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[ CHAPTER XVIE fCojmNOED. )
| HJ1 To go to Edinburgh would take her
[ Hfl too far from her beloved.dead , while
Mi the thought of living with Miss Heth-
ijW ) erington at Annandale Castle positively
fH appalled her. She said "No. "
15 | The lady of the Castle received the
[ B | refusal kindly , saying , that although
mj Marjcrle could not take up her resi-
W dence at the Castle , she must not alto-
[ jl | gether avoid it.
| ; I "Come when you wish , my bairn , "
It d concluded the old lady. "You'll aye be
II ! welcome. We are both lonely women
I' I . now , and must comfort one another. "
I ) j During the first few days , however ,
tj Marjorie did not go. She sat at home
| | during the day , and in the dusk of the
H [ evening , when she believed no one
| | I would see her , she went forth to visit
I ] ; the churchyard and cry beside her fos-
f | ter-father's grave. At length , however -
| | ever , she remembered the old lady's
| kindly words , and putting on her bon-
- | I net and a thick veil , she one morning
i' i | If set out on a visit to Annandale Cas-
l | Marjorie had not seen Miss Hether-
I II Ington since that day she came down to
IH | | | I the funeral ; when , therefore , she was
| f ] shown into the lady's presence , she alI -
I i ] most uttered a frightened cry. There
i | It sat the grim mistress of the Castle in
if | ! state , but looking as worn and faded
H b as her faded surroundings. Her face
| j I was pinched and worn , as if with heart
5 1 eating grief or mortal disease. She
| | | received the girl fondly , yet with some-
IIx thing of her old imperious manner , and
ft ! ] during the interview she renewed the
| | "j , offer of protection.
j | ; But Marjorie , after looking at the
[ a / dreary room and its strange mistress ,
is i * gave a most decided negative.
la j She remained with Miss Hethering-
[ q f. ton only a short time , and when she
1 \ left the Castle , her mind was so full of
Jjjf solicitude that she walked along ut-
1 terly oblivious to everything about-her.
'
I' Suddenly she started and uttered a glad
111 cry of surprise. A man had touched
| ] her on the shoulder , and , lifting her
H | 1 eyes , she beheld her lover.
JPi > The Frenchman was dressed as she
SI'S had last seen him , in plain black ; his
HI face was pale and troubled. Marjorie ,
ifl feeling that new sense of desolation :
If | | upon her , drew near to his side.
\m \ "Ah , monsieur , " she said , "you have <
< 9Mi come at last. "
Hlffjf Caussidiere did not embrace her , but
Bjllj j held her hands and patted them fondly ,
Bjfffi while Marjorie , feeling comforted by
HRfPj his very presence , allowed her tears to
Hf | 1 j flow unrestrainedly. He let her cry for
Hgf 3 a time , then he placed her hand upon
Hr | 1 his arm and walked with her slowly in
BRJ I the direction of the manse.
BfijPI "My Marjorie , " he said , "my own
Hff < ! dear love ! this has been a sore trial to
H | | | you , but you have borne it bravely.
Bfl I I have seen you suffer , and I have suf-
Hf I fered , too. "
K | 1 "You have seen , monsieur ? "
Bf i "Yes , Marjorie. Did you think be-
Hf I cause I was silent I had forgotten ? Ah ,
Hi i no , my love. I have watched over you
H | I always. I have seen you go forth at
H | 1 night and cry as if your little heart
Bnl would break. But I have said noth-
Hh | I ing , because I thought 'Such grief is
BSji sacred. I must watch and wait , ' and
HBj I have waited. "
HK "Yes , monsieur. "
Hh "But today , Marjorie , when I saw you
HB come from the Castle with your face
Hf ! all troubled ah , so troubled , my Mar-
HfJ ] jorie ! I thought , 'I can wait no longer ;
Bjfi 1 my little one needs me ; she will tell
HHE j me her grief , and now in her hour of
| Sj j need I will help her. ' So I have come ,
Hlff ] Marjorie , and my little one will con-
Hft I fide all her sorrows to me. "
Hj J Then the child in her helplessness
Hfl | I clung to him ; for he loved her and
Hh I sympathized with her ; and she told
RSj I him the full extent of her own desola-
Hh I tion.
