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CHAPTER VII Continued.
Senor Roblado has no longer bis
hand upon the throttle valve control
llnjg his emotions, which, up to this
moment, have been kept In wonder
ful control, considering hla flery na
tionality. The barrier is swept down
by that fierce rush of tho tide, and as
ho hisses across the table, his usually
suavo countenance takes on the ex
pression of a fiend.
The crisis is at hand.
Thanks to his long training, Jack
knows just how to meet such an emer
gency. He has one elbow resting on
tho table, and supports bis head care
lessly with his hand.
"What might that be, senor?" he
smiles.
"Revenge. A Spaniard never forgets
nn injury. I have lost a fortune, it
may be. but in return I mean to have
your life."
With these words the fiery Caslil
lan suddenly produces a revolver, and
presents it at the head of his com
panion. It is so close that Jack can
look into the chambers and see the
leaden messengers snugly ensconced,
and awaiting the signal to go forth.
He sees something more.
"Aha! you do not Hindi. You are a
man of nerve; but that shall not save
you. See, tho clock yonder is about to
strike the half-hour. When it sounds
I shall fire. This day which has seen
tho charming Jessie a wife shall also
seo her a widow," and his manner de
clares that regardless of consequences
Roblado is bent on revenge.
"Ah, senor, you have been In Ameri
ca, in Cuba, and learned of their
ways; but there is one thing you seem
to have forgotten which no cowboy in
Texas ever omits that is, to pull
back tho hammer of your gun before
you shoot."
The Spaniard gives a cry of bitter
chagrin, and draws back his arm to
remedy the fault, when Jack's foot
flies up from the side of the table, and
the pointed toe of his boot coming In
contact with Roblado'c wrist, tho In
stantaneous result Is a revolver whirl
ing across tho apartment.
A snarl of rage from the senor.
"Sit you down, sir." says Jack, calm
ly, and there is a terrible emphasis In
his voice that has an effect on Rob
lado, though In all probability ho is
influenced more by the sight of a little
shining weapon which Jack has taken
from tho drawer of the table, and the
hammer of which is drawn back.
Roblado Is not a madman, therefore
ho refrains from rushing on certain
death.
Fuming with rage, he drops back
Into his chair, a picture of unutterable
fury.
"Now, sir, let us have nn under
standing. I shall put my weapon
awny again, since I believe you will
come to your senses and realize there
are better ways of getting even than
by murder."
A sparklo of cunning flashes into the
eyes of the don; ho has suddeny re
membered that, after an, wnen tno
game appears lost, ho has a winning
card up his sleeve.
Tho girl!
She is in his power she believes
In his affection for her, and will do
what ho says.
"You seem to run this game as you
see fit, Senor Jack. Tell me what you
propose doing In tho way of terms,"
lie says sullenly.
"Of course you realize that I hold
tho fort. My identity has been
proven, and I am now in a position to
claim the whole estate. A portion
will eventually fall to the lady In the
Jack's foot files up from the side of
the table.
:ase, but some time must elapse be
fore this can be done. In the mean
time, senor, I would like to contribute
to tho support of my wife."
The Spaniard smiles coldly. As bo
realizes tho power of his one trump
card, his old cunning returns, though
now reinforced by a desperate hatred
for this man, who has played with him
as a cat does with a mouse. He can
never forgive such humiliation.
"To what extent does tho senor
mean to go?"
"Anything reasonable until she
comes into her own. As I am forbid
den to see her by the terms of our
agreement, I shall have to deal
through you, as her agent."
"Will you draw me a check for ten
thousand pounds now?"
"I will not. That sort of game
Hi !i,IH I III!1! t
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don't work, my dear senor. A thou
sand would seo you through in good
shapo until matters can be arrnngi
This is no blackmailing game."
"Did I say ten thousand? 1 meant
twenty, or it might bo thirty," pursues
Roblado, vindictively.
"You jest, surely?"
"Ah, you refuse, faho shall know
how much you caro for her comfort.
