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(Copyright, 1898, 1900, by 8. 11, Ciockctt ) .CHAPTER .XXIX. Continued. "Madam," sati! Werner, with dignity, "go to Kerns: you must. The en 1 emy Is near to tho city, and jour High- ' noa -night fall Into their hands." "You have heard what I have said!" J&nn tapped the oaken floor with her foot. "But, madam, let mo bcBeech yu " Joan turned from her chief captain Impatiently and walked toward the door of her private apartments. Wer ner followed his mistress, with his hands a llttlo outstretched and a look of eager entreaty on his face "My lady," he said, "thirty years I was the fartMul servant of your father t"o I have served you. By tho momory of those years, If I have sorved you faithfully" " "My father taught you little, If after thirty years you have not learn ed to obey. ' Go to your post!" Werner von Orseln drew himself up and saluted. Then ho wheeled about and clanked out without adding a word more. For a moment after the door closed upon the men, Joan and Margaret stood In sllenco regarding each other. Suddenly Margaret ran Impulsively to Joan, clasping her about the neck. , "I know!" she said, looking up Into A her face. With a great leap the blood flow to Joan's neck and brow, then as slowly faded away, leaving her paler than be fore. "What do you know?" sho faltored, , and sho feared, yet desired to hear. "That you love Conrad!" said Mar garet, very low. "Joan, I am so glad so glad!" "Margaret, I am shamed for over It Is sin!" whispered Joan, with her arms about her friend. "Joan, you will yet be happy." Tho Duchess shook her head. "It were best for us both that I should die that Is what I pray for." "May heaven avert this thing you know not what you say." And tho two women went Into the attiring room with arms still locked about each other's waists. And as often as their eyes encountered they lingered a llttlo, as If tasting tho now knowlcdgo which they had In common. Then those of Joan of the Sword Hand wcro averted, and she blushed. It was night In the city of Courtland, and a tlmo of great fear. Ever and anon from tho east, where were tho camps of tho opposed forces, there camo a sound, heavy and sonorous, llko distant thunder. Whereat the frighted wives of tho burghors of Courtland said, "I wonder what moth er's son lies a-dylng now. Hearken to tho talking of Great Peg, tho Mar grat's cannon!" At tho wostern or Brandenburg gato thoro was yet greater fear. For tho I news had spread nthwart tho city that I a great body of horsemen had paused In front of It, and were being held In , parley by tho guard on duty, till tho Lady Joan, Governor of tho city, should bo mado aware. Tho Governor of tho city, roused ; from a rare slumber, leaped on her ' horso and went clattering with an escort through tho unsleeping streets. Looking out, Joan could sco a dark masB of horsomon, whllo above them glinted In tho palo starlight a forest or I spearheads. "Whence como you, strangers?" cried Joan. "From Plassonburg wo are!" camo back the answer. "Who leadB you?" "Captains Boris and Jorlnn officers of tho Prlnco's bodyguard." "Lot Captains Boris and Jorlan tip HJ proach and dollvor their message" "With whom aro wo In speech?" "And what of Prince Conrad?" cried tho unmistakable volco of long Boris, "With tho Princess Joan of Hohen " stein, Govornor of tho city of Court- land," said Joan, firmly. "Come on, Boris; tlioBo Courtland knnver will not nhoot lis now. That Is tho volco or Jonn of tho Sword Hand. Thoro rnn bo no treachery whoro sho Is." "llo, below there!" cried Joan. "Shlno n light on them from tho upper sally port." Thu lantern Hashed out, and there, Immediately below bur, Joan behold Boris and Jorlan saluting as of old, with tho simultaneous gesture which had grown so fumlllur to her during tho davs of l"1" Jiuci'ii Shu was 9 moved to smile In spite or tho sober ness or tho circumstances. "What news' bring you, good en voys?" "We have brought tho most part of tho Palace Guard with us five hun dred good lances and all hungry-bellied for victuals and all