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Yes ho said gently I know ho Is
dead Dolores but after death all
things are made straight He know3
now better than he ever could have
known from your telling and I lcnow
lie has forgotten us
There were sweetness and solemn
ity In tho young mans voice as he
1ent above the beautiful cold face that
caused Dora to catch her breath iu
sudden comprehending of the depth
of tho kindly heart as he slowly re
peated the touch on the girls hands
very tender tho light in tho loving
eyes entering into her very soul
There Is no death What scorns so Is
transition
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian
Whose portal we call death
CHAPTER XXIII
That Girl of Johnsons
Dora was standing at- the well at
Dolores old home with her husband
waiting for Dolores and Charlie Green
who had gone at the girls request to
the opposite mountain It was a
strange freak of Dolores but with the
usual simple acquiescence in any wish
of hers they had gone and here Dora
and her husband were waiting for their
return at the girls old home
But it was not the home of the
girls remembrance The garden was
in fine order and the fence well built
no longer did the gate swing on its
rusty rickety hinges The enterpris
ing chickens were scratching among
the shrubs at the back of the house
but not a chicken dared show its face
at the front of the neat little house
where Jim Lodie and Cinthy lived
the two young pepole who had always
had a kindly thought for its former
mistress
Dora was standing at the well
watching her husband as he swung
the bucket down among the cool
shadows her sweet face grown more
womanly and holding a deeper mean
ing in every delicate line She stood
on tiptoe to look down and follow the
flight of the bucket but even standing
so she scarcely reached to his shoul
der She turned her pretty head on
one side as a bird might do and said
with an air that convulsed her hus
band though there was a deeper and
more tender meaning to her words
that ho would not let her know he un
derstood
The course of true love never did
run smooth and look at that poor
bucket Hal You are fairly beating
the life out of it against the sides of
the well
Poor thing said the big fellow in
a tone that implied scant sympathy for
the luckless bucket You had better
say that Charlie is eating his heart
x out because your cousin will not love
i him Dot Is she never going to be
good to him for his faithfulness dear
He deserves a good life and a good
woman Dora even your cousin cannot
deny that
Dont talk of Lorie as though she
were heartless Harry Dora said
Rolftlv with one of her swift wistful
Lorie is not like other girls
Et do pear ter me t ye might keep
yer mouth shet ef ye ken only say
sech spiteful thengs only got
these ter say ter ye Sadie an ter ye
too Smith ef ye kyant say- kind
thengs o the gal o Johnsings arfter
all shes done an s still doin fer us
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yo were An ye ken talce et as yo
will Thcts all Ive got ter speak an
now my minds hottern when I sot
hyar listnin tor yer men talk
A flush came even through the tan
of rough Sadlers face and Smith
shuffled his feet upon the gravel and
knocked the ashes from his pipe as he
said slowly
Thanke ee Jones We3 been fricns
nigh onter foty year an fer my part
I aint a gointer low sech trlflin
words ter kern atween we Hyars my
hand on t I aint mebby so onfrienl
tord Dlores es ye pear ter thenk
Wes all say thengs t wes dont mean
an mebby thets ther way of us Eh
Sadler
Sadler nodder his grisly head slow
ly He wasnt so frank spoken as
Smith nor perhaps so kind hearted un
der his rough speech Smith said
many rough things but he would have
done much also
And young Green holding Dolores
warm hand closely in his to assist her
up the rough seldom trodden path un
der the bending boughs and ghastly
mists was thinking of the many years
she had lived there in the stolid set
tlement with not one friend in all the
world save it might be the rough un
spoken kindliness of Jim Lodie and
Cinthy And with his kindly eyes up
on the grave beautiful face he could
but wonder how such a life could yield
such a marvel of womanliness and
tenderness
It was a strange freak of hers no
doubt this wish to once again stand
upon the brink of lier fathers death
but how could he loving her dissuade
her from a desire so intense as this
was shown by the pleading of the dark
eyes And so they had come and
standing in the very place where she
stood years before with the misty
mysterious gulf at her feet and tho
broken glimpses of blue heaven
through the floating mist a touch of
grief and pleading and tenderness
cariie over the pure pale face that
caused this man loving her to bow his
head as one involuntarily bows tho
head before the chancel with the
touch of an indescribable holiness
brooding above And he removed his
hat standing so with his hand upon
her round arm as she stood immova
ble searching the terrible death below
her as though for the solving of the
