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» r E6c Making o/ Books •Oh, that min• enemy would make a book. Conducted By R W Me Ad am J ^Jntfer the Cfiihp “1 %ith Late BooRsJ Coniston. 'T~ OR our (part we should hav* preferred that Mr. Wins ton Churchill's "After word” had been a "Fore- ward" to his novel, "Con iston." To have known through all our long ac quaintance of five hundred and forty-odd pages wHh Jethro Bass that that ec centric and surly old cur mudgeon who never his whole life through had it ■percolate Into his heavy understanding that there was such a re quirement of civilized existence as what is commonly termed "manners.” and pos sessed but such a short-sighted compre hension of the consideration the world demands of each human being; to have known that, this character, coarse-fibercd and uninteresting as he was, was not imaginary lait out of actual New England history a few years after the civil war—It would have made a difference. We are convinced that it should have been a foreword, for beyond a. doubt history has a deeper and more compelling inter est than mere fiction. Jethro Bass, it appears from the afterword, did exist, and as "typical of an era,” as the author says, becomes more than the mere puppet of fancy, and learning this too late we experience a sort of self-reproach that we dip not cultivate him with more ardor through all those first chapters when, we .ire constrained to confess, despite .he presence and the fine skill of the author, we were near to slighting the acquaint ance. Mr. Churchill has adapted his style mar velously well to the story he has to toll; the simple, rugged life of the moun tain people he writes about could not he pntmod in the brilliant colors or with the panic brushes as the scenes In "Rich ard Carvel," and the humor of "The Ce lebrity” is necessarily lacking as im possible to the New England character. The author has had perforce to foil aw that first of the rules of good breeding, and adapt himself to his company, and most excellently well has he done it, and what these country folk lack in live, mov ing interest he makes up in a quaint pleasantry which suggests the style and dignity of the writer of some decades ago. "Coniffon" Is a political novel, and we venture (it cannot be said positively, of course) a faithful presentation of the situation in New England at the time- after an exhaustive study of "the flies of Tlie Tribune.” to which such frequent reference is made. Mr. Churchill's entry into politics may have lost him some what, but the gain has been undeniable; If his literary tool chest was before weil- stoeked It has received a complement of instruments of such edge and temper the w erie lie now can do is of another sort from that which had already shown him a master craftsman. The Woodchurch session, a famous session of the legisla ture in a state the. name of which is not given but none the less known, is an intrigue, the machination of the deep and silently working mind of the mighty Jethro, W'ho from his position behind the window curtain of the "throne room" watches the movements of the world out side and makes and unmakes men at will. And it is the keen perception and knowl edge of things of public concern coupled with the adroit skill of the artist; it is Mr. Churchill, .the trained (politician as well as literateur. We are free to say the vulgar hench man of Judge Bass and the unscrupulous politicians all who fill the rotunda of "The Pelican” blue with smoke and with a something else as stifling to moral as the former to material sense, interest us in so far only that the story could not proceed without them—that they are forced upon us is distasteful to the ex tent that they become unbearable except as “typical of the era." Yet it is the political side of the story that makes it what it is, a truly great piece ot work. Nor is the romance anything short; rather is it most artistically conceived and executed—so perfect in detail and in drawing that Cynthia Ware and Cynthia Wethere.ll merge unconsciously one into the other in our recollection as they se ml ed to do in the affections of Jethro Bass. The love that was in the beginning is bore, true, noble, deathless, the love of man for woman, and woman for man, and if he who ruled the state through nefarious practices was a boor and a high-handed robber, yet his love was pure and tender as that of the best, even of Robert Worthington, who is hero enough to be made star actor in another and different drama. Cynthia—Cynthia Ware or Cynthia Wetherell. either or lxith—is the type of heroine that stamps a story good or indifferent, and lives. It is a book whose merits are not to be weighed quickly, but one that will as sert itself and take its own iplace with our best fiction.