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Hi Monday Evening, April 23, 1906. \ ies Lonesome--- Thank Goodness! [Why the United States Ts What It Ts Co-Day. FOOTSTEPS OF OUR ANCESTORS IN A SERIES OF THUMBNAIL SKETCHES, Ry J. Campbell Cory. What They Did; : C Why They Did It; What Came Of It, By Albert Payson Terhune, No. 15. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; First All-Around American lightning from the eky and the sceptre fram the The Evening World's _Fiome ragazine Che @udliehed by the Press A atthe I 62 to 63 Park Row, New York. ter penne We ai YL RO - | WONT Give A CENT! 1'M NOT AN INSURANCE COMPANY !— —1 DIDN'T MAKE THE ER ISCO NEVER DID ere ar pied geen tite ray ae! ME ANY GOO D ' Dutch dollar, Yot within wtx years he had forged ahead to the position of fore Pe @ IT rin Phiadelphit, had started a flourishing two yeurs in England. He t, the French wit, in the flowary phrase of his this eptgram was an ly recelving the attentions 1 hatred of Hngland nor the Dr, fe vin FrankIin, son of a Bostes rest gon of seventeen ohildren; served tn boys | 1 and ahose the trade of He was the yo story of affairs is a leaf out of Author, Discov- |} erer, Scientist and Patriot. ns of The » (published by thins), of "Richard Saunders") were tnoaw/ : porated tn or Teehard’ Imanno.”* Meany yot ° ess had d ch for Philadelphia, 5 He foun at treo iit : |} t rary was made postmaster of the ety. | The postal s lee in those da a dead loa. | Franklin greatly tmproved which he was graciously p | Dy beng appointed dep | Meanwhile, the yc The o sus thoughtful Socia au in | é Pp 3 Sper Hl een SY E | Reason is t er of changes world of human | j Mi n ry art to which j aoa one great goal— i Cialis: s to red the good of motherland i | Le © Idea of @ i | ug. In 17M ' or one cen- i | \ tral govern: che American f | poop soitrat! But even a brave man i | eee ea ay, tenor ut F Rye ene a lanky, ignorant : ackwoodsm 1 preceded’ tim of assassin-pursu- 1 t zs a i Pl oss the Atl. 1 the arts of ‘ me or the public. Thus, “\\ ne age, they ' eGon Oxford best S ever | f : 5 He AROS hrough bei ' It isart ce, igh being confused in ernment mo many « x | minds ill infor h other s ¢ ti social system, be- : k | claimed tn Ampotent rage to his: 0) s for social bet-} : iE | “That © meri ss had {ts origin tn this 1 his great influence ferment. eed. the Eur “all-around INVENTION BEHIND BARS. A Mai d after eighteen years’ imprisonment, | hopes to get a fresh sta Sslitcourett inventions which include a new | clothe and a ne ‘angement for sewing machines, Four years ago there was the case of a p: risoner in Trenton who in-| vented a blind lock-stitch sewing machine. He declared on coming out into the world that his term behind bars had “made a man of me.” The instance is less encouraging of the convict at Aubum who in| | vented a “‘burglar-proof” lock and then, obtaining his freedom, proved | with all his ze He was ele! | of th (ee ee Declaration of Independence— Penalty of Humor. ~~ | himself the only burglar who could work it. | Jefferson. and not Frank! i Men under sentence are safe alike from the temptations and the dis-| ip cokenina ere of the outer world. Seclusion favors for them concentration of } even laboratories, fact that b freedom was arch and experi- : 2 ma our Constitution, might well repay the State for its leaving a 26 Ubex= CO and, three years celled in all the an “What is your purpose, M. Etienne?” Vis asked, | Indeed, there was a vagueneas about his scheme as revealed to us. “It 1a quite sim: mademolselle {f I can contrive !t, ‘can. I purpose to amugele word, Ithe| Lorraine—such feats have bec id 3 aie raevat fore and may be