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By ST GEORGE RATHBORNE
Author of Little Mlts Million The Spldett
Wtb Dr Jacki Widow Mitt Coprict etc
Copyright 1001 Street and Smith Now York
CHAPTER IX
Lady Arlines Secret
This assurance on the part of the
powerful haron was as balm to Char
lies troubled soul
He believed Capt Brand must
speedily find himself In hot water
The conversation took several
turns
Indeed Charlie found the baron so
congenial that ho was easily led into
relating many reminiscences connect
ed with his paHt so that eventually
Peterhoff had a pretty good knowl
edge of the young mans character
At last they separated
You can depend on me At the
same time keep your wits about you
-when dealing with this Brand Some
thing will presently drop said the
baron
When Charlie drew near the hotel
after visiting his own room and im
proving his appearance to some ex
JL tent he was conscious of a nervous
condition of mind such as was entirely
new tii him
And he was obliged to confess that
it hiid gone pretty far when the pros
pect of an interview with a young wo
man could have such an influence
upon him
The next thing on the program was
to find a chance for a quiet talk
where the captain could not intrude
So he asked again for Lady Arline
and she presently came down to the
same bijou parlor rosy and smiling
Charlie had heard the voice of Capt
Brand somewhere about the hotel
and he was more or less concerned
lest that worthy come in upon them
ere he could make his arrangements
Hence he speedily opened the sub
ject
I have much of importance to tell
you and we must be where Capt
Brand may not intrude Suppose I
set a nice vehicle with a quiet animal
and we can go to take a look at the
suburbs of Antwerp
Arline did not hesitate
She knew that she could trust this
frank faced gentleman with her very
life if need be
So she quickly agreed to his plan
In fifteen minutes then and be
sure you wrap up well said Charlie
hastening away to secure just the out
fit that would suit his idea as to the
right thing
True to his promise he was back in
good time
Near the parlor Charlie ran across
Brand who greeted him rather effu
sively he thought and would have
detained him only that the young
man refused to be held up and laugh
ingly pleaded an engagement with
Lady Arline and the impatience of his
moble charger outside
Thus it came about that after run
ning the gauntlet in this way Charlie
Avas at length given the proud pleas
ure of driving away with the fair girl
Charlie knew it was only proper for
him to open the ball with an account
of the strange things that had befallen
him since last he said good night
One thing he intended keeping to
himself for the present and this was
the name of the young fellow who
had been his companion in the dun
geon At least there was no necessity
of bringing it forward until he had
heard what she wished to tell him
and discovered if his suspicions were
confirmed
Now that there is no longer a
chance of our being overheard Im
going to make an awful confession to
you Lady Arline he said
She turned a startled face toward
him and immediately seeing the
quizzical smile felt relieved
I shall fortify myself to hear it
Pray proceed
Where do you think I passed the
night
i She believed she could account for
a fair portion of it but confessed her
ignorance as to the remainder
In the lockup he said calmly
Do you mean the jail breathless
ly
Yes Please dont draw away from
me or imagine I was engaged in any
street brawl It all came to me be
cause I chanced to make your ac
quaintance yesterday morning
Why Mr Stuart
Because forsooth you chance to
have a carriage like a queen and be
sides possess the most charming of
golden hair and blue eyes
She blushed crimson and still sur
veyed him with puzzled as well as
startled eyes
I confess I do not understand you
at all You will have to explain fur
ther
Pardon me When I assisted you
into the carriage at the Steen I was
observed by Baron Peterhoff He be
lieved you were the Countess Isolde
Brabant because in several ways zX
a little distance one might be de
ceived My interest in the barons
plans induced me to loiter about the
hotel last night when he was making
his wholesale arrests and by accident
they caught me in the dragnet
Then she that wonderful woman
has been arrested
When he nodded in the affirmative
strangely enough Arline gave a little
sigh of relief as though some unex
plainable burden were removed from
her heart but Charlie was too obtuse
to understand that the first little fire
of Jealousy had been kindled in that
gentle breast because she knew the
