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set for the dinner He waited with im
patience for Jessie and was effusive
in his greeting when she entered the
drawing room
You are more than prompt Mr
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Morris she said releasing her hand
I have something to say to you to
asl you Jessie Are we likely to be
disturbed here
I think not What weighty secret
have you to disclose Mr Morris
Pray be seated
Tho great house was silent and the
yellow light of the setting sun flooded
the room Jessie was superb as she
calmly awaited the declaration her in
tuition told her was forthcoming She
could not find in her heart the slight
est feeling of pity or sympathy for
Arthur Morris
I have waited years for this mo
ment he said dramatically His
face paled slightly but he was not
abashed From the hour I saw you
in Hingham I have admired you and
cow I ask you to be my wife As you
know I think a great deal of you
more than I know how to tell you
The governor dear old governor
endorses my choice Say you will
have me Jessie
He had not forgotten the peroration
of his carefully prepared and oft-rehearsed
proposal and concluded by
dropping clumsily to his knees There
was more of demand than of plead
ing in his manner
Jessie Cardens eyes flashed as sue
looked down upon him
Arise Mr Morris and make an
end to this scene she said as she
instinctively drew away from him I
Tnnot marry you You must respect
Jis answer as final
-Her voice was low but firm and
dark eyes held no gleam of hope
Jaorris struggled to his fet
You told me to wait two years for
you and I have waited he ex
claimed harshly This is a strange
reward for my patience and for my
kindness to your father
I told you I would not marry with
in two years I have kept my word
I made no other promise I shall not
discuss your business relations with
General Carden You certainly have
not considered me a part of them
Since our dinner engagement prom
xe no pleasure to either of us I will
a you from it Pray excuse me
arden will be with you pres
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Gatep I beg of you pleaded
Gatewlssie turned to leave the
iEvans Aabsence from the din
iBishop xit would be very
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JOHN BURT
Hy FREDERICK
UPHAM ADAMS
Author of Tho Kidnapped Millionaires Colonel Monroos Doctrine Etc
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Fredbimck Upiiam Adams
CHAPTER XXVI Continued
Youvo got hlra all right roared
Hawkins grasping John Burts hand
Im proud of you my boy I camo
n to help you out and now I And
that you have turned the trick with
out me Is there anything more you
want
Yes returned John
Well joull get her Ill back your
grandads judgment that she is wait
ing for you Speaking of Peter Burt
how old did you say he is
Nearly ninety
And you wish me to see him
Think Ill wait until hes a hundred
declared John Hawkiks Joking
aside Ill go with you any day you
say and Ill be damned glad to meet
the old man Only Ill promise not to
swear again in his presence
They talked for hours and Haw
liins listened with interest to the dis
closures made by Sam Rounds con
cerning the Cosmopolitan Improve
ment Company
A messenger arrived with a sealed
letter from the alderman informing
V Thn Burt that the bribery money had
jpaid over or deposited With the
Ft in aldermen supposed to be pur
chased Morris estimated a majority
of four in favor of his new franchises
He was so sure of speculative suc
cess that he had fixed the dinner
party to General Carden Jessie Edith
and Blake for Tuesday evening the
date of the council session when his
ordinances would come up for final
action The news of his triumph
should come to him while he was rev
eling in the charm of Jessie Cardens
presence The contemplation of this
pleasure inspired Morris -with a new
idea
The dinner should celebrate his for
mal engagement to Jessie Carden
The more he pondered over this bril
liant coup the more entrancing did it
seem
His carriage drew up at the Bishop
residence an hour before the time
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barrassing dont you see I wont say
anything more about about marriage
tut please go with us Something
may happen which you would like to
hear about Yon will go wont you
Miss Carden
Jessie yielded to this miserable en
treaty and a moment later General
Carden entered the room and relieved
an awkward situation Jessie took
small part in the conversation as the
carriage rolled down the avenue but
Morris chatted gaily with Edith Han
cock He secretly nursed his anger
but Jessie noticed that he studiously
ignored General Carden
CHAPTER XXVII
Sam Rounds Repents
Cosmopolitan Improvement stock
was strong and active during the ses
sion preceding the evening set for the
rpecial consideration of its franchises
Brokers who acted for Arthur Morris
stood on the floor of the exchange
