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Show TheTracerofEoos Chronicles of Dr. PhBeas Immanuel, Soul Specialist Bn VICTOR ROUSSEAU Llks many princesses, she bad a foster mother, the wife of a common sailor, who occupied a cottage not far from Osborne castle, and plied his trade within plain view of the Royal Yacht club. There la a comfortable freemasonry among all mothers, and the sailors wife, accommodated with lodging in the castle, brought with her her year-olboy, Alfred Barton. Thd fishermans son and the princess played together and evinced so strong a mutual attachment that, when Mrs. Barton's services were no longer needed, she continued to bring her child to the castle to play with the little alone with 'each other for the first time, in a little summer houso In the castle grounds, close to tho sea. What happened I can only Infer from stories that have reached me; I aball reconstruct the scene, if you will permit me perhaps with a little touch of the romanticist's art "Of courae the queen's pledge was sacred. There was no thought of spying upon the lovers. And in fact so justified was the queen In her faith In Barton's honor that ho went to the rendezvous fully determined to say good-bfor ever and go. But when hs aw Princess Bertha In the aummer lady of exalted lineage. house, where sho had tremblingly This happened for year. Every waited, and when she saw him, they summer the little princess was brought fell Into each others arms, and for the first time they felt each others to Osborne by her parents; she Insisted on playing with Al- kisses upon their lips. y TIIF bellei la reincarnation Queen Victorias doctors, but I did "Then they forgot everything but is not an Instinctive one," said not tell him the explanation. I was fred. It was not until he ,was thirDoctor Phileus lmniunuel, "why simple then, and afraid of the sledge- teen and she twelve that the old their love for each other. For half an hour they sat entranced, hardly speakIs It a common saying that one hammer of public opinion. Now I say queen, who had viewed the childish what I think, and do not care. It attachment complacently, took alarm ing, only murmuring words of happy it be too careful In choosing ones was a professional confidence, hut the at an Intimacy which seemed likely to love. Then the young man realized its?" man who told me is dead. continue. The princess parents en- that half of his allotted hour was gone, ,1 Tarrant clapped him on the If the man had been wiser, he deavored to break the friendship, hut and he asked her whether ahe knew "My der and laughed heartily. doctor, that Is a joke," he said, might have been born into the royal proved powerless la the face of their how short a period remained to them. - estate, said Doctor t they make jokes In your counImmanuel. "But little daughters obstinacy and her evi- And she cried pitifully, and clung to souls are in touch with one another in dent misery. In fact, the children him, and begged him not to leave her. the world beyond; and when he felt could no more live without each o( er I will go away with you,' ahe aobbed. , be sure, 'the little doctor an d, puffing vigorously at his cigar, that the woman whom he had loved in than a flower can lire when plucsed I will go with you to the worlds end, for I cannot lose you. I shall die withthey also say true things in life was gone from him into the world from its stem. of the flesh once more he could not There was a long family confer- out you. I am of no Importance to you mean that one can choose wait. He was reborn too soon; ho ence, at which the old queen made the anyone; let us go to America and forparents?" I asked. "Why, if rushed into life so that he might find sensible suggestion that the acquaint- get our past and the disparity in our were so, who would choose to be her again and know her in her new ance should he permitted to continue rank, and only know that we love Yes, she continued, T ra In a poor family? Would not physical portraiture. Poor soul! He until the princess was put into' long one another. parents be sterile? How can you was like a hunter that pursues a white dresses. Then, she said, nodding her will he your wife, the wife of a sea rt you.' contention?" butterfly into a dark tunnel, or one head sagely, thoughts of social con- captain, and I will sail with you all must remember," answered who seeks the fabled Ice Malden over quest and royal lovers would quickly over the world,"or I will live In some Immanuel, "that when the soul moraines and treacherous crevasses. make her forget the fishermans son. little sea city waiting for you to reon new of "So much garments for my prelude; now I But In the meanwhile, to prevent turn from your voyages, happy In the ady to put It is not in touch with the pbys will be