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?TiM-BgBMB3ia IL. Copyright. 1D04. b> CHAPTER XT. THE T03IB OF THE PHARAOH. ?}"Y"'|T wes far into the tenth ni lil that Kenkenes arrived in T I 'j bes. On the sixteenth day 3 * ' chel would begin to exp bim, and he could not hope to re; .Memphis by that time. She should : -wait an hour longer than necessa He would get the signet that night s "return by the swiftest boat obtaina in Thebes. The dawn should find h on the way to Memphis. He entered the streets of the Libv suburb of. the holy city and pass "through it to the scattering houses : -outside the thickly settled portion a nearer to the necropolis. At the p tad of the most pretentious of th* houses he knocked and was admitte< He was met presently in the cha ?er of guests by an old man, gray ha -ed and bent This was the keeper the tomb of Ram es es the Great. "I am the son of Menta," he sa: *thy friend and the friend of the i .comparable Pharaoh. Perchance th dost'remember me." % :_ . "I remember Mentu," the old rn: replied after a space that might ha been spent in rumination or in col!e< ^$XLg his faculties to speak. "He decorated the tomb of Rameses the young man continued. % "Aye, I remember. I watched, hi often at the work." '*Thpu knowest how the great kir loved'him." The old man bent, his head in assen ""He was given a signet by Ramese ^nd on the jewel was testimony of rc; al favor which should outlive the Ph; rach and Mentu himself. It was los But the place in which it was lost small, find I. would search for agata." , By this time the old man's face ha become inquiring. ""There -is need for the signet now. ] "was lost in the tomb of the incon parable Pharaoh. May I not visit th ?rypt? I would go this very night." The keeper's face sobered, and h shook bis head. "Deny me not, I pray thee," Ker fecr.o~ entreated earnestly. '-'Xever rr, ^; a garter stake upon the saving o - 'time than in this strait which is th ."peril JZ .'spotless womanhood. I e;:j alone. There is no need that tho; shorddst waste an hour of thy neeaV: sleep for me. I pledge thee I shall con .&?ct myself without thee as I shouk beneath thine eye, and none need eve: know I went alone." The ancient keeper weakened at th< ..earnestness of the young man. -^Canst thou open the gates?" -;^T ^;.rc not forgotten from the dailj "practice that was mine for manj weekv' *Then go, and let no man know el this." Kenkenes thanked him gratefully anc went at once. In chambers hewn in solid rock th? monarchs of the eighteenth and nine teenth centuries were entombed. Ail along the walls of the gorge nature had secured the sacred resting place of tb? sovereigns against trespass from th? ^cn? and sides of the chasm, and Egypl had dutifully strengthened the one weak point lu the fortilicatiou-the en? trance-by the gateway of granite. But there was no vigilance of guards. Who lioevo:- knew how to open the gates - might enter the valley. The secret of ?. the ? jits was known only among the men:':.- rs cf the royal family and the court. To Kenkenes. whose craft as a scu?r-.or had taught hin? the intricate dev. - ase I in cl j<:ng tombs, the open? ing or ?rcse gates was simple. II; let himself into tiie valley and. <clo;L.g "the valves behind him, went up the tortuous gorge, darkened by the shadows cf the walls. He continued past the >nth of the valley's souiherrj arm. wherein were entombed the kings of the eighteenth dynasty. Here, in this opon snace, he could see the cir . -cling hats, which before he could only hear above his head. Somewhere among ?he rocks up the moonlit hollow an owl kooted. Tut the tombs he'sor.aht were in the upper end of the main ravine. With trembling hands he pushed the doors, rough with inscriptions, and the -grear, -tone valves swung ponderously Jr.wnrd, the bronze pins making no sound as they turned in the sockets. Kenkenes entered and closed the por? tals behind him. Instantly ail sound of the outside world was cut off-the sound of the wind, the chafing of the sands on the .tills above, the movement and cries of night birds, beasts and insects. Ab? solute stillness and original night sur? rounded him. With ali sp<>ed he lighted his lamp, but the flaring dame illuminated only a little space in the brooding, hovering blackness about him. He moved forward, his path only ilscovered to him. step by step as the ??ght advanced, the sumptuous frescoes .clone by the hand of his father emerg? ing, one detail at a time. The solemn figures fixed accusing eyes upon him ?rom every frieze; the passive counte? nance of the monarch himself con? fronted bim from every wall. One ponderous chamber after another he traversed, for the tomb penetrated the very core of the mountain. The innermost crypt contained the sitars. This was the sanctuary, the "holy of holies,, never entered except by a hierarch. When' Kenkenes reached the final A Romance of the Days When the Lord Redeemed the Children^ o f Israel From the Bondage of Egypt Ey Elizabeth Miller Bobbs-Merrill Company threshold he paused. Thus far his presence had been merely a midnight intrusion. If he entered tho sanctu? ary, his coming would be violation. He thought, of the distress of Rachel and j dared. J The first alabaster altar glistened : suddenly.out of the night like a bank ! of snow. Kenkenes' sandal grated on j the sandy dust that Icy thick on the. j floor. Not even the keeper had en- j tered this crypt to remove the accn- [ ululated dust of six years. In this chapel the signet had been 1 Jost j Kenkenes set his light on the Soor and began his search. The first time he j searched the lioor he laid the lack of success to his excited work. The sec- ! ond time the perspiration began to j trickle down his temples. Thereafter he sought lengthwise and crosswise, calling on the gods for aid, but there was no glint r . v? jewel. At last, sien, with despair, he sat j down to collect himself. Suddenly ; across the silence there smote a sound. ] For a moment Kenkenes sat trans- j fixed, -and in that moment the sound j came nearer. He remembered the in- j junction of the old keeper. Human or supernatural, the newcomer must not find him there. Re leaped behind the altar of Shaemus, extinguishing ! the light as he did so. He flung the ] corner of his kamis over the reeking i wick that the odor might not escape, but his fear in that direction was ma- j terially lessened when he saw that the stranger bore a fuming torch. On one end of the short pole of the torch was a knot of flaming pitch; on the other was a bronze ring fitted with sprawling claws. The stranger set the light on the floor, and the device kept ; the torch upright. He crossed the j room and stood at the altar of Neferari j Therm uthis. By the deeply fringed and volumi? nous draperies and by the venerable beard, rippling and streaked with gray, the young sculptor took the stranger to be an Israelite. As Kenkenes looked upon him he was minded of his fa? ther, the magnificent Menin. Thor? was the bearing of the courtier, with 1 the same wondrous stature, the same massive frame. But the delicate fea- j tures of the Egyptian, the long, slim j fingers, the narrow foot, were absent, j In this man's countenance there was majesty instead of grace; in his figure, might instead of elegance. The stranger stood in profound med? itation, his splendid head gradually sinking until it rested on his breast. The arms hung by the sides. The at? titude suggested a sorrow healed by the long years until it was no more a pain, but a memory so subduing that it depressed. At last the great man sr uk to his knees with a movement quite in keeping with his grandeur and his mood and bowed his head on his arms. Pressed down with "awe. Kenkenes followed his example, and. although he seemed to kneel on some rough chisel mark in tho floor, he did not shift bis position. The discomfort seemed ap? propriate as penitence on that holy occasion After a long time the stranger arose, took up the torch and quitted the chamber. He went away more slowly than he had come, with reluctant step and averted face. When night and profound silence j were restored in the crypt, Kenkenes j regained his feet and, examining the j Irritated knee, found the offending ob- ? ject clinging to the impression it had I made in the flesh. The shape of the j trifle sent a wild hope through his ; brain. Groping through the dark, he found his lamp and lighted it with trembling hands. He held the lapis lazuli signet! lie did not move. Ile only grasped the scarab tightly and panted. The sudden change from intonso suspense to intense relief had deprived him of tho power or" expression. Only his physical makeup manifested its rebel? lion aga installe shock. He examined the scarab. The cord by which it hal been suspended passed through a small gold ring between the claws of the beetle. This had worn very thin and some slight wrench had broken it. "Ah!" he exclaimed aloud. "It is even as 1 had thought. But 1er me not to b >ast when I teil my father of it. It will l>e victory enough for me to display the jewel and abashment enough fer him to know ho was wrong." He ceased to speak, but the echoes talked on after him. He shivered, caught up his light and raced through, the tomb into thc world again. fi was near dawn, and the skies were pallid. He was bengry and weary, but most impatient to be gone. He would repair to Thebes and break his fast. Th :reafter he would procure the swift? est boat on the Nile and rake his rest while speeding toward Memphis. The inn cr' the necropolis was Uko an Immense dwelling, except that tho courts were sta).le yards. The doors, opening off the porch, were always open and a !ight burned by night with? in the chamber. long and so mur? kily had it burned that the chamber Kenkenes entered was smoky and red? olent of it. Aside from . high, bench like table miming bal .