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Giimot,"
CHAPTEB XVI. (Contlnotd.)
"Bat Sir Reginald compelled me to do
H. I begged nd entreated him to excuee
me; 1 told bltu It was sinful, but be flew
Into a pauioo, and bade me disobey blm
on the peril of bit everlasting dlspleas
ure. Sir, I waa homeless, and be was
tckl Wbat til I to do?"
"forgive mel Yon poor little girl, I
waa fast and crusl In my judgment. You
were, Indeed, obliged to execute the rile
plana of the baronet. There," added be,
tenderly, aa be drew her haudi from her
face, and wlttt hii handkerchief wiped
away herteara; "weep no more; you
were not to blame. Child, give me your
band In token of forgiven."
"Then you do not despla me?"
"Deaplae you? Not not I only," he
topped; ha waa about to aay "lov you,"
but remembering hi tow, he added oft
ly, "pity you."
"Ye. you may pity me! Oh, auntie,
anntU! mhw AA I aver tirornl V0U to
come to til wretched place?" waa her
walling cry.
Ultlll holding her band In Ma, and also
taking from her the candl, b turn!
and led her down the long, ateep etatra.
Only one did Ethel apeak, then aba
merely aaldt
"Hlr Reginald will b rery angry If be
heart of your entrance beret Mutt he
be told?"
"I will think It over and let you know
to-morrow. You mut aleep to-night and
to recover from fhl nervousness."
Thav soon reached the bottom ttalr,
and entered th corridor. Then Ethel
remembered that her work waa but half
done, and the rent could not be accom
tjllahed until Dr. Elfenateln had left her.
(Turning to blm, the aald;
"Will you kindly tell me how you en
tered thla place? You muat leave me
aow, going silently aa yon cam."
"I will. I cam through the rulna. I
taw you open door and reach for a
basket, then I Inatantly entered."
"Hut aurely, I fattened It again?"
"You were ao agitated, you forgot to
do It. I certainly opened It, without dif
ficulty, and crept after you, eager to
olv th myatiry of th haunted tower,
which 1 then, for th flret time, began
. to connect with your movement. Hut
you art weary now, ao I will leave you,
nd return a I came."
Giving back the candle, he took her
hand and waa Juat saying, "Good niifht,,
Mtaa Nevergall," when auddenly both
topped abort in their walk: both turn
ed deadly pale, aa abort, atranga, loud
repirt, cloa by their eara, atartled and
Confounded them.
Then, o their horror, aometblng darted
toward them, bug form awoopod
pant, daahlng th candla to th ground,
tbu extinguishing It, leaving them In
total durkneea and gloom.
"Oh. what ia It? What la It?" cried
th terrified girl, aa ih neatled cloae to
her companion, while he. acarcely realiz
ing wbat b did, threw bia arm arouud
hur form, to protect bar from he knew
not what.
Buddtinly a wild, unearthly laugh, or
yell, Boated to them from the other end
of the corridor, and aa It paased, Dr.
Elfenateln preaaed the girl ha held oloaer
to bit heart, and laid bla cheek agalnit
her frightened fact.
"Oh, do not leave mat I ahall die! I
bell diet" gaaped Ethel.
"I will not You are not ao afraid
now, and thua, cloae to me, are you,
dear?"
"No; not to fearfully afraid aa I waa."
Gently atrokltig her hair, the young
man felt, vn ln th terror, Inspired by
Chelr dreadful poaltlon, a feeling almost
of rapture teal over blm, aa he held
her thua cloe In hi arm, with her
clinging to hit walat. But auddenly,
calmer reflection came; he felt thla thing
muat be aeen to: whatever pretence bad
been near (hem muat be discovered, and
that he ought to follow up th aound.
"Child 1" h whlapcred, "whatever haa
been near ua, I know by that last cry,
baa neaped Into the rulna, through the
door by which I entered. That being ao,
I muat In duty carry you to a place of
afety, then aearch around to aee wbat It
could have been."
Inatantly, then, It flaehed over Ethel'a
mind, that th ape, Bir Reginald a choice
concealed treaanr, bad eacaped, and that
the knife aha bad to careletaly given hhn
had dona th deed. He had cut hit way
out. Oh, th terror thla thought thrust
Into her heart waa almnat unbearablo!
