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CHAPTER XII Continued
Dolores nat up with a dignity of
bearing that silenced further words
on the womana Tips
Do you think she said does
any ono think that I would leave ray
lather
The nurse laughed softly with a
touch of scorn In her voice
Do you think It would break his
heart Miss Johnson
Dolore3 was too deeply In earnest
to be moved by the scornful words
afterward the words and tone came
back to her distinctly
I would not leave my father she
said solemnly her large steadfast
eyes fixed disconcertingly on the quiet
face opposite I would not leave my
father never while he lives not for
any one
You may change your mind the
nurse said lightly rising to prepare
for the night She touched the girls
hair softly as Dora could have done
caressing the stray curls on the
smooth broad brow pityingly
Go to bed child she said Well
not talk any more about that now it
is time you were getting your beauty
sleep ere the clock strikes twelve
I would not leave my father Do
lores said solemnly her eyes raised
to the kindly face above her I would
not leave ray father ever while he
lives not for any one
I
Whod a thought said Jonesmedi
tatively tipping his chair back and
stretching his feet pretty well toward
the smoky mantel Whod a thought
thet big Johnsing wi sinews like oak
d ever kem ter thes
It was more the statement of a fact
than a question he said it to free his
mind and start the ball of conversa
tion rolling That every one thought
as he did on this subject was a matter
of course He looked around on them
approvingly as though to impress
them with the fact that he was with
them there
Ets bettor so said Lodie grave
ly changing his left leg over the
right ets better so than fer him ter
hev run inter hidin
A silence fell over them all each
thought the same infact they thought
considerably beyond that but not one
of them dared say what was in his
mind
Reyther onsatisfactry ansrs they
give us when we went ter ask bout
hem said big Tom Smith dissatis
fiedly as he pushed the cat from the
hearth with his foot and drew his
chair up nearer the fire
Ther jedges son were thar said
another big stout man with a mali
cious snort of laughter Ther jedges
son were thar an theys were too
big ter speak ter sech common folks
as we uns What hev we ter do with
they uns sence ther jedges son hev
took up Johnsing an his gal
A loud burst of laughter drowned
the sobbing of the storm Lodie alone
sat quite unmoved staring gravely
Into the crackling fire
Look a hyar he said slowly
changing his right leg over the left
Look a hyar men mebby t aint sech
a good joke as ye seem ter thenk
with yer larfiin an yer jokin When
I helped with Johnsing tell ther doc
tors kem I could see plain thet t
warnt no common theng hed hapd
Johnsing Thar he were wuth his
two legs broke an his arms an cov
ered Avith bruises an mebby no end
o broke bones an I says ter myself
thet t warnt no common theng hed
hapd Johnsing An when ther doc
tors kem theys sed I asked ther
jedges son as I were comin out an
fp SIM
Look a hyar maul
he telled me theys sed Johnsing aint
long ter live an thet t would be a
mericle ef he even live a week An
thar were Johnsings gal a standin et
ther winder starin out et ther rain
jes es shed stood ever sence we
ibringed her feyther home an shes
never moved or spoke sence Stop
yer larfln men taint no larfin mat
ter thes thet hev hapd Johnsing
Hev ther gal stole yer hyart fro
ye Lodie asked one of the men
again starting the rougb laughter
Shes a sweet gal Jim an yere wel
come ter her ef ye ken get her frum
jedges son But yell hev ter be
lively man Taint evry gal kin get
ther son o a jedge an yed best put
yer best foot forrard as soon as may
be
Look a hyar man there was a
wrathful gleam in the big fellows
black eyes as ho arose to his feet in
all his height of six feet three et
makes no dlffrence what ye say ter
me or bout me but ther next one
what speaks thet gals name like
thctU be laid outen flattern ever
Johnsing were an hell never git up
agen Howd ye like one o us ter
say ther same o yer darter Hiram
Sadler
HI hi the man exclaimed with
another burst of laughter not so loud
nor so long as before Hi hi hyars
kem a champon fighter fer thet gal
o Johnsings sures ye live Jones
Lets hev a drink outen et ter drive
all III feelln off I meant no harm ter
ye Lodie nor ther gal neither
And the big man looker down on
the speaker with steady eyes as he
answered
Say what ye like bout me an ter
me Sadler but there firs sech word
bout thet gal o Johnsings from any
o yell bo yer last
And they knew he meant what he
said
CHAPTER XIII
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Around the Tavern Fire
I heard reyther a strange story
ower yander in ther town thes mornin
when I went fer ther doctors Tom
Smith said presently setting down his
mug of cider and wiping off his beard
ed lips with the back of his hand A
strange story an reyther moren I
think Johnsing deserves
He hev moren he deserves now
Sadler said with a leer at Lodie
But the story Tom Jones inter
