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Copyright by Sxukxt Surrii Now York
CHAPTE XV Contlnned
Ho hurried over to the table upon
which he laid a couple of hank notes
and tearing a sheet of paper from his
vade mecum wrote upon It these
words
Accept this from a friend Hope
for brighter things in the future
trust in God
A movement on the part of Mazette
-warned him it was time to be gone
he only lingered long enough to pin
the money and the note to the table
and then walked hastily down the
stairs
Once outside the marquis walked to
ward the Strand with a swinging
stride he seemed to have thrown off
some of the cynical moodiness that
had marked his intercourse with all
men since striking London
Finally ho drew up at a shop almost
In the shadow of St Clements church
in a neighborhood famous for its lit
erary and artistic atmosphere
Over the door was the sign of Duval
sacred to many who had handled
brush or crayon in the worlds me
tropolis
M Duval saw a prospective purchas
er and of course was all smiles
Miniatures certainly he always kept
them in stock and had the means of
reproducing any photograph at short
notice
He watched the customer separate
lialf a dozen of the little paintings on
ivory from the rest and marveled at
the ease with which he had thus pick
ed out all the works of one brush
These are the only decent ones you
liave Tell me how much for the lot
lie said quietly
Mr Duval named a price far in ex
cess of their intrinsic value judging
that he must have been blind to their
merits and was immediately cursing
himself under his breath for not hav
ing added on a third more for the
marquis carelessly threw the amount
down
This artist pleases me sir I
would like to have a dozen family por
traits done by the same brush For
each of these I shall pay five pounds to
the artist and your commission of one
pound Is that a bargain M Duval
The dealer snatched at it eagerly
Consider it settled then Now I
am an expert at this work It is evi
dent to me the artist is a lady
Monsieur is quite correct bowing
low and rubbing his hands together
with pleasure
Very good There is no need of
paper between us a nudum factum is
quite sufficient But my dear Mon
sieur Duval remember they must be
hy the same brush
By to morrow monsieur I shall
hand you in a package of family pic
tures which I wish to add to my collec
tion of miniatures I shall also leave
the money here knowing you to he an
honest man to be paid to the artist
as fast as she completes each ivory
Mon Dieu it Is one great pleasure
Would that there were more custom
ers like you msieur It would then
be a happiness to be in trade said the
flattered and delighted dealer in pic
tures
The marquis took his leave filled
with a sensation of having started the
Tjall rolling nor was it until he had
gone that M Duval thought to recall
the fact that he had failed to ask his
princely customers name
BOOK THREE
The Modern Monto Crlsto
Two weeks more sufficed to make
the Marquis of Montezuma famous in
London Every day new accounts of
astonishing features connected with
his life appeared in the papers
Naturally the Marquis was the most
nought after man in all London
Bushels of invitations poured in
upon him over which his secretaries
were busy all day their labor being
a polite note declining the
honor on account of pressing engage
ments
The Marquis accepted a few invita
tions and these generally took him
to the clubs though the season was so
late few notables could be met with
there
Captain Livermore had forced the
Hon Prentice Langford to keep his
word he had early made the acquaint
ance of the American Midas and they
reached the friendly stage of inter
course that is marked by a game be
tween gentlemen but somehow for the
first lime in his life the genial cap
tain found luck run harshly and In
stead of handling some of the wonder
ful wealth of the nabob he was strip
ped of all the ready cash he had at
hand
Certain of retrieving his fortunes
he played time after time Finally he
staked his all on a last chance Evil
fortune followed him to the very end
he was compelled to drink the dregs
for he had lost
Then looking up into the face of his
opponent he saw a sparkle in the eyes
of the Marquis a glow of triumph that
gave him a cold chill
Where had he seen that same look
before Cudgel his brain as he would
he could not remember I am done
for to night Marquis you have won
all I possess your luck is prodigious
he said as he rose
Ah indeed you are kind to say so
but I assure you it was not
oinvs the case The demon of mis 4
fortune has had his little fling at ray
doar even as he now knocks at yours
but you see I lived through it and my
hour has come Shall we enjoy any
further social play captain I assure
you it is a rare pleasure for me to en
gage in this little pastime with a gen
tleman of your skill and attain
ments
I hope to see you again if I am able
