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Palls aaa Juit It iaar* oM ralkar a amatt «trl to h—k attar a k-oaa but tkf*. bar tn«*th»r ha<J l.r..uahi hrr u|> <l> tbr .44 fa*at.T*4 to*r. aklrb pfaaup pac4 that at l> ***** atrl ahouM ba a ftniab. <1 b.ntar . it* Haaldaa, T.dty ha 4 tha aaatatatKP 4»f EJtaa, aha 4W th* I * •<) part at tha »« *f. at>4 tha a4vtr* at bar fatbar. ah-* hart aaaak traactlUn* (i th la tha lh»*r (hat woman h>- atlaottvaty ua4*r*taa4 about houaa kaapinc and that a* l»na »* (bar* aaa a rattle.atari bain* un-lrt tha rw«f tha a.»rh In man* myatartona nay arrow- P't>ha4 itaatf. Of rouraa hr (Irtaly ba- that aa a h. tiaahrapaf no «»n» toil 14 -ir |.ar<' with Polly* mot bar. Mt I could see the back of her head and her shoulder and one arm, which was bare to the elbow and looked very white in the moonlight. She was sitting in a window and I In the next one. but she was unaware of my presence. Should 1 speak to her? Our acquaint ance was really very slight. True. w « bad lived In the same house for neatly a year, but It was a lodging house, ftryl ♦he Inhabitants strayed put Into the neighborhood for their sustenance, thus lacking the common sorrow of a board ing house table to draw them tog.dhor. MlasCavstly and I exchanged greeting* when we met at the door or in the halls, but that hardly )u»tllled me In opening a conversation from nty window to h'rs at 1 O'clock In the morning, yet I want ed to do It. While I was debating tire question the lady was leaning far out from her lofty p.-rob—lt was the top story—and gazing upon the moon. "Have a . are, Miss Caverly." said I, "or you'll fall out of the window." Nothing could have been more likely I to precipitate such a catastrophe than my sudden and startling remark, but modern chivalrous man will put a lady to any amount of Inconvenience for the sake of seeming to perform a service for her. However, In this instance no harm came of it. The lady turned about has tily, but without alarm. ' What!" she cried, "Another victim of Insomnia?” Now, as a matter of fact, I had just come in and had made no attempt to J sleep, but I could not tell her that. It would have spoiled a conversation. So I said that sleep refused to visit my I pillow. ’ 1 "Sleeplessness is very distressing, she said, with the air of one who had suffered much. i I suggested that the night was too hot ! for sleep, but she averred that she did not mind hot weather. I might have had a lot of fun trying to find out what j d“mon of the mind was robbing this in- i nocent child of her slumber, but a knock ! at my door interrupted me. The visitor was Hallett Graves, another denizen of j the top floor, and he had come to bor- > «a h». Ml i<kat • littMi. ka tm kaa» •a.* (Nkt MMh* *a* a*la* tkiama py**- thM mm » t»*.. ttaana a *» aai»ap aaa* taw* a*4 kak* *M *#44l *« tk* u#k*aa w-4*k •** kM k# Makt ft- aat*» a«M nnpM baa* aanM aaamtf artb in* ts h ka4 a>-t kaap in that ntk«-n palk»a kh» wapM a «N*h «M* *• WiakaWNh thaka M». .... ' ~ ] ■d ‘ird (nloß * jHi "i n yk l -.U *• Xi VlijA-/|rl J < | 1 "ytr’ v j| &■- ' iV, I u/f ' d i IJ> w^gM vrsEsm -wW C y J° V\'#K j - i \ 1 'W THK MfCOVBRT or TMK OAT TATCH rvrll nwMfe • r«4ll Al firftl (bt b*>u«n*k«*-t*4i»| t*» gnmt fun. and •h* »*t#r#«f ih# flowrrt falih fttlljr. Hhr Fi rlnklctl tli*'U) in ih# inofti* Itia Hhfti »h<f rbi nil. and «]| day ah# to h# nan#. 'l*«lty RioOkrr'i frrtnluinf Imdi a (rid# dry.” Mr Cronatnfi would any wh«*n h# #«m# In at a*on **Tou rnumni fora* l (hr do wars T«»u know *•» di»- af»fn**»»i#d ah# would Imp If anything ahould hap|»* n to (ham.