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Show This 1s number ninety-seven,- " the cbauffenr announced. Miss Thorne entered the house with a key and was gone for ten minutes, She was readjusting her perhaps. veil when she came out and stepped Into the car silently. Again it moved forward, on to the end of the dingy street, and finally Into the open country Three, four, five miles, perhaps, out the old Baltimore Road, and again the car stopped, this time in front of an ancient colonial Outwardly the place seemed to be deserted. The blinds, battered and stripped of paint by wind and rain, were all closed, and one corner of the small veranda had crumbled away from age and neglect A narrow path, strewn with pine needles, led tortuously up to the door. In the rear of the house, rising from an old barn, a thin pole with a eup-llk- e attachments at the apex, thrust Its point Into the open above the dense, odorous pines. It appeared to be a wireless mast Miss Thome passed around the house, and enteral the barn. A man came forward and kissed her a thin, little man of Indeterminate age drying bis bands on a piece of cotton waste. Hls face was pale with the pallor of one who knows little outand door life, hls eyes deep-se- t with some feverish inward fire, and the thin lips were pressed together in a sharp line. Behind him was a long bench on which were scattered tools of various nrts, fantastically shaped chemical apparatus, two or three electric batteries of odd sizes, and ranged along one end of it. In a row, were a score or more metal spheroids, a shade larger than a shell. From somewhere In the rear cable the clatter of a small gasoline engine, and still farther away was an electrle dynamo. Is the test arranged, Rosa?" the little man queried eagerly in Italian. "The date Is not fixed yet, she reIt will plied In the same language. be, 1 hope, within the next two weeks. And then " "Fame and fortune for both of us," he interrupted with quick enthusiasm. "Ah, Rosa, I have worked and waited so long for this, and now it will come, and with It the dominion of the world again by our country. How will I know when the data is fixed? It would not be well to write me here. My lady of mystery stroked the slender, nervous hand caressingly, and a great affection shone In the blue-graeyes. "At eight oclock on the night of the test, she explained,, still speaking Italian, "a single light will appear at the apex of the capitol dome in Wash- - SERIAL STORY ELUSIVE MRS. LITTLETON SCORES VICTORY Mrs. Martin W. Littleton, wife ol Representative Littleton of New York, won a notable victory the other day before the senate committee on library, when she secured by unanimous vote an authorization for a favorable report on Senator Martina's resolution authorizing the appointment of a joint committee of five senators and five representatives to Investigate and report on the feasibility of having the government acquire Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson. Mrs. Littleton became interested In eshaving the government acquire the tate and tomb of Thomas Jefferson and preserve it, like Mount Vernon and Arlington, after she had made a visit to the place. A year ago she sent out un interesting pamphlet devoted to proving the patriotic duty of the government to acquire and pre- farm-hous- ISABEL Copyright, I UffiPjrng IBM, hr Th fet iMI( Aawoctatmd fc Hand ftofete-JUrr- Magmal Compsey, ' ' SYNOPSIS. Count dl Rerinl, the Italian ambassador, is at dinner with diplomats la tho national capital whan a meaaenger brines a note direct) ns him to coma to the embassy at once. Hera a beautiful woman aaks that she be ftven Since then Mrs. ayoune serve Monticello. ticket to the embaesy bail. The ticket over is made out In the name of Mlse Littleton has kept up the fight Chief Campbell of the Thorne. obstacles. secret service, and Mr. Grimm, his bead many haa are warned of that a plot of the these detective, formidable most The the EnsUal? speakIatln races been the opposition of Representative ing racee laagainst brewing in Washington, Grimm goes to the etate ball for Jefferson M. Levy, who owns Montloel-lo- , and Information. his atIn a afad declares that he will not sell tention is called to conservatory Misa Isabel Thorne, committee who with her companion, soon disaptt to the government When Mrs. Littleton appeared before the A revolver shot Is heard and pears. she found confronting her Judge R. T. W. Duke, Jr., of Charlottesville, Va., Campbell and Grimm hasten down the with took issue who to and hall find that Senor Alvarex of tha who appeared as the representative of Mr. Levy, Mexican legation, has been shot. A woMrs. Littletons statement in regard to the present condition of Monticello. man did it, and Grimm la assured it was He visits her, demanding She had told the committee that he roads leading o the Jefferson estate Mies Thorne.of the affair and there arrests knowledge the