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Show 0 THAT GIRL of JOHNSONS 23 y JEAff K.ATE tlJDLVM, "At Author tf a CirVt Mirer." Etc. of Congres in the Year 1800 lv Street & Smith. Entered According to Act In the Office of the Librarian of Congreta, at Wasbintton, d. c chapter XVI. .Mn Proposes; God Disposes. did not die; that he lived tint the terrible strain upon his showed that he bad an iron but the institution, the doctors said; t the tavern shook their heads Cpr it and looked meaningly at each their own opinion of ffier They had knew more matter; perhaps they bin the doctors did; the wise men amazement open their eyes in they choose to tell their Jolinson was kept under the of opiates for three days and lights; he was not left alone one mo-CMrs. Allens they fed him on Lf tea and drinks, and cared for him L though he were a baby, the men , Lid In half whispers him, with mua-Lox. an like cords like iron and Lodie daily carried the news, brief In his measured ems briefly told In the outer gathered gs they lB68 Urn of the tavern of an evening, or and then across the Vailed now id sus-idon- reached gardens to the wells. And s. that moment, bringing the doctor's sup. per, and a half baleful glitter appeared in. her eyes as she saw the two , utterly unconscious of her presence. Dr. Dunwlddie suddenly sat erect with his usual quiet dignity; the had startled him out of himself' girl he had forgotten everything but her. Her grave face, with its solemn eyes, touched by the sunset, framed by the heavy tresses of loosened hair, was like an exquisite Madonna, and he held his breath in admiration and mute wonder. As he notned Mrs. Allen, however, he regained his composure, while Dolores gathered up her hair slowly, and stooped to pick up her comb. It had snapped in two. You two are excellent nurses, Mrs. Alien 8 aid, softly, a smile on her lips as she motioned with her head toward the bed. Dr, Dunwlddie turned at once with a slight exclamation, and Dolores each other, or met the women over tunes; tho hands about her throat re-- , PdShe looked around to seo If were safe; she was da.ed, bewildered. but her one thought was that no one must know. Some one spoke to her, and she looked up steadily, crowding down the dumb terror In her heart. Dr. Dunwlddie was standing beside her with his hand on her J - MOTIVE IN KIDNAPING OF AMERICAN CITIZEN IN TANGIER It is believed that the kidnaping of when he purchased his Tangier chaan American, and his teau, and they accompanied him stepson, Cromwell Varley, a Biltlsh abroad. In his youth he was considered a subject, by Haisuli, the Moorish banarm. dit, has a deeper significance than at universal genius, with a talent for Mrs. Allen," he said, quietly, you first appeared, for there is now an nearly everything of interest. He was, "ill take my place for a tew minutes. impression that the leader of the ban- In addition to being a writer, painter Miss Johnson must breathe some of dits in northern Morocco may incite and musician, a tine athlete and much this pure, sweet atr after the storm. to rebellion the people already dissatInterested in the occult He was an He opened the door and new isfied which the reform enthusiastic supporter of Home, the with the stepped down on the , with Dolores sultan has endeavored to inspire. As Sprltualtst, and was also a student of standing listlessly in the doorway, Miss Stone was held for ransom so the doctrines of Swedenborg. never showing that he had seen tho that the depleted treasury of the MaRaisull, the brigand, whose band carried him off, has been at Mr. Perflitting expression of was it triumph? cedonian insurgents might be replenit Is oonjecturid that the banon the woman's face as she dicaris house, and has always been passed ished, into the silent bedroom. well treated there; but on these visits dit chief of northern Morocco is holdhe learned enough to know his host "IIow pleasant everything is after ing his captives for ransom sufficient was the kind of person for whom he the storm, said Dr. Dunwiddie, with could command a large ransom. Mr. a smile, as he entered the house a few Perdicaris lias the reputation of being minutes later. Adding to himself as generous and Kind to all who come in he the room beyond: contact with him. and he was especiIt was and shall not ally kind to the Moors, who are now, happen again. And 1 think you will according to his letter to the Amerilear watching, as well as some others, can Consul, treating him with aa Mrs. Allen." much consideration as a captive could expect. In this connection it is CHAPTER XVII. interesting to know that Ralsull, appreciating the delicate health of Mr. The Freaks of a Woman. Perdicaris and the fact that he might The sunlight flooded the mountains suffer from the absence of accusand the quiet settlement; the sky was tomed comforts, sent back to his chadeeply blue; the pines along the bank teau for bedding for him. This also beside Dolores window stirred'aofUy Illustrates the daring of the