Secret of tbe Plundered Sfcfe
By EMILE UABORIAU
CHAPTER XIX.
In 1S40 lived in his ancestral cnstle
u the hanks of the Rhone the old Mar
quis do Clameran and his two soil. Oas
ton ami Louis, They were the objects
of his love in the same measure as for
his hate he viewed his neighbor, the
Counters de la Verherie. Stem, old ami
arrogant, she would have been the pen
eral detestation as she was this individ
ual one. had it not been for her beauti
ful and senile daughter, Valentine.
The estates were separated only by
the river, here narrow but swiftly How
Inir. It was no barrier for love. Valen
tine saw Gaston, and from that moment
his image filled her heart. But so many
obstacles separated them! Yet they met
happily, until one fatal evening, vhen
she saw her lover swim the tide at the
greatest risk, and tall at her feet, al
most exhaust ed.
"Is it you?" she murmured, trying to
life him up. "Then heaveu has heard
my prayers, and had pity."
"No," was his gloomy answer, "heav
en has not beeu pitiful, for I am forced
to tlee. Our love is the sport of the
rustics, and to punish the insolent 1 have
nearty killed two of the scoundrels. But
what does this exile matter? You will
accompauv me, and share my home in
the wilds."
T cannot leave my mother, Gaston."
"But if your mother knows we are
married "
"You are poor, and she is detcrmii ed
I shall marry a wealthy man, that she
may eiid her days in luxury."
"She shall have it." said Gaston, bit
terly; "make her wait three years, when
I shall return rich, or yon will be free
to wed for mouey. Meanwhile keep for
me these jewels of my mother's, which
I vowed should be worn by my beloved
alone."
She accepted the pledge, and watched
her lover depart in the gloom. Three
days after he was on ship. Imund for
Valparaiso, happy that he had battled
justice, while she was in misery acute.
Her mother had soon heard the story
of her secret marriage. It was tempered
by but two causes for rejoicing in this
wicked woman's heart; all believed that
Gaston had been drowned in the Rhone,
and the fear that this was true had car
ried death to his father's heart.
Valentine could have wished death
had included her in this swoop, but for
one reason to preserve her. She was
soon to be the mother of Gaston's child.
She had not revealed this secret to him,
but her mother divined it.
She was a woman for emergencies.
She escorted her daughter to England,
where the child was born, and left with
persens hired to adopt it, without, of
course, knowing what an aristocratic
acion they were fostering.
The yosng mother, bereft of her son
and of his father, returned home with
her mother in passive resignation. She
acrrowed for four years without receiv
ing any intelligence of either. Then she
learned Gaston was dead. Her mother
remained a marble image to her, but she
was alive to her selfish interests. She
was always looking about her for the
means to rise from her geutcel poverty,
and at this period it presented itself.
They made the acquaintance of the
young banker, Audre Fauvel.
The first time he met Valentin" he
was struck by her beautv, and after
looking into her large, melancholy eyes
his admiration deepened into love a
love so earnest and passionate that he
felt that he could never be happy with
out her.
Before being introduced to her his
heart had surrendered Itself to her
charms. He was wealthy, a splendid ca
reer was open to him, and he vowed that
Valentine should be his. He confided all
his matrimonial plans to an old fuend
of Mire, de la Verherie, who had no
sooner breached them to the match-making
mamma than the alliance was ar
ranged.
Eighteen months after her marriage
Mine. Kauvel presented her hnsbiiud
with a son. Bat neither this child, iior
second son born a year after, could
make her forget the first one of nil, the
poor, forsaken babe who had been
thrown upon strangers, mercenaries,
who valued the money, but not the child
for whom it was paid.
Louis de Clameran was now Marquis
of Clameran; he was free, and compar
atively rich, lie "who had never hail
twenty-five crowns in his pocket at once
now found himself the possessor of two
hundred thousand francs.
This sudden, unexpected fortune so
completely turned his head that he feit
fettered in the country, and hastened,
after disposing of nearly everything, to
I'aris. He plunged into the sea of dis
sipation until the day calm when he
drugged himself out on the shore, penni
less, and glad to live quietly, while med
itating any means to regain wealth.
Forced to quit hi country, he was eigh
teen years abroad, living from hand to
mouth for the most of the time, when
at n gaming resort he broke the bank
and thought tli.it he might see his home
once more, where perhaps the etil he
had done had not lived after his depart
ure. He had been twenty-live years ab
sent, but the old tenants remembered
him, and warmly gave their welcome.
