♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4 ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ An American Nabob. A Rema.rka.ble Story of Love. Gold and Adventvire. By ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE C*pjr:«iii, by Stuhmt it smith. New York. CHAPTER XXII.—(Continued.) "That la cheering news, marquis. If true it relieves our minds of one dread ful fear—the boat survived the storm, at least. Please heaven, she is safe on board, and that we may succeed in res cuing her! When shall we go?” "Let us have a council of war,” the marquis said with energy, “and take the opinions of our detective and the captain as to the advisability of mak ing an immediate advance on the en emy’s works.” A plan of action was decided upon. Steam should be kept up by the com mander, so that an immediate depar ture from the .harbor could be made in case It was deemed necessary. The three others entered a boat, which was manned by several of the stoutest and most expert sailors on board—men whose muscles were capa ble of enormous work should there be need of haste. If an indifferent watch were kept aboard the craft there would be little or no difficulty in accomplishing the first part of their scheme, at least. This was to temporarily disable the screw of the steamer, so that such a thing as pursuit would be out of the question. Nearer they drew, and those who were so deeply interested held their very breath, for fear lest a sudden hail from on board might bring about dis covery and possibly ruin for their Diana. CHAPTER XXIII. The Search for a Wife. It wa3 already arranjjod that in ease such a contretemps occurred they were to advance to the side of the steamer, addressing the man on guard in Spanish, which the marquis was easily capable of doing, announcing themselves oflieers of the port, bent upon their duties, who wished to come aboard. Once alongside, they would speedily clamber over the low waist of the little steamer, whether invited or not. As to the rest, they were armed, and meant to carry out their object though the heavens fell. The sailors were to manage the task of using the chain which they had car ried, so that it would be wound about the propeller with the first few revolu tions made. It was well done. Not a single clanking sound be trayed them. Their next task required an abun dance of nerve, which, fortunately, was not lacking. The marquis had been using his eves as well as the darkness allowed, and he saw that the steamer was built in a manner that made the task of board ing her more difficult than he had an ticipated. They might be compelled to rely upon some chance rope dangling over tho side. The sailors knew what to expect, and foot by foot the boat was worked along close to the hull of the steamer until the groping hand of the man who searched came in contact with what they sought, a rope, by means of which any sailor ashore could, upon arrival at the vessel, clamber Sboard. The marquis was the first to take hold of it after the sailor had fastened one end to a thwart, and he passed over the rail of the steamer in a jiffy. Then came the man from Scotland Yard, who also made the passage eas ily enough. With Livermore it was a serious business, for lie had accumulated much avoirdupois since his last equatorial tramp through the African wilderness. However, the same game spirit as of yore resided in his body, and while he puffed considerably, making sounds that Jack feared would draw attention from the watch, the discovery did not come, and he was given the privilege of assisting his friend aboard. Fortune favored them in that they were able to reach the cabin without meeting any one. Once at the saloon door, they looked its length without discovering a living soul. Evdently those whom they sought must be in their staterooms opening off the cabin, and there was nothing left to them but to open these, one at a time, to discover the truth. This was the crucial time. The marquis, bold enough to take advantage of the slender opportunity fortune had granted them, stepped to the tlrst door and opened it. The light from the cabin entering disclosed Fedora seated on a chair, having refused to retire to the berth after the terror of the last two nights. She was awake, and the astonish ment felt at seeing the marquis al most caused her to faint. He advanced to her side and said In a low but earnest tone: "Do not cry out, or all is lost! We have come across the water to save you. He is close at hand—your hus band. Come to him now’, and please utter no sound above a whisper." Th®n she suffered him to lead her out, i«*t sure that it was a dream or some delusion. There stood the captain awaiting his own, and with a cry she could not repress she threw herself into his ex tended arms. Th« marquis rightly feared that dis covery was now suje to come, and realizing that not a second must be lost he begged Fedora to tell him if she had a companion in her captivity. Unable to speak, she pointed to a door opposite to the stateroom she had occupied, and as Jack turned to it he saw Mazette standing there, with pale face and disheveled hair—but Ma zette, alive, thank Heaven! Another instant and he had clasped her to his heart—it was one of those moments when words are useless to convey the sentiments of the soul, for Mazette knew ho loved her, even as she had for years adored her former comrade and instructor in Bohemia. Just as the marquis, overwhelmed by his sentiments, threw the mask aside and betrayed his love for Ma zette by straining the miniature painter to his heart another door