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Show to let hla pat the varteus upuu her plate. yo' please try dess bit cl feesh, 111' Missy, wld a hit ob lest hon.lny; an after dat, a nice site oh YOU 'son," he said coaxlngly, svlfaeV inking to air hla Engllah. or jab !y that she did not underdid uppo-dug Ki- - ridi. "La Capitaine Lafltte, hi uy - Sc;no done know bei la dey orf luoii eem." lui BY hVH N.LU3TPATION3 DON C. VVAC3N miilM up Into hia face, hilt ft-f-r sin Awn sVionwgd (Cyyrfj.t, &OX by i d no objection to hia helping i40 &yn itoamy) and lafliie, who was watching two. ilul not appear to have ter vat I The girl wl'h bended head, CHAPTER XXX. fixed on the open Ian ehe mild Madame Klefeta remark, which eyt-Lafltte, ahile salting fur IiuiM-.il- u ' rather aharply, in w . - hit for i!.al..:; to return with Ind'Mlnci'y. were bent upon acqufdhl iliMt ia! r tl.e read .t?" lie lii I '(all grave, left h'hap!r.i to liNik :! in or lowering hla face to look iiiio hers i tie Inhumation ahe sought prisoner, am! drew Hart e I hinn-elI her !eg your pardon, madams,1 to win again der question hire murt! c!nriy. sani. aiariiiig slightly, and tnrulnfe u He wan, after hearing what ahe bad hand. . At the Mound of hla voice, with his to aay, convinced that lie aaa not 1 wUh you to tell us how you mistaken to her sialemnir. although lipM vo close that bin breath rilrred touch m the her hai- r- at the thrill of hla jiiiied to eniertain the opinion there were no paprr-iiot- hln at the mere realisation of their being Iihm resulted In such benefit td way of further lileuMUcation-fou- nd ulunr together, a strange sanitation moan In tegard to what tha fc.ng!M upon the dead man. Harhe acquiesced readily In toflltu'a poaueHMed the girl, lifting her spirit were going to do?" Her tone was quite caustic, and he derision that Itose de Caxeneau from Iim bodily enthrallment ; and, dark eyes regarded him fleet sensible, sharp ahould never he told the truth. yet acutely Great waa the dl:'U"t of Khaplra she read, aa surely aa though he had latively over the rim of her swfij and the two men a ho returned with uttered them, No words may say how glass. "1 had. for some time, felt a mit Bapt latino when they found that It I love you" waa tofllte wish to hiiry the Kng- - j It was as if an angel voice spoke to giving that something of the aortwtf liahman. aa well aa Zoney. Even Hap-- ' her Inner senses; and dropping the likely to occur, and 1 therefor pr tlailne'a black bruwa went up In a sur-- ! fan Into her lap, she covered her face pared for It; that was all, madams. He spoke hurriedly, and as If tin prtaed dlaapproval which he wlaely with her hands. refrained from putting Into worda. "Can you read It?" he whispered matter held little interest while hb The dead were oon laid In the once more, feeling that abe was quiv- eyea went back to the violet ones no looking at him. haatlly prepared grate; the earth j ering, aa from a nervous chill. waa ahoveled over them, and aome "Hut, If you thought this, why wu No, ehe murmured faintly; but and in a stronger it that others my brother, for la plerea of fallen treea placed above, to adding, woman-like- , stance did rot?" Madame persisted, guard agalnat any dlaturbance from tone. Tell me!" dralsene of the woods. He laughed, and roes to Lie feet putting down her glass, and taking e In the eunaethalhed clearing. The laugh rains from hla saultlng up her fork with a vigor sncrestlvt aloud near l.atltte as the latter heart; and extending hla hands to her, of an inclination to enforce an answer gave Shaplra aome parting orders. ha said, with a new decision of man- by sticking the silver prongs Into LaHe waa to taka the English aallor to ner. "Come, little Rose, tbla la very fltte, rather than Into the Juicy venithe neighborhood of La Tetee dca delightful, but not at all good for you. son steak upon her plate. "That, madame. Is a matter I cat Eaos, and let him And hla way from What would Madame Rleret aay to me If abe knew where you were at no more explain than can you yourthat point to hla coinradea. e thla moment? I will take