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W A SH IN G T O N w ish I could persu ad e yo u to contpro- m iw , m a jo r T h is lc tto r onj?ht to show y o u tlia t y o u r opponents a re innocent p a rtie s to th e fra u d a g a in s t you, an d Burely y o u n g F a n a tle r o y ’» a c tio u ” “ D o n ’t speak o f i t ' ’ M a jo r O verton sa id hoarsely. “ H ild re th , you— yon— d o n ’t k now — e v e ry th in g . You can never u n d e rsta n d ju s t w h y I m ust do os I do or how 1 h a te m y self for— fo r fin d in g it im p o ssib le longer to h a te him . Mr. H ild re th g o t up an d w alk ed tw ice or th ric e ulxiut th e office, sto p p in g a t , last in fro n t of h is c lie n t to say: “ M ajor, k eep in g secrets from o n e ’s la w y e r is n e a rly as su ic id a l as k e e p in g th em from o n e’s doctor. B u t if you chixise to do it 1 h av e no w ord to say L isten to th is, th o u g h . I beg: Y o u r g r a n d d a u g h te r h as som e c la im on you. A re you w illin g sh e sh o u ld be le ft w ith o u t a roof, a protector? I k now som e th iu g s, m ore p erh ap s th a n yo u im agine. I guess others, an d in face of a ll I say it is y o u r d u ty as a g en tlem an , a m an o f honor, e ith e r to a g n i- to a s e ttle m e n t th a t sh a ll d iv id e th e p ro p e rty e q u a lly b e tw ix t th e O vertons an d F a n u tle ro y s o r else to th e m a rria g e o f A llen F a u n tle ro y to y o u r g ra n d c h ild . ’’ M a jo r O verton g ot up, w h ite to the lips. “ You fo rg e t yourself, Mr. H ild re th , ” ho said fre e z in /lv . “ W ith a u O verton m a te r ia l c o n sid e ra tio n s do n o t w eig h a g a in s t honor. I th o u g h t I hail su fficien t ly im p ressed th u t on y o u r m in d . P e rm it un- to w ish you a very g*xxl day. ” “ P oor o ld S p a rta n ! H e ’s th re e p a rts a m o n o m a n ia c ,” Mr. H ild re th sa id com- p assio n ai ly us th e door closed beh in d him . V ance looked u p fro m h is desk a t th e ro o m ’s f a r e n d to say: “ N a H o h ap p e n s to liv e ju s t 500 y e a rs too late. H is is o n e of th e souls m ad e fo r cru sad e s an d j >usts to th e d e a th fo r a lie g e ’s n a m e o r a la d y 's glove. H is su p e rb im p ra c tic a b ly is q u ite o u t of place 111 th is lu te n in e te e n th cen tu ry . B ut, do yo u know , w h en ev e r he passes I ta k e off m y h a t anil stiuid b a re h e a d e d even to h is shadow ?” “ I t 's a c o n te st in Q u ix o tism b e tw ix t h im a n d y o u n g F a u n tlcro y . W hy, ta lk o f th e devil. T h e re h e is now. G iv e yon good day, y o ung g e n tle m a n . W hat b rin g s y o u w ith such a face of concern “ W h en y o ’ w e n t a w a y ,” ho said, “ 1 w e n t a n ax ed o ld m a rste r te r lenim e go see g ra n n y W o rd h ad com e th a t she w u s sick, sick e r heap, an 1 th o u g h t I ’d 2ik’ te r see h e r once e rg in ’fo re sh e died, e f d a t g o t te r h ap p en r ig h t soon. Y o’ k n o w sho lives ’tw een h ere a n R idge- lay So w h en m a rste r say h e a i n ’t got n o bejccti« >ns te r d o iu w ith o u t m e fer th e r e s t of th e w eek 1 p u t on m y clean s h ir t an m y S u n d ay clo th es an com e lip p e n e rlo u g te r h e r house, je s t beyant th e B o iliu S p rin g c h u rc h m ts tin house. W h e n I g o t dar, I sa w e r tin e horse w id e r m a n ’s sa d d le on h itc h e d so rte r behin th e house, lik ’ w h o ev er done ro d e it w us s o rte r ’fe a re d so m eb o d y’d tin o u t he been d ar. I say te r m y self: ’E f d a t ’s de d o c to r m an s c r itte r, m u s ’ be h e ’s ’feared t e r le t fo lk s k n o w h e ’te n d in on de ole c o n ju re w om an. So I b e tte r sta y o u tsid e te ll h e ’s d o n e gou en v ay . ’ Den I cra p e t e r d e c h im b le y c o rn er an pcs»]) th ro u g h do li t t le w in d e r g ra n n y h ad c u t ’tw e m d e logs d a r a t d e l e a d e r h e r lied. M iss D an:, w h o y o ’ reckon I see in sid e, look in b lack as d e d a rk n ig h t tix>? S h o re as w e s ta n 's h ere it w u s d a t a r Mr. Haw k in s w h u t com e te r R id g e le y a r te r Mr. A lle n F au n tlcro y . De s ig h t e r ’im ■ keensl m e good, I t e l l y o ’. I ju m p back fro m d a t w in d e r a n scrooch dow n u n d e r h it, an d a r I h e a rd trim say, I did, M iss D are, i t ’s G o d 's t r u f o l ’m e r te llin y o u : ’W ell, a u n ty , I h av e b ro u g h t w h a t y p n asked for, a lock of m y e n e m y 's h a ir a n one of h is h an d k erch iefs. 1 sp e n t ».r,0 to g e t th em , too, so y o ’ m ay g u ess w h a t m oney th e re is in i t fo r y o ’ if o n ly th e sp ell w o rk s rig h t. “ I popped, u p a n peeped th ro u g h th e w in d e r ergin. G ra n n y w u s la y iu in de bed, w id e r eyes h a lf s h e t, b u t six a in s he la id dem t ’in g s in h e r h a n d sh e la u g h o a t lo u d a n say, so rte r m aw k ili h im : ‘E f y o ’ h a d to ld m e th e tr u th , y o ’ m ig h t h av e sav ed y o ’r m oney. E f m y sp e lls w o u ld w o rk o n F ra n k O v erto n , he w o u ld have d ie d 50 years ago. ’ “ ‘H o w you k n o w i t ’s ’im ?’ de m an say, a e ttin d o w n h a rd in de cheer, ho w u s so ’sto n jsh ed . G ra n n y sh o t ’e r m otif w id e r sn a p an say, " N e v e r m in , I k n o w .’ D en he try te r ’sn a d e h e r h i t w a r u ’t • l e m arsti r. She m u s ’ w o rk de spell an y w ay , b u t she to le h im ’t a i n ’t no use. E f sh e wus, h it w o u ld com e b ack on her. A t la s ’ h e got u p ail com e o u t do d o ’, an a s h e g o t oil h is c r itte r 1 h e a r ’im say te r h isself: ’T h a t ole fool is m ore a fra id of h e r m aste r th a n she is of th e devil. F in t ’in k in th e re is n o th in fo r it now b u t to g e t som e of th ese h ill fello w s to p u t a b u lle t in ’im . ’ “ W h en h e h a d donoarid erw ay , ¡ s a u n te re d u p lik ’ I je s ’ d o u e com e, au w a r u ’t g ra n n y m ad ! A x m e w h u t I com e d a r d a t tim e e r w eek fer. S h e a i n ’t sick. " W ith a n O verton m aterial con*idera N e e ’n te r th in k sh e g w in o d ie y it er- tion* d o n o t w eigh a y a in st h o n o r.” w h ile , b u t sho do look sick. A n a r te r I in to th e e n e m y ’s cam p ?” Mr. H ild r e th g iv e h e r de m oney I fo tch she say I ’m said, r is in g an d h o ld in g o u t a c o rd ia l a i n ’t su ch o r hail boy, e a t m y d in n e r o u t h and. V ance m ade as if to go, b u t th e d e cn p b o artl an r a n e rlo n g hom e. I d id n ew co m er atopjied h im , s a y in g w ith an e a t, a n a ll do tim e sh e w u s a x in m e im p a tie n t g e stu re : ’b o u t y o ’ an ole m a rste r, a n e v e ry th in g a t “ S ta y if you m e a n t an y p a r t o f w h a t R id g eley , a n Mr. A lle n F a u n tlcro y . yon h av e ju s t sa id a b o u t t h a t i>oor old 8eem l i k ’ sh e k n o w e v e rth in g , b u t sh e m an ” w a n t sp e cial te r fin o n t w h a r h e is. ” “ W e bo th w o u ld fig h t o r lie for him , ” “ D o you kn o w ?” Dari* asked, a ll M r H ild r e th sa id lig h tly . T h en , se ein g a-trem b le. th a t A lle n ’s eyes w e re s till fu ll o f h o r “ I k in fin h im ensv, ” J u b ile e re tu r n - ro r: “ W h a t is up, Mr. F au n tlero y ? H as ed, sp e a k in g th e la s t w o rd in a w h isp e r m u rd e r b een done?” to h im self. “ No. O n ly p lo tted , a n d 1 a m com e to “ Y o u m u st find h im a t one»*," D are y o u fo r h e lp in th w a r tin g th e assassins, ” said . “ F in d h im an il te ll h im m y g r a n d A lle n sa id very low. f a th e r is in d an g er, a n d I look to h im to “ W ho a re th e y ? ” asked V ance. A llen sa v e h im fro m it. ” an sw e re d in a w hisper. “ H o w ill, M iss D are. D o n ’t y o ’ lie nn- F o r a n h o u r tlie th re e m en ta lk e d e a wwy. I ’d ’a ’ g o n e to h im first, b u t th o u g h t g erly to g e th e r,a rg u in g ,s u g g e stin g , p la n R * t to ask y o u r c o m m iss io n ,” J u b ile e ning. W h e n th e y o ung fellow a t hist ■aid, p a llin g h im se lf Rack in to a p o ly w e n t aw ay, H ild re th said, d ra w in g a sy lla b ic fra m e of speech. " H e ju s t a b o u t d eep b re a th : o w ns th u t m an H aw k in s. D on’t y o ’ “ H e re ’s a p re tty go! P la n n in g rio t, f r e t W e ’ll ta k e ca re of old m arster. ” se d itio n an d m u rd e r in th e face of d a y C H A P T E R X V II. " L a w is f u ll of su rp rise s, lin t th is is alio n t th e m o st s u r p r is in g ,” Mr. H il d re th said, re fo ld in g th e y ello w le tte r t h a t M ajor O v erto n h a d p u t in to h is hands. " W h y , m a jo r .” he w o n t on, “ i t re a lly seem s th a t th is y o u n g fello w is d e te rm in e d to bo at you. Y on re fu se his ■ urronder, an d h e a t once goes to w o rk d ev elo p in g a n ew lin o of ev id en ce th a t 30 y ears ag o m ig h t h av e w on y o u r case fo r you. ’’ “ W h y n o t no w as w ell as th e n ? ” Ma j a r O v erto n asked. “ Becaix i, le t m e see— yes, i t is 30 y e a rs sin ce B ruce S tir lin g died. If w e h a d k n o w n w h ile h e liv e d th a t he h a d a h a n d in th e m a tte r, w e co