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THE SCKANTON TIUBUNE-WEDNESDAY, JUNE f, 1.00L
"Number Eleven."
Submitted
NOT VIUIY many .enin niro
thole Mood ))"l(lif() nlf
tho VMiy summit of Mnoslu
Mountain, when the now
aliiiiiiloni'tl (iiuvit I""''
dossed tlio rhlao. 'It11''
Kiniip tit IiuIIiIIuk. l'er
hups ii lisiir ilnynn Ifi nil. iIumH-iimI
nbmit tin1 eimlne limnc ill. the lio.nl of
the plant"-. It Is piobnblc ilmt l the
many who haw mini" tin- til n-otn
Seiunlon t llnwli-y on I lie Utile pii"
sePKOl' tlllllW (if the "III l".i'l few" Wl"
, mcbei- the llnv Imiiih". nl 0"' '"'h'
or the Ioiik climb fniiu Dunmoto. lult
iiiiMine who tins wtilUed to the summit
nf the iiniuiitiilii wi 1 1"' ilcxi'ilcil mail
luil linovvs Xlimhi'i KloVen Well
eiinuull.
h Is ii little tenn ih lmiBei only n
f. v- himnhle rhi ii hollows, the illlupl
tiiti'il fi.inw wnil: above 11 well, anil
Kiine .vimiH of ihli muni; liuiinteil
stone Willi, Hlliiws vihete nine til"
hous.'S weie. This lnt slime nf ill"'
nl.itliin ii uf liithev leoul (Idle, how
ier. tor unl n wry fe veins since
live hulldlliK" sllll annul. Inllnllely
11IDI c p.ttllCtle III their pllllllll tlet'UV
than In the entli" nhllienuiiin which
).!!. since einiie iipnn them
The head house, wliei- worked the
hul-llni- engines tlmt iIi.i-jkp'I I''"
trips of In ided tnis up the lust two
planes to Ihe hiiniiull. was a pleasant
place In wink lor any one with an
eye for the hciuitiful. A few .slept
fiom Us door one looked nut ovel the
l.,'icl:.'i wanna Milley, upon the ipiles
iiidiinlnliis beyond The city under
us hii?e id yellow "-nicike lay a little
t.. the lilt, fin below, .surmounted by
the plume of steam from coie of
luo.ikeis and lactutlcs. On the rlRht,
towaid the t ioi til. the double cone of
Klk Hill showed above the ne.neii
ililucs. and still f.uthet to the iii;hl
alietehe'i in.ay Iho Innur pcispeetlve
f' moiinlaiu after mountain, iisnp
pi uik in a mist ut blue, o delicate
that the line wheie .summit and sky
Joined was vasiie and IntniiKlble. Life
was win til while at ;iu time at tin.'
IhmiI hnmo.
It wa '.till mure win til the IUIiib
tur llaiiy Watei.s, the Hitman, when
.Mary ISmUe i.m uer fiom the little
hou-e aciiss the lime to ehat with h"f
lather, wlio was eiiKlneei. It hap
pened thai thee visits weie of lather
common oci uiieni e, for Many wa.i
n line ymtiii fellow, 'uml liiiiMn;; in
a laiKc, iuc--el way, and .steady. All
the neighbors nm a m ry imposing
mimher, ll Is tun -and many ol the
nun whose woiK hiriUKhl them often
IlllnllSh N'limber l.lcwtl Ulld"! stood
lh.it theie 'was to lie a ueddnif- as
Minn a eer Han's younger In other,
with whom he had kept a kind of rude
ba-heloi's hall since the death of
their mo'hor. should be able to sltp
pnit himsill. .Me.iuwhili , they wall
id. anil found 111- pleasant indeed!
In the little mountain town,
It was on a da w hen onlj one of
tbc-e lsiK uf Mmy's liad heon neert
i il to make heaven a place hardly to
be deslieil by llauy Watois. when the
thlm,' happened that made till talc
l'llile ll Tale had not meddled
villi lb" mutter thcie would have,
been only tlse old, common plate story
to telP very Interesting It Is lute to
l lie -idols, lju t of ciy .slight t uucei n
In the audience. J'.ite Is often a good
storj milker, lor she enunts no cost
In her victims.
Maty was standing' In the donivvnv
of the 'leadhoiise, looking down ihe
lil.tlie.s, lo wheie, a I the foot a long
liiiln of lii.iI tars was standiiiB, walt-Iik-
their f.in to, bo drawn, roui at a
time to iho top. wheie, iiftor behiK
iTiiploil loffethcr iiKiiln, they would
.-tin I on their loner down hill run to the
lies. I plane, miles away to the east,
hilike was at hi. 1101 while the eius
Ileitis; hoi.stid at the time cicpt hlowly
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The Tribune's
Rrize Stories.