and bid up the stock and took all of
ferings The price mounted steadily
but rapidly There was heavy selling
1iom some unknown source and at
the close enormous blocks came out
The rumor spread that James Blake
was selling the stock When his
representatives stood in the excited
mob and boldly proffered Cosmopoli
tan in thousand share lots the price
sagged but Morriss agents came to
the rescue and it closed just below the
top figure
A published poll of the council
showed a majority in favor of the
ordinances and wise speculators pre
dicted that in the expected boom of
the morrow Blake would be severely
punished Blake denied himself to all
callers The transactions were re
corded in the name of John Hawkins
and that gentleman spent all of his
time with Mr Burton
Early in the day John sent for
Elake
Mr Hawkins and I have arranged
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szaer row n i mS Wt B
to attend to nights session of the
council said John Will you join
us Jim
Id like to but I have another en
gagement replied Blake Ill try to
drop in before the session Ib over
Long before the chairman called the
city fathers to order the hall was
cloudy with tobacco smoke There
was little that was impressive in the
personnel of the municipal Solons
nor was their gathering marked by
oignity It is a sad reflection that the
average city council is fairly repre
sentative of its constituents It is the
mirror of urban ignorance deceit and
cupidity of the varying grades of
venality relieved by a sprinkling of
upright but too often impractical
men Righteousness enactments are
wrung from such bodies only by fear
of public indignation and corrupt
measures go down to defeat only when
detection and punishment faces the
iurcbasable majority
John Burt and John Hawkins looked
down oh this motley crowd of civic
statesmanship
Various minor matters hr i been de
bated and decided when the chairman
announced that the hour set for the
consideration of the franchises of the
Cosmopolitan Improvement company
had arrived A clerk read the ordi
nances and each alderman was pro
vided with a copy of them
Alderman Hendricks arose and was
recognized He was the accredited
champion of the Cosmopolitan fran
chises He made an able presentation
of the arguments in favor of the pend
ing ordinances He was empowered
by his constituents to vote in their
favor he said They promised a much
needed relief from the exactions of
a grinding monopoly Theirs sponsors
were wealthy reputable citizens whose
words were as good as their bonds
There could be no intelligent unself
ish opposition to these measures and
so on to an eloquent peroration It
was a good speech and worth all that
was paid for it
Others followed in a similar strain
though not so logically or grammati
cally A well drilled claque in the
gallery applauded at proper intervals
Other speeches were made for and
against the ordinances and then Al
derman Hendricks moved the previous
question It was carried and the roll
call ordered The clerk pencil in
hand began his monotonous task
First ward Alderman Patrick
A aye sor yelled a shrill voice
The claque applauded vigorously
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Alderman Saboski
Aye sounded a i clear tenor
The gallery was again HberalMn Its
approbation
Alderman Rounds called the
clerk
A tall awkward man rose and faced
the chairman His red hair was plas
tered over his forehead and hi3 hands
seemed in the way In one of them
he held a package and in the other
some loose papers He raised his
eyes to the gallery and they twinkled
as they rested for a moment on John
Burt
Mr President I desire to explain
my vote on these ordinances
There was no objection The Cos
mopolitan partisans believed that Al
derman Rounds had been won over
to their side and were willing he
should attempt to explain the reasons
for his change of heart
Mr Chairman began Alderman
Rounds placing his papers on the
desk and with his hands plunged in
his pockets two years ago when
the original Cosmopolitan ordinances
ame up for passage I voted an spoke
against them I was opposed to them
an said so When these bills were
proposed I made a careful study ol
them At first I was not in favor oi
them but certain gentlemen present
ed the subject to me in a new light
an I agreed to vote for the passage ol
the ordinances now under considera
tion
The Cosmopolitan aldermen joined
ihe claque in the applause which fol
lowed this declaration
Mr Chairman continued Sam
Rounds assuming an easy attitude in
the aisle I dont suppose theres any
one in this honorable body likes
money bettern I do When I began
to make money tradin in hosses back
in Massachusetts it was like pourin
kerosene oil on a red hot stove The
more I got the more I wanted an as
some of you know Ive done pretty
lairly middlin well
Sam Rounds reached out and piqked
a small package from the table and
looked at it longingly Alderman Hen
