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*- ' pr» »ss*sw«SKMIS'?,s ' "' -W'; f. By SEWARD W. HOPKINS, •f "Jack RebMu d Awerica," 1« tb« 8m." "Twe OwitleeMa «l Itewmll." "Oa Chii|«iH Etc. M,lrl«nnBninniMt CHAPTER IV. jit would be a useless waste of energy and a needless tax on patience far me to relate in detail the manner te which we passed the days imme­ diately following the disappearance of Malignl and Nlta Barlottl. But the Alll of the pursued was greater than that of the pursuers. Mallgnl, Nlta, Dambo and Tor ton i were gone--evap­ orated--vanished--as completely as though they had never existed in New' York at all. We communicated freely and constantly with other cities, and did every thing that could be done to prevent their departure from the Quilted States without detection. One day, two weeks after Malign! had disappeared, I, nervous and fret­ ful, sat in the office of the Board of Park Commissioners, of which Major 81mmons was now president, pouring oat to him my bitterness of spirit over the failure to trace Malignl. While I was there, a heavy footstep was heard outside, and we both look- ad up knowingly. The door opened and the lion-tamer entered. It was at once evident from the ex­ pression of his face that he had learned something. •Well, lion-tamer," said the major, •Sdhat is new to-day?" "The hunt Is ended, so far as this continent Is concerned," was the reply of Maubikeck, as he quietly sat down Mar us. "Ended!" I exclaimed, excitedly. "Have you foimd them?" "No. But I have traced them," he •aid, with a grim sort of satisfaction In his to'tes. "Maligni and Nlta are on board the steamship La Oascogne, which sailed from this port three days agb. Of course, they are en route to Italy, or, more particularly speaking, to the Island of Sardinia, where Ma­ llgnl intends to make Nita his wife. "I have just left police tieadquar- tsn," the lion-tamer went on. "The •aperlntendent was aboat to send for you and me when 1 arrived there. iThe police explain their failure to find Ualigni while he was in New York tr saying that he was aided by his fOllow-countrymen here to outwit all pursuers. Even when he sailed he did so under the name of Luigi Barlloti. The record of passengers, so the su­ perintendent says, shows the names Lulgi Barlloti and his daughter. Sig- norina Barlloti, and Mariana, the at­ tendant of the signorlna. From vari­ ous descriptions gathered by the po­ lice of these people from the company, they concluded at once that they were the persons sought. And I am inclined to agree with them." "True enough," I said. "The search is ended. Now the chase begins. Of course you will follow them." "Mr. Wilberton," said Maubikeck, extending his right arm," as long as there is one drop of blood flowing through my veins, it flows for Nlta Barlotti. There is an arm that has before been raised in her behalf, and which will be again, and there Is another like It, equally quick to strike; and these two arms, working together, will tear limb from limb that nan who injures Nita Barlottl, or Barries her against her will, be he In America, Italy, or at the corners Of the earth. I shall follow." "Good!" I said. "We can get away at once. When shall we sail?" Maubikeck looked at me in surprise. The major wheeled his chair around and faced me. "We! We!" he ejaculated. "Are yon going to Italy?" "I am going wherever Malignl goes," I replied. "He has something that I want as much as Maubikeck wants Nita. The red box. We will go together, lion-tamer, and hunt the scoundrel down." "Think well over this, Mr. Wilber­ ton," said Maubikeck, "before you de­ cide finally to go. Hunting a man in Sardinia, where Maligni is certainly going, is very different form hunting him in New York, where you have the assistance of a great police force. There are dangers to be met with there that cannot be imagined. Once In Sardinia, Maligni can kill the man who follows him, and will not suffer for the crime. If anything happens to me, you would be at the mercy ot the most dangerous lot of brigands I* the world." I laughed at this. "Brigands there may be, Maubikeck, hut all Sardinia is not given over to the industry of brigandage. I am de­ termined to follow Maligni and obtain that red box, or wring from him the secrets it contained when he got it from Barlottl." „ "Then I will say no more," said the lion-tamer. "If you insist upon going, then go with me. I thought only of your own safety. Personally, I shall be glad to have you for a companion." 