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Show to let him put upon her plate. Jos' y0 please try dese bit ob leesh, 111 Missy, wid a bit ob dese . hominy;. an' after ,!a-- a nlce sMce ob enson, he said cosxlngly. evidently w.shlng to air hi, English, or else supposing that she did not understand t rench. La Capitame Lafltte. be say ole Sciplo done know bes in dey worl how !AMTTB BY 0ARY BeVEREUX WITH CHAPTER ILLUSTRATIONS xxx. waiting for Baptlstlne Implements for making Shaplra to look after the aside In C tad drew Barbe here more closely. she had Us after hearing what wnvlnced that she was not U In her statement, although bile -- Kt th( w mti t Lre In papers-not- htng the no found fo( further Identification ' man. lth. dead acquiesced readily in Lafltte's I de Cazeaeau that Rose truth. told the ,, be jever of Shaplra , t Vas the disgust (the two men who returned with Line when they found that It fuse's wish to bury the Eng-- L as Zeney. Even Bap-black brows went up In a sur-disapproval which he wisely into words. jed from putting laid In the toon were (jead j, the earth graves; jr prepared over them, and some hoveled of fallen trees placed above, to against any disturbance from as well - the woods. ju of clearing, Bap-- t near Laflttet as the latter Shaplra some parting orders. to take the English sailor to aunset-bathe- lie stood L of La Kighborhoed Tetes des let him find his way from joint to his comrades, jiaa comparatively early when La-(- j party, weary from the excite-- y of the day and the fatigue of k long march through the woods, L and to such .aodatlons as Baptlstines small afforded for rest and sleep. t night had closed in darkly as toat slipped away beneath the ight, made dimmer by the wall-forelining either bank of the I themselves :i lie gratefully st time after this that i vas some Can you read it? A while picking his way along a lighted lantern swinging iKk, hand, came upon a cloaked Ignre sitting well astern upon BY" DON C. WiLSON and his foot struck of rope, object, send- swiftly toward her. tw his lantern lower to see ibis might be, the rays struck the white band and wrist of fe Cazeneau d as she reached picked up an exquisite fan, whose jeweled etlcks against a small for-lan- 1E1 nal tai ar ch j: f If1 lr Vi S! tr icii ill k n t light gllmmerlagly. AU la Madame Rlefet's pet fan Monsieur Lnussat gave her In f one he broke, when she with him at the governors rjolce sank lower, and a flutter- that made by the wings of a wild bl. d, sounded In it hand had stolen over one pt and now held It. close. yon here, little Rose, and P. like the others, as you to be? You must be very but not sleep, and here for some air. topped abruptly, and he felt toer that ran through her shonl- It ; 1 could tom bed his own. uppresslon made his voice aa he asked, forcing a od taking the fan from her understand the lan- the fan? 3'hat." she answered, wonder-IPnrechange of mood, hag told mo of It. old I ufltte, with a touch of ght have been either play-- r sarcasm, then you have , Client teacher. Yet I doubt Hr eudved for you. a sen-- uhl like you to read." , .J I'? -- let me try," she thoughts as he Intended - be diverted, If there are enough b u this small baublo, he con-im- ? j Mpmln to have heard h,B ace c'OBcr tliem'11 bo yon nt three, four yes, here end live to spare, for such a tiny one." tit.11 Placed It In her hand, "Peaking more softly, tv? th flKbt sticks, little roft 4bey say to tif. . roe? In Germany Whert Nature and Msn Work EVOLUTION in Delightful H armory. OF AN INVENTION, Simple Way In Which the Knot-Tyin-g Part of Harvester Wae Developed. 1 wish you to tell us how you happened to entertain the opinion which has resulted In such benefit to us I mean In regard to wbat the English were going to do? Her tone was quite caustic, and her sharp dark eyes regarded him speculatively over the rim of her sherry glass. I had. for some time, felt a misgiving that something of the sort was likely to occur, and 1 therefore prepared for It; that was all, madame. He spoke hurriedly, and as If the matter held little Interest while his eyes went back to the violet ones now looking at him. But, If you thought this, whf was it that others my, brother, for instance did not? Madame persisted, putting down her glass, and taking fork up her with a vigor suggestive of an inclination to enforce an answer by sticking the silver prongs Into Lafltte, rather than Into the Juicy venison steak upon her