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wSfed PLAY R LI VOLUME XXXVJI. STE. GENEVIEVK. MISSOURI. SATURDAY, SE.PTKMBER 2(. 11)08. NUMBER 21. L J ft MEWS OFJHE WEEK THE LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD. NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST Foreign Lands, Throughout the Na tion, and Particularly frotn the Groat Southwest. The first break In the scheduled itinerary of the Atuurlcnn fleet occur red Thursday when It was founded In advisable, owing to tho delay In coal tug. to set sail for Manila until Friday morning. Tho leave-taking could havo tukoti place Thursday, but It was de cided to spend one more night In King George's Sound. "Aloro. Jhan $1,000,000 has been, loft by Johi nurjiham Hrowii, a pioneer iiiiUiikk man of Chicago, who died Thursday, for tho founding of one of I he most unique schools In tho vouutry. The Institution will lit young men and women to enter busi ness careers. Ono of tho peculiar provisions Imposed Is that the bodlos of Mr. Drown and his wife, who died suddenly Jan. 3, ho burled under the rotunda of the mnln building. Only $00,000 of the estate goes to relatives. If Count Itont do Castellanc will ac cept an offer of ?C000 a week for 10 weeks to appear In vaudeville, tho former husband of Anna Gould will bo seen on the stago In New York during tho winter. Tho Michigan Central Railroad com pany has closed a contract with tho American Car &. Foundry company to repair 5000 cars. This will keep ono plant busy until January 2, adding 1000 men to the pay-rolls. A verdict of not guilty was return ed by tho Jury trying Congressman Jay F. Lanlng of Ihu Fourteenth Ohio district, charged with embezzling frmi the Ohio Trust Co., of Norwalk, O., of which ho wait an officer. The United Tilatcs will bo rid of Emma Goldman, champion of anarchy, for a time. Sho Is going to forsako the shores of America for Australia, whore she will make a lecture tour. Tho 'standpatters" of Iowa havo selected as their candidate for tho United States senate nomination against Gov. Cummins, ox-Congressman John F. Lacy of Oskaloosa, turn ing down E. H. Clarke, Roosevelt's appointee to tho Interstate Commerce Commission, on the theory that ho la not well enough known. Six hundred persons wore mado homeless, half a million dollars' worth of damage done, and 0,000,000 feet of Diamond n.atch lumber destroyed when fire swept over Saco, Me., con suming 8.") tenement houses and threatening for a time tho complete destruction of tho place. Thcro were many heroic rescues and narrow escapes from death, and It was only nfter a long, arduous struggle that tho llremen woro able to subdue the flames. William Irvln, former Judge of tho criminal court, ono of tho oldest and most prominent Jurists In Indiana, fell lead in court, while arguing a case. Heart disease was tho cause. Determined to pry Col. Wm, F. SI e wart loose from tho army, war de partment officials will shortly call that ofllcor, who has been living In exile, at Fort Grant, Ariz., beforo a retiring hoard. Tho Government Is determined to get out of tho employers' liability law all tho potential power that Is In It. "VV. 11. Harr, or tho solicitor general's office, hns been r.ont to San Francisco to prepare a biief, and mako argu ment in a number of such case3 be fore the crleult court of appeals, Harr had had chaige of tho employers' liability cases before the supremo court. Developments Indicating that A. Hoolh & Co., who were placed in the lunula of a receiver last week, had not eeascd to operato as a trust and wero Axing tho prices of fish and other pro ducts throughout tho United States, are being mado tho subject of a rigid Investigation by tho United States district attorney's offllce, It may bo followed by tho prosecution of direc tors of the company, Trials of participants In tho Spring field riots of ono month ngo begin In tho Sangamom circuit court boforo Judgo James A. Crolghton. They will be preceded by tho trial of Joo James, tho negro' who killed Clergy Ballard, and who may bo said to havo lighted tho first sparks of lawlessness In tho city. Promlor Asqulth, who at tho last moment Interfered In tho great Cath olic procession