again, Then I shall Brineiher ; ie tee Krier ds | here and hold her against all come! Rorainowaecticomet “No,” Vigo said, ‘no, mons ottenaealerbectae do that. th him. He in the consclonse the right. His her persuasio: sullenness, to accep trition, But this e > He stared and the! that I'll win my Paty XVIII. < Stille. ut fe. I purpose to get speech with | CHAPTER and I think T fiers “Thank you, Vigo.” Vigo bent over to kiss {¢, In cheerful {¢ of how th hand had itch d to |ox e of you last nigh not You may ing Lucas, When does monsleur re- i Rights Re- | re bleu, Vigo!” his young lord cried, * said Vigo. “I can’t have her here, and yenne’s army after he: Joward!” shouted M. jenne, I thought Vigo would take us both by the scruff of our necks and throw us out of the place. But he answered undisturbed: ‘o, that {8 not the reason, monsieur. If M. le told me to hold this house against the armies of France and Spain I'd hold {t till the last man of us was dead. But I am here fn his ab 2 to guard his hotel, his moneys and his papers. Tdon't call it guarding to throw a firebrand among them. Bringing Mayenne’s niece here would be worse than that” “Monsieur would never hesitate! Monsleur ‘s ne Rtlenne sried. “If he were here he'd say. every stone! accepted the i in this house ts Baited’ ‘trom its fellow! ot aleuy wou a A twinkle came into Vigo’ 8. “T think that {is likely tru,” he said. ‘Monsleur bs the opposed the marriage as long as Mayenne desired| 1 set rather downlinwte it; but now t nne forbids {1, stealing the mouth, WwW. complished nothing by our demotsell® ts a: other pair of sle : “Well, then,” crled M. Etienne, all good humor in a moment, “what more do you want? We'll solves pouring pitch out of the windows | rufflans.” | No, M. Etienne, it can't be done. If M. le Duc were here und gave the command to receive blr) y t would be one thing. No one would obe: Haw with \ a readier heart than I. Mord!eu, monsi i t he might be back to- But he ft CHAPTER XVII, “T’ll Win My Lady!’ bout m to tell him asked, é uildn't do that,” Vigo sald. “You see, that the Spanish s out. I want e Quentin. , over our | | Duc ttenne sald, bu ent a day or t He will presently ell nt s not hypocrisy; he | ord, a8 we all d He would not b side from that he 1 in the world, o more. He wroth and , but he sald little. He | ey—"OL course mon- broke off 0, th. t there was ‘ours! You knew | f trouble between you ar ited of that" oe are wrone 1} ave toured of tt If Th tne !t was not for polltte: Se Itwaxrallye for seis to spoil > and let him speak his mind as became t60-) , his station, for Vigo never disobeyed him, ut stood by him in all things. But I {magined that, tara T were M. Etfenn Anno anawer, but the core a , ofthe: Well, then, since you ‘no objection to succoring a damsel in d , Vigo, for all his years of you yw more, § have been in the business before now. service, would be packed off the premises in short 1 you Q “Then why not now? Death of my Mfte, Vigo! | order. Wh 1 as ] was bid, M. Htienne nov nd then n I know and you know monsteur would @p-) | walked along in a brown-study, wondering a the words ont’ of mouth { eager prove.’ haw M. Ptlenne did purpose to rescne mademot- Vigo Mstening to us both atten- | “1 don't know It, monsteur,” Vigo sald. “I only | selle, His scheme, so far as vouchsafed to me, tin the alr, T could only hope he n his mind than he had let me know, \ annot move by my own guess- | was so! work, 1 am in charge of the house till monsleur had no of| bravest capta fettiens, I puepose to do nothing to jecpard it. But) It seemed to me a plty not to be doing something that 1 inter “in no way with your liberty to proceed | in the matter, and the ) Thad no particular k- 5 3 no wi you. You can-| oll * {ng for Hotel de Lorraine hospltallty, I had very : you could ‘twere pity, She ts} “oy hould think not, forsooth!’’ M. Etlenne| willingly been bound thither at this moment to from now on are a stanch | s1a26q out furiously. | try to met a letter to mademolselle, But he would L 1 time tof h I had for the seco: areer the “Hang you for an obstinate pig!” {think ft. And lt ter than Etienne tmpattently, Whnt are we to do abo vt up. monsteur, You have had) "st gouty,” refolned Vigo with his maddening | not send me. ° ‘Why. nothtr ong hi t-rate gen j hip mnagerot in your brain cuchs fo years, panies trunquilli “1 could order the guard—and they} "No," he had said, “It won't do. Think ofsomp- he cried. with his hand on his sword. out ther t. Denis. There's your for all gut it out. , your to lock you up In your chamber, 1/ thing better, Felix.” | would obey among Biron’s hors place tor JON] holteve monsieur would thank me for {t. But I) Rut T could not, and eo was takme-my dun var ee will marry a my uid of honor and die a marshal | | Bon ‘Jo it. 1 leave you.freo to act as it likes|to tho inn of the Trols Lanternes, ur," | of Fr iyo! ty wore a sleopy afternoon look. Tt was Here {8 M. Btienno laid his and few cared to be stirring, I saw noth- Lal let that scoundre] have h Mayenne’s affair,” Vizo i : eh yund Vigo's shoulder r will help t!" M, Bttenne declared. “Morilieu! arm Bround lord wns white with tre very ‘ ing to pi 1 tr Y tonlat the that spy, that sou! of dirt drink up the | with a smile | Bory EE NEvouonlt™ bat uint{l, only a stone's throw { quite daring. till Tt ' marry Mile. de Mont lady to you! “Good old Vigo! Vigo, tell: me this; at ho fw | Nalther of 4 M. le Comte. But monstenr, | from rainteens, Team pen ( dig turned out. That ty t Mayenne wishes he Ata '@ baton waiting you tn the fle and al {ler aving, put the keys !n my han: and Tam head} 0} t iT of a rival au- the Ln ‘ but donrare tf alone and in peril, se house till ho returns. You are very angry, MIGt iLL accede: interentat once, et, ‘ould you go off after glory T’ or etentio, but my shoulders are broad enough to veiling coach was a rare steht tn the bec hie i Sule Lait Ce ys ae pear {t. Your madness will get no countenance As my master had sald, this was © of pleasure trips to Paris, I readily in De Nam!" M. Btlenne cried, | from me. . ; ; i ; re ; nagined t e owner of this chariot o SrerateKe Noone chn drink up the sen!" ny. | pen iecata de mothing of the sort. Was tt to win| “Hang you for an obstinate pts!” M. Btlenne fmasinedl tae 7 eee cnrreneatent enear aaa hesttatins comld if he wanted to as much ns I wa neg | glory you stayed three years in that hole, St.Quen-| CTW) 14 1. more, He had made plain his po-| bassador from eneins “conta om Rome, akaract yinelie,”* nd declared. re h' add Yeux- ‘o Be Continu been a hard boteey aay ore ee | eve deep. But! “I had no chotce, monsteur, My master was | sition; he lente LL Neee at Peas ee ‘ ay) ? ' gris's face ¢ RRLanerRAer Nya Ratherine idged not your the you fall d here than test face of baffl od onuse to draw n, What more I in this fool affal “ dash, march se pene - ae pet nthe-morld:than;that? Your tather has | “| fall far may lady,” M. Ettenne finished. pe | quence of monk Ohristin wouldn't change me.” Very W | e sald grav ne might as well make Ceo. “ stress { + You may save your| being angry with Vigo; one m = on, author of “The Gambler’) will fore . v i mae sa a I aeatt do, The (aon fists at the flow of the Seine. ‘The Helmet of Navarre,” on May 21, | reath, Vigo n oll." M. Etienne swallowed his wrath. The Evening ‘World, 2 swor report rs