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Yes he has and bjos a beauty
lie replied with the air of one giving
an oxpert opinion
Well you keep away from her
said the old man gruffly Lot her
alone Shell never have a dollar Car
dens ruined right now hut no doesnt
know it I do What about this
daughter he demanded pausing in
front of Arthur Is she slopping
around here
She is spending the summer at
Bishops a farmhouse about five
miles from here replied the son
Say governor you must write to
Garden and say youve learned that
his daughter is here and that you and
your family will be delighted to meet
her socially and will try to make her
stay in the country agreeable
Ill do nothing of the kind roared
Randolph Morris He stormed and
fumed for a while and then wrote
the letter as his son knew he would
from the beginning
There it is he said as he handed
the envelope to Arthur For Gods
sake dont marry the girl
Arthur Morris leaned back in the
chair and laughed
I have never spoken to her gov
ernor ho said putting the letter in
his pocket and 1 certainly dont con
template matrimony
Jessie was greatly excited when a
letter came from her father notifying
her of the invitation which had been
received and accepted The general
considered the incident a gratifying
recognition of his increasing import
ance as a financier Jessie knew little
of the business prestige such recogni
tion entailed but was delighted with
the opportunity to meet the famous
Morrises and in despair over the
gown she should wear
The day after she received the note
from her father John Burt called and
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importance at tho moment but Jessie
did not like him why she neither
knew nor cared She tactfully eluded
his further attentions and spent the
remainder of the afternon with his
sisters
Threo days later Arthur Morris
jailed at tho Bishop house and found
Jessie at home They chatted for an
hour or more and he secured her
consent to be one of a coaching party
on the next Saturday Had it not been
for his presence she wcrtild have en
joyed the expedition thoroughly
More than a week had passed From
Sam Rounds who knew of every
thing that happened for miles about
John heard of the party and drank
deep of the lovers first cup of sus
picion bitter with the wormwood of
jealousy He decided to call on Jessie
and learn his fate His heart leaped
when Jessie came forward to meet
him There was tenderness in her
eyes and welcome in the clasp of the
warm little hand which nestled for an
instant in his
Saddle my horse John leis ride
she said
Delighted John obeyed and set
himself stolidly to enjoy her presence
as they galloped along the beach
Have you an engagement for Sat
urday asked Jessie
I have none Can I do anything
asled John eagerly
I have cousins who live near the
beach twelve miles south of here
said Jessie I want to spend a day
with them Do you think you could
endure the company of three foolish
girls all day John
I could enjoy the company of one
wise little girl forever said John
with a fervor which astounded him
when the words were uttered A
blush suffused Jessies cheek but her
drooping eyes expressed no rebuke I
I shall be deligted to be your
they took their first horseback ride of cort stammered John far more
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the summer They galloped for miles
along the hard sand of the seashore
and dismounted to rest and talk be
neath the shade of pleasant trees
Jessie told him of the letter from
her father and with some pride talked
of the invitation from Randolph Mor
ris John looked at the slip of paper
in Jessies hand and it appeared like
a wedge about to separate them And
why should it not What right had he
tq aspire to the love of Jessie Carden
the daughter of a rich man beautiful
tieyond any woman he had ever seen
The fear which ofttimes became a
certainty that Jessie would pass be
yond his reach was the haunting ter
ror of his dreams by day or night
She had everything youth health
beauty wealth and position He had
youth and health so had the aver
age farm laborer
Lets climb Strawberry Hill and
watch the sunset suggested Jessie
John helped Jessie up the steep
winding path and they stood on the
crest of the hill The broad Atlantic
lay to the east and the island dotted
bay glowed in the colors of a glorious
sunset At the horizon was a mass of
clouds above burned a bar of red
the red of blood To the zenith were
spread the gorgeous tints with which
the setting sun tinseled the closing
curtains of night Delicate greens
toned through the shades of orange
into rich amethyst and against this
background of lacework of clouds
flaunted the thousand graduations of
the spectrum But the bar of red
above the dun cloud dominated It
was reflected in the water of the bay
shimmering in the rubescent glow
They stood silent for minutes
under the spell of natures grandest
spectacle The sun dipped lower until
Its arc touched the line of the cloud
black bank slowly
Sharp as a knife the
ly obscured the face of the sun until
