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| eS EIS | CHAPTER XXV—Continued. “And how do you account, then, for the fact that your keys were found by me in my open safe door when I re- turned, and my papers gone? How do you dispose of the fact that you were seen here by the witnesses I have spoken of, one of whom, at least, is above all doubt?” “I cannot account for it, sir—unless I am the victim of witchcraft, or other people are.” “Tut, tut! That's rubbish. Come, Winstanley, I have not been a bad friend to you, I think. Surely you can trust me. If there is anything to say that can soften this matter or ex- plain it, for heaven’s sake let me hear it. Don’t go on like this.” “I tell you, sir, there is ne explane- tion but my solemn word. I would have found it unforgivable that any one could suggest such a thing to me if it were not that there seems some ge, terrible mistake in the busi- n Miss Hamilton says she saw me. I cannot believe that.” “She ‘told me when I taxed her with it. She had dropped something. to my wife before that made me fancy it was so. It is her very reluctance to say more on the subject that tells most against you. You must be aware of th 4 “But she will say more, sir. Don’t you see that she can clear ‘up the whole matter, most probably? She could never for a moment make a mistake in my identity. She can bear witness that I did not go to your safe.” “I can only trust she may.” General Kenyon spared Winstanley by not saying it aloud. In his own soul he had no doubt of the sorrowful, de- graded truth. Winstanley was lying to him. He had taken the papers, that was certain. What he had done with them would soon disclose itself when some foreign power proclaimed its possession of the secret that was to have made England invincible. That he was a traitor, a thief, a villain was but too clear to the disappointed, sad- dened man who had been his father’s friend and his own. vas late that'afternoon when the l’s carriage. drove in at the of Government House. Mrs. Kenyon had gone to fetch Ursula from Mrs. Fielding’s, where she still was. When she came into. the room where the general-and Capt. Winstan” ley still were she was very pale and ve, but there was a steady light in clear eyes., The general came forward and led her to a seat. Win- stanley made a step toward her and then drew back. But Ursula went straight to him and held out her hand. He could not but take it, though there is no knowing what had been his in- tention. Then she took the chair on the oth- er side of the fireplace,and loosened the silver clasp of wer long, warm cloak. “Ahem—Miss Hamilton,” General Kenyon cleared his throat. “I am sor- ry to have to bring you into a pain- ful business, but you are an impertant witmess with whom we cannot dis- pense. Will you kindly say if you saw Captain Winstanley here last night— ani when and how? Far more may depend on what we hear from you than you can have any idea of. I must beg of you to tell everything.” Ursula bent her head gravely. Her gaze was fixed on Winstanley’s face— that face he kept resolutely turned away from her. “I saw a man here last night whom I took at the time to be Captain Winstanley,” she said, in a low, distinct voice. “May I ask why you had that im- pression?” “Because he was in uniform—Cap- tain Winstanley’s uniform. , And he was exactly like him in the face.” “In that case you could surely have no doubt of his identity. You know Captain Winstanley well enough not to shake a mistake.” “T know him intimately.” “Quite so. And when and where did you see him?” “I went into your office to see if I could find a book. It must have been about half-past eleven. There was some one standifg by your safe, which twas open. He took out papers, and thrust them into the front of his mess waistcoat. Then he ‘thought I saw Captain Winstanley. I ispoke to him.” Her gaze was stillon Noel, and she saw that he did not betray the least ‘sign of conseiousness of what she ‘had said. “He did not answer, and !then—then I suddenly was frightened, |for I was sure it was not he.” _ “How sure? You must have known \him?” “I thought I did—that was the worst. It was his figure, his face, but not the rest of him; I was sudden- ly certain that it was not he.” General Kenyon looked slightly im- ‘patient. “I am afraid I don’t under- stand you. If it was Captain Winstan- \ley to all appearances, why should you |think it was not he?” | A wave of searlet flooded Ursula’s ;temples. She cast an imploring glance lat Winstanley, and, as she saw that \he took no notice of it, hear heart \Jeapt with conviction. “It was not’/him- self. I seemed to be certain of it,in a dozen ways all at once. It was that \which gave me such a shock. He did turned, and I! Captain’s Double By LILL€AS CAMPBELL DAVIDSON | not answer me; he terrified me by his manner; and then his hands were not his—they were hard and dirty and dis- colored, and the nails broken; that was the thing that struck me first.” “His hands! You see them at thit moment. Do you megn to say that they seemed different to you last night?” “They were quite different! I ex- claimed when I saw them. They were like the hands of a working man—a man out of the streets.” General Kenyon shook his head in- credulously. He had no other idea but that Ursula was unwilling to bear witness against the man she knew and