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Eugene Weekly Guard.
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CAMI'HKLI. BKOM.. I’r o|»rietor«.
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EUGENE
...................... OREGON.
It 1« en»j to induce the floating voter
to make schooner trips.
The m»a who kicks himself for hav­
ing made a fool of himself only adds
Insult to Injury.
Clothes do not make the man, but his
tailor frequently gives him an expeu
sire appearance.
Nobody can blame Gen. Miles for
wanting to have a chance occasionally
to do something to earn his salary.
The younger Mrs. Vanderbilt has not
as yet been deprived of the privilege of
employing bur mother in law's d: ess-
maker.
Those who are satisfied with what
they have accomplished will never be­
come famous for what they might ac
compllsh.
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Under the new code of railway eti­
quette it wilt of course, be Improper
for the comlu« tor to punch a passeu-
ger’s ticket.
J. I’lerpont Morgan has taken a *12.
hoOJMX) mortgage on Chill. There are
only a few back counties left for Mr.
Morgan to acquire.
The man who wears on chip on his
shoulder and the woman who wears
song bird featbars tn her hat txith lack
something of good taste lu dress.
Blshow Fowler says there Is no life
so conducive to laxlness as the minis­
try. Still, most of the ministers seem
to overcome the tired feeling sufllcleut-
ly to write books between times.
The distressing news comes from At­
lanta that a youngster of that city
swallowed a ping pong ball ami the
physicians bad to work several hours
before the gan > could be resumed.
Secretary Hay has recently induced
a mau not to publish a book on the
Boer war. It lias heretofore been sup
posed that nothing could arrest that
disease once It got Into a man's sys
tern.
The Boston Herald thinks that Peter
Power la tlie partner of the person who
picked a peck of pickled peppers. A
reporter called at the Power house to
ask al>out thia but was unable to find
Mr. Power In.
A newspaper man who saw a good
deal of Prince Henry of Prussia puts
the cap sheaf on all the eulogies by
saying that the prince Is the kind of
follow with whom oue could very
pleasantly spend six months alone on
a desert Island, That Is the supreme
■ nd final aeat of character for prince
or peasant, whether a man “wears
well."
Pneumonia claimed ten thousand
four hundred and eighty victims lu
New York Ulty last yeur, yet pneumo­
nia la classed as a preventable ills
rase. It la to prevention that modern
«anltary science now devotes Itealf. If
Havana can lie purified from the seeds
of yellow fever by evtermlnatlng the
mosquitoes, why cannot New York
■ nd the other great cities be swept
clean of pneumonia germs!
Nearly twenty five hundred students
assisted lu a slugle yeur Is the record
of Andrew Carnegie's noble gift to the
Bcotch universities, as given In the
flnit annual reisirt of the trustees of the
fund. One who knows the privations
which poor Scottish students will eu
dure for the sake of an education will
be prepartai to accept the statement of
the trustees that the remission of fees
has proved to be the great<*at I mkhi to a
lung Hat of deserving studeuls.
It seems impossible for the average
Amerlcau to indulge lu auy sport In
moderation. Kxcews or uothlng seems
to be the rule. It was so with roller
skating and will be so with other
forms of amusement. Wheeling may
Come lu again after many years, but
It will never rage agalu Most of those
who use the wh««*l uow do It as a mat
ter of conveulencs lu business and not
for pleasure. People of means are tak
Ing up the automobile. and soon racing
will be the madness of thousands for
a time. When the health uf the drlv
era shall be affected aud the cost aud
annoyance of accidents shall become
serious that «¡sjrt will in Its turn de
cllue.
kicked In ”
The Russian police. In
other words, are wrestling with the
Incorrigible.
No doubt the police
would sooner deal with Anarchists or
Nihilists, whose heads they could bat­
ter and whose lives they could shorteu
without exciting the animosity of any
one except the professional King kill­
er; but the geutlemeu at St. Peters­
burg say to the police: “Go abend: Put
down that rebellion!** and the police
must either ol»ey or resign. The sever­
ity of their task may be understood
by Imagining tlie police of Cambridge
and of New Haven trying to suppress
the Ind Ignat I. of the students at Yale
and Harvard aud at ltadcliffe, In ad­
dition. For we read that the young
wom<-u of tbe Russian universities are
as eager for reform as are the young
men. ami that they suffer just as much
In their eagerness. Now it Is an ex­
traordinarily serious thing for any
government to be openly at war with
its young men and young women—
with the younger generution. In a
spirit of fun or lu a moment of reck­
less enthusiasm our own college stu­
dents may lightly mock some munici­
pal ordinance; but as for defying the
police, and through them the officials
of the government, ami as for being
flogged Into submission und bundled
into Jail by tlie score—that's a matter
of durker Ini'* It seems that all those
who represent Russian youth in the
arts and tin- sciences are In a state of
■edition. We fancy that Nicholas and
bls coadjutors are not giving all their
attention to the Manchurian question.
The younger generation Is Inflamma­
ble, aud Russia is foolish to bo Indif­
ferent to that fact.
