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Two warm arms were clasped
around his neck a face wet with tears
nestled for a moment on his shoul
der and she kissed him twice with
the live kisses that eome from the
heart of a yoraan whose affection has
passed the mysterious border that sep
arates friendship from love
Good bye John God bless you and
guard you
Good bye Jessie good bye
He watched her as she faded away
from him and disappeared beyond the
vines which shaded the veranda
Under the aiched maples where he
had walked with Jessie so many
times and down the sandy road
where they had loitered in summer
days now gone forever John Burt
urged the horse along It was two
miles to Peter Burts and he soon
reachedthe gloomy old house A fig
ure stood by the gate John rode for
ward and recognized his grandfather
You did well to come home my
boy said the old man whose deep
calm voice held an anxious note
Something has happened and my
soul has been calling you since dusk
Ride to the graveyard and Ill follow
you It isnt safe to talk here
In the far corner of the old grave
yard John Burt hitched his horse and
turned to meet his grandfather The
old man seated himself on the grave
of the pioneer Burt who two hundred
years before had dared the dangers
of the wilderness
Now we can talk he said Tell
me what has happened
Quickly John Burt related the inci
dents of the tragedy
The old man made no sign during
the recital and was silent for min
utes after John had ended
He deserved to die and it was
written that he should perish by vio
lence but his blood is not on your
head began the old man calmly
Murder in the sight of God is in the
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Open my door at your peril said
Peter Burt sternly Show mo your
authority and you can enter my
house This house is my castle and
no man has ever entered it without
my consent
Growling threats the men retired
In a minute they returned armed
with a log Used as a battering ram
it was hurled against the heavy oak
en door For a time the stout frame
resisted but with a crash the jamb
gave way and the door flew open
With an oath and a call to his com
panion the larger of the two rushed
in
As the man crossed the threshold
the patriarchs left arm flew cut and
the corded fingers gripped the reck
less intruder by the throat The sec
ond man hit the old farmer a glancing
blow with the butt end of a revolver
With a catlike movement Peter Burt
wrenched his opponents forearm
With a cry of pain the man dropped
the- weapon to the floor Before he
could guard himself Peter Burt dealt
him a hard blow on the face and
gripped him by the neck as he reeled
against ihe wall
Holding the two men at arms
length Peter cracked their heads to
gether and then dragged them Into
the room where the lamplight fell on
tneir laces The protruding tongue
and the blood surged face of the one
who had led the charge caused Peter
Burt to relax his hold and the man
fell limp to the floor A glance
showed that his companion was sense
less and the old man stretched him
out on the carpet
Peter Burt produced a coil of rope
from a closet and with the dexterity
of a sailor bound the senseless men
He then proceeded to revive them
I have not gagged you said Pe
ter Burt as he stood over them for
the reason that your cries would
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Peter Burts voice broke and a
shudder swept over him but he con
trolled himself and continued
My boy will ycu take your grand
fathers advice
I will grandfather I will re
plied John firmly
It is written hi Gods word Tf
thou faint in the day of adversity
thy strength is small for a just man
falleth seven times and riseth up
again said Peter Burt laying his
hand on Johns shoulder God has
willed that you shall be His instiu
ment in great undertakings and it is
decreed that the events of to day
shall not be a stumbling block to your
ieet You are now to go out into the
world and though you may know it
not God will guide your footsteps It
were folly to imagine that this un
provoked quarrel points to your un
doing It is the sign that you are at
once to depart from fields you have
outgrown to take up your work in
that broader sphere which is waiting
you Something has whispered to me
that you should go to California To
days event is the sign that you go
now You will start to night my boy
and God will be with you Hush I
hear the hoofs of horses
The old man jumped to his feet
Officers are coming he said in a
low voice 1 will meet them Re
main here till I return Hold that
horse by the nose lest he whinny
As John sprang to the horses head
