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Show y that you could have taken the train. But away we raced as If chasing a pair of decamping criminals, added a third. "Which lids had its psychological effect, for we have been detained as such, while the departed without us. But for the kindness of these gentlemen, dear friends, we would now be out of your clutches. Are they In your empioy? asked the seven-thirt- DOMESTIC TIIOUDLES. A woman ns proud ns old Lucifer Grew tired ot her husbands ubucifer; So she culled the police, Who compelhd him to clce By crying: "You villain! Let lucifer!" FRIENDLY II; ( AliOL ilHtS, VopyririhUd, as They looked flushed and guilty their bought d the station, enterf Gthey pointed tickets and waited restlessly fot the is able train. The aeent was "next in an instant. He had just finished reading of an agent an account ot the hold-uHe distant. not tar line ion another "entl Twaet a shrewd fellow and noted the and 8tui!f: strange manner of the couple, tiad t their evident desire to escape observation. "I'll keep my eye on em." he - 60 iaaidL to hlmseif, ns he peered through the little window of the ticket office. 8nal fcould dimly discern their shadowy The dusk rear, tr flKUfe behind the stove. was fast 1 ,, winter twilight an day early tdesqcndlng The man stood in front shield her. . of his companion as tn0 lEo far as the agent could Judge, iu the it Sopn:dl;n, iK,lt () the station lamps, they , has well dressed. Nothing unusual he inut- e peoit for ; rogues in these days. 23, if-t- bere keratl. ne at fellow cant always tell when labl(! tf) he Kagged and drugged A F lent k j, t't most Innocent looking parties. , inched Mile t for prr ri N-.- - v.i .. v , Ami " item? j l! JiLl n J d'HTTf wV : i kwm mm char. In ubUnhiny t'ompony. his strength to the utmost. As the train rolled into the station, the perspiring agent, puffing almost as vigorously as the engine, felt the door tried from the Inside. Ordinarily the stranger could have worsted him with one wrench, hut in extremes strength Is given ns, ro the young athlete, pulling, pounding and swearing, struggling to get out. vowing vengeance and demanding the meaning of "this out- U,Thcy can't overtake us row, . Jdwln 1 answered. he Lev he mused, while the perspiration he alow-mrc- h tly began to rise, as a vision of being rerfgi swoopod down upon by these two, the man strangling him Into submission jwhJlo the woman held chloroform to (ierrni jji n0S0i (le saf,, ransacked before irnor heljp arrived, went sailing athwart aa asfchh4 mental horizon. The clock of the amber (Instrument broke hla silence, making bntterir ll IunI convulsively, U31 09 ha' be expected! be J mattered, as this message flashed thaB across the wire: I "Detain auspicious looking pair, tf t of b they como your way. Van and womNotorious pickpockets. en, Sllped enrnlw through our fingers an hour ago. rx,''(5 to In your vicinity: Man: Worn-- , ,lR,lt nn(1 hidstache. 1,alr tercst?1 Rather slight, brown hair and ,,, lots. Doth appear refined. Officers cc:,Sf(1ve on seven-thirttrain. 2tit was nearing seven and the man purchased tickets for the dent very train the authorities on. now av"e coming 1'hrilllng with excitement, the agent n,f j nd.itered Into the waiting room. Unitary di pretense ot trimming the lights he chase v ci'tt',1 close Inside the guilty couple, tuning each keenly ns he passed, aid Vj t"he descriptions ho had received f exactly and he felt sure of his dtnrno'j r i6"The stranger impatiently con-irj in 1' ,lla wI(h and they tnlked In subdued tones. . Tho station agent 0 a w rttRmen,a th'dr con-i- u i venation and these were enough to i make him doubly sure, if pub f "Do you think they will suspect which wny we have tome? she wills-(inpoI ditn Sup-expe- j'4 t!'