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■SYNOPSIS. The Escapade opens, not in the roanance preceding the marriage of Ellen Slocum, a Puritan miss, and Lord Carrington of England, but in their life after settling in England. The scene is placed, Just following the revolution, in Carrington castle in England. The Carringtons, after a house party, engaged in a family ■tilt, caused by jealousy. Lady Carrington agreed to cut cards with Lord Strathgate, whose attentions to Ellen had become a sore point with Carrington. The Joss of SIOO,OOO failed to perturb her, and her husband then cut for his wife’s I O U- and his honor, Carrington winning. Additional attentions of Lord Carrington to Lady Cecily and Lord Strathgate to Lady Carrington compelled the latter to vow that she would leave the castle. Preparing to flee, Lady Carrington and her chum Deborah, an American girl, met Lord Strathgate at two a. m„ he agreeing to see them safely away. He attempted to take her to his castle, but she left him stunned In the road when the carriage met with an accident. She and Debbie then struck out for Portsmouth, where she intended to sail for America. Hearing news of Ellen's flight. Lords Carrington and Seton set out in pursuit. Seton rented a fast vessel and started in pursuit. Strathgate, bleeding from fall, dashed on to Portsmouth, for which ,Canrington, Ellen and Seton were also headed by different routes. Strath<ate arrived in Portsmouth in advance ■of the others, finding that Ellen’s ship had sailed before her. Strathgate and Carrington each hired a small yacht to pursue the wrong vessel, upon which each supposed Ellen had sailed. Seton overtook the fugitives near Portsmouth, but his craft ran aground, just as capture was imminent. Ellen won the chase by boarding American vessel and foiling her pursuers—Strathgate, Seton and Carrington. CHAPTER Xlll.—Continued. “Gentlemen,” continued Haight, who

was not without a certain decision of •character, “I swear to God there ain’t goin’ to be no fightin’ on this boat. I don’t know the rights and wrongs of this quarrel, but this boat’s mine and I won’t have it. You’ll oblige me, Lord Carrington, by givin’ me that pistol. And you, sir— ■” turning to Strathgate, “will do the like. When you get ashore I’ve naught to say •about your actions, but here—” He held out his hand imperiously for Lord Carrington’s pistol and motioned Cooper to take that of Lord Strathgate. The boat had shot up Into the wind and lay idly rocking, practically drifting. Cooper's cutter had been shaken off and was a floating wreck some distance away. Cooper had a distinct interest in the quarrel, for he muttered: “You’re right, Haight, there can’t be no shootin’ here. Yonder gentleman might get a bullet in his in’ards and then who'd pay me for my sunken boat?” Strathgate interrupted with a laugh, one of those irritating laughs that drove Carrington nearly frantic: “Did you arrange all this* with the Ggptain of your > qy^f^^ngtpn 9 " bravado, with the appearance of this worthy sailor at the proper moment?” “Curse you!” cried Carrington, leaping up to windward. “Come up to windward with you.” He leveled his pistol full at Strathgate, having sprung clear of the huddle of men who happened to be to leeward. Strathgate had followed his movements and'two shots rang out simultaneously. Quick as had been the rush of the two men, however, the sailors had followed suit. Haight threw himself upon Carrington and bore him back against the low rail, nearly throwing him overboard, while Cooper struck Strathgate’s arm such a violent blow as he pulled the trigger that his pistol was hurled backwards and fell into the sea. Haight was the first to recover himself. “Gentlemen,” he said in tones that indicated he had come to a final decision, “you’ve had it out now and there’s got to be no more of it. Unless you give me your word,” he said, turning to Strathgate, “and you give me yours, Lord Carrington, to abide peaceably in the boat until we get ashore, so help me God! I’ll lash you down to a ring bolt with a rope, and —” “There’s naught for it,” returned Carrington whose pistol, knocked from his hand, had been taken possession of by one of the men, “but to give you the promise, for you have my pistol, the other has gone overboard and while I have a sword Lord Strathgate is without a weapon.” “Oh, you have my word, too,” said Strathgate carelessly. “He’ll keep the forward end of the boat and you’ll stay aft, my lord,” ;said Haight to Carrington, “and now we’ll put back to harbor.” '^My lord Strathgate amused himself during the hours that elapsed before he and Carrington were landed at the same wharf whence they had taken their departure, by humming graceful little tunes, whistling merry little airs and in general disporting himself as If he were having a delightful time. My lord Carrington, who had more at stake, was gloomy and silent. He did not cast a glance in the direction of his brother earl reclining on the deck forward until the vessel was made fast to the wharf. Then he sprang out and touched Strathgate on the shoulder. “We have matters of moment to settle, my lord,” began Carrington gravely, “and it were better that we settle them quietly as gentlemen, which one of us at least is.” “I agree with you in that proposition.” returned Strathgate bowing. “We shall doubtless find friends in Portsmouth and may conclude our arrangements without the unseemly interruptions of brawling seamen.” “Brawling seamen!” growled Haight under his breath. The only peaceable people aboard the cutter were Cooper and myself and the men.” “I am staying at the Blue Boar,” said Strathgate gravely. “I also.” returned Carrington. “Very well. I shall await a visit from your friends’ as soon as may be convenient p

