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nra m a Mm * a * * w * w * Mir iim * m < KITTY'S HUSBAND i By Author of "Hetty , " Etc , CIIAPTER XI-Continued. ( ) "I ( Ton't know the detallo of the rest but. shfc threw John over ; she Wflfldn't boar the prospect of poverty ! Monsieur Arnttud , who had made colossal fortune In trade , who had bought land 1'n Brittany , hud heard her nltig ami proposed and been refused , and now proposed again and was at- : cpptetl , She accepted the colossal fortune , and hoped that the jam would compensate for the presence of the pill In the shape of monsieur. I hope mon- slptir proved a more bitter pill than Hhc expected , 1 hope devoutly that be proved n brute ; but of that history does not speak. " The clock ticked on again In the fdlont room. Meg nntl I sat ullll , sayIng - Ing nothing for some minutes ; then 1 asked half absently "Who told you the story ? " "Never mind who told me , " aald Mcs , rising suddenly from the elbow of my chair and wandering away from me to turn over the music on the piano. "I beard It long ago , but had half forgot ten it ; and It was only the other day that I knew It was John to whom she had been engaged. " "And John thinks her so good ! " 1 said wonderlngly , speaking to myself rather than to Mpg. "My dear , " returned Meg drily. "John In n paragon as I believe wo have Haiti before. " A soft tap at the druwlng-room door , and the maid announced "Madame Arnaud. " I rose quickly. Madame Arnaud came across the room towards me. She kissed mo and shook hands with Meg ; and , in another minute , I was offorlng her tea , and she was sitting talking to us In that soft. low. musical voice of will come find see you every day If you like. I'm nicer than Kitty I am , In deed ! " Meg lud succeeded. It was Impossi ble tn talk seriously If Meg meant the conversation to be frivolous. The con versation remained frivolous until Madame Arnaud rose to go. "John Is not back yet ? " she asked , as she rose from her chair. "Ilia slippers are still In view , " said Meg "on the dining-room fender or Is it in the breakfast-room , Kitty , that they reside when warming ? " "No , John Is not In yet , " I replied coldly. Madame Arnaud opened the fur bag- muff she carried anil took out a letter. "I feared I should not see him. Will you give him this ? " she said , and there was just a touch of embarrassment In her miinner as I took the letter from her. "You won't forget It ? " Hho be sought me , with a note ot anxiety In her clear , sweet voice. "I nin not likely to forget , " I said. A minute lntpr Meg and I wprc alone again , and Meg , too , was rising to go. "Kitty , do you pride yourself on your manners us a youthful hostess ? " she asked. "No , not at all. " "That's a good thing , " she said. "I dare say 1 was rude , " I admitted unrepcntantly. "Oh , don't feel doubtful about It. dear you needn't ! You were an Icicle an Iceberg the polar regions ! I'm going , dear. Good-night. " "Good-night , " I said. Meg was gone. The fire was now burning low ; the lamp , with Its big red shade , made a circle of light In the distant corner ; all the rest of the room was dim. I sat In my low chair besldt "THERE IS A LETTER FOR YOU. " bcra that made her most commonplact ) speeches charming , graceful unil lull of moaning. "I want you anil John to como to the theater -with me one day next S week , " she said. "Miss Corilold has promised to como too. Yon must tell mo which day will bo most conven ient. " "Thank you ; any day , " I replied coldly. I could not accept the invita tion with the grnclousness that wa. ? befitting , I was grateful to Meg for breaking in and taking upon herself the onus of the conversation. She talked nonsense eloquently for the next ten minutes , and never left u pausn. "Do you know what I meant to say to you when I came Uiis evening ? " said Madame Arnaud at length , turn ing away from Meg and smiling at me. "I meant to scold you. Why do you never come to BOO us ? " "I do come , Madame Arnauil very often. " "Not very often , " she returned re proachfully. "Never unless wo send a formal invitation to you ! " "Kitty has given up the world , " In terjected Meg. "She devotes herself to planning unexpected mutton chops for John , airing his newspapers , and putting his slippers down to wurni. " Madame Arnaud , looking earnestly at nie'-paid heed - ' no to-Meg's explana tions. "We want to know you , " she contin ued. "You won't lot us know you ! " "Madame Arnaud , " broke In Meg , lr- ropressibly , "Kitty is very dull when known. I've known her for seventeen years , and can speak with authority. I wish you'd want to know me instead ! I should be most grateful I would como to see you frequently , and never wait for formal Invitations. I llko coming to see people who live In big houses , with plenty ot servants , and plenty of easy chairs , and hot-house ( lowers , and grapes and peaches out of Reason , and a brougham to drive In tha park in , and a man In livery to open shop doors and watt.outside ! 