a red hemisphere weird and unreal
glowered and quivered in the western
Jessie Cardens reception in the
Morris mansion opened to her a new
and an attractive world Accustomed
from childhood to the comforts and
luxuries of comparative wealth she
was awed by the magnificent sensu
ousness of the millionaires palace
and by the pomp and splendor of its
decorations and fittings Neverthe
less without attempting to analyze or
justify her feenngs Jessie was not
favorably impressed with Arthur Mor
ris There is a psychological barrier
between vice arid virtue an instinct
which places innocence on guard The
young mans personality was of slight
confused than the subject of his
ardent compliment When will you
be ready Jessie
You may call at 8 oclock if you
will said Jessie without raising her
eyes
It was ten oclock in the morning
when the Morris trap stopped in front
of the Bishop farmhouse Morris was
looking his best His eye was clear
and his smooth plump face was
ruddy
Present my compliments to Miss
Carden he said offering his card
Miss Carden is not at home re
plied the maid Will you ccme in
sir
No thank you Very sorry I am
sure His face grew dark but his
voice was quiet as he said Tell Miss
Carden of my disappointment and say
Ill call some day scon
Gen Marshall Carden paid a visit
to tho farm a week later After din
ner he invited Jessie to a -walk and
his manner told her that something
was impending They paused to rest
under an arbor For some moments
both were silent
I have something to say to you
Jessie which I wish could be left
unsaid began Gen Carden clearing
his throat uneasily Jessie looked
into his face with questioning eyes
You are nearly seventeen Jessie and
are now a woman he continued after
a pause You belong to a good fam
ily and God willing you will inherit
a modest fortune You are very beau
tiful my pet and it is natural you
should have admirers
I will explain tcyou frankly what
has happened I received a call yes
terday from Mr Randolph Morris In
a casual way Mr Morris spoke of you
and sent his compliments He ex
pressed regret that his family had
tailed in an attempt to make your
visit to the country more enjoyable
Of course this greatly surprised me
and when I pressed him for particu
lars he said he knew nothing except
that Arthur had called and that you
had refused to see him Gen Car
den paused
I dont wish to see him papa
said Jessie with much spirit He
annoys me He said he would call
Saturday and take me out riding and
never so much as asked me if I cared
to go or not So I went to visit Cou
sin Edith and -when he called the
maid told him I was out
Gen Carden looked greatly reliev
ed I am glad tnat Arthun has given
you no more serious cause for dis
pleasure he said You know little of
business affairs but you must know
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that Randolph Morris is powerful a
good business friend aild a foe to be
feared At tho present moment I
dread to incur his displeasure Your
slight of his son might bo of vast con
sequence in determining Randolph
Morris decision in a matter most
vital to our weflare Jessie my dar
ling It might even- Gen Carden
checked himself His face was drawn
with a distress which Jessie was
quick to perceive though not to com
prehend
I do understand papa dean
said Jessie I will write audi ask Mr
Morris to call and will treat him just
as if nothing had happened ButI
now I can never like him and I dont
have to try do I papa
Certainly not my pet said Gen
Carden He kissed his daughter affec
tionately and seemed greatly pleased
On Sunday Jessie wrote a note to Ar
thur Morris Two days later he called
and Jessie received him in the old
fashioned parlor Both ignored the
incident of the preceding week and
chatted gaily for an hour or more
Jessie accepted his invitation to a re
ception in the Morris mansion for Sat
urday evening and went under her
fathers escort
Two weks passed during which the
rich New Yorker was a frequent visit
or at the Bishop farmhouse One even
ing John called when Arthur Morris
was present and Jessie introduced
them Arthur treated him with that
airy tolerance which success grants to
its vanquished
By the way Mr Burt said Ar
thur Morris as he carelessly rolled a
cigarette Miss Carden has accepted
my invitation to attend to morrows
clambake near Cohasset I must ac
company a party c f New York friends
who will spend the night on my yacht
and attend the bake We must start
early so I cant offer to escort Miss
Carden If I may presume on your
acquaintance with her I shall ask
you to drive her to the grove where
I will meet you with my friends
I shall be more than pleased if
Miss Carden will accept my escort
said John
Certainly I will laughed Jessie
Arthur Morris remained a few min
utes longer then he gaily bade Jessie
adieu shook hands with John Burt
and rodo away
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Tragedy
Churchills Grove was famous for its
clambakes and when John and Jessie
drove into it the scene was one to
delight the heart of a loyal New Eng
lander
The cool salt breeze from the ocean