bitterness of her life as though for
the solving of her own harsh heart
lessness In accusing her father when
none other save the man at her side
and others with wicked intent charged
him with crime And there was an
agony dawning over the pallid face
and wide eyes that hushed all other
thought for the time in the heart of
her friend all thought save an intense
desire and longing to take her into
his arms and soothe this agony of bit
terness and shield her all her life
long from any touch of pain any touch
of lifes harshness But he waited si
lently with bent head his hand upon
her arm while she fought and won
perhaps a struggle that few are called
dances ud to his face Lorie is not Pon to fight that few would con
like other girls
The other two having passed down
out of the settlement followed by the
half scornful eyes of the men at the
tavern crossed the rotten bridge over
the river and ascended the opposite
mountain slowly among the bent
bushes and mysterious mists that
held in their hiding the snares of
death and the pitfalls that lay in wait
ing
Thar goes thet gal o Johnsings
Tom Smith said with a rough break
of laughter in his deep voice What
on ther world shes goin ower yander
fer beats me holler
Goin ter say her prayers ower her
feythers grave I reckon joined in
Hiram Sadler coarsely but the an
swering laughter on Smiths lips never
passed them as Jones turned his indig
nant eyes upon them removing his
pipe from his lips to make reply
Et pears to me he said slowly
with an emphasis that hushed their
mirth thet ye might hev gained a
mite o respec an kindly feelin arfter
all these years senca Johnsing died
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quer men tne eyes widened with
agony were lifted from the depths of
horror and mystery seeking the brok
en bits of blue heaven through the
mist of the tangled pines upon the
height and an indescribable grandeur
and beauty gradually grew upon the
lifted face and in the depths of the
grave eyes as though the peace sought
had been won and the bitterness of
years wag buried never again to be
resurrected in alL the life before her
never again to shadow as it had done
the love and life of this friend beside
her And he guessing in part the
thoughts ii her heart made no move
ment save a more tender hold upon
the steady arm he held And he waited
for her to speak
All her life passed her in review as
she stood there conscious even though
the bitterness of this warm kindly
friend at her side all the bitterness
and pain and humiliation and struggle
of her life all the thoughts and sor
rows and struggles and when at last
she turned facing this friend the
change upon her face was as though
an angel had touched her standing
there and lifes suffering had passed
from her lifes struggles and pain and
left only the touch of heavenly fingers
upon the eyes and mouth
One of her slow radiant smiles
broke the sadness of her face as she
laid her hand upon the hand on her
arm as she said softly a new intona
tion even in the low voice
You mustnt be so good to me
Charlie I ought to suffer alone some
times You cannot realize how much
I deserve it
He laid his other hand warmly over
this soft hand onthis arm a new light
on his face and in his eyes that
caused a sudden drooping of the face
in tho light of the sunset
You deserve to suffer there was
an intensity in his voice born from
watching the suffering on her face
and from the suffering in his own soul
You deserve to suffer Dolores John
son If there is need for your suffer
ing how much more should I suffer
who was equal with you in thinking
the unkind thoughts Come away
from this terrible place Dolores
leave all these old bitter memories
here in the weird shadows and mists
only fit for them and give your life
to my keeping tell me you love me as
l love you give me the answer to the
question I asked no long ago Lorie
under tho light of your heavens un
der the tender light of your stars ero
you left me for ypur new life and pos
sible forgetfulness
She met his eyes gravely and square
ly though the new light of tenderness
was still In them as she said slowly
with almost her old slowness
Tho happiness of a mans life does
not altogether depend on the love of
a woman Charlie
To a great extent darling
But even if I should tell you no
you would be liappy after a whije
Charlie Time heals everything
Not everything Lorie
JTes everything she said decid
edly You know that time heals ev
erything Charlie even the old pain
of unforgiveness
Hush he said swiftly and his
hands on both her arms as he held
her facing him were trembling with
the wish to hold her free from pain
You are never to say such things
again dearest Let those things pass
You have suffered enough for them
and God will lay His great tenderness
over them
She was silent a moment as though
reading his inmost thought the lifted
eyes grave and searching and tender
Then she turned from the gruesome
chasm buried at her feet in its
