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CHAPTER X Continued
Long before the service was over
thero were sounds of lamentation and
wailing from many of those present
and several were compelled to quit the
church from the violence of their emo
tion
At last it wa3 over and the numer
ous and variously compounded congre
gation broke up
After partaking of a frugal meal
Ted sat down to await the arrival of
Dr Cartwright He hoped that noth
ing unforeseen would occur to cause
him to put off his visit for he was
beginning to rely a good deal upon
the energetic little man who had
shown himself at once shrewd and
kindly in his dealings with him He
could scarcely believe he had met
him yesterday for the first time and
here he became aware of a brisk and
familiar voice below
How do you find yourself to day
Mr3 Jinman and hows your lodger
Hope youre looking after him well
giving him plenty of new laid eggs
and cream and that sort of thing
Theres nothing like good living to
soften the effect of a bereavement
Ted heard the voice gradually
mounting the stairs and the next mo
ment the doctors head was nut in-
sidc the door
Huilra was his greeting thero
you are Well how are you getting
on
Ted said that he felt pretty well
Glad to hear it was the next
remark as the maker of it allowed
the rest of his body to follow his
head By the by saw you in church
this morning Sad spectacle very
Shall we be off
They left the cottage and made
their way in the direction of the sta
tion
When they came in sight of the line
they saw that there were still parties
of men at work searching among the
heaps of rubbish for money or jewelry
or anything else that might have sur
vived the general ruin
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right to do a certain thing I always
do it first and inquire afterwards
There was a nose of something me
tallic falling
Hullo cried the doctor Whats
that
And regardless of the consequences
to his clothes he began to grope
among the shattered remains of the
flooring
In a few seconds ho looked up again
flushed and grimp but triumphant
Ho held in his hand a conical shaped
piece of lead
I thought as much he said as he
handed it to the other a ball from a
revolver
CHAPTER XI
Dr Jeremiah at Home
The inquest which took place at
noon on Monday was held in the
school house The jury having been
sworn in proceeded to view the bodies
and on their return from this mel
ancholy duty the coroner made an
unexpected announcement which
caused a great sensation among the
closely packed audience
It having been brought to my no
tice that one of the supposed victims
of the late disastrous affair instead of
losing his life as was concluded at
the time through the accident in
which so many have unfortunately
perished has come by his death
through foul play it is my intention to
hold a separate inquiry upon the body
at the same hour to morrow I shall
now pressed with my inquiry as to
the manner in which the other pas
sengers met their death Call the first
witness
Later in the day hundreds of people
gathered In the churchyard to witness
the interments
The body of Silas Burritt had been
taken back to the vestry where it
would remain until his son fulfilled
the promise he had made and brought
it home Earth to earth ashes to
ashes dust to dust came the words
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I thought as much A ball from a revolver
The station master was watching
their operations from the platform
and to him Dr Cartwright addressed
himself
Look here Mullins I want to know
what youve done with that carriage
the fourth from the engine that
we managed to save from being quite
destroyed with the others The one
you know in which we found
He whispered the rest in his ear
The station master replied with a
glance of curiosity and sympathy com
bined at the young man who was the
doctors compannion that the carriage
or the remains of it had been left at
the side of the line about one hundred
yards farther down They soon found
it
Ah yes said the doctor this is
the very carriage You see it is a
good deal damaged but I think for
all that we may be able to find what
we are looking for The first com
partment is the one that concerns us
One door of this had been smashed
and beaten in by the force of the con
cussion the seat had been splintered
and showed that the fire had caught
it in places and the flooring was torn
up The other end of the compart
ment though less wrecked had re
ceived more damage from the fire the
cushions had entirely disappeared the
woodwork was black and charred and
what remained of the door hung from
a single hinge
Now said the doctor taking off
his coat before clambering in you
had better stop outside there isnt
room for two of us in here at once
It was in this corner indicating that
end of the carriage which had re
ceived least damage from the fire
that we found him He was lying
there with his head against the back
of the compartment and the lower
part of his body jammed between the
broken door and the seat His head
as you might say rested here point
of the pad
ing out a particular part
The bul
ding which yet remained
let which passed -through it must
have lodged somewhere about there
