THE CHARITY GIRL
By EFFIE A. ROWLANDS
CHAPTER X.
I to her. "I will send up to T.ondon at
Ai early as possible th« following ' once.”
morning. Hheila Fraser ordered her hone,
As she sail thia, the thought of Bever
donned her habit, and. without waiting ley Rochfocl same into her mind, and all
for breakfast or groom, left home in hot at once she determined to learn his ad
haste for Craiglanda. She wanted to be dress from M.A Thomgate. and telegraph
first at an interview with the dueheaa. to him to erwd down a detective» why.
Much depended on how she acted now.
she could scarcely have told.
"If I can juat drop a few hints, and ao
prejudice her against that girl, not all
CHAPTER XI.
Mrs. Fraser's sweetness, or her da ugh
It «»as long before poor Audrey cl «wed
Ur’s artfulness, will have much avail. I her tire«!, aching eyes that eventful night:
am a rich womanI I never felt ao glad ahe had abed no mon* tears after that one
of my money before.”
passionate outburst; she felt too much
She had diverged a little from the or pain and anxiety for this natural relief.
dinary route to Craiglanda. because there All ahe could think of was Jack Qlendur-
was a better road by ao doing, and a# wood, lying alone In the bracken, insen
she trotted along fleetly, ahe suddenly sible, half murdered. She accepted her
came upon a dog cart, in which was seat mother's tender comfort, in a vague,
ed Beverley Rochfort. looking wonderful dreamy way. All the sudden joy and
ly handsome in his fur-lined coat.
pride that had sprung into being early
"Miss Fraser, this is an unexpected in the evening, as she listened to the story
pleasure.” he said, as he lifted his hat of her birth, seemed to have vanished
and motioned the groom to take the reins. beneath this great sorrow.
*You are out early.”
The sun was shining high In the heav
“I am going to Craiglands» to make In ens when she opened her eyes, and found
quiries.** she said curtly.
her mother bending anxiously over her.
Beverley only smiled, but ahe saw at Constance Fraser gained strength at sight
once that he attached a good deal of of her child’s suffering. Shs waa now
meaning to this hasty ride.
He got the strong, courageous woman; she put
down from the cart.
aside all her invalid ways, and rose su
"Drive up and down until I am ready. preme to the moment.
Jones.” he commanded, as he walked up
"Look after her well.” she said to
to Sheila’s horse and stroked the smooth Marshall, as she donned her outdoor gar
neck. "Ia there, then, so much cause ments, and prepared to drive over to
for anxiety?** he asked. "Are you nerv Craiglands.
ous about ¿ord John. Miss Fraser?”
The duchess, proud, self reliant, self-
Sheila pursed her lips. She resented possessed as she was generally classed
bis manner, and she did not quite under to be. was after all only an ordinary
stand it. either.
woman, with a mother's heart beating
"I feel that it would be altogether a quick and strong In her breast. Her two
pleasant and a wise arrangement if yon boys had been her darlings from the ear-
and I called ourselves friends.” Beverley i lies: da ya of their childhood : she had nev
said, after a slight pause. "We hare so er been so fond or so proud of her one
much in common.”
daughter, who was too much like her
”1 don’t think I understand you.” father in nature and character to prove
Sheila waa startled into saying.
; a comfort to the other parent
”1 must .try and explain myself clear
The tears came to the mother's eyes
ly I know the reason of your hurried as Constance Fraser, after speaking all
vlait to Craiglanda. It is not sympathy :he consolation and sympathy she could
that takes you there, but something more think of. mentioned the countesa' name.
akin to self-interest. Oh do not be
"I will stay with you till Gladys
angry, there is no occasion, for. my very cornea,” she said, gently; "I am sure
dear young lady. 1 think you are perfect there is much I can do.”
ly right. You see. although I do not
"Gladys will not come.” the duchess
credit you with any great amount of answered, quietly enough; and then all
sympathy. I have plenty myself. Be at once ahe broke down. "Oh. Con
lieve me, I am quite sincere. Just now.” stance ! My dear!
My dear!” she
Beverley went on, “I said I thought it moaned, "what shall I do if I loot both
would be not only a pleasant, but a wist my boys? Duncan’s days are numbered
thing for you and I to become friends. —I know it only too well—and Jack,
Union is strength, you know. Miss Fra my bonny, my dear, food, noble Jack !”
ser . a good old maxim.”