1 the lire anil waited for John to come. Ho came at last. Ho stopped to hang up his , hat and great-coat in the hall , then came briskly toml the draw ing-room. "Kitty ! 'All in the dark ! " ho ex- clalmod , as ho opened the door. Ho came across the room , bent down and kissed mo , then stood before the lire , holding out his hands to warm them ! "John , " I said In my coldest , most steady tone , determined to spunk quite carelessly , "there Is a letter for you from Madame Arnaud. Hero It Is. " lie took It eagerly. I opened a book and pretended to bo deeply absorbed In it. John carried his letter across the room toward the lamp. He read it without making any com ment. 1 heard him turn to the first page to read it through again ; he stood still for many minutes , the letter In his hand , and seemed to be lost In thought. The dinner-bell rang while ho was standing there. 1 put down my book and rose slowly from my seat. Then John sighed , folded his letter , and came towards me. "Kitty , I am going out , " he said. I did not reply for n moment ; my heart felt dead within me. I could not oven feel angry ; I was too heart-sick with misery , with helpless , hopeless , aching regret. "To Maritime Arnaud's ? " I asked. And the question was asked In the most level tone , without passion , al most without Interest In the answer. "Yen , I am sorry to leave you again Kitty. " But , although he spoke In his habit ually gentle way , hq spoke abstract edly. "Don't trouble , " I said , coldly , " 1 do not mind. " "Have dinner , Kitty. Then go round and see the girls. " "Oh , yea thai ; Is p. most ' exciting plan ! " , . , "So exciting that you are almost glad to get rid of me1' ' ' ; 1 smiled' ' hard,1 inirthloss ilttlo Binllo. > ' ' * * . . . * i ' ' " t \ "The society of one's contemporaries IB such a relief , is It not ? " 1 said ; and 1 meant the speech to be biting In Its sarcasm. My voice spoilt the speech a little by faltering. John was looking at me with such ti grave glance thai my eyes fell. lie did not answer me. He drew on his thick gloves slowly , looking thoughtfully away from me down into the fire ; then ho sighed , kissed me In n grnvo way , and went. I heard the street door shut , then I sat down In a hopeless attitude upon tbe rug , burled my face In my hands and burst Into tears. Irl. CHAPTER XII. Seven o'clock , eight o'clock , nine o'clock Btruck. The fire had burnt lower , and at last had gone out ; the room had grown cold. Still 1 sat In the same attitude my bead bowed down upon my hands and tried to think calmly of the future that lay be fore me tried and failed. I was so young ! 1 had so many years to live ! that thought was too pitiful ; It made me cry anew ! And as long as I live , Jobn'a life must be a bondage ; he had married mo for kindness * sake , but perhaps he had never realized before hand how little I should have In com mon with him , how young I was , how foolish , how dull the constant com panionship of a girl of seventeen must be. And again my tears ( lowed fast for John's sorrow or for the pathos of my own part therein. I was numb with cold , dazed with weeping , when at last I rose from the floor. Suppose John should return at this moment and find me In tears ! In sudden fear of his return , I ran up stairs to my room , took my lint and cloak and went out of doors Into the cold gray October night. There were few people about. In the park the paths were descried. It I had been less unhappy , I should have been frightened at the loneliness ; I was too wretched to feel tear or to care about the cold. The clouds parted a little ; the moon came out and shone down between the trees upon the rippling water ; the water sparkled coldly , the bare branches looked ghostly In the palo silvery light. Then the clouds gath ered again and the moon was hidden. 