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THAT GIRL of JOHNSON S TSy JEA.J* K.A.TE L\ZT>L\/M. Author of "At a Girl's Mercy." Lte. Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1890 by Street A Smith, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. CHAPTER VIII.—Continued. The woman came to meet them as ■they rode up. Foam dripped from the mouths of tholr horses, and their heads hung listlessly, while their flanks were covered with sweat. The men dismounted and loosened the sad dle girths. Hstd Johnson returned? they asked her. Not that she had heard of. she re plied. Did they want Johnson? Had they been searching for him? Yes, they replied, they wanted John son; he was summoned to appear in the town in the Green case; it was believed he could tell considerable about the matter; should he not ap pear to-day, they must wait. What if he were d^d? she asked, curiously; if he had fallen into seme one of the dangerous places on the mountain? If he were dead, they said—well, if he were dead that would put a differ ent face upon the matter; they hoped ne was no* dead, for the law should not be baffled. Did she think he was dead? Had she cause to think so? No, she knew no reason why John son should be dead unless he had fallen in some of the dangerous places on the mountain; they must know tk;s, for they had been there; for her part she knew nothing about it save from what she heard those say who had been there. They paid her liberally and rode away. Dolores was still sitting at the gate under the pines with her haggard face and idle hands, and the eyes that watched for what did not come. Johnson was not there, she said, ■quietly, and they never questioned her word, but instinctively lifted their hats as they rode away. CHAPTER IX. A More Thorough Search. Dolores, worn with watching and faint from lack of food, fell asleep at the door-way, and slept the whole ■night through; the dawning had deep ened to broad light when she waked. She bathed her face with cool water from the well and brushed her soft hair back, winding it in a heavy coil at the back of her head. The table was set as she had left It the day before, and when she hung the kettle over the fire she took the pail and went out to milk Brindle. Lodie came up for water; he hesi tated as he saw Dolpres, but she rose up bravely to meet him. She did not speak, but her eyes asked him a ques tion. “Ther case wrere t postponed,” he said, slowly. “Ther jedge were put out consid’ralde. but as ’t couldn’t be helped he said they'd hev ter wait tell yer feyther kerns.” He did not linger; he dared not linger when she was watching him. He could not tell her of the roused suspicion regarding Johnson’s non appearance. He left a full bucket on the edge of the well fer her. Dolores was unused to attention; this slight act touched her strangely; she watched him go down the road, and his slouching figure had a sort of grace in her eyes. She arose and carried the pail in “I will walk,” she said simply, side. Then she prepared a pot of coffee strong and clear, and drank a cupful. She fried some bacon and eggs, and ate them determinedly. She v-as impelled by her hidden purpose, sad ate that she should have strength. When she had finished she filled a large bottle with rich new milk, and hung it at her side with a slender rope across her shoulders; she knew that she would have need of both her hands. Then she closed the door and went down the path with a firm Btep. A* she pushed the rickety gate up and fastened it with its swinging rope, and turned to go down the road, a step crunched the gravel at her side, and a familiar voice sounded in her ears, a voice that hitherto had held such sweetness to her shut as she had always been in her hard life. But she turned now with the free look dying from her face and eyes. “Dolores!” exclaimed young Green, eagerly, a warm light in his kindly eyes as he went up to herewith out stretched hands. "I came over to see about your father. You have heard nothing from him yet, Miss Johnson?” “I shall find him to-day,” she said, steadily. For the first time he noticed the bottle at her waist and the strange, sad expression of her face. A knowl edge of her errand flashed upon him. He touched her arm gently to detain her. "You are going to find him. Miss Johnson—Dolores? You believe he is lost over on yonder mountain? What fools we were not to have thought of that before. Let me go with you; may I? What could you do should you find him?” He used no softening words to her; he knew she compre hended the possible ending to their search. “You must ride my horse, Miss Johnson. The way is long and rough, and—” “I will walk,” she said, simply. Her