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CHAPTER EIGHT Continued
When the launch approached Ar
thur Morris was seen In the bow
There were several richly dressed
young women in the party John Burt
saw at a glance that Morris and some
of his companions were under the In
fluence of liquor Jessie guessed as
much and her suspicions became a
certainty when Morris stepped un
steadily to the landing and came
toward her a vacant smile mantling
his face
A thousand pardons Miss Carden
ho said his voice husky and his body
very erect but wavering A thou
sand pardons Detention unavoidable
assure you unvoldble detention as
sure you Sail right though sail
right now Allow me Miss Carden
and he stepped forward to offer his
arm John Burt remained by Jessies
side
Do not dare to speak to me sir
cried Jessie shame and anger driving
the crimson to her face Dont let
him come near me John she ex
claimed clinging to Burts stalwart
arm
Stand back Morris said John in
a low clear tone a glitter in his dark
gray eyes You are in no condition
sir to meet Miss Carden
The flashily dressed throng of
guests was grouped behind Arthur
Morris One ot the young women
grasped Arthur Morris by the lapel
of the coat
Come on you fool she said with
a vindictive little laugh Dont you
see youre not wanted She turned
him half round and Kingsley grabbed
him by the arm
Come along commodore said that
yuung blood You iro in the wrong
pew commodore Cheer up sad sea
dog we may be happy yet And with
laughter and taunts the guests of the
Voltaire led the yachts befuddled
owner along the pier into the grove
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sie If some day I have an honest
right to ask your love in return I
shall do so making no claim on our
old friendship May I love you that
way Say that I may Jessie
I I want you to love me John
but please dont speak of it again
John said Jessie raising her eyes
glistening with tears I mean not
to speak of it for years John I have
not thought of love at least I I
dont think I have Please John
promise me that you will not say any
thing more about it until things are
different Will you promise
John Eurts face was radiant as he
made the promise
The sail was raised and they start
ed back toward the grove John help
ed Jessie to the landing and turned
to see Sam Rounds running toward
them
Excuse me said he breathlessly
to Jessie I want you John He
drew John aside Arthur Morris and
his friends are drunk in the hotel
he said excitedly He says hes go
ing to kill you and hes insulted Miss
Carden half a dozen times
Johns teeth were set and his hands
clenched but his voice was calm as
he turned to Jessie
I must go to the hotel for a few
minutes Ill meet you and Sam
later he said Youll excuse me
wont you Jessie
Oh John for my sake den i get
into trouble pleaded Jessie who
guessed something of the truth
John walked hurriedly away En
tering the hotel he say Arthur Morris
and five of his male companions seat
ed around a table loaded with cham
pagne bottles and glasses
John stood unobserved in the dcep
tering the hotelhe saw Arthur Morris
was attempting to sing hammering on
the table with a cane to beat time
Youre a fine Lothario commo
dore said Kingsley as he slowly
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Jessie shed tears of vexation but
anger dried her eyes She turned to
John with a wistful little smile on her
lips
Take me out in your boat John
she said Lets get as far as we can
from thjose dreadful people
In a few minutes the Standish bob
bed saucily at the landing and Jessie
stepped on board The wind had
scarcely filled the sail when Morris
came running down the pier He stop
ped at he saw the pair in the boat
and glared at them as they glided
away brute rage showing in every
feature of his flushed face His
frier ds followed and led him back
Little was said between the two
as the boat moved swiftly along Each
was busy with thoughts and both
seemed under the spell of threatened
trouble John pointed the boat for
5inots Light and having passed in
side folov ed the rocky shore avoid
ing the reefs and shoals which were
to him as an open book
Tell me a story John or any
thing Were both awfully stupid to
day Dont you think so
I will tell you a secret two
secrets said John gravely
Dont tell me secrets if you wish
them kept John laughed Jessie Im
a regular tell tale
You- will keep these secrets at
least one of them replied John Im
going away Thats the first secret
Going away echoed Jessie
Where John
Out West to California
Going to leave Harvard Going
to California Surely youre joking
What does this mean John The
little face was serious now
That is the second secret Jessie
There was that in his voice and in
his eyes which thrilled the girl by his
side Jessies soft brown eyes open
ed wide then drooped as they met his
fervent gaze
I am going away Jessie because
I love you
The little hand became imprisoned
in a tender clasp and she listened as
in a dream to the words which clam
ored for her love
Listen to me Jessie listen to
me His voice was corhmanding in
its earnestness I do not ask you to
love me now I do not ask you to
promise to be my wife I only ask