liked. “My’dear young lady, I fear you mistook in the dim light, for what you say sounds impossible. If you thought Captain Winstanley was sleep- walking or not himself in any ether way, it would be more likely to assist us in finding out this mystery than any such speculation as this.” But Ursula only met his look reso- lutely, while a faint gleam of a new thought crossed her face. “I know ft was not he—I am sure of it—sure as that I am speaking to you. I don’t at- tempt to understand it. It terrified me last night, and it frightens me still when I ttiink of it now. I was so cer- tain that it was he for the first mo- ment—and then it seemed equally cer- tain that it was not.” Winstanley was listening attentively, hardly drawing his breath. His own idea was that he had been asleep, or in some kind of strange seizure, in which he must have acted without consciousness. But now Ursula’s words gave him a sud- den hope of inspiration. What if it were some one else after all? “I am afraid you are trying to con- vince yourself in the matter,” said General Kenyon, rather sharply. “What possible feeling could make you certain that a man you saw be- fore you and recognized and spoke to was not himself?” Ursula stood up suddenly and crossed the room to Winstanley’s side. She laid her hand boldly upon the arm that shrunk from her, and she faced the genera] with a sudden pride. “I am engaged to be married to Captain Winstanley,” she said, with a simple dignity. “The man I saw last night, I touched him, and that told me. His touch did not move me as this does now!” % Winstanley unclagped the arms he held tightly folded, and one hand went suddenly over the little fingers that clasped his arm. What thanks, what understanding, what recognition passed in that close pressure from one to the ether, no one else knew. General Kenyon looked at them both with a face that softened, though he shook his head. “That is not evi- dence that any one would accept from you, my dear Miss Hamilton, however convincing it might be to yourself. I am afraid, on the contrary, that what you have just been good enough to confide in me would only make your testimony of no value in the eyes of the world Don’t you see that your very desire-to clear a man who stands to you in such a relation might be taken by other people as the weight to overthrow all your doubt of his identity, which I am afraid others would not share?” CHAPTER XXVI. Verdict—Guilty. It was Winstanley who spoke now. He gave that slender hand that rested beneath his own one parting pressure, then he gently took it from his sleeve. “Miss Hamilton speaks only the truth, sir, when she deelares that it was not I She saw. Heaven knows what jug- glery, what deception of people’s senses, there had been. Heaven knows if I came in a moment of temporary madness, which I cannot now remem- ber, and took the payers from your safe. I cannot account for what has happened—for where I was last night. But I solemnly swear to you that 1 am as certain as I can be of anything that I could not have done this thing even unconsciously and not remem ber something of it now. I had doubts as to whether it might have been, but Miss Hamilton’s words have made me sure once more. There is some horrible mistake, some mys- tery, heaven knows what. There 1s only one thi I have to add—with all depths of gratitude to Miss Hamil- ton for saying what she has just done.” Here he turned and looked down at her, and for the first time his face made her heart afraid. “It is true it was my highest hope to make her my wife—was, and is still, for I will never relinquish it. We were waiting for Colonel Hamilton to come home before we spoke of it to other people besides ourselves. But now that I stand under a suspicion that, goodness knows, I would have horsewlipped any man for even hint- ing to me yesterday, it is another thing. While that hideous suspicion is there I must not hold the promise I have from her. I give it back to her | till I am cleared.” “No, no, Noel!” _ “Yes—there is no” looked. dow hard and coughed. “My dear Miss Hamilton, he is sight; there is no oth- er course open to a man of—of——” “Of honor,” he bad been about to say, but he caught himself up a trifle awk- wardly. “Of deurse,” he ended, lame- ly enough. “I think I will take you to my wife now, if you will allow me. You have been very courageous and kind, and I thank you.” Wht he came back from taking her to the drawing room he faced Win- stanley with a grave and troubled face. “Winstanley, this has been as terri- ble a business to me as to yourself. I don’t think I need to tell you that, You see my position. It must come out about these papers—there will be a stir about it, however much I may try to hush it up. If it comes to an inquiry there must be a court-martial —I cannot prevent it. There can be only one result to that, and you know it. No one will accept the belief that you are not guilty, and you will be cashiered and disgraced for ever while you live, even if there are no civil pro- ceedings following.” Winstanley set his teeth and hie face was white. “You gather my meaning? Look me in the face, and tell me agaia, as if you stood at the bar of judgment, the truth.” “Aas I hope for mercy, then, sir, I am innocent in thought and deed. If it wAs indeed I who was in your office last night, it was by no knowledge