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CHAPTER II Continued
Mr Burrltts face became flushed
and he started to his feet with the
haste and hot indignation which would
have done credit to one of half his
years James he cried with pas
sion is this the way you speak
is this the way your treat your old
friend TJoes the fidelity of half a
life time count for nothing Why
even your name has been preserved
In inviolable secrecy and at this very
moment not ono single soul besides
myself is aware of the object of my
journey or of the identity of the in
dividual I have come to meet anil
this is all you have to say to me I
had better return home at once with
out more delay
He was evidently much moved and
tiie other man could not but recognize
that the emotion he betrayed was gen
uine So he too rose from his seat
and catching Mr Burritt by the arm
ald My dear fellow dont misunder
stand me Surely you did not take
me seriously just now It is not that
I doubted you for a moment Silas
but He passed his hand over
nis eyes as though to clear away
something which obstructed his vision
Then after a moments hesitation he
continued I only landed in the eld
country this morning and it has
brought it all back again all the
shame and sorrow all the suffering
and remorse it seems as fresh as
though as though it had all happened
yesterday instead of twenty years ago
I cannot but realize the fact that in
spite of all my wealth honestly
earned too every penny of it I swear
I am a pariah an outcast No dont
interrupt me I tell you with a bit
ter mirthless laugh I feel more like
a returned convict than anything else
james exclaimed Mr Burritt
you shock me you grieve me more
than I can say I
His friend interrupted him You
Midnight Reflections
Mr Burritt passed a very restless
night Perhaps his dinner had dis
agreed With him More probably it
was the result of the agitation and
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excitement caused by the meeting
with the old friend he had not seen
for so many years At any rate
whatever the cause there was no
doubt as to the effect for ho found
It Impossible to sleep or to do any
thing but toss from side to side as
hour after hour wearily wore itself
away By some peculiar action of the
brain he also found himself compelled
to review all the past scenes of his
life and mentally step by step re
trace the path he had trodden during
those fifty years or so which went
to make up the sum of his existence
on this planet
At last in despair he rose and go
ing to the window looked out upon
the night It was a very moonlight
night too much so in fact There
was something almost weird and
ghastly in its effect So he dropped
the blind with a crash and went back
to bed again hoping that this time
he might be able to sieep
But it was the same thing over
again Only this time his thoughts
concentrated themselves upon his
family and his homo life He remem
bered with a sense of remorse that
he had been a little only a little
irritable at breakfast that morning
and that he had spoken rather sharply
when interrogated as to thp purpose
of his sudden expedition
Certain of his friends sayings had
grated upon his ear and caused a
chill feeling of dissatisfaction and re
gret
Thank God he had said when he
heard of the deaths of those others
cut off more than one of them be
fore they had attained their proper
span
Mr Burritt turned uneasily In his
bed as he reflected upon this and re
membered that he was the only one
left who knew all The only one his
friend had to fear To fear Surely
that was not the right way to put it
sVi
I t r
What brings you herci
he sneered you are the immaculate
citizen-1-the man without a past
What have you to do with such an one
as I There was a bitter sarcasm
in his tone a morbid jealousy in his
look Mr Burritt refused to recognize
the presence of either
But you will return with me will
you not he said you will let me in
troduce you to them and make their
acquaintance Take us on your way
and spend at least one night under my
roof
You are very good Silas said his
friend Ah if they were all like
you but you forget there are others
ho
Mr Burritt interrupted him I
know what jrou are going to say and
will relieve your mind at once Of all
those and they were not many six
at the outside who were intimately
acquainted with your past history
and he hesitated a moment and
that unhappy affair not one is living
besides myself
What cried the other man in
great excitement All dead
AH but myself was the answer
Thank God for that burst from
the others lips Will you swear that
this is so that they are indeed all
dead who are connected with the
past except yourself
Mr Burritt bent his head in reply
The strain of the interview was begin
ning to tell upon him together with
the hurried journey and he felt the
need of repose
Believe me Jim he said falling
back again into the old familiar style
of address you have nothing to fear
Your secret is safe enough with me
never doubt it He spoke kindly
even affectionately but his fatigue
was evident and his friend could not
but observe it
Silas he said you are worn out
We will continue the subject some
other time
They turned to leave the room to
