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spending ft "w - naye .
Roger's- ceuntry- house at
Hlarhlaad Dark. Though
: Roger la Chicago lawyer, ha waa born
"ft Virginian and we recalled many an
evening over ft bowl bf genuine Virgin
Ian tinoi. A -noble -re-biased up
Roger'e colonial chimney, aa generou. If
not so crooked, aa tn anceaiora mra
ney In Berkeley manor;; and we could,
dtd-w choose, rut our ayea from It
blinding aplendor by a eearcb tbrougo
the duck and the moonlit night otrtatde
the window pane, until the vaat dark
' bulk of the lake ahaped It eel f out of the
In peasant moan of Ita eurf on tha beach.
. ' Somehow oor talk, which) had etarted
tightly enourh amid dead-and-gon Vir
ginian revels, aank Into a aombra mood.
1 and presently wa ware diecueehig-rio an'
'occassional miaatep over the bound" of
temperance, but tha black problem of
, drunkennees It self. .- .
Th Judge had ft high opinion of the
Keeley euro, but tha doctor believed in
' legislation, backed by ft good, atlf f sen-
; tence In . prison. - Roger - had listened.
"earing nothing.-ur pufflngmway-ftt
that brlerwood " plpa of hie that be
- smokes whenever ha. la under tha pro
tection of hla own household gods. At
last he removed tha pipe and poleed it In
air. with tha manner of one about to
apeak. We all listened, for Roger doea
ot often discourse out ef court; and
when ha doea. ha la likely to have some
thing to aay. Besides, Roger Is tha best
fellow In tha world.
"I have nothing t aay agalnat tha
Keeley cure." aaid Roger In hla soft, de
liberative tonee. "No doubt It helps
' aome men mightily, find that Is not Bay
ing that tha doctor here cannot give
)uat aa good ft hypodermic as they give
"at Dwlght; there la tha contagion of
sympathy and the Influence of faith to
be taken Into account, you know. There
la sense, too, la what Ben" l waving me
Bin at tha 'doctor) :has to aay about
fear aa ft detriment, and I dare aay
.many fellows have been reformed
7 through their sffeettoner which la th
-- pleasing theory of tha lad lee. My own
impression la that each case haa a pos
' albla cure. If wa could only find 1C I
know ft man who waa scared Into re-
hwh ewrt nniillief1 ma II
lui lerunneu
hrthromt-oT-favoiv
pally. I think, because be saw ine ooi
oueneee of hla own vice In another
man's actions. That waa queer case."
You mean Jimmy r said tha judge.
"See here. Roger, your wife Isn't here,
and we are all In the family; tell us
a noil t , jimmy, , " .' ...
"ratty woman t mina, i a"""- ""
mem. Itoger, saia nie aieiwr. uw,, ,
' the and. Ronr did tell aa,
'Ho rubbed tha ahlnlng top of hla
--iiad.--T'roiw whlehnl bown-ouflav.ra
receding; hla kind, keen eyea contracted
abeentlv; he sighed and began. . '
- "My flrat acquaintance with Jimmy,''
aaid Roger. "goes back to a period that
makes ma feel my age, for I waft old
- ' enough to be in Harvard law achool and
" Jimmy waa in knickerbockers. 1 found
him In ft high seat of ft clrcua In Chl
- cago. exulting in the dangers of tha
trapes. He had madw-frtende-wUh-ft
. newsboy even at that tender age Jim
my's 'peiiloua sociability was In full
bloom and they were exchanging emo-
tlon. "My! squeala Jimmy, -ain't aha
ft daring ladyl Would your mamma dare
r- do thatr Mine wouldn't."
"'Who "la your mamma f-Bald I. we
' being already oW terma of camaraderie,
J thanks to the balmy Infiuencee at pea
nuts' and Pink' lemonade," Jimmy an-
we red frankly: "Oh, my mamma la Mrs.
, ' Jamea Cunningham, and I; ain't gorany
. nana, and wa don't live In Chicago, but
. .wa re vlaltlng jny.Aunt .Bue. nd'RlJJbJttiit-'wHind and a dark Suspicion of
- wouldn t take me to the ciroua, so I ran. having ahot aome one too magnanimous
awT. i euriui.ou uv niu...
Ing the police about him by this time,
and I wheedled him Into giving ma the
street number, and tha upshot of the
' Incident waa I returned him to hla
' mother that afternoon. That la how I
t became acquainted with the Cunning
V hama. I have felt a sneaking obllga-
; v - . tlon to Jimmy aver alnca. There were
only Patty and Jimmy-In the-family.
- I married Patty.. Mr. Cunningham left
hla fortune unconditionally to hla wife.
There waa naif a million dollara
a - enough to spoil ft boy; not enough to
fill him with tha aenaa of obligation
- - that sometimes ft . great fortune will
- bring, ft did spoil Jimmy. He wss at
my wedding, tha aweeteat little golden-
- haired angel In blue 'velvet you ever
saw. And -after the wedding breahiaet.
wniie riur was -ryint w i
mother, he tied an old shot full of-rice
to tha bridal .carriage.- and then eonf 1
cated 4 'feottle of champagne to cheer
aome choice friend of bia waiting in the
stable, and contrived during the revel
te tumble out of the second-atory win-
' dow and break hia collarbone, which
his mother thought waa punlahment
enough. . ' -. ' -.
