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Entered Accordinc to Act of Concrcs in the Year 1390 by Street Smith
In the Ofhco of the Librarian of Concress at Washinzton D C
CHAPTER XIX Continued
And as Dora kept to her word and
drove or rode over every day when
the weather was pleasant and together
they wandered under the pines in
many a daring place the color of In
creasing heatlh Blowly tinging the
cheeks of each while Doras cough
grew less and less frequent and vio
lent and an added grace and spring
showed in Dolores Btep though there
was a growing sadness upon her lips
and a hunted look in the wide dark
eyes that her friends could not under
stand this woman gloried and exulted
In her power to wound the girl Dora
loved with a deeper truer love than
she could ever give to her and she
planned out many a subtle manner for
wounding and sending her shafts deep
er into the soul of the girl who was
she told herself over and over steal
ing away what rightfully belonged to
her
Lemuel Johnson went often to see
his brother who grew civil to him
after a while though at first he was
surly and resented his brothers long
silence and neglect Together they
talked of the future and laid many
plans to be carried out as soon as Joe
was a little better
Dr Dunwiddie still positively af
firmed that he would recover but that
this must needfully be slow and Joe
Johnson was never possessed with pa
tience enough to bear quietly much
waiting And as the days passed Do
lores waited and waited the dread
fear shut in her heart they would
come for her father from the town
The subject of the mare was never
mentioned among them it had
dropped out of the house as suddenly
and completely as though death had
touched it that day Dora gave her
i cousin a sketch of the feeling regard
ing it in the town though not one of
them understood the girls horror of it
excepting it might be the one who
had seen the most of her emotion
Sometimes the girl was tempted to ask
about it but the dread of bringing
down something worse upon hersslf
and her father kept her silent to suffer
alone
But Johnson lingered along in much
the same condition in spite of the in
terest of his friends or foes from
week to week scarcely getting better
yet growing no worse Dr Dunwiddie
knitted his brows and looked very
grave and puzzled many a time after
his visits he did not like the appear
ance of things they were going crook
ed something must be done and at
once He did not wish to arouse the
thought of such a thing in the minds
of Johnson himself or Dolores in fact
he wished to keep it from Johnson
more even than from his daughter for
he was in such an excitable state that
it went much against his recovery
petulant fault finding with many a
word that showed his brute nature and
cruelty At or against Dolores and
fate his anger and spleen were direct
ed Dolores was of no use no earth
ly use in the world she was without
even the sense of most women and
that was little enough Had she been
a boy things might have been differ-
1 lilmffliti
The men dropped in occasionally
ent boys were 01 use And it was not
enough that this ill luck of her being
a girl was upon him but he must have
this added to the rest to be laid up
with not even the use of his feet or
hands Here he was crippled help
less constantly in pain scarcely able
to move -without pain and there was
his brother healthy florid a rich man
with a fine home and the comforts of
life at his disposal
And what reason was there that his
brother should have the gains and he
the losses Was he not quite as de
serving and capable of appreciating
them as he Fate was a powerful
master partial and many times cruel
in its decrees Life was a pretty tough
thing anyway scarce worth the living
To lie in that hole of a room day in
day out was growing unbearable
nothing to do but watch the bit of sky
and mountain through the tiny win
dow the scent of the pines stealing
through or closing his eyes to think
think think his narrow thoughts that
never got away from the mountains
the smithy the tavern and the town
until he was driven nearly wild by
the thoughts that no one else ever
knew though those who were with
him most guessed nearer the truth
The thin face grown pallid with
confinement would narrow and seem
to contract the small eyes Eet deep
CHAPTER XX
THAT GIRL of JOHNSONS
and close together grew cruel and
junning the coarse mouth under the
scant mustache closed with sinister
meaning For hours he would lie in
the same position scarcely moving
his long hands grown bony clutching
convulsively the bed covering And to
those who watched with eyes sharp
ened with interest all these actions
were full of meaning and proved
much that had but been guessed be
fore
As time went by the men at the
tavern got over their stiffness and
dropped in occasionally through the
days one or another to have a chat
with Johnson but mainly to see how
he bore his affliction and to know for
themselves how much better off that
girl of Johnsons was since her fath
ers brother Lemuel he who left the
settlement years before had returned
Many an hour in the wide low room
at the tavern or beside the door of
