THE UT1ZRN, KltlJMY, MAV 20, 1010.
Copyright,
cnAPTErt xiv.
IT was nearly S o'clock when the
Cherub was landed at his city
hotel and 0 before ho had finish
d dinner,
no had Just ordered his second demi
tasse when he heard his namo being
"paged" through the grill room. Hold
ing up a forefinger to admit his Iden
tity, he was handed a cablegram of
four sheets, with toll charges marked
"collect" The ever ready McQuadc
had lived up to his reputation. In ono
day he had unearthed all that was to
be learned of the history of Count
Lulgl Salvatorc y Vecchi.
On page 1 were recorded the facts
concerning the birth, parentage and
early childhood of the count. Pago
2 took him on to youth, when ho be
gan to have escapades which had be
come matters of public record. rage
3 was largely devoted to accounts of
bis rumored engagements and brief
statements concerning two duels in
which he had been concerned. It was
while hastily skimming the last sheet
that Sir. Devine was moved to ex
claim, with explosive eagerness, "Ah,
ha!" Mr. McQuade's message closed
In this manner:
"Sent to private sanitarium in Logos,
Switzerland, Aug. ID, 10. Died tboro
Nov. 23, same year. Funeral private.
Family hushed up affair."
"Nearly two years ago," commented
the Cherub. "Then I believe he's
good and dead by this time. Dut
why shouldn't the newlngtons have
known?"
Further speculations were interrupt
ed by the announcement that n person
who gavo his namo as J. Blnks was
at tho desk asking to communicate
with Mr. Devine. He mentioned that
he was connected with some agency
or other.
Mr. J. Blnks, a bristly haired man
with an undershot Jaw and narrow
set eyes, tiptoed apologetically In
among the tables.
"Excuse me," he whispered hoarsely,
"but we got your gent, all right. He
was walking out as cool as you like,
too, sir, when we nabbed him."
"The deuce you sayl But what have
.you done with him?"
"Just what was bothering us, sir
Generally we has papers and takes 'em
to the nearest station bouse. But In
this case, as 1 says to the chief, 'Chief,
says I, 'this Is tho pecullarest' "
"Yes, it is a little odd," broke in the
Cherub. "But Where's your man now?"
"Outside, sir. 'cuffed to Mr. Coogan,
tnv nliln nnrtiinr. Now. if vou would i
ton nrnnnrt tn thn RPi-irP.int'a desk nnd I
swear out"
"But 1 can't, Mr. Bluks. You and
Coogan have done well. Here, split
that between you." and Mr. Devine In
slnuated a yellow backed note into an
anticipatory palm. "Now all you have
to do Is unchain your man from Mr.
Coogan, lead him in here and leave
him with me."
"And there ain't no charge?"
"No no at all, Mr. Blnks. All I want
is his company for a few minutes."
"Well. I'm Jiggered. 1 am!"
The bogus count seemed rather meek
and subdued. Ills clothes were wrin
kled and dusty, his shirt bosom rum
pled, and he was In need of a shave
With some hesitation he slid into the
chair opposite Mr. Dcvlue.
"Whatever your little game was. lt'tf
queered," said Mr. Devine. "You fool
ed me all right, but of course you
couldn't fool Mr. Hewlngtou or the
countess. What was the Idea, any
way?" "I was Just Joking. I'm going to
make you smart for your share In this,
Mr. Cherub Devine."
"Of course you are. That's only
natural. You'll bring suit for damages
and all that sort of thing, and I'll have
to have you arrested on a charge of
attempted blackmail, and between us
we'll keep the courts busy for a year
1 have that all figured out. But what
lo you say to a good dinner first?"
An Involuntary rolling of the eyes
toward the menu card betrayed tho
fact that the suggestion was a pleas
ing one.
