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L,-i- br Henry Holt t Comnsny .. i Cor.' 24th'and Grant 4 T 298 Bell; 913 tCuUiUiiifrii. overwneiuung lores ouch, for instance. as I. the king, could briugth This idea argued a shrewdness In Mrs of resistance would be abandoned. our captive whi.-led me to build Tbe king would bo quietly murdered and slid dowu the pipe. And here hope on hie asststanM. I ordered him to be brought In at once. Supt comes an Ingenious touch one of tbs conducted him aud set him in a chair Six would take his place In the cell and by my bedside. He was sullen aud on the entrance of the searchers loudafraid, but, to say truth, after young ly demand release sod redress, and Rupert's exploit we also bad our fears, Michael, being summoned, would conand If he got as far as possible from fess to baaty action, but he would aay Rapt's formidable six shooter Bapt the man had augured him by seeking kept him as far as be could from me. the favor of a lady in the castle (this Moreover,' when ho came In his bands was Antoinette de Mauhan), and ha were bound, but that 1 would not suf- had confined him there, as bo conceived fer. be as Lord of Zeisit had right to do. I need not stay to recount the safe- But ha was now on receiving hla apolguards and rewards wo promised tbs ogy content to 1st him go aud ao and fellow all of which were honorably the gossip which, to hla highness anobserved and paid, ao that he lives' noyance, had arisen concerning a prisnow In prosperity (though when I oner In Zends and had given hla vismay not mention) and we were the itors the trouble of this Inquiry. The visitors, baffled, would retire, and Michael could at bis leisure Uispoaa of the body of the king. Snpt, Frill and 1 in my bed looked round on one soother in horror and bewilderment at the cruelty and cunning of the plan. Whether I went in peace or in war, openly at the head of a corps or secretly by a stealthy assault, the king would bo dead before I could come near him. If Michael wet stronger and overcame my party there would be an end, but If I were stronger I should have no way to punish him, no means of proving any guilt In him without proving my own guilt a Isa On the other band, I should be left as king (ah. for a moment my puine quickened), and It wauld be for tbe ftrture to witness the final struggle between him' and me. lie teemed to have made triunqih passible and ruin impossible. At the worst ho would stand where he had stood before I crossed bia path-w- ith but out man between him aud the throne, and that man an Impostor. At best there would be noue toft to stand With aery I etngyrred hook. against him. I had begun to think that Black Michael waa overfond of leavmore tree Inasmuch as wa soon learned that be was rattier a weak man ing the fighting to hie friends, but now than a wicked and had aided through- I acknowledged that tbe brains. If not out thla matter more from fear of tlia the arms, of the conspiracy were bla. Does the king know ibis I 1 asked. duke and of lifa own brother Max than "I aud my hroUigr," answered Jo for any love of wliat was done. But he hod persuaded all of bla loyalty hann, put up the pipe under tbe orand, though not iu their secret coun- ders of my I.ord of Ilentxau. Ho was sels, was yet, by his knowledge of on guard that day, and tba king asked their dispositions within the castle, my lord what it wcr.nt Faith, lie anable to lay bare before us the very swered, with his airy laugh. It's a new heart of their devices. And here. In Improvement on tlia Udder of Jacob, brief, la hfa story: whereby, aa you have read, sire, men Below the level of the ground In the pass from earth to heaven. Wa thought castle, approached by a flight of atone it not meet that your inajeaty should tops which abutted on the end of the go, In case, tire, yon must go, by the drawbridge, were situate two amull t common route. Bo we have made you rooms, cut out of the rock Itself. Tlia a pretty private paaaug, where tl outer of tbe two bad no windows, but vulgar cannot slurs at you or Incoui was always lighted with candles; the mode your passage. Tbst, sire, is the Inner bad one square window, which meaning of that pipe. Aud bo laughed gave upon the moat In thla Inner aud bowed and prayed the kings leave room there lay always, day and night to replt-uisthe king's glass, for the three of the Six. and the Instructions king wss st supper. Aud the klug. of Duke Michael were that on any at- though ho la a brave wan, as are all of tack being uiaife on the outer room bia bouse, grow