80 it was settled, and, after a little more talk, the lion-tamer and I started uptown. It was with a feverish haste and Impatience that I made my final ar­ rangements to leave New York. Our program was laid down by Mau­ bikeck, who naturally assumed the leadership of our expedition. And, as be had said in the presence of the tnajor and once since, that he knew something of Sardinia, the place of leader seemed rightfully to belong to Mm. Of course the purpose of our Journey was known to no one but the major, Maubikeck, Dilkins and myself. And even Dilkins had not been let into the fall significance of my share in the bunt, for his tongue could not be trust­ ed. When the hour of departure had come, Major Simmons and Dilkins were at the wharf to bid us adieu. It would be foolish for me to say that 1 was perfectly calm at the mo­ ment of leaving. At that moment 1 began to feel some misgivings as to the wisdom of my resolve, and almost r& wished that I had not engaged pas­ sage- This feeling, however, was but momentary. I shook It off as unworthy of me, and resolutely set my face to the future and gave no sign to my it - l * % $<?*£• ». £• + .. . friends that I had weakened even for the moment. Maubikeck was like a man of iron. His countenance was im­ mobile, and the keen, stern eye and set jaw boded ill for the enemy who fell within the range of his giant arms. At last the bell rang, and the fog> horn voice of a gold-braided officer or­ dered all hands not going to sea ashore. The major and Dilkins shook hands with us once more, and I felt a pressure in the major's grip that was warmer than usual. With this last grasp they hustled over the gang-plank and stood on the wharf shouting their farewells at us, while the Queen slow­ ly swung off and her screaming tug churned the water into foam. When we had passed through the channel, the tug had been released, the pilot returned to the swiftly gliding boat that bore a number on her sail, and the Queen was plowing along, con­ stantly gathering headway, I began to thoroughly enjoy the sensation of my first ocean voyage, and the exhilarat­ ing effect of the salt air made me feel like a new man. Our first day out passed without event. And in the evening we sat on deck and smoked, Maubikeck near me, lying back in a deck chair, his eyes fixed on the stars that shone brightly above us, his face unchangeable, his jaw set, his whole appearance being that of a mysterious man of nowhere, everywhere, and particularly here. I sat and watched him, furtively at first, and then, seeing that he was paying no attention to me, openly. Something In my scrutiny must have touched him, or an electric current from my brain to his must have brought a response, for as we were separating for the night he turned to me and said: 'Mr. Wilberton, you perhaps think I am a strange and uncommunicative man, and so I am, compelled, as I have been, by circumstances to withhold from persons I cannot trust all infor­ mation concerning myself. But it 1b due to you, who have thrown your for­ tunes in with mine in this pursuit of Malignl and the girl I love, that I make you acquainted with me--not as I seem, but as I am. But my story is long, and I will not weary you with it now. To-morrow I will tell you who and what I am." I do not seek your confidences, Mau­ bikeck," I answered. "If there is any­ thing in your life that you wish to conceal, that is your business, not mine. Had 1 for one moment doubted your honor as a man I would not have accompanied you. On the other hand, if there is anything you wish to tell me, I shall be glad to listen." "Thank you," he said simply. "To­ morrow I will tell you the story of my life." Then bidding me good-night, he went to his stateroom, and soon after I left the deck and retired to my own. sped orer the slipjyry up-hill deck to a place at the rail where a boat was being lowered. I saw the forms of women In It, and realized that the Queen's officers had insisted upon the rule at sea of saving the women first. Maubikeck was about to step into the boat "Stand back there!