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. FlMOST, O, Jan. U. Ex-President
Bother a Hart died at 11 o'clock
Twasday night Early in tbe evening
M iafory elicited th res pome that
the general had passed a fairly wall day
and was resting nicely that evening
Tha change from batter to worse was
rapid, and at 11 o'clock: tbe distin
guished ex-president pasted away.
The Brat lnteliifence ef this was re-
reived when Webb C. Hayes came
down town and quietly announced that
bis father had just died
Ex-President Haves left home last
Monday on a trip to Columbus, Buffalo
and Cleveland. At the last place
named be spent a few days with his
son, Webb C. Hayes. During the last
month the ex-president bad complained
of one or two slight attacks of neural
gia of tha heart, but as they soon passed
away be thought nothing of it. On
Saturday he oxperienced a Severn re
currence of the malady, but being pre
pared for his return home proceeded on
his journey accompanied by his son.
Word had been seut home by telegraph
f tba condition of the general, and he
was met at tbe train by his son, Ruth
erford B. Hayes and Dr. F. S. Hilbisch
the family physician, with a carriage.
Entering the carriage they were driren
to the Hayes mansion in Spiegle Grove,
dura an attention was given the
stride ea general daring the night.
Sunday tha Hayes mansion was kept
quiet and Dr. Hilbisch spent most of
the day in watching at the bedside.
The doctor stated that the ex-president
had been suffering with a severe attack
of heart neuralgia or angina pectoris,
which he had received while at
Cleveland; that though be had rallied
somewhat he was not out of danger.
Yesterday there was apparently no
change, and the death of tbe ex-president
when it came was a terrible sur
prise. Rutherford Bnrchard Hayes, nine
teenth President of tbe United States,
was born in Deleware, O., October 4,
1823. He graduated at Kenyon college
Cambier.O., in 1842 with tbe highest
honors, and at the Harvard university
law school in 1845. In 1846 ha began
the practice of law at Lower r-nndusky
fnow Fremont) and in 1849 located at
Cincinnati, in 1852 he married Lucy
Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, a
physician of high standing at Chilli
eothe, O. In 1858 and 1859 be was city
attorney for the city of Cincinnati In
June 1861, he was appointed major of
the Twenty-third Oliio regiment. Dur
ing the engagement at South Moutatn,
, - September 14. 1862, he distinguished
himself by holding his position at the
head of his men after beiDg severely
wounded in the left arm. He was
made a colonel in October, 1862. At
the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19,
1864, the conduct of colonel Hayes at
tracted so much attention that bis
commander. General Cook, on the
battlefiald took him by the hand say
ing: "Colonel, from this day you will
be a brigadier general" March 13,
1865, he was promoted to, the rate of
brevet major general "for gallant and
distingui-lied services during the cani-
. jiaignof 1864 in " est Virginia, and
particularly at the battle of Fibber's
Hill and Cedar Creek." While still in
tbe field, General Hayes was elected to
congress as a republican, taking bis
seat in December ! 8H5. In 1867 he was
elected governor i Ohio over Allen G.
Tburman. He w re-elected in 1869.
Was defeated for congress in 1872, and
was again electee governor in 1875
after an exciting canvass, the demo
cratic nominee being William Allen.
In 1876 he was :is the republican
nominee for president of the United
States and was declared elected by the
joint high commission March 2, 1877.
After a quiet adininistra ion he re
tired to his home Fremont, (. He
was made senior vice commander of
the Loyal Legion - 1 first president of
the Society of the rmy at West Vir
ginia, I is last years were devoted to
benevolent and philanthropise enter
prises. He was n the board of
trusts of a number of colleges, presi
dent of the Nation rison Reform asso.
elation and an active member of the
national conference of corrections and
chairites.
England Khow.nf Her Power.
Cairo, Jan. 19. The flurrp in Egyn
tain political affairs has ended in a
complete witndrawal of the Knedive
from the position taken by him and
henceforth, unless some untoward
" event occurs, may have nothing at all
to say as to who shall 1111 the Egyptian
cabinet officers.