Then Constance knelt beside her and
"Don’t you think you had better leave •Leered ber again.
conundrums alone. and speak out
"You are alarmed by this insensibility:
straight. Mr. Rochfort?”
it is nothing: it often happens with con
“I will," he answered, quietly. "Sheila, cussion of the brain. I prophesy that
we are both persons of determination and
in a week’s time you will have Jack out
ambition. My ambition takes one form,
of bed, or very nearly so. Now I want
yours another: but on one point we are
you to look at me; don’t you see a chang«
alike—we would sacrifice much to gain
• in my face? Yes. I see you do; shall 1
our ends: would we not?”
I tell you all about it?”
Sheila’s cold gray eyes flashed as she
And then, as gently, as briefly as she
nodded her bead.
could. Constance bared the secrets of her
"You hate the girl; I hate him ! You
heart to her friend.
are determined that John Glendurwood
"And you have found your child. Con
shall make you his wife; I am as equal
stance? I am glad. I rejoice, my dear,
ly determined I shall make her mine. Ar
in your happiness. You must let me see
rived so far. the rest should be easy.”
Sheila drew a sharp breath. She loath her soon. I shall love her for your sak«*
and for poor Frank’s; he was a great
ed him for his shrewdness in having read
her mind so clearly, but his words had favorite of mine.”
Constance Fraser covered her face with
brought s new aspect altogether.
her hands, and when she drew them away
"It is for you to suggest.” she said,
•peaking swiftly and in low tones. "As it was ashen white.
"Hush I” she said, almost inaudibly :
you said just now, union is strength,
"do not let us speak of him. The pain
and so ---”
is too deep, too great. Such horrible re
"So yon agree to be friends, eh?” Bev-
morse comes over me when I begin to
•rley smiled.
think, that I fear for my reason. I
He had never had the smallest fear of
know now I was deceived. that I doubted
failing. He had not watched Sheila so
him wrongly: but—but that is all I dare
carefully these past days for nothing. He
let myself know just yet, it makes my
held out his hand as be spoke and Sheila
heart bleed.”
pa’ hers into it.
The duohess bent and kissed the sweet,
"Have you any plans?” she asked, ab
ruptly. She was no longer so eager to white face.
"Have courage!
Remember your
be gone. One glimpse at this man’s smil
ing. handsome, evil face told her that he child !” the whispered.
“I do! I do!” answered Constant,
would do all he wished. Even in the
midst of the satisfaction that came with brokenly. "In her I must live again.
a rush, she could not repress a feeling God-mamma. I want you to promise to
of jealousy and envy that he should love befriend her. to stand by h*r always.”
"For your sake and for hers. I prom
Audrey and be indifferent to her. Sheila.
"I will tell you more when I return ise this. Constance; ab-j shall never want
from London. My journey there is not a friend while I am alive.”
John Glendurwood’» condition showed
wholly unconnected with this matter.
And now, I think I must say ‘Au revoir.’ no change, and although Dr. Sentence
his patient
I sincerely trust you will find Lord John declared he would pull
not so bad as rumor reports. Carry my through, he nevertheless felt much doubt
sympathy and regards to her new grace: and anxiety as to his ultimate surress.
"It is the mind that is keeping him
ah* is a charming woman, and will make
back,” he declared over and over again
an altogether excellent mother-in-law.”
Sheila smiled mechanically, and gath to Mrs. Fraser, and at last ventured to
ering up her reins, she rode on. She express the same idea to the duchess.
That very same evening as Constance
gave a sort of shudder as she went, and
the memory of Beverley’s dark, glittering was dressing for dinner, a carriage ar
eyes lingered with her. She felt, some rived from Craiglands with a hurried
how. so powerless when she was with message from the duchess.
"Would Mrs. Fraser kindly drive over
him.
Sheila always felt a thrill at her heart a» soon as possible—her grace wished to
as ahe rode or drove up to Craiglands. see her particularly.”
Audrey sat before the Are in her moth
Now as she passed up the avenue and
drew rein at the covered doorway, a man er’s room : she was riad in a pretty little
*hite
gown made in picturesque fashion,
with powdered hair and grave face came
and her hands already had lost the work
forward to meet her.
"Her grace’s love, miss, and she begs stains that had seemed so out of place on
you will excuse her this morning; she them. She was scarcely conscious of
does not feel equal to leaving his lord wbat was going on around ber. The past
ship’s room Rhe begs, also, to thank you, few days had sapped her strength, she
miss, for having taken the trouble to cared to do nothing, could do nothing but
sit and wonder how her beloved, her hero,
ride over and make inquiries.”