reputation Isolde Brabant had as a
sofceress among men
tvmmsmgmmsmssz
The ice hiving now been broken
he started in to tell his strange story
Arline listened eagerly
Indeed Othello relating Mb aston
ishing adventures to Desdemona
could not have had a more deeply in
terested listener than this fair Eng
lish girl proved to be
When he described his companion
in misery he was careful not to say
too much lest he betray that which
he wished to keep a secret a little
longer
The story was done
Arline had hung on his words eag
erly and his assurance that Baron
Peterhoff would take care of Capt
Brand discovering the truth with re
gard to his claims and relieve her of
his presence if as Charlie suspected
the other proved to be an arrant im
poster was comforting to her trou
bled heart
Still Lady Arline showed no signs
of nervousness
Perhaps I may shock you Mr
Stuart perhaps you have such strict
notions of honesty and a name upon
which there has never been a stain
that you will hardly be as pleased to
look upon me in the light of a sister
when I confess that I have a relative
in whom I am deeply concerned and
who has broken the law of his native
land who took what was not his own
and fled In plain language Mr Stu
art my cousin betrayed a trust and
stole money
She was scarlet with shame as she
turned her blue eyes appealingly to
ward him
Let me tell you as briefly as I can
I knew him quite well He was young
er and a son of my fathers only
brother now long since dead We
were good friends up to the time he
took this false step and I was the last
one he saw before he fled from Eng-
land Poor boy if he had only con
fided in me I could have easily settled
the matter which I did soon after
ward at any rate
I have been searching since last
October at times the trail would
grow warm and then I lost sight of
him completely
By mere accident a friend wrote
me that she believed she had seen
him in Antwerp though he had not
answered her smile and nod I could
very well understand why since he
believed the officers from London
were looking for him
That is wny I came here to find
this boy to reclaim and make a man
of him
And I shall endeavor to assist you
in your search for this Alexander
Brand said Charlie eagerly As it
chanced I have some knowledge of
the young chap In truth I have seen
him face to face
Here in Antwerp eagerly
In this city
And you can take me to him
You will Mr Stuart laying a hand
upon his arm
If you so desire but that will ne
cessitate a long journey across the
3ea in fact
Then he has returned to England
No to America New York
How very strangely it all came
about she mused
Almost incredible Indeed 1
should have been loth to believe such
things could be possible if I had not
gone through the experience myself
Everything had now been told so
that there was no more secrets
The rest of the ride was occupied
in enjoying the features of the scen
ery in so far as these points could
be discovered from a vehicle
And Charlies mind was made up
ere they returned to the Hotel de ia
Paix that God willing he would serve
and win this peerless girl
The curiosity of Artemus had been
whetted to a degree that demanded
satisfaction else his peace of mind
was forever gone
He asked many questions regarding
Aleck
Evidently the young fellow had
aroused the strongest interest in his
mind for he saw in him the elements
of a strong character that must at
tract attention from the public
Where is he bound Hong Kong
Nagasaki Singapore Cape Town Im
ready to go to the uttermost parts of
the earth to interview him
Try something easier something
nearer home
New York with a little almost
inarticulate shriek
Exactly I have a sort of engage
ment with him at the Windsor Hotel
in your city
But that is not me
Well you can make one of the
party Arline that is Miss Brand
or rather Lady Arline is bound to
find Aleck She is possessed of an
idea that since fortune was so bounti
ful as to heap favors in her lap she
should respond by taking care of this
half brother or cousin who seems
balancing between a bright career and
going to the devil
Circumstances drive us sometimes
dont they Charlie But theres one
party I rather guess youve overlook
ed
Whos that
Her father chuckling
Capt Brand you mean I believe
I have arranged a berth for him
Where on the steamer
Rather in the place where I spent
part of last night
Oh ah then hes a fraud sure
enough
I have every reason so to believe
At any rate my friend the baron has
promised to look after him
Ive no doubt Peterhoffs intentions
are good but theres a prospect of
his being fully occupied in another
quarter Artemus said sagely
Meaning the Countess Isolde
