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A ReraeLrkabIe Story of Love Gold and t
Adventure
By ST GEORGE RATHBORNE I
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f Copyright by SxuJirr Smite Nov York
CHAPTER XVII Continued
Ho soon discovered that his driver
had chosen a far from delectable route
to the hotel true it might be short
er but he could not remember ever
having heard of a Jehu ready to cut
down the length of his journey when
he had a good paying fare Inside
The marquis experienced the first
little sensation of alarm or rather
uneasiness just then His curiosity
having been arousedtho marquis found
means to look out of the vehicle and
was not greatly surprised when he dis
covered that an unknown man sat be
side the driver
Before now he had known that
some one was riding behind having
heard various thumps that gave the
secret away and once upon twisting
his head around he had a fleeting
glimpse of a human eye glued to the
little glass In the back canopy of the
vehicle
A very pleasant outlook really
Being a philosophical man to a
marked degree the marquis at once
set to work pooling his resources so
as to make as game a stand as the oc
casion would admit
He remained perfectly cool and self
possessed when a man had passed
through such astonishing adventures
as had fallen to his lot of late years
be is hardly likely to show the white
feather because forsooth a few London
blackmailers and footpads conspire to
entrap him
Ho gathered his energies together
and watching his chance quietly open
ed the door to the left intending to
drop out without attracting the atten
tion of the two cronies upon the seat
A very clever little idea and one
that might have worked to a beauti
ful issue only for one thing he had
forgotten the fellow who was riding in
the rear of the growler
The marquis with an agility he had
acquired from long years of athletic
practice had successfully made the
drop and was in hopes that his move
had not been seen when the third
party leaped from behind the vehicle
and throwing himself upon the half
recumbent passenger sounded the
alarm
CHAPTER XVIIT
In Due Time
No doubt the Kilkenny cats had a
very salubrious time of it when they
indulged in their little engagement
but such an encounter could not bear
comparison with the scramble in
which the marquis engaged when
these three London footpads set upon
him
The fellow on his back was interfer
ing with his blows as much as he pos
sibly could and as a result the others
were enabled to throw themselves
upon him
Matters were in this mixed up state
and the final result in doubt when a
new element was precipitated into the
game
An outsider hurled himself upon the
struggling mass and by an exercise
of tremendous muscular strength tore
the man loose from the gentlemans
shoulders though he clung with such
pertinacity that he carried away the
collar of the marquis coat
The newcomer gave him a toss that
sent him down a nearby area where
a crash of glass and startled screams
announced his prompt arrival
Then this unexpected ally turned
his attention to the others the mar
quis freed from his tormentor in the
rear had opened his batteries upon
them afresh and was dealing out his
blows with reckles abandon when he
saw one of them snatched bodily from
his feet and tossed through the open
door of the four wheeler as though
he might have been a mere sack of
eats
Upon this the last of the trio who
proved to be no other than the driver
uttered a yell of fear and scrambling
in haste to his seat laid the whip on
his horse and clattered down the nar
row street
Thus the field was suddenly cleared
of enemies in double quick order and
the manner of their disposal seemed
to greatly amuse the muscular red
bearded giant who had come so op
portunely to the assistance of the be
leaguered marquis for he roared with
laughter
Gang awa wi ye baith and dinna
forget the puir deil who lies in a
muckle yonder Man they were mair
than ye could weel handle but it did
me good to be of assistance to ye and
thats no lee he exclaimed assisting
to brush the gentleman off
The marquis at sound of his voice
was stunned but he recovered in time
to cry out
Donald McGregor by my life it is
Aweel ye seem to know me sir
though I confess the honor is all on
your side Still there is something
familiar in your voice I dinna ken Its
verra curious
The marquis by this time had man
aged to get hold of his honest hand
and was squeezing it with much emo
tion
Ah McGregor youre always doing
something for others The last I saw
of you my dear fellow was when I of
fered myself as a target for Captain
Livermores bullet and declined to
murder him afterward
The man from Scotia uttered a roar
and insisted upon embracing the other
much to the amusement of the crowd
that had gathered
This extraordinary meeting was one