** **y#a. air I walarrd (h#m at*»ut an hour Polly would reply, "t*ut white | row’ matches. Graves was likely to borrow anything at any hour from any person and equally ready to lend. He said that he'd given up trying to sleep and was going out for a walk with Mr. and Mrs. Gale—also top 11. air peo ple who were In the same difficulty. “That accounts lor us all." said 1. and th-n I Informed Miss Civwly of the *,ic»s and asked If she would try tile efTeet of a midnight stroll, with Mrs. Gale for chaperon. She agreed readily, and in a few min utes we were all In the hall, which was hotter than an oven. 1 expressed til" belief that the street wouldn't be much cooler, and then some one suggested going to the roof. "It’s no good," said Graves. "Imt I'll tell you what we might do. There's a fire "scape balcony Just outside my win dow, and half a dozen steps lead up from it to th° roof of th" n“xt hous*. That's a fine place to sit. What do you ■ay?" It looked a good deal like burglary, and the ladles were timid, but the hall was too hot to permit of long argu ment. and very soon we all fled to our neighbor's roof. At first we were afraid to speak above a whisper, and the creaking of a metal plate on the roof sounded Ilk" heavy artillery, hut as the minutes passed and nothing happened we grew bolder. We brought some chairs from our rooms and made ourselves exceedingly com fortable. By and by we even .ventured to uplift our voices, very softly, in an old familiar chorus, a melancholy strain that seemed do make us all very blue. When the song was ended, Gale, whom I had long suspected of being a hypochondriac, began to tell us how much he suffered from Insomnia and to describe the Ineffectual attempts that he had made In the last four or five years to bring sleep to his pillow. It appeared also that Graves, who was a healthy looking young Englishman, had had only a wink or two of sleep since the first of the year. He admitted that he was in love, but doubted that that accounted for the phenomenon. As for THE AX7QUBTA TIMES HERALD. ank Mk aaitt tka kaap W nanalMa •kata. ***** ' omm a **• hat* Pmn hwawl tkat MN tbmmrn mm mm mmma tm •«« aa -mat tt> t>aNM*k ••*• kaikwl m *ta4 «Mt' 'fNM| •«• hbkt M» apNkkka* Ik* 4*n«a* iin apt Mm ak a Mb* mmm* mm an ' «h* pwttt a* ■»!*«*? wt'a—i N » MN koarafto •• •** khM a* ka am* ant. k*4 «•* w*4»to«4 tkat MPa W M P ’ mu** fk* taana fcmttMPk k*t tk> ; ,*rf« «toatpa4 k* (P 4»*«* A 4PkkM% ; *4*PI *kPk PNPt ka»* k> ka tka pa**» i of kaa twill Hi-'- (part *aa ywtiatom 1 to aty. ’ \\ "\ ' , i mnm 1 1,111,1 11 " " (Dip ndifd Mra I'a via at*out (h# How* 1 era. and tit# <4d tody aak#d: "Arp you aur# rou d«*n'( to wu t#r »h# flow era. !*«•!!>? l#ittP stria ar# i * i Hi. n*» m I wat**r Ihrm #v#ry day. * Folly aaa#rt#<« *1 n#v#f f«m*« Udt" Walt, pu{>|x)«p I n»m# In and look a( ft*, t hr* n#ar*iftht* d old lady pr#r#d al th# plant# and aa th#y a*-**tn*d damp 1 don't know unlaaa Isa worm* I at th# r*nda I n#ver waa mu* h «»f a | hand lor kt#|iing rt«»a#ra In th# h*»ua#. but your mx will h# horn# In a day or j air*. Qtl«. ah# almply could not al##p at all. 4*h# lw*!i<*v»**l that th# locality waa I unh.Mllhful and Intimated that F'W ! avenue and It. vicinity, especially If I one owned a residence there, would I probably solve the problem of slumber. Now. as a matter of fact. I sleep bet - ! ter than the avarajte of my species, but j I have a natural disinclination to ap | l« ar tnrsp ilrnced In matters that are j under discussion In a general company, I go I told a few fanciful yarns that put me within the. pale of sympathy, and I was very much gratified to observe that they