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WAVEuLAND.
A TALE OF OUR COMING LANDLORDS.
BY BAKAII MAIilK l'.KKiHAU.
Copyrighted, 18S0.
1 nee the lana
CHAPTER XV. A DOUBLE MF.F.TIVO.
From the Duke of Melvorne's great es
tate in Dakota we went south through the
beautiful prairie country of Nebraska,
thence into Colorado. There Melvorne
had another, though smaller estate that
b wiwlwwl t vJuit
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x3,n rmmhasecl the J. V. Weckbach store room on south
Main street where I am now located can sell goods cheap
cr than the cheapest having just put in the largest stock
j WvnMit to the citv. Gasoline stoves
OI neW gOOU.a uici iv.0 - -
and furniture of all kinds sold on the installment plan.
I. PEARLMAJl.
What do tliey live on?
Las just been broken."
"You have seen the little provision siore
and iH)stoIIlce; well, that is Kept uy my
agent and an account Is kept with each
tenant of the amount or provisions ne is in
dubt for. It is brought liere iroin various
. . . . . . i . .. .1 1 I . . . . r . .
Do you lurnisn me iarm impieuieuujr , side by Deaiuuui trees.
I asked.
"Yes, I furnish every tiling; but I pet a
discount on large purchases and reduced
rales on railroads, so it is not so expensive
as it seems at llrst sight."
"You see this is fine soil," he saia, nrt
ing a handful and examing it.
"It is a fine, rich, sandy loam," I said.
Then this is the fine country where the
great desert used to be. The home of the
buffalo and roaming red skins has been re
deemed and is now being purchased by
English and American landlords at a rapid
rate."
"It has not been three years since I first
located these lauds. Then I was far in ad
vance of civilization, but now it has gone
way beyond me. If J.ord Sanders hud not
come with me I should never have got pos
session of so much land all in one body as
I have it now."
"I was just going to ask you how you
got possession of so much laud.
' There are two classes of land open to
settlers: railroad land and government
lands. The railroad land.- I V.mglit by the
sectio!!. I was told that no foreigner could
obtain lands from the government in my
form, but lAid Saudvrs understood the
ways (,f the land office and helped
rue. Tiieiv arc Hire forms bv which
government land can be obtained, home
stead, pre-emption and timber claims.
Homestead laws give to each head of
the family a right to enter a quarter sec
tion by living on it live years und then
proving up. The pre-emption laws re
quire the applicant to till the soil and pay
from one dollar and twenty-live cents to
two dollars and fifty cents per acre, ac
cording to the location. And the timber
claim allows a quarter sect ion to the quali
fied man or woman who pays fourteen dol
lars and breaks five acres the first year,
cultivates it the second and pi -.Hits citlier
seeds or cuttings for timber until he can
show some six thousand living trees on the
land he claims."
Well, you could not comply with any of
those requirements, could you?"
"That is where I,ord banders lieipea me.
We thought of every name we could ana
then went to the land office, and, with the
aid of a good bonus, we had names enough
entered to take up the alternate sections.
Then, as soon as my tenants came, each
one was placed on the desired quarter sec
tion ami began to cultivate it. When the
time comes for proving up it can be shown
that the lauds have changed hands ana
are in the hands of actual settlers. I shall
enter it in each tenant's name and pay till
the fees and rent the lands to them, while
they transfer to me the fee simple."
Now I see how you managa it. muh i
should think the American people would
object to foreigners coming here a nd hold
ing so much land.
"Thev are always clad to have foreign
ers come and makikaetual settlement and
my tenants will qualify just as s."on as
possible; then there can be no objection to
them. And the railroad lands we can buy
aa miif ri nf s we like: thouch some wild
fanatics are making a fuss about it.
I understand that Englishmen now
nvL-n nVmnt. twentv million acres in tne
United States."
"I "believe that is true. We are gaining
the lands our fathers lost without fighting
any bloody battles for them."
