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Show SERIAL Lord Wilfrid (tateinent about the wind the boat cut through the water at a good pace. The salt spray dashed up in our Wees and our hair blew into our eyes, but we did not care, for we reached the slip a full minute be-- 1 fore llr. Bennett, and could exult over his deteat even while obliged to ad-mire his boat. But this Is not the boat you left at the slip the day It stormed, remarked j this Is much newep-y- es. Gabrielle; and much prettier, but I believe the other is faster. When you race with us you must always take your swiftest boat, you know. But I can't race that boat, unfortunately. he returned, with a short When I came to get it that laugh. morning it had vanished entirely broken away, I suppose and I had to go home in a fishing smack I happened to be able to hire. I think it is very inhospitable of yon to keep your boathouse door locked. 1 think so, too, agreed Elizabeth, and if I ran ever remember it I am going to get a locksmith from the village and have It opened. We were all ready to do justice to the nice hot cakes and tea Mary Anne had waiting for us, and we found He Mr. Blake quite an acquisition. was a quiet man. who, as Gabrielle ssid, always seemed to be about to make a brilliant remark wnd never did. but kept us on the alert waiting for it. Lady Edith took off her hat and laid It on the chair beside ber, and I idly picked it up, smoothing out the veil which was knotted around it and thinking how wonderfully well It face. Suddenly suited ber flower-lik- e 1 paused, however, fur in the veil fastening the chiffon to the hat brim, I saw a small pin shaped like a key, and the counterpart of one link of my cuff button. I was about to draw it out and ask her about it, for the design was unusual, when I saw a gray shadow cross her face and her eyes dilate strangely. She was looking beyond me, straight at Gordon Bennett, and I looked also, wt aiderlng greatly. He was bending forward, cup in hand, talking to Gabrielle, and a ray the from the setting sun reached i STORY j 1 4 4 i 4 . : J THE j SMUGGLER By ELLA MIDDLETON TYBOUT Illustrations by Ray Walters iw LiuwwH to.; synopsis. - i Three Kirin Elisabeth, Gabrielle anil thee Ellae atari ril fur Canada to . summer On boanl steamer frighteneil by an apparently dement-a- d stranger, who, finding a bag belonging to one of llieiii. traik enjoyment In scrutinising a photo of the trio. Hllie shared her atatariMiin with a Mra. Graham, alao bound for ('amnia. The young women on a aightaeelnK tour met Mr. Graham, anxlouaiy awaiting her huaband, who had a mania for nailingThey were introEdith. Wilfrid and duced to A cottage by the ocean wan rented by the trio fur the Bummer. Kliiabetli learned that a friend of her fatlier'n waa to call. Two men called, one of them being the queer-actin- g atranger on the ateamer. The girla were "not at home. but dlncovered by the cardn left that one waa Elisabeth' father' 3f the men Tlie men proved to la Joint C. friend. Blnke and Gordon Bennett. The party waa told of t lie nearch fur nmugglera In the vicinity rtf the cottage. Kline vlnlted Mra. Graham to And that her lile waa not the liuppleat. She learned that the a and Lady Eilitli were irquHint- pit. A wisp of yellow hair from Mr. Graham's pocket full Into tlie bands of Ellae. Mrs. Graham's hair was black. During a atorm the young women lieanl a crash In the basement of the cottage anil a moment later Mury Anne, their woman servant, entered, her arm bleeding. To assure them there was no danger. Mary Anne descended to the basement alone tnd quieted their fears. I. fly Edith told the girls of a robbery of jewels at the hotel. Fearing for the sufety of her own gems, she left them In a l safe at the was properly Mr. Gordon llenm-tintroduced, explained ill queer actions, returned the lost bag nnd told of mysterious doings of a year before connected with tlie cottage. Exploring tlie ndlur. sne of tlm girls found s sphinx the exart counterpart of which built Edilh "onion Bennett and found to possess, also. tin-re- linl tin1)-war- - ent-tag- n. Wi-r- c CHAPTER VII Continued. Don't lie 'opin' that. Miss Gahrl-Ile- ; it was Mary Anne who siiokc, and she stood listening to the story with dishcloth in one hand and plate Don't be 'opin' that. In the oilier. Remember the mother what bore lm, and them that loves 'lin, be 'e what 'e may." Well, said Gabrielle, his mother should have brought him up bette', thats all Ive got to say about it; and I do hope he'll be caught and punished. Give us something good for lunch, wont you, Mary Ann? Im starving. And, Klise," she