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. Thinking How Wonderfully Well it 8ulted Her Flower-Like Face. BYZllA MWDIXtOWTYBo! mrmfit iter tut unfftrr ro NTsp "IsrV? ILLUSTRATED BY JK1&S MAY WALTERS Sjy, SYNOPSIS. Thnp girls Elizabeth, Oabrlelle and Use started for t'unada to Hpend the USUBH Mure On hoard Htennn-r they Were-friKhti nrd by an apparently dement rd ctranKi'r. who, finding a ng beloriKlnK to one id' them, took enjoyment In si ru tlnlzlnt? a photo of the trio. Kllse shared her Internum with a Mm Graham, also bound for Canada. The young women on a, Hffhteeelrig tour met Mrs Oralutni, enviously awaiting her husband, who had u inn ida for sailing. Tluv were Intro duced to Lord Wilfrid and Lady Edith. A cottage by the ocean was rented by the trio for the summer. Elisabeth learned that a friend of her father's was to call. Two men called, one of them being the iticer-ctln stranger on the Steamer The girls were "not at home," lit discovered by the cards left that OM of the men was Kllzabeth's father's friend Tin- men proved to be John C. Blake and (lordon itennett. The party was told of the search for smugglers in the vicinity of the cottage. BUM visited Mrs. Graham to And that her life was 8ot the happiest. She learned that the i.,l. .hi,- and Lady Edith were acquaint ed. A wl-p of yellow hair from Mr. Ora hum's pin get fell Into the hands of Kllsi i. Mrs. fJrah nil's hair was black. During a sloim tin young women heard a crash In the hnii iiient nf the cottage and a mo nient latel Mary Anne, their womnii serv ant, entered, her arm bleeding. To as Sure tin in I hen' was no danger, Mary Anne descended to the basi inent alone and quieted their fears. Lady Kdlth told the girls of a robbery of jewels at the hotel. Ken ring for the safety of her own !em, she left them In a safe at the 001 age. Mr. Gordon Kennel t was properly ntroduced. explained his queer actions, returned the lost bag and told of mysteri ous doings of a year before connected with the cottage. Kxpliulng the cellar, one of the girls found a sphinx cuff-hul-lon, the exact counterpart of which both V Gordon Bennett and Lady Kdlth were found to pusses, also. CHAPTER VII Continued. "Don't be 'opin' that, Miss Gabrl elle;" it was Mary Anne who spoke, and she stood listening to the story with dishcloth in one hand and plate In the other. "Don't be 'opin' that. Remember the mother what bore 'im, and them that loves 'im, be 'e what 'e may." "Well," said Oabrlelle, "his mother should have brought him up better, that's all I've got to say about it; and I do hope he'll be caught and pun ished, (live us something good for lunch, won't you, Mary Anne? I'm starving, v "And, Elise," she continued, "I mado an engagement for us all to go gull ing this afternoon with the Campbells. And do you know I almost forgot to tell you the guests at the hotel had to submit to having their trunks searched I think it was Insulting, but Lady Kdlth said she thought it only right." nut, Gabrlelle," said Elizabeth, tucking her letter inside her shirt waist, to be brought forth in private later, "you forgot 1 told Mr. Bennett he could bring his friend Mr. Blake this afternoon. I meant to have tea on the veranda." "So you did. Well, we can all come home about four o'clock." "And I'll be ready fur you," prom ised Mary Anno, eagerly. "Don't you fash yerself, Miss Elizabeth ; I'll have everything laid out and ready, and I'll make you some nice little cakes, too, and 'ave them 'ot and ready, fur well I know you'll be 'ungry." So when Ixird Wilfrid sailed to our little slip thnt afternoon he found us waiting for him 'd quite prepared for a good time. There was a nice breeze, and the sea was not too rough, so we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and made a tour among the neighboring Islands, admiring the handsome resi dences with which they seemed to abound. "Hut I would Just as lieve have our cottage on the bluff as any of them," declared Elizabeth, contentedly, and we all ag eed with her. We sailed so near the American shore t tat we could distinguish the signs on the wharf of the little town where the boat landed, and Gabrlelle proposed going ashore and looking around a little. Lord Wilfrid busied himself with his sail for a moment, then turned and looked steadily at his sister. "Shall we land, Edith?" he said. "The wind is dead against us, and it will take some time to tack back home again, but of course, if you think best, I am quite willing." "Oh, 1 hardly think It would be wise, dear," she replied. "The girls havo an engagement, you know. Some other lime." So we sailed home again, specu lating as to which island Gordon Hon nett owned, until we saw that gentle man himself embarking