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PTER XVII-Continued. 9dM tOnce interrupt her. All1 wsh'rWas speaking he was the profle of her face as It its strange immobility. .h Diatter of a full half-hour he -41te rail, his back against a post, rms ilde, aeross the breast of ~tck ulster he wore, stai-ing at dritling In every, word of the Abhtold. A look of surprise ptlifd'his face when she came to pO~finwhere the thought of mArry Bet-to $hie brother of her victim t ~to'manifest. Itself in her For - time the look -of in be succeeded ..MO?21.85 she went Ion with zer ar-easons; her excuses, for this master stroke miiasro compensation' for all ie ha& .endu'redit the bands of swrnit Wrandalls, all of whom "h&tfalto her-without exception, dlimidesply. He began- to un itazid thi forcesthat compelled-her resortto, this '-machlaveani' plan r.evenge' on thdm. She admitted rythingt her radiness -to blight As, life forevA, her utter callous s inaadig down these ugly plans; S~iniladaIg vindictiveness; ber re - n the triumph she was to MhwD her aims rere fully at e confessed to a genuine etq Castleton from the -be l bUtitwas outweighed by that she could'inly describe as an bea~nt.--. How she hated the r Then. came the I entrng:ihen the truth came meladn from God. Betty to blame. The girl was Vt the one sin that called -emices6- far as she was cog - agiang of Challis an -toed!. . All these ;ionths barboring a woian she aver been his stress as ere: -'k was not so at.she would n t randalls as a Istressi . -- ,t4he. had. loved her fie t. Back of it all, he stern, unsuspected 4 very beginning she in 1mowri this girl to be "nr og~ule. . ...Her -house 'down. There was noth teplans on which it had. ed. 4 'It , had all been s eve sshe strove to t fiad, that she had even > ~$jo~the evil spot! . .. . Al "forfor word ashe repeatsed Het ~ story 'of her meeting. with I~zanalland how she went, st)' step and blindly; to the last - e~in the tragedy, when his vile ihS re enature was revealed to NFle girl had told hr everything . hed thougig herself sto be In love' Wranifal. ,She was caried away ~',tsfatons.Sie~ was infatu ~Sr'smiled 'to fiersie'f as she tts~isdiShetkneidChais Wran Th~) Fei girl believed 'in ~jl~~y. When he took hei' to & 1D t was tonmke her his hsupposed. 'H bad av Thed came the ae 4 dherself. - - .~~moz eI. Me- road on b ist,1ra~n, a;t the pee Cr-you- peture-lier as -described hier? >Can yo~plc erdespair, her bopelessiess, her I iave'told you everything, btnd~i~foeiid: ou-liow how sp bow:.-prepared- her how she left me. ~iftn~toher. I caniot. She ~~inwitb allher soul, just as - ~s~td he ~ Wrna, but with S-e reason, I confess. She would gho erself~ up to te law long tatba& not ,been for exposing ?t~l~wildas her defender, her p heknew, she was not mor ijjjfthe cime of urder. In ftu~g e was afraid.' She noa6' u land,.our laws. In da ne.to uiderstand that she Sn eal. peril, >but then it was ise' A. confession would have "ed min azi impossible'position. see,'she thought of me all this -She loved me as no woman ever another.' Was notlIthe -wife - e m o3an she had killed, and was !te noblest of all women in her S -'God! And to think of what I - pa~~d~~rher!" da: was &eend of the story. fwords died; away in a -sort of - pening *al, falling in with the - tQbe losft-to his .straining ears. head drooped,-: her arms hung -ly at her side. >ra long time he sat there in si e, looking out over the darkening ar, un'wilng, unable indeed, to dk. His heart was full of compas for her, mingling strangely with .t was left of scorn and horror. at could he say to her? t. last she turned to him. "Now know 'all th3at I can tell you of . ty~Castleton-of Hetty Glynn. You K---d not have forced this from me, .ndon. She would not tell you. It' 3left for me to do in my own good . Well, I have spoken. What -e ydu to say?" I can only say, Sara, that I thank ifor everything," he said slowly. For everything?" {JND PACE TOO STRENUOUS ther Had to Have Rest if He WasI to Continue His Companion ship With Son. 'Could you spare me?" i.s the father spoke, hils once hand ~.fgure leaned forward slightly the boy who sat before him, Ih hibands ArHembled nervously. Sboy," he continued, "about a aoyou introduced me to the -like-son' idea, which is now -over- this country. and by eminent educa - aneans that all fathers immi.0manionlS of' their sons, IiiIDitset relationship shall ~ae1~ne -this with you?" ce ~ bgve," replied the -la-ce of a muns you spare me replied, The "I thank, God for you, for her and - for'everything. I thank God that she m foundihim out In time, that she- killed pe him, that .you ehielded her, that you in failed to-. carry out your devilish gr scheme, and, that your heart Is very b( sore today." th "You do-not despise me?" pr "No. I am sorry fdr you." Her eyes narowed. "I don't want w, you to