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RUPERT SARGENT
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Author oí "Th* Count at Harvard," ate.
Ceprrlahl. IBON, by J. It Lippincott Company.
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roiled him out against hia ounrsd-w AU
rilAlTEIt XVIII.
I ass up th« stairs Ilk« a flash, to And :hie time Monsieur Pterre had fought Ilk*
Ihrponceoa, nns of th* old broadswords In a »leiuon. but now one man fell against
bis hand, holding the balomy.
Men's hia legs, while another struck him a glanc
beads were to lie «een just shove th* ing blow acroas the shouldera, and before
flooring <>f the porch. «Mr» the rnrsder» he could gain bis fo,»ting bo fell from the
bad climb»»! by m»»at>s of my trvlll»»«, l>ut table back Into the room, «triklng against
th» <»wurn> of thuae beads seemed very Ut the settle. He lay thera •till. Rxiney
il» dl»t»»>»e<i to own*1 farther. They had ! was In his plaiw, and I jumped beeide
no reserve» to cover their attack frvm the him.
"Now!" I cried, and a nuonent talar
th» proto«h»n of th» dun««, and Ihtjsm
nati was proclaiming that he would b» we had what was left of the enemy safe
head the first rases! that rate-d himself ly at bay.
Th« atta<-king party get here,! together,
soother Inch. At the ring of de»krn itu>
lion in hla troica, no wonder that ivo «me and. with many II! I>w>h« at us. finally
canw on. 1 had lx rely reached bis side, withdrew, t'harloe [Hilled the man he had
however, when a man flung a handful of | In the corner up befor« us, and ssk»i
snnd full In Ihipom-vau'e far», temporar I what should be done with hltn. I pointed
ily blinding him. at the same moment | out to where the others were turning up
thM another leaped up th« trvllhi and the bsach.
"It seems almost too good for him.”
vaulted over the ba Irony rail. I met him
face to face, and re.-.<u;t-«l the surly hap •aid Charles.
"Y««, •aid It ; "It <h- a." I had to hold
» Im haJ »i»lo! on me that first day from
the wo»»!». He bad not gained hla balance myself tight in check uow aa I tookml at
when I fall upon him, hoping to toppi« my brwkeu door and devastated room
him t>a<-k agalnat the rail. Instead his "Get out." I cried, "before I begin to talk
f«-, t shot out from under him. and. ,-lut -h- to you, and tell the real of your gang
Ing M me, he fell fiat an the balcony. He that the next tlm* they batter in a man'»
lay there (<antlng a second, his arms about bouse I hop« they get tholr just desert.»
my borir, while I trl»»l to get my hands A nice band of Fu(flans they make! The
upon hia chest to push myself up. Mud next time y«ai look In thia door there'll
Get out I”
denly his grip tightened, and. w ith a lurch, I* murd»w done
I’hs man got out. helpe.1 over th« bar-
he rolled me over, so that now ! lay un
demvath and pinne«! by hia arms. Then ricade by a nooe-too geutla lift from
h« tried my game, and. han<!s on my cheat, Charles.
sought to drive the breath from my t»»iy.
1 turned to l>uponcenn; be was Ju«t
He waa heavy, and I felt myself going, sitting up, rubbing his shoulders,
11«
going, drawing each breath harder, see struggled up to bls feet and l<»kv<i about
Ing red more dully, when with a jerk the him.
"I'm afraid, Sel»l«n, you’ll never forgive
pressure IlghteneiL ■»«! I lo-vked up to see
ChArlss, his brawny arms about ths man's yourself for sbelterlng ms. I dldu t think
sloulden». slowly but Inexorably throwing it would really come to thia." *
him »»ver on Ills side Hla hands relaxed,
“I dl»L" I answered
"I knew It. and
there was a groan, end the man lay flat on I knew we'd beat them off. But If they
his back, t'harlea securely kneeling on ever come again. It'll be the riel of one
cr th» other of us."
him while I struggled to my feet.
Meantime Duponceau. bis sight clear
"I'd better surrender." hs said.