with his friend in an immaculate little launch, ".listening with white paint and ab solutely spotless in every respect. We learned later on that the islanders ure quite as particular about the appear ance of their boats as are the cot- tagers at Har Harbor about their equipages, and that there Is among them a friendly rivalry on the subject We hailed him merrily and challenged him to race us home, and In spite of Uird Wilfrid's statement about the wind the boat cut through the water at a good pace. The salt spray dashed up In our faces and our hair blew into our eyes, but we did not care, for we reached the slip a full minute be fore Mr. Hennett, and could exult over his defeat even while obliged to ad mire his boat. "Hut this Is not the boat you left at the slip the day It stormed," remarked Gabrlelle; "this is much newer yes. and much prettier, but I believe the other Is faster. When you race with us you must always take your swiftest boat, you know." "Hut I can't race that boat, unfor tunately," he returned, with a short laugh. "When 1 came to get It that morning it had vanished entirely broken away, I suppose and I had to go home In a fishing smack I happened to be able to hire. I think it is very Inhospitable of you to keep your boat house door locked." "I think bo, too," agreed Elizabeth "and If I can ever remember It I MB going to get a locksmith from the vll lage and have It opened." We were all ready to do Justice to the nice hot cakes and tea Mary Anne had waiting for us, and we found Mr. Hlake quite an acquisition. He was n. nnlet man. who. as Gabrlelle sold, always seemed to he about to make a brilliant remark and never did, but kept us on the alert, waiting for It Lady Edith took off her hat and laid It on the chair beside her, and I Idl) picked It up, smoothing out the veil which was knotted around It and thinking how wonderfully well it suited her flower-like face. Sudden I) I paused, however, for In the veil fastening the chiffon to the hat brim, 1 saw a small pin shaped like a key and the counterpart of one link of my cuff button. 1 was about to draw It out and ask her about it, for the design was un usual, when I saw a gray shadow cross her face and her eyes dilate strangely She was looking beyond me. straight at Gordon Hennett, and I looked also, wondering greatly. He was bending forward, cup In hnnd, talking to Gubrlelle, anil a ray from the setting sun reached the spoon, causing It to gleam as ht moved It and Insensibly attract the eye. Something else t learned also from his white cravat, and I saw that his scarf-pin was the head of the Sphinx in raised-dull gold. CHAPTER VIII. "What I like best about Mary Anne,' remarked Elizabeth appreciatively, la that she Is so dependable." We were standing at my window watching Mary Anne and a mat ket basket disappear In the dl rection of the village. We regarde I tier broad ba k and deliberate move ments with genuine affection, know lug that her foraging would be eml nently successful and our larder sat isfaciorily stocked, which desirable re suit was not by any means certain to follow when we ourselves went to mar-ket. Oabrlelle and Elizabeth had their hats on and even carried gloves, which meant that something unusual was about to happen. "If wa had not made such a definite engagement with the Campbells, I would not go one step," announced Gabrlelle. "1 don't like to leave you alone with a headache." "Of course you must go," I returned ruefully. "We have set too many times and been disappointed to put it off again. Then, too, remember Lord Wil frld Is to meet you over there at lunch eon, and as he must have already started, there Is no way of letting him know. 1 will be all right when you come home, but it Is too bad." For this was the day agreed upon after various disappointments, for a shopping expedition to the small town acroBs the water. We Intended to take advantage of the little steamer that crossed every morning and returned every afternoon, explore the place, and Invest In a few articles the village could not supply. Lady Campbell and her brother were to join us, and we an ticlpated a very jolly time. 1 was therefore awfully disappointed when I wakened that morning with the dull pain In my eyeballs I huve reason to respect and treat with every def erence. While the girls made their toilets, protesting vigorously against leaving me alone, I rested my heavy hend against the window frame and tried to calculate how long It would probably be before my brain felt clear again and life would seem worth liv ing. "It is the kindest thing you can do for me," 1 said aUlast. "I prefer to be alone when my head aches. When you get off 1 will take something and He down, and Mary