Uf J 4 1 it 1 1 Ui l f Il Pi f 1 t M I r 1 in l 1 V x 4 X PvvaNSN 75he Bondmaa SfrxK8 x5x3HxE tyQ44i By HALL CAINE CHAPTER V Continued i Such was the talk and such was r the mood of the people when the hour arrived for the business of Althing to begin and when all eyes turned to the little wooden Thing House by the side of the church wherein the Thing men were wont to gather for their procession to the Mount of Laws And when the hour passed and the procession had not yet ap r3peared the whisper went around that the Governor had not arrived and that the day was meant to humor him At that the people began to mutter among themselves for the slumbering fire of their national spirit had been stirred By his tardy coming the Governor meant to hu miliate them But Governor or no Governor let Althing begin its sitting Who was the Governor that Althing should wait for him What was Al thing that it should submit to the whim or the will of any Governor Within the Thing House as well as outside of it such hot protests must have had sway for presently the door of the little place was thrown open and the six and thirty Thing men came out Then followed the solemn ceremon ies that had been observed on the spot for nigh a thousand years First walked the Chief Judge carrying the sword of justice and behind him walked his magistrates and Thing men They ascended to the Mount by a flight of steps cut out of its overhanging walls At the same mo ment another procession that of the old Bishop and his clergy came out of the church and ascended to the Mount by a similar flight of steps cut out of the opposite side of it The two companies parted the Thing men to the north and the clergy to the south leaving the line of this natural causeway open and free save for the Judge who stood at the head of it with the Bishop to the right of him and the Governors empty place to the left And first the Bishop offered prayer for the sitting of Althing that was then to begin Thou Judge of Israel he prayed in the terrible words which had de scended to him through centuries Thou that sittest upon the cherub nms come down and help Thy people O most mighty God who art more pleased with the sacrifice of thanks giving than with the burnt offerings -of bullocks and goats keep now our mouths from guile and deceit from slander and from obloquy O Lord -God most holy 0 Lord most mighty endue Thy ministers with righteousness Give them mercy that they may judge mercifully Let them judge this nation as Thou wilt judge Thy people Let them remember that he who takes the name of justice for his own profit or hatred or revenge is worse than the vulture that watches lor the carcass Let them not forget tbat howsoever high they stand they take from hence but the oak of their coffin Let them be sure that when Thou shalt appear with a consuming fire before Thee and a tempest round about Thee calling the heaven and -the earth together no portion can they have in that day like to the por tion of thine inheritance The fierce prayer came to and end -and then the Judge holding his sword erect read his charge and repeated his oath to deal justly between man and man even as the sword stood up Tight before him And the vast as sembly of rude men in sheepskins and Jn homespun looked on and listened all silent and solemn all worshipful of law and reverent of its forms The oath being taken the Judge had laid the sword aside and begun to promulgate the new laws reading them clause by clause first in Ice landic and then in Danish when there was an uneasy movement at the outskirts of the crowd to the west of the Mount The Governor whispered one Its himself muttered another Hes here at last murmured a third - and dark were the faces turned round to see It was the Governor indeed and he pushed his way through the closely packed people who saw him coming but stood together like a wall until riven apart by his ponys feet At the causeway he dismounted and stepped up to the top of the Mount He looked old and feeble and torn by evil passions his straight gray hair lung like blasted sheaf on to his shoul ders his forehead was blistered with blue veins his cheeks were guttered -with wrinkles his little eyes were ruei his jaw was broad and heavy and his mouth was hard and square The Judge made his no obeisance but went on with his reading The Bishop seemed not to see him but gazed steadfastly forward The Thing snen gave no sign He stood a moment and looked around and the people below could see his wrath rising like a white hand across his haggard face Then he in terrupted and said Chief Justice I have something to say All heard the words and the Speak er stopped and amid the breathless silence of the people he answered quietly There will be a time and a place for that your Excellency The time is now and the place is Tiere cried Jorgen Jorgensen in a tense voice and quivering with anger Listen to me The rebel and traitor who once usurped the government of this island has escaped Escaped cried a hundred voices Michael Sunlocks cried as many more And a wave of excitement passed over the vast essembly Yes Michael Sunlocks has escaped cried Jorgen