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my throat! Now. what kind of. a dream is that? Yet, if I don’t get rid of it, can’t shake it off. that miserable little black speck running up that road will wreck me mentally, I feel sure.’ "Looking at the change in him, I did not. doubt it. But what could I ad- vise? He was always infirm -z.-__- "‘II I maid once 85339 in 2135 bands and hold it can make out what it is, fin‘n: J â€": J absurd, absolutely noch-ing at all, yet, it is taking all thedife out of me. "'It begins: With along road, a dusty road, stretuhing straight like a vistaL Down at the far end a small, black object appears. like a d0t at first, but act a. dot, more elongated, like an exclamation point. Up that road it comes toward me, slowly, then faster, faster until it rushes up as if whirling in a mist, and I can’t make out Just What it is; then, as it gets up to me and I put out my hands to seize it, hold it, it vanishes. And; where? Down my throat! Isn’t that; nbsumd?’ “He tried to smile, but, failing, he took out his handkerchief and wiped his forehead, which was wet- ___-v-.-, .5 D me then, that had nothing ' to do with goddesses or angel: thing else that had reality or connected with it. 'It was dormly vivid, but it seemed su signifioant dream, as I said, I doaly vivid, but it. seemed such an in- significant dream, as I said, that Ire- called it next morning, only'to forget it. “But having dreamt that same dream every n_1gh-t smce then withmw “ ‘ W evil, when I went to night you would have suppos: “‘X’ou know I was never a fellow given to "isms” and all that sort of thing, or fads or the occult; I’ve been an everyday sort. of chap, I suppose, with all my wits about me. When eyes. I‘ll tell you about it, though U think me an idiot to let. it wor- ry me, but I can’t throw, it off, try “ ‘Well, old fellow,’ I said aloud, end- trying to think How to [mt my willing- ness L0 serve h'm into words without pressing the maitter fcuther than he wanted to go. “If it’s anything in which I can serve you, be sure Lo call "But one night I somewhat changed my Opinion. I met him at the club, {coking hollow-eyed and jaded. ‘ ‘W hat’ 8 the matter?’ I asked. "Don’t sleep very well,’ was his la- conic answer. “ ‘Inso-mnia ?” l “ ‘No,’ gioomily. ‘I wish it was.’ ! “ ‘Humph 1’ I said to m5 self. ‘Trou-§ ble. Can’t be money, for Fred was rich. ‘lt w’ont do to step on his toes with questions} I’m not much given to analysis, and Fred wasn‘t; the kind of fellow to sug- gest it. “At. least, that is the way I would have thought of it if I had had oc- casion to analyze him mentally, but him 1.00 matter-of-fact and keep him healthily adjusted. flowing to do with imagination? Not that he was mierly devoLd of imagina- tion; he had just; enough: not to make “U0 30a rcmember Fred Carter? Big Fred, aiways quLeLiy cheerful and up- to-date on mast. infirngs going that had. new point or view and that pleasant poLnL. Does any one here believe in dreams as rare-runners or warnings of events? Personally, I never did. But three years ago I had an experience that caused me to consider them from a Then the narraior, taking his cigar from his lips, told us the following, anal as his rich voice spoke of strange and weird fu-ifiilm-ent we drew closer ogether and were glad of the cheer- fu: blaze upon the hearth: Gnu: o; the changing pictures in the fire and the son light. of the lamps, turned to the weird and unknown. 5% nd this is how I heard it. It was after dinner, and we sat in a quaint. square hall, before the bril- liant fire of blazing logs. The light gmsns of the women were. here and there, shadowed by the black coats of. the men. The gay stream of talk that had flowed out from' we dinner- tablc gr Jually deepened into the more subdued interchange of thought an; experiences, and under the influ- The Black Speck .011. u; cu-uu tnat same rt smce then Without , its preport‘mns have was wet. to bed that VVhefi fit of been not. if _ °-u‘-va we gradually regained ou. worked hard and always t on the last day but one‘ time was up, we took a 1 each one spending it as fa: “When night fell and xx x round the fire one was mi on the grass, dead and str men. ..... “b V L my dream. It terrified the pony, as it did me. He bolted, but he could not go fast enough for my desire. But it is in my ears, worse than the “ o clenched his hands, and throw- ing back his headhgave the cry. "Never in my life have I heard its fill-31° Clear, Sh'rill, vet Tflgnnané- on, still in that strange whisper, as though the .fear of the unseen had then rising, rising, lure the wail and triumphant cry of an eagle, until it tore the air and curled. round me and “He shdvered. All the health and life and hope had gone out of him. “‘And as it made a coward. of me,’ he went on; ‘it came to me like a pictureâ€"my dream! The voicing of1 my dream. It terrified the pony, as it did me. He bolted, but he could not go fast enough for my desire. But it is in my ears, worse than the drearm.’ my area-m 1’ he pantod in a whis- per. ms ewycs dilated with horror. The realization of my dream 1’ ‘I styred al.1114111, struck dumb, _- --â€"_._ â€"v vâ€" ; gOOd.’ 3 “For a moment he brightened at the 5 suggestion, but then relwpsed into his ,‘previous hopeless dejection. By dint {of talking it over, however, and going 1 into detail of the scientific part of the trip, I gradually got him interested :a'nd when, a week later, I set off he was my companion. Ill It’s gone, man,’ he exclaimed, his face radiant with relief. ‘It’s gone! Went to sleep as soon as mly head touched the pillow and not the breath of a dream troubled me the whole night through. You’ve saved me, old fellow, you’ve saved me,’ and his grati- tude was pathetic. “We let: if: the evening. The next morning when he got out of his berth he caught hold of me with a bone- bqagkgng grip. too." It ivas only byvaneffo‘rEâ€"I $21393 mys‘egf from adding: ‘It will do you heaven-born inspiration, it came to me so suddenly. ‘I’m off next week on an exploring trip to South Africa ; bet- tar get your kit together and come, A-) Y “Look here, Fred,’ I said, with a thought that seemed to me then a “For the next two weeks I was out of town. When I met Fred again, one look at his face told me that he had boasted in vain. “ ‘I swear 1’11 master it! I’ll keep going morning, noon and nightâ€"do ev- erything that one can do to keep thought dead, and tire out the body. Then I will be master, not it!” He fell into gloomy silence. Sud- denly he raised his head with a de- termined jerk. He shook his head. ‘Does: one fall in love simply by making mp one’s mind to do it ’4” " ‘There is only one remedy I can suggest,’ I said, trying to speak light- ly, ‘and that is,fa11 in love. Get your mind so absorbed with one subject that no other can possibly. squeeze in, and love is the only monopoly that do} _’sn L admit others. Try it.’ v “ ‘The mere idea of sleep has become hateful to me,’ he went on. ‘I hate night to come. I put off going to bed as long as I can hold off, or when I do go I try to be so worn out I shall sleep without dreaming. But it’s no useâ€"the instant I lose grip of myself that dream pounoes upon me.’ of air and change 'of scene; his phy- sical health was perfect; his mind was untrpmmeled by acare or briden; he was temperate in every wall: of. life. \Vhat explanation then could I sug- gesc §_ Absolutely none. uxuu uul'n mue. The silence [lowed was awful in its possi- of what might bg. er’s lips moved agam. I threw I shrieked, in don’t dare do that again!’ tone brought him lbs-yck to thé _ “r5: h “mus..- : unners and startéd Instinctive] y dlrection from which on that never-to-be- n _f<.mnd him, stretched n thicket, when a i. an awful sound, chuckle of an owl, like the wail and €11,83816. until it stripped; """" 1 one of the 'ithoub hi a atthth Smithâ€"Yes, with on refuses to! get off the Smithâ€"Brown has just flying machine that he h work on for the last ten Jonasâ€"Indeed! And cses ? WHEN TO BE IN DEAD EARNE‘ We want a clergyman who can see a Joke. I can ape a joke all right, but 1 don’t want any humorous arrangements about my salary. But why, asked the shade of Rat- rick Henry, did y le ytn ’81 head 0 on have Anne Bo- ut off? .. ale t need it. I was head of patent medicine firm? Beggarâ€"Not much! That’s where he showed his cleverness. man to' invent a patent him and used the idea. hi mself. Riggsâ€"How did Brown-Smith ali his money? Boggsâ€"H‘e invented a new a of advertising a patent medicu Oped! mysralfi.‘ I have got '. a. borrower two blocks av WaLisâ€"The deveIOpment of the sense of- towch in the blind is sometlmes al- wayd a wonder to me. GotrOXâ€"L have it prettv well down]. Did old skinflint object to his dm ten marrymg an actor? 