Anne will make me some tea for lutrch. Hy the time yo'u come home tired and rather cross I shall be all freshly dressed and as cool and comfortable as possible. Now, If you don't start, you will miss your boat." They finally set out, and I watched them walk down the path toward the village. Holb were tall and slender, but thre the resemblance ceasea en tirely. Oabrlelle was strictly tailor made from shoe to hat. but Elizabeth Inclined toward softening the severity of such costumes by various feminine devices very telling In their effect, es pecially upon the masculine element of society. When Oabrlelle turned and waved her tightly-rolled silk umbrella In a farewell salute, 1 thought her plain, well-flttlng skirt and lacket. Immacu lately severe linen shirt waist, stiff cravKt and trim little hat with Its knot of ribbon and long black quill, the only correct costume for any one. Hut when Elizabeth also turned and raised her red parasol I was not so sure, for the pretty tan-colored skirt and short Eton Jacket, the dainty white blouse, and the light straw hat with a red rose under the brim, were certainly very becoming, as well as entirely suitable. I lay quite still for some hours, then found myself gradually reviving and with a strong desire for a cup of tea. The house seemed very quiet, and though 1 opened my door and called several times there was no response. I was forced to conclude that Mnry Anne had taken advantage of our In tended absence to spend the day In the village, not knowing I had remained at home. I therefore got up and went down to the kitchen to see what I could find; for I had eaten no breakfast, and felt that I would now be all the better for a little food. The fire was out, and the prospects discouraging to one disinclined to make much of an effort; but 1 found Borne crackers, and remembered that Mary Anne had mentioned putting the milk on the hanging shelf In the cellar, so 1 got a glass and went after It, cracker Jar In hand. The cellar had been well aired and was much less damp and musty than on my previous visit. Also, the litter of boxes and other rubbish had been neatly piled along the wall, and the whole place seemed more habitable. The sea breeze swept through the open windows until the hanging shelf creaked on Its rusty chains, and a ray of Btinllgbt penetrated the dark re cess, almost reaching the packing case at the end. 1 found the milk and filled my glass, then wandered aimlessly Into the re cess, sat down upon an upturned box, and began my lunch I do not undor stand why I should have elected to do this, wnen the entire house was rtt my i disposal, but sometimes one obeys an1 impulse without any tangible reason for doing so. As I sat contentedly nibbling a cracker and sipping the milk I heard voices, muffled but quite distinct, as' though on the other side of a thin par tition. At first I was alarmed, but In ' an Instant I recognized Mary Anne's' familiar tones and was corresponding ly relieved, although her whereabouts' was still a mystery. "Now, then.'' said a man's voice Im patiently, "don't let's have a scene, and, for heaven's sake, don't turn on the water-works this place Is damp enough already." "Oh, Willy, my dear, dear boy," she , said appeallngly: "don't go for to be short wi' me don't, now!" (TO BK CONTINUED.) PERIOD OF REST PROCLAIMED. Absence of Light Regulates the Hours Of Slumber. If it were always da.imc, we should never sleep. So saya a scientist, ac cording to Answers. Theie Is no par ticulur reason why we, or any other animals, should rest, on an average, eight or nine hours a day. The period of rest has been deter mined by the fact that sight hours is the average time when there Is a' lack of sufficient light to enable us to DOT about In cotnlort. This most fundamental distinction between night and duy is wholly rela tive to the sense of sight. It only affects those types of -life which have, developed eyes. Plants, being dependent for their growth upon the action of rays of sun light which fall upon their leaves, j have a wide distinction between day j and night functions. They eat and digest In the light, and grow during the hours of dark ness. The lowest forms of animal life the sightless denizens of ocean depths do not rest at regular intervals. They prow! uround Incessantly, seek ing prey by the sense of touch alone. When they rest, It Is at Irregular pe riods. In other words, they have no distinct periodicity of their own. But as soon as eyes are developed, and In proportion to this development, animals begin to divide their time into two main portions a waking and a sleeping time. While there is light they perform all motive functions, When darkness comes they retire to nest or lair