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flM > moment taUUjr itlenmeJ, then "A fooil.h' wuM of oil f men • nee ring

uiM ;

Tot one lone Ire Toller, who bod loot Mi wey. togelaed the footpath by that friendly rey. —Nellie Froacoe Nllbure.

Zoe’s Hussar.

Mbio. Ribera. Hamiltoa bowe m*an»be Mid. “that I tore ywir daughter, and that 1 eh all come back to claim her." Umr. Ribera’* face ex preear d a mlxt- . ure of emotion*. “You are a at rang or j to ua." she *aid. haughtily. “You have taken an unwarrantable liberty, air.

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We retreati

lovely eyes but. as we passed through the door. It wa* at break of day at Valencia. Hamilton said, flrmly: “1 shall come that -pearl of Veneiuelan cities." and back for Zoe." So the little cplaooe already the bells of the cathedral and ended, and. when an Imperative comeonveot were calling people tu mas*. ntani to him to return arrived late that As 1 leaned out of the casement a night, he rode away os unconcerned as sound of ,1atierin': bools, smacking ! though the whole thing had btea an In«hips and swearing voices made me temsexxo. pretty and pleasant while It crane my nock to look up the roiJ. listed, bm of no real consequence la while tha barber stopped and star, ,1. ! the drama of fcls life, too. Two riders, apprt aching at a gal- My own work In Venezuela came to lop. were drlv.ng before them a bag- a evacluslon shortly afterward, and I gage-laden nr !e w ...c surmoUnttc? hud to leave without seeing Zoe. for the basgage lay the muleteer, strapped her mother guarded her more rigidly to the topmost trunk. t,.an ever. *nd it was generally said “Good heavcnsl” 1 said, giving way 'ha: hime. Ribera tad given her th> to xulrth; “It s Hamilton.” choice of marrying ore ot her many roll <• gave the reins to my Fervant. ‘ X- e ! euitors or going at once into Juan, whom I had sea: down, and dis- ’ the convent. mounted, saying to Ms own servant: Tv.o and a half years later I was back “Pitch that fellow onto the straw here ; •'-Sa!::. however, in Cora.a* on political and let him sleep ;t off. Our muleteer •I’Ui.i.icss. owing to a rtcent rebellion. t had too much liquid refrtshmenu o:: ‘ Md I took the earlleit opportunity of | the way ' he added looking up at me. rotwg to Valencia and looking up the “so we had to do bis work for him. Riberas. You must put me up. East lake. I can’t | Mercedes, the plain, inslgniflcsat slsride bark till tomorrow." | ter. whose sole duty in life had be:n By this time l was hattenlcg down | that of duenna to Zoe. was married. I to welcome him and order breakfast found, and It was she who received me for us both. j when I eel led at Los Angeles, apologiz“I heard you were in the service.” f ‘ ir.g for her mother s absence on the said, “but 1 never expected to see you j score of indisposition. Her welcome ' out here. What’s your regiment?’’ | wa* very marked, and almost her first "Fifth Hussars." he answer*!. “I’m j words were: “How very sad your poor on leave, and my brother Georgia you j friend's death was! You will be able to know. Is consul at La Guayra, so I j give ns the details.” I ask’d her if she ! tame to have a look at him here, vas speaking of Revel! Hamilton, of Deuced lucky finding you! What are ail whom the last news I had was bis demaking such a clatter for?” j partcre to India a

ut you

a saint and that presently we must go she exclaimed. "Hr was killed six out and watch the procession to church, j months ago at a polo match. Monsieur “Tbtxe are some pretty girls in Valen- <fe !a Feste to'.d us so: he was traveled." I assured him. "and they will ail j lag In India at the time." be going to mass—‘church parade’ in ! ; v , a , shocked.

i ran to the door. and. as It, 1 taiatlng into the arms ot

distraught. I feared that her dread of the count had unhinged ,.er mind.

Then she ran opened, fell

the maa who. entering, caught her with passionate eagerness. “I have come back for you, Zoe,” bo ■aid, triumphantly. “My dear old •t!ck-ln-the-mud." be said, 'You don't suppose I should go and get potted by those beggars when 1 was counting the days until my Rave to gel back to her. They sniped me once—a mere flesh wound—and our friend, the count made the moat of It." “You got back In the very nick of time," I observed. "You arc a lucky fellow. Hammyi ” “1 am the luckiest men In the world to get her.” he r—aentede “but it was bound to he. you know. 1 said I would come back and she raid she vvould wait The thisg was sett Jj£.”—B rat rice He-ror.-Maxwg^l in Baltimore Herald.

