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1 An American Nabob
A RemtrkaJble Story of Love Gold and t
Adventure J
By ST GEORGE RATHBORNE
CoDjrrhjut by Stsjust Skith Now York
CnAPTER XXIX Continued
That is cheering news marqulB If
true it relieves our minds of one dread
ful fear the boat survived the storm
at least Please heaven she is safe on
hoard and that wo may succeed In res
cuing her When shall we go
Let us have a council of war the
marquis said with energy and take
the opinions of our detective and the
captain aB to the advisability of mak
ing an Immediate advance oil the en
emys works
A plan of action was decided upon
Steam should be kept up by the com
mander o that an immediate depar
ture from the harbor could be mats in
case It was deemed necessary
The three others entered a boat
which was manned by several of the
stoutest and most expert sailors on
board men whose muscles were capa
ble of enormous work should there be
need of haste
If an Indifferent watch were kept
aboard the craft there would be little
or no difficulty in accomplishing the
first part of their scheme at least
This was to temporarily disable the
screw of the steamer so that such a
thing as pursuit would be out of the
question
Nearer they drew and those who
were so deeply interested held their
very breath for fear lest a sudden hail
from on board might bring about dis
covery and possibly ruin for their
plans
CHAPTER XXII r
The Search for a Wife
It was already arran3d that in case
such a contretemps occurred they
were to advance to the side of the
steamer addressing the man on guard
in Spanish which the marquis was
easily capable of doing announcing
themselves officers of the port bent
upon their duties who wished to come
aboard
Once alongside they would speedily
clamber over the low waist of the
little steamer whether invited or not
As to the rest they were armed and
meant to carry out their object though
the heavens fell
The sailors were to manage the task
of using the chain which they had car
ried so that it would be wound about
the propeller with the first few revolu
tions made
It was well done
Not a single clanking sound be
trayed them
Their next task required an abun
dance of nerve which fortunately
was not lacking
The marquis had been using his- eyes
as well as the darkness allowed and
he saw that the steamer was built in
a manner that made the task of board
ing her more difficult than he had an
ticipated
They might be compelled to rely
upon some chance rope dangling over
the side
The sailors knew what to expect
and foot by foot the boat was worked
along close to the hull of the steamer
until the groping hand of the man
who searched came in contact with
what they sought a rope by means
of which any sailor ashore could upon
arrival at the vessel clamber aboard
The marquis was the first to take
hold of it after the sailor had fastened
one end to a thwart and he passed
over the rail of the steamer in a jiffy
Then came the man from Scotland
Yard who also made the passage eas
ily enough
With Livermore it was a serious
ousiness for he had accumulated much
avoirdupois since his last equatorial
tramp through the African wilderness
However the same game spirit as of
yore resided in his body and while
he puffed considerably making sounds
thar Jack feared would draw attention
from the watch the discovery did not
come and he was given the privilege
of assisting his friend aboard
Fortune favored them in that they
were able to reach the cabin without
meeting any one
Once at the saloon door they looked
its length without discovering a living
soul
Evdently those whom they sought
must be in their staterooms opening
off the cabin and there was nothing
left to them but to open these one at
a time to discover the truth
This was the crucial time
The marquis bold enough to take
advantage of the slender opportunity
fortune had granted them stepped to
the first door and opened it
The light from the cabin entering
disclosed Fedora seated on a chair
having refused to retire to the berth
after the terror of the last two nights
She was awake and the astonish
ment felt at seeing the marquis al
most caused her to faint
Ho advanced to her side and said
in a low but earnest tone
Do not cry out or all is lost We
have come across the water to save
you He is close at hand your hus
band Come to him now and please
utter no sound above a whisper
Then she suffered him to lead her
out not sure that it was a dream or
some delusion
There stood the captain awaiting
his own and with a cry she could not
repress she threw herself into his ex
tended arms
The marquis rightly feared that dis
covery was now sure to come and
realizing that not a second must be
lost he begged Fedora to tell him if
she had a companion in her captivity
Unable to speak she pointed to a
door opposite to the stateroom she
had occupied and as Jack turned to
it he saw Mazette standing there with
pale face and disheveled hair but Ma
zette alive thank Heaven
