Show I THE SWITCH OI OP Jn lIEU D Continued from yesterday 1 A novelist no seeking nocturnal adventure adventure ture leaves leave the ballroom of the Marchioness of While standing stand stand- ing log In the archway leading Into Shepherd Shepherd Shepherds Shepherd's Shep Shep- herd herds Market he lie sees a woman in evening eve e ning dress chasing a small terrier When the tue novelist sees that the dog h hs i stolen the womans woman's slipper he ho offers otters his services ser ser- vices and Is amazed to be addressed as 70 o o. o 9 9 V Several Se men come upon the scene scene and blindfolded he Is la taken taleen to a Ii room In a. a part of ot London unfamiliar to him hun Many people are assembled there Cho tho plot to Kill the emperor of The novelist i Is addressed as No 9 After Arter much discussion the tho novelist Is given the tile task of killing the emperor em em- lie leaves the meeting place us as s the escort of eT the woman He lIe makes up his mind to try to convert this beautiful beautiful beau beau- girl Now GO 00 OY OX 1111 Till rill STORY STOll Y I thought Now to tell her the truth She could do me no harm She might carry a weapon but 1 I Iwas was ready for her 1 l to save her but I dont don't ont know why my courage failed me ur vr rather rathor rath rath- er or I realized that hat it was no good Behind this smooth forehead lay an l idea ca which had eat eaton n up c every ery other impulse There was no oo moving mo ing her I knew only too well how strongly women hold o 0 an dea idea when they pos possess ruly Nily one n So instead we talked of lh th brilliant night where now th I hunlow hunlow hun hun- hung low like a pan u OJ pallid jade I found In Sylvia an 1 i expected po poetic po po- e lc strain She sew siw the when hen her cause had hall as one when mankind would no suffer when no ch w would gO so hungry hungry hungry hun hun- gry when no worn woman n would 1 weep when no beast vond l 1 be Jp Ie iou leu It was mad and beautiful lul this dream At last I couldn't b ian h-ian ar 11 it any more and turning 1 10 L' her Iser said 4 Its It's awful to thin that th inside side thirty six hours you OU may bo be well dead And y youre you're ur young and andr youre you're so o lovely I think yours r th the r loveliest fl s creature i e 1 Ive I've evar seen e You make malte my heart melt nelt She presse pressed l my arm arm arm- Youre making love to me arent aren't you jou But nut ButI I 1 dont don't mind Geoffrey e AVe We haven't time to mind w we people Ve shant shan't last long Im I'm sal awl too to think that so soon you OU may die I r like you Something goes soft in m my ink throat lr when I hear a ul voice volet enL We reached ce v and passed between he cJ close se walls willis I could not help saying i it do we love each other so soon I dont don't know she ft r ra a moment Ive I never s seen en 3 you ou be before before be- be fore I suppose youve you've lust joint jond What's the good of It it in vay n way Indeed what was the good of it if Ve we went silently ly up the steps into Berkeley street I saw a taxi ta crawl up UPS It dr drew drw w up w waited Hed for us Good night murmured Sylvia extending her hand I helped her In Dont go yet yetI I must Good night SI She e snatched h her r hand away tho tha driver opened the ehe taxi door Then turned and ran back to me ms leadIng leadIng leading lead lead- ing me llIe into the darkness tinder hinder the narrow roof As If gratifying a a sudden desire she flung her 1 r arms round my my neck and press pressed d upon pon my lips a violent a despe desperate despe kiss There was in her hei grasp some agony and in her caress a pur os aa Hz if thus she sIte filled me with enthusiasm and fortitude S SI Iv 1 IV I 1 slept badly The Tile violent caress carus disturbed me nie I dont don't think J loved Sylvia really reany I dont don't think so now now that another but this I must tell In a later latr s sory ory My 1 ex excitement excitement ex- ex was so Intense that I did not know what J wanted to d. d In Indeed Indeed In- In deed It was only when 1 I reached si u it few tew minutes 1 I. that I knew I 1 could not so o on that for a moment I 1 had b ben en bewitched itched but that even for her sake I could not do murder risk all murder mur nur- der del involves I l knew new That within an hour or so I must extricate m myself my- my l- l self from this appalling tion Fortunately lY I could do lo so Lunch was charming Sylvia ep- ep in a coat and skirt of tete trie de do negro trimmed at the neck and s with sa IW- IW ble The he coat Jell fell upon x l rather lighter ter silk jumper she boyish boy by I ish and delicate though rathe tall I her neck still had the thinness of of youth It was incredible that this I little hand should be Imbrued Imbrue In n blood At first firste we e