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i f ' j The Y :| Holly j Copyright, 1003, by G. W CHATTER XXV. 1 GEOUCJE stared ?t the trium- ' pliant detoetive in surprise. It seemed impossible Hint what ' he stated could l?e true. Miss Hull v.-ns the very last person whom { Brcudoti would have accused. I "You must mean Margery," said ( tleorge after a time., "No, I don't," re-' d Bawdsey in a determined volc<\ * mean Miss Bull, or, as you know her, Miss Jenny HowB nrd." "But what reason"? "Ah, that's a long story! She shall , tell you herself." "Have you had her arrested?" j , "Not yet. But she will ho arrested 1 t before the end of the day. I have nl ready communicated witli Scotland Yard. It was your idea about Margery that put tno on the scent," Bawd- 1 soy said, with great complacency, "though, to be sure, I had my suspi- , clous before. It was to watch Miss Bull that I canic here." "What made you think that she was , guilty?" "Well, it seemed to me that she was . the only person who could have killed Eliza. She and Eliza hated one another because of their mutual love for your father." Georce groaned. "NY 11 at u lot of trou- ' ; Me his father had caused with his 1 i handsome looks and charming man- , f ners! Even after ills death the fata. attraction he exercised seemed to brin^. about disaster. "She did not kill Mrs. Jersey on that account," he said. "Wait ti'1 vou hear. She will tell you. In fact isked me to send foi you, as she wishes to speak." "Let me hear how you cuune to learn thot this poor creature struck the blow. You say the* It was some retnurk I made which"? , "Yes, it was," said Bawdsey eagerly, throwing himself into a seat. "Your ^ ! remark that Margery might be guilty"? j "One moment," interrupted George In bis turn. "I may tell you that I have seen Mr. Ireland, and lie declares that he never was near the house on I 5 ?ai ? tlmt ,1C knew notll,nB of rj ** '-3 "a &JPcou:,ntl that he had no / "? ~ikey. lie 1b innocent." y'ow that I liave heard Miss Hull I fW that, sir. She's the one." ' v. ' Veil, and how did you find out?" ' i iwdsey cleared his throat and he?wlth a most important air: "I in ?. ' i M1 Tiirrrr'1 with your Idea that Mar- J yfjjg'jiilKht he guilty," he said, "and flymJ ' turned it over in my own mind 1 on/jpuglit it more and more probable. ? su* <*TCt?rc determined to get Margery and work on her fears. Well, it J Sj this morning in the sitting room. ^jb Hull had gone out and had left * I?|-gery to make up some accounts. 6 of ie girl was laboring away at them * tead getting into a hopeless mess. I to due to speivk with her and offered to * ano tliem. I Boon put the accounts to fights and then began to talk of Miss t 1,1 JW-'Why of Miss Bull?" 1 ; tf f "Why"?Bawdsey pinched bis lip? , Hi/I thought at the time that Margery Cl%ns guilty, and that if in talking to ( it Vr 1 laid the blame on Miss Bull the * . J* )? I ?UI?IU N|li:ilK UUU Af\ Tj^Vcll, you accused Miss Bull of the \ Dr u way I did. Margery denied it." * lfcr ~*AVhat did you say?"' Y "That slie might as well confess. 1 | '. jr<J?cl?red that I liad evidence to prove //xfillliss Bull's guilt, nnd that she would * I ilbe arreste<l when she came back. 1 de- fi y piare, Mr. Vane, I thought the girl * 1 would strike me. She was like a wildktrnt." B let }''I wish she hnd," growled George. j / plv "She said if I arrested Misa Bull she '' lit Q^Would kill me. 1 said, 'As you killed v /?% gbll ar aunt.' She up and said: 'Yes, I 1 ev licr' M'88 18 innocout' ttn<* a X S> i j "ow she Is.' Of course, when she ,1 r the fact, I at once began'to ^ jktir * Bull." ' " , y I vou do that?" 8 \' b Margery had been guilty E 1 ihave owned up. But if * y i guilty, Margery would e ; the guilt on herself. c Vvn*. -v ^ was threatening me ' aiv >ii\f rule guilt on herself. Miss W flj* In Thaf InnM -1-1 A_ !. jr |*" ovu^/m ?ui ittU Ui " L1 i her feet, crying that I I hut that ahe would die for ffcs Bull." a i hi did the woman aar't" f/- 1 JW mo * kne\ i *" /' ??oanded how I founu ?/U?U | I ' -it that was my business. ? i 4 vmeil a rat and suspected I A tdufflng. She would bare d I A- yngue, but Margery was In '< Wr for her friend that she v jwlth the whole story." I ') m is half wltted. All this may a lijbt be true." j ' t Qh, yes. It Is. When Miss Bull saw a , *hut the game was up she sat down tev|UMl admitted that she had killed Mrs. to Glei,er*ey- 81,e a,so 8nl(1 tliat Bho WM * -> , flnnoin*lad tl,c trutl? 