IJOSE stork's which were awauk-d pric in Tlu
Q ' 1 Vihunc's recent "Story Contesl" have all lieen
published ami we are pleased lo announce that
nearly all the contestants have consented to have their
stories printed, A very few have failed to reply to our
letter of iii(uiry, and from this we conclude that' "silence
gives consent,"
Tin's means that The Tribune will be able to publish
ji very inlerestiuo; series of stories, neaily all of which aie
based on local fact or tradition, the scenes beiu laid in
the Lackawanna valley. The stories, with but very few
exceptions, are woven about mine incidents, niakiii"; them
of still greater interest.
The Tribune will publish these stoiies in ihe order
named below, and those wishing extra copies of any par
ticular issue should place their order-, in advance 10'auiid
disappointment, as there is always an extra demand fur
the paper on tluse days.
Saturday, June 8, "Brave LaiU," by A. Edna Malouo.
Wednesday, June 12,-"The Avon Strike," by Irvinp Sidney
Dix.
Saturday, June 15,-.'A Bomance of the Clear Spring-," by
Agnes Joyce,
Wednesday, June 10.-"Aroher Trevfoid, J Editor," by
Ernest L. Bovard.
Other stories that will follow, the dates fur which
will be announced later, are:
"A Christian Man," by Howard t.e Grande,
"The Sceptre of the Coal Chute," by Martin Joyce.
"Little Dick, the Driver Boy, by Duane R. Dills.
"Avenged," by Beatrice.
"The Little Silk Weaver," by George Harvey.
"The Miner's Pride," by Regina Hetherton.
"Dick, the Driver Boy," by L. Pauline Megargel.
"A Summer Holiday," by Abigail Grennough.
"And a Little Child Shall Lead Their,1 by Dora Rowe.
"The Hauntod Sprigiey," by Mary Nualon.
"Misunderstood," by Rose VanB. Speeco.
"Cousin Bill." by P. R. Ovid,
"The Hero of the Giange Disaster," by James Watkess.
"A Peep Bohintl the Curtain," by William S. Hoskins.
"A Timely Rescue," by Myrtle Reed.
"Won Iis Bride in a Coal Mine," by Mrs. L. E. Hammond.
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BY "UASSAN,"
in The Tribune's Short Story Contest.
upwald VVnteis slood wtitchlni
.lni.. iiceahinnlly niLswet'liiK soma
iliiestion of heis. Mveiythhifr was
Insi a It hud been 'humlleils uf times
bcfoie. with tin hint ut dlinstpr.
.Iut as the cais slid over the pliillOi
nnil leleascd rtiinblcil heavily away
Into the luniiel. Ittlike culled to I lurry,
lie stalled Inwald Ihe engine, tllitn'il
to s-lunce ut Mary, slipped nnil fell,
and the ciank of the machine, as It
Kl'ii'tiullv stopped si 1 tick Ills head.
Willi a oiy Alary spninir t' till" 'i"'1
tluiKee'l him out or ilr.UKur nf tlio
ciank hwiiiik oer aijalii and stnpped
completelv.
They can led him lo lilt home, fol
lowed b.v n tenor slili'kcn hiitnlful of
ft lends, and while ,loe dashed ti ck
lessiy down the liiounlulii to I'unniiiip
for a ilncl-oi, .Muiy and her mother did
what all women know how lo do for
11 siili'ciei. lie was nut dead, that
tlie weie sine of, hilt It seemed that
death must tie near.
The doctor cam1. Tlio next day
:if-aln; and the ne.t. Weeks passed
and the lslls of the K"nd mini to the
little I1011.se on the mountain still
kept on. Hairy was j-iiinlnu-. he would
answer to the Inquiries of the men
nlnticr til" line, when they asked after
their fr'end; but as jet theic vns 110
tillliif- what the outcome would be.
Whra a man no matter how stionff he
tnlKht Ii", had an accident of that
mii t It was a very dubious question
whether he would lecover fully or not.
Ami evil If he did not rile theie was
j-n at dimppi of his nllnd lit-liiKT un
balanced by tile shoi k,
And thl gloomy pioph"sy inoved
01 ly too tine 'l'limifh the sick man
Kiiltn il In siicui;tli theie was some
thing iniln;.- in his manner, elt hih
da-;eil and unable to j;rasp his inn
dltion and w heieabotits. He even
.sfoined to look 011 his brother and
Jl.iiy as "liinif-eis As lie fttew stioUK
enough to j;cl about the place it be
came evident lo all thai 111 memory
wa completely fjone Xnt that he
could not lemember tliln; that hap
petii'd to him dnll : hut hif iecnllee
t mil nf his past, beloiv the iiccldent.
had lett lilm. He was bewlldeied ami
dii.ed, of course. Vol n Kinwn man to
be obliged to stall life as a child
would, is an expel ience likely to con
fuse anyone 1 1 was touching to .e"
his effoits to remake hi acquaint
ances with Ms life liiuvr fi lends par
tiiularl.v Willi M:u v. lie was shyest
Willi her. She ued to look o sadlv at
him, that It made him mol unenm
foi table, though he t mild not hao
told w li
lt was lv niontb after the acldelll,
in the e.ulv tall, when ll.my wiis
quite sti i.iik imaln, phv.sicallv, that
ouie mme lale took chaise Without
niiv Idea of doing so. without any
ii'.isoii lor It he achieved tint which
manv men with the besl of lPii-mi-,
backed hv the most in-teniiiu.s mind
liave laileil to do. lie dl.ippeaied
utlrily and ( oiui!etel.
