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Show 'S n O" r pleaded to have iiubJi" 5 ! grandfather shabbily. My parents died when was a child, and he had cared for me as far back as m memory ran. He had suffered mb to spend the for- tune left by my father without re- sfamt he had exported much of me and I had grtevouslj disappointed him lit was lus hope that I hould devote myself to a. h" ( u. a p.ufession. for w bi h he t lion, whe.eaa enginet 1 am n n aiology for my , life, and I ha "enipt to extenu-- t ate my conduc. going abroad at the pd of ui course at Tech and. making iLatuanie Itonovan's acquaintance, setting off with him on a career of 1 do not regret, though poe- 1 THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES By MEREDITH NICHOLSON Antlwr TBE MAIN CHANCE. IiaHESUN- ,- Ik. 1 IELDA ?boa iLWU,llJt the C. tiobbe-Uem- CHAPTER I. The Will of John Marshall Glenarm. Picketing's letter bringing news of my grandfather's dtath found me at "edit.,.f I Naples John early in October Marshall Glenarm bad died in June, leaving a will whUlt gave mo his prop erty conditionally, Pickering wrote, and It was necessary for me to return Immediately to qualify as legatee. It was by the meiest luck that the letter came to m hand' at all for it had been sent to Constantinople, in care of the coti'Ul general instead of my ' banker-- there, and it was not Picker, Ing s fault that tile consul was a frleud of iiilue who kept track of my wandet lngs and was able to hurry the exeeu tor's letter after me to Italy, where I had gone to meet an English finanstate." cier who had, i was advised, unlimited For a touch of comedy commend to on African railways money spend me to my grandfather! I am an engineer, a graduate of an Pickering, fel- you always were a American institution familiarly known to over all turn Ill you low, as The Tech," and as my funds were mjrrlght, interest and title in and to these an- running low I naturally turned to my profession for employment. But this letter changed my plans, and the following day I cabled Pickering of my departure and was outward bound on a steamer for New York. Fouiteen days later I sat In Pickerngs office la the Alexis Building at listened intently Wlyile he read, w th much ponderous emphasis, the pre isions of my grandfather's will. V. len he concluded I laughed was a serious man, and I Pickerln was glad o see that my levity pained him. 1 1. .d, for that matter, always been a fee iree of annoyance to him. k of distrust and rebuke and his did not tro Ie me in the least. I reachec across the table for the gave the sealed and paper, and s copy of John Marshall I read it will into ray hands through for myself, fooling conscious meanwhile that Pickering s cool gaze was bent inquiringly upon me. These are the paragraphs that interested me most: I give and devise unto my said grandson, John Glenarm, sometime a resident of the city and state of New York, and later a vagabond of parts unknown, a certain property known as Glenarm House, with the lands and hereditaments thereunto pertaining and hereinafter more particularly. described. and all. personal effect, good other- - property' that may be located in the premises and on the land herein described, the said realty lying in the county of Wahana in the state of Indiana, uion this condition, faithfully and honestly performed: "That said John Glenarm shall remain an occupant of said Glenarm House and of my lands appurtenant thereto, demeaning himself meanwhile In an orderly and temperate manner. Should he fail at any time during said year to comply with this provision, said property shall at once revert to my general estate, shall become, without reservation and without necessity for any process of law the property, Well, What Do You Think of ItT" absolutely, of Marian Devereux, of the eyes were fixed upon me and that he gelic Sisters. Marry! I like the Idea! county and state of New York. WeTl, he demanded, striking his awaited my answer. I suppose some one will try to marry hands upon the arms of "his chair, What do I think of it? I repeated. me for my money. Marriage, Pickerwhat do you think of it? I dont know that it makes any difing, is not embraced In my scheme of For the life of me I could not help ference what I think, but Ill tell you. life! There was, In the if you want to know, that I call It in- laughing again "I should hardly call a marryfirst place, a delicious Irony in the famous, outrageous, that a man should ing man, he observed. you I fact that should learn through him leave a ridiculous will of that sort bePerfectly right, my friend! Sister of my grandfather's wishes with re- hind him. All the t Id money-bag- s Theresa was considered a possible spect to myself. Pickering and I had who pile up foi tunes magnify the im- match for my grandfather in my grown up in the saine town in Ver portance of