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Dark Stranger Charlie Allendale
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Copyright 1897 by Bobkbt Bowk Son
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CHAPTER IX Continued
Why have you Uvea bo long
to
Alaska
I could not get away -was the
answer Yours is the only faco I
have seen since I left my friends the
-Indians save those who held me
captive
And you have escaped
Yes
Then come with us to the camp
on the Klondyke
Klondyke Ive heard of it they
often talk about it when they think
me asleep but I do not always sleep
when I seem to
Paul was filled with delight for
liere was a chance to unravel the
mystery in which he was involved
Another silence fell on the group
Iroken by Paul asking
Do you know a miner named
Glum
Glum Glum no
Glum Ralston
The old man again shook his head
declaring he had never Known such a
jperson Paul waa disappointed From
what Glum Ralston had told him he
was confident that this mysterious
hermit of the woods was the long
lost captain who had followed the
Indians to the place where they said
Sold in great quantities was found
But when the mysterious hermit
disclaimed any knowledge of him at
all he was quite as far away from
the solution of the problem as he
had been before
Next morning the party resumed
their march guided by the sun which
shone a portion of the day Paul
and the hermit were constantly to
gether and hourly grew more and
more friendly until as the noble
nature of the hermit unfolded itself
Paul came to love him He was
known to the hermit by his sobriquet
of Crack lash for he had been called
by no other name since his arrival
in Alaska
Paul was hourly entwining him
self about the rugged heart of the old
man One night when they had
halted and the Indians were building
a fire for the night the hermit said
Crack lash you impress me
strangely I dont know why but I
lave grown to love you as if you
were my nearest relative When my
own dear boy grows up to manhood
I could only wish that he would make
as noble a man
Paul deeply impressed with the
old mans sad story expressed a hope
that he would soon be able to leave
Alaska and reach his home and that
ills wife and child might yet be alive
to welcome him
Their stock of
provisions were run
ning short One day the Indians
eame on the trail of a moose and
were anxious to start on its trail
Paul gave them permission to go
while he and the hermit kindled the
fire and prepared to mako themselves
comfortable for the night
The prisoner as usual sat in sullen
silence with his back against a tree
and his eyes fixed on the fire Paul
and the hermit sat engaged in earn
est conversation The former -was
talking in a low tone telling how he
lad been robbed by the prisoner and
three others and followed them into
tee forest He was in the midst of
lis narrative when two objects sud
denly appeared before them each
-with a Winchester rifle and said
Surrender or you are dead men
Resistance was useless they were
prisoners almost before they knew it
CHAPTER X
Paul Learns That Laura Is In Alaska
He he he chuckled Ned Padgett
rubbing his hands gleefully at seeing
the tables turned You hove in
sight mates in good time Must a
lad fair winds
Paul had no difficulty in making
out the two men companions of the
third whom he had met on other oc
casions As these were the men who
lad robbed him and whom he and
old Glum had chased in the forest
there was little mercy to expect from
them With thongs of seal skin Paul
and the hermit were quickly tied hard
and fast and told they must move on
before the Indians returned
As it was dark and the snow falling
rapidly there was little danger of
even the Indians following on their
trail shrewd as they were in such
experiences
The night was dark and the snow
falling so It was difficult traveling A
strip of walrus hide was tied about
the arms of each above their elbows
and fastened about their backs They
were heavily loaded and threatened
with the knotted stick which Ned car
ried in his hand when they staggered
under tleir heavy loads
On on and on they staggered
through the darkness and over the
uneven ground At last Paul utterly
exhausted sank down at the root of
a tree
Get up Go on cried one Hi their
captors
I cannot
Ye lie cried Padgett and raised
lis club
But one of his companions quickly
interposed with
Hold on Ned Dont be a fool
now and throw away every chance
we have
What ye goin t do asked Ned
Were too far away for the Met
lakahtlans to overtake us so we will
go into camp and wait till mornin
A roaring fire was built against the
kJC
side of a great stone which reared Its
snow capped head a hundred feet into
the air
Pauls pack was removed from his
back and he laid on a blanket in
front of tie flro witn the hermit by
his side
The rascal named Morris came to
the old mans side and said
