CHAPTER XIV.—(Continu'd.)
Then there was an old gentleman
who walked up and down in front of
her windows every morning from batf
pa3t nine to ten o'clock, and again ev
ery afternoon from half-past two to
three. He looked like an old general,
and Dorothy felt quite friendly toward
him because he belonged to her darl
ing Dick's profession. But even an
old general can get monotonous to
time, particularly when lie. docs the
same things day after (lay—and this
cne always did. After his early morn
ing constitutional he Invariably went
in to his house and was seen no m )re
until he came out to (lo his half hour
of regular tramping again at half-past
two. But after his second dose he
always looked at his watch when ati
adjacent clock struck the hour, ind
then shook himself together and tod
(Had off as If he were going to town
going to h!s club, Dorothy thought.
But oh! dear, dear.lt was all dread
fully slow, and before she had been a
month in her now home Dorothy was
pining, pining for some woman friend
to talk to, to confide In, to be friends
with.
Of course, to set off against this,
there were the gay and glorious times
when Dick came home, sometimes on’y
between afternoon parade and morning
stables, which meant n little dinner
somewhere, a theater after it, and a
wild scramble and rush to catch a
train leaving Liverpool street at some
unearthly hour In the morning. At
n4V*a«* t iinuu H r\K\'Li v ov ll'rlf ITliiflililOd
to squeeze a two-days’ leave out of his
colonel, Riid then Dorothy felt—ay, ind
said, poor child—that life was worth
living, and that she would not change
her lot for that of any other woman in
all the wide world.
So, poor child, her life slipped by
In a continual change from grave »o
gay, with bright spots of deepest and
tenderest love set In a large surface of
unutterable dullness and wearying de
pression.
"I wonder," she said one day to
Dick, “whether, when we are able *.o
be always together, you will get tired
of me and if I shall bore you?"
“No,” said Dick, promptly.
“You really think not?” eagerly
“I don’t think at all,” he said, ten
derly, “because I am sure of It.'Whit
makes you ask me that, dearest? Have
I ever looked bored or as if I were
tired of you?"
”Oh, no, Dick, no!” she burst out;
“only you were so good and kind to
me, and It Beems so wonderful that you
who have been In the world all your
life, should take so much trouble fur
a little nobody like me—I mean that l
know nothing; how should I, after liv
ing all my life at Gravelolgh?”
Dick laughed aloud at tho earnest
ness of her face and tout.
“My darling,” he said, holding her
close to his heart, "1 have been no
more kind and tender to you than you
have been to me. You don’t set half
enough value on your dear self, the
most precious self In the world, lle
Ueve me, a man does not care so much
what his wife knows ns what she is
—and you forget, what 1 always re
-
"I LOVE VO'
member, tbit you might have UIimI tha
other fellow best, ami you didn't."
'The other fellow," Do'otby fil
tered, "Vou mean David Stevenson "
‘ Yes. I menu David Stevenson,"
Dick answered. "Matty n girl wo iid
have taken him I t fore a pane pauper
devil, who hail lo nek hls wile to l;v?
Im ok In n poor little hul* Ilk* this In
you know, I vent round lo hove a took
at tMpvenmn's place, lliliotd, the
other day. mid vvhni 1 an * It *h ill
I tell you what I did, my »Wn ihoar;?"
“Yea," nuawcreJ liuiothy, in a wii.e
fer.
"1 Went round 111 I to rlmriihyaH
where ah* II » our lot* ft .end mol i
thanked tli <1 *1111 Mr, If he out I hear
me, that in* dear little It ye bad f t It
me Mr i*»*e !«»'* In e*i nan,, for «ttn \
and that Mi«* |nsitIlk • elabes hit
paver U«n to i*art ua Ikip't h«»r» n.»
•gain hy a»klng me douhtinv *pt««'t > 1*.
my darting D*»t. i» rmliy d >u t
gie dear,"
' IHek, |Wek,“ fkirolk- erl*4, I
peeee w"l I love you u»>« j 01 l*«e
you!*’
"And you wilt always I u ts»*
|ea»i'igl*
*Ob, Dtk!** ie|wo**hMI»
' Even whew—-f
fitelNy hi aMd, hut gM pul r
prut round h'» n«»k. nnd
us«uth down its hare "I eh*)) *• • 1 1
| .ea y#* hest ef *H »• * *M »a I
e*af ku.avst WMl I »lf u
child, I shall love It most because of
you."