of tho Blessed Sacra ment and caused tho parade to bo rob. bed of all ceremony, may havo to answer to Pnrllumlnt for his action. While- a guest of Col. Chns. Edwnrti Warde, M. 1'., at Teston, Eng., Maj, Gen. Edward Lunrd, retired, whoso wife was shot and killed mystorouBly near London, Aug. 24, died by throw ing himself bonouth tho whoels of a moving train. Worn out by hor actlvltlos In Washington eocloty during tho last iscttson, Miss Anna 13. Cockroll, daugh ter of F. M. Cockroll, Interstate com merce commissioner and formor fteimtor from Missouri, la 111, having undergono an operation for nppon dleltls. By tho death of Samuel Dovln, 35 years old, ft well-known morcbant of "Edge Grovo, Pa., near Hanover Adams county loses Its largest cttlzon and "Undo Sam probably his biggest post master. Dovlno was 6 feet 4 lncb.ee tal) and weighed 350 pounds. Tho roads I icfii'nl of a number of rait- comply Willi tho oidi is of tho e Commerce Com mission lo Information In runt"! 'ion enforcement of the bKI'-i n- Intcrst. furnish wllh II hour lav that would be In effect evi dence ii ainst IhetnselvcB, hns brought caustle comments fioni the forth commljdon. Jack; who II m Warrlbalo, a Creek negro, es tlvo miles southeast ot Mauufd d, Oltla., Is slowly turning nil from a slim negro, weigh white, ing letfc than HO pounds, he has changel. within three months, to a portly Van weighing 22fi pounds. Hallways In Texas declare lliey are operating, under heavy losses, while the stateall.'fty commission asserts that the truiiite is the local lints arc "milked" b) the big ItOldlng com panies. -);" Charles Itobeiis. a Creek freedman, residing nenr llroken Anow, In Tulsa county, Okla., bears the distinction of being the father of the largest num ber of children of any man In tho civilized world today. Ills children number lltty-ono according to the records of tho Dawos Commission at Muskogeo. When three all-too-Jovlal young Americans dyrnped a mule In the Mex ican flag and chased the animal through Urtiapam, Mexico, and there upon were cast Into n Mexican dun gqon, where they have languished over since, an International Incident was created which has caused a bitter onslaught on our stato department, has resulted In forcible representa tions lo tho Mexican government and has Involved much suffering for the humorous American youths con cerned. Liner Mauretania, In mldocenn, loses propeller blade, which knocks hole In vessel's hull and necessitates heaving to in n gale, causing panic. Drought in Pennsylvania causes enormous loss, rivers drying up and crops ruined, whllo towns are without. water and forest fires add to perils. Dr. Alexander Graham Hell says Wright accident will not delay other proponed experiments with airships. Because Tom Longboat, the Indian, was allowed to complete in tho Olympic Marathon race, officials of tho A. A. U. aro considering severing athletic relations with the A. A. U. ot England. Longboat had been declared a professional by the A. A. U. of this country, but the English A. A. V. paid no attention to tho ruling. The matter will be considered at a meeting of tho board ot governors to bo hold In November. Attempts to settle tho estate of John F. Wollcnsak, formerly., a wealthy hardware merchant of Chicago, but for years believed to be dead resulted In tho discovery that ho Is alive and has amassed another fortuno In a small town In California, where ho has lived, keeping his Identity secret from his relatives and friends. Invitations wero sent out to labor organizations nil over tho country to participate In the second national convention of tho unemployed to bo held In Now York city, beginning on Sept. 25, and continuing until Oct. 2. Hehlnd the movement aro J. Eads How of St. Louis, chairmnn, and Alexander Law, secretary. About -10 men wero overcome by smoke at a lire which raged all night In Swift & Co's., packing plant In South St. Joseph. All will recover ex cept Alex Mason, foreman of tho South St. Joseph hoso company, and George A. Houston, a hoscman. Their condition Is critical. Among those overcome wero Gencrnl Manager Wal ler of tho plant, and Flro Chief I'at Kane. When negroes attempted to lynch Isaac Young, a member