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iPTER XXIM. Continue I She went to the door of the ttalrI ittempted to close the door case. Finding that lm-osaible. hit It It locked. the cried startled

' 'Ve. 1 have taken the precaution of teeing that we are not disturbed." I aid calmly. Now. madam, in which Of tboa? two ro;m it t apta n Forbes 9 f iriflitri .e '

of mind deserted bins I by him. and had pushed o;en - at the head of the talrway e could come to a decision here'" I aaid In a tone of I "I have an appointment lame de Varnier You were '. r me of course

he answer i tulleaty i' h-r i.VvuMous; the I

hat

Ment If my knowledge surprised h-r, she v. re concealed h r chagrin rleerly She gesticulated to the room at the right Mi- of the orator . t to "And perhaps the key of th stairjcase unlocks that door as well''' Aad ShÄ shook hdf head, smiling at me

Ha fossy st-rvant the k fV No." Then wfc-re Is It" " Women are supposed not to have pocket. Bat I can h.de a k" about my person at well as m, How did

1 Alphonte opening the aircase behind the tapes-

. I ntyeif in a great barn like r, n I had l icked the door be- .. at the head of the staircase, lighted dimly by narrow sr'.nlaoai high against tbe roof of and was almost bare cf furni-

t the three ancle? of this room you fin ha three closed doors So far " I si ifty knave bad told the truth. I doo- ol in which of these rooms should try." Madame d" Varnier Aad in "Ah.

raptaln j erte approvingly. mailed me little to hive pene-' This Is no time for COM .-o far Into the enemy's strong-, Captain Forbet must be released.' s'ess I could aceomplUh tili "And if I refuse"

enow It," she

the aLrni and I wished to take me de Varnier by surprise, "can to make a circuit of the triar room. I pause! at each door not ked softly At none of the . did I receive any response I

And then a maddening thought ruck me. Perhaps my crafty knave. . - had r. ' .r.i. n: bar. 1 had given him the credit of being

1 1- S'arva What If AIph"ns had ratety lured me here? What if I were a prisoner myself Dismayed that I should have (seen to great a fool. I a sain mad tbe r und cf fach of the doors, not knocking this time, but shaking the handle of each And at I seized the handle of tbe third door. It yielded to tbe touch and swung silently on its hinges I stood a: the lintel. bashed at my anrry Intrusion It was the oratory of Madame de Va raier. Little larger than a closet, and in . 1 i! e re-r.-r. 'h- al! w.-re ! mt with purple velvet. Facing me - an altar Two tapers flickered oa - r side of the cmclfli. ( fore the altar, ber eyes ben? to rt ifltx. knelt Madame de Varnier. dventuress. absorbed in her deo Di Kven my entrance was un- " tt was not piety of t.!s ev.-

-.ary woman that held me petri-1 t- l astonishment and speechless. v. itl la arm's reach, at I stood there, at a bier. Aad oa It, bis hands " I oa his breast, hit pallid face Strang calm, lay the mortal remains . whom I knew a: once to be S:r II apaj i terrifying apparitloa Tar-4 um. because it might have bees r -- : lying there, to strikingly simi-n-r-Ta- '. :.v of r..- to tbe dead minister. Dut at tat jtndles. which had flickered in tha made by the open door, i barn -J more steadily and I looked at all fare closely I saw that after all s rr.'lance was but superficial. I recovered my tenses. Naej at last I ; 'tis to know the truth. Twice I opened my lipt to call to ti w.man who knelt there But I -.---.-..'.)--,..). Tr-e

"I shall Insist.' "Very well. I refu?e

I look'

my peri

7' e wj

nietinie the tadlI to a a

rar. l, i .Joan of Arc or Charlotte Corday think ..f themselves? Ufa. honor eet)tliini I sacrifice them a th iuaml ;ini.-s . siv. my country. She was no .h-..t tl..- saii.t j s i in -

for the dead u" tt. - tltar. A ftwret ea -riry K,se . m-r M r . rdn filled me with xomt'thinc akin to horror