- ugth of tile ti tr wall, there was no \.g else in the room. Kenkenes rapped on the table. In a little time an Egyptian emerged fr; a under the counter ou the vther i side. Understanding at last that the I guest wished to be fed. he staggered j sleepily through a door and. presently reappearing, signed Kenkenes to enter. The room into which the young sculp : tor was conducted was too large to be ! lighted by the two lamps, hung from hooks, one at each end of the cham : ber. Down either side, hidden in the shadows, were long benches, and from the huddled heap that occupied the full length of each it was to be surmised that men wore sleeping on them. Above them the slatted blinds had been i w'thdrawn from the small windows and the morning breeze was blowing strongly through the chamber. At tho upper end was another tabie similar to the one in the outer roon: except for a napkin in tho middle with a bottle of ! water set upon it. An Egyptian wom? an stood beside this table and gave the young man a wooden stool. As Kenkenes walked toward tho seat a stronger blast of wind puffed out the light above his head. The woman climbed up to take the lamp down and set it on the table while she relighted it. The skirt cf her dress caught on the top of the stool she had mounted and pulled it over on the wooden floor with a sharp sound. One of the sleepers stirred at the noise and turned over. Presently he sat up. Kenkenes righted the stool and sat down on it, the light shining in his face. He saw the guest in the shadow shake off the light covering and walk swiftly through the door into the outer chamber. Meanwhile the silent woman served her guest with cold baked waterfowl, endives, cucumbers, wheat bread and grapes and a weak white wine. Ken? kenes ate deliberately and consumed all that was set before him. When he had made an end. he paid his reckon? ing to the woman and returned into the outer chamber. At the doors he was confronted* by four members of the city constabulary and a Nubian in a striped tunic. "Seize him!" the Nubian cried. In? stantly the four men flung themselves upon Kenkenes and pinioned his arms. "Nay. by the gods," he exclaimed an? grily, "what mean ycu?" "Parley not with him," the Nubian said in excitement. "Get him in bonds stronger than the grip of hands. He is muscled like a bull." The young sculptor looked at the Nubian. He had seen him before "Seize MM! " the Nubian cried. had had unpleasant dealings with him -and then he remembered, so sudden? ly and so fiercely that his capto i's felt the sinews 'rreep in his arms. "Set spare thee ?nd thine infamous master to me!" ho exclaimed violently. The Nubian retreated a little, for Kenkenes had strained toward him. '.Get him into the four walls of a ceil." the Nubian urged the guards. "1 may not lose him again, as I value my hoad." The guards started out of the doors, and. Kenkenes went with chem, unre? sisting, but not passively. The prison was a square building of rough stone, flat roofed, three stories in height. The red wails were broken at regular intervals by crevices, barred t with bronze. There was but one en ! trance. Kenkenes was led through the doors, down a low roofed, narrow stone walled corridor to the room of the '< governor of police. ; The governor of police was absent, : but his vice, who was jailer and scribe ; in one. sat in a chair behind the great i table. i When the party entered he sat up, ! undid a new scroll, wetted the reed ; pen in the pigment, and was ready. Kenkenes asued, "Wherefore am I taken ?" "For sacrilege and slave stealing." the scribe replied calmly. "At thc complaint of Har-hat, bearer of the king's fan." Kenkenes added. "Until such time as stronger proof of thy misdeeds may be brought against thee," the scribe continued. "Even so. In j ?lainer words. 1 shall be held tili I confess what he would have me tell cr until I decay in this tomb. Let me give thee my word. I shah do neither. Unhand me. I shah not attcmp? to escape." At a sign iron, the scribe the four men released him and took up a posi? tion at the ?lours. Kenkenes opened his wallet and displayed the signet The scribe took it and read the inscrip? tion There was no doubting the young loan's, right to the jewel, for here was the name of Mentu, even as tho chief adviser bad given it in identi? fying iii?' prisoner. The official Crowned and stroked bis chin. "This petitions the Pharaoh." be said at last. "T cannot pass upon ?t." "Sen-! ; cell, then, and do thou f'.'i .