At once, ah becam, aa It were, dead
weight again In the doctor trine.
Then another thought cam that Im
carted new life. Her oath had been tak
en never to reveal th exlatance of Hi at
animal, nor of th concealed room. Iu
order to keep thla tow, Dr. Elfenttelu
muat not examine th premises.
Bhe knew well now th meaning of
that fint report Th beaat had knocked
down th Iron thelree, bunt open th
panda, and In conaequenc a light would
how th doctor that opening, and the
room beyond. No! he muat never exam
ine thla corridor. - Nerving herself for
new tatk, ah aaldt
"Doctor, I cannot consent to being left
moment here alone! Nor will I con
cent to your txpoting youraelf further
to-nigke. Take me, then, to my room,
and w will lock up thie place, and you
can ateal coftly from th bout another
way."
"But, Mlta Navergall, turcly tbli
ugtt to be Investigated."
"Oh, no, plea do not lnveattgate! I
cannot allow It, cannot endure rt!"
A th ipok, long, deep ihudder
patted over her frame, and the doctor,
noticing It, knew at once that her nerv
ous ayttem could ataud no more, there
fore, felt It waa beat to yield.
"Shall I not, tt leaat, light the can
dler "No, not I cannot bear It!" murmured
the poor girl, horrified at the thought of
what t light might reveal.
"Tell me, then, which way your room
Ilea, and I shall carry you thither at
nee I"
"Straight! Juat beyond the door by
which you entered, through a pntftage
way, my room lira oppoait lta door,"
he returned. "But, Indeed, doctor, I
can walk, If yon will only let me bold to
your arm. I would rather.
"Well, be It o!" returned the man, re
letting her, yet atlll retaining her band,
Which ha drew under hia arm.
When they net red the door of the ruin,
however, Ethel felt a atrong current of
air upon her cheek, which revealed the
fact that It atood wide open, and in
atantly deadly fear of th horrible
creature that bad eacaped, being atlll
near, wlted her, and again the thraak
cloaer to her friend, while her filtering
tepa told of departing ttfength.
Without ward, Earl Elfenateln lift
ad bar u Ma anna, tod to paa4 Into the
BY EMILY THORNTON
Auther of " Rov Rdsskll'i Rrts,"
"Tuk Fashionable Mothm," Etc.
passageway. Remembering that hit
presence there mutt be kept a aecret, th
young girl whispered!
"Step softly; let no one heart"
"I will," he breathed back, and guid
ed by the dim light under the door In
dicated, be pasted through, emerging
from the open wardrobe, Into th bed
room beyond.
Placing her In a large easy chair, be
stepped back, closed and fastened both
doors, then returned to ber side.
"l'lenee, doctor," she murmured, "ex
amine every part of thla room before you
go, to be sure th dreadful th dread
ful," she hesitated.
"Yes, I know," he interrupted, "and
yon will aoon aee yon are perfectly eafe."
Obeying her wish, ha then made a
thorough aearch of room and closet But
a he supposed, nothing was to be seen.
"Now, how will you leave the bouaatf"
the murmured, anxiously.
A aly look back towards the corridor
caused ber to exclaim, In whlaper, a
ilia laid her band enlrcatingly on bit
arm!
"Not there, doctor, promise m you
will not return to that place thi night,
but will go directly home."
Again Enrle yielded to the pleading of
the eweet girl beside him, and again an
swered: "Then I must either drop from your
window or go through the hall. Stay! I
He strong strap around your trunk.
It la the very thing! I will faxten it to
the balcony, and ao Blip down by Its
aid to the ground. Are you willing?"
"Perfectly. Doctor," she whispered,
"do you kuow I should bava died from
fright bad you not been there?"
"Yea, I know; and now, before I any
good night, I shall mix you a compos
ing draught, and then you must promise
me, to go inatantly to your bod, aa noon
aa you take In the atrap, and close th
window, and the last tiling, awallow th
preparation I thall leave, Will you do
this, in return for my not Investigating
further, what I ao you do not wish ex
plained?"
Ethel hesitated, then remembering that
ah could not aee Sir Reginald that night,
ah gave the promise.