feel sorry for me." in "You don't understand. I am sorry wJ foi you because you have found your- so self out and must be despising your- ri self." - he "You have -guessed. the truth. I de spise myself. But what could be ex- sb pected of me?" she asked- ironically. ca "As the Wrandalls would. say, 'blood ca will.tell'" . .w "Nonsense! Don't talk like that! - It is qUite unworthy of'you. In spite wi of everything, Sara, you .are wonder fuL The-very thing you tried to do, the way you went about it, the way -t$ you surrender, makes for greatness in wi you. If you had gone on with- it and sta succeeded, that fact alone would hpre ba put you in the :class with- the- great, no strong, virile women of histor It-" "With the Medicis, tbs KBorglas ret and-" she began- bitterly. .' "Yes, with them. Eut they -were gl great women, just the same. You are greater, for you hbre more than they no possessed: a egnscience. I -wish I could tell yo. just what I feeL. I lat haven't the vords. 'O-" - . - 0 ."I onlY,irant you -to tell me- the er truth. To you despise- me?" go - "Ajain I say that I d not. -I can o!y say that I regard you with-yes, la' with awe." it: "As one .might think of a deadly serpent." - at, "Hardly that," he said, smiling for the first time. He crossed over and "I laid his hand on her shoulder. "Don't Br think too meanly..of yourself. I under- wE stand it all You liveO for months liv without a heart, that's alL" . "You put .it- very. getly.". m "I think I am right. Now, you've te got it back, and. it's hungry for the trl sweet, good things of life. , You want to be happy. You want to'love again he and to be loved. You don't want to Pu pitied. I understAnd. . It's.the' return he of a heart that went away long months ra ago and left an empty place that you filled with gall. . The bitterness 'is na gone. There is something sweet in gr its place., Am I not right?" he She hesitated.- "If -you mean that an I want to be -loved by my'enemies, st] Brandon, you are wrong," she said his clearly. "I1 have not been chastened in that partidular." ~.crj "You mean the Wrandalls?" th< "It is not'ln my nature to love mny enemies. We stand on thei same foot- ho ing as before, and 'elways shall. They dr understand me, I understand them. I am-glad that my project failed, not for H< their sake, but fgr my own."a no He was silent. This women wgsbe- sa yond him. He could not understand a ini nature like tbia. ' "You' say nothing.- Well, I can't ask ~af you to ,anderstand. We will not 'dis cuss miy 'enemies, but my friends. M 'What do you intend to do "in respect we to Hetty?" I "I am going to make her my'wife," 'Nc b'e said levelly. ''as She turned away. It'was now quite an dark. -He could not see the expres- I sion on her facie. Yc "What? you' have -heard does not oti weaken your love for her?' pa0 "No. It strengthens it." "You know what she has done. She sh thi he re' be tui tio This Woman Was Beyond. Him. w .to as taken a life with' her owd hands. to an you take her to your bos'om,~can thi ou make her the mother of your dw~n so hildren? Remembet there is blobd stc mn her hands." 'ret "Ah, but her heart Is clean!" ~he "True," she said moodily, "her heart to isclean." urt "No cleaner than yours Is now, cle Sara." She uttered a short, mocking laugh. He "It Isn't necessary to say a thing thC ike that to me." ces "I beg your pardon." .. . wa Her manner changed abruptly. She wo urned to him, Intense and serious. He "She is so far away, Brandon. Qn thi the other side of the world, and she he. is full of loathing for me. How am I coi to regain what I have lost? How am wc I to make her understand? She went al' ment Is that it be continuou's. I must cri say, however, that you have been a foi dead game sport. What do you want he to quit for?'' be In reply the kind father, summoning ou all his control, said, gently: "Believe me, I don't want to quit, an but the fact is that since you and I to have been thrown together I have kit smoked so many cigarettes, played so Di much poker, danced so many -new fangled dances, raced over the coun tr in so many autos that I thought If you didn't mind I would take a couple ch of weeks off in some good sanitarium "r4 until I can gather strength enough to to go on with the growing friendship be -sa tween us."-Life. he Can't Kiss Unwilling Wife. hu Whether or not a man has a right ap to kiss his wife against her will was decided in the negative by Recorder th John Schwarz In the police court ou when he sentenced Morgan Martin to te: 30 days in jail for displaying such af fection for the spouse against her yo protest. Mrs. Martin has begun a suit for fla< r and han received her first de-J an Ob )r eBal ray with That last ugly thought e, with the thought of me as I i ared .to -her on that last, enlight, g day.