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By FREDERICK
UPHAM ADAMS
C3JI Author of Tho Kidnapped Millionaires Colonel Monro Doctrine Etc
CorrmciiT 1003 nr
Fbudeuicic Upham Adams
All rights
reserved
CHAPTER XVI Continued
John heartily congratulated Blake
on his masterly generalship
Wo will talk business to morrow
Jim ho Raid I am more anxious
to hear of other matters Now tell
mo the news Did you hear of Miss
Carden Is my Grandfather alive
Peter Burt is alive anl well said
Blake glad to bring some good tid
ings
Alive and well repeated John
Burt May God bless him That is
good news Go on Jim
Arthur Morris is alive said Blake
without lifting his eye3
The local papers contained that
news observed John carelessly
Whats tho matter old man Youre
pale Are you 111
Ive bad news for you John he
said desperately I may as well tell
you and be over with it Miss Car
dons engaged to be married
Johns lip tightened and a red spot
burned on his cheek
To whom
To Arthur Morris John
John Burt sprang to his feet hurl
ing the chair backward with a crash
He strode forward his eyes blazing
with fury and his features convulsed
with passion
Its a lie Blake its a lie and you
know its a lie
He towered above his astonished
friend His fingers were clenched and
bis lips twitched Turning abruptly
he walked across the room with his
hands pressed over his forehead For
a moment he stood silent then abrupt
ly turned to Ble with his hands
outstretched
I beg your pardon Jim Forgive
me old man I didnt know what I
v
was saying Forgive me Jim will
COITMOIIT 1C03 BY
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Ulysses who reiused to return from
exile
This suggested a train of bitter con
jecture Why had he not been con
tent with a modest fortune Why
had he devoted years to tho amass
ing of wealth which now mocked his
love Why had he despised the pre
tensions of Arthur Morris Why had
he failed to take steps to positively
ascertain the result of Morriss
wound
The words of Peter Burt came back
to him It is written in Gods word
If thou faint in the day of adversity
thy strength is small for- a just man
falleth seven times and riseth up
again Had he fallen seven times
From the hour he left the old mans
side until that night no shade of dis
appointment had come into his life
Success had followed success and tri
umph had succeeded triumph Every
prophecy made by Peter Burt had
been more than fulfilled
As he recalled the past he remem
bered with keen joy the parting words
of the old man You have the iove
of a woman I respect She will wait
for you Do not let the impatience of
your love Imperil your chances
The sense of coming victory stole
over him as he stood before the por
trait and repeated the words She
will wait for you she will wait for
you That which is not menaced
that which does not demand the dan
ger and turmoil of a battle Is not
worth struggling for
Four weeks later John Burt stood
on a ferry boat and gazed for the first
time on the matchless water front
and the ragged but impressive sky
line of New York city
Blake had preceded him and had
installed the permanent headquarters
of James Blake Company He met
John as he stepped from the train
The two old friends greeted eacn
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Perhaps it is a lie Let us hope so
John
For moments no word was cpoken
John Burt stood by an opened win
dow with his back to his friend and
gazed out into the darkness
Tell me about it Jim he said
breaking the silence
Blake related the details of his in
troduction to Arthur Morris and told
of the night spent in the latters apart
ment He repeated the conversation
as nearly as he could recall it
John abruptly changed the subject
and questioned Blake about his inter
view with Poter Burt and smiled
quietly wnen he related his experi
ence with the old man He was not
displeased that Blake had been farced
to reveal his secret
I have anticipated his advice about
going to New York said John My
plans are made and if you are will
ing we will make New York the fu
ture headquarters of James Blake
Company with the San Francisco es
tablishment a branch house Think it
over Jim and let me know your de
cision as soon as possible
Ive thought it over said Blake
Im ready to go to New York the
minute you say so
Very well well go this month
said John Burt
It was long past midnight when
Blake drove away and left John Burt
to the harrowing society of his
thoughts For hours he sat before the
rortrait of Jessie Carden He recalled
the day when she had laughingly
placed the cherished tintype in his
hand And now she was in Paris by
the grace and under the bounty of
Arthur Morris the one man in all
the world he hated
Its a lie an infamous damnable
lie he repeated as he paced up and
down the room It is not so it shall
not be so
