Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1895, Page 19

Says: USE the genuine Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract tor that heavy feeling, arising from in- digestion, and I am never without Johann Hoff’s Malt. Lie, Beware of imitations. The genuine Jobann. Hoff’s Malt Extract has the signature &~ on neck label, E:swer & Mexpetson Co., Sole Agents, New York. EIGHT MINUTES OF 3 (Continued From Page 18.) the further cross-examination of the wit- ness go over till morning.” I heard the suppressed laugh that went round the counsel table and was echoed by the listeners in the court room. But the adjournment was taken, and the moment I got Daryl alone I said: ‘Well, you see your theory didn’t work. What are we going to do now?” ° ‘To my surprise Daryl betrayed something like e: ement. “I told you,” he said, “that she was a smart woman; but I'll beat her now or hang myself. Go to your rooms and leave orders so that I can see you any time before daybreak tomorrow. I'll be back there, sure.” “What are you going to do?” “Find those men that were working on the roof.” And with that he darted off, and I had a sickly kind of feeling that if he kept his word he would hang himself. About 3 o'clock the next morning he woke me up with an outrageous ringing of the door gong. I slipped on my dressing gown, Tubbed a wet towel over my head and face and went down. His long legs were stretched out in the study. “Now, look here,” he began, at once. “Let me give you this as straight and briefly as possible. That woman never saw the church clock that day, for it was impossible. She deliberately Ned, and that lie is her doom. “Between her house and the church tower, which is on 22d street, there is, on the other side of 22d street, nearest to her house, a building called Hibernia Hall. ‘There are two poles on either end of its cornice, and on the 17th ef March, which is St. Patrick’s day, there was a big banner stretched between them, and nobody in Mrs.Prineveau’s house could see the church clock. The men on the reof couldn’t tell when the dinner hour came on account of it. I've got the two men, and they will swear positively—and so will the man who Keeps the hall. Go back to bed; get your rest, and tackle her tomorrow just where you left off.” ‘When the court opened John Greve, with the privileged sarcasm of an old lawyer, said: “The witness is yours, counselor. You can now investigate that church clock.” This was an unlucky speech. “Madame,” I said to Mrs. Prineveau, “at my learned brether’s suggestion we will go back to the church clock. Now, why did you say you saw the time on that church clock when it was imposstble to see it from your house on that day?” She was taken unawares, and repeated aft “Impossible ?’” ce 1 sald, “impossible. There was a large stationary banner stretched on St. Patrick's day between your house and the church tower.” She showed some signs of distress and half turned toward her counsel He was on his feet in a moment. “Your honor,” he said, “while I am per- fectly ling to allow every latitude to my learned young fri2ad in this interesting diversion, I submit that the time of this court cannot be taken up altogether with matters that are obviously frrelevant. The witness may have seen the time by a watch or computed it by the sun.” This was my chance. see the time on a watch. 1 sald: “But she will not acknowledge it. I now ask you, madara, did you not see that it was eight inutes of 3 by a watch?” 1 had come in now, and his big cav- eyes were fixed on her. She hesitat- ed a moment and then said: “I may have done so; I do not remem- ber.” Do you mean to say that you fixed the time to a minute and do not remember how you did it?” “I do not remember.” “Then why did you swear yesterday that you fixed it by the church clock?” “I have been in the habit of so doing en in my room.” The witness did say you may have done may have.” “What watch?’ heard Daryl whisper at this moment, hard and fast now: “Don't let her think.” “Was it a_silver watch made by Ering- dat Frere, Geneva?” A look of wearin shot across her face. Her lids came down a little tremulously. She made a movement, very sligit, of dis- tre Jobn Greve jumped to his feet to , and some one jave her a glass of “The counsel is simply wearing out the witr " said Greve, “with incomprehensi- On behalf of the lady, who is distressed and ill, I protast. “And on behalf of justice,” I replied, “I ask the jury to observe tnat the auestions about < watch distress both witness and adam, was it not your husband’s silver watch by which you saw the time when you put it In his waistcoat pocket, to be worn over that spot ere the bullet hole was made?” Here the prosecuting attorneys were all on their feet, of course, shouting excep- tions. But I kept my eye on the witness, I knew there was a profound sensation in the court room. I could feel it against my back Hke a magnetic wave. Gut I never _ m: 3 off the woman. “Your honoi I said, without tur head toward the bench, “this is a autos of life or death to an innocent man. His fate lies in the answers of this witness. She has deliberately lied in saying that she Saw the time from a church clock; and she did it to conceal something. It will save the state and my learned friends a great deal of futile labor to permit the cross- (oreminationito/gojon! naw.” “If the counsel will frame his to fall within the evidence thereanets no objection,” said the judge. “Madam, your husband carried a watch?” he bowed her head. did he buy that watch or did you?’ may have done so. I have made many purchases for him.” “Can you produce that watch?” “I suppose so.” “Could you identify it if I produced it?” She did not immediately answer this ques- tion. I could see that a weird change was coming over her. She was making up her mind that Dai and I knew the whole dire history of her crime, and were merely play- ing with her. The weary look became more Pronownced, Daryl saw this, too, and hispered to me not to forget the waist- ask you, could you identify the watch produced it? s, I suppose so. “Could you identif. ne Lack of it? still while the irdignant voices cf ution rang out. For I saw what ng. During the wrangle of ob- she toppled over in a dead faint « her head on the bar of the box the bullet that fitted The one thing that I distinctly heard in the confusion that followed was Daryl’s husky whisper: ‘‘Look out now that she don't kill herself before she makes a con- The jig’s up. I'm going over to 's. Clarkson.” he didn’t go to Mrs. Clarkson’s till the next day. He got shunted off quite un- expectedly. As soon us he learned that Mrs. Prinoveau had been taken from the court rocm to a neighboring hospital, he went straight to her house and, getting in by scme means, ransacked the whole es- tablishment with one of the central office men, until he found the watch. It was the most ingenious piece of mech- anism I ever saw. If you set it at eight minutes of three it fired off a fulminating cap and drove the silver-plated bullet in the back with sufficient force to bed itself for half an inch in a soft piece. of wood, for wo saw it tried in Superintendent Byrnes’ office. a A THRIFTY YANKEE. Took a Hailf-Dollar Fee for Finding Himself. From the Detrolt Free Press. “The thriftiest citizen I have yet seen,” remarked the drummer to the hotel clerk, “I met last week.” “Who was he? A Yankee?” asked the clerk. “Not exactly, but a half Yankee. He lived down in one of those towns in that part of Ohio called the Western Reserve, and which was settled by New England- ers.” zy “What did he d6? Invite you to be his during your visit and bring in a “Worse. You see, I was looking around the town for a man named James Wiggler, who owed us a bill, and I couldn't find his house. I was directed to several places and it was always the wrong man’s house. At jast I got mad and the next man I met on the way I went at directly.” “ “Excuse me,’ said I, ‘do you know where James Wiggler lives? = “ Yes,’ said he, looking at me kind of funny. “Well,” said I, ‘I've been looking for him all morning, and if yeu'll take me to his house I'll give you half a dollar.” “‘All right,’ said he and he took me around @ square or two and stopped at a gate with a big tree in front of it. “That's the place,’ said he, nodding to- ward the house. “‘Geod enough,’ said I, ‘I'll go in and see, and if you are right, I'll give you the money.” “My guide leaned up against the tree on the far side from the house and I went in. It was the right place, but Mr. W. wasn’t at home, so I came out. “I guess you found I was right, didn’t (Sead he asked with a grih when I rejoined im. “Yes, but he wasn’t at home. Here's your half dollar. I'll come back after awhile,’ said I. 8 “*You don’t have to,’ said he, pocketing the coin. “ ‘Why not?’-said I in.surprise. “*Because I'm him. What do you want to’see me about?’ And he smiled with such a satisfied air, that I wanted to knock him down.” ——__ -+e0e______ IT IS ALTRURIA REALIZED. A Colony of Faithfal People is Now in Working Order. From the American Magazine of Civics. Altruria no longer designates merely a new Utopian dream. Near the little city of Santa Rosa, in Sonoma county, California, and about sixty miles from San Francisco, a@ location has been found for ‘the head- quarters of what is known as Altruria as- sociation. This organization, initiated last spring, has met with peculiar favor from the pub- lic in California, and has also attracted at- tention throughout the country. The organization is a fraternal order. Brotherhood is the cornerstone. The mo- tive is mutual good will. Accordingly, the association is in no sense a joint stock eccmpany. That is, it does not recognize money paid into its treasury as investments upon which interest or dividends are to be paid. There is at present a membership fee—the nominal sum of $50. All are pledged to maintain a high standard of personal,, domestic and social morality. Within this general bond of right doing each member is left free to ordain the de- tails of the individual life. The institution is missionary in its spirit. As it may be prospered, it will set aside @ large part of its surplus for the estab- lishment and fostering of other settle- ments after the same kind. The plan is to undertake varied and comprehensive in- dustries; not all at once, but one by one. Altruria is essentially and in a marked way democratic. Each member, male and female, counts for one, and no more than one. An admirable site has been secured for the first location, a tract of nearly two hundred acres, with a fine water power and other* promising resources. Here about twenty-five adults are now living, with ten, children. They are tilling the fields, build- ing houses and putting the place into shape for future enterprises. They have a blacksmith shop, a shop for the manufacture of fancy furniture, and a little grocery store. They have also started a chicken ranch on a small scale. Furthermore, they have’ a limited print- ing outfit and are publishing a paper, the Altrurian, which brings a small income. —-e+_____ Written for The Evening Star. Boating Song. On every hand No trace of land; ‘Upon the sea we float. ‘The waves are still, No breezes fill Our sails, or move our boat, Calmly we rest ‘Upon the breast Of ocean, grim and gray, Where sea birds fly With watchful eye, As the shadows flee away. And far away, With silvery ray, ‘We see the moon arise, And with golden beams Over the tide it gleams Like a path to the radiant skies. The silvery ray Of the Milky Way Is mirrored in the deep. ‘Though small our bark, On the ocean dark In peace our way we keep. In peace we rest, By naught oppressed, No sorrows hither roam. The starlight’s beam, A golden stream, Directs and guides us home, ——.__ Kept His Vow. From the Indlanapolis Jcurnal. “And did he really ke2p his vow of com- mitting suicide when he found she would not marry him?’ “Why, yes; in a fashion. He drank bim- self to death.” “Oh! killed himself on the installment plan, did he?” THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAROH 9, 1895—-TWENTY PAGES. THEY ARE WORN OUT Instead of Her First Thought, Health is a Woman’s Last. BREAK DOWN THE FIRST SEASON GIRLS People Who Deliberately Invite Ill Health. NERVOUS EXHAUSTION Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. AM NOT ILL, BUT I am all tired out— tired clear through to the bone,” said a dear little friend to me, one day last week, as we stood = for a few moments conversing after ad- journment of the Woman's Council, upon which she has been a regular at- tendant. Frail and wan she stood, the stylish street gown scarcely touching the figure that it covered so snugly at the be- ginning of the season, and her big eyes bright with feverish exhaustion. “Why don’t you go home and go to bed?” I asked, impatiently. “And let all these splendid addresses go unheard! Why, papa would be scandalized. I confess my brain is too weary to take it all in, but I feel as though I must try and absorb a little of it. I fear I am not as strong as I was when I left college,” she said a little pathetically. “I could stand a great deal of hard work then, but since I came out I have been so occupied with sccial engagements that there seemed to be no time for anything else. I find that my digestive organs are all out of order, and that I am peevish and cross; even my mental faculties are not up to test. I think sometimes I'd like to run away from it all, but mamma is so ambitious for me to be a social success, and papa