the aroma from fir and pine and the
odor from simmering clam and sea
weed formed a trinity ambrosial
enough to make an Apicius of an an
chorite
For an hour or more thejr walked
along the hard smooth sand crunch
ing the shells under their feet the
song of the sea in their ears and its
cool breath on their cheeks Then
the great gong sounded the signal for
dinner and they turned to the grove
Mr Morris must have been delay
ed observed Jessie as she glanced
once more toward the harbor Come
on we wont wait for him
They had a merry time over dinner
As they came out from the grove they
saw the Voltairs at anchor her upper
works glistening in the sunshine Her
launch crowded with passengers was
just leaving
To be continued
FISH SHAPED LIKE HAM BAGS
Jersey Visitor Spies an Old Acquaint
ance in the Aquarium
Ah I see you have some hambag
fish here said a Jerseyman who was
looking along the tanks in the aqua
rium as he paused in front of one
containing two fine adult specimens of
the creature known hereabouts as the
orange filefish
There are few common fish that
have not a variety of names and the
Jerseymans name for the orange file
fish is rather appropriate - The fish
has somewhat the outline as well as
the color of the yellow bags in which
smoked hams were once put up
Ihe two specimens in the aquarium
are the survivors out of four taken in
Gravesend bay in June last One of
them is yellow all over the other is
brown in color over three quarters of
the surface of its body and of a
bright light yellow over the remain
der
The orange filefish is homely in
shape and as thin bodied as an ordi
nary flatfish but unlike the flatfish
in this respect which swims flatwise
the filefish swims with its body edge
wise in the water and commonly car
rying its head more or less down
Sometimes when not swimming it
drops its head so far that the fish
seems to be standing on its head in
the water
Odd in shape as it is and odd in
action andwithal bright colored it
is a very striking creature and the
two specimens of it here are among
the most attractive of the aquariums
exhibits
These two orange filefishes are the
first that have ever been carried here
through the winter making a record
for the species in captivity New
York Sun
Defines Cancer
The peculiarity of cancer among
diseases is that it consists in the re
bellion and malignant behavior of
certain parts of the body itself not
In the attacks of foreign enemies
Cancer in fact is a state of civil war
in the body a reign of terror pro
duced by outbreaks of murderous fury
on the part of revolutionists at one or
more localities
HAS ISSUE AT LAST
DEMOCRACY LIFTED FROM THE
SLOUGH OF DESPOND
Gen Miles the Discoverer and Patri
otism the Issue Surely an Essen
tially Democratic Doctrine Under
It They Car Claim Everything
At last an issue for the Democrats
After vainly casting about for
months after fine combing the recent
history of the Republican party and
exploring the ruins of all past na
tional works the Democrats have
finally get an issue Gen Nelson A
Miles discovered it Where when
md how are details not given Let it
suffice that tho party has an issue
Nov indeed can it have something to
talk about an excuse for holding a
convention
The issue is Patriotism
Gen Nelson A Miles located it cap
tured it and sent it under a special
delivery stamp to Grand Rapids
Mich How he ever came to select
that town no one can surmise What
with floods darkness wrecked homes
md deserted factories Grand Rapids
iad troubles of its own but a round
at burgher named Dorangave shel
ter to tho new born issue and an
nounced it to the world and democ
racy Patriotism is the issue It is
essentially peculiarly indivisibly and
eternally a Democratic doctrine
Sound the bugles for the past De
mocracy has an issue
Gen Miles read two Fourth of July
speeches five schoolboy orations and
William Alden Smiths speech at the
flag raising at Sparta Center before
he undertook to introduce the issue
through the medium of Grand Rapids
and Burgher Dcran The Miles cre
dentials to Doran and G Raps have
the right ring They ought to get the
hand at every period
Here for instance are magic lines
The change from oppression to lib
erty is wrought by violence but the
cnange from democracy to despotism
is quiet insidious subtle and fatal
Whither are wo drifting
The spark which fired that line was
of the same fire which stirred Will
iam Jennings Bryans recent prophecy
cf the terrible impending conflict be
tween capital and labor
Indeed we need patriots in this
crisis Patriotism logically is the
paramount issue
Old Rome France and Kokomo
were searched by Gen Miles for pow
der to shoot the patriotism rocket
The Democratic party it is evident
will claim the flag the declaration of
independence the constitution and the
little red schoolhouse Chicago Jour
nal
Railroads in the Philippines
Secretary Tatt recently gave the
house committee on insular affairs his
views as to railroad construction in
the Philippines They have been mod
ified slightly as the result of tho sec
