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4 .•, .- ., - « v ^ Wf'. iSw,: ".'t:"* {j%•'.•.-•• "JJ!Q >f S*v &rV'V * p5" "~ '^.i';fO£. "•'^nv/?'!' t;.!>','k,V V'-v r;^ "-P Vi, •*,« *4 mz&m '£MMM |f ;,':-" aar SBWARD W. HOPKINS* IMtar d "JMk Rtkblu of America." *1i MM SM," "TWO OENTLMMM of Mmll " "Oa • PdN t- T;̂ f0 ̂+***" »*• >11^1^'; :•"" 'ULIILK *•». ̂ KO.M* *W*IRT '•1 CHAPTER XII. ;& wyCTQ,. excellency," ho said, "you kave heard the words of the Count di P®rdlno--his dying confession. Do yon believe itf ,t "Yes, I believ* It lb tnHi,w whis- fsred Malignl. "And Is there any act which you wish to perform before you die, to make reparation for the wrong that has been done an innocent man?" "Yes--yes. Let Henry Thorlane be y brought before me. I will do him jus­ tice, that I, too, may receive justice from God." The monk eat down to the writing- table, and taking a pen, began writ­ ing on some of |tbe official paper of the prefetto. Having finished, the monk held In • his hands two papers. One of these he began to road aloud to the Count 41 Pordino, , j It ran thus: 'f "The Confession Of the Count di Pordino, on hie dying bed, before Malignl, the Prefetto of Cagliari, and the assembled monks and soldiers of his household: "I, the Count di Pordino, do confess and do swear before God that the con- j4 Cession is true ; that my nephew, Hen- » ry Thorlane, the owner of the Villa •Thorlano and its estate, is innocent of the crime of conspiracy against the prefetto, with which crime I charged him, for the sole purpose of putting him in prison and receiving at the hands of the prefetto my nephew's estate as my reward. "And It is my fear of future pun­ ishment that Impels me to make this true confession and withhold none of the truth, that justice may now be done to my nephew, Henry Thorlane, whom I have wronged." "Is this correct, count?" asked Brother Michael, when he had la* ^ lshed. r "Yea," whispered the count. :*Then sign." jprother Michael dipped a pen In Ink tail placed it in the grasp of the dying \ man. Feebly his fingers moved over the paper and scrawled his signature. Then Brother Michael turned to the prefetto and read the other paper. This was an official document, restor- ' Ing Henry Thorlane to all rights of citizenship, restoring to him his val­ uable estate and removing all taint •nd disgrace from bis name. This was signed by the prefetto, and the official seal was placed upon it. "Bring Henry Thorlane before me, that I may beg of him forgiveness!" gasped the prefetto. "Walt. There is one thing more to be done in an official capacity," said the monk. "Your excellency, you re­ call the incidents of the night on Which your brother was murdered?" The prefetto signified that he did. "A young man who had entered here to rescue Nita Barlotti from your | < brother--a young man who had no en- V mity toward Pacho Maligni himself. 1 but who was acting in obedience to the request of a friend who was lost at sea--was seized, and, with no other evidence against him, was sentenced to Imprisonment for life for the crime. Your excellency, that young , man escaped, but he is here." Obedi- ent to his signal, I stood before the prefetto. "He is the Jew who came with me to give you warning of the attack that was to be made tonight. We have evidenoe, your excellency, that will convict another of the crime, and it but remains to seize the real murderer and place him in prison. And this young man, who Is innocent of any crime against the state, needs but your signature to make him free from the stigma that has been put , upon him." ; , "Is it true? You know the real K iwirderer?" ' ' - " I t I s t r u e , " s a i d d i e m o n k . " I ) swear it." ••Before I die--before I die," mur­ mured the prefetto, "let nothing re­ main undone." The monk again wrote, and this time it was a paper declaring me f Innocent of the crime of murder, and ordering the removal from the books In the Department of Justice of all charges against me, Richard Wllber- . ton, of New York. , This the prefetto signed, and again 4feje great official seal was used. £• "Now--let me see ELewrjr Thorlane/* gasped the prefetto. "You shall!" These words came from the monk, htt not in the soft, priestlike voice I had heard before. They came in deep chest tones, with a sternness that startled me and every one else in the 4, room. Brother Michael removed the \-goggles from his eyes, and threw aside his monkish garb. Standing erect, he •oemed taller, and his smooth-shaven head was squarely set upon shoulders pf massive