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Is he one of the distresses you have
Buffered from and would rather now be
free from one asks in a general kind of
way 4
Certainlv not I liked him very well I
I liked him very well- indeed But if he
comes back now it will be with a differ
ence Things have got altered somehow
dont you feel that This hardly seems
the same boat that used to lose itself in
the middle of the Thames with every
body trying different kinds of poles
Doesnt it feel a long time since then
I believe it was the tunnels did tt
Did what
Why since we came through those
tunnels we seem to have come into an
other world altogether Everything is
different the landscape is different-
Are the people different
- JC dont know she says reflectively
Vbut I seem to feel a different kind of
atmosphere around us somehow Dont
you think it will sounel odd to hear Mr
Duncombe if he comes back talking
about theaters and comedies and maga
zine articles
But dont you want to hear what has
been going on in town what new books
are being talked about and new plays
Miss Peggy lifts her eyes for a mo
ment
Dont you think she says with a
little hesitation that he is interested in
rather small things To write a comic
piece for a theater that isnt a great am
bition is it
It is a harmless one surely
Oh yes You laugh at the moment
and forget But these are not the things
that remain in the mind Sometimes I
almost wish that Col Cameron had not
repeated that ballad of Gordon of Brack
la if I happen to lie awake at night it
comes into my head I seem to hear the
very tones he used and it makes me
shiver it is so terrible a story I wish I
dared ask Col Cameron to write out that
ballad for me
Dare That is an odd kind of word
Why hell be delighted
Will you ask him for me
Certainly not Ask him for yourself
Do you think he will bite
And why is he called colonel she
demands with unreasoning petulance
Why isnt he a major or captain or
general I wouldnt mind what it was
but colonel
You are a little too familiar with the
title on your side of the water
And you know how that is she says
instantly No you dont I can see you
dont Well I will tell you Youre al
ways calling me a school girl but there
are lots of things I can teach you
No doubt
The reason we have so many colonels
in America she remarks with an oracu
lar air is simply this that at the end
of our war all the survivors were raised
to that rank That was what a grateful
country did That is what I call true
gratitude What they did with people
above that rank I dont know but all the
rest were made colonels What do you
do at the end of c - of your wars
We havent time to do anything be
fore another has begun
Then your soldiers get plenty of
chances Say do you think I could get
a copy of Men of the Times over there
in Tewkesbury asks this persistent
questioner
You would be more likely to get it in
Gloucester
Is it an expensive book
I dont know perhaps eight or ten
shillings But if you mean buying it it
is a bulky thing to carry about
I could cut out the pages I want I
should like to see all that Col Cameron
has done a list of the engagements- he
has been in because because naturally
it is interesting when you are meeting
anyone from day to day well you want
to know all about him
And who told you that Sir Ewen Cam
eron was in Men of the Time
Your wife I was asking her what
battles he had been in and she said I
ought to look there
Why n3t ask himself
Oh I couldnt I couldnt do that she
exclaimed and then she suddenly ceased
for at this moment the door was opened
and there was the tall sandy haired col
onel himself looking very smart and
fresh and with a cheerful
on his lips Nor was Miss Peggy
much confused no she frankly gave him
her hand and there was a smile on her
face as she returned his greeting and in
quired if he liad heard any tidings of
ibreakfast
We passed most of that morning in
Tewkesbury having got ashore and clam
bered up the steep ruddy siippery bank
and thence made our way into the town
We crossed the Avon not running red
with blood as the chroniclers say it did
after the memorable battle of some four
hundreds years ago but running yellow in
spate with the recent heavy rains
We found the Severn a busy river and
we had quite sufficient occupation in get
ting our awkward vessel past the suc
cessive strings of barges that were being
brought up by steam power against the
flood we having to keep outside of them
and get our tow rope over their smoke
stacks somehow or anyhow But with
Murdoch at the bow and Captain Colum
bus k on the bank we succeeded in get
ting by without any serious mishap In
this fashion we swung along by Chasely
Bye and Deerhurst and Turley and
tnen we halted for luncheon at Haw
Bridge there eing a certain White Lion
in the neighborhood where Captain Co
lumbus proposed to bait our gallant steed
Well said Mrs Threepenny bit pull
ing in her camp stool to the fable with
much complacency we have got so far
In safety thank goodness But Im glad
Im not responsible When the worst
comes to worst T mean to simply sit still
and be drowned We ought to hear at
Gloucester to night whether Mr Dun-
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combe is coming I am sure we owe a
great deal to him for all the trouble he
took about this boat He was most in
defatigable you would have thought he
was planning the whole expedition for
himself
Yes madame one said to her you
ought to be most grateful to him Its
all very well for you now here you are
in fine summer weather windows open
beautiful scenery all around you and so
on I can tell you it was a very different
thing last January up at Staines or
Kingston inspecting one melancholy
house boat after another the ice crack
ing on the slippery gang boards ones
teeth chattering with the cold That was
what Jack Duncombe did for you
Yes but we are not ungrateful are
we Peggy she observed making a bold
appeal
