16 NSER NATIONAL PrESE A66 nJ He remained there inert, dovoid of power of thong’llt or speech, his brain clouded, his tongue dumb. Time pos sessed no more value to him. Human beings were specters. One fact gradually became clear to bis perception—he vvonld no longer dare to live here, isolated, defenseless, hugging his miserable and ignoble see re t. He must flee from Malta in old age and de'crepitude. The Sicilian dollar was liis Nemesis, the angel with the flaming sword, destined to drive him forth from this paradise of his own choice. How could the instinct of the miser, which had been the taint of his soul for years, growii ; to a noxious parasite, checking the current of all noble purpose, have chosen a better refuge than this remote island, whose inhabitants were prudent, like himself? t At length the dormant nature of the man was aroused and struggled fierce ly for supremacy. The greed of ava rice wrestled with conscience. It were better to leave the Sicilian dollar safely buried out of sight than stand branded as an imposter. How he had schemed to convert mostof the wealth brought with him into the current -coin! Now it had become fairy gold, snd no better than a heap of withered Autumn leaves! What! Hive up all! Xiose alll Never! Never! The past rose, at the moment, be fore the dimmed vision of Jaoob Deal try. i He had dwelt at Jamaica, as Capt. Pillingham surmised, lie had been a ■clerk In London, and subsisted on a meagre salary through youth and •early manhood. - Then a summons from the West Indies advised him, as ■next of kin, that he inherited the property of a cousin, a trader of cour tage and ability, who had amassed con Aide ruble wealth. From the beginning fortune had <1 sizzled and frightened Jacob Dealtry, t - .narrow-minded and economical by ■education,-- Sleep forsook his pillow At the thought of rash investments, And the artful wiles of his cousin’B old associates. lie wished to escape from their net His wife died, and ■during the childhood of his son he , counted his possessions with tremu lous anxiety, lie strove ever to hold ills own. The son took ship for Spain, _ And married a pretty Andalusian. • Jacob Dealtry's inherent suspicion :s* found cause of disapproval of tliis -early marriage. He departed from Jamaiea without leaving traces of ■himself, or revealing his future plans to any one. The measure was the outward symp tom of a canker of the souL The young couple would squander his •' money as lightly as a bride smoked a cigarette, or toyed with her fan. The son devoted the remainder of tiis life to finding the missing parent IThe young man was actuated by ap prehension of foul play, and a sincere wish to fulfil his own final duties Smitten with fever, he left the sole re maining due in his possession to his ,? wife and child. lie had ascertained, After much fruitless quest in the laby erinth of London life, that a person of >the name of-Jacob Dealtry dwelt at Malta This last hope of succor had led the mother and child to the Watch 'Tower, where they had been ungraci ously received by a man reputed poor, ■ And who earned a humble livelihood Vy copying documents for an advocate, when chance afforded such cuiploy A - *’HB STOOD AS IF FBOZKX WITH IIORROK.” •meat. or - picking up srchwological -relics, and deciphering Punic inscrip -tions, self-taught, and zealous in re search. The Andalusian daughter-in-law ■faded., and died of ennui, disappoint ment, and chagrin, leaving little Dolores. The old man rose from the bench .and began to walk about his narrow domain. Ha tossed his arms above his , head and uttered imprecations, wild, -wrathful and Impotent, against those -who had reduced him to this sorry ’ plight To reveal liis hoard to ail -«gres< or to lose it! Terrible, incredi ble alternative! Ah, why had he dis . -trusted the crisp bank note, easily .folded and secured in the lining ofj '■ t: ■ f, XX “5SSSJI' raiment, a bed, a chair, tormented by dread of rats and mice, mildew and storms? Blindly, foolishly he had chosen the hard, bright coin, inde structible to mischevious agents of harm the teeth of rodents, and rain. The .Sicilian dollar had played him false. He saw it all now that such knowledge came too late, He lived in a sort of delirium. He | scoffed at the impending catastrophe. He need not act with undue precipita- ! lion. There was still time for reflection j r.nd to rearrange hia disordered ideas. He kept reassuring himself in this fash- j ion. Night and day became as one to I him. If he slept or partook of such food as was to be found in the house, the need of nature was mechanically fultilled, He did not miss his grand daughter. He had forgotten her and a fever of unrest consumed him. Con tending passions tore his breast, now urging him todesperate, franticaction, and again withholding him in u dull, passive resignation. Suddenly the no ,1a church bell reached his ear. He paused in h..» aimless rambling about house and garden, indulging in fitful soliloquies, and listened. 