continued, I made an engagement for us all to go sailing this afternoon with the Campbells. And do you know I almost forgot to tell you tbe guests at the hotel had to submit to having their trunks searched. I think it was Insulting, hut Lady Edith said she thought it only Tight." said Elizabeth, "But, Gabrielle. tucking her letter inside her shirtwaist, to be brought forth in private later, you forgot I told Mr. Bennett he could bring hia friend Mr. Blake this afternoon. I meant to have tea Thinking How Wonderfully Well it Face. Suited Her Flower-Lik- e spoon, causing it to gleam, as moved it and insensibly attract eye. Something else gleamed from his white cravat, and I saw was the head of his sparf-plSphinx in raised dull gold. n on the veranda." So you did. Well, we can all come home about four oclock. And Ill be ready fur yon," promDont you ised Mary Anne, eagerly. fash yerself, Miss Elizabeth; I'll have everything laid out and ready, and Ill make you some nice little cakes, too, and ave them 'ot and ready, fur well I know youll be ungry." So when Ixird Wilfrid sailed to onr little slip that afternoon he found ns waiting for him and quite prepared for a good time. There was a nice breeze, and the sea was not too rough, so we enjoyed oiirselvett and thoroughly made a tour among the neighboring islands, admiring the handsome residences with which they seemed to abound. But I would Just as lieve have our cottage on the bluff as any of them, declared Klizalieth, contentedly, and we all ag eed with her. We sailed so near the American we could distinguish the shore signs on the wharf of the little town where the boat landed, and Gabrielle proposed going ashore and looking around a little. Lord Wilfrid busied himself with his sail for a moment, then turned and looked steadily at his t sister. Shall wc land, Edith? he said. The wind is dead against ns. and it will take some time to tack hark home again, but of coursp, If yon think best, I am quite willing." Oh, I hardly think it would 1p The girls wise, dear," she replied. know. have an engagement, you Some other time. So we sailed home again, speculating ns to which Island Gordon Ben nett owned, until we snw that gentle with his man himself embarking friend in an Immaculate little launch glistening with white paint and ah snliiteiv spotless In every respect. We learned later on that the islanders are quite ns p:ir'ir nlnr about the appear-- , anee of tlulr heirs as are the cot-- j facers at liar Harbor about tlieir equipage, nnd tint there is riii-iithem a friendly rivalry on ihe subb'ct. d and rhn We hailed him him to race us hem-1- , and in spin: of j ! he the also that the CHAPTER VIII What I like best about Mary Anne," is remarked Elizabeth appreciatively, that she Is so dependable. We were standing at my window, watching Mary Anne and n market basket disappear in the di reetion of the village. We regarded her broad back and deliberate movements with genuine affection, knowing that her foraging would be eminently successful and our larder satisfactorily stocked, which desirable result was not by any means certain to follow when we ourselves went to market. Gabrielle and Elizabeth had their hats on and even carried gloves, which meant that someth iug unusual was about to happen. If wa had not made such a definite engagement with the Campbells, I would not go one step, announced 1 don't like to leave Gabrielle. you aloue with a headache." "Of course you must go, I returned ruefully. We have set too many times and been disappointed to put it off again. Then, too, remember Lord Wilfrid is to meet you over there at luncheon, and as be must have already started, there is no way of letting him know. I will be all right when you come home, but it is too bad. For this was tbe day agreed upon after various disappointments, for a shopping expedition to the small town across the water. We intended to take advantage of the little steamer that pressed every morning and returned every afternoon, explore tlie place, and invest in a few articles the village could not supply. Lady Campbell and her brother were to join us, and we anticipated a very jolly time. I was therefore nw fully disappointed when I wakened that morning with the dull pain in my eyeballs I have reason to respect and tr at with every def. While the girls made Iheir toilela, protestin'.; vigorously uunlnst leaving me alone. I rented my heavy hend against the window frame and bow be::; It would tried to pndi.-.V.