THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 22, 1901.
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NO OTHE-R WAg.
STORY OF THRILLING INTEREST. BASED
ON THE WORKINGS OF THE ENGLISH
PENAL SYSTEM AND DEBTOR PRISON
LAST WORK OF SIR WALTER BESANT
Synopsis of Preceding Ckapters.
Mrs. Isabel Weyland. a -widow. Is threatened
with the debtor's prison. Her chief creditor,
Mrs. Brymer. euggests a way out of the diffi
culty, marriage with an Imprisoned debtor,
who, for a paltry sum, will assume Mrs. Wey
land's debts also. He proves to be a young
lawyer, Macnamara. who, throngh no fault of
his own, has fallen Into dire straits. Mrs.
Weyland. In pity, pays his small debt, sets
him free, and agrees to marry a negro con
demned to die in three days. She then retires
in poverty to country life, but later falls heir
ess to a large fortune and becomes a social
queen In London. Here she meets Macnamara,
now a flourishing barrister, who pledges him
self to her sen-Ice. and Is most attentive to
her, to the anger of her brother-in-law. Lord.
Stratherrick. Mrs. Weyland takes as secretary
Alice Fulton, daughter of a former creditor.
CHAPTER IX.
For Atonement.
For the first few days at the house In
St. James's Square, Alice, strange and 111
at ease, followed her patron about with
wondering looks. not understanding
what the transformation might mean. To
Isabel she seemed always on the point of
asking. "Who arc you? "Why do you do
It? What debts have to be paid?"
These were the whispers of an unquiet
conscience. The girl knew nothing, about
the debt that had to be paid; nor had she
been taught to connect her father s
trouble with the name of Mr. Weyland.
The stately house frightened the girl
at first; the lackeys In their livery: the
glass coach with the coachman In his
handsome cloth and the fine horses; the
presence at the dinner table of the brother-in-law
who grew daily more proud as
he grew poorer, until by the end of the
month Lucifer himself was humble by his
side; the walk in the park among the
beaux and among the fine ladles; the life
without anxiety for the morrow's food;
her own large and well-furnished room;
the dresses which her patron gave her;
the unfailing kindness with which she was
treated; the absence of her father with
his half-drunken mornings and his wholly
drunken evenings, all these things togeth
er maoe her like unto one who moves In
a dream. Shakespeare represents the
drunken tinker changed into a gentle
man suddenly. In his sleep; I could wish
that he had carried that transformation
through the entire play, making him the
principal actor and the hero of the piece,
not a mere spectator. Alice was trans
formed into the companion of a gentle
woman, not In a dream, but while broad
awake. The witch of St. James's Square
appeared upon the scene, like the fairy in
the story of Cinderella; her rags dropped
from her; she emerged habited like a
young gentlewoman; her mother's sq,ualld'
lodging fit for the abode of a reputable
citizen's wife; starvation vanished; she
herself was driven away, still Cinderella,
in a coach and four to that part of the
town where there Is no penury, no starva
tion, no awful dread of the morrow, but,
In their place a constant cheerfulness in
terrupted only by the minor emotions
such as toothache, heartache, and other
aches and a run of bad luck. Why should
it last? Why had it begun? What did it
mean?"
"Child," said Isabel, "when will you for
get the past? I see the memory in your
eyes; things will not vanish; the days of
misery are gone; you shall have no more
suffering you and your mother If I can
hinder. What does your mother say? Is
she reconciled to your stay with me?"
"She cannot believe her own happiness.
Oh, madam, she will live. She is already
strong. Good food and no more anxiety
have made her well."
"And you father?"
"Except for father," said Alice.
"But why except him? Does he ill-treat
her?"
"Not unless you call drunkenness Ill
treatment. Since we have been more com
fortable he is more drunken than ever.
Mother gives him something every morn
ing, and he goes about among his old
friends just the same. To get rid of his
Importunity they give him drink."
"Does your father ask where the money
comes from?"
"No. It drops from heaven, he thinks
as, indeed, madam, it does. He makes no
inquiries."
"Does he not ask after your
"Madam, if he were to hear that I was
dead and buried he would make no in
quiries. Drink has destroyed his natural
affections. So long as he can get drink
he cares not how he gets or who pays for
It, or what becomes of his wife and
daughter."
"My dear," said Isabel, "It is a terrible
thing for you that your father has become
such as he is. 'Honor thy father' how
can you honor him?"
"Madam, I have been taught how to
keep that commandment by my mother.
So long as I can remember father has been
drinking. My mother says that I must
honor him as he ought to be not as he
is."
"As he ought to be? Yes. But how do
you know what he ought to be?"
"Mother is pious and well skilled in Holy
Writ. She was the daughter of a country
clergyman. She says that the Lord has
given to every man his own mind as well
as his own face. He may ruin his face
by an evil life, and will also disfigure and
distort his mind in the same way."
"True, child. Go on."
"She remembers him as he was, a young
man, sprightly and comely, eager for
work and full of hope; a young man who
intended to become a Common Council
men, and thought that with good health
and hard work he might become an Al
derman of his ward and even Lord Mayor
of London. This is the man she loved, and
loves still, not the man whose face Is cov
ered with red spots and his nose swollen
with drink; not the poor man who falls
en the stairs and reels about the room and
drinks small ale in the morning before he
can even speak. I am. to think of him as
mother first knew him, and then, she says,
I can pray for his restoration and thank
God for giving me a fatlier with so many
great gifts and qualities."
