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had a

French abbo and a Utile meagre lookng English lady travelling alone; and ire tour and our luggage filled up the

1 had rhoeen the Mont Cents route ’rom Turin to Paris, nud congratulated uyself upon having found a traveling

j. ;onH>anlon who teemed congenial. I y tid not know hit name. but. curiously

a A. SCULL, • Mfetir til Pwtitlf. i h , lm 1 ” ” >.hrce times In the course of my trav-

eling In Italy—once In Venice, once in

SUBSCRIPTION! j Florence, and In a little village on the On* Dollar Por Tear In Advance, j Italian Riviera, where we bad lunched »i 1 Z ~~~ together on macaroni and risotto, wltn

j» bottle of rough, rcd ltallan wine bo-

Katarsd at tbs post office at Caps May, ; tween us.

fcl. J., as sscoad-oiass matter. March 1 greeted him. therefore, almost like U*th, 1901. an old friend, and bestowed myself ■ , ■ 4nt j m y belongings in the compart-

ments where 1 saw that he had already

- The state department Is to Indulge | rstabilshrtl himself, ttself with a new grist seal of the | For our other comnanb

United Slates, as the old one is so t^worn that It will not make a clean-

cut impression on^ the documents it I ; #rr iag«* so completely that we did our k used on Congress appropriated ocsl to keep out any other travelers, f lUOO to Jitve n new seal cut. but the ! I »>«" occasion tcrUfl his suit case I .■.V . , . # ,, I out of my way. and sow that It was ■M ctalsc. cl coin*. .Ill 1* Ml„«~ j fj. Y.- ; falthfuily. Only three seals hare been , called - aIm my frlend but of formed since the formation of the gov- ; knew absolutely nothing abont blm. trament ihcy having been made in ] sxcept that he seemed to have leisure KS2. 1K41 ,.d IKS. OCClIvcl, i “«1 * »' ^

. posal. He was a shy and silent man,

A Honolulu paper h^kd. up its hands i “1 scholarly tastes; but

... 1 ae seemed oppressed by a kind of mel-

S»* horror fc; ^ ‘“'• 8l0n 01 n*’” 11 b ? • vncholy. as though «,metblng Uy hear-a»-tUiuMd»««S-penny. - PocketbooKS i)y upon h i g m i n d. Yet he was only a that used to be coageersted to golu roung man, not SO, should think, with and silver now bulge with the pie- s ijecldely pleasant appearance. He

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as the coins find their way back to the , (ace althoUf . h a , lule thln ^ pcstofflce through the stamp window. a striking one with fine features For It seems that the postofflee is re- j and the soft beautiful eyes of the born | gponsible for the iovaeion. the pennie : dreamer. His hands, too. betrayed tho

, artistic temperament. They were long,

boot Issued to the money order .od wlt)i ^ the registry department. The stores ^ ^ ^ the flnger llps .

I liave not yet begun to use them. i A long hot day drew to Its close, and

— 11 was sorroy to observe that we should

I The Rev. A. W. Buckland has re- ! (oon be able to see very little of the ) ported to the Federal authorities at exquisite scenery through which we

OtUwB 'JiW he h„ discovered tbr rem- T1 ''

down which the rushing torrents leap-

nant of a lost tribe of Esquimaux on , ^ ^ dlBtJinl ttounUin toIiB lhe pinc

an isolated island In Hudson bay. The covered hill*, would soon be lost In the tribe, it is declared, has not bad any 1 darkness of night. What 1 also regretintercourse with the outside world for “ there was no full moon

vlrtiiallv lives in the *' e P 0M,h, J * ee »tUe Of the

centuries, and virtually lire. In the #DtraDce t0 ^ Kreat Mont tun . stone age. knowing no metals. Its whlcb we ghould a pp rollf . h mosl

: habitations are built entirely of the j probably about 11 o'clock at night.

| Skulls of whales. The rtibe UVes on I During the evening a good many Rmttonwon . .cigltt l.ud j”' ‘m 1 ‘"“Y ubout th.

k i »rndor windows, walking up and

fcnie u Maine, in the extreme north „ u,, bn, «n

I end of Hudson bay. , night came on one by one they dropped

; back into their scats, and in most casOne of the New England colleges - M began to partake of the evening has recently established what It calls meal, which. If wise, they bad brought a school of administration and finance, "“h them. But Mr. Justlcan seemed ■ .. , . , „ -v. t° have made no provision for eating: ,u * rar P° ie “ 10 youn « » u '' h had neltheg ^dwlch nor frnlt. and

