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CHAPTER XXIX
Ediths Confession
The papers say Mr Morris -will bo
arrested Its awful Jessie Look at
the big headlines Isnt it awful
Edith Hancocks cheeks were red
dened with excitement as she dashed
into her cousins room Mr Blake
was here while the general was at
breakfast she gabbled on breath
lessly They talked a minute and
then he hurried away Isnt Mr Blake
lovely And hes so big and hand
some and generous and good looking
and manly and and everything I
just love him Jessie dont you She
looked closely at Jessie Carden
I I like him Edith It wouldnt
do for both of us to love him would it
cousin mine
He loves you protested Edith
with a blush I know he does Are
you sure you dont love him Jessie
just a little bit
Quite sure laughed Jessie as the
roses came to her cheeks I can only
love one man at a time its conven
tional but its true
You still love John Burt What a
foolish little sweetheart you are wast
ing your life on a man you havent
heard from for years Youre jesting
Jessie dont reject Mr Blake
Its not likely I shall have a
chance said Jessie The little lace
had grown very serious I sincerely
hope not Edith John Burt is not
dead and he has not forgotten me
He will return and rich or poor my
faith Is in him I know heJl come
back and when he does hell find me
true
There was a trustful light In the
deep brown eyes and a longing smile
touched the tender lips Ediths face
was lighted with joy as she clasped
her cousins hands
Youre the dearest darling in the
world and no man is good enough for
you she exclaimed John Burt
Tale of the Ticker
A thousand men were scattered
through the hall of the New York
stock exchange The clicking of in
numerable telegraph instruments the
tinkle of telephone bells the shuf
fling of feet in the encircling galler
ies the distant murmur of street traf
fic all blended with the noises from
the floor into a chord which held the
majesty of bass and the thrill i so
prano
A gong sounded Its reverbei auons
were lost in the vocal explosion from
r thousand lungs
A moment later and the acts of
these seeming maniacs were flashed
around the world A million miles of
metallic nerves focused in this center
end throbbed with the earths history
for the day Wall street is a mundane
t
By FREDERICK
UPHAM ADAMS
Author of Tlio Kidnapped Millionaires Colonel fltonroos Doctrine Etc
Coptuight IMS nr
FUEDEttlCK UlilAil ADAMS
All rights
reserved
CoprniauT 1903 by
A J DaszBL BiDDiiB
incarnation of the terrors of hell re
lieved by some of the Joys of heaven
John Burt was in his office at eight
oclock and Mr Hawkins and James
Blake joined him a few minutes later
Is General Carden here asked
John
Hes in my room replied Blake
Give him the cash for that L O
check and have him present the op
tion at Randolph Morris Company
the moment they are open for bank
ing business Instructed John Burt
Bid L O above twenty seven un
til General Carden has the stock In
I1I3 possession Send two witnesses
along with him That will prevent
any chance for a quibble When he
comes back with the stock turn it
over to me
Aye aye General Burton ex
claimed Blake with a profound sa
lute He seemed in high spirits as
he left the room
Let us look in on another scene
There was no outward sign of ex
citement in the offices of Randolph
Morris Company Morris took per
sonal command of his brokers on the
floor of the Stock Exchange
It wont be much of a shower he
said to his followers with airy bra
vado Hang on to your stocks
well pass those ordinances yet I
control Cosmopolitan and am able to
protect it against all the liars and
swindlers from San Francisco to New
hYork
Cosmopolitan opened -at a loss of
several points but the selling by
nBlake brokers was not so heavy as
had been expected and the stock ral
lied when given support by Morris
and others interested with him The
young millionaire speedily regained
liis courage
Bid em up bid em up he whis
pered to his head broker Weve got
the Blake crowd on the run already
They dare not sell Take all they
offer and bid for more
fike bim stop Jcicyou can find acwrve way to do it I krawyou can
will return Im sure of it and hell
be proud of you But Jessie you
must not let Mr Blake propose to you
You wont will you Jessie
Why asked Jessie in surprise
Because and Edith faltered
She lowered her eyes in confusion
but when she looked again in Jessies
face they flamed with passion
Oh Jessie cant you undersand
Im jealous of you horribly madly
jealous and she threw herself sob
bing on her cousins breast I know
its not your fault that he loves you
but you can make him stop Please
make him stop If it wasnt for you
he would love me Tell him tell him
anything so that he will know that
you dont love him Oh Jessie wont
