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TH 12 H-RUM.TON l-HMl 1MUS, Till RsDA Y, l)K( KM BKH II, .tW-HP.,.. J, V-j0ypYt?l(ittT.I59DTBY cOKTINUnD. CHAPTEIi XIV, A WAr.Nivn. V On- rorr.hu I w..s paitlctilnrly bright nnil bap . Taras mill Iliad ilsrn early, by ( riT '.-' Liri,; made over night, end gorm to t!r f'ivr market nl, Cover! t Garden, fr'. i Much vv n turned lndeiicdwitk flow-1 Lucius' ominous bcuil-liukiiiRa, o her en on,, nil I w.i'. t 'ten disposing them About I dsavorto promote an attachment bet vvei :i otr p t living room. Mere Lucas stir- - i n relenting n phraso which she h ' n d for a long time. ! iw cl,. l'.c.'v.t!" said she inatrem- n 'dins nic with tender co:n- 'ja- r r liroud. motherlv face as lor ' me with her blinds plan ted nt hips, i j.i.isny that. Mere lAica!-1"' 1 I could now '.peak in French ble fluency. "Iinnuocrything t v I J ' t ' 1 V .Ll 'It i t.ii', it is true. Thank heaven, ' yo ' h i e everything you desire.-' X In n n! v do you say 'poor dearie' with t'- ' .v Iress:''' 1 I aj it" she said, eeVobifrmy w -e. , lie for l'ullectioii. Hho hesi- i li 1 in tivmbltd as it ulieweru . '!i 'iiincthins that pru.lciiea 'i 1 1 ' 1 i'ii tal.imr me by the arms ' ,e to lier breast she u;ot out be ' ii1. v ' saying: "Ilecatise I lovo ' t m l rtith a sounding kiss hhe ''1 went nil' to her kitchen. 1 i i n nihiine explanation then, I ' hi ik the same expression, . ' i mi apropos of nothing when I i , lis m sheer want of thonght. v i.rderiny. What rrns there i'.t i. hi that, appealed to her sym-, V ' I x is r.o longer the deploraola I i'. ' lust excited her pity. Why " ti'tiy lntuih now and then bo, I i . - lirli asshe .squeezed inv hand, I i r ,i r 'cuil shake of the head and a i 1 artul 'alnessf I pl a-euf her alieclionate regard ' Hi i tj i,i perplexi'.y before Ions. Hie' hi i- r u .i l.ubly urcent in her praise of dti . .. (ion1 hi and lost no opportunity of , bi i i. i s tojitt jer. i tc .ud.i;. , Mine. Lucas," Gordon would j crv j i ie cheery oieeaud execr.ildeFreiu h w ii ie ib i r w n oiieued to him. Fine we Mi 'j,1: tit.' isAI.'iaraninhisstiicUo:" I w,il " i a' d i ee,'' Meie bucas respond ed ' Nu man, "but behold ma'in'sello a lie. ' ,ii. i opening tliu sitting room dr rtu iM'thi poor man no option but r tj -i id ! is aouarter of r.n hour with 1, i Jinn : liter of an hour it usually I mi ns to his verv liiniteri knov ' .'ill' 'eueli and my obstinate ' p crnnvin shaking Kngbsh only to r 1 I II s a n.ca fellow and the most inti-j m te iviend of i'.ir.n. A stronger bond of , f- I n.)'i isted between t hum than be-1 tin Ta. i and Kavaniiqu, perhaps he- j c.i'i el ncre w is lnore weakness in ftoiilon' charici r Kaviiiiuvh was iindoubieilly rr h ii p'o-pi sc. and aeiiou, wldch Hiii ' t r I ii 'lievc, lor Taras ehnosins 1 1 t r."- . t ii, .a Gordon as a guardian tor j i i ii o ; i ' .dent . I T . i ei lor his bmic-.t simplicitv. ' i i:ne.-. of hearl and foraeei-i ' i "e to iai'ns in pcr-oiml ai- J sMine j liMe-, ol character. i , was strong and bii4. fair and "i !eis with reuard to dress in i a-: to Ivn vannyh, who always ' etiv and had never a linlr ! ; xoi'-ewiu hearty and out- h the same good lauuh, the f-ti i in 'L i. . f' Vf ;, i pen way of looking you full , tl . :ame yentleuess and ready I otli might, huvo been ea-i .'in- mold, hut Gordon was the ' it'll ceding the llnifchint? touch , v 'i !i stave Turin hid immrnse i I M, don's eyis leekcd the ar-1 i ,ii'(l his expression thu high ; ! serious iicnl tluit dbtin-, jt:t as his manner was miii ijuality which marked ' v ii ig and refinement ot his G.eir .hands mow than any-! o. 'u nco between Ihem Jouud j '..i dun's were pretty, with I . eis and ,a dimple "in tho i i and slow in inoement. j i I' 'i :;. thin flnucrs with spatula , 1 ' in m full of nervous energy. ' .. t a stoofl liushand he would ' 'I M. Gordon:" Mere I.ucan , i ' - Vxclah-ned. "Ho rich, mi r , J unci wi'h such a Rood t . -v to lead:" I 1 " .' ' 'Vurivd to met hut I should I 1 i i ' 0 I'l-'.'l cf marriai'e ever m. ' t tl in l.e id at tliat time. ..! T laded to profit by her h'nN r 1 1 .. s as far as ecr from regard oj Gi i m a, a possible husband, Mero i t v uj'.ie deci.'ive ineaiis of wam i i i the danger which lay nil ' I i-utij my' ever ingrafting attneh ' j. u s. She fpttnd lneoneniornins ' .a W'lrkithup setHiiK some Iresh rown jar by in, win.!o,-. If 1 t" pit fjowers wherw he may f-' ' ' v he turns froie hU work," i ii' his(hi,-ii;t,iuust be lifiwy, r ' ii. i without hope, when hu iiii9 hour after lifiyr of. the -"jiiutry. How- grand it is!" . , I .. -.,1, to tne jii'e hie group, 'b i -bed, whii h Terns had ruod- I i is' lnoiith Iron i tho suiulh-i H".' it HtriiuCfc one witli pit v and ones heart! One wo.ild s.iythnt e n cieatliro had no hope in thi It is mat'iiiflecnl. And to tbink ' veee of r-iirt, ihantleis ehiv'lic l -.(. whiMijfilln one with syniiia "w P"or1tu3imi: Vi in grand to i, '' and the couiny m r.r.,,. St 1-"" V i 111 tluC 1 tj l.ut the trift was not meant fa, 1 i '1 liae leen (jlven to one v' 10 '' l-'i i l live, no JotOlor lirinn. ...1,1 J P Id 1:4. i 1- k i 1 rot ro nu dear master. How fund li.e xtorld, of simple thitijp, of hp, i' ?