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Vol. XXV.
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Copyri|;bt,
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"Ton my .soul!" was all Ihat thi' poor rnini.ster of war, an adopt in Rtratnjrj', was ablo to oxnlaim.
For somo unaccountablo rPii.son Miss Giiilo and hor companion prefprrpd to travel alono to Paris. Thoy had a private compartment, over which a re¬ spectful, but adam.intine, conductor pxprci.=ed an authority that Irritated XI. Schmidt beyond expre.ssion. The re.sl of the train was crowded to Its ca¬ pacity, and 'jere was desirable spac< coing to waste In the section occu¬ pied by the selfish Miss Guile. He couldn't understand it in her. Was it, after all, to be put down as a simple steamer encounter? Was she delib¬ erately snubbini; him, now that they were on land?
It was not until the boat train was aearinK Ihe environs of Paris that Hobbs threw some light over the sit¬ uation, with the result that it instantly became darker than ever before. It appears that Miss Guile was ra&t at the landing by a very good looking young man who not only escorted her to tho train, but actually entered It with her and was even now enjoying the luxury of a private compartment as well as the contents of a large luncheon hamper, lo say nothing of an uninterrupted view of something far more inspiring than the scenery.'
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C^HAPTL.; :;ii. The Red Letter "B." T the Garc St. Lazare Robin had a brief Klinipse of Miss Guile as she hurried with the crowd down to the cab inclosure, ! where her escort, the alert young stranger, put her into a waiting lim¬ ousine, bundled Mrs. Gaston and Marie after her and then dashed away, obviou;-ly to see their luggage through the douane.
Sho espied the tall flgure of her fel¬ low voyager near tho steps and lean¬ ed forward to wave a perfunctory farewell to hlra. The car was creep¬ ing out toward tho packed thorough¬ fare. He remained perfectly still, with uplifted hat, a faint smile on his lips and not tho slightest sign of annoyance In his face. Sho smiled securely to herself as she leaned back In tho .seat and was satisfied!
Count Quinnox found him standing there a few minutes later, twirling his stick and smiling with his eyes. Accompanying the old soldier was a slight, sharp featured man with keen black eyes and a thin, pointed mus¬ tache of gray.
This man was Gourou, chief of po¬ lice and couuaander of the tower in Edelweiss, successor to tho celebrat¬ ed Baron Dangloss. After he had greeted hla princo the quiet little man announced that he had reserved for him an apartment at the Bristol.
"I am instrui'ted liy the prime min¬ ister, your higlines.'i, to urgo your Im¬ mediate return to Edelweiss," he went on, lowering his voice. "The people are disturbed by the reports that have reached us during the past week or two, and Baron Romano i.« convinced that nothing will serve to subdue the feeling of uneasiness that prevails except your own declaration -In por.-on that these reports are untrue."
"I shall t< legraph at onco to Baron Romano that it is all poppycock," said Robin easily. "I refer, of course, to tho reported engagement. I am not going to marry Miss Blithers, and that's all there la to bo said. You may see to it, baron, that a state ment is issued to all of tho Parle newspapers today and to the > to- spondents of all tho great pap'i In Europe and .Vmerica. 1 have pre¬ pared this statement, under my own signature, and It Is to be the last word in the matter. You shall have It when we reach tho hotel and that reminds mo of another thing. I'm sorry that I shall have to ask you to countermand tho reservation for rooms at tlie hotel you mention. I ^ have already reserved rooms at the Rltz—-by wireless. We shall stop there.   Whoro is Dank?"
"The Rltz is hardly the place for"—
But Robin clappud him on the back j and favored hiiu with tho uuod na-
lurca, Doyisn sniue mat* iirasxt'rea even the licrcest of his counselorss, and tho minister of police, being an astute man, heaved a deep sigli of resignation.
