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Show young man started guiltily Iren raised Its voles. . Already thlckenlsg fog half concealed hu , eyes the lithe figure of the girl I thank God whatsoe er Mill, In her wrap and cushlona He For this one quiet Intereal; to her again and spoke huskily, j f A plot of graao a veil, a tree. Kalice! he said, appealingly- Nothin caa ever take from we. Many millions of years ago Just Her voice teemed cold to him ss how many we cannot That after fear an doubt and pata. answered, but a keener analyst know, but cerThrough all one summer I have lain have discovered a tremw he tainly over three million a flying Nuraed at the country's breaeta, and It mightwas not that glacial. known reptile died of oid age, lnfluema or What Is It, Georgs 7 she Her placid breathin by my own soma other disease In that region of Agol with seeming steadiness. And all ene rummer heard her lark, beh M the earth which Is known now as Bathat all left we had thought Hta cllsnbin eon from dawn to dark; varia The world was in the process us. far away, sad were going Drawta my heart to take hts road. be good frienda and comrade. Cart of maktug then, and had arrived at That cliasba the too toluol aay of God yoe take my word for It that thereto the middle of the geological era, which Amid her klne, amid her sheep i called the told I Mesoaotc age. Those great Have known nweet wakln tweeter finality In what have out.yotti start No. I can't, he cried roiks ehkh form the Jura mountains sleep. enft And In her rivers and her dew to bis feet ao flarcely the llttls were then beginning to take form to Havs washed my spirit ansa Nor will rocked dangerously. themselves, and as they formed thev wr. w ith me it snail be today of Incloeed in their growing shapes the Dusty the ways of Hfe but here And witk you. too," he conclude, Are aoodruff and eweet lavender, body of the flying reptile. The millions Where the wayfarln foot mail preee ominously. The wUd thyme, aaeet to wantonness The girl looked at him' from clouded depths of her rare eye Cool was the niht, and after it The dawn the dawn aaa wild and rweet. something which might have beet a Through a low cettae window seen scornful tenderness. A great rose swathed in living green she said, lot Forget it, George, had my no, ttd have "You unkindly. Days of flerea heat and beautiful Hut moods mere deep and waurs coot you must take it for your answer. Nor did tho eeniriff time refute "Fallce' he cried again, aad took The medicine of her winds her daws a step toward her. She raised both hands as If to wird Then, only then. I knew alas Who lout the (ountry for a apace. his coming and straightened kef kck What bitter bread her exile eata. against tbe stern of the shrouded, boat AN anting her In the city atieeta WLh an impetuous gesture the What bitter lot la hi who atraa young man drew back and, stooping, With country heart through city ways snatched up the oars snd hurled them And craea with hunger and with thlret of fog. For tbe kind breast whete he was far out into the wall shouted atker, "There." he hoarsely nursed as If In desperate defiance of her peA?tr tha trouble and the pain "Since you wiph It so, we rversity. 6ha calls her wanderer home again. will indeed end It all. but together, After the anguish and the fret Ah! fool and blind who would forget1 not apart" He sank back moodily Into hlsMt and clasping his bands moodily shout The Siren. hla knees stared at ber gloonlly through the fog. Fallce had started up with a little BY WILLIAM BLOSS. cry as he threw tbe oars away. 8hs Author of General John Jones, etc (Copyright. 1901. by Daily Story Pub Co.) knew too well w hat that meant. They When the fog crept toward the land had become a helpless derelict, supine from out In the lake they did not no- on the silent, glassy water, usable tice It, at first, so absorbed wsre they sbe in what he was saying, he in bU owa passion. Tbelr little boat bad long been drifting almlesaly, for be bad shipped his oars and from the center seat leaned forward eagerly, of years rolled cn, and the flying reppeering keenly into her face as be tile became a part of the stone In poke. As for her, one could not be sura which his body had ben imprisoned. r Thru one whether her manner of Indifference day the new animal, man,-brokwas born of coldness or whether the Into therock, snd, extracting therefrom the fossil body of the anrigidity of her features was a mere mask, concealing emotion racing fleet cient reptile, sent It to Princeton, through all the courses of her young where It arrived as a Christmas presblood, but of which her femininity ent for the geological museum of the would not permit betrayal. university. Specimens of flying repShe leaned back in seeming languor tiles, or, to be scientific. Pterodactyls, foreamong the down cushions his are not uncommon, but specimens of thought had provided for her comfort this particular sort of pterodactyl arc. and save that her white and lissome This animal was the sort of flying repfingers played unceasingly with the tile which the scientists call ramphor-hynchred and white striped cords which gemmlngll, and specimens of moved the toy tiller of the little boat, are extremely rare. There is which she did not move. Only when now and Then she threw her round only one other foesll of the kind In the his bent neck again she raised tbe downcast lashes and . that la one obwhich curtained her dark eyes did this even to creep to safety twari the United State, museum for tained at Yale by the foe Impatient floccillatlon cease. Then the shrouded voice of the mou sing siren. late Professor Marsh. nervous picking of her madonna fln But she too sank t.