u ld easily h a v e g o t th e tr u th , o f co urse p a y in g w ell f o r it. W h ile w e m ay lx* m o ra lly ce r ta i n o f h is tu rp itu d e , l sen no w ay in tho w o r ld o f p ro v in g it. No, m ajo r, " s h a k in g h is h ead i-o u im iseratiiig ly , " th o u g h th i s le tte r e x p la in s m u c h th a t h a s a l w a y s been d a r k it can in no w ay u ffiv t e ith e r sid e w ith th e co u rts, an d lo ath as 1 am to say it w e art* v ery n e a rly a t tho e n d o f o u r ro p e. I f w ith in th o n e x t th re e m o n th s w c d o n o t find a t least a tra c e of th a m iss in g p a p e rs— y o u r deeds, tho rrc ard s, one o r b o th — th o o th e r side m u st be co n firm ed in possession, as th e y w o u ld h a v e been 10 yixirs R ick hail tlio ir on»* b een v ig o ro u sly pressed. W h ile A llen F a u n tle ro y v a s a m in o r an il o u t of th e c o u n tr y i t w a s easy en o figh t o h a v e th e b u sin e ss se t o v er fro m te rm to term . Y o u k n o w i t w a ite d 10 r e a r s tho first tim e fo r a h e a r in g in th e h ig h e r c o u rt a f te r h a n g in g so lo n g in th e lo w er ones. T h e n , w h en it ca m e h ack, I k n o w m y f a th e r fo u g h t fo r delay. H o s a id ho k n e w h e hail th e sid e o f r i g h t a n d ju s tic e an d k e p t h o p in g tim e w o u ld sh o w it. I th in k y o u k n o w t h a t I to o k n p th e case os w h o le h e a rte d !y as h e hail done an d fo u g h t i t th o R e t I c o u ld , h o p in g , I c o n fess, to w e a r th© o th e r »id© o u t, i f I c o u ld d o n o th in g m o m Y on h av e sh o w n m e t h a t th a t w m tool©**; t h a t y o u w ill n o t a cce p t v ic to ry by d e f a u l t S in ce th o p ro p e rty ha* fo u n d a p ro sp e c tiv e p u r c h a s e r, th e re is su ch a c tiv ity a m o n g o u r an o m ie s th a t th o en d m u st coin# soon. I m m m e l i g h t I a lw a y s k n e w H a w k in s w a s n ’t th e c le a r g rit, b u t h a n g m e if I th o u g h t h e ’d w ad e th is fa sh io n n p to h is neck in in iq u ity . ” “ Ho is re a lly a m onom aniac, ” V ance sa id , lig h tin g a cig ar. “ H e h as been m oney crazy ev er sin c e ho first s a t a t a desk in th e o th e r A llen F a u n tle r o y ’s o f fice. W h a t su rp rise s m e, th o u g h , is th a t th o se p o o r h ill folk listen to h im w hen h e te lls th e m th a t M ajor O v erto n is th e ir enem y, th e o n ly th in g th a t s ta n d s b e tw ix t th em a n d th e w ork th a t m eans p ro sp erity . ” “ Y on forget. H a w k in s h as t r u th on h is side, a m ig h ty good a lly even for a rascal su ch as he, ’ Mr. H ild r e th said, ta k in g a rev o lv er o u t o f h is d esk an d r u n n in g h is fingers alo n g th e barreL H o ld in g i t m uzzle dow n, he w e n t on: “ 1 w o n d er if— no, i t c a n ’t be! M elissa T o w n ley c a n ’t k now a ll h is schem e. A nyw ay w e w ill m an ag e to spoil h is little gam o for h im , b u t if w e le t tho m a jo r gi t w in d of i t firs t” — — “ T b e re ’d be th e d e v il to pay an d no p itc h h o t ,” V an ce su p p le m e n te d , w ith h is h a n d on th e k n o b H ild r e th nodded ail e m p h a tic a s s e n t “ P oor old m ajo r! W e m u s t sa v e h im , even in s p ite of him self. ” , C H A P T E R XVILL W h e n D art' hail been 10 d a y s a t E x e ter, i t seem ed to h e r th a t y e a n lay b e tw ix t h e r am i th e o ld co lo rless life. T h e day b u t one a f te r J u b ile e ’s w a r n in g she had found a lin e, lik e w ise a m b u sh ed in field flow ers, u p o n h e r d re ssin g table, w h ich saitl: * * K eep a sto u t h e a r t T h e re is no d a n g e r y e t th a t th e o ld tr*** w ill be c u t dow n. ” T h e re w as n e ith e r d a te n o r : ig n a tu re , h u t n o n e w a s needed to te ll h e r w h en ce i t cam e. I n tu itiv e ly sho k n e w th a t h er m essage had gone s tr a ig h t to A llen F a u n tle ro y , an d th is w as h is answ er. T ru s tin g in h im , h e r h e a rt w as a t r e s t S h e co u ld le t h e rse lf be am u sed w ith w h a t w e n t on a b o u t h er; c o u ld la u g h in g ir lis h m ir th o v er H o H h a m 's d ro ll sto rie s; liste n u n w e a rie d ly to a ll h r r a u n t c o u ld te ll h e r o f d ead an d gone COUNTV D ares, w h o o n t* had ruffled i t w ith the best; freeze H a w k - r s u tte r ly upon the r a re occasions w h e n he v e n tu re d to a d dress h e r— above e v e ry th in g , su n her v a n ity in th e lig h t o f R oyal C lev e’s eyes. T h o u g h a ll u n ta u g h t, sh e w as w