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Show all night about slcan has in some sul tie way (carried ktct'S careful lookout "' the and the grounds," of retreat pursued, this is the i "You've told them I'll reward tVm Is here oo account of family liberally?" remarks Barnes. "Ti',r s9 slight possibility that a "Oh, It didn't require money. Graman of 35 can be attracted by cos- ham and the rest of the crew lave metics," muses tho American. Then kind of got It Into their heads that we he suddenly asks: "Has anyone called are being pursued by some murdering foreign gang and the honest fellows here for me?" "Nobody, I believe. The only person from the land o cakes are mighty I observed in Nice who knew you was eager to meet the Corslcan thugs." . Here Enid stops the Interview. la Belie" Lady Chartris' cheeks glow with modest blushes of an Eng- "Are we never going on shore to dinlish widow as she checks herself in ner?" asks that young lady, hungrily, the mentioning the awful Blackwood.. but laughingly, as she steps lightly on Barnes blushes also. When a man deck, "I heard your boat, Burton," she of the world Is about to wed youth and adds. "Please help me down the side purity, the follies of his wilder youth ladder, Marina has Edwin's sailor seem shomeful things. So he cuts off skill to prevent her tumbling Into the this mention of the great American ad- water.. !y, isn't he tender to her!" "Mr. This last Is whispered as Mrs. venturess by saying shortly: having come on deck, Is half Emory, my agent, has not been for carried by her husband down the me yet?" "Why, no, I haven't heard of Emory yacht's side to the cutter, "Guess I can do the ladder act as since we left Marseilles," remarks his well as he," and Burton's clutch upon hostess. "Ask your servants, please. This his coming bride as he places her in the stern sheets of the boat Is as fervid matter Is important." Lady Chartris goes out and after a as that of the English bridegroom. As the boat draws up to the landing few minutes returns and says that she has questioned everyone In tho house stage Maud comes rushing down to and they all assert that nobody since the landing and cries eagerly; "Bully I their arrival at the villa had called Everybody on shore quick! Ma's got and asked for Mr. Barnes. "But If you to drive Into Nice after dinner to meet don't bring your party on shore," prat- her new beau." "Her new beau! How about Von tles Prunella, "they'll be late for dinner, andmy goodness! I had fo- Bulow?" laughs Edwin, as he assists rgottenI have an engagement In Nice the ladles to the landing stage. this evening, so I'll have to be leaving "Ob, Vbn's on the back shelf!" cries Maud, letting her tongue run away Immediately after." The additional tint upon the lady's with her. "Count Correglo Clpriano Danella la now first favorite." cheeks shows that it is a love tryst. At the name, Marina quivers as if "All right, I've got to see that minister," replies Barnes, easily, "so, if under a blow. Then suddenly the neryou'll be so good, you can drive me vous dread seems to leave her dark In to Nice. Now I'll get our party on eyes and the courage of devoted love shore." He lights a cigar and strolls tiles Into them. She starts from her rapidly down to the little landing place husband's arm, to which she has been between Ilex trees and oleanders, the clinging. "By heaven, Marina knows this thoughts of his coming nuptials raisClpriano Danella is the real king-piing his spirits. "Since the new Danella is here, I'm of this death feud," is Barnes astute glad to know It," he thinks. "A dis- reflection. He notes that the bride's covered danger is better than a hidden head is held on high; that this dell one. Who the deuce Is that scar-facecate creature steps lightly but reso scoundrel?" lutely In front of her stalwart sailor husband as If to meet and shield him Emory was to be here, by the 4th this very day. It's nearly expired and from coming danger. Her impassioned no signs of the detective, a man that eye3 affright the American. "My Barnes knows Is prompt in his appoint- Lord," he shudders, "this devoted girl ments. "What can this mean?" means to sacrifice herself in some way This Is his reflection as he Is In the for thrs husband she adores. How? boat being rowed alongside of the Eternal powers, I must find what that Wildfowl, for