Jorgensen That scound rel is at liberty He is free to do his wicked work again Men of Iceland I call on you to help me I call on you to help the Crown of Denmark The traitor must be taken I call on you to take him A Conttatfcg Story A deep murmur ran through the closely pressed people Youve got your guards shouted a voice from below Why do you come to us Because cried Jorgen Jorgensen my guards are protecting Reykjavik and because they might scour your is land a hundred years and never find what they lookd for Thank God muttered another voice from below But you know it every fell and fiord cried Jorgen Jorgensen and never a toad could skulk under a stone but you would root him out of it Chief Justice he added sweeping about I have a request to make of you What is it your Excellency said the Judge That you should adjourn this Al thing so that every man here present may go out in search of the traitor Then a loud involuntary murmur of dissent rose from the people and at the same moment the Judge said in bewilderment What can your Excel lency mean I mean cried Jorgen Jorgensen that if- you adjorn this Althing for three days the traitor will be taken If not he will be at liberty as many years Will you do it Your Excellency said the Judge Althing has lived nigh upon a thou sand years and every other year for that thousand years it has met on this ancient ground but never once since it began has the thing you ask been done Let it be done now cried Jorgen Jorgensen Will you do it We will do your duty by your Ex cellency said the Judge and we will expect your excellency to do your duty by ours But this man is a traitor cried Jorgen Jorgensen and it is your duty to help me to capture him Will you do it And this day is ours by ancient right and custom said the Judge and it is your duty to stand aside I am here for the King of Den mark cried Jorgen Jorgensen and I ask you to adjourn this Althing Will you do it And we are here for the people of Iceland said the Judge and we ask you to step back and let us go on Then Jorgen Jorgensens anger knew no bounds You are subjects of the King of Denmark he cried Before ever Denmark was we were answered the Judge proudly And in his name I demand that you adjourn Will you do it now cried Jorgen Jorgensen with a grin of tri umph No cried the Judge lifting an un daunted face to the face of Jorgen Jor gensen The people held their breath through this clash of words but at the Judges brave answer a murmur of approval passed over them Jorgen Jorgensen heard it and flinched but turned back to the Judge and said Take care If you do not help me you hinder me if you are not with me you are against me Is that man a traitor Answer me yes or no But the Judge made no answer and there was dead silence among the peo ple for they knew well in what way the cruel question tended Answer me yes or no Jorgen Jor gensen cried again Then the Bishop broke silence and said Whatever our hearts may be your Excellency our tongues must be si lent At that Jorgen Jorgensen faced about to the crowd I put a price on his head he cried Two thousand kroner to anyone who takes him alive or dead Who will earn it No Icelander earns money with blood said the Bishop If this thing is our duty we will do it with out pay If not no bribe will tempt us Ay ay shouted a hundred voices Jorgen Jorgensen flinched again and his face whitened as he grew darker within So I see how it is he said look ing steadfastly at the Bishop the Judge and the Thing men You are aiding this traitors escape You are his allies every man of you And you are seducing deceiving the people Then he faced about towards the crowd more and more and cried in a loud voice Men of Iceland you know the man who has escaped You know what he is and where he came from you know heis not one of ourselves but a bastard Englishman Then drive him back home Listen to me What price did I put on his head Two thousand kroner I will give ten thousand Ten thousand kroner for the man who takes him alive and twenty thousand kroner do you hear me twenty thousand kroner for the man who takes him dead Silence cried the Bishop Who are you sir that you dare tempt men to murder Murder cried Jorgen Jorgensen See how simple are the wise Men of Iceland listen to me again The traitor is an outlaw You know what that means His blood is on your own head Any man may shoot him down No man may be called to ac count for doing so Do you hear me It is the law of Iceland the law of Denmark the law of the world He is an outlaw and killing him is no murder Follow him up Twenty thousand kroner to the man who lays him at his feet He would have said more for he was heaving with passion and his white face had grown purple but his tongue seemed suddenly paralyzed and his wide eyes fixed themselves on something at the outskirts of the crowd One thin and wrinkled hand he lifted up and pointed tremblingly over the heads of the people There he said in a smothered cry and after that he was silent The crowd shifted and looked around amid a deep murmur of sur prise and expectation Then by one of the involuntary impulses that move great assemblies the solid wall of