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WW on, A MIDNIGHT CALL} 1.1.1.444 w"! [W "Hlllul ELIâ€"13' r’ “Well, it is,” Cross admitted. "But I am an enthusiast, and one doesn't often get a chance tof 0113.1;- ' cr 7', -' 'ant, erra 10 3 ar “NO! because 0f the initials I had ;:)11l:;el}.bllI;;Si(lCS, our man is scratched inside it. 'And beyond all not in the hospital proper. He is in ‘qllestion that caseâ€"the same case, a kind of annexe by my own quar- mmd you’ that I p“:de up on my ters and he scoffs the suggestion of doorstepâ€"was purchased by the man bein’g nursed” now lymg in the hospital here from Bell nodded understanding perfectâ€" Walen’s, in West Street. Now, how 1y_ He Gama at length to a In.” wais the Change made?” liantly~lighted room, where a dark ‘ If 1 album only- see my way to man 'with an exceedingly high foreâ€" heil? you! . head and wonderfully piercing eyes The Change wasma‘de the day you ' was sitting up in bed. The dark bought the case' By the way' What.eyes lighted with pleasure as they time was it?” ' i . i . i f 11 u on Bells ueei, shamblinn fi - “I can t to” you the exact timer" uere aliJui white his. D g BUth replied: “It was on the mom“ “The labor we delight. in physics mfi- 0f.the mght 0? your adventure", pain," he greeted with a laugh and .. All? you kept It by y-ou “11 the a. groan, “It’s worth a badly ‘tmm' twisted shoulder to have the pleasâ€" “Yes. It was in a little box seal- u. - . . . ' - . . ie of seeinrr IIatheily Bell again. led With yellow wax and tied ‘Vltthy dear fellobw, how are you?” yellow string. I went to 219 after I The voice was low and pleasant, had made the purchase. My uncle them was no trace of insanity about was there and he was usmg the| the speaker. â€"Bcn Shook the pronered baCk Sittmg'room as an Office' ,He hand. For some little time the Iliad brought a. lot of papers With conversation proceeded smoothly 131A}“?%9 through' enough, The stranger was a good dOii'n‘l?;* 1d you put you}. package talker: his remarks were keen and to "Just for a moment on the table. thglpilorg'é you will» be comfortable surely my uncle would iiotâ€"-’>’ here i.- Ben Suggested. one . moment” please' was. any‘ A ’ faint subtle change came over body With your uncle at the time?" the other,s face Ruth gave a sudden little cry. ' “How senseless of me to forget," she cried. “My uncle -Was down merely for the day and, as he was very busy, he sent for Mr. Reginald Henson to help him. CHAPTER XXLâ€"(Continued). “Was it not possibly changed there David?" “Don’t make a fuss about it, be- cause Cross is very kind. But I can‘t’stand the electric light. It reâ€" minds me of the great tragedy of my I did not imâ€" - , ,. . .I agine that Mr. Henson would know hfe' BUt £01 the elecum hght l . ~) ' anything. But even now I cannot Shelli?" bf- ftlafug man With a gOOd hat .._ prac .ce .0 y. , _ - see w "So you are harping on that “'Again let me interrupt you. Did you have the room at an?” string again,” Bell said, coldly. “I fancied that I had argued you out “Yes. It is all coming back to me - . i . . of that. You know perfectly well now' .My uncle S medlcme was IOCk' that it is- all imagination, Heri- ed up in my bag. He asked me to tage .. > go for It and I went” leavmg my Heritage passed his left hand purchase on the table. It is all comâ€" ing back to me now. kind across his eyes in a confused of way. "Who. you look at one like that I fancy so,” he said. “When I was under your hands I was forgetting it. And now it has all come back When I re- turned Mr. Henson was quite alone, .as somebody had called to see my uncle. Mr. Henson seemed surpris- ed to see me back so soon, and as I entered he crushed something up in his hand and dropped it into the again. Did I toll you all about it, ‘ , , Cross‘P'L ,waStt’LRapel baSRSt' But my parcel Bell gave Cross _ a significant we}? qulte lntacr“ - . glance, and the latter shook his Yellow wax and yellow string head and