A moment more passed, and then the
strap hud been fastened, the doctor bad
whlttpered "Good night," and ah watch
ed him disappear amid the darknea and
storm.
Darting out, th secured the strap
without trouble, fastened down th win
dow, and aoon alept tinder the effecta of
th anodyn he bad ao thoughtfully left
for her ute.
Well Indeed waa It for her that she
could aleep, for without eotne ret th
could never have borne the terrible ex
citement that awaited her in the Hearing
hours of the coming day.
CHATTER XVII.
The next morning Ethel attempted to
rite, aa usual, but found heraelf to ill
with tick headache that the attempt
waa vain. Kvery time ah lifted her
head from her pillow, It throbuvd wild
ly, while a blind diitinesa came over ber
to such an extent that she folt It were
better to keep atlll for a while until it
pasted away.
At nine o clock a servant came to her
room, and ahe tent an excuse to the
family for hur non appearanc. About
ten a message came from Hir Reginald,
asking bow soon ah could com to him?
81i returned for answer that her head
was still In such pain that she feared not
until afternoon.
About five Dr. Elfenateln called to aee
his patient, and his lordship at once re-
nuested him to look after hit secretary,
aaying that th waa not able to come to
blm, while lie waa moat anxious to aee
her. Mrs. Fredon waa then dispatched
to Mita Nevergail's room to prepar her
for a vlalt from tm doctor.
At th young man entered, he was
rcnlly startled to aee bow wan and pale
the excitement ot the night before, and
a few hours' Illness, had made her. Bhe
had made several attempts to rise, anil
had succeeded In dressing herself, but the
exertion had overcome her, and one
more ahe had been obliged to recline up
on th bed, while her large dark eye,
and black dress, made ber cheeks teem
almost- Ilk anow,
"Oh, doctor!" she stghed, aa be ad
vo need and took her hund In bis. "Con
you give me something to stop till head
ache, ao that I can go to Sir Reginald?
Ho baa wanted mt all day, and haa tent
for me several timet, and I must tee hltn,
but I cannot teem to get there.'
"You hav dons right to keep still. I
will give you a remedy that I think will
cauae you relief In an hour'a time. Un
til then, you should try to aleep."
Preparing liquid, h carefully held
the tumbler to her llpa, aaw her drink
It, then throwing a light shawl over ber,
left, aaying aa b did aoi
"If you aleep now, I am almost certain
you can vlalt hit lordship In th length
of time I mentioned."
It teemed that the medicine, and his
calm, kind worda did soothe her, for at
once ahe fell Into th restful deep to
much needed. The nap proved quite a
kmi one, and It waa aeven o'clock in th
evening befor ah crept through th hall,
and with a trembling frame but head
greatly relieved, entered Sir Heglnald'a
presence. At once ahe anw that her 111
neaa had discomposed him, and that ha
waa unusually irritable and nervous.
"I am torry I could not come to you
aa usual, ah began, but he interrupt
ed her by aaying crossly:
"Oh, yes; I dar aay. Stop all apolo
gias and while we are alone tell me if
you o!eyed my orders last night,
"I did," faltered the poor girl.
"Did th thing work well?" asked h.
eagerly.
"It did. I had no trouble In th Tow
er, at all; but, O, Sir Reginald, some
thing terrtbl haa happeuedr
"What?' exclaimed the tick man.
starting up In ao sudden a manner that
It caused him to fall back with a groan,
although he kept a firm grip on th ami
he had eelicd in bla excitement regard
lesa of the fact that hla tight grapp caua
vd her to turn pal with pain.
"I dread telling you, but juat aa I left
the Tower to push bark the panel a
frightful noise of a heavy fall came,
Jheu a large monster darted out, dashed
the candle from my hand, and with a
howl disappeared, leaving me half dead
with fright."
"Girl! girl!" yelled the Infuriated man,
his face turning purpl with rage, "what
la this you ttll me? Gone! tote aped!
Speak!" added he, roughly shaking her
by the arm. "Tell nw It ia a II a lie
that you aaid Juat now!"
"No, 8lr Reginald," returned th pallid
Eoheij "It It tht truth. WbattTtr you
had there got ont last nlgbt tod ran oil
through th rulna!"
