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But all thoughts of si stroll in the
/own / had entirely forsaken him now.
Ho also , like Miss Luttrell , had sud
I' ' i denly been seized with a longing for
a quiet afternoon under the trees , in
his case to pursue an interesting de
bate in the Times ; and , with this idea
in view , he immcdialcly turned away
from the window , caught up the first
paper which came to his hand , and
went out into the hall. Yet five min
utes later , aa he sauntered leisurely
across the lawn , glaclng cursorily from
side to side , a slight feeling of guilt
for the first time came over him as
a gap in the trees revealed a glimpse
of a familiar white parasol.
Fiddlesticks ! Because Miss Luttrell
had chosen to bring her book into the
garden was no reason why any of thy
nlher Inmates of the "Royal George"
should not feel something of the
same inclination.
Ruminating thus , the Major moved
slowly on his way , passing first one
enticingly shady nook and then an
other , until he reached a high over
hanging bush about 20 yards from the
group of trees which Miss Luttrell had
selected , where he threw himself down
upon the dry burned-up grass and gave
himself up to the delights of a peace
ful summer afternoon.
And yet , as he took out his cigar-
case and lighting a fresh cigar , glanc
ed casually down the columns of the
newspaper , it was evident that some
thing besides the perusal of the Times
had brought him to that secluded spot ,
or lie would have at least exhibited
some annoyance when , instead of find
ing himself in possession of that star
of London daily literature , he discov
ered himself aimlessly scrutinizing the
visitors' list and the many advertise-
aicnls which occupied at least two-
thirds of the Saltcliffe Chronicle.
No wonder therefore that after some
minutes he quietly discarded it , and.
lying back on the soft green sward ,
tilted his hat far over his eyes and
prepared to enjoy the perfect calm
ness of the day.
But half an hour had passed quietly ;
his feelings of perplexity had given
place to hopelessness , and hopeless
ness to a general sense of lassitude ,
which had brought him to that stage
when the sights and sounds around
him had grown vague and indistinct ,
and before long he was traveling
.peacefully in the land of sleep.
Thus he was quite unconscious of
the fact that a little black French
poodle had discovered him and had
sniffed suspiciously round him for two
&r three minutes , and also quite 1111-
tonscious that , when that little black
French poodle had disappeared , his
.cigar-case , which had been lying on
the grass at his elbov * had disappear
ed also.
Meanwhile Miss Luttrell , who had
comfortably ensconced herself in a
large bamboo chair , was deeply ab
sorbed in the thrilling incidents of
her three-volume novel. So deeply was
she absorbed indeed that she had not
the remotest idea that Major Brown
hart even crossed the lawn , or that
Sambo , who had been lying on the
rug at her feet , had grown tired of
making little grabs at the army of
gnats and flies which had been hov
ering round "his head and had gone
trotting off to pay a visit to that hap
less individual.
Yet , when he returned again and
ccttled himself in silence by her side
a silence which was perhaps ominous
of coming evil from the very fact
thft any unusual calmness upon Sam
bo's part generally foreboded mischief
-she bent forward and , raising her
book asked what he
eyes from her ,
was doing.
"Sambo ! " .
Horror and dismay were depicted
upon her countenance , her tones were
pied with the keenest reproach , as
her chair and
she snrang up from
paused In consternation at the sight
which met her eyes.
CHAPTER V.
There was Master Sambo literally
surrounded by a mixed collection of
cigars and cigarettes , whilst between
his paws was calmly reposing a sil
ver-mounted Russian leather cigar-
case , at which he was gnawing with
apparently as much enjoyment as if
it had been one of the most tasty
bones.
"Sambo , where did you get it ? Oh ,
you bad dog ! Whose in the world can
it be ? "
In an Instant Evelyn had seized hold
of the cigar-case and dragged it away
from the poodle's clutches , but , alas ,
not before the whole of the leather
had become indented with well-defin
ed tooth-marks , whilst one of the cor-
neia had bopn entirely uibb ed away !
"We'l , Sambo , you have quite sur-
pas ed yourself this time ! "
Evelyn held up the cigar-case before
the culprit with a threatening air , and
then gave him a couple of small pats
with it on his two front paws.
But what was she to do about it ?