I remember reading in an isngusn pa-
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per oerore l leu nome mai- -u mauci
what course Congress may take to prevent
it. the inheritance of the American people
will vet come into the possession oi me
English nobility.' Now I see what it
meant. But some are working to defeat
vour dans."
I do not wonder mat me Aineraau
neonle are wakintr up to the truth or tne
situation. English and Scotch landlords
already own as much land in America as
the entire state of New lone.
"Here is a piece of ground that must
have been under culivation before you saw
it." I said, as we came to an old log cabin.
Yes. Waverland. that 1 nought oi an
old man who had lived here a number of
years. When I fenced my property he
found himself without a highway."
"But you had no right to do that."
"The cow boys I had here herding my
stock made him feel a little uneasy."
Then you forced the old man to leave
this beautiful piece oi ground wnere ne
had toiled to start a home?" I asked.
'I bought him out," said the auKe,
wincing under the word force.
Did you pay him tor nis improve
ments?"
"No, I could not afford to do that. I paid
him the same that 1 paid ior rauroau
lands."
Then his two or three ye.ars hard work
went for nothing."
He had one or two good crops from the
land."
I think the 'equal rights to all' clause
in the American constitution nas Dcen
right' has
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ntalished and 'misrht makes n
been inserted in its stead."
"You are right in that, Waverland. The
boasted liberty of America is only in the
name, when they submit to being gov
erned' by money, backed up by physical
farce. Just look at .Jay Could; he counts
his wealth by the hundreds of millions!
When he wants to steal anything by law
lie finds plenty to help him. Liberty, in
deed! It's all bosh!"
'I do not wonder that we hear of riots
and strikes. No one would object to his
great wealth if he would allow fair wages
to his employes. UUl wnen. momn aner
month, he cut-s down their wages a few
nts t a time, until starvation is at their
doors. I am not surprised that they rebeL
Then I have heard that his men are eora-
palled to pay a monthly tax to establish
and maintain a hospuai iunu. unuer mr.
jv cir.nlTs finelv organized system of
tyranny," I said, as we started iorour
little tvwrding house after a long ride in
this dukedom.
Thus riding and chatting from day to
day, sometimes n horseback, sometimes
on wheels, but always in hunting suit;
with game bag, dogs, servants, and gtfns,
we spent two weeks on the duke s great
estate. It is in extent about twenty-five
miles wide by fifty long, equaling in size
about two counties of the common size in
Kansas, Illinois, or Nebraska, a medium
principality in Germany, or a small duke
dom in England. It is a huge joke on the
American theory of liierty aud equal
rurhts.
uenver, tne quaint city of the West, was
our final resting place. It lies at an alti
tude of 5,375 feet, and about fifteen miles
from the mountains.
Going to the Windsor Hotel, we enga- ,
ged rooms, had dinner and went out to see
the city. We passed down one of those
lone Btrairrht streets, shaded on either
On eacn sine oi
every street Hows a constant stream oi
water, often as clear and cool as a moun
tain brook. The water is supplied to the
city from the Platte river, by means of an
open channel. The fountains and water
works are supplied by the Holly system of
pumping the water from the river. It is
sent with such force through the pipes
that in case of fire it sends a strong stream
of water through the hose.
"The muttering sound of water is re
freshing this warm day," I said, as we
were piissing along the shady street.
"Denver never seems to me oppressively
warm. The number of its trees and foun
tains aud these little rills always insure a
refreshing ter.iperat lire," said Melvorne.
"This city, v.iwi its wonderful develop
ment of art; t!ie .i.-iexpect-Gd intelligence of
its people; their n. lined method of thought
and handiwork; il.-'lr knowledge o science
and their creat mat rial wealth, exhibit
the beautiful theorem f Emerson when
he says 'The powers of a busy brain are
miraculous ami illimitable !' Once this
was a sterile waste. But mind, probably
the mind of one man, if we could trace it
home, was what conceived the possibilities
of this mighty city," I said, after spending
hours looking at the wonderful things
brought into use in the few years suite
this was known as the great uescrt oi tne
West.
