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Copyrighted 1891 by Robert Bonners Sons
UHAPim IX Conunueu
I remember pursued Ulln It
all comes to me now I bathed his
bruised head and bound up his
Tvounds while you brought the cor
dial which my mother provided
So it was my lady I- have seen
the slave since have seen him several
times he has brought messages to
your father and I know that his grat
itude is strong If Osmir has any
power to open the prison door and I
can find him there may be some
hope
But can you find him asked the
princess She spoke eagerly and no
longer sought to conceal the real cause
of her anxiety
I can try returned the attendant
and even here we have a fortunate
help Shubal who has been so long
your servant is a near friend to Os
mir I will take Shubal with me and
we may find the man we seek Shall
1 not leave at once
Yes Albia Go at once Be careful
for all may depend on the secrecy of
your movements 1 have entered upon
this matter and I will now give all
mv energies to its consummation Go
and bring me answer as quickly as
you can
The bondmaiden left the apartment
and when Ulin was once more alone
she started to her feet and moved to
the window The flush was back upon
her cheek and the sparkle was in her
eye Her pure blood was circulating
with new power as for the time she
forgot the king in the memory of the
youthful chieftain
In less than an hour Albia returned
and the beam upon her face told very
plainly that she had not been entirely
disappointed
My good mistress she said Shu
bal has served us well I found him
without difficulty and he at once
went alone in search of Osmir He
found him at the royal palace and has
brought him- hither
N Brought Osmir
Yes
And what does he say
I have not spoken to him of Julian
I thought you had better do that You
may have more influence
Very well bring him up at once
I will shrink from nothing now
In a little while the tall dark form
glided within the chamber of the
princess He bowed low as he en
tered and when he saw the lady Ulin
lie sank down upon his knee
Noble lady he said Albia in
formed me that I can be of service to
you Once you served me and my life
has been yours ever since Command
me
At flrst Ulin had been startled by
the appearance of the powerful black
within her chamber but when she re
membered the service she had done
Mm and when she saw how gently
the beams of gratitude fell upon her
from his brown eyes she regained her
confidence
I will not command you Osmir I
can only ask you to assist me You
may be able to serve me and you may
not be able But I will not detain you
with useless words You do not yet
Tcnow what I seek
I do not lady
You helped to bring the robber
chieftain to Damascus
Ha who told you that Tie was
not startled with fear but ho rather
seemed to wonder how the princess
had gained the information
Do you know a man named Ho
oaddan
Yes lady He is second in command
of the robber band
He has been here Osmir and he
lias induced me to use my influence
towards gaining freedom for his chief
tain I may not explain to you but
nevertheless I am willing to confess
that I do much desire to free this
Julian from the power of the king
Can you help me
He bowed his head and pretty soon
arose to his feet
Lady he said I did help inthe
capture of the young chieftain but
-when I came to know him I would
rather have served him had it been in
my power I found him a generous
nonorable man and I learned to love
him but I was bound by an oath to
the will of Judah and I could not dis
obey I wish I could save him now
Can you do it Osmir I do not
wish that the king should kill him
We thought you might have access to
his dungeon that you might at some
time be set to guard him
So it is lady but I am not to be
on the guard again until daylight
And to morrow may be the last
uttered the princess painfully If
you cannot help us our hope has an
end
Osmir moved back and leaned
against the wall with his head upon
his hand
Lady he said after much
thought I have one source of hope
My companion Selim he who was
with me in the work of capture
stands watch over the chieftains dun
geon at midnight Selim may help
me If he will Julian may be saved
I will hasten away at once and exert
this only influence I possess
And when can I know the result
asked Ulin
Within two hours past midnight
said Osmir That is he added if
I have any result to bring If I do not
succeed I may not return at all
At two hours past midnight pur
sued Ulin Hobaddari is to be in my
garden You cn meet him there
A Story of
the Eest
By
SYLVANUS
COBB JR
ib returned the guard after a
moments reflection if I succeed I
shall not fear to meet the lieutenant
It I am not in the garden at the time
appoint or very near that time you
may know that I have done all that
lay in tay power Have you more to
sayV
No good Osmir Go to the work
and do the best yon can
He spoke a simple word of promise
and then turned from the apartment