you to know thtt I love you to know
there is one man who has no thought
who cKer
other than your welfare
ishes no ambition other than to see
you showered with all the blessings
and honors which God can grant to a
Sood woman That is my love
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filled his glass After all your boasts
you let a yokel cut you out shake his
fist in your face and sail away with
the fair maiden Your amours weary
me
Hold your tongue Kingsley
growled Morris Youll sing a differ
ent tune a few weeks from now As
for this fellow Burt Ill horsewhip
him the first time I meet him You
need not worry about my success with
the Carden Ill wager you that in
less than a year i will
John Burt glided across the room
grasped him by the shoulders drag
ged him from the chair and with a
grip of iron shook him as a dog does
a rat His wineglass fell with a crash
to the floor
Another word you drunken Insult
cr of women and I will beat your
head to a pulp
Morris guests threw themselves be
tween the two men and John relaxed
his grasp on Morris neck Dazed for
the moment Morris recovered him
self and his face became distorted
with rage Seizing a heavy bottle
he hurled it at Johns head The bot
tle missed its mark and crashed
through a mirror Reaching into his
pocket with a quickness wonderful in
his condition he drew a revolver
and before any one could interfere
fired pointblank at John Burt who
was not three yards away
Like a panther Burt leaped under
the leveled arm A second shot struck
the ceiling In a writhing struggling
mass amid overturned chairs and
tables and the flight of panic stricken
spectators both men lurched heavily
to the floor John Burt uppermost As
they fell a third shot was fired the
report being muffled as the shell ex
ploded within their close embrace
The smoking weapon fell to the
floor from the nerveless grasp of Ar
thur Morris John Burt seized it and
thrust it into his pocket but the pre
caution was unnecessary Morris lay
on the sanded floor of the inn stark
and deathlike a frown upon his face
On the white flannel shirt above his
heart was an ominous smear of red
slowly widening in a circle with each
respiration before the eyes of the
men who bent over him A froth
tinged with blood oozed and bubbled
from his mouth
CHAPTER NINE
The Parting
John felt the touch of a hand on his
shoulder and turning quickly faced
Sam Rounds
Fer Gods sake git outer here
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John as soon as ye can whispered
Sarti John hung back defiantly
Come on John Jessies waitln fer
ye
At the sound of Jessies name a
wave of agony swept over John Burt
Yith a glance at the motionless form
of Morris he turned and followed
Sam Rounds No hand was raised to
stop him The witnesses of the trag
edy held in a spell had eyes for
naught but its victim
Jessie ran forward to meet him
her face white with fear
Oh what has happened John
What has happened Her voice trem
bled and her lips parted with a vague
terror Are you shot Are you hurt
John Oh tell me John
Im not hurt darling said John
looking into the uplifted eyes Some
thing has happened and we must
leave at once I will tell you about it
on the way home
By a stern effort John Burt master
ed his emotions and calmly told Jessie
what had happened He said o word
of the shameful insults in which her
name had been bandied in a public
drinking place He explained that a
quarrel had arisen during which Mor
ris had been shot with his own weap
on Jessie listened breathlessly It
had grown so dark that John could
not see her face but there was a
tremor in her voice when she asked
Will he die John
I fear so replied John
It might have been imagination but
he thought that Jessie shuddered and
drew away from him They heard the
rapid beat of hoofs behind them and
she clutched his arm
Out of the darkness a horse madly
ridden dashed forward and was pull
ed back on his haunches by the side
of the carriage A face peered in
the homely but welcome face of Sam
Rounds
Drive on as fast as ye can John
gasped Sam Ive thrown em off
the scent I ran the Standish out
inter the bay set er tiller an let er
go an come back an told em you
had given em the slip that way
Pretty slick eh You bet none o
them dudes can get the best of Sam
Rounds Git up
Sam gave the horses a cut of the
whip which sent them dashing down
the road A few minutes later they
reached the Bishop farmhouse Sam
held the excited horses Avhile John
helped Jessie to alight
Jump on my horse and git said
Sam in a whisper
John drew Jessie to the shadow of a
maple and held her hands in his
Jessie I am innocent but the
world will hold me responsible for
the death of that blackguard Sweet
heart I had dreamed of bridging the
gulf between us I had faith that
some lucky star would smile on my
ambitions that my youth and health
would one day make me worthy of
the grandest gift God gives to man
the love of the woman he worships
That hope is not dead but it has gone
far from me I must endure either
imprisonment and disgrace at home
or exile abroad I can face either
Jessie if I have the support of your
friendship and the knowledge that
you hold me guiltless Can you give
