The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

t*. r%» mm ar*4M*t* ;VV., & ; r ifwopsifr-ffe* *bi m «trir tIT •Wiwboat on the _ «l U» typ** of the period «M It and the ffoftttng #*»«• •• ilshed by raenrtawnt. danc- |M gallantry. ThM%.*r« tha try drinking: and gambling Virjrtl Drace, a young north. Is on hl8 way south on a of revenge. He meets an eeeenttfc character In the person ol one IJberty Shottle. who l» constantly tempting the groddess of chanc«. They Mfe* to a singular Draco gets his mind off his by entering Into deck In which he exhibits an unfcthletic prows--. Drace, seeing an <q»portunUy to use Shottle, Confides to him that hla mission is to find a certain ex-guerrUla, 8t*ptx> la Vitte, who had murdered Drtoe's father. It is hia determination to hang La Vitte as high as Hainan. h CHAPTER II--Continued. 't < ' -- •' With MI tvkmrt geeture Liberty , ' iaitohed forth & hand, caught Drace'* and wrung it warmly. "You're like--- 5j4" like Hamlet!" be exclaimed. Til do --J best to help you, Hamlet. Let me to ycur Horatio as well as yoor slave." i%€Drace returned the fervent handclasp. "My Horatio!" be agreed. And jivt th«n, solemn again, he added: "It's a worthy cause, Liberty. It's not alone §1 £•; of private vengeance, but the wrongs rt 'is of a whole community that the ordl- V' *• nary machinery of justice can never b / right Why, Liberty, dozens of men murdered by those drunken idi; little children were trodden the hoofs of their horses, and vcotnen-- Near our house, Liberty, an old couple live In poverty. At the tine of Stepho's raid their win and Ids young wife lived next door to them; they were well-to-do and prosperous. The day of the raid the son had received ten thousand dollars from the sale of some lands. When rumor Of the raiders came, he hurriedly hid the money somewhere In the neighborhood. scribbled on a piece of paper the location of that treasure and gave It to his wife before he went out with the other men to fight. Next morning he had been shot; and the young wife tad been carried off by those devils-- ber child with her. after the Indian <pttora, to keep her from suicide. No Otoe knows what became of her. Nor Bag that money ever been found. Liberty, if I could find Stepho, get him In '•ay power, I believe I could at least learn what became of that poor young woman--possibly find that paper and If rn where to find the money those poor people so sorely need; for once, Mine years ago. a mysterious fellow Was caught digging about their yard. . '. . But Tve talked enough. Liberty. Action! Do yon know any aon about Hotter t "Not much," replied liberty. "I be- Msve he la eiten seen up the River, aft! someHasas down on the coast. He has Ma friends, and nearly everybody Otoe la afraid of him. So yon--we-- innate of her accent, seft%s the note* « a* dove. Wm a flybitten Shan* beta* Colon* Myit oroMtM on itoTfglm DrafrfcpoWaly " dance vfrith bin,; the OolUbtf jjifepped onto a chair, lim. "She takes to him like a duck to water," said the slave, looking after his master and his third cousin. The Colonel sighed. "Liberty Shottie," he said, "I am going to tell you something." "Out with It" f "It is not a mattartebe spoken of ao lightly, sir." ;ti: \ "All right; go ahead." v * "Liberty Shottle, It la thle: < I"*em deeply in love with your cousin, and before the dawn of another day I shall pop the question to ber." "Pop the deuce! Lend me ten dollars." "You shock me, sir." "Tell you what I'll do,** persisted Shottle. "Let me Rave ten, and I'll make her a speech in your favor that will kink her hair." 4 "Shottle»" V . 