to rest. The Sympathy of Friendship. It Is sublime to feel and say of another, 1 need never meet, or speak, or write to him; we need not re-enforce our selves or send tokens of remembrance; I rely on him as on myself; If he did thus or this, I know it was right. Emerson. i SHAH OF PERSIA I LOSES THRONE I Has Taken Refuge in Russian Sum- H mer Legation at Zerzende, Under M Protection of Cossacks. M The Crown Prince, Sultan Ahmed Mi- H rasa, Is Proclaimed Shah by the H National Assembly, Atad Ul M Mulk Being Named as H Regent. H Teheran. Mohnmed All, Shah of H Portia, w'as dethroned on Erlday, .Inly M 10, and the crown prince. Sultan Ah- H med Mlr.i'ii. was proclaimed shah by H the national assembly, composed ot t the chief mujtehlds and the leaders H of the Nationalist forces, In the pres- H enee of an Immense crowd In Parllu M inent square. M Mohamed All has taken reHige In H the Russian summer legation at Zor- j zende, where he Is under the protec- H Hon of detachments of Cossacks and M SoHys, dispatched to Zerzende by the H British and Russian diplomatic rrpre- M sentatlveB. The new shah Is yet In M his minority and A.ad HI Mulk, head of the Kujar family, has been appoint- M id regent. Slpahdar, one of the most H active leaders of the movement, has H taken office us minister of war mid governor of Teheran. General Links H hoff, through whose negotiations with H the Nationalists the surrender was et- H l'ected, was escorted Friday afternoon H by mounted Hakhtlrlu to the parlla- H iiient building that he might remain H temporarily in command of the Cos- H sack brigade, provided he obeyed the H nib rs of the war minister. This ar- H SJBJBJBJBJ i'.iugement. ws communlctcd to the ,H British and Russian legations, H The shops and private quarters oc- H cupled by the shah's soldiers have H In en plundered and the residence of H the manager of the Indo-Perslnn Tel- H egraph company b.i been looted, but H IM other homes of foreigners were ln H .ided. The townspeople are taking H calmly the sudden change In rulers, H and the Nationalists are resting alter H lour days of Incessant lighting in the H streets of a strange town. H WILL 8TAND BY PROMISES. H 1 President Taft Declares Party is Com- mitted to Downward Revision. H Washington. All doubt as to where B President lull stands with regard to H the downward revision or the tariff H was swept away on Erlday, when a statement wus given out at the Win in H House setting forth in detail what tho I president had to say to twenty-three H Kcpuhllcim members of congress who H called to protest against putting raw H materials on the free list. H The president, in his statement, de-' dared that the Republican party is B . -on! muted to downward revision: that . I lie has never had any other idea of H 'he Chicago plat ton u. and that he per- H finally lias promised a downward re- H vision to the people H This statement Is Interpreted In H some quarters here as a direct mini, H cation to the conferees on the tariff H hill that If the measure they finally H igree upon does not constitute u ma- I leiial reduction In specific duties the H president will exercise his power ot H I.U'lat iNincvyETAOlN CNJN !;ffij lH Dictated n Die third person, the H statement concludes with this fljiai H word of the president's altitude as H nut lined to his callers: H "He fell strongly the call or the M country for a downward revision with- H In the limits of the protective prim ' I" and he hoped to lie able In re- spond to that call as lie heard It, as H well In the Interests of the party as ot H Hie country." H A Billion Dollar Merger. H New York. The merging of the I Bell Telephone companies of the H country into u gigantic corporation H represent lin; a capitalization of $070,- H nun. uiio Is believed to he foreshadowed H by the action taken by the American Telegraph & Telephone oompany in providing for the absorption of the H 1 New York & New Jersey Telephone J ! company. Although no official stale- J 1 men i could be obtained Friday, it is H I believed that the New York & New H Jersey Telephone company will ac- H cept the offer of the American Tele- H phone & Telegraph company to ex- jH I change Us stock share for share. H Mary Baker G. Eddy Celebrates Her IH Eighty-eighth Anniversary. Boston. -Mrs. Man Maker C. Eddy, lH founder and leader of the Christian H Science denomination, passed her H eighty-eighth birthday at her rest- H dence at Chestnut Dill on Friday. July H Miih According to ciunom, the an- H ulversary was without any particular H observance. Members of Mrs, Eddy's household said "the mother," as she H Was known by her followers was in H Splendid health and was attending ' H her affairs with her usual vlgonj iH