of their face, at Hattlesburg, Miss., for attempting to nltaek a negro girl, white men In terfered and saved Young's life. W. M. Parker, Jackson county, charged with assault to kill and sent enced lo the penitentiary for ono year went to Little Hock, unattended by an otllcer taking a potlllon for pardon and a commitment to prison. Gov. I'indnll granted a 10 days' rcpiiovo and Parker returned homo. Parker shot Giif Gay, hut claims ho was pro tecting his family. Hev. John Tomnszewskl, priest of All Saint's Polish Catholic (Indepen dent) Cathedral, Chicago, was beaten and stnbbed by an unidentified man. The attack was mado whllo me priest sat studying his Ulble In tho quiet ot his study In tho parish house, adjoin ing tho cathedral. Tho department of Justice Is ad vised of the capture of between thirty and forty seal poaching Japanese boats and two schooners, tho Sakall and tho Plnzal Maru, within tho throe Claiming that tho ovldenco beforo tho grand Jury, which Indicted their clients for subornation of perjury In connection with tho Frank J. Gould dlvorco, was fraudulent, counsel for Mrs. Pen Teal, Harry L. Mousely and Miss Mnrgarot Fleming obtained an order from Judgo Grain of tho court of general sessions lor leave to In spect tho minutes of tho grand Jury. Tho Coronor's Jury Investigating Iho cause of tho explosion nt Windsor Mo., which resulted In tho death of 12 and In the Injury of a scoro of per sons, roturned a verdict, lludlng that A. F, Horschborgor, conductor of tho "Knty" local train, was responsible for tho disaster, ho having' thrown a lighted nmtch Into looso powder under a car containing the explosives. Horschborger died In tho hospital here. The supreiuo court of Oklnhoma re fused the Prphlblttonlsts a placo on tho state tlcVet. MURED LOVE-CRAZED MAN SHOOTS GIRL AND HER MOTHER WHEN SUIT IS DENIED. HE THEN BARRICADES HOUSE Remains In Victims' Home and Fires on Officers Who Demanded His Surrender, Woundlnri the . .. . Wau:;esiia, Wisconsin. After hold ing a posse at bay all night and firing sevoral shots, George Smith, who Friday night shot Mrs. Julius Grabow and her dnughter, Olga, 14, and then seriously wounded Sheriff George Dwlnncll, was captured at day light Saturday. Mrs. Grabow, who was shot- in tho head three times, is dying at a hospllal hero. Dwlnncll and Olga Grabow will recover. Smith was born and bred In Wauke sha, but went away when ho becamo of age, and wns gone for several years. Upon his return lie obtained work with Grabow. Ho at onco began to show a strange fondness for Olga. Ho would spend his savings buying pres ents for her and the family finally dis covered that ho was In love with tho girl. Quarreled With Her Father. Friday afternoon Smith finally do elded to ask Grabow for permission to marry his daughter. Grabow re fused, saying the girl was too young. Smith and Grabow had a hot discus sion and Smith left in nnger. It appears that he had been drink ing, either boforo he asked Grabow for permission to gel married or Imme diately afterward. Ho paid another visit to a nearby saloon, then went into the house, drow a revolver and shot twice at Olga. Tho girl was only slightly wounded, but the mother, who ran screaming from tho second floor, was shot three times, and one bullet probably will cause hor death. Volley His Answer. Tho mother and girl wero removed to tho nearest farmhouse, and Sheriff Dwiimell arrived soon afterward In an automobile. Ho searched tho first door," and then called upstairs for Smith to surrender. Ills answer was a volley of revolver shots, ono of which struck him In the arm. Anoth er grazed his face, but only wounded him slightly. Smith then closed the door nt tho head of the stnlrs and piled tho furni ture against it. As soon as word reached hero of tho shooting crowds began to go to tho Grabow house. Be fore midnight at lenst 200 persons, nrmed with rifles, revolvers and shot guns had gathered, and built Arcs about the houso to make it impossible for Smith to escape. CHOLERA SPREAD RAPID. In Twelve Hours 471 New Cases Re ported In St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg. The military au thorities mado known Friday for tho first lime tho condition among