their money. They im- - youth. I'm quite out of it with her mont; we had attended the same pre agine that every kin Iness, every ordi- - And the other lady with the fascina paratorv school, but there had been narv courtesy shown thorn, is merely ting algebraic climax to her name from boyhood a certain antagonism a bid for a slice of the cake I'm dis-- 1 she. too, impossible; it seems that between us He had alwavs succeeded appointed in tnv grandfather He was can't get the money her by where I failed, which is to say, I must , a .splendid old man, though God knows I'd better let her take marrying It. Shes at admit, that ho had succeeded prettv he had his queer wavs, fll bet a thou- - poor as the devil, I dare say. When I refused to settle sand dollars, if I have so much money frequently "I Imagine not. The Evanses are a down to niv piofes'ion, but chose to in the world, that this scheme is yours, wealthy family, in spots, and she see something of the world first, Pick- - Picketing, and not his. It smacks of ought to have some money of her own ering gave himself seriously to the' ottr ancient vindictiveness, and John If her aunt doesnt coax it out of her law, and there was, I knew from the Marshall Glenarm had none of that in for educational schemes beginning, no manner of chance that his blood. That stipulation about my And where on the map are these he would fall. residence out there is fantastic. lovely creatures to be found I am not more or less than human, j dont have to be a Sister Theresa's school lawjer to know your and I remembered with joy that once' that; and no doubt I could break the preserve; Miss Devereux adjoins has. I think, I had thrashed- him soundly at the will; Ive a good notion to try some of your own weakness for travel anyprep school for bullying a smaller boy, how. Sister Theresa Is her nearest rela-T- bnt our score from school be sure. You can tie up the tive, and she occasionally visits St. days was not without tallies on his side. He estate for a half dozen years if you i Agathas thats the school was easily the better scholar I grant like. he replied coolly. He did not 1 suppose they embroider altar-him that; and he was shrewd and ! look upon me as likely, to become a cloths together and otherwise labor You never quite knew the formidable litigant. plausible My staying qual- - valiantly to bring confusion upon extent of his powers and resources, itles had been proved weak long ago, satan and his cohorts. Just the peoand he had, I always mantalned. the as Pickering knew well enough. to ple pull the wool over the eyes of most amazing good luck. as witness "No doubt you would like that, I my grandfather!" the fact that John Marshall Glenarm answered. But I'm not going to give Pickering smiled at my resentment. had taken a friendly interest In him. you the pleasure. I abide by the term Youd better give them a wide was It wholly like my grandfather, of the will. My grandfather was a berth; they might catch you In their, who was a man of many whims, to fine old gentleman. I shan't drag his net, Sister .Theresa is said to have his affairs into give Pickering's keep- name through the courts, not even quite a winning way. She certainly ing; and I could, not complain, for I to please you. Arthur Pickering, I de- plucked jrottr grandfather. had missed my own chance with him. clared hotly. Nuns In spectacles, the gentle eduIt was. I knew readily enough, part of The sentiment is worthy of a good cators of youth and that sort of thing he rejoined. my punishment for having succeeded man, Glenarm with a old man for their so signally in Incurring my grandBut this woman who Is to succeed prey. None of them for me! fathers displeasure that he had made to my rlfehts, I don't seem to remem1 rather thought So. remarked it necessary for me" to treat with ber her. and he Pickering, his watch In this matter of the Arthur Pickering It is not surprising that you never from his pocket and pulled turned the stem will; and Pickering was enjoying the heard of her. with his heavy fingers. He was short, situation to the full. "Then she's not a connection of the thickset and sleek, with a But there was something not wholly family, no long lost cousin whom I hair already thin and a square Jaw, honest in my mirth, for my conduct ought to remember? mustache. Age, I mentally reflected, No; she was a late acquaintance of was not Improving him. during the three preceding years had I had used my your grandfather He met her through been reprehensible. CTO BE CONTlNf EDJ ' 1 1 Glen-arm'- e r, ; 1 i "i- - a-- ' ILLIN01S RIVER, ABOVE ALTON, ILL NORTHWEST j . good-nature- d close-clippe- d NOTE! Banks in Portland are not affected by the flntncla! disturbances in New-Yor. w k w , Dr F it Im" of Oregon, a prominent denti't a id fur many years a result nt H the !nt .raus, committed siiititle at P mama on October 24. Harvv