“Does Dr. Sentence think there la any was. How little did she gu<*ss that, as
danger?" she asked, and there was gen she sat there fearing, dreading every
fresh moment, that her lover was then
vine anxiety In her voice.
"Dr. Rentance considers bis lordship’s speaking her name as Constance Fraser
condition very serious,” replied the ser bent over his bed.
vant.
"He has called her so often,” his moth
Rheila rode bark to Dinglewood cross er whispered, with quivering lips. "Oh,
and anxious. She met Dr. Sentence com Constance! My dear, you will do as be
ing down the avenue, and stopped to ques asks! It may be his last wish
Constance pressed her lips on the brow
tion him.
“The poor fellow has not recovered above those eyes that, only a short time
consciousness yet,” the medical man an ago had been laughing and sparkling
swered. “I have telegraphed up for Raw with life, happiness and manly vigor.
"Be comforted,” she said, gently, for
son and Locksley. Miss Fraser, it is
horrible, a dastardly affair, and for the was he not lying on the edge of that dark,
life of me I can’t understand it. Lord dread river? "It shall be as you wish.”
"And—Audrey—my
wife—before—1
Glendurwood never seemed to have an
enemy in the world ; but upon my word die?” the words were uttered so faint
this looks to me like a malicious attack. they were scarcely audible.
"And Audrey, my child, shall be your
It has turned out he had next to nothing
In hie pockets. Of course, bis watch wife at once, without delay.”
A smile of joy radiated the poor young
was valuable. But who on earth is there
about here who could have borne him a fellow’s face; he tried to clasp her hand,
grudge for anything he has ever done and to murmur thanks, but he could do noth
■aid? I suppose you have sent for fur ing but lie there, helpless as a child in
ther police assistance, Miss Fraser?” be his utter prostration.
went on.
CHAPTER XII.
Sheila confessed she had not even
The following morning, before Con
thought of it.
"Ara not the Mountberry men suffi stance Fraser had had time to compose
her thoughts, and begin to prepare her
cient?" she asked.
"Thia to pre-eminently a case for an child for what lay before her, Sheila
astute datsctlve,” he said; "and I should cams Into the room.
Audrey was lying very quiet In ber
telegraph up at ones to Scotland Yard,
If I wars you. As the affair happened In little bed, and the other girl noticed, with
your grounds, of course, It would be anger In her heart, how exquisitely love
pleasanter for you to have it sifted thor ly was that pale young face, pillowed
among the delicate lace-edged linen and
oughly.*
"You are quits right!” Sheila said, shadowed by the plnk-llned curtains. It
warmly, although she sou id have struck made her even savage. In her jealous
toton with her whip for daring to dictate hatred, to notice what dal nt lasss ths
mother alrtsdy gsve to ber
child.
"I cam» to tell you.” *h» •aid. very
abruptly, "that I am going to I «union
for a f»w «lays. Janet will accompany
me. 1» there anything that 1 can do
I foi you ?”
Mre. Fraser »hook her head. Sheila
went »way in total ignoran«'» that the
most vital turn In »vent» W«, to toko
immediately.
It was no uhfliiul thing for ber to r*'
to London for a few days, aa aha waa a
shrew«! busines* weman. atu! superintend
ed nearly all the movement» «'f her af
faire.
This time, however, them was
nothing that would demand her atten-
tl«m. except thl» former marriage of her
father'» widow.
She determined during her abaent'e
fnun Dinglewxxxl to <«* herself to Broad
borough and mat» full Inquiries about
Audrey.
"I will not rest til! 1 have full and
complete pnx'f that »he 1» Frank Ana-
tnither’» child. If only I «'an be success
ful and discover any flaw. I think I
•hall krn'w how to make It disagreeable
for Mr*. Fraser and her charity girl.”
To Sheila’s annoyancs she found that
Mr. Cheater waa In possession of every
fact relating to Audrey’s birth, and in
a very »hurt time pla«^ thee» facts be
fore her.
"There ‘» not a shadow of doubt. Miss
Fraeer.” he »aid quietly, "that th!» young
girl Is Miss Anatruther. I have been
myself to Broadborough and made erery
inquiry, an«! if these Inquiries had failed,
the appearance of the regiatratfon of
birth and the marriage certificate would
settle the question. I have been down
to the church where Miss Gaw'olgne mar
ried Captain Anatruther. and have pro
cured another copy of tbe certiflmte.