flew open and there issued forth a figure that in its warlike demeanor might have stood for a modern Joan of Arc —a figure that, at sight of the mar quis and Livermore, uttered savage little cries in Spanish, and with blaz ing eyes and heaving bosom rushed toward the former, waving desperate ly in her hand a revolver, which he knew full well she had learned how to use under the palms of Gautarica, Bince he himself, as wretched luck would have it, had taught her the first principles of marksmanship. CHAPTER XXIV. Where Gold Proved Trumps. Luckily the detective was prepared for just such a move as this, and as she came within reach, not noticing his presence, he caught her and with a quick movement wrested the revolv er from her grasp. The movement was successful, but it cost him dear, for the frenzied wo man, baffled in her design, scratched his face after the manner of a tiger cat, all the while screaming as might an escaped maniac—doubtless, for the time being, she was out of her senses, so fearful a hold upon her mind had this idea of Corsican revenge taken, that the prospect of losing her prey rendered her mad. He threw her from him with a curse, for she would very likely have dug his eyes out. It was now high time they departed. Already the alarm was given and they could hear the shouts of Spanish sailors as they ran to and fro, or came tumbling up from their quarters forward. Already the captain was leading his wife to the deck; the old warrior’s fighting blood war, up, and woe to the man who dared bar his path. The marquis followed with Mazette. As for the detective, finding a key in the cabin door he whipped this lat ter shut and, having secured it, plac ed the key in his pocket, hoping that by thus separating Juanita from the unscrupulous captain and crew he might lessen the danger. It was a politic move and did him credit. They could hoar her pounding at the door while her shrieks arose; then came several shots' from her recovered revolver, whether as signals or fired in the hope of demolishing the lock that held her prisoner none could say. No sooner had Livermore issued forth upon the deck than he was set upon by a couple of men, one of them possibly the captain of the steamer, who recognized in him a stranger. At least here was an opportunity for Livermore to prove that he had not become rusty in his five years' re tirement from the field of adventure and travel, and right royally he em phasized this point under the eyes of his wdfe. He threw out his right hand and sent the fellow' on that side headlong into the scuppers. At this his other antagonist drew a shining knife, with which every Spaniard loves to go armed at all times, and uttering fear ful imprecations he made a wicked pass at the stout captain. Fedora’s scream was deadened by the report of the captain's weapon, and then the sailor man's tune chang ed, for. dropping his blade, he ran down the deck with a bullet in his shoulder, shrieking in pain in a man ner that ill became a warrior of Cas tile. This was a beginning. As the others joined the captain on deck they found themselves confront ed by a rabble of wild-eyed barefooted Spanish sailors. The marquis addressed them in quick sentences, straight to the point, his Spanish was good, and he knew how to best handle such men—mighty little time did he spend in explaining by what right they came there, for such rovers care not a snap for the affection existing between husband and wife—with them right is but as might allows, and their god the braz en image that will buy liquor and to bacco. Thus the marquis had a card up hia sleeve, and he played it now at a time when it was of the greatest value. When he drew out his hand from his pocket it contained a score of gold pieces. These he sent along the deck with a toss that is only gained through e:;- ' perience. It was a clever trick. lu vain some fellow in command shouted and swore at the sailor men to mass themselves in front of the In i ▼adors and prevent them from lebtina th« vessel; he addressed but empty air, for the spot that had just held tb« Spanish crew knew them no longer. The g'eam of golden coin® rolling about the deck was enough to make them even forget their allegiance tc the young King, and. heedless alike ol entreaties and hard imprecauUona, they set about scrambling for the coins. There were fierce fights over some of the gold boys, where two men set about securing a single coin; and at another time and under different con - ditions the mad scramble might have presented certain elements of humor ip the eyes of Livermore and tho artist. Just now their one desire was to shake off the society of these sad seadogs, and leave them to fight It out among themselves. Accordingly, a forward movement was begun without delay, and they managed to reach the side of the ves sel where hung the rope that had been of such signal assistance In helping them aboard, about the time the sail ors again gathered in a threatening crowd. The marquis lowered Mazette into the arms of the stout lads waiting be low'. Then came Fedora, assisted on both sides, and such trust did the la dies feel in those brave hearts that had risked all these dangers in their behalf that they forgot to exercise the first privilege of the feminine mind and scream as they were lowered over the rail Into the darkness below. As the Spaniards, urged on by their valorous officers', who took good care to keep in the rear, showed signs of making a rush, the nabob again with eager fingers chased all the fugitive coins he had in his pockets, and, hav ing corraled