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CHAPTER VIL (Continued.
Ihilcie listened to his with mile In
Iter eyea. It was plum to her that he had
t gnwisfd the cause f ber sudden
blushes. Hi a?gtoo vasity bad bliud
ad bim.
"Thank yaa," ahe said sweetly, when
to paused, as if he had cone through a
Wtfiii inance for ber imuraint.
And somnhow he divined by ber way of
ayisg tbfae two Httle words, that, for
MM reason of her own, abe wag not in
clined to take the hint he bad wrapped op
poetically.
Bee!" rising larily and potting on her
t- My frieoda are coming; back for
M at tart! I had begun to think they had
trgr,tten me!"
Vho could forget yon!" the young
toon said in a low tone, more to himself
than to ber.
Oh, they could !"-langhing a little.
iey ire n In all to each other. Why
ahoald they remember me?"
Be atood beside her while she drew an
tor glove. One of them she could not
totton, and alio held it out to him with a
wttjr little (texture. Of course he was
longer over it than he need bare been!
And no one could blame him for lingering
Uttle. That round white wriat would
a. 'tempted a far stronger man than
kalian Carre.
: Percj Stanhope, coming up, aaw them,
a they atood aide by aide, and a sharp
ana; went through bis heart He would
Marly have liked to knock the man down;
wit be knew that he had no right to do it.
t had sense enougt) left to see that. A
It was, his greeting ws of the stiffest
. Thy atood and talked together for a
few minutes, and then Julian Carre went
hack into the church for Lord Harvey,
they went home aa they had come,
across the fielda together.
Jan4ng over the gate of the houae, aa
they I me within sisbt of it, was Hugh
Homing. He had been smoking; but,
Wtwn he aaw them, be threw hi cigar
tate tlx? road, and weut forward to meet
them. After the band-shaking had been
gfooe through, he made bi way to Dul-
have come down," he told her, "to
tajoy myself. I want to forget ail the
.fmrtm at life for a while. Will you help
"ae, M'isa Levesqne?"
i . fiiey cre atanUng at the foot of the
hallow atone stepa; and the ahadowa of
t the old elm's leu res fell over ber face,
and crfept down to the dainty shoulders.
I will if I can, Mr. Fleming."
well! Then it U a bargain?"
.'W-with a laugh.
"Well, let ua abake hands on ft aa they
do in the North Countrie!"
Kf beld out his brond pnlra, and abe
put here npua it; and, for u instant, they
dung together, and then slowly parted.
.And Dulcie, looking into the man's
ye. knew that she bad won another
over.
CHAPTER VIII
Toward the mid of April, Lady Ilarrey
as to give a dinner party. Invitationa
tor it came to The Elms, to lira. Hard'
tnge'a delighted surprise.
"I don't think I ever saw Berta so ex
sdted over anything," Esther said, as the
two girl sat over their 1st tea. "She is
In a fever of delight We shall hear of
toothing for the next fortnight bnt 'What
hall we wear? "
Dulcie smiled, and sipped her tea quiet
ly. A change had of late come over her,
ot to be accounted for in any way. She
tod lost half her reckless nerve and a
(ond rint of her brightness.
Snatr-hing up a lace cape, ahe passed
t on to the lawn, through the open win
dow, while Eatber wtnt away to find a
kat for herself. A west wind met her,
like a. careee. aa abe emerged into tfce
'pen air. Close beside the gate waa a tall
lahnrnum, now in full bloom. Dulcie
weal straight to it, and leaned her arms
o the low wooden gate poet The goMen
VloMaoma bent over her, and lung their
perfume at ber with every pasaiug breath
f wind. KTerytbing waa very quiet and
'weL To H.li- on other aide of
the road waa starred all over with clus
ters of elegant spring flowers. Some
where, in tbe far blue overhead, a lark
was singing.
Aa ahe leaned there, a lad paaaod and
looked at ber; stopped a (ew aecoada, then
Wak.
'-Arc .".tU Hum Lruiu.s, if ys,o pleas"
"Tea," ahe answered, amaaod that he
ajhnuM know ber.
"This hi for you, then, and no aaawer,
-thank you."