Here It la.”
"Which 1» eo much worthies» paper,
consitlering that Captain Anatruther was
married at the time and had a wife liv
ing." Sheila remarked curtly.
"I am happy in being able to assure
you that thia roman«'» is not true, and
congratulate you that your stepmother |
ha* at least one joy left her in life. Fate
ha< treated her harshly, poor lady.”
She arose abruptly, and went away.
A» ah» re-entered her hotel, »he mw a
pile of luggage being carried In. an«! in
her preternaturally »harp way »he rec
ognised the livery of the footman, who '
wa» superintending the portmanteaus and
huge boxes, as that worn by the servants
of the Earl of !>ah»swater. She whisper
ed to her maid Beecham, to find out if
th* family were about to stay at tbe hotel,
and paaeet! npataim with the first aenaa-
tlon of pleasure ahe had experienced for
some time, which grew atronger as ahe
learned that the countess and her chll- | j
dren were expected tip the following day
from Daleswater House.
(To be wnrInned.>
The Honduras National lottery Com
pany, better known under Its original
name of the Ixmlalana State Lottery,
ban been forced out of business by the
Federal government, Twenty of the
officers and employes of the concern
are under Indictment, The death knell
of this biggest lottery company tu the
world has tieen sounded.
Bigger than the "Mississippi bubble."
potent In State and national affairs,
known In every rlvlllxed land, the Hou
dura* «'otupany has made probably not
lews than
for Its owners
during its existence of more than
thirty years. With Its operations Lave
been associated some of the great men
«if Civil War times, and throughout Its
life tl>e names of some of the pn»u«l
est of tlie New Orleans creole families
have been linked with It without eff«»rt
at concealment. In tbe place of Its
WASTE PUT TO GOOD USE.
birth. New Orleans, the lottery com
As a law-
Million, of Dollar. Waved la Varlon, pany was an Institution.
breaker its place In tbe nation baa
Kind, of Hyprodarta,
Great change, have taken place In re been unique ami Its history of abeor!»-
cent years In making use of wbat was Ing Interest.
once considered absolutely waste mate
The forerunner of the old LoulMana
rial and as a result many millions of State Lottery was that known as the
dollars have been added to the wealth Alabama lottery. This concern has
of tbe nation.
been lost to tbe memory of the pres
Sawdust was looked upon at one time ent generation, although It did an enor
as waste material, but during the la.st mous business, especially In the South.
few years a process baa been discov In tbe days following the Civil War.
ered which has given sawdust a vale Tbe charter of the Louisiana <*ompany
greater than that of solid lumber. By gr.ve It a monopoly not only of the lot-
tbe use of hydraulic pressure and tn- tery business but of the “policy” busi-
tense heat the particles are formed nose In New Orleans. This policy prlv-
iDto a solid mass capable of being mold- liege was of euormous value, but In
ed Into any sbajie and of receiving a the end proved tb« undoing of the lot
brilliant polish, The only materials tery company.
used are sawdust, alutn and glue. Im
In formulating his original plan,
itation marble can be manufactured the shrewd Dr. Dauphin had consld-
from a mixture of sawdust with Ivory «red well the fact that the lottery
waste, water, glass and glue. In Nor company must depend for Its ultimate
way acetic acid, wood naphtha, tar and success on a belief on the part of the
alcohol are produced on a commercial public that tbe drawings of the com
pany were. In fact, pure chance, and
scale out of sawdust.
all --------
prizes ---------------
would be ,—
paid ------------
without
Factories have been erected In this that
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country and In Europe for converting quibble to tlie holders of “lucky num-
pine needles into forest wool. This is hers." He knew that the concern could
used for mattresses and furniture, for proaper only aa tbe public hnd ranfl-
manufacture Into hygienic artl'-lra such deuce In It. Dr. Dauphin hit on the
plan of placing tbe drawing, under tbe
as underrests and chest protectors
The principal use of sawdust seem, itupervlalon of men whose very names
destined to be In the production of su would be a guarantee to tbe public
gar and alcohol. It Is practically pure that the lottery waa aa boneatly con
cellulose and easily convertible Into ducted as was possible.
