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JOHN BURT
CHAPTER XXII Continued
The moment for action had arrived
for Jamas Blake He compressed his
lips strode through the room and a
moment later entered Johns office
In the final struggle passion was tri
umphant and he nerved himself as
best he could for the ordeal
John Burt looked up The haggard
expression on Blaises face alarmed
him
Whats happened Jim Youre
pale as a ghost
Its a tooth said Blake rubbing
his hand tenderly over his face Im
all right now hut it gave me a bad
right The dentist drew it this morn
ing I dined with General Carden I
I suppose
Has Jessie returned Did you see
her Jim
Miss Carden has not returned but
she is expected to sail next Tuesday
said Blake nervously lighting a ci
gar I had hoped to bring you bet
ter news John but this is the best I
can do I thought it would be indeli
cate to ask General Carden for her
address since nothing but a cable
gram could reach her before the sail
ing date
A shade of disappointment passed
over John Burts face when Blake
spoke but a smile chased it away
when he mentioned the time of her
departure
You did right Jim he exclaimed
Lets see Tuesday is the thir
teenth Im glad Jessie isnt super
stitious That should bring her to
New York on the twentieth Thats
thirteen days from now
Blake turned ashen when the sec
ond thirteen was announced but
Johns eyes were fixed on the inno
cent calendar his thoughts were four
thousand miles across a heaving
ocean and he didnt notice the su
perstitious agony imprinted on the
others face
John Burt leaned back in his chair
and half closed his eyes
Measuring Lances
When Randolph Morris retired i
favor of his son he transferred no
small burden of responsibility to the
shoulccrs of the latter Arthur Mor
ris Inherited his fathers money and
his ambitions but not his masterly
grasp of affairs Arthur Morris had
little sympathy with that fine ojd con
servatism which stops short of direct
pcrticipation in corruption K be-
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UPHAM ADAMS
Author oJ TIio Kidnapped Millionaires Colonel Monroes Doctrine Etc
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Fuedeuick Uiuam Adams
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lieved as has been stated that every
i man has his price and was willing to
pay it provided It promised returns
Ambitious to pose as a Wall Street
leader Arthur Morris had assumed
in enormous load of stocks and the
ruccess of his ventures had given
him the following which ever attends
the leader in a rising market In ad
dition to this speculative risk Mor
ris had secured several valuable
franchises and was confidently in
expectation of others at the hands of
tho city officials
It will be sufficiently accurate to
designate the Morris enterprise by
the name of The Cosmopolitan Im
provement Company and to state
that its assets consisted in its ac
quin d and prospective franchises
While purporting to afford relief
iiom existing monopolies it was in
fact nothing more nor less than a
well planned attempt to acquire com
petitors In the parlance of finance
it was a sand bag
Arthur Morris took up the work so
auspiciously begun by his father
the wrecking of the L 0 railroad
company In this campaign General
Carden and many others had lost
their fortunes Morris held control
of the bonds and looked forward to
fie day when the stock would be
wiped out and this splendid property
fall into his hands It was an open
secret in railway circles that the L
O would then be absorbed by one
of the two powerful companies which
intersected its lines
John Burt detected a flaw in this
conspiracy He set aside three bat
talions of a million dollars each and
held them in reserve against the en
trenched wealth in the Morris vaults
Then he again scanned the field of
action and with unerring judgment
placed his finger on the weakest
point in the Morris defenses The
Cosmopolitan Improvement Company
was a rampart on paper John Burt
proposed to enfilade it The highest
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Two weeks lacking a day he
mused aloud There is a long-standing
account I should like to settle be
fore Jessie returns he said turning
to Blake who had partly regained
lis composure
What is it asked Blake with a
lively show of interest
The elder Morris ruined General
Carden as deliberately as ever one
man did another declared John
Burt his deep gray eyes flashing a
menace as he brought his hand to
the desk with a blow which made it
rattle The proceeds of that vil
lainy have been turned over to his
son Two weeks from to day Arthur
Morris shall have made restitution to
the man his father wronged The cer