monstrously thirsty In their thronts. Besides which, Prince Hugo raises Plassenburg and tho Mark, and In ten days ho will be on the march for Courtland." "God send him speed! I fear mo In ten days It will bo over Indeed," said Joan. "What, does the Muscovite press you so hard?" "He has thousands to our hundreds, so that he can hem us In on every side." "Never fear," cried Boris confident ly; "wo will hold him In check for you till our good Hugo comes to take him on tho flank." Then Joan bade tho gates bo opened and tho horsemen of Plassenburg, strong men on great horses, trampled In. Then, without resting, sho went to tno wool market, which had been turned Into a soldiers' hospital. Here she found Theresa von Lynar, going from bed to bed smoothing pillows, anointing wounded limbs, and assist ing tho surgeons in tho caro of those who had been brought back from tho ratal battlefields of tho Alia. Theresa von Lynar roso to meet Joan as sho entored. Silently tho young girl beckoned her to follow, and they went out between long lines of pallets. "Remember, when all Is over I shall keep my vow!" Joan began, as they paused. "And I also will keep ralno!" re sponded Theresa briefly. "I am Duchess and cltyt Governor onf.r till tho Invader Is driven out," Joan continued. "Then Islo Itugen Is to bo mine, and your son shall sit In tho seat of Henry tho I.lon!" "And what or Prlnco Conrad?" asked Theresa quietly. Joan was silent Tor a space, then sho answered with her eyes on tho ground. "Prlnco Conrad shall rulo this land as Is his duty Cardinal, Archbishop, Prlnco; there shall bo none to deny him so soon ns the power or the Mus covite Is broken. Ho will bo In full alliance with Hohensteln. He will form a blood bond with Plassenburg. And when ho dies, nil that Is his shall belong to tho children of Duke Maurice and his wire Mnrgarct! 1 shall nover marry!" "God rorbld," said Theresa, looking nt her, "that such a woman ns you should dlo without living!" CHAPTER XXX. the Wooing of Boris and Jorian. "Jorlan," said Boris, adjusting his soft under-Jerken before putting on his body armor, "thou art the greatest fool In tho world 1" "Hold hard, Boris," answered Jorlan. "Honor to whom honor thou art greater by a foot than I!" "Well," said tho long man, "let us not qunrrcl about tho breadth of n finger nail. At any rate, wo aro the greatest fools In tho world." "There aro others," said Jorlan, Jerk ing his thumb over his shoulder In the direction of tho women's apart ments. ' "A plcguo on all women!" growled tho llttlo fat man, his rubicund and shining faco lined with unaccustomed discontent. "A plaguo on all women, I say! What can this Theresa von Lynar want In tho Muscovlto camp, that wo must promlso to convey her safe through the fortifications, and then put her Into Prlnco Wasp's hands?" "Think you that for somo hatred of our Joan you remember that night nt Islo Rugen or somo purpose of her own (sho loves not tho Princess Mar garet either), this Theresa would be tray tho city to tho enomy?" "Tush!" Jorlan had lost his temper and answered crossly. "In that case, would sho havo called us In? It were easy enough to find somo traitor among theso Courtlandcrs, who, to obtain the favor of Prlnco I-ouls, would holp to bring tho Muscovlto In." "Well," sighed his companion, " 'tis woll enough said, my excellent Jorlan, but all this does not ndvanco us an Inch. Wo havo promised, and nt,elovon o tho clock wo must go. Whnt hin ders, though, that wo havo a bottlo of Rhenish now?" Thus In tho hall of tho men-at-arms In tho Castlo of Courtland spoko tho two captains of Plassonburg. All tho tlmo they woro busy with their attir ing, Boris In especial making great play with a tortolscshell comb among his tangled locks. Somcwhnt more spruce was tho nrrnylng of our twin comrades-in-arms than wo havo seen It Perhaps It was tho thought of tho dangerous escort duty upon which they had promised to venturo forth that night; perhaps "May wo como In?" cried an nrch volco from tho doorway. "Ah, wo havo caught you. Thoro wo know It! So said I to my sister not nn