the old man vanished in the dark
ness
Peter Burt entered the rear dcor of
his house and was in his room when
the tramp of steps was heard fol
lowed by loud knocking The old man
waited awhile as if dressing He
then lighted a lamp and stood in the
hallway The pounding had been re
peated at intervals and gruff voices
were heard in impatient conversation
Whos there demanded the old
man
We are officers of the law Mr
Burt a voice declared We are af
ter John Burt your grandson who
has killed a man
Have you a warrant for liis arrest
or a search warrant demanded the
old man Show me one at the win
dow and I will open the door If you
have none begone and let me rest in
peace
A conference followed and a gruff
voice rose in anger
-Let us in old man it thundered
Warrant or no wafrarit let us in or
byyyfod yrell pound your dcorr down
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bring you no assistance As soon as
convenient I will give you more com
fortable quarters Now that you are
here you may spend the night with
me
Seating himself at a desk Peter
Burt wrote two letters and sealed
them He then opened a huge iron
bound chest and for half an hour
was busy ivith its contents When his
work was ended he quitted the room
without so much as a glance at the
silent figures on the floor John met
him at the gateway
Here are your instructions John
he said Go to your room and select
such trifles as you can carry in your
saddle bags You must make Ply
mouth before daybreak This letter is
addressed to a man in Plymouth
Here is a ring Show him this ring
with the letter Stay in his house
all day and start for New Bedford
about ten oclock to morrow night
You must arrive in New Bedford be
fore daybreak and go to the address
on this letter When you find it show
Captain Horton the letter and the
ring He will put you on board the
Segregansett which sails for the
South Pacific in three days from now
This third package you will not ex
amine until well at sea Here is
money Enter the house and make
no unnecessary noise I will saddle
your horse and wait at the barn
The sky was aflame with lightning
as John stood once more by the old
mans side The rumble of thunder
told of the near approach of the tem
pest
John said Peter Burt as he
grasped the boys hand in his I feel
no sorrow save the pain of a tempor
ary parting I shall see you again
my boy I shall clasp your hand in
tho vigor of your manhood when suc
cess has crowned your efforts and
when your happiness is complete Do
not write to me or attempt to com
municate with me or with anyone
until you are rich and strong enough
to meet your enemies on equal
ground During these coming years
let money be your ambition You live
in an age when money is the god of
the material world Understanding
has been granted to you and when
you apply yourself to the struggle the
thrill of knowledge will pervade you
You have received a ken of this
worlds affairs so that I can say to
you in the language of Isaiah I will
give thee the treasures of darkness
and the hidden riches of secret
places Rest secure in that promise
have abiding faith in it and hold no
communication with thoso who lov
you until my prophecy has come to
pass Do you promise me my boy
I do grandfather said John whr
was deeply affected You have beou
so good
Never mind my boy thank God
not me Good bye John God bless
you
Tho first drops of the stcrm pat
tered on tho dusty roadway as the
ojd man raised his hands and gave
John his blessing Springing intothr
saddle the boy caught orib las
glimpse of Peter Burt in a brilliant
flash of lightning which glorified his
heroic figure his white hair shining
as a halo above his brow
It was four oclock when he halted
at a small house on the outskirts of
Plymouth Years before with Peter
Burt he had visited the old sailor
who was spending there his declining
years After repeated knocking the
old man opened the door John hand
ed him the letter and showed the
ring He read the letter and heartily
greeted hi3 guest
Enough said my boy he de
clared as he burned the letter Youll
be as safe here as in Gods pocket
Make yourself comfortable and Ill
stow away your horse
When the old man returned he pre
pared a breakfast which John ate with
relish and then his host showed him
to a bed which though hard seemed
the most delightful place he had
found in years The sun was low
when John woke The old sailor did
not betray the slightest curiosity con
cerning Johns journey and at ten
oclock his guest bade him farewell
with sincere thanks for his hospital
ity
The night ride to New Bedford was
made without incident It was three