Hl 1 The Frenchman listened atten-
HaHIl lively while she spoke. When she
BjBjf § ceased he clasped her hands more fer-
HKXil vently than before , and said :
HSII "Marjorie , come to my home ! "
HBBEI She started and drew her hands
UnS away. She knew what more he would
HiXll sajr > an < * seemed to ner sacrilege ,
Hwll when the clergyman had been so re-
BHJHg cently laid to his grave. The French-
HjEi man , gathering from her face the state
Hflj of her mind , continued prosaically
BmI enough :
Hh "I know it is not a time to talk of
Hl love , Majorie ; but it is a time to talk
of marriage ! When you were in
i Edinburgh , you gave me your promise ,
'HH'H and you said you loved me. I ask you
E now , fulfill your promise ; let us be-
HHf come man and wife ! "
H "You wish me to marry you now ,
Hj monsieur ? "
B H "Ah , yes , Marjorie. "
Efll "Although I am a penniless , friend-
Bf less , homeless lass ? "
i "What is that to me , my dear ? I
H | love you , and I wish you to be my
m
H "You are very good. "
HHj "Marjorie ? "
HHffl "Yes. "
| H "Tell me , when will you make me the
H9 happiest man alive ? "
HflH Marjorie looked at her black dress ,
HH end her eyes filled with tears.
H "I do not know I can not tell , " she
H said. "Not yet. "
H | "En bien ! but it must not be long
B delayed. The decrees of destiny hurry
H us onrard. You will soon be thrust
Bi from the manse , as you say , while I
| H must return to France. "
H "You are going away ! " . .
"Most assuredly I must soon go. My
future Is brightening before me , and
I am glad thank heaven ! there are
few dark clouds looming ahead to sad
den our existence , my child. The ty
rant who desecrates France will one
day fall ; meantime his advisers have
persuaded him to pardon many politi
cal offenders , myself amongst them.
So I shall see France again ! God is
good ! When He restores me to my
country he will give mo also my wife.
Put your little hand in mine and say ,
'Leon , I trust you with all my heart. '
Say it , my child , and , believe me , your
faith shall not be misplaced. "
He held forth his hand to her , and
Marjorie , tremblingly raising her 3yes
to his face , said in broken accents , "I
do trust you. " So a second time the
troth was plighted , and whether for
good or ill , Marjorie's fate was sealed.
f"HTTER aVIII.
HE day following
her final promise to
Caussidiere , Marjo
rie received intima
tion that the new
minister was com
ing without delay
to take possession
of the living. Her
informant was Solomon
omen Muckleback-
it , whose funereal
despair was tempered with a certain
lofty scorn.
On the following Saturday arrived
the new minister , prepared to officiate
for the first time in the parish. "He
was a youngish man , with red hair
and beard , and very pink complexion ;
but. his manners were unassuming and
good natured. His wife and family , he
explained , were about to follow him in
about ten days ; and in the meantime
his furniture and
other chattels were
coming on by train. Shown over the
manse by Solomon , he expressed no
little astolishment at finding only two
or three rooms furnished , and those
very barely.
"Mr. Lorraine never married ? " he in
quired , as they passed from room to
room.
"The meenister was a wise "
man , re
plied Solomon , ambiguously. "He lived
and he dee'd in
single
sanctity
, ac
cording to the holy commandments of
the Apostle Paul. "
"Just so " said Mr.
, Freeland , with a
smile. "Well , I shall find the manse
small enough for my belongings. Mis
tress Freeland has been used to a large
house , and we shall need every room.
The chamber facing the river , up stairs ,
will make an excellent nursery. "
"My ain bedroom ! " muttered Solo
mon. "Weel , weel , I'm better out of the
house. "
At the service on the following day
there was a large attendance to wel
come the new minister. Solomon occu
pied his usual place as precentor , and
his face , as Mr. Freeland officiated
above him , was a study in its expres
sion of mingled scorn , humiliation and
despair. But the minister had a reso
nant voice , and a manner of thumping
the cushion which carried conviction to
the hearts of all unprejudiced observ
ers. The general verdict upon him ,
when the service was over , was that
he v/as the right man in the right
place , and "a gr.and preacher. "
The congregation slowly cleared
away , while Majorie , lingering behind ,
walked sadly to the grave of her old
foster-father , and stood looking upon
it through fastly-falling tears. So rapt
was she in her own sorrow that she
did not hear a footstep behind her , and
not till Caussidiere had come up and
taken her by the hand was she aware
of his presence.
"So the change has come at last , my
Marjorie , " he said ; "was I not right ?