mold. , ' "Behold me! I am Henry Thor- ,\ Mpe!" "Thorlane!" gasped the prefetto. r ^ ^Thorlane!" murmured the Count 4Mt: Pordino. , "It Is true! He is Henry Thorlafltf!" exclaimed several of the soldiers, among whom was the captain of the gaard. But what of me? I etood trembling, •m paralyzed In every limb. I tried to cry out in an excess of Joy, but my tongue refused obedience to my will and clove to the roof of my mouth. Thosq massive shoulders! That well-polBed head! That thunderous voice! To those around me, the undisguised monk was Henry Thorlane. To m Ol recognized him in spite of the shaven head and Up shorn of Its mus­ tache--he was Maublkeck the Lion- Tamer. He saw my emotion. He stepped . to my side aad grasped my hand. "Friend Wilberton," he said, *1 see jou recognize me. You are surprised ted speechless. Yes, It is I, Maubi keck, now, thank God, once more in possession of my own, and enabled to bear my own name--Henry Thorlane." "Maublkeck!" I managed to gasp. : flh-I thought you wers lost at sea." 'J*-. „ "No," he replied, smiling. "You see I was not. But all that can be ex­ plained later. Now I must see my darling. Where is she?" "In her room." I led him away from the room. As we turned to go there was a gasp, a murmur, and a cry of terror behind us. "They are dead!" said a physician. "The prefetto and Count di Pordino hare gone to their last accounts." In the hall we met Mutterelli, who wore the same placid smile of satis­ faction that always characterized him. "Ah, signor," he said, laughing, "I see you have made the acquaintance of my old friend and playmate, Henry Thorlane." "He is my hero Maubikeck," I re­ plied. "We go to see Nita Barlotti. How is she?" "Fully recovered," said Mutterelli,, "and waiting to see Signor Wilbeiton of New York and Henry Thorlane of Cagliari." "You have told her?" asked Thor­ lane. Mutterelli bowed, and Thonane rushed away. I changed my mind about accompanying him, and leaving him to enjoy the bliss of the reunion alone with Nita, I retraced my steps and went back to the library with the impart$rl?$ble Mutterelli. secret sklli to bring to a successful termination his dangerous mission. And now that we have seen how well he carried out his purposes, how steadfast he was in his lpve and in his friendship, and how skilful#" he did the work he had on nand^Ileave it to the reader to justify the love and admiration that Nita Barlotti and I felt toward his man, wnose nobiiiy of soul and sterling worth are worthy of a more fitting tribute than can be conveyed in my feeble and Inadequate language. \ ^ CHAPTER XIII. Tfcte chapter is of the nature of an Interjection. It contains, without any reference to the chain of events in which I was an actor, the story of Henry Thorlane. This I gleaned from him in bits during the few days im­ mediately following the death of Ma­ ligni, the prefetto, and the Count dl Pordino. The story of Thorlane which Mut­ terelli had told me concerning the arrest and Imprisonment of the inno­ cent man for conspiracy and the con­ fiscation of his estate, was true. He had been incarcerated in the monas­ tery of The Saints. The truth was this: Thorlane, during his days of liberty, had, as Mutterelli had in­ formed me, been an open enemy of the monks of The Saints. , B~t his enmity was not directed toward the entire body, nor against the superior of the monastery, but against those monks whose practices he believed to he corrupt and who, he believed, were in league with the prefetto and the Count di Pordino in their extortion and brigandage. In this he had found a secret friend in no less a personage than the superior of the monastery himself, who, though a good man, was weak and unable to successfully cope with the combination .for evil which he knew existed. He did, however, develop enough backbone to help his friend Thorlane, and soon after the imprisonment of the Englishman, the superior succeed­ ed, in some way, in making the pre­ fetto believe that the prisoner would be more secure in solitary confinement In the monastery. The prefetto readily assented, and Thorlane was removed from the Torre dell Elefante to the monastery. From tM monastery he was assist­ ed to escape by the superior, who con­ tinually reported to the prefetto the security and safety of his prisoner. Thorlane lived for a time in the marble grotto, and one day he met, while hunting mouflon, disguised be­ yond recognition, his old comrade end university companion, Mutterelli, to whom he made himself known. Mut­ terelli helped him to escape