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ni.u ui uirir uiu iiv, aunbrana cou
Kins, until the whole settlement seems on
family of kiu folks. They are from the
north of Europe, where they have been
trained to ummestionable obedience and
plotlding industry."
"How much did It cost you to bring
them here!" I asked, as we were riding
from place to pine on the estate.
"Seven dollars a head," he answered, as
though speaking of a herd of cattle.
"I see you have been in America long
enough to have learned some of her
shrewdness."
"How 80?"
"You could never have brought people
here without some previous arrangement.
How did you nminL't it?"
"Very easily. You see I had lionght
large tracts of lands from the railroad com
pany and they were under some obliga
tions to mo. I asked for honest rates to
bring settlers in. At first I could not get
rates that would justify me in bringing
them. Hut after a great deal of cousulta
titm, we arranged with dltferent railways
aud lino of steamers, until the fare was
just seven dollars per head by the family."
"These buildings, how did you arrange
for them?"
"There again the railroads heled me. I
got rates for everything. Each house as it
stands cost me fifteen dollars. The tenants
built them, themselves."
"How will you ever get your money
back?" I a-sked.
"Each man is hired by the year, until
the, land begins to produce something,
theti they will rent. Whatever I pay for
building or living expenses Is kept from
tho wares. "
"Wiiat do they live on? 1 see the land
has just been broken."
"You have seen tlio little- provision store
and postolllce; well, that is kept by my
agent and an account is kept with each
tenant of the amount of provisions be Is in
dubt for. It is brought here from various
places."
"Do you furnish the farm implements?"
I asked.
"Yes, I furnish everything; but I get a
discount on largo purduiie and reduced
rates on railroads, so It is not so expeuslve
as it seems ut llrst sight."
"You see this is flno noil," he said, lift
ing a handful and exaiuing It.
"It is a fine, rich, sandy loam," I said.
"Then this is the lino country where the
great desert used to bo. Tlio homo of the
bullaloand roaming red skins has been re
deemed and is now being purchased by
English and American landlords at a rapid
rate."
"It has not been three years since I first
located these lands. Then I was far in ad
vance of civilisation, but now it has gone
way beyond me. If Ijord Sanders hud not
come with me I should never have got Mis
session of so much land all in one body as
I have it now."
"I waa just going to ask you how you
got possession of so much land.
"There are two classes of land open to
settlers: railroad lauds and government
lands. The railroad lands I lought by the
section. I was told that no foreigner could
obuiiu lands from the government in any
form, but Ind Sanders understood the
ways of the laud olllce and helped
mo. There are three forms by which
government land can be obtained, home
stead, pre-emption and timber claims.
Homestead laws give to each head of
the family a right to enter a quarter sec
tion by living on It five years and then
proving up. The pre-emption laws re
quire the applicant to till the soil and pay
from one dollar and twenty-five cents to
two dollars and fifty cents per acre, ac
cording to the location. And the timber
claim allows a quarter section to the quali
fied man or woman who pays fourteen dol
lars and breaks five acres the first year,
cultivates it the second and plants cither
seeds or cuttings for timber until he ran
show some six thousand living trees on the
land he claims."
"Well, you could not comply with any of.
those requirements, could you?" .-
"That is where ImtA Sanders helped me.
We thought of every name we could and
then went to the land olllce, and, with the
aid of a good bonus, we had names enough
entered to take up the alternate sections.
Then, as soon as my tenants came, each
one was placed on the desired quarter sec
tion and began to cultivate it. When the
time comes for proving up it can be shown
that the lands have changed hands and
are In the hands of actual settlers. I shall
enter it in each tenant's name and pay all
the fees and rent the lands to them, while
they transfer to me the fee simple."
"Now I see how you manage It. But 1
ihould think the American people would
object to foreigners coming here and hold
ing so muelrluiid."
"They are always glad to have foreign
ers come and make actual settlement and
my tenants will qualify just as soon as
possible; then there cun be no objection to
them. And the railroad lands we can buy
as much of as we like; though some wild
fmiatlcs are making a fuss alxrat it"
"I uudorstand that Englishmen now
own about twenty million acres in the
United States."
"I believe that Is true. We are gaining
the lands our fathers lost without fighting
any bloody battles for them."
"I remember reading in an English pa
per before I left home that ,'No matter
what course Congress may take to prevent
It, the inheritance of the American people
will yet como into the possession of the
English nobility.' Now I nee what It
meant. But some are working to defeat
your plans."
"I do not wonder that the American
people are waking up to the truth of the
situution. English and Scotch landlords
already own as much land in .America as
the entire state of New York."