This place is no longer a home for
you. "
"Monsieur ! "
"Call me Leon. Shall we not be man
and wife ? "
But Marjorie only sobbed.
"He was so good. He was my first ,
my only friend ! "
"Peace be with him , " returned the
Frenchman , tenderly. "He loved you
dearly , mignonne , and I knew his only
wish would be to see you happy. Look
what I hold in my hand. A charm a
talisman parbleu , it is like the won
derful lamp of Aladdin , which will car
ry us , as soon as you will , hundreds of
miles away. "
As he spoke he drew forth a folded
paper and smilingly held it before her.
"What is it , monsieur ? " she asked ,
nerDlexed.
- •
"No ; you must call me Leon then I
will tell you. "
"What is it Leon ? "
"The special licsnse , Marjorie. which
permits us to marry when and where
we will. "
Marjorie started and trembled , then
she looked wildly at the grave.
"Not yet , " she murmured. "Do not
ask me yet. "
He glanced round no one was near
so with a quick movement he drew her
to him , and kissed her fondly on the
lips.
"You have no home now , " he cried ;
"strangers come to displace you , to
trrn you out into the cold world. But
y u have one who loves you a thou-
sfc id times better for , your sorrow and
ye-ir poverty ah. yes , I know you are
po r ! and who will be your loving
protector till the end. "
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S'iq looked at him In wonder. Ah ,
hov good and kind he was ! Knowing
her miserable birth , seeing her friend
less and almost cast away , he would
still ie beside her , to comfort and cher
ish l.ir with his deep affection. If she
had ever doubted his sincerity , could
she dpubt it now ?
* * * * * *
Half an hour later Caussidiere was
walking rapidly in the direction of
Annantfile Castle He looked supreme
ly self-rntisficd and happy , and humm
ed a ligvt French air as he went.
Arriving at the door , he knocked ,
and the serving-woman appeared in an
swer to the summons.
"Miss Hetherington , if you please. "
"You canna see her , " was the sharp
reply. "What's your business ? "
"Give her this card , if you please ,
and tell her I must see her without
delay. "
After some hesitation the woman car
ried the card away , first shutting the
door unceremoniously in the visitor's
face. Presently the door opened again ,
and the woman beckoned him in.
He followed her along the gloomy
lobbies , and up stairs , till they reached
the desolate boudoir which he had en
tered on a former occasion.
The woman knocked.
"Come in , " said the voice of her mis
tress.
Caussidiere entered the chamber ,
and found Miss Hetherington , wrapped
in an old-fashioned morning gown ,
seated in an arm-chair at her escri
toire. Parchments , loose papers and
packets of old letters lay scattered be
fore her. She wheeled her chair sharp
ly round as he entered , and fixed her
eyes upon the Frenchman's face. She
looked inexpressibly wild and ghastly ,
but her features wore an expression of
indomitable resolution.
Caussidiere bowed politely , then ,
turning softly , he closed the door.
"What brings you here ? " demanded
the lady of the Castle.
"I wish to see you , my lady , " he re
turned. "First , let me trust that you
are better , and apologize for having
disturbed you en such a day. "
Miss Hetherington knitted her brows
and pointed with trembling forefinger
to a chair.
"Sit down" she said.
Caussidiere obeyed her , and sat
down , hat in hand. There Avas a pause ,
broken at last by the lady's querulous
voice.
"Weel , speak ! Have you lost your
tongue , man ? What's your will with
me ? "
Caussidiere replied with extreme
suavity :
"I am anxious , my lady , that all mis
understanding should cease between
us. To prove my sincerity , I will give
you a piece of news. I have asked Miss ,
Annan to marry me , and with your .
consent she is quite willing. " ,
"What ! " cried Miss Hetherington ,
half rising from her chair , and then
sinking back with a gasp and a moan.
"Have ye dared ? "
Caussidiere gently inclined his head.
"And Marjorie she has dared to ac
cept ye , without warning me ? "
"Pardon me , she is not aware that
you have any right to be consulted. I ,
however , who acknowledge your right ,
have come in her name to solicit your
kind approbation. "
"And what do you threaten , man , if
I say 'no no a hundred times no ? ' "
Caussidiere shrugged his shoulders ,
"Parbleu , I threaten nothing ; I am a
gentleman , as I have told you. But
should you put obstacles in my way , it
may be unpleasant for all concerned. "
Miss Hetherington rose to her feet ,
livid with rage , and shook her extend
ed hands in her tormentor's face.