The Khedive was handed an ultima
tum from the British government de
manding tha dismissal of the newly ap
pointed ministry within twenty-four
hours. Upon the expiration of the
twenty-four hours given in the ultima
tum. Lord Cremer, the British minister
'called on the Khedive and was in
formed by him that Fakhrl Pasha, the
newly appointed president of the coun
cil, had resigned his position. He
offered to appoint In his stead Riaz
Pasha, who is known to be friendly to
British Interests. Lord Cromer as
sented to the appointment of Riaz
' Pasha and also secure, from the
(Khedive an understanding that here
after he would make no alteration in
.tba ministry without consulting Great
teritata. ' -
' , ' Prtoctlr rderor Sentence,
, Teba Cruz, Jan. 19. Pedro Pool, a
patbolle priest, was sentenced to life
sjapriaonsaent for the murder of his
Hotbar, Jose Pool a well known mer
aTMtt. Tbe brothers quarreled over a
trivial matter. The prlet threw a
ceeet tbe merchant, hitting him hi
iS Uaiple, killing him instantly,
tjrt fswPeotch peasantry now wear
tfcX UMt ( tba peasants dm
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-l2Uzmu put fmeasttlte I
ijtZSt mti te trotting races. I
-?t :tMa the bones drew,
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XVKRASKA LEGrsLATCKE.
In the legislature last week tbe prin
cipal interest centered upon the election
ut Uuited States Senator. The organiza
tion of both houses being completed
and the rule settled in regard to the
joint sessions there was verv little
talked about except the senatorial con
test There was very little difference
in the several ballots taken. On Tuesday
the nouses voted separately and a joint
ballot was taken each day thereafter,
tbe Lieutenant-governor presiding over
the joint session. There was very little
variation from the following result.
Paddock, 32; Po wars, 28; Majors, 7;
Edgerton, 5; W. L. Greene, 4; Thurs
ton, 4; McK'eighan,6; Hinman, 1; Mar
tin, 1; Reese, 1; Dech, 1; Thomsen, 1;
Dawes, 1; Crounse, 1; Hi we;, 1; Mor
ton, 3; Devine, 1; Boyd, 4; Bryan, 3;
Keiper, 4; Hastings, 2; Stark, 2; Poyn
ter, 4;C. J. Greene, 2; Andrews, 2;
Neville, 3; Moore, 1; Watson, 1; Colton,
1; Allen, 1; Furnas, 1; Bailey, 1;
Wheedon, 1.
Considerable business has been con-
sidered however, and some progress
toward legislation has been made.!
There has been a good deal of talk:
about economy, as is usual at the open- i
ing of the legislature sessisn, and1
some well-directed efforts have bcenj
made in that direction. There is also1
a disposition to investigate the statof
institutions more thoroughly than
usual In tbe House Mr. Keckley in-1
troduced the following resolution: '
Wheeeas: Charges have recently
been made, calling in question the in-,
tegrity of some of our state officials,
therefore be it
Betolved, Thut a committee' of five.
be appointed by the speaker, whose
duty it shall be to investigate tba
different departments of the state gov
ernment, to tbe end that unjust asper
sions may be rebuked and the guilty, if
any there be, may be brought to justice.
and such committee is authorized to-
employ all necessary assistance, and
that said committee have power to send
for persons and papers.
Oakley moved that the resolution be
adopted. At this junction Mr. Keck
ley asked that he be not appointed as a
member of the committee.
llorst wanted to amend it and make
it read a joint committee of both
houses, but the bouse seemed to realize
that the senate was liable not to con-'
cur and would not have it that way.
The original resolution as offered by
Mr. Keckley was adopted without
opposition.
A resolution was also adopted to ap
point a committee to inquire into the
cause of the death of the convict, who
is said to have been killed a few days
ago by excessive and inhuman puuish
ment IX THE SENATE.