human beings seemed to part of itself and make a way for someone It was Red Jason carrying Michael Sunlocks across his breast and shoul der His bronzed cheeks were worn his sunken eyes burned with a dull fire He strode on erect and strong through the riven way of men and women A breathless silence seemed to follow him When he came to the foot of the Mount he stopped and let Sunlocks dropgently to the ground Sunlocks was insensible and his pite ous white face looked up at the heavy dome of the sky A sensation of awe held the vast crowd spellbound It was as if the Almighty God had heard the blasphemy of that miserable old man and given him on the instant his impious wish To Be Continued FINES MAY REACH MILLION Successful Raid Mado on Keepers of Game Birds John E Overton a state game pro tector discovered 2100 game birds in the Arctic Freezing Warehouse in New York The possession of game birds at this season by any one in the state of New York or the killing of such birds is a misdemeanor subject to fine The fine is 60 for the first offense and 25 for each bird As there were over 2100 birds found the company may be called upon to pay a fine of 52500 Mr Overton only searched two rooms There are forty seven more rooms which may contain more game birds It is thought that all told there are nearly 100000 birds in the house This would make the warehouse people liable to fines amounting to 2500000 if the letter of the law could be en forced The raid according to Mr Overton is the largest ever made in New York and was most successful owing to the fact that it reveals where this vast amount of unlawful game is being sent from Most of it comes from the far West The authorities at the freezing plant assert that the birds are not their property but are sent there in cases and barrels to be stored They say also that they have no knowl edge of just what L in the place but the law holds that any one having game out of season in his possession will be held responsible and subject to the fine They said they did not know -where the game came from or where it went as they were in the cold storage business not dealers in game or poultry Exchange i Hoes Stins Horses To Death The other day as Frank ONeil an employe of Miller Lux was driving a team hitched to a derrick wagon near Los Banos Mexico his horses were attacked by bees and stung to death while he had a narrow escape with his own life The bees find their best feed on Millers immense alfalfa fields and are swarming around so thick that it is often unsafe for teams to pass them As soon as they were attacked the animals jumped sidewise and broke the wagon tongue and the driver at once ct the team loose One animal jumped a fence into a place where the bees were and was stung to death in a few minutes while the other ran for the plow camp where it died a few hours later ONeil was literally covered with bee stings but fortunately they did not seem to poi son him as badly as they do some peo ple and he has recovered The team was one of the largest and most gen tie on the Miller Lux ranch 31m Lou Is Botha Mrs Louis Botha the wife of the Boer general who has become so prominent in her efforts to bring about peace is of Irish extraction being the great grandniece of Robert Emmet She has been one of the most beautiful women in the Transvaal and though now tbe mother of a numerous family is still a very charming and comely little woman She is a highly-cultured woman well read musical of ar tistic bent and in times of peace a most successful and popular hostess Mrs Botha is on her way to visit President Kruger in Europe Medal for Great Uravorr William Allen a workman in a pat ent fuel factory in Sunderland has been given a gold medal as the bravest man in England during the year 1900 On March 15 of that year a fellow workman was overpowered by fumes in an empty still Two rescuers also succumbed Nevertheless Allen insist ed on being lowerd into the still and eventually saved all three Bankers Mint Be Trained Secretary Lyman J Gage in an ar ticle in Success says The success ful banker must be a trained man Or iginality counts for a great deal but it is safer when one is young to fol low the beaten track and profit by the wisdom of those who have learned in the school of experience Fay It Fast Six thick thistle sticks Strict strong Stephen Stringer snared slickly six silky snakes It is a shame Sanr these are fhe same Sam Tis all a sham Sau and a shame it is a sham Sam The bleak breoze blighted the bright broom blossoms Will Teach Eccleslstlcal jOKstory The successor of Professor G P Fisher in the chair of ecclesiastical history in the Yale divinity school Is to be Professor Willson Walker who now hoidn the same position in the Hartford Theological seminary Dr Fisher w not however retire - Dimensions of Itnln Drops A painstaking meteorologist has suc ceeded in measuring the dimensions of rain drops The largest he states are one sixth of an inch in diameter and the smallest l 500th y 54 mk - - Who Wrota It These are words of weighty import They involve consequences of the most momentous character I take leave to say that if the principles thus