The s, .mii. which was nf 1 our.- m
K.iuUeil, was abolutely w 11 In tut a clue
to lollow. The neai by v ood- and
mount. lins vvie hunled thioiiili with
no suetfss. TeleKiams veio enl lo
the towns along eveiy i.iilioad head-llif-
out of Sr.iiitu 1. but all to 110 pur
pose. It was a topic of conveisatinii
for days in the cit., but cllv like in a
week Ihe people had turned to dis
cii.ssing the elections ami leliKbm,
and foij-otten tile iuyteiv. Hut Xum
bei Hie, 11 did not foigel,
Tlieie weie almost as many theoiles
held in tliat small place a theii weie
Inluibilaiits. (.inn supci-titoiis 0ul
lail.v held to Hie belief that j-oblhis
had 111. lib awjiv witli Tlany. 'Msny's
fathei tintk the moie ptnellial view,
bin equally impossible ol pi not that
that he lir.d wanileied oil Into the wild
union to the ninth, farther than tin
heaicliei.s had peueliated, and had
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tl.tie fallen Into miuiq ravlmv where
IiIk Iioiiph tvoiild finally he round. And
at lenxt two people n laiRi and ln
iltieittlal party boldly nsseited that
"Hurry Walem had been mini! ho
(-nicked ns lie had inside out, and Hint
lie htul slipped away to be iltl of that
hold slrl of thlrke', foiever tlhiRliu
hi'felf at IiIh IimiiI. And a win- hid
he was- too."
The holilen nf lhe.e various llieoilefl
f-peiit ninny an evenlns ntKulni; over
iheii! at Kteat leiij-th, with no icsiilt
an far us coniln" to an iiki cement imii
concerned t the end of winter,
v. hen Many had been niK-diu nix
months' and nunc, each wilt more
pn-dtlvo than ever thnt theie was but
otic iiosslbte explanation and thai ue
wni their own, I'nrtlciiltitly Hie old
lady of the siipcinrittiml Itlenf.
Then came ltnnois of the ahand
inenl of the flravlty Kimd, and for a
while the 111 tic .MctHmtnt had a new
ami all ahsoihiiifr topic, which indeed
lasted until the end of all llilims ut
Number Hleveii.
The new ralhoad which win to sup
plant the old fJiavlty was 1 ompleted,
now, and the dlmaiilllni of the old
line was can led out at once. The
enKlner weie lemnved, the headhiiuse
ulilpped of every thing of value! lalN
and ties weie taken away, and the
destriiellr.u was coni,ilelc. The towns
alony the line ,et ahoul suljustlm.;
tlieinselves to Hi" new londitlons of
life.
Some liLi-anie stntloas of the new
mad and llonrlshed moie iniilcr new
names with the new lc-lnie than thev
had under the old. Olhers, left to
one lido In l.irmiu' dlstilct, passed
Into a .soil of vegetable existence, and
lived a 110 mine vIkoious life than
did ancient Sleepy Hollow. And Num
ber Hleveii died nuliif-lit. Illflicult of
acci-sis as It w.i, il would not have
In en a piactlea! place tor tannin?.",
evi n If the oll had not been laigelv
ciinpoid ol bouldevs and t-1c.1t .sheets
ot toek. Uilte the lalltoacl wtis taken
away lis ecuo lor existence van
ilied with the dlsniantled head houe.
So lis inliabitauts dilfled away to one
place, or another, and Its houes jr.i ci
lia II v rell Into decay
The liuike's moved to the eitv,
wlieie ,!ohn lluike found work on the
i"'W road. Mary wis employed hi one
of Ihe -liiips of the place and lime
paseil ninri bilskly, now that she had
new I'livloinnient to keep her thoui-hts
busy. Not onl.v v as thrie the con
sti'nl novel- of her new wink to oc
cupy her but nev fi lends to make and
new IhltiKs to leaiii Theie weie
plenty of ounr men too, who tiled
to make the town ple.o .inter to her,
tint ihoiiKh .she was alway.s ple.i.inl
and 1 heel fill she fave more than one
to iindei stand that .she was mil lot anv
of tin in. She ( ould not many the man
ot her choice. It was true, but it was
not nece.ssaiy to mairy any one so It
seemed to her, in .spite ol her mothera
uigln:-
So we 1. in leav- Iipi, llvini" her (pilel
lire. I.'iihiul to her ideal, clieiishinf
the nifiuoiy of hM- loss, hut not ie-p'.nliif-
over it. (Itulii-r the yens that
Inierxene between the 111 --t and the
last parts of this tale.
