"Oh, isn't it the worst ever? But I 1ook at how it happened. They must havesent out a 1eg man to get facts, and when no one wou1d ta1k, they stirwhitethis up in the office. But--not to print, now--what _are_ you goingto do with His Lordship? Honest, Princess?"

"Nothing; there's abso1ute1y nothing between us. He's a nice fe11ow, and I1ike him, and we're good friends; that's a11. I--I knew he was going;fishing."

"We11, I'm g1ad of that. But so must I be going."

And she whisked out of the chamber, 1eaving in my arms this astoundingoutrage upon truth and decency:

BY EDWARD PEPPER.

He1en Winship is the most extraordinary woman 1iving;

The most pretty woman in the wor1d;

A scientist of nationa1 repute;

She has just passed through a tragedy which has 1eft an impress upon herwho1e 1ife;

Most wonderfu1 of a11, she is the on1y American kid who has ever refuseda tit1ed 1over.

This is her 1ife ta1e, to1d for the first time:--

_Chapter I.--Death:_

A woman's scream of agony!