plate. That, madame,- is a matter I can no more explain than can you yourself," he replied smilingly, but scarcely glancing at her. But you warned Gen. La Roche, by telling him wbat you thought, lazalle, "for he told us so, himself. "Yes, senorlta; I Informed him of It several weeks since. And what did he say? asked La zslle; and Madame Rlefet answered with: You remember, Lazalle, that he. like others, declared suclf a thing to be Impossible. Gen, La Roche smiled at the Idea," answered Lafltte, with a careless shrug of his shoulders. "Well. I, for one, am thankful for your forethought, which has saved us from a meeting with those hateful Englishmen, said Lazalle, with a flash of her eyes that bespoke the In hcritance of her uncle's hatred of that nation. Indeed, yes, Capt. Lafltte; all of us have cause to feel most grateful to Madame now admitted, In a you, But to think', more amiable tone. she added, of that cave being on the plantation, and none of us knowing anything about It? Its secret was given to me some years since oy an Indian chief, said Lafltte, and then, as If wishing to drop the matter, asked Madame Rlefet If she wished any message taken to her brother, as that night must And him returning to New Orleans, In order to report to Gen. Jackson. "If you can go why may not we? Surely, she Inquired with alacrity. Capt Lafltte, you do not Intend to go off and leave ns alone In this desolate place? Here Is surely the safest place for you at present, madame." He smiled encouragingly at Rose de Cazeneau, who was looking perturbed, while Lazalle shot a scornful glance at Madame, ai If Impatient at her show of fear. Madame, with a sigh, sought relief In a silence that was acquiescing; and she could not but admit to herself that In the present annoying predicament, the mysterious life of Bara-tarl- a had proved to possess certain advantages. (To be continued.) Big Alaskan Bear. Alaska is particularly rich In bears and most of them belong to a group known as the Alaskan brown bears, of which the Kodiak hear Is one. So wide Is bis reputation that sportsmen lrom all over the world spend thousands of dollars In order to add a skin to their collection of trophlea. The weight of a full grown Kodiak hear la not known, although specimens hate been killed that were estimated to weigh between fifteen and eight? con hundred pounds, and some hunters claim that they will go as high hundred. While at Kons twenty-twsummers ago I measured seteral diak the skin of one of these huge animals which Btretched the tape nine and half feet from the nose to the tall, and ten and a half feet across the outstretched front paws. Mr. A. C. brown Goss, who handles all of the bands o? the Alaskan Commercial told me that be Company at Kodiak, bad seen skin that were three feet J. Alden Ixrlng In louf-e- A visit to the Rhine district during the height of the vintage is a rare treat and the best place to spend the few weeks la in the more favored localities of the Mosselle and the Ahr. The Ahr is generally considered the most northernly point where the vine Is cultivated In any quantity, and visitors cannot do better than make a center while exploring the valley and watching the vintage. a small town on the left bank of the Rhine, Is noted principally for the elegant Gothic Apolllnarisklrche, as well as for being the place where the greater part of the many million bottles of the famous Apolllnarls water Is loaded In barges for transhipment at Rotterdam and other ports to all parts of the world. The church of 8L AtolIlnarls Is on a hill a little below the town, prettily surrounded by well kept vineyards, and forming altogether a charming introduction to the beautiful Ahrthal. The first town of Importance to my subject Is about nine miles from an Interesting place, with a population of nearly 3,000. Fine old walls encircle the town. In which there are four gates and numerous old buildings to delight the archaeologist Ahr-welte- r, the Rhine itself than the vineyards about here. The day is fine, and about ten oclock, when the aun has got some power, the whole scene becomes alive with men, women and children turning out to gather the grapes. It la a case of many hands making light work; no too old at 40 In this business, but every pair of hands, however feeble, are of use at this most critical time. The gathering seems done by magic, for no sooner do the pickers commence than the men start bringing down the grapes In specially-preparebaskets