Another instant and he had clasped
her to his heart it was one of those
moments when words are useless to
convey the sentiments of the soul for
Mazette knew he loved her even as
she had for years adored her former
comrade and instructor in Bohemia
Just as the marquis overwhelmed
by his sentiments threw the mask
aside and betrayed his love for Ma
zette by straining the miniature
painter to his heart another door flew
open and there issued forth a figure
that in its warlike demeanor might
have stood for a modern Joan of Arc
a figure that at sight of the mar
quis and Livermore uttered savage
little cries in Spanish and with blaz
ing eyes and heaving bosom rushed
toward the former waving desperate
ly in her hand a revolver which he
knew full well she had learned how to
use under the palms of Gautarica
since he himself as wretched luck
would have it had taught her the first
principles of marksmanship
CHAPXER XXIV
Where Gold Proved Trumps
Luckily the detective was prepared
for just such a move as this and as
she came within reach not noticing
his presence he caught her and with
a quick movemenc wrested the revolv
er from her grasp
The movement was successful but
it cost him dear for the frenzied wo
man baffled in her design scratched
his face after the manner of a tiger
cat all the while screaming as might
an escaped maniac doubtless for tho
time being she was out of her senses
so fearful a hold upon her mind had
this idea of Corsican revenge taken
that the prospect of losing her prey
rendered her mad
He threw her from him with a
curse for she would very likely have
dug his eyes out
It was now high time they departed
Already the alarm was given and
they could hear the shouts of Spanish
sailors as they ran to and fro or
came tumbling up from their quarters
forward
Already the captain was leading his
wife to the deck the old warriors
fighting blood was up and woe to the
man who dared bar his path
The marquis followed with Mazette
As for the detective finding a key
in the cabin door he whipped this lat
ter shut and having secured it plac
ed the key in his pocket hoping that
by thus separating Juanita from the
unscrupulous captain and crew he
might lessen the danger
It was a politic move and did him
credit
They could hear her pounding at
the door while her shrieks arose then
came several shots from her recovered
revolver whether as signals or fired
in the hope of demolishing the lock
that held her prisoner none could say
No sooner had Livermore issued
forth upon the deck than he was set
upon by a couple of men one of them
possibly the captain of the steamer
who recognized in him a stranger
At least here was an opportunity
for Livermore to prove that he had
not become rusty in his five years re
tirement from the field of adventure
and travel and right royally he em
phasized this point under the eyes of
his wife
He threw out his right hand and
sent the fellow on that side headlong
into the scuppers At this his other
antagonist drew a shining knife with
which every Spaniard loves to go
armed at all times and littering fear
ful imprecations he made a wicked
pass at the stout captain
Fedoras scream was deadened by
the report of the captains weapon
and then the sailor mans tune chang
ed for dropping his blade he ran
down the deck with a bullet in his
shoulder shrieking in pain in a man
ner that ill became a warrior of Cas
tile
This was a beginning
As the others joined the captain on
deck they found themselves confront
ed by a rabble of wild eyed barefooted
Spanish sailors
The marquis addressed them in
quick sentences straight to the point
his Spanish was good and he knew
how to best handle such men mighty
little time did he spend in explaining
by what right they came there for
such rovers care not a snap for tho
affection existing between husband
and wife with them right is but as
might allows and their god the braz
en image that will buy liquor and to
bacco
Thus the marquis had a card up his
sleeve and he played it now at a time
when it was of the greatest value
When he drew out his hand from
his pocket it contained a score of gold
pieces
These he sent along the deck with
a toss that is only gained through ex
perience
It was a clever trick
In vain some fellow in command
shouted and swore at the sailor men
to mas5 themselves in front of the in
UjoWKSWrf
vaders and prevent them from leaving
the vessel he addressed but empty
air for tho spot that had just held the
Spanish crew knew them no longor
Tho gleam of golden coins rolling
about the deck was enough to make
hem even forget their allegiance to
the young King and heedless aliko of
entreaties and hard imprecautlons
they set about scrambling for the
coins
There were fierce fights over some
of the gold boys where two men set
about securing a single coin and at
another time and under different con
ditions the mad scramble might have
presented certain elements of humor
in the eyes of Livermore and the
artist
Just now their one desire was to