** aome one shouted. "There's room for only one more in here!" "You go!" I said. "Nita needs you." "Keep still!" he said sternly, and as calmly as if nothing stood in the way of our safety. Calling to the offi­ cer in charge of the boat, the lion- tamer said: "Here! If there is room for one more, take him. This is Mr. Wilberton of the Lotus Club, New York. He Is 11L Do your best for him." I felt myself taken by other hands, and gasped out a word of gratitude to my preserver. "Listen!" he said. "If you are eared and 1 am not, save Nlta from Malignl." "I will save her at any cost," I an­ swered, at the same time thinking that my promise amounted to little, so weak was I, and so poor a stick In this emergency. But there was no time for further words. The boat that I was in plunged out into the darkness, and all I could see was the great black hull looming up in the fog, her bows now almost under water, and (through the thick, black night came the agonized cries and shrieks of those who had been left behind. And as I heard them, I thought of Maubikeck. That noble, stalwart hero, standing there--I could almost see him, so clear was it In my mind-- peering out into the darkness to watch if possible the progress of our boat, and not a murmur nor a sound of fear over his own probable fate. Other boats had been put off, and the hope of those in our boat was that their loved ones might be in one of the other boats, and might, there- fore, be rescued by some passing ves­ sel. It was unanimously agreed that for those who remained on board the Queen there was no hope. All night we were buffeted by the waves and chilled by the damp, cold air that swept around us, and from which we had no protection. That night seemed interminable. If time could be measured by misery, then it was nigh unto eternity before the morning broke. The sailors were weary and nearly exhausted by their labors at the oars. The murmuring and sobbing of the women had given way to a condition of mute despair. But even misery ends sometimes without being relieved by the great Destroyer. (To be continued.) LAWYERS MEAN ACT GOT EVEN WITH MANKIND'S EN» • • *MY, THE BOOK AQENT. v ITf8 ALWAYS THIS WAY. CHAPTER V. During the night the wind gathered force and the Queen pitched ana rolled with the waves beating against her b&ws. The result to me was inevitable. I was as seasick as mortal man had ever been. My illness effectually drove from Maubikeck's mind and my own all thoughts of the confidences he had proposed to unfold to me on that day. In fact, about the only thing that could have been said that would have been pleasing to me was the promise that I would speedily die and end it all. But this the ship's physician refused to give. So two days and part of the third passed, and I was still unable to leave my berth'. In the evening of the third day of my illness the lion-tamer sat near me, looking over some papers I had brought from New York. Now and then he would glance at me to Bee if I was in need of his attention. The worst of my illness was over, but I was very weak. "Maubikeck," I said, almost smiling at the weakness of my own voice, "why do you sit in this close state­ room? You have been wonderfully good and kind to me. 1 can never for­ get it. But I am over the worst of it, and you need not trouble with me any more. Go on deck ana get a whiff of fresh air." Maubikeck smiled. "The air to be had on deck," he said, "is not so invigorating as you think. There is a dense fog. We are creeping along, barely keeping headway. Noth­ ing can be seen. It is a damp, chilly evening, the sea is running high, and altogether it is uninviting on deck. I will sit here awhile and then go to bed." He resumed his reading, and I lay still, listening and thinking. Suddenly there was a shock and crash, a cry of horror, a shout of an­ ger. and the ship seemed to be driven by some tremendous force, and shiv­ ered and trembled like a frightened animal. Maubikeck leaped to his feet. "There has been a collision!" he said. "Stay where you are, Wilberton. 1 will come back." He rushed from the stateroom, and 1 fell to wondering what the result of this new horror would be. I was so toeak that I did not fully realize my own position. Itv is true. I felt and knew the danger. But my senses were so benumbed by my illness and this new shock that at first I was almost indifferent to my own fate. But the sounds of excitement had their effect on me, and I was soon groping for my clothes and struggling to get them on before joining the frantic mob on deck. I succeeded in getting myself clad, as regards shirt and trousers. At this point I became panic-stricken, and feeling that I was surely doomed if the ship sank, I breathed a prayer and Edith's name at the same time and sank on the floor. Just then the door of my stateroom was flung open and Maubikeck ap­ peared. He picked me up from the floor, wrapped my overcoat around me, and taking me in his arms as if I was a child, he hurried out and up the companionway onto the deck. , Here was a scene of almost Indescribable confusion. The lights on the deck glimmered but dimly through the fog, and the whole scene was enveloped in a dense