you below; self. he replied smilingly, but scarceIt waa comparatively early when party, weary from the excite-men- t and then you must go to sleep, like a ly glancing at her. "Hut you warned Gen. La Roche, by of the day and the fatigue of good child." He took her hand, and ahe permit- telling him what you thought," da their long march through the wooda, betook themaelvea gratefully to auch ted lilib to lead her down the narrow dared laxalle, "for he told ns so, himself. aeoommodatlona aa Baptistlne's amall stairway to (he cabin below. "Rome day and soon," he aald, aa craft afforded for real and sleep. "Yes, senorita; I informed him of It The night had cloied In darkly as he left her at the door of her little several weeks since." "And what did he say?" asked lathe boat slipped away beneath the stateroom, "I will tell you, if Indeed starlight, made dimmer by the wall you know not already, wbat the fan xalle; and Madama RIefot answered with: lag foreat lining either bank of the aald." - "You Thera waa a smile la hla voice; and remember, Laxalle, that he, bayou. it waa aome lima after this that something elaer aa well, that made like others, declared such a thing to be Impossible." Gen. la Roche smiled at the Idea, answered lafltte, with a careless shrug of hla shoulders. "Well, I. for one, am thankful for your forethought, which has saved us from a meeting with those hsteful Englishmen," said laxalle, with s flash of her eyea that bespoke the inheritance of her uncles hatred of that nation. "Indeed, yes, Capt. Lafltte; all ua have cause to feel most grit you, Madame now adm more amiable tone. "But 1AHTTB- 'Je' LOHISnATSA. :ni.!-.ur::i- t' d, f In-r- I Hap-tlatln- to-fltte- that By MILLICENT E. MANN Cepyrlgai. Mu. by LUCAS-UNOOL- CHAPTER XIX Continued. T do not know," ahe sold, and shook her head. "I am sorry If Mortis annoys you. sir; he la restless today I rannot quiet him, she added. "Poor devil. I ejaculated, aa bolding my heavy head tightly between my bands I waa able to follow what ha waa reciting. Oh, God! Oh, God! 'How weary, miscreants had attempts tha why?" "1 will tell you if you promise to talk no more, only listen," aha added. 1 assured her of my willingness to listen, and aha began: "It Is now going on tha fifth day since Martin and I found yon all unconscious dead, I thought but I will begin at tha beginning. Ton nee, Martin and I were coming Into London I know, sir. It la risky but I did so long to sea the town before I left It never to return, for you must know we are on our way to Bristol to ail for America. I thought I could easily stay hidden here for a fsw days." "You mean to say that you will Burden yourself with a (left person in i new laud?" I found myself asking "What else can I do, sir?" she queried; "I could not leave him hers alons he has no one else In the world save me It would be cruel to leave him alone." will- ing to spoil her line charity. "We had not come Into London yet, when a fog closed In upon us such a fog as tondon had not seen In many a day," she aald. "We were r glm-crack- s, In. Who is Mag?" questioned Oil. The woman who rents these rooms and lets us stay here with her," ahe replied rather tartly. 'That settles It said he. "Did I not say that all the mischief waa concocted by tha petticoat army?" You did indeed." I could not help "But they smiling at hia manner. also perform good services, witness what Alice did and would yOu have been any the wiser aa to my whereabouts if Mag had not Informed you?" "Wbat did Alice do?" he quickly asked. "She dragged me here from where ahe found me on Bow Street, and has If it since cared for me," I aald. bad not been for her, Instead of finding a quick man, you would have found a corpse. If anyone at all. "Em!" he muttered. "1 care not they serve best where best paid. I must get you hence I will send for Torralne and a stretcher. Who knows but It may be a trap?" Know, "Beast! ejaculated Alice. sir. that Mag would do no one a mesa trick," she added to me. I reassured her with a smile. The madman, Martin, whom she had taken care of as a mother her ick child, came