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Show I want money la your possession. them. )reP4rtifei ' Ha! I thought so. You aro a rob a her, it teems. But 1 v.arn you that 1 taxah A Story of Cromwells Time am u good swordcm.ru. Heaven and hell! What do 1 care? t 1904 If you do not alight at once, I will BY AMELIA E. BARR. slay your horse. You shall tight me, fhari Author of Th Bow of Orange Ribbon. here and now, with or without preI, Thou and the Other One. oo t! ' The Maid of Maiden Lane, Etc. V tense." .Lj.vzV .ilk Then Neville flung n'mstdf from his (Copyritlit, I'd, by Dodd, Mead & Comimny, All rights reserved.) hors? and tied the animal to a tree, Canad) j Rupert did likewise, and the two meu t par! CHAPTER IX. (Continued.) Then Matilda described the young rapidly removed such of their gar- an ai "This is all very fine indeed, said lord, and the particularity of her nients as would Interfere with their favorite amusement of tho royal chil- playing. Oito person from, say. the The Payer of Blackmail. almost weeping in knowledge regarding his eyes and hair bloody play. They wete In a lonely lira. Swaffham, cltt-edren is to seek out lanto or otherwise Indians side starts with her pencil oi (Dedicated to these American-horbut you need not praise and voice and manner did not please road, partially shaded with great trees. ,r anger, lee!.'' who compound with rascality (or the injured birds and then to tnko them her cannon, ' keeping her eyes tlghtl) He lias slain the Piinee Rupert. is man to me. Not a human habitation was visible, take of their business Interests.) Ppropr home and nurse them back to health. closed, and draws either a straight oi of England, and turned out the Jusj;mg to see no seconds were and there "A very haughty youth, said RuTou paid them! Sate You, whoso fathers To do this they form a miniature hos- crooked lino. Just as she pleases, over uglish Parliament, and pray what pert when the conversation was rebraved tice done In the fight, or secure help The ocean and the unknown shore pital, and, with the love of make be- the rilgrlms meu or dots. When she wintry ,.t? He will make himself King sumed. He was with the Cardinal after it, if help was needed. But at To serve souls their Uod and uve their lieve natural at their years, they then has taken up her pencil she counts the ! from Pervj! id Elizabeth Cromwell Queen. Shall this morning. And now 1 begin to tills time the lack of recognized act doctors anil nurses, till their pa- number of men she has passed over of unconscious your (Sod Pray sleep e indeed bow down to them? Not they Mam was no impediment to the remember his business was such as shame! enough to be dis- or killed and puts that number UKe tients are well man for one." from no blood But had he have can found at entli duel. that you in a manner concerns us. Twas about Report quickly Home Notes. Perhaps down on tho score cards in favor of these. charged, Bays "He at peace, Martha, said Gen. a merchant a Who was the stave that stoto Into hts bed ship which that old farmer met his match. Neville left him not .saffham, here are things to consid- on King diaries' throne wants pay- moments breathing space, but never Whose PIlKitm name you hear, and gave the next greatest Joy to a patients tho Indians. Then one from the side takes her turn, and so on Corb er of far rapid recovery la his demise, for, like you life? greater Import than the ment for. My men took it in fair followed up his attacks, until at last little people, tho royal children unlit one side hns scored 60 points, other reason Bo hut shame and ileflnltf cried liow scorn, my romwell women. the nation fight, and 'tls against all usage to give Rupert called out insolently, When said: find tho funeral of a bird or other which ends tho game. Y'ou can mark an Fra , dll take this affair remains to be back are you going to kill me; In race, Unchanged they have but small creature a nlbst spoils. M edifying func- some of the dots with red or blue pen(Sod their ecu. The angry Impatience of the Inquiry For changed Mammon is their god; the hell they tion. cil for chief of commanders, and If one They talked of thee things until I look for measureless and wrath carelessa moment's Induced driad probably ns b&; j him of these is touched by a peneli lino it called Ts engagements Rupert's his In at service shrine, failure full sin babble, and threats heard far ness, and Rupert did not notice that la They fear not want, but only lesser tocounts three, so that it is not neces19 Ur nd Spectacle Cleaners. wide, said Doctor Verity. The away, then they rose, and leaning insenhad the wealth. tnoir ground struggle 1 wards each other, walked slowly down the sary to kill every single man before at the l; oople have been given what pay So, their behest, they gods they the sibly noen changed, and