an evoning they discussed Johsons
condition and freely expressed their
doubts and views as to his recovery
in spite of Dr Dunwiddies assertion
to the contrary While Dr Dunwiddie
over in the town among his friends at
Judge Greens also discussed John
sons condition and decided with them
that it was time something was done
and done speedily or it would be too
late
Spare no pains nor expense Dun
widdie urged Lemuel Johnson pacing
up and down the pleasant parlor at
Judge Greens his hands clasped be
hind him his florid face and kindly
eyes full of anxiety Joes got a won
derful constitution always did have
sinews like steel when we were young
sters This illness has been heavy to
bring him down so Surely there is
some way of hastening his recovery
and we must find it you must find it
Hes got to have a fair chance for a
place in life comfortable like other
men and not end it all that way
Why its death in life over yonder
Its buried in a grave large enough to
turn around in but it isnt life No
wonder hes lost all ambition staying
there with everybody around him
duller and more listless than he ex
cepting of course Dolores Shes a
body one wouldnt meet always Joe
doesnt appreciate her because hes
incapable of judging out of such a
batch of Comrades as hes got there
That Lodies a good enough sort of
man make an intelligent man if he
had a chance but my powers such
a life for man or woman Where I
was born too and not a school house
or church in the place and my own
brothers child ignorant of even the
catechism or the existence of God
Do your best for him Dunwiddie
never mind the cost Money is noth
ing compared to a life worth living
You start him on with a lair show of
strength and Ill do the rest Hes
the only kin I have in the world he
and the girl and the Lord knows
there isnt a man in tne world who
wouldnt do all he could for such
Eh Dora
A Sudden Message
Man alive exclaimed Lemuel
Johnson as he stood beside his brother
one morning with Dr Dunwiddie and
Dr Grey explaining to him a plan by
which they hoped to benefit his condi
tion and hasten his recovery Man
alive Joe exclaimed the excitable
little man thrusting his hands into
his pockets his florid face growing
redder his eyes sparkling with indig
nation Have you no sense at all
Have you no pride no common ambi
tion to get well To make a success
of life Would you rather lie here
growing Jess and less capable of any
thing like an indolent tramp and
keep on suffering straight ahead for
years maybe when by perfect care in
this hospital or infirmary or what
ever it is in the city something may
be done for you and you would be
set up like a new man ready for any
position and to build up as good a
home as any man living Why great
Scott Joe Johnson if you are my
brother and the only one Ive got I
must say Id be ashamed to own you
if you refuse
The Invalid was growing excited also
He struggled up to a sitting position
half reclining on his right arm and
glared at his brother as an infuriated
animal at bay
Etd be nothin new ef ye was
shamed o me he cried the veins of
his forehead swelling like cords his
small eyes glittering like serpents
Ets no morn done all yer life I
sence yer t away ter make yer
money a many yfci ago Ye left er
folks ter starve fer allt yeve done
fer em tell just now when ye kem
hyar ter gloat owver me I may be
thout yer style o sense Lem John
sing but I hev got ther common sense
t ken tell beans when I sees em Ye
neednt make outen t ye dont know
what I means wells I do or them as
hev lived hyar sence theys horned
An theys ken tellt ye left us thout
nothin an outen yer life tell jest
now whent aint no use an es long
es Ive got breath nough left ter tellt
Ill jest say this An I aint goin ter
be put in no horsepital neither where
a feller ken stay forever an folksd
never know but hes dead an buried I
stead o livin locked up in a cell like
a crimnal an kept thyar an never
let out Mebby et do run in thes
famly ter be shefless an no count
LIFE OF KING ALFONSO
Young Monarch Becoming Popular
With His Subjects
The young king of Spain is daily
making himself more popular in San
Sebastian which may be regarded as
the summer capital of Spain Rising
very early he goes down from Mira
mer palace before 8 to San Sebastian
beach for a swim He takes long
rides in the valleys and across the
highlands of the Basque country with
out an escort but he is always in
uniform and is accompanied by two
aids-de-camp and two palace servants
He takes great pleasure in returning
the salutes of the peasantry At mid
day the king attends to state business
with the minister for foreign affairs
Before lunch he gives audiences and
generally rides again in the afternoon
or drives his own four-in-hand with
Queen Christina and his sisters sit
ting behind him He takes an inter
est in yachting in the rowing boat
races in the bay and in pigeon-shooting
He is already a good shot and a
keen sportsman The Basques are
pleased to see him interested in their
national ball game styled juego de
pelota
Suburban Foresight
The citizen of Drearyhurst was
showing his visitor through the spa
cious garden in the rear of the house