1 sat down on a seat besldo the path way , with my fur cloak drawn closely about me ; and my tears fell fast again beneath my veil. Footsteps came slowly up the lonely path. Two figures were advancing In the darkness ; I saw them dimly outlined , but did not heed them. I only awoke to any In terest In them when my ear detected a woman's choking sob. "I cannot bear It ! " said a voice a woman's voice , tremulous , broken. "It Is too hard I cannot bear It ! For ten years I have hoped for the best. I have borne everything ; I have looked forward to brighter times , never al lowed myself to despair. And now now the ten years are over , and things arc as they were ten years ago. But then I had courage ! Now I have no courage. I look forward to the future and see no comfort none none ! " The voice was so broken , so tearful , that It scarcely struck me as familiar. The man and woman slowly advanced , slowly passed ; then , alt at once through the parting clouds , the moon shone out again shone across the re treating figures , and I recognized John and Madame Arnaud. ( To bo continued. ) LIGHTNING WORK ON TROUSERS HIMV tlin Cheap Grade of "Panti" Are "Pantaloon-making has been re duced to a great science In the big factories both here and In the north " said a New Orleans clothing dealer tea a New Orleans Times-Democrat man. I refer , of course , to the cheap gar ments that In this section are sold al most entirely to the negroes. A pair of 'pants' of that grade contains twelve pieces , the outlines of which are repre sented by slits In the top of n heavy table. Twenty-four sections of cloth are laid on the table and a revolving knife like a buzz-saw travels through the silts. As it does so it cuts the fabric into the exact patterns. The whole thing Is done with incredible swiftness and the pile of cloth Is scarcely deposited when It IK fully cut. The pieces are then sent on an electric carrier to the sewing machines , which are also run by a motor , Kaeh oper ative has only one thlug to do. The first ono will put In the log seams , the second sow up the body , the third will put on the waistband , and a fourth will attach the straps. The buttonholes are worked by machinery , and , as a rule , the buttons themselves are of the automatic staple variety and are se cured by a single motion of a sort of punch. It Is very Interesting to watcn the garment passing from hand to hand , and it reaches the Inspector all complete with a celerity that nearly takes ono s breath away. It Is then Ironed by being passed between n series of gas-heated rollers and Is ready to be ticketed and placed In stock. Under the present system the outputs ot some of the large factories lave been quadrupled during the last five years. " CofTrn for llrrukfnitt. Philadelphia Record : Doctor Dys pepsia , eh ? You want to drink a cup of hot water first thing every morning. Patient I always do. My boarding mistress Invariably serves coffee for breakfast. "Tho memory of man , " remarked the Stockton sage , "differs from ro mance In that It usually runneth not to the contrary. " "AN ACT ot1 MADNESS : THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENT OF PROTEC-ION. If AV Are to Aclildvn Coiniunrcl.i Hiiirrnmcy We Mini Hold to llm 1'ollry Tlml lint Mniln IU liiJuttrlltlly inn Kliinncliilly Siitirrnie. A timely article on the subject o "Commercial Umpire and Protection' JH contributed by Hon. Edward N Dlngley to tluntoa'H Magazine for Oc tofoer. It la Just now quite the fnsh Ion among certain expounders of "ad vanced" economic theory to assert tha protection bus outlived whatsoever use fulnoHH It ever had In the matter o developing and sustaining domeatlc-ln diiHtrlcs , and. In view of the new con dltions which have arisen , must now be greatly modified , or , better still , al together abandoned. Such la the pur port of an article In a recent nurnbei of the Forum , and to this proposltioi Mr. Dlngley add. esses himself with tht vigor and zeal born of an Intense con vlctlon that the abandonment of out fixed national policy Ju.st at a time when its successful operation has wrought such splendid results would be an act of madness. It was b > establishing and maintain Ing a protective tariff , as Mr. DIngle > points out , that the founders of our republic , after having thrown off the political yoke of England , took steps to throw off the commercial and Indus trial yoke which the "mother conn try" had so firmly fastened upon the necks of the American people. How successful was this determination ant what magnificent results have flowed from the practical realization or the hoped of the fathers of the republic are matters of history. Today the re public stands supreme among the na tions of the earth supreme , Industrial ly , commercially , and financially ; the home of the most prosperous and pow erful nation the world has ever known After the lapse of a century from