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CHAPTER VTL Continued
When the princess was alone she
trembled beneath the weight of the
new thought that had been wrought
upon her Flight was something that
had not made its way to her mind be
fore but now that it had been present
ed she could hot dismiss it She had
revealed her whole feeling so far as
the king was concerned in her speech
to Albia There may have been other
springs within her soul which she did
not then dare to touch but in her own
soul unsupported and uninfluenced by
other causes than such as spring from
reason and reflectionhad grown a fear
of Horam and a terror of being his
wife She had dreamed of poor Helena
until the dead queen seemed almost
an attendant spirit upon her sent to
warn her The night passed and the
day came and she had resolved that
she would not marry with the old king
if she could avoid it When Albia
came and asked her what she had de
termined such was the purport of her
answer
But said the bondmaiden there
but one way in which the sacrifice
c be avoided Are you ready to
flee
Not yet net yet Albia Wait
through the day
In the afternoon the king made a
visit to the house of his prime minis
ter and spent a short time with Ulin
He never looked more repulsive He
was loud in his words of love and
made the announcement that fortune
had turned full in his favor It was
evident enough that he had been tak
ing more wine than usual When he
went away Ulin sank down upon a
low stool and buried her face in her
hands
Albia she said when she felt like
speaking I can bear no more I would
Tather die than give myself to that
man If I should die my father would
lose me but if I flee from Damascus
I ma- at some time return to him If
you can prepare for leaving the city I
will accompany you this very night
The bondmaiden promised that she
would do all in her power and without
waiting to waste time in useless words
she went forth to search for -the help
she needed
Evening came and Ulin had not
shrunk back from the decision she
had made There were two reasons
why her home had not power to win
her back from her resolve The death
of her mother had taken away the
brightest part of that home and fur
thermore its character of home was
soon to be changed if she remained
It could not be her home any more
CHAPTER VIII
Hobaddan
Thus sat the princess presenting
herself with every available reason
that could favor her in her resolution
when Albia came in with a quick
step and a flushed cheek
My mistress she said when she
had assured herself that they were
alone there is a man in the garden
who wishes to speak with you
A man cried Ulin
He says it is a case of life or
death of life or death to an individ
ual and of life or death to a city
pursued the bondmaiden without no
ticing the interruption He gained
entrance to the garden and has been
searching for the lady Ulin He did
not tell me his name but I know that
he was with the robbers at the Pal
ace of the Valley and he says he is a
friend of Julian If you will see him
now I can conduct him up without
danger of discovery
In mercys name Albia what mean
you The princess trembled like an
aspen What can he want with me
I think he is an honest man my
lady and I think you had better see
him I only speak my own feelings
Does he say that Julian sent him
asked UHn trembling more violently
as that name fell from her lips
Julian did not send him replied
Albia and yet he comes in behalf of
Julian I think the noble young chief
tain is in danger and this man hopes
that you may be able to render some
assistance
Indeed Albia I must not do such
a thing It would not be proper I
must not do it What is the robber
chieftain to me
I know not of a verity my lady
that such is the mans hope but I do
know that he prays most earnestly to
see you Yet if you will not see him
I will carry to him your word
What will he do if I refuse
He will go away and trouble you
no more
Are you sure of this Albia
- I am my lady He bade me say
unto you that you should act your own
pleasure He urges no claim and will
take no offense at refusal but he
prayerfully asks that you will grant
him audience
The princess was not proof against
the spirit which prompted to the re
ception of the robber It was not
wholly curiosity which moved her
There were feelings working within
her which she could not have ex
plained even to herself She told Al
bia that she might conduct the man
to her apartment
iTou will come with him Albia
and you will remain with me while he
is here
The bondmaiden went away and ere
long returned followed by a tall
stout middle aged man As the rays
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A Story of
the East
By
SYLVANUS
COBB JR
of the lamp fell upon his face reveal
ing features that were far above the