the troops. The disease Is spreading so rapidly that a second large hospital Is to bo opened Immediately. Thoro aro S3t patl juts In hospitals. Slnco the beginning of tho epidemic thero has been a total of 1,001 cases, of which 37 lecovored. In view ot tilt; rapid spread of tho epidemic and the danger to children, tho niunif it,nlity has decided to close the primary schools of tho city and to convert the school building Into hospitals. From Friday noon until mld-nlght 471 cholera cases wero reported In this city. Sperry Takes Shorter Route. Washington. Hear Admiral Sperry, commander of tho Atlantic Bat tleship fleet, Informed tho navy department by cnblo Friday that tho fleet ,. iving left Albany Friday morning, - .Id proceed via LumbocK! Straits. .. ) strnlfs of Ma'casar, tho; Celebes i the straits of llasllan audi tho Snlu sea, These waters nro un-j frequented ordinarily by either navail or commercial vessels, but tho route! selected by Admiral Sperry Is tho' shortest between Albany nnd Manila. New Fires Reported. Albany, Now York. Reports or now forest fires In tho Adiroudacks wero rei. ved Friday by tho stato forest, lb 1 and game commission. Itnln Is b.vdly needed to nld In tho work of controlling tho lires and tho scarcity of available men to fight tho flames is proving a serious hnndlcnp. HuntorB tiro charged with causing many Arcs through negligence In fulU Ing to extinguish their enmp fires. Workmen Killed by Explosion. Lawton, Oklahoma. Three Greek workmen Mlchaol Johnson, Steven Dacht and Cota Potra, died Friday as tho rosult of a boiler ex plosion nt tho Hock Island crushor hero lalo Thursday. Governor Pardons Life Prisoner. Guthrie, Okla. Acting on tho re commendation of tho Hoard of Par dons, Acting Governor Bellamy par doned James Walchor, serving a llfo sentonco for tho murder of Colonel John F. Stouo at Kingfisher In 1000. missouri news jl Republicans Open Campaign. Sprlngtleld. Tl)i' Republicans of Missouri opened their i amplgn here with speeches of Herbert 3. lladhy. their candidate lor governor; John Swanger, secretary of slate, and other candidates on tin- state ticket, and Senator Elmer U lturkett of Ne braska. Weather venditions wero per fect, with clear sunshine and a gentle breeze tempering th. heat. Every element nlid faction the pnrty has hail for yMrs was represented In the gathering On the roomy stago ofsplutfotrw wv(ro seated nearly n hun dred prominent Republicans Every candidate on the state ticket wns pros out, as were three of the candidates for United Stnles senator. Hardly a member of the state committee but was there and every section of the trtato was represented. Men were hero from St. Jos.ph and Maryvllle, from Capo Girardeau and Lnmnr. The lightest representation was from Kansas City, but it was explained that tho Republicans of Jackson county wero having their grent anutial picnic, planned before the date set for the opening of tho stato campaign. Many believe that the crowd, which In size wns about the same as that at the opening of the Democratic cam paign at Scdalla, would havo been larger If It w-is not for the fact that Monday and through noxt week Mr Ilndlcy and tho stato candidates start a campaign and speechmaUlng tour at Joplln, Carthago and several near by cities. For these there has been generous advertising and residents ot that section contiguous to this are counting on hearing Republican candi date and his associates In their own cities. United Zinc Company Sold. Aurora. The Magnolin Ijad and Zinc company has purchased the leases and mill of the United Zinc company and will operate the pro porty, which is one of the largest In this district. There are 133 acres, and the land hns been a fine pioducer The United Zinc company shut down here last November. The new company is composed of L. W. Place, Hamilton O.; W. F. Mills, Dallas, Tex.; S. E Hemp, Hamilton, O.; I'. 