Albia conducting him down and guid
ing him out by a small door in the
garden wall
Albia he said as he stood be
neath the low arch and his tone
showed that he did not speak lightly
your mistress does not dream of the
danger I must undergo in this work
but I will be true to my promise I will
do all I can If Selim will not join
me there Is the end but if he falls in
with me then we both put our lives
at stake and the prize may be won I
hope we shall succeed
The bondmaiden watched the re
treating form until it was lost in the
darkness and then she closed the
gate and turned her steps back
towards the house
CHAPTER X
In the Dungeon
The robber chieftain had been placed
in one of the most gloomy dungeons
beneath the royal palace his legs and
arms ioaded with chains and his feet
shackled to a bolt in the floor How
long he had been there he could not
tell Night and day were the same
in the living tomb Food and drink
had been brought to him thrice and
a masked mute had been in to remove
the tray He had but one hope of es
cape and even that was so feeble that
it would not bear the entertainment
He thought if his followers should dis
cover where he was they might pos
sibly dare to attempt his release but
when he came to weigh all the cir
cumstances he dared not think they
would do it In short Julian had made
up his mind that death was very near
to him
And what had he to live for What
but revenge upon the King of Damas
mus He had no parents no rela
tives nothing on earth of his own
blood which he could claim There
might be living in the city some hu
man being of his kin but he did not
know of such He loved his brave
fellows but they could do without
him They were bold stout men and
could look for themselves What else
was there There were some poor
families in the mountains some
friends upon the plain and a few de
pendent ones near the river but Ho
baddan would care for them What
else was there
The youthful chieftain bowed his
head and pressed his heavily laden
hands upon his heart There was one
more one whom he had hoped to see
again in the coming time one who
had left an impression in his soul
which had warmed and quickened his
whole being But why think of her
What could the beautiful daughter of
Aboul Cassem be to him In a few
short days she would be the wife of
his bitterest enemy
Thus mused the prisoner standing
erect with his manacled hands fold
ed upon his bosom Avhen he was
aroused from his reflections by the
sound of creaking bolts and in a few
moments more the door of his dun
geon was opened and the rays of a
lamp penetrated the place Two men
entered closing the door after them
but tbe eyes of the chieftain were not
yet used enough to the light to dis
tinguish either their forms or features
Presently however as they addressed
each other he recognized the two
blacks who had so fatally deceived
him and his first impulse was to raise
his heavy chains and smite them
down but they were not near enough
to be thus reached
Osmir Selim he said are you
here
Yes my master replied Osmir
Have you come to kill me
No
To bear me to the king
What then You have the watch
over me
Yes
And the king fears not to trust
you
You see he does trust us
Aye as I trusted you 0 you are
two ungrateful villains When you
came to me in the forest I believed
your tale of woe and took pity upon
you and I meant to be kind to you
and make your lot a pleasant one I
looked into your faces and I thought
you were honest I did not trust you
from your speech but from your hon
est looks However it is past And
now what seek ye
Good master said Osmir speak
ing earnestly before I tell you why
we are now here let me say to you
that we are not without hearts and
that we have some store of honesty
When we went to your camp we went
in the service of another master whom
we were bound to serve We had
sworn that we would capture you if we
could But sir after we had seen you
and known you we would have re
canted had the thing been possible We
asked Judah to free us from the task
but he refused
Why do you tell me this story
now
That you may know the reason of
our action
You action speaks for itself Look
at these chains and mark the fate to
which 1 am doomed
I meant not the action of the past
good master I alluded to action that
was to come
Action to come
Yes Selim and I are here to speak
of your release from this dungeon
Hold Jet our words be few for tho
time is short We have promised that
we would lead youforth from Horams
power if the thing were possible
Promised whom asked Julian
The black hesitated He knew not
that he should use the name of the
princess so he finally answered
Hobaddan Ib in the city and our
promise has been sent to him But
there is something more If we lead
vyou from this place we do so in the
lace of great danger We have plan
ned for that and have freely staked
our lives in the work But if we suc
ceed and you are free we can never
more return to Damascus If we go