more matter-of-facThe girl Bertha from suffering any 111 from the thought of our reunion, living only for world of life. f It wants to get was a princess of one of those media- association, she proposed to have Al- you. Remember, Tarrant she was only But it Is groping in the dark, tized German houses which, though fred Barton .educated at one of the twenty; she bad been brought up as la a thistle born a thistle and they have loBt tfteir thrones and lands, fashionable public schools. rose? Because the thistle na enjoy royal honors and are welcomed "And here, to everybodys astonish- simply as all prlncessea are; she knew in seeks incarnation every court Her pa- ment, Ned Barton, the fisherman. In- nothing of life, noth' ng of love beyond instinctively European at form which best expresses its rents often stayed at Osborne, lh the terposed his veto. One might have what her heart had taught her.- And the thistle. So Isle of Wight when Queen Victoria thought that he would have welcomed they had loved each other since their d Individuality was alive. In fact the girl had been the opportunity and have been proud earliest childhood. us. The soul that struggles "If Barton was honorable, he was the earth life has no vi- born unexpectedly in Osborne castle! of his sons royal patrons. But the little more than 20 years before, monarchy of England is founded upon no stronger than most men are. How ol the world; it does not see its e parents, or know their world and England was her second home. certain well, understood principles, could he hold out against his sweetrcumstances. But Its need for Indeed, her mothers family traced its and the subservience of the subject is heart's pleadings when bis whole beand that of a myriad other souls, descent back to a scion of a noble based upon an immutable ing thrilled with the thought of her, ices that ferment in the hearts Saxon stock which flourished in the and jealous maintenance of his rights when he had never lived for anything en and women which we call love early centuries after the Norman Conand liberties. Ned Barton, standing else than to be with her? All thought at Schopenhauer called the de quest, and my investigations led me humbly in the presence of Queen Vic- of honor was swept away In the of the unborn to spring into ex to conclude Princess Bertha to be the toria and their serene highnesses, strength of his passion, and he swore that he would take her away with ce. Then, guided by its protect present manifestation of a personality said Princess Bertha's parents, stoutly plrit, its deeper self, its immortal which was last on earth as Edltha, a that be viewed the intimacy with as him, and that they should never again or God, as you prefer to use the lady who, Saxon chroniclers relate, much misgiving as they did, that he ha parted. " 'You shall leave everything to me,' the soul comes to its own. And was betrothed to Prince William, the was a plain fisherman and intended son of Henry I. of England, who was that his son should follow the sea ho told her. Tomorrow my ship sails It is born on earth again.", drowned in the English channel while he would not have him made Into i for Cherbourg with a load of cattle, ell, doctor," Tarrant answered, how do you make out that it crossing from Normandy about the shoddy gentleman at Harrow or Eton. and I must take that last trip, because Bes its parents, then?" And Queen Victoria had to abandon I have given heavy bond for my posiyear 1120. Let me interpose here, gentlemen, her program. chooses them within certain 11m tion, and If I failed my employers "So the acquaintance continued for would lose several thousand pounds. just as you and I, Mr. Tarrant, to say that the old theory of the choose to live in Madison avenue, right of kings was founded upon several years more, and before the But I shall give them notice that this or but Tork, very much more than the mere selfish princess had been put Into long trip Is to be my last, and in a way Piccadilly, London, n Mecca or the planet Venus. Of desire to control and perpetuate the dresses her parents were faced with that will awaken no suspicion. A week I am now theorizing largely, kingly power. ,The phrase the Lords the fact that she loved Alfred Barton from today I shall be back and waitI should say that the soul can anointed represents certain truths with a sisterly affection which showed ing for you at the Cowes railway staIn hastily when the chance offers which 1 may best explain by saying tion, with our tickets to America. every sympton of developing Into but pack a few clothes 1 .the desirS for rebirth is as in that, except under certain rare circumstronger' feeling. She was an only Take no money, and meet me there at i as the plants yearning toward stances, kings and queens are reborn child