, "This" was a small not enrioualy twtat
"d. Before ahe could find breath to aak
Who neat it, the lad waa ft tramping
" kloof the road at a rate that aaade it
" wseless for ber to try to follow him, j
Something chill crept through th girl's
. tsjtaa, aa abe held tbe paper m her hand.
Turning her bead to mak sure that Ba
ther waa not coming, ahe opened it aad
ad:
. "Whr are yon so croei? Then three
dkya 1 nave waited for yon and yon aerer
' tt jpaat let me know how, anal! wait
id bode WB I see you."
IT waa no uesn w mm taw wwmr
ah knew from whom It csno
that It waa Jallaa Cam wto tod
aHei.
Oail ir ah asked herself wtth a
t ehjh. 1 awad always cm to abi to
I wear what I waatod to a, in w m n.
tatkfT. I hav two asjato ia aw
Wy, each araw-f aw a Moron way."
Ltor JatoadW pimiatly, and tto
a aa? Cbo kMsm. toMtaa: WIS
l MDa'jt oatbet.d, and tto aigbt
' i t M them faiat toH at tto
f -Am oear Kb aekisea.
ft 1 ttatC-T whar tto tjm
r 1 fjam ai
IV to tor alJ pat gy
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...,;r,.;-t:
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9,1
ening fielda. The black lace had fallen
back from her bead and face. Her pret
ty, light dreaa, with the vivid crimson
bows at the throat and elbows, made a
patch of soft color against the green about
hef.
Julian Carre, looking at her, felt his
heart throb fast, etormily, paaaionately.
"What ia ia the girl?" he said to him
eelf, as he watched her from the shade
of the high bridge opposite, "that draws
me to ber In spite of all my common sense.
She ia not as beautiful as Aurtry Toilet,
nor aa Lady Mary, even; yet they are aa
water unto wine compared with ber."
She had not aeen blm. She was not
even thinking of bim. When he crossed
the rosd and stood before her she clasped
her hands with a sharp cry. The pretty
color had faded from check to lip, for ahe
thought, when she first looked up, that it
was Fercy Stanhope.
"Have I the misfortune to startle yon
again?" be said, penitently.
"Of course you startled me. Where did
you come from?"
"I waa passing, and I heard your voice.
I could not but stay. You do not blame
me?" bending forward to catch a glimpse
of ber face, under the shade of the boughs
to which she bad retreated.
"Moat decidedly V
"I am sorry for that, but do not make
me feel aorry I stayed."
"Why should you be glad ?" demurely.
"1 have aeen you."
Dulcie laughed and glided a step near
er. It was nice, after all, to read the love
in this too caadid man'a eyea and to know
that the grme ahe had taken op for pas
time had growr into serious earnest for
him.
"I have seen you," he repeated passion
ately. "Do you knrw. what that means
to me? Da you know that day and night
your face haunU me, yeur voice la in my
ears?"
She folded ber allm hards on tbe bar
and lifted her face to him. The pearly
brow, with those little shining rings of
bair about it, gleam !u the light The
large, bright eyea met hia unflinchingly.
"You moat not blame me for that You
know when you told me a week ago that
your friend had warned you against ad
miring me I bade you take the warning.
Could I do more?"
"It was too late," Julian Carre answer
ed hoarsely. Ton knew that it was too
late when you said it"
"Did IT the girl said indifferently.
She was plucking listlessly at the la
burnum Sowers that hung over her bead.
The piquant face, the round, white
throat, were framed in by their slender
golden spraya.
Harvey had told him the truth. Hi
had slipped "into the depths" without
knowing it She was beautiful, and be
loved her aa bis frfcnd had foretold he
would. She tormented him, ahe mocked
at him, she made it no wcret that she
did not care a fig for him. But nothing
could aller the fact that be loved her.
Do you know," lookmg up with
! ,miJ. to find him watching bi-r admiring-
ij, j i a. iinruiuge wouiu ue quae Horri
fied if she knew that I waa out here at
this hour talking to yon?"
"What is Mrs. Hardinge to us?" crosa
IX. "She ia my hostess at present that ia
all."
He put out his hands and took bold of
hers. They were fell of leaves and yel
low buda, and be held them close in his
feverish grasp, the soft, white hands and
the flowers.
"I will go away now if you will promise
to see me to-morrow."
"You will not be warned, then?"
