Commoner
Extracts Prom W.
CL.KVl3L.AND AND TARIFF RE
FORM. Tho Richmond Telegram, which an
nounces editorially that It would bo
willing to vote for Mr. Cleveland
again, although preferring some ono
else, takes Mr. Bryan to task for
doubting Mr. Cleveland's fidelity to
tariff reform. It says!
If ho (Mr. Bryan) Is an honest man
ho must admit that Mr. Cleveland,
whatever may be hlo sins, has' for
".wenty years been the earnest, consist
ent and unswerving advocate of low
tariff, tho present live Issue, nnd tho
only rational means yet discovered to
proporly curb the trusts, and yet ho
tries to produce tho Impression that
Mr. Clovcland Is opposed to low tariff.
Until wo read this wo bollovcd that
Mr. Bryan was at least honest and Bln
ccro. Mr. Cleveland's messago sent to con
gress near tho close of his first admin
istration did not contain a discussion
of tho principles of tariff reform; It
was moroly a protest against tho ac
cumulation of tho surplus. Tho whole
message might bo condensed Into tho
epigram which did servlco In 1888,
"Unnecessary taxation Is unjust taxa
tion." After receiving credit for tho mes
sage ho favored tho adoption of a plat
form in 1888 which on tho tariff ques
tion did not differ materially from tho
republican platform. Tho convention
of 1892 was compelled to roject tho
platform prepared by Mr. Clovcland
nnd his friends, and tho campaign that
year was fought upon a platform
which was far moro radical than Mr.
Cleveland or his managers desired.
Whon tho campaign was over Mr.
Clovcland refused to call congress to
gether to tnko up tho tariff question
upon which tho party was united. Ho
waited, until tho financiers demanded
further legislation In tho direction of
tho gold standard, and then ho called
congress together and divided his
party by trying to compol its support
of a bill identical in purpose and al
most identical In language with ono
Introduced by John Sherman a year
before.
"When congress did get achanco to
leglslnto upon the tariff question, moro
than a year after tho campaign of
1892, ho becamo disgruntled because
the bill did not contain the specific
provisions which ho desired nnd re
fused to sign tho measure, allowing it
to becomo a law without his signature.
Tho Wilson bill was a much better
tariff measuro when Is passed tho
houso than when It came back frqm
tho nenato with amendments, but as
passed It was tho best that could be
secured under tho circumstances, and
Mr. Cleveland did not show any great
Intercs. In tariff reform when ho re
fused to sign the bill and gavo tho re
publicans a weapon to uso against it
In 189(1, whon Mr. McKlnlcy, the rep
resentative of ultra-high tariff vlows,
was a candidate, Mr. Cleveland threw
nil his influence to his election, and
after tho election, at the Waldorf din
ner, boasted of his part In tho republi
can victory. Ho defonded his action
on tho ground that the money question
was moro Important than tho tariff,
but whatever his excuso was ho sup
pressed his hostility to high tariff long
enough to help Install a protectionist
administration. In 1900 ho again, by
silence, threw his influence to the side
of high tariff, although ho contended
that the money question was dead and
oven though ho had denounced im
perialism as a menace to the very ex
istence of the republic.
Now this Is his record, and tho edi
tor of tho Telegram will not dispute
a single fact herein stated. Yet ho
Insists that It Mr. Bryan Is an honest
man ho must admit that "Mr. Cleve
land has for twenty years been the
earnest consistent nnd unswerving ad
vocate of low tariff." If the editor of
the Telegram will examine tho record
Iiq will have to admit that Mr. Cleve
land has neither been earnest nor con
sistent nor unswerving in his advo
cacy of a low tariff. On tho contrary,
he hns by his conduct shown very llt
tlo interest in tho Bubject of tariff re
form, and oven his specchos (which
have been more consistent than his
acts) do not disclose any broad under
standing of the principles which con
trol tho questton.