'The bell marked the passing hour. He was startled, shocked, appalled. Time was ebbing rapidly, like the sand in the glass His distorted fancy thus in terpreted the warning of the clock. Would he be too late? lie sioou as 11 irozen wun norror, his white hair bristling on his head, his eye dilated und fixed. A voice shrieked these words: “I am rich, rich! My treasure lies buried here all about me. Help mo to unearth it before it is too late!” Who had spoken? He could not de termine whether his own lips had moved, or he heard an echo of his thoughts at his side. He was no longer alone. Mocking faces jibed at him, taunting his helplessness, his tardy recognition of the impending evil. Then a beautiful shape, clothed in shining radiance, put aside the others, only to prove the more maddening in tern. This airy form was the {Sicilian dollar. Now it gleamed on the ground, and again It flitted up to the parapet of the Watch Tower The coin spun here, there, on all sldos, eluding, daz zling, intangible. Jacob Dealtry, aroused to frenzy haste, after long delay, began to seek In the crevices of his dwelling, be neath the fountain basin, behind the beehives, at the angle of the garden wall. If he paused to rest, his feeble strength exhausted, the Sicilian dol lar Hashed before his troubled vision, scoiling at his forgetfulness of still another liiding-placo, and goading him to fresh exertions Shrill laughter and odd cries were audible occasionally in the enclosure. Jucob Dealtry hud lost his reason. * * * * # A vessel approached Malta, the Elettrico from Messina. Among the passengers on board were Deut Curzon and his wife, llis brief leave of absence had nearly expired, and he was about to rejoin his ship. Dolores, beaming with happiness, and her savuge grace already refined by travel, still held Florio under one arm. Malta gave slight heed to these new arrivals in the more profound emo tions of the hour. Malta, whether of high or of low degree, was bringing the Sicilian dollar to the treasrry murt at the appointed time. The coin ar rived in bag, purse, < cotter, and even transported in rude boxes on primi tive vehicles, the owners sadly crest fallen and anxious as to results. The fact was clearly proved that the stronghold of the Knights Templar was the richest island of similar di mensions in the world me recluse of the Watch Tower was not the only victim of the pranks of the Sicilian dollar on this occasion. Disbursement of hoards long con cealed sowed discontent, envy, and suspicion on every side. Creditors frowned on debtors, proved to have full pockets. Masters eyed thrifty servants askance. The Busattl couple met on their own threshold with mutual confusion and anger. “Thou!,' exclaimed the husband, in accents of unfeigned astonishment, hugging a much-worn, leathor pouch under his arm. “Thou!” echoed the wife, in even sharper tones, and clutching a heavy sack of coarse linen. “Eh! What would you have, my soul? A man must make a little pro vision for age when his children may tlnd him a burden,” said tho husband, apologetically. “I have daughters to marry,” said the wife tartly. “May the Madonna help me to save a soldo for some masses to be sung for the ropose of my soul when I die!” Even l)r. Busatli emerged from the house counting some pieces of money in his.left palm. And Dolores? Her face clouded as she once more climbed tho steps of Valletta. Remorse and apprehension began to weigh on her heart In vain she sought for the small and bent form of her grandfather in 1lie crowd. Why should he be there unless at tracted by a sentiment of curiosity? “He is all alone,” she faltered. “He may have been ill and neglected while we have been so happy. Ah, poor grandpapa!” Her husband soothed and reassured her. Certainly Jacob Deultry should want for nothing, yet the old man in spired only contempt in the mind ot the officer, as on the occasion of their first meeting1. Dr. Dusatti quitted the town to visit a patient in the vicinity of the Watch Tower. A neighbor hinted that Jacotfc Dealtry had not been seen to emerge from the garden gate for several days. The young physicinn approached the portal and knocked. There was no response. At this moment Dolores and Lieut Curzon appeared on the path Greetings were exohanged. Possibly these two men recognized, with a swift and mutual intuition of change, how strangely