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The Diamond river DY DAVID CIIAI'TR'. VI. rContinttcil.) "Huoh violence, for lii.tnnce, us wns practiced lint tilwlit on the mini you cull BdRcroinb?" "Why!" cried Hurvcy. "The until was nirtHfincradliiK ns my unelt!" "Thut is the imiiil," said Hill-Knives dryly. "The .11,111 wns mn .qiierudlng ns your uncle, tuiil tho mull wiim tiuirilereil. But If thero is any such association be twrrn these two facts, ns I am inclined to thl ill.', it 1m quite evident that Mr. Joseph 'J'nylor was in Ignorance of la.st ulght's tragedy when he saw yon thin morning. Are- you prepared to lay the wholo of this eaHu unreservedly In tho hands of the police?" "If my uncle had thought the police likely to help lilni, would hu not have applied to thi'in himself?" "And, on the other hand, Mr. Jethroe, If the people represented by Mr. Taylor bad n claim which could bo loyally en forced, would they not have employed legal moans? Here Ih a threat on ono wide, and evasion on tho other. The con clusion seems to me tolerably obvious. Your uncle has something which lie can not lejraily defend, and tho Enokiel firm has a strong determination to possess it, without having uny legal claim upon It. This is how 1 rcud the case." "It looks like that," said Harvey; "but o far us I Know, my uncle has borne spotless reputation." "Men of Hpotloss reputations have been mixod up In very strange affair before to-day, Mr. .lethroc," Kind tho lawyer, with a quiet Hniile. "It you will leave mo free to act in your behalf, I mny very possibly secure your liberation. If tho police are enabled to make tho 1 1 i quirics to which wo can direct them, they mny bo Induced to withdraw their pro cecdiugs; we may oven manage to keep the whole tiling to ourselves. You had really best leave the matter In my hands. nd rely upon me to act with all possible reticence and caution. Your uuelo is moat probably In very serious danger. nnd we can have a private watch set upon Mr. Taylor and his associates, Como now, Mr. Jethroe, have I your au thority to net?" "ich, siiiu iiarvoy siiiiiioniy; "you had better tnke the whole thing in hand, But you know my wishes, Mr. IIar graves; I must respect my uncle's desire nil car us possible." f. , ! " 1 chapter vii. Quitting tho prisoner, Mr. Ilnrgraves "walked from tho station to tho court. At the back of the room, in the portion rcsorved for tho accommodation of tho .public, sal n shabby man, of a furtive and shrinking aspect, with watery, blink Ing eyes, who was correcting tho entries In a dog-eurcd llttlu notebook with an Inch of blunt pencil. In his abstraction lu this task tho shabby man looked hard at tho ceiling from time to time, and the olicitor niado vain attempts to nttract his attention, until an olllccr observed tho pantomime and suid in :i deep mur taur, "Kloss, you're wanted." The man rose with a frightened start and caught sight of the lawyer's beckoning finger Ho nodded in answer to tho summons and, having hidden his pocketbook nnd hia fragment of pencil in his pocket as U they wero guilty secrets, made a shuf fling way Into tho vestibule. Ilnrgraves was thero before him, and had already penciled the3u words: "Joseph Taylor, Pacific Hotel. Keep in sight." The ahnbby man took this message, read it and straightway began to chew the paper on which it was written. lhoro II bo something for ex s, gov- trnor," ho said, and Ms employer ten dered eight half dollars. Ho Blunk away, having bestowed the coins In as many separate pockets as he could find, us If they were as secret as the dog-cured book and the pencil, and an he shambled down tho street he swal lowed tho pellet of papor as If It were a pill of unusual size, with exaggerated motions of tho throat. .Uargraves roturnod to tho station, was closeted thero for something liko a quar ter of an hour with tho otllcer In charge, stopping to purchaso an early copy of an evening pnper on his way. His eye ran over the pages ns he walked and lu a moment ho had lighted upon what bo wanted. "Tho body has been Identified as that of