gether Mr Burrintt passed out first
his companion lingered behind him
As he did so his brief assumption of
cheerfulness fell from him his face
changed and darkened and the whole
expression altered
All dead but one he whispered to
himself and that one The sen
tence was left unfinished
CHAPTER III
To fear Could it be possible that his
old friend believed that he had cause
to fear him But what had been
his own words on the subject
You can ruin me Silas in the
eyes of my child as well as in those
of the world whenever you please
The question was had he at the
time really meant what he said Had
he for an instant believed him
capable of such baseness as this
If so good heavens it was a
dreadful thought would he not have
still greater reason to exclaim thank
God when he heard of his death
He scarcely dared to breathe it to
himself but the idea having once oc
curred clung to him and refused to
be set aside but returned again and
again in spite of his steadfastly re
jecting it as unworthy and dishonor
able At the same time he found him
self wondering whether his friend tbe
object of these painful thoughts who
occupied an adjoining room was also
lying awake and indulging in unprofit
able reflections Or perhaps he was
more pleasantly employed in thinking
of his daughter anticipating their
meeting and picturing her as she
would be after five years separation
Whatever else he might or might
not be he was evidently an affection
ate parent devoted to this one child
Mr Burritt was getting sleepy at
last No doubt it was something
which he had eaten at dinner that
had upset his digestion and filled his
mind with all these morbid fancies
There was nothing like indigestion
for making one see everything in a
bad light
Then he slept and as he slept he
dreamed a dream
He thought he was lying on the
edge of a precipice a precipice which
went sheer down many hundreds of
feet But although he occupied such
a dangerous position he felt no uneasi
ness at first onlK a little gentle sur
prise as to what he was doing there
and a little wonder as to what was
going to happen
Then a hand came up and out of the
abyss and grasped him drawing him
nearer and nearer to the giddy verge
of the precipice and he felt himself
dragged slowly but surely to destruc
tion In vain he clutched at the grass
and stones and projections of the
cliff he was still drawn on until at
last he was poised upon the very
edge and could look down into the
depths of the chasm beneath For a
few seconds during which he seemed
to experience a lifetime of agony he
remained in that awful position Then
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he felt himself falling falling fron
an immeasurable height and woke
What a hideous dream h
thought How weird how awful
how real I would rather He awakt
the whole night through than dreatr
Just such another I wonder what the
time is
He felt for his watch and the
matches and struck a light Just half
past three no more As he restorec
the articles again to their places In
thought he heard faint sounds o
movement in the next room
Evidently I am not the only rest
less person he said to himself as hf
lay down again I have a companior
in misfortune To morrow morning
we shall be able to compare experi
ences Suppose I were to knock ai
the wall and speak to him But thet
I might disturb someone else ano
alarm them That would never do i
expect it must have been the cucum
ber that gave me the nightmare i
hope I shant have another suet
dream if I do Ill never touch cucum
ber any more as long as I live His
eyes closed and in a few moments his
deep and regular breathing showed
that he had again fallen asleep
And again he dreamt and the
dream was as follows
He was lying in his bed or at least
so he thought and after a while it
seemed to him that it became very
hard and narrow so that he had no
room to move in it It was also very
dark He tried to turn over upon his
side but found as in the other dream
that he could stir neither hand nor
foot And what appeared to him a
long time he began to hear sounds
over his head Sometimes in one
place sometimes in another and aj
the same time he began to experience
a difficulty in breathing And still the
sound went on the sound of some
one hammering of some one ham-
mering nails
The sound of some one hammering
nails into a coffin
And with that all at once the awful
truth broke upon him He was dead
and they were nailing him up in his
coffin dead j
His heart stopped beating as he
grasped the full horror of the
tion
They were bursting him alive Oh
horrible horrible J
In vain he tried to burst the bonds
of the insensibility in which he was
held In vain he made frenzied ef
forts to cry aloud The most frantic
endeavors were unavailing He was
unable to utter a sound or produce the
smallest movement Then it seemed
as though some one were trying to
raise the lid of the coffin There was
a faint creaking sound a faint glim
mer of light was perceptible overhead
It increased and widened Oh joy
He was saved saved The coffin lid
was raised little by little higher and
higher in another moment he should
be free
It was done He saw a face bend
ing over him a familiar face the