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erous shroud of mist and said softly
with a tenderness that touched him
deeply
God is very good Charlie I can
not doubt his tenderness All my life
I will leave in his hands as you say
all my life past as well as future
Then presently she added
Let us go Charlie I leave here
buried in the heart of His mountains
the oitlerness that has shadowed not
only my life but the lives of those
who love me The mountains are His
and my life is His
But as they paused for an instant
on the rotten bridge with the waters
sobbing at their feet black with the
slime and smoke of the town she laid
her hand earnestly upon his arm and
lifting her grave face to his flushing
with its new tenderness she added
softly
You have been so good to me al
ways Charlie Are you sure sure
you do want nobody but that girl of
Johnsons I come with empty hands
you know
He smiled into the quivering face
and wide searching eyes and he an
swered her taking her two hands in
his closely as though he would never
again let them go from him
I am sure sure that I want you
Dolores Johnson more than any wom
an in Gods beautiful world Your
hands may be empty hands but they
are beautiful in the work they do and
have done for others for even these
cruel people here who would have
ruined your sweet life and the woman
who now your uncles wife would
have stained her hands forever for the
darkening of your heart
And what could she say And the
lights of the sunset were very tender
over them as they crossed the bridge
and passed up along the road through
the settlement where the changes of
her working had given an air of neat
ness and home life and widening of
view with its school and church and
kindly touch of neighborliness and as
they passed the tavern where Jones
and his comrades still sat with their
pipes in lazy enjoyment the men gave
greeting with a new touch of kindli
ness that went to the heart of the
girl whohad lived her twenty years
among them uncared for and unloved
And the eyes of her lover were bril
liant with the depth of his thought
for her and his arm was strong to
guide and guard her through any pain
the future might bring and never
again could this pale beautiful girl of
Johnsons suffer alone or bear her
lifes burdens outside of the pale o
tenderest love
The End
Possibilities of Radium
Mr Hammer who was formerly a
coadjutor of Edison has produced
with radium a partial paralysis of the
fish known as the electric ray so that
it could give no further shocks He
has with the radium paralyzed small
fish so that they have been drowned
or at least died In talking of this ex
periment Mr Hammer called atten
tion to the experiments of Prof Curie
and others recently in Paris in which
guinea pigs mice and rabbits were
paralyzed and later killed by placing
radium near the spinal column It
is perfectly reasonable to suppose
said Mr Hammer that peoples
brains might be paralyzed by putting
powerful radium near their heads say
on a pillow at night or near the spina
cord and thus produce paralysis as
in the case of the animals
PAETI OBLIGATIONS
TO WHAT EXTENT ARE POLITI
CAL PLATFORMS BINDING
If They Are Mere Platitudes They
May Be Easily Repudiated but If
They Are Pledges Ought They Not
to Be Faithfully Carried Out
Why do we frame and adopt party
platforms Are they platitudes or
are they pledges And if the latter
are they to be broken or kept These
questions would seem to be superflu
ous and yet we appear to be on the
eve of breaking a distinct Republican
promise for as such a plank in a po
litical platform is understood Tho
Republican party in its half century
of existence has made few promises
that it has not kept or attempted to
keep No matter how often Democrat
ic pledges have been broken the Re
publican legislators and executives
have tried to keep taith with the ma
jority which elected them Going back
to 1860 the Republican platform de
clared that sound policy requires
such an adjustment of imports as to
encourage the development of the in
dustrial interests of the whole coun
try Time and time again Republi
can platforms have declared for pro
tection to labor and industries some
times in general terms sometimes
more specifically And the president
elected on those platforms was ex
pected to carry out or preserve their
provisions so far as lay in his power
The same was expected of congress
and never have the legislative and ex
ecutive power broken the platform
pldges
For the first time in the history of
the Republican party it is proposed to
break faith with the people In the
platform adopted in 189G the only in
dustry singled out tor specific pledge
tho ili3sful sweetness of tho Cuban
climate one Is forced to conclude that
It were better to own and cultivate a
single acre of land in Cuba than to
drag out a weary and profitless exist
ence on a hundred acres in Michigan
If tho half is true of what is so
flamingly set forth as to the vast sums
of money to be made out of agricul
ture in Cuba that island has no need
of special reciprocity privileges In the