'And I can do It. They've got ray speech on the Perlclean Age hung up right now at the university. The governor of Nerth Carolina said to the governor of South Carolina, just after making his historic remark about its being a long time between drinks, that It was the most powerful speech he ever heird." . The Colonel scowled, and swore hts refusal to enter Into any financial transaction Involving his lieart; and Shottle, realizing that his efforts were vain, sank down into melancholy silence. Miss Lucy, meanwhile, was Introducing Drace to some of her friends, not to young women, but to men and to ladles well advanced along the path. Drace soon realized that this society was far from the caricature that Shottie and Colonel Josh might reflect; for the most part It was composed of ladies of exquisite refinement, and men strong in the dignity of medicine or the law. "You have not chosen an opportune time to visit New Orleans," an old judge, remarked to Drace. "Wo are forced to live under the infamy of a out did .ltd --tlDsep dark, till .we get oar chance, lad you mustn't show your feelings la your face. Remember, master. ]*a*re Just a young man out to see the aarid. H'm--here comes Colonel JtoriL Suppose we tplk to him. He «iaa a omle-bpyer In fhe war and'may bpow something about Stepho." Tbe door was darkened. In came Jaabaa Mortimer, the man whom Miss lacy bad piled with questions congynlngJPrace. He bad dodged in for a Smoke, be said, when Shottle bad tatroduced him to his master, and It was evident tbat it was bis aim to Impress Drace with bis military bearing. He had not been actually In tbe army, tat bad acqnlied tbe title of colonel from hla adventorons work of buying asales far tbe Confederate government, tbe Ookmel "took It" that Draco waa lima the North. "Yes, but some of my people wore •torn the South.' *"Ah! I congratulate JOB, dr. I have match, thank you." Draco had offered him a light He Wed bis pipe with tobacco crumbs dng •bt of his breaches pocket, and, long Mgs crossed, sat back to enjoy hlmaeif • "Well, sir, Mr. Drace, the war has teen ended some years; and if we forjgpt an evil as easily as a virtue, sir, 1% Will soon be only a Am memory, had enough of It" "But you were not really la the •pay. Colonel Josh," the slavh spoke u The Colonel pulled at his pipe, *•••.«: #f*teh®d hls neck and appeared to t «sh for something down In his collar. . "Liberty, my duty was scouting and lncl<lental picking up of mules, as records of the War Department f I *r,n ** P,ea8e<1 to exhibit, sir" /.f After a few minutes' more conversa . "'i£\ ®on the Colonel rose. "I will now go %vl back to the ballroom," he declared himself. "Liberty, I came aboard tofight with your third cousin. Miss '-'iAJcy Sanders." W \ "That so? Come down, Marse Drace, I & > **H Introduce you to her." "l th,nk- *»r. that she has retired * •- the Colonel was quick to "8he Takes to Him Like a Duck to Water," 8ald the Slave, Locking After His Master and H*s Third Cousin. carpetbag government, sir. Political scoundrels, who In tbe North could never attain to even tbe meanest office, come down here where we are disfranchised and elect themselves legislators, governors--representatives of parishes that they have never seen. Heavy taxes are levied, and they pocket tbe money. The governor was not elected, but named by a gang of freebooters. The real citizens of the state have no vote. Their former slaves and the crooks who now manage them control the ballot-box. This is the true state of affairs. Walt till you see New Orleans, sir." This talk was too serioos for MW Lucy. She plucked Drace away to walk with her, and she hung laughing on his arm as everywhere his eyes searched for the girl with the roses in vain! And presently he excused hlm- §^^p4*ggt disconsolately i ';:v CHAPTER IiT' ^ Next day the Leona reached Now Orleans. To Drace his first look into the countenance of the famous old city was a disappointment; It had not the quick throb; Its pulse was slow and rhythmic. The levee was too broad and diffuse to appear active. The buildings looked mean and low. Romance and history had painted for him a picture too lively to color. But soon the charm of this half-lazy delta life ^Hti on her «B!UslC# by«B'fWrt ^ apralry. » • jpnsbot, and an ••orla white gloves, sttttog political master, tumble*: e ground bo< the carriage In Its speed, and the hoofs of the cavatry beat upon the murdered wretch. Tn a doorway an old man sat flddllas*for hla grandchildren to dance cm ttarfliiatdnea. "Ohi yooll Had drama enough, .hew that hasn't been rehearsed,'* said Sbotttoiaa they turned toward the old St, Chartaa. "They appear to have set the stage for us." Drace answered him, wondering if ever again be should find the girl with the torch of roses. In connecting rooms and amidst $he lorury of old French furnishings they were quartered. Leaving Drace writing a letter, Shottie went out, but he soon returned with more of light than usually beamed from the sad stretch of bis countenance.