"Your mother, Alice, is a wise woman.
Truly the law must mean something . of
that sort, because we cannot honor a crim
inal, or a drunkard. Tell me does, he
ever speak to you of the the cause of
his bankruptcy?"
"Ho never speaks to me at all."
"Does he never speak to your mother
about It?"
"Alas, madam, it was the tavern that
destroyed him. Always the tavern. What
need to speak of what my mother knows
too well and of what has pulled him
down and kept him down?"
Then, by a thousand arts, Isabel sought
to win the girl's confidence and affection,
as well as her gratitude the latter of less
Importance. She found that Alice was
fond of reading and gave her books; and
of playing the harpsichord she had a
light and delicate touch Isabel gave her
music; and of singing she had a voice
clear and full and of great compass; Isa
bel bought songs for her the songs and
tnusic of Arne and Purcell and others;
she invited Oliver to come and sing with
her, as their voices went well together;
she Invited her friends to the house and
gave them singing instead of cards. She
took the girl to the play; to Vauxhall and
Marylebone; she took her, with Oliver,
up the river in the warm evenings of Au
gust, while the moon lay upon the broad
now, and the boat quietly floated down
the river, which lapped the bows, the
young voices of the two rose and fell to
gether; she found out things that the
girl liked and gave them to her; in a
word, she did her. best to make her love
the world and rejoice in her youth and
j ucauiy ana iorget tne areaaiui past, one
watcned the expansion of the blossom,
closed up by frosts in the warm, soft airs
of affection; she saw how the taste for
dress and the love of finery woman's
instinctive gifts were born In the girl's
mind and quickly grew; how she came
to be delighted by a ribbon and rapt by
a touch of color; how the benumbing In
fluence of her penury dropped from her
like the ragged cloak of a mendicant and
was forgotten. All women are born for
happiness, warmth, plenty and love. A
poor girl Is a woman incomplete; a girl
who has to work for her livelihood is a
woman whose mission in life has failed;
she should have been happy in giving hap
piness to others. "Some day," Isabel
thought, thinking upon her and watch
ing her, "Alice will be loved and will fall
in love. Then she will become what the
Lord meant her to be. Heaven send her
a worthy mate!"
It was an act of atonement, as I have
said, which led Isabel to take possession
of the girl; but It was affection which
caused her to keep the girl. "Some debts,"
she said, "must be paid."
From time to time she remembered the
words of Mrs. Brymer. "The girl," said
Mrs. Brymer, "will do you a mischief; for
sure and certain she will do you a mis
chief. She is bound to do you a mischief."
Every woman is a witch; every wom
an can foretell the future, though some
are not so far-sighted as others, and
every woman knows the power of her
sex. The words, .when, she, remembered
them, gave Isabel a passing uneasiness.
Yet she put it aside. How could this
girl who loved her do her a mischief?
It was impossible. Yet mischief may be
done even by those who are all uncon
scious of evil either in thought or In deed.
No one certainly, after a time, would
have believed that the girl was the daugh
ter of a drunken, degraded wretch such
as her father; no one would have be
lieved that she had gone through so ter
rible a time of privation and anxiety, that
she had been dressed in rags and pinched
with hunger. Now, her cheek was
touched again with the dainty bloom of
youth; her beauty was apparent to all
the world; her eyes no longer shone like
lights of despair upon a pitiless world;
her step was light, her carriage free. She
carolled, like a bird, about the house; she
ran after Isabel and anticipated all her
wishes;, she became her secretary; she
kept her household accounts; she became
keeper of the wardrobe.
Isabel, looking on, every day rejoiced
with complacency over the thought of
atonement. "Surely, surely," she said to
herself, "the debt is paid. The mother
Is happy because the girl Is happy, and
because she Is safe. As for the father,
I did not lead him Into drinking ways,
and I cannot cure him. That debt he owes
to himself. Yet a little while and the man
will be no more. WThat I owe the man I
pay to his wife and child." Atonements,
however, of this kind, are not always ac
cepted, nor are they always effectual.
How could the girl do her an Injury?
She could not. Isabel looked In her frank
eyes and saw that she was to be trusted;
the girl was honest through and through,
all her thoughts were honest; she seemed
not to know that she was beautiful. The
eyes of gallants in the park were thrown
away upon her. She had, indeed, no
thought, except of the affection which be
gan with gratitude, of duty which also
sprang out of gratitude. Of gratitude it
self, which needed no awakening; of the
wish to do something In return for so
much kindness, and of the natural joy in
the moment which Isabel made so pleas
ant. "The girl," said Mrs. Brymer, a proph
etess, like all her sex, "will do you a mis
chief. For sure, she will do you a mis
chief." Isabel remembered the prophecy. It
was absurd. What mischief could this
girl such a girl do her?
Yet the mischief was begun already; the
poor child knew nothing of It and sus
pected nothing. Yet the mischief was be
gun. CHAPTER X.
Lord Stratherrick, In his lodgings the
lodgings provided for him by his sister-in-law
awoke that morning in a singu
larly bad temper. He had spent the ev
ening as usual, and with bad luck. This
morning he was In a villainous temper
because he had lost steadily and without
a gleam of luck; because It was still
early in the month, and because he had
written to Isabel a request for money and
knew that he would be refused. It was n
hot morning, too, and the air of the lodg
ings was stifling and confined. He looked
George Ades
In a Prairie Hamlet, far from the mad
ding Department Store, where arrogant
Wealth did not flaunt Itself before the
Humble, and where the people were so
Primitive that they did not know how
to get Money except by working for it,
they were making large Preparations to
tear Things wide open at Christmas.
