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Show thousand. He enjoyed his own pleasantries, sir." 1 fancy lie did," 1 replied, staring in bewilderment "Oil lamps might be more suited to your own taste, sir. But your grandfather would not have them. Old brass with him. and ropiier were and he had a particular taste, Mr. Glen-arHe had, In glass candle-slicks- . held that the crystal was most effective of all. Ill go and let In the hag gageman and then servo you some supper." He went somberly out and 1 examined the room with amassed and delighted eyes. It waa 50 feet long and floor was half as wide. The hard-woocovered with handsome rugs; every piece of furniture was quaiut or interesting. Carved In the heavy oak paneling above the fireplace, In large Old English letters, was the Inscription: STORYj j THE HOUSE OF THOUSAND A CANDLES By MEREDITH NICHOLSON d Aatfcar l TIB MAIN CHANCE," SANEIUN," lit. kivriM c aw bjr ihmiMjiwnu ZELDA u. termlned that m that little I would n4 fall. Hates gsve me my coffee, put matches within reach and left the room. I drew out my cigarette case In my hand, LAMP S.TO BE KEPT CONSTANTand held It when the glass in the window back of LY BURNING. me cracked sharply, a bullet whistled over my head, struck t ipposlte wall and fell, flattened and marred on tbs Monument to Ba Marked In Like Mantable uader mg band. nas. Florence Vising with Ravenna in Move to Honor the TER IV. Famous Poet. A Voice from the Lake. . All lovers of Dante the world over I ran to the window and peered out into the night. The wood through will ba interested in the plan of the which we hod approached the house Italian Dante society to honor the seemed to encompass It. The branches memory of tbe Illustrious poet. The of a great tree brushed the panes. 1 Ides Is twofold and has been enthusiwas tugging at the fastening of the astically received by the municipaliwindow when I became aware of Bates ties of Florence, where Dante was born In 1265, and of Ravenna, where at my elbow. be died 1321. The scheme la to have "Did something happen, sir? His unbroken calm angered me. the people of Ravenna contribute toSome one had fired at me through a ward a lamp which shall be hung over window and I bad narrowly escaped the poet's monument in tbe Santa! being shot I reseated the unconcern Croce In Florence and for the Florento to which a contribute tines servant wblrh this lamp with accepted the shall be hung above Ihe poet's tomb situation. "Nothing worth mentioning. Some- in Ravenna. Both lamps will be kept body tried to assassinate me, that's burning always, as a symbol of the all, I said. In a voice that failed to be great poets undying fame and Influence. calmly ironical. I was still fumbling The lamps are to be made In at the catch of tbe window. and be threw up Venice In the Bysantlne-Venetla"Allow me, sir, the sash with an ease that Increased fashion, the bottom of each shaped' In the form of a "conca." from which ' my Irritation. got his Ides of the geography I leaned out and tried to find soma Dante hell. of They are to be made of Bates clue to ray assailant. opened another window and surveyed the dark brass and the glasses of the Ravenna i lamp will bo In the old ducal colors, landscape with me. while those of the Florentine will be ; "It was a shot from without, was according to the ancient colors of; It, air? Florence. Again, the former will "Of course It was; yon didn't supbear the arms of Dante's last host at did shot I myself, yon! pose and patron, Guido Novello da Polenta, He examined tbe broken pane and while the latter will have on It the the from bullet table. the up picked arms of Dantes own family of the "Its a rifle ball, I should say. Alighieri. What makes the Idea of the mutual contribution of the two cities particularly appropriate is that Dante, while on his mission to Rome In 1302, was fined 8,000 lire and condemned to banishment from Florence for two years. On tbe 10th of the following March he was again sentenced, this time to be burned, If taken. He never saw the city of his birth again,, except, possibly, from the heights of Fiesole. From that time on he became a wanderer, until, In 1320, he sought asylum with Guhlo Novello da Polenta In Ravenna. In the following year he was sent by his patron on a mission to Venice, and, on his return, discour FORDANTES half-opene- d CHAPTER Any resentment I felt on first bear log the terma o( my grandfather's will bad paaaed. He bad treated me aa Cbc Spirit of mu ii lit Candle of tori well aa I deaerved, and the least I could do waa to accept the iienalty he and on either side great candelabra bad laid upon me In a Bane and amia- aunt long arms across the