Clippings.
II tber Is to be any Fourth of July
celebration In Hebron this year, prob
blv lb fartoer will bare to get it up.
It would be a mortal offense to most ol
our business men to rad tbedec oration
ol Independence in tbelr bear ng, and
lust think what a break It would be for
the orator of the day to
!... .t.o hu nl '70 for rebelling
JUBtllJ v - . 1 i! II , ,
airainst the "benevolent assimilation ol
the old eouniry. ueurou vuu..w.
From the way thing look now there
won't be any MeKlnley traveling meu'a
club in thia fall' campaign. These trav
eling men are taking homeopathic donee
of "prosperity'' every time a new trust
ie orgauliied, and unleee cemplicatloDS
tet in they wUI be completely cnrsd as
well aa out of a job by the time 1000
rolls around.-UuriaJo uounty ruinoi,.
Tha Hum Horn, nubllsbod in Chicago,
hfii a very striking cartoon which rep-
rtMiuti labor In the gul of mrmer,
barefooted and with elees rolled up,
busily sngaged in boelng corn, with the
ftirure of a plumed military man com
fortably seated on hie shoulders, waring
a eword. Underneath 1 tne nigwiy ug
gestlv legend, "The White Man' Uur
den.' Aurora uegisver.
The old line life lueurance companies
collected In 1808 a total of f T,101 ,
404, and out of this snro paid but f HV
676.020 In death and dividend, lb
fraloriml order collected In the mum
time 142,000,000 and disbursed In set
tlemeut of death dalme ;IH,000070 , In
olh..r words, out of each fl collected the
old line compaule paid back but
wnt, and out of ouch fl collected by
the Iraternal ocletl 91 cent wan bald
back to the member. The actual ex
pend ol management of the old line
i-ompaniM in MS waa t80,205,4&3;
The total eipenseof management of all
fraternal we a.806,7a. The policy
boldere in old line companies were
mulcted to the exteut of 140,000,000
in oven-bargee. Ae to tbe upnrlorlty
of fraternal protection, nothing more
needbeeaid. The official figure are
ufllclent endowment. .
Jlepubllcan tell us that we must re
retain the Philippines a a base for Asia
tic trade, while tbs provender for our
troojts is being purchased In Australia
. because it can be bought there and
shipped to tbe Philippines considerably
cheaper than it can be purchased and
shipped from here. If the poopl of Asia
can purchase in Australia cheaper
than they can from tbe United States,
bow are we going to establish a trade
with them evenil w bad seventeen buses
of operation In tbs Asiatic sea Oraud
Island Democrat.
"Attorney General Monnett of Ohio,
who is a republican I making things red
hot lor trust In bis state," say the Su
perior Journal, Yes; tbs same General
llonnett was a candidate for re-election
and of the MeKlulet-llauna aggregation
ol 800 delt-iratos, be got one county. He
made it hot for tbe trusts and ths re
publicans made it hot for him. Hastings
Democrat,
It I always fair to judge tbs other fel
low by what you would do wore you In
bis place and be In yours. Suppose tbe
vegroes In Africa should send an expedl
Uon of 50,000 up the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers to Omaha and should
there issue a proclamation tliat their
purposes were altogether klod and good,
that they purposed bringing us
their civilization aud rt ligloii, that all
we had to do was to betmv nlcaly and
be real good while they benevolently a
similated ns. Huuooxe they succeeded in
0 tpturing a strip of Nebraska a few
miles wide from Omaha to NebrnHka
Cltv ami killed 20.000 out ol I0.000.0o0
NebroMkan, what would be our feolioKs
toward tbemT Would we then quietly
submit, lav down our arm, aud twonit
tbe conditions Imposed upon us? If we
would not. why should ths Filipinos sub
mit to us under the same conditions,
Bupimms they should come in and Hgree
to all the terms we make for them, how
luutfCau we trust tbum to keep their
promises? Won't It be always necessary
to keep a powerful army and uavy lu the
1'hilipp'ues unltws w grant them tbe
same rights ws claim for ourselves?