- All these months It-has be owing more horrible to her. It b en beside her all the time. j ese months she has known that etended to love her as-" "I don't believe you know Hetty ,ll as you think you do," he b "You forget that she lov 4 th all her soul. You can't lo easily as all that. It be i ~ht, Sara. You must t~e and a r to come back. It.1 "Ah, but you do ow!" Th4 e related the st ' of the liberato nary bird. ." understands. T ge door is n. She may retu: ien she rses, but-don't you sei she come of her own fr lL" "y 0Awill not ask her to come?" W6. It is the test. -She will kn Lt I have told you everything. Y4 1 go to her. Then she may.undi .nd. --If she forgives she will'coE :k. There Is nothing else, to so thing else to consider." 'I shall go to her at once," he sa olutely. 5he gave him a quick, searchii ,nee. 'She may refuse to marry you, evi w, Brandon." 'She!f can't!" he cried. An insta er his face fell. "By Jove, I-I su se the law will $ave to- be cons d now. She will 'at least have through the form of a trial." 3he whirled on him angrily. "T v? What has the law to do wi Don't be a fool!" 'She ought: to be. legally exonq d." he said. Eer ingers gripped his arm fierce] want you'to. understand one thir andQn. The story I hLave told y .s for yout ears alone. The seer es with us and dies with us." Ee looked his relief. "Right! st go no 'farther. It is not a mi for the law to decide. You m; st me.'" 'I am cold," she said. He hea r teeth chatter distinctly as s led' her thick mantle closer abo r throat and shoulders. "It is ve w and wet down here. 'Come!" is she started off along the lot rrow pier, he sprang after h isping her arm. She leaned rath avily' against him for a few ste d then drew herself up. Her tee 11 chattered, her arm trembled i clasp. 'By Jove, Sara, this is bad," ed, in distress. "Yoti're chilled a marrow." 'Neryves," she retorted, and he soni w felt that her'lips were sdt al awn... 'You must get' to bed right awi >t bath, mustard, and all that.I t stop for dinner.- . Thanks just t me. I will be over in the moi 'When will you sail?" she aski :er a moment. 'I can't go for ten days, at lea: rmother goes into the hospital ne ie for'an operation, as I've told'yc :an't leave until after that's ovi athing serious, but-well, I can't 'ay. I shall 4write to -Hetty tonigl c cable her tomorrow. By the wa - don't know just where to find he u see, we were not to-write to ea ier. It was in the bargain. I su se you don't know how I can-" 'Yes, I can tell you precisely who a is. She is in Venice, but lea, ire for Rome, by the Express." 'Then you have been hearing fre c?" he cried sharply. ch: there has not been a day sin alanded in England that I have n eved news-. of her' -.Ihave n mn out of touch with her, Brandic Seven for an hour." - 'Good heaven; Sara!s You doi an to say you've had her shadow< -by detectives," he excjlme ~ast 'Not directly. But I will say th 'Her maid is a very faithful sec ," was her ambiguous rejoinder. -CHAPTER XVJIl. Disturbing Nrel {e walked home swiftly thron Searly night, his brain seethingwi nultuous thoughts. ''The revel ns of the day were staggering;-t) ole universe seemed..to-have turri sy-turvy 6ince that' devastatil ar at Burton's inn. Somehow'1 s not able to confine his'though Hetty Castleton alone. She seemi sink into the background, despi absolution he had .been 'so read eager to grant her on hearing 'tl ry from Sara's lips. Not that -I olve to search her out and ci Sn spite of everything was like weaken, but that the absorbing fI Sof Sara Wrandall stood out mc arly in his reflections. hat an amazing creature she wa could not drive her out of b sughts, even when he tried to cc trate them on the one person w] s dearest to him of all in all t1 rld, his warm-hearted, adorat tty. Strange contrasts suggest< >mselves to him'-as he strode aloi id bent and shoulders hunched.I ild not help contrasting the t' men. He loved Hetty; he wou ays love her, of that he was pa e. M'artin admitted that he h cibly kissed his wife, but said th dearly loved her, and could r ar to be separated from her wil Ssome display of affection. Martin met his wife on the stre, d after attempting to persuade b return- to him held her while sed her good-by.,Savannah (Gs spatch to the New York Sun. Mean Ins'muation. she was a plump widow with ta irmng daughters. She had been lic" just a year. and was beginni wear her "weeds"' lightly. Allt ne when the new curate called up r she sighed: 'Ah. I feel the loss of my poor, de sband very much. I never have a petite for anything now." rhe curate was all sympathy, and Sendeavor to cheer her by pointi t what a comfort to her her dauc - must be, replied: 'I can quite understand that, I a are solaced In-" 'SI-r-r" interrupted the inxdigna y, "allow me to Inform yqu tha1 L :ant iod Mnat all." lot40P Her ILI r M0C 'Q IMe 7.1/92 BY NM Se MY of tive. She was S superior in