them, opened another fu s i lade. And again it was a grand success— nothing could withstand the power of gold. Taking advantage of this digression, while the men chased the rolling discs, the captain was assisted down the rope and the marquis followed. As the man from Scotland Yard started to follow, one of the steam er’s officers made a slash at the rope with his cuehillo and severed it. Luckily the detective was kept from going overboard, and the fragment of rope, found later on, was seized by Overton as a memento of this remark able adventure. Nothing now remained to hold them, so the boat was pushed oft and oars unshipped. In their course toward the other steamer they had occasion to pass around the stern of the one which had been the theater of such recent tragic events. From a porthole, evidently opening from the cabin, came several shots: but, owing to the darkness covering the water, the bullets went wide of their intended mark. Evidently the enraged scnorita real ized she had played her last card and lost the stakes, for they could hear her wild shrieks ringing over the calm bay long after they regained the deck of their own steamer and were on the way out to sea—pernaps- the wretched Juanita, who had wagered so much and lost all in the game of love, had, in truth, become insane over her troubles; at least they hoped and be hoved they would never see her more. And the Marquis of Montezuma, as he stood witn Mazette’s little hand In his own, looking back at the foamy wake they left behind, found that the last atom of bitterness had left his heart, and then and there he took upon himself a new vow, which the angels doubtless joyfully recorded, that from this hour in the future, to the father and mother of little “Jack,” his namesake, he would be a brother in spirit and in deed; and it need hardly be said that any one who occupied such a close position to the heart of the American Nabob would never again know want in this world. THE END. CHARITY WORKERS ON NEW BASIS. Salaries Now Pslil for VUitlni tlia Sick and Helping the Poor. "The newest profession for women is that of a charity worker," remarked a prominent club woman yesterday. "You needn’t laugh. There really is such a profession, and it is new, and if I were a young woman I would en ter into training for it. There is not much competition as yet, and the op portunities for studying charity work are limited, but still it is now possi ble." "New York has established a train ing school for charity workers, and it is meeting with success. The women who enter are put into active service at visiting under proper lectures upon the different phases of the leadership, and then there are courses of subjects. It is quite worth entering from a financial standpoint, also. Philadel phia is proverbially conservative, and yet we pay the young woman at the head of our organizing charities the salary of $5,000, and she can greatly supt»ement it by lecturing and liter ary work upon the subject of her -»ro fession. “Other cities do better than this, and the time is not far distant when all charitable work will be conducted in a methodical manner by an expert, who will be well paid for her serv ices.”—Philadelphia Record. He gives not best who gives most, hut he gives most who gives best. If I cannot give bountifully, yet I will give finely, ami what I want In my hand, r will supply in my heart.— Warwick, To wi fuse a right responsibility may *e to »*Ject a great reward. S'lIK FARMKU‘S VIEW. DUBAN RELIEF AND DOMESTIC AGRICULTURE. 4mnrlr;ui lirowers of Augur Kmh nm! I.raf Tobacco L.llc**iy to Ank YV.iy They Alone Are Required to Hear the Burden of Tariff ( oocemons. In the preamble of the resolutions submitted by Congressman Tayler, of Ohio, at the meeting of House Repub licans on the evening of March 11 the case of the opponents of the policy of tariff reduction on Cuban products is set forth with clearness and force. It is hard to answer, ant* it has not yet been answered, either by free traders or ex-protectionists. What answer can be made to the plain proposition that the lowering of the duties on sugar and tobacco involves a relaxation of the protection principle," whose evil effects fall wholly upon American farmers? This is the exact truth, and it cannot be denied or explained away. You may assert that the American farmers who raise sugar cane, sugar beets and to bacco can stand it, but will the Ameri can farmers agree with you? Are they not very certain to ask why they only among the general body of American producers should he singled out to foot the entire bill of so-called "Cuban re lief?’’ If the sugar cane of Louisiana and Texas, tlie sugar beets of twenty or more states, and the leaf tobacco of yet other states are the only sufferers through such a ‘‘relaxation of the pro tective principle," will the spirit of self-sacrifice be likely to inspire in the minds of the growers of cane, beets and tobacco an increase or a decrease of devotion to the protective princi ple? Is it in human nature to admire a “principle” that works that way? The Tayler manifesto makes some things very plain—so plain that the wayfaring sympathizer, though ho be a fool, may read. Among the things thus made plain is the fact that in this scheme of “relief” the American farmer is morally certain to ask where he comes in. He can see where the Sugar Trust comes in, with its nearly $15,000,000 of profits on raw sugar, now waiting to be admitted at a lower rate of duty; he can see where the domes tic manufacturer comes in with his larger market as the price of the low ered