face of an old friend Already he hail
ed him in his heart as his benefactor
his deliverer Then what were those
words he heard Words he had heard
before when was it
You can ruin me whenever you
please but now you are in my pow
er
The lid was clapped down again
leaving him in utter darkness The
hammering began again He made
one last tremendous effort and woke
Woke to find himself sitting bolt
upright with the perspiration stream
ing from him Woke to find the man
whose voice even no seemed to ring
in his ears as he bent over the open
coffin standing beside his bed in the
faint grey light of morning
What brings you here gasped
Mr Burritt as soon as he had realized
the fact that the terrible ordeal he
had just passed through was only a
dream
I couldnt sleep was the response
and I couldnt lie still any longer
so I came to see whether you were
awake
To be continued
A Chess Village
Near the Prussian town of Magde
burg lies the little village of Strobeck
which has earned for itself an inter
esting celebrity The village contains
1200 inhabitants who are one and all
chess players They may be said to
learn the game in their cradles for
among the first lessons taught to a
child by its parents are the moves in
chess and the first playthings it re
ceives are chessmen The smallest
children are to be seen in their play
time sitting quietly together with a
chessboard before them gravely con
sidering the moves and in the even
ing the old people meet to play their
favorite game At stated times in the
year there are chess tournaments in
which both the grown up people and
the children take part prizes being
given to the victors Many people
come to Strobeck during these com
petitions to watch the peasants at
their gaes The children even re
ceive instruction in chess in the
schools
A Collection of Pens
The Carnavalet Museum in Paris
contains a collection of pens which
while interesting from a connoisseurs
point of view as works of art are no
less attractive to the historian
Every time a sovereign visits the
town hall in Paris he is begged to
sign his name in the visitors book
and for this purpose a richly orna
mented pen is handed the royal visi
tor
For the intended visit of the king
of Italy the city of Paris has ordered
a special pen of the Italian silversmith
Froment Meurice The design is in
XVI century style and is in exquisite
taste The penholder is ornamented
with a little enamel cartridge bearing
the arms of the House of Savoy
GETTING TOGETHER
HARMONY RESTORED AMONG
IOWA REPUBLICANS
Speeches of Governor Cummins Sena
tor Allison and Congressman Laccy
Show the Party to Be United on the
Paramount Issues of the Day
An encouraging sign of the tlmo3 a
gratifying indication of the persist
ence of the right and the weakening
of the wrong Is to be found in three
notable Republican speeches delivered
In the state of Iowa In the first of
these speeches that of Gov Cummins
at Des Moines Sept 26 one natur
ally looks for the reappearance of the
loa idea But it is not there You
will not find a single allusion to the
monopoly sheltering tariff not a
word about the immediate necessity
for tariff revision no insistence upon
potential competition as a means of
bringing in an era of lowering prices
domestic competition if possible
foreign competition if necessary
None of these things which Gov Cum
mins has urged so strenuously In the
past two years appears in the speech
of Sept 2G The Iowa idea is seem
ingly laid away and forgotten For
the most part the speech is sound in
its Republicanism and stalwart in its
protection as the best adjustment
that we can make within ourselves
to enlarge the production of the coun
tr3r he yet favors through reciproc
ity the larger admission of competi
tive goods from foreign countries and
the inevitable decrease of domestic
production that must follow in the
lines of industry selected for slaugh
ter Is it not astonishing that Intelli
gent men should in one breath dilate
must framo no reciprocity arrange
ments that will do Injustice to friend
ly countries for example Great Brit
ain and that in securing concessions
wo must do It without impairing the
protective policy in our own country
By these wise and Intelligent stand
ards we can never have reciprocity In
competitive products It Is an im
possibility Senator Allison has
strengthened his reputation for big
brains and profound political sagacity
The third of the great group of
Iowa speeches was that of Congress
man John F Lacey at Allerton Oct
13 Hero was a fine old fashioned
straightaway Republican speech Wo
do not find in It any reciprocity fool
ishness It does not deal with that
question at all Mr Lacey devoted
himself wholly to the practical Issue
of Republican tariff making versus
Democratic tariff making He sketch
ed In bold outlines our tariff history
from the organization of tho govern
ment up to the present day -and clear
ly demonstrated the invariable value
of the protective policy and the in
variable blight and curse attending
our occasional lapses into or toward
free trade That is the point to be
kept In view Under whose scheme
of tariff making that of the protec
tionists or that of the free traders
has the country prospered most