ei ip- ery respect, in y so, he argupe n- .And yet the s something in Sar en -that could d this adored one, thi as perfect ut of his thoughts for th all time .g. He found it difficult t I co trate his thoughts on Hett: leton. white and ill Sara had looke ewhen she said good night to. him a >U the door! The memory of "her darl re mysterious eyes haunted him; Jh til could see them in the night about hin 3k They had been full of pain; tliere wer torrents of tears behind them. -The M had glistened as if bprnished by: th ad fires of fever. ie - Even as -he wrote his long, triun m phant letter to Hetty Castleton, th picture of Sara Wrandall encroache Be zupon his mental vision. He could nc ..drive it out. He thought.'of her a she had appeared to him early in th spring; -through all the-varying stage of their growing intimacy; through th interesting days when he vainly trie 2e to translate her matchless beauty b -y- means of wretched pigments; up t this present hour in which she Wa id revealed, and yet not revealed, to hin Her vivid face was always before hin 1 between his eyes and the thin, whit paper on which he scribbled so eagei n ly. Her feverish eyes Vere lookin into his; she was reading what h nt wrote before it appeared on the sui - face of the sheet! d-- His letter to Hetty was a triump to of skill and diplomacy, achieved afte many attempts. He found it hard nc ie to say too much, and quite as diicu] th not to say too little. He spent hour over this all-important missive. A r last it was finished. He read and ri read it, searching 'for the slightef ly- flaw: a fatal word or suggestion tha g, ight create in her mind the slightei )u doubt* as to his sincerity. She wa et sure to read this letter a great man times, and always with the view t It finding something between the lines Lt such as pity, resignation, an enforce 37 conception ,of loyalty, or even faith He meant that she should find not] rd ing. there but love. It was full of tel e derness, full of hope, full of promis4 ut He was coming .to her with a stea rY fast, endurin'g love in his heart,. b wanted-her now more than ever befori g, There was no mention of Challi er, Wrandall, and but once was Sara er name used. There was . nothig i PS the letter that could have "betraye th their joint secret to the most acut in outaider: and yet she would unde: stand that he had wrung 'everythin tie from Sara's lips. Her secret wa~s hi: to He decided that it wduld ziot be saf to anticipate the letter by a cabli Le- gram. It was not likely that anyme: ad sage he could send would have tI desired effect. Instead of reassurin ty. her, in all probability it would crea'l '1 fresh alarm. he Sleep did not come to him until afte 'n three o'clock. At two he got up an deliberately added a postscript to th d.l letter he had written. It was in tI nature of a poignant plea for Sar it Wrandall. Even as he penned thes Zt lines, hie shuddered at the thought < IU. what she had planned to do to Hett ar Castleton. Staring hard- at the blac Eo window before him,' the pen still I it, his hand,-'he allowed his thoughts i .7 dwell so intimately on the subject< m his wen-~meant .postscript that he a ashen face 'with its burning eye t- seemed to take shape in the nigi beyond. It was a long time befor re he could get rid of the illusion. Afte es wards he tried to conjure up Hetty face and to drive out the likeness< m the other woman, and found that I could not recall a single feature in th C face of the girl he loved! ot When he reached Southiook in tI ot morning, he found that nearly all < n. the doors and windows were boarde up. Wagons were standing in 'ti i't stable yard; laden with trunks an ed crates. Servants without livery wei d, scurrying about the halls. There we an air of finality about their mov, da ments. 'v- "Yes, sir," said Watson, In rep) to his question, "we are in a rusi Mrs. Wrandall expects to close ti "ouse this ,evening~ sir. We all go u -this afterinoon. I suppose you knoc sir, -we' 'ave taken a new apartmer h In to'wn."' t 'No!"~ exclaimed Booth. la~ '"Yes, sir, .we 'aye, sir. They's he 'be'eh' decorating It for the pawst tiw ed~ weekcs. -Sems like she didn't care ft ag- 'the old one we 'ad. As a matter < ie' fact, I didn't care .much for it, eithe .ts She's /taken one of them hexpensis ed ones looking out over the park, ei to You know we .used to look out ovi ly, -Madison avenue, sir, and God know te it wasn't hinspirin'. Yes, sir, we g is up this afeternoon. Mrs. Wranda m will be down in a second, thank yo' ly sir." g- Booth actually was startled by h4 st appearance when she entered tb room a few minutes later. She looke s! positively Ill. is "My dear Sara," he cried anxiousi n- "this is too bad. You are makin o yourself ill. Come, come, this won te do." le "I shall be all right in a day < ad two," she said, with a weary litt g, gesture. "I have been nervous.' TI e strain was too great, Brandon. Th' vo is the reaction you might say." id "'Your hand is hot, your eyes loo si- feverish. You'd better see your do ad WANTED'HUSBAND TO LOA ot Only Then Was He Agreeable, Test :h- fled Wife-Sought Divorce From Her Silent Spouse. er We read of him in three placesi he the dispatches of the day. The firl i.) case was where a man kissed his wil against her will, which made her mad that she had him arrested f< assault and battery. 