But the black clouds of doubt again
obscure the rift made by vehement
hope What reason had he to doubt
the statement made by Morris Had
not Morris wealth influence social
standing Was not Jessie under obli
gations to him
And what of Jessie What valid
lasting claimi had he on Jessie Car
den A few words spoken under ths
stress of great excitement a prorcl3
of her friendship and of her prayers
nothing more
No word from him had come to her
during long years For all she knew
be was dead What right had he fo
oxpect that she should play tue part
other with unfeigned cordiality Blake
was in high spirits
Im glad youre here John he
said as they were seated in a car
riage Ive been in an awful fix for
a week or more What in thunder is
my opinion on the new currency bill
John Ten reporters and a hundred
nnanciers have asked me that ques
tion and I have refused to commit
myself What shall I tell them
John
Well discuss that over dinner
laughed John He gazed at Blake
earnestly and asked Do you know
if Miss Carden has returned
I have been unable to ascertain
that said Blake T havent seen
anybody anybody who would know
Ive been awfully busy John
I know you have returned John
in his old cordial manner Have
you secured a hut for me Jim
I have fitted up a dream of an
apartment for you and have ordered
your favorite dinner
The following day John Burt began
his New York career
CHAPTER XVII
A Foreign Mission
Before Morris had recovered from
his wound Jessie Carden had left for
Europe During his convalescence he
was consumed by two passions First
to arrest and punish John Burt and
second to see or hear from Jessie Car
den Yielding to his demands the
elder Morris spent thousands of dol
lars in a fruitless attempt to locate
John Burt
Morris had no difficulty in obtaining
from General Carden the continental
address of his daughter She was
studying in Berlin and Arthur Morris
wrote a long letter informing her of
his complete recovery He calmly
ignored the events which led to the
shooting and seemed to have forgot
ten the rebuff he had received at her
hands The letter read as if their last
meeting had been under the shadow
of the maples on the Bishop lawn
Morris waited a month for an an
swer to this letter and then wrote a
second one which was returned un
opened In a towering passion he
went to his father and unbosomed the
story of his treatment
You told me once that old Carden
would go broke on L O he de
clared pacing up and down the room
I didnt pay much attention to what
you said at the time but w ail
about it now Ive beenloojcInGr over
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log on a rotten stock Go ahead
and squeeze him You can do it Put
the screws to him Then when he
comes whining around for mercy well
seo what Miss Independence Jessie
will do Ill bet shell answer my let
ters then Ill make her pay for this
some day Youve got to do some
thing governor
If you think Im going to run my
banking and Wall Street business so
as to promote your correspondence
with a doll faced girl you
Shes not a doll faced girl declar
ed Morris turning fiercely on his
father
Well shes a girl and tneyre all
alike growled Randolph Morris Tho
prettier they are the more trouble
they raise I thought you told me
you wasnt going to marry her Youre
an ass
The old banker lay Jjack wearily in
his chair and regarded his son and
nelr with an expression of deep dis
gust
Ill marry her If I want to said
Morris doggedly I suppose Ive got
to marry somebody and shes as good
as any one What the devil has old
Cardens money got to do about it
When he loses it you get it and when
you die I get it and if she marries me
she quits even Its the only chance
shes got Go ahead and squeeze him
governor
You talk like a fool said the fond
parent You know a lot about stocks
dont you I couldnt bear L O
now if I tried and wouldnt if I could
Im interested in other stocks besides
L O If youre bound to marryy
why dont you marry Thompsons
daughter Hell die in a year and
leave her four millions
I dont want her said Morris loft
ily You need not worry about my
matrimonial alliances Let me have
five thousand dollars Im gorng to
Europe
Randolph Morris stormed and fumed
and then wrote a check for the
amount demanded
Six weeks later Arthur Morris was
in Berlin He had perfected his plans
and after securing apartments in
Leipziger Strasse set about their exe
cution
He was to shrewd to announce his
arrival by a letter to Jessie having
good reason to suspect that it would
meet the same reception as had the
others He retained a capable valet
and commissioned him to obtain in
formation concerning Miss Cardens
daily and weekly routine
It rained the following dayand Mor
ris valet brought word that Miss Car
den would not venture out in the
storm His master was pleased to
learn that Miss Carden was in the