That is the issue now just as it has
been the issue every time the Demo
cratic party has undertaken to regain
control of national affairs jUst as It
Is going to be the issue next year
It is well that men of Congress
man Laceys great ability should
make genuine orthodox Republican
speeches The country needs them
Lest we forget
Shall We Abolish It
Mr Chamberlain is presenting some
sad pictures of British industrial de-
TARIFF REFORMS GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT
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Tariff Reformer You see Mr Miller dividing the stream cannot take any
thing from the force and power of Protection
Uncle Sam Miller Say but youre a chump Dont you see the wheel has
stopped going round
upon the tremendous blessings and
advantages of protection and in the
next breath advocate the purchase of
a greatly increased volume of foreign
competitive goods Yet that is pre
cisely the attitude of Gov Cummins
From the standpoint of sound and
logical economics it is the attitude of
a schoolboy
Senator Allison in his speech at
Clinton on the 10th of October was
much wiser and shrewder He did not
put both feet in the reciprocity trap
After telling his hearers that tariff
revision must not be thought of at
least until after the election next
year not until the voters have again
passed upon the policy that should
prevail in our tariff laws the dis
creet and level headed senator took
sate sensible ground regarding reci
procity Thus
It is probable that in the future
provisions for such trade will be
largely made by modifying our tariff
on condition that such countries modi
fy their laws so as to give us an equiv
alent and so that we will receive
as well as grant benefits This will
be done so as not to impair our pro
tective policy
If done at all which it never will
be or can be under a Republican ad
ministration this will be done so
as not to impair our protective pol
icy That was McKinleys stand in
the speech at Buffalo in 1901 that has
been and still is being so flagrantly
distorted and perverted It is the
stand of all sound Republicans Not
to impair our protective policy If
onr protective policy is not to be im
paired there can be no such thing as
reciprocity in competitive products
Again said Senator Allison always
insisting upon safe and consistent
qualifications
In making these reciprocal ar
rangements whether j law or treaty
with any country crre must be taken
not to do injustice which would in
volve us in difficulty with other
friendly countries with which we have
treaties or which neve already given
us great advantage in their laws for
the free export of our products to
such countries Great Britain is an
illustration of an open market for all
our products
In making modifications of our tar
iff in the future the possibilities of
reciprocal legislation should be utiliz
ed so far as practicable securing
thereby valuable concessions without
impairing the protective policy in our
own country and without doing in
justice to countries that already give
us free access to their markets or
access to them upon favorable terms
Note the saving clauses that we
cline In his speech at Greenock he
said The sugar trade has gone the
iron trade is threatened and the turn
of the cotton trade is coming next
Yet the Democratic party would make
our protective tariff the paramount
issue in 1904 The wicked tariff the
larin wnicn manes me ncn ricner
and the poor poorer which fosters
trusts which gives no real prosperity
lets abolish it they say Yes lets
abolish it Lets forget the experi
ence of 1893 Lets get a taste of this
industrial decline which has opened
the eyes of our British cousins to the
fact that the protective nations have
prospered amazingly while Great Bri
tain has gone backward Springfield
Union
Sugar Trusts Latest Move
The active efforts of the Sugar
trust to buy up the beet sugar fac
tories in the West ought to result in
improving the prospect of a reciproc
ity treaty with Cuba The American
Sugar Refining Company as the trust
is known is said to have obtained a
controlling interest in the following
Michigan factories Sebewalng Sugar
Refining Co Sebewaing Sanita CJ
Sugar Refining Co Croswell Peninv
sula Sugar Co Caro Tawas Sugar
Co East Tawas Mich Michiganl
Sugar Co Bay City Alma Sugar Co
Alma Saginaw Sugar Co Saginaw
Valley Sugar Co Saginaw Menomi 1
nee River Sugar Co Menomineej
It is expected that as soon asj
the beet sugar season is over the
management of the factories will be
placed under one head The combin
ed capitalization of the companies
absorbed by the American Sugar Ref
fining Co is placed at 6350000-
Hartford Times
The Outcome of Protection
Says Mr Mosely in summing up
the Report of the Industrial Commis
sion to this country from England
My personal conclusion is that the
true born American is a better educat
ed better housed better fed better
clothed and more energetic man than
his British brother and infinitely
more sober and as a natural conse
quence he is more capable of using
his brains as well as his hands
And it is all due to American wages
the outcome of protection which haJ
built up and maintains our home mak
ket
- Not Yet