average in their stamp of manhood
Ulin recognized him as one whom she
had seen with Julian in the Valley of
Lycanlus He bowed very low as he
entered and when he saw how the
maiden was affected by his presence
he proceeded at once to open his busi
ness
Noble lady he said in a tone
which might at once have banished all
fear from the minds of his listeners
I have come to you upon a most
strange business and T will use as few
words as possible in presenting it to
you My young master is in danger
Do you speak of Julian asked the
princess with a slight start
Yes my lady replied the man
standing respectfully before her with
his cap in his hand
My name is Hobaddan and I am
Julians lieutenant I have been with
him from the period of his earliest
childhood Since he was large enough
to lift a lance I have been his friend
and companion He was given Into
my care during his opening youth
and when he reached the estate of
manhood I was content to serve him
I love him as a brother aye better
than most brothers love I love him
tenderly and devotedly And all his
followers love him A thousand stout
men love and worship him
What did all this mean Why had
Hobaddan come to tell her this Ulin
trembled knowing not wherefore and
gazed anxiously into the speakers
face
Lady pursued the lieutenant who
had stopped a moment as though he
would assure himself that his lan
guage gave no offense my master Is
In danger He is in the hands of his
deadliest enemy He is in this city
cast into a dark deep dungeon and
Horam means to kill him
Ulin turned pale as death and
clasped her hands upon her bosom
Her look signified that she would ask
how it happened
I will explain continued Hobad
dan how this misfortune befell my
chieftain Have you ever seen an
Israelite named Judah
I know him well said Albia He
is the kings slave
And two black men named Osmir
and Selim
I know them also answered the
bondmaiden
They came to our camp said Ho
baddan and told so fair a story that
they were admitted to fellowship and
the blacks were placed as servants
near the person of our chieftain But
the result proved that they were sent
out by Horam and that their mission
was to capture the Scourge of Damas
cus And this work they have accom
plished How they did it I cannot tell
I only know that we missed our leader
and that the three conspirators were
missing with him I came at once to
this city and have succeeded in dis
covering what I have told you Julian
is in prison and of course the fate of
death awaits him
But sir said Ulin struggling to
speak calmly what can this mean to
me
Noble lady I know that the
thought of seeking you was a wild
one and perhaps you will say it was
monstrous but I could think of no
other course I know that your father
was prime minister and that you
were in a position to wield some in
fluence There is not an oflicer in
Damascus to whom I would dare to
apply Is there not some way in
which you can help me
How sir Help you in what
In setting my young master free
Indeed sir you have taken a step
most wild How should I the daugh
ter of Aboul Cassem dare to step in
between justice and its victim
Ah lady returned the lieutenant
some of us think that others higher
than Julian owe more to justice than
does he
Still sir pursued Ulin it is most
absurd to think that I could help you
in this
Did Ulin appear like one offended
No Did she treat the name of Julian
as though she deemed him worthy of
the fate which threatened him No
She seemed rather to be struggling to
put away some feeling of a very dif
ferent character The lieutenant evi
dently read her nature for he pro
ceeded earnestly
Do not misunderstand me lady
Were the work simply to set Julian
free I should npt have visited you
The work I would give into your hands
is the salvation of Damascus If our
master is slain by the king this city
must suffer terribly The vengeance of
those who love the chieftain will be
dreadful If Julian falls beneath the
sword of the kings executioner his
followers will draw more blood from
the life of this people than Polypses
drew when he ravaged the city of the
northern plain To save all this no
ble princess can you not help me Is
there not some way in which you can
remove the bolt from the door of the
chieftains prison house
Ulin was trembling more violently
than before
O sir she cried giving full scope
now to her feelings you find me
powerless to help you I have not
the influence which you ascribe to me
If I had the power I would not hesi
tate If I were the jailer and held
the keys of the prison door I would
set your master free but alas I am
more weak than you imagine I am
-----
mere like a prisoner than like a prin
cess
At this juncture the bondmaiden
arose from her seat and moved for
ward Her dark eye3 sparkled with
peculiar Are and her fair brow worked