rod aud then white as the three were to defend the door of be looked on the pipe aud at the tuerry It so long aa they could without risk devil who mocked him. Ah, air, and to themselves. But ao soon aa the door the fellow shuddered "It is not eusy should be In danger of being forced to sloop quiet lu the caallo of Xenda. then Rupert Uentaau or Detcfaard (for for all of them would aa soon cut a one of those two waa always there) nun's throat aa play a game at cards, should leave the others to hold It as aud my Lord Rupert would choose It long aa they could and) himself paaa sooner for a pastime than auy other." Into the Inner room knd without mart The man ceased, and I bade Fritz ado kill tbe king, who lay there, well take him away aud have him carefully treated. Indeed, but without weapons guarded, and, turning to him, I addad and with hla arms confined in fine "If auy one asks you If there Is a teel chains, which did not allow him prisoner in Zauris you irr answer to move hla elbow more than three Tea. But If auy asks who the prison Inches from hla shoulder. er Is, do not auswer. For all my prom Thua the outer door were stormed the lues wlll nut gave you If any man hwv king would bo dead. And hla body? learns from you the truth as to the For hla body would be evidence as prisoner In Zends. I'll kill you like n damning aa blmaelf. dog If the thing be so much as breathed within tbe house!' Nay, air," said Johann, "hla highness lisa thought of that While the Then when he waa gone I looked at two bold the outer room the one who Rapt. has killed the king unlocks tbe bars j "It la a bard nut," said I. In tbe square window (they turn on a j "8o hard, said lie, blinking hla grlx Tbe window now glvea no Bled bead, "(hat, as I think, this time hinge). light, for Ha mouth la choked by a next year, la likjr to find you atlll king great pipe of earthenware, and thla of Rnrltauia!" and he broke out Into pipe, which la large enough to let pass curses on cunning. 1 lay back on tty pillows. through It the body of a man, paasea Into the moat; coming to an end ImThere seem to me," I observed, to mediately above the surface of tba bo two ways by which the klug can water, ao that there la no perceptible come out of Z&nda alive. One is by Interval between water and pipe. The j treachery In the duke's followers." king being dead, hla murderer swiftly ; "You enn leave tbst out. said Rapt ties a weight to tbe body and, dragging I hope not" 1 rejoined, because It to tbe window, ralaea It by a pulley the other I ires alxiul to mention la (for lest the weight should prove too by a miracle from heaven!" great Detcbard has provided one) till It la level with the mouth of the pipe. CHAPTER XIV. He Inserts the feet In tbe pipe and would have surprised the T pushes the body down. Silently, withgood people of Uuritanla to out splosh or sound. It falls Into tba know of the foregoing talk, water and thence to the bottom of the for, according to the official moat, which la twenty feet deep there- abouta. Thla done, the murderer cries . reports, I bad suffered a grievous and hurt from an accidental loudly, 'Alls well! and himself slides dangerous down the pipe; and the others. If they ' spear thrust received in the course of can and tha attack la not too hot, j niy sport I caused tha bulletins to be ran to tbe Inner room and, necking a of a very serious character and created moment's daisy, bar the door and in great public excitement, whereby three their turn slide down. And jtbougb the things occurred first, I gravely offended the medical faculty of Strcleau by king rises not from the bottom, they rise and swim round to the other aide, refusing to summon to my bedside any where the orders are for men to wait of them save a young man, a friend of them with ropes, to haul them out, and Fiitx's, whom we could trust; secondhorses. And here, if things go ill, the ly, I recelyed word from Marshal that my orders seemed to have duke will join them and seek safety no ton a his and that tbe mors by riding; but if all goes well they will Princess weight Flavia wss leaving for return to the castle and have their under his unwilling escort anemlea in a trap. That air, la the whereat I strove not be glad (news for hla of the disposal highness plan of the king In case of need. But It la and proud), and, thirdly, my brother. ?n,ke f, tr,1u- not to be used till too last for, as wa i the xeoot ,r ' all know, be Is not minded to kill the of. yet ."I1" aft-or soon before ! king unless ho can, the reports and by my er, kill you