1141(1 come to light." t %ik1? "s,4C wa* raving," said George In? ^credulously. ClrJ "No; wasn't. She told me the ffi|wholc story in the calmest manner, 0 b, VVjgust as thougli she were asking me to M|P|vf a cup of tea. Then she asked me Wp send for you and sat down to play | *Tatience. She la desperately anxious to see you." George shuddered and followed 1 Bowdsej down the ttajrs. II ?m(| 1 -r?rr el lew I By FERGUS HUME, j Author of "The Mystery of a J Hansom Cab," Etc. ** i . Dillingham Company y Lcrribk to him that such n fragile littlo ?re..lure as Miss Hull should he subjected to this disgrace, lie did not LMhdonc her crime. She had acted wrongly ami must take the consequences. Hut he could not forget that die was Dorothy's aunt, and he wished lie could see some way of rescuing her From this dreadful position. Miss Hull was, as Hnwdscy had stated, playing patience. Seated at the rcry table where her victim had sat, die dealt the cards and seemed quite Interested in the game. Margery was seated in a chair near at hand, looking with tearful eyes into the face of her Friend. Heyoml the fact that Miss Bull was whiter than usual she showed no signs of emotion. "You have come, George," she said, addressing him by liis name. "I am 5lnd to see you. Mr. Hawdsey, you uny go." Hawdsey shrugged his shoulders and, with a glance at George, went out. After all, he had heard the story before ami did not particularly care to lienr it ncnlu. Besides. Hnwilsnv wnu n ilndty inan, nnd ho folt sorry that lie [ind proceeded to such extremities. Miss Bull sltullled her pack of cards ind laid them away in a box. "I shall ilay that game no more. 1 have been llaying patience all my life, but the >nd lias come, and I am glad it has onie. 1 suppose you were astonished vlien Mr. 1? wdsey told you?" said he. looking with piercing eyes at trcndon. "I was. I never thought that you? ou"? "That I would kill Mrs. Jersey," Unshed the woman quietly. "Why not? Jhe was a had, wicked creature, and . aused the death of your father. She loasted of it." "Where? When?" asked the astonslied young man. "In this very room, in my presence. But to make you understand I had tietter tell you all." "One moiitfut, Miss Bull. When you old the fortunes on that night did you ntcud to kill Mrs. Jersey?" "No. The death card did turn up. That was u strange coincidence, icorge. When 1 came down the stairs 1 had no more idea than you of killing .lie wretched woman." "What made you do it?" "I am telling you," replied Miss Bull, folding her hands on her lap. "W'uit ind hear. Mrs. Jersey was very rude o me on that night. I intended to emonstrate with her. She added iutult to injury by locking Margery in ier bedroom, so as to keep her l'rom lie. I heard her seoidimr Marirerv in lie passage, anil when all was quiet mil Mrs. Jersey luul gone down the itairs I went up to Margery's room md unlocked the door. Mrs. Jerscf lail struck the poor child, and she was tobbiug on her bed. I then determined 0 go down for the second time and tee Mrs. Jersey." "For the second time? Were you town before?" "I was," replied Miss Hull calmly. 'I wondered who Mrs. Jersey had Mining to see her, particularly after the had lost her courage when she saw 1 yellow holly in your coat." " You noticed that?" "Yes, anil 1 noticed the holly also. I vondered why you wore it. The sight f it put into my mind that fatal night vhen lie"?Miss Hull brushed aside icr thoughts?"but no matter. I bought I would see if Mrs. Jersey was leelng any one, mid also I wished to ulk about the yellow holly." "But why should you trouble about eelng any one?" Miss Hull looked down and then ookeil up abruptly. "Mrs. Jersey could have sent me back to the asytllll if she could and I WHO nlwnra ifrahl lost she should see some one ecretly nbout the matter. I crept lown the stnlrs, leaving Margery in my 00111 playing at patience. Mrs. Jerey's door was closed. I hoard the uurmur of voices, and I put my ear to he keyhole. I heard that dancer?aftrward I learned tliat it was the daner?I heard her nccuse Mrs. Jersey of laving killed Percy Vane." "On what grounds did Lola base that ccusatlon ?" "She said her mother told her." "And what did Mrs. Jersey say?" sked George. "She denied it and made dome sort "use. I remained to hear no )knew then that Mrs. Jersey .