As to tho second proposition, that a
low tariff Is "the present live issue"
and that it Is "tho only rational means
yet discovered to properly curb the
trusts," Tho Commoner has already
opoKen. imperialism is a live Issue;
the money question must be alive or
the republicans would not bo attempt
ing to secure an asset currency, branch
banks and a redeemable silver dollar,
and the trust question, while relating
to high tariff, is even broader than tho
tariff and cannot bo settled by putting
trust-made articles on tho free list
An Industry that can live without a
tariff can bo controlled by a trust
without tho aid of tho tariff. A high
tarltr enables tho trust to charge ex
tortionate prices, but a trust that can
export In competition with the world
can exist uuder absolute freo trade.
While The Commoner advocates and
urges the putting of trust-made arti
cles on the free list, it goes further and
insists upon legislation which will
make a private monoyoly Impossible.
Mr. Cleveland, while thundering
against tho trusts, has never suggested
a remedy. Neither do thoso suggest a
remedy who are willing to abandon
all other questions to concentrato tho
fight on tho tarlfT question,
Although the party has been de
feated on the tariff question oftener
than on any other Issue, The Com
moner still believes that a protective
urlK Is wrong In principle, unwise In
Administration logic Is a queer sort
of thing when you Investigate It. The
administration demands that the friars
get out of the Philippines because the
natives do not want them there. But
tho administration persists in remain
ing there In splto of the wishes of the
natives.
Yliy do tho republican papers take
such an iuteiest In the reorganization
of the democratic party? Certainly
not befiaimo they fear reorganization.
The 3Qepubllcan organs continue to
manifest a wonderful Interest in the
success of the reorganizes.
Comment,
J. Bryan's Paper.
policy nnd unnecessary In practice
But Tho Commoner Is not willing to
abandon the people's Interest on other
questions merely to give standing Jn
tho party to thoso who ndvocato noth
ing clso that Is democratic and never
ndvocato tariff reform when It Inter
feres with tho plans of tho money
changers. Much less is It willing to
encourago thoso who proclaim great
animosity toward Industrial trusts
and at tho same time secretly plot
to fasten upon tho people a money
trust und a banking trust Tho demo
cratic party must meet every Isbuo as
it arises, and it must defend tho peo
ple's rights from encroachments from
every quarter.
AS A TRUE DEMOCRAT.
Commenting upon the letter written
by David B. Hill to tho effect that ho
was "still a democrat very still" In
189C. tho Now York World says:
As a true democrat Governor Hill
could only have broken his silence in
that campaign to cxposu the fallacy
and to denounce tho essential dishon
esty of tho demand for tho freo, un
limited and Independent coinage of sil
ver at tho falso hatio of 1G to 1.
Then tho World says that democrats
ought to be very grateful to Mr. Hill
for keeping "very still."
If "as a truo democrat" Mr. Hill
could only have broken his silence in
189G "to cxposo tho fallacy and to de
nounce tho essential dishonesty of tho
demand for tho free, unlimited and in
dependent coinage of silver at tho
ratio of 1G to 1," what Was Mr. Hill in
1900 when wo aro told ho gave alncero
nnd cordial support to the democratic
ticket?
Tho platform of 1900 contained a de
mand for tho freo and unlimited coin
age of silver at tho ratio of 1G to 1. Mr.
Hill's friends claim that in that cam
paign ho was slncero In his support of
tho ticket Was he "a truo democrat"
in 1900 when ho broko his silence and
yet falleu to "exposo tho fallacy and to
denounce tho essential dishonesty" of
a plank in the national platform? Or
was ho "a truo democrat" in tho cam
paign of 189G when ho was "still
very St.it?"
STRIKINQ FIGURES
The Kansas City Journal, republi
can. In an editorial entitled "Tho
Profits of Annexation," says that the
"grand total paid for all of our landed
dominions, except the Bums recently
paid to Spain, was $52,200,000, an
amount which is exceeded by the an
nual output of Kansas farms alone."
