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P5" Heaven S By IVini * f: US. Cornelia Hotkin f ?? _ h other day. MAnd the day af llttlo village in the There was a fi _______ parents lived, and ti head of her coffin, llowers, and the p teMnnnJ preached a simple sang "in the Sweet Hye and Dye" f the woman whose body lay In the life mid had nover heeui tried and se For Mrs. Uotkin'a fatber and nic prison. They <1 id not know that nhe hn where, and tlioy never heard of the famous orimlnal cases ever tried on There is u lfttie papivr in the Mtt and mother lived, and the paper prin It was going on. But t.hcy called it the Dunning c the accused, ami the old man and th the famous murder case over togoU accused" was their own daughter. And all the little village took h< l*eopIe a cordon of silence, and woe 1 through. We are prone to think of heaven we know hero on thfc! earth. But c in the trreen. croon liliio arr?m? do nut look down upon it and smile.Ja * I Rockefeller (Suggestion for the b J or Immigrant Ey Joseph " X connection with t I following pi.?n has ill conditions: j' 11 >>i, iiiu inu cu Second, on eve ay vi(iod a house and ments, seeds and tn the judgment of ai Third, immigra there and maintained (with a stipula etc.), at the comjxiny's expense for n Fourth, at the termination of oni to he made by farmer to company un paid. Fifth, ifl'at the termination of om the farm yield :< certain pwcentage ^ there in possession. The efforts of this would he: First, the dtescanination of immi city districts. Second, the increase of wealth ai Thin! ?> <> nnllft environment. Fourth, the provision of a con tit to come. * <at tp | I$o Dangi | PopL ^ By Bot ?T has boon said tl J * (Jnitod States will + < Hut tlK*i- wtio thM .j, * not reckon' (1 with t * The island of .5.from four to seven ti'tttt'i't'5'? in width. It has n popuiaticn or $1,500,000 worth of than $100 worth to the; aore, is pro under cultivation. Now, if the whole State of Now that is cultivated and populated, i worth of farm nnd pardon produce is, about four times the population then fie# the danger of overpopulati Idle tho land; whore there a.re uni hand.H .for nil that we e;it i??f? uiw "Over-population" find "ifiupor lit-hor they .should ever '<>ino, the people tli Ideals. M * Opera it ^ By IVilliar, 4++?M"fr+?M?4?* n American poinp t< ? ,j, ?ci> <|MiuKiy tnc ant in pronouncing a * Inirlquo docs, fi ? / % j tlio story; it is /is ii .* Am X if the volco Ik> a go> 4. |)y h>v!?ic:il Instinct. ii,+,5Hi,+++,H4> is generally swept lit Germany, t'.K lookod ujkiii a.s a jok <\ grew present 1 possessing exactly t.h<*>e qualities wl greo which tho Gorman aspirant, in tanco with that kitxl of amiaihlllty wh In Italy tho si rigor is restricted ir BCliool, witJi ofton a ohanoe to sing I Germany nearly everywhere the per from operetta to Wagner.?Alusluo'a on Larth ^ fred Black ^ died In tho California penitentiary tlie ter she iliod they took her body up to a preen hills of California and buried hor. meral at tho little old house where her ier mother and father sat together at tho and the neighbors came and brought readier from the little country church , Kinuiy sermon, ana tne village cnoir uvd "Come Ye Disconsolate" quite as if coffin had been a good woman all her nt to Uio penitentiary for murder. Jtlior did not know that she had died In <1 ever seen the inside of a prison anyttotkln case, which was one of the most the'Pacific Caost. le village where Mrs. Botkln's old father ted every day accounts of the trial whilo a-se and spoko always of Mrs. llotkin jvb e old woman read the paper and talked her and never even dreamed t hat "tlio >I<1 or hands and formed around the old bo to any one who dared Co try to break as a placo far removed from everything >h, that, little village out there, nestling ig California! I wonder if the angels -New York American. K M 4 M hp Wb" j Foundation t r f <n ^ # * se