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Show X THAT GIRL oj; JOHNSONS Xy JEAJf K.ATZ LXHLXM. Ak t At m Gtrl't Urn, tit. Katara4 Aeesntins Is Act at Coarm la tba Ynr 1W0 by Strut A Smith, la tiia Ofcea of th Librariaa at Cooarua. at Wutu niton, D. C CHAPTER III Continued. That Bight his comrades at the tar-er- a had told him of this; they taunt- ed him with it; they laughed at the girt They did not like her cot one et them. Narrow natures dislike and distrust that which they cannot under- stand. Young Green also had aroused hi fears. Green had an education; he had asked where the girl obtained her education, therefore she must was h hare an education. assured of this. Ho kicked the book contemptuously, and muttered, under his breath, an oath against young Green. It ever ho eame there again It would be a sorry day for him. Dolores said nothing. He A sadden frenzy seized him. looped and snatched the book from the ground. It was an old astronomy. She had been reading the book, for she preferred it to any of her mother's books, and whoa young Green saw it the day he was there he was much surprised, and promised to take a volume on the subject the next time he went that way. She thanked him, and it was the drat time she had thanked any one lace Betsy Glenn died. That was two weeks before, and be had not come again as he said he would, but she watched for him, feeling sure that he would keep his promise to her, feeli Ing strangely glad when she thought ef him. She had perfect faith In him. Her father's face was lurid as he matched the book from the ground. His small eyes, close set, were full of brute cruelty; the veins of his forehead were swollen. In hla hands, Med to wielding the heavy hammer, okht book was a toy; his fingers over it. and in an instant it la shreda at her feet N1 a moment she did not corapre-a what bad been done; she looked frossj the book to him and back again. Tkea she arose; her face was white, and km eyes Hashed. She looked at him, and he cowered before her. She wm tall and stately; he had never before appreciated her dignity. Now he appreciated it to tbe full. The book wm the dearest thing in the world to her; he could have wounded her in a other way. Mechanically he gathered up the scattered fragment and ta she held her hand for them he gave them to her without a word, without even glancing at her. For the time she wm more than his daughter; her eyes were on bis face, and her spim. ruled his. Then they strayed away to the mountain top veiled in haze. The lire died out of her eyes; her hands, mecoanically holding the tortf leaves of her book, fell listlessly at her side; her shadow lay long and dark behind her. There wm a sense of mystery about her which her father could not understand; he shrank from it and from her, and passed away up the dark To-nlg- . . i 0-paed J Mere Listless Than Usuual. bank heavy with the shadows of the pines that swayed In the faint breeze, and again alienee fell around her. CHAPTER The w i IV. Mare. "I have come aain," said yom g Green, laughing. He stood in the doorway of the shop, holding the black mare bv the bridle. Johnson had been sitting on a bench outside of the shop, smoking a clay pipe. As the young man spoke he arose and advanced toward the mare. so soon? "Another shoe he queried, shortly. "Tea, said the young man. lightly. Her right shoe this time. Come. Seas; come, my girl! There was a sudden, sullen glow on Johnsons face as be took the bellows and blew the fire into a fierce blaze. He laid the iron on the fire and raJs- ed the hammer. He Young Green began to. talk. poke of the dry weather and the bard roads; he told the news of the town od of the trial that was to come off Of a notorious horse thief who had been caught attempting to stpal Bess. The blacksmith listened in sullen tlenoe between the blows of the ham- - By and by young Green left him and went up to tbe bouse for a drink. Johnson wm not the only silent one that day. Hla daughter listened mutely to the yonng mans conversation. If anything ah wm even more listless than usual, though a strange color tinged, her cheeks as he talked. He left the promised took with her; he had not forgotten It, he said, hut had been unable to take it before. For a moment her face glowed with pleasure and the silken lashes lifted swiftly, but fell ere their eyes could. meet. She thanked him In a few simple word in her low, sweet voice; then her gaze wandered away to the hazy mountain top In the distance. He left In a few minutes, deeply disappointed In her, and yet strangely Interested and puzzled. Had be mistaken her? Was she Incapable of the thought he believed she possessed? Had she not, after all, the ambition to be more than an untaught village girl? Did her thought end with the blue line of the mountains and the hamlets scattered along their aides? he Dolores disappointed him; thought her so much better