- y be before my bnln felt rb-aagain un-- lile would seem worth eit-nc- iv.h-uliii- Tt la the kindest thins you ratt A for me, 1 said at Iasi. "1 prefer to be alone when uiy head ache. When you Ret off I will take aoineihluS and lie down, and Mury Anne will make me some tea for lunch. By the time you come home tired and rather cross 1 shall be all freshly dressed and as cool anJ comfortable as possible. Now. if you don't start, you will mlsa your boat. They finally set out, and I watched them walk down the path toward the village. Both were tall and alender, but there the resemblance ceased Gabrielle was strictly tailor made from shoe to hat, but Elizabeth Inclined toward softening the severity of such costumes by various feminine devices very telling in their effect, especially uiion the masculine element of society. When Gabrielle turned and waved silk umbrella in a her tightly-rollefarewell salute, I thought her plain skirt and jacket, immaeu lately severe linen shirt waist, still cravat and trim little hat with its knot of ribbon and long black quill, tbe only correct costume for any one. But wben Elizabeth also turned and raised her red parasol I was not so sure, foi the pretty skirt and short Eton Jacket, the dainty white blouse, and the light straw hat with a red rose under the brim, were certainly very becoming, as well as entirely suitable. I lay quite atill fop some hours, then found myself gradually reviving and with a strong desire for a cup of tea. The house seemed very quiet, aw) though I oiiened my door and called several times there was no resixmse. was forced to conclude that Mary Anne had taken advantage of our intended absence to spend the day in the village, not knowing I had remained d well-fittin- g d at home. I therefore got up and went down to the kitchen to see what I could find; for I had eaten no breakfast, and felt that I would now be all the better for a little food. The fire was out, and the prospects discouraging to one disinclined to make much of an effort; but I found some crackers, and remembered that Mary Anne had mentioned putting the milk on the hanging shelf In the cellar,' so I got a glass and went after it, cracker jar in hand. The cellar had been well aired and was much less damp and musty than on my previous visit. Also, the littei of boxes and other rubbish had beer neatly plied along Ihe wall, and ths whole place seemed more habitable, The sea breeze swept through the open windows until the hanging shelf creaked on its rusty chains, and a ray of sunlight penetrated the dark re cess, almost reaching the packing case at the end. I found the milk and filled my glass, then wandered aimlessly Into the recess, sat down upon an upturned box and began my lunch. 1 do not under stand why I should have elected to do this, when the entire hoube was at mY disposal, but sometimes one obeys kfc impulse without any tangible reasoi for doing so. As I sat contentedly nibbling a cracker and sipping the milk I heard voices, miiflled but quite distinct, as though on the other side of a thin par titlon. At first I was alarmed, but In an Instant I recognized Mary Anne's familiar tones and was correspondingly relieved, although her whereabouts was still a mystery. Now, then." said a mans voice imdont let's have a seems patiently, and, for heaven's sake, don't turn on the water-work- s this place Is damp enough already, Oh, Willy, my dear, dear boy," she said appealingly; "don't go for to be ehort wi me don't, now! (TO BE CONTINUED.) COMMON Who LOT OF ALL MANKIND la There Among Uo Who Can Escape from Worry? Calmness and serenity are recommended for almost everything in these Horace Fletcher considers days. these qualities even more important than chewing, in the attainment ot health. The beauty, doctors say that no cosmetics will avail to prevent wrinkles and preserve youth without calmness and serenity, and they are said to be the most potent of all charms in her who would be pleasing to the opposite He serene, sex. sweet maid, says the authorities; let who will he vivacious. It ail sounds very simple, but In order to follow such advice It would be necessary to be a hermit, and then hat would be tbe use of being well or beautiful or attractive? How cun anyone be serene who plays golf, or has cantankerous relatives, who wants to argue about woman suffrage or religion, or wbo has not a sure and certain and adequate Income? Man that Is born of woman Is born to worry, as the sparks fly upward, and it is only adding irritation to his other woes to tell him that all good things may be his if he will only be serene. In Labors Realm FEAR OF SNAKES Matters of Especial Interest To and Con cernlnd Those Who Do the Work of the World FIVE RATTLERS MAKE