oj fart of trie tuna s and Poor Folks !; AT- Francolini ^ ho gift of Mr. John 1>. Rockefeller thesuggested itself to me as meeting many aso of farm land adjacent to ;i large city, j ry several acres of the land to be pro- ! warm with horse, cow and farm implecs according to the ground conditions in i expert agriculturist. nts and poor people to bo transported ted quantity of Hour, dried meat, fruits, i few months or more. i' year or more payments in instalments til lull amount of indebtedness has been year or more the fanner has not made of increase another man to be placed N jrrants and those who live in congested id produce to the country. would otherwise live in a deteriorating lual tund lor this work for a long time * VI ?* ?r of Over* i ilation j tori Hall j nit the timo Is not far off when the i be unable to support her Inhabitants, i 11 u that imvo oittior rorgotten or nave | he new Intensive cultivation of the Ian 1. Guernsey, in t'ie south of Rngland, is miles in length, nnid about four nriles resident population <>f 11,000, and a vis- ; I ,V,VUV ?V J * <?? , ? Uiwi 11 OUJ/l/UI LO. iVIM/Ui ' farm and pardon stuff, or a little loss j duced annually, with only 11,023 acres York were cultivator! and populated as t would yield annually $ 15,000.000,000 , and support 2:53,0-11,473 people?that j of tin* entire United States. Wherein on? Only in monopolizing and holding ised lands there ar bonml t? ? be idle 1 wear comes "rom the land by labor. arc not the works of nature, and if cniselves \sill be rc?pnn> ible.?Practical ? u M * I n Europe n Sfrmstrong * wi^xw^VIi" J d 13n:T?p<? for appearance in opera finds mrnnw of Italian and German audiences verdict on the newcomer. ind will, exist Iri Italy until the end of levitablf there jlh garlic an<l olives. Hut rxl one, true to the pitch, and supported < IK>ositioii by the best organized claque into oblivion. advent of the American singer, at fin-' y 10 no a m*Miae? to the homo product. lirh tlie public demanded- and in a d< general, did not they grow into act ;i ieli attends the inevitable. i repertory inmost e ntirely to tlio Italian n but one ojjerft for a whole season; in fori.Mnces are cn{ a versatility ranging \ \ '" J A r<*aHSH5H5HSESH5BSH?HSH5H5I II THE MAN ! 11 By EFFIE ADBL I"* - ?, CHAPTER II. 2 Continued. "By all means," was tho answer, and Enid turned as ho bent to speak to her kindly, feeling a sensation ol admiration for this handsome man, with Vila 1.. utvu ma uiVMlbCVl LUVU ?11U UiaUI/ figure. As they reached the entrance to the garden, Dorothy stopped suddenly. "Oh, my bangle!" she exclaimed; "my diamond bangle! It Is gone!" Lord Derrlman looked to the ground. "I know," continued the glrli quickly; "I must have dropped It by tho chair. Oh, I hope It will not be lost; I prize It very highly!" "I will return ut once," said Lord Derriman. "Lot me go," put in Enid, timidly; but she felt her cousin's fingers grip her arms, and Dorothy had accepted tho offer with many apologia^ and the young man had dlsappeuitypt beforo her arm was released. Dorothy looked about her swiftly; i liv11 men ti IVUCI uui ui liur IJUCK61. "Take this!" she commanded rath* or than said, and holding Enid by the shoulder. "Go down that path; you will come to what they call the wood; go in through the gate?If It is shut you must climb it; a littlo way in you will moot a man; give him that letter. Come back as soon as you can?you understand?" Enid lifted her pure, true eyes tc tho other girl's face, flushed and agitated, yet beautiful in its agitation. "Is this something wrong?" she whispered. Dorothy stamped her foot, and a smothered exclamation broke from her lips; then the knowledge that she must diplomatize came to her. "It is for charity. You know what papa is! This is a poor man I want to help, and I don't want any one but you to know! Now you see?" Enid did not quite see. A hundred different thoughts rushed