than she had proved herself, and yet under it all there was a sting In the thought which he did not understand, student of character as he was. "She was positively stupid." he said regretfully. "Yet her face showa such Over and over, mingled with the memory of the black mar and her rider, the word were driven In dully, as though by the strokes of a hammer even, distinct deafening, mot) terrible to the girl in the darkness, "Ef ever thet young feller hems byar agen etll be a sorry day fer hem I" CHARTER y l,f f, CwmH Collier. A Neighborly Gift CHAPTER II. Continued. "Et her been so dry I lowed mebby Here the conversation was intermount tei ther gyardlcg byar dednt rupted by the arrival of much, bein m ye air up so high, so I the two men talked of supper, and trivial things brlnged ye some strawbries outer sntll the conclusion of the meal, when our gy ard lng, Dolores. Pope produced a bottle of brandy, "Thank you; our garden didnt ailed a glass, and Dolores said to the leveled arm passing the bottle amount to much, of his guest, began looked at her nelghboi n sober earnest: She gravely. in her face; without a sign of interest The Idea of trying for my fortune he spoke in her usual listless man- ta a pirate came into my head on ner; but under the listnessneea and tearing of Jackmans adventure. You conapparent carelessness wm the lave the spirit of the buccaneer and sciousness like a sharp sword, that Inow aomethlng of the life of the acme forerunner waa the of the gift pirate. Why should not a shrewd, resthing to follow else than her pleMura. olute and fearless man easily fill his She emptied the berries out of tbs iold? a and stood dish into basket regard"Given a ship, giyen a crew, there them. Mrs. Smith said afterward ing h plenty to be done, no doubt, said she looked as though she were trying Crystal. "But Its perilous work; its ihort shift If you're nabbed. But why von't you give me your scheme? Captain Pope considered a little. If 1 satisfy you that it may be done, rill you Join me as second in ? corn-rand- Yes, answered Crystal like an cho. "See here, said Pope, in a low, old, emphatic voice. "I want money fit out this expedition. Now there ias a deal of valuable plate In my kmlly and It all went. In ways there b no need to describe, Into the hands f an aunt of mine, a woman who Ives on a small Income in a little touse called Updown, hard by Mar-ptA large portion of that plate ii mine by right of my being my tthera eon. I choose to think It so, asd I mean to have It. He clenched fas fist and let it fall, l r The value? said coolly. All fifteen hundred pounds. Thatll buy you the ship. Wheres fie cash to come from to victual Crj-sta- ter? "Staunton will take three hundred and a bill for the remainder. d)wn Dolores Watched Him. to discover if they might be "tetch-ed- . In reality the girl did not even ee them. She was wondering vaguely what the woman would say about the mare. That she had come for some purpose outside of brlng.ng the fruit wm clear to her. She waited with a sinking heart and strained ears for what the woman would say. She knew well that aomethlng must follow. That it was in regard lb the mare of young Green she ad not a doubt. Perhaps tbe suspicion In regard to the guilty party had become a fact Perhaps this woman had come to tell her perhaps (To be continued.) HABIT CHAPTER V. Whose Was the Deed? Dolores was waiting for something to happen. A vague terror possessed her; she could not have defined It bad she tried; she did not try. Young Greens face seemed to haunt her. She watened her father continually while he was in the house, for a sort of fascination was upon her, and she could not keep her eyes from his face. She could not explain the terror that possessed her, but her whole listless nature was aroused. She was different, and her life was somehow different, she knew not how. The slow days passed, it seemed to her, with even more slowness than was their wont. Every morning the rod sun arose put of a veil of haze from the mountain beyond the valley; every evening he Bank behind the gray peaks In the west. Nothing happened after all; life wm stagnant; the sun arose and set; the haze hung more dense and thick over the mountain peaks. No ram fell; nothing happened. Nothing happened until One day the rumor floated across the mountain that young Greens mare, one of the choicest breed In the country, valued at what seemed to the simple villagers a fabulous sum, had gone lame. And this was discovered the mornlrg after she was shod by Johnson. To most of the villagers this fact meant nothing That the one hal ary thing to do with the other never entered their heads. They had no cause for suspicion. But to Dolores the rumor came like a blow. It seemed to her in a strange fashion that this was what she had been the kird'v expecting This wos.