Won't w continue for all tims to psy
mors for our whistle than It Is worth uu
Una ws throw our whistle away. Central
City Dsiuocrat.
IIEAUTIFUL NEPHA8KA.
Stanton county la a genuine garden
now. Ws bsv tlawrrs that show their
pretty blossoms from every cook aud
corner, our Mds of waving grain would
ld on to think that If ths (lardsa til
Kdea was any mors tmaulilul it has not
tiea etu ol Utw. Wekavsa't th tbou
aaad kills, bel ws hsvs tkousaads ol
rattle oa thskaiills a4ae waay mr
la the vslisjs. Tbs sirs ms are limpid
ami ftlM wild pare wsir oaly ba a
BinMrN lrht lMMits so 11 mi ( iiur soil
isto Ih water. We kavstouHtivM trws
iiuaosfead U iuvitiMK, the broad aerwa
if pasts with tM ahtwi lieaw Mt
g-aaa, the am-rulvtit eHivar, anl Ike lite
glviaa grssmi. 1'Waiy til mis ms tu
tUnii Iks mhI, bat su Himm), rjelon.,
r biiltiriM mt tba t4if uttim- ut Mf
UudHaiw or tWairuv usr proiwrti,
JkaM II its WHlt ur rvsuiu
s4 li kti Musi' Hdwinf,
IIKIYKVM JIM: UKUiW.
It osl oa I'rairM I rwrk, Tbs o
rsvutia U Msrl l om of lb
t rwaiiseat ritl . 1 bs ttilltt4 !
gfatsa was a slrena is Iks aly. a
a nlll tlreNal hr(baf giMfl
s 1 18 s'"l s'lr t4 ! b h4t
1 a "tit UL" H bi kv t
bers C yahi ttMioH4. Tbe
biM .sarM4ii fvws sti la l4sant
n4 te.wii4 ai
iMtiai .' I at itw f ot v
lHt4, a I r ,'iM,r att b
lb oalie, 4tH tf ts Moat U(Jatil
ki la ibaiL's4li 'a-l Ibisb ileus
ltrotb.4 tl.katttafw4 mmi si4 "l
kb(tl.Mtt tat thst our
Wwltw baa mmm Is) It beat trMn
sttsslff Ibat Ura K ! ss t ti aukm-llvd to tbs t4 l ta Vwt
tlHiiia'ly bs.Msltnkl tbal Ib-ra H t'a, Ibis si us m a alj o''
'bwtief laad Im I'rt Urn towssbia la IKh stsls M rviaiOMi tt- as4aMNs
Merrick county. Nebraska." - Father
Wells In Central City Democrat.
Our republican friend and the admin
istrative bigb-fuglere tell a they are
going to give the Filipinos tbelr freedom
as soon as our forces have established
their authority, Just so! we understand
that In order to give them their freedom
you must first tale It away. This Is tbe
same logio tbe Irishman resorted to
when hammering bis mule, when he
said: "It's not that I hats you that I
bate you, but to show tbs authority I
have over you, d-n you!" Dixon
County Leader,
Tha nnrnhiua of Additional territory
by the United States heretofore has
been for the purpose of providing homes
for the surplus population, wiiuwi ex
ception of Alaska, which was bought to
protect our sealing industry. The same
grounds will not bold good as regards
tbe Philippines, as it Is not tbe natural
borne of tbs Anglo-Saxon race, and its
climate and tropical situation is such as
to preclude tbs idea that it will ever bo
populated by whit men. We have
plenty of room In our present colonies,
our territories, where the over-population
of our eastern status way find an
outlet and establish homes for them
wives and their posterity for genera
tions yet to come. Stock ville Kaber.