- "I didn't, but I waa too new In the
family circle to be loud In my oplnlona.
I didn't hear very much more of Jimmy
"that year until he got Into a mesa at
school, and, tha master being ft friend
of mine, I had to beg -the young ras
cal out of hla Just deserta. Naturally,
after that It fell to me to. pull Master
Jim tmt of hot water a ft regular job.
I muat aay it waa ft pretty ateady Job.
too. - He waa expelled from two schools,
where he had bein ao popular that he
returned home with ft miscellany of
tokena of regret In the shape of broken
pocket knlvta, old cravats, ft revolver
without any cartridges and three
trained mice. It waa Mra., Cunning
ham's notion to have tutor for him.
Digby was an Innocent young fellow
In training for ft clergyman. He was
so Innocent that Jim worked hla aprer
eff on him aa malaria. Cika every one
else, ha grew fond of Jimmy; and Jim
my liked him so much that he borrowed
money to buy Dlgby a gold watch when
they parted. He taught 'poor Dlgby
draw poker, and. when the malaria
waan't too bad, Dlgby taught him the
clasalcs. Really, Dlgby. did push him
through the college examinations. To
be sura, he was heavily conditioned,
and -dropped -the -next year; but you
couldn't blama the tutor for -that. .
. "Then Ralph look Jimmy Into the
bualnewa, 'Just aa I waa beginning to
fear Mia- tMnnllixliaiii wuulil i"md llie'
--. 4aw aa the beet reform for a -wild young
. . man, and aeddle Jim on me.
"Poor Ralph kept Jim a year. Then
, ho came to me very eolemnly and told
ma about the Keeley cure, and waa
- aura It would make a man of Jim.
"Well, I ahould not like to offer Jim 'a
, case In dlaparagemant of the Dwight
work, -i Ha offered ft bet It wouldn't
euro him: and only went, as ha ex-
preeaed It. . to oblige the ladles.'
, "The worst, ihlng about Jim. waa that
be liked hla, evil waya. He waa the
moat unabashed elnnar you ever aaw.
' He went through ft certain form of
- penitence - when ha waa getting over
ft fit of Intoxication, but W announced
boldly that ha- dffin't Intend to give up
' his tlmee only. In deference to the
SaerMd aensltlveneea of his family, he
aalgkt agree to have rather fewer : of
tbeas, I assure you-. he would argue
the matter, cool aa darky with a
ehlehea under hla hat. It waa . ft re
deeaBlag trait of toy gentleman that
.ha wasn't little bit of a hypocrite,
tai have n Idea, Roger, what ft glor-
lous aeneatlon It la to let yourself go."
saya he. 'Tou deadly respectable lei
Iowa that are - forever ekoMng . your
natural passions and handcuffing any
Instinct- that la a bit wild, you don't
realise ' the tremendous . exhilaration
there la in the gallop.'
"At thle he swung around In feia chair.
and aay he: 'JLaayt.RogerAwerevou
ever drunk T . -.
-"Weil," said Roger'a slater, for Roger
had paused., -. , ''
?T told him," answered Roger, "that
once - In - my college daya, when our-
baseball team won,' I had made all the
different klnda of an ass of myself. .In
eluding that: and I had awakened the
next morning with my head Ilka a
sawmill gone wrong, and my , throat
Ilka baked leather, and my stomach be
neath contempt; had apent several daya
n cursing myself and paying my bills.
And had -never repeated: the experience."
" Thafa odd.' aaid Jimmy, affably;
1 never even have a. headache until' I
get quite done up, you know; and 'I
don't think I make an aaa of myself.'
" Tou do I rapped out, 'and a par
ticularly-, na uaeoua oneI lab -you
could see yourself.' ;.
"But he simply laughed, and asked
ma to lend him double X; there, waa
no moving Jimmy. I made every ftp
Deal m imas-tnetinn eould aueaeat. . I
even talked about hla mother, who waa
broken-hearted over him..' . Then ha lost
his tamper for the first time. He apoke
Ilka ft much-Injured man, demanding to
know why wa allowed Mrs. Cunning
ham to guess - anything - about hla
careueale; dldnt ha take ' particular
pains, ha asked wit i an ' air of indig
nant virtue, to' keen them' from, her T
And hero waa that chump Ralth tod
dling over to her,, or writing every time
ne waa lata at the office! And ha had
always treated Ralph ao squarely;- al
ways gave him warning when bo waa
going to take-a week off: yea. and nut
off hla fun when there waa rush of
business. - aometfmea. Ralph to talk!