to scrape any part of my resources to
gether If not Marquis you can bo
satisfied that I am down to bed rock
I never yield while I have a single
weapon left in my hand he said
grimly
r can well believe that captain
and returning LIvermores stiff bow
he watched the soldier saunter among
the other club members chatting with
this one and laughing at some sally as
though nothing had occurred to dis
turb his equanimity
The Marquis frowned
He knew this man was absolutely
ruined and yet his victory had been
robbed of half its sweetness because
he had failed to quench that indomit
able soldier spirit that refused to
knuckle under at misfortunes call
That afternoon he attended a garden
party at Lady Catherwoods palatial
home Here he was as usual the lion
of the occasion and his hostess was
kept busy introducing him Finally
they approached a single figure stand
ing under a royal palm that had been
brought from the famous Catherwood
conservatory for the occasion the fig-
ure of a young woman
Her back was toward those who ad
vanced but he could catch the queenly
poise of her proud head If her face
did not disappoint the anticipation
aroused by this first glance she must
be a fit subject for an artists dream
My dear I have succeeded in rescu
ing the Marquis and bring him a cap
tive in my train to pay his respects
to my guest and kinswoman said
Lady Catherwood blandly
The queenly figure turned and in so
doing came under the soft light of a
nearby lantern
Thus the Marquis found himself face
to face with a spectre of the past
again in memory he could see this
gloriously beautiful creature gracefully
gliding about in the dance while man
dolins and guitars struck weird chords
that served as time to her flying feet
again he could see the gay sash tied in
a knot that ornamented one plump
shoulder while a shining knife fast
ened by a scartet ribbon decorated the
other the cold cruel blade nestling
against her heaving bosom as she thus
invited her hot blooded admirers to
meet in mortal combat for the guest
of Lady Catherwood was no other
than Senorita Juanita the belle of
Gautarica
CIIArTKK XVI
From Over the Sea
The Marquis of Montezuma bowed
low His face was as calm and unruf
fled as the summer sky not even for
an instant did he betray the slightest
emotion and yet the surprise must
have inwardly staggered him
The presence of Dona Juanita here
in England did it portend disaster to
his long cherished plans
As for the haughty daughter of the
dons she was affable enough and
smiled while extending a dainty hand
which he was compelled to accept
Lady Catherwood had scurried away
to look after some necessary details
connected with her duties as hostess
for one cannot entertain and enjoy
themselves at the same time
A silence fell upon the two
The senorita was looking at her
companion under half closed lids and
he awaited what he knew was coming
awaited it with that calmness natur
al to security
Senor Jack between you and me
there is no need of this coldness this
secrecy Surely you could not believe
me so blind that I did not recognize
you at the first glance said the girl
suddenly laying a hand on his arm
I realized that and I have been
simply waiting until you might see fit
to speak You see I admit all you
say I am free to confess it was the
cool reply he made
Ah Senor Jack you are a sphinx
I can make nothing of you Let me
commence upon another tack You
have declared yourself incapable of
affection yet I have known you to
lean upon one man with such confi
dence that I am sure he occupied a
place in your heart
The Marquis showed signs of emo
tion at last his wonderful reserve had
been pierced
Yes he replied sadly
To this day General Barrajo has
not been seen in Gautarica she con
tinued
Poor Pedro faithful friend he
muttered
You alone know his fate Senor
Jack
Yes but all the world shall soon
know it for I have had its feats of
arms blazoned upon a stone just about
to be sent over It will be set up in
San Jose Cemetery where his body
has lain these two years
Is it possible his death then is a
mystery it was connected with your
own adventures
True Senorita Together we sought
a treasure shoulder to shoulder we
met those who would have robbed us
of our prize We conquered but Bar
rajo fell bleeding in every vein Our
written compact gave the survivor all
His dying wish was that his body
should be removed to consecrated
ground There he has lain under a
stone marked only Don Pedro who
gave his life in battle for a Friend
It shall be so no longer all Gauta
rica shall ring with the valor of his
last deed and crowd to his grave to
do the brave old hero honor
The Marquis for once had been
thrown off his guard by the revival of
these never-to-be-forgotten scenes and
as memory again brought the hero
Ism of Barrajo before him his face
lighted up with an enthusiasm it had
not been allowed to disclose lo these