also, air. Now, air, I have persuaded by seeming Inactivity that I was a truth spoken the truth, aa God la my wit- - Incapable of action and that iy life and I pray you to shield mo from was In some danger. TT'i I leaned Sisa, of Duke Michael; for if, man Johann, wum 1 was from the after ha knows what I have dona, I compelled to trust and sead back to fall Into his hands I shall pray for on Zenda, where, by the way, Rupert world tha of all out a speedy thing Ilentxau had him soundly flogged for death, and that I shall not obtain from daring to smirrb tbe morals of Zends him! by staying out all night This, from was The fellows story rudely told, Rupert Johann deeply resented, and hut our questions supplemented bis the dnkea approval of ft did more to narrative. 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Late next night I rose from table, where Flavia had aat by me, and conducted her to the door of bar apartments. There I kissed her band aifd bade ber Bleep Bound aud wake to happy days. Then I changed my clothes aqd went out Rapt and Frits were waiting fur me with three men and the hones. Over hla saddle Bapt carried u long coll of tops, and both wen heavily armed. I bud with me a abort stout cudgel and u loug knife. Making a circuit we avoided tbe town and in an hour found ourselves slowly mounting tba hill that led to the castle of Zends. Tha night was dark and very stormy, gusts of wind and spits aa ws breasted tba of rain caught incllna, and th'great trees moaned and sighed. When we cam to a thick dump about a quarter of a mile from the castle we beds our thru friends hide there with tba horses. Kept had a whistle, and they could fcejoln us In a few momenta If dhnger came, but up till now we had met no oue. I hoped that Mk'barl waa atlll off hla guard, believing me io be safe In bed. However that might be, we gained the top of the hill without accident and found ourselves oa tbe edge of the moat where It eweeps under the rood, separating the old ensile from It A tree stood on tbe edge of tbe hunk, and Bapt silently and diligently set to make feat Ibe rope. I stripped off my pull at a flask of brandy, boots, took loosened tbe knife In tin sheath and took the cudgel between my teeth. Then I ebook hands with my friend, not heediug a last look of entreaty from Fritx. and laid hold of the rope. I waa going to have a look at Jacob's ladder. Geutly I lowered myself Into tba water. Though the night were wild, the day bad lieen a arm and bright and the water waa not cold. I struck out and began to atrim round the great walla which frnsned above ma. I could see only three yards ahead. I had then good hopes of not being seen as I crept aluuc close under the damp. There were miM grown masonry. lights frjin the new part of the castle on tbe other side, and now pud again I beard laughter and merry shouts. I fancied I youug Rupert Hentxaus ringing tones and pictured him flushed with wine. Recalling my thoughts to the business tn hand. I rested a moment If Johann's description were right I must be neur the window now. Very slowly I moved, and out of the darkness ahead loomed a shape- - H w the pipe, curving fn mi the window to the water. About two feet of lie surface was displayed. It wns us big round ss two men. I was about to approach It when I mw something else, and my heart stood still. The nose of a boat protruded beyond the pipe on tbe other aide, and, listening Intently, I heard a slight shuffle, aa of a man shifting his position. Who wns the man who guarded Michael's Invention? Waa he awake or waa be asleep? I felt If my knlfe were ready and trod water. Aa I did so I fonnd bottom under my feet. The foundation of tbe castle extended some fifteen Inches, making a ledge, and I stobd on It, out of water from my armpits upward. Then I crouched and peered through the darkness under Uia pipe, where, curving, it left a apace. There was a mad la the boat A rifle lay by him. I saw the gleam of tbe barrel. Here wa the sentinel! He aat very still. I list""!. He breathed heavily, regularly, monotonously. By heaven, be slept! Kneeling on tbe shelf, I drew forward under the pipe till my faro was within two feet of his. ne was a h!g man. I MW. It was Max Bolf, the brother of Johann. My band stole to my belt, and I draw out my knife. Of all the deeds of my life I loro the least to think of this, and whether it was tbe act of a maa or a traitor I will not ask. I laid to myself, "It la war, and tbe king! life la be-st stake. And I raised myself from neath the pipe and stood up by tbe boat, which Ur moored by tbe ledge, Holding my breath, I marked the spot !i I! i ill ) ,i .. j . 