-ee how swu't he 1s with chit , i ib ilk what hoppUima if oi'ild ' such a man to limoii dea, i M en of Ma own to love''' I i of Turns with n wjfe for Iijg com i e: -. a itself to iny salfli mind an tilled ma with jeuloiut ti- l.ou'd lie not marry?" J asked, t. iii.iluniyfi'H' "h on lit not f many. Tim ' Oil. II !' " iui j, ib - cm., e CAsaru (Te made. Ho has offered to Micriflcu his life for hi country, mid with that fnlo hanging over him ho will never marry. Beliuvo mo, iny jmor litl lo friend, fur 1 know my ter, and I tell you that liu will never marry u-ver, nevcrl" (.'HAFTF!! XV, A'V ucr.iMi. T understood now the meaning of Jfrre mi- and Gordon, and qf thialant mcnsiiroby which she had shown lue that 'i'arau would ' never marry. Whe feared that my affection ' for him bin ripening Into lovo ami that I Miould expect, him to mnkr trip his wife. , fell tlinfc iny life has been misspent, and in The relation tptite ftupelhd me, I f fct.ad n' lonr-jiiiK aliont iloinjf nothini;, ex tmk down silently on tlie etool by his eepl waste jii iiioi.i.v, 1 ouftlH. to occupy bptich, wilh terns that I could not account, for Kiitherin:; in my eyes und a fceliutf of devolution and loss in my heart. Mi.te I.ikih ki-i-cd me and went nv.-.iv with a little sob of sj nijiathy. "He will never marry me,'' I said to myi'elf, tryiu ; to mill to my mtuntion and find an explana tion of the sadness t ha! oppressed me. t.'n dcnbtedly love, unknown to me, hud been smoldirltm in ni breat frotn the firt nioment, that Tinas smiled nt me, and to burst nji into flume it only needed that, un fort unnt e touch by '.vhlih old McraLi,eas it" ienipted to si i tl it. "He will not marry tne," I said, repeal iti' her wonls with a little addition of my ova. Then slowly the wnvur import ot her ".rniuic dawned upon me. His reason lo.' avoiding I'liu'i'ian.' was not beeause ho louliinot lo'.e, I nt bete.ti'e he would not dooni his v?f.- hi widowhood or exile .to Liberia be-M; e he hue .v that ere long ho luiistilio or ! ti.Ui n priyoner to Russia, At I tils pt i eept i ;u e. cold sweet burst out ip.ininy bi'i v , as if i hud become nwaro t..i' .In' firsi t ime of this impending fate. lloinx to my it nr,i. T look myself to la-k for ry v.n.t o! vivihiine. What had I done to f.u-.i'i lr !'f."-i;ic" the night when ! le::n. il .1 i i: v,.-,x in di.n.'ur? Nothing' beyond i ..u in r v i .!). lis in my pocket for a l' w- wii ss ;,ih1 li icnin when I found tk; 1 1 am to i.ipsi f c onver.-,,. tion tluit 1 eonld imt uihl.'r tand, and "ven theselie lile atti isii.:.-, ha 1 been abandoned lately, and f ha. I m;!IV:-i d mjsclf to be lulled into e, state of carelessness by the nbsenco of auy op -:i s'en of hostility toward Taras and l.y hu ow n ia-,r. Kard of lreeaiition. But ihi- iij it hy on t he part of the secret enemy 1 h.id Ih.u led to e.pect.rom the conveisa' ii u f Vara'- and his friend Kavu naih. They had haid that probably no further at tempt "would be made lor some rroi.tb.'. Those months were nowpassifd. Ifie critical time was at bund, for I hurt C ithori'd from one or two remarks thntnny f:i li oll'eue to the i,'.:tr would bo the sig mil for h renew ed and tinnl i.ti'ort to silence Tama. That fresh offense was about to be committed. The group of statuary was fin ished. Th.i work of cutting and burning done, thenriking allegory would lie public ly exhibited for nil the world to talk of. 1 i".i:nlled now, almost w-.th '..tiipefai t i.m at iny incredible imiifien i.ee, an ineii'" nt which proved that the secret enemy wa . ,,n the alen and fnily ai iiiuiir i il wiik 'i.,, -' di-itn. The ironri' lor ot the inliei' . which it was iiiii .'ell to I '"i.i 1 "ie i ! v j.roup I al cell d I i !:! in " il the .-i . Yai .is 1 1 i .mil win ll."ll 1 i - ,-n i,i 1 1 - - '-. h;i1 t iif w ork w.is ola poliiieaUl a! ,, i, . admitted frankly thai ii H- . for i.mmerei.'il r to dec! i on to j'ie any a -duel ion he fe-l,. d - lr. ' . 1," had for s'i-pei 1 in1.; i li..t political one. "My ii)!orm:!ion, ; r," "eamif in the l' .-ni of a.i d V,: ! i inoits . r, to i hi and for that ietuon I I lie t 111 JUS you I ought to hq.vo n pi inn! vcrii i of the lact oeioro in ; i.i.:n- tnu ci i bion." AS hen Gordon her and deeluAd that t! cf thi he it a 1 -'led n id truth in the sUi'eiii1 "No mionj ici.UK 1 H he t'.iitud on sky, t he nihil! t, . 1' w l.Cfll i are tV .hi i hi , kniyihl hoed beiorr Ju'-iiil' u s i'e or twi II 1 best to decline the.' At the time tuci i ctjited by n.e its r Taras, ltit it was dil' felt mire that tho si c: this coinniunictttiou. :-:ualio'i . ii, it-, it til " il Ii uu ' i in iny ha Who could he be? t " uly some o; ho had seen tiietfroup, ai.d. i i.- i-. -sobvi i, '-. , one of the Kus.sian vi-iti 1 1 .ho call, i u Taras. Hut wliieb of i In . To nij e tl ey 'wmed all pretty i ,. h i.liU- ini Hlooi'iy, unhappy looltiu,. tne;., dreadtul'e out at e'bow),-iudtheshrii,:of pitycrfroun i 1 diis'ontent vith which Mere Lucas ex pi;. ed her ieeii-ij; i-egar ltno; them wai v .u'uUv aeeoiupauied with a significant movement of tho thumb and flujter, which led me to iiinler.dar.d t'.int their object was to act ni'jr.iy otjl of Taras, Tin : e niw none wl.o lookcitl likoi traitor, und I could not I), 'levo that nny would be base enough to biir.;y him to thu police, for, however ui.Li.,jj,.,-tl.iy looked em nrrlviu;;, i'i i one i. ; lit, uy v. itii dhni.pclutuiciu in i,i-i btef, and though Tdi-asiu i curiful locui. cf,d his feiierosity 1 hud region lokuow tlu.thogi.ve away to his disl res' ed conn tivmeii inlinitely more than Le spent upon lu'-iseif. All troUjiU the nltjht I t4td mr brain wiihciinjevtures und MiruiiK-.s without cr m ins at. any definite uoriiTuaion with ie N.iid to theideu'tiey of Ihisdrcadi-d enemy, i .id all'I could do .to trihuicc my wt re proaihfor pant ncejlect wan to vow that I would be more watchful and vigilant iu tl.efutiiro. And this vow was not made in vain. CHAPTKH XYI. THE ZAB STttlKtfS. WJnil" wa 'weioat, brtakai,t tho next morning owjulllijown knoik at the door w.m followed by the uoiinl cheery foi inula: "flood mernini;. Mine. I men Finn weather, isn't Hi lM. Taj-asin hifeatudio" "Whjlt can have broiiKhtoiit our friend i s eeirlyr" exclaimed 'J'aras us Mem hucaa admitted tho visitor. "Welcome, George Corduu." ttrrdon's broad furehead was beadtd with perspiration. j "I was anxious to catch you before you ! went out, old mou," he exclaimed, wiping j his face with il larfio hsudkerchirf after 1 p.u ine; I ! - d"v oil . t ) me in ftine r U ' ',' o T I. 1 I" ' I' I.I. II ,,1'f ,11 lllie J i a .. re In 1 iy i 1.,, ' ( ,' I',' 1, I po! a f il, .'tiui phe'v! t lie son'-. 