tainty of this reconciles me to her
onger absence I shall win this cam
paign Jim and its my last one
When did Hawkins wire that he
would be here
Thursday answered Blake
I shall not wait for Hawkins
said John Burt abruptly He owns
a block of this L O stock and I
shall assume that I have his co-operation
I shall have control of L
O before he reaches New York
How did it close last night
Twenty eight and a half replied
Blake
It opens to day at a quarter said
John Burtt standing over the ticker
Take all offerings up to thirty but
do not force matters You under
stand Jim Watch it closely and
keep me advised
I understand said Blake as he
arose to go
Wait a minute called John as
the other stood by the door Sam
Rounds was in to see you yesterday
was he not
Yes
Send for him at once Tell him
its something important Thats all
Blake entered his own office and
flung himself into a chair He felt as
if he had aged years in the hour that
had passed
CHAPTER XXill
legal authority assured him that the
f anchises already granted to the Cos
mopolitan were invalid
As the crisis in his affairs neared
John Burt took a more direct charge
of affairs Tho trusted employes of
James Blake Company were in
formed that John Burton was a si
lent partner who represented large
California interests and that his or
ders must be followed without ques
tion
In response to James Blakes mes
sage Alderman Samuel Rounds called
and was conducted to the private of
fice of the famous operator
Blake had anticipated with zest the
meeting between John Burt and Sam
Rounds It had been contemplated
foi several weeks but now that the
hour was at hand he took little in
terest in it He found it difficult to
respond to Sams hearty greeting
and terminated the interview as soon
as possible
Heou are ye Jim heou are ye
exclaimed Sam as he greeted Blake
in his luxurious office Dont it beat
time as uncle Toby Haynes uster
say that you an I are here in New
Ycrk an you are rich an I am
well say fair to middlin There
were only three of us young fellers
round Rocky Woods you an John
Burt an me Do you suppose well
ever hear from John Burt Jim Ive
allers said hed turn up on top some
day or nother
Would you like to hear from
him asked Blake without raising
his eyes
Would I Dye know anything er
bout him Jim Dew ye really
Theres a man in the next room
who knows a lot about him replied
Blake Come and meet him
Blake opened John Burts door and
stood in the way as Sam entered
John was seated at his desk and did
not turn his head or make a t move
when Blake said
A derman Rounds wishes to speak
to yoj
Blake stepped outside and closed
the door John deliberately blotted
an unfinished letter rose and ad
vanced to meet Sam who stood awk
wardly by the door hat in hand
I am glad to meet you Alderman
Rounds he said extending his
hand I have heard of you and wish
the pleasure of your acquaintance
Pray be seated Alderman
The sharp blue eyes of the visitor
were fixed on the speaker and only
lor an instant was he in doubt
I know ye John God bless ye
John Heou are ye John Burt Im
plumb tickled ter death ter see ye
Well well well
His honest eyes glistened as he
threw his hat to tho floor and grasped
Johns hands with a grip which
have made the average man wince
And Im glad to see you Sam It
seems like coming back to life tc
meet you Sit down and tell me all
about yourself and Rocky Woods
The last time I saw ye John he
said was under them maple trees
in front of the Bishop house I reck
on you aint forgot that night You
galloped away in the dark on my
horse an I aint seen ye since Now
you begin at the place like in them
stones which run in the Fireside
Companion where it says to be con
tinued in our next and keep right
on up to the present time
John laughed and gave Sam a lnir
ried sketch of his career He told
ot his voyage around Cape Horn his
I arrival in San Francisco the search
for the mine described by the dying
sailor his meeting with Jim Blake
the discovery of the gold mine his
association with John Hawkins and
the incidents which led to the forma
tion of the firm of James Blake
Company John said nothing to lead
Sam to think that Blake was only a
representative but the shrewd
Yankee guessed the truth
I swan John this is tew good tew
be true he gasped shaking hands
again You aint told me half the
truth an ye dont have tew I can
guess the rest Youre James Blake
Company Youre the man whos
taught these Wall Street chaps a les
son Im proud of ye John Didnt 1
allers say somethin like this would
happen An you cant have toe
much good fortune to suit me John
an I dont want a thing from ye
just like tew see ye win because
well because ye orter win
Thank you Sam
Dont it beat thunder how things
turn out observed Sam I saw