Whllo tho Journal 1b indulging in
comparing figures, it might point out
also that tho increase In tho appro
priations mado for tho navy for tho
year 1903, over and above that mado
for tho navy In 1897, tho year imme
diately preceding the Spanish-American
war, Is represented by tho sum of
$49,202,718. This Increase is very
nearly equal to the grand total paid
for all of our added landed dominions
prior to tho Spanish war.
Tho Journal might also point out
that tho increase in the appropria
tions for tho army, for tho year 1903
over and above similar appropriations
mado for 1897 Is represented by tho
Bum of $68,277,528, a sum largely In ex
cess of tho grand total paid for all of
our added landed dominions prior to
tho Spanish-American war.
In 1897 our total appropriations for
tho army and navy amounted to $52,
Gb8,853; for tho year 1903 these appro
priations will reach the enormous sum
of $170,208,821. This is an increase of
$117,540,246. This does not tako into
consideration the $20,000,000 which wo
paid for the Philippines or other ex
penditures which our policy of imper
ialism will make necessary.
TRUSTS BEGIN TO THREATEN.
While Mr. Littlefleld denies that ho
has been asked to prepare an anti
trust bill for tho president, the press
notlco to the effect that ho was work
ing on Buch a bill scared tho trust
managers and as a result protests are
already arriving. Mr. Wellman, in
tho Chicago Record-Herald, says that
"hundreds of letters and telegrams
are pouring in on tho president at
Oyster Bay urging him to go Blow on
this trust business. Capitalists, bank
ers, and heads of big insurance com
panies and managers of great railroad
and other corporations aro trying to
intimidate tho president into aban
doning his program. Their idea Is
that ho will hurt business, and they
do not hesitate to predict that if a
panic were to come the president's war
on trusts would be held responsible
therefor!"
This sounds very familiar. Theso
are the same people who opposed bi
metallism anil threatened a panic.
That Is their favorite threat.
Mr. Wellman says that the presi
dent Is not scared, but it is evident
that tho chief executive is spending
a good deal of time explaining that ho
Is only after the "bad" trusts.
Mr. Wellman Bays that "in tho pres
ident's opinion the worst evil of mod
ern trusts 1b not monopoly or restraint
of trade, but the era of wild specula
tion in capital stocks brought about
by tho efforts of promoters to gain
great fortunes by printing millions of
sharo certificates and working them off
on tho public." Well, tho trusts need
not fear much harm from a president
who does not object to private mo
nopolies, does not object to their
methods or to tho destruction of In
dividual enterprises, but only objects
to the frauds practiced on stockhold
ers by promoters.
It would seem that the president has
either been scared out or that ho
never had much Intention of interfer
ing with the trusts.
The press dispatches report that the
amnesty proclamation was read In Ma
nila, but no mention is made of the
Declaration of Independence nnd gov
ernment by the consent of tho gov
erned. There would be a better chance for
harmony if some would-be party man
agers would play on a democratic In
strument instead of fooling with the
republican boss-fiddle.
"Attorney General Knox Is going for
the trusts!" shouts an administration
exchange. He's been going for them
vcr since they started him.
MONEYJFOESTEIKEJIS
SIGNIFICANCE OF MOVEMENT TO
SUPPORT MINER8.
Protected Manufacturers and Mine
Owners Also Raise Money, but with
a Very Different Object In View A
Few Facts.
Secretary Wilson of tho coal minors
organization told the miners' conven
tion at Indianapolis that It would cost
$500,000 per week to support all tho
men now on strlko In tho nnthracito
region. Ho figured that an assessment
of $1 per weok on tho soft conl minors
would provldo half of this sum, nnd
he bollovcd that tho other half would
bo supplied from outside sources.
Tho raising of this largo sum of
money will involvo no small sacrifice
and solf-denial on tho part of men
whoso earnings aro by no menns
princely with all tho alleged protec
tion afforded them by Republican
statesmen against tho "pauper labor
of Europe." It means tho cutting oft
of a good many things with which thoy
and their families cannot Jlspenso
without considerable discomfort.