"Nat by you, dearest!" pressing his
Hps to the bare, white arms, almost rough
ly. With a sudden Jerk she released her
hands and atood back from him.
"At least yon have warned me," abe
aaid, crimson with anger.
He had seen ber In all aorta of moods,
but never like this berore. Perhaps he
liked her all the belter for tbe baughtj
tsoiper that would brook aa little.
"You will forgive me," he said, pushing
open the gate In bis earnestness. "You
will not blame me for what I could not
bir
"Oh, no. I shall not blame you" scorn
fully. "It haa been quite my own fault"
With a chill bow abe swept past hiss
and Into the bona before be could at
her.
He waited and watched, half honing
she might com out to him again, but abe
did not. He beard a brilliant raise being
played hi the drawing room presently, and
by some inatinct be divined that Dulcie
waa the player. He turned about at that
and atrode home, a man angered beyoad
bla patience.
"Dulcie," Mrs. Hardinge aaid, coming
Into the room where the girl was playing,
trying, aa ah would have aaid to her
self, t work her temper out at ber finger
tlpa, "what is thla that Eatber told me
bout your not going to Abbeylanda?"
"Nothing; but that I am not going."
"Esther will be very disappointed then.
Bb says the shall not enjoy herself with
out yon. Coo Id you not change your
mlsdr
1 would rather not, thank you."
"At all rventa, yon need not decide un
til to-morrow. I shan't writ till then."
Mra. Harding took np a book and lay
down on om of the couches, and DnM
began playing again.
Should sb gal That was the one aues
tfM that haunted ber, and repeated ltaelf
err and ever again, to ok da of the
tsBa she was layiag. ghould abe go, aad
tow Mm that not on f th flae ladles of
thia world waa aa koaattfnl aa sb waa?
It would b rare triamph for bar, and
bar yaa danatd at tbe preepect
"I hep atsl deto to stay at
ad hap awoat, "Bather rebr
uBif ml aad yC aasaakww.
Cm alwsja Mrpaaw toy."
It wm a aaevth to a - ty Dmtf
tod w l- "--- wkoM smbjO.
11 it ta as MMarw PVt PMf
In one month more It would be Esther
Durrant'a wwlding day. A shiver of paiu
ahouk the girl aa ahe thought of It
Cuuld it really be true that the man she
had loved and trusted In with all ber
heart would take another woman aa his
aife when thoe four short weeks were
over? It seemed to ber that It must have
bern far more than a month aince thia
love and truat hud been crushed aad
h iii-i If d out of her life o roughly.
The night ahe hud recognized Percy
Stanhope's face in Eather'a locket seemed
a night wt far U-bind her In a dense
shade and horror of pain.
"Oh, cruel, cruel T ahe had moaned to
herself many a time, thinking of bim.
"Oh, cruel ana false!" Yet, had he been
so f.W after all? She had told bim abe
did not love bim, and he had believed her
and had straightway carried to another
the love she would not have. Could he
have done this if his love had been a real
heart-root? That waa tbe question. How
would it have borne the transplanting If
it bed been such love, strong and deep,
aa she had once thought It?
"I could forgive bim," Dulcie thought,
looking out at the pale April sky, "if he
bad only waited a little while. But be
did not While I was sitting in old Pere
Jacques' salon, listening for his ring at
the door, he had gone away from me for
ever, had come home here, and was busy
winning Esther to love bim, juat as he
bad once won me."
There was the smart That was the
wound to which the proud little beart
could not grow reconciled.
"I will do the best I can for myaclf,"
ahe had said to Esther. Was she doing
it? Was she not playing with men's
hearts aa If they were croquet balls, with
out one care for tbe future that lay be
fore her?
"You have been reaming, Dolcie," ahe
said to herself, with a little bitter sigh,
"and you will waken up 'oat In tbe cold
If you don't take heed."
That very night, when the house waa
quiet Dulcie sat down to write a letter.
It waa a long letter to her Uncle Durer
and it told him tbe truth about her posi
tion. "I shall have no home here," she wrote,
"when once Esther Is married." But she
did not tell hiin that the bridegroom
would be their old friend Percy Stanhope.
"I should be wretched here, though Mrs.
Hardinge urges me kindly enough to stay.
If you have things so settled now that
you can offer me the ahelter of a roof, I
will come back to you. I am able and
willing to work for the nst."