Ilaiiy's llif-ht fiom Niiinber Hleven
had li'i'ti the ie-.ull of one of those
MiaiiKe Impulsfs which suniciimes
come to persons in his dazed condi
tion. Ii; his 1 omplute loss of mommy
the town and Its people had become
new and Kianse to him The lilelonir
fticndi-. with whom he was hctomim
acctualii'ed once mole, even Ills Inother
and l''i iv. In spite of their kindness
weie all 'lis. Theie was an uncon
tiollahl" deslie ;ilvvas piexnit, to
Mud some one lie leally knew" some
place that sM,.lm.ii a'ftll.v f.tiuili.ir, In
a word, to find himself.
The dnj.s following his escape- as It
alvvny. -cenuil to him to liave been
vveii- never very elinr to llauy. How
many l-.ad pafi-ed, or how 01 in what
diiectlon lie had (nine, when one even
ing he found himself in Alb.inv, weie
all beyond his compiehenulon. Due
thiiiK only was clear. He must Mud
wiine employment or .staix-p.
He lemetnbeied the name of N'umher
lllev-en; It had been the nuswei to
the Ih.st question of "wheie am I" thnt
followed his leluiti to t onsclotisiu's,
Hut his own name he did not know,
for, be.v mid ihe leinemhiant e of his
bein called llauy when he (list be
Knu to move about out of doois iheie
wa.s no clue to so on, lie had never
asked "whii ,1111 I."
or the location ol Number I'.Ieveti
he was equally iKuoiaut, It wa.s too
small a place to he in even the most
complete Ka.cleer. uf coui.se Its
nearness 10 the eitv in the valley be
low would lot ate it if he only c ould ic
call til" 11 :re of the city. This loss
of til- . 1 e.ihnut.s nf his MtirtlliK
polut ii' n" v.nii.v llauy at all Just
then. In-. m he hdi a .sense of iclicf
in t Ii" ihtiiiKht that it was one with
cull 1 ecu 1 1
A man must have a name, so Many
Waties been lie Hairy I'.nker, He
round wmk with a linn of contiactois,
alter some dllllciilty, tor his viikiio
.stuiics of what he hail winked at he
roic had a somewhat iiiuciil sound,
anil he was tinned av ay at moie
than one place as an escaped cihnlnal
nilt-ht have lu-en. Harry wits a f-oml
w oiker and soon won the conildcncc of
II Ik omplo-cis ami was advanced to a
better position than his staiUim one
III 11 veiy few month'.
ll would be useless to follow him III
lb" tedious oNlsiemo that was his for
a while It Is enenmh to say that in
a comp ituilvc'ly short time he had
saved niiouitli money to enable him to
mi in Neluaska, wheie he wa.s hi lime
in jakc pni t In the development nf
one of the thousands of new lown-s
si.tttun'.l over lie west, whole n
Miony Intelligent man taiinot full to
niiike his way, I'.tiker was not ion-;
I'l bernnilPK one of the I'Millllf citi
zens of Iho plaie, and liu Ideutlally
In 1 limine: iiudiHihtedly well lo do.
About this time llauy hej-au lo be
li'liialbed by half niemoi les, as of
s mi! foiium- existence, vatsue pllnipses
of evt-nn thai he could not coiuifct
wlih each ntliHi. The vision of a
'Kiimmy hiilhiim- with a t-lil hi a blue
ill en,, stnnillni- In the ilnniwa. a, ijlil
whom he railed Al.uy ami whom h
i'ed HiH the most pel.slMent of llii(j
iliadiially he bef-an lo icallne that It
was his own past, hefoie the Illness
thai he ifim-mlieied that was cumlii'.
laic U to him.
'1 l"H came the conviction that'
"M.u-y" and the j-lil who hail followed
him about with her eyes, hefoie he
1. .11 avva.v 110111 Nuiubei Kleven,
w-cm- one ami thu same, fie felt the
uld love lor hei swell up in hl.s heart.
Tb? Great
Will be six days old today (counting active business days). Your most generous response to our first an
nouncement is an indication that you are satisfied with our effort, to sell you the best goods at right prices The;
new goods arriving daily made it possible for us to offer today an assortment more complete than ever. A price
list of some of the good values:
Muslin Drawers.
t . For well made Muslin Drawers,
I4C cluster tucks, deep hem. Two
only to each customer.
I'or a better quality of muslin,
finished with cabric rtitlle hem.
25c
. For an extra fine quality Drawers,
4vC made with cluster of' tucks and
deep rtiflle of embroidery.
i 1C '?or Umbre"fl Drawers, with
1 .j&O full l.ic trimming and deep
yoke band.
Muslin Skirts.
For Muslin Skirt made with deep
yC hem and cluster tucks and finished
with torchon lace.