Neville now price, room the game can lie won. A dot once long splendid together avily. uinted, and twenty to one they will stood directly In front of a large tree. So, for his sake, with humble cheerful' wnr gone over cannot be counted a second find ness. uncle to and She went then her nay-sayou f)j all Not heeding the Impediment, Rupert They buy the they have roared for. aper h 'w to ply their trades In right lime, ns that man Is considered dead, in Dut to noticed she aunt Not quickly would be like the rest of their Ji OW made a fierce thrust with the point peace. ags, Pr and in drawing a line you must keep i an and and of them air Quit gloom, anxiety ays njKt. of his sword, which Neville evaded Full service this! No more can master In tho same direction, although the on f Mai her. it smlt annoyed yor 0nce Doctor Yerity was wrong. p ask; by a vault to one Bide, so that Rupert's No more line may bo zigzagged that is, if you kill. In devotion pay. can servants f Vos? riiis master-strokof Cromwell's "Is anything particularly wrong, sword striking the tree, sprang from Their fatheis Clod was seldom Berved 0 out toward tho right you cannot start I GUss' vent straight to the heart of London. aunt? been making some his hand at the Impact. As it fell to Have well. back turn toward tho left, and so on. -In M. the Century. Richuid Bradley, len Ts Not a dog barked against It, said trouble again?" the ground, Neville reached It first, Ifijht 'romwell to his friends, and he was Sir Thomas is very unhappy, niece. and placed his foot upon It, Rupert tied th A Few Conundrums. Fun With Figure. o all intents and purposes right. He has heard news that frightens stood still and bowed gravely. He id 15,0 This will be found a capital trick What wind would a hungry sailor Those who called it "usurpation" con- him, and we are longing to be in the was at Nevli.es mercy, and he Indiwith which to mystify a little comicct Cl fessed For figure 1, cut two pieces of cham- prefer? One that blows .owls and that it was an usurpation of peace and safety of our own home. cated his knowledge of this lact by pany of people, and you may defy ois In the form of a helmet. Over- chops about. to You a lose In are little one of of incapagold, the prouu stillness of his attitude. going apablllty, place them to find out bow it Is done. What two letters do boys delight in stitch together with brown ribbon. and so you are wretched, and must hat tl city. It was an accident, said Neville, If the number 73 be multiplied by to tho annoyance of their ciders. Two to the God's in is an go and accident any each of the numbers In the following part ndent Ts. a "I am not going to lose penny. CHAPTER X. affair. Take your life from my hand. arithmetical Santa progression 3, 6, 9, 12, I have no will to wish your death. Why is a good resolution like a "Well, then? u v!k om th. 15, 18, 21, 24, 27 the products will of because be trouble "There may lady at a hall? Because tt fainting He offered his i.and as he spoke, and bo 219, 438, 657, 876, 1095. 1314, 1533, Rupert and Cluny. T to bo carried out. When the Jeverys arrived In Paris, this very thing,' and 1 do not want to Rupert took it frankly, answering: ought 1752,1971. Here, you see, taking the th Wrld be In Paris with the two women 1 love Cnltr (hey went Immediately to the beautiful 'Tls no disgrace to take life from last Wbat is that which a coach canhave of each you product, figure Apijht not move without, and yet is not any has her. Hotel do Fransac, which Sir Thomas hotter than myself if Cromwell and one so gallant and generous, and I the nine In 5, 7, 6, n4 order 8, Is 9, digits. Sum lad rented for their residence while Mazarln come to blows. 1 might be am glad that I can repay tne favor of use to it? Noise. 3, 2. 1. xenjtiv in the city. taken from you. I should very likely your clemency; then he almost whis- 4, Now, to ? Mexl Why is a good meerchaum like a prepare trick, your perform ys One afternoon Matilda stood at a be sent to the Hast lie; you would not pered in Cluny's ear three words, and a little bag of some kind of cloth and water color artist? Because It draws the young man started visibly, and in it make two partitions. Into one window watching the crowds passing wish that, Matilda? and colors beautifully. - In tv Dear uncle, 6hall we not return by with great haste untied his horse. To the right was the ncessantly. of the partitions put six or eight little When Is a chair treated spitefully? 7 lewis' "We would better change horses." cards, each bearing the number 73. palace of the great King Louis, and The Hague? Vh When you have it caned simply beLord Neville has promised to said Rupert; "mine is a Birb, swift Into the other partition put nine little nab not far away the palace of his Emi- "No. business cause it cannot bear you. Figure 2 Is done in the same way there. It Is only a as the wind. do my on tl nence, the great Cardinal Mazarln. cards, each bearing one of the Who killed the greatest number of except with red instead of brown. But Cluny could not make the She was dressed for her lover, and matter of collecting a thousand pounds 6, 9, 12. 