to her t^ln/1 *1 * ? - ? iiuuu, i,iiici uinuii^ mem ucidr wny Dorothy should not give this charity to the poor man herself, but utterly bewildered and overwhelmed by Dorothy's energy, she turned and moved away. Once she looked back, but her cousin waved her on most angrily, and she walked quickly down the path. The way wn3 rough and Inclined a little, and Enid carefully held the delicate lace of her frock from the clinging embrace of the brambles; the music died away in the distance, and only the sound of the birds and the occasional sigh of the trees in the summer breeze disturbed the silence. She walked on and on till she reached the gate. It was unlocked; sne pusned it open and advanced a few yards into the shade of the wody inclosure. Here she stopped and looked round. At first she saw nothing, but after a moment she became aware of the presence of a man leaning moodily against a tree, smoking. Enid hesitated. Certainly this did not look like a needy person or one who should be the recipient of charity, but she felt that he was the one Dorothy had meant, so she went timidly toward him. As her li?ht footfall sounded on the ground he lifted his head; for one instant a sharp, almost triumphant look overspread his face, the next his brow clouded, and he compressed his litis, on thn upper ono of which a soft goldenbrown mustache grew, us he took in tho girl before him. "If you ploase," Enid Bald, timidly, holding out the note, "Miss Knebwell lias sent you this." Ho pushed himself from the tree into a standing position. "Who are you?" he asked, sharply, and 10iiId felt Instinctively that he was not of refined origin, his voice was so common and coarse. "I am her cousin, Enid Leslie." He took the note, and pushing his hat back on his head, oponed it lels11 r/>1 if V ..1.1 i ? .....j. mim niriinu away, now nor crraml was done, but he stopped her. "Wait," he said; "I may wish to send some reply." She stood still, and as he opened the letter she had a good opportunity to observe him. Rarely, even in her dreamy moments alone with her painting, had she conjured up a more strikingly handsome face; it was more than this, the features wer< purely Grecian, the brows noble-looking. the eyes of deep, star-llko blue, fringed with lashes a woman might have envied. Enid saw that the complexion was as rarely fair as the countenance perfect, though a faint shade of brown was spread over the pink tinted skin, yet, despite nil this, the girl let nn Intuitive wave of dislike and fear for this man pass through her mind. The face was beautiful in shape and outline, but the eyes were soulless, and the mouth bespoko cruelty, weakness and deceit. While ?ho wondered vaguely what charity it could he ihls well-clad person could need, he startled her by uttering a loud oath, crunching the paper In hb hand, then throwing It on tho ground and stamping on It. ftnld's hand went to tho tree neat which she aiood; the brute passion oil this man's face alarmed her, the coarse words jarred her. As h< ground his heel on the latter he suddenly lifted his head, and his eyet sesasasaEnaiiasasESHSHsassr^ j mm -h8W>-? nj! AIDE ROWLANDS. 1 -ft rested on tlie pair or pure ones opposite. Something In their depths stopped him: ho frnu'tinil "Go back to yor cousin, miss," ht said, shortly, "and tell hor what you have seen mo do, how you have seen mo treat her letter. Confound her!" "Ib that all?" slio asked, timidly. "All that you can do," was his answer, given In a dogged tone. "The reBt I can manage. Enid bowed simply. "Good afternoon, sir," she said 1e her gentle, courteous manner. The man took no notlco of her salutation, but stood with a frowning face, and hands plunged In his pockets. ak nhr* wondnrt hoi- ofona ,n..f tho wood. Sho was half-way up the incline when sho heard her name j breathed softly, and, looking up, saw Dorothy. "Well?" asked tho girl. Her lips were wlilto and pressed