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CHRISTMAS AT WASHINGTON.
succeed but with one; but,” dashing his
hand dow’u on the table till every glass
rang, “ if you come between me and June President and Foreign Ministers Observe
Rivers, I will never take your hand again
the Day With Festivities.
as long as I have breath in my body.”
W ashington, Dec. 26.— Snow, which
Dallas, whose thoughts go with fifty
Crew of Wrecked Steamer Sucked
times the rapidity of his cousin’s, has began fa llin g
late last night, ga ve
time during this orutiou to reflect and W ash ington a genuine Christm as ap­
Each Other's Blood.
pearance.
Public and p riva te
busi­
decide.
“ M y dear old chnp,” he said, looking ness was p ractically en tirely suspend­
across into Tom ’s disturbed and angry ed. In terest centered in the happen­ FIGHT TO THE DEATH FOR AN APPLE
face and feeling horribly ashnmed of his ings at the. W h ite House. E arly in the
ow’ ii duplicity, “ what are you driving at?” m orning the President, and all the
m embers o f his fam ily repaired to the Death Released One Victim — Salt Water
Tom paused.
“ I don’t like to think,” ho said, with a library, w here presents w ere exchang­
Drove Another Crazy — Survivors
packages
straight, stern look at his cousin, ’’that ed and many boxes and
Rescued by a Steamer.
which
had
com
e
from
out
o
f
town
you have not the same instincts o f honor
and gentlemanlike feeling that almost ev­ opened. T h e re w ere a la rge number
ery man has. I never doubted you be­ o f callers, and many g ifts in the shape
V ictoria. B. C „ Dec. 29.— Austra­
re­ lian papers received by the steam er
fore; but when I hear of you sitting hand o f handsome floral pieces w ere
iu haiMj with the girl whom you know I ceived.
8oon a fte r breakfast, th e President. M oaaa tell o f the terrib le privation s
love-----”
Tneodore. Jr., and Lieutenant Fergu ­ o f the s u rvivo r» o f the w recked steam ­
“ W ho said it?”
“ No matter,” answered Tom, to whom son. o f the Rough Riders, who is a e r Elingam ite. lost on the T h ree
the thought suddenly occurred that he W h ite House guest, took a long horse­ K ings, a trio o f tow erin g heights o ff
must not allow Agnes to suffer for her back ride, returning in tim e to Join the northern extrem ity o f N e w Zea­
the rest o f the fam ily at luncheon land. T h e blood o f the unfortunates
fidelity to his interests.
w ere sucked w h ile th ey slept, the
Dallas felt the time had come to take w ith Com m ander and Mrs. Cowles.
A t the homes o f the Cabinet officers stewardess. Miss McGuirk being so
the bull by the horns.
'
“ I thought,” he remarked, “ that the the day was qu ietly observed, w h ile weakened that she died.
On a ra ft 16 people le ft the vessel
last time w e talked about Miss Rivers you am ong the Embassies and Legation s
and
w
ere
four
days
with
nothing
but
expressed a wish that I should endeavor elaborate preparations had been made
tw o apples and no water. One apple
to conquer her evident dislike to me; and fo r celebrating. Official dinner par­
was divided the first day, end the
now you want to go down my throat for ties w ere given by the B ritish and
Russian Am bassadors.
The
A rg en ­ second th ey Indulged In a desperate
having tried to make friends with her.
fli;ht fo r possession o f the oth er apple.
I think I can guess who your informant tine M inister and w ife g a ve a chil­
dren’s party at the Legation , w hile T h ree deaths occurred fro-n exhaus­
is, and, perhaps, in the innocence of your
the M inister o f Peru and his w ife en­ tion on the second day, th e bodies
heart, you do not see through her last
tertained a number o f Peru vian stu­ being le ft until putrlfaction set in be­
move in the game. It is plain enough that
dents in the various schools and col­ fore the Burvivors pushed them Into
Miss Agnes is in love with you, and would leges o f the United States.
th e sea. S evera l started to drink salt
do anything in the world to set you
T h e Presiden t and Mrs. R oosevelt water, and, .maddened by this, fou r
agninst her cousin.”
entertained a number o f friends at jum ped overboard.