: instruction as ^111 silence the old ob- be dec „ ned a sharc of mlnc or of ^

Jection that a college education unfits a red wine which I offered him. wean for business. The course has “Thank you very much," he Bald to

b teen fixed for two years, and has for I “ e - But I we c ° nic “> a 8t » tlon

, , . , . , . , . coon where there is a buffet at wiiich lu topic, private banking. , caa ^ everythlDg , ^

t brokerage and Investment, railroad ] "Monsieur is mistaken.'' said the ab-

and steamship service and foreign I be. In the corner. "At least I know of

| trade. There is also Instruction In tha 1 n° station where we stop for any

th. principle, o! m,««lmhhh | |“?b ot Urn. tmtll ! or . In ih. morn»h KM th, relation, hrt.toi employ ■ ^ ^ ^ >b|c ^ ^ to totn employed. Jonrntol.m, emmu. j , h „ - „ p „ rf M , JneUJar work ana general administration i can with a polite bow to tho abbe.

r'.,art- also taught. ^—« ; And shhrtly after this he. too. went

| into the cotridor and bogan Once more the greatness of the west and down.

bw voice more me greatness ui tuc west j uutoto, «, though he wished-to totd Ibe bis ttay in .bleb they do , .U«eb hi. eemped limb. Uter «, • , . . . many hours in a railroad carriage. uongs out there 1. forced upon ua Ac ataycd for aolnc ^ ; uw hi. fig

cording to the Kansas City Star, a !-' syndicate has lately bought 5000 acre* ■ of land in the Ozark mountains which j will be made Into an apple orchard, j Fifty trees .will be planted to the acre, ! making .250,000 trees In all, and In six | years returns will begin to roll In. This | • will be the largest orchard liv the | world, surpassing the present "king'’ ■ by 27*00 acies. Only two kinds of apples will be raked in the new orchard. Jonathan and Ben Davis. This brings op an interesting problem in arithmetic. If "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." how mafly doctors will [ bare to seek a new profession when

ore pass and repzss tho window, bnt at last 1 saw it no more and con>ec* tured that he was either chatting to the condnctor or smoking at the fur-

ther end of the corridor.

By this time It bad grown quite dark, the train was moving at a snail's pace, for we were mounting a very Bicep incline. and prepared myself for my night's rest though wondering a little at the continued absence of my vis-a-

lino was explored, the tunnels were searched and the embankments carefuly surveyed, but there was no trace to be found of any accident. No dead nody, no stain of Wood, no shred of clothing could be discovered to tell Its twn tale. Edmund Justlcan, If that were his name, seemed to have vanishod as completely as If he had been

n denUon of another world.

For some lime 1 continued to take an Interest In the strange disappearance of tho traveller, as did the rest of the world, for the papers were full cf the mystery. Other *nsatlons pre-

roogental circumstances. I do not know whether ! can express to yon the loathing with which the life of civilization of modern cities fill me, and has aiwgys filled me since I came to years of maturity. I suppose I hare the soul of a recluse—a hennk, though not, as you see. of a celibate. My wife and children are the greatest Joys of my present life, but In order to gain this haven of peace 1 was obliged to cut myself adrift from the workl and

all my earlier associations.

"1 bad made Flnette's acquaintance some time before you met me in Italy and was convinced that my only chance of happiness lay In marrying her. Unfortunately 1 had a iclatlvc, an uncle, who was a severe, uncompromising man. with a Calvlnlstlc turn and a conviction that a man would be eter- . i nally lost if he did not apply him1 made up my mind at last that I ,, oH , should never know the sequel of the

had a complete mastery over me whenever F was in his presence. He even contrived that I should engage myself to his daughter, a woman ten years elder than myself, as hard and dry as her father, and quite capable of suing me for breach of fremise of marriage if I dared to terminate the engage-

.. , . . ment Under these circumstances I the evil chance Mich c.titod me to } toofc ,,, , ht „ miss a train and have to wait for a few | . i„ i ! ,i,

hours at Culoz

stranger's story aud that his disappearance was one of the mysteries of

life which are never explained. When 1 was next In tho south of France, some three years later, I had almost forgotten the occurrence, and 1

was only reminded of It by mians of

Weil, as this place Is known by name don't think that It bas many foreign visitors, and. os I had some hours to wait. I strolled through the village, admiring the quaint green pottery vhlch 1 saw in the little shops, and wondering whether I had time to attain the heights on which the great chateau was built or to explore the recesses of Its park. As I strolled past the bouse and up one of the green lanes, which were suggestive of England rather than of southern France, I came across a pretty HtHe scene of domestic felicity. There Was a Uny red house built in French fashion, with Its back to Ufa view, surrounded by a garden full of /oscs and other sweet smelling flowi

ucele;. 1 received letters from time to time showing that my whereabouts was known, and finally I was told that my uncle and his daughter had resolved to follow me to Italy, and Insist that the marriage should take place immediately. I was forced upon desperate courses, tnd you yourself know

what I did."

