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the Press Publishing Company, No. @ to @ Park Row, New York Motered at the Post-Office at New York as Gecond-Ciass Mat! Matter BALLOONING BY MOONLIGHT. Julian Thomas fs entitled t f millionaire sport moonlicht he | t wit a new Ss a Band the jeopardy of life and limb. In a former night ascent Dr. Thomas explored the upper alr of New Wersey and New York in a trip which bro close contact @ thunder storm and involved various haz present voyage, i necticut and Rhode nton on a schedule of -a-Shore Line express-on yuds with a yachting party y and came down within hail ction, the mos On the Sound, sa Ing distance of Warr In man t spectacu has been one of the longest be considered. But Asa its bearing on the wt erable. To laok back gs is to ga a respectful appreciation for ballo g. Is the d approa his preter car the sich aneaberr of greet ar UP for an outing in the clouds PROBE THE ICE TRUST! Yudge Rosalsky’s charge to the August Grand Jury on the subject = of criminal c mspiracies, 3 allusions to the Ice Trust, mounts to a direct instruction to the fury to investigate the causes of the present ice shortage and to place the blame for them. That work it “Hands Across the Sea.” » poy J Campbell Cory. - ve By Tpvin SCobb * At the Dippy Season's Height. T° dippy season js now at its apogee. Apogee is Avvery appropriate YORK THROUGH FPS A | | | | word for use at this time of the year, because you find it In all the fummer novels. A great many who had sypposed all along that | apogee was the name of a new kind of dress goods will be-eurprised to \ learn that, freely translated, {t means the limit | It is a sign that the foolish season in dotng itevery dest apogecing jf; when people who can afford to stay In town and be cosy are delirfoudly hiking away to places where they know to a-moral.certainty> thay will be made uncomfortable or the money refurided ‘ Moderti progress bas exploded the fallacy ‘that # vaention faeomething ” you take in order to recuperate, We know now that. vacation fs a manth’s | course of violent physical exercise for the purpose of making the eubject satisfied with home during the eleven eane months. Although painful, the | treatment Js Invariably successful—no failure was ever reported where the In New York, about his dally affairs, the male vacationist casually wears ae followed the Instructions faithfully | the customary disguise of a mere person. But when he bits the large sum- hotel he feels called upon to dress up like a side-show banner. vicious than a Fifth avenue stage. The elderly gentleman, with the convex tummy and the wishbone legs, who wears a tonsilitis stock and a pair of Bartlett pear-shaped pants, goes with every well-conducted summer hotel, but you wouldn't care to meet him tn your sleep, Any time you dream ef sceing bim K's a sign of acute indigestion. His Indy wife is also right there with the comic section clothes If she {se good and fat, with a lot of excess chins tn her baggage, she goes in for the role of the tricksy sprite in the bosky dell. Whereas at home she would be wholesome and happy in a wrapper, she now blooms ont in the giriy- girly frocks and festoons herself with jewelry until she makes you think ofa rich child's Christmas tree. Thus attired, they eit on a piazza all day with four hundred other vio thms and yawn the gladeome hours away. And then, after a whfle, they get to thinking about town, with the toof gardens open and Broadway all lit up; and there comes to them a memory of the tinkly-clinkly prescription in the tall glass with the straws stuck tx ft and the orange peel