All through the abbreviated Commu
nity, the Women Folks were feverishly
popping Corn and cracking Hickory-Nuts
on a Fiat-Iron and making home-made
Candy. The Unmarried Kind were se
cretively working on Yarn Mittens.
There was to be. a Tree at the Church,
and preceding the Distribution of Pres
ents there was to be a Show, alias a
Methodist Vaudeville, which consists of !
Pieces, Responsive Readings and the best J
that the Choir can do. The Druggist In i
this village had laid in what he called
an Elegant Assortment of Holiday Goods, j
He had all of Will Carleton's Poems and j
a Counter covered with fragile Toys that I
smelled of the Paint, also an attractive J
Line of Perfumeries and some Toilet J
Sets. One of these Toilet Sets was the
Prize Exhibit of his Stock. The Comb and
Brushes were of Celluloid, the Amber
and White being scrambled In a very ef
fective Manner. The Druggist was willing
to give a guarantee that the Bristles were
Real. This Toilet Set reposed In a puck
ered Nest of Yellow Satin. The Box was
of Blue Plush with a neat Clasp, and on
the Lid was the Following, In, Silver Let
ters: "Merry X-Mas."
Every Girl in Town came into the Drug
Store and leaned on the Show-Case and
gazed longingly at the Work of Art It
was evident that the local Beau who loos
ened up for 55 50 and eave that Toilet
Set to his regular Sunday Night Dulclana
would win in a Canter. But there was I
general Doubt as to whether any one
would be so Reckless as to fork over
$6 50 just for Foolishness. All who went
into the Drug Store and stood in Solemn
Silence, admiring the Blue Plush, the
Yellow Satin and the gleaming Celluloid,
conceded that the Outfit was Purty, but
they allowed It was too Fine fpr Actual
Use. It was supposed that the Box alone
would come to $3. Some said the Letters
on the Lid were genuine Silver. Others
contended that they were merely Plated.
"
around the room, and remembered the
spacious apartments of his town house
before the money lenders had gotten their
life Interest in It; and he rcallzed-a thing
which happened every day, the depths of
his fall. In his hand was his purse,
nearly empty; the sight of it mide him
comprehend still more vividly the depth
of his fall. One who has been rich and
lived in a noble house docs not always
trouble himself about the heavy chang
or he would go mad. Mostly he rubs
along, eating and drinking, contented
with the day's food and the day's drink,
without remembering too much. But the
memory rises before him from time to
time.
He sat in a loose gown with slippers on
his feet and a nightcap on his head; be
fore him was a tankard of ale on which
he made his breakfast. The room con
tained no books of any kind, nor any
thing by which a dull day might be got
through. Lord Stratherrick had but one,
recreation, one occupation, one amuse
ment. He would willingly have gambled
all day and all night and always. He
would have looked forward to Heaven
Itself a place which such as he regard
as provided tor men of rank, but dull
with pleasure had It been provided with
a hazard table.
Presently the door opened and Mr. Pin
der appeared.
"I beg your lordship's pardon. May I
have speech with your lordship?"
"What do you mean. Pinder?" he re
plied peevishly, "by interrupting? Can't
you see that I am Just out of bed and
that I am engaged with the morning
draft?"
"I will look In again, my lord."
"No. Now you are here, stay. Pinder,
I had the most infernal luck last night."
"Dear! Dear!" the ex-valet murmured
softly. "I am sorry to hear it"
'You know the miserable allowance
that my sister-in-law makes me. It Js
only the second week of the month. Pin
der, I lost very nearly the whole of It
last night."
"The whole of it . . . the whole of
it . . . dear me . . -'tls sad. Per
haps her ladyship, Mrs. Weyland. . . ."
"You are a fool, Pinder. I have told
you over and over again, of her infer
nal stinginess. She will do nothing."
"If only your lordship had any se
curity." "Again, Pinder, you are a fool. Well,
What do you want with me?"
"I have come upon a business of more
Importance, my lord, than an evening's
run of luck."
"What can be more important than an
empty purse? Where are your senses
gono this morning?"
"Much more important. If your lord
ship will give me your attention. It Is
important to understand the whole case.
You know something of It already."
"What is"
Tho ex-valet whispered there was no
need for lowering his voice, but some
men think to show Importance by a
whisper.
"I've got the draper the man about
whom I told your lordship the man who
was made bankrupt by the Hon. Mrs.
Weyland, widow of your lordship's broth
er, the Hon. Ronald. He is in my house.
I can bring him to your lordship In a
few minutes."
"Oh, that person! We know his story.
Besides, I've got no money to give him."
"I have told him that your lordship
will give him neither money nor drink."
"I understand you to say that the man
Is a pauper,"
"Your lordship had better see him. It
Is really Important. I have made him
promise to tell your lordship the whole
history. I shall pay him with a drink.
He Is always satisfied with a drink. Ho
Is one of the kind who for a drink will
do anything and say anything."
"I don't know why I want to see the
man." said his lordship peevishly.
"If your lordship will not see him there
Is nothing to be said. But you may pre
vent a terrible family scandal."