CHAPTER XV.
BOUT two
months after this
a sort of avalanche
fell upon the little
household In Pal
ace Mansions. It
took the form of a
letter from Lord
Aylmer, the old
savage at Aylmer'a
Field, and Dick In
his first surprise
exclaimed, "Kow, who the devil was to
expect the old 3avage would be up to
this sort of game?”
It began by assuring his nephew
that he was enjoying the very best of
health, that he had not had a touch of
gout for something over three
months, but that her ladyship was In
exceedingly quepr health—that she was
indeed thoroughly out of sorts, and at
present giving both himself and her
medical adviser cause for the gravest
anxiety. Then he went on to say that
he had Just had a visit of nearly a week
from his old friend Barry Boynton—
"That’s Lord Skevverslelgh,” said
Dick, as he read the letter aloud—and
that Barry Boynton had Just been ap
pointed Governor-General of Madras,
and that as he—“the old savage”—
felt his nephew could not lose by ad
vancement In his profession, whether
he ever happened to come In for the
Aylmer title or not, he had put In a
good word for him with his old friend,
with the result that Barry Boynton had
promised to appoint him as his mili
tary secretary.
"But, Dick," Dorothy cried, “that
means India."
"Not a bit of It, my darling,” Dick
cried; “I'll see the old savage at per
dition before I accept It. I only go to
India on one condition that I go as a
free man; that Is, with you as my ac
knowledged wife.”
Then they read the letter over again
and made their comments upon It—
che with her sweet face pressed against
his cheek, he with his arm close about
her waist.
"The amount of delicate information
he conveys 13 really remarkable,” Dick
laughed. Dick, by-the-by, was on .1
ten days’ leave, and was Jovial and in
clined to view the whole world through
ro3e colored glasses In consequence;
“this Is to let me know that I needn't
expect to step Into his shoes for many \
a day yet. Bless me. If he knew how
littlo I care about It, or ' way or the
other!”
“Nor I!” Dorothy chimed In; "ex
cept—except that we should always be
together then, Dick,” with a Eofl
touch of yearning In her voice.
"But we are always together in
heart, my dearest.” cried Dick, fondly.
“And my lady's health is causing him
the gravest anxiety—h'm! We may
take that with a grain of salt. Grav
est anxiety! Why, if ray lady were
lying at death’s door, that old savage
wouldn't be anxious, unless for fear
that she should get better. However,
as they are in town I must go and In
quire after her ladyship. She's a hard
nail enough, but she has always been
good to me in her way, and she's
worth a thousand of him any day.
And then I can tell the old savage that
he may use his Influence with Ills dear
old friend Barry Boynton for somebody
else.”
“But you won't do anything rash, '
Dick?" Dorothy cried.
"Certainly not—why should I? But
1 shall tell him I have no fancy for
India, and that I'd rather atop at
home.
"Uut supposing that he says no,"
said Dorothy, who in her heart regard
ed Dick's "Old savage" as an all-power-'
ful being who had it In his power to
I make or mar her very existence.
"Oh. I think he will hardly insist,
: one way or the other," he answered,
: easily, "Anyway, I must go and bn
J civil to my lady, who Isn't half a ha 1
i sort, and gently Intimate my derision
i to my lord."
"When will you go, Dick?" Dorothy
I asked.
"Today. 1 think, dearest." he replied;
I "just after lunch will he a good time.
The savage Is never quite so savage
, after a meal as at any other time."
A strange and sick!' f t!ntn»*s began
! to creep over Dorothy, a dull and lu
ll Unable sense of fords..ling ruse In
her heart atul threatened to suffocai.t
her. "Hltall you be long there*"
"W'dl. If I atn." returned Dick, with
i laugh, "it will be a new eaperlcn <■
| fur toy delightful untie, for I ne'er
stopped a single minute longer In hta
j house than I could help since I can re•
| member."