The course taken by the populist par
ty of Custer county , this fall will aid
greatly in shaping the course taken over
the state, Custer county Is tbe cradle
In which tbe populist Infant was rocked.
lt us be careful what we do. The guns
of tbe republican party and a goodly
number of liaona dollars will be used in
this county to defeat some one on wis
populist ticket after it has been named
as has been don several times in the
nt. with the he 0 of some of our ranks.
We must stand together, and In order
to do so, we must nominate a good
clean, competent ticket. Custer County
Ueacon,
Tbs II ok llalsnrs' Mutual Insurance
company ofllce 1240 O street, Lincoln,
Is a new snterprise estaoueuea id our
city, and from our acquaintance with
the gout lumen man&giug ins company
we predict for It a successful oarer. We
arsconfidnnt those securing protection
through this company (or their swine
against disease will be well satisfied with
tbe treatment received from them, ine
company's add will soon appear In this
paper. 1
TRUE DEMOCRACY
Tbs Best ObHst or Oovsrnmsnt-Tbe In-
duttrUI B rotation.
In this article I shall discuss: Tract!
cal Democracy, or rule by th people. Is
possible only through tbe Initiative and
Referendum and Imperative Mandate.
With all bis radical Urn In favor of rule
by tbe people, Thomas Jefferson never
proposed anything so democratic a di
rect legislation by the people, The dem
ocratic party never was a democratic
as th party that now advocates tbe in
Itlatlve and referendum, the people In
dependent party. Th principle of rule
by tbe people underlie all ol the funda
mental policies advocated by th popu
lists. Dut first of all come tbe plan of
providing a system whereby tbe people
may legislate for themselves. Until this
system is established there Is little hope
of accomplishing any one of tbe radical
reforms which we advocate.' ,
The idea that tbe people do not know
enough to rule, or make laws, Is a child
of monarchy. It was begotten and born
of kings. It is a brother to the Idea of
the "dlviuo right of kings." To these
two satanlo offspring may be traced
much of tbe evil flowing Irom bad gov
eminent, toiler kings aud emperors
aud ritrs, the tendency has always been
toward absolutism. This tendency at
ways received strength from tbs idea
that one man could rule better than
more thau oue. Next cume rule by more
than one, ths arUtoorat, also resting
upon tho idea that the wopls cannot be
trusted. Here lu ths United Htatee, flrst
ws established rum by tbe opi
through their representatives; but this
has been gradually but surely broken,
in tbs Interest of wealth and tbs lew who
claim that government cannot be trust
ed to ths many.
Her are their teaebiogs: They say
that only bankers and "Bnaneier ' am
somiMiteut to lormuiate a Uuauclal sys.
tem lor In nation: that laws lor ths
regulation ol ths railroads ran only m
dratted and snarled by ths srrvaut ol
ths transportation eompanWs; that
uiluiug law should m h it to mining
itug; tarm and other laws an.ctlug lac
tone tu the wisnuloeturvrs, and so oa
to ths sad of th it. Class rKlaUtiua
Is tbe result ol applying tbe Idea that
th NK)pW are nut fouipstvet lu rule,
Th only safety ! ia the nUa-we bsv
Ing aa slrawsW4 vote in lbs snarl,
men! ol laws. Il Is sot only Mle but
rrsUmts to areas la lavor ol lbs mi
rkir whhlum, hoMMty aj loyally to ins
sation S iHtvtVSl, ot M MVorml, kinbly
.lutfstM, isastMHi'y aeeeaalal nuaortiy
TOetr osa wiQali intsnwl ohavuroa llwir
VWKm. t lOMuma l,l tot Ihem t.l Sep
urate uaiMvM aa iMr asa atarrais
Irom piblit'VstHittsaul UIh ( ths
(, I of ail, i nam van u.i ism
Ual ha alt staa-) ars WsrJ i tally,
0.it M.r tutv ia ls sli.n ataaU
on aa xhiy with n ot sv ltt!rwi,
la lb m tM ol atokiw las as4 sUn
lud ihH, Htif ! h 4t U aal
lttr rtmr!Ul tturw40ktt bat hot I
l(-l 'l-aatasakiM ! nut rvtidvia
ssy tms rt oof la sh.v r I
ol et wi'l five statanataa
Ji'l,
, . L a aa.