"Pinder, again, you are a fool! I told
you before that I care nothing about
scandals. How many scandals have you
known in my family, and am I one penny
the worse for It? Have you not learned
by this time that In our rank we are not
in the least injured by family scandals? It
Is the tradesman, the lawyer, the clergy
man, the physician, who Is injured by
scandal. Poor devils! It kills them, I am
told. It deprives them of clients and pa
tients and customers a family scandal
crushes them. But as for us why, Pin
der, you ought to know you really ought
to know after 15 years with me."
"I beg your lordship's pardon. I shou:a
have remembered. I have seen a good
many scandals In your lordship's life. As
you say, they have not hurt you. There
was the scandal about the lady"
"You need not begin to remember things.
Christmas Fable
In every Household the Toilet Set was a
fruitful Topic The general Verdict ap
peared to be that, in all probability, tho
Druggist would either have to knock off
something on the Price or else be Stuck.
There had been one or two Offers of $5
for the Pieco de Resistance, but the
Druggist claimed that he had paid more
than that for It, Wholesale.
Three Days before Christmas there ap
peared on the Yellow Satin a Card
marked "Sold." The News spread like
Wildfire that some one had blown him
self to the Limit There was but one
Question agitating the whole Village for
the next two Days, "Who will get the
Toilet Set for Christmas?" Speculation
ran rife, and every Girl who kept Com
pany was hoping against Hope, even
though her cold Judgment told her that.
In all likelihood, her Fellow had not seen
$6 50 In six long Months.
The Druggist had been pledged to Se
crecy and It became evident that the Pop
ulace would have to wait until Christmas
to have Its Curiosity appeased. So it
waited with a lot of Impatience.
The Village Wag, whose name was
Amos, had been one of Several who
looked at the Toilet Set and counted their
Money and passed out He loved a Girl
named Luella, but he had a Frugal Mind.
It seemed to him that It would be more
Sensible to save his Money and make a
First Payment on a Home. Besides, tho
Poultry Business had been a little Slack
and he couldn't see himself giving up
JS 50 for a dosh-burned Gimcrack that
was no Account except to look at. So
he gave up CO cents for an Autograph
Album and let It go at that He would
have gone ahead and bought something
tor a Dollar, only Amos thought he had
a Cinch. His only Rival for the Hand
of Luella was Tallmadge N. Crockett,
proprietor of the Livery and Feed Stable.
Amos was so much more Comic and Con
versational than Tallmadge and had such
a Taking Way that he wasn't for a min
ute afraid of being Cut Out by Tall
madge. Being the recognized Village Wag,
Amos was called upon to impersonate
Santa Claus at the--Christmas Tree En
tertainment Amos was a born Romp,
and the Congregation was sure of many
a Hearty Laugh when he came in as
Santy and began to cut Didoes.
Amos borrowed a Buffalo robe, a
Strand of Bells and a Fur Cap. He
rigged up a set of Cotton Whiskers and
The lady has long since rejoined her fam
ily." "To be sure. And there was the scandal
about the faro table"
"I say, Pinder, that you need not re
call old stories."
"And the case of the young fellow who
blew out his brains"
"A young fool! If he had only waited a
day or two."
"As your lordship says these family
scandals do no harm to persons of your
quality."
Perhaps his lordship exaggerated the
power of rank in making family scandals
of no effect. Certainly, the family scan
dal of being ruined, of having raised
money on everything by the sale of pic
tures, books, plate and furniture; by the
cutting down of woods, by selling his lite
Interest in estates, had been so favorably
received by the world that his lorflsnip had
not a single friend left, that he was not
received In any coffee-house or tavern fre
quented by his social equals; that he was
no longer received in any club of gentle
men, and that no one In London was mora
universally shunned tlian himself. Yet he
declared that family scandals could do
him no harm.
"What can this shopkeeper do?" he
asked. "What can he say? ito whom can
he say it?"
"As your lordship says he can do noth
ing. No family scandal could hurt the
Honorable Mrs. Weyland. Her ladyship
would not even be annoyed, I suppose.
The man comes to my house; he Is ad
mitted because he is a cousin of a mem
ber of the company; he drinks; his tongue
is loosened, and. he talks."
"But the story is talked about In your
parlor. What does that atter?"
"Oh, my lord. Pardon me my parlor Is
the Royal Exchnge for news of the nobil
ity, aiy people, those w"ho use my parlor,
are not only valets; they are also footmen
and coachmen; anything that is done is
known to them. Do you suppose that a
great lady can go anywhere, do anything,
without its being known to all her serv
ants? I could tell you where one great
lady goes twice, a week in the afternoon,
and why she goes there. I can tell you
where a noble Lord keeps a bird In a
cage, so to speak without his lady wife
knowing anything about it. These things
are talked about, I say, first in my par
lor, where there Is something new re
lated everj' day, something surprising
your Lordship would be astonished."
"Well, If the stories are confined to
your parlor."
"They are not; they go from my par
lor to the servants' hall. There they are
discussed In full,""with additions. Soma
of my people have a very happy knack
of making things weem out to seem more
Important than they are In reality. And
then I beg your Lordship's attention to
this point while the gentlemen do not,
as a rule, talk to their valets, they treat
them, for the most part, like dirt be
neath their feet, the ladles do talk to
their ladles' maids. Oh, yes; they ask all
the news, and the lady's maid knows it
all, and while she dresses her mistress
she keeps her In good temper by telling
her the newest scandal. Your Lordship
follows me?"