• HARPKR EARS THAN OURE. Birds and Beasts Hsar Bounds Wi Can't Dstect—Havs a Wssther Sense. Tee.

a sound so shrill that It hasn't Eny offset on the human ear at all. and anr ether sound to low and soft that no human being can hear tt.het a weasel can hear beth these sound* as plainly as you can the report ot a gun, and a soand-reglsteriag machine, the phonautograph. win show them both, with scores of other hounds you are

deaf to.

The usual ncte of the mole la

s a low J while

FEAT OF THE HUMAN FLY.

Pads. 1

Scale the Washington Monument. TO cKthb the Washington monument

without the aid of ropes or scaffolding I „ ,.

and to climb the dome of the state. 1 , flf!d f> ou »®’ to ®- ^ war and navy building la Washington j ,lial l » aRosether beyond you. though

1 you can hear him squeak plainly enough if he Is hurt. A death's-head , moth. too. can squeak, but that is done I by rubbing his wings together, and

) Is not a voice at all.

| But the champion of all creatures ’ fee good hearing, and one that can j hear a sound that is oyer a hundred 1 degrees bewmd our own limit. Is the common thresh, and you may often amuse yourself by watching him at It. He can hear a lobworm moving underground. locate him by the nclse and

haul him out.

Often you may see a thrush aland perfectly atlll on your lawn, cock his ears and listen intently, then make a couple of steps and haul out a fat lobworm. Even the starling, which is about the size of a thrush, cannot do this, but he knows the thrush can.

shout at the top of its vcice. If hurt or alarmed; but though It shouted and purred in your ear you wouldn’t bear it. The sound-register, however, with Its delicate pencil that marks the volume of sound on a paper, gives

tho quality cf both sounds.

A weasel, toe, which Is one of the mole’s enemies, can hear these sounds through a couple of inches of earth, and often catches the mole when ho throws up bla hillocks of earth. The

a field

• F. E. Sutherland, known aa tho j

ian fly."

walk up tho i

radicular wall '

Hyde Park isn’t it. The senoritas wear their best and look their best You will lose your heart. Hamiltoa. Thera is nothing to beat a Veaezutlaa belle." I took him out presently up tk

G™»d f »»•*>; j lira al mo in troubled f«c«. accompanied by music and letting off of ! ... ..

holy squibs, was filing toward the ca-

Fol.owte !t mu, knots ot Vea- , You Be „ ™

“7’ '? : Mr. EBtUke. aud I („M aui

ud uBjed lur. bufide the M, tor | to ,„ d . a, P e,te U «. tacts enter «id to H.mUton: „ U1M , 0 murr Zo , „ d «« „ £,°7“ r I to nentoed t« nt ink to content to uous ; receive him to-morrow and give him a

I looked to see what Impress.on the I antwr Vn , IP

vision was making on Hamilton, and

“My s!«er." Mercedes went on. “rej f_s»s to believe la his death; I think j ter salad la not very rcasoaahlr cn that subject. 1 hoped '' She broke off. 1 ] read th? reason for her coriial recep-

”1 was anxious to Bee you.’’ ah* went »a. promised to ask you to call tori orrow. The feet is. my mother and I

i definite answer. Your coming seemed t providential. We may count on you it to' —*he hesitated—“cot to encoure any sentimental recollections about

! Mr. Hamilton?”

I made a point of getting introduced to the Count do la Feste that evening | and asking him a.bout Revel! Hamilton, j He was a rich young Frenchman,

gay, careless, arrogant.

"Ah. yes: sad affair that!" he said. ! ss-srss. .rs

Poona."

s struck by the Intensity of his fix'd ; regard, though I felt no sarprire when I followed his gaze and saw that it j

rested on Zoe Ribera.

Just as she passe,! In. she glanced round, looked hurriedly toward her cl- j a (Rt sister. Mercedes, who was walking : with her. and finally dropped her handkerchief. vanishing Into the cathedral . before Hamilton had time to pick It up ]

s perpend

cf the monument will be a small task, the climber thinks. As for the dome, that is too simple lo deserve thought. These two seemingly impossible tasks, measured by the others he already has accomplished, seem trivial to tho i

"fly.’’

With the aid of rubb^ suction pads —his own Invention—cn hfs hands and feet. Sutherland expects 'to do these things with the same ease with which he climbed the Eiffel tower, tbs cathedra! In Cologne, 8t. Paul’s cathedral In London and the Chemical stack In Glasgow—the tallest chimney

In the world.

Sutherland learned the first princl pies of climbing In the navy. Tho Idea of using a auction pad, just as a fly does, was suggested to him while be was climbing masts on American ships, and he decided to leave the service and adopt steeple climbing as a “profesaicn.” His fame U now world-

wide.