-. "Well, str," <*» cried wltb sstoolah- Ing enthusiasm, "I »want to tell you that life is not composed entirely of ingratitude. Last year when I was down here I saw an old fellow about to get Into trouble with a Mexican roustabout on the levee. I wasn't In any fftrtlcular hurry, so I stopped, took up a piece of scantling and knocked the Mexican Cown. It was no particular trouble on my part but the old man took it aa a favor and urged roe to eat dinner^ with him, which I did, being broke at the time. Now what does be do? I met him out there, and he 4 gives me two tickets for the French ball at the St. Louis tonight." "All right r we'll take it in." "I should «ay we will! Why, there's likely to be a half dozen duels aH ranged for. We can see them bursting At® Miom: But you'll have to liven up, you know. You are Just a trifle stern. It strikes me. There ts too much of--of your mission showing in your face. I don't know of anything better calculated to correct it than an h(jur at the roulette wheel. Suppose we go over and give It a whirl." "Hope springs Infernal In the human breast" Drace paraphrased the poet "Just as well curb yourself, old fellow. Tm not going to feed your passion." A tap at tbe door and Colonel JoSb announced himself from the outstde. Tnvlted to enter, he came in with a sweeping bow, his beard and mustache waxed, his hair darkened with <lye, giving to 1t a tinge of blue. He bore, and with ceremonious hesitancy, an Invitation from Miss Lucy. She was at the delightful old home of a relative where choice guests would assemble that evening to bear Prof. L. Bannock Pettlgrew read a paper on the origin and character of the ancient Scythians. "Im very sorry, Colonel," Drace cheerfully lied, "but we have another engagement." The Colonel gleefully ladled that he was put Into a position of deep regret He knew that Captain Drace would so much enjoy the professor: his paper would not take up more than three hours of the evening. He wculd Impart to Miss Lucy that Captain Drace found It Impossible to come. The Captain assured him that such was the true situation and brightening, the Colonel gladdened himself out of the room. The ballroom which Drace entered that night was as fantastic as a gypsy's vision. It seemed that all civilization had lifted the lids of its wormeaten chests to array In whimsic reminder of its former self. There was evident poverty making Itself neat In old linen, and war victims proud In threadbare coats. In rags there is history, but no ancestry attached to cloth fresh from the mill. No unfriendly eye was supposed to look upon this gathering, no antagonistic politics permitted to view it The walls were draped tn the colors of France, and enshrined In a corner was a Confederate banner. Its staff splintered. Its folds darkened with sacred blood As Shottle no longer held the hope of raising a speculative table-stake, he bent himself to tbe less interesting life of the dance. But not without mishap! .The floor was smooth with wax from the ends of marriage-altar crn dies; and Liberty's feet, more accustomed to the rough matting, and ragged carpets of the gambling-room, flew from nnder him. Catching right and left in his fall, he came down with a bit of iace In one hand and a comb In the other, while women shrieked at the devastations he had wrought, grouping about tbe severest sufferer to screen her into a retiring-room. .*K in AiiJMwolstd Costumes. Drace rescues the rote maid from holdups in New Orleans. (TO BB CONTINUED.) •fto'frs-ftsfto'frs-ftsfro'frofto'frofrefro'fro'fto-fro-frotro'fro'fto'froftsiiro-froftoa'oftofr . . . . . i n t e r p o s e , teallzing that be had thoughtlessly sug- , ^ jfcested aa invasion of his own terri i| .ifv, tory- La v, "Not wh,,e there Is a fiddle gblng. Shottle. "Come on." .. * 4 < K Into Virgil's heart flew the hope that j '.the slave's cousin might be the bar- V^ ^Hc girl with the roses; there could -- 110 n,,RtaklnK ber. after meeting her > •!