Senator Young presented a resolu
tion authorizing a committee from tha
house to confer with the Lancaster
county commissioners relative to the
employment of counsel in the indict
ment against former employes and
contractors af the Lincoln insane
asylum. Senator Young took the pre
caution to name the comnritteomen,
comprising Thomson, Stewart and
McCarty.
Senator Tefft made another attemp
to give Lieutenant-Governor Majors,
power to extend his list of appoint ments,
which at present consists of one
page and one or two important com
mittees. He moved to amend so as to
permit the chair to name the com
mittee. On motion of Gray the state auditor
was instiucted to furnish a printed
statement of the appropriations made
by the last session of the legislature.
On motion of Moore the senate in
structed Charles A. C e, president of
the Nebraska Columbian commission
to furnish an itemized statement con
taining'expenditures of the commission,
and for what purpose, also a copy of
the contract and plans for the st;ite
building at Chicago.
Pope succeeded in getting the sena
tor! to make a combined request of
the secretary of state for copies of
Jefferson's mannual.
In the house Johnston of Neman a in
troduced a peculiar bill. It provides
that after any man shall qualify as
district judge he shall not be eligible
to any other offiice except, justice of
the supreme court and county judge
during the term of office which he was
elected or apppointed nor until one year
after his term has expired.
Kyner of Douglas Introduced an
immense bill house bill No. 140. The
bill requires that all parents - and'
guardians having the care of children
beteen the age of 8 and 14 years shall
instruct them or cause them to be in
structed in the branches which are re;
quired to be taught in the public
schools of the stale. Children must
attend school' not less than twelve
weeks in each year during the hours
and terms and. consecutively, "or to
elsewhere receive instruction" during
such hours. The penalty Is a fine of
05 per week. ' The bill provides for the
appointment of "truant officers," whose
duties it shall be to see that children
Attend scImmIs.
The bill is said to be the official
measure of the A. P. A.
House Holl 138, by John C. Watson,
provides that upon; the passage and
taking effeet of this act the governor
shall appoint three attorneys, cltz'ns
of the United States and of Nebraska,
to act as commissioner snd such rules
and regulations as the supreme court
may adopt, to aid and assist tbe court
in the disposition of the nnmeroiu
esses now pending - or hereafter j
brought into said court luring the
terms of ottee of said commissioners
It also Mwrtdea that snob oommls-
It also vrovMes tut snoa con
rtmrnifiu hold their oHee for
of three year and recelTS tbe
"tary eli ow jjaid Jndf
penoQ
of tba!
re Ml te
Fremoxt, O., Jan. 21. Bright and
clear, but cold, dawned tbe funeral day
of General R. B Hayes, ex-president ot
tne united States, and the streets were
early filled with the thousands who bad
come from far and near to do honor to
the memory of tbe soldier and states-'
man who has passed away full of years
and honors. Excursion trains from all
over she state deposited soldiers,
reterans and civilians at the little de
pot, and by 10 o'clock nearly all who
were to take part in the procession had
irrivBd. Secretaries Charles i Foster,
Busk, Noble and wanamaker, repre
senting President Harrison, arrived
early, and President-elect Cleveland
same in on a train which reached here
ibot 8 o'clock. The body lay in state
I'husdav, but only privileged persons
were admitted, l esterday morning at
i o clock, however, the general public
ira3 admitted. First came tbe chil
lren of the public schools, marshaled
by their teachers. Then came the Odd
Fellows, and other organizations of
which General Hayes was a member
ind these were followed by the
feterans of tbe Loyal Legion and the
rand Army of the Republic. There
was no ign of confusion and the
military guard at the doors of the house
tnd in tbe hall where the casket lay
.vas merely formal The people passed
rapidly through casting a glance at the
peaceful face of the dead man, and
reverently continued out through the
rear door. The funeral services began
w 2 o'clock. The Rev. J. L. Alhritton
: the local Medtiodist Episcopal
:hurch read a sermon, llev. Dr.