"I think you are infernally long-winded.
-But go on."
"Very well. This draper will tell his
story. Then it will fly abroad to every
servants' hall; it will be known there,
how the Honorable Mrs. "Weyland got
rid of her debts and liabilities by mar
rying a prisoner sentenced to death in
Newgate. Then the lady's maid will tell
her mistress, and all the world will know
it"
"Well, and what If they do?"
"As your Lordship says, a family scan
dal cannot harm persons of your quality.
Still, her Ladyship would perhaps be
better pleased if tho thing could be kept
secret."
"Perhaps perhaps. . . . Hark you,
Pinder I can give the man no money,
but it might be worth while to keep him
quiet."
"i think ao myself, my Lord. That is
why I am here this morning."
"And what will keep him quiet?"
"He wants little or nothing but drink.
Something has happened to him. An un
expected good fortune has come to him.
He boasts that an old friend has placed
his wife in a good and comfortable lodg
ing and gives her an allowance. He
himself takes all he can get out of that
allowance and sallies forth every morn
ing to drink It When he has spent his
day's allowance he goes about and begs
for more. He Is no longer In rags, and
he abstains from selling his new broad
cloth because it is much easier for one
well dressed to get a drink than for one
In rags. Now, my Lord, all he wants
Is the run of the beer cellar, the wine
bins and the rum at the Grapes Tavern.
I warrant to keep him quiet with that
bribe."
"Very good do so."
"I will. Meantime, my Lord, I very well
understand your Lordship will make
money out of Khis job."
"I must arrange with my sister-in-law
for the permanent silence of tho man.
Is he vindictive?"
"Very vindictive. Well, my Lord let us
understand each other."
"Ah!" His Lordship looked up slowly,
as if the thing mattered little. "How
much, Pinder?"
The man held out his hand. "Halves,
my lord."
Lord Stratherrick eat up with a sudden
show of wounded dignity. "You forgt
your position, Pinder."
"Not at all. L know my position. Your
lordship will excuse me if I remind you
CUT-UP VHO, AT THE
ELEVENTH HOUR, TURNED
DEFEAT INTO VICTORY.
prepared to be even Funnier than usual.
Oiv Christmas Eve the Church put them
in the Aisles, so great was the Interest
in the Tree. The Superintendent of the
Sunday School, looking unusually pale
and scrubbed-up -and smelling of Bay
Rum, stood up In front of the Tree and
made an Address that was Facetious",
from his Point of View. The Choir sang
one of its hardest Anthems and after two
or three other Stunts, Amos, the Merry
Andrew, came In as Santa Claus and did
some of his best Comedy Actlrtg. He
galloped up and down the Aisles and
scared several Children In Arms into Con
vulsions. Then he went up to the tree
to nssl3t the droll Superintendent In dis
tributing the Presents. As a Team they
were expected to spring a great many
timely Quips, right on the Spur of the
Moment
While standing by the Tree, waiting
for the Infant Class to conclude a Carol,
Amos saw on a Table the magnificent
Toilet Set with the $6 50 Mark still on
it He drew nearer to read the attached
Card and almost fnlntad with Horror
when he saw the Name of Luella In the
well-known Hand-Writing of Tallmadge
N. Crockett The Shock was so great
that everything Swam before his Gaze,
the same as In a Natatorlum. He could
not see anything except his own Finish.
When Luella came to compare the su
perb Toilet Set and the 60-cent Autograph
Album, ho knew he would not be One-Two-Seven.
He was inspired to a Des
perate action. He happened to remem
ber that Celluloid contains Gun Cotton
and Camphor and other high Explosives.
The Infant Class stood between him and
the Congregation. Stealthily he plucked
a lighted Candle from the Tree and
dropped it on the Toilet Set Then he
leaped over the Rail. There was a ter
rific Report, a flash of Fire, an odor of
Camphor and the Air was full of Infant
Class. A panic ensued. Throwing off his
Disguise of White Cotton Whisker3, Amos
gathered Luella In his Arms and carried
her to a Place of Safety. She called him
"Preserver" and refused to let go of him.
When Quiet was restored, there was
nothing left of the Toilet Set except tho
Clasp and the letters spelling "Merry
X-Mas."
MORAL: True Love will prevail against
the Vulgar Bank Roll even at Christmas
Time.
(Copyright, 190L by Robert Howard Rus-selL)
of it You have not a sixpence except
what Mrs. Weyland gives you. Every
body knows that The servants' hall dis
cussed that a long time ago. The whole
company In the park know It You are
going to buy the silence of this man.
That means that you will give him a small
sum and that you will obtain from her
ladyship a large sum. I shall be able to
find out oh, the thing Is quite easy
what you get for buying the man's sl
dence and what you give. And If I am to
give him meantime, the run of my cel
lars, I must be paid for the drink and I
must go halves with your lordship for
tho rest"
"Suppose I refuse."
"Oh, then, my lord, you will have to find
some other person to make these little
advances and to find out these places
where your lordship can advertise for
half crowns, Instead of playing for rou
leaux of guineas, which was your former
practice. Indeed your lordship will find
It difficult indeed to get on without me."
Lord Stratherrick was silent awhile.
Then he 'said, quietly and without any
show of resentment, "Pinder, you may
bring mo this man."
Pinder retired quietly.