"Why, Waverland, you are quite elo
quent in your praises ol tins new worm.
But it is won-.h-riul as you say. it is HKe
the fairy pal.n.-es in the Arabian Nights."
Do you know how many inhabitants
this city has?"
"About scventv-tlve thousand.'
"How clear and mire the air seems. It
is a luxury to breathe it," I said.
The climate is one of the things that
Denverites are verv proud of. Do you see
that man with the hose watering his
nlants?" asked Melvorne. calling my at
tention to a beautiful yard where a foun
tain wns sendinor un its silvery spray, that
rrlistened in the rays of the setting sun.
"Y es, I see him. hat is tne use or. nis
watering things? Everything looks aa
bright and fresh as those lilies at the base
of the fountain."
"That's the secret of all this beauty. If
it were not for the use of the ditches, pipes
and hose, the sifting sand would choke
everything in Denver."
"Why, are there never any showers to
supply nature with the needed moisture?"
"Seldom any rain falls, though clouds
often appear. The display of lightning is
magnificent and sometimes very destruct
ive." "How clear and bright the sunshine is.
What would they think in England or Ire
land of this climate?"
"It would be hard to tell. But the clear
hliie heavens and the bright sunshine are
among Denver's greatest charms."
"Where do thev get their building ma
terial from, there is such a variety?" I
asked.
"There are brick kilns in the suburbs of
tliA citv. Stone and other material is
found near by. There is a great variety,
nml men of taste choose the material best
suited to the style they intend to build."
"I have noticed that there seemed to be
an individuality in the style and shape of
the buildings. Not two are alike."
"Every one seems to vie with his neigh
hor in making his home the most attract
ive. Taste and wealth have worked with
magic power in changing these wild cactus-growing
plains into these charming
homes, with crrassv lawns and beautiful
flower crardens.
"Thorp ia a fin buildins. what 13 it?" I
inauired.
"That's their opera house; one of the fin
est on this continent."
''School houses and churches are numer
ous. The people believe in education and
the cardinal virtues of morality. Here
they seem to strive for the poetry of life
the hieher thought."
"We find here the intellectual culture
that makes life so attractive in well estab
lished society. It is made up of New York,
Boston and the East, transplanted ana
developed into a more healthy state. Here
ran tha "Rnctrmian fnrcet tO SSV. 1 am
from Boston.' "
We soent a most delighful afternoon,
but when evening came we were so iax
away from our hotel that we were glad to
tate a street car for the return trip, i nese
handv little horse power coaches travel
the streets of Denver vith as mucn pomp
as in anv of the older cities or the iisiern
States. It was hard to believe that this
proud city was little more than half a
score of vears old. Here was to oe seen
the wonderful electric light; and the tele
nhnne wires formed a complete network
over our heads. The city was well f urn
ished with eas. Every luxury or need of
man's nature had been provided tor.
When we reached the hotel we passed
into the dining rooms. At a table to the
left of our own was a group of happy peo
ple, if we could judge by their merry voi
ces and mirthful laughter.
"What's the matter, Melvorne?
asked, for his face was as white as i
ghost.
"Great heavens! Can it be she?" he ex
claimed, without hearing my remark.
While I was watching his face I caught
the sound of a familiar voice and ex
claimed. 'Stella:''
Thoueh mv back was toward the table
was sure it was my long lost friend. Hope
sprang to life and defied self-control,
was near the dearest object of my bfe.
soon should know if my future was to be
V.ritrht nr rlnrk. Sunner was of little mo
ment now, the inner sensitive life was su
preme. Melvorne left the table and I fol
lowed. We sought the hotel register.
There we found the names of Mr. and Mrs.