an nounced should ever receive the sanc tion of a majority of this court a radi cal and mischievous change in our sys tem of government will be the result Wo will in that event pass from the era of constitutional liberty guarded and protected by a written constitu tion into an era of legislative absolut ism Here is a serious charge brought against the majority of the supreme couri of the United States The court is accused of bringing about a change in our system of government not onty a change but radical and mis chievous change It is charged that in the event of that decision and the decision was made constitutional liberty would be lost and an era of legislative absolutism ushered in What graver indictment could be brought against our highest judicial tribunal Who wrote it Who is guilty of thus reflecting upon the pa triotism and purpose of the court Let the republican papers ferret out the culprit and visit coicdign punishment upon him Let him feel the righteous wrath of those pure and im vmte souls who always bow to o court de cision when it is on their side and never utter a reflection againt a judge unless he decides against them Who wrote the words above quoted Did they emanate from a demagogue was this the wail of a defeated candi date was it the speech of some disturb er of the peace some stirrer up of dis content Nc the words will be found in a dis senting opinion of a justice of the su preme court of the United States of America A democratic justice No A populist justice No A silver re publican justice No What then They are the words of a republican justice of the supreme court Justice Harlan appointed by a republican president Hereafter when republican papers desire to condemn those who criticize a supreme court decision let them begin at tbe top and assail Justice Harlan first After they have administered to him the rebuke which he from their standpoint deserves they will be too much exhausted to attack those who quote Justice Harlan againt the court Bo Vigilant Several states hold elections ihia fall and these elections will have an im portant bearing upon the party as well as upon the nation The reorganizing element is seeking to secure control of the party it does not openly proclaim its hostility to the Kansas City platform nor does it propose a platform for the considera tion of the voters Its plan of operation is to put for ward candidates for the party organiza tion who are not in harmony with the principles or puiposes of the party They work under cover of a desire for harmony but it is the harmony the burglar desires when he hopes that the members of the family will not awake until the valuables are removed from the house The democratic party has no reason for existence except as it champions the rights and interests of the masses It ha made its recent campaigns beginning with 1896 almost without money and yet the party has polled a larger vote than it ever polled when it had a large campaign f una it can se cure a large campaign fund again whenever the leaders of the party make secret pledges to the corporations but these pledges will not be made by lead ers whom the people trust Lf the men who deserted the party in 1896 or in 1900 are put at the head of the party before they give evidence of a change of heart they will drive more voters away from the party than they will bring to it The rank and file of the democratic party can respect an honest republican who calls himself a republican but they will not respect a dishonest re publican who calls himself a democrat The democratic party has adopted a patriotic platform it has asserted the right of the American people to have a financial policy of their own to have industrial independence among the people and constitutional government wherever the flag floats If the party will stand firm it can expect victory whenever the people realize the dan gerous tendency of republican policies But if the democratic party passes under the control of men who are in harmony with republican ideas the party will be in no position to appeal to the confidence of the people If re publican policies are good the republi can party has a right to administor them and it should be permitted to enjoy the protection of its copyright Those who believe in democratic prin ciples as set forth in the Kansas City platform must be vigilant and that vigilance must begin with the prima ries Do not allow a man to be placed upon any committee precinct county state or national unless he is a believ er in the Kansas City platform If a man opposed to the Kansas City plat form is sent as a delegate to any con vention he should be bound by instruc tions and should have associated with him a sufficient majority who are sound on the platform If a man objects to instructions leave him at home no democratic delegate will object to an expression from the voters whom he seeks to represent A republican speech would not sound well at a wool growers banquet this year Mr DeLima is one man who under stands the decision in the Porto Eican case Mr DeLima gets his money back The truth of the old adage that reading maketh a full man was nev