"It's weel for you I'm no a man ! If
I were a man. ye would never pass that
door again living ! I defy ye I scorn
ye ! Ye coward , to come here and mo
lest a sick woman ! "
She tottered as she spoke , and fell
back into her chair.
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
A PRETTY SCREEN.
One Which Can Bo Easily anil Incr
pensively r.Iatlo at Home.
Soft pine wood panels of the desired
size are cut by a carpenter and are
then covered by stretching velours ,
denim or any plain colored , durable
material tightly across one side , tack
ed into place , and the reverse side cov
ered with any good lining for the part
of the screen not intended to show ,
says the Philadelphia Times. The next
step in the process is to cut stiff brown
paper panels the size of the wooden
ones , and on them draw in charcoal a.
simple outline , conventional pattern.
If one is not original enough to do
this alone , ask some friend to draw
one , or copy some good design from an
art magazine. The center panel should
be the most prominent , while the side
ones each have the same design , re
versed to suit the branches of the
screen and in its main features har
monizing with the center one. When
this is done , lay the paper on the panel.
tack it in place and along each line of
the pattern tack in gently upholstery
nails , arranged carefully at equal dis
tances.
These should be indicated by pencil
marks if one has not a correct eye.
When this is done the paper is torn
out from beneath the nails , consequent
ly too tough paper should not be used ,
and each nail is then carefully driven
home with a hammer until it sinks in
to the body of the material itself , giv
ing a very rich metallic effect , for
slight cost and little ingenuity. This
style of screen is particularly well suit
ed to dining rooms or halls , and may
be made almost as effective without
a framework , using the plafn wooden
panels hinged together after the work
on them is completed.
Artificial habits are born tyrants.
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ELECTION KESULTS.
OFF YEAR BUT REPUBLICANS
CAME OUT WELL.
Now York Ih Lost to Good Government
but Ohio and Maryland Stantl Well
in Line with The ICopubllcanu TarlfT
Just Ills" Knougli.
( Washington Letter. )
Much more interest has been mani
fested this year in elections than Is
usual at any time other than in presi
dential ek ions.
Off-years in politics , with a Repub
lican President in the white house , do
not as a rule favor Republican success ,
but the Republican party in the great
contests which have been waged in
several states have well withstood the
reaction which always follows a presi
dential victory at the polls. The fight
has been strong and bitter , and while
both heavy losses as well as satisfac
tory gains are seen , the Republicans
here feel in a good frame of mind ove-i *
the result. The general result is
looked upon as a vindication of the
cause of sound money and an uphold
ing of the administration.
New York , where was the most con
centrated fight , through division in the
Republican ranks , has been handed
over to the control of Tammany and
the management of that city will
shortly undergo a radical change. Out
side of New York , where the fighting
was bitter to an extreme , the state of
Ohio furnished the most exciting and
important campaign. In that state
the fight was fierce and the methods
'
dirty. Every possible abuse was aimed
at Senator Hanna , whose confirmation
for the Republican vote singled him
out as a target for Democratic orators
and methods. There is no doubt as to
how the State would have voted had
the question been simply a vote on Re
publican principles , and the McKinley
administration. But a number of lo
cal matters came into the fight in
whose interest national issue were
lost to a large extent. The
turbulence of the coal stride had
barely subsided when Bryan's fierce
speeches arraying class against class
again started it into action. The
great play of John McLean to become
United States senator poured money in
to the state. In Cleveland and Cincin
nati there were factional splits , owing
to local matters , all tending to decrease
the normal Republican majority ; yet
notwithstanding all these things Ohio
elected a Republican governor and
will elect a Republican senator , thus
giving her a solid Republican repre
sentation in the senate for the first
time in many years , prior to Senator
Hanna's appointment by Governor
Bushnell.
In Maryland the fight was only a lit
tle less determined and the interest
but slightly less. Gorman was defeat
ed in his very stronghold , Baltimore
city. Maryland also will have a dou
ble Republican representation in the
senate for the first time in history.
On the whole , while the Democrats
profess jubilance and satisfaction at
having carried New York city , they
are really sorely disappointed at their
failure to capture the legislatures of
both Maryland and Ohio. It is stated
on good authority that it v/as the in
tention of the Ohio legislature , in case
it had been Democratic , to immediate
ly proceed to redistrict the entire state
in such manner as to give the Demo
crats in the next congress at least
eight or ten members from that state.