The congestion of population In cities
Is not peculiar to tide country alone,
though It Is probably more markeil
here than elsewhere. It has prevailed
In Great Britain, but has been less no­
ticeable on the continent. It Is Inter­
esting to observe ttint It la most preva­
lent, generally speaking, where com­
mercial and Industrial activity pre­
vails. The growth of the German capi­
tal, Berlin, for one example, baa been
exceptionally rapid for the continent
since German industrial activity set
In within recent years. Until a dozen
or fifteen years ago It was rather a
sleepy city, even after the consolida­
tion of tlie empire, but by 11MMJ it hail
advanced to 1.M3,000 populutluu ami
stoisl fourth among the world's cities,
London, New York ami Paris outrank­
ing It ami Chicago pressing close be
hind It. Re ently n new census has
lieen taken and it now numbers 1,001,-
567, showing growth at the rate of
atsiut Iln.iNsi per year. This rate has
been surpassed In Chicago and no
duubt this city uow ranks fourth In
the world. It la it curious fact that
of the four cities of the world the pop­
ulation in each of which exceeds 2,-
000,000 two are in the United States,
the youngest In the list of considers
hie nations. One wight think It acci­
dental In some way, but It la also true
that the Iultisl States are the only une
of the world's nations that has more
than une city of more than l.ooo.otsi
population. The last census gave us
three and In <*qulty should have given
us four, for the |H>puluua suburbs clua-
tered closely about Boston are ns truly
Boston as the Back Bay and Beacon
street regions themselves. Within a
radius uf twenty five miles around tlie
capitol on Beacon hill there must be
considerably more than 2,000,000. The
dev elopnient of street railway lines
bus checked the congestion or rather
spread It over wider space for each
city, am! that together with the “good
roads'' movement, will tend to send a
return flow from the urban into the
rural regions, but it will remain that
urban growth will attend Industrial
activity and the grave and abiding
problem will continue to be how- to
keep It aw nearly healthful as possible.
How She Kaised the Fee.
A i«Hir couple llvlug In tlie Emerald
Isle went to the priest for marriage
and were met with a demand for the
marriage fe«>. It was not forthcoming.
Both the consenting parties were rich
In love and In their prospects, but des­
titute of flnanclal resources. The fath­
er was obdurate. "No money; no mar
rlage."
“Give me lave, your rlverence,” said
the blushing bride, "to go uml get tlie
money.”
It was given, and she stepped forth
on the dellcats mission of raising a
marriage f«s* out of pure nothing. After
a short interval she returned with the
sum of money ami the ceremony was
completed to the satisfaction of nil.
W lien tlie parting was taking place tlie
newly mnde wife seemed a little un-
eaay.
"Anything on your mind, Catherine?"
said the father.
"Well, your rlverence, I would like
to know If this marriage could not be
iq»olled now ?"
“Certainly not, Catherine. No man
can put you asunder."
"Could you not do It yerself. father!
Could you not spoil the marriage!”
"No, no. Catherine. You are past me
now. I have nothing more to do with
your marriage '*
"That alsea mo mind." said Cather­
ine. "and ths! bless your rlverence
There's the ticket for your hat. I picked
It up In the lobby and pawned It."—
Ixiudon Tit Bits.
It Is said that the Influence of the
cooking school* Is already being felt
in domestic life, and that the standard
of living, or at least of cooking. Is
much higher because of these modem
Institutions. Formerly the school girl
ate. or was told to ent. what was set
t»efore her. and grumblings of a gas-
tronomlcal nature wen* uot tolerated.
Hut now- the young girt looks with a
critical eye U|s>n the cook'a prepare*
lions, and she knows the n-ason why
when these do not turn out well
Tlmmgh her the family has lost much
Naming the Child.
of Its pathetic dependence upon ths
Now. necessarily, when the new yirl
professional cook, and a cookleaa con
dltion la n>bl*ed of half its terrors baby arrived there was much discus­
when there la an amateur of no mean sion among the members of the fam
ability within the family circle. And lly as to what her name should be.
"We will call her •GerXIAua, '• said
the effect upon tha pupil herself Is
*1 saw that
most beneficial. for ouly one who has the first grand as her
grown brain Weary of flgnn-s and name In a etery once, and always
dates knows the delight of mixing up wunted to try It on a baby,"
"Oh." murmured the seeoud grand
actual Ingredients and awaiting tna
tertal results. It la also much to be mother, "that would never do. Let
hoped Hint tha training of amateur ua call her 'Faaeboa.'*'
"But don't you think 'Elteaaa* is a
rooks will cans* those who consider
themselves professionals to look to pretty name. and so odd, too?” put In
their laurels and to give over tbs hit- oue of the auuts.
• Eieuse me, lad I re." venturm! the
or miss method* of cooking, which-
poor father, who *at nearby, "but you
So oft as aw-lde If ear dsv
»ball t*s frstfwl as4 sail oaa or >eyous sad seoni to forget that we are trying to
gay
find a name fog a human bring, amt
With higher culinary Ideals the men
uot for a five cent cigar.“- Baltimore
tai and spiritual development of man
American
ought to t«e assured.
Ikrcrease of Hints.
