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Chicago bird-lovers threaten the arrest of women who wear birds In their bonnets as well as milliners who sell them. It the threat is carried out Chicago will indeed be a breery place

hlcago v ir a time

Traditions are common In western Kansas of trees suddenly dying without apparent cause after having been used . as gallows for lynchings. Many are said never to have leaved again after this experience.

A lobster trust Is to be organized In Maine. One by one the standbys of the kitchen are relegated to the ranks of prohibitive luxuries. The great American pie trust will no doubt arrive bofore long to strike the final blow.

The latest issue of the Quarterly Bulletin of the University of the State of Washington contains the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of jWW'United States and the provisional and "permanent” Constitutions of the ‘ Confederate States of America. These four documents have been brought together for the use of the students In their studies, who otherwise might not find them easy accessible.

The Wisconsin arrived sale In port at the Golden Gate after a voyage covering 19.519 miles. Here Is a record trip for an American battle-ship. She brought, too, wonderful records for accurate shooting with big guns and small arms. Of 482 men practicing 470 are qualified marksmen and 220 are sharpshooters. How good a preparation for war is such a target work in peace the whole world recognized when our ships had Spanish fleet* for marks.

Paris has lately been testing a novel apparatus for' rendering first aid. In . design the contrivance Is suggestive of a pillar letter box, containing a small medicine chest and a folding . stretcher. Possession of these latter is obtained by breaking a glass panel in the same way as the glass of a fire alarm post is broken when a fire engine is called. In addition to tl>e key of the case, access is gained to a telephone Inside communicating with the ambulance station. President Buffington of the Illinois •Steel company is quoted as saying that in the future "captains of Industry” will not be so often as In the past promoted from the ranks. "We want.” be says, "educated young men, grad- - nates from technical schools." And tc Illustrate his point he says: "We have the case of President Schwab; who came - into his position without technical education. But he had worked almost into It tinder the old school. We may believe that he would have got there under any circumstance*, and It must be recognized that there are not _ many Schwabs in the great masses of young men. There will be Carnegles and Schwabs In the future who will rise in spite of circumstance*, but in •peaking to young men of modest capacity it is a mistake to impress upon them the belief that the methods of forty years ago are applicable now.”

Fifteen hundred of the members of the Welsh colony established In the early sixties In the valley of the Ctaupat. Patagonia, are arranging to emigrate in a body to Canada. The colony has been a failure, to all Intents and purports, from the start For years the colonists suffered great distress, because of tbelr Inexperience In “roughing it” snd an inability to adapt themselves to the climate conditions of the country. Although the Chupst cars tied an enormous, volume of water In its bed the year round In front of their land*, the crop? on the latter were destroyed by drought for several seasons • is succession before they discovered the value of irrigation. When the col1 ony finally begin to flourish the Ar- [ gentlne Republic extended Its Jurisdlc- ! Ocn over It, enforcing conscription and imposed onerous taxes upon the colonists. and-the latter appealed to the British government to aid them to migrate to Canada, where the Dominion government has offered them land. [ ft* the British government has never advanced money for emigration, her __ mberiain auggeeted that the necL senary funds be raised by subscription. L bi* is now being done.

THEtAXSTEKY- OF-Tttt'

CHAPTER IL

*■ Continued. 9^ Sometimes the shadowy something disappeared altogether for a few seconds, to re-appear stealthily creeplngl round the {rails of the-Uttle room. Only one thing he could make out from the vague outline which was all he saw of the figure—the Intruder was a woman.

tCoj-Trtrtt. m tar Botawt Bsamf* Sms.]

He heard a Bound which be took to be

doth(

hsd been ransacked. Then, though he

the dropping of his clothes jrben they

hardly saw It. be felt that the figure

.was approaching the bed.