He, the adventurer, the bully, the base
accomplice of London swindlers, delight
ed in these marks of respect and venera
tion, bestowed upon him as the repre
sentative of the house of Clmneraii; it
seemed to make him once more feel a lit
tle self respect, as if the future wire not
Uttrly hopeless.
One of the farmers was eager to buy
a piece of land which he had rented so
long that he almost felt that it was his
own; Loula disposed of it for ready
money, and, already tired of rusticity,
hurried again to the gay city.
Besides, he had learned the secret of
Valentine; he knew of the offspring of
his brother and the girl who was now
the wife of one of the most opulent of
Parisian bankers. Louis meant to levy
blackmail on her to Increase his store.
Mcnoul he never would havs succeeded
In embarking.
Having left his mother's Jewels with
Valentine, his sole fortune consUted of
uot quite a thousand francs, and with
this paltry sum in hi pocket, a fugitive
from justice, and with no prospect of
earning a livelihood, he took passage for
Valparaiso.
Before Gaston had been on board the
Tom Jones forty-eight hours he saw that
chance had cast htm among a collection
of the. most depraved bandits and cut-
deceive Andre that she hoped she was throats. The vessel, which seemed to
now even with fate. i havs recruited at all points of the corn-
One rainy November day her husband pass, possessed a crew composed of ev
had gone to Provence on business. She cry variety of thievish kuaves; euch
was sitting, gating into the bright fire, ' country had contributed a specimen,
and thaukfully meditating upon her prea- j But Gaston's mind was undisturbed as
ent happiness, when the servant brwight , to the character of the people with
her a letter, which had been left b a whom his lot was cast for several
stranger, who refused to give his name. ! months. The Tom Jones set sail for
Without the faintest presentiment of evil . Valparaiso, but certalnlv went iu a
CHAPTER XX,
Time had dulled the remorse and anx
iety of Valentine. In the genial atmos
tihers of a happy bom ah had found
rest, and almost forgetfulness. She had
aufftred so much at being cgmptllsd to
she carelessly broke the seal, and in an
instant was almost petrified by the
words which met her terrified eye:
"Madame: Would it be relying too
much upon the memories of the past to
hope for half an hour of your time? To
morrow, between two and three, I will
do mvself the honor of calling upon you. !
"THE MARQVIS OF CLAM EUAN." j
Ah! she had hoped and believed that
the fatal past was atoned for, and buiicd I
iu oblivion; and now it stood before her
pitiless and threatening.
The dreaded day came, and with It the
man. Her emotion was too deep noc to
serve his purpose, and though she pre
served enough coolness not to place her
self in his power by accepting his fiction
of Gaston dying in his anus aud consign
ing him to the care of his son, she could
not altogether shake him off.
On the other hand, she dared not con
fess to her husband, who would never
have confidence in her again, and she
refused the sympathy of Xladeleiue. The
girl had divined that she was in distress,
and pleaded hard to learn the cause.
The plotter gave time for the poison
to work; when he communicated with
her agqiu, it was to ask her to call at
his hotel. The poor woman, in the coils,
dared not stay away. Here another sur
prise awaited her. The martinis wau not
in the rooms. He who received her was
a cherubic youth, who announced him
self in a sweet voice, which wrong her
heart, as Raoul Valentino "Wilson." It
was her castaway son!
This voice was so like Gaston's that
she seemed once more to be listening to
the lover of her almost forgotten youth.
It seemed onlv yesterday that Gaston
had pressed her to his faithful heart;
she saw him still, saying, gently:
"In three years, Valentine! Wait for
me!"
Anlre. her two sons. Madeleine all
were forgotten in this new-found nfTcc
tien. She imagined that Madeleine look
ed at her strangely on her return from
the Hotel du Louvre. She must suspect
something, but she did not suspect the
truth.
For several days she asked embarrass
ing questions as to where her aunt went,
and with whom she had been during
these long absences from home. This
disquietude and seeming curiosity chang
ed the affection which Mine. Fnuvel had
hitherto felt for her adopted daughter
into positive dislike.
She regretted having placed over her
self a vigilant spy from whom she could
not escape. She pondered what means
she could take to avoid the penetrating
watchfulness of s jrirl who wua sccua-
tomed to read in her face every thought
that crossed her mind. With unspeaka
ble satisfaction she solved the difficulty
in a way which she thought would
please all parties. She would have her
married and thus removed from her
path and her son's.