Jim when he was down tew Rocky
Woods a few months ago an when
he told me that he was the Jim
Blake you could a knocked me down
with a willow switch I said tew my
self then that had it been John Burt
I wouldnt been surprised An now
by thunder it was John Burt whe
did it after all But how erbout Jim
Blake John If youre James Blake
Company whon the dickens is
Jim
I am not James Blake Com
pany said John with a smile I
am the Company Jim has a substan
tial interest in the firm and has done
much towards its success
Im mighty glad tew hear it de
cred Sam but I reckon I can guess
who does the thinkin Jims a fine
teller but he allers was reckless an
careless though mebbe hes out
grown it Where is he Send fei
him John an well all talk it ovei
together like we did in the old days
back in Rocky Woods
John pressed a button and an at
tendant responded
If Mr Blake is not busy say that
I should like to see him he said
Theres one thing you havent told
me erbout said Sam shifting his
feet awkwardly I dont want tew
pry into your private affairs John
but have you seen her yet I mear
Miss Carden
The door opened softly and James
Blake entered so silently that neith
er heard him
I have not seen Miss Carden re
plied John She is not in the city
Yes she is asserted Sam eager
ly I saw her yesterday ridin down
Fifth avenue
To be continued
Dangerous Mexican Weed to Smoke
Manuel Guerrero and Florencio Pine
had the marihuana habit and for
the last few weeks had been smoking
big cigarettes in which tobacco was
mixed with the dangerous weed
Tuesday afternoon the two men
smoked cigarettes composed of to
bacco in smaller proportion than mari
huana and after a few minutes ran
amuck
They went out into the street shout
ing vociferating and attacking every
body First they marched hand in
hand declaring that they were the
bravest men on earth and would kill
anybody who dared to say a word tc
the contrary but at last Pino declared
that he was still braver than his
friend and a fight followed the two
receiving dangerous wounds
They were captured and sent to the
hospital where they had to be put into
straightjackets It is feared that the
two men if they recover from their
wounds will lose their minds perma
nently as is often the case with mari
huana smokers Mexican Herald
Reading the Bible
It was the meeting of the Christian
Endeavor society Near the close the
leader suggested that each one should
tell what part of the Bible he read the
most and give the reason
The last one to speak was a lad
who said with a little hesitation that
he read the first chapter of Genesis
more than any others
A look of surprise and curiosity
was manifest in all the listeners as
he went on to give his reason
You see I always resolve every
New Year that I will begin and read
the Bible through but I never get
very far and of course I always have
to make a new beginning New
York Tribune
Franklins View of Life
When I reflect as I frequently do
upon the felicity I have enjoyed I
sometimes say to myself that were
the offer made me I would engaga to
run again from beginning to end the
same career of life All I would ask
should be the privilege of an author
to correct in a second edition certain
errors of the first Franklin
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Little Mbllies Dream
I dreamed said little Molly
With face alight
And voice awe filled yet Joyou3
1 dreamed last night
That I went way oft somewhere
And there I found
Green grass and trees and flowers
All growing round
For all the signs wherever
We had to pass
Said Please- yes really truly
Keep on tho grass
And in the beds of llowcrs
Along the walks
Among the pinks or panslcs
Or lily stalks
Were signs Pick all the flowers
You wisli to child
And I dreamed that the policeman
Looked down and smiled
St Nicholas
SIMPLE HOME MADE CANOE
Materials Are Cheap and Any Ingeni
ous Boy Can Build One
To those of you who have never
tried it seems as a big undertaking to
build a boat of any description but let
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me tell you about this one and you
will see it is not difficult more than
that you boys need not be stopped by
a few difficulties even if there were
some
The boy who starts out to build any
thing for himself and builds it well
isAery likely to be the boy who in
later years will make his way in the
world And the boy who builds a boat
is far and away ahead of the boy who
doesnt
The boat that you build and paint
and name yourself will bring you
more fun to the minute than the boy
who doesnt build one is likely to have
in his entire boyhood
To begin with when you make up
your mind to build a boat remember
that its first requisite is safety If