with you from this dungeon we must
go with you from the city and remain
with you
Julian believed that the black was
speaking truly and honestly
Certainly he said if you lead me
in safety from the bonds that now en
compass me I will give you such re
turn as you may desire You may re
main with me if you like or I will
give you safe conduct into the land
of the Syrians
Your word is enough my master
and henceforth Selim and I are your
servants We change our allegiance
and the proof of our fidelity shall be
manifest in this first act of our serv
ice We have dangers to meet sir
Talk not of dangers cried the
chieftain Throw off these chains
give me a sword and lead me to the
upper world and I ask no more Once
again I trust you and if you prove
true my gratitude shall be your while
I live
Without further words Osmir pro
ceeded to the work he had come to
perform Selim held the lantern
while he loosed the irons from Julians
limbs and very soon the chieftain
stepped forth witn his limbs free
There is no time to waste said
Osmir as he cast the chains upon the
floor We have good swords at hand
and for the rest we must trust to our
wit and strength There is danger
enough between this dungeon and the
open air but I am ready to meet it
By the gods cried Julian as he
grasped the sword which Osmir had
placed in his hand I can laugh at
danger now Lead on and let this
present hour be the last of Horams
power
To be continued
HARPOONING BLUE WHALES
The Harpoon Gun Is a Cruel Instrument
of Destruction
To pursue the blue whale success
fully is according to an interesting
article in Pearsons Magazine a com
plicated undertaking For instance
one of the requirements is a boat that
can steam twelve knots an hour and
which is furnished with a formidable
weapon known as the harpoon gun
The harpoon gun is a ponderous piece
of apparatus laced on a raised plat
form on the prow of the whaler and
consists of a short stout cannon
mounted on a broad pedestal on which
it can rotate horizontally The gun
has also a vertical motion and can be
turned quickly in whatever direction
the prow of the ship dominates On
the top of the gun are sights for
aiming just as in a rifle Behind is
the stock which is grasped in the
hand when firing the gun and be
neath it the trigger The breech is a
box like arrangement situated just
where the stock is fastened to the gun
proper The gun is loaded in the or
dinary way from the muzzle and the
harpoon is tightly rammed into it To
discharge the gun a small cartridge
with a wire attached is first put into
the breech Pressure on the trigger
causes a pull on the wire which ignites
the cartridge and discharges the gun
simultaneously The harpoon is about
six feet in length and very massive It
consists essentially of three parts the
anterior conical portion the movable
barbs and the shaft The anterior
conical piece is an explosive shell filled
with gunpowder and screws on to the
rest of the harpoon The explosive
shell is fired with a time fuse after the
harpoon is imbedded in the whale
Taken all in all the harpoon gun is
about the most exquisitely cruel in
strument of destruction devised by the
ingenuity of man But it is only
when one sees and knows the prodigi
ous brute it is meant to destroy that
one realizes that it is nevertheless
none too effective The gun is never
discharged at a greater distance than
fifty feet and seldom indeed at more
than thirty from the whale To be
able to get so near requires not only
very fine seamanship but a very in
timate knowledge of the habits of the
animal Philadelphia Times
Hugest Sea Creature
Of all the uncanny creatures in the
animal kingdom- the one whose ac
quaintance is hardest to make is the
blue whale the largest of all the
whales and indeed one of the most
colossal animals living or extinct
known to science You will look in
vain for him in zoological collections
in menageries or even in museums A
brute 90 feet in length and weighing
just as many tons does not lend itself
to preservation or stuffing and the few
skeletons of him which do exist give
one no idea of what he is like The
blue whale is hunted by the Norwe
gians chiefly for the sake of his oil
and is of considerable value a full
grown specimen being worth from
1250 to 1500
PLl HII WI Mlllll JT t f
NO PUBLIC SUPPORT
TARIFF REVISION PLAN NOT IN
GENERAL FAVOR
Advocated by 1rofcsMonal Free Trado
Reformers and a Limited Number of
Doubting Thomas Protectionist- -Without
a Leg to Stand On
One point in connection with the
gossip about alleged necessity for re
vision of the tariff cannot fail to bo
observed by those who are considering
the question in all its phases and that
is that except among the professional
tariff reformers the demand is not vo
ciferously emphasized in any quarter
except where there has always been a
manifest weakness on the doctrine and
policy of protection You look into
any section of the country where there
has always been a lame and halting