Q For a Muslin Skirt made with
VOC deep umbrella ruffle and tiimmed
with tacc and lace insertion,
Night Gowns.
. For a good quality of Muslin
3UC Ciowns, with tucked yoke and
c.tmbiic ruffle. Two only to a "customer.
lie would no li.ick to her nt once,
lint p'-ihiiiM ho would not Pud her
uniting l'ltitliiullv tin niln. Thnt
thought hint. Hut no imittcr, he
would yo hiick mid sec.
Hut tli.it w.1 much nioio e.islly nld
Hum done. A -inch o' the 11111 p-. of,
the i'.f-teiu State showed no NuniJuT
I'h'veii. It vii. too siiiiill for tint.
Oh' il onl he could lenietnher tlie
niim of the city .U the foot of the
mountain. Stinnfre lh.it that should
he all Hint held him lmelf. Hut Mm.v's
last name, too, was not lo he lecalled
either. No mutter ahout that though:
let him llud the town and Mary avouIiI
he toimd, 100. ,
.- th" mouth-, went liy ll.irr's
iiiemoile.s liecani'- clearer and denier,
until one niftht .e-s he al thinkiim' It
ovti, he icc.illed the n-ime. "i-cranton
it vv .!.' said he lo hlumelt quietly,
though he wanted to shout It.
Kour t!ay later, on S.ituitlav, lie
was in Sciauton. Without stoplnj" n.
do moie than holt a meal he .Minted
for Number Hleveii. Ills ineinoiy was
i oinlii-' hnck In waves now. Tin
mad to Oiinmoie: he reniemheied
that. No need to -I-.I- Ills way. Ji'ioin
Ininnioie he niu.st walk the n-st of
the way ll 'cemed to him tli.it lie
had new walked so slowly, though ho
was jiantiii' henvllv as he ellmhed
Hit last shoi t hill lo wheie the l.tlt
mad had c-iosstti tlio tuiuplke in the
old da.v--. i:eiythiiiK: was clcarlni'
up: now he ii'iillyed how' .familiar
eveiy foot of the mad was. in an
hour he would he at his destination.
When Ii.- came to ihe eiosslnj
1 1.11-1 .. . .stopped, aghast. Tile brhl'-e
was none The 1 alls weie mi'ishm
licin the I'lilianlcinent. The i.illroail
had been ahandoned, then! He hunicd
on up the planes, past the iiins of
the headhousei', UveithiiiK wa.s des
titute. At the Incline tlmt leads to
the foot of the last two planes, he
hi oke Into a run, tenting what the
nt'l tin u iiilHht leveul, yet hoping
against hope. The sun wnH slnklntr
behind hint as he tinned the last hit
of the curve, and full In his face
hui.-t a slate ol lellecled Rlaiy fiom
11 window on the height. It was all
light altei till.
I'p the steep glade ll.ny rushed,
haidly IVelliitv Ihe latlgue such labor
ro--t, and up to the door of the lli.st
houfe. It wiis deseited. Fiom one in
another he 1.111 only to llud the same
dlsmiil emptiness. The dls-appolnt-llient
was teilihle. lie sat ilovv.n on a
ilooisiep for a while, then staitett
ha. k townitl Dunfoie, thiough the
Kiilheilng dusl;,
Ifow lo find .M.uy, when the still
existing gaps In hi" memory had
toolied him nf her veiy name was a
tienieinloil.s task. But even as il
was It wis not hopless. ity the time
llany had leached the point wheie
he should leave the old iniliii.id track
for the turnpike n plan was completed
In his mind.
.lust at this place .stands a -olltaiy
house, now octupled by the old watth
ninn wlini-o duty It l.s to warn ties,
passeis olt Ihe ii-iipeil still owned
by the roinptinv tliat operated the
riinvlty mad. It was quite duik wlicn
Hairy came to this, and the dineiy
ttleani of the llghtetl windows nttuict
etl him. It might he possible to llud
rait lieie wlrit hail lift time of the peo
ple of Number Kiev en,
The old man's an.swei to Harry's
questions 1 uls,. him fnitn despair to
hiipplue.-.s. "Yes, I knew them all
well up iheie. What had heroine nf
tlami" h, thev had gotnt off, differ,
cut plates. Who was It ye might In
i.skln aftei, may he? A young gi
tuiUK'il Muiy, is If (tit, thnt would ho
BuikeV gill, 10 be .sine; her that tlmt
scamp of a Many Waties inn away
fiom. And a gie.it pllj, that such a
line ghl should he wast'n' hoin-lf for
Mlrll n lellnw AVheie does she live
now'.' Sllie, ye needn't he .so shell t
wlih. a man. Soinewhi'ie In Sciauton,
but f dlllllio wheie. Sine. I uevei saw
11 man in sin h a moll In me life, He's
ol'i .iluuidy uml the old man wem In,
giiiiiihliug.
llauy was past Duuuioh! liiiuiitr
towiinl III-' city hefoie lie hud steadied
himself down, He was Hairy AV.itics
then, not Many I'.uUer, and It was
ilnij- Huike he was seaichlug foi,
And she was living In Serauton, wall
lug for him lie wanted to shout.