bandits, in the low wind that stole down from with tho being who, the summit laden with spicy odors. Moorish soldiery, have little to fear. Down In the valley the river ran riot, The kidnaping was accomplished shouting Its jubilate as It swirled unwith great ease and without exciting der the rotten bridge and whirled In suspicion. Ralsull was well known to mad eddies up the coarbe grass along Mr, Perdicaris, having often been to to him enable ly successfully large Its banks. treated kindly there. On tbe evening Dr. Dunwlddie, standing in the door overthrow the present sultan and of May 18, Ralsull with a few of his throne. his usurp of the tavern, inhaling deep draughts and while Mr. Perdicaris, who is a wealthy band entered the place, of the odorous, piny air, watched Doservants the of attacked them some now 64 years old, having beea lores with grave, Intent eyes until she man, is owner of the chaborn in the United States consulate who interfered, the turned from the doorway and entered at Athens April 1, 1840. His father, teau and his stepson were carried out, the quiet house; then he turned away put upon horses and led away. A. Perdicaris, was a naturaliand no one ever knew of what he was Gregory Distance is counted by time in Moof zed citizen and held the position thinking, or the thoughts that would consul general. For a while Mr. Per- rocco, and as the captives were carcome of his friend over In the town off to about a days Journey, It is Sr., was professor of Greekin ried who was leaving this girl In hlB care dicaris, that they are not fifty miles probable Harvard. Ion Perdicaris was educated a 1th the utmost confidence the girl, at Trenton from Tangier. the and spent Academy he well know, whom Charlie loved. first twenty-fivRear Admiral Chadwicks South Atyears of his life In And should he betray his trust to his lantic squadron will be sent to TanTrenton, where the family was famfriend? Should he prove a traitor? ous for Its entertainments. During gier from the Azores, and Rear AdShould he let this kindly feeling for the civil war it gave liberally to the miral Jewell has been ordered to this brave, beautiful, womanly girl southern cause. At one time Ion Per- make a demonstration off Tangier in the Moroccan augrow Into more than merely friendly pur- order to convince dicaris seriously contemplated this thorities of government's earnestfeeling, knowing of his friend's thought chasing the Bonaparte estate at for Mr. Perdicademand in ness the of the girl? Could he be capable of but having spent several not the first time Is This release. ris that? She was, to be sure, a wonder- years in Europe and Africa, he finally have been States United warships the home. ful girl, shut in by her surroundings, his decided to make Morocco 1801 Tripoli deIn Morocco. to sent but growing mentally thousands of He bought the sultan's old palace a miles beyond them. She wa3 a woman few miles outside of Tangier, and clared war against tbe United States, a man should be proud to own as a there he and his family have since demanding tribute. Instead, this government sent a squadron of frigates, friend and more in spite of her resided. Commodore Preble, and after under The chateau of Mr. Perdicaris is strange, unfriendly life in the stolid land little mountain settlement. But and built upon a hill, which its owner has four bombardments and several States the Barbary It is a engagements there was a graver line of thought, a named Mount Washington. Salll Rovers sudden deepening of the lines of no- magnificent place, and has been for ceased hostilities, and the Mediterrathe to ceased upon prey bility around the set mouth under the years one of the show places and the nean and the North Atlantic. black mustache would the love of center of the social life of Tangier. Mr. Perdicaris, who Is president of even such a woman atone in any deMADE HIS OWN WAY. the Hygienic Commission, Is. of for the loss of manhood, the stalu gree all to the known well diploof a traitor? Charlie had left in his course, Aristocratic Englishman Haa Had hands the care of the girl he loved, matic and consular representatives in Checkered Career. the Arthur Nicholson, Sir and he would never he straightened Tangier. In the extreme has been Romantic !h his personal himself up to his full height In the British Minister there, Baron Lyveden, who has of career and Mr. Gummere, the Ameri- tbe low and doorway unconsciously friend, with a parliamentary arrived Just are and both Is another; clenched his hands he would never can Consul, to tour this counfrom England all that Is possible to secure his party betray his friend. Charlie was worthy doing on the stage when a to going the By unknown Is not try. He even Dolores Johnson and he would release. of the Moorish boy he offended his father, an aristonever be guilty of even an attempt sultan, an(l the poor to come between him and the woman he loved, be she though she might, a woman with the strength and depth and nobility of character