of the most pleasant things that had
occurred to the marquis since striking
London
He had in a fashion made search for
this old and tried friend but as yet
had been unable to get track of him
so that the encounter came as a most
agreeable surprise
McGregors story was told in a few
sentences he had taken a wife and
started in bravely to Increase the
population of Her Majestys people
with a pair of twins as a beginning
but beastly luck had swooped down
upon him and he was having a hard
pull at present though nothing could
crush his jolly spirits
This pleased his companion more
than words could tell since it opened
a way for him to assist his old friend
Worry no longer McGregor for
there is a bright future ahead I am
in a way to put you in a position
where money will flow into your pock
ets God bless you for a true hearted
friend There is my card call on me
at ten to morrow and you can have
anything you ask Meanwhile take
this for a temporary loan not a word
against it I wont hear a murmur
Go home to your wife and babies and
remember me in your prayers Such
luck to meet you after searching in
vain it must have been an especial
act of Providence When you come to
the hotel to morrow send up your
name to the Marquis of Montezuma
Whereupon the McGregor was actu
ally compelled to lean against a house
for support so wonderful was the in
telligence thus communicated
It beats a was all he could mut
ter
When safely landed in his hotel he
resolved never again to be caught
napping in such a reckless way
After all it had been an eventful
day and brought both joy and regrets
The marquis had a strange feeling
as though that for which he had
yearned all through those dreary
years was about to be snatched away
from him in his hour of victory
The little germ was working and in
due time it might leaven the whole
lump a few more such rude shocks as
he had received when those two little
cherubims captured him in Fedoras
house would certainly complete his
discomfiture and if he had hoped to
continue cruel and relentless he must
take no chances in that direction
CHAPTER XIX
Mazette Makes a Discovery
Affairs could not continue much fur
ther without coming to a crisis
There came the day when the mar
quis found he could no longer blind
one pair of eyes at least
Mazette had remembered
The marquis was taken by surprise
when upon entering the little studio
he found Mazette in tears
Come what has gone wrong he
exclaimed in dire dismay for like all
men he felt his utter impotence under
such conditions
She came toward him smiling
through her tears there was upon her
face reproach delight and keen artis
tic disappointment
Why did you not tell me before
she asked as he took her hand in his
Tell you indeed if I only knew
what you meant I would only be too
glad this is I then you have dis
covered all for it dawned upon him
that she was no longer blind
Oh Jack how dreadfully cruel of
you as she dropped her head in order
that he should not see the tears of
mortification
To conceal my identity all this
time yes in one sense it was but I
had an object in it all I assure you
he declared sturdily
She looked up troubled
What does it all mean I hope I
pray you are doing what is right
that is and there she stopped con
fused
Upon which he laughed almost bois
terously and possessed himself of her
other hand they were such good
friends such old friends there could
be no harm in this natural and inno
cent action
Have no fears little woman my
patent of nobility was issued in the
regular way at Madrid for the usual
round sum I am the genuine article
the Marquis of Montezuma As to
my wealth you have heard that I pos
sess amazing gold mines in the new
world I assure you my money has
ail been honestly acquired and also
taken from mother earth a present
from the old Montezumas of Aztec
time
They talked of old times and the
many memories they had in common
since the flight of years how precious
these recollections became a halo
seemed to surround each incident in
those days of yore making romantic
what at that time had been exceeding
ly prosaic happenings
Really the marquis enjoyed the half
hour in Mazettes society more than
he might have cared to confess while
still hugging that determination for
vengeance in his heart while that
grim spectre haunted his life he could
never be wholly happy
And when he said good bye he must
needs take both her hands in his and
press them as such an old familiar
friend should have the privilege of
doing though it startled him a little
to see the blush that flashed athwart
Mazettes cheeks
The Marquis of Montezuma whistled
softly as he ran down the steps from
the studio It was the first time In
many a long day he had felt so light
hearted and cheerful
As the lower steps were a little
gloomy he almost ran over a lady In
the act of ascending Of course an
apology sprang to his lips for his