floating on top and the little Jungle of mint rising above the dewy rim. And then-——— THR FUNNY PART: They decide to stay on for another week or two. SnTESVOsennnee 0 © Sennen anne ‘ Should undertake in an endeavor to give the city which suffers most | from the scarcity of the nectssary commodity, a protection similar to that which the people of Toledo, Washington dnd other cities have re- - The public has listened with patient attention to President Oler’s ex- Planations and excuses. The time to have averted the present “famine” as before it began, and it is for the Grand Jury to_determine—whether-the+ > failure of the trust to avail itself of its resources to that end was not of it- | Self criminal conspiracy. It was entirely possible in the severe winters of | 9903-4 and 1904-5 to harvest enough additional ice to tide over two open Winters, An ite manufacturer. predicts that “The trust won't take any S mnore chances. Hereafter it will fill its houses as full as its men can get nem.” That is what it should have done before. Tt is because the ¢ & at the mercy of this “taking chances” by the trust that it is now crying mut. tts health and comfort.are left dependent on the gambling odds th trust lays on low temperatures. , A Thought for the Day. There are cures for the hurte of lead and cteci, But the wounds of the tongue—they never heal. | ‘ Ls ~~ABU ZAYD AL HALADI. w wee De THE FEMALE SHERLOCK HOLME Adventure No. 6,—The Sixth Customer 4nd the Silver Teapot. 1008 wy WO. Chapman.) PRECEDING INSTALMENTS AAAI RENEE, Hagar of the Pawnshop. , By Fergus Hume. : They made a mport of your biindnees (Copyeiain #YNUPSIB OF Bisgar st wncies miveing » tame, | your servant Margaret,” implored Jans Yorgive sé! In-apite-of-w Cross ered i) aecret. My en hae, moaned Mi mbling vw | * me homme to ne Rod made te weep rohed for jen. een I returned to England © world, for you whan twas cruel: but it @ the way gf 1 coud tnt ‘ »metimes his melting fancy lightly runs to flannel yachting trousers an@ | porch-climbers’ shoes. Especially ta this apt to be the cass if he is up fx | the mountains somewhere, about ninety miles from a yacht On the other bend, if he has gone to the seashore be emilopss vielent Gueecsion 18 fever of top boots and half-masted riting breeches. He always does this {f he happens to be middle-aged and never rode anything more wrote John, ooki.y therefore, I mh TOU the thirtees Lettene FOU wrote to me it seeme that Jane lam willing to make wit explaion yoo wan 9m & bd John; but, as he waa true (© Then tell your hw d wh she could not hope to marry him. Derermined, | Tuined me” ” uaband bow you ticked him ent hen ahe had ended ber reading Red : poe fo 0 #0, whe bribed Lacy with money aid | "No—no! Anything but that: Margert! Yor God'e ff inher | Margaret put up one titn Teeclved to part you from Jahn by mean of rg I whould die shame if he knew, Sie low sin one | ¢ 1 DOW; We mre too we have anih ~ Fi iS | nl my boys are in the army; my daughter i's wie arg” aiaina | 49 other, What you will duwe-not senate It Would tee . bs y came from you and a ane ceutlar take lothes and wept . Hager, broken off. When Lucy c as within her grap. ¥ 5 ian be had loved and honored thoes ‘hes ccs hie Aa wld ‘think Jonn ‘But Date Bite Serie eenered, ry | i ay fe cd vs ape ha he le the marriake post ered Hogar wi iret i ren. No, at tree t tng that Margaret rm |p | saw--you know bow they succeed nn broke off | Fuln the innocent ‘to punt el as to nie wr acing vie are was warm | por the engugeament and sent you back your letters. For bid joved him, and it we. > cane P 1 wn bed Hagar med \ never wished