But that little , patriotic scheme v/as
knocked in the head by the Republic
an voters of the Buckeye state.
Treasury reports show a considerable
growth in the internal revenue receipts
which is due to two causes , the im
provement in business and the increase
in certain taxes. The combined re
ceipts from the customs and internal
revenue will not probably for some two
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of 12 cents per ounce. This company
operates immencc copper and lead
mines and the silver extracted fronv
the ore Is produced at a much leas cost
than in most mines which produce sil
ver exclusively. The Anaconda mine
• of Montana , which by the way is owned
by British capitalists , is a copper mine ,
but the ore contains a large per cent
of silver. Last year the mine paid a
profitable dividend through its copper
production , and yielded in addition
6,000,000 ounces of silver , which , of
course , was all net profit.
GEO. H. WILLIAMS.
Iiicrcu.Hu III Bhoep Vainer.
The difference in the value of sheep
under free-trade and protection is
shown in the results of an assignee's
sale of the estate of Thomas McEiroy ,
a farmer in Jefferson county , Ohio ,
who had given particular attention to
sheep husbandry. This sale took place
in October , 1894 , a few weeks after
the passage of the Wilson bill , and the
animals offered were all fine black-top
merinos. The files of the Ohio "State
Journal" show that forty ewes were
sold for p cents each , 30 lambs for 20
cents each , and one registered buck
for 50 cents Other lots chosen from
the flock sold at similar prices , and
all were fine merino sheep.
"Secretary Miller of the State Board
of Agriculture , " says the Piqua "Dis
patch , " "is authority for the statement
that today ewes of the same grade are
worth $3 to ? 4 each , lambs ? 2 to ? 2.50 ,
and registered bucks from ? 15 to $25.
A few days ago the Insurance Associa
tion of Medina county made an allow
ance of $2 each for common breed
lambs. This is what the Republicans
A TEN STRIKE : ALL DOWN !
or three months equal the expendi
tures of the government , but the one
is steadily climbing up on the other ,
and that result will be reached early
in the new year. Long before the law
shall have been in operation one year
it will be producing a surplus instead
of a deficit. Democratic editors and
others are making their usual howls
about the Dingley deficit , but the dif
ference between the Wilson deficit
and the Dingley deficit , is that in the
present case nobody is at all alarmed.
The shortage is believed by everybody
to be merely temporary and the gold
reserve is meanwhile piling up.
Reports recently received show that
silver in many places , notably New
South Wales , is produced at a cost of
25 cents per ounce and less. The
Broken Hill Company of New South
Wales has for the past five years been
putting silver on the market at a cost
have accomplished by a restoration of
the tariff on wool. "
In April , 1S9G , there were 2.G33.410
sheep ov/ned in the state of Ohio , in
Texas 2,911,993 in California 2,739,907 ,
in Oregon 2,480.217. in Montana 2,909 , -
057 , in New Mexico 2,595,052 , in Utah
1,902,510 , in Michigan 1,438,891 , in Wy
oming 1,290,134 , in Colorado 1,258 , -
373 , and in all the states and territor
ies the total sheep ov/ned was 3G,4C1 , -
405. Allowing an average gain of ? 2
per head in the market value of ewes ,
lambs and bucks , as contrasted with
the prices realized at the assignee's
sale in October , 1S94 , the total addition
to the wealth of the country from this
source alone amounts to ? 72,92S,810.
Twin Comrades of Calamity.
"For the first quarter of the present
fiscal year the deficit is ? 29,000,000 , and
it would have been even more had not
the people consumed more alcoholic
spirits than usual and run the internal
revenue receipts up a few millions. If ,
however , the increase in the consump
tion of liquor continues to expand at
the same rate , the Republican party
will have the profound gratification of
seeing the people drink the deficit out
of existence. This
can hardly be re
garded as a victory for temperance ,
but as long as it is a Republican tri
umph , what's the odds ? Memphis
Commercial.
This sour old Bourbon ought to find
comfort in the rellection that as a 1 ule
free trade gets its biggest vote in the
localities where the largest quantities
of whisky are consumed , and that
protection thrives best where modera
tion and temperance abide. The with
drawal from bonded warehouses of ,
spirits used in manufactures and the j |
arts will , however , account in great I
part for the increase of receipts from
internal revenue. Manufactures and
the arts have been the first to feel the
impulse of prosperity. Then , too , the
consumption of light wines and beer
always increases in good times. Drunk
enness and pauperism go together ,
twin comrades of free trade.