hour ngono Women may bo vain as peacocks, but for prinking, dandifying vanity, com mend mo to a pair of forolgn war cap tains, My lords, havo you blacked your oyolashes yet, touched your oyo brows, scented and waxed thoso beau tiful mustaches? Sister, can you look and llvo?" And to tho two soldiers, standing stiff nt at attention, with their combs In their hands, enter tho sisters Anna ami Mnrthn Pnn'.enholin. more full of mischief than ever, and entlroly unsub dued by tho presenco of tho Invader at their gates, "Russ or Turk, Courtlander or Fran conlan, Jow proselyto or dwoller In Mesopotamia, nil Is ono to us. So bo thoy nro men, wo will tlo thorn nbout our little fingers!" "Why," cried Martha, "whenco this grand toilet? Wo knew not thf you had friends in tte city. And yet thoy tell mo you have been In Courtland before, Sir Boris?" "Marthe," cried Anna Pappenhelm, with vast pretence or Indignation, "what has gotten Into you, girl? Can you have rorgotton that martial car riage, those limbs Incomparably knit, that readiness of retort and dcllcato sparkle of Wendlsh wit, which set all tho table In a roar, and yet never bring tho blush to maiden's cheek? For shame, Marthol" "Ha! ha!" laughed Jorlan suddenly, short and sharp, ns If a string had been pulled somewhere. "Ho! ho!" thus more sonorously Boris. Anna Pappenhelm caught her skirts In her hand, and spun round on her heel on pretenso of looking behind her. "Slstor, what was that?" sho cried, looking beneath tho settles and up tho "My lords, have you blacked your eye lashes yet?" wldo tin oat or tho chimney. "Mo thought a dog barked." "Or a gray gooso cackledl" "Or a donkey sang!" "Ladles," said Jorlan, who, being vnstly discomposed, must perforce try to speak with an affectation of be ing at his ease, "you aro pleased to bo witty." "Heaven mend our wit on your Judg ment!" "And wo nro right glad to bo your butts. Yet hnvo wo been accounted follows of somo humor In our own country and among men " "Why, then, did you not stay there?" Inquired Martho pointedly. "It was not Burls and I who could not stay without," retorted Jorlan, somewhat nettled, nodding towards tho door of tho guard room. "Well saldl" cried frank Anna. "Ho had you there, Martho. Pricked In tho white! Faith, Sir Jorlan pinked us both, for Indeed It was we who In truded Into tho gentlemen's dressing room. Our excuso la that we aro tire women, and would fain practlso our ofllco when and whero we can. Our Princess hath been wedded, nnd needs us but onco a week. Noblo Wendlsh gentlemen, will not you engage us?" (To bo continued.) Nothing Doing. A couple of dlrty-fnced kids stopped In front of tho stand of a vender who sella unique toys and began looking his wares over. "Want something?" nsked tho man. "How much Is- yer rubber ballB?" asked ono boy. "Flvo cents," he said. Tho boys were silent. "Maybo you'd llko to havo this auto?" Bald tho vender, showing anoth er toy. "It's IB cents." To this tho boys did not reply. "How about tho walking elophant?" asked tho man. "I'll let yoii havo It lor 20 cents." Tho boys snld nothing nnd tho mer chant showed them half a dozen other toys, quoting prices on them. Finally ho grew Impatient. "How much money havo you got?" ho asked. "Wo ain't got no money," camo from ono boy. "Well, then, git out." growled tho toy vender. And the boys "got." Kansas City Times. -, Disappointed In Roosevelt. When President Iloosovclt visited tho Maine state fair in Bangor, thrro years ago, peoplo camo from all tho surrounding towns to got a gllmpso of nnd shako hands with him. was standing in n smnll crowd Just leforo tho Presldont arrived nn tlu fair grounds. Behind mo was r Jargo woman In n very conspIcuoiM dress, nnd evidently from the com1 cry. Sho was standing with hor mouth wldo open, waiting. When some ono cried out, "Thero ho comes!" Mio mado a rush by mo. that nearly knocked mo ovor, but, when sho got j gllmpso ot him, exclaimed, "Good land! Ho looks Just llko any other man," and nppoared greatly disappointed. The Town Jay Gould Founded. Gouldsboro, Lncknvnnna county, Pa which