&cAuu(lx.. The specimen which has been placed gent would grow still and her deep on exhibition at Princeton shows foe glance would rest full snd unflinching- swift rush of wind rlppledfoe water ly upon the face of the man before and stirred the tiny craft ineaslly. animal rio have been about the slxe her. There was In this glance, ao The lake grew voiceful badath Its proud and high and free, something sombre mantle of dull grajqpd with which subtly. Indescribably thrilled a paddling tongue licked hulrlly the him. Nor could his own endure It seams of the earless boL Every long, for when she raised her eyes, his minute the siren sounded to he gloom fell, abashed and at those times the Its Iterant Hoo! Hoo!" Th Valparaiso, Chill, correspondence: yarning fantastic shadow of an Inscrutable call seemed now farther In stay. The Toe most startling feature of life smile fled across ber lips and vanished the strikes that Chilian foe unmetropolis bent bead ber but remitted girl instantly. 5 to ngued. foreigner Is the street car service. The So near together were they that he rose unsteadily at stood conductors on the cars are all women, George coulu have stretched forth his foot and on trembling legs In the rocUfig boat and that in a country where woman touched the shoe whose shining patA third time he spoke her nui. There has by no means reacted tbe high ent leather tip escaped the hem of was the love-boa of In trensy her blue flannel skirt. Once, indeed, his blue light and he drew 11s fine eyes he had leaned far forward and put out figure upward aa one who ha formed his hands appealingly as If to grasp a great resolve. "Fallce," he aald. You sayypu love me. You aay you cannot mfry because I have no ambitions. Ya iebarge me with Indolence. You eves laughed and said it ia untrue the flat sloth Is extinct Well, we will find it -- DotaKitr 9bcAm, Tb lovely Duchess of Manchrater, who latest portrait la herewith prw tented, would much rather poee. the icrlUca say. aa the relict of the late than m mother of the present delta, whose recent marriage to Miss Zimmerman of Cincin- nati attracted eraa unl-- v attention. Uke tis father, the present duke married an American girl, Consuek) having become the wife of Mandevtlie in 1876 Though the pair did not enjoy the perfect felicity that should have been their portion, their qnarrela having been frequent and serioua, yet when death separated them the widrw went into deep mourning and has remained faithful to her former spouse's Rumor hath it, however, memory that she is of the opinion that there are too many Duchesses of Manchester already and that one of them at least should sacrifice her title on tho altar of Hymen. 1 Ys-nag- a, Che Castellanes lgain. The Petit Journal of Paris, a paper that boasts of the largest circulation in the world (it prints more than a million a day), says that the present attempts being made to put the Castel-lane- s in a ridiculous light before the civilized world is actuated by a very mean brand of spite The bricabrac dealer who has brought suit against the count and garnisheed the Gould Inheritance is an Englishman, not a Frenchman. The American papers that are airing the alleged scandal, the Journal says, are notoriously being Operated by British capital. The fact of the matter Is, says the Journal, "the English have never forgiven France for capturing fifteen millions of Jay Goulds vast estate. Such windfalls helps the financial condition of any country, hence the spirit of Jealousy that finds expression In a suit at law that will be laughed out of the American courts. h, Cat Heated Stocks Marker. In the use of ordinary branding irons for marking cattle with the owners private brand they become cool so rapidly while In operation that It is necessary to provide a number of them. In order that while one Is In use the others may be heated. Unnecessary pain Is also caused by hold- - rj st e us of an Bnglish pheasant. It was found Imbedded In the celebrated Juraealo state of BolenLofen, Bavaria. Splitting the slate to get at the foesll left the specimen partly Imbedded In each lab In one alab la the head and In the other the wings, breastbones, neck, several riba and part of the feet. This ancient animal which now look at visitors to the Princeton Geological museum with what la not figuratively but literally a "atony stare was procured for tbe university by Professor William B Scott, the head of the geological department, when he vtstted Germany recently. In speaking of the propensities of the animal. The Joints of the external or little finger of the hand are aradtl thickened and alongated, this flnges being longer than the body aad legs together. A membrane, or patagtnm, was stretched between the elongated finger on one aide and the body and leg on the other, thus forming the wing, which resembled the wing of the bal rather than that of a bird, although differing from the former In being sup ported by one finger instead of four. A few exceptionally well preserved specimens found la the $oleiihofen limestones have retained the clearly ahow the carnivorous n I ,1 marked Impressions of these wing membranes. Tbe legs, like