which the daughter of this mountain blacksmith possessed. Then he turned, and the face was as grave, as apparently unconcerned as usual, as Cinthy called him to Join the family at the table. Jones said among his comrades that Johnson's ill luck had brought good luck to him, for during the years he had lived there, never before had so many such men as now sought his lodging. (To be continued.) Ion Perdicaris, door-stone- over-fatigu- hand-in-han- tubs, as they washed the clothes V, ud down, and soaped and rinsed leaviVd wrung them in clear water, ng them to soak till the storm should Cover, gossiped about this thet hev tap'd Johnsing, and his girl, and the sthelr on since Lemuel John-was born in the settlement years ago had come with his his broth-t- a girl and his gold to see that other folks, and should live like Vaa not so "no count an sheriess. j Dolores, knowing nothing of these for gossipmgs, and caring nothing watched her hem, had she known, She never compjfather untiringly. lained of be,nS tired; Bhe ae,dom W habal of noises; they grew falnber and aimer, and died away among tho they put he who e j Toung Green had gone home, but Ye came over every day, bringing gen-p- a messages and delicacies. For three days Johnson lay in this stir-- k stspor so like death, scarcely face bis not opening his eyes; Ivas thin and drawn, his eyes sunken hair, a few days besprinkled with gray, white. He had had grown suddenly "aged so that his every-dacompanions would not know him. Dolores saw this in silence; her thoughts were busy, but her lips were lumb. Young Greens eyes had grown wonderfully keen to note the changes of the sweet, pale face, and the of the dark, wondering eyes. For he knew that he loved her. It had mnpon him the first night as he f stood behind her in the firelight and watched the pure face bent above the hook on her knees. It had come like a blow at first, but full of a sweetness that was full of pain also, she w&a so high above him, she had never a thought of love, she had never even known what love was as others blew it in the home life. And there vas a tenderness In the thought of bow he he, the first one in the world to show her what love might be would prove to her the depth of Its 'endemess and holiness. At sunset the third day the rain ceased, and the mist dragged Itself brokenly across the peaks of the mountains; the hills were loud with ho cry of the swollen river In the 'alley, and the cascades shouted aloud they leaped the riven sides of the omantalns to Join the river and eat at he worn old bridge at the foot of the hollow; his fore ao lightly and I y sba-'do- 1 : oadway. The rain had ceased at last, and Dr. nwlddie, who bis eyes o grave eat at the bedside, intent on the face of the girl, and quiet in the light of the jvunaet, had raised the tiny window to in the cool wind from the west rjt Tne clouds Just above the distant parted ,n sudden relonting after daF d nights of interminable Bag, and through the rent the set- - iSoIom K nJ that raised her head. the summit with a dsr.zllng. tha 'ad lho ,,lnl,aH'. alowly aCa nnd P to the sad, dark eyes ICLr,,l'a,n d,,,Tlr In color, and or II r ;h0MRh fthnj her aa la sorrow, alowly lrtsd in i' u tiu. ,.no of bor rare smiles, As ' r 'I"' ''otiih mi old- fMinnr, i' , t',,r hftl been Mini!, ' r ,,rt.,,n,y wtappoti from !V .n'1 "'r air w 1,1.1., m "'"1,0,1 ,n a ,lia' (,f beauty, j,.!, Ruling, ThenJl 'H ",r. softly opened tlo door at "Your father will recover. arose with the comb in her hand, her hair falling around her, her eyes dark as though tears were in them, her As she turned her lips shut close. eyes toward the bed she met full in hers the weak gaze of her father. Only for a moment, however, for the eyes closed almost immediately as though the light hurt feem, but In that moment Dolores once more facet his soul with hers. Once more her father opened his eyes and looked first at the doctor, then at her. At the doctors suggos tlon she spoke to him. Father, she said, slowly, that he might understand. "Father. But the eyes resting on her face had no gleam of pleasure at seeing her there; rather it might bo said there was a flash of hatred there as in the Then they drooped again old days. and closed, and presently his breath ing Indicated that he slept. Miss Johnson, Dr. Dunwiddie said by and by, as he sat by the window eating the supper Mrs. Allen had brought him, "I told you the other day that It was possible your father would not recover; do you remember?" She bowed her head in acquiescence but did not speak. the doc"My dear Miss Johnson, tors voice was grave, but there was a ring in it, a hidden note that struck her ear as unusual. My dear Miss Johnson, I believe I am safe in saying that your father will sleep through the night a natural, quiet slumber, without the aid of opiates, and lf he does be will recover, he will be lame always; he will not have quite his old strength, but he will live and bo much his old self again." The grave, attentive face at the head