II t as 1 abt'SO, HMttrs kit tias
mi it)i, !' s1! tea as a ,iMit
ia atij attir, a tdil trku4
1 IH iUS SISUo WSI Sat M,K
Ihe til itl tots dirwity oil
MtHrtl U ttfVMaM.
bit va W-( Im 4ow bf s4s l Ik
titllkattM evaJl. I aiMb
A tala4 a S-Klt II V V tO,
I to lat sswl ! ! o.
! rji. by biUttia K-li, a
Sukuott ol fct b.idi ta taans I beat to
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
to our constitution. Now a majority of
the legislature may caasa a referendum
to be taken upon any proposed amend
ment. Or, il it so orders, a convention
of tbe representatives of the people may
be held, at which the! people may initiate
or propose amendments, to be referred
to all voters.
For Instance, wbr ouirnt not the peo-
pie to vote directly upon the following
questions: The free and unlimited
?L0.?r.?' "i- J
Ultwi uar wwmi.; w.-wmw .-
and operation of railroads, telegraphs,
telephones, etc; munlolpal ownership
and operation of all city utilities; pro-
tectlve tariffs; Income tax law; election
of United States senators; and many
other important auctions tnat vitauy
concern inciriniwBswi . .
II.. 1 a), in mala thattha
dcodIs cannot understand these ques
tlons. There Is but one effectual answer
to this objection and that Is to say that
the charge Is false. The people under
stand these a ueetlon better than the
politicians and those who set themselves
un as teachers of the people. Ths united
Judgment of th people, prompted as
ttioyare oya nesire to aowuatiswr
the good of all Insleodofa selfish aux-
le,ty hM,p t ' lULaL Wr
than the best Judgment of any c ass.
Th main consideration in this ag of
Intelligence, Istoletthose control whose
hearts are right. If pure aud patriotic
motives govern those who ars charged
with tbe duty and responsibility of de-
elding public questions, we may reason
ably expect the best result. Further
more, as government ought to be con
ducted for the good of the million and
not for th Interest of th few, It Is emi
nently just that tbe millions should have
unqualified control pf It politic. They
are tbe one to bear tbe consequents,
heuce they ought to bear the responsi
bility.
Hut it would not M enougn
to adopt
imnlv direct lenislat on. without the
power to recall uuiumnui servants. 1 uis
Is called the Imperative Mandate, giving
tAfM SSZif
ilSSS&Z
another man In bis place, whenever
they lose conUdence la mm. xn power
would be exercised upon the petition ollgeotlon of ths brain produced, but as
a minority, speonying ib wnai resiwcw
f 11 1? uuraiiniui. u vue P"o
uuuiu lis uaiumou IS O UIOJUI iwmi
ho would have to step down and out.
Th mere possession of this power
would make It unnecessary to olten
make use of It. Such a club held over a I
public officer would compel blm to be
fnval to his people. Hence its salutary
effect would b beyond all calculation.
No public official would dar to desert
his constituents. Moreover.be would lie I
elected to carry out specific policies. His
Instructions, coming from nw employers,
would l dear and uumistaxaoie auo tie
could not fail to obey tbern, or lose bis
nosit loo. Hooed the day when tbo two-
tile shall rule by mean of the Initiative
and referendum and th Irapurativ man
date.
W. L. Hand,
Kearney, Nob.
TRUTH WILL BE HEARD
IJartlett, Neb., June 10,1899.
When th postmaster general ordered
Atkinson's pamphlet, taken from tbe
P, I. mail be did a good service for Mr.