the tangled thread of life had involved and brought them back to a common start ing point, the threshold of Jacob Deal try’s door. t Dolores grew pale as the knocking on the gate was repeated. Ah, if they had come too late! I’iorio increased her agitation by whining pitifully. Did the dog remember the spot,1.' i Dolores cast a frightened glance about ] her, and pressed her hands to her throbbing heart “Grandpapa!” I The fresh young voice pierced the j stillness. "Grandpapa! Dolores is here. Open the door.” (Surely the strained attention of the group of listeners detected a sound, a slow movement, within the enclosure, the heavy dragging of feet on the ground. The bolt moved, the chain rattled, and then Dr. Uusatti pushed against the barrier. Jacob Dealtry had fallen in making this final effort The garden presented an appearance of the utmost disorder and dilapida tion. Plants were uprooted, stones dislodged, the soil disturbed. In the vestibule of the tower the portrait of the Knight lay on the floor, revealing an open door in the wall, and the carved chair, overturned, was shown to have concealed a second recess in the wall. All about the old man heaps of shining coin lay scattered, rolling in a reckless profusion on the path, in half emptied boxos, in tangled masses of rags, in bags of leather, cloth and silk. i-ieut. uurzon was scornfully silent. Dr. llusatti uttered an involuntary exclamation of surprise and dismay and wiped liis damp brow. If the former realized, with swift conviction, that Jacob Deal try must have been seeking some fresh hiding place for his money when he found him in the ruined temple, the emotion of Dr. llusatti was far more lively when he actually trod upon the {Sicilian dol lar in order to aid the unconscious owner. Dolores, in advunce of both of her comoanions, had knelt and lifted her grandfather’s head on her breast with remor-eful solicitude. Florio trotted around- the garden with ulter unconcern, and, plunging into the clump of reeds, brought out a broken fan in his mouth. "Help him!” besought Dolores, with a touch of the imperiousness percepti ble on a former occasion. “I fear he is overdone,” said the physician, again testing the feeble ^ ~ <* - JACOB DEAJ.TKV HAD FAI.I.EN. and flutttering pulse of the old man. Did Dr. llusatti, in the abstraction permitted to science undeh similar cir cumstances, realise that Malta could boast of no heiress of the Sicilian dol lar to compare with the unconscious Dolores? Truly, “He who has gold, ora devil, can not hide it.” That night Jacob Dealtry rallied slightly from stupor, and gazed at tentively at Lieut. Curzon, who stood at liis bedside, while Dolores knelt, holding his cold hand. “James,” he articulated, half won deringly, mistaking the officer for his son long dead. Then his glance sought Dolores. “The Andalusian,” he murmured, and once more closed his eyes. An hour later his breath exhaled in these words, “Too late!” The following summer Mr. Ford, the clergyman with a weak chest, preached a sermon on the landing of bt. Paul at Malta in his own parish church. Among the edified listeners were his bride, formerly Miss Ethel Symthe, Mrs. (iritlith, Capt. Fillingham and his wife. The morning service terminated, the captain walked with Mrs. Griffith through the churchyard, in the direc tion of the vicarage. “Our young fiiend, Arthur turzou, will coine iu for a pot of money,” he remarked in a confidential undertone. “They say the old Watch Tower was full of gold, hoarded by the miserly grandfather. He must have been the Jamaica trad er, Jacob Dealtry. A simple maiden in her flower is worth a hundred coats-of-arms, you know. When I was with Admiral Jack in the Ihiltic-” “John, dear, Mr. Ford is waiting to take us to lunch," interposed Mrs. Fillingham, pausing at the door of the Vicarage. “Some women are fidgety listeners, at the best,” quoth the ancient mar iner. “1 must try to secure a Sicilian dollar for my collection of coins. I have some good specimens of florins, and the Venetian zecchin and osele. i Let us all return to Malta next win- i ter." ! THE EXD. GRAND OLD PARTY LIVING TRUTHS OF THE RE PUBLICAN POLICY. Selections from Various Authorities Which Serve to Prove the Wisdom of the People In Calling the Tarty Pack to Power. * Protection for Agriculture. There can be no misunderstanding as to the position occupied by the leading men of all parties, in the earlier days of the republic, toward protection for domestic agricultural products. What ever differences of opinion may have arisen—too often shaded by words and mere theory—on the subject of protec tion for domestic manufactures, on the question of adequate encouragement