I gave a short laugh. "I'd put you In
again, had held the balcony, and uvor«.
had driven the men down the supports by chains first. Thia Is my house, and I
have what guests I choose, an«! al! ths
striking with his sword over the edge
‘Throw him over,” he >»>mman»ted us powers of Fmrwps shan't prevent me! Ito
now and «juh-kly we had the hapless crea the«« people think we're living In the Mid
ture wp on the railing and had dropped die Ages?"
blm Iftto th« aaud twlow
He fell with a
"I'm incline»! to think we ar»." said
soft thud, and we turued to other mat Rodney, from hia seat on the overturn,»!
settle. "But I've always had a liking for
terà
It was high time. Bafl!»«l at the bal those days, so 1 don't object.**
Then we went to work to l»ill»l up tlx
c«ny, the enemy «vero already trying to
At the fl ret front of the house as bewt we could.
batter In the front door.
sounds below stairs, It-obiey had drawn
<TlAlTE.lt XIX
my dinner tabla and tb« heavy oak settle-
By the time we had flulah*-,! our rr|>alrt
across the door, am! fortified It with every
heavy weight Inslonro. Now th« batter the nxvrnlng »a« »till not far adtaim-d
ing t«gan, an«! Ibiponreau and <'barlee towards n<x»n. I bad lighted a pit« and
E>in«>! blm while with an axe I found to • U smoking In the full Joy of real after
my d»n I hacked away the trelliaoe that battle, when Rodney came up to ine with
climbed to ths lialcony. Verily the fight a puckered line between his eyebrow a.
“I'm afraid," he remark»«!, “we're going
waa hot when I would cut <b>wn my own
to get let down for the rest of the >lay."
property.
R '
man!"
I
rjaculatrd. "you
Crash crash ! A heavy log struck the
front <loor a»l ripped away a panel. The wouldn't tie going through that sort of
log waa withdrawn, there waa a shout, racket each hour In tha twenty four,
and again came the thudding eraah. splln would you?”
He •miled at my answer. "Not exactly,
tering the u;q>er ¡art of tha door and car
rying clear In to the settle. I was msd. but just at present we're play ing the part
mad through and through, at ths thought <>f a lot of coo|>ed up rats too rsallettad
of these desi-ers loss, snd a glsn«-s at ly to suit your humble servant. I'll be
Charles face told me that he was the earn*. expecting them to set fire to the bone.-
We bulk up the barricade, we triwl to next. Beeidea that, ! shouldn't be sue-
stay It agalrut the next assault, but this prised If the club would start g anarch for
time the upper part of the <b»or burst tn me at any moment. Anything may hap
ward, and we were aluvuet face to face pened in my oflUv, the market may have
with the foa Rodney sud I «-rammed tbs gone to pot, and my customers be ready
dining-room table Into piar«, and threw to tar and feather me."
“Well,"I agreed, "that's all true, and
the chairs t>«hlnd It 1 cared little uow
If all the furnltunra wer» teatro into yet If yon go It leave« Duponceau just ■>>
much more unprotected."
apliatara
“I know," he mused thoughtfully, rub
"Now r criad Ikuponroau. There wu
a boom, a eraah, and the battering rom tilng hie cheek with his hand. "I wish to
the deu'-e I knew who the man was." He
•hot half way into tha bo«i»e
Aa
It
elea»««! away th» d«»r, Ihxpom-eau leaped look«»! at me slMrply. "Haven't you an
tukllng. Felix?”
high on to the wreck of the table and laid
1 shook my head. “All I know Is that
about him with his sword. 1 saw one
train fall sidawaya. am! lite reet, startled he came out of the sea In a storm, with
Into tear by thia man with »yea atlas», bis plx-|o<M treasure-box, and that Fate
tuts apparently appointed us to protect
•igni, beeltata. and fall back.
"t otaa on !" hs cried. Th»r» la room bite from his enemies until he sees fit to
return Into the sea again. < tu on.- aubjocl
for two alwsost !" But no one canw on.
he's ahaolutely unapproactiable: his ante
the j«»«ag« through that open doorway
. «lent»''
looked dubioua.
'T hen why," pursue! Rodney, "did you
A hurried conference, a quick dispersal,
and then the enemy was tMck, armed with ever take such an Infernal liking to him?"