habit of going out alone and that if
the weather permitted she proposed
to visit Count Raczynskis gallery on
the morrow
The famous Raczynski gallery is on
the Exercierplatz outside the Bradec
burg gate and contains a splendid col
lection of modern German paintings
The day dawned bright and warm
after the storm and Morris was in
fine spirits when he stepped into hia
carriage and rode down the avenue
He entered the gallery and roamed
through the halls to make sure Jessie
had not arrived He then stood near
the entrance and waited
His patience was rewarded He
recognized Jessie as she crossed the
street She was alone and Morris
stepped into the dark of the vestibule
and followed when she entered the
main hall Jessie carried a sketch
book under her arm and took a seat
opposite one of Schinkels master
works Opening the book she pro
ceeded to work on an unfinished
sketch
To be continued
Conan Doyle a Rapid Worker
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a remark
ably quick worker most of whose
time sems to be given up to the
healthy enjoyment of life He seems
however to be able economically to
combine work with play For in
stance one may see him engaged in a
vigorous game of cricket or golf in
the early afternoon and the game
may be followed by a brisk country
walk with a friend Returning rom
the walk the novelist win ray the
friend We dine at ofck
perhaps you would like to tie a
stroll round the garden before dress
ing while I go upstairs and he re
tires presumably to enjoy a rest
After dinner he may make some such
quiet remark as this to his friend
By the way a rather happy idea oc
curred to me during our walk this
afternoon Hereupon he gives the
outline of a very ingenious plot What
a capital idea for a short story ex
claims his friend So I thought re
marks the novelist Well you will
do it Oh Ive done it comes the
authors calm reply I wrote the
story while you were walking in the
garden
Carlyles Sarcasm
Carlyle once wrote to a neighbor of
his in London We have the misfor
tune to be people of weak health in
this house bad sleepers in particu
lar and exceedingly sensible in the
night hours to disturbances from
sound On your premises for some
time past there is a cock by no
means particularly loud or discordant
whose crowing would cf course be in
different or insignificant to persons oi
sound health and nerves but alas it
often enough keeps us unwillingly
awake here and on the whole gives a
degree of annoyance which except to
the unhealthy is not easily conceiv
able If you would have the goodness
to remove that small animal or in any
way render him inaudible from mid
night to breakfast time such charity
would work a notable relief to certain
persons here and be thankfully ac-
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TEE ISSUES FOE 1904
ROOSEVELTS NOMINATION CER
TAIN TO BE UNANIMOUS
Republicans Will Stand Pat While
Democrats Will Strike for Tariff
Revision Without Regard to the
Needs of American Labor and In
dustry
Tho delegates are chosen for the
Republican national convention More
than two thirds of these delegates are
instructed for the nomination of Theo
dore Roosevelt and it is known that
a majority of the remaining third are
outspokenly in favor of his nomina
tion It appears to be settled that the
nomination will be unanimous and
that no other name will be presented
before the convention The sentiment
regarding the nomination for Vice
President is divided between Repre
sentative R R Hitt of Illinois and
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana with
the indications that one or the other
of these gentlemen will be selected
Tho Democrats are not making
much headway in their efforts to get
together for a campaign in which
they believe that with a united front
thoy would have some chance of suc
cess All indications point to the
nomination of Judge Parker of New
York but there is a determined mi
nority opposing him and under the
Democratic convention requirement
of a two thirds majority to effect a
nomination it is by no means yet
certain that the opposition may not
be able to defeat the New York candi
date There is bitter opposition to
Judge Parker and it is expected that
the Bryan element which will be rep
resented in large numbers on the floor
or the convention and will be led by
the Nebraskan in a powerful speech
to the convention will do everything
possible to provent the nomination
going to Judge Parker There will be
enough uninstructed delegates in the
convention to make this result possi
ble provided they can be united to
that end
With the near approach of the con
ventions and the question of the nom
inations becoming more or less set
tled attention is now directed to the
subject of the platform declarations
for this years great campaign As
usual there is plenty of evidence of