you
What can I tell him asked Jes
sie in amazement I cant make him
propose and then commend him to an
other But Edith darling Im so
sorry so awfully sorry
When Jessie could command herself
she asked if Edith really loved Jim
I loved him the moment I saw him
and he fell in love with you at the
same instant declared Edith Han
cock whose intuition had told her the
truth Make him stop Jessie you
can find some way to do it I know
you can- Oh why are people always
falling in love with those who dont
love them and are blind to those who
love them to death
Jessie could not answer that world
old question and vainly attempted to
soothe her In anger and mortifica
tion Edith rushed from the room and
when Jessie -knocked at her door a
few minutes later there was no re
sponse but the muffled sound of sobs
CHAPTER XXX
It was only a moment past ten
oclock when General Carden walked
briskly up the marble steps and en
tered the Morris building He stopped
at the outer railing and addressed
Mr Mason the Vice President of the
company
I hold an option on ten thousand
shares of L O stock said the gen
eral producing an envelope from an
inside pocket
Yes Mr Mason raised his eyes
with a faint show of interest and
tapped the brass rail with a pencil
So I understand General Carden
Under its terms I can take up the
stock at a stipulated figure provided
the market price is above twenty six
dollars a share
That is the agreement You owe
us about two hundred and eighty
thousand dollars on that stock Gen
eral Carden Do you wish to pay it
to day
A sarcastic smile played around the
corners of Mr Masons mouth
I do I demand the stock and will
meet the terms in cash
Very well General Carden it can
quickly be arranged
There was no change of expression
on the grave face of the banker as
he turned to a clerk and ordered him
to produce the stock from the vaults
Mr Mason glanced at the option and
made a rapid calculation
Two hundred and eighty two thou
sand four hundred and sixty seven
dollars and seventeen cents he said
passing over a slip of paper Is that
your figure
General Carden bowed and mo
tioned to one of his companions who
placed a satchel on the counter From
its depths General Carden produced
the money demanded and exchanged
it for the stock v
I trust 3our faith in the value of
these certificates may not prove
lamiss said Mr Mason with an icy
smile I old you good day sir
General Carden bowed gravely and
turned to the door As he did so Ar
thur Morris entered his face flushed
with triumph In his haste he ran
into General Carden
I beg your pardon Oh its you
is it and an evil light came to his
eyes What in hell are you doing
here Youre discharged fired dye
understand Get out of here and
keep out
Morris stepped behind the brass
railing and from that retreat shook
his hand threateningly at the man
who had aroused his rage General
Carden deliberately removed his
glasses and walked towards him
You are a cur and a coward Mor
rJs he said looking at the younger
man with -blazing eyes Lay a hand
on mo If you dare
With a muttered oath Morris turned
and left the old soldier standing defi
antly by the railing A minute later
General Carden entered a carriage
and was driven rapidly to the offices
of James Blake Company
In the meantime Morris had fol
lowed Mr Mason to his private office
Id like to punch old Cardens
head and Id have done it hadnt it
been for you he declared Whats
he prowling around here for What
did he want
He demanded his L O stock
replied Mr Mason
His Jj O stock repeated Mor
ris Well what of it He didnt
wish me to make him a present of it
did he If he come3 around again
tell him to dig up about three hun
dred thousand dollars and he can havo
his stock
Morris laughed as he stepped to the
ticker
He showed his option demanded
the stock and paid over the money
said Mr Mason slowly and I gave
him the certificates
Old Carden took up his stock and
paid over the money What do you
mean Mason
I mean just what I say Mr
ris was the reply Do you know
what has happened With that stock
you lose control of L O Someone
is back of General Carden in this
transaction
Blake Blake gasped Morris
He clutched the arm of his chair
and the muscles of his neck twitched
nervously Pacing up and down the
room he burst into a storm of inco
herent profanity
The ticker which had been silent
spluttered rapidly and the ominous
sound did more to call Morris back
to his senses than had the sober
words of the broker He lifted the
tape and eagerly scannecLthe charac
ters Whats that This must be a
mistake Five hundred shares of L
O at 38 It must mean 28 Mor
ris gazed at the figures like one in a
trance
There came a violent rapping on the
door and without waiting for a re
sponse a broker entered His collar
