INDIAN FIGHTERS WITH THE BRITISH FORCES
NEWS OF THE WEEK
General Resume of Important Events
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The Japanese ’ have bombarded the
forts at Thing Tau.
Twenty-seven cases of
reported in Vienna.
cholera are
A t the fall of Antwerp 20,000 troops
were made prisoners.
The senate has agreed not to levy a
war tax on medicines.
The’ slayer of Archduke Ferdinand
of Austria says he iB proud of his deed.
An English war expert has warned
Great Britain of a possible invasion by
Germany.
GERTRUDE STEVENSON
Illustrations from Photographs of the S tage Production
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SYNOPSIS.
D aniel Slade suddenly advan ces fro m a
penniless m in er to a m illio n a ire und be­
com es a p ow er in the po litica l and busi­
ness w orld. H e has his e y e on the g o v e r ­
n or’ s chair. H is sim ple, h om o-lovin g w ife
fa ils to rise to the new conditions. Slade
m eets K a th e rin e, d a u gh ter o f Senator
S tricklan d, and sees In her all that M ary
is not.
CHAPTER II—Continued.
“ Oh, I like Washington,” she said,
Four thousand prisoners and 400 bringing herself back to the conver­
guns were taken by the Germans at sation with difficulty.
the fall o f Antwerp.
Her father, noticing her abstrac­
A German submarine is responsible tion, remarked indulgently: “ She likes
She likes the
for the sinking of a Russian cruiser, Washington, Slade.
East, but she doesn't tell it to every­
together with 568 men.
body on account of father’s votes.
Native troops from India are feeing hurried to Europe to assist the allies. The photograph shows the first do
Ferdinand, nephew of the late King Now, Slade and I love our western
t»ohment to arrive, on its way to Join General French's command.
Charles, of Roumania, has ascended to city, eh, Slade?"
the throne of that country.
"W ell,” with some reluctance, “ it's
HAPPY HERO OF NAMUR
The French and English govern­ a good starting point.” Slade admitted.
“ A h !” Katherine exclaimed, now
ments have ordered 60,000 tent stoves
thoroughly herself again. “ There’s a
from a Pennsylvania firm.
Manchester, Mass. — The Austro-
man for you! He's not going to let
It is claimed that Italy has spent
Hungarian
embassy here has an­
a town stand in his way. Mr. Slade,
$1,000,000
a
day
since
the
war^
began
nounced the receipt of an official wire­
this is father’s Waterloo. He’s been
in preparing her army for war.
less message from the home govern- j
a great disappointment to me. That’s
ment as follow s:
The Boers, subjects of Great Brit-1 the worst of parents. We children
“ Our advance in Galicia has forced ain, are said to be in revolt and wish | never know how they’re going to turn
the Russians to lessen their efforts to establish their own republic.
out. If father had only listened to
agairst Prezemysl.
Friday morning
President Poincare has signed a de­ me It would have been Washington
our bombardment greatly weakened j
cree admitting fresh meat to France j for him—Washington for me. But he
the Russians, who began to withdraw
wouldn’t cross the Delaware.
He
free of duty until further notice.
part of their forces at Lancut. Our
wouldn’t leave the West. If there’d
Town Is Deserted, Business Houses
The first chamber at The Hague has only been a drop of Napoleon In fa­
advancing columns met strong Rus­
Boarded Up and No food
sian forces, fighting with which still is passed a measure providing for the ther,” she concluded with a sudden
continuing.
Kuzwadow, on the San, second war credit of $20,000,000.
To Be Obtained.
burst of vehemence.
has been retaken by us.
“ Napoleon!” repeated the senator.
The
Boston “ Braves”
won the
“ Polish refugees in Vienna give in-1 world’s series from the Philadelphia
“ Yes, Napoleon. He got what he
formation that the Russians, after the Athletics by taking
four straight wanted, and nothing ever stood In his
Uerlin, via London and The Hague—
occupation of Lemberg, sent the fam­ games.
path. I Just love the way he rode
An official statement issued here Sat­
ous Polish library, housed in the Osso-
over poor old Josephine’s heart, don’t
A
Reuter
dispatch
from
Amsterdam
urday says:
linsky Institute, to St. Petersburg.
you?”—and she turned to Slude.