"Here is a piece of ground that must
have been under cullvation before you saw
It," I said, as we came to an old log cabin.
"Yes, Wnvcrluud, that I bought of an
old man who had lived here a number of
years. When I fenced my property he
found himself without a highway."
"Hut you had no right to do that."
"The cow boys I had here herding my
stock made him feel a little uneasy."
"Then you forced the old man to leave
this beautiful piece of ground where he
hud tolled to start a home?" I asked.
"I bought him out," said v the duke,
wincing under the word force. .
"Did you pay him for his Improve
ments?" "No, I could not afford to do that. I paid
him the same that I paid for railroad
lands." ' '
"Then his two or three years hard work
went for nothing."
"He had one or two good crons from the
land."
"I think the 'equal rl-ihto to all' clause
In the American constitution has been
nt""V I end 'miirht makes rlcht' has
oeen inserted in it steaa."
I "You are right in that, Waverland. The
! boasted liberty of America Is only In the
name, when they submit to being gov
erned by money, backed up by physical
fiirce. Just look at Jay Could; lie counts
his wealth by the hundreds of millions!
When he wants to steal anything by law
he fluds plenty to help him. Liberty, in
deed! It's all bosh!"
"I do not wonder that we hear of riots
and strikes. No one would object to his
great wealth if he would allow fair wages
to his employes. Hut when, month after
month, he cuts down their wages a few
cents at a time, until starvation is at their
doors, I am not surprised that they rebel.
Then I have beard that his men are com
pelled to pay a monthly tax to establish
and maintain a hospital fund, under Mr.
Jay Gould's finely organized system of
tyranny," I said, as we started foi our
little boarding house after a long ride In
this dukedom.
Thus riding and chatting from day to
day, sometimes on horseback, sometimes
on wheels, but always In hunting suit;
with gnmo bag, dogs, servants, and guns,
we spent two weeks on the duke's great
estate. It is in extent about twenty-five
miles wide by fifty long, equaling In size
about two counties of the common size In
Kansas, Illinois, or Nebraska, a medium
principality in Germany, or a small duke
dom iu England. It Is a huge Joke on the
American theory of liberty aud equal
rurbta.
wenver, tne qunlnt city of the West, was
our final resting place. It lies at an alti
tude of 5,375 feet, aud about fifteen miles
from the mountains.
Going to the Windsor Hotel, we enga
ged rooms, had dinner and went out to see
the city. We passed down one of those
long, straight streets, shaded on either
side by beautiful trees. On each side of
every street flows a constant stream of
water, often as clenr and cool as a moun
tain brook. The water is supplied to the
city from the Platte river, by means of an
open channel. Tho fountains and water
works are supplied by the Holly system of
pumping the water from the river. It is
sout with such force through the pipes
that in case of fire It sends a strong stream
of water through the hose.
"The muttering sound of water Is re
freshing this warm day," I said, as we
were passing along the shady street.
"Denver never seems to me oppressively
warm. The number of Its trees and foun
tains und these little rills always insure a
refreshing temperature," said Mclvorno. '
"This city, with its wondorful develop
ment of art; tho unexpected intelligence of
Its people; their rellned method of thought
and handiwork; their knowledge of science
and their great material wealth, exhibit
the beautiful theorem f Emerson when
ho says 'The powers of a busy brain are
miraculous and Illimitable!' Once this
was a sterile waste. Hut mind, probably
the mind of one mnn, if we could trace it
home, was what conceived the possibilities
of this mighty city," I said, after spending
hours looking at the wonderful things
brought into use in the few years since
this wai known as the great desert of the
West.
"Why, AVaverland, you are quite elo
quent in your praises of this new world.
Hut It is wonderful as you say. It is like
tho fairy palaces In the Arabian Nights."
"Do you know how many inhabitants
this city has?"
"About soventy-flve thousand."
"How clear and pure the air seems. It
Is a luxury to breathe it," I said.
' The climate Is one of the things that
DenveriteB are very proud of. Do you see
that man with the hose watering his
plants?" asked Melvorne, calling my at
tention to a beautiful yard where a foun
tain was sending up its silvery spray, that
glistened in the rays of the sotting sun.
"Yes, I see him. What is the use of his
watering things? Everything looks as
bright and fresh as those lilies ut the base
of the fountain."
"That's the secret of all this beauty. If
it were not for the use of the ditches, pipes
and hose, the sifting sand would choke
everything In Denver."
"Why, are there never any showers to
supply nature with the needed moisture?"
"Seldom any rain falls, though clouds
often appear. The display of lightning is
magnificent and sometimes very destruct
ive." "How clear and bright the snnshine to.
