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Ai\ American Nabob. A Remarkable Story of Love, Gold a.nd Adventure. Dy ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE ( opjrigin, by STRi-ki & SMITH. Now York. CHAPTKK XXI.—(Continued.) “Where is the gentleman ?" he askea. j “In one of the small private parlors, j eir. I will show you the way, if you please." The marquis glanced again at the j -card which he held, and read: “Maurice Stanton Livermore: “Give cue a private interview imme diately.” "Lead me to the gentlemen," he said, quietly, though there was a tumult in his heart As he reached the door of the bijou parlor he saw a man pacing restlessly to and fro, much as caged tigers arq wont to exercise. It was Captain Livermore, but his friends would have been shocked at his appearance, for his hair was sadly lack ing in order, his face flushed, as though he dallied long over the wine, and his whole aspect like that of a man who has been on a spree. The marquis was disturbed; he an ticipated bad news, but had not a glim mer of what shape it would take until the captain, seeing him enter, advanced to meet him. "Captain Livermore, what can I do for you?” the marquis asked, coldly. "Sir, I have come for my wife!” The marquis started as it some onu had fired a pistol shot close to his ear. Even the most collected individual might be a trifle rattled by such an answer. Still this did not prevent him, while he was whipping his wits Into line, from excaliming: "Pardon me, sir, but I fail to exactly comprehend the meaning of what you say.” “Then I will explain further. My first intention was to shoot you down on sight, but I could not forget that once you refused to avail yourself of the privilege of taking my forfeited life, and I swore that the man who had been that generous should have at least a chance to defend himself before I killed him.” "Still I am in the dark. The first thing I grasp is that she has told you who I am.” "I was a blind fool never to have suspected it. You ruined me, marquis, but surely that should have satisfied your desire for revenge. All that I had might go and welcome, so long as 1 still call my wife and babies mine. Again I say, I have come to you to de mand my wife." “And I reply, sir, that I have not seen your wife since last evening, when I left her in your own house, together with her children.” Eye looked into eye. It was as though the captain’s whole existence depended upon what ho read there, his manner that of a distracted man holding his passions in check only through the most desperate effort. “Jack Overton, do you swear to that?” he demanded, hoarsely. "I do, on my life.” Again the captain met his gaze and seemed to read his very soul through those open windows. After all, these were two men built pretty much upon the same model— both brave and frank by nature—such individuals can understand each other through the mysterious realm of tele pathy. "I cannot believe that the man whose generous spirit caused him to fire above ray head on the other occasion would look me squarely in the eye and speak falsely. Yes, even against my will, I am compelled to believe you, and I prove it by offering you my hand, mar quis; but if you are not guilty, then, in the name of heaven, who has taken my wife away?” I left home after dinner to meet a very important engagement that had a connection with my future left there with the kisses of wife and children warm upon my face, for Fe dora had told me all, and her distress concerning your possible future action had drawn us closer together. I re turned later in the evening, just as speedily as a cab could bring me from the Victoria, to find her gone and my little darlings motherless. This note was left behind.” He handed the other a crumpled sheet of paper, upon which had been written in a peculiar chirography, a long, running hand, such as is taught In Spanish schools: “To balance accounts. “Guerre a mort.” When he looked up his face was ash en gray. Those eager, bloodshot eyes saw that the miserable and tragic little paper, worthy of a place on the comedy stage, had struck home. "You have guessed!” he exclaimed. “I believe 1 know who wrote this, and, therefore, who is at the bottom of the outrage. In one way I am to blame. Listen, and In the shortest possible time I will tell you about the Senorlta Juanita and the strange in fatuation she has for me.” Rapidly he sketched the romantio story of his life under tropic skies. The captain might have Imagined it was a leaf from such amazing tales aa the Arabian Nights, only that his own deep interest in the matter forbade. By degrees he began to realize whaS a desperate woman they had to cope' with, and new fears for his wife’s safe ty assailed him. It was hardly to be wondered