Uhe Only WayA A Fascinating Romance by A-an Adair.. CHAPTER III. Richard Dempster had never entire ly trusted Hutchinson.Although he bad been a member of his firm for years he had never made him a partner, and the utmost he had done was to allow him a very liberal salary, and a com mission on what he had made. There fore It was not a difficult matter to get rid of him; but the interview between the three men was one which neither forgot. Alan Mackenzie, who, as he told Veronica, wanted no one to do his dirty work, was present, and unfolded document after document of incrim inating matter. If he had not made the discovery it would have conie to It that the Brazilian government would have arraigned the firm of Dempster on the charge of selling fire arms to the insurgents. Rjchard Dempster knew that the confidence in them would he shaken unless he be haved firmly. He dismissed Hutch inson, offering him no consolation; the man must consider himself dis graced. llis imprecations against .Mackenzie were deep and terrible. Alan would not have cared if it had not been for Veronica. After all, the man was Veronica’s father, although the girl had never rightly understood why she had never been acknowledged. There was a mystery which Hutchin son alone knew, hut he was a quiet and reserved man, steeped to the brim fn plots, and he could be dangerous, as quiet people alone can. Dempster’s adleux to Hutchinson were short. "You would have betray ed me,” he said to the man who had been In his employ for years, more years than he cared to think, "if it had not been for Mackenzie! My word has always been well thought of until now, my firm an honorable one; hut you would have dragged me down!” Hutchinson said nothing, hut glared at Mackenzie. "That young cur!” he said; "but I will be even with him yet!" When it came to sayying goodbye to Alan it was another auair. The elder man had taken a great liking to Alan; lie had full confidence in him. “Look here, my lad,” he said, "1 slm’n’t leave you at Santa Rosa—I'm not sun* it will be worth your powder and shot; but go there now, and I will move you on to Sau Iago in a little while.” Alan thanked him and went. His head was full of Veronica. The girl r was about to show her confidence iri him In the fullest way a woman can. True she was leaving nothing but un kindness and tyranny; but Veronica was young and very beautiful, and many men would have rejoiced to have secured her for life. He had made all arrangements for the girl. She was to leave Rio at once and go and wait for him at Santa Rosa. He had sent her money, and had found a lady who would look after her until he came to claim her for himself. They would be married at once, and he would begin his life there a married man. He was looking forward to this new life. He wanted a companion— a woman. Sometimes he felt that, if it had been possible, he would have preferred a woman who would de mand more of him, for 3s long as he was simply Joined to Veronica she was perfectly happy. Poor child! she had had so much unkindness 1T» her short life, for she was but seventeen! Alan Mackenzie was not a man who makes plans that come to naught. Be fore another three months were over he was established at Santa Rosa, married to Veronica. She bad a sur prise in store for him. She told him that Hutchinson had come home from the momentous interview vehemently abusing Alan. She had stood up for him, and then he had flown into a violent rage and had abused her, telling her that she was not his child, and that she had no claim upon him. In some strange way this rather pleased Alan. He bad very definite ideas as to duty, and it had vexed him that it was his fate to un inask the father of the girl he was to marry. Therefore, Hutchinson's words that she was not bis child I,liner n'lisini Him. Anti now there began snmp months of quiet, uneventful, pleasurable life. Veronica was sweet. gentle, loving, ami very beautiful. It wan Impossible not to become f*>n rhnts topic with her, and theta was a part of his nature that was a Sealed hook to her; hut that did not prevent Its being a happy. *»*T life It it it only lasted four months Alan and Ms chief corresponded two or three times a Werh hut only «vn Hud ism affairs If Hit hard npat-r heard a rumor of \lati » living at Man la It «a as a married man he did a d attar h much t us porta me la tt Alan was doing such good work that he w as almost wast'd at sm-h a small renter as Mania k u lie hi»'W It himself bat he had t. 