<.: said, "i have somewhat ? "Take hire to his o i?." ibo o'Ticiai said to tJ . noon as bo returned tb?? slgj : ? ti prisoiier. "I shall after I him." "I have but'to crave n ni .*<.?!!..::. r ? tho:--a swift nail a sn . r.:?. .-ho can hold his peace and hath prith his calling. I can offer all he demai And this further: Keep his going a cret. for I am beset, and I would have my rescue by the Pharaoh thw ed." "I can send thee a messenger," jailer answered. The solid section of wall swung s behind him, and the great bolts s Into place. Some time later the bar rattled dr again, and the jailer stood withoul scribe ai: his side. At*a sign from jailer the latter made as though enter, but Kenkenes stopped him. "I have need of your materials on! he said, "but the fee shall ; <- yo nevertheless.'' Tho man set his c on the floor, and Kenkenes put a r of silver in the outstretched rahm "Fail me not in a faithful mess ger," the prisoner repeated to the j er. The official nodded, and the d was closed again. Kenkenes sat on the Moor beside case, laid the cover hack and, tak: out materials, wrote thus: To My Friend, the Noble Hotop, gre lng: This from Kenkenes, whom ill fori cannot wholly possess while he may c thee his friend. I speak to thee out of the prison : Tape, where I am held for stealing bond maiden and for executing a sta against the canons of the sculptor's : ual. The accumulated penalty for th ; offenses is great. My plight is most j rions. The pitying gods have left me t. ? chance for escape If I fail I shall mob j here, for my counsel is mine, and 1 j demons of Amenti shall not rend It fr< i me The tale is short and miserable. I ; for the necessity I would not repeat for it publishes the humiliation of sw? innocence. Suffice it to say that the offended is s of whom we talked one cay on the 1 back of Masaarah; the offender is Hi hat. who hath buried me here in Tape. One morning he saw her at the quarr and, taken with her beauty, asked her j the hands o? the Pharaoh for th? hater est bondage pure maidenhood ever kne^ j She fled from the minions he sent I take her and came to me in that spot : the hillside where thou and I did talk, j There the minions found us, and by t j evidence they looked upon I am furth ! charged with sacrilege, j Thou dost remember the all power! ; signet which my father had from t j incomparable Pharaoh. Ke lost it in t tomb of the king- three years ago, aba doning the search for it before I was a suied ii.wii ic was not~t?. he ??unX So strong was my faith that the sign was in the tomb that when this disc st overtook her I came to Tape at once look again for the treasure. I found it. But by some unknowable mischan* mine enemy discovered my whereabout I and a third minion, who escaped rr wrath before the statue that mornin appeared in the city and caused me to 1 delivered up io the authorities on tl charges already named. She is hidden, and I have provided f< her protection, as w<dl as I may, again: the wishes of the strongest man in tl land. For her immediate welfare I a: not greatly troubled. But alas! I wou! ; be with arr. Thou k?owest, O my Hete; I the hu:.ger and I;--ar tache of such sepan j I:' the Pharaoh honor not the sign? i herein inclosed, tell my father of m ; plight let me know the decision of ti king, a nc then I shall trust to the Ht thors for liberty. Of this contingency I would not spea at length. It may he tempting the capric of the Seven Sisters to presuppose sue j misfortune. Let not my father intervene for me. H shall not endanger himself further than have already asked of him. . But remember thou this injunction mos surely. That it shall be last and therefor freshest in thy memory. I put this at th end of the letter. Put the petition herein inclosed into th Pharaoh's hands! For my life's sake, lo it not come into the possession of an other. I shall write no more. My scant clo quence must be saved for the king. Gods, but it is good to have faith in ; friend: I salute thee. KEXKEXE3. The letter to Hotep complete, Ken j kenes took up another roll and wroti ; thus to Meneptah: To Meneptah. P...loved of Ptah, Am j bassador of Amen. Vicar of lia. Lon ; Over i'ppcr and Lower Egypt, greeting: j At this point he naused. His powe] of expression, aghast at the magnitude ! of the stake laid on its successful ase j became panic stricken and Med fron I him. Ho feared that words could noi be chosen which wctuld justify his sac ,' ri'oge (yr prove his claims to Rache ; greater than Har-hat's. Meneptal i would be hedged about with prejudice against his first cause and deterred bj j the prior right of Har-hat in the sec? ond. Tho last man that talked with the king molded him. Flattery alone j might prevail against coercion. It was j the one hope. j Kenkenes seised his pen and wrote: This from thy subject. Kenkenes, tho 