Clameran espoused her Idea, but want
ed to modify It; it was himself that he
proposed for the girl's hand, undertak
ing to shelve Bertomy, to whom she had
been tacitly engaged, and he promised.
as a substantial inducement for the
banker's wife to consent to this change,
to transfer to Haoul all the dower that
enme with the bride.
This time the creature in his talons
presumed to rebel. He left her with
fear that his plans were not working
smoothly as before. Clameran had cause
for fear. Mine, r auvel s determination
was not feigned. She was firm in her
resolve to confess.
"Y'es," she cried, with the enthusiasm
of a noble resolution; "yes, I will tell
Andre everything!"
She believed herself to be alone, but
turned around suddenly t the sound
of footsteps, and found herself face to
face with Madeleine, who was pale aud
swell-eyed from weeping.
"Yon must obey this man," she quiet
ly said. "I despise M. de Clameran, and
shall always regard him as the basest
of men; nevertheless. I will marry him.
I will not suffer dishonor to fall upon
this house, which is my home, while I
have power to present it. Am I not
indebted to you for more than life
What would I now be had you not taken
pity on me? A factory girl in my na
tive village. You warmly welcomed the
poor orphan, and became a mother to
her. Is it not to your husband that I
owe the fortune which excites the cu
pidity of this wicked Clameran? Are
not Abel and Lucien brothers to ine?
And now, when the happiness of all who
have been loving nad generous to me is
at stake, do you suppose 1 would hesi
tate? No. I will become the wife of
Clameran,
Then began a struggle of self-sacrifice
between Mine. I'auvel and her niece as
to which should be the victim, only the
more sublime, because each offered her
life to the other, not from any sudden
impulse, but deliberately and willingly.
But Madeleine carried the day, fired as
she was by that holy enthusiasm of sue
ril'tce which is the sustaining element of
martyrs.
Have courage; we two can fight the
world and silenej our enemies. You
shall lie saved, aunt; only trust in lue."
The Marquis of Clnmernii was agree
ably surprised that evening by receiving
a letter from Mine. I'auvel, saying that
she consented to everything, but must
have a little time to carry out the plan.
A line from Madeleine, at the bottom of
the letter assured him that she fully con
curred with her aunt.
Poor girl, she did not spare herself.
The next day she took Prosper aside,
and forced from him the fatal promise
to shun her In the future, and to take
upon himself the responsibility of break
ing their engagement
roundabout way to reach h-r destination.
The real fact was that Captain Warth
proposed visiting the Gulf at Guinea.
Gaston saw that he was serving his
apprenticeship on a slaver, one of the
many ships which made Immense for
tunes by carrying on the slave trad. Al
though this discovery filled Gaston with
indignation and shame, he was prudeut
enough to conceal his Impressions.
When Gaston had been with Captain
Warth about a yenr the Tom Jones stop
ped at Rio Janeiro for a month, to lay
in supplies. He now decided to leave
the ship. Ho possessed twelve thousand
francs, as his share of the profits, when
hi landed at Rrnxil.
As a proof that the stave trade was
repugnant to his nature, he left the
slaver the moment he possessed a little
capital with which to enter some honest
business. Finally, after toil and strug
gle, he was worth a million In gold, be
sides Immense tracts of land.
Arranging to return to his native land.
he was taken 111 and died, but left his
fortune and instructions to his faithful
cf.usm .Meuoul. I lie latter cam to
France. An Iron mill was for sale uenr
Oloron. on the borders of the Garn: he
bought It with the intention of utilising
the immense quantity of wood, which.
for want of means of transportation, wit
being wasted in the mountains.
He was soon settled comfortably In
his new home, and enjoying a busy, ac
tive life. One evening, as he whs rumi
nating over the past, a servant brought
him a card, nnd said the gentleman ns
wiiiting to see him. He read the name
on the card: Lotus tie I lameran. wi.o
hailed him as a friend of his brother.
"We will have to do the best we can."
ho said, "and keep house for ourselves.
We will, live together like two old bach
elors, as we sre. and be ns happy its
kings: we will lead a guy life and enjoy
everything that can lx enjoyed."
A few days after Mcnoul was taken
ill. lie had a sort of vertigo nnd w as so
dizxy that he was forced to lie down.
t l-nnvv uhnt in Ih innltpr" he fcrtid.