awkwardness seemed to have alarmed
her The next Instant the Marquis
uttered an exclamation of astonish
ment in which there was also a trace
of alarm for as he turned to the lady
he found himself looking into that
beautiful but dangerous face of the
Senorlta Juanita
Why the sight of a lovely face
should cause the marquis to tremble
might seem a mystery but he knew
the reason it was not that he feared
this Spanish girl so far as his own
personal safety was concerned but
there were others
Mazette
That Dona Juanita had been dogging
his footsteps of late he had no doubt
and her motive in doing so was no
mystery since she had vowed to dis
cover who the authoress of his wrongs
in the past might be in order to
avenge them
But what had that to do with Ma
zette since she was not concerned in
his misery of the past
Ah the interest of this jealous
woman had more to do with the pres
entthe future
And that was why he trembled be
cause suddenly overtaken with the
overwhelming consciousness that Ma
zettes happiness was precious to him
The shock did more to tear away the
cobwebs with which he had concealed
the truth than anything else that
could have happened
Besides he could not forget the blush
that had swept over her face as he
said good bye
Dona Juanita was the first to speak
she had made a half frantic struggle
to lay hold of her veil doubtless in the
expectation of lowering the flimsy
gauze in time to conceal her face and
when she found it was too late her
hand fell to one side and she met the
astonished gaze of the marquis with
a defiant smile saying
I have not had the pleasure of talk
ing over old times such as you promis
ed Senor Jack I sadly fear you find
other attractions too great a tax upon
your time
Ah I am a very busy man seno
rita you can readily understand that
They shower attentions upon a suc
cessful man in London once I might
have starved to death upon the streets-
and a few lines in the morning Times
would have been my poor obituary
Now it takes columns to chronicle my
most simple doings how I live what
I think and such stuff Bah I am
disgusted with it all
Tell me Senor Jack have you giv
en up your design for vengeance she
asked fixing her great black eyes upon
him as though there might be much
more in this question than appeared
upon the surface
Not yet he answered slowly
Ah then there is still hope she
muttered and he did not comprehend
at tne time just what this meant
though later on the full importance of
it burst upon him
Hope for what her designs were
all selfish since it never entered her
head to think of others and the future
as connected with her own fortunes
was all that concerned her
The marquis was glad when at last
he saw her into a cab and raising his
hat pressed her hand in adieu hoping
that he might set eyes no more on the
belle of San Jose
CHAPTER XX
How Fedora Heard
The Livermores had vanished from
the sphere which they had for some
years adorned but it was no mystery
to the marquis who had kept track
of their movements through those who
served him well
To be continued
AFTER HUGO SILENCE
The Great French Authors Immense
Appreciation of Himself
It was a quarter of a century ago
that the writer of this paragraph first
saw Victor Hugo the centenary of
whose birth was recently celebrated
It was at a congress of European au
thors assembled in Paris to discuss
the question of international copy
right Nearly all the distinguished
authors then living were present at
this congress Hugo presided On his
right was M Leon the French min
ister of public instruction and on his
left was Turgenieff the great Russian
novelist It was the opening day of
the congress and Hugo delivered an
address of welcome to the delegates
At the conclusion of his address a
delegate arose and began to discuss
the question before the congress He
had not spoken a dozen words when
the presiding officer rapped him to or
der Silence said the president
Nobody speaks after Hugo The con
gress is adjourned until tomorrow
There was no dissent from this ruling
of President Hugo and the delegates
dispersed
It was an impressive demonstration
of Hugos tremendous appreciation of
himself as well as of the profound re
spect in which he was held by his lit
erary contemporaries
Sawmill Run by a Woman
A sawmill is successfully run by a
woman near Plainfield N J Mrs
David Blackford carries on this in
dustry performing the part of engi
neer and hiring a man and boy for
rough work Her husband spends six
months of each year in South America
searching for lumber and thus he
profits of the lucrative business are
kept in the Blackford family Mrs
Blackford is a comely young woman
who supervises all the financial and
mechanical parts of the sawmill turn
ing out extra fine work
PABMEES INTEEESTS
IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSIFYING AGRI
OULTURAL INDUSTRY