1 son of Mer.tu. thy merket, i I give thee a true story. O Defender of : Women. j There ls a maiden whose kinsmen died of hard labor in the service of Egypt. Xot one was loft to cr.ro for her. Of all ; her house she alone remains. They died 1 in ignominy. Shall the last remnant of the unhappy family be stamped out in ! dishonor? If one came before thee seeking to In? sult innocence and another begging leave ; tc protect it thou wouldst choos? for him who would keep pure the undefiled. Have I not said. O my king? Berore thee even now is s'.:ch a choice. Aire*?ly thou hast given over the mas? tership of Rachel, daughter of Maai the Israelite, to thy fan bearer. Har-hat. By the lin- of his own servants I ara inform ed that he would have put her in his She fled fr?m him. and I hid her away, for I could not bear to deliver her up to tho d^spo'Ior. I love her; sh*.- low-th me. Wilt thou not give her to me to wife? Thine illustrious sire bespea.'reth thy favor out of Amenti. Behold ins signet and its injunction; . i Furthermore, I confess to sacrilege Uga inst A thor in caning a statue winch Ignored the sculptor's ritual. For this and for hiding the Israelit.-- am I impris? oned i:; the ? itv stronghold of Tape. I would !>.. trev to return to my love and comfort h-r: but. :f it shall overtax thy generosity to release me. I pray thee : announce my sentence and let me berrin to count the hours tili I shall come forth . aga'".. The israelite hath a nurse, a feeble and j sick old woman. Deborah by name, whom ! th- minions .?'.' Har-hat abused. She can be of i." further usc in. servitude, and ? would have thee set her free to bear company io her love, the white souled Rachel." But if these last prayers Imperil the j first by strain upon th- h lu?gence. O beloved* of Ptah, do tho hem aside a:; 1 irrant only tho safer. -npresa 1 maiden. T>.< s to thy hand by the ? the The letter complete, he summoned the messenger. Kenkenes gave him the message and a handful of rings. The man express? ed his thanks, after which he went forth and the door was barred. {"TO BS COJSTJNU?1J.] DRY IN CHARUESTOX . First Dry Sunday Quite Successful N<> Gases in Court Against Any lA quav Sellers. The first dry Sunday of dryness in Charleston may bf regarded as a success, and demonstrates a control or" the situation. A majority of the tigers were closed tight, and ii was really difficult to get the refreshing draught with convenience. Rumor has it that there were several of the iarge places of liquid refreshment running freely, but there were no cases in the police court today against any of the dispensers of iced harmo? nizers. Especially was the blockade effect? ive against the smaller places of li? quor selling. At many a corner shop.' ?vhere tradition had it that bottles of booze were sold, knots of disappoint? ed customers ;ould be discerned wait? ing in vain for the doors to open to their knock.-. There was nothing do? ing, and the dry humans had to move off, and quench their thfrt at the ar? tesian wells, where liquid of high merit flowed freely. At several places prominently lo? cated an unusually large number of visitors could be observed, going in and out and one or two would use a handkerchief to wipe, perhaps, the foam of ginger ale from his refresh? ed Hps. There were no sensational raids, however, and everything went .-long quietly. There is no doubt of: it that there were more, many more, places closed than opened, and Char? leston was kept practically dry. The inquiry is now running along the lines why the other places of business that have no legal right to run on Sundays should not be closed up. Many of the business men on King street, who keep the law are asking this question with emphasis. Charleston post. State of Ohio, City of Toledo. Lu? jas County, ss.-Frank J. Cheney nakes oath that he is senior partner .f the firm of F. J. 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June 5.-The Weath? er Bureau i-sued a bulletin today say? ing in part: "A distinct earthquake was recorded last night by the seis? mographs of the weather bureau, lasting nearly an hour. The conclu? sion based on the records the origin of the quake was not more than three thousand miles distant and probably -"a th of Washington." Every Mail His Own Doctor. *The average man cannot afford to employ a physician for every slight ailment or injury that may occur ir. his family, nor can he afford to ne? glect them, as so slight an injury a? the scratch of a pin has been known to cause the loss of a limb. Hence ?very man must from necessity be his own. doctor for this class of ailments. Succ- ss often depends upon prompt ? Treatment, which cnn only be had i v. hen suitable medicines are kept at hand. Chamberlain's Remedies have been in the mark? t for many years and enjoy a good r?putation. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and ? 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Washington, June 7.-Two speech? es, two reviews and several receptions will keep President Roosevelt busy at the Jamestown exposition next Mon? tey when Georgia Day will be cele? brated. The president, with his fam? ily, -.viii proceed to Jamestown on Sunday or. the yacht Mayflower. Tn the Georgia State building, which is 1 reproduction of Bulloch Hall, after thc reviews the president will be presented a silver service donated by -he C4eorgia peoolel President Roose "elt will deliver the Georgia Day ad dress, and on address to the National Editorial convention. *Piles get quick and certain relief from Dr. Shoop's Magic Ointment. Please note it is made alone for piles, and its action is positive and certain. Itching, painful, protruding or blind piles disappear like magic by its use. Large nickel-capped glass jars 50c. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. SEEKING SOCIAL EQUALITY. Boston Negroes Announce Their Be? lief in Mixed Schools. Boston. Mass., June 7.-Drawing the color line in education has reach? ed the climax here with a protest against Howard University, a negro school, which has an industrial de? partment supported largely by Fed? eral appropriations. The Suffrage league,. organized recently and comprising many of the most promi? nent colored men of Boston, today notified Booker T. Washington that :t disapproved of his election as a trustee of that institution a.?d urged him not to accept. The league adopt? ed a resolution declaring its belief in ai: American system of education for all Americans regardless of race or color. ColFe and Diarrhoea. 'Pains in'vthe stomach, colic and diarrhoea are quickly relieved by the use of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by DoLorme's Pharmacy. CHANGE OF VENUE GRANTED. ; ihel Sid" Aga mst Editor of Dillon Herald Transferred. Marion. June G.-In th? Court of "^tuerai Sessions here this morning Judge Prince granted a change of cenue ir the ease of the State vs. Arthur B. Jordan, editor of the Dil :. n Herald, charged with ' malicious and defamatory libel.' Cn account of thc prominence ol' the parties inter? ested a great deja i of interest v.-as. manifested in the case, quite a num? ber having come from Dillon, the home of the defendant, to witness the trial, which had been set for today. When court opened Cm's morning Solicitor Spears announced that the late was ready for trial, whereupon the attorneys for the deforce made a notion for a change of venue and in -..-.?port of the motion submitted a number of affidavits stating that the defendant could not receive a fair md impart?a] *rial in Marion County. Solicitor Spears objected to the mo? tion, on the ground that it came too hr.te, but after conferring with the ? r .-ecutors. Court Stenographer F. F. Covington. ex-Sheriff B. R. Mullins, Frobate Judge P. B. Hamer and Mr. ".V. -F. Staokhouse. a member of the V.:rion Bar. Judge Prince waived the . .'ejection, stating that neither he nor those gentlemen -wished to ?."orce Mr. Jordan to a trial in Marion County if he felt that he could not g.:t a fair and impartial verdict and consented to the change of venue. Upon sug? gestion of the defendant's attorney and with the consent of the prosecu? tion Judg? Prince granted an wrdor foi a change of venue to Chesterfield County and appointed Tuesday. lSth inst., as the day for trial. The defen? ds nt was represented by Mosers. P. B. Sellers and J. B. Gibson, of Dillon; Col. Knox Livingston, P.-*rnottsville, and Hon. J. w. Ragsdale. of Flor? ence. Solicitor Spears was assisted by M?r-rs. W. J. Montgomery and J. W. Johns m of the local Bar. JAPS HUNTLXG TROUBLE. Progressive Party Seeking to Provoke Difficulty With America. Special to the Daily Item. Tokio. Japan, June ">.-A deputa? tion from thc progressiv.- party of Jap: n personally urged F reign Min? ier, r Hayashi today to tah - ac;ion to pr? vent the recurrence of anti-.Tapa i . outbreaks in San Francisco and at the sam?- time explain the govern in -nt*s apparent inaction during che recent outbreak. Minister Knyashi's r* ply was nor made public. This ac? tion of the progressives i* believed t? indicate the desire of certain elements in .Tapan to make the issue with the United States prominent "A man who is in p< rf > : health, so he can do an honest day's work when necessary, has mtvh for which he should be thankful. Mr. L. C. Rodg? er?, cf Branchton. Pa., writes that he was not .only un.-;Ole to work, but he couldn't stoop over to tie his own shoos. Six bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure made a new man of him. He say?. "Success ?n Foley's Kidney Cure," "?. i's Drusr Store.