It was In this way that Generals
those products. For many years bitu
minous coal opeators threw away Beauregard and Early were brought
slack as waste. Now It commands at Into the scheme. The former lived In
tbe mine, 75 cents a ton. The Increase New Orleans and the latter In Vir
is largely due to the demand corning ginia. Both were men of much ja>pu
from makers of cement Formerly they larlty. especially In the South, where
bought lump coal and pulverized It they were ¡»pular Idols. Their dis
Now they use slack. Quartz rock was tinguished services for the Confederacy
not long ago considered worthless. Now In the Civil War placed them In posi
glass is made from it. Coffins, tomb tions In the public mind but little be
stones. bricks, tilings and similar arti low that which had been occupied by
General Robert E. ,?*««. Financially
cle can be made of thia glass.
Packing establishments have a long both of these <11 st In gill a taxi soldiers
Hat of byproducts. The bkxxl of the were In straitened circumstances. The
slaughtered animals Is congealed and Louisiana lottery Company offered
manufactured Into buttons and Is also each one of them >30.<XX) a year to act
utilized In the production of albumen as commissioner for the company and
for the use of calico printers, the sugar to suiiervlse the drawings. Thia waa
refiner, the tanner and others. The as far as the connection of either with
bones ae used for a score of different tbe company went. Not more than two
purposes, being manufactured Into days’ work each month was required
of them, and for these two days they
knife and toothbrush handles, chess
each received 3”,5<X).
men. combe, backs of brush««, mouth
ap.ctaevlar Drawlasa.
pieces of pipes and various other arti
In tbe early days of the lottery the
cles.
public monthly drawings were held In
Black hoofs are used In the manufac
the various New Orleans theaters, but
ture of cyanide of potassium for gold
later the company erected a building
extraction and also ground up to make
for administrative purposes In St
fertilizer. Many articles, such as glue,
Charles street, and In thia building a
fly paper, sandpaper, gelatine, laln-
ball for the drawings was provided.
glase, curled balr, bristle«, wool felt, Generals Beauregard and Early were
laundry soap, ammonia, etc., are now
In complete charge of the drawings.
made from the former waste product» Tbe plan of tbe drawing was this:
of tbe abattoir.
On 100,000 allim of paper an Inch
The annua! value of the byproducts wide and six Inches long were printed
of the packing Industry, all of which that many numbers. The numbers
are manufactured out of what was con were In large type. Each of these 100,-
sidered waste material thirty years CXXt slips waa rolled tightly with the
ago. Is approximately J2<X».<XX).<XX). Cot-1
number on tlie Inside, and the roll waa
ton seed not very long ago waa waste Insertwl In a case consisting of a aec-
matter, giving considerable trouble to tlon of small rubber hose about an
get rid of. but In 1IXX) the byproducts Inch long. These 100.000 tubes were
from cotton seed were valued In thia then dumped In a hollow wheel about
country at more than 342.<XXl,iXX). live feet In diameter and two feet
which has probably doubled by this thick.
time. An official of the Standard OH
The wheel was made of two glass
Company la authority for the statement discs joined st tbe periphery with a
that for the last ten years more than tbln wooden band as wide as the wheel.
one-half of the profit, of the company In thia band was arranged a slide
have been mad, out of th« manufac which could be opened and a band In
ture of byproducts.
serted Into the hollow wheel, On the
stage near this 'number wheel” atood
ffnthln* Rat ths Troth.
a similarly romitructed wheel one-third
Buncum—My physician telle ms I am
the size. In all the scheme called for
working too hard.
the giving of 3.434 prizes at each draw
Marks—Ths M. D. evidently knows
ing; and the smaller, or “prize wheel,”
bls business.
contained that many of the amall rub
Buncum—Why do you think so?
ber tubes minus the number of “ter
Marks—I have been comparing notes
minal" and "approximation" prizes.
with a few of our mutual friends and
In each of these tubes was a slip of
I find you bars worked ue pretty bard.
paper containing figures representing
Only one out of erery 1,000 married each prize.
Thue equipped, the commissioners
couple« lira to calibrate their golden
were ready to begin the drawin* For
waddin*
of ihe Ipuiáiana
lottery^
i MW*’ r/ix J/Uk
iKn’-Kwcy //uw
the / ftyve’
/A' 7Zic»zo//yv
UtK/e hm hay ßu f
spectacular effect two boys from the
local asylum for the blind were ctmeen
to draw the tubes from the wlnx-la.
\ robust negro turned tlie crunks mix
ing the rubtier tubes In the wheel,
thoroughly. Then one of the blind
boys drew a tube from th» big wheel.