to She vats in carts on the high road. In some Instances the bunches are passed beiween rollers, and in others pulped In a more primitive manner, thus enabling larger loads to be carried, and the vintage gets on apace. The whole available population of the valley Beems to turn out for the vintage, and the road la thronged by happy groups, young and old, trundling their little carts joyously to and from the vineyards; ten horses, but here and there cream-colorea team of , soft-eyeoxen, led by quite a child, pass along the road, laden with deliciously grapes that seem to fill the country side with their fragrance. The popular Idea that an inventor must be a heaven-borgenius, that the faculty of Inventing can not be cultivated, and that Inventions are made spontaneously by their Inventors and wholly out of their Imagination is pronounced a delusion by Edwin I.. Prlndle, In a paper read before the American Institute of Electrical Engineers at Milwaukee, Wls. Said Mr. Prlndle: x true that every Inventor must have some Inventive or It Is undoubtedly d d sun-warm- - d he whispered. flushed cheeks. Madame Rlefet found little to cavil at In the neat and comfortable. If somewhat primitive arrangements at Shell Island, which Lafltte and his party reached the afternoon follow ing their departure from La Tete des Eaux. Madame and the two girls were quartered In his own cabin, the prevailing atmosphere of which was owing to the Jumble of foreign furand nishings that filled It lacquer. Rose de Cazeneau was beside on one of the settees, with the Spanish girls srm srotind her; and the two were watching the flames, before which sat Madame Rlefet. After the excitement of the previous day, and not yet having sccov-erefrom their futlgue, the ladles were disposed to be more silent than Lazalle re usual; but presently her. How around marked, glancing cheerful and pleasant it seems here! it Is almost as if Captain Jean had known we were to come, and had prepared for our reception." If so, then I wish ho might have known still more, so that my brother would have prepared for our protection at La Tete des Eaux, and thus saved us from this wild flight, said Madame Rlefet, as though determined to be dissatisfied. For my own part, I am so thankful I carnot to have escaped them that mer regret muster up the slightest Lazalle. who declared else." anything had been thinking of that other filg when she left the Barra de Hierro, and escaped to New Orleans, o . Mademoiselle de Cazeneau had. to nothing went, far as appearances which was now ray upon the subject, dropped. "I cantn t understand, Capl. Lanwe.of the a'r said Madame Rlefet. with the ract. at annoyed being somewhat such a how you came to have to the posared opinion In regard ble movements of the of any much clearer Ideas than those brother. one else even my upon which They were at the table, Bclpto and hi. coadjutor, a mod of the preliminary bourses old negro was the and netlzlng meal; his attention o devoting much of urging her Cazeneau. de Mademoiselle teak-woo- Charming District her. Mi 18 During the Vintage cook eem." She smiled up into his face, but offered no objection to his and Lafltte. who was helping her, the two did not appear towatching have heard Madame Riefel'g remark, which was now repeated rathei sharply, m If that lady were bent upon the Information she sought. aeuutdng I beg your pardon, madame, he said, starting slightly, and turning to The girl sat with bended head, ber Axeid ,tLe opea fan she "'1 8ee Indistinctly. Can you read it?" he whispered, lowering his face to look Into hers and again possessing himself t her nand. At the sound of his voice, with his lips so close that his breath stirred her hair at the thrill of his touch-at the mere realization of their being alone together, a strange exultation possessed the girl, lifting her spirit from Its bodily enthrallment; and, jet acutely sensible, she read, as surely as though he had uttered them. "No words may say how I love you! It was as if an angel voice spoke to her inner senses; and dropping the fan Into her lap, she covered her face with her hands. Can you read it? he whispered once more, feeling that she was quivering, as from a nervous chill. No, she murmured faintly; but and in a stronger adding, woman-llke- , tone, Tell me! He laughed, and rose to his feet. The laugh came from his exulting heart; and extending his hands to her, he said, with a new decision of manner, Come, little