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Show am ss ? few! r I mi I - l - i" .u i i.m' i u In me much or imply oi )ij Jvfei - i. t ' about thut dub aid I ri'Hciiti'd, us I ciiiii.l don lit ill y iii'1 can-- . I: ing at an outgrown led again the tnji,'( i. cited. "I rasiire you. Matt. flic slightest difticm'i was that of a man !!.' I'linup card in a desperate g.n.'.c l.t ? iis tt I "'t hig can not lose, yet tie: s' that he can not but In a li:i ner- j i ' VVL1X5, Author U 77FCQSCr txrnwsvr jsar ym sax&rtrpect, mnuLvyy site wishes, said I, igmuiug his ques- tion. "Then come to me." ills look made me shake hands with him. As I did it. wo both the last time we had shaken hands when In- - had the roses for my homecomtiig with my bride. It net 'Hied to me I could smell those roses. CHAPTER XXX. Continued. I have only contempt fur a worn mi who fries to fcnld a man when lie wishes to go, said Anita, with qilet but energetic bliternehs. "Ileslilin he heiiitated an Inatanl before going on "Gladys deserves her fate. 8 tie doean'l really care fur him. Hhe'a only Jealous of him. She never did love him." "How do you know? said I sharply, trying to persudfie myself It was not an ugly suspicion In me that lifted lu head and shot out that ques lion. "Heeauso bo never loved her," alie "The feeling a woman has replied. for a man or a man fur a woman, without any renioiiie. Isn't love, Isn't worthy the name of love. It'a a sort of battled covetousness. Love means Then generosity, not greediness. "Why do you wit ask me whether what alio said Is true?" The change in her tone with the laat sentence, the strange, ominous ote In It, startled me. Uecaiiae replied 1, as 1 said to to ask wife such a question my her, would bo to Insult her. If yon were riding with him, It was an acrldeitt." As If my rude repulse of her overtures and my keeping away from her ever since would not hare Justified her In alniisit anything. She flushed the dark red of shame, but her gaze held steady and unflinching upon mine. "It was not altogether M accident, she said. And I think exjMfcted me to kill her. a man admits aud respects ols,a rights where he is blra-aei- r conmvM(i he either is no longer interested Vfcpr or has begun to love her so well he can control the savage and sea, jntlncts of pas-IoIf Mowbray Yangdon had been there. I might have tUem Wh; but he was not there, ahe farinK hj me without fear, was woman ii.Aie to be auaperlod of the aternhy and LANCDON XXXI. COMES TO vous. do not care to Join ' club," said I, rising 1 am me. excuse you to "1 ; i I Ti aiders' nint ask A flush apieared in liia clicks aad deepened and spread until In1 whole lu statlx idy must have been ali:v "You know w but Ive ed himself. come for,"' he said sullenly, ami hum- bly, too. All his life he had been ectbrosad THE Without it, he had ciulniid and had received deference solely liecuuse lie was rich, lie had thought himself, lu his on now, he footd person, most siia-i1or- ; that like a silly child he had lawn standing on a chair and crj ing: "Skt And the airs, the how tall 1 am. cynicism, the graceful coudesccnsliq, which had been so liecomlug to Ida, were now as out of place as crows and robeson a king taking a hwIii-mlnlesson. "What are your terms, lllacklock? Don't be too bard on an old friend." said lie, trying lo cany off his frank with a smile. plna for I should have thought he .vould cut his throat and Jump off the llatterr wall before he would gel on his knees uxin his wealth. FACE. ' - !.- busy.'1 shall not estimate the vast sums it rusf the ibiidiiiek laiiigdon clique to maintain the prices of National Coal, and so give plausibility to the tieliou that the public was buying eagerly. In the third week of my eamisilgn, Melville was so deejdy Involved that he had to let the two others take the whole burden upon themselves. In the fourth week, latngdon came to me. The interval between bis card and himself gave me a chance to recover from my amazement. When he entered be found me busily writing. Though I had nerved myself, It was several seconds liefore 1 ventured to look at him. There he stood, probably. aa handsome, as fascinating at I i : g fair-weath- er foul-weath- nu-ic- traitorous. "It was. he that you meant wqen you warned me you cared for auoth man?" said I, so quietly tliat I won' dered at myself; wondered what had boconie of the "lllack Matt" who had used his fists almost us much as 3ila brains In flghUua his way up. "Yes." she said, her head down . j ; s t- - ever, certainly as ,"hl Hut self-assure- It to any man for any that manner 1 had was doing it for mere money to try "live envied, see the puny soul, with! to save, not his fortune, hut only an l' brassv glitter of the vanity of Imperiled part of It. If Anita could nuw, ix iu-ui- I luxury ami show. I had been some-- ' what afr.iid of myself -- afraid Hie. sicht ef him would stir up in me a T jealousy and hale; as t I that I did not know "The dn.