many days
And Dona Juanita seeing the tran
sitory change surveyed him with kind
ling eyes
Ah Senor Jack such satisfaction
is sweet to the heart of those who
have loved and been thrown aside I
sympathize with you and nothing
would give me greater pleasure than
to be allowed a share in your plans
to make your interests my own Per
haps a womans wit might help you to
secure a quick and terrible revenge
You mean well Dona Juanita I
thank you for the interest shown in
my welfare but whatever my plans
may be they must concern me alone
I could not permit any one to join me
in their prosecution least of all you
whom I have known and respected in
other days So I beg that you will
forget what you said and let us hold
intercourse as friends who have met
after long separation
One look she gave him it was like
the glowering stare of a tigress about
to leap then her mood suddenly chang
ed and she laughed in a mellow way
that had no trace of anger in it in
times past this peculiarity had been
very manifest in her disposition the
sudden change of front such as marks
the consummate actress and the dan
gerous woman
Just as you say Marquis but I
have a rarely obstinate nature and
having set my mind on any object it is
hard to balk me Here comes my de
lightful hostess and kinswoman At
some later date I trust to see you
again when we may chat over scenes
in the misty past
He nodded assent
The Marquis was glad when my lady
dragged him away to another part
of the garden to meet others of her
fair guests but he understood what
hidden meaning lay beneath the words
which the black eyed Spanish beauty
floated after him and which would
arise many times to haunt him
Au revoir Marquis I always keep
my word
The opportunity had come at length
A few hasty words from his hostess
and the Marquis found himself face
to face with the woman whose false
ness to her vows had sent him a
smooth faced young man an exile from
England five years before
He had prepared for the meeting
and not by the quiver of an eyelid
did he betray himself
Fedora was as lovely and charming
as ever more matronly perhaps but
showing no sign 01 the passage of time
Several times the Marquis knew his
companion was looking at him intent
ly thinking herself unobserved
Perhaps some faint memory was
struggling for existence in her mind
some floating straw at which she
clutched in vain
Sooner or later doubtless she would
awaken to the discovery of his iden
tity but when that time came the
Marquis believed he would have so
aroused the old passion that must dur
ing these years have lain dormant in
her heart that she would even give
up a ruined husband a wretched home
and flee with him
To be continued
Hunting with Trained Wolves
Bert Decker a young sportsman of
Tuscola 111 has succeeded in taming
two wolves and they are very valua
ble as hunters He captured them
when young raised tbem as kittens
and now though as large as shepherd
dogs they are quite tame and
playful Decker says the wolves can
outrun dogs on the hunt and are very
longwinded Their favorite way of
catching a rabbit is to run alongside
of him put their nose underneath Mr
Cottontail and throw him ten or
twelve feet in the air catching him in
their mouth as he falls The wolves
always return to their master when
called Deckers success has caused
other sportsmen to undertake the
training of wolves to supplant dogs in
hunting and it is probable that wolves
will find a place in future kennels
Cincinnati Enquirer
Counterfeiters
There is nothing which Uncle- Sam
protects with greater care than his
currency Because Uncle Sams money
is good there are always people ready
to counterfeit it and for these people
Uncle Sam has a special body of se
cret service detectives always on the
watch The most dangerous counter
feits are those which most closely imi
tate the original and to arrest the
makers of dangerous counterfeits the
United States spares no efforts and no
expense It seems a pity that the
United States government could not
extend its surveillance of counter
feiters to those who counterfeit whole
some foods reliable medicines and
other articles necessary to the health
of the public
Germany has 800 more physicians
than it had in 1900 The present num
ber is about 28175
Long nails very wide at the top
and bluish in appearance denote bad
circulation Long nailed men and
women are less critical and more im
pressionable than those with short
nails
WHO PUTS UP FOE IT
SYSTEMATIC MANUFACTURE OF
CUBAN SYMPATHY SENTIMENT
Kdltors Are Asking from What Sonrco
Comes tlso Financial Hacking of the
Literary Bureau That Is Working
Overtime In Behalf of Foreign Sugar
and Tobacco Groircrj
We have received from the editor of
i Republican daily newspaper in
Michigan the following pertinent in
quiry
Editor The American Economist
Whence comes all this vast quantity
3f anonymous stuff on the subject of
