Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1895, Page 8

AND SONS, « MOSES THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1895—TWELVE PAGES. = : “Buy Best At Ballantyne’s.” Quiche & = MAYER ® co, We Engrave ; FECA =: DOUBLE STORES, 987-999 F ST. eae $3 ‘ An we do everything else—in the Dest possible taste. The work is F Street jf Sesgge Warehouse, Corner Mieventh. 220 near M. —When this week’s gone by we don’t expect to have a single piece of this furniture left. The high class nature of the stock is; of course, well known, and when—as now—prices are at the minimum, our patrons keep the wagons busy all day long. The piece of furniture you’d like to have may be sold tomorrow, so *would be advisable not to delay. Parlor Suites. NOW. B-piece Brocatelle Sulte. $39.75 piece Brocatelle Suite $42.00 5-plece Tapestry Suit stuffed ..-.....eee $43.00 Odd Parlor Pieces. Mahogany-finish Table $1.75 Solid Oak Table........ $1.75 Mahogany-finish Table... $2.00 Maple Tuble.......- $2.00 Sideboards. $10.70 $15.75 $17.50 Extension Table. Solid Oak, 6 feet long........$12.00 $9.00 China Cases. + $3.50 $6.30 es {$10.50 $8.25 Mahogany Finish. “$15.00 $11.20 Mahogany Finish. see$42.00 $27.00 Secretary Book Cases. Solid Oak.....22c00+ $18.75 Chamber Suites. Maple Suite. -$32.00 $23.50 Maple Suite -$35.00 $26.00 Quartered Oak Sultes.........$35.00 $27.00 Birch Suites. . ++-$42.00 $31.50 Full Sized Double Bedsteads. Maple Bedsteads. $3.75 Birch Bedsteads. $5.00 Birch Bedsteads. $6.00 Oak Bedsteads.. $6.00 Oak Bedsten $7.50 Dressing Tables. Curly Birch. $11.10 Bird's-eye Maple. $11.10 Curly Birch. $16.00 Cheval Glasses. Mahogany Finish. .............$33.00 $27.00 Chiffoniers. Solid Oak. $5.25 Soli] Oak. $5.95 Solid Oak. $7.50 Solid Oak. $11.25 Solid Oak. $12.25 Solid Oak... $13.50 ‘The Opal is the Birthstone for October. ‘LOOK NOT THE GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.’ [Fou have an old piece of Bn- glish ‘Hall-marked"’ silver, and desire to know its age, bring it to us—we can settle the question for you in two minutes. It may be TWO HUNDRED YEARS OLD. Our recent importations of EN- GLISH SILVER include many choice examples of transatlantic silver- smithing—and the beauty of it 1s, they are TOO NEW to have been copied by American makers. G7If you wish your WEDDING GIFT to be something that won't be duplicated see us. Moore & Leding, WIDE-AWAKB JEWELERS, 110g Pa. Ave. soa : TLS UU A 0c28- AE TMezzo= per Tints $4 dozen. We, are making ‘Mezzo-Tints or Photogravure “Ovals” for only doz. These make the eweetest kind of Photos and are very popular. No extra charge for resitting if you should not be satisfied with your first one. Stalee, 1107 F St. 0¢28-16d We Clean Fur Rugs —Just as ensily—just as completely—as we do a lady's gown. Remove eve-y particle of dust “every stain—without changing the color or in- Wagon calls. Anton Fischer, 906 G St., Mood PROCESS DYEING AND Gas HUTTERLY WILL FIX Your Clock If it doesn’t run right—in very little time—and sre his services for a year in connection with it. $1 and upward are his charges. Drop will call. Hutterly, Timeptece Expert, 632 G St. 9c28-12d Established 1861. FRANKLIN & CO., Optictans, 1227 Penn. a Will Remove TO THEIR NEW STORE, No. 1203 F Street, ABOUT NOVEMBER 10. ocl8-3m Le a The Best $3 Shoes| That $3 Buys i Are the $3 Shoes we sell. We've every style—to suit every ‘foot— ton and lace—for Ladies nd Men. $3.50 Is what they cost uptown. We know they are the equal of ANY Shoe in town for 50c. MORE. line of $2.50 Shoes that'll please you, too. Se Cohen & Son, 630 Pa. Ave., EDOWNTOWN AMERICAN SHOE MEN, 0c28-200 4 WATCHESS=:. RepairiMgsrrdarry 1107 Penn. Ave. statiisnea 1902. 0c26-tf *Tis time for ‘putting up”’ LACE CURTAINS, And if they're sent to us we'll make them as- Bume a newness of appenrance that'll please the most particular. Ligh-clas: launderiug is our specialty. Highest European American refer- ences. pone e will call. Corson & Co., §18 roth st., near F. Prop. Mme. Weber's Lace Clean. Estab. 