He remained motionless, imitating

Then It was under the bolster, and. finally. It was under his pillow. He held himself In reftlness to seise the hand at the moment when it ■bould find his watch and bis pnree. When once the stealthy fingers had touched these articles, however, they were snatched away with so much rapidity that Clifford had to spring up and fling out his arm to catch the thievish hand. As his fingers closed upon those of

that the skin was smooth as satin, that the trembling fingers were slender and soft, the hand small and delicate—a hand that be knew! “Who are yon? Who are you?” bo tried hoarsely. But be got no answer but the answer Of bis own heart. His agitation was so great that the little hand wriggled out of his. still bearing bis watch and bis purse; and in another moment the door had opened and closed and he

.washlone.

CHAPTER III. . _ Clifford King sat up In bed when the door had dosed with a flicker of dim light and a rash of cod air, shaking from head to foot with excitement and horror which made him cold and sick. Was she a thief, then, a common thief, this blue-eyed, pink-cheeked glr« who had infatuated him the evening before? This Nell of the soft voice and the bright hair, to whose pretty talk he had listened with delight, .whom be bad been ready to worship for her gentleness, her affectionate kindness for her rough dd uncle? No, was Impossible. He bad been

He would wak<

dreaming. He would wake presently to find that the experiences of tbe last few minutes bad been a nightman-

only.

With a wish to this effect so strong that it was almost a belief, be tbruxt bla band under his pillow and felt about for bis watch and his purse. But they were goue, without the possibility of a doubt. He sprang out of bed, groped his way to tbe window and drew back Uie heavy curtains. The dawn was breaking. and a pale, golden light was on tbe sea. Tbe rain of tbe nlgbt before had made tbe air cool and fresh, and Clifford's brain was ss clear at Is could he as be threw open the window and had to confess that the visit of the woman with the soft hand had been a terrible reality. He observed by tbe dawning light that it was nearly four o'clock. He examined his clothes, saw that they had been disarranged, and then be went to tbe door, turned tbe handle xdtly, and looked out. The landing was small and narrow, and two doors opened on It besides that of Clifford's room. A steep and .very narrow wooden staircase led 0i> to the. top ot the hbuse. and Icokjcg up, Clifford could Just discern that at tbe top there was one door on either

side

He went back into his room, dressed himself, and sat by the open window la a state of great agitation. Far from yielding at once to the apparently inevitable conclusion, Clifford fought against It with all his might. Quickly as his.passion for the girl had sprung up. It was strong enough to make him ready to accept any hypothesis, however Improbable, rather than accept tbe evidence of bis own senses when that evidence was against her. He was ready to believe that there was In the boose another woman with a band as small, as soft as smooth-skinned as tbe one be bad held In bis band when be bade Nell good nlgbt And then tbe desperate improbability of this supposition struck him with tbe force of'* blow. He remembered the stalwart red-handed country wench who had been helping tbe landlord In tbe bar, and be was forced to admit that tbe band which had taken bis watch and parse was not here. But mention had been made of "Old Nannie,” a personage whom be had not seen, and be told himself that this might be a nickname. and that tbe bearer of it might prove to be young and fair enough tc be tbe owner of the thievish lingers. Although this explanation of the theft was a very unlikely one. Clifford hugged It with desperate persistency until tbe dawn of another suggestion In his mind. This was a better one certainly. Was pretty-Nell a somnambulist? If no. It only wanted a good, hard stretch of Clifford's Imagination to picture the girl as continually haunted, both by day and night, with the Me* of helping and enrlcblpg her uncle, until at last her wishes ran away with her and took shape in her sleep in actual tbeM

•n his behalf. Clifford had read Olds of this sort, which he bad Indeed looked upon as highly Imaginative; but now his love made him snatch at this or at any way of escaping tbe dreadful possibility cC having to acknowledge that Nell was a thief. The sleepwalking notion had brought him some comfort, and be felt quite hopeful about clearing op tbe mystery, when a faint noise outside his door made him start up and listen. He peeped out upon the landing, but there was no one to_be seen- However. be kept bis door ajar and watched. In a few mlnntcs be felt * rush of cold air from tbe ground-floor of the house, and dashing quickly out upon the landing, he came face to face with Nell herself, as she ran up the stairs. Now If It had not been for the strange occurrence of the night Clifford would have thought *othlng of this wriy meeting. People rise early In tbe country, and Nell bad the live stock to attend to. as sne had told him, taking her turn with the servants. The fact of there being a visitor In the Inn, too. would have explained satisfactorily the care she took not to make any

noise.