all?” “Yes, so far as I remember. It was Mr. Henson who reminded ' my uncle about his medicine.” “And “Well, it was this way,” Heritage began, eagerly. His eyes were gleam- ing now, his whole aspect was changâ€" ed. “1 was poor and struggling, but Thad a grand future before me. There was a patient of mine, a rich man, who had a deadly throat trou- when- you were away the change was made. Strange that your uncle. should be so friendly with both Henson and Bell. Have . - . . y _ . ,, ble. And he was gouig to leave me they 0‘91 met unde‘ y-our'room all his money if I cured him. He “No,” Ruth replied. “Henson has . - l » .alwaysalludded to Dr. Bell as a lost Egigtfngnlzf 1111: (figiiaggnf; talfiia‘k man' He , prc’fcsscs » was in direst straits for some ready LSOrr-V for mm but he cash. When I came to operate I 1‘0 Ifier’t hlm' used ' an electric‘ light, a powerful 111%? ‘ . _ _ I . ~ lightâ€"you know what I mean. The I am 80mg Wlth you to See If we operation failed and my patient can 'find anything in the wasteâ€"paper died The 0 . .- - . _ . peiation failed because baSI‘et at No' 219' Ben tells me the electric light went out. at a crit- that your servants have instructions ica] time to touch no papers and I know that u‘ ‘ ' - . - " People said it was a great 11115â€" 33119 {3301‘ sitting-room Of your house fortune for me, because I was on the 3? usagbfis at k‘?‘11°f1°ffice' want' threshold of a new discovery which 9°55] 9" 0 “If tie papal that would have made my name. Nothing b 9115132 :iied_t°‘hldf’ an the day You of the kind. I (leliberately cut the 9;}? b i3 i’gal'case- positive wire of the electric light so 0 as“) PFOVGd to be a large that I should fail, and so that my .one, and was partially filled with - - . - - . ~ . patient might die and I might get lettcls that had navel been opened“ all his money at once. And he did beggingâ€"letters Ruth said. For half I die an 1 n . ‘ ’. V . i obody suspected meâ€"nobody an hm" Dawd “as engaged mtcould possibly have found me out. to be deeply has declined Where are you goâ€" smoot’hing out crumpled Sheets 0f Then I went mad and they put me under Bell's care. I should have got well, only he gave up his 'prac~' tics and drifted, into the world again, My good, kind friend Regin- ald Henson heard of my case; he iiiâ€" tcrested some people in me and plac~ ed me where Iain at present.” ~“So Reginald Henson. knows all about it?” Bell asked (lrily. “My dear fellow, he is the best. friend 1 have in the world. He was most interested in my case. I ha"e gone over it. with him a hundred paper, until at length his search was rewarded; He - held a packet of notepaper, the usual six sheets, one inside the other, that generally go to rom'espondence sheets of good qual- ity. It was crushed up, but Steel flattened it out and held it upfor Ruth’s inspection. , , ' “Now, here is a find!” he cried. i“Lo'ok at the address in green on the top: ‘15, Downend Terrace.’ Five sheets of my own best note- »paper, printed especially for myself,| in this basket! Originally this was . . . a block. of Six Sheets, but the one times. I showed him exactly how it has been written upon and the others was done‘ Am! ’10.“, you knqw Why brushed up like this. Beyond doubt I loath? the electric light" when it the paper was stolen from my study. shines in my eyes it niaddens me; it And_what,s this?” bringsback to me the recollection He held up the thick paper to the of UlZ’L’f, dreadful time, it causes me light. 'At the foot of the top sheet tor“ _. ,, was plainly indented in outline the ,, Manage" BU“ initials “D. s." .‘131"T“',F~°u" “3'03 “M r own ci.h r," Dav'd w nt on. '81,?“ “ 1 . “scrawled mpg: boldly Ins t?) mark lhe patient obeyed instantly He ’01] the under Sheet of paper. .Ahnostlhad not forgotten the old habit of ~ - . . . . '- ‘ 7 . ) - invariably I use initials instead ofloifuhenvce.