"now would u nice thick sirloin,
with mushrooms and baked potatoes,
strike you? And a few llttlo necks to
start on, eh? Good! Here, walterl"
Suddenly, however, Mr. Devine ask
ed abruptly:
"Well, got mo all sized up? Then
let's get down to facts. What's your
real bona fide name, anyway?'
Tho man flushed a little.
"Suppose" nnd a pair of piercing
dark eyes watched for tho effect
shrewdly "suppose I came direct
from Count Veccbl as his personal
repre"
"Won't do," Interrupted Mr. Devine,
"unless you can show your pass from
the 'old boy.' You see, I kuow Juat
bow long the count's been dead."
"If you bad taken the trouble to asic
Mr. Hewlngton be would have told
you how mistaken you were."
"Yes, but I'm better posted than Mr.
Hewlngton. There nro the latest re
turns." and the Cherub tossed over
the last sheet of McQuade's message.
Beelne .that .further pretense alontr
Devine
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SEWELL FORD
1909. by Mitchell Kcnncrley A
this line wus useless, ho merely shrug
ged his shoulders Indltrerently.
"I might have known you would
find out. But what of It?"
"Why, not much," answered tho
Cherub slowly, "only only this: Somo
one's been holdiug up tho old gentle
man for remittances ever since the
count died, using the count's name.
Of course I'm not sure who that some
body was, but the arrow points to you.
How about it. eh?"
The man across the tabic began to
think. Ills air of indifference van
ished. He fumbled nervously with
the table silver. Inside of two min
utes he had broken down completely
and was making n full confession, to
which Cherub Devlno listened with
placid satisfaction and Indulgent nods
of encouragement.
The Interview ended amicably. By
the time It wns over the ex-prlsoner
had recovered bis composure and de
veloped an appetite for sirloin steak;
also he had accepted Mr. Dcvine's of
fer to become his guest for the night.
And early next morning there ar
rived at newiugtou Acres once more
n cheerfully audacious Cherub Devine,
who seemed quite unaffected by the
forbidding austerity with which Ep
plngs chose to regard him as he In
quired for the countess.
After some moments, during which
ho paced up and down the reception
hall. Mr. Deviuo was shown into the
library with as much formality as If
this was his first visit. Nor wa3 the
attitude of Mr. Hewlngton as he re
ceived the Cherub at all reassuring.
"I've been looking up that count of
yours," remarked the Cherub. "He's
been defunct for nearly two years. 1
had a man investigate the records, and
It's all O. K."
"Impossible, Mr. Devinel Why why
I have been In communication with
him."
"That was your mistake. You've
been In communication with a smooth
young chap who couldn't resist the
chance to play a new bunko game for
all It was worth. How were tbo let
ters signed which came from the count
after he was sent to that sanitarium?'
"By his secretary, 1 believe. Per
F. C. That was it"
"Sure! And the F. C. stood for
Francois Cunetto. I've had a heart to
heart talk with Francois and got his
whole history. As you might guess
by his name, he's half French and
half Italian, which Is not a bad com
binatlon. There was good blood on
u0'u s'ies.
but no money on either,
s that's Why be didn't finish the med
'ca' course tnat ue came over here to
mac. wuen nis runus ran out nc goes
back to Italy, drifts up Into Switzer
land and gets a Job as assistant house
doctor In this sanitarium where they
were trying to euro Count Vecchi of
seeing pink whiskered tadpoles and
other variegated fauna."
"Iteally. now, Mr. Devinel" protested
Mr. Hewlngton.
"Why shy so at tho facts?" asked
the Cherub. "Count or no count, that
was bis complaint Why, his nerves
were In such shape bo couldn't even
sign bis name to n letter. And that's
where young Dr. Cunetto was let In.
When tho count's remittance from you
was overdue he dictates a letter to
Francois. Ho gets him to cash your
check, too, and Francois learns tho
whole story about the runaway count
ess and her rich father. Then the
count dies. A delayed check conies
in, and the doctor Is tempted to see
that the money Isn't wasted; also he
observes that the passing of tho count
Is kept quiet It occurs to him that you
hadn't been notified of tbo sad event.