out of hla eomer at her raised voice, and laid hla hand timidly on her arm. Pretty Alice Lynson pretty Alice Lynson," he murmured, "I know where violets grow the color of you eyea rosemary, too, and fennel, and heres rue for you. Why do you cry? And he started I will get you some. for the door. "No, no," ahe said, "Alice la not crying yon must stay with Alice." The madman hesitated and looked longingly at the door. Alice will cry, indeed, if you leave her," she aald. Thereat he came bock, and went Into hla corner, from whence the crooning began agaJm Gil watched the couple with shamed eyes, but he was not satisfied and , mattered? I think it beat to go and call Tor nine. I kept Pat and him with me, sir, for they could go Into places that I dared not venture for fear of recog nitlon. I will be back with a stretch er In a wink." - i ease d La-sail- s, a o dastard- ly deed, however, they had made sure of tho Identity of their victim, for I remembered a light being swung before my face, and an unknown voice crying, "It la ho." Who had struck tho blow? What waa tho object? I had bean searched I saw from ths wall where my clothes hung some of tho pockets still lay turned out. For what? Not money, Alice was positive, for there was plenty In the pockets which had been left la their original position. For tha paper given me by my father? I had told no on but tha King of that I bade Alice bring mo my coat when I recollected that I had given the locket with the note still Intact within It to Rosemary. For the other paper, perhaps? Well. I chuckled with satisfaction, If It was a paper they were after, they got not what they wished. "I thank you, Alice," I aald; "hut for you and Martin I might be by now food for the worms. Again I thank you, for I honestly believe that I owe my life to you." "Oh, sir, she cried, tears starting to her eyea they seemed ever ready to flow upon the Instant "1 am not worthy to take it Did I not steal from you and you so good to poor Martin and me?" "That la past and done, my girl, I aald. "And as It happened you did I grasped her hand. no harm." "From now on I am your friend," I added. , While speaking, for Alice, seeing that It made me more excited npt to talk, had let me have my way, we had paid slight heed to Martin, who still spouted 8hakespeare, now Hamlet, now another. Suddenly be came toward us; ha strode with the stage glide of the villain. As he neared us he pointed to tale and unprofitable1 Gct thee to a nunnery Ha Alas, poor Yorlck poisons him In ths garden." Poor devil!" I repeated; a mad Hamlet truly." Turning to Alice L said courteousI see In some way unaccountr ly : tble to me I have Intruded upon your hospitality I am waiting to know "Nothing else," I replied, not UU had been struck upon tho head and Before th rendered unconscious. mart and none of anything about it?" "Its secret was givan to mi soms years sines by an Indian chid," sail Lafltte, and then, as If wlshlni to drop the matter, asked Madame llefet If ahe wished any message taka to her brother, as that night must lnd him returning to New Orleans, In order to report to Gen. Jackson. "If you ran go why may ut we?" she inquired with alacrity. "Sorely, Capt. Lafltte, you do not Inteid to go off and leave us alono In till desoR?" read C he you whispered. late place?" her laahes hie "Here Is surely the safest flue for way to along while touch flushed tho droop picking tofltte, Ht smiled you at present, madame. tha deck, a lighted lantern swinging cheeks. from hla hand, carao upon a cloaked encouragingly at Rose de Ckzeneau, Madame Rlefet found llttlo to cavil who was looking perturbed, while Lafemale figure sitting well astern upon n coll of rope, and hla font struck at In the neat and comfortable, If xalle shot a scornful glance it Madsharply agalnat a amall object, send- somewhat primitive arrangements at ame, as If Impatient at her show of 8 hell Island, which Lafltte and hla fear. ing It swiftly toward her. Madame with a sigh. Bought relief Holding hla lantern lower to see party reached the afternoon followwhat thla might be, the rays struck