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Her Ladyship dancea with strange fisherman, ana a call to Arms is made in an effort to capture a rayoterious Le Seigneur Noir. He escapes. Lady Eiise is caught in the "Grand" tide. The Black Seigneur rescues and takes !h«r to h?a retreat. Elise dfscovers that Kiar savior was the boy with the fish. ®ancheg. the Seigneur's servant. Is -ar­ rested and brought before the governor. Lady Elise has Sanches set free. Seig­ neur and a priest at the "Cockles." San- •chee tells Desaurac that Lady EHse be- •trayed hirn, but Is not believed. The "Seigneur plans to release prisoners at the Mouni. Lady Sitae pleads with her fath­ er to spare the lives of condemned pris­ oners. '• 'pki'- ' % ' • RjPTy pfe yr--\ .• s#-, t $i • : w*y- ii -V | fe--'.:. m~i. V W*M feA. CHAPTER XIV.--(Continued.) . * %Jo, no!" she cried. "I didn't mean «•*& didn't imply that. Of course not! Only," putting out her hands, "I try to understand, and--you .have never taken me. into your confidence, mon •pew! You have been indulgent; de­ nied me nothing, but--I don't want to "feel the way I have felt the last week, •as if " quickly she stopped. "No <!oubt there are reasons--although have puzzled; and If I 'knew! Can't you," abruptly, "treat me as one wor­ thy of your confidence? "You!" he said with Quiet irony. "*Who--listen!" The girl flushed. "I had to, be- •cause--" "And who misrepresented facts, as iQ the case of--Saladln!" -'•But--" ~"How long," standing •"Wfre you on the island ?" *1--don't know!" "You dont?" His voice iafiltea dis­ belief. "Part of the time I ¥as uncon­ scious--" "In the watch-tower with him! She mads a gesture. "Would, yoo Bather--" "What did he say? The girl's eyes that had' teen so •toadfast, on a sudden wavered. "Noth­ ing--much." "And you? Nothing, too? Then how W the deception devised--the pact entered into--' Her figure stiffened. "There was no ®act" "Treason, then? The low holds it treasonto--" "You are cruel; unjust!" she cried "'To me, as you were to him. That old snan you had whipped! I wonder," Impetuously, "if you are so to all of them, the people, the peasants. And If that is the reason they have only black looks for me--and hatred? As If they would like to curse us!" He turned away. "I am very busy." "Mon pere!" : He walked to the door. • "Then you won't--Trout spare them?" He opened wide the door. Still she did not move, until the sight of the commandant without, the curious Slance he cast in their direction, de­ cided her. Drawing herself up, she walked toward the threshold, and, ho wing perfunctorily, with head held Stigk* crossed it. . , CHAPTER*^ Ths Voice from the Group. '^Wo one from the household is al­ lowed through without an order!" "You will, however, let me pass." "Because you have a pretty face?" The sentinel at the g ~eat gate separat­ ing the upper part ot -the Mount from the town, answered roughly; "Not you, «ny girl, or--" But she who importuned raised the sides of the ample linen head-dress and revealed fully her Countenance. "My Lady!" Half convinced, half incredulous, the soldier ^ looked; stared; at features, familiar-yet seem­ ing different, with the rebellious gold­ en hair smoothed down severely above; the figure garbed in a Norman peasant dress, made for a costume dance when the nobles and court ia- tiies had visited the Mount. "You do not doubt who I am?" Im­ periously regarding him. "No, my Lady: only--" - "Then open the gate) ** idle com­ manded. / The man pushed back the ponder eus bolts; pressed outward the mass of oak and iron, and, puzzled, sur­ prised, watched the girl slip through. Of course it was none of his affair, my lady's caprice, and if she chose to go masquerading among the people on euch a day, when all the Idle vaga-' from his grasp. } . bonds made pretext to visit the Mount, her right to do so remained unques­ tioned; but, as he closed the heavy door, he shook his head. Think of the risk! Who knew what might happen in the event of her identity being re­ vealed to certain of /those in that heterogeneous concourse without? Even at the moment through an aper­ ture for observation in the framework to which he repaired upon adjusting the fastenings, he