ise enough, w o m an enough, to know th a t she a ttr a c te d h im as p erh a p s no o th e r ha<l ev e r done. N o d a y sh o n e b n t b ro u g h t h im to E xeter. O ften in d e e d m id n ig h t stru c k ere he to o k h im s e lf aw ay In sp ite of a ll, th o u g h , h is w o o in g mad© sc an t h eadw ay. O ften u p o n th e h o m e w a rd w ay M r. C leve sw o re ro u n d ly a t h im se lf as b o th fool a n d c o w ard th u s to f a lte r a n d sta n d ab ash ed b efo re th is g irl, w h o h a d no a r ts o f feuce save those of n a tu r e ’s pro v id in g . I t w as rid ic u lo u s , w orse, he to ld h im se lf, th a t he, w ho hail m ad e love h a lf th e w o rld over, w h o h a d been c o u rte d an d caressed by d a r k w om en an d fa ir, for w hom m ore th a n one b e a u ty hail d im m ed h e r s w e e t eyes, sh o u ld And h im se lf th u s ta k e n ab ack by th is s lip of a girl, whoso g u a r d o f d e lic a te h a u g h tin e s s he co u ld n e ith e r pass o v er n o r b re a k dow n. A h u n d re d tim e s he h a d b eg u n to te ll h is love o u tr ig h t; as m a n y tim e s his speech h a d been d e ftly tu r n e d aside or passed o v er as a jest. ThiS m u s t n o t be, c o u ld n o t, sh o u ld n o t en d u re. A sid e fro m h is o w n h e a d lo n g passion, th e re w as H a w k in s in th e b ack g ro u n d , in e x o rab ly u r g in g h im to “ m ak e h ay w h ile th e su n shone** and h in tin g m o re th a n d a r k ly th e d a n g e rs of delay. H e m u s t sp e ak o u t, sp e a k a t once, a n d u n d e r su c h c o n d itio n s as to m ake re fu s a l o u t o f th e q u estio n . H a w k in s e a s ily su p p lie d th em . U pon h is m o tio n , M rs. T o w n ley ag re e d th a t a ll h e r h o u se h o ld sh o u ld go fo r a d a y ’s e x c u rsio n in to th e h e a r t o f th e d isp u te d ir >u tra c t, w h e re w o rk hail so long ceased th a t fo r th e m ost p a r t e v e ry th in g w as p ic tu re sq u e ly ru in o u s. I t w a s a re gion of steep, th ic k ly w ooded h ills, se a m ed th ro u g h a n d th ro u g h w ith h o llo w s so d a rk a n d n a rro w t h a t in th e m m id d ay w as as tw ilig h t. A la b y r in th o f p a th s a n d c a rtw a y s r a n h ith e r a n d you, m an y o v erg ro w n to tho m erest tra c e , o th e rs sh o w in g s till sc a n t sig n s of u se by th e h ill folk, s q u a tte rs w hoso c a b in s c lu n g h ero am i th e re to a h ills id e o r se n t b lu e th re a d y sm oke u p fro m som e d a rk lin g hollow . O nce a ll th e reg io n h a d b een aliv e w ith n o ise of ax es c u t t i n g tim b e r fo r th e ch a rc o a l p it, r in g a n d r a t t le of ch ain , hoof, w h eel, s h o u ts fro m h ill to h ill, sin g in g a n d la u g h te r o f o rem en w o rk in g a t th e b re a s ts in fu ll d a y lig h t. T h e old fo lk rem e m b e re d i t w ell. T h ey h a d to ld th e y o u n g e r ones over a n d o v er of th e good o ld tim e s w h e n w o rk a n d m oney w ere p len ty , w h e n iron, k in g of m etals, w e n t o n t a n d cam e b ack s ilv e r a n d gold. W h a t w o n d e r i f th e re m n a n t w h o c lu n g s till to th e tra c t, g e ttin g a b a re s u b s ist ence as b e s t th e y lu ig h t, sig h e d fo r th e good tim e s gone, th o frie n d s w h o w e n t w ith th em , o r th a t th e ir sons, tra in e d in p e n u ry ’s h a r d school, w ere easily s tirre d to a n g e r a g a in s t th e m an who, th e y w e re to ld , stood n e e d le ssly b e tw ix t th e m a n d th e r e tu r n of t h a t g o ld en age? N o su ch th o u g h t, su c h know ledge, cam e to D are a s sh e rode th ro u g h tho sy lv a n m aze w i t h th e t a ll han d so m e s tra n g e r clos< a t h e r b rid le rein . A ll th e p a rty w ere on horseback, a n d a s soon as th e y w ere w e ll w ith in th e h ills H a w k in s a n d C lev e h a d fa lle n to d is p u tin g as to w h ic h w a s th e b e tte r, m ore p ictu r- esquo ro u te to th e o ld forge, th e d a y ’s a p p o in ted rendezvous. B oth h ail r e c e n t ly sp e n t d a y s th e re in e x p lo ra tio n , and each co n ten d ed sto u tly fo r th e w a y of h is choice. D are h e rse lf h a d s e ttle d tho m a tte r by sav in g , w ith a d e lic io u s sm ile: " T h e re is n o th in g fo r it b u t to d iv id e a n d co n q u er b o th ro u tes. A u n t M el, w© w ill go w ith Mr. Cleve, Mr. H a w k in s can ta k e M r H o lth a m an d P a ts e y and th e d in n e r, a n d w e w ill see w h o gets th e re first a n d easiest. ’ * “ J u s t w h a t I w a s a b o u t