THE SOLDIER'S DIRGE. »*»J In the b*ttl»—4eml on the Bald; Bora than bla Ula can a aoldlar yield? kad for hU ooumtry. Knffla U># drama; (lowly the tad prooeaelon cornea, rhe heart may aobe, but the heart muet ewetl flth pride for the eoldler who fou«bt ao lla blood baa burnlabed hie eabra bright; •o hie memory, honor to him. good night. — Kllrabeth Harman, In Llpplaeott'a Mag-

[the'carheliah

—;

..OP.. A GHOST VALLEY. ^

i »

( By Joaa H. BarraaT. jf When Colonel Dlcklnaon had told ala story" of Copplnger'a fight with Inlinns at ihe battle of the Caverns. Pro■easof Beckman, whom we knew as an •xferlenced ethnologist and tcajreler. il^owed no astonishment at adl over •Jse manner In which the savages had turned tneir children at that famous

unbusrade.

“I -believe all our aborigines were' given to the same or similar practices, ihough manifested In different ways."

• It Is not yet thirty yeai

ons of Navajo children In the branches

hough manifested In different ways."

aid *he. "It is not yet thirty e I found as many as seven i of Navajo children In the bra

»f two trees In the Ohoet Valley, c »t the lost gorges southwest of t Mancos. Major Tuttle, who wi

hit at Hermoslllo whet

at Herat

told me that the squa' Navajo chief who was slain

back

illm. tid r>

i’ncompahgres away )ad killed all their y

lolot-aust to i Itory. and. o telf finally I

I last st jaws 'of ; lain by t In the S

g as a sort of

lolot-aust to the deity. It's a very odd

!, come to think of It. I myy turned up as the uncoi

iclous agent of the Indian Manltou. "It was at Durango, after myself and t party of scientists had explored the cliff-dwellings of Man,cos. that Major ruttle. who was agent at Red Mountain in those days, told «s a lot of queer stories about Ohoat Valley. It seems that the Uncompahgres. re-en-forced by nearly 200 Piutes. had once surrounded and surprised a Navajo village which then nestled In Us basin, and that the Navajos had not only lost most of their warriors, but that an idol of great age and. •experience' had been captured and either carried off or destroyed by the victors. Major Tuttle told us that the aacrlflce of children had followed, and that to the present day t,he oniy surviving son of the beaten and slaughtered chief lived, aa outcast and an object of auperstitious horror, near the Navajo reservation. This pariah of a once noble family had. according to Major Tuttl-. gouged out one of hit osrn eyes in the

‘ ilf-pu

hope that this sgll Induce the gods to

lunlsttment might favor his search lor

the lost Idol of the tribe, jvhich had* it

i. but one eye.

"You may be sure that after hearing Major ‘Tuttle's story I was very anxious to penetrate Ghost Valley, and when we came to Hermoslllo. which Is tt the edge of the Navajo's reservation. I set about finding a guide among the tribesmen who would lead our party Into the historic baain. Major Tuttle, Hbverer, had gone to Denver, and I had to depend whol

awn

neither Indians nor whites ever went Into Ghost Valley. That it was known to be haunted, that its waters were poisonous and whosoever ventured within Its bowl-llke depths returned no more. I tried to Induce some of the Indians to lead me Into the valley, but they shrugged their shoulders at my offers of money, till at last a fine lookyoung buck who spoke pretty good

t told me:

"'You get Jim Look Once. Him go in Ghost Valley. Might never come back. too. All right. By which I understood that Jim Look Once was fh* outcast son of the dead chief. And so It proved. I had no trouble in finding

ing young English t

was aa Ill-favored, one-eyed Indian about 40 years old. stoop-efaooldered. skulking and evidently bowed with the -ilsfortunee of his forbears. A miner tfe geologist, made up ocr-flarty, and

« dayb

Jim Look Once leading the pack ynule.