A man selected by the commissioners
for the punxtar extracted th» rolled
slip from the tube, held It up before
the audience and announced tbe num
tier, At tbe aame time tbe other blind
boy drew a tul>e from the “pria»
wheel' and tbe announcer called out
the mm called for by thia slip Thia
prlae. then, waa drawn by the number
drawn from the other wheel at the
same time. The drawing req'll red hours
and usually was largely attended.
So thoroughly were adrertlaed the
features provided for th» Insuring of
an honest drawing that tlie public soon
txw-nnie convinced that there was no
chance for Jugglery, and ao long aa th»
company existed the buyers of tickets
purchase,! In the utmost ronfldetxw
that If they did not win It waa not
bex-nu«- of unfair drawings.
During tbe Ute *80a th» feeling
against the polhy part of the scheme
bad grown strong In New Orleans.
Bolley gambling had run riot for yenra.
It had taken such a Imh! on th« ser
vant au*l poorer claaaca that they niubl
not be trusted with either their own
or other people's money. A maid aent
to the store for auppll<*a stopjied on
the way to pUy policy with tlx* money
given her by her mistress. Tbe city
was demoralized. It was at thia time,
under tbe Howard administration, that
the lottery got Into polities. Th» “lot
tery” and '•anti-lottery” parties sprang
Into being. The leader of tlie Utter
wns United Htntes District Attorney
I’arlnoge. a UbrUtUn gentleman to
whom the evils of policy appealed
most strongly.
Drath Hio«v to th« Lottery,
Tbe I muf was whether the charter
of tbe <XKDpaQjr waa to be renewed by
tbe State of Louiaiana. Tbe aeandAl«
of tbla fight— tbe charge» of bribery
and other muck-throw I ng —are utili
fre»h In tbe ml ml» of many, It waa at
thia time that the company came Into
ma Iodo r throughout the nation. When
the smoke cleared away It was found
thnt the "anti lottery” ¡»arty had won.
The finlnh of thia fight compelled tbe
Louisiana company to find a new base
of o|M*ration. Experienced lottery men
declare thnt Mexico would have been
the logical location, for there lottery
wan looked ujion an legitimate, and the
government accepted from the lottery
companies a tax on groan receipts. But
Honduras, Instead of Mexico, w»«
cboaen. Thia wan fifteen yearn ago.
since which time the concern has tx-en
known as the Honduras National Lot-
tery.
Its legal residence abroad, however,
did not change the fact that most of
Its sales were In the United Staton.
The enactment of the Federal law
prohibiting the transmission of lottery
matter through the malls wan a severe
blow to the business, but not as nerioun
as was supposed at the time, an the
express comjHinlos promptly began the
work of carrying the contraband mat
ter. As the government fight grew
fiercer oven the express companies de-
cllne<1 lo bandi,* lite ticket» and lista,
and thè company waa torcsd tu dia
trlbute tbeni by meaaciiitvr.
The proflta of Ilio Uiulaluna lottery
croati durlng thè yeara uf Ita «alatene«
can be approiliuated frorn kixiwn flg
urea. For Instane«. Iti» largasi tuonili',
business aver doti» by tlie «xxupany
waa Ih» Inai monili beforv Ih» rvmoval
to llouduraa. wb»n f2.4OO.UOO waa
taken In by tb» lottery. It la probabl»
tiiat Ih» proflta frani tlie lottery bar»
Hot bevo lesa ttian f23.0UO.0OO, all told,
Tb» pian of operalloii calimi for t he
dlstrlbutlon encti moniti uf 33 l<*r cent
of all money taken In for prlaea.
Agente' cotunilaaloua avvrnged 10 l>»r
aut. admlulalratlv» and tnlscellaneoua
ex pensee avernged 3 per cent, wblch
left 20 por cent of net praflt. Ths
grava Inrama of tlie company figure»!
on lillà lutala must, tben, bave tu*»n al
leaat |123.<«X).OOO durlng Ita llf».
Before tbe governami! tx-gan Ita
Aghi on tln* Ixiulalnna company a win-
nlug ticket waa known to tx> aa good
se a certifl<-d click and ripresa com-
panie« and many banke caahed thwn.
It la noi only likely, but aliiMXt car
taln. thnt hai! ibe Ixoilalana company
not débauché»! tl*e State with policy
It would bave earn red a twenty fl ro
year extenalon of Ita charter. But tbe
potlcy game forvrd It Into a tight In
wtilch It waa coin|x*lle»! to buy Con-
grvsanieti and gnvernmrnt «melala. The
secret psv rall of thl, company would
he a moat Intereatlng and senaatlonal
«locunielit. Chicago Record llerald.