support given the cause of protection
and you will find all the Republicans
that are to be found anywhere who
are fearful that the trust gobbleuns
will get the people and the Republican
party if the markets of the United
States are not speedily turned over to
the foreign producers
With these exceptions and a few
representatives in congress who are
ready to get into the current of any
passing breeze of popular clamor
rather than take their part in shaping
public sentiment rightly there is ab
solutely no support for the talk about
the necessity for revising the tariff
When the people reflect upon the re
sults of the past year not only In do
mestic trade but in the marvelous de
velopment of our international trade
facts concerning which will soon be
ready for inspection there will be a
speedy fading of the Babcock idea of
reforming trusts with the aid of for
eigners
It is well to reflect upon the fact
in this connection that not a single
member of either house of congress
who has any really close participation
in the preparation of laws bearing up
on the tariff or finance has uttered
one word in favor of the Babcock idea
This is significant to say the least
The preliminary figures furnished by
the treasury department covering the
trade of the United States with foreign
countries have been completed and
subject to a few changes withstand as
representing the most remarkable year
in the experience of the nation with
international trade One thing is dem
onstrated by the results of the last
years business and that is that those
who are of opinion that there should
be a revision of the tariff must find
the reasons for such action by the next
congress elsewhere than in the results
obtained in the field of our trade rela
tions with foreign countries So far
as that trade is concerned the advan
tages to whatever cause due have
been largely with the producers of this
country Our laws of trade have cer
tainly been promotive of the best in
terests of the country so far as inter
national trade is concerned to a great
er degree during the past year than
during any recent year in the nations
life The most significant fact is the
remarkable gain in our exports of do
mestic products The returns to the
treasury have not yet been completed
to an extent which makes it possible
to show the relative gains of manufac
tures and farm produce in this in
creased export business but it is in
teresting to know that during the year
ending June 30 we sent abroad com
modities to the amount of 89000000
worth more than were sold abroad last
year and almost double what we sold
abroad during 1895 The influence of
wisely framed laws is also shown in
the fact that while our export trade
was growing so handsomely we
bought in foreign countries about 2S
000000 worth less of commodities than
we bought in the previous year which
means that the producers of this coun
try had a wider field among our own
people for the disposition of their
products The net foreign business
done by our people in the twelve
months just ended aggregated nearly
two and a half billion dollars and tbe
striking fact which stands out in bold
relief in this connection is that the ag
gregate of our sales abroad exceeded
our purchase abroad by the sum of
664000000 The tremendous import
ance of these figures is made clear
when it is considered that this excess
of exports over imports amounts to al
most the- total aggregate import or ex
port business of the country in any
year previous to seven years ago If
there Is any comfort in these figures
for tariff revisionaries they are wel
come to it The fact of the matter is
the trade statistics of the fiscal year
just closed leaves them without a leg
to stand on
In this connection it is well to note
the fact that the treasury finances
were never In better shape than at
present The total available cash bal
ance is upward of 171000000 and the
net amount of free gold in the treas
ury the property of the government
is about 60000000 Thisis a hand
some showing considering the reduc
tions made in internal taxation and
the tend purchases made by the de
partment during the past three
months
COMPLACENT UNCLE SAM
Well Satisfied trlth the Way Things Are
Running at Present
Things are rather quiet I re
marked to Uncle Sam as I found him
complacently resting in a hammock
smoking a most fragrant domestic
cigar
Yes he replied handing me a per
fecto and I think we are entitled to
a rest My people never worked so
hard before in their lives and never j
ssrp JSS l
Jl aofacx
made so mucU mony They are sort
of figuring uj tho profits these days
and cleaning up the factories But they
will all get to work again pretty soon
for orders keep pouring In for all kinds
of goods
The free traders dont seem to be
very happy I said
No its not their kind of weather
ho remarked with a smile But I
dont mind them any more than I do
these pesky flies and mosquitoes They
are gone with a little brush