Then be happened attracted by Iter
| silence, and the absence of the sweet
laugh which generally e« h-*ed his ■>
i turn gad luoh at her the nett moment
he bad caught h*r In hit arm*, and
waa kissing her as s man only hlaun
; ike one woman that he lorn in alt the
world
' Mr lei*, my kne. h* erted. ’ me
dear, sweet little lose, d -ill b-ch libs
1 that What ta It y»m fear? Not that
i | ahall ever rbange i*<*trt y-u* or be
j different la any war so far as you are
! i ooeernad *"
• They are your people," she faltered
and "
' My people “* he e, lur'd roptentps t
, oos.y Vea. m kh»y ate. hut pt •
yon ar® my life—my very soul—Oil
light of my eyes; why, you are myself.
Why, to put my love and care for you
In comparison for one Instant with
what I feel for all my people together
would be too funny for words. If you
were not distressed about it. But
when I see you look like that, darling,
It hurts me so awfully—It cuts me up,
so that I can hardly talk or think sen
sibly. My dear little dove, there Is
nobody In all the wide world that I
could ever put beside you, or ever
shall.”
"You arc sure?” she cried.
“I am quite sure,” he answered.look
Ing at her straight and true in the
eyes. "And now, my dearest, It Is half
past eleven; let me take you out for a
turn before lunch time.”
He alwayB found It an easy matter
to comfort and reassure the little wife
who loved him so dearly, and al
though, by living so much alone an-1
without proper companionship, she
was apt to brood over the circum
stances of her life and to conjure up
all sorts of gloomy fancies and dread
shadows which might come to pass at
some future time, theso mists always
yielded before the Irresistible sunshine
of his love, and they were happier, If
possible, than they had been afore
time.
In his Innermost heart, however,
Dick was not so easy about hts ap
proaching Interview with Lord Aylmer
as he made Dorothy believe; and he
knocked at the door of the old savage's
town house with rather a quaking
heart, and something of the vague
dread which he had coaxed and soothed
away from his wife’s tender heart.
Yes, Lord Aylmer was at home, and
her ladyship also! and the servant, I
having no special orders about Mr.
Aylmer, at once showed him Into the
pretty little room off the smallest of
the two drawing rooms, and told him |
that he would Inform her ladyship of !
his presence. And In less than three
minutes Lady Aylmer came.
“My dear D!ck,” she said, "I atn ;
most pleased to see you. I did not I
know that you were In town. Is It \
true that Lord Bkevverslelgh has made
you his military secretary? I quite j
thought you had ret your face against
India at any price.”
Dick Aylmer was so surprised that
he sat staring at his uncle's wife In
speechless wonder. She noticed his
look, and asked with a laugh, "What (
Is the matter, Dick? You look as if
you had seen a ghost."
"Not a ghost, Lady Aylmer,” he said,
recovering himself; "but 1 certainly ex
pected to see more of a ghost than
you are at this moment.”
“Why, how do you mean?"
"I had a letter from Lord Aylmer
this morning, and be said that you
were ill.”
"111? I?” she echoed. “Nonsense!
You must have mistaken him. 1 was
never better In my life."
"I couldn't possibly mistake him,”
“MY DEAR DICK.”
said Dick, firmly. "However, 1*11 show
you the letter; there la nothing at all
private In It.”
(To be Continued.)
RUN OVER A SCARECROW.
Knylnror of s Kimt Train Itecetves n
I'rlultt Which lie Can't gorget.
(From the Detroit Free Press.)
"The nervous strain on the engineer
of a fast train !* something enor
mous." said one of them the other day.
"Not only the live* of the passenger*
are at stake, but there is constant fear
irf running uvei ausneone on the track.
An accident, no matter how Innocent
the engineer, is always a kind of a
1 hoodoo. What was my flrat accident?
I I shall never forget It. If It hail been
| traced on lay mind with a streak of
i lightning It couldn't have made a in >ro
! lasting Impression. Il happened nan
bright moonlight night in November.