There aro other people who contrib
ute money too. There aro people who
have a good deal to contribute. Many
of them aro employers of tho miners
who propose to contribute to tho sup
port of tho strikers.
But there aro differences. Tho min
ers contrlbuto money for an honest
purpose to feed tho striking miners
and their families. Thoro is no con
cealment about it becauso there is
nothing about It to bo ashamed of.
Tho employers contribute money to
pack conventions and secure tho nomi
nation of men for Congress and to
promote tho election of men to both
houses of Congress who can bo relied
on to maintain tho sacred tariff. They
contribute money not only to secure
tho olectlon of mon who will stand up
for Dingloyism to the minutest letter,
but also to pay their lobbies and their
nttorneys in Congress and tho know
ing statesmen who have to bo propi
tiated. Thoy do not advertlso theso
facts.
Tho minors' contribute to tho sub
sistence of their striking fcllow-work-ors
with Bmall hopo of ever getting a
dollar of tholr money back. The em
ployers get every dollar back. That
does not tell the whole story. They
contribute for corrupt purposes only a
small part of tho swag which tho tariff
laws they buy and pay for enable them
to wring from American consumers of
their products.
Tho miners contribute to a union of
workingmen. Tho emnlovers contrlli.
uto to a union which embraces all the
beneficiaries of tho protoctlvo tariff.
Thoy contrlbuto to tho most gigantic
monopoly combine on the faco of tho
earth a comblno which embraces
thousands of millions of capital and
practically all tho politicians of tho
Republican party and which through
an Infamous perversion of the powers
and functions of government wrest
hundreds of. millions every year from
tho people, including their own work
ing men and women, for whose benefit
thoy falsely pretend their tariff is in
tended. Now a Potters' Trust.
Thoro Is now a prospect of a pottery
trust.
Representatives of the principal pot
teries of tho country met in Chicago
yesterday to discuss the formation of
an association to control tho output
and prices of all the establishments in
their line In tho country.
This, we aro to understand, means
that they are beginning to compete
with one another and to cut under the
prices to which thoy aro legally enti
tled under the Dlngley tariff.
A good many years ago when there
was talk or reauclng the tariff the pot
ters mot and Indignantly protested
against any reduction on articles com
peting with their products and pro
claimed to all tho land that they wero
entitled to tho homo market.
By that they meant that tho Ameri
can people had no right to buy crock
ery where they could get it at prices
fixed by world-wldo competition, but
that thoy, the American potters, had
a right to extort some 60 por cent
moro than competitive prices from
their countrymen.
A Republican Congress agreed with
them. They seem to have got along
until now without competing among
themselves and to have takon their
full pound of flesh under tho Shylock
tariff, but now they must got together
In a trust or tho long-suffering public
will at last get the benefit of a llttlo
competition among tho potters who
have a right to skin them under tho
shelter of laws.
Less Talk of "Anarchy."
Within tho last two years thero has
been a notable increase In the number
of "anarchists" who deny that It Is a
"vested right" of corporations to com
bine for tho suppression of competi
tion and hold Uiat the power which
gngtts special privileges may regulate
their use or withdraw them when they
aro abused. Henry Clews is not ro
garded generally as a scatter-brained
socialist yet he says things of tho
trusts which would have horrified tho
conservative business world not so
very long ago. A long step toward
correction of evils developed in the
soncentratlon of corporate wealth and
power Is marked by the fact that tho
lubject can be discussed without ex
siting suspicion that revolution Is be
ing plotted.
Moody Gives Good Advice.
A good deal of trumpet-blowing is
heard in connection with a bill which
Congressman Littlefleld of Maino is
supposed to bo preparing at the al
leged Instance of President Roosevelt
Ho is going to show tho Republican
Congress after olectlon how to bri
dle and tamo the rampant trusts "with
out sacrificing tho tariff, which Is
Bacred." President Roosevelt has got
out an injunction against tho beef
tniBt under oxlsting law and is think
ing about enjoining tho coal trust and
perhaps somo others. All this Is dono
without interfering with tho "sacrod
tariff," and tho people who keep on
paying war taxes for beef and coal see
how utterly useless It is. As Mr.