Rpeaklng of the disturbance the Rus
elan students are making, the Pall
Mall Gaaette remarks “After all. It Is
the younger generation knocking at
the dour, and If the door la not opened
It stauds a good chance af being
DO NOT READ DICKENS
FEW YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW HIS
FAMOUS CHARACTERS.
Expensive Illustrated Edition» of His
Novels Are
still Frequently 0*11*4
For, but Cheap Editions, Which Be­
token Popularity, a Drug on Market
“The salo of the works of Dickeus
lias been gradually but surely dlmlu-
ishlng during the last ten or fifteen
years,” said a book dealer. "The fine­
ly bound editions are, uf course, still
In fulr demand by persons engaged lu
assembling llbrarie* of their own, but
the cheap, popular editions have for
some years been more or less of a drug
on th« market. Th* young people.
ev«*ti thuse who are umulvoruus readers
of fiction, scarcely ever ask for a book
uf Dickens.
“I re read two or three of Dlckena'
Ivooks every year for tbe fun of tbe
thing, and I know of plenty old fogies
of my age who do the same. Tbe
young peupie wbu fall to familiarize
theniaelves with Dlckena deprive them­
selves of a lot of diversion. The Dick­
ens characters are around us every­
where. There are very few odd or
quaint eccentricities of human beings
that Dickens didn't touch u|*uu, and
one who has th«*se character» in the
works of Dickens stored away In his
mind scarcely ever gets through a day
that he doesn’t meet up wldj som«-
body or other In the flesh who recalls
some corresponding or similar type in
Dickens. Who, for instance, doesn't
know auy number of Micawbers, who,
like the original uf th«* Hpecles, are al
waya waiting for something to turn
up! Haven't we all been thrown Into
contact with numerous Dick Swlvel-
lers? Hasn't every one of us with any
experience In the game of life met and
loathed at least one I’ecksnlff! Haven't
we all beeu imposed upon and bored
by u Chad ba nd!
"Aud yet, if you mention the name
of one of these wonderfully portraye«l
characters of Dlckena In the presence
of a roomful of young people of to-day
it is ti to 1 that they will stare at yuu
and wonder what you are driving at.
Just try It on and see If 1 am not
right, 1'11 just mention an example
of this. My slater-in law, 11 quiet, el-
derly woman, was humorously describ­
ing ut dinner a few evenings ago the
garrulousnesa of a trill nevi nurse whom
she had employed a short time before.
There were eight young men and wom­
en, their age« ranging from 16 to 22.
and all of them considered pretty well
e«lucat<*d for their years, at the table.
" 'That nurse must have been Salrey
Gamp reincarnated,' said my sister In-
law, In concluding her narration.
“Well, the middle ag«*d am! elderly
folk at the table all chuckled at the
comparison, of course, but every one of
tiioae eight young peoph* looked blank­
ly at my sister 111 law. plnlnly wonder­
ing what In the world she meant.
“ ‘Who was Snrah Gauip'f’ finally
asktsl one of the young women.
"My sister in law, realizing the utter
hopeleHsness of endeavoring to draw a
proi>er portrayal of Sarah Gamp for
th«* Iveiieflt of persona who hail never
b«*eome acquainted with that amiable
character, was forced to r«*eommeml
the young woman to read '.Martin
Chuzzlewit.’ The young woman sol­
emnly made a note of It, ami win* got
th«* book from me th«* next day, coii-
fesHltig that she hail never read a soli­
tary work of Dickens from cover to
cover. She found Dickens so «lull, she
said! Ami I have heard many young
people of tie* present generation say
the satm* thing that Dickens seemed
sttifvlil ami prosy to them. How they
can say such a thing, much less expe-
rlem «> tlie feeling, 1 h «¡uite lieyond me.
"Thackeray, too. perhaps a ke«*ii«*r,
If less mellow, writer of fiction than
Dickeus, Is sadly neglected these days.
There is little or no call for Ills l>o«>ks.
The uprising geueratiuu seem to have
no Interest whatever In Thackeray.
They all know about Becky Sharpe tie­
cause a piny written altoiit that demi­
rep has beeii produced in recent years,
but they a ¡«pear to know no more
al«out Arthur I'endennls. or Capt. Cos
tigau or Barry Lyndon, or eveu itenry
Esmond, than they do about th«* char­
acters In the mystery plays of the mid­
dle ag<*s.
"If th«* young |>«-o|de were to devote
themselves as assiduously to Dickens
am! Thackeray as they «1«» to the bat­
derdash w hlch s«s*ms to form their
mental staple,” cunclud«*«! the book
dealer, according to th«* Washington
Star, “they would develop Into lietter
men ami women for IL"
•errlco of a fashionable church, after
which 1 boarded a car. The old wom­
an. whose clothe* indicated great pov­
erty, got In aud sat down beside me,
her face fairly shining with pleasure as
»he recognised me.
" 'Lady. I want to tell you bow 1
likes yuur voice,’ she exclaimed in rath­
er broken English. 'It goes right to my
heart, and makes me »0 happy, just as
If I’d heard the angel» sing. I thank
you.'