You said you could not give op
that secret If you wished
I did
What -do you mean 1
It is lost
Morris stared at him for a moment
with wide open eyes and gasped
I dont understand you Cap you
are talkin In riddles
I care very little whether you un
derstand ma or not the old man de
fiantly answered The secret is lost
It was written in cipher on a walrus
hide and the walrus hide is lost
It was some time before the idea
could get through the thick skulls of
the ex sailors but when they came
to fully comprehend the loss they
roared like madmen Ned seized his
knotted stick and swore he would
brain them both but his mora cool
companion interfered saying
It may all be a trick After all it
may be only a trick to throw us off
the trail If we decide for the old
cuss to pass hi his checks let it be
done deliberately and give him time
to reflect
So Padgett decided to let them live
and trust to some chance to reveal
the hiding place of the money Paul
had heard the above conversation be
tween their captors and waiting for
an opportunity to speak with the her
mit when he would not be overheard
by them whispered
Is the walrus hide you referred to
the one left in tho cavern where you
took me
Yes
I took it
You There was an expression
on the old mans face almost fierce
as he asked the question
Yes I took it
What did you do with it
Gave it to the miner who waB with
me before I fell from the precipice and
whom I found after leaving the cav
ern He said he had seen it before
Where
The Indians who had enticed his
captain away in search of gold had
some such hide only there had been
painting added to it since
The hermit turned and fixing his
great earnest eyes on him in aston
ishment asked
His captain had he been a sail
or
Yes sir
In what seas
Almost all over the world but his
last voyage was in a sealing schooner
to St Paul Island Alaska and this
coast-
What was this sailors name
He is called old Glum
No other name
I believe Glum Ralston Is his
name but after all lis real name I
dont think is known In this coun
try nearly everybody goes by some
nickname and I fancy that Glum Ral
ston wa3 only a nickname
Might have been Jack Ralston
Well since you mention it I be
lieve I once heard him say his real
name was Jack Ralston however I
will not be sure
The hermit was very calm Paul
waited a long time for him to answer
but the old man was silent as the
grave Then two of their captors came
near where they were sitting and
they dared not talk anymore
Their journey was very painful and
difficult Grown desperate Paul had
determined to escape from their cap
tors even if he had to kill them
One day they reached a great
gloomy cavern which extended to an
unfathomable depth in tho earth
Their captors had pine knots on the
wall about the cavern and lighting
two of these went back to where
there were piles of dead grass and
a table of stone on which lay a pack
of greasy cards Here they took up
their abode
Several days passed and then Mor
ris and Padgett left the cavern in
charge of Tom Ambrose who tied
the prisoners every night established
a deadline in the cavern in daytime
and swore he would shoot the first
one who attempted to cross it
Two or three weeks had elapsed for
in that dungeon night and day were
one when the two men came back
and with them another whom Morris
seemed to have known He Intro
duced the newcomer to Tom Ambrose
as a friend fresh from San Francisco
Padgett took Paul to where the
stranger sat on a musk ox hide and
the latter asked
Is your name Paul Miller
It is
Are you from Fresno California
I am
Do you know Laura Kean
I do what of her His whole
frame was trembling with anxiety and
emotion
She is in Alaska Just landed a
few days ago at Juneau in company
with Mr Theodore Lackland
It is a lie a lie roared Paul be
side himself with rage and mortifica
tion Its a lie and I will crowd it
down your throat
Before anyone knew what he in
tended he had his informant by the
throat and hurled him to the ground
The guards came to the relief of
their companion Paul was quickly
torn away from him and his lands
bound He lay upon the dead grass
piled in the cavern His mind was in
a whirl and he kept saying to him
self
Can it be possible No no It is
not possible The whole world may
be false but Laura is not Come to
Alaska In company with that man
no it is not true
A thousand tumultuous emotions
were stirring his breast as he lay
on the dried grass striving to per
suade himself that after all this was
somo horrible dream Tho man whom
ho had assaulted in company with
Padgett and Morris approached him
Morris handed Paul a letter in the
well known handwriting of Laura
Kean It was dated at Juneau and
addressed to Paul3 mother in Fresno
The letter was brief saying Bhe had
Just arrived and would rest a day or
two before proceeding farther
Isnt that evidence asked Morris