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My t.U.e wa-- , low turn if w dslVet-y- 13 r il . a,.j ii.-n- r ltn IIOHH4444W4 be-fe- ra If yon want to eut down living expenses call and see us and be convinced t Wash. e,ii Hcj no h Phenes ( : i.-- sur w?t'Two W c e:i I ii ; io i.c.r'i Ficm vn'j u.c oi.-.of tj a r f r )!,c iw to f.ilii.w, nud I itulriu (lwHii Thr.t rcioli-e- j In being in wa'e I had And wk.-whole days with . w nsted two days the lo.ike of Strekau srrauged a bunting purty nos. f.,r Kpt The stroke waa aud I after anxious had resolved that we rias a Mow. our rvsulutiou being rl'uriitM y news that the king cry peaked, lisle and ill aud that lis health down under Lis r.g.rtviw eoufiue-mi-nNow, a insx he he king or no klug. may aa wall die swiftly and as becomes a gentleman, from bullet or thrust as rot his life out iu cellar. That thought made prompt action advisable in tha internets of the king. Ftom my own point of view It grew a more and more for urged on tue the need of a peedj marriage, and my own tncilna-tiotiseconded him with such territde Insistence that I feared for my resolution. 1 do not believe that I should have done the deed 1 dreamed of, but I might have crane to flight, and my flight wtnild have ruined the rsuoe. It la perhaps as strunge a thing as baa ever been in the history of a country that the king's brother and tbs king's porsonstpr in a time of profound ontwanl peace near a placid, undts-turbcountry town, under semblance of amity, should wage a desperate war for the person aud life of tha king. Tet such was the struggle that began now between Zenda and Tarleubelni. When I look back on the time I seem to myself to have been half mad. Bapt has told we that 1 suffered uo interference and listened to no remonstrances, and If over a king of Ruritanla ruled like a despot 1 waa la those days tha man. Look where I would, 1 aaw nothing that made Ufe sweet to ine, and I took my life In my band and carried It carelessly, as a man dangle an old glove. At first they slrora to guard me, to keep mo aafa, to persuade mo not to expose myself, bat when they aw bow I was set there grew up among them, whether they knew the truth or not, a feeling that fete ruled the Issue aud that I must be left to play my game with Michael my own l Coffee, "Fine," H.&Pocnr. Hf ,!i : t.M liioi airtight O0lIf' St ScbSrr 1 SU-.I.- I e Bwr u mat.vti m, iw:. . liju.c. loir by fel t. 2L.I v Lad- Tki uier 1 emi- - u,ir iLe p.pe 1 ee:,.i,.iu-- l it from the iHut.t il left lie Ui.t- -r to ti.c topmost where :t or to iLruiicu the mMiury of the wail, iliere wax no break in it. uo clunk. lnv(kpi:tg uiv kuroa. 1 text,Hi the muter ule. Aud iuy breath Went quick aud taxi, for ou this lower aide, where the pipe should have clung close to the masonry, there wa a gleam of l.ght That light must come front the eell of the king! 1 set il:g (Continued Tomorrow). (Continued From Pago Ten. I tlmnble If rather Mgaohiu gentleman, who hales alerting anything Ilka bla row when il can be avoided. Since 1885 Ui Conservative majority in the house of lord ha been Tbe overwhelming In magnitude. number of avowed Liberals among the 6t)Q members ia only about forty-fivThat la what cansee the trouble; that la why they cannot be made to lit into any form of government which la supposed to reflect the political vlewa of tbe majority of the people for tba time being. Com mon folk change their opinion. The lord Inherit theirs along with (heir Mates, and stick to them. They are always on one side. When tho conservative party Is In power, they take things easy ' and pass every measure that is pent up to them. When the ship of elate is manned by a Liberal crew they wake np a bit and do their bert to wreck it by vetoing nearly eviry Important measure that comes before them. If there Is one thing more than an other with which they have no bnsl-neto concern themselves, It Is tbe election of members of the bouse of commons. Thai one man should have otic vote only Is a bedrock principle or ditiiorrarr. As the franchise Is exercised In England he may have n doxnn votes If he hss residences euuugh. At th last session the house of commons. by a big majority, pss-e- d a bill knocking out plural voting and restricting the suffragist to one vote, no matter how many residences he might cli im. Tho lords contemptuously rejected II. because most plural voters cart all their ballot fbr Conservative.. It la thla sort of thing which canned Ixird Crewe to