was named 'oi the lato Jay Gould, who was tho 'ouniler of tho town, ho having operated n tannery ut that placo boforo ho )ecnmo cither rich or famous, Is a dnjorted village. According to tho ropor of School Su perintendent Taylor of Lackawanna county. Its public school has dwindled to a poltry nttendanco of fifteen pu pils nnd Its tsnnorlos rnd sawujUl hive cTT.Irelv rV.s. i. enred SPECTOR DRIVES MAN FROM HOME. GHOST OF FATHER-IN-LAW CON- STANTLY HAUNTS RETIRED INDIANA MERCHANT. INHERITED PALATIAL PLACE Apparition of Deceased Relative Fol lows New Owner Over Premise Continually, Finally Forcing Him to Move. ICIkhnrt, lnd. Harassed by tho stalking specter of his aged father-In-law, John B. Gnrman, who died two years ago, John Ottorson has aban doned u palatial suburban placo which was bequeathed him by his deceased relative. Otlerson Is a wealthy re tired merchant, having been in busi ness In Elkhart for a number of years. While Mr. Ottorson is not prono to beliovu In ethorenl materializations, ho nsscrts that In spirit form his father-in-law haunted him. Tho apparition followed him over the premises, stood by him when he attempted to do light work about his country homo, nnd frequently was his companion during tho dead hours of night. That Mr. Otterson bus an ordinary tempera ment, and Is not nt nil given to nerv ousness, makes his story or tho ghost all the more remarkable. Ho Is a giant physically, nnd mentally, well educated and well read. Otterson claims that he only es caped tho apparition when away from tho home nnd without tho boundaries ot tho luxuriant gardens where his de ceased relative spent tho greater part of his four score years. Tho aged Mr. Garman, ono of iho pioneers of Elkhart county, left n largo estate. To his daughter, Mrs. Otter son, and her husband ho bequeathed the greater part of It. Tho eccentric old gentleman, who has como bnck from tho spirit world 10 nauiu tno living, men irom a urou en heart, his only .son having met a tragic death. Dating from that inci dent to tho tlmo of his demise, which occurred six months later, Mr. Gar man walked sorrowfully about tho premises lamenting through tho long hours of tho summer days his son's untimely death and refusing to bo solaced. His grief was deop seated, and ho virtually walked out his llfo on the ramlllnr paths or tho old homo Biuad. It Is In tho plcturcsquo brick man sion about and mound his lavorlto earthly rotreats, thnt tho Bon-ln-law In recent months has seen tho ghostly form of John Gnrman. Tho specter first appeared a few months ntter tho old gentleman's death. Frequently while ho was roaming over thu fields, or strolling through BABE RIDES SAFELY ON AN AVALANCHE COLORADO CHILD CAUGHT IN BIG SLIDE AND DUG OUT UN HURT NEXT MORNING. Sallda, Col. Edgar Mason, four years old, Is probably tho only person or any ago who has had tho startling ex perience or being rushed down a He Went Through the Avalanche Un harmed. mountain sldo In nn avolancho or snow, given up for dead and dug out next morning nllvo and well. Tho worst snowslldo In tho history or this region occurred at Monarch. 18 miles west of bore, killing bIx peo plo outright, seriously Injuring ono and Injuring a dozen inoro or less bc voroly. But tho baby boy was saved. Monarch Ib n small camp consist ing of a fow buildings and nearly all tho Inhabitants hud gono to bed when tho slldo started with a nolso llko n cannon shot. Beyond this thoro was no warning and no chanco to escnpo, Tho MnBon cabin wns directly In tho path of tho hugo nrea of snow, which gnthored weight and voloclty as it rushed down tho mountain sldo, Tho slldo seemed to bo tho signal for tho beginning of a terrlllo bliz zard, which much bumpered tho res cuo party sent from this city. Thty dm; out tho bodies of flvo peoplo, nud thru about 10:20 next morning cnn- o tho boy Edgar. Hi was In tl V,u i tho groves or orchards, tho mystorl ous, unreal and unnerving specter has sprung up beside him, nnd timing his pneo to thnt of Mr. Otterson tins uc compnnlcd him about. It makes net ther sign nor motion, lookB neither