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Show W WARM A Bt ST. GEORGE 61 kt 0 ' Ia! Li iittt BOLD. TiATBROTtXE, UUl.oHt'" Jt Spider' Wti,"' Dt Jiuki HKieit," Mm impna," $ 41a 40 . MW Md full worth of his money, and then, by failed to note its generous propaations a fluke, dropping him in some section as contrasted with the- neat footgear of old Antwerp, while he himself took which Charlie Stuart affected auch a fly and droie to the landing stage In trifles do not .mpiess themselves upon tune to cat h the steamer. the mind then weightier things axe . Monbassct, One of Long Islands Historic Points, to Be Perhaps this might have been car- demanding recognition. ried out had circumstances not united Now for a certer shot. Sacrificed to the Ambition of a to arrange events in the captain's He turned his attention to the lower favor Rich Man a human which was berth, oocurit-by Charlie had his fun form He d tagged his peisistent pursuer Just then the rasa! sounds came to Mantftsxt, one of Long Islands chase It began to develop about life Cter a good part of Antwerp now a sudden stop with a savage snort, and hl.storid vQag-s- , is soon to pass out time that residents of the town were they were on foot and auor. chasing In the sleeper whirled over on his side. vehicles at a pace to set the staid old The ait brought his face directly of exlsn. it stands in the way of dlscuging William K. Vanderbilt's ofbureb-r- s agog with surpnae and con-ste- i within range of the morning light that a rich Wl'i ambition and is doomed. fer of $50,000 for Success lake. Other nation struggled through the small openiugs Payne I'Yhfney, son of the former farms were recured, but the Idea of sciretafysf the navy, wants the vil- purchasing the business section of Outside a desire to hate a little hejond. to !. onic part of the Manhasset did not suggest itself unhis with his friend the No wonder Artemus crouched there lage sport captain, he has laid out near til the landscape gardeners began to sole purpose in leading Iiraud this as if fiozen i, i ne jjai( already look over the ground. Talk about The magic touch of the Great wildgiose chase was to Keep his atconsiderable land In the tention upon himself, while lady They found that the bank of Mitchell gem' When hud suth a wonderful purchased village am has options on a sufficient lake nearest the village was clotted and Artemus left the hotel, for tiansfornidtion over taken place number ot plots to warrant the pre- with stores and outhouses and presomnhow Charlie had a vague fear lest diction tin he will possess himself sented from all other aides an appearthe resourceful ex sailor might use For one to retire as Prince Charlie ance not at all pleasing, so they told force to prevent his supposed daugh Smart, gay. handsome and debonair, of the eagre place. Manaaiet Is not only old, hut Mr. Whitney that his scheme for a ter fiom departing, advancing some to awaken in the guise of grim and fwndsviuie country estate with the Nestling between daring plea that her mind was affected grlled old Captain Brand was a mys-toiand having hired exp-rt- a who would that almost paralyzed the seeker hills 1fit a big -- null voad. wlnSug taker aa a feature would be marred unroadwIH and an existence of cen- - less the village ot ManbaBset was perhaps fleet ee that she should be in alter sensations. erated in an asylum. Aitemits took one last fearsome look These things might appear ridicu at the smooth and red physiognomy of lous, blit such happenings have come the sleeper, passed out, and then soft-to pass ere now. and he chauced to closed the door. have personal knowledge of at least Only when safe within his own room one similar case. did he give vent to his overwrought Whether or not Charlie were foolish feelings in a whistle. in thus conjuring lip phantoms that 'Great Jupiter! That beats everycould not exist, was a question that thing ever saw. Instead of Charlie should not be decided hastily. the ogre! What does It mean? He believed Brand to be a desperate There Is treachery afloat I seem to man. against whom he could as yet detect It in the very air around. But hardly appeal to the law, since Arline the question arises, where Is Charlie? would not give her consent. And shall I have to take his place as He was convinced that Brand did her warrior bold, and will It be necesnot desire the heiress to get beyond sary for me to give up my liberty? his reach, and would hardly hesitate Poor fellow! at any end in order to hold her until He did not know whether to look his sinister plans could be worked out. on It as a huge joke or a grim reality. Hence it was, after all, in a spirit of He thought of warning Arline; she that Charlie undertook ought to know her dear papa was on to have a little fun Capt. Brand, board, and that he had refused to and led him this fine chase up and break the paternal bonds that had be down the crooked streets of Antwerp come so very strong since his return All would have been well but for from exile. two cronies of Brand. They chanced Artemus buckled on his armor. to be standing at a dark eornerjwhere If be was to be pitted against the Payne Whitney's Present Home at ManhasssL the other had agreed to meet them. old ogre, it would be a pretty