On the

d Sch'oolcraft, whom we had pickSlI Silver CKy. and Dr. Hickman,

t geologist, made up oerparty. and daybreak one June morning, with

a Look Once leading the pi we started for Ghost Valley.

Jim. our guide, here abandoned us to r own resources and weal ranging i the thicket like a bird dog '

tuhble.

A MOST AMAZING FRAUD

about

working the atul

"We found the burial ground In the i afternoon, and I think It was Dr. Hickman who tame upon the eeren baby 1 skeletons. We tried to get our guide to go into rorae of the higher trees to fetch us down some of the older skeletons. some of which, thalr wsalherstalaed cerements yet clinging to them, were In a good state of preservation, but Jim Look Once showed a mortal

incwstral dead and would > Being tie heat climbI then essayed a tour

STORY OF THE GREATEST SWINDLE

OF MODERN TIMES.

All Paris Aghast «*er Ihe Devsleptasats ia lbs Hutubsn-Crawford Case — Tsa Mtlllaa Uellprs Berrewsd oa a Mythical Pertaae — Safe the Meavy Villain.

terror of his ant

not conft

er In our part;

beat cllmbsyed a tour

among the skeletons and had unfastened a fine articulate one and waa coming carefully down, when the Indian saw. me and aet up an ear-eplit- • ting shriek. Then he darted away Into

ways merry Paris,

developments of the Humbert-Craw-ferd case, as It Is called. It W an nmaxing story—moat amaxIt Is the story of the greatest most astounding fraud of modern

$20,000,000 fraud, a 100.

000 franc romance, concocted In ) biains of two abrewd women who have

, concocted

.00.000.In the

Then he darted away

indcrbrua)! and lay. But a slngt

o more that da3

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;hts from the akel-

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discovery distracted our though the soared guide. When I got tl eton down and examined its condition and counted the extraordinary fine teeth which ornamented both Jaws. I saw a beautiful polished sphere of chalcedony, of a red darker than most carneliau. and about as large as an ogg. fixed between the clinched teeth ; of the skull.. We all wondered very much at the strangely beautiful sped- ! men. but when I pried the Jaws apart and examined the sphere 1 found' that lent of it had been cut away.

of the

lived for twenty years on the proceeds of the credulity of those w)io believed it. Those proceeds. It Is said today, were at least ITO.WO.OOO of borrowed n;oney—borrowed on the strength of a

mythical fortune locked up In ty safe. It has often been si a man can live comfortably on t term of his debts. If they be enough. Bot here are persons

have been accepted as members of the hnut ton of Pari*, whose only capital was a wild romance and whose securities were the figments of an Imagiua-

t.ve brain.

emp-

1 said that

the la1 who

By a mutual agreemint. It was given out. the different parties to tbd controveray were content to let them remain there until the courts rendered final Judgment on the tlalma. Once a year, 00 the pretty roil ance went, the "different partlM. with their solicitors, opened the safe and counted the securities and locked them up again when It was found that they were all correct. But one thing was made manifest to all outsiders Interested In the Humberl-Crawford millions. If Mmc. Humbert touched any of those securities she forfeited all right to their possession. This waa nominated In the bond.

CHAPTER IV. The Denouement.

But now the drama hastens to a tragic end. Messrs. Girard 1c Co. have loaned to Mine. Humbert, on her mythical expectations, the sum of 6,200,000 francs. They are her heaviest creditor. They have lent the money a: usurious rales, as did all who Yell victim to the woman's specious story. She contested the suit for repayment, and M. Girard. the banker, committed suicide

despair of ever seeing his

like a

like that ligfcring

-oplcally small but

brilliant And. strangest of all.

>upll of this tony

sialagmltes, miscrozcopii

Uliant And. ati blue-green pupil

ihere of

sphere of polished

quolse was set firmly, hut without evident metal. Into the open aperti

of the waxy carnellan.

"Of course that was the chief reward of our descent Into the Ghost Valley, j Our guide didn't come back that night j

or th(- next day. On the second night, j ‘"P'

while we were cheering ourselves with !

