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CHAPTER X Continued
Tell ye what well dew said Sam
How many yards does it take fer a
dress Fifteen All right Well
give ye sixty cents a yard cash
What dye say Mr Farnsworth Is
It a bargain
Ail right groaned the merchant
It leaves me nothing but Ill do it
as a favor Of course you want some
black lace for trimmings
Sure replied Sam
Something about twenty five cents
a yard suggested Mrs Rounds She
felt- like one who having fallen from
grace decides to go to perdition with
Hying colors No one in Rehoboth
ever had possessed a black silk gown
with lace trimmings
Here is something at thirty cents
a yard which I can honesty recom
mend said Mr Farnsworth After
inspecting cheaper qualities on which
Mr Farnsworth fixed higher prices
Mrs Rounds consented to the pur
chase of eight yards though Mr
Farnsworth advised ten
Sams crowning triumph was the
purchase of a black lace shawl listed
at one hundred and fifty dollars After
ten minutes of dickering with Mr
Farnsworth Sam succeeded in acquir
ing that treasure for 1125 Like
wise he bought a twenty five dollar
bonnet for three and a half dollars
Handkerchiefs stockings petticoats
and shoes fell into Sams hands at
ridiculous prices until his mother
with tears in her eyes declared that
she would not consent to the purchase
of another article
Mr Farnsworth presented an item
ized bill for 4727 which Sam paid
from a generous roll of greenbacks
On the plea of arranging for express
ing the goods to Hingham Sam met
Mr Farnsworth in his office and gave
him a check for the balance of 44550
I swan I havent had so much fun
in ten years said Sam as he shook
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since Ive been away ler pay fer three
more dresses like that air one Its
none tew good fer ye an I want ye
to wear it just as if ye want afraid
of it
Sams rapidly increasing business
kept him away from home much of
the time Mrs Rounds was busy for a
month with her wardrobe She then
knitted socks for Sam until he had a
supply sufficient to last a lifetime In
this crisis of a dearth of work the
wife of a neighbor was taken ill with
typhoid fever There were five small
children in the family and they were
too poor to employ a nurse
An hour after Mrs Rounds heard
the news she had taken charge of the
case Hour after hour and day after
day she fought the attacks of tho in
sidious disease She cooked the
meals soothed the crying children
spoke words of comfort to the dis
tracted husband performed the house
work and slept at such rare intervals
as she could find between her multi
tudinous duties The patient was
convalescent when Sam returned
home He at once employed a nurse
to take his mothers place
She listened patiently and with a
puzzled smile to Sams rebuking lec
ture
When folks are sick some one
must take care of them Samuel she
said when he had ended They are
poor and I had nothing else to do
The Bible says you must visit the
sick when theyre afflicted You wont
let me do any work here in the house
and I must do something
Mrs Rounds was the first to learn
of sickness or of trouble in any fam
ily for miles around and first to re
spond She officiated at childbirths
or with tender fingers closed the eyes
of the dead and stitched their shrouds
When children had croup or measles
the neighbors selit not for the doctor
but for Mrs Rounds She found re-
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hands with Mr Farnsworth and
thanked him I reckon Ma Rounds
will be the best dressed old lady be
tween Boston an Newport Good
day Mr Farnsworth an good luck
ter you
CHAPTER XI
Sams New York Triumphs
Ignoring his mothers protest Sam
employed a dressmaker and for two
weeks Mrs Rounds found pleasure in
assisting the seamstress with her
work Sam had acquainted the lat
ter with his secret and she agreed to
protect it But his precautions were
in vain
Like other crimes less difficult to
condone this one was destined to be
revealed The preachers wife called
on Mrs Rounds and since they had
become very friendly was shown the
new gown and the black lace shawl
Whatever of envy arose in that good
womans breast was lost in surprise
when Mrs Rounds innocently men
tioned the price she had paid for the
silk
Sixty five cents a yard for that
silk she exclaimed Why my dear
Mrs Rounds you surely must be jest
ing I had a dress like that when I
was married and it cost six dollars a
yard And that lace at thirty cents
It surely cost five dollars a yard and
perhaps more That beautiful shawl
must have cost mere than a hundred
dollars I understand now she con
tinued in some confusion Your son
intended to surprise you It was very
good of him and very clumsy in me to
reveal his secret
When the visiter had departed Mrs
Rounds looked with awe at the gar
ments spread out before her A fa
miliar step sounded in the hallway
and Sam entered his homely face
rosy with a smile
Im back ergain he said fondly
embracing his mother Admirin yer
new gown eh Go an put it on an
yer bonnet an shawl I want ter see
how ye lcoks dressed up as er real
lady
She held his hands and looked up