ing their departure from La Teta des In a silence that was aequlesciit; and across the white hand and wrist of Eaux. aha could not but admit to hwsolf Madame and tho two gtrla were that. In the present annoying predicRose de Caxeneau as aba reached forward and picked up nn exquisite quartered In hla own cabin, tha pre- ament, the mysterious life of Ba rata rla had proved to possets certain Ivory fan. whims Jeweled aUcka vailing atmosphere of which waa owing to the Jumble of foreign fur- advantages. caught the light glimmerlngly. and "Oh, it Is Madame Rlefet'a pet fan nishings that Ailed It teak-woo(To be continued.) one Monsieur Laussat gave her in lacquer. Big Alaskan Bear. Rose de Caseneau waa beside Alaska Is particularly rich la bears place of one he broke, when ahe on one of the settees, with the and most of them belong to t group danced with him at the governor's hall." Spanish girl's arm around her; and known as the Alaskan brows bears Her voire sank lower, and a flutter- tho two were watching the flames, be- of which the Kodiak bear Is oae. So fore which aat Madame Rlefet. wide Is his reputation that sportsmen ing, like that made by the wings of After the excitement of the pre- train all over the world spend thoustartled wild bird, sounded in It Lafltte'a hand had stolen over one vious day, and not yet haring secov-ere- d sands of dollars In order to sdd n from their fatigue, the ladles skin to their collection of trophies. of here, and now held It close. "Why are you here, little Rose, and were disponed to ho more ellent than The weight of s full grows Kodiak not aaleep, like the others, ae yon usual; hut presently Lasalle re- bear Is not known, although specimens onght to be? You must bo very marked. glancing around her, "How have been killed that were estimated cheerful and pleasant It aeems here! to weigh between fifteen and eighttired." "I was: but t could not sleep, and it la almost aa If Captain Jean had een hundred pounds, and tome hunt-erknown we were to come, and had precame up here for aome air." claim that they will go u high She stopped abruptly, and he felt pared for our reception." as twenly-twhundred. While at Kowish shoulran her "If so, then I he might have diak several summers ago I messured the shiver that through known still more, so that my brother the skin of one of these huge der when it touched hla own. The suppression made bis voice would have prepared for our protec- which stretched the tape nine and a tremulous as he asked, forcing a tion at La Tele dee Eaux. and thus half feet from the nose to the tall, laugh, and taking the fan from her saved us from thla wild flight." said and ten and a half feet across the hand. "Do you understand the lan- Madame Rlefet, as though determined outstretched front paws. Mr. A. c. to be dissatisfied. guage of the fan?" Goes, who handles all of the brown "Kor my own part. I am ao thankful hand of the Alaskan Commercial Somewhat. she answered, wondering at hla apparent change of mood. to have escaped them that I cannot Company at Kodiak, told me that ho muster up the slightest regret over had seen skins that were three feet toxnlUi has told me of It. Ah," said Lafltte, with n touch of anything else." declared Laxalle, who longer. J. Alden lairing in Recrea wbat might have been either play had been thinking of that other flight, tion. fulners or sarcasm, "then you have when ahe left the liarra do Hierro, had au excellent teacher. Yet I doubt and escaped io New Orleana. Odd Newspaper Names. If ahe ever evolved Tor you a senMademoiselle de Caxeneau had, so The names of Amir Iran newspapers tence 1 should like you to read." far ss appearances went, nothing to are a study tn nomenclature. la "What la it? let me try." ahe re- say upon the subj(ct, which was now kansas are the Rnxs Sew sad tho Back Log: California, the Condor the plied, her Thoughts aa he Intended dropped. "I cannot understand, Capt. IaAMc," Wasp and the Tomahawk; Colorado, they should he diverted. "I wonder If there are enough said Madame Rlefet with the air of the Rattler, and Yesterday and Tostleka In