our duty toward Cuba Somebody
puts up for it and it costs a lot l
money Who is it
It would be useless to deny that a
cremendous sentiment has been work
ed up in behalf of tariff concessions on
raw sugar and tobacco from Cuba
The term worked up is used advis
edly There is plenty of evidence of
method and design in the sympathetic
campaign that has been In progress for
several weeks past The evidence as to
the origin and propagation of this
sympathetic sentiment is not so plain
It must be inferred since it cannot be
positively located and defined Cer
tain it is however that powerful
agencies have been employed for the
purpose first of convincing tne peo
ple that they owe something to Cuba
and second that the payment of this
obligation should fall exclusively upon
two branches of American agricultural
Industry the producers of cane and
beet sugar and of tobacco It is a
curious fact that in all these pleas for
Cuban relief all these plans for dlt
charging our just obligations and
for performing our plain duty to
ward Cuba no one lias suggested that
any portion whatsoever of the sacri
fices involved should fall upon the in
stitutions that would reap the largest
benefits therefrom in dollars and cents
We mean the sugar trust and the to
bacco trust That powerful monopoly
whoso surplus earnings are as Mr
Havemeyer testified before the indus
trial commission a year ago so often
used for other purposes than the pay
ment of dividends not only is not call
ed upon to bear any part of the bur
den of relieving Cuba but stands to
realize immense profits in the opera
tion The sugar trust is not only not
asked to contribute in the shape of a
decreased duty on refined sugar but it
is seriously proposed by the sympathy
generators that the sugar trust shall
be enriched by being permitted to buy
Its raw sugar from 25 to 50 per cent
less than it now pays while preserving
intact the price of refined sugar We
have Mr Havemeyers authority for
this statement Less than three weeks
since the sugar trust magnate stated
publicly that any reduction that might
be made in the duty on Cuban raw
sugar would in no way affect the mar
ket price of refined sugar The sugar
trust occupies the curiously favored
position of being able to say to the
domestic producers of cane and beet
sugar Heads we win tails you
lose It is in fact seriously ques
tionable whether the entire bplk of re
duction of tariff duties on Cuban raw
sugar would not go directly into the
treasury of the sugar trust and none
of it to the distressed planters There
is much reason to think that this
would be the case In the hearing be
fore the ways and means committee a
few days ago Mr Edwin F Atkins
of Boston himself a Cuban planter
told the committee in reply to a ques
tion of Chairman Payne that a very
large percentage of the Cuoan sugar
industry is owned by citizens of the
United States Mr Atkins urged that
the duty on Cuban sugar should be
abolished altogether Naturally
The tobacco trusts occupy toward
Cuban tobacco production practically
the same relation held by the sugar
trust regarding Cuban sugar An
American syndicate and an English
syndicate own and control more than
90 per cent of the raw and manufac
tured tobacco produced in the island of
Cuba The success of these syndicates
in securing a reduction of duties on
raw and manufactured tobacco would
bring vast profits to them while the
sufferers would be the entire tobacco
growing industry of the United States
and a domestic manufacturing indus
try that employs as many adult work
people as tftere are inhabitants in the
island of Cuba
Is there not a clue herein to be
found to the secret machinery and
manipulation by which this tremen
dous sympathy in behalf of Cuba has
been worked up Somebody is doing
a vast amount of work under cover
Who is it Somebody is flooding the
country with printed matter settling
forth the dire needs of Cuba and the
plain duty of our people in that re
gard Who is it Somebody is send
ing through the mails tons of litera
ture calculated to cause us to remem
ber Cuba and forget our own people
Who is it Every editor in the United
States is receiving this literature in
almost every mail Who sends it
Who pays for it Is it the spontane
ous expression of sympathetic souls or
is it the output of the sugar trust and
the tobacco trusts Editors as a rule
object to being worked Is it not
up to them to ask Who is it
Same Old Story
Certain newspapers that believe in
free trade are supporting the Babcock
movement There is every reason why
they should do so To them protection
is a fraud a snare and a delusion and
they would be inconsistent in pursuing
any other course At the same time
other newspapers professing Repub
lican principles and ostensibly in fa
vor of protecting American industries
are also supporting Mr Babcocks
measure They have no more definite
knowledge of the subject than has