W l.t.gun a railway engineer w.i' 'hot and fatally wounded by a masked highwayman in Portland No clue to the murderer Las been discovered Two p rson-- t ate known to have been killed and one seiltpisly Injured as the lesult ot the exposion of the oil burners on the river steamer J N Teal, at Portland C. It is announced that Traoy Becker, an attorney of Buffalo, wifi ba attorney appointed speitul assistant general to review the Southern laud fiaud cases in California aud Oregon dollars In gold was reOne nil1 ceived hi the John I Cook hank at Goldfield oil Ftili.tj and Saturday last, to be used in paying off depositors who wish'd to withdraw their money from the bank s care al Bonaparte has Attorney-Gene- t the appointment of Elmer E. Todd to he Cnlted States attorney for the western dlstikL for the state of Mr. .Todd sueeeeds hotWashington ter C. Sullivan, resigned In the arrest of C E McDonald and Ed Smith on a Great Northern dining ;ar, between Hillyard and Spokane, the officers believe they have captured two bandits who held up the Great Northern passenger train near Rondo, Mont., Sept. 12. Mrs. Bath S. Waterman, who married a well known Chelsea, Mass., man weeks In Goldfield, Nev.. about six sgo, has arrived In Boston seeking her husband, whom she accuses ot having deserted her In Denver, taking $700 of her money with him. It la reported that mountain Ilona and bears are too thick for comfort In the mountains surrounding Star Valley, Wyoming. They are killing livestock right and left and are causing a great deal of worry to the farmer and stockralsers throughout the valley. Financial conditions In Montana were never batter. Record prices obtain for wool and sheep, while cattle have commanded a material advance over last year. Up to two months ago copper sold at unusually high prices, so that on the whole the present yer has been the most prosperous in the hitory of th state. If a ruling made by the court In trial of Theodore Cantelonl, the charged with th murder of Mollie Quinn, at Butte, Is sustained by the supreme court of the state, tb dath abolished In penalty is practically Montana. Th court ruled that a Juror'' who was opposed to the death penalty might sit on tb jury. - J. C, Bchwlek is on trial at Gold- e Tic w H & Fa a considerable distance along the Illinois fperUe with the famous Grand Canyon country, ifhibir for many miles along the water edge. NP laterway from the great lakes to the gulf it river the scenery compares the rocks rising In stately The route of the propoced along thia river. KDIAN PRINCE LANDS TAKS ROOM ON GOTHAM photographed, and she would not con scut to pose until her Rcruples had been overcome h the arguments of the photographers TOP FLOOR OF HOTEL. Royal Potentate, Ordered to buntains for Health, Packs Hrs Wife and Baggage on Steamship for U. S. A. fiui$ j 1 - - 1 months spent in leisurely following the Danube east of the Iron Gate Laurance Donovan always with me, while we urged the villagers and inn loafers to all manner of sedition, acquitting ourselves so well that, when we came out into the Black sea for further pleasure, Russia did us the honor to Rt ep a spy at our heeds. I should like, for my own satisfaction, at least, to set down an account of certain affairs In whlcii we were concerned at Belgrad, but without Larry's consent i am not at liberty to do so. Nor shall I take time heie to describe ur travels in Africa, though our study of the Atlas mountain dwarfs won us honorable mention by Ethnological Society. These weie my jesterdays; but today I sat in Arthur Pickerings office in the towering Alexis Building, conscious of the muffled roar of Broadway, discussing the terms of my grandfather Glenarm's will with a man whom I disliked as heartily as it is sate for one man to dislike another. Ptckering had asked me a question, and I was suddenly aware that his did, 1im by rai.J.re A0 ' an old Blind of his. Mlsa Evans, known as Sister Theresa. Mlsa Devei eux is Sister Theresa's, niece. t i whittled I had a dint recollection tiiat during tny grandfather's long wid owrhool there were occasional re-IHirts that he was about to marry. The name of Miss Evans had been men i had heard ttoneU in this connection it siKihen of in uiv faintly, and not, 1 remeniboted, with mtuh kindness Latet heard of her Joining a Sister hood, and opening a school somewhers In the West "And Mlsa Devereux, is she ar elderly nun, too"" I don't knowr how elderly she is but she isn't a nun at present. Still 8he.g very much alone inthe world and she and Sister Theresa are ven jntjmate p a8S e will again, Pickering while I make sure 1 grasp these divert Sister Theiesa isn't the ing ideas one I mustn't marry is she It's the other ecclesiastical embroidery artist the one with the X In her name suggesting the algebra of my vanish ing youth " I read aloud this paragtaph: Provided, fuither, that