The most prominent public edifices in says the exportation of petroleum from
"But he was right!” she continued,
“ The Germans occupied Bruges Oc­
The
Netherlands
has
been
forbidden
by
the town have been undermined and j
earnestly, a« if she were making a
tober 14 and Ostend October 15.”
royai
decree.
the Russians have declared their in- j
plea for something that lay very close
tention to blow them up as soon as j The general staff of K iev alleges to her own heart. “ Why should we
Amsterdam, via London— The Tele-
they are forced to leave the town. dumdum bullets are being used by Aus­ let anyone hold us back? I wouldn’t.
graaf’s correspondent at Sluis, Nether­
This news has created consternaton [ trian troops.
Eight cases of these But mother didn’t want to leave the
lands, 10 miles north of Bruges, re­
and anger in Polish circles.”
West, so father stuck to his town and
bullets have been obtained.
ports that the Germans have occupied
The embassy further reported that
his friends and his state. Now he
According
to
a
telegram
from
Con­
the Russians are retreating every-]
stands in the background and boost*
Ostend without resistance. The Bel­
where; that the German-Austrian line stantinople, Turkey has informed Ger­ other men politically.
gian troops retired to France.
many
that
owing
to
a
lack
of
money
has advanced to new positions in Rus­
"H e wants to boost you,” she added,
The German forces in Belgium are
sian Poland and that Russians who had she will have to demobilize her army. suddenly.
now in touch with their main army,
crossed the Carpathians at three places
“ Letting out secrets,“ her father ac­
whose right wing rests at Veurne, the
Princess Mary of England has ap­
had been thrown back with heavy! pealed to that nation for assistance in cused, playfully.
westernmost town in Belgium, near
losses.
But Katherine was never more se­
the North Sea and 26 miles southwest
sending a Christmas present to every
The advance of the Austrians in soldier and sailor o f the allied armies. rious. “ You’re his dark horse,” she
of Bruges.
Servia, the embassy said, was proceed­
persisted.
Two detachments of the American
ing slowly before the main Servian
London — A correspondent of the
“ You’re a lucky jnan, senator,”
army and that the Servains and Mon­ Red Cross arrived in Vienna Wednes­ Slade broke in, us be watched Kath­
Daily News, telegraphing from Ostend
tenegrins are retreating from the di­ day. One proceeded to Hungary and erine admiringly.
describing the entry of the Germans,
“ You’re a lucky
One of the heroic defenders of Na­ rection of Sarajevo, after several bat­ the other to the hospital in the suburbs man to have a charming young woman
says:
of Vienna.
behind you in the race.”
“ Ostend awoke Thursday morning mur who found his wife and child tles.
with the resigned expectation of some waiting for him on his return to Zee*
“ That’s all we women are for,” an­
Strict measures are being taken in
catastrophe.
The previous
night brngge.
Rome to check the attempts o f some of swered Katherine, bitterly, “ standing
thousands of refugees assembled in
the belligerent countries to engage behind some man and watching him
the hope of leaving by a morning boat,
Italians for work on fortifications and do things.”
but no boat arrived.
“Why, child alive, you do things
Portland, Or. — Everything is in intrenchments.
yourself,” the senator remonstrated.
“ Some hundreds already had taken
readiness for the opening o f the Manu­
Noel
Buxton,
member
of
the
British
Berlin — Although the German So­
refuge in fishing smacks alongside the
facturers’ and Land Products show in parliament, and his brother, were shot “ She makes busts, Slade— heads. Done
iguays to escape to France or England. cialists in the Reichstag voted for the Portland October 26.
Woodrow W il­ by a Turk while on their way to at­ some big guns in Europe.”
The remainder crowded together in 5,000,000,000 mark ($1,250,000,000) son, president of the United States,
Katherine sighed and leaned back
tend the funeral o f the king of Rou­
groups on the quay, looking anxiously appropriation to carry on the present has accepted the invitation of David
wearily in her chair. “ Oh, In my
mania.