'a grateful far the op portualiy of e«t .fcl'shiwg htmsslf there. Now Richard Dempster wished him to go further down the coast, to tha growing town of San Iago, to es tablish a branch of his business there. It was four days’ Journey by steam er. and Alan thought that the best plan would be to leave Veronica^n her own comfortable little house, with her own servants, until ho could find a suit able place for her in the new town. The news of this separation was like a blow to Veronica. She clung so to Alan that it seemed to him that she led no life apart from him. But she made no demur; everything that he said was law to her. She only lifted a pale face, down which tears were streaming, to her husband, and said: "But not for long, Alan—not for lung:" "Not for a week longer than I can help, darling," he said fervently. He, too, would feel the separation; he loved her as one does an affectionate child who idolizes one. She never pre tended to be on equality with him, and she was quite content to be Just loved by him and petted; hut she loved him with all the force of her nature. She saw that If she made any difficulties it would only worry him, and so she made none; but Alan could not but notice that she grew thinner day by day. "Do you mind my going so much, dear little one?’’ he asked her, on the eve before his departure. They were sitting on the verandah together, on one of those moonlight nights which always reminded Alan of the first time he had seen Veronica. He, too, was feeling sad. His poetical nature was easily touched, and his wife’s quiet, dignified grief made it more dif ficult to leave than any noisy demon stration of woe. % "Mind it?" she said, her voice vi brating with passion. "Mind it? You don’t know what it is to me! It is like tearing soul from body!” He had not thought she had real depth within her. "If you feel it like that you will make me miserable," he said. "Will I?" She smiled, as if pleased that she could make him feel miser able. "You will understand when 1 say that I am pleased, won’t you, Alan?” My clear child, it is only a matter of we ks! I dcn’t suppose that I shall have been there a fortnight before 1 shall have found something suitable for you. And then, you know, I have arranged for this house to be taken off your hands, so that you may not have any trouble.” “It is a dear little house!” she said, with half a sign. ”1 shall always he grateful to It. It is the only place 1 have ever been happy in.” He pinched her cheek. Men do not always understand why a woman likes one house and not another. "I shall remember that you like a ver andah with flowers round it," he said. "Have you any other likings about a house. Veronica?” "Only that you must be inside it," she laughed, with rather a pitiful at tempt to be merry. "Alan, you must write the instant you arrive, and you must not mind if my letters are short; I write such bad letters.” "But mine must be long—is that it, little one?” She laughed again and then she stopped. "How many days before you get there, Alan, four or five? And you will be on that horrid black water at night! Oh, I hate the thought of it!” He laughed outright at this. "And I a sea captain’s son! Why, I love the water, Veronica! I could willingly spend my life on it!” The very next day lie left. Veronica had exercised all her strength and courage, and she nerved herself to wish him goodbye; but she had dreamed of the man who she had known as father, and that always alarmed her. Still, though she was nervous, she was no coward, so she kept her fears to her self. only she prayed earnestly that no harm might come to her beloved, and she showed him a bright face before she left. Alan accomplished his four days’ voyage In safety, and wrote home to his wife constantly. As he had predicted, there was no great dlffl culty in finding a home which would suit Veronicn. lie only placed the necessities iif nf* In It, knowing that It wvfild n)>-na»* h»r to make It pretty. He gut servants, nrifl ruw that the place was full of flow or*; ami though hia work engrossed him to the utmost, yet he began to look forward to the pleasant home life he h id enjoy* <1 in Sunta Rosa. “I must not tiecome selfish." he said to himself, "A wife like Veronica, s j loving and yielding make* a man sel fish : hut I will h»i l>> that," lie thought how he could make her life fuller, hy encouraging her tu read and to know more of the outside world, "Just now I fill up her life," be thought. I may not always he enough for h*r ** And thin at last the day fo- h'- de parture came ||«- had l»nkel her U-fth for her In o»«- of the l»il of th> little i ousting »tearners the tie*' wm 