that and general a man named Pietro were atrocious; that the residence needed painting, Petroalnnl. appearance of the place was one of neglect and decay." Mr. Duke explained to even govthe sell to desire Monticello, no had that Levy Representative one-poun- d CHAPTER Vli. ernment. He Insisted that the place was kept In repair. Senator Cummins, a member of the committee, suggested that Monticello might be acquired The Signal. by the exercise of the right of eminent domain. "And owners for the public purposes original question remain "We have taken private property from private heretofore, and there is no question that we can do so in this case If it unanswered," remarked Mr. Campbell. "The original question?" repeated becomes necessary," suggested Senator Cummins. , The force of this suggestion appeared to appeal to Judge Duke, who Mr. Grimm. "Where ia Prince Benedetto dAbrus-1- , observed that in spite of Mr. Levys unwillingness to sell the property, he the secret envoy?" his chief rebelieved that if the congressman could be convinced that there waa a wide minded him. popular interest in acquiring it for patriotic use, that he would yield. "I wonder!" mused the young man. "If the Latin compact is signed la the United States?" COUSIN OF CZAR IS UNDER GUARD "The Latin compact will not be signed In the United States," Mr. And then, after Grimm Interrupted. Grand Duke Gabriel Constantino-- , a moment: "Have we received any vtch, a cousin of the czar, twenty-livfurther reports on Miss Thorne? I yeara old, supplies the latest court mean reports from our foreign romance. He insists on marrying Xeagents?" nla Ivanovna, formerly his sister's govThe chief shook bis bead. erness and now his mothers companInevitably, by some act or word, ion. she will lead us to the prince," de. Gabriel is an officer of the houseclared Mr. Grimm, "and the moment hold troops and enjoyed life like his he la known to ua everything . be-Then months two to ago. comrades up comes plain sailing. We know she is he began to lit at the feet of Xenia, a secret agent I expected a denial, whom he had known for yearn without but she was quite frank about it And taking particular notice of her. t had no intention whatever of placing Xenia owns to being thirty, is dark, her under arrest I knew some one slim and by no means a beauty. was in the adjoining room because of inrecall Pauls the Emperor People a slight noise In there, and I knew mold of fatuation for a middle-ageshe knew It She raised her voice a honor, who had more Influence over little, obviously for the benefit of him than anyone else. But Gabriels whoever was there. From that point father. Grand Duke Constantine, is of course angry and insists cm having everything I said and did was to comto some banished pel that person, whoever It was, to the boy distant provshow himself." ince. The czar objects, saying that His chief nodded, understanding. sort of punishment has always resultMr. Grimm was silent for a little, then ed in lovers getting married. So Xewent on: nia has been sent to Moscow with a handsome pension, which will be "The last possibility in my mind at that moment, he confessed, was that stopped the moment she renews assothe person In there was the man who ciation with her lover. Gabriel went mad with disappointment and rage when he learned that shot Senor Alvarez. Frankly I had bis love had left the ducal palace. It was a long time before he found out half an Idea that that It might be the where she had gone. Then he determined to follow her and escaped from prince in person. Suddenly hls mood his rooms by a rope ladder, but was caught at the gates and Ignomlnlously changed: "And now our lady of myshurried back. Since then be has been under a strong guard, ostensibly be- tery may come and go as she likes because he committed some military blunder in bis regiment, though every- cause 1 know, even If a dozen of our men have ransacked Washington in body knows bis father Is keeping him from Xenia. When he has been tamed by solitude, one of the ducal household Is to vain for the prince, she will Inevitably organize orgies in the citys night haunts. But Gabriel tells his mother that lead us to him. And that reminds me: nothing will make him forget his dear Xenia and that he means to marry I should like to borrow Blair, and her even If he has to wait years. Those who know him say he Is capable Hastings, and Johnson. Please plant of pretending indifference and running oft to church with Xenia aa soon them so they may keep constant as parental vigilance Is relaxed. His Infatuation remains a nine-dawonder" watch on Miss Thorne. Let them reat court. AU efforts, parental and otherwise, to chaff or bully him out of It port to you, and, wherever I am, I will having been of no avail, an Investigation Into his sanity Is being considered. reach you over the phone. "By the way. what was In that sealed packet that was taken from Senor y e - . , 1 d