'No. It was shown to him that could get free seats every ttime son-in-lavm comes to town. The chief at once summoned his fol- lowers an-d pointed cult to them how life as a fettered slave among his caun-trymen was better than existence under the dominion of English dogs. The tribesrmen howled with approval at this new proof of the brutality of their English enemies. : per in" Cairo. !A copy drifted down into the Sudan and found its way into the hands of the Khalifa, the succes- sor of the Mahdi. LGLU, .L "an uUL WUL AUU LU UCdL-n. w“Oddly enough, this chance remark was overheard, repeated, and ultimate- ly printed in an anti-British newspa- “I xvi-ssh. I were back among the dervisahes as a prisoner. There, at any rate, I wag networked to death.” on his shoulders that he almost broke down. As he was toiling one roasting afternoon, he said to his superior of- ficer in a confidential tone: Slatin Pasha was among the most active officers in preparing for the Anglo-Egyptian expedition against the Mahdi, andso munch work fell 11:» “Married 8” explained Slatin. “What, me? No, no. I hat already been prisoner twelf yearsâ€"nevaire, no more.” The Austrian who early sought ad- venture abroad, and, VVlhO, as Slatin Pasha, rose high in the Egyptian ser- vice, spent many years of his life a oapitve in the Sudan. When at length he was rescued, the ex-prisoner was feted and lioni-zed in Oairo, and many a. lad) set her cap at him. Presently the rumor arose that the hero was en- gaged to be married, and one night at dinner a lady asked him pointblank if it were true. WONDERFUL DE VELOHMELV T. After Being a Prisoner Twelve Years, Slatln Pasha Md Not Wish to Marry. It: is well known that old bachelors are perverse, so we may repeat the remark made by a famous bachelor a year or two ago wivt‘houd: arousing Suspicion of expressing sympathy with it. POWER OF THE FREE PASS “They had done the deed well, with- out a betraying sound. A spear was through his throat 1”_ “As I looked down mto the wide-op- en eyes, they seemed; to cry up to mine: ‘My dream! My dream l’ ” A BRILLIANT SUCCESS THE RIGHT NO MORE PRISON FOR HIM. NO EXCEPTION A SUPERFLUITY OLD, OLD STORy, »-Yer pretty well devel- bject to his daugh- 5r say yer made id yer Pic}: de fond of e exception; it earth away . medicme. C‘KBd de A I Cami (.011 sud- make 60 years of age. as near as they\ could judge, and a younger woman. not over 24 or 25 with ,a face that plainly showed both Cau- cassian and Indian blood. Both of the women were ' icountless thousands of ducks of all ;kinds were swimming. and feeding. Be- gyond the lake, a few miles away. was what appeared to be a village of cir- Fcular tents. the white walls standing out boldly againsu {the xvirgin forest of dark pines beyond. 11; was barely noon when the three men reached the foot of the mountain and halted on the shore of the lake, whose sandy beachi showed traces of gold. Hardly had thej prospemors paused near the water’s edge When a party of 20 or more In-l dians, dressed in ’furs, and carrying.I firearms of an antiquated pattern.l stepped from the wild rice, with their! weapons on a level with tho 2mm“- 4“ - Ai’teh ‘s_ev.e}:l days ing they came to a ran plainly the divide of’ L of hard trayel- he country over which they had passed; and the terri- tory further to the north. probably has no equal outside of Alaska. On all sides stretched a vast pine forest, as yet untouched by the hand of man, only broken here and nortn, Item the Hudson Bay country,” said Dale. after critically examining the contents of the gizzard of one of: the birds, “and when we find where the rock came from: wd will also find where there is gold in unlimited quan- tities." ; Procuring supplies in Ft, Francis the little party set out to find the gold: fields. For several days they travel-; Al. "nnt‘h 1 GOLD IN THE DUCK’S CRAVV. '20 miles up the Rainy River from b‘t. Francis, according to the diary, and, running short 01’ rood, had killed ducks which had just come in from the north. In the gizzard of each duck was found considerable gold, some of it quite pure, and. some of in mixed with sand and gravel or bits of peculiar rock. “'l‘hat rock came from the far north, from the Hudson Bay country,” said Dale. after nri’ilinll‘)’ D\'C)n\;n:n_ I Dale and the girl were married in Ft. Francis seve1al weeks after their ar- iirival here, and finally returned to the .the daughter might make her peace with he1 mothei, the Queen. That she ‘was successful in her undertaking is shown by the story