at that the husband, who had faced many a deadly peril himself unflinchingly, trembled and turned to his companion for strength in this mo ment of terrible distress, when the woman he loved better than his life was in danger. Nor did he look in vain. The marquis had shaken off all the doubts and fears that assailed him, and. aroused to a realization of the desperate situation that faced them, was again the peerless comrade whe had stood by Barrajo when they fought for the Golden Fleece. “Captain," he said, sternly, "depend on me to remedy this thing. If it took my life, I would freely give it to bring your wife back to your arms, for lovo has redeemed me.” It was a splendid thing for the cap tain, who found himself so over whelmed by the distressing condition of affairs, that he had a comrade wide awake to the importance of speedy ac tion. Beep down in his heart the marquis cursed his folly for ever having been friendly in the least with one pos sessed of such a tigerish, tropical tem perament, and groaned to think of evil befalling Fedora through such a source. shorn of all outside consideration then, the captain's story was of the hackneyed type — unsuspicious people may be deceived by the most ancient of specious tales, so that there Is little need of originality, even in these mod ern days, in the matter of decoying a woman from under her own roof. The paper which Livermore had picked up in the hall explained much, for strange to say, it contained writing that in some respects resembled his own—at least under the supposed con ditions he might have been the author of the message: “Was injured in a collision with an other cab. Send this good Samaritan sister to bring you to me. Come im mediately. God alone knows how se rious it may be. Maurice.” When the ujarquis read It he mut tered under his breath. Perhaps the “good Samaritan sister” was Juanita herself in deep disguise; and with the most sinister of motives in her heart. “Come, we must go to your house without delay. The start must be made from there. On the way we can col lect ourselves and make some prepara tion for the work.” This was his way of starting in. and as they left the hotel the marquis beck oned to a gentlemanly looking young fellow who, while appearing to be somewhat of a swell, was in reality a detective serving as his bodyguard. A four-wheeler was next in order, and thus they reached the captain's house. The marquis asked a few questions and then allowed the man from Scot land Yard to take charge of the case. He drove at once to the railway sta tion and made inquiries at the book ing office. Luckily the captain had a photo graph of his wife along with him, snatched from the mantel at borne by suggestion of his one-time deadly en emy, but now devoted friend. The clerk recollected the party well. It consisted of two ladies, who ap peared sick or suffering in some way, a couple of attendants, honest-looking fellows, and the woman who seemed to have charge of them all—he had sup posed her to be a housekeeper or com panion. Thus they knew those they sought had gone on to Dover. It was a great triumph for the detective, and their faith in him arose accordingly. Still the situation was lugubrious enough, since there was no train until morning. That meant four or five hours wasted. The captain grew' red in the face with congested anger and threatened to nave an apoplectic fit. but the marquis, upon learning that only a question of pounds, shillings and pence kept them from reaching Dover, put his hand into his pocket and made immciiate ar rangements for a motor and one first class carriage. In ten minutes they w'ere leaving the station, and long ere the city limits had been reached found themselves w hirling along at a furious speed. It was agreed by all that Fedora while in the cab must have been drug ged In some way, to prevent her call ing for help—doubtless her cruel cap tor bad made all preparations for this and had no difficulty in stupefying her mind while she still retamed the use of her limbs. The booking agent had noticed the vacant expression on her face and del icately hinted that at the time he had a vague suspicion the two ladies might be affected in their minds and were being taken to some private sanitarium near the coast. Two! A strange, cold shiver wpnt through the marquis a3 a dreadful thought flashed home. He remembered how' he had met Ju anita on the stairs; how she had ques tioned him aliout the demure minia ture painter; how she had bitterly ex claimed that the little girl of his for mer acquaintance had now grown up into a charming little woman. Good heavens! Could it be possible that her terrible Spanish hatred had extended to Mazette. and that, having laid all her plans to accomplish a certain pur pose, she set out to kill two birds with one stone? And while he sat there grinding his teeth ant swearing that if heaven would forgive him and spare her ho would devote his fortune to make peo ple happy, the special gave several sharp whistles and plunged into Dover. CIIAPTFK XXII. “O’er Land and Sea.’’ Again the man from Scotland Yard! was put in charge, and bent his ener gies to discovering what had become of those they sought. The trail finally led them to the water, and then they knew the crisis was near. In all his life Jack Overton never suffered such wretched pangs of re morse ami despair as came upon him while they looked out upon the dark waters where the stars were reflected upon myriads of little wavelets, and considered what a trackless waste the sea might be. The detective at last secured positive news. Those they sought had gone to sea in a small steamer that, had evidently been awaiting their arrival. There was only one thing to do— follow. Given a feverish anxiety to be afloat, and unlimited capital, in a seaport one need not search very long for the craft. The detective soon had them aboard a little craft that was used in the coast ing trade, a stanch and speedy boat, ouch as would answer their purpose admirably. Out of the harbor and away. About daybreak of the second day the wind blew great guns, and they found themselves in a storm. The storm was at Its height about noon, and as they had been blown far out of their course, no one might say when the port of Santander would be reached, although the captain made some sort of a prophecy the under cer tain conditions they would bring up there by the second night. At sundown the sterm still raged and th ■ gallant little steamer struggled desperately to hold her own. During the night, between the cat naps he secured, the marquis was im pressed with the belief that the vessel did not pitch and toss so violently and upon making an observation fouwd that the clouds had parted, leaving a clear sky overhead. Upon reaching deck he found every thing lovely. The sea had subsided almost entire ly and a fresh morning breeze was commencing to stir its surface into myriads of laughing wavelets. About noon the captain called their attention by means of the glass to far distant laud to the south, which lie declared to be the northern coast of Spain, showing that they were now traversing the romantic Bay of Biscay, known to the natives as the Gulf of Gascogne. Thus there was now a fair chance, the captain promised, that before mid night they would be at anchor in the harbor of Santander. How like lead dragged the hours as they steamed directly toward the bea con! But all things must end. and finally they entered the harbor, where other vessels lay at anchor, and the captain soon had their mudhook fastened in; Spanish soil. It was perhaps ten minutes later when the marquis appeared at Liver more’s elbow as the latter stood at the rail surveying the lights of the town, and said in a hoarse whisper: “Make no outcry, my friend; control yourself and listen. Our captain Is ready to take his oath mat the steamer dimly seen on our quarter yonder is the boat that left Dover, and which we have chased over the sea!’’ The words of the marquis electrified Livermore. All his lassitude seemed to suddenly vanish. (To be continued.) DOG WAS TOO SWIFT FOR TRAIN. Proof of Intelligence Po*ftesae<l by Ou Canine Frlendfe Passengers on yesterday’s Great Northern train from Helena witnessed a novel sight after Basin had been passed. A passenger boarded the train at that tamp and his dog seemed to be much concerned about his mas ter’s departure. After the train pulled out of the station the dog took up the scent, put his ears back, let the mus cles of his legs out full length, and after the cars he went, tie rounded curves with the rapidity of a roulette ball, and when he struck a straight stretch of roadway he lengthened his strides and poked his nose into the wind and fairly whizzed, keeping about seventy-five or one hundred yards behind the cars. The train moved up the heavy grade at a slower rate of speed, so that there was not so very much for the dog to do but get down and hustle. But after Bernie had been passed the engineer pulled the throttle open and the train bowled along across Elk Park at s pretty lively clip. Then doggie was lost sight of for awhile. At Woodvill • a short stop was made, and before the train pulled out the dog was there, panting, but comparatively fresh, con sidering his long run. No more was seen of the dog until the train pulled into the depot at Butte. There the dog lay upon the platform waiting for the train and his master, who was a passenger. He had been resting there for five minutes. In stead of following the train on its long, circuitous route from Woodvillc to Butte, fourteen miles, he took the old stage road and made the run o! four miles in a short time.