Mr. Iiarvoy Martin .Tothroo, n popu Inr nnd wealthy man, for many years well known In mining and mercantile circles throughout South America." Ilnrgraves' way led him to tho Pacific Hotol, where he Inquired for Mr. Joseph Tnvlor. Mr. Josonh Taylor wna In the billiard room. "Well," snid Mr. Taylor, "what can I do for you, sir?" "My name is Ilnrgraves, nnd I am n solicitor. I have n communication of Homo importance to mnko to you, and if It wero convenient, I should liko to make It privately." "If you will como to my room," said Mr. Taylor, rising. Ho was not entirely nt his ense. as Hargrnvcs keen eyes discerned readily enough; but ho led tho wny with appar ent willingness, marshnlcd his visitor Into an elovntor nud followed him. Then again ho led tho wny to tho extremity of n long corridor, nnd finally to a small altting room. "Wq shnll bo sumcleutly prlvnto hero, air." ho wild. "Tako n chair, if you plcnse, nnd let mo know your business." "That may servo to Introduce It," said Hnrgravos, laying his nowspaper upon a central table, nnd indicating n head tinn with his forefinger. Mr. Taylor, with un nspect of surprise, adjusted a gold rimmed pince-nez, and toopod to rend, lie dropped with such MURRAY niiiIiIi rniesH that, If a chair had not been by hazard behind him, ho would have fallen to the Moor. "What," he asked In n trembling and half-breathless voice "what has this got to do with mo?" "Why, Mr. Taylor." said Ilnrgraves, "you nunouncc yourself ns the emissary of some soclosty or linn wmch has deal ings with Mr. Jethroe, and you use to ward that gentleman threats of a most unmeasured nature. It Is not for mo to explain the connection these facts may have with the dreadful event recorded there." He pointed to tho open journnl before him. "You, perhnps, may be In clined to give me Home information." It was evident that Mr. Taylor was not a man of strong nerve, and that he was not nccustouied to circumstances of personal peril. It wna evident, fur ther, that ho felt himself lu peril now. lint who aro your ho stammered, nnd why do you come to mar I nm n solicitor," said Hargravos, "and I come to you because I am en gaged for tho defense of the man who is charged with last night's crime." "He's ho's arrested?" Taylor asked, swnllowlng between each word, and pant ing like n limit who has been run to n standstill. "I hnve Just been In consultntlon with him, nnd l have conic straight from him to you." "Hut," the wretched man panted, "he can't have sent yon here." "I In did not specifically send me here, Hurgrnves answered, "but the informa tion lie gavo mo made It seem very well worth my while to come. I will put tho matter in a nutshell, Mr. Taylor. I nm engaged for the defense. Do you de cline to help me.'" "Hut I ve got to understand, said Taylor, wiping his forehead. "Look here, sir he saw suddenly how his hands were slinking, and tried to steady them upon tho table, with such poor success thnt nn nsh tray which lay thero begnn to jerk about tho cloth. He wrapped tho betraying members in his hnndker chief, nnd slipped them between his knees, "ion charge me with having brought a threatening messago to that unhnppy gentleman. I don t deny that I carried out my orders. Hut if I had been privy to his death last night, I should have been mad, sir stark, staring mad to have como here with n threat of oxtremo proceedings this morning." Do you menu to aid tho defense m any wny, iwr. xnyior, or no you now "No," said Taylor. "I I wash my bands of it; I II havo nothing more to say to it. If I'd havo guessed that it was anything more than bluff, I'd never hnvo entered into it. I nm no party to this wicked act, sir, nnd I'm not to bo identified with It." "I may undcrstnnd, then," said Elar- graves, "thnt you regard your own es enpo as certain?" "My escape; said the wretched man "I've nothing to escape irom. i was Instructed to nccompnny Mr. Jethroe from Brazil nnd to deliver a mossage to him on his nrrivnl here." "You accompanied Mr. Jethroe, did you? Then you uiny be useful to the de fense, tutor nil, aim in a way perfectly