J “There are men on the ships yonder,” said Carrington gravely, "brother ■ officers of mine. One of them will . call upon you forthwith." Strathgate bowed but made no other reply as he walked away toward the ; inn. Carrington stayed a moment or two longer to complete arrangements for ■ paying for the boat he had destroyed 1 and. then with a heavy heart, turned toward the town. He was Im a terrible state. He had had no sleep the night before. He had ridden both day and night. The chase of the morning had not conduced to quiet his nerves, and the insults of Strathgate, whom a punctillio kept him from picking up in his arms and breaking as he would a stick, had not rendered him any more easy. His first duty was to get something to eat and to refresh himself by a bath. He would then send a message to some of his shipmates in Admiral Kephard’s fleet who could be counted upon to attend to all the arrangements of the meeting a 1’ outrance between him and his enemy. Although Carrington was as angry as a man could well be and as full of bitter hatred toward Strathgate, he did not intend to throw his life away on that account. He had other things to do, one of which was to chase Ellen wherever she went and find out the

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truth. He did not believe Strathgate’s extravagant assertions about the earl’s arrangement to meet Lady Ellen on the ship, but there was a possibility of truth in it and that at least kept him from entire confidence in his wife. As for Strathgate, he was not feeling any too happy either. He had risked everything, got himself embroiled with a man of Carrington’s determined character, had upon him all the odium of having run away with another man’s wife, and yet he had lost the wife! His sensuous admiration of Lady Ellen was turned to something like hate. He did not want to throw away any points in the game either, and he made up his mind to kill Carrington, if it was in his power, and to wreak such vengeance upon Lady Ellen as would cause her to remember to the very last hour of her life the time in which she flouted him. CHAPTER XIV. Admiral Kephard Joins the Pursuit. We left Sir Charles Seton hard and fast in his boat on the shoal. Sir Charles had nothing to do but study the ocean and observe that which transpired upon it, for a few moments of hard work convinced worthy Master i Wbibley that only the rising tide would float his vessel. Sir Charles saw the whole drama enacted before him. He saw Ellen run down the Flying Star; he saw that vessel’s way checked; he could see Deborah followed by Ellen clamber aboard. He marked the other two boats chasing down the channel and made a shrewd guess that one carried Carrington and the other Strathgate. He saw the collision, although of course he was too far away to know who was responsible or what was happening. He even saw the smoke from the two pistols which were discharged by the belligerents on the boat and after a time detected the report faintly, but other than that he knew nothing. It was some time before the rising tide coupled with their own tremendous exertion got the boat off the shoal. Sir Charles had had plenty of time to mature his plans. He knew that Ellen was on that ship. He guessed that Carrington and Strath-

gate had gone back to Portsmouth, if one or the other, or both of them had not. been killed in that interchange of pistol shots, and he sur» mised that the first duty to which they would devote themselves would be to see which one could kill the other. He therefore determined to chase the ship. Not in his own boat, oh, no! He had a better plan than that. A ready and resourceful man was Sir Charles Seton. And while he was deeply in love with Mistress Debbie, the more in love because through Ellen’s persistence his sweetheart had been, as it were, dragged out of his arms - and therefore added the value of the unattainable to his pursuit of her, yet • he was not in addition blinded by i passion, jealousy and hatred as were Carrington and Strathgate. He knew . that Mistress Debbie despised men of । the Strathgate stamp, and although everything in petticoats was fair game , for Strathgate, he also knew that the earl was on this occasion bent toward Lady Ellen. Therefore, he was in a saner anti brighter mood than the other two. Not far away lay the great ships of Admiral Kephard. The admiral had announced his intention of posting down to Portsmouth by coach. The first thing he would do when he arrived would be to board his flagship which lay at the head of the line of a dozen little ships several miles away from the placs where Sir Charles had taken ground. Sir Charles reasoned that the admiral would be in a hurry tb get to Portsmouth and that even If he did not press the post boys, be would probably have reached his st ip by the time Sir Charles could get tl*ere. Therefore, he possessed his soul in such patience as he could until his own boat once more gbt under way. He had bidden Mast&r Whibley to mark well the course of the merchantman upon which Ellen and Deborah had taken refuge. This ship headed