complain that the Lib train always found themselves np marked cards against a game In which usod against and loaded dloe wrro e. peers rpgsrd themselv Tile Bargain Counter. sea-irio- bur-orab- lu -- Inp-aida-d J. J. BRUMMIT T Lemons Oranges THAT REFUSESJOABATE ITSELF lpm. That the of ail tiling b.lL cuBlfiiM. uf IcoJa cmix in a iLruue--- a 'Ling ot gilt aud splendor aud laije i herewith submit a few of many u- - f.'uiu which I the auvrieigu bargain la real estate, la my doing o u) i il paiiiam, ut. And behind the 1 would not hva it understood that thi-iU a vast wall, uu which wa a complete Ust, hut merely a llu Splendid IVxeOex iu gigantic tig few. give vou go not Had anything In tree aud lu rub and almost Jazthug the listIf call and sea ms er call pleas color. over the phone, and 1 will giro us np Uu: the pie:. tUeuiseiies don't come you oihsr properties to Inspect. Our up to their guigtmu latch string always hangs oa tha outsurrounding. Their rube and coronets they wear side. Yon are welcome to call and AtUrvd in as me and wa will talk It ever. 1 only on state occasional the conventional raiment ot masculine will ba pleased to shear yon property, respectability they are very mdln-ar- y help you get you a home and quit payWalking lot. It la a fact that they ing rout aud beoomo your own landdon't show up au) thing like aa wall lord. aa the members of the Inltad State Berea Dollars buys a good building Senate. What writer of fletka for lot, 25x133 foot, wall located, within servant girl oonuuipvion deiight ia one and a half miles of tha mater of oaHing uriatocratlo feature" are con- tho diy. This la a mica level sightly When I lot, and aaada but to ba aeea to ba spicuous hy their first saw them engaged iu ealugti tar- bought. Twelve Dollars buys a nice lot wall ing Liberal legislation I ouuld not help wondering how many of them would located a little bettor than tha Sevan he able to earn their own livings If Dollar lot Twenty-Fi- r Dollar otUI buys on turned loose. "The cure far admiring the House of laved. said acute of our leader. These lots or 85x131 French critic of English institutions, feet to alley; they are et the vary best soil, lie nice and sightly; tear era "la to go and look at It at work." Aa puissant legislator they are a seven buildings going up la thla locallaw unto themselves. They nave no ity. We aeU these lota at One Dollar rules and regulations auch as are down and one dollar par weak until found necessary for the conduct of paid for; yoa may taka ana lot or aa dealrn. Vfe karo had a business lu tha Commons. The Idird many aa youarte of these lots, but wa Chancellor acts as their speaker, and phenomenal still continue to sell them for Twenty-Fiv- e a anfor It the gets gets $24,000 year Dollars per lot other $30,000 M a judge), hut he la a 1 have Five Huudred and Twenty-Eigh-t speaker In name ouly. He has no powfrontage by 140 fart deep, er to call a peer to order. If two or clues Infeet near car line, close to schools, three noble lords rise at the same time good rich alluvial soil, he may not even decide which of them passedneighborhood, water malna. nice and city by la entitled to tha floor. The oue who level, all In good shape. Only Five succeeds in gabbing out "My Lords Dollars par front foot, uioka your own first gets It. They do not address the terms. speaker. His presence la Ignored la va Dollars per acre boro Seventy-Ftheir speeches. AU he has to do to a nice tea sera tract ot land near the him Is on to alt tight earn big salary sugar factory, artesian waUs, soma Imthe "wool sack," au Ms scarlet seat provements. If you need a farm or a hnrse-halr la called, wear a huge wig homo near tba city where yon eaa that falls down over his shoulders, and raise track, auger beets or fruit, see a long and gorgeous robe which an at- this lands. A new frame honaa well located oa tendant prevents from getting tangled up with hla lega whoa ha walka a principal street, nice lot, a good or will maku a modest about ia it. But tha pears get along well enough homo, only $490; terms. Nina Hundred Dollars bun four iota iu their easy, fashion. with a thro room frame houae, wall Nearly all being the him aay of located ia tha railroad district, la good thinking, their discuss Iona era never neighborhood. Thla la a groat barlively. Tha fact that out of a memfor ona who waste a houae la this bership of 60u the average attendance gain Ir only 75, affords a fair measure of locality. Good four room house, with barn, n their legislative asal. In tha 1909 close In oa Adams Aro.; nata