oclock when John knocked at Cap
tain Hortons door and much to his
surprise that gruff old mariner was
up and dressed
Come in Ive been expectin ye
he said as he opened the door Glad
to meet ye Joe he said turning
to a sleepy eyed boy take care of
this lads horse
John secured the contents of the
saddle bags and an hour later stepped
on beard the Segregansett Captain
Horton showed him his quarters and
advised him to turn in He did so
and when he awoke the heaving and
groaning of the old whaler told him
that she was on the open sea
Not until the Segregansett had left
the Bermudas did John open the pack
age which had been given to him by
Peter Burt It contained a long let
ter from the old man describing a
spot in the California mountains of
which a dying sailor had told him
years before The pcor fellow de
clared that he had found a rich de
posit of gold and that he was work
ing his way back to Boston hoping
to interest the necessary capital In
Peter Burts letter was enclosed a
rough map which the sailor had
sketched when he realized that death
stood in the way of his dreams of
wealth
There was also a parcel with an
cuter covering of oilskin John
unwrapped it and disclosed a large
old fashioned wallet which he recog
nized as having belonged to his grand
father In this wallet he found a
layer of United States Treasury notes
of large denominations His fingers
tingled as he handled the notes Ten
thousand dollars Jessie seemed much
nearer as John looked at those bits of
paper
The scenes and incidents of that
eighteen thousand mile journey
around Cape Horn are worthy of ex
tended recital but are not an essen
tial part of this narrative One bright
afternoon the Segregansett sailed
into the harbor of Valparaiso and a
week later John Buri was a passen
ger on the steamer Reliance bound
for San Francisco
A thousand leagues away Jessie
Carden treasured the secret of a sen
sation strangely akin to new born
love On the walls of her class room
was a large map and she loved to
look at it and wonder what spot of
land or sea held John Burt
To b continued
An Unkind Question
It was shortly after the house com
mittee of the Democratic club promul
gated a resolution that evening dress
should be worn by members and visi
tors who dined or paid evening visits
to the club that Tom Dunn the for
mer sheriff fell into a library arm
chair one night
Mr Dunns own garb would have
passed muster at Marlborough House
so he looked around upon the throng
in confidence and content
There came a certain man of busi
ness to the club that night who wore
an evening suit which was well fitting
expensive and correct in detail
But he did not look comfortable
Pride kept him quiet for a few ma
ments at the end of which pride
caused him to ask
How do you like it Tom
Its immense said Dunn whj
dont you buy it New York Tele
graph
Uncle Sam as Foster Mother
A ruraT conscript during the civi
war appeared before the board of en
rollment and desired to be exemp
that he might return to his countr1
home
What are your claims asked thi
doctor
I am entirely dependent upon mj
mother for support was the innocent
reply
The members of the board smiled
and the doctor replied
I am happy to assure you my hon
est hearted friend that the govern
ment is prepared to at once relieve
your mother of so unsuitable a burden
and assume your entire charge and
expense during the next three years
FILIPINO A STUDENT
MOT FIT FOR SELF GOVERNMENT
SAYS JUDGE TAFT
He Is Opposed to Any Move Which
Would Encourage Their Desire for
independence Crave Responsibility
Rests on American Voters
The Philippines independence com
mittee to which Secretary Taft rc
ferrel in his speech at Chicago con
sists as he said of a number of cx
fellent and prominent gentlemen
Among the members are nearly a doz
en university presidents including El
tot of Harvard Schurmarv of Cornell
Jordan of Leland Stanford Jr King
of Oberlin and Alderman of Tulane at
New Orleans We select these namw
because they afford convincing evi
dence that membership is not confined
to any small section of the country
Aside from thatthe appearance of the
name of the president of Cornell in
Uie list is peculiarly interesting be
ause of Dr Schurmans service on
3ne of the Philippines commissions
Another member is Judge George
3ray of Delaware who is supposed to
have done some violence to his own
opinions when he signed the treaty
Jjy which the United States acquired
litlo to the Philippines Various
branches of the Christian church are
represented by Bishop Potter Bishop
Spalding and Dr Parkhurst while
among the other signers to the inde