was torn open and his hair was
rumpled and moist with perspiration
Blake Company are bidding up
L O he exclaimed Ive sold
them four thousand shares up to 35
and they are yelling for more How
does it stand now
He took the tape from Arthur Mor
ris nerveless hand
Thirty nine Thirty nine and a
half Six hundred at forty A thou
sand at forty one Somethings up I
tell you What shall we do Mr Mor
ris
Morris gazed hopelessly at Mr Ma
son
What can we do he asked weak
ly His brain was in a whirl
A heavy step was heard in the hall
way and Randolph Morris entered
the room
Youve raised hell havent you
was his greeting to his son and heir
I told you to keep your nose out of
this Cosmopolitan business Youve
made a fine mess of it I suppose you
think because the bottom hasnt fall
en out of Cosmopolitan that youre
all right dont ye Been supporting
it havent ye Of course you have
Youre an ass Admit it and take
your losses Ill bet this damn fool
play will cost more than a million
Tell him about this business said
Arthur Morris sullenly turning to
Mr Mason
In a few words the latter explained
what had occurred in L O The
old millionaires face was a study
during this hurried recital
The look of anger changed to one
of perplexity and then to fear The
millions amassed in a lifetime were
menaced in his old age and the fires
of defense and defiance blazed again
in the eyes of Randolph Morris
To be continued
The Salt of the Earth
It was a damp day when evil spirits
held high carnival Many things went
crosswise under the spell of their
witchery but they exercised a particu
larly baleful influence on the salt
which clogged and stuck and in spite
of vigorous shaking and pounding
refused to sift out of the boxes All
the lunchers in a restaurant found
themselves handicapped by this aggre
gation of seasonable particles One
woman alone solved the problem of
saiting her food properly She after
repeated attempts to dislodge a few
grains drew a steel hairpin from be
neath her hat cleared the perforations
in the top of the shaker stirred the
salt to a powder and proceeded to
season her vegetables
The man opposite sat amazed at
this truly feminine expedient for run
ning the universe Once he seemed
on the point of remonstrating but he
thought better of it and went on eat
ing in silence In fact everybody re
mained silent except a fat man at a
nearby table He brought his face
into alarming proximity to a plate of
steaming soup and gurgled softly
Well Ill be darned
A Divided Allegiance
The mother of a young girl recently
secured a divorce from her husband
and -married another man the terms
of the decree providing that the
daughter spend half her time with her
father who had also remarried and
half with her mother Meeting a
friend of her family after returning
from a visit to one of her remarried
parents the little girl was asked how
she spent her time nowadays
Well she replied I spend a
month visiting my father and my
mother then the next month I go on
a visit to my mother and my father
Harpers Weekly
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A Midnight Lullaby
In the noon of summer little girl little
girl
Let me lead you to Dreamland Dune
Wlftero the blossoms blow and the ten
drils curl
In the wake of the haunting June
For June 1b a spirit now little girl
And her footprints are on the ground
The primrose bold on the moonlit hill
The marigolds on the shadowy rill
And the daisies all around
These are the spirits little girl little
girl
And they dance on the Dreamland
Dune
To the crickets song and the tendril
curl
In the smile of the wide white moon
For the moon is a spirit too little girl
And has joined the spirit band
The stars of gold in the milky sky
And the daisies bold that peep and spy
Little stars of the moonlit land
In the noon of slumber little girl little
girl
Let me lead you to Dreamland Dune
Where the dewdrops tremble like lobes
of pearl
OntheIashes of the faery June
And on her ankles too little girl
As she dances oer the ground
And the daisies spring from beneath her
feet
And everything that Is fair and sweet
On the starlit moonlit land
In the noon of your life little girl little
girl
Will yon think of the Dreamland Dune
And remember then when your hearts
awhlrl
The promise of the long lost June
When your heart Is lightsome too lit
tle girl
Will you shed your light around
Will your smile unfold as you bear It
by
Like a marigold In the sainted sky
Or a -star on the flower lit land
Aloyslus Coll in Housekeeper
Some Conundrums
Why is a little man lke a good
book Because he is often looked
over
Why is a pig in a parlor like a
house on fire Because the sooner
he is put out the better
What is the difference between a
soldier and a bomb shell One goeB
to wars and the other goes to pieces
