is merely pardoned for something he didn't do. The state, which has wronged him, condescends to pardon him! Think of it! It is the same as if a man knocked another down and then said, before he removed his foot from the victim's neck: 'I pardon you freely.' My fa­ ther was opposed to the system we have:--that all countries have--of par­ doning men who have been unjustly condemned. The Innocent victim is pardoned in the same manner as the guilty one who comes In for clemency. I accept my father's contention that an innocent man should not be shamed and humiliated by a pardon. The court which tried him should reopen the case and honorably acquit him of the crime. Then the state should pay to this innocent man, dollar for dol­ lar, all that he might have earned dur­ ing his term of imprisonment, with an additional amount for the suffering he haB endured. Not long ago in an ad­ joining state a man, who had served seventeen years of a life sentence for murder, was found to be wholly inno­ cent. What happened ? A pardon was handed to him and he walked out of prison, broken in spirit, health and purse. His small fortune had been wiped out in the futile effort to prove his innocence. He gave up seventeen years of his life and then was par­ doned for the sacrifice. He should have been paid for every day spent in prison. That was the very least they could have done." "I see now what you mean," mused Hetty. "I .have nevfcr thought^of it in that way before." "Well, it comes to this in our case, Hetty: I have tried you all over again in my own little court and 1 have ac­ quitted you of the charge I had against you. I do not offer you a silly pardon. You muBt allow me to hav^ my way in this matter, to choode,' my own meane of compensating you for--" "You saved my life," protested Het­ ty, shaking her head obstinately. "My dear, I appreciate the fact that you are English," said Sara, with a weary Bmlle, "but won't you please %ee the point?" Then Hetty smiled too, and the way was easier after that for Sara. She gained her quixotic point, and Hetty went away from Southlook feeling that no woman in all the world was so be­ wildering as Sara Wrandall. When she sailed for England, two days later, the newspapers announced that the beautiful and attractive Miss Castleton was returning to her native land on account of the death of Lord Murgatroyd, and would spend the year on the continent, where probably she would be joined later on by Mrs. Wran­ dall, whose period of mourning and distress had been softened by the con­ stant and loyal friendship of "this ex­ quisite Englishwoman." Four hundred miles out at sea she was overtaken by wireless messages from three persons. Brandon Booth's message said: "I am Bailing tomorrow on a faster ship than yours. You will find me waiting for you on the landing stage." Her heart gave a leap to dizzy heights, ancT, try as she would, she could not crush it back to the depths in which It had dwelt for days. The second bit of pale green paper contained a cry from a most unexpect­ ed source: "Cable your London ad­ dress. S. refuses to give it to me. I think I understand the situation. We want to make amends for what you have had to put up with during the year. She has ehown her true nature at last" It was signed "Leslie." From Sara came these cryptic words: "For each year of famine there will come seven years of plenty." All the way across the Atlantic she lived in a state of subdued excitement Conflicting emotions absorbed her waking hours but her dreams were all of one complexion: rosy and warm and full of a joyousuess that dis­ tressed her vastly when she recalled them to mind in the early morning hours. During the day she intermit­ tently hoped and feared that he would be on the landing stage. In any event, she was bound to find unhapplness. If he were there her joy would be short-lived and blighting; if he were not there, her disappointment jvoulrt be equally hard to bear. He was there. She saw him from the deck of the tender as they edged up to the landing. His tall figure loomed in the front rank against the rail that held back the crowd; his sun-bronzed face wore a look of eager expectancy; from her obscured posi­ tion in the shadow of the deck build­ ing, purposely chosen for reasons only too obvious, she could even detect the alert, ewift-moving scrutiny that he fastened upon the crowd. later on, he stood looking down into her serious blue eyes; her hagflB were lying limp in his. His own eyes were dark with earnestness, with th« restraint that had fastened itself upon him. Behind her stood the respectful but Immeasurably awed maid, who could not, for the life of her, under stand how a man could be on both sides of the Atlantic at one and the same time. ' i "Thank the Lord, Hetty, say 1, foi the five-day boats," he was saying. "You should not have come, Bran­ don," she cried softly, and the look of misery in her eyes was tinged with a glow she could not suppress. "It only makes everything harder for me 1--I-- Oh, I wish you had not come!' "But isn't it wonderful?" he cried, "that I should be here and waiting for fou! It is almost inconceivable. And you were