Well she has seldom missed her
game the most wonderful woman
outside of Thackerays Becky Sharpe
T ever heard of Youre lucky to haTe
just missed her my boy Men jeer
at her powers and boat about their
invulnerable qualities yet no sooner
do thoy come In touch with this mod
ern Circe than their knees grow weak
and one glance from her bewitching
eyes charms them even as the rattle
snake does its prey
Your advice is good I had intend
ed depending on my own ability ta
checkmate this old reprobate and on
the whole it may be best for me tc
keep my hand at the plow
And Ill stand by ready to give
what aid I may Dont hesitate to
call on Artemus Barnaby if you are
bent upon some dark and desperate
business that stands for the right
You know I have some sort of a claim
upon this affair seeing that only for
my pertinacity in dragging you on
that wild goose chase in search of the
new Man in the Iron Mask of whom
old wives in Antwerp gossip you
would never have gone there to tho
dungeons of the Steen and ergo
would never have had the pleasure ol
saving Lady Arline from her distress
ing position
The words of his companion aroused
within Charlie a sense of the great
debt he owed Artemus who had been
an instrument in the hands of Fate tc
bring about the result upon which his
whole future now seemed to hinge
So he seized his hand and squeezed
it with fraternal zeal squeezed it un
til the owner was fain to appeal for
mercy
Yes I owe you everything my dear
fellow and if I can at any time do
you a favor try me There are few
things I could refuse you
After that there was the fullest con
fidence between these two Charlie
confided to Artemus his plans for rout
ing the enemy and was glad to adopt
some very bright and sagacious ideas
advanced by the latter
Everything seemed as usual Yet
under the calm exterior forces were
working that threatened a speedy up
heaval
Capt Brand had taken the alarm
Keen eyed man of the world that
this great traveler was he read the
writing on the wall and it plainly de
clared his reign had neared its end
Hence he detested Charlie with a
venom such as could only be compared
with the enraged cobra seeking to
bury its poisoned fangs in tho object
of its hatred
In brief this fine old plotter began
to cast about him for some method by
means of which he could get rid of
Mr Charlie Stuart either teinporarily
or for all time
He was not alone in his scheming
Other harpies there were who hoped
to share in the glorious plunder men
whose past lives no doubt could pos
sibly show almost as great a variety
of adventure and bold schemes as his
own
Accordingly these precious worthies
laid their heads together in order to
devise some brilliant scheme whereby
the obnoxious interloper this young
Lochinvar who had come out of the
west might be defeated ere he could
carry the girl off on his fleet steed
And when the conference was ad
journed it had all been arranged just
how Charlie was to be dropped out of
sight
However these worthies in planning
so neat a campaign failed to take into
consideration several elements which
had a positive bearing upon the ulti
mate outcome
There was the baron for example
Besides there was Artemus
No doubt this latter individual with
his peculiar notions and his apparent
ly inoffensive appearance would have
been looked upon by the hoary old
fortune hunter as very much in the line
of a freak and must be brushed aside
without ceremony
But they made a mistake Under
that simple exterior beat a bold heart
and a keen brain
For Artemus had taken a room next
to Capt Brands and during that cele
brated conference his eye and ear did
noble duty at the keyhole of a con
necting door
To be continued
WHERE DEATH REIGNS HIGHEST
France Though Favored by Nature Has
Heavy Mortality Record
M Papillon has lately printed a
striking array of statistics on the re
lation between public hygiene and
mortality from which the following
instances and remarks are taken
France he says is favored by cli
mate and in other respects Why is
its birth rate the smallest in Europe
its death rate among the greatest
The cause is not in nature but in in
stitutions From the 38000000 inhab
itants of France 150000 deaths from
tuberculosis annually occur while
there are but 60000 among the 41
000000 of Great Britain but 90000
among the 56000000 of Germany
In every nation of Europe save
France the mortality from tubercu
losis has diminished and at the
same time the consumption of alcohol
has retrograded The results are that
in France between one census and
the next the mortality from tubercu
losis has increased 68 while in Ger
many it diminished 109 in every 100