‘ 1 “1110?, he “I”?an .hls .my full name unless it is quite forâ€" 135a”; m foo‘ed round mm m a l I ' W- ‘ 1mm busmess... o lbn, siamc aced mannei. “.h V , “1â€"1? am afraid I liaVe been ramâ€" Rufitngslgelslm’ bling," he muttered. “Pray don’t. ' ,, . ' , , , . ticc mo 13011' 'f '011 .' 4.‘ 'i d Find the letter feiged over what. no 1 y ’. ' 1 ‘ me (‘5 3‘0 looks like a genuine cipher,” David a fe lov. asyou used to be, come {1nd said, grimlyl see me again. Im tired now. Bell gave the desn‘ed assurance, and lie and Cross left the room to- gether. . Bell followed Dr. Cross into the “Any sort of truth in what he has hospital. with a sense of familiar {been saying?” asked the laLtel'. pleasure ‘The cool, sweet smell of! “Very little,” llcll replied. "lleri- the place, the dccorous silence, theltage is an exceedingly clever fellow said, stcrnly, at once, and be is to be done now?” CHAPTER XXII. order of it all appealed to himiwho has not yet recovered from a strongly It was as the old war- bad breakdown some years ago. I horse who sniffs the battle from had nearly cured him at one time. afar. And the battle with death was lbut he seems to have lapsed into bad ever a joy to 13011. ways again. Some day, when I have “This is all contrary to regulaâ€" time, I shall take up his case once tions, of cours,” he suggested. more." I “All but one thing,” he whispered." l “Did he operate, or try some new throat. cure?’1 “Exactly. He was on the verge of There Will be Splendid Opportuni- discovering some way of operating for throat cases with complete sucâ€" cess. You can imagine how excited he‘was over his mdiScovery.. iUnforâ€" tunately the patient he experimented on died under the operation, not beâ€" cause the light went out or any nonsenSu of that kind, but from failure of the heart’s action to excitement. V .Herit‘age had had, no sleep for ,a fortnight, and he broke down altogether. For months he was really mad, and when his senses came back to him he had that hallucination. Some day it will go, and some day Heritage will take up the drooped threads of his discovâ€" ery and the world will be all the better for it. 'And now, will you do me a favor?” “I will do anything that lies in my power. ’ ’ " ‘ “Then be good enough to let me have a peep at the man who was found halfâ€"murdered in my friend David Steel’s conservatory. I’m inâ€" terested in that case." Cross hesitated for a moment. “All right,” he said. “There can‘t be any harm in that. Come this way.” iell strolled along with the air of a man who is moved by no more than ordinary curiosity. But from the first he had made up his mind not to lose this opportunity. He had not the remotest idea what he ex~ pecterl to find, but he had a pretty good idea that he was on the verge of an important discovery. He came at length to the bedside of the mys- terious stranger. The man was lying on his back in a state of coma, his breath came heavily between his parted lips. . Bell bent low partly to examine the patient, partly to hide his face from Cross. If Bell had made any discovery he kept the fact rigidly to himself. “Looks very young,” he mutterâ€" ed. “But then he is one of those men who never grow any hair on their faces. Young as he‘ looks, I should judge him to be at. least fortâ€" ty-five, and if I am not mistaken, he is a man who had heard the chimes at midnight or later. I'm quite sat- isfied."~ “It’s more than I am, Cross said, when at. length he and his visitor were standing outside together. “Look here, Bell, you’re a great friend of Steel’s, whom I believe to be a very good fellow. I don’t want; to get him into any harm, but a day or two ago I found this letter in. a pocketâ€"book in a belt worn by our queer patient. Steel says the fellow is a perfect stranger to him, and I believe that statement. But what about this letter? I ought to have sent it to the police, but I didn’t. .ARcad it.” . And cross proceeded letter from his pocket. It was on thick paper; the stamped address given was “1.5, Downend Terrace.” There was no heading, merly the words “Certainly, with pleasure I shall be home; in fact, I am home every night till 12.30, and you may call any time up till then. If you knock quietly on the door I Shall hear you.