When tbe letter waa written, and in
cloaed In its envelope, the girl looked at
it for a few minuts Intently.
"That shall decide me," she said to
herself. "If he says 'come,' I vwll go, and
leave all these new friends behind me. If
he does not aay 'come,' then "
But ahe did not finish tbe sentence. A
swift stinging fluah came into ber cheeks,
and her lips quivered ominoualy,
CHAPTER IX.
The day of LjtUy Harvey's dinner party
came at lest a brilliant April day, the
heavens cloudleas, tbe sunshine warm, the
air fragrant with spring'a perfumes.
Down in tbe beart of Brierton Wood
spring beld high carnival Tbe banks
were purple with wild panaies; the moas
was emerald green; the young leaves
thrilled and quivered in the very testacy
of life. Down the long walks went Dul
cie, her bat in ber hand, her sleeping
skirts rustling over the leaves aud twig.
Dulcie flung hersflf down here to rest
nd folded her amis under her head for
a oillow. Tbe sunshine beat warmly on
her uncovered head and face, but she did
not nrud that SI'e reveled in the warmth
and the quiet, the drowsy, soothing rustle
of the tranches, and the ripnle of the
flowing water. But after a while ahe be
gan to tire f it Animated nature had
the strongest charm for Dulcie.
Presently she beard a whistle, and a
scramble, and a man's voice a voice that
she knew as web as ahe knew her owd
calling out "Dowrv you brutel Down,
Jumbo," and she waj rather pleased than
otherwise.
He came on whistling, and tramping
down the grass with long, heavy strides,
and at tbe bend of the bank be saw ber.
She bad raised ber&clf on ber eltiow to
listen, and her upturned face, with the
warmth of tbe sunshine in Its vivid
smiles, waa the Crat thing he noticed. Ju
lian Carre stopped suddenly, and the
whistle died on his lips, with a soft, sin
gle note like tbe call of a bird. She was
almost at hia feet as he fte-sd, a lovelr,
brilliant little creat'nr wha some of tie
witchery cf the wild wood In her liibc,
listlese grace of limb and polae. He for
got tbat she had been angry with blm, and
he with her. He knelt down on tbe graas
beside ber, and held out both his bends.
His eyea sparkled, bis cheeks glowed like
a girl'a through lifcir tau.
"Now, what good fsirr sent you her
to-day, Mlaa Loveaque? I am fabrly afraid
to ahut my eyea, lest on opening them 1
should find yon bad been on a vision."
"A very aubstaotlal vision!" Dulcie
laughed, puttlag on pink palm Into hia
larger on.
"For th last fortnight I have been look
mg forward to this day, or thia evening,
rather," he aaid, bringing himself a Utile
nearer aad lea a! ng on hia elbow, so tbat
he could ae ber face. "Do yon know
wbyr
"I have not th faintest Idea" Inno
cently. It waa not exactly tbe truth, for ahe
had, while be spoke, one of those flashes
of intuition that make the ordinary wom
an so much more than a match for the
average man.
"Because" very low and tenderly "I
know that I should aee you then."
She ahot a aide glance at bla face, and
wbat ah read there flushed her own a
little.
"If yon do, I shall be wbat yon took me
for J art now a vision, and not myaaif at
11"
"How do yon mean? Ton are coming
with Mra. Harding, are yon not?"
"No, I am net going" very quietly,
"Can it be tract I am terribly disap
pointed." "I am sare I cannot ae why, Mr. Carre;
yon will hav a whole bevy of country
ladles to console yon; and besides," with
a little smile that bewildered blm, "I
should hav looked so 'odd' among ttom
all,"
1 believe yon Ud laugh Ilk that,''
to aaid moodily, "if yon aaw a man dy
ing. I can't arga with you I Yon do
nothing tot jost and mock, wife I I tor
yenl Ttora, ywa tor It!"