-?iied my Percy." "But she did not. It was an nccllent." (IT OKa f a - * miun. out; CAyiaiueu. 11UI Mill! ras the cause. I was right to kill her. Jut for her Percy would have beon live, I would have been his wife, and ou, George, would have been my stepon." "What did you do next?" "I went up to my room and resumed ny game of patience. I Intended to iave a talk with Mrs. Jersey the next aornlng, but when I found that she tad struck Margery I came down at nee"? "That was after 11?" "About a quarter past Mrs. Jersey vas in her room. We talked, and I old her what 1 had heard. She deded it. I pointed to the stiletto which ras on the table as a proof that the [irl bad bean hare. Mrs. Jersey jsajd -^ DR. I. M m .DENT Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. lliat it was the same stiletto with which Percy had been killed, as Lola had l ceived it from her mother. That put the thought into my head that (Jod tuteudeu Mrs. Jersey should be slain I with the s.ane weapon with which my j darling had been stubbed. "I accused Mrs. Jersey of having | killed l'erey. She gloried in the fact that it was through her ho had died, i She declared that it' Ireland had not ] held her hand she would have laid him dead at her feet. She exulted that the bceldent had fulfilled her intention and ( taunted me with the fact that I never became his wife. 1 was very quiet," added Miss Hull, her eyes glittering, 'but my blood was boiling. Mrs. Jersey turned her buck 011 me, with au insolent laugh, and sat down. The stiletto was on the table. Her head was turned away. 1 softly took the dagger and"? Miss Dull rose. "George, you now know nil. Go! No, do not slinke hands. ! I have avenged your father, and I expert I will he hanged." ' Margery hurst out into renewed 1 weeping, and Miss lhill soothed her, talking lo Course the while. "Tell ray sisler." she said, "that the name of ! Howard will not ho mentioned. I will die under my false name. No disgrace j will he brought on her. As to Dorothy" ] | ?here Miss lhill's eyes grew tender? | "no disgrace will befall her. Marry I her, George; love her, make her a good husband and take this kiss to her from a sorely tried woman." Before the astonished George knew what she was about he felt n pair of cold lips pressed to his own. The next moment she had pushed him out of the room and had locked the door. That was the last George saw of iter. Whether Margery had agreed to die with her 01* whether Miss Hull, knowing what a miserable life the girl would lead after her death, compelled 1 her to take the poison will never be 1 known, but when the door was burst open the two women were found ou the door in oue another's arms. Ou the table was an empty glass, and It was ascertained that Miss Mull and | Margery had taken prussie acid. Buwdscy entered the room an hour after the death, alarmed by the ?Ilence. He found that his prey had escaped. Miss Mull was hiuied under < her false name, and Margery was burlod with her. Nothing of Miss Mull's sad past or of her killing of Mrs. Jersey came to light. Six mouths later George Vane was seated in the library of the mansion in St. Giles square. It was after dinner, and Lord Derrington occupied his usual chair. The old man looked brighter and happier than ho had looked for many years. Daily George grew a greater favorite with him, and on the morrow George was to he married. Lord Derrington had insisted that as <4- 1.X-. - 1 u n un uia lust uigui as a uncneior j George should diuu alone with him and | would not admit even Wulter. "It's the last time I'll have you all to myself, George," said the old man plteously. "After tomorrow Dorothy will possess you." I "Not at all," replied George, "you will have us both. We will come back from the honeymoon in a month, and , then we will live here. A lady in the house will make a lot of difference. You won't know this place when Dorothy is Hitting about." ( "Don't! Her mother is the kind of woman who flits." "Oh, I don't think we'll he troubled much with Mrs. Ward. Since the shock inflicted by her sister's sad death she has become religious." "Bnhl That's only a phrase. Poor Miss Bull!" said Derringtou. "I like , to think of her under that name. She | had a sad life. I don't wonder she killed herself. Do you think she was . mad, GeorgeV" "No. But I think the memory of her , wrongs, which were