"I have often been ill In this way atjnt hand and lie Interfered. He chose.! the age will I iniiy before Its slg
TO SAVE CALIFORNIA ELK. j
l'rv.k-cve He I mi Arranged Near Hun
Krmu-lsvo by I'utlls Kln.
Tito California elk Is to be saved
from extinction. Henry MUlcr, the
enttle king, Is to mv llu elk. He Is at
work upon a magnificent country home
wltiitu easy reach of Sail Francisco.
It U called Mount Madonna, because
It tops a little mountain of that name;
but Klkwo.nl might be a more appro
priate designation, for It la .about tills
surpassing country Bout that Henry
Miller Is arranging a preserve, Im
mune from gun ami dog and tho civ
l!.ed thing which hurry forest dwell-
era, where the California elk may live
on Iu peace to the perpetuation, and
even Increase of Ills kliul.
The cattle king will be nble to carry
out his praiseworthy scheme because
already he owns about all the Califor
nia elk which lift Uiolr antlers today.
There may lie ISO specimens of these
magnUlccnt elk Iu California. Henry
Miller owns 125. Ills title to tin m is
of thtt best. He never bought them
with money, but ho went Into their
wild haunts and saved them from the
destruction which was wiping their
species out of exlsttuce.
Tho elk which he now owns compose
what U probably the only herd of
American elk wlhoh It will bo ptiseiblo
to save. In tho terribly rough Jack
son's Hole country of Wyoming, In Arl
aona and in a few places furtlnr east,
the Inst of the elk art now In hiding.
Their final refuge becomes often their
death trap. In Wyoming ninny elk die
every winter btvnuse the deep snows
of their retreat leave them foodies so
long that they starve. When Hit y fol
low the grass line down Into the low-,
land they fall before the gun of hunt
era eager for the last of the royul sport
of elk stalking.
Tartly game laws have coma too lute
to permit the rejuvenating of their
kind lu the Fulled States. The elk
must soon follow the moose, whose
fate was that of tho buffalo. Henry
Miller would have elk In California
when elk tire to be found now here else
In the coil ii i ry.
Miller's elk are on one of his ninny
cattle ranches, the Buciut Vista ranch,
In the mountains of Kern County, thirty-four
tuili east of Bakcrsilchl, When
the tirst cattle were driven there the
elk were plentiful. Herd of elk grazed
nnd browsed with herd of steer. With
lie settlement of the country the elkjl''''f portal 'f the new world, nnd u
thinned before the settlers' gun. When the ""'"e I n commemoration of the
but a few were left Henry Miller saw I traditional good feeling existing be-
that complete extermination was close j tween France and tho 1'nlted Stntc
The ruddy, blue-eyed elderly man In
the blue sorgo coat, w ho was address
ed as "captain" by his two friends In
the smoker, wna commenting on n re
cent newspaper account of the suffer
ings of some shipwrecked men who
were taken from an open boat by a
passing vessel.
"Of course, on a well traveled track
like that there's alwuja the elm nee of
being picked up." he said, "I'd sooner
be lu n shipwreck than a railroad
wreck. There's nearly always an op
portunity to launch a boat or lash
some grilling before A ship goes down,
or to grab n life belt, but If anything
hits us now Ht the rate we're going
what chance would we Imve?
"1 was cruising In the south sens
about twenty years ago," lie continued,
reflectively. "We were clear out of
any of the trading routes, after an un
charted Island that was said to be one
part coral aud ten parts guiiuo. There
came up a stiff gale one night and the
seas rolled In on us mountain high.
We had shortened anil ns much as
we dared, considering the sens, mid w
scudded along before the wind all
night. We were driven clear out of
our course. At noon the sun came nut
a little nnd our skipper took an ob
servation nml made out that we were
In the exnet middle of nowhere and
tulles from any land.
"Toward evening the wind dropped
enough so the skipper thought It
FAMOUS STATUE OF LIOERTY.
Will Look Perpetuate t'.ie Name of the
Lute Sculptor llurtlioldl.