-- seven-structJ- j vainly fought for egress, while icers. "I spotted em the minute I set eyes on em." be exclaimed, giving vent to bis pent up excitement. The girl, who was exceedingly pretty, clung in terrified amazement to her companion, who appeared far from calm, although he demanded an explanation in a very dignified manner. Hut the officers of the law are t;ow hired to enter into details with those whom they aprpehend. Now, dont get gay. young fellow; you know what youve been up to. so dont give us no trouble and the better it 11 be for you. But I assure you there is urged their victim. Ob, yes, there always is, laughed one of the men; "never knew it to fail; invariably struck the wrong party, but he had to stand trial, all the same, chuckling at his own wit, and generally done time, too. The Impatient prisoner was about to remonstrate once more, when the glad sound of approaching revelers broke the stillness of the place, claiming the attention of the group in the station. The wild shouts and gay laughter of commingled voices, to gether with the merry jingling cf hiiarimts bells, rolled nearer and nearer, until the sound of horses hoofs clattering on the icy road greeted their ears, and the jolly sleighrid-erdrew up to the platform. A trunk, with red fantastically decorated hearts tied profusely in white satin ribbons, and with an old shoe conspicuously fastened to one of the handles, The was unloaded from the sleigh. next Instant they all made a madrush for the station, as the door was flung open ond the Inmates were startled by a breathless cry of: "Have they escaped?" "Not on your Hie! came the quick response f the complacent agent. The officers were about to enforce their authority, but made a hasty retreat as they were struck by a shower of rice. The prisoners were at onee sin rounded by a score of laughing friends, all talking at onee, each er.x ions to tell the storv. "The hoys had Just put the finishing touches on your trunks, when It was discovered that you hnd given us the slip. Not wishing to he outdone after e, Pi 6 her xemp r ius nan ' WKh we wanted?" m whi:; p", l B,nhd act so quickly them all in my coat f'Hiket," she answered. The man "i t-over her, and to the agent It Ql.ed very much at, If he kissed her. f lu' uI,,,,mo seemed Inti rmlnable, ,aHt ,lu' ow fwnible of the ap- itand, Oicl.Ing train loosened the tension, Hf.ent waited until he could aea m al!fi Lii headlight In the 8gbt ,s8!' Nearer and nearer It came, rating the darkness. In no ap-- J haste he walked out on the for'1, triform. Onee outside he clutched !do cv'i t'i handle of the door (Irmly, hanging Uko grim niurd';. death, exporting an . KUt from luilde, which would test ,MI I hnd to R t. 1 ofUi ,ji 1 f dla-stiy- tiet the I "I don't need any. interrupted the man at the i.esk, but if you will tell me the biggest lie about your cement ever hear!. I'll buy a bottle ot it, merely to encourage you. I wouldn't lie to sell 1,000 bottles of it. protested the other. "But I'll tell you ore thing I really did with it. You have heard, I presume, of the frog that tried to swe'l itself up to the size of an ox. The skin of that frog, as you remember, was not equal to the strain, aril it burst all to pieces. Sir, I happened to be on the spot, and I gathered them up carefully together with my cement and made the creature as good as new better, In fact, for it is a wiser frog. To prove to you that I am telling the absolute and exact truth, I will show you the e frog, which I have here In my 1 li'SpWi Confronted by oeveral burly officer. all our trouble, we jletermH.ed to take them with us and hunt you down. on reachImagine our chagrin when, to be ing tho depot, you were not found. an"Somebody auggested," put la had you other voice, "that perhaps cut across country to this station. We were In a ferment lest It was too late, for w figure iW r.j!il rishta reaerred.) homo for many weeks, perhaps A recent experience months. had proven the necessity for this exclusion of strange elements. Early In June, Israel had taken Cluny to bid farewell to hla old General, and the meeting had tried both men severely. At Its close Cromwell went to a desk and wrote a few lines to the officials of the Massachusetts Colony; in them, Neville to their commending kindness and care. His hands trembled those large, strong hands trembled as he gave the letter to Cluny. Then be kissed him ouce more, and with a Farewell that was a blessing, he turned away, weeping. "It Is another friend gone, he said mournfully to his own heart; lover and friend are put far from me and mine acquaintance into