could see approach­ ing a procession of noisy fanatics. The apprehension of the soldier was, however, not shared by the girl, who, glad she had found a means to get away froux the chilling atmosphere of her own wodd, experienced now only a sense of freedom and relief. In her tense mood, the din--the shouting and unwonted sounds--%ere not cal culated to alarm; on the contrary, after the oppressive stillness in the great halls and chambers of the sum­ mit, they seemed welcome. Her pulses throbbed and her face still burned with tlje remembrance of the inter­ view with her father, as she eyed un- seeingly the approaching band, led by censer- and banner-bearers. "Vierge notre esperance--" Caught up as they swept along, she found her­ self without warning suddenly a part of that human stream. A natural de­ sire to get clear from the multitude led her at first to struggle, but as well contend with the inevitable. Faces fierce, half-crazed^ encompassed her; eyes that looked starved, spiritually and physically, gleamed on every side. Held as in a vise, she soon ceased to resist; suddenly deposited on a ledge, like a shell tossed up from the sea, she next became aware she was looking up toward a temporary altar, garish with bright colors. "Etends sur nous--" Louder rose the voices; more uncontrollable be­ came the demeanor of the people, and quickly, before the unveiling of the sacred relics had completely mad dened them, she managed to extricate herself from the kneeling or pros­ trate throng; breathless, she fled the vicinity. Down, down! Into the heart of the village; through tortuous >footpaths, w^ere the pandering, not pietistic, ele­ ment held sway; where, instead of shrines and altars, had been erected booths and stands before which ven­ dors of nondescript viands .or poor trumpery vented their loquacity on the pilgrims: "All hot! All hot!" "A la barque! A 1'ecaille!" "La vie! Two drinks for a Hard! "Voila le plalsir des dames!" The Mount, in olden times a glori­ ous and sacred place for royal pilgrim­ ages, where kings came to pray and seek absolution, seemed now more mart than holy spot But those whom the petty traders sought to entioe-- sullen-looking peasants, or poorly clad fishermen and their families--for the most part listened indifferently, or with stupid derision. r "Bah!" scoffed one of them, a wom­ an dressed in worn-out costume of in­ herited holiday finery. "Where think you we can get sous for gewgaws?" "Or full stomachs with empty pockets?" said another. "The foul flend take your Portugals!" The nomadic merchants replied and a rough altercation seemed impend­ ing, when, pushing through the crowd, the girl hurried on. Down, down, she continued; to the base of the rock where the sand's shin­ ing surface had attracted and yet held many of the people. Thither they still continued to come--in bands; processions; little streams that, trickling in, mingled with and augmented the rabble. An encamp­ ment for the hour--until the "petite" tide should break it up, and drive it piecemeal, to the shore or up the sides of the Mount--it spread out and almost around the foundations of the great rock.' Only the shadows It avoided--the chilling outlines of pin­ nacles |ind towers; the cold impress of the saint, holding close to the sun­ lit strand and basking in its warmth.- Some, following the example of tlieir sea-faring fellows, dug half-heartedly in the sands in the hope of eking out the meager evening meal . with a course, salt-flavored; others, abandon­ ing themselves to lighter employment, made merry in heavy or riotous fash­ ion, but the effect of these holiday efforts was only depressing and in­ congruous. "Won't you Join ?