If so we are sure to find it
Cutting what was left of the cloth
In strips with his knife he began to
pull out the stuffing in handfulls I
dont know whether the railway com
pany would have anything to say to
this he remarked as lie carefully
passed the material through his fin
gers before passing X on to his com
panion outside who did the same
but wbsaaver Im in doubt about my
of the burial service as one by one
the coffins were lowered and the
first spadeful of earth cast upon them
Ted Burritt stood bareheaded be
side his new friend the doctor Sud
denly there was a commotion among
the crowd at a little distance and he
heard a sharp cry Then the crowd
opened as though to make way for
some one and he saw a young man
leading a figure in black whom he
recognized as the widow whose hope
less grief he had before been a wit
ness of but who now was clinging
to the arm of the youth who support
ed her and seemed as though her sud
den joy were almost more than she
could bear
I was never in the train at all
he was assuring her over and over
again It was quite a mistake
What made you think you recognized
me
There was a bit of cloth just like
your coat but oh my boy to think
Ive got you agiin And the couple
passed on followed by the sympa
thetic murmrus of the crowd
Well now what dyou think of
that for a sentimental episode Sort
of thing one reads of but doesnt be
lieve in eh Dear me and the doc
tor took off his spectacles for no ap
parent reason and polished them
carefully on his silk handkerchief
You didnt see the meeting between
them did you The women were cry
ing all round me and theyve made
my spectacles quite dull
Then passing his arm through the
others Come along he said youve
had quite enough of this Cone and
spend the evening with me You
know where I live No Well any
one can tell you that Good-bye- I
must be off got a lot of sick people
to look after
Ted had no difficulty in finding ou
the house The door was opened to
him by an elderly woman servant
who as Ted thought seemed to re
gard him with a certain amount of
suspicion Howbeit she bade him
enter From an inner room a voice
hailed him
Hullo that you Thats right
be with you in a minute Just wait
until Ive finished poisoning off the
parish And through the half open
door came the clink of glass and the
sound of liquids being poured from
one receptacle to another
The next moment Dr Cartwright
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emerged from his sanctum and greet
ed him with sreat cordiajlty
So youve come thought you
would Glad to see you And wliat
do you think of my little place was
the next inquiry accompanied by a
comprehensive sweep of the hand
Pretty snug eh Not bad quarters
for a bachelor
His visitor expressed approval of
his surroundings which certainly were
well worthy of the appellation snug
bestowed upon them by their owner
At the same time thero was an air of
compactness of severe attention to
detail which was suggestive of the
fact that the present occupant had at
one time or other been restricted in
the matter of elbow room
Yes Im pretty comfortable tho
doctor went on Ive got a very
good housekeeper on the whole Her
chief fault is that shes so confound
edly suspicious
Suspicious re echoed the other
Well I thought she looked at me
rather strangely when she let me in
The little doctor chuckled and
showed symptoms of great inward en
joyment Ah you thought so did
you The fact is shes in mortal
terror of my getting married
Well but that wouldnt make her
suspicious of me
My dear fellow shes suspicious of
everybody Shes jealous of every
woman single or married because
the single ones being single are open
to offers while the married ones are
liable to lose their husbands at a mo
ments notice and as widows would
be more to be feared than the others
But I belong to neither category
said the young man Surely
My dear boy cut in the other a3
a young man you are likely to pos
sess female relatives a sister or a
cousin or an aunt either of whom
might eventually prove dangerous to
my peace of mind
Ted Burritt actually laughed to the
little mans creat satisfaction as the
idea presented itself to him of his
sister May as a possible aspirant to
the position of Mrs Jeremiah Cart- I
wright In less that a moment how- I
ever the laugh had died away and aj
corresponding expression oi aesponu
ency settled down upon his features
He thinking of that inquest to-morrow
thought the doctor and his
fathers body lying in the vestry I
must get him out of that groove again
Here starting to his feet come
and have a walk round my premises
before it gets dark
He took him out through the sur
gery and showed him a neat little
domain which was divided into por
tions in which grew respectively
flowers fruit and vegetables At the
bottom was a fowl run and a very
small circular pond about the size of
an ordinary wash hand basin in which
paddled a solitary duck who as soon
as he caught sight of the doctor for
sook his favorite element and came
waddling towards him quacking loud
ly
He seems to know you said Ted
To be continued
Simple Explanation
An old man wandered into one of
the hospitals of an Eastern city His
eyesight was rather bad and he had