lips had lost their warm red color; her wide eyes were on his face in their strange wistfulness. "Then I will leave him at the tav ern,” he said, quietly, to comfort her. A group of men were around the door of the tavern as they approached and were talking over the events of the previous day. When young Green and Dolores appeared their glances were suggestive, and they listened in silence when the young man spoke. When he finished an ominous silence fell upon them. Then Lodle arose. Of them all he was the most angular and uncouth, but among them he was nobler than they. "Ther dep’ties dedn’t know ther mounting," he said gravely. "Theys might hev a'ms' stepped on 'em o’thout knowin’ et. Ef he hev met wdth an acc'dent he mayn’t be able ter kern an’ ’ll die ’thout help kem ter ’em. Ef thet gal o’ Johnsing’s ken go ower thar ter hunt ’em, I reckon we ur.8 ken do ’t.” His slow, heavy words roused an interest in his listeners as all Green’s words could not do, and they arose at once to their duty with many a word cf grumbling that passed unnoticed because each understood that this was simply their way of showing the depth of their interest. The strange party moved along the ghostly mist of the valley road and across tho bridge like spirits of the mountain. The ascent was hard and toilsome, and Dolores was unused to such exertion; young Greea was ath letic. but he also had never so had his strength put to the proof They paused many times to rest and re cover breath. By and by Green helped Dolores. Her recent lack of food and sleep had unfitted her for such exer tion. She was panting and weak, but she smiled her slow, brave smile, and shook her head when he offered to take her home if she wished. She came to find her father, she said quietly, and she would find him; she felt certain of that. Up in the blue space a vulture hov ered; the dull flap of his wings was audible in the dead stillness and hol low below. Dolores saw him, and her eyes dilated. "See:” she cried, her sweet, strange ly penetrating voice full of terror echoing down the misty hollow. “See! Why is he there? They follow where there r.re wounded. He Is net there for nothing.” Their eyes followed hers; her terror was reflected in their faces, used as they were to such scenes, and young Green instinctively drew her nearer himself as though to shield her from what might follow. There was noth ing certain about the vulture's prey; it might be a wounded hare, a stag, or—a man! That it was something was certain; something, too, that was wounded, not dead. They stood in silence a moment with awe-struck faces, while the bird of death hovering above them had a terrible meaning for them. Dolores clung to young Green with trembling hands in tho first wild moment; she did not feel his strong arm about her; there was a look in her eyes he could never forget. Then she loosened her hold of him, and stood alone slender and stately on the brink of the yawn ing gulf. It was marvelous’how she impressed those about her with her personality. Many a time afterward the young man was wakened in the night with the memory of her as she stood there in her utter self-forgetful ness. her feet touching the edge of the gulf opening before her, her ten der face grand with its brave soul “I will call him,” she said, gravely. “He may answer, for he is there, I know.” She leaned above the void filled in with ghostly mist and gruesome shad ows; young Green's hand was upon her arm. but she did not know It. She called aloud, and her voice rang down the silence, waking the echoes from rock to rock “Father! Father!” The bird of death overhead flapped his heavy wings and uttered a fierce cry as a panther might that has lost its young. They waited and listened; no sound disturbed the hush of the mountain’s heart save the echoes fainting farther and farther into the mysterious depths below. “Father! Father!” “He did not ~hear,” said Dolores, quietly. "Or perhaps he cannot an swer. I will call again.” That he was there she did not doubt; whether dead or alive she would find him; she believed that, too. She placed her hands to her mouth. and her voice again woke the echoes like the tones of a flute “Father! Father!” The vulture whirred down in front of them with Its fierce cry. Ther suddenly up frcm the depths, yet not far from them, floated a faint call half moan, half answer. They listened as though in doubt, afraid to believe lest they be mistaken. Bu*; again th* faint voice sounded not far distz.