What would they think in England or Iro
land of this climate?"
"It would" be hard to tell. But the clear
blue heavens and the bright sunshine are
among Denver's greatest charms."
"Whero do they get their building ma
terial from, there is such a variety?" I
asked.
"There are brick kilns In the suburbs of
the city. Stone and other material is
found near by. There Is a great variety,
and men of taste choose the material best
suited to the style they intend to build."
"I have noticed that there seemed to be
an individuality In the style and shape of
the buildings. Not two are alike."
"Every one seems to vie with his nelgtl
1 1 i i i i . . . ...
uur iu iimning ms nome me mosn attract
ive. Taste and wealth have worked with
magic power In changing these wild cactus-growing
plains Into these charming
homes, with grassy lawns and beautiful
flower gardens.
"There is a fine building, what Is it?" I
Inquired. '
"That's their opera house; one of the fin
est on this contment." ' ;
i "School houses and churches are numer
ous. The people believe In education and
the cardinal virtues of morality. Here
they seem to strive for the poetry of life
the higher thought."
"We find here the intellectual culture
that makes life so attractive in well estab
lished society. It Is made up of New York,
Boston and the East, transplanted and
developed Into a more healthy state. Here
even the Bostonians forget to say, I am
irom Hoston.' "
We spent a most dellghful afternoon,
but when evening eme we were so far
away from our hotel that we were glad to
take a street car for the return trip. These
handy little horse power coaches travel
the streets of Denver with as much pomp
as In any of the older cities of the Eastern
States. It was hard to believe that this
proud city was little more than half a
score of years old. Here was to be seen
the wonderful electric light; and the tele
phone wires formed a complete network
over our heads.; The city was well furn.
ished with gas, .Every luxury or need of
man's nature had been provided for., , ,
When we reached the hotel we passed
into the dining rooms. At a table to the
left of our own was a group of happy peo
ple, if we conld Judge by their merry vot
ces and mirthful laughter.
"What's ' the matter, Melvorne?" I
asked, for his face was as white as a
ghost.
"Great heavens! Can it bo she?" he ex- j
claimed, without hearinir mv remark.
While I was watching his face I caught
the sound ot a familiar voice ana ex
claimed, "Stella!"
Though my back was toward the table I
was sure It was my long lost friend. Hope
sprang to life and defied self-control. I
was near the dearest object of my life. I
soon should know if my future was to be
bright or dark. Supper was of little mo
ment now, the inner sensitive life was su
preme. Melvorne left the table and I fol
lowed. We sought the hotel register.
There we found the names of Mr. and Mrs.
T. B. Ixdlard, Idy Irving and Miss Stella
Everett, nil of Ixwdon, England. With
out a word we each passed to our rooms.
There, like David Copperfleld, we spent
some time over our toilets. At last Mol
Torne came to my room, saying:
"Are you ready to go to the parlors? 1
have seut word asking the party to meet
some old friends there. For I discovered
that Miss Everett was your friend, and, no
doubt, you recognized Ijuly Irving as
mine."
I was ready in a moment, and together
we entered the magnificent parlor. As I
entered the door, 1 heard my name called,
and I fancied in an undertone of gladness.
I crossed tho room, scarcelv knowing what
1 did, and taking Stella s hand in mine
said in an undertone of tenderness:
"Have I found you at last, my long lost
darling?"
For a moment a glad light sprang to her
v Hut Instantly it ensnared and she
wiMidrew ner mind. 'turning to tne gen
tleman and lady sitting near, she present
ed me to Mr. aud Mrs. Lollard.
How can I explain the thoughts of the
moment? Stella's voice and tho glad sur
prise that beamed a Joyous welcome from
her eyes, had been so full of tenderness,
and, I fancied, love, that my soid was agi
tated by the sweetness of the hope that
love had been returned. But this repulse,
what could it mean? For a few moments
my thoughts were beyond my control. I
neither spoke nor moved. Hut only for an
Instant. Composure returned and I was
master once more. Turning to Mr. 1j1
lurd, I said.
"Are you Intending to take a tour of the
mountain scenery In Colorado, or are you
Just passing on your homeward journey?"
"We came to Denver, thinking of spend
ing some t ime hero. Are you at liberty to
Join our party?"
"Yes, sir," I answered, "that, I think,
would bo ngrecuhln to both tho Duko of
Melvorne and myself." ;
"Then that Is the famous Duko of Mel
vorno that I have so ofteu heard of?"
asked Mr. liOllard.
Melvorne and lndy Irving had left the
room without presenting tho duko to her
friends. They were now enjoying a pro
menade on the broad piazza of the hotel.