They believed he had deseited her,
did they; even one hut .Iaij. Ah that
was a gland thought. Sho knew,
And In a few houis ho would see her.
Let him but get 11 dhecloiy and his
task would be done. Mow slowly the
stieet car moved.
Mary had been silting with her
father (hat evening tulking with a
neighbor who hud chopped In for a
that. When the visitor left old Mr.
Buike went with lilm to look ut a
wondeiful Utter of puppies they had
J(jd? Sal?
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b 1 discussing. A moment Inter
Maty lieiuil steps on the porch.
"It's father tome back for some
thing" said he, as she went to open
Ihe dour for him. But instead of her
father, a stianger stood theie. a
stianger who looked at her silently a
moment, and then, sti celling out Ills
hands to her, said simply 'Mary."
Hie new him Instantly In spite or th'i
yeais. "Oh Xlatrv," she filed. That
wa.s all. but It was enough and more
Ihan enough.
ISLAND OF MONTE CRISTO.
History of the Spot Made Famous by
Damns.
I'll in Hit- lit unit 1 I'll.
Tlie subin.filne cable connecting
tile mainland of Italy with the island
ol .Monte L'llsto Is now completed,
nthei vv he no changes have been
made on the island, and the small,
bin piettv villa, surrounded by its
plrtuiesque giounds juid p.nk, bas
net been enlaiged, as when the King
and (jueen stay theie they will dis
pense as heietoloie with the piesence
of gentlemen and Indies In waiting,
and live the life of piivate people of
bourgeois tank.
The hhtoiy of this hhiuil leiideiecl
so iamous by the most popular of all
the novels of Alexander Dumas, wilte.s
Hie Maiquise de Foutenoy, is ,ni In
tel esting one, wlih h doubtless those
who liave lead the book will like to
heai. Fiom the eighth to the six
teentli leiitiuy it wa.s Inhabited by
monks, tlie 1 nliis, nf whose monastery,
petched on Hie lnltlest peak of tlie
highlands, ale .still to he seen, as aie
likewise the ruins of the tort on the
senshoie, which they billll in Hie
tweltth tentury, to defend theni'-elve.s
against the attacks of the Hinhnry
plrates. The latter, howevet. Invaded
the Islands in toice in tlie sixteenth
tentuiy, sacked the monastery and
tallied tlie monks off into shtveiy In
Tiinlii ami Algeria. For the nel two
bundled years the Island lem.iined
alistiliiiely uninhabited, and It was
not until Hie end of tlte eighteenth
tentury tliat the Omnd Duke of Tus
cany established a penal colony theie,
with a .small sairhon of solilleis to
keep watch over tlie convicls.
Tills wa.s in tin 11 abandoned alter a
lime, and again the Island lenialned
uninhabited until a very wealthy and
eccentlle Englishman of the name of
Taylor took 11 litncy to the place while
nehtlng In the Mediterranean, and,
visiting Florence, induced the liiauil
Duke of Tuscany lo sell the island to
him. He built the villa, vhlch still
exists, sin 1 minded it with ptetly
giounds and park, and lived then In
solitude for a number of ye.ti-., his
island monarchy and his ci'ccntiic
Isolation undoubtedly giving 10 Alex
ander Dumas the Idea of his novel of
"Monte t'tlslo." At length Taylot
got Hied of the Island mid dlsappeaieil,
wlieieupon first of all the Tuscan ail.
lliotllles, mid after IStiu the Italian
government, made vain efforts lo
colonize It, ultimately sidling It to the
well known Floienthue .Mmquols ill
noil, who used It as a game piescrw.
MOST COSTLY OF DRUGS.
Some Sell nt Retnil for Moie Than
Their Weight in Gold.
1 1'. in 1I1 k.iiivi. I nj Iniiiinl
'The pi lie of ini'll.v thugs used 1,1
medicine Is astonishing to those who
nil' mil liellftlllled Willi the slibjei I "
leuiiilUeii a iliugglsl, "Tlieie ate
.sevii.il thai aie wutili ihcli weight In
gold (about 2tt an oiime), while (J, $,:
ui Vi ail ounce ale quit Iiinmii
pi Ices In phniiuacy. 1 nih'd a pit)
scilptlou the oilier day that tost ?'-,,
Bill theie Is one ill tig that 1 can iccall
which Is vvoith moie than Us weight
In gold. That is psetnio physostlg
n Inc. I don't think that It has a
popular name. i is too 1 It 1 1 fin that,
in the plinuuachls' list It is limited at
SI a ginlit, 111 ?n7..'U .111 ounce. The
sied tinm which the thug s untile
glows In India and liia.ll, as well as
ill pails of "souili Allien This semi,
tl.'idllion says, was once lueil fy native
chiefs as an 01 deal. The 01 deal gen
euilly lesitlied hi ihe death of lh
man upon whom it was tiled -mit so
wa.s coiihldetcd as a gieat tinlh llntl
fi The pnpaied ding Is sometimes
used now In iue.-cipitins fm the
tieiilmeiil of lieni t disease.