shake off the society of these sad
seadogs and leave them to fight it out
among themselves
Accordingly a forward movement
was begun without delay and they
managed to reach the side of the ves
sel where hung the rope that had been
of such signal assistance in helping
them aboard about the time the sail
ors again gathered In a threatening
crowd
The marquis lowered Mazette into
the arms of the stout lads waiting be
low Then came Fedora assisted on
both sides and such trust did the la
dies feel in those brave hearts that
had risked all these dangers in their
behalf that they forgot to exercise the
first privilege of the feminine mind
and scream as they were lowered over
the rail into the darkness below
As the Spaniards urged on by their
valorous officers who took good care
to keep in the rear showed signs of
making a rush the nabob again with
eager fingers chased all the fugitive
coins he had in his pockets and hav
ing corraled them opened another fu
silade
And again it was a grand success
nothing could withstand the power of
gold
Taking advantage of this digression
while the men chased the rolling
discs the captain was assisted down
the rope and the marquis followed
As the man from Scotland Yard
started to follow one of the steam
ers officers made a slash at the rope
with his cuchillo and severed it
Luckily the detective was kept from
going overboard and the fragment of
rope found later on was seized by
Overton as a memento of this remark
able adventure
Nothing now remained to hold
them so the boat was pushed off and
oars unshipped
In their course toward the other
steamer they had occasion to pass
around the stern of the one which had
been the theater of such recent tragic
events
Fiom a porthole evidently opening
from the cabin came several shots
but owing to the darkness covering
the water the bullets went wide of
their intended mark
Evidently the enraged senorita real
ized she had played her last card and
lost the stakes for they could hear
her wild shrieks ringing over the calm
bay long after they regained the deck
of their own steamer and were on the
way out to sea pernaps the wretched
Juanita who had wagered so much
and lost all in the game of love had
in truth become insane over her
troubles at least they hoped and be
lieved they would never see her more
And the Marquis of Montezuma as
he stood witn Mazettes little hand in
his own looking back at the foamy
wake they left behind found that the
last atom of bitterness had left his
heart and then and there he took
upon himself a new vow which the
angels doubtless joyfully recorded
that from this hour in the future to
the father and mother of little
Jack his namesake he would be
a brother in spirit and in deed and it
need hardly be said that any one who
occupied such a close position to the
heart of the American Nabob would
never again know want in this world
THE END
CHARITY WORKERS ON NEW BASIS
Sularles Now raid for Visiting the Sick
and Holplng the Poor
The newest profession for women
is that of a charity worker remarked
a prominent club woman yesterday
You neednt laugh There really is
such a profession and it is new and
if I were a young woman I would en
ter into training for it There is not
much competition as yet and the op
portunities for studying charity work
are limited but still it is now possi
ble
New York has established a train
ing school for charity workers and it
is meeting with success The women
who enter are put into active service
at visiting under proper lectures upon
the different phases of the leadership
and then there are courses of subjects
It is quite worth entering from a
financial standpoint also Philadel
phia is proverbially conservative and
yet we pay the young woman at the
head of our organizing charities the
salary of 5000 and she can greatly
supiAement it by lecturing and liter
ary work upon the subject of hqr
Other cities do better than this
and the time is not far distant when
all charitable work will be conducted
in a methodical manner by an expert
who will be well paid for her sen
ices Philadelphia Record
He gives not best who gives most
but he gives most who gives best If
I cannot give bountifully yet I will
give freely and what I want in my
hand I will supply in my heart
Warwick
To refuse a right responsibility mry
be to reject a great reward
THE FABMERS VIEW
OUBAN RELIEF AND DOMESTIC
AGRIOULTURE
American Growers of Sacar Beets and
Leaf Tobacco Likely to Auk Why
They Alone Are Required to Dear the
Bardea of Tariff Concessions
In the preamble of the resolutions
submitted by Congressman Tayler of
Ohio at the meeting of House Repub
licans on tho evening of March 11 the
case of the opponents of the policy of
tariff reduction on Cuban products is
set forth with clearness and force It
Is hard to answer and it has not yet
been answered either by free traders
or ex protectionists What answer can
bo made to the plain proposition that
tho lowering of the duties on sugar and