Ten thousand a mere pittance, sir
a crumb from your abundance. But I
do not depend upon your generosity to
live. Por Bios! 1 havo other means.
Wo can wait until she comes Into her
own yes, wait In the sun-kissed Isle
beyond the sea. where the cold winds
never freeze tho warm blood of a
Spanish gentleman."
Jack hardly hears the last of hi
chatter.
One sentence has riveted bin atten
tion, and caused him considerable
alarm.
"You speak of quitting Great Brit
ain of going to tho Isle across tho
sea. Surely you do not mean Cuba,
senor?" he asks.
"Why not? My Interests Ho there,
and my first wife is buried In Havana.
Yes, I surely mean Cuba," retorts Rob
lado, glad to see he has given his
opionent a thrust.
"That fever-racked, wnr-tosscd coun
try! Tako her there at this time! You
must not."
"Senor, I smile. Am I your vassal
that you should uso such language to
me? I go where I please, and when
I please. A Spanish gentleman docs
not tako his orders from n Yankee. '
"But Jessie; I will not permit "
"You cannot prevent her accom
panying me of her own free will."
"Sho is my wife."
"In uamo only. You yourself have
agreed never to exorcise any of the
rights of a husband unless she so
wills. You daro not deny it. Thero
Is no law that can prevent her trav
eling with her father and her legal
guardian. Wo sail from this country
and she disappears from your sight
forever. Aha! Senor Jack, who laughs
now? It Is perhaps my turn. Thus
am I revenged. I was a fool to think
of violence since there Is a better way
through tho heart. See, with your
permission I pick up my discarded
firearm and return It to my pocket.
1 would not injure a hair of your head
here; but If you daro to follow me
to the land beyond tho sea, tho hour
may come when tho insult you have
offered mo to-day will be wiped out
in blood, sir. Now, I am going, and
if wo never meet again, you can oc
casionally remember, as in a dream,
tho charming Scotch lassie who, on
your wedding night, came into and
went out of your life forever. Adios,
Senor Jack;" and with his mocking
laughter floating into Travera' ears,
Roblado bows himself out, leaving the
American btill seated at tho table.
CHAPTER VIII.
Left In the Lurch at Glasgow.
The Spaniard has had his revenge.
Jack never moves for somo minutes
after being left alone In his room. His
gazo Is still fixed at tho bold picture
of Edinburgh Castle aB outlined
against the soft southern sky; but his
thoughts are hardly connected with
that glorious masterpiece.
To Cuba!
This fair Scotch lassie whom a
strange freak of Fate has thrown In
his way In such a manner that their
life-lines havo crossed will soon have
gone over tho broad Atlantic to tho
Gem of tho Antilles, where the ter
rible Yellow Jack lurks and revolution
Is in tho air.
His cigar, which he has smoked me
chanically, though vigorously, at
times, becomes exhausted, and as he
tosses tho stump out of the window,
Jack springs to his feet.
To Cuba!
Yes, around tho world, if necessary
will ho follow. Tho greater tho dif
ficulties that arUe in his path tho
more resolved ho becomes to accom
plish his honorable purpose.
If it lies in tho power of mortal
man, Jessie Cameron must be his. Tho
law has given her to him already, but
that counts for nothing without her
heart, her love.
It Is long after Ave when he leaves
the hotel, and, accompanied by tho
over-faithful Celestial, walks ulong
Princes street.
An interview with tho head of tho
police forco Is what Jack seoks. Ho
desires to havo tho eloments of lav;
and order on his side in this struggle
against tho schemer.
When ho has acquainted this shrewd
gentleman with tho facts, nnd explain
ed what ho desires, ho soon secures
the services of a private detective of
great repute.
Tho orders given are to keep posted
on all Senor Roblado does, and report
often to Jack.
Tho night comes on slowly.
Jack has dined and feels that, like
the famous philosopher of old, no fate
can harm him.