Over there he said pointing with
his cane is the turnip patch
You must be a good deal fonder of
turnips than I am commented the
visitor
Oh we dont use them on the
taole his host replied We raise
them to throw at the neighbors
chickens Theyre cheaper than coal
One Advantage
Is Cleveland really as slow as peo
ple say it is asked the Chicago man
Its worse replied the Cincinnati
urummer Why some of the resi
dents of that village actually die of
old age
but I hev es good sense 6s ye hev
Lem Johnsing an I aint ter bo tom
fooled like a woman
Dr Dunwiddie laid his strong hand
on his shoulder and spoke to him
sharply
Lie down he said man and
listen to us We give you the choice
You shall have from now till to-morrow
morning to consider after that
will be too lite Choose one of two
alternatives Remain just where you
are from sheer stubbornness and die
for die you must if you persist in
this and in such a slow torturing man
ner as you cannot comprehend or
comply with our wishes that may
doubtless be painful at first and
may even end fatally I place it all
before you holding back but with
ten chances to one of your recovery
and a long life
Johnsons face lost its defiance and
cunning It grew livid and paled to a
deathly hue His sinister eyes were
fixed on the doctors face with an
expression of cowardly terror in them
His brothers fit of violent temper he
could meet with equal force but Dr
Dunwiddies voice and manner bore
as much weight as his words which
were uttered clearly and calmly but
which the man was unused to hearing
and which therefore impressed him
more than they might have done other
wise full of meaning and warning as
they Tvere
He lay among the pillows with his
face turned to the wall motionless
as though he were already dead his
sinewy right hand clutched the cot-
Etd be nothin new ef ye was asham
ed of me
ering long after his brother and the
doctors left not knowing that through
the half open door Dolores from the
outer room was watching him with
a face set as his own her hands
clasped passionately her lips shut
close to still the cry that rose from
her heart that found words only In
a new wild inarticulate prayer
God whom I know not forgive
him forgive him
But there was not a trace of this
emotion upon her face or in her man
ner as she stood a day or two after
at the west window of the library at
Judge Greens the soft brown dress
Dora had fitted for her falling grace
fully around her She held back the
lace draperies with one arm leaning
against the casing of the large French
window and looked like a picture so
quiet she stood flushed from the light
of the sunset above
Dora was sitting upon the ottoman
at her feet her delicate face raised
to the face above her Dora said
she could sit forever at Dolores feet
and watch her Dolores face was a
study of which one would never tire
which onevtnust study to understand
which one could never fully under
sCand
To be continued
MOVING THE WHEAT
TRANSPORTATION COST LOWER
ED BY PROTECTION
As the Recult of Making Our Steal
Rails at Home Railway Freight
Charges on Agricultural Products
Have Been Reduced Over Eighty
Per Cent
The London Statist for August 15
1903 contains a leading editorial arti
cle on Mr Chamberlains colonial
policy of discriminating duties from
which we take the following extract
We have seen that between 18G6
and 1902 the cost of carrying wheat
for export from Chicago to New York
was reduced by over 80 per cent
roughly from a little over 23d per
bushel to a little under 4Md per bush
el In other words during the period
referred to the cost of carriage by
railway over a distance of about a
thousand miles was reduced Is Gd
per bushel West of Chicago the re
ductions were certainly not less
Hence it will be seen that during the
past 40 years the reduction in the
cost of land carriage has been extra
ordinary Furthermore we have seen
that the cost of carriage from New
York to this country was reduced
2d per bushel that is to say from
3 15 lGd to 1 7 16d per bushel Alto
gether therefore the cost of carrying
wheat from Chicago to this country
has been reduced during the past
forty years from about 27d per bushel
to about Gd or about 21d Is there
any reason to suppose that the ex
treme limit of reduction has been
reached We fail to see any
In this great reduction in the cost
of transporting the Western farmers
-heat to New York and Liverpool
American steel rail makers have
borne a prominent and indispensable
part In 18GG we had not commenced
the manufacture of steel rails and our
entire supply was obtained from Great
Britain who charged us 15 10s or
7543 per ton on board ship This
sum did not include the cost of car-
posltors with an aggregate accumula
tion of 2750177000 on deposit Tak
ing the year 1890 as a point of com
parison it appears that since that
time there has been an Increaso in
the number of depositors of 1601072
and an increase in the total deposits
of 843177000
This exhibit shows the remarkable
Increase in seven years of 30 per
cent in depositors and 40 per cent in
total deposits
There is no dream about all these
cold millions in the banks mostly