is such a dear blind old fellow that he can’t see why I can’t keep abreast with him just the same as I used to do when his study was my haven, and his books my favored compan- iors. I am fast learning that one can’t serve two masters. Tell me how to build myself up, ready for spring, can’t you?” Then remembering an engagement for lunch, she hastily left me, and the next day I saw that she was among the guests at an “afternoon,” a dinner, and a dance, as well as the luncheon. Advice about how to build one’s self up would help a woman like that with a vengeance, wouldn't it? Between Scylla, her father, and Charybdis, her mother, the one whetting her appetite for higher educa- tion and broader fields of knowledge, and the other drawing her into the whirlpool of society, whence very few escape physically sound, my little friend has not enviable sailing. It isn’t a bit of use to ask if this life and death struggle for social su- premacy is “worth the while,” because to these who are engaged in it, it certainly ts. It is their whole life scheme, and out of it existence would be a blank. Mothers to Blame. Good health should be a woman’s first thought, but it is generally her last one. A woman perfectly sound of mind and body is an unusual creature; yet she should be the rule instead of the exception. I half believe, too, that it is woman's own fault that she is so lacking in strength and stamina. Of course, there are hered- itary taints for which one must make al- lowance, but even they can be ovetcome to a large degree by proper living, and the next generation made the happier and healthier for it. I think that mothers are largely to blame for not instructing their growing girls im all’ those matters pertaining to woman- hood, and their’ failure to do so often leaves the field free for noxious seeds of disease to spring up, which the labors of a long life cannot eradicate. Then ambitious mothers press their girls too hard in school, at home and in pyblic. The years between fifteen and twenty are critical ones for a girl. At fifteen she begins to feel her im- portance as a factor in the family and in the world’s work as well: Particularly is this so if she is at all bright and ambitious. Just at the time when all her strength is needed to aid her expanding womanhood she is pressed in school, and coached in the accomplishments which every woman is supposed to need, and all her energies bent ‘toward making a brilliant exit from col- lege and quite as brilliant an entre in so- cciety. As in the case of my little friend, the commencement gown might almost a1 swer for the debut, so closely do they fol- low each other. It is a small matter for wonder that girls break down in their first season, when they are put through the paces, aa they have been during the past winter, for instance. The breaking down being an accomplish- ed fact, the building up should begin im- mediately, but a doctor is not needed. Wo- men are too prone to fly to nerve tonics and blood purifiers and constitution build- ers, patent stuff that fills the system fuil of poison and lays the foundation for a train of ills, the-most horrible of which is a@ taste and craving for narcotics. If the woman who insists on turning night into day would only give up the day to the sleep that nature demands for her healthy creatures she would get along very well. It is the loss of sleep, combined with un- ceasing worry, that makes women wear out and get tired “clear through to the bone.” Inability to sleep is the very first stage of insanity. Overwork, lack of proper exercise, too much excitement, are some of the causes that lead to insomnia, and in- somnia will bring in its train a lot of ills that will break down the strongest man or woman living. The first thing to do is to woo sleep, “Sleep that knits up the rav- eled sleeve of care,” if you would clear up your skin, brighten your eyes and banish wrinkles. Rest the Great Medicine. Now, if I felt all tired out and knew that it was my own fault, that is, that I had been overdoing myself, I would drop some of my responsibilities and rest. That would be the very best medicine that a tired woman could possibly take. Unfortunate- ly, there are women who can’t do that. Their shoulders are burdened so that the load cannot be lifted. Such women are not in society and don’t do a great deal of complaining, but they are the ones who make the world tolerable by their gentle unselfish ministrations. They are the ones who are going to get the gold crowns over