News from his agent Is what he
awaits, and meanwhile rides round the
city on the top of tram cars. About
nlno he enters tho hotel and finds a
message awaiting him. Of course, It
is from his agent written In pencil
and in a hurry.
"They are Just leaving for Glasgow.
Will go by same train. Follow me and
put up nt St. Enoch's Station hotel,
where I will report."
Half a mlrute to reach his room,
a full sixty seconds In which to toss
I
his things into a traveling bag with
the help of Ah Sin, and back to tho'of
flco on time.
Ho has his tickets purchased, tynd
enters a carriage with Ah Sin and'tho
luggage just as tho prompt signal 1b
given and the train moves.
Tho ride is uneventful.
Reaching Glasgow, a cab is taken
to tho hotel, and Jack seeks rest, hav
ing left word in the office that any
message nrrlving is to be brought to
him nt once, for he believes the mis
sion of the artist to this city on the
Clyde Is to sail on an Anchor Lino
Bteamcr for New York, whenco Cuba
may bo reached.
Another day and no word.
How heavily time drags!
Ho lounges about the hotel, making
short pilgrimages abroad, for It Is pos
slble that those he seeks escapo hl'n.
In Jamaica street ho surveys tho
crowd and wanders Into Argyle street,
his eyes over on the watch for tho
face that Is always in his mind.
Among such crowds tho chnncu? of
seeing a particular person nro slender
indeed.
Ah Sin says nothing; but he, too,
keeps a bright lookout.
And at noon no word.
Jack grows restless. Can It be pos
slblo his shrewd agent has lost trnc
"Aha! Senor Jack, who laughs now?"
of tho game, outwitted by Spanish
cunning?
Ho arouses to tho occasion and
makes inquiries himself.
Thero Is a party, consisting of two
gentlemen and the snmo number of
ladles, who havo secured staterooms
under the name of Hamilton; but ho
enn find out nothing about them, or
when they expect to come nboard.
It looks, then, ns though ho will
havo to como prepared to watch the
gang plank, and, if ho discovers thoso
he seeks, go aboard himself.
At tho hotel u note awaits him.
Smithers Is awake and on tho track.
Ho bids Jack be ready for action in
case a voyage is tho next thing on the
urogram.
This seems significant of action.
That evening, ns Jack enters the
dining-room, n gentloman hastily
leaves whom he has not noticed, and
who seems rather anxious to avoid
recognition, which is not at nil
strange seeing thnt It is Howard Spen
cer. Jack has actually been under tho
same roof as those he seeks for almost
twenty hours, and yet never onco
dreamed of tho fact.
It draws near ten o'clock.
Shadows havo fallen. Clouds ob
scure tho sky and tho night promises
to be a dark one.
Jack has decided to drive to tho
dock of tho steamer and carry out his
plan. Ah Sin has charge ot tho lug
gage and waits In the cab for his mas
ter, who Hngors to exchange a few
sentences with the clerk.
(To bo continued.)
HE OWNED THE CAPITOL.
Insane Man Rented Various Portions
of It to Police Captain.
An Individual who Imagines he
owns the capttol visited that building
several days ago, says tho Washing
ton Star, for the purpose of evicting
nil officials who declined to pay rent
for the npartment they occupied.
While about to begin the work of
evicting in statuary hall tho stranger
camo in contact with Acting Capt.
John Hammond of the capltol pollco
force. Ho asked the captain If ho was
tho occupant of tho hall. Being told
that ho was, tho stranger said to him:
"Well, aro yon prepared to pay
your rent? You will either havo to
pay or get out of here."
Capt. Hammond realized that ho
was dealing with a crank, and decid
ed to humor his vagaries until ho
could sond for tho Sixth precinct po
llco patrol wagon.
"What rent will you charge me for
this room?" ho asked.
"Seven dollars," was tho reply,
"and that Is dirt cheap. Look at the
pretty things you will have," and he
pointed to the surrounding statues of
American celebrities.