from Sar­ dinia, with the four mountain lions who had been his companions in the grotto, and with these he resolved to seek his fortune in America, until he had amassed enough money to enable him to legally and successfully com­ bat the charges against him and re­ gain his confiscated estates. He reached America successfully and exhibited his lions in a small way, adopting tii^ name Maubikeck as be­ ing one not likely to lead to identifica­ tion. Then Pacho Malignl, the brother of the man against whose life he was ac­ cused of conspirirg, began operations collecting the materials for his circus. Pacho Malignl, although he may have known of the change of ownership of the Villa di Thorlano, keeping abreai of the affairs in Sardina, he did no know Maubikeck, and the lion-tamer resolved to link his fortunes to those of the Sardinian, with the hope that in some way the connection might lead to some discoveries that would be advantageous to himself. At the rehearsals he met and loved Nita Barlotti, and she returned his love. To her he told all the story of his misfortunes, and found in the beautiful trapeze girl a ready sym­ pathizer. What occurred In New York to stir and start afresh the adventures of my remarkable friend has already been set forth in these pages. When Thorlane, or, as I knew him, Maubikeck, was left behind on the sinking Queen, he did not go tamely to a heroic death, as I supposed, but resolutely set to work to save his he­ roic life. He managed, by the aid of two others, to get a raft together be­ fore the ship went down. This was furnished with a sail and supplied with food. Upon it they launched themselves upon the waves. They were fortunately dri^n to the Azores, where, after a stay ui a week or so, they were taken on board a sailing vessel which was bound for Lisbon, and which had stopped at the Azores for water. From Lisbon he came to Italy, and at Genoa sought his old friend Mutterelli, whom he felt he could trust implicitly. Being in­ formed that Mutterelli was in Cagliari with Signor Wiloerton of New York, Thorlane made all preparation to 4n- ter the country where his life and lib­ erty were not safe, and the day he t aw me wounded by the wayside was his first day in Cagliari. He had f&end Mutterelli, and these two at once en­ tered into a secret compact, the re­ sults of which we have seen. Mutterelli was a member of a se» ret order in Italy and Sardinia, into whicn he Initiated "Brother Michael," and it was the authority this membership gave him that enabled the putative monk to compel the band of Count di Pordino to withdraw just when they held victory in their grasp. Thorlane, as Brother Michael, be­ came the guest of the superior of the monastery, and from that vantage ground proceeded to put into opera­ tion all the wires and machinery of his CHAPTER XIV. As I said in the foregoing chapter, the days immediately following the death of the prefetto and the Count dl Pordino were exciting ones. A new prefetto was appointed by the king, and he proved to be a gen­ erous and intellectual man, at whose hands we received the kindest treat­ ment The villa of Malignl remained in his family, and the new prefetto resided at the prefettura in the old castie in Cagliari, with his wife, a charming woman, and his daughters, accom­ plished young ladies about the age of Nita. Here Nita remained as his guest during the remainder of our stay In Sardinia, while Mutterelli and 1 took up our abode at the splendid but neg­ lected Villa di Thorlano, as the guest of Thorlane. Under the new prefetto all my be­ longings were restored to me, and I was once more in possession of the letter of Antonio Sigmotta, and the locket and pin that had belonged to the infant Alice Graviscourt. The importance of these was greatly augmented by another document which contained the statement of Dambo, duly attested by the new pre­ fetto, and the import of which will be duly disclosed. I made Nita Barlotti fully acquaint­ ed with the significance of these things; and our impatience to be off to America to finish our work was generously met by the new prefetto, who aided us in every way, and final­ ly saw us depart from Cagliari with many expression of regret. Thorlane wished to have the mar­ riage of Nita and himself solemnized before leaving, but she archly bade him be patient, for there was plenty of time; and she preferred to know the truth concerning herself before she became his wife. To our united voices, Thorlane laughingly yielded, and placing his estate in competent hands, to be