Did you ever notice he added
that mosquitoes dont like tobacco
smoke Well free traders dont like
smoke either especially tho chimney
smoke of tho factories They are a
good deal like tramps They hate work
and water and soap By the way did
you ever know of so few tramps as
there are this Bummer Even they
seem to be working at something be
sides back doors and haylofts What
a blesing It is to think we are at peace
with all the world and that every one
who wants work can get It Im not
much of a fellow to moralize but I
never was quite so much impressed
with the blessings of a well balanced
protective tariff
Do you consider the prosperity of
the farmers due to the tariff I asked
Of course I do replied the old gen
tleman earnestly Ill give Provi
dence credit for the continued good
crops but what do abundants crops
amount to unless the prices are right
And good prices are the result of the
demand for more food right here at
home Why my people never ate so
much in their lives as they are con
suming now That full dinner pail is
no fairy tale lean tell you And the
people are eating all the meat they
want and they dont stint on butter
and eggs and fruity and luxuries that
they never hear of abroad The grain
and other farm produce I sell abroad
are almost insignificant compared to
what I sell at home I knew when
the Dingley law was passed that Liver
pool would not always make the price
of wheat Ill be selling them tea and
coffee and macaroni yet
But Uncle Sam I interrupted
the free traders keep telling us that
we cannot keep on selling abroad if we
do not buy more
Dont worry about that my boy
Look at the figures Those free traders
either dont know what they are talk
ing about or else theyre training to
beat Ananias Those foreigners have
got to buy of me whether I buy the
same amount of them or not If they
cant pay In full Ill charge it and col
lect the interest at 3 or 4 per cent Ill
allow they cant keep on forever buy
ing more than they sell but when they
get broke why perhaps theyll want
to be annexed Guess Old Glory can
cover them all Have another cigar
and a little julep
And the old man laughed as heartily
as a farmer at the circus F C
TRADES RISING THERMOMETER
niwBw Wnmm
Would It Pay
The New York World is still harp-
ing on the old free trade string viz
that if we want foreign nations to buy
from us we must buy from them that
in other words we ought in order to
retain our foreign trade to throw open
the American market to foreign manu
facturers Without bothering for the
time being to discuss the merits of the
question exhaustively we would like
to ask the World if it would not be just
as well not to get so excited about the
matter until foreign nations begin to
show at least some little evidence that
they are about to withdraw their trade
from us Just at present there are no
signs which seem to point to that
course of action on their part Our
foreign trade is not falling off alarm
ingly On the contrary it is still on
the increase When it begins to de
cline it will be time enough to take
up the question as to whether it will
pay us to exchange for our foreign
market the market worth fifty times as
much which we have at home
lloxr Free Trade Would Work
The only way that free trade would
serve to prevent the tariff war that
may be threatened would be that it
would probably so cripple our indus
tries that they would no longer be
dangerous competitors in foreign coun
tries The question of the protective
tariff does not enter into the equation
only in so far as it has built up the
industries that are now enabled to
compete successfully with the manu
facturers of the other countries on
their own grounds Helena Mont
Record
Railroad Receivership
According to the Railroad Age rail
road receiverships dwindled to three
small roads with only about sixty
miles of track during the past half
year This is the greatest height to
which we have attained in railroad
solvency Monkey with the tariff and
that record will soon go back to the
more than 100 receiverships of 94 95
ahd 96
UNIQUE UNION PACIFIC EXCURSION
The Delightful Sceuerjr Afforded by a
Trolley Hide Acrojti tho Kockle
A unique excursion was recently ar
ranged by the Union Pacific Railroad
company About sixty newspaper
men representing- the leading metro
politan Journals of the country were
invited to meet at tho Brown Palace
hotel Denver Colo for a trip on tbe
Wyoming division Tho Overland
Route for the purpose of viewing the
stupendous engineering achievements
recently made on that line
The train was made up of two pri
vate cars three Pullman palace sleep
ers a dining car drawn by one of the
new compound engines with an obser
vation car constructed on tho samo
plan as a trolley car ahead of the
engine
No more striking example Is afford
ed of the progress of today than the
stupendous undertaking of the Union
Pacific
One hundred and fifty eight and
four tenths miles of new track laid