—The Macmillan Com pany, publishers. New York. Superseded. Henry Holt &. Company, in a publish ers' note introducing M'iss May Sinclair's little story, “Suspended,” makes the statement that Miss Sinclair expressed FOLLOW THE FUG. r r :1 CHEAP C0L0NI8T RATES To OREGON. WASHINGTON, MONTANA. BRITISH COLUMBIA. NEVADA. UTAH. WYOMING. NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA. COLORADO And CALIFORNIA POINTS. Round Trip HOME-SEEKERS EXCUR SION to many points West. Drop postal card for particulars. F. W. GREEN. D. P. A.. Wabash R. R.. Louisville. Kit tile desire to have it republished in America, considering it the best of her work previous to "The Divine Fire,” which goes to emphasize the very ap parent fact that 'it is another story of purpose, being clearly and with no ef fort at the round-about, an attack upon the methods of female education in Eng land, or, more strictly speaking, Eon- don and particularly the sacrifice of nilddle-aged and old-fashioned teachers to the modem demands, which can only be met in yourng women with modern training. Miss uQIncy, 45 and looking 50, little and shrinking, and realizing that her twenty-five years' service at St. Sider- ell’s has at its end earned her no more than tolerance until she can be gotten rid of, has her foil in the magnificent Miss Rhoda Vivian. Miss Vivian at 23 possesses the world, so far as it exists for her—radiant and pervading beauty; superabundant health, remarkable fa- m'lliarity with languages, being "classic al mistress;” handsome clothes, the fa vor of the head, the dread Miss Cursiter, and—the love of the tparagon. Dr. Caut- ley. Miss Vivian lives In a very afflu ence of earth's joys; what would be work to another is simply so much in tellectual play to her. Miss Quincy ekes out a narrow and starved existence, studying, into the night and clinging wildly With her feeble hold, in deadly fear that she may be forced to let go, and dumbly determined that she will never do it. Tlie contrast Is complete, and the at tachment taht grows up between the wo men pathetic—only pathetic, until to ward the end is shown how each has contributed to the development of the other. As could only be. Miss Vivian has decidedly the better of it all the way through; and the unfairness, the very smallness and littleness of the existence to which life has consigned Miss Quin cy, fills us with an impotent raging against the same old things we rage at for first one experience and then an other, and for which there is no mend ing. nor even any hope of ever under standing. There could he but one ending, inevi table and .predestined from the begin ning of all m'istake and tanigledness of life, and ns with Bastian and Rhoda wo stand by poor little Miss Quincy's grave, they "trying ndt to look too happy," we find that we can > scarce smile at all at thetr happiness, so numb is our heart at the hardness and the injustice to that other poor, cheated existence. In this simple annal the author foreshadows the strength of "The Divine Fire." Edgar Saltus. Tn a. recent survey o'f American litera ture George Moore found only three com. mendable writers—Poe. Wait Whitman and Edgar Saltus. In praising Saltus he remarked that he i snot now read. But it would be difficult for Saltus to lie rend. It Is not that the demand for his books is lacking or that they are what is termed out of print. Their publication has been legally enjoined. Saltus is the author of at least two dozen books. Of these twenty were handled by a house that failed. From the ruins a new com pany emerged. Saltus objected to its methods. He continued to object until the court of appeals, in sustaining him, restrained the company from further publication of his wares. Then and since other houses offered to take them over. But Saltus, regarding the m as juvenila, declined to allow them to reappear. That is why he is not read. He is beginning again, however, and the first of a series of new novels has just been published by the J. B. Lippincott Company, Phila delphia. It is called “Vanity Square," and is a story of Fifth avenue lire. Benson’s Latest Success. According to The London Book Month ly, "The Angel of Pain," by E'. F. Ben son, was first on the list of best-selling books in England during April. In Canada it ranked high among the most popular books for May. and in the United States It also appeared on thtj list of best sellers. The American publish ers, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadel phia, have on press a third edition of this novel. . John Calvin. Professor Will 1st on Walker’s "John Calvin," published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, is abundantly justified in making Its appearance. Among other justifica tions there is this one: For well-nigh fifty years no biography of this dougnty organizer of reformed Protestantism has appeared in English. The a.ttitude of Protestants toward Calvin has changed much In half a cen tury: and documents discovered of recent years afford the biographer some new facts. On both these scores the volume will be looked forward to with interest as to the author's attitude toward his sublet. Professor Walker has not written as a partisan, but tells his story in a calm and objective fashion. The illustrations fn his book are abundant, and have been chosen 'With great care. They afford an admirable pictorial setting to the life of the subject of the biography. ' Earthquake Pictures. “Glimpses of the San Francisco Disas ter,” published by Laird & Lee, Chica go, contains 116 half-tone reproductions from original photographs, describing graphically the scenes which followed the havoc in the beautiful Golden Gate City and tlie earthquake zone. These vivid pictures, with the realistic descriptions, constitute a complete and accurate history of the great catastro phe. Numerous general views of the ruined city are given, both during tlie progress of the conflagration and cio.