come in the hope of securing relief
He was turned over to a young doc
tor who adjusted a large frame in
front of the patients eyes and placed
in it a couple of strong magnifying
glasses He then held a printed card
some distance away
Can you read that he asked
No sir replied the old man
The doctor then put in stronger
glasses and brought the card nearer
Well he inquired can you read
it now
The old fellow shook his head say
ing No not a word
After repeating this performance
several times the doctor was about to
turn him over in despair to his more
experienced superior when the old
man quietly explained
You see doctor I never learned to
read
Not the Queen of Sheba
The teacher was going over the
good old story of King Solomon ana
his wisdom
Now dears who was the great
queen who traveled so many miles
and miles to see the king
Silence prevailed in the class
Why you do know all of you The
queen who came to see the king
The name had been forgotten by
the class In order to help them
the kind but misguided teacher began
to offer a little assistance
You do know I am sure The
name begins with S and she was a
very great queen
Just then up shot a little hand and
out spoke the triumphant voice of the
little auburn haired girl She trans
fixed the listening schoolroom with
the following brief sthatement
I know it was the Queen of
Spades
The Open Door
I dont know exactly how it hap
pened Reggie was telling his best
friend over a game of Miliars I
never meant to propose you know
that is not just yet I wanted to
knock about a little more- But after
we got home from the theater and
sat in the parlor discussing the plot
of the play I ventured out on thin ice
and broke through before I knew
where I was It came as a deuce of a
shock just as I should imagine break
fug throughvreal ice would be
But Jessie was all ready for ne
She was expecting it First thing I
kview she had me by the collar and
landed me on safe ground again but
I was engaged No doubt about that
Anyhow Im glad Ive jjot her MlM
have lost her through some slip if Id
waited But I dont want to read any
more stuff about bashful fellows stam
mering out proposals Its all toe
easy
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WHY THEY EAVOR IT
DEMOCRATIC FONDNESS FOP
COMPETITIVE RECIIJSOCITY
It Is Regarded as an Important Step
in the Direction of Free Trade a
Half LoEf That Is Much Dctter Than
No Bread
Democratic leaders in Congress and
elsewhere are sitting up of nights to
advance the cause of something of
their own devising which they are
pleased to call reciprocity They
say it is tho reciprocity mentioned as
an economic possibility by McKinley
and Elaine In the first place no re
publican of weight has ever suggested
reciprocity in any form that could
interfere in the slightest degree with
the protection of American wages
which are much the highest in the
world or with fostering the wise de
velopment of industries on our own
soil No prominent republican has
ever proposed reciprocity in any ex
cept non competitive products and not
specifically in regard to those None
has ever touched on the subject save
as a generalization worthy of thought
but secondary to republican protec
tion giving to that beneficent policy
the full party recognition it has
always had and always will have un
less the party moves off its old founda
tions Eut what sort of reciprocity
are democratic managers urging upon
public attention claiming to have bor
rowed it from eminent republicans
It is a slash at all protedion an en
tering wedge to rip up the Dingley
tariff in competitive or any other prod
uct It is simply a renewal of the
fight on shifted ground for democrat
ic free trade
Thus democrats in Congress are de
claring that the Cuban tariff conces
sion is unquestionably a breach in
the wall of protection and that demo
cratic votes will go to the measure
for that reason Representative
llization to tempt them to continue
their ruinous one crop jioliey by spe
cial inducements for the dumpago of
nylr sugar What Cuba needs Is a
diversification of products whereby
she may secure a variety of customers
It will bo no advantage to Cuba to
make the American Sugar trust tho
sole customer for her principal prod- i
worlds cotton supply and all conti
nents are being ransacked for places
where that staple can be profitably
grown There is evidence that there
is no better place than Cuba Tho
mountainous districts of Cuba are
most valuable grazing lands whoso
owners are restocking them in the ex
pectation of profit properly assured
to them by the Cuban protective tar
iff The proposed treaty admits
American cattle into Cuba at 40 per
cent reduction from tariff rates Do
the Cuban Ftockmen wish to thus buy
a market for the Cuban sugar grow
ers Let us stop our onslaught on
Cuban and American industries for
the benefit of the American Sugar
trust and its friends who have bought
sugar estates in Cuba San Francisco
Chronicle
WHY FARMERS OBJECT
Sound Reasons for Their Opposition
to Free Trade in Agricultural Prod
ucts
It is easy to understand that Canada
would be glad to enter into a reciproc
ity agreement with the United States
that should include natural products
only Equally obvious is the reason