Impressed Miss Cavrrly. This young woman, whose beauty as ! she sat there In the moonlight I then 1 appreciated for the first time, was tue only one of us to exhibit any reticence. I Dlls circumstance led me to the eon* fusion that she was the one who c-aily i knew what Insomnia was, and I felt a I strong curiosity regarding her case. She j se-med to he In good health, and I could I not believe that the childlike Innocence I of her face was a mask for any weighty ! secret, much less for any deep regret. ! It was an Interesting problem. VVe sat on that roof till I o'clock In j the morning. I do not know how the others fared during the remaiprter of the night, but. aB ,l,r ,n, ‘- 1 Bl <Pt like a dead titan, and when the servant waked me us U! uni at s o'clock I threatened to ; shoot him. However, when the Insomnia club, aa | ileaves had named It drifted Info a I meeting on tno following midnight I ... quit ready to take my place. They Pie. t,.,| rnc president of the elub, and j then I had to keep awake If It killed me. Yet I am free to 'confess that If the I lender sentiments with whlrh I was beginning to regard France* Cavrrly : had been lacking 1 could never hnve kept awake during that session. A whisper of our doing got abroad in j the house, and for the third meeting we ; had guests—a young man and two | young women from the second floor. I They expressed « great enthusiasm for i the ( lub. but they wore not on hand for the fourth session. Instead they retired I about half past H, presumably to make up for lost sleep, as I was informed by Mrs. Cale, who had a woman's faculty for knowing sll about everybody else in the house. For that fourth meeting I fortified my soul with black coffee at dinner and strong cigars In the course of the even ing. I had begun to realize thal the club would be the ruin of my health if H continued to flourish, and yet I was willing to make even that sacrifice for the sake of those delightful hours with Frances Caverly. I couldn't get any other chance to see her. She taught in a summer school and spent her evenings in study that the work required, a most laborious life. How she could bear It without sleep by night was a problem that began to en gage my serious attention. On the oc casion of the club’s fifth meeting I sug gested to her about 2 o'clock In the morning that she ought to retire, speak ing of her health in solicitous terms. "I couldn’t sleep anyway,” said she. tat. Ptopy MN» «p Pf* bkap »kPfM* • kat MM *tk ' yk* pp aai kPba*n M«'k*ki A Nf |p| IH* fhto*| • khhktot *■§«• »kat tka athal Aa KM* •••> MM tkM k* = t**a Map* bakto •»«* mm* M*«4 •* . miAMti *1 Nbt AMitM* hh A NAP Mthpaf *a»» tap hk* hinpM pNh* «P» «M m A mrnm ..<**»aaMi «• *A» «* AAAI Mattt A aaaakttototo MI h» PAt ka **a*ka| NMt ppappato ha tab* ba* tm Ika a*M tmrnm *kkk *•# htAt mm .4..* a«4 n-M kbPb «ka «*»tAA mm a itth I* bar h»Pto fbhty MNt at lb» nlwAwa AbtfMl * tip Atmithl aarntA aaf ■fbiul,. -Mtaaa wnaA. INky * aaM ka» Iktkat aka **•# *a hap>» ak*M f«*«M kw ****** a* ka AM Mwat mabtaa *•*-* t«A ap AM >Nnp pup* N* p a* 4M HP kaal a* <*nAA Maa » thtak'A I am* *a# »'4 p#t a Nth AN nma* aataa aA UP pNM* TN*a aataa 4*»> tktof mmm a*t twt tbMM» " rwtt 4*4 Ah aka *a» ttohA bp aka b*A mH ttohpMM PPANtm-at kaf MN to* Up bnaMr as kat fAaala ht «•>!