Yes but she did not come with
him
Oh no he came on another ship
Then hie lied when he said they
came together
Morris laughed a cold sardonic
laugh and in a voice that seemed to
have all the evil of a demon In it
answered
Though they came on different
ships from America there Is but one
train going to the Klondyke and both
will be in that train The chances are
she knows no one but him and you
know Lacklands feelings towards the
girl When he starts to win he wins
hes got millions to work with and if
its necessary to buy the entire pack
train off he can do it
Paul Miller groaned aloud but
made no answer He realized how
great her danger and how uterly hope
less he was to aid her
Now you san save her said Mor
ris
Save her My Heaven how
What other infernal scheme have you
on hand
You were overheard talking with
the old man about a walrus hide From
what you said it was understood you
knew something about it If you will
give us information that will lead to
finding it you shall be given your lib
erty and be taken to this young lady
Laura Kean
I cannot groaned Paul
Why
I dont know where It is
What did you do with it asked
Morris his face expressing the deep
est concern
I gave it to another Where he is
or what he has done with it I do not
know
A look of disappointment swept
over the faces of the captors at this
announcement They retired to near
the entrance of the cavern and there
held a consultation
Its all a pack of lies cried Pad
gett Weve been twenty years in
these woods waitln t grab that pile
an no nearer to it now than before
Knock out their brains an go away
is what I say
Tom Ambrose though equally as
much a villain as his companion
urged moderation During all the
years the unprincipled rascals had
struggled to get possession of tleir
captives secret Tom had acted as a
brake to fiery Neds temper
We have a hold on the old man
one of the plotters at last declared
He can be made to tell where the
gold is cached
But he dont know
He does know He must know
Well what goodH that do Haint
we been the last eighteen or twenty
years tryin to open the hatches o
the old capen whos as close mouthed
as a clam Weve threatened t hang
him done everything any one kin but
its all no use
We got a stronger pull now than
ever
What is it
Come here
His companions gathered about him
and he spread his arms around their
shoulders and began to reveal the
plan which emanated from his won
derful brain a plan that was diabol
ical but promised success
To be continued
RACIAL FEUDS IN EUROPE
Antagonism Engendered Between
Prussians and Poles
Hardly a day passes but the news
papers contain striking evidence of
the antagonistic spirit which is being
engendered between the Poles and
the Prussians Last week It came tc
the ears of the publishers of a Polish
paper circulating in Westphalia that
one of their compositors was about
to marry a German girl They con
sidered that this stamped him as a
traitor to Poland and although he
had served them faithfully for many
years they dismised him on the spot
A large number of Poles work in the
Westphalia coal mines and in order
to further the amalgamation of the
races the authorities have Issued
regulations to the effect that no per
son shall be employed underground
who Is not proficient in the German
language The Poles obstinately re
fuse to know a word of German when
they happen to be called up to make
statements in public
A few days ago a Polish miner had
to give evidence in a Westphalia
police court He was of course as
Innocent as a newly born babe of any
knowledge of German until the magis
trate threatened to report the case
to his employers who would have
been compelled to dismiss him
Thereupon his German came back
and he replied fluently to all the
questions put to him His wife had
been present during the hearing of
the case and was waiting for him in
the passage just outside the court
room door As soon as he appeared
she bitterly reproached him for hav
ing given way and to render her
arguments more forcible soundly
boxed his ears She then kicked him
with such vigor that he had to race
dowp the corridor into the street tc
escape the attentions of his pairi
otic better half London Leader
Novels Read by Statesmen
The yearly bill for novels supplied
to the library of the French Chambei
of Deputies is usually between 4G00
and 4500
TASK IS A HARD ONE
CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS
DIFFICULT MATTER
President Roosevelt Realizes the
Gravity of the Situation Amend
ment to the Constitution Neciasnry
to Effect Desired Results
The president says I believe
firmly that In the end there will have
to be an amendment to the constitu
tion of the nation conferring addi
tional power upon the federal govern
ment to deal with corporations To
get that will be a matter of difficulty
and a matter of time
The last sentence shows that the