together. Enid hastily repeated what the man had told her, and Immediately sho felt her heart beat fast at tho horrible expression that camo over her cousin's i lovely face. It was but for ap instant, however; the next Dorothv was | herself again; she took Enid's arm. "Como this way! Pretend to admire the roses when Lord Derrlman comes hack, and swear by all you hold holy not to mention what you have done to a soul, ftwe&r!" Enid trembled slightly. "I can not swear, Dorothy, "she answered, "but promise you, and you I can trust me." Dorothy looked at hor sharply, but i said nothing. The earnest eyes uplifted to her satisfied her. Sho pushed the slender, blackrobed figure on before her into the wilderness of rose trees that scented the air for yards around, and as the i sound of a man's foot approaching f reached her, sho Immediately bent j over a cluster of deep red-hued blossoms in a splendid imitation of ecstasy. "Oh, Enid," she cried, "aro theso not beautiful? Look!" Then turning her golden head, sho went on: "Dear Lord Derrlman, what can I say to you? See! I picked up?my bangle just two yards from where you left me. I am so sorry!" "Don't mention it, Miss Knebwell. You know I am only too pleased to serve you in any way, and I am indeed glad you have found your treasure. I was Just going to give orders to have tho whole place scoured." Dorothy repaid this sptfech with a gentle look from her eyes, and tho young man's bronzed faco (lushed with delight at tho expression in them. "And Miss Leslie," ho said, kindly, turning to Enid's small, shrinking form, "how do you like the rose garden?" "Very much," murmured the pelrl. She was aghast, wretched, confused at her cousin's easy falsehood and ' strange ways. Decoptlon was a thing unknown to Enid. She felt the same jenBation of pity pass through her as i iho gazed at tho young man beforo der as she had experienced when she i iad watched Dorothy dismount from tier tired horso without a sign of gratitude or thoughtfulneas. "He looks so good, I like him," she said to herself, and forthwith sho fell I to sketching a montal picture, with Qervais, Lord Derriman, as the central object, while Dorothy chatted on laughingly, looking to her host the purest, sweetest and loveliest creature he had ever beheld. I "And now to find our chaperon, ' Enid," slio observed, after a few mini ites. I "And liavo s?me tea. And you | must come and seo my mother, please i ?sho has been asking for you." ??r\u *- ' * wu, uuw negligent i nave heen! Load mo to her at once," cried Miss Knehwcll, regretfully. "I want to Introduce Mlua Leslie to her also. If I mlstako not, I knew your father well, Miss Leslie, years ago. What a grand artist ho was! " Enid clasped her hands, and a color flushed to her cheeks as h' said this. "Poor IJnclo Charles!" sighed Dorothy, beforo Enid could speak, "I always loved him." "I have two sweet, delicate pictures from his brush," continued Lord Derrimun, smiling. "Oh! may I ?" The girl stopped. "May you seo them? With all my heart." "Anotner time; not now, darling," Dorothy interrupted. "We miint get home, you know; wo dlno out tonight." Knlfl Unotu *UI- ?"* iiuvuiiig in huh, ann, indeed, it wan only an excuse. Dorothy had no other engagement. "Como again, Boon," Lord Derrlman Raid to Enid, "and you shall seo 'our father'H pictures." She lifted her eyes to him, and he almoBt uttered an exclamation as he hcheld their full heauty; even Dorothy's handsome orbs paled heforo the pathetic depths and sweetness of these sapphire stars. Tho mention of ler father's namo served as another .ink to draw Enid's heart to this i'oung man. Sho was content to follow behind and listen, till thoy reached Lady Derriman's chair, and then, on".o more, her cheeks flushed, ind pleasuro pushed away the pain /vnd unhappinesa that clamored in her breast from the'strange evonts that' bad come to her, as Bhe received gentle words and