*" Some one's arm abruptly seised my lady. "No, no!" Unceremoniously he still would have drawn iier into the ring, But with a sudden swift movement, she escaped i "My child!" The voice waa that of a wolflsh false friar who, seeing her pass quickly near by, broke off in threat, solicitation and appeal for sous, to Intercept her. "Aren't you In a hur­ ry, my child?" "It may be," she answered steadily, with no effort to conoeal her aversion at sight of the gleaming eyes and teeth. "Too much so, to Speak with you, who are no friar!" "What mean you?" His expression. Ingratiating before, had darkened, and from his mean eyes shot a malignant look; she met it with fearless dis- d&ln. "That you make- pretext of this holy day to rob the people--as if they are not poor enough!" "Ban you with bell, book and can­ dle! Your tongue is» too sharp, my girl!" he snarled, but did not linger long, finding the flashing glance, the contemptuous mien, or the truth of her words, little to his liking. That he profited not by the last, however. was soon evident, as with amulets andL the Mount almost bitterly. It is im talismans for a bargain, again, he moved aiQong the crowd, conjuring by a full calendar of saints, real and imaginary, and professing to excom­ municate, in an execrable confusion of monkish gibberish, where the peo­ ple could not, or would not comply with his demands. "So they are--poaar enougfc!" Lean­ ing on a stick, an aged fishwife who had drawn near and overheard part of the dialogue between the thrifty rogue and the girl, now shook her withered head. "Yet still to be cozened! Never too poor to be cozened!" she repeated in shrill falsetto tones. "And why," sharply my lady turned to the crone, "why are they so poor? The lands are rich--the soil fertile." "Why?" more shrilly. "You must come from some far-off place not to know. Why? Don't you, also, have to pay metayage to some great lord? And banalite here, and banaHte there, until--" "But surely. If you applied to your great lord, your Governor; if you told him--" "If we told him!" Brokenly the woman laughed. "Yds; yes; of course; if--" "I don't understand," said the Gov­ ernor's daughter coldly. Muttering and chuckling, the wom­ an did not seem to hear; had started to hobble on, when abruptly the girl stopped her. "Where do you live?" "There!" A claw-like finger point­ ed. "On the old Seigneur's lands--a little distance from the woods--" "The old Seigneur? You knew him?" "Knew him! Who better?" The whitened head wagged. "And the Black once wheo I sent word, pleading our need, that we were starving, he for­ gave--I mean, remembered me--all I had done and," in a wheedling voice, "sent money--money--'* "He did?" Swiftly the girt reached for her own purse, only to discover she had forgotten to bring one. "But of course," in a tone of disappoint­ ment at her oversight, "he couldn't very w«l£-forget or desert one who had sdf^nerously befriended him." "There are those now among his friends he must needs desert," the crone cackled, wagging her head. A shadow crossed the girl's brow. "Must- needst" she repeated. "Aye, forsooth! Hij comrades--ta­ ken prisoners near the island of Casque? His Excellency will hang them till they're dead--dead, like some I've seen dangling from the branches in the wood. He, the Black Seigneur, may wish to save them; hat what can be do?" "What, indeed?" The girt regarded pregnable.1 "Way there!" At that moment, a deep, strong voice from a little group of people, moving tos^Si thfm, .IsfrEfr ... ^ " CHAPTER XVI. The Mountebank and the People. In the center walked a mac, dressed as a mountebank, who bent forward, laden with various properties--a bag that contained a miscellany of spuri­ ous medicines and drugs, to J>e sold from a stand, and various dolls for a small puppet theater he carried on his back. It was not for the Governor's daughter, or the old woman, however, his call had been intended. "Way there!" he repeated to those in front of him. 1 But they, yet seeking to detain, called out: "Give the pieoe here!" Like a person not lightly turned from his purpose, he, strolling-player as well as charlatan, pointed to the Mount, and, unceremoniously thrust­ ing one person to this side and anoth er to that, stubbornly pushed on. As long as they, were in sight the girl watched, but when with shouts and laughter they had vanished, swal­ lowed by the shifting host, onoe more she turned to the crone. That per­ son, however, had walked on toward the shore, and indecisively the Gov­ ernor's daughter gazed after. The woman's name she had not inquired, but could find out later; that would not be difficult, she felt sure. Soon, with no definite thought of where she was going, she began