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| _ Tie New Bookkeeper ~ |) * Says the HIGH-BROW. By Martin Green. | < GGT. HATS @ nice slap on the wrist Gov. Higgins hands the race tracks j AE when he turns down the bill to give the Rubes a bigger bit from | the Jockey Club,” remarked the. Low-Brow. | “Out there in Olean, Brow, “Gov. Higgins has tad un- | limited opportunities to study the racing situation, Undoubtedly he feeld himself qualifled to walk through it blindfolded. - It appears that the County Fairs up State are all losers, What the is take in from in the trotting and pacing es and privilege money from graft 1 by .expenses. And it must be borue in mind that the humble hayseed attending the County Fale | is allowed to buy pools on races, guess which shell the Ittle ball is r the spindle won't stop at and get gen g f sure-thing men that evér tried R i Campbell Cory. Z the gate, the en is devour put his coin on the y whipsawed by the gree et the ing of work. “Well, the County Fairs end shy. ago to the wice up-State 1 need money. It occurred somo n that it would. be a good idea ta ve per cent. of the gross taken in by the running tracks in this efty tout to the f recent. chl iuivering \ guia nie tame LOvE : ONE ANOTUER A expl and they be hand of t nt, got to k ‘ ned up to lift ey-Gray act. It s0 g00d to the ya Accordingly, cent, bi and then sy The only ex} with Ryan, Mr. Be politan Traction sy np in his of 8 public p the gambling houses e short weight, be- skes a fall out of the race ake a direct continno ppears to be that, along with hi has adopted that gentleman's celebrated potter, sivs the okk, ene Follow e@ all-night: clu’ he a k comes the Day and Nigt night side of th paiision along ‘other gan to run trains below Fifty- within ten yes it as far b St of perhaps half a dozen business places, other Seen IBERA has Gneceinc local tracks would r round sal! possib! his comfort and amuse: Ress day as well are at his disposal, et is aE, HAIR-TRIGGER JUSTICE. It is well that the man with the gun has at San Francisco. He too much to the front with hi shooting of ghouls and honest citizens alike on the apparent that half the population had become thieves and robbers over night. case of this abuse of the rifle is charged against the regular soldier. seems to have been contined to the raw militiamen and the self-consti-| ans of the peace who were unfamiliar with firearms, of “gun-pack- so cheap as in the view of the man whom the posses- | rifle makes a judge, jury and executioner all in ore. for murder in San Fran HOT GROUNDERS BY BARNES. No, G--The Oj timist. . red: 1¢ courts recon- io ¢ fF wholesale examples. |The moral effect of several i Dor Good work: Whoe-ee! the whole nation loo! IV. in other comur ies—even in New York. j E Anant ena, play The actention of advocates of euthanasia is see Asi as {n San francisco of death hastened by artificial means. A passerby is declared to ef i ed r ath the wreck .of a building, ‘ ‘ a and three men d a certair rrible death from the flames are said : have been shot from niotives of mercy. ‘The theory is one th How do s) He t ena t porters of the barbarous doctrine like its actual application? 1 BOE SLELA ERE ROBE EA GAEL A AOE EMEDRESE MOBBNIBEEEEREA AAS je] Author of “THE TRUTH ABOUT TOLNA” + two assailants fin by their joint att other, one dropped ba cleverer swordsman but he was ENERO ME MAB EDELS TA NAS OMEROROEO ALES BA BBOROROMES I bounded backward, k to discern a precipiea sorted ina low, | re us in the © watched It, g Day. BR we we brought uy sYNors anne | { and alee ime an approach- Ei und, whe ie Fe aN hag ” murmured Me . planned ‘thrusts; nor 5 } ut of hie ihe man carrying came on with firm, i heavy trend > US as €00n : se i we saw but It was if (Copyright. 1907-1901, by The Cent All Rights Re. | Nata a wervod) | see who ity 1 within touch k ——_—__— t becoming aware of me, er CHAPTER XIX. © at white aught the Inne ' ; Mansdient eI: anol The newcomer stoppe To the Hotel de Lorraine. ny other Nght between, us and his # bie leughter. could Make nothing of him, save that ‘T trust we shall > time to tell you a, his voice ringing + i but ne y guest he nor wre 7 torch: | rin t k of on his knees ! i ? ihe - his arm toward t kissing M, Et © hooked his scabbard in place an@ tenintiinana prest | hurled itself a of course's went forward into the clear circle of light. DESAY ENR j lowered point in t 1 epparently by o, M. de Mayenne; it Is Etienne de Mar.” nea ) fea Li G aot like © blue!” Mayenne ¢ d, changing } he,owith a Tittle journey, M. his laniern with comical alacrity to his left hand, ie ‘ rst nm ; ced boy, Give and whipping out his sword. My master came f Hes 1 ng up intot ume I d ou well” bare, tou, at that. They confronted each other in uf window ‘ 1 or heard | Mt a and 1 Ae S you safe back in your ha Piel ae u x neh nne’s ever-increasing astonish- é pos fet t ESE Unie eit aed rte ed the ery trom hin a ‘ qarky (iT eran etgh fae a aaa La vou, that | carmot get up my own “How the devil came you her | not sire himsell, for presently, a litte th anlard hurled: himsalt against | Raye NOeMGKE Jantries, but get on Evidently by way of M. Feron’s house,” M ¥ he added the fourth verse | aes iyi ne with you! I back in Etienne answered, Mayenne still