harmless to yourself." "I I don t soo how," said Taylor. "I will show you how in good time, Mr. Taylor," said Hargrnves. "In tho meantime, can I carry any message for you?" "Message?" stammered Taylor. "To my client." "Certainly not, sir. No, sir most as suredly not, sir. I have had enough of your client to last mo for my lifetime. "Very good. I can tell you ono thing, Mr. Taylor: You will ccrtnluly be sum monod to attend tho Inquest to-morrow to Identify the body." With this Ilnrgraves left him, and as ho closod tho door uud came upon the corridor his impassive face sparkled for nn Instant. A second Inter ho was us grnvo ns over, and ho walked to his chambers and plunged into the considern tion of a ninss of papers thero with ns completo n forgetfulness of the prisoner as if no such person existed. Tho day hnd long since faded, and ho had been working fully two hours by gaslight, when a clerk appeared and said: "Rouso to ace you. sir." "Show him in," said Hargrnvcs, with out looking round. A man entered, nnd stood nt an atti tude of military' ease. "Well, House, what news?" "Perrott, Perrott and Lane confirm the prisoner's statement in all pnrtlc'lnrs lioiu mo enmes is answered, ami un common quick. Harvey Mnrtin Jethroo that the name right, sir? sailed from Hio Janeiro, arriving nt New York three dnys ago. Iiarvoy Martin Jethroo sailed from Algon Hay, nrrivlng day before yesterday. Thomas Edgccome, wanted for extensive frauds, believed to bo Idea ueni wun .Joiuroe ot uio .Janeiro, signa ture of Hnrvoy Martin Jethroo nt Per rott, Perrott nnd Lnuo's identical with signature of gentleman ns took rooms Inst night nt Pncific Hotel. That's all, Mr Uargraves. There's been threo of us on tho h. That's the list of charges, nud this is tho change out of n twenty dollar note." "Mr. Jethroo 'still nt the police stn Hon?" "Thnt reminds, me, sir I beg pardon, I put In my report, sir. Tho Inspector gavo mo Instructlbns to any, sir, thnt tho police won't glvo ovldence. Tho churgo will not be preferred, sir, nnd ho would liko to have a mlnuto with you at your earliest convenience." "Now, you silly follow, why didn't you toll me that nt once? You might have left thnt unfortunate gentleman to be taken to Jail." "Head that full of detail, sir. I shouldn't ha' forgot It in tho long run not me, Mr. Ilnrgraves." "I know you," said Hargrnvcs. "You'vo that foolish prldo In thinking you can remember everything. If you took notes, like n sensible man, you wouldn't forget things." "Not in the long run, Mr. Ilnrgraves. Nothing more t i-night, sir? Thnnk you. Good night, y' " House wit and the clerk wns bnck again. "Well, now, what is it?" "Kloss, sir." "Show hint in. Whnt Is it, Kloss?" The shabby man lnid n shabby hat upon one corner of tho desk, and took the dog's-eared notebook from a pocket. Ho fumbled his dirty little diary for a while, nnd read: "J. T. left P. Hotel with nil baggage in four-wheeler. Hooked first class Cin cinnati. Took front smoker." Very well," said the lawyer; "that will do. A short day's work, Kloss. We'll stop Mr. Taylor and have him bnck instanter." Ho made a precise toilet at a dressing Htnnd which occupied one corner of his room and betook himself onco more to Central station. There he held a second conference with tho officer in charge, much briefer than the first. Then the two sought tho prisoner, who all this time had fniud the minutes weigh like lend. Mr. Hnrgravos has cleared up this little matter for the present, Mr. Jeth- roe," said tiie inspector, "nnd you nro freo to go. You mustn't blame tho po lice. If u hadn't neglected the local inspector's warning there' d hnvo been no trotiblo in the world." I'm glad to be out of it," said Jeth roe. "Do you know. Air. uargraves, i am very dolefully hungry, now that I have n chance to think nbout it." "Why, so nm I," said Uargraves. "I haven't lunched to-day. Let us dine to gether. I have some interesting matter for you." Yes," said tho inspector, looking smil ingly nt tho wall, with his head on ono side, an if he had n pleasing work of nrt in contomplntlon. "It