-- not love; "' ',wu -i- iui''I: man.'' I thought, "If she did or' , not be the woman lll deceived her inexperience. l mine." ,s h' "What can do for you?" said 1 to, him politely, mi.cJi as if he were a. Nii.mger iii.ikiua an untimely inter- - see him now I" thought, To hi,,, Kaid. ih(, Illort, C1,1(y cause I did not wish to add t. huntiliaiioii by showing him tii.u I11: ,it,., j e.in OT1;. rein ar.' Mr l.iinmlnn, you will have in cum- ire ' iaV. Kiveu you all tlm.. i ,an' I il-.- 1 ubl sp.-ive.- v.-.- 1 I ti! I -e l Oil. :.- i My look had disconcerted him: lur l. ui into confusion. "You tom tlin-Keep out of l in way. now that you ve t with a I'll iiui' lanious" lie ..in:: hut hemle iiiiempl at Ills eus- "Are you !. unary easy srn lioriit. loo1. Sam lu ll: up III rii::ii.v;ii-uiH evsdy tells me jour wlie Is slopping i.i-rester. with obi llowaid wants in- - to use my good olfices In making it up between you two uud j her ramily. l was completely taken aback by his cool Ignoring of the real situation between him and uie, hhpud.-nc......... or be--..r- . ; ; i ..I seemed ndd him mi, that he would come to me If she : I'.-- I ignorance?! - Mu W.r1 ll,fjM and Ml hands tivn.bllns: as 1,. said: "I nil transfer control of the r.ul wino to you. His times, shunn-tu-r made me ashaim-they r lu:n. For money juM for m.i: I l l.i-Aud ad a nan. i i'C , n I id i H a si If j.i; hyp., ;tv like K.i.'lmrk. or a lieli-- t. ' IB Hie of . might I:;. t'..,i,'-- -; I in i!;t. bate tr.ed to him frui. my I'm had never for an in (leeenvd h:i-.to th n al of Hie priMs be idotted .,1, moled and pi-- i fii.-he thou:! ( j. ' smart'' to In- tnd. by; :n, d. In making the in.. ft cynical ep::-.,;,,'i the black d cds of himxcir ;ini h associates -- ..n sliu? , t bis rocks. his socks! NuInnIv kiiii nit lit-i- l Ilfs ruttti-- d Nni- linniKlif of Hlippi-- r Just Ill uti a pair. man innk sick one day 1.1 in Imi fur pay! a soul on earili," lia said. I'lf I wonder If lb.it Rirl would wed! Would ili.? Al Iasi. 11.-- - leust-.- l n. t tale of woe And blurted out. Say, cull, you're alow! I only way I know t' 111 la so an' ant tier, a llot t' ell, A Ills iMNitblui-- T' VII!" 9 Tlicn aalil llie man wlio loved the laaa: to In I be proper gas! Thai Kln-'- s worth a dozen like me, I'll go and see! Tiut, by pi wlini-k- . set-ni- l. Anil ace!'' He did, and very mucli elate. Kite grabbed litm as a flail grabs bait! Kalil he. with blimliea on his brow: "It's easy. If ymi IK IT NOW!' " I Hi II! Remarks. When an office girl takes pity on a tray cat ahe usually goes out, buys a nickel's worth of pickles and then woudera why the rat is so ungrateful aa not to eat them. To those who cannot understand, many things are impossible. Everything is a gamble in this world even the fee that you pay the Some you. preacher for marrying men invest 10 In matrimony and find sweeten a fortune; others have to the pot for years and years and never get their bait back! We often hear that such and such a book Isn't worth the paper on which It Is printed. At the present price of paper, this may truthfully be aald of most modern literature, A woman Is as old as ahe looks, after the leaf has been torn from the family Bible. When a woman says she Is breaking In a green maid, ahe forgets sometimes that the young woman is a Degress. - , i together the proofs ,i., care to have further to do with Roebuck." -- i imi 'b.ns l.m:g,jl)n answered. ' Tve broken with li,m When a muu ltis to me. si.id jUsj am bow ' tWui i Jnrilrj aJ Star an knw al mu San. ijai Safe GRADES OF RANK IN JAPAN. Society There le Divided Into Many Separata Classes. A traveler Just returaed from Japan tells aonie things which perhaps all the world does not know. Says he: "Of rank, there are eight classes after the mikado aud the Ziogoon. namely (1) the princes; (Si the nobles who owe feudal service to the prince, or the empire; (3) the priests; (4) the soldiers. These four form the higher orders and enjoy the privilege of wearing two swords and petticoat trousers: i!i) Inferior officials and doctors. rslliid respectable, allowed to wear one sword, with the trousers; (6) merchants and tradesmen whose legs may not pollute the trousers, though by entering