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His Heart's Desire By SIR WALTER BBSANT tsi c think yott ltd bee a murdering aorn body." David ut down, taring with ths blankest astonishment. IU had by thla ttme aucceeded la Impressing upon hla brain the fixed conviction" that hla uncla kept hla tuurdeeoua aeaault a secret oat of regard for tha faulty nama, and h cam prepared to b aubmlaalva, to ex press contrition, and to offar. la return for tha aacrat being atUl kept, to giro DESPOTISM OF POWER power to throw open the portal o( tha republic to tha pagan horde o( tha Chineee empire. You all hate reason to khnow what that would mean to American labor and to American Institution.. Yet under the hypocritical pretext that to coutlnue to exclude Chinee tout tbli country will to to forfeit our trade Avery C. Moore, editor o! the Welaer Uh chln. the deepotlara of power d back to hla uncla the long-lost bos full (Idaho) World, delivered tha principal clare that the bar tuuit come down, f papera. And now, thla eonvlctloa d at lne portUnd labor Pay ei- It spoke through a national gathering strayed, he knew not what to think or ... . .ra th other day epoke cowardly ami What id ut lerciatia, ocpveiuoer i u aiwiwi "-I. ' .1 . . 1 "1. ..!. V . v. .. M.. ... .tn to th sham ot the lUte represented. itJiI -? .Ur U, "W' lt. Ul ptrt onow : Hut the time will toon be at hand !o Uncla, you are playing aome deep game with ma. Ton ara like a rat with CHAPTER I3L Continued.! "What waa hla accident?" "He Ml from hla pony coming home at night Some aay he waa In drink; but then ha waa alwaya a sober man. Mr. George Sidcot It waa that found hlin lying In the road. He waa Inaenalble for three day. When he came to he couldn't remember nor tell anybody how the acci dent happened; but he aald he'd been robbed, though hla pocket waa full of money, aud hla watch and chain hadn't been taken. Papera they were, he aald. that ha waa robbed of. But there'a many thlnka ha muat have put thoae papera aomewhere. and forgotten because of the knock on hla head." "OUT' the atranger rubbed hla hands. i. ... 1. - .w. I 1 Mxlnan l.lmr t inuk ami when It I Wlta ma. Ton ara Ilka a eat Ik a r.aca American, wucirn ne wui a 1 -v. -1 -- wu ion era t ie a cat wua a 1, .ut .. u ii.nn,l.r tnnM that had married and who were dead; be In- 10a ara old. but you are foxy; who me neau or n.a nan...; v,..w.rr... w. ... , --..-, quired Into tha poaltlon and proapecta ef T'" tt a game of your own to play, la an employer or a wage earner; no will reverberate through every corridor aU the fanna; he ahowad the moot In- T oln Py that game low matter where he waa born or what creed of the nation capltol, that the repub- .1 . 1-.. ,.v .....v. ..4 down. Coma." ha made ana mora effort ha nmraaa. la antltUI tn Ita lii.Wl bv llc'a sacred Boll Bhall never become a ...uxuif .u, ..1 - - ; - i , . , to aacertala It the Imooaalble really bad hla i.tlova nn hla wortb aa a man. In haven lor a race of men who do not happened "come. It'e like a game of return he la bound In honor to do hla want to call It "home;" that because bluff, ain't It? But let'e drop It, and beat to give to every man a fair detl, manhood, and not the dollar, la tha play with the carda on the table. Bee, . no m(kn imwn mort ,nJ no m .tan.lard of value In meaaurlng great- new hare amy baod-I heard laa night . .. neae-we do not want, and will not loai you were auve ana aaarty, laougo . . , ..... h.... ,r.,u fti ni,in. if 11 muat the greateat Intereat la the a ft a Ira of all the famlllea. Yet no one eould remem ber who he waa. Aout 8:30 o'clock the door waa open ed again, thla time to admit Harry Rab lahna. tha hlarkmmlth kn kaJ haaa in- Uhlng the choir practice., lie at.Ppd la ry rta-oa ta think yeu wera . br of ChU wUh u . TZ?? I kM. ; VYii 'V.:;7cw whr .ddreM of a prominent member of the Do you aak me how the deepoll.m of !v" I kn.w. Gnr. .i.ki t ... .Markl h. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen- loer muat to overthrown? Itrothere, Why. he cried, "It'e Mr. David I furaa mai you were aaaa. (joma, now. 1 iiieuuurw ioueeTeu. 