looks ns if it had thb mnking of n very pretty little case in it." He was n big, round, genial look ing man, nnd now that official relntlons wero lnid nsldo lie wns no more like tho man who had received Iiarvoy on his first presentation than the very ripest cheese is like the very dryest chalk. "It looks like a very pretty little ense, so fnr, t.ir. Jethroe. I fancy wo shall find it Interesting beforo we've done with it. It lends a sort of chnrm to business don't you think so, Mr. Ilnrgraves?" "Why, ns for that," said unrgrnves, "if a man's not interested in his work he had better make room for nnother man who is." Tho released prisoner nnd the lnwycr wero out In the lamplight and the fog together a minuto later. "I never thought of It before," said Harvey, "but there aro millions of peo ple round us who enjoy the grcntest blessing of life, nnd never even dream of It." "The greatest blessing of life?" said Uargraves, questioningly. 'Lifo's greatest blessing, saw- Har vey "liberty. A laborer, shoving his bnrrow north- wnrd, overheard tho words, nnd turned, laughing. "Uight you are, guv nor," said ho. "There's a good ninny ns has felt liko thnt In Centrnl station." 'And right you nro," Harvey answer ed; "there's a quarter for you." Ho threw a coin Into tho barrow and went on. Tho man was nt his elbow a moment Inter. "Guv'nor," he suid, "this nin't n quar tcr; it's gold." "Keep It." mild Harvey, "keep it." The man lnid the coin in his palm and polished it on his trousers. "I should liko to knock up ngen you," ho snid, looking after the retreating fig ure in tho fog, "next time you scrapei the gullows." (To bo continued.) KoyH to SuuOfHS. Wo say of a man "he has a good knowledge of human nature and will get on." Similarly the people who study tho temperament, character and needs of other nations 1. c., who un derstands the geography of other na tions will bo successful in commerce, writes Gilbert II. Grosveuor In tho Chautatiquan. No better Illustration cau bo given than the wonderful de velopment of German commerce with South America, Turkey and eastern Asia. Tho Japnnese successes In the pres ent war aro also significant. Tho Japanese wore students of geography, but the Russians were not. If tho Czar had studied the geography of Japan LV) would have learned that they were being suffocated in tholr small area, and just as a chicken must burst Its shell or die, so Japan must expand or perish; and ho would nlso have learned that a people who hnd conquered geographic obstacles such ns surround the Japanese must b brnvo, resolute, brainy and enterprise Ing. Ilnnornbln A young mnn of Bnluchistnn Wns invited to tell who kissed Ann; But he only snid: "Nny, I'll uot glvo her away; 'Plimitrli T Irtmw vnrv will trnu Irtaanit ... - -' i w. ..... ; uu ..iuuu Ann." Carolyn Wells. i Can't Dodgo 'Em. Church I soo ninny American auto mobiles are going to Japnueso cities. Cothnin Oh, well, you know, tho Japs aro oxcellont gymnasts! Youkeri Smtesi TOPICS OF THE TI RI ES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER. E8TING ITEMS. ComincntB mid Criticisms Based Upon the IlnppciiltiKH of tho Dny lllntorl cnl and News Notes. Tho trusts will tnko their foot out of I ho trough whenever tho people quit feeding them. Nun Patterson's nbnndonment of her stage career Is n handsome tribute to Aniorlcnn theatergoers. Of course u bridegroom goes with every bride, but ho doesn't count for any more than n father at a mothers' congress. A Loudon paper says Mr. Carnegie Is living liko a duke. It was hnrdly. lo be expected that ho would, live liky ft coachman. Those who got their information from theaters might lmnglue that Jupun lives In nn atmosphere of comic opera. The powers know better. There are more hump-backed pcopln In Spain than anywhere else in th'j world. Sometimes we almost fee' ashamed of having whipped Spain. The perlwak feather in tho Prince of Wales' coronet is said to be valued nt ?50,000, but if they ever get popular the millinery stores will havo them ut $2.DD. An Indiana Judge has decided that tho Antl-Clgaretto law