1 le -.i ti lt." ".olliim unplen'-Hiit, 1 hope, to ru.iUe ,)on expose yourwlf in this wi.y." "Xni a bit of it, lint you'll never rucsh whut has drawn me out of my den nt thi j hour." "I won't try. Xever saw you out before hilddny before, NVhut is it !'' "Uu.sililxs." "Uusincsi yon, Qcorge Gordon Impos sible!" "It's n fact. I'll tell you oil nbottt It when wo get up into t he studio." "No, tell me now. It's never too curly to hear rood news." "Will, flu n-pardon nic, mndemoiFcllo, 1 can't express my;e! in fretu.h have jou found nay one to burn your woup yet nwiiilel'" "Xo. 1 have been to Crnmps and Fisher ntnl Hudson. No iMod. They're all fi'iulit- I eiiod bylheaixe. They haven't proper hilua for 1 he work and can t do It." "Then 1 will." "Voul" "Yoa, I've Invesled capital in ft p tltery," "In order to help me. out of my difficult v." ' "Not entirely. Tne fact is, a kind of Ttloial awnktnil'l? i ut the bottom of It. Don't lutish. It's no joke, I can tell you. I ii'Tit felt. o pci ioii--, so ri;;ht down in eaiiii st, in all my life. You know my rou- science hits born pricking me for sometime past There jou go again, ('isn't mmi have n, conscience without being n redhot revolutionist like yon? I tell jolt I have l nijMi mm inve-r. niycipmu in inir.e m uii-t ry that v. oitlil aivv i-injilo.v iui ut to the ' l.iliorinsr cliis. ' j liorrion i-pul.e v. I'll peri'.'t t ki'ii1 Ity. but I j paw In- the t wit , lnm; of Tains' iiui-t.it'.ie ' l,s he lieiitover hw Ka tliat lie found it dif ficult to listen to this imnouiieetiu'iil with ll mrioits lace, "Now, old 1 Jell you know Colonel Hell, the linn old fellow vuo euiuew lib me a bunt n month ago to look nt your work his feeliti't.saie ju-i like mine only poor old fellow he iiasu'taot the cash. He'socr- hups less concerned about the w Ifare of i the Itib'tt'inK class than 1 aiat-it's ou w ho have worked me up o t'r"mendi.usy in ' that waj -but he's quite its eatrer to invi -,c i his capital in a paying concern. Jin' t lie 1 worst of it ii, you know, h'"s iot so denied j little ot it. that he cottldu't Very easily do i any lb in).' off bis own bit. And for the sake, i of his ihnt'.tliter lie dr. re not. venture it. in a 1 very risky concern. You. know hu has a j daughter" , Tunis nodded, villi a humorous twinkle in hi- eye and a kindly smile. "Kavaniicrh tells niuidie is n most beauti ful i ed charming youii'.' lady,'' he said. ",-ii,e i--, old iiian," Gui don said cut liusi nst'i .'lly, coloring up lo his tei.iple. "Yni inn I l'i(". t her. I've told her about Mile. Aura, anil she is most anxious to mai.e iter ncijunintauce,'' "Uouiiiless," T.ir."-.' nod seemed to :. "She ii awfully na e. However, that ima nothiiiR to do willi the affair. The t liinjj l t hat the old :entlemnn and I have hit it t off eompletely. He fjuile jumped n the pr.mo.sal. Ot course 1 tako all risks." Taras nodded, as i t hisnmiiitjcinont wcro tlie most natural thinj in the world be t v. 1 1 'ii menol busine.nS', and a.'ked when the idea had iilit struck Gordon. ' The very day thai) liumbn i IT backed ! out cif theutl'nirmirt yim expressed fin opin j ion lh.it it would betiitrienlt totind nnothe.r i pi t t"ry where such a work could be tired. I liy the lllt'liet chance, po-ssibla I learned i be i.unic day t lint Perry, round the corner, I wanted to sell his works." "Hie ninij'T beer bo" It; place?" Taras a-l.cil with h little riU'fulnes, m his face. ' Oh, he does drain pipes as well. Hut of course we shall build a new kiln can't m ike bricks without s i.nv, you know eid ;.'et the bent work'nen t'utniclo be li.e1. I haven't said a . old on tliii n'.itter lo any one for l'eae I n neuti.u ions mii.u'j ' M liioii"h, b'lt la :'i. t he a.'T dr v. as ."d we cute r in' i 'noli .is Joii mi' t .-.b'ii.1 e."lii.' il I," dry. .ed 1 r.n ,1 . 1. ui. i , man, Mippo-'n.; , e l'i ( i,e jo'l. " : i'i'vmi'ti 1 a-k ee hue d sa' isfatti.i','1 . , 1 - in rt once. 'i s ; , .iil.r the v,',u'.;i,ie!i i m i "e tjriup. so 1 1 at i! ' i" -d lo:- biti ;r; Ie. : u Ii . '.. d -of c ; -e, , M t'lii; oil are n-ii!in i .. i "A Mopi -,'l.iin and f.ir i ii in: more il, . i ' "l ' lea;, depeii'i on t! !: ., ii t.i 1.' h,nl 1 r i, I e on !y too .' ui to pi.t i . s lie one.' Il.em. Ai.r- ai d I sued to ; ue'i sood u . lr.u Kilo','.- 1 tnoion.iMy X ssui . Ti.'it alone wotild 1 ut l,,ok whrt a ii tiize w itii : i "i-e. ci :i:.;.:,iid my ieri "i e, . ill this job will eo.-e I t. '".liC" Varus -.1 i'etei( d out ' hi triend'.'i in a bi ii.i o :,;,y vetb: ! te-til e t;o:don and ns'.iunilion wli.it en adv-er- li.-iiel and "rasped more i-;i:p"t ...i o '' of bis i'.'nth in of the generous n. .M' liuit undi rl. y ii-i -i We saw p ui,. it dial of tl" followirt; Wiek. On nie. G'ltdo'i ibiHi" the s,a.ud ,v i tin ," v;wn loi'i: oonsubntion in t.e w rk I r.ln.p w it It two ol i ue eh ven -i men in tho , ti-.,de with resiled to thi e.ti'injt of ll.u '.r,"iiii, which had ww reci i ed rhe l.e-o : an ii. and it, wtii ittcreiwl that on tlie Moii I d.