to the right nor left, but with folded arms nnd bent head keeps up Its noiseless tread with maddening precision. Sometimes, asserts tho haunted man, upon returning from a drlvo tho unearthly vision appeared to him in tho barnynrd. As ho unhitched nnd unharnessed his team tho apparition watched his procedure with unseeing oyos. Tho expression of tho faco was always sorrowful Just as it had been lit -mr The Spectre Accompanied Him About. In llfo during his days. Tho material ization to Mr. Otterson was full llfo size, tho vory image, ho declares, of his fathcr-ln-lnw. No other person has seen tho alleged ghost. Mr. Ottcrson's experience with tho specter but recently bccunio public Ho boro tho ordeal silently, rearing tho taunts and ridlculo or his friends. Lately tho annoyanco became so great that ho decided to remove from tho placo. Tho Garman family was ono of tho most widely known in this city, being among tho very early settlors or the county. The ramlly, whoso namo was rormerly spelled "Gorman," camo here rrom Pennsylvania, whoro John Oar man's relatives settled and named the city Germnntown. Tho Ottersons nre equally woll known. No ono hore doubts tho veracity and sincerity ol Mr. Ottcrson's statements concerning tho specter which has haunted him, but all aro at a loss to account for the strango incident. story ot tho cabin, which had been carried 1,000 root. The cabin gave tho appoaranco ot having been overturned completely, and ho was so wound up In tho bed clothes that It is probablo thoy pro tected him, and saved him from cer tain death. Tho other children csenped with cuts and bruises, but tho father and mothor woro killed outright by tho slide. It may bo days beforo their bodk3 can bo recovered, as tho snow Is still coming down in grent clouds and thero aro already 18 feet ot snow in tho streets. MADE IN8ANE BY ACID FUME8. Fate of Man Who Worked for Years Over Lead-Laden Vapors. Now York. Drlvon raving mnd through Inhaling for too many yours nitric and sulphuric acid fumes laden with molecular particles or lead, Lud wig Rosana, 48 years old, n formnn at tho works or a chemical company in Borkoloy, Col., has been committed to tho Stockton stuto hospital by Judgo Molvtn. Dr. H. B. Mehrmann nnd Dr. O. D. Hamlin, tho examining physicians, diagnosed his case as in sanity duo to lead poisoning, tho lend having been taken Into his system us a result or his work in tho making or acids. Rosana has boon ongnged In tho manufacture or acids slnco ho was 18 years or age. Ho was considered an expert in this lino. He worked In chomlcnl factories In Europe before ho camo to America. At cortnln stages In tho processes of making nitric and sulphuric acids tho materials aro hold in lend cham bers. It had boon Rosuua's duty to watch theso receptacles, from which fumes constantly nrlBo, carrying with thorn mlnuto particles of tho metal, which tho foreman has boon breathing Into his lungs for many years. Tho victim of tho lead poison talks Incessantly and Incoherently. Ho has lucid Intervals, when ho converses with remarkable Intelligence. Thoro Ib n possibility that ho may recovor his reason nt tho asylum, as ho will rccolvo medical trontmont thoro und will bo romoved from tho sotirco of tho polBon that has blighted his life. Allowances. Mr. Happy Yes, sir, I mako my wlfo a regular allowance every week. Don't you yours? Mr. Henpeck No-o. Sho makes me nn allowanco, when I earn enough. N. Y. Wuokly. FEEDING SHEEP IN OPEN. M How Simple Cheap Shelter May Be H Provided for Them. H Sheep nro unlike any other' llvo H stock In thnt thoy do not require H much protection from cold, Thero aro H a great many fnrmcrs who would like H to take up tho business ot sheep reed- H Ing, but reel unablo to mako tho H necessary expenditure to furnish thorn H wlUi bnrns or sheds. In such ensos, H whoro tho sheep aro bought In the -H lato fall and fed during tho winter H months, an arrangoment similar to H tho illustration will bo round very sat- H Isfactory, remarks Farmers' Review. H This trough can bu mado of any rough H matorlal at a moderate