in the act of running away from me, too. Oh, I have that much of the tale from Sara, so don't look so hurt about it" , "I am so sorry you came," she re­ peated, her lip trembling. Noting her emotion, he gave her hands a fierce, encouraging presspre ̂|brain, a cruel but effective plan that and Immediately released them. "Come," he said gently; "I have booked for London. Everything is ar­ ranged. I shall see to your luggage. Let me put you in the carriage first." As she sat In the railway carriage, waiting for him to return, she tried In a hundred ways to devise a means of escape, and yet £he had never loved him eo much as now. Her heart was sore, her desolation never ao complete as now. He came back at last and took his seat beside her in the compartment fanning himself with his hat The maid very discreetly stared out of the win­ dow at the hurrying throng of travel­ ers on the platform, • "How 1 love you, Hetty--how I adore you!" Booth whispered passion­ ately. . . "Oh, Brandon!" "And I dont mean to gtir* yoU up," he added, his lean jaw setting hard. "You must--oh, you must," she cried miserably. "I mean it, Brandon--" "What are your plans?" asked he. "Please don't ask me," she pleaded. "You must give it up, Brandon. Let me go my own way." 1 "Not until I have the whole story from you. You see, I am not easily thwarted, once I set my heart on a thing. I gathered this much from Sara: the object is not insurmount­ able." "She--said--that?" "In effect, yes," he qualified. "What did she tell you?" demanded Hetty, laying her hand on his arm. "I will confess she didn't reveal the secret that you consider a barrier, but she went so far as to say that it wae very dark and dreadful," he sa\d light­ ly. They were speaking in very low ton'es. "When I pinned her down to it, she added that it did not in any sense bear upon your honor. But there is time enough to talk about this later on. For the present let's not discuss the past I know enough of your history from your own lips as well as what little I could get out of Sara, to feel sure that you are In a way, drifting. I Intend to look after you, at least until you find your­ self. Your sudden break with Sara has been explained to me. Leslie Wrandall is at the back of It Sara told me that she tried to force you to marry him. I think you did quite right in going aVay as you did, but on the other hand, was It quite fair to me?" "Yes, It was most fWr," she said, compressing ber lips. He frowned. "We can't possibly bt of the same opinion," he said seriously. "You wouldn't say that tf you knew everything." • "How long do you intend to stay In London ?" "I don't know. When does this train arrive there?" "At four o'clock, I think. Will you go to an hotel or to friends?" He put the question very delicately. She smiled faintly. "You mean the Murgatroyds?" "Your father is here, I am informed. And you must havq other friends or relatives who--" "I shall go to a small hotel 1 know near Trafalgar square," she Interrupt­ ed quietly. "You must n6t.,come there to see me, Brandon." "I shall expect you to dine with mf at--s&y Prince's this evening," was bis response to this. ^ She shook her head and then turned - to look out of the window. He sat back in his seat and for many miles. with deep perplexity In his eyes, stud­ ied her half-averted face. The old uneasiness returned. Was this ob­ stacle, after all, so great that it could not be overcome? They lunched together, but were singularly reserved all through the meal. A plan was growing in her made her despise hersfelf and yet con­ tained the only means of escape from an even more cruel situation. He drove with her from the station to the small hotel off Trafalgar square. There were no rooms to be had. It was the week of Ascot a«<i the city was still crowded with people who awaited only the royal sign to break the fetters that bound them to Don- don. Somewhat perturbed, she al­ lowed him (o escort her to several ho­ tels of a like character. F&iling in each case, she was in despair. At last she plucked up the courage to say to him, not without constraint and embarrassment: "I think, Brandon, If you were to allow me to apply alone to one of these places I could get In without much trouble." "Good Lord!" he gasped, going very red with dismay. "What a fool 1--" "111 try the Savoy/' she said quick­ ly, and then laughed at him. His face was the picture of distress. "I shall come for you tonight at eight," he eaid, stopping the taxi at once. "Goodby till then." He got out and gave directions to the chauffeur. Then he did a very strange thing. He hailed another taxi and, climbing in, started off in tha wake of the two women. From a point of vantage near the corridor leading to the "American bar," he saw Hetty sign her slips and move off toward the left. Whereupon, seeing that she was quite out of the way, he approached t!he manager's office and asked for accommodatons. "Nothing left, sir,",. "Not a thing?" "Everything has been taken for weeks, sir. I'm sorry." "Sorry, too. I had hoped you might have something left for a friend who expects to stop here--a Miss'Castle­ ton." "Miss Castleton has just applied. We