Long afcr his dust shall be Indistin
guishable from It mother earth Mi"
Mime of Frid-rlc Auguste Bartholin,
the famous French sculptor, who died
lu I'ati re eiitiy, shnll be remembered
and rcveicd hi (hi country. The colos
sal Statue of I ibeity on Ited'oW'a
Island, New York, Is the first object
to greet the Incomer It he enter the
would bt safe to carry sail and Ret
buck to where we belonged. While
we were doing this a big sen broke
over our quarter and washed n Nor
weglitu sailor overboard. He was
powerfully built fellow nnd a good,
seaman, and wo were short handed,
so ns soon n the skipper saw him
be roared out to heave to and lower ft
boat. But ns soon ns he gave the or
der he realised that no boat could live
In that sen, so he regretfully counter
manded It aud wo bud to let the poor
fellow go."
The captnln paused to relight hi fi
lter, but the first two mutch liende
broke,
"Wns he rescued?" ssked some one.
The cnptaln checked himself In the
nppllcnlhm of the third. umtch."Whnt's
that?" he naked.
"Wns he rescued?"
The cnplnln looked reproachfully at
the senkcr, 'Now that an awrui
foolish question to ask." he snld.
"IMdn't 1 tell you that be was washed
overboard 1, mile from anywhere
nnd away from the track of nny sort
of vessels lu sea that no bout couhl
have lived lu? Why, how could be be
rescued? That fellow couldn't even
swim. Must have gone down like
lend.
"No, that Incident only goes to show
that sometimes It's about ss danger
ous nt sen n on a railroad." Chicago
1 billy News,
Throughout hi life be wn nn ndmtrer
of the d'nited Kinto, and It Is prob
able Hint his Statue of Liberty will
do h much to perpetuate his name an
huy other, perhnps all, of hi works.
stop disohdeh on diamond.
Rio. A couple of hours' sleep will cure j the best wooded portion of his land,
me. I will go to bed. and you can send j ntaliilng hundred of acres of timber
some one to awaken me when dinner is
ready, Louis; I shall be all right by that
time."
At the same time he ordered Manuel,
hi old Spanish servant, who had lived
with him for ten years, to prepare hint
some lemonade.
The next day Menoul appeared to be
much better. He ate his breakfast, and
was about to take a walk, when the
Ijaioa of the previous day suddenly re
turned In a more violent form.
W ithont consulting Ins cousin, i.ouis
sent to Oloron for a physician whose
wonderful cures had won him a wide
reputation. The doctor declared that
there wns no danger and merely pre
scribed a dose of valerian, and a blister
with some grains of morphine sprinkled
ou it
(To be. continued.!
and thicket In places almost impene
trable, and built about the great arena
an eight foot fence. The fnice wn
left open'at places, nnd the natural In
stincts of the elk taught him In time
that It was only within this Ideal re
treat, always guanbtl from hunters
nnd Intruders, that he was safe. The
elk. ot t lie V bole vicinity took tip their
home there and liielr number ins In
creased within the Inst ten years. San
Framiseo Chronicle.
THE FARM BOY
THIS CLOCK A VETERAN.
nlllcaiice 1 lost sight of. With Hint
statue the name and fnme of Bar
tholin nre Inseparable,
Bartholdl was torn In IMl nnd wa
Intended for the legal profession, lie
chose sculpture Instead, nnd nt an
early nge entered upon what proved to
be hi llfework. HI first stntue wa
exhibited when he was years old.
and thereafter the greater part of hi
life was devoted to his chosen pursuit.
CHAPTER XXI.
After leaving Valentine de la Ver
herie Gaston underwent great peril and
difficulty In effecting his escape. liut
tor hi eiyerisoced and faithful cousin
Need Have No Regret for His Training
and Karljr Knvlronment.
0No boy need ever regret Unit he wns
liorn In the country nnd reared on a
farm. He may hick the keenness nnd
polish of his city cousin. He- tuny be
embarrassed by bis own awkward
ness, and feel thai he is at a hopeless
disadvantage In the race, but the conu
try boy has a wider range of practical
Ideas. From the very first his little
services lire In demand. He becomes!
nt once a part of the force that Is mnk-
Inc for home comfort nnd prosperity.
and feels the Independence of one who
is helping to support himself and in Id
to the general stoic. The farm boy Is
likely to regit rd his life ns one of
drudgery, nnd smii It may be, if be
lose Interest In bis surroundings or Is
pressed with a continual round of duty.
There I something heroic In the coun
try boy's struggle with the elements.