why she should decline to swap trade
privileges in manufactured products
Her natural products seek a nearby
market and it would be tremendously
to her advantage if she conld sell her
surplus in the United Slates instead
of shipping it to Europe But in in
dustrial production she is only a be
ginner She is trying to develop her
manufacturing industries In the
event of free trade in natural products
Canada would do all the selling and
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house insists that the Cuban bill is
an example of recipropity and that
reciprocity is a concession to the
democratic demand for untrammelecl
trade relations A democratic paper
remarks that while reciprocity is a
quibble and an anomaly it should
bo welcomed by Democrats as a step
toward a tariff for revenue only and
on the ground that half a loaf is bet
ter than none President Roosevelt
recommended the Cuban concession
as a unique provision to assist a
new nation which this country created
and over which this country holds a
peculiar restraint Few republicans
think that the United estates is still
under fiscal obligations to Cuba or
that any point of honor is involved in
the action of Congress yet to come As
far as the democratic party is con
cerned it is fighting protection not
trying to benefit Cuba
Thomas B Reeds last magazine ar
ticle published after his death which
occurred less than a year ago was a
powerful argument against reciprocity
as far as it had been defined within
his experience If you will examine
reciprocity in detail he wrote you
will find that in nearly every case the
national revenue is sacrificed for the
benefit of individuals Probably the
Cuban bill if it goes through will
work that way no matter what senti
ment of supposed honor or generosity
is felt by any of its advocates Mr
Reed opposed the Cuban tariff reduc
tion in these incisive words For
the republicans to desert the beet
sugar interest is tr desert the farmer
in the one conspicuous and clear case
where his industry is fostered Under
the tariff as it now is all the sugar
needed by this country can be made
by the people of this country That is
in accord with our system When we
throw our markets open to the world
in all things then it will be time to
do it for sugar Mr Reed was a
statesman of long experience in Con
gress Senator Allison with similar
training said recently Reciprocity
is a beautiful theory but I am convinc
ed that it cannot be put into practice
Reciprocity has grown a little more
definite iu one respect It is demo
cratic ammunition and seized by
them with eagerness as a national
campaign draws near and finds them
without an issue Republicans de
cline to hand them an issue on a reci
procity free trade platter St Louis
Globe Democrat
Bad for Cuba
As for the Cubans themselves it
would almost be a crime against j
none of the buying while free trade
in manufacturers would swamp every
one of her youthful industries The
American farmer objects to recipro
city restricted to natural products
only With good reason he objects to
having all of Canadas surplus of grain
dumped on the American market lie
knows that to remove the protective
tariff from Canadian cereals would uot
only be disadvantageous to his inter
ests now but would in the near future
help to build up a competition over
whelming in its magnitude
Canadas grain producing possibili
ties are practically unlimited The
total acreage of the lands in Manitoba
pnd thence west to tho Rockies and
ranning 600 or 700 miles north of the
boundary line is 2230000000 acres
Of this about 25000000 acres are be
ing utilized or have been transferred
Ly the crown to railways for home
rteads and other purposes of produc
tion Of these 25000000 this year
only 3123663 acres were under culti
vation The actual yield of grain of
all kinds this year was 110000000
over last year The wheat yield was
57163032 bushels an increase of
about 400000J
As rapidly as immigration can be in
duced and lands placed under cultiva
tion these countless millions of acres
are to be added to the wheat-producing
area of North America It is th
dream of Canada to become the great
wheat producing country of the world
Reciprocity in natural products would
greatly hasten the realization of this
dream Already large numbers of
farmers from the United States are
moving over to the Canadian North
west and locating upon lands within
reach of railroad transportation
There will be more railroads more
accessible lands more farmers rushing
over to take and till them That is
hat Canada wants It is not how
ever what the American farmer
wants He prefers to retain as long as
possible the advantages which the
present tariff -gives him in the matter
of a profitable market for his food
stuffs Hence his opposition to reci
procity in natural products
Is it unreasonable or unnatural that
another great body of American farm
ers should be unwilling to relinquish
the advantages which the Dingley tar
iff gives them and to surrender to for
eign competitors the control of the
immense market for their sugar cane
their sugar beets their early fruits
and vegetables their oranges lemons
and pineapples and their tobacco
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