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CHAPTER XX Continued
To day is Tuesday There is a Ut
ile shabby prayer book somewhere
among my belongings I will put it
once and for all out of my power to
procrastinate further by fixing upon a
certain date and swearing to carry
out on that and no other the purpose
which has been in my mind so long
To day as I have said is Tuesday
on Friday then without Xurther de
lay I will insert my duplicate key in
the lock of that door first of all as
certaining that it will fit and make
what Dr Jeremiah would describe as
a felonious entry
Meanwhile I have to consider Per
Icins --
She has not shown me so much
open animosity since my return but
It will not do to count upon this She
may be only as she would no doubt
herself express it biding her time
You dont deceive me she said when
I crept down stairs like a thief in the
night and was nearly discovered
through her instrumentality
What was the threat she employed
toward me on that memorable occa
sion Ill find out what you are up
to as sure as names Maria Ann Per
Ivins And she is a woman who looks
as though she would not mind to
what pains she put herself or what
lime elapsed so that she could avenge
lierself for her fancied wrongs
Since writing the above lines some
hours ago I have made another dis
covery My master has remained
shut up in his private room for the
greater part of this time and I in ac
cordance with my position as spy
have hung about the door on the
chance of hearing some sound how
ever slight or catching sight of his
face as he left the room
I have often wondered as to the
manner in which he employs himself
on these occasions when he remains
blocked in this chamber for hours
To day there has been no room
for doubt He has been writing on
and on ceaselessly Evidently he
uses a quill and writes a heavy hand
for I could plainly hear the sound the
pen made in traveling over the paper
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deal when theyre in Jove and she
directed what ought to have been a
killing glance at the good looking
young man opposite he and breathed
a sigh on her own account
It apparently missed its aim but
something in this last remark seemed
to excite great derision in the breast
of Perkins the housemaid
In love she exclaimed Ila ha
I like that and she too sent va
glance which might in a sense have
been described as killing if loks
could kill across the table In love
indeed with withering contempt
Who with I should like to know
You forget theres never been sich a
thing as a young man as shed look at
oiv touch with the tips of her fingers
there was a strong malicious em
phasis on this inside the door once
sincp theyve been living here
Ah said the parlor maid still
showing an inclination to hold her
own praps not But how about be
fore that
Well replied the housemaid
suddenly showing an inclination to go
over to the enemy and side with her
rival and invariable opponent to the
latters vast astonishment I dont
say as you maynt be right Anyhow
whether shes in love or whether she
isnt its no good if he aint her equal
For you may be sure her rall never
hear of her marrying beneath her
And quite right too put in the
cook who thought it was nigh -time
she introduced another of her experi
ences Unekal marriages is most al
ways a failure as as bin proved over
and over again But for all that
with a startling and instantaneous
change of the subject I should like
to know why that there will as I
elped to drore up should be called a
Testament which I thought there
was but two the Hold and the New
Lor cook cried the housemaid J
with a sniff how your mind do run
on that will Anyone would think as
it was the only one as ever was and
nobody never signed their names to
nothing before
Wills there may ave bin answer
ed cook majestically but seldom one
as the cook were sent for all of a
Let me relieve you of those things
Here is another subject for consid
eration
He has made his will and now he
is writing Writing what
Apparently something of import
ance
Once too I heard the unmistak
able sound of the tearing of paper
Was he dissatisfied with what he had
written and tearing it up Did he
find the composition of the document
difficult and if so for whose eye was
it intended that so much time and
trouble were lavished upon ic
If he is now occupied in writing
letters of an undoubtedly private na
ture shall I be intrusted with the task
of carrying them to the post when
completed Or if the work upon which
he has been engaged is of some other
description what will become of
it when finished and what will he do
with the pieces of paper which he has
torn up Will they be committed to
the flames or simply to the waste
paper basket
Which said the cook at dinner
the next day ditchwater is the honly
word as will eggspress the presint
company no offense bein meant and
nohinsinyatin nothink agin nobody
feelins bein things as is not to be kin
trolled by the best of us and better be
low in your mind than in your hidears
is my motter but when it comes to
not a word being spoke for five niin
nits by the kitching clock makin
allowance for its being twenty two
minnits fast by railway time it do
seem as someone oughter hinterfere
in a friendly sort o way
How much longer she would have