hearth. All ble spirit This tram of thought occu- the books seemed related to architecpied me as we tramped along the high- ture; German and French works stood way. The road now led away from side by side among those by English the lake and through a heavy wood. and American authorities. I found Presently, on the right loomed a dark archaeology represented in a division barrier, and I put out my hand and where all the titles were Latin or Italtouched a wall of rough atone that ian. I oiiened several cabinets that rose to a height of about eight feet coutalned sketches and drawings, all 'What la this, nates! I asked. In careful order; and In another I found "This la Clenarm land, air. The an elaborate card catalogue, evidently wall was one of your grandfathers the work of a practiced hand. The Ideas. It's a quarter of a mile long minute examination was too much for and coat him a pretty penny, 1 warrant me; I threw myself into a great chair you. The road turns oil from the that might have been spoil from a lake now, but the Glenarm property Is cathedral, satisfied to enjoy the genall lake front" eral effect To find an" apartment so So there waa a wall about my pris- handsome and so marked by good on house I 1 grinned cheerfully to taste In the midst of an Indiana wood myself. When, a few momenta later, staggered me. I was so lost In conmy guide paused at an arched gateway templation that I did not hear a door la the long wall, drew from hla overcoat a bunch of keys and fumbled at the lock of an Iron gate, I felt the spirit of adventure quicken within me. The gate clicked behind ua and Bates found a lantern and lighted it with the ease of custom. ' I uae thla gate because it's nearer. The regular entrance la farther down the road. Keep close, air, aa the timber Isnt much cleared. The undergrowth was ludeed heavy, and I followed the lantern of my guide with difficulty. In darkness the place seemed as wild' and rough as a tropl cal wilderness. "Only a little farther, rose Bates voice ahead of me; and then: "Theres the light, sir, and, lifting my eyes, as I stumbled over the roots of a great tree, 1 saw for the first time the dark outlines of Glenarm House. exclaimed "Here we are, sir! Bates, stamping his feet upon a walk. I followed him to what I assumed to be the front door of the house, where a lamp shone brightly at either side tot a massive entrance. Bates flung It jopen'without ado, and I stepped quick--p- , ly Into a great ball that waa lighted dimly by candlea fastened Into brackets on the walls. "I hope youve not expected too much, Mr. Glenarm, said Bates, with a tone of mild apology. "Its very Incomplete for living purposes. Well, weve got to make tbe best of It, I answered, though without much cheer. Tbe sound of our steps echoed ta tbe well of a great staircase. There was not, as far as I could see, a single article of furniture In the place. "Here's something youll like better, and Bates paused far down- the air, hall and opened a door. A single candle made a little pool of light In what I felt to be a large room. 1 was prepared for a disclosure Great Deference. of barren ugliness, and waited, In heartsick foreboding, for the silent by Its open behind me. The respectful, . The bullet was guide to reveal a dreary prison. was a cartwall. with the It contact announced: of Bates mournful voice said Bates, air. ait here, "Please "Theres a bite ready for ysu. sir. ridge hall of large caliber that might "while 1 make a better light I followed him through tbe hall to a have been fired from either rifle or He moved through tbe dark room room where a plstoL a small match, struck with perfect ease, "Its very nnusual, sir! I wheeled and was set table went and ewlftly a simply taper lighted hltn angrily and found Mm fumcalled Glenarm to upon Mr. what Is This touched the He taper softly about with the bit of metal, a troubled meals own seemtook his He bling the refectory. one candle after another. they He at once coned to be everywhere, and won from here. The library was the main thing look onashis face. anxious to allay my finish the to though lived never tinued, He him. with that yielded the dark a faint twilight, He would fears. "Quite accidental, most likely. Blowly to a growing mellow splendor house, mores the pity, sir. on the lake are shootof light I have often watched the have made something very handsome Probably boys ducks. at But more. few a Old If had ing hed of of tbe years it acolytes In dim cathedrals 1 laughed out so suddenly that Bates comWorld set countless candles ablsxe on he hoped, sir, that youd see It back in alarm. started his near waa work awe The heart, with pleted. magnificent altars, always You