darkness. Cluny was so much troubled and affected by this visit that Israel thought It well to take him to see the ship which was to carry him to the solitudes of the great waters and the safety of the New Yorld. Ho was Impatient to be gone, but there were yet a number of small Interests to he attended to; for they were to carry with them a great deal of material necessary to tne building and furnishing ot their future home. Every day revealed some new want not before thought of, so that it was nearing the end of June when at last all w&b declared finished and ready. Then Jane hastened home, resolving to see Matilda on the followBut when sho reached ing day. Sandy 8 House, Mrs. Swaffham met her with a letter In her hand Ijidy Jevery asks you to como to Matilda, who is In great trouble, she said. So Jane went to her friend. With her, also, she found the grief death brings. ? .null t! va-Us- You neednt show It to me, said the man at the desk, gloomily. "Ill take a bottle of your cement. Heres your money. Never mind the Change-Goo- "It like Chicago Tribune. Old Blackjacks. or blackjacks, bottles, common In Europe two centuries ago. The bottles were eften made of one skin doubled up and closely stitched together, leaving an aperture for the neck. The thick piece between was Inserted for the slip; It was meant to be slung at the back, a leather thong passed tnrough two loops placed on either side of the neck, and tt was sufficiently flat at the base to stand when put down. The stepper was made of wood, horn or old leather. A good deal of care was required In the preparation of the leather, which had to be oiled and worked with hammers to make It supple and then washed with a lye. so that nil tho Impurity was entirely removed, leaving tne leather clean and dry. No moisture or air had any effect on 1L Blackjacks were In various sizes. They were sometimes pitched Inside. Leather were Many Sunday School Pupils. The fact brought out by the Educational Review that over 13.00,000 persons arc enrolled In the Sunday schools of this country. In the public sclools the enrollment Is of nearly 16,-The 0,000 or only 3.000,000 more. accusation that the religious education of children U neglected In Ameriof Inca, with the consequences evitable moral degeneration In our society, as alleged by the Rev. Mr. Greer, Is not sustained by those statistics. More attention seems to be given to the religious training of children In this country, by churches and In schools and by home Instruction, than in any other country In Jane knew haw to you. I shall have no one to love me, no one to quarrel with, she added. You will have Cymlln. Cymlin Is Cymlln; he Is not you. I will say co more. When a woman Is married, all Is over. Then Jane rose to go, and Matilda tied her bonret strings and straightened out her ribbons and her gloves, doing these trlfllrg services with a that filled longabsent tenderness Janes heart with pleasure. GoodI bye, dear! she said wtth a kiss; will come as often as I can. "Very kind ot you. Lady Neville, answered Matilda with a curtBy and a tearful mr.rkery; very kind Irdeed! But will your ladyship consider" thon she broke down and threw her arms round Jane, and called her "a dear, sweet, little Baggage and bade her give Cluny some messages of bopo anil congratulation, and so parted with her In a strange access of affection. But truo frlenJsnip has those moods of tho Individual and would not be true without them. Jane walked homo through the city, and Its busy tnrrao.t struck her as What a vain show it never before. was! A passing show, constantly changing. And suddenly tbero was the galloping of horsemen, and the crowd stood still, and drew a little asldo, while, Cromwell, at the head of his guards, rode at an easy canter down the street. Every man bared his head as the grand, soldierly figure passed :y. He saw Jar.e, ard a swift smile chased away for a moment the Borrowttl gravity of his face. But ho left behind him a penetrating atmes Ills glorl phero of comlrg calamity. mm life was doHlng like a brilliant sun setting In a stormy sky. The fifteenth cf May had been set for his assassination, crontwcll knew all the secret plara of