Atkinson for th postal department and
for laborer and the people. No one
ever bit imperialism a harder blow,
Hiuee that order the demand for Atkin
son pamphlets has been Immense, mak
Ing money for Atkinson and tbe postal
department and giving laborsrs em.
ploy men t and informing the people in a
swift aod efficient way of tb true in
warduess of imperialism. With Mr,
Smith would accidentally hit tbe gold
bmrs lust as hard as be hit imperialism,
Accidents sometimes hapim to tbe best
ol people. it. kowlanu,
A BIT OF HISTORY
Tbe colooiul congrmis meet at New
York October 7th 1703 and passes a
declaration of right and grievances,
claiming a their birthright all the privi
lege of Englishmen, lucluding tbs right
of being taxed only by their own con
sent Anotbor of their public griov
anoes was In 1778 England bad anal
leued scheme to establish bishops la
America. Ho you .will see that tbose
sums blshoiis are only the tool of kings.
1 bey stand with tbe rich men today.
The leading rich men In those days, were
th tor Uk Those men In Lbliago and
eleswber who ars standing by McKiuley
and his vittansion iolicy I sk yon bon
rally what Are luev, are they not sny
looks ota new brand In America? H-
ar of then. They smile and while
they smile volunttsr perish. What do
they ear as long as they s-nin their sad
Hui'h U statesmanship in l0U. Oh what
til 1 ha Mod a iirtug forib? tan vou
prod!? Tbosa same wolves will try to
saiMwat thsflock. No Ibeyasvereao
It tbsy are irna to their families. U they
are k! astrav lr thoas repuhllratt or
invtr agats u mi blp thorn lor yon my
brother will have shylork witkavea
gwautv, yo will havs pnotty ol tlina la
reiwat of your loruter snt. IU-d and
t tour ua iMander. If joa want to
tmld sp Ihte frvat reiullie im hi it l
pat your should to is he4 aal Ihra
yoe av ay, "iJiwrty what riio ar
ttiiuibUlxd la tbjr saiti".
I tswsa Jns.
Art You Gain ta Lot Angelri
0lt VI oof. trio vtatlntal
It w lb llast I! tut it k and
ttbtbwt ilwliiiw be ( Mo
1101 o TtstfUt, Jay 5iH I rata
ba tJoHila .1 M v at. wtt? In at
t t,lota4o cns I -1 a. at 't.Uy
Ituadat atll ba akaa l lbt tjlittl
vttf . M routs oi k aoal!y
! ii'uiat.iu ia (ir-t
Mas4 liMiK lioval tior, .ns
t'ajU'OI t4 Iba tirasJ lll.H4,Hkl
Nfta4 aul "l l.tbs t My, 'b Sw
tVvaoas aslt'Sl ;sa
lbM lt tbnalil WOtka tbrif st;,l atttb
btr W4i rsr fBf vaiuaa sar-t a
(Mbi i'stlutaa's lit OW'a!
! sW'iia' ! ba aMK.l
kif IbU baatara. lit $ ll (.if tl.it.Ja
Kif fcr'tb ta Ua Aftibt I at- lotM
bf tb Sill fcatiuiMtta tan ivemitttS, t(
lartbf tMtnMi4iHa ! ., W, ibotnit
t, A. 4. T, II , 1 !, Kw,
bt will st4 o gtd as4 otvat
M IM lfl
A Corlons Cteitom
A curious custom in connection wlta
the birth of an heir to the earldom ot
Carnarvon Is now being observed at
HIgbclere castle. The traditions of the
family require that on sucn occasions
WO gallons of beer should be brewed,
. .
and that the cask remain unopened un
til the heir attains his majority. From
ogk gf0wa oa the Highcler estate a
Newbury cooper ha. made a huge cask
. . f- h Wr.1. ft COl"
net and Inscription plate of the same
metal. The Inscriptions runs: 'May
Hlghclere flourish. This cak of ale,
containing 600 gallons, was brewed In
commemoration of the birth of Lord
Pnr - hAB,., ' Nnnh t man
lyilrt fl,,., kmh.. niiUn
Strcatfleld, butler,
uuioii vuwc,
castle, 1899." London Cbronlde.