-e after the quake. Other cities in the earthquake zone are Included—Oakland, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Napa, Salinas, are all represented in this collection, to gether with many.views of the Leland Stanford, Jr., university buildings, both before and after the earthquake. Citizenship and the Schools. An interesting and sugestive book by a widely known public man and scholar is "Citizenship and the Schools," by Professor Jeremiah W. Jenks, of Cor nell, published by Henry Holl & Co. Professor Jenks is already favorably known as a frequent contributor on\ economic and political questions, and lias been chosen by our government as an expert investigator of trusts and adviser to the department of labor, as well as special investigator for the war depart ment of currency, labor, taxes and po lice in the Orient, while Mexico and China were glad to have him reform their currencies. Throughout the new book runs the thought of the possibility and desira bility of combining with the practical sense and dynamic vigor of the success ful business man and politician the noble ideas of the best civil life, and the au thor insists upon the duty of making real and vital to the child in the publfc schools his obligation to the state, and indicates how this can be done. His sub jects include: "The Social Basis or Education,” "Training for Citizenship,’’ "Tlie Making of Citizens," "Relation of Public Schools to Business," “Education for Com merce," "The Far East % " “Free Speech in American Universities,” “A Critique of Educational Values," “Policy of the State Toward Education," "School Book Legislation." Magazine Melange. Before you get through the first chap ter of "The Life and Times of And’-«tv Jackson," which appears In the July num ber of Watson's Magazine, you feel that not only do you know Jackson, his fam ily and his anteccndants, but that you are going to keep up the acquaintance, though Jackson is just the kind of young man elders and parents must have held up as a sad example. "As you follow the narrative of Andrew Jackson's care’-’-.” says his new biographer, "you will hear him say many things that you -do not approve, will see him do many things ivhieh you cannot applaud, but when vo.t recall that at the very topnotch of hit success and pride his heart stayed in the right place—you will forgive him much tn his life that was harsh and cruel and- utterly wrong." There Is no more delightful incident In the life of that most delightful of men. Robert Louis Stevenson, than the friend ship beginning in his early days and lasting all his life between Stevenson and Jules Simoneau. keeper of a little Bohemian restaurant in Monterey, Cal M. Simoneau still lives in Monterey, his greatest treasures being his memories of Stevenson, and some precious letters and a set of Stevenson’s works sent by the> anithor. each volume having on the flv- leay a typical inscription and autograph. Julia Scott Vroomnn was fortunate enough to gain from Simoneau his own story of tlie days with Stevenson; and her .record of the old man's reminis cence s—adding a valuable chapter to Stevensoniana—Is one of the features of the July Century. There Is a distinctly American tone to tlie 'July number of The Reader, from the red, white and blue cover to the hen pecked husbandi joke on the last page. Arthur Colton contributes the opening ar. tieie. in which. under the title, "The Country God Made.” he travels with pack and Ataff through the land just over ho Sierras, moralizing and philosophizing so delightfully that a memory of Stevenson is unavoidably awakened. The article, styled a "travel essay,’’ is announced as the first of a series by Mr. Colton. Bran- dor Matthews contributes a discussion of racial characteristics under the title. "Americans and British.” In this paper Professor Matthews approaches his sub ject from a new angle, and In a semi- serious, semi-humorous manner, tells where the American differs 'from his British cousin and why he should be •proud of the difference. There is a dec laration of independence air to this "pa triotic contrast” that makes It peculiarly timely. William Archer, probably the greatest English authority on Henrik Ib- s. n and his dramas, tells most intimately and entertainingly of "Ibsen as I Knew Him." The article was prepared several months ago. with the understanding that it be held until after. Ibsen's death. This is a notable contribution and will prove valuable to the many A |ei ican admir ers of Ibsen. One of the most important literary events of the season is the beginning of a new serial 'by Mary E. Wilkins I* ree- man in Harper's Weekly. In "By the Light of the Soul” 'Mrs. Freeman has written what she believes to be her most important work of fiction. She lias con trived a plot of singular originality and absorbing interest, and