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Show THE HOUSE OF THOUSAND A CANDLES B r ta'hw MEREDITH NICHOLSON 1 THE MAIN CHANCE,1 BAMEION," Etc. Copyright MM by ZELDA Ua. KaMw-Mwn- and, hugging the wall close, ran toward the lake. Instantly the pursuer broke Into view. It was Bates, evidently much excited and with an ugly cut across his forehead. He carried a heavy club, and, after listening for a moment for sounds of the enemy, he hurried after the caretaker. It was not my row, though I must say it wakened ray curiosity, I straightened myself out, threw my legs over the school side of the wall and lighted a cigar, feeling cheered by the opportunity the stone barricade offered for observing the world. As I looked off toward the little church I found two other actors appearing on the scene. A girl stood In a little opening of the wood, talking to a man. Her hands were thrust Into the pockets of her covert coat; she wore a red that made a bright bit of color in the wood. They were not more than a dozen yards away, but a wild growth of young maples lay between us. Their profiles were toward me, and the tones of the girls voice reached me clearly as she addressed her companion. He wore a clergyman's high waistcoat, and I assumed that he was the chaplain whom Bates had mentioned. I am not by nature an eavesdropper, but the girl was clearly making a plea of some kind, and the chaplain's stalwart figure awake In me an antagonism that held me to the wall. . , . "If he comes here I shall go away, so you may as well understand it and tell him. I shan't see him under any circumstances, and Im not going to Florida or California or anywhere else on a private car, no matter who chaperones It." "Certainly not, unless you want to certainly not, said the chaplain. "You understand that I'm only giving He thought It you his message. r, CHAPTER V. Continued. I shrugged my shoulders and turned tard Glenarm. My grandfather had eft me a cheerful legacy of distrust Long my neighbors, the result, probity, of Importing foreign labor to Cork on his house. The surly Morgan Sad Intimated as much; but it did not I had not come to neatly matter. jlenarm to cultivate the rustics, but fulfill certain obligations laid down ji my grandfather's will. I was, so to )peak. on duty, and I much preferred at the villagers should let me alone. ;omfort!ng 'myself with these reflec-ion- s I reached the wharf, where I saw Morgan sitting with his feet dangling irer the water, smoking a pipe. I nodded fn his direction, but he elgned not to see me. A moment later ie Jumped Into his boat and rowed out :pon the lake. When I returned to the house Bates as at work In the kitchen. This was large square room with heavy tlm-r- s showing In the walls and low There was a great fireplace best" celling. "Not to write to a an enormous chimney, fitted with Theresa! broke In i crane and hobs, but for practical purposes a small range waB provided. Bates received me placidly. "Tea; its an unusual room, sir. Mr. lcaarm copied it from an old kitchen a England. He took quite a pride in t Its a pleasant place to sit in the renlng, sir. He showed me the way below, where found that the cellar extended under very part of the house, and was divided into large chambers. The door it one of them was of heavy oak, bound in iron, with a barred opening at the top. A great iron hasp with a beavy padlock and grilled area windows gave further the Impression of t cell, and I fear that at this, as at many other things in the curious souse. I swore If I did not laugh linking of the money my grandfather tin tfcold expended In realizing his whims. and all The room was used, I noted with ka will pleasure, as a depository for potatoes. In another of these rooms I found a Mare ectlcut curious collection of lanterns of every made conceivable description, grouped on them shelves; and next door to this apartnavy, ment was of the with brass ships ieslgns. 11 be another candle-stick-s store-roo- very tough, sir. A piece of wood flew up and struck me. Too bad!" I said with sympathy. "Youd better rest a bit this after-soon.- " "Thank you, sir; but its only a small matter, only, you might think the cut a trifle disfiguring. He struck a match for my cigarette, and I loft without looking at him again. But as I crossed the threshold of the library I formulated this note: Bates Is a liar, for one thing, and a person with . active enemies for an- other; watch-him- - boat-houB- boat-hous- leaf-strew- days, for a shinr Hat dly U ids ol I the ships, d JN A i Silt filled Vast Increaee In Immigration Shown by the Annual Report of Com mitsioner Sargent. Washington. Immigration to America during the year ended June 30, 1907, was vastly greater than In any previous year of the history of the United States, according to the annual report of Frank B. Sargent, commissioner general of Immigration and naturalization, which has Just been made public. Of this great flood of Commissioner Immigration Sargent says: "An army of 1.28B.349 souls that have come, drawn hither by the free Institutions and