"What did you do wrong that mad
tfcia happen) Anawer, or I will tear you
to piece!"
"Helens my arm, tlr! You arc cruel
In your rage! You hurt mel"
"Speak then. How did be get out of
hit prison ?"
With a faltering voice the frightened
girl, while writhing in hit grasp, mur
mured: "I dropped th knife on the shelves t
few nights before and forgot It. It
whirled around, and I knew by tbe cry h
gava that he hud It."
"Idiot!" returned the enraged being
before her, aa he gave her arm auch a
fearful wrench that it dislocated tilie el
bow. "Out of my sight; out of my house
tbl Instant! You have ruined me with
your carelessness! Not another night
shall you aleep under this roof!"
Once again be raised bia arm this
time to strike. But fortunately, with
a moan of pain at the Injury ahe had al
ready austalned, she had darted back,
and so tbe blow descended on empty air.
Without another look at the man be
fore her tbe poor young girl crept from
bis presence, and drawing herself back
to her room, fastened herself In, while
she sought to prepare for her departure.
With ber arm hanging motionless by
her side, and nearly wild with pain, she
opened her trunk and thrusting her val
uables inside aa well as she could with
one hand, ahe locked them and dropped
the key Into her pocket
Fearing, ahe acarcely knew what, she
put the package of papers her aunt had
given her, with her purse, also In her
pocket, that she might be certain of their
safety. Then hastily putting comb,
brushes and night apparel in a band
aatcltel, alio paused to rest.
Advancing to her window, she found
that a heavy rain was still fulling, and
that darkness waa even then over flie
earth. Throwing her waterproof over
her shoulders, with its hood drawn over
her hat, she opened her door and glided
through tbe hall, down the stairs and out
of the front entrance, fortunately with
out being aeen by any of the family.
At she had passed the sick man a room
ahe knew by the sound of many excited
volcea within that they had gone to bis
assistance, and she Judged he must have
Injured his hip ty his passionate frenzy,
While she pitied the man, she feared
him, and never breathed freely until out
side the door. Then with a hurried step
ahe passed down the ramble.
Once away from the house and beyond
th reach of Sir Reginald's wrath, ahe
paused to consider whither ahe should
go, and what she should do.
Aa aha paused one tiling deemed plain.
She could do nothing until a physician
attended to ber wounded arm. In order
to have thla accomplished, it was evi
dent that she must seek Dr. Elfenstein
at hit horn.
Bhe shrank from doing this. Still It
could not be helped!" Hur arm could
not be raised, and on that arm ahe de
pended now for her dally bread.
Once In the road beyond she could see
lights In window of dwelling houses
far down the rood. The first of them
the knew was where Dr. Klfensteiii lived,
and hope revived once more, and ah
pressed on, thinking soon to be there.
(To be continued.)
OVERSTRAINED YOUTH.
Kxperta Bar that Germany's Commer
clal HU Ha Keen at Great Cost.
rriiHslnn military authorities are be
coming alarmed nt wlint they term the
degeneration of tbo German youth. In
countries like Germany, where a term
of military service Is required of every
able man, tbe examinations for army
fitness are pretty opt to Indicate the
true state of the tuition's health, and
when seventeen out of every thousand
applicants have weak hearts, It Is no
wonder that the authorities decide
there It something wrong.
Between the years 1881 and 1880 tUe
annual average of persons with heart
trouble was low, only 1.5 per thou
sand, and high-water mark was reach
ed In 181)8, when the) average was
found to be 17.4.
Perhaps the best opinion on the
cause of this nt a to of affairs is Unit
offered by Dr. Strieker, an army sur
geon, who has given the mntter care
ful study. He declares that overwork,
Irregular exercise, and Immoderate
and too early use of tobacco and Intox
icants are responsible for much of the
trouble. Another point to which the
Doctor calls attention Is the practice
of putting children at work too early.