stared in thick . ‘i ; | CHAPTER XX. ; Sin ayecloth when my zement; after a moment my master added: “E hath fi 2 5 la, fa st In justice say that M. Ferou is not aware 1 a | “On Guard, Monsieur!” je he puiled the door that 11m using this passage; he Is, with madame . T oe ug througl his wile, supping with the Archbishop of Lyons,” 2 a : euirey 1 ees Goodeby-syoue . M, Etlenne leaned his shoulder against the wall, hie Grow * Oe SRG : aa ry 4) |the door upon us. W smiling pleasanty and waiting for the duke to i peal eat nea Wait Fait 2 oy | i our first breath of the r make the n move, Mayenne kept a nonplussed ft alice “in the rocin tt thought w c GI tAEMA INTO EDIRSG silence, ‘The situation was indeed somewhat awk- i aa Nes wake Une te - ng ba n chuch se we cannot go back ward. He not come forward without en- ener 0 hat DPOB A CESEE f 1 Sully F counterin, sile opponent, whose exceeding ) Ot may eats ba es Ree Nes an t eto throw. ff shill with the sword was probably known to him, Pare Che Mi Si : rack us.” He could not turn tail, had his dignity allowed the TaN RAN pitty hat hav not at all glad; course, without exposing himself to be spitted, : : na Wi a | jiled my blood had He was in the predicament of the goat on the {oeatet ‘ 1d eee . beldame, with hes heady bridge, Yet was he gaping at us less In fear, I } 1 i at crew rush at you I said | would save you!” vey woa the wieked witeh of; think, than in bewilderment, This Ferou, as Y : ; 5 a ; o> — eee She had shut us up in ajlearmed Jaler, was one of his right-hand men, ri She broke Into shrill, delighted laughter. tol to di long supporter. Mayenne had as soon ex- quick: I ) ngale i . 1} orn y nt you do! And T don’t me 1 him tapping the payement before him) pected to meet a Non in the tunnel as to meet a { 0 1 &-quaye r € ti open ne th by halves, N hall save you. hide! with bis scabbard, using it asa blind man’s staff, foe, He cried out again upon us, with an ine 1 1 to yo r e¢ he old) and hair, Be so kind, my ns to lift the Jan-| And so we advanced through the fetid gloom, the stinctive certainty that a great prince's question ed to-1 ' } da y , tern from the hook." tp co being only wide enough to let us wall | must be answered: a 1 t } \ i he an r| "did as she bade me, and we followed her down | ghoulder to shoulder. There was a whirring of| “How came you here?” i Hut I i ? Fer Ma fol! 1 tl age like spaniels, She was 80 ¢ ’ | wings about us anc juenking: ofce something “I don't ask,” sald M. Etienne, “how {t happens Wy 7 ny dat find ny on that we made no p {8 | ewooped square into my fa g acry of] that M. le Due is wa iking through this rathole, t 0. ‘The i Monste ’ : ¢ not M Jong. At the end of the hall! jayror from me and a kagh from hin | Nor do I feel disposed to make any explanation 1D ’ ither the door on the right) pat was it? a bat! : up, Felix; they to him,’ doorwa i Aik a} deor on the left passing her hand | qon't bite.” But J woulk yo on till 1 had! “Very well, then,” sald Mayenne; “our swords, ui ‘ Ne | ‘ ne © panels of the wainseot, suddenly | igo gure, as well as I could without seeing, that {if you are ready, will make adequate explanattoi t u or ql ( i iN the cursed thing was not clinging on me some-| “Now, that Is gallant of you,” returned M, and wore : ‘ i t n ! 1 r hot 80 small as 1," she chuckled, “yet | hore Btlenne, “as It ts evident that the closeness of they 1) th} \ ( I k you can shift to hrough. You. |" \ re ‘walked on then tn silence, the stone walls|these walls will inconventence Your Graco more A broad 1 i . m ) « i 0 nO ’ ya Bs r lantern-bes a: first |yiurant with our tread, — We went on till it) than tt will me.” torch, | 1 Ing of 1, wel I, 100, OUbLed S cUTEG LENDS ANGE -|Memed we had traversed the width of Paris; ana! ‘The walls of the passage were roughly latd, Of the Six t tha i entering tas Patino nig el ne yo ered who were sifeping and feasting and| Mayenne perched his lantern on a projecting 1 what Of the Sinteen.” she nodded, her shrewd face ¢ twinkled again y h out difficulty, but M. Ftlenne war | oy acing ’ 7 pads, M. Etlenne | atone, pay: : ' 1 Eatinsanet cron ; Wane ane Ron whane ett trouble to bow-his tall head low [eonenitniciand eye yer oun beads, pantera falriiinetaneyered! pa little 7 hark ited \ly, “and now they think Tam too ve stood at the top of a flight of stone /S®4 O MRT 7 ooo. ents snake-hole does not (To Be Continued.) g Dick it fe, he and } ro 8} 9 do aught tut tell my b alt for steps ‘lescending Into blackness, The old lady) ot. 4, out into the Seine!” But I thought that ——— ‘ ace of Lyons, And the servant a I Ike to have a t fame.” nhesitatinriy tripned down before us, 1c long as {t emptind us out somewhere J should ent Tankeninerine . Crott not greatly mind the Seine, ‘May 21, o1 ot Navarre,” on 18- tevit Pi y any time, | .aAt the foot of the stairs was a Nan hot stone Thnrgton, Auine [more to shift for herself. No, no, my good friends: | madame, “T like the way | pAssageway, slinp-ry with lichen, the dempnens | a stluuerelatehed tow Erba Helmet My a Ud darted ~ {nto the doorway beside him. His you may knock till you drop, but you vont “von plas.” hanging in beads on the wall. Turning two| At this very moment M, | mite voning : oeeeeves ' \ " ve Aes ato scl ila an aie Canela wandtis