028-104 Highest quality. Lowest prices. Largest assortment done right in our establishment under my supervision—and we — know what w> guarantee when we guarantee it CARDS engraved from the plate 2 at 7% CENTS A HUNDRED—best quality cardboard used—best inks —best presses. . The negtest, tastiest “and best arranged Wedding Invitations and Announcements of all kinds, lantyne’s, eae 428 Seventh. @ SPSES OCS wees were ee ee eey Cc. A. MUDDIMAN, 614 12th St. POO OS Pore and [lore Interesting |}— —Become our store announcements. Tomorrow, besides offering many most remarkable values all day long, we shall sell certain goods between certain hours at prices seemingly ridiculous: Special Hour Sales From 9 to 11 Wednesday morning: cifile#” and Children's Yacht - ps, in navy blue only. Worth Be., at. nae ge. From 9g to t1 Wednesday morning: No. 40 All-silk, Satin and Gros Grain Ribbon, all colors, worth 25e. a yard, at oC From 9 to 11 Wednesday morning: No. 2 Satin Ribbon, all colors, worth 25e. per yard. 10 yards per yard. From 9g to 10 a.m. From 3 to 4 p.m. Ladies’ Flannel Waists in assort- ed Scotch plaid effects, pleated front and back, crushed collar, a belt and boned, all sizes, worth Bal Books, > > SSSOSSO HLS SISOS It takes considerable care and experience to get all the needs correctly in any line of business. We claim to succeed in getting results not only in artiatle effect, but in utility, durability and use- Oil Heating Stoves. We sell the Puritan, and guarantee it fully; a prefect wick movement; easy to handle; nothing to Bet out of order. Several styles, $4.25, $5.00, $7.00. ‘The smallest size will heat a fair-sized room. We have a $2.75 Oil Heater of other style, suitable for hall room or bath room. Gas Heating Stoves. We have the fullest line of many sizes, prices ranging from$1.50 up, Our smallest stove will heat bath room, and sizes $2.75, $3.00, $3.25 bed room. 9., 1.89 Coat Dept. All-Day Values: 1 lot of Ladies’ Rough Double Capes, in astrakhan snd boucle ef- fects, both collar and upper cape effectively trimmed in satin... 1 lot Misses’ Heavy-weight Ree: ers, in blue and black, sponged beaver cloth, loose box front, ripple back, large sleeves. tt ereeweeee $4.89 1 lot Storm Chinchilla, in blue and black, mandolin sleeves, rolling collar, lap pockets, ripple backs, good value at $11.00. Our price .... ene 1 lot Ladies’ $2 Button Box Beaver Coats, loose front, ripple back, melon sleeves, worth $10.00. will heat smal) Gas Radiators. —Just the thing for large offices or parlors. Prices, $5.75, $6.75, $8.00, $10.00. Lamps. > the $E, M,,’? tre “Belgian” and other cele- brated first-class -makes—made to light without taking chimney off. It is no longer necessary <0 use the old style pull for wick; our “E. M.’” has ® perfect wick holder and movement. "We have them in regular size, with shade, complete, $2.80 and $2.90, and in banquet styles—very ornamental—with shade, complete, $105 $e be Silk Lamp Shades. All colors, styles and shapes, $4.50 $7.50 $8.63 Siar : Ladies’ Waists. 1 lot of Ladies’ Rob Roy Plaid Worsted Waists, with large sleeves, satin collar, box pleat, blouse front, trimmed in cut steel buttons. Good value at-$5.00. Our price........ Crepe Tissue Paper. To make Lamp Shades, Paper Flowers, etc. have extra large rolls, first quality, all colors. 22c. Wellsbach Burners. —That pure white light, complete, put on. $2.50 Extra chimney, 15c.; extra mantels, 50c. Send us your order by’ ’Phot We We supply the Wellsbach light on a port- able stand, with 6 feet best tubing, Hats And Milliner complete, cnly. all $4.20 The “Defender,” Trimmed Alpine, 5 bine, brown and red, worth 75c., at 49. Portable Drop Lights, ‘Trimmed Black Walking Hats, With shade, tubing and Argand burner, ¢ high crown or bell crown, worth aC complete: ECERECEROSOS cee $2.40 Te., at... oe Beacon Drop Light, French Felt Hats, all shapes, With shade and double bi black and colors, worth $1.50, at-. 93C- erg ition any chanlclier.sorteer> 95C- French Felt Hats, with beaver edge, worth $2.50. at. $1.99 A large variety of Trimmed Pat- Cc ¢ iA lame tarety of Trimm Pat gro001 C, A, Muddiman, Astrakhan Caps, Tam O'Shanter Crowns and trimmed in quills,” Diack, navy, brown and black and white. Worth $1.00. Our price.. Black Mercury Wings, worth 35c. 614 12th -St. Don’t scold ; @ pair. Our price. Re 1gc. h Jet Cord, worth #e. a yara, at. 5c. | YOUr Washwoman Black Ostrich Tips, worth 75c. —when your clothes look yellow and un- a bdunch. Our price. - 47 cleanly. No washvoman, however skilled, ean make the clothes Icok white and clean Black Quills, worth 5c., at...++e« Ic. unless she is supplied with the best laundry soaps. I5¢c. Rose Plants, worth 25c., at.. Weaver, Kengla & Co.’s a sorex QUAPS & ‘Borax’ + —are acknowledged the hest—and make the clothes look whiter, cleaner aud better than any other soaps. Try them next time! . Sold by all grocers. Plant, 3244 K st. n.w. se7-3m1,3 MAYER Bros. & Co., ’ 937-039 F St. eeeee eee eee REE Eee eee SI : PXxXXXRERRERE REREEEREE ES “MODEL PAINTS” ARE BEST | whe charge. McAllister & Co., EXAMINING OPTICIANS, I3ml P St.,308" sorpise. (RXRKKAKAREEREEREEREREE Redfern’s style at Owen’s prices. * To give you ladies the correct New York and Paris ideas we secured one of Redfern’s leading cutters. He is an artist of great ingenuity and most ex- cellent taste. We want you to call look over some of the richest gowns turned out. “OWEN,” The Tailor, 423 11th Street. 