"Of course I thanked ber, but the
funny part was when the conductor
The old lady
came for our fares.
counted out ten pennies before I could
¡ muis over my nickel.
" “Two! Two!' she said to him, a» she
nodded t me. 'I wants to, lady, for 1
likes your voice so much; 1 Ilk«* your
voice.’
“Bo, while I felt that perhaps the
poor old soul could ill spare her extra
pennies, I let her make the sacrifice
because of the evident pleasure it gave
her. and no compliment 1 ever receive«!
has touched me more deeply than her
oft rej»eated words, T likes your
voice.’ ’’
THE SINGING VOICE.
The Beet Rules for Keeping lt in Good
Condition.
The greatest t hoir In the world is
»aid iiyul we believe with truth) to be
that attached to u monastery at St.
Petersburg, erected lu honor of Alex­
ander Nevskl, patron saint of Russia.
It combats of about thirty monks, cho­
sen from the best voices in all the Rus­
sian monasterlea. lt is really worth
a journey to St. Petersburg to bear
that choir sing.
A contemporary xpeaking of them
announces that they believe that the
eating of carrots has much to do with
sustaining the strength and sweetness
of their voice*. Great singers are of­
ten great crank*. A list tilling a col­
umn might be made of tlie things
which they have credited with having
a fine effect upon their voices; and the
list would be very contradictory, some
warning others against what their
i-quals have commended. If It be true
that carrots tend to make such sing
ers as these or to Improve voices, there
are many reasons why the fact should
l>e made known In this country, where
from tlie climate or other causes volcet
are undergoing an unfavorable moditl
cation. Really tine bassos are difficult
to find, and a great musical authority
affirms that tenors are growing scarce.
If this continues predominant voices
will be of the class which a |s»or. In-
norant woman whose husband was a
gissi singer but very Ill-tempered, tried
to describe. Being asked whether Ills
voice was tenor or bass, she answered;
"He says it Is barytone, but at home
It is bear i-toiie." The liest diet for
the voice Is that which keeps the di­
gestion perfect and nil the organs and
muscles employefl lu respiration unin­
cumbered.
They Left.
'*lt does me good to see 11 smart
Aleck get the worst of it.” said the
communlcativi* conductor to the inn 11
'There were
on the buck platform,
two of them on my ear y esterilay, ami
their gam«* was to scare ¡icopl«* Into
thinking that they were just recover­
ing from Hinallpox. T hey talkeil loud­
ly about It for Ils* lieiielit of tlie oilier
passengers, ami tlie more nervous
ones, esp«*cially tin* women, begau to
grow appn hensiv «*.
“ ’Yes.’ Haiti one, 'my ciih <* was a
pretty bail one. th«* doctors said.'
"'So was mine,' replied the other
fellow. 'It seems g««««! to g«*t out of
the Municipal Hospital, doesn't it?’
” 'That's what it doe»,' said tlie first
one.
"Sitting next to lliem was a man
this
who had
point be
" 'Say.
get
oui'f
" 'Only yesterday.' loudly remarked
one of th«* bidders.
'•'Is that «<>.' exclaimed tlie man. 'So
<ll«l 1. What ward were you in!'
"Will. say. tho«e fellows Jumped off
tlie car an though It liatl b«*en struck
by lightning, and you couldn’t see
their heels for «lust.”
V ery Peculiar.
“That Mias Bradish is one of the
most peculiar girls 1 ever saw. She and
1 met in London last vv inter, and we'v ■
ins’ll very good friends ever since until
a couple of we« ks ago. Now she barely-
s|«-iiks to me. I can't account for it
We were talking «me evening alsiut
«•lever women. We both agr«*«*d that tal­
ented women are seldom lieautifnl."
"You |ir«»l>aldy made some remark
that sin* didn't like.”
"No; I was careful about that, and
she sliow««l no sign of her unaccount­
THE BIG FISH THAT HE LOST.
able «-oltlness until I ask«sl li« r whether.
A Laliforni* Flsheiiuan l»e. lares It If site could have her choice, site would
Waa a Giant Mrlped Bas*.
prefer to be talented or beautiful. Site
John George, a fisherman of Point never anawervd the question, ami lias
San Quentin, Cal., whs given a battle beeu different toward me ever »luce.
for his life the other day by a giant Most peculiar girl 1 ever saw!"
fish, which he declared was a striped
Totems and Mas«-«»«t«**_
tvaea The fish overturned hia boat ami
The totems cherished by some of the
George would have beeu drowned bad
Indian trits*s suggest th«* French ma«
uot help arriv<*d
George drag***! bl* net for ba*» tear «•Otte. A "totem" Is th«* generic word
San vjueiitlu i*olnt on a rv*eent morn for a class of material objects w bleb
lug When he <-ommen>«sl to haul his a savage regards with superstitious
catch aboard bis heavy salmon boat he awe, under the belief that betw«*en him
found that he had captured a giant ami every meml«er of tlie class there
The to­
Ivaaa For more than an liour he club exists an Intimate relation
tied and gaffed the monster, and at last tem may I m * a wolf, a beaver, a buffa­
succeeded tn getting a rojve through It. lo. a salmon a snake, the wind, birch-
gills. He then started to row bla catch bark, th«* leaves of trees, th«* sun or
the «uow. But whatever it happens to
to the wharf.