blackness. Yet I could dis­ tinguish the forms of men rushing madly to and fro, cursing, shouting, and crying, having no aim except to save themselves, regardless of the fate of others. But how grandly different was the lloa-tamer! With me In his arms, he Topeka Capital Tells of Tendency of Moderrt Citizen. Yesterday a man called at the Capi­ tal office with a grievance which he wanted the paper to take up. He wished the Capital to go into the mat­ ter and smash things generally. He wasn't satisfied with a certain state of things in a certain neighborhood, and he wanted the Capital to start something, and start it good and hard. But the funny part of the matter was that when he was asked to give his name he balked. He said he didn't want his name used, and refused to give his initials after he inadvertently let his last name be known. It was explained to him that what he knew of the matter, which is a common offense--and has no relation to the liqupr trouble--would be of service in-abating the nuisance; but he said that he "didn't wish to be dragged into it," and that if it was such a common thing perhaps it wouldn't be worth while to go to the trouble of stirring it up, after all. That's always the way. People are always calling on newspapers to take up abuses and push for their relief, but they balk when asked to take an open hand in the game themselves. Fronj past experience the Capital feels sure that it would be impossible to gain anything for the public by taking the action suggested by the gentleman who called yesterday.---To­ peka Capital. Increase in Cremation. Cremation is one of the oldest forms of disposal of the dead, yet it is a form that lapsed from use for cen­ turies. It appears to be In process of restoration. True, it has made but little head against the custom of bur­ ial, yet there is an increase every year in snch proportion that we may look for a wide adoption of it within the next quarter century. There are in this country but twenty-six crema­ tories, yet this is against but two eighteen years ago, and the number of cremations is 2,500 or more a year. When statistics were first collected on the subject, eighteen years ago, the annual cremations numbered six­ teen. It is because they are common and have so ceased to be an occasion of comment that an impression may have been created which is contrary to this fact of growth, but the truth that about 14,0Q0 incinerations have occurred in the United States, which, added to the large number in Europe, certainly indicates an increase. The Proboscis Monkey. A monkey with a nose that has made some progress on the road to becom­ ing a trunk is a decided curiosity. On that account the new Ape House at the Zoological Gardens will probably have plenty of visitors for some time to come. In order to see the young specimen of the proboscis monkey-- the first of its kind brought alive to England. In that, however, the nose is far from having attained the size which comes only with mature ag& These animals are found only in Bor- neo, always frequenting the tree tops of river side forests, where they con­ gregate in small groups or family par­ ties. The general coloration is red­ dish-brown above and white beneath; but in young animals there is more red on the forequarters and the face is blackish. Hornaday, the well- known collector, said that if the pro boscis monkey were not eclipsed by the orang It would be the most famous quadrumane of the East Indies. The average man Is kept so busy criticising the faults of his neighbors that he has no time to correct hu own. Miff Day's Time and Much Physical Exertion Spent In Vain Endeavor to Make a Man $*«».. §&* . ffAercete Uy. /«/ ~' ,"**£ -" The lawyer's office was on the fourth floor of one of the old build­ ings In the downtown district that have no elevators. The book agent, after having laboriously climbed the stairs and approached unsuccessfully every one else in the building, had arrived at the lawyer's office with his illustrated history of the late Spanish' American war, with an addition giv­ ing an account of our troubles in the Philippines, and a department cover­ ing fully each one of our foreign poe> sessions, the latter department con­ taining complete details concerning the difficulty with the Sandwich Is­ lands and the Hawaiian revolution. The book agent explained all this and much more, but the lawyer wasn't impressed. "I don't want the book." he said several times. You don't want It," said the book agent, "because you think you dont need It. Now, anything a man needs he wants." Then he spent