as though the bain were revolving
mighty thoughts
Dear lady she said addressing
her mistress there is but one way In
which we can render the assurance
which this man seeks
Speak Albia said Ulin betraying
a suddenness of emotion which told
very plainly how her desire ran
Not now my mistress returned
the girl I must have time If this
man can come to our garden two hours
past midnight I can tell him more
Is there help asked Hobaddan
eagerly
I cannot tell you now replied Al
bia I can only tell you this If
there is help it is to be found only
in one quarter I will look for it
there and at the time I have men
tioned you shall know the result I
will look for it if my lady is willing
And I am pardoned for my intru
sion said Hobaddan
Yes returned Ulin She would
have said more but Albia was al
ready at the door- and the robber had
turned to follow her
CHAPTER IX
The Dark Hour
It seemed like a dream to Ulin
She closed her eyes and opened them
and arose and walked across the
chamber simply to assure herself
that she was awake Was It possible
that a member of the robber band had
been to see her had been within her
chamber had come and had gone A
friend and companion of Julians
seeking her for aid in behalf of the
chieftain She was trying to make
it appear real when her bondmaiden
returned
The dcor was closed and Albia re
marked as she took a seat
He will be in the garden two hours
past midnight my lady and if we
can help him we must do our work as
speedily as possible
Help repeated Ulin gazing into
her attendants face How can we
help Julian
The thing may be possible replied
Albia in a thoughtful mood If you
would serve him I think a way can
be opened to the accomplishment
he princess reflected a few mo
ments and then said
If the man who was here spoke
the truth it may become my duty to
help him and certainly his story
seemed plausible I can very easily
see how the powerful robber band
moved to desperation by the death of
their beloved leader might wreak
most terrible vengeance upon this
city and surely if we can be the
means of averting so dire a calamity
it is our duty so to do
I think it is added Albia
But continued Ulin if Julian is
in the power of the king he must be
in one of the strongest dungeons and
a strict guard must be kept over him
How can we reach him
I can think of but one way re
turned the bondmaiden laying down
the plan with her finger as she pro
ceeded Osmir and Sellm had a hand
in capturing the young chieftain and
it is not impossible that they may
have a hand in guarding him I judge
so from the fact that the capture of
the robber has not yet become gen
erally known in the city which would
certainly have been the case if the
kings officers had known it Now we
have some claim upon the gratitude of
this Osmir and I think he is by na
ture grateful enough to repay us He
is the man whom we found faint and
dying upon the shore of the lake and
who must have died if we had not
nursed him You remember the cir
cumstance
He had almost been killed by some
slaves of Aleppo explained Albia
To be continued
Even -Family Secrets
The inquisitorial proceedings of income-tax
collectors in Austria are a
source of great annoyance to self-respecting
citizens They pry into every
family secret however delicate But
now they do even more than that
They attempt to check the income of
a man by finding out what is sent him
by rail The inspector of taxes at
Myslenice in order to give the screw
another turn has applied to the rail
way managers for permission to send
an official to Makow station for a cer
tain time in order to examine all par
cels sent there or thence and find out
to whom or from whom they have
been sent Of course the purpose of
such a demand is clear Proof is re
quired that certain persons spend
more and therefore have a greater in
come than they have declared thus
ignoring the fact that a man may pos
sibly live beyond his income At the
same time it must be confessed that
there is a great difiiculty in getting
piople to give truthful declarations
2lIore daughter IiCSs Suicide
The physiological benefits of laugh
ter can not be overestimated It
shakes up the diaphragm sets the
pulses- beating to a lively measure
stimulates the blood corpuscles en
livens the brain and sometimes pro
duces dislocation of the jaw when in
dulged in too heartily by a man with
a large mouth Used with discretion
laughter is as inspiring as a sea
breeze as refreshing as an August
shower Its moral effect is beyond
computation It has killed more ridic
ulous superstitions by its rollicking
roars of unbelief than any other
agency says the Literary Era What
can be more derisive than a laugh
The man who laughs never kills him
self That is the reason so few Irish-
I men commit suicide
JUBILANT UNCLE SAM
AWFULLY 13USY BUT FINDS