But with his mind full of the agony of unwilling suspicion, the young nSan could not help noticing that Nell looked guilty and tightened, that the color suddenly leftmer cheeks, and that she stammered In her efforts to give him

) very early. I—I

greeting. ‘•Yon—yon get up had not expected to see you down before eight o'clock,” she managed to say at last And, there was In her eyes, as she looked shyly up at him, an unmistakable anxiety which made bis manyr. as he answered, short and cold. ✓ "I was disturbed in the nlgbt,” be said, stiffly. And be avoided her eyes as steadily as she avoided his. "Dls—tarbed!” exclaimed Nell, lyAnd then she looked np quickly In his face with a‘glance so full of Inqnlry, of fear, that, against bis wish and bis will. Clifford's own eyes met hers with a suspicious frown. "What was It that disturbed you?" asked the girl. Be hesitated. Surely this candid anxiety was & proof of Innocence, not guilt! Surely a thief would have been ready with a glib speech, with a look of overdone surprise. He looked away again, absolutely unable to frame, to her. the story of his adventure. “Ob. I don't know. It was nothing, I suppose.” be answered, confusedly. He felt the girl's eyes were upon him. but be would not meet them. He must speak about his loss, of course, but It should be to her unde, not to her. “Whst sre you going to dp with yourself till breakfast time?” she

on * plessant lawn and pick roses. Will you go out over tbe marsh and bathe In tbe sea? I could show you tbe way to the ferry. Or would It be too slow for you to watch os turn the cows out?" Innocence! Surely this was Innocence. Clifford only hesitated for a moment During that moment be told himself that be would conquer his feeling for tbe girl, that be would not run the risk of becoming more infatuated than he was. But the next moment the girl conquered,'tuid looking down into the fair, sweet face, he was ready to think that bis ownaenses bad lied to him, that tbe band wblcb bad robbed him could not be Nell's. So he followed her out into the fresh

cows for their day's wanderings over tbe march, and to look for the eggs wblcb lay warm In the nests of the fowl-house. Loqg before breakfast time tbe occurrence of the, night bad become a half-forgotten nightmare, and Clifford was enjoying Nell’s unaffected, lively chatter as much ss on the previous day. Only when his band to.ocbed here, as she took tbe casket of eggs from him. did Clifford-rfmember, with a shudder, that It was tbe same touch which he had felt in the night, the same smooth, soft skin, the same slender little fingers; so that he was bound, before be met tbe landlord, to come back to bis old theory that Nell was a somnambulist. It was a disagreeable business, that of making known bis loss to George Claris. Bnt It bad soon as Clifford followed the landload, to the front of the house, where he was taking down the shutters, and told him be had something unpleasant to relate to him. ' The young man at once perceived, by a sudden change tc. sullen expectancy In tbe landlord's manner, that he was not wholly unprepared for the sort of stoiY to which he *\ lug. He heard with attention the whole story, and only looked up when touched the from under his pillow. "You touched ft. you say?" said George Claris, sharply. “Then why on earth didn't you bold on and

And defiantly. Incredulously, the man. with bis red. honest face full of sullen anger, turned to face bla visitor. Clifford hesitated. He had said nothing about tbe sort of band It was. and be began to feel that be would rather lose all chance of ever seeing watch or money again than formulate, however euphemistically, tbe fearful accusation. “It was—It was a shock, yon known he stammered, meekly. 'The hand was snatched away as soon ss I fell

parent snsplctofi on Us side, “It seemi to me a strange thing that a man abonld feel a thing like that without calling out'. It's the first thing a man would do as wasn’t qslte a boro fool, to jump up and make for the feller." "Ah!" exclaimed Clifford, sharply. George Claris looked at him with a deepening frown. “What do yon mean, slrr' “That I am not sure—that I'm very far from sure—that tbe Intruder was a

‘‘Who do you think It was. then?

