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CHAPTER XXI Continued
General Carden applauded vigor
ously and demanded an encore The
trio sang several songs and the old
soldier lay back in his arm chair and
let his mind drift back to the hours
when the one of whom Jessie was the
linage lifted her sweet voice in tho
ballads he loved to hear At his re
quest they sang Douglas Tender and
True Robin Adair The Blue
Bells of Scotland Annie Laurie
and several old war songs
Then Jessie proposed a rubber of
whist and in the cut she became the
partner of James Blake Jessie
played well and they defeated the
general and Edith
You dont know what a victory we
have won declared Jessie her eyes
sparkling with pleasure Papa and
Edith- think themselves invincible
and this is their first defeat Lets
go to the conservatory I want to
show Mr Blake those lovely bulbs I
sent you from Holland and leaving
Edith and the general to follow she
escorted Blake to the great glass
liouse with its arched roof and wilder
ness of palms ferns and flowers
I know this is not much of a treat
to you ventured Jessie I had for
gotten that you have spent all of your
life in California
But I have not spent all of my
life in California Blake said I
lived in California only seven or eight
years and had little chance to study
flowers What little knowledge I have
of flowers dates back to my boyhood
days in New England
New England What part of New
England Mr Blake
Massachusetts he answered
proudly I was born in Boston less
than half a mile from where the tea
was thrown overboard My mothers
name was Smith so Im a Yankee all
over
time the deceit was his own and not
a sacrifice for another
Of course I knew John Burt said
Blake reflectively Dear old John I
owe him thirty five dollars When I
ran away from home he gave me
every dollar he had and Ive not seen
him since Did you say he had gone
to California Is that so Nd I
never saw him there And you knew
him Really Miss Carden I almost
feel as if we were old acquaintances
Ah here comes Mr and Mrs Bishop
I had no idea It was so late
Mr Thomas Bishop was Introduced
and after a brief conversation in
which Jessie acquainted her uncle
with the fact that their guest was
formerly from Rocky Woods Blake
excused himself He accepted an In
vitation to call again
Then we will continue our recol
lections of Rocky Woods Miss Car
den he said on leaving
Instructing his coachman to drive
to his apartments James Blake closed
his eyes and attempted to calmly re
view what had happened He found
it impossible One emotion held mas
tery over him he was in love madly
and defiantly in love with Jessie Car
den He thought of Arthur Morris
and hated him He thought of John
Burt and pitied him Neither should
stand in his way
Could she be engaged to Arthur
Morris Now that he had met Jessie
Carden he found himself unconscious
ly repeating John Burts indignant
declaration It is a lie an infamous
lie If an engagement did exist it
should be as a barrier of mist to his
ardent progress But she did not
she could not love Arthur Morris
Did John Burt love her Did she
love John Burt
These were the stinging burning
questions which seared his brain but
the clamor of his conscience was
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So am I laughed Jessie NJohn
Hancock once lived in the house
where I was born and Samuel Adams
vas there many many times Im as
much of a Hancock as Edith though
she wont admit it Dont you like
Boston better than San Francisco
vJIr Blake
Really I remember very little of
Boston replied Blake When I was
a small boy we moved to Quincy and
from there to a farm near Hingham
That part of my New England life
most vivid in my memory clusters
round the old farm in Rocky Woods
- Did you live in Rocky Woods
The dark eyes opened wide and Jes
sie looked wondering into Blakes
face
Why yes I lived there for several
years Do you mean to tell me that
you ever heard of that desolate patch
ot rocks pines stone fences huckle
berry swamps and cranberry
marshes
Certainly I have Uncle Tom
Mr Bishop lived there for a genera
tion and spends the summers there
now I have often been there Isnt
it strange Mr Blake that both of us
are familiar with that out-of-the-way
country Where was your fathers
farm
It was then known as the old Leon
ard farm Do you know where Peter
Burt lived Peter Burt the old crazy
man who used to pray at night from
the top of the big rock
Yes said Jessie softly with a lit
tle catch at her breath as the blood
mounted to her cheeks
- James Blake watched her face in
tently Both were thinking of John
Burt but with what different emo