10 moiriinin 1111 Ulfhaa come back again, and him in w m Uat you ware auve will be my enaeavor to apeaa to you weapon 10 ub, aim uia 0110 wean ui rjr and hearty, I Bald te myaelf. To-morrow today. I which power alanda In deadly foar. Q 1. r- rw..i t ..u t- I'" f d have It out with him when n a In the nature of man to lollow Uee It. workera of Oregon, but flrat Join Tm better now.- ha aald; "I am much Eso cj,DDin, hinJ- t- thinw tht people are at church and there'a ,mplB hen he will not give heed to hands. better. Out In Auatralia I cauaht a th.t B0B of B1 knw hlm -ihti T oecauae way iou n p , mJ u mi0i tojay to I And I believe that the ballot ahould I Vcill aVlll.1 tint Bnt 111 Vvevikrt fentBf IT " . . " . I. . . a t ..... h 1" know that the American cltUen baa be in tue nan.ia 01 ever) American wo- WV'..ii. . va 1,..- continually before him a pillar of man. There la no phaae of eilatence ydal T'mTLJl .h'!! y cloud bv day and a pillar of Are by that woman hai not brightened, and ' " I III. I feTer. and it girea me a abock now and again. Much better now. 8v Old Dan Liahan fell from hla pony ha had an acclJeut and ha fell from hla pony on hla head and waa aeoaelesa for three daya and waa robbed of papereT Now. who could haee robbed him of papera? Were they valuable paperaT" "Well, that I cannot aay." Did you erer aee a man In an hya terical fit? lt i pretty bad to Uk at a woman laughing and crying with uncon trolled and uncontrollable passion, but It la far worse to aee a man. Thia atrong. rugged man. eelied with an hysterical fit. rolled about upon the bench, rolling hia ahouldera and crying at the same tiro-. but 'tis laugh waa not mirthful and hia crying was a acresm, and he ataggered aa he laughed. Then he steadied hint aclf r.ith one hand on the tabic; he caught at another man'a ahouldcr with the other baud; and all the time, while the villagers looked on opeu-mou'hed. be laughed and cried, and laughed again, without renson apparent, without re straint, without mirth, without grief while the tears coursed down his cheeks. Borne of the men held hlm by force; but they could not atup the atrong auboitg or the hiccoughing laugh or the shaking of hia limbs. At last, the fit spent, ne lay back on the settee, propped against the corner, exhaunted. but outward! calm and comned again, "Are you better now?" asked the land lady Tve been 111," he aaid. "and aomethlng ahook me. Seems as if Pre bad a kind of a fit. and talked foollah. liaely. What did I aay what did I talk about f "You were aaking after Mr. Leighan. Who ara you? What do you want to know about Mr. Leighan? You aaked about his health and hia accident. And then you had a fit of byaterlca. I never saw a man nor a woman, neither In auch hysterics. You'd beat go home and ret to bed. Where are you going to Bleep? Where are you going to?" "Where'a your husband, Mrs. Exon? Where' a Joseph T he aaked, unexpected ly Mrs. Exon started and gaaped. "Jo- BeDb'a eone to Botey with the cart. He ought to hare been borne an hour ago. But who are you?" "William Sheara" he turned to one of the men "you don't aeem to remember me?" "Why, no," William replied with a Jump, because It Is terrifying to be rec ognized by a stranger who baa fits ami talks about live men's ghost. "No; I can't rightly aay I do." "Grandfather Dergea he applied to the oldets inhabitant, who is generally found to have just outlived hia memory, though If you had asked him a week or two ago he could have told the moat wonderful things "Grandfather Derges, don't you remember me?" "No, I don't. Seems as If I be old enough to remeruber everybody. But my memory Isn't what it waa. No, I don't remember you. Yet I ahould aay, now. as you might belong to these parts, be'ise you t?era to know my name." "I remember you, Grandfather, when you used to cane the boys In church." "Ay, ay." said the old man. "So I did, ao I did. Did I ever cane you, mas ter? You must have a wonderful mem ory, now, to remember that." "Don't you remember me, William Clampit?" he asked a third man. "No, I don't," replied William, short ly, aa If he did not wish to tax hia mem ory about a man so