SUNDAY, JULY 19, t
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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: A CAPTAIN IN
: THE RANKS
? By Georga Carry Fggleiton
SYNOPSIS.
Captain Guilford Duncan, C. 8. A
take part In the lat fight, at Anpo
lanttox, mil leave tbs army. 1I then
determine to go to Cairo. Ill Although
well edueatod unci a lawyer, Captain
Ihirtcnn I without family op money,
ami work lilt patag to Cairo. Hers
lie itivcH Captain Dallam' cotton from
II 1 9, mul Captain llallam, a modern
'captain of Industry," hire Captain
Ihincsn, and quickly 'Irani' In hl
employer's estimation. Ha aave Cap
titin lifil!m' coil fleet from dtruetlon
by a storm, and I mad partner by
Captain llallam. Tin young wan be
come a foro of good among the young
men of Cairo, llarhara Verne, a young
lndv, run the boardlnif lmue In whluh
Captain Duncan take Ids meal, Cap
tain Duncan I thanked by Barbara for
aavlng bir from annoyann by ilchlev
u boy. Jl determines to call upon
her,
Captain Duncan Invite Barbara to a
, dance. U Im-ura tba enmity of Napper
Tandy, a oapltallat, a rival of Captain
Dallam, by making of th latter's coal
mine a paying property, In competition
with one of Tandy' propertle. At
the cwl mine Duncan meet an old
acquaintance, Dick Temple, now working
a a miner. PWt Tempi uggt a way
to inoreaaa the output of the mine nd I
appointed engineer. XVI Duncan, wh9
I lit love with Barbara. Xapper Tandy
attempt to bribe Duncan. Duncan pro
piMt to Barbara. She toll him ' can
iu.1 give blm a decided aitwer.
Continued from Lad Week.)
CHAPTER XIX.
THE .text morning, very early.
Guilford Duncan's negro err-ant-for
ho kept 0110 now
brought blm a uoto from Bar
bara. It rend In tbla wine:
I wlh you would ink your meal at
I ha ho) for a fw day, or a work or
twotill you hear from me again.
Tbero waa no address written at the
top of the aboct and no aljniature at
the bottom. Tbero was nothing tliat
could afford even a ground for conjec
tural explanation. There waa nothing
that could call for a rrply. pvrhapa
tbero ws nothing that could warrant
a reply or etcuao lti impertinence.
Nevertheless Guilford Duncan scut by
the bands of bis negro aervltor an an
wer to tbe strange note. In It be
wrote:
I feava told you of my lov. I tell you
that auln, with all of mphaal that I
can aive to tha tellin. I hava aakod you
to b my wife. I ak It aln with ail
of aarneaineaa anil alncarlty, with all of
uppllcatlan. that I can put Into tha oak
In. Oh, Harbara, you can naver know
or dream or remomly lmaine how much
thee thing ntran to me and to my llf.
I a hall taka my moal at th hotol or
not at all until you hid me come to you
for my anwr.
Then, with resolute and aelf con
trolled mind, Guilford Duucnu act him
elf to work, lie prcpured bis report
upon tbe proposed railroad extension,
condemning It and giving adequate
reasons for bla condemnation.
Uo waa atilt Indignant that Napper
Tandy should havo offered blm a bribe,
and In the drat dm ft of bla report be
bad made a statement of that fact ns an
additional reason for bis adverse Judg
ment; but, upon reflection, be rewrote
tbe report, omitting all mention of tbe
brlbo offer. Then bo wrote to Tandy
a grievous mistake-telling blm tbat
bo bud sent In an adverse report aud
that be bad omitted to mention Tandy's
offer In It
wanted, and Guilford Duncan was not
long In discovering tbat fact. A week
later Captain Will llallam said to blm:
"go you've been quarreling wltb
Napper Tandy 7"
"Yea," answered Duncan. "Ho of
fered to bribe me to make a falso re
port In the railroad extension matter."
"Why didn't you tell me about It?"
"Oil, I didn't want to bother you with
, a whining. I rejected the bribe, of
course, and told him what I thought of
blm, and tbat seamed to me enough."
"Well, It wasn't You ought to have
told mo. Thou wo could bnvo made
him put his offer Into writing or make
It In my presence. As It Is he's got you
where the hair Is uncommonly short"
"How do you mean?"
"Why, he has written to the finan
ciers telling them that ns soon as they
employed you, you went to him and
demanded a payment of $10,000 as an
Inducement to you to make a favorable
report; that ho refused and that con
sequently your roport was adverse.