steadily eastward and seemed to have settled down for a long voyage. It took but a short time for Sir Charles to run alongside the Britannia. Bidding the men wait for him, he scrambled up the battens to the gangway and stepped aboard. An officer met him at once. “I am Sir Charles Seton,” began the soldier, “captain in the Sussex light infantry.” “I am pleased to see you, sir,” answered the officer, courteously, extending his hand. “I am Lieutenant Collier of the royal navy.” As Sir Charles shook tne sailor’s hand he asked: “Is Admiral Kephard on the ship?” “Yes, sir. He came aboard a half an hour ago and wem immediately to his cabin.” “May I see him?” “I’ll send your name in. Mr. Mortlake,” said the officer, turning about. A smart midshipman ran across the deck and touched his cap. “My compliments to Admiral Kephard and say to him that Captain Sir Charles Seton of the Sussex light infantry desires the privilege of speech with him.” “Ay, ay, sir,” answered the midshipman, saluting again and scurrying aft. “Might I ask you. Mr. Collier,” said Sir Charles, “if the Britannia is ready for instant service?” The lieutenant smiled. “All his majesty’s ships are ready for service at any time.” “Yes, yes, I know, of course,” returned Seton, “but what I mean is, could this ship be got under way at once?” “On the instant.” “And is she prepared for a cruise?” “She could go around the world and take her departure within an hour,” returned the lieutenant with a pleased sense of demonstrating the efficiency of his majesty’s navy beyond peradventure. “May I ask why you wish to know?” he continued turning to Sir Charles. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Problem in Social Economy. Starvation story from Lapland is to the effect that the natives are eating cats to keep alive. Now, the tpr-nloi is, what keeps the cats sd’vo?