that,” murmured Margertt, per that your treacherous enemies were nol prepared. If nee sm. Margaret raised he yaa ie Pie a ae ‘the f the at r bee ee $ Sn lame Sea be with bir “ucy had been ih the house you woukl never Lave re | thin hand on the by ey ge Rota to the § at rf t . ay Noes Mee igh Calves the packets No wonder ae wanted you to) (rized her. padi n Who bad mare a te fp h ial Always y I never aaid such « thing when ele Dh ay ae Gene tha toegea ¢ a feegive Vea, Skin. Casta peas: Sah the blind wor . wo 6 ¥ |. wrote to bith. Of that I am sure | Among them. @ you not hidden tem sway in never know jotn iat de 8 ot e™ ret WAS) We can soon prove | i He taxing up the the silver teapot, Luay would have found means to! Jane 4 up her face n amaze i eve 4 carn gaat Od noon prove it.” mid Hagar, taxing up the | destroy ‘hem However’ you know how they have like forgiveness, “You will not tet ninet ue mot ur er t Johev—all | Hf i h — engthengie a Lah ; ; 16H Hianaslbapiar Here are your betters mere been Preserved these thiity years, to prove the truth | (red. Ht hima?’ #he are ov often ” ey i vf them. Shall I read them’? at last, Revenge yoursel?, Mim Snow! Jan ‘No. No one shalt tell him. Ht . A} bome * @ that he » Recetving enager the «irl arranged the honored wite of John; Liscy ie the confidentia that you will keep” alient Agar, Swear to roe lie ‘ A Kote-inte Hae 4 eyes Pp Te ee Tate, wees } keeper, comfortable and happy. Tell John th ear,” weld Hagat, a Uttle sullenly, « pied J : ; ) k « dates and read them slowly, Th / ¥. an leh thee Vixens.”” é sullevly, “But you . ' thee. large, child. ‘ Fe achewied rutiier than written, in the larga, « what shall 1 do? What oan I dor’ ered Sm right To ¢ain forsivendes we must ‘fore ie hdwriting of the blind, and most of then ware Margaret. 1 do not want to be cruel, but whey ruined ®, My poor June, you were tempted ard Lage x the fret wix were full of love « de my life, Jane’ . othing: God will rity ¥ e toe porn Ai . ‘Bhe ts coming to mee you, and John also,” maid Dome her slr in~ah! dear Lond el ’ John, The seventh letter, which was Hagar rapidly. “The two will be here in an hour, | Me! Magar! Ink i “ than the previous one, breathed colder | Then you can denvupoe the treachery of Jane and) Hager ran to bedside and placed ber arma !* bi va . vor 8; it hinted that the absent lover gould do stow lotin thoes letter to prove it, Ruin her, Hie | ind the jean tram 4%, Boor Margaret Her tace woe a a marr { 41% uined you.” } ae yee sawed ad her bod ih “ Pc thd tse ‘ent ’ er than merry & blind git who might be 4 drag \targacet weld nothing. Bhe was a religtous woman | 8m" of Hagar |\k dthiny.” dive Sat goisoe Benes, Hager ' a a ° 1t aad and aightly recited the Lorde Prayer: “Forgive us | Sig end of ber m f ying: seome—tha f : Stop!" ewely; “2 ¢ anaes, ao wo forgive them tmet treepare ave! Give wr tens read. shies Ai hid ee eres feuinat ua” Now-and in no idle taahion~ene was | Ne feeble hand me te ree y re t called upon to prove fhe depth of her ‘belief, the ex-) 008 tewpot!” ead Hagar. “Quok—give tt to-nert woman's w | She wae «ttn up in the bed, with her «ray hair font of ‘her charity, Bho was asked to forgive her | Jane seized teapoh ignorant that i comteined -wes | pumnedt off her n, Comer faoe, a turning her mabe bitterest enemira, ane Sao women who hed rune otters proved her and placed it im sa ieian ieee ata we Teaak aa! nent Petite: and who bad built up prosperous ex! moor woul. She clamped it teedly to Seok coward Hagar a fimont to tes | on uch ruins, It Wha bard to say "Go in peaod amile of deleht crept slowly over astonseted face of the