further pralBo of her lead father. She was silent as the carriage boro them away; sho longed to be alone *nd think. All the gayety, the color, the life, seemed to dlo out of Dorothy (Cnebwell's face as thev drovn uwlftlv through the grounds of _ Bromley Manor. Enid notlccd that 'sho shivered every now and then; but Miss Cuthber.t slumbered In a genteel fashIon, and the change in her brilliant, haughty young charge was unnoticed by her. As they reached Knebwell Hall, Enid waited. "Shall I leave this dress at your?" eho began. "Keep It?keep it!" was Dorothy's abrupt answer. She mounted tlio stairs to her room, and as she passed the bend Pnl/1 ~ ~ll * uum t-uuKiii. n ^-iiiii^hu 01 uer iace, grown almost ghastly pale, with a. dark blue mark beneath her eyes and round her tightly compressed lips. "Poor Dorothy!" thought Enid, though why she could scarcely have told. Theu she, top, tolled wearfly up to her shabby room. She was tired out; the afternoon had been bo exciting, so strange, It seemed to have sapped her strength entirely. When quite alono she .took off tho dress, carefully folded It, and placed It with the hat, gloves and sunshade; she was not sure that her cousin had | understood what she had said. At all I events, she had no use for such smart i clothes. Llko Cinderella, she had I emerged from her corner?and now j Bho must return to rags! 1 When sho was attired In her usual pimple evening gown of black grena! dine she took her pencil, and In a few | strokes she drew the head of Gervals, Lord Derrlman; then, side by side, 1 sho let her pencil work, almost involuntarily, on another face--that of | tho man sho had met in the woods for | her Cousin Dorothy. When she had : done both she gazed at them earnestly, wondering vaguely what could | have induced her to sketch them to| getlier. Little did she think that a 1 tlmo would come when sho would j gazo at that paper and understand the strange Impulse that had guided her pencil, and that a shudder of horror would coino over her as she beheld the two faces as sho had drawn them this day. It was Sir Robert's desire that his i niece should always take her place at the dinner table when no company I was present, and so when the gong | sounded Enid woke up, and pushing her drawing into a box In her trunk she descended hastily. Sho found only Dorothy and Miss "uthbert In the large dining room. Mis3 Knebwell wore a loose white sown that clung to her graceful form in long folds and made her more lovely than usual. Sho had bunched her ?olden hair into a curly mass on tho top of her head, and to Enid she was simply exquisite, full of poetry and j Seauty. "Papa has an extra twinge In his loot or his temper," she Bald, curtly, is she saw Enid pause before taking ler chair. "So sit down; he will not iomo to-night." Enid obeyed. She noticed that her ' iousln ate nothing, and she herself lad llttlo appetite this evening. When Enid came out from the dining room and went to get her noedlevork Bho heard her uncle's voice alsed, loud and deep, but she passed :ho door quickly and tried to forget his as she sat alone In the huge salon valtlng for Dorothy to come. It was jrowlng dark when Mlfia Knebwell iwept in, and Enid rose hastily from ihe piano, where she was singing softy to herself. Miss Cuthbert had gono n Vl Pr own rnnm "Shall 1 ring for lamps?" asked I Enid, timidly. Dorothy made no answer, and tho two girls Rat In the gloaming In comnleto silence, savo for tho ticking of the clock and tho cawing of the rooks n tho trees outside. Every now and then Enid shivered. : [n all the long, wretched years Bho I 3ad passed she had never felt as who , lid to-night. Dorothy suddenly rose. "I am going to bed. Tell Cuth>ert, if she comes down, I have gone. She need not sit up any?" iserore bug got further the door I was opened liurrledly find Slmmonds | jntered, the light from tho hall lamp rushing In with him. "Miss