Solomon | Chooses Wisdom | ' J Sunday School Lesson for iDec. 6, 1903 | i B Specially Arranged for This Paper f I | LESSON TEXT.-l Kinjs 3:4-15. Memory verses. 10, 11. GOLDEN TEXT.—“The fear of tha Lord is the beginning of Wisdom.”—Prov. 9:10. TlME.—About 1022 B. Cj (or 971). The early part of Solomon’s reign. PLACE.—Gibeon, a sacred place five or six miles northwest of Jerusalem, where the tabernacle had been < erected for a time, and with its buildings had been a center of religious worship. Comment and Suggestive Thought. In Joel (2:28, 29) :there is a prophecy quoted in the Afets (2:17-18,) that “your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream : dreams.” Visions and Ireams bring before us the ideals ant possibilities which we can press forv ai d to make real and true. The wiole church should keep before her the vision of i a perfect church and a perfect world, I the city of God. How Solomon Reasoned Out His Decision.—Vs. 6-8. Solomon, before deciding what to choose, carefully considered his circumstanced and needs, thus showing that well-lanced mind on which it was possibleiW bestow the gift of wisdom. £ First Consideration.—jihe memory of what God had doneMr his father was a motive for walking in the same ways, receiving the sank favor, and carrying out to perfect! fulfillment what his father had begun. Second Consideration.4-His work was laid upon him by Gofl. Solomon had not sought the place as did Absalom and Adonijah. V. 7. “Thou hast male thy servant king.” The fact that God has put a man in any position of trust or duty creates an obligation to fulfill the trust and perform the duty. Third Consideration. — His youth and inexperience. “And I am but a little child.” He was young and inexperienced compared with his father, who came to the throne after a youth of activity, and ten or twelve years of special training, and seven more as king over a small kingdom. “I know not how to go out or comp in.” This expression is proverbial for the active conduct of affairs. See Num. 27:17; | Dent. 28:6; 1 Sam. 18:13. This was a strong reason for asking of God the things he decided to ask. Fourth Consideration. —The great- ! ness of the work to be done. V. 8. ; "Thy servant is in the midst of thy ! people.” That is, is set over them as a king. They were a turbulent people, often going astray, often contending with each other, with strong wills ’ and an impulsive temperament. Probably there was a strong party opposed 1 to him, and brothers of full age ready I to lead it. “Which thou hast chosen.” It was not only a great nation, but the nation chosen to represent God be- ' fore the world and carry out his kingdom and teach the worp his truths. All this was a far great* sponsibil- I ity than the ruling of an 'wy king- j Jom. “A great in&ibe “ numbered.” Thin was”**. .on and" natural expression for 6 e number. See Gen. 13:16.*^' Gienum- ’ ber of men giveft in 2 SuDj4:9 and 1 Chron. 21:5,6, It is infeigjd that the 1 population was about 6.|00,000. It ; would have been very difficult in those days to get the exact number of the i people. Solomon Chooses Wisdom.—V. 9. I "Give therefore.’’ In view of all the Above considerations, and because God had the gifts in vast abundance, and 1 he alone was the source and fountain ! thereof. "An understanding heart.” I Wisdom for the administration of his iuties, wise priiXtiples, and wisdom in Tie application of them to the nation, i What Solomon r.aked for was practi- | :al wisdom, sagacity, clearness of judgment and intellect in the administration of justice and in the conduct ■ of public affairs. j V. 10. "And the speech pleased the Lord.” Why? (1) It was right, noble, unselfish, like God liimseif. (2) ! it rendered it possible foil God to give him large measures of th* best things n all the universe. (3) pt furnished an opportunity to give many other things. God loves to givß He gives us all we can beneficitwy receive. The more he can give w the better i he is pleased. B ( ■ V. 11. "Because thou Fast .. . not asked for thyself.” The selfish man cannot receive the gifts God gave to Solomon, an^Jie ought not to receive what he Selfishly asks for himself. Selfishness is of hell, not of heaven, and bears the blossoms and fruits of the place to which it belongs. Note that the religious, unselfish life . , is the essential condition on which the best earthly gifts can safely be 1 bestowed. The spiritual city of God must come before it is possible or safe to have the outwarll^lories and riches and pleasures waich are the fruit of the perfect spiritual life. Just as fast and as far as society becomes Christianized throughout, so far will it be able to world out the most helpful things which tire laws of nature and the will of nlu can produce. ” The world has been deprived of the best worldly conditio™ possible, because it was not safato entrust all these forces and power® to selfish men, and to a community were ignorance and vice are unrest rail’d. But just as far as any nation becomes Christianized dare all these things added unto theiL He Gained the Dieting He Asked For. — He became pery wise in many directions, hid organizations, commerce, fortificatiohs, temple, palaces, waterworks, literature, his wide- ; .extended kingdom* his ability to keep ' I the nation at peace internally and with ; surrounding nations, are proof of his wisdom. The queen of Sheba found that the half had n&t been told. The Difficult Japanese Alphabet. Japanese is not an easy language even for the native-born subject of the I mikado, but it is very difficult of acquirement by the westerner. It takes a Japanese child seven years, it is said, to learn the essential parts of the lapanese !; babet.

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SPOILED BY A COOK CHRISTMAS EXPERIENCE IN A WOMEN'S BOARDING HOUSE. How a Famished Tableful Had to Wait for Their Turkey Until the Belligerent Female Could Be Coaxed from the Room. “My most unpleasant and yet most comical experience of Christmas-keep-ing,” said the concert singer, “dates back to the time when I lived for economy’s sake in a home for working women. The cook we had was a good one, and so, when Christmas day came, we all felt assured that at one o’clock we should have our orthodox turkey-and-plum-pudding dinner. “But one bottle of whisky, smuggled into a Christian kitchen, will upset the expectations of 30 hungry boarders. Just how many drinks the cook had that morning, I cannot say, but when dinner time came she was belligerently drunk. The turkey was as well roasted as though she had been sober, but what was that to the boarders in general, when she stood over it, carving-knife in hand, declaring that not a soul in that dining-room should have a mouthful of it but mamma and myself? “Vainly did the matron threaten and entreat. The determined cook was not to be disarmed. Mamma and I were I bountifully helped, but the others sat and waited, wondering what would be the outcome of the trouble. Finally, the defeated matron came out of the kitchen, and with tears in her voice, said to me: “‘I can do nothing with her. Will you go in And see what you can do?' “And so I went in, and in my most affable manner invited intoxicated Bridget to sit down and have a friendly cup of tea with myself. She complied, though with an eye still on the turkey. After we had had our tea, by exerting all of my arts and wiles I persuaded her to go up stairs and to bed. It was not until she was safely out of the kitchen that dinner was served to the other boarders. “Os course the next day there was a bad quarter of an hour for that cook, one that ended with her ‘getting her duds together and skipping.’ Many, in fact, all of us. were ready to plead for her, knowing that she could not easily be replaced; but the matron was adamant, protesting that in her experience with the creature she had * already forgiven her until seventy times seven, and she wasn't going to forgive her again. And I heard afterward that it was really a year or more before the woman was taken back again into that kitchen. “Naturally, it was easier for the other boarders, who, you may be sure, | resented that ‘inwasion of their witties; to forgive the cook than to make friends with mamma and me. and from i that time on we were the most unpop-