American market It not only does
not need them but from tho stand
point of the American farmer it ought
not to have them
What Senator Hoar Said
Senator Hoar has now said right
out in meeting that the Dingley sched
ules ought to bo revised after presi
dential election Will tho American
Economist be ablo to believo its ex
pansive ears Hartford Courant
Senator Hoar has said nothing of
the sort What he said in substance
was that the tariff should not bo re
vised at all until the people have by
their votes directed congress to under
take revision A very different thing
is it not Perhaps if the Courant will
read what Senator Hoar really said dt
may be able to believe its strabismic
eyes American Economist
Let Congress Bear in Mind
The Cuban agrarians have transmit
ted to President Roosevelt their
thanks for his efforts in behalf of Cu
ban reciprocity Wrell they may for if
Congress ratifies the pending treaty
it will add several dollars to the Cu
ban planters profits on every ton of
sugar he sells As that sugar all
comes to the United States market
this extra bonus will come out of the
domestic consumer Two years ago
we were told that the Cubans would
starve if Congress did not grant a
heavy reduction in duties within thir
ty das but the fact is Cuba has been
almost entirely regenerated industrial-
OUGHT HE TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
was the sugar industry and this was
the declaration
The Republican party favors such
protection as will lead t6 the produc
tion on American soil of all the sugar
which the American people use and
tor which they pay other countries
more than 100000000 annually
Immediately upon tho election of
McKinley and Hobart and a Republi
can congress capitalists having faith
in a Republican promise invested
their money and farmers having the
some iaitn began tne cultivation or
beets The beet sugar industry year
after year grew amazingly first be
cause the industry cculd be estab
lished with adequate protection and
second because protection had been
promised and it was believed it would
be continued so long as the Republi
can party remained in power
Again in 1900 the party declared
unequivocally for protection and
again monied men and farmers of the
country having faitn in that pledge
renewed their energies in the devel
opment of a domestic sugar industry
From an output of 20000 tons a few
years ago an output of more than ten
times that amount has been reached
and even though this is less than one
tenth of our consumptive capacity it
is believed that in a few years more
with the knowledge and experience
gained and the impetus already giv
en our output would reach the full
amount of what we use
And yet the president and senate
have taken the first steps toward nulli
fying the protection given to our sugar
industry in accordance with promises
of 1896 as embodied in the Dingley
law and reasserted in the platform of
1900 It remains now for the house of
representatives to complete the break
ing of the pledge or by refusing to
confirm the action of the president and
senate to enable us to keep our pledge
to our sugar industry and our honor
as a party
Overdoing Things
It is at least a curious coincidence
that Michigan the home of the sugar
beet should he selected as a field for
exploiting the fascinations and allure
ments of Cuba as an agricultural para
dise A company has been organized
in Detroit to boom things Its pros
pectus and printed matter give out a
high temperature Reading the hot
stuff about the pi enomenl fertility
and productiveness ii Cuban soii and
ly and her sugar crop this year bids
fair to be one of the largest in her his
tory Let Congress bear in mind the
interests of domestic producers of
sugar tobacco cigars early fruits
vegetables etc in considering the
pending treaty
American
The Farmer Is Satisfied
The slight falling off in exports
seems to be giving considerable com
fort to the free traders as they wel
come anything that will serve as an
argument against the Dingley law
They do not note that the falling off
is in agricultural products while our
exports of manufactures are increas
ing High prices naturally have the
tendency to check exports and in
crease imports and exports of agri
cultural products will always fluctuate
But it is no argument against protec
tion when our farmers can market at
home more nearly all they produce
and at profitable prices The table of
the prosperous American is loaded
three times a day and full stomachs
full dinner pails and full lunch bas
kets are full testimony to the efficacy
of protection
When to Revise the Tariff
The fact is that the tariff will be re
vised when the people at the polls de
mand it and not before New York
Times
Right for once That is precisely
when and only when the tariff will be
or shouldbe revised When the peo
ple being tired of prosperity or for
any other reason satisfactory to them
selves want the tariff revised reduced
or removed they will say so and it
will be done But until that time