After he had gone a short dlstano* I m *, the connection between it ami its
the fish revived am! in Its d<*»|s*rat» proteg«* is mutually beneficial. The tis
efforts to free Itself the boat waa over torn prot««ts the man. and tbe man
turned arid Its occupant thrown Into testtfl«*« his esteem for his protri-tlon
the water Charles Allison, the ag**ut by not killing It shoitl«! it be an ani­
at ban Quentin, saw the fisherman's mal, and not destroying it should It
poril aud ¡vrvs'urtng a boat went to the be a plant.
rescue Qaprge am! Allison made every
The Plucky Hatxsin.
eff*>rt to r ght the former's Issit or tow
line
day
a German traveler and hit
!t ashore, but owing to th,* current they
failed, and at la«t were compelled to «-ouipanlon* while lu Abyssinia fell in
with a Iva nd of tvaboous in a valley.
cut the floundering fl«h l<»«* In order
The ap»*s all hurried away before the
to save the boat and nets
travelers, ail except a po«*r sickly cn*a
Georg,* «
1 h< U nr of (he twet known
ture. which sat Upon a n» k and bowh-d
Aebsvmen u I (be tap» im »)« the !*an
and trvml*l«-d with fear. Th«* dogs of
IL
tliat the im-
Fram-iss-o
the travelers made a rush for the spot
mense flab
a Mrlntd
but l«efore they could reach It an «hl
I
I ••• !»»•»< tribute
"Tbe m..
Ryatamat ■«• laqu rice into the preariH
condition of bird life in Missouri bring ever rxsciv,
to light the surprising discovery that aoprau*«. lb
within the last fifteen years Insectlvor ’ me by a |>*
ous birds have decreased «2 per evut ! have amti«<sl t
b*«l »uug two
aud game b.tds M’ per ceuL
>11 mont I
I m I kvoii darted down tlie hdlside. pl, k
ed up Its poor «*ompan«on from under
th«* very noae* of the dog*, who scatter-
e«l rather tbau fight the newcomer, aud
«»rrtwl It off
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CHAPTER Vl-Contmued.
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t
line of warriors,
and priests of the old F rsn',.«'U”-^
from which stood out near >k
1
figure >f the white haired .)«**? 'b
tbe Bastile falling »lambu^1*«
the Paris mob—and that tl,s1
honor, and courage <>( t)jH ’ 8
en«l in this and here'
' ’"'M
sufficient to till the hesrt «
M
utterable sadness and
' ’“W
His eyes were bright, but ther^ '
to tie no a|«eculati<>ii U1 tj "***4
tiHithh-«- gum.« mumi
i,in ” 4
was ottered.
“
“He cannot apeak a Mir,,,,
Louise to me; “ami I
xij
can quite hear m.w
.
r ‘
she s|H>ke in a low v i«v. «-y ,’^i
better, though, since the
gan, poor Uncle Jac«|ut*.. T(,
who lis»ks after him 1«
, '' 'M
may talk as if then* w.-r.-
* *'
She threw «.ff her hat ilIl(|
the air of the room was
k
small fire burntsi in the
T
ini|M*lle«l to sit so that I <» ul,| ,«
the old man w ithout turning (
apl>earam-e fascinate«) n «-.
'* *
"I want »0 g" aw ly, ,\| ;
she la-gan at once in a ).,w tons'*?'
tense feeling, “out of this (rr-
place, away from the «1«
t, J|r v*
harilt; I want to go and
“ 1
has In-come of my p.« r fatia-r .
want you to help me to g . jf V)',u “
be so g< h Ml. ”
“Has .Mr. Steinhardt, then," ]a,
“been saying or doing «sui’ethi,/”
you?”
” ’*1
"Oh, ves. indeed! Yesterdsv
know, 1 -aw Mr. Birlev, at I |.s
very sadly, almost with t.-ars, tlat
must not come to see me any tn rs 1
asked him whv—and then it all fjJj
out: he tol«l me you km vv it gl|_p
Mr. Steinhardt ha* I h -«- u • t«-rril.]v ,,v
grateful, how he has ruimsl him. ff»
name, he said, would app« ar anv ,<•
now in the Gazette. In the ent -'
then, I tofil Mr. Stienhanlt tliat*
wanted son 11* of mv mm «•« . . r
„¡I
father's money, to help Mr.