to re­ trace her steps, no longer experlenc ing that earlier over-sensitive percep­ tion for details, but seeing the picture Made Merry Heavy or Riotous Fashion. Seigneur? Wasn't he left, as a child, with me, when the old Seigneur went to America? And," pursing her thin lips, "didn't I care for him, and bring him up as one of my own?" "But I thought--I heard that he, the Black Seigneur, when a hoy, lived in the woods." "That," answered the old creature, was after. After the years he lived with us and shared our all! Not that we begrudged--no, no! Nor he! For Chart of Illimitable Void ^ Remarkable Five-Acre Sectional Map • '*T of the Sky at Harvard Unl- "w- i verslty*- • •- V * Y i i s s t e m s t o b e a n a g e o f t r e a t things. To talk of billions no longer ' occasions a shiver of incredulous ad- * 5®? miration. One of the wonders at Har- yard university today is a five-acre eectional map of just plain sky and constellations. At the expense of more than a million dollars Harvard university has provided the chart which distinctly shows 1,500,000 stars, this having been prepared in sections toy the Harvard university astron­ omers. The sections ot the map, placed together, would cover an area <k more than five acres, which is a pretty extensive plan of charting the ""illimitable void." In a scholarly annual report the di­ rector of the observatory calls atten­ tion to the fact that during the past ye/vr 3,796 photographs ef stars were txwde by the observatory. For more ii';i • .x V ' V"? than 66 years the Harvard observa­ tory has kept complete records of as­ tronomical developments. By reason of thirty years' work and an expendi­ ture of a million dollars, this observa­ tory is placed ahead of all other simi­ lar institutions. In ttye study of the stars at the Har­ vard observatory there is something more than mere love of knowledge or tender "sentiment. Even the slow- paced walk of lovers under the arch­ ing Cambridge elms has no more of witchery and romance about it than the wonders of scientific research 6?ored away in the college observa­ tory, which with Its various stations has already become the shrine of mod­ ern astronomers.--"Affairs and Folks," Joe Mitchell Chappie*, in Joe Chappie's News-Letter. v * Whafs the Use. Why should a man commit Ugamy when trouble Is available, at so much lower prices?--Atchison Glob* "Staying Power of Irish Butter. Irish butter, which is engaging the attention, of the house of lords, haa staying powers. In 1906 some men cut­ ting turf near Killucan found a tub containing about two hundredweight at butter buried deep in a bog. From the style in which the tub was made it was surmised that the butter was over 100 years old. Yet, owing to the use of some preservative, it was not absolute­ ly uneatable, though somewhat rancid. Similar deposits have been found in other parts of Ireland, some wrapped in cloth which on exposure to the air crumbled to dust. It is supposed that the preservative powers of peat soil wero known to the Irish in very early days, and that during the summer they buried butter for use in the winter.-- Londoti Chronici* p - as a whole--a vague impression of faces; in tfce background, the Mpunt-- its golden saint ever threatening to strike!--until she drew closer; when abruptly the uplifted blade, a domi­ nant note, above color and movement, vanished, and she looked about to find herself in the shadow of one of the i*ock's bulwarks. Near by. a scat­ tering approach of pilgrims from the sands narrowed into a compact stream directed toward a lower gate, and, re­ membering her expetfeuoe above, she would have avoided the general cur­ rent; but no choice regained. At the portals she was jostled sharply; no respecters of persons, these men made her once more feel what it waB to be one of the greait commonalty; an atom in the rank and file! At length reach­ ing the tower's little square, many of them stopped, and she was suffered to escape--to the stone steps swinging sharply upward. She had not gone far, however, when looking down, sh# was held by a spectacle not without novelty to her. Ia the shadow "-of tlte Tower ot tht King stood the mountebank she had seen'but a short time before on the Bands, Now facing th>v people before his little show-house, >«rhtch he had set up in a convenient corner, he was calling attention to the entertainment he proposed giving, by a. &ud beating on a drum. Rub-a-dub-dub! "Dont crowd too close!" Rub-a-duVHub! "Re<jp order and you will see--" "Some trumpery miracle mystery!" called out a jeering voice. "Or the martyrdom of some saint!" crfaiS anpther. ^ "I don't know anything about any saint," answered the man, "unleash'-- rub-a-dub-dub!