National Grange Proteita Against Tariff
Redaction Whoso Effect Would Ho
to Discourage tlio Growing of Sugar
Roots In tuo United States
Evidently the legislative committee
of the National Grange believe with
the New York Farmer that the
sugar beet industry of the United
States should be developed and that
the surest safest and quickest way to
develop it is to leave the present tar
iff on imported sugar undisturbed In
an address before the ways and means
committee of the house of repre
sentatives in Washington D C on
January 23 on the subject of lowering
the tariff on sugar imported from Cu
ba National Grange Master Jones took
exactly the stand taken by this jour
nal He showed how important it is
that our overdone agricultural lines
shall be relieved by turning a part of
our land to the growing of sugar beets
and thus keeping at home the immense
sums of money we have been spending
on sugar grown by foreign farmers
We may not agree that protection is
necessary or desirable In any line of
production but we cannot evade the
record fact that protection enabled
this country to build up most of its
great industries The inference from
the records is that a tariff on sugar
imported from foreign lands will pre
vent foreign manufacturers from
smashing our beet sugar industry by
flooding our markets with their cheap
sugars long enough to discourage our
beet farmers and sugar manufactur
ers and drive them out of the field
With our factories shut down and no
sugar beets growing on our farms the
foreign manufacturers would have us
in their power By doubling their
price for sugar they would in one
year make enough to repay tnem over
and over for all the sugar they send to
glut our markets and smash our in
dustry National Grange Master Jones
and the other members of the legisla
tive committee are justified in protest
ing against any action by congress on
the tariff that will tend to ruin what
will if developed become one of the
most important of our agricultural
lines namely the growing of sugar
beets New York Farmer
FARMERS NOT TRAITORS
Would Not Fiivor DIsunionIsm for the
Sake of the IJeot Sugar Industry
The editor of the Review of Re
views should be fair and consistent
Generally speaking he is so But in
dealing with the question of Cuban
Sugar and Tobacco trust relief he
falls out of his habit of fairness and
consistency Thus
These same beet sugar fanatics
would if they could at once expel
Louisiana from the the Union because
that state has the effrontery to
produce cane sugar Such a policy is
protectionism gone mad
To gravely assert that the sugar beet
growers of the northern states would
if they could expel Louisiana from the
anion because that state has the ef
frontery to produce cane sugar is un
worthy of a publication of the char
acter of the Review of Reviews It
is not argument it is not truth it
is mere rant fanatical free trade rant
Thousands of farmers now raising
sugar beets are the sons of men who
fought to keep Louisiana in the union
and the men of to day would if oc
casion should arise fight as their
fathers fought They are to day fight
ing in the same ranks with the farm
ers of Louisiana and for a common
cause the cause of justice and fair
Dlav Thev ask that they be not sac
rificed on the altar of Cuban sym-
nathy or sugar trust rapacity as the
case may be They believe in what
William McKinley called the great
est free trade system ever known
the free trade between the forty five
states of the American union but
they object to a free trade in lower
priced foreign competing products
whether these products come from
Cuba or from any other foreign coun
try They urge that if we owe Cuba
anything it is the whole country that
owes it and should pay it and not
alone the American growers of sugar
cane sugar beets and tobacco and the
manufacturers of American cigars But
they are not disunionists or traitors
The Review of Reviews assertion to
tne contrary is undignified and dis
creditable Not the most rampant ad
vocate of sugar trust interests has
said a meaner thing or a falser thing
End the Reciprocity Humbug
Information from Washington is to
the effect that the House ways and
means committee has unanimously
agreed upon the wiping out of the en
tire war taxes
If this move is agreed to it will end
aii efforts at reciprocity The reduc
tion of the revenues will be so great
that a further decrease of tariff du
ties will be impossible
The country is to be congratulated
upon this action Reciprocity is a
beautiful thing in theory but in prac
tice it is but the advance courier of
free trade The world doesnt buy
from us because of any sentiment It
purchases here because it must come
to us for many of the goods it wants
and because our prices are lower than
those of the rest of the world Reci
procity on the other hand means ad
mitting to America duty free many