I hope not the younger person an
swered
And I am only sorry he has not seen
this beautiful Severn along with us Per
haps the Kennet may make it up to him
She seemed very certain that J ack Dun
combe would come back to the boat and
there was this to be said for her convic
tion that if he could get away at all
he would assuredly try to join our party
now for he had always been curious to
see how the craft he had helped to con
struct would behave in the open waters
of the Severn But we had no idea that
we were to see him so soon On this still
golden evening we were quietly gliding
on toward Gloucester when Captain Co
lumbus was seen to stop and speak to a
stranger
CHAPTER XIV
Fancy Columbus meeting an acquaint
ance in this out-of-the-way neighbor
hood Queen Tita exclaimed And then
she looked and looked again Why 1
declare it is Mr Duncombe Isnt it
Peggy It must be
The waving of a pocket handkerchief
put the matter beyond doubt And then
in the course of a few minutes the
Horse Marine recognizing the situation
and observing a part of the bank where
we could easily get alongside stopped
his horse the bow pi the Nameless
Barge was quietly run in among the
reeds and bushesrthe gang board shoved
out and Jack Duncombe in boating flan
nels and with a small blue cap on his
head and yet nevertheless having a curi
ous town look about him stepped on
board and was cheerfully welcomed by
the women folk and introduced to Col
Cameron
And you didnt get my telegram at
Tewkesbury said he
We never thought of asking for tele
grams Queen Tita made answer we
were too much engaged in watching the
people pumping the water out of their
houses
Oh said he I thought you must
have been washed away somewhere 1
hardly ever expected to hear of you again
Did you see the newspapers No I
suppose not Why there was nothing
but gales and storms and floods many a
time I wondered how you liked the For
est of Aarden in that kind of weather
I can assure you said she we had
nothing to complain of in the way of
weather
Ah you are used to the West High
lands he remarked in his off hand way
Well now if he had not been a new
comer and therefore to be welcomed he
might have been made to suffer for that
imprudent speech but she only said
There is Peggy who has never been
in the West Highlands what do you say
Peggy
I think it has been just beautiful and
delightful all through that young- lady
said promptly We had some rain of
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course now ana again out we uiunc
seem to mind it What I remember is
just beautiful
And you got through the tunnels all
right
Oh dont speak of that that was too
dreadful said Mrs Threepenny bit with
a shudder Thank goodness we are to
have no more of them
I see you have suffered a little in the
wars he continued glancing along the
roof and the sides of the boat Youll
have to lie up somewhat for repairs Of
course you must look very smartr before
you make your appearance in a gay and
fashionable place like Bath
But wait a bit my young friend the
steersman put in whats this youre
saying about Bath Is the Thames and
Severn Canal blocked
I have been making inquiries- an
swered this diligent youth since I came
to Gloucester and I rather fancy it is
However I will get to know more to
night or to morrow morning But any
how why should you not go down to
Bristol It will be ever so much better
fun I should like to see her go plowing
after a steam launch
Thank you said Queen Tita with
much dignity I for one have had
enough of steam launches
Oh that was going through the tun
nels said he with perfect good humor
whereas this will be in the open There
wont be any danger not much at all
events If she should begin to do any
thing we can howl to the people on board
the steam launch and theyll stop her
back her and pick us up Its quite sim
ple
Its quite simple complained Miss
Beggy to have all our things sunk in
the middle of the Severn
And your luggage Mr Duncombe
Queen Tita asked for she knew that peo
ple dont drop down from the clouds in a
suit of boating flannels
Of course I took my things to a hotel
said he When I got your invitation I
knew I should be a fifth wheel to the
coach only it was too tempting and then
I said to myself that I could easily stop
at a hotel whenever there was a chance
You shall do nothing of the kind
said she for she is a hospitable kind of
creature in her way that is if you will
put up with the discomfort of a bed in
the saloon
And if you would take my berth and
give me the bed in the saloon Col Cam
eron interposed then I know youd hate
me less
Not at all said the younger man
with a good natured laugh I am the
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one who ought tor apologize for comlni
here to disturb a happy family JjjH to
night to show you bear me no ill will
ytnrre all coming to dine with me at
my hotel
Mr Duncombe his hostess protested
This boat ia provisioned for any leagth
of time
But the dinner is ordered said he
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havent got some fresh flowers So I
suggest you should leave the boat at some
convenient place just outside the town
and we can walk up to the hotel
And how late do you expect us to re
main your guests Mr Duncombe Mra
Threepenny bit inquired mildly
In Gloucester said he no one ever
goes to bed before twelve but two is- the
fashionable hour
Then I am afraid we shall have to be
very unfashionable But comesalong
Beggy and we will get some thinga
ready for no one knows how the time
passes when men begin to smoke
They dont seem to know anyway
that is their good fortune remarked
Miss Peggy and forthwith these two dis
appeared
And very gay this little dinner party
proved to be when we were all assembled
in the small sitting room that Jack Dun
combe had engaged the table was bright
and cheerful with flowers and wax can
dles and the banquet a good deal more
sumptuous than the modest repasts to