pendence petition are Charles Francis
Adams Andrew Carnegie W O How
ells and Horace White It will thus
he seen that the excellent and promi
nent gentlemen are fairly well distrio
uted not only geographically but also
as regards their pursuits
On the other hand it would no doubt
be very easyto make up a large list
of representative men who would dis
sent from their views and agree with
Mr Taft that it is not wise for our
political parties to pledge themselves
to the independence of the Philippines
If we appeal to names for authority
this fact must be taken into account
and of course very great authority at
taches to the name of the secretary
himself
But where there is such a division
of authority on a great public question
there are the strongest reasons why
each individual citizen should give it
earnest consideration and that brings
us to a very difficult aspect of the
Philippines problem The sovereignty
3f the islands is actually reposed in
the voting population of the United
States which acts in its own affairs
is a democracy And while this j
orate is very jealous of its own rights
much alive to its own interests and
thoroughly well informed on the sub
jects that immediately concern it
there is no prospect that it can ever
fully comprehend - strange people re
moved from it by thousands of miles
in other words if the Filipinos are
generally ignorant from lack of
schools we their governors are now
and are destined to be exceptionally
ignorant as regards them from lack of
contact and lack of racial sympathy
References to the examples of other
powers do not solve the problem or
eliminate the serious nature of what
is undoubtedly a grave anomaly among
American political institutions It
would therefore be a most happy es
cape for us if we could dispose of the
Philippines as we disposed of Cuba
and this is what the independence
committee desires Secretary Taft
thinks however that the time is not
ripe that the Filipinos cannot learn
self government by independent prac
tice but only under a very long course
Df tutelage He argues therefore that
it would be a great mistake for our
political parties to give them the plat
form encouragement that is advocated
by the committee because it would in
spire a host of native agitators to a
dangerous activity
That may be so but neither the gen
erous impulses of our people as they
are expressed in legislation nor the
fact that their delegated authority is
temporarily in good hands can be said
to clear the situation of its perplexi
ties This much only is certain that
if we are to hold the islands we must
give them the benefit of that eternal
vigilance without which the liberties
of no people are safe
The Chasm in the Democracy
Ex United States Senator Pettigrew
one of the Bryan stalwarts says he
will bolt the ticket if Cleveland or
anybody like him is nominated Pet
tigrew is not quite so big a personage
as he was a few years ago but he
has a pull yet among the Democrats
of his state His views on the Cleve
land matter are undoubtedly held by
a large majority of his party in South
Dakota and vicinity These views in
facC are very popular among Demo
crats in nearly all the states west of
the Mississippi and they are enter
tained in some of the states between
the big river and the Alleghanies
How does Pettigrew stand on
Parker The presumption is that he
is against him The Democrats of
South Dakota by an immense major
ity are going to Hearst according
to accounts The New York editor
and congressman is making some
thing like a clean sweep in the prairie
and mountain states He will come
to St Louis with a big delegation be
hind him Pettigrew will be one of
his supporters In his interest many
of the former Bryanite chieftain in
cluding Bryan himself will work
This is the way things are shaping
among the Democrats of the trans
Mississippi states
The principal significance which
this has for the country at large is
that it shows the chasm in the Dem
ocracy is still open As the
approaches it is likely to get
irler instead of narrower The old
MtofU i i uWil
guard of tho Bryanitcs will vote for
Roosevelt If Cleveland or anybody
conspicuously identified with tho cx
presidents oloment of tho pnrty
should bo nominatod This has boon
anqouncod many tlm03 Ex Sonator
Reagan of Toxas declared recently
that ns botweon Roosevelt and CIove
land he Is a Roosevelt man Many of
tho Bryanito contingent of tho party
hold this attitude Probably Reagan
is opposed to a man like Parker also
for Cleveland is understood to favor
tho judges candidacy The St Louis
convention of 1901 Is likely to seo a