000 inhabitants The difference is 77
per 100000 or in the total popula
tion 6S000 lives were lost during the
last census period in France thai
might have been and ought to have
been saved
Hyprophobia is stamped out in Eng
lang and is still common in France
The case is similar for other diseases
Typhoid Fever Kills Soldiers
During the months of January and
February there were 800 deaths from
typhoid fever in the British army
Notwithstanding the regulations re
garding boiled water the soldiers con
tinue to drink out of brooks and
rivers
AJRE WE TOO RICH
THE FOLLY OF TAKING LIBERTIES
WITH PROSPERITV
Jloddllnc with tho Tariff Seems to Ito
a Passion with Soins People Hut It
IIa Always Kcaultud in Alternating
Streaks of Plenty and Famine
It would bo an excellent thing If the
good sense of a country noted tho
world over for its practical turn of
mind could be concentrated for a time
upon tho question of taking liberties
with prosperity There should bo
more of the sort of discussion that i3
to be noted in the current columns of
such newspapers as the San Francisco
Chronicle the St Louis Globe-Democrat
and the Columbus O Journal
setting forth the inane folly of estab
lishing alternate periods of prosperity
and stringency by means of tariff
changes Commenting upon the tend
ency of our people to get tired of
their riches and to revert to lean
periods through the operation of re
forming the tariff the Columbus
Journal says
We leave it to the common sense of
the American people if this alterna
tion between plethora and famine is
not ridiculous If there is a law of na
ture which makes it imperative that
prosperous tariff years should be fol
lowed by lean free trade years as in
old Egypt the seven fat years of regu
lar inundation and rich crops were fol
lowed by seven years of drought and
famine then the country should know
it Meanwhile it is reasonable to
think that if the voters of the nation
would take a little thought for the
morrow there would be no occasion
for these alternating streaks of plenty
and famine
If now that the country has filled
up with wealth again since the poverty
and beggary and hand-to-mouth borrow
ing of the lasf Democratic administra
tion there should come the same old
alternation to a so called tariff for rev
enue only then there will be the usual
failure of business tendency to panic
RESULT OF THE ENTERING WEDGE
It Will Intorrnpt Homo Production and
Cripple Industry
The Intelligencer some days ago
claimed that the worst feature of the
Cuban relief policy was that it
would act as an entering wedge to be
driven still harder into the protective
tariff policy as maintained by the Re
publican party We do not know what
the fate of the Payne Sibley compro
mise measure will be in the senate
but we are assured that it will be op-
posed by both Senators Elkins and
Scott who stand firmly for the Integ
rity of tho tariff That tho passage
of the measuro by tho senate will bo
used as an entering wedge Is pretty
clearly defined by tho half chuckling
remarks of tho ultra freo trado Phila
delphia Record which loses no oppor
tunity to thrust a knife into tho vitals
of protection In a recent issue it
pointed out that the Cuban measure
was a splendid tactical opportunity
for the Democrats and added
It would be miserably poor policy
to oppose a rightful measuro to which
tho faith of tho nation has been com
mitted In order thereby to secure a
merely partisan advantage No oppor
tunity should be lost to mako a breach
in the protection wall Small and nig
gardly as Is the proposed 20 per cent
reduction of the 97 per cent duty on
Cuban sugar it should not be refused
by the aid of Democratic votes It Is
an entering wedgo which may be driv
en home when further opportunity
shall offer
There has been no convincing proof
brought forward that distress exists
in Cuba of the character that would
warrant any relief from this country
at a definite cost and injury to some
of our own people In a letter to a
member of the Republican club of
New York city a member of the house
of representatives who fought tho
Payne Sibley compromise states that
of Republicans throughout the coun
try thoroughly understood the situa
tion there would be such an over
whelming sentiment against this new
proposed un American policy as woula
sweep it out of existence and leave It
without a single Republican supporter
Referring to the reports as to the
prevailing distress on the island the
congressman quoted says that it Is
conceded by those who are advorating
this policy that there is no distress
in Cuba that the demand for labor
there is greater than tho supply that