Edwin has had the yacht letter Bald!" But Enid and Maud, as they step up warped tolerably close to the landing stage, and the little pleasure vessel, the path, are now joking and laugh-- ! looking like a slovenly merchant Ing; the latter Is saying she's such a good little girl she's to come In to des sert. "Keep your nuts and raisins for ne, every one of you." she entreats. , At this, Marina smiles so blithely that Edwin whispers to Barnes: "Get ting ashore makes her normal again. Then after a few words ot caution to Graham and his tars, who tie up the cutter and step ashore to patrol the outside of the grounds till morning, Anstruther follows the rest of the party to the house. A few minutes after, the ladles al ready dressed for evening on the-yacht, have thrown off their wraps and are seated at the dinner table of Lady Chartris which, influenced by Mr, Barnes' liberal purse, has become a luxurious one. The attempt at youth In their hostess' appearance seems to strike the Enid gazes at party simultaneously. the marvelous effects of Madame Du val's art upon her ancient subject's face and can scarce restrain a merry snicker. Marina, despite the conflicting emo tions In her heart, smiles almost sadly, "Are We Never Going on Shore to and proceeds during the progress of the meal to draw from Lady Chartris Dinner?" information of her new cavalier and schooner, Is now lying not over a bun how Clpriano Danella came to visit dred yards away from where the soft her. "Did his brother's recent death waters flap lazily upon the grouuds of affect him greatly?" asks the young Lady Chartris villa. bride, eagerly. Barnes climbs hastily on board, "Oh," remarks Prunella, "when h takes the lieutenant to the retirement begged to be presented to me in Mar of the atom and rapidly tells bltu of seilles, the count was very sad, but the appearance of the true Correglo "Clpriano met you in Marseilles, Clpriano Danella. "This complicates ejaculates Barnes, his fork stayed Is matters," he whispers. "The scar air over bis salad. faced scojindrel we could have put out (TO BE CONTINUED.) ot the way without compunction, but till this new arrival does some overt MOOSE ATTACKS A HORSE. act I hesitate at sending him to King dom Come!" And the Horse Retorts In Kind An "So we have been blaming these let Incident of the Maine Woods. ters on the real Count Danella, when some other land pirate has bneu doing Three young meti from Myitown, the dirty business," mutters Edwin, near Calais, went out into the coundisgustedly, try districts recently to pass the day "Of that I am not absolutely sure, ana left their old horse standing unanswers Burton; then he asks: "Has der the shade of tho whispering pines Marina yet told you what her note con while they communed with nature talned?" some little distance away, according "Why, I was questioning her on that to the Kennebec Journal. They were only a little while ago and she simply startled by the neighing and snortbegged me to trust her. You see, I'm ing of their steed and upon reach getting more and more anxious about Ing the spot where the animal was her. As the time for landing gets tied they wltnesse.l an exciting ennearer my bride grows more pale, counter between a bull moose and the more nervous, more despairing," sighs horse. The monarch of the forest just the young Englishman. happened along and found the burse "And my sweetheart becomes more encroaching upon his domain an resolute, more determined. Bless her very naturally resented the Intrusion. pluck, she Is singing In the cabin He made a run for the unfortuuate now!" whispers Mr, Barnes. collision was alsteed and a bow-o"And yet," remarks her brother, most a sure thing, when the old gloomily, "my bride was as brave as horse's fighting blood gut up and, Enid Is, before her wedding. Can Instead of waiting to be rammed Ilk Marina know of tome hidden danger a fishing boat In a fog, he stood up of which my sister doesn't dreum?" on his hind legs and caught the bull "Then you're not the man 1 think moose a swat fair upon tho nose wltli you," answers Barnes, almost savage- both forefeet. Both animals sat down ly, "If you, her husband, don't get It suddenly to think the matter over, the out of her. Don't you see, you've got moose from the surprise ot the shock, to know; that no sentimental reason and the horse