Bashford delivered a prayer, and there
iras singing. The exercises at the
Trave were under the auspices of the
rand Army of the Republic. The
procession was commanded by Colonel
Corbin, assistant adjutant general
United States army. The order was:
Music, escort, hearse and pallbearers,
family, members of General Hayes' old
:ommand, other officers and- enlisted
men, distinguished guests, delegations
from a distance, miscellaneous societies
md citizens generally. The Ohio
National guards w'as represented by
ihe Sixteenth regiment, ten companies
md a band, under command of General
Bunker, a troop of cavalry from Cleve
land, and a battalion of artillery.
Suffering in Europe.
Vienn a, Jan. 21. The severe cold
weather- that has prevailed here for
many days gives signs of breaking up
and dispatches from various points in
Central Europe report a slow but sure
drop in the temperature. The snow
storms that have caused such great de
lay in business of these regions have
ceased, and it is hoped that roads may
he opened before another fall occurs.
The situation in the rural districts is
ilarming. Communication by rail or
highways, with many of the towns and
villages, is completely cut off, and
much suffering is sure to result from
the scarcity of provisions aud other
necessary supplies.
A Grek Burritwi.
Athens. Jan. 21. A hurricana
that
lias passed over Greece has done much
lamage in the country and along the
coast. Shipping has suffered greatly.
Heavy rains accompanied the wind
j-.orm, causing disastrious floods. A
number of villaees have been inun
dated, and telegraphic communication
to many points has been interrupted
The Banking Bill.
Washington. D. C. Jan. 21. -The
nnimn committee on banking and
currency yesterday instructed Chair
m:in ISiicon of Xew York, to ask the
committee on rules for a special ordei
giving one or two days, if necessary,
for the consideration of the Andrew
Cafe banking and the Shermtn repeal
bills. 'odayw;is namei. lhe vote
on askim? for a day stood 8 to 6 one
member favorable to the proposition
being absent. The negative vote in
dicates the purpose of the minority to
contest even a consideration of tbf
jill.
, A vote will not be taken on tbe
mti-option bill until early next week
probably not before Tuesday.
Impey Found Guilty. '
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 21. Judge
Stowe in charging tle jury in the
Uemosev case yesterday morning re
viewed carefully and Impartially all
points of the testimeny brought out dur
,ing the trial. It was fortliejury.be said
to determine wnetner poison was put
into the coffee or tea or food at the mill.
This question depends solely upon the
testimony of Gallagher and Davidson
If they tell the truth, then the de
fendant was the originator snd prin
cip.il in the business, responsible for
the acts of Gallagher and Davidson,
or either, and accountable for what
ever they did in pursuance of his in
structions. Dempsey, however, em
phatically denies what Gallagher and
Davidson say in regard to the purpose
for which he employed them, He is a
competent, but interested witness.
They are also competent, but
suspicious and tainted witness. The
jury found the defendant guilty at
charged.
Ki n Entan PrUt.
I.ondox, Jan. 21. Acting in con.
formity with tbe instructions sent by
the French foreign minister, M.
Wadington, the French embassador
yesterday sent a note to Lord Hose-
berry, the British foreign minister, in
regard to the trouble in Egypt, in
which it was stated that France could
not remain indifferent to an act on
heo art of Great Britain that
to mxrtBa on we
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Kemalnsef Ei-Preal4eat
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CBAFTKB II.
COXTINCED.
But the bent, silvered head told of en
grossing thought. A wail of anguish
parted Flora's Hps as tbe ioliatre shut
out tbe view, and she saw the road di
verge towards the Interior.
"Oh! he cannot hear me! lie will ride
straight Into danger to death, may hap!
Father! fathen Who will save him?"
"I will! Flora!"
The banker's daughter turned with a
shock. Then, reeling, trembling staring
vaguely, she stood rooted to tbe spot
You, you!" she gsped, her soul in her
eyes, her senses wavering.
Pale, erect. In worn attire, but the
true gentleman still, bis eyes piercing
her very heart to its depths, his hands
extended In mute questioning, the rare
sunlight out-lined the intruder, tbe wan
face took form and feature, and Flora
Merwyn saw
Tbe man she had never expected to
meet thus, face to face, on earth again
the man she had loved and lost Ray
Webster.