|P£or |B that hrief *•*« he had carried J® rw,y " »»•««"« painting of her. •/} $ ' In his mind. So he was quirts f' to hasten below with Shottle. the Colo- ' Panting behind them. < Miss Lucy had Just left off dancing No. she was not tbe thrilling barbarian, but Drace swallowed his disappointment dry, like a swamp man tak- - his quinine. Shottle might have reflected that never before had Ms kirin woman been so glad to see Mm. On bis iinit ahe bung as she cooed, but her eyes were on Drace. and he Hi* MADE A RITE OF SNUFF TAKING Fashionable "Vice" of Eighteenth Contury Was Vehicle of Most Elaborate Ceremonial." ' flBOir taking went out about MO years ago after raging through the Eighteenth century and part of the Seventeenth, when It first made Its appearance as a fashionable vice in Europe. But although' it went out when Queen Victoria came In, It never entirely disappeared. "It clears tbe nose here's health --and up It goes." said a popular old rhyme. A thousand artists have handed down pictures of contemporary worthies dallying with their snuffboxes. and always they convey an Impression of grace and courtesy and mutuul enjoyment. Kings delighted to present Jeweled snufTl>oxes. exquisite examples of tbe goldsmith's and enameters art to those they wlnhed. to ®° lMr tbe i honor. Tbe ceremonial eccbaage of pinches of snuff w as accomplished by a hundred flourishes, bows, preening* and elaborations of deportment. In the lower walks of life. It was a tragedy, to be without muff. One hastened to fill the beggar's empty snuffbox before giving blm a coin for bread. In the prosperous home a conspicuous object was the "mull silver-mounted ram's head hnspit'ahlj crammed with snuff for ait cotrera. Secretary Bird's Good Qualities? , The secretary hlrd, a large legged bird of South Africa, largely cm reptiles and Is often tamed to rid premises of theui. Its cr** suggesting a bunch of pens stuck bt hind tbe ear, gives It Its name. Good in Refraining Pr^m lit Tha a»an who does no HI to Mr neighbor araat 4e E. HalL .* ) r long feed* cooid tbe <ae- Jlow tbat If America, why Jtepp- tbf water Witt *mt mat«alf a*f bif the Trench dea «odels according K home-crown It is anjpteily absurd con- And. gradually and aeo^'dweloplng that we pur own designers, away of the season, tbe WtW#W'.pl|HF*rlll Inspire them to -espata aw* It is only by tbat process that atyl^e are created. And we are becoming matare eaough to develop oar own, fashions Instead Of sitting by and wafting, fbr Paris to do it tor aa. ' ' Work, I* ^uumkm J*.• Already 'American daalgiBt#*Jitte busy on thtir models for tha spring, and long ago they lelved Into the raysr'fV. vu-'-? /!' i* We hear a -good deal abont American clptbe«. but iroetly there la no real evidence that they are American origin, writes a fa«Moo <?orrespondent In the New Yortk The ideas, the Inspirations can alf come from unknown sources. must necesfcartiy do this. And so, thefe is ever the po^UHBlty that a so-called American deslgfr Will be accused of not being American at all. After all, to tbe average Woman, It rifttters not tbe slightest bit whether the desigc la American or Hindu If she happens to like It sad If it hap pens to draw the proper sort of flattering remarks from those who see her wear It However, there Is arising a multitude of American designed and made clothes, all of which are quite startling!?* beautiful. And there is, of course, an underlying, psychological demand for dresses which have Included in their workmanship not only the stitches of American workmen but tbe American art tbat soes to make up the design. The women In this country are developing, almost unknown to themselves, a style of their own suiting most fittingly their type and that type only. It Is really the demand which Is creating the art, and for that very reason the art becomes at once a vital thing and oae which la tremendously Interesting. # American women, wherever It Is possible to consult their tastes, have no Ose for extremes of style--for suddett. dippings into the past for period costumes, etc. They keep that particular energy for their fancy