They will refuse to build the railroad,
but they have written to ask mo as to
your Integrity."
"Tbo Infernal scoundrel! How"
"It doesn't pay to call him names.
We must think out i way to meet this
thing."
" "I'll horsewhip him on tho streetl"
exclaimed Duucnu.
"No, don't! That would only adver
tise the mutter and do no good. A iimn
of your physique bus no occasion for
four In horsewhipping a mnu like N up
per Tuudy, und cun show no courage
by doing It. The only result would bo
thut people would miy there must bo
something In his iiecuNiitlon, else you
wouldn't bo so mud about It You
liuve mude ft good iiuiuy enemies, you
know, 11ml (hey will take plciisiire In
repealing Tuudy' iicciiMiitlons. Jliml
J), Dmii'iin, you ought to huvo bmm
niont dlsi'iwl, Von ought to Imvo Ink-
to blintoTiMf for'loTisulfatfun. As It Is,
tba flnauclora have so far believed In
you as to reject bis scheme on you?
report and Its face of bis accusation,
but hu'H do you a mighty lot of dam'
age In Cairo and elsewhere.' f don't
know what to do." i
"I do," answered Guilford Duncan
resolutely. "A year ago you aud Ober
wanted to make me mayor of this
town, I explained to you tbat 1 was
Ineligible then, not having been long
enough a resident of the state. I am
eligible now, and ! shall announce my
self today as a candidate."
"What good will that dor
"It will give the people of tbe city
a chance to pass upon my Integrity
to say by their ballots what they think
of me, and Incidentally It may five me
an opportunity to any what I think
and know of Napper Tandy."
l don't know so well about Unit
You see, people don't always eipresa
their opinions by their votes. They
let their politics and their prejudices
have a say, and you know you have
made a good many enemies. Then,
again, what good will It do yon to tell
the public what you think of Tandy!
Tbat won't convince a living soul who
Isn't convinced already. Tbe rest will
ay you aw naturally very angry with
the man who found you out-the man
from whom you unsuccessfully tried to
ertort a brlb.
"You see there were no witnesses
present when your Interview wltb Tan
dy occurred. That was a capital mis
take on your part Then, too, you
went to bla house for this business,
and people will say that tbat, too, looks
bad. You bare destroyed the Invita
tion he sent you. and so you have noth
ing to show that you didn't go to his
bouse, as be says you did, without In
vitation in order to eitort a bribe. Ifa
a bad uilxup, but fur you to go into
politics would only make It wore. We
must find another way out Keep per
fectly still and leave the matter to roe.
I'll plan something.'' Then suddenly a
thought flashed Into Captain Will Hal
lam's mind.
'By Jove! I've got It, I believe. Go
down to our bauk aud ask tbe cashier,
Mr. Stafford, bow many shares wo can
control in the X National-Tandy's
bank. He's president, you know."
Without at all understanding Captain
Dallam's purpose, Duncan went upou
this mission, returning presently with
the Information tbat In one way aud
another the I la Hum bank controlled
forty-eight shares of the X National's
stock, or three shares less than a ma
jority of the whole. He brought also
the message from Ht afford that as Tan
dy himself controlled tbe remaining
fifty-two shares It would probably be
Impossible at present to buy any more.
T don't know ao well about that,'
aid Hallara reflectively. "I've man
aged In my time to get a good many
Impossible things done. I'm not a very
firm believer In the impossible." Then
suddenly bo turned to Duncan and
fired a Question at him;
"Have you a friend anywhere whom
you can trust-one not known In
Cairo?"
"Yes, one."
"Yon are sure you can trust him?"
"Yes, absolutely."
"You wouldn't hesitate to put a pile
of money Into his hands without a
scrap of paper to show that the money
was yours, not his?"
"I would trust him as absolutely aa
I would trust you or you mo."
"All right who Is he?"
"Dick Temple, the mining engineer
and superintendent"
"Telegraph him at once. Ask him to
como dowu on tho evening train. Tell
him to say nothing about knowing you
or me, but to come to your rooms this
evening. I'll see him there."
Duncan took up a pad of telegraph
blanks and a pencil Ho had scarcely
beguu to write when Uallam stopped
blm.
"Never do that!" ho exclaimed.
"Never write a message on a pad,
especially with a pencil."
"But why not?"