fight which will ninko that emeuto In
Chicago in 1S9G seem like a lovo
feast The Democrats know they enn
not win In 1901 In any case and thu
opposing bosses in the party there
fore are anxious to have their feuda
fought to a finish this year St Loula
Globe Democrat
Make No Promised
The hope of success in our work
in tho Philippines says Secretary
Taft is tranquillity of the public
mind That is one reason why he can
not agree with the well intentioned
and ill informed gentlemen who have
petitioned the two great party organl
zations to insert in their platforms a
promise to the Filipinos that they will
ultimately be given Independence The
secretary assumes the Democrats will
do what is asked of them No doubt
they will They have a habit of blun
dering where the Philippines question
is concerned As for the Republicans
they will make no mistake on this
point
Vague promises of ultimate inde
pendence in party platforms will com
mit the country to nothing but they
will be seized on by the malcontents
in the archipelago and made the basis
of a new agitation The action of the
political organizations will be falsely
represented to a densely ignorant pop
ulation as meaning speedy independ
ence next month or next year Thero
will be turmoil and tumult The rest
less and turbulent spirits will reas
sume their ascendency The peaceful
and educated Filipinos who are satis
fied with the present situation and
who ought to be the leaders of their
people the afflicted with timidity
They will keep quiet while the
heathen rage and the people imagine a
vain thing
The time for decision as to whether
tho Filipinos should be given inde
pendence cannot arise says Secretary
Taft who knows them better than
any other American for a consider
able period probably several genera
tions It would be criminal folly to
throw firebrands among the Filipinos
by promising them ultimate ind
pendence They should be promised
and be given without delay better
transportation facilities in the form
of railroads and highway the untaxed
admission of all tneir products to tho
United States and all other practical
gifts that will promote prosperity and
consequently peace
Not So Poor as We Thought
The shrinkage of security values that
began with the Northern Pacific panic
of 1901 has not had all the effects that
were feared at the time
Really hard times did not come
Speculation did indeed collapse and
investment tottered But the great in
dustries and the great commerce that
connects producer and consumer went
on more slowly much more slowly
but still steadily
What we lost in the heavy weather
was not the ship of prosperity itself
but some of its sails What we suf
fered from mostwas not decline oi
producing and consuming ability but
loss of confidence
However the crops have been Iarg
and more valuable than in previous
years Bank clearings and railway
earnings are showing to day the in
creasing activity in commerce Fluid
capital is so plentiful that gold goes
abroad because it is cheaper here than
there We were better off tnan we
knew
The future cannot be said to b
wholly clear But the great legal and
financial issue made by the Northern
Securities case has been met without
revolutionary procedures Common
sense in the adjustment of labor dis
putes is plainly increasing
With a wise choice as a result of tho
political campaign now impending
there seems no reason why the Amer
ican people should not find their pros
perity in 1905 not only substantial but
general
A Great Economic Question
The question of the protection and
development cf our home industries
is not one of party politics as thr
adherents of the protection idea are
found in all of our great political
parties Protection is a great eco
nomic question and we see what won
derful effects it has brought about in
this country and also in Germany
and the efforts that are now making
in England to change the economic
theories of that country which they
have run along free trade lines for
six decades The Louisiana Planter
and Sugar Manufacturer
What It Claims
The free trade Philadelphia Record
sneeringly remarks that the Repub
lican party is the claimant of all the
countrys prosperity including the rise
in the price of wheat Oh no it is
not It merely claims to be the earn
est supporter of policies which tend to
promote and maintain the countrys
prosperity And the beauty of the con
tention is that experience has proved
it to be correct The lean years when
the Democratic policy of free trade
7 as in operation are all that need be
cited to attest the fact -Troy Times
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