dress parties. But on the street they wish to dress much the same fron year to year, with Just enough changc to make thfsir costuming interesting and not enough reform to make a total readjustment of their wardrobes necessary. Now this Is a force which seems to be gaining hi strength every day and every year. American women are .not stampeding tor the cause, nelth r are they banding together #o demand what they want, fhe fact is that the movement for American dress is so subtle a thing tbat It grows among women without their realizing what Is happening to them. A woman goes to the shops these days in a totally different frame Of mind from the one she carried with |ter Ave or ten years agp. , There are certain attributes of dress which she actually demands, Many Qirl Students. Out of the art schools there are coming scores of lPtle girls trained tn costume design, ""hey are destined to lead the new generation, and they are so much more prevalent than they ever were before. Nov," when the new generation grows up to a place of power, it Is going to think much more naturally about American design than we are thinking now. It is going to take the expression of Its own country far more as a matter of course. It Is going to accept th? natural evolution In so natural a fashion that we who have talked and talked, and doubted. will be put to shame. We will see tbat we were getting excited over a perfectly natural occurrence and tbat 4he existence and the development of American costume design was a natural evolution which could not be circumvented even had we wished to do so. One of ^<t^|r»||tlons^ fashion ex Hand-Made There Is no reason why the dress of serge or kasha cloth should be In the least banal. There are so many ways to make it otherwise. A kasha-cloth dress has about it a great deal of originality. As a matter of fact tbe material of this dress Is a light cream that has much of the rellow tinge about it. Then It la trimmed with folded satin Tuoks Placed In Interesting Dssigns Constitutor the Trimming for This Brown Cnepe Frock. teries of the winter fabrics po that we" could have for our selection the veiy most Interesting winter designs made from our own home-grown materials. It Is all a fine tribute to Americas fashions. It Is all a supreme promise for the American fashions to come, for they will grow better and better as time goes on. They will become decidedly more distinctive. They will evolve in course of time In exactly the way that the womt - of America wish them to evolve. They will become tha thing which is, In Its last analysis, the very expression or tbe soul of the American woman. When the American wospan ^haa achieved her last realization of the* power for fashion that she possesses, then she can truly he called the bestdressed woman in the worl-l. But as long as she consents to sccept the ready-made fashions of other countries she cannot hope to take much pride In herself and ber own gown achieve* ments. ' b ^ 'Vi*| m the pure cle •5? Ijfl&i. COlMWB* C«mier« Vooquet SoapV^ btttoious-Lasttni --Refined "Tsar SMa IrSa and Smsetfc" <L+f Six* ' ijs " Mtirnin Sfcrtt* m t - . mm •• v. •-ii vii. The smaller the hole a Into the louder be howls. man gets Cooperation accomplishes mora In Ola world than Knew Hour te Manila It. Jimmy---Yer ma won't tat yar dti that Tommy--She 'will if I get pa to say t ca«H.-~BaatonTi amwliil. .c.'fsrv., bands of a quite dark brown and with vest of lightish yellow linen, which does a great deal to set off the attractiveness of tbe design. There is a circular skirt, one of 'hose which have made a great appeal to the smarter set ' of American women, and then there are bands ,-ur around the bottom of that skirt, these being repeated in various places on the bodice. Qn the shoulders and as a sort of buckle for the belt there are placed medallions of embroidery. A gown of crepe In one of those heavier and newly woven silks Is made In a tone of brown In one of the lighter shades which has been generally accepted through this last season and which bids fair to go on Into another season with all of the Impetus of styla. It is trimmed effectively with shaped bands of tucking