girl in the intensity of | CP ee. "Hagar wae implacable and urged rev gaa one : dogg we Mranmeret-weals, sweet goul-—teaned a) the side | # faltered, and tied fa adjacent thorous Nipssem *gptcalegeanile deter NS a sib ot ney, WWalting the arrival r false Ot ae h Was PURE Open and @ end opened the Hid. Within ly rd Ae artes Reeiat Mette et oe chao ene prayed for guidance and for| Putly, man with gray hair ent Khe room. He poss feaves, she the packet of ose. | & 8 08 saettoen ne FOU Ee SINS ARI: firength qo suetain ber in the coralhg ordeal, It wns | Sin, vane pobbing by the bedside Hagar kneeling Eawrietr A biue ritivon. There wee somes 2 ao the iaet and most painful phase of ber long, jong | th ceare De her eves, and on the bed the dead body bo her imaginative mind in thus dlstule oie Ms y whet t9 written Martyrdom srtved an_hour later, an Hagar ha | ate! too late,” waid he, approaching. “Poor Mare ceniand-done-with romance, and it wae W , revels Mask OT lone, Her humband had been de- | SA" ki Ethie C9nS eo eee carried toe teapot M00 18] Ley wg Vicens announced. Wines, ane explained to the git and| yas has junt died.”” whisnered Hagas. “Pakce your Bamerees nee tans OEE“ Aspe henanwecrtaagry Resl Drcih tales oy ater ke herself, he was anxious to Come, tny dear,” said John ralaing the tepentaat rts to ihe howe in Carby a “ woul a ee y i f epentan wea molar ried leaves t ae veh ony Wate ae Nie 24 res truth?’ asked Hager, before Me ete og ret wanrmaret! To merry ored-to time light Heel ae ioe ape its 201 testi. Pee 3 no eo! Weill, it is bent wiv ouuan whe bad written (her W ' samt the, ee and prompa ue hah d-has given me @ quod and trie wigs in iat V the worn ap gare ner_pillow ane Ww inary case Hi : $ no dying | = whe DOM per, and in an ordinary woul waa pow ne Thang net ne uly | 8 4 raw . « : y s “Margaret!” implored Jane, sinking on her knees, “forgive me! an imipers ue arDly : But the dacovery of ne tions wood and true wifel” muttered Hagar with r ame. sab looming, os Hagat eo the i eplied *Cnowledge that her viotim wee dying, |, yene on ht hi + | that humble bedside, whit by woe joes base, : een + | treachery, UM down entirety. With © pale face AND) garot moved Pn ee te See Armee: love, At aan. || ‘ i haa b o Shook her bead and aigned that she | MTS" Moved | aed rae agp . iA ‘ the leat f ‘ are—I am certain of it. Jane decetrps death. Hagar ap her mind to this | ciivering lip, ane sheet et apeak. Mmgar etood aside | 0 the funeral,” he sald Ine pompoUW tone 1 , Margaret, with the tear Perey, tapes Y af Lee murwe. and,, forcing the s trom the unwilll bring herwell £0 Petence. Ene would bave | %,durlc A\princene } Mi aco, “Fad the letters of Johe : io . Lege perth pa af Marjaret, she w y next day to (0d, her 60 Pee a ieiin her foumue, but| ,liideed. Ms, Maaki-and she lived Hike | bemning dow? OT ee hi | ones, and oa # colder than t hy, dear Lord! Whyi" oo. marry nim. {atately manaion tn Berkeley Bquete. So cane Nerwveis | 9 berth teMinat the thaitrewe should be’ pun Ae oe Ot eg ace oe ee witch he & end wr quiet | y . ones moved yo. We eas friend after the lapae of thirty years. | > 1 mOtsend ene had wronged ho bitterly. Mrs. y iad | known of ber watts tt yaar! a . Ft India. Bhe : way and ehe remove Biyyeesey Pat te mactotel s tha friend Som and slowly walked over to! pare i!. though. indeed” he added tame Bare wy J“ at | ped iain epe a Gia she parted you trom Job wow, bu ceble | Haak, SUUT*" che Olid woman reaogniaed her foot-| Geaorves litle at the imbda of one wham ate ig soe frown! OF love and | - her bed. As yet her fevble bednide Ognized Mt even after those MANY YeArH. | yo