'Auolhei ding which takes the palm
lor costliness s, euilously enough, the
one which is peihaps th' most widely
known by mime of them all to ih:
genrial iiubllc--naniely, musk. lis
letail pihe ut the picseut uioiuenl Is
uhotit $"0 an oiuue, JtJflu a pound npo
theeaiy, 01 two and a half times tlie
value of pine gold, at eniats line. It
Is- obtained fiom the musd; deer, a
veiy taie anlinul. and Is contained In
of Mdslin OndepWear
a lolllcle. of which theie is only one
In each animal, so that an ounce of
the ding lepiesents appio.liuately one
of those pi ec Ions animals. As It Is
Inigely used for scent, the demand
constantly exceeds the supply, and tlie
f.iice has been steadily advancing'.
Theie Is no 1 ensue why It should not
go lo .f-'iU or J."i(iO an ource timing the
nel few ytiiis, 11s the nui'lc deer Is
gindually vanhliltig fiom the face of
the cm tli."
PHOTOGRAPHING HORSES.
Little Tiicks of tlie Camera, to Get
the Best Effects.
I II III till .Sl'tt 1)1 k 'IlllllllM'.
I'hologiaplts of hois., show prize
wlnneis and of beasts whose owneis
a: pile to hoiiois ate In good demand
diuimr fhow times, .mil phoiograpb
eis who make thai blanch of the busi
ness a specially have a busy time.
"It makes no easy mittej- lo make a
good hoi'-e plotuie." said one photo
Miipher, "allhougli eveiy amateur
thinks hiniscir equal to the task. A
hnise must lie taken I'loiu I lie ptoper
point or his iivvuei, will mil iceognlze
the pictuic. If the tamcia is too n-ar
the subject teitnin polnls v.-lll be e
aggttat"il In Hie photograph.
"The best icsults aie obtained by
plncing the I101.se on a t light incline,
so that the loieleet in-1 a tiille higher
tluni the hind feet. This position
thiows the head up. Then snapping
the flngt'is or making any slight nohe
will cause the animal to pilel; up his
1 ais, and at Hie moment when he l
In Ibis petition ot nt'oution tile plm
logiaphei makes th" pietnie.
"When hot si.s In harness aie to he
plauogi'iphed they must be posed 01c
level gtoiiml or on a slight incline.
To n-ake them look alive a hat or
a 1 aid Is .sometimes scaled in 1 1 nut of
them, and nt Ihe moment when they
It ok up the snap shot is made,
"When pic tines of biases In action
aie made we usually place the camera
near the gioutid, and by that means
we g.-i Ihe best hoof positions, which
cannot be seemed when the i-uniiva
is held or plin ed .11 the oidlnniy
height.
"To make plcluies nf jumping horses
the same method Is employed, and the
he'ght of Hie Jump Is sometimes cc
aggetated hv placing Hi camera be
low the tt.uk kv-el. All excu vatlon
Is made In the gtound lor that pur
pose, and pictures made fiom theie
inciease Hie appaient height of hur
dles and make a small Jump look some
thing icni.u knbo."
TRAGIC CHRISTMAS DAYS.
World's Gientest Holdny Has Often
Been Reddened by Blood,
hiutii liu l.ijiiilnii Mjit
I'liilstiim.-, wlih h shottiii he and
UMinlb Is Hie uieliiest day of all the
yuir, has sonietlniex been leildenetl by
hloodshed and blackened by n.igedy.
One of Hie mosi I1.11 liaious of the
peiset inioiis against the I'liristians
was begun by Diocletian cm ('hrnt
mas ilav. A D. "lH. whep a tllllicll ill
N'lcodemia, lilled with 1 'Inlstlatis, was
01 deled hv Mill to he set on III f.
Hvci wav of ees wns bailed, and
lint a single vvo.-hiiei esiapetl tlie
III ines.
Yiih tide In liiiiii was ,1 iii.'lauiholy
lime in llugliiiid, which novoi Hides
always lelebtaicl It wlih Hie muio)
cageiness, (or lluiohl, the last ot the
Siinoiis, had lallen beloie Ihe Xoinmii
illiquid', and on Oecemhei ,!"i ot thai
ear William Hie t'onquicr was nown
ci in We,-tinlu!siii ubliey. Tile oc-mi-loii
was signalized by the slaugli
tci of 1 huge ikhviI of Anglo-Savins
Hillside of the (huich tin until! a ml---tiikui
idea tlmt the.v had iheii In
IdVlill.