At they often are required to toll be
yond their strength, the strain, with
Irregular hours of rest, results In prem
ature breakdowns, which, the Doctor
Is positive, have much to do with the
general standard of health. Washing
ton Tost
Modern Conveniences in the Alps,
The monks of St. Ilernurd have
taken advantage of modern Inventions
In their work of saving lives. A short
time ago two Swiss nlpeulsls started
out to go to the hospice. Half way up
they were overtaken by a snowstorm
and lost their way. After wandering
around the summit for several hours
they came across one of the new shel
ters built by the monks. Iu It they
found bread, cheese, wine, a spirit
lamp aud a telephone. With the tat
ter they called up the hospice and
asked for help, lly the tlmo they had
finished a good liienl a monk and a
dog arrived to show them the wny
The telephone at these shelters has
saved ninny lives during the winter.
A Novel Insurance Case.
A friend hi Mobile, Alabama, writes
that recently a young man In that sec
tlon bought a large quantity of fancy,
high-priced smoking tobacco, had It
insured for Its full value, smoked It
up and then put a claim In for the In
surance, stating that It bud been de
stroyed by lire. The case was taken
to court, tho Judge dividing In favor
of the young smoker. Next, the In
surance company had tbe .voting man
arrested for setting fire to his own
property, and the same Judge ordered
him to pay a fut flue mid ulso go t
Jail.
Vaccination in 1 ranee.
Vaccination Is now compulsory
France during the first ye.ir of 1
and revaoclnatlon during the vlewi
and twenty flint years.
Autos In German Army.
Automobiles made for the Herman
army haul five to eight-ton loads
through hilly country.
People are never so careless as when
they have a big lot of explosives
around.
Rank records show some ru prising
things about "good" nicu.
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PERSONAL feud have played
their part, and a fateful one, In
the history of the Presidency.
Had not Alexander Hamilton been
tu unyielding foe of Aaron' Burr, tbe
latter, and not Jefferson, would have
succeeded the elder Adams; but even
mora momentous in Its consequence
wat the long battle between Andrew
Jackton and Henry Clay. When Jack-
ton first ran for the Presidency, In
1824, the candidates opposing him
were Adams, Crawford and Clay.
None of the four secured a majority
of the Electoral College, and the eleo
tlon thua devolved upon the House,
with choice to be made from the three
Candida tea Adams, Crawford and
Jackson who had received the most
electoral votes. This debarred Clay,
who, forced, as be expressed It, to
choose between two evils, announced
that he bad decided to support Adams.
But Clay'e determination no tooner
became known than some of Jack-
ton's friends attempted to drive him
from It The weapon used for thla
purpose recalls one of the most dis
creditable incident! in our political
history.
Charge Against Clay.
A few dayt before the time set for
the election in the House a letter ap
peared In a Philadelphia newspaper,
asserting that Clay had agreed to sup
port Adams upon condition that he be
made Secretary of State. The same
terms, the latter alleged, had been of
fered to Jackson's friends; but none
of them would "descend to such mean
barter and tale." Tbe letter wua
anonymous, but purported to be writ
ten by a member of the House. Clay
at ouce published a card, In which
he pronounced tbe writer "a dastard
and a liar," who, If he dared avow his
name, would forthwith be called to
the field. Two days Inter tbe letter
wat acknowledged by a witless mem
ber from Pennsylvania, Kremer by
name, who asserted that the state
ment! he had made were true, aud
that he waa ready to prove them. A
duel with such a character was out of
the question. Something, however,
bad to be done, and Clay Immediately
demanded an Investigation by a spe
cial committee of the House. Such a
committee was duly selected. None
of its members had supported Clay for
the Presidency. Kremer promptly de
clared his willingness to meet the In
quiry; but In the end the committee
reported that be had declined to ap
pear before It, tending Instead a com
munication In which he denied the
power of tbe House to compel him to
testify. No further action was taken,
and in this shape, for the time being,
the matter rested.
Soon, however, came the election oi
Adumt by tbe House, followed quickly
by hit appointment of Clay at his Sec
retary of State. Though It Is now
generally acknowledged1 that there hud
beeu no bargain between Adams and
Clay, tt was natural that, at the mo
ment, the rank and file of Jackson's
following should regard Clay's appoint
ment as conclusive proof that Buch a
deal had been made. By accepting It
Clay made himself the victim of cir
cumstantial evidence. As a matter ot
fact, he hesitated to accept the place,
and finally assumed Us duties with re
luctance. What chiefly determined
him wat the belief that If he did not
accept it would be argued that be
dared not. This to Clay was more ob
noxious than the other horn of the di
lemma. He, therefore, took the alter
native of bold defiance; but in so do
lug committed a calamitous error.