talked lightly of the tho plays plas of the day of the advantages advantages of or London over I and land of of's s ls dullness comp compu u ed cd with I New York and PariS Pan n We e e ade comments on the other I Iwas Iwas Iwas was amused for some come of or the adverse adverse adverse ad ad- I verse remarks hit one or two of Cot my mv acquaintances Only a at the end did Sylvia insist upon re it our ourI plans for the next mornIng y thing was agreed We e s. l bacK bac bacKover al I o over or r coffee an and benedic benedIctine a strange pair pall of conspirators She was a little flushed the id i'd 1 mouth was smiling For a moment I I thought of going gong on But ButI I knew that hat woes was absurd Now ow to shatter the tile crystal edifice of the dream I said Sylvia I hope this wont won't be too much of a shock to to you jou Oll but Im I'm not what you jou OU think u What hat she said In a s ran d whisper Im not No 0 9 I didn't exact exactly I know what No 9 Ii J was No Xo wonder you ou had not seen meo ma before and andI I that you ou thought ht m my lot Jot had been drawn by proxy By occupation I Iam Iam Iam I am a person of no occupation DancIng Dancing Dane Dane- ing golf and gossip make up my existence I am fairly well off th li h last thing I desire is the destruction de- de of any emperor or the oversetting of the social order She was staring at me But nut you yoli gai said you ou wera vero No Xo You said it But you ou calle me No o. o 6 5 I explained r tier er eyes eys were full of horror She was like a little I 1 east that hat I Is trapped Only after alte I a moment di did she say But whit became of tha lue real lEal No Xo 9 I r dont don't know I J suppose hi he h was late When we arrived there was nobody to meet him I suppose lie he went back to the 1 l 1 commit committee ee Hush she cried Dont Dont Don't say that aloud Th n she realized the situation I begin to under under- stand Yo You are one of the gilded glided I minions of he tyrants the ene- ene I ms You took advantage of my I I d Youre You're a cad Indeed Sylvia I replied d rather nettled youre a stran strange e Daniel Danielt t to come to Judgment over me you p p. 11 I was ather ther rude but ont one d does thes es not Jot like being being- called caned a cad Oh words she replied with a swei suel The only thing hing that I t care about is that you a man of your jour our ours oure I k nd s should know n our plans Of course e you'll g W g go to the o I dont don't you have haYe me arre I I Im lm sure I dont don't know I ought t t. to But youre you're too attractive E I You Vou make me sIck Man cisa are alWn al al- way Wn like that to women I sup- sup pr t Oh what am I J going solus to do You Yon know everything Look here Sylvia I cn erid rt I Imay I 1 Imay may ma mabe be a cad but Im I'm n not Jt some going to toa a you awa away I shall o OL course l ls the tile Emperor of n. Dereng or krow that henceforth he must be b guarded guard guard- ed but I 1 shall not hav hay you at at- r rented you ou can go po free if you ou like and I hope this will be a warning to you that you ou wont won't so S-O on with this madness S Then Sylvia went vent to the heart of or orthe the the question I dont don't care car what happens to me but I care what happens to the comrades You Yon know our secre secre Very ery well You'll She Rhe laughed lau Fool Pool that you ou are Why did you ou me Idle me-Idle Idle with such things Dont Don't you ou und r- r stand d that within a day whether I I ft am a arrested tedi or not within I hl a day you ou will wilt be removed emo Her lIer tone was sad but bu It grew an angry ry I i dont don't suppose that in another day you Oll will be alive I Oil Oh yes cs I assure you rou I J shall shaH be 1 alive Your friends wont won't touch me me Its It's too risky Dont Don't laugh Do not Imagine that Ive I've come here without a 1 weapon Last Las night when I J left you yot at Lansdowne passage passage pas pas- passage t sage I 1 was well half crazy with love for you But I still had cu cuI curiosity cu- cu I 1 told myself that your slipper could not have been taken very far by the dog He lIe would I ire Irl of his game So I went back You went back Yes But I 1 went back shi she shrieked in on ag-on agony I r 1 had to find it I had to i would have gono gone to find It If It thy hadn't taken u us Into the blue house I 1 dared not ell the comrades I hoped to find 1 It Oh I went half mad I I. I V 5 1 couldn't find it I No Xo wonder I replied for I found round It Where here I In tn Half Halt Moon oon street treet Oh what a fool I 1 was I didn't think the he dog dop would have gone that way I J went up Down street Oh I what sh shall shah U I d do J j S Nothing s n Sylvia nothing When V n I IJ i I J found your slipper laugh at me ma if you like Ike I kissed it As I