you love boating you love perhaps the
noblest and cleanest of all sports a
sport that will if you follow it out
make you strong and manly But nev
er venture to trust to luck be per
fectly sure your boat will not sink
even if it does turn over
Get a smooth board one and one-
fourth inches thick two inches wide
and twelve feet long for the keel two
strips one and one fourth inches wide
by one half inch thick and thirteen
and one half feet long for side strips
some barrel hoops a piece of canvas
galvanized nails a few brass screws
some carpet tacks large size and
two boards for the stem and stern
posts These posts must be fifteen
inches high and as thick as the keel
boards those made of elm or ash are
the best Get a rough pine board
thirty inches long and eleven inches
wide for the mold A saw a chisel
a hammer a gimlet and a screw driver
are all that you will need in the way
of tools Cut out yours stem and stern
posts alike and mortise them into posi
tion on the keel as shown in Fig 1
After fitting them round them off
alike as shown in the drawing so as
to give the canoe a sharp entrance
through the water
Now cut out the rabbet in both stem
and stern pieces the rabbet is just a
notch cut deep enough to allow the
side strip to lie flush when it is bent
around the mold and fastened into
place Fig 2 There will be four of
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these notches altogether Now fasten
your mold Fig 3 in place in the
middle tacking it lightly on the keel
Fasten the two side strips to one end
temporarily bend them around the
mold to the other end and fasten
them into place permanently with
screws Always be sure to bore holes
m the strips oerore putting m your J
screws or they may cause the strips
to split
Nov take the ribs the barrel hoops
they should be the fiat kind not
those covered with bark and nail
them eight inches apart all along the
upper side of the keel or what will
be the inside of your canoe Bend the
ends of the ribs up to the outside of
the side strips nail them fast and saw
off the ends Some of the hoops will
break toward the stern but that dses
t t matter Fig i
Clench all nails and always bore
holes before driving them in Take out
the mold and measure for tl3 canvas
which should be the heavy kind
To measure for tho canvas fasten a
string on the under inside of the side
strip at the widest part of the canoe
and pass it under and around the
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canoe to the under Inside of the op
posite side strip This will give you
the widest point in the middle Meas
ure your canoe in several places in the
same way Then measure tho length
of your canoe allowing three inches
longer Lay these measurements on
the floor and cut your canvas Fig 6
Now place the canoe bottom side up
on any wooden supports tack the can
vas in place exactly in the middle on
the stem and stern posts and pull it
taut with the center line of the can
vas Begin amidships and drive the
tacks two inches apart along the In
side of the side strips Fig 5 then
drive tacks in the alternate two inch
spaces along the outside of the side
strips always pulling the canvas tight
ly Tack it firmly around the stem
and stern posts Fasten a light board
one half inch thick in the bottom for
a floor Make fast with screws from
the outside two pine braces across
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from the side strips three and one
half feet from either end this will
insure the canoe keeping its shape
and your boat is nearly finished
Now procure some empty cigar
boxes and fasten down the lids tightly
all around then cover them with light
canvas and give them a coat of paint
so that they may be water tight They
are now air chambers Fill a space
two and one half feet in the stem and
stern with these boxes holding them
in place by tacking pieces of light can
vas completely over the ends of the
canoe inside Thus your canoe is
made practically unsinkable
Give the whole a coat of linseed oil
and two coats of paint a name and a
safety rope fastened at intervals all
around the entire canoe on the outside
and with very little effort you will
have for your very own a charming
canoe exactly like the one shown in
the illustration
Some appropriate names for canoes
are The Red Rover painted red The
Escape The Spy The Hiawatha The
Sea Fairy The Nautilus but of course
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for a canoe
The safety rope is most important
and should be securely fastened at
short intervals entirely around the
canoe The best of canoes will some
times tip about in the most surprising
way and the safety rope is easy to
catch hold of if the canoe is bottom
side