.She extolled a aaurdare Wm her on bands red Vitt) murder? "It is the i rice I must ay." she conIr.w d gliaemlly I pay it wiihoti n.urmurlioe. If 1 were a man I should be fii.'l!'n; f ir my ,r ji-o;de with the sword. 1 am a weak woman. I

must fieht aita a woman's weapons S'im.'t:!!!' it;''se weapns l.av- ben ! spying, even what you might call traaekan Kay that you despise me." "The -tory." I effei. "Y.iur prelude. . madam, is not fortunate." She sin i'l; h. r hed -ari!y. Did the despair already of my aid? N'.-vt rrv.. k M, I sa thtat vveajMinsare BQgittfiaiH necetsary In my un equal fight for an npprtttoal race

When I use them tjsiaat taaaalaa, far from fteliog remorse or pity. I glor' la causing piin. Hut aomrtlmoa there

I craaaaa at path on" arbao I r3siecf. who Is generous and strong. It It then that I thaddST at the suffering I must cause. Bat I do n t s; are him. ; however brave and generous he may be.' ;rh a one was Sir Mortimer i Hrett." I Interrupted sternly Vor u.y ro-mtry 1 slorv that Sir Mortimer has stooped to dishonor. For my country you mast bear the burden of his dta honor '"

She spoke rapidly, her voice rising from a vblsptf to a cry that was stri dent and harsh. She made strange stures as though she were ia physi

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Een My Entrance Wat Linnot ced.

tea her. I ttvd silently at the :d. pitying rather than coning waiting for her to discover resence. passed before ab? turned

ly quaa-

so near the chamber of dettb.

with tbe facile light heartednest of the Latin race the banished tts grim mem ory. This woman had nerves of steel. She moved ia callous indiffereac from tragic icenes to those of flippant comedy. Or perhapt she saw th- uselesi neu. of enraging me. .1 j mmm I oi foroib'v " I) A:r.r:cin gentlemen attault their hf vstet?" SI.-- Lai ri.e a a iv ",v vantage. To carry out my threat was impossible.

Come, madam

let us come to

wat ' met No

rted her . to ieI found 1

met. my.eif tteri " 4.- K-.'h a look at my dramatic entrance, but tny stern kk la absolute cj t cr shadow of guilt disti Jaic beauty. I had come oaace. to demand justice.

myself rather pitying. "Madame de Varnier." I said gently, "the hour has come when you must ' tell me the truth." I raised her to her feet and led her from the oratory, closing the door behind me. She clung to me in the fervor of her appeal.

e. the whispered. It It the boor you mast know the truth."

She tw?pt me

CHAPTER XXIV.

In the Tower of the Three Rooms.

eat room cf the central tower almost bare of furniture, as I ' aid la the center was a I ng

ira a ove sometimes sees In ' " ",'ector of a monastery. Half a an ' n chairs stood against the walls Naeed two of these chairs near the Not here - she cried, glaring to w ' I.ttka room ar had left. "AM why not' Hera at least we Uee 1 . ,a .arrw j.'

terms." Gladly, nsonsieu

a mock courtesy "And they are? "He shall walk out of the chateau when you have heard my story." "Even if I refuse to help you' She hesitated a moment. "Yes," she promised with a sigh. I put no great faith in that promise. Nothing was simpler than for her to promise. But If presently sh. still refused. I could resort to extr-me measures then as readily at now K Cap tain Forbes was Indeed a rr ! l Madame de Varnier. aad she actually did have in her possession the keythat would open the door of his prison. I held Madame de Varnier equally at a disadvantage "He it unharmed, then" "A scratch or two. perhaps But to a brave soldier It Is nothing He i a artless visitor, your Captain fMaal I confess that the methods of Dr Starrs are not too delicate In fln !' 4ince be hat committed th" 1 of detaining him. I pre'er not 1 make It worse by releasing htm Just M I accepted b r decision In tile: I I could have wished ; -.u la a : favoraMe mood, ajaaaaaat he a : wistfnlly. "I am alra: I Btl to me as a Juge rather than as t friend."