CHAPTER III.
FOB LOVE'S SWEET SAKE.
Like a visitant from the grave, a spec
tre appearing across tbe dim boundary
line of life snd death, the wan, worn fig
ure of Ray Webster filled tbe vision of
the startled and amazed Flora,
Loyalty to the judgment of a wise
father had closed her heart to any action
that would bring about written commu
nication or a meeting with the man who
had betrayed a high business trust In
the eyes of the world, and she had
counted their love as dead, but In
one flashing glance at the pitiful
figure before her. Flora's mind forget
the impending peril of the hour into
her true, vomanly soul surged a ware
of infinite pity,, love and anguish, that
Involuntarily wrung a cry like that of a
fair, wounded dove, from her lips.
I'ast love, present sympathy, Intui
tion illumined and enlarged, tbe mourn
ful story that haggard face revealed.
Suffering, despair, the fierce resentment
of a chained soul galling under its bonus,
wrong, injury, Buttering all these I in
hered, eloquent, pleading, in tho pose,
looks and accents of the man who con
fronted her. Innocence, too. As she
shrank, one reproachful glance from
Ray Webster's eyes told that she might
better have awarded him a dagger
thrust, than add to the bitterness of de
spair by tacitly insinuating that she. too,
even areaniod or bis bems tno guilty
retch he had been adjudged!
"Flora, my life, my love!" he panted.
advancing, his hands extended, his soul
quivering on tbe reception she would
award him. "Oh! the weary waiting
the torturing silence but now, at last"
In frantic, feverish distress sho waved
him back. This was not tbo cringing
supplication of a bypocrit, a crimi
nal. Ah, no! Above the prison rot, the
pallor of illness and suffering, there
shone in the attenuated face the true
nobility of the soul beneath, proud, un
tarnished. The very boldness ol his ap
proach overwhelmed her. Breathless,
she recoiled.
"Wait!" she gasped. "Tbey told me
you were "
"In prison?" be interrupted quickly.
"Yes, but hope can hurst stone walls,
despair disrupt iron fetters. 1 did not
expect to meet you so soon. It was that
man, Arnold Dacre, I sought. Tell me
I am not too late? Tell me he Is
still at Rldgevllle ho has not fled' for
the scoro he owes my broken, blighted
life, must be paid, tears for tears, woe
for woe, heart-break for heart-break!"
"Arnold Dacrel"
Tumultously she gasped the name, as
If a sudden revelation,. Into her soul
flashed the true significance of the dark
hint Ray Webster's words conveyed. A
fierce accusation, a stern arraignment,
they seemed to hint at plot, villainy,
they illumined the vivid suspicion that
had flamed Into her own mind that morn
ing, that some hidden, sinister hand was
wreaking trouble, disaster against her
father, herself, and those she loved.
"Then you thouaht me guilty?" cried
Dalton sharply, "you "
"Look! look! sh, it may not be too late
yet Father! father!"
With a suddenness that startled Wab
jter, a feverish hone springinu to her
eyes, Flora abruptly ran to tho river's
edge.
Glancing across tbe bread stream once
more, she caught a last sight of tbe
horseman bound for the bank. With a
shock, ber thoughts returned to her
father to his environment, his peril.
"Your father? yes, I see," spoke
Webster wonderingly. "You called
hiic iiefore you are agitated."
"His life is menaced. Oh! he has
gono on," wailed Flora, wringing her
hands frantically, as the horseman again
disappeared from view. "Will no one
lave him?"
"From what?"
She turned upon the questioner, her
self the supplicant now. Amid her emo
tion, her quivering hand sought his arm,
and rested there pleadingly.
"The Bank!" she pantod incoherently,
"lie must not go there. It Is trouble,
peri!, perhaps death. Tha thirst for ills
blood,, that man Dacre says a mad,
reckless mob, for the bank has failed,
and "
"Failed? oh! the heartless scoundrel,
fl is plots have succeeded, 1 understand
all! Flora, there is butono way to reach
to warn, to Intercept your father the
river."