--"you mean my lerdls. lady!" And truly the piece, as. they were to discover, was quite barren of that antique religious flavor to which they objected and which still pervaded many of the puppet plays of the day. The Petit Masque of the Wicked Peas­ ant and the Good Noble, it was called; and odd designation that at once inter ested the Lady Elise, binding over the stone balustrade the better to see. It Interested, also, those official guardi­ ans of the peace, a number of soldiers and a few officers from the garrison standing near, who unmiedful of th« girl, divided their attention between the* pasteboard center of interest and the people gathered around it. Circumspectly the little play opened; a scene in which my lord, in a waistcuat sumewhat frayed for one of his station, commands the lazy peas­ ant to beat the marsh with a stick that the croaking of the frogs may not disturb at night the rest of his noble spouse, seemed designed principally to show that obedience, submission and unquestioning fealty were the great lord's due. On the one hand, was the patrician born to rule; on the other, the peasant, to serve; and no task, however onerous, but should be gladly welcomed In behalf of the mas­ ter, or his equally illustrious lady. The dialogue, showing the disinclination of the bad peasant for this simple em­ ployment and the good lord's noble so­ licitude for the nerves of his high­ born spouse, was both nimble and wit­ ty; especially those bits punctuated by a cane, rfhd the sentiment: "Thus all bad peasants deserve to fare!" and culminating in an exoellent climax to the lesBon--a tattoo on the peasant's head that sent him simultaneously, and felicitously, down with the cur­ tain. 'What think you of It?" At my lady's elbow one of the officers turned to a companion. "Amusing, but--" And his glance turned dubiously toward the people. Certainly they did not now show prop­ er appreciation either for the literary merits of the little pieoe or the pre­ cepts it promulgated in fairly sound­ ing verse. 'The mountebank!" Prom the crowd a number of discontented voices rose. Come out, Monsieur Mountebank!" "Yes, Monsieur Mountebank, come out; come out!" With fast-beating heart the L*dy Elise gazed; as in a dream had she listened--not to the lines of the pup­ pet play; but to a voice--strangely fa­ miliar, yet different--ironical; scoff­ ing; laughing! She drew her breath quickly; once more studied the head, in its white, close-fitting clown's cov­ ering; the heavy, painted face, with red, gaping mouth. Then, the next moment, as he bowed himself back- apparently unmindful of a missile gome one threw and which struck his little theater--the half-closed, dull eyes met hers; passed, without -sign or expression!--and she gave a nerv­ ous little laugh. What a fancy! "Act second!" the tinkling of a bell prefaoed the announcement, and onoe more was the curtain drawn, this time revealing a marsh and the bad peasant at work, reluctantly beating the water to the Song of the Stick. • . , "Beat! beat! , J At his lordship's. command; Fot- if there's a croak, ' - For you'll be the stroke. From no gentle hand." A. merry little tune. It threaded the act; it was soon interrupted, however, during a scene where a comical-look­ ing devil on a broomstick, useful both for transportation and persuasion, came for something which he called the peasant's soul. Again the bad peasant protested; would cheat even the devil of hiB due, but his satanic Majesty would not be set aside. (TO BE CONTINUED.) I ILLINOIS EDITORIAL ASSOCIA­ TION CLO8E8 CONVENTION y ^^TH ELECTION. MEETING HELD IN DECATUR ChaHes W. Warner, Chronicle, Heads State Body--Three Vice-Presi­ dents Are Also Chosen--Com­ mittees Appointed. Springfield.