to propose, ” C leve s a i d w ith a q u ic k flash of th e eye. Mrs. T o w n le y d e m u r re d “ I ’m a f ra id to risk i t , ’’ sh e said, sh a k in g h e r h e a d “ T h is is a fe a rfu l place to g ut lo st in. Y ou m ig h t w an d er fo r d ay s on ono h ill of theso coalings am i n e v e r find y o u r w a y o u t I am sure Mr. C lev e th in k s he know s th o w a y per fectly, b u t I h ad r a th e r tr u s t M r H aw kins. ’ ’ “ W ell, I ha*l n o t ,” D a re s a id w illfu i ly. “ Com e, P atse y . W e w ill fo llo w him . A u n t M el, if w e h e a r y o u c ry in g in th e w ildernues, w e w ill com e an d find you. *’ “ T h a t w e w i l l ,“ C leve sa id t r iu m p h a n tly , to u c h in g h is h a t to th e o th ers a n d tu r n in g th o horses* head s in to a tra c k r u n n in g alm o st a t r ig h t an g les to th a t th ey h a d b een follow ing. A little w a y f a rth e r i t c lim b e d a sh a rp h ill, w h ic h P a ts e v ’s m u le u tte r ly refu sed to b reast, th o u g h h e show ed by tu r n in g com p letely a ro u n d th a t ho w as w illin g enough to re jo in th e o th e r party. [CONTI HUE D .] F .q u al S u f f r a g e S ta tio n a r y . Mrs. R a c h e l F o ste r A re ry has prepared e q u a l su ffrag e paper au d envelopes, w ith th e h e a d in g , “ G o v ern m en ts d e r iv e tb e ir j u s t powrer fro m th e co n sen t of th e gov e r n e d ,” an d a sunflow er su rro u n d in g th e figures “ 1 8 4 8 ,” tho d a te of th e first local w om an suffrage co n v en tio n ever h eld . T h e desig n is in hlne. In accord an ce w ith th e vote passed a t th e recent W ash in g to n co n v en tio n , th is paper w ill R) sold for th e lienefit o f th e N. A. W. H A . A box c o n ta in in g 34 sheets and envelopes w ill be sent p o stp a id for 30 cen ts. I t m ay lie ord ered from Sirs. A very a t th e h e a d q u a rte rs, 1341 A rch s tre e t, P h ila d e lp h ia . B r i g h t C o lo r e d G lo v e s I n V o g n e . T h e M a rie A n to in e tte b in e glove is a novelty. I t is m a d e of fine suede, an d in th a t p e c u lia r sh a d e o f b lu e w hich lias been so p o p u la r th ro n g h o n t th e w in ter. A b rig h t te r ra c o tta glove is an o th er n o v elty sh o w n for e a rly sp rin g wear. A ll th e abadea o f ta n , fro m a p ale faw n to a d e lic a te brow n, are th e vogue for th is season of th e y ear. A new shade of ta n is know n as S m y rn a , an d prom ises to be ninch w o rn w ith th e s p rin g tailo r m ade gow n. F a sh io n a b le w om en are w earin g both glace k id an d suede glore#. O ne is q u ite as p o p u la r as th e other. HATCHET. RUSSIAN PEASANTS. I it, profusion, with which the populace »re 1 " , . ‘ ter,»m e,1 a. euch au event they Jin, /b y hundred» of thousand», au uudi«- J ciplined. half-starved rubble. »“<* wl|?“ the signal wax given to approach the S H I F T L E S S N E S S A N D I M P R O V I : table« prepared, there was a ru.h ‘he that D E N C E O F Q U O N D A M SERFS. of ., ‘impeded herd of cattle and whole- | ,»le death was the natural result. The wretched pesaant» who trod one T h e K i n d o f P e o p l e W h o T r a m p l e d ■mother Into the earth to get u meal »ere E a c h O t h e r t o l l e a t h a t t h e C o r o n a the product of age« of imu «praMUU. t i o n F e a s t —N u m b e r s a n d V a r i e t y o f Historians paint graphic picture« of condition of the common», the farmer*. t h e N a t i o n a l i t i e s in t h e K rnpire. farm laborers and country 1............ lv in the day» when all Europe wax o» “ed S u b je c ts o f th e C zar. hv kings and baron«, and when the tiller» The awful panic in which over 2.000 of the soil Wen* bought and »old with the persons lost their lives on the Hodynsky estate» on which they lived, but we do Plain, just outside the walls of Moscow, ; am ...... to go back five centuries to wit- did not seem to mar the festivities ot the «neb a state of affair», for it exist» in coronation, for, although the Czar and Russia to day. In the land of the zar. Czarina went through the form of visit the Middle Age*, and their idea» «till pre ing the hospitals aud speaking t< those vail: Kit««:» ha« not ........ merged from who, though maimed, were fortunate the darkness of the feudal ayatem. H >• enough to escape death, th»* dancing aud true that the Emperor Alexander i»»ued rejoicings went on according to the pro „ decree abolishing serfdom, and thereby gram already arranged, and the ghastly technically emancipated over 2U.<WU.