He steped to tho remotest edgs of the
bank. Her eyes swept the surface of
the stream which here ran at its swift
est. Sho knew its dangers, for a few
rods below the plunging falls tugged
at tbe current like a giant at stout
hempen ropes.
"No! nol not that way. The bridge,"
lhe cried.
"The bridge? why, he would be in tho
town before I could reach It, I am weak, -
out of practice, bnt 1 was a good swim
mer onco and"
Splash! Without another word, Ray
Webster precipitated himself over the
edge of tbo bank.
"Come back!"
A wall of love and distress, at that of
tome bride bereft stretching her empty
bands across tbe void that had swallowed
np a loved one. Flora Merwyn tottered
n the bank.
At the fervid supplication, the water
CRWYNS-
FORTUNE.
dashed face looked up into her own, il
luminfed now with a smile fo proud, so
bappv. that Flora Merwvn thrilled wildly.
Their eves met. No need lor the for
lorn fugitive to plead for s knowledge of
her feelings toward him now! Anxiety,
apprehension, love beamed forth. Soul
to soul, thev stood rehabilitated!
"I will save hlm.I would swim through
a sea of molten fire to know what your
dear eyes tell me!" be cried, his voice
ringing with joy. "Oh! my love, my
love, if death meets me yonder, remem
ber I am innocent, but strong the current
that drags me away from such a love as
I vours."
(She held her breath as he struck out
for the opposite shore. Palpitating,
wavering she watched him. Could he
gain the banks9 Weuld it be in time to
overtake her Imperiled father, would
stern, self-reliant Abel Merwyn listen to
his warning, heed it, owe his safety to
the man he had sent to the felon's dock?
A cry of anxiety was wrung from
Flora's lips a9, gaining the strong ccn
tral current, she saw Paul Jlaltoq
waver and struggle. The river was
treacherous at midstream, being strewn
with rocks, which at one point formed
an island.
Against one of these she saw him sud
denly hurled by a rushing vortex of the
foam-crested waters. A faint cry of
pain reached her.
What had happened? Her risinif fears
answered the query promptly, lie wa9
swimming with one band now. The
other, maimed or benombed by the blow
he had received by coming in contact
with a sharp-pointed rock, hung helpless
at his sldo. He reached a great boulder
projecting above the surface of the
water, and threw himself across its face,
to rest, . reeuperato, and regain his
strength.
Panting, exhausted, he smiled across
the bleak void at the woman whose eyes
were stars of hope to his hungry soul.
Only for a moment he clung there. Then
he slipped into tho water again, and
struck out manfully for tbe near shore.
"Help!"
A shrfck of agony, the cry was uttered
by Flora Merwyn a minute later. Run
ning frantically up and down t lie bank,
wringing her bands, almost bent on
springing Into the stream after him, she
scanned tho rock-strewn center stream
appalled.
"Help oh! who will save him? Ray,
my love! my love! come back! Oh, I
have sent him to his death "
She paused, fascinated paralyzed. A
wild swirl of waters had shot him with the
force of a catapult against a great jag
ged rock. He caught at a projection,
his head sank on his breast, and then,
just as his feeble clutch was torn loose,
the upraised arm was in full view, and
through tha rent sleeve of the outer coat,
there showed an undergarment, striped,
hideous the shameful garb of the Slai-o
convict!
Dead drowned! With a choking gasp.
Flora Merwyn sank helpless to the vel
vet sward, praying to die, for tho cruel
rock Seemed to have awarded Ray Web
ster his death blow, and the heartless
waters swept him from view. She
watched the extreme end of tho rocky
island, but he did- not reappear. In re
union, death had stepped in with merci
less tread love revived had been dealt a
last crushing blow.
Lost, in tho hour of finding doomed,
at the threshold of hope! and that, to6,
in behalf of the man who had innocently
wronged him.