He langheii ami sai«i 1 hail no nn,it, I
and what little of my father’s
¡ J
could not b«- touched till hi-death
proved. 1 then, I think, was tn--
and called him ingrate: ami he
angry, in his way, ami rude. Heallej
me a rude, immodest girl. l|v ?aij[
thought of men before they asked
(I don’t know at all what he
j
He told me I must make up n y
to marry Frank, as he wi-hed ami »1
my father hail wisehd, or 1 sle uld ng !
stay long in his hous<*. I -aid, *«
father would have never wi-hed nsu
marry anyone without I ve. ||(
answered, that was of no eon-e u ,T.
he was now in rny father's ¡«lace, [
left him ami went to my r«. in, arA '
thinking it over, it came to me h»» 1« :
must have disliked my |s«ir father,if
he could speak to me so, ami Im» I,,
perhaps, did not mm h wi-h tn lute
father's «leath cleared tip. Tien I
thought that it was likely he bail
taken much trouble to inquire tt>«u
him in Ismdon—all that, v ti-ee, «u
in Li. hands. But now I will go »
London myself, away fr«.: 1 I,is -c!~
1.ess, and fiml out the win !«• > afteri«
myself—if you will help me.”
hiH butel, it baa been found,
* ••
on that day.
“I hadn't heard the date named be­
I took this a» a dismissal, ami **«
fore.
’’
going.
___ Birley.
“Unwin, bid», ia«l," a»M
I then told him how, on turning over
11,v - Bradshaw, I had dis-
cf what I the pages of —
“I want you to
U lie
.~ witness
------
I
may
as
well
say
it
now;
covered
the
existence
of a very late
have to say: 1----
uvuud
“
b«ng
it’s been bound to come for
train from Loudon.
man
“But,” said he, "there are train»
while. You
You see that • .«
— there— that
foreigner, that German—that grim - almost a« late on other lines.”
our Lancashire folk »mall umler his
“But not so quick,” said I.
great clumsy boot, and that threaten«
“Besides,” said he, “you don’t know
now to ruin me—that's what he n cans
that
the train you mention was running
by saying 1’11 re|«nt this—I t“"k b1“1
into my office when he was a ra" ><“ • more than a year ago."
“No; I do not.” I was a little put
with no recommend but that he was
willing to work; I gave him a better out. Still I urged, “I have, however,
place in my print works; I was his another strong reason — which I do not
think 1 am quite at liberty to tell you
friend; I treatei him like a brother.
The dear old n an’s voice well nigh at present—why 1 lielieve my «¡«eciila-
broke; it was not pleasant to see the tion that he left l.ondon that night
unrelenting, uncompromising malignity mav turn out true.”
“Left for home, I suppose you think'.
with which Steinhardt listened
1
gave him money to get him a partner­ But why should he suddenly set off
home late at night without intima­
ship with l’aul—”
"Which I paid back,” intei rupted tion?”
“I cannot tell. But might he not,
Steinhardt.
“ «y,
Ay, lad,” said Birley, “yoa paid for instance, have heard somehow, or
me back more than that; you pai«i me have suspe«'ted, that Steinhardt was
back for all I did in your own way— still using tbe patent they ha«l been
____ my r
___ ______
you took
print
works from rue—” lined so heavily for infringing'.’ It is
<<T Your
-
‘--------
own mad ’ extravagance
did clear, surely, from this rec-ent law
affair, that Steinhardt has never left off
that. »>
<4 You set my friend Paul against using it.”
“Of course,” said he. looking very
me,” continued Birley, waving away
his interrruption; “you've got my serious and meditative, “that certainly
other shop now almost into your might be. But,” he continue«l in a
hands— ”
new tone of alarm. “what does all this
“Your bail management has dono ■ l>eculation mean? You surely haven't
that.”
let your suspicion go so far as to im­
“You’ve done with Paul’s money as agine poor Lacroix came home to—to
if it were your own; and you’ve pro­ find a violent death? Have you really
posal to me that I should agree to your let your-eif think so morbidly of thing«
taking that 20,000 pounds of the law­ as to suspect Steinhardt of causing it”
suit from his girl’s fortune.”
He, I know, is without much acruple of
"Soh!” _ growled Steinhardt, l>ecom- conse'ence—but that, my friend, is al­
. . •
«.lt is
ing more German in his rage,
together too horrible!—too incredible!
now done! There is an end! We are Besides, why—” he stopped, but I
no more to ea« h other!”
could see what lie would say in the
“I know- that, ’.Manuel, my lad. careful, considering look he gave me.
And you’re gla«i 01 it, ami so, I think.
“Ye«,” said I, “I know; you think
am I. ) And now you may finish me off why stioulil I imagine that this should
— but you shall not lieggar the orphan have remained undiscovered—unsua-
girl. Now my say is done. You’re ¡«ected, if you like—for a year, only for
very proml tonight of having deceived I me to fiml out, or suspect—me, a man
an English court of law; but don’t Voll of no extraordinary jierception or dis­
holloa so loud till you’re out of 11 a crimination.”
wood; yon haven’t done yet with law
“Well, Unwin,” said he, “I will
nor with Lancashire.”
confess I did think something like that.
The old man tnrn«*d an«l left
Yon must excuse me.”
room, looking ten years older;
“Certainly. But I don’t pretend to
seemed to falter in his step, ami
have lighteil on the things that make
usually ruddy tints in his face had died me suspect through my ow n shrewd­
out, leaving his cheeks and lips of an ness of suspicion; I don’t preteml to l«e
ashy hue. I followed him without a the mover in the matter at all. In­
word. In the hall he took his hat; I deed. when I look back over the few
«lid the same and accompanied him in months I have lieen here, I am sur-
silence from the house ami through the prise«l to see how the several points of
village; I would have seen him home, my suspicion have be«*n almost forceil
but he insisted on my leaving him when on my attention in ways that appear to
my lodgings were reached.
me quite unusually providential.”