We were spinning over the rails at full
!|»el across the country where thorn
were few people passing at that I III"
! of night, slon I IinM out and saw the j
figure of a iui'i lying across the track j
not ten (iwt In front of the eng tic 1
I Slopped quick as possible, but too U|e,
of course We had run over him and
the lifeless body was under the 'sheets,
We i<il o it to I nk for him ace fooud
his hat. a piece of hie net sleeve and
one of his shoes lug the rest sc. -usd
to lie further back undo? the train
I ba ked up the engine end got ait m
took again There let the U>dy |
uenrty faiate-l when I saw its distorted
h>rm. I felt Ilk# a murderer Hid
| know the man* No a<N personally
Me eras a seam re from a beigh'enhg
warn #*M "
A man of I >rrtngn.u, C .n*.. «**
tu be. wme ah espevv hypnotist put
him*e'l tu si p the a*her day, ie>
e ai'.'d ai- II ebi<* h dentist
I pi-'i'd e i«*t * sad » *• up a ami Urn
, dshaht eeuauu tv«
THE CUBAN JUNTA.
MEN AT HEAD OF THE AMEHI
CAN END.
Delicate Duties Imposed on Them—
President I’ulum lias Shown Ibrnsrli*
nlile M«|4cltjr and Has Heroine Known
as the Cuban Iran LI In.
The Cuban Junta, with lta head
quarter* In New York, represent* the
legation of the Cuban republic abroad,
and tho head of the junta, as It Is
called. Is T. Estrada Palma. Properly
speaking he Is the delegate, and with
members of his ministerial and diplo
matic household constitutes the dele
gation of the Cuban republic.
The term “Junta" has been applied
because such a body or council was
attached to the diplomatic department
of Cuba during the ten years’ war.
As the authority of the Junta fre
quently restricted the action of the
delegate the promoters of the present
revolution decided to eliminate It; yet
the name remains, and is used and
accepted to designate Mr. Palma and
his associates.
This Junta, as the representatives
of the Cuban republic, acts on high
authority, for the delegation was ap
pointed on £ept. 1!), 1835, by the con
stituent assembly tha> fornvd the gov
ernment and commissioned Maximo
Gomez chief commander of tho Cuban
army. At tho same time it made Mr.
Palma delegate and Cuban representa
tive abroad, with authority to appoint
ministers to all governments and to
have control of all of Cuba’s diplo
matic relations and representatives
throughout the world. Besides this.
Mr. Palma Is the duly accredited min
ister from Cuba to the United .States,
and in the event of the Cuban repub
lic being recognized would be received
ns such.
Under bis authority Mr. Palma hn3
appointed sub-delegates, or diplomatic
agents, In France, Italy. Mexico, and
the Central and South American re
publles. Cuba's Independence not be
ing acknowledged by these nations,
her ministers are not officially recog
nized. but are ofte.i unofficially re
ceived ct the “bock dear,” and exart
an Influence for the benefit of Cuba
In the countries for which they are
appointed. Mr. Palma is In reality the
head of the Cuban revolutionary party
abroad, which Is one of threp depart
ments of the Cuban revolutionary gov
ernment, the two cthera being the
civil government and the army of lib
eration. This Cuban revolutionary
branch was founded by Jo::e Marti,
who Is regarded by Cubans as the
apostle and master mind of the Cuban
revolution. Mr. Palma Is not only the
head and front of the junta, but he Is
the one person In whom its authority
Is centered. He was born in Cuba
about sixty years ago, end in his
youth imbibed the spirit of liberty for
the island, a spirit which grew with
him until it Influenced his every word
and act, and finally received his entire
devotion. So direct, gentle, yet de
termined are his methods, and so un
assuming and plain Is he in speech
and manner that he soon became
known as the "Cuban Franklin,” and
more firmly has the name become at
tached to him since the potent Influ
ence of his diplomacy has been felt
throughout the world. During the ten
years’ war Mr. Palma was president of
■he Cuban republic; was made pris
oner by Spanish troops, and sent to
Spain, where he wxs Imprisoned until
the close of the conflict. While In
Spain, absolutely suffering under the
hardships of imprisonment, he was of
fered freedom if he would swear al
legiance to the Spanish crown. “No!’’
was his answer. "You may shoot me
if you will, but if I am shot it will lr>
as the president of the Cuban repub
lic.”