tears trickling down her faded cheeks
You you told me an awful story
Samuel she faltered but but I
dont think you meant to do wrong
and and Ill pray for you Ycu are
very good to me Samuel if you did
break one of the commandments
That didnt break no command
ment said Sam with a contrite grin
it only kinder bent it er little Dont
ye worry crbcut ther cost of them
clothes Ive made enough sicney
laxaticn in sewing for any one who
would accept her services
Sam made several successful ven
tures in the New York horse market
vand decided to locate there He
bought a cozy house on the East Side
fronting a small park and installed
his mother as mistress of the estab
lishment His business prospered
Having firmly established his posi
tion as a shipper and dealer in horses
he turned his attenton to the
business Taking advantage of
a shortage in the cranberry crop he
bought a large part of the available
supply and cleared thousands of dol
lars in consequence of his sagacity
He then r mbarked in the produce and
commission business on a large scale
and scored another success
At the age of thirty five having
amassed a competency Sam Rounds
determined to improve what he
termed his book education Four
winter terms in the Rehoboth public
school gave him all of which he could
boast in the way of erudition He
therefore began a course of study in
a night school which he attended four
evenings in the week He joined a
debating society and became a mem
ber of various social and political or
ganizations m his district
The corruption of the local politi
cians precipitated a revolt against the
party in power and the voters of
Sams district held a meeting for the
purpose of nominating an alderman
to stand against an incumbent who
had betrayed his trust Sams name
was proposed with cheers He was
nominated by acclamation and escort
ed to the platform
If honesty is gcod policy in busi
ness as they say it is lie declared
it should be a good thing in politics
Those who know me know that Im
not a politician and those that dont
know me will mighty soon find it out
The only promise I can make is that
if I am elected and I calculate to be
is that I would no sooner think of
cheating my neighbors as an alder
man than I would of cheating them
in selling potatoes or cabbages
Samuel Lemuel Rounds was tri
umphantly elected alderman by the
largest majority ever cast for a candi
date in his district
CHAPTER XII
Lost in the Snow
Looks like more snow
At the sound of his master roice
a shepherd dog raised his head in
quiringly and followed the gaze of
the speaker as he studied the leaden
LgWfiWiagi
sky and the crests of snowclad ridges
and mountains This habit of voicing
thought develops in those who spend
long periods in solitude and James
Blakcr once a farmer boy In Hing
ham and now a California gold miner
and prospector was no exception to
the rule
Lets get breakfast Dog ho said
as he entered the cabin I told you
it was going to snow
Blakes cabin stood well back from
the edge of a cliff half way up the
slope of a valley in the Sierra Ne
vadas of Central California
Scattered along tho walls were min
ing tools powder kegs guns fishing
rods and a miscellaneous assortment
of lumber and firewood A small but
strongly constructed ell was used as
a storeroom Haunches of venison
the carcassof a brown bear and long
strings of mountain trout were here
securely guarded against the depre
dations of wandering animals Bags
of flour and oatmeal some potatoes
sides of bacon and the remnants of a
ham completed the more substantial
portion of Blakes larder He often
surveyed his snug storeroom with
much satisfaction Nothing but a con
flagration or a serious illness could
disturb his labors during the long
winter season
Breakfast ended James Blake lit
his pipe and started for the mouth of
the tunnel Though less than an hour
had passed since he entered the cabin
the snow already had drifted across
the path and blocked the door Those
whose knowledge of snowstorms is
confined to localities where a foot or
two of snow In forty eight hours is
called a blizzard and esteemed a
meteorological event have no con
ception of a snow storm in the Si
erras Near the timber line in the
Sierra Nevadas there has been re
corded a fall of fourteen feet of
snow in as many consecutive hours
an inch evory five minutes a swirl
ing writhing choking maelstrom of
flakes borne gn the wings of a freez
ing gale
It was such a storm that Blake
faced when he opened the cabin door
and plunged through the drifts into
the tunnel
This is an old snifter isnt it
Dog he exclaimed as he stood in
the mouth of the shaft and shook the
snow from his blouse
Blake lit a lantern and wormed his
way into the dismal hole A few min
utes later he was hard at work paus
ing now and then to examine the rock
with eager eyes He had been toiling
for three hours or more when the
dogs sniffling attracted his notice As
he turned the animal raised his head
barked sharply and growled in a
peculiar manner
Whats the matter Dog said
Blake patting his friend What a
cursed shame the creature cant talk
Whats up old boy Seen a bear
Dont bother with him let him alone