this conspiracy; knew every member of It; and on the afternoon when Jane Swaffham saw him passlrg up London streets, so stern and scornful, he had just ordered the arrest of one hundred of them. Jane heard constantly of these events, but her heart had closer Interests. The ship which was to carry Cluny and herself to America was lying at the wharf nearly ready for sea. There were to be no other passer gers; Cluny and Jane alone were cabin their to find In Its llack-rlbbe- Is not far off." few months at tho longesL" He is very ill?" The foundations of his life are shaken, for he lives not In hla power or his fame, or even In the work set him to do. No, no, Oliver lives la bis feelings. They are at the bottom of his nature; all else is superstructure. And Fairfax, as well as Lambert and others, think they can fill great Olivers place! no man can." "For that very reason, when be departs, I will away from England. I have no heart for another civil war. I will draw sword under no less a general than Oliver. "Good night, John." "Good night, Israel. Have yon told Martha? "Not yet. She will fret every day till tho change comes. Why shonld we have a hundred frets when a dozea . may do? But when Israel went Into Marthas presence something made him change his mind. The mother had been weeping, aud began to weep afresh when sne saw her husband. He anticipated her sorrowful questions, and with an assumption of cheerfulness, told her how happy and hopeful Jane and Cluny seemed to be. "It did not feel A d day. The life thnt counts Is linked with Of, And turns not from the cross, the rod; But walks with toy where Jesus trod And this the life thnt count. wrre wejj 0 plir way, ? Don't get nervous. .. will soon he vifr and we will lie eifo. Our train ,J dun in a few minutes. Did yon get j AH snyth'ng that ever The Pfe that counts mut helpful be; The cans and needs of others eee, Mu- -t seek the slave of sin to free And this the life that counts. inhered. Company. soft-voice- d 1 we have outwitted them any- hey cant overtake us now, he v:'3'; Continued. ony. You will come bark? "I think It is urllkely. Fathpr feels a change approaching. The Hrotectors health Is failing rapidly; he is dying, Matilda. " "If he dies? "Father will leave England as soon as Cromwell Is In his grave. Cyralln will keep old Swaffham fair, for Cym-ll- n will never leave England while you are In It. And you can bear to talk of leaving England In that calm way, without tears and without regrets. Jane, it Is shameful; It is really wicked. "Dear Matilda, do not be angry at me because I had to do what I had to do. I was married to Cluny three days after he came home. We all thought he was going to die, and he wished me to be his wife. Now did I net do right to marry him when and how, he wished? A HE SOLD BOTTLE. Yes," Bhe answered, but her face and voice showed her to be painfully a Him Truthful Man's Story Secured affected. "Jane, I cannot bear to lose Customer. Id like to show you my new clasman tic cement," said the I make It in tho shiny black suit. myself, and I'll warrant it to mend The Life That Counts. 1 d man. "The savage Kaffir was a robust individual, with no knowledge of orHe rubbed himself dinary sickness. ail over with grease and red clay and the shirt he put on remained until he wore it Into rags. He never bathed. If exposed to rain he stripped off his kaross, folded It very tightly, strapped It up and bllthly went on his way, naked as he was horn, never a bit the worse for such exposure. Nowadays, thanks to copying after tho Saxon, the Kaffir wears clothes, hut hasn't sense enough when he gets wet through to change his garments, suffering for his lack of wisdom later. As a result of their changed habits maladies that were unknown to them fifty years ago are now common with the natives and they will speedily decline in numbers just as your red men have. The life that count must toll and flcht; Must Imte the wrong and love the right; Must st. mil for truth, by day. by night Ai d this the fe that counts. The life that counts must elm to rise hove the earth, to sunlit skies; (dust tlx Its naze on Haradise And lids the Idi that counts. must hopeful be? The life that