That being the case, he sees no reason
why the remittances shouldn't con
tinue, so bo keeps you posted on the
dates when they're due. See bow It
works out?"
"Why. the scoundrel!" exclaimed
Mr. Hewlngton. "I've been swindled!
I shall write to him at onco and"
"No need to write. He's over here.
Ho's coming to call on you this after
noon." "The impudent rascal! Why. I I
shall have him apprehended!"
"I hope not," said the Cherub mild
ly. "That would complicate things.
Ve didn't treat him very well tho
last time ho was here."
"The last time!" echoed Mr. Hew
lngton. "Yes. He was the chap we had
shut up in the icehouse, you know.
Ho was scouting around to sco what
stylo you lived in before be played his
cards."
"Tho unprincipled wretchl"
"Ho Isn't as honest as be might be,
but then circumstances have been
against him."
"I shall refuso to bear a word from
him, sir!" declared Mr. ncwington.
"Now, that's too bad. He's coming
to refund tbo amount bo tricked you
out of. You see, I'vo taken him on
my prlrate staff and advanced him
six months' pay, so be could start
square. Isn't that better than getting
into a legal snarl with him, eh?"
"But 1 fall to understand, Mr. De
vine. What is your motive in doing
this?"
"It has something to do with the
countess." he i-onfi-ssod
"Tho countess: I'roy. Mr. Hotlnr
kindly leave my daughter out of I'll-
discussion "
"Not much.'" declared the Cherub
Say. you might Just ns well get tm-d
to It now as Inter I thlnl: n wiimV
lot of your daughter. Mr tlowlngiun "
"Indeed, sir! Vnnr Impudence It. as
tounding. I trust that you arc not so
presumptuous as to supiwse that your
cr your regard Is In any meusnm
returned ?"
"That Just describes the case. Mr.
Hewlngton At least I did have some
such Idea until this fool Francois mud
dled things up for me. Do you know
what ho told the countess?"
"I am not interested, sir."
' "Maybe not. but 1 want you to listen,
Just the same, and 1 want you to let
him tell his revised story to the count
ess. Why. sec here, she thinks 1
locked (hat chap up li'-muse I was In
terested In his wife. Siiys he didn't
mean to tell any such yarn, but ho
wns posing ns the count and Bhn
couldn't sec him, nnd It Just naturally
slipped out NIco position to put mo
In, wasn't it?"
But Mr. Hewlngton shook his head
mulishly.
"But great Scott" protested the
Cherub, "he meant that 1 was In
love with the countess. He'd guessed
that much. And. say, he guessed right
I've been in love with her ever since
the first minute 1 saw her, nnd It's
getting worse every hour. 1 don't
know just how It is with bcr. She's
never had a fair chance to say yet
but now that I've found out that count
of yours Is out of the way 1 mean to
ask bcr once more if she thinks I'll
do."
"Well, Cherub, why don't you?"
From behind a tall revolving book
case which hid from view a corner of
the library appeared the Countess Vec
cbl. flushed nnd smiling.
"Adele!" carao from Mr. Hewlngton,
"I've been listening, you see," she
confessed. "1 couldn't help it I came
in to find father, and 1 beard you tell
"ADELE, WILIi 1 DO?"
lug him about that that man you had
locked up the ono who told you be
was Count"
"There Isn't any count, glory be!"
"1 know. 1 heard all you said."
"Did you honest?" demanded Mr.
Devine eagerly. "About how 11"-
Tho Countess Vecchi nodded, nnd her
dark eyes drooped.
"Then I guess there's something I
want to say atl over again right now
that Is. Mr. Hewlngton, If you wouldn't
mind or" and ho glanced suggestive
ly at the library door.
Mr. Hewlngton gasped. From Cher
ub Devlno he looked toward his daugh
ter.
"Oh. run along, daddy," urged the
countess.