-.y following the operation shudd be In ' 'nu. Tnrau told me this wlicn the v.ork i nun wvro tinne, and I' found him in the i v orb-hop, Th"fp he stood beloie' !;i wink ! with 'oldeil amis, and afier a-v nsiim.; it in j -ilei.ee for a few minutes j:e said Willi im I j..i s ive ior e: "J'hi! Is t!i" liuest work I have ei er doiu in my !i!o, M.:u. i ant pooiiit of it." It was the pride of c-ii.ious strensth, not tho vnni'y of a weak mind, that im pelled him to say tin ,, and ii c oked u cor-l-espondinK fc. lins of exultant I'dinb.u ion ill my bin ,t that banished nil I ,ol,'-'i tiioushtiai,.! can im -:U. I i-bpjied my hand uuder his arni ami pieisfii ji. j ,;i.'4 proud, too, not of the work, but of the man whose ecu ins bed prodic-ul ii, "it should be l.'s.lnesi v...-k, I said to myself a-tl.e ew fid i i..ct. it H i 'led npou me that, it was liketj to be hiilnst and Hen, it would c,vst bin, Jd- ji:,'. We went to new nu Sin.dT, :.fi 1 1 no. n and iiujn v d nn'h r l 1 I- -a it i J t v , n, the Kurilei - ni.til t : , 1. ,,i i , r, .., " n OllG" AS l Wl.e lllall 1,1 H -ile),t tll-lll usual, for we were bo.!: ; nr.nus ahoutitie group he wilh sonio auxietj, probal,l, abcnit the deliciteojicralionol' the morrow, I for the result of its successful achieve ment. Hut with my anxiety ,vas mingled a supreme In ppiiu-ss, a Jit Gnu sen . ofnr, privilege in heiu;; t lie tin 1 d , ii.de imp on, u of ouch a noble i a ' On Monday moriim;- r r- , i , i ly, jmd oo iog out to the atelier 1 1 aw ' .ir.is'stunduis in tho doorway, his chin sunk upon liU liifast nud lii-i eyes fixed on bomethintr within. H At tho sound of inysteji he raised his head mid iuvued, looking d"wn at. me with deep dejection in his face end w Ii such va cancy in his regard that I could ncmvly he licvo he sn.- me. "Turin,!" I exi"laini"il, halfiugat the tout of the steps to wonder .mil fear. Without a word he be 'koued me to come up, and as 1 reached his ide ntkn landing he raised hit hand and pointed within, WHIi Mrliokincr crv or dbni'iv 1 m . , tvml th..t liii v.oil. i1'" I'. 'J ',i! i,,i o , i, e ! a Ii i e 1 ,,! . , l h - w i, i k upon i he floor. 'Ihe ii oiis t hut si'jino.ted (In suliicit stood (here, a (.'fo-tc-ipie skeleton of the living llgurcs, but the n i.deled c'ay v.iis heaped upon thu floor in a sti.iiile-s mies, (he original de ign beaten oiit of recognition. For tho moment I thought thnt, finding It fallen mid bin work spoiled, hehiniself hail trampled upon it in a fit of fren.ieil oxag pe ration. "Was it too damp?" I asked, knowing the care ho took 'to wring out the wetted cloths t lint, enveloped the group at night lime. He shook his head. "Then who has done thlur" I asked. "The czar," he replied. "His rnt is lonit." "Hut not so long as yours," mtid I, fired with "a spirit of revengeful wrath, "You will not, j-dve In because of thin. You will fi,hthiiu to the end. Wliatijouhiuedoiiu before you can do again. You can build up the figures once, more and make them as brautilul as they were, it is only n mutter of iinioi" "My brave Aura!" irnld lie, laying his hand Rtfer! innately on my shoulder, "you give tne th courage I lack. Yes, that Is the wtiy I o face a di iut"r liko this. Take up Ih'j swoid and flijlit on. That alonu mnkm defeat, honorable. What does it luattei thecl' lay ot a few months:' We shouldn't, br.c onlenttodo nothing. Tliey'vu left, me the bons at uny rate," lie added, v. iih a lnugli and a iu,d at, t he rusted Iron, "and tie shall soon seethe flesh grow again on them. Let us go down now. After bri akfast we will bciti ileum. It's good to J:."ve a brine friend nt such u time as this. I'liine, Aura." tint, lor all my bi,.cry I could eat no breakfast, tied whin Taras spoke of our i-it to Kew 1 burst into nllood of uncoil-ti-oilalile tears with a recolld-lion of tho eonliileiit .liOjie ;mtl pride which had filled us w itii Mich Ii ippini'is mid c intent. Wh mi Gordon and the workmen came, I let tin in -so up to liie workshop without a word, but I dUermincd to spare Taras the p.itn ot telling tli" story again, mirl so When Kiivimagh e ie I stopped him in tlm iasage, and. talting liim Into tlie sit ting room, iu) sell related what hail hap '. lied. lie lislemd with astouishniciit, und seeiiii d great') -liucked. 'Good heavens," he cvolaiuied, "what a terrible blow for poor Taras! (iordon told inu (hiit they were lo begin easting this croup today. I cvane to congratulate my iri'.'itd on having finished Ids work. Poor fellow ! What is ie- jioing to do:-'1 "Make another troiip," I answered fierce ly, "anil if that's destroyed another after that. You lion't, think he's going to give up, do jou1" He paused in refieetiu" silence, for a min ute, then wen', to t ie door and looked into ii." j a-s,ige. He tood tLieie for another m hint e, closed the dooms silently as he had o; eni'd it, and returning to my side con tinued: "No," hu said ipiietly; "that wasn't, howiver, exactly ii it I meant. Can you tell me it he ha i taken any steps to dis cover t be. person wii ) committed tho out rnge:" "He hasn't take n any steps. He knows who did it. It was the cr,ar. He says so. There's no getting at him." "Hut we ought togctat the men employ ed by him, for what, is to prevent them do'niK this again when the next model is llniihed if they are allowed to cscupci Uow?" "Well, how are they to be caught:-" "That is what we i ho are tho' friends nt Turns might to try and rind out. Taras is too intent on striking a the car to occupy himselC with the agi'tit", but wu have not t hat e.-.c ue for mdiiicri nee,. and we might at leat nticmpt to imd thm. That at any rate is uiy leeliug, and I tuink it is yours, loo." 