"Upon my word I don't!" I Interpolated hastily. 'I suppose you mean you gave them the slip. But how did

you leave the train 1*'

"My dear sir," said Edmund Justlcan, “don't you rcunember the snail's pace at which the train was crawling up the hill? I simply opened the door end stepped out. I made my way from the railway line to c Mace where I was not known, concealed taysclf for some aays among the peosrnLs. and adopted as far as 1 could thtTr dress and habits. Finally 1 made my way to Flnett's native village and persuaded her to cast ;n her lot with mine. You may have observed that I took my handbag with me. which contained a very fair proportion of my fortune In a portable form. We married, bought this little homestead and here we live with our children, our garden and our animals, as happy ns the day is long. Thank God. 1 shall never see a city again!” I stared ot the man, for such an ex-

Howerer. I soon dropped into a fairly sound slumber, and did not wake until the gray dawn, when 1 became conscious that an official had entered the carriage and was trying to arouse me. The abbe and the French lady seemed to be Wide awake, bnt the corner opsite my^mot was stil vacant. "Monsieur is a friend of the gentleman who sat there?" the blue coated man demand with a somewhat anxious expression of countenance. . "?!ot a friend. 1 have seen him two or three times before, but I cannot be said to know him. Where is he, by the

way?"

The man looked at us silently. I learned afterward that he bad already made the tour of the carriages, but It was not all at once that the state of things made itself clesr to ns. Tbs gentleman whose luggage was labelled Edmund Justlcan was apparently no longer in the train, every corner of which bad beer, searched in vain. He was gone—absolutely gone—and only grips remained behind, with the

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* Of trade, stales the Nsw York I c%rritl} lB hll a|lnd

Perioas of financial dl*re«s. | Of course there was quite an uproar tallsre and Industrial pros I rat ion j when this fact became known. It waa in me country or another have for a *««SS«ted that J anti can bad committed

. . _ mlWdt or anln ritsl he r -

! - 250,000 trees begin to compete

I with them?"

' Every year experts foot up the retarns of the export and Import com- : merce of all the countries that supply ^ statistics, and estimate the trade of . the few nations, like Turkey, which do not publish records of this nature. The ^ conclusions give an approximate estimate of international commerce Ae- : J cording »o these figures,,the value of th* foreign trade of the various conn / tries last year was. In round numbers. *, •24.9i2.100.000. Growth is steady. No year, except one or two* since those statistics began to be compiled-about |

enclosure of land, evidently well tilled. Everything about the place breathed

of humble prosperity.

There were great bnebives In a cor-

ner of the garden, cad a dovecote on the side of the wall, and on the porch sat a pretty, dark-eyed young woman in peasant dress, who was at that very moment lifting up a black eyed child of about two years old, in Us queer blue blouse aud black cap. to bo kissed by a man who wore the sabots and blue blouse of a French labocer; |

but who. ns I noted Immediately had I J ;re8S,on ° r seemed to curiously fair hair, and looked very tm- ! traodlnarily bixnrre. But I coul.

like the ordinary Frenchman. There was a stil smaller child in a

wooden cradle at the door, and the young woman pointed to it reproachfully. as ntfuch as to say that her husband bad not given sufficient attention to the little one. whereupon with a laugh tho man stooped .over the cradle and at that moment I caught sight of

I held my breath aud stared In blank

amaze, for the fair haired man In the peasant dress was none other than Ed-

mund Justlcan.

I stood outside the hedge still staring, when the woman at the door canight sight of me and said something to her husband. He looked around at me and paled suddenly. Then he put his finger to his lips as if to beg me to keep silence, transferred the child to Us mother's arms, and walked slowly down the garden path to the gate, looking steadily at me all

the time.