Dora
tale was
la Mlnioorl.
told to the
Th
present
writer by a native of Missouri, of the
six men who, in the course of a smok-
ing car conversation upon a railroad
train, fell to questioning one anotner
t0 tho Bletu of their nativity. "I
wm born In Ohio," boasted one. "And
. . .... , ,. A . , Kenttirkv"
'i11"0''' , Ai J" ,';!n.C(!,.
"And I in Georgia." "And I in Maine,
Th sixth man was somewhat dellber-
ate, but as they looked toward him be
put his band behind blm, and grasping
the handle of a gun which stuck out of
bis rear pocket, said: "Well, I was
born in Missouri, Now, d n ye, don't
on of 79 laugh!"
Bail OIhmos for lebnsMi
A new , remedy for seasickness
come from Germany. The discover
says that seasickness Is due to lack
nf blood In ths brain, and wearing
rei g&met wm tend t.ie blood to tn
bra)n wlth a ruBh a0( ,0 relle? the
condition. ' H ascribe, such benefit.
"follow the us of champagne
nd other stimulant., a. well as tbe
reuei given uy jying uown, 10 in con-
ert. that the red glasses act more
quickly and efficiently.
Will View JTohIIs la Wyoming.
The Union Pacific railway will in
vite over three hundred colleges and
universities of the United States to
send an expert geologist or paleonto-
loglst, with a corps of assistants, to
Wyoming the coming stim-ner to visit
the fields of gigantic fossil remains
WnCh toual in that state. The
,nu...Mn. rr i th intact
of science, fre transportation from
Chicago on tbe east and San Francisco
on the west to Laramie and return,
Honait Volhs In Finland.
Tber 1. Ics. crime In Finland than
In any other country in Europe except
Iceland. Hor-ty I. tbe national vir
tue. Bolt, and bar. are not deemed
necessary fixtures for a bouse, even in
th. country, where the people spend
much of tbelr time In the "elds, and
In the large towns people leave bag
gag and other personal property in
th street for hours unguarded, with
out fear that it will be molested.
High Salnrlad Clorfrraaa.
New York has numerous Instances
where clergymen receive from 110,000
to $20,000, The late Dr. Hall, of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church, bad
$20,000 and a manse. Henry Ward
Beecher was paid $20,000 a year, whlcn
barely sufficed to maintain his Peeks
kill farm. Bishop Potter has $15,000
with a rectory, with its upkeep thrown
In. ,
The llnbunlo ru.aa.
Statistics gathered Guarding the
bubonic plague In India snow that
since the beginning of the last out
break at Bombay 250,000 deatns have
been recorded. This number, how
ever, Is believed to be much below the
sctual total, because the native are
known to have concealed deaths from
th disease.
Sum a r't Tims Kaennla.
Th fastest times reported for the
mil are: Hallway, at semnd; Ic
boat, 1 minute; steam yacht, 1 minut
85 seconds; blrrcls, 1 minute 35 ;
seconds; hone, I mlnuts 3SVt seconds;
ocean liner, 2 minutes 20 seconds; run
ning. 4 iulauti 1S tcrundx; rowing,
4 minutes 43 seconds.
A ( Jaaraay
The Rait Urssntsndsrs journey round
to Wtst Urfenisnd to get snun, ami
Ut roiuuB-e tour years In a single
eirurslon there and I's-b. onn, ae
cording to Nsbssu, remliln o ln
rr Usa aa bur at ths trsdtng tutlon
tfor tskina HP Iheir bniuvtirtl
march.
b3tatllv taS,
"I isve thst pvr tusa It fv tit)
ago, sad lo'd hint to eoma srvmnd su I
11 i know haw he got along." ' ttt
that w "f ut? It four
brvsd rstt atf a lb . .