-vhHue eyes were always looking h to hers, and the pleasant face was foe ever In her thoiiElits. Her eyes were on her father when the news was told by one of the A nail was driven Into rolghhors, the mare's hoof ard she was dead lame The hostler had found It when he examined her hoof, which was not until the morning following the day Green was at the settlement. It was a hard blow to the young man, the speaker said, for he had thought as much of her as though she were a woman. Conjecture was rife as to who had done the deed. Suspicion rested particularjy In one direction, and the suspicion was pretty well founded, but tbe young man would wait until there could be no doubt And here the story ended. Dolores had listened silently, as wm her habit, ho one noticing her. The memory of her fathers words the other day returned to her' with a force the could not account for. By W. CLARK RUSSELL. Cevrrflkt. IW, VI. possibilities.' He was walking slowly down the narrow path to the shop, his hands clasped behind him, his fair head bent slightly forward. Dolores was did not know It. watching him, but-hHe never guessed of the wistful brown eyes following him down the stubbly path. Dess whinnied shrilly when he came in sight. She was restless and snappish, but when he mounted and rode out of the shop she grew gentle again. As be rode away Johnson called after him that she must have gone some distance without her shoe, for her foot was tender. ; Dolores watched him with her far seeing eyes as he rode up the mountain, then her gaze went down to the shop. Her father was standing in the doorway also watching the rider. He had forgotten his pipe; his face In the hazy sunlight was full of sullen hatred, and he looked capable of committing almost any act. His muttered threat of the previous evening returned to her clearly and distinctly. Her eyes widened with nameless fear. Bhe looked up the mountain again to where the black mare was bearing h rider proudly along the yellow she was no longer thld of road; was white, her lips nsrjLwt bar-fa- re queering with excitement The Two Caotains IN READING OT. by Dodd. Mead t Ce. I dont mean to starve for her. I'm with ye, Pope. They sat drinking and talking until about the hour of eleven. Pope found the ideas, and Crystal the objections; and in this fashion fyy trimmed the sail of their ordinary project, till, with a strange hearty cry. Pope struck a powerful hand into his friend's, say- worn-ou- t monkey-jacket- . You see now how it may be ing, exclaimed Crossman, Bobbin," done? well dine together step in here a minute. There twe . Roiher-hltheWhence to at the Mitre, and gents who want a word with yon. Heres one man for your purpose Mr. William Crossman was a Captain Pope, he said; but he recharacter at Rotherhlthe In mained in the doorway. the early years of this century. Whats your name?" said Captain His public house was after the reguPope to tbe man the prizefighter had lar pattern of low taverns. It had a summoned. baft- behind which stood sometimes "Robert Bobbin, answered the feV Mrs. and sometimes Miss Crossman; low, in a rough, ran- voice, with hla and It bad a parlor which was very head stooped, twirling hia hat, his comfortably fitted. The place smelled grersy black hair tumbling about hla foully of acid ale, and was commonly face, on which the devil had written full of seafaring men, some of them the word rogue in eye, nose, and of a rather peculiar type. mouth. Now, after dining at the Mitre, as Pope began to talk to him had been prearranged. Captain Pope In Captain a very low voice, and Captain Cry-ta- l and Captain Crystal arrived at the drew close, pipe in hand, and lisL'amperdown publlchouse, and en- tened. Crossman, in the doorway, tered. . directed his one eye at This Is Captain Pope, a friend of seeing this, to whom he said: Pope, Captain mine, Miss Angelica. spy Crystal, "There must be no arrangements and Pope flourished hlsHjgt to the made lu this 'ere house, master. I'm lady, who bowed and slmjwod as ahe to oblige my friend Crystal, willing sank in a curtsey. but 1 cant allow myself to be InPope was about to ord$r two glasses volved. of brandy, when CrysJAl stepped him Then looking at the fellows In the by saying they would Brink with Crossall of whom were eagerly staring bar, man, and as he spoke Crossman him- In direction of the parlor, thirstily the self stood In his parlor door taking a Bobbin had been called view of the company with his one wondering why he called out tbe names of two in, eye. He saw Crystal and nodded, and who instantly came tumbling tothe two Captains Immediately made men, him and lurched into tbe parlor. ward for him. looked them up and down; Pope "We've come to have a yarn with one was a haggard man, of a broken you, says Crystal, taking Crossmans and dangerous appearance; he wm This is my particular great fist. very dark, with a savage squint, and friend, Captain Pope, Shut the door, rolled on his legs as be