To whom could it belong ? That was
moie to the point than scolding Sam
bo. She raised her head and looked
round anxiously , but drew back as
her eyes fell upon a familiar form.
"Sambo , surely you have never
touched anything of that man's ? "
Yet , as she gave a hurried glance
at the initials engraved upon one side
of the case , her heart sank within her.
Yes it was too true.
Should she make her escape into the
house , and leave Sambo , surrounded
by the litter , to settle his own diffi
culties ? It would certainly be the
easiest thing to do ; but certainly that
Sambo was her own dog , and that she
was responsible for his actions , would
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LYING BACK ON THE GREEN SWARD.
not it be rather a mean way of get
ting out of the mischief ? She took
up her book and set off with Sambo.
"This will be a very good lest as to
whether he is an educated man , " mus
ed Evelyn. "Common people can nev
er disguise their feelings. Anyhow , it
has to be done ; so come along , Sam
bo , and bear the brunt of his wrath ! "
And , with an admirable assumption of
indifference , as if prepared for any
reception , Miss Luttrell braced herself
up for the encounter and advanced
slowly towards the recumbent form of
the Major , who was still lying stretch
ed at full length beneath the shade of
the overhanging trees.
But , as she reached his side and
was just about to begin a carefully
prepared apolog3 * she paused , then
hurriedly drew hack , for the gallant
Major was still indulging in the pro
verbial "forty winks. "
Must she wake him ? No decided
ly not ; it would never do to disturb
his slumbers. Any annoyance that he
might feel would be ten times increas
ed if he was so summarily roused. Be
sides cogitated Evelyn with a sigh of
relief at the thought of a respite , if
he were accustomed to dropping off to
sleep in that way nobody could pos
sibly be held accountable for what in
the meanwhile might happen to his
belongings. She would put the cigar-
case down by his side , and then well ,
she might as well go into the hotel
and think of what course to adopt
next. It would not be nearly so dis
agreeable to confess that Sambo was
the delinquent if at the same time she
could provide him with another cigar-
case the. facsimile of his own. This
new idea seemed so preferable to her
first one that , as she stepped forward
to place the case on the grass by his
side , her heart almost ceased beating
in her anxiety not to wake him. It
was therefore with aa expression of
absolute dismay , which could scarcely
have been more suggestive of guilt
had she been detected in the act of
committing some heinous crime , that ,
as the Major suddenly opened his eyes ,
she started back , and , dropping the
cigar-case at her feet , stood the pic
ture of hopeless confusion.
"I I am so dreadfully sorry ! " she
stammered , thoroughly taken aback.
" 1 hope I have not disturbed you. "
"Disturbed me ! " echoed the Major ,
looking perfectly mystified. "Oh , dear
r.o not at all ! " He had sprung to his
feet , and , raising his hat , was vainly
trying to collect his scattered senses.
"The fact is I had come to ask you
if you have lost anything , " began Eve
lyn hesitatingly , looking round help-
and forgetting in tote the calm
dignified apology which she had in
tended to make ; "because 1 am afraid
my dog has been doing some dreadful
mischief. "
"Really ? " returned the Major. "It
Is very good of you , I am sure. But
what has your dog been doing ? Is
it anything so very serious ? "
"Well , yes that is what he has
done ! " answered Evelyn , with a rueful
glance at the cigar case , the dilapi
dated state of which planly told its
own tale. "And now I want to know
if it belongs to you , as , if so , I cannot
tell how I am to apologize for Sam
bo's dreadful behavior. Where he dis
covered it , and how he came into pos
session of it , I have 110 idea , as I
found it in his mouth only about a
minute ago ; but - "
"Then do 'not trouble , please ! " said
Major Brown courteously. "It is
mine , certainly ; but it does not matter -
tor in the least. What is of more im
portance is , lias he eaten any of it ?
Because I should think that Russian
leather is not the easiest thing in the
world to digest. "
"No. " Evelyn gave a dubious shake
of her head. "Sambo knows better
tlian to swallow anything of the kind.
He is too fond of gnawing my shoes
not to have learnt by experience that
leather is a bad thing for his diges
tion. "
"Ah so this is not his first of
fense ? " He asked the question anx
iously fearing each moment Miss Lut
trell would bring the interview abrupt
ly to a close by walking off imperious
ly with her head elevated as she had
done on the pievious morning.