president is aware of the fact that to
amend the constitution even to reach
an end desired by a considerable
majority of the people is no light
task It will be necessary for the ad
vocates of tho amendment the presi
dent believes necessary to overcome
the resistance of corporate Interests
which prefer state to federal rule to
overcome the state pride which will
bid the states retain jurisdiction over
the corporations which are their own
creatures and to reconcile conserva
tive slow moving elements in the
community to a new departure to a
greater centralization of the powers
of government John AdamB said of
the national constitution that it was
extorted from the grinding necessi
ties of a reluctant people It may
require a similar pressure to extort
an amendment giving to the general
government the control over corpora
tions it is proposed to bestow upon it
If congress were this year through
a sudden impulse to submit to the
states an amendment transferring
from them to the federal govern
ment the jurisdiction over corpora
tions the amendment would fall far
short of the necessary three fourths
vote There are states where no trust
has a home and where trusts are
most unpopular which influenced by
the habits of thought of a century
would refuse to give additional power
to the general government There
are states whose legislatures are so
far subject to corporate influences
that they would refuse ratification
peremptorily It would take some
thing in the nature of a revolution
to get the assent of states like New
York New Jersey and Pennsylvania
The general reason assigned for
nonconcurrence in the amendment at
this moment would be that the reme
dies which congress can administer
with the constitution as it is have
not been given a sufficient trial This
is a reason which will appeal strong
ly to many In all human probability
no amendment can be adopted until
all other measures have been tried
faithfully and their failure is beyond
dispute
The president does not exaggerate
when he says it will be a matter of
difficulty and a matter of time to get
the constitutional amendment he de
sires Many difficulties will be en
countered and much time will be
needed Federal control of corpora
tions is not a thing of the immediate
future Probably that Is the view
President Roosevelt takes of the mat
ter Chicago Tribune
The West and the Tariff
Frank M Eddy a Republican con
gressman for the seventh Minnesota
district confirms what the Record
Herald has said as to the sentiment
of western Republicans on the tariff
He testifies that in his section of the
country there is a very strong feeling
In favor of revision and he describes
the western idea of a protective tariff
as follows
It should not afford protection to
monopoly that is to an industry ab
solutely controlled by an individual a
partnership a corporation or a trust
nor to those industries that reduce
their employes to the conditions they
are protected against but all inde
pendent industries should receive suf
ficient protection to enable them to
compete on more than even terms
with similar ones in foreign countries
Where our present tariff law fails in
any of these particulars and it does
in many it should be altered or
amended
The idea it will be observed is In
no sense destructive of the protective
system and the congressman adds
that what the western Republicans
want is not a general revision but a
readjustment of those schedules
which give a premium over and above
a reasonable protection This we
believe Is commonly desired among
them and the desire has found ex
pression as Mr Eddy notes in the
declaration of their state conventions
Construing his just analysis of the
tariff situation with his very san
guine predictions of Republican suc
cess next fall there Is this to be said
Success If it is attained will be due
in no small degree to the platform
utterances to which he refers They
have been the only effective answer
to the Democratic demand for revis
ion and they are everywhere treated
as a party pledge that the tariff will
actually be revised by its friends for
the correction of its abuses while the
principle of protection is kept invio
late
The Republican congressmen who
are elected on this pledge will take
their seats a year from next Decem
ber It would be excellent policy for
the present congress to anticipate
revision but if it does not a year of
grace is pretty certain to be the limit
of indulgence which the Republican
party will enjoy For the promises
now made are seriously interrupted
and the revision sentiment is grow
ing so steadily that the people are
likely to become thoroughly impatient
and to revolt if they are disappointed
To prevent a secession to the enemies
of protection Us friends must give
tho one convincing proof of their
sincerity that la required by changing