--The meeting of the Illi­ nois Editorial association closed at De­ catur, the order of business being the election of officers. The officers elect­ ed were as follows: President--Chartes W. . Warner, Chronicle, Hoopeston. '" First vice-president--Frank L. Srup, Press, Newton. Second vice-president--James E. McClure, Democrat, Carlinville. Third vice-president--W. B. Davis, Democrat, Jerseyville. „ Secretary--J. M. Page, Democrat, Jerseyville. Treasurer--8. J. Porterfleld, Chron­ icle, Cullom. Member of executive committee-- W. G. Dustin, Star-Herald, Dwight. Member of auditing committee--W. J. Smith, Sun, Waukegaa. I Undertakers Pick Peortiu' Without any contest between the younger element and the old guard of the Illinois State Undertakers' asso­ ciation officers were elected at the closing session of the thirty-third an­ nual session in Peoria. W. C. Wunderlich of Jollet was elected president to succeed B. H. Redner of Urbana, over Harry Wil- mont of Pekin. The other officers elected follow: First vice-president--R. W. Fuller, Savannah. Second vice-president--A. •. Sybell, MOntlcello. Secretary--H. M. Kilpatrlck, EHm- wood. (Re-elected.) Treasurer--E. B. Knox, Mollne. (Re­ elected.) Delegates chosen to the national convention at Milwaukee were Dr. J. C. Dick, Kankakee; John Yehllng, Du- quoln; John M. Boland, Peoria; U. L. Courtner, Mt. Carmel; J. J. Burkhart, sandwich: Harry Wilmott, Pekin; John R. Pierson, Chicago; H. W. Min- ier, Sheldon; Mrs. Rlohard Ward, Cooksville; B. M. MulUken, Humbolt. and D. G. Alsbrow, Watertown. Peoria was selected as the next meeting place of the association over C^lftafo by *. unanimous voUj^y%t . Report of Prultt Praised. The Educational Press Bulletin, Is* sued by the department of publlo In­ struction of the state of Illinois, in its latest issue, speaks most compliment­ ary .of the report issued by C. E. Pruitt, county superintendent of Sangamon county schools. The Press Bulletin says: "For many years the annual report of the Winnebago county schools has set such a high standard of excellence and suggestion that it seemed doubtful whether any other county could equal It That fact, however, has not de­ terred a number of other counties from getting out reports which are most creditable to the county superin­ tendents and the schools of the coun­ ty. This is particularly true of Wood­ ford and Sangamon counties. Sanga­ mon county has just issued a report which in mechanical execution and in the Interest and attractiveness of the matter set forth atiti in the informa­ tion carried to taxpayers is a credit to the county superintendent and to the county. It contains many cuts showing the various school activities, outlines the work that is being un­ dertaken in county and village schools, and displays the assessed valuation, levy and tax rate in every distrlot in the county." Pekin Man Heads State BafHtftrt. One hundred and fifty bankers group two of the Illinois Bankers' « sociation met in Peoria. A re was passed calling upon every congressman to support the m< calling for a national currency refor and a change for the better in banking system of the country. , lames I. Ennis of Chicago addresaetf l the bankers on the "Essential Feat­ ures of the Negotiable Securities." The sessions closed. The following " officers were elected: President--James M. James, Pekta* Vice-president--William C. Whltew Peoria. Secretary--E. Anton, Princeville> f Treasurer--Alvin H. Allison, Gooff Hoope. _ ' --Ii -Governor Heads Famous Father:.* ./ Gov. Edward F. Dunne has beeOj elected president of a new club to bO{ 3 known as "Famous Fathers of IM^' nois," the requirements for member^ ' | ship of which are that every membelf" » must be the father of ten or mor#f \ v children. , AjKi'Js Mr, Dunne was presented with ft: i banner at the recent organization of[ '| the club during the alfalfa dinner afcL the St. Nicholas hotel. The banned "$*•'$ was given him on account of his being! Jj! % the first Illinois governor with mors* than ten children. ••• ;? Meetings of the club will be held ant *j§ ^ nually at the time the state fair i»\:iC* in progress. Photographs of all the> members will be kept in the governor's' s office in the capitol building. : < J Meeting Cloees_Wlth Election. ^ The state convention of the Elk* came to a close in Rock Island, after- : r,^i three days of fun and frolic. The next, convention will be held in Peoria, th^ only other bidder being East St. Louiat.