"Oh , dear , no ! He destroys some
thing every day ; but as a rule , he
takes care not to spoil anything that
does not belong to me. That is one
good thing , or he would be evcrlast-
ii gly in disgrace. "
"I see ; he evidently considers it a
sort of mark of esteem , which ho re
serves entirely for his mistress , " was
the Major's reply , made in a some
what speculative tone. "If that is
the case , I must look upon myself as ,
an honored individual , since he has
condescended to bestow his attention
upon something of mine. Come , Sam
bo , shake hands. "
"Yes , Sambo put out your paw and
bhake hands like a gentleman , and say
j ou are sorry for what you have done.
But please let me have that unfortu
nate cigar-case , " she added suddenly ,
coloring slightly , as the Major bent
forward to take up the remains of that
once elegant article. "There will bo
so many different kinds , I suppos * * .
and , if possible , Sambo would like to
jfet another exactly like it. "
"It is very kind of him. I am sure"
there was a gleam of amusement in his
eyes "but , all the same , I shall value
this one far more than I ever could
a new one of Sambo's choosing : and ,
if I may be allowed , I shall always
keep it in remembrance of him and"
here he hesitated and glanced down
admiringly at the disturbed pretty face
before him "his mistress ! "
And so at last Fate had been kind
to him.
As , five minutes later , the Major
tucked his newspaper under his arm
and took a leisurely stroll round the
garden , he came to the conclusion that ,
even had the French poodle devoured
a hundred cigar-cases , he would have
been perfectly compensated by that
rathei short interview with Miss Ltit-
ticll of Luttrell court.
( To be continued. )
\Yhat Sleeplessness Mi-ans.
Medical scientists have now demon
strated that a brain cell actually loses
part cf its substance during action.
T'lie cell of the exhausted brain , in
stead of being plump and full of nerv
ous matter , is found to be hollowed-
out , or "vacuolated , " a cavity having
formed without its substance , which
has become filled with water. This
means that a part of the cell substance
has been actually consumed , precisely
as coal is consumed when one gets heat
trom a furnace. It has been found that
if an animal whose brain cells are thus
exhausted be permitted to sleep , its
t-elis readily recuperate , new material
is supplied from the blood until the
cell is as good as new. The brain of a
person , therefore , who is beset by
s'lecplessnoss is in the condition of a
locomotive which runs night and day
without going to the repair-shop.
Science Sittings.
Ted bv the Kye.
A lady went into a pastry cook's
shop the other day. On the counter
were displayed all sorts of toothsome
dainties. The only attendant was a
little girl about 10 years of age. "Isn"t
it a great temptation to you my dear , "
asked the lady , "to see all those nice
things ? You must always be wanting
to eat them. " "Oh , no , ina'ain , " was
the answer ; "it is enough for me to
see them made. "
Ail Innovation
"In our house , " said the base ball
crank with a new baby , "the rules of
the game are reversed. Four barwls
put me off my base. " Philadelphia
North American.
The reason why some persons are so
quiet is that they only say what they
think.
FIGHTIMPBOTECTION
DEMOCRATS WILL MAKE THE
TARIFF AN ISSUE.
Its Kcpcal or Modlflriitlon Demanded
on the I'rotext That in Thiu AVny
Alone Can the Trust lioltlom Ho
Su cress fully Suited.
Will the tariff be made a conspic
uous Issue among the questions to be
submitted to public adjudication in the
presidential campaign of 1900 ? Opin
ion ] varies widely on this point. By
many ' the belief is expressed that in
the light of the splendid prosperity
that has followed the restoration of
the protective policy , and in view of
the enormous extension of our for
eign trade that has taken place con
currently with the unrestricted opera
tion of that policy , the Democratic par
ty in its next national platform will
not have the hardihood to reopen the
tariff question , but will discreetly re
frain from any agitation thereof.