tobacco involves a relaxation of the
protection principle whose evil effects
fall wholly upon American farmers
This is the exact truth and it cannot
be denied or explained away You may
assert that the American farmers who
raise sugar cane sugar beets and to
bacco can stand it but will the Ameri
can farmers agree with you Are they
not very certain to ask why they only
among the general body of American
producers should be singled out to foot
the entire bill of so called Cuban re
lief If the sugar cane of Louisiana
and Texas the sugar beets of twenty or
more states and the leaf tobacco of yet
other states aie the only sufferers
through such a relaxation of the pro
tective principle will the spirit of
self sacrifice be likely to inspire in the
minds of the growers of cane beets
and tobacco an Increase or a decrease
of devotion to the protective princi
ple Is it in human nature to admire
a principle that works that way
The Tayler manifesto makes some
things very plain so plain that the
wayfaring sympathizer though he be
a fool may read Among the things
thus made plain is the fact that in this
scheme of relief Uip American
farmer is morally certain to ask where
he comes in He can see where the
Sugar Trust comes in with its nearly
15000000 of profits on raw sugar now
waiting to be admitted at a lower rate
of duty he can see where the domes
tic manufacturer comes in with his
larger market as the price of the low
ered duties on competitive agricultural
products Yes the American farmer
can see where these interests come in
but he cannot see where he himself
comes in Yet the American farmer is
sure to come in somewhere when the
time arrives for casting and counting
votes
What to Do for Calm
There is no doubt a strong senti
ment in the country at large in favor
of doing something for CiiDa If that
something can be done without in
jury to American interests well and
good but any reduction in the tariff
Is bound to affect unfavorably the
American products which come into
active competition with Cuban prod
ucts in our home markets
Propositions have been made all the
way from free trade between Cuba
and the United States down to a 20 per
cent reduction from the Dingley rates
Any or all of these propositions the
Sugar Trust will support Why Be
cause the trust absolutely controls the
price of raw sugar in the United States
and it would pay for Cuban sugar just
what price it chose In other words the
20 per cent reduction in the tariff
would go into the pockets of the trust
The whole fight for a reduction of
the tariff on Cuban sugar said one of
the highest officials at Washington is
being made by the Sugar Trust Every
body wants to help Cuba but the Sugar
Trust is the only party that insists that
it shall be done in a certain specified
way by the reduction of the tariff
which reduction on sugar would go
solely into the pockets of the trust
The statement has been made by at
least two of the very highest officials
of the government that the proper way
to assist Cuba is to collect the whole
Dingley duty from the island and then
return the pioper proportion of it say
25 per cent to the Cuban treasury
whence it will be distributed for the
benefit of the whole Cuban people
This method the Sugar Trust and all
the varied agents which it is behind
do not of course favor Camden N
J Telegram
Generous Revisionists
The beet sugar interests are making
a manful fight against the proposed
reduction in the tariff and foremost
in the fight for what Michigan de
mands stands William Alden Smith
The arguments of those who for the
sake of helping Cuba would sacrifice
an industry that has assumed large
proportions and yet is little more than
in its infancy have been met with
logic that cannot be refuted and so
ably has the contest been carried on
that the tariff revisionists who two
weeks ago were full of confidence are
now In a panic The contest has been
splendidly managed and must be con
tinued until the plan to sacrifice the
beet sugar industry shall be aban
doned
The false position that the revision
ists find themselves in is clearly
shown by an incident in the confer
ence held recently Representative
Dalzell of Pennsylvania after a long
dissertation on the debt we owe in
morals to Cuba was asked by Mr
Smith whether if Cuba produced iron
and steel instead of sugar he would
favor a reduction of duties upon iron
He said that he would not and under
the goading he received from Mr
Smith he admitted that if he came
from a beet sugar state ho would
stand exactly where the men from the
beet sugar state now stand against
tariff reduction
The revisionists are animated by
the same spirit which inspired the
patriot who was willing thut all his
wifes relatives should enlist They
are willing to acknowledse our debt
to Cuba but are careful that payment
shall be made out of the pocketbooks
of somebody else If we owe Cuba any
thing let us pay it out of the federal
treasury and then we will know that
it is paid and will have a receipt to