posed to prevent further unpleasant
ness Lets hev et et once
Ets bout Johnsing of course
Smith said solemnly Et all pears
ter be bout Johnsing A shefless no
count critter ennyhow
Never mind bout thet Jones said
seeing Lodie turn his big black eyes
from the fire to the face of the speak
er Johnsing is havin all he ken
well carry thout our sayin hyard
thengs bout hem Lets hev yer story
Tom
Well when I was done seein ther
docters an ther wimmen Smith con
tinued et ther judges house what
young Green sent me ter see I went
ower ter Scrubbs on ther corner
oppsit ther court house where some
o ther fellers was One o ther men
thar got ter talkin pretty free bout
ther trial an ther lamin an ther hull
bisness an one o ther others sed ter
him thet hed best keep a civil tongue
in his head bout thet Johnsing an his
gal fer et seems thet Lem Johnsing
him thet left hyar many year ago
hev kem back ter see his brother
an has been askin news o him an
is a findin out all he ken bout him
an special bout thet gal o hisn Et
seems he hev gothis darter with him
an she hev took a farncy ter thet
gal o Johnsings from ther first what
she hev heard all from ther judges
son An ets kem out thet thyes goin
ter kerry her way up Noth ter ther
big city when tneys go an eddicate
her an make a lady o her An Lem
he hev a heap o money they says
ower yonder an he an ther jedges
struck up a powerful frendship thet
may they lowed mebby prove a
benefit ter Johnsing in inany ways
but most special in a way t wes all
know
Et pears queer how thengs kem
round Sadler said meditatively but
Lem Johnsing alays did hev more
grit n most of em Theys a shefless
no count set ennyhow ceptin him
an ther gal worse n most
Look a hyar Sadler Lodie said
slowly Dolores could not have
spoken slower Ets bein worsen
ther beastie ter hit a man when hes
down special when yer know he kyant
live long ter bother nobody Ef
theys get hem ower ter ther town
alive etll be moren I reckon An
moren thet he may be dead or a dyin
thes minnet while wes what call our
selves his frends be talkin o him
names an sayin onkind thengs bout
hem Hem an his gal has nough ter
thenk of thout we uns heapin on her
an him a lot o hyard thengs t aint
all true or kind Howd ye like ther
same bout ye or yer gal Sadler
The fire died down on the hearth
until only a glowing heap of ashes re
mained The rain and wind sobbed
outside at the doors and windows
swaying the creaking sign at the door
post Suddenly the low door was
thrown open letting in a gust of
hoarse east wind and showers of rain
and sleet and out of thislike a vwreath
of the storm tall grave faced drench
ed to the skin young Green stood in
their midst
He closed the door and advanced
toward the fire removing his hat as
he did so
Jones arose at once Jones was
always ready for business the judges
son would pay well no doubt he
should have the best in the house
The other men retained their positions
and regarded the new comer with no
friendly eyes
A powerful bad storm jedge said
Jones good naturedly Kem right
up hyar by ther fire an get ye dry
Yes Green said pleasantly quick
to note the sullen aspect of the men
around the fire Its a night to make
k
ono glad of fire and shelter Hava
yoira place for me to night Jonps
Sartain jedge Wes alays a place
fer ye an u plate an mug Ye shall
hev a smokin supper ter sort o
straighten ye out an yell take off
yer thengs an hev era dried Hyars
a mi5 first ter brace ye Ets a pow
erful bad night is this
Thank you Green said Youre
a good hearted host Jones It is
pleasant to feel one is so heartily wel
come
He drew up the chair Jones placed
for him merely noticing the men in
the simplest manner
How is Johnsing now jedge
Lodie asked slowly He was privil
eged to ask was he not one of those
who rescued the man
Unconscious Green replied grave
ly The doctors dare not leave him
for a moment He is in a critical state
and the least movement might prove
fatal
Have theys sot his broke bones
jedge Sadler asked respectfully
Yes Green replied stretching his
lifliS
Young Green stood in their midst
wet feet toward the fire and enjoying
its warmth and rest after the dreary
day They have set his right leg
and his arm but his left leg will have
to be amputated near the hip
A silence fell over them A sort of
awed silence it was at thought of all
it meant And it was the same man
who stood in their midst but three
days before powerful of muscle with
cords like an oak vowing vengeance
upon this young man who had saved
his life
The leg should have been ampu
tated at once for it was in a terrible
condition but the doctors dared not
do it in his weak state it might prove
fatal To morrow they hope to do it
His daughter knows nothing of his
critical condition and they wish her
not to know The waiting and sus
pense have told much on her already
and she must have no more excite
ment at present
An hes goin ter lose his leg
Lodie asked slowly Ets goin ter be
reyther hyard on ther gal as well as
Johnsing pears ter me Wholl take
care of em Id like ter know
Theyll be taken care of young
Green replied quietly a touch of color