Go away Dog Im busy and Blake
returned to his task
Leaning back against the wall of
the tunnel with his paws hanging
in a most doleful fashion the dog
sounded a long drawn wail so pitiful
in its intensity that Blake dropped
his pick and gazed at the animal in
amazement mixed with terror The
animal sprang forward and fastened
his teeth in the leg of Blakes trous
ers pulling gently but firmly growl
ing and whining
This is a new freak muttered
Blake grabbing the lantern Some
thing has happened Perhaps the
huts afire
He moved quickly towards the
mouth of the tunnel The dog gave a
joyful bark and led the way Blake
reached the open air and floundered
through the drifts until the cabin
was visible through the blinding snow
The dog went past it and howled
dismally when his master paused
Rushing into the hut Blake secured
a long rope one end cf which he tied
to the leg of a bench near the door
Paying out the coil he dashed sturdily
forward
To be continued
JAPANESE ARE TRUE POETS
Chicago Club Woman Recalls Some of
Their Characteristics
An observant Chicago club woman
who recently returned from Japan tells
the following interesting characteris
tics of the little brown man
He is always a student and always
a poet The sight of an almond tree
in full bloom will cause him to pour
forth his admiration in poetry which
he writes on streamers of rice paper
and attaches to the limbs of the beau
tiful pink flowering tree Such a tree
may in a few days become the shrine
of hundreds of devotees each inspired
by the sight to a high pitch of poetic
fervor which vents itself in the form
of more poems so that before the al
mond season is over a whole orchard
is often a fluttering mass of poetical
tributes to the beauties of flora
I have known a hard working Jap
anese to save a whole year in order to
take his family on a trip to the moun
tains to hear and study the music of
a distant waterfall
Equal to the Situation
Leonard D Baldwin of ex Attorney
General Griggs law firm told the oth
er day of an Irishman who was taken
by his priest in an intoxicated condi
tion to a cemetery and propped up
against a gravestone The priest had
a lot of the Irishmans friends come
to the cemetery dressed in winding
sheets to scare him The friends
watched while one of them went be
hind the gravestone and poured
enough cold water on the irishmans
face to wake him up The Irishman
looked around him He saw the tombs
the tombstones and the figures in
winding sheets Shay you fellers
ho said eve been here longer than
Oi have Whr kin Oi git a drink
NOT FIT FOE POWER
WHY DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAY
NOT BE TRUSTED
Their Method of Revising the Tar
iff In 1893 Should Be Warning
Enough to the Voters of the Coun
try Have No Right to Another
Chance
Some of the leaders of the Demo
cratic party in Congress are trying to
make the country believe that it
would be safe to trust that party in
the control of the government
There is no free trade party in the
United States says Champ Clark
and Republicans ought to quit assert
ing that there is In a recent maga
zine article John Sharp Williams the
Democratic leader in the House of
Representatives says
As to the tariff the Democratic
party stands ror the principle that
protectionism is a system of taxation
whereby many are robbed in order
that a few may be hot housed by leg
islation into artificial prosperity The
method whereby protection does this
is by deflecting capital and labor from
naturally profitable pursuits into pur
suits which without legislation would
have been less profitable or perhaps
not profitable at all
The ultimate goal of Democratic
striving is tariff for revenue only
but in the striving toward this goal
common sense good judgment and
conservatism will prevail and time
will enter as a factor Perhaps it
might be said that an ideal Democrat
ic tariff for revenue only would con
sist in levying import duties upon all
or nearly all imports dividing them
however into three classes First
necessaries of life and necessaries of
industries second comforts and
third luxuries
We go forth to battle says Champ
Clark with tariff reduction and genu
ine reciprocity inscribed upon our
banner Our appeal is to the great
body of the people To them we pin
our faith without hesitation and with
out fear But it was not long ago
tnat this same Democratic leader
said
I repeat so that all men may hear
that I am a free trader and proudly
take my stand with Sir Robert Peel
Richard Cobden John Bright and
Henry George I may be a humble
member of that illustrious company
but it is better to be a doorkeeper in
the house of honest free traders than
to dwell in the tents of wicked pro
tectionists
It was this same leader that also
said that if he could have his way he
would demolish every custom house
in the country
The principal reason for the present
moderation of Champ Clark and John
Sharp Williams is that they know the
country would not follow them in a
radical course they want therefore
to make the country believe that they
are conservative and that if put into
power they would act cautiously and