Both
were
seriously
wounded.
feminine way, I model,” she admitted.
for something in the shape of a boat. war, and although the members of the M. Dunne, president of the Manufac­
The London Mail reports that Brit­ “ But if there’d been one drop of Na­
“ The town was deserted.
Not a party went to the front as enthusias­ turers' association of Oregon, to open
ish gunboats overhauled and captured poleon In father I shouldn’t have had
single person traversed the streets. tically as did the non-Socialists, their the big exposition.
The shops were all closed and their political creed has not altered. They
President Wilson will file his tele­ a mysterious steamer which was try­ to fall back on molding clay. I should
windows boarded up. No food was to still condemn and oppose the policies gram in Washington to reach the land ing to pass the Downs off Deal. It is have been molding,” she hesitated,
of the government and denounce what
be obtained.”
products show at 9 p. m. the night of supposed that the steamer was trying and then finished daringly, “ opinions
they term “ class consciousness.”
and people.”
October 26. The message will be re­ to sow mines.
When the war is over, they say,
ceived under a canopy of American
The
Belgian
government,
before
re­
they intend to take up anew the battle
CHAPTER III.
flags and Oregon roses.
When the moving to France, says a dispatch
to "fr e e the proletariat from the yoke
first tick of the telegraph instrument from The Hague, ordered all male cit­
of capital,” and to take the reins of
#Just how much more freely Kath­
is heard the electric current will re­ izens between the age o f 18 and 45 to
Detroit - Setting the old-time hymns
government out of the hands of the
lease the clapper in a bell over the enter the army within two days or be erine might have revealed her aims
to tunes that savor of the modern bourgeoisie.
and Inspirations, Slade could not
booth and thus announce the opening treated as traitors.
music hall or of “ Yankee Doodle“
These aims are set forth by Vor-
know, for at that moment the butler
of the exposition.
was deplored by Bishop Edward W.
waerts, the chief organ of the party,
The Italian dirigible balloon No. 64 appeared and engaged his attention.
To accommodate the many communi­
Osborne, of Springfield, 111., at a
in a remarkable article which has led
reported that while flying over the
As the man withdrew, Slade spread
meeting here of the fifth province of to the indefinite prohibition of the ties in the state of Oregon to exhibit
at Portland, it was necessary to build Adriatic sea she discovered Austrian wide his arms and announced gran­
the Protestant Episcopal church in the
paper’s publication. This is the second
two annexes to the armory. The tem­ floating mines. The naval command­ diloquently:
United States. The remarks of Bishop
penalty inflicted on Vorwaerts, its ap­
ant of Venice dispatched five tugboats
“ The gentleman of the water-front
Osborne were made during a debate on pearance having been recently prohib­ porary buildings add more than 25,000
to pick up the mines in this vicinity. crowd, if you please.
Mr. Wesley
the report of a committee appointed to ited for three days because of an ar­ square feet of floor space and with the
main floor of the armory give a total ! In a dispatch from Rome, the corre­ Merritt, the gentleman who wasn’t go­
prepare an inexpensive selection of
ticle giving what the military author­
of more than 80,000 square feet of spondent of the Central News says ing to darken my door, Is here!”
Sunday school hymns.
ities considered too many details about
He broke off with a loud, mirthless
exhibit space, the largest exposition of that Montenegrin troops are now only
“ I want to be assured that none of
the German campaign in the South­
the kind ever held west of Chicago.
eight houre’ march from Ragusa, the laugh. As well as any man who ever
these hymns will have irreverent
west.
The exposition is under the auspices Austro-Hungarian seaport in Dalma­ lived, he liked to feel the grip of his
tunes,“
said Bishop Osborne.
“I
of the Manufacturers' association of I tia, the fall of which is believed to be own power. He had come to the point
notice that ‘Jerusalem, the Golden’ is
German Beport Disputed.
where It was genuine satisfaction to
Oregon and the North Pacific Land imminent.
among the hymns listed.
I have
humble men and conquer things.
London — The British government Products Show association. Opening
heard that hymn sung to a tune that
The Petrograd Courier publishes a
“ Wesley M erritt!” the senator was
sounded like ‘ Yankee Doodle.’ The denied the German assertion, published October 26, the exposition will con­ report to the effect that a German
latter is all right in its place, but its abroad, that, although Germany had tinue until November 14. The leading force which entered the Warsaw, Rus almost too surprised for speech.