084-20 g ¢° © —because they are more carefully prepared, | |«| * © and hence are more durable and lasting. | |«| We make them ourselves—$1.50 gal. can. | |,| “Model” Stains—$1.76 gal. can. Any color | |,| u Ss *** you want. | Gathers meee Olls and Siem,10 | |*| 222 ¢ + A pair of EYEGLASSES or SPEC- le] * © * 2 © TACLES here which for all prac- le] ¢ ¢ © © tical purposes answer every re je] # * 2% 2% quirement. They're fitted with le] * * © * © our FINEST LENSES. We'll ex- ibabaed amine your eyes—and adjust the | y Proper glasres—without extra . TABULES. Mr. J. C. Ocenner of 1611 Wyoming st., Kansas City, Mo., under date of June 17th, 1895, says: “I have been much benefited by the use of Ripans Tabules, which I have been taking for liver and kidney trouble, from which I have suffered a great deal, sometimes to such an extent that I would = | |exeeer have to stop working for a That 2ccsame se week at atime. One much mental strain, is im- ediatel; removed _ by the week my doctor’s and Worn out Bfloskokpr ELECTRIC VA: oie . ‘TH. ‘reat in- medicine bill was $17.00, doted by leading Washington eeling physicians. L. P. HOSFORD, M. M. E. BARTLETT, El ec29-10e0 Cold, Bleak Days Wiil Come. Prepare for them. GET S. B. SEXTON & SON'S Latrobes, Furmaces, and Ranges. - They Are the Best. and I received only temporary relief. I have not quite finished the second box of Ripans Tabules and am feeling like a new man; no more trouble with either my liver or kidneys.” . 918 trician. H Street N.W. Ripans Tabules are sold by druggists, or by mail | For sale by the if the price (50 cents a Dox), is sent to the Ripans PRINCIPAL STOVE DEALERS IN Chemical Company, No. 10 Spruce st., New York. | #e23-3m WASHINGTON, D. C. Sample vial, 10 cents. -- TRIAL OF A MARQUIS. 3 gator meaner ‘Swell’ Hats ‘and Bonnets —— —are here in endless va- riety, including the latest Parisian Patterns, as well as those of my own de- signing. —— Largest line of Trimmings and Un- —trimmed Hats in the city. Lowest prices. Mrs. C. Stiebel, 1113 G St.,: Attention in France Directed to a Sensational Case. The trial of the Marquis de Nayve, who is charged with the murder of his step-son in 1885, began at Bourges, France, yester- day. The case is a sensational one, and has attracted considerable attention. The city is full of strangers from every coun- try in Europe and also present are scme persons from America, who have come to witness the trial. ¥. The Marquis de Nayve has been in prison since July, 1894, on the charge of murder- ing the natural son of his wife, born pre- s i z 2 i Importer of Fine Millinery. I vious to their marriage. 926,206 sel ame | ‘The marquis was wild in his young days, dissipated a large fortune an@ then mar- ried a rich heiress, Mlle. Marie de Bau- treull, whose son he is charged with mur- dering by throwing him from the cliffs along the Red Torrente road into the Bay of Naples, after having previously stunned the boy, hitting him over the head with a heavy instrument. The marquis was denounced hy his vife, but his friends assert that the lad, who was of a despondent nature, committed suicide by jumping from the cliffs, and that the marquise had concocted the story to rid herself of her husband in order that she might marry a priest who had been the boy’s tutor, if not his father. Do you know that electricity is a cheaper, better, safer and more re- liable power than steam? It makes a better light, too-—better for stores— better for offices. It {s us far ahead of gas as the modern electric locomotive is ahexd of the old stage coach. We furnish power only. Telephoue us to turn it on. U. 8. ELECTR.C LIGHTING CO., 213 14th street. ‘Phone 77. 0cl8-200 You can rely on Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $3.00, $4.75, &c.. Makes the ; .); . Weak Strong. YER’S The ‘Only Gold Medal mu Sarsaparilla | Has Cured‘ * Others And Will Cure You. AYER’S CHERRY FECTORAL FOR COUGHS. if THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE and use that ol} and vell-tried remedy. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for nt % It soothes ‘the child. softens the gum, all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for iarrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. sel0-ly Backache is almost immediately relieved by wearing oae of Carter's Smart Weed and Bella- denna Backache Plasters. Try one and free from pain, Price, 25 cents. “Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, the most effi- cacicus stimulant to éxcite the appetite, keeps the digestive organs in order. ANOTHER SENSATIONAL ACT Holmes Accuses the District Attorney of Underhand Practices. Not Allowed to See His Wife—The Court Interposes in Behalf of the Prisoner. After The Star’s report of the Holmes mur- der case in Philadelphia closed yesterday District Attorney Graham spoke for one hour and twenty-five minutes, concluding at 4:40 o'clock in the afternoon. He then held a brief talk with the judge at side bar and agreed with him that, in view of the !ate- ness of the hour, it would be inexpelient to begin the taking of testimony, as the «xam- ination of the first witness would be inter- rupted by the supper recess. It was there- fore decided to adjourn court until 10 o’clo2>k this morning. When this became known to Holmes he arose in the dock, and the last sensation of a day replete with extraordinary ‘ncid2nts oc- curred. “May it please your honor,” he began, his weak voice vibrating with the emotion which his wonderful self-control prevented from betraying in his face, am forced to ask that certain privileges be accorded me in pr.son. They are not very extensive privi- leges. I must ask the district attorney to aliow me to have in my cell light, paper and writing materials, that I may be enabled to prepare my case. I shall also ask .he priv- ilege of sending or having some one connect- ed with the court sent to Fort Worth, Te: for certain papers essential to me—how e! sential I did not Know’ until I heard Mr. Graham's address this'afternoon. Again, I ask that I be furnished with a list of the witnesses to be called by the common- wealth. t ! “I decline to give that,” said the district attorney, emphatically: “I will furnish that to nobody.” [| “Then,” continued Holmes, “I repeat my request for an interview with a certain party—the party Iispoke of this mora.tg,” and observing an Inquiring look :rom Mr. Graham, he exclaimed sharply and with a aze at tht official, “My wife.” th wife?” torney sharply. ‘There was a suspicion of tears in “he voice of the friendless man ‘az he respomied with a bitterness that was real, “You well know whom I mean, Mr. Graham. The person you have seen fit to designate as Miss Yoke, thereby cast.ng a slur on both her and my- self.” ‘She will not see you,” the district at- torney declared. “You had the opportunity retarted the district at- to speak to her in my office, but she shunned you.” “I never had,” Holmes cried. “I say that I was legally ‘married to this woman two years ago, and there has been no separa- tion except that brought about by you, Mr. Graham. At least,” he pleaded—and there was no one in the crowded tribunal who could for the moment repress a feel- ing of pity for the unfortunate man—“at least, allow me to write and ask her, so that she may answer, and I can read in her writing that she does not want to see me. “She told you so claimed Mr. Graham. “I beg to’ differ with you, sir,” and an angry flush for an instant suffused the cheeks bleached with the prison pallor. Here Judge Arnold interposed. “Mr Holmes,” he said, ‘‘you will be allowed to write a letter to her, and it will be sent by one of the court officers.” “I do not want it taken by any officer who is in any way connected with the dis- trict attorney,” said Holmes, with a look of scorn at Mr. Graham. . “You have had every opportunity of speaking to her,” the latter repeated. “It is indifferent to me whether you see her or not.” ‘Then will you answer a direct ques- yn,” demanded Holmes, searchingly. “Have you or have you not intercepted letters from me to her since July? Haven't you done everything in your power to keep us epart? Answer, yes or no.” “You have no right to so question me, but I will say that I have never in my life ad- dressed six words to her.” “Mr. Holmes,” said Judge Arnold, “these are mere idle suspicions. You may write your letter; it will be taken by a court offi- cer, and no one but she shall see it.” “And,” added the district attorney, “I will have her in court tomorrow morning, besides.”” “TI will see,” concluded the judge, “that you get light and writing materials.’ “I thank you, sir, for the privilege,” re- plied Holmes politely, drooping his head. ‘The court was then adjourned, the jurors locked in their rooms, under careful guard, and the man who is accused of being the greatest criminal of modern times was conveyed bac« to prison, to prepare the story which he hopes will save him from the hangman’s nocse. — ENGLAND'S NEW LAUREATE. to your face,” ex- Alfred Austin, Formerly a War Cor- respondent, Said to Be the Selection. The November humber of the London Bookman states that it learns on reliable authority that Alfred Austin has been ap- pointed poet laureate: Alfred Austin, poet, evitic and journalist, was born near Ldeds,'May 30, 1835. He took his degree at the University of Lon- don in 1853, and im 1857 he was called to the bar of the Innéf Terhple. At the age of eighteen he had pyblighed a poem, anony- mously, called ‘“Ramdolph,” and Mr. Austin is himself authority for:the statement that he was early imbued With the determina- tion to devote hig! life: to literature. His first acknowledged vohime of verse, “The Season, a Satire,” ; appeared in 1861. Since then he has published many poetic produc- tions and three novels. He has written much for the Standard and for the Quar- terly Review. During’ the sitting of the Ecumenical council of the Vatican he rep- resented the Standard at Rome, and he was the special correspondent of that journal at the headquarters of thé King of Prussia in the Franco-Germay wary He has written a number of political and controversial works, and in 1883, in conjunction with Mr. W. J: Courthope, he founded the National Re- view. The work which last brought him into prominence was @ prose work, entitled “The Garden That I Love.” Raided the Drug Stores. The police made a general raid Sunday on the drug store saloons of Des Moines, Ia., which have sold liquor by the drink after regular saloon hours and on Sundays, and as a result a considerable stock of liquors was seized. Most of the druggists whose places were raided have been en- joined from the illegal sale of liquors, and the search warrants were sworn out by the county attorney for the purpose of secur- ing evidence. Huyler's Pure, Delicious Cocoa and Chocolates are sold by all grocers. Ask for Huyler’s and take ro other. 1, The Evening Star will pay $500 in gold to the reader from whom it receives by mail, at the publication office, Pennsylvania ave- nue and 11th street, the complete and abso- lutely correct solution of “When the War ‘Was Over,” as it shall be disclosed in the final chapter of the story to be published Friday, November 15, in The Evening Star. If two or more complete and absolutely «or- rect solutions are received the $500 in gold will be divided equally. 2. Shculd The Star fail to receive a solu- tion that is complete and absolutely correct in all its details, the $500 in gold will te allotted to the twenty-nine readers whose explanation shall come nearest to the true solution of the mystery according to their percentage of merit, and the money will be divided as follows: 1st Prize. 25 Prizes of $10.each. 29 Prizes; aggregating. 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Guessers must be women and girls and necessarily they must be readers of The Star, but they may read the story in The Star taken by any member of the family and need not be regular subscribers themselves in order to enter the competi- tion. While only women and girls may guess and win the prizes, they can receive help as to their guess from any member of ‘heir family or from all the family. TWENTIETH INSTALLMENT. (Back numbers can be obtained at The Star office.) CHAPTER XX.—WANGA'S PROPOSI- TION. When the officer had gone Mr. Warren looked inquiringly at his visitor. “You’d like to know something about your daughter, wouldn’t you?” asked Wanga. Mr. Warren started and grasped the iron bars that separated him from the black man so violentJy that the room itself seem- ed to shake. “You took her, you scoundrel!” he cried. Wanga sprang lightly back at the instant of Mr. Warren’s outbreak, displaying the agility of a cat in his movements and the cat's softness in the noiseless way he land- ed. Then he stood still and laughed quietly. “Jt's just as well the bars are between us,” he said. Mr. Warren's rage was as brief as he saw that it was impotent. It was followed by a dull, heavy feeling of despair. He knew that this fellow must be the tramp whom Will and Elsie had described, and he could not Rink that the possibility of mercy lay behind those gleaming eyes. He waited in silence for the black man to announce his