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CHAPTER III
Love In Danger
A bright beautiful mornlag with r
gentle breeze sweeping down the frag
rance of flower and shrub from the
mountain slope Ulin had eaten her
breakfast and with Albia by her side
sat upon an open window gazing out
upon the park of fountains As she
thus sat the slave woman Calypso en
tered the apartment and announced
that the robber wished to see the Lady
UHn
What robber asked the princess
The same one that came yester
day
Ulin did not stop to think whether
the visit would be pleasant or other
wise The man had signified his pur
pose and as he was master in the pal
ace she had no idea of opposing him
Calypso withdrew and presently af
terwards the robber entered He came
in with the same noble step and bear
ing the same pleasant genial face
and with the same look and salute of
reverence and respect
I truBt that the Lady Ulin has pass
ed a quiet night he said in deep sin
cerity
I have rested well sir she re
plied
Good I am glad of that I feared
you might have bad dreams
Not many sir
Ah and did you have any such
Not not many
You dreamt that Julian was a de
mon eh
No no sir my dreams were not
-of him
I hope sweet lady that you dream
ed not darkly of me
No sir It was of
The maiden hesitated and seemed
-troubled but her visitor came to her
assistance
Never mind lady I meant not to
inquire Into the secret twinings of
-your mind I only hoped that I had
-not been unfortunate enough to ex
alte the apprehension of your slumber
ing fancies
He smiled as he spoke at the same
-time moving a step nearer and then
adding
I am glad you have not suffered
-from our coming for I have the more
courage to ask you if you will see
-Julian
You said you would accompany
him sir
Yes
Then I may as well see him at on
-time as another You may inform him
-that the lady Ulin rests her safety and
honor in his manhood
He has been so informed fair
lady
Then let him come
Gentle lady pardon me if I have
led you upon a fanciful way of
-thought I am Julian I am he whom
-men call the Scourge of Damascus
And now I crave your indulgence but
-still I shall bow most humbly to your
-commands At your word I leave this
apartment yet I should like to speak
a little further I should like to ex
plain more fully why I am here
Was Ulin frightened Not at all
She was startled when she first knew
that the man before her was the dread
ful Scourge of whom she had heard
so much but it was an emotion of as
tonishment At first she could hardly
Relieve that she had heard the truth
You Julian she murmured gaz
ling into his face
Aye lady And then he added
-with a smile I suppose you expected
to find me black and ugly like the
ioul genii whom Solomon imprisoned
in the sea Am I right
I did not think you were Julian
-the maiden said after some hesitation
As she spoke she seemed to gain new
confidence and composure and pres
ently she added r had heard so much
-of your terrible deeds that I expected
to find a
A monster suggested Julian help
ing her out
Not exactly that returned Ulin
-with a smile though I am free to
confess that I should not have been
eo much surprised as I have been if
1 had seen a worse looking man
Thank you cried the robber
laughing I shall take that as a com
pliment and lay it up among the most
-precious of my recollections I under
stand you so upon this point I need
only assure you that I am Julian and
-that I must own the somewhat dubious
-title which has been bestowed upon
-me And now lady may I sit here
for a few moments and speak with
yor further
The very thing Ulin had been upon
-the point of suggesting She did not
like to see him standing before her
nor was she anxious that he should
leave her She had a strong curiosity
-to hear him speak further There was
something in the appearance of the
-youthful adventurer that deeply Inter
ested her She bade him be seated
and then without intending to be
heard she murmured
So young
Aye lady he said catching the
-whispered words I am young
younger perhaps than I look Only
three-and-twenty years have cast their
shadows upon me At that age the
youth of the city just breaking from
the bonds of parental restraints as a
child but with me it has been differ
ent A parent I never knew A kind
generous woman who was my nurss
took the place of a mother durin my
earliest childhood and a white haired
A Story of
the East
By
SYLVANUS
COBB JR
old man who lived apart from the
world gave me my first lessons of
life and led me up till I could protect
myself A fathers fostering care I
never knew A mothers love I never
realized The cruel blow which shat
tered the cup of my joys killed my
poor mother ere my tongue could lisp
her name As I grew to manhood I
knew that I was an orphan and that
my misfortune was the work of the
King of Damascus O how the iron
settled Into my soul I had grown
strong and resolute as though heaven
would enable me to work retribution
upon the tyrant Do you ask me if I
enjoy the life I have led I answer
I have made enjoyments for myself I
have felt a peculiar satisfaction in