CHAPTER I. The Romance.

begin at the beginning of this iry of a phantom forfmf we must y-n back,twenty years when a Mr. Henry Robert Crawford died at Nice after a lingering Illness, during which

any ! ,ie had been devotedly by a turb i love *y young French lady. Mile. The-

rese do'Aurlgnac. D'Aurlgnac! The very name has a golden, auriferous

sound!

ring 1

another inspection of/the myste

jewel. J thought I heard a faint rustling in the thicket, and I'm sure 1 saw the green glare of some strange glowworm, which, as events transpired. ! J?' 1 *"; might have been Jim Look Once * evil

were famished for 1 , ' lde of

eye. However, we

water and down to our last l.bcuu. when at last I stumbled across the lost trail and led my two fagged-out comrades out of the damp gorge. At Hermoeslllo I packed my treasure away In my old leather field trunk. But our runaway Indian had not returned, and as we heard that Major Turtle was down at Durango nursing a sprained ankle, we all set off for that tamp full of our adventures In the haunted valley. We got there later than 10 o'clock at night, and it was nearly 11 the next morning when I arrived at his bedside and began to toll him the atory of our adventures. When I got to the part about the big carnellan eye he sat up In his bed. with a very wild look in his face, and whispered:' 'Before you say another word, where's

I told him it was

Un course of time the romantic news crept out that this Mr. Crawford wa* much of a millionaire. The figures ,000.000 francs slipped easily off tho tcngucAin mentioning his money, and 10^ Americans are reputed In Trance to he very' rich. It was easy to .-flwrr that he waa one of them. ;h to tell the truth nobody on this

lantic had ever heard of

that earn*

you say a irnellanr

and that show It to him that very afternoon. •But you won't, protestor.' he said confidently. 'for it isn't in your trunk.

tnornlni

>ng

way h

». Fro

ig I s the S

of granite

sinking behind 1, we stood upon a

which

to the •. The

which

round bowl of the haunted valley. The dcpreaslon. more than 2,000 feet in depth and perhapa seven relies in circumference. waa ao beautiful in its motionless silence that I could hardly resist the desire to plunge onward Into Its mysteries. The yellow radiarf&e of the evening sun seemed to sift even to its depths; no sound of bird or breexe or waterfall broke the perfect silence: there was no motion In the

"But we camped where we were for the night, and often during the dark hoait I woke and saw Jim Look Once sitting at the verge of the rock gazing silently Into the shadowy abyss. No howl of coyote or scream of night bird broke the stiUnees. and Wen when the son reddened the east, nature seemed The Indian led oa down an almost per-

pmlhwlT trail that ai aa the parted ahrabbre

Indow early tl

saw Jim Look Once gallop-

up the Heracaa trail, and the lookl his face waa that of a transfigured

brave.'

"I refused to believe that my carnelian was gone, but I almost ran back to my hotel. I spent most of! that day searching for It. and. though my trunk was locked and Its coatents seemingly undisturbed, there was no trace of the treasure. Major Turtle told me that night that I had found what the Navajos hsd prired most 'of ■aH'tliMv lost riches, the eye of that old idol that had been destroyed with the chief who once guarded tt. Jim Look Once had probably watched me showing it to my comrades and had.followed us in the night to During©. I suppose he picked my pockets of the keys and opened the trunk while we slept, ' But we never found out anything more of the mystery except that, when I visited the Navajos five years sgo old Jim Look Once was a 'heap big chief.' with man; blankets and hundreds of ponies, and from a beaded glgdle about his neck there swung a bulbous bag buckskin, which. I doubt not. cocuined the sacred emblem of his nobility, the

a *isM •« * »!•■■■•<» R' A contemporaty tells a very amusing story of a srell known man about town, who wa# recently, spending a week end In the country. The house being full, be wa# offered the "haunt- «*. room " and about midnight he retired to rest among the ghost* quite contentedly. But at breakfast nsxt morning he was fain to confess that the spirits had shamefully him by removing all the bed clothes and' leavtag him uncovered at two m.. says Home Chatl But. most pe< liar of

UC hai

Henry Robert Crawford, the mllllon-

ire.