in his face to hear these rough men
speaking of these things in regard to
such a woman as Dolores Johnson
But it is doubtful about JohnsQn
having to be taken care of many
days
Mrs Jones came to the door and
spoke to him His supper was ready
if he cared to have it then
As he arose to obey the summons
Tom Smith asked gruffly it might
be out of bravado to hide his real
feelings
Ef Johnsing dies what bout ther
trial ower yander jedge
Green faced him with a look the
men never forgot as he replied
sharply
What is a mares life to that of a
man Smith You had best let that
matter drop till this is settled
- To be continued
IS HIS OWN GRANDFATHER
Neapolitan With Most Strangely Mix
ed Lineage
Beppo Bruzoni a Neapolitan sailor
is a living proof of the fact that a
man can be his own grandfather
I married he said a widow and
she had by first husband a handsome
girl named Silvietta with whom my
father fell in love and who became
his second wife Thus my father be
came my son-in-law and my step
daughter became my mother since
she had married my father Soon af
terwards my wife gave birth to a son
who became my fathers step brother
and at the same time my uncle since
he was my step mothers brother
But that was not all for in due
time my fathers wife also gave birth
to a boy who was my brother and
also my step son since he was the
son of my daughter My wife was also
my grandmother and thus I was my
wifes husband and at the same time
her grandson Finally as the husband
of a persons grandmother is naturally
that persons grandfather I am my
own grandfather Household Words
The True American Spirit
It is a genuine refreshment to the
soul nowadays to meet a man who
says I want work and it does not
matter what it is so long as it is hon
est and fairly paid for There are
men whose courage and nobility were
never suspected when they were pros
perous who when adversity came up
on them threw off their coats and
pride and are working at jobs they
used to give as favors to other men
Atlanta Constitution
IS IT Afl AGREEMENT
THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF CON
SIDERED AS A CONTRACT
HaVe Not the Government and the
People Entered Into a Covenant
That All Labor and Industry Shall
Enjoy the Benefits of Protection
With satisfaction the American
Economist observes the attention de
voted by the New York Tribune of
July 25 to the suggestion that before
taking action on the pending Cuban
reciprocity treaty Congress will do
well to carefully consider and accur
ately weigh certain important argu
ments against the consummation of
that project The Tribune had commit
ted itself to the opinion that there
was nothing to consider In this con
nection that the case was all settled
and the legislation necessary to start
the reciprocity wheels should take
no time at all It seems however
to have discovered that there was one
phase of the question worthy of at
least momentary thought for in a
leading editorial article of consid
erable length it goes to the trouble of
taking issue with the position of the
Economist The subject to be sure
is treated in a flippant sour and super
ficial manner but it is better that it
should be treated in this way than not
treated at all Among the points sub
mitted by the Economist for consider
ation by Congress at the extra session
to be called Nov D for final action on
the Cuban treaty was the following
Does it not involve the violation by
the government of a contract of agree
ment with certain producing interests
of the United States namely the
Dingley tariff law
This suggestion as is evident on its
face was put forward tentatively not
as an assertion of law or fact but
with a view to drawing attention to
the question of moral obligation on
the part of our own government
toward our own people So much has
been heard as to our moral obligation
toward the people of Cuba that it
would seem only fair to take some ac
count of the duty which the govern-
prome court on that fround In their
endeavors to escape taxation on the
valuo of their franchises It is some
thing new however to find the tax
laws themselves construed as a con
tract and therefore not subject to
change lest the constitutional rights
of citizens bo invaded
It is something now surely to find
a protectionist newspaper referring to
the Dingley tariff as a tax law and
taking no account of its operation as
a piotective measure But that is not
the sorest point with the Tribune
Again in the fashion of its free trade
contemporaries it dips Its pen into
vinegar and gall and in response to
the tentative suggestion as to rights
under a covenant of agreement it de
clares
If the Dingley law was a contract
with certain producing intG ests then
it must have been passed in payment
of some supposed debt The producing
interests in question must have paid
something for it
A contract implies consideration
What producing interests rendered
valuable consideration which gives
them a right to look on a law of the
United States as a contract which the
United States has no right to revise
at will What was tho consideration