me them sweetheart
Both John said Jessie softly I
I shall pray for your success Go
now John Take Sams advice and
mine Good bye dear There were
tears in the sweet voice
Will you kiss me Jessie
To bo continued
A Bright Boy
Judge E H Gary chairman of the
executive committee of the Steel
Trust used to live in the Illinois town
of Wheaton
One day in Wheaton Judge Gary
said recently I took dinner with a
clergyman and his family The clergy
man had an eight-year-old son called
Joe and Joe was a very bright boy
Look here Joe I said during the
course of the dinner I have a ques
tion to ask you about your father
Joe looked gravely at me
All right Ill answer your ques
tion he said
Well said I I want to know if
your father doesnt preach the same
sermon twice sometimes
Yes I think he does said Joe
but Hie second time he always hollers
in different places from what he did
the first time
Quite Feasible
Joseph M Edwards who travels for
a Baltimore dry gods house told the
following at the Grand the other even
ing
In Baltimore theres an old bache
lor Im acquainted with whos a bit of
a wit in his way He lives or rather
did before the fire as it burned him
out in a very dilapidated house and
his rooms were always in great disor
der
Why dont you get married I
said to him one day Then you
would have some one to keep the
place -tidy and make it homelike
The fact is Ive never thought of
it he replied but it seems quite feas
ible that a better half would want
better quarters
Since the fire I have not seen the
old fellow and no one seems to know
of his present whereabouts New
York Globe
Wealthy Woman Evangelist
Miss Mary B Robinson of Plttsaurg
Pa is the richest woman evangelist
She is the niece of John G Robinson
secretary of the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie railway has a fortune of 500
000 in her own right and owns one of
the most luxurious homes in the
smoky city She is young pretty and
has such a glorious voice that an im
presario offered her 10000 a year to
sing in public She has decided to
enter the field of evangelical work
and devote her life to teaching the
moral law and trying to save sinners
NOTHING TO BE DONE
DEMOCRATS SEE LITTLE PROS
PECT FOR GETTING VOTES
Entire Session of Congress Has Been
a Republican Vote Making Time and
the Opposition Is Naturally Willing
to See an Early Finish
It is said that the Democrats are as
anxious as the Republicans to get
an early adjournment of congress
The Republicans have been figuring
on closing the session about April 30
and as they are likely to have all
the big money bills of the government
out of the way by that time they can
probably accomplish this without det
riment to the public service True
the date would be earlier than any
previous adjournment in a presiden
tial year for about half a century but
the work is well advanced and the
leaders of the party are anxious to
get home to do some preliminary
campaign work
Several reasons are responsible for
the Democrats willingness that the
session should end long before the
national convention time They see
that nothing which will be done in
congress will give them a chance to
make party capital They supposed
they could embarrass the Republicans
by the Smoot inquiry This resource
has failed them The Swayne im
peachment matter has no votes for
them and they know it There is no
prospect of getting any Democratic
campaign material out of the state
hood question Oklahoma and the In
dian Territory are favorable to union
Arizona and New Mexico will accept
joint statehood although there is
some opposition in Arizona to it now
Thus the Democrats are wise in
consenting to let the Republicans have
their own way about an early winding
up of the business of the session
Everything that can be done in Con
gress from this time forward is more
likely to aid the Republicans than it
is to help the Democrats In fact the
entire session has been a Republican
vote making time Every big question
that has been before Congress or that
has been considered in any of its
aspects from the Panama treaty and
postal investigation down has helped
the Republican party and correspond
ingly impeded the Democracy These
are Republican days in any case and
as the deliberations and deeds of Con
gress when they affect the conditions
at all help the Republicans the Dem
ocratic members are right in consent
ing to an early finish of business The
presidential campaign is not likely to
be particularly exciting in any stage
but the Republicans are ready to open
it at any time St Louis Globe Dem
ocrat
Some Cheap Claptrap
The estimate held by the gentlemen
conducting the Hearst newspapers of
the stock of common sense and intel
ligence possessed by the average
American workingman is evidently not
a high one
These sheets pretend to be greatly
exercised over their recent discov
ery that American labor is going to
be discriminated against in the mat
ter of employing workmen for the
coarse kinds of labor in constructing
the Panama canal Natives of the
tropics and sub tropics as West In
dian negroes are to be employed and
the other day Gen Davis suggested
that the use of coolie labor might be