THEIR ESCAPE AND RESIDENTS OF PLACE ARE TERRORIZED. BUSY MOUSE GNAWS AN EXIT Pittsburg. ia. After two days of Youngtown, O. With the declarastrike, marked by violence and whirli tion that the Republic Iron A Steel tied up (he entire street car service of Company will demand an oien shop the city, a settlement was effected at a for its plant here and hastily called conference of union tuen the Moline till.) plant in connection and car company officials. In the with the rertaln open shop policy of the mayor urtlclea were signed of the United States Steel Corporation in its tin plate and sheet mills, the by tlie oPViuls of the Pittsburg llail-waAssociation of Iron, Company and an executive com- Amalgamated mittee from the Amalgamated Associa- Steel and Tin Workers is facing the tion of Street and Electric Railway Em- gravest situation that It lias ever had ployes which will for years to rome to contend with, not exeepiing the of the 400 miles strikes I 1901 and 1903. The demand prevent another tie-uof street railwuy tracks in and about for an op.-shop on the part of the Greater Pittsburg and Allegheny coun- Republic came at the time thut the ty. The strike, it developed, was the Western liar iron association was in outcome of but two points of differ- conference with the Amalgamated at ence between the car company and tbe Cambridge Springs this week, and motorinen and conductors, one being was not known until Saturday, after the alleged neg'ect upon the part of an agreement had been reached with the car company to shorten "swing that association. It was a bolt out of runs and the other of the refusal of a clear sky and has completely dased these railway official! to reinstate dls the Amalgamated. charged men without proper bearing. Chicago. A sum of $125,543,947 was With slight modifications an agree- paid out In wages to 175,000 employes ment allowing discharged men proper of the Pennsylvania railroad system hearings before superintendents and In 1908, according to a statement isthe assurance of the car company that sued. The amount is $29,471,951 less will shorten the secretary swing than was paid 'the year before, when runs 50 per cent, was drawn up and $155,015,808 was paid to 199,000 men. signed. Greater Pittsburg's first street Although there was such a large dewas thereby effectively crease In ihe total sum, the rate of railway tie-u- p avoided. wages as established for 1907, which lndiaanpolis, ind. A sanitarium for was ten per cent, greater than the members afflicted with tuberculosis rate paid during the greater part of will be the realization of Cigar Mak- 1906, was maintained for all classes of ers International union, if sentiment employes through 1908. There were, The however, some reductions In hours in among members crystallizes. matter is being discussed by all of the 1908 which affected the gross sum unions upon an amendment offered by earned by certain classes of emthe local of Sioux City, la. It is pro- ployes. posed to erect and maintain a home Sharon, Pa. Within ten days the and sanitarium for aged membera and Carnegie Steel Company will be oper members afflicted with tuberculosis ating its big works in South Sharon in and unable to work at the trade. It full, affording employment to 2,000 is intended to appoint a committee of men. Orders have been received to five, which will devise methods of get the skelp mill ready for Immeraising the funds and take steps to ac diate resumption. This will require quire tlie land necessary for the ten days' time. It has been Idle since project. November, 1907. No. 1 blast furnace Washington. Tbe suggestion that will resume next Tuesday and all of the enforcement of tlie furnaces and coke the e tlie ovens will go Into operation. Nearly law," relating employment of men on railroads, be 400 additional men will lie needed! jiostpuned until there is a final de- when these departments are started. cision of tbe supreme court of the It has been two years since the South' United States, determining all possi- works of the Carnegie Steel Company ble controversies as to its construcoperated its plant at full capacity. cannot be entertained, antion, Neb. Tbe International Omaha. nounced Attorney General Wicker-shaPrinting Pressmen's and Assistants in a letter made public the Union of North America, at their ollidr day. The request fur postpone-- 1 tw enty-flrs- t annual convention in this innt was made by General Attorney city, elected the following officers for E. 8. West of the St. Louis Southwest- the coining year: President, Georga ern railroad to tlie Interstate Com- L. Berry, San Francisco; first merce commission, which referred the Peter J. Doblis, New York letter to the department of Justice. Michael city; second .. Cambridge Springs, Pa. The reprer H. Flannery, Chicago; third sentatives of the Western Bar Iron as- ident, Clayton A. Pense, Chicago; sociation and the Amalgamated Asso- ry-treasurer, Patrick J. McMullen, ciation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work- Cincinnati. Ail those elected except are present ers, who have been conferring for the third some days on a wage schedule to gov- incur. In I'..s. President Berry was re ern the wages of the iron mills for elected without opposition. 