retarys recent conference at New
York with men who probably will put
money into roads in the Philippines if
they can get a sufficient guarantee
The bill drafted by Chairman Coop
er of the insular committee after con
sultation with Secretary Taft and for
mer Secretary Root authorizes the
Philippine government to issue rail
road aid bonds to a certain amount or
to give a guarantee that capital in
vested shall yield a minimum cf 4
per cent per annum The secretary
now suggests that the Philippine gov
ernment be authorized to guarantee 5
per cent interest on bonds or stocks
the total liability not to exceed 1
500000 but that if that offer be not
accepted the local government shal
be authorized to issue 5 per cent
bonds to an amount not exceeding
30000000 and build the roads itself
and operate or lease them
Apparently Secretary Taft has
learned that a 4 per cent guarantee
will not tempt American capital It
would if the roads were to be con
structed in this country but the more
remote the place where the capitalist
invests his money and the greater his
unfaniiliarity with local conditions the
larger the interest rate he insists on
It may be that when the Philippine
bill becomes a law that the money
market will be in such shape that a 5
per cent guarantee will not be attract
ive Hence the manifest wisdom of
the alternative proposition which is
not in the Cooper bill that the Phil
ippine government itself may build
the roads
Railroads are imperatively needed
They are tho best of missionaries in
the archipelago They will serve to
civilize pacify and enrich the people
They will have great strategic value
They will lessen the number of sol
diers needed More than that they
will cheapen greatly the cost of trans
portation from the interior to the sea
board Extensive districts where noth
ing intended for exportation caa be
raised profitably will become popu
lous and productive
If authority to build railroads can
not safely be intrusted to the present
Philippine government new men
should be appointed to whom it can
jo intrusted But as a matter oJ fact
cue men now in omce can De azpena
2d on to do the right thing if only
they are given a chance to do it Con
gress should accept Secretary Tafts
revised conclusions Chicago Trib
une
Porto Ricos Needs
Samuel Gompers head cf the Amer
ican Federation of Labor has 5 re
turned from an organizing expedition
to Porto Rico and points a gleomy
picture of industrial and economic
conditions in the island which he as
serts are worse than under Spanish
rule Those who remember what
Porto Rico was prior to 1S9S and
what her representation in tho Span
ish parliament amounted to wyi dis
count Mr Gompors conclusion Chat
the United States government has
treated tho island unfairly and that
what her people chiefly need are rep
resentation at Washington and a more
complete system of home rule These
things will como in duo time but
what Porto Rico requires more than
anything else and it is here that we
are at fault if at all is aid from this
country to tide over tho distress
which inevitably followed the change
in her political and commercial rela
tions Mr Gompers lias probably not
overstated the poverty and depression
now existing in the island but the
American people or the government
they have provided for the Porto
Ricaus cannot justly be blamed for
tho situation The remedy must be
found chiefly in the enterprise and en
ergy of the insular population and it
may be confidently assumed that
whatever aid the United States can
give will bo extended whenever the
way is pointed with sufficient clear
ness
Mr Bacon and Trusts
Trusts most Southern statesmen
seem to believe are to be inveighed
against in the abstract but allowed
to shelter themselves when brought
to court under the accommodating
mantle of state sovereignty Mr Ba
con therefore would not be too rash
in prosecuting combinations in re
straint of trade He announces that
on the trust issue also the Democrats
should be conservative and endeav
or in no way to injure legitimate
business interests while trying to
reach unlawful enterprises
Mr Bacon is for a conservative
platform because ho believes in con
servatism Other Democrats many
of them in Georgia are for a con
servative platform because it may
win not because it is conservative
Whether as a stalking horse behind
which to steal into power or as a se
rious recasting of Democratic theor
ies the Bacon program lacks neither
courage nor candor But in attempt
ing to read a genuine conservatism
into Democratic beliefs and Demo
cratic practices its author merely
demonstrates his own capacity for
paradox his inability to measure the
forces behind Democracy or to recog
nize the historical groundwork on
which its achievements as an Ameri
can party rest New York Tribune
Roosevelt Will Be the Issue
Colonel Watterson and other Demo
crats are saying that the Roosevelt
administration will be the issue in the
campaign of 1904 They are vlrt
The national administration of ue
day is usually the issue in every presi
dential canvass This has been true