15, 18, 21, 24, 27. chickens? Hamlet's uncle "did murVerse ink. in waiting his arrival, her soul flashing from my merchant; but he is going to change proposed without some delay, The bag having been prepared In foul." der jost bestowed and and aunts of his being whole take her jewels, from her watching eyes, papers your jewels charge this way hold It so that a person will Napkin Ring Trick. Why cannot a thief easily steal a In his saddle linings. So with a good take the card out of the partition conWhile waiting for dessert at dinner, watch? Because he must take It off wish the two men parted, and there taining the 73s. it is fun for the family at table to ex- Its guard. was no anger between them admiraThen dexterously turning the bag change tricks. One is the napkin ring had taken its place. so that the other tion and good-w'ipartition presents In Water Causes Fires. Neville hastened forward, as he had itself ask another member of the com- trick. Holding your napkin, ring tumone from look hand, glass your That water can cause fire may at been advised, and Rupert returned to pany to take out a card. Of course bler to some large object say, the first seem a little unlikely, but this Is Paris. He knew Matilda was expecthe takeB one of the nine numbers sugarbowl, pretending to hesitate be- just what happened on the western ing him, and he pictured to himself given above. tween the two, then pick up the glass coast of Ireland only a few years ago. her disappointment and anxiety at his Now ask the two persons to multito take The rocks which the great Atlantic Yet he was physically ply their two numbers together and tumbler and mutter: "Safer the smaller article." Then look rollers had for centuries been slowly as he soon as threw and exhausted, tell you the last figure in the product. around and say: breaking down and piercing with himself upou a couch he forgot all his That being done, you will give the "Will any of you believe tne when weariness and all his anxieties in a other figures of the product. This I say that I can push this glass full of great caverns contained great masses of pyrites and alum in their depths. deep sleep. you will know from the series of prod- water through this napkin ring?" At last the persistent water penetratEarly next morning he went to Ma- ucts given at the beginning of this arEverybody will laugh and say: Ho, ed to those, ami combustion Immedtilda. ticle. If, for example, the two cards Id just like to see you do It. iately took place, producing heat How could you so cruelly disaptaken out of the bag bear the numThen you should set the glass down fierce enough to set the whole cliff now "You see cried. she me? will be point bers 73 and 18, the product plnee your napkin ring in on fire. For weeks the rocks burned that our time Is nearly gone; in a 1314: and when they tell you that solemnly, front of It, and, with an Impressive a volcano, and great clouds of few hours we must part, perhaps forthe last figure is 4, you know at once flourish of your hand, thrust your fin like smoke and vapor rose high in the air. ever. that other figures are 1314. ger through the napkin ring and give When at last the fire died out, masses I was loveliest Mata, sort a can make dearest, this trick "My Any boy the glass a shove. of lava and clay burned to brick wer about your pleasure. I was following of stock in trade by having a nice "There!" you may exclaim In tri- found in every direction. Lord Neville, and he took me further little bag made and the requisite numumph, havent I pushed the glass I than expected." ber of cards cut and numbered. turough the napkin ring?" Puzzles on ths Map. Lord Neville again! The man is did follow an incubus! you Bead Chain Design. Why Amusing Game, Clever Tricks. him? A very interesting game is called "A Y'ou wished me to give him a lesBattle on Taper. This Is meant for son. He was going homeward. I had not more than six players, four being to ride last night, or let him escape. even bptter, so that It Is better to By my troth, I had only your pleasure divide Into two lots and have two in mind. games going at the same time. The from hand. life Take your my Oh, but the price paid was too players are divided into two sides, the sweet body at attention. When to or- you had better trust yours also with great! I had to give up your society A large Indians and the Pilgrims. for hours. That is a loss I shall The four lines above are the fou. jirnnltt' dinary ears there would have been him." sheet of paper and a couple of