A strong effort waa made at the mo
ment to reject Clay't nomination. Thlt
falling, the cry of "bargain and cor
ruption" was again raised, and with
It began another contest for tho Presi
dency, a contest louger and more scan
dalous than any other In our political
annals. Everything that rancorous
partisan Intention could concoct was
spread broadcast by the Jackson Jour
nals; nor were Clay and Adams the
sole, objects of the storm of slander.
Charges of the most Infamous charac
ter were made agalust Jackson, and
Inflamed his animosity against Adams
aud Clay to a degree that approached
Insanity. Jackson believed Cluy capa
ble of anything of which the latter
could be accused, and he himself gave
currency to the "bargain and corrup
tion" cry, which was printed, placard
ed and harped upon throughout the
land. Clay, on the other band, was
unable on the stump to assume the
line of dignified refutation; and hit
language, losing all restraint, became
the vehicle of raving wrath. The re
sult of the contest, was a signal tri
umph for Jackson. Even Kentucky,
Clay's own State, went against him,
and Adams retired In the shadow of
deep humiliation. Four years later,
when Clay himself was a candidate
against Jackson, he received but forty
ulue out of 2Sti electoral votes.
Fillmore-Weed Quarrel.
A quarrel which unninde. If tt did
not make, a President, was that be
tween Millard Fillmore and Thurlow
Weed. Fillmore wat one of Weed'e
political discoveries, and when they
met for the first time had Just gradu
ated from the wool carder's loom to
the dignity of a law office In Buffalo.
Fillmore, at Weed's suggestion, wat
tent to the legislature. William II.
Seward was there, serving his first
term as Senator, and upon the day
that the legislature met these three
men, one of whom was to become
President, another the Idol of his par
ty and Secretary of State, and the
third a maker of Governors, Senators
and Presidents, began an Intimacy
that lasted for more than twenty
years. Fillmore, by Weed'a help, wat
tent to Congress, where he speedily
became one of th leaden ot the
Whigs, and also by Weed'a direction
Seward was elected Governor of and
then Senator from New York. Weed
brought about the nomination of Fill
more for Governor In 1844, two yeara
later made blm Controller ot the State,
T8
Mb
and In 184S helped him to second place
on the ticket with Taylor.
Taylor and Fillmore were elected;
but no tooner wat the latter seated
In office than tbe ambition for tbe suc
cession seized him, end desiring to
break Weed'a power, which he feared,
and Seward's prestige, of which he
wat Jealous, he coldly turned bit back
upon bis old friends. He set out to
create a machine of his own in New
York, and when of a sudden he be
came President, through the death of
Taylor, he filled the chief otficea in the
State with men who were loyal to blm,
turning out othera who bad borne the
brunt of the Whig party' battles.
Thus be struck at the very vitals of
the organization of which Weed and
Seward were the master spirits. At
the same time be cultivated the South
ern Wblgt and signed the Fugitive
Slave law. "We must match strength
with him," taid Weed to Seward, "and
show to the country that, although he
Is President, be does not control the
Whlg of New York." The test came
In 1S52, In the State convention which
preceded the national convention of
the Whigs. Weed controlled the con
vention; but Fillmore's friends bolted
aud formed an organization of their
own. The party was thus split in
twain Iu the pivotal State of New
York, and though Scott defeated Fill
more for the nomination in the Whig
national convention, it wat only to be
beaten at tbe polls. Though Fillmore
survived for two-and-twenty years his
term as President, but once did be
emerge from the retirement to which
vaulting ambition had consigned him.
That was in 1850, when he was nomi
nated for the Presidency by the rump
of the Whig party, Fremont being the
Republican candidate. Both were de
feated by Buchanan.
Another long-time associate of Weed
and Seward was Horace Greeley. For
years the three men labored together
ia behalf of tbe Whig cauae, but In
1854 Greeley, withdrew from the alli
ance, charging that hit partners had
sacrificed him to their lust of power.