as domestics to a man of rank they may enjoy the privilege of wearing one sword; these are the only people by whom wealth can be accumulated; (7) artists, artisans and petty (8) day laborTradesmen who ers and peasants. work on leather, tanners, etc., are excluded from classification. They are defiled, and may not even live with other men; they live in villages of their own. shop-keeper- from the Ladles' published by Henry A Item us company, Philadelphia, as the title indicates. Is a selection of amusing stories, jokes and anecdotes from that popular periodical that are wortti preserving. One of the most vexations experiences of the average man la his inability to remember a good story or Joke which he has heard, and which he would like to pass on to his nelgh-bo- r. To such this Interesting volume should prove a storehouse of reference, and it should be found in the home of every lover of the bright and witty things of lite. Good Stories dome Journal," Not Too Simpls. n, . could delay no longer, and my lroofa were not quite complete I sent my newspapers two sentences: I shall make a disclosure that will send Textiles up. Do not sell Textiles: (To bo Continued ,r (ra John Simple, 14 years old. of Dads-deAla., Is not as simple as you might think from his name. He saw a fellow hanging around the barn and acting in a auspicious manner, and set a big bear trap where he thought it would do the most good; and then got up next morning to find that he had bagged his game. The man had entered the barn to steal one of the horses, but put his foot into It Instead. He turned out to be n noted thief, for whom a reward of 500 had been offered, and John Simple Is going to get the money, it's not what a boy la named, but what he does, that counts. The Bachelors Guide to Matri- type-writin- i e.:, SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. lisir. A man was saved from death by a brave lad who received twenty-fiv- e cents for hla kindness. After all, a inan la worth only the price he sets on his own head. One way to get close to nature Is to go up In a balloon and fall out rake-off- s Perhaps Walter Wellman can tell us nf the fine mints of dog slew as a result of his dash to the North Pole, off 13 millions nf profit and loss, 10 anyhow. millions of which nnd found its way Mining seems to have a great attraction for the colored man. Kalso-mininto Roebucks pocket. 1 hud no choice. I must turn as'do I mean. A country editor says his wife spent from Roebuck; I must first show tna sense, sound two hours while In the city recently, while Textile was, in it had been at that time, unsound, trying to buy him some postprandial just and would be unsound again as soon cigars. A small boy. reading, asked his pa had gathered in a suffas icient numlior of lambs to make a what the first flush of civilization" battue worth the while of a man deal- meant, whereat the. father replied. That, my son. .must refer to Eve's ing in nothing less than seven figures. face H)wder." l proceeded to do so. Many a man would give a lot today to lie able to eat tie as he wanted fell six points. Textile common three. to when he was a small hoy. Then he While I was In the midst of dictating bad the digestion lint not the pie. Now my letter for the second day's attack, Ite has the pie but nut the digestion. enme to a full stop. I 1 suddenly The Last Oat Stem. found across my way this thought: Tlu-ris talk of making the new Isn't It strange that lamgdon. after street cars narrower than Chicago to should himself make you. humbling now in iw.v The portly gentlethose this bold challenge? It's a trap!" man who has vMitoii si von blocks be"No more at present. said I. to iny Ills street becans he couldn't "And don't write out yond a Tat flsliwoman In tlio stenographer. aisle, will pass dictated." wliat I've already weep bitter tears at this announceI shut myself in and busied myself ment. at the telephone. Half an hour after I set my secret machinery in motion, Oscillatory. No r1al nice sensible girl gets angry a messenger brought me an envelope. It con- at a ni:in for kissing lier if she likes Hie address on of which sheet him and she thinks he means it. Wliat apa paper tained these words, she does object to Is a man flitting peared, in from flower to ilower gathering sweets and nothing more: just because he likes honey. "He Is heavily short of Textiles." It was Indeed a trap. The new ia- What Peter Needs. m, waa a blind. He had challenged Peter May purchased three geese at as ami soon as his stock, to altacs ,I1P .. the Will Halilwin's sale the past