aaaaisac
been given to the general public
through the columns of the press but
they have gathered the impression in a
general way that some bloated indus
try is oppressing some class of citi
zens and offer their assistance to thi
dragon slayer It Is the same old
story When the country was prosper
ing under the McKinley tariff law cer
tain weak kneed Republicans winced
every time the opprobrious epithet
McKlnleylte was hurled at them
In 1892 McKluleylsm was supposed
to be a synonym for oppression by
robber tariff barons Reform was de
manded and It was forthcoming in full
measure heaped up and running over
Now that prosperity has been restored
and all the country is engaged In mak
ing up for the lean years the same
demand for the tariff reform Is receiv
ed with the same kind of credulity
by a certain class of newspaper writ
ers who have not the heart to defend
the principles in wnich they believe
or who are secretly convinced that the
protective tariff policy of the Republi
can party is wrong in principle how
ever admirably It may work In prac
tice Milwaukee Sentinel
What Farmers Will Think
When the farming interest is once
convinced that a protective tariff Is
designed simply to protect the man
ipulators of their products and not to
protect the producers they will lose
much of their interest in question The
working man does not follow the rami
fications of the protective system He
looks only at Immediate results When
the election of next year occur the
Republicans will be in an awkwarl
position when they are asked by the
farmer constituents why they destroy
the only protection ever granted to the
agriculturist and leave untouched the
duties upon all commodities that the
farmer has to buy why then continue
the enormous protection afforded the
sugar refiner and at the same time
subject the sugar grower to that com
petition with cheap tropical labor and
conditions which the party has invari
ably declared to be inimical to the in
terests of the home laborer Should
the Democrats win this battle by the
aid of Republicans who yield to the
sugar trust the result of the next na
tional elections may be very different
than that of 1S9C and of 1900 New
Orleans Item
Shall We Welcome This Worm
False to 11 Homo Industry
A position so extraordinary as that
taken by the senior senator from
Michigan needs a more powerful de
fense than that embodied in a plea
that one industry here at home must
be sacrificed to keep down revolution
ary spirits in the tropics The policy
of protection is not part of the polico
power of this government nor is it
an associated charities to oe drawn
on with sight drafts in favor of for
eigners against the savings of Michi
gan farmers Detroit Journal
Source of Knowledge
In view of the many curious errors
of statement contained in his various
communications on the subject of
sugar and tobacco values exports etc
there is room for the reasonable de
duction that the knowledge possessed
by Gen Wood military governor of
Cuba regarding economic and trade
conditions has been chiefly derived
from the pages of materia medica
Heartless Offspring
The Democrats keep hopping up and
declaring that the tariff is the mother
of trusts Now the sugar trust is
clamoring for the removal of the tariff
on sugar Dont it beat thunder that
the sugar trust wants congress to kill
its mammy Moravian Falls N C
Yellow Jacket
Flat Free Trade
The reciprocity which lets in a
pound of foreign goods to supplant an
American article whether by recipro
cal arrangement or not is flat free
trade New York Press
Bad Jfews for Thirsty Men
Beer drinkers will probably view
with alarm the present startling con
dition of the hop market in this coun
try In the United States last sea
sons crop of hops was 150000 bales
Of these only 10000 bales remain on
the coast and the cotal number of
bales in New York state is not more
than 2500 These figures include all
grades of hops and as brewers are
not heavily stocked generally there is
a decided prospect ot a hop famine
New hops will not be harvested until
September
The funny man may spring his
joke about the brewers not needing
hops when brewing most of the b er
sold to thirsty persons in this cy
but the dealers are watching the mar
ket anxiously and are exceedingly re
luctant about making sales at the
present prices The brewers are cor
respondingly eager to buy enough
hops to carry them through Lie year
before the price is raised
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How Anthrax Iteached New Zealand
Mr J A Gilruth chief government
veterinary surgeon delivered an ad
dress on anthrax in Now Zealand at
the annual conference of the Auckland
Agricultural Societies Ho said that
a few years ago it was thought that
New Zealand was the only country frea
from that disease and he believed that
New Zealand would be freo from it to
day had wo not Imported bones In all