*# •“Ifa na« aaa*'lN A»a»*« htma aka ta a-kat>4Ua |ka«a Man i>aaat«w* l*»n baarA aabl that •***»» M *NM UP that aa I glaa »»«•* M tkaaa that 'a *ato4 ak4 Map aA4 bltM »P*4t-4 a*4 thry am **A •»*»»* >a Up baaAa «f tha •kkaAL* Tkaa Up a—atp* «A 4 M4y a rat Ntta AMMM atorr tka Aarh fcta tnrtra at l.4ba aNn »b* kaA hawaa ta to* «>■*raaaftit aith Aaarr* r>-"» n-a maarnfaHy twm*mmrt*4 Un ih- Hahtty a attotrta* aiat wu»A* scat prayata talc* aa bap| ft*f) at*ai a*A pownp-p brrartf that all Up P»»N ahbh hat (at har had ai.ra hr I dtoflaa tha araah f.w raiidr ibouid *»• lata **at hwaAtot a mlaabiaary N»a. Pka »»a* a apt afar tha tb.aari aad hail It I tha llatofl to nb|art to tha rathar •loraaly manaar la a hi. h KHaa AW th* an.-tof.ln* Ktlaaa «* fallih* aaa a d l«l n< 1 1 nation to *at Into romars ar nwff rambfiamr farntinra. PalurAay ataatn* hoarrar. Mm Cm ant cm arU*a4 N>ma Ok. h«.a alad thay war* to aa* har* Wall. Prdly.'* •*ld Mia tYanaton aa •non aa ahr had datlvatwA all tha maa aa*aa and prcaant* (mm Aunt Hatty. -h«w arr my lloaar#’ I hop rw didn | for*al lo watar thamf' -Mn.” vultthtaarad I’ollya fathar. 1,1,.. nine h.rw dlraptMlniad and m.wtl tbni tha uttla *iri frit ovar har failura "Polly ha* tandad |.> your llonrra real (allhful rarlhrr. but I gu-m. on airount of lha »aalhar bam* ao warm, thry aaam aort of dmpj.” • Oh. I'm a.rry! 1 think 111 *•» la nml look at tham." Har ayparlanrrd ajrr pan nail tha plnnta. Htaa fait tha earth In one of lha pota with bar Bnger. “1 might better be here, wher* I can en- ' Joy myself Hhe laughed nervously as she spoke, and her manner made me even more anxious about her than I had been be fore. Though I was deeply sensible of the obligations of delicacy. I could not , help regarding It as my duty to offer j some advice and aid, bul I couldn't do It without knowing what was the mat ter. She did not resent such efforts aa I made to solve the problem, yet she would tell me no more than that there watt a secret at the Isittwin of It What (Or,l secret could be 1 was unable to ’ gueas. 1 felt very confident however, that she would reveal It lo me if I could get u chance to talk with her alone, but the Inaomnia dub did not provide that opportunity. Mrs. Gale was the most ■ WE CREPT BY HIM UNOBSERVED. efficient ehaperort that it ever was my ill luck to encounter. She would not have me lead Miss Caverly into any nook or corner for a tete-a-tete. Every New Yorker must remember the extraordinary succession of hot and cloudless days. With nights of breath less calm, that made this particular September a meteorologicaj phenome ’ACM ka* tbtpk *kbaa dad Mm PM ok «*■»♦•' «k* atkiw* imUmpm * a «pm*M4 *m mm mtmm" mm****- mg tbMi AiiMkatw AN.* M*to t I»aum Maktod A* Mp «r*<*< t* AkMk UP Atohatopafa «*mcA. Up* mwa* **a ban a* up *f ka*a *P«P «A Mm* 4NM»» ran nUP m mm •*• wot* umpM® pm maa Mi 11-Hill.WA Aatoh In Pa* MMN* tka ba .. Maa a*a« kkhk Up Awaa** «M«* It «*• a ntlN A**% adapta «AAiN •rk i aapat*" tbbMfi Mr* t Yana ton m AWM •* MAAktar *AI Ml awPk a ii jar Up* AMhl mmm’ Wht fto* la* ka** tpatt utnkf tka Ato**«to aatu |«a k#*a faP««# A fftok •* oat* u*kt ikmU ta* dmin* tuw* fW* M**“ TTim A remei Hud • tuil to lon* T«« cekbrdtcd quite in tons. And all the people gA/cd on high To •« the cook! in the bky. Some Mid the toil wn only dtt*l And thut some lime it Aurely mu»t Fall in the Min And be comumcd. (1 hr«e people thought the comet doomed.' Some said. " Tt» btit illumined Air ThAt gleam* behind, like ttreatning hair, Bccauac," they «aid. perhaps in (un. It never could swing round the *un" And some looked wise and notliing said. But gravely shook each learned head, As though each knew but was afraid To tell of what the tail was made. non My recollection .does not supply 1 toe with a time when the Insomnia dub could have mot for so many consecutlvo nights In a whole week we did not inlas one, and It wo* upon the eighth night that the Incident