high-bor- LORD KITCHENER It can be predicted with confidence that aa soon as the facts which are - about to be set forth are known In London society, there will be an Immediate rush of marriageable grande dames to Egypt. And the exodus will Include, especially, those Impressionable American widows one hesitates to embarrass them by mentioning their names who in the past have made a dead set for that hitherto most determined of bachelors Lord Kitchener. Por Lord Kitchener at last has determined to marry. Before many moons have run their course a proud and happy Lady Kitchener will rule the household of the greatest and most picturesque soldier of the present day. But before that time what a fluttering hearts there will be in of middle-ageMayfair! The writer has the news of Kitcheners change of heart from onq of hla close personal friends who recently returned from Egypt Satd this friend: Lord Kitchener Is no longer the confirmed bachelor who Waa the despair of countless women In English society. He is beginning to soften toward the fair sex. He Is getting along In life and has reached that periad when every man longs for the constant Companionship of a good and loving woman. He la looking forward to the time when he will be able to retire from active work and settle down on his beautiful English estate and when the help of a wife will be almost imperative. Furthermore be believee that he has done most of his life work that requires a single, undivided attention and which be long believed could wot be done properly with a woman banging on to bis coat tails. One thing that mikes me believe that he la most anxious to marry as soon as potslbl is the extreme probability of hit being transferred to India a viceroy. That in the supreme ambition of his Ufa." "With That We Control the World," Exclaimed the Man, Triumphantly. d Alvarez?" Campbell Inquired curiously, "It had something to do with some railroad franchises," responded Mr. Grimm as he rose. "I sealed It again and returned It to the senor. Evidently It was not what Signor PetrozinnI expected to find In fact, he admitted Tt' wasn't what he was looking for. For a little while the two men gazed thoughtfully, each Into the eyes of the other, then Mr. Grimm entered hls private office where he sat for an hour with his immaculate boots on his A world war he had desk, thinking been thrust forward by his government to prevent It subtle blue gray eyes his Highness, Prince Benedetto dAbruzzl a haunting smile and scar-- t Uds. , At about the moment he rose to go ut, Miss Thorne, closely veiled, left he Venezuelan legation and walked .apldly down the street to a corner, where, without a word, she entered a waiting automobile The wheels spun and the car leaped forward. For a mile or more it wound aimlessly in and out, occasionally bisecting Its ow n path; finally Miss Thorne leaned forward and touched the chauffeur on the arm. "Now! she said. The car straightened out Into a street of stately residences and scuttled along until thefilacld bosom of the Potomac came Into view; besides that for a few minutes, then over the bridge to the Virginia side, in the dilapidated little city of Alexandria. The car did not slacken Its speed, hut wound In and out through dingy streets, past tumble-downegro huta, tor half an hour before It came to a standstill in front of an old brick osion. n of-M- r. g n good-layin- dark-colore- d y FOR looking thing, nickeled, glittering. At one end of It was a delicate, vibratory apparatus, not unlike the transmitter of a telephone, and the other end waa threaded, as If the spheroid was made as an attachment to some other device. FAVOR INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS With that we control the world!" exclaimed the man triumphantly. Hardest of All Domestic Fq.wfs and And its mine, Rosa, mine! Do Equally as Well Corti fid as Its wonderful! she mused softly on Free Rang 1 Wonderful! And now I must go. may not see you again until after the are the Indian Runner ducks test, because I shall bewatched and hardiest of all domestic (owls. As followed wherever I go. If I get an they do equally well in confinement opportunity I shall reach you by tele or on free range, they may be profitphone, but not even that unless It Is ably kept by persons In town or city There is always danger, as well as necessary. by farmers. They do not always danger! she repeated thoughtor running, water Just pond require Grimm. fully. She waa thinking to water deep-- ' drink In, something I understand, said the man simso the whole head can be imenough ply. Poultry-ma- n. And look out for the signal the mersed, says the Interstate more be cheapmay They kept light in the apex of the capitol dome," on free range, as they will find she went on. I understand the night ly must be perfectly clear; and you un- many things of little or no value, Buch derstand that the test Is to be made as bugs, worms, grasshoppers, grass, etc. These