'and the cou: rsentenced him to thirty days in jai a Next case was where a woman ha ng her husband arrested for gettin he drunk and abusing her. When befoi on the court, here is what she said: "My man's a fine man when he e sober. The trouble is he earns mone ny and spends it on liquor. The on) time he's behaved himself was whe in he wasn't working and got no mone: ng I have an income and can support th ;h- family. I wish you'd make him qu work." lut "All right,"~ said the judge. An he sentenced the husband not to wor .nt for thirty days. : I 're third case was a suit for d ,haathe wife charged thi rt eon tor as soon as you get to town. An I [. ounce of prevention, you know." t "Well," she said, with a searching' r s- look into his eyes, "have you 'written v e to her?" V D "Yes. Posted it at seven o'clock 1 this morning." a .I trust you did not go so far as b to-well, to volunteer a word in my b t behalf. You were not -to do that, you r know." t ..He - looked uncomfortable. "I'm afraid I did take your name in vain," I: e he .equivocated. "You are a-a won- d derfuf woman, Sara," he went on, a L moved to the remark by a curious in- I: fluence that he could not have ex- 1, plained any more than he could have I accounted for the sudden gush of emotion that took possession of him. t She ignored thg tribute. "You will m persuade .her to come .to Nev' York I e with you?" "For- your sake, Sara, if she won't I: come for mine." 1i "She knows the cage is open," was e her way of dismissing the subject. g "I am glad you came over. I have a I letter from Leslie. It came this morn- 1 ing. You may be interested in what h he has to say of Hetty-and . your- t self." She smiled. faintly. "Re is - determined that you shall not be with- i out a- friend while he is alive." I ) "Les isn't such a rotter, Sara. He's I spoiled, but he is hardly to be blamed f for that." i "I willread his letter to you," she a r said, and there was 'no little signifn- I cance in the way she put it. She held t t the letter in her hand, but he had 8 s failed to notice It before. Now he saw i t that it was a crumpled ball of paper. 8 . He was obliged to wait- for aminute t t or two while. she restored it to a read- I t able condition. "He was in London I t when this .was written," she explained, I s turning to the window for light. She t V glanced swiftly 'over the first page I D until she found the place where she I meant to begin. "'I suppose Hetty f d Castleton has written that we met 1 in Lucerne two weeks ago,"' she read. -i 'Curious coincidence in connection i with it, too. I was with her father, I Col. Braid Castleton, when we came I j. upon her most unexpectedly. I ran i e across him 'in Paris just before the C aviation meet, and 'got to know him rather well. He's a fine chap, don't C * you think? I confess I was somewhat t - surprised to lea'rn that he didn't know I d she'd left America. He explained It e quite naturally, however. He'd been ill in the north of Ireland and must a have missed' her letters. Hetty was on the point of leaving for Italy. We edidn't see much-of her.- But, by Jove, a .Sara, I am more completely gone on I . her thian ever. She Is adorable. Now e that I've. met her father, who had the i gbeastly misfortune to' miss .old Murgat- 1 eroyd's funetal, I can reshlily see where- t In the saying "blood will tell" applies I to her. He is a prince. He camie over a dto London with me the day after we t eleft Hetty in Lucerne, and I had him I e in to meet mother and Vivian at Clar- C aidge's. They like him Immensely. He eset us straight on a good many points concerning the Glynn and Castleton I families. Of course, I knew they were kamong-the best over here, but I didn't t know how fine 'they were until we pre- i valled on him to talk a little about a 0himself. You will be glad to hear that he is comifig over with us on the rMauretania. She sails the twenty seventh. We'll be on the water by the etime you get this letter. It had been e our intention to sail last week, but the colonel had to go to Ireland for p - a , r- ance s a few days to settle some beastly o squabbles among the tenants. Next i year he wants me to come over for x, the shooting. He Isn't going back to i India for two years. you may be in r terested to hear. Two years' leave. e Lots of Influence, believe me! We've d