rambled on in the same key it is im
possible to say had not another note
been struck by the parlor maid who
remarked that Miss Agnes hadnt
seemed partieler cheerful the last
day or so
The young man Edwards seemed
as though his attention was arrested
by this trivial remark and glanced
across the table inquiringly
Yes added the parlor maid ad
dressing herself to him as she per
ceived that what she lsad said had
somehow or other interested him
Ive caught her sighing to herseii
mora than once lately as though shed
something on her mind Praps
with a sudden inspiration praps
shes in love folks generally sighs a
urry with ardly time to rinse the
flour hoff er ands to put er name to
which its all very well for some peo
ple to try and run down wills she
added darkly and defiantly and por
tends to think small beer of witnesses
but Times a pleesman as is halways
a movin of us on and we should make
cur harrangements haccordin
Just at this point the parlor maid
pushed back her chair and said Well
she mustnt sit there gossiping any
longer as shed got her work to do
which was to dust the masters room
where he kept his papers and books
which you dont dare to lay a finger
on though for the matter of that
everythings always put under lock
and key before anyones allowed to
take dust pan and broom to it
At this ordinary enough remark the
young man who had been sitting there
very quietly while the discussion just
recorded was raging round him seem
ed galvanized into sudden action and
extraordinary civility
Could he might he be allowed to
be of any assistance in lifting any
thing to heavy for her such as er
emptying tho waste paper basket or
anything
The parlor maid looked at him in
surprise mingled with gratification
Well I never did she giggled If
you arent just polite all of a sudden
But master hes that partieler about
that old room of his and I never know
but what hes got his eye on me
praps he wouldnt like it
The young man seemed inclined to
press his request but noticing Per
kins regarding him in evident per
plexity as though not knowing what
to make of this move he checked
himself and said no more on the
subject
But when the parlor maids work
was nearly completed and she came
out of the room with the dustpan and
brush in her hand she round him
waiting patiently outside the door
Let me let me relieve you of
those things he said with an eager
ness which notwithstanding her com
plete confidence in her own charms
she found as puzzling as it was de
lightful
You would have thought by the
eager expression on the young mans
face and the haste with which he re
lieved her of her very slight burden
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have been gold dust at tho very leapt
J At any rate he had his way and
ried off with tho articles as though
he were half afraid that she might
change her mind But when he ar
rived at the basement there was noth
ing but dust and Hue left In the dust
pan The pieces of paper nad disap
peared
That same night in the seclusion
of his own room he occupied hlm
self in the seemingly vain and useless
task of separating sorting and past
ing together some morsels of writing
paper which had been torn inn the
minutest fragments
I was right when I guessed it to
be no ordinary letter he was writing
he muttered This is only the head
ing of the document that he had been
engaged in drawing up but it is
ileient to enable me to arrive at
the purport of its contents
The true narrative and confession
of me James Ferrers of the strange
tragedy of the 25th of Ap
Ah James Ferrers you were guilty
of worse than a crime a blunder
when you contented yourself with
tearing up that sheet of paper into
particles which you thought were too
minute ever to be deciphered instead
of burning them on the spot
But why has he made this con
fession Is it merely to relieve his
own conscience or has he some other
object in view which I cannot at
present discern
Whatever it may be that docu
ment that confession of his guilt of
which I needed no further confirma
tion cannot have left this house It
is no doubt concealed in some secret
drawer or hiding place in that room of
which I possess the means of entry in
the duplicate key Next Friday may
settle that question as well as others
CHAPTER XXI
A Robbery and a Recognition
The next day being Thursday was
not destined to pass uneventfully
To morrow said tne young man
who for prudential reasons chose to
go by the name of Edwards as he
rose that morning forgetting to take
consideration the proceedings of
to day and their probable influence on
tne affairs of to morrow
It was not very long before he
awoke to a sense of mischiet brooding
in the air Perhaps it was the sight
of that pale narrow face opposite to
him as he ate his breakfast a face
which on this occasion was wreathed
with a false smile and characterized
by a general air of great complacency
Evidently Perkins was in a high
state of good humor so much so that
it struck the young man with a vague
presentiment of impending disaster
However he consoled himself with
the reflection that there was only one
more day to elapse before he hoped
to be in a position to set everyone
at defiance and surely in that short
time she would be unable to meet
with an opportunity for creaking her