Mr. Hewlngton sighed a sigh of res
ignation nnd retreated from the scene
The Cherub simply stood there and
gazed at tho Countess Vecchi. All his
audacity and self confidence had van
ished. He was gazing wistfully and
eagerly at her. Then his gnzo found
the big brown eyes found something
In them which quickened bis blood and
gave him hope.
"Adele," he faltered questioulngly
"1 know 1 don't deserve It, but but
could you will I do?"
And presently, holding her closely In
his arms and looking at shorter range
Into her brown eyes, ho was reason
ably sure that he would.
"Guess I never knew what It was to
bo happy before, anyway," he whis
pered.
"Nor 1, Cherub, dear," said the
Countess Vecchi.
THE END.
Changing Niagara.
Any one who wus familiar with the
appearanco of tho Niagara falls before
the present power Installations were
built nnd opened can settlo tbo qnen-
tlon as to whether the appearance ot
tbo falls has been affected by going to
seo for himself. Small though the to
tal amount of water taken for power
purposes In proportion to tho total
amount passing over tbo falls may be,
it has been sullicient to cause tho stun
lower portions of the overflow nt tbo
edges of the falls to become entirely
dry, thereby greatly reducing tbo to
tal length of the crest line.
How to Kill Dandelion!.
It-is said that tho following Is a suro
remedy for killing dandcllonB, which
always grow In the Bprlng and spoil
pretty green laws: Fill a medicine
dropper with gasoline and apply a few
drops to tho center of each plant.
aturday Qight
JfKnIkc By Rev-F- C- DAVISON
fllftj Rutland, Vt
HOl-0000KH-0Ol-0,r0-l-0'
THE KING'S HERALD ASSASSIN-
AT ED.
International Bible Lesson for May 22,
10 (Matt 14: 1-12.)
Tho death of .) hn the Baptist, to I
all human nppearance was u cnlimlty.
It took place while he wnB yet a
young man, not 35 years of ago. It
was caused by the spite of nn ndulter
otts woman and hor libidinous dancing
daughter. It was accomplished to
pay off tho obligations of a licentious
king mndo In n moment of drunken
rashness. It happened when the dis
tinguished preacher was deprived of
the presence of every dlaclnlo or
sympathizing friend. It took place nt
midnight, In the gloomy recesses of
a prison, and was no tiling short of
red-handed murder.
Tho last of the prophets of the old
dispensation, was guilty of no crime
except tho strnight out rebuke of tho
Iniquity of tho royal pair. No trial of
any sort whatever was given him, He
had no chance to reply, no opportunity
to appeal. Tho hand of vengeance
seized him, he was hurled Into a
dungeon, his head was chopped off by
tho executioner, and the gory member
was taken on a dish and laid at tho
feet of a harlot Nothing more unjust,
lnhutnnn, satanlc, can bo found In tho
annals of history.
Prisons for Reformers.
Since the beginning of the world
somo of Its noblest men and women
have been locked up in prison. Christ
was arrested. All the apostles got
Into Jail. Almost every city he visited
furnished Paul prison quarters. Jo
seph was lied about and his liberty
taken away by a wicked woman. Jere
miah was put In a dungeon becatue
he would not prench to please an
Iniquitous crowd. Peter had to be
continually interrupted in his work by
a jail sentence. John, the beloved,
was exiled to an Island fortress. John
Bunyan spent 13 years In Bedford
prison. John Wesley was dogged by
constables all over England. John
Knox occupied a prison cell. Madam
Guyon was incarcerated for years. It
should not surprise us therefore to
read that John the Baptist, ended his
life in a dungeon.
Characteristics of Reformers.
Grnce, grit and gumption are tho
characteristics of the genuine reform
er. And the men who are the pioneers
of the race, the pathfinders of the
ages, are characterized by these quali
ties. John the Baptist was a brilliant
example of the men who seem to be
born Into the world to create a dis
turbance. They can no more avoid It
than thunder storms can hold back
forked lightning and reverberating up
roar. Men cower during the tempest,
but the air Is purer after It has
passed, and the face of nature Is
changed.