"See!" answered Hallam, tearing off
the blank on which Duncan bad begun
to write and directing attention to the
blank tbat lay beneath. "The lmprea
alon made by tho pencil on the under
sheet Is as legible as tho writing above.
It would bo awkward If Tandy should
pick up that pad and find out what
you had telegraphed. Always tear the
top blank off the pad and lay It on
the desk before you write on It"
"Thank you! Thafs another of your
wise precepts. I wonder I didn't think
of It before."
"Oh, hardly anybody ever does think
of such tilings, but tbey make trouble."
That night llallam, Duncan and Tem
ple met In Duncan's rooms. Hallam
promptly took possession by request
ing Duncan to "go away somewhere
wbllo I explain matters to Temple."
When Duncan had taken bis leave
Hallam plunged at once Into tbe heart
of things.
"Duncan tells mo you're his friend
one who will stand by him."
"I am 'all thnt, you may be euro,
Captain Hallnm."
"Very good. Now Is the time to
show yourself such. Duncan has got
himself into something worse than a
hole, and his whole caroer, to miy uoth
tng of his honorable roputmloa. Is In
dauKr. You un I '' ; ' Mi."
''Would you lulud telilirr um t!,i :.
act situation? Not Unit I mvd ic,i
It lu order to do u:i.vi .i,i, .11 .1
would be hi'lpi'ul, bi:l II' I d: ! i:.....-'
toud tho mutter I ahull t;,i.w i..h..
wbut to do In nny little e .. . H.
may come ubout,"
"Of roiirao, of course. Iiv ship
this wayi Duncan Is m airaUit U'.v.
self Unit It lU'Vor O'M'lll'M lu Dili r.i i
Other people lire dlfli'ivnt. Tin'!" iu
some thing so utiei'ly n,uni iii.it b.
tUnidt fjjlii;ilui.iiuy nnisi,cuibU
if doing" them, ' So He doesn't take nee
easftry precautions, It was all right
for lm to offend Napper Tandy by
ddlng bis own best up there at the
Minos, bat be ought to hare known
enough of human nature not to put
aimself In old Nappar power when
be felt bound to offend him worse than
over." "
Then Captain Will told In detail the
tory of the visit to Tandy, the bribe
offer, the adyerse report and tbe way
la which Tandy bad made Hie whole
affair appear to have been an effort
on Duncnn'a part to extort a bribe
and berray those who had employed
blm. Temple readily grasped tbe sit
uation. The worst of It is," he said, "Dun
can can't even sue the old scoundrel
for libel without making matters
worse. Tandy would stick to bis story,
and as there were no witnesses that
tory would seem probable to people
who don't know Duncan. ;Whnt ro
we to do, Captain Hallam?"
"Well, It all depends upon your
shrewdness and circumspection, Tan
dy Is president of the X Natfcnal bank.
you know. That's his club to fight me
with. So little by little I've bought In
there-through other peoplo, you understand-so
that now (Stafford and I
own forty-eight of the bank's hundred
hare of stock, though on ttie books
our names do not appear at alL Tan
dy own the other flfty-two shares, I
oppose, or at least he controls them.
Indeed, whenever a stockholders meet
ing occurs be votes practically all the
tock. for It has been my policy to hide
my band by having the men who hold
tock for me give him their proxies as
a blind.
"Now, what I propose la that you
ahall manage somehow to get hold of a
little block of the stock. Three shares
will be enough to give me the majority,
but I'd ra titer make It four or five
shares. If we can get tbe stock III
surprise Tandy out of a year'a growth
by going Into the stockholders' meet
ing, which occurs about ten days from
now, and proceed to elect a board
of directors for the bank. I'll select
the men I want for directors, and the
board will at once make Guilford Dun
can president of the bank, leaving old
Napner a good deal of leisure In whlcn
to enjoy life. He'll need It all to con
vince anybody that there's anything
shady In Guilford Duncan's character
after It Is known that Will nallam ha
made him president of a bank."
Hallam chuckled audibly. He waa
enjoying tho game, as be always did.
"indeed, he will, but everything, aa I
understand It depends upon my ability
to secure the necessary shares of
stock."' ' ''-' ' ""'"-"
"Yea, It all bangs on that and it
will be a Uckllsh Job. Tandy is as
wiry aa any old fox. You're sure be
doesn't know your
"Neither by sight nor by name."