errand. “Yes,” said Wanga, after a moment, as he returned his property.” drew nearer the grating, “I took her.” “You dare to come here to tell me of it!” exclaimed Mr. Warren in a low, tense voice, “don’t you know that though I am a priso- ner I can expose you and have you locked up?” “They Certainly,” answered Wanga, “but you won't do it,” and he chuckled contentedly. Mr. Warren was already wondering why he did not call oyt to the keepers and be- seech them to hold this man until format charges could be made against him, and at the sound of the chuckle he started as with a disagreeable memory. It was not until much later that he recalled what seemed so familiar in the sound. Then it came upon him as a fresh impression, that triumphant chuckle in the thicket near the ruined cabin at sunrise of the morning before when he had gone up to search in the ashes for diamonds. At that time the chuckle had not disturbed the tenor of his thoughts, but the impression had been made, and the repetition of the sound awakened it to life. ‘Agitated as he was beneath the profound despair that had come upon him, Mr. War- ren yet saw cicarly that this black man had a purpose in coming to him, a purpose that it would not be well to thwart by hasty ion, or until it had been made known. ‘ou have come to say something to he said bitterly, “speak up, what is it? zs “Your daughter has come to no harm,” replied Wanga, “and will not if you do what I say and do not betray me.” “You pretend to hold her as hostage there, do you?” asked Mr. Warren, to whose military: experience this method of gaining an end appeared as an ordinary device. “There is no pretension abcut it. It is a fact. “How do I know? “You do not want to know, Mr. Warren. The father cf that beautiful young lady does not care to have the proof that she is held as a hostage, except it be in her safe return to her home.” “T don’t quite underestand you.” “Listen, then. There are two of us—Sam Meeker and Wanga. The beautiful young lady is with Sam. If Wanga does not re- turn in a certain time—” he concluded by diascing his fingers sigaificantly across his throat. Warren =} “lered. continu he black man, “if Wan- ga has to return unsatisfied from this jai!—” he repeated the gesture. “We understand each other, I think,” he concluded. threats,” said Mr. “I understand your ‘Warren. “Well, then, as to the conditions of her safe return, They are very simple. Before I state them, let me tell you that I did not leave the vicinity of your hous? last night until every man who had gone in search of your daushter had returned empty handed and discouraged. He paused a moment for the full signifi- cance of his words to sink deep into Mr. Warren's mind, and addei: “There will be a man from Granite, by- and-by, to tell you so. King is his name. He was the last to come in.” “I am waiting for your conditions,” said Mr. Warren. utton’s di ” Sanne iamonds,” responded Wanga, Mr. Warren fairly shivered as he began to see the terrible truth which he was placed. Sepa “I don’t know anything about them,” he- said, huskily,*for real fear, fear for his daughter, had overer 7 eart choked get og ‘owded his h and ‘anga’s gleaminj ple luster is eyes shone with a hor- “Take car he hissed. “Wanga kn i Wanga goes everywhere! Wanga sees every. thing! Wanga knows no love except for bright, sparkling diamonds!” Mr. Warren had not the emotional, im- pressionable nature that might have been excited by the black man’s frenzied words, and though his fear was real enough, he replied, with matter of fact irony: “If Wanga sees everything, why in thun- der don’t Wanga see where the diamonds are ‘and go get them?” The black man was momentarily ron- plused. “White men have often called me a fiend,” he said, slowly, “‘and I have some- times believed them, and you do not seem to fear me! but.” he continued, with in- creasing animation, “let me tell you some of the things that Wanga has seen. Wanga saw the man Dutton, the keeper of the dia- monds, go to the farmer Warren’s house at sunset. He saw him come away at. once and c:imb the mountain. He saw the farmer Warren go up the mountain right after- ward, and when the farmer ran from the cabin to his home again, he left the man Dutton bound and dying on the floor, and there were no diamonds in his pouch! “See here!” interrupted Mr. Warren, “don't try to scare me with threats of tes- tifying against me in this matter of the charge of assaulting Dutton. Wanga didn’t | see me do that, and he knows it. Moreover, | Wanga, the abductor, wouldn’t