happened which brought affairs to a climax The meeting was proceeding as usual. There was one guest, a young lady to whom Graves was devoting hlins df w itn as much assiduity as the vigilance of Mr*. Gale would p-rmlt Ml** *'overly and I were sitting on the edge of the hatch that covered the stairway leading up from the garret Suddenly I felt it tremble under us. I thought at first that It was giving way. Then I heard the rumble of a hu man voice Itelow. We all heard II and the Insomnia «lub was In a panic. "Hold the villain down'”crled Graves, and, gathering th" belongings "f the club with wonderful celerity, he hurled them upon the tire escape balcony. Thither the Gales and the guest had al ready fled. “Go it, Graves!” said I. “We’ll fol low." Miss Caverly had remained loyally by my side. Mm topmahki UP ***** MM ***** •to*. ) Ntomt* MN •*»«•> *b tk* *a«h I to»to»APapA Up ■**»«** naU At**, kt .Map 'bad MMi • k in *“•- •tnl ***** tka lAMWk •***• MM* k*4 11 at* UP kt *k**k fk» • nab* »* MUDkIMt htd Pf" UP Win **♦ UN -at atrato <rdn M IP MM* tkat *•*<** tot mk kU W tk* ♦**•• k*d M*P*t4"* a*A <m* tkatf *a* ap t*i maa Up -to.ta* •**** thay b*tP»A «*U* * P** * INMHI A*4 that ta Up Ika* IM»f Aakr* wap b* War Nn apUp* r**a pAwatt aa* AMI. tkfWA M aa* tkt*f ai CM* naH nmb a wrt* tU a*U that M *ai t*Mta« Uk# up* imp 4 a |*wa *4 tipan n*M UP«**b «*r 4mta| tm* .«4*>t ‘ AM. * l*K W«W | ‘ We'll never get to that balcony after j we let go of this thing ' ahe whtspeied. 1 "We'll he discovered " •'Hun for It now.” I replied. "I H j take my chances.” • I will do no such thing.” *he re* I turned with energy. "Then we'll both try a run for that chimney." I whispered. "Now!” \vv released the hatch and Ib'd on ! tiptoe for the shelter I had Indicated, i ii was lucky that we didn't try to go 1 farther, for within three seconds that i hab-h rose Into the air aa if a bomb i had exploded under It. A head appeared, and a voice said: '•Adi' Gut!" A man climbed out upon Hie roof. | He waa of ample proportions and of a i German type so pronounced a* to lie unmistakable even In the faint light of a waning moon. He brought a camp chair and u huge pipe with him and Immediately proceeded to make himself comfortable. Mies t’averly and I tk’erc prisoners. ' It I* perfectly dreadful!" ahe wills* pered. ”11 Is tb* first chance 1 vr ever bad to say a word to you alone." I replied. "Thank heaven, we arc now beyond the reach of chaperon*!'' And I Immediately begun to nttack the secret of that trouble which was Hi ■ root of her ext rant dinury sleeplessness. It was necessary to show at the outs t ttiat my interest In her wus deep and sincere, anil, so for a* the secret was concerned* I did not adv.tn* •■ beyond that point When I hud finished proving to her lhat her welfare wa* my dearest concern In Hie world, her head was on inv shoulder. Then our lips touched, and 1 forgot that there hud ever been a weereL Tho German went to rleep at a Quar ter after 4 and we er#pf by him un observed. The other Insomniacs were anxiously awaiting' us. We all that this Incident dissolved the club, and we parted for the night with ex pressions of deep sorrow and regret. For iny own part, aside from the nat ural Joy which filled my soul, I was greatly relieved by the thought of the clubs demise. I owed that Gorman a double debt of gratitude. No longer would It be necessary for me to steep myself In black coffee. A fellow can sec the girl that he Is engaged to with out so much trouble. That very morning before day had fully dawned I threw a small coffeepot out of my window and laid aside u brawn paper bag with what remained of my store erf coffee for my landlady. When I came out into the hall next morning, Frances was just ahead of me. I called to her. and she turned abottt. 