the marvelous prosperity of our country the chance here afforded every honest toller to gain a livelihood by the sweat of his brow or the exercise of his Intelligence-surpass- ing in numbers the record of all preceding years." The Immigration for 1907 exceeded that for 1906 by 184,614, and that for 1905 by 258,850, or an Increase over 1906 of more than 17 per cent, and over 1905 of more than 25 per cent. During the fiscal year 1906, 12,432 aliens were rejected at our ports; during the past year, 13,164, an Increase of 632; hence, the total number of those who have sought admission In 1907, viz., 1,298,513, exceeds the number who applied in 1906, viz., 1,113,-16by 185,346. tuously. "What a clever person he Is!" And how unclever I am!" said the "Well, at any clergyman, laughing. rate, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to present bis message." She smiled, nodded and turned swiftThe chaplain ly toward the school looked after her for a few moments, then walked aoberly away toward the lake. He was a young fellow, cleanshaven and dark, and with a pair of shoulders that gave me a twinge of envy. 1 could not guess how great a factor that vigorous figure was to be In my own affairs. As I swung down from the wall and walked toward Glenarm House, my thoughts were not with the athletic chaplain, but with the girl, whose youth was, I reflected, marked by her short skirt, tbs unconcern with which her hands were thrust into the pockets of her coat, and the Irresponsible tilt of the There is something jaunty, a suggestion of spirit and Independence, In a particularly a red one. If tro red expressed, so of St. Agathas, to speak, the key-not- e the proximity of the school was out so bad a thing after all. and with a In a high r. good-humo- sharp appetite 1 r went in to CHAPTER luncheon. VI. The Girl and the Canes. Bates did not refer to his encounter with the caretaker, and I resolved to keep my knowledge of It to myself. I always prefer to let a rascal hang himself, and here waa a case, I reasoned, where. If Bates was disloyal to the duties Pickering had Imposed upon him, the tact of his perfidy was bound to disclose Itself eventually. Glancing abound at him when he was off guard I surprised a look of utter dejection upon his face as he stood- with folded arms behind my chair. He flushed and started, then put his hand to his forehead, where a strip of plaster covered his wound. "I met with a slight accident this morning, Mr. Glenarm. The hickory's r, Sensational and Mysterious Case Stlre British Capital. London. The duke of Portland, ENGAGEMENT OF DAUGHTER OF sixth In succession, whose right to his T. P, 8HONTS ANNOUNCED. title Is attacked in the amazing "Druce mystery" case In England, Is the possessor of an Imposing list of Nobleman Is Finally Victorious Aftor names and title. He Is William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-BentincLong Courtship Father Glvoe Viscount Woodstock, Baron CiUp Fight and Agrees to rencester, marquis of Ttchlleld, earl Union. the of Portland. He is also lord lieutenant Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Theo- of Carthness, lleutenaut of the Coldcolonel dore P. Shonts announce the engage- stream Guards, honorary ment of their daughter, Theodora, to fourth battalion Sherwood Foresters, Due de Chaulnes et Do Plcqulny, of master of the horse and family trusFrance, the wedding to take place at tee of the British museum and former their New York home In January. The due recently sailed for France from New York, where he had been since the arrival of Mrs. Shonts and her daughters from Europe several months ago. The engagement of Miss Shonts and the due has long been expected and Is aot a surprise to either society In thlfc country or In Europe. The persistent courtship of the due rovers a space of over 18 months and has been most fervent. He met MIbs Shonts In Paris and fell in love with her shortly after her presentation at the court of King Edward. Her beauty and youth excited admiration In Paris, where she went with her mother after leaving London, and the due was the first to become her follower. It was during the trip of the family In Europe that the reports of the engagement of Miss Theodora to the due first gained circulation. The rumors were denied emphatically by the girls parents at the time, but again became frequent when the due visited at the last Shonts home la Washington zwrcrpcEZLiM) msfftr spring. Again they were met with denials lieutenant colonel of the Honorable from Mr. Shonts, but the rumors have Artillery company of London. The duke was born December 28,1857, cropped out from time to time ever And bfcarae duke of Portland Decembei freas denials the being just ilnce, 6, 1879, succeeding his eccentrlo cousquent. in, who was childless as far as anyWashington society fully expected to hear the definite announcement one then knew. The duke was married Thomas made during the dues visit here, and June 11, 1889, ,to the daugbterof Walma-gate- . Esq., of Ita failure to materialize was the Yorke Queen Victoria- stood