all caused by Mrs. Jersey, was too much for her. She was mad for the moment, but she told me the terrible story in the calmest manner." "And who came in at the front door that night?" asked Derringtou. "No one. After the murder Miss , Bull opened it to fly?panic struck, 1 expect?but Margery came downstairs ( umu oiuii|icu iit i. nun ciusea tiu' door and remained to face the worst." "Well, she is (lend and burled, anil the scandal Is laid nt rest, unless that Bawdsey revives It." 1 "Oh, you can trust Bawdsey," said George, smiling. "He and Lola are ' quite happy, and she has almost for* gotten me. 1 got u letter from Bawdsey the other day. lie is acting as his wife's agent, and they are making a lot of money." * "All the better. He won't talk about that business. By the way, I forgot to ask you about Ireland's money?" j "The money he left to me? I have settled thnt on Dorothy. How suddenly ho died," so id George reflectively; ' "just an hour after I left the bouse." "Well, Ave thousand a year Is not to be despised. Have you settled It all on Dorothy?" "Every penny. Don't you approve?" "Oh, yes, so loug as Mrs. Ward I doesn't get it." "You can depend upon that, sir. But Dorothy will have It?-Dorothy, whom I slinll see tomorrow crowned with orange blossoms, and"? Derrlngton laughed, but not unkindly. "Well, well. Better orange bios- a soma than yellow holly." George nodded. "I l?opc never to see yellow holly again," he said, and Derrlngton agreed. 8o their conversation ended on the threshold of George's new life with that last reference to ths- , Office Bank Building Union. S. 0 old. TUT END. PERT PARAGRAPHS. A graft In need is a snap Indeed. Some people are so ceremonious that they will expect Gabriel to furnlsb them with a letter of introduction to St. Tetcr. Some flsh in the sea are wiser than any ever caught. Sometimes a tioy picks tip a pin because he Is careful and saving, but more often he wants it to bend and put In his teacher's seat. The reason some people cherish their pride so fondly is because they have nothing else in sight. A husband at home is worth two at the club. Never judge yourself as yon Judge others. You might become discouraged. After the pleasure of running iuto debt there is the excitement of dodging creditors. It was written tlint nothing was created without a purpose before the days of the flying machines. Some of the very best marksmen are unable to shoot folly as It flies. New Year's comes the 1st of January in order to avoid the Christmas rush. Advice never costs anything and la often dear at the price. You Don't Get It. When you buy a peek of apples At the store. Room enough Is In the measure For one more. But In spite of that, whene'er you Face about, L>lite uj not the foxy grocer Takes ono out. If a Can Is Attached. fmy I "A yellow dog would run well In that precinct." "A yellow dog will run well anywhere If you furnish him with nn incentive." New Year's Resolutions. Kau* Yao r'u - ? ? ..V>? ? vmi o ivoviuiiuun U1C, 119 U KL'U* eral thing, about as mild and harmless as n glass of soda water. It Is seldom that they have any effect on the maker that an outsider can notice save that they cause him to strut around for a day or two and feel superior to other men. About the end of the third day he accidentally lets thorn fall on tho floor, and, as they are the most brittle thing known to science, the result Is they are smashed Into .. thousand pieces. However, those who want to make them should not be discouraged. The human race must amuse itself somehow, and this is about as cheap and as harmless a way as has yet been invented. Quite So, "Mr. Wiikins said that you are a wondrously sweet woman." "I always did consider hliu a man it rare discrimination." Doubtful, "What Is his reputation for truth 11 nd voracity V" "Well, ho sets himself up as a weather prophet." True to Art. Aa artist, one of ? 