of the lndian 1un- ,go, the 1‘,unner says the Queen was taken ill seve1al weeks ago suffering from what he describes as burning in the head and devils in the chest”â€"â€"prob-‘ ably pneumonia. lhe finding of the Ungava lndians with their white ruler --the woman who has just passed away â€"and the discovery of the storehouse of gold was brought: about in a pecu- liar manner. row escape from death at the hands of the Indians, who, he said, called them- selves the Ungavas, and! had a white woman for a Queen. He,, with 'his companions, had been assisted to es- cape by the young woman, the daughâ€" ter of the Queen, who had later fled with Dale. Such is the news that has been brought to the settlements along the ,Rainy River by an Indian runner, and it is the first information of a definite character that has reached the outside world from the Indian country for nearly three years, when Dale, who had been prospecting in: that region with two companions, returned to Ft. Francis, accompanied by the young woman who is now his wife, and relat- ed a tale so startling that its truth was doubted. White Queen of the Far North lmiiaus is Deadâ€"John W. Dale, “'le Discovered we Rainy Lake Gold Fields, New King Over Untold Weaiih. After a reign of many years Andaga, the white woman who had for a long; time ruled over a small band of IIndians occupying a territory some 300 miles north of the line dividing the United States and Canada, is dead, and her daughter Nita the “Me of John W Dale, the young man who dis- covered gold in the Rainy Lake coun-‘ try, has been crowned Queen in her place, says a Fort Francis, Ont., letter.’ UN GAVAS’ TREASURE DAVE IT CONTAINS FABULOUS STORIES OF GOLDEN INGOTS. gold. Hardly had the (1 near the water’s y of 20 or more In- ‘furs, and carrying antiquated pattern, yvilgl rice, with their It is better to It? téhe' young girl. t No: if you're husband, Said the IN THE user in the army Atkins," prir “Tomm.V A’Lkins’ mck-mmel of the B the tact that_ the P 1 By this means the puuww. one third the postage and 89“ 1115?? el' and emelupe for nozhmg- ' {pt 0 ally the sche m1: is “01" ation, Sociele Annmmr' postage 211 one mixd off and 112:” wares for 5110 - Government: tobacco 5110951 1 T‘ tioallv a Goxemment enterprise' ‘ ' J P\lden11yi t3 d place of the postal card: “1“,“ crease the 91112 of p ' amp»; the receipts £10m ‘ ' enable the Government 10 . 8121mm prom out of the pm?“ § The latest device of this Soyuz; i "let re a'nnonces," or when: Lngshei i Paid) letter sheet. One half t 6d rail of ordinary letter size paper 821%!” er poor quality, is devozed 10%;.4 M ing, except a space aoout 4mg“ 1-2 inches, reserved for the atti- - Which is; primed a fifteernfcelyli age 51111111). The letter :5 “whim the mher half of Lhe sheeg. be!” them ingeniously felded an . a gu-xmned flap. Tue . _ twothfl sold for 10 camimes: 311a} lS poswfl: 0f the price of gingle 18:1“: post; or examly the same a: d j card. - _-:.l.’ahnr 53V! The Government Has Gone lutolhel vortlulnz Business to Help Its Treasury 'l I ! France, whose national debt hasha 53" owing 9"61‘3 day since it paidi 3 milliards of redemption money toGe man-y. after exhausting apparent iovery conceivable means of main jhlas lately taken to advertismgas l means of money making. This methl 5 had already been seized upon by nu .' 31‘ 0118 municipalities which havesal1 the space on certain public buili ”:0 advertisers. As the railway 8 tions, gendarmeries, cus;om houses, ; trepots, barracks and numerous 01h Dublid buildings, as well as the? wages in which several kinds olmo 9013' goods are sold, are entirely un the control of the Governmentxll. evident that it has advertising *3“ ties at its command which en eclipse in extent and value anflT th'at private advertisers can alter. value of these may be greatly“ ed by legal restriCI'ions upon the are of private propertyZ preventing; sale of space for similar purl”; A l ‘, f- ’1th ': V After a hard ' ° . wilderness the t‘gourney through 3 W h _ ad undergone. l THEIR STORY DERIDED. _ A party of men were gathered ' a month later in the barroom of American House, the two-sic structure which passes as 3 L113 Rainy Lake City, when the door .