knowing that the king feared me
When I have heard my name spoken
by the rich and powerful with fear
and trembling I have liked It and
when I have known that Horam dread
ed my approach I have felt that my
labors were not without their result
But these have not been my joys In
Damascus the name of Julian is a ter
ror but there are other places where
that name is spoken with love and
gratitude Upon the plains of Abilene
and in the mountain passes of Leban
on where the busy craftsmen prepare
timber for Jerusalem there Julian is
hailed as a friend and benefactor The
grim satisfaction of torturing the
cruel King of Damascus Is tempered
and softened by the calmer atmos
phere of these friendly regions
Why did Ulin sit so still and listen
with such rapt attention to the words
of the speaker She bent her head as
though soft music were stealing oer
her senses and she gazed upon the
man before her as though a grand in
spiring picture had been unfolded to
her vision His words carried truth in
their very sound and all her sympa
thies had been aroused She was a
woman whose nature had not been
warped by art and the avenues to her
soul were guarded only by the pure
instincts of virtue and humanity Not
always the safest guard but still the
happiest when surrounding influences
are not evil
And now lady pursued Julian I
must tell you why I am here and in
doing this I speak only those words
necessary to the truth On my way
from the plains I met a messenger
who informed me that a fair maiden
had been shut up In the Palace of the
Valley I could not believe that a beau
tiful young virgin had willingly given
herself to the desires of Horam I
thought she had been shut up thus
against her own pleasure With this
belief I resolved to release her The
result you know I have heard your
story from the lips of the black slave
who attends upon you and she in
forms me that you are affianced to the
king by your own consent and without
any desires on your part to the con
trary Is it so
The slave told you truly sir re
plied Ulin bowing her head and
speaking in a very low tone
And you came here to this pace of
your own free will
Yes sir My period of mourning
was not passed and the king brought
me hither that I might be more re
tired
And but for the death of your
mother you would have been the
kings wife ere this
Ulin replied in the affirmative but
her voice trembled and she seemed to
shudder at the thought thus presented
Lady said Julian showing some
emotion which he evidently did not
mean to show for my seeming wrong
I most humbly beg your pardon I had
thought to wrest from the grasp of the
king one who was an unwilling cap
tive but since I find myself mistaken
I will do all I can to make amends A
And said the robber rising to his
feet it is better that I should leave
you at once
He stopped and swept his hand
across his brow and when he resumed
his speech was very low and his voice
tremulous
This has been a most strange ad
venture and as I now look upon it
it SttCms as though some mischievous
sprite nad planned It As I live I
thought when I came hither but such
as I have told you of I have met you
lady and for the first time in my life
I have felt my heart drawn warmly
towards my native city Henceforth
there will be something in Damascus
towards which my thoughts will turn
with other sentiments than those of
bitterness Lady Ulin we may never
meet again In this moment of our
strange companionship may I not take
you by the hand
She could not have refused had she
wished but that she had no wish so
to do was evident from the free and
friendly manner in which she arose to
meet him She gave him her hand
and suffered him to raise it to his lips
Dear lady should we never meet
again I trust that you will bear one
kindly thought of Julian If you are
forced to think of the wrongs he
has done let a memory of the wrongs
he has suffered be some extenuation
Bless you lady All good spirits
guard and protect you and peace be
thine forevermore Farewell
He turned and was gone Ulin felt
a warm spot upon her hand a drop of
moisture a tear She gazed upon it
and knew that it came not from her
eye It fell there -with the kiss- A
w
strange tribute from the Scourge of
Damascus
Albia I think I shall never flee
that man again but I shall remember
him with emotions far removed from
fear or terror
You will remember him as little
as possible my mistress said the
slave girl taking a seat close by Ulins
side and resting her hand upon her
arm
What mean you Albia Why
should my memory be narrowed or
shortened
Because you are to have a husband
who will demand your every thought
and feeling Horam Is deeply versed
in all the secrets of the female heart
and his eyes will not sleep while you
have a thought which he does not
understand
Indeed Albia cried the princess
with a look of amazement you mis
understand me
If such be the case replied the
girl very quietly you will forgive me
for what I have said and of Julian
we will think no more
Ah was it so Had Ulin been mis
understood Had the keen eyed Albia
been mistaken Would there be no
more thought of Julian