reducing the mileage between Omaha
and Ogden by 3047 miles and reduc
ing gradients which varied from 454
to 9768 feet to the mile to a maxi
mum of 433 feet and curves from 6
to 4 degrees while a great deal of bad
curvature has been eliminated en
tirely
A mountain removed and lost into
a chasm huge holes bored hundreds
of feet through solid granite an under
ground river encountered and over
come an army of men with all sorts
of mechanical aids engaged in the
work for nearly a year the great Un
ion Pacific track between Omaha and
Ogden made shorter heavy grades
eliminated old scenery changed for
new and the business of the great
Cverland route flowing through a new
channel without the slightest inter
ruption
Millions of money have been spent
to reduce the grades and shorten the
distance
This reduction is the result of
straightening unnecessary curves and
thvj construction of several cutoffs be
tween Buford and Bear river Utah
Buford is on the eastern slope of the
Black Hills 545 miles west of kCoun
cil Bluffs and twenty seven miles west
of Cheyenne The cutoffs required the
construction of 158 miles of which
2963 miles are between Buford and
Laramie 1534 miles between Howell
and Hutton saving 311 miles 39
miles on the Laramie plains between
Coopers Lake and Lookout saving 3S
oi a mile 2594 miles betwoen Look
cut and M3deine Bow still further
west saving 1203 raiks 8 15 miles
between Allen Junction and Dana sav
ing 387- miles 4283 miles between
Rawlins and Tipton saving 144
miles 1064 miles between Green River
and Bryan saving 45 of a mile and
2156 miles between Leroy and Bear
River saving 956 miles
The curvature saved Is about one
half the grading about the same
while the angles are reduced nearly
two thirds
The superiority of these changes is
apparent to the practical railroad en
gineer It is also apparent to the op
erating department in the reduction in
operating expenses and to the trav
eler in the increased speed the trains
can make The change in alignment
of the line is marked West of Bu
ford the track ran northwestward to
the Ames monument near Sherman
and then took a sharp turn to the
southwest over Dale creek crossing
it by a bridge 135 feet high an ele
vation trying to the nerves and from
thence due north to Laramie The
new line runs due west from Buford
avoiding the high hnls and eighty-eight-foot
grade from Cheyenne and
piercing through cuts and the big tun
nel crosses the Black Hills at a grada
of less than one half 433 feet over
mountain altitudes From Leroy the
country is literally a coal bed Here
the new line makes another reduction
and enters the Bear river valley on an
easy grade
From a constructive standpoint the
line is remarkable for the amount of
material required in the construction
of immense embankments and the
building of large tunnels through
solid rock The construction of the
new line between Buford and Laramie
alone has involved the excavation of
500000 cubic yards of material one
third of which exclusive of the tunnel
excavation has been solid rock or
something over 160000 cubic yards per
mile
Some of the embankments of the
new roadbed have been remarkable
for their height and the large quan
tities of material to construct the
same over seemingly short distances
The two most difficult embankment
were at Dale creek southwest of Sher
man and across the Sherman branch
of the Lone Tree creek southeast of
Sherman The embankment at the
crossing of Dale creek is 120 feet
high 900 feet long and involved the
handling of 500000 cubic yards At
the crossing of the Sherman branch
of Lone Tree creek the embankment
is 125 feet high at its point of great
est heighth and involved the handling
of over 290000 cubic yards
Too much credit for this work can
not be given to Horace G Burt pres
ident of the Union Pacific railroad
for boldness of conception of these im
provements for ability to convince
the company of the wisdom of the out
lay and following the necessary ap
propriation by the company for the
execution of the work in a phenome
nally short time Deputizing his lieu
tenants Mr E Dickinson general
manager and Mr J B Berry chief
engineer to commence and complete
the work under their direction the
contractors assembled a large army of
laborers and gathered a vast array of
modern machinery much of which
was used for the first time in railroad
building Thus without stopping for
a day the ceaseless flow of an enor
mous traffic the Union Pacific offi
cials in less than two years completed
a great work which ordinarily would
have required five years
The excursion was reDlete with
many interesting incidents and the
splendid hospitality of the Union Pa
cific officials was a revelation The
newspaper men evinced meir appre
ciation in many ways particularly in
a resolution of thanks to the Union
Pacific officials while the train was
stopping near the Devils Slide in pic
turesque Weber canyon
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