T. B. Lollard, I.ady Irving and Miss Stella
Everett, all of London, England. With
out a word we each passed to our rooms.
There, like David Copperfield. we spent
some time over our toilets. . At last Mel
vorne came to my room, saying:
"Are you ready to go to the parlors? I
have sent word asking the party to meet
some old friends there. For I discovered
that Miss Everett was your friend, and, no
doubt, you recognized Ividy Irving as
mine."
I was ready in a moment, and together
we entered the magnificent parlor. As I
entered the door, I heard my name called,
and I fancied in an undertone of gladness.
I crossed the room, scarcely kuowine what
I .lid. and taking SU-llas hand m mine
said In an undertone of tenderness:
"H.-.vo I found you at last, my long
darling?"
For a moment a glad light sprang to her
ev..s Li-Jt instantly it changed and sho
withdrew ner Hand, lurnmg to me gen
tleman ami lady sitting mar, she present
ed me to Mr. ami Mrs. IjollanL
How can I explain th th night' of the
moment? Stella's voice and the glad sur
prise that beamed a joyous welcome from
her eyes, had been so full of tenderness,
and, I fancied, love, that my soul was agi
tated by the sweetness of the hope that
love had been returned. But this repulse,
what could it mean? For a few moments
my thoughts were beyond my control. I
neither sjoke nor moved. Hut only lor an
instant. Composure returned and 1 was
master once more. Turning to Mr. IxjI
lard, I said.
"Are you intending to take a tour of the 1
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mountain Scenery 111 Viinnirri, ui mc JIM ;
Just passing on your homeward journey?"
"We came to Denver, thinking of spend
ing some time here. Are you at lilcity to
join our party?''
"Yes, sir," I answered, "that, I think,
would be agreeable to both the Duke of
Melvorne and myself."
"Then that is the famous Duke of Mel
vorne that I have so often heard of?"
asked Mr. Ixllard.
Melvorne and Lady Irving had left tne
room without presenting the duke to her
friends. They were now enjoying a pro-
nenade un the broad piazza of the hotel.
"Yes, sir, that is the Duke of Melvorne.
We have just been visiting his rancn m
Dakota, and are now going to visit his
smaller one in this state," I answered.
"He seems to have found a friend in
Lady Irving," said Mrs. Lollard, a lively
littla brunette.
"He was vory much surprised when lie
discovered her in the dining hall. And I
was equally surprised to hear your voice
hi thU stra;ig! land, .Miss Everett," I said,
iuriiing to Slel! i as 1 spoke. ".May I ask
how you came to be so far from home?"
"I came wilii Lady Irving. We have
been traveling togL-ther," she said.. "How
are vmir l.j-.iii.v v.i 1 .'Mi-ior?"
"5.1 v mother i. uv.v.l. Myrtle is with An
nie Wr.-n," I s watching her fa'-e as 1
mentioned Amite's na.iie. Stella changed
aer p-Lii.a as I spoke, b;;t I had found a
key rohev in'li.Terent manners.
"Your mother dead'." she exclaimed af
ter)! moment's pause. "1 have so often
pictured her calm, sweet faco with a look
of welcome on it for me, when I returned,
for I always meant to see her again, she
was so kind to me." The tears glistened in
her eyes as she spoke of my mother. "And
little Myrtle, how I would like to see her,
she was very dear to me.
Mother died in the winter. I had been
to IiOiidon, and was called home suddenly
on account of her illness. She lived only a
few hours after my return." While I was
1 rounn imij Irving, M you see. we
have In-en traveling together a long time,
she answered evasively.
"But did you find her at once?"
"I cannot tell you now. It would take
too long. I have found friends continual
ly." "If f had known you were safe I should
have Ih'cii happy."
"I do not b. lit-ve that," she said archly.
"You would have tried to find me if you
had known where I was."