Among those who hold to this belief
we find the New York Sun very posi
tive and emphatic. After pointing to
the splendid showing made in the sta
tistics of our exports of domestic man
ufactures wherefrom it appears that ,
after deducting the exports of mineral
oil and copper from the unexampled to
tal of ? 338GG7,794 for the last fiscal
year , the net exports of products in
which labor cost forms a higher per
centage than in these relatively crude
articles reached in 1899 the sum of
$252,000,000 , a gain of $165,400,000 in
ten years the Sun announces this con
clusion :
"The prosperity of our manufac
tures , indicated by these statistics , re
moves the tiresome and mischievous
tariff controversy from the field of
politics , for the time being at least ,
and relegates it to the purely academic
discussion where only it has always
belonged in this country. It did not
appear in the campaign of 189 ( > , and
it will not appear in the campaign of
1900. The ridiculous and disastrous re
sult of it after the campaign of 1892
has warned the Demociatic party to
let it alone. "
Almost at the identical moment
when the Sun writer was engaged in
recording the conviction that the facts
of trade and commerce and the disas
ters which resulted from the cam
paign of 1S92 would compel the re
moval of "the tiresome and mischiev
ous tariff controversy from the field
cf politics , for the time being at least , "
and would "relegate it to the purely
academic discussion where only it has
always belonged in this country , " a
body of orthodox Democrats were hold
ing their state convention in Iowa. In
the platform adopted by this body of
orthodox Democrats , without a dis
senting vote or voice , we find the fol
lowing :
"We view with alarm the multipli
cation of those combinations of capi
tal commonly known as trusts , that
are concentrating and monopolising
industry , crusning out independent
producers of limited means , destroy
ing competition , restricting opportuni
ties for labor , artificially limiting pro
duction and raising prices , and creat
ing an industrial condition different
from state socialism only in the re
spect that under socialism the benefits
of production would go to all , while
under the trust system they go to in
crease the fortune of these institu
tions. These trusts and combinations
ar the direct outgrowth cf the policy
of the Republican party , which has not
only favored these institutions , but
has accepted their support , and solic
ited their contributions to aid that par
ty in retaining power which has placed
a burden ot taxation upon those who
labor and produce in time of peace
and who fignt our battles in time of
war , while the wealth of the country-
is exempted from these burdens.
"We condemn this policy , and it is
our solemn conviction that the trusts
must be destroyed or they will destroy
free government , and we demand that
they be suppressed by the icpeal of
tpp piotective tariff and other privi
lege-conferring legislation responsible
for them and by the enactment of such
legislation , state and national , as will
aid in their destruction. "
Does this look as though the tariff
controversy was going to be lifted out
of politics and relegated to academic
discussion ? The Iowa Democratic
state convention did not think so. We
would gladly share the confidence of
the New York Sun as to the disappear
ance of the tariff from among the live
issues of the campaign of next year ,
but the facts and probabilities wholly
fail to justify that agreeable anticipa
tion. On the contrary , the facts and
probabilities point unerringly toward
a savage and determined attack on the
tariff all along the Democratic line. At
the present writing nothing appears
more certain than that from this time
on every Democratic state convention
will present the Iowa declaration in
some form or other , and that the re
peal or modification of the Dingley
tariff will be demanded in the national
Democratic platform.
Hard Times for OIKChiss. .
The effects of a protective tariff are
probably felt nowhere in the country
more than in Pittsburg. Onsequently
the following statistics , compiled by
the New York World , are of more than
passing interest : Area of Pittsburgh
industrial Klondike , ISO square miles ;
number of industries being operated on
full time , US ; number of men em
ployed in these , embracing all classes ,
270,000 ; average wages per day , $2.15 ;
range of wages , $1.75 to $7 per day ;
number of idle men , none , except from
sickness ; number of mills and facto
ries unable to run full time by reason
of scarcity of labor. CO ; railroads un
able to move freight promptly because
the traffic is CO per cent lar ar .than
all the freight cars in service ; gross
dally value of trade in industrial Klon
dike. $ G,000,000.
When it is remembered that the fore-
'going statements are published by a
journal that has lost no opportunity
for denouncing and ridiculing the
Dingley tariff bill , they form pretty
good evidence that there is more com
fort in the present situation for Indus
trial toilers than for free-trade theo
rists. And it should also be remem
bered that most industries throughout
the country are nearly if not quite as
active as those of Pittsburg. These
are hard times only for those who are
hunting anti-tariff arguments. Pitts
burg Commercial Gazette.