stood, as though William, for we want to be private. he floor of the parlor had been a heaving deck. The other was a little man, very thickset, pale, with brows hair that sat upon his head like a wig, and moist blue protruding eyes. He looked as harmless as the other seemed terrifying. But they were three men, and very fit for the errand Pope and Crystal designed to carry them on. Beyond a few questions, however, and the taking down of a note or two. Gross-mawould not permit any conversawell-know- n - tion. No, you must ou( of my house, PAPERS. Almost Every Person Has One Part Hs Turns to First old "Very persons," said an observer, nearly ala ays, on unfolding theli newspaper, turn to the column ol Dcatas. This Is because. In the first place, they are most likely to find news of their friends there than In the column of Marriages. or any Pop Flourished Hla Hat. other part of the paper, ard because, In the second place, they are Interest- Curse him! If he didn't "But first, sir, savs Captain Pope give me that ed In death they have It much In chance, hell find his ship gone. For "will you ask your lovely, daughter to their minds. I've made up my mind. Im a des- bring us something to drink. Miss Crossn an placed a bottle of Young girls turn first to the soci- perate man. The black flag flies ety news and weddings, and after that aboard the Gypsy already, and I see brandy upon the table and went out. to the fas lions. Young men of the plunder enough in our hold to main- languishing at Pope, who had a vc ry sort, turn first to the tain us as gentlemen for life. good knowledge of the use cf his own healthy, open-ai- r this eyes. sporting news, while boys universally "How dye mean to fetch turn to this pa.e first. The actor, of plate? asked Captain Crystal. "Cnossman, says Crystal, opening tourse, reads the dramatic columns, There be two ways, responded fire at once, Til tell jou what weve and the writer the book reviews, but Captain Pope; you may take it by come here to talk to you about. My neither of these departments, I fancy road, or you may take it by water. friend Captain Pope Is the son of a does any part of the disinterested My Idea, Crystal, Is to hire a ten or gentleman who owned a quantity of public consult first of all. twelve-to- n cutter, and sail to Margate, plate. This fine silver plate found Its "The elderly gentleman of a pom- land, seize the plate, march with it way into the possession of an old pous appcararce reads the editorials aboard, and sail away across to Ham- lady, Captain Pope's aunt, tut it don't first, while his corpulent, cheerful burg, where I know a merchant who belong to her, It belongs to Pope. He wife reads the recipes on the housewould take the stuff off my hands at was at sea when the lawyers got finhold page. Some clergymen read a good price. We should then return gering the property, and, like all sailors he was robbed. My friend wants the wills of the dead, to see what and there will have been no risk. to recover his own. chanties have been remembered with "but said be Crystal, done, "It may Very natural and proper, exclaim!ie;uests. There are many people who whafwith the burglary, and what with read the crimes, the scandals and the the bringing of the plate across coun- ed Crossman. "What might be the shocking accidot ts first. Poets, as a try, and what with its shipment on a value of this 'ere plate, sir? "From twelve to fifteen hundred rule, will not read tie newspapers at coast where the blcckaders get the all. answered Pope,. "But it'll bloodpeunds, of Philadelphia Record. smell the and of lynxes sight hounds from the jobs the smugglers fetch. I allow, no more than from six to eight hundred. Advantages of Early Christiana. put em to, It'll prove as dangerous Crossman nodded as though he R.j p Potter Is telling a story of an undertaking as could ever make should a deal eld lady who lecontly asked the stoutest heart pause. say. "Fire away, 1 don't see n:m how it nas that Solomon was cried Pope,, wild- your meaning. "Do you pause? flowed to hare so many wives not ly leaning forward and staring with Pope then told him that the plate was stowed away In a lonely house to met the other ladies. desperate glowing eyes et the other. near He explained that tno manners and Margate, occupied by the old Crystal tapped here and there with of Solomon's days were lady, and ruaytm others he could not his square foot. to those of the present era, "I dont pause. said he. "I raise yet tell; that he had once had an Idea whereupon she replied earnestly. "Oh, objections to grease jour keels with. of fetching his property by road, but don't you think those early Christians It may be done. I say. Where do you was hindered by the troubles and New York look to find seamen?" perils he foresaw when he and his enjoyed great privileges? Times. companions left the house with the I may profess a respectable