(i h . B)bt.a. k m W V
okf4 ' "- I hUs U 'IfhU Munciiu
tbtttttaa Mxtla. (rhtas
Tbs t tftul p-tUi ia UiHif.tv, ! r
lbs lrl s'ftt il s ..ui'm 1
t'hilttisb t:J 4iirt ill b b. ! 1 1 1.
l, t4 oium.iU l i.i..ht
"itismui art abi fr I.s:
Jahgalts.
b.l labai
lb ir t rH Isiis ia V !
is U llws tv it tkt rf if
nrsta. It la tisti4 IKst It wU a
H.".INM l.a Of ,
tHtOwttl tSaSh
artitttUI iuttr. 1 s4 Ik
Aa
ral thing, to -! ot ght s
gytft. tU4 wah u"rh ml
aj lVtbl,
OW very lnterest
1 n gl" exclaimed
Mrs.VanEyck,
"Bee, 1 call it
lre?&A ing; the final one before Kosmys de-
"AmaHa wa. parted. The two, by their own wish,
always t on d of ate apart,; . .
out-of-the-way' Carroll was silent and absorbed,
sensations to en- pale and nervous. '
liven her house , Carroll Bsked himself, now, in the
parties," sald the broad daylight, whether he were not
beautiful Mrs. th)J vlcti,n 0f hallucination, The pan
'Tnotlce that of coals wa certainly in his room;
Carroll did not say ,but he might have dreamed the rest
much," put in Through the tenseness of hi thougM
ISateheller. -
Not but he
looked hard enough at the performer
and his pretty daughter, especially
the latter," '
"Mr. Jitttcheller, help mo to serve
tea," came the hostent' voice from the
other end of the veranda. And the (
conversation changad over the five
o'clock teacups. ''
That night, after tbe ladies had re-
tired, Kosmys and Carroll were left
alone In tho smoking room. The lat-
ter hod asked various questions as to J
the former's power or art. As Kos-
mys answered he shaded his eyes with
his long, narrow hand, curved at the
tips, "a rapacious, false hand," Carroll j
said, fancifully to himself. Ho was
not Inclined to like tbe man he had
a distrust of his evasive, veiled 'es,
Kosmys was, perhap, 40. lie had a
black beard, and his hair was grow
iug thin.
"I must toll you that you are prs
parlnga disappointment for yourself,"
ho remarked at last, composedly, lf
you suck to go into these matters too
far. The most profound ultimate
elucidations are only for those who
have gone through a , preliminary
training a rare case, as I neei not
remark."
I do not understand your daugh
ter's role In all this," Carroll said
brusquely. "Would not your miglo
succeed if exercised on a chance per
son In your aud lenco?"i
"No law of tho natural or super
natural sort can .operate without the
proper conditions," a I Kosmys
shortly. "The condition here 1
sympathy."
When Carroll retired ne louno nis
mind abnormally active, and, know
ing that he could not sleep, raised
himself on the pillows, after extin
guishing the light. Then there hap-
pened to him something forever unex
plained. A red gleam, as of coals,
shown In one corner of the room.
Presently a smoke came, and in it
figures began to form a man and a
girl, Carroll's blood was now nam-
merino- in his ears and temples, lie
recognizod Kosmys' bla"'c biard and
shifting eyes, under the verhanging
brows. But, more, he recognized the
girl; it wa. the man', daughter, that
exquisite, pathetic creature, with the
haunting eyes, who hod not oeen out yet," be thought,
of Carroll', thoughts since the magi-, "The daughter looks lit," whispered
clan had first been Invited to enter- Mrs. Van Eyck to her neighbor. Car
tain Mr. , Trevelyan's house party. J roll overheard, but he avol led looking
But no. Suddenly he seemed to feel,
distinctly, that she was not thedaugh-
ter of Kosmys. The two were as
strangers to each other, and tho man
was pursuing the girl with hot pas
ston, cruel and fierce, and she, with
despairing prayers and energy, was
defending herself.