those of bats, were small and weak, aad tha tall waa short la some species aad long la latter' others. Some at least Of th had a membranous, oar-llk- e expansion at foe tip of the talL That the Pteroeaurus had foe true power of Bight and did not merely taks great leaps, like the flying squirrels. Is shown by foe hollow, pneumatic bone (like those of birds), and by the keel on foe breastbone for foe attachment of foe great muscles of flight, i This keel is found in both birds and bats. The akin waa naked, having neither scales - nor - feathers. The - Jurassic Pteroeaurus waa small, foe spread of foe wings not exceeding thres feet The specimen now In foe Geological museum will be kept In a glass case, and at commencement next June will be placed among foe special exhibits, where It may be observed by visitors ramphorhynchus Profeasor Scott aald: "There Is not foe slightest means of determining foe time In which It lived. All that we know about It Is that It lived In the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic age, and that must have been over three millions of years ago and it may have been a great many millions of years. All that anyone knows about It Is that It is an Incalculable number of years since the rep- tile lived. "It belongs to a remarkable order of reptile known as the Pteroaaurla, which appear for the first time in foe Jurassic period. These animals were provided with wings and were true flyers, thus realising the old myth of flying dragons, Tbe head Is relatively large, but lightly constructed, and et at right angles with the neek, as in bird. In foe Jurassic species the Jaws are armed more or less completely with teeth, which by their form money. For this they collect all fares and name foe streets crossed by tha tramway. Nor do thsy mouth thslr phrases aS do their brothers la New lant to give vent to their sentiments. York and Chicago. On some of foe tinea leading Into fos The female passengers are proud of the fact that this important occupation suburbs ths conductresses have an easy time. is In the hands of women. Seats are provided for them In all The fact Is that Valparaisos female conductors are exceedingly courteous the cars, and It is not an unusual thing and obliging. They are usually a during foe dull hours to see them taking It easy, reading novels or the dally papers. They are neatly dressed In black, with white aprons, In foe pockets of which they put theiy money and tickets. They wear broad brimmed sailor hats. Tbe bane of their existence are the men Inspectors who ara detailed to count the passenger to see that they do hot "knock down fares. iThey have nicknamed these men Judases." A Yankee has little trouble to make himself at home here. Landing at the wharves one la surprised to And that nearly every business man speaks English, and one soon And that foe English and Germans monopolize the buil-neThe signs are European, and there are few Chilian names upon them. Most of the book stores keep only English books. There are scores of Englishmen on the streets, and one sees many pretty English and German girls shipping In the stores. The Improvement are more like those of one of onr cities than those of n South Am. erlcan town. Ths stores have plate-glawindows, and the goods are a wall displayed as In New York or Chicago. The streets are payed with Belgian blocks, and there are drays, and carriages moving along them. CHILI HAS WOMEN CONDUCTORS BRANDING-IRO- N COMBINATION, rn lng the Iron on the flesh for a longer time as It begins to cool. To Improve this condition of affairs a South Dakota man has invented the Improved branding iron Illustrated in the cut. It consists of a gasoline reservoir with a pressure tank and pump and a hollow branding iron of any desired pattern. In operation gasoline or some other volatile liquid is placed In the reservoir. Then a platinum coll Inside the perforated Iron is heated by outside means. As soon as the valves are opened and the volatilized liquid begins to escape the platinum ignites It and thereafter the gas maintains the proper degree of heat In the iron. The same apparatus can be utilized by a number of ranchers by simply unscrewing the Iron and replacing it with one of a different pattern. Come. He held out his hand Imperiously. 56 legally consumed. If td the total were added the amount consumed Illegally, which no fellow can find out, a It la drank behind closed doors, It would be seen that although Maine is a prohibition state It Is quite up to the standard of the license states in the consumption Considering all that of Intoxicants. the reformers have done for the people of Maine by moral suasion and by penalty of law the latter must at least be charged with Ingratitude and perversity. r Carlo poted looting MontePress a cording to the Norwich icate has been formed tor a float Uonte Carlo, to be moored off tbs lsh coast somewhere Just beyond hree-ml- le limit Negotiations are liner, lng for an obsolete Atlantic minish would be turned Into a cost. Including total a at clno Irst outlay for the hulk, of 50, The Idea Is to provide a haunt Lon-bamblers within easy reach.of beb of the beyond the reach laws of the realm. ut ea pt Liquor Consumption in Maine. On the face of the returns the people of Maine last year consumed only 11,-0gallons of liquor, the fifteen agencies having sold 3,820 gallons of whisky, 3,790 gallons of ram, 2,600 gallons of alcohol. 