this amall bauble," he being somewhat annoyed at the fort, day; Iowa, the Iostn! Card, thetnlt. col seeming to bare heard "how you came to have such a cor- the Nucleus and the Firebrand- - Kenher; and bending hla face closer, ho rect opinion In regard to the possi- tucky, the Salt River Tiger, thspu.h, ble movements of the English so the Boomer: counted them. Missouri, the Miming One, two. three, four yea, here much clearer Ideas than those of any- Lick and the Cyclone ; Nevada, the are the eight, end five to spare, for one else even my brother." OKI ifcnma Rustler. rejoices in the all the fan Is auch a tiny one." Thpy were at the table, upon which Dinner Pel! nr.t the lla!n People. Then, having placed It In her hand, Sclplo and his coadjutors had placed Souih Dakota has a Plain Talker. In he added, speaking more softly. the preliminary courses of a most ap- t 01 ;rcin!a is the There are the eight sticks, little petizing meal; and the old negro was Missouri has the Crank Irrexpretthle ar.d the En- Rose. Can you read what hey say to devoting much of his attention to ?r1It "mine reads Bill Mademoiselle de Careneau. urging her Batais Rndfei. you from uic?" plantation, con-tlnue- Mistress Rosemary Allyn -- by Wary Kevereux "Perhaps," ha acknowledged; "hut kept my bat slouched over my face, and I put me on a wig, sad long coa;; you at it alters me somewhat 1 smiled a babe could have area through tha trick. But no doubt my enemy, be who had been instrumental In my hart, thinking me dead, did not care to molest him. At last, desperate, 1 asked the services of both tody Felton and Mistress Gwyn they could ferret out nothing new, be continued, "and 1 waa about at my end, when It la 1 received a hardly an hour agone foot of Back alley, word, whispered Chune Street Although 1 waa after her Ilka a flash it was a woman she escaped me; hid herself among the where I wings or stage came near to being lost. Aa soon aa I found my way out I lost no time la coming here. It must have been Mag," Alice pnt I He would have gone, but I called him back. "It la early yet, Gil, be In no haste," 1 entreated. My lord, I have much to tell yon," he pleaded. "Tell It here and now, I com"Enter ths ghost he comes, ha comes!" manded. He gave a sigh of resignation. isavlly laden. Each of us had a pack the window and aald: Enter the ghost he cornea, "Do you know where the locket la -- our little belongings. I was fearful cornea our make way that slaves." you wore pinned upon your coat way, groping ve along, ye trudged u A shadow spread Itself upon the the night you left me?" he queried. fom street to street, lest we be set taken shade of the window and faded away. Yes I replied. Had I not given ipon and our few possessions Vntw us. A fog In tondona s fear Alice put her Unger upon her lips to It myself to Rosemary? "Where la It?" he demanded. !ul thing! Hardly s light anywhere silence Martin, while abe went to the "It appears to me, Gil, that yon are lave the few lanthorna carried by door without a sound and stood listenbusying yourself about something provident wayfarers. You shrink from ing. which does not concern yon. My tvery one and everyone shrinks from 1 started God! CHAPTER XX. Gentlemen carry their naked up only to fall hack you. again. "How many days have I lain iwords In their hands. Men and woAU is A Wager and What Cama of men prey upon one another. it here?" of end "Five daya, air," replied Alice and A aword handle fell heavily upon reached the had We fear! Bow Street when Martin stumbled the door, wielded by no alight hand. Gil In the same breath. (To he continued.) Open, It is I Gil Monte; open I yver something huddled In the road nay, cried a voice, and again there and felL I lighted a taper I recog-sUeWEAR GEMS OF PHARAOHS. waa a tremendous hanging at the you!" was clearer door. 1 thought (my head London Society Women Proud of JewOpen," I too cried "It la Gil." low) of Rosemary and our wild ride els From the Pyramids. conAlice aa yes, "Yea, aa that the answered, night she fog through who Happy the woman of trasted with thla poor womans wan-- 1 made haste