been expecting him back in London since day before yesterday. I dare , say he found matters worse than he g suspected and has been delayed. He 't has been negotiating for the sale of] some of his property in Belfast-fac r tory sites. I believe. He Is particularly < e anxious to' close the deal before he e leaves England. Had to lift a mort- i gage on the property, before he could think of i1paking the sale. I staked him to tour thousand pounds, to tide 1 him over. Of course, he is eager to F Ther husband would not speak to her. t He would eat his meals without a3 . word, then- sit down with a paper and t read without looking at her or speak- I ing to her. So It .has been going on for a long time. Of course the court n granted the -'wife a divorce. Having ta silent, sour husband around is in etolerable.-Ohio State Journal. rWisdom of the Ancients. -t It is now believed that the ancients I. used telescopes for astronomical pur d poses. In excavations in Babylonia a1 g lens has been found which was un- i e doubtedly used in a telescope cen-: turies before the birth of Christ. The sancients, both Chaldean and Egyptian, y were acquainted with the planetary. y system, knew that the earth was 1 n round, could calculate meridians ex- i ractly, calculate the orbits of the plan- 1 e ets; in fact, paid great attention to t eclipses of the sun and moon, to oc cultations of the planets, to the mo d tions of the planets, and the determi-2 k nation of their periodic and synodici .,times, to the construction of tables of ithe fixed' star- and the mapping of t j the 4,,o ,.nsetonsne and to set- ' .EG!ND: NO LONGER) "Thunder Bird" of Blackfeot Indians Not a Myth. Finding of Frozen Body of Bird Puts to Rout Expressed Skepticism of White Man of Glacier ' Park ReservatioN. Glacier Park Station, Mont.-The weird legend of the "Thunder Bird," long regarded as gospel by the Black feet. Indians of Glacier Park reserva tion, and much smiled at by the skep tical white man, now seems to be given a 'concrete foundation by the recent discovery of a.specimen of the Willow Ptarmigan at the topmost edge of the timber line on the moun tains of Glacier National park. The bird was found frozen to death and the Indians now are lamenting lest it was stricken by the Great Spir it as an ill omen to the entire Black feet tribe. The dead object of awe to the red man was brought to Glacier station by Chief Three Bears, who made the trip over the mountains on snow shoes in order to intercept Louis. W. Hill, president of the Great Northern railway, and have him take it to a taxidermist to be preserved. Mr. Hill delivered the "sacred bird" to a renowned Rocky mountain taxi dermist: The ornithologist rather took the railway magnate's breath away when, upon examining the dead bird he exclaimed: "Why, Mr. Hill, you have iot a: rare specimen here! It Is the.,Willow Ptarmigan, which is of. great scieAtific interest ' among ornithologists. Chapman's Color Key shows. the Willow Ptarmigan -has been reported only twice IntheUnited States, once 'from Maine and once from Massachusetts." The biid. 1 'being set up as true to life as the ta*ldermist's skill can make It and It wil be placed in the crotch of the poles of the one-hundred-yeas' 'old buffalo skin tepee which had been pitched, on -exhibition, in the -forest lobby of the big log hotel -at the east ern gateway to Uncle Sam's newest national park. Here is the translated story of-the "Thunder - Bird"- which, Old Three Bears faithfully repeats to this day: "Long ago there was an old man -who was called Four-Bears. When he Wthnfoth"TudrBd Wntch for the "Thundert brigthe incamp on elk i river. wa ei saw there was a bird, (that) was sit ting (near the edge of the water). He walked toward it. When he was look lng at it, then he knew, (that) the bird did not belong to this country Its feathers were all of different colors, its legs were colored the same. It had three'claws. It would not open its eyes (literally; look)." Re then caught it. Then he took It honme. When he entered,. all the chiefs were Invited. They all entered. The bird sat at the upper end of the lodge. He told these chiefs: Now, here is a bird, that you may look at it (to know), what it is. It was not koy (nobody -could tell what kind of bird It was). After a long while Four Bears pushed it. When it opened its eyes (literally, looked), then It flashed lightning. .The flap of the tepee lay open. The bird flew towards the door. When it ,opened its eyes (literally, looked) a'gain, then it flashed light ning again. When it flew, then the thunder roared. That way the thun der was seen." ELEPHANT'S HOM# FOUND Complete Skeleton of Prehistoric Ani mal Found Near Los Angeles. Los Angeles.