ragged. "I've been away a good many years,' he said, "and I've come back pretty well as poor as when I left and a sight more ragged. I didn't think that a beard and rags would alter me so that nobody should know me. Why, Mra. Exon, does a man leave the parish every week for Australia, that I should be ao Boon for gotten V lie did not speak In the least like one of themselves, his manner of speech was not refined, It is true; but there are shades, so to apeak, which differentiate the talk of the masters from. the talk of the rustics. "I have come back without anything except a little money in my pocket Now, Mrs. Exon, give me aome bread and cheese for supper; I've had no dinner. And that you should come to my house, of all the houses In the parish, first, and me not to know you: and you In thla con dition! But you'll soon change all that; and I'll make up the bed for you and your uncla and MUa Mary will be down right glad to aee you. Mr. David! Te think of my not kuowing Mr. David!" CHAPTER X. It waa exactly 12 o'clock Sunday morn Ing when Mr. Leighan waa auddeuly aa ever It waa." "Oh!" aald David, "than you da re member everything?" "Of course I do." "Then, uncle, have It out Let ua talk open. I've never forgotten It. I have aaid to myaalf over and over again, 'Pro sorry I done It.' I wished I hadn't done nlnht the life and character of the the American political ayatem will be- noblest among living men the preel- come free from tarnish and take on lua dent of the United Htatea. He It la tre whenever woman la established in who aays, "Keen American is entitled the elective franchise. Years ago we to to Judged on hla worth as a man." struck the word "man" from the con He It la who says, "Every man de- stltutlon of my state, and every election serves a fair deal neither more nor day since then has seen the husbands leea." These are the truths that power and wives, the fathers and mothers of UH m uvu ur, Al.M.U " lUWUfUU I I. . .1 - M .. - k I k. . i. ....... I . ..." I. . . .. . ... . i .ft 11 v. . . " 11. w .v. "v-vm" at u.qi wo.b ,. a-"- 11. j-n- i .. Ce. but which over Idaho traveling nana in nana in in l. v " " came; wno ever neara 01 a uvt oidi . ,mn .m.,u n.blnL,ft.n ghoatr CHAPTER XI. The man'a atark, star! tig madT Daniel Leighan. "Come. now. Either say, 'David, I cried Then wa ahall know where we are. "1 don't understand one word you aay. Stay!" A thought auddenly struck him. "Stay! The last time I set eyes on you It was on the morning you left Chaila combe, and on the aame day that I met with an accident. Tha last time I set eres on you was In this room. You a million American worklngmen are steadfast ways of Citlxenahlp. And we banded together to defend. would riot return theee wlvei and It was the "Hard of Avon" who aald: mothers of Idaho to subjection any "Ob, It la excellent to have a giant's more than we would take the other atrength, but It is tyrannous to use it steps backward into barbarism. Tha like a giant." The power which gold happy experience of the paat few years forgive you. because there waa not much confere doe not jwsetHia the character I lias renderwi us prooi against nuicuia I forclve you if ot benevolence. True, there have in ana the iaie uocirine 01 wie super i- you'll help ua In the wsy that you only Instance wherein men have acquired orkty of man. When men say to ua can help me;' or else aay, 'David. I'll power and uaed it gently, but they are that that the ballot degrades woman bear malice all the daya of my life.' rare and aa refreshing as the showers hood but they don't say that to the that come in aummet. The abuse of men of Idaho; it wouldu t to well with power ia the rule, and It la the abuse them It they did. of power which la giving the people Yes, the workers of this country will concern. come into their own through the ballot The quarrel ia not ao much with the bos, and through the ballot box alone, man who has power as with the condl- They will obey the laws aa they find lion which bestow it. The system them but change them when they ara 1 ... . 1 a 11 I at . 1....