'Of course 1l is, I can't sleep at night for fearing what they nav do." "Tin ii let. Us make a p -H-tical betfinnlnj; row. Wo nerd not hot tier Tarns about it. J." us try to end the enemy out just as it ), wti-.' an ordinal. v thief who had broken in' o the house. Do you (i.'.n u to that " '.Vhy, certainly.'' "T, H nio"uow," '"id he, drawing his chair a 1'r.le letter and loM-eimj his voice, 1,1:'. ii did this take pie.' '' "1 don't know. V. e found it all smashed down when w a went up in i he workshop l elore ii-eaktast, this morning. It was all i-vlit when we were, there on SiUurduy night." 'A on did not go in there yesterday?" "No." "i'iieiiit must have Inppencd between Satiuitay night and this morning. Now," drimpiiiK his voice almost to a whisper, "whiil time does Mere I .urns go to bed?" Tl. ipir-lion stn't!ed me, but 1 answered tlm' she w as never i.p later than P. fa. -u bleeps, t the top of tbe house, dm -ti l h ?" "Vc." "Aid Mire I.ucas on the same floor as yoe i oo in the lir.-t tloori" "Ye ." "JMl me, docs she ever go dowuMnirs r.f'er yiju go to your room!" "4,'ot that I know of;" "J?oon ever hear any peculiar noise in th" night.-" "Nu," i replied, with an uncomfortable crei ji'tna of i no t!i sh, K"A:.na'li r. l! -cted for a laimue or two, Krokiiv; ihe s,it black beHrd thatcov i "d 4iii h mdsome face, his .leepy eyes so ! 4 tl.t only .uirrow siit.s ot lbh'twei-y ,i lUe'.ed uudcihe long curved lushes, and (t'.ia.rriin bending forward he muriniireil in ntonu perfectly Inaudible beyond our-heivi-fi "Wero you nt homo nil day yesterday;-" "No; we went to Kew in tho afternoon and came home btish." "Alt! voit It-l'i. thu house in the earo of Mere I.ucasf" "Ics." "Was -he at home-when you returned ?" "No, she came, in about ten minutes b.ter." He nodded as if bolind exneeledthis. "Did slm b.ij- where she Imd befeu!'" he llsked. "She went to co afrientl In Soho, 1 think (she -iid." "Hum" you ever beer a friend call upon her here'' "o." lie - hook hisiicnil.srailtujf again, hs if he had expe -lid my reply. "Of 4'ourw," licMiid, "yon found unlocks broken orunything of that liiud:-" "No." "Well, that is all I have to n.k jou for the present, 1 thiol.. Hut 1 need nottcllyoii how important it is that no one should know of this couveivntion, least ot all Mere Lucas." "Why, yon don't suspect she did it, do you!'" i whispered. "No," he replied, drawing tho word out doubtfully, "but I fuel tolerably certain on one point. There is ury little doubt that if you had gone into the .tudio betoi j Mere .uca returned uu would have found the niischiif done. Whether she is more closely concerned in this alminiiialil" affair I shall hu nblo to tell you when I I'cvef, !,."' i"-i-e a' .ut llu.u nivsicii- i ie, 1 1 i i 1 1 ' I in '.oho And i tinnl. I sl,l i i io i , i s, "i 1 1 'i al i i,, ni M i ' m ' i l j ii' ii i ' not., -in , ' he nihil d, riMin., "Ii I Me w ,-h n j uii again not to let, M( re !.ur:.i iiiuifiiiie jou Sllspecl, her. Try to he just tho sarin" as usual with her, only keep your eyes open, and ) our ears also, especially nt night!" With this mysterious injunction ho left tne. "Is it possible that Mero Lucas is tho enemy" I asked msrlf as I sat alone, shh ering with uervoim apprehension. CHAPTKH XVII. MISOIMNOS. 1 was still weighing Kaviinagh's niysterl oils itirstirui and dark insinuations, un able lo draw any definite conclusions from the (onfliellng doubts that agitated iny mind, when 'dm door opened mid Mero Lu cas eaine in, her big mouth pur.keted up with pain und liars running down her checks. "What a disaster! What a terrible ca lamity, my poor ricir fin nd!" she cM-lnim-cd, dropping on a chair as it overcome with ..!.! A.,,1 , t. ... 1i 1 1 i H"' inn ..iii-u iviiiwiisi iieieii liHClvwaill I und forw-aid she whimpered out her grief .n a mng cJinm d ltcolierent phruse i broku by sobs behind the blue aprou v.hh h she held to her eyes. Ir, seemed to nie as I watched her impos sible that such grief could be slniulaled; that any olio could summon such a flow or tears from an unfi cling heart. But then I reflected the person chosen by the czar's ascnt to cxtciito r o dangerous a mission must of ner.casiiy be extreme!) MUbtlenntl i'.'ceptive. "Tho lieautifn! li,;urcs all torn down the whole work iiiitnd:" ."lie went on. "Tho work it has taken so loug to make, tho pride and joy of my dear master! I would rather the monster, had beaten me down and crushed tlie life nut of nie!" I asked myself if Mere Lucas was not ov erdoing il now. "And to say," she added, gettingthe bet ter of her tears and dropping hi r apron "lo say that 1 am t lie c.ttisu of it all!" "Does he say so!-" I asked cjuickly. "Ah! I would he had. hook you, my poor dear fric nd, it is easier to bear lilatnc, w hen one deserves it, than forgiveness and words ot kindiie-,-1." She buist into tears again assiie repeated the worcU with which Tarns had tried to comfort her. My judgment waered it was difficult to doubt the sitieeiity of her emotion. "it is my fault; 1 say it, II" she cried, s! riking her breast, adiliiijf, w ith drain.it io i inpliasis, "and it is t rue! What right had 1 toleiiU'the hou.ii! when my master was nw-ay:- What am 1 lure lor but to protect the house and my master's itilercsi.'i? If it had happened While X was at hotne, it would have been a great misfortune, but at leutt, I should not have been cttlpabl"; no oil" could navo said I suffered the mischief io bo done." "Does any one s.iy so now?" I asked. "Why, it. is ci ichiiit, my poor friend. Any good lor nothing watching his oppor: unity might have opened the front door wit a a bent nail and walked in. And, animal that lnm,I did not teen ook round thu place when I came in to see that all was safe as I left it." KavaiiaKh's:utggc.stivoip.iestionsretnrned forcibly to my mind, and I found it was quite conceivable that a crafty person should accuse her; elf of a pardonable fault to screen herself I rum Ihe suspicion of an act of baseness. "Ami lo think thnt this b- my fault, and that I owe everything in the worlil tothat dear muster. One would say tliat 1 did it expressly to show that there was no more , gratitude in the world," and the team start ins from her eyes again she rose and j went out ot the room, whimpering: lieav i ins! 1 deserve to lie turned out of doors, I and then what would become of mef" 1 started, thinking that I had a key to ' the mystery in that phrase. Had not I ho dread of b. ing cast adrift, induced Mere Lucas to connive at, the est ruction of the group? If .