Idiot! I roared, seizing him for the beauty of the spectacle; but sir. collar with both hands and the I by be austere to sure, replied. the house Yes, unknown In this You fool, do He brought cold fowl and a salad, shaking him lercely. serving man summoned from the shadun- the people aroind here shoot ducks at ows a lovller and more bewildering en- and produced a bit of Stilton of with night! Do the. shoot water-fow- l chantment Youth alone, of beautiful mistakable authenticity. likto Runs and fire at people ale is your elephant I trust the pooled than lovelier light is things, windows just for fun? The line of the wall receded as the ing. It'a your grandfathers favorite, through Mm bark acuinst the table I threw 1 sir. ceil If It, raftered may say light Increased, and the He so that It leaped away from him, and I liked the fellow's humility. upthe eyes sway, luring drew lng fell prone on the floor. ward. 1 rase with a smothered ex served me with a grave deference and he Get In up! I commanded, and fetch Candles hand. crysaccustomed ciamatlon on my lips and stared about, an lantern." an shed as light holders agreeable reverence tal in hat off my snatching He said nothing hut did s.a I bade was snug and the spirit of the place wove Its spell upon the table; the room In a him. We traversed the long, cheeness and were logs comfortable, there hickory me. Everywhere about crackled cheerily. If hall to the front d.ior, uinl I sent him books; they covered the walls to the small fireplace win my grandfather had designed to punish before me int i the wunulanil. My noFrench long with only celling, his tions of the geography of the region doww and an enormous fireplace break me, with loneliness as his weapon, were the vaguest, hut 1 wished to exmust have near lurked It me, if shade, fireplace lng the line. Above the for myself the amine I had thal been grievously disappointed. massive dark oak chimney-breaI evidently routaine.i a danger ius prow-leand bread on alone, on eaten of scale my the grand further emphasised 1 was very of the nngry and n.y rage the room. From every conceivable found a pleasure In the quiet Ii.ti-- ., who unknown house. There stole increased as I the for built shelves strange, from place 1 had within that satisfaction suddenly the out over too, irmself. roc, thrust from brackets that a wish of my Wo stood soon h. the lights of at was last from obeying tbe books, arms among long that I was doing some- the refectory window. great crystal chandelier suspended grandfathers; The ground was revered w!:h leaves have mu do. I was would he from the celling, and from the breast thing which broke rrispiy um!"r our fw-tof the chimney innumerable candles touched by the traces everywhere of "What Ilea hiynnd her.''" I debiased with daxxllng brilliancy. 1 ex- his Interest In wliat was to him the manded. claimed In wonder and pleasure ns art of arts; there was something quite re"About a quarter i.f mik- - ,( woods, Bates paused, his sorcerer's wand in fine In his devotion to It. The little and then the lake." of Us distinction, sir, air had fectory hand. "Go ahead, I ordered, "sti sight to "Mr. Glenarm was very fond of candle- though it was without decoration. -light; he liked to gather up candlo- - There bad been, we always said In the the lake." TO BE OONTlXll-X.. tick s, and his collection la very fine. family, something whimsical or even to devotion In a morbid of my House .grandslre's The this called He often Relief In the Baby's Cries, Thousand Candles.' There's only about architecture; hut I felt that It had doesnt your wife sing to lha "Why to something dignified a hundred here; but It was one of his really appealed char- baby when she cries and mind own finhla in noble and was house when the conceits that She used to. until she dlsrovursd I ished there would be a thousand lights. acter, and a gentler mood than had that the neighbors prefo-ra- d to hear He had quite a Joking way, your grand- known In years possessed my heart, father. It suited his humor to call it a He bad asked little of me, and 1 de- lha baby. Cleveland LvaJur. j ! ! n ; NAVAL POSTMAN COWS GREEK WITH PENCIL CA8E, Looked Like a Revolver and Checked Murderoue Assault Desperate Adventure In the Harbor of Patras. The British protected cruiser, to which 1 act as postman, was anchored one dark winter evening about a mils from the crude breakwater of Patras Immediately upon the arrival of the 1 had been sent ashore to man-o'-wa- pur-lios- e, . r The Diamond Syndicate Beeently peeled with Ns wily cewyetlterv diamond e will uad mi Madly ! klfem Oar dlaowad eeetemere reaeatly found wrt Mfehave they had mado wise Investments. them SIS te $S,000 