for runwhen the Conservatives were Fourteen Dollara per month. A good ning things and tha peer were aim-pl- y buy for a home or an Investment, only uaylng "ditto'' to all they did, $1,100. there were 179 nobis and right Brand aaw five room houM well lolords who dkl not taka tha trou- cated oa bench, near ear Una, city ble to attend a stngls aeMloa of their wafer, $1,000. Small payment down, exalted order. But that would not balance same aa paying rant aa from them donounclng prevent Twslva room houae near tho something worse than highway rob- Southern Pacific shops, ail la good to them of deprive bery any proposal shape, will pay 10 par cent aat on inthe legislative functions which they vestment. never discharged. Good nix room brick houas with city Tha threat to "mend them has lad water, largo cellar, trees, out build some of the holder spirits among tha Inga, near car Una on bonoh. Only lorda to suggest various methods by $1,600; terms to aulL Good alx room frame bouse, with hick that might he annompUshed. Of course they would greatly prefer that lx lota, near public school, close to car $1,600. any unavoidable pitching of lhlr an- Una; A new six room modern brick honaa, tiquated system sbonld he dona hr with fuU boasment, close la oa Adama themselves. Lord Newton, who as Tom Isilgh waa a popular member Avenue, $8,500. toot . $79 per front uuya a lot near of the House of Commons before the Building, 1IB fort death of hla father transferred him to tha Government some Improvements. tbe Glided Chamber, has drafted a deep, Groat snap In btulneM property oa main Its bill fur that purpose. feature 25th thla property must bo aold Btraat, eloct-iva In ihu application of tha consists Will pay 10 par eant art oa ones. ai. principle to the peers. It la pro- tha InvMtmeaL A rare opportunity posed that they should elect a cer- to make an laveatmaut which wlU tain number of their mder to repre- yield ao large a permanent income. sent them in the llousa of Lords, as Four Dollars per front foot buys a the Rcotch and Irish peers do, and choice building lot on 84th Btraat, thla that a limited number of Hfa peers, la surrounded by good residences and chosen because of their brains and aut la In a choice part of fho resides co their bullion, should be admit led to part of the city. Blurs their exalted privileges. But An elegant hit In Nob Hill, 90x189 this plan would still give an over- feet to hlley, very cheap at Forty DuL whelming preponderance of influence lars. to tha absurd hereditary principle. A he above are only n few of the house thus constituted would atlll Co- bargains I have to offer. If yon do art ntinue to be a house, with the find whst you desire In this list call Conservatives always In a big major- and me and I will show a long Hat ity. It wonld continue to retard and of other properties. Both Phonaa 771. reject Liberal legislation while letting Conservative measures slide through 2374 WASHINGTON AVENUE. rollers. ou greased Aa a means id overcoming their net ural repumtanee to eommltUng anything In tbs nature of polltloal hara-kir- i ttawnselvea, a erberae which la widely advocated la tbs creation of w vers I hundred new lords a specie of pirate peers, pledgnd to gag or throttle the old crew and scuttle thair ancient hulk. Hnt tho hereditary nobility interpose all aorta of dlfflcnlllM to t'bls delicious plan. Beside, human nature being wonderfully human, It le doubtful If dm pirate peers, even If they got In a life members, would aley pirate lung after feeling the coronets on tbelr brows sad experiencing the comforts of the velvet cushioned neats. Another measure and It la supRed posed that 8lr Hsry Campbell-BannermaIntends to proas something of tba sort is one which will limit their pow-ertone session of Parliament Lord Curaon haa denounced thla os "only GROCERIES a aeaenl nation in disguise," and tha lords may be counted on to light to tbe lost ditch against the imposition of sny such restriction on thstr power to make their no effective against The Best on the Market the people. Whatever measure the government puts forward It will be a "mending and not an ending measure. The fight to a finish Is not likely to eome off for a good many years. Tbe Liberals are not going to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country on tbe House of Lorda question yet awhile. It ia their policy to first carry through the House of Commons rov2259 Washington Ave. ers! social reform measures which will severely test tha courage of the peart either to accept or reject them. It la not