Moody says, tho only way to stop trust
extortion is lo (a!:e away from the
trusts their tArlff urotectlon. This is
a pretty bold statement of tho truth
to como from a member of tho admin
istration, and It 1b decidedly refresh
ing. Wo commend tho Idea of tho
secretary of war to Mr. Roosovclt and
Mr. Littlefleld.
United for Public Robbery.
Tho Cuban 'reciprocity fiasco has
demonstrated again the unity of tho
protected Interests. At tho beginning
of this session of congress many Re
publican leaders even did not under
stand what a powerful bond existed In
tho greed for government aid. No
Booncr was tho issue fairly before Con
gress than tho "infant industries"
camo trooping to tho aid of tho beet
sugar, people. Franklin's dictum, "Lot
U3 all hang together or assuredly wo
shall all hang separately," becamo tho
motto of the protected Industries. Tho
strongth of organized greed has been
alarmingly proved In the events of tho
last few weeks. Tho Cuban reciproc
ity leaders find that tho Republican
party has created an artificial monster
which it cannot control.
No Matter Who the Swindler.
Just what difference it will make to
tho American eators of meat whether
thoy aro swindled by one big lawful
company or by an illegal combination
of six concerns has not yet clearly
appearod in tho columns of tho trust
defenders. The peoplo of this country
don't caro a rap whether the prices of
tho necessaries of life aro artificially
enhanced by verbal or written agree
ments, outside of tho law, between
firms that aro natural competitors, or
by a formal legal consolidation of
theso natural competitors. What thoy
want is freedom from extortion and It
Is becoming, wo think, moro and more
clear to them that that is something
that they will never get from tho Re
publican party as at present con
trolled. Mean and Vicious In Every Way.
It Is probably tho demoralizing in
fluence of our pauperilzng tariff to
which should be attributed tho ten
dency of mon in business to beg of
Uncle Sam. It has always been ac
cepted as a sufficient reason why a
manufacturer Bhould havo moro pro
tection that he was not making mopoy
or was not making tho profit he
thought he ought to bo making. Tho
meanness and vlciousncss of the wholo
wretched business havo Just been ex
hlbltod for the disgust and Instruction
of tho Amorlcan people by the shame
less greed of Oxnard and his fellow
workers, who havo prevented tb coun
try from doing its plain duty by Cuba.
Such a showing ought to make an end
of the wholo rotten system.
Day of Reckoning to Come.
Rebuke and punishment await tho
Republican party In the near future.
The settlement with tho peoplo will bo
a settlement exceedingly costly to the
political organization which has sun
rendered tho people to the oppression
of tho trusts. This truth of treachery
is so well known to voters that thero
is no way by which Republican speak
ers or machine organs can longer dis
tort ltB meaning. Tho majority party
in the Congress now just ended has,
indeod, the best of reasons for alarm.
That party has wrought It3 own undo
ing In bo blindly obeying tho evil com
mands of tho trusts.
True Republican Policy.
It does not become a Republican
newspaper to Bay a word about the
policy of drawing upon the national
treasury to meet deficits incurred by
expositions like thoso at Buffalo and
Charleston. The Republican party is
in the business of giving the people's
money to Individuals and enterprises
not one-half so desorving as tho aver
ago exposition. Until tho wholo sys
tem of special privilege Is done away
with every state and county fair ought
to havo tho same consideration that is
accorded to protected Industries. No
one should havo a monopoly of tho
swag.
Must Get On Without Protection.
Mr. Schwab's declaration of tho
mammoth proportions of the steel
trust, more colossal even than they
wero supposed to be, will at least
serve the purpose of strengthening tho
popular demand that tho steel Indus
try, so thoroughly dominated by this
great trust shall not command higher
prices for Its products than It Is en
titled to and collect them through the
assistance of a protective tariff.