Rain, snow and sleet only brace bis
courage. The garnering of the crops,
the housing mid feeding of the domes
tic animals, the gathering and prepnru-
Hon of the winter fuel give a purpose
and zest to his toll. Then there Is the
long tramp, sometimes of miles, to the
district school, lessons learned before
and nfter long hours of labor. Is It
any wonder there are keen wits (level
oping all outside of graded systems
nnd In defiance of pedagogical order?
It Is the Intensity of purpose with
which the mind acts under the Influ
ence of vigorous health and the con
scions value of time thnt accounts for
these results. Ko from the farm Is be
lng supplied n stream of active world
workers, men not afrit Id to do their
duty, nnd bubbling over with energy
nnd ambition. Touch the country herd
boy, now the merchant prince or the
successful professional man, nnd bow
responsive be becomes to every sugges
tion of niornl life! The same cannot
be said of boys reared In the midst of
other surroundings. It Is the contact
with nature Unit make the Indelible
Impression upon his life No greater
gain cun come to the country at large
tlmn Hint which comet from the pro
motion of the love and appreciation of
rural life. Health, happiness, purity,
and peace are the natural Inheritance
of those who dwell tin-rounded by
fresh air, beautiful scenes, bright skies
and pure aortal Influence. Agrlcul
tural Epltomlat
Timepiece Made Two Years After Co
lumbus liacoverrd America.
A remarkable dock, over 4J years
old, and which still keeps good time
and tick awuy the seconds and min
utes, Is owned by H. Halbleh, 4U West
Nfptmietreet, Lynn.
Made two years after Columbus dis
covered America, the clock Is said to
have been constantly In service and
Hfter the lapse of four centuries shows
but little wear and Its wooden work
revolve aud perform their functions as
well as the modern dock made to
day. Plainly the dates of manufacture
and when repairs were made are In
scribed and there Is no doubt about
the authenticity of Its history.
The clock, made entirely of wood.
with the exception of the "weights,
stands three feet high nnd Is 18 Inches
wide nnd presents n strnnge nppear
mice with Its dial showing old Roman I
figures, with the quarter and half
hours iilso displayed.
Two figures, each a foot high, stand
guard on either side of the dial. One
represents a skeleton, and at each
quarter hour this figure strikes a bell.
The skeleton Is supposed to typify the
passing of man and the going on of
time even after only the bones re
main.
The other figure Is thnt of an old
man, and In a men sure resembles the
familiar representation of FatherTlme.
At ench hour, half, and quarter Is
marked by the clock the figure blow
a horn. It Is tn Ingenious arrange
ment A reed 1 fixed In the end of
the horn, and the dropping of a small
piece of wood allows the nlr to clr
culnte and pnss over the reed, making
a peculiar sound.
In addition, there Is a bell on the
top of the clock, and the hours nre
rung on this, a hnnimer striking reg.
ulnrly. The bell hut a deep, pleas
ant sound.
Who built the clock Is unknown,
but for over 'MtO years It wa In the
cnstle Wallensteln, Bohemia, and In
1H! wns repaired by Rltta Frelherr
von Frederlch. For a number of years
It wn In the cnstle Klelnskal, Bohe
mla, and when the latter place wns
being renovated the fnther of the pre
cut owner secured possession and pre
sented It to hi son.
The clock I bleckened by age, but
tho wood It hnrd a flint Boston
Globe.
Bat for the frame some pictures
wouldn't be In It
When a wotnnn It going away on a
visit the nerer finishes packing her
trunk until after tho expressman calls
for It,
The application of a porotia platter
1 a great drawback to loremaklng.
iMirlng the Franco-l'riiiiin war
Bartholin served with distinction and
fought under (iarlbnlill. In the days
of the Commune he visited the Flitted
States, being unable to pursue hi
studio work In Pari. The magnificent
position presented by New York har
bor for n statue of colossal dimension
struck him, and when n body of illt
tlngulshed Frenchmen formed a six-l-
ty to carry out the project his design
t as approved. Inflveyear France hiim-
scrlbed the necessary for that
purpose. Bartholin spent on the statue
nearly ten year. Ievl P, Morton,
then Culled Htnte minister to France,
received the gift July 4, 1HK4; It wns
brought over on a ship of state, erect-
d on Bedloe' Island and dedicated
with Imposing ceremonies October 28,
lKHil, President Cleveland making the
speech of acceptance and Bartholdl
himself unveiling the atatue. For this
work Bartholin made deep study of
colossal figure In F.gypt, (Ireece and
eastern Innds, The stntue Is the Inrgest
bronze figure In the world, being 1.11
feet from the pedestal to the extremity
of the torch, the figure being 111 feet
high nnd the torch being 8X1 feet
above the tide level.