dare to go | thing or two, so stick to your tirst text.” on the stand. Farmer Warren knows a The gleam in the black man’s eyes was intensely evil. Evidently determined to crush the prisoner at last by his cumulation of evidence stated in a melodramatic style he continued in the same stra‘n: “There were no diamonds there, and later that evening, after the fire, Wanga looked into the room where the man Dutton lay and he saw the farmer, Warren, searching the pockets of the sick man.” Mr. Warren started slightly at this, in spite of his effort to remain undisturbed, and Wangza noticed it. “Some time that evening,” he went on, Wanga doesn’t know when or how, for he had to ride fast up the mountain to tell his partner Sam about things, the dia- mond the farmer had found in Dutton’s pocket was ignorantly thrown out of doors. Next morning the farmer went to search the ashes, hoping that Dutton had hidden some of his jewels there. Wanga had been ahead of him. Then the farmer searched in front of his house. He found the diamond, he examined ft in his yard, he locked it in a box in the barn, he took it again from the box, for Wanga did not have time to get it. Now, do you under- stand that Wanga sees a great deal; that he will go anywhere and dare everything for the diamonds? They belong to me, to me and Sam Meeker, for we alone have been faithful!” He spoke always in a low tone, but he had worked himself up to no Ifttle frenzy before he finished and he was furious when the prisoner put in an anti-climax in the commonplace inquiry: “And where does Ben Golding come in?” Perhaps the eloquent black man was not in the habit of talking to unimaginative persons like this farmer. At all events he was again momentarily staggered by the question, and when he replied his tone was_ “He leaned his head aga‘nst the bars.” quieter, but he spoke with concentrated savageness: “He was a traitor! and so was Dutton! By the agreement the, diamonds belong to Wanga and Sam, who were faithful in everything.” “Well,” said Mr. Warren, “I hope you may get them and take yourselves off with them. They have been responsible for trouble enough round here.” Wanga looked as if he didn’t quite un- derstand. “You will give them up, then?” he asked. “Give them up? I haven’tygot them and never had them!” ‘A smile of cruelty and incredulity settled on the black man’s face as he said: “Think of your daughter, Mr. Warren.” JUST WHAT TO DO. That is the Question Asked by So Many People at This Particular Time. How many people we meet who plainly show that they cre Lot in the best of health, and who expe- rience many unpleasant symptoms which denote weak epot in the system. They feel the need of ‘They krow they ought to take some remedy, but which one to take is a question they To all-such people the following statements, based ou personal experience, cannot fail to greatest interest: Mr. E. B. Toale of 482 De Kalb avenue, lyn, recently sald: “I formerly suffered a deal from nervous debility, and tried many tonits, with little or’ no success, until 1 began taking Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey. I have now used it for about two months, ond my physicians and friends are ali astonished at my improved ay:peat- ance. I have gained both in health and See tee macene nek peated. nee tore” i i and vitality, "s . It never fails to act as a 1 restora- tive in overcoming all its =A reputation is due to merit alone. bo not let ai to tut thing which be may ‘claim is “Jost 25 good." Be | “TI tell you I don’t know anything abo the. diamonds except what you and Gold. Ing have told me.” “Mr. Warren,” and Wanga drew close to the bars, “I tried to kill Dutton in order to get his diamonds, and should have suc- ceeded but for your wife. Think of that, Mr. Warren! I stand between you and death in two ways. Give me the diamonds and I will confess to the murder of Dut- ton, for it will be murder. He is going to die. That's one way, for unless I con- fess they will execute you. You won't because you love your daughter. Again, refuse me the diamonds, and I will ore you before the week's out. That's the “I don’t know that you will understand me,” said Mr. Warren deltberately, “but your death talk doesn’t interest me. I am @ soldier.” “So was Dutton! So was Golding!’ They both fear me, and you see what has come to one.” “You telk honsense—” “They searched me before I came in, but I could kill you where you are. That is eee It is truth.” : cs would be the sense of your con- fessing to murder?” “I should escape. Wanga has done that before. Will you give me the diamonds?” “I haven't got them.” “Will you tell me where they are?” For a moment the black man looked at the prisoner silently. Mr. Warren could see that he’was conveying threats to Elsie by his very gilence. He had pronounced his ultimatum. “Mr. Warren,” he said presently, “there is one stone of which a man like you could not know the value. We call it the Presi- dent. Dutton named it from some par him.” triotic feeling because—well, it is of great value. I could not see the stone you were examining, but I believe it was the Presi- dent. Give me that, and your daughter shall return home safe by nightfall. Give me the others, and I will free you. That is better than I meant to offer. I meant to make it all or nothing. I will be easy with you. Come, the President for your daugh- ter’s safety.” He held out his hand. “The diamond you saw me examine,” re- sponded Mr. Warren, in an agony of fear that he repressed with difficulty, “I put back where it belonged.” ‘ Wanga sneered. “I knew the temptation of that stone,” he said, “but I thought the white man’ love for his daughter would be stronger.” He turned to go. “Wait!” cried Mr. Warren. “Don’t you believe me? Do you suppose I wouldn’t give up that wretched pebble for the sake of my daughter? I am willing to meet your conditions if I can. Let me think.” He leaned his head against the bars, and Wanga waited. Mr. Warren thought of Dutton’s agitation on learning of -Elsie’s disappearance, and how he had declared that if he could get up he might be able to do something—something to effect her re- lease, no doubt. Would not Dutton, then, under obligation as he was for Mrs. War- ren’s care— The prisoner halted at that word obligation and, recalling the past, had to ask himself if the obligation were not upon the other side. But here was Elsie in the power of this worse thar savage, this calculating, heart- Jes3. diamond maniac, for Mr. Warren could regard him as no less; would not Dutton, in spite of the past, yield the pre- cious President for the life of that inno- cent, beautiful girl? How could the two be weighed against one another for an in- stant by any civilized being? If he had the power he would unhesitatingly take the diamond from Dutton’s pocket and tender is as ‘ransom for his child’s safety. ‘Would Martna?” How could he reckon with her? It could be tricd if only to gain time. She could put the question to Dutton in his waking moments, and if he refused, surely her ma~ ternal instincts would be stronger than her devotion to her sense of property rights. It must be tried—to gain time. “Wanga,” said Mr. Warren, raising his head, “‘that diamond is in my house. Take a letter to my wife and she will give it to ou.” - The black man smiled contemptuously. “There are a score of men in Granite,” he said, “who believe I took Elsie. They are too many for Wanga. I can do much, but if I put my head in the lion’s mouth I cannot prevent him from biting it off.” “Then where is your cunning? Can’t you contrive to elude them as you have already done several times?” “J will try,” replied Wanga gloomily; “] will dare everything for that stone, but if I fail—you know the result. Your daugh- ter dies.” “Open the door and ask the guard to give me pencil and r.” “Remember,” said the black man warn- irgly, as he laid his hand on the door, “it anything happens to Wanga, If he does not return by a certain time, Sam will do the work. Sam is a worse man than Wanga, for he is 2 white man.” : “[ shall not. betray you. Open the door.” Wanga obeyed. The wondering keepers supplied the prisoner with pencil and paper, and Mr. Warren wrote an urgent eppeal to his wife to take the diamond from Dutton’s pocket, if Dutton refused to give it up, and let Warga have it. “I sin- cerely believe it is our only hope for Elsie’s safety,” he wrote, “‘and that the Almighty will pardon the transgression.” ‘Wanga took the note in silence; the keep- ers gave him back his property, including the dead reptile, and he departed. Mr. Warren was as nearly in a state of collapse as a man can be and yet hold up his head when about half an hour later the keepers came to his cell to conduct him the grated room. *aoldine was there waiting to speak to him. (To be continued tomcrrow.) ———— Miss Alice MacDonald, sister of W. H. MacDonald, the well-known opera singer of the Bostonians, died Sunday at Steuben- ville, Ohio, of Injuries received in a run- away accident Saturday. 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