"He. might hive added, thou ah ha
didn't Jimmy - waan't conceited that
sober he waa particularly valuable
man. He had plenty of" energy and
plenty of industry, and tha almon-pure
business Instinct, which, you know. Isn't
lying around loose, either Ton found
.hitnL .J .wetiidai'aaei.ft liellet i lerxnr
a better partner, if ha would "only keepH
atraignt.: I have heard Ralph wall a
doaen times. There it waa; Jimmy would
not keep straight. To look at him. with
hla delicate face and curling hair and
penalva eyea, alwa.ya ao trim and dainty
In hla appearance and so' gentle of "rnan-
"r. you could not auspect him of
degrading vice. And. bealdea;
Jimmy waa sober, he-waa ao striklnclr.
ao Immaculately sober! I don't mean
that he. didn't touch liquor; that waa
Hiaj wonder - it" to-1 aiiiapeople.- - Ha
could -touch liquor: he could drink
moderately, -occasionally, like any ab
atemioua, but i not totally abstaining,
man. and yet not seem -tempted by hla
moderate drinking. And ha would walk
for monthe in the paths of temperance
until the next' time. -Suddenly, tha
desire, or tha wearlnesa of temperance,
or. call it what ' you will, the thing
would be oh him. and-he -would drink
and drink and drink, for days, for
weeks, until tha physical power to keep
liquor in him left him. or until ha waa
raving in delirium. And tha clean, de
cent fellow would be as neglected and
degraded looking a sot aa aver rofls In
the gutter.- It waa pretty bad for the
women. I tell , you. Well, never mind
that part. I on t enlarge, either, on
our enons io renrra jimmy. We tried
all the approved achemea. Wa aent
hmi at great expense to. a ranch, from
which he, returned with a mysterious
io press nia clalma. Jimmy bought
to preaa ' hia claims.
him off with a thousand dollara; ha waa
thrifty, aa well aa magnanlmoua, and
Jimmy waa' a generous soul, never nig
gardly wtth his mother's money.1. An
other venture of oura wa o dispatch
James to the lakes with a triad and
true temperance captain. Thla ended
very sadly, because Jimmy smugglsd
an assortment of liquors on board,
enough to last lort-r cruise; and. when
he found that the voyage waa to be a
ahort one. nearly killed himself drink
ing all the atock at once, 'to aava it!'
Finally, wo agreed on a desperate rem
edy. Wall. I waa the one to auggeat It
We had been having, jimmy with ua all
aummer. I had Just built thla houae
then. And, after a month or 'Six weeks
Of beautiful behayJorLhelgck.lhe..
a-ToTmainiTTTlenrnf nh. n.i4 hi
me, and went . to. Chicago on a holy
terror or a spree. This time I waa an
gry. I don't think, with all the worry
and disappointment and the tragedy of
the thing. I had been angry before. I
don't aupposa that I could explain to
any one who didn't know-Jimmy tha
extraordinary charm of tha fellow. Ir
responsible aa he waa, you could no
more help having your heart move to
ward him than taking off your coat for
tha sun see Aesop's Fablea. Ha had
ft quick and happy sympathy" about him,
and a genuine Interest In other people,
that, wss . irresistible. And while, of
course, his perverse gratification of the
basest part of him, though It ahould
break hla mother'e heart, was Infernal
ly selflah, he waan't selfish In little
things. 1 ha-e seen Jim do a hundred
vagrant -kindnesses that wouldn't ocour
to most men. But, aa I aaid. thla time
there. waa a kind of contempt of . our
feelings In the performance that rasped
me; besides, it waa a laat atraw. And
Mra. Cunningham " was reluctantly
brought to conaent i to my , plan. I
hunted Jim up In Chicago. - A nice time
I had doing It; but. never mind that.
I found him In a squalid hole. He ha'd
pawned the very clothea "on hla back
to the aaloonkeeper whoss tittle room
he was occupying. Such a room I And
Jimmy, who must have perfumed wa
ter in hla hath and a barber of hla own:
He looked ghastly; " his pale face
smouched with a we;k-o!d beard and ft
blg.strlp of black plaster on hla fore
head, that dtdn t hide a half-healed cut.
But he gave.. , me a most unrepentant
grin, that sent all my pity flying.
'Hope you brought ft cab with you.'
says he, easy as ft soda fountain. I
felt myaelf growing warm; but I mo
tloned the messenger with me to put
a largejilanstone that M ki rarfyl'ng
o"if"th cleanest-looking chair, and I re
plied In the same tone. Tn that bag,'
eald I, 'are some clothea. They are not
ewell clothes, such aa you are used tn
wearing, and they will not fetch much
at a pawnshop; but they are clean and
whole, and eultabia-to a. man who haa
to earn his living. That Is you In fu
ture. If you will put on those clothea.
I have a cab outside, and we will go to
a private hospital, where your board
will be paid until you are strong again.
Then, the doctor will buy you a ticket
nnd give you a sum of money, and
hereafter you will have to depend on
yourself. .' For we are done, Jimmy' I
did tblnk. of calling him. Jamea to be
impressive, you know; but there waa
twinkle tn fils eye, unshorn. 111 and
shabby as he was, and I hadn't the
nerve to try Jamea on "yes, wa are
quite, done: and. If you get Into any
mora trouble, you win have to get. out
by yourself.' , - ' (
' "I hardly wa prepared for Jimmy's
reply. ! guess you have hit a good
potion,' aaid he, rubbing tha atubbl on
- " ' tvr . T--tL.2.7- wv,er7 " urn? tM -. ..rn.ri .- a .. is.