"You are ri!:t. 1 never would have
been contented until I had learned my fate
from your own dear lips. If mother had
not coma to the library dor just when she
diil, I should have known it then."
"I felt the impulse. And I knew that
my life would be very dark without you.
My hungry heart was ready to respond to
the call of joy and hojie."
"My hoies were rudely shattered when I
came home and found that yon lutd gone.
What a dreary life I led for days and days.
But one evening it seemed to me you caino
and said, 'If 1 were you i wouiu not. i.u
my inheritance go to w.iste.' Then other
words that you had uttered, words of conv
fort, and words of cheer, came to my mind
They inspired me with courage anil filled
my heart with hope. I was almost sum
that sometime we would meet, and that I
should yet win your love."
"How long was that after I left ?"
"About a month. Why?"
"I remember one evening about that
time I had leen feeling that in all this
great world there was not one individual
that needed me, or that I could benefit by
living. There seemed to be no place for
me, no loving heart to claim mine in ror
turn. While I sat musing in that melan
choly frame of mind, 1 seemed to hear your
voice saying, 'I need you! I am coming for
you!" From that time I never Ix-lieved
that you WOUld many iim.-, ... u.
loved her. 1 re'nember thinking how
pleasant it would be if mi..'! chM flower
mind. It seemed almost as real as li;V.'
"Hut this is real." I said, "mind can an
swer mind, and heart can speak to heart.
But how came you hen-:' I never divaincd
of finding you this side of the Atlantic. Or
have you been lending me on vi!h your
magnetic powers, to liud you here so far
from home?"
"We have been
other," kIii said I.r:
thought of Wavei !.;
have often sketched
But it would not 1
your mother is nut
dear to me. My ln-ai
(ihig toivard each
"I li- ve ( fleil
" :ir old place; 1
Lady Irving,
'.-i me, now I hut
Ificiv. She was very
t went out in syinpa-
'Sir, I never gave you cause to take such
liberties with me."
telling of my mother, Stella had forgotten
her self-imposed task of appearing coiu
and haughty. While we had been talking,
I had been thinking. The old adage came
to my mimd, "Faint heart never won rair
lady." I thought that 1 would test ner in
difference, and said:
"Miss Everett, would you enjoy a wauc
on the piazza? ouenng wj uiju
spoke. For an instant she seemed unde
cided. Then she answered by placing her
hand upon my arm. As soon as we were
alone I asked:
Stella, have you no words of welcome
for me after these long, weary months of
absence?" No answer.
"Dovou know that I sought far and
near for some news of my lost friend, and,
now that I have found you, when my heart
is full of rejoicing, you have no words of
welcome."
Still no answer, though I paused a mo
ment in our walk that I might listen.
"Darling, have you no love for me in
your heart?" I pleaded, taking her hand
that lay upon my arm in my own.
She would not permit even that, but
turned from me; saying:
"Sir, I never gave you cause to take such
liberties with me."
I thought there was a sound of pain in
the girlish voice. Once more I pleaded:
"Stella. Miss Everett, excuse me," I
said, "for troubling you, but I must know
the truth. My mother told me all she said
to vou that morning before you left Wa
verland. Did you believe that I loved An
nie Wren?"
She turned her face toward me in the
brizht moonlight. It was full of reviving
hone as she answered:
"Yes. Sir Lovd. 1 believed it and that
was why I left Waverland."
"O. mv darline." I said, taking her
hand, "now could you believe that anyone
whs dearer to uie than your own sweet
self?" V
"I believed it because your mother said
it was settled lone ago, that you were to
marrv Annie." There was just a quiver
of pain in the voice that made thus confes
sion. mi'nu ... tVi wnwn that VOU left Wflr
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verland?"
"It was."
"Then you loved me just a little, even
thouzh you left me?"
"es, Lovd. I loved you," came in a
whisper too" faint for aught but a lover's
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ear. lint it was euougn. i . - j
heart and kissed the sweet lips and pure
white brow. My heart uttering all the
time in a glad refrain the words of the old
song. "My heart now sadly dumb shall
speak to you alone."