11. Ftlzpalrlel Syroueb.; J. F. Hill and F. 11. Wilcox loplln. The company is capitalized xt $200,000, all paid. The deal was closed Thursdny, and work will coin monce In two vcoks. This Is the larg est deal hero since the panic. Blind Woman is Secretary. Hannibal. Miss Mary Knighton, .vho has been totally blind slnco child hood, wns elected corresponding sec :etary of the local Woman's Christian Tempernnco Union at the annual meeting here. Miss Knighton highly educated and writes a largo out neat and legible hand. She has been a leader In Hannibal religious and temperance work during the past few years. Other officers chosen for tho coming year aro: Mrs. S. I GIvan, president; Mrs. A. R. Wooden, recording secretary ntftl Mrs. Jennie Kaup, treasurer. Students' Paper Is issued. Columbia. Tho first issue of the University Missouiiau the daily even ing paper published by the Collego ot Journalism has appeared. Newsboys brought from St. lyouls sold tho papers on the streets at a nickel a copy. Tho paper is a aix-cohmin, four-pago local paper with condensed telegraph Hows. Tho work Is done by students. Misses Death In Shaft. Joplln. C. Stlllwell, a graduate from Columbus, O.. had a narrow es cape hero when D. Plumlee, cag'e bolster, let tho cage In which Still well was riding, drop CO feet down u mlno shaft, StUhvell had a leg brok en and received Internal Injuries. fter the cage dropped Plumlee faint ed, but was caught boforo ho fell In to tho shaft. Woman Accused of Peonage. Kansas City. Alleging that for 3: rears her sister 1ms been held In davery. Mrs. Martha E. Robortsou, legro woman who lives near Mount 'eonnrd's, Saline county, Mo., sworo iut a United States warrant oharglng Mrs. Belle Kays of tho samo county .vlth peonage. J. E. Morrison, a loputy marshal, left to servo tho war rant. Walter Su es Woman for $1,500. Pt. lu)uls, . Leory Reynolds n waiter suit for $ 1,500 damages aas brought igalnst Mrs, Westminister luno 3, follow Mrs. MorreU' Mary 11. Morrcll, 42G2 placo. Ho was arrested Ing the disappearance of s purse In a cafe, Shu accused him of falling to guard it, Swore on Streets; Negro Is Fined. Kansas City. Louts Hush, a negro, ,vns beforo Judgo Woodward, police judgo in Argentine charged with violating tho antlsweaiing law by swearing on tho streets. Ho pleaded jullty. Miller Htld at Benton. Ulodgett. William W. Miller w wrested In connection with tho killing if Morris Staguer ai)d Is now in Jail t nonton. Miller's preliminary ex jmlnatlon will be held Monday, Sop iombor 28, Mr. Barnes, American I Archibald Clavcring Gunter A Sequel to Mr. Barnes of New York Author of "Mr. Barnes of Now Yotlc, "Mr. PotUr of Tex," "That frenchman," Etc. Copxiliibt, l'JT. IXxld Mead .1 Co., N. V. SYNOPSIS. ntirtem H. Uarnea, a wealthy American tnurltiB Corsica, rescues the young UnK llsh lieutenant, Kilwunl Gerard Anstrutli--r, unJ bis C'orsic.vi bride, Marina, duuRhter of tho 1'uolls, from tho inur deious vendetta, understanding that his reward Is to be the band of tho Kirl ho loves. Enid Anstrutlicr, sister nt tho Dng llsh lieutenant. The four lly trom AJac clo to Marseilles on board tho French steamer Constantino. The vendetta pur sues and us the quartet nro about to board tho train for J-ondon nt Marseilles, Marina 1 handed a mysterious note which causes her to collapso nnd necessi tates a postponement ot the journey. Barnes nnd Knld nro married. Soon after tholr wedding Barnes' bride ills appears. Barneo discovers slio has been kidnaped nnd taken to Corsica. Tho groom secures n fishing vessel nnd Is about to start In pursuit of Ills bride's captors when he henrs n scream from tho villa nnd rushes back to heir that Anstruthcr's wife. Martini, Is also miss ing. Barnes Is compelled to depart for Corsica without delay, and so he leaves the seorch for Marina to her husband while ho Goes to hunt for llnld. .lust bo foro Barnes' boat lands on Corsica's shore Marina Is discovered biding In n corner of tho vessel. She explains her nctlon by saying sho has como to help Barnes rescue his wife from tho Cor3l cans. Barnes nnd Slarlna have unusual adventures In their search for Enid. In ncekins shelter from a storm the couple enter a hormitafjo nnd thera to their nmazemcnt thoy discover Tomasso. tlm foster father of Marina. Tomnsso Icatns that Marina's husband did not kill her brother. Many wrongs nro righted. Bnrnes is surprised In tho hermllngo by Bochlnt nnd Itomnno, the two detested hamllts, who have been searching for him to murder him for bis