6 i I Princess Elopes By HAROLD McGRATH J\ uthor of "The> Man on tho Box/* I "Hearts and M*sks," Etc. J i—iii mi mm i iWituJT (Copyright, l'JOj, Bobbti-Merrlll Co ) SYNOPSIS. Tho American consul to Barschelt. a principality of Kurope, tells how the ) Ig-ning grand duke hail tried to timl « husband for Ills rebellious niece. 11 n• Princess Hildesarde, finally decreeing that .she wed the i'rince of Ooppelktnn, an ugly old widower, tuler of the neigh boring principality. Though he had been In the country for six months the Vmer 4-an consul hud never seen 111• princs; .Vhtle horseback riding in the country night overtakes him. and he seeks accom modation in a dilapidated old castle. AVhile seeking admission he is startled l>y a beautiful voice breaking into song. CHAPTER ll.—Continued. Had 1 stumbled upon one of my dreams at last? Had Romance sud denly relented, as a coquette some times relents? For a space 1 knew not what to do. Then, with a shrug— ( have never been accused of lacking courage —i tried once more, by the aid of a match, to locate a bell There was absolutely nothing; and the beat ing of my riding crop on tlie panels of that huge door would have been as noisy as a feather. 1 grasped the knob and turned it impatiently. He bold! the door opened without sound, and I stepped into the hallway, which was velvet black. • Silence! The song di?d All over that great rambling structure not even the reas suring chirp of a cricket! 1 stood per fectly still. What the deuce should ! do? Turn back? As 1 formed this question in my mind a draft of wind slammed the door shut. I was in for it, sure enough; I was positive that 1 could never find that door again. Heaven knows how long I waited. Soon 1 heard a laugh, light, infec tious, fearless! Then 1 heard a voice, soft and pleading; "Don't go; in mercy's name, don't go, Gretchen! You may be killed!" English! I had actually heard a voice speak my native tongue. "Nonsense, Betty! I am not afraid of any ghost that ever walked, rode or floated." "Ghost? It may be a burglar!" "Or Steinbock! We shall lind noth ing." Indeed! "Nothing but a rat, bulling about in the armor." The laughter came again. "'You are not afraid. Betty?" "Only cautious. But how can you laugh? A rat?" cried a voice rather anxiously. "Why, they are as big as dogs!" "But arrant cowards." So! one of these voices spoke Kng 2'sh as its birthright; the other spoke t/ith an accent, that is to say, by adop tion. Into what had I fallen? Whither had mv hunger brought me? 1 was soon to learn. There came a faint thread of light on one side of the hall, such as may bo likened to that which filters under a door-sill. Presently this was followed by the sound of jangling brass rings. A heavy velvet portiere—which I, be ing in darkness, had not discovered— slipped back. My glance, rather blind ed, was first directed toward the flame of tho candle. Then I lowered it — and surrendered for ever and for ever! I beheld two faces in profile, as it were, one side in darkness, the other tinted and glowing like ancient ivory. I honestly confess to you that in all my wanderings—and they have been frequent and many—l never saw such an enchanting picture or two more ex quisite faces. One peered forth with hesitant bravery; the other —she who held the candle —with cold, tranquil inquiry. All my fears, such as they were, loft me instantly. Besides, I was not with out a certain amount of gallantry and humor. I stepped squarely into the light and bowed. "Ladies, 1 ain indeed not a ghost, but I promise you that I shall be if I am not offered something to eat at once!" Tableau! "What are you doing here?" asked she with the candle, her midnight eyes drawing down her brows into a frown of displeasure. I bowed. "To begin with, I find a gate unlocked, and being curious, I open it; then 1 find a door unlatched, and I enter. Under these unusual cir cumstances I am forced to ask the same question of you: what are you doing here in this ruined castle? If it isn't ruined, it is deserted, which amounts to the same thing." This was Impertinent, especially on the part of a self-invited guest. "That is my affair, sir. I have a right here, now and at all times." Her voice was cold and authoritative. "There is an inn six miles farther down the road; this is a private- resi dence. Certainly you can not remain bore over night." "Six miles?" I echoed dismally. "Madam, if I have seemed impertinent. pardon me. I have been In the saddle six hours. 1 have ridden nearly JlO miles since noon. I am dead with fatigue. At least give me time to rest a bit before taking up the way again, 1 admit that the manner of my en trance was informal; but how was I to know? There was not even a knocker on the door by which to make known my presence to you." The truth is, I did not want togo at onee. No one likes to stumble into an adven ture—enchanting as this promised to be—and immediately pop out of it. An idea came to me, serviceable rather than brilliant. "I am an American. My German is poor. 1 speak no French. 