Tom was exceedingly troubled. W ere dinner. T h e table was set In the n ew ­
On the third n igh t a steam er was
not both Dal’ s remarks perfectly true? ly furnished state dining-room. T h e sighted, and th e shipw recked people
W as he, then, only a blundering fool, guests included Senator
and
Mrs. shou t'd. T h e vessel low ered a boat,
ready to be the prey of any one who Lodge, John Lodge, Captain and Mrs. but it did not find the ra ft in the dark­
chose to play on his feelings? l i e felt Cowles. John E lliott, o f N ew Y o rk ; ness, and the steam er proceeded, leav­
ruther ashamed of himself.
Mrs. Charles H. Davis. Miss Davis, in g the unfortunates to th eir fate.
“ Perhaps I am wrong,” he said, awk­ the Messrs. D avis and R ob ert Fergu ­
It was that n igh t that the blood-let­
wardly. “ I f so, I beg your pardon. But,” son.
tin g com menced.
A fte r the stew ­
after a moment’s pause, “ I know—of
A t the M exican Em bassy the feast ardess, w eakened from loss o f blood,
course I cannot help seeing—how much day was celebrated by a supper to ­ had died In the arm s o f th e second
more there is in you than in me to attract night.
steward, he began to ra ve and a fe w
a woman.”
.
minutes later low ered h ’m self from
“ Pshaw !” cried Dallas, angrily, thrust- j
the la ft, singing a hymn as he went.
THE DAY IN ENQLAND.
ing his chair back and rising, “ don’ t talk |
Fin ally, fou r days a fte r th ey le ft
such rot! Take my word for it, Tom, I
the wreck, H. M. S. enguin found the
there is nothiug hinders a man, especially j King Edward Plrfvg Lord Bountiful and d riftin g ra ft and saved the fe w re­
The London Poor Have a Feast.
with women, like having a poor opinion
m aining survivors.
of himself. The world always takes you
London, Dec. 26.— K in g Edward and
at your own vuluation when it’s a low Queen A lexan dra spent the day at
AT LEAST TEN DEAD.
one.”
Sandringham, this bein g the first
Tom rose, too, and went toward his Christinas th eir m ajesties have spent
List of Victims of Trinidad Train Wreck
cousin.
at th eir fa v o rite residence since their
Growing Larger.
“ I f I was unjust,” he »aid, in his own accession. T h e royal fam ily, includ­
frank, manly way, thereby causing a ing the P rin ce o f W ales. Princess V ic ­
Trinidad, Col., Dec. 29.— D evelop­
pang o f remorse to shoot through Dallas’ i toria, the Duchess o f F ife and Prin ce ments indicate that the w reck on the
breast, “ I beg your pardon. But I should and Princess Charles o f Denmark, at­ Colorado & Southern
R ailroad Just
like you to give me your hand on it that tended an ea rly service at Sandring­ outside o f this c ity last night, which
you will not try to come between me and ham church, which was beautifully was caused by a collision b etw een a
my little girl.”
decorated. T h e K in g afterw ard s per­ m erchandise freig h t train and a h ea vi­
So Dallas gave his hand and swore to sonally directed the annual distribu­ ly-loaded coal train, was the m ost dis­
himself to be faithful to the bond of which tion o f the b ee f and gam e to the em ­ astrous In the h istory o f the road
this was the seal. Then he went out into ! ployes and tenants on the Sandring­ w h ere fre ig h t trains alone w ere con­
tl^e garden alone, and, stepping into the ham estate.
cerned. It Is known ton igh t that at
boat, pushed off from the shore, and lay
London and the south o f England least 10 men w ere killed, and rum or
on his back, looking up into the moonlit gen era lly enjoyed an unusually cold has it that several m ore bodies w ill
heaven and thinking with a bitter pang day. Tn spite o f the low tem perature, he unearthed b efore the w reck a ge Is
of this time last night.
there was the iipual gath ering in Bat­ cleared away.
It was the first time in his life that he tersea Park, where 20 men who take
T w o unidentified bodies are exposed
had loved with true, genuine affection, th eir open-air early m orning dip all to view but have not yet been rem ov­
nnd it was also the first time that he had the year round had th e ir Christmas ed from the w reckage.