counts In riniktst night make inelooy; Must wait the dawn on bonded knee And this tho life that I ''f'd. he ili' CHAPTER XVI 1901, by Dodd, Mead Anglo-- his companion mounted a bench and tried to raise the window. The officers of the law hounded from the train before b came to a standstill and rushed to the exhausted station agents relief. In another moment the train was speeding on its journey without the waiting couple. The astonished prisoners were confronted by the triumphant jailer and several burly off- some-mistak- ' k; In ,..l I.,,. PERSECUTION rage, (Copyrilht, For Matilaa had concealed every fault and every unkindness by her prompt action In the matter of Lord Neville, and Jane had been loving and praising her for It, until the sweetness of their first affection was beCANT STAND CIVILIZATION. tween them. And Matilda enjoyed Kaffirs Succumb to Ailments of ths praise; she liked the appreciation of her kind deed, and was not therefore White Races. "The Kaffirs of South Africa, like disposed to make light or little of your American Indians, do not appear what she had done, or of Its results. to thrive under the refining influences "And, pray, how comes my lord on of civilization," said Hubert George of towards recovery? Johannesburg to a Washington Host Llfd was "Slowly, gone; reporter. "Before the civilization of body and mind were at nearly door; this generation appeared the Kaffl.' but be can walk a little deathsand in knew nothing, of consumption, typhus, two or three weeks we now, are going measles, scarlet fever and other ail- away, far away, we are going to my ments followed in the wake of the brothers In the Massachusetts colwhite UIC K1MOM1 by Th Author fro ,008. m BY AMELIA E. BARR. Authar f "Th Bow of Oran Ribbon. "I, Thou and lha Olhar Ona, Tha Maid of Maldan Lana, Etc. prisoner, sardonically. Meanwhile the officers had been ruminating, and the crestfallen agent slunk lntq his office, out of sight. For once a bride and groom were glad to be thus branded. Then, once more as proudt ns old Lucifer, Ito tli eo olinil IsitKltar K, - A Story of CroirmeU'a Tim seven-thirt- Then, no longer producer thnn Lucifer, Forgetting her husband's abucifer, She promptly forgave him. Swore falsely to save him Thus woman lets love make a guelfer. Still the olllcers, seeing the ruclfer, 'let used to take an excuelfer; Hot she ninde things so hot That they (led from the spot As a witness they ne'er could make ucll'cr. C! THE LIONS WHELP God save the King is the air. If you had married Stephen, he would have been alive to join tn the cry. I could weep at your obstinacy, Jane. "Let It pnss, dear. I was Buckled on Puritan milk. Stephen and I never could have been otto. My fate was to go to the Now World. Stephen has escaped this sorrowful world and h yA-- f "0V then, her' Tills sorrow lul wurni witu Sitplnm m It was a bettor world than it Is without him. Jane, Jane, how he loved you! And I loved him, as a companion, friend, brother, If you will. When you lay his body In do Wick, cast a tear and a flower on his coffin for me. God give him peace! At length their farewell came. The last words between them were soft and whispered, and only those sad, loving monosyllables which are more eloquent than the most fervid protestations. And so they parted, forever in this life. The next afternoon Jane and Cluny rodo through London streets for the last time. On the ship they found Janes father, Doctor Verity and Sir Thomas Jevery. There were no tears at this parting; nor any signs of sorrow; every one seemed resolved tO regard It as a happy and hopeful event, For, though not spoken of. there was a firm belief and promise of a miH'tlng again in the future not very far off. Israel held his little daughter, to his heart, and then laid her hand in Clunys without a word; tho charge was understood. When the last few minutes came, and the men were trooping to the anchor, Doo-to- r Verity raised his hands, and the three or four In the dim, small cabla knelt around him, and so their farewell was a prayer and their parting a blessing. Israel and Doctor Verity walked away together, and for a mile neither of them spoke a word. As they came near to