Capt. Hammond, In order to detain
tho man, agreed to rent statuary hall
for the figure named, although tho
demented stranger did not specify
whether $7 would pay for one week,
ono month or one year. Th official
went through the form of making out
a voucher for the amount. Then he
rented tho rotunda, tho hnll of tho
house of representatives, tho senate
chamber at $7 each for somo in
definite period, and was negotiating
for tho rent of the dome when the
clanging of bells outside announced
the arrival of tho patrol wagon, and
tho owner of the capltol was given a
free ride to No. C.
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ACTRESS CHARGED' WITH THE ' ,
KILLING OF CAESAR" YOUNG
Nan Patterson, now on trlnl nt Now
York for murder, had nchioved somo
notoriety before her arrest ns n
chorus girl In "Florodora." She Is charg
ed with killing "Caesar" Young, a
bookmaker, In a hanbom cab Inst June,
us. tig a pistol in tho deadly work, but
thero are witnesses who allege that
RUSSIA FACING A CRISIS.
Significance of Demand Made by Rep
resentatlves of Zcmotvos.
When tho czar of Russia permits a
meeting of tho representatives of tho
zomstvos In St. Petersburg for tho
obvious it not nvowed purpose of agi
tating for a constitution, and when
that body by n voto of 8G to 10 boldly
informs him that the country urgently
needs "a specially elected body to par
ticipate In legislation," It Is plain that
n crisis has arrived in tho history or
the Russian bureaucracy.
It is truo tho meeting had to bo
held without official auspices and tho
representatives are Bald not to uo
hopeful of immediate success, but, on
the other hand, this is only tho be
ginning of tho agitation.
Tho zomstvos themselves will meet
One Theory of the Killing.
Dec. 14 for tho purpose of urging for
ward tho movement and tho czar must
either suppress it or permit It. In
either case the result, sooner or later,
will bo that Russia will havo a consti
tution and a parliament
To people living In free countries
this npparent groping and creeping of
tho Russlnns toward civilization and
liberty Is tantalizing. What wo would
all llko to seo In that country Is a
sudden upheaval which would over
turn autocracy in a moment and for
ever, nnd possibly wo muy yet see It.
Everything Indicates that the fuel is
well prepared and that when the
match Is applied tho conflagration
will bo fierce. Russia will yet be u
frco country.
Theso hopos seem to have a reason
able foundation In tho disastrous war
which Russia Is waging In the far
east. That she will ultimately over
power and drive back tho Japanese
scorns probable onough, unless Inter
national complications should arrest
her, but this will not altogether pre
vent tho uprising nt home.
It Is not now conceivable that Rus
sia should emerge from tho conflict
without a pltiablo loss of prestige and
badly crippled In her resources, nnd
theso effects can not bo without seri
ous euects on ner uumuauu iubuiu
tions. Thero Is nothing llko a war to let
tho light. Franco never know her
solf or Germany until tho Franco
Prussian war. Both sections of this
country had their eyes opened by tho
civil war. The Spanish war was an
admlrablo Instructor. Tho Internal
policy of Great Britain has been sha
ken to tho foundation by the Boer
war. Chicago Chronicle.
Prof. Koch Fighting Disease,
"rof. Robert Koch has recently been
investigating an outbreak of typhoid
rover for tho German government, and
has since been at Paris, where ho was
entertalnod by tho Pasteur Instltnto.
: tho course of tho winter ho will
oceed to German East Africa in
jrder to contlnuo thoso studies of
tropical and othor diseases which ho
bad not completed during his recent
visit to Rhodesia. In particular he
will continue to Investigate tho part
played by ticks In conveying the lu-
fectlon of various cattle diseases.
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tho innn shot himself. Tho fnce of the
accused is said to bo that of a weak,
thoughtless girl. Tho Illustration
snows the accused woman In court
with her fathor. It Is copied from n
drawing mono by a staff artlHt of the
Now York Herald. The father's grlcl
Is pitiable.
RACE WILL BE AMERICAN.