dricks turned in his chair and gazed
uneasily at the speaker There was
something in his manner which caused
a hush to fall on the assembly
Mr Chairman said Alderman
Rounds slowly unwrapping the pack
age as he continued money is the
greatest argument in the world Logic
is a fine thing but money beats logic
I admire the man who has the gift ol
eloquence like my honorable col
league from my ward but money can
give eloquence a handicap an beat iJ
every time Money
Mr Chairman interrupted Alder
man Hendricks we desire to proceed
with this vote much as we are
charmed by my colleagues trite re
flections about money as an abstract
proposition The question before the
board is the disposition of these ordi
nances I demand that the alderman
record his vote
Alderman Rounds has the floor
decided the chairman
Thank you Ill not take up much
of your time said Sam Rounds As
I was sayin Im uncommonly fond of
money an when the president of the
Cosmopolitan Improvement company
came to my place of business an
said he would pay me ten thousand
dollars for my vote in favor of these
ordinances I just went plumb off my
center an told him I would consider
It I couldnt see anything else in the
world but that figure one with four
ciphers after it an a dollar mark in
front of it Mr Chairman you never
had to work hard or trade for a livin
an you cant realize how I felt when
he placed this here package in my
hand
Sam tore away the wrapping and
disclosed a layer of crisp banknotes
Every eye in the room was fixed on
the speaker as he stepped forward
and laid them on the chairmans table
Dazed and demoralized no member of
the opposition dared interrupt
s To be continued
Mr Hillyers Burglar Alarm
Mr Hillyer was a heavy sleeper
He was a man also with a chronic
fear of burglars It was these two
things that led him to have the win
dow of his sleeping room equipped
with a burglar alarm of the latest and
most approved description
A few mornings after the device had
been installed he came down to
breakfast with a grin on his face
I had a funny dream last night
he said I dreamed that a burglar
raised my window and the alarm went
off but he didnt seem to mind it He
rumaged the bureau drawers found
my watch and pocketbook and slipped
out the way he came in By the way
he added I forgot to bring down mj
watch and pocketbook Ill go and
get them
He went upstairs and returned in a
moment with an entirely different look
on his face The watch and pocket
book were gone It had not been a
dream Youths Companion
When His Head Swelled
As illustrative of the exhilarating ef
fects of liquor Alderman Hammond
Odell tells the story of a switchman
who took a drink and felt that he
ought to be section boss He took an
other and said I ought to be a divi
sion superintendent He took two or
three more and felt that he ought to
be general manager of the railroad
Then he took two or three more and
thought he should be president of the
road
In a few minutes the fast express
was approaching The switchman
raised aloft his red lamp and brought
the train came to a standstill
What is the trouble inquired the
conductor
The switchman slowly pulled out his
watch and said You are two minutes
late Dont let this happen again
To Day
We shall do so much In the years to
come
But what have we done to day
We shall give out gold In a princely
sum
But what did we give to day
Wo shall lift the heart and dry tho tear
We shall plant a hope in the place of
fear
Wo shall speak with words of love and
cheer
But what have we done to day
We shall be so kind In the after while
But what have we been to day
We shall bring to each lonely life a
smile
But what have we brought to day
We shall give to truth a grander birth
And to steadfast faith a deeper worth
We shall feed the hungering souls of
earth
But whom have we fed to day
Nixon Waterman
Has Its Troubles
The most disconsolate fellow that
walks the beach Is the hermit crab
whose shell has become too snug for
comfort If it were his own as the
clams it would grow with his growth
and always be a perfect fit but to
the hermit there comes often a mov
ing day when a new house must be
sought Discouraging work it is too
Most of the doors at which he knocks
are slammed in his face A tweak
from a larger pincer than his own
will often satisfy him that the shell
ho considers distinctly possible and
hopefully ventures to explore is
already occupied by a near but coldly
unsympathetic relative
Finding no empty shell of suitable
size the hermit may be driven to ask
a brother hermit to vacate in his
favor The proposition is spurned in
dignantly and a fight ensues The bat
tle is the stronger Often the at
tacking party has considerable trou
ble in cleaning out the shell having
to pick his adversary out In bits A
periwinkle or a whelk may be attack
ed in a like manner by a hermit who
s hard pressed and has taken a fancy
to that particular shell If the house