pencils I mourn to the end of my life. hope, I will not trust anything I possess nothing to give notice, Matilda heard are all that Is needed to play the sides of one of our states. Cut the arters a step. She let Janes letter drop to to Lord Neville. then, that you killed him. Nothing game. On the left hand side of the lines out, leaving of course enough erendtr Nothing! less will suffice for It." her feet and stood facing the door paper, up toward the top, make 60 strips of paper to work with, or betIt Is enough," answered I.ady Jev-ersantatk "I was out of fortune, as I always with hands dropped and tightly dots, 10 in a row and six rows, and In ter, paste on thin cardboard before Matilda cannot wish to put In am. 1 had an projs accident, and was at clasped. the lower corner of the same side cutting them out. Then fit the lines or life." your danger liberty his mercy. He gave me my life." arg w A moment later the footsteps were draw a cannon as well as you can. Do together till you get them In the right "My Happiness is of less conse(To be continued.) tho same on the right hand Ride of the positions to mnko the outline of a very distinct; they were ascending the quence. aunt. A perpaper, and you are now ready to start state. What one is It. Iroqno stairway quickly, peremptorily. Certainly It Is; and there was WOES OF TELEPHONE GIRLS. Itself spread ravishing light th h fectly s such an air of finality In Lady Dark green and gold beads makr a over Matilda's face. Then the door voice that Matilda rose and went Work at High Pressure Roba Them very pretty chain In this design. The FUN IN A CIPHER ALPHABET. er, it' flew open and Prince Rupert entered; to her own apartments to continue it crosses are tho green beads. An atof ig to Vitality. small too entered," however, being Is made by putting beher complaints. This she did with Have you ever coma across a note notes fell Into tho hands of another n to "Nervous persons need not apply," tractive chain word, for with the opening of the passionate feeling in a letter to Prince 12 rows of one gold written by one of your schoolmates "set" tt could not be understood at all. tween each design be should which lortal Is admonition an Matildas at knees door he was on Ills In which she expressed beads and one gold which you were It set some of the more Inquisitive four Rupert. bead, green to unable who are entirely seeking bead. feet, his arms were round her waist, oui stint her hatred of Lord Neville heeded by all girls teachers almost crazy for a whllo, and as telephone read, not because of poor penmanship, nr she had bent her face to his, they operators. positions lf and her desire for his punisnment. time a cipher note fell Into their every aro called, biblical phrase, Many but because be or aha had used soma, hands It baffled were both near to weeping and knew was well Inclined to honor her The Pots. ts In P them, although most Rupert Honey few are chosen." Is especially apIt not, for love must weep when It Is another Interesting characters altogether strange to you, ciphers may be solved with a great wish. He had seen the young Com- but asrtff "Honey pots" are ambitious conwho plicable to those snatches from some hard Kates A number of children Sioop and which you could not make out or deal of time and trouble by experts i ales'1 trol the hours that years have sighed monwealth messenger, and his hand- to respond to the "Hello" of the tele- game. In some a row, clasping their bands understand? That Is wbat a cipher who make a specialty of 1L nut these manner and down person patrician I.ayto for. phone subscriber. Not one applicant under their legs. a him moment's envious had alphabet or codo is for. Statesmen, teachers, and certainly the pupils, given in five is able to stand the strain, and a tab' of them in front Rupert loved Matilda. All the glory look back to the days when he also child stands One diplomats and detectives constantly were not experts, and the ciphers reof women who earn their ind the sorrow of his youth were In had been young and hopeful and full no class another owner or as employ acts and cipher codes when they send mained unsolved until the hoys and seller; living hns the record for fainting that acts as inthat love, and as he knelt at her feet of faith In Ills own great future. put t of great Importance which girls using them grew older and left messages The purchaser purchaser. has been won by the phone girls. want no one to understand ex- school, when the fad died out of til In his princely. Boldierly splendor there they He had not long to wait for an The quires: and girls work at high pressure It Is lots qf fun, and a valuable nothing lacking in the picture of opportunity to meet Neville. While win "Have you any honey pots for sale?" cept the person to whom they ar this robs them of