What it is proposed to have him do on the state, war and navy department is to remove the ball which falls every day *t noon and transfer It to the postofflee building, from which it will be observed at wider range. No one but Sutherland could moke the ascent without erecting scaffolding. The project is not a new one. It was first discussed in 190e, when Sutherland gave an exhibition of his powers to President McKinley. With his suction pads he climbed np the walls of the White House and succeeded in hanging from the celling. "He Is the man for the work whea we undertake It,” was‘the president’s comment. Tc climb the Washington monument

Isreputable per mesty, he folk

rson with lows the

ycung thrushes about on their worm hunts, and steals the worms from them as soon as they are caught. As for the smells you can’t smell, they are more numerous than those you can. and If you want an example, go on your knees In a field where

his coat sleeve end rejoined me with a look of elated triumph on hi* fee*. “Come home." he said; “I don’t want to #ee any more. You know that girl, Bastlnke?" “Certainly. She is cot only the best looking, but the cleverest girl in the place, and she inherits a small fortune from her father, who Is dead. I am going to a party at Mxc. Ribera's tonight." “Then I go. too. and you introduce

me.”

When I walked up to her with Hamilton and asked permission to present him. I was amazed at the transformation. The color that flashed Into her cheeks was like the pink that tinges the Inward curve of a aeesheU. and she ufted her drooping eyelids and looked him straight In the face. If She had looked at me like that— but that would hare been anotner

story.

Once only that evening, when I had tngaged Mercedes In earnest conversation and so covered a whispered colloquy between the twp. they talked for each other and not for the whole

room.

“Yon went to church this morning?'' she said. Interrogatively. “It was the (east of my sister’s patron saint, and we were there." “I know." he said In a low tone. “I law you enter, and longed to enter, too, hpt I felt unworthy. My only consola•oo was this—which dropped from Paradise for my benefit." He evidently showed her the edge Of the handkerchief, for she murmured. "You picked It up. May I have it tack?*'

“May I keep it until tomorrow?" he

I beard her aay "Hush!" softly, as Mm*. Ribera crossed the room an4 sep-

arated them.

I was at my wits' end how to contrive a meeting, as she was locked in s convent; end as no scheme presented Itself, at last adopted the simple plan of calling on Madame Ribera, taking Hamilton with me. We were shown Into the drawing room, where Zoe and a little sisu ten were at work, and I made the i of (he next few moments for Re veil

Hamilton.

“1 have to go." he said, hurriedly, “to England; but I will come back. Ztt .es soon aa possible" There was

“1 thought the Fifth Hussars were at Abhotabad.” I remarked. The count reflected. “The deuce, they were!” he answered. “I have .been mixing young Hamilton up with Hawtrey, of the Ninth Lancers. Hamilton was shot—that was it. One of those frontier skirmishes. He was foolhardy, poor chap; rode down Into the midst of a lot of Pathaus. and they picked

him off.”

I could get nothing more oat of him, and I could see he waa elated at th# prospect of hta Interview with Zoe. There waa no one in the drawing

he gets up he is to repair the broken masonry. “IH guarantee to go up In about the same time that It would take a person to walk up the steps inside,” be said, looking up at the 5SO feet of perpendicular wall.

came nearly resulting In his death, as he waa saved by the merest accidents. A palmist has told him that the thir-ty-eighth would prove fatal. He is a fatalist, he says, and that makes it possible for him to under take his work with considerable peace of mind. Whatever Is coming wlli come and that’s all there la to It, he

Zoe glided in alone, and I was startled not only by her beauty, but at the change In her. She looked as though she belonged to another world. The brilliance of her eyes and the gleam of her sunny hair were the only touches of color about her. for her face was like alabaster, and even the scarlet of her lips had faded.-^She was all In black, and in the billows of lace on her breast I noticed the little lace handkoschlef— bow it brought back Hamilton to me!— tucked in. The touch of her hand was feverish, and I ventured to retain !t In mine while I answered her greeting. “Your friend.” she said, "is it true that be was killed at polo?’’ I told her that this se:med to have been a mistake; he had died a soldier's death defending our borders in India. "When did you last bear from him?" she asked. "We did not correspond.” I answered her. "Revell was never a good hand at writing letters; It wa* not his way." She was looking out of the window, uer mind and thoughts far from me. I could eee. and her listless hand still resting passively In mine. "He was true,” she murmured to herself; "he would never hare broken his word. T shall ccme back for Zoe,’ he

said."

"We most all break our word when Death steps In." I sold, quietly. “No doubt he meant to came. But he would have wished you to be happy and to

forget him. 1 am sure." “It Is impossible." she said.