cal pais, attiking the table with her pea palm at he spoke the last word. 1 nr:- ' ra- rl;e l.urden of S!r Mr timer's dishonor 1 Now that the words were spoken I r.new that I had expected them. For this I bad come to the chateau. Thl33 my task. To wit do this not for me; I am aot so mad as to dream that now 1 tfll JKMU er. my In spite of myself Presently you will despise me and hate rue Hut you cannot escape from the ordoal. But for that othrr woman the woman you have sworn to help -f'r her you will make tbe sacrifice. "You speak la riddles." I said cold ly. "Enough of vague menace aad warning ' "he will ra down on her knees to yaa. She will offer you any reward, any happiness. In saving the honor of her name, you must stoop to dis honor " 'Never' Honor Is not to be purchased In that coin "Or what the world calls dishonor.' she added da eager haste. "It is the motive that exalts the deed Ia It not vlways noble to suffer for another And it Ii not merely the happiness of one womao I place in your hands. It is the chastity of a thousand women the appeasing of the hunger of ten :h"Uanl children the destiny of a rarYou will find that I am not to be moved by HaaM heroics. Tell me how I am to save the honor of Sir Mortl mcr Hrett.' What In the sight of God it a He." she continued vehement ly. boodloss of ttiv impatience. "If It will save the pure soul of a young girl. If It will givh Sack children to the.r mothev T Say boldly that I tm re-kirn; yon to act a ti. t v n m nn iniiir frml nur-

elvea. I atl you to do a little evil that much good uiaj cuu.e. 1 ask you

sotmiB vm iifm, not

fhts vnii of your own society, hut

tba' i naj b the ai of a ss Hon jn- r b B,e; tfalf "Th- ractt!" ! Instated. r ' kU '' :,--h H ma weary fou I wish to tafl roa a little of mr telf My j . i . 1 1 r - of that Wutt ahapay rare tha MaeadoalM Cftn My la' h'-r w a 1 1. h for tna' count r we were happy Hut i ' ' - a ' h i?d I aw'ai.-tid o;;e r.tgti' by the ( rash of musketry and the i-'lare of flames. The Turklth buchers had t"i-;...l our Haet. I saw m atefar Mint. bed from bar aaotaer arms av.-i .-.tabbed before my ,-. a b!ow felled my mofh r. My fath r aai throara to earth, manaeled and troddaa upon I was taken captive M fate would have been even BWa horrib'e bail I not been the cap tlva of a Turklxh officer who was kinij to m- and adopted me. Hut he wa Bad of that hated race, and secretly i toiaratsd his kindness only to be re ranged, In son:.- way h- :,ffend-d the Sultan: my protector wat bani-( We lived in Paria. At la.st the hour of my vengeance rame had an enemy, one of his own ra I b frayed Dim He died a rtoleat death, and that night, I Junk, I was happy. ' I found mysslf rich: he had left me eventhing. I was b.-autiful and Q educated; a life of pleasure lay be 5r.- me. Well, I have drunk deep of tha cup of pleasure. Hut that I might be hSBOy? No. If I have banqueted with princes. It wat to learn their secrets. I have flattered and cajoled let that I might betray them. Sometimes I have betrayed my friends In short. I am runner rated to my country. For her I have made myself an adventuress. If I could not direct ly further her must, there were te-(-:. to be bought and sold at a price. The money purchased bread and arms I nave schemed. Intrigued, betrayed, tempted always to bring Macedonia

on step nearer her freedom " "?ni!;Tn fto Vornuir ' I IntAvmii.tajl

i'b a irutal directness, "at any other time th;p ; rsonal reminiscences n.'.-'h 4)c interesting enough, but now " You are adamant,'- the cried de spairingly. "It Is Impossible, it seems, to awaken your sympathy. Then I Mbit appeal to your Intelligence. You must understand something of the political situation." "I know enough of tnat already. Or., e more I must beg you to come to the episode o Sir M ort 'naff Hrett." How can S u know anything of the com! Ixities of the lialkan situation?" she demanded, at once startled and surprised. -suffice it that I know this: Prince Ferdinand of Hulgaria will invade Turkish Macedonia, ami free that territory from the Turkish yoke, if his army Is financed by Kuhn, a IkfajBOT of New York City but a Macedonian by birth. This banker makes one stipulation: Hulgaria must have Ping land's fironil.se of her moral support; Kncland must promise Hulgaria a free