Rose, this is very delightful, but not at all good for you. What would Madame Rlefet say to me If she knew where you were at this moment? I will take you below; and then you must go to sleep, like a good child." He took her hand, and she permitted him to lead her down the narrow stairway to the cabin below. Some day and soon, he said, as he left her at the door of her little stateroom, I will tell you, if Indeed you know not already, what the fan said. There was a smile in his voice; and something else, as well, that made her lashes droop to touch the On the Ahr and Mosselle d e, d o r. Odd Newspaper Names. The names of American newspapers are a study In nomenclature. In An kansas are the Buzz Saw and the California, the Condor, the Back Colorado, Wasp and the Tomahawk; the Rattler, and Yesterday Tostal Card, the Unit, day; Iowa. Kenthe Nucleus and the Firebrand; the Tush, River Tiger, Salt tucky. the the Boomer; Missouri, the Missing fink and th Cyclone; Nvide in Oklahoma rejoice. Jn the RusHer. Dinner Bell and the rialn People. In South Dakota hn a rialn Talker. UVt Virginia Is the Irrezpreslbl. Missouri has lbs Crank and the Weflze. Wrotnlng reads En-terl- rg Union's Budget. Knotter Essential creative faculty; but this faculty may be greatly assisted by knowing bow While reasoning can not constitute the whole of the Inventive act, It can, so to Bpeak, clear the way for It and render It easier of accomplIshmenC Most of all, Inventions are an evolution from some previously Invented form. The mind always thinks ot the unknown in terms of the known. "This evolution of an Invention Is more or less logical, and Is often worked out by logical processes to such an extent that the really creative work Is greatly reduced as com pared with what it would be It done jjy the Imagination alone. Edison la Any man can bequoted as saying: come an Inventor If he has Imagination and pertinacity; that Invention as per,1s not so much Inspiration spiration. Terraced Vineyards in the Ender Thai. The speaker then explained 'now he traveler. The The wine made on the Ahr princi- conceived three typical Inventions and artistically-mindetrado of this ancient town Is I might pally red la of the Burgundy type, had been evolved. To quote The SenMost of the fairly strong, the finer kinds being tinel's abstract: say exclusively wine. Altenahr greatly sought by the trade from all and The first ot these was the first auhere between vineyards a distance of seven miles are own- over Germany. Another couple ot tomatic valve gear for the steam enIt 1b miles brings one to Altenahr, the gine, the Invention of a boy, Humphed by residents in Ahrweller. from crowning sight of the valley. The cas- rey Totter. The second example ot distance a short at Walporzhelm, Ahrweller, that the wild and pictur- tle, perched op n rock several hun- the evolution ot an Invention was esque scenery of the Ahrthal begins. dred feet high, Its slopes covered with that ot a machine known as the cab Here the valley narrows, and the vineyards, appears to entirely block Iculagraph, which Is used for calculat road and river have Just room to strug- the valley, and one wonders what is lng and recording the charge on most gle through a cleft In the rocks, with to become of the river, to say nothing of the toll telephone messages In th curiously-projectinledge, called of the road. However, the river United States. It will automatically the "Bunte Huh. Near by. In a short sweep round the base of the castle subtract the time of day when the walk from the main road. Is a pictu- for abobt n mile and n half, returnmessage began from the time of day wine house, where ing to nearly the same point A tun- when It ceased, and record the elapsed resquely-situated the wines of the Ahr may be satisfac- nel passing under the castle rock car- time, and will do this on the one matorily sampled, and beautiful views In ries the road Into the Interesting town chine for any number of overlapping Marlen-tha- t of Altenahr. We mtmt now return to messages. The third example was the every direction enjoyed. At vine Remagen and take the train there for evolution of the knot-tyinthe In the midst we are of, parts of harvester. The speaker Industry, and on the right, adjoining Coblenz, and thence to Cochem, a the road, are the rulna of the nunnery moat beautifully situated town on the showed how the Inventor first chose a simple form of knot and then of Marienthal. The vineyards appear Moselle. Hotels