Rugged Reformers.
The reformer, such as was John
the Baptist, Is usually a lonely man,
His meat Is appropriately locusts and
wild honey. Soft raiment would not
become his rugged form, a girdle of
skin about the loins is much more
fitting. Such heroic characters aru
out of place at pink teas. We cannot
Imagine any one of them wearing deli
cately embroidered dressing gown and
slippers. When we speak of reform
ers we think of the three Hebrews,
who stiffened their back bones erect
when the throng on the plains of
Shlnar bowed In idolatrous worship;
of Paul, preaching straight from the
shoulder at Felix till the corrupt
Judge's knees knocked together; of
Martin Luther nailing his thesis on
the cathedral doors; of John Knox,
bringing tears to the eyes of tho
bloody Queen Mary; of Peter tho Her
mit, arouHlng all Europe with his bat
tle shout; of Jonathan Edwards,
preaching with such dramatic Inten
sity that the audience grasped the
pillars of the house lest they should
slide Into hell; of John the Baptist,
uttering his personal message to King
Herod ngainst the deep damnation of
his private life.
Death In Harmony with Life.
And the death ot John the Baptist
is in perfect harmony with his life.
The bombshell which crashes down
the wall ot tho fortress is Itself anni
hilated. Tho world has only one. an
swer for tho men of that stamp. Whom
It cannot meet In nrgument It assassi
nates. See the long list ot those
whom history records as tho benefac
tors of mankind who have met vio
lent deaths. The fathers murder them
and their children erect monuments
over their graves.
From the hour when righteous Abel
wns slaughtered In the field, down to
the latest victim of the world's hato,
the noble army of martyrs has been a
long procession. The standard bear
ers ot civilization, of progress, of sci
entific achievement, of Invention, of
Christianity have been assassinated
upon the picket line, not by the too
ahead, but by tho stupid and laggard
army behind.
Nevertheless, nothing has ever per
manently stopped tho work of the re
former. John the Baptist died, but not
uutll ho had accomplished hU mission
Ho was only a voice, and the voice
was heard. He was only a forerunner
and he Introduced the King, He was
sent to prepare tho way of the Lord,
and to make his paths straight, and
ho did It When the sun arises It is
fitting that the stars should dlsap
pear. John's raledlctory as he bows
himself off the stage of action 1b: "Be
hold the lamb of God who lakethr awuy
the cln of the world!"
I
How Ifche
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Was
Woo1
99
The strongest allies that tho suf
fragettes In London have secured In
a body are tho actresses. The Ac
troesos Frnnchlso Lcaguo has many
hundreds of tueinberc and they aro
dolnn all they can to help In the move
mont. Their efforts arc more or less
philanthropic, for thoy admit that
they need the vote less than any
other women In the world, the theatri
cal profession being nlono in England
In pnying women ns well as men.
The Woman's Freedom Lcaguo
held a great fair at Caxton Hall. They
called It tho Green. White and Gold
Bazaar, and It differed In only ono
way from tho ordinary church or
charity fair. The same sort ot
useless things were sold the same
efforts to make the embarrassed visi
tor buy were used, tho same hesita
tion and reluctance In giving chango
occurred. All the good old methods
were employed to make It a financial
success.
Tho theatrical element had a room
of Its own and held a continuous per
formance. Recitations, dances, songs,
etc., began at 12 and continued till 11
at night Then there was another
continuous performance hall where
short sketches wero played.
All tho sketches and performances
brought In tho suffrage question In
one form or another. The cream of
them all was Cicely Hamilton's "How
the Vote Was Won," written particu
larly for the occasion and plnyed by
an all star cast. Somo sketches by
Miss Hamilton illustrating a pamphlet
on the same topic are reproduced here.