-The practically com plete skeleton of a prehistoric ele phant, which. It is believed, roamed the darth thousands of years ago, was found in the La Brea fossil fields, near here. "The animal in life measured more. than sixteen feet in length," said Frank S. Daggette director of the Southwest Museum. "It stood fourteen feet high .and its tusks are sixteexr feet long." * Fright Restores Woman's fjie L ~ow,'sixty-five, who~iS her voice folowinaheavy. col last Thanks giving; .ereamned when , he saw. a man in her home. Her sp~ was restored. The man ihad leased jrt Of the house unknoWni.to her. -.Freakif of 14eavy Wisd. Chicgo.Two hi~en-ere ~n juredbherewihe UldosiflY a Hight auto truelk w gutoff wgd itarted afte Of~ $ iake the sale. 'Gad, I almost had > beg him to take the money. Ter ibly proud and haughty, as the butler rould say. He said he wouldn't sleep rell until he has returned the filthy tere. We are looking for him back ny hour now. But if he shouldn't get ere by Friday, we will sail without im. He said he would follow by the. ext boat, In case anything happened iat he didn't catch the Mauretania."' Sara interrupted herself to offer an onic observation: "If Hetty did not espise her father so heartily, I should dvise you to look farther for a father t-law, Brandon. The colonel is a bad )t. Estates in the north of Ireland! oor Leslie!" She laughed softly. "He'll not show up, eh?" "Not a bit of it," she said. "He iay be charged to profit afda loss in oeslie's books. This part of the letter ill interest you," she went -on, as all that had gone before was of o importance to him. "'I hear inter sting news concerning you, my dear trL My heartiest congratulations if is all true. Brandy is one In a mil on. I have hoped all along to have Im as a full-fledged brother-in-law, if at's the way you'd put it. Father rites that every one Is talking about , and saying what a fine, thing It is. ie has a feeling of delicacy about, ap roaching you In the matter, and I ancy it's just as well until everything settled. I wish you'd let rie make suggestion, however. Wouldn't it e wise to let us all get together and lk over the business end of the ame? Brandy's a fine chap, a corker, 2 fact, but the questioi is: has he 'ot it in him to take Challis' place in e firm? You've got to consider the ture as well as the present, my dear. 7e all do.' With his artistic tempera tent he might play hob with your In rests, and ours too,,for that matter. ouldn't it be wise for me to sound im a bit before we take him into the rm? Forgive me for suggesting this, ut, as you know, your interests are ine, and I'm terribly keen about see g you get the best of everything. y the way, wasn't he a bit gone on letty? Passing kancy, of course, and it deep enough to 'hurt anybody. ood old Brandy!" "There is more,. Brandon,' but it's f no consequence," she said, tossing e letter upon the table. "You see ow the land lays." Booth was pale with annoyance. By Jove, Sara, what an insufferable ss he Is!" "The shoe pinches?" "Oh, It's such perfect rot! - I'm rry on your account. Have you ever eard of such gall?" "Oh, he is merely acting asT the fa'm y spokesman. I can see them now solemn conclave. ' They think It eir indisputable right- to. select a usband for me, to pass upon him, to ccept or decline him as they see fit, > say whether he Is a- proper man to ang up his hat and coat in the offices f Wrandall & Co." . . "Do you mean to say-" "Let's not talk about It, Brandon. t-is'too silly." They fell to discussing her plang for e Immediate future, although the ainds of both were at work with mething else. "Now that I have served my pur ose, I. suppose you will not care to ee so much of me," she said, as he repared to take leave of her. "Served your purposet What do ou mean?" "I should have put it differently. 1ou have been most assiduous In your fforts to force the secret from me. has been accomplished. Now do 'ou understand?" "That isn't fair, Sara,!' he .pr'otest d. "If you'll let me come to see you, spite of what the gossips and 'Mr. Admond Wrandall predict,' you may e sure. I will be as much-in evidence s ever. I suppose I have been a bit if a nuisance, hanging on as I have." "I admire your perseverance. More aan that, I admire your pourage In Lccepting thie situation as you have. only hope you may win her over to 'our , way of thinking, Brandon. oodby." "I shall go up to town tomorrow, it and bag. When shall I see you? Ve have a great deal left to talk about efore I sail." "Come ,when you like." "You really want me to come?" "Certainly." He studied her pale, tired face for moment, and then shook his head. 'You must take care of yourself," he iaid. "You are unstrung. Get a good est and-and forget certains things If rou can. Everything will come out 1 right in the end." "It depends on what' one is willing .o accept as the end," he said. (TO BE CONTINUED.) -Why She Mourned. "Boo-hoo!" sobbed the lady. "What are you crying about?" th6 an asked. "You know the bread and the jelly sent to the fair?" "Yes. Didn't It take a prize? Well. heer up-those judges--" "But it did take a prize-they both ok first prizes-boo-hoo!'