Besides Mr. Palma, the only mem
ber of the delegation appointed by
the Cuban government are: Dr. Joa
quin D. Castillo, the sub-delegate;
Benjamin J. Guerra, treasurer of the
republic abroad, and Gon/.alo do Quo
sada, charge d’affalrs at Washington.
Doctor Castillo is vic» delegate and
would take Mr. Palma's place in case
of his death or inability to act. Be
fore entering actively Into the Cuban
revolution he was a surgeon in the
Fnited States navy ami was aboard the
cutter Itodgerx on her northern expe
dition to the relief of the Jeannette.
He was a leading physician in Cuba,
sml wrote a treatise on yellow fever
-.hat gained for hint the title of mem
her of the Academy of Science in Ha
\una. When the present revolution
brok» out Doctor Castillo was ap
pointed surgeon general of the Cuban
urtny. with the title of brigadier gener
al. He was afterward transferred to
—^^'
;- ' i
his present post In the United States.
Mr. Guerra, treasurer of the republic
abroad, who has charge of all the for
eign funds raised for the revolution,
Is a tobacco merchant of New York,
who ha:, been one of the most active
spirits In the Cuban revolutionary
party since its formation. He was In
timately associated with and much re
lied upon by Jose Marti In his great
work of organization. Gonzalo de
Quceada, charge d'affaires, Is a lawyer,
a graduate of the Columbia law school,
and a writer of rote,
Mr. Horatio S. Rubens, who was an
Intimate friend to Jose Marti, gives
his services free as counsel to the
Junta. He Is the head of Its law de
partment. He and the assistant coun
sel, Mr. Leon J. Beuoit, are graduates
of the Columbia law school. With
them is associated Mr. Charles Rich
mond, chief cle k of the department.
MEMBERS OF THE JUNTA TN CONSULTATION.
(J—J. Antonio (Jonznb* I.anuzu, LL.D.. Secretary to the Cuban Delegation; 2—-Jose
Nicola* Hernandez. Private Secretary; 3-Francisco Chenard. Secretary to the
Council of the Cuban Revolutionary Party; 4--Toma* Estrada Palma. Delegate; £>—
Diego Tcmsye. President of the Council of th«* Cuban Revolutionary Party; $—
Manual Ro*. Secretary to Mr. Palma; 7—D. M. Moya, Purchasing Agent; 14—Dr.
Joaquin D. Castillo, Sub-Delegate.)
Besides these. there are as secretaries
to the delegation Dr. J. A. Gonzales
l-unuza, Eduardo Yero Buduen, Fred
erleo Peres Carbo, Lulz M, Garzon, J.
Nicholas Hernandez, Manuel Ros, Oc
(avio A. de Zoyas, D. M. Mayo and B.
Glberga. Doctor Lanuza was judge of
the supreme court at Havana and pro
fessor of penal law in the Havana
university. Shortly after the war |
broke out he was z'-nt to Ceuta, the i
Spanish penal colony in Africa, on
account of his connection with the
revolution, end was afterward re
leased under an arnne3ty decree. He
came to New York and was appointed
secretary of the delegation. Mr. Her
nandez was chancellor of the Cuban
republic during the ten years' war,
was made a prisoner at the same time
Mr. Palma was captured, and, with
him, was sent to Hpaln, where he re
mained until the close of that revolu
tion. At the beginning of the present
I). J. GUERRA.
(Treasurer of the Cuban Republic.)
war he attached himself to Mr. Raima,
hia friend in peace and war. as hia {
secretary. With the exception of Doc
tor Castillo. Treasurer Guerra and the
charge d'affaires at Washington, who
were commissioned by the home gov
1 eminent on nominations by Mr. Rai
ma. all others received their appoint- |
ment from Mr. Raima, who made his
selections on account of special fit
ness, In nearly all rates made evident
In previous service on the Held or In
the council chamber.
Then besides th<e there Is n corps
of journalist* under the direction of
ihe Junta that has < liar; >■ of the i’utria.
the offbi.tl organ of the delegation.