and ruled them. She would not into a handbag light or it can wait till its in as kings and queens, and do not al- go into society, or meet her royal lov- eight oclock. "The princess promised, and then tells it that it has found a more ternate in sex, as is believed to be ers, or do anything but spend half of ible environment." usual among less prominent folks each year at Osborne, and sail with Barton realized that their hour was were all silent Granted his This is due, I believe, to this fact Alfred Barton, and have him to tea in gone. They kissed each other farewell, and be tore himself away. The contention, that of reincarnation, those who play a prominent role in the grounds at Osborne castle. little Greek doctor had an uncan history are so dominated by their pas"Of course, you have guessed who princess went back Into the castle, whol convincing manner of establish sion for life that their past memories Alfred Barton was. He had come and although this was something his chain of argument It we do cling to them and,shape their new caback to birth to win hia beloved, ly outside of the range of any earlier again there is the old, fasclnat-speculatlo- reers very much on the lines of the whom his death had left solitary, near- experience, her love so strengthened which has engrossed last. They have the same expert ly 800 year before; but he had con- her that she was able to conceal her minds of so many of the profopnd-thlnkcr- s ences, the Bame triumphs, the same fused his memories. He had come great happiness from her parents. in all ages! If so, what catastrophes. They tread the same back wrong, just as a man, taking the "Nay, more than that; she hid hei circle of experience without progress wrong train from New York, might plans from that shrewdest of women, natural than that we can But Immanuel never Ing, until they have grown wise. You start off on a parallel track, and yet the old queen herself. Victoria sent ?d until he hammered home an see, their rank carries its limitations wind up at SL Louis Instead of Chi- for her the next morning and, after a few preliminaries, told her that Barractlon with a fact. I knew he with it. This knowledge makes the cago. ton had announced his intention of nt to advance when 1 saw him study of history profoundly interest lovers declared were proofs; "They his knee and flick the ash off his ing; we see the conqueror Remeses the matter was brought to my knowlleaving England because he felt that he ought no longer to compromise her r; then he began speaking again II. as Hannibal and Napoleon; Cleo- edge by Sir Henry Foulkes, physician-in-waitinis penetrating, to Queen Victoria. And it future. Had he spoken of that? Yes, emphatic bary patra as Catherine of Russia; Alexanmaam,' answered the girl calmly. An der the Great as Charles XII. of Swe- was then that I made this discovery was a little thing to her now untruth was thinking," he said, "of a case den; Abdul Hamid, the Insane old of the princeBS "But If the parents was not untrue, for assuredly Cali this and h happened some could not break off the acquaintance, years ago on tyrant of Turkey, as the reborn was Barton leaving, although his plan a occasion of my first visit to Eng gula, and so on. could marriage, at least they prevent The queen Now to revert to Princess Bertha, which would, in fact, have been no was changed somewhat. It was related to me by one of and marveled at the was satisfied, Engboth of laws the under lt marriage m!! showed land and Germany. There was no strength which the princess too, Her affliction. her under parents, the between of marriage thought with were her. well Thelf pleased believed. young folks, it was 1 "The days rolled slowly by until at serene highnesses resigned themlast remain the eventful evening came. The selves to seeing their daughter an old maid one of those royal old princess, pleading indisposition, retold maids whose status is so eloquent a tired to her room and graciously her maid that she need not attend her tribute to the tenacity of their The The lovers met he could go to her supper. affections. were a wing in been had princess apartments more rarely, for Ned Barton and made captain of a small steamship of the castle, near the high road, that at no one would be there stirring occasionally which carried freight and hour, for the supper rooms were on a passenger or two between Southwas other side a?d there were no servthe It and ampton and Cherbourg, of ants in the halls. At seven oclock she only during his occasional periods the a few necessary articles of to came packed he absence ashore that such clothing in a bag and slipped out of castle. And here he bad won his her room and crept quietly down the Integrity, favor by hia sterling which corridor. No ons was near. She sped manliness, and