I co»>»i<lsrnd. "Why did you?"
clula cut frvxn the w««<ia. Now they rame
Our
eyes met, an»! we both smiled,
on with a rush, and ths battle joined,
chu'diled, and then laughed.
piatola were <!!»-»rded ; It waa to be a
'There'« an old French a»lage," said
fight of oar old ruaty aw orda, and atb-ke
Rodney —" 'ches'-hes ia
femme.'" He
found by (Viarie», and the staffa of the
pinaa
Two men leapod into tba breach took a turn or two up and down the room
Then "Res here, Felix," he «aid, "there's
and tell on Ituponceau. arnxher «lipped In
no denying the fact that we're both of
and fell to Rsvduey'a «vare, while Charlee
ua In the same boaL figuratively speaking,
and I gripped our weapons and waited
•ven If no h.ng.-r physically. You had a
Dppooceaa thrust at oos <vf bis a»eall-
great drag from the »tart, because you
anta and with a Jerk threw the other
wan living such an unusual sort of life,
acroas the broken table almost at my
and were probably a wotnan hatar, < mt
fset. A blow aimed at my bead fsll on
talnly had no use for gneiety.
I
Charles' staff, aud be had rhe tnan re- ling
things taka with a girl brought up In
In a corner with a sudden thrust <vf his
York."
arm. Another man followed, an! hs and
1 smoked stolidly. "You won the firwt
I laid about sech other, blow falling on
swotd. aud sword on pine wood
Ws had woun«L sod that takes with a woman any
ths advantage In that ws stood on the where."
He looked at his bandaged arm
chairs, tbs tabi», and what was left of
lbs door, and the »nemy bed to spring smiled remlnlarentlyfl 11« waa prohably
•gainst oar sntrenched position. Face to thinking of that half hour •—nn slA had
face with aa toppling over th» broken Iresssd It.
fumltur». their ardor psaae-t, ami grsd
"Hot th« main point la." ha reeumed.
M!!y we drove them bari, preaalng them "that w« Inth knew that the particular
eat of the doorway harder than they had girl In question loved romance batter than
praoeed In. The man oppoelts me aimed anything else In the world."
a savage Mow, I dottg«*d •nd, grappling
"And that Duponceau waa
romance
with him. threw him with all my strength pereonlfled." I added, "which fully
the table. From there Dupouceeu i plait-a eur action«. "
¥
COI NTY
f’> duey P iffed at hl« cigarette <n at-
leSI'W.
"Yet I’ve grown very food of th« man."
b- said presently. ">!•*• brave, and he •
a g'n'.leuvan."
"I'tu fund of him. too. I wouldn't give
I Intend to
him up n.,w fur the world
stay right here until something happeua"
Itmlney finlehed hla cigarette and threw
It away. "If you don’t lalnd,” he «aid.
Til Steal over to your farmer's and ride
I've a feeling that
horse to th« club,
something may be doing In the «Mter
world, and that t ought to get uext to a
ticket. I'll m»t Iw long, and I don't think
they’ll cvtne ha»A t-efore afternoon."
"Go, by all means Ths tnan will glvs
you tbs bora« and •'<* you au inland
road, so you'll not fall in with these p«-o-
plr W« can get on all right until night
fsll."
It-xiney started to tear«, then turned
again.
“I was aore," he aai«L "that first sfter-
mx»n when I found you and Bar tore hav
ing t»a hers. I'll admit that I’d followed
bet from New York, «zp«-etlng to bars a
dear IMd; but wall, one caul always
got what on« wants, and there's lu-h In
ti e » •: of a figiit. Just ••
ere ia Io
the Htreet; but II 1« a good tight, and
that's m»r« than I can say fur ■>>!»• of
the affair« one •»■»• in town.
I'm not
»>r» any longer."
Ils smile»!, and wxnwbow hla gvnalne-
n«se brought nw to my feet.
"It’s a aquars fight ail round.” I «aid.
M« went down stair» together, aud 1
pointed out the way to the farm bou««.
Then I returned to my doo to finish my
(l|w, and to wonder if H ■ I e, was going
to th« club for news or ,>oly to •»• Bar
bara. lbs nrlef gUnip»» af her that rnuro-
!»>g !u«*> certainly set up both atbrill.
