HE ALMOST REMEMBERED IT. Boy at Least Had Combination Some where Near Right. Donald had returned from a visit to the country, and was full of rem iniscences of persons and things that had interested him. "I met a boy, mamma," he said, "that had the queer est name I ever heard. He said his folks found it in the Old Testament. It was—it was —let me see—yes, it was Father William, or William Fa ther; I've forgotten just now which. But it was one or the other." "But, Donald," said his mother, "there is no such name as Father Wil liam or William Father in the Old Ttestameut." "Are you sure, mamma?" "i certainly am, dear. I have read it through several times. William is a comparatively modern name. It isn't anywhere in the Bible." "Well, but —oh, I remember now!" exclaimed Donald. "It was Bildad!"— Youth's Companion. CHILD HAD SIXTY BOILS, And Suffered Annually with a Red Scald-Like Humor on Her Head. Troubles Cured by Cuticura. 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Barris revealed the fact that he had joined the secret service for the purpose }f running down a gang of gold makers. Prof. I.a Grange, on discovering the gangs formula, ha«' been mysteriously billed. Barris received a telegram of in structions. He and Pierpont set out to locate the gold making gang. A valet re ported seeing a queer Chinaman in the supposedly untenanted woods. Roy went hunting. He fell asleep in a dell. On awakening he beheld a beautiful girl at a small lake. CHAPTER V. I sent him off to bed, saying I should keep the dogs with me all night; and when lie was gone, I took a good long draught of ale, "just to shame the levil," as Pierpont said, and lighted a cigar. Then I thought of Barris and Pierpont, and their cold bed, for I knew they would not dare build a fire, and, in spite of the hot chimney corner and the crackling blaze, 1 shivered in sympathy. "I'll tell Barris and Pierpont the whole story and take them to see the carved stone and the fountain," I thought to myself; what a marvelous dream It was—Ysonde —if it was a dream. Then I went to the mirror and ex amined the faint white mark above my eyebrow. About eight o'clock next morning, as I sat listlessly eyeing my coffee cup which Howlett was filling, Gamin and Mioche set up a howl, and in a mo ment more I heard Barris step on the porch. "Hello, Roy," said Pierpont, stamp ing into the dining-room, "I want my breakfast, by jingo! Where's Howlett —none of your cafe au lait for me—l want a chop and some eggs. Look at that dog, he'll wag tlio hinge off his tail in a moment—" "Pierpont," said I, "this loquacity is astonishing but welcome. Where's Barris? You are soaked from neck to ankle." Pierpont pat down and tore off his stiff, muddy leggings "Barris is telephoning to Cardinal Springs—l believe ho wants some of his men—down! Gamin, you idiot! Howlett, three eggs poached and more toast —what was I saying? Oh, about Barris; he's struck something or other which he hopes will locate these gold making fellows. I had a jolly time — he'll tell you about it." "Billy! Billy!" I said, in pleased amazement, "you are learning to talk! Dear me! You load your own shells and you carry your own gun and you fire it yourself—hello! here's Barris, all over mud. You fellows really ought to change your rig—whew! what a frightful odor!" "It's probably this," said Barris, tossing something onto the hearth, where it shuddered for a moment and then began to writhe; "I found it in the woods by the lake. Do you know what it can be, Roy?" To my disgust I saw it was another of those spidery, wormy, crablike creatures that Godfrey had in Tif fany's. "I thought I recognized that acrid odor," I said; "for the love of the saints, take it away from the break fast," I replied, firmly. "Howlett, get a broom and sweep that thing into the road. What are you laughing at, Pier pont?" Howlett swept the repulsive crea ture out and Barris and Pierpont went to change their dew-soaked clothes for dryer raiment. David came to take the dogs for an airing and in a few minutes Barris reappeared and sat down in his place at the head of the table. "Well," said I, "is there a story to tell?" "Yes, not much. They are near the '.ake on the other side of the woods — T mean these gold-makers. I shall collar one of them this evening. I haven't located (he main gang with any certainty—shove the toast rack this way, will you, Roy—no, I am not at all certain, but I've nailed one, any way. Pierpont was a great help, real ly, and, what do you think, Roy? He wants to join the secret service!" "Little Willy!" "Exactly. Oh, I'll dissuade him. What sort of a reptile was that I brought in? Dkl Rowlett sweep it away?" "Ho can sweep it back again for all I care," I said indifferently. "I've finished