1
mmmmmmmm
"Placing tha DUh And
hi cheek' -with an air of Impartial
meditation, precisely as - if he were
aome one else; "anyhow. It la worth
trying. Say. you don't expect me to
wnenT,ty "?- tho eeW Jwaefloltaly,., do I
youT The fatted calf oughtn't, to get
past veal. It 1 a period of probation,
isn't It aay. ft yeart You are an aw
fully-good- xsHpwp-Rogff ut you never !
were original, and thla plan, of your
is usually ft year.- Let' make It , a
year. By the way, don't you think It
would be nice for me in the meanwhile
to pay that money of yours that I ah
anticipated, .back In inatallmenta. like
the honest, boy in the First ltVader who
breaks the plateglaaa window T
1 aaid that it might e a little com
fort to M mother. - x ? - '- --
"1 dare aay the dear old mater has
hopes of me yet,' said he. ' Tou will
have ft deuce of ft time, Roger, keep
ing her from flying the track and a en cl
ing me auppllea on the aly. But I'll
help you out, old man. Don't get dis
couraged.' And, I glv you my word,
the scamp patted me on the back, I
packed him Into hla clothea and took
him away.' On the way to the hospital
he waa neither sullen near depressed
In fact, to my ahame be It spoken, he
gsve me an account of life among the
lowly aaloon that waa ao funny I waa
laughing .whan we drew up before the
hospital and I aaw the doctor come
solemnly out to hand Jimmy down.
Now. here's ft great moral problem:
Why do we weakly forgive amusing
reprobates ao much more readily than
the equally undeserving who - don't
amuee ua? - Jhnmy'a funny stories dis
armed me. - I am ashamed to aay - I
aent htm- another ault of clothea and
a box of my beat Henry Claye (the
Predllectos. 8.- S. P-SJudge Jimmy
liked those) and privately doubled the
fund In the doctor'a hftnda. If I could
be such a weakling, you may fancy I
felt pretty shaky about Mra. Cunning
ham. But Jimmy waa aa good aa his
word. A week later' his mother re
ceived ft letter. It explained that he
had not gone away from Chicago, hav
ing procured 'an honest, though not
would-return the money for hla ticket
We would write every Sunday. Roger
had left him plenty of clothea, and ahe
waa not to worry; and, with all hia
faulta. he loved her still.' It Is won
derful what ft comfort that letter waa
to my mother-ln-law. Well, I believe
she has It tucked away In the leavea
of her Bible yet, . I am very fond of
my mother-In Tlaw. Jimmy? ' Oh. he
kept hla word thla time, too. There
came a sh6rt letter to his mother every
week for three months. Once during
that time, dining with a friend. I
thought I aaw Jimmy at well, at a
Chicago hotel; he was aervlng ft coun
try client of mine. Relating by name,
and he was placing the dishes and un
corking the-wine with all the auave
decorum of ft veteran. " He met my
startled ga without a algn of recog
nition, but I could not Da misinicen. i
thought ' of speaking to him. .'.Then, I
reflected, better not- Jimmy Is ar-least
working hard; better keep my hands
off for while. . -
"I told Mrs. Cunningham I knew
where Jimmy waa, and that he waa all
right, .which eased her mind; and I
told Patty the truth. She aaid: ' 'Tou
let. him alone." Roger,' and I promised;
but the -next time I was in Chicago
Jimmy appeared at m y office. He waa
well dressed end entirely sober. His
first proceeding waa to draw out a lit
tle roll of bank note from hla pocket
and lay them before me. 'Flrat install
ment,' aaid he. -
'Thank you.' , said. I; 'and how are
you getting onT' t ..
"Oh. fairly well; but I have ft droll
sort of Job.' - '- .
"What Is Itr . "'
'"I dare aay. you cam her to see
Relsllngr ..........
" 'Yes,' aaid I "Are you employed by
ti I ii i
By Mrs. Reirllng,'. aaid Jimmy,
smiling. 'I'm the ono thst sdvlsed your
being employed. I recommended you.' -"My
errand had to do with Relsllng.
He wa a young man who had been liv
ing In a neighboring state aa aome
body' clerk. Hla habits were ao- erratlo
he had difficulty, fn .keeping hla situa
tion. All at once, to thla self-indulgent,
unambitious, semi-immoral - creature,
there came a great fortune from a Cali
fornia uncle. 'Relating simply loat his
head; he went all to bits.- The money
began to, fly In hi ge chunks to. sharp
ers of all kinds, and Ms wife be waa
marrjed took fright. Una and one sis
ter were hla nearest relations. By the
Urns of this alnie. a spendthrift . who
drinks to excess may have a gua dKn
at pointed tcr take .charge of hla- prop
erty. .The guardian haa other powers
of extensive-nature, one being the right
to snd hia ward to an asylum for
treatment, t had won ft case Involving
aome Chicago property ratheri a heat
rase and i somehow they had y an ex
aggerated Idea of my Mrvtc, Mrs.
-K. - -:,-'
Uncorking the -Wine With All the
Relsllng especially. ' She waa a good
sort, although not always discreet. Now
she wanted me to advise her.- No doubt
Jimmy .Increased her confidence. But
what llminf -lining with -ftfftg-
UngaT I asked him. .
"Ha threw back hla chin, with the
dimple In It. and laughed hla old. Jolly
laugh He- had -4 her sweetest laugltr -eon-found
him. '
'"Well, you may laugh.' aaid he;
dear boy, I am no longer ft waiter. - I
am a moral - constable and amateur
guardian of the family altar, good luck
to It! I'm keeping Relating straight.'