How changed the world seemed! I had
secured the love of the one individual in all
the world that could inspire my heart with
noble aspirations. We did not need words
to tell the old. old story, for the sweetness
and the honor of the new-found compan
ionship had a language all its own.
"No more weary hours, my love!" I said,
as I led her to a seat. "Did you think you
could hide your love from me by assuming
indifference?"
"I was afraid I could not, that was why
I left Waverland."
"Do you know the anguish I felt when I
knew that you hail gone? Where did you
go? How did you fare? Tell nie all, my
darlimr."
thy for her in her loneliness, aii'I I sought
to make her happy."
"And you accomplished more than you
can ever know, my dear. My mother re
remembereii you. and asked us to forgive
her for the pain she had i-iium-i! us both.
She gave her dying blessing on our lovo
and prayed that we might meet. She said
that she had missed you more t han words
can tell. I believe that grief for yon short
ened her life. She had learned to love and
trust you, and when you left her all was
cone. But where have you been nil theae
months?" I asked again.
"Traveling with Ialy Irving," she an
swered again. "I am so glad she has at
bust met the man she has loved from child
hood. Her father promised her liand in
marriage when she was but a child. She
obeyd his wish and became the wife of her
father's friend. But all the while tne imne
of Melvorne, or James, as she calls him,
was her heart's idol. We have often talked
of old friends, and how often she had
hoped for a chance of meeting the duke
since she bad been a widow, for Lord Irv
ing lived only a short time after their mar
riage; and, what was very strange, her
father died about the same time, leaving
her alone in the world, with no nearer rel
atives than Sir Wren and his daughter.
Her mother died when she was a little
child. And now in this far away land she
has found the happiness for which she
longed."
"Not only Lady Irving and the Ihike of
Melvorne have found the longed-for
friends of other days, but on. -selves as
well," I said, leading her bac't to the par
lor. When we entered the parlor we found
Lady Irving and the duke engaged in quiet
conversation. As we entered he came for
ward with the lady by his side, saying:
"Lord Waverland, allow me to introduce
to j'ou the future Duchess of Melvorne!"
"Allow me to introduce to you the fut
ure Lady Waverland, now Miss Stella Ev
erett." I rejoined.
"What part of the world have you been
traveling through?" asked Melvorne of
Lady Irving.
"We have been through parts of Italy,
France, Germany and the East Indies.
Then through the Sandwich lslaniLs into
California since last fall."
"You are only birds of passage, I should
say from the short time you spent in each
place," I said.
"We were thf re long enough to see the
places of greatest interest but not long
enough to become attached to any particu
lar spot," said Stella.
"When did you reach Denver?" asked
Melvorne.
"On the afternoon train from the west.
When did you reach Denver?" she asked.
"On the morning's train from the east,"
answered Melvorne.
"So you came from the east and we from
the west, to prove that the world is round,
by meeting in this queen city of the
plains," said Stella. "There are a good
many grand things on this round balk Ir
the past few months we have seen wonder
ful sights." i
"Yes," said Lady Irving, "California
alone is an art gallery of exquisite pict
ures, painted by nature's own hand. 1
wish we could have met there."
"Colorado ranks high among the art
galleries of the world for charming pict
ures," said Melvorne. "What are youi
plans for to-morrow, Iuly Irving."
"I believe Mr. Ixdlard has been study
ing the guide book for points we want to
see. Of course we will all travel together.
It will be so much pleasanter," she an-
1
I "Tn1oe1 it. will." I said. "You would
have to evaporate into thin air to get rid
of me now, or else make me a prisoner be
hind iron bars."
"Me, too," laughed Melvorne. "I just
now begin to appreciate American scene
ry." Good nights were said with a glad re
frain. Continued Tomorrow.)
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