holder be feeble the conquest is easy
If lusty he holds the fort
A Water Treadmill
The men who work in the great
logging camps in the West and North
west where miles and miles of great
logs are floated down the rivers to
sawmills below have a peculiar
sport They grow so at home on slip
pery shifting logs rolling and tossing
about in the swift current that they
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can leap from one to another and ride
on them like circus performers while
directing their course around a bend
or bad place in the river These
loggers make a specialty of stand
ing on a log and making it roll first
forward then backward by leaning
one way or the other and standing on
the log nearest the direction they
wish it to roll They can even make
the log roll through the water like
a wheel or hoop rolling over the
ground
Sometime when you are in swim
ming or bathing find a good sized
log put it in the water and try to
stand on it You will be surprised to
find how difficult it is to do this and
the first time you try it the log will
probably roll over at once and dump
you in the water But you will very
soon get the knack of it and then
you will find that by standing with
your feet on one of the sloping sides
of the log you can make it turn in that
direction and by moving your feet
just as fast as the log moves you can
not only keep your upright position
but can make the log move through
the water Try it
Origin of Names of Dogs
There are not many boys or girls
or grown folks either for that mat
ter who know how the breed names
of dogs first came into common use
For instance the spaniel is so called
because the first types of this beauti
ful and intelligent animal arrived in
England from Spain and were called
Spanish dogs
The beautiful Blenheim spaniel is
ramed after Blenheim palace where
trrls dog first was made fashionable
in the time of the great Marlborough
The King Charles as might be guess
ed owes its name to the merry mon
arch
The skyts terrier was originally bred
in the Isle of Skye and the Scotch
terrier of jcourse in Scotland
Many other dogs show the original
place of their breeding or detelop
mirat by their names such as the
Great Dane the Newfoundland Sibe
rian bloodhound and so on
The mastiff means house dog no
doubt because io his great strength
and size and ability to guard the
home
Poodle means waddle although
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these pretty little pets of to day dont
seem to partake of any ancestral
clumsiness
Pindertoy
Scissors and a pin only needed This
prattling parrot if cut out and fasten
ed together with a pin will make a
very attractive toy If you push tho
pin firmly into a cork or the end of a
stick and paste the pieces on an old
visiting card before the pieces are cut
cut this pindertoy will last longer
A Wingless Bird
Far away on the other side of the
world in New Zealand there is a
most curious speoies of bird which
has neither wings nor a tail What
do you think of that There are very
few of these strange creatures left
even on their native island but their
cousins the Ki wis are still numerous
in Australia The ki wi gets its name
from its peculiar cry which sounds
like ki wi ki wi
The learned name of this bird is
apteryx It has feathers that resem
i le coarse hairs and has a long bill
by which it secures its food easily
It lives on insects and worms which
it catches on the ground in its night
ly rambles for this bird only goes
abroad at night and hides during the
day In size it is about as large as a
goose the feathers on its head being
short but those on the body increas
ing in length Altogether it is a
queer looking creature and as it has
s o little means of defending itself it
falls an easy prey to larger and
stronger beasts
A Cats Revenge
A gentleman who was very fond of
fishing and who usually caught a good
lot of fish frequently promised his
next door neighbor to give him part
of his catch but never fulfilled the
promise The cat of the next door
neighbor evidently overheard the
promise and thought the fisherman
ought to be made to keep his word
tor one day when the people of both
houses had gone out for a little while
she sneaked into the fishermans
house took two fine large trout he
had just caught and laid them on the
kitchen table of her own mistress
This lady returning and finding them
there supposed that her neighbor had
at last kept his promise so she pro
ceeded to clean and cook the fish for
the next meal thanking him when
snj next saw him for his generosity
The fisherman is now trying to find
seme secret method of killing the cat
Butterflies of the Sea
lr you visit any of the seaside towns
south of Cape Cod perhaps you will
be so fortunate as to see a flock
of sea butterflies flitting through the
blue water on some fair day You
certainly will pick up some of their
empty houses on the beach