sponsor In cause of much dlsappontment The cause of the delay in the young person at the christening of bis only . child. , couple's plans, it is thought here, was The duke Is very anxious to retain due to the opposition to the match on his title, but It Is being remarked In the part ot Mr. Shonts, who desired London that he Is making no effort that his daughter should become the to the grave of Mr. Druce," open wife of some young American. which Is said to contain 200 pounds ot The due comes from the oldest of lead Instead of a human skeleton. If French nobility and is possessed of the duke and Mr. Druce" were late vast estates, though they are said to not one and the same man, then the be embarrassed with debts. The sisof Druce's body would prove finding ter ot due de Chaulnes, duchess It But If the lead was found the friend of Mrs. d'Uzes, ts a close present duke would almost certainly 8honts and was to have accompanied lose his title. her brother here upon his visit last So far the duke has not seemed 8he winter, but Illness prevented. to as far as this, but has willing go and due d'Uzes will come to the of George the in January, as will several other depended upon son inability known of the Druce who Druce, relatives of his family. was a successful merchant In his MIbs Shonts Is now in New York, Baker street bazaar, to prove that his atbut will come to Washington to father was the duke of Portland. tend the reunion at Mrs. Shonts' Thus far Druce has produced many school, where for several years she convincing arguments, but he has not was a student After leaving the had the Druce grave" opened, either. school she was taken abroad and was The present suit It Is hoped will under special teachers for some time. settle the The suit Is argument She Is a splendid linguist pretty, and Druce against his brought George by 20 years old. Her maternal grand- uncle, charging perjury In that he father was the late Gov. Drake of swore be saw the body of tho merIowa. , chant Druce In Its coffin. To prove that coffin was full of lead would cerWAITRESS FACE ON NEW COINS. the tainly convict the uncle. For him to that the coffin did contain a Vermont Girl Obtains Fame Through prove body would settle the duke ot PortLots 8culptor 8L Gaudens. land row once and for all. For it Druce Dassal-Yorke- wed-flin- g Washington. Gold coins now being Issued by the United States mints bear the design which was among the report of Minister of Finance waa read and the budget for the coming fiscal year was made public. The estimated receipts for the coming year total $103,385,000, white the expenditures will reach $103,203,-842- , leaving an estimated surplus ot The total Increase of this $181,158. years budget reaches the sum of the largest Item In the Increase being for $1,367,589 for maintenance of the department of war LJm-anteu- Rec DUKE'S TITLE ATTACKED. FRENCH DUKE ' Mexico May Have Surplus. Mexico. In congress on Saturday She Wos a MO YEAR Drug Stores Close In Sympathy With Saloons. Chicago Chicago. Heights, a manufacturing town of 15,000 inhabitants, thirty miles south of Chicago, waa a "closed" town by common consent of Its ninety saloon keepers Sunday. Not only were the saloons closed, but also were the durg stores, confectionery stores and news stands. The saloon men insisted that these placet be closed In retaliation for the activity of the Municipal league, which body Is waging an anti saloon war. Following the locking of their doors at midnight, the bartenders, accompanied by their sympathizers, paraded the streets shouting taunts at the league members. Rev. J. B. Fleming, president of the reform body, said that the purpose of the saloon element was to disgust the people by bringing about an exaggerated "closed Sunday. I returned to the main floor and the comforts of the library, I smoked a pipe over a very chapter in an exceedingly dull book on "Norman Revivals and Influences." Then I went out, assuring myself that I should get steadily to work In a day or two. Bates was soberly chopping wood at a rough pile of timber at the rear of the bouse. His industry bad already impressed me. He bad the quiet ways of an ideal serving man. "Well, Bates, you dont Intend to let me freeze to death, do you? There must be enough wood in the pile there 1 LANCED TO boat-house- of many odd tee to last all winter." little I am just cutting a little Yes, ts for more of sir; the hickory, sir. Mr. Glenarm ounds always preferred It to beech or maple. rs of I turned toward the unfinished tower there a the meadow, from which a windmill ' far water to the house. The iron jumped srned. frame was not wholly covered with Is, toatone, but material for the remainder il eats, of the work lay scattered at the base. and went on through the wood to the akln lake and inspected the boat house; ben I followed the pebbly shore to of be stone wall where it marked the al e Ine of the school-groundThe wall, I, and observed, was of the same solid eggs haracter here as along the road. I e are tramped beside It, reflecting that my grandfathers estate, in