It is feared
that several m in er",
felt absolutely without hop*». There was r.wlm in the lake. S ilv e r medals were
only one thing for it—to get out o f the presented to several am ong the bath­ who w ere supposed to be rid in g on
way o f temptation n» soon as possible. ers who had not missed a single day the coal train and w ere on the w ay
H e had given his word to Tom, and, so during the previous year. T h e pre­ to Trin idad to spend Christmas, are
v ailin g distress am ong the unem ploy­ under the debris. In form ation re ce iv ­
help him, God, he menut to keep it.
The next morning June was sadly pre­ ed brought forth an unusual number ed by friends o f differen t people resid­
o
f charitable dinners in all sections in g In this c ity was to the effec t that
occupied during her studies; she could
think of nothing but Dallas and what pre­ o f London, especially in the East End. th ey would be In Trin idad today and
A severe gale swept th e north coast and it Is learned that men w e re reen
text he could make to see her to-day.
When she returned home at midday, Mrs. o f G reat B ritain and caused consider­ boarding the coal train at H astings.
able dam age to shipping and w ater­ Ludlow, W alsen b u rg and A g u lta r as
R ivers said:
fro n t property on the C lyde and the it pulled through.
A s th ey paid no
“ Tom has been here.’*
fare there Is no record o f how m any
June turned to the window to conceal < Tyn e.
there w ere otj th e train, I f any.
her face. H er heart beat wildly. She I
SENDS A CHECK INSTEAD.
W re ck in g crew s have worked d ili­
waited almost in terror for the next
gen tly all day clea rin g the tracks and
words. Had he come to complain nnd I
protest to her mother? But Mrs. Rivers’ | President Too Busy to Play Santa Claus succeeded In rem o vin g the w recka ge
o f the engines. T h e fre ig h t cars are
at Oyster Bay.
tone was perfectly calm and unsuspect­
piled In a great heap on the righ t o f
ing.
N e w York , Dec. 26.— F o r the second way, and It w ill require all day tomor-
“ H e had just been to see his cousin off tim e in 15 years, says a Press dis­
i o w to get things In shape fo r running
by the train.”
patch from O yster
Bay, President trains o v e r the road at this point. In
A suddeh dizziness caused June’s brain R oosevelt did not act as K ris K rin gle
the m eantim e all Colorado & South­
to reel, a deathly faintness to creep in person at the C ove school, where
ern trains are running o v e r the tracks
through her heart; she had to hold the his children w ere taught prior to his o f the D enver & R io Grande.
chair tightly against which she was lean­ elevation to the head o f the Nation.
ing.
Last year the P resid en t could not
HANGED BY A MOB.
Dallas gone, and without a word, a line spare the tim e to com e here, and this
to her! There had been a quarrel doubt­ year events have been pressing too
less between the two men, which had end­ fast about him to adm it o f his coming. Negro Kills an Officer, and Is Hung to a
ed in Dallas leaving the Hall. But sure­
Telephone Pole.
Som e days ago Mr. R oosevelt sent
ly he might have communicated with her a little slip o f paper b earin g his au­
Pittsburg.
Kans.. Dec. 27.— M on t­
by some means. And Tom had told her tograph, which enabled the principal gom ery Godley. a N egro, was taken
mother nothing; that was evident.
to deal m ore lib erally w ith her charg­ trom the Jail today and lynched by a
When June could command her fnce es than she had been able to do be­ mob,, because e arly this m orning he
and voice, she turned away from the fore.
T h e sleds, gam es and
dolls shot and killed M ilton H ln kley, a po­
window.
w ere m ore costly than usual and the liceman, w h ile the officer v a , try in g
T h ere to protect h im self from a crow d
“ W as it not rather sudden, Mr. Broke candies In greater quantity.
of
w ere tw o tree Instead o f one. and unruly Negroes.
leaving?” she asked.
T h e N e g ro Jerked
“ I think It was. Tom said he had a let­ Miss Provost, the principal, read a the officers pistol from Its scabbard
ter this morning calling him back to Lon­ le tte r from Presiden t R oosevelt te ll­ j end shot the officer w ith it from be-
ing the boys and girls how sorry he j hind. T w o hours later a mob gath ­
don.”