1909-10- , reached an agreement. The Boston. Ladies tailors and dresssettlement affects all tlie mills of makers recently established a rule the Western Bar Iron association, (bat no member could work overtime together with a number of inde- while there were members unempendent concerns wlio are not affiliat- ployed. Several membera violated the ed with that body. The prices agreed rule. Recently they made their iioare upon are practically the same as with the union by paying to the men those that prevailed during the past and women unemployed at the time of year. Ten thousand men are affected. the violation the full amounts they had Atlanta, Ga. The Georgia railroad received for all overtime work. New York. During 1908 the Boot strike arbitration board decided and Shoe Workers International union of firemen while the seniority against over negroes. The arbitrators, how paid 155 death benefits, which aggreever, placed a premium on intelligence gated $13,300; six disability benefits, among firemen, which, it is believed, $375. and a total of 13,783 weeks sick will ultimately result In the gradual benefits, aggregating $68,917.08, total fur benefits expended $82,-peof all except the most ex-- u Hrown-Hnniiel- l s p , open-heart- h hours-of-servlc- Dignified Citizens Climb Trees and Fences Without Causing Comment and Police Fores Walks on Hands. South Norwalk. Conn.--Fi- te lung distance rattlesnake helped themselves to the freedom of the city, and until they are raptured resident generally will continue to do business from tlie tree tops. The fact that the unwelcome wrigglers carry an punch la every fang and are not of the sterilized museum brand has not served to reassure the populace to auy great extent. Strictly speaking. South Norwalk is up in the air and will remain there until the snakes come forth and outline their future policy toward the nativea. Up until recently the snakes occupied a glass covered box In tbe window of A. W. Dreyfuss cigar store, where they set up light housekeeping Immediately after they were ante-morte- brought down from Kent mountains tbe members of the Schaghticoke Rattlesnake club. Answering to the names of Bill, by Jltn, Mike, Teddy aud Alice, they apcontented. peared to be perfectly Mike and Teddy learned how to chew tobacco and Alice developed the cigarette habit, but aside from that no one could point a finger at them. Not that anybody was very anxious to, because South Norwalk is a popular railroad center and fingers are not any too plentiful. No one knows whether they grew weary of a continuous frog diet or objected to being In the same company with stogies, but the fact remains thut they sulked all day. A nice fat mouse waa dropped into the cage to cheer them up, but they kept exand Mr. clusively to themselves Mouse got busy gnawing bis way to lie gnawed so hard that freedom, he loosened a board, and presently he vice-preside- vlce-pres- secreta- vice-preside- rt 1 negroes. Indianapolis, 792.08. Tha Poiice Force Is Walking on Their Hands. was acting as drum major for the escaping snakes. The first Mr. Dreyfuss knew that anything waa wrong was when be approached the store and saw one of his best customers sitting in the head of Powhatan, tlie faithful wooden Indian outside the door. The customer said he met the snakes as they were departing and that he broke all vaultthe Indian's ing records reaching head. found tlie box When Dreyfuss empty he immediately got In touch with tlm health and street depart-n- i out for nt. and as a result rattlesnake" signs were soon plastered all over the town. Estimates as to the number at liberty grew in size as the day wore on and Hie various intoxicants got a chance to get in their work. It wns all right for the men, they could fortify themselves, hut the women nnd children were terrorized. Snell women as hRd to be abroad fastened tlieir skirts around llielr ankle with rubber bands and took to the middle of the rnud. One old lady did her marketing