tions Since the sun had set a gulf
had opened between John Burt and
James Blake
And Jessie Carden Intuitively she
felt that James Blake knew John
Burt In a flash it occurred to her
that Blakes business with her father
was a subterfuge Was he the bear
er of tidings from John Burt P2r
haps John was dead If alive why
did he not come himself
And you knew John Burt I re
member now that he often spoke of
you He always called you -Jim and
rarely mentioned your last name And
you ran away from home Did you
ever meet John Burt in California
Mr Blake
James Blake was not deceived by
tne careless tone in which she asked
this question With grim joy he re
flected that Johns injunction for se
crecy was still in force He must
either mislead Jessie Carden or prove
false to his friend but for the first
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drowned in the louder din of his pas
sion He had not yet reached a point
where with calm selfishness he could
voice the brutal aphorism of moral
and physical desperadoes All is
fair in love and war He was eager
to clear himself of self accused dis
loyalty to John Burt and he clutched
at any defense which would serve as
possible justification or extenuation
John Burt was his friend the found
er of his fortunes the loyal trustful
comrade to whom he owed all he was
or could hope to be Elake knew this
and yet with the truth confronting
him and pleading for justice the so
phistic arguments and evasions of a
vaulting passion came readily to his
lips
How do I know John loves her
he pleaded He has not told me so
He has sent her no word He could
have done so easy enough She does
not know if he be dead or alive Is
that the way for a lover to act If
John has lost her it is his own fault
Perhaps he gave her up long ago
Honestly I believe his hate for Mor
ris is more to him than his affection
for Jessie Carden
Thus quibbled James Blake Awak
ened love loosens a million eloquent
tongues to plead for self and palsies
the voice which should speak for oth
ers The love of a man for a woman
is the sublimation of his egoism his
unconscious exaltation of desire
CHAPTER XXII
Unreasoning Passion
In all the vast world only two per
sons knew that such a man as John
Burt lived James Blake and Peter
Burt
John Burt owned stock in thou
sands of miles of railroads He was
an investor in other great enterprises
and activities An army of men
worked under his direction and the
stofk market rose and fell at the pres
sure of his unseen hand For years
he had rebelled at the fate which had
made him a recluse which denied
him the fellowship and confidence of
his peers He felt a keen joy over
the knowledge that the day was ap
proaching when he could assume his
true place in the world of vast affairs
But of earths countless millions
there was one above all others to
whom he wished to toll his secret
He impatiently awaited the time when
he could look into Jessie Cardens
race and read the verdict in her eyes
Were years of patient waiting and
working to- be rewarded or unrequit
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Blake arrived at his cfllce at an un
usually early hour on the morning
following his Introduction to Jessie
Carden He had spent a miserablo
night No sleep came to his blood
shot eyes and for hours he restlessly
paced the floor
I love her my God how I love
her but I also love John he ex
claimed again and again as the night
hours crawled slowly away What
shall I do what can I do I cannot
give her up By God Ill not give her
up for any man not even for John
Burt Would John surrender the
woman he loved for me What am I
to do I must decide before 1 see
him If I tell John she is in New
York he will see her inside of twenty
tour hours That will be the end of
my hopes She shall love me She
must love me I cannot live without
her Oh why did I ever see her
In this unequal contest between
loyalty and passion in a weak and
self indulgent nature passion won the
battle but at a frightful sacrifice
His judgment warned him that he
was doomed to defeat but with the
frenzied desperation of a gambler he
staked everything honor friendship
loyalty his business career all on
the turn of a card and dared to meet
John Burt with treachery in his heart
and a lie on his lips
Blake knew that John Burt was in
his private office but for the first
time in his life he hesitated to enter
it Prosperity had erected no wall
of formality between these two
From the day they fought their boy
ish battle on the edge of the fishing
pool they had called each other
John and Jim In tacitly accept
ing John Burts leadership Blake rec
ognized in his companion those traits