Why are birds sad in the morning
Because their little bills are all over
dew
Why is love always represented as
a child Because he never reached
the age of discretion
Why did Eve never fear the
measles Because shed Adam
Who had the greatest appetite ever
heard of The man who bolted a
door threw up a window and then
sat down and swallowed a whole
story
Shadow Pictures
There is fun in your fingers as well
es work Study the diagram and teach
them a trick or two
Snakes Tail
Snakes Tail is a game played by
any number of persons one of whom
is selected as catcher and the others
form In single file to represent a
snake the last player being called
the snakes tail Each player in the
file places his hands on the shoulders
of the one in front of him At the
opening of the game the catcher
stands about 20 feet from the head
of the file facing him and at the
signal tries to catch the tail without
pushing any one in the row The
snake defends its tail by moving
about in any way but if the row
breaks itself it is a foul and the tail
is considered as caught When the
tail is caught he becomes catcher in
turn and the catcher takes this place
at the head
Another way of playing the game is
to allow the catcher to name any one
in the row as the one he intends to
catch If he catches tho one named
they change positions The player at
the head of the line may stretch out
his hands to impede the etchers
progress but is not allowed to push
him
How Whales Get Food
To obtain food the whale swims
through the water with its mouth
open The water pours in the aper
ture and carries with it hundreds of
small fish and marine animals
The water escapes through the
sides of the mouth but the fish are
caught and held by a row of stiff
bonelike objects along the side of the
jaws These are whalebones so use
ful in commerce These and the oil
found In the glands of the throat
make the whale very valuable
There are several varieties of
whalea but the sperm whale though
tho smallest is the most valuable
Parldr Trick With a Cane
Balance a cane on the back of a
chair so that the slightest touch sets
It to wavering Then tell your friends
that you can make it fall from the
chair without touching it in any way
or even blowing at ft
Although no one will believe you
it is a very simple thing to do Get
a postal card and rub It very briskly
on a woolen cloth till it is thoroughly
Attracting the Card
magnetized Then hold it near one
end of the cane which will slowly
turn toward it By holding the card
below this end of the cane you will
attract it downward until It overbal
ances and falls to the floor
Candle Trick
How would you arrange with a room
full of people to place a candle in
such a position that all but one would
see it and that person must not be
blindfolded
Place the candle upon the head of
the person who is not to see it
Should there be a mirror in the room
and this one person should make use
of it he does not see the candle but
only its reflection
The Wandering Albatross
Of all the strange creatures seen by
travelers not the least interesting is
the wandering albatross This great
feathered wanderer -sometimes
meas
uring 17 feet from tip to tip of his
wings will follow a ship for days at
a time Some travelers and sailors
declare that they have seen a partic
ular bird fly for weeks at a time with
out ever being seen to alight upon the
waves
It not only follows the ship but
wheels in great circles around it and
above it high in the air as if to show
that it is not tired Sometimes the
bird will be seen to hang in the air
with its wings apparently motionless
and the sailors say that then it is
asleep
Not only in pleasant weather will
the albatross follow a ship for days
and weeks but through the most ter
rific storms it will continue its untir
ing flight In fact to find an alba
tross otherwise than on the wing is
like finding a weasel asleep
Once a year the female albatross
flies away a few thousand miles to
the great lonely island rock of Tris
tan dAcunha which lifts its desolate
head far in the South Atlantic or to
some equally remote place and there
lays one egg in the hollow of a rock
The albatross has always been a
bird of mystery and in ancient times
the people believed that these un
wearying seabirds were the compan
ions of the Greek warrior Diomedes
who were said to have been changed
into birds at the death of their chief
When America wa discovered and
ships began to sail abroad to the Pa
cific ocean to double the cape of Good
Hope and to explore the seven seas
generally the old belief about the al
batross had been forgotten by the
sailors and explorers but in their
long and lonesome voyages over
waters which were cut by no keel
but their own and upon whose vast
expanse they saw no other sail but