-he had been warned of t he latal l co'ietUrticei to Taras-, which theprodue- liouiiL I no. wni-lv iiliisc email, WOUlll sue not, for his ,.,il.e a-- Weil as her own, agreu lo this simple measure tor averting ucn a terrible result? G-tuging her dispo' U ion hy ray own, I bale ved she would, and mV heart reailih f.nctve her ol',e:, e. iPa though afVr:tion tor ilie, oid woman in clined me to aecrpt, thi, epian.ttioti I re sohed to watch her flosiiy till hid .nu Knvnna';h and heat d tin- re tilt ot hi- iu cjuiry ri ..pi i ling t he fi ieinl in ilio. I followed h"r when site went out simp ping. I slept with my door open, and wak in;; at a lauded sound crept out m tho darkncsH to listen on the smn-s. j itiseov ered nothing tendiiig in tlm sli:;li'.c,t de gree to confirni tho suspicion of her com plicity in tho outrage; on the contrary, hi r continued dejeetion, which lite chfer.'ul remonstrance of T.ir.is failed to remove, teemed to confirm the'-fuecrity of lur sor row und htt.'i.iliat !ot. Apparently K ivnnngh found ttr. ater ditieulty than In-had anticiMtt.'d in ids iu Aistigatious, for n week elapsed net use I s..i liiuiaitidn. When he went up with Taras into ti e workshop to see the new Kioiip, which was rJready taking iorni, I lollowi d with the hope of finding an op port Unity cf hearing tho communication which I thought he might ha,o to make to JIM". "I shall llldsh it now," said Turns confi dently, "by thi' tium Gordon's kiln ia ready lo he llred." "If noth'tig happens to you or it in the meant ime," said Kavaungh somberly. "it in't likulj the ram-.tl.-, will try that game on aaiu. If they do, ao much the worse for them. Tliey will have to settle nceotir.ts with poor old Mere Lucas." "And siipposiintj, neveri helcs," said Kav araiih, with a glance at me as he turned in Taras, .Vlh'it this group shared the fate of the la-.t, what thi n?" "What then Why, I would begin an. other, with a revolver by my side, and never leave it till I gave it to the world to protect." Kiiv.inagh nodded gravely, but inad'i no other eoinuier.t. Fur some i.nniiles 1m stood silent I) watehinj; Tar.is as he built up a fold in the drapery witli pellets of moist clay; then, reccm-ring from hislit of abst ruction, he looked ut his wutch and pleaded an engagement, Tunis hud usido Ills clay, and despite his friend's remou slrant'i's led the way down the steps to see him to the door. Ju'that moment Kiivauagh, turidug to UK-, murmured' "1 lme fcumel hiug to tell .ou when 1 get the chance. Hut, for heaven's sake, don't hue siyhj of Jlere Luciis!" Then he added some commonplace iu a louder tone and ran dow'u f hu iteps. At dinner time Turns said to me: "1 am going to smoke a pipe with Gor don present 1). Will you walk as far as tho Adelphl with mi'1" Nothing would hce pleased mo more, but with ICnvjiiHgb's warning still I'ntflng iu my eais 1 dan d not accept the ofler. "How long shall you su with him?" I. asked, thinking that if t he time wero not too loug Mere Lima might bo left. "A couple of hours or so, too loug for you to wait. And 1 can't cry well auk you lo go up into his looms." "1 know that." 1' laid almo-: ecav.il to In i ai t me; and ; i loina.r Ii rnii..il i u, i l'i" b! "'. wmcti a iinoi alw , mi-1 i j ', ' i1 .ink you vcij m,"Ji l. t 1 i , I v-Mild r.ithei nny at home tonight.'' It. wius fl o'eloc k wnen Tar.i started. At !l Mere Lucas came in to bid tne a lugubri ous adieu, and then 1 Ci;.'in to listen lo the fool slips in the "trtet, tlioiiedi I had no rea son to expect Tarns in lor at leastjinother hour. At IU o'eloc k. 1 went out aV'iiuUe iessly as I could and looked upal Mere Lit-, ens' window. There 'was no llglit?ln'lh" l-noni, but as I reached t lis door ot tho work shop tho window salh was tlnnw-ii opeu,' and her head in its wliitu nightcap ap pointed. She had heard me unbolt the back door. ft"Wbo is there?" she cried in a tone ol iilnrni. I told bur it Mas 1, who had coma out to see if the lock which hail been put on the workshop Jotir was secure. "My pnor little irieinl," said she, "do you think I could lie down if I had not iniidei.ureofth.it? Is it that my good lit tle master has not returned yet?" 1 told her t hut i expected him iu every minute, and with a mutual "good night" he clocd the w indow, and I entered the ho. lie. 1 had left a lifht in the kitchen. Look ing round I saw thnt everything was iu its place and the bright latchkey of the front door, which Mere Lucas used when she went out in the daytime, hanging over thn drcser. "Surely," I said to myself, reassured hy these signs, "Kavantsch lias lieen deceived. There is no necessity to Walch Mere Lucas tonight." 