When it was found that the gra * entire estate^tc demoUelle wlu> 01 his last Illness, If seffbed sodh natural thing to do that the matter as accepted as of course. Mile. Thereee d'Aurlgnsc was looked upon as s very lucky young women. Fortune smiled upon her. She married a M. Frederick Humbert, ex-deputy for Seine and Marne, and son of M. Humbert. mini sit of Justice lnM.de Freyclnet's cabinet of 1882. She entered Parisian society os one who had rights ley—particularly asked for credit, ku story having been published and being public property. It showered upon her as freely as It was later showered upon the Castellano*—nay. It was forced upon her by banking houses and tradesmen eager to have the ntimnaxe of the heiress to 100,-

000,000 fracc^ CHAPifiR II.

Enter-'trouble.

But now there comes upon the scene new actors. There Is a Mr. Henry Crawford and a Mr. Robert Crawford. Americans, either of whom was as rich as the deceased Robert Henry Crawand to neither of whom was ten

or. eo of any particular ob-

it they brought with them a

last will and testament of the deceased Robert Henry Crawford, and they said

that for the principle of the thl

mrst demand that itk

carried out.

; this will Mme. Humbert received

itre bagatelle of an annuity of

000 francs. The remainder of t roense fortune was to* be dlvld three equal portions, ene for Mr. Rob-

-awford. one foi Mr. Hem

mey again :o M. Wa!

1 goes t g desen

The liquidator then applies li

deck-Rousseau as a barrister. The lot-

to Roubalx. and In hla pleadicribes the affair a* ^monster ndle. He gets a Judgmynt for the

Humberts to repay 2.500,000 franca to the liquidator of the Girard bank, and the tribunal also orders the contenu of the famous safe to be taken possession of. The Humberts, however, settle with the creditors, and the safe remains intact. But how was this ar-

itei •rts.

longer doing eo. one of the most respectable men nt the bar. is said to have advanced tho 2.500.000 francs. Tills staves off disclosure for a time. But only for a time. The statements made by M. Waldeck-Rousseau have started the worm of suspicion. Other creditors take the alarm. There l* a demand upon the courts, the governtrent. to order the opening of tho 'umous safe and the disclosure of the millions which are supposed to be hidden In U. Permission is at last granted. The sale ia to be opened at 1 p. m. ,t 10 a. m. there are the door. At 1 thousand. The official perarrlvc. They demand entrance. Where ire M. and Mme. Humbert? They are not nt hone. Tkej have fled. The safe Is forced open. It is a good safe. It takes the locksmiths five hours to open it. And what do they find* Nothing! Nothing worth mefiuoulug. Bom* dusty old papers of co value; a rusty buckle and a few discarded envelopes. That la all. When the pews reaches the crowd in the street the people hold their breath with horror and amazement They reallxs then, at least they believe, that they stand in the fchadow of the greatest, the moat gigantic swindle of the age.

oa a cjftair. day. . aojjjpTaons before 4Mre arc a thousa

PARTED FOREVER{

light

of the Mlgga 1 were In the n

one waa more than ample t

plaid coataleeve of I

ford, a mlllloi

By t

a men

d they

thing they

1 pnrvlalons be

e Im-

ert Crawford, one

ford, and one for Mme. Huml

foi Mr. Henry Craw-

u, mutu uup «*r Mme. Humbert's llts Is ter. Mile. Marie d'Aurignac. Dear, dear! here waa a complication,

to be sure!

