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Show I ber, the Prince now added cup to cap, aiid like a Muscovite he grew more F bitter us the wine mounted to his head, lie leaned forward and laid hla hand white-wrist. upon bis companions Theresa quivered a little, but did not take it awaj. The Prince wa becoming confidential. "Ves, he said, leaning towards her, "you have suffered great wrongs, and do well to hate them with the hate that craves vengeance But you shall be satisfied and you and I shall hava our heart s desire upon our enemies. Yes, for many days Sweet sweet tt shall lie sweet, and very slow; for 1. too. have wrong, as you shall hear. "Ttuly, I did well to come to you! said Theresa giving her hand willingly into his "You speak truth " He hissed the, words bitterly Indeed, you did betalso have wrongs, ter than well and Ivan of Muscovy will show you a Muscovite vengeance "This Pitnce Conrad of theirs balked me of my revenge and drove me from ihe cltv Hint will I take and burn at the staki 'n his priests robes, as if he w ei e saying mass or, better still. In the red of the cardinals habit And ere with his hat on his head he dies he shall see his paramour carried to her funeral. For I will give you the life of the woman for whose sake he thwarted Ivan of Muscovy. rajrw-r- ilk X & .Autftor of Fie RirtdoRxVG SR-CROCKET- T (l'"pW)Ktlt CHAPTER XXXII. 15 if lif' " L S K I'rix k, li I more He pushes it from him! swered AUts in the same The Margrafz Powder Chests. Theresa and her conductor stood within the tent of tin commander of She found herthe Muscovite arm self In the immediate presence of Prince Ivan, who tue with his usual lithe grace to greet her An older man, with a gra, pinched face, sat listlessly with his elbow on the small camp table. He leaned his forehead Beon his palm and looked down hind'. in the half dark of the tent, a low, wide divan with cushions was revealed, and all the upper end of the tent was filled up with a huge and shadowy pile of kegs and boxeB, only half concealed behind a curtain. I bid you welcome my lady, said SurePrince Ivan, taking her hand. ly never did ally come welcoraer than Let us you to our camp hear your news, and then will we find you such lodging and welcome as may be. In among rough so Idler a .and In a camp of war He went to the froBt of the pavilion and pushed aside the dripping an- Prince Ivan regarded I.ouis of Court-'anl.ook at him' with disgust Who can wonder at the ladys taste? He is a pretty tptncc of a great province But If he live he will do well enough to fill a chair and hold a golden rod Take him away, Alexis "Nay, said Theresa with quick alarm, let him stay There are many things to speak of We may need to consult Prince 1 ouis later " "I fear the Prince will not be of great use to us, smiled Prince Ivan "If only 1 had known would have conserved his pnncelv senses more carefully. But the light wine of our country Is dangerously strong Convey his Highness to the rear, and lay him upon the powder barrels!" He Indicated with his hand the array of boxes and kegs piled in the dusk of the tent. The servitors did as they were told; they lifted Erln.ce Louis and would have carried hint to that grim couch, but, struck with some pe-- I ruliarity, Alexis the Deacon suddenly bent over the lax body and thrust his hand into the bosom of his princely habit, now tarnished thick with wine stains and spilled meats Excellency, he sahP.durnins to his the Prince is dead! His master, heart does not beat. It Is the stroke! 1 warned you It would come" Prince Ivan strode hastily towards the body of Iritis of Courtland he cried, in seeming Surely not astonishment. This may prove very Inconvenient. Yet, after all. what does It matter? With your assistance, madam, the city is ours. And then what matters dead prince or living prince? A garrison in every fort, a squadron of good Cossacks pricking across every plain, a tax collector In every village these are the best securities of princedom. But this Is like our good He never did anything at a right time all his life. Theresa stood on the other side of the dead man as the servitors lowered him for the inspection of their lord. The weary, wrinkled face had been smoothed as with the passage of a hand. I am glad he spoke of his wife at the last." she murmured. And she added to herself, "This falls out well It relieves me of a necessity. cried Spoken like a woman! Prince Ivan, looking admiringly at her. Pray forgive my bitter speech, and remember that I have borne long with this man! He turned to the servitors and directed them with a motion of his hand towards the back of the pavilion. - Drop the curtain.", he said , And at the allken folds dropped heavily down the curtain fell upon the career and regality of Louis. Prince of Courtland, hereditary Defender of the Holy See, The men did not bear him far. They placed him npon the boxes of powder for the Margrafs cannon, which for safety and dryness Ivan had bade