eeefc. mm SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH REBUKED THE GREAT A writer In Harper's Weekly brings to light an Interesting anecdote of 4 Tennyson which well illustrates the singular habits of the great laureate in bis Intercourse with his friends. The poet was not only brusque and rough, but he was domineering and exacting, and moat other men were But an American afraid of him. schoolmaster who for many years maintained a great intimacy with him had no fear In bis heart, and sat and smoked on an equality with the sovereign singer by Farrlngford fireside. "One evening," says the writer, "when the two were thus together. Tennyson said that ha would depart from bis custom and yarrate a personal experience; but he had suffered a good deal from repetitions of his tales by those to whom he had told them, and he would be obliged to ask his friend never to repeat what ha was about to hear. The American Dantes Tomb at Ravenna. smoked on for a few seconds while do, concludes with the followlni Tennyson waited for the promise, and then he said: My lord. In my councouplet, In translation: a would never make try gentleman am Inclosed, Dsnte, exiled fro it Hm I that request of another gentleman.' my native country. Whom Florence bore, the mother tha said the poet, and looked little did love )im." out of eyes that wondered If the In the 8&nta Croce in Florenct quiet smoker opposite knew how much there Is a vacant tomb below tbt hed said. Then he told the story." monument erected by RiccL Thi Florentines have again and again re CLEVER SCHEME THAT FAILED. quested the bones of the poet fron Ravenna, but Ravenna las declined Old Salesmans Advice Left Firm to part with them. The last requen Worse Off Than Before. i was made in 1864. The first was li 1337, when Taddeo Gaddi completes Henry Clews Is tolling a new story his portrait of Dante the lower fig which he says he got straight from tires of the Paradise" painted bj the Canal street district, says the Giotto on the walls of the chapel oi New York Times. A young Jobbing the Podesta. Gaddi probably had foi firm, the tale tells, overbought for his model a sketch made by hit the fall trade. Their heaviest mistake had been In the line of overcoats, master, Giotto, from life. which It looked they would have to carry over a season. Efforts to get cash for the stock were fruitless, except at ruinous rates. At last the firm In the trade for went to an advice. "Well," said the man of experience, "youve got a pretty good list of customers. Just divide the night, I could not fall to note the om coats up Into lots gf thirteen each. Inous glances which they occasionally Send a batch apter,o Biome of your cast in my direction. sharpest custom JiuL. mak&out Their threatening looks made me the bills for twelve. Theyll be so feel quite uneasy, as I was unarmed-thro- ugh tickled to get one cost for nothing my own carelessness and 1 that they'll take em alL" The scheme began to conjure up all kinds of ghost- had been tried before the men met ly encounters which had taken place again. The waited for his in these rocky Grecian Islands. praise. "Well, didn't they keep the My meditations were cut short by coats?" he asked. "Yes, returned the actions of the men, who had sud- the Jobber, sadly. "One each. The one denly ceased rowing and were stand- that wasn't billed." ing over me In a threatening manner, blusteringly demanding payment oi Ate Heart of Assassin. . their fare! Helpless as 1 was, my A correspondent of the North China pride as a British marine forced me to Dally News describes what followed refuse, though my heart was thump- the execution of an assassin: When ing like a steam hammer. the heart of Hsu Hsl-liwas cut out-o"Ill pay when you take me alonghis body and had been laid before side," 1 replied firmly, and not be- the remains of his victim as a sacrifore!" fice to the late governors manes, With a curse and a hiss one of the members of hla bodyguard, to signify brutes was upon me; but I was pro their seal and hatred of the assassin, pared for him, and hit out with all my seised Hsu's still warm heart and strength, luckily felling the man to the cutting It up Into mines meat boiled bottom of the boat, where he lay like It and served the grewsome dish, a log. among themselves to be eaten. This But my triumph was transient! 