attempts at temporizing by those who
have no settled convictions on the
great issues of the day and who are
ready always to sacrifice principles in
the hope of catering to the uneasy
element that is always very noisy in
the beginning of a campaign Evi
dences of this are found in both par
ties Sturdy advocates of the doctrine
of protection are confronted by an ele
ment in the party that is ready to
make concessions to revisionists and
to reciprocity advocates The Dem
ocrats are troubled by the noisy cla
mors of the old time silver shouters
who cannot be convinced that the
money question is settled and that
free silver is as dead as Bryanism
A determined effort is being made by
the really courageous leaders of the
Democratic party to line up the party
in favor of an assault all along the
line upon the principles of protection
They desire to make the emphatic de
mand that protection shall go and
that tariff shall be revised by the
Democratic party without reference to
protection to the industries of the
United States
Clevelands Bond Sale
Ex President Clevelands attempt to
explain his bond issues in the Satur
day Evening Post neither throws any
new knowledge on the transactions
nor puts them in any better light be
fore intelligent people Mr Cleveland
says that the repeal of the act of 1S90
did not give any relief and yet we
are told by free traders that the cause
of the panic of 1893 was the Sherman
Silver Purchase law of 1S90 Protec
tionists have always known that tis
repeal of that law by no means met
the situation nor could prevent Ule
distress that came upon out people
immediately after the election of
Mr Cleveland and with him -Democratic
Senate and House in ISbJ The
ex President says most truly how
ever that a factor in the situation
most perplexing and dangerous was
the distrust which was becoming
enormous regarding the wisdom and
stability of our scheme of finance
and he might have added fn antici
pation of the coming change in our
tariff policy
Frpe traders cannot explain away
our calamities of 1S93 and the follow
ing years by ignoring the fact that the
people as soon as the election cf 1S92
I
was over began to anticipate tho free
trade measure wliich was bound to
como It was well known that tho
house would pass as drastic a meas
ure as had ever been enacted and
there is a possibility that If it had
been known to what extent the bill
would be changed in the Senato the
panic would not have been quite so
severe Uncertainty and suspense are
always productive of greater fear than
tho actual result however severe that
result may be The manufacturers
and merchants of this country simply
had to prepare for tho worst with tho
result that it was necessary to cur
tail production which in turn created
idleness and a lack of purchasing
power which Is so essential to the
welfare of every agricultural and man
ufacturing community in the land
Mr Cleveland only begs the ques
tion when he throws the claim for tho
panic of 1893 and the disasters which
followed upon our monetary system
and the laws of our previous admin
istrations The historian does not
care so much for tho way in which
the 202000000 worth of bonds were
sold as the reasons for the necessity
of their being sold and these reasons
are to day pretty well understood by
all and acknowledged by the candid
and fair minded business men of the
country When a man of ex President
Clevelands experience and knowledge
undertakes to explain the necessity
for selling the 262000000 worth of
bonds which were sold during his ad
ministration without alluding to the
tariff question he shows himself to
be either dishonest or exceedingly dls
ingenious
A Word About Our Railroads
Mr Neville Priestly of the British
Indian Railway department in his re
cent report wherein he discusses pur
American railroads says the average
daily pay of the unskilled workman
THE IRON HEEL
here in the United States is nearly
equal to the average monthly pay of
the Indian laborer while our freight
rates are much lower here than in
any country in the world India not
excepted And on top of all this our
free traders tell us that our American
railroads have to pay 28 a ton for
steel rails while the steel trust sells
to India for 16 It would look as if
the railroad magnates were between
two yes three fires high prices for
rails highest wages on earth and low
est freight rates And yet the year J903
was the best in the history of Ameri
can railroading and less roads of less
number of miles and with less amount
of stocks and bonds were sold under
foreclosure than any previous year
How can this result be obtained Sim
ply because of the magnitude of our
internal commerce made possible by
the great purchasing power of our
well employed highly paid wage earn
ers added to the well lewarded la