To whom was it rendered What are
the secret clauses which give what is
on its face a mere tax law the charac
ter of a contract Certain producing
interests have a contract with tho
United States have they a contract
not that they shall be taxed only at a
certain rate or shall not be taxed at
all but that somebody else shall bo
taxed for their benefit For how long
does this contract run Have the
certain producing interests acquired
a pprpetual lien on the country by the
passage of a contract instrument es
tablishing an unchangeable tax What
ciiim had the producing interests on
the lawmakers to induce the creation
of such an astonishing obi gation
amounting to the sale and allonation
of the governments future legislative
power
We had not supposed that any Re
publican newspaper would alow its
zeal in behalf of tariff tinkering bj
reciprocity treaty to carry it so far
DESTRUCTION THREATENED BY THE TWO TAILED COMET
ment owes to those of our own pro
ducers Avho claim equal rights with
other domestic producers to the pro
tection guaranteed them by law The
Dingley tariff law is in the nature of
a covenant between the government
and the people It is rather more than
that It is the mandate of the people
framed into law and promulgated by
their servants the Senators Repre
sentatives of the United StatesiGon
gress and the President of the United
States a mandate that must remain
in full force until revoked by the peo
ple through their servants in the
same manner and by the same process
by which it was originally placed upon
the statute books The manner and
the process are clearly defined in that
clause of the Constitution which pro
vides that all legislation affecting the
revenue shall originate in the House
of Representatives In the case of
the Cuban treaty this process has
been reversed Legislation affecting
the revenue by a reduction of 20 per
cent in tariff duties has originated in
the Senate and now goes to the House
for final concurrence This is why
the proposed amendment of the Ding
ley law is characterized as irregular
and unconstitutional this is why it
has been suggested that the Dingley
law should stand as a covenant be
tween the government and the people
until it shall have been in whole or
in part abrogated by the people
The suggestion as to equity and
good faith on the part of the govern
ment toward domestic producers
seems to have irritated the Tribune
into a frame of mind not conducive to
calm and logical discussion It has so
nettled the journal founded by Horace
Greeley Protectionist that it employs
phrases and methods of expression
which are curiously similar to the vein
in which free trade writers assail the
doctrine and policy of protection The
tariff is a tax these free trade propa
gandists have been telling us for
many years Evidently the Tribune of
to day unlike the Tribune of Horace
Greeleys time holds the same view
It says
The obligation of contract is often
Invoked by corporations to avoid new
taxes The franchise holders of New
York are just now appealing to the
beyond the border line of fair and
courteous controversy we had not ex
pected to goad our neighbor into the
vicious free trade flings embodied in
the extracts just quoted Not forget
ting that the Tribune was among the
first and fiercest champions of Mr
Havemeyers benevolent theory of
moral obligation and that it has
fought strenuously and incessantly for
the realization of the Sugar trust
dream of cheaper raw sugar from
Cuba as a means of destroying the
competition of domestic cane and beet
sugar we were not prepared for quite
so ranch heat and temper It is an
exhibition of strenuosity that seems
to denote much pressure and strong
urgency in behalf of Cuban reciproci
ty Viewed in this light the episode
is at once suggestive and instructive
After all is not the Dingley tariff
very much in the nature of a contract
of agreement to which there are two
parties the government and the peo
ple llae not the people and the
government entered into an agreement
that all domestic labor and industry
not merely a part shall enjoy the
blessings and benefits of protection
There can be no contract without a
consideration says the Tribune True
Then what was the consideration and
who paid it in the case of the Dingley
law The consideration was loss of
employment hunger privation and the
drawing down of vast sums of money
out of savings banks attendant upon
the terrible period of tariff reform
from 1893 to 1897 and it was paid by
the wage earners of the United States
by the farmers of the United States
who lost 5000000000 in depreciation
of values of farm products and farm
properties and by every person who
suffered the pangs of Wilson-Gorman-ism
The wage earners and the pro
ducers of this country paid a high
price for the Dingley tariff It is
theirs by right of purchase Who has
the right to take it away from them
without their consent being first had
Argument Is Wasted
To wage earners When a man tells
you that free trade is a good thing for
you coax him into an alley and tell
him he Is a fool Davenport la Re