“ After his abuse of you in the paper
place is not in the church of God.”
furnished belligerent
governments business, fraternal and social organiza­ sian Poland, region, after two days of
It was explained that most of the twice weekly with a full list of all tions in Portland will have special hard fighting, was cut in two and today— . And Hunt! How did you
do it?”
hymns had been authorized by more their wounded and prisoners, no news days at the exposition.
driven back on the Lodz, Petokoff and
"This is the sort of thing I like,”
that 60 years of use, and the report has been received by Germany. The
Kielce line. The newspaper says it is broke in Katherine, eagerly. “ Oh, it’s
was adopted.
Firing On in Black Sea.
asserted that 10,000 German prisoners so exciting,” she declared, her eyes
British foreign office says that August
25, it offered to exchange information
London— A dispatch to the Exchange j were taken.
glowing with eagerness and animation.
German Help Dismissed.
regarding prisoners of war. On receipt Telegraph company from Bucharest, j The London Morning Post asserts “ Oh, Mr. Slade, how did you make
London — Agitation of the London of the German reply. Great Britain coming by way of Rome, says: “ Heavy that it has proof that the British fleet them kow-tow?”
press against employment of thousands sent the first list of German prisoners cannonading has been heard the past j has received official orders not to ar­
Slade’s reply was prevented by the
September 21. The first list supplied
day off Kustendje (in Roumania on the rest nationals of belligerent powers in brusque, excited entrance of Merritt
o f Germans in the hotels o f this city
by the Germans was October 2.
In an editorial the and Hunt. The pair, angry and bel­
Black Sea)
It is believed that the neutral ships.
resulted Saturday in announcements
ex-German cruisers Goeben and Bres­ newspaper demands to know who is ligerent, strode into the room without
that three of the large and fashion­
Canadians
at
Plymouth.
lau, which now fly the Turkish flag responsible for the order, what it a word. Merritt, small, wiry, ener­
able houses were now entirely free
Ottawa — Announcement that the and which recently undertook to escort means and how it can be reconciled getic, was in the lead, followed closely
o f Germans and Austrians. This was
followed by a similar announcement fleet o f 32 transport steamers carrying from Sulina (an area of the Danube with Great Britain's obligations to her by bis shadow and echo, Hunt.
“Is it true?” he demanded angrily,
from two hotels in the Bloomsbury the Canadian expeditionary force of traversing the district o f Dubrudja. allies.
33,000 reached England and are dis­ Roumania) several transports laden1
before he realized that Slade was not
district.
It is reported from Petrograd that alone. “ How do you do, senator—
embarking
from
the
transports
at
Ply­
with munitions, are engaged with the
Several important hotels, however,
Germany has ordered all officers and Miss Strickland!” he exclaimed, in
notably in the Strand district, are mouth has been cabled to Premier Sir Russian fleet.”
men, regardless of age, to the colors. surprise. “ Lovely home you have, Mr.
Robert
Borden
by
George
E.
Peerley,
managed by Germans and English help
a member of the admisinistration now
is not desired.
French Lose Two Generals.
The return for last week issued by Slade,” he added, trying to adjust him­
in Great Britain.
The flotilla left
self to the scene he had not expected.
London — The Exchange Telegraph the Reichsbank o f Berlin shows an in­
Canada
under
convoy
on
October
2.
“ An astonishing rumor has reached
Liner to Carry Horses.
company has given out a despatch from crease of 544,000,000 marks ($136,-
The selection o f Plymouth as the place
us. Mr. Slade,” he finally declared, get­
Paris saying that General Marcot, ex­ 000,000) in specie notes, while circula­
Seattle— The Great Northern's Ori­
of debarkation is taken as an indica­
ting down to the business of his Inva­
governor o f the famous French mili­ tion shows a decrease of 292,000,000
ental steamship Minnesota, which has
tion that the Canadians will be en­
sion. “It concerns you, senator
It
tary school o f Saint Orr, and one of marks ($73,000,000).
been tied up at her wharf here for
camped on Salisbury plain.
concerns every public-spirited man In
the
best
known
of
the
French
generals,
weeks, is reported about to be char­
The following official statement was the city. Is it true, Slade, that you
has been killed in the fighting in the given out at Paris: “ There is noth­
tered by the British government to
Typhus Attacks Germans.
have bought up our entire water front
neighborhood of Arras.