"Yes, sir, that U tho Duko of Melvorne.
We have Just been visiting his ranch In i
Dakota, and aro now going to visit his
smaller one in this state," 1 answered.
"lie seems to have found a friend In
Lady Irving," snid Mrs. Lollard, a lively
little brunette.
"Ho was very much surprised when he
discovered her In the dining hull. And I
was equally surprised to hear your voice
iu this strng hmd, Miss Everett," I said,
turning (o Stella as I spoke. "May I ask
how you came to be so far from home?"
"I came with Lady Irving. We have
been traveling together," she wiM, "How
are your mother and ulster?"
"My mother is di ad. Myrtle Is with An
nie Wren," 1 said, wutehiiig lier face a-s I
mentioned Annie's name.. S'eiU changed
her position as 1 spoke, but I had found a
key to her Indifferent manners.
"Your mother dead:" ihe rxcl.i'inod af
ter a moment's pause. "I lave so ofteu
pictured her calm, swerl face with a look
of welcome on it for me, when I returned,
for I always meant to see her again, she
was so kind to me." The tears glistened In
her eyes as she spoke of my mother. "And
little Myrtle, how I would like to see her,
she was very dear to me."
; "Mother died In the winter. I had been
to Loudon, and was called home suddenly
on account of her illness. She lived only a
few hours after my return." WTiile I was
"Sir, I never gave jou cause fo take ixich
WtertU-4 vrllh rnc."
telling of my mother, Stella had forgotten
her self-imposed tojk of appearing cold
aud haughty. While we had been talking,
I had been thinking. The old adage came
to my mind, "Faint heart never won fair
lady." I thought that I would test her in
difference, and said:
"Miss Everett, would yon enjoy a walk
on the plom?" offering my arm as I
spoke. For an Instant she seemed unde
cided. Then she answered by placing her
hand upon my arm. As soon as we were
alone I asked:
"Stella, have you no. words of welcome
for me after these long, weary months of
aDsencer" iso answer.
"Do you know that I sought far and
near for some news of my lost friend, and,
now that I have found you, when my heart
Is full of rejotclug, you have no words of
welcome. ' ,
Still no answer, though I paused a mo
ment in our walk that I might listen.
"Darling, have you no love for me in
your heart?" I pleaded, taking hor hand
that lay upon my arm in my own.
She would not permit even that, but
turned from me, saying:
"Sir, I never gave you cause to take such
liberties with me."
I thought there was a sound of pain in
the girlisn voice. Once more I pleaded:
"Stella, Miss Everett, excuse me," I
said, 'Tor troubling you, but I must know
the truth. My mother told me all she said
to you that morning before you left Wa-
verland. Did you believe that I loved An
nie Wren?" , ,
She turned her face toward meln the
bright moonlight. . It was full of reviving
hope as she answered:
"Yes, Sir Loyd, I beJIeved It and that
was why I left Waverland."
' "0, my darling," . I said, taking ber
hand, "how could you believe that anyone
was dearer to me than your own sweet
aelf?"
"I believed it because your mother said
It was settled long ago, that you were to
nrnrrv Annie." There was lust a oulver
of pain in the voice that maae tnis cornea
aion.
"Was that the reason that yoo left War
verlaudf"
"It was."
"Then you loved me Just a little, even
though you left mo?"
"Yes, Loyd, I loved you," came in a
whisper too faint for aught but a lover'a
. ..... I. . V L- l 1 V.
ear. lilll 1i wua i-uuukii. i iieiu uci iw uij
heart and kissed the sweet Hps and pure
white brow. My heart uttering all the
time In a glad refrain the words of the old
song, "My heart now sadly dumb shall
sieak to you alone."
How changed the world seemed! I had
secured the love of the one individual in all
the world that could Inspire my heart with
noble aspirations. We did not need words
to tell tho old, old story, for the sweetness
and the honor of the new-found compan
ionship hail a language all Its own
"No more weary hours, my lovel" I said,
as I led her to a seat. "Did you think you
could hide your love from me by assuming
indifference?"
"I was afraid I could not, that wa why
I left Waverland." .
"Do you know the anguish I felt when I
knew that you had gone? Whero did yon
go? How did you fare? Tell me all, my
darlinar."
i ioumi ijaay lrvmg, as yon see. va
have been traveling together a king time,"
she answered evasively.
"Hut did you find her at once?"
"I cannot tell you now. H would take
too long. I have found friends continual
ly." "If I had known you were safe I should
have beeu happy."
"I do not believe that," she said archly.