1 have lost my way, it would seem; I am hungry and tired. To ride six miles farther now is a physical im possibility; and i am very fond of my horse." "He says he is hungry, Gretchen," saiii the Knglish girl, dropping easily into the French language as a vehicle of speech (I was a wretch, I know, but 1 simply could not help telling that lie; 1 didn't want togo; and they might be conspirators.) "Besides," went on the girl, "he looks like a gen tleman." "Wo can not always tell a gentle man in the candle-light," replied Gretchen, eyeing me critically and shrewdly and suspiciously. As for me. I gazed from one to the other, inquiringly, after the manner of one who hears a tongue not under standable. "lie's rather nice," was the English girl's comment; "and his eyes strike me as being too steady to be dishon est." 1 had the decency to burn in the ears. 1 had taken the step, so now I could not draw back. I sincerely hoped that they would not exchange any em barrassing confidences. When alone women converse upon many peculiar topic-; and conversing in a tongue which they supposed to be unknown to me, these two were virtually alone. "Hut, my dear child," the other re turned arguuientatively, "we can not 11 If II K ■//''-"••^^^^v \\\m^Kk WL A/ f, 'W|\' i *\ r\ i ;/ 1 V "I Beheld Two Faces in Profile, as it Were." offer hospitality to a strange man this night of all nights. Think of what is to be accomplished." (So something was to be accom plished? I was right, then, in deceiv ing them. To accomplish something on a night like this, far from habita tion, had all the air of a conspiracy.) "Feed him and his horse, and I'll undertake to get rid of him before that detestable Steinbock comes. Besides, he might prove a valuable witness in drawing up tlie papers." i Papers?) "I never thought of that. It will not do to trust Steinbock wholly." Gretch en turned her searching eyes once more upon me. I confess that I had eome difficulty in steadying my own. There are some persons to whom one can not lie successfully; one of them stood before me. But I rather fancy I passed through the ordeal with at least half a victory. "Will you go your way after an hour's rest?" she asked, speak ing in the familiar tongue. "I promise." It was easy to make this promise. I wasn't a diplomat for nothing. I knew how to hang on, to dodge under, togo about. "Follow me," Gretchen commanded briefly. We passed through the gloomy salon. A damp, musty odor struck my sense of smell 1 was positive that the castle was uninhabited, save for this night. Three candles burned on the mantel, giving to the gloom a myste rious, palpitating effect. The room beyond was the dining-room, richly paneled in wine-colored mahogany. This was better; it was cheerful. A log crackled in th<' fireplace. There were plenty of candles. There ws a piano, too This belonged to the cas tie; a heavy tarpaulin covering lay heaped at one side. There was a ma hogany sideboard that would have CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1907. sea-food salad, asparagus, whlto bread and unsaited butter, an alcohol-burner over which hung a tea-pot, and besides all this there was a pint of ha Rose which was but half-emptied. Have you ever been In the saddle half a day? If you have, you will readily sent a collector of antiques into rap tures, and a table upon which lay the remains of a fine supper. My mouth watered. I counted over the good things: roast pheasant, pink ham, a appreciate the appetite that was war ring with my curiosity. "Eat," bade she who was called Gretchen, shortly. "And my horse?" "Where is it?" "Tied to a tree by the gate " She struck a Chinese pong From the kitchen appeared an elderly servi tor who looked to me more lilted to handle a saber than a carving knife; at least, the scar on his cheek im pressed me with this idea, (i found out later that he was an old soldier, who lived alone in the castle as care taker. ) "Take this gentleman's horse to the stables and feed him," said Gretchen. "You will find the animal by the gate." With a questioning Kiance at me the old fellow bowed and made off. I sat down, and the two women brought the various plates and placed them within reach. Their beautiful hands flashed before my eyes and now and then a sleeve brushed my shoul der. "Thank you," I murmured. "I will eat first, and then make my apologies." This remark caught the fancy of Gretchen. She laughed. It was the same laughter I had heard while stand ing in the great hall. "Will you drink tea. or would you prefer to finish this Hordeaux?" she asked pleasantly. "The wine, if you please; otherwise the effect of the meal and the long hours in the wind will produce sleep iness. And it would be frightfully ('is- courteous on my part to fall asleep iri niy chair. 