The day passed away and towards
evening Aswad returned from the moun
tains He said he had not fled from
fear of the robbers but that when he
saw that defeat was inevitable he had
sought safety from capture so that he
might communicate with Damascus
Perhaps he old the truth At all
events he resumed his command and
once more posted his guards about the
valley and then came to assure the
princess that she was safe
It was in the evening just as the
last gleams of day were fading out
and before the lamps had been lighted
at that season when the thoughts
are most apt to wander and strange
fancies visit the mind
e
It was not to be that Ulin should
spend the alloted time at the Palace
of the Valley The king had heard of
the attack of Julian and he came
with a large army to bear the princess
away from a place which was no
longer safe He was somewhat sur
prised when he found that the Scourge
of Damascus had been within the pal
ace and had withdrawn again and
when he had heard the story from
Calypso he ordered one half the pal
ace guadsmen to be executed within
the valley
The maiden had heard from Calypso
of the bloody deed which had been
done by the kings order and when she
knew that he was coming she declar
ed her intention of refusing to see
him But Albia persuaded her to a
different course
As you value your future welfare
plead the bondmaiden so must you
behave before the king If you would
live in peace let him have no occasion
to mistrust your real feelings He is
coming Beware
The warning was most seasonable
and Ulin by obeying it so conducted
herself that Horam thought she only
suffered from the dreadful fright oc
casioned by the appearance of the ter
rible Julian He spoke to her words of
cheer and assurance and announced
his purpose of carrying her back to
Damascus
We will rest tonight sweet love
he said and on the morrow you shall
find a safer shelter
Ulin gazed upon the wrinkled face
and upon the quaking limbs and upon
the sparse gray hairs and she could
not repress a shudder She looked
upon the thin hard hands of the mon
arch and they seemed covered with
blood She watched him as he depart
ed with her father and when he had
gone she sank down and leaned her
head upon Albias bosom
O she murmured I fear that I
have undertaken more than I can ac
complish I cannot be that mans
wife I never knew him until now He
will kill me
Peace whispered the bondmaid
en But she whispered in vain
To be Continued
ECCENTRIC WILLS
Benjamin Franklin Left a Small Sam
Which Is Now Available
When Benjamin Franklin died in
1790 he left a small sum of money
which was not to be used until the
twentieth century His gift is at last
available and the sum now amounts
to 375000 having been invested at
compound interest says the Pittsburg
Press The trustees of the Franklin
fund have decided to use the money
for the erection of a Franklin insti
tute in Franklin square Boston Curi
ous provisions made by will are more
common than one would suppose
Within the last few months there have
been several examples of eccentric dis
posals of property To one young
woman has been left 25000 by her
brother under the express condition
that she neither marries nor becomes
a nun If the conditions are not ful
filled the money is to be distributed
among other relatives To his three
daughters an Italian who recently died
left 500 a year each if they remained
single and 2500 each a year if they
married A late member of the En
glish parliament left by will to his two
daughters 720000 with the provision
that the money is only to be payable If
they attain the age of 35 years without
marrying either a citizen of the
United States or a Hebrew
A new claimant for the fortune left
by the composer Verdi has appeared
He is a farmer named Verdilivlng near
Athens Greece He says that the
Verdi family came originally from the
east one branch establishing Itself at
Athens and the other going on to
Italy and that he is the closest surviv
ing relative of the deceased composer
NO TAKIEF KEYISION
REPUBLICAN SENTIMENT
STRONGLY AGAINST IT
President MoKJnloy and tho Loadlos
Senators and Congressmen Deprecate
Any Attempt to Tinker frith the Duty
Bchednle at Next Winters Seasloa
In response to a request by The
American Protective Tariff League for
an expression regarding the reopening
of the tariff question either by direct
legislation or by the roundabout meth
od of special trade treaties framed for
the benefit of a few industries and at
the expense of the general body of in
dustries a number of letters have been
received from conspicuous members of
the Fifty seventh Congress All of those
letters are identical in tone and tenor
They are positively adverse to any
soheme of meddling with the tariff
schedules now or in the near future
They tally exactly with the expres
sions of Congressman Taylor of Ohio
before the industrial commission and
of Congressman Dalzell of Pennsyl
vania in an Interview published after
his return from an extended western
tour
A New England senator writes
It Is the old story over again a Pro