they convert Into large promptly at three o'clock by your white eggs, which If not sold for chronometer? hatching will command several cents At three oclock," he repeated. For a moment they stood with their above the market price of ben eggs arms around each other, then tender- and at Easter will bring twice as ly his visitor kisBed him, and went much. They do not differ In flavor out. He remained looking after her from hen eggs, but are superior for of her all kinds of cooking. As a table fowl vacantly until the chug-chuas off moved down the the Indian Runner duck Is excellent. it automobile, road, was lost in the distance, then Tbe meat Is tender, juicy and finegrained. Thus far the demand for turned again to the long work-table- . breeding stock and eggs for hatching CHAPTER VIII. has been so great that the duck has not been raised to a great extent as Miss Thome and Not Miss Thorn. market stock; but wherever it has From a pleasant wide-opebay win- become known as a table fowl it is dow of her apartments on the second wanted. floor. Miss Thome looked out upon As the Indian Runthe avenue with inscrutable eyes. Be- ner females are too valuable to sell hind the closely drawn shutters of an- on the market until from three to nine other farther down the years old. A flock from a g avenue, on the corner, she knew a strain will average from 240 to man named Hastings was hiding; she 250 eggs per layer per year, if prop , knew that for ad hour or more he had managed. I find by actual test erly been watching her as she wrote. In a Plythe feed that will that the other direction, in a house near mouth Rock hen In goodkeep will shape the corner, another man named Blair a Runner duck plump, so I think keep was similarly ensconced, and be, too, safe to say that they can be kept had been watching as she wrote. There it as cheaply as any of the large breeds should be a third man. Johnson. Miss in winter and cheaper in sumhens of Thorne curiously studied the face of mer If on free range, as they will for.each passer-by-, sometherein seeking age farther into the fields. We like thing to remember. She sat at the little mahogany desk them much better than hens, as they and a note with the ink yet wet upon do not destroy crops, neither are they it lay face up before her. It was 'ad- so much of a nuisance around the dressed to Signor Pietro PetrozinnI In buildings as hens. Tbe ducklings of this breed can be raised to a marketthe district prison, and read: r able size cheaper and more quickly My Dear Friend: "I have been waiting to write yon than those of ahy other breed. As with the hope that I could report the ducks never set, the ducklings Senor Alvarez out of danger, but hls must be hatched by incubators or condition, I regret to say, remains un- hens. Hens give the best results, oftchanged. Shall I send an attorney to en hatching every egg given them. you? Would you like a book of any The eggs are very fertile and may, if kind? Or some delicacy sent in from desired, be hatched any month In the a restaurant? Can I be ot any service year.. Ducklings hatched In June or to you in any way? If I, can please July often lay all winter, while, if hatched In March, they will lay in i drop me a line..? time to hatch ducklings from them by . Sincerely, the 1st of October. "ISABEL tHORNE. At last she rose and standing in the window read the note over, folded it, HATCHERY placed'it in an envelope and sealed it. PUN FOR A HEN A maid came in answer to her ring, and there at the window, under the Door Placed in Front of Each Nest,. watchful eyes of Blair and Hastings Hinged With Leather and Held by Wooden Cleats. and, perhaps, Johnson she handed the note to the maid with instructions to mall It immediately, Two minutes Here is my 'plan for a successful later she saw the maid go out along hen hatchery w I take lumbei the avenue to a postbox on the cor- and make stalls for 12 hens which ner. makes the nest boxes a little over 14 Then she drew back into the shadow of the room, slipped on a wrap, and, standing away from the window, safe beyond the reach of prying eyes, waited patiently for tha postman. He appeared about five oclock and simultaneously another man turned the corner near the postA Hen Hatchery. box and spoke to him. Then, togetb er, they disappeared from view around inches wide, writes J. A. Crandall of the corner. Norwich, Kan., in the Farmers Mail "So thats Johnson, is It? mused and Breeze. Slats and thin lumber Miss Thorne, and she smiled a little may be used for the 11 partitions. Mr. Grimm certainly pays me tha Floor the nest department. Chicken compliment of having me carefully wire Is used to cover the top of runs watched. except for the doors A, each of which A few minutes later she drsppefi. is 28 inches long, enough to cover Into the seat at the desk again. The The doors B are the same dark wrap had been thrown aside and length. There is also a door 8 by 10 