â€"â€"D. S. “What do you make of it?" Cross asked. ‘ ‘ “It looks as if your patient had called as. Steel’s house by appoint- ment," Bell admitted. “Here is the invitation undoubtedly in Steel’s handwriting. Subsequently the poor fellow is found in Steel's house near- ly murdered, and yet Steel declares solemnly that the man is’a perfect stranger to him. It is a bad busi- ness, but I assure you that Steel is the soul of honor. Cross, would you be so good as to let me have that letter for two or three days?" “Very well,” Cross said, after a little hesitation. “food-night.” Bell went on his way homeward with plenty of food for thought. He stopped just for a moment to light a cigar. ‘ “Getting towards the light,” lie muttered, "getting along. The light is not going to fail after all. I wonder what Reginald.- Henson would say if he only knew that I had been, to the hospital andnrecognised our mutual friend Van Siieck there!” (To be Continued.) to take a ..,, SHE WENT DOWN. The man with the bronzed face and the rolling gait was entertaining an attentive circle of acquaintances, when Mr. Jones edged up just in time to hear the words, “And so the ship went down with all of us on board.” “She went Jones excitedly. “Yes. sir,” smiled the bronzed-facâ€" ed man. “She sank slowly but surely, and scarcely a ripple was left to mark the Spot where she had sunk." “But where Were you?" “In the captain’s cabin." “And couldn’t you get out?” i .n questioned Mr. Jones. “Why, no. I never thought of getting out,” was the cool answer. “Oh, I suppose it was all so un- expected?” “NO. W’C down." “And how did you escape?” "I didn't have to escape‘.’”. “How's that?" Mr. Jones inquirâ€" ed. “If the ship sank with all on. board, and there was no chance for you to escape, how do you expect, us to believe your story when we see you sitting here alive and well?" “It; was a submarine boat," ex- down?” asked Mr. knew she would go plaine-sl the man with the bronzed face. 0Wing 500,000. ities for Trade. '.A,CCCYCIlng to a report of the Swiss consulygcneral in Yokohama, no 01.10 would have dared ten. years ago to predict. Japan’s wonderful develop- ment. In 1893 its foreign trade was about $93,500,000; in 1903, $303,â€" Tlie bank deposite or Toâ€" kyo in 1895 amounted to less than $18,500,0(l03‘ in 1903’ they had risen to $66.500,000; those of Osaka amounted to $5,000,000 in 1893 and to $38,500,000 in 1903.- The same surprises await one in Connection with Manch‘uria and Korea. That there is room for Eu- ropean products there is proved by Japan's marvelous progress anid deâ€" velopment. Manchuria, properly adâ€" ministered, is as susceptible of pro- gress and development as was Jaâ€" pan. The same is true of northern China, with its rich resources in minerals, particularly coal. I. was often surprised on my trips through Manchuria and Siberia to find the facility with which the Chinese take to trade and manufacturing, parâ€" ticularly when the policy put-Sued by those in charge was such' as to eni‘ courage effm’ts. Splendid results await anyone who will give the material furnished and" to be furnished by China good leadâ€" ership. The Chinamun is the very best kind of a Colonist. is to be let alone. -He overcomes every lingual difficulty; he is a splen- did Worker, retail merchant, lhand Worker, or servant; and lie is naâ€" turally lionest. The large commerci- al cities, ‘ Colombo, Singapore, Siam, Saigon, Haifong, Hongkong. Shang- hai, Kiauâ€"chau, are striking examples of what the peace-loving Chinese can accomplish. 