< Dr. I. A. Lumpkin of Mattoon watf ^ elected state president by a majority; ; v of one over H. A. Swallow of Danville^, 1 ;i* Other officers elected were: H. Crunn ^ of Springfield, vice-president; Sam Tys a; erson of Rock island, treasurer; JameS' A, Powers of Joliet, state secretary^ ' M. W. Snell, Litchfield, northern dis^ -'.jf trict; F. L. Sharp, Jacksonville, westK Vll ern district; Dr. A. R. Decosta, Jr* Bloomlngton, eastern district--mem*; hero of the executive committee. TbC "m financial committee reported a balance' 1 ' of $1,216,65. in the treasury, An Expert "Is he much of an after dinner speaker?" "Much? I should say be is. He's good for an hour and a half any time." * Dying Bequest of Soldier Little Hope for tftm. "Does your son realize the responsi­ bilities of great wealth?" "I fear not," sighed the eminent magnate. "He can't seem to learn auction bridge, and he shows no signs of wanting to mar­ ry a chorus glrf-o-Loulsrllle Oourler- JburnaL 3- Feared Brother Might Have' Foolish Sentiment About Making Use of Gift During the latter part ot the Civil war Basil Gildersleeve lay one day ap­ parently at the point of death, sur­ rounded by several members of his family. "Brother," he murmured faintly, "I have, at most, only a few days to live, and when I am laid to rest I want you to have my new pair of boots in the closet yonder. I paid $150, Confederate, for them, and you are sorely in need of a pair." Instead of the expected burst of gratitude there was no answer. Racked with emotion at the thought of his great loss, the brother was evidently too much overcome for speech. "Brother," persisted the future "immortal" weak­ ly, "you mustn't have any foolish sen­ timent about those boots. I will never be well enough to wear them again, *n4 It would be pure extravagance to bur/ me la them." Still the brother. his face flushed, his heart too full for utterance, made no reply. '"Won't you promise me. to wear the boots after I am gone?" Gildersleeve plead­ ed. "Basil," stammered the other, crimsoning with confusion, 'Tvo-^got 'em on now."--Argonaut. Charity Box. Take an-old trunk or large box and call it your charity box. Into it put all the articles with which you have fin­ ished--pictures, magazines, books to read and old ones for scrap books, pretty cards, clothing and all sorts of wearing apparel, pieqes of silk, cloth and lace for dolls' clothing, envelopes with foreign stamps, all the little things you have finished with. Every once in a while go thro&gb It and dis­ pose of its articles to orphan asy­ lums, hospitals, etc. Then when you are called on for contributions tc rummage sales all you have to do li to go to the box and Mt have "rummage" around. Educators and Alfalfa. Educators throughout the state in­ terested in country schools have taken an active interest in the alfalfa cam­ paign in this county and have signi­ fied their intention of taking an active part in the campaign itself. Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Illinois Francis G. Blair and U. J. Hoffman of Ottawa, a* sistant superintendent of public In­ struction, have taken a keen Interest in the campaign, and will make efforts to instill the alfalfa movement in the minds of all of the children in the country schools throughout the state. Both of these men are firm belief ers in the statement made by District Superintendent of Schools in Cook County O. T. Bright of Chicago, who In a formal address a short time ago said: "The moat effective way to im­ prove the material conditions that ex­ ist" Program Complete fer Charity Mset- 7 One of the most Important coavea# :^f| tins to be held in Springfield or mt» t; nois this year Is that of the Americas* i* '->J Association of Officials of Charity audi: ' f > | Correction, whose dates are June S4* v? ^ 26 and 2«. ^ ; This meeting will bring to Bpringf . field members of the state boards olT-' charities, their executive officers, aujp* erlntendents of public and privafcvy charitable and correctional liwiWii ri-yMl tlons of all the state of the union. Many very prominent men andf" women will be among those present* This convention will be Its fourth. _ Local arrangements are In charge of V.., A. L. Bowen, who is a membetf the association's executive comntlttesu The association usually meets wttife , j vip the National Conference of Charitiaa .