tho now unreasonable schedules of
tho Dlngley law Chicago Record
Herald
Foreign and Domestic Prices
Volume XIIL of the report of tho
Industrial commission tabulates 416
replies received by the commission
bearing on the question of foreign
and domestic prices The report
says The great majority of tho
answers Indicated that prloou are no
Iotw abroad thaa they are for domes
tie consumers and a considerable
number indicate that foreign prices
are higher A few however state
that they sell a portion of their goods
abroad lower than at home and the
reasons are as follows
Cash payments and largo pur
chases in the foreign trade whereas
the domestic trade is based on credits
and small purchases
The drawback or rebate of the
tariff on imported raw material of
goods manufactured for export
To overcome the tariff of other
countries
To secure new markets
To hold a market against now
competitors
To clear out surplus stock or to
prevent a shut down and increased
cost of production by keeping mills
running and men employed
To get rid of samples and outof
date goods
Because the expense of selling and
advertising is less abroad than at
home
These are the reasons attributed
by manufacturers of all countries for
sometimes selling a part of their
stock at a lower price abroad than
at home It causes no injury to the
domestic consumers and gives added
employment and wages to laborers
besides keeping the homo market
firm and stable and preventing ruin
ous competition in cutting prices
Thero is another reason why some
American manufacturers sometimes
sell a portion of their goods at a low
er price abroad and perhaps the
chief reason Most of our machinery
or articles produced by machinery are
covered by patents which are exclu
sively controlled and operated in this
country For example take agricul
tural implements It can be shown
that where such articles are sold
more cheaply abroad than at home It
is because oS patents If not covered
by foreign patents It is obviously the
policy to sell in foreign countries at a
price that will discourage production
in those countries
And yet of the manufacturers of
agricultural Implements reporting to
the Industrial commission all with
only one exception stated that prices
to foreign purchasers are either high
er or no lower than those for domes
tic purchasers Not one per cent of
our output is sold at a lower price
abroad and only for some special rea
son connected with that particular
consignment
The Butchers and the Tariff
A few days ago the butchers in
convention assembled declared in
favor of abolishing the tariff on cattlo
and meat to the end that this sup
posed shelter for the alleged meat
trust might be removed but I am dis
posed to think the good farmers of
my state would vote unanimously
against such an experiment By the
trend of the speeches made at the
butchers convention I discover a
sentiment well nigh universally ex
pressed there that meat is being
monopolized by the great packers
But I happen to have a tenant out in
Iowa who has a fine bunch of cattle
on which no packer holds a lien of
any kind and he writes me that he
is willing to sell them to butchers if
they will pay as much as the pack
ers offer I am quite sure the people
would as soon buy this meat of the
butchers as of the packers Thus
there is afforded a splendid oppor
tunity for any one to make all kinds
of money if he will but give the
farmer as much money for his beeves
and give the people as much beef for
their money Secretary Shaw at
Morrisville Vt Aug 19 1902
Trouble with the Democrats
On the 29th of July talking at Bar
Harbor to a New York World man
William C Whitney for many years
one of the most conspicuous members
of the Democratic party declared his
Intention of staying out of politics
forever and added
The trouble is that the Democrats
have no Issue and no man
That is the exact situation of the
Democratic party to day simply and
solely because of the five years of un
equaled prosperity that have followed
the restoration of the Republican
party to the control of national af
fairs No man knows this better
than does President Clevelands sec
retary of the navy
Few men have better reason for
knowing it for few indeed have
profited more sumptuously than Wil
liam C Whitney has in these five
years of protection prosperity It is
because of the splendid issue Pros
perityupon which the Republicans
stand before the country that Mr
Whitney says the Democrats have
no issue
A Better Reason Needed
There ought to be some more
tangible reason for such a dangerous
expedient than the existence of a
sentiment in certain localities now
as always that demands a reduction
of the tariff on articles there consum
ed and not produced while It stands
ready to fight to a finish any reduc
tion on the things there produced
Secretary Shaw at Morrisville Vt
Aug 19 1902
SAFE FOR HIM TO APPEAR