0 Here in the East trade would be impossible but for the Chinese. EVen in Japan the Chinese have made themselves indispensable. What is true of the English, French, and Ger- man spheres of influence in the East is.just as true of the regions presided over by Russia. The life of Port Arâ€" thur, Dalny, Nicolajewsk, Vladivos- tok, Harbin, Chaborowan’, mild Blagoâ€" vestcliensk depends upon. the activity of flie Chinese inhabitants. The final result will, hOWOVCi', depend upon the type of men who assume the lead when peace is again restored. More merchants will want to come here from the West. The efforts of the great powers to secure a place for their agents in the East is easy to understand. Progress and prosper- ity will go along faster under the aegis of the West than they ever would were the initiative efforts left to the East. China’s opposition to strangers, to Dewatra'de forms, to railroads, is confined to China pro- per. Wliere the Chinaiiian is a stranger, an immigrant, a Colonist, he is far more pliable and adaptable than any other. ’l‘h‘us tlie fundamen- tals- upon which a. foreign trade may be built up are in the East. Every- body is getting ready to be on hand. . 'England and the United States are ready to follow in the footsteps of Japan, knowing full well that first come will be first served.' The openâ€" ing up of Manchuria and Korea is a foregone conclusion, let the war end as it will. Japan, victorious, is bound, to be the leading nation in the East. The balance 0f power in the Orient will be at Tokyo rather than at Poking. Japan, victorious, means the removal of the last barriâ€" ers to the Island Empire’s marvelâ€" ous progress in commerce and manu- factures. Once the land of Japan is able to be freely bought and owned by the stranger within her gates, capital will flow into her banks and thence into her factories, mines, etc. RUSSIANS AND ENGLISH. Every,English'1nan who. has trniveled in Russia knows how agreeable the people of that country usually are. They are delightfully sociable and obliging. It. is a; curious fact that in ordinary circumstances they are most attracted by 'tlic‘Eng-lisli and Americans. much in sympathy with the charac- ter of their lr‘rench' allies, wliose friâ€" volity and cynicism are not always appreciated by the sombre, religious Muscovites. The antagonism of the Russian towards England is simply political, not racial. â€"+-â€"â€"-â€" IIEI RS APPARENT. There are fifteen thrones in Europe. and eight new promise to pass from father to son. These are Great Briâ€" tain, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Greece, Norway and Sweden, lzlul- ‘ ’an'd' Russia. The Sultan may ,ucceeded by a brother, and the -ing of Spain by a sister. The King; of Italy‘s heir is his cousin, and the Emperor of Austria, the King- of the Belgians, and the King of Rouniauia look to nephews, while Holland has no visible successor at present. _..__+_____ Hostessâ€"“You appear to be in deep thought, Tommy.” Tommy... “ch'ni. Maiiima told me if you ask- ed me to haVe some cake I was to say something, an’ I’ve been here so long now I forgot what it was." Coiiiiselâ€"J‘thaf; is your age, mad~ am?" Witnessâ€"“f only know from iwhai‘. I've been told, and you just Hold me that hearsay evidence was !not. valid in court." All he asks ~ They are not nearly so- lm m“ 23 “mm YOU MUST NOT HESITATE â€"â€" THIS WILL HELP YOUR \VILL POWER. r Many Able People Are Kept Downi Through Their Inability to Decide. Have you a strong will? The great demand of toâ€"day is for _.._. the strong; vigorous, positive manâ€"â€" the man who not only makes up his mind, but does so with firmness, and when he has considered all the cir- cumstances and conditions of the matter he is called upon to decide, does so once for all, and then throw it off his mind, and passes to someâ€" thing else. Such a man usually has superior executive allility. He can not only make a programme, but he can also carry it out. He can not only decide upon a course; but he can also execute it to a finish. If you are a vacillator, if you have acquired a habit of hesitating, or to Weighing and considering and recon- sidering, never quite knowing what you want, you will