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PSSffe" "" wsiiafgggwwiis through but a few poor yards of space. He .no longer saw a rabbler but his brothers seeking the ideaL Almost humbled, Blinker rolled up the shirt sleeves of, his mind and joined the idealists. "You are the lady doctor," he said to Florence. "How shall we go about doing this jolly conglomeration of fairy tales "incorporated?" "We will begin there," Baid the Princess, pointing to afun pagoda onthe edge of the sea, "and we will tae them all in, one by one.7' They caught the eight o'clock re turning boat and sat, filled with pleasant fatigue against the- rail in the bow, listening to the Italians' fid dle and harp. Blinker had thrown off care. The North Woods seemed to him an uninhabitable wilderness. What a fuss he had made over sign ing his name pooh! he could sign it-'a hundred" times. And her name was as pretty as she was "Flor ence," he said to himself a great many times. As the boat was nearing Its pier in the North River a two-funnelled, foreign-looking steamer was drop ping down the bay. The boat turned its-nose in toward itslip. The steam er veered to seek mid-stream, yawed, seemed to increase its speed and struck the Coney Island boat on the side near the Btern, cutting into it with a terrifying shock and crash. While the 600 pass'engers were mostly tumbling about the decks shrieking in panic the captain was shouting at the steamer that it should not back off and leave the rent" exposed for the water to enter. But the steamer tore its "way out like a savage Sawfish-and cleaved its heartless 'way, full speed ahead. The boat began to sink at its stern; but moved slowly toward thfr slip. The passengers were a frantic mob, unpleasantlo behold. Blinker held Florence- tightly un- 1 the boat had Tighted Itself. She made no sound or sign of fear. He stood-on a camp, stooL-ripped off the slats, above his head and pulled down a number of-the life preservers. He began to buckle one around Flor ence. The rotten canvas split and the fraudulent granulated pork came pouring out in a stream... -Florence caught a. handful of it and laughed gleefully. (To Be Continued Monday.) o o CC-IMVJCT PLAYS AT MUSICALE THEN BEATS IT Cincolnr Neb., June 21. Because Baron Von Werner, German noble man and convict, is a musical gen ius, Chaplain Johnson decided to give! a musicale at which the baron should be chief entertainer for the chaplain's guests. yf In consequence thereof, the baron, who is serving a five years' sentence for attempting to cash checks on his mother-in-law's bank account, was given a nice trip to Tecumseh and. tickled the Ivories until midnight in the approved and classic style he used when he was leader of a large orchestra. . It is said, however that at mid night he grew restless and with the irresponsibility of the true tempera mental genius, he slipped away from the house and boarded a train for St. Louis, Missouri, believing he wa.s en- titled to some recompense- for the concert. Warden Fenton is quite anxious to have the baron come back and board at the jail and it is believed the war den 'will advise the chaplain to elimi nate music at his next musicale, or be satisfied with a more humble "en tertainer than a German baron graduate of several universities, ex Jeader of a. large orchestra In New York, forger of checks and temper amental genius. o o A new imitation celluloid claimed to be cheap, safe and satisfactory is made by a combination of pro cesses from gelatine, gallo-tannlo acid, casein, ammonia, rubber, sul phur, jcarbbn bisulphide' and rosin,. !tiij--iiJttfafejSWM. V i JJjiaAaa&ejJ.