985 gallons of wine, 56 gallons of gin and 212 gallons of brandy. These Items Include the liquor This time the girl looked di His manner made his purpose dot, , Tbe wind had risen higher dill and now whistled shrilly about them. The boat was drifting. Fallce looked straight before her through the breexe-swealleys of the fog and across her face once more flitted that snlnter-pretab- le shadow of a smile, m swiftly evanescent She held out her hand to George and put her foot tpon the gunwale as he did his, Come! he cried again aai they leaped together, hand In hast The lines of his mouth had gron grim and straight, but the girl, whs looked behind him, hardly could cotceal a tender tearful laughter. Aa they splashed furiously kto the rippled lake the breeze swept the light boat away and Instantly lti keel grated upon the beach. A moment, a they sprang, he had, repentant sought to stay the girl, but It waa tss 1st. They entered the water together and then, stood erect It reached her waist With a passionate gesture he dmr her to his arms, there In the ecompusing water and kissed her fondly, all unresisting. Then she threw her round arms about his bent neck and burst Into hysterical sobbing interleaved with ribald laughter. He looked at her ruefully. TSefi hi,' too, laughed, but bis laugh was konest and like the larks matin song Come, he aald, and unclasping her dinging caress and taking ber In his strong arms he sturdily waded ap the shelving beach to shore. "Let ua run, Fallce," he cried gaily. Lt us run to the parson. She felt for hla hand once mors and let hers nestla there. "It waa because I loved you so, she aid, answering a question which no voice bad asked. "Hoo! Hoo! cried the siren. Jauntily, aa they ran away together, slashing hands , But she had drawn back swiftly, releasing tbe tiller rope, and folded her arms across ber breast with a firm a.. forbidding dalliance. He had drawn back sullenly, and now for a moment had grown silent It was then the fog had crept upon them so stealthily neither had perceived Its coming till its Chill shroud wrapped them. The woman shivered, lightly, and drew her wrap more closely about her shoulders with a quick feminine gesture. Her look was bent Snatched up the oars and hurled them far out upon the disappearing shore, half a mile away, where the piers and summer-time pagodas, the diving tower, the big hotel, of Manhattan beach, deserted now that November had laid ita rude clutch on autumn, told In their echoless silence of the waning year. Now the mournful voice of tbe hooded siren, perched aloft where the mouth of tbe sluggish Calumet yawned sleepily to the vaporous' lake, sounding to the sailor, rose through the mist in minor. Hoo-oHoo! Hoo! it said. A tinge of melancholy menace dwelt in the steam monotone. One thought of Loralel snd hidden Shoals, of dark and streaming hair and lyes which looked but saw not The itr own. ' fog-bou- o, Hoo-oo-o- ss st Stem that prevails in street car traffic Standing In social and public life of her sisters In the United States. The girls who run the cars are, with few exceptions, very pretty, and there Seems to be little objection to their novel occupation. Tbe male passengers, of course, are pleased, and foe few who are not are too polite and gal- THE WORST HORSE. Net Iim Fit t Draw Hr in the Chilian Test ( OmmM tateilge A public school principal in New strong and robust set, and they sympa- Orleans says that foe ability to decithize especially with women passen- pher more or less obscure handwriting gers accompanied by children, whom quickly and accurately Is, In Ms opinons of foe best possible tests of they help board and alight from foe ion, , general Intelligence. cars. The fair conductresses deserve every Coral, both white and red, is found cent of their wages, which amounts to about 50 cents per dgy In United States cn the Florida coast CITY. W Cematerr. Lincoln used to be fond of telling a Story which he got from Mr. Conngnt of a lawyer in a western town who desired foe nomination for county On foe morning preceding foe Judge. evening on which the county convention was to meet he applied to the livery stablekeeper In hie village for a horse and buggy In which to drive to the eounty town, sixteen miles distant, where the convention was to be held. Give me foe best and foe fastest horse . 1 you have, Sam, said he, ao that will have time to go around and see tbe hoys before the convention comes The liveryman, however, waa in. horse for foe New York market. Tor expect to sell him to an nndertaker for a hearse horse, dont you? Well, its time wasted. I know from his gait supporting a rival candidate, and gave that you baje spent days training him the lawyer a horse that outwardly ap- to pull a hearse, but hell prove a dead peared perfectr but which broke down failure,- - Why, hes ao alow he couldnt . entirely before half the Journey was get s corpse to the cemetery in time completed, so that when foe candidate for fos resurrection." arrived the convention had adjourned and his rival had been nominated. On Cimm UboratwT. hla return to foe atable late the followuseBuffalo points with pride to Its ean-cing afternoon, knowing that it was laboratory as foe first of Its kind less to resent foe trick played spon "Look In foe world. It was established and him, he said to foe owner: here. Smith, you must be training thU thoroughly equipped two years ago. . er H farh f - V : , L v -- |