ér consciousness of my own. That I could betray a trust or sell my honor, even you should not ask my denial of.” “Well, wall, well! Perhaps I am de- ing what I have no business to do; but your father was my friend. See hei, lad, send in your papers now—at once —before there ean be any rumor of this get about. Be out of the service before any service inquiry can be set on feot. Go to another country—it will be wisest; let it all be blown over and forgotten before you come back. It is the mast I can do for you If I did my duty, perhaps I would not give you the chance.” “I prefer to stand the court-martial, sir, if you don’t mind.” “Boy, you are a fool. You know as well as I do that you haven't a leg to stand on. I tell you the plan I propose to you is the only possible one. Send in your papers, or, by heaven, I’ll let | you take your dismissal and break that girl’s heart.” That girl! He saw her stand before him once more, her steadfast face of love and loyalty turned. up to his. His own face changed and softened. There was something to live for yet. For her sake he would fight fate and this hor- rible mystery and win in'the end. He clenched his stvord-hand hard, as if it felt the hilt within it. “I accept your condition, sir,” he said, with a choke. If the older soldier noticed that bréak, he understood what caused it. The sudden loss of the professton and the life that had been precious to them both; the giv- ing up of all right to spend life and blood for the country that was one’s very mother—the going out into the very desert, as the scapegoat was driven of old. General Kenyon’s old blue eyes felt a siulidden moisture as he looked at the bowed head of the man before him, whom he had loved as his son. “Captain Noel a’Court Winstanle retires from the service. Lieutena' Annesley Heathcote to be captain, vice Captain Noel a’Court Winstanley, re- tired.” The paragraph in the ‘Gazette’ was read by all Portsmouth and Southsea with astonished eyes. Cai tain Winstanley leaving the service! It was incredible. Had he come into money? was his old uncle dead? What could be the meaning of it? There were whispers hidden and se eret—there were some that came strangely near the truth. General Kenyon had been right when he said these things never could be quite hushed up; but there was no confirma- tion of them, for surely, if they had been true, there would have been a scandal that mast have been known. (To Be Continued.) Grand Finale. “That was a wonderful play you carried down in Texas,” said the ex- clown, as he helped himself to an- other bowl of beef stew. “A wonderful replied the angular. Thespian, adjust- ing his mammoth windsor tie. “Why, in the last act there was the most thrilling: scene ever witnessed outside | of Rome. Breaking down a great wall, I rushed in and bellowed ‘Seize tN king! Seize the guards!’ and then—” “Well, didn’t you get any further?” “N-no. Just at that exciting crisis the sheriff dashed in and seized the trunks.” Changed His Mind. “My friend,” said the agent to the Billville brother, “let me sell you an accident policy?” “Never had an accident in my life.” “But—you may have. Ain’t you about to marry?” \ ~ “Yes; but what’s that got ‘to % with it?” “A great deal. Suppose your: wife was to get angry with you and lam you ’side the head with a fire shoyel; or your mothesin-law might take a notion to break every bone in your body; or——” Y But the Billville brother stopped him right there. a “T’ve thought better of it,” he “ll be durned ef I git married!” ‘a; On the Ocean Blue. “When the storm was blowing threw up my hands in despair.” “Well,” returned her escort grimly, “something got the matter with me, lay, indeed, me lord,” i BROKE UP SENATE TRADITION. Speech Made by Idaho Statesman Paralyzed Edmunds. It is one of the amiable traditions that no new senator shall make a sét speech till he has served a year or longer. Old senators are very impa- tient of the assumption of importance by newcomers. The late George E. Edmunds, of Vermont, once allowed it to be under- stood that he would soon retire from public life. Idaho had just been ad- mitted as a state, with the privilege of electing senators, the one for a long term and the other for a short term. A Mr. McConnell drew the short term, and, haying but two months to serve, proceeded to make the best of it. The day after he had been sworn in he took up a position in the middle aisle and in a foghorn voice made his speech. While he was holding the fort Mr. Udmunds entered the chamber. He stopped short and gazed at the speak- er with the utmost astonishment. Then ‘he made his way to his seat and, leaning over to the senator next. to him, asked: “Who is that person?” “A senator from Idahe.” “You don’t say so! When did he come?” “He was sworn in yesterday.” “Sworn in yesterday, and making a speech today,” mused Edmunds. “Well, well, if that doesn’t beat all! It looks like it’s time for me to quit.” And in a few days he resigned.