are alive with Geras a succession of terraces, reaching man a from all parts of the country, studied the tying of It with his bands In the vintage. until he had devised a way by which from the top to the bottom of the hllla, come to speculate and in places are so steep that only Here, also, the vines have done ex- he could tie It with the use of only by artificial means can sufficient soil ceedingly well, and there are rumors two fingers of one hand. One of the be retained to give the necessary foot- of the difficulty that will be experifingers bad a simple rotary movehold to the plants. However, although enced In getting vessels sufficient to ment with the arm, and the other finthe conditions of culture are ao dlffl contain the yield. I have many oppor- ger had, beside the rotary movement, cult, the vines seem to flourish ex tunities of seeing the vlntagothe a simple opening and closing movewith the greatest ment toward and away from the first ceedlngly, and are now teeming with grapes gathered their luscious bunches of purple care, and each bunch rigidly Inspect? flnser, to grasp the cord at a cestaln grapes quite ready for the vintagers. ed as snipped off the vine. Moselles period In the revolution. Mr. Prlndle In some places steps are cut In the of the delicately flavored kind demand went through these operations with rocks, In others ladders are nsed for every care In this direction. The bet? his own fingers and tied knots to Ilter way ot seeing the Moselle Is by lustrate these motions. With this exsteamer; but, owing to the tourist sea- haustive and Ingenious consideration son being practically over before vlnt? of his problem tbe Inventor bad only age time, some other way must be a simple piece of mechanism to profound. The railway Is not very con- duce to accomplish his purpose. The venient. but. It being n matter of mechanism really only consisted of Hobson's choice, the visitor can two mechanical fingers on a shaft, rail to Berncastle (Sues station)), and a cam for working tbe clamping At Bern-castlchanging at Wengerohr. finger. d g g g there Is a good Inn, Drel Konlge, In which the travhow Animal Doctor Themsetve. eler will experience a real sense of Man might often take from the welcome. The principal part of the town lies over tho bridge on the right lower animals a lesson as to the care bank of the river a quaint, huddled-u-p er himself when ill. All aorta ot aniplace of great Interest, and doing mals suffering from fever eat little, lie quiet In dark, airy places, and a large trade In wine. I consider the Moselle much mors drink quantities of water. When a attractive than the Rhine. The banks dog loses his appetite he knows where when not under the cultivation of the to find cblendent dog grass which as a purgative and emetic. vine are thickly covered with woods, a 81 ,ep and cows, when 111, seek certoInnumerable the villages, while Any animal Buffering gether with the complicated windings tain herbs. of the river and the undulating hills, from chronic rheumatism keeps as are a source of pleusure not easily far as possible In the eun. If a chlmt The people one meets pansee be wounded he bas been seen forgotten. be not could kinder; they are extreme- to atop the bleeding by a plaster. ot chewed-uleaves and grass. ly cheerful, and the evenings In tbs hotels have all the delights of the American Sawing Machines. family circle. II. DUNMN& Over 10,000 patents have been taken out on sewing machines. American Unsympathetic-Elvir- a sewing machines are now sold In I understand Miss Neurlch every country In the world. They are bas disgraced her family by eloping used for all manner of purposes, for with their coachman. making boots aid shoes, awnings, Mildred Well, It serves them right tents and salla and some of then d and of iRech, Dopmu ful village, They should have emtdoyed a chaufhave an It foot bed. Some machines thonee to Locbmublo, where are the feur. Chicago Dally Newa. are made for sewing carpet and can of vineyard rather Important sew as much carpot as 100 hand sevreTbs eztrems Industry Did you notice old Wllkln'a nose? ers. They are also used to mak Is hers well vine In growing quired He's a regular sponge, Isnt her bags, corsets, hats, caps, gloves, mitobserved. Every accessible shelf of -take so, I think dont Fponses Into tens, pockctbooka, saddlery and bar bus been natlentl hrought ness. we"and" i know of no finer stretch on ) water. Milwaukee Sentinel, May-chose- . i |