The beet sugar outnut next year will
be enormous if but we will not bor J
row trouble- The Cuban treaty is noU
in operation yet
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MEMORY OF A KISS
OR A BOYS ATTEMPT TO VOICE
THE IDEAL
Tho Poetry of Life Condensed Into
One Short Story of a Summer Even
ing Comments of the Older Men
Who Listened
The boy was telling tho story to an
intimate He was not exactly a boy
not exactly a man He had the sensa
tions of a man with yet only a hoys
experience The boys story was an
attempt to voice the Ideal as he knew
It Thus It ran
It was one evenlnr in summer The
sun was setting building fairy temples
In the sky painting its domes and
minarets with shimmering gold If
cast a shaft of light on the darkening
sea which stretched to my feet like
a golden stairway leading to the tem
ples in the sky The summer sea
whispered a song to the sweet de-
parting glory In the west and tumbled
aimlessly as It sang like a drowsy
child But before the sea song the
universe seemed standing still listen-
ing to its own whispering melody
Suddenly along the golden stalrcctse
there came a woman llghtjy trljyplng
She was of the stuff that dreaus are
made Softly in a garb of rllnging
white she moved toward me Her
face was shining like the sun Her
glowing tresses gave back the glint
of the sky with subtle answering
fires Her eyes gleamed with the per
fection of womans eternal promise
Her lips soft sweet and warm were
parted with a glad happy smile She
came to me radiantly eagerly with
white arms outstretched She came
to me She came to me
As she drew closer in the golden
evening light I saw all the glory of
her face Her face shone on -me
Her eyes gleamed for me Her lips
smiled for me I looked Into the face
in proud humility it made tears in my
heart to know such a face was clad in
radiance because of me It made hun
ger in my soul because I knew it could
not be was too good to be
She came to me as a lover and a
mother might She held me tenderly
as if I were very young and she kissed
me and the music of it was like the
tireless sea Then I awoke
There was no sea There was no
anything only a London morning
Only breakfast and the coffee was bit
ter and the bacon cold The land
ladys head bore crimpy curls horribly
jangling and she talked of dead rela
tions From that day I have not
dreamed and there is something want
ing in my life
That is the story On the whole it
is a silly story If a man told such a
story in a club his head would get
broken with a soda syphon Men do
not tell such stupid tales they think
em Else they are old
The man who listened broke a coal
on the fire and said Hm And an
other older man to whom he told the
story said Adam dreamt that way
the night he lost his rib Black and
White
BRAVE IN FACE OF DEATH
Heroic Conduct of a Famous Bull
Fighter in a Spanish Arena
One of the most thrilling incidents
ever witnessed in the arena is re
called by the recent feat of the Span-
ish toreador Reverte It occurred at
Bayonne After disposing of two bulls
Reverte had twice plunged his sword
into a third of great strength and
ferocity and as the beast continued
careering wildly the spectators began
to hiss Reverte for bungling Wound
ed to the very quick of his pride the
Spaniard shouted The bull is slain
and throwing aside his sword sank
on one knee with folded arms in tho
middle of the ring He was right but
he had not allowed for the margin of
accident
The wounded beast charged full
upon him but the matador splendid
to the last knelt motionless as a
statue while the spectators held their
breath in horrified suspense Reach
ing his victim the bull literally
bounded at him and as he sprang he
sank in death with his last effort giv
ing one fearful lunge of the head
that drove a horn into the thigh of
the kneeling man and laid bare the
bone from the knee to the joint Still
Reverte never flinched but remained
kneeling exultant in victory but
calmly contemptuous of applause till
he was carried away to heal him of
his grievous wound
Passing of a Drudge
Repose upon her soulless face
Dig the grave and leave her
But breathe a prayer that in his grace
He who so loved this toiling- race
To endless rest receive her
Oh can it be the gates ajar
Wait not her humble quest
Whose life was but a patient war
Against the death that stalked from far
With neither haste nor rest
To whom were sun and moon and cloud
The streamlets pebbly coil
The transient May bound feathered
crowd
The storms frank fury thunder browed
But witness of her toll
Whoe weary feet knew not the bliss
Of dance by jocund reed
Who never dallied at a kiss
If heaven refuses her life Is
A tragedy indeed
Century
Christian Science Dinner Club
There are so many varieties of eat
ing clubs in the city that it hardly
seems possible to conceive of any
thing new of that kind But the Chris
tian Science Dinner club which meets
at the Astor House every Friday may
suggest something The club is com
posed of about thirty business men
all of whom believe that they have
received some benefit f om their faith
They assemble promptly at noon and
during the meal ccsnpare notes in re
gard to cures Serw York Sun
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y