**. but weak. Green stretched himself flat ca the ground, "nd leaned fa> o-'er the perilous edge. About twenty feet below a sharp ledge projected, forming a flat shelf; this was covered with a tangle ol shrubs and bushes. The mist hung about it like a phantom shroud, and even to Green's clear eye it was but faintly discernible. Whether or not Johnson was there, he could not tell He called cheerily, and again the weak voice replied; the bushes below were stirred slightly, and a feebU hand appeared for an instant. Green arose swiftly to his feet; he uncoiled the rope with swift sweep* of his muscular young arms, and fast ening one end around his waist se cured the other end to a sturdy sap ling near. The men understood his design without words, and obeyed his orders promptly. Dolores watched them with dilating eyes and her lips close shut, as though to stifle a cry. When she saw whal “Let me go,’ it is my duty.” young Green was about to do, she came forward, a world of wonder and horror and pleading In her eyes that were larger and darker than usual they met the steady blue ones above her. "Do not go,” she said, slowly, as though the words would not coroe. “Let me go; it is my duty; but you —you must not risk your life for him.” He replied hurriedly. There was a swift flashing smile in his eyes as they met hers. It was pleasant to him that she eared for his safety, and he answered her with a swift, brave smile. He spoke to the men cheerily, but clearly and concisely; he told them to hold hard and mind their work. They were ready, and obeyed him at once, and without word3. As he turned to let himself down over the edge he looked toward Do lores. She was standing apart from them white and silent, her slender, graceful figure in its homely print gown sharply defined against the drooping pine boughs that swung low down; her brown eyes were on him with a great wonder in their depths. At the time he did not understand, but he smiled at her, and the smile was so grave and tender and steady that it seemed to her afterward when she thought of it that he had spoken. She neither moved nor spoke; he believed that she did not see him though her eyes were on him till he disappeared over the edge, the rope making a dull whir through the grass that stifled all thought in her mind but the possibility of danger to him. > (To be continued.) Source of Nervous Impulse. The theory of Loeb and Matthews that the nervous impulse, although it brings in electrieity. Is far from re garding the transmission of that im pulse as identical with a simple elec trical current. In a medical Journal, Dr. O’Brien advocates the old theory that nervous current and electrical current are Identical, because, first, electricity is always present when nerves act; second, electricity is the form of torce which would do the work required; third, because the ter minal and central mechanisms con nected Milth the nerves correspond to the terminal and central mechanisms connected with electrical system of communication, and do similar work in sending, receiving, relaying, switch ing. transforming, accumulating, re tarding, distributing and translating impressions, and. fourth, because elec tricity, with such construction of cor* ductors and of terminal mechanisms, is the only form of force we know of that would do all the work required. Vital Statistics *t '.wrier. Greater London, which include* all the suburbs, has a population of 6,581, 372, an increase of just under 1,000,000 in ten years, more than half of which occurred in the "outer ring.” At tl e ages of nineteen, twenty, twenty-on-.» to twenty-five, and twenty-five to thir ty, there are more than twice as many females as males. It is pointed out in considering the excess cf females over males, account must be taken of the large number of female domestic serv ants who are brought into London from the country. London has 234, 398 female servants, and only 15,425 men servants. London has less chil dren than it has had for many /ears, but it has more people over fa.'y-flve than ever before AEE LOSING INTEREST ^UDA AND CANADA NOT EAGER FOR RECIPROCITY. All Markets Better for Cuba Ilian One Market Only, While Canada Will Not Sacrifice Her Domestic Indus tries by Tariff Reductions. In the following comment by the frco trade Springfield Republican ihere Is more of fact than Is custom ary In that newspaper's discussion of tariff matters: “Cuba is reported to be losing in terest in the adoption of reciprocity by the United 8tates. It is finding Itself able to get along very tolerably with out reciprocity. One of the Minne sota congressmen says the people of that state are becoming more and more concerned about reciprocity with Canada, but Canada's interest in reci procity, under repeated rebuffs from the United States, has been declining as interest on this side has been in creasing.’’ It is undoubtedly true that Cuba is caring less and less about reciprocity. She never really cared very much about it. The scheme of tying up Cuba with a bargain that in the long run was sure to be a bad one for her, while it was a viciously unfair and in jurious bargain for the sugar and to bacco producers of the United States, originated with Havemeyer's Sugar trust. Cuba was not solicitous about the arrangement. Havemeyer was. The Sugar trust literary bureau was for a time successful in exploiting the idea that a moral obligation was in volved on the part of the United States. Many sincere and conscien tious people supported the reciprocity proposition on that ground solely. They recognized its injustice to a large and important body of domestic producers, but they felt bound to re deem a promise which they were per suaded to believe had been made at some time by somebody. They seem to have lost sight of the fact that no body had the shadow of a right to make such a promise or the power to Kingdom. T)n Mwafiay e? this wwjfc this very question was under dlscufc* sion in the house of lords. The cable report says: "The Marquis of Ijuisdowne, Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, said the government considered that the time had come when they should en deavor to find some means of ascer taining whether it was possible to ob tain closer fiscal union with the col onies: to find some means of protect ing them if they were subjected to ill-treatment In consequence of the preferential treatment they granted to the mother country, and to discover means of protecting British interests cgtiinst Inequitable competition." Closer fiscal union with the colonies and the vital need of discovering "means of pvsvscting British interests against inequitable competition," such is and must be British policy. In these circumstances Is ft to be for a moment supposed that Canada, for the sake of enriching tho manufacturers of the United States, will enter into a reel-, procity arrangement that will stifle her own Industries and at the same time subject British interests to a still more "inequitable competition" than that which is now complained of? Such a proceeding on Canada’s part is out of the question. That is why Can ada Is losing interest in the reciprocity game. That is why the National Reci procity league and Its Minnesota branch, that is especially devoted to the Canadian part of the project, are wasting their time. All the facts and conditions are against any general scheme of reciprocity between Canada and the United States. There will be reciprocity when Canada becomes an integral part of the United States; not before. Democratic Opportunities. Republicans believe in Rood money, on a gold basis, in the scheme of be ing unlike, it behooves the Democrats to indorse silver at the Bryan ratio. Republicans believe In protection. •Therefore let the Democracy howl for free trade. Republicans believe in prosperity and have labored with sue ’cess to secure this. The Democratic program, therefore, is to howl in favoi HE WILL NOT BE TEMPTED. . .a. AAAAAAAAAA^ carry It out—that is nobody but the United States congress. There is, we believe, no pretense that congress ever made cuch a promise. But the moral obligation plea so shrewdly worked up by the Sugar tiust Anally flattened out. For a long time past it has been patent to the dullest comprehension that there is no moral obligation in the case; merely a business deal in which a favored number of American manufacturing and commercial interests stand to get greatly the best of the arrangement, while the Cuban people outside of those identified with the affairs of the Sugar trust and the Tobacco and Cigar trust, are certain to be injured more by cutting themselves off from the world’s markets than they would be benefited by giving to the United States a monopoly of Cuban trade. This is a view now very generally held In Cuba. It explains why Cuba is "losing interest in the adoption of reciprocity by the United States.” Similarly true is the Republican's assertion that “Canada’s interest in reciprocity under repeated rebuffs from the United States, has been de clining as Interest on this side has been increasing.” Canada has found out that the United States, even if it would consent to any sort of reciproc ity, certainly would not consent to a reciprocity limited strictly to natural products. Both Canada and the United States are sellers of natural products. Neither is a buyer. Canada would have much to gain by such reciprocity. The farmers, lumbermen and fisher men of the United States would be the losers. Finding that no such jug handled swap can be made, Canada has naturally lost Interest in