8?' stssr Went walking one day when the %'*vr?Y ''X^uP weather w n a >J-V?Y VwL-S" He slipped on the ^K^ > i Ice at a trifling / ? depression ' 4nd, seating him- N self, made a painful Imprea- f\y si on. Reason Enough, "Willie acts so I am afraid he to rtck." "Why, what has he done?" "Nothing." Ought to See About It, "That young man Is a rare poet" "Indeed! n?a he ever consulted a peel a! 1st about It?" One Quality, He married her for money, And so his frleilds could not Have sympathy when It turned out That that was all he got. < A CHINESE DINNER. The Tidbits Were Cantontir Pwppy and Ekrr Fifty Tears Old. An ofllcer of the British army trayB that one of the finest dinners he ever ate was served to hiui by a Chines# host in Hongkong. He thns describes It: "First on our menu came the little oysters which cling to the batnheo tcins in tho salt water tnnrshes of upper China. They are, I should fancy, the smallest and the sweetest oysters In tho world. Bird's nest soup followed, prepared as it should be. I fancy that n chicken broth was the liquid to which the nest gave its peculiar and ! attractive taste of the sea at our feast, and the combination was excellent Tripang, which we know as heche-de-iner, followed. It is tho sea slug from the Looclioo islands, and served as nn entree it tastes very much like turtle fat though richer. To counteract its richness a great china bowl of boiled bamboo shoots was handed round with it "Next came a very small roast. I thought nt first that it was a tiny sucking pig. hut it had no crackling, and the flesh was like that of an ngneau de lait, the little lambs whose meat is snow white. It was one of the Cantonese puppies of a particular kind, | which are doomed from birth to take their place on the roasting spit and which nre fed on rice and milk only. I looked down the table and saw that my friend was eating with zest, so for the first time lu my life I ate dog?and liked it exceedingly. With this puppy were served all the vegetables in season and u salad which had the taste of young nasturtium leaf as its strongest flavor. Rice birds followed. They are smaller than ortolans, each tiny piump creature being but a mouthful, but they nre the most delicious eating of all the feathered small fry. "Nankin eggs were next brought round. They hud been buried for fifty years, and n Chinaman detects some special flavor In them. To me they tasted just like an ordinary hard boiled egg, and their appearance, being almost black, was not inviting. They were, in iny opinion, tbe one failure of the dinner. The sldebonrd had been spread with 11 variety of cold vianda, amonK them pheasants and game pies from Shanghai and a Kobe round of spiced beef. Baskets of fruit were brought in and little orange trees in pots, from which we were invited to plack the ripe fruit." TREE PECULIARITIES. I The eucalyptus tree dries up springa rapidly. I The olive will live longer under wa; ter than any other tree. ! There are forests of leafless troes In some parts of Australia. A nutmeg tree of the largest site will produce no more than Ave pounds of nutmegs. Whenever a plant is wounded a positive electric current is established between the wounded part and the intact purta. In Tibet there is a most curious tree known as the tree of the thousand images. Its leaves are covered with well dcflned characters of the Tibetan alphabet. On the island of Loochoo grows a treo about the size of a common cherry tree which possesses the peculiarity of changing the color of its blossoms. At one time tho flower assumes tbe tint of tbe lily nud iy"'a shortly takes the color of the ro?'' Wentliervrlae River Men. River men who hnve followed the Potomuc from youth to old age are full of wise weather sayings thnt come as near being correct ns do the predictions *jl mc mure Muieiiniic observers. AJ) old river man who as master on sailing vessel and steamer lins traveled to and fro on the Potomac for the past fifty years said that he had often noticed that as the weather is on the first three days of December in each year so will the weather be in the three months of winter?that is, as the 1st of December is so will December be; January will be like the 2d and February like the 3d. Another saying is as the weather is on the Thursday before the new moon so will be the weather for the greater part of the moon.?Washington Star. Today. Today is your day and mine, the only day we have, the day in which we play our part. What our part may signify in the great whole we may not understand, but we nre here to play It, and now is our time. This we know, it Is a cynicism. It is for us to express love In terms of helpfulness. This we know, for we have learned from sad experience that any other source of life leads toward decay and waste.?David Starr Jordan. Hla OUvaoili, Mrs. Oreen?William, what objection have you to that young man who U no 14 I TV cy An All ? T* I -? vwtaiuf^ vu VU1 UUU|UICI t VJi US > silly, Mary. Mrs. Green?Oh, that's ' because he is in love! I remember the time when you were a very silly young man. Green?Silly isn't the proper name for it, Mary. I was a measly idiot?that's what I was! "Set Fee d." A letter arrived at the New York poetoffice the other day bearing the 1 following address: "To Any Respect- 1 able Lawyer, New York City, N. Y." | The carrier into whose hands it fell for delivery returned it marked in bin* pencil, "Not Found."