—Anaconda Standard. It was Sir Matthew Hale who re marked, “When rogues fall out, honest men get their •wn.” ro BE CONSIDERED. BEET SUGAR PROUVCTlON AN IM PORTANT MOTOR Output Inrroitnd 14D I'ir Ctnft List Year ami •30,000,0011 of New Capital la Keady for Inyeatuiont in Utct MiKar Kfitlniug riant*. Just in time to arrest the attention of those who are preparing to sacrifice an important domestic agricultural and manufacturing industry comes an in teresting statement by C. F. Saylor, the special agent of the Department of Agricultural in charge of beet sugar investigations. From among the ma terials which go to make up his an nual report Mr. Saylor has given out the following figures regarding the in dustry during the past year. The total production of beet sugar in the United States in the season 1901-2 nas aggregated 185,000 tons, an in crease of 110 per cent from the 77.000 tons produced during the season 1900-1. There were thirty-one factories in operation in 1900, according to the cen sus figures, and eleven more were started in 1901. There are nine factories in course of construction for operation in 1902, as follows: Sebewang, Carrollton, Mount Clemens and Croswell, Mich.. Shelby, Ind:; Greely, Eaton and Fort Collins, Col. and Phoenix. Ariz.. ranging in ca pacity of daily output from 500 tons to 1,000, the latter figure being the ca pacity at the Phoenix plant. Other companies have been organ ized. with a total capitalization of $45, 900.U00, and would require annually a working capital in addition of $9,080, 000. They would purchase from the farmer annually beets to the amount of $14,700,000. besides many other crude materials. The number and aggregate* capital of thpse prospective plants, by States, follow: No of plants Arizona . 2 California . 5 Colorado . 7 Idaho . 1 Indiana . 1 Iowa . t> Michigan .28 Minnesota . 5 Montana . 1 New York. 2 New Jersey. 1 North Dakota. 2 Ohio . 3 Oregon . 1 Pennsylvania. 1 South Dakota. 2 Utah . 3 Wisconsin .10 Wyoming . 2 Capital $1,500,000 3.500.000 5.000. 000 500.000 1.000. 000 3.100.000 14.900.000 2.400.000 500.000 1.500.000 500.000 1,000.000 1.350.000 500.000 500.000 1,000,000 2.500.000 3.150.000 1.500.000 83 $45,900,000 Even the most cynical among Free Trade scoffers and the most ardent among the promoters of the Cuban sympathy uproar must admit the stag gering force of these official figures. An argicultural manufacturing indus try which in a single year lias jumped from 77,000 to 185,000 tons of sugar, and which for the current year is pre paring to erect 83 additional plants in 18 states and 1 territory, at an outlay of $45,900,000 of capital, with a sugar beet purchasing capacity of $14,700,000 a year, Is a proposition of some magni tude. It presents Integral factors worth reckoning with. Among other things, there are 177 representatives in Congress to be elected this year from these States, and two years hence these States will choose 213 Presi dential electors. Certainly there is enough in the situation as disclosed by the statistics of the Department of Agriculture to make some people stop and think whether it is safe to brush aside the domestic sugar industry as if it were of no sort of consequence whether it live or die as the result of being knocked on the head with a Free Trade hammer. The figures presented by Mr. Saylor would seem to indicate that it is of very serious consequence to many people in many States of the union. The Yankee Ajax. The Chief Ilenettclnry. It has been repeatedly asserted, and not specifically denied, that the Ameri can Sugar Refining company made large cash advances during the disor dered period of the war to Cuban sugar olanters, and that these advances con stitute whai is practically a mortgage oa the sugar crop of Cuba, whereby the entire profit of the proposed re duction In the duties on Cuban raw sugars would accrue to the benefit of the great corporation or truat of which Henry O. Havemeyer is the head. If this allegation, which hm been re pwuedly made, !» true, the action ot| the American Sugar Refining Com pany Is creditable alike to its humani ty and its business sense, but it af fords a curious commentary on the impassioned appeals for "Justice to! Cuba" cf which he have heard so j much of late.