- cursed and swore at me. You went on wntcti makes me happiness ana wen wrong, rower preiers 10 oney uio ibwb your knees and prayed the Iord In a being of thousands subject to the ca- it pleases to obey ana break tha moat disrespectful manner to revenge price ot an individual, or an association others at will. Hut example set by yon, as you put It. Do you wish me to 0f individuals, is wrong, and to diffuse power will not remain very long. Kach forgive those Idle words? Man allva! this power among the people should to day I developing atrong men in tha you might a well ask roe to forgive the the. ambition of every man, whether in public service men so atrong that they last night's thunder. Reproach yourself prvate or In public life. are demanding otodience to the law as much ss you please Pm glad you've M brotlier, 1 UVB not in to you alike from the hovel and the palace, got auch a tender con.clenca-but don t fa .g, of pcin.m. One The proper employment of the ballot tllTJtr1 cannot breatho the fri air of Idaho's will develop more of them. Then f Then you do remember, uncle." aald ''ne In hla life; ao when I aay to you ever. Thla la the last word of counsel David, with a sigh of Infinite satUfac- that there are great wrongs to to right- that I would leave with you today: Do tlon. "Well, I thought you would re- ed in thia land we love ao well, I would not let the superficial things of life member, and bear malice, It waa the have you know that I believe they can blind your eyes to the things aubatan- last you saw of me, you see aad the last be and will to righted righted by the tial. Men with the reins of power in I saw of you." genius, and in the wrath It need to of their hands will try It, either directly David laughed, not the hysterical blm who Is greater than all the crowned or through their minions in congress, laugh of last night, but a low laugh of aoverelgna that have been or are your Don't to deceived. When your con- sweet satisfaction and secret enjoyment. brother and mine the American clti- gressman talke to you about a larger "Wall, uncle, since you doat bear mai- Mn navy or the dual tariff, remind him Ice, there a no barm done. And now .i.t,i ... n,.. - n.tl,,n.l .mi.lnvar'. ll.hllliv will make a family scandal-end ma goat w, eaa b frlenda again, I suppose? And " . .." ,". ; "Zi::" ': away and all was there? Coma, let us h( K COmes to foxlness. perbsps It will ou man in v . luinew. u. u.. .... .. ... . ... I ' I I 1, . . I .III w. , 1.. a I , n . 1. 1 I In Im itnmlntf A..1.1I1 .nil ..lr tl I m step somehow, but could not st the mo ment remember to whom It belonged. The roan, whoever he waa, knew hia way about the place, because ha came from the back and walked straight, treading heavily, to the room where Mr. Leighan waa alttlng and opaoed the door. It waa T1..1 . ..11 v:. -..i. hi. ........ Tl I " -- an, .... ft"". AUC.w w.. .1 k.l- ... I .V. meat in hla appearauce. Joseph Exon had lent him certain garment a In place of those he had worn the day before; the canvaa trousers, for Instance, had gone, and the terrible felt hat with tha bole In the crown. Ilia dress wss bow of a nondescript and Incongruous kind, the sailor's Jacket HI assorting with the rustic corduroy trousers and waistcoat. He threw open the door and stood con fronting the man whom he bad laat eeeo dead, as be thought, killed by his own hand. He tried to face him brasenly, but broke down and atood before him ith hanging head and guilty eyea. "So." said Daniel Leighan, "It Is Da vid come back again. Wa thought you were dead." "You hoped I waa dead; aay It out," aald David, with a ropy voice. Dead or alive, It makes no difference to me. Stay; you were In my debt whan you went away. Have you come to Bet tie that long-outstanding account?" David atepped Into tha room and abut the door behind him. "You have got something to say to ms first," be said In a husky voice. "Have it out now, and get lt over. Something you've kept dark, eh?" "What do yoo mean?" "Outside they knew nothing about It That was well dona. No occasion to make a family scandal and have it out, old man. Who robbed ms of my land?" His words were defiant, but his eyes were uneaay and auspicious. "Say, rather, who fooled away hla In heritance with drink and neglect?" "Bobbed me, I aay!" If I had not bought your land soma one else would. If you've coma home In thia disposition, David, you had better go away again as soon as you please. Don't waate my time with foollah talk." 