I went indoors, but I could not stay.
Freeman turned and looked through
(To be continue 1)
I was in the wildest perturbation of the window, very grave and thoughtful.
feeling which, I think, I had ever ex­
“It is perhaps,” said I, now roused
For French Academician«.
perienced. The dose air of mv little to a considerable pitch of feeilng, "not
sitting room stifled me. ami w hen I left a very Christian doctrine, but I believe,
The French Academy lias approyi-
it. the air of tbe village oppressed me or I imagine, there is a conscious divine ated a etim for the maintemicee if u
almost as much. I cxaild not, strive as vengeance that broods upon the world, album in which three phot, gr.:]>hs
1 would to turn my attention to other and that takes severe note of the per­ every immortal—onerlu wiig the .1
things, get rid of the burning impres­ sistent evil deeds of evil doer«, and hue ami two the profile—will lie«ii»-l
sion of that painful scene in the dining marks them out for unrelenting pun­ fully preserved. Win n an , cadeir m !
room of Timperley Hall. My resent­ ishment, secret or open, slow or swift, dies it is usual to ad< rn what n>arl»|
ment of the brusque treatment I had and tliat chooses its instrument*, < -r called the literary Hotel de- lavn.iH
myself experienced from Steinhardt agent«, of punishment in a fashion of with his bust, but occasio all) Its
was keen; but it was nothing compared its own.”
sculptor exj eriences diffi nlty in tid­
w ith the indignation 1 felt at the ter­
“Good gracious! Unwin—what a ing a trustworthy representati a oi the
ribly pathetic tale of ingratitude re­ dreadful belief!”
departed great.
vealed bv old Birley’s words; and that
“1 don’t think you woulil have milch
again had to give place to a feeling of to say against it if you had been with
Immense Output of Petroleum’,
horrible dread and loathing of that un- me last night in the dining room of
If all the petroleum prodii-ei i«t
erupulous, overlienring German ruffian. Timperley Hall, and seen our dear
year in the United States was nut it
I had watched him closely, even w ith a friend Birley moved almost to tears be­
standard barrels, and the barrel« pltcsi
certain fascination of intentness, and
fore that German ruffian. an«l then seen in a row touching each other, the lint
throughout the scene I had caught not him leave the house a ruined aud heart
would completely belt the earth.
so much as the wink of an eyelid or the broken man.”
Enough coal w as pn duced to give thres
movement oi a single nerve or muscle
He sat in silent amazement; and I ami one-half tons to every one of the
indicative of anything but the most un­
relate«! the scene I ha«i witnessed.
711,000,000 persons in the United
wavering determination to assert him
"After hearing all that,” I said, States, and enough gold to give every
self and his will, no matter what came
“and seeing how Steinhardt behave«! American a g ild dollar.
in the way. I was appalled, I may say
ami looked. I can lielieve any cruelty or
frankly, terrified at the exhibition of
wicketlneM of him. 1 do not think
Speedy Long-Distance Delivery.
such remorseless inhumanity—all the
that even you now will consider my
The
speediest long distance delivery
more so that I did not find it out of
horrible suspicion so preposterous.”
of mail ever accomplished in tles r i
keeping with anything I ha«l before
Freeman sat silent, pulling his big was that of the consignment which left
known of the man. If another stood bear« I.
Sydney, Australia, Octol er 15, for Lit-
in his wav, he would not merely trea«l
“I think,” sai«l heat length, with a don, England, by the American r. 'r
on his t«x*s with a crunch of his big
thin smile, “nature after all can’t have A distance of 15,26.5 miles wa* c vered
boot; he would lift him in his strong
intended me for a criminal investi­ in 31 days, a saving of four days over
German arms and fling him aside. He
gator: I couldn’t find it in me to
had “eaten up” his old friend Birley,
the Suez canal route.
from no small vindictiveness, it was think any human N ing capable of such
evident, but from an all-«iev«)urii>g self- a crime as that—then ¡«erliap« you
The Way to Keep Good.
w> uhl say >teinlianlt is not a human
aggrandizement.
And what greater
Brooling over the evil that yon lav»
being; he is only a foreigner sent for
enormity would he h >«itate to commit.
done will never correct that *’>!•
»0 long as it brought him nearer hie our sins t«> poison 11s with his diabol­ Rather will it make |><..*sil le a repeti­
ical chemistry.
chief end? To what did all thia vague
"As I said, th«* instinct of detection, tion of the thing dwelt upon. Setwor
drea«l and surmise ten«!'’ To mv horror
or suspicion even, is not very strong iii mind the other wav. Think h
1 found that the suspicion of what had
pure, kind, courageous th,nights »11 ti1-
l>een Lacroix's fate, which ha«l hithert n e. But I will do my best for you in time, and your mind will h. ve nc U“*
London.”
been whirling ami curling in my imag­
“And,” said I, “I think I «-an mak«> for their opposites. — Sm•< «■•«.
ination like a lurid vapor, was now
particular inquiry at King's Cross
assuming definite shape and settling
Fl«x Hai Peculiar Intcrut.
easier for you.