And what of that father? Her senses
reeling, Flora Mcrwvn's heart and soul
seemed crushed anew as, from the dis
tant village, an ominous, an unusual
sound beat out upon the still morning air.
A bell a bell noisy with dissonant
clangor; the bell she had once heard in
fancy pealing, sweetly her own wedding
chimes!
It was ringing no hour now, no call to
church, or school, or council, clang
clang! a throbbing hand swung the
ponderous Iron tongue, the hoarse throat
vibrating, told of excitement, haste and
peril.
Clang clang! the unfamiliar alarm
bore an accent of sombre warning tire,
riot, bloodshed!
A call to arms to rescue, she read in
every brazen note the Integrity of a
great bank at stake, the safety of its
pilot hanging on a mere quivering
thread.
Alas! far more sentiment was the peal-
fngsignlticance. It was something else
beside a clang of disorder. That ring
ing babel of discord was a requiem of
sorrow, it announced to the world that
Flora Merwyn had lost a father as well
as lover In one tell, fatal hour that she
was homeless, at the mercy of a harsh,
cruel world an orphan.
For the mob had risen, and "the
worst" had come!
CHAPTER IV.
TOO LATE.
Tho mob had risen whence bad it
com?
From factory and store, from farm snd
mill, augmented by the floating popula
tion from dark by-ways and taverns, first
serious, then excited, and now maddened
to the pitch of ungovernable fury, the
multitude before the doors of the bank
had becomo a wild, unruly rabble.
Within, still unmoved, still scornful,
sinister, self-confident, Arnold Dacre sat
at tho table in tho rear room, ransacking
portfolios and boxes brought to him from
the massive iron vault, by the trembling,
apprehensive hireling. Wharton, de
stroying this paper, altering that docu
ment, pocketing some securities, tearing
others to fragments.
"A dark day's work!" quavered the old
man. "Oh, Mr. Dacre! this can't last.
Mercy! there goes soother window."
As if the clatter was music to his self
ish soul, the cashier laughed disdainfully
at this new announcement of disaster.
Ills work seemed completed at last He
arose snd methodically arranged the pa
pors In tho vault Then, lighting afresh
cigar, he glanced carelessly at the clock,
ticking sway the solemn moments that
brought tbe man he was waiting for
nearer snd nearer to the threshold of his
doom.
"If Merwyn does not come by 11
o'clock, we'll make ourselves scarce," be
remarked calmly.
Leave tbe bank?" gasped Wharton
leave that mob to ransack tha papers, tbe
securities
tw interrupted the tpeakef wita a
first they couldn't open the v.aH;
lntbe neitp!ae,tbe bufdJf "f .T"
piper labelled away up Into tbe thous
unds went enrich them much,
"what-" ejaculated the old clerk,
rn'ot'tmciently lucid? Can't
yoo understand plain English
spoken, or are you f ' P''
the Fox, Wharton. ou re safe. When
lhe crash conies, no one will look to i an
:..... iH rih for their missing dol-
lsrs." . .
"But when they investigate
"What will be tbe result? Tbey will
find the coffers empty, the securities
gona Thanks to your deft oftices. the
books will show reckless expenditure,
mad speculation, and a lot of rotten in ning
siocks as assets worse than that,
forgeries."
"Concerning which Mr. Merwyn knows
nothing." . . ,
"Humph! he'll know triouph about
them if he reaches here alive Ho don t
even know we've stopped payment.
RJank ruin, disgrace, dishonor faces
him. The books show that everything
was done on his order The locussed
statement you have. Implicates him
as a spccnlatiug scoundrel. Ho denies
it all, but black aud whlto betray him.
My testimony will go beyond his."
"And ihcu!" murmured tha clerk
aghast, In a suffocating tone of voice.
"You ant I divide fie ready cash. ,
There are resources whereby Merwyn
could pay every dollar, but I shall tre
veut that his daughter's fortune. With
the cash in baud to bank oa, with s
chance of gaining her hand and fortune
as the price of my rclutal of her father's
dishonor, I hope to come out victor. Wo
have played for high Flakes we musi
win!"