them bring to his pavilion. The dead man lay in the dark, open-eyeas If staring at the circling shadows as the servitors moved athwart about the. Slipper table, at which a woman sat eating and drinkrng'wfth her emy. d 1 1 flap. "Alexis! he cried, "call up my peoBid them bring & brazier, and tell these lazy fellows to serve supper in half an hour on peril of their heads' He returned and stood before Theresa, who had sunk back as if fatigued on an ottoman covered with thick fur Her feet nestled In the bearskins which covered the floor The Prince looked anxiously down. "Pardon me. your shoes are wet," he said. "We are but Muscovite boors, but we know how to make ladles comHe encased fortable. Permit me! Theresas feet in dainty oriental slippers, small as her own, and placed them delicately and respectfully on the couch. he said, There, that Is better! standing over her tenderly. Theresa did not answer. 8he only smiled at the Prince, leaning a ll'tle farther back and resting her head upon the palm of her hand. The warmth of the tent and the soft luxury of the rich rugs had brought a flush of red to a cheek which yet tingled with tfie volleying of the Bak tic raindrops. Alexis never told me this woman was so beautiful, Ivan said to himself. "Who is she? She cannot be a Court-land- . Such a marvel could not have been hidden from me during all my stay there! So he addressed himself to making the discovery. My lady, he said, "you are ,our guest Will you deign to tell us how more formally we may address you? . You. are.no,. Qourtlandert as all may ' see! "I am a Dane, she answered, smiling; "I am called the Lad f Theresa. For the present let that suffice. I am venturing much to come to yon thus! My father and brothers built a castle upon the Baltic shore on land that has been the inheritance of my mother. Then came the reivers of Kernsberg and burned the castle to the ground. They burned It with And they fire from cellar to roof-treslackened the fire with the blood of my jaearasLkindredJ. As she spoke Theresa's eyes glittered and altered. The Prince read easily the meaning of that excitement. How was he to know all that lay beAnd then Theresa had spoken. Very j hind? she had told what she had And so. he said, you have no fully of the defenses of the place, learned n goodwill to the Princess Joan of r to any of which gates were guarded by the and Courtland. which the men of her favorers? he added after a pause. Kernsbergers, which bythe remnants by man Plassenburg, At the name the of the broken army of Courtland. She unmoved been the had who by sitting spoke In a hushed voice, the Prince sipping and nodding as he looked Into her eyes. She gave the passwords of the Inner and outer defences, the numbers of the defenders at each gate, the plans for bringing provisions up the Alla Indeed, everything that a besieging general needs to know, And as soon as she told the passwords the Prince asked her to pardon him a moment. He struck a silver bell and with scarce a moments delay Alexis entered. Go, said the Prince; send one of our fellows familiar with the speech of Courtland into the city by the The passwords are gate. 'Henry the Lion at the outer gatg. and 'Remember' at the Inner port. Let the man be dressed in the habit of at countryman, and carry with him some wine and provend. Follow him and report Immediately. While the Prince was speaking h had never taken his eyes off Theresa von Lynar, though he had appeared to he regarding Alexia the Deacon . Theresa did not blanch. Not a muscle of And within his Encased Theresas feet In dainty her face quivered. Muscovite heart, full of treachery as oriental slippers. table with his elbow on the board, an egg of meat. Prince Ivan said, She Is no traitress, this dame; but a raised a strangely wizened face to simpleton with all her beauty. The Theresas. a What he said In broken accents, woman Is speaking the truth." And Theresa was speaking the truti' stammering In his speech and grapa like had expected some such test sod as She if, words the with pling wrestler at a fair, he must throw each was prepared but she only- - told the what who has a word defenders plans to one roan; and as yne severally to say against the Lady Joan. Prin- for the passwords, she had arranged cess of Courtland? Who wrongB her with Boris that at the earliest dawn name has me to reckon with ay, were the passwords were to be changed and the forces redistributed. It my brother Ivan himself! While these two waited for the re"Not I, certainly, my good Louis, I would not turn of Alexis, the Prince encouraged answered Ivan easily. wrong the lady by word or deed for all Theresa to speak of her wrongs. He to the watched with approbation the sparkle Germapy from of her eye as she spoke of Joan of the Rhine-fall- ! He turned to Alexis the Deacon, who Sword Hand. He noted how she shut down her lips when Henry the Lion was at hli elbow. was mentioned, how her voice shook "Fill up his cur remember what bade