This corps Is headed by Enrique J,
Yarona. Eduardo Yem lluduen and
Manuel Mur' Mr. Yarona was a \
deputy to the Spanish cortex, and Is a
well known ivritcr of philosophical
treatises that have become text hooks
In Spanish and S|»iihdi American uni -
' ' ~
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1“ H« »*•**' 4 | M 1 1
versltles. He has also written much
on Spanish national and colonial poli
tics and political economy, and hi*
words carry no little weight through
out Spanish speaking countries. Kdu
ardo Yero Buduen Is an old Journalist
of the aggressive school, who has been
in prison more times for political of
fenses than any man who was ever In
Cuba. He was very active prior to the
ten years' war, but was arrested early
in that conflict and spent most of its
exciting years behind prison bars. W ar
was no sooner over than he began pre
paring for the present revolution by
keeping up an unceasing agitation, and
he has not rested from his labors since.
The Junta is the organization through
which Cuba’s friends reach the Cu
bans in the field. In many places
these friends are banded together and
work for the Cuban cause as organi
zations. In the United States and
Europe there are 300 revolutionary
clubs, with a membership of more
than 00,000. These clubs were the out
come of a suggestion originating with
Jose Marti, and their organization has
been accomplished by the delegation,
with whom they were all In closest
touch, to whom they all account, and
through whom they all make contribu
tions In money, clothing, provisions,
arras and munitions for those who
are enduring the hardships of the war.
Before the revolution began these
clubs had $100,000 In bank as a war
fund. These most vital contributions
must reach the army in the Held, and
It Is the business of the delegation to
see that they get there. And they have
been getting there under the most, ad
verse and trying circumstances, and
amid perils of land and sea where ene
mies are watching and where a friend
ly government has had to guard
against the violation of neutrality
laws.
For accomplishing Its work the Jun
ta has In no way been restricted in
authority.
- ■ ■ — --— .... ,
THREE QUEER CITIE3.
All Built on IiUndi Connected by Many
Bridges.
The city of Ghent, in Belgium, Is
built on twenty-six islands. These
Islands are connected with each other
by eighty bridges. The city has three
hundred streets and thirty public
squares. It Is noted for being the
birthplace of Charles V and of John of
Gaunt, whom Shakespeare called "time
honored Lancaster;" and as the scene
of the pacification of Ghent, Nov. 8.
157C, and of revcral Insurrections,
sieges, and executions of well-known
personages. It Is associated with Am
erican history by the treaty made there
December 24, 1814, terminating the sec
ond war between England and the
United States, known as the war of
1010 * *f ii_> • i».
on piles driven far below the water In
to the earth. The city is intersected by
many canals, which are spanned by
nearly three hundred bridges, and re
sembles Venice in the mingling of land
and water, though It is considerably
larger than that city. The canals di
vide the city, which is about t< n miles
to dr* umference. Into about ninety Is
lands. The city of Venice Is bult on
eighty Islets, which are connected b.v
nearly four hundred bridges, Car tils
serve as streets in Venice, and boats,
called gondolas, for carriages. The
bridges are, as a rule, very steep, ris
ing considerably In the middle, but
have easy steps. The circumference
of the city Is about eight tulles. The
Venetians Joined th» bombard league
against the tier man t mperor, and, In
1177, gain’d a gnat victory, in difena*
of Alevattdir III, over the fleet of war
vessel* headed by Otto, son of Freder
ic Bar bar ossa In gratitude for this
victory the Pope gave the llog. Zunl
a ring, mid Institute ! the world fsuimt*
ceremony of 'Venice marrylug th*
Adriatic s a “ In this ceremony th*
TUige, es the chief ruler of Venice »t-ed
to tie termed, with appropriate c r<
monies dropped a ring Into the set
»v.rv v.ir In ?•< gutt on of th-- weat'h
and trade tarried to Venice by tho
Adriatic.
Mb M«.| Mb Mwrry.
Judge Now old man you it*
brought before me for mud*urean*ir.
What have you to aey *'
I »t I* Kph Judge, for Ml** Its
m*anor* la* mighty sorry fur do gal.
but I ran t marry her, 'case lao already
mart lari*
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