K qhn I
to
th«
Km«r«rnrv.
"So you break our engagement,
Gwendolen!” ho exclaimed, bitterly.
"Tben In your presence let me cud the
life which you have blighted.”
Drawing forth a vial marked "poi
son,” he put It to bls II jul and drained
It to tin* Inst drop. A» he wink back
unconscious, did tbe beautiful
«in
filng herself u;*on his breast In an
agony of remorse and burst forth Into
frenzied nob»? Scarcely !
Hastily quitting tlie room, »he
turned presently, tier lovely face tragic,
yet composed. Kneeling beside the
young man. she forced between hla lips
the following: (I) One cup of tur|»en-
tine; (2) one pint of milk; (3) a bowl
of warm soapsuds; < 4) a small bottle
of aromatic ammonia; (5) a cup of
black coffee; (fi) a glass of 'iiuntanl
water; (71 a gill of vinegar; (S) juice
of a lemon; (U) the beaten whites of
alx eggs; (10) one cup of flour nnd
water.
"Algernon,” she observe«!, coldly, as
h«' iM'gan to revive, “It la évident yon
did uot know that I a in n graduate
of a correspondence cour*.* In flrat alii
to the Injured. My one regret la that.
since It was lm|M>»Blble for me to anvr-
tain whether the ¡Million you took was
an a<*ld or an alkali, 1 was compelle<l
to administer all the antidotes of which
we hnd learned.”—Woman’s Home
Companion«
A
I.oat Oppuriuiili r.
Towne—I hnd the worst lurk with
thnt ol<l umbrella of mine last evening
nt the concert. I put It lu tbe stami
with the others—
Browse Alni w bet! you went to get
It It was gone, eh?
Towne—No, hang It! It was the only
one left. I dliln’t get a shot at the
others. Philadelphia Press.
Th» Trs* rlinic Nrrd.
The So<’lal Philosopher was review
ing the situation.
"We dou't want overbold railroad
employes,” he said, "bnt we do nen!
wreckl»*** srltedtiles.”—Baltimore Amer
ican.
t'nplenannt truth« nlwaya pleaae a
lot of people whom they do t>ot ran
ce rn.
ARCHIE ROOSEVELT
■OHB SURVIVE FATIIEH I EAMB
U m «
Meeor4s
»•
Tw,slr-«as
04«
Strictly s|x>nkliig. only twenty-,m«
I’rwildunta' aoM, ranovrtiliig whom
thcro are available rorarda. bav» grown
to mauhuod.
Nix I’roaldi'iit» Washington. Madi
son. Jackaon. I’olk. Buchanan (a bach-
•lor) and McKinley- lefl no children.
Two Ji’ffcraou and Monroe left
dauglitera only.
I’resldeut Johnson
had two Mina, but both died lx*for» be
was I'roaldelit. Kild mi ilo not ixiunt.
The «oil* of thlrtoon l,ra»ld«utn—
John Adam». John Quincy Ada ns. Van
Buren. William Henry llarrlaon. Tyler.
Taylor.
Fillmore.
I.lnmln. Grant,
llayea, Uartleld, Arthur and Benjamin
Harrison have lived to mail's estate.
The sous of Cleveland and Roosevelt
are »till boys.
Uf III» twenty one I’roeldenta’ sons
who have reached manliixxl nine iiav«
Imlketl large In III» public *ya on th»lr
own acraunt. and all but on» or two
have been solid, autwlantlal rlttaoM
Tim prominent nine are Joliu Qulm-y
Adam* I’nxililent. diplomatist and rep
resentative; Charles Francis Adamo,
publicist and atateaman; Rolirrt Tyler,
register of the Confixlerale treasury;
Itlchard Taylor, who aarvod with dla-
tlngulahed gallantry on the Confixier
ata aide of the Civil War; John Van
Buren, prominent in Ntate politic, and
Just entering national politics when lx»
died; Robert T«<ld Lincoln, cabinet
mlnlater, diploma list and prreldent of
a world famoiia corporation; Frederick
Dent «¡rant, dlplomatlat and general
In the army; Henry A. Garfield, law
yer, banker and profeaaor of politic.
In a great unlverelly. and Jam«, It.
Garfleld. Ntate Nenator and United
States Civil Service Commlaaloner of
Corporations In tbe Itepartment of
I'ommcrc» and l.atxir. nuw in th» cab
inet.