1 am very hard to awake." The Knglish girl poured out the wine and passed the goblet to me. i touched my lips to the glass, and bent my head politely. Then I resolutely proceeded to attack the pheasant and ham. i must prove to these women that at least I was honest in regard to my hunger, i succeeded in causing a formidable portion of the food to dis appear. And then I noticed that neither of the young women seated herself while I ate. 1 understood. There was no hostility in this action; nothing but formality. They declined to sit in the presence of an unwelcome stranger, thus denying his equality from a so cial point of view. I readily accepted this decision on their part. They didn't know who I was. They stood together by the fireplace and carried on a conversation in low tones. How shall 1 describe them? The elder of tho two, the one who seemed to possess all the authority, could not have been more than 20. Her figure was rather matured, yet It was deli cate. Her hair was tawny, her skin olive In shado and richly tinted at the cheekbones. Her eyes, half framed by (hick, black-arching brows, remind ed me of woodland pools in the dusk of ihc evening,—depths unknown, cool, refreshing in repose. The chin was resolute, tho mouth was large but shapely and brilliant, the nose pos sessed the delicate nostrils character istic of all sensitive beluga—that is to say, thoroughbreds; altogether a con fusing, bewildering beauty. At on moment 1 believed her to be Latin, •he next 1 was positive that she w Teutonic. I could not discover a si gle weak point, unless irapuisivene shall he called weakness; this sign oi impulsiveness was visible in the lips, (TO BE CONTXNUUUj PROPRIETARY REMEDIES VS. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS Statistics Show, of the Deaths from Misuse of Drugs in Two Years, Only Three Per Cent. Were Due to Patent Medicines, According to Figures Based on Medical Certificates. The press committee of the Proprie tary Association of America will pre sent at the ne:;t meeting of that body a report showing the number of acci dental deaths caused by patent medi cines In the two years ending June 30, 1907, as compared with deaths from other causes. Almost immediately after the begin ning of the latest crusade against proprietary medicines this committee was instructed to collect data. This work was done through the clipping bureaus, which furnished accounts of all deaths, exclusive of suicide, due to the misuse of medicines, drugs or poisons. The result showed that only three per cent, could be traced di rectly to the products made by the members of the association. The greatest care is said to have been exercised in tabulating the fig ures received. Whenever the cause of death was doubtful, special inves tigation was made, no matter where the case might have occurred. The work of assorting and preparing the record was done in Chicago, and the original clippings and correspondence are in the possession of Ervin F. Kemp, 184 ha Salle street, that city, the association's publicity agouti The report says, in part: "A large number of accidents, re sulting: fatally or otherwise, were caused by (lie carelessness of persons who left drugs, medicines or jioisons within the reach of children. A large number, also, were caused by persons going to medicine cabinets in the dark and taking down the wrong bottle. In no ease reported was any medicine, 'patent' or otherwise, held responsible for injury or death except when left within the reach of children or taken or administered in gross overdose." The committee says that it is un likely that, any cases of death from the use of patent medicine escaped the newspapers, but that it is prob able that death from the causes tabu lated did occur without receiving pub licity. Physicians, of course, report the causes of death. The committee says that they would be the last to suppress the cause if duo to the use of medicine not reqtilarly prescribed. A recapitulation of the committee's findings show 4,295 cases of poisoning, of which 1,753 were fatal. The great est number of cases, 1,636, with SO3 deaths, is attributed to medicines other than proprietary remedies. There are on the list !t0 cases of sick ness and 43 deaths due to patent medi cines. Analyzing its statistics, the commit, toe finds 201 cases of sickness, with 143 deaths, due to strychnine tablets, which are among physicians' favorite remedies and are often left within the reach of children. Under the head of miscellaneous prescriptions are grouped 41 cases where, the report says, it has been im possible after diligent inquiry to as certain the name or the character of the drug or medicine which caused in jury or death, beyond the fact that the medicine or drug was prescribed by a physician. Of these cases 18 were fatal. The committee says: "Under the head of 'All I'atent Medicines' are grouped all those rem edies which are recognized as patent medicines and which aro advertised direct to the public for internal use. Competent authorities say that at least one-half of the medicines taken in the United States are of the kind known as 'patent medicine,' and yet in two years among 50,000,000 people there have been but ninety cases (forty-three fatal) that have been re ported in the newspapers