'David's gone, you said. 'When he comes back, we'll have It out We won't have a family scandal.' Well, I am back. I thought you were dead." "I am not dead, aa you see." "Well, go on. Say what you ve got 1.- mv ..... . nt.v fnv ana JIB people Will not w Biiacaieu in nena me cuuiiii kiwhhi shu iui uiiii d my iuru v jm. ... 1 t li... i .1 ... i 1. -l .1 1. 11. "Play away, David play away. minu or in inausiry, uecausa uacaire wua. ua iuhjuui u uu hi .1. "I've come ' home, you see" David strong enough for that purpose have may to endeavoring to keep a sinking planted his feet more firmly and leaned never yet been forged. bark afloat on the comfortless ocean of forward, ons band on each knee "I've But they are a patient nation, the polictical eminence by stopping the come borne." American people. Conscious of the leaks with the doctrine of class hatred. "In rags." strength of a race of giants, they have Whnn he lie to yon about your home "In poverty and rags. I've got noth- .in...i , rmln nntl nmlnr nrnvoca- mlra in danaer of Mormon invasion. Ing but two or three pounds. V hen they U(m Blrike( anJ trlke hardi llut he jj him t,,at yot ,re qillt willing to sre gone, Pbsps before. I aball want t- Me doea not reftJ uke wc 0, r own i,0inea and re- mora money. The world Is their htU)TJ ;right mlnd hlra that he will And a national Ides laT'fnle like yours'slrTatS There are five men in this country 8-hour measure pending In congress there Isn't enough work to go around, today who, acting in concert, could which Is designed to give iyou two hours Mostly they live like you, by plundering stop the wheels of Industry and bring more each day In which to do It. Then snd robbing." about the desolation that follows panic, if he fails to perform your will, replace "Find work. then. In this country If True, they don't do it It wouldn't pay him with some one else. There are you don't work you won't get any money. n dollars and cents just now ; but the I men among your citizens who are brave to say. I'll ait and Haten. Come; we Do you think you are the more likely to power 8 theirs the power that the enough and eloquent enough to stand get money out of me by calling names 7 I people, must regain. It doea not alter up on the floors of congress and fight "Well, you see, uncle, I think I shall the comitlon any to aay that one of the oattles ot the people; send them to finda way to get some money out of thel)e men j, a prominent member of represent you. ,0v1 . . t. the Baptist church; the church long Bhall I add a word of testimony re- vld,Nw ly" - ge ."y7h.0w..P:nwo;idDof 1 'und him a burden. It doe. not garding the Institution of labor union- oeterminitlon in Mr. Leighan when It ubtract anything from the danger to ism? During the year, that I have came to refusing money. y that another of these power en- held membership in organized labor I "It's natural that you should ssy so throned men is erecting free libraries have always found patriotism to to Hi to begin with." Ills manner had now of marble and granite. In the eyes of Invigorating principle. It delight, me nuit changed. He began by being con- labor these are but the monument, to contemplate the splendid work for . I r . . .. . . . . 1 I . , . t i . . I It I .v. 1 1. 1 .1 1 1. you went away. That Is all I have to fused, hesitating ana snnmeisceu, ue was joilereu oy a atricxen conscience to me numan society vuai it una uune ana is say to you, David. What are you staring now assured, and even braggart "I ex- martyred tollers ot Homestead and Lat- continually striving to do. In every like a black pig for7" pected aa mucn. xou woum ramer mmer martyr, to the despotism 01 struggle to place the race ol man upon Oh!" cried David. "Is lt possible? I roor nPhew ,Ur7 tt,"n , power. higher ground labor unionism has been What does he mean? Come, old man, P"1?' "u ve rouu.u ' "" From servile court, they have wrung In the vanguard, battling with courage You can't do anything u T,Lur,"u "'" " , ." ":, ;.,; Z, owe you so much. Pay It out, then. 