News was ing in particular to report.
carry horses to Europe.
Violent on which our residence«— our old
London — “ Typhus has broken out in received in Paris Friday of the death
Agents of the British government
attacks have occurred along the front. homes—the mansions of the city fact,
are said to have purchased 9000 horses the German lines, particularly to the of General Rondony, commander of We have gained ground at some points
and that you Intend building factories
in Eastern Washington, Idaho and north of Soissons,” says a dispatch the Third Brigade of French Colonial and we have not lost at any place.“
there ?”
The General was killed
Montana. The Minnesota can carry from Paris to the Exchange Telegraph infantry.
"Why. yes.” Slade admitted, with
company.
The 22 men charged with murdering
while leading his brigade against the
2000 horses on each voyage, besides
“ The French arc taking the utmost enemy.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his maddening calmness.
feed for them and much general cargo.
“ What?" Strickland almost shouted,
morganatic wife, which is said to have
The Great Northern will make no precautions to prevent the disease
from spreading to their ranks. The
started the Furopean war, are on trial completely astounded.
statement concerning the boat.
Italian Foreign Minister Dies.
“ But— but it can’t be done.” Merritt
troops already have been vaccinated
in Austria.
was so excited now that he stuttered
Rome— The Italian foreign minister.
twice.”
British Ideat ing Turkey.
Six hundred wounded Frenchmen, hie words.
Marquis Antonio di San Giuliano, died
returning from the front, were killed
Aeroplane Brought Down.
London — The Amsterdam corres­
“ It can’t be done.” echoed Hunt. He
at 2:20 p. m. Saturday.
pondent o f Reuter's says that the
Ostend — Soldiers returning to Ost­
The illness o f the marquis attracted in a railroad wreck when the train was was well paid for being an echo.
Frankfurter Zeitung publishes a com­ end from the action about Ghent say \ deep attention because of its possible precipitated from a trestle into the
“ Our best people live there,” pro­
munication from Constantinople which that the allies are becoming skilled in bearing on the Italian policy toward Marne river.
tested Merritt.
*1 live there.” Hunt added, with ac­
says the British ambassador, Sir Ixiuis winging aeroplanes.
A German avi­ the war in Europe. The marquis was
“ It is stated that the Hermans lost
Mallet, asked the women of the em­ ator, who was observing the allies' presumed to be friendly to Germany. 46,000 men during the attack on the cumulated emphasis
•All of us.” Merritt continued, “ take
bassy to leave the city, and told them: movements near Ghent last week, was It has been said recently, however, fortresses Wselhem and Wavrs-St.
“ You must accept the hint without brought to the ground by skilful firing j that Premier Salandra'a policy o f neu­ Catherine at Antwerp,” says a Cen­ pride In the view along the water
from the field guns.
tral News dispatch from Amsterdam.
trality would not be changed.
asking the reasons.”
xsgagagseaeagagacaa
Austrians Report Re-taking
Stronghold on San River
Germans Occupy Principal Seaport
City of Belgium.
Germans Suppress Noted
Newspaper of Socialists
President Wilson to Open
Land Products Exhibit
by David UoUutoo.
for this holdup?” and he turned dis­
gustedly toward the door.
“ Don’t you think we’d better keep
Mr. Slade busy in some other way,”
Strickland repeated.
“ I don't,” Merritt flung back over
his shoulder as he left the room, fol­
lowed, as usual, by Hunt.
Merritt’s hasty departure was the
signal for Katherine to adjust her
wraps and remark: “ We must be late
for Tristan.”
Hayes followed her. “ I must see you
alone, Katherine. You’re still free—
there’B no foreigner on the scene, 1 b
there, Katherine?"
“ Bob,” Katherine’s voice was sweet
but firm. “ I don’t think I shall ever
marry now—”
“ Oh, nonsense,” he protested.