TIME TO TALK
Greatly Pleased rrlth Oar Export v Trade
of 81500000000 Treasury Balance
8175000000 and Trade Balance of
arly 8700000000
I found Uncle Sam yesterday deeply
absorbed in a mass of fiscal reports
The old gentleman fairly beamed as he
gave me a hearty hand grasp but
when I told him I had come for an
pther interview his manner seemed to
relax a little I thought
Ill tell you how it Is Uncle Sam
said I The people enjoyed your
Fourth of July talk so much that there
are requests from all over the country
Tfr a small weekly chat Now you
wont refuse the people will you I
pleaded
No I wont exactly refuse he re
plied but really Im awfully busy
all the time I thought I was busy in
1892 when the McKinley law was in
such perfect order but it didnt com
pare with what this Dingley law is do
ing Why Im breaking the records
all along the line Just look at this
total of foreign bills of sale 1500
000000 There aint another country
on earth that can show such a total
But I remarked there seems to
be a falling off in exports- of manu
factures
Dont you worry about that a min
ute he replied The falling off is in
ngures not in fact For instance I
sold nearly 20000000 of goods most
ly manufactures to Porto Rico and
Hawaii in 1900 Well Ive sold them
considerable more this year and yet
not a dollars worth appears in the re
ports Then the war in China has cut
off enough to make up the rest of the
difference between this year and last
And besides all that there has been a
reduction in prices so really exports
of manufactures have increased
But that aint the whole point
either Ive sold fully 2000000000
worth more of manufactures at home
this last year so dont worry my boy
about an apparent loss of a few mil
lions in foreign sales
Does the surplus please you I
asked
Its great Isnt it Kept right up
to the mark and the estimates And
now I have reduced taxation by 40
000000 a year and my friend John
Bull is taxing his people right and left
and wondering how he is going to foot
the bills I reckon he looks at my
240000000 of customs receipts a little
enviously but he Js too stubborn to
change his fiscal policy though I ex
pect to see him putting up the bars
before long
Then look at this treasury balance
175000000 besides the 150000000
reserve fund Im buying bonds all the
time too Quite different from what
my last -manager Cleveland did when
he ran me into debt to the tune of
about 262000000 to say nothing of the
interest on the bonds he sold I tell
you the people did me a mighty good
turn when they gave me McKinley for
a manager and a Republican Protec
tion Congress to back him up
The old gentleman rubbed his hands
gleefully and seemed as jubilant as a
boy in swimming
You have not said anything about
the big balance of trade I remarked
Dont need to it speaks for itself
tersely responded the happy man
But he added Im prouder of
those figures than I can tell you It
isnt so much the six hundred and
thirty odd millions to my credit but it
shows that the people are expanding
at home as well as abroad We are
buying more home made goods and
getting more and more independent of
the rest of the world every year We
can afford to buy a few hundred mil
lions worth of luxuries abroad but I
want my people to buy all they can at
home and I guess they all see the
point
And the old gentleman gave me a
merry wink as he went off with his
pockets crammed o overflowing with
coupons F C
TARIFF AND RECIPROCITY
Second Declaration by the Ohio Repub
lican ConYentlon
The declaration of the Ohio Repub
licans in their State convention on the
subject of the tariff and reciprocity has
evidently had a good effect in check
ing the nonsensical agitation in favor
of tariff revision It is well understood
that the Ohio Republicans represent in
their declaration the convictions of the
President on this subject Hence
when they declared that the tariff
schedules to protect American labor
against the low wages paid foreign la
bor must be maintained they made
it entirely- clear that the President
does not want any tariff revision
Mr Hanna put the matter effectively
when he declared that the party will
not permit an abridgement of the tar
iff that will interfere with the labor of
one man for one day There could be
no revision in the sense that word is
gensrallyused without throwing thou
sands of men out of work owing to
the uncertainty that would be created
as to what might be the final outcome
On the subject of reciprocity the
platform -declares in favor of it only
stipulating that it must be purely a
reciprocity not for the sake of encour
aging any nation in closer commercial
relations with a profit on one side
Reciprocity in the sense the word is
used in the Republican national plat
form which is the guide to the party