"How did you get tha Jobr said t
" 'Moat natural thing In tha world.'
aaid he. The Relating came to our
hotel, -and I had to steer Relsllng up
stair a. On time I aaved him 'from tak
ing good tumble. They were there ft
month; he wouldn't go home, and aha
wouldn't go -without him; and ao aba
got into the way of rather depending
on me. She think I am ft good young
man because I take off my hat, to
women and amuse children, and once
she saw -me . going - to cheroh: . I aa
sored her it waan't ft habit,, and that I
waa not ft particularly good young man:
but ahe took all that for my modesty.
So finally, aa she came to need, me. and
aa I couldn't get my time when I waa
waiter, aha Induced ma to resign and
oecome a gentleman detective. I keep
Relsllng out of all the mischief I can.
and keep the track ef htm generally.
If I can't restrain hlmv I have ft very
liberal aalaryand 1 am to have some
thing very handsome, should I succeed
in reforming my charge.
" 'Do you think It safe for your said
t. rather dryly. I imagine.
"Jimmy waa not offended; he answered
more seriously: r"Well, yea, Roger.
da In the first place. I haven't any
present inclination for little birds; In
the second, I rather take to Mra.
Relsllng, who Is an awfully good little
woman; and ao plain you can t help but
be- sorry for- her, and ao nice ybti have
to like her: and there la a kid. ft nice
little felloWt-with something the mat
tar, with hla hip that' why they are
here, you know and. In the third place,
I'm - Interested Zn the case ..Uaelf. '. I
think you may depend I shall not run
crooked, Roger; and. I'd ft little rather
you wouldn't ahow .me up to the Rela
lings. It la a new aeneatlon being re
spected morally. I give you my word,
I'll resign and take myaelf off to the
doga alone If I feel the bad fit coming.'
"It struck me there was something
different about Jimmy. I couldn't put
my finger on It but I felt It. -Just aa
you feel whin your witness Is telling
you the truth. I promised, and we had
an amaslngly pleaaant half hour. Then
Jimmy bad to betake himself to Rels
llng. -. - - ;
"He haa been drinking very hard,'
aaid Jimmy; "but now wa hare corraled
him in hla room' and - taken all hla
clothes away, except pajamas; so he Is
Just where we want him."
"That evening,' as T waa waiting for
Mra. Relsllng in their parlor, -1 had an
Interesting Insight ' into Jimmy's
methods. . My client's bedchamber waa
the next room, and I could hear htm
offering Jimmy ft hundred .dollar for
a ault of ready-made clothes.
"Til tell you something. Mr. (Rels-J
ling.' responded Jimmy a imperturbable
accents. 'I am a gentleman. Kindly
don't Insult me with bribery and cor
ruption. Tou haven t enough money to
buy a stilt Of clothea from me. SeeT
" 'I don't know why I n ao atuck on
you.' Relating whimpered back; 'you're
forever slanging me!.. Why don't I end
you ofTT . -, . ,
" Toaslbly you have a drop of aenae
left, and recognise I am your only
chance of bracing up and living 'like ft
man, and, not like at dog,' say a Jimmy,
sweetly. "Now yqu lie down, and . I'll
sing to you.' -
Jimmy had a most lovely voice. That
When so much sensibility and tender
ness and Indescribable' purity of melody
get Into a vftlce. It generally Impllea
that, the mualo haa scraped the fellow's
conscience bare; all the pretty - things
are In the volcev and none left In the
moral , nature. But that'a merely my
theory; myself. I don't know one tuna
from another without the words. Jimmy
did have an angeifo voice. Now he be
gan to alng "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother'
In. hi roost affecting manner, . Direct
ly' there cornea ft roar from the bed.
Don t want me to warbler aay
Jimmy, Bweetly.
Want you to alng something lively.
growls the audience.
Tou don t need anything lively,' an
swers Jimmy, placidly; "what you re
quire la to have your conaclence awak
ened and your affections touched, and
general - kind of wlah-you-were-dead
feeling encouraged. , - - J
'Mother, come back from the .echoless
i - Bhorea t r ' ' ' '
Tske
" "Drop that pillow! Toull have te
Suve DecorumoTT
ge without sleeping accommodations If
you hurl them all at me. But anything
to please, -r -fv ..-
" 'Nelly au ft lady: last nlght ahe died.
Toll.lhtbeUtor Jovely Nell' -
i net loo meiancnqiy, too .
"See how It sparkles, thla drink, divine;
But. all Ita brlghtbea our eye out-
"Relellng waa quiet now, and he re
mained quiet, although Jimmy glided
Into 'Old Folks at Home,' and, when
Mrs. Relsllng entered, he was singing
old-fashioned hymns. - She Bald . aba
didn't knowvwhat ahe ahould do without
Jimmy, and apoke of him with, tea re 1A
her eyea. Of course, she knew nothing
about Jimmy's real name or hla relation
to m y wife. The next , morning - Jimmy
appeared at my office again. He wa
more angry than I ever had keen Mm;
and he explained at length -4uat how
Relsllng had outwitted him, and es
caped when he took, the Inebriate to
drive. It was comical to watch Jim
my's mounting Indignation: " Partlco-
I tarty, did ha bubble dVer the drunken
ounninaT ana uupiiru. v. n.
" They are all like that.' aaid I. phil
osophically, and the red climbed, up Into
the roota of Jimmy'a hair.