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ular persons in the house. We had been ruined by a cook’s favor. It would not have mattered so much about the boarders, but the defection of her kitchen head was too much for the matron’s magnanimity, and as she managed the lady managers of that institution, it was not very long before we too, in our culinary friend’s language, had to ‘get our duds together and skip.’ ” TOP STAR FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE Cut out of a piece of cardboard the form of a five-pointed star five inches long. Cover with gold leaf or silver leaf. For the rays of light take about \ \\ I"'''/'/ 15 broom straws, dip them in gold or silver paint and paste them back of the star in bunches of three. Take a piece of writing paper, roll it into a stiff roll, fasten one end to a twig and paste the other end at the back of the star. The star may then be arranged at the top of the tree. Doing Up the Gifts. A new way of doing up gifts which will please all, and particularly delight the children, is to use white tissue paper for wrappers, and, instead of tying with ribbon, fasten the paper in place by using small seals over the edges where they are folded down. The seals come specially for the purpose and are decorated with tiny sprays of holly. If you are sending off a Christmas box put a layer of white tissue paper or white cotton on top of the packages and over this sprigs of holly or mistletoe.

MADE ROACHES HIS FRIENDS. Act of Artemus Ward That Had Far Reaching Effect. George V. Kelcey. a veteran journalist of Cleveland, remembers Artemus i Ward well. “Ward called on me,” he said the j other day, “the night before one of i his panorama lectures. There were some three or four large roaches ssur- ‘ rylng about my room, and they attractI ed his attention. “‘I am very fond of roaches,’ he said. ‘Once, in my own home, I found a I roach struggling in a bowl of water. I took a half walnut shell and put him * in it; it made a good boat; I gave him a couple of toothpicks for oars. Next morning I saw that he had fastened : a hair to one of the toothpicks, and I had evidently been fishing. Then, overcome with exhaustion, he had fallen asleep. The sight moved me. I j took him out, washed him, gave him । a spoonful of boiled egg, and let him i go. That roach never forgot my kindness, and now my home is full of I roaches.’ ” BREAKS A COLD PROMPTLY ■ The following formula is a never । failing remedy for colds: One ounce of Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla, one ounce Toris Compound and one-half pint of good whiskey, mix and shake thoroughly each time and use in doses of a tablespoonful every four hours. This if followed up will cure an acute cold in 24 hours. The ingredients can be gotten at any drug store. NINETY-EIGHT FEET SHY. rnufr if Mr. Gouty—Thank heaven. I’m not a centipede. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or ronatj. tutional disease, and tn order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hail’s Catarrh Cure is Uken internally. and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the ; mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. j F. J. CHENEY <fc CO., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. Take Hali’s Family Pills for constipation. A New Ailment. A South side four-year-old was not so full of mischievousness as usual. “What is the matter, Ethel?” asked her mother. “Aren't you feeling well?” “No’m,” replied the little miss. “I fink there mus’ be somefing wrong wif my liver and bacon.” —Kansa* City Times. ED GEERS, “The grand old man,” he is called for he is so honest-handling horses in races. He savs? “I 're use? SPOHN'S TSIST ‘ | I years, always wit^| only remedv I know ~. I -is ox ble having the disease/’ 50c and SI a bottle. All druggists, or manufacturers. Spohn Medical Co., Chemists, Goshen, Ind. Is This True? “I wouldn’t do for politics, I guess,” said the pretty girl. “I’d simply vote the way papa votes.” “In that,” remarked an observer, ! “you wouldn’t differ so very much from most men.” Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the //IT Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought A man may follow his natural bent and yet be perfectly straight. Lewis' Single Binder cigar—richest, most . satisfying smoke on the market. Your : dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, 111. He’s a poor expressman who is unable to deliver the goods.

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