could not give her anything." "Eh?" / "Fortunately we could let her have rooms until eight this evening. We were more than pleased to offer them to her for a few hours, although they are reserved for parties coming down from Liverpool tonight." Booth tried the Cecil and got a most undesirable room. Calling up the Savoy on the telephone, he got her room. The maid answered. She in­ formed him that Miss Castleton had just that instant gone out and would not return before seven o'clock. "I suppose she will not remove her trunks from the station until she finds a permanent place to lodge," he in­ quired. "Can I be of any service?" "1 think not sir. She left no word, sir." He hung up the receiver an! straightway dashed over to the Savoy, hoping to catch her before she left the hotel. Just inside the door, he cam a to an abrupt stop. She was at the news and ticket booth In the lobby, closely engaged in conversation w{th the clerk. Presently the latter took up the telephone, and after a brief con­ versation with some one at the other end, turned to Hetty and nodded his head. Whereupon she nodded her own adorable- head and began the search for her purse. Booth edged around to an obscure spot and saw her pay for and receive something in return. "By Jove!" he said to himself, amazed. She passed near him, without seeing him, and went out into the court - He watched her turn into the Strand. (TO BE CONTINUED.) 1CXX?QOOOOCXXXX)0<XXXX)00(XXXX>C?CXXX)OOCXXXXXXXXXX000000001 1CXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)QCOOCXXXXXXX)OOOCXXXXX3 CAT AND RATEpUAL PESTS Former Especially Have Wrought Hftvee Among the 8maller.Natlvs Animals of Australia. In the Monte Bello islands domestic cats have most unfortunately been in­ troduced, which do "much damage amongst the wallabies, and have ex­ terminated the bandicoot. The cats thrive exceedingly wherever they are introduced,"^ growing to great size. They soon become wild and cunning, and breed fast. It may be safely said that these animals are doing more damage than anything else to the na­ tive fauna -of the Australian region; indeed, the same remarks apply to the greater part of the world. Cats are carried almost universally on small trading ships, with the idea that they keep down rats. When they be­ come too numerous or otherwise ob­ jectionable, they are simply marooned, for to kill a cat is considered among the sailors as most unlucky. The black rat is another introduced species which does great harm. The animal is found universally over the Monte Bello group, even on the small outlying islets, which are'never vis­ ited, on which It occurs most abun­ dantly. Its presence 1b attributed to a schooner which was wrecked some twelve years ago, for it is well known that this rat iB a good swimmer. Tt is curious to find that this animal, which is now so rare in its nativb countries as to be looked upon as a great curiosity, should usually b& one of the first species to populate new lands where it is comparatively free, from competition. Driven from all civ­ ilized countries by the brown rat It has taken to < eea, being better adapted for a life on board ship than its otherwise victorious rival.--P. D. Montague In Geographical Journal New Turbine Liner. The -new German ocean liner Ad­ miral von Tirpitz, just launched at Stettin to ply between Hamburg and the Panama canal zone, is the first large vessel to employ the Foettinger turbotransformer In place of the usual turbines. Stean^ turbines give their best service when operated at a high speed, but the number of revolutions of the ship's propeller must not exceed a certain limit To reduce the speed of the turbine In order ,to accommo­ date it to the speed of the propeller means a considerably loss of energy. Doctor Toettinger's transformer, how­ ever, transmits the motion of the tur­ bine to the propeller shaft by a hydrau­ lic intermediary, whereby the turbines pan be operated at a high' speed while the propeller does not exceed its limit of revolutions. The loss of energy is Only ten per cent. Besides there is freedom from noise and vibration,. I ' Insect Pests as Food. f • prof. Charles Lincoln Edwards says we may reduce the cost of living by eating grasshoppers, and calls atten­ tion to the cleanliness of their food. But if we are to get our insect food direct instead of through the medium of feathered and finny species, why a discrimination in favor of the hard and horny grasshopper as against the fat anrt succulent cutworm^ the army worm, the large and handsome "to­ mato worm." and other similar spe­ cies who live quite as choicely as the grasshopper? Every farmer his own Insect destroyer! Pass the good word alea* to glwmot* eeetiottiî " 'T NEWS OF ILLINOIS oocoo Momence.--C. E. Foster, seventeen, was killed here when he fell under a freight train. The body wtui shipped to his home in" Chicago. Atlanta.--John P. Hieronymous, pio­ neer banker, died. He was seventy years old and for SO years was a cap­ italist and landowner of m> nois. Duquoin.--Mrs. May Greenwood died as the result of burns suffered several days ago from a fire in the yard. Her clothing became ignited. The body will be taken to Detroit Lepa.