1>,il as we re. hi in steamer* and th»U he waited for his wife The w -ather wst stormy, and he was gather on i-s«y Veronica would surely W * hid sailor end she was not very *•«>«« jnst then tie was •>* llltie u» * I to think of wt-aiher and wind* lh»i he was rather a*l'<4tahe| to th ng feoW nervous h« had he- line Me put II down *9 hts ho* for fer-.nli a Anyhow he sst 4< ts st the goay early on Oie frwrfh nwntli\s, and w still more uneasy at hrartnj that Lher* was no news of lbs stosmer. Ha j haunted the quay all tha next toy, rather to the detriment of his work, and it Ticht he could not sleep. Ttou/dita of Veronica’s fears anu cuf ferinj. j obtruded themselves. Ha blamed himself for leaving her, for not having returned to fetch her, al though he could not well have left Slie had always hated the water and feared it, and he had loved it. The next day he was down at the quay again, trying to get some Information about the steamer. In a little while not he alone, but the owners of the boat, began to get frightened. They could get no news. No other boat seemed to have seen anything of her. Hy and by there were stories of some of the wreckage of a steamer being washed ashore, and at the end of a fortnight the haggard man who spent his days at the quay looking out for the boat which would never return to the town had to give up all hope. The steamer had assuredly gone down, and all hands with it; and Veronica, his wife, was lost with the others! And so ended this brief little episode. Alan had been very happy with his gentle wife, and South America was loathsome to him now. He began to long, with a longing that had been stifled during his brief married life by the drawing out of other parts of bis nature, for England and things Eng lish. The white, clear moonlight, the scent of the tropical flowers, the soft, dark eyes and liquid accents of the Spanish women, the songs they sang, the very guitars they played, remind ed him of his poor Veronica, now ly ing fathoms deep under the restless sea. Hut as she had never stirred the passionate depth of his nature, so her death never drew out passionate grief. He felt lonely, that was all; and the glowing land, where Everything was so beautiful and yet scented so ephem eral, became distasteful to him, so ho gladly accepted Richard Dempster's offer to manage the export part of his business in London, and to return to English shores. In a short time bis South American experiences almost faded out of his mind. Veronica became a sweet mem ory to him, which moonlight nights freshened. He was very successful In his work, and in four years time had gained a good position for himself. He was ambitious, too, and began reading for the bar, which he found he could do together with his work for the firm. And four years after lie left South America saw him respected and much made of as any young man of twenty six might lie who is beginning to lie known as a man who may become im portant. (To be continued.) T)pburi-ecl from Iioyal Presence. Now and then one hears of society ladies being offered large sums—and accepting them—for presenting an am bitious woman at a drawing room; but money will not always secure of of the lord chamberlain's cards of ad mission. For example, the wife or daughter of a retail tradesman, how ever large his business and however wealthy he may be, is never allowed to enter the royal presence, and two or three other classes are rigorously barred. There Is also an objection to the wives of company promoters. In deed, when there is a drawing room announced the clerks In the lord cham berlain’s office have quite an exciting time In inquiring into the position of those desiring to attend.—London Chronicle. Rrnlped Tfilrtcen Indian*. Wichita correspondence Chicago In ter Ocean; Fred Crabby, aged 64, died at Strand, Kan., last week. Crabby made himself famous by scalping 13 Indians In one bunch 14 years ago. He was traveling through Oklahoma with his family. Thirteen young Indians came upon him and demanded his scalp. He fled to the wagon and ob tained a lasso. This he threw around flve Indians ami bound them together, while his wife held the others at bay with a rifle. Aft‘>r he had killed and scalped the flve he killed the other eight. Such a feat was never before or since heard of. To commemorate the deed Crabby settled on the spot where he killed the Indians. Immnisitv of ( ItInn. China and its dependencies have a total aron of 4.318,401 square miles and u population of 408,080,000. In area It include* nearly one-twelfth of the to tal area of the globe, while Its popula tion Includes nearly one-third of all the peo|rie In the world. As compared with the I'nited States, the hitter's is land possessions i'elng excluded. Chinn has 800,0'JO more square milos of terri tory and mott than nve times as many liihabitiin's. The population of China proper per square mile is 393; fUat of the state of ICusle Island Is 2j4. aud that of Texas s'x I’Hum >liwka4 hf %aa