because he lost his should stand between you and every, balance, and It would doubtless have thing that Is In your wife's mind, Ed- gone hard with the latter, which was win?" incumbered with the harness and rig"All right, Marina shull tell me to- ging, had not the young men set upon night," answers the young sailor, the forest king with yells just as hut "But there's one thing was about to resume the attack upon we've got to do first, that's to see our bit helpless adversary. Any one who girls are mighty safe for tho present, remembers the noise which a I've fixed It, I think, pretty well with man Is capable of making when Graham, We leave the couk and one out for a good time will pardon man aboard as anchor watch, and the the moose for his midden and Hudlgul-tiemate takes his Scotch tars ashore and retreat. A ven-gea- "WUf i ' ' ,p' Mr.Barnes, American Br r, Archibald Clavering Gunter A Sequel to Mr. Barnes of New York Author of "Mr. Barnes of N.w York," "Mr. Potior of Tom," "Thai Frenchman," Etc Copyright, IWT. Dodd Mead Co. N. K. SYNOPSIS. Burton II. rtarnes, a wealthy American touring Corsica,' rescues the young Kna Ifsh lieutenant, Edward Gerard Anstruth or. and his Cerulean bride, Marina, daughter of tlie Paolls, from the murderous vendetta, unUt'Htandlnff that hla reward la to be the hand of the girl he lovea, Enid Anstrutlier, slater of the English lieutenant. The four fly from AJac-et- o to Marseilles on board the French steamer Conatantlne. The vendetta and as the quartet are about to board the train for London at Marseilles, Marina Is ' handed a mysterious note which Cannes her to collapse and necessitates a postponement of the Journey, Barnes gets part of the mysterious note and receives letters which Inform him that he Is marked by the vendetta. He employs an American detective and plans to beat the vendetta at their own game. Vor the purpose of securing the 'safety of the women Barnes arranges to have villa at Iady Chartris lease a secluded Nice to which the party Is to be taken In a yacht. Suspicion is created that Marina la In league with the Corsica ns. A man, believed to be Correglo Danella, Is seen passing the house and Marina Is thought to have given him a sign. Marina refuses to explain to Barnes which fact adds to tils latent suspicions. Barnes' plans for the safety of the party are learned by the Corsicans. The carriage carrying their party to the local landing Is followed by two men. One of the horsemen Is supposed to be Correglo. They try to murder the American. The cook on the yacht a Frenchman Is susThe pected of complicity In the plot. party anchors at St. Tropes. The yachtIs Is followed by a small boat. The cook detected giving signals to the boat. Barnes attempts to throw him overboard, tut Is prevented by Marina and Enid. The cook is found to be Innocent of the supposed plot and is forgiven. The party arrive at Nice and find Lady Chartris and her daughter Maud domiciled In the (villa rented with Barnes' money. Barnes is amazed to And that Count Correglo Is at Nice and is acting the role of admirer to Lady Chartris. pur-su- es ? , BOOK TWO. CHAPTER VII. Maud's Confidences. Miss Chartris pursues him along the walk between the citron and the orange "Why do trees, asking affrlghtedly: you look so terrible?" For Barnes is meditating sardonlcal ly: "If. it were only the scar-facedevil, I'd kill hlin on sight as I would a rattlesnake. But this one who has turned up here, the real Correglo Clpriano Danella, what has he done to me that I can at present Justly destroy him? Neither Emory nor myself, from the signature on his check, could say he wrote those letters. If he did, the dastard threat against my coming bride would make me send Clp to the devil In very short order. ; But I must have proof ", A moment later her mother sweeps affably down to him.. During Dames' perusal of Emory's letters and enjoy ment of Maud's confidences. Prunella has made a toilette that seems more elaborate than would be called forth by the arrival of relatives. "What, i back again so soon?" says the widow, pleasantly, leading Barnes to her parlor. "Yes," observes that gentleman, "I forgot to mention that the reason you could treat us en famllle Is that to morrow I am about to wed" "Enid!" screams the lady. "Oh, you darling boy!" and gives him a sudden, whole souled kiss. After a