“ And how was Tom?” June asked, try­ was that he qould not be with them.
ered and took the N e g ro fro m the c ity
A telegram was sent to the P res i­ jail, w here he had been taken a fte r
ing to speak indifferently.
dent te llin g him how much the chil­ he was caught, and hauged him to a
“ H e seemed in capital spirits.”
dren appreciated his g ifts and wish­ telephone pole.
(T o be continued.)
As he was chokin g
in g him many m ore years in his pres­ to death one o f th e m em bers o f the
ent position.
D e a th fro m Corns.
mob ru t his throat and ended his
suffering.
A ll th at troubled M ary M urray, o f
Death
ot
Col.
Lockwood.
Brooklyn, a fte r 72 years o f life, was
Kaiser Has a Good Time.
that her oorna hurt her so much that
N ew York , Dec. 27.— Colonel H enry
ahe couldn’ t get around as brisk and Clay Lockw ood Is dead, in B ellevue ( Berlin, Dec. 29.— E m peror W illia m
liv e ly ns a girl o f her age ought to. She Hospital, o f a short Illness. H e was spent Christm as In his usual way.
determ ined to take heroic measures, 63 years old. Colonel Lockw ood was H is M ajest took a walk In the a fte r­
and, borrow in g a razor, she sliced off educated fo r the bar, and enlisted in noon In the Sang Soucl P ark and dis­
the annoying protuberances. One o f 1862 In th e Union A rm y. H e was bre­
tributed bright gold pieces fresh from
at
the
her toea bled slightly, and ahe applied veted M ajor for ga llan try
the m int am ong the gardeners and
am m onia to It. T h ree days later she storm ing o f F o rt Fisher.
H e was the author o f “ T h e A b o li­ watchmen.
died. Blood poisoning th e doctors said.
tion o f the Presid en cy,” In which he
A fte r dinner at 4 o ’ clock the Christ­
advocated a plural executive, to be
T h e C o lo n e l D is a p p ro v e d ,
mas trees w ere ligh ted In the Shell
the
E xecu tive
Council,
“ W o n ’ t you join us?” said the young known as
which should be chosen In Joint ses­ hall o f the new palace. A ll the child­
man.
sion by the tw o houses o f Congress, ren o f the Im perial fam ily w ere pres­
“ W h at are you goin g to do?” Inquir­ and several other works.
ent and each had hts o r her own tree,
ed Col. S tillw ell.
o f a size proportionate to the child.
“ T o make up a skating party.”
Frost Stopped a Warm Heart.
“ No. suh,” was the em phatic reply. \ Duluth. Minn.. 26.— G eorge P lydell.
Pope Leo Takes a Hand.
“ I w ill not Join any skating party.
I f aged 55. with his arm s fu ll o f Christ-1
London. Dec. 29.— T h e Rom e corres­
r e la -! pondent o f th e D aily M ail telegraphs
there Is anything upon which I pride mas presents for frien d s and
m yself. It Is my ability, suh, to Indulge tlves, fe ll from exhautlon w h e tf'w ith ­ as an outcom e o f the n egotiation s with
in five fe e t o f his home, and fro ze to the Saxon Court, the pope has sent a
w ith ou t excess, suh.”
death last night.
P ly d e ll lived all p rela te to G eneva to inquire Into the
—
alone
in a little house near the h a r-1 circum stances o f the fligh t o f the
T h e fe llo w who Is alw ays straining to
bor
front,
w
here
he
conducted a con­ i Crow n P rin cess o f Saxony, with a
be great, wears h im self sm aller a*iU
fec tio n ery and cigar store.
I v ie w to arran gin g a separation.
«m ailer.
OCEAN’S PERILS
Set
C H A P T E R V II.
The cricket match had taken place.
T om ’s eleven, thanks to Dallas, had won
a glorious victory. The guests were gone
from the Hall. It was a lovely afternoon,
with a soft west wind.
N ever had June looked to such advan-
f tage as she did that evening at dinner.
There was a lovely color in her cheeks, a
new light in her eyes; her voice had a
joyous ring; she seemed to be an incarna­
tion of pleasure and happiness.
“ Would not you young people like to go
into the garden?’’ said Mrs. Ellesmere
the moment dinner was over, and they
obeyed her suggestion with alacrity.