Count QuiniiOX was gnawing hi.s mustacluj. ".See here, Robin," he said, laying his hand on the young man's shoulder, "you are in Paris now, and not on board a ship at sea. Mis.i Guile i.s a beautiful, charming, high¬ ly estimable young wom.'ui, and, I might as well say it straight out to your face, yovi ought not to sulijecl her to the notoriety that is bound tr. follow if the new.'-py.pers learn that she is playing around J'aris, no mat¬ ter how innocently, with a prim ¦ whom"—
"Ju.st a moment, count," interrupt¬ ed Robin, a cold light in his now un¬ smiling eyes. "You are getting a lit¬ tle ahead of tin.' game. .Miss Guile 1.. not going to the Ritz, nor do I e.vpect her to play around Paris With me. As a matter of fact, she refused to tell me whore she is to stop whil.: here, and I am uncomfortably cer¬ tain that I shall not see her unless by chance. You may be sure that I shall not annoy Mi.ss Guile, and you nui, be equally sure that she" -
"I beg your pardon, Robin, but I uid not employ tho word annoy," protet i ed the count.
—"thai sho takes nie for a gentle¬ man if n'.'t for a prince," went on Robin, deliberately completing tbe sentence boforv he smiled his forgive¬ ness upon tlie (dd man. "I selected the Ritz because all rich Americar:, go there, I'm told. I'm taking a chance."
"Robin, my lad, I beg of you to con¬ sider the consetiuences that"-
"There's no use discussing it, old friend. Trust to luck. There is a bully good chance that she will send me about my business when tbe time comes, and then the salvation of Graustark will be assured." lie said It lightly, but there was a dark lo(jk in his eyes that belied the jaunty words.
"Am I to understand that you in¬ tend to—to ask her to marry you?" demanded the count, profoundly troubled. "Remember, boy, that you are the Prince of Graustark, that you"—
"But I am not going to ask her to marry tho Prince of Graustark. I'm going tf) ask her to marry R. fchmidt," said Robin composedly.
In the baron's room at the Ritz that night there was held a .secret confer¬ ence. j    Tho three conspirators were of th- samo Kilnd.   It was clear that .somc- thing   mu.st   be   done.     But,   what? I That was the question.   Gourou de- i clared   that   the   people   were   very j much   disturbed   over   tho   trick   th.e ! great capitalist had played upon tb" ' cabinet; there were sullen thi : a revolt If the government  :;, i on tho deposit of bonds as requir<..i by the agreement.   More  than  thai. there were open declarations that tb" daughter of Mr. Blithers would nt.'ve." be pi.'rmitted to occupy the throne o! Graustark.    Deeply   as   his   subject. loved  the young prince,  they woulrl
force hini to abdicate rather than j submit to the desecration of a throne j that had never bi;i;n dishonored, j They *vould accept William \V. Blith- I ers' money; but they would have none ' of William W. Blithers' daughter.       j
The afternoon papers had published , the brief statement prepared by Rob- \ in in the seclusion of his stateroom on board the Jupiter immediately after a most enjoyable hour with Miss Guile. It was a curt and ex¬ tremely positive denial of the ru¬ mored engagement, with the addi¬ tional information that ho never had seen Miss Blithers and was more or less certain that she had never set eyes on him.
A rather staggering coincidence ap¬ peared with the published report that Miss Blithers herself waa supposed to bo somewhere In Europe, word hav¬ ing been received that day from sources in London that she had sailed from New York under an assumed name. The Imaginative French jour¬ nals put two and two together and dwelt upon the possibility that the two young people who had never seen each other might have crossed the Atlantic ou the same steamer, seeing < ach t)ther frequently and yet remaining entirely In the dark, so to speak. Inspired writers began to weave u roin.iiu'e around them.
Tho newsiiapers also printed a defi¬ nite bit of news In the shape of a dis¬ patch from Xew York to the effect that -Mr. and Mrs. William W. Blithers wero sailing lor Europe on tho ensu¬ ing day. bound for Graustark.
However, the chief and present con- em of the three loyal gentlemen in midnight conclave was not centered In tho trouble that Mr. Blithers had started, but in tho more desperate situation created by Mlaa Guile. She was tho peril that now confronted them, and she waa Indeed a peril.
"By Jove I" exclaimed Dank, so loudly that his companions actually jumpid in Iheir seats.
"What ails yc;i Dank?" demanded the baron, removing his eyes from the young man's face long enough to cl.inco fearfuUv at tho trajiantn.