moment she rays deprecatinuly "This sudden mating will not permit of a grand wedding," Then, her eyes growing excited at the thought of social success, she exclaims: "Of course, the town Is growing deserted, but Adelaide at the De la Moditerran.ee, Mtlly Portman of the De Home and Lilly Vivian at (he Hotel des Anglais, are three charming English girls who will be delightful bridesmaids for Enid, Besides, Edwin could Invite the officer of her majesty's Opal, which is lying off Monte Carlo. Oh, It shall be the most Important wedding this season In the Riviera," "It Is the most Important wedding to me," remarks Barnes, solemnly, "but It will be the most private one. Enid and I are only anxious to be wed, I must beg you to say nothing about this to anyone," The gentleman's tone Is deferential but imperative. "Toulght I shall drive Into Nice and see the pastor of the English church. Here In this parlor, even- Ins, ha shall sav. tiv thn lilmmmr r God, the words that will make my darling mine." "Oh, of course, If you so desire It, Burton," answers Prunella, affably. " suppose Enid thinks she can manage some kind of a wedding gown by tomorrow evening." "Anyway, that's the time." observes Barnes, Quietly. All tho while' he U studying hady Chartris, wondering If her appearance has attracted Cnrreglo Clpriano I'ti'iellti. or whether the Cor- d '. Car-rlngto- n n d Not Needed. Frsns Lincoln, who used to be well irnnan in chlcaeo as an entertatne! n d iip aw an.i immnrtat. had been annealing London for a time In a monologue. One afternoon he had just made his bow and was about to begin wneu a aat walked in and sat down on the stage. "You get out!" said Mr. Lincoln, severely. "This is a monologue, not a catalogue!" Success Magazine. H. E, R. GREEN DISCOVERED TEXAS MIDLAND LINE. Overlooked by Colli P. Huntington and His Surveyor When He Bought Houston & Texas Central . Property Years Ago. . Kansas City; Mo. Men have been known to find gold mines and oil wells, but E. IL R. Green, son of Hetty Green, Is the first man to "find" a railroad a complete system, Includ ing tracks, depots, offices and everything except a working force and general manager. Of course the tracks and roadbed were not the best In the world; neither were the cars what few there were but these were details that could be attended to. The Texas Midland originally was a part of the Houston & Texas Central, which was owned by Green's grandfather and sold to Collls P. Huntington. When the latter road became a part of Huntington's property and was made to connect with the Southern Pacific, that part of it which is now the Texas Midland was overlooked and never really passed Into the possession of the Southern Pacific promoters. Jt was the mistake of the surveyors, who evidently were not acquainted with the country. At any rate, the error if overlooking a railroad could be called an error-- was not discovered until 11 years afterwards. Green then was living in Chicago at the time. He came across the original map of the road and compared it with a newer one and concluded that Hunting ten had overlooked several miles of a valuable property and that the matter woifld be worth investigating:. Huntington never had seen the property, and really did not need it all. All he had wanted was the part which connected with the Southern Pacific at Houston, furnishing him an entrance Into Dallas. Green went tc New York to see his mother and told her of his discovery, Her. father, E. H. It. Green's grandfather, had died and she was the only legal heir and any interest that might result in the discovery of the new road naturally would be in her favor. She offered the road to her son on condition that he go to Texas and manage it and "stay out of politics." Green went to Texas, and much to his satisfaction, - . u z SM h " lit Mill-tow- Why She Declined. -. "Really, saio m ta "it friend, her to thuslastlcally. flis- wonderful see the to whB v.v ...... , oi ruuuuuouuivu.. Say her friend, languidly; "I like to iooHat the great, big clumsy beasts,too- t It always smeus so uupieasantlv Ground the cag. News. Cosmopolitan City. Rlxtv languages are In everyday use In Freetown. Sierra Leone. Friends of 8prrowi. Rider Haggard classes sparrows with rats as "vermin" and recommends a campaign against them. How ever, sparrows have had plenty of friends In past