̂ but this year It was decided to <*oow| * a central location and an invitation ,̂ to come to Springfield was extend^ by Mr. Bowen and Dr. F. P. Norbury* 1 Ig.vj on behalf of the Board of Admlnlstra^ fj tion, the State Charities commission and the superintendents of public charities. The program will be vaftdy for aa* nouncement in a fey d&yB- . All meetings will be held In the SLj 1 Jl /* Nicholas hotel, which will bo headr, ' quarters of the convention. The open* ^ Ing meeting will be on the evening o^ . | June 24. Addresses of welcome are to .. Jj^ by made by Governor Dunne andi^ Mayor Schnepp, and the resDonse will}' : be by Hon. R. E. Hebberd, the elation president, who has been many years secretary of the New Yorte Board of Charities. , „ ,vci^ On June 26 the association will gQt^^ ^|f to Jacksonville to visit the state ̂ : • ̂ school for the blind, the state school; for the deaf and Illinois' firet stater ' ^>1 hospital for the insane. Arrange-^"' " ments for entertaining this party tat'v Jacksonville are in the hands of Dr. H. B. Carrlel and Dr. E. A. Foley, super*, intendent of the state hospital, R. BLc Wools ton, superintendent of the school'.^ ̂ for blind, and C. P. Giflett, superin tendent of the school for deaf. The program has been made up mfrv .,,3,̂ . dor the following heads: - Dependent Children.--J. B. MonW gomery of Coldwater, Mich., (Wr*)'!. man. ^ Insane and Mentally Defective.--Dr. ' * F. P. Norbury of this city. ? i On the Administration of Instito*. tlons.--Robert W. Kelso of Boston. On Home Relief.--H. H. Shinst* ' of "i,* Columbus, Ohio. - ' On Correctional Problems.--Dr. Cfc ' - kM | F. Lewis of New York city. , • Fire Loss Reaches $1,281,414. May's fire loss in Illinois was $1,- 281,414, according to the monthly re­ port of the fire marshal. The loss was occasioned by 668 fires, 261 ol which were in the city of Chicago. The building and property damage in Chicago aggregated $569,075. Down- State the loss was $712,339. Incendi­ aries were responsible for 22 fires. Sparks caused 69 of the blaze*, while lightning started 46. Nationsl Guard Elects. The Illinois National Guard associa- tion met in convention at Rockford, of­ ficers of the Chicago regiments and companies coming from Chicago in a special train. Officers were chosen as follows f president, Edward A. Evers, Chicago; vice-president Lieut. Col. J. M. Eddy, Chicago; s^retary, Maj. Charles B. Summers, Springfield. Galesburg waB selected as the place of meeting next year. The Association o( Military Sur­ geons of the State oC BUnotft also Md Its annual meeting. C. L. Capen Is President 'I The state board of education elected • af * Charles L. Capen, president; J. Stan- ley Brown, vice-president, and Frank D. Marquis, treasurer. Six teachers ,>' ^ were added to the force of the Illinois State Normal university. » Illinois Corporations. Secretary of State Wooda certificates of incorporation to the lowing: The Humdlger Candy company, De«!,"'> catur; capital, $2,500. Incorporator#-- '• W. I. Baker, R. W. Hutchinson, Ho- ^ mer O. Knowles. Chicago Adjustment Agoncy, Chica­ go; capital, $2,500. Incorporators-- « James T. Jarrell, Oswald L. McNeil, 8. ̂ • Graff. , *- The Lincoln Commercial club, Lte* . coin. Incorporators--Lynn R. Parker. Adam Deuger, Samuel M. Plant. Chicago Universal Motor Truck com­ pany, Chicago; capital. $10,000. In» r*-^ corporators--E. C. Rockwell, James" H. Dunn, C. M. Stevens. The George H. Allen company; Chi­ cago; capital, $10,000. Incorporator*' --George H. Allen, Michael J. Boaoe-* . ^ grave, Charles E. Miller. ^13 Kleber-Sherman MjmuixfoMlng pany, Chicago; capital, tMM. porators- Edward W. Kleber, Harry Sfcermaiu Krkkwell Motor *om$s&y. oapttml, taj&Q*. Incorporator w. Krlck, WUUam Capaatoa. Parry gtrohm