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Show AN OLD IDEA Bhotm to Bo Absolutely False hy Modern Science. People used to think that baldness waa no of thoao things which are handed down from generation to generation, from father to oon Just Ilko a family heirloom. bclenco has shown tho falseness of this bollof by proving that baldness Itself lo not a constitutional disease, but tho re-?t re-?t 1 Ecrm Invasion of which only "orplcld can effectually rid the scalp. "Washing only cleans tho sculp of Dandruff, Dan-druff, It does-nt kill tho germs. Destroy tho causo you rcraovo tha effect, Nowbro's Herpiclde will do this ln ovory cac?e.' l ,3. alR0 delightful dressing. Sold by leading druggists. Send lOo. In tamps for Bamplo to Tho Horplcldo Co.. Detroit. Mich, ' fC - - Yellseyeff was unusually hearty. Could It be possible he was thinking Just then that they were Indeed parting for tho last time? were seeing each other for the la3t time? He felt no doubt of It; the fervency of Yellseyeff's clasp presaged pre-saged IL He gave one backward, agonized ago-nized glance at the latter. "I wish you all luck." he said ln a husky voice as he moved to the door. Then he went out to tho ante-chamber, where the porter was sitting, with the fur shoubas, or long coats, worn by tho Russians during the winter, on a wldo rack behind him. While he was thus musing a most terrible ter-rible uproar began ln the rooms of the landlady., The police were pulling and demolishing on all sides. The several drawers of a bureau were lying one upon the other, their contents scattered on the floor. Personally Strong was glad of the row. It gave him opportunity to think and an excuse to stay on. The Goradanachalnlk Gorad-anachalnlk left him, and Strong followed fol-lowed and stood at tho door looking ln until order was restored. When the Goradanachalnlk came out Strong said agitatedly; "Paplros, paplros!" the Russian term for cigarette tapping his breast pocket ln pantomime Tho Goradanaohalnlk nodded his head, and on a run Strong went back to his friends. Before the officer, who was much too portly and dignified to rush himself, could reach tho room, the athletic Strong threw himself on Yellseyeff, and, diving Into his breast pocket, snatched tho compromising bundle of papers and tossed them In between tho fur lining und cloth of his shouba, which he had slit with a penknife during the noisy row In the landlady's room. He was standing up smiling by the tlmo the Goradanachalnlk reached tho door. Yellseyeff sat limply in his seat, all his affected composure shaken to pieces. "Have some all of you," Strong cried cordially, as ho passed around Yellseyeff's Ye-llseyeff's gold cigarette-case, which he had appropriated for the occasion. The officer saw nothing out of the ordinary, or-dinary, desplle his vigilant glance, and when Strong carefully brushed away tho small hairs of the fur that had loosened In tho cutting he supposed It tobacco or cigarette ash. The Gorad-analchnlk Gorad-analchnlk waited till all were supplied with cigarettes, accepted one himself, and then escorted Strong to the door. He got to tho street like a man in a dream, and feeling as lf all the regiments regi-ments of Russia were at his heels. Between Be-tween fear nnd agitation he neglected tho pressing offers of tho various Is-wostchlks, Is-wostchlks, and walked so slowly It took him three-quarters of an hour to reach his hotel. ' Once inside his room,- after he had fastened every blind closely, he procured a needle and thread and sewed up tho fur lining of his pocket, carefully care-fully gathering tho loose hairs from the coat and burning them In the stove. Next morning found him at the railway rail-way station a quarter of an hour before be-fore the Western Express started, sauntering saun-tering up and down the platform. He was wearing the same shouba and could feel the papers clicking against his knees. Every official that approached him gave his nerves a thrill, and he looked anxiously for his traveling companion, com-panion, but no Yellseyeff appeared. Tho journey through Russia was one long agony. He could scarcely eat, and all sleep was Impossible. Ever on tho alert, he saw danger ln every sign. It was close on to midnight. Tired out with fatigue and apprehension, Strong slept soundly; and was not awakened by tho door of hla sleeper being opened till a hand was laid on his shoulder. At first Strong thought It was one of the guards coming ln to examine his ticket or ask about his baggage, until he remembered that he had fastened fas-tened and locked the door of his compartment com-partment securely. When he saw It was not an official In uniform, but a man wearing a long Russian shouba, and round Astrakhan cap. he Jumped to his feet. Then ho found a revolver pointed straight at him. "Your shouba," said tho man quickly, "and make no noise. I mean you no harm." Then, seeing that Strong sat down again on his bed and made no effort at resistance, with a quick movement the Intruder divested himself of his coat nnd took up Strong's. Strong began to swear, but the other laughed as ho slipped the shouba about him and threw some papers from the turned-back fur cuff of tho sleeve. "Don't fuss, don't fuss," he went on ln fluent English, as his hand went lo the papers, and, feeling them safely between be-tween the lining, wns withdrawn. "Keep your mouth shut and say nothing." noth-ing." Opening the carriage door, he disappeared disap-peared as ho came, leaving Anthony Strong bewildered and nervous. Anthony Strong reached Hamburg hardly fooling safe when he got on board. He went to his cabin at once. It was only a few minutes before tho departure of the ship when some one banged on the door. Strong could hear hi3 heart beating. He held his breath and got out his revolver re-volver to be ready for any emergency. "Open! open!" said a well-known voice, and when Strong managed In his excitement lo undo the fastenings Yeliseyeir s genial face appeared beforo him, and he felt himself taken ln the latters' arms and kissed effusively. Strong hated the European fashion and wrenched himself free. "I have come to thank you, lo thank you! Come on deck. I am so glad I got here ln time. I had a special all the way from Berlin. Ber-lin. "You are a bully fellow. Strong a bully fellow!" he panted in his ear. "You acled nobly I All I feared was that you might put It In one of your trunks. Those, you will find on reaching reach-ing America, have been ransacked through and through." "But, my poor friend," at last blurted out Strong, "don't you know that that the papers have been taken on the train here, I " Yellseyeff looked amazed, and then ho laughed. "Ohl He scared you, did he? He scared you!" he ejaculated between hearty guffaws. Then with another squeeze and a kiss that was submitted to passively, he said ln Strong's ear: "The papers are all right. They aro In the hands wo meant them for. That was one of our men." |