The one act was In a middle class
house. The young mistress of the es
tablishment, who does not believe in
giving the women a vote because her
husband is opposed to It, finds herself
left without servants. They have no
grievance against her, they say, but
they are going to the workhouse till
they get the vote.
In despair the young wife turns to
her strong minded sister who, decked
in Suffragette colors. Is about to lead
a procession, and the sister explains
that the women have struck at last
Every woman has put down her work
and gone to her nearest male relative
to be supported till she gets the vote,
or falling a male relative she has gone
to the workhouse.
When the bumptious and loquacious
master of the house comes home his
horrified wife explains matters to him,
but he Is only amused at this new
suffragette freak. Then the feminine
relatives begin to arrive, bag and
baggage.
COtlQ
cw woo?-
Co -DOB '
First comes a young woman jour
nalist, a vary distant cousin . She has
given up hor work and come to live
with him. Then follow his timid sis
ter, who for years has been governess
in nn arlstorcratic family where she
has been systematically snubbed; a
fashionable dressmaker, of whose re
lationship ho had hitherto been ignor
ant, but who has papers to prove her
claim upon him; a music hall singer
whose existence he bad ignored (or
very shame of her, and finally an old
aunt who has calmly thrown up her
successful Bloomsbury boarding
house, turned her boardors out and
come to end her days with him since
she has no civic rights.
All the bumptious gentleman's ar
guments fade awny in horror at this
Invasion. News keeps coming In from
distracted neighbors that theatres are
closed and shops left deserted. Duch
esses arc getting soldlors to come In
and do the washing and cooking for
them, and nil Is unheard of confusion.
Up jumps the master ot tho house,
seizes a Buffragette flag and makes a
long speech as to why womon should
have the voto and nt once. Then,
decked In suffragette colors, ho dashes
out ot the house and Into the Btreets
shouting "Voted for women!" at tho
top of his voice.
New Century Forces.
Tho twentieth century is to eploy
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fierceness of tho sun In a utilitarian
way exceeding al fancies of the fabu
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vrOTICE OP UNIFORM PRIMAR
1 IES In compliance with Sec
tion 3, of the Uniform Primary Act,
page 37, P. L., 190G, notice is here
by given to tho electors of Wayne
county of tho number of delegates
to the State conventions each
party Is entitled to elect, names of
party oWces to be filled and for what
otllces nominations are to bo made
at tho spring primaries to be held on
SATURDAY, JUXL I, 1010.
REPUBLICAN.
1 person for Representative in
Congress.
1 person for Senator in General
Assembly.
1 person for Representative in
General Assembly.
2 persons for dolegates to the State
Convention.
1 person to bo elected Party Com
mitteeman In each election district.
I Biliousness. Ij??-.,
DEMOCRATIC.
1 person for Representative in
Congress.
1 person for Senator in General
Assembly.
1 person for Representative In
General Assembly.
1 person for Delegato to the State
Convention.
1 person to bo elected Party Com
mitteeman In each election district.
PROHIBITION.
1 person for Representative In
Congress.
1 person for Senator in General
Assembly.
1 person for Representative In
General Assembly,
3 persons for Delegates to the State
Convention.
3 persoiiB for Alternnto Delegates
to tho State Convention.
I person for Party Chairman.
1 person for Party Secretary.
1 person for Party Treasurer.
Petition forms may bo obtained
at the Commissioners' ofllce.
Petitions for Congress, Senator
and Representative must bo filed
with tho Secretary of the CommonU
wealth on or before Saturday, Mayt
7, 1910. Petitions for Party offl-
cers, committeemen and delegates to I
the state conventions must be filed '
at the Commissioners' ofllce on or
before Saturday, May 14, 1910.
J. E. MANDEVILLE,
J. K. HORN BECK,
T. C. MADDEN,
Commlssloneri.
Attest:
George P. Robs. Clerk.
Commissioners' Ofllce,
Honcsdale, Pa., April 4, 1910.