It was not many minutes' walk to Jer
myn street The landlord of the Grapes
returned, bringing with him. the unfor
tunate bankrupt
He was not a pleasant man to look at,
being short and squat In figure, with legs
not only short, but crooked. His face was
Impaired with strong drink, his nose was
painted with those flowers of experience
called by sailors blossoms, his lips were
thick and tremulous, his eyes were shot
with red veins, his cheek was purple, his
neck was thick. He was dressed, as Mr.
Pinder said. In good broadcloth, recently
acquired stout brown cloth, such as a
substantial tradesman might wear.
"Lord Stratherrick," said Pinder, softly
and with the greatest deference to his
lordship "has heard something of your
story. His lordship Is a nobleman of the
most philanthropic character. Tell him
everything."
"I understand, sir." His lordship raised
his head and looked down, without ris
ing from his chair. He was lower than
his visitor, yet he looked down upon him.
The thing Is done by lowering the eyes.
"I understand, sir, that you have a his
tory of of Borne kind of misfortune to
communicate. I do not promise to offer
any relief, understand, though I consent
to hear your story."
"His lordship will be satisfied with the
truth, the complete truth of your story."
Pinder whispered. "Oh, hundreds of stories
are brought to him dally, but he receives
them all for examination. 'TIs the most
benevolent heart."
It was Indeed, and It shows what an ex
cellent valet was lost to the world below
stairs when Pinder exchanged the ser
vants' hall for the white apron of the
Innkeeper of Jermyn street.
The draper hemmed; tho draper hemmed
a second time. "Well, my lord," he be
gan In a rusty voice. "I have had great
misfortune."
"Go on," Pinder whispered. "Tell him
everything who you were what you
were. If you don't tell him everything,
how are you to be helped?"
"I was a'draper, my lord. In Ludgate
Hill. A draper In a very large way of
business. A member of the Drapers'
Company. So large was my business and
so extraordinary that I was commonly re
puted to bo In the wholesale line. In
fact, I expected to become a member" of
tho court of my company, and to wear a
fine gown like all the members of that
most honorable court. But my hopes were
blasted"
Pinder whispered, "Who by?"
"By a woman, a gentlewoman, a lady'
of quality. She owed me a large sum
of money, 500, more or less." It will be
seen that tho fact was viewed by the
worthy man through spectacles of imag
ination. ,
"Can a great merchant," aeked his lord
ship, "be ruined for tho want of 500?"
"No, my lord, not as a rule. But there
are times when certain calls have been
met and certain other calls have to be
met when 500 makes all the difference. 1
counted on this 500; It was intended to
meet the charge of a certain Habllitlty. I
relied on the lady entirely; she was a
lady of rank, by marriage, though by
birth and education nothing more than a
daughter of a London citizen. As the
money was overdue, I went to call upon
her; I represented the dreadful situation
I should be in If she did not pay me. She
did not warn me of her intentions"
"Otherwise." Pinder suggested, "I be
lieve that you would have clapped her
on the King's bench."
"I should I wish I had done so. I have
always regretted that I did not. But, we
aro fools, we great merchants: I trusted
her because she was a gentlewoman."
"It is reported," Pinder again suggested,
"that you yourself had fallen Into diffi
culties owing to your habit of drink."
"The story Is quite false wicked, as
well. My lord. I never drink." He caught
a smile on PInder's face. "That Is. I
never used to drink In the day of pros
perity. To be sure, the tavern Is the na
tural place for the conduct of business.
If I was a good deal in the tavern, it
was not to drink. The fact only proves
the magnitude of my transactions."
"The magnitude of your transactions
allowed you to fall for the want of 500,"
said Lord Stratherrick, quickly.
"Stick to the truth stick to the truth,
man," whispered Pinder. "No man In a
large way was ever bankrupt for tho
sum of 500."
"Well," he went on, grumbling. "No
matter what the magnitude of my trans
actions or the business carried on at the
tavern. The lady owed me 500 and did
not pay."
Said Pinder: "When she would not or
could not pay, what did you do?"
"I was expecting her money. I knew
that If she did not pay I must bo bank
rupt And then there came to see me x
Of health has no uniformed guardians
of its peace. If it had there would be
arrests innumerable in every restaurant
every day of the year. Both in the
quantity and quality of the food they
eat and in the manned of its consump
tion men ana
women sin
each day
against the
laws of health.
Those who
will not heed
Nature's
warnings can-
&. ifSSSSll lshments, and dys-
-ftSiSyjtassTg pepsia- or stomach
!5 tt trmiMi " i5 th in va
riable penalty of care
less eating.
There is no other
medicine for diseases
of the stomach and
allied organs of di
gestion and nutrition
which can compare
with Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Dis
covery. It cures
these diseases perfect
Jy and permanently,
and enables the build
ine up of the whole
body into vigorous health.
"I took two bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery for stomach trouble." writes
Clarence Carries. sq.,of Tavlorstown. Loudoun
Co.. Va. "It did me so much good that 1 didn't
take any more. I can eat most anything now.
I am so well pleased with it I hardly know how
to thank yon for your kind information. I
tried a whole lot of things before I wrote to
you. There was a gentleman told me about
your medicine, how it had aired his wife. I
thought I would try a bottle of it I am glad I
did. for I don't know what I would have done
if it had not been for Dr. Pierce's Golden Med.
leal Discovery.'
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation.