“ L e t us get into the boat,’’ whispered
Dallas; and June gave a radiant assent.
T w iligh t was creeping on, all nature was
hushed; they might have been the only
tw o living creatures on earth. And, for
the time being, they would have been con­
tent to have the world to themselves. T o ­
night June knew the difference that the
society of-another human being can make
to all life, to all nature—knew how it can
fill every moment with a strange, heaven­
ly rapture, marred only by remembering
how- fleeting is the joy.
Neither seemed disposed to talk 'much;
both were possessed by a sense of liuppi-
ness. The moon came out and lit up the
flowers on the bank, turning them to
many colored jewels.
“ H ow I wish this could last forever!”
murmured Dallas, at last, bending a lit­
tle toward June.
She smiled and sighed. The smile was
for content, the sigh for regret.
Suddenly an uneasy scruple came over
Dallas. W as he not acting a traitor’s
part to T o m -T o m , who would never have
been disloyal to any human being? Ought
he not, instead o f making love to this fair
girl on his own account, to be pleading his
cousin’s cause? It was extremely rejmg-
nant to him, but the better side of his na­
ture was awake to-night.
And any
thought of marrying June himself was out
o f the question. Some day he would be
a baronet, with a fair income; not, how­
ever, in all probability, before he was
getting gray and well on in years; he had
several brothers and sisters, he had debts.
’A penniless w ife for him, therefore, was
a luxury not even to be contemplated in
the remotest manner. Tom—lucky chap!
— had no factor to consult save his own
w ill—and the lady’s.
“ You were not serious the other day,”
Dallas asked June, “ when you said that
you did not mean to marry Tom ?”
For a moment all June’ s sense o f hap­
piness vanished; a cold pang swept over
her. She had forgotten that Tom existed.
“ Do not let us talk of him!” she said,
with a little gesture that conveyed dis­
gust more expressively than she was
aware of.
“ Not much chance,” thought Dallas,
“ for a man to whom a woman feels like
that.” H e was almost ashamed of him­
self for the satisfaction which her action
gave him. “ H ow you snubbed me that
first night at dinner!” he said, w ith a half
smile, after a pause. “ I never felt so
small. You turned your back on me all
dinner time, and, though I was watching
my opportunity like a cat to speak to you,
you never gave it me until, by a lucky ac­
cident, you dropped your fan under the
table. ”
June smiled pensively. How- well she
remembers that evening! how she likes to
think that he noticed her behavior!
“ W hy were you so unkind?”
“ I wanted not to like you,” she an­
swers, simply. “ I made up my mind that
I would not.”
“ But you have changed it now, have
you not?” looking into the depths o f her
] «yes.
“ Yes,” she says.
W h y should she lie to him? A h ! she
has indeed changed, if there ever was a
time when she did not like him. But was
there ever such a time?
a “ I,” he itay*, tenlerly, “ hare never
! changed from the first moment that I saw
you. I can’t tell you how much hurt I
was that you would not be friends with
me. The only time I ever thought you
fe lt a little bit kind to me was that even­
ing o f the dance. Do you remember?”
f)oes June remember? Ay, most truly
does she.
‘ Ske bends her head in answer.
“ I was dying to ask you again, but I
•d not. I thought it was best not.”
Best for you and best for me,’ ”
ites June, smiling.
»nly for me,” he answers. “ I was not
conceited ass as to think it could
■*k<> any difference to you. And then I
imagined that you belonged to Tom .”
June makes an impatient movement
through the water with her fingers. She
jjfhnimt bear any allusion to Tom to-night.
H “ H ow divinely you dance!*’ says D al­
las
Then, with a sudden inspiration,
J W h y should W* not jhave a wait,
ht?
M y sunt plays dance music
larmingly.”
“ Oh, yes!” echoes June, her eyes kind-
ig with pleasure; “ let us ask her!”
)allas takes up the sculls, and in two
Minutes they age at the landing place.
He jumps out, secures the boat, and gives
her his hand.
Slowly and silently, for very jo y’s sake,
they move together up to the house.
Mrs. Ellesmere is rousing herself from
her slumbers.