other parts of the world the dlBeasf
was prevalent and the annual loss of
atock through It was very great while
it also affected man employes In Eu
pean woollen mills being sometimes
affected through handling the wool of
diseased sheep As an example of thu
way the disease was spread a few
years ago a large outbreak among tho
Loudon horses was traced to some
Russian oats which had been carried
to a vessel along with some infected
skins Tho disease was a dangerous
one In every way and it was a matter
for extreme regret that It had ever
broken out in this colony It was
caused by a microbe which possessed
great vitality prolonged boiling being
required to kill It while chemicals had
o be applied for some time to have tho
same effect This was because the
aiicrobe formed in Its body a spore
or egg which prevented tho action of
the chemical on the vital germ and
it was because of this sporo that
the germ remained virulent for so
long
When ho first came to tho colony he
was assured there was no anthrax In
the colony and he was informed that
all bones imported camo from boiling
down works where healthy animals
had been received In August 1895
however there occurred in the Waika
to a sudden and unaccountable mor
tality of cows on a certain farm A
butcher skinned one of two animals
hung the skins on a fence and carted
portions of the carcasses through a
field to give to somo pigs All these
pigs died and the cattle that camo
and licked the grass around tho skins
and along the way by which the car
casses wore conveyed died also Three
men engaged in cutting up the beasts
fell ill and all these cases wero found
to be anthrax a diagnosis of which he
received most emphatic corroboration
in Europe on his recent trip This
would show how the disease spread
Everything pointed to the introduction
of the disease by bonedust the dis
eased animals having been feeding on
a field of turnips manured with bone
dust and it was then decided to pre
vent the importation of bones not sub
mitted to a temperature of 35 degrees
above boiling point
Horticultural Observation
From the Farmers Roview
Small garden seeds demand better
tilth than the larger field seeds This
means that the garden must be worked
more thoroughly than the field previ
ous to seeding Our grandfathers un
derstood this when they spent so much
time preparing the garden beds that
were to grow the vegetables for tho
kitchen The finer the tilth the closer
the relation of the seeds will be to the
30il
The farmers garden should receive
more attention than is usually given to
it A half acre planted to vegetables
and fruit well cared for will pay more
money than any other acre on the
farm The farmers that have the best
farm The farmers who have the best
gardens got the most comfort out of
life Such men not only pay much at
tention to the growing of the things
that will please the family but they
also take more pleasure in tidying up
around the farm This shows itself in
the planting of trees for ornament tho
construction of a lawn and the crea
tion of a flower bed In that mans
family you will find vegetables fruit
and flowers abundant and you will find
happiness
One of the plants most serviceable
in the farmers garden is asparagus
Once well established an asparagus bed
is perpetual if it is handled right after
it comes into bearing Fifty plants
will supply an ordinary family with all
the asparagus tips they can U3e The
plants should not be set closer than
18 inches in the row and should not
be permitted to go to seed If the seeds
are permitted to ripen and fall on
the ground they will send up innumer
able stalks and these make trouble In
asparagus growing This can be pre
vented by cutting out the sprouts that
bear seeds just before they turn yel
low When one year old plants are set
cutting for use may begin the third
season Each day all the sprouts
should be cut even if some of them
have to be thrown away
Colt Feed Ins
No general rules can be laid down
for the feeding of colts but as in the
ase of the calf it is very necessary
ihat proper care should be exercised
in the selection of foods Cows milk
may be substituted if necessary for
that of the mare The colt should be
aught to eat grains any of
which may be fed to advantage the
choice would depend on ruling prices
t times when the colts are teethitgr
t will be found more profitable l
x arm and moisten the grain ration
-lay of first quality preferably alfalfa
mould be fed in conjunction with the
Tain so as to properly develop the
iigestive system M 3 Jaffa
Fatalities Among Maryland Horse
Investigations by the state veterina
rian showed that the high death rata
jmeng horses in Maryland is due to
erebro spinal meningitis The disease
i the result of poor food bad drain
ige and generally insanitary environ
nent
A man who never made a fool of
ilmself is unable to appreciate human
sympathy