fight and, hearing bis signals, sprang upon Capt. Brand might have succeeded in i turles, B hag a right to hold its head wiped out The high bank ot the lake Charlie ere he comprehended his dan- outwitting Charlie, who was too frank high. Some of the residents believe skirted by the turnpike most be clear for deep diplomacy, but he would find that the village should be too proud ot buildings to permit it to be terger. As a result he was struck senseless It quite another thing when he ran up to sell Itself out and one resident posraced down to the waters edge, so by a blow from some blunt weapon. against the new knight who had shied sesses that view of the situation that it would harmonize with the genWhen Capt. Brand arrived on the his castor into the ring. Strongly enough to refuse to sell. eral plans. Mr. Whitney went over scene his first act was to sprinkle a But sh Josephine Brooks, a negro the ground and agreed with them, and Ah! A gentle tap at the door. Artemus almost fell over himself in woman, Is the solitary champion of hts agents at once began to acquire powdery white pigment in the young mans hair, to give him the appear- his eagerness to open a satchel and the vllUge. the business property along the lake. ance of age, and to smear his face with clutch a little affair of steel and nickel The tillage is in the town of North They not only negotiated for land a little street dirt In order to disguise which he carried there, and armed Hempstead, which was formerly part and buildings, but for good will aa his features. with which he called: of the town of Hempstead. Cow Bay well, and they have now bought out Then, for the benefit of the man "Come! was the name of the community years plumber, blacksmith, grocer, butcher whom he knew hovered near by, a litThe door opened and a figure whisk- ago. Ike Indians knew it by that dis- and tle one act drama was carried out, the ed in. Immediately closing the same tinctly and the first white settlers But Josephine Brooks stands firm. two men chasing Brand hither and again. were bo hardy to worry about the Her property is In the center of the Artemus gave a cry the yon then, as the barons spy came in name. Tears later, the place was re- section which Mr. Whitney Is most sight, two men running away, while arm fell useless at bis side. named fter one of the Indian chiefs anxious to secure. If she sticks to a form lay on thq street. to reign in that section. s Tgj-gvHe hafl who her determination not to sell at any morwltchery. ft, worked like e charm. The emis- expected the old ogre, armed with a "Wfirit settlers "had Then trouble." price, wtiwxrttt em bo arr usfled by sary of Baron Peterhoff hastenedlup as shoe, and bent upon turning the tables There were land disputes and once the rich mans estate, except for the people began to open the windows of upon him. She soldiers were sent 'from Hempstead roadway leading to her place. houses to learn what the disturbance Instead he saw why, Charlie, of to drive out some settlers at Cow Bay. does not occupy the property at tbla might mean. There he found one who course, though at first Artemus reck- They descended on the small colony season of the year, but leases It every appeared to be the .old fellow he had oned it his ghost! Charlie, with a fin- and literally kidnapped the early com- winter to a colored family, spending been set to watch. ger pressed mysteriously on his Ups, ers. Then the authorities in Con- only her summers at Manhasset. The man called a vehicle, placed the a la Artemus favorite style of com- necticut tried to exercise Jurisdiction Mr, Whitneys efforts to secure this limp figure In Its Interior, entered him- municating a secret, and his face over Cow Bay and other territory piece of property are similar to the self, and then started to report the wreathed in what appeared to be a along the north shore of Long Island, experience of George W. Vanderbilt astonishing result of his espionage to broad grin. but thst role was soon ended. Ot at Blltmore. When be planned that Baron Peterhoff himself. At any rate, Barnaby was delighted coarse. Cow Bay also experienced all famous estate, a colored man refused While Capt. Brand, rejoining his to see him In the flesh, and as soon as the trials and tribulations of both for a long time to tell his place, tellconfreres down the shady street, set he could get his wits Into thinking or- Dutch and British rule. ing those who approached him that off In hot haste to get aboard the der he dropped the weapon and held The business section of the place he did not object to Mr. Vanderbilt steamer, which, in another hour or so, out an eager hand. has that lazy sir proper to such an as a neighbor. So far Mr. Whltney'a would be moving down the River e "This la a treat, my dear boy after community. At the general agents have not been able to hold out distant seeing that grim old Trojan in Sheldt, bound for the far-of- f stores It is possible to purchase every- any Inducement sufficiently attractive your' shores of America. bunk. What have you done? Brought thing from a knitting needle to a set to secure aa option on the colored Artemus stood on the hurricane deck him aboard a prisoner, I reckon? Ah! of bedroom' furniture. Borne of the woman's