ages. Catullus' poem about his Lesbla's et sparrow Is one of the prettiest things In Latin literature and in a passage ot Plautus "sparrow," "dove" and "hare" occur together as terms of endearment Pepys, too, writes of a pet sparrow: '"To dinner with my father and sister and family, mighty pleasant, all ot us; and, among other things, with a sparrow that our Mercer hath brought up now for three weeks, which Is so tame that It files up and down and upon the table, and eats and pecks, and does everything so pleasantly that we are mightily pleased with It." ' - tra' A City of London. The lOuntjVcf Londo covers 7MI2 police area la acres: but I he JSpnd 443,421 acre World's Sugar Prodi! Action. It Is estimated that the ductlon of sugar throughout the world Is about 2,000,000 tons per annum. Of s are afforded this quantity by the sugar .cane, 25,000,000 tons of which are required to produce the above quantity of cane sugar. The average of saccharine matter In the ripe West Indian sugar cane Is from 18 to 21 per cent., of which only 8 per cent, is available to commerce. ' The total value of the sugar In the cane, If It could be extracted, would be about is lost in the $230,000,000, but one-hal- f process of manufacture. nine-tenth- One of the beauties of Gunther's magazine for January is the fact that magazine every story in this Is Illustrated. There are 160 pages of novels, reading f matter, complete Found Out Her Mistake. serials and short stories, in this num Mrs. "Ta that you. Frank?" asked ber, which is a big literary bargain. Tlpplns, in a nervous voice, as she heard some one moving about in tne A Terrible Disappointment. darkness. "Sir, your daughter has eloped with "It Is," replied Mr. Tlpplns. the chauffeur." "You gave me such a shock. I And ho was tha "flnnd heavpna! thought at first there was a man in only one I ever had that could get the house." Stray Stories. froia the poUce!" away every n FAR LARGER THAN NIAGARA. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard company announces that the date of publication Iguazu Fall Are Easily the Greatest of the important metaphysical book, In the World. "Steps Along the Path," by Katharine H. Newcomb, author of "Helps to Larger than Niagara is the cataract Right Living," has been postponed of the Iguaau falls, almost at the In- until Monday.'February 1st, 1909. tersection ot the three frontiers of Why He Was Envied. Paraguay, Brazil and the Argentine re'1 tell you," said one man to an. public The river takes its name from a Spanish word meaning "great other, as they emerged from the corwaters." ridor of a concert hall, "I envy that About 12 miles from Its mouth the fellow who was singing." bed drops suddenly down a rocky per"Envy him!" echoed the other. pendicular cliff some 213 feet high, "Well, if I were going to envy a singhence there is a waterfall of that er, I'd select somebody with a better great height. At this spot a delight- voice. His was about the poorest I ful little Island, beautiful with vege- ever heard." tation, divides the river Into two arms, "It's not his voice I envy, man," bo that the total width Is about two was the reply; "It's his tremendous miles and a half. The Brazilian arm courage." of the river forms a tremendous horseshoe here and plunges into a great Learn to Like Your Work. chasm with a deafening roar, while Resolve to like your work. At first It the Argentine side spreads out In a may be a little disagreeable, but consort of amphitheater form and finishes stant companionship will alter its apwith one grand leap a little over 229 pearance and in the end it will befeet Above all, never come congenial. Below the Island the two arms unite slight It, for remember, what is worth and flow on into the Parana river. doing Is worth doing well. From the Brazilian bank the spectator, at a height ttt 2S0 feet Razes out over two-- and a half miles of some of the We Welcome Comparisons wlldejt and most fantastic water scen- la prices with any first class jewelry house. ery bo can ever hope to see. Our goods are all guaranteed and we are Waters stream, seethe, lean, bound. here to make our guarantees good. Don't frotb and foam, "throwing the sweat buy Watches, Diamonds or Silver until you or agony high in the air, and writhing, consult us. twisting, screaming and moaning, bear off to the Parana." Under