the passage by congress of the llrat tarlft bill under the federal constitution framed by Madison and approved by Washington an act "for the support of the government , for the discharge of debts of the United States , and for the protection of manufactures" the same fundamental principles remain alive In the Dlngley tariff law of to day : the raising of revenues and the encouragement of domestic industries The effective manner in which these principles are carried out under the existing tariff law , together with the demonstrated fact that because of the Increased employment and the In creased purchasing power of the people a protective tariff produces more revenue than a free-trade tariff , are matters which Mr. Dingley's article emphasizes most convincingly. Simi larly cogent is his demonstration that the "home market can be preserved only by maintaining to the highest pos sible degree the purchasing and con suming power of our own people. " This Is the pivotal point of the whole ques tion. Turning to the question of commer cial supremacy. Mr. Dlngley urges that "a nation must be industrially and financially supreme before It can be commercially supreme ; It must be strong at home before It can be strong abroad. " It is for the full develop ment and maintenance of this strength at home that the writer appeals a strength which has come by and through protection , and which will re main with this nation as the result of steadfast persistence in the faith of the fathers who planned protection as the surest , the only , way to secure for their country absolute freedom , abso lute Independence , absolute prosperity. If for no other reason than to serve notice upon all whom It may concern that protectionists see nothing In ex isting conditions which suggests the wisdom of abandoning the American policy , but are , on the contrary , firmer : han ever In their adherence to that policy , Mr. Dlngley has done well to make public his views In the article n Gunton's from which we have quot ed. Protectionists know where they stand , and It Is well that the "ad vanced" theory expounders should also enow. NOT OVERPRODUCTION. UmliTOoiimimptlon Ciinned Our Troubles In Kr < Trntltt Times. Some of the free traders , like Mr. 3ryan anil Mr. Belmont. are still talk- ng about the "burdens" of the people. Other free traders , who ha\o sense enough to know that the people can't be fooled with any claptrap about "bur- lens" when they are in the wldst of such prosperity as exists today , when vork Is seeking the worker and when he Saturday night wage Is larger than t has ever been before , are looking about for somp more available weapon o use against the protective tariff. The mgaboo they present Is overproduction. This Is a more subtle argument than that of the "burden" criers , but not nore sound. Facts are quite as strong igalnat it. Farmers , manufacturers mil merchants all find a strong and steady demand for all their wares , and the prices are good. The demand for abor is unusually good , and Is on the ii'-rcase. These are not the signs of overproduction. People don't go on buying after they have had enough , and employers don't continue to hire more laborers when they have products enough on hand to satisfy existing de mands. The chances arc that the free traders aru not at all sincere In their cry against overproduction ; but , if they arc. It IB only further evidence of their utter Inability to understand economic principles. If the American people con sumed no more in times of Industrial activity , such as the present , than In Uni js of .Industrial depression , such as' the ypnrs from 1893 to 18G ! ) , overpro duction would be a reality. But Indus trial activity , with the Increased work and wage * which it means for every body , brings also increased consump tion on the part of everybody. AH we produce more and have , thefore. more of the wherewithal to buy , the more numerous are our wants and the great er our demands for the products of other workers. The economic system Is a system of Interdependence. The market for the Increased product In any one Industry l.s at hand In the Increased demands of the workers In every other Industry. Furthermore , If , instead of having more of the luxuries of life , we pre fer to lay up money , there are the world's markets to take the surplus products which we don't want for our selves. Our Increased and Increasing foreign trade shows that we are taking advantage of them. In any case , so long ns human nature Is what It Is ; so long as the more we can have the mote we want , there will