from the use or misuse of these remedies." Not in a single fully substantiated case is it ever charged that any pat ent medicine in recommended doses was injurious, in this connection it should be understood that in making death certificates and in reporting cases of injury to the newspapers from which these cases were secured, a physician had the final word, and in this connection is there any prob ability that the doctor will hide his own carelessness or neglect or that of a fellow practitioner whose support he may want at some time, and is there even a possibility that he might hide any responsibility that, could be thrown at a patent medicine? Ask yourself these questions. Then when you have found the answer, consider that during all this most thorough and careful investigation covering a period of two years, in not a single established case was it shown that patent medicine in recommended doses was injurious. The most remarkable case reported was that of an Italian laborer in New York who suffered from pains in the chest. A physician ordered a porous plaster which the patient ate, with fatal results. Dugald's Explanation. Staying at an inn in Scotland a shooting party found their sport much interfered with by rain. Still, wet or fine, the old-fashioned barometer thai hung in tho hall persistently pointed to "set. fair." At length one of the party drew tho landlord's attention to the trlass, saying: "Don't you think now, Dugald, there's something the matter with your glass?" "No, sir," replied Dugald, with dignity; "she's a gude glass and a powerful glass, hut she's no' moved wi' trilles." For hini who aspires and him who loves, life may lead through the Uicihbut it never stops iu the des til.—Lord L.-tton. LI USEFUL PIG TROUGH. One Which Can Be Easily Turned for Cleaning. This trough is one that is firmly fastened to the ground and at the same time can be turned over to bo cleaned. Make the trough of two boards, one six inches wide and the Pig Trough In Place. other seven inches, each six feet long. For the ends, take two six-inch boards each 2V& feet long and fasten them be tween two stakes by a bolt. Cut the lower side of one of the ends off round, so that it can be turned over readily. For largo hogs, says Farm and Home, this trough should be made of larger size than described above. REMOVING HORNS FROM CATTLE. Better to Let Them Grow and Then Dehorn Than to Prevent Growth. Many who write on this subject recommend the removal of horns, so to speak, by preventing them from growing. This sounds well, but it is at least open to question as to wheth er it is better, to prevent horns from growing by the application of some caustic material or to take them off at a later period. To prevent horns from growing is not in all instances the easy task that some persons imagine it to be. If too much caustic potash, which is gener ally used, is applied, it will burn too deeply. If too little is applied the horns will not be sufficiently checked, and a second application will be nec essary. Many of those who have used this application have not used it with entire success. The result has been miniature horns that have been mora or less deformed. The caustic is more or less dangerous to handle. If any of it should reach any other part, anil this is easily possible unless the calves are isolated, it will remove the hair. It is also very easy to injure the lingers unlosg great care is exercised in handling the potash, and it must be kept with care or it will waste. Rut there is the strong objection, says Orange .ludd Farmer, to such dehorn- lng arising from the fact that animals dehorned young learn to push with the head and to strike in a way that they would not. if the horns were al lowed to grow until they can punch just a little with them and they are then cut off. The loss of the horns spems to discourage them so much that it takes all of the fight out of them. The most docile animals by far are those who have lost their horns after they have come to know how they could uce them. HINTS FOR FARM HORSES. Never shout at a young horse while training him. A well grown yearling is worth more than a stunted two-year-old. Keep the colt's feet in good shape. Do not let the toes become too long. Irregular feeding makes thin horses, no •matter what amount is given. The oat bpx should be large, with Woad bottom, so that the oats will scatter and not be bolted. The brood mare should have a few hours' exercise in the yard or on tie road every day. It doox uot pay to keep her confined. The horses and colts should be kept away from the hens and hogs. The odor of the pigpen is offensive to the horse, and hen lice are hard to erad icate. See to it that the work collars fit and that they are kept soft and clean. There are few things more discourag ing in the beginning of a busy season than horses with sore shoulders, and this vexation and cruelty can be avoided by the exercise of proper care. Breed only to pure sires*. Use pure bred dams if possible.