Hastings and Blair from their hiding Inches In the front of each nest box places could see her distinctly. After and all doors are hinged with leather a while they saw her rise quickly, aa and held with cleats. The roof hoard an automobile turned into the avenue, Is not hinged or nailed but held In. and lean toward the window eagerly place with cleats and may be lifted looking out. The car came to a stand- off. still In front of the legation, and Mr. Cadwallader, an undersecretary of the British embassy, who was alone In the car, raised hls cap. She nodded and smiled, then disappeared In the shadows of the room again. Mr. Cadw'allader went to the door, spoke to the servant there, then returned and busied himself about the Rape makes a good crop for late car. Hastings and Blair watched ingreen food. window the and door both the tently Poultry Is extremely profitable If for a long time: finally a closely veil handled. properly ed and muffled figure appeared at the Poultry, fruit and bees form a comand waved a gloved hand hard to heal. at Mr. Cadwallader, who again lifted bination Fowls have no sense of smell. They his cap. A minute later the veiled woman came out of the front door, have nostrils, but not noses. A cement floor in the laying pen shook hands with Mr. Cadwallader, and roosting closet Is advisable. and got in the car. He also climbed Don't let lice get a ay with your In, and the car moved slowly away. chicks, while you wonder what ails (TO BF, CONTINUED) them. Keep the males separated from the Economy in Smoke Prevention. After remaiklng that there can be no growing pullets. Both will develop nope ot the general adoption of means better. tv prevent the fouling ot the air ot Ducklings generally begin molting great cities with factory smoke unless when eleven weeks old and continue it can be demonstrated that the adopfor about six weeks. tion of such means will result In the Dont forget that wet and leaky saving ot money to the makers ot the coops do not tend to produce healthy smoke. Prof. J. A. Switzer of the Uni- chickens, but early death. versity of Tennessee records the result It Is a good plan to let all the of experiments which he has mads stock out of the yards to enwith smoke consumers based on the breeding free joy range during the summer. , principle of Injecting, with steam-jetsDont try to breed from poor stock, fresh air into the furnaces whenever fresh fuel Is put upon the fires. He tt takes too long and good stock Is theap enough for you to start right finds that the claim that such apparaFree range for the flock greatly simtus Increases the efficiency of the boilers by increasing tbe evaporation of plifies the feeding problem, because the water Is well founded, and that the fowls can balance their ration, to large extent, with the food hey pick there is a real economy In their uia. UP. Youths Companion. 16-fo- n SURRENDER the long table and curiously lifted on of the spheriods. It was a sinlstei J ington. That is the signal agreed upon; it can be seen by all In the city, and is visible here from the window of your bedroom. ' Yes, yes, he exclaimed. The feverish glitter In his ejes deepened. If there is a fog, of course you will not attempt the test, she went on. No, not In a fog, he put in quickly. "It must be clear. And If It is clear you can see the light in the dome without difficulty. And all your plans are working out well? Yes. And yours V I dont think there Is any question but that both England and the United States will buy. Do you know- - what means? Do you know what it means? He was silent a moment, hls Sands working nervously Then, with an pffort: And his Highness? Hls Highness is qafe. The subtle eyes grew' misty, thoughtful for a moment, then cleared again. "He is safe," she repeated. Mexico and Venezuela were ?" he began. We dont know, yet, what they will do. The Venezuelan answer is locked In the safe at the legation; I will know what it is within forty-eigh- t hours." She wras silent a little Our difficulty now, our greatest difficulty, is the hostility of the French ambas-- ' sador to the compact His government has not yet notified him of the presence of Prince dAbruzzi; he does not believe in the feasibility of the plan, and we have to to proceed to extremes to prevent him working jrgainstus "But they must see the incalculable advantages to follow upon such a compact with the vaBt power that will be given to them over the whole earth He indicated the long, litby this. tered work-tablThey must see It They will see it- - Luigi," said Miss And now, how are Thorne gently. Are you comyou? Are you fortable? Its such a dreary old place here. I suppose so, he .replied, and he met the solicitous blue-graeyes for an Instant Yes, I am quite com1 have no time fortable, he added. to be otherwise with all the work I must do. It will mean so much!" They were both silent for a time. Finally Mias Thorne walked over to y two-runs- . -- ' . |