week. jj8( begun sercrtly to sell What 1 Peter needs now Is a nice plump wife to pick 'em Henry (O.) News. typo-written- not. Have you any busl- bud told him. liens with nie?" said 1. "You are 111, sir? asked my old Ills eyc'hls twitched nervously, and he gives me the chance to see Servant, my old friend, as he took tin h adjusted hts lips several times behow much of a f.xil hn thinks l bote. fore lie w'ss able to sa : "tHjy w'th her. Snnd.rs. as long as "You and oitr wife don't care to and also tbv eliance to see just K.aco. "Woiiid ilm liiiNim nn rp-hAnd il. u.ilHiily iIn arch plotter in every kind ot he, respectable skulduggery, was necessarily In the foreground. My original intention was to demolish the Power Trust or, at least, to compel him to buy back all of Its stock which he had worked off on the public. 1 had collected many Interesting facts about It, facta typical of the conditions that finance" has established in so many of our Industries. For instance, I was prepared to show that the actual earntnga of the Power Trust was two and half times whst its reports to stockholders alleged;, that the concealed profits were diverted into the pockets of Roebuck, his sons, 11 other relatives and four of The Seven," the lion's share going, of course, to the lion. IJke almost all the great Industrial enterprises, too strong for the law and too remote for the siiiervlslon of their stockholders. It gathered In enormous revenues to disburse them chiefly In salaries and commissions and on contracts to favorites. I had proof that In one year it hud written ! - said: "1 siin-l.-- r if it-- minx w.iubi w.il? All i!,iv f.i (I.'MikI.I of her lilul slKli-'vrl.-d- : And all iiiglii lm.g tl.i- - 1U. luwuce and the banking (he as A long Muse. "You wish to be1 free?" I asked, aud my tonn must have been gentle. I wish to free you," she replied lowly and deliberately. There was a long silence. Thou I said: I must think it all out. I ones told you how I felt about these matters. Ive greatly changed my mind since our talk that night In the Willoughby; but iny prejudices are still with me. Icrliaps you will not be surprised at that you whose prejudices have cost mo so dear." I thought she was golug to speak. Instead she turned away, so that 1 could no longer sen her face. "Our marriage was miserable mistake," I went oil, struggling to he ! Just and Judicial, aud lo seem cilin. 1 admit it now. Fortunately, we are both still young you very young. Mistakes In youth are never fatal. Hut, Anita, do not blunder out of one mistake Into another. You are uo longer a child, as you were when I married you. You will I? careful noi j to let Judgments formed of him lone ago decide you fur him us they de elded you against me." "I wish to be free," she said, each word coming with an effort, "as tuiicli on your account as on my own." , Thun, aud it seemed to me merely a. truly feminine attempt to shirk p- pomdhlHty. she added. I am glad my going will c a roller to you." "Yes. it will bo a relief, I runfcased. "Our situation has bevonii Intolerable." I had reached my liau' I put out my hand. of Good by, I said. If she bad wept It might have timdlfled tny conviction that ewrytlms-.- : was St an end between ns. Hui she did not weep. Tan you ever forgive me?" she asked. "Let's not talk of forgiveness." said I, and 1 tear my voice and manner were gruff, as I strove not to break down. "U-t'try to forget." And I touched her hand and hastened away. When two huniAii beings Net out misunderstand each other, how fa-and far they go! we How shni-ifrom each other, with only meat':-- , of communication th.it break down under the slightest stiaiu' As I was leaving the house r.' morning, I gave Handers this tm!e foi 1hf: I have gone to live at the Down. own hotel. When yon have divided whai course lo take, let me know. If my rights' ever had any substanre. th(y have starved away to such wenk things that tin y collapse even ns I try to sot them up hojte your freedom will give you happiness and me self-contro- l. The Secret. .. iimiilvn ami In-- lb- - biii-'- l 1 had decided to concentrate upon Roebuck, because he was the richest and most powerful of "The Seven." For, In my pictures of the three main phases of "finance" the industrial, now. - When you purchase anything from us. 1 'i- DAVID GRAHAM iy w- ill gml.g J ' ti You Practice Thrift I u think r a.i i tl.unks.' e iiirr-d.l.l- : i t. sin' siib ii t in piit yini ! be la. I t nutate te of you as your at h,j to i: Jill pel.' tempt to I'S'i lo. Hat he Tve found he i Js to alihii lim the ship to go down with It." he and leave fie lielievt-- In- - ciiu ('scaie pcrslrt.