an hour and a half trying to convince the lawyer that he would find the book a daily invalua­ ble aid in his business, but the lawyer couldn't see it. Having plenty of time to spare, however, and enjoying the conversation of the book agent, he sat with his feet resting on his desk and allowed the book agent to talk away to his heart's content. At the end of the afternoon, when the book agent had talked himself completely out, the lawyer again repeated: "I don't want the book." "I'll tell you," he said finally; "don't be hasty in this matter. Think it over carefully. I know you will decide to take the book. You can't holp it You need the book; you've got to have it I'll come back and see you again." He wrapped up his sample editions, packed them away, and bade the law­ yer "good-day." "Ill drop In again," he said assur- ingly aa he paused at the door, "and I think ril find that you have changed your mind." His steps sounded down the stair­ way as he made his way out of the building, and as the noise of them died away the lawyer rose, went to his window, raised it, and looked down. The book agent emerged on the street below and the lawyer yelled to him: "Hey," he cried. The book agent looked up. The law­ yer beckoned to him, and the book agent disappeared within the build- . ing again with alacrity. "You called me back," he said breathlessly and with a beaming countenance as he made his appear­ ance again at the lawyer's door. "Yes," said the lawyer. "I Just wanted to say that you needn't drop In again." Then he shut the door, while the book agent wandered up and down the hallway for a few moments in a blind, helpless sort of way before he discovered the stairway and descend­ ed four floors into the outer world.-- Chicago Tribune. OAVK BACK THE MARBLE* A Famous Oak Tree. The oak tree under whose branches Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas held a political debate in 1868 is still standing In Bloomington, 111., in the yard of E. M. Bowen. It ap­ pears to be centuries old. In 1858 the tree marked an lnclosure then known as Henshaw's pasture, a for­ mer public meeting place. George Henshaw, the owner, was a Democrat He arranged to have the debate there, being an admirer of Douglas. The two candidates for United States sen­ ator had engaged in a series of de­ bates and the one held in Blooming- ton attracted voters from far and near. A platform for the candidates was constructed directly under the boughs of this old oak. Its shade pro­ tected the audience as well as the speakers. Only three men are now living in Bloomington who heard the famous orators. They are John Daw­ son,. Adam Guthrie and W. S. Depew. In the Good Old Days. The most memorable ride in Eng­ lish history was that of Sir Arthur Owen, which placed the Hanoverian dynasty on the throne of Great Brit­ ain. The act of settlement,.by which, in 1701, parliament elected the house of Hanover to the British throne, was passed by only one vote, and this casting vote was given by Sir Arthur Owen, the member of parliament for Pembrokeshire. He arrived at West­ minster, dusty and travel worn, only Just in time to record his vote, hav­ ing ridden with furious haste from Wales for the purpose on relays of horses kept at all the posting houses along the route. To that ride Brltaip owes its Georgian era; hence its Queen Victoria and Edward YIL Characteristic Anecdote Told of Aroh- blshop John M. Farley. The Right Rev. John M. Farley, the recently appointed archbishop of the diocese of New York, began life Just as any other boy would. He was de­ voted to all outdoor exercises, and excelled In most of them, though his forte. In those youthful days, was probably marbles. It Is not on rec­ ord that he ever was beaten. One day he returned home with his clothing torn and his face spattered with the blood that still dripped mournfully from his diminutive nose. It transpired that his opponent In a game of marbles, angry at his own losses, and at John's easy good humor, had picket a fight with him--and had been thrashed. The unusual part of the story is what follows. When, at the end of a ten-minute mix-up, John Farley found himself on top of the heap( he disentangled him­ self, and emptying his pockets of his winnings, said: "These little things made you fight Take'em. Perhaps they'll hea! your wounds." A Supervisor's Story. Lockport, N. Y., Oct 6th.--Mr. George P. Penfold, Supervisor for the first ward of the city ot Lockport, has written the following letter for publication to the newspapers: "It gives me great pleasure to rec­ ommend Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for Kidney Trouble. 