be no overproduction. In free-trade days we have more than once suffered from underconsumption , but we have never yet had a case of overproduction and we are not likely to have such a case. Prmpprlty and KdiinUlon. From all over the country thcro arc reports that-the enrollments at public and private schools , from the primary grades to the universities , are larget this year than ever before. Some In crease might have been expected ns a result of the steady growth of popula tion , but the marked gain noted this season is much more largely due to the general prosperity of the country. Thus the good times that have resulted from wise national policies , from large crops and from good markets not only bring employment to all who seek it , not only afford good Investments for all who have money to Invest , not only Increase the earning power of both labor and capital and contribute to the comforts and necessities of daily life , but they open the way for more liberal educa tion. Children who had been forced to earn something for the family are re leased from their employment and sent to school. Young men and young women who have had but limited op portunities for higher education now find themselves able to attend the col leges and universities. The benefits of prosperity are Incalculable , but among them one of the greatest Is along edu cational lines. Kansas City Journal. Never Agalu. Wage Earner : "No , I thank you ; not any for me. 1 tried your game in JSi > : . ' , and know exactly how It works. Protection Is good enough for me. " A DoHtructlvo Itemed- . Since the election of McKinlcy pro duction has Increased at such a rate that the per .capita consumption in 1891) ) will probably be more than double that of the disastrous years under Cleveland. We can only maintain this rate of consumption by keeping our mills employed , and that can only be done by preventing the encroachments of foreigners , who are constantly try ing to break into and break down our market. If we dispense with protec tion we simply invite Germany and other countries where capital has been eft'ectlvely organized to drive our in dustries to the wall. No sane people will take such a risk. It the trusts become oppressive the American people ple will take them In hand and regu late them , but they will not commit the blunder of destroying the manu facturing industries of the country in a senseless effort to avert an evil which may be remedied by a resort to sensi ble methods. San Francisco Chroni cle. Truth UK to TnuU. Mr. Oxnard's statement that trusts ire the result of competition which has taken business beyond a paying point Is certainly the truth as applied to moat cases. Combinations are the law of present day tendencies , and It is only natural that when competition so reduced profits that there was nothing oft for the producer , combination should step In to prevent such a slaughter. This does not justify such combinations , but merely explains them. It also Indicates the foollsh- tess of connecting these results with the tariff. The greater trusts now in the United States were formed under the Gorman-Wilson tariff system. The greatest trusts In all history have been formed in other countries at other Imeii and under nothing ) n the shape of a protective tariff sysvem. Pcorla (111. ( ) Journal. TOO The laboring men who btlll cling to Brjanlsm should take into consldera- ion this fact : When Brjan made his irevlous tour through the country hey could go and hear him without oslug any time whatever from the Jobs hey didn't have. Now every indus- riously Inclined mechanic and day la- orer will have to "lay oft" from his ob or miss the speech. The lesson is Icar 'enough. Indianapolis Journal. ' = k ! TALK WITHOUT THINKING. ' ( t'copln Wit * Arctic That tlio Iteuiovnl of tlin Turin Would AholUh the Trunt * . That a free-trader Is a person who simply recites formulas without a thought as to their application la' ' again shown by the attitude of the remnant of the old Cobdenlto contin gent In the Chicago conference. Onu after one the votaries a man named Purdy from New York and u man named Holt from Boston and a man named Seymour from Chicago llko savage priests beating the temple gong , Intone solemnly the words , "Abolish the tariff and you abolish the trusts , " thump their breasts , bump their brows and retire Into the robing room. Not one of these men had apparently ever thought of the consequences of the practice proposed any more than he had examined the basis of the the ory propounded. He had heard that the tariff prevented competition , that a lack of competition created trusts nntl that trusts raised prices , and that , therefore , the lack of a tariff would prevent trusts and lower prices. Not one had ever tested the grounds of the major premise , nor noted the pat ent facts that the greatest trusts.are the unprotected Industries , and that the greatest Increase of prices has been In the most keenly competed indus tries. As with cause so with effect. Not one can possibly have considered for an Instant the Immediate result of the adoption by the government of the courte proposed. The American Sugar company and Its solitary rival are In all men'a minds when the subject of a trust In a protected Industry Is mentioned. Ijot us suppose the tariff abolished on this commodity. What would be the result of the Impact of the German , Austrian , French and Belgian goods upon the producers of the American goods ? Which would suffer the great com bination with its $50,000,000 capital. Us enormous reserve of undlvl'ded profits , its huge plants and consequently quently cheap output , or the single corporation which is fighting it ? Is it not plain that It would not bo the "trust" or combination of concerns which would succumb to this foreign competition , but the Individual con cern ? And what , then , would be the result ? We saw it here a little over a' year ago when the foreign steamship , companies formed a pool to wring double rates from the United States government for carrying the Spanish prisoners to their homes. The result would be the formation of that thing so completely irresponsible and wholly unconscionable In Its absolution from the governance of the public opinion of Its vicinage the international trust. We would have a thing whose ex cesses would be blamed In Germany upon the American sugar trust. And the healthful domestic competition , whjch Inside the tariff , with the aid ot jealous public sentiment , had regu lated the price of the commodity , would be extinct. Every step of these processes must be unavoidably plain to the most com monplace mind at the moment that It is concentrated on the subject. Yet gentlemen travel a thousand miles , considering their "problem" all the way , and never once putting their formulated solution to the most ob vious test of practice. There Is no barbarian religion more thoroughly benumbing to the mind than the out worn doctrines of free trade. New York Press. I'rosperlly for All. The editorial writer of the Gratlot Journal In last Issue said that "the prosperity of the country had not reached the middle and lower classes of society , " and then proceeded to got off a canned article on trusts. The Journal writer knows , If he has given the matter any attention , that even Ithaca factories are running on fuller time than they were during the last administration. There isn't a farmer in the vicinity of Ithaca that isn't getting more for his cattle , sheep and other stock. There Isn't a workingman - man in the country that can't get work if he wants It , and at good wages. Thn iron mines , the iron mills are hus tling their hardest , something they weren't doing in ' 94-9G. Think ot it ! Big factories refusing orders because they are already filled up for three years to come , with their mills run ning on double time , and then have some one here yell out that the mid- lie and lower-classes are not feeling the better times. St. Louis ( Mich. ) Republican-Leader. Arc TliBro Any So Illlnil ? Ten thousand dollars paid to work ing men and women by four Xenia fac tories last Saturday. "The butcher , the baker and the candlestick maker" ; the dry goods dealer and the grocer ; the clothier , the shoe dealer and the printer ; and every line of trade , and the landlord , each got part of this money. Within a few hours it had passed from hand to hand and had bought the necessaries of life to rauko home comfortable and happy. This la what internal industries do for a na tion. This is what the Republican party has long and bravely fought for protection to American industries. IB there a man or woman in our com munity so blind as to not see that these should be fostered ? Xenia ( O ) Gazette. How line Not Popular. Mr. Bryan Is against trusts , hut ho hasn't said yet what he would do to throttle them wore he elected presi dent. And It may bo necessary for him to outline a policy before the people Place their undivided confidence in hid ability. Mere howling Isn't popular any more. The voters , are too UIIBV with the new McKInley prosperity to listen -declamation. . Wlnch'estnr Standards . UM , r _ ; of tv tlK llII II IIr k