you!" he said sharply In an un- as she recounted the cruel end of her Un. dertone. h will drink no Though st ordinary times most so "His cup Is ple. -- d PUBLIC .EYE W. A Clark, of Mont, coal properties Is examining some In Colorado with a view to purchase Seven big producing mines of the Coeur dAlene since January 1, 1907, have paid 4n dividends a total of $1 jilADE FORTUNE IN STOCK CRASH 697,500. According to the most authentic accounts. .1 Brandt Walker, foi rnerly of Chicago, made more than $2.5iH),00o In the recent disastrous slot k slump in Wall street Mr Walker, who formerly was in Uie brokerage business in Chicago, has boon In business iu New Yoik bix ears, living in Lakewood, N J 'Many conservative ones who predicted ten ears ago that Walkei would wind up in a pauper's grave because of his recklessness, expressed surprise at his buccoss He Is said to have been so unsuccesbful at Chicago that his father, former Judge Edwin Walker, refused to furnish him money with which to speculate. Walker had fitted up an apartment at a Lake-woohotel before he began his fortunate cam-Withim was J J. Townsend, a Chicago broker, who assisted him In Stcwiting orders Two telcgiaph operators were kept busy giving orders to pi ojierators and answering the alx telephones In the clothes closet that gefved for a telephone booth. f; Mr. Walker possesses a phenomenal memory. He carried on all the of his bear campaign without the assistance of a secretary, bookkeeper p derk. He carried all hla details In his memory and never took the trouble P tote. down his orders. One .Wednesday, when hla transactions amounted ll Bore than 200,000 shares, he made a single memorandum. He was doing fiaslness with 22 firms In New York city and abroad, handling many stocks at P same time. s? .Single handed Walker battled against at least a dozen powerful cliques, heft to his wonderful memory, coolness and are his strong charac-tortlcWhile hundreds of thousands of dollars were pouring Into his lap I Ippeared to be not a Ut more concerned than If he were being measured tor I suit of clothes d h de-(t- HANDLE WILL a. BIG SAGE FUND Robert Weeks De Forest, chairman of the will disburse the $10,000,-00- 0 8age fund which she has established to cure lgittrance, poverty and vice In the United States, Is (New York attorney noted for hla many good worts In behalf of humanity. The Sage Foundation, Mr. De Forest will be a sort of clearing house for future fchiultlei to be promoted by Mrs. Sage and others. fioard of It is worth it all. If you will it, no hand but yours 'shall have the shedding of the blood of your house's enemy. Henry of Kernsberg. Is not this your vengeance already sweet In prospect? answered It Is sweet Indeed! Theresa. Your Highness! said the voice of Alexis at the tent door, am I permitted to speak? Speak on!" cried Ivan, without relaxing his clasp upon the hand of The-res- a von Lynar. Indeed, momentarily it became a grip. The man went safqly through at the Plassenburg gate. The passwords were correct. The ' man who challenged spoke with a Kernsberg ac- The Princes grasp relaxed. , . He ays: 4It will be used for the general improvement of Hie social and living conditions In theUnlted States and will Include necessary research, publication, education, the establishment and maintenance of charitable and beneficial agencies and the aiding of such establishments as already may be organized. 3 "We will in no way conflict with the several funds now in operation, such as Rockefeller, Carnegie and Phipps foundations, representing a total of f23JK)0,000." Only the income of the $10,000,000 is to be used and Mr. De Forest estithis will amount to $450,000 a year. Forest has been president of the Charity Organization society of Net York since 1888. He was the founder and first president of the Provident Lon society, the first philanthropic He waa mad chairman of lbs Tenement House commission of the state of New York In 1890, He la a feanager of the Presbyterian hospital In New York. He was made first Taement House commissioner of the city of New York In 1891. He was eltrted president of the National Conference of Charities and Correction In Alhnta, Ga., In 1903. Mr. De Forest practices law In New York and la vice pm! dent of the Central railroad of New Jersey, mates that 5 Mr. De pawn-btoker- r G $1,000,000. The mill at' the ' Dewey mine In Thunder mountain. Idaho, is to be started at once and kept in operation all summer. It will furnish employment to forty five men. The National Copper bank of New York expect to open business May 1, with deposit of about $20,000,000. Elaborate offices are now being fitted up 4n the Trinity building, 11 Broadway. A few year ago you could not pull money into Nevada with a sixteen-hors- e team, but today you can not keep capital out with a gatling gun," is the way a prominent mining man expresses it. A' spoonful of ote taken" from the" recent strike In the Ramsey Comstock melted over a forge yields buttons