cared for until his return for final adjust­ ment, he announced himself as ready to start So we took a steamer to Genoa, where I made good my promises to ths faithful Mutterelli, and placed to his account fifty thousand lire, equal to about ten thousand dollars. (To be continued.) NOT BUILT FOR THE JOB. Qlrl Explains Why She Quit Teaching Sunday School. A West Philadelphia girl who re­ cently started to teach a Sunday school class has given it up as a bad job. "I am not built that way," she said. In explaining to several friends why she had thrown up the sponge and retired from the ring. "It's all due to my temper, which is by no means angelic--and it requires an an­ gelic disposition to lead a Sunday school class of small boys in the way they should go. There was one young Imp named Paul, who was the limit. If I ever get to heaven and meet Paul, one or the other of us will have to quit He had annoyed me from the first, but the end came that Sunday when the lesson was about turning your other cheek if your enemy smites you. Just in what I thbught was the most interesting part of the lesson, and when I could almost smell the halo singeing my hair. Master Paul surreptitiously pulled out all my hair­ pins and down it came all about my shoulders. Forgetting all about the lesson, I turned and slapped him in the face. Then I threw up the Job."-- Philadelphia Record. SUBSTITUTION. 'LOADED" FOR THE LECTURER. Guests at Convivial Dinner Ember raesed the Professor. Prou Edward Howard Griggs, form­ erly of Stanford, "the perfect man," still continues to be the wonder and sensation of Boston where his ethical lectures are drawing cultured mobs from all over the country side. I am told that people come in wagons, automobiles and on bicycles--make pilgrimages to his rostrum. I was noticing an article of his which ap­ peared in the Overland Monthly a few years ago. It was a good article, and the reading of it recalls to me a story. Shortly before Prof. Griggs left Stanford for his Eastern tour, he was the guest of henor at a dining club here. The club is a cultured affair, and the reading of a paper is a regular ceremony at their periodical dinners. Prof. Griggs was to read the paper on this occasion, and some of the members got wind of the fact that the professor Intended to read his paper which appeared in the Overland Monthly A copy of the magazine was accordingly bought and submitted to a printer. A press proof of the essay was given to each member of the club. When Prof. Griggs' turn cane he arose with much Impressment, pro- need his manuscript, and began. When he read the first sentence he was surprised to note that hiB words were being delivered In unison by every person at the table. He looked up, and when he saw his hosts hold­ ing "proof" on him the proof was sufficient and he sat down*--San Francisco News Letter. PUBLIC 8CHOOL3 IN FRANCE American Ideas and Methods Are Being Introduced. The people who rebel against the closing of the Catholic schools and the sending of their children to the public schools are those who know absolutely nothing about the latter. They think they will have tuition to pay for. Now, in many public schools here even the schoolbooks are pro­ vided, and great facilities are given to bright scholars in the way of scholarships whereby they may con­ tinue their education in the higher schools. Ignorant parents, and there are many such In countries like Brit­ tany, imagine that the government will teach their children to be athe­ ists. It is needless to say that par­ ents will have as much freedom in bringing up their children in any relig­ ion they please as in America, says a correspondent in the Brooklyn Eagle. The French authorities have an eye on the American systems of public education and copy them as far as they are able, taking into considera- ticn the idiosyncrasies of their people. During the .republic untold sums of nroney have been spent for the build­ ing and the establishing of public schools, for the organization of li­ braries, for the running of night schools, and after all that trouble and eiperse if taere are people who, like th<» Brcors, refuse progress and en- ligatenment, ought not the govern­ ment compel them to obey? It is like holding the nose of a sick child to force it to swallow a medicine which wiU save its life. , -' k. . . \ Discomforts of Submartiyse.; "'Wen going down in the new "sub­ marines for the first two or three times become almost stupefied by the strong fumes of the gasoline used ts propelling the vessels. Lost