The TficKlnlpy Policy
It is American first , last and all the
time. It never halts , never hesitates ,
whether the question be the defense of
American industries or the defense of
American dignity. McKinleyism and
Americanism are synonymous terms.
The one involves the other. Listen to
what the president of the United
States said in his address before the
Catholic summer pchool tit Plattsburg ,
N. Y. , Aug. 13 , 1899 :
"The flag symbolizes our purposes
and our aspirations ; it represents what
we believe and what we mean to main
tain , and wherever it floats it is the flag
of the free , the hope of the oppressed ;
and wherever it is assailed , at any sac
rifice it will be carried to a triumphant
peace. "
This utterance was greeted with
ringing cheers all the reports agree
in saying. Its lofty purport appealed
instantly to the intelligent minds to
which it was addresed. It appeals to
every true American throughout the
country consecrated to freedom and
progiess. It ought to make the small
coterie of "fire-in-the-rear" anti-Amer
icans feel smaller and smaller.
They Will lie It
The family of trusts doubtless needs
regulation. Provision has already
been made to control pools and com
binations in restriction of trade and
the like , but the problem still to be
solved is : What interfeience can t'io
government interpose against large
capitalizations against the outright
purchase of many i5mall concerns for
the purpose of concentiating and sim-
j.Hfying management , cheapening pro
duction and enlarging trade ? Mean
while the parentage of trusts is still .n
doubt , even though the protective tar
iff has been cleared of responsibility
for the progeny , but there is r-Msoa
to believe that trusts are simply the
outgrowth of business enterprise.
Kansas City ( Kan. ) Journal.
C'.iu-iO for Chastened Sitlf > f.ictoii.
It
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f ffftS - 'L M fr-r- -
John Bull We don't worry about
merchandise balances so long as our
deficit is made good by returns on for
eign investments and profits on our
ocean carrying trade.
Uncle Sam Well , if you're satisfied
we arp ; but what is to become of
British industries if your American
debtors keep on increasing their pay
ments to you in the shape of manu
factured goods , in place of raw niate-
Tlejond the A
Mr. Havemeyer's emphatic assertion
that a high protective tariff is the
mother of trusts will be seized upon
by the Democratic free traders as a
choice morsel of wisdom and the othe.-
features of his rather noteworthy tes
timony ignored by them. His view of
n election is distinctively Democratic
and might have been written by the
author of the famous Wilson bill. The
value and effectiveness of a protective
tariff to the country has got bejonJ
the argumentative stage with the people
ple , who look to results more than to
theories , and what Mr. Havemej-er
thinks or says upon the subject will
have little or no weight with them.
Seattle ( Wash. ) Post-Intelligencer.
Itenelltft the TVorklnsrnian.
It would be as foolish to blame par
ents who have reared a child in the
best possible manner for his turning
to evil ways after he has grown to
manhood , as to blame the tariff for
building up a splendid American indus
try , giving emplojment to 30,000 Amer
ican workingmen , because avaricious
men secure control of it and enter into
a wicked combination. Combination or
not , the tin plate trust can make no
money without employing the work
ingmen and paying them for their
labor. Tacoma ( Wash. ) Ledger.
The Deep. Full Hrcath.
The year 1899 may be considered as
the time of our "second wind. " Last
year we took a deep breath of protec
tion prosperity and eclipsed all pre
vious records. This year there was
nothing to do but to eclipse 1S9S , and
we proceeded to do it. We have taken
in the full , deep breath which alway- ,
carries the runner in a race to vic
tory. Our commercial rivals may a =
well drop out , for the close of 1899
will see the United States the winner
by a good margin in the industrial con
test.
The Mother of Iniltufry.
K Mr. Ilavemeycr had called the
protective tariff the "motner ot indus
try" Instead of the "mother of trusts , "
he would have been stating a truth In
stead of putting forth a lie. The num
ber of factories which have been re
opened after years of idleness , the
number of plants which have been ex
tended , the number of mills which
have been enlarged In the brief time
during which the Dingley law has been
in operation are beyond computation.
The number of new mills opened , of
new business enterprises started and
of ne\v Industries established can only
be estimated. The full number will
never be accurately counted. And the
showing of this short time has been
but a brilliant repetition of the his
tory of the two short years during
which the McKinley law was in full
torce and effect.