which attract allegiance and which
hold it by unseen but powerful bands
By a display of tact which amounted
to genius John Burt had aided James
Blake without patronizing him and
had forgiven his repeated mistakes
without offending him
Blake strolled slowly through the
connecting offices and entered the
large room reserved for customers
Those who knew the famous oper
ator bowed respectfully Blake gazed
absent mindedly at a bulletin board
containing tho early London and Paris
quotations He read them but they
had no meaning He was thoroughly
abjectly miserable
Who is that gentleman asked a
smooth cheeked and dapper young
man who had embarked on his first
speculative venture by rising the
major part of his quarterly allow
ance
Why dont you know exclaimed
his companion I should have intro
duced you Thats Jame3 Blake the
famous and only James Blake Five
years ago he didnt have a dollar
Twenty millions in five years is his
record And it hasnt enlarged his
hat in the least He tells a good
story sings a good song and no man
in the club can drink him under the
table
To be continued
NEVER SEE HEARSE AT NIGHT
New York Undertaker Explains Why
They Are Not Sent Out
Nobody gives us fe16ws credit for
having a largo bump of sensitiveness
said a west side undertaker but the
fact is wo go to a good deal of trou
ble to safeguard the feelings of the
general public For one thing we try
never to keep our hearses in the street
after dark
Of course in the cape of afternoon
funerals and long distances we can
not avoid getting home late but even
so we make it a point to get under
cover as coon as possible after night
fall And we do that absolutely out
of consideration for the public By
nine people out of ten the sight of a
hearse on the street at night is taken
as a sure sign of impending death and
disaster
Even in tho daytime a hearse is a
gloomy affair but to run up against
one at night is pretty sure to give the
most jovial fellow alive a depressing
turn I know how it is myself Ac
customed as I am to handling hearses
I dont like to bump into one unex
pectedly at a dark corner
Most men in the business feel the
same way therefore we strive to be
considerate That we succeed re
markably well is apparent to anybody
who will take the trouble to count
the hearses he has seen out at night
These are so few that Ill wager the
most confirmed gadabout cannot re
call more than three or four of them
New York Times
John Wesleys Ideas on Ailing
It is pretty generally known that
John Wesley during his unparalleled
apostolate of half a century traveled
250000 miles and preached 40000 ser
mons but comparatively few are
aware of the prodigious amount of lit
erary work he managed to accomplish
His most curious and eccentric book
was entitled Primitive Physic or An
Easy and Natural Method of Curing
Most Diseases It was published in
London by Barr Co in the year
1743
The preface is characteristic of the
author When man came first out of
the hands of the Creator there was
no place for physic or the art of heal
ing But when man rebelled against
the Sovereign of heaven and earth the
incorruptible frame put on corruption
and the immortal put on immortality
Turks Tax the Greeks
The Porte having issued orders for
the collection of license taxes from
Greeks in the Turkish dominions it is
feared at Athens that there will be
fresh trouble especially at Smyrna
Irish Parliamentary Fund
The Irish parliamentary fund for
the year 190o amounted to 63045
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Girls Suspender Costume
That the simpler the frock the
more smartly the child is dressed
has become an established fact but
no one of the manycharming designs
its recognition has called forth is
more attractive than this suspender
model worn with a spencer waist
As illustrated the dress is made of
checked linen blue and white with
trimming of cotton braid and the
waist of white batiste the collar and
cuffs embroidered by hand but there
are many other materials equally
suitable For play time washable
labrics are best of all but for occa
sions of less danger to the dress
pongee challie and the like are much
used
The costume consists of waist and
dress The waist is made with front
and backs and is simply lull with
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wide bishop sleeves The dress com
bines a straight gathered skirt with
snaped suspenders both being at
tached to a shaped belt
The quantity of material required
for the medium size 10 years is 3
yards 21 inches wide 2 yards 32
inches wide or 1 yards 44 inches
wide with 1 yards 3G inches wide
for guimpe and 10 yarns of braid to