yonder, I am sure. But if I were a society woman, as I have said, I would rest and let the mission and mummeries, the pa- troness business and the society functions go by the board and devote myself to get- ting back my health, for of all the posses- sions of earth there is nothing to be com- pared to good health. The mother who does not make their health the care of her life when her babies are growing up is too ignorant to have children of her own. Even serious con- stitutional weaknesses and defects can be overcome by vigilance and watchful fore- sight during the growing period. Life without health is a burden. One too great to be borne, as many a sad suicide testi- fies. I confess I have not much patience with people who deliberately invite ill health by their gross violation of natural laws, knowing perfectly that such viola- tion brings upon them severe penalties. You know you cannot cheat Mother Na- ture. There isn’t a woman living who does not want to be considered a beauty, as well as amiable and entertaining and to be sought for her charming qualities—most laudable desires. Knowing this so well, I have never been able to understand why women, with mal- A cocoa with rich choco! je flavor, retaining all the nutritious and fat- producing properties yet not distress- ing to the most delicate, ean be pro- Proven in duced. ice prepense and aforethought, as it would seem, set ‘themselves to work to make themselves everything t! is unlovely. A woman who fills her with luncheons and teas and dinners ‘4nd her nights with suppers and banquets 't hope to come through a season with Snything but an impaired digestion, whi brings head- aches, nervousness, hness and ex- haustion. A woman such ailments isn’t a sweet creature” counter, In the end there cdfies the “all tired- out” feeling and a pel f nervous pros- tration, which is simp} other name for overworked stomach. ff course, that sounds awful, but it ig tthe. If your phy- sician is honest, he i! you that your spell of “nervous prdsttation” is simply the old-fashioned “‘torpid)liver,” and 4 tor- pid Iyer is simply -Syerworked organ that has the si afd Upsets the whole system, : Rules of Life. So, you see, that tiréf feeling resolves it- self back into, the simple $roposition of im- paired digestion. I always did believe that half the ills of life come from inattention to, the food we eat. Not so much.the va- riety, perhaps, as the quantity and the fre- quency with which we indulge the appe- tite. An eminent physician once told me. that he had three rules of life. One was, “bathe once. each: day. in such» fashion as best suits your constitution and exercise freely.” Another, “eat the simplest: food, and just enough ‘to fully satisfy hunger.” The third and last’ one:was alittle more comprehensive, “sleep eight straight hours in a clean, well-ventilated room; after you have emptied your heart and brain of every disagreeable occurrence of the day, and never fret or worry.” ‘Follow. these rules,” he said, “and there js no reason in the world why you should not live. one hundred happy years.” He was himself nearly ninety, when accident cut him Joose from a life that seemed about to realize the truth of his utterances... v I sent those three ru! to my little friend and she wrote back: Your rules re- mind me of the first copy in my old writing book, ‘Exercise and temperance:strengthen the constitution.’ Strange how the truth of such-things comes. home: to usin after years. I never once thought of its practi- cal application when I used to nearly bite my tongue in two as I twisted and wrig- gled-through the long words that held for me no meaning at. all, and were simply an example in penmanship. I shalt most cer- tainly put the theory into practice, and. that other one as well, whigk is the em- bediment of your splendid rules, ‘Be tem- Perate in all things.’ ” Now, there you have in a nut shell a rule for true living. “Be temperate. in all things,” and you will get from life its-dou- ble-distilled essence of comfort and pleas- ure, and weakness. and lassitude will’ be strangers to you, whether at the end or the middje of the gay season: i SENORA SARA. —<——__ OLD BLUE CHINA. One of the Component Parts of a De- lightful Picture, From ths New York Herald. When Whistler made a marvel of beauty of his dining room by decorating the walls with old blue china there was a revival of interest in azure-tinted ware throughout the length and breadth of England, but in America the admiration for “old blue* ¢ates from the colonial period, and has neither waned nor renewed its intensity from modern fads. There is quite a difference, however, among amateur connoisseurs as to the rel- ative artistic merits of the Vacious depths in tone, some claiming that the ‘pale tint of the old “floating blue,” the early Wedge- wood and of the willow ware used by our grandmothers, lends itself to a harmonious blending with its’ surfouridings, while oth- ers claim the exclusive merit of beauty for the deep blue of the ‘ordshire ware, in which are made the now rather scarce and rare Latayette plates) the B. and 0. Rail- road plates,” with the rst primitive train or them, and the present/day willow ware of American and Japgnesp manufacture. Soma Staffordshire,;plates recently seen in the window of 8 cyria Bhop ranged rath- er surprisingly in prige : Thoughoai: made at the english pottery, the lafayette plates Were $iteuch: the ‘“railrand” plates 33 and those ypea which. famyys. Byglisb castles were uepicted in cuepest.cobait were poly $1.50. yon ey ri 4 The maker of then ofvidentiy. thougne there. wopld-be. morg,-“90]’ in, the raslroad plates at $> than in the castles. $1.50, among yosnebbish Americans. Ail The Iatayétie plates are quite Japge; and make most beautifyl plaques against a neutral wall cr card platteys,,or, apolished hall wble, and there is nothiag.prettier for a,card; oyu, than. oneref .deet:villow wan, blue,.9G. Of Japanese blue and white, on,.2- mahogany or dark cherry: table. By raving two. picture rails, one right at the angle line of the ceiiing andthe other near enough 0 it to hoid the plates tightly between them, a very effective frieze of willow ware plates, may be put.round a room at small cost; or,a dado in the same wey, if that accords better with the gen- eral decorative scheme. Whistler had iiile nlue flower pots elso hung from the ceiling ud filled with growing: ferns; and little jars of the sume at each corner of we center cloth on the table. ir There are lots of quamtly pretty pitchers, jugs and squatty teapots. of ‘this ine: pensive porcelain. that may be made to ac- centuate the artistic effect by placing them skillfully on, the overmantel, or-on a shelf over a low doorway, or on a graduated row of corner: shelves, according.‘to taste. It is certainly a fact that one dces not tire c€ this color as soor as of others, and people of artistic temperament simply revel in it. Charles Lamb admitted. an ‘almost feminine partiality for old blue china, and when he went to a sreat house he always asked to.see the china closet before the picture gallery: and quite recently one of the most successful novelists of the day wrote home to her mother, while visiting ar. old homstead in the country: You may knew I am happy; it is all blue-china and dormer -windows. = —___+e+__—__ A Startler. From Le Littoral. The inhabitants of the south of France enjoy nothing so mueh as taking the rise out of the Parisians—“epater Jes Parisien- gues,” as they term it. A ratepayer in the Commune of Salles du Garden (Department of the Gard) has sent up a petition to the chamber of deputies, a petition which ts be- ing largely commented upon by- the’ chron- iquers of the Paris press. In the said peti- tion—which, by the way, is numerously signed—M. Plagnol demands the-legal abo- lition of the corset, or, at least, the impo- sition of a tax on this implement of torture. According to article 63 of the rules of pro- cedure the petition will have to go before a committee of members, who are not likely fo report. favorably, as their wives may. have a word to say on the subject. ‘Ihe staymakers are treating the whole affair with a smile of contemptuous pity. In Paris alone this industry affords employ- ment to. ninety-eight large. manufacturers and 420 dealers or makers to measure. OR.CHASES: Blood»Nerve Food Wee ainsi For WEAK and RUN-BOWN PEOPLE. WHAT IT IS! The richest of all restorative Fc because It replaces the sanit substances to the blood an nerves that are exhaustetin these twolife-giving fluids by disease, indigestion, high living, overwork, worry, excesses, abuse, etc. Also a Reon for Women, WHAT IT DOES! By. making the blood pure and rich, and the digestion perfect, itcreatessolid flesh, mus- clednd strength. ‘The netvesHeing made strong, the brain becomesactiveand clear 1box lastsa week. Price Bocts., or 5 boxes $2.00. Deugeiats or by mail. 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Made ‘simply’ with "boiling water or milk, | Sold only in half-pound tins,'by grocers, labelled thus: JAMES EPPS & CO., Ltd., Homoeopathic Chem- London, England. 