UrsswtohlaftuhaakftLaad
Dakw rosa, to, Ch had gaoaW him
pretty eorrecuy, asm kaw flatrty
tow waay baman af nidiaas bat
waald to ton aa Ma way to bar. Cto
wrenataW tto tod aw faaajto. Bar
nlator, at a lime wben bankruptcy and
speculation were not tolerated in decent
society. She knew be was learning to
love ber; but abe had not coin 'ted on his
loving ber better than fcimnelf s yet
It might come to that some ahe had
fancied at times, but that "ouj day '
bad always at'efx-d a V15 .'t cf .'."1
lo, the tkle of hia love wn at tbe full al
ready, the barriers all uev e;it, aid f.e
felt herself caue! t ij t;.c t; rtc,it, ;i -3
etnuued a little by Ith f..r
He did not look at her. He sfood gnaw
ing bia mustache and kickbig the toe of
hia boot into the ground. What should
she aay to him? For the first time in her
Ijfe, perhaps, tbe girl felt at a ka for
words. Percy Stanh.ne"s wooing bed been
nothing like this. She hsd loved him, aud
he had read the love in her eye before
ber lips could spak it and beca satis
fied. He bad been an eloquent, resistless
wooer; but this Julian Carre stood like
a stone, and waited for her to speak to
him.
"If he stands there till the sun seta,"
tie thought, "I alia 11 not be the first U
apeak."
At laat he turned toward ber.
"What have you to aay to me?"
"Nothing" in a very quiet little voice.
"Nothing!" with rising passion. "Is
that all jou ba-'e to offer in exchange for
a man's whole heart?"
He came quite close to her, and drew
the bat out of her powerless fingers, fling
ing it on the grass behind blm. It very
nearly fell Into the water, aud she gave
a little "Oh!" of dismay.
"You are awfully silly, Mr. Carrel"
"I dare say I am."
"May I hare ray bat ple?"
lie was making ber checks bnrn ua
cirnfortnhly, he stared c.t her o, and He
still beld bovh ber bands prtsoaed in one
of bia.
"I am sure It la time I was at home"
reatlcssly.
"It is quite time," be answered, coolly.
"More than that it la time tbat I waa;
but we can't part like thia."
"How? I don't understand !" begin
ning to quake again.
"Oh, yea, you do understand! I have
told you I love you. You know very well
wbat that moana, I want you to leve me.
I want you to be my wife."
(To be continued.)
Alphabet of Proverbs.
A grain of prudence far outweighs a
poud of cunning craft
Boasters, sometimes bars called, have
bragged till angels taigbed.
Denying faults will double tbem, without
a gain of pelf.
Envy shoots at otiicrs, hot sh only
wounds beraelf.
Foolish fear a danger dreads when there's
none in sight
God in our poor, feeble banda pots His
temple's light
He has hard work who has naught in bis
ban da to do.
It costs more Q right ene wrong than to
suffer two.
Knavery is a poor trade for a youth to
learn.
Learning journeys with a man where'er
be may turn.
Modesty will guard a soul better thia a
sword.
Ne'er forget to listen well to your heart's
first word.
One swift bour caught to-day is worth
two to-morrow.
Proud looks, sometiinsa, are a mask worn
to cover sorrow. .
Quiet conscience is the saint that gives
quiet sleep.
Richest be who from poor fields trvpa of
good can reap.
Small faults left long enough grow up to
giant foes.
Tbe bongh that lars the weight f fruit
lowest bends and grows.
Upright walking ia moat sure on th way
of sin.
Virtue is to Happiness very closest kin.
Wise men make their chances; for they
are seldom found.
You will never hurt th world spreading
kindness 'round.
Zeal that ia misdirected will crumble to
tbe ground.
Length of JUptll-s.
A python 20 feet In length tbat died
In the reptile houae of the Londsa Zoo
logical Society waa th largest reptile
ever confined there. Ther la a general
lmpreaslon tbat pythons reach a length
of 40 feet or more, an ttbanrdlty mad
manifest when the authorities assart
that tbe feui< I&dlaa python till la
the fcardcae, and but a trill avar la
feet long, la tbe lougeat tnak la cap
tivity of which there Is aay record.
General Impressions aa ta tto length
of these great reptiles are do to th
absurd pictures that formerly decorat
ed geographies aad ether works used
sometimes aa text hooka, ahawtng a
picture of r python In tto act of crush
ing and swallowing aa Indian bttffaia.
That waa a rldlcnloua pletora that was
the father of many of tto "frank Jour
nalism" picture of tto present day.
Tbe Loudon python, which was a real
Instead of a fabulous reptile, waa jost
over 20 feet In length, it waa buln
ed In Malacca and waa prmntod to
tbe society by Dr. Hampshlr aa Aug.