lines which can be produced or manu
factured here Thus we throw down
the bars of protection and help build
up some other nation at the expense of
our own
Reciprocity also means an in
terminable tangle in the revenue laws
and many attempts to palm off as duty
free goods which do not como fnn
countries with which we had reciproc
ity treaties In fact reciprocity
would be unfair to America and un
fair to many other countries When
we are prospering so well under pro
tection It seems foolish to deliberately
put gaps In the fence Philadelphia
Item
MKINLEYS WISDOM
Reciprocity Only With Countries Whoso
Wngo Rate Is Equal to Our Oirn
One day writes Ell Perkins Dingier
asked McKinley what the tariff should
be oi a certain article
McKinley thought a moment and
then said
Mt Dingley here is our whole tar
iff theory In a nutshell If we cant
make or produce a certain article let
it como free but If we can make it
let us put the tariff against the low
wage country just high enough so that
we can make it without lowering our
wages
And when shall we see reciproc
ity asked Dingley
Whenever we are dealing with any
nation whose wages are as high as
ours then we will exchange products
that is sell and buy with no tariff at
all
This is our whole tariff theory in a
nutshell This theory has captured
our own home markets
We make all our own iron cutlery
tin cloth glass pottery machinery
woolen and cotton cloth carpets and
shoes
This theory is making us wealthy
Wealth inventions and combinations
now enable us with our high labor to
furnish other nations cheaper than
they can make these things themselves
with their cheap labor
We will soon have the markets of
the world This year 1902 we will
probably sell 1500000000 worth of
stuffs and only buy 500000000 and
put to our credit a billion dollars
Should we change this tariff
When men are sick we should give
them medicine when well never
This nation is well It was well
when Cleveland commenced doctoring
it with the Wilson tariff and made it
sick
It is dangerous to give a well na
tion medicine Let the present tariff
alone
Explosive Possibilities
Principles Must Bo Preserved
As far as Cuba is concerned there
is no reason either in law or equity
or politics why the United States
should sacrifice a single domestic in
dustry in order to extend its philan
thropy to Cuba If Cuba has a gov
ernment of her own and a tariff of her
own she will soon be self sustaining
She can sell a large portion of her
sugar in this country and abroad even
with tariffs against her for her labor
is cheap Cuba prospered under Span
ish rule why cannot she prosper now
If protection is to sacrifice on the
altar of foreign trade it is well to re
call the fact that our foreign com
merce has increased enormously un
der a protective tariff Protection is
no bar to foreign trade
While tariff schedules may need
changing occasionally to suit the
times the fact remains that the prin
ciple of protection must be preserved
to maintain prosperity Kalamazoo
Telegraph
Could Not Stand It
The steel trust can stand Mr Bab
cocks bill But the steel trusts com
petitors feebler concerns with small
capital cannot stand it If the bill
were enacted instead of crippling the
steel trust it would really strengthen
its grip upon the home market and
give it a virtual monopoly of the iron
and steel trade of America Congress
men who want to do this will support
Mr Babcocks bill Newspapers that
want to bring this thing about will
call for its immediate enactment
Boston Journal
Sound Business Vletv
So far as the business interests of
the country are concerned they are
radically opposed to tariff revision by
the present congress It is generally
conceded that duties on certain articles
can be reduced without impairing the
principle of protection but the intelli
gence of the country is opposed to
opening up the tariff question for the
sake of applying a few remedies and ar
the same time disturbing business
conditions by the fear of extensive
changes Green Bay Wis Advocate
No Good
There is no need to hope for any
thing from it no good will come The
trust wants to get in more of its su
gar and the only benefit the public
would get would be when the trust re
duced its price to stop the production
of beet sugar It is well to be cleai
about it Birmingham Ala Ledger
Borers In Soft Maple
The soft maple nan boon planted as
much as or moro than any other tree
n Oklahoma for shado and In sholtwr
belts etc sayB a bulletin of the Okla
homa experiment station It Is usu
ally accepted as a good tree It Is a
fast growing tree and In many In
stances has Bhowod remarkable ability
to llvo and grow during the driest
summers It has however lost som
of its prestige during the past summer
The trees die back to tho ground very
badly if transplanted in the foil Tho
weakness of tho tree has caused many