Weed and Seward, on the other hand,
maintained that Greeley bad seceded
because he was disappointed at an
offlceseeker. But, whatever ltt cause,
the great editor nurted bit grievance
and In due time took full and ample
revenge for It Like hit whilom part
ner! he went Into the newly formed
Republican party and speedily won an
Important and Influential place In lta
councils. Weed and Seward, however,
obtained control of the party machin
ery In New York, and though Greeley
desired to go as a delegate to the na
tional Republican convention In 1800,
this honor, through their opposition,
wns'denled him. Greeley was opposed
to the candidacy of Seward, but there
ia little doubt that he would have
contented himself with registering his
vote against tbe New York Senator if
he had been permitted to attend as
a representative of his own State. An
gered at the treatment accorded him,
he went to Chicago and waa substi
tuted for an absent Oregon delegate.
His newspaper bad given him nation
al fame, and as a proxy for this West
ern absentee he undermined the works
thrown up by Weed In behalf of Sew
ard, and did more than any other one
man to secure the nomination of Lin
coln. Thus was he revenged upon
his former partners.
Tllden Defeat Cbaee.
When the Democratic national con
vention assembled In 18(38 It was the
purpose of Horatio Seymour and other
lenders that Chief Justice Chase, who
had become estranged from the Re
publican party, should be nominated
for President, and save for one man's
craft and cunning this plan would have
been carried Into execution. That man
was Samuel J. Tllden. who believed
that the candidacy of Chase would
spell defeat. Instead, he planned with
subtle and masterly strategy to nomi
nate Seymour. It had been arranged
that Seymour, who had been chosen
President of the convention, was to
leave the chair to nominate Chase.
This moment was seized by Tilden for
the fulfillment of his purpose, and
when Seymour called another to pre
side, nn Ohio delegate, shrewdly se
lected for the occasion, sprang to his
feet and demanded the nomination of
Seymour, the acknowledged leader of
the Democracy. Men In other delega
tions, previously assigned to their
tasks, swelled tbe hurrah for Seymour,
and when some of the New York dele
gates Joined in the cheering, the end
became evident to all. "Your candi
date I cannot be," said Seymour, In
a faltering tone, as be left the plat
form, but the wave surged on, and
he was made the nominee by a prac
tically unanimous vote. Seymour, pre
vailed upon to consider the subject, re
luctantly submitted to the result thut
achieved, and went to crushing de
feat at the polls, receiving but eighty
votes In the electoral college to 214 for
Grant
Eight years later, when Tilden was
himself a candidate and the Presi
dency seemed within . bit grasp, his
part In the undoing of Chase returned
to plague him. Kate Chase Sprague,
daughter of the Chief Justice, was
long tbe most brilliant woman In
Washington society, counting among
her friends and admirers many of the
ablest men in public life. One of these
wat Roscoe Coukllng. long a Senator
from New York. The vote of Louisi
ana determined the contest between
Tilden and Hayes before the Electoral
.Commission of 1ST?, and, under the
bill creating the latter body, It re
quired the approval of the Senate to
assure the electoral vote of that State
to either candidate. Had tt been given
to Tilden he would have been the
President Marty Republicans, Conk
ling among them, believed that Tllden
had been rightfully elected, and in
the Senate enough votes were muster
ed to throw the vote of that body In
his favor, providing Conkllng would
lead such a course. Thlt be agreed to
do, but failed to appear at tbe critical
moment and the anti-Hayes Repub
licans, thut left without a, leader, fell
back to their party lines and gave the
vote to Louisiana and the Presidential
certificate to Hayes. It came out aft
erward that Conkllng't failure to keep
hit word wat due to the Influence and
cajolery of Mrt. Sprague, who thut
avenged the defeat of her father1!
nomination.
Payne and Thnrman Foes.
In 1880 the unrelenting animosity of
Henry B. Payne alone prevented Allen
G. Thurman from being made tbe
nominee of the Democratic national
convention. In 1867 Payne wat a can
didate for tbe Democratic nomination
for Governor of Ohio. The conven
tion met in Columbus, and Thurman,
then fresh from a period of brilliant
service on the Supreme Bench of bit
State, had a friend In whose candidacy
for State Treasurer he was much In
terested. Some of Payne's lieutenant!,
without bis knowledge, "promised
Thurman the support of the Payne
forces for bis friend in return for the
votes be controlled in the convention.