my breakfast." "No," said Barris, hastily, swallow- I ing his coffee, "it's of no importance; ysu can tell me about the be;ist—" CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18, 1909. "Serves you right If I had it brought' in on toast," I returned. Plerpont came in radiant, fresh from the bath. "Goon with your story, Roy," he said; and I told them about Godfrey and his reptile pet. "Now, what in the name of common sense can Godfrey find interesting in that creature?" I ended, tossing my cigarette into the fireplace. "It's Japanese, don't you think?" said Pierpont. "No," said Harris, "it is not artistic ally grotesque; it's vulgar aud horri ble—it looks cheap and unfinished —" "Unfinished, exactly," said I, "like an American humorist —" "Yes," said Pierpont, "cheap. What about that gold serpent?" "Oh, the Metropolitan Museum bought it; you must see it, it's iner velous." Harris and Pierpont had lighted their cigarettes and, after a moment, we, all rose and strolled out to the lawn, where chairs and hammocks were placed under the maple trees. David passed, gun under arm, dogs heeling. "Three guns on the meadows at four this afternoon," said Pierpont. "Hoy," said Harris as David bowed and started on, "what did you do yes terday?" This was the question that I had been expecting. All night long I had dreamed of Ysonde and the glade in the woods, where, at the bottom of the crystal fountain, I saw the reflec tion of her eyes. All the'morning while bathing and dressing I had been persuading myself that the dream was not worth recounting and that a search for the glade and the imagin ary stone carving would be ridiculous. Rut now, as Harris asked the ques tion, I suddenly decided to tell him the whole story. "See here, you fellows," I said ab ruptly, "I am going to tell you some thing queer. You can laugh as much as you please, too, but first I want to ask Harris a question or two. You have been in China, Harris?" "Yes," said Harris, looking straight into my eyes. "Would a Chinaman be likely to turn lumberman?" "Have you seen a Chinaman?" he asked in a quiet voice. "I don't know; David and I both imagined we did." Harris and Pierpont exchanged glances. "Have you seen one, also?" I de manded, turning to include Pierpont. "No," said Harris, slowly; "but I "I Sat Listlessly Eyeing My Coffee." know that there is, or has been, a Chinaman in these woods." "The devil!" said I. "Yes," said Harris, gravely; "the devil, if you like —a devil —a member .of the Kuen-Yuin." I drew my chair close to the ham mock where Pierpont lay at full length, holding out to me a ball of pure gold. "Well?" said 1, examining the en graving on the surface, which repre sented a mass of twisted creatures — dragons, I supposed. "Well," repeated Harris, extending his hand to take the golden ball, "this globe of gold engraved with reptiles and Chinese heiroglyphics is the sym bol of the Kuen-Yuin." "Where did you get it?" I asked, feeling that something startling was impending. "Pierpont found it by the lake at sunrise this morning. It is the sym bol of the Kuen-Yuin," fie repeated; "the terrible Kuen-Yuin, the sorcer ers of China, and the most murder ously diabolical sect on earth." We puffed our cigarettes in silence until Harris rose, and began to pace backward and forward among the trees, twisting his gray mustache. "The Kuen-Yuin are sorcerers," he said, pAusing before the hammock where Pierpont lay watching him; "I mean exactly what I say—sorcerers. I've seen them —I've seen them at their devilish business, and I repeat to you solemnly, that as there are angels above, there is a race of devils on earth, and they are sorcerers. Bah! ' he cried, "talk to me of Indian magic and Yogis and all that clap trap! Why, Roy, I tell you that the Kuen-Yuin have absolute control of 100,000,000 people, mind and body, body and soul. Do you know what goes on in the interior of China? Does Europe know —could any human being conceive of the condition of that gigantic hell-pit? You read the papers, you hear diplomatic twaddle about Li Hung Chang and the em peror, you see accounts of battles on sea and land, and you know that Japan has raised a toy tempest along the jagged edge of the great unknown. Hut you never before heard of the Kuen-Yuin; 110, nor lias any European except a stray missionary or two, and yet 1 tell you that when the (ires from this pit of hell have eaten through the continent to the coast, the ex plosion will inundate half a world— and God help the other half." ' Pierpont's cigarette went out; he ; lighted another, and looked hard at Bar ris. "Hut," resumed Barris, quietly, " 'sufficient unto the day,' you know — j I didn't intend to say as much as I I did—it would do no good—even you and Pierpont will