which we were accustomed on board our
boat Perhaps too Queen Tita if she
were still cherishing certain dark designs
was pleased to observe that the young
mans position as host gave him a certain
importance and enabled him to display
all his best points of manners One
could not help imagining that Miss Peg
gy was eying him a little critically
though surely that brief absence could
not have transformed him into a stran
ger
But what puzzled us most was thisc
How was it that he who had left us in
a most perturbed and anxious frame ot
mind should now on his return be in th
blithest of moods He declared that tho
invitation we had sent him had reached
him at the most opportune moment but
that if it had not reached him at all he
would have come uninvited and begged
to be taken on board as a day passen
ger shifting for himself at nights
there was here no making up of any quar
rel or the removal of any misunderstand
ing On the contrary he conducted him
self just as if he had come once more
among friends and he was most anxious
to please
It was rather a festive evening al
though Miss Peggy was without her ban
jo for a little later on when cigars had
been lighted Jack Duncombe who had
been educated in Germany proposed to
compound for us a bowl of Maitrank
as appropriate to the season of the year
but Col Cameron offering instead to brew
some Scotch toddy as a much wholesom
er mixture Queen Tita unhesitatingly
declared for the latter and whisky hot
water sugar lemons and the like were
forthwith sent for We did not sit up
till two no nor yet till half past twelve
but it was a merry evening And at
the end of it in her own room Mrs
Threepenny bit made these remarks
Well I am exceedingly glad Mr Dun
combe has come back and I thought he
showed to very great advantage to night
didnt you And Peggy has eyes she
must see Of course he was much too
profuse with his entertainment ridicu
lously so for a young man but I am hard
ly sorry It would remind her of his cir
cumstances
And you think she was impressed by
borrowed silver candlesticks and fruits
and flowers It seemed to me she was a
good deal more interested in hearing how
we managed to live on blue hares and
brown trout at that
week the horse fell lame
As I said before she continued I
wouldnt for a moment compare Mr Dan
combe with Col Cameron Certainly
not But in Mr Duncombes case if her
fancy was turned his way everything
would be most propitious and satisfac
tory and we should have nothing to
Diame ourselves witn ne must see
that too she has as much common sense
as anyone And I really do think that
Mr Duncombe showed to great advan
tage to night
To be continued
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Mongolians Excel All Other Peoples in
Their Strict Economies
No race of men can surpass the Chi
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With the introduction of Western civ
ilization the vast resources of the coun
try will be developed the products of
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ternational trade will be multiplied
in its proportions Now in all this ma
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Chinaman will be in evidence Not a
dollar will be gathered from the soil
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proporf m as a reward for his part in
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a generation and in the second half he
will appear as his own master at the
head of a thriving business Thus in
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there is work to be done there willbe
found Chinese ready to sell strength9
as working for hire is called in China
and they will sell more strength for
the money than will men of any other
nation
Again a dollar in the hands of a
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of a European In China a dollar wilJ
purchase 1500 pieces of cash com
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with a hole in the center and strung on
a cord weigh seven pounds A ser
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glad to give ten days of labor and a
carpenter or mason six days to secure
this amount of cash This money
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average family Three dollars a
month or thirty six dollars a year
would cover the living income of a
Chinese family of the working class
The meaning of this is that the China
man will snrvive and prosper under
conditions of life which would discour
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Nature has made occupation a neces
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On Saturday the Senate completed con
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the exception of two amendments ben
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fending the 15 per cent tariff Bills were
passed granting lands to the btate qi
Alabama for the education of colored
students and to establish a light ana
fog signal at Browns Point Puget
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tated by a general political speech made 1 j
by Mr Shattuc of Ohiof many members-
on both sides being drawn- into it 1
In the Senate on Monday seven hjburs
were devoted to debate on Porto I3ican
tariff bill The House adopted a feso
lution by Mr Payne Republican floor
leader calling upon the Secretary of the
Treasury for information as to the prob
able surplus existing revenue laws wpuld
nrpito durinff this and the coming fiscal
year Under suspension of the rules t
tvorp rmssod to onen to settlement 4laV T
000 acres in the Fort Hall Indian reser
vation and 2500000 acres in Oklahoma
by ratifying the agreements with the
Bannock and Shoshone Indians and the
Kiowas Comauches and Apaches to di
vide the northern judicial district of New
York into two districts and to appropri
ate 100080 for a military post at Sheri
dan Wyo
The Senate passed the Porto Rican tar