would not so change tariff rates as to
disturb business or cause trouble
But the country will not be deceived
or misled The best way to judge of
the future is by the past The Democ
racy was put into complete power
in the election of 1892 they had the
House of Representatives the Senate
and the presidency for the first time
since the beginning of the civil war
they could do just what they pleased
But instead of passing a tariff bill
promptly and so framed as to afford
relief they boggled over the matter
for fourteen months and finally pass
ed a bill so bad that their own presi
dent would not sign it while lacking
the courage to veto it And the long
delay in putting the measure through
and the vicious character of the meas
ure brought on the most disastrous
panic of modern times so that the
Cleveland administration actually had
to sell bonds and increase the bonded
debt to pay the ordinary running
expenses of government and in all
the great cities of the country char
itable people were compelled to estab
lish free soup houses so that the hon
est men and women who had been
thrown out of work by Democratic
maladministration wouldnt starve to
death
Trust the Democratic party to re
vise the tariff Not much Roches
ter Post Express
Easily Encouraged
The New York Evening Post sees
hope for free trade in the fact that
nothing tangible in the way of tariff
reform is to be expected of the Repub
lican party It says
The people of the United States
have had new light on a good many
subjects They know more about tar
iffs and their effects than they did
They have learned that high duties
not only keep out imports but keep
in what they would like to export
that is unless they sell below cost
Ten years ago production was not so
far ahead of consumption as now and
less attention was excited by this fact
3ut to day our greatest aim is to find
foreign markets The Republican
platform of 1900 promised to aid in
his effort but promise has not been
followed by fulfilment
If anybody has learned that a pro
jective tariff restricts foreign trade
by keeping out import and keeping in
exports unless the latter are sold be
low cost he must have learned it from
false teachers for he has learned a
Me Our total foreign trade is nearly
iouble what it was in the latest period
f Democratic tariff reform Our ex
erts are going out at the rate of a
jiliion and a half yearly and of that
total less than one fiftietb prob
ably not a hundredth part is sold be
o cost
To eay our greatest aim is -- n i
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find foreign markets Far from It
Our greatest aim is to take the best
possible care of a domestic market
worth 30000000000 a year and to
find such foreign markets as we can
without fooling away the big market
at home To assist In doing more
than that the Republican party has
never promised None the less the
Republican party has done for our for
eign trade double what the Demo
cratic party ever did
His Candidate
William J Bryan came to Chicago
the other day professedly in the in
terest of the Democratic party He
hired a hall that no limitations might
be placed upon him in declaration of
principles or in expressing prefer
ences for candidates And yet he
made no declarations of principle and
made no suggestions as to a candi
date
His speech was almost wholly naga
tive He devoted most of his time to
the criticism of the platform adopted
by the New York statevconvention to
the Democrats of the nation In his
analysis of the platform ho found not
a single phrase to commend not a
principle to approve
If Mr Bryan has any political fol
lowing if he is still the leader of the
faction that controlled two Demo
cratic national conventions his speech
was formal notice to the peoplo of the
United States that there is an irrepres
sible conflict and an Impending crisis
in the Democratic party
Mr Bryan judged by his speech in
Chicago is at open war with the wing
of the Democratic party under the
leadership of Mr Cleveland Mr Hill
and Judge Parker He looks forward
to no parley except in the field of his
own choosing He looks forward to
no platform that does not include the
Kansas City platform He looks for
ward to no candidate who cannot
stand upon the Kansas City platform
The only question that Mr Bryan
leaves open is as to what candidate
he will support He mentioned none
that he could approve He was em
phatic and definite as to the candi
dates he would oppose The logic of
his speech points to one candidate
only and that is William J Bryan
the twice defeated the hopeless
Chicago Inter Ocean
Judge Parker and His Platform
Whether or not the platform adopt-
i ed by the New York Democrats re
flects the sentiment of the country
could be determined only by a popular
vote but it is skilfully framed as an
appeal to people who are out of sym
pathy with President Roosevelt The
somewhat vague references to what
might be called the imperialistic
acts of the national administration
were wisely put in general terms be
cause they hold out some hope to all
within the ranks of the disaffected At
tempts to particularize would have
been sure to provoke divisions over