Future Status of the People of
the
United States,
Tho people of tho United States aro
often called Anglo-Saxons. It Is n mis
nomer. They spenk tho lunguago of
tho Anglo-Saxons. Tholr laws and
many of their Institutions nro but tho
modified laws and institutions of tho
Anglo-Saxons. Mnny of thorn aro ol
English descont. But tholr personality
alreudy widely differs from that of
Englishmen, and the difforeuco is
bound greatly to Increase.
President Roosevelt brought out this
fnct and ono of its causes In his ad
.dross at tho unveiling of tho Btatuo
of Frederick the Clreat. Tho blood of
almoBt every civilized people of irish
men, Englishmen, Germans, Italians,
Frenchmen, SlavB, Greeks and Scan
dinavians runs In American veins.
This unprecedented Intermixture of
tho practical genius of tho English
man with the imagination of tho Ital
ian, of tho steady Industry nnd somber
temper of tho Touton with tho mer
curial habits and joyous disposition of
tho Greek and tho Latin, could not
full in any circumstances to produce
a race essentially dlfforont from any
of those from which It sprang.
But' not only Is this Intermixturo or
races unprecedented. Tho conditions
under which it is happening also are
unique.
Henry Thomas Buckle believed that
the climate of a country formed, In
the long run, tho minds and characters
of Its peoplo. Tho inhabitants of tho
tropics wero Indolent and unprogres
slve because tho bountiful earth pro
vided for almost ah their wants, while
the Industry nnd progresslvcness of
thoso of tempernto regions wero born
of their successful struggles to make
niggardly nature yield thorn a living.
Buckle's generalization was too sweep
ing, but unquestionably peculiarities
of climate have helped mold tho per
sonality of all nations, and are help
ing shape tho personality of ours.
History, language, institutions will
Theory the Police Repudiate.
-
toll. Our history, language and insti
tutions being mnlnly Anglo-Saxon, wo
shall probably always bo moro English
than Gorman or Italian. But In the
main wo shall bo neither English, nor
Germun, nor Scandinavian, nor Italian,
but a composite of all, Wo shall bo
American a name which it should be
our chlof business to mako stand for
as many as possiblo of the good qual
ities of tho races from which we are
derived and for as few as possible of
their faults. Chicago Tribune.
Tax on Theater Tickets.
Victoria will probably bo tho first
British community to levy u tax on
amusements for tho support or local
charitablo Institutions, says tho Lon
don Chronicle. Mr. Bent, the premier,
proposes a tax of u. penny on every
shilling spent in tho purchase of thea
ter tickets. Tho Melbourne theatrical
managors are alarmed at this proposal
which they say means a levy or 8 per
cunt on their gross takings. Thoy
have had a long conrerenco with ihe
premier, but did not succeed in con
verting him to their way of thinklug
MANN or mmarr.Ma f ", I
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Juit Two Olrli.
J, I'm weary of young Indies.
The kind Mint blossom In booki;
rhrso beauties that nro brilliant
With languidly-loving looks. 1
Coquettish, kltteny creatures,
I'm worn out, too. with you
fust two lit tin clrls have my heart
JJobcrca and Kmmy Lou.
ftebecca with that parasol
(Tho sweet little country mold!)
fitting high on the. old since coach
iji)h her rlmls In tho shade.
Uoth went to school nnd "carried lunch":
lloth friends had. tried nnd true,
Ah, they were friends that ono could
trust
llobecca and Kmmy Lou.
Won't you bo my "nlntlmate friends?"
I, too, enn guard secrets well.
And anything thnt you would say
1 deoln.ro I'd never tell,
tf I were u marrying man
(I tell thli only to few)
I'd elope with two little girls
ltebecca nnd Kmmy Lou. '
-New Orleans Picayune.
Waysldo Inn for Qceie.
Years before tho war Danlol Scott,
tho owner of "Scotlands" plantation,
in Albemnrlo county, Virginia, began
tho custom of feeding flocks of wild
Seeso ench spring and summer on their
leml-nnnunl migrations. Tho custom
litis continued to this dny, being kept
up by tho descendants of Mr. Scott.