<»x> incident seemed to make little impression j serfs, but emancipation, to men unpre on the court circle. Those who perished pared to take advantage of it. is J» mo. k- in the terrible rush for the food provided 1 ery, ami to the present day the »treat I musses of Russian peasantry are free oii.y z' \ 1 in name. They may not I* sold with toe 1 estates, but without means to move ©»*«*- 1 where, without the knowledge that they ! can better their condition by moving, aud É i under the belief that they would be brought back if they did go. the name of ! freedom becomes a hollow delusion. In I fact, though they have the name, it is al I in reality that they do have, and to all j intents and purposes they are ju«t as ! much ill slavery now as before the t ’zar s i decree. The bulk of Russian laborers are agri- ! cultural, ami in this vast empire agricu*- ‘ rure is carried on in a fashion only less i primitive than in Palestine or Egypt. In i our patent office may lx* seen over I t hh » i models of plows; in Russia there is but i one. and that one a clumsy affair which, from time immemorial, has been in us»» among the peasantry, nor can they be per- ! suaded to change it for i better, for of all 1 hum AO beings the Russian peasant is the | most conservative. He is now whut his V fathers were 300 years ago; wears th** ESQUIMAUX IN RUSSIA. ! same kind of clothing they wore, keeps by the beneficeuce of the Czar were only I himself warm in winter and roasts in sum- peasants, and that the death of u few hun ! mer under the same kind of sheepskin dreds or even a few thousands of peasants | cloak that was in common use all over should be permitted to interfere with the ! Europe in the days of th«* Empress Anna, general joyousness of the occasion when j and cannot be induced to inak»* a change. a young Czar is crowned was not to be I for what was good enough for his father thought of for a moment, so the merry is good enough for him. making and the funerals progressed at the ! In the country district« a sort of com- same time, and while tin* strains of the i mune system, apparently contrived with waltz floated out from the windows of the extreme ingenuity to keep the people poor, Kremlin palaces, the wails of widows and is in vogue almost everywhere, 'i he farm orphans went up from the plain outside, ers live iu a village, having a sort of local where the dead were being buried in great self-government, which every year or two trenches, with scarcely more formality partitions out the fields among the popu than would be shown in the case of so lation. making a reassignment so frequent ly thut no farmer feels any particular iu- many cattle. im W rtSC mrJk i f 24 4 m ¡ s jlf lf y WM ft A TYPICAL PEASANT GROUT. Showing, ax it does, the little esteem in which the mass of Russian population is held hy the court and better classes, the incident is painfully suggestive, for it in dicates that between the rulers and the ruled in that vast empire there is a great gulf fixed that hardly can be bridged even by the wings of human sympathy. For Russia is but a compulsory aggregation of A P E A S A N T DINNER. terest in the permanent improvement of the ground allotted to him, for be knows that in :t year or two he will be given an other field, and that the rewards of his im provements, should he make any. will be reaped by another. The result is. uo one improves the ground to which ne is ns signed; each strives to get from it all lie can during the season he holds It, and to put on it as little labor and px|iense ns possible. All tin* agricultural community of Russia thus, after a fashion, lives from hand to mouth, no one feeling called on to make any especial exertion, for when a man grows old the community is bound to take care of him, and one of the strong est incentives to providence auu «elf-de nying exertion is taken away. T liis system alone would in* enough to account for the general poverty and mis ery of the peasantry in the Russian Em pire, but there are others quite as potent. The people are grossly ignorant and sup erstitious beyond belief. There is a pre tense of popular education, it is true, but to the peasant farmers it is only a pre tense, for not one in ten can read a line. The clergy of tlie Greek Church, always passively and frequently actively, oppose efforts at advancement, and the result is that schools, when they exist at all, are devoted rather to the devotional than to the intellectual training of the young and thus the ignorance is perpetuated. I he home life of the Russian peasant is exceedingly rude and primitive. In the country districts log houses. : ,-eatly re