--The "shiny stone" that Lena Greehbaugh, a domestic employed in the home of Thomas Henning, took from the craw of a chicken she was preparing to cook, proved to be a pure white diamond for which a jevr- eler offered her $125. Danville.--Otto H. Weise, a promi­ nent churchman, was instantly killed when his motorcycle skidded on the Georgetown roadway qs he attempted to dodge an automobile. His body was thrown 70 feet, breaking the neck. Welse was bora In West Virginia 32 years ago and will be buried there: Danville.--Copies or the Christian Standard, published in Cincinnati, reached here containing a letter from Rev. Loula Patmont, the "dry" worker, and another from a friend stating that he Is safe in the hands of friends, but that his whereabouts would not be dl* vulged for the time being. The people of Westville held a mass meeting in an effort to assist in clearing up the ' first kidnaping. Decatur.--Secretary of State Harry WoodBi demand that the city of l)e- catur pay $110 In chauffeurs' fees for firemen and policemen who drive city automobiles was refused by the De-' catur council. "If Woods wants the money he will have to go to court for It," said Mayor Dinneen. The city holds tye >flre automobiles ^and police patrol lire run for the protection of the citizens and should not be subject­ ed to state tax. ,, * Springfield.--Governor Dunne Issued a requisition for Jthe return to Illinois of R. M. Shoemaker, formerly chief special agent for the Western Union Telegraph company, now held in San Francisco and Indicted in Chicago ou charges of conspiracy and larceny of papers- belonging to the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America. The charges grew out of Shoemaker's ac­ tivity in behalf of the Western Union during its recent war on the tele­ graphers' union. 1 Galeeburg.--Precautionary measures In anticipation of a general strike of engine crews were taken by Galesburg division officials of the Chicago, Tur­ lington & Quincy railroad here. Sev­ eral veteran engineers and firemen were called before officials and asked whether they would strike or stay with the company. The local Brother­ hood of Locomotive Firemen and Eh- ginemen voted 99 per cent strong to walk out if a strike were called. There is great excitement among the 3,000 . employes here. Chicago.--An Important political conference of Republican state chair­ men of a number of states in the cen­ tral west will be held in Chicago Mon­ day, August 3. Will H. Hays, chair* man of the Indiana Republican state central committee, hj&s ss'isd the chair­ men of Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa and Wiscon­ sin to meet him in conference upon that day for a mutual exchange of Ideas and plans for the success of the Republican party In the coming cam­ paign. Aurora.--Whether Austria or Servia Is victorious, Hungary will be the chief sufferer, according to Barahas Bella, member of the Hungarian parliament, who addressed 1,000 Hungarians here. "If Austria Is1 victor, it will get the credit and spoils," he said. "If It !• defeated Hungary will also suffer. I would' not encourage American resi­ dents to go back to Europe to take part In the war." Similar sentiments were expressed by t Brizi Barna and Kunfi Andras, also members of the Hungarian parliament. The three are members of the company of Hungari­ an political leaders headed by Count Karolye, who haye; $eei} touring the United States. Joliet -- James (\*Cncle Jimmy") Patterson, who woii fame as n progressive farmer, father of the cele­ brated Wheatland plowing match, or­ ganizer of the "eight-hour day on the farm" movement and Influential po­ litical leader among farmers in north- Torn Illinois, died at his Wheatland farm. Mr. Patterson literally starved to death. For almost a week he had been unable to .retain any nourish­ ment because of extreme weakness caused by old age. The funeral Sun­ day was attended by prominent busi­ ness men, farmers and leading politi­ cians throughout northern and central Illinois, Including Congressman Ira C. Copley, who was an intimate friend of Mr. Patterson. Herrln.--Sought 13 years, John Hart- lett, who is accused oI killing a man near Pittsburg, Laurel county, Ky., in 1901, was arrested here. Hartlett Is a coal miner and came here a few days ago from Colorado. He was recognised^ by miner friends who knew him In Kentucky and the pcUce were "tipped off." Centralia.--The conference board of home missions and church extension for the southern Illinois conference of the M. E. church recommended $1,000 in donations and $2,000 in loans for three churches which made applica­ tions. Centralia.--Charles W. Nelson, In­ jured in the Sandoval coal mine, died in a hospital in Salem. He was crushed between two cars while employed at the mines. Shobonier.--With SI wompn votlns against the proposition and only nine for it, the township high school issue was defeated at a special election by 158 votes. Pana. -- Backus Leaoh, sixty-ooo years old, a farmer of Montgomery county, was killed near his home at Witt west of Pana. He was thrown 4 out ef the wagon during ̂a n»swfJT» His son was driving.