29, 1876, and had, tbarafora, II rod rath
er mora than twenty yean In England.
During that period It hl toaa fad prin
cipally with docks, af which M some
time awallowed four ar flra at ana
dmU. Its food waa offerad ta it one
a week, but It aomatttaaa rafnaad to
eat for a month together. Tto speci
men will be mono tod for tto Trlng fas.
aunu New York Trlbnaa,
Aa Baay Tletorp.
"Ah," tto foad asattor algtod, "yoa
aay yon lora my daughter now, bat
will yon lora tor wtoa aha la old?"
Steadily laoklif tor to tto aya to
rcplted:
"to wtO narar gat aid. AJ17 ao
can aa at a gluea ttoi ato tatoa aftar
a."--? ...
Tto grww aate af AnatrmBa mato
Bata by toadlag laaraa 'tegattor aad
aalttaf ttoas with a Mad of aatwal
gin. uaaoTato hart ton aaao on ooa
ksaf drawUa It to tto giaaag, wUla
aa aaaal naator wsJtotf to raoaira,
ttoaa h torlda.
ta cm fraat
aflra
WHEAT AND SILVER.
WHY THESE PRICES DIVERGED
LAST YEA a
Cansaal Crop Cosditious Were the
t'L. tjut, tiie LjU'in-oi lieirtit !(
j Year Jiocuais Karsaal Again.
! Price Fixed hj Rate of fi hanga.
The wheat crop of India failed la
IS'jti, and over elgbt mllliuLs of tins in
habitant of that unfortunate Uul died
of BLarvaiiou before another crop was
raised. The drouth In that country was
ao severe lust it caustd the crop of 11)7
to bu exceedingly abort falling far be
low tbe demand for home consumption.
In addition to tho failure iu India there
, was a abort crop In Russia, a failure
lu the Arfeiitine Republic, aud au ex
ceedingly abort crop of both wheat and
j rye In all the European statca, especi
ally AiiHtru-llungary. The United
Mates was favored last year with moru
than an average crep, and insteitfi of
meeting cumpetiilea In the English
market and other plaree where tbe
world's surplus I disposed of, Ialia,
Austria aud other countries that had
formerly been our chief competitors
had to buy wheat froji the United
Ktates. These facta, together with ta
attempt uf young Letter, of Chicago,
lu coru-r the w iiaat market caused die f
I'l'i-v of wheat to advance duriaj tbe
past year to a pelnt tbat brought back,
to our faruiere the memory of hotter
days when wheat raising waa profit
nble Industry.
The Republican press and orators
loudly proclaimed throughout the laud
that the advance In the price of wheat
waa due to Republican legislatloa, aud
Republican Congressmen sought dili
gently to Impress upon their constitu
ents that credit waa due to them for
bringing about the advanced price of
w heat and claimed that It was hut she
beginning of an era of better prices
generally, that would place the nation
on the high road "to prosperity. The
Republican press claimed that aa
wheat waa advancing In price at the
same time that ellver bullion was fall
ing In price, It furnlahcd complete and
conclusive evidence that tbe argument
advajicad by tbe Democrats In lsw(J,
that thfre was tome relation between
tie pHco of wheat and silver bullion,
was completely exploded.
They forgot, however, t tell the pv
ple that the only ground upon" which
any silver advocate claimed that a rela
tion beiween the price of silver and
wheat existed waa that whfat from
both gold and aliver aiandard countrie
waa being sold In the same market
In competition. Under thla condition
they claimed that a bushel of wheat
from Russia, the Argentine or tho
United State would be sold In the om
mon market for a like quantity f gold.