property, and "It begins to of the great Red D ocean liner and I didnt give you enough credit, I fear. tbuslness firms were established by look as if she would remain proof looked back in the morning sunlight You see, my first Impression waa he the of their present own- against any offer. coast had outwitted you and turned the ta- ers. grandfathers to the distant and Not long ago one of the hlstorlo The village postofflee, of course, of Belgium. bles on you. landmarks In Manhasset was removIs In a store on the causeway leadHomeward bound! Artemus was boiling over with curi- ing up a. hill on the side from the ed. It was a bake shop which had aa There is always a pleasure Jn this osity regarding what had taken place main business street of the village. oven with a history. The oven waa thought and Artemus experienced It ashore, especially when his friend de- At the first turn stands a modern and built a long time ago by the Indian with enthusiasm. clared, with a wry face, that Capt pretty church alongside which is a residents and one of the red mea So far as he knew, Charlie's plans Brand had indeed come near proving burial ground, the white headstones used to furnish his fellows with a had progressed all right, the ogre was too much for him. of which are visible from the village special sort of bread baked In it, till left behind, lamenting in the land of The story was soon told. a white man with modern methods street!. the Belgians, and clear sailing seemed of the The mill pond is the feature of drove him out The ruin (To be continued.) ahead. Then Tils thoughts ran back to the KING OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY. He Oscar One of the Best Rulers Who events of the previous night. Ever Sat Upon a Throne. chuckled to remember the adroitness with which he had seen lady Arline, If all earthly rulers an& potentates her companion and their luggage on were of the character and temper of board the watting steamer, while Char- King Oscar of Sweden, the line about lie was' leading the ogre a the uneasy heads that wear crowns chase around Antwerp, partly to would lose a good part of its signifiamuse himself and at the same time cance. King Oscar Is noted as being keep Brand occupied up to near the not only one of the best monarchs who sailing time. ever sat upon a throne, but as one of most urbane and By the way, where was Charlie? It the handsomest, was strange that he failed to show courtly-o- f men. Nearly, if hot quite, up. in time to see the last of Belgiums six feet six inches tall, finely built and shores. stately, like King Saul, be towers head and shoulders above most of Lady Arline and her companion were walking the deck with jersey and bis subjects. Now nearly seventy golf cape to keep ok the stinging chill. years old, for thirty years be has Ill go and arouse the sluggard, been the beloved ruler of the sturdy said Artemus to himself. His little northmen. The king Is a deeply rejaunt about town must have worn him ligious man. but hia consort. th out not the first case of Its kind, I queen. Is even more devout She U inrather guess,' with a sinister lear at tensely religious, sympathizing with his wit every good effort while his second So he went below. Brooks Homestead Thst Mr. Whitney Cannot Buy, son, Prince Bernidotte, is noted The door of Charlies stateroom was throughout Europe for his philanManhasset and has always been bakery were removed finally to make just opposite his own a single step thropy ana religious zeal. He is the looked upon with the same pride as room for a cottage. across the little passage. president of the Young Mens Christths residents near Success Lake As he approached of Association ian he heard the the Viewed Stockholm, body Candy for Change, that sounds of loud snoring from within. chairman of a missionary society, and "Some people wonder why we carry On the spur of the moment he de- of many like Institutions. He has of water. The pond is not the rival cided to arouse his friend With a sud- himself organized a mission ' to the ot the lake In shore scenery, but. the a stock of cheap candy, penny candy, sursaid the man who keeps the railroad den shout, or byjthe advent of a con- Lapps, to whom Jie preaches the gos- water Is just as blue and the Internewt stand to the Philadelphia Reo venient shoe tossed across the llttle pel, as he frequently does to others rounding possess Just as much "Well, you see, Ite room. Artemus bad never wholly out- when he has an opportunity., When est The mill pond Is probably the ord reporter. this way; I have a lot of regular cue remaining on Long Island. grown his college days, when he it Is remembered that King Oscar it largest Old mill Is still in existence, tomers who want it. -- They take- it The gained the reputation of being the the grandson of Bernadotte, a w unmoss-growIts with water wheel and out In change. For Instance, one man champion practical joker of his class. known marsnal of the first Napoleoa, ' So to grind" corn has been buying two evening papers hewn used timbers. It he quietly opened the door, whleh and the great grandson- - of the Emfor mllea from me every afternoon for several and for farmers grain was conveniently unlocked. press Josephine, whose daughter - by for years. If