comes until the people have said so
the proper thing to do is to let the tar
iff alone
Helpless Without a Tariff
Her is a little lecture on protective
tariisj from the Birmingham Eng
Pos- America attracts our skilled
worraen by the larger wages that are
poslUe under protection and gets year
by yjar a larger helping of the limit
ed supply of potters clay and so a
one prosperous industry is approach
ing sxirvation point Having no tar
iff we are helpless to check these pro
ceedings Higher wages and the de
velopment of home industries cause
no complaint in the United States
St Louis Globe Democrat
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THE FATAL
REQUEST
Or FOUND OUT
By A I Harris Author of
Mine Own Familiar
Friend etc
NEXT WEEK
AMERICAN LOVE OF CHANGE
It Is One of the Chief of the National
Characteristics
Love of change is fast becoming an
American characteristic Tho repose
ful man or woman bids fair to be in
ime the most unusual of our types
We strive and strain and direct all
our energies to the obtaining of some
thing which when mastered we never
pause to enjoy
By reposo is not meant idleness or
indifference These terms are too
often confounded The reposeful na
ture can be energetic forceful con
scientious and laborious but it is
free from that indefinable spirit of
unrest the danger menacing our na
tional life just now
There is a restlessness of pleasure
too as well as of business or daily
life The amusement must be con
stant and it must be constantly varied
Little children in the nursery demand1
the same thing in a childish way
Mother or nurse must be prepared to
furnish something new each day of
the week New toys are supplied in
profusion and tired of in an hour
The liking for change is encouraged
It grows rapidly In time it will be
come almost incurable
It is sometimes claimed that this
rapid passing from interest to interest
develops the mind of the child Tho
theory is not upheld by the results
Little John Ruskin had a ball for his
only plaything and the patterns in the
carpet for his puzzles He became a
great analyst
It lies with the mothers of growing
America to make it a land of repose
strong energetic dominant but with
a deep flowing current of rest below
the mighty tide of its life The quality
is not merely desirable It is actually
essential The truly successful career
will be at the bottom a restful one
THE TIMID MAN FLED
Must Have Had Guilty Conscience
Concealed Somewhere
The imperfections some call it
elasticity of the English language
are responsible for the destruction
of the most beautiful specimen of
night blooming cereus I ever saw
said a man the other day
For reasons of my own I invited a
number of gentlemen prominent in lo
cal politics to my house and for their
entertainment provided a buffet lunch
and appropriate liquid refreshments
In the course of the evening a
timid looking gentleman stepped up
to the buffet He was the most un
assuming man I ever saw and I am at
a loss to know what he is doing in
politics At any rate he stepped- up
to get something and following him
was a well known detective When
the timid man saw the detective he
drew back to make room for him and
when that gentleman observed this he
Iziid his hand on the timid gentle-
mans shoulder and said in his hoarse
voice with a well meant attempt at
politeness
Im after you
The timid man sprang from him
and hatless as he was with fear de
picted on every line of his face darted
across the room and vaulted through
the open window into the side yard
The detective was puzzled for a
moment and those who had not heard
the remark were mystified It is need
less to tell you that the frightened
man jumped on my cereus
Scotch Tact
Will Carleton the poet author was
speaking the other day of his last in
terview with Gen Grant I had seen
him and met him on various occa
sions he said but this was the first
time I had ever had him to myself for
half an hour We talked of his famoii3
trip around the world and compared
data concerning places we haI both
visited Especially was he struck with
Ayr the birthplace of Burns and with
two of Burns nieces the Mijses Begg
two elderly maiden ladies who lived
in a cozy cottage a few miles from
auld Kirk Alloway I had happened
to visit them immediately after Grant
was there and they were naturally
enthusiastic about the great American
hero When he vent awa said one
of them to me confidentially he
kissed my sister good by But when I
laughingly repeatc d this to the gen
eral he said quietly I kissed both of
them New York World
France Honors Charcot
The memory of Charcot founder of
the school of hypnotism in Paris has
been perpetuated by the chisel of his
wife The statue just erected at
is her work done dur
ing his life and is highly esteemed as
a piece of portraiture
New French Dramatic Critic
The Important post of dramatic
ditic of the Paris Temps left vacant
by the death of M Larroumet has
been given to Adolphe Brisson the
of Francisque Sarcey
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