reciproc ity. Nobody in Canada, possibly ex cepting the farming, lumber and fish ing Interests, favors reciprocity in manufactures. Reciprocity In manu factures would virtually kill every Canadian manufacturing industry. Reciprocity of this kind, with a pref erence In favor of the United States, would not fall to bitterly offend Great Britain, to say nothing of Germany, France and the rest of the world. It Is doubtful whether the British gov ernment would tolerate an arrange ment so unfair and so Injurious to the masufacturlng interests of the United of the good old hard times with Coxey armies and soup houses. Republicans make no secret of believing In the In stitution miscalled "imperialism," and but partly described by the word "ex pansion." They want the country to grow and rejoice that It is growing. They regard the taking of the Philip pines as having been a duty that to evade would have been cowardice. They assort that to keep the Philip pines is the destiny of this people, and that this course is the only one consistent with honor, redounding to the credit of the United States and to the benefit of the Islands. They hold that the record of the army has been clean and honorable, and that the American soldier fighting under a trop ic sun does not by this act become a bandit, a thief or an assassin. All these points are cited simply for the purpose of throwing a preserver to Democracy as it flounders In a slough of uncertainty. It Is different from Republicanism now, but if it wants to Increase and emphasize the difference the way is easy enough.—Tacomi Ledger. Essentially Democratic. The "Iowa Idea” gained all Its fol lowing from those who wanted to at tack the tariff as a means of hitting the trusts. The “Iowa Idea" repre sented an effort to lower the prices of commodities that were thought to be too high. It was born when beef cat tle were $8 per hundred pounds. It voiced the sentiment of a non-pro ducing class, purchasers, not sellers. It was a doctrine essentially Demo cratic, and it had to be put to death for the good of the country and the party. It was popular for a time, as free trade theories always are.—Dei Moines Capital. True Americanism Senator Hanna showed his true Americanism in the matter of his daughter’s wedding gown. He decid ed that the material should be Amer ican made and all the work connected with the construction of the garment be done In this country. He placed no limit on the expense, but stoutly affirmed that no foreign texture or for eign labor should enter into a make-up of the trousseau. Oocd for Marcus.— South Bend Tribune. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON VII.. AUGUST 16— SAUL. TRIES TO KILL DAVID. Golden Text—“God Is Our Refoga and Strength, an Ever-Present H,»lp in Trouble’’—Psalm 46:1—Danger of an Evil Thought. I. “David's Reward.'".—V’. 5. The open ing of the eighteenth chapter of First1 .Samuel speaks of the friendship which sprung up between David and Jonathan, and of the covenant they made together. That friendship Is the theme of next week's lesson. This week we trace tha progress of Saul's Jealousy, and see to what fearful results It came. 5. "And David went out whithersoever, Saul sent him.'' After his successful bat tle with Goliath the young warrior seems to have been given by Saul some Im portant position In the army. Saul could do no less for one who had saved the country In such peril. ''And behaved him self wisely.” Many a young man Is un nble to stand promotion, but spoils his chances of further progress by becoming conceited. This was not the case with David. II. “Saul's Jealousy."—Vs. 6-9. Tha first five verses of this chapter are an ticipatory. hrlefiy summing up what Is more fully described later. 6. "And they came.” The army may have spent some time In the pursuit of the fleeing Philistines, following up all the advantages of their victory. "The women came out of all cities of Israel." They went to meet the army and express their Joy at the national triumph, "ding ing and dancing.” 7. "And the women answered one an other.” They sung antIphonally. as the women still do In Oriental festivals, one group of singers chanting the first lino and another group replying with the sec ond. "As they played." That Is. as they danced, with Joyful gestures. "Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands." 8. "Saul was very wroth.” "Seeing, per haps for the first time. In the youthful Bethlehemlte that 'neighbor better than himself to whom his kingdom was to be given.”—Taylor. 9. "And Saul eyed David." The suspi cious. sidelong glances of a Jealous man are Implied In the word eyed. The Sin of Jenlousy. This sin Is perfect ly exhibited In the conduct of Saul toward David, perhaps more thoroughly than anywhere else In the Bible. III. “Saul's Murderous Attempt."