trim as illustrated
The Up-to-Date Bathing Costume
The bathing costume has in these
days of extravagance achieved rare
attractiveness It is no longer the un
sightly garment of heavy blue flannel
with several rows of white braid as
its only trimming but is fashioned
from mohair that is almost as lustrous
and fine as silk or of fine serge and
cheviot Even the bathing costume
of silk or satin is no longer a novelty
These silky bathing dresses with braid
trimmings or bands of contrasting
color are very attractive and points
in their favor are that they readily
shed the water and dry quickly
Black or dark blue is the choice of
the conservative taste but brown and
dark red are seen and the white bath
ing costume trimmed with either
white or a color is fashionable Bath
ing shoes and stockings the latter
matching the color of the costume are
included in the outfit and the oil silk
cap with its covering of bright hued
silk or even a cotton bandana is not
only an attractive conceit but a thor
oughly practical one as well From
an article on Outing Styles in the July
Delineator
Effective White Costume
Nothing after all looks so pretty
and fresh on a young girl as a white
frock even though white is not favor
ed by Dame Fashion for grown ups
White belongs to youth and sets it off
as no color can
The simple little frock in our sketch
is of dotted bwiss trimmed with Val
enciennes insertion and lace A deep
flounce with a heading an inch and a
half deep finishes the skirt and a
similar ruffle encircles the blouse
waist forming a bertha
Alternate rows of gathering and in
sertion fit the shoulders snugly giving
the long shouldered effect so much
used nowadays
Figured lawn is prettily made up
into a gown for the little girl of 5 or 6
years Hemstitched white linen is
used for the deep collar cuffs and
belt
My Ladys China
In Holland the good old custom still
obtains among housewives of wash
ing the china and silver after break
fast and tea with their own fair hands
This they do in the presence of the
family and any guests who may be
there and the fashion has lately been
revived in some American houses
partly because it gives a touch of
homely simplicity and partly because
a ladys gentle handling is needed if
the delicate china and glass are to be
preserved for any length of time
New Pique and Linen Collar
The girl who clings to tailored ef
fects even in summer will be pleased
with some new pique and linen turn
over collars fresh from English shops
They are as deep as the ordinary lin
en collar and open in front At in
tervals around the entire collar and
about midway between its two edges
are slits or broad eyelets finished in
buttonhole stitching Through these
slits a Windsor tie to matclt the cos
tume or for wear with white linen
gowns a black or red tie is run and
fastened In a big bow in the front
Shirtwaist Hats
A favorite millinery shape for shirt
waist wear is still the big circular
hat somewhat on the exaggerated
sailor shape with flat brim and round
crown of average height For wear
with the shirtwaist suit of taffeta a
hat of this shape in fine white chip
braid with a broad ruche or box plait
ing of taffeta to match the gown
around the crown is distinctly mod
ish Indeed no matter what the
dress a pleated ruche of its fabric
makes the smartest adornment just
now lor the shirtwaist hat
Fashionable Collars
The very newest turn over collar
shows the tenondcy of all things in
dress to be dainty and feminine this
season In place of a linen turnover
the bewitching summer girl wears a
turn over collar of accordion plaited
white mull edged with a narrow band
of butter color lace Narrow accordion-plaited
cuffs of the same material
give the finishing soft touch to the
sleeves of her frock The frills turn
back over the sleeve not falling over
the hand July Womans Home Com
panion
Coffc6 Ice Cream
A novel coffee cream is much enjoy
ed by those who like tho flavor To
make it scald one cup of strong cof
fee with one and one half cups of
sugar Add the beaten yolks of four
eggs and when slightly thickened
remove from the fire and cool Add
one pint of cream one half teaspocn
ful of vanilla and freeze Serve with
an orange syrup for a sauce with- can
died orange peel shredded in it The
orange syrup maj be procured at a
good soda fountain
Fried Cucumbers
Peel three good sized cucumbers
slice them half an inch thick and lay
in cold salted Avater for an hour then
remove and dry on a towel Place
a large frying pan containing lard
drippings half an inch deep over the
fire When the fat begins to smoke
put in the cucumber slices just
enough of them to cover the bottom of