"No,” even more positively. "The
more I see of men—but what’s the
use? There never was but one man
I could have got on with, and I didn’t
happen to live in his time.”
“ Who was the boy?” Hayes asked,
lightly.
“ Strange,” Katherine replied, pen­
sively, “ I ’ve Just been talking about
him— Napoleon Bonaparte.”
“ Oh, Lord— that fellow." Hayes was
much relieved. “ Can I have tomor­
row evening?"
“ Yes— if you—yes—tomorrow eve­
ning, Bob.”
Her voice lingered a bit on the Bob,
and with quick impulsiveness Hayes
caught her hand and kissed It.
In another minute she had turned
to Slade.
“ Oh, Mr. Slade, won’t you let me
make a head of you?”
“ A head of me?” Slade repeated in
surprise.
“ Think it over,” Katherine sug­
gested, as she and her father went out,
leaving Hayes and Slade watching her
front. It’s damnable. Why, out of
common decency, man— What do
you want of factories, anyway?” he de­
manded, completely angered and out
of patience.
Slude’s voice was almost a drawl,
It waa so low-pitched and so provok-
lngly calm. “ Why didn’t you and your
associate1« protect your holdings?” he
Inquired.
“ How’d we know a man with mil­
lions would come along and buy up
the whole beach?”
Merritt’s wrath
was getting beyond the control that
Katherine’s
presence
demanded.
“ Slade, if you persist In this,” he
thundered. “ I’m going to take off my
coat and hit back. My paper has an
enormous outside circulation, and I ’ll
baste you once every day. If you pro­
pose running for governor, you won’t
get one vote in your own town. And
in one month, or lese, you’ll find San
Francisco has a gorgeous climate.”
Slade was unperturbed by Merritt’s
threats or Merritt’s bulldozing. “ All
right, Merritt.’’ he advised, good na-
turedly, “ go ahead with your paper,
I’ll take my chances.”
“ You will, eh?’’ Merritt’s tone was
ominous. “ What sort of factories are
you going to build?"
“ Well.” drawled Slade, coolly, “ I was
thinking of putting up glue factories!”
“ Glue!” The one word jumped from
everyone's mouth at once. “ Glue!”
they all repeated, and looked at each
other in consternation.
“ The h— 1 you say,” then remember­
ing himself. ” 1 beg your pardon, Mise
Strickland.”
“ It can’t be done,” Merritt went on.
“ You can’t build glue factories here.”
and he emphasized every word with
an angry shake of his finger.
“ By God, you— ”
He broke off as he saw Bob Haves
stride into the room. Hayes, as Slade’s
lawyer and almost a member of the
family, had the entree to the house at
all times.
“ Here’« my lawyer,” remarked Slade,
dryly, “ ask him.”
“ Of course It can be done," Hayes | “ Go Ahead With Your Paper, I’ll Tako
My Chances.”
Informed them, convincingly. “ It’s per­
fectly legitimate."
proud, graceful figure until it disap­
Then, as if to dismiss a perfectly
peared from view.
obvious subject, he turned to the girl,
Slade looked critically at Hayes for
who had been enjoying every point
a moment or two after the girl had
that Slade had scored.
gone.
Katherine’s eyes lighted with warm
“ Oh, now I remember,” he suddenly
welcome. It was the first time she exclaimed. “ You’re the chap «he gave
had seen Hayes since she had re­ up for Baris a long time ago?”
turned. He was the man she had once
“ When she was twenty-one and I
wanted to marry, once before her was twenty-four and six feet one inch
father had given her the choice of of a western lawyer, just out of the
Hayes or a finishing school In Paris woods. How does Mrs. Slade take to
and a tour of Europe. Now she greeted this governorship business?” he fin­
him with cordial friendship, but with ished, abruptly.
none of the sweet tenderness he might
“ She doesn’t take to it.” Slade’s
have expected from her. Once she voice was hard.
had looked up into his eyes and thought
“ I was afraid she wouldn’t.”
him a god. Now, her eyes blinded by
“ Well, nobody’s going to stand in
the glare of ambition, she saw only a my way.” A malignant light showed
good looking chap, a struggling law­ in his eyes.
yer, a man who hadn’t made any par­
“ My boy, I ’m out to win.”
ticular mark in the world. She re­
In spite of the fact that he was In
turned Hayes’ burning, penetrating full evening attire, he thrust his hands
gaze with cool, unruffled frankness. In
into his pockets and almost strutted
another moment she had turned from about the room. “ I outgeneraled that
Religious Songs to Tune
of Yankee Doodle Opposed
Daniel
crowd here tonight. By God, I did!