of agriculture they were substantially agreed at all times. The Democracy of the north never wavered in its ef fort to care for wool and grain, for rice, sugar, hemp, indigo and cotton, all of which it has been our policy to protect. How, then, can it be said that protec tion is vicious? The south would have been beggared without the protection given it on tobacco, rice and sugar, and at an earlier period on cotton. What will the friends of a “tariff for revenue only” do when they ap proach tho early and subsequent periods in our history which are so replete with evidences of the object of legislation to encourage and protect the products of agriculture. Those duties were not laid for revenue, but solely to foster, encourage and protect the specific ar ticles on which duties were laid. The cause of agriculture was then with us— as it had ever been throughout ancient and modern history—a subject of our constant care and solicitude, and it was not allowed to suffer because of the anxiety which was felt for cheap raw materials for our manufacturing indus tries. The discussion pending the framing of our first tariff law in 1789 leaves no possible doubt as to the primary object of laying duties on products which we either produced, or hoped to produce, on our own soil. The duty on cotton of three cents a pound was suggested by Mr. Burke of South Caro lina. The duty on hemp was suggested by Mr. Moore of Kentucky and several others. The duty on ale, beer and por ter was supported, in aid of hop and barley growing, by Mr. Madison. The duties on tallow, cheese and indigo were all laid to encourage agriculture and not “for revenue only.” Tobacco leaf came in for protection in 1832, al though we were then large exporters of it. Wheat was put in our tariff laws in 1824, corn in 1842, rice in 1846. On sugar there was a duty for revenue only at the outset. It did not reach the pro tection point until 1816, when the three cents then given brown sugar was equivalent to a half cent of protec tion. inis policy gradually grew until it has practically embraced all our agri cultural products that are liable to be interfered with by importations, and the basis of these duties is protection and encouragement for our farmers as against foreign products of like kind. That this was the object of these duties was not openly expressed by their au thors, but as late as 1841 Hon. Lewis McLane of Delaware—who had been a member of the house for ten years, secretary of the treasury under Jack son, and a severe Jackson Democat—in making an able argument in the senate in favor of encouraging home indus tries and alluding to the cause of agri culture, said: Our duties upon the agricultural products of foreign countries were not imposed for purposes of revenue, but for the protection of our agricultural industries. And although gentlemen may be disposed to regard these regula tions lightly now, because of the pecu liar condition of foreign countries here tofore, they are, nevertheless, indica tive of the sense we entertain, of our true policy. Free Trade in Poultry. The English people like foreign poul try. They prefer to pay over a couple of millions of dollars a year to poultry raisers in Continental Europe, the United States and other countries rather than help the British farmers to supply their home market. The im ports of poultry into the United King dom last year were as follows: IMPORTS OF POULTRY, 1894. From Value. Russia. ?210,6G5 Belgium. 575,812 France. 1,084,785 United States and Other Coun tries. 46S.954 Total.S2.S40.24G It appears that France receives over a million dollars a year from the United Kingdom for French poultry; Belgium receives over half a million of dollars a year; Russia a couple of hundred thousand dollars, while the United States and other countries get the bal ance, amounting to nearly $470,000. No doubt the English farmers would be glad to receive the two and a third million dollars that are paid by tno English people for foreign poultry, even if It did not amount to such a very large sum when distributed among them in dividually. It would, however, be some slight encouragement that might in duce them to pay more attention to their poultry, with the hope of securing the entire home market and all there i3 in it. “Japan aa a Market for IV The New York Herald of July 22 had a two-column illustrated article with the above heading. Out of the entire 41 inches of space occupied, exactly 2 inches, less than 5 per cent of the whole is devoted to the subject of “Japan as a Market for Us.” We quote this por tion of the article as follows: “Throughout the dinner the conversa tion turned mainly upon the desire of