It will not be long before the ambi
tious boy will want to rig a sail for
his boat Wellthis can be dene even
in so light a craft as a canvas canoe
but good advice to the boldest and the
bravest of you in all matters of boat
ing is Go slowl3 feel your way and
learn all the lessons you can in cau
tion and carefulness Above all else
before you attempt to sail a boat of
any kind whatsoever be sure to learn
how to swim Tom Boiling Cabell
They Understood Weather
The Temple of tho Winds at Ath
ens shows the knowledge the ancient
Greeks had of the weather that came
when the wind blew from different
points of the compass It is a little
marble tower with eight sides which
are built to face the eight principal
winds On each side of the temple is
carved a human figure that pictures
the character and qualities of the par
ticular wind it faces
The north wind is represented as
a man warmly dressed blowing on a
trumpet made of a seashell to show
that it brought booming cold weather
Tho northeast wind which then as
now brings cold snow and sleet or
hail is figured by an old man with a
cruel face who is rattling sllngstones
in a shield an action that brings to
mind the noise and power of hail
storms
The east wind which brings to
Athens rain for growing crops is ex
pressed by tho image of a young man
with flowing hair and open face hav
ing his looped up mantle tilled with
fruit honeycomb and corn
The west wind is indicated by the
figure of a slightly clad and beautiful
youth with his lap full of flowers
And so on with the winds from all
around the compass Each has its
qualities written in stone by the
ancient Grecian sculptors
Reading these pictures of different
kinds of weather and comparing them
with the records of to day the mod
ern scientist learns that the climate of
Greece has not changed enough to
make any great difference so far as
the winds are concerned for more
than twenty centuries
When Water Blooms
Any one who has ever been at any
of the lakes in tho middle and north
of the United States will know that
at a certain time of July or August they
are said to flower
Fishermen are particularly well ac
quainted with this fact for at such
times very few fish can be induced to
take the hook
In some lakes nothing can be seen
when they are flowering except by
the natives who know from the ap
pearance of the water But in other
lakes the water becomes quite thick
and yellow seeming muddy or tawny
in some parts and a clear gold in
others
This flowering of the lakes is just
what the name denotes although many
of the inhabitants i the lake shores
do not know what it is and cannot ex
plain it except by the vague state
ment that at a certain time of mid
summer the lakes seem to work
The flowering is a real flowering
It is due to the blossoming of a water
plant which lives under the surface
all year long till the times for flower
ing when it rises toward the top and
throws off myriads of small golden
yellow spheres which fill the water
Cuckoo Customs
When the cuckoos cry is first heard
it is said that folk should turn over
whatever money they happen to have
in their pocket at the time A gold
coin means plenty of cash for the
next year silver means the owner
will always have enough copper
means that he will never run short of
money If the bird is heard on the
right that is believed to be lucky
if on the left unlucky In Scotland
the cuckoo is thought to address his
first song to the farmers In Dec
mark every girl asks it when she is to
be married and every old and feeble
person when he will be freed from the
burden cf life and the number of
times the bird sings cuckoo indi
cates the number of years in each
case This superstitious notion also
exists in England France and Ger
many But the only solid fact about
the cry is that it is a sure sign that
summer has come at last
Value of Maple
Some trees are useful as well as
ornamental and the maple is one of
them Of its wood the best charcoal
is made Its young shoots are so
tough that they use them as whips in
France As it stands cutting and
trimming well it is good both for
hedges and for the strange devices of
the tree gardener When gathered
green and dried the leaves and tender
shoots make winter food for cattle
Then it yields sugar two American
kinds being especially valuable in this
respect Perhaps it is best known and
admired as a furniture wood because
of its fine grain and beautiful veins
and the lovely polish it takes The
old Romans made their best tables of
it and the French employ it largely
for articles turned in the lathe Mazer
bowls or alms dishes used tojie made
out of the knotty roots highly polish
ed and silver mounted
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