looked at it closely under the sole i I found a document of which here is a COP copy I She took 1 i it and dropped It at once What bat are you jou OU going to do Nothing Yo You will not deny that this is a a. complete list lIt of the names and addresses of the members of or orthe the F. F committee ee More exactly they are not names but numbers Still only the addresses matter for tor I expect expect ex ex- your frien friends s are already sus sus- pe petIt t. t I shall not have you arrested but I have posted the he document al alrea already already al- al rea ready to my solicitor My Instructions instructions lions are that if I die ie by violence or by accident the paper is to be handed over to the police Now Sylvia which shall It be Wilt Will you leave me unmolested ed Or will willOU you OU all your friends Will Vill you let our foreign v vIsitor alone Or Ordo Ordo Ordo do you ou prefer to hang I will do nothing if it you jou ou do 10 nothing to toi i Ime me Tears formed in her eyes She made a helpless gesture You have beaten us she said The ty tyrant tyrant tyrant ty- ty rant must escape and you ou too must escape I suppose But Dut do dono dono donot no not think that you will turn us from our purpose We Ve rose from the table I did not reply I knew that nothing could be done that it was no use Arresting her for others would spring up after atter she fell It w was s I enough to have saved two wo lives the emperors emperor's and mine She waited waited waited wait wait- I ed politely while the cloakroom at attendant attendant attendant at- at gave gae me my hat and stick He lie also gave me In a small brown paper parcel which I held out to I her Permit me I 1 said to re return return re- re turn urn your slipper supper Another tor story of or midnight adventure hire ture l Jy hy- y V. V. V I L. L George The Wax AVni I Lady Jady will In appear In hi our next I is- is cute current action by the two houses houes congress for the time being being- During the administration General Harrison congress was d vided thus first Fifty congress In senate 47 Republicans Deny Demi 37 Total 84 In the tho hou hous Republicans I 56 Democrats Democrat ai II 1 independent Thomas Thoms B. B R Reed Redl d Maine laine was speR speaker er ii of 01 the hous The first session convened her ber 2 1889 and extended to 1 1 1890 1590 the second session was fro Ire December 1 I 18 1890 to March larch 2 U second Fifty-second congress congress In In senat 47 Republicans Democrats 35 39 JA it A AlIance Hance lIance 2 A total of 8 88 I In nit t house Republicans 88 88 Democrat Populists 14 A total The first session convened De cn ber bel 7 7 1891 and extended to Augu AUgI 5 1892 The second WI from December 5 1892 to March Marh Marth 1893 Charles F. F Crisp of ae Gear Gear- ii was speaker of the house w IS TARIFF TARIFF- BIG ISSUE I There were tere several things things- IS contributed to the defeat ot of CI land one land one his message to congre In 1887 which was entirely dev devot to the tariff which message cam calls the campaign of 1888 to be T nia largely on that Issue Another w the fact that Tammany stand with him New York S Shim him 7 votes and st 9 Harrison carrying the eta sta staby by while David Bennett 1 governor of New York and who suc Su succeeded Cleveland as aa governor cai ned the state by a majority Cleveland's elands failure to carr can New York lost him the Of or Cleveland's administration was said of him that he waS as solemn and plodding man himsel and the public business of ot genitor genii genn without a spark or charm but brave bravo and nd sin since tr r rHe untiring foe He lIe was a bitter and jobbery jobber and corruption and old fashioned notion that men wet wei made to serve the state ar the state being the servant Van of politicians politicians- lIa harm Havin ln this view of matters he had people and w wC r rhe confidence of the he entered upon his duties as p pres confidence an aD that enjoyed dent he wh when he was convinced as to his dut duty was he stood t firm rm eD at vie vieWS vieW'S w could not be changed In his Speaking of Cleveland as pr 8 ma masaid a as newspaper dent a well known close of 11 II id idof the s said of him at ministration that his poll t cal official utterances generally Wj and pe ef all in line Une of or the purest TV politics and the sturdiness which he maintained his even against all cons consId dern lions tiong Of expediency compelled respect alike of friend and conscientious man an ever eier f fill w ct more the executive chair of the theand theand Da n whether and it is doubted gave such tirelesS laor president cat cF to the duties of his office Ills his inet met officers were simply as to the direction Of f their dep question cam ments and every and ana 11 him that was wits of importance final decision |