-r- t me as rlie arch rascal and del, '. who p;i!'i the co'iiliirie, and can him cinvii-- . .isiple i bat 1 fvHizb-into it." to know Ingci.-.s, liui 1 h.ipp-nc- d Iarilon me, Mr. that It wus tali-.- Langdou ' said I will: silff courtesy. "I reil',i. I cun do nothin!: for you. Good uing ' Aud I went at my work a.-- if he were already gone. Had I been vindictive, I would have led him out lo humiliate himself If greater depths of more huiiiili.non there are than those to which I voluntarily descended. Hut I wished to spare him: I let him see the uselessness of his mission. He looked at me in silence the look of hate 1. at ran come only from a creature u eak as well as wicked. I think tt was all his keen sense of humor could do to save him from a melodramatic outbreak, lie slipped into his habitual Kise, rose and withdrew without another word. All this fright and groveling and treachery for plunder, the loss of which would not Impair his fortune plunder he had stolen with many a Jest and gibe at his helpless victims. Uke most of our debonair dollars chasers, he was a good simrtsinan only when the game was with biiu. That afternoon he threw his Coal holdings on the market In great blocks. His treachery look Roebuck completely by surprise for Roebuck believed in this "gentleman, coward, and neglected to allow for that quicksand that is always under the foundation of the man who has Inherited, not earned, his wealth. Hut for the blundering credulity of rascals, would honest men ever get their dues. Roebuck! brokers had bought many thousands of Langdons shares at the high artificial price before Roebuck grasped tin! situation that it was not my followers recklessly gambling Le break the prices, but iMngdun unloading on his "imI." As soon sc he saw, he abruptly withdrew from the market. When the Stuck Exchange closed, National Coal securities were offered at prices ranging from 11 for the bonds to two for the common and three for the preferred offered, and no takers. Well, you've done it, said Joe, coming with the news that Thornley, of the Discount and Deposit bank, had been apiwlnted receiver. Tve made a beginning," replied L ( 1 i i ' matter is n.e 'It:r. N'ii, ,' vw? .rvW--x 'I make It up fuiii it- - I mi. ;i I illtiS ll.c Fate. Sometimes, where there - a will there is a banana peel In the way. mony," ly Reginald Wright Kauffman a an essay Into the field of humor in which this popular novelist, with his iphorisms on flirtation, courtship and marriage, may be truly said to have taken rank with foremost of American humorists. It Is, In fact, the slevereBt book of Its kind we have wad for some time. Mr. Kauffman leclares that the Woman Question Is, ifter all, nothing but Man; yet there a no phase of the problem that he does lot Illuminate with the startling learchllght of his wit. Henry Alto nus Company, Philadelphia, are the publishers. Divorce In Japan. In Japan the divorce question has been simplified so that a man can divorce hla wife for one of seven reasons the first of which Is that he is no longer satisfied, with her. "Wltch'a Bridle." An Interesting but most cruel object of punishment may be found In the council chamber of the town hall at Forfar, which la generally known as the "Witch's Bridle. This Is n kind of cage made of flat iron bars, into which the head of the unhappy aorcer eas was thrust, a lock at the back ae- curing and keeping it in position. The mouthpiece in this instance le made of .Iron plate, studded with sharp spikes, which caused great suffering to the woman if she tried to speak. As soon as the victim had been condemned to death for witchcraft this bridle was placed over the face and she was led through the town by a short to be mocked and made the butt chain, of all who saw her. after which she would be publicly strangled and burned. The latest record of an execution of n supposed witch at Forfar, in Scotland, was in the vnr H!r2. - rcctlnn Every Marc i Record iiui me hour will lie a stag woman will stop far a and lose seat. l'h Herald. hr For Perfect Identification. Prager, an army surgeon ai r lenna, suggests that molds of ths mouths of prisoners would be much better thsn finger prints for identification purposes, as the palate remains absolutely unchanged throughout life. Wore Sackcloth Wedding Dress. In order not to lose a legacy of $25.-00- 0 left to her by an eccentric aunt, young lady was, tn France, some time ago. married wearing a wedding dress which, though of fashlojiabie cut. was mad nf sackeiu'h. ' |