forget it —It seems ! so impossible and so far away—like 1 the burning out of the sun. What I want to discuss is the possibility or probability of a Chinaman —a member of the Kuen-Yuin, being here, at this moment, in the forest." "If he is," said Pierpont, "possibly the gold-inakcrs owe their discovery to him." "I do not doubt it for a second," said Barris, earnestly. I took the little golden globe in my hand, and examined the characters en graved upon it. "Harris," said Pierpont, "I can't be lieve in sorcery while I am wearing one of Sanford's shooting suits, in the pocket of which rests an uncut volume of the 'Duchess.'" "Neither can I," I said, "for I read the Evening Post, and I know Mr. Godkin would not allow it. Hello! What's the matter with this gold ball?" "What is the matter?" said Barris, grimly. "Why—why—it's changing color — purple, no, crimson—no, it's green I mean—good heavens! these dragons are twisting under my fingers—" "Impossible!" muttered Pierpont, leaning over me; "those are not dragons—" "No!" I cried, excitedly; "they are pictures of that reptile that Barris brought back —see —see how they crawl and turn—" "Drop it!" commanded Barris; and I threw the ball on the turf. In an in stant we had all knelt down on the grass beside it, but the globe was again golden, grotesquely wrought with dragons and strange signs. Pierpont, a little red in the face, picked it up, and handed it to Barris. He placed it on a chair, and sat down beside me. "Whew!" said I, wiping the perspir ation from my face; "how did you play us that trick, Barris?" "Trick?" said Barris, contemptu ously. I looked at Pierpont, and my heart sank. If this was not trick, what was it? Pierpont returned my glance and colored, but all he said was: "It's devilish queer," and Barris answered: "Yes, devilish." Then Barris asked me again to tell my story, and I did, be ginning from the time I met David in the spinney to the moment when I sprang into the darkening thicket where that yellow mask had grinned like a phantom skull. "Shall we try to find the fountain?" I asked after a pause. "Yes—and—er—the lady," suggest ed Pierpont, vaguely. "Don't be an as," I said, a little im patiently, "you need not come, you know." "Oh, I'll come," said Pierpont, "un less you think I am indiscreet—" "Shut up, Pierpont," said Barris, "this thing is serious; I never heard of such a glade or such a fountain, but it's true that nobody knows this for est thoroughly. It's worth whole try ing for; Roy, can you find your way back to it?" "Easily," I answered; "when shall we go?" "It will knock our snipe shooting on the head," said Pierpont, "but when ■ one has the opportunity of finding a live dreani-lady—" I rose, deeply offended, but Pierpont was not very penitent and his laughter was irresistible. "The lady's yours by right of dis covery," he said; "I'll promise not to infringe on your dreams—l'll dream about other ladies —" "Come, come," said I, "I'll have Howlett put you to bed in a minute. Barris, if you are ready—we can get back to dinner —" Barris had risen and was gazing at me earnestly. "What's the matter?" I asked nerv ously, for I saw that his eyes were fixed on my forehead, and I thought of Ysonde and the white crescent ! scar. "Is that, a birthmark?" said Barris. "Yes —why, Barris?" "Nothing—an interesting coinci dence —" "What!—for heaven's sake!" "The scar—or rather the birthmark. It is the print of the dragon's claw — the crescent symbol of Yue-Laou —" (TO BE CONTINUED.) STOLEN MONEY WELL INVESTED. Thief Returns Amount Taken with More Than Compound Interest. The happiest man in New York is ! Adam Brede, chef in a lunchroom. Over 20 years ago Brede deposited SSO ( in the Seamans' Bank for Savings. With a friend he attended a festival ' that night, and when he left the hall he found that both his friend and his bankbook had disappeared. The other > night he encountered his friend, who greeted him effusively, and said: ! "Here is that bankbook, Adam. It I has hurt my conscience for 20 years, ( but it was the means of saving my . | life. After leaving New York I went ,! to Albany. From there I drifted out , j to San Francisco, where I started a j fruit business. I prospered, and at the ( j end of 18 years was worth about $50,- ( I 000. I arrived here last Sunday and , have been looking for you ever since." He then handed over the bankbook j and $5,000 for interest. 1' I Have Faith in Yourself. 1 Without a robust belief in your 1 ability to accomplish yon never will • 1 accomplish. You must believe in your -I self and not depend on others to drag | you up the heights to success. THE TARIFF PROBLEM MR. CARNEGIE SAYS IT SHOULD BE SOLVED BY EXPERTS. He Declares Congress Is Incapable of Fixing Equitable Schedules—Pre dicts Great Changes. New York City.