Is constitution al, but that If a man wants to smoke he can. There must bo Scotch blood In the veins of this jurist. An Oklahoma woman wants a di vorce because her husband has been reading tho Bible to a charming HttK widow. Some women just can't thin!, of having their sisters saved. Russia's now Parliament may bo all right, but to outsiders It would seem thnt a body consisting of a Gosudar stvennala Duma and a Gosudarstven nala Sovct started out under an awful handicap. Now that Lillian Russell has given magazine readers her views on "How to Keep a Husband," David Bennett Hill might further edify them with an article on "The Advantages of Early Marriage." Mr. II. Lehr of Newport can't under stand why thero is so much hatred of the rich by people who work. Not all people who work hate the rich. There Ij Mr. Lehr's friend, Willie K. Vander bllt, Jr., for Instance. It is reported that he has recently gone to work. Another shot has been aimed at Mr. Cleveland on account of his onslaught against women's clubs. Tho preslden of the New Jersey Federation stigma tlzes him as "the greatest sago who lives In tho shadow of a New Jersey university." But, unfortunately, Mr. Cleveland is bombproof. Too much must not bo expected of tho liberal movement in Russia. Spasms of any kind aro prone to be short-lived. When the pressure of the present stress Is withdrawn the grand ducal party will almost certainly re assert Its reactionary influence. Every reform that amounts to anything Is a matter of slow growth. A distinguished English physician is authority for tho statement that many a headache, from which a woman suf fers upon returning from a shopping tour, a walk or a ride, Is duo to the strain upon tho leverage of tho roots of tho hair, caused by tho action of tho wind upon large hats. Headacnun hurt, but hats aro handsome. Possi bly sorao millinery geniu. will Invent feminine headgear In which it will be posslblo to tako a double reel n-non tho winds blow high and low and call for undue strain upon tho hair roots that make for women's crowns ol glory. A writer in one of the current maga Bines directs attention to a now pro fession that hns arisen In this coun try tho profession of getting hurt, by which money Is extorted from rail roads and other corporations. If tho corporations would show more eager ness to settle bona lido claims and a disposition to pursuo to the end the prosecutor of bogus onos public sym patny would aid them powerfully In putting an end to the new profession Tito poucy very often followed of treating all claims alike and scaling ouch down to tho lowest cent after the longest posslblo delay is responsible aot only for tho growth of tho get-hurt quick people, but for tho comparative inck of public Indignation at tho new species of fraud. ml A. 1 . t i xum pmy Huouiu oo piay and not work has been discovered by tho man ngors of a public playgrouud In tho crowded district of New York. When tho place was first opened tho play was organized, times wero sot for va rlouB games, and tho boys woro un uer tho direction, of Instructors. The most enthusiastic boys of tho nclghj borhood -would not play In this way, and stayed away. Now the boys aro nllowJ ed to organize their own games, andj tho Instructor stands ready lo glvo ad vice only when It is asked. As a result there Is more enthusiasm, nnd tho"' lenders in boyish sport load In tho play ground, and tho play Is really play, that Is, spontaneous activity of young life. There is a whole philosophy of education In the "Let me do It my way, mamma," which every mother hn& heard from her children when sho has been trying to show them how to i secure the result whlOh they were seek--A ing. She knows that no assistance la better than too much If we arc to havo independent and self-reliant modUjCor the future. The ancient belief In an elixir of life Is not abandoned. A Chicago pro fessor Is arguing gravely that It Is no! Impossible for modern men to live ns long ns did Methuselah. All that la required is to discover what the dif foront tissues of tho body need for food