placed there by and belonging to
working people
The total deposits in all the banks
amount to about 5000000000 of
which the savings fund the money of
the common people make 2750000f
000 more than half Clearly not all
the money in the country Is owned by
the great financiers
This showing of money saved by
the working people of the country be
comes all the more remarkable when
we take into consideration the pre
vailing high prices Wages have not
gone up in proportion to the univer
sal increase in prices With only a
little more money to buy with labor
pays far more for all the comforts of
life Yet the savings report shows
that their share in the benefits of
prosperity is no small one
Another important fact is to bo
gleaned from this report Of the
2750000 savings deposits the New
England and Eastern States possess
2300000000 leaving only 450000
000 less than a sixth for all the
Central Southern and Western
States
This proves not that the people of
the Centra Southern and Western
states are making less money than
those of the East but that in their
younger and more thriving communi
ties there are more inducements for
investment Throughout the great
West farms are being paid for homes
are being built natural resources are
being developed and nerf industries
established
None of this can appear in a report
of the controller of the treasury But
the savings thus invested are the
THE RECKLESS BOATMAN
riage across the Atlantic or the duty
bee Fossicks History of the British
Iron Trade In 1871 we began the
policy of adequately protecting our
steel rail industry with the result
that we were soon producing steel
rails as good as those of Great Brit
ain at a much lower price than her
rail makers had been charging us
This price was afterward steadily re
duced so that millions of tons of
American steel rails have been sup
plied to American railroads at less
than 25 per ton or less than one
third the British price of 1SG6 To
day the price is 28 which is exactly
tne amount of the duty of 1S71 on for
eign steel rails
But for the great reduction in the
price of steel rails to American rail
roads during me period referred to
by the Statist it would never have
been possible for Western farmers to
secure the low rates of transporta
tion for their wheat that they have
long enjoyed
Nor could we ever
have built up our magnificent steel
rail industry without the help of an
adequately protective duty on for
eign steel rails We commend these
indisputable facts to the considera
tion of our Iowa friends who have
been invited by Gov Commins to
assist him to place steel rails in the
free list It may also be worth while
to consider the further fact that all
Western wheat growers are protected
against the competition of the wheat
growers of Manitoba and other British
North American provinces by a duty
of 25 cents a bushel on wheat and a
duty of 25 per cent on the foreign
value of wheat flour Iron and Steel
Bulletin
LABORS SHARE
Tremendous Increase of Deposits in
Savings Banks
People are said to sometimes pinch
themselves in order to prove that
some particularly pleasurable sensa
tion Is not due to a dream
The recent annual report of the
controller of the treasury admirably
serves the purpose of a pinch to as
sure the public that the prosperity of
the country Is no dream It proves
that the country is wideawake and
that the pleasureable sensation of
prosperity is real
From the section of his report deal
ing with the funds in savings banks
it appears that there are in the
United States 6666672 individual de-
Plgg
most important of all Indeed they
furnish the foundation of the coun
trys prosperity Grand Rapids Her
ald
The Opponents of Protection
Some time ago the papers opposed
to a protective tariff made a great
flurry because it was believed that
the Republicans of Iowa would call
for tariff revision What was classed
as the Iowa idea it was claimed
would be certain to break down the
walls of profpction
But prosperity and high prices for
the products of the farm caused the
agriculturalists of Iowa to decide that
it was wise to let well enough alone
But now it is claimed that the Iowa
idea has switched to Minnesota and
that there will be a fight there for
tariff revision It is probable that the
reports of the favor of tariff revision
in Minnesota are largely exaggerated
and that the demand there may col
lapse as speedily as it did in Iowa
But to tnose who think the assumed
positions of Iowa and Minnesota are
significant Both are agricultural
states The few goods manufactured
in each do not come in competition
with the cheap labor of the old world
Neither Iowa nor Minnesota realize
the necessity nor the true benefits of
protection States not practically in
terested in the tariff are poor speci
mens to decry its benefits
When sections which have no in
terest in protection oppose it the les
son is that manufacturing states must
stand solidly for it Philadelphia
Item
Industrial Absorption
Said Senator Depew in London last
week speaking of our prosperity
The railroads have never done so
much business and the absorption of
agricultural and manufactured prod