5S52Src4
j5s?3
woman named Mrs. Brymer, a dress
maker of Monmouth, street, a woman
with whom I had done business. 'Mr.
Fulton,' she said, or 'Mr. Joseph Fulton,'
I forget which, I come to you from your
debtor. She owes you 500 she cannot
pay It 'Why, madam,' I said, 'If she
cannot pay It she shall go to prison and
shall there He till she can pay It.' 'Never
not so,' said Mrs. Brymer, 'for the lady
has transferred the debt, having been
this day married In Newgate to a prison
er named Adolphus Truxo. who Is sen
tenced to death and will be hanged on
Monday.' At this blow I was. as you may
say, fairly knocked over. It was, how
ever, true the marriage had taken place.
I went to Newgate and learned that it
was true."
"And then," sa!d Lord Stratherrick. "the
lady married, the man was hanged, and
you became bankrupt. Is that all?"
"Then I became bankrupt. My stock
was seized; my furniture was seized. I
lost everything I had In the world and
I was turned Into the street with my
wife and children, penniless."
"Your creditors did not, then, as is
usual, lock you up?"
"No; there was some talk of It, but I
had nothing. I should never have any
thing. I had no relatives who could help
me; my wife was the daughter of a coun
try parson who could not help me at all.
So they let me go."
"And how have you been living since?"
"It was three years ago. We have been
living on the charity of our friends. I
have been unable to get employment
Every day I have gone out In search of
"work and have been dependent on my old
friends for food and a trifle of drink. If
your Lordship can help me"
(To be continued.)
Last year 363 tons of cigarettes valued
at $1,737,000, or fully five times as many
as 10 years ago, were consumed In Ger
many. These cigarettes came from
France, Austria-Hungary, Russia. Tur
key, Egypt, Algeria and the United
States, GO per cent coming from Egypt.
TRAVELERS GUIDE.
All tiis
oi
Travel
on
Trains
of
The Best Way East.
All Thro' Train from North Pacific
Coast connect with Trains of this Line IN
UNION DEPOT, ST. PAUL.
The North-Western Limited
IS THE
FINEST TRAIN ENTERING CHICAGO.
Call or -ivrltc for information to
W II. MEAD, Gen'l Ast.. :MS Alder St.,
Portland, Or.
The
Folder Tells
We have recently issued a second
edition of our "St. Louis Special"
folder.
It is intended to give AND IT
DOES GIVE a great deal of useful
information about the best way to
reach Omaha, Denver, Kansas City,
St. Louis and everywhere beyond.
Ask the ticket agent for a copy.
It will help you decide about your,
route show you why you should
take the Burlington what sort of
cars the St. Louis Special carries,
and how It happens that you go
through without change.
TICKET OFf ICE: Cor. Third and Stark Si.
R. W. Foster. Ticket Agont.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
For South-Eastern Alaska
LEAVE SEATTLE:
Steamships Cottage City.
City of Seattle, or City of
Topeka, at a P. jr. about
every llfth day.
For further information obtain compan's
folder.
The Company reicrve3 the right to change
BUamera. tailing 1 ites and hours of sailing,
without iirex I0U3 notice.
AGENTS X. rOSTON. 249 Washington St,,
Portland. Or.
F. W. CARLETON. X. P. R. R. Deck. Ta
coma; Ticket Olllcc. 11.1 James st.. Seattle, II.
TALBOT. Comni'l Agt.. C. V. MILLER. Asst.
Gen'l Agt.. Ocean Dock. Seattle. GOODALL,
PERKIXS & CO . Gen'l Agts.. San Francisco.
WHITE COLLAR LINE
STK. TAHOMA,
DALLES ROUTE.
Winter nchedule Leaves foot Alder street
every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday morn
Ins. T A. M. Leaves The Dalles every Sunday,
Wednesday and Friday morning, 7 a. M.
Stops at all ay landings lor both freight
and passengers.
ASTORIA ROUTE.
STR. BAILEY GATZERT (Alder-St. Dock).
Leaves Portland dally every morning at 7
o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As
toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday.
Oregon phone Main 331. Columbia phone 351.
SoSSlS;
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TIJAVELEKS' GUIDE.
4EEj!tGS
II32EQON
s&sEp um
UHJLCW &ACIHK
AKD
THREE TRAINS DAILY
FOR ALL POINTS EAST
UXIOX DEPOT.
Leave.
CHICAGO-PORTLAND
SPECIAL.
For the East via Hunt
ington. 0:00 A. M.
Dally.
4:30 P. M.
Daily.
SPOKANE FLYER.
For Eastern Washing
ton. Walla Walla. L-.v-Iston.
Coeur d'Alene and
Gt. Xorthern Points.
0:15 P. M.
Dally.
7:00 A. M.
Dally.
ATLANTIC EXPRESS.
For the East via Hunt
. "nston.
S-50 P. M.
Dally.
;8:10 A. M.
Dolly.
OCEAX A.D IilVER SCHEDULE.
FOR SAX FRAN
CISCO. SS. Columbia
Dec. 8. 18. 23.
SS. Geo. W. Elder
Dec. 3. 13. 23.
From
Alnsworth
Dock.
S:0O P. M.
5:00 P.M.
OR ASTORIA andl8:COP. M.
5:00 P. M.
Dally,
ex. Sun.
""' pomis, connecting, Dally ex.
x- .v.st for. "waco and.Sunday.