Ho hnd a special garment which he
donned when feeding tho hungry birds,
nnd in this they invariably recognized
him.
Tho children, grandchildren nnd
great-grandchildren of tho first geoso
must havo bcon well Instructed In re
gard to UiIb "wnysido inn," for they
niways tarry thero to get provisions.
United Stales Senator Thomaa a.
Martin is tho present owner of Scot
lands. Spectacles of Long Ago.
An Interesting collection of specta
cles Is thnt possessed by Mrs. Wesley
Williams of Bowdolnham, Me. Mora
than 100 years old, theso curios wero
tho ono-tlmo property of tho won n of
Bath, Who wero forced by deHtltuto cir
cumstances to seek rofugo In tho alms
house. Many nro of odd pattern, with
sido lights nnd extension bows. An
other valuablo souvenir owned by
Mrs. Wesley WUHnms Is tho sword
of her great undo, Col. Samuot
Coombs, a famous officer of tho revo
lutionary war.
Strange "Talking Fish."
Thord is a kind of flsh, tho "gron
din," well known to naturalists, nn1
often called tho "talking. fish." It linn
a sort of foot, nnd makes excellent eat
ing. When It is taken from tho water
it makes a noiso moro or lens loud,
which has given It its nnmo (from tho
French "gronder," to growl or snarl).
This sound, however, Ib produced by
tho passage of tho gas from tho swim
ming bladder, which tho fish can com
press nt will.
Strange Recovery of Voice.
For flvo years Mrs. Henry Rosier,
wifo of ono of the lending merchants
of Bennington, Vt has been unablo to
speak abovo n whisper, Tho loss of
voice followed a cold. A few days ago
sho wont to call her son, Harry, whon
sho discovered that sho could speak an
well as sho over could that her volco
had returned, and nothing has Oc
curred to show that it has not como
to stay.
Tree Not Wery Prolific.
A well known Bangor, Me., man who
has tried fruit raising with varying
degrees of bucccss was elated ono
morning recently to find that one of
hla trees had grown a pear, tho sec
ond in tho tree's llfo of twolvo yearH,
So surprised was ho that ho climbed
Into tho trco to mako sure that somo
practical Joker had not attempted tc
fool him by tying it on.
Mall Clerks' Good Work.
A mail pouch was brought to tho
Merlden, Conn., postofllco that had
been run over and badly mutilated by
tho wheels of a railroad train. Somo
of tho mall matter was almost de
stroyed, but by much work and perse
verance the bits wero put together
and practically all of tho lettors de
livered to the persons to whom they
wero addressed.
Angles In Water Pipes.
It is calculated that ono right anglo
bend in n plpo through which water
flows will mako necessary 9 per cont
moro prcssuro for a given flow than
It required for a straight plpo of llko
slzo and structure. With three sharp
bends at right angles, tho prcssuro
noeded Is 13 per cont moro than that
which is used in a straight pipe.
Wade to Catch Fish.
At Covington, Ga., tho water Is so
Vow that it Is only necessary for ono
to wade out into tho stream with a
baskot to get all tho flsh he Is look
ing for. Sheriff Sam Hay, with sev-
oral friends, rode to tho river ono
night and in thirty minutes raked iul
seventy-eight pouuds of cattish.
Bees Used Boiler for Hive.
The mechanics, while nt woik on
an unused engine and boiler at the
cranberry bog of F. II. Burgess at
Sandwich, Mass., lately, found that
a swarm of bees had taken possesion
of tho boiler and packed neatly every
tube solid full of honeycomb.
Formed Strange Friendship
There is an odd combination f p'ti
in the Blddeford, Mo., gieenr --e f
Charles S. Strout In a wnodcU anl
a cat. They live In purrect peace (I-a
woodcock growing fat on the worms
in the rich earth and the cit Kuvp.n j
the place free from mice.