money. The bandits attempt to take away Marina. Barnes darts out the door. Tho bandits stnrt to pursue, but ns they reach the door both are laid low by Barnes' revolver. Anstru ther arrives to llnd Marina and learns that she has been lured avay by tho telcsrum which had been sent by another without bis knowledge. Tho two start In search of Marina. Barnes and Kdwin take dllferent ronds In their search. Kdwin is trapped In a tower where bo Is mado prisoner. In endeavoring to escape bo opens a trap door where he Ilnds Emory, the dctei -tlvo, who had been imprisoned thero pre viously. In another secret chamber To masso Is found Imprisoned. Edwin in climbing down n w.-yi sees upon tho porti co of n farm houso Marina and Count n-anella sitting nnd talking together. Barnes nrrlves und finds the bridgo swung preventing his crossing over. He hoars the volco of Marina crying for mercy. I to xnminea Ids revolver. CHAPTER XVII. Continued. Hnstlly ho selects a spot with a good lino of sight and stands waiting wait ing for the chance; for intervening vines trouble him, and the foliage of a great orange tree, standing alone In tho garden and midway between the houso nnd tho turret, jumbles the light, which Is only tho faint sheen of tho rising moon. Slightly before this, Marina hud been sitting on tho long veranda of the Corsican farmhouse, tho lighted lamps placing some tinges of ruby In her dnrk brown hair and giving color to tho light costume that enhances her loveliness. Quietly entering from tho house, Ciprlnno Danella, costumed In the old time, romantic Corsican garb, gazes upon tho exquisite girl outlined by tho light costume. Tho eagerness of his glance drnws Mrs. Anstruther's eyes to' him. Sho looks up and says: "Ah, Count Ciprl nno, It was very noble of you, who I had feared would hato mo, to rescuo me from tho 'Luccheso.' At your ad vice, I hao rested hero, but to-morrow, notwithstanding tho romantic serenado you havo provided for mo, I must go on to Pastla." "Oh, yes, to llastla," murmurs tho count softly, and stepping nearor, says suavely, though there is a weird sug gestion In his volco that somewhat dis quiets tho lady: "Wo aro nlono hero in my old farmhouse, only old Martha, tho coolt, who, far away, will snoro till dawn, and my nephew, Count Enrico." "I haven't seen him," remarks tho girl uneasily. "Parbleu, you did once, tho gentle man with tho scar upon his face, tho ono who delivered tho letter that caused your uorves to Jump In tho Marseilles railroad station. Kvon now his nanio seems to have nn 111 effect upon you," for Marina has started up, nnd tho fluttering of her light skirts shows hor limbs nro trembling, "Mia Mndre, was ho tho man?" sho ehuddors. "And was It you who penuod It?" Then somo divination entering her mind, she implores pathetically; "Holy VIrglu, no harm has como to Edwin? Have I not kept tho cruol pact? Have I not deserted my doar husband? It wns the promise of that awful letter that no ovll should come to Kdwin If I left his nrms." "Ah, but you Intended to return to them, bella mla," smiles tho gentle man. Tho young wife scarcely heeds tho Insinuation of tho subtle Italian term, but tUamniers confused: "Why do you think that?" "Ma fol, you were Journoying to Bits tin to moot your husband, lured thoro by a telotram I directed to bo sent to you from that place," whispers the tuuut significantly. "Tno telegram was falso? Edwin Is not In Corsica? Kdwin Is snfo? Madro dl Wo, I thank theol" Marina's volco rings wllh n hopo that produces a su premo Joy In Clprlano's occult mind. Tills lady upon whom ho has sot his fervid heart, Is courage personlliod as regards her own safety, but tho great love sho bears this Englishman mnUes her timid for him. "lis Uanella's plan to uso for Its own destruction this gen erous and mighty love. "That's what I wish to discuss with you," ho observes quietly, gazing upon a faco to which each wave of passion adds such loveliness that ho cannot rostraln tho monstrous proposition on his tonguo. it breaks forth. "My poor brother loved you, but you gave him death," he whlspors passionately. "1 love you, but, per Haccho, you will not glvo mo death but lovo!" "Lovo? Impossible?" Marina