  • *Mtat Hi» iniir«* or l« *• royal n hifhnm, tin* I'rlfU't K tluni'n in »!•*. of Hawaii, at * i4 n« Hu i- ii!i of '* aatti'tiMry ta • • > * • • * t o alfcaa K-laanl*, who 1 *>« p *»t*j| of IhU t‘i*. a from IT'Ik W ; II*o IN THE PHILIPPINES. BRITISH CONSULS ON AMERI CAN IMPROVEMENTS. Iuw and Op«!rr lining Re*tored and NatlvtH Returning to Agricultural Pur aiiIU Ini prove nicnt* i:?frywhf»re — 1’uatlofllt'e and Telegraph Well i (inducted Consul Halstead sends from Birm ingham. June 11, 11)00. the following abstract of the annual report of the British consul at Manila: "The collapse of the insurrection last Kovetnber and the opening of the ports 'since January 1 having restored confl uence, great activity iu commercial quarters has ensued. Law and order are being restored as rapidly as pos sible, but the immense slate of the coun try renders it a difficult task. The natives, I believe, would willingly re turn to their agricultural pursuits, but the influence of their leaders appears sufficiently strong to keep them from surrendering. Prices have increased to such an ex tent that Manila, which till recently might be classed as a cheap place to live in, must now be considered the re verse. As yet the provision markets are not seriously affected, though fruit, vegetables, game, etc., are 20 per cent dearer; but house rent, servants, carriages, horses, launches, and labor of every description are already treble the price of last year. In consequence of the great demand, launch hire and everything connected with shipping commands its own price. Improve ments are visible In every direction, and already the town has quite a dif ferent. appearance from last year. The work of draining the filthy town ditch es and stagnant pools, which is In contemplation, may possibly entail an epidemic, but the advantage to poster ity is inestimable. The recovered land of the city walls and moat will provide building sites which Ameri can enterprise will know how to uti lize; and although Manila will never become a fashionable watering place, it may become a great commercial power in these waters before the first quarter of the century is passed. "The two well-known leading Indus tries of Manila- hemp and tobacco— will, 1 fear, suffer very severely for some time from the late insurrection; but there are no doubt at present gold en opportunities for the employment of capital and talent in many local trades, lee manufactories, livery stables, ho tels, and general enterprises are much wanted; hut 1 most strongly deprecate young men without capital (no matter what their education may be) coming here In search of employment. The departments of the post-office and tele graph, being now under American and British control, are admirably con ducted. The telephone, the water sup ply, and the electric lighting are Span ish, and also deserve great praise. The electric-lighting plant is being enlarged and Manila will soon l>e one of the best lighted towns in the east. "The Chinese lalior question is one of great importance in these islands. America’s experience of it in Califor nia not being satisfactory, there is strong influence against it; but, taking into consideration the natural indo lence of the Filipino, it will probably bo found impossible to do without the Chinese. One of the principal objec tions is that by their Industrious hab its they gradually obtain a monopoly in all retail trades; but this may be remedied by confining their enterprise eimply to manual labor, and for this they are most admirably adapted, and in the hot season positively necessary. The Filipinos make excellent clerks, if they can l>e well overlooked; but if allowed, they will sirend their time in gambling and cockfighting. They have no idea of putting energy into any of their pursuits, and have no commer cial instincts; they also care little for money, loss or gain being to them ap parently a matter of indifference.” The British vice-consul at Iloilo says: ‘ The United States forces have now successfully occupied the better part of the (sand, tho end of the year augurs well for a happier future, and, when once a peaceful rule is established, many important improvements will take place. • The Island of Negros 1* In n more satisfactory state, and. although the crops for 190© may not he very large, ow.ng to the difficulties which had to he overcome in procuring labor, the planting for the 1900-1 crop is exten sive.” 9KNATOR HANNA 4.I*f» III* Opinion »f I'rxl.li ul >!