- and in walked Dale, somewhat 'worse for wear, and accompanied the Indian girl, who was cared for the wrfe of the proprietor of the h 'Ifziter Dale and she were marri lower, Minn, by one of the Ru. Catholic priests who periodically this seCtion of the country. . .l we or three weeks after their m ,riage the lndian girl began to for her home in' the far North. .e finally she declared she was go' back. Dale tried in vain to none her to remain in civilizafionfbut would not listen to it, and at last- husband decided to returnr with her the Ungava country, Since then he has not been heard from until the dian runner brought the news of elevation of Mrs. D :16 to the posi' of Queen.” ith the smooth coverlid drawn m ' chin, and her-air of; happy amt“ she sec wake her, though the light “9;“. as she, yet was strong ("113311;sz urply slept, she looked ‘f she had not stirred since she . ' downâ€"a8 fit, indeed, She \VULll‘l 11:»; now, did not some one chum ever Widening, and growing, t;_‘t epink'hung room was full of a s t, . / ;- atmosphere fit for such awn- . ‘ 1y, to rouse the man who lay w i‘ u doubled up beneath him 111 atm- de unnatural and strange. , renely the clock ticked away it» .uents and the minutes to hours. 1:... sden china shepherds and slit-1.»â€" rdesses on the mantel-piece had ivlic‘; . nodded each other good-nim'rtm. pictures on the wall exclnzugsti ces, first O’f amaze, then of 1;;- iry, as to who was the ne‘.'.'â€"c«;;r;t~r 0 distributed their privnvy. Lizgti IVrV ‘_ me, alas, in such woeful and unmet“. ,â€" guise! ,. The white mouse, looking per-ci.;z;.;-t= \f n his absent little master, tumml ' pink nose out of the cage and; ‘9 . never very far from the 1:".z.- . so, and, aghast at what he saw, u 021' _ . again. 'K‘ In the street without, in the hum. :’ lthin, the cheerful noises of my: yâ€" life began, and swelled eat-h 1:.u ' the next room caused a timer HI“; ! the floor, she opened her €y€5.1;11u , J A _, ~ ' I . -'! ‘Ith-n:_._ ‘__,] . !(0 (7 >’ - l" I F , ’ .nt louder, so that when a fwib‘tâ€"‘I’ ,7’ After a. harcij. wilderness the tun in Ft. Francis, w] story. they were 1 â€"-‘- ”J in furs they started As they began th Dale fell behind, a: fade into the night whom they knew “ Dale and his but: little hope 1 1y as they bad search of gold. were Placed uni ter their intex did not tend to they felt Sure I had settled, in country. . “TOMMY, FRENCH FINANCES Join y. E‘ae - ” ' ‘ 1119‘“th from her and all living. mmm’fi“b.madth away from itshe . . 001(ng down at; the IOSSUC, ch . m was doufbled beneath his n_e|8tm as he had (O'Hara 1h“ rvh- . -_-, “1a,... 5mg“ 01; 01000 ID me an- that We call “ murder 3” and human terrified wave of strugglinf:y (19er ltYWarpe in to see. the; mgr- loathing and contempt, was 8.011%, When her. husband light a strange light a heave to‘ her breast. him, as to who was the newâ€"cmnwr ho distributed their priva , and me, alas, in such woeful and um o“ r' Iguise! The white mouse, looking perch-inlet; this absent little master, popped ispink nose out of the cage 1.1m; as never very far from the 31 u- 386, and, aghast at what he sau, wc n: I again. In the street without, in the house: ithin, the cheerful noises of every- Wlife began, and swelled each moâ€" lent louder, so that when a £001.51”) lthe next room caused a vibra: inn [the floor, she opened her eyes. and 13’ listening and broad awake. 1m; mch wags so low that urban lay v.1 afoot did not come Within her range ifision, as she fixed hex: glance um he folding-doors, watching for them 30pm, and her maid with the. {Hi ”'39 in ;-and as she looked, one swung “3k, and thmugh it came Rose, 9r- ‘tv Pimpapte, in her smart Cup and “01!, smiling too, as if she had some ‘Pecfal cause for satisfaction Ihu: "“1118- But as she came forward. Fethingâ€"aomething bemeen hm‘ nation; the cups on the tray in her and rattled violently with the UB- Ejfiafishqok her, and shuddering. t laiy, a strong figure lygng a downward, with sunny .cro'xyn lead, and brows pressed to the my- kid of awi e conch, upon which a man was lying 1n a deep sleep, 1191‘ Id ' owed on her outstretched a rm, ‘ perfect innocence and ing shg backed'away, with Sta}? eyes fixed on thatâ€"hacked Iil? 0am? to. tbg door, and escaping n‘._L U world at her feet. 5oarm was doubled beneath hfis m as he had fallen, the 071';- ’ stretched out to its full 191ng h mlm uDM'anfz 0‘: kn “A QI\419 Mystery 0f C 4: U is the wiqter nicht, the light to tone as the Eliz breatnws ning mome‘ the likenea without a 4 down. hidi: mg 1n 0f the en m SGCOII OUS have con v “'8 Pi )!1( Wk b0 “\V b0 “'35 i beth ham and hot thinks I toâ€"night had run; made 111 01' n that