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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
<now-white coats, tufted with black,
md charming revers, cuffs, ties and
muffs for cloth redingotes. To some
'yes this pelt will resemblo miniver^
lays the I/indon Mail, but there is a
nuga monetary difference between it
ind ermine, as well as a visible one.
'specially as miniver, which is really
rmine tufted with the black tips of
ne tails only, instead of the tails
hemselves, is daily going up in price
n view of the coronation and its re
luirements.
-I AD THE SOUVENIR CRAZE.
»ne of (he Thing* That Marked the
McKinley Funeral l’roce»»lon.
The desire for souvenirs upon the
part of the large crowds lined along
the railroad tracks at every point was
a distinctive feature of the McKinley
funeral train. The mo3t popular of all
methods adopted was the placing of
coins on the tracks so that the train
might pass over them, smashing flat
the pieces of money as a mark of
identification in years to come. This
practice was not confined to any par
ticular point or crowd, but was indulg
’d in generally along the route.
The mutilated coins were afterward
gathered up by their owners and dis
played with much pride. Coins of dif
ferent denominations aggregating at
least several hundred dollars were
trewn along the track at the Union
station. Even these relic hunters
seemed to appreciate the occasion and
surroundings, and Instead of making
a rush for their property as soon as
the train had passed, waited until it
was out of sight before picking up the
crushed coins.
At Roup Station, says the Pitts
burg Post, a wealthy resident of the
Shadyside district placed a $10 gold
piece upon the rail. The approach of
the train started to shake it off, but it
managed to remain long enough to
have just a small portion of it nipped
off as if done by a knife. The owner
is quite a collector of souvenirs and
oddities and when he picked up hia
coin he stated that it would occupy
the most prominent and conspicuous
place in his large collection.
Gffneroa* I-or»l find Honest Farmer.
The remarkable popularity of the
Fltzwilliams in Yorkshire is not a
natter of yesterday, but has existed
’or several generations, and for cause.
An anecdote significant of the ways of
he house is told of the late earl's fa
ther. A farmer came to him to repre
sent that his wheat had been damaged
seriously by the hounds. The earl in
quired at what he appraised the
iamage. The man said £50, and it
was at once paid. After harvest the
'armer came again and said that the
wheat far from being injured where
Host trampled on, seemed the strong
>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 ■
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