she develops it with cumulative dramatic Intensity; yet not content with this, she has made this latest story of hors an engrossing and poignant revelation of the growth of a young girl’s soul. In the character of the intensely emotional, sensitive, and noble Marla Edghani, Mrs. Freeman has drawn a jiersonality as lovable as It is haunting and pathetic. The truth about Dowie is told In a feature art; -le in The Home Magazine for July, It records the actual facts in tlie rise and tall of John Alexander Dowie and makes clear the cause which gave this remarkable frenzied financier and religious mountebank the mastery over forty thousand people and twenty- five million dollars. It tells how he schemed like a conscienceless promotor, played politics with the bosses, imposed on the credulous like a vender of patent medicines, built a city and took the deeds in his own name; displayed the organiz ing ability of a Rockefeller, a Gates or a Morgan, and love of the spectacular of a P. T. Barnum, and how he finally fell into disrepute when the love of gold overw.hielmed him and carried him into excesses for which he has rightfully been condemned. The author of the article is Mr. James Osman, who lived in Zion City, where he ferreted out the truth about Dowie. The article is elaborately illustrated. and possible remedies or certain prcs’cnt day conditions, such as pauperism, suf frage, immigration, taxation and party politics. His book apptared serially, dur ing the pist winter, in The Springfield Republican, where it attracted wide at tention. The World's Work for July is the an nual uplift number which makes an ade quate measure of the country's moral, artistic and educational advance, for in spite of adverse criticism there has been great progress. Tlie July Country Life in America Is essentially a midsummer number. The author of -Little Lord Fauntleroy, Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, tells us about tier home in Kent and "An American Author's English Ha-Ha.” We learn of a "Swimming Pool at Cornish"' that is both 'practical and ornamental, through Frances Duncan. "Some Secrets of Lawn Tennis Skill," by J. Parnily Paret, is re markable for the 'picture of Fred Alex ander volleying at the net. I>r. James A. Henshall describes for us "The Gray ling: The Lauy of the Streams" in his usual entertaining manner. "Cruising on the Maine Coas.," toy William Lamoert Barnard, gives a practical description of how to go a.oout suc'n a cruise. Publication Notes. Messrs. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. have in press a new book by Charles F. Dole, entitled "The Spirit of Democracy, ’ which critics have pronounced one of the clearest and most searching studies of popular government that has ever been presented. Mr. Dole’s attitude is that of an impartial analyist in search of causes Edwin Markham and Florence Morse Kingsley are near neighbors and friends; in fact, Mrs. Kingsley's last novel, "The Resurrection of -viiss Cynthia," is dedi cated to him. This novel and its im mediate predecessor, "The Transfigura tion of Miss Ph'lura,” develop her new and hopeful philosophy of "the infinite supply." A NEW OFFER The Finest Yet 1 he Tri-Weekly Constitution - one year The Eontiiern Cultivator - - - one year ONLY $1.00 Gearge Barr McCutcheon, with his wife, sailed from New York on June I for an extended European trip. His new book, "Cowardice Court," has been one of the best sellers this spring, and prom ises to be one of the leaders this summer. The regular eomHnaticn price is $1.25, hut wc are going to offer yon the two papers—the South’s Greatest Tri-Weekly Newspaper and the South 'b Greatest Farm Paper—for a few weeks at $1.00. TWO papers at the price of ONE. Miss Carolyn Wells sailed for Europe on June 7. This is Miss Wells' first Eu ropean trip. The latent book from Miss Wells' pen is the very amusing "Ru baiyat of a Motor Car, published this spring by Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co. The story of life in college circles is admiragly told by an anonymous writer in the entertalnifg novel entitled "In the House of Her Friends," Just issued by Robert Grier Cooke, Inc., New York. This book is one of the most thoroughly well- written volumes of fiction, especially strong in Us subtle delineations of cnar- acter, skillfully achieved by a masterly hand that is guided by the power to assume different points of view. THINK OF IT! Tales was a year old in May. Devoted entirely to translations of stories from foreign languages, this unique monthly published In its first year 198 stories, translated from fourteen languages, rep resenting seventeen distinct nations and literatures. Tlie year included these trans lations; French 64, German 46, Russian 21, Italian 19. Spanish 10, Hungarian 6, Danish 5. Swedish. Norwegian, Dutch. 