"You would have tried to find mo if yon
had known where I was."
"You are right. I never would have
been contented until I had learned my fata
from your own dear Hps. If mother had
not come to the library door Just when she
did, I should have known it then."
"I felt the Impulse. And I knew that
my life would le very dark without you.'
My hungry heart was ready to respoud to
the call of joy and hope."
"My hopes were rudely shattered when I
came homo and found that you had gone.
What a dreary life I led for days and days.
But one evening it seemed to mo you cam
and said, 'If I were you I would not lot
my inheritance go to waste.' Thon other
wo"ds that you had uttered, words of con
fort, and words of cheer, came to my mi.nl.
They inspired me wit h courage and filled
my heart with hope. I was almost sure
that sometime wo would meet, aud that I
should yet win your love."
VHow long was that after I left?"
. "About a mouth. Why?"
"I remember ono evening about that
time 1 had been feeling that In all this
great world there was not one Individual
tlist needed me, or that I could benefit by
living'. There seemed to bo no place for
inn, no loving heart, to claim mine in r
turn. While I sat musing in that melan
choly frame of mind, I seemed to hear your
voice saying, 'I need you! I am coming for
you!" From that time I never believed
that you would marry Annie, or that yoj
loved her. I remember thinking how
pleasant It would be if mind could answer
mind. It seemed almost as real as life."
"But this Is real," I said, "mind can an-'
swer mind, and heart enn speak to heart.
But how came you here? I never dreamed
of finding you this side of the Atlantic. Or
have you been leading mo on with your
magnet tc powers, to find you here so far
from home?"
"We have been coming toward each
other," she said laug! I tier. "I have often
thought of Waverlan'' ''ear old place; I
have often sketched 1 r Ijidy Irving.
But it would not be . ..e saute, now that .
your mother Is not there. She waa very
dear to me. My heart went out In sympa
thy for ber in her loneliness, und I sought
to make her happy."
"And you accomplished more than yoa '
can ever know, my dear. My mother re-'
remembered you, and asked us to forgive
her for the pain she had caused us both.
She gave her dying blessing on our love
and prayed that we might meet. She said
that she hod missed you more than words '
can tell. ' I believe that grief for yon short
ened her life. She had learned to love aud '
trust you, and when you left her all was ,
Bona. But where have you been all thes
months?" I asked again. '
"Traveling with Lady Irving," ahe an
swered again. "I am so glad she has at ,
bust met the man she has loved from child- '
hood. Her father promised her hand in
marriage when she Vas but a child. She
obeyed his wish and became the wife of her
father's friend. But all the while the Duke
of Melvorne, or James, as she calls him, ;
was her heart's Idol. We have often talked
of old friends, and how often she had
hoped for a chance ot meeting the duke
since she had been a widow, for Lord Irv
ing lived only a short time after their mar
rlagtr, and, what was very strange, her
father died about the same time, leaving
her alone in the world, with no nearer rel
atives than Sir Wren and his daughter.
Her mother died when she was a little
child. And now In this far away land she
has found the happiness for which she
longed."
"Not only Lady Irving and the Duke of
Melvorne , have found . the longed-for
friends of other days, but ourselves as ,
welL" I said, leading her bacS to the par
lor. .
When we entered the parlor we found .'.
Lady Irving and the duke engaged In quiet i
conversation. As we entered be came fop -
ward with the lady by his side, saying: i
"Lord Waverland, allow me to introduce , i
to you the future Duchess of Melvorne!"
"Allow me to introduce to yon the fut
ure Lady Waverland, now Miss Stella Ev
erett." I rejoined. '
"What part of tho world have yon been
traveling through?" asked Melvorne ot
Lady Irving. ,
"We have been through parte of Italy, .
France, Germany and the East Indies.
Then through the Sandwich Islands into -California
since last fall."
"You are only birds of passage, I shoitld .-'
say from the short time you snt in eacS'
place," I said.
"We were there long enough to see th
places of greatest Interest but not long
enough to become attached to any particu-
lar spot," said Stella. ,
"When did you reach Denver?" asked
Melvorne. . i
"On the afternoon train from the west
When did you reach Denver?" she asked
"On the morning's train from the east," '
answered Melvorne.
. "So yon came from the east and we from ' 1
the west, to prove that the world Is round, '
by meeting In this queen city of thi "
plains,", said Stella. "There are a good
many grand things on this round bolL Io '
the past few months we have seen wonder
ta sights." : i
"Yes," said Lady Irving, "California
alone is an art gallery of exquisite pict
ures, painted by nature's own hand. 1
wltib wa eould hnv met therfc"
Continued.