• Klnlr)* % it mla Ul r* I Ion. Tli«* country In to b*» cungratulaUHl that *»• wrx li> have no chanR* «t iha* of tht* K*>publhau lit k*'i in tha c< -niBB ptilitti.il cuntnot A favorite m)!t( ul M> Kllilxy « I* thit "you ran tnuit ihi' pxopl* " Anti this I* their ttpiortunUy in »ho» their appre ciation of hi* ftinilil*»'« in itixlr luilp rif-nl by truattnn the KMimiriuftl ol th*tr affair* fur four more yearn in hi* hnlul* M.ilti.il a iiilttlt iii • luriiM a.it'i'wgui Anti Ibi’ Mii"»*a uf the It** pub lean party m< au * a mliim.ition uf i iir Ri4U'rt*l il»*xl<.pinfni *nu«h in tat-a* lu b«y ahffk ul uf lb* raju t Hulatlu* uf mtHMU. nrhtlu k<'*P H4 tu tk* Pi.lh f tkirk MBtitNl** nmi to ih* boat in WtmIi uf our uti rountry A atwtly of Ik* prtMxat at)Mint*ti«tlu« 4urt«« lb a oo*< tfcma »a*rn to lata* th* 4 »*. tion that President McKinley I'll* tat ideal as chief executive. Hie recaon ality stamps him as a true gentleman and a loyal patriot, the highest type of an American, able, conscientious and devoted to the work which conies to him in the discharge of his public duty. His Is a nature in which the elements aro so happily blended, that, while his able and dignified public course commands respect, his private life wins sincere affection. Connected as he is with the present happy condition of our country, as the result of an entire Republican admin istration of Republican principles, there is a feeling of satisfaction and confidence in the future which will call for his renomination and re-elec tion. M. A. HANNA. HOW WILL BRYAN VOTE. Ill* IticrcwiMMl I’rowfHTlty Should I'auae Mini to SupiKirt M«K|i»l#*y. "The Republican party Is on the de fensive. It will talk prosperity, of course, but we’ll be willing to take the votes of all the people who have not had Ihelr share of prosperity, and leave them the’votes of the people who have been prosperous,"—W. J. Bryan at Chicago, June nth, 1900. The following figures are taken from the books of the Assessor fur the Fifth ward of the city of Lincoln, Neb., which is the ward In which Mr. Bryan makes Ills home, and they show the assessed valuation of his personal property for the years Indicated: Years. Assessed Valuation. 1893 .$ 280.00 1894 .5 200.00 1895 .$ 340.00 1896 .$ 270.00 (Lust year of Democracy.) 1897 .$1,485.00 1898 .$2,980.00 1899 .$2,980.00 1900 .$1,550.00 The above figures are official and prove conclusively that Mr. Bryan should vote for William McKinley in this year of our Ivord, 1900. THE NATION’S MONEY. Over «31,000,000 of Milter and More Ninnll Money €oln«*!IP ilUIlt I'.lllhMl. The receipt? of the National Treas ury for the twelve months of the last fiscal year amount to $508,988,948, and the expenditures, $487,759,171, making a surplus for the year of $81,229,777. The receipts for the full fiscal year have been derived from the following sources: Customs, $233,857,958, an In crease over the fiscal year 1899 of $28. 729,577; internal revenue, $298,299,388, an increase as compared with the for mer fiscal year of $22,862,227; miscel laneous, $38,831,601, an increase over the previous year of $2,400,000. The expenditures for the last fiscal year were $118,313,008 less than for the fiscal year 1899. Wool and Sheep Valuwi. Farmers in Wyoming would do well to paste the following figures where they can see them when having their evening smoke. They show the actual price at which wool and sheep were sold in Wyoming In given years: HEAVY MERINO SALES. Cents per Vear lb. F.O.B. 1893 . 5 to C4 1894 . 8 1895...,,,,.,. 8 1894. 8 1897 . 8 1898 . 10 1899 ... 13 1900 . 16'.* SHEEP SALES IN FALL. 1894 yearling !••«»... J2 00 j 189s* yearling ewes. 2 oo 1 1*90 yearling ewes. 2 30 i 1897 yearling ewes. 3 25 1X98 yearling #waa.• 4 oo 1899 yearling a.. 4 00 I «|M»rr to 1*93 Import* of nianofn.* j torts at way s n> emind exports of man j ufaeturaa In l**a importa of manu* 1 f. > ture* were 2’a time* th» amount of j eS(M>rta of manufm turea. in 1*93 they were still more than double Ih unount of the export*, tn 1*9* they were nearly 40 per cent greater lhan j the exports, and in l*tx for the nr*' ■ lime, the exports of mtnifa. tore* were greater than the imports »«f n> *n* i ofa- imes. the ttaures fur that year b » I mg reel pee lively Import* of mano" I n turn EJI.xtMl* exports nf man nfaeturea. |hw pm wxl rttn. a th» [ time exports of manofat turns have steadily Increase. I and for I ha yaar ( | i*t ended will axesad the tnprti of manufasiwma h» about |lcu.mm no* DEMOCRACY ON SHIPPING. V If*4 No Plan by Which to lielld Ip— ( ait Only Tour Down. The platform utterance of the Dem ocratic party regarding Americas .