"Waa I like thatr be burst forth.
'! repeated aeveral episodes which,
ftt the time of action, had amuaed Jim
my more than hi friends. He made no
comment. From that - time, though, I
noticed that he got Into tha way of
ACHAMCTERm
ROMANCE
Michael White n New York Herald,
HE atory of Maharaja Oaekwar of
Baroda, now visiting the United
Statea. ' probably 'the aeconn
wealtbiset and certainly the
most enlightened of the Indian princea.
la one which, all small boy who.aaplre
to a great poaltlon-r-rnay- reao aa an
example Jesaon.. It la simply because
Oaekwar. waa such a good boy that he
la now a king, and because he baa been
such an excellent king that the Indian
government-permits him to reign with
the lightest euperviston and to travel
anywhere he pleaaea without hindrance.
Hla la ft case of-vk-tue. more, generously
rewarded than would aeem to be the rule
in these days, and through which la
shot vein of Arabian Night-like ro
mance. - - '- "
To twain with, when th preaent Oaek
war was a amall boy things ware tn ft
very bad way In Baroda.- The former
Gaekwar possessed moat unsavory
reputation. So far from being the pro
tector of the poor, he aqueexed hla aub
Jecta beyond the limit of endurance;
and sa to his palace affaire, the acandal
of It reached evstn the eara ot tne vice
rov of Caloutta. -
Matters reached a .crisis when the
Haekwar'a wife fled III terror to tin
British resident, and the resident re
fused the Oaekwar's demand for her re
turn, on the more than likely chance ot
going to the bottom of a well in aome
aecluded corner or tne -paiace garaens.
I'pon this the Infuriated - Oaekwar
thought to frighten tha resident and
his wife by discharging blank artillery
aimed at tha residency compound." As
the only result,' howsver, waa to fill the
resident, with threatening wrath, the
Oaekwar took. the. still more objectton
abls course of seasoning his political
guardian' food with chemicals not in
tended -for humart consumption - -
Twenty-Three, forth" Oaekwar.
I At this point the Indian government
thought tt high time -to Investigate the
Oaekwar. In oue course he was brought
tlon of poisoning the resident, waa
found guilty ef gross misrule and de
posed. . Then came the question of a
new Oaekwar. Aa there happened to be
no direct heir to the throne, according
to Hindu custom the selection of a
ruler developed upon- the maharanl. or
the deposed Oaekwar' wife, the - lady
who had ,o narrowly escaped the bot
tom, of a welL . The maharanl there
upon aought the advice of her guru, or
godfather., usual uinder . . uch rlrcum-J
stances, snd It waa agreed that the new
Oaekwar should, be chosen from among
the three best boys In Baroda.
That thla contest of good boys proved
a Judicious procedure few among the
Maharaja'a I.Onfl.OO subjects would
now question. I'nder his rule the state
haa progressed steadily, and the city of
Baroda has been so modernised with
handsome public buildings, wide- streets
and pleasure gardens that it haa ceased
to he the typical. Hindu capital of the
picturesque though malodorous descrip
tion. --.".
reraonally Maharaja Gaekwar , la ft
comparing hla own paat with Relating
present The mischief with Relsllng,'
said he once, very aeiioualy, la that
he think he haa ft good time, while ha
I driving- hla wife erey with anxiety,
wasting hi money and -ruining Ma
health. Bucli lot! But. fjuid. alift'lie
an obJecl'TeaaonF
" T am hoping he will aave you, Jlm
y7sirX helfcer you avenlm6f ;
' " "Oh, I'm going te aave tha blooming
little cad'a soul,' said Jim, very solemn
ly. If only out of gratitude. That Isn't
all; he la really fond ot ma, and be baa
some mighty good streaks; ao I am
bouftd-to-ftftve. him. Wha.tha.naeda. ii
an almighty acare. I wlah you would
go 'round and talk ft little atlff to him'
J! was bythls time his duly appointed
guardian )T'",you'"uaed' "Vo talk uncom
monly well, Roger,' aay Jim. with all
the assurance In life, 'and I believe you
might get through the hair-with him.
t have been at him about hla health;
got him into Severne'a hospital the one
I was in. you know and . Beveme baa
kindly collected the grewaomeat lot of
caaea of the effects of alcohol on the
human organs, and I am trying to Im
press Relsllng. Tes, Roger, If -that fel
low won't be sweetly persuaded Into ft
better life, he has to be clubbed; that's
the else of it.' - --
"I wlah you ' would have llatened to
Jlmtnyl I used to git and shake, he
waa so funny In hla dead earnestness,
that was so different from the usual
mantfeatatlon of earneatneaa. - Well,
shortly aftef . thta woiweraatien. Rela
ting got hla scare. ' It waa thla way.
Relsllng gave tha doctor the slip, and
Jimmy and I pursued him. We caught
our roan on ft train going downtown.
Illinois Central suburban, and crowded.
Short i aa the , time of hla liberty bad
been, he 'had managed .to get iiimaalf,
aeml-lntoxicated. - - ' s . J ,.
man of much force of character and In
tellectual attainment. A aketch of hla
dally life tn Baroda will ahow that If It
paaaea without much excitement be does
not shirk administrative duties. .