necessary Thereupon the Hearst
papers scenting an opportunity to
play to their own profit on the as
sumed childlike ignorance and credul
ity of our laboring classes raised the
cry that American workingmen are to
be cheated of the right to dig the
canal through the employment of Chi
nese cheap labor Coolies says Mr
Hearsts hired man in high moral
indignation work for less than free
men But the people of the United
States will have something to say
about making the isthmus a slave
camp
Now the people of the United States
including the laboring classes are not
exactly fools and are fully aware of
the fact that the employment of our
American white labor in the work it is
proposed to hire gangs of negroes and
if necessary coolies to do would be
next to a physical impossibility
White men natives of our latitudes
could not do hard manual labor under
the tropical sun and in the fever
haunted swamps of Panama It is the
humane purpose of the canal commis
sion to employ so far as possible only
such laborers as are inured to the cli
matic conditions of the isthmus and
immune from the fever peril The
Hearst talk of the governments cheat
ing American labor of the privilege of
working in the Panama swamps and
making the isthmus a slave camp
is mere claptrap and an affront to the
intelligence of the class it is addressed
to Milwaukee Sentinel
Mr Root as War Secretary
The achievements of Mr Root as
secretary of war during the last five
years are attracting attention abroad
and the London Times makes them
the theme of a two column article in
which it characterizes Mr Root as a
great American reformer
The reforms instituted by Mr Root
in the departments are curiously like
those which are suggested for the
British army in the recent report of
Lord Eshers committee As long ago
as 1899 Secretary Root defined the
problems of reorganization in lan
guage almost identical with that used
by the British committee with refer
ence to the British army five years
later In 1899 Secretary Root wrote
Two propositions seem to me funda
mental in the consideration of the
subject First that the real object cf
raving an army is to provide for war
Second that tho regular establish
ment In tho United States will proba
bly never bo by itself tho whole ma
chine with which any war will bo
fought Theso words coincide al
most exactly with the opening para
graph of Lord Eshers committeo pub
lished last month
Secretary Root defined in 1899 the
reforms which he considered essen
tial and ho devoted the remainder of
his term In office with unfailing per
sistence and with signal success to
carrying out his program which in
cluded the formation of a war college
the admission of officers of the stato
national guards to the courses there
and at other training schools an in
crease in the number of inspectors
general the establishment of n joint
board to consider army and navy
questions the passage of the militia
act which provides for the co-operation
cf the regular and auxiliary forces
of the United States tho abolition of
the office of general commanding the
army and the creation of a general
staff with a chief entrusted with the
preparation and planning of war the
direction of military education and a
general supervision over all the other
departments of the army
his is the program which Secre
y Root marked out and achieved
Now the British government having
almost identical problems on its
hands is adopting practically the
same solutions of them
ISLE OF PINES TREATY
Only Question Is Whether Territory
Is Part of Cuba
The Senate committee on foreign
relations has decided to postpone ac
tion on the Cuban treaty which pro
vides for turning over the Isle of
Pines to the Cuban government until
the next session of Congress
It appears that the opposition to
the treaty which presumably led to
postponement of action upon it came
from Americans who have settled in
the island and have invested money
in lands and farming industries with
the understanding that the sovereign
ty would remain with the United
States It is reported also that the
members of tho Senate committee
contemplate a visit to tho island to
see whether it would be worth any
thing to the United States and wheth
er this government would be justified
in assuming sovereignty over it
While tho interests of American cit
izens are always to be carefully con
sidered by our government it is hard
ly to be expected that the government
is to be guided in its Cuban policy by
the mistaken assumptions of Ameri
can settlers in the Isle of Pines Cer
tainly cur declared policy with refer
ence to Cuba did not warrant the un
derstanding that the United States
was to assume sovereignty over the
smaller island
It appears to have been definitely
settled that the Isle of Pines was po
litically a part sf Cuba under Span
ish rule and section 6 of the Piatt
amendment which was adopted by
the Cuban constitutional convention
as an appendix to the Cuban consti
tution provided only that the Isle
of Pines shall be omitted from the
proposed constitutional boundaries of
Cuba the title thereto to be left to
future adjustment by treaty
It was to bring about this ad
justment that the treaty now pend