3 each; Polish 2, Persian, Turkish, Jap anese, I each. Fourteen of the stories were novels of book length. A Ilttlp book, light as a bubble and easily read at a. sitting, comes from Miss Alice Brown, .which will Inveigle the reader by- i-ts title, and capture him by its interest and attractive appearance. The Court of Love” (Houghton Mifilin & Co.) is irresistible In its comedy, laughable in Its absurd situations, and kindly in its attitude toward modern life. There is, of course, a lovely girl, and it is her peculiar whims and fancies that lead to the curious entanglements which concern all the characters, to say noth ing of tile reader. This bit of fun and humor is a distinct departure from Miss Brown's stories c< New England life, and partakes more of the character of a Howells farce. “Prehistoric North America" is the title of the volume by Professors W. J. Mc Gee and Cyrus Thomas shortly to appear in the series of The History of North America, published by Barrie & Sons, of Philadelphia. Little need be said on the score of the authors' special prepared ness for the work. Their eminent labors In the field of anthropology a nd ethnolo gy have equipped them .with an almost unapproachable intimacy with the sub ject. It is natural, therefore, that the publication of their magnum opus is awaited by scholars -with enthusiastic interest. This volume will give the gen eral reader access to som P of the most fascinating rexsords of our oon/tlnent. Hitherto no such work has appeared, in deed has not bee npossible; for adequate records were not available until the com pletion of recent explorations, which has been awaited in order to enable the au thors to complete their study in such a degree as to furnish the story of the an. clent peoples and civilizations of North America. The Texas Wonder. Cures all Kidney, Bladder and Rheumatic troubles; sold by all druggists, or two months' treatment by mail for $1.00. Dr. E. W. Hall. 2930 Olive st.. St. Louis, Mo. Leaves from an Old Scrap Book Continued from Second Rage and which might now, in 1863 be most aptly placed in the mouth of some north ern patriot. In 1776 America declared its independ ence of Great Britain, and in 1777 an ad dress of congratulation was brought up in the house of lords and intended to be presented to hi s majesty upon the prog ress of the war, and to show how ready the people of England were to back up, and on the occasion Bord Chatham, though infirm, went down to the house and said: “Let us open our eyes to the disaster which threatens us. The people whom we lately spurned as rebels is now our avowed enemy. We have not to wage war against bandits and against bri gands, but against undaunted and vir tuous patriots. You cannot make them respect you. You call them rebels. What are they rebels for? Surely not for de fending their unquestionable right. Your trade . languishes. your taxes increase, your revenues diminish; gold at this mo ment is at forty-two premium. And why? Because you wish to continue this cruel, vindictive and self-destroying war. Their subjection is not to be acquired by force of arms; their affection may be acquired by reconciliation and justice. ’ (Cheers.) These very words, continued Sir Robert Peel—and they were spoken in 1777 by Lord Chatham—were applicable to the war in America at the present mo ment. He believed, as he had said, that emancipation was more’ iikely to follow separation than union, and he should, as a member of parliament, be glad to be able to look back to 1863, and say that he belonged to a government, headed by a man who was the most popular states man that ever ruled the destinies of Eng- A Farmer’s Newspaper every other day, .almost equal to a daily, and the South’s premier semi-monthly Agricultural Paper, with its Field, Inquiry, Home, Poultry, Dairy, Live Stock Departmsnts, and other features. See these two splendid books, worth their weight in gold. SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW! The offer will be withdrawn shortly—this is yonr chance. “Weiss' Commentary on the New Testa ment" has just been published by the Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York. Professor Bernhard Weiss, of Berlin, is numbered’ among the foremost living New Testament scholars. This work may be said to be the crowning effort of his long and crowded life. While the work is not encumbered with an abundance of archeological and similar outside mat ter, that may or may not add to the clearness of the interpretation, its re sults are based on the best scholarship of the day in every particular. In fact, as Professor Sceberg, or Berlin, says, “The terseness of the master no less than the sodateness of the erudite schol ar, and the unfailing tact of the man, \v7io for more than a generation has fol lowed the calling of teacher, give his work an almost unique value." It is thoroughly evangelical and is not a work about the Bible, but is one that directly introduces us to the Bible. “TEN ACRES ENOUGH.” The book, “ Ten Acres Enough, ’ ’ contains 250 pages with illustrations, and is a re vised edition of the book, Which Was so well circulated more than 40 years ago. It was at one time styled “The Romance of the Farmer, ’ ’ and with rqad by ail prosperous farmors. It treats es pecially on the gardhii, truck in d berry crops. Both XU# Southern Cultivator, Tlis Tri weekly Constitution one year and “Ten Acres Enough,” all three for $1.50. “AGRICULTURE FOR THE COMMON SCHOOLS. By the late Dr. Jas. B. Hunni- cutt, former Editor Southern Cultivator. The