> you an' i

ft*. 1

.Who do you think It was as took your watch an* your money? Speak out.

f you ds The blood rose In Clifford's face. The man’s surly, deflaut tone seemed to show that he had either some knowledge or some fear of the troth. But again there rushed over the young man an overwhelming sense of shame, which prevented him from being more explicit *T have spoken ont” he said, plyFor a few minutes the men stood silent each afraid to say too much. Then Claris, as sullenly, as fiercely as ever, beckoned to Gifford to follow him Into the inn. "Come an’ see 'em. come an' see ’em all. Search ’em if you like," said he. bluntly. "And look over the bouse an' see If there's a way in It or out of it that anybody could have got in or out by. Come and see for yourself. I say.” Clifford followed him In silence into tbe little bar. allowed Claris U> point out to him that tbe window was still barred, and had evidently not been tampered with. And so in turn they examined together the windows and the doors of the whole bouse; and Clifford saw that, nnless Claris hlmself_ hxdAStcn ln_ collusion wjtb the thief, itt> one could have got In from the outside during the night But then Clifford himself had not suspected a thief from the outside. As for the persons who bad slept In the bouse that night George Claris said they were five in number. Himself. his niece. Gifford, the servant

sixty and seventy years of age, who slept In a small room, which was scarcely more than a cupboard, on the ground floor, because she was too Infirm to go upstairs. Gifford made the excuse of wishing to converse a little with the old wqman. that be might have an opportunity of examining her hands. They were withered snd ledn. rendered coarse by field work, and enlarged at the joints by rbenmatism. Without a doubt It was not the hand of old Nannie which had taken bis watch and purse. ■When be left the kitchen, where be and the landlord had thus interviewed the staff of the establishment. Gifford followed Claris again into the road in front of the Inn. •Now,” said Claris, defiantly, "you've seen every blessed creature as was in the house last nlgbt. Which of them was it as you think took your things?’ Gifford hesitated. "I have an idea.” he said, "and I want you to listen quietly, since if It is correct, it takes away all suspicion of anyone having Acted dishonestly. Is there in your house a—a—woman who walks in her sleep!" • "Not Into folks' bedrooms to steal their money, anyhow." answered Claris. surlily. "And I’ve never beard of no sort of sleep-walkin’ by either of them.” “Either of the servants, you mean?" said Clifford with a slight emphasis. “res. of course. Why. man alive! You wouldn't sure dare to say as my niece, my lovely Nell, was a thief to take your dirty money T’ shouted tbe

landlord, with sudden fury, all the more fierce that, as Gifford could see, he had heard whispers of the same sort before. “Here, Nell, Nell! Where are you ” And. not heeding Gifford’s angry protests, Claris rushed Into the bouse, sod almost Into the arms of his niece, who, apparently suspecting nothing, came running quickly In from the garden at the sound of her own name. “What Is It, uncle?' She still wore her hat. bnt It was pushed back; and her pink and white face, glowing with the wholesome sting of the fresh morning air. smiled at the hot and agitated faces of the two men. “This man. this gentleman, says you’re a thief, my glri! Says yon went into bis room last nlgbt and stole bis watch and his money, and that he caught your hand In tbe very act. There, my girl, answer him yourself. Tell him what yon think of a cur that tells such lies ss them of my bonny Nell!” The man was deed, almost sobbing with rage disgust. As for Clifford, he was Inarticulate; he could only look at the girl, as she grew deadly white, and seemed to loee the bloom of her beauty In horror ana amazement as she listened.

s genuinely agitated. Insobbing with rage and

"Yon didn't submit quietly to tbelr

dM you?’ asked tbe officers hurried to tbe scene as soon

__ robbery was over. "Nor gasped the vletlm; ‘T chewed the rag,

bnt whst good did that

who bad b

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