The Crawfords were generous. One

heirs said he would marry the 1 and thus keep the money illy, and not bother the

t the

of the bel first helre in the :

ns Whea we reach* the depths the 1 air sUared auddealy cooled, and £ thaagb we tnaad aa ttvtag water, we I gassed a pool eovared with My pad. j

aw-law of the house put in an iraace. and. ia reply to the question how he had slept, made answer: "Very well; oaly It was eo cold that, knowing you never put any one In the banaied room. I braved the ghosts lA the small hoars Sad trotted In there to gather np every blanket 1 coaid had. Troth to ear. I harried sway. It I had bo matches with me. sad could hare swora there was some oae breathtag ia the room "

ukTiaalt till the little elst up. and marry her instead. Tcls served to keep matters In statu quo for several years, during which the Humbert* borrowed assiduously, and the banks and trust companies and merchants lent with a glad heart. Whenever they grew weary of lending, or began to talk of reimbursing, the legal romance as-

sumed a new phase..

At eighteen the young Mile d'Aurigimc refused to marry the Crawford -heir to which she was pledged. This reisod a terrible hullabaloo. The heirs at once announced very publicly through their counsel that they would now contest the Crawford will, a battle was began, which lasted, aa legal battles will whan both lawyers and client* are willing, for years. U has cot been finished yet. There were derlfloos one way and decisions the ollier way. There were Appeal* and counter appeals The car appeared to

hav* ao ending.

And throughout these appeal* aad counter appeals aad ooaater-coaatsr-

Or. the Creel Cltlmeiom ef Kellesataw-

•y mss*' Mere Parent.

The light burned dim in the parlor

mansion. Two persoi

but furniture ft

for both.

The plaid coaUleeve of Leandcr J. Ilngbroke was wrinkled about the slender waist of Cleopatra Mlgga. fairest of the fair, and heiress to s barrel of money. Her shapely head 1 Leander J.'s waistcoat as If she be sizing up the chances of his being able to stand for an insurance policy. And the beating of their own heart*

nother im tho of the

of footsteps. It cami . It was headed for that parlor. I^ander J. recognized the sound. Ho rose and turned op the light. Cleo stra sounght a chair Jess adjacent. The door opened. On the tbreshhold stood the proud head of the _ house, lullagatawny Mlggs. Cleopatra's pr "Good.evening. Mr. Mlggs," said

nder J 'Good

* ponded the proud Mlggs, an< cent on the "broke" was apparent. Then there fas a pause that weighed

1 ton.

Presently Leander J. came to. had been collector for a house that ■cold wash boilers on the Installment plan, and hard propositions were hi*

forte.

r. Mlggs." said he, “your daugl me aad I love her. It's up to yon, now. to say when she. shall be mine." The proud Mullagatawny Mlggs lift cd his ’gbod right hand aloft and thei

bis voice.

shall be yours, young man.'

said he. "when the Npw Yorks fetch

the pennant home!” . Cleopatra rose. She

brow. She took a lap or two round the room. Then the full Import of he« stern father's cruel ultimatum broke

upon her.

"Parted forever!" ahe cried, and went down with a dull, sickening thud. Love's young dream bad knocked higher than the price of beet —New Y« ~

d. the litigants. It Is rer that they never m*d*

was dime threogt the mosey waa I

r* we were married. " SgM the

aad yeitow eose that almest *fck»a«l noorsfal took lag Male wamaa ‘ my ae'-wtth Me •oflraiiag grtama. Al- | heahaad wa* a gaete* •seaMev.' Ttelafe. meet 1a the ee«r. Of the oval hatmm ' Y ~ " aaemeMl Mm Memfcw.-sad Afl this U—. It eaa aarieeaaBy amj | ■ ii.MIm n.- ian,

r- MM' t

lifted bli

"She i

AND

m

JFHlfelft

New York City.—Fancy blouses, with big pointed collars that open to reveal

coni

features of the

mtrastlng fronts, are among the lat-

1 and ,bfve

wowax's riser blocsi.

figures. The emart May ■Ign Is shown In Pompadour silk showlog a white ground, with collar of white taffeta, full front and frills of chiffon and trimming of cream lece and medallions. With It le worn a soft stock with cravatte that matches the waist, bot all silks, soft wools and the many charming cotton fabrics are appropriate. The foundation la a fitted lining that closea at the centre front. The waist proper consists of fronts and back and U arranged over the foundation.