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Being advised to use St Jacobs Oil, I did so, and am happy to say that after a few applications I felt great relief, and continuing its use 1 can now say I am perfectly well. 8t Jacobs Oil Is, in my opinion, a thing which should be In every household." What a blessing, and what hours of suffering, pain and misery would have been saved had Mr. Moore adopted the wiser course and used St. Jacobs Oil at first instead of wasting time and money on worthless embrocations and nostrums with which, unfortunately, the market Is flooded. The public should not lose sight of the fact that St Jacobs Oil has conquered pain for more than fifty years, and it isn't going to stop doing the same thing now or at any future time.--Fifty years' record of pain conquering is a record to Inspire con­ fidence. Where the Fault Was. When Mayor Low was at Great Bar* rington last autumn, resting from the fatigue of a strenuous political life, he enjoyed several drives about the Berk­ shire country, says the New York Times. On one of these he observed a milestone indicating the distance to Stockbridge as four miles, when he knew they were within a much short­ er radius of that town. Said Mr. Low to the driver: "What's thS matter with that mile­ stone?" "Oh!" was the keen response prompt­ ly given, "the milestone's all right, only it's in the wrong place!" other Gray's Sweet Powder* for Clilldroi Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurte In the Children's Home in New York. Cures Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Dis­ orders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 80,000 testimonials. At all druggists, 25c. Sample FRJS1S, Ad­ dress Allen S. Olmsted, L*Roy, N. Y. Chinamen in Cuba. There are some fifteen thousand Chinamen in Cuba and since the island became independent there is no law to prevent their going there from Chi­ na or elsewhere. No two events in British history of the closing year offer such a striking contrast as the coronation in West­ minster Abbey and the meeting of the Colonial Conference in London about the same time. In the former every­ thing that the artistic imagination of the British race could suggest was done to create a superb spectacle. In the other everything was devoid of pomp and splendor. Half a dozen men in plain clothes met In private confer­ ence at the Colonial Office. Yet the scene in the abbey was without polit­ ical significance, whereas at the colo­ nial conference the men of the pres­ ent were shaping the destinies of the future. In the Cosmopolitan for Oc­ tober W. T. Stead writes an article on the significance of the coronation as opposed to that of the conference, and Incidentally reveals the mental atti­ tude of the British sovereign, and com­ pares American institutions with those of Great Britain. Dealers say that as soon as a custom­ er tries Defiance Starch it Is impossible to sell tbem any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. Those who strive for fame ought to be made to realize that the higher one gets up the less company there is and the chillier the atmosphere. The Truth Is Sometimes Cruel. To tell the truth when it ought not to be told is often the meanest thing a newspaper or a person can do. It is easily possible for a truth to do more harm than a lie. We believe the worst habit of the worst newspapers is hunt­ ing up and printing truths that are not called for by any public Interest, and the effect of whose publication is to bring shame and sometimes ruin upon individuals or families. Men and women have been driven to suicide by having their early mistakes or misfoit tunes served up in sensational news* papers for no other purpose than to make racy reading. Some of the most detested social pests are persons who plume themselves on their love of truth. Between the man pr woman who will tell a white lie to shield an­ other and the one who in season and out of season insists on telling "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth," commend us to the for* Everybody's liable to itching piles. Rich and poor, old and young--terrible the tor- iure they Buffer. Only oue sure cure. )oan's Ointment. Absolutely safe; can't faiL A wise man will take his umbrella when the sun Is shining; a thief will take the wise man's umbrella any time. Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy specialists in the world. Read their adver­ tisement in another column of this paper. 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