er better shown than after a reading of all the diverse opinions of the su preme court on the Porto Jiican tion T A AAA A J -A A A A jtL A A M I A AAJk A A A A A Af f Commoner Comment 1 Extracts from W J Bryans Paper J H H4HMK They Distrust a Cubar Patriot Now it is reported that the adminis tration politicians propose to take a hand in Cuban politics They are op posed to the election of the Cuban pa triot Maximo Gomez to be the first president of the new republic It is said that these adminstration politi cians distrust General Gomez and the present mayor of Havana acting under the inspiration of Governor General Wood is now organizing a party to accomplish General Gomez defeat It will be interesting to have some of these administration politicians ex plain to us by what authority they in terfere in the political affairs of Cuba It is interesting to be told that these politicians who properly have no con cern in Cuban affairs distrust tho man who imperiled his life defense of Cuban independence Ms It True The New York World is authority for this statement The World is also in a position to announce on unim peachable authorit3r that two days be fore the Porto Rican cases were decid 4 crurc had unanimously agreed that the constitution was in force wherever the United States exercised sovereignty But immediately before the court met to make its decision pub lic Justice Brown changed his attitude on the question If we accept this as a correct state ment it would seem strange that Jus tice Brown could on so short a notice make so material a change Justice Browns opinion was a most radical one It is to be hoped however that the Worlds unimpeachable authority may be successfully impeached The character of Justice Browns opinion bad as it is is not so bad as would be a condition wherein Justices of the high est court in the land flopped on a mom ents notice In the income tax decis ion we had one instance of a judge changing his mind between sessions and that instance did considerable damage to the supreme court Corporations Should Pay for Privileges The supreme court of New Jersey has held that the towns of that state may tax the road bed and appurtenan ces of street railway and other compan ies using public thoroughfares This decision is in support of a franchise tax law enacted in 1900 Under this law New Jersey towns may collect two per cent on the gross receipts of cor porations enjoying the privilege of using the public streets To be sure the corporations object to this tax but it is strange that all the municipalities of this country have not required cor porations to payf or the high privileges they enjoy Money In Circulation The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record Eerald says that an indication of national prosperity is to be found in the large volume of money in circulation This now amounts to 2182570890 a gain of more than 8100000000 over the amount in circulation a year ago In the last twenty two years the gain in circula tion amounts to the tremendous sum of 31368310169 The circulation per capita is now the largest in the coun trys history amounting to 33 Z One year ago it was 326 7J Can it h ijte hz She large vol ume of money in circulation is any basis for national prosperity Can it be possible that the bitwjtal lists were not wholly wrong when they insisted that the country needed a lar ger volume of money in circulation The Abuses of Despotism For good or for ill says the Phila delphia Ledger the principle has been declared that the United States may through congress govern subject peoples It is unlikely any abuses will be committed unker this principle but it is a principle that admits of the abuses of despotism The Philadelphia Ledger is to be congratulated on its sublime confi dence The Ledger should however know that already great abuses have been committed under this principle the very abuses in fact against which our own forefathers rebelled and for the destruction of which they took ap arms A principle that admits of the abuses of despotism has no place in a free country Eternal vigilance is the price of lib erty and no people can safely depend for their liberties upon the pleasure or generosity of one man or set of men The government that sanctions a principle that admits of the abuses of despotism5 has already taken on the elements of a monarchy When any men seek to establish in a free country a principle that ad mits of the abuses of despotism it is time for men who love liberty to make effective protest against the innova tion The courts have recently been called upon to restrain market speculation In this case the judge held that the dealers could not legally sell stocks which they did not own This would seem a very simple proposition and yet if the principle were firmly established it would go a long way toward pre venting stock market gambling Mr Morris K Jessup likes to prate about the bonds between Great Brit ain and the United States If the bonds stopped drawing interest would Jessup take so much interest AMERICAN KEPUBLICS BROTHERHOOD OF NATIONS OF THE WESTERN VORLDi Secretary of State John Hay Spealcj at