"Surely.” I urged, “you could find some happiness In making some one else happy. There are many who love you." This M. de la Feats—“ She Interrupted me dreamily; “He Is coming

si leer* fer s minute, and then she an- today for bis answer; It will be ‘No.’ " fwered softly: "1 Will wait." There was a sound of approaching

Then Madame Ribera came In, and ' Feilna. running from me to men berths little minx!—said: "Oh. mother, this eaballero baa been talking such

That his occupation Is dangerous In the extreme may be illustrated by a few of hia escapes. In Columbus once he lost his balance at a height of 2St) feet. In whirling about as he fell he managed to catch a cornice. It broke, but It also broke his fall. Three months In the hospital was the result, but It would have been instant death If he had not caught the cornice. Other Incidents he relates as follows: “I* Esn Farnclsco I was climbing g tall building. The wind was blowing such a gale tnat I suddenly reached a point where I could not go higher. For aa hour I could pelther ascend nor <le scend. and the force of the wind kept me held out at nearly right angles from the pole. I thought of a few things then, I can tell you. "Another time a tin cornice cut through a repe that held up the platform on which I was standing. I discovered it In Just the nick of time More than once rotted pieces of wood and Un, to which I have been clinging. have come away In my hands. An Incident like that wEl give anybody a bad turn when he to a few hundred feet up In the Mr. "My wife to also at a pbltoecphlca! turn of mind, and contrives to keep herself fairly comfortable In spjte ot the fact that every time I leave her to go to work I take my life In my hands I suppose that after Ml these peril# 111 finally die la bed from some ot the proaalc ailment* that bring down men who have never aeen a steeple except from the street."

* and put It to her heart; a wild Drang Into har evea—she looked

Making of Mineral Wool. Mineral wool, which to used to* packing around boilers, furnaces, and pipes to retain heat, to deaden walls, and to keep oat cold, to made from furnace slag by blowing air through it while molten.

n-e British postoffl handled last year 8* pieces of mai matter per capita of poptdaikm. whll the United Btatea postoMc# depart roam bandied 197 pincoe par napRa.

: or seven yards sway—or even a freshly dead one an inch from your nose. They hare no scent to yon. But If you own a pointer dog you may watch him canter acrcss a field at full speed and suddenly stop as if shot, tall outstretched and body rigid, nose In the air, all because he caught the scent of a covey of birds some yards away wafted to him by the wind. He—and most other dogs—can smell a lark as far as a partridge. But If you chcose yon can make yourself smell DO percent better by wetring your finger and drawing It under your nose. With damped nostrils—like t..e dog—you will detect scents that did not reach you before. Coming to the feelings you cannot feel, perhaps It to as well they are so numerous.- You can feel a gnat Settle on yonr skin, but not a lake midget, nor 50 pf them, and you cannot even feel their bite—though they stick a quiverful cf saws and files into you —till the irritation begins. But watch one of those midges light on a horse’s flank—though they do not weigh the BO.OOOth of a drachm— and you will see the horse give bis whole skin a tirist, round abcut where the midge to. and try to shake It off. Even though he has a shaggy coat, be can feel that midge alight. Besides these limits to your everyday senses, however, there are several sense which you haven't got at all, but which plenty of other creatures have. One is the sense of weather. Yen cannot tell by any sense—except newspaper reports—what the weather will be the day after tomorrow, but e^imete can, for they carry natural barometers in their brains. When a frost, for Instance, has lasted a week or two, and all the meadows are bound up. you will find Insect-feeding olrds that have gone to the mud banks of estuaries, moving back In flocks to the fields thing hours before the first signs of a thaw.—Chicago RecordHerald.' ’ Interlocked Deer Homs. Interlocked deer home, from the needs of two big bucks that fought to the death on the banks of McGinn creek, are on exhibition in the show window of Doyle * LaLonde’s shoe

store.

The Interlocked horns were found near the Rayburn Jam. 40 miles west of Alpena on the opening day of- the brook trout season, by W. B. Dobson, editor of the Echo. The larger of the two sets of horns has 16 points and to oge of the largest ever seen In northern Michigan. The buck that wore the horns weighed over 800 pounds. When found the horns were attached to the skulls of the two animals and were buried In the mud alongside of McGinn creek on a beaver meadow. The skeletons were also buried In the mud. Deer hunters who hare teen the Interlocked horns say the larger of the two eeta of horns was probably wore by “Old Brim," a famous big buck that had been shot at hundreds of times. He ezcapeJ the many bullets fired at him only to die In a fierce battle with another buck. The fight probably occurred about a year agu—Alpena Evening Echo. f

(iiee* of Scotland and

Ireland show them to be alt

'mere Deep!* than the oat*

haring but s f He Oat* of Ohio

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