the heart of and the Republic, would some day give the i and He to foreign complaints that we have 1 are ao ruins to America. will The buildings of SL Agatha'a were when well hidden by the Intervening wood, sally and I climbed upon the wall at the iron gate for an ampler view. The n pillars at either side of the gate were of huge dlmenslona and were higher fir 'han I could reach. The little Gothic stem church near at hand was built of stone al of--i iimlt&r to that used in Glenarm house. tbs Aa I surveyed the scene a number of good Touag women appeared, and, forming in twos snd fours, walked back aud hear roue forth before the chapel. A sister clad In a brown habit radc lingered near or elesa walked first with one and then an other group of students. It was all ry pretty and Interesting and not but at all the ugly school for paupers I wire had ex posted to find. The students few were not the charity children I had Id i arelessly pictured; they were not so and young, for one thing, and they seemed to be appareled decently enough. ba I smiled to find myself adjusting my ice. art and straightening my collar as I behold my neighbors for the first time. inec-- ; As I sat thus on the wall I heard the U Is nound of angry voices back of me on I of the Glenarm aide, and a crash of ua 'lorbruHh marked a flight and pursuit. I crouched down on the wall and watt ar-t. In a moment a man plunged tt through the wood and stumbled ever a low banging vine and fell, not 20 feet bar; ; away Iron me. I To my great surprise it was Morgan, my acquaintance of the yioratni. He rose, cursed his III luck 5 ' ALIENS 7, ual to sought Idaho there edlous must era to ONE MILLION All things considered the day was passing well enough. I picked up a book, threw myself on a comfortable divan to smoke and reflect before conAs I lay tinuing my- explorations. there, Bates brought me a telegram, a reply to my message to Pickering. It read: "Yours announcing arrival received and filed." It was certainly a queer business, my errand to Glenarm. I lay for a couple of hours dreaming, and counted the candles in the great crystal chandelier until my eyes ached. Then I took my cap and waa soon tramping toward the lake. There were several small boats and a naphtha launch In the I dropped a canoe Into the water and paddled off toward the summer colony, whose gables and red roofs were plainly visible from the n I landed and roamed Idly over walks past nearly a hundred cottages, to whose windows and verandas the . winter blinds gave a dreary and inhospitable air. There was, at one point, a casino, whose broad veranda bung over the edge of the lake, while beneath, on the water. side, was & TROUBLE IN BALKINS. I walked back to the wharf, where I had left my canoe, and was about to Bulgaria Replies to Note of Russian or to Sister step Into it when I saw, rocking at a Minister at 8ofU. another girl contemp- - similar landing place near-by- , SL Bulgarian Petersburg. The government has sent a note to Russia In answer to the recent representations made by the Russian minister at Sofia, with reference to the activity of Bulgarian bands In Macedonia. The note denies that the residents of the principality are participating In the activities, and states that Bulgaria reposes entire trust In the powers to Introduce adequate reforms In Macedonia. It suggests the employment of a European gendarmerie, the officers of which shall be empowered to supplant the Turks In the administration of the province. Bulgaria launches a counter-complaiagainst Greek bands composed of Cretans, which it declares are carrying on a propaganda of fire and aword. The statistics for the month of October show that 288 persons were murdered. . me the OVER r slight craft of the same type as my own, but painted dark maroon. I was sure the canoe had not been there when I landed. Possibly It belonged to Morgan, the caretaker! I walked over and examined it. I even lifted it slightly to test Its weight The paddle lay on the dock beside me and It too, 1 weighed critically, deciding that Theatres Refuse to Close. It was a trifle light (or my own taste. Kansas City, Mo. Only two thea"Please It you dont mind" tres, the Willis Wood and the Ma(TO BE CONTINUED.) jestic, respected the Sunday closing WHERE CHILDREN ARE TAKEN. order of judge William II. Wallace last Sunday. The manager of the Majestic has notified Judge Wallace of Few One Found Gunbusta Mrs, that the Majestic will remain closed Spots In Nsw York. until the legality ofl the Sunday closing movement Is finally decided, and Mrs. Gurbu&ta left her pretty cot- it la believed Klaw ft Ertanger will tage In Bumhurst and took the earliest no longer resist the enforcement of train to the city, says the New York the dosing order. All other theatres Press. 