in event said John Glenarm aforesaid shall marrv the said Marian Devereux, Ot in he event of any promise or con- tract of mairiage between said persons within live ears from the date of said John Gletwm'a acceptance of the provisions of this will, the whole estate shall become the property absolutely of St. Agatha's School, at Wahana county, Indiana, a corporation under the laws of said e- VARIETIES OF YPSILANTI. Nearly Four Hundred Ways of ing It Found. Nw York Mehander Petdah Sin-b- , prince from Brindadia, !sdi and his princess weie passen-prsthother day on the St. Louis troil Southampton His highness Is Wdng for his health, and had been rdd by his physicians to go to the to ukal n a Instead of obeing orders it imped as quickly as he could gaga steamship and slatted out to toug the globe Althere are no mountains In New Toil eitv except those at tlflcliil aasts of steel, stone and brick called Ajlrapets, the prince wanted to tint! t vf high hotel Ho was directed to 'tlelotel Belmont, which is a proper- - Detroit I Hindoo Mich Curious postaL offMichigan and Washington have been keeping for years past a record of the different ways Ypsilanti has been spelled on mail matter, and by comparing the notes they have preserved a list of veritable orthographic wonders has been compiled. This list easily establishes the rlalm that more different was for apelling Ypsilanti have been devised than for spelling name in any other geographical America In all no less than 372 distinct ways of spelling the name have been counted, and It is probable that the greater number, perhaps all, have been used in good faith by persons who actually believed that the orthographic combinations reproduced were the correct combinations for teprcBentlng Ypsl-lanon the written or printed page Every letter in the alphabet except It has been used as the Initial letter of the name, though why so obvious a combination, as Kypsilanti should be neglected when others much less obvious have been employed Is difficult to explain. As a matter of fact, the variations in the spelling are chiefly confined to the first syllable, Y being a letter lacking or having only tp icers In e wtintaln Hifound the utmosphoi sufficient Ij riffled in the top sioty Hie prince llsOfotmd, to ills sui prise, tli.it the lifeiw he went the cheaper were the Bo, but it would have made no dif terete to him if the rooms had been Mgkjrfced. for he Raid money to him ty - ti was to object. Ibis the owner of 10,000 acrej of lAnda India, and he and his princess irIaveltng incog He looks to he itiifln.the 20s. His princess Is a charting IHtle woman, dressed ac eo to thdeternal edict ot Hin-- o Ithioa. rqjWOho" an'Atnericah frock suit and rban, his only concession to his at re garb. The princess, although br skinned, has delicately molded jj-- Spell- - ires and an Intellectual face. a sari, the Hindoo robe hal ehVelopsbblfi head and body. 3n sari was pink and green, the al t ot deep sea color, showing her la; ely arms, adorned with filigree mi rnents. In one ear the princess nr six rings and seven in the other, le upper portion of her ear Is hi :ed, instead of the lobe. Ii her nose the princess wears the b' . the ornament which Is like the ka of a gold stick pin. It the center of her forehead was b lny black dot bespeaking her roy-- r nk, and In the eenteref her hair it; mlhg ruby. On one arm was a la y gold bracelet, with a watch set bl In the circlet. '1 have been a student at the Mo-bnedan college at Aligarh," said tk irince, "but I became ill and was of! ed by my physicians to the Bi itains. Instead of that I went to ml I left Bombay on August n and Jffil ed through Europe in 20 days. ft ntess Slnba is a Buddliist. It fs apt ist her religious principles to be leal S ie wore -- e Indlffermt wLawVww twSiw w l languages. Tipsy Lantl and Zyp Silanti are met with, and among the spellings farthest ' away from the accepted and bffldal standard are Whypsorlanter and Routed Burglar With Chair. ' New York. FrflBk M. Franklin, a lawyer, who lives In aiKOld fashioned house at 205 2d avenue, bqd an encounter with a burglar and came off victorious. He was afoused from his sleep by one of his children, who heard a noise In the dining room and started to cry. Mr. Franklin got out of bed and ran Into the dining room In time to see a man with a revolver climbing through a window. The burglar aimed the revolver at the lawyer, but before he had a chance tc fire Fianklln seized a chair and threw it at him. The burglar, bewildered by the attack. dropped to the yard, a distance of twelve feet, and, although he was Injured, he managed to climb over the fence and escape Mr Franklin often has large sum of money in the house, and he believes the burglar knew it. Since July bur gl.trs have paid him three visits CANADA BUYS BUFFALO HERD Tsten from Flathead Reservation Montana, Where They Ranged. In them, so aH to pteverLLttFrm from be The aniIng entirely exterminated mals are all thoroughbreds ftiena, Mont.