The hours «lid past without etertlou on
my part. Ibiponcenu and I Led lunch a
little after twelve, and th,-n I relume»! to
toe study and stretch«»! myself <»n the
l-Miiher couch, with a hook ¡»-fore my eyas.
The »umiuer sun, warm and sensation
dulling, came In through the wlnalow, and
th<> salt breeae waa aa heavy <»n the ®y es
•a poppies. The world
dr»iwee»l.
tbs
I hmk I. an»! my house were hvo warm and
• till and lethargic for action, and my •ye-
ll.l« »lose»! despite my lx»t Internions
I
• 'opt long. d«A» *nd bks • tired child.
wit I cut dreams
There was a man's •tap on the «taira.
I mi up and rulilied my eyi
forth my arms and put my f»et to the
floor. liodney entered and Itapped Into
the Iratber arm-chair, an Ironic smile on
bls lipa, his eyes Eirlglvt with the new«
that h» brought.
"WelL" he «aid, "I know: Ihi|»,nc,au'«
Etlenn« !~
"Yes, F!tlenne. the French Cblonstia, th*
w!-.o male
In
• •:. |
lost them In hours, who planned to make
the j«»r of France rich snd made them
poorer than txfors, tlve man who s plsysd
hob with the market« of F!urope for the
last six months"
I could »ay nothing: I w«e aghast.
"The n>os; jvrm-ious scoundrel of ths
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>1 It I .
’ ut b ■
» r
t
-atesi ben- factor
II was a t ■>•
which wsy his coin would fall, and It fell
« ro.cg “ .
"Well,” I «aid, "I certainly never should
have thought It!"
"Nor I,” as»e-uts»l Islip; "never, uever,
never."
"How do you know?" I demaixled
"It's public property. It's alt In the
papers,* be added, pulling a newspaper
from hie pocket and flinging It over to
me. "He ew-atied from Franc« nn a mer
chant v»*««el, and lands»! on the New En
gland »-oast, carrying with him papers
and se»-urlti»w of th«- greatest value
A
score of men have b«-n trying to bag him
aud th« papers without unue<-v«aary
noise."
"Aud ws have Iweu harboring him I" 1
added.
"We certainly have, and doing our twat
to help him evade his enemies snd make
off with th» remnant <d hi» spolla”
"I can't help It," I said; "I like him.
and I don't tetleve he’« as bad as peopl«
make out. He's »-ertalnly a lorn leader.'*
"So was Napoleon.*’ answered Itoduey,
"and It wasn't until he faded that peupl«
saw the other side of his genius. I fancy
Du[»n<wau’s a genius he might, perhaps,
have I wen su empire-builder but bis ld«ms
went farther than his mewiie. and so whsn
his bubble burets tbs world mils him a
villain."
"If bls Intentions were gnod, where does
the crime lie?"
(Te be rontlnue»! I
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts ot the World
PREPARI DI OR THE BUST RE AUE R
Less Important but Not Loss Inter»
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Many anarchists are being found in
Spain anti arrest» ’.
Canaria has grabbed a largo area of
Polar land for Great Britain.
Amreica will be first to examine and
report uixm Dr. Cook's Arctic records.
Restaurants and schools are being
closed at Madrid, Ruasia, on account of
cholera.
The Great Northern plana a mail
train to run from St. Paul to Seattle in
47 S hours.
New York Republicans have nom
inated a man for mayor who la practi
cally unknown.
NO PEHPEIUAL HIGHTS.
M<mng Congress Proposes American
Law on Water Power.
Goldfield, Nev., Oct. 6. The Ameri
can Mining congress closed Ils 12th
session here after adopting a reaolu
tion calling upon the national govern
ment to legis ate against p»-rpetual
franchises for water power or water
rights in Western states, and urging
that.sinnlar state legislation t>e passed
without waiting for congressional ac
tion.
The apex law, antier which the dis
coverer of a mineral lisle or vein can
follow it outside the lines of his claim
was aiiother aubj«K-t of discuaaion, and
its repeal, w ith the substitution of a
law making the aide lines of a claim
its limita when continued downward
vertically, was urg»-d.