tective Tarlrt secured after long agita
tion and effort resulting in business pros
perity then a movement in the direction
of free trade in which those who would
have reaped the benefit of protection are
foolishly tempted to join It is very dis
couraging
A Mississippi Valley congressman of
marked prominence says
Nine tenths of the sentiment in favor of
the Babcock bill Is based upon ignorance
misstatements of fact and prejudice
growing out of recent consolidation of
productive industries
In a recent Interview at Cleveland
Senator Hanna declared that he did
not believe the President ever said to
M Siegfried that he had ceased to be
an ultra protectionist and that the ne
cessity for protection tad largely dis
appeared Senator Hanna said
From all the talks I have had recently
with President McKinley I am of the
opinion that ho Is as great a believer in
protection as ever This talk that the
next Congress will tlnuer with the Ding
ley tariff law at the suggestion of the
resident is all nonsense The Dlngley
f aw is a scientific measure and will last
for years to come The president be
lieves It Is as necessary as ever before
and will not in my belief advocate any
changes whatever He still believes in
protecting American industries wherever
It Is necessary The president however
Is a strong advocate of reciprocity and
would I think consider treaties along
the line of mutual Interest between this
country and another If another country
Is willing to offer ua something without
duty which we need badly we shall be
Willing to reciprocate by opening tho tar
iff wall a little and giving them some
thing free of duty as long as it does not
Interfere with the protection of our in
dustries The French reciprocity treaties
would have been accepted had it not been
for some objectionable tariff features
The treaties as they stood If ratified by
the United States would have killed the
knit goods industry In the New England
States and the pottery business In Ohio
That is the reason they failed As long
as the United States is able to make reci
procity treaties with foreign countries
without injuring American industries they
will be made and gladly
The following vigorous and compre
hensive presentment of the question of
tariff tinkering is from the pen of Gen
eral Grosvenor the Ohio congressman
who has been said to be in a peculiar
sense the reflector of the views of
President McKinley on the floor of the
house of representatives
House of Representatives U S June 1
1901 Editor American Economist New
York Dear Sir The great danger to the
future welfare of the American people
lies in tho shortness of thofc memory
Two things have made this country pros
perous and rich and are moving forward
with enormous strides toward making
us the richest country on earth Those
two things are first the Dlngley tariff
law and second the confidence which
up to a recent period the American peo
ple had that we were to have steadfast
adherence to the status quo that it was
to bo maintained and that disturbers of
the peace and prosperity of the country
were to be relegated to the rear The de
mand for tariff reform tariff revision
tariff anything whatever other than what
we have now comes altogether from two
classes of people First the free trader
in all his forms semblances and phases
and second the man who stampeded
about trusts and combinations has been
carried off his feet by the cry of the
tariff reformer that we ought to repeal
the tariff on certain products in order to
break up the trusts It is a small matter
to get up on an elevation where there is
a reservoir of water and bore a gimlet
hole through the structure and let a
stream of water the size of a straw pro
ject itself out upon the city below but
when It is entirely apparent that there is
that sort of a gimlet hole which will be
come an auger hole and finally a breach
in the wall and that the flood will come
down on the town then the old Bible
Illustration becomes forcible It is the
beginning of strife
Admitting that the repeal of the duties
upon certain products ot American in
dustry might injure and even destroy
certain of the trusts agitation of the
question of the modification of the pres
ent tariff system would do more finan
cial injury to the welfare of the country
in one month than all the benefits that
the most enthusiastic rainbow chaser of
the suggestion has ever dreamed of Let
a party with political power enough sol
emnly decide that they will enter upon
the reorganization of the schedules of
the present tariff law and business will
stop as quickly as human life will stop
when the blood ceases to circulate Bv
stop I do not mean to cease absolutely
but the heart will beat more slowly and
the blood will flow In paucity of amount
and speed
I do not believe that the placing of our
products of iron and steel upon the free
list would break up a single trust or im
pair the value of the stock of the United
States Steel Company or any other of
the combinations I do believe that it
would wipe out the small manufacturers
and that the great combination would