Is a new edition containing 70 illustrations and 250 pages. The printing and binding, as well as the paper is of excellent quality. This book iS also one of great vqluo and Interest to the farmer, whether he is a small or large £1 an ter. Both The Southern Cultivator, Tho Trl Weckly Con- titution oho year and “Agricul ture for the Common Schools,” all three for $1.50. Many will want to net both of those books. One year’s subscrip tion to THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, and the TRI-WEEKLY CON STITUTION, with “Ten Aqres Enough” and “Agriculture for Tho Common Schools ’ *—both books and both papers, for $2:60. Address all orders to Constitution Publishing Co., ATLANTA, GA. land, which, by acknowledging the in dependence of the south, led also to the emancipation of the slave. (Cheers.) RECRUITING IN THE NORTH. The Now York Herald published the fclowing article, in 1864, oil how the yar'kee army was recruited: “When the facts in regard to the mode of procuring volunteers, white and color ed. in this city and the country districts, arc made known the public will be forced ti recognize a picture sedie which all that Clarkson and Wiltoerforce once de claimed about the horrors of tlie slave trade will toe forgotten. 'Hocussing,' or the administration of drinks containing narcotic poison, has been for months one of the ordinary methods of promoting en listments. False representations of every variety have also been in use, and in many cases the recruits have been com- jalled to swear in under threats of physi cal violence in case of refusal. “Nor is this the worst. Between the volunteer brokers and certain of the au thorities there is at least prima Tacie evidence of something like complicity in a scheme of fraud, tlie most cruel, ruth less and gigantic that modern days have will essed. In almost every street of our city, parents are lameting the enlistment of their liaDless sons, mere boys, be tween fourteen and seventeen years of age, wtho have been made drunk and then enlisted and robbed of every dollar of tbeir bounty. "Cases are on record in which old, gray-headed men, tottering on the verge of the grave, have been carried, while intoxicated, to a barber's shop, their hair dyed, their general appearance spruced tup with some semblance of fictitious ju venility, and then enlisted, their bounty money being the reward of the patriots engaged in this honorable business. Crip ples. with ruptures. hernia, varicose veins, pulmonary diseases, broken iegs, broken arms, toothless, deaf, half silght- less, hunchback. wry necked, half fingerless. doseropit and idiotic, have been received into the service of the United States In certain of the rural districts, the brokers in these cases seldom giving their victims more than $20 or $30 out of $300 to $500 which they have received for th'm through tho criminal negligence of the town or local authorities. INSTANT RELIEF FROM CATARRH. ON KINDNESS TO WOUNDED. A southern war paper gave out to its* feelings as follows: “The papers of the north are filled with lying and hypocritical remarks as to their kindness to our wounded. The fol lowing is a sample of that kindness, from the note, book of a lately exchanged sur geon. An order has been given to the sentinels at Fort Delaware to fire into any room occupied by confederates when a light or fire would be fou.nd burning after 9 o'clock p. m. One of the men. ignorant of this order—for it had never been published to the prisoners—raked up tho coals in the fireplace after the hour named, and placed a piece of bacon on them to broil. The sentinel hearing the noise of the bacon frittering on the fire leveled his musket and shot the poor fel low through the head, driving his brains out against the sides of the room. All the surgeons and men imprisoned at For; Delaware at the time can testify to the truth of the facts of this murder." 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'“Yes,” said McKergow wearily. “What are you going to do?" "Bury him,” said Bouvard quietly, and it woke McKergow up. "What's that?" he shouted, in a whirl. "Look you,” said Bouvard. “He's dead, Mon.-ier McKergow. He's dead, the pig. He did not know me, but I knew him at once. When I was at Au- ray, years ago, he stayed with nie. There was something with my daughter, Mon sieur, my daughter Anna, whom you have never seen, and afterwards * • » he went away in the night and never wrote to her. It killed my wife * * * and my daughter walks in Paris. Who knows him?—he had no friends. We will bury' him. you and I. He has gone away in th e night again, to wander somewhere else. I had a score witli him that you have paid, and we are alone in the house, we two. * * * * » * So McKergow went home. The past is no trouble to him, for he believed him self justified and that night he dropped the past (behind him altogether. The rest is in the garden of the Hotel de l’Europe. and with M’sleu Bouvard, who nightly prays tor a sinning daughter, for McKergow (though he does not need it) and for the everlasting peace of his dead wife. And sometimes, though this Is seldom, he adds a very little prayer for the peace of Barker's soul. i4tt£L hL