failures this year If transplanted In
tho spring It Is very hardy and grows
readily but fall setting followod by a
dry season Is seldom satisfactory
Tho maple seems to bo ontlrely out
classed when planted in closo mixed
planting with elm and block locust A
mixed grove on the experiment station
farm at Stillwater Oklahoma gives a
good comparison of theso threo trees
In the south ten rows of the grove
there were one hundred and nlneteon
maplo trees one hundred and sixteen
elms and forty seven black locust
trees Of this number one hundred
and two maples died during the sum
mer of 1901 all of tho elms and black
locusts aro still living Seventy five
maple trees all of which are dead
were atacked by flat headed borers
during the summer Thirty seven elms
had been attacked by borers but not
one locust showed a sign of borers The
drouth no doubt caused the death ot
most ot tho trees The borers showed
a great preference for the maplo trees
All of tho trees are flvo years old and
were set In the spring of 1898 The
maples and elms averaged about the
same size nine feet high last spring
and the black locusts about fifteen feet
high
American Oaten
Another importation which will
probably in time prove of great value
to the southwestern part of the coun
try is that of date palms obtained in
Africa A number of years ago a lim
ited importation of these palms was
made from Egypt and while most ol
them were lost through adversity oi
climate the shipment helped to show
the possibilities of date growing In
Arizona and southern California
Through agents of the Department ol
Agriculture a small shipment of date
palms was secured from Algeria in
1899 and a large shipment from the
same country mostly from the borders
of the Sahara desert In 1900 and full
90 per cent of these aro growing vigor
ously This year a collection of the
choicest varieties in Egypt has been
obtained and sent to tho Southwest
this importation being in continuation
of the plan to obtain from every pari
of the world where tho date palm is
grown a complete collection of the
choice varieties The date palm Is ol
special value In the hot Southwestern
country since It thrives and fruits besi
where the summers are long and hot
as in Arizona and California The
establishment of the industry in this
section therefore would make it pos
sible to utilize much of the land there
which though irrigable Is too alkaline
for ordinary crops It Is hoped nofl
that a large number of plants of the
choicest varieties have been imported
that in time this country may produce
enough dates to supply the home de
mand and perhaps even some for ex
port
Is It Silage Whisky
The following absurdity Is perhaps
worthy of republication for the pur
pose of showing how much the editors
of city papers do not know abou
farming
People who enjoy being drunk wil
usually find some way to get a supplj
of intoxicants For example The
farmers about Corning N Y a pro
hibition district found that theii
workmen would occasionally get intox
icated without apparent access to eves
hard cider The problem Where did
they get it was anxiously discussed
Most of the farmers depend upon en
silage for winter fodder for their stocb
and as most readers know ensilage is
a compost of green vegetables core
stalks vines tops and the like fer
mented under pressure in pits oi
boxes It was finally discovered thai
the farm hands had learned the trick
of tapping the sides of the silos and
extracting the fermented juice of the
contents That from the stalks oi
green corn makes a vigorous spirit
which is said to be quite agreeable tc
one whose palate is attuned to alco
hol but its effects are something ter
rible A silo drunk would make one
induced by crude apple jack seem like
an innocent frolic It startles the
temperance farmers to learn that all
unbeknownst to them they have
been running stills from which those
for whose temporal and spiritual wel
fare they consider themselves respoa
sible might draw a beverage which
bears to whisky the relation which
whisky bears to switchel Whethei
the silo would have to go is a question
now under discussion Press Notes
Sngar from Hawaiian riant
A sugar company in Hawaii wu
get an average of five tons of sugar
per acre for its whole tract of 4jUJ
acres
A good orchard of any kind cannot
be established without good soil both
as to fertility and mechanical condi
tion Virgin soil is frequently not
suitable for the growing of trees
shrubs and vines We have seen virgla
soil so hard and unresponsive that
grape vines dried when placed in it
Yet the same soil proved to be very
good after it had been turned up to
the air and worked for a year or two
That old joke about a fire In a
stone yard must be called in A re
cent conflagration in a Philadelphia
marble and granite plant caused a loss
cf 50000
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