Maharaja- Oaekwar ' rises early and
proceeds flrat to distribute alms te his
personal Brahmins, or, aa we would
aay, private chaplains. The amount of
tho-dally-gift-is about-lle.jforwhlch
TAeBrah"mInsdlTerai short prayer In
hla- behalf and presence. On such fes
tivals a th day r -offerings -for the
dead and the day of birthday thanks
giving he attends publlo worship in ths
palace temple. - During, the eeaaon of
mourning all auch ceremonlea are omit
ted. - After hla pooja, or devotions, the
Maharaja partake or a light breakraat
of bread, fruit and mtk.' Then he rldea
or drives for an hour or so, and returns
to the palace for reading of a. aerloua
character. - In thla he la assisted by
resident pundits, or - professors, . the
subjects embraced being ancient and
-modern hlatory. philosophy, statesman
ship, with perhapa ft dip Into Shakes
peare, of which poet he prides himself
on being ft deep student. .
Beef and Alcohol Barred. - - .
At 11 o'clock he lunches with his
sons and the members of hia ataff. Thla
meal la served In - European . fashion,
though no alcoholic liquors are offered,
and. needless to say. no dish comes upon
the lable which bears the slightest re
lationship to beef. If any Americana
desire to extend hospitality to the Maha
raja they must aee to It that not even
beef fat la uaed In the cooking, for their
oriental guest would at onoe loae caate
If ft trace ef the aacred animal passed
hla lips. It may also be remarked here
that at some -native -court when his
highness yawns it Is the. proper thing
to snap your fingers snd exclaim with
you," to prevent a devil Jumping, down
the great man s throat.
From noon until about 4 o'clock Oaek
war attends to affairs of state. . The
heads of ,the different departments make
their reports, he revises sentences of
the high court, snd discusses tne gen
eral policy of hla government. - Th Ma
haraja then visits the Maharanl In the
tenana, which In hla particular houae
holii Is not an Inclosed quarter' of the
palace, but merely the apartmenta occu
pied by hi wife. Toward sundown the
Maharaja drtvea out in atate eacorted by
hla bodyguard of lancer. On such occa
sions 11 not lnrrequenuy napp-ene m
he is offered petitions, when he instructs
one of his slds to receive them, and ap
points a time for the petitioner to be
received at the palace. On two days of
the week he holds public audiences, so
that he may be personally accessible
te all hla subject. Early to bed. is. the
rule at tha palace of Baroda.
Thle rather "slmple" life is varied by
hunting expeditions, from whlcn the
Maharaja has returned With numeroua'
lion and tiger trophies, an occasional
splendid entertainment. In the form of
nautch dancea when distinguished Eu
ropeans come his way, and extended
travela na1nlyJfor tha benefit-ef hi
health. The Maharata has visited Eu
rope several times, and when In England
throws aside, aa far as possible, native
prejudices. - - . '
A hla sons have been educated at
E,ton and Oxford, In manner, at ny
" Wall, old man,' he aaid.. with, ft t ool
Ish mlle. 'I knew you would catch mav
I don't mind. 1 have had aU the drinks
I want. . I'll go with you.'
"Jimmy said something amiable. Cnd
ne quietly took Relating' hat and stood
between him and the door. Relsllng
appeared to g to Bleep. ' But when the
train halted at Randolph, he leaped out
of Ma seat and made ft dash for the
door; and almultaneously. aa luck would
have U i ft lady ' of .hug . proportlona.
dragging after her two large children.
rolled toward the door, too. She lurched
against jimmy, and ' Relsllng. got past
I waa farther down In the .ear, but I
lumDiea ut - Bomeuow, and ..there in
front waa Jimmy'a gray darby bobbing
among the crowd after Relating bar
head. You know what kind of a station
Randolph K. with, tha huddle of track
and the crowd,, and one polloeman to
prevent ft aiaugnter of the Innocents
Relsllng -plunged reckieailv . an th.
tracka. He didn't hear, or he waa too
craay to neeo, tne polloeman' yell,
could . th . crowd . shiver, and -th
facea go white In ft second, and th
black monater , roaring and snorting
down .on. them. -Jimmy'a hand went
up in ta Air; ne waa ao loae to Reji
ling, I couldn't see either of them. A
woman' gbrteked: - "He's down! . His
shoe's eaughtf and there was an awful
kltld of ft groan from the crowd that
turned me sick. Than the ftlr seamed to
hles with -cinders, and-my- eyes end
mouth were full of them, while' I was
savagely shouldering - and hitting, my
way to ft heap on .the platform. Of
course, you ail anticipate: ,. It waan't
Relating. Oh, nl Relsllng had drunk
ard's luok. He waa moaning and cry
ing over Jimmy, who had cut hls shoe
lace nnd Jerked him out of th Jaws of
death" before they a napped, and had hla
own leg cruahed for hla palna. He was
senseless with the shock,7 and didn't re
vive until, he .was In the ambulance.
Where's Relsllngr he asked, in his first
eonsqious breath. Te he hurtf
" -No; I'm aU right, d n met', sobs
Relating, who was sober enough now. '
"Jimmy amlled,, Never, mind,'- he
said, and shut his eyea.
"We had an anxious time, but Jimmy
oovarea, although A mat hla leg
Purtng-nlB Illness nelellng w -els-ue-i
voted and moat miserable attendant. A
few words, from Jimmy. .Insured. my.xlX;
ing an expurgated edition of the acci
dent to the. women when they came.