?New York Press. Malntntnlnc HI* Rcc*ri. Amateur Sportsman?I say, did I hit anything that time? Gamekeeper?I think not, sir. There warn't nothing to sight but the birds, sir.?Judge. A brave man is sometimes a desperado, but a bully is always a coward.? Hallburton. i - III I I I m I > , , Humor and Philosophy By DUNCAN N. SMITH < M ' Copyright, 1904, by Dancan M. Smith. SO UNAESTHETICAL. Sheltered by a sloping hillside. Tempered by the gentle breeze. Nestled by a sparkling rill side. Shaded by the stately trees, Theso a little life wan nourished All a pleasant summer through; There it lived and grew and flourished Tn the sun and rain and dew. Olad It roved and sweet It slumbered. Orb of day and stars of eve Came and went by It unnumbered: Naught was there to fret or grieve. Bo the little life waxed stronger, X,usty grew and roamed around. And the llttlo legs grew longer As they tramped along tho ground. But there came, one day, a stranger To this sylvan, quiet spot. And he saw tho hillside ranger. Marked Its quiet, happy lot. Marked the llttlo life so lusty Growing there In sun and shade. As the autumn days grew gusty He a flendlsh bargain made. And tho llttlo life was taken. Rendered up to appetite; Far too young It was for bacon. But It proved a great delight. All tho sun and rain auspicious. Spanning summer time across. Had evolved those things dcllcloua. Plump roast pig and apple sauce. ?V jgf Power of Habit. (r~ly\ (mmt "The successful politician always keeps his word." \>/V^ VjLTYSal "That isn't the ?D'y tlllng As to Santa Claus. Among the champion heavyweight thinkers there Is u difference of opinion ns to whether we should string along the Innocent children with the plpo drenm or come out and tell them the naked truth In regurd to Santa Claus. While It might look cruel to have the truth going around nuked nt this season of the year, yet truth is not a tender plant, being used to rough treatment, and that consideration need npt enter In. / The argument used ugalnst San\a Is that It is wrong to tell even the'smallest children n He and that It tends to destroy their confidence In their parents. This argument Is generally used by parents who tell their children that a bear will get them If they are naughty. On the whole, perhaps It tends to develop the child to tell him about Santa Clans. The shock he gets wheu he discovers the truth may cause lilm to be suspicious ever after and may prevent him from buying alluring mining stock later In life. Her Specialty. 8he couldn't dance & twostep Nor write a book review; She didn't know the old song* Nor yet those thot are new. But she could make, and no mistake. With great success & buckwheat cake And serve It hot to you. Inherited. "Does the baby tako after bis father?" "Yes, indeed; he wants to sit up all night nnd make Home howl." Wholesale. He said he didn't drink a drop. But, If you watched tho sport. You'd see tho reason for that was He drank It by the Quart. PERT PARAGRAPHS. Love in a cottage Is a combination that Is hard to beat. A woman Is careful not to spring her wrappers and her hair curlers on a man until after she has married him. Suppose that world's fairs nre not Scandal successes, they generally enrich the language with some new slang. Unless he forgets to wind his watch a man only thinks that he Is in love. When a man gets something for noth> log he generally finds on examining it closer that it is nothing after all. A stenographer who can keep up with a woman may be said to be well equipped for the struggle, A lazy man Is often greatly fatlgusd by being compelled to dodge opportunities to work. ME; A boy Is really sorry that ba baa been unkind to his mother wben ha mm her baking cookies. Of making books there la no end, hot tha author soon discovers that there la an and of sailing them. w j -