field. Sir Mortimer Brett was to have gained that promise from England You made Sir Mortimer the victim of your intrigues. How, and to what extent that is what I wish to know." " I was sent to Sofia to accomplish that. It seemed a hopeless task. For 15 years he had resisted every entreaty and bribe. He had the absolute confidence of the British Foreign Office. But it was necessary to win him over at any cost. We had secret information to the effect that if he advised England's interference she would interfere. "You are impatient; I shall not wary foa by telling of my efforts Sir Mortimer was a cold man and extremely difficult of approach. For toaao time I despaired of Influencing him. But I learned at latt that beneath hit calm exterior wat actually i neart that throbbed for the suffer ings of Macedonia." ' How did you learn this?" I danianded. curiously, as she paused. "You will despise me the more when t tell rou." the replied hesitatincly. and her fae was scarlet. I stole hit diary. It seems atrocious to you that I bhould so have repaid his kindness: but I have told you that to play the -; y. to be the high prNstest of cubnine has been my lot. This diary ren lad to me Sir Mortimer's true character. ' I ha-e said that he wat extreme'.y rcterved. a virtue that all diplomatists must potsess He was never to be tricked or excited into a r:ih tiament. BaaJJ word he spoke with tha isloa of an automaton, becaust every spoken word was weighed." And he found relief bv giving repression to his emotions in his diary?" "Yes; what h- had hidden from tbe aorld there he revealed; and in 'he of thlt diary I learned two facts that were of vital lmtortance to me." "I think I can guess them." I said coldly. "First, that Sir Mortimer loved ou; secondly, that he was tempted to put an end tfl the atrocities In Marelonla by advocating England"! support

of Hulgaria."

Since you have taken the first fait for granted. I shall 00 contrndict yoa. Hut I told you that Sir Mortimer found relief In hit diary for the emotlont which he tternly repn I b. tore the world. At to your second guess, It It

only partially correct I learned much

more than that. I learned that be was In correspondence with the aankr.

. Kuhn He had given to thla banker a half promise that he would fa his utmost to influence Entlruvd,

provided that Kuhn financed tha In vaslon la a affilcntly liberal w-aiinor o Insure Its success." aad with the Information obtalne

so treacherously your tatk wat easy. CTO Bt CUNTLNLf.Oi

ARt PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS NOSTRUMS? To one not qualified, and few laymen are. to fdoerimiiiate Intelligently between phybiclans' prescriptions, propftiaflSff mellciuet and nostrums, It may t-eni little ihort of a crimo to hint even that physicians' prescription! are In any manner related to nostrums; nevertheless, an impartial examination of all the facts iu the case leads Irresistibly to the contention that every medicinal preparation ; Minded and dii nsi-.l b a physician Is. In the strict sense of the word, a nostrum, and that the average, ready prej in d proprietär) remed ia tuperlor to the average specially pre

pared physicians' prescription. What is a nostrum? According to the Standard Dictionary a nofetrum It "a medicine the composition of which is kept a secret." Now, when a physlciaa compounds and dispenses with his own hands a remedy for the treatment of a disease and It Is authoritatively stated that probably 60 per cent, of all physicians' prescriptions In thlt country are so dispensed tbe names and quantities of the Ingredients which constitute the remedy are not made known to the patient. H nee. since its composition Is kept a secret by the physician, the raatady or i prescription is unquestionably. In the true meaning of the word, a Simonpure nostrum. Furthermore, the prescription compounded by the average physician is more than likely to be a perfect Jumble replete with therapeutic, physiologic and chemical Incompatibilities and hearing all the earmark! of pharmaceutical incompetency; for tt Is now generally admitted that aalaaa a physician has made a special study of pharmacy and passed tome time In a drug store for the purpose of gaining a practical knowledge of mod'-rn pharmaceutical methods, he Is not fitted to eomround remedlet