Payne won out by a handsome mar
gin; but the Thurman candidate for
Treasurer failed at the last moment
to receive the promised support, of the
Payne following, and waa defeated.
Payne wat not aware of the trick that
had been played upon Thurman, but
the latter, who scorned double-dealing
In any form, wat quick to resent It
The quarrel ever after kept the two
men apart, and three and twenty yeara
later thwarted Thurman't highest am
bition. In 1880 he waa a candidate
for the Presidential nomination before
the Democratic national convention.'
Had he bad the unflinching support of
the Ohio delegation, there la little
doubt that he would have been the
nominee. The' delegation waa solid
for him on the first ballot Then It
broke and the chances of bit nomina
tion vanished Into thin air. Payne
wat behind tbe break. The delegates
from tbe district in which bis influ
ence waa supreme led It and were
strongest in the claim which stam
peded the convention toa dark horse.
As Ouio was then -an October State
and practically certain to go for Gar
field, the result would be disastrous to
the Democratic cause. That argument
defeated Thurman and nominated
Hancock, and the revenge of Payne
wat complete.
The Influence of a personal enemy
twice cost James G. Blaine the Presi
dency. In 187(1 he lost a nomination
that was equivalent to an election by
hit refusal to give a certain man the
place he wanted on a certain commit
tee. John Cessna, of Pennsylvania,
besought Plalne, while the latter waa
Speaker, to make him chairman of the
Judiciary Committee of the House.
Blaine declined and gave the place to
another man. When the Republican
national convention opened In Cincin
nati, In 1876, Cessna was a delegated
"I want to be chairman of the Com
mittee on Rules,"- said he to tbe antl
Blaine men, "and If I don't beat
Blaine you can take my head for a
football." Cessna was made chairman
of the committee, and In that capacity
brought in a rule to the effect that
after any State had cast Its vote for
President that vote could not be
changed until the result of the whole
ballot had been announced. Few In
the convention were alive to the Im
port of this rule when it was reported
and adopted but it and It alone, de
feated the nomination of Blaine. The
original plan of the Blaine men waa
to force a choice on the first ballot
to get enough changes to their candi
date to make his nomination certain
before the result was announced. The
stampede to Blaine could not be start
ed, and he was beaten. "I guess,"
said Cessna, as he witnessed the oper
ation of bis scheme, "Jim Blaine It
not much ahead of me now."
The Blaine-Conkllnai Fend.
But the most dramatic of all 'the
political feuds of the last forty years,
both In ltt inception and its sequel,
was that between Blaine and Roscoe
Conkllng. The two men entered the
popular branch of Congress at about
the same time, and both aoon became
leaders In that body. There was, bow
ever, little In common between them
save tbe gift of pre-eminent ability.
Coukllng made Blaine the object of
tils sarcasm whenever'opportunlty of
fered, and the member from Maine
was prompt to retort In kind. Thus
the enmity grew until, In the course
of one of their many encounters,
Blaine, ttung to the quick by an un
just and ungenerout taunt, burst forth
In an onslaught on bit tormentor
which wrought tbe House Into a high
pitch of excitement and marked tbe
beginning of a fierce struggle in the
Republican party that ended In the
humiliation ot Conkllng and the de
feat of Blaine for President
There could be no reconciliation
after such an onslaught, and the bat
tle was to the death. Defeated for
the Republican nomination by Conk
llng and his friends In 1876 and again
Iu 18S0, Blaine In the latter year threw
his following to his friend Garfield,
who, nominated and elected, made
Blaine his Secretary of State and offi
cial right hand. Then came the strug
gle over the New York patronage,
which retired Conkllng, and waa fol
lowed by the assassination of Gar
field. In 1S84, when Blaine was final
ly the formal choice of bla party,
Conkllng wat no longer In politics, but
the sequel proved that bis wat still
the will and power to strike a mortal
blow. A defection of a few hundred
votes In Conkllng's borne county of
Oneida gave that county, normally Re
publican, to Cleveland, and with It
the electoral vote of New York and
the President Conkllng bad wiped
out the score against bis ancient ene
my. Rufua Wilson, In Philadelphia
Ledger.
The - men dislike a man who hat
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