Dorothy! Miss Dorothy!" he cried, in a voice that was thick with agitation, "for heaven's sake, :omo at once! My?" "What Is It?" Enid had risen, and she gazed at her cousin, who stood with hands Masped bcforo her, looking la tho 11m light liko some beautiful statuo. Dorothy spoke almost In a whlspor, ind before tho man could take breath, went on: "Sir Robert Is 111? Well, send for Dr. Wators, Slmmonds." Her volco Jarred r?n Enid's ears, but Slmmonds turned to go. "Dr. WaterB won't do no good. Miss Dorothy. I? Oh, don't you see, miss? Sir Robert Is dead! Ho >s lying back in his chair, cold and stiff! " To be Continued. ^ v ? An Alternative Suggested. It was at a thcatro In Manchester, fho King, aged and infirm, was blessed with two sons. Ho was pacing ui> and down tho stago with a wearied, troubled look, exclamlng aloud: "On which of those my sons shall I bestow tho crown?" Tm In tnl \r oomn o waIaa jnllery: "Why not 'arf ? crown apiece, gov'nor?"?London Mall, A ^ ' Poor Ne]I. Little Ed Sailway looted a railway: Nell Uegfiar Mole three pounds of <_'a. The law collared Nell; Ed wasmade D.C.L', Oh, what a brave people are we! ?Lippincott's. All She Has to Si>cn<J. Old Frler>d?"Your wife scoma to go shopping a great deal. Is she extravagant?" Husband?"Yea, if time is money." ?Boston Transcript. In Luck. "We saved fifty dollars on coal tlila winter, hubby." "Good enough.. In that caso wo can tako ice for a few weeks."?? Loui&vllle Courier-Journal. Not Anxious. The Accused?"Am I convicted?" The Lawyer?"I don't know. Tho jury has brought in a sealed verdict." The Accused?"Tell 'em they, needn't open it on my account."?* Toledo Blade. Ahead of His Schedule. "Weren't you surprised when ho proposed at the party last night?" "I confess I was," admitted the girl. "I had arranged for him to do so at the picnic last week."?Louisville Courier-Journal. Smiles. *io? 1 wisn you wouldn't Ring-" She?"I thought you liked music?" He?"I do."?Brooklyn Eagle. , ?i Punishment Fits Crime. "What do you suppose will happen to the chap who habitually swipes another fellow's jokes?" "Oh, ho will probably have to listen to chestnuts all through eternity."? Birmingham Age-Herald. In the Midst of It. "Did VOll find thnt lnnnl nlmnontinrn you wero looking? for?" "It found me," replied tho novelist. "I got mixed up with a cyclone before I had been fooling around two days."?Louisville Courier-Journal. Evcry-I)ajr Latin. "The first class in Latin will pleaso come to order," announced the teacher. "Tommy, will you please construe the word 'restaurant?' " "Kes, things; taurus, a bull," renponded Tommy; "bully things."? Success Magazine. In ltusincsR. "Mrs. De Style has gone in for business." "And bow is she making out as a business woman?" "Oh, having a delightful lime. Sho Is in her office Informally from 1 to 3."?Louisville Courier-Journal. Groping. ' "Don't you pity our groping sis-t tera?" asked the worker for the upJ lift. "I do Indeed," answered tho fashionably gowned lady. "I know just how It ia when you can't reach tlioao upper hooks."?Louisville CourierJournal. A Mistake. "Miss Protlyfaee, who married tho old millionaire, simply sold herself." "S'jo didn't do anything of the kind." "I know she did." "I know she didn't. I was at the wedding and saw her given away."? Baltimore American. Incessant Demands. "My present patient," said the pretty nurse, "is very exacting. Wants something all the time." "Never mind, tlo may ask you to marry him." "I wouldn't he surprised if ho did. He has about run out of other r' fluents. " Louisvllln P.ntirlni'?Tr>i?r l - ~ Just a IllufT. "Have you threatened our neighbors with vir?" Inquired tho president of a small republic. "I have. Our neighbor to the north Immediately began to lay down two battleships. Our neighbor to the south proposes to lay dowv lour battleships." "In that case I guess we'd better lay down."?Louisville Cour:er-Jour. ual. ?.