1 returned to the front room to listen again for Taras' footstep. At rare inter vals my ear caught an approaohing sound, and my heart, io, e witli hopeful anticipa tion, to sink lower than ever when the step became suflicienl ly audible forme to dis tinguish that it was not my friend's. As the minutes dragc-cd on my anxiety in creased. It oroun ed to me that Kava nagh's hint, ret erred to some personal at tack which he had leasoit to believe would bo mndo upon Taras iu the hotue that night, an cttack which Merc" Lucas was to facilitate by admitting her in complices when iie slept. It might huvo been agreed that, iu the. event of his going out the at tcelc .should lie postponed, in icw of the tincrt uiity with regard to the hour of his return. That would account for Mere Lucas' present, iuarl ive altitude. After wailing a little while another sup position suggested itself. What it the scene ol a'taik had simply ben shifted by Taras going out? I nail heard rumors of per.-oiis being robbed on the enibank meiu and thrown into the river. Tcuas had an inlat'iatfou for the embankment, which might be known to his watchful enemies. 'I hey might v, nylhy him nt snmu point be t vecn csuni'ister bridge and Lambeth and ". ileiK e" hi;n in that expeditious way. At, that moment T5ig Ben chimed the t areo-rjiarteri past IU. I strained myears to catch M.r.ie other ound, but none break ing the mi ruse . Hence I rcolved to end my intolerable fci-.i panso by yoing out to Imd Taras, I slipped off my shoes and ran silently up stairs. From my room I took a small bat and a dark blue ulster, shut the door, and having assured myseif by the souncl of Merc Lucas' peaceful breathing that there was cer'ainly no danger iu leaving her 1 deseeni'ed to the living room and in a couple of minutes completed my prepara tion. Not a soul was iu sight w hen I looked out. With the key I tin I taken from the l.itjlien I chiicd ihe door carefully and thcu sped off on iny stran:;e mission. Tlie Albert embankment was d"sertcd but for a poor w rutdi uslcep under thu wall of tho hospital. It struck 11 as I crossed West niiu.iter bridge. Keeping the north sido I hastened nhur: the ieioria embankment, eagerly scanning every figure that came wi nun my utuge of vbmti, mined up Vil-lie."- frtet and thence on to t he Adelphi terrace. A brougham sio.-d before an open door. The o river. v, a doing somethingto the I, use 's hit. No o'l -else v. i: I o lie .-t'en on the terrace. I saw hiuisloptolookat me, Inn as I dre iv iieeivi- lie I urneil his face and liiisu 1 hiuis'e.f agu'n w itii the harness. On the laniiglit of tne door ,vns written "t .'raniiiiou Chambers.'' It was tbetc that I ioidnu had his rooms. I siopped, asking my-eli what I should do now. The bi i-k walk had dissipated thnt par: of my n ,i-iy v iticit was cute to morbid i::.,e;:na-.if n. It was on my mind to ask the driver of the brougham it he had set u anyone leave the Iiousj when he cast Ids ej ei around and gave me another luri ie. look. He was a peculiar looking man, gaunt and ungainly, with di ep sunk e yes and hol low' cheeks, and the sidelong glance under his beetling brow.s was to suspicious and a.aca'iuy that iu my nervous, hc.-.itatiiig ui no I I could ii.,t .summon resolution to cjiicstion him. I walked toward the end of tli' leirtiv to settle what course 1 should lake, bin before 1 had gone a Coen yards tn.iii tbe door I turn .1 round, impatient of i.iy indfci-icn, with the resolve to speak to the man. Some one Imd just come from tne open door and stood now looking dowu the lernco iu tho opposite direction. lie iui red ins head sharply nnd looked to waul uuv it wa not Taras. I saw that at the flrt i. i.iuce, but the next instant I perceived "hat it was Kavntimjb. 1 knew him by Ids sl'ifht, erect, military luoking iiguiv, his close Utttng coat and the correct hat drawn iiwen 'i'liis brows, lie mil-t have seen leeiud might hae recogi.icd me, for 1 . -nod under the light of a lamp, but u If fiota inditlereuce or polite discretion hu took no further notice of me, but sauntered to the driver of the brmijrhnni, spoko a few words in him, inaudible 1. 1 me at thnt dis tance, and then sanurered back into the hoii-c. His presence renurcd nie, and I was glad that I had neither gone up to I . onion's rooms nor spoken to the driver. Obvious ly he had dropped In and prolonged the vis it of Taras, N e en heless 1 loulduot make up my udlid togo back to Lambeth yet. 1" li. rued itgaiu and walked on to the cud of the tenv.ee. whr-e tho railings at tbe cur lier of Adam street screened me, an' there 1 wailed. Very soon a ft erw aril Taras i amei-i t wilh Gordon and Kavanagh. Tln-y stood chat ting for a few tuiinues; then they shook liiiinl.-, ivavauagh stcppul into the brough am, und lurilon strolled oil' with Tare u the direction ol Yilller.s sti-eet. Tho brougham paned ine at the corner of Adam sweet, and thednvcrenst another furt ive glance at nie, but, Kb uiine'b wits occupied iu lighting a cigarette. (TO UK C0STIMIK3, I'ln-tcn. If 5 "U are thinklug about biiyhitf.