control absolutely the markets of the
United States In company with and upon
a basis of division of profits with the
trusts now organized abroad I do not
care to discuss this subject now I be
lieve the whole matter to be an inspira
tion of the devil of free trade and It has
been seized upon because of the supposed
anxiety of the people to break down
trusts and combinations but my point
Is that a present agitation of a serious
character backed by force enough to
make it effective of a general revision of
the tariff laws would be absolutelv de
structive of the present prosperity There
is no trouble about the trusts Under our
constitution as at present formed Con
gress In co operation with the state leg
islatures has ample power to do all that
is necessary all that is just all that is
fair in the regulation of combinations of
money capital and labor Yours truly
C H Grosvenor
BabcocJcs False Move
Congressman Babcock seems to
think that catering to anti trust senti
ment by removing the duty from
trust made products is living up
to tho Republican theory of Protec
tion If he imagines the Republican
majority in Congress can bo kept up
by this kind of tactics ho Is doomed
to disappointment When it comes to
mere posing for popular applause Mr
Bryan can win every time If the Re
publicans are to keep their power at
all they must rlso to the level of hon
est and Intelligent Protection to
Industrial Interests It is true that
there are products upon which tho
tariff may properly bo modified or even
removed but that should not bo donq
for any such foolish reason as tho
formation of a so called trust Mr
Babcock seems to be more Interested
in the politics than the economics ot
tho tariff Guntons Magazine for
June
At the Mercy of Enropo
Furthermore our ocean borne com
merce in the absence of American
ships in which to transport it Is at
tho mercy of Europe An outbreak of
war the turning loose of a fleet of
commerce destroyers by the enemies of
Great Britain would put an instant
stop to American exports because we
are dependent upon British ships for
the major part of our ocean transpor
tation Sound considerations of pub
lic policy not the pecuniary interests
of any group of American capitalists
are behind the proposed legislation to
aid in building up American deep wat
er shipping The interests of foreign
ship owners are largely behind the op
position to that measure Seattle
Post Intelligencer
A FLOURISHING GROWTH
Make a Noto of This
Thanks to the American Economist
the press of the country is now inform
ing its readers of the reciprocity plank
that was in the last Republican plat
form We voted for that platform in
1900 not the platform of other years
President McKinley was elected on
that platform and he may be relied
upon to uphold it no matter what
Jules Seigfried may think he said or
may say he thinks William McKinley
is for protection and for protective
reciprocity not for free trade in any
form or under any mask Our free
trade friends may put this in their
pipe and smoke It
I et Well Enough Alone
When we are well off it is a good
time to quit experiments The results
of the Wilson Gorman act are a little
too fresh in the memory of the people
The reduction in the average tariff by
this act was comparatively small yet
it was big enough to paralyze industry
and inaugurate a financial panic that
it has taken several years to recover
from Let well enough alone Lincoln
Neb Journal
Overtime and Halftlmc
It will be noted that in all strike
settlements these days provisions are
made for payment of overtime either
at time-and-a-half or double rates The
question of overtime does not concern
wage earners during free trade tariffs
Half the workmen are satisfied with
full time and all the rest would be
glad of half time
Taking Ire In Turkey
There is much excitement in one of
the villages on the Bosporus because
of the sudden disappearance of all the
street dogs The matter Is likely to
have serious consequences owing to
the fact that a young French lady
regarded some of these dogs as her
special pets and guardians fron b
bers at night A few doors off lives
an English doctor whose house was
overrun by rats and wild cats and to
rid himself of these he gave his cook
some poison to put in the kitchen one
night The poison was highly success
ful but unfortunately the remnants
of the poisoned food were put out
side the street door by the cook for
the dustman to remove The street
dogs came along and ate it and then
went and laid down at the doof of
their lady friend and died She is very
indignant and has told her story to
all the Turks in the neighborhood
who are always horrified at the kill
ing of dogs The doctors cook has
been arrested by the police who are
holding an inquiry into the matter
It is curious to note that by the Ot
toman code a dog is unclean and not
allowed to enter a house yet for kill-
ing one you are summoned for tak
ing life
December 29 1902 will complete two
hundred years since Peter the Great
sanctioned the appearance of the first
Russian newspaper
CAREER FOR YOUNG WOMEN