duties on competitive agricultural products. Yes; the American farmer can see where these Interests come In, but he eaunot see where he himself comes in. Yet the American farmer Is sure to come in somewhere when the time arrives for casting and count ,ng votes. What to I>o for Caba. There is. no doubt, a strong senti ment in the country at large in favor of doing something for Cuba. If that '•something" can be done without in jury to American interests, well and good, hut any reduction in the tariff is bound to affect unfavorably the American products which come into active competition with Cuban prod ucts in our home markets. Propositions have been made all the way from free trade between Cuba and the i'nited States down to a 20 per cent reduction from the Dingley rates. Any or all of these propositions the Sugar Trust will support. Why? Be cause the trust absolutely controls the price of raw sugar in the United States and it would pay for Cuban «ugar just what price it chose. In other words the 20 per cent reduction in the tariff would go into the pockets of the trust. “The whole fight for a reduction of the tariff on Cuban sugar,” said one of ihe highest officials at Washington, “is being made by the Sugar Trust. Every body wants to help Cuba, but the Sugar Trust is the only party that insists that it shall be done In a certain specified way—by the reduction of the tariff, which reduction on sugar would go solely into the pockets of the trust.” The statement has been made by at least two of the very highest officials of the government that the proper way to assist Cuba is to collect the whole Dingley duty from the island and then return the pioper proportion of it—say 25 per cent—to the Cuban treasury, whence it will be distributed for the benefit of the whole Cuban people. This method the Sugar Trust, and all the varied agents which it is behind, do not. of course, favor.—Camden (N. J.) Telegram. Generosi Kovlilpnlutii. The beet sugar interests are making a manful fight against the proposed reduction in the tariff, and foremost in the fight for what Michigan de mands stands William Alden Smith. The arguments of those who for the sake of ‘‘helping Cuba” would sacrifice an industry that has assumed large proportions and yet is little more than in its infancy, have been inet with logic that cannot be refuted, and so ably has the contest been carried on that the tariff revisionists, who two weeks ago were full of confidence, are now in a panic. The contest has been splendidly managed, and must be con tinued until the plan to sacrifice the beet sugar industry shall be aban doned. The false position that the revision ists find themselves in is clearly shown by an incident in the confer ence held recently. Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania, after a long dissertation on the debt we owe in morals to Cuba, was asked by Mr. Smith whether if Cuba produced iron and steel instead of sugar he would favor a reduction of duties upon iron. He said that he would not, and under the goading he received from Mr. Smith be admitted that if ha came from a boot wpir state he ivoTtld stand exactly where the men from the beet sugar state now stand—against tariff reduction. The revisionists are animated by thft same spirit which inspired the rotriot vtto was willing tiiat all his wife's relatives should enlist. They are willing to acknowledge our “debt" to Cuba, but are careful that payment shall be made out of the pocketbooka of somebody else. If we owe Cuba any thing let us pay it out of the federal treasury, and then we will know that it is paid and will have a receipt to show for the outlay. If this be not considered feasible, let us do the same thing in another way by giving the Cubans a cash rebate on all the tariff collected in American ports on Cuban products. But do not lay the entire burden of helping Cuba on the beet sugar Industry.—Grand Rapids Her ald. Wilil Hunt for N’f'w Market*. Now just watch tliosp journals which arc clinging to the crumbling edges of the free trade propaganda. It will not he long before they are heard denounc ing this reciprocity convention as a de lusion and a snare, from which no good can come. They will be mistaken, as a great deal of good may be expected from the deliberations of this body. It will no doubt do much to promote a reciprocity which is honest and bene ficial, but not that sort which Mr. Rob ert of Massachusetts said "will open our markets to foreign competition and give us nothing in return.” It will not, to use the impressive words of Senator Hale of Maine, who was James O. Blaiue's spokesman for reciprocity in the senate, propose to "Imperil present conditions by a wild hunt for new mar kets which have never had and never will have any trade or commerce at all to be compared with the vast trade and the immense exports from this country to our great rivals.” The reciprocity which w ill be aimed at is In such im portant trades as those with France, Germany, the British dependencies and certain countries, especially in South ern America, which buy more of us than they sell to us. This is the reci procity which Mr. Blaine proposed, which President McKinley meant in his great Buffalo speech, and which the Republican party has declared for and stands ready to favor.