vitality. ravishidevotion. ? Adorable, romantic I mental training, to write and receive will you walk round sent. "Yes, was erclat he billiards plenty; tho following playing But tlit blustering. male subscriber and taste them? ng Mata!" he cried, at your feet 1 afternoon with the Duke of Y'ork, his There are many kinds of ciphers, letters in cipher. It sharpens the 3 the ft more frequently, the chance paAnd m paid for my lifes misery." or, I of them quite simple and some wits, and Is a help In writing terse, some around pretend-Tho purchaser goes Palais tho arrived at Itoynle Tr oqttetry ry tron Is responsible for most of tits Matilda leaned towards him till their to tacte each one in turn; inquires so complicated that it is almost lm- - concise English, but the very best with his horse. Neville had taken tho The lng switchboard. at the handsome faces touched, and Rupert hysterics finds fault with and northern road out of the city, and it It the priceone weight; the K could look love Into her eyes, soft was glrlB take a complaint seriously. too sweet, and one several, being road. homeward tho presumably I H a 6 is a reflection on tho service they not fresh nd languishing with an equal affecthas Jir and so on. When enough, followed quickly, but Neville Rupert cannot pass and always render ion. they comp ono honey pot to tho purchaser's taste was a swift, steady rider, and he was It by as a Joke. In spite of the numFor a little while their conversation Is discovered, she Is lifted by the purfronds not overt, al cn till twenty miles had T V K Q. O. 'as purely personal, but their own been covered, and the daylight was ber of telephones In tire in New York, chaser and owner, or by two children, 16 yer hnsclblo an is there patron hardly and ns and Interests were so blent with public net scales, who neatly lost in tho radiance of tho full es, whole force. tflnlrs that It was not possible to moon. Rupert put spurs to his horse who is not known to the then swung by her arms backward Jfc Z ere f'rI V X ' Y w tt pisioo A girl answers the cull of such a of and forward, to e.tirnuto her weight time, tor them length "raiate any Neville at a swift gallop, then man with th passed more than and pled "We have sold all our cargoes," he nJ l(0 suddenly wheeling, came at a rush ono operator lias been taken away 3 oft Sid A In spite of old towards ,,ms s thp c)lllll fnn kr(.p hor his bridle as triumphantly. hint, catching while f the from her post unconscious n th0 iwlnRlrg W) ,on(? rnmwcllH remonstrances. What can they met. hnda the ij brute at the other end of the line ttmen as they war 'romwell to with M he Will do? nmny go Cipher Alphabet. You will alight. I have a quarrel to was es ort pouting his spleen into the count is the number of pounds she aneo for a meichunts bill of ladi111 he settle with you." 'phono posslhlo to solve them without a key. part of it nil is to sec the bewilderng? weighs. he evet "On want ground? and even then a grent deal of work ment of Bomo crowd who have found Is "I will tell you something, Rupert, taken tho When sold honey pot It Is on the rronnd of your a nolo that ono of your "crowd" has Him. Sny With Carries Religion 'hmi a letter to the other side, or homo, of tho pur to find out what U mount from my friend, mistress. 1 am Em I do Wick's friend." codes written. rs. ref Edwin S. Robbins, a manufacturer chaser. The gamo goes on until all twelve ago cipher About MlKtrena Jane Swuffhnm. years She says ' I will not fight cm stub pittcise. A sltunlo hut vnrv pe o'- and business man, who ha manifold e'po-Icte Wnr very popular smone bnva and sold. lover, Lord Cluny Neville, must t would d'tty mo If I did." interests to demand his attention, at the honey pots are mistress nnd which revii My to went very onv to rnomori, fiom who public girls 'n Purls about this time, and that Fight for your honor, then." lilt home In (Iret stone. Conn., spot d htihp every group or set of them had a the rnp'-- t reel Ion if Its e.ViiMol er ; Is will call on me. lie Is on Cront-CellRoyal Childrens Sport. nisrrle sevI know better. Fluidity evtning of his life in Neville laughed. every printed hi'ie, .Jn-- t Ire It on some of is Wales a of Imsine.-speculiar cipher which they used doubt no of Trlncr.i Little Is Mnry ; there ftiee'i religions gatherings In clever fluid, and both she and her eral times a day lit writing notes, oi.reboi ltn.ie: a id s e what fnn It And before vvbat you call Honor, I put addressing It f0 :, i.. If his business of where one their the that confident - or? very fend of animals, A perfectly particular city "Wlmt Is the appearance of Neville? Duty." think I saw him this morning." "Then fight for the paper and, pursuits take him. TOE LIONS WHELP 'iMiJ ! n ht-ll- 8 Fil-grl- y Vn e 1 Kf num-bers-- ll I Jev-cry- 1 i t g, I I 6o OOOOOGOOO ns.. 090Oo oo t to-da- r s i |