'David," said bis uncle, quietly. "drink haa evidently driven you off your head. Family acandal? What waa there to hide? Good heavens! do you suppose that the whole of your family, with its profligacy and drunkenness, wss not known to all the countryside? Why, your history is ons long scandal. Things to hide? Why, the whole parish wss so ashamed of you that lt rejoiced when don't bottle op. You can't do anything T ur'rtl " irm the brntal injunction, and with the and devotion a. honor .how. the way. to me now, and I might do a great deal n com" b"J ,n, ,"ts, you tsii mm fruit( of,aWi ton purcha8Wi legi.a. U ha. not always won-but all of 1U for you; I might, If you didn't bottle up M f".. hurL' Dl-id m. nneu tlon to keep themselves in power then victories have been for clvillxatlon and snd bear f malice. Come-you and me ,V"aJu,et,y. f am 0id t0 b, asked applause for erecting .chool. that for peace, and the good that It la doing w7 !? tn-7 111 r w- moved by words. Now, If you have noth- the children ot the poor are not permit- today we can neither measure nor com- "What do wa two know? AH I know ' ' ...1 .v.. ii . ..,! .-a flin .k.. w.a knh.ui. .niuui l ma mnri rn t. Kll. i lhi biin in buid hi KbbVllUa SBiava IVI uiiinai 1 uinuuiiui v v v vav aasavvv vusa w is h BinivJU" la that you have been away for six years, and you come back In rsgs, that you bad a fit of soms kind last night up at Joseph Exon's. Have you got any account to give ef yourself?" (To be continued.) libraries with books that they do not ing the coming day when the despotism know bow to read. lot power ahall be "aa a tale that la I rejoice that the despotism of power told" and the right, ot man forever Helpful. lira. Nexdore My daughter bad her doe. not rest ao heavily upon the men more established. rwt hnttia nn " David aaid feablv flrat opportunity last night to play the and women of the golden west a. upon This i. the whole of the mission ot "There's nobody bare but you aad ms. I'll own up. And then I can help you Being 111, you see, and shaken more than M el" ca?lf ou on't1 bott,t a bit, I didn't want any dinner. Then o0- If T0B io7nLwl "? . 3LouT 7 . ...... I Wlaa tli. aA.lt J TLaaa'a BW Stht jfl IS SPS I'll have a pipe, and you shall tell ma the news and all that haa happened. Perhaps by that time you will find out who I am." When be had eaten his bread and cheese he began to smoke, showing no trace at all of his UU fit He talked about the parish, and showed that ha What's tha good? Thsrs's nobody hare but you and ma. What la the good of pretending that there'a nothing? Did you ever forgive anybody In your In 7 Do you think I believe you are going to forgive me you of all men In the world r new piano ve bought for her. Did you the toilers of the eastern jtatea. Life man and the only excuse for govern near her? in this Eden-land give, an interpreta- ment. It may not be in our genera Mrs. Pepprey Yes, and wa had tlon to liberty that they have not ex Tlon, but we will live in the faith that company laat night; wa were da perienced and therefore cannot under- the time will come when the cltlien lighted. stand; bnt in the great struggle that shall to judged, not by his good., or Mrs. Nexdore Er-really? engage, them they have the right to hi. land., or hi. dollar., but "on hia Mra. Pepprey Yes, we didn't Uke expect help from you. worth a. a man." And when that day ... -.'nera at all and were clad they And the time will come, and come comes, a review ot the age. that have WUr V"" I II. 1 Ml J 1L.I. U 1 1 L .1 11 11... . lat asrlr PhiladelDhla Free. - quicaiy, wueo you win ueeu vueir ueip 1 gone, or a lurecaaii ot tooae tuai are to W yivavi v" Auift?iiivtv iui bug aunuwiuiuft;, iukii ijv rati ui m iiouihv ou uglllQ "Leave off thla non-use about hiding Don't to aurpriaed . J if L ! l WT" SS eleVbr In HI 1 unholy ' ambition, of the despoti.m ot py in their home.