sembling those once in use in ,he early days of this country, are very common, while in regions where stone is more easily obtained than lumber, the houses are of that material. The lower class Russian is not noted for his cleanliness, and. tliongh he may take a vapor bath every Saturday night, his company is not always rendered the more agreeable, in tirtne of that fact, the rest of the week, for ins ideas of eleanlineas do not alwavs extend a» far as clean clothing, amt his conquered provinces, held together hy the iron hand of despotism, the 120,000.00)1 human unit» which make up tlie popula tlon being regarded only as so many items of wealth or so much material for the merciless conscription when the Czar needs soldiers to fight his battles. In such a miscellaneous and heterogen eous mass of peoples as make up the em pire it is impossible that there should be any cohesion. No State on tlie earth, not even the Britiah, contains 10 vHri.il a col lection of nationalities as the Russian Empire. Over 100 nations, speaking near ly as many languages and dialects, ac knowledge the authority of the Czar, and ao wide is the dominion of this potentate th a t he governs alike sealskin-clad Esqtii m aiix of the polnr eircle and half-naked savages on the torrid plains to the east of th e Caspian, where the heat of the sun, reflected from burning sands, render» life almost unendurable. Between these extremes are crowded Russians. Poles, Lithuanians, Finns, Lapps, Germans from the Baltic prov inces of Germany, I “tiles. Hungarians. Serbs, Slavs, Cossacks of a dozen tribes. T chutls, Vots, Livs, Esths. Tartars. N\> gals. Meshtcherjaks. Bashkin. Kirghiz. a m Y akuts. Buriats, Tunguxians. Ainos, Chi nese, Calmucks. Samoyeds, Ostiaks. I i- m il k m a id . backs, Turcomans, Tajik». Circassians. COACHMAN. G eorgians, Lesghians, Grusians, l*er- sheepskin jacket and cloak frequently ■tans, Armenians. Turks. Jews. Greeks, besides score» of others, whose names swarm with vermin. Long beards and are even less known th an these. Some of hair are the rule rather than the ex.vte these tribes enmpriae only a few hundred thousan d of the population, but, on the o th er hand, several num ber million», and annually send thousands of soldier» into th e arm iei of the C ia r. So far as Europe It concerned, however, the great bulk of th e population is R ussian, and It ia proba ble th a t m ost of th e u n fo rtu n ates who w ere tram pled to d eath a t the coronation feast w ere of th a t n ationality and of the low est and poorest classes of th e peas a a try . A ttracted by th e nnnanal occa- aloa and by the prodigality, b arb arian in i l ° eff0rt* of lV t,'r th" G rei? tr« « ^ ° ,h t>° ,h ' * '" 1 t h w M Pill*irv a t tractions are usually so unkem pt and on I rnred for as to detr.i *t greatly from the personal appearance of the w earer The T - , eoe m”rp trsrtiv e than it, owner. r »hared i t T with J J w dom u T d 1 animal», * 'inrk room»- estic a big brick •to re „n one aide, which, in very cold w eather, serves as the bed of ail the in m a te , of the house. . h. nrh, “ " * ** few crude cooking u tc n .il. and a s a c ^ picture in the eorncr. eonatitnte the fa r and furniture, while pork, cheese and black bread, so | sm elling as often to be reDlTi?!.MiI the leading article» of diet, p'* ’»’ ‘J sufficient aa his food may he t* " ! every R u ssian p easant ct'maiden fully com pensated if, on the days, he has the m eans of genS?-1 quate supply of vodki, a m |,,f ** drinks th at ever w ent ,l„wn throat, this is probably the vile,, , im* the worst possible brand of mingled wi t h the «talent lieer»,«" by n bum from a three-day-old tL*1 tinctured w ith asafo e tid i, tobao?? a little essence of "Jinison weed ’’ i* ing of wormwood aud gall and , , liquid fire, and there is vodki U*‘ Russian throat can stand it, an« Russian throat can endure it',mi, j '•’ * '" ’casions. Th e R u -ia n ,a n M4. 111 • - ; 1 1 1 • 11 r a 1 to o ■iusi.ii,« ,,f , The Englishman. Frem-hmaa , j . and American may get drunk, t o i l generally because they ur» are wltk with fr,* ami. flushed with social **nmt|„0 versatimi, lraiiseend tlie limit, ‘lent drinking. The Russian geti'.i1 with premeditation aud ma|iw J .......delil»>raie!,v gee, a •kg.!] hi« favorite tipple ¡, suiti, pays y, J and ;n a moment swallow, " I» f make a lieast of biut for twe^s hours, and oven longer, for it i> ¿3 linrity of vodki that it eat. maL. * , 1 aft»*r . m vodki drunk I uik apparently nun**»* and sum«* th© way of all «Iruuk/l 1 in th© >un. ii nd in a quarter o fan| will I>«• ¡i< drunk n* ©v»*r. So the »tJ of Russian political ©c«»noini<* n*t? into iii’fimnt, not only the number of3 j tin- holidays, for working the day i i vodki drunk is an iiu|>«>»Mibi))ty ' thin* id the effectirenenH of J !.il>or«»r «rill further r«*du<*t»«| If [¿J VlMlil \ T K«*t drunk, too, so much th«» better.ifl th. family koch hungry. f*»r to the M_ siaii pendant a holiday without vo'ijl bn: i !