made from the same material. Now, the tucks are put hi by hand and placed very closely to*, gether so that they succeed in giving the very best sort of decorative trim* ming effect and it the same time they manage to create with tbe soft folds of the crepe itself a gowij that is simply made and delicately constructed. One attractive gown Is made of a finely striped taffeta colored blue and mauve. It has r long and fitted bodice that runs off to a point dlrtctly in the front Then there are velvet roses of cerise that are formed tn a very decorative sort of manner and are arranged in a line over the dropped shoulders and again oq the light-rose underskirt which succeeds In nakLng a panel la the front At the foot of the bodice there ts a piping or an edging of tha same cerise velvet so hat It acts as a sort of accent and this, coupled with the rows of roses, makes the (rimming note that is responsible for the whole atyle of the gowit ^ ' ii il|1li !jfci?l THE WAY OF THE FASHIONS ; «'/fef'*, , i«i . i !• Youthful but exceedingly smart ts a dinner gown of silver metal doth. It is a straight sleeveless bodice nnd a full long skirt. The only trimming Is s huge bow of the material on the left hip. By dropping the bem of this season's frock, adding a side panel and a fancy buckle you will have a gown that may be used as an "extra" for the coming season, for tbe silhouette has not deviated materially. Tbe pinched soft crown lp at last discarded and the crowns of the h4w hats are all the same height, back and front, and may be straight with a round top corded on or may fit the shape of tbe head like a turban. Velours de lalne Is still one of the favorite materials for dsyttme costs. One model ih brown Is made with fine cord tucks rftfefafag the length of the tightly cuffed sleeves and down tbaC front and back of the slender coat to the waist. .. - , Hi**, in. no ~ abatement IB tbe itmand for monkey fur. An evening cape of dull red chiffon velvet combined with red and gold metallic cloth la effectively trimmed with embroidery la a pointed design and a standing collar of monkey fur. Short sleeves continue on formal afternoon frocks, but' long sleeves are bound to win out AH Paris dressmakers feature them. 8oihe end In circular ruffles, as Jenny makes them. Others have wrinkled glove effect read* (ng ever the hsndi i Skirts on tbe coats, suits and dresses, although Invariably wide, avoid trernes. On coats, the wide Maavea shirred Into a narrower calf seems favorite method of treatment while the wide 'iffeffcf"afritagjipf~so that clasps at the wrist. U» - the dress iabqielB. seen usually when the uss4 to convey tbe impression of braid., foe sdiiplnate la, ~ ~ iheee siubisidarlea wl^.|lwpaii--- 1 for dress triMlng^^^^ u v * - •< • tr. ^top the money leaks |n the manure pile! 'i- . Ifelfllf the plant food value of iQantire id the liquid. Wlthoiit a tigiit maatn«| you are wasting many dollac* :• ' '* ^Jiniliuziinllfyf ,etlhermoeunftsh. iV». [asquette Ceinent floovs and gotten^ i the barn and a Marquette m tlnanure pit outside make a combination which will soon pay for itself.^ ^ 0. - - . I ' . 'i Your local Marquette dealer will helpi v. f > Vou plan a simple and inexpensive t^Marquette Cement manure pit to fit V A ft your needs. Call in and see him soon.^ 4 Marquette Cement Manufacturing llssqaette BnlhUng. Chlcagr •4rh' .y.f : CKHINT ^ ± * • - s/ * V;-wi **%?'• •r"' •• t C4""" < s . f 's- J h' j' " h" t*.r Shedding Prohibited. Sign en fruit stand: "People most take tbelx skins boaie."--Beaten Traa- •cript ,! j b An alarm clock will beauty In any sunrlaa. . tha A Good Plan. Joaea "I never know what <o dn with my week-end." Bones--"Wbf nq| ;< ^ keep* your hat en ft"---American Be& , |; Many a girt who loikb JM** !£ fat g lemon In disguise. . & * f Lots for Your OmmM NotTeMpt Tou-Uai Th« ioowamy BAKING POWDER •t H««I*w1vm De ;.g *s m *&y. jy know Bakkig Powder | can't be soki for less--- that "more for the memey" meansbake-d2Qr failures, waste oftimeand motley--that Calumet' means economy. The aafaaiol Cilnmet«j« .1? ofcr 15Q% grmlcr than M of may odicr Mb r' M , •: W, wtunt wcw wr m woRflDt catsAxuT'lKUJWki '|v ; 'zt* "•