These shade from pure white
buff lemon orange and coffee
color to dark brown You can make
many pretty souvenirs with them
These butterflies are not butter
flies at all however but are molluscs
It is very easy to see by looking at
the picture just how this boat is made
tut it is not so easy to tell what it
will do We will assume that the
shaft works easily without friction
ana that a good strong wind blows
steadily Now what will the boat
do Will it go forward backward or
stand still
It is not answered as easily as you
may at first think Who can tell what
it will do
Of course the very easiest way to
find out is to make a boat and try it
The only part that might give you
any trouble is the propeller or screw
and you can make one pretty easily
Get a piece of tin and cut out a circle
or a round piece about six inches in
diameter Now draw a pencil line
across the circle and another line
being nothing more nor less than
scallops
Tho butterflies livo among tho
eel grass and by rapidly opening and
shutting the two halves of their shells
and thus squirting out the water they
can dart swiftly through tho sea
The shells aro prettily fringed and
each butterfly has thirty silvery
blue eyes but with all of these ho can
scarcely see as much as wo can with
our two
Ways of Eating In China
American boys and girls would find
some difficulty In eating in China
Each guest is supplied with a bowl
and chopsticks and thero are bowls
placed in the middle of the table con
taining food Every one helps with
1 is own chopsticks and it is good
manners to pick out the most attact
ive looking morsels and plant them in
your nehbors bowl It is rather sus
prising to a stranger to find his bowl
being filled in this way
Chopsticks are about as thick as a
pencil and both are held In one hand
The Chinese contrive to pick up theii
meat hold it to their mouths and nib
hip at it But the unskilful will prob
ably have the humiliation of dropping
it into their laps or on to the floor
Guessing Colors
If mother has asked you not to get
dirty after you are dressed for a drive
and you do not know just what to dc
to amuse yourself get some one tc
play tho following little game with
you It is very simple but will help
the time to pass pleasantly
I see a color you donsee says
one
What color may it be asks the
other
It may bo pink or some color in
the room says the first inquirer
Then begins the questioning Is it
the paper The ribbon on your hair
The pink In the dolls dress And so
on until happily the guesses mentions
the exact article of pink that has been
chosen The successful guesser then
takes her turn at saying I see a color
that you dont see
When Jumbo Gave a Sneeze
With mere men a sneeze is an
uvery day affair but not so with my
lord the elephant for it is very rarely
indeed that an elephant sneezes and
when he does all the Oriental races
consider it a very good omen and feel
sure that some special good fortune is
about to happen
The famous Jumbos sneeze is said
to have been like the bursting of a
boiler and it created quite a panic
among the crowds of sightseers peo
ple running in all directions many not
knowing what had happened but Im
agining some tremendous disaster had
ccurred
How Old Is He
How old is a boy on his twelfth
birthday Twelve years old of
course you will answer but put on
your thinking cap and see if you
dont find that answer wrong We
know that it is the usual way of ex
pressing it as for example when we
pay that a man becomes of age on
his twenty first birthday but it is just
as well to be right about these things
and as a matter of fact a man be
comes of age on his twenty second
birthday
A boy therefore is not twelve but
eleven years old on his twelfth birth
day It is simply a matter of count
ing His first birthday is the day he
is born his second birthday is the
day he is one year old and so on
until on his twelfth birthday he is
eleven years old the age keeping one
year behind the number of ihe birth
day
It would be different if we used
the word anniversary instead ol
birthday for the first anniversary of
ihe boys birth comes one year after
that event the second anniversary
two years after and so forth
THIS BOAT IS A PUZZLE
across the tin at right angles to the
first so that the circle will be divided
into four equal parts Get a heavy
pair of scissors and cut along each
of these lines to within half an inch
of the center You may easily bend
back the pieces of tin so formed until
they have the position shown in the
picture This screw can be nailed to
the end of the shaft or by punching
a hole in the center of the tin you may
run the shaft through it and fastet it
by copper wire
No matter what the boat will do
when made it will be well worth the
trouble for if it should stand still and
refuse to go ahead even in a strong
wind then you will have something
which will fool every one of your
friends and raise many a laugh at
their expense