■ third

ranged in Inverted pleat* that are atltched flat fer a few toehe* below

the waMc

The quantity of material required for the medium site ie nine and a half yards twenty-seven inches wide, five three-quarter yard* forty-four Inches wide or five yards fifty-four inebe* wide; for the Mouse alone three aad a quarter yard* twenty-seven Inches wide, one and three-quarter yard* forty-four Riches wide or one and five-eighth yards forty-four Inches wide: for the skirt alone eigtit yards twenty-seven Inches wide, four and .three-eighth yard ty-four Inches wide or two and a yards fifty-four Inches wide. *

A Novalty In FattlaonU.

A novelty In petticoats la the Dolly Varden. It is made of printed lawn, with one. two or three graduated flounces, and Is pretty and appropriate for gingham, pongee or other thin drvM fabric that la not sheer. White skirts are In greater demand than ever, and be had In the trained style with and elaborate trimming, for even wear, or In the handsome walking variety, or the simpler style* for ordinary service on dusty days.

Th* Lstnct In Shirt Wal*t«.

The newest thing in shirt waists la

the glass linen. This Is nothing more

nor less than the coarse whl

may 1 rich ai ing wt skirt \

with crossbars of blue polishing table glass,

prettily and

linen,

red. used for

makes 1

Is Immensely serviceabl

fable. 1

A Hand.om. Skirt. Long trained skirts make -ssentlal >arts of correct bridal costumes. The

A SMART OUTING COSTUME.

dosing Invisibly beneath the left front. The back is smooth across the shoulders and drawn down In gathers at the waist llpe. but the fronts are slightly foil at the belt where they .blouse

stylishly and becomingly. To Is seamed the big oraamenl

The centre front Is soft and full, is shirred across with tiny tucks at intervals. and finished with a stock collar. The sleeves are In elbow length, with soft frills, but these last can be cut longer and converted Into puffed under-sleeve of full length gathered at

the wrists Into straight cuffs of lace.

To cut this blonso for a woman of medium slse three and a quarter yards of material twenty-one Inches wide.

set^jur two

three and vne-«Ighth yhrds tvrenl

seven IncheL wide, two a eighth thirty-two Inches wl

and a half yards forty-four Inches wide wlU be required, with two and a half yaras of chiffon, for full front and under-sleeves and five-eighth yard of

contrasting material for collar.

Outing costumes made with short skirts and Moose coats are essentially

have the merit of being

comfortable as well. The stylish May

model shown In the large

canvas stitched with cortlcelli silk, and is worn with a hat of Panama straw

ahirt waist of white linen.

and h table e 1 mod itlon, I stltchi

and a shirt waist of white

The Moose is eminently simple. The back U plain and smooth, without fullness, but the fronts, while plain across the shoulders, have the fullness stylishly arranged at the watat Una and droop slightly over the belt. The la finished with a regulation coat collar aad notched lapels, aad a pocket le inserted to the left front. The ~

exoeedlngly handsome May Mantor design Is perfectly adapted to that use and la both absolutely new 1 aecon caalona also 1

Vs bands, c

nlug of

all Iona an

Duchess lace ir

medallions and butterfly-tows a full ruche of chiffon finishing tbi lower edge' but all white bridal ma terials are appropriate when the gowr is to be-worn upon the most momen tons occasion in a woman's life, al' handsome dress materials for thl trained skirt designed for other uses The original Includes a circular flounct ou front aud sides, but can be madi

plain If preferred.

The skirt ts cut In seven gores, twe of which fora the train. The flounct Is fitted to front and aides and can tx

applied over the Material or the tatlvi coa be cat eC m the Indicated depth and the douce seamed to the town

thM ski hd aM

s**** ac eight ud