Bealde, tlie nine who have climbed ao
high, ttiere la John Nrott Harrison,
wlxi had tlie unique distinction of
teing th» non of one I’realdeut and tha
father of another. He was a man of
f< re» aud a great Infltiencv III hla own
Ntate, though tie was nut a prominent
figure In a national arnar. Counting
him In. and he surely “made gnod." ae
the saying la, ten. or only on» lea, than
half of tbs rrexhlenta' oona who have
reached manhood, are entitled to b»
uauird on the roll of iainor.
I*ractlcally all of the t’realdenta’
sone who have grown to tnan'a eatat»
have been gixxt cltlsona; their live,
have been clean, wboleoom« and a credit
alike to tlieir |ian*ntage nnd their coun
try. while ten of tlie twenty one havo
won unusual distinction. It would b»
hard to find any other claaa of promi
nent A'lierlcans wtioxe eons have don«
ns writ aa those of 111» 1‘real dents—
Ohio Magazine.
WA3 TACTFUL AND POLITE.
Ilow Mlaa Hrarr I unnlnalv
of Tlr„ow, X l«l(er.
RI4
"Ob. Mr ll.o.l.-y." said Mlaa W.-irv
when tlie clock In the drawing room
pointed to II. “I wonder If I could get
you to do me a gn*at favor?"
“1 am ymira to rennmand. Mtaa
Weary." r«pll<*d Boreley gallantly.
“You are Very g*xxl. I'm sure. Th«
favor la that you would jual a letter
for me aa you go home."
“I shall do au with tbe greatest plea»-
ure," said lie aa I m * aettlre! blmaelf com
fortably back In hla chair.
"I would not trouble you with It,"
ah« went on, “but It Is rather Important
that It aliould lx* Started toward It» de»
11 nation tonight, aa I am extremely
anxious for It to reach my friend with
out |o«a of time."
“You may <!• |x*nd o«i me. Mixa Weary.
I always reinemlx*r letter« which ar«
given me tn |x>at. I never waa known
to carry one about In an Inalde ixx-ket
for two or three wix-ka, aa la th» man
ner of my sex."
"1 was sure I could trust you, Mr.
Boreley, and you will (Minion me for
saying agalu that It la Important lhat
the letter leave here tonight." As alia
a|«>ke ahe went to a little writing table
at tlx* end of the* r<x>m and return»«!
with the letter. "Here It la, Mr. Bore-
ley,” six* aa!«!. "I'lie last collection at
tlie txix ou tbe next corner la made at
it :20 precisely."
Mr. Boreley looked at hla watch.
"Wtiy.” he «aid. “I have barely dm«
to get Ibero baton* the pillar txix 1»
cleared. Good night, Mia« Weary.”
"You are so go<x1, Mr Ihireley. Go«x!
night. Ilo iiaaunsl Unit I ai>pnx-lat«
your kindness. You will call again
■oon, I hope."
As Ml«» Weary went upstair, ah«
sold to heraelf:
"A girl nowaday, ha, to be a regular
arbemer If st* la to got any beauty
sleep.CaaaeH'a Journal.
Soarea of Habber Sweplg.
It la aald that there are In Ceylon
over 100,000 acrea which bav, been
planted In rubber and In the Malay
peninsula about half as much more.
It la estimated that Mexico has about
100,(XX) acres planted tn rubber, mak
ing In all about 275,000 acres, which
should produce before long about on«-
quarter of tho world'a probable ran-
aumptlon. Tho result, from the«»
plantations seem to have lx*en ao auo
cessful that tb« work might lx* en
larged, aa this would not only render
us leas dependent ii|«>n the nnturnl
forests but would atl nulate the Bra
zilian rubber pnxlm-lng states to be
gin artificial cultivation there.
■wtlatMtarr.
The stern but wealthy parent met
the young tnnn at the front door.
"Here,” lie growled, "Is where I give
your attentions to my daughter a
check.”
“All right, old man,” replied the
youth, calmly. "Make the check for
tl.fXX) and It will be perfectly aatlsfao*
tory to tn«."
Literal.
Archie Roosevelt, the President’s non, who for a time waa dangerously
with diphtheria, la here pictured mounted on the white and black pony
Lok now twhovaa u» bl, smaller brother. Quentin.
"There waa a vehicle waiting will»*
out,” aald th« man who was telling th«
story.
"Pardon me," Interrupted the funny
listener, “there was a vehicle waiting
without what?"
"Without horaea,” replied tbe other.
“It waa an automobile”—Woman's
Horn« Companion.