•Tve—I've got It!" crieti the soldier. Count, you remember the big red let¬ ter B on all of her tninks, dont you? Hobbs Is po:iitive he"—
Count Quinnox spran.g to his feet and banged the table with bis fist.
"By jove!" he shouted, suddenly com.'irehrnding.
"The le|! r n^" queried Gourou, per¬ plexed.
"The newspapers say that she aaibd from New York under Jin assumed name," went on Dank, thrilli d by his own amazing cleverness. "There you are! Plain as day. The letter B ex¬ plains everything. Now we know v.'.'io Miss Guile really is.    She's"—
"^laud!" exclaimed Quinnox, sinkin': hack Into his chair.
"Miss Blithers!" cried Gourou, di vining at last. "By jove!" And thu.-; was the jovian circle completed.
Robin was informed bright and early the next morning. In fact, he was sti'! in hi.^ ii!ij;imaB when the news wa.=i carried to him by the exhausted Dank, who had spent five hours in bed, bu' none in .'^lumber. Never in all his ardent career had the smart lieutenant been so bitterly afflicted with love slcknei-s as now.
"I don't believe a word of it," s.iii! the prince promptly. "You've be.-n dreaming, old chap."
"That letter B isn't a dream, is It?"
"No,  It  isn't,"  said   Robin,   and   in¬ stantly sat up in  bed,  his  face  very •serious.    "If  .she  should  turn  oy be Miss Blithers, I've cooked my to a crisp.   Good Lord, when 1 ¦ of some of the things  I said  t', about tho Blithers family!    But wait: If she is Miss Blithers do you suppose she'd sit calmly by and hear the fami ly   ridiculed?     No,   sir!     She   would have taken my head off like a flash."
"I suppose you'll see nothing more of her, your highness," remarked Dank, a sly hope struergling in hi.-^ breast.
"You'd better put it the other way. She'll see nothing more of me," lugu¬ briously.
"I mean to say, sir, you can't go on with it, can you?"
"If there Is really anything to go on with, Dank, I'll go on with it, believo me."
Tho lieutenant stared. "But if she shouldl be Mi.ss Blithers, what then?"
"It might simplify matters tremend¬ ously," said Robin, but not at all con¬ fidently.
Later on, while they were breakfast¬ ing in Robin's sitting room, Ilobbs brought in the morning nf v.y-papers. He laid one of them bcfori.' t!;e princ' and Jabbed his forefmy   - ;   -!¦.¦
ing headline.
" 'Mi.ss    Blithers     , Signed   Statement   M; ceived.   American ITii: Prince of Graustari. harticle, sir?"
Robin  snatched  up  i read .'iloiid for himself.
The .'Ollowing card appea; head of the column and w..i;. -l.,....i mented by a complete resume of thi- Blithers Graustark muddle:
"Misa Blithers desire to correc erroneous n port that has appeareu i : the newspapers. She is not engageil to be married to the Prince of Grau¬ stark, nor is there even the remotest prob.ability that such will ever be tho case. Miss Blithers regrets that she has not the honor of Princo Robin's acquaintance, and the prince has spe¬ cifically stated in the public prints that he does not know her by sight. The statements of the two persons most vitally affected by this disturb¬ ing rumor should be taken as final. Sufficient pain and annoyance already have been caused by tho malicious and utterly groundless report." The name of Maud Applegate Blithers was ap¬ pended to the statement, and It was dated Paris, Aug. 29.
II appears that the signed statement was left In the counting room of the various newsi)apers by a heavily veil¬ ed l.idy at nn hour agreed upon as "about 10 o'clock." There was abso¬ lutely no clur- to the Identity of this woman.
"Well, she appears to bo here," said Robin as he laid down tho last of the three journals find stared at Dank as If expecting hope from that most un¬ reliable source.
"I suppose you will now admit that I am right about the letter B," said Dank sullenly.
"When I see Miss Guile I shall ask point blank if sho Is Maud Applegate, Dank, and If she says she isn't I'll take her word for it," said Robin.
"And if she says she Is?"