starts from him wildly; then scorn coming to her eyes and voice, remarks haughti ly: "You aro speaking to a wedded wife, Monsieur." "Not legally wedded, I have hopes. My brother, poor Musso, perchanco by his lips In private gavo his consent to your nuptials, but of that I havo no proof. Thoro Is no written document. You aro still a child but 20 accord ing to the French law, you cannot wed without tho consent of your guardian for sovcral years Austruther, in his careless English way, thought not of It; you wero too eager for his wooing to noto the omission. By my poor "Edwin, My Husband My Flowers Brought You to This!" brother's death, his authority as your guardian passes to me." "Pish! I was wedded In Mtisso's very prosecco," answers tho girl, proudly; then cries: "I am Edwin Gerard An struthor's wife, by the church and by my love." " Tis a pity; you compel me to make you his widow." "Edwin's widow?" At that awful word, Marina shudders and sinks over come into a chair. "Listen to me!" Clprlano's volco is deep with menace, yet soft with pas sion. "On tho further cliff down tho coast are quarries of dazzllng-hued green Orezza marblo that Is taken from this Island to deck palaces." "Orezza marble, what has that to do with Edwin's life?" half scoffs tho girl. "Hut It may havo something to do with his death," observes Danella. "For the blasting of the rock Is used much dynamite. I have robbed the quarries and havo mined tho base of yonder turret with the oxploslvo. In it are three mon: ono, old Tomasso, whoso knife entered my brother's heart; tho other, an American dotec tlvo who has placed his Yankee noso Into this vendetta, unfortunatoly for himself. Emory Is In that turrot. You will glvo something for these men's lives?" "For Emory and dear old Tomasso? Cortalnly anything In reason." The lovely eyes aro filled with a strange alarm. "Ah, but It must not be In reason It must bo In a passion as exalted as my own for you. When I direct my nephew, who Is bound to mo not only by tlos of blood, but of gratitude, nnd who Is Inflamed against you all by his oath of vendetta for tho murdered Musso, ho will light tho fuso leading to tho mlno, and puff! that tower, with every man who's In It, goes Into tho air!" "Murderer!" shudders Marina, who hns listened astounded. "Ah, you have sympathy for theso poor fellows! That Is wtilj I shall love you more for your tender heart," continues Clpiiano softly. "Hut tho law!" half screams tho lady. "PahIn Corsica in n vendetta. Uesldes, tho blown-up tower will bo thought but nnother outrage of the rioting 'Luccheso.' Oh, this Is no worse than dagger thrusts or blows from bullets which always como In a blood foud. And In that mined turret," Cl prlano's voice Is low hut terrible, "thero Is auothor man, who following tho cyclamen l!ower3 you dropped In tho road and n few more we udded to lead him Into that fntul tower " "Edwin!" Marina's limbs hardly up hold her. "Tho man you foolishly call hus band." Tho finger of tho suave wooer points to tho turret's upper floor. Then tho game is on I Hor eyes following his gesture, a. shuddering cry, low, broken, despair ing yet full of tonderest lovo, Issues from tho girl's lips that have now bo como whlto ns death Itself: "Edwin, my husband my flowers broufelit you to this following for lovo of me" "Ho Is caught like a rat In my trap!" smiles tho count. "Net without warulnc, wretch" Sho would spring from tho war.-.i and run over lo tho base of thi towei and call tip to the man whose faco she seos outlined against tho grillage ol tho upper window, through whose lrou bars ho Is struggling to forco bin way Hut Clprlano's strong hand clutchea her white arm; ho pulls hor back lute tho scat and commands: "Not until you'vo heard my words, vhlch may savo his life!" "His llfo? Tell me!" "1 havo oxplalued you are not legal ly this man's spouse," Clprluno's volco Is trembling with deslro, "Become mine! I had purposed In Nlco to give you a very cruol death for what you had to do with my brother's killing, but when I saw your beauties and know that the little child I had, ones soon had grown Into a Venus, but no marblo one, to myself I said: 'Corpo di Ilaccho, 'tis In tho blood of