Sandys, however, Israel said; It is a short farewell, John. It wil be my turn next. I shall go when you go." To the Massachusetts Colony? "Yes. I am ready to go when the time comes. a parting at all, Martha, he said, "and Indeed there was no need for any such feeling. We are going ourselves very soon now." The words were spoken and could comfort Matilda. not be recalled, and he stood. In a "Stephen Ms slain! were her first moment, ready to face the storm they words. She could hardly utter them. might raise. Martha looked at her But Jane knew bow to comfort Ma- husband with speechless wonder and tilda; she could talk to her as she distress, and he was more moved by rould not to the ladies of Cromwell's this attitude than by her usual garruhousehold. "How was Stephen slain? lous anger. He sat down by her side she asked, "In a duel? and took her hand, saying: "No, thank God! He fell, as be him (To be continued.) self could have wished, fighting the enemies of bis king. He was with DUKE OF YORK SNUBBED, Conde and the Dukes of York and Gloucester before Dunkirk, and was Police Had Good killed while meeting the rush of those Their Dignity. terrible Ironsides. Camuy wrote me to the conversation of the Listening that ho said Mother!' Joyfully, with Canndian mounted police, aa one enhis last breath. counters them everywhere In the "Poor Stephen! Northwest. It Is distinctly evident that I Oh, indeed tla very well to cry, they are men of a different stripe from poor Stephen, when he is beyond the Tommy Atkins of tho British reguyour pity. You might have pitied him lars, says Leslies Monthly. The when he wss alive, that would have : mounted pollrcmnn Is a head, not an been something to the purpose. All automaton nor a flunky. This waa his short, unhappy lifo haH been one curiously Illustrated during tho visit constart battle with Puritans and pov-- 1 of the duko of York to tho territories erty. Dh. how I hate those Stuarts! I last year. As the royal train came I am thankful to eoo you can weep for Into one of the frontier towns two God liveried outrunners dashed breathlesshim, Jane. I think you ought. knows he loved you well, and most ly to the platform, shouting excitedly And he Is the last, the for the thanklessly. police to get out the royal last de Wick. Root and branch, tho horses! The troopers of the unide Wick tree has perished. I wish I smiled und said nothing; type versity could die also." but one of tho frontiersmen In khaki "And Cymlln, Matilda?" frowned aud took a bite of chewing to"I shall marry Cymlln at tho prop- bacco. er time. Tbe two Hi tie men In royal livery You ntny have sons and daughters. ' been me apoplectic. "I hope rot I pray not. I have hnd ' "Dont you inen hear? Get out ths sorrow enough. My father and Ills horses! Whos going to get out ths three sons are a good ending for the iIrM.H" house, It was built with the sword, The trooper In khaki again calmly and It hns been destroyed by tho ,!, solution for tho Insult from sword. No, Jane, the line of de Wick hlB 10baceo. No? "Have some? Is finished. Cymlln and I will bo the j y Did you say horses? Well, last Lari and Countess do Wick. dont burst your buttons. What do "And Prince Rupert? you Ihtnk you are for? Get 'em out "Is a dream from which I have yourself! ! J ' j i j awnkered." "But he may stll be dreaming. To Enlarge Washington University. "Rupert has many faults, but he Is Samuel Cupples, the Ft. Louis mil-- i a man of honor. My marriage to lloralre, who has just sailed for Eu-- i Cymlln will be a barrier sacred to rope, states that uion his return ho both of us. Our friendship can hold intends to enlarge the Washington itself above endearments. You need and mnko It the largest unlvetslty not fear for Cymlln; Matilda de Wick school of engineering and technology will honor her husband, whether she In world. the obeys hint or not. Cymlln Is formed World's Largest Spider. for power ard splendor, and he will The largest spider In the world has stand near the throne." Its body Is been found In Sumatra. "If thore ho a .throne." "Of that, who now doubts? Crom- nine Inches In circumference and Its well Is falling tick and you may feel legs spread seventeen Inches. j |