ucts was never so great How differ
ent is the absorption of protection and
the absorption of free trade The
former absorbs products the latter ab
sorbs producers
Only One Way
Reciprocity would be good for Can
ada but not so good for this country
Canada has everything to gain by it
and nothing to lose There is only one
way in which Canada can secure the
benefits of American trade and that
is by petition for admission Jersey
City Journal
HOW TO HOLD YOUR FRIEND3
Live Cheerful Optimistic Qualities
Needed to Bind Them
Those whp would hold friends must
zultivato the qualities which are ad4
mired and which attract If you are
mean stingy nnd sol fifth nobody will
admiro you You must cultivate gen
oroslty and large heartedncss you
must be magnanimous and tolerant
you must have positive qualities for
a negative shrinking apologizing
round about man is despised You
must cultivate courage and boldness
for a coward has few friends You
must bellovo In yoursef If you do not
others will nr beneve in you You
must look upward and be hopeful
cheery and optimistic No ono will
be attracted to a gloomy pessimist
The moment a man feels that you
have a real live interest in his wel
fare and that you do not ask about his
business profession book or article
merely out of courtesy you will get
his attention and will interest him
You will tie him to you just in propor
tion to the intensity and unselfishness
of your interest in him But if you
are selfish and think of nothing but
your own advancement If you are
wondering how you can use everybody
to help you along If you look upon
every man or woman you are intro
duced to as so much more possible
success capital if you measure people
by the amount of business they can
send you or the number of new
clients patients or readers of your
book they can secure for you they
will look upon you in the same way
Success
HE KNEW THE PLACE
Grim Man Had Just Left Ideal Spot
for Reformers
The long haired young reformers
were holding an informal debate and
when they had agreed that the world
was just about as corrupt and bad a
place as it well could be a grim faced
man arose
What you seem to want friends
he said is a place where everyone
has to be good by law
Thats it chorused the reformers
Where smoking aint allowed and
such a thing as drink is unknown
Where no one need worry about food
and raiment and where money does
pot exist
We do
Where everyone has to go to
church on Sundays and everyone
keeps regular hours
That is just what we do want Oh
to find such a place said a soulful
young fellow speaking for the others
Well Ive just come from such a
place
You have cried the soulful one
Oh tell us tell us man of wonderful
experience where it is that we may
also go
Its a place called prison said the
grim man
Cold Comfort for Travelers
Ex President Cleveland used to fish
and hunt a good deal in the Barnegat
Bay district John Camburn a Ware
town guide says that one cold wet
night Mr Cleveland got lost He
wandered through the mud and rain
and darkness for more than two
hours and not a house could be seen
not a light not a road
Finally thougn he struck a narrow
lane and in due course a house appear
ed Mr Cleveland was cold and tired
he thought he would go no further
So he banged at the door till a window
on the second floor went up and a
gruff voice said
Who are you
A friend said Mr Cleveland
meekly
What do you want
To stay here all night
Stay there then
And the window descended with a
bang and Mr Cleveland shouldering
his gun again resumed his journey
wearily
Today
How little we think my brother
When the evening shadows fail
Oer the light of day
As it fa lies away
Forever beyond recall
That the day has gone forever
With the sunset of the west
And the toiling- hands
Of a hundred lands
Are one nearer rest I
But a fleeting of time to tarry
In journeying down lifes way
So put all your might
In the good old light
For now is the time today
Theres sunshine in the midnight
Theres starlight in the clouds
If only you keep a courage true
Though dire misfortune crowds
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Its hope that will buoy ambition
Its grit that will pull you through
Its ever a work
With never a shirk
And a grim resolve to do
The living present is with you
Improve it while you may
Procrastinate and you challenge fate
Now is the time todty
-Harry S Chester Elkhart Ind
What the Cook Left
A party of Philadelphia business
men were relating their experience
with rooks when one of them said he
knew a man in a neighboring city who
after keeping a cook for a week made
a tour of inspection one night below
stairs There he Ipund a policeman
locked up in the pantry
How did that man get there
asked the gentleman severely
Im sure I dont know was the
ool reply he must have been left
over by the last cook
Walked for Union Cars
Harry Estridge a machinist from
Wilmington Del found himself in At
lanta Ga without his union card
nchough he was a member ot the
Delaware unJon in good standing For
this reason he was refused work in
the Georgia city and walked back to
Delaware where he procured the
necessary paper and will return south
to follow his occupation