ing in the Senate was framed and it
was in conformity with our declared
policy respecting Cuba that the treaty
proposed a cession of the island to the
Cuban government The question to
be determined by the Senate commit
tee therefore would seem to be not
is the island worth anything to the
United States or what are the inter
ests of American investors there but
was the island a part of Cuba and
would its retention be consistent with
our declared Cuban policy Chicago
Record Herald
More Canal Legislation Needed
Wo rlc on the Panama canal will not
begin before Congress reassembles in
December but the matter of sanita
tion should be taken in hand forth
with and somebody should be vested
with authority to attend to it
A bill has been reported to the sen
ate which may be defective in details
but which is based on the correct
principle It make- the canal com
missioners the governors of the canal
strip This is a proper centralization
of power while the canal is under con
stiuction It does away with the pos
sibility of that friction which might
arise if there were two sets of offi
cers exercising functions in the same
limited territory There are on the
commission two men of decided ex
ecutive ability Admiral Walker and
Gen Davis The latter was military
governor of Porto Rico
The civil engineers on the commis
sion should be quite willing to devote
themselves to canal problems and
leave questions of government to
their more experienced associates
The commissioners are on their
way to Panama to look over the
ground and study the situation thor
oughly The grant of authority to
regulate police and other matters in
the canal zone ought to follow them
speedily Chicago Tribune
Grovth of American Exports
In 1845 the earliest year for which
exact figures are obtainable our ex
ports were valued at S106040lll and
our imports were SI 13184322 Our
exports passed the 2fi0000000 mark
in 1853 tne sauuuwuuu m 18G0 and
did not exceed 5400000000 until 1S71
During all the years from 1S45 to 1S7G
our imports exceeded cur exports in
value excepting flour Since then our
exports have exceeded our imports
even year except in 1SS jind 1S89 We
now frequently expe t poods of as
much value in a singh month as were
exported in the year 1S45
A Question of Etiquette
I am just a littlo puzzled nho
said
Whats tho matter asked her
dearest friend
Why of course if you becomo en
gaged to a young man at the seushoro
it doesnt count the following winter
but does it count for anything If you
happen to meet him at the seashoro
again the next summer
Revised Version
Well well exclaimed tho minis
ter as he threw aside tho local pa
per if that isnt enough to try tho
patience of Job
Why what in tho world is tho
matter dear asked his wife
Last Sunday explaiend tho good
man I preached from the text Bo
yo therefore steadfast but the print
er makes it read Bo yo there for
breakfast
Many Like Him
He pretends to bo a philosopher
Yes but I notice one peculiar
thing about his philosophy
Whats that
Its only other peoples hard luck
that he is able to accept philosophi
cally
Suspicious
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KitS j a
utasaaJ
Oh George Im so happj
Whats up Some of the neigh
bors in trouble
A Correction
I want to thank you said the lady
visitor for your review of my His
tory of Female Suffrage But by the
way you had one queer typographical
error
What was that inquired the po
litical editor to Avhom she had been
referred by mistake
You spoke of me as a new
writer
Thats so Hysterical is spelled
with a y
The Famine View
Mamma asked small Floramay
was the earth created before manK
Certainly my dear replied her
mother
Why was it continued the littla
inquisitor
It was probably known explained
the wise woman that it would be
the first thing hed want after his ar
rival
As She Understood
Dear me exclaimed the pretty lit
tle woman as she glanced over the
sporting page for the first time how
this poor man must have suffered
with insomnia
What man asked her husband
Why Billy Broadfist The papei
says last night was the first time he
had ever been put to sleep
He Makes Talk
McJigger There isnt a man ic
town who can keep the conversationa
ball rolling like our friend Gayrake
Thingumbob Nonsense He novei
says anything worth listening to
McJigger No but he does a lot of
things worth talking about
Circumstances Alter Cases
Brigand Tis the millionaires
mother-in-law that weve captured not
his wife Shall we threaten to kill
her if he dont send 5000 instead
of ten
Chief No well threaten to send
her back if he dont send 20000
Boston Traveler
It Draws Itself
Yes said the artist I drew this
sketch of the scene of the accident in
less than an hour
Not all the details surely ex
claimed his admirer All that crowd
for instance
O its easy to draw a crowd when
you start sketching Philadelphia
Press
Near the Limit
Growell Speaking of mean men
that fellow Duffey is about the limit
Howell Hows that
Growell Every time he goes Into a
crowded barber shop for a shave he
qets his hair cut just to keep others
waiting
It Is Sometimes Done
He doesnt know enough about the
aw to be a successful lawyer
Well lets make him a judge