wages are higher than ever before
that at least two thirds of the sugar
crop is produced by non resident cor
porations and wealthy individual
planters whose domicile is either the
United States or Spain Two thirds
therefore of the reduction of duty
PRACTICE ALWAYS BEATS THEORY
withdrawal of capital and all those
other symptoms of a disease that re
quires a violent remedy If it is un
wise to pay too much attention to the
various interests of the country which
ask for high tariffs it is certainly not
less unwise to listen to nobody except
the New York importers and the news
papers which these importers control
The usual New York clamor has al
ready begun It invariably in the past
has controlled the action of one of he
great political parties of the country
Now is the time to stop that once for
all The nation is too big to be
starved for four years and then over
fed for eight age without end Let us
have a little more common sense and
a little less epigram and fine writing
and oral eloquence in this matter of
the tariff
We would remind the Journal that
the clamor for tariff tinkering is by
no means confined to New York news
papers that are under the influence of
importers It is best to look the situ
ation squarely in the face and to ac
knowledge that the passion for tak
ing liberties with prosperity inflames
the brains of many men and many
newspapers located far in the interior
The country is full of theorists who
cannot control their desire to tackle
the tariff They are to be found in
Congress and out of it and they are
not all Democrats and free traders
either Far from it But it is time
that level heads and horse sense
should come to the front and sit down
hard on the policy of alternation be
tween fat periods and lean periods
The country has to be sure grovn
very rich since the last fat period was
installed with McKinley and protec
tion but has it grown so rich that it
is tired of prosperity If it has we
shall see the tariff rippers in the sad
dle once more and that very soon if
it has not we shall keep our hands
off the tariff for some time to come
and take- no liberties with prosperity
would go to these non resident plant
ers if it did not all go to the sugar
trust and there is abundant evidence
that it would
A great deal has also been said about
the late President McKinleys position
with regard to reciprocity as enunciat
ed in his Buffalo speech but we do
not see how it can be twisted to ap
ply to Cuba His advocacy of reci
procity was qualified by this phrase
xJy sensible trade arrangements
which will not interrupt our home
production we shall extend the outlets
for our increasing surplus The re
lief of Cuba would not only interrupt
home production but will cripple if
not paralyze two important industries
the beet and cane sugar interests
Wheeling Intelligencer
Sound Scnatorially and Kdltorlally
The demand for tariff revision and
for the increased admission of foreign
goods to compete with and displace
domestic production doe3 not exist in
the west to the extent claimed by re
visionaries and reciprocators Where
it exists at all it is chiefly to be found
in editorial sanctums Among the peo
ple there is little or none of it Sena
tor Hansbrough of North Dakota is an
editor but not of the revlsionary and
reciprocatory type In his newspaper
the Devils Lake Inter Ocean he says
Tariff revision should not be at
tempted through reciprocity treaties
Reciprocity is not as yet an exact
economic science It has been and
will continue to be employed as an
adjunct of protection which has been
and will continue to be the sheet
anchor of our industry We will enter
into reciprocal trade relations with
foreign nations when by so doing we
may derive mutual benefits without
destroying any domestic industry
Tne free trader will be obliged to
abandon his attempt to make the
tail wag the dog This in our judg
ment is the view the present adminis
tration must take of the subject
This is sound Republican and pro
tectionist doctrine likewise sound
common sense Certain nearby edi
torial neighbors of Senator Hans
broughs with larger pretensions and
smaller grasp of economic questions
would do well to paste it in their hats
Sir Henry M Stanley is now devot
ing himself almost exclusively to coun
try life and developing into a gentle
man farmer
Great boaster little doer
POLYGAMY DYING OUT
TURKISH WOMEN COPYING THEIR
EUROPEAN SISTERS
Each TVIfo Now Demands Homo of
JIer Own and tho Cost It Too Great
for tho Follower of Mahomet In
novations In Costume
Polygamy is fast dying out among
the Turks and not on account of any