1 tried to take both her hands, but she hpld one of them behind her, concealing something. “It’s nothing at all,” she said, "only a little coffee I happened to have. I was go'ng to give It away.” ■■And Is that the awful secret that drove sleep from your pillow?” I de manded. 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A (rntl. man Iwina In the .bop, tb* *hop m. mW. What I* tham for dlanrr. my rblMT* to which *h» repllrd, "Tw* r*d her Unit*- After the »lr»B*er» depart ura thd m .n rebuhed hi* rhlld for '»!«»• n« their (Niverty. blddlna her for ihe futufa to any aomethtnit lartter when aaked a tolmllar queatl-n. dwiii afterwanl an opportunity arrtr« ed. and when the fa|her arkcW la tha prepme of a third peraoa. • Whafa far dinner. I*..llyr the HUM *lrl. »!*hln* to .-arry «»ut her father* Inrl ru* tloikM anawered promptly. "A whale, father! "T*» " ahe »*ld; ”1 might a* well cone fe«*. i am really a sound sleeper, bug I liked the club. It gave me a rhanc# of seeing, -some one—l—l cared for. You understand?" . .. For answer I took • brown paper ba# of coffee from the aide pocket of my cost. __ _ Railroad* In Hawaii. Thetc are three railroad* In the Ha waiian Island*. The Kahulul railroad, the Hawaiian railroad. In the Island of Hawaii. I* about 20 miles long. The*# two roads are lined principally lo carry the product* of th.' plantation* to th# various isdnts of shipment. The prin cipal road In these islands 1* the Oahu Hallway and 1-and Company line, which runs from Honolulu to Waianae, the to* tul length. Including sidings, being Mhs miles. This road «us opened for traf fic July 1. 1890. since which time It# business has shown a steady Increase, both In Its passenger and freight traf -11,.. j ,ust year the road carried 5.,.5J« passenger*, receiving a revenue of $30.- <»p:« 60 06.4:10.4M tons of freight were car ried. earning *69,752.76. Th.' equipment 11 insists of & locomotive*, H pawenger coaches and 132 freight cars. The road IS bonded for *2,000.000 at 6 per cent., with $700,000 worth or stock, which is ta be Increased to $1,500,000. At present Hawaii has to Import al most everything she uses, having been heretofore entirely taken up With the raising of sugar, the entire crop of which comes to the United States. The I 'nit i>d States In 139« took 99.64 per cent of her exports and sold her 76.27 of all Imports The desire Is that everything should go from the United States. The reason more goods have not been bought f,.„m the United Slates was because the .tariff only averages 10 per cent, which is not discrimination enough on soma articles. Oldest and Best. It Is not generally known that the star spangled banner of the United States is older than any one of the present Hags of the great European powers. It was adopted in 1777 by the congress of the 13 colonies of North America, then at war with the mother country. The yellow and red Spanish flag came out in 1785; the French tricolor was adopted In 1794; the red English emblem, with the union jack In the upper corner, dates from 1801; the Sardinian (now the Italian) flag first fluttered In 1848; the Austila- Hungurlan flag was one of the conse quenees of the compromise of 1867; the present German flag first appeared In 1871. and the Russian tricolor Is quite a recent affair. The only modification that the Ameri can flag has undergone since its origin consists in the addition of a new star every time a new state is taken Into the Union.