the pan dust with pepper and fry
quickly on both sides Serve when
quite hot These are delicious with
toast
Modifying Electric Light Glare
The old objection to electric lights
in the living room because ot their
injury to the eyesight has been en
tirely removed by the invention of a
peculiar opaque shade which throws
the light down instead of radiating it
in every direction These electroliers
for reading purposes come in a va
riety of shapes and are especially
pretty when finished with bead or
glass fringe
Ingenious Luncheon Place Cards
Some place cards at a recent lunch
eon contained each a conundrum and
a small pen-and-ink sketch The pic
ture gave a hint of the answer to the
conundrum One card for instance
had on it the picture of a cake and the
question Why is the letter K like
flour The answer was Because
you cannot make cake without it
Any riddle book will furnish the ques
tions and a little thinking will suggest
subjects for the sketches
Shirt Waist Sleeves
Shirt waist sleeves vary from sea
son to season as do those of waists of
more elaborate sorts and often if
they can be made up to date the en
tire waist seems new and fresh These
very excellent models include the two
favorite ones of the season the bishop
with full puffs at the wrists and the
plain one in shirt style Both are
finished with straight cuffs and both
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sleeves are opened at the back
Each sleeve is made in one piece
and each is gathered at both upper
and lower edges The opening in
the bishop model is simply under
faced but that in the short sleeve is
finished with an overlap in regulation
style
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is for bishop
sleeves 1 yards 21 or 3G inches
wide or yards 44 inches wide for
plain sleeves 1 yards 21 inches
wide i yards 36 inches wide or
yards 44 inches wide
Saving Scorched Preserves
An old housekeeper who has been
the victim in her day of almost every
kind of accident that can happen to
a housekeeper says that whenever a
kettle of jam or preserves is scorched
set it immediately in a pan of cold
water to restore the flavor
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Refused to Listen
Pardon me sir began tho feral
nine victim of hard luck who was
forced to solicit alms as she ap
proached the crusty old bachelor
desk but I am a poor lone widow
and
Youmay as well break It off right
there Interrupted the heartless o b
I cant use any leap year proposals
In my business
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Mrs Scrapper Take that you
brute and dont let mo ever hear you
say that you are henpecked again
Philadelphia Telegraph
A Different Kind
Johnny What does conscience
mean
Teacher It is something Inside of
you that tells you when you have
done wrong
Johnny Ma said I didnt have no
conscience But I know I had Only
when I felt that way the other day
doctor said it was green apple3
Brooklyn Life
One Mans Grief
Smithkins I met Enpeck down
town to day He told me his wife had
left him last week
Mrs Smithkins Poor man I sup
pose hes all broke up over it isnt
he
Smithkins I guess so When I con
gratulated him he insisted on opening
a small bottle
Cause and Effect
Wife John do you know that you
swore in your sleep last night
Husband Did I It must have
been when I had that horrid dream
Wife What did you dream
Husband I dreamt I was smoking
one of those cigars you gave me on
my birthday
His Method
Dont you know that it doesnt do
the least good to apply abusivo
epithets to a political opponent
Of course answered Senator Sorg
hum it doesnt do any good But it
assures your constituents that you aro
trying to do something to earn your
salary Washington Star
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of it
Mrs Knox--I should think it would
be a hard tug to carry the load youve
got
Too Sanguine
Edna And after our marriage I am
going to keep a cook
Belle You are too reckless ray
dear
Edna Reckless
Belle Yes You should say you ara
going to try to keep a cook
Practice Makes Perfect
Shoe Clerk Im afraid you cant get
these shoes on madam Suppose you
try a size larger
Mrs ORiley Niver do ye moind
young man OiH be able t git thim
on afther Oi wear thim a toim or two
Plausible Theory
Slyer Who was it that originated
the saying the unexpected always
happens
Gyer Dont know Some fellow con
nected with the weather bureau I
imagine
Reacon Why
But you Americans protested thq
Englishman have no ancestors to
whom you can point with pride
Well that is our misfortune xatfeer
than our fault replied the American
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