John Wharton shrank, back In his
chair, the picture of abject misery ana
dread. The cold beads of. perspiration
stood out (on his colorless face, his lips
were trembling. He seemed like a poor.
conscience-Stricken wretch, held so
firmlv in the grasp of a tyrant, that ho
could only struggle helplessly and die. v
"Hark!" !
The old clerk sprang to his feet with a
shock. The babel outside had siiddeuw
ceased, but only to be renewed, only ft
was In a new vein, now. '
Merwyn!"
(fur money our deposits!"
Seize hlm! don'tJet him get in and
lock us out like the others. We'll sijuaro
accounts here."
Hold on! Fair treatment. Listen to
what he has to say."
Thcso various cries echoed within the
bank distinctly. Tho fare of the casiiv
ler lighted up with sudden excitement.
He ran Into tho counting-room. Tho
agitated clerk pressed close to his side at
one of the shattered lights of glass.
Thence they surveyed a thrilling scene.
Abel Merwyn had arrived. At the curb
stood his horse. Fighting his way
through tbe crowd, his pleasant, honest
face one voldol amazement and alarm.he
was regarding the cursing, crushing mob
about him with eyes of the direst con
cern. That mob seemed to bo divided in sen
timent. A cudgel would be raised to
deal tho venerable banker a blow, only
to be warded off by the sturdy hands of
friends closer to him. The latter pushed
their way with him to the top iron step.
Bracing himself against the massive
doors, Abel Merwyn. turned -f-ron-fronted
tho raving throni; Cfinii.l
below.
"Men frlesds!" he cried, In ringing
tones. "What does this mean?''
'Mean?'' jeered a harsh voice. "As
if you didn't ,know! ' It means robbery
for you, beggary for us. . Read that
notice."
;The banker's glanco swept the dang
Hw bit of cardboard at the window.
His gasping breath, bis staring eyes,
his stricken demeanor told that it was
an honest surprise to him.
"Friends!" he opoke, with difficulty,
"I dO" not understand this. Merwyn's
suspended payment! Whv "
"Our money! No palaver," yelled a
hoarse voice, and a clod of earth knocked
tho banker's hat from his head.
His eyes blazed as he picked it up. his
lips closed sternly as he looked down
steadily at the white sea of faces before
him.
"Men!"' he cried, his tone vibrating
with resolution and dignity, "this dem
onstration is shameful. I do nol under
stand that notice. Ii can only mean
that the casn roscrve is low, but my own
personal resources In bonds and securi
ties are safo for ten times what is due
you. Allow me to Investigate."
"No no delay our mouey our mon-;
cy!" that was the furious, monotonous
sentiment of the crowd.
"I have in my possession sufficient"
"Siand back"
"Down him!"
At that moment, the venomous temper
of the crowd was sot loose in all its ma
lignity. Some one reached over the
heads of men directly surrounding Mer
wyn, and with a cane dealt the august
banker a quick brow.
tie staggered under it, wiped the bloc4
from his cheek, and directed a sad re
proachful look upon his assailant
It was tbe signal for a furious on
slaught. Instantly a score of hands
were raised. Amid the fierce fusilade
they directed, the banker's champions
fled In unite affright Pelting the door,
shattering the windows, striking the
banker, clods of earth, sticks and stones
rained about hlm like hail.
They saw him fall Drone. fileftHinff fr,
a dozen wounds. With veils of rage they
started towards him aslf Ir.tenton finish
ing up their murderous work by tearing '
him limb from limb.
The first man to spring up the iron
step, however, received blow that sent
him reeling and snarling back Into the
arms of his companions.
Of a sudden, the massive iron doors
wero unbolted from the Inside. They
were closed as quickly again Mlnst ,nJ
baffled, veiling throng, but not until
Arno d Dacre had appeared, struck back
he leaders of the rabble, and dragged
the prone and senscles, Merwyn out of
reach of his assailants. '
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