for his patients Moreover, a physician who compounds hit own prescriptions not only deprives the pharmacist of his just emoluments, but he endangers the lives of patients; for it is only by the detection and elimination of errors in prescriptions by clever, competent prescriptionists that the safety of the public can be effectually shielded from the criminal blunders of ignorant physicians. Nor can it be said that the average physician is any more competent to formulate a prescription than he Is to eoaaaoaad It Waas memorized or directly copied from a book of "favorite prescriptions by famous physicians." or from some text-book or medical journal, the prescription may be all that it should be. It is only when the physician Is required to originate a formula on the spur of the moment that bit incompetency Is distinctly evident Seemingly, however, the physicians of the I'nlted States are little worse than the average Hritish physician; for we And Dr. James Burnett, lecturer on Practical Materia Medlca and Pharmacy. Kdinburgh. lamenting In the Medical Maira.ine the passing of the prescription and bemoaning the fact that seldom does he find a final man" able to devise a prescription even In "good contracted I-atln." And what. It may bo asked. Is the status of the written prescription the prescription that Is compounded and dispensed by the pharmacist Is It. too. a nostrum? It may be contended that the patient, with the written formula in his possession, may learn the character of the remedy pre-

no'ance or for mercenary reasons are aaodlafj the sale of all household remedies, v ky it it wof equally nrcet' tary f.r pntunt to kit'iir the mmpiffM tf the rrmriiy pretcrthed by ;-"m.o i oi r Does any s.me per.'on believe that the opium in a phyiician'a prescription Is lasa nt or litt likely to create a Aral habit than the opium In a proprietary melPlne? An a mutter of fact. m.rr nd'Urt ami i ocain flnd hai r da made thruwh ttir OFltafOSl ' i ' resc of iffti'.tant phyautani than by any other meant. I nquestlonably, there arr a number of proprietary remedies on the market the sales of which should be prohibited, and no doubt they will lie when the requirements of the Food and Drugs Act are rigidly enforced; many are frauds, pure and simple, and soma are decidedly harmful Of the average proprietary remedy, however. It may truthfully be said that It la distinctly h.-tter than the average physicians' prescription; for not only is lta composition less secret, but It Is propared for the proprietor by reputable manufacturing pharmacists In magnificently equipped laboratories and under the supervision and advice of able chemists, compevnt physicians and skillful pharmacists It should not be considered strarge, therefore, that ao many physicians prefer to prescribe these ready-prepared proprietary rem edies rather than trust those of their own devising.

ALL RELIGIONS IN LONDON. Faithist Community Latest Addition to lts Queer Sects. The Faithist community which has established a modest footing In Harham, and whose comprehensive gospel ranges from the creation of man to the "glory and labors of the gntfs and goddesses of the Kthorlan heavens." It the latest addition to the long list of London's religious sects, which are now almost as many as the days of the year. In London the Chinaman burns his incense stick in more than one joss house in the east end, the Mahometan has his mosque, the Malayan his temple, near St. George's street east ; the Parsees worship the sun in Bloomsbury. the Mormons have a mission in Islington, and in many parts af the metropolis the Buddhists and Ancestor Worshipers perform their strange rites. Of Christian sects in London there are at least 300, including the Cokelers, the disciples of William Sirgood, the Walworth shoemaker; the Peculiar People, who prefer prayer to physicians; the Sandemanians. the followers of Joanna Southcott. the prophetic serving maid; the Shakers and the Seventh Day Baptists.

WOMEN IN MEDIEVAL TIMES.