>arr©n ideality. r Siieli ar© th© ignorant, shiftla— i»J iden; people who crowded the neigte hood of th© ancient capital in antieip3 •j That they t rumpled euch other to det the table*, that they were drowned in'] >rovided for th«»ir u**«*. is not til wondered at. for :i herd of rattle «J | net quit© iih intelligently as the depi creature* who starved themselves fJ wlcde • i . i y that t ley mitfhi I »<• better J par«*d to profit by th«* Czar’s general The future of this vast mass of igMM may well he viewed with uppretai The Russian peasants do not now k« their strength, just ns th*» equally ;n ant and «town-trodden French petiik a century ago were ignorant of power, but when they discover it. a** day they surely will, th«» nristoeracjl Russia may fare us badly asdldthtf bility that crowd*»«! the guy court of U XVI. The day o f reckoning may be I tant, for national movements are g| ©rally slow, but, on th© other hand, | world moves faster and goes furtheriJ in n decade than it formerly did imw tury, so there may be men living whnij see the social earthquake that will o when the Russian peasnnts discoverdJ wrongs and rise t«> take veugeant*| their oppressors. M o st I 'n e x p e c te d . W »nderful th in g s happen in t)| w orld , a n d m a n y o th e r tilings, poifti m ore w o n d e rfu l still, ar«* said to hd pen. T im s th«* N* mv York Tribune ii p o rts tiluu a c o n q m n y of American tnj ele rs w e re te llin g s to rie s In the hum lug-room o f a at«»aiiier. One thing^ to a n o th e r, till a m e m b e r of thepo| cap p ed th e c lim a x by narrating aad a d v e n tu r e t h a t o n c e befell him in m an y . “T h e re is in H a n o v e r, as some of ^ k n o w .” h e !>©gau, “a beautiful pu* H«»rrunliausen, «iu w h ich the kiugil H an o v e r, w h e n th e r e were kings H a n o v e r, la v is h e d much Som e y e a rs a g o I v isited HetTenhl se n w ith m y w ife am i children, i som e pennons w h o se :i<*quaintiDce t h ad m ad e « hi tlie ste am er. It 'vu| b e a u tif u l d a y in su m m er, and wei felt in tiie h ig h e s t s p irits. “ It h a p p e n e d th a t n t the hotel* on«» h id told m e o f th«» sta tu e ofafrij •*r m a r g ra v in e o f H an o v er, which*! soon to be u n v e ile d in Herreobatw It w a s t«> s ta n d in u shell-shapedst tun», th e w h o le o f w h ich waa boat o v er ;it th a t tim e. “ W h e n «>ur p a r ty reached tliia »1 like affa ir, l tx 'g a u to tell whatitg there f«>r, w h o th e margravine ’ an d s«> on, p r e te n d in g a vast k M tefl of the w h o le b u s in e s s One of «Iren th e n w a n te d to know if wee not see th e s ta tu e . In n joking 'vtJj sa id c e rta in ly , a n d g«>ing up 1 gat«* o f th e sh e d , d r e w a bunch of k from m y p o ck et. I m ad e a s if I w e re going to th e lock, a n d a c tu a lly p u t a key ta k in g th e firs t t h a t cam e to hanAJ turn**«l th e k ey to c a rry out the) a n d w a s a s to n is h e d beyond id ** to find th e lo ck y ie ld a n d the doorof* " My little d a u g h t e r d a p p e d berW am i «‘x clairn ed , ‘O h, p a p a ’s opened"| dixir!’ a n d ru s h e d in to see th e ih j Th*» o th e r» fo llo w ed , w hile I for*1 nient w a s too d a z e d to say a word j b eg an to f«*el m o re o r l«*ss nlanned! h ad h e a rd a g r e a t d e a l about tb e * ^ ness of G erm an , en fo rcem en t * an d k n ew t h a t te c h n ic a lly l hid p mitte«l b u rg la ry . “T h e q u e s tio n a ls o aro se in my w h e th e r I co u ld n o t be haled OP l**s©-majesty a n d s e n t to priaoB P jl m o n th s. A t th e s a m e tim e It^ J r iv© )HM*n cnilKirm -*sing md hter tin g to c o n fe ss to niy «‘hildren tMJ h ad m a d e a m ista k e , an«l had do in th e re . T h e s ta tu e w a s co v ered with a n d so I m anage«! to h u stle thcT t d lD A j w as © vblently surprise«! to oco th e re . H e m u st h a v e tak en sc u lp to r o r s o m e th in g o f the d id n o t su m m o n a policem an. "I w a s in th e g r e a t e s t trepid ^ ’i 1 I relo ck ed th e d o o r and a w a y w ith m y fa m ily m d ” T h e re w ere p ro b a b ly a inillioO ’ ® L p a r tic u la r lock, b u t I h av en ’t M be too p ra c tic a l in m y Joke© oinc* tim e.”