in rubber bool. Tlie police force is walking on tlieir bands o aa not to be taken by surprise. The spectacle of dignified citizen climbing trees in ail the grew so common a of city parts to attract scarcely any attention. Street Commissioner "Dan" Dunlop and three of hi assistant got of tlieir live during the tbe afternoon. They were outlining plan snakes for tlie apprehension of Hie when a baby in it window- overhead rattle. With a single shook H all four men landed oil the toj i.f a coal box. to the delight of oti-l- ln.l:li. X. Y. The The executive: board of the Mineworkers lias refused , Steel Uninpany posted notices an-t- o grant the request of Central Penn- imimcing a ten per rent. Increase in sylvania operators for a reduction of wages of both office and mill forces, 1. In Tlie the, wage scale In those districts. Tint effective July comcommon oilier with on Independent account that complained operators dispanies, cut wages last March when of competition from tricts they wen- - unable to pay the business conditions were discouraging present scale and at the same time and the trust was cutting prices. "The make a profit out of tlie coal business. increase is effective straight through We do not know what tlie operators Hie plan! said Superintendent Downs, will do," said President Iwis. but! "As to Hie significance or the action we certainly will not grant u redue- - I need only say that business enndi tion warrant tlie increase, therefore tion in wages." Atlanta, Ga. The prepara'inn of a it is given." Portland, Ore. Organized labor In bill to exclude negroes from employment as firemen mid trainmen in tills the slate of Oregon lius, through Its state was begun by a coimnfnee rep- representatives, prepared a bill to be resenting the firemen and trainmen of presented to the state legislature to The measure prohibit (lie manufacture of stoves in the Georgia railroad. There are 150 will lie jifesented to the Georgia leg- tlie slate penitentiary. islature, now in session, a bill al- convict working in the stove plant tlie Rtate receives from the conready Introduced in ihe house require and tract oik 45 cents a day for each man. test for firemen. an educational negro free laborers In the stove indusTallahassee, Fla. The Florida house The are paid from $2.50 to $3.75 a day. of representatives by a vote of ,n.S to try la. The International Pittsburg, la27 recently passed Hie Farris child Diamonds Burn Like Coal. bor bill, which makes it unlawful for .Voider' Union or North America and The Jeweler, at closing time, was children under 1 i year of age to work the Associated iron Mulders of Scotland have entered into an agreement putting his diamonds in a huge sale, in factories, mines. iMiolrooinx, etc., relative to the exchunge of cn ; beBut why do you bother to do tli.il during the months schools are in hi-tlie members of both un tween when two watchmen walk the shp sion. Pittsburg, Kau. All the mb .s in all night long?" New York. New York employers do On account of fire, the Jeweler not want men ovr r.i year of aue. tlie north end of the Pittsburg coal Diamonds are nothing but coal Tlie special cmployim nt bureau for; field, about G.iiuti in number, quit work. carbon they burn beautifully. Tln-ithe handicapped, comlicfeii by tlie' No strike had been called, bill the inen ilernlcil to Kii.iciid work until a de: hardness makes us think then; indeCharity Organization society, reports! vision is reached in the checkoff dis-structible, but, us a matter of fact, a that In n year it has been able to tied break in tin: ranks of the op- ,,ie7.'i men l!d; of out who fire of diamonds would lie the briskest, .work for only wl.cn two companies. ..centred id. in cad, prettiest thing in the world. Put a were over 5n year and the ,'""1 handful of diamonds on n plate and rn the applicant's am I,, it. a II. e oniv ob- ,h Coal announced Md'iiniiick Company, a light io ilium. They will burn wih yv I lin t it "1' "W """'I kef. Tbe ..,e rmplm-.-San Frimrl.-ca hard, finite till nothing I The National K Letter ad.ingion. in the Iron I rad. have ....ive.l a' P- left. There will lie no smoke, nn "'!n Later Tbe m pular weekly meeting duct, on of 15 n .mines a d.iv This n- anl at tlie end tlie phi)' will be : r wnitarinm ,1"' Him ,.f lid, tic,.!' iv agreethe woi duel i,c town council was held oil the clean a though just washr-ti.e lint -e of ex. of f"1' members 1. if of ti.e icehouse, just back of tha hiHi Wl t Metal Trades the lltetlt s!!ghti-apartirlu even of as.i will iuii. the hour a day. lion to Ind. - non-unio- j e . - ; ; 1 - :,.; - o. - - e o. S- ''' H1 1 - ii- |