theirs the present of the albatross
following the ship day after day be
came a great source of comfort and
companionship
So it came to be a belief that ill
luck would follow any one who killed
one of these birds and that belief is
common among seafaring men to this
very day Coleridgos famous Rliyma
of the Ancient Mariner Is based up
on this belief
Though the superstition about tho
killing of an albatross bring bad
luck Is only a foolish one It has serv
ed a useful purpose for many years
In preventing the slaughter of these
beautiful and gallant birds the sail
ors friends and the landsmens won
der
Up in dreary Kamchatka that out
lying part of Siberia which cuts into
the North Pacific tho natives never
having heard of tho superstition
about the albatross catch him and
eat him But his flesh makes such
poor food that after all the legend
may be said to hold good for he is
indeed in bad luck who has to make
a meal of it
Prophecy of a Gypsy
The story of The Three Sisters of
Denmark sounds like a fairy story
but all the same it is devoutly be
lieved by the natives of the little
northern kingdom The three sisters
are now the Queen of England the
Dowager Czarina and the Duchess 6f
Cumberland but they started in life
as girls in a very plain simple house
hold So poor was this royal family
that for a daughter to have two
dresses in tho course of one year was
considered great good luck Still they
were brought up as ladles and prin
cesses should be Once upon a time
and here one can feel the delicious
fairy feeling creeping in the three
princesses were taking their usual
walk in their solemn Danish woods
when they fell in with a gypsy who
insisted on telling them their for
tunes
You are to become queen over one
of the largest kingdoms of the earth
she told the first young girl And to
day she is Queen of England And
you too she told the second You
will become a queen but a queen
without a kingdom was her mes
sage to the third daughter who is
now Duchess of Cumberland but
might have been a queen had her hus
band not yielded his claim to the
throne of Hanover
Sound Waves
An easy experiment will prove to
you how sound is carried by the air
Ask one of your small friends to go
out of doors and speak softly to you
If the window is open you can hear
him if it is closed you cannot The
glass panes in the window will pre
vent the sound vibrations from reach
ing you But suppose your friend
grows tired of talking when she is
not heard and shouts to you to tome
out and play The louder she calls
the stronger the vibrations and these
set the glass vibrating also The glass
in turn makes the air indoors vibrate
and you hear
Three With One
Fit one match into a slot cut at
the top of another and balance against
a third To lift all three together
with another match pass the latter
under C and In front of A and B
Press gently against A and B when
C will slip down hook under the
joined matches and the trick is ac
complished
The Paper Duel
Two boys are placed back to back
with balls made of soft paper in their
hands Two other boys ara their sec
onds to pick up their ball They
walk away from each other about
eight feet turn round and throw their
balls at each other until one js hit
The seconds pick up the balls when
ever they fall and replace the duel
ists
THE FIVE MINUTE SAILBOAT
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Here is a way to make in five min
utes a boat which will outsail almost
any of the crack fancy boats your
little friends may boast with their
three masts topsails balloon jibs
centerboards and all that Your home
made beat will not be exactly beauti
ful but it certainly will be able to
sail
Get a thin piece of board and
sharpen one end to a point to repre
sent the bow Now bore a hole
through a little forward of the center
and fasten a screweyo in the bow
just at the point and your deck is
complete Easy isnt it
Nov- for the sail Get a piece of
heavy paper snd through it thrust
the three slender sticks in the posi
tions shown in the diagram Wedge
the bottom of the upright stick or
mast firmly into the hole in the deck
and your boat is almost complete
Now comes the novel feature of
your boat Get one of these toy bal
loons which are so often sold by
street venders You can get a 5 cent
one at any toy store Fasten a light
cord about four feet long to the bal
loon and tie the other end of the cord
to the screweye in the bow of your
boat and you are ready to launch
her
The balloon will fly at the end of
the cord high above your boat
will skim over the water like a swal
low As soon as the wind changes
the balloon will yank around the bow
of the boat and she will head on a
new tack Then the square sail will
fill and she will be away at a surjris
ing speed