show for the outlay If this be not
considered feasible let us do the same
thing In another way by giving tho
Cubans a cash rebate on all the tariff
collected In American ports on Cuban
products But do not lay the entire
burden of helping Cuba on the beet
sugar industry Grand Rapids Her
ald
Wild Hunt for Now Markets
Now just watch those Journals which
are clinging to the crumbling edges of
the free trade propaganda It will not
be long before they arc heard denounc
ing this reciprocity convention as a de
lusion and a snare from which no good
can come They will be mistaken as
a great deal of good may be expected
from the deliberations of this body It
will no doubt do much to xuomote a
reciprocity which is honest and bene
ficial but not that sort which Mr Rob
ert of Massachusetts said will open
our markets to foreign competition and
give us nothing In return It will not
to use the impressive words of Senator
Hale of Maine who was James G
Blaines spokesman for reciprocity in
the senate propose to imperii present
conditions by a wild hunt for new mar
kets which have never had and never
will have any trade or commerce at all
to be compared with the vast trade and
the immense exports from this country
to our great rivals The reciprocity
which will be aimed at is in such im
portant trades as those with France
Germany the British dependencies and
certain countries especially in South
ern America which buy more of us
than they sell to us This is the reci
procity which Mr Blaine proposed
which President McKinley meant in
his great Buffalo speech and which
the Republican party has declared for
and stands ready to favor Paterson
N J Press
Should Re 1ermnnontly Settled
Every generation has troubles
enough of its own it should not be
compelled to be continually fighting
over and over the same questions that
divided parties fifty years ago Ques
tions once threshed out should stay so
the wheat and the chaff separate Ev
ery intelligent American knew in 1840
that protection enriched this country
benefiting especially the worker for
wages and that free trade and all ten
dencies to it took business away from
the country and so impoverished all
but a very few Why then must these
lessons be learned over and over every
few yeaiv Every new experience of
the familiar facts scores deeper into
the nation and causes greater suffer
ing than before Why should any
party for sheer partisan advantages
seek to unsettle the public mind with
exploded theories Let the American
system remain henceforth the un i
challenged policy of the nation Suchi
indeed would be a course of true pa
triotism
The Hand of the Sitar Trust
General Grosvenor has hit the nail
on the head Every indication points
to the Sugar Trust as having organ
ized this Cuban reciprocity movement
It means money in the pockets of the
trust and an advance in trust certifi
cates and here is the speculation
which General Grosvenor sees under
lying the entire agitation The trust
showed itsell a little too conspicuously
at first but it has now dropped out of
sight as far as possible and is allowing
the New York newspapers Federal of
ficials and Cubans to do the lobbying
for it It has been a long time since
we have seen a trust thus attempting
to control legislation but the Sugar
Trust has done this so long in all mat
ters relating to sugar that it feels per
haps that it is entitled to dictate the
laws This is bad enough in itself
without having our Federal officials
lobbying in its interest New Orleans
Times Democrat
We Have Done Enonjb
The sympathy for Cuba racket is
playing itself out The public is be
ginning to realize the fact that we
have done very much for Cuba in giv
ing her independence at the cost or
thousands of lives and millions of
money and in assisting her in the
formation of a home government and
having done this much we are called
upon to ruin whole communities or
prostrate an entire industry in order
that Cuban planters may the more
speedily enrich themselves They pros
pered in bygone years with a heavy
American tariff on their product
Denver News
The Deader the Better
The free trader is not dead but his
theories ought to be killed beyond the
possibility of resurrection The livelier
they are the greater the stagnation of
business in this country The deader
they are the greater the prosperity
New Haven Leader
There Are Other
Just why the sugar beet men should
he censured for protesting against
Cuban reciprocity is not clear It
seems other interests are kicking hard
against being deprived of protection
Racine Wis Journal
nnndllnr Kwel and Lambs
At Ocononowoc last weok R E Rob
erta talkod on the raising of early
lambs for market Ho nald ho wan
raising lambi by tho method em
ployed or that could be employed by
every other fnrmcr Ho has no ex
pensive methods no elegant barns
and appliances Ho advlsod any
farmer in choosing a breod to remem
ber that the preference must bo given
to the mutton type A full bred flock