The masterpiece of his crentlon,
however, Is The Lion of Belfort. To
omtiiemorate the defense of that place
during the Franco Prussian war he
sculptured the Immense Hon, n figure
8i feet long and HO feet high, partly
cut In the rock and partly built up
with stone, which stnnds against the
face of the citadel's plateau. As a tes
timonial of grntltudo to American for
their sympathy nnd service In that
wnr the statue of Lafayette, In Union
Rqunre, wn given to New York. It
came from Bartholin' chisel, at also
subsequently did one of the publl
fountain of Washington nnd the four
bas-relief around the steeple of the
Brattle Hqunre Church, Boston. In
the Inst nnmed the fnce of his friend
and well-known public men nre repro
duced.
The sculpture by Bartholin sre nil
merout. In 1808 be was decorated by
the cross of the Legion of Honor,
Hooting nt t'mplrra mid Hliolbir Out-
lrak a Menace le Guitie.
It requires no stretch of the Imagina
tion to predict that some tliun or nu-
other, somewhere and somehow, some
thing 1 going to buppeii to that Im
portant Aiuctlciin i uiictloiiary, (he base
ball umpire, and If we do not misin
terpret the slemly drift toward vh
leiico on the diamond the happening
will be n trllbi more serious than a
profane bombardment of the eardrum,
more serious than nny of the disgrace
ful thing yet noted lu connection with
litis feature of the gretit Aiuerb-nu
game. What happened In Jackson,
Miss,, to I ' in .Ire Hnrlow, when It le
ciime necessary for Mayor Heming
way to visit him nt his hotel nnd as
sure him of protection, nud what hap
pened to I'mplre tilfford ut Monroe,
La., during n game there, nre but
straw showing the drift of the wind.
Baseball Is a great game. It ha a
splendid recreative value. It sweeps
tne cltlxen nway from the dull cares,
1 the sweat nnd grime of life' routine
nml often tints the sunset of existence
with somewhat of the glow of yester
day, for though we hiivn slipped Into
the slim groove of nge nnd mny be
hurrying to a hole lu the ground, we
mny yet be boys again, nud thrill with
the remembered pnsslon nud excite
ment of the schoolgrnuud. But base
ball Is too often robbed of Its poetic
color nnd the due exhilarating value of
the game by Just sui-ii disturbance as
noted nt Jackson and Monroe, em
pires, like other men, are mnde out
of clay. Being clay, they must err.
Bins may now and then dominate
them and shape their Judgment. Con
sciously wrong sometime, uncon
sciously wrong at others, lu the de
cisions they nmke, they are no better
ami no worse than the common run of
partisans, whether they nre of the dia
mond or uot. The presumption of hon
esty should run In every man's behalf,
whether he be baseball umpire or
what not, until there Is good proof to
the contrary.
in nny aspect of the case the dis
orders which now so often mark the
progress of ball games cannot do oth
er thnn Injure the sport. Aside from
the strictly baseball Interest of the
question, there Is nn Issue of greater
significance nnd of deeper public con
cern. Baseball 1 a passion with the
young American. No other form of
amusement, no other kind of contest
will to stir the blood of the Amerlcnn
boy. N other game ha ever been
nble to tnke It place In hi affections.
lie generally sect the game, staking
all hi youthful enthusiasm on one
side or tho other, though frequently
put to the stres of pouring hi soul
through a knothole In the fence. But
no mutter how, lie sees tho game nnd
its excitements nnd passions find lodg
ment In hi nature. If for no other
reason, the gnmo should be kept clean
ami on 'tho square for the good It mny
do to the Amerlcnn hoy. Assaults on
umpires, the profanity, the grumbling
and other violence In word and deed
enn do the young Amerlcnn no good
nnd should not be countenanced. jiH0.
ball manager should put a atop to nil
this disorder and vulgar byplay on the
diamond. Han Francisco Call,
Travel In Japan.
The railway traveler In Japnn buys
a first, second or third class ticket;
or, If he wishes to go rhenper still, tin
can get a ticket cnillllng him simply
to stand on the platform! Many of the
enr can bo entered cither from the
side or the end.
After all, there Isn't a much wort
sensation thnn discovering thnt t con
temporary look suddenly old.