In Many Ways They Had Easier Lives Than Their Descendants The women of the sixteenth century and earlier limes had easier lives than those of our generation. To be sure, there are a hundred labor aavlng devices to-day which were unknown to them Hut in at least two important raaaoeta they had the advantage over their descendants. They waged no (ontltrt against dirt such a we carry on from morning till night. The Klitabethan had no prejudice against garbane in his front yard, vermin In hit bedroom, decaying rushes on the floor of his banquet hail, or tolled lace In

scribed. So. possibly, he miKhf if ne , nU 8oeves. The strength of arm and understood Latin and were a phslclan 8pirlt which now go, s u keeping clean or a pharmacist, but as he usually pot- , was t.ft to th, medieval lady for other

r.o professional ttatntnit and

cannot read Iitln. the prescription ia

practically a dead secret to him. Furthermore, the average presertption it to badly written and so great ly abbrelated that even the pharmacist, tkllb'd as he usually it In deciphering medical hieroglyph!. Is constantly obliged to Interview pruscribers to find out what actually has been pretcrlbod. It may also be contended, that Inasmuch as the formula Is known to both physician and pharmacist the prescription cannot therefore be a secret. Hut with equal truth It might bo contended that the formula of any socalled nostrum Is not a secret since It Is known to both proprietor and manufacturer; for It must not be f.. motten that, according to r liable authority. 95 per cent, of the proprietors of socalled patent medicines prepared In this country hav their remedies made P r them by large, reputable manufacturing pharmacists. Hut even should a patient be able to recognize the

tasks Moreover although her clothing was gorrjeous rich with embroidery and lace, and heavy with Jewels it was not subject to rapid changes of fashion The cut of a sleeve or the hang of a skirt was settled for five years rather than five months. L'fe was then free from the modern terror of "looking like a last year's rag bag. Youth's Companion.

THE LOAD OF THE LAZY.

This Man Worked Hard in Hia Own Particular Way.

One of the neighborhood loafers sat comfortably tmioking his f ul pipe, according to his dally custom, in the prescription room of a drug store He was soliloquizing aloud to the clerk. II re is a sample of his sound, content"!! philosophy; I'll i ell you what! A man is mighty miserable if he ain't

p nothin" to do. when he ain't work-

in' at somethin. I know It I va tried

naarrrt I f the lagradlents mentioned In ,th ways an' I find that there ain't a formula he would erWy know hilf nothin' that makes a man more miser-

the story It Is seldom, for Instance, that alcohol Is specifically mentioned In a prescription, for It Id usually masked in the form of tinctures and fluid extracts, as are a great many other substance: . it Is evident, therefor", that the ordinary formulated pretcripfion Is. to the average patient, little less than a secret remedy or nostrum. ):i the other hand, the formulae of nearly all the proprietary medicines that are exploited exclusively to the antdjeai profession s wfl as thos-i of a lafffj jten-entage cf the proprietary rrtOCltlna that ar advertised to the publ'c (the so-called patent medl- . tfjWl ate pubilthed In full. I nder the Food and Drugs Aaf. every medicinal preparation entering Intorstrtte cou.rr.erce Is now required to have the proportion or quantity of alcohol, op.um. eocaln and other habit forming er harmful Ingredients whirh it may contain plainly printed on tha laaal As physicians' prescriptions - lorn or neve.- enter interstate comtnerce they are pra-tcal'v e:;.-:r.p under tho law. Anl If It b MtlWiy for tha public to know tn- composition of prup.letary remedies, as Is contended by these who through le-

ablo than doin nothin'. But. you know, there's two kinds of work; one of them Is wher- a feller goes to work at t, in the mornln' an' works with his hands till six at night. The other Is w here a feller sits around an' thinks. 1 aln t never happy unless I'm workIn', but 1 don't believe in that first kind of work I believe In thinkin' all day long, an' that's harder than tha other kind, I can tell you you Juat try it If you don't believe me. a man la mighty miserable when he alu't wotkln'." In Prais of the Pia. Laura Simmons tolls in an artlcla why good New Knglanders should stick to pie, and calls attention to tha fact that Knierson ate It three times I day. and says that pie Is the ladder by which New Kngland has climbed to Its place of proud eminence. Sha ruesti ms whether any sensible person was ever known to forage at tha midnight hour for predige; nd eeroala or th" IfUtOCa us p une. She does not l dice that many New Lnglan I ancestors rt'.ed Of apoplexy, due to plo, but I oinscls ali : goon p t eating d 'tplts, tha that that the fat hus gouo forllh that It tt vulvar to eat ply.