to unhasp the latch, and owns some gem worn by a prince of in. Roserushed Gil of daft her with mate; cringe "At last! my lord, at last! he cried, Egypt when the world was younger; mary as ahe stood at the door of the to my aide. From the Joyous la she who adorns herself with an, her cloak half slipped from off as he hastened I understood plain- any ornament taken from a mummy, voice in hla on break her which lay the of petals aer; could worda er low roses than have told me for such Jewels bring the best luck, the from shaken shoulder, women firmly believe at the moment, In her hair, nestling against her the anxiety he had passed through. and they all yearn to wear them. I as feared la more no one have was "It been you there aeck. Ah, Mrs. Clarence Mackey of New York seantlful than she! And so thinking, hurt? he questioned. "Not much, a rrack on the hack of possesses a weird carnellan necklace of her discourse. 1 lost the thread that decked a daughter of the PharWhen 1 came back from soaring near the head, I replied, "and this cut" "It Is enough, from your looks, he aohs and Mrs. St. John Broderick reto heaven I heard her say: joices over aome quaint, priceless JewT tied a bit or ribbon on one of the aald dryly. "Tell me how yon succeeded In find els that shone by the Nile. Many I ao should that the of gate, spikes thla hiding place? I asked anx- fashionables are wearing a little pendknow the place, and because we had Ing "For what you have done ant or charm made of New Zealand iously. the beneath bundles hedge to hide our do and so Alices safety Jade, the Founamn stone, which alothers may When to free you. he carry to os M be I ways bestows good fortune. learned Imperiled. who them for back went I "Ah! pretty Alice Lynson more Sarah Bernhardts favorite in snoot owned the place and who lived there, Gil aald. laying hla hand la a necklace of gold nnggets which recovered petticoats, if you that you thinking low be- the admiring miners of California nAght wish to know. The house Is upon hia breast and bowing presented to her. An English actress. on Bow street surrounded by large fore her. "Poof! You!" Alice cried scornful- Miss Irene Van Brugh. plus her faith pounds. Inclosed by high brick walls. ly, and, swung round on her foot, pre- to a girdle of splendid turquoises. ivy grown." senting her back to him. "I know the place." I murmured. He gave a perplexed look at her In Lent. she between us," carried yon "We "Often we had to stop back and then turned to me. Henry M. Flagler, at a dinner party oontlnued. "When you did not meet ua at the at Palm Beach, said, apropos of Lent: and I would leave Martin and you a as agreed." he aald, "I sent InA clergyman told me one marsh to and go a corpse day In madman and all the men on to tong Haut. except tout how. the Sunday before, he had first of the passerby the way quire n Torralne and your linkman, Pat We preached from the text. All flesh la 1 could meet my heart thumping rame back to Iiondon by separate grass. my breast for fear I should ask some ever since have been "The next day he met a parishioner evil Inclined person and he directed ways and for low and Ms. a lowly laboring man to whom of or It yon. wanderhigh hours searching after wrong. Thus, within a radius did not take na long to find that you fasting was anything hut congenial and thher hither ing or killed, we knew not This man said to the clergyman with of a few miles, we rame to Mags. had been hurt Buw near Street mansion. a smile: the which, she charwoman." explained, Sha fa a I much enjoyed, air, yesterday, become of yon was yer "who used to clean at the old Drury Then what had In sermon about all flesh bein grass, and I could learn nothing. once was able mystery t acted there, I when I about tbe Duke's the- I wish to know whether, In this Lentto do her a slight service, and for the despair burg I eouMn'f he after havli a en sea-ater us In." took she old those days of sake smsD I to do." "A rf perk by wav or a sal-Interrupted thing Idle risky not the waa night My brain r 1 him of the fog rftcr hm! left Rosemary I d to-da- y s-- |