(hipping is a clear index of the inher ent inability of that party to con struct. It seems only to be able to op pose and denounce the constructive policies of its progressive political op ponents. The foreign commerce of the United States is regarded the world over as the most important of all. To this country come the finest foreign ships. The greatest and most powerful steam ship lines vie with each other for our trade. The largest, the swiftest, the safest and the most luxurious ships that are built are for the carrying of the trade in merchandise, passengers, specie and mails from and to the United States. mu s per cent, or our ioreiga iruue is carried in American ships. For eign ships carry 92 per cent. This carrying is worth fully $200,000,009 each year. All but S per cent of it goes out of the pockets of American producers and consumers for paying foreigners for doing our foreign carry ing. Not only does it go out of our people's pockets, but it goes out of the country. It goes abroad and is there used to pay for the building and run ning of foreign ships. It gives the em ployment to foreigners that the carry ing of our forlegn commerce creates. People ask, Why is tills? The an swer is simple. Foreign ships are built more cheaply than American ships. This, however, is a disadvan tage that could in time lie overcome if the shipbuilding industry were put oil a basis of permanency. If a steady and large demand were created for our ships very soon the cost of their con struction would be reduced to the level of foreign prices. It is the unsteadi ness, the irregularity, and the uncer tainty of employment in American shipyards that keeps the cost of Amer ican ships from 20 to 25 per cent high er than the cost of foreign built ships. Hotter food and more of It is given on American than on foreign ships. This also creates a disadvantage which the American ship cannot easily overcome. Then again wages on shipboard are much higher under the American than under foreign Hags. In the cases of officers the wages on American ships are on the average twice as high as they are on foreign ships. Worse than all this, however, for eign governments pay their merchant ships great subsidies and bounties. Great Britain spends about $5,000,000 a year in this way; France spends over $7,000,000 a year. Germany. Italy, Spain, Russia, Austria and Japan all give large subsidies to their ships. In all the subsidies and bounties paid by foreign governments to their ships amount to more than $26,000,000 each year. Unaided American ships, It must be clear, cannot profitably compete with foreign ships under the conditions above described. That is why it is that foreign ships have driven Amer ican ships from off the seas. The Re publican party, recognizing the un equal conditions which confront American ships in the foreign trade, is committed to a policy of subsidizing American ships in that trade. The amount of the subsidy proposed is barely enough to enable American ships to compete on terms of equality with foreign ships. This bill Democrats have singled out for denunciation In their national platform. They “oppose the accumu lation of a surplus to be squandered in such bare-faced frauds upon the tax payers as the Shipping Subsidy bill, which under the false pretense of pros pering American ship-building, would put unearned millions into the pockets of favorite contributors to the Repub lican campaign fund.” The alternative of the shipping subsidy bill is to keep on paying nearly $200,000,000 a year to foreign ship owners whose govern ments in paying them subsidies en able them to prevent American ship# from competing. Rather than have our government pay a subsidy to American ships the Democrats would prefer to have our people send nearly $200,000,000 out of the country each year to build und sustain foreign ships. In their platform the Democrats “es pecially condemn the ill-concealed Republican alliance with Knglund.” When we remember that Democracy's platform denunciation of the Shipping Subsidy bill will nowhere be received with such favor and gratitude as In Great Britain, whose command of the sea and especially of American foreign tarrying the Democrats would perpet uate. an