—Brooklyn Times. THE "INSURGENTS." Conf*ran9man Who Adhere* to the Mo liiulcy Nrhool of Republican U*n. Congressman Taylor of Ohio the representative of the district which discovered and developed William Mc Kinley, is conspicuous among the stal warts who are banded together in de fense ot' genuine Republicanism against the assaults of its avowed enemies and its mistaken friends. “Insurgents" they are called, these devoted defend ers of the citadel of Protection, be cause they resist the covert approaches of those who under the, mask of senti meut or sympathy for aliens are trying to knock holes in the wrall. “Insur gents!” Curious term to apply to men who demand that the doctrines of the Republican party be lived up to, who insist that the structure of Protection shall stand or fall as a whole and not be destroyed piecemeal, who believe that you cannot withdraw Protection from a selected group of domestic in dustries and yet retain it for the gen eral body of American industry and la bor. To he recognized as the leader of such a body of “Insurgents” is an honor and a distinction. Mr. Taylor is well equipped for the post. To begin with he hails front Protection head* quarters; he represents the McKinley constituency. No man was closer than he to the late President in confidence and esteem. No man has a better right to speak for McKinley. In his speech of fifteen minutes be fore the recent conference of House Republicans on the subject of the pro posed sympathetic concessions to Cuba Congressman Taylor spoke for McKin ley. He took radical ground against any tariff reductions whatsoever on Cuban products, and in so doing quoted the views expressed to him personally by President McKinley on the tith of June, 1901—namely; Against any plan of reciprocity which takes from a single American workingman his job. It was in reference to this declara tion by President McKinley that the American Economist said In its issue of July 5, 1901: The President believes in and favors the plan of reciprocity as defined by the Republican platform of 1900, "in articles which we do not ourselves pro duce.” He does not favor anything beyond that. He is distinctly and un equivocally opposed to that form of so called reciprocity which diminishes home production and displaces Ameri can labor and wages through the larger admission of competitive foreign prod ucts. He does not want the reciprocity that takes from a single American workingman his Job. The President has recently said so in unmistakable terms. The American Economist is prepared to vouch for the accuracy and authority of this statement of President McKinley's attitude on the subject of reciprocity. Congressman Taylor was our au thority for this statement. We did not then feel at liberty to use his name in that connection, but the seal of confi dence ha3 been broken by his state ment before the House conference that on Ihe day of his appearance before the Industrial Commission as a witness representing The American Protective Tariff League he waited upon President McKinley and took counsel with him concerning the testimony he was to give before the commission, and that the President then and there expressed in the most explicit and candid manner his view that reciprocity should be limited "to those things which we do not produce.” That was the Mc Kinley platform In June, and it was what McKinley meant and said, In ex press terms several times reiterated. In his speech at Buffalo three months later. The McKinley platform of June and September of last year is the platform to-day of the men who stand with Rob ert VV. Taylor in solid array against any sacrifice of the principle and the application of Protection, whether in behalf of Cuba or any other foreign country. On that platform the Repub lican party has won its victories in the past, and it looks very much as though the “Insurgents” were going to win on it in their splendid fight against Free-Trade in spots. Proof of Iuainreritj. Should there be a reduction granted on Cuban sugar, no matter to what extent, it will injure American sugar producers and add greatly to the prof its of the American sugar trust. The Injury will affect four or five strong Republican states, which will thus be tempted to retaliate upon the party in future elections, for a successful as sault upon the material interests of any section of the country will be strong proof of the insincerity of the party in the principle that has made It powerful. No party can remain great that openly displays its inconsistencr and lacks fidelity to radical policies - Camden (N. J.) Courier. AftiaaninatloB. The Enterprise is very tired of the circulars urging sugar tariff reduction sent out by the sugar trust. This, the greediest, the most unscrupulous, the most loathsome of all, is incapable of an honorable motive. Its present ob ject is to work the dastardly assasina tion of the beet sugar industry, a | threatening rival competitor.