he has any pennies I never service was ln and It around, windows her first husband married Bernadotte, Through the bulls-ey- e old mill on see hem. " He always throws down enough of the morning light crept to the religious character of this 'royal years after every other Island had a nicket, picks up his two papers from allow a fair survey .of the miniature family may seem the more remark- the north side of Long and the then takes three pieces pile useful period. the beyond able. King Oscar has great literary passed apartment The mill ppnd was the key to young of candy, which he chews while waitOne of the first things Artemus' saw gifts; he nas published more than one Other men eaw was a shoe that had been tossed volume of verse, and he is never hap- Mr. Whitney's plans for a country ing for his train. do followed a him this rival .and without suit, and seat which he would aside. pier than when surrounded by literary on Lone Ii.land. ILs desire to pur- - nvw Its quite the regular thing. As he seised upon It eagerly, he people. 'u - VILLAGE MUST GO. J ajrlt)L l01,8tri al Sums. Nw Vo . ! 1141-- LH X. The Game of Fox aul Geese. Events were nowdmg upon each other's heels Charlie, while abroad, had seen something that gave him quite a start This wa m thing more nor less than S lotelj weinau with golden hair and blue eyes in a carnage, taking an airing, while at her side, stiff and the baton sat Charlie bowed politely. The coun tess gave him a look of curiosity and -e of her ravishing smiles So she passed out of ku life lucky man. The sight of Charlie recalled to the baron's mind the promise he had made with regard to Capt. Brand. Accordingly he took advantage of his first hour off to set the wires in motion, and learn (ertain faits regarding the worthy captain. Charlie, relying on the baron to corral the captain, had made arrangec ments for sailing upon the next steamer. He had engaged passage for Arllne, tier companion, Artemus and himself. The captain, having paid a man to Iteep upon Stuart's track, found out what was in the wind. He learned that tteerlsls. had arrived. Whatever he proposed doing must be put through with all possible peed, since, ere many hours elapsed, those against whom his schemes were directed would be upon the sea, and, mayhap, beyond his reach. Artemus had heard enough to know the three schemers were planning to do his friend an evil turn, but, strain his ears as he would, he had not been Able to catch the particulars of the Came, owing to certain sounds in the hote-- that muffled even the bold voices of Captain Brands champagne-bibbinstern-lookin- trans-Atlanti- l friends. All he could do was to warn Stuart on general principles, and it can be set lown as an assured fact that he carried out this dramatic little episode .quite to the queenB taste. It would not have been Artemus otherwise. Charlie promised to keep his weatheye open for squalls. He hoped his early departure from Antwerp would serve to entirely disconcert the beggarly plans of his enemies, and leave the fellow In the er ' lurch. About this time there was considerable hustling being done among the various forces circling a round Arline .Brand, just as the planets whirl about their central sun. The baron tried to drive from his mind the startling phantoms that had keen conjured into being by the mys- terious power of Isolde, Countess of Brabant, and, as this could only be done by means of work, he gave himself up to the mission of the hour with redoubled zeal. It was really a question what the scramble would result in whether Charlie or the redoubtable captain would come out of It in creditable shape, and how Artemus might fare In the shuffle. Lady Arline had an interview with her alleged papa, during which she announced her determination of crossing the Atlantic on business, and that she had provided liberally for him during her absence, as he would find upon applying in person to her banker in London. The interview was possibly not devoid of dramatic features. Artemus was on guard near by, and heard the old sea dog blustering more or less in his usual way. But he had evidently lost much of the power he formerly possessed over Lady Arline. He came forth from the rooms looking like an enraged hyena, because diplomacy had forced him to bottle up his wrath. To Artemus Charlie delegated the task of seeing Lady Arline and her maid aboard the ocean greyhound, where he would Join them later. It was night again. Time and tide wait for no man, and ocean steamers have to put out very frequently at unreasonable hours, in order to cross the bar on the flood. The baron and Captain Brand played as it were, a game of shadowed Charfor, while the lie with Intentions that were both dark and desperate, be was, at the same time, under the surveillance of Peter-hoff'- s emissary the baron himself being too busily employed catering to the comfort of his fair prisoner in reality his captor to personally Inject hSa individuality Into The fame. Captain Brand knew he was followed, and perhaps could give a rough guess as to the why and wherefore. But It was not hia nature to be decross-purpose- - spondent. He believed In ntllzlfig whatever came In his way as one of the fot.es that might bring success. When a nSan