"^''ell," said the princo ruefuUy, "I'll still take her word for tt."
"And then?"
"Then I shall be equally U;ink and tell her that I am Robin of Oraustark. That will put us all sijufiro ii^rain, and we'll seo what comes of It in tho end.'
of remodeling and rebuilding the < tie—In other words, to restore i' ' condition prior to the Maria- lion fifteen years ago."
There was a tantalizing snii: b;.v..„-. <•..,.„ j^g }j(, ^^-atched thi' <:• ''¦ ons in that of his prii.'
"' ¦¦   . '¦ f   in   earnest?"   d'- Robin, a bright red spot app' each   cheek.    The  baron  nooo'd   ;ii head.    "Well, hn'a got a lot of nerve!"
"I shudder when I think of whi likely  to  happen  to  those  archi' when they begin snooping around '.'.. castle,"  said Gourou  dryly.    "By the way,  have  you  seen  Miss  Guile  this morning?"
Robin's cheeks were now completely suffused.    "Certainly not."
"She was in the Rue de la Paix half an hour ago.    I thought you might"—
"You saw her, baron?"
"Yes, highness, and it may interest .vou to know that she saw you."
"The deuce you say!    But  bow  c!', you   know   that   it   was   Mi. You've no means of knowiri;-
"It is a part of ray pro' ognizo people from given In  this  case,  however,  f- tion was rendered quite : actions of the young lad;- happeni'd 'n ¦ yi' r.:" fro- as yo!. seen  •,'. . seek cover as qirickl.
.-ofin p.s she.    She handeii
-containing a letter, I iu.,..-.., •. cirri;,r.'o man and drove away jn tli'- dine! inn of the Place de I'Opera. i have a sly notion, my prince, that yoy will find a note awaiting you on your return to the hotel. Ah, you appear to be in haste, my young hunter."
"I am in haste. If you expect to keep alongside, baron, you'll have lo run," cried the prince, and was in¬ stantly in his seven league boots.
"Won't you sit down, baron? I'll be at liberty in a minute or two," he said, on reaching his room at the hotel, and coolly proceeded to scan the brief message from Miss Guile.
(To be Continued)
New Village.
Mrs. John .Miller, of Easton, and Mrs. Clinton Stout, of .N'azareth, visi¬ ted in our village on Wednesday.
George Ilufi'smith, of Strouds¬ burg, spent most of last week with '¦' ¦   "i    ~-  '¦    II  and family.
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Postnl Laws re<iulr* tluit Miil)s(-riptl<)iis bo paid protnfitly. A blno pencil niiirk in this circle means your sub- s<'riptioii in due, and wo will (lunik you for a   prompt   reiiiilljince.
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tai !.  aside from  the impor-
tani <¦ i.iKr luines in tho Katanga dis¬ trict. tli(! only large industrial enler prises are the railways aud river traiL-^- portatioii services. It ma.v be said that all business ncthitie.s iu the colony :iii> devf>ted to l!)i' ffi!li-i-tii)t: t)f tro|iii'al products —r', ry,   guru   cop:il,
palm  oil iU. cnca-:.  etc. - ;ri-I
the railway
Ship Money. Chtirles I. was b.'i<iiy iu need
¦ I,-. . '¦.¦•¦I,-.; : y;ir :it i ..• past the cio^TTj bad Is- cities aud towns on the ¦•oa.si niii!.'¦,:.; them to provide vessels for the rijviil need.s, and lie suggested that this au- 'ient right might be brought into use again. lusli-fid of the ai'tual vessels a money contribution might be exacted instead. Thus the king would be able to tax a larger part of the realm while theoretically observing tbe laws. Writs for ship money were accordingly is¬ sued, but the iiatrlot John ILimiideu declared tbat they were illegal and raised such a protest against them that they were praetically nullified.