-" "Well, what are you crying -about?" "The bread took first prize as the )est specimen of concrete, and the elly as the best china cement!" ing the exact length of the true'solar 'ear. It is fair to presume, then, that hey had telescopes to aid . them in heir work. Crown Prince a Hunter. Crown Prince Frederick William s strongly desirous of visiting merica. The heir to. the Ger nan throne Is not particularly anxi )us to pay an official visit to the 'Jnited States, in fact he would like .o avoid anything kike; this if it were ossibe, but he wants more than any hng else to do some big game hunt ng in the Pacific niorthwest. The 'rown prince hies hunted in India and going to the Afri an colonies in rune but he would Wke particularly hunt in Alaska. J e has an ambi Ion to shoot bears. oose, and cari Fitting erself. "Marriage is a serious business. Lre you preparin yourself .to --be a oodl housekeeper my dea-~ 'Oh, yes. gran You Mght .to ee the house go -as I. am hu7iszg BATHER DEAD THAN t b - * Deplrtaile Condition of bijW LadyWhseTroublesuliplie Until Life Becaine Aluost. Lumpkin, Ga.-Mrsc'G. W. Booth of this place, sas 'I suffered with dumb chills and fever and was vey irregular. Was also nervous and weak, short of breath co n'tmy housework -withoutit beinga burden' and then I began suffering untold ery in my left side and back. I got where I would rather have bes ' than alive. I tried many remedlies,' but'. failed to help me. Finally, I purchased htw aibdlerdot Cardui, the woman's- tonic, I n takiny it according to directims. Cardul helped me right away. I be lieve It saved my life. I cannbt praise Cardui enough to -my lady friends. It -Is certainly the medicipe ::or. stfering women and girls. If you have any-of the ailments so eommon t& women, or wyou fethe need of .a good, strengthening tonic we urge you to'ivet It has helped thaus~nn past 50 years of sUcpehs 9 by the .nurmerobs enatha e of gratitude, simil to ,h ao which come to us every'diy.' Don't delay. -This letter from M s Booth should convincf you that Cardu is worth a irial.- Get ajbottle from your druggist today. Yoi'l-neverre gret It.-Adv. - Using Up Mistakes - A' mother was ihowing n a daughter how to do something30tSr the child 'made a mistake, tdh mother advised her not to worry about It,, but to'remember never to me that same error again, and explained that if v6 rofited. by xour mitakes they were useful after all.: "Oh, I know why," ,*i tle one. "Bcause If 6 e n making and 'nakrin by there .wobe any r a left." . - It only true, how nice hs d 1 New Molrni eg$ The lesadnenxpertandrinenr saw'!t e cty, writes: "nfrLerh ausaax oor-3ass, theanmlseptecpowds er- akaau' hesehoes, forthe pateni yesw.3~ s&1hs an whoa'eomperd to be etbdtest. - eigmt o zen h ana3tl-. manad's FoonBASx kee"p Inf from-thae. -(Sgaea) \ a. 5N.F Arum & -r a / Cabbage sRWEtafEt Wonders never ceme in u n law. Here comesJ a'dge . W own state, trying the oeofama vh entered his neighboi's garde and -pinched a -heid of imbbage.The udis, decides-that It was npt lareddyorgsr sonal 'propertyr at aMl and hence not-. a basis of criminalatln but the cabbage heads are eaes ate n thatthe neghbor's remedylis to bring a. civil action ,contesting title W& have eaten garden truck--spinach and lettuce for instance-whichtastedlk* real estate. Butswe n eroiew be- - fore that to steal it , as'not-theft - And ater a cabbagehead As'eaten what good is the title? Now,,If lt'bad -been a frahkchisa orr an. electIon that-'was. stolen, It w'ould have beeqiess surpri ing in ther law to let theculpri go - free; but who would evehave thdoght that the science of :judicialbarpt vked to protect-a plain. everyr-aycab bags thief?-Pittsburgh. Presh. Sign of the 'Times. -When a -man- like A. J1 Drexel Bid ae of Philadelpnia, society-leader and mmkmioaie, preaches in the4 city streets from a gospel wagondn the "Inasmukch Mission," and when we see. other young millionaires in 'various parts gof-the country joining the ~Sal vation 'Army of uplift and human bet terment, it is calculated to make the world think a bit-to make it stop, look and listen. There is something which comes home to everybody in such a spectacle, and which is not toy be dismissed as an emotional m'naad ing outburst. In many waysth ligous impulse of the age sharesth deocraicprt thtis domindia political and economic spheres,and Is coming out from h'igh' places lnto the highways an4d hedges in order to' get face to face with the masses. False Alarm. Farmer's Wife'- That yellow hen has cackled three times and hasn't laid an egg yet. Farmer-Maybe she's entitled to a relay.4. 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