It must be borne In mind that the os
of wheat or any other commodity, that
is the aeed, labor, land rent and Inter
est on caplul, together with tbe pro
U the producer are reckoned In the
money of the country where the whiat
or other eommodltlea are produced. It
Is an undisputed fact that silver In In
dia and Ruasla will purchase as much
labor and material at the present time
as at any tlms In the past Therefore,
when the wheat of India er Ruasla la
sold In Liverpool for gold that can be
exchanged for double th mount of sil
ver money that it would command be
fore silver was dtmorwMaed, It can ho
old for a tower pric In terra of gold
and yet return the producer sufficient
ilvcr to pay tbem a good prvtflt It la
aiho true that in proportion aliver
bullion fall In price they can sell their
wheat cheaper for geld and tlll get the
came return and the sama proflu that
they formerly received, and that very
dm.lln In the price of allvsr bring
tbem additional profit The advantage
accruing to ailrer atandard canntrle
from a favorable exchange of mony
stimulated the production f what la
ucb countries and made wheat raising
unprofitable undsr th geld atandard
while th profits to tbe a II v ar
ming countries continued en the la
crease. The price of gold that the peo
ple of India and Rumla are wllllcg ta
accept for thtilr wheat In th Liverpool
market la U tbat th American can
orrtaln for hi product Th wheat from
all countries meeting in th mrkt
where tbe sum'us la sold sel's at sens,
uioii prke in tbe uontiy eurreat In that
market .'via, li gold pne of
the wluat of America la fixed la Liver
pool by the surplus of wheat af Iadla
and Ruasla so long as those countries
have wheat to sell.
Laat year ths silver atandnrd cona
trics ware buysra and not llr of
wheat, tone th connection between
tbe prlc of mlrr bullion aad whsat
was severed for tto Urn being and aa
relation between tto two existed. But
this year Russia haa a large surplu to
ell and India and th Argent! Re
public hav a aarploa and th pric of
aliver bullion will again 8x tha prlc of
the American wheat crop, tocaoa our
surplus moat to aold la tto market of
the world In competition with th sur
plus from llver nalng caaatrlaa.
liast year tto rilrar standard osnn
trie bad do whoat ta aall aad ttorafara
were unabla to purchaa Uvsr from
abroad, bat ra tha other toad wr
forced to aell mlrtr la tha world' mar
ket to bay whoat, taw tto erarnty of
wheat, ia ttoaa awatrlaa compelling
ttom to to bnyara tnwtead af attor
operated to mica Bflrar ta aowa ad tto
am Hm H wad whoat fa a.
Th Dlogtoy bill had aa mor ta to
with tto high rtoa af aim laat yaar
thaa It bu with tto tow aria af wtoa
thla rear. RopvMtama hjastottaa aa
tto moaey qnatioa haa Baata tto frlea
of wtoat low, aad will axato K OMttoBa
to go lower oooar canadaa af a aar
mal crop throaghoot tto warla. TJadar
ato fold rtaatord aoOtlaj wfl fsato
wtoat Maf a tair arlaa, aat a Ctkv
lue atired that wlU create an abaormal
demand that must be supplied from
tlHa country. Drouth and famla la
tber land aad fcood crop in America
gave ua a fair prlc for wheat hut
year. Tbe rate f sxrbange between
gold m;Bty and !lrer money will flx
the prl4-e thla yar.-slilvr Halght-Watchman.
rlie Teatroy?r of Nations.
It 1 luiioiiIl!e to over emphasis tha
truth that unury ) the Uuttom canao
of tbe world's present trouble, aad
this fa't should be auneoncod at tto
risk of rffurtitlou by every one wto ea
It In hbitory past and history preaaaC
Tbia would be a very good oatechlasai
What was it tbat overthrew th Bab
ylonian empire? Usury and concentra
tion of wealth UU the people had ao
mind to fight for tome they did aot
wn.
What had corrupted the Jew wtoa
be was led lato captivity? Uaury.
What overthrew tbe Egyptian dynas
ties? Tbe power of usury, wall kaowa
to Moses, who task pals to pre toe bia
own people against It
What overthrew Rene? Uaary
tbe loss of laud statr taken 1
ty for money loaasd to returned aal.
diers, to Uapro c their far and
homes.
What baa ronrJauad te to tto prima
cause of the Brttls conilet with tto
natives of India? Cury toad to to
paid (Interest at leat) by taxatloa, aad
the striugeucy of money mad by bad
laws to help tbe land rwaer.
Wbat caused the war with Egypt
when Ab-iaadria was burned? Rotha
chlld bonds and the rack tax a th
fellaheen ameuatlag to one-half thslr
earulugii. (The Retkaebllite furalahd
tbe Beet with tobace uaea their chief
elty waa bUd by Brittoa guntoata.)