Twenty Years. Kokomo, Ind., Dec. list--Twenty years is a long time to take out of one person's life but that was the fate of Anna M. Willis of this place. For twenty years Bhe suffered all the torihents of Kidney Trouble, and any­ one in that state is not living, but simply existing. Now Anna M. Willis is fully recov­ ered. She appreciates the pleasure of living again and never forgets to tell you that it is all because a friend advised her to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. In speaking of her wonderful cure she says: "For twenty years I suf­ fered from Kidney Trouble. The dis­ ease was terrible in itself and it was all the more terrible because I could get no relief and my case seemed hopeless. "But one day I got six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and by the time I had taken five boxes my pains had left me and I was a free woman." A Drawn Game. There is an old judge, supposed to be the politest man In Ireland, who never loses an opportunity to doff his hat, or to offer some slight attention to wayfarers. One day as he was about to take the train for Cork he reached the step of the carriage just as it was approached by a priest "After the cloth," said the judge, stepping back with a courtly bow. "Gray hairs have the preference," returned the priest, with a splendid wave of the hand. "The church always has the prece­ dence," retorted the judge, taking an­ other backward step, hat in hand. "The church follows in the steps of the fathers," replied the priest, bow­ ing low, and indicating the way to the step. The duel of politeness was not half through, neither yielding an inch, when the train started, leaving both bowing and smiling on the platform. Please listen to a short talk upon a most vitally important subject--one which is greatly disturbing the busi­ ness world to-day. You have doubtless heard of the word "substitution." You have prob­ ably read that "substitution is fraud." Tack that saying firmly In your mind and keep it there. It is worth some­ thing. It is true--almost invariably. You call at a store and ask for an article of a certain brand or manufac­ ture, one which has been thoroughly advertised for years, and which has earned an excellent reputatioi^ The dealer says "here's something Jutt as good for less money." That dealer thereby usually tells a direct false­ hood. He knows „ that the article which he offers you at a lower price is inferior, but the point Is that it yields him a greater profit; hence his desire to substitute. You may ask If an article is superior Just because it is advertised.- Yes, It is, and here's why. The many well- known houses which spend millions of dollars every year in the good pub­ lications of the country are managed by men of brains and wide business experience, and these men know only too well that unless an article has merit there is absolutely no business sense in spending good money to ad­ vertise it It dees not pay to adver­ tise any article of general use for a short time only. Every advertiser must wait some time before his adver­ tising has created the desired impres­ sion and while he is waiting his goods must have time to prove whether or not they are good. If they are good, they stick; if not, they do not, and if they were not gcod and did not stick, would this experienced business man continue to spend good mcney adver­ tising the goods--throw good money after bad as It were? Never! He has too much business sense. The average article which you see advertised month after month in good publications is itself good. Buy an advertised article. It is the true safe way. When you are buying ask for what you want and get what you ask for. Remember! "Substitution 1s Fraud." --Pearson's Magazine. Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar." Tennyson's famous poem, "Crossing the Bar," was written, says the pres­ ent Lord Tennyson, in the poet's 81st year--"on a day in October when we came from Aldworth to Farringford. Before reaching Farringford he had had the 'moaning of the bar' in his mind, and after dinner he showed me the poem written out" "That is the crown of your life's work," said his son, who was the first man after the poet to read "Crossing the Bar," and who passed the first criticism upon it in such fitting and generous language. "It came in a moment," said the poet and he explained the Pilot as the Di­ vine and Unseen who is always guld- lng us. A day or two before he died the poet, calling his son to his bedside, said: "Mind you put 'Crossing the Bar' at the end of all editions of my poems." THE ST. PAUL CALENDAR FOR 1903 six sheets 10x15 inches, of beautiful reproductions, in colors, of pastel drawings by Bryson, is now ready for distribution and will be mailed on re­ ceipt of twenty-five (26) cents--coin or stamps. Address F. A. Miller, Gen­ eral Passenger Agent Chicago. 