Not Their Own Masters.
The Republicans purposely made the
Dlngley tariff higher than they would
have otherwise mado It in order that
they might reduce it by reciprocity,
but thoy have been unable to reduco it
in the least, by reciprocity or other
wise. Is it at all doubtful whether the
Republicans are their own masters or
are controlled outright by tho tariff
subsidized Interests?
Not Much Difference.
There is not much difference be
tween Canada and the United States
after all. While Canada offers pro
tection to those who rob the American
government the United States offers
protection to thoso who rob tho Amer
ican peoplo the beef trust and the
steel trust
i
A KIDNAPED POODLE
ERE is a story of an unsuc
cessful ruso in love, and a
kidnaped poodle Blllinger
and Batterson wore rivals for
tho good Rracea of Miss Mnv.
hew, and Miss Mayhow was dottngly
fond of her pug, Chicot
It was after a visit to his adored
one that Blllinger was struck with a
great Idea.
As he turned Into tho avenuo ho
met a butcher's boy whom ho remem
bered as having, on rare occasions,
by reason of a reputation for unlm
pcachablo Integrity, been Intrusted
with tho precious Chicot on rainy
days when, decplto tho weather, it
was deemed desirable that the animal
should be exorcised. Blllinger stopped
tho hastening youth and addressed
him something in this wlso:
"Young man, aro you ambitious?"
The boy grinned amiably, for ho knew
Blllinger, and responded succinctly:
"Sure thing."
" 'Tls well," quoth Blllinger. "Havo
you any oojectlon to laying forthwith
tho foundations of tho princely fortuno
that will ono day bo yours?" The boy
grinned again and guessed not, where
upon Blllinger, with many admonitions
to secrecy, unfolded his plot
The details of tho conspiracy aro not
Important Suffice It to say that ono
rainy morning about ten days later tho
boy appeared at BUHnger's office In
John street with a rauch-Ledraggled
and altogether rebellious Chicot, whom
an office boy was straightway deputed
to tie to tho safe In Billlngcr'o sanc
tum. "Well done, good and faithful serv
ant," said Blllinger solemnly to the
butcher's boy. "Behold now, how vir
tue is rewarded." And he gave his
follow conspirator more money than
ho had ever seen at any ono time in
his lifo.
Then he glanced triumphantly at
the captlvo Chicot and went out to
luncheon In high spirits. "What I will
ao to that pestiferous pup," said he
to himself, "will bo what the etiquette
books describe aa a general suffi
ciency." Alas for Blllinger. While he was
treating himself handsomely at a
neighboring cafe, who should drop in
at his offlco but tho hated Batterson,
whose partner had a law case In
BUHnger's hands.
The first object that met his aston
ished gaze was tho form of the mud
bespattered Chicot. Now It happened
that Batterson had received by tele
phone tho awful news of Chicot's tak
ing off. "Funny thing," he thought
"Blllinger must have found the pup."
But then he remembered that Miss
Mayhew had Bald that she had asked
Blllinger to advertlso for him. Ho
remembered this the moro distinctly
becauso he had offered his own ser
vices to that end, and had been any
thing but pleased to find that he had
been anticipated.
A great light began to illumine the
obscurity of Batterson's mind. Ho
passed into the hall, carefully clos
ing the uoor behind him, and re-entered
BUHnger's prlvato offlco by tho
other door. Batterson untied the rope
that fastened the dog to tho safe,
leaving tho other end still tied to
that substantial piece of furnlturo.
Then, taking tho Joyous Chicot In his
arms, he stole silently out into the
hall, closing the door behind him, and
walked down eight flights of stairs.