change in moral standards but because
of the altitude of the women them
selves Formerly a mans four or ilvo
wives dwelt amicably under one roof
but now every wife demands a homo
of her own and the Impossibility of
supporting so many homes is compel
ling the average Turk to limit his
harem to one wife
This now proof of the civilizing In
fluence of woman was given by Miss
Florence A Fensham dean of tho
American College for Girls at Con
stantinople in a talk before the
League for Political Education in New
York on The Outlook for tho Woman
of the Orient
Another statement that seemed novel
to many in the audience was Tho
Turks as a race are of fair complexion
with blue eyes and are delightful peo
ple to know They are truthful hon
est and hospitable in a high degree
In those respects the mass of tho
Turks those ofthc uppermiddlo class
differs greatly from the government
but a nation must be judged not by its
highest nor its lowest but by the great
class between
There is a general impression
abroad that Turkish women arc shut
up behind the lattice windows of the
harem and have little freedom to go
about This is far from correct The
Bosphorus steamers are crowded with
them they jostle you on every hand
in the narrow streets of Constanti
nople Veiled they must be but veiled
they go about with a freedom greater
than that assured any European wom
an for to molest a Moslem woman
means death to a Turk and serious
consequences to a foreigner
It is an acknowledged fact that the
women of Turkey control most of the
government appointments To quote
from a work recently published by one
long resident of the country The
women hold ultimate sway over the
conduct of the men The tangled in
trigues for place and power which
center in the harem form the key to
many vicissitudes of Turkish his
tory
Even the dress of the women of the
harem said Miss Fensham shows
their growing independence A few
years ago every woman wrapped her
self before going out in an upper gar
ment that completely enshrouded her
head and was not to be removed until
she was again in the house Now all
the younger women have adopted a
looser head covering that they drop
at will when on the Bosporus steam
ers for a pleasure trip or resting else
where Several edicts were issued by
the sultan against the innovation but
after a few months of obedience th
women would quietly resume their new
headdress until another edict banished
it for a time At last he becam
wearied of the struggle and the mod
ern fashion has become a settled
thing
DEMAND NOW FOR YOUNG BLOOD
Old Men Being Crowdnd Out by Youth
ful Competitor
Two very remarkable movements are
discernible in the business and the ed
ucation of the times and yet when
we come to examining them we find
that the tendencies have been clearly
in view for more than a decade Six
years ago the present writer went to
the president of one of the largest cor
porations of this country and asked
him to give employment to a man who
had turned his forty eighth year says
the Saturday Evening Post There was
personal reasons why he should grant
such a request and the persons for
whom the place was sought was en
tirely acceptable in character ability
and health The presedent replied I
want to do this but it is impossible
The age of the young man is crowd
ing upon modern business so fast that
he will eoon monopolize it We take
no one who has passed forty five we
cannot afford to do it But if this
man has a son anywhere from fifteen
to twenty five years old Ill find a po
sition for him at once So far ha-
this tendency gone that the problem
of getting rid of employes above a cer
tain age is now under discussion and
so great has been the uneasiness that
several of the large concerns have is
sued statements that the old men will
not be discharged
Jurymans Clever Ruic
A story is told of a juryman who
outwitted a judge and that without
lying He ran into an assize court in
a desperate hurry quite out of breath
and exclaimed
Oh judge if you can pray excise
me I dont know which will die first
my wife or my daughter
Dear me thats sad said the inno
cent judge Certainly you are ex
cused
The ladies mentioned are still in ex
cellent health and the juryman hopes
that the solution of the problem may
be long deferred
The Orljyln of Foarls
Recently Dr H Lyster Jameson
made an interesting communication to
the Zoological society of England on
the origin of pearls He had found
that the real nucleus around which
the pearl substance accumulated was
the dead larva of a distoma or fluke
The young flukes pass a certain period
of their early life as guests in the
bodies of fresh water shellfish