publican
AN ODD INDIAN BELIEF
Tradition Connected With the Division
Into Castes
According to tho tradition of ono of
tho tribes of India the sun created
a man and a woman at the beginning
of tlmo and this couple had twolvb
children When they had all come to
an age to shift for themselves tho
sun divided them into pairs and placed
food of all kinds before them On
fheir choice depended tho fate of thglr
descendants Those who took vege
tables only became the ancestors of
the highest caste of all tho Brah
mans while the Santals tho lowest
of all castes spring from those who
chose pigs The Kols declare that they
are descended from those who took
bullocks flesh and to the sustaining
power of the food of their choice the
Larka or fighting Kols attribute
their strength and line physique
When these- latter at tho beginning
of the last century first met English
troops they were quickly Impressed
witli the fighting powers of the stran
gers and finding that they too ate
bullocks flesh the Kols paid them the
great compliment of assigning them
the same pair of ancestors as the
Kols But by the time eleven pairs
had chosen their share of the foofl
provided there was nothing left for
the unfortunato twelfth couple and
they had to beg food from the others
who had fared better From this un-
lucky pair spring the Ghasis who do
not work but support themselves ou
the charity and leavings of others
NOT A BLOOD RELATION
Death of Lifes Partner Caused a Fine
Distinction
It was in one of the farming dis
tricts of New England The young
folks had banded themselves together
for monthly jollifications during the
winter and were about to celebrate
the last dance of the season as well
as a couple of engagements whic had
resulted from tho assemblies Ben Haw
kins the local Paginini and his Strad
ivarius had been engaged to lead them
through tho mazes of the country
dance and all were looking forward to
the time of their life
But death inconsiderately claimed
Mrs Hawkins for his own on the
afternoon of the eventful party The
young people gathered as arranged
but bemoaned the absence of Ole
Ben and games were being substi
tuted for the dancing when lo Haw
kins and his fiddle appeared on the
scene
Great astonishment and many ques
tions greeted the old man but he
calmly slipped his fiddle out of its
green bag and as he meditatively
rubbed the resin ou the bow said
Wall yes Marias gone died this
afternoon but I reckon taint no sin
for me to play for you to night seein
she want no blood relation
Peculiar Marriage Ceremony
Among the Kherrias of India the
marriage ceremony is quite elaborate
After many preliminaries the priest
begins this singular performance
Taking a small portion of the hair of
the bride and groom in turn from the
center of the forehead he draws it
down to the bridge of the nose Then
pouring oil on the top of the head he
watches it carefully as it trickles
down the portion of hair If the oil
runs straight on to the tip of the
nose their future will be fortunate
but if it spreads over the forehead or
trickles off on either side of the nose
bad luck is sure to follow Their for-
tunes told generally to their own sat
isfaction the essential and irrevoca
ble part of the ceremony takes place
Standing up bide by side but with
faces strictly averted the bride and
bridegroom mark each others fore
heads with sindur vermilion
Great care is always taken that neith
er shall catch a glimpse of the other
during this important process which
finally makes the couple man and
wife
A Canny Preacher
Major Pond was a discreet man but
he occasionally told one celebrity a
good story at the expense of another
One of his favorite stories was of an
American preacher who preached in
England under his management
The sermons attracted greater audi
ences than either manager or preacher
had expected and at length one night
as manager and managed sat talking
upon the steps of a great London
church after the deliver- of a success
ful sermon in a neighboring hall the
dissatisfied preacher struck for higher
wages and brought such arguments
to bear that the manager felt it neces
sary to yield
It was a costly talk for Major Pond
but he keenly enjoyed the humor of
the situation and took great pleasuye
in picturing the great preacher seatc
in the moonlight upon the cathedral
step bargaining for higher pay far
preaching the gospel New York Sun
Snake Captures Dog
Harry Metzel of Boston went to the
Mountain Tea hills yesterday in
search of mountain tea He was ac
companied by a young beagle hound
The hound became separated from
Metzel and soon attracted him by ts
yelping He found the hound in a
small open space in the underbrush
and firmly wrapped around the animal
was a large snake
Flood Benefits One Man
The Missouri river flood has given
P C Nuckles of Rocheport Mo a
new house completely furnished The
high water drove Mr Nuckles away
from his farm and when he returned
to it he found on his land a compara
tively new house which was in good
condition despite its watery jpurney
There is nothing about it to indicate
irho the owner is