cost. Posts H should bo set firmly In the ground H nbout six feet apart, extending some H ton feet nbovo tho surface. It is a H simple matter to put tho rafters on H A Good Rack for Outside Feeding. H and nail a few shlnglo lath across H these sufficient to hold a straw or rod- H der roof. Racks nro built underneath B as shown In the Illustration, and they H aro provided with troughs for feeding roots or screenings. An arrangement H of this Bort cau bo put up In somo H placo convenient to tho barn, and H there aro very fow days In tho wlntor H when It will bo too stormy for tho H sheep to fcod under It on one sldo or H tho other. Theso feeding sheds should H not bo ovor six feet long, as It would , M bo difficult to got the liny In them, but M nt this longth.lt can easily bo pokod M In from tho ends with a long handled M fork. With racks of this sort sheep M will get along very woll oxcept In ae- M voro weather, and will need no other M protection except at such times. M BACON HOG8. An Estimate of Cost of Production by fl Prof. George E. Day. M A very Important problem, which M has attracted a good deal of attention M throughout this discussion and which M Is worthy of carerut research, Is the M average cost of producing hogs ot suitable weight for bacon purposes. M Homo claim thoy can ralso their hogs H at loss than four cents a pound live H wolght, and others that it costB In tho H neighborhood or six cents. As far as H our Information goes, It modorate H market values aro attached to tho ,M roods consumed, tho cost may rango M all the way from a llttlo ovor four H cents to somowhero in the neighbor- H hood of five conts. Methods ot fcod- H Ing and tho Individuality of tho pigs H Influence results. H Feed More Oats. Thero Is nothing llko oats to glvo H snap to a horso. For this reason oats H aro almost tho exclusive grain diet H of driving horses. It is well-known H thnt oats possess somo property that M excites as woll as nourlshos animals, H says Indiana Farmer. Tho plow horso H can bo fed corn with somo advantage, H but tho driving horses, tho colts, and H tho brood mares should bo given H moro whole oats nnd loss corn. Don't H bo stingy when feeding oats to calvou or colts. Somo claim that crushed H oats aro better to food than the H whole. Thoy may bo for hogs or H dairy cows whon oats aro mado only H a part of tho ration, but for horses H colts and calves, reed thorn, without H crushing, and feed good oats, In H tho absence of oats barloy makes a H fine feed for colts or pigs. H HOGS AND THE HORSE. , I Tho slipshod, careless man always H hns a sick horso or ono "out of H order." H Have plenty of help In handling the I heavy hogs. Tho small pigs should bo well hous H ed nnd fed until spring or warm weather. , H Hogs should bo hung until thor- I oughly cooled out, boforo handling or M removing to the collar. j -U A pen for feeding mid n pen for ' M sleeping will ho found to bo moro im ensliy kept' clean and comfortable. ,$rtB It costs much less to keep a team ns In fit and ready condition than It -Si;' does to let It run down nnd then t$n bring It up. flj)i Rest nnd change of diet will do IG the horses much good; but thoj Mt should nover bo allowed to run down JUli or loso flesh. '"8P Becnuso tho work Ib not so sovero sh or so regular, tho enro nnd fecdug of f Mv tho horse nro apt to bo Irregular and ' "su!t'; caroless. Tho matter of watering la . Jffis, still moro cnroless and Irregular. Mr Glvo tho breeding mare liberal food- j Ing and plonty of exorcise. If driven 'WV carofully she Is all right; othorwlse '"''M'i sho sho u Id bo turned lu a yard, or ;ii Hold every pleasnnt day, ,'iK Ono of tho ' .'-t roods Tor young $mW pigs Is middling.-.. Thuy will do well Bw on it whon mlxod with water. If Jir mixed with skimmed milk It Is hotter Ifll food, and whoy Is auporlor to water. ""Ill Get tho hogs to market when thoy $1 nro properlyBflttod. Whon thoy got ',31 heavy nrnVdo not ent bo readily, "II I thoy arpfUted. When thoy aro fat ral and up" to wolght, grain or wolght U ' Jl put on at an incrcnaoil cost ( "l