“ Auntie,” says Dallas, laying a caress­
ing arm round her shoulder, “ we want
you to do something for us.”
“ W h at is it, dear boy?” she asks, with
a fond glance at his good-looking young
face, consent already implied by her tone.
“ W on’ t you come into the hall and play
us one o f your delicious waltzes? W e are
dying to have a turn.”
“ O f course I will,” she answers, smil
ing, and feeling extremely gratified at the
course events are taking. A glance at
June’s fnce nssures her that her irresist­
ible nephew has made one more conquest,
one to which he is most heartily welcome.
So, with the kindest grace in the world,
she goes to the piano and plays unwear-
iedly while these two reckless young peo­
ple, heart beating to heart, their souls
drunk with the intoxication of their love
and the rhythm of their movements, are
weaving, with gossamer threads o f rap­
ture, the web of future pain.
“ Let us go for a stroll under the trees,’’
said Dallas. June rose, and together they
disappeared from the lynx eyes of some
one who was watching th^m from the
drawing room window.
They sauntered in the grove where Tom
loved to take June as being retired from
prying eyes; but, ah! how different was
it to-day! The seclusion which had irked
her so with Tom, from which she had
longed to escaj»e, seemed an enchantment
whose only flaw* was that it must have an
end.
They were reaching for the tenth time
the evergreen arch which divided them
from the flower garden. Dallas stopped,
and June stood still beside him.
“ H ow shall I see you to-morrow?’’ he
says, his eyes full of tenderness and a
touch of regret iu his voice. “ Tom will
be here, and then my short day will be
over.”
June meets his gaze for one moment,
then her eyes droop, and a flickering color
comes into her cheek.
“ M y darling!” he murmurs, and his
arm takes gentle possession o f her slight
form, his handsome fnce bends dow’ n to
hers, his lips touch hers, not w’ith the
eager haste with which they have often­
times sought red lips before, but w’ ith a
tenderness and reverence new to him, but
most exceeding sweet.
And June! H er heart gives one mighty
throb; involuntarily her ej’es close; for
one moment a trance seems to steal her
soul.
She makes a movement to disengage
herself from his arms; he yields to it at
once; and then, before they have time to
recover themselves, each henrs a sound
of harrying feet and then Tom ’s voice
shouting:
“ Dal! where are you?”
The awakening is horrible. Tom here
already? Both feel like culprits— Dallas
perhaps even more than June.
Dallas shouts in answer, and Tom ’s big
form looms straightway in the opening.
H e does not wear that cheery, genial
smile which is the ordinary garb of his
face; he is evidently ill pleased; his light-
blue eyes express anything but satisfac­
tion. H e shakes both by the hand, and
they try tQ look delighted, and feel secret­
ly awkward and a little bit afraid of this
usually good-humored giant. H e is like
a big Newfoundland—the children’ s slave
and plaything— who shows temper for the
first time.
t
“ I managed to catch the earlier train,”
he says, standing tapping his boot with
his stick. “ I thought there was a chance,
and told the dog cart to meet me.”
Then they ply him with questions about
his journey and the Show, and he An­
swers them, but he is not the Tom tney
are used to. Something is wrong with
him. When they all go into the house
together and June finds Agnes drinking
tea w’ ith Mrs. Ellesmere she has a terribly
shrewd suspicion who it is that has been
making mischief and putting ideas into
Tom ’s head.
C H A P T E R V III.
“ D al!”
“ W ell, old chap?”
Dallas tried to make his tone light and
unsuspecting, but was conscious that the
effort was somew’hat o f a failure.
“ I heard something when I came back
to-day that—that was not very pleasant
hearing.”
“ Oh,” thought Dallas, with andden in­
spiration, “ that confounded aanctimoni-
ous cousin, I lay a thousand!”
“ I am told,” and Tom ’s voice betrayed
evident nervonanesa. “ that Miss Rivers
has been op here ever since I left.”
“ She lunched here to-day.”
“ Oh!” remarked Tom, shortly. “ Look
here. Dal” —with immense emphasis—
“ there must be a little plain speaking be­
tween ns. I think you know that I am
not a jealous chap. I have never felt the
least grudge against you on my mother’s
account. I have never envied you your
success with women— I never wanted to
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