-i plHter,re mi iiiln".' that jou will plain ii iiimti j-our Imdj and i alinol uet a planter that will he ton yinul for jiiii. A l.l.i oik's I'lUtor- I'i.istkk U the I nil plus. ter uiade. Vour ili'iiftd-l liutj lime siinie other plaster on his shelves which lie is anxious lo (tot rid of, or else nine worthless Imilntinil tnisehused nt u lov price for the )iiiiom' nt ilhsiitmicin. Uniml accept h! ".lust iissoihI" 1Ii'., in-lit upon having the uenuine. Al.l 1 Ol k s i (II, Ol ,i l'i,.,- ,i.n Im . ho , l,t ll. til. VM' - I'll ' f. 1 I I PRIZES ON PATENTS. How lo (.'ol, Twi'iil.vllvc lluii (li'cil Dollars Tor Nothing 'I'lio Winner has it OUiai" Oil t of n Small I'oitniic, anil tho Losers llfiw Viitf-nts f.ltttt iTIiiy ISrliis 'L'lusni in Still iMot-i". Would ou blcp to mike t nil Ii , 1 1 1 red dollars '' If you would n el . , I , what follows and you may see a u.n i I The Press ( 'Inlins t'ompniiv d .ot- n attention to patents, It luii linride I anils of applications for intention I, Would like to handle thousand- in e, 'I is plenty of inventive talent nt I i. m country, needing nothing but e, n meiit to produce jirnetii id i'-'il i eiieouragement the Press l i,i ,, - i proposes to give. SOT SO IIAflll As IT si ! ,s. A patent strikes most s'o,li, io ,, , ,t , lingl formiduble thing. The 1,1 , an inventor must be a liatui.il oun Fdison or Bell ; Hint lie 11111-1 ,1, , , , . , to delving in eoniplieated !i; 11 , il 1 leni. and that he must spend a toil n 1 Hi ate exs'i'iuients b-lore 1 11 r. , de ice to a patentable degi I , This deliisinn the eonipany ilein - ' It desires to get into the iienil ,,1 ii ; n dear comprehension 0f th 1 a t t ,t not the (treat, complex, and 1 tioiis that bring 1he best i-( tin 11, -., '' , a thors. but the little, simple, anil , li , - the things that seem so nli-i.-.u 1, that tbe av'c rage citizen would 0 I - ,1 ashamed of bringing them t , ;;, . t . - t ol the J'utent Ofllce. Kdison says that the prof! -1 ft "in the patents on all his mat hi , t ions have not been sufllcieiii (,, ij ol Ins exiieriinents. But tl man mi , ceiVld the Idea ol fHstellillg i I'll of .1 I cord to a child's ball, so that n v ' ! back to the hand when tin-,, mi o "I, i tunc out of his scheme Tli m,,,l , mm bine is miracle of inst" nut, I duel of the toil of hundreds .., i ,. i, through a hundred and tl ft ., i - . p t iv hole brilliant result rests i pon n i device of putting tho eye i" tli,- i, il the point instead of at the l i Tin: Li jTj, TIllNtis Till: vi t i. .vtii. t:. f'oinparntively few poop! n, selves as Inventoiv, but el' o-t i has been struck, at one tii i ; with ideas thut seemed call " in!, i ., , ! sonii' of the little frictions i t . I such ideas are dismissed 11 In ... in j thought. I "Why don't the railroad ( i it.s i ar w indovvs so that thev '.ml and down without breakitv 'I"' i" bllcks:" exelciins tho te -el r I' I l-imnilig the road I W( II i'ii,- ;i s-uch a way. ' ' "AVImt was the man thit "ua 1 - tins t pan thinking of,? gi'i mb ' - the , o. "lie never had lo work 1 1 n would have known how it ,'un' , i been fixed. " "Hang ,-uch a collar In, t;, i :" mini who is late for bro.oil ,-: n ! iu the business I'd n.iile l.r' wouldn't slip out. or break t! o-". tbe back of my net k.'' And then the various stiff i their grievaii' i's and begin t" Hi, ,:, , lluiigelse. If they would s ,i, ,. , , next convenient oppoi-ttmitv put;;, i about car windows, saiicep.iii-. .m l l iiltoiis into pi.ietK.il shape ,n 1 tl: i, t, for patents. lht might find lli.e - Le ilidepeiidi mly wealthv as t! e ie. i '"Ho M'lit-d the iron uini'i-ellii rii ,;. .,1 -j . i -i r in itio wlio patented the filtc, li pi;;',', A Tl;it!"TI.N(. Ill I I ;:. To induce p, ople to l,eii f i i r bright ideas nie! i what in. i - t t t lie i'l i -s ( "1 i inn I oinpain 1, - , , ij nrVer a pi i. e. 'l'ci tin: jioi'Hon -.vim jiilii.iits to It tlie simplest and most proi ii inj;' inveiitidii, from it coir.iuor cinl iioint oi' vio'.v, tlie t-oiniiiiiy will privo ttvent.v-iivo liinulretl tloHiirs in easli. iti isdditioii t rai milliner the foas ltv sec uring tlio jinfent. St will itlso atlvortisa the in vontion I'roe of eharuo. This oh"i' ii ruhjfct to t"- .a , diti'iis : Eii'i v i onipetitor iniiit ol,: for his invention throutth tl (in , h M , must first n, ib, lorn prt'n , i ,, the eo-t ol which will hi t! ,,,!i s, ( this search show his invent si '. I, , -entable. he can vv itbdraw vv i !i,,him,, pcn'. Htllerwise In; will!" i;, i eoiiiplcte iin application nu i.i1 cut ill tile reidarway. Th t a il indudmi", lioveriiiueiit and lau.-.m i, be si'Miity dollars. I'or t . m, secures Uie -ie or not. t nn, . have a patent that onjtlil i , l , v propertv to him. The prize ill I , , t liy a jury coiisiitiiij; of tin-e ,, .! ent attorneys of W'a-liii' couipetilors should It 11 ml tin und forward it w 'th then- a III- In "1 siiblnlt the w illimdcM'i 1, n ri , competition for the Tweic v n , Hollar Frizv otl'iivd by tin- l'i t'oinptinv. Ml 111. VKs IN THI- Olll't Thi" is a onipetiticni of i -nh ' i nafuiv. It is eoiiiinoii to dil ! bi-st storv. or Picture, or ar, l it all tlie eoiupt iiton risking lie 'ubor mill tbei sii'vessful Dili in, , his lor the ,iuu lint of the c l'i'csi c laiitt.- t oiiii'iii" '- iiler entirely 1 1 M - i, m j , ., asked tk hc'lp him i aii tli a v hin.self to the best a l iMit.ie vv a rd"d tor doing it. i: a pi i stimulus to do something thin i vv in tli i"iu without it. Tin i', i , competitive plan lor a club h. i tain I'ol'lier is nol aeceited ll. - ' on Miniethiug ol very little nu i . Ihe ierson vv bo patents n simple ,oi del ieedn the Presi I'iaims I ,, , ,n (M'litioii. iicciliiot worry il be tails: ,-, prize. He Iui a substantial i,m for hi- work one that will ..n value in Ihe market atituy tan The plain man who uses an . a; daily wolk ouj;ht to know beiti i I prove it tliun the nieehniuen I , , sliidies it onl.v I rum the tbeonu, ,i view. Get rid ot the idea thai in incut, etui be too simple to h. , enli nr. The simpler the bci,,i sou who best succeeds ill coniliui n it v and iKipularitv, will gel the l i l 'oini'iiny's tvvent v -live fiuudrcl .i .'I The responsibility of this eonipi'i, jiulKral front the fai t that its t. , '. about five hmnlrcd of the leadm. ue, of the F n i teil Stales d In si the IVi -i l I ,mi- i 'oiip , , i,', 1 1, , n in. in , i . ( . . ' . l i. ' II - lea 11, 1, I, I I V 1 1 l-l t ,1, , s F