The Gentle Art of Smiling. A mother liad n little girl, ber first child, whii seemed to have been born with a sffiwl. Perfectly well, still she had a monise dispositl/jn which it seemed as tbnugh nothiug could alter. When a se-cud child was bom the mother made a rule that no one should lool; ¦¦' ¦' • ¦' ¦' '• "-:'¦¦ Mt a smile. With the . od the baby !i'
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of his cigars.    The  man  accepted th-
cigar, but. not finding it to his liking.
had the bad histe tu say to Thfickeray. "I say, Thackeray, you won't julud my
saying I don't think much of thLs 11
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the mail's u'.!L!r:iciMii...iR-ss and bejirin-'
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Show Your Gratitude.
Gratitude   is   one   of   the   pretti.
posies ill the bou(iuet of human virti'
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Cultivate it and it will  bloom alw;. Gratitude   costs   nothing,   but   rep;: much, and yet it is a gem of charachi that is rare iudood.
Never for.;et the friend who threw you the life line. To do that is trea.son of thenukest kind. Ke<^l'green in your heart tbe meuiorv of everv obligatlfai
BAKING POW
Absolutely Pure
No Alum«-No Phosphate
The day waa warm and clear, and >i'^<-^ l>^'«' "" opportunity to repay it. Paris was gleaming. Robin stretched his long legs in a brisk walk across tho Place Vendi:>me and up the Rue do la Paix to the boulevard. Here ho hesitated and then retraced his steps slowly down tho street of diamonds, for he suspected Miss Guile of being Interested In things that wero costly. Suddenly Inspired, he made his way to tho Place de la Concordo and set¬ tled ' imself on one of the seats near ! the entrance to the Champs Elysees. A man came up and took a seat beside him.
"Good morning, Mr. Schmidt," said the newcomer, and Robin somewhat grufHy demanded what the deuce he meant by following him, "I have some Interesting news," said Baron Gourou quietly.
"l^om home?" asked Robin care¬ lessly.
"Indirectly. It comes through Ber¬ lin. Our special agent there wires me An«»omic«l, that tho offices of Mr. Plifhers in that She sang softly Icuninif In the cradle city havo received Instructions from of his arm. her hands in his, their him to send engineers to Edelweiss j hearts In each .Uhers_ hands.—Jack for the iiiirnose nf ostimatinE the cost 1 I.oudi>n'« "Mhrtin Eden."
Show your gratitude fi>r ;i kind act douo you by doing a kind act for some one else.
.\ gniteful "Thfuik yipu!" for u seat iii a street ciu- rein;' "¦ "¦'• man who hangs to a strap accept the
seat as a ukihcv ni .niHse and yon have started tbiit nnin on tho slide t" selilshness.
Kick out of your selfish shell and ex¬ press your gralituile on the least provo¬ cation. If yoxi never gi\e gratitude never expect it. In proponioii to ynur grratltude so will you be grailed by your fellow men.—Boston Post.
Not For Hit BuslnsM.
"But they say." remarked the patron, "he b!is a uood head for business."
"Nuuseiise!" replied the barber "Why. he's absolutely bald."
Light Reading.
¦fo yoy  ''cTd uiuch';" she nskeu oi him.
".V gl»at   ic;il.' he replied.    "But It's uuistfy IlRht reading."
.\n(l wlun some one t«dd her that be read g;is meters for n living she gnash¬ ed  her teeth  iu  wild  but  helpless  iu diL'iiatioii.—Lojiilon Telegraph.
Poor Fare. •What came before the literary club
this   fiflci I.. ...':.   !. \    !ou>'"   asked   Mr
nibi..
"01      1   \ ci.yyy   .... .
some of llu-  Worst  sandwbdies  I ever ate." answered Mrs. Dibble—ni"ii!"' ham .\'.ro llenild.
He Had Been Th«r«.
"I beg you to observe," said ih.' • anted pianist, di-iplaylng hU tool ! to some of his admirers, "how ex Inffly light ts my touch."
"I don't bfive to ol»erve." muttei-i a saddened citizen on the edge, of t! Srroup. "I know by experteuee."—I{l< mond Times-Dispatch.
Not Much DIfferanc*. . P.rown-  Now.   ray   wife  always  c" suits me aoout everything she buyri f herself—ilrosses,  hats, shoes, gloves everything,    foblnson—So dfjes mine that  Is,  she always  asks   rae  for tbf money.    Ooraes to the same tbloK bi the end.