Mark Twain Escapod the Bible Read
ing and Family Prayers
Whon Mark Twain was in tho West
many years ago his humor was aa
droll aa it is to day While- thoro ho
made the acqualntanco of Senator
Stewart of Nevada who tolls this
story of tha humorlct vouching for
its truth
The incident occurred In Carson
City At that time said Senator
Stewart tho humorist had not at
tained to the philoBopMe calm which
comes with college degrees Ho waa
a journalist and an unterrified ono In
Carson City he boarded at tho homo
of his brother who was a model citi
zen and a Christian
One morning I was a guest of this
brother at breakfast Wo had just
seated ourselves at tho table when a
voice drawled from tho stairway
above
Have you read tho scripture les
son this morning
Yes was tho roply
Had family prayers continued
the voice from above
Yes Sam said the host smiling
at me
Thero was a pause and then In tho
now well known drawl came the fur
ther quostion
Said grace
Yes responded tho patient head
of the household
All right then came the cheer
ful comment from tho stairway Ill
be right down And presently the ir
reverent youth who in a few years
was to promote tho gayety of nations
joined us at the breakfast table
WHAT CHICKEN WAS LIKE
Effect of Prenatal Influences On a
Young Rooster
The following story was published
recently It was attributed to Rep
resentative Flanagan of New Jersey
a millionaire from Morristown Ho
told the story at a picnic of Patrons
of Husbandry at Tuttlos Grovo near
Morristown
I was riding from Baltimore to
Washington on a fast train ono day
said Mr Flanagan The car window
was open As wo passed another ex
press train going in the opposite di
dection a hen caught in tho vortex be
tween the two trains was lifted in tho
air and slammed against the side of
our car As it struck an egg was cast
In at the open window and fell in my
lap
Of course it didnt break said a
cynic among the listeners
It did not break went on the rep
resentative Because of its prema
ture appearance tho shell was not
hard but tough and leathery instead
I took It home and put it in an incu
bator and In time hatched out a fino
chicken
Did you observe In the eggs off
spring any evidence of prenatal Influ
ences asked the schoolmaster shov
ing his glasses up on his forehead
Only this said the representa
tive the chicken was a rooster and
whenever it tried to crow it whistled
like a locomotive New York World
Horrors in Haiti
F J Raskin who recently visited
Haiti says In the Washington Post
Haiti is the degenerate of the West
Indies It has had Independence for
nearly 90 years and yot Is it still grop
ing in the darkness of barbaric night
African savagery is as rife as if it
were on the Congo Everything bends
to the power of brute force The
lives of men are taken as coolly as if
they were so many flies When the
voodoo drum beats Haiti bends the
knee Voodooism lifts its hideous
head and there is none powerful
enough to strike it down There are
occurrences in Haiti which are hor
rible enough to disgust the devil In
the sacrifice of tho goat without
horns a voodoo priest surrounded
by worshipers dances to the low
throbbing of a drum and a crooning
chant until in the height of fanatic
frenzy with eyes upturned and lips
frothing a child is seized and stabbed
its blood sucked and its body after
wards boiled and eaten The govern
ment is powerless to prevent
Makes a Living by Clapping
There is a blind man in the west
end of London who earns his living
in a very novel manner An Ameri
can was passing down a street quite
recently and heard a curious sound
suggesting rythmic applause Half a
dozen people stood between him and
the place whence the sound came but
ne was curious enough to pass them
and he saw an old blind man with his
hands close to his mouth producing
some faint suggestion of a popular air
by clapping his liands together Some
little attention was required to find
out the tune hemeant to express but
33 everything chosen was very popu
lar the effort was easy to follow Tho
blind mans companion explained the
work and collected tribute and from
what could be seen there is a living
in the business
A Disastrous Joke
Thinking to play a practical Joke on
his father a Berlin schoolboy filled
a table peppermill with gunpowder
His father who was very near sighted
looked closely into his plate as he
turned the handle There was an ex
plosion and the uoor man was tem
porarily blinded while the tip of his
nose was blown off
The delinquent who was sitting
close by received some of the gun
powder in his eyes and was so aghast
at the result of his trick that he
fainted and 13 now dangerously ill
with high fever
The father will lose the sight of
one eye but the piece blown from
his nose han been put on again by a
clever young surgeon London MaiL
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