means the admission into this country
at low rates of duty or without any
duty of products that we do not pro
duce in this country in return for sim
ilar favors from the nation with
which the treaty is negotiated It does
not mean cutting down the tariff to
a dangerous extent on any Industry
established In this country by the pro
tective tariff which course might
throw many men out of employment
to help some other industry
There is nothing Inconsistent as the
OgfP platform shows between the pro
tective tariff and reciprocity For that
reason the Republican party Is in fa
vor of reciprocity and we have no
doubt that Congress at its next ses
sion will assist the President in carry
ing into effect to as large an extent as
possible his ideas on that subject
Those people who affect to believe that
the President has changed his ideas to
any extent on the tariff question need
only to read carefully the platform
adopted by the Ohio Republicans
Philadelphia Press
RADICAL TREATMENT RE
QUIRED
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Uncle Sam Those ougs are get
ting thick again Guess Id better
clean em out once for all
Wool Prices
The price of Indiana wool is just
what is was in July 1897 the price
having fallen from 29 cents in Janu
ary 1900 to 20 cents in May of the
present year The ame movement is
shown in all wools Indianapolis
News
Exactly so The price of Indiana
I wool is just where it was in July 1897
when the enactment of the Dingley
Tariff saved the farmers of Indiana
from the legislation so loved by the
Indianapolis News Incidentally It
may be remarked that the price 29 Vi
cents received for Indiana wool in
1889 is the highest on record
The price secured for Indiana wool
by the tariff advocated by Mr Bryan
and the News in the happy summer of
1896 was 14 cents As South Amer
ican quarter blood shrinking less than
Indiana can now be landed in bond
at 10 cents a pound the adoption of
the tariff policy of the News would
mean that Indiana wool would be sell
ing for just half the price it brings in
Boston to day
Prices on wool are low as compared
with 1900 thanks to the drop in wool
all over the world but thank God
they are not at the ruinous level that
would exist if the Dingley tariff were
not in force with wool abroad break
ing all records for cheapness nor have
they even dropped In the United States
to the low level secured for American
wool in 1896 by the Indianapolis News
and its allies Boston Commercial
Bulletin
In Behalf of Soilness
Speaking for the business interests
of the entire country in deprecation of
any and all attempts to reopen the tar
iff question the New York Commer
cial wisely says
It would be extremely unfortunate
to precipitate a national agitation that
would call a halt on the countrys bus
iness just at a time when popular feel
ing over the outlook is most hopeful
and confident But if there really ex
ist two wings in the Republican party
one demanding a lowering of duties
or their repeal in some instances and
the other determined to stand by the
policy that has built up American in
dustry and incidentally the party
why the sooner the thing is fought
out to a finish the better perhaps But
no American business man wants to
see the next session of Congress given
over to an acrimonious debate that
would imperil the passage of needed
legislation that the business of the
country is crying for on the isthmian
canal for instance
If there is one thing more than an
other which business does not want it
is tariff tinkering
No linger Hate the Octopus
If Bryan wants to know how much
more power the trusts have in the
Democratic party today than in 1S95
he may take a run down to Texas and
make a thorough inspection of the
Standard Oil Companys late acquisi
tions there both of statesmen and real
estate Only a year ago the Texas
legislature bucked and gagged the oc
topus and stored him in a barb wire
cage Little Rock Ark Republican
Railroad Work and Wages
Five years ago many of the rail
roads of the country were in the hands
of receivers Today every railroad of
the country is traffic taxed to its ut
most resources There will be nearly
10000 miles of track laid this
year against 1600 in 1895 and the
railroad employes will get 100000000
more wages than during the Gorman
Wilson tariff
EVILS OF EATING ALONE
Dyspepsia Shown to Be Increasing a
Marriage Is Deferred-
At a time like the present when the
marrying age of the average man of
middle class is being more and moro
postponed the physical ills of bache
Iordom come increasingly under the no
tice of the medical man It Is not
good for man or woman to live alona
Indeed it has been well said that for
solitude to be successful a man must
bo either angel or devil This refers
perhaps mainly to the moral aspects
of isolation and with these we have