from the time of the first Adams down
to to day except during the disinte
gation in the parties during Monroes
eight years in office National plat
forms did not begin to make their ap
pearance until a third of the nine
teenth century had expired There
was no need of any platform by a
convention in the first Adams case
even if national conventions had been
invented in that day The alien and
sedition laws and tho other acts of
his term were the issues in the can
vass of 1800 The things which the
second Adams did and those that his
enemies said he intended to do were
the issues that were talked about in
the campaign of IS28 in which Jack
son was elected the first time Jack
son himself furnished many issues So
did every other strong president
down to this hour St Louis Globe
Democrat
Canadian Reciprocity
The movement in favor cf reciproci
ty with Canada will not down At a
late meeting of the Boston Mer
chants association it vas resolved
that we reaffirm our belief in the
wise policy of entering into reciprocal
relations with other commercial mar
kets nf the world especially with Can
ada and Newfoundland as increased
trade with them will add largely to
the prosperity of New England as
well as to that of other sections of
our country
President Mellen of the New Ycrk
New Haven Hartford road lately ad
mitted that reciprocal trade relations
with Canada would increase the busi
ness of the New England states and
whatever increases the business pros
perity of those states would improve
tho general business situation
We need the lumber iron steel and
raw material of Canada and the mari
time provinces and they need the
New England markets for their manu
factures Boston Globe
A Suggestion
The Detroit Tribune claims to have
burned much midnight oil in the proc
ess of evolving the following brief
platform for the Democratic party in
the campaign of 1004
Whereas We have hunted from
Kalamazoo to Jericho for issues dis
tinctive from those of the Republican
party and failed to find any on which
all the Democrats can unite except the
tariff which is a chestnut therefore
1 Resolved That we are agnst
the Republican party on general prin
ciples
2 Damn the Republican party
Whether or not the party will be
satisfied with the preamble and first
plank there is no doubt that the sec
ond plank expresses the sentiment of
all Democrats
Viewed from Above
To a man up a tree it looks as
though the Democratic party would
split open so wide on naticnal politics
this year that the former fissures in
that ancient structure will look like
mere hair lines Los Angeles Times
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Something Needed
We are about to put n new piano
on the market that wo are sure will
fill a long felt want said tho manu
facturer
What will you call it
Wo shall call it tho Cozy Flat
Piano
Why
Because it3 about twice as high as
an ordinary piano but only about half
its thickness just right for a cozy
flat
Graphic Description
Little Margie had been to tho den
tists to have a tooth extracted and
this Is how she explained tho pro
ceedings
The man grabbed hold with a pair
of big tongs and pulled his best and
just before it killed me tho tooth came
out Exchange
Hard Thoughts
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Teacher I whipped you for your
own good I really did Now tell me
what you think about it
Bobby If I told you what I think
youd give me another licking
Peer Mrs Wcoflby
So youre little Willie Woodby
said tho new minister after Sunday
school I cailed to see your mother
yesterday but unfortunately she was
not at home
Oh yes she was replied the boy
But I guess she took you for the in
stalment man Ycu look somothin
like him
A Foolish Move
You seem nervous and restless this
morning said Merchant
Yes replied his partner- I asked
Borroughs to drop in to day and pay
me what he owes me
Ah And youre afraid ho wont
como
Im afraid ho will ccme and borrow
more
Hopeless
Lenders See here How about
that 10 you owe me You promised
to mail it to mo last Friday
Spenders Well Ill tell you I
started to raise it but then I remem
bered that even if I did scrape it to
gether I didnt have a stamp So I
couldnt send it
Jumped the Bill
At what hotel did you put up when
you were in that town asked a cas
ual acquaintance
None replied the deadbeat
Didnt stop at a hotel eh
Oh yes I stopped at one but I
didnt put up
Didnt Need Help
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Dusty I want work
Proprietor What can you do
Dusty Nothin
Proprietor Oh I do that myself
Then He Kicked
Glass Eater The midget said ha
wanted everything small The small
est bed the smallest cups and the
smallest chair
Wild Man What is he kicking about
now
Glass Eater The manager gave him
the smallest salary
Wealth
Is there much poverty here ask
ed the stranger
I should say not replied the
Arkansas farmer Why we took
stock census last month an there wa3
as much as half a shoat for every man
in the county
On the Bathing Beach
Judging by Eves costume he
said thoughtfully the Garden of Eden
must have been the original seaside