* I use«!
_ ___
to __
be very I
upon Steinhardt! Why should he have
General Eugene Griffin has in '
done to «leath his partner? I could not friendly with an official there of high
possession the American flag nH'lc''I
tell; I could scarcely make a gueee stamling; I will write to him.”
1 wrote to niy old friend as soon as I the sailors in Lieutenant Gilni't«-*
worth the name. If he had, was the
metho«! of it such as ha«l Iwn indicated return««! to my lalgings; 1 relate«! the nartv out of patches and «trie* -11 t>"‘ r
in Di, k's confession? If he hail—how. circumstance* of Lacroix'a di«appear- clothing after tl eir rescue fr m th»’’'
where had he bestow««! the traces of an«e. mil mentioned the suspicion, surgents in the wildest part of Lu» ’-
wni ii “tl■,«.««* who are interest««! in his
the crime?
*
iate entertain.” that he really
out by
Value of Cotton Seed.
CHAPTER VII.
train, probably from King's Uro«» to
In 1900 cotton seeil a«hh*d 1 1 ff11 *
Next evening I went to Freeman’««, ! return home, an I a«ke«I him to be RO
to the value of each pound "f • 1,1 n '*
who waa going away for his holiday the go«»l as to give such help as he could to
"
second morning alter. 1 wisheil to re- my friend Freeman in his attempt to »"’4.000,000 to the wealth • f t
raiser.«. Th«* return wool I I '1'*' ' 3
mirnl Freeman of his promise to make fin 1 ..lit whether that were so or not.
1
It was very late next tn ruing on re­ »''0.000,000 if all the see l
inquiries in Iamdon com-erning Mr. La­
croix, ami especially to underline cer­ turning alor.g the Laeroix Lane from crushe«! for oil.
tain places for inquiry. The reader the little «tat:, n to which I had ae-
hork of Joel Chandler tlxrrx
will understand why I a<ivise<i Mr. n n.panie.1 Freeman an.l hia wife that I
gh<?
Fr«*eman to institute careful inquiry at met I ..-i«. n<,r tlle |H,nd
Joel Chamller Harris, t •' a
the stations of the great railway lines can e t. wanl me at <>nce with a look of lives in a little frame
that run northwani from London__ most prrimsiitation.
lanta.tia. He writes «’n-m
careful inquiry at the station of the
“I hate b«-. n looking for von ” sai.l hour« a «lav. turning out
Great Northern Railway; but Mr Free­ she (How sweet th..«.- w«wji s..un.ie«L) 2,IKK) words, using a ty|«-"r. r-
man «lid not readily understand why I
I knew you were gone to the statmn
should nrg«* these points.
I have no thing ( W].h to say—will
Ormai from Amrricxn Scout.
"O»n>e,” said he. looking at me y«si .« me with n e nt.. Um-leJa.ques’s
Major F. R. Burnham, an \ inerir*’
hard, anti in evident surprise, "what's «««ttagt*
.ag< ”—
— r;
we«ball ‘ be there safe from
•cont, who served with ti a I r ti'
in yew noddle now?—what new sus­ being watched.”
■ri
alrv in the Roer war, denn’t it
picion have you worked up?*”
W hat
suspicion, I
J
wondered, applied for the placa of n -tn.
~____ the
___ little
“Don’t look »0 surprise«! at me," I prompt«! that? I I entered
scouts
at
Aldershot.
tim”
was pique.1 into saying, when I felt «Tag nal building for the first t time.
hi* sober arrutiay would he turne-i an«i was immciiately in the presen.-e of
Sullivan’« Truthful Rrmi-k-
upon mvstructnreof evidence I d- ul tef the oldparelytie, who sat hnddle.1 and
for th* time its coherencejand «tabilitv wrapped n, blanket, in a great arin
John L. Sullivan has been re>
—and this doubt in my self I reaented: ■ ha.r w,th hi. lifeless hand, lvmg a« a truthful as well as a fig
-
”1 am quite «an* ami seriou*. I have m;P m hi* fop. I, w„ with g >tr;i
’'I’ve made a monkev of m« -«*: ■1i*“1‘
had ‘borne in' upon me tbe impression «•' "« “f P.ty,.n«i -«n.ethmg like
h* said the other day.
hat I lotted up*>n this feenle, alnewt
— I can t quite «ay 1. « it «-»me—
lawroix left London that night__ ”
nieie.., remnant of a tamons h:rtoric
Whutit la Old Nsxic*
tanqly, .pending the last flicker. o( M I
"What night?”
The ancient Mexicans ha i » ' _-
•*Thur«iay. .Msnh the sixteenth of
°f whistle *hi« h pr-’dmed *t
‘ ,
last y«s*r
M im Lairvix ba* told me I
•otes. It
bawl two finger
b.’-«»
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