—Vs. 10. 11. Jealousy, like all other evil pas sions. is not long confined to the mind, but breaks out In evil deeds. It was so In the case of Saul. , 10. ’’fin the njorrow." The day after the celebration of David's victory by tha women, singing and dancing. "The evil spirit from Ood came upon Saul." It said to be an evl| spirit beenysp, probably Satan himself brought it about. It Is said to be from God because (1) God permitted It, and (2) God used It as a punishment. "And he prophesied." "Played the pro phet,' vlx.. by gestures and demeanor.”— Driver. "Rather, ho raved.”—Kell. 11. "Soul cast the Javelin.” Better trans lated, he “lifted" or "brandished" the spear. Saul merely made a threatening gesture, latter, however (I. Sam. 19: 10>, he uetually hurled the weapon. Illustration. Haul had sown the little seeds of Jealousy, mean suspicion and envy, ami he was reaping the harvest of murder. “Sin. when It Is finished, brtng eth forth death.” (Jas. 1: 16). "For he Bald ("Saying to himself.”— Int. Crlt. Com.), "I will amlte David even to the wall." "Had he succeeded the act would have been ascribed to his mad ness. and he would have been more pitied than blamed."—Kltto."And David avoided out of his presence twice." That Is. Saul thus threatened David on two occasions, and each time the young man wisely withdrew. Why Was David Made to Suffer Thus? This was only the beginning of David's hardships. The happy results he might well have anticipated from his conquest of Oollath were nullified by Saul's mean Jealousy. Then came years of bitter per secution. separation from friends and loved ones, outlawry, perils, anxieties, hunger of the body, distress of the soul. Why was all this sorrow sent upon the noble young man? I’ndoubtedly to give David the disci pline that Saul lacked, the lack of which had been his ruin. David was thus taught self-control, trust In God, the mnstery of men. Body and mind were tempered, as steel Is tempered In Ore and water. IV. "David's Growth In Honor."—Vs. 12-16. Saul's sin had four Immediate re sults. First result: 12. "And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord wus with him.” "A higher power was watch ing over his rival’s life."—8lme. The second result of Saul's sin was that the Lord "was departed from Saul." God and Satan are forever at war. and If Satan Is admitted as your guest, God will surely depart. To lose his presence is the sum of all losses. 13. "Therefore Saul removed him from him." He was afraid to have his rival any longer in attendance on himself as his armour-bearer. This was the third re sult of Saul's sin; It drove away not only God, but also his friend, whose music had so often soothed him in his fits of madness "And made him his captain over a thousand.” Probably chief of one of the principal towns of Judah, each con taining. roughly, a thousand men. The people, who loved David, would consider this an honor paid to the national hero; otherwise, they would have been angered by Saul’s action. Thus the fourth result of Saul's sin was that It made David conspicuous, “he went out and came In before the people." The nation had a chance to know more of David. 14. “And David behaved himself wisely In all his ways.” "The wisest course in time of danger is to do faithfully our daily duty, and leave our case with God." —William M. Taylor. "And the Lord was with him," bringing him success and prosperity. 15. "Saul . . . was afraid of him." He "stood In awe of him," for this Is a stronger expression than the words In verse 12 translated In the same way. 16. "But Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them." He led them In war, he was act ive In the conduct of afTalrs. and so they came to know him and to love him. Thus Saul, placing David In the position of pos slbk- peril, defeated his own ends. “Of all the (Missions. Jealousy Is that which exacts the hardest service and pays the bitterest wages. Its service is to watch the success of our enemy; Its wages is to be sure of It.”—Colton. "Sin is an 111 guest, for It always sets Its lodging on fire." John Wesley's Appeal. Give me thy hand. I do not mean be of my opinion; you need not, I do not expect or desire it, neither do I mean I will be of your opinion. 1 cannot. It does not depend on my choice; I can no more think than I see or hear as 1 will. Keep your own opinion and I mine, as steadily as ever. Tou need not even endeavor to come over to me, or bring me over to you. If thine heart is as my heart, if thou love God and all man kind, I ask no more, give me thine hand.—John Wesley.