Buffalo sf the Mutual nolpfoln of Countries Sepresentei at tho Pan- Amerlcaa Exposition The following brilliant address was given by Secretary of State John Hay at a banquet given by the directors of the Pan American exposition to the National Editorial Association in Buf falo on a recent evening more than one thousand being present Last night as I looked from my window at this marvelous creation lined in fire upon the evening sky and today as I have walked through tho courts and the palaces of this incom parable exhibition the words of tho prophet have been constantly in my mind Your old men shall dream dreams your young men shall see visions We who are old have through many hopeful years dreamed this dream It was noble and inspiring leading to earnest and uplifting labor And now we share with you who are young the pleasure of beholding this vision far nobler and moro inspiring than the dream This idol of tho brotherhood cf the nations of the western world is not a growth of yes terday It was heralded when the country was young by the clarion voice of Henry Clay it was cherished by Seward and Evarts by Douglas and by Blaine Twelve years ago we held the first reunion of the American re publics Much was said and done des tined to be memorable in our history opening and blazing the way along the path of peace and fraternal rela tions We have made steady progress we have grown day by day to a better understanding until now we are look ing to our coming conference in the City of Mexico in which we have the right to hope that with larger experi ence and profounder study of the great problems before us results still more important and beneficent will be reached As a means to these endsas a concrete realization of those generous dreams which have led us thus far we have this grand and beautiful spec tacle never to be forgotten a delight to the eyes a comfort to every patriot heart that during the coming sum mer shall make the joyous pilgrimage to this enchanted scene where lake and shore and sky the rich bright city throbbing with vigorous life and in the distance the flash and roar of the stupendous cataract unite their varied attractions in one charm of powerful magic such as the world has seldom seen There has been statesmen and soldiers who have cherished the fancy in past years of a vast American army recruited from every country between the Arctic and the Antarctic seas which should bind us together in one immense military power that might overawe the older civilizations But this conception belongs to the past to an order of things that has gone I hope forever by How far more in spiring is the thought of the results we see here now how much more in keeping with the better times in whose light we live and the still more glori ous future to which we look forward is the result we see today of the armie3 of labor and intelligence in every country of this new world all work ing with one mind and one will not to attain an unhappy pre eminence in the art of destruction but to advance in liberal emulation in the arts which tend to make them happier and better to make this long harassed and tor mented earth a brighter and more blest abode for men of good will Ap plause Our hearts have glowed within us as we have surveyed at every turn the evidences of the equality and fraternity of progress under skies so distant un der conditions so varying as those which obtain between Alaska and Cape Horn I remember how at a Worlds Fair in Paris a great writer exclaim ed What a prodigious amount of intelligence there is in the world We can say with hearts full of gratitude and pride How prodigious is the prog ress of intelligence and industry in this New World of ours All the triumphs of the spirit and of the skilled hands of labor the gar nered treasures of science the witch eries of art the spoils of earth and air and sea are gathered here to warn to delight to encourage and reward the ever striving the indomitable mind of man Here you have force which en ables men to conquer and tame the powers of nature wealth not meant as Tennyson sang to rest in moulded heaps but smit with the free light to melt and fatten lower lands beauty not for the selfish gratification of the few but for the joy of the many to fill their days with gladness and their nights with music Vanishing London It is stated that the proprietary rights in New Inn Wych street will be purchased for 175000 the site of the Inn being required for carrying out the London County councils im provements in the north side of the Strand says the London Builder Since the destruction of Strand inn by the Protector Somerset this inn is the only law seminary that has remained in the possession of the Middle Tem ple society Some 500 years ago the site of Naw inn was that of a travel ers hostelry known as Our Ladys inn from its sign of the Virgin Mary Married a Colored Girl Fred Zegar a white man of Belvi dere 111 was married to Miss Pernie Newman a colored girl at the home of the brides sister near Belvidere who is also married to a white man The disapproval of relatives who en treated him to change his mind hacL no effect on Zegar