of gold and copper that can be hammered out on an anvil, bored and worn as a. watch charm. Dividends of copper companies for the first quarter this year are record breaking, the total for twenty-fiv- e concerns have, since their Incorporation, paid in dividends the vast total $349,739,183. The town of Rosebud Is enjoying one of those characteristic Nevada. An Inside lot that townalte booms sold tbe first of tbe year for $50 now has passed hands at $1,600, and so on down tbs line. During tbe month of March between 23,000 and 24,000 tons of ore wers treated at tbe milling plant of the 8me!ters company, Newbqpie Mines while 660 tons of first class ore was tent direct to the smelters. All men bars been withdrawn from tbs underground workings In tbe Homestnke mine, nt Lead 8. D in consequence of the presence of carbon dioxide gas, caused by tbe fire which has been burning 4a the mine for the I - - past two weeks. While tt Is not known Just bow ex . tensively the Standard Oil company, has invested Its millions In the golU fields of Nevada, that this great corporation has made several purchases and that considerable money is now being spent in exploration worltis an open secret all through, Nevada and U tab.. ... . ... , . .... miAWannwka 'HUr umining and stock exuuuie doors on April 1. The pit was fairly well crowded with members of the exchange and considerably business waa transacted. Only local stocks were traded in, but negotiations are on foot to post Goldfield stifk on this exchange. Rosebud will not have trouble over tbe wage scale for miners. Notwithstanding a few unreliable reports which have been sent out to the effect that tbe miners of thla camp had made demande which the operators would not agree to, there la entire harmony between the operators and the miners. The annual report of the Utah Consolidated Mining company for the year ended December 31, 1906, shows net profits for the year of $2,835,009. against $1,887,385 In the prevloua year. This Is equivalent to $9.45 per ehare, against $6.29 a share in 1905. A to- ' tal In dividends of $1,650, QP0, or $5.50 a share, was declared. The American Smelting and Refining company will close its fiscal year April 30, and it is stated hero that net earnlnga win run close to $15,000,-00Including the equity In the earnings of subsidiary or controlled Companies. . The statement may this year show the profits derived from the ale of United Lead company stock. At the meeting of the stockholders of the Sullivan Trust company in Goldfield, there was submitted and ratified tbe agreement of settlement Tbe with 8an Francisco brokers. agreement provides that out of the receipts of the company 40 per cent Bhall be paid to brokers' creditors, 40 per cent to the State Bank and Trust company and 20 per cent to be retained bl...the,SulHvan Trnst com-pan- y. . NOTED-WOMAM-HOMQ- REn. NOVEL OLD AGE PENSION , 1 The Tucker Mining and Milling company of Wallace, Idaho, has been Incorporated, the capital stock being of trustees which Now go It tbe captains and tell them to be h Miss Katherine Eleanor Conway, editor of the their posts about the city according to Boston Pilot and poet and essayist of note, who the plan the main assault to be d llvered by the gate of the sea. At was awarded the Laetare medal for distindawn I will be with you!" guished service In the cause of the dtonsan Alexis the Deacon saluted and ve& Catholic church by the University of Notre Dame, The Prince rose and came about tto was born In Rochester, New York. She was table nearer to Theresa von Lynar. educated In the schools of the Sisters of Charity She drew her breath quickly aid and of the Religious Sisters of the Sacred Heart, checked it as sharply with a kind f and graduated with high honors from 8L Mary's sob. Her left hand went to her side academy, Buffalo. While still a girl she published asjnaturally as a nuns to her rosary. her first poem, and was in Tier teens when she beBut it was no 7dsafy'her flngers gan work on a Rochester paper. In 1878 she beThe- - action steadied her, touched. came a member of the staff of the Buffalo Catholic and she threw back her head and Union and Times, and In 1880 Its assistant editor. smiled up at him" as debonairly ai Her first published volume was Christian Symthough she had no care in the world. Among her other bols and Stories of Saints. Ivan laid his hand on her shoulder, booka Frlenda and Keeping Them, and of Dream "A are Llllea, Making glad to see her so resolute. Questions of Honor In Christian Life. All In good time, he said, sitting Dr. John Gllmary Shea received the first medal In 1883. Others who have down on a stool at her feet and taking received it since then are: Patrick J. Keely, architect; Eliza Allen Starr, art her hand her right hand. The other General John Newton, civil engineer; Patrick V. Hickey, editor; Anna he did not see. Then he spoke conf- critic; Hanson Dorsey, novelist; William J. Onahan, publicist; Daniel Dougherty, identially. orator; Major