denpy, I loved haf and @he was fuithlows “i tng vhe peastnrd ® i er ow aa | xth, Jabn, whom whe bad | yt roe Margaret _peroschfuily, "here you Ah arted Hagar, and for the mement ane. felt “a ‘ ; . “= ff mo true, and in tile ayes all] “Ja ool our work? binctined to tell the ‘truth, ‘but ihe ‘a it “ e fhe presence edn r nic dase Ste tay recotted ng she enw the wreck | Trompe FeatrMned Ter; ain @lance at ton tite - Tara Wit 5 prayed happy 6irl she bad known thirty years | Pace of Jane. who thought that her, aoceet wish gee | ‘ were ten of oven w me the ox Not until the afternoon of AANVET By’ the knowledge that Margaret | {5° he revealed te |) | «e Heages iy pei Arh the Uuth for certain. it Me mould only atand Ike @ culprit beside Fret ao you my?” asked John, looking back. °™ Pip of pure and , it,” « we ® | her ike a culprit, AWAs her sentence, Hagic ‘ning. But~the «ver teapot ve. Fret was no monti-| ul incre ne Ae itie w eal in Y ru y My gift. Let it be buried with ner," ‘ rips ma no ment: | ane letters ma that acosnas earn | “I went t in Tertaley Square.” anid Hie pau throuh ne door witbout” another “ord, . Can Beo—an « th Jager, “and 1 Mo was out Ye yOu ed about ine WHER your gooompMee— | weaving Hagar alone With the dead. Mad he’ ke wh love; be] setters.” ‘ ie fe Island baw the keeper-none other than your tor- [FXO Yay John believe me faliiless? My Jann’ | contents of the teapot whlch the dead wernrn ¢ .w n ie 4 | ry ka, Me 6 ho me you dahonor—these n her arins he m 0 ke how 2 ' ber pata | uy always wrote be Arclnred Mar pep Jaen porvant, Lucy DyYKA, Mrs. Jacl now," added the| ™ fie, bes been youre—won ty seni Wa wie by tile. elds. Lint tn. went sat ty. oa every ¥ 3 tently wos nd; ik wae hard &« eeble and hoped whe would hewe made no effort | girl comensptuoualy mf oft rusted and cotntorta 1" #tammered the other woman at) norant and paper Hepp eh tha, th A afteors ; later. John did not expéot—expect—o epee mined that tho « Wt eat a the reward af her treanhery eS Nm etending hetwolt Hiagar jooked at the retiring forms of the merck Peopinsngalstte wtier aon aw oe evel, but os thirty years, should | "No, nol Lagy—eurely she Aid not deceive mer” . = ita hun and betrayed me For years pee the white face of the dead w, at the f gagement; only ‘it menus that Jane deosived you.” CANES A world, at least to Jonn Maak T made her conti.” quid Hager, sternly, 't tog |: pave aumerod hunger and oaie: fr Yeare 1 have Ware, ‘ek room, and the allver i#apor. 8 on, ae MUNGO hd eald—come tne] “Deomived mo! wailed Margaret, feevty—gnoeived yahoo ane bad deened Margaret falthiens| her of the lations in tae teapots of Your Mand life, ang | lived with 4 DroWel mantle END OF ADVENTURE NO, & vith the ewitiness nd unexpected: ther poor blind friend! No, no ai nasties & woman Who, he believed, gave| ot your Gying bed. At frat she denied everytning; scrvon gre toe er in aaerer No, 7, “the Heventh Customer anal Mier ” at ou " © n of it amid ¥ v firm! hin th we which the tang @ifl had tefuaed. Now| but whan I threatened vo tel Mr hp ween Adventure Mo, 7, e . et ® thunderbolt, “It te better © it erapaure~ 1 am certain of fagar Ormly van that | w w w Yeu, my poor Mies Beaw, woul e the Mandart 4 owls anc ch. “Whee you told me your story I was doubtful of should learn thet the wite had been the traitreys | confeamed the tral Jone) Row tat Tl Gave read Chose forwed lattere—tor } iat toe rejected Women had been true and feithtul, | were dacetved—-bitterly decelved—by your friend Mod SNR le eed eer Creare a ee en a ee en bah ld ed beva-whal you ere \»,"" will begin tormennovr, = oe ol tase mini ying Maat