of the bed changed not at all, though the drawn expression disappeared from around the mouth, and the eyes were clear and level In their gaze. For a moment Dr. Dunwlddie was uncertain whether or not the girl was glad of the news. She gave no sign, and said not a word, but stood grave, and stately, and womanly, with the of the night gathering shadows around her, stealing along the bed across the face of the sleeper, and up and up toward her face. they clutched at her Suddenly throat, tightening their hold, like Iron ever contracting, growing hands, Iron firmer, unyielding; a thousand hands were on her, a thousand elfish voices, shrill snd wild and weird, filled the corners of the room, the house; filled the darkress, crowding It upon her, till It seemed as though she wero suffocating, till It seemed as and weird though she would die. Iud filling to her, were and terrible they her ears, shouting of the evil that had come through hatred and malice, and a of what would follow upon so evil their were tightening deed. The hands one with hold, they were struggling another for the mastery; a dozen hands were torn from her throat only to be Inatantly replaced by olhert caught at stronger and firmer. Sho she fought and struggled, them, dared not cry sho hut thorn, against llfr'rl" for holp. This that she "as would know no one must know; they soon enough every one. about her, Tho voices grew wilder .HM !u they shouted " word i ran In tore.h.r e to i!"-except oi'o or two that whh pored, with dcadl c nwu "When jour father to prove to prove out of this Then slowly site nm? . Appearance In Her Favor. P. Langley, the aeronautical pioneer will never discuss flying machines with newspaper men, but on other topics he Is not so reticent. He talked the other day about his boyS. laum A Midnight Episode. Fire! Fire! Fire! The cry of alarm, pierced the stilly night. Windows were thrown up hastily and white-robe- d apparitions appeared In the ! Then rame the pitter-patter of hurrying feet, and faint shouts as one breathless runner asked blood-curdlin- quasi-moonlig- the other: Where is It? Wheres the fire? Soon a red glaro lit up the sky. The fire fiend was abroad In the village! To the north one block, to the west three and then down past Widow Clanahans to the house of McGuire they ran and there the element angry raged, its fierce tongues licking the sky and Its ominous crackle portending sorrow to the local insurance agent! Suddenly the crowd fell back as Pat McGuire, abbreviate!)- - dressed, and coughing like a holstein heifer that had Just swallowed a rutabaga by mistake, burst from a chambetj window In a cloud of flame and smoke, and fell with a stifled moan upon the grass, bruised and choking, but saved! Cheer after cheer rent the midnight) air. "Hurrah, for Pat, he's safe! they bawled! But even as they raised their voices In exultation, Pat, once more upon bis feet, rushed madly toward the house! Stop! they cried as one voice but Pat would not stop! Unhand me, men:" he cried, "I go to save me "But why fild you not bring your child with you? they moaned, cling-- , ing to his shirt tails! "Why, row-stabl- Pat stood there In the tableau,, the lime light as It wore, he turned and cast a withering glance: Why not? he shouted! "Why not?t Well, mother of Moses, Ol bad t savej nieself folrst, didnt Ol? and aa tbe cruel walls caved in upon blm and shut him out from the light of their eyes forever, they recognized h!a( philosophy and fell upon each other's . necks and had a fit! As In THIS IS ONE WAT. A Missouri clergyman has evolved a future state for mankind. After death, he says, we will go to the other planets now visible through telescopes. Just how we will be trans-feredV- On the Lake. It erf's a health to you! In the Irtllght blue While the west la atrenked with red! Here la life serene! In the wnter'a eheen 'Neath the rising moon o'erhrad! In the hney hue galnat the banka ot blue Of the twilight on the take. We are all alone 'mid the sephyrs blown. , By the Wind Qod In our wake! t hood. Let ua lose our care In the twilight fair And rrmemher but our love, clty have every reason to know him, cratic clergyman. The youth came to we drift along with a low, aweet a Aa In a waiter for to them he has become a genuine America and became aong benefactor. Count de Dutsserat, the Ilowery restaurant. Next he was a Neath the bending aklea above! ocIn North fisherman down Carolina, Belgian Minister, is his neighbor, tla true, and tba glaaa are and when he tired of that life he Thereof rue. woea, cupying a villa adjoint Mr. Pcrdl-carlBut there' only Joy worked his way bask to England and In our tiny host on the Inke afloat- Tho captive has long been known as there became a sailor. Finally he "Ah. Cupid, 'bhlp ahoy!' a sculptor of ability, as a painter and wound tip this part of his career on as a musician; and It Is said that It tho American liner Paris, now the Love may be blind but a mans was his love for the In autlful tl at led Philadelphia, on which