Do you know— ?” He paused in his
walk and looked down on Hayes’ six
feet sprawled over one of the brocaded
chairs— “ there’s just a little drop of
that fellow— Napoleon Bonaparte— in
m e!”
“ Napoleon Bonaparte got on by
leaving a woman behind,” Hayes re­
turned, seriously, refusing to enter into
Slade’s 6pirit of self-satisfied good
humor.
“ You mind your own d— n business,
Bob,” Slade turned on him, suddenly.
"A ll right— I’m off to the opera. I
only meant that Napoleon was a bad
boy for you to follow, because he
treated his first wife like a dirty dish-
rag. That’s why I’m glad that second
little Austrian hussy paid him back.
That’s all. 1 love Mrs. Slade. When
I was sick with fever in your mining
camp she was a mother to me.”
“ Don’t forget that I made you,”
Slade reminded him. “ I,” and he
tapped his chest. “ I gave you your
chance.”
“ I don’t. All the same I’d hate to
see you elected, because of Mrs. Slade.
It seems to be the regular thing, be­
coming universal, for a very success­
ful man to leave home the minute he’s
on his feet. Good night.”
“ One minute. Bob. You’ve given me
a lot of good advice. I ’ll give you
some. Are you in love with that girl?"
“ Yes,” Hayes grunted; “good night.
Is that all?”
“ N o;” Slade paused, watching Hayes
through narrowed eyelids. “ That glyl
needs a large pie with every one of
her fingers in i t Bob, I ’m sorry for
you. Your pie isn’t big enough.”
“ Well— it’s my pie. Good night,”
and he was gone.
After Hayes had gone, Slade sat, his
arms resting on the table, staring Into
space. Every now and then the cor­
ners of his mouth came down and his
eyes narrowed. He was thinking of
Katherine Strickland and Hayes. That
! woman for Hayes! Hayes must be a
presumptuous pup to ever think of
| winning that queen. Such women were
meant for the kings of the earth—not
! for their hirelings.
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
!
him and was earnestly watching Slade,
listening to his every word with eager
intentness.
“ You see. I ’m a very simple sort of
fellow,” Slade was saying, “ don’t drink
— don’t smoke— don’t keep yachts or
horse«, don’t keep wo— ” he stopped in
his oft-repeated formula a9 he remem-
bered Katherine’s presence, “ don’t
keep horses, so I must do something,
as I was saying to Mrs. Slade today.
I don’t want to bother my neighbors.
so I’ll build high chimneys, so the
smoke won't trouble you much. I'm
On Record for Comfort.
going into the glue business. That Is. j
of course,” and he paused and sur- ! Cecil Rhodes was not much of a
veyed the group about him with a com­ dresser. When premier of Cape Colony,
placent elevation of his eyebrows, he usually wore a flannel suit, which
“ that is. unless you gentlemen can badly wanted cleaning, and a dilapi­
keep me busy in some other way. I’m dated slouch hat. His successor In
office. Sir Gordon Sprlgg, who wore
a very active man.”
Katherine leaned forward with tense a black frock coat even In the hottest
expression to see how the man’s op­ weather, once made an effort to en­
ponents would take his game. The force the wearing of “ respectable“
senator was smiling, Merritt tapping dark clothes in the Cape parliament.
But Rhodes would not have It. He
his foot restlessly.
"W ell, boys. It looks as though he said in parliament that If he could
had ua—atrong?” Strickland broke the not help to legislate in comfortable
clothes he would not help at all, and
silence. “ Glue! W hew !"
“ Are we going to be had?” demanded he thought the members would agree
Merritt, testily, “ are we going to stand with him. They did.