the Dan,el las to lovo this woman. I am enamored of her as wildly as poor dead Musso. "lis a medieval Idea; Instead ot slay ing her, I'll have revengo in winning her against herself, tho wife also against the husband." "Not against Edwin! You have nc cause of lints against him." "Vendettas are caused by lovo as well ns hate! Ho dares to call you wife. Each moment my eyo rests upon you Increases thy sweetness to me You aro Corsican so am I no for cigner should stand between us." "Holy Virgin, you expect mo to love you?" stammers tho girl. To this ho answers with Machiavel lian subtlety: "Of courso not now but that may como In time. At pres ent you lovo Edwin! Decause of this dovoted love to save this gentleman you ndore you glvo yourself to me." At his hideous mathematics tho girl utters a cry of horror. "If you would save the life ot this Englishman whom I should dispatch by my oath of the vendetta, at once your kisses. "Would Edwin wish to live, his wife untrue? Monster!" Marina's face blaze3 with shame. "Oh, no, not monster; simply a man who has gone crazy for thee. Understand, if yon nro mine, tho man In that tower lives. To-night on tho vessel that is anchored here, I'll bear you away to some far distant Isle of Greece." "My husband would follow us for ever!" "Not If he knew you were faithless! 'Tis not their English way. A woman who is dishonored Is no moro to them than a tainted orange." . "Dishonored in his eyes? Never!" cries the gill. "I'd sooner you killed him sooner you killed me, much! I'm In your power; I'm alone .here, help less in your hands. Kill me. Lot my darling go." As Danolla has clutched her, tho old neck fastenings,, of the ancient gown havo given way; she plucks its laces further apart over hor dazzling bosom and begs: "Ilury your stiletto here, but spare my husband." Her pose only makes her the more alluring to his devouring eyes. "What, kill tho being I adore!" shudders Clpiiano. "I have no -stiletto and I havo taken care no knife Is near your desperate hnnds, my lady. Ue sldes, I'll never let you go. If you will not leave your husband as his wlfo, leavo him as his widow." "Here, Enrico!" he calls. Tho young cavalier with the scar abovo his eyebrow comes onto the voranda and says: "My uncle, I honor thee, you havo decided to Give this woman death?" (TO BE CONTINUED.) BUILDING OF A W1TICISM. Point of Joke the Same Though Under Changed Conditions. The Bohemian had an article enti tled, "How a Joko Is Mndo." In it Marshall P. Wilder, the well known humorist, cites this story as an Illus tration of ono method. "Horo Is a story with a Joko in it nbout Labou chore, tho genial oditor ot London Truth. When he was standing for tho borough of Northampton for tho English parliament a llttlo girl camo up to hor father and Fald: 'Papa, who mado Mr. Labouchere?' 'Why. Provi dence, my .dear,' answered tho some what astonished paront. 'And what for, papa?' Inquires tho child. Now that isn't a bad Joko. It was natural, anyway. Hut listen to ono ot inlue, which really has tho samo point, though It is brought out In a different way. A child and her mother are on tho cars. Opposlto them sits a young man dressed In the height of fashion Says tho child: 'Mamma, what lo that?' and. as she asks tho question, blio points to tho young mnn opposlto. 'Hush, my dear,' answers tho mother. 'Hut, mother, I want to know.' To quiet the elind tho mother whlspeis in her car: 'Ho Is what we cull a dude, dear.' Tho child persists as usual In gaining somo moro Information. 'And who mado him, mamma?' 'Why, Providence, dear, of course,' replies tho mother sotto volco, whereat tho child oxclnlms: 'Oh, mother, doesn't Providence liko to havo fun some-, times?' You seo, the stories are teal ly alike. At nit events, tho point la tho snmo." A Matter of Taste. Cynic Phllosophor You should be careful to address all men In honeyed speech. Student Why so? Cynic Phllosophor Because then It will not bo so hard on you when you lmvo to cnt your woids. Baltlmoro American. Trade With Colonies. Tho trado of Franco with her colo nies for 1900 nsgregatod over 1200, 000,000, of which $123,047,800 conlstf ed in exports ot manufactured pn lucU from Franc v 2 fit