To go further back than that , prac
tically every industry in the country
owes Its existence to the policy of pro
tection. When the colonies separated
from Great Britain there was not a
single Industry oi any consequence on
this side of the ocean , thanks to the
policy pursued by the ruling country
There never would have been any In
dustries established if early American
statesmen had been of the stripe of o
Bryan , or Cleveland , or other free I ;
traders. American enterprise would"
have had no show at all against tlu >
well-established and powerful indus
tries of England. But through the
adoption of the policy of a protective
tariff American industries were estab
lished ; through that same policy they
have been developed to their present
unrivaled proportions ; and through it
American industries are today bcintf
extended and increased , and the United
States is fast increasing the lead which
It already has in commercial affairs
over all the other nations of the world.
Xortliwrhtcrii IIar\ett Hands.
The farmers of the Northwest a
kicking again , but it is a different kind
of a kick from that of three years ago.
In those days of ' 96 , when lamenta
tions for the crime of ' 73 filled the air
of the Northwest , the burden of com
plaint was scarcity of work , scarcity of
dollars and the too large purchasing
capacity of the dollar when acquired
because of the cheapness of everything
This year the times are out of joint for
the farmers because of the scarcity of
mm to work in the harvest fields
Wages aie offered ranging fiom ? 2.f.u X :
a day and board lor common harvest
hands to $ G a day for threshing ma
chine engineers , and even at the.
figures it is well nigh impossible to
get mm enough to do the work. Every
body able to work seems to be having
something else to do that is more con
genial or more profitable than harvest
field work. If Brother Bryan would
make a tour of the Northwest at this
tme he could expound 1C to 1 16 jobs
looking for every idle man , and his ex /
planation of the phenomenon would bo f
interesting in view of the doctrines hft
preached in the last campaign year. r I
Grand Rapids ( Mich. ) Herald.
A Transient Commercial Crust * .
If we believed that the creation of
trusts would be a permanent feature
of our economic system , we mignt
share in the alarm expressed by sonic
timid persons. We do not ; we re
gard them cs a merely transient com
mercial craze , which will die of ex
haustion. The commerce of this coun
try is altogether too great to be kept
under control by any one set of men
acting upon a single industry. Th1
trade of the United States has passed
that stage just as it has passed th *
stage when the wheat product of thi- .
country can be cornered. Seattle
( Wash. ) Post-Intelligencer.
"Work Sei-ks the Man.
The following advertisement appear- ?
conspicuously in a leading northwest
ern newspaper of recent date :
"Wanted Laborers are needed in
the harvest fields of Minnesota and e
pccialJy in tne Dakotas. Harvest wi'l '
soon begin , to be followed by thresh
ing. Good wages are offered and low
rates of transportation are offered by
the railroads. Here is an opportunity
for all that are unemployed. St. Paul
( Minn. ) Pioneer-Press. "
This is a time when work seeks thf >
man , and no man need search for
work. It is a time of McKinley anu
prosperity.
Two of a Kind.
The devil rebuking sin and Mr.
Havemeyer , the president of the sugar
trust , rebuking trusts , are two of a
kind. When the devil is recognized a.- ,
authority in ethics Mr. Havemeyer may
be recognized as authority on trusts.
Not until then will intelligent Ameri
can voters be influenced against a pro
tective tariff by the railing against
trusts by the president of one of the
greatest trusts on the American con
tinent. Freepcrt (111. ( ) Journal.
IVell Done !
The Iowa Republicans took no back-
vard step when they indorsed in decided -
cided fashion the administration of
President McKinley and the colonial
policy. Sound money was placed in
the foreground , the Dingley tariff rp-
proved , and the trusts denounced.
When the roll of all the states his
been called , it will be a unaniinou.
"well done" which he will have rp-
ceived. Grand Rapids ( Mich. ) Her
ald.
A Tjpical Contortionist.
The free trader is a nimble insect
He formerly told us that "if you have
a protective tariff you can't sell to
foreign countries. " He now says : "The
fact that we are selling so many manu
factured goods abroad proves that we
do not need a protective tariff. " Some
circus ought to have this contortion-
I ? * , Beaten (111. ( ) Republican.