8h was going there to find a and amusement parlors were open, modern flat tor herself, her husband and deputy marshals secured the of all alleged violators Ot the and their four little children. They names law. had tired of .the suburbs and decided to move to the city. Girl Charged With Grave Crime. Arriving In the metropolis, Mrs. Neward, N. J. Antoinette Dorris, a Gunbusta popped into the first rek girl, la under arrest here estate office that confronted her, and on a of forgery, and It la becharge , chubby lieved she Is the author of "Black going up to a ruddy-facedman seated at a polished desk, the Hand" letters which have been threatgaspea: residents of this city for tome ening "Excuse me, sir I'm Mrs. Gunbusta time. The letter which was traced of Bumhurst we're tired of the sub to Antoinette. It Is snld, was written m bs we want to come to the city to a young girt, who haa collapsed bethat's why I've called Im looking fot cause of the fright she suffered. Ana place where theyll take children toinette was arrested for forging the do you know of any such placer name of a woman, who was teaching "Oh, yes, there are a few places left her dressmaking, to a check for $40. am t " In the city where they take children, to Utah. From Philippines bis la about the man, wheeling replied Fifteenth Francisco. The San chair; "there Is a fine place two blocks down, right on the corner; take Jolted 8tates Infantry, which arrived a look at It; you can't rotes seeing It. Friday on the transport Sherman "Ml go lo'see It Immediately, and front the Phlllpplno Islands, departed as Mrs. Guubusta hurried out of the Sunday for Fort Douglas, Utah. The place and walked In the direction Indi- regiment, wider command of Colonel cated the ruddy faced, chubby fellow's Walter 8. Scott, marched through eyes twlukled merrily. Walking down the rain from the transport dock to two blocks, what was Mrs. Gunbuita's the ferry building, with lings flying surprise to see on the corner an Im- and bands playing. The men were mense granite building, on the front not at all discomforted by the rain, of which was a large gilt sign, read- having been accustomed to chasing ' Moros through the tropic! rains of ing: . the talas da. actually was burled In 1864 he certainly was not the Duke of Portland who died In 1879 at the time the present duke secured the title. ( Until the matter Is settled one way or the other the entire nobility of England will be kept on the anxious seat And If the claim of the Druces Is proved finally to be baseless It certainly will take rank as the most monumental Imposture In history. LAID For Indian Head from Nsw Gold Coin. the last work of the late Augustus St Gaudens. The sculptor gave fame to Miss Mary Cunningham, who waited on the table at his residence In Vermont, by having her pose for the Indian head on the face of the coins. He had for some time been seeking for a model, when one day aa the girt served him with his food he "There's my model!" Law In Fran e. French law gives the authorities of every village and commune complete control over posters. , "No one," writes Consul General Mason, "la per mltted In France to deface streets and public places with crude, ''ostentatious announcements of hts business or other subjects. Billboards are Infrequent In Farts, and are generally built permanently Into a wall, where they are taxed according to their superficial area. When a building Is In construction, and board screens are erected to shield the public frop Just and other screen annoyance, such temporary will soon be covered with posters of amusements and other business, but each poster so dlnplayed has been previously submitted to the authoriand each ties, a license obtained, sheet bears the canceled revenue stamp, according to Its size. ASIDE AS PRIZE. the Light Determining Velocity of Nearly 60 years have elapsed since Uriah A. Boyden, a Boston engineer, deposited $1,000 with the trustees of the Franklin Institute to be awarded a4 a prize for determining by experiment whether all rays ot light and other physical rays are transmitted with the same velocity. It was not until this summer that the prize waa won. Mr. Boyden doubted the accuracy of the experiments of Baron von Wrede In 1840, tending to show that light and radiant heat travel at different rates of speed, and he hoped to have the matter established by a more careful series of teats. Dr. Paul R. HeyL of the Central high school of on tbs experimented Philadelphia, rays of Algol, a variable star la the constellation Perseus, and established to his own satisfaction and to the satisfaction of a committee of expert physicists that the visible and the ultraviolet raya of the spectrum travel with the same degree of speed, and the prize haa been awarded to him. Ills paper on the subject was printed In the Journal of the Franklin Institute for August The accumulation of the fund for nearly 50 years remains, and the Judges In the contest have recommended that the sum lie set aside as a prize for similar successful experiment regarding the speed of the infra red rays. Voice from the Wilds. Johnnie, on his first visit to his grandparents, who live in the country, communicated with his anxious family as follows: "Dear Ma I am well and hope you are. Your loving son. John. "If you want something good, gel a red cabbage ard eat If raw " |