Wildcat mining schenn-a were placed
under the ban by the congress, which
Urged state and national legislation to
prevent the ojierators of such achvm.a
from diverting money of investors that
might otherwise be used In developing
legitimate properties.
J. 11. Richards, of Boise, Idaho, the
retiring president of the congress, was
given a handsome service by the <l»-le-
gates.
!e*a Angeles and Spokane have de-
veloped n lively rivalry for the next
•rasión of the congress, Thia question
will be decided by the executive com
mittee.
FARMERS FLOCK TO CANADA
Nine men are dead ami two dying aa
the result of an explosion and tire in a
Fully 70,000 American Settlers Have
Roslyn coal mine.
Crossed Border.
Seventeen balloons competed for the
Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 5. American
Bennett cup at Zurich, Switzerland.
farmers by the tens of thousands are
Nine nations are represente«l
now pouring over the boundary into the
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise says misceg Canadian West. According to a state
enation is a menace to the Jewish race ment made by th»< deputy minister of
and to Christianity in general.
interior at Ottawa, the invasion of
'
An American mining syndicate is Americana into Canada will total over
making milliuns by working the tail 70,1'00 for the preiM-nt year.
ings of ancient Mexican mines.
The University of Nebraska has
given out that it dors not want college
toughs, nor "sissies." ami that no stu
dent who W'>rked his way has ever dis
graced the institution.
The special train of the president's
party is composed of plain coaches.
The president gives assurance that
Vancouver barracks will not t>e moved.
The National German Alliance of
America will take up the cry of anti-
prohibition.
President Taft spent two days in
Portland and declared them the pleas
anlest of hia trip.
Harriman’s interests will be handled
by three m»-n, Robert S. I.ovett. J. C.
Stubbs ami Julius Kruttechnitt.
In t
ng of thia • tress ■
dary movement the newcomers wi re
larg.-ly from the Middle states, but this
y»-ar they are coming from a moat ev
ery state in the Union. Not only is
the quantity satisfactory to Canada,
but the quality of settlers is rath< r im
proving than otherwise
Practically, th»' official report says,
<10,000 Americana thia season entered
Canala, and every man, woman and
child was | mm » s < ased on an average of
11,000 in stock, caah and effects, mean
ing that th< y brought into thia coun
try nearly 160,000,000.
W. J. White, head of the Canadian
Immigration agencies In the Unite»)
States, says this year's immigration
from the Uniteii States has increased
fully 30 per cent and that next year he
expects to see about 115,000 Ameri
cans settling in the Canadian West.
The chairman of the K«*public*n
NINE DEAD IN ROSLYN MINE.
county committee of New York will
try to stop the voting of dead men’«
Fire Follows Gas Explosion Shaft 1«
names.
Furnace Blasi.
The Kansas state intani of health
Rualyn,
Wash.,
Oct 6. Fifteen men
has declared itself against the wearing
of beards and will try to have its rul ar<< believed to have tieen killed or fa
tally injure«! in an explosion of gas in
ings enforced by law.
the shaft of mine No. 4, of the North
A wealthy Grand Army vrteran waa western Improvement company, at
so badly crushed in the rush to see 12:45 this afternoon.
Taft at the Portland armory that he
The mine in the ncighlHirhood of the
die«! on the way to the hospital.
shaft is burning fiercely, tlamea rush
Charles W. Morse, New York finan ing through the shaft with an awful
The electric |>urn|>s are rut off,
cier. convicted oy violating national roar.
banking laws, has paid off 37,500,000 and the water supply in the city is very
of his indebtedness, and says he will low. It is thought the fire in the shaft
will not affect the other mmee, but it
son pay the remaining $50tMM),0.
may be six months before the shaft
Severe fighting between the Span
ran be put in working condition again,
iards and Moors contiues.
it ia said that the shaft is caving In
Sir Thomas Lipton would like an and other explosions may occur at any
other chance at the America yachting time.
cup.
Shops Are to Be Doubled.