never be a leader. This is not the stuff of which leaders are made; for whatever else a leader may lack, he knows his own mind. He knows what he wants, and makes straight for it. He may make mis- takes, he may fall down now and then; but he gets up promptly and always pushes on. How TO GET ON. The man who decides quickly can afford to make mistakes; for no mat- ter how many he makes, he will get on faster than he who is timid, vaâ€" V cillating and so afraid of taking a wrong course that he dares not start. out to do anything. Those who wait for certainties, or stand on the brink of the stream waiting for somebody to push them in, never reach the other shore. One of the most pit'iable objects in- the world is the man who is for ever liangiiig_ trembling in the bale ance, who never knows which way -to“tuirn, who is the prey of conflict- inig opinions, and the victim _ of the greatest pressure, who follows the coumsel of the last man who advises him, who moves along the line of least resistance, and who does not; feel within himself the power to deâ€" cide things. The very reputation of being cursed with a yielding disposiâ€" tion, of being easily moved from your conviction, or of being unstable in your opinions is fatal to all conâ€" fidenceâ€"to credit. , MAKE UP YOUR MIND. ' A great many people seem to. have a mortal ' dread of deciding things. They don’t care to take the respon- sibility, because they don’t know what it may lead to. They are afraid that if they should decide upâ€" on one thing to-day, something bet- ter may turn up to-morrow, aiiiii cause them to regret their first 'deâ€" cision. These habitual waverers so completely lose their selfâ€"confidence that they do not dare to trust themâ€" selves to decide anything of importâ€" ance. Many of them nuin naturally fine minds by nursing the habit of A indecision. .. Your judgment must dwell in the depths 'of yournature, like the calm waters in the depths of the sea, out' of the reach of the waves of emo- tion, passion, or moods, or the ad- vice or criticism of others. and be- yond the reach' of superficial disturbâ€" ance. This is the kind of judgment that is always sought in any matter of Weight or importanceâ€"one which is beyond the reach of the influence of anything but the right. ARE YOU ONE? 4 Thousands of people tovcfay are struggling along in mediocrity with ability enough to have taken them to the heights where excellence dWells, but for one lack in their naâ€" tureâ€"ability to decide quickly and finally. Tens of thousands of young people with good health', good education, and good ability, are standing on the edge of a bridge, at life's crossâ€" ing. They hope they are on the right way, they think they are, and yet they do not dare to burn the bridge they have just crossed. They want a chance for retreat in case they have made a mistake. ‘ If indecision runs in the blood you inherit, arouse yourself and strangle this insidious foe before it saps your energy and ruins your life. chance. Do not wait until toâ€"morrow, but begin to-day. Conipel yourself to develop the opposite quality by the constant practice of firm decision. +___.__ SU CH G OOD FRIENDS . Jack (meeting a friend who is walking rapidly along the street)â€"- “IIullo, Charlie! Why this terrible rush?" Charlieâ€"“I am walking fast to keep that fellow Staggs from catch- ing me up. He's an awful bore." Jack (meeting Staggs, who is walking slowly)â€"â€"“Hullo, old fellow, why are you dawdling along in this way?" . Staggsâ€"“To keep from catching up with Charlie Johnson. He’s the worst bore I know." . +_._.._ 4 NOT SUFFICIENT EXCUSE. Magistrate (to an old encoder)â€" “Why did you scale the window 0. this building?” Prisonerâ€""Thc-ro was a paper past- ed on the window which was broken, and I climbed up to read a story printed on it." Magistrateâ€"“Yes, but why did you break in the window?" Prisoner-“To read the continua- tion on the inside your worship." A.‘ i- ‘I-