questions of time and method which
f were properly left to the national con
vention and which it might properly
leave to be decided after the election
The Republican state platform had
declared that the greatest national
issue was the maintenance of prosper
ity which it attributed by inference
to the protective tariff and it was
silent on the subject of revision This
platform declares for a reasonable re
vision and pronounces against need
les duties on raw materials One is
calculated to satisfy the protective
tariff league the other invites co
operation from all who believe that
the time has come for a modification
of the Dingley law Chicago Record
Herald
Clevelands Position
With the recollection of the disas
trous results of the proposition for
Democratic reform in 1S92 yet fresh
in mind it is not likely that the
American people will listen to the
voice of the Princeton siren as long
as he simply insists on tariff reform in
general terms They have had experi
ence with that and a burnt child
dreads the fire If Mr Cleveland
wishes the people to exalt his party
once more on the issue of tariff re
form he will hae to file a bill of par
ticulars and set forth just what kind
of -reform in the tariff it is proposed
to make For it is certain that the
public wants no other such period of
suspense as before and neither will
it be content to have the matter of
reformation placed in the hands of a
scholastic theorist who knows no
more about practical business and its
needs than an ordinary porker does
of the Christian Sabbath What is it
you propose Mr Cleveland Is it
free trade is it tariff for revenue only
or is it modified protection Or is it
as before a nondescript muddling of
all three Peoria Herald
A Contrast
It is admitted that 1894 was the
best Democratic year in foreign and
general trade and no one will dispute
the fact that 1903 was not the best
Republican year Now compare the
outflow of gold in April May and June
of each of those years
April May June
1S9411723771 27400801 23280220
1903 1705460 144S8268 12507588
This comparison shows the follow
ing lesser outflow of gold in favor of
the three months named of 1903 Re
publican year
April
May
June
10018205
12918533
10772032
Total advantage 33700370
Good times or poorer times it mat
ters not The trade and fiscal policies
cf the Republican party meet evez y
condition and every emergency Wal
ter J Ballard
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What He Really Needed
What I need said the young
man who had just returned from col
lego to tho little town is a wider
sphere
What you need replied his fath
er is a pair of boots you can stick
your pants into instead of them gait
ers youve got on You git the boots
and I guess your spherell bo wldo
enough
Righting a Wrong
Plinks angrily I understand you
said my face would stop a clock
Plunks I never said it old man
Plinks Then I have been misin
formed
Plunks what Why instead
of stopping at siglit of your face any
reputable clock would increase its
speed
Some Peoples Luck
Mr Citicus Well Uncle Henry
how did you like our new church solo
ist He gets 10000 a year
Uncle Hi Waal he gits tew much
then Wy Harve Perks who leads
aour choir only gits 11 a year an
he kin holler twicet as loud as this
feller
Leap Year Query
Heres one for you said tho
answers correspondents editor
What tis asked the horse report
er
A chap writes to Inquire how much
rope he should give a spinster who
shows symptoms of proposing re
joined the other
Poor Thing
Maud Just think I read the other
day about a lady who had just died
who was the daughter of a duke the
wife of a duke the sister of a duke
the mother of a duke and the grand
mother of a marquis
Ethel My goodness what a poor
dull place heaven must seem to her
Fine Finish
They had bought an upright piano
n the pay weekly plan John
she said one day I fwant you to
stand off and take note of the exterior
of this piano Can you see its finish
I should say so sighed John
When the installment man comes
Protection
Yes said Miss Passay Mr
Shrude has called upon me several
times lately but he always brings
some other young man with him
I suppose he thinks a young man
cant be too careful in leap year re
plied Miss Speitz
The Reason
I thought your doctor wouldnc let
you drink
I know but I changed doctors
What Papa Said
Daughter Papa dear I hope you
are not angry because George is going
to marry me and take me away from
you
Papa I should say not But if he
ever does anything that will cause you
to come back to me Ill do him bodily
harm 3
The Truth of It
I hope Johnny said the visitor
that I havent disturbed your pa and
ma at dinner
No replied Johnny we was just
going to sit down but pa seen you
from the window an he told ma not
to have dinner till you went
Not Sure
I suppose that picture is one of
your choicest works of art
I dont know for sure answered
Mr Cumrox You see mother and
the girls have ideas of their own and
they wont let me keep the price tags
on em
Unquestionable Evidence
Are those girls really friends
Oh yes indeed Why there isnt
ven a string to the compliments they
w
L3y each otic
fl