Pcorlng cautiously out into tho street,
he rejoiced to seo no Blllinger, and,
bearing his armful of muddy dog, fled
precipitately toward Broad street
BIJ-UWCy&P
When Blllinger returned from
luncheon his first thought was for
Chicot. In vain he searched tho of
fice. Chicot was not to bo found. He
summoned the head clerk. Nobody
had entered his sanctum, declared
that functionary, but Mr. Batterson.
"Batterson!" cried tho unhappy Bll
linger, and collapsed into a chair.
"Did he tako the dog away?" Certain
ly not, tho clerk replied. Mr. Batter
son went out as he had entered, and
he was perfectly certain that he had
no dog concealed about his person.
Blllinger dismissed the clerk and
H
i
'ilP3illlk
j?vj
v, 0
cursed his luck for flvo minutes with
out repeating himself. Then, in des
peration, ho closed his desk and sent
for a cab. Tho snspenso was unen
durable Ho had mado up his mind
to know the worst at once.
Tho man who answered his ring
would aeo If Miss Mayhew was at
homo and ushered him Into a well
remembered drawing room. As soon
as his oyes became accustomed to tho
dim half light ho was awaro of a
figure In tho chair by tho window. Tho
next instant ho recognized It It was
LjORD
Batterson. In his lap lay a forlorn
black heap whose name was Chicot
Blllinger was Bpeecnless. Ho rose
and took ono step toward tho door.
Flight was his purpose. Nothing else
was left him now. Too late! At that
very Instant Miss Mayhow entered tho
room. A handkerchief was pressed to
her eyes, and If thero had been suffi
cient light It could havo been Been
that they wero red. Blllinger stood
miserably aside. Batterson advanced
proudly to tho mlddlo of tho room,
but before he could speak tho poodlo
leaped from his arms and rushed with
joyous yelps upon his mistress.
Batterson was clothed In a proud
humility, and as ho opened his mouth
to speak Blllinger shuddered In his
dim corner by the door.
"I-er-er," stuttered Batterson. "I-er-I
was so fortunate as to find Chicot, you
see."
"Yes, yes," cried the Joyful mistress
of tho dog, "thank heaven. I waa
afraid I should never seo him again.
But where how, oh, tell me! I beg
you." Blllinger waited aB waits tho
convicted criminal to hear his
sentence. Batterson cleared his
throat.
"Er not far from my office In John
street," he said, "as I was going to
luncheon." Blllinger seized a chair to
keep from falling. Ho could hardly -
realize that ho was to bo spared.
"The poor, poor doggie!" cried tho
lady. And to think he had walked all
tho way down there. I can't think
how he failed to bo killed by a trolley
car or a truck or something. It is
simply marvelous. How can I eve
thank you enough?" And sho pressed
a kiss upon Chicot's black, wet muz
zle. "You have no idea how all this
has upset mo," went on Miss Mayhow
"especially coming at a time when 1
was so happy when I bo wanted ev
erything to be sereno and Joyous."
BUHnger's reprieve was too rocent for
speech, but Batterson managed to
say:
"Eh? How do you mean? I don't un
derstand." "Of course you don't," said Miss
Mayhew. "How Bhould you? But
when that wretched boy camo to tell
me he bad lost dear Chicot I was
just writing to you and Mr. Blllinger
to tell you of my engagement to Lord
Blctherlngton."
Blllinger and Batterson went dole
fully down the brownstone steps arm
In arm. The war was over.
"I Bay, old fellow," said Blllinger,
mournfully, "I know a place around
the corner where there's a chap who
makes the best mint julep In Now
York,"
"Eh? What?" said Batterson, ab
sently. "Oh, I don't mind If I do."
As they sadly turned tho corner
they met an automobile careering
madly up tho avenue. A pair of feet
reposed upon the dashboard. Behind
tho feet appeared a mouth between
whose lips was held a long, fat, black
cigar. Tho face was tho face of the
butcher's boy. He waa having tho
tima of his life.
Immensity of the Ocean,
If all tho land on tho globe abovo
sea level were shoveled Into the North
Atlantic It would only reduco Its depth j
from an average of two miles to ono
mile.
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