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Dr. August Koenlg's Hamburg Drops, as a blood purifier, strength and health restorer, and a specific for all stomach, liver, and kidney trou hies, leads all other similar medi­ cines in its wonderful sales and mar­ vellous * confidence of the people, especially our vast German population. It is not a new and untried product, but was made and sold more than sixty years ago. The great must submit to the do­ minion of prudence and virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great. This is a feudal tenure which they cannot alter.--Burke. No chromos or cneap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. Between the wolf at his door and the stork on his roof, the average man has all the menageries he can manage. MORE FLEXIBLE AND LA8T1NO, won't shake out or blow out: by using Defiance starch you obiain better results than possible with any other brand aad one-third more for same money. 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F. HAYES, 252 Dudley St., (Iioxbury) Boston, Mass. / , f . •* Mountains of jrold could not purchase such testimony--or take f ;• the place of the health and happiness which Lydia E. Pinkham's £ •Vegetable Compound brought to Mrs. Hayes. : > Y- Such testimony should be accepted by all women as convincing , i evidence that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound stands without a peer as a remedy for all the distressing ills of women; all : ; ovarian troubles; tumors; inflammations; ulceration, falling and die- placements of the womb; backache; irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation. Surely the volume and character of tno testimonial let- /"•* lers we are daily printing in the newspapers can leave no room for doubt. . v Mrs. Hayes at her above address will gladly answer any letter® "-M Which sick women may write for fuller information about her illness. ^ Her gratitude to Mrs. Pinkham and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable " \ Compound is so genuine and heartfelt that she thinks no trouble is too ; C / great for her to take in return for her health and happiness. k , r. ^ Truly i3 it said that it is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Co» ' pound that is curing so many women, and no other medicine; dont f<SN • ^ get this when some druggist wants to sell you something else. • ' v? t'Cflllfl FORFEIT If we c»nnot forthwith produce the original lettert and ligBatvrMti ^ a&nilllll MitUBontatak whiafe will prove their absolute genulnaneM VUvVIV Lydu K. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lfna, Jfaafc'-VvY. -1. < L Constipation Cured" / Those who have used salts, castor oil, and the mauy home and manufactured purgatives, know that in such treatment there is no possi­ bility of a cure'from constipation. These remedies are at most physics and do absolutely no good. In fact they frequently provoke piles fistula, female disorders and man; of appendicitis are traceable their use. Soon the ordinary doses of these physics fall _ *r ~ upon the constipation that Mull's Grape Tonic would not euro. First, Mull's Grape Tnnlo la unlike any I other treatment for constipation. It Is the greatest and molt noiltlve laxative known. But fiat Isn t what | rures. It Is the tonic properties of the grape and other i fruits that strengthens the worn-out nniseles of the ln- j testlnal tract. Mull's Grape Tonic builds Pesh strength and creates rich, red blood. Mull's Grape Tonic ( Is th^ finest thlnT ever known forcon«tlnatlon. It Is guar­ anteed to cure you. Large sample bottle sent free to any address on receipt of 10 c«nts for postage by LUhtuIn* Medicine Co., Ro^tt Island, 111. Send your druggist'^ name. All druggists sell Mull's Grape Tonlo at 50 cents a bottle. I#*! V. *£:v ' "*•}$£ : * •» rV SjpS SIS! V.SV.^. , i?. ' " For "Burnj" and, Scat At Ure ^MUSTANG LINIMENT THE BEST LINIMENT MADE FOR. NAN OR. BEAST, , •HERE IS NO TEST LIKE THE TEST OF TIME AND VSB Hamlins WIZARD O I L C U R E S A L L P A I N , S O R E N E S S , m SWELL/NG aKp I INFLAMMATION FROM I ANY CAUSE WHATEVER. § 50 C£NrS. Ail D/ti/GG/srs. • =3 II •t Site K : i j1*.'0,'.-"*,'"'" '• •: •&.. .. - ^ u 'i..'* ktf- 5 * * J *• if * j*