"Monsieur wants something?" he asked In French, or rather In the patois of the district, which Is generally difficult for an Englishman to acquire. I was too much take*! aback to answer in anything but English. "Is it you. after all?" I said. "Don't you remember me? 1 was an old acquaintance of yours.’" "I have no acquaintance with monsieur.” said the man. looking me quite ilmly in the face. But the more I observed him tne certain 1 became that he was the vanirhed Justlcan. “Perhaps you don't know me by name," I went on bluntly, “hut you must remember that we lunched together at Venice, that we visited the PUU Palace In Florence together, and that we were traveling In the tame compartment on the Journey from Turin, when you so mysteriously disappeared? I do not come as an enemy, Mr. Edmund Justlcan, and 1 have no wish to Inquire Into your secrets, but you must allow me to express my pleasure in seeing you alive and well." I noticed that the color came back to his face as I spoke, and at the end he ( smlled slightly and lifted his dp. “It you %in promise me not to be-

i reduced the figures for this or that nation, bat these calamities hsre mot checked the practically coatito-

suicide, or again, that he had had a quarrel with some one and had been flung out of the carriage. In any eaee it seemed terribly certain that his body

laereme ot the total. The total : wo ** 1 d be found aseir the rails at some , p. international commerce has P 01 ® 1 *® ^ traversed since 11 o'-

* clock, lor H there ws» use thins of

the officials as; a ltd themselves

no longer s passes-

t in the p

| It was that be was n

gee by that tnfa Hat. earieaaty e

fined and languid accents—"I will not refuse myself the pleasure of conversing a few moments with a countryman of ray own. Yon are the first American I have spoken to for three years, but I shall be glad c* your kind assurance that you will give no account of your discovery to the newspapers, or to the authorities. Not that I have any occasion to fear them." ho said, "I am not a criminal, but the revelation of my true name and Identity with the men wio disappeared from the train In which you were travelling would cause me considerable inconvenience and perhaps endanger the happiness of my •1 wifi keep your secret faithfully," I said. "But in return will yon toll mo how and why jfcu are here?” "Certain!y." he said. "And I dee you my permission to tell it to tho world titer my death, or If you care to do no in twisty yuan from this time There will be so difficulty then about letUsg the truth ho Ueva. Tho fact In. 1 have from my boyhood been piacnd Is as-

"And

friends?" I said. "Surely the relatives of whom you speak must have suffered some anxiety on your account?” "I took a yery simple precaution,” mJd Edmund Justlcan, smiling, toitb the air of a man who had triumphed over fate. "1 wrote to them beforehand telling them of mv in»»ntinr, to commit suicide. That Is probably why they made no search for me, and concluded that I had carried out my threat They had no affection for me, but they envied me my money, end I had no compunction for tho deception 1 prrctlced. All that I ack is that you

will not let them know."

"I will most certainly uot let them know." 1 answered. "But I am glad that 1 have met you and solved a mystery which often tormented me." ’T am sorry *o.- the trouble I may have given," said Edmund Justlcan with a glimmer of a smile In his dreamy eyes. "But I have achieved my end. Will you not come back to my cottage and Jet my wife offer you hex simple hospitality? She is quite a child of nature, and sweet and lov-

ing as an angle!"

.'•I should be charmed," I answered with real regret. "But I am afraid my' time is too short 1 shall have tc to tho station if I mean to catch my traim j hope wo may meet again.* "Au flteolr, then, and not goodby," said my old acquaintance with a smile We shook hands and I saw him turn back with an eager face to the wife and children whom. It was evident he so tenderly loved. I hoped that I might day return and mako their ac quaint&nce. But fate has not led me tc touibirn France again.'and that Is the last I ever saw of Edmund Justlcan, the story of whose strange disappear ance I am now. after a lapse of twenty years, at liberty to give to the world. ! can only hope that be has never tired of his paradise.—Kansas City Inde-

pendent.

n<*ap Wntrlmn In Japaa.

AfUr a year's absence. John KelJj returned home recently from J*|5an disappointed In his heart, and hundreds of cheap watches In his trunks He had gone to Japan with* a lltU* private cargo of watches of low price expecting to *ell them at a handsomi profit to the natives. Bat he found. It Toklo, In Yokohama and the othei towns he visited, that the natives hot factories wherein they made larg* quantities of timepieces as good u hit own In quality and much lower ir price. These factories were owned bj wealthy Japanese, but their foremet were Americans who had been brought out, at big salariee. to run the plants Mr. Kelley waa not long In learntai that It was aseleas for him to try U compete with the native watchmaker! of Japan. He reparked his trunks therefore, and returned home horrid

ly—Philadelphia Record.

Thera 1 * tae most ignorant men J rar met. Ht thinks that Julies Cm tr was Emperor of Otnaany." “Whai a ahamiag hhtorkal nova h* eoaM writ# '—San rraoiimo Towi Thffi-

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