unlikely that It will bo ultimately over the land question that tha critical struggle win coma. That qiiMtion the Mggest of all questions that confronts English stale soumi can never be settled while the lords are Invested with their present powers of topping legislation. Tho land is their pedal heritage. Fbr centurtaa the land laws of England have been mads by the Lorda for tbe Lorda Their ot the whole members one no of It. Each peer possesses on aa average 8,000 seres., England alone among civilised states proaxnta the maluu-chollspectacle of a tandlesa pea entry and a withered and blighted agriculture. Only by putting the people once more In possession of tho land can the old standard of the English IUO NUn DVVbb 11 breed bo maintained, end the racial deterioration that results from tha to find out after you had bought hous overcrowded alums be checked. To furniture that you could have got tho Wall, maintain thair grip on the loud the Mine kind at snap prices. aa wo lorda will set their political Instinct dont let It happen as again aa good said and fight Ilka the proverbial dog hav many other articles Jnrt Then it will he a at lower prior than you can possibIn tba mansrer. elsewhere. fight to a finish. And it will ba the ly get .them THE JUMBLE, lorda who will be flnlaliod. Phonaa 114A B. LISLE BN ELL. 2300 Wash. I ruffian. CILDED NUISANCE Real Estate 1 The light disappeared. I heard tha bolts of the door rua home. And tlieu I heard the eotia of the king. He was alone, aa ho thought. Who dares morfc ut him? I did not ventura to apeak to him. The rigk of some exclamation oaeaplng him In aurpriao was too great. I dared do nothing that night end my task now was to got myself away In safety and to carry off tbs rarvaa of tlia dead man. To leave him Bwre would tell too much. Casting loose the boat I got iu. The wind waa blowing a gala now, nnd there was little danger of oars be'ng heard. I rowed swiftly round to where my friends waited. 1 had jnrt readied tbe spot when a lond whistle sounded over tlia moat behind ma. "Hello. Max! I heard shouted. I balled Rapt In a low tone. The rope came down. I tied It round the corpse and then went up It myself. "WhlUe yon, too," I whispered, "for nr men ud haul lu the liua. No talk now. They hauled up tha body. Juat aa It reached tha road three men on horseback swept round from the front of tho castle. We uv them: hut. being on foot, we eeraped IMr notice. But we heard our man coining up with shout. "The devil, but it's dark!" cried ringing voice. It wee youug Rupert, A moment later aliota rang out. Our profile had met them. 1 started forward at a ruu, Bapt and Fritx following me. "Thrust, thrust! cried Kuiiert again, and a hmd groan following told that be himself wwa not behinrihsnd. "I'm done. Rupert! cried a volet. They're three to oue. Rave yourself! ran on. holding iny cudgel In my hnnd. Rnddeuly a borne came toward me. A man waa on It, leaning over tbs shoulder. Are you cooked, too, Krafeteln? bo cried. There was no anHwer. I sprang to tlia boree'a head. It waa Rupert HentMU. 4t last! I cried. . J. J. BRUMMITT e my shoulder agaiuat tha ptpa aud exerted my strength. The chink widened a very, very little, end hastily I desisted. I had done euuugh to show tliat the lte was not fixed lu tha masonry at the lower aide. Tbeu 1 heard a voice a harsh, grating voice: "Well, sire, If yon bavo bad enough of my society 1 will laave you to but I must fasten the little ornaments Bret" It was Detcbard. I eaught the English acveut lu a moment. "Have you anything to ask, airq, before we imrtT' The kings voice followed. It was hla, though it was faiut and koUow, different from the merry tone I had heard in the gladas f tha forest. "Pray my leather," said the king, "to kill me. I am dying by Inches here." "Tha duke does nut desire your death, sire yet, sneered Urtrhard. "When ha does, belioid your path to heaven!" Tbe king answered: "Bo tw IL And now. If your orders How It, pray leave ue." "May you draam of paradise," aaid the o .x - fcOLg hud-t-'n- n 'Jk,vir i.i i. as a ruperior order of creation finds cx pieMlon In the more grandiose chant her oa compared with that in which tho commons meet. The upper house la an arrangement In brilliant, scarlet The lower house is a study In darn green, that being tbe prevailing hue of the upholstery. The contrast serves to emphasise the Idra that one chamber represents the proletariat: the other, a rich, proud and powerful That la which the lords arls-t'grarj- r, Dates Bananas Fis Fine Apples Prompt Delivery1 E. A. OLSEN |