Chief Forester Pinchot fears trusts
Sacramento, Oct. 5. Rc|>urte have
are after water power sites in the been received her»' to tho effect that
West.
the New York office of the Western
An American fishing vessel hss been Pacific has sent back plans of the rail
seized for (»aching on M»-xican fishing road shops to be built in Sacramento
with instru-'tions to prepare s[i«icifica-
preserves.
tions for buildings double in site. The
After a long fight Mrs. Yerkes has
original plans called for an ex|wnditure
been granted a third of the estate of
ot 3750.000 while the proposed shops
her husband.
under the new aihatne will cost |l,-
General Grant says he will quit the 50<>,0» H).
Further indication of the move,
army if need be an I give all bis time
as advanced by local railroad men is
to temperance.
that th»- Western Pacific contemplates
The survey has begun on the last running lines up and down the state.
link of the California railroad into the
Klamath country.
Pope Too III to Receive.
A woman who v|slt«<l tha British
museum recently Inquired of an at
tendant: "Have you no skull of Crom
well? I have been looking all around
for a skull of Oliver Cromwell."
"No. madam,'* replle«! the attendant.
•'We've never had one."
"How very odd!"
she exclaimed.
The sultan of Morocco has put El
"They have a fine one In the museum
Roghi, the pretender, to death, us.ng
at Oxford'" I »dlrs' Home Journal.
the moot horrible cruelty.
A m l-y* • «» lluaiue«».
W. A. Clark, Jr., son of ex Senator
Art liealer What! You want |500
for that picture? You must hs crazy. Clark, of Montana, has discovered a
I m Aulwr Not ti»'ceeaarlly.
I'm process for smelting xinc ore and may
merely trying to discount the future. become the line king of the.country.
HELI’CONSERVATION
President Sajs Congress Must
Enact Necessary Laws,
Looks
to
People
to
Enforce
Uwi
Against Monopoly and Not Lot
Good Timet Blind Them.
Sacramento, Cal., OcL 5.
After
making one of the long» st jumps of his
trip and traveling for .
hours through
the state of Oregon, ami th«> northern
half of California, Freaident Taft ar
rived last night at 7:10 p. tn.
The proaident aelecte«i for the prin
cipal feature of hia speech the subject
of the conservation of natural re-
•ourc«-e, tn which h<* declare»! anew that
before many of the Rooeevelt policies
of conaervation can be carried into
effect confirmatory and enabling legis
lation will have to be secured, and he
pl«ulg<-<l hirnaelf tu bring all the piwrr
he |MM»a»-»sea to bear u|a»n e, ngroae to
pass the laws that are deems I neces
sary.
Speaking from the car end at Duna-
niuir today, Mr. Taft anid:
"I am on a tour of some 13,000 milea
•nd I am trying to gather information
aa we go with refeience to the condi
tion of th»- country and at the same
time to give you a auperfleial a»|wct of
the man whom it haa been your good or
ba»l fortune to elect pr»-aidvnt
I think
that (»ersooal touch Imtwi-on the people
and thos»- whom y«»u honor t»y delegat
ing authority t. nq-orarily Is a good
thing, ao that you may know when 1
make my mistakes, and they are rrpre-
aentvd to you with • gr«at deal of ein-
phasia, that I am still a (voor mortal
praying for aaaiatanse and hoping that
you will forgive human error.
"Ev« rywhere in thia country I have
found evidenced ut pr<M|M*rity from
Boaton to Portland, an<l if aigna do not
fail, we are upon an era of buaineae
enterpriae ami expansion that haa
»•■»■n in this country before.
Now with that 1 would not have you
forget that here ar»« certain r«-s|»nal-
bllltiea. We have hail vviia growing
out of our priM>|»-rity. Men have aeised
(tower by meana of accumulation of
wealth and Its uae in methoda that are
nut legal and cannot t>e ap|iroved, by
way of rnonojioly ami otherwise. Now,
we are attempting by the general law
of the United Statea to auppreaa that
kind of abuse. They were brought to
the attention of the |>eo|dc In a mar
velous cruaade by my predecessor, The
odore Roosevelt, and it ia my duty to
continue Uvoee |>ollciea and to enforce
them aa far aa I may ami put u(>on the
statute tMiok», or al least recommend
to congress that there l>e put upon th«
statute tvooka thoen laws which ahall
clinch the progress which waa made
under him, which he preached
which we all look forward to aa a
manent condition.