43-m,tu,s0mm A NAVAL GHOST STORY An Adventure Which is Located in Ohi- nese City. ‘The Thrilling History of a Hnunted House Related on the Quarter Deck. Written Exchelvely for The Evening Star. There is a legend which, I am sure, everyone having the remotest connection with the navy has heard. I know half a dozen or more versions of it, varying great- ly in detail. All combine to lay the scene in the east, sometimes in Japan, sometimes in China. What I believe to be the most authentic form of the story places it at Tien Tsin. It happened fifteen or maybe twenty years ago, for, though the naval actors in it are still lieutenants, they are no longer in the first bloom of youth. Twenty years ago, then, let us say, there came to Tien Tsin an Englishman and his scn, The father was a retired army officer of some means, and they were traveling for pleasure. They, took a fancy to Tien Tsin and decided to settle there for a while. Looking about for a house, they were much attracted by one just outside the city, which stood near the water’s edge and commanded a beautiful view of the harbor. Their friends,‘ and more especially their Chinese servants, cried out aghast: They must not think of such a thing. The house was haunted. No one had lived in it for years. It was as much as one’s life was werth even to pass it after nightfall. The Englishmen, however, were not to frightened off by any such silly stories. They rented the house and moved in, For several months all went well. Both father and son were delighted with the place and finally decided to buy it. One evening the scn, who had been dining in town, came heme quite late. As he opened the front door, he heard what seemed to be a scuffle in his father’s room. Before he could reach the top of the’stairs, a soul-piercing shriek rose high above the confused din. Then all was silent. Rushing into his father’s room, the young man found him lying on the ficor in a pool of blood. There was no one else in the room, nor was there any ap- parent way for anyone to have left it with- out passing him in the hall. A knife was sticking in the breast of the wounded man, a wicked-looking Malay knife, with a curiously carved handle. The young man stepped into the hall to call the servants to his father’s assistance. When he stepped back into the room, a moment later, the knife had disappeared! The wounded man never rallied. He lived several hours, but was not able to speak. His face was distorted by an expression of unutterable terror, and he died with the Icok still in his eyes. The associations of the place were too painful for his son to remain there longer. He offered a large reward for the discov- ery of his father’s murderer, and left a minute description of the knife that had so mysteriously disappeared. Then he packed up his belongings and returned to England. The house stood vacant, of course, more dreaded than eve-. Hunting the Ghost. Months passed, perhaps years; I do not know. But after a certain lapse of time one of our men-of-war visited the harbor of Tien Tsin. Several of the officers were ashore one night dining with a party of foreign residents at the club. Seme one told the story of the haunted hcuse and the murdered Englishman, adding that the na- tives said the murder was re-enacted every night at the same hour. Our officers ex- pressed a lively interest in the narrative. “Let’s visit the house some night,” one of them suggested, ‘“‘and see the show.” “Why not tonight?” exclaimed a goung Dane, whom we will agree to call A. “We have plenty of time, and the steward of the club has the keys of the house. The Englishman left them with him when he went away.” c The men were all young and keen for ad- venture. Perhaps the excellent club punch had made them even braver than usual. Anyhow, the suggestion was received with acclamations. The keys were called for. Some one produced a lantern. The rest filled their pockets with matches and can- file ends. ‘When they were ready to start they looked about for A. He was nowhere to be found. The party set forth without him. One of our officers could not refrain from expressing some amusement that the organizer of the adventure should prove the only one afraid to carry it through. “A, afraid?” cried one of the club mem- bers. “You don’t know him. He doesn’t know what fear means. I'll wager he’s up to some deviltry at this moment. 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