bors of our agriculture Destroy our
home market and railroads would
have to very materially reduce wages
raise freight and passenger rates or
go out of business
An Amazing Way
Imports of raw materials concinue
to increase although the enemies of
the Dingley law said that with such a
tariff we could not get them And
the best of it is that these materials
are worked up into finished products
mainly to be exported in that form
See the figures for annual exports of
manufactuies now close to the 500
000000 mark which is not far from
the total of imported raw materials
That Dingley tariff has an amazing
way of confounding all the predictions
and upsetting the calculations of the
free traders Ohio Valley Manufac
turer
A Flop
Some of the free traders are now
claiming that the tariff cuts down the
profits of manufacture This is an
interesting flop Heretofore protection
nas been denounced as a partner
ship between the government and
the manufacturers whereby the IaN
ters profits were swelled The free
traders should find out where they are
at Rochester Democrat and Chron
icie
Parker a Free Trader
Some of the Parker boomers hav
discovered that the Judge wrote part
of the New York State Democratic
platform in 1885 That platform in
dorsed the Cleveland administration
then in office over a year and its tar
iff reform policy This discovery is
not likely to help the Judge or his
boom among those who recall what
happened when the Democratic plan
of tariff reform was put into effect
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Notable Breakdowns
Winston Churchills recent break
down in a speech In parliament recalls
to tho English press a similar lapse
of memory on the part of a member
named Shell in the house of commons
Sheil was beginning a carefully pre
pared sentence with the word neces
sity when his memory deserted him
He repeated necessity three times
and then Sir Robert Peel mischiev
ously added Is not always tho
mother of Invention A correspond
ent of the London Daily Mail gives
some instances of lapse of memory
that came under his own observation
as follows I was once staying with
a distinguished divine in Yorkshire
the author of several volumes of
poems and other literary works and
he too lost himself in the Lords
prayer Moreover he could not re
cover himself when he recommenced
I was once attending a demonstration
of anatomy and the professor a gen
tleman usually noted for his lucidity
completely broke down and the class
had to be dismissed
First Matches
The iirst sulphur matches now up
wards of a century old appear very
awkward according to our modern
ideas of convenience They were
known as spunks and varied in
length from five to seven inches
These were generally packed in bun
dles of a dozen tied together with bits
of straw The matches illustrated
herewith were made in 1830 and are
preserved in York Museum England
They were even less satisfactory than
they appear since the sulphur re
fused to strike fire
StrI Believe in Witchcraft
Witchcraft is not dead in America
nor did the last of the witches burn
during the days of the Salem witch
craft In the fastnesses of the Penn
sylvania mountains and in the farm-
ing districts the homes of the Penn
sylvania Dutch bordering the great
anthracite region cpells are as power
ful to day as they were 200 years ago
and as implicitly believed in The be
lief in witchcraft which was burned
out of New England survives in Penn
sylvania That a man was bewitched
is a common excuse for crime there
Uninjured by Fearful Fall
A man named Walker with two lit
tle girls reached the station Rutland
Vt just as the train was leaving He
managed to place one aged five years
on the rear plattorm and tried to get
on with the otner and failed The
child rode on the rear platform for
five miles and fell off the steps down
a steep embankment The train was
going at the rate of thirty nve miles
an hour at the time but the child was
uninjured
Victim of Smart Thiet
While fishing for trout the other
day John M Houck cf Middlefieid
Mass had a fine string of some thirty
fish stolen from him He was whip
ping a bit of rapid water where the
stream made so much noise that he
could not hear what went on around
him and his string of fish lay on a
rock behind him When he turned
around to put his next fish on the
string there was no string there
Lightning Kept Busy
Lightning at Cape Neddick village
York Me played a peculiar freak
recently A bolt struck the house of
Silas Norman passed through the
bod of a mason named Fernald who
was working in the hcuse killed a
dog at the latters side and set fire to
the building Fernald was critically
burned
To Save Smokers Trouble
An Austrian has invented self-lighting
cigars and cigarettes Tipped
with a chemical mixture they ignite
on being struck against anything