his manners, down (he stairs guiltily, gained the than rather nobleman a of were those he entrance unobserved, and hurried side that of a common fisherman son, of across the lawn under the shade of confidence the complete enjoyed the great elm trees. Presently she the queen. bad reached the high road, and then herself old was the sage lady "It she was safe enough, for none of those step who finally embarked upon the who passed guessed that the girl with end an she put thought, which would, the the bag was a runaway princess from all In to the affair, now notorious Osborne. AIt was only a few minutes' courts of Europe. She summoned walk to the and railway station. lfred Barton to her presence "Now let us turn to Alfred Barton prinof the sake the for him. begged her He took hia little vessel across the cess, to leave her and never see was channel, having written notice of his again. She allowed him how he Intention to leave before the sailed prosher polling her life, ruining alhad also drawn his savings out of lie to not pects; how It was his duty so much the hank and purchased two second work to affections low his cabin passages to America, which left harm td the woman whom he loved. him not more than 40 pounds for tholr and pleaded an as him equal met Bhe after their arrival. But subsistence the end In the as a mother might; and would take of that he cared nothing, for hia heart He fellow agreed. young England for waa lifted up with happiness, and the his f&rcll nd to few passengers who saw hia beaming ever. The queen readily agreed face were astonished at him. They alone other each see let the lovera did not know that round hia neck ne never previously, had which a thing his wedding ring, destined for wore of for occurred, believed, so far as is He meant to arrive courso the princess was accompanied princess' finger. e at Southampton early on the seventh went ia she when by her chaperon In the castlo day, to meet his bride at Cowes that Ing and driving, and attended by evening, take her across to the mainwas always of grounds she or mnld. land, and have the marriage ceremony 'CLOCK she packed a few necessary her governess SOOTHING lisi A DAO AND SUPPED OUT OF HER ROOM AND mot, performed there, afterward taking the two the next evening "So the CREPT CORRIDOR. quietly down every-sum-m- er t. self-respe- "NOW, iris-place- d articles the I THINK AND DO NOT CARE." least expects It Tha princess turned without a word, took; up her bag, and walked back to tbo castle. She reached her room unmolested and unobserved, and when tho maid came with apologies for her long: absence, explaining that she bad knocked at eight and, receiving no answer,' had left the princess undts- - ' turbed, it was nine o'clock. And In two hours a whole life's tragedy had one might happened. "Only Sir Henry Foulkes learned of the secret The princess was very fond of him, and she told him soma years later. Everyone marveled at. bore the news when It the way-shwas broken. But I think that when-twpersons love as those Ud. no matter what happens, whether both llvet or one be taken, each knows and feel o that the other is not far away." The little doctor ceased and flicked the ashes from his cigar and flung the. stub away. "She is still alive?" asked Tarrant, huskily. . "Oh, yes. Indeed, and her life seems a very happy one. She Is a jolly old maid princess and a universal favorite in every European court. I met her last year at Berlin, and I think she was my first convert among the families of reigning sovereigns or those of royar rank. And I think, gentlemen,"' he continued, "that when the cycles bring the unperishable part of. William Plantagenet, English throne, into eerpereal form again, he will choose his parents more wisely and with a clearer.-understanding- (Copyright minutes longer; hut at 20 past she waited still, and at last the hands t showed that it was eight, and till she lingered. ."Then one of the porters, entering half-pas- the waiting-room- , perceived her. " What train did you want to take, ma'am? he asked, and, while she sought desperately for a reply, he continued: " That waa a terrible accident in the channel this early morning, ma'am. "lie must have seen something in her face that told him he waa facing a tragedy, for he went on hastily: "'It's all right, though; they say every one of the passengers was saved, and the captain, too, though he atood on the bridge until the last of the boats was launched. It's strange how a little ship like the "Bertha" could have sunk one of them big steamships. ' The "Bertha?" asked the Princess vaguely. What were you saying about the "Bertha?" " I was saying, maam, that all the passengers were saved on the "Cecilia," but they say the "Bertha" carried a few, and If thats the case Im afraid therea no