"Well Dressed Women.
"America , which has had reason to
boast so long of its beautiful and well-
gov/ned womankind , has dealt them a
savage blow by the clause in its tariff
bill preventing them from taking over
frocks from Europe , except on pay
ment of heavy duties. It is really too
bad. " The Country Gentleman , Lon
don , September , 1S97.
If the Country Gentleman could only
be spared from looking after his crops ,
don't you know , he would find more
better dressed women in any city of
the United States , and all of them
wearing American made dresses , than
he could find either in London or Par
is ? What can beat our tailor-made
gowns ? "It is really too bad" you
can't leave vour farm , old chap.
They Ulunt Buy.
Foreign nations are obliged to buy
our wares whether we purchase theirs
or not. Minneapolis Minn. , "Tribune , "
October 9. 1S97.
Certainly they are , all free-trade the
ories to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
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REPUBLICAN OPINION. > ; H
How about that Dlngloy law Chinese j ' H
wall ? It don't interfere , apparently , • H
with our export trade. H
Ex-Candidate Bryan accounts for the \ H
present Improved times ( ho admits j * H
they have improved ) by the famine • ' H
abroad and the dlacovory of gold in H
the Klondike , but ho apparently forgets -
gets that double the amount of money , H
has been expended In fitting out pco- H
pic to go to Klondike that has yet H
been taken out from the mines. H
When a Mexican takes $5 in Mexican H
silver , for every dollar of which he has M
to work as hard as his American brother - H
er works for his gold dollar , and buys j H
with it goods worth $2 in American M
gold , that Is Mexican Bryanite pros- M
perity. The worklngmen of this country - H
try don't want any of it in theirs. H
A statement compiled from the ofil- H
cial records of the government prepared - H
pared by a free trade Democrat show H
that during Cleveland's last term the H
farmers of the country lost more than j H
a billion dollars a year by decreased H
consumption and decreased values of H
products. H
With a. hundred thousand tons of H
Alabama coal going to Mexico for the |
use of her railroad locomotives in competition - H
petition with English coal. It looks as I' l
though a new field Is open to the south H
for her rich products. a , < |
"The revival of all industries and ( ' H
the commencement of prosperity in all H
parts of the United States were the H
natural and necessary results of the * H
action of the President and a Repub- M
llcan congress. " John Sherman. H
With all the Democratic vituperations H
against the oppressions and wickedness - | H
ness of the Dingley lavwe haven't H
heard any wisli expressed yet to return - . H
turn to the beneficent provisions of the |
Wilson law. |
Mr. Bryan made numerous speeches H
during his recent tour through Ohio , H
but reading one was reading them all. |
It is to bo expected that Democrats |
will deny that the Dingley law has H
anything to do with the return of pros- H
parity to the country. j H
"The first six months of the McKinley - H
ley administration were the most ( lis- H
astrous in the history of the country. " j H
William Jennings Bryan. That's a ' M
good one , Mr. Bryan ; give U3 another M
The total value of the agricultural H
products of Kansas for IS97 , according H
to the report of the board of agriculture - M
ture of that state , is $170,000,000 , the M
largest in the present decade. H
It 1.4 .Just" High Knough. M
t t mI H
0 THE WAuT * * H
OF " ' H
piRorarmow.
A i [ Wk I
l\w - fp n } j I IMVwffir' 1
• f S 8\1 villi I rJgW y H
Will Roach a Xormal ItaMs. j H
"The statistics for September show H
that under the most adverse conditior.3 H
the Dingley bill promises to dissipate M
the Wilson deficit. " St. Louis Star 1
Oct. 10. 1S97. ' H
The decrease of dutiable imports of |
merchandise for September , 1897 , as H
compared with September , lSOtf 1
amounted to $0,553,019 , while the decrease - |
crease of nearly $2,000,000 in non-du- |
tiable imports swelled the total fallin li H
off for the month to $8,445,972. Every ! * J I
body knows why this decrease occurred ' H
and everybody but the
free trade malcontents - - |
contents knows that as soon as the |
country shall have worked off its bi- |
accumulation of foreign goods that 1
were crowded in during the last four > H
months of the Wilson bill , imports J B
will reach a normal basis of demand * 1
and supply , and revenue will be in l H
creased accordingly. , H
The Sandwich Islanders H
believe th
the souls of their deceased M
reside : n the ravens , and they entwX H
Europeans not to molest them. _ • M