—St. Ig oac% (Mich.) Enterprise. BLAMED TO KIPLING, GREAT WRITER SAID TO HAVE HOO DOED FISHING FLEET. grhnnner* l)p*rrll>o 1 In the Novel, ‘"Captain* Conrageon*," Have lint fanned by 111 Lvrk—Lott One ol Them I* Now Out of Hnylnet*. Did Ruyard Kipling "hoodoo" an en tire fleet of Ashing schooners by us ing them as literary material in writ ing his book, "Captains Courageous?” When, a few days ago the Princi Leboo was sunk, her disastrous end marked the extinction of the entiri fleet of twenty which Kipling men tioned and the peculiarities of some ol which he so entertainingly described. The Prince Leboo was not an ole boat. There was not a sounder flshiuij schooner on the coast than the Amj Knight, which was sunk a few weeks ago. Fishermen expected these boat* to last for * 'ars. How did it happer. that disaster befell them all? Not losg after the publication ol "Captains Courageous,” the fleet of fish ing schooners began to diminish alarmingly. Hoats that should have endured for a lifetime were stricken down In the bloom of youth. Finally only three of the boats were left; then two. At last the Prince Leboo was thf only survivor. And now the Princ« IXsboo is gone. too. I ho Amy Knight figured in Kipling f hook as the Carrie Pitman. She was the comedian of the fleet, and was de scribed as always going adrift on the Banks. The Carrie Pitman hailed from West Chatham. “She don't dc much ‘cep’ drift." they said of her. "There ain't an anchor made ’ll hold her.” The Amy Knight sank while on a trip between Hueksport and Rockland She was within a mile of the shors when she met her fate and there was not wind enough, blowing to enable tht sailors to beach her. The Martha M.. another schooner ap pearing iucognito in Kipling's book, was built by the HerreshofTs and was owned by Captain Hiram Fogg, ol Bucksport. For many years she was beached at Bucksport. and Is now merely a very bad specimen of an old hulk. The We’re Here, the most famous oi the Kipling vessels, was commanded for many years by Capt. Noah Lord and Capt. Wood, of Bucksport. The old salts at Verona, Orland and Bucksport love to tell yarns of the Hope of Prague. “Nick Brady's her skipper,” thi We're Here fishermen said of this ves sel, "the meanest man on the Banks.” Then there was the Day's Eye. “Th« two Jeraulds owned her. She’s from Harwich; fastish, too, an’ hez good luck.” And there were the three Gloucester vessels—the Margie Smith, the Rose and the Edith S. Walen. The others of the fleet were the East Wind, the Abbie M. Deerlng, th6 Lucy Holmes, the Jennie Cushman, the Mary Chilton, the King Philip, the Henry Clay, the Parry Norman, the San Jose, the Florrie Anderson, the Harry Randolph, the Gilbert Hope and the Mamie Douglas. They are only memories now, all ol them. How do those wise in the lore of the sea account for the disappear ance of this stalwart fleet And what explanation could Rudyard Kipling, maker of many books, give of it? asks a Bucksport, Me., correspondent ol the New York World. Something About Hair. Homer wrote of the long-haired Greeks by way of honorable distinc tion. Subsequently the Athenian cavalry and all i-acedaemonian sol diery wore long hair. The Parthlana and ancient Persians wore long, flow ing hair. The Franks and ancient Teutons considered long hair a mark of high birth. The Goths looked on long hair as a mark of honor and on short hair as a mark of thralldom: so did the Gauls, for which reason Ju lius Caesar, when he subdued them, obliged them to cut their hair short in token of submission. In England judges, the speaker of the Hou«e of Commons, and at one lime the bish ops, wore long hair, while criminals and paupers wore short hair. On the other hand, Jewish priests during their time of service had their hair cut once a fortnight, and Homan slaves wore their hair and beards long, but shaved off their heads when manumitted. Sailors who escaped from shipwreck shaved their heads as if manumitted from the sea. In Ezo kiel v:l there is mention of a "bar ber's razor,” with instructions to "1‘hoa son of man to cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard.” Dlttut Uerms In Money. According to American medicine, the disinfection of paper money should attract the attention of hygien ists. When patients with smallpox or Dther contagious diseases are quaran tined, they must purchase and pay for food, etc., and it is certain that bills sent by them may be carriers of con tagion. It is almost impossible for the larger banks to carry out thorough disinfection on money with the pres snt devices, and for the small stores and working men it is more difficult. A simple, cheap and effective disinfec tion device is highly desirable. Hanks may lessen the danger by returning to Washington for redemption notes that are not only badly soiled and dam aged, but that are slightly so. It would be well if the English system of redemption were also in use in our country. Our government should be more liberal to banks in this respect.