now no concern There are certain
physical ills however which are not
the least among the disadvantages of
loneliness Of these there is many a
clerk in London many a young bar
rister rising perhaps but not far
enough risen many a business man or
journalist who will say that one of the
most trying features of his unmarried
life is to have to eat alone And a
premature dyspepsia is the only thing
ever takes him to his medical man
There are some few happily disposed
Individuals who can dine alone and
not eat too fast nor too much nor too
little With the majority it is differ
ent The average man puts his novei
or his paper before him and thinks
that he will lengthen out the meal
with due deliberation by reading a lit
tle with and more between the
courses He will just employ his mind
enough to help and too little to Inter
fere with digestion In fact he will
provide that gentle mental accompani
ment which with happier people con
versation gives to a meal This is
your solitarys excellent idea In real
ity he becomes engrossed in what he is
reading till suddenly finding his chop
cold he demolishes it in a few mouth
fuls or else he finds that he is hun
gry and paying no attention to th
book which he flings aside he rushes
through his food as fast as possible to
plunge into his arm chair and litera
ture afterward In either case tho
lonely man must digest at a disad
vantage Certainly it is not good to
eat and drink alone It is a sad fact
of our big cities that they hold hun
dreds of men and women who in the
day are too busy and at night too lonely
to feed with profit much less with any
pleasure From the Lancet
OAK STUMP AS A CANNON
It Fired a Projectile Through a House
In Birmingham
The residence of Coroner Paris in
the southwestern part of Birmingham
Ala was badly damaged yesterday
afternoon in a most peculiar manner
a big hole being cut through one side
by a shot from an old stump During
the tornado which recently swept the
south side of the city two huge trees
were blown down on the Paris place
and yesterday afternoon Coroner Paris
employed a negro to remove the fallen
trees which were 200 feet from the
house The negro sawed the trees up
leaving the stumps cut off short and
partly burled in the ground One of
these stumps a big oak affair leaned
over pointing directly toward the
hcuse The negro wanted to blow this
stump to pieces and to this end he
bored a 2 inch hole in it from the side
and then inserted a stick of dynamite
The hole was then closed up and the
charge exploded With the explosion
of the dynamite the heart of the oak
stump shot from its place like a can
non ball and flew straight for the
house striking it broadside and boring
a huge hole through the wall The
stump was uninjured except that the
heart was removed and after the ex
plosion it stood pointing its muzzle
at the house like a huge piece of artil
lery No one was hurt the room in
which the oaken shot fell after passing
through the wall being unoccupied for
the moment Atlanta News
Ran Too Great a Hazard
A man boarded a Missouri Pacific
train equipped with transportation
which Dad Walsh the conductor
thought was questionable The pas
senger refused to put up the cash fare
and Walsh called the porter and car
ried him from the train depositing
him on a truck on the stationplatform
The man took it so nonchalantly that
it occurred to Walsh that he might be
making a mistake He accordingly
went back to the passanger and told
him he might get aboard again All
right said the passenger T didnt
get off the train and theoretically Im
still riding In the nature of things I
cannot well board a train upon which
I am already riding and he sat on the
truck as obstinate as a mule Walsh
called the brakeman and porter and
carried the man carefully onto the
train put him in the seat in which he
had been riding before the incident oc
curred and saved his road a damage
suit Kansas City Star
Hootless Monkey Paced Owb
Three owls that appear to be part
monkeys have been found near Red
Bud III says the Chicago Inter Ocean
Two of the birds are now in posses
sion of Phil Offerding a hotel keeper
of this city and are viewed with great
curiosity The owls are two months
old now and so far have shown no
signs of feathering and this adds to
the monkey likeness They hare
large staring eyes like the owls even
the beak being depressed but the fore
head runs back like that of the
monkey The hoot which has made
the owl well known is absent The
vocal powers of these monkey faced
beings are somewhat impaired They
remain silent unless disturbed when
they let out a hiss like that of a
snake They were taken from a nes
in the woods near Red Bud about a
month ago by George Carpenter
Men and lemons are hard to knew J
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