North Beach, str. Has
ealo. Ash-street Dock. Sat. 10
P. M.
?.?VALLIS and C.45 A. M.
way points, str. RUTH. Mon..
Aah-streot Dock. Ved..
G:00 P.M.
Tues..
Thurs.,
Sat.
i.uie. permminsr.) iFrl.
FR DAYTOX. Oregon7:00 A. M.
City and Yamhill RH- Tues..
r points, str. Modoe.'Thurs.,
Ash-streetDock. Sat
3:00 P. M.
Mon..
Wed..
Frt.
vuter permitting.)
TICKET OFFICE7 Third and
Washington.
iejepnone. Main 712.
PORTLAND & ASIATIC
STEAMSHIP CO.
Trfifr ,okohana and Hong Kong, calling at
Kobe Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight
t con"elnj steamers for Manila. Port Ar
thur and Vladlvostock.
KNIGHT COMPAXIOX SAILS DEC. 2S.
For rates and full Information call on or ad
dress omcials or agents of O. R. & N. Co.
Leave
Depot Fifth nnd
I Street.
Arrive
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS,
for Salem. Roae-
:30 P. M.
:30 A. M
7:45 A. M.
burg. Ashland. Sac
ra m e u to. Ogden.
Snn Francisco, Mo
Jave. Loa Angeles,
:00 P.M.
El Paso. New Or
leans and the East.
At W o o d b urn
(dally except Sun
day), morning train
connects with train
for Mt. Angel. Sll--erton.
Browns
ville. Springfield.
and Xatron. and
Albany Local for
Mt. Ansel and SI1
verton. Albany passenger ...
Corvallls passenger.
:00 P.M.
:no A. M.
10:10 A. M.
5:50 P. M.
H4:50 P.M. iSherldan passenger. 8:25 A. M.
Dally. !I3ally except Sunday.
Rebate tickets on sale between Portland.
Sacramento and San Francisco. Net rate
$17 GO first class and $14 second class. Second
class Includes sleeper; first class does not.
Rates and ticket to Eastern points and Eu
rope. Also JAPAX. CHINA. HOXOLULU and
AUSTRALIA. Can be obtained from V. A.
Schilling. Ticket Agent. 254 cor. Washington
and Third. i
YAMHILL DrVISIOX.
Passenger Depot, foot of Jefferson street.
Leave for Oswego dally at 7.20. U.40 A. M.;
12:30. 1.55. 3-25. 4:40. (i:25. S:S0. 11:S0 P. M.;
and 0:00 A. M. on Sundays only. Arrive ac
Portland dally at '15:35. 8.30. 10:50 A. M.:
1:35. 3:10. 4:30. 0:15. 7:40. 10:00 P. M.: 12:40
A. M. dally, except Monday, 8:30 and lu:o5
A M. on Sundays only.
Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday, at
5:05 P. M. Arrive at Portland a: 0:30 A. M.
Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlle Mon
days. Wednesdays and Fridays at 1 51) P. M.
Returns Tuesdays. Thursday and Saturdays.
Except Sunday.
R. KOEHLER.
Manager.
R. B. MILLER.
Gn. Frt. & Pas. Agt.
1 1 INC UKU
OF TRAINS
PORTLAND
Leaves.
.00 P. M.
Arrives.
00 A. M.
Overland Express
Twin City. St. Louis &
Kan. City Special 11:30 P.M. 7:45 P. M,
Puget Sound Limited, for
South Berd. Gray'a
Harbor. 01 mpla. Ta
coma and Seat:ie S:35 A. M. 5:20 P.M.
Two trains dally to Spokane. Butte. Helena,
Minneapolis. St- Paul and the East.
A. D. CHARLTON.
Asst. General Pas. Agt..
255 Morrison street. Portland. Or.
EAST via i0Bk
O 0GDEN4 SHASTA -i)
SOUTH
THN
ov-S;
dsHBREATNOKTHEBHJ
Ticket Office 122 Third SI. Phone 63D
LEAVE .The Fljer. daily to and ARRIVE
No. 4 'from St. Paul. Mlnne-I No. 3
COOP. M. apolls. Duluth. Chicago 7:00 A. M.
and all points East.
Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining
and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cam.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
STEAMSHIP TOSA MARU
For Japan, China and all Asiatic points will
leave Seattle
About December 31st.
Astoria -Columbia
River Railroad Co.
Depot Fifth nml
! Street.
ARRIVES
For Maygers. Rainier.
Cluti-kanie. Westport,
Clifton. Astoria, War
renton. Flavel. Ham
mond. Fort Stevens.
Gearhart Pk.. Seaside.
Astoria and Seashore
Express.
Dally.
Astoria Express.
Daily.
8:00 A. M.
11:10 A. M.
::00 P. M.
0:40 P. M.
Ticket office 255 Morrison st. and Union Depot.
J C. MaYO. Gen. Pa3s. Agt.. Astoria. Or.
Salem, Albany, Corvallis, Ore
gon City and Davton.
Steamer Pomona, for Corvallls, leaves 6:45
A. M. Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday.
Steamer Alwna. for Dayton, leaves 7 A. M.
Monday. Wednesday and Friday.
Steamer Leona. for Oregon City, dally (ex.
Sunday). 9 A. M.. 12:30. 4 P. M. Leaves Ore
gon City 7:30 A. M., 11 A. M.. 2:30 P. M.
Round trip. 25c
OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO..
Ofllce and dock, foot Taylor st. Phone 40.