Japanese merchants and business men to not only increase the traffic between Japan and the United States, but to make, if possible, Japan a better cus tomer of the United States. All pres ent admitted that our country was not only the best friend sentimentally that Japan had, but the best friend commer cially. Every gentleman who could speak English conveyed to me personally his appreciation of the just and fair course of the Herald toward Japan, and the advantage it was to have in the United States a journal so in fluential to advocate Japan’s interests. Some of them expressed the hope that the Herald would advocate a policy that would enable our manufacturers to place their goods in Japanese markets in competition with the manufactures of Europe, and which would open up our cotton field especially to the Japa nese manufacturers.” The foregoing impression of Colonel Cockerill’s, it would appear, was ar rived at after dinner'when he had been the recipient of a banquet accorded him by some Japanese ladies and gentle men. Before the dinner the gallant Colonel was presented with a souvenir which he describes as a “rare beauty.” Wo should mention that the “rare beauty” was not a Japanese maiden, as some of the Colonel’s friends might perhaps imagine. vve a wan wun interest, m a subse quent letter, the details and particulars that will show how the Policy of Idiocy advocated by the Herald “would enable our manufacturers to place their goods in the Japanese markets.” Let us have something more than 2 inches of bal derdash, so that the next article may be worthy of its caption. Our artist, meantime, has endeavored to supply the facts that were omitted by the Colonel, who may, possibly, find some difficulty in writing Free-Trade- articles so soon after severing his connection with a strong protectionist daily in New York. Japan an a Manufacturer. The phenomenally low price of raw cotton has tempted heavy purchases from abroad. If the crop year be taken, the exports in the ten months ending June 30, 1895, were 3,427,845,716 pounds, against 2,566,982,921 pounds in the cor responding period of 1894. Nearly 900, 000,000 pounds more were sold in 1895 than in the preceding year, and netted $3,400,000 less. The distribution of this increased quantity may be taken as a fair indication of the industrial coun tries which have felt the approach of better demand for the manufactured goods England naturally stands first, taking 700,000,000 pounds more in 1895 than in 1S94; Germany, France and Italy will use 450,000,000 pounds in ex cess of the last year; and even greater needs are indicated by the increased ex ports to Mc^icon and Canada. One other country, the youngest among na tions and the youngest industrial pow er, will repay careful study if her de mand for American cotton may be taken as an indication of growing com petence. In the year 1894 less than 5,000,000 pounds were exported to Japan; in the year 1895 the export was more than 11,000,000 pounds. This is the more remarkable as Japan has British India and China as sources of supply, and is known to draw heavily from them. This need for our cotton points to positive development on the best lines of manufacture. It is only five years ago that the United States sent cotton cloth to Japan. Now Japan asks for raw cotton, defeats British Indian competition in yarns and threat ens English cloth with exclusion from the continent of Asia.—Worthington C. Ford, Chief of the Bureau of Statis tics, Washington, D. C., in the North American Review, August, 1S95. — Factories Out West. Another important industr; is now assured for this city, which will give employment to forty hands at the out set, with the prospects of a larger force as soon as the business is well under way. There have been rumors of the or ganization of the company for some days. The officers of the company are: President, J. Howard Jenkins; vice president, G. M. Jones, secretary and treasurer, Frank E. Grove. The busi ness of the company will be the manu facture of workingmen’s clothing of all descriptions. The capital stock is $25,OCO and articles of incorporation will be Hied to-day.—The Oshkosh, Wis., Times, July 13, 1S93. Fret? Cotton. It may seem all very well perhaps for the cotton planter to get the benefit which he hopes to derive from “free” cotton bagging by placing his neigh bor's fiax on the free list, but he will have the poor comfort of knowing that if he secures any advantage it will be at the expense of farmers engaged in agricultural vocations as honorable and honest as his own. The cotton planter's trouble lies beyond cheaper cotton bag ging. 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