voyage, and theyll sign for an honor- plate. "In fact, Admitted His Guilt he said, "we should be able run. When we are at sea. Ill "Do you cot at times have soulful call them aft, and those who object chased and captured. "And hanged." said the yearnings which you long to express Ill send adrift. In words but carnot? asked the fair . said Crystal grinning. Thats it, For possessing myself of my own? maid who had a leaning toward the 'Til help ye te find some stiff uns. cried Pope, with his eyes full of cruelsentimental. How many of a crew? Yes, I was up against something and A hundred apd eighty tons, mused ty and temper, as he bridled like 4that once, admitted the youth Pope. Allow for ten men to be sent threw his strong arm dramatically on with the noisy tie. "I wanted to tel- adrift, What aay to a company of to the table. egraph home for money and didnt forty?' They'd hang us. Pope, grunted have the price of a Marconi. Crystal. "Oh, plenty," echoed Captain CrysAny way, continued Pope, flashing tal sw ftly, but plenty If you please, Strategy. Pope, for sharp Work. This sort of Into cheerfulness and cordiality, "the Tta lueky I'm a dentist chuckled cruise is not a thing a man extends. road being out of the question, Mr. the tall student answered Pope. Crossman, nothing but the water re"No, by heaven, Why so? asked the frieno. But I 'hall want ten thousand pounds mains; and we propose to proceed for our property by sea. "Well, last night every time I kissed out of It Clara she acreamed. Wden the old How can I help you? said CrossA man mu,t lire," said Crystal. man came down 1 told him I waa mere- "Ive f UL'ht for this country as a pri- man, looking uneasily at Crystal. "You may put me In tbe way of ly trying to pull a tooth. vateersman, rd as God is our saviour tl-,- rm-torn-s Wring a sloop of ten to twenty tons," Pope said; "but that's the least part "William," exclaimed Crystal, "the long and short Qf Its this we want you to give ua the names and the hornet of three men who may not be wholly unused to jobs of this sort, and who, for a handsome consideration, will be willing to ship as our crew " "Oh. thats your want," said Croes-ma- n thoughtfully. He put hla finger to his nostrils, and striding to the door opened it, and stood looking forth upon the bar with its crowd of drinkers. whla-tie- d On a sudden the and beckoned, and after draining a pewter pot, there approached him, with some marks of astonishmeat on man his wicked face, a middle-sisewearing an old heaver hat sad a dif-lore- 1 settle your business said he; whereupon the three men agreed to present themselves' at Captain Pope's lodging next morning. Pope gave each man a guinea, shut the door upon them and the silence was charming. "Can you put me In the way of hiring a little vessel, something fit to cross the Channel In?" said Captain Pope. Crossman pondered; there wm nothsinister in this request. After a considerable pause he said: Theres Jem Marling; you'll find I him in Rock street, Greenwich. know he has a little vessel in which and 1 believe she'd he goes suit your purpose. Tell yer what I'll do; Ill find out if shes in the river, and if yc u'll send here sfternoon I may be able to give yo ome particulars. Nothing could be more satisfactory, "opo thanked the prizefighter heartily, pud he and Crystal departed. "Here you'll find your crew for the Gypsy, Fald Crystal to Pope, as they stepped Into the street. And Pope assented in loud laugh ef satisfaction. (To be continued.) ing -- ODDITIES IN PET NAMES. Varying Terms of Endearment in WK ferent Countries. "If a man in this country calls hla wife a cat, the foundation Is laid for a divorce suit." said the man who 'ravels. But a French woman lakes the same word as a term of Its odd how the choicest phtases in the vocabulary of affection tf one people are used for quite an nposite purpose by another nation. Jne of the most familiar and roost of oveted phrases endearment among the French, for Instance, Is my !i:t!e pig, and my little puppy-- l g' is also welMlked. But if the Frenchman were to all Mmo. Narcisse 'duck as an American husband might call his bet-.e- r half, she would be very much offendei Ore of the oddest pet ever heard of was that names that used by a famous German general, iho hlways called bis wife my little kernel of coffee. They were divorced it .last, however, and a cynic said .aat the general's pet name should have been my dear little stack of bayonets,' for the lady was said to tare had a very .sharp tongue. I know a devoted disciple of Walton, who, when writing to his wife while on a fishing expedition, calls her my dear little speckled trout 1 Worse Than Some Others. Dey say dat dess Husky Henry Egyptian cigarettes will make you sick. Sum of dem will. A Gritty George dude give ms one wid his name stamped in violet oa it Shooting la Popular. Shooting is the most popular method of suicide. |