Said Jimmy: 'Roger, you keep an eye
en Relating won't you? And don't let
him get discouraged. He has got bin
scare and he la sorry enough; he doesn't
need to have It rubbed In. Let it be an
poll the only decent act I ever did In
my worthless life by sicking the women
on, Jjlnw Jt , hA reform and I .gm .al
moat sure he will I want the credit
of It; ao let him come all he will, ami
don't monkey with the work ef grace.
Mina. live or die, it' a. bargain.'
"'"However, as you know, Jimmy didn't
die. He Is very much alive, making
money, in partnership with Ralph, and
his mother's chief anxiety now la lest
he fling himself away on Borne girl not
good. enough for hlnw Relating did' re
form. I have no great predilection for
him to this day myaelf; he la ft Philis
tine of the Philistines. But he doee a
good deal - of - rather ostentatious good
with his money, end I am come to
holding that It Is better to do good oa-
tentatlouaiy man not to do it nt all.
One day his wife called Jimmy - hla
good angal. She mistakes,' said Jimmy
with unusual gravity; he was mine.' "
Roger observed that hi pipe war out
and shook the tobacco on ' the hearth.
One of. the . company . Is of Jimmy's
opinion, but she did not apeak- The
Judge was the first - to say anything.
He -'aaid: "The problem, though, la to
find the particular medicine for the par
ticular eaae." -
rate, they are hardly to be distinguished
from Englishmen. . In recognition of
the efforta of both the Maharaja Oaek
war and hi wife for the welfar of
th1ysubjectstn Imperial government
has eonf erred upon them the. highest
honors. ; While Maharaja Oaekwar la a
Knight Orand Cross of the Star of In
dia, and eaat of Sues Is entitled, la ft aa.
'lute of II guna, tha Maharanl la deco
rated with the Order of tb Crown of
India. In this latter orders by the way.
are enrolled two Americans Iady Cur
son and Mra. Cornwallle-WesU
As to the wealth which haa fallen to
the lot of thla erstwhile beat boy ot
Baroda no definite calculation can- be
made. Indian princea do not inveet much
tn stocks and bonds, th value of real
estate In India has not yet been en
hanced by ft boom, and aa to the weight
of their treasure chests one can only
hasard ft guess. If : the pablle revenue
of Mabaraja Oaekwar Is some M.OQ0.O0O.
his private Income probably amounts to
aa much again. Bclndhla 1 of Owallor,
with $14,000,000 a year, la said to be the
richest of the Indian princea. and next
to him comes our visitor from Baroda.
We do, however, know something defi
nite about the Value ef hla Jewela. Ma
haraja Oaekwar poaaeases . the most
costly piece of Jewelry In the world. In
daiallr.g magnificence tt never has been,
or la ever' likely to be, excelled. Tht
treasure la - In the- form of ft shawl or
Cloak of woven pearls, edged with a deep
border of arabesque designs of diamonds,
rublea, emeralda and sapphires Origi
nally It waa intended as a covering for
the tomb of Mahomet, but somehow It
was diverted Into s former Oaekwar'a
possession. In - cold figures the stones
alone have been appraised ftt K.OOO.OOO;
so when Okekwar enters ft grand dubsr
with that cloak over hi shoulders hi
1100.000 diamond cap on hla head and hla
140,000 glove on hla hand tha scintillat
ing 'persona of other princes are as flick
ering candlea in a blase of eiectrto light;
.Though usually spoken -' of a ' "the
Oaekwar" of Baroda, In -reality Oaek
war Is not a title, but ft' turname. Ilka
Oould or Vandorbllt. Th real designa
tion of the prince Is . Maharaja Sir
Bay all Rao Oaekwar Sena Kha Khel
iBhamsher Bahadur of IB rod a. QC S,Jlu.
and of hi wire, Maharanl Sahib Chimna
Bal Oaekwar, Simplified one can beat
refer to them aa the Maharaja and
Maharanl of Baroda, . ..
r gaperlorlvy dr Breakfast roods.
. from the New York WorW
A Sew ess bat been fenae fnr tireekfait
feeds. , Darin the recent bitkethall series -twees
tke Wahlntea teaaa sad the New
Vnrkt rsln begas tailing snout ke 0fth Inalns.
"gplthsll" Chesnrs was pttrfelng. Tba ball
ws-we-eee li emle not-hsaele It ansTthe
batten were falling na bias like a n of brirk.
Bring sesie sawirust:" yelle tb ntteher.
The grmtndkeeDer sklreilabtd irennrt en4
flnfltne Bene earn eat with a MmKee - f
eaekafe ander hla arm. lie haate4 CbsbrJ
a paetage ef purree rte. Th -pitcher rubbed
the ball I tt and struck eat tb better.
"Hare's aonthe- earkase," the gnrasdkeeser
said, fiealng e'er a nether. '
Thle time It eras fretted wheat. ' Cbeabm
see eaother aaeka nf breakfast feed with
..M. halU..an,lt . - v.a - - . 1 1 .k .
sample ef breakfaat fneds whlda the greasd-
eener na eeneete eurlnl th winter.
"I think that .snffe rice an fretted wheat
are niMHt tn aw4itt," CkMbre said waea
b Inlaka tht (act.
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