"You're sure nobody in bis bank
knowa you and your relations wltb
mer
"Yes. I am certain. I waa never In
this town before, and as for my rela
Uons with you, why, they have existed
for so brief a time, at such a distance
from Cairo and are so obscure In them
selves that I think nobody knows
them. Besides, you might discharge
me, you know, If that should become
necessary."
"We won't consider tbat aa even pos
sible. Now, as to ways and means.
You see, I depend upon you alone, and
of course you must have a free hand.
You mustn't consult me or Stafford or
Duncan or anybody else. You are to
act on your own Judgment furnish'
your own supply of sagacity and get
that stock In your own way."
"I'll do It even If I have to resign
from your service and hunt another
Job. But I must have some money."
"Of course. How much?"
"Well, tbe stock will cost a trifle over
par, I suppose somewhat more than
$1,000 a share. I should be prepared to
buy a block of ten shares. You see, I
might find a block of that kind which
the owner would sell 'all or none.' I
should have, "say, $11,000 or $12,000 at
Instant command."
"All right. I'll have Stafford open
an account with you In our bank to
morrow morning, with a credit balance
of $12,000, and you con check"
Tnrdon me but If I offer checks on
your bank Tandy will suspect our alli
ance." "That Is true, You must hare the
greenbacks 'themselves. I'll send for
Stafford now and have him give you
the money In large bills tonight"
"Pardon me," answered Temple, "but
If I go to blm with so great a sum In
actual"
"Yes, I see. That would certainly
arouse suspicion. What have you In
mind?"
"Why, you or your bank must have
banks lu correspondence with you
banks In Chicago or, better still, New
York?"
"Yes, of course."
"Can you not telegraph to one of
them and arrange to have them say In
response to a dispatch of Inquiry from
Tandy's bank thnt my credit with
them Is good for $12,000 and that if I
wish to make use of some money In
Cairo they will pay my drafts up to
that amount?''
"That's It That will be the best
plan lu every way. You'll need Identi
fication, and I'll arrange that You're
stopping at tho hotel, of course?"
"Yes."
"Very well. I'll call there on my way
home and tell the proprietor, Jewett, to
go to tho bank and Identify you when
ever called upon,"
"Will bo wot lulk?"
"No, I'll tell him u't to, and -well.yuu
know, I'm Juat now ariaiitflng a heavy
loan fur blm. Ho la pay tug off tho re
W&ilMU'itrchefi,' wun.y; ,ta the hotel
in Installments. That's all, I think.
I'll send tbe Fourth National bank of
New York a night message, It will be
delivered before banking boors tomor
row 'morning, but for fear of slips,
you'd better wait till noon before glv
log tbat bauk as your reference. Good
night Iloinctubcr that everything de
pends 011 you. Including Guilford Dun
can's reputation for Integrity."
Temple sat for half an bour thinking
and planning. He was determined to
make no mistakes that might Imperil
success. To that end he was trying 10
imagine, lu advance, every difficulty
and every emergency that might arise,
At last bo rose, took bis bat turned tbe
lamp out and left the room. '
"Tills Is the very toughest bit of en
gineer! li;,'." be iclJccted, "that ever I
undertook. WellSo much the greater
the' cie lit If I succeed. But I don't
core for the credit I care only for
Guilford Duncan lu this case."
To be continued.)
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Roses of every shade and kind are
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Many of them are produced in shades
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are so beautiful that one would like to
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Hie new summer millinery Is a vast
Improvement on tbe spring hula. Some
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tulles Is very effective.-;
A favorite summer shnpe Is tbe Wat
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Quaint shaped hut of light straws
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Yells are couspicuous by their ab
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Although tin. -feel" of silk gloves is
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threatened demth of good suede and
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SNAPSHOTS OF THE MODE.
A Teach of Color on Whlto Coom.
VItIA Shade Wore.
All white fr:ks are receiving touch
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green or pink. Often a single rose
worn In tbe bslr or on tbe corsage will
give the fasrJonable flash of color.
Green belts, bats and sunshades are
extremely swssger worn with white
costumes.
A vivid sbae of green linen for.
gowns Is much worn. To be sure, it
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colored linens have an unfortunate
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are made plain, wltb circular or straight
FOrfOEX BATHUiO BCTT.
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the linen or crochet lace. White pique
Is used In some Instances.
Natural pougee makes tbe natty bath
lng suit seen In the cut. ; The Skirt la
circular, with two plaits laid down th
front seams The front of the plaited
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are buttonholed with brown ailk and
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