"Now, my follow citixena, aa I lotllt
out U|ion thia audience, I feel auro that
you are not only healthy in body but
healthy in mind; that you are in favor
of the g«o»i things; that you are in
favor of decent government; that you
are in favor of decent men anil decent
women and that you look forward to
the future aa a lime when we ahall all
grow better. The truth ia that money
and wealth contribute nothing unleva
they enable us to make ourselves bet
ter, unless they enable us to think
aomething of others and to help othera
thoee who are down imvsnl in the
progress of life. We cannot all be al
truists in the senae that we can devote
our attention to somebody alee all the
time, f<>r We have to look after our-
selves and our families, but 1 am sure
that in the last generation there haa
been an Improvement throughout our
country with reference to a charitable
feeling towards all, and a desire on the
part of each to help all.*'
Rome, Oct. 5. For several days the
pope has tieen ill, but he continued to
see viators, hoping to overcome what
is considered a alight indisposition.
Yesterday he received in audience one
of the archbishops, who noticed that
the pontiff appeared tired and languid.
After the audience the symptoms be
came aggravated, there being consid
erable pain and swelling in the leg,
which Indicated recurrence of the gout.
Alth<a»gh the attack is slight, the
pope's doctors have insisted upon com
plete rest and audiences are suspended.
Fernands Weds Count.
Paris, Oct. 6.- Miss Fernanda Wan-
amaki-r, daughter of Rodman Wsna-
maker, and granddaughter of John
Wanamakrr, waa tnsrrled today to
Count Arthur de Herren, non of Count
lleeron, cf Paris. Th»-ro were two
cere mon es. The flrat waa in the Cath
olic church with full orchestral accom
paniment. This waa followed by a
Protestant marriage service, the Rev.
Alfred 0. Mortimer, of Philadelphia,
fflciatlng.
Henry White, American
ambsaaador, ami Marquis Lei Muni,
Spanish ambassador, were witnesses.
St. YvrS to Run No More.
The Miners* congress at Goldfield,
Montreal, Oct. 6.- Henri St. Yves,
Nev., condemned the policy of Forester the famous French long distance run
Pinchot.
ner, collapsed in the 2.3d mile of a race
Dr. Cook la to dispatch a vessel here today. Physicians declared hie
North at once for hia instruments and heart was affected and that he prob
ably would be unable to run again.
(the Eskimos who accompanied him.
Ilia opponent. Ilana Holmer, of Que
In a speech at Seattle President Taft bec, flmahel strong. covering the Mar
advocated the com mi eaion plan of gov athon distance in 2 :X2:40, a new rec
ernmrnt for Alaska, the sanie as now ord, if the track ia found to measure
A friend's faults ahonld be knows 1
(a the Philippines,
correctly.
but not abhorred. Portuguese.
Smugglers W,n Battle.
El pas.., Tea., Ost *
t’aing their
train of pack burros leaded with con
traband goods aa breastworks, a gang
of smugglers battled with a squad of
ruralea near Sabinas, in the state of
Coahuila, Mexico, an<1 came out victor
ious. forcing the ruralea to withdraw
and »»■ aping with their g'»>da into the
m iintaina
fine »n i ggler waa killed
and seven ruraks wounded.
Art Itealer How's that?
One man was killed and eight others
Da Aubcr Two hundred years hence injured in a collision between a pas
that picture will probably sell for senger train and work train on the
>5.000 but I'm willing to take >0 pet Puget Sound railroad at Garrison tun
nel, Montana.
»■ent off for cash.
Sprlsa
President Taft has declared himself
in favor of ship subsidy.
< leawls*.
"I tad. I was simply groat tn relay
events," toast««! th« boy from collega.
We ll make usa
"Good enough, «on
Your ma will s >oa
of them talents
Woah-
be ready to re-lay ihe carpeta
Ington Herald
More rr«eifw«l.
"When we get married, Nora, PD ba
w RII m to lay down my life foe yon."
-TH ba quite satisfied If y»m lay
down a carpet or two, now and then."
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