chance of finding them. She went down like a stone, captain and alL lie was a fine young chap, Alf Barton I knew wim well, "Strength comes to thosw of whom cross-chann- I el LEARN IN by W. (J. Chapman.! , e to-th- heir-appare- would delay. "Yet when at last the hands of the clock stood on the 12 and eight, he was not there. And one minute passed, and then another, and now ahe began to grow impatient and little chiding thoughts came into her mind; but still her trust was infinite. Once, as she paced to and fro, she felt a sudden sense of Barton's presence; she almost fancied that she saw him standing outside the door, looking at her; but when she hurried toward him he was not there, and the group at the end of the platform had dispersed also, and the station was dark and empty. And now It was five minutes after the hour; now tt was ten minutes, and she began to be terribly afraid. What If he did not come? What if something which could not have been avoided had hindered him? What if some accfdent had befallen him? She might go back, might regain her room undetected but it would mean the end. Something told her that unless he came they would never meet again. And now It was quarter past She would wait five g J 8AY WHAT train for London, whence their ship sailed early the next morning. Their point of objective as Baltimore; but Barton had thrown out hints that be meant to sail for New York; thus he was satisfied that he would throw their pursuers off the scent "At 7:45. the princess was at the railway station. She went Into the waiting-rooand sat down upon a She bench, her bag beside her. glanced constantly at the clock. It seemed incredible that In five and twenty minutes her lover would actually be with her, that they would be together again, never to be parted! The hands seemed weighted with lead. After an enormous interval It was only a quarter before the hour. "She went out upon the platform apd paced to and fro Impatiently. She knew that her maid would not return till eight; then even If she were missed, no suspicion would be aroused until' nearly midnight, for she might have been with the queen, and none would break Into that august presence unless sent for. Probably they would be on the mainland before anyone bus pected. So she had no tear in pacing the Cowes platform. Nevertheless she shrank from observation, in case some one she knew might happen to be there. For that reason she kept At the well back In the shadows. other end of the platform ahe saw a group of men, constantly increasing In number, who seemed to be talking excitedly. She saw the railroad officials in the center of this throng; she heard newsboys shouting; but ail this did not Interest her at all, for In ten minutes more her lover would join her. It was incredible to her that be exer-selectio- IT, I ." , HEAT OF BATTLE College Course, Writer Hotde, Doe Not Fully Fit Men for the Bu- rdene They Must Take Up.. The reason so tunny college boys fnfP that they are full of theories; they think they know it all. . . A is a good thing, an excellent thing, but It must be given to kind of youth. Quite a number Is college-cours- tins-rig- of the hlght positions are filled by men who went through college, but who hnd no false notions ns to whnt was required of them when they entered business. No man Is worth anything until lie has gone into the heat of buttle and hnd his theories subor- dinated to practice. The son of rich parents Is handicapped in his youth. lie gets no experience of doing things, and no opportunity to benefit from hard knocks midi as come the other fellow's way. When a boy comes to ask tue to put him through college, 1 tell him would be the worst thing thut coultL happen to him. I say: "You would-noonly have a burden of debt on: your shoulders when you flnlshcd'col lege, but you would have the additional burden of getting experience and it hard to get experience and eom money at the same time. You can earn money only nfter you have lmd experience." Theodore Vail in Ameri- it t can Magazine. f Famous Japanese Geyserv. Throughout the country Atami,' Jup un, Is fumed for. Ita geyser, which la known as Oyu, or the "Great Hot Water." It is in- the middle of tho town and breaks out about every four hours, when it shoots forth boiling water and steam with great force and noise. It. , originally shot straight up intom now is confined but by partially stone thut Is placed over It: Sometimes the outburst continues for more-thantwelve hours, such cases occurring several times a yeur. The waters are transparent and' are curried through pipes to the various - the-air- , Not So Old, Either. Flntbush I understunu the life of a freight cur Is about twenty years. And Jet no wonmn Bensonhurst would like to he told thut she looked us old ns a freight car.. , |