can thuB twist threatening disasters into favoring factora he is indeed hard to beat in the game f life. Charlie was feeling unusually bold on this night, which and ho supposed would be his last on Eulight-hearte- d - soil. , a Presently he expected to be on hoard stanch German liner, viewing the low shores of the old world with complacency for at his side would be Lady Arline; and left behind aa a "memory of the dead past, such persons as the professor and his wife, Barea Peterhoff. Isolde, Countess Brabant, and Captain Brand of the Hespasia. . . He Intended pit ing Capt, Brand the fj Ar-lin- e be-foi- e y 1 1 self-sacrifi- h HE HAD GOT AWAY. Widow Prey Chooses the Lesser ef Two Evils Where ! had stopped to water my horse by a good-sizewayside pond an old woman was sitting with a determined look on her lean visage and a good-sizehickory club In her knotted hand; she hailed me as I was about to ride a say, and I stopped to see what she wanted. Stranger, said she. hpwiong kin a man kritter stay ur ider eater? The averagerepiied I, Is about a minute, bqtexceptional cases have been ktjoWn when they have stayed d undqrlonger," Wall, this is one o them there exceptional cases. The record, I believe, Is four minutes. "Not longern that?" No, certainly not longer. Why do you ask? Wall yeh know Josh Bird sell? No. I dont believe I do. "Wall, Josh has ben settln up with me hans fer nigh on threo years now. Stranger wouldn't yeh low from that thet he had serious Intentions?" "I certainly would. ihets what I lowed, an when ho come over ter my house this mornin an lowed thet he was flggerln on marryln the Wldder Benson wall, thets when it come off! He lit Inter the road a movin ah with me jest dost enuff ter tech his coat-tailbut not dost enuff ter git a holt onto 'em, TUets erbout all, ceptln when he got this fur an could feel my breath onto his neck he duv Inter the water yere. an I ben waitin fer him ever sence." Why! He must ha drownedi" "Dye reckon? Why, he must be. Then yeh dont reckon tbeya nay use e my waitin any longer? T should think not! Then I reckon I'll be loggia along. Nice day. Houston Post A vain. A friendship directly resulting from this effort to poach on the preserves of 'Baltimore girls has ripened into love. The egg also ripened In due season, after which It was brought forth In overdue season and served up at a Baltimore restaurant table, ud soft-bone- t He foun t her and also he found that her father was well-t-o do. This he didn't wonder at Any man ought to be that could convert bad eggs into good money, "He returned home. They continued to correspond, and now they have been married. "Mr, Norwood was supposed to be a confirmed bachelor; but what la a poor man to do when even the bens of Pennsylvania are laying for him? good-lookin- g e -- -- n d. When one Mr, Norwood, commission man. discovered the egg alongside his plate he was only amused. If, he declared, the egg Itself waa aa fresh as the young woman who yrrote that Id eat it, but I guess noL Take it hack. But stay, let me get that address and I will see what I can da "Then be wrote to Miss Snyder and baked her how she could do such a thing and at that time of the year. "Miss Snyder wrote hack and tried to lay It on the hen, and thus the shell of an acquaintance was broken and Mr. Norwood crossed tbs state Une to shake hands with his unknown old-tim- wild-goos- ROMANCE. Between the Seasons The following story comes from Hazleton, Pa.: "When Miss Emma 8nyder ot LtV tleton wrote her name and address on an egg which her father was shipping to market she confidently hoped that a romance would be hatched out in due season, and her hope waa not in d ' HARD-BOILE- -- tCupld Puts In a Llttls Tim hotel-keepe- half-raise- 1 i Our Navya Growth, Admiral Taylor, chief pf the bureau of navigation, says thst the American navy has grown to very respectable proportions, even If it Is not the largest In the 'world. said ths admiral. In , "1 remember, making good his assertion, "that one day a friend Introduced me to a Con-cag-o man. After commenting on the fact that I was an officer of the gov- ernments establishment he said: By the way, where la the I told him, American navy now? and it did not take very long to do It, either. Now if I were to attempt to answer that question offhand I believe that I .should make an awful botch of 1L The American navy la scattered to the four quarters of the globe and it would take me two hours to read a printed report detailing tho location of all the ships The Rum Omelet Farmer Hornihand: Hello, there! Well, if It h aint 81 Smith! Blamed If I hardly knowed ye without yer whiskers. 81 Smith: Yass, thats whnt every- -' Ye see, 1 wouldnt a body tells me. shed 'em, duly I was blamed fond o' rum omelets an ordered one evry time I come to town. Th last time I tuck one 1 didnt notice th' feller llghtln th' match, an pretty soon th blue blazes wus up In my whisker an I had to jump Inter a water barl My life insurance put em out company got onto It, an threatened t cancel th policy if I didnt either shed my whiskers or quit satin rum. onto-letan had as I hated, t part with 'em I took -- my chlce. Baltimore American. f Thibet Sparsely Populated. 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