Carroll sprang up But the picture
in the smoke bad changed. What
he
saw now was the girl alone tho girl,
as she had appeared to him tho flrst
time, a few days befow, with her
strange, cowed beauty, and the look
of wistful eyes that implored 1 impos-
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'ately tried to make clear to thia
nff-Anflroi noma terrible mystery ia her
' existence, to Implora bis help, hia J
succor? ' 1 '
"Then," said Carroll, as the morn
lug broke, "she knows the interest
with which, insane a it may appear,
she inspired mo. If an affinity bo
necessary for these black arts, th
afflnitv exists between ns."
I At breakfast the ladies chattered of
Darf0rmanco of that even-
he heard Ilatcbeller saying:
"The dauarhter is going to be put
into a trance to-night, and we are to
see BOina wonderful instances of
thought-reading on her part. I believe
Kosmys says he is keeping the best ,
fon the last."
"Yen," said Mrs. Trevelyan, "I have
Invited two or three dozen people
over, Kosmys Just now sent me word
that his daughter would not appear
daring the day. They are preparing
themselves In quiet, I suppose."
..j wonder If the girl is really the
fellow's daughter," observed Mr. Van
Eyck, to liatcheller, In a low ton,
uHtcheUer gave a laugh and shrugy-V
.oadi who knows? With paople M A
that kind
tingle be
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couiu nave siracK mo
speaker.
At 4 o'clock of the afternoon he
went to his room. Upon h is dressing
table was a small folded paper. All
day he had been ceaselessly restless.
He had seemed to himself always to
be waiting for something, lie knew
not what He read over the follow
ing lines:
) "Have I erred in thinking that you
are a friend? I shall know, if you
will go to the small conservatory after
the performance to-night. A slave
begs this a bond slave; since the
earliest girlhood in the grasp of a
terrible power. Help! help! to escape
from bondage! I have tried to reach
' your soul with mine, Did I succeed '
last night? Have you - divined tho
truth? A horribla fate threaten, me.
Tho future will hi worse than the
past. The future? Who know, if I '
shall have one? He know, everything,
thi. man, If he learns what I am
attempting, he will kill me, for I hold
all his secret, in my hand." There
was no signature.
"The brute!" cried Carroll to him
self. II is doubts had vanished. This
was a direct appeal lie felt the need
of infinite circumspection. He must
so act that no suspicion should be
aroused. He went to the small con
servatory and studied its entrance and
exits, and the way by which he could
Det reach it that night unseen.
jjy 9 o'clock Mrs. Trevelyan'sjguests
bad assembled, Carroll looked nar- -V
r0wly at Kosmys as he entered. "At
least he has discovered nothing aa
at the girl, as she, he felt, avoided
looking at him.
j She was seatad in a chair, and then
Kosmys, concentrating his gaze upon
her, put ner to sleep, cms appaarea
to struggle against the Influence, and
Kosmys, with a gleam in his eye that
made Carroll clench his hand against,
his side, leaned over her, and made
passes with his fingers. There was
' something, to Carroll, evil,
furious.
At last.
In the magician's insistence,
tbe trance was complete. the girl,
reading the silent thoughts of thi
guest or that, began interpreting
their wtsiies, lighting a lamp, nnaing
a book, repeating a verso of p ietry,
recalled in Mrs. Trevelyau's mind.
Suddenly nhe staggered and fell. A
score of nun sprang forward. Kosmys
alone did not move.
There was a physician among the
guests Invited for that evening. Ho
bent over the girl, anl nftir a mo
ment he said, in a quiet voice:
"She is dead!"
Murderer! You have killed her!'"
shouted Carroll, springing
lugin; toward K
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"Are you mad, man?'
fl!r. "Is it llkelv thit
would kill his greatest aid? '
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before any speech cami fro-n him
to the happening at Mrs. Trsvvl
yan's. Thau, returning, be uist the
phyaicUu who had been present O'l
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