—Andrew Carne gie yesterday declared that congress is incapable of fixing a just tariff schedule, and that a permanent bi partisan commission of experts is the only solution of the ever troublesome tariff problem. Mr. Carnegie urged that all manufacturers of the country attend the national tariff commission convention, which assembles at In dianapolis 011 February 16. He also asserted that the average congress man, as a rule, is unequipped by train ing or knowledge to fairly deal with such an abstruse proposition as tariff. Mr. Carnegie's views were made known to a representative of"Ameri can Industries," the official publica tion of the National Association of Manufacturers. He said: "The difficulty with tariff commis sions or regulators composed of mem bers of congress is that these gentle men are necessarily uninformed upon the true conditions of the varied in dustries. Evidence given by inter ested parties cannot be depended up on as disinterested. Interested peo ple form distorted views, colored as these are by their own interests. This is inevitable. Such is human nature. They may not wish to deceive. They are themselves deceived. "There should be a permanent staff of able, disinterested men, charged with studying conditions in all manu facturing countries. The industrial world is about to undergo the most momentous change known in its his tory, even more far reaching than was the change from the individual domes tic manufacturer, manufacturing at home, to the factory system and the huge establishments of to-day. We are rapidly losing competition in ar ticles of general consumption upon which nations have hitherto depended to insure reasonable prices for the consumer. Some of our most impor tant industries to-day are only nomin ally competitive and in reality are monopolies, so far as an understand ing exists as to prices that will pre vail. "These virtual monopolies must be controlled in some way or other. A supreme industrial court will have to be created, and eventually will have to pass upon prices—disguise this as we may. This is even a larger ques tion than the tariff, but our trouble with revisions of the tariff will be greatly overcome by a body of ex perts, keeping themselves fully in formed of all matters pertaining to the question. The new industrial court may make steps, as our inter state commerce commission may, but both will gradually create traditions and make decisions which will be guides for the future. It would be well for our captains of industry gen erally to attend the forthcoming con vention and get a true understanding of the problems involved, that they may be prepared to pass upon the suggested remedies." HONORED LINCOLN'S MEMORY Famous Men Celebrate at Springfield, 111., the Centenary of His Birth. Springfield, 111. Amid a scene of unrivalled brilliancy at the state armory last night, where thous ands of electric lights shed their dazzling illumination upon a most ar tistic array of national colors and por traits of Lincoln, three nations paid their tribute to the emancijmtor and to each other. French Ambassador Jusserand brought the message from France, British Ambassador Hryce the eulogy of England, while William J. Bryan of Nebraska and United States Senator Dolliver of lowa laid Amer ica's wreath of respect at the feet of Lincoln. This was a fitting climax for the re markable all-day celebration which took the distinguished guests men tioned above, and two score others, through the old Lincoln home; past the old courthouse where Lincoln practiced law; by the building where his office was situated, to the old church where Lincoln worshipped and where his name yet appears upon the pew he occupied, and to his burial place. An impressive feature of the cele bration was the scene at the Lincoln tomb when Robert T. Lincoln, son of the martyred president, stood beside the sarcophagus in which the body of his father rests, and bowed his head with tear-dimmed eyes in silent medi tation with Ambassadors Jusserand and Bryce, and many other distin guished guests. At the base of the monument, old soldiers who had re sponded to Lincoln's call to arms, stood guard with fixed bayonets. At the armory at night 700 men sat at tables facing an elevated speakers' stand upon which was spread the table for the honored guests. Steamer and Seven Lives Lost. Brest, France. —A British steam ship, the name of which is un known, during a fog yesterday ran 011 a rock off Quessant and then slid off and sank in deep water. Seven per sons were drowned. Ship Wrecked; 67 People Perished. Wellington, New Zealand. The steamer Penguin was wrecked Thurs day night off Cape Terrawhiti. 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