What hu caused all the reballlen la
Cuba and the Phllltmla Ulaads? 0v
rnnirnt reveaun to mu Ooverament
expense and th interest dtM a toad
Frracb bonds, Italia a sends, Geraaaa
bends. Limit E. Uaaaiford, In his ro
cat book en Cuba, says: "Tto vast
suuia ajiiaasnd by taxes frees th Cu
ban, tnulUtudlasu, searching, grass
ing, were spent t for developing In
tern! resources, bat fer th enrichment
and indulgence of a swarm of ever
bearing foreigners h had .'latsaed
ou CuU a deJit ef $300,000,000, ooaaid
erahly over $190 per capita, and la ad
dition a system of taxation (lik th
Egyptian) which wrung 3.u00.000 an
nually from ths Cubaaa." Brary re
volt added boaaa te bo a is. "Th Mad
rid Government (la 113) after already
realising l-tS.OOO.OOO fraja tb sale, at
40 per cent of $120,000,000 ef Cuban
bonds of thw serf as of 1M0, In October,
negotiated a $14,000,000 lssn wWh some
I'arls aad Dutch hankers." This ta a
sample of tbe bernaw-and-tax proc
tbat became Intolerable as It waa la the
tin of King George and hi caiante.
The usurer waa la it all tto tta. And
ow, when the Island peoples ar Doing
liberated, what la to happen to the peo
ple of tbe Spanish peninsula? Rev
enue from th csleiiles cutoff; big war
debt, to b paid te the United State,
and old boadi already mor 'ton they
can carry, what will the popl th In
nocent peopie of Bpaia do? What If
they become a rapublle? Will ttou ad
the distress? Usury kaowa as form of
government It works Just as savagery
In a republic as ia a dnapotiam, tocaus
It la Itself a term ef datpetlam, holding
all cLrfc Institutions under Its dictation
and all the money Institutions ara band
ed together by a sort ef financial fra
masonry- wrld wide brother bsed of
tyrant a.
Again, what kind ef freodom ds w
propose to give th Ipasuab Ulaads? A
freedom with aa American toad tax
attached.
Pasa over te ttoa lalaada ur rasae
tery and syndicate Bchemea aad within
twenty years w are liable to hav on
hand anetaer war fr 1 1 ber t lea a part
f a world-wide war far repudiation (?)
f dobte whose payment U Impossible.
That may be escaped by a virtual
liquidation af the terms of paymeat la
th aubatltutlon, universally, ef dmpl
money for th lmaalbl speete "re
demptloo." Wbt we get the referendum form of
democracy and other nations get ft also,
thea those who ar alive ea earth will
ae the dprt trugglaa of th pluto
cratic league with th aw bora rpub
lira. The "eoaith" th Ort "nd" aad
t'-s peace and pleaty of th "thonaaad
yean." A. J. Chlttea, la Chlcag
ipr
t,aa Kbsata Vrosk
TaxaUoa la ta aapodlaacy. Thaqoaa
tJoa for psopl to dodd la whr thi
burden of govramat eipsnaes ahonld
to placod. W claim ther I no laher
at debt to government for the gifts
of aatnr; land, sunlight and air, bnl
wa laalat tbat aa attempt te monopolist
any of thea can a checked by cor
rect system of taxatloa. Th limited
bom exemption, with a rvenue sy
tern based on land value will dtotro)
land monopoly and provide a way
which will mak aa opportunity for tto
people to own ttolr tooasa. landlord
ism will disappear and lastead then
will to the happloat aatlon of poapla n
der th un. Kp this ao fact ia mladi
Land shonld to aa fraa aa air. It it
only aa expediency fiaat makaa it to
right the chief abject of taxatloa II
haa been monopolised aad "down tto
mopo)."-;kiflaf 1
Ths War Ta.
How that tto war to drawlnf ta a
ttoaa, wty tto war tax to rafsajsd at
wlU It to esJaaad a a msataa of lock
Ing ay a-4 topaoadJng the groenhacka,
t- -teiary aotea, aad Uvr cwrtxlloatoa to
auto aaoai far aa lam af toaataatoal
Alwsrsal Par.
Ajatoooy raeatvabla far faraim
ttwiTaaaaatoaJwatoBar.
M " Prsparaaa
M.y f n!, Wi aca
atofTii af taaaiV ...,'
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