1 seems a poor way of revenging the glanced upward to discover the long death of one patron, especially since arm of the second Greek stretched it was due to the very Ineptitude and above me. In the bony hand of which subsequent panle of this very bravo a long, murderous knife reflected the bodyguard that enabled Hsu Hsl-ll- n few straggling rays of the almost hid- to fire so many shots, without any den moon. kind of hindrance, it the late Ea Just as 1 was giving myself up for Min." lost a brilliant Idea occurred to me. House Eleven Hundred Years Old. In my pocket I carried a fancy pencil St Albans possesses the oldest incase, made In imitation of a revolver. habited house In the country. This Pulling out this toy, I presented It at distinction Is said to belong to the old the head of my assailant with a des- Round house, now the Fighting Cocks perate air of bravado. Inn, which stands close to the River To my joy the man shrank hack, Ver. It Is a curious structure of completely cowed by the seeming octagonal shape of early Saxon oriweapon! Still keeping the man cov- gin, having been built as a boathouse ered, yet fearing that he might at any to the ancient monastery founded at moment detect the trick, I ordered him St Albans by King Offs about the and his now recovered ally to pull me year 795, and Is thus over 1,100 years to the old- - A subterranean passage, now were before Never the lights of the blocked up, runs from the basement vessel so welcome to me. A few more to the ruins of the monastery, a disstrokes and the brightly illumined tance of about 200 yards. There is a gangway was reached. With what joy shed at the back of the house, where did I climb aboard my floating home It Is said Oliver Cromwell stabled his and deliver the precious mails. Thank horse, himself once sleeping under Its heaven I was saved! Saved by a roof during the civil war. Collecting. tiny pencil case! Information from Abroad. Glass Blackboards. Wo learn from the Paris Figaro An innovation at the College of the that a clergymen's union has been City of New York In Its new home formed In New York which la demandon St. Nicholas Heights is the use oi ing higher salaries. The movement glass blackboards. What is writter seems to be spreading, for we read on a glass blackboard may be read further: While waiting for the from any angle except from behind It American government to take the as Dr. Baskerville, professor of chem proper steps, 40 pastors have already Istry, explained to his students. When renounced their charges In tha state a blackboard ceases to be a wall slate of Pittsburg." then what will it become? Evidently a new word must be coined. Many Bides. Thats the way the thing was told A Big Difference. to me, hut of course, there's always Diogenes What Is the difference more than one side to a story." Of between plain, downright burglar course, there are always as many inand these financiers who wreck big sides to a story as there are people to stitutions? blame." Cynicus A great difference, my friend. The burglar blows up good, Better Than Gifts of Fortune. useful safes, and Just takes the The gifts of fortune are often taken money. The financial wrecker mere- away as speedily as they came; hut ly unlocks the safe, takes the money strength of mind and personal nobility and puts the loot on the books as as- are possessions which survive the exsets. Baltimore American. ternal circumstances of life and lift It Into grander planes. Ilallburton. H-h-- old-tim- old-tim- man-o'-wa- I Presented It Pulling Out This Toy, at the Head of My Assailant. secure our overdue malls, dispatch telegrams, and ascertain the postal regulations of the port. Loaded with bags of correspondence for the bluejackets aboard, I returned to tbe beach late In the evening and shouted at the top of my voice: "Varka! Varks! (Boat! Boat!) by two A battered skiff, rowed Greeks, quickly drew coarse-feature- d 1 up to the pebbly beach, and stepped seated in where, little craft, into the the stern sheets, I was rapidly drawn sway from the town of Patras with Its myriad sparkling lights. Neither the boat nor the men were at all to my liking; hut. there being no other boats within hail, I could not be particular. The cruiser swung on her cable about a mile from the rudely constructed breakwater, and, as a heavy at the time. It was n ira was running the men had underwhich task light taken. The two Greeks who seemed but shadows In the blackness of the on a whispered conver-satto- n night carried as they laboriously propelled tbelcaky bof; and, dark as was the WRITER. American Was Not Awed by Grouchy Poet Laureate. n half-flattene- d r. aged at his failure, he soon afterward died from fever contracted on thi way. Dante was buried In the Francescas convent opposite the house In whlct he dwelt. The street running betweez la now called the Via Dante, and In f corner of the convent wall then stands a little chapel with the monu ment and two inscriptions, one a which, composed by Bernardo Canac SAVED BY HIS NERVE - st TOMB r. f |