Henry W. F. Bronson, soldier and scholar; Patrick Donahue, (To be continued.) editor; Augustin Daly, theatrical manager; General William S. Rosecrans, Anna T. Sadler, author; Dr. Thomas A. Emmett, physician; Timothy soldier; Mistaken for. a 'Butler, EL Howard. Jurist; John Crelghten, philanthropist; William Bourke Cockran, London society folk are much lawyer and orator; Dr. John Benjamin Murphy, surgeon; Charles Jerome amused at a recent misadventure of EL Bonaparte, lawyer and statesman; Richard C. Kearens, jurist; Thomas who Is a digniLord Newton-Butler- , J. Francis surgeon. Quinlan, financier; fied man of rather stiff carriage and Fitzpatrick, who is himself responsible for the story. . It was a musical at home In Belgravia, to which the lord was invited, Sir Richard John Cartwright, M. P K. C. M. and, it being a rainy night, he wore a felt hat and a long waterproof coat G., P, C., has attracted the serious attention of over his evening dress. The family Canada's leading thinkers and politicians by advobutler opened the door to him, looked cating an old age annuity in the Dominion. His puzzled for a moment, and then asked remarkable proposition was listened to with profound respect and consideration in tbe conservatentatively, Name, please?. was the re- tive upper house of parliament in Ottawa. Lord Newton-Butler- , ply. At the very outset Sir Richard made It clear Oh, Lord Newtons butler, are you? that be was not at all in favor of old age pensions. Come along, old chap, and have a There was no excuse for it in Canada where every drop of something in the housekeepwage earner had it within his power to acquire a er's room. They've got a Job lot up- competence for his old age If given a flr oppor-tnnitaster ain't stairs to nlgh t..and. Wat was now proposed was to give come yet. If youre looking for him thla opportunity. man every With pleasure, said his lordship, Cartwright declared that he had Richard Sir who spent a chatty five minutes with careful consideration for sev- matter x the given the butler over a glass of Burton ale. eral was convinced that the Dominion could, at little of no expense, and years Much obliged to you. Im sure, and earner in the country the chance of obtaining at a reasonnow I think Ill go and have a look afford every wage an annuity guaranteed by the state for hla old age. He said that to at the Job lot In the drawing room." able cost a scheme a success three things were necessary: auch make And to the butler's horror his new It must be absolutely safe, necessitating government backing There must acquaintance strode up tbe stairs and be absolute freedem from forfeiture. There must be no possibility of anticiwas soon warmly shaking the hand, of. . pating the benefits. his hostess. Sir Richard computes that a payment of half a day s wages a week will give the average man an annuity of $200 a year from the age of 65 until death. It Quit Different. understood that this matter of old age annuities has engaged the for la pretty well He chides her, sarcastically, Canadian government, and may before long be adopted a the of attention turning about to look at the women part of tbe national policy of the Dominion. of they have passed. 81r Richard. Cartwright Is one of the oldest and most distinguished You cannot resist the temptation," He entered the parliament in 1863. Years ago It waa statesmen. Canadas he says, to see what they are west country of a man iald of him: "He la one of the few examples of this new ing." for 30 years himself and his devoting profession, statecraft Not so. she replies. In defense, of meant making means to a cause from which he can and his time to giving politics, t merely turned about to see if the? entirely in case oLsuccess for anything more than an opportunity to serve had turned about to see what my new not hope ' hla country." dress wa marie of. ?4 Ilia early education waa received at Trinity college, Dublin. He la unwith a freedom from restraint and a fund of humor rivaled In Listeners striosi hear any good of and anecdo.e that speaking Is unsurpassed in Canada. themaelves, or rrjfcody else. fa well," he said. Plas-senbur- Bor-Russl- a if IN THE self-contr- Hoh-enstel- grey-heade- MINK5TASI) MINING e, 7 w- - 0, The Yerlngton Nipper company baa e power gasopurchased a line engine and It wlllbe sent to the property at Yerlngton at once. The company is planning to begin a deep shaft in addition to tha tunnel work now under way. 'A rich triko of ore haz been mada In the Bur mine at Lewiston, Wyo., a sample lot weighing 150 pounds, and valued at $500, being sent to the owner of the mine, C. A. Kltzmiller. at Denvdr. The ore now- - In sight wilt mn from $3,00Qto $5,000 a ton. In the Round Mountain Combination companys property at Round Mounh streak of tain. Nevada, a ore la reported cut at a depth of. forty feet that assays $511 (n gold, the streak making In a great mass of' ore containing fine milling values. fifty-hors- five-inc- |