,aclly IWll Veils ne Hlele was
an upilsitig nf the malcouteiils in tln
iiotllieiu toiinile- who hoi ed to throw
oil Hie .N'i'lliiaii ,vnke William liiauil
til In i'tiMiu again--! ilie tdieis and
dliei led a 11ulve1s.1l slaugluei His
men siupil.-"cl sevcial gaiihims ami
p-at tin in lo Hie sword, .Wlthci age
inn- se was spiued. uml even house
in Ihe illMillei ted legliuiH v. as tav.iil In
the gioliiid ll Is said that ovei M.
CHI nieii. women ami (llllilicil peihlieil
011 Dccemhei J', biii.
It was oil Cluistmas dav In Hie
iiu 1 17 Hint Thomas a'Uecl.ci. th"
gie.ttesi Fugllsh deilc of Ills day, us
muled Die tiiihedial pulpli at Canter
inn y and pleached wliat niav ne call
ed his own fiineial seiinou The winds
be made use of so angeled lieuiy It
Hull he let fall those lu.'il winds. ' If
aliyhod.v lovnl inc. lie wttild ltd me, of
(Ills tiii'hitlent pilesi "
Coin knlglit.s took lilm at Ids wonl,
and ijn D"temliei' '.". Hew slew (he inc.
late neioie tue altar vi si. liciieuut
1
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In the noiiliein tianscpt t runlet
Inn y efitlicrii.il.
On Delimiter ;.". I.'IdI. John Wyelll
(ilcil as he was about in pieaeh III
clnlstni.is seiinou,
cine nr Ihe saildtst Chllimase kiiovvn
in l.iiutlon vvu that ol' ihe yeai HiiW.
rite Kieat jil.'iKU" had slilcUen the eltv
al.il the people weie 1 1 ..-! II RT at the rate,
nl l.ufiil a "lav,
MADE A LOAN TO A ROBBEK.
Loul Stanhope Gave Highwayman
Stmt in Honotable Caieer.
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Ilie II111I11-1 c( Cltviliinil, 111'" lii.ili'il nf l.'in'
IIiMllltl.1, jIiIioiikIi su m-jik tilil, l .1 lllJIIllilli
IHIIVII.lllulUlit Jlul 1.111 Kll sllll V .la mil ,n
lii 1 miii, lint" uf lit r liiiniii' lnili" is ilmia
tin fjili 1, l'..ul St.iiiliiii'. due nU-ln ttliui Ilie
.nl iwh u.illim; ali'iit In tin- Kcnti'li I iney,
mill jiiniiutl ti I nf liu- linl),i, Iili'lrtl a pi.lo'
iiil iliiiiiiultU liln Iiiii-i'.
"lb iitmil nun, I lilm liu inniii.v vlth 1110 '
-.1I1I I mil si.uli.,i,' in liu 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 U a 1 1 lu lull
'II r ml, In r IjhI hind, mi III. u.itili
So," I mil sijiiIihii' Hint mi, "1I1 it u ilii
tun iini.-t nut Inn; it tic. '.Itiii ! lii'' U uii
I love, ll U Hniili I.IKI. It .von "III li'i-i nl''
I tull i.u I'.ak In (i-uiiln- .mil linns J Ut)
null- iiml lni. il In tin' liulluvv "f t.ut In-'' I
t iniiiit liin no twltli "
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Unit l III. .HIM l.illll Slllll0i' j. Jl a nit-
tilt. mi. nul ih'vI In lilm "il 1 l.miiluii illinium
ol lai'.a vtoilili. .1 nun mil'b niiitlnl. Hi' .nul
III,- t'.nl I11ll.nl nf nuia lliini:. nul fomi'l 1.11I1
hIIiii- niiii.iilb ciii.t 1 j nun r. Ntl 1 1 J . I mil
si.inliuii ntiitiil 1 Imii, mil nf tvhlvli ilioiusl
1 1 1 h 1 noli "ll vii v 1 ' 1 1 1 Iniil.lilp'i l,inl Ii.jii
uf tins Mini." mi Hit imii'. "Il1.11 knittil m
in lilt' .iml iniiiinl nit' In lior liu livum uf '
liu. not lu .Mini lunMiip jl ilinlKi." , V iiliJiiv
Mult lllil lilt' siiilli .III' .1 4l lll.f 1 .110, iml
ililiu liiiu n In 1I11111 I ii3t 111 mi ilnl m 1 juM
nil III lii utlifl itnili.
No Bnitget t'tom Faiasites.
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illl.ilt. Willi illl. III. Ilnl illilllii. III. 1 I,
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tili.iiut' tint 1II1 'Hit Vu.li.iliiii l.iiltlnnl uiv
hullt iniinii, f,i tjmnli, will frt-i) m n
nulliiiu Iml "Lilt lis I uf 1 iiitunl.it L'lni',
mil, .1- a m-ILi nt uii. ,i .nun .! Ilit- rtin f
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nnil id wi iii.is. tvl.nii iln'v twir Imtiii '
J tinviuii'. in uiu nul ft ciiilut't Willi 1 i.
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