and to glvo each tissue the exact amount that Is wanted. This scientist believes, as tho old alchemists did, that man, having eaten of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, may bo able to put forth his hand and eat of tho trco of. life, in spite of the llamlng sword meant to keep man away from it "Our eating Is entlroly empirical," soys tha learned scientist. That Is his wny of stating tho fact that we eat whatever, wo please whenever we can get It. Wo, eat to appoaso our hunger and pleaso our palates, and know and caro less about tho tissues and their needs than of any other earthly subject Men eat unscientifically and will continue to do so in spite of any scheme of dietetics. if we fed ourselves as rationally as wo feed our horses, or even our dogs, W wo would undoubtedly havo longer HfoA and better health. But human life la more than merely physical. We havo lfo separate from that of the animals. Tho spirit has much to do In making man's life long and more In making it sweet. There aro men and women young at DO and others old at 50. Tho physical health may be no bettor In the ono class than In the other. But the difference lies In the mental and tempermental makeup. The man young it 1)0 hns viewed tho world sanely, ius fitted himself Into his environ ment, has had worthy purposes and carried them out without unnecessary friction. The truest elixir of llfo con sists In a wholesome spirit. Every man must bo his own alchemist. Interest In one of the great ro- mances of history the romance of thq Honnparto family has been revived) by the appointment of Charles Joseph Bonaparte of Baltimore as S5&ctary of the Navy. Secretary BonaKkrto la a grandnephew of the groat Napoleon, His grandfather was Jerome Bona parte, and his grandmother was Miss, Elizabeth Patterson, of Baltimore, whom Jorom& married during a vislB to America in 1803, when his brother was First Consul of If ranee. Napoleon' was not pleased with the marriage, and) to securo Its dissolution ho valnljj sought tho assistance of the Roman Catholic Church, one of whose pricgjtl hnd performed the ceremony. T&d French council of state finally decreed! divorce. Under Napoleon III. tha council of state, upon an appeal by. tho rejected wife, recognized the va idity of tho marriage and the legltl nincy of her sons. But when Napoleon III. died Mrs. Bonaparte sought vainly to havo her grandson, Jerome Nnpfa Icon, brother of the Secretary of in& Navy, recognized by the family as aj member of tho Imperial dynasty. Tha present heirs to tho Napoleonic dynas ty nro grandsons of the Secretary's granurainer, ana uis scconu nau-cous! 1ns. Secretary Bonaparte's grand. mother lived until 1879, and fought td the last for her richts. Ills father was born In England, lived abroad most od tho time, was noyor an American citi zen. His brother was an olllcer in tno French army. Ono of his second cousins, Louis, Is a major-general In the Russian army, and two others nrj, living on the reputation of their onces tors. Tho Secretory of tho Navy is the first of his immediate family to Mni.tlCt IdrMcnlf nlncnlv tv n Ainpn enn life, Instead of clinging to a hops. somo day of ruling over France. It not too much to say thnt ho is thtf urnrMilnRt Kiirvlvtnt? (loRoendnnt of tllfl Corslcan family. But Is It not curfr ous that Napoleon's grandnepnov should bo nt the head of the American Navy Department? A ICinliiur Hnnvimlr. - . . ., v... ... M1I a . r w . i ii i ...'Mi' r 1 11 rr . .miner i . t . Charles Warren Stoddard wrl4f riMi a v unnt 1 lint fivtat- rtn iimir Tl v ujv 1 1117 UU -L.L bllUL 111GL Ull " - .1 l 1.1 1 - nnntK i w nil nil j a v .. i7iiiL.iL i -w mm no doubt rheumatic In overj joint. ... 1 A?. 1 V II Mia V U W a A i x - fashion of a roll-top desk. Across tM length of It, cut deop in largo lottery such as schoolboys lovo to carvo wai this legend: "'Oft was I weary when I tolht&i Theo.' "So saner the callev slnvo In a fffuio less verso; and so, In tho hour of tri umph, Rudyard Kipling graved upol the cover of tho desk at which he woi his famo." National Magazine