the blue vault ot the sky this sea of foam, of pearls, of iridescent dust bathes the great background in a shower of beauty that all the more adds to the riot of tropical hues already there. When & high wind Is blowing the roar of the ST. cataract can be heard nearly 20 miles away. A rough estimate ot the horseSALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. power represented by the falls places no It at 14,000,000. Cheese The Butter Few sightseers ever catch a glimpse Blackman manufactured of the great Iguazu falls because It by takes six days to make the ntcturesaua & Griffin Co., took the found that his road was waiting for Journey of about 1,200 miles from gold medals and first prehim. Huntington's surveyors never uuenos Aires, amid the fair fertile miums at the State air, of Santa Fe and the savage had discovered the road and he didn't plains Salt Lake City, and the Big eveu know It was Included In the pur luxuriance of the virgin forest. chase. Huntington did not claim it, through the territory of the missions Four County Fair, Ogden. so Green suld he owned It. He made ana tne rums of Jesuit churches and . a trip ot inspection and found that convents. They buy Cream and are also in the market for Alfalfa Seed, Honey and the ties had rotted or been carried off No Doubt a Reader of "Punch." other produce. Write them. the for firewood. farmers The by A hearty laugh had gone almost rails had rusted out; the roadbed Blackman & Griffin Co., Ogden, Utah was overgrown with grass; station around over the story of the fisherhouses and depots had been converted man who, to locate the place on the Alke as to pittnt. into barns and all that remained of lake where he had had good luck, cut as-- 1: the railroad was the right of way. a nick In the side of his boat. "Almost Green announced that he was going to around," for the Englishman eat sol- Seed sketch tni deicriplioa of your invention. emn and silent. About five minutes Harry J. Robioioa, Attorney at Uw sad Solicitol "Improve" his "railroad" and immef Patents, 304-Judge Building, Salt Ltkt Citj to work regarding the later, however, he awoke with a roar diately started ' of trouwhen and asked the laughter, roadbed. General offices were estab lished ot Terrel, Tex. Depots were ble, replied: "Well, wouldn't It be a DAYTON MONEYWEIGHT SCALES good joke It that fisherman VANGUARD MEAT SLICING MACHINES built; new tics and rails put down, oorklng TEMFLCTON COMPUTING CHEESE CUTTERS and locomotives were trot a different boat the oext time he and soon-ear- s Mosirwttsk ScU Ce., S.ll Ukt slue UJ W. U. it. ordered. "The Texas Midland Rail went out!" way Company, E. II. 11, Green, presl dent," was an actuality. The Tsxas Midland perhaps Is the shortest railroad (a complete system) in the United States. It runs from Knnls, Tex., to Paris. Tex., a distance of 120 miles. It is said to be the' most luxurious road In America. Yet It Is not considered a money maker. Green runs It more as a hobby than as an Investment. The passenger cars are the most modern and complete that can be made. Every convenience has been provided, Including a bathtub In each car. All the cars, Including those for freight, are green Inside and out. The stations are painted green and plush on the seats and the mark on the linen also Is green. The largest and fastest locomotives turned out by the Baldwin locomotive within 24 hours of your very door. It's the place for mt and reerea. works are running on the Texas Midtlon, health and pleasure. Flshini?, (iolfinjr, Automol.lllnir, Yachting1 land. It has less accidents per mile and other out door sports may bo fuduld in every day In the winter. and the rolling stock costs more per mile than any other railroad In the United States. Green has other hobbles that probi,U,,?.hr..",n!L,1,'keU w,K")d 8 months for return. Ask the SALT L.AIh HOL lh man to tell you how you can gain Houthein California ably cost Mm uenrly as much as his and return via han r'randneo at a alight additional cost and But he lives In the sure railroad. slop over most any where, knowledge that some day If he outlives his mother he will be worth Information and tickets, 169 So. Main St., Salt Lake And that should be com $100,01)0,000. toiling to most men. and . PATENTS 5 li i coin-pnay'- a CALIFORNIA! Sunsiine, Fruit and Flower's Fifty Dollars Round Trip |