- - Residents at this ettj Were given an opportunity during to witness the parilal ship-maof thie largest herd of buffalo in the world, transferred which wa the Northern Pacific to the fro Gret Northern on route to its future hon in Canada. The bison were being ihipped by special train, and we-detained here long enough to repair several cars which vicious hulls had damigod in their efforts to regain freedom. The hertl was recently purchased at Ravalii, on the Flathead res ervtflon, by the Canadian govern meat, and will be placed in a park near Edmonton, It h not known how many there are In the herd, but it Is estimated there are shout 00. - - It Is thought ' that there may possibly be 500, withf the the Week ll DEEDS TINY BIT OF LAND. Document Transfers Sixteenth of ar Inch of Real Estate. 4 Warsaw. Ind A deed for one-six- feenih of an inch of land has JnRt been made by Jacob Rosenstock, of this eitv, on a piece of property which he owned in Cleveland, O. A purchaser of an adjoining piece of property at-tempted to jump his contract on a technicality 1ouis Rosenstock. a son of Jacob Roscnstoik, of Warsaw, is a member of a Cleveland real estate firm, which recently sold to a Cleveland man a lot with a frontage of llO feet. the real j estate company selling the property for bank. A few days later the pnr-- j chasers decided that the property was, not wanted bv them and refused to caln. The Canadian paid accept the deed, claiming that the, government $150,100 for the herd, and will place it hank could give title to only 119 feet 1 PS Inctic in the Government park near Lament, Jrontage. which is about 40 miles east of As it happened Mr Rosenstock, of This park contains 10 000 this city, owned 95 feet adjoining the acres, and the buffaii will be ' al- property in question, and as son as lowed to run free In it. The govern- he reielved word of the hitch In the ment has 80 buffalo lo the patk al- sale deeded a bcetion of his lot, less than half an inch of fhontage, to the ready real estate firm, so that a title could The purpose of the Canadian govfrontage. be given to a full to was ernment la buying the animals put them la this park and protect The deal went through e 1 1 120-fo- June 20. Davey Interfered in an altercation between Schwiok and a man flamed, Busier, Bcbwick la said to have pulled a gun1 and shot Davey, killing him instantly. The defense claims that the killing was accidental. T $ robber attempted to bold up stage near Lewiston, t Mont., but the driver put up uch a fight with one that the second man of the robber as obliged to leave the horses, heads to assist bis comrade in crime. While the fight was in progress the team ran away, thus permitting the mails and other matter, to escape the hands of the robber. The driver was robbed . rod brutally beaten. A dispatch front LewUtown, Mont., says that T. A. Oram, employed on west extension of the Chicago, th 8t. Paol, haa been Milwaukee found foully murdered near Willow Creek tunnel. H!s throat was slashed In five places and there were half a dozen ugly stabs- In his chest, whilq his head was' badly brujsed as If wlt a blunt Instrument Railroad Day, which was fixed for; October 28." to celebiate .the com pis, tion of the lag Vegas & Tonopah road Into Goldfield, has been deferred, ow Ing to the unsettled conditions In th A later d'tte will be camp nt present agreed npon as soon as conditions ar more settled During a drunken frolic of railroad graders in one of the Billings fit Northern construction camps, Willard was shot cook, Smith, a cqlontd through tlie head and killed, the the negro from behind This is th third murder at the camp , within It tuoitlh. John Roeiho, a driver for Th Allen A wood yard at Goldfield, fell off D'a near. lumber wagon loaded with mondfleld and was run over and killed. Boelho was hauling a load of The accihim beg to the Daisy mir.e dent occurred near the power company President Fred A. Miller, of the LarPacific Railway amie, Holin Peak company, la in the esst making ar rangement for th --financing of the road from Centennial, to which polnl it Is operated from Laramie to Cowdrey, Walden and the Raich coa! fields la North Park,' Coin. Mrs." 'Ethel Larsen shot and mortally wounded Mlobael Kennedy at At the time of the Goldfield, Nevada shooting Mrs. Larsen says Kennedy was pursuing her husband with a butcher knife. The trouble between, Kennedy and Larsen was the result of neighborhood quarreL The Internationa! Teague of IYese Clubs, In, session at Bit mfngham, Ala, last week, elected officers and to meet next year in Seattle. Daafel L. Hart. Wilkesbarre, Pa., was elected president; Lewis G. Early Reading, Fa., secretary, and Robert Wain tyre. New York, treasurer. t - r sub-statio- t U 5 .i . ' t- - t |