spite upon him
After to morrow the Deluge he
thought paraphrasing the words of
the French monarch Meanwhile
there was to day to be considered
if he had only been aAvare of the
fact the chances of to morrow were
already in danger of being seriously
jeopardized by the events of the more
immediate present
Whatevers come to Mariarann
asked the cook who was also struck
by the change Ive never knowed
er took that way afore Hackshully
offered to darn a pair of stockings for
me which what with the preservin
and other things my ands is full and
my toes is hout Which Make ay
while the sun shines as theres no
knowin ow long the weatherll old
up is my motter but lets ope itll
last
And shes been and called me dear
to my very face said the parlor maid
taking up the parable which you
might have knocked me down with a
duster I was that took aback and
hardly knew whether I was awake or
dreaming I wonder what it means
To be continued
LIZARDS THAT LIKE MUSIC
Tuataras of New Zealand Very Fond
of Rollicking Choruses
A curious fact has lately been learn
ed about the tuatara the large native
lizard of New Zealand
It is a great fat sleepy thing from
a foot upward in length with a meas
urement around it of about twelve
inches It is kept tamed about rocks
Wild specimens are growing rare
though one island off the coast still
swarms with them
These harmless things come out as
a rule only for food But some one
in Christ church has discovered a way
of bringing them out at any time This
is by singing to them
They have preferences in music too
They evince much more satisfaction
at a rollicking chorus than at a solo
One day a song sung by a girl
brought some out but only their heads
were visible their sleepy eyes open
ing every few minutes Then the
charmer tried Soldiers of the Queen
and when all joined in the chorus
there was no doubt about the effect on
the tuataras
They wriggled about on the rocks
almost dancing in their excitement
and joy until the repertoire of the
singers was exhausted when the liz
ards sneaked back again to their home
among the recks
New Zealand is the only place in
the world where these great lizards
are found and they are said by biolo
gists to be out of their place in this
stage of the worlds history They be
long to the coal period and like the
moa ought by natural laws to have
become extinct long ago New York
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NEED OE TEE CANAL
ENTIRE COUNTRY RECOGNIZES
ITS NECESSITY
Obstructionists in the Senate Are In
Opposition to Their Party Followers
In Scheming to Delay the Construc
tion of the Panama Waterway
Senator Gormans tactical maneu
vers on the isthmian canal question
have been successful only in uncover
ing the weak points In the Democratic
line
Democratic Senators who originally
favored the Panama route and who
voted for the Spooner bill and to rat
ify the Hay Herran canal treaty have
no reason for opposing the present ca
nal treaty
Democrats who held that the treaty
with Colombia made too many con
cessions cannot logically oppose the
present treaty which makes no con
cessions inimical to the interests of
the United States
Senators who formerly favored tho
Nicaragua route are right In tho ab
stract The Inter Ocean believed
years ago and believes now that the
Nicaragua route is preferable to the
Panama route The contention that
there is greater risk and greater pos
sibility of scandal in constructing a
canal on the Panama route than on
the Nicaragua still stands
As a canal on the Nicaragua route
is impossible and as a canal on the
Panama route can be constructed un
der more favorable circumstances
than ever before the real friends of
an Isthmian canal have accepted the
situation preferring a canal on the
Panama route with all its risks to no
canal at all
The Democratic senators honestly
in favor of an isthmian canal accept
ed this view of the situation when
they voted for the Spooner bill They
have not changed their views and an
now obiectiner not tn n pn nnl nn at
particular route but to the means
used to secure control of the route
This objection is personal or political
and cannot stand in the court of final
issue when the question is a canal on
the Panama route or no canal at all
On this question no one doubts
how the American people would vote
East and West North and South
Democrats and Populists as well as
Republicans they are in favor of an
isthmian canal Mr Gormans schem
ing to defeat the ratification of the
canal treaty has developed the
strength of the canal sentiment in
the Democratic party There is no
opposition to the ratification in the
Republican party
Why then treat the question as a
party issue Why not act upon it in
its real character as an American
question and put aside Mr Gormans
theory that any question no matter
how vital to American progress may
be used as a football in the game of
politics Chicago Inter Ocean
MORGANS CHANGE OF HEART
Senator Would Now Annex the Isth
mus of Panama
Senator Morgan has recognized
the Panama canal But the venerable
assailant of the Presidents Panama
policy will not recognize the new re
public Instead of recognizing it as
an independent government he would
grab it and annex it to the Union
If anybody in this country took Sen