—Cole- Man's Rural World. Hitch a steady team to a hayrack, lowdown wheels preferred, and let while another with a good sharp one man drive slowly along the hedge while another with a good sharp scythe stands on the rack and mows off the tender shoots. Stop the team as necessary and work up along the rack. The flat rack is the handiest and works faster. With a little prac tice part of the mowing can be done as the team is moving, says Wallace's Farmer. By this method one man and a boy to drive trimmed eighty rods of fence down one side and back on the other in less than three hours. Dip the Hogs. Do not allow yourself to get so busy that, you do not have time to dip the hogs at least once a month. Be sides freeing them from lice and nu merous skin diseases it opens up the pores of their skin and tends to pro mote the general health of the hard. Poison for Mice. A reader sends the following: One part flour, one part sugar and one part arsenic mixed well, makes an ideal poison for mice. They eat It readily and do not produce a disgust ing smell whea they die. KIDNEY TROUBLE Suffered Two Years—Relitved In Thre* Months. Mk. C. B. FIZEB, Mt. Sterling, Kv., writes: •'I haw suffered with kidney and other trouble for tea years past. ' I "Last March I commenced using | Peruna and continued for three months, j I have not used it since, nor have I felt '< a pain. ! "I believe that lam well and I there j fore give my highest commendation to the curative qualities of Peruna." Pe-m-na For Kidney Trouble. Mrs. (ieo. H. Simser, Grant, Ontario, Can., writes: j "I had not been well for about four ! years. / had kidney trouble, and, in fact, felt badly nearly all the time. "This summer I pot so very bad I | thought I would try Peruna, . o I wrote , to you and began at once to take Peruna and Manalin. i"I took only two bottles of Peruna and one of Manalin, and now I feel better than I have for some time. "I feel that Peruna arid M anal in cured me and made u different woman of me i altogether. 1 bless the day 1 picked up the little book and read of your Peruna." It Is the business of the kidneys to remove from the blood ull poisonous materials. They must lie active all the | time, else the system suffers. They are ; times when they need a little assistance. | Peruna is exactly the sort of a rem edy. It has Mivcd many people from | disaster by rendering the kidneys ser ; vice at a time when they were not able I to bear their own burdens. N»w and Liberal Homestead Regulations in WESTERN CANADA New Districts Now Opened for Settlement Some of the choice t jJrV. (2 W belts of Sa .katche- If 3 * I C-Vtf wan an< * havo j rec opened steads of 160 acres each • are now available. The new regulations make it | possible for entry to be* made by pioxy, the oppor tunity that many in the United St.-it. i have been waiting for. Any member of a family may make entry for any other member of the family, who may be entitled to mak® entry for himself or herself. ; Entry may now be made before the Agent or Snb i Agent of the District by proxy, (on certain condi : lions by the father, mother, son. daughter* brother j or sister of intending homesteader. ••Any ovon numbered weetlon of Dominion Lands In Manitoba or the North West Proi lucea, excepting 8 nrtd 2ft. not reserved, may l»e liotne- Bt4'a«Je«l by any PORH*N the 8010 head «»F a family, or male ov*-r 1« years of age, to the extent ««r ono quarter feet ion, of 100 ucro*, more or ' The fee in each rase will bo Sio.oo. Churches, schools and markets convenient. Healthy climate, splendid crops and good laws. Grain-growing and -attle raising principal industries. For further particulars as to rates, routes, best time togo and where to locate, apply to H. M. WILLIAMS. Law Building, Toledo, Ohio, I THE MEN WHO KNOW 1 THE SUPERIOR A . QUALITIES OF 'few mm® '-vx SLICKERS. SUITS If J :\A AND HATS Ak? & ! are the nijn who have t/ put them to the hard- [ 5 est tests in the rough* est weather. 112 Gat the or ginal r\ I Tower's Fish "Brand made since 1836 M CATALOG rues FOR Ttie ASHiNG ! A J TOWER CO ®OSTON O S A j"—' ' - 1 send her absolutely' a l)tr/i« y box ol Paxtine with book of instruc ■ tions una genuine testimonials. Send ■ your name and undress on a postal card. PAXTIHEiI fectlons, such 03 nasal catarrh, pelvio catarrh aud inflammation caused ny femi nine Ills; sore eyes, soro throat and mouth, by direct local treatment Its cur ative power over these troubles Is extra ordinary und gives Immediate relief. Thousands of women aro using and rec ommending it every day. so cents at druggists or by mail. Remember, however, IT COSTS Voir NOTHLNO TO THY IT. fll THE It* CO., ltuitoii, Mius. mCTK'S CAPUDIWE E 1 11 romovts the cause. tm uT« soothfs the nerves ana relieves the aches and COLDS m ORIPFi H"S Vaodachc* and npnralfjia also. No bad fffects. 10c, 25c and 50c bottles. (LIQDID.) |W» l» "STRJTC* "•'«<"> E. rol.mrn, Piltpnt Attrr. a trial Xiw.w««hini.i.». i>. c. A<IV..-# I H ■ fell I W(m. Xerni. low. Ui.jho.ira.
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