ho was a wife, for a blind woman, can certainhim to make Tangier his hoir, for it steward. In 1901 he succeeded, on the ly see through a good many ot hla Is y the one plaee on tli norders death of the second Ixird Lyveden, to excuses for being out late! of the Mediterranean which has not the titles and estates, which Include been Europeanized. It Is still a very some 15.000 acres of the best land In It Is only when a man begins to get foreign town, and years bro, when, as Northamptonshire, and since that time that he really and truly a young man, he saw It first, bo was ho lias become one of the most popuhow happy he was when appreciates captivated with Its arpearance. lie lar peers In the United Kingdom. a small boy with a fighting dog and subsequently returned to It and pup a slon t'brulse. Col. to Rise 8uccest. Popes chased the palace El Minzali, which Col. Albert A. Popo of bicycle fame overlooks the sapphire waters of tbe That Russian bear, that walks Ilka has reached his 64th year. He la hale Mediterranean. a man, always reminds me of tbe new and Just as young In spirEarly In his life he passed a good and hearty woman's svalk. the walk with the etlff deal of his time In New York, where it as he was the first day he turned knee action and the Grecian bend. his accomplishments were thoroughly out a bicycle. When asked as to how a successful business man appreciated. He had studied art and he became Roses will predominate on ladles' he referred to his young days, when music In Europe, and for a while this spring. And as usual tho bats In London, where, about thirty-fiv- e he used to get up at 4 o'clock In the homeliest woman on the promenade a field and and then will wear the plow years sgo. he was contributing morning roses. prettiest later sell vegetables. Ho also read papers on srt topics to Tho Galaxy. His parents continued to reside In a tbe biographies of big men and tried Well, It's us to the street cars now. fine residence In Trenton until 1877, to emulate them. Its Just wonderful how dangling 'rotn a strap for thirtv. minutes puts Unhappy International Marriage. Pen Picture of Helen Could. on k double-bitteappetite! Baroness eldest Halkctt, Miss Helen Miller Gould probably daughter of the cages Anson no for her Stokes, photorhcljis makes more longer receives requests When a man Is desperate he goes Amer- even an outward slow of living with graph than any other woman In home, turns on all tho gas Jets and her Austrian and favorably. husband, there rover will responds hut ica, them lets them burn a gas She lias sat for her plcturo two or be legal separation before long, It Is lighting ns a new sealskin sacque. as bill unbig thought. Their marriage was a splenthree times, always with tho strict ono did affair, and for a while tho s clso gets one no that derstanding A Missouri paper ehronleles thw shone In the rxchtslvo society without her conof the photoi-mi'l- i innrrhc' of Miss Sledge and Mr. sent. As an additional precaution sho of lennn, but eventually she quarMiss Gould reled with her husband and returned Hammer, Wouldn't tlial Ini ts the original plntrs. .rock you? Her sjstcr, who married Is a brunette, with brown hair and to America. It Robert but head not of H Hunter, the Universipretty, eyes, lier face A man can make a dozen opportuniis singularly sweet In expression. Her ty Settlement, Is leading an Ideally for siiecrns while he Is Waltlug for ties llfo. bearto happy voice U low, pleasant one to make itself for him! s. "Among the memories of my boyhood," he said, there Is one odd episode that Is particularly vivid. It is a conversation that I overheard one morning between two women. The women were talking about babies their size, weight, health and so forth. Why when I was a week old, said tho first woman, I was such a little baby that they pot me In a quart pot and put the lid on over me. Tbe other woman was amazed horrified. 'And did you live?' aha asked. They say I did, her friend answered. Well, well, well, exclaimed the second woman, and she giacced at the other almost doubtful. to-da- bald-heade- te-sid- A Nile Village. traveler of tho upper Nile thus describes a typical native village: A "The houses are built of Nile mud, each house accommodating a family of no matter of wh it size, tho Inhabitants of each village almost all related to each other, comprising sometimes several hundreds of people. Their streets are littered with filth, animals of every kind obstruct one's at the path, dots r.rovl and snarl and Intrusion of a stranger, women rush about, hiding their faces white man in tlieir vnHhmakx Imi a . tionlil ludd 1 swam" lay their n . fh irv hlr fill on tie on their "ires. bar-onc- FI'S Sledge-Hamme- hildren and ; in-,- i rinse they lediove it to he "'ash or their rdU n to eontrnry remove tho flies from their ejes. lied. 'r where newspaper men will get complimentary tickets, tbe good and cheering gentleman docs not say, but it's worth something to know we are going visiting anyhow I 1 j j |