should not be thought of by tho be
ginner with a small amount of capital
The flock should bo bred up by using
a full blooded ram As to Bholter It
had been his practice to give slxtcon
square feet of room to every owe and
lamb The barn in which they aro
kept should be dry under foot as well
as overhead Sheep do not like wot
quarters nor are such quarters health
ful for them Good ventilation is nec
essary as the sheep suffer as much
from bad ventilation as do other farm
animals In feeding tho owo in win
ter do not use timothy hay Tho
awns are likely to gather In tho stom
ach and make trouble Clover hay Is
good for sheep up to lambing time
Then feed more oats and bran Feed
regularly and what they will consume
without waste Take care that weeds
do not get into the wool of the ewes
for that sometimes depreciates the
wool as much as four cents pr pound
No hogs or other stock should bo al
lowed to run with tho sheep No stock
respond better to kind treatmont than
sheep At lambing time close atten
tion is necessary See that the lambs
get up and take food at once Tho
wool around the udder should be clip
ped off to prevent the lamb from swal
lowing tne wool This sometimes
causes death the wool forming a ball
in the intestines of the lamb
Our BITitB in Germany
It is reported that American meats
will be excluded from Germany after
October 1st next Dispatches from
Berlin say that the exclusion Is to ap
ply only to meats upon which preserv
atives have been used However this
may be it Is a matter that the Agri
cultural Department will find it ad
visable to look after It Is a fact that
American export meats are quite gen
erally preserved with borax and other
chemicals If the Germans refuse to
permit these meats to go into their
country the only thing to do will bo
to send them meats not so preserved
With the cold storage facilities now in
existence our meats can be sont to
Germany without the uso of borax
It will indeed coBt some money to do
this as perhaps special arrangements
would have to be made for keeping In
cold storage the same meats after they
reached Germany Doubtless that will
be the final outcome no matter how
the present incident may bo settled
The European governments show a de
cided inclination to give their people
pure foods Up to the present time It
has been found easier to send them
meats preserved with borax than to
send meats in refrigerator carriers In
this connection it will be interesting
to learn what action If any has been
taken in reference to the frozen meats
from South America There Is a
strong indication that the action or
Germany is due to pressure brought to
bear on the government by the Ger
man farmers The farmers are a very
important factor In German politics
and they have been for years demand
ing that American competition be les
sened by the increase of tariffs or tho
exclusion altogether of American prod
ucts
California and Kannas liuttor
E C Lewellen speaking to Kansas
dairymen said that the drouth thh
year had taught dairymen to make
more extensive preparations for win
ter feeding Those that are short of
feed this winter have resolved that
it shall not occur again Had there
not been a bare winter with little
snow it would have gone hard with
the farmers with much stock The
coming year more of the farmers in
Kansas will plant alfalfa But no one
should expect to find only roses along
his pathway Kansas dairymen have
in the past shipped a great deal of but
ter to California but now the Califor
nians are not only making all of their
own butter but are contesting tho
ground with Kansas butter shippers in
the New Mexico market More than
that the Californlans are actually
shipping butter to Kansas and compet
ing with the Kansas made product It
has been claimed that Kansas can pro
duce milk more cheaply than can any
other state Perhaps she can but will
she do it One man asserts that the
Californians with their fields of alfalfa
will be able to drive us from the market
unless we find some cheaper feed than
that we now have
To the man who makes his living by
handling stock a knowledge of liv
weight is of great importance and ynt
it is strange that so many practical
farmers have but an indifferent con
ception of the weight of animals as
they stand in the stall or field and
consequently are often fleeced by ex
perienced and unscrupulous dealers
Movable poultry houses will nevor
become popular except where they are
jsed on a small scale and are of a
diminutive size There is HtHp ad
vantage in their movability
The Headless One
Ten-year-old was playing witn hi
ead soldiers He had built a r n
touse and grouped his men about it m
various martial attitudes
What is it all about his fathf r n
juired
Theyre policemen at the Thirtv
ourth street pier waiting for Pun e
Henry
Why have you placed that
pointing to a badly battered to utn
n such a prominent position
Cant you see He hasnt any
lead Hes a detective New urk
Evening Post
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