Xach Shoatd Fit Horself for Somotlilnr
as a Vocation
The strenuous life of today demands
that a young woman no less than a
young man should havo definite ideas
concerning a career and that her edu
cational work and particularly her
college training shall be along tho
line of preparation for such career At
least this is the opinion that is en
tertained by the girl and her
family and the number of young girls
who are entering tho professions or
fitting themselves for business life
proves that the contingent of the com
munity which believes In professional
or business careers for women Is a
largo one and steadily growing Thero
Is one woman In town a prominent
worker In clubs and philanthropic as
sociations who has carved out a ca
reer for herself in a literary way and
is desirous and even anxious that her
boys and girls shall have a deflnito
life work Three of the children havo
pretty well defined Ideas as to what
they desiro to make their life work
Including the elder girl who Is yet at
college The remaining child the sec
ond daughter has no settled opinions
as to her career and her mother In
discussing her childrens futures with
a friend said recently in response to
her visitors comment upon the prettl
ness of this young girl Yes she is
pretty but there It ends She Is just
a dear pretty goose without any spe
cial ability or inclinations and I sup
pose shell have to marry Tho tone
more than the words conveyed the Im
pression that marriage was the opposito
of a desirable career and the resort
only of the girl with mediocre talent
supplemented by considerable personal
charm although the woman who made
the observation was the happiest of
wives and has never entirely recov
ered from the effects of her husbands
death some years ago Kansas City
Journal
DAN DALYS GOLF STORY
no lilts Upon Staco Jokes Not Made to
Order
Stage jokes are rarely made to or
der said Dan Daly to a writer in tho
New York World Mine turn up in
all sorts of queer ways In a barroom
the other night I heard a fellow say
he was going to open a saloon on
Broadway Who did you ever whip
asked the bartender The noxt night
I worked it into The Girl From Up
There and It gets a bigger laugh
than auything else I say My most suc
cessful stage joke the golf story
came to me by accident too One after
noon while lounging about the Casino
stage I picked up a scrap of news
paper that had evidently been used to
wrap up something In glancing it
over I found the golf story credited
to Exchange I dont even know what
paper it was as part of the page was
torn off It looked like one of those
patent insides used in small towns
The odd thing about it all was that I
was never allowed to tell the whole
story You know it goes on to explain
that after you hit the ball you walk
a mile and that if you find it the same
day you win At that point the audi
ence thought the climax had been
reached and laughed The first time I
tried to finish the story but nobody
heard me and I never tried it again It
would have been useless The story
continues that if you dont find the ball
the same day you send your man to
look for it the next and if he finds it
he wins After awhile I saw that the
audience was right and that the story
really ended better where they insist
ed it should At first though it mado
me pretty mad
Giants Kettles In Minnesota
In the Interstate Park near Taylors
Falls Minnesota has been discovered
a singular group of giants kettles
or potholes covering an area of two
or three acres and ranging in diameter
from less than a foot to 25 feet and
in depth from one foot to 84 feet They
have been bored in exceedingly hard
rock and in many cases they are like
wells in shape the ratio of width to
depth varying from one to five up to
one to seven Mr Warren Upham
ascribes their origin to torrents fall
ing through glacial moulins at the
time when the northern territory of
the United States was buried under
ice As with similar pot holes else
where rounded boulders are occasion
ally found at the bottom of the cavi
ties
Earthquake Swallows a Lake
An earthquake wrecked several
buildings in the town of Aulton Mex
ico and then passed on to Zopothon
where it sported with the waters of a
big lake At first the waters seemed
in a state of great agitation and then
they subsided and gradually disap
peared The earthquake had caused a
fissure in the bed of the lake and
through this the lake had passed out
of sight
Our Population and Great Britains
Forty one and one half millions of
people are now crowded into the
United Kingdom says the National
Geographical Magazine A similar
density of population in the United
States would mean a total population
in this country excluding the depend
encies of about one billion thirty six
millions
Carnegie Invltei Johnston
John Johnston is in receipt of a per
sonal letter from Andrew Carnegie in
which the multi millionaire invites tho
Milwaukee Scotchman to visit him in
Scotland Mr Carnegie writes that he
will give Mr Johnston a genuine
Highland welcome Milwaukee Wis
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