ator Morgan seriously on the isthmian
canal question his bill for the annexa
tion of Panama introduced in the
Senate would be regarded as an
alarmiug and unexpected manifesta
tion of imperialistic tendencies on
the part of the venerable statesman
from Alabama
Senator Morgan has viciously lam
pooned the president for aiding the
tormation of the new republic and for
recognizing its independence He
charged the president with having
precipitated the revolution and de
nounced the Panama canal treaty as
unlawful
But the venerable senator has ex
ecuted an amazing flop He no longer
sits up nights with the Constitution
and screams with frenzy as he con
templates the outrage perpetrated
upon the sovereign state of Colombia
by the people of Panama Having
Tiade up his mind that nothing can
I iow prevent the building of the Pan-
ama canal Senator Morgan Is not sat
isfied with a canal strip ton miles
wide He wants to annex tho oatlro
Isthmus canal strip Colon Panama
and all His bill provides that all
vthe rights und properties of the Re
public of Panama of every description
shall vest in the United States of
America without reserve and shall be
subject to their sovereign jurisdiction
It is true that Senator Morgan does
not propone to take the Isthmus with
out some compensation He would
give for it 10000000 which be re
gards as a good price for territory
that contains only 31571 square miles
He does not neglect also to provide a
balm for the bereaved Colombians in
the shape of 15000000
The eloquent senator will be warm
ly welcomed to the ranks of the im
perialists The important thing to
the country however is the fact that
Senator Morgan has finally admitted
that the Panama canal is a probabil
ity
No Fooling With the Tariff
The unsettled conditions from which
the country has pust commenced to
recover do not admit of introducing
any new uncertainties until tho sky
has materially cleared Had the boom
continued there might have been
some grounds for the opponents of
the tariff to argue that it was bringing
too much prosperity but now that the
boom has had a check the danger that
would follow the introduction of a
further disarrangement of trade con
ditions could Invite nothing but disas
ter
The Republicans have always stood
for a tariff that would enable Ameri
can industry to thrive There is no
occasion now to pull away any
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Uncle Sam You see my dear Lady of the Snows the things you have
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so foolish a piece of business as to rob our farmers of their protection we
should certainly insist upon an open market for our manufactures
Miss Canada Then we cant trade We want to build up our own in
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tive wall and even if the threadbare
argument that a tariff is not needed
to protect goods that can be made for
the export trade had any weight at
any time it has always been offset by
the fact that if a tariff is not needed
particularly on any specific line of
manufacturing it does no hurt to that
industry Even the Democrats in
Congress see that this is no time to
howl calamity or to jeopardize the in
terests of the country and they would
hardly be extremists if they could
effect anything by it The most of
their noise will be for the benefit of
the galleries Pittsburg Times
Farmers and Exports
Some of the Democratic orators
would be pleased to make it out that
the falling off of the exports which
was shown by the last reports was
caused by the present tariff laws and
that the decrease of the exports work
ed injury to the farmers Some have
gone so far as to say that the Dingley
law is responsible for the falling off of
the exports of farm products It so
happens that most of the products
which have shown a decrease in ex
port are on the free list There has
been no decrease in the production of
farm products No one has been com
plaining because his corn crop or his
wheat crop has been a failure Prices
also are good If the exports have
fallen off it means that instead of
selling in a foreign market the farm
ers are selling at home Everyone is
employed and is a consumer Home
people are consuming home products
The farmer is feeding his neighbors In
American commercial centers But
the farmers would not have had a
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fact that the present tariff schedules
make it possible for the factories to
work night and day to make goods for
the home and foreign markets The
farmers prosperity is intimately link
ed with the prosperity of all the other
classes of the country Is the farmer
satisfied It is cot likely that one
who stops to consider will vote for a
change Davenport Times
Wrong from First to Last
With the tariff kept at the protec
tive point American plants will be
enlarged to do all the work necessary
for this country With the tariff taken
off with Democratic free trade the
European mills would hold that trade
and gain more as this country grew
American steel and iron workers
would then come into direct competi
tion with foreign labor and wages
would go down The trust would not
be crushed There is nothing plainer
than that the Democratic idea is
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