— Success Magazine. WOMEN IN STATE DEPARTMENT Are Assigned to Responsible Work and Do It Well. There are not many women em- ployed in the department of state— probably half a dozen at most. Be- {sides Miss Margaret Hanna there is ‘Miss E. Sheridan, whose important duty it is to transcribe the treaties for the American government. These are usually written in parallel columns in several languages. This work calls for ‘extreme accuracy, linguistic ability of a high order and beautiful \penman- ship. Then there is Miss M. MacNaugh- ton, who translates into French for ;the bureau of American republics. Every month this international de- partment publishes a periodical in three languages, English, Spanish and _French, and Miss MacNaughton, who was educated in Paris, does the great- er part of the work. Nor must we omit Mrs. Emma Wat- kins, who audits the accounts of the ‘foreign and colonial money orders. AS the reports from Porto Rico and the Philippines comes in Spanish, and are often carelessly prepared, one may realize what capacity Mrs. Watkins must possess. Asked as to which re- ports she found most troublesome she _repliéd: “Those from arctic Alaska, where the postmaster is too often transitory and migratory, and will ‘often mail his resignation and disap- ‘pear into the wilds, leaving his ac- counts in awful confusion.” | The Census Bureau. Hardly any institution of the na- tional government is of more impor-} tance or should possess greater inter- ‘est than the census bureau. Orig- inally a census was merely a count ,of the number of people, but gradual- ly the scope of inquiry has been en-! larged and extended, until now the , bureau undertakes investigations into a great variety of subjects to obtain the facts which students of econom- ical, industrial and social questions can make available in drawing useful | conclusions. One recommendation of the director in his recent report is of special importance. He proposes that authority be given to him to col- lect judicial statistics. The facts to ,be ascertained are the number and character of crimes and misdemean- ors that come to the attention of the courts, and the disposal of the cases. The offenses and the offenders would be classified, and thus valuable infor- mation would be obtained which |would show the prevalence of crime at certain periods and in certain re- gions, and exhibit the progress of ,the communities toward better ob-} \servance of the law, and better en- forcement of the law.—Youth’s Com- , panion. Washington’s Destiny. That Washington is destined eventu- ‘ally to be one of the most beautiful capitals im the world is further demon- strated by the harmonious and impos- ing series of public buildings that are befng erected there. The house annex, so called, whose corner stone was laid recently, and the senate annex, wifich is also in course of érection, contem- plate an outlay of $10,000,000. In size and design they are identical. ‘They occupy positions balanced in their re- lation to tHe capitol, and are planned to fit into a general architectural ‘scheme. The height of the buildings has been restricted, that they may ‘traveling man came on the midnight WONDERS OF THE WIRELESS. | Soundiess Whispers Soon to Reach the ‘ Ends of the Earth. All the far-flung islands of the Pa- cific will shortly be bound together of the senate of the United States, with the invisible chains of wireless telegraphy. From tall towers, already standing on the top of a California / mountain, an electric current of un- precedented voltage will flash signals {which may be heard not only in Ha- waii and far-off Samoa, but even on ;the eastern shores of Japan and the Philippines; while, at the same time, |ships moving like atoms across the face of the waters, way keep in con- stant touch with land. Rising 300 feet into the air, the two great towers have just been placed in ‘position on the very -crest of Mount | Tamalpais, in Marin county, Cal., about twelve miles on an air line north of San Francisco. These two gigantic towers were constructed and hoisted into position by the Pacific Wireless Telegraph company, and are to be used in connection with its great Oriental and Pacific coast system. The bases of the towers are 2,600 ‘feet above sea level, and are only a ‘few miles from the ocean. From the long line of glittering breakers, the apexes of the towers rise 2,900 feet; and they can be distinctly seen for a radius of fifteen miles in clear wéath- er. Perbaps there are no taller wire Jess towers in the world, and certainly none occupying so lofty a position above sea level. The current which will be used will have the enornious potential ef 5,000,- 000 volts and will throw a spark fif- teen feet long. FOR A TWITCHING HAND. It Is Said That the Grapple Swing Will Cure the Trouble, Hand trembling, an affliction akin to “writers’ cramp,” is apt to result from the long continued exercise of certain |muscles and the neglest of others. The worst feature of the trouble, ac- cording to Health-Culture, is its trick of coming on at the very time when steadiness of hand would be most de- sirable. The twitch of a map-finish- er’s muscles may throw a_ national frontier 100 miles out of treaty lines; type words may get glued together like | the nouns of the Volapuk craze. Hot baths afford only temporary re- | lief; drugs might as well be prescribed | to a stutterer; but there is one never- failing mechanical specific—the grap- i ple swing cure. Procure a couple of iron rings—say, five inches in diameter-—and fasten | them high enough to keep an experi- | menter’s feet on the ground when he attempts to dangle by one hand for a | second or two. Practice will rise his | Score to half a minute, and by that | time the tremors will have vanished for the next half year. t The Better Plan. Moodily the bridegroom shakes the rice from his clothing, disengages a couple of old shoes from his wife's hat, rubs the bumps on his head and re- gards the labels, tags and other dec- orations of the trunks. “TI suppose they've put up a lot more jobs on us besides these,” he growls. “But, dearest,” says the bride, de- termined to be cheerful, “think how ‘much worse it would be if we were royal people of Europe and the popu- lace were trying to assassinate us.” “T am thinking of that. I'd rather take my chances with a couple of bombs and know that the worst was over.” —Judge. The New Bell Boy. A landlord engaged a night clerk ina hurry, not waiting for references. A train and asked for a room. The clerk took him up. “Do you want anything before I go to bed?” “Yes,” said the guest; “I want to be called in time for the 6 o'clock train.” “All right. See that button over there? Well, when 6 o'clock comes push that button and we'll come up and call you.” pe es DUBIOUS About What Her Husband Would Say. A Mich. woman tried Postum Food Coffee because ordinary ooffee dis- agred wtih her and her husband. She writes: “My husband was sick for threg years with catarrh of the bladder, and palpitation of the heart, caused by coffee. Was unable to work at all and in bed part of the time. “I had stomach trouble, was weak and fretful so I could not attend to my housework—both of us using cof- fee all the time, and realizing it was harmful. “One morning the grocer’s wife said she believed coffee was the cause of our trouble and advised Postum. I took it home rather dubious about what my husband would say—he was fond of coffee. ‘not overpower the capitol, and they are of simple yet.classic design. The effect of these two flanking buildings will be to give unity to the whole scheme, and emphasize architecturally the great beauty of the capitol, all the lines leadiag up to and combining in the dome. j The Library of Congress. The annual report of Herbert Put- nain, librarian .of congress, shows that the library contains 1,344,618 | jbooks, 82,744 maps and charts, 183,-' 724 artistic prints and 410,352 pieces ‘ ye of music. The manuscripts, which terday,” said the vivacious girl, “I just form a valuable collection, have not been enumerated pending their group- ing into volumes. Many of these are of great interest and of. permanent “But I took coffee right off the table, and we haven’t used a cup of it smce. You should have seen the change in us, and now’ my husband never complains of heart palpitation any,more. My stomach trouble went away in two weeks after I began Pos- tum, My children love it and it does them good, which can’t be said of coffee. “A lady visited us who was always half sick. I told her I'd make her a cup of Postum. She said it was taste- } less stuff, but she watched me~make it, boiling it thoroughly for 15 min- utes, and when done sh¢ said it was splendid. Long boiling brings out the flavor and food quality.” Name given TUMORS CONQUERED SERIOUS OPERATIONS AVOIDED. Unqualified Success of Lydia E. Pink. ham’s Vegetable Cempound in the Case of Mrs. Fannie D, Fox. One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia B. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is the conquering of woman's dread en- emy, Tumor, The growth of a tumor is so sly that frequently its presence isnot suspected until it is far advanced, So-called ‘‘wandering pains” may come from its early stages, or the presence of danger may be made mani- fest by profuse monthly periods, aecom- panied by unusual pain, from the abdomen through the groin and thighs. If you have mysterious pains, if there are indications of inflammation or dis- placement, secure a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound right away and begin its use. Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., will give you her advice if you will write ther abeut yourself. She is the daugh- ter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five years has been advising sick women free of charge. Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— “T take the liberty to congratulate you o1 the success I aye Eel Ses pcderral medicine, Eighteen months ago my periods stopped. Shortly after I felt so badly that I submitted to a thorough examination by a physician and was told that I had a tumor and would have to undergo an operation. **Soon after I read one of your advertise- ments and decided to give Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound a trial. After taking five bottles as directed the tumor is entirely gone. I have been examined by a physician and he says I have nosigns of a tumor now. It has also brought my periods around once more, and I am = entirel: well.”"—Fannie D, Fox, 7 Chestnut Stree Bradford, Pa. Too Much for Him. “No,” said the man who occasionally lets out an audible thought. “I ean’t figure it out.” “Can't figure what out?” queried the party with the rubber habit. “Why all the women under sixty are not over thirty,” answered the noisy thinker, PATENTS, List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors. Reported by Lothrop & Johnson, patent lawyers, 911 Pioneer Press building, St. Paul, Minn.: Burton S. Bell, Ree Heights, S. 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