—Paterson (N. J.) Press. Should Ho I'crmunontly Set tied Every generation has troubles enough of its own: it should not be compelled to be continually fighting over and over the same questions that divided parties fifty years ago. Ques tions once threshed out should stay so, the wheat and the chaff separate. Ev ery intelligent American knew in 1840 that protection enriched this country,' benefiting especially the worker for wages, ami that free trade and all ten dencies to it took business away from the country and so impoverished all but a very few. Why, then, must these lessons be learned over and over every few years? Every new experience of the familiar facts scores deeper into the nation and causes greater suffer ing than before. Why should any party, for sheer partisan advantage, seek to unsettle the public mind with exploded theories? Let the “American system" remain henceforth the un challenged policy of the nation. Such, indeed, would be a course of true pa triotism. Tho Hand of the Sugar Trust. General Grosvenor lias hit the nail on the head. Every indication points to the Sugar Trust as having organ ized this (Julian reciprocity movement. It means money in the pockets of the trust and an advance in trust certifi cates—and here is the speculation which General Grosvenor sees under lying the entire agitation. The trust showed itself a little too conspicuously at first; but it has now dropped out of sight as far as possible and is allowing the New York newspapers. Federal of ficials and Cubans to do the lobbying for it. It has been a long time since we have seen, a trust thus attempting to control legislation, but the Sugar Trust has done this so long In all mat ters relating to sugar that it feels per haps that it is entitled to dictate the laws. This is bad enough in itself, without having our Federal officials lobbying in its interest.—New Orleans Times-Deruocrat. 1V« fluve Done Knongh. The “sympathy for Cuba" racket is playing itself out. The public is be ginning to realize the fact that we have done very much for Cuba in giv ing her independence at the cost of thousands of lives and millions of money, and in assisting her in the formation of a home government, and. having done this much, we are called upon to ruin whole communities or prostrate an entire industry in order that Cuban planters may the more speedily enrich themselves. They pros pered in bygone years with a heavy American tariff on their product.— Denver News. This IKailer the Better. The free-trader is not. dead, but his theories ought to be killed beyond the possibility of resurrection. The livelier they are the greater the stagnation of business in this country. The deader they are the greater the prosperity.— New Haven Leader. There Are Other*. Just why the sugar beet men should be censured for protesting against Cuban reciprocity is not clear. It seems other interests are kicking hard against being deprived of protection. —Racine (Wis.) Journal. J INS NEW UTC» FOR N«W FURS. ta^sian Pony Skim for MotorUta — White Calfskin for Miniver. Russia is sending us a couple of fery novel pelts, the skins of ponies tnd of calves, for making motor-car 1 reuses and coats and for the Rus sian blouses wealthy women are wear ng so much this winter. The skins >f the ponies are not very large and tre forwarded, manes and all, to the urriers. but so far the manes have ioc been made useful. Perhaps the oy trade will eventually profit by them and the fiery nursery steeds of .he rocking horse and Gray Dobbin persuasion be equipped with the long silky hair of these creatures. Any one who has traveled in Russia will know the pale, tawny shade of tha native pony, almost lion-llke in color.. It is also the commonly met hue ol he little Scandinavian horses driven n Norway almost exclusively and much seen, too, in Sweden and Fin and. The skin dyes brown and a lovely jet black most successfully ind is so strong that it is uncommonly luitablo for rough-wear wraps. Nor is t outrageously expensive. A Russian blouse made of it comes to eight and i half guineas. The Russian calf makes very pretty st when they came to cut it, and con sequently he had brought hack the £50. ‘Ah," said Lord F.. “this is as things should be 'twixt man and man.’ Then se wrote out a check for £100. saying. ‘Take care of this, and when your shiest son is of age present it to him, snd tell him of the occasion which iroduced it.”— London Chronicle. How lie Aakeil for Wife* A story is told in faculty circles at Yale which goes back to 1891 for its time setting, and concerns itself with President Hadley's manner of asking the late Governor Luzon B. Morris of Connecticut for the hand of his daughter in marriage. Professor Hadley made the call, which was to determine his future, just at the time when the re-election of Governor Mor ris was in grave doubt, and the courts were debating the matter and the leg islature refusing to ratify it. “What ’an 1 do for you, Arthur?” asked the jlder man, kindly suspecting that his laughter was the reason of the visit. “I have cotne to you,” said Prof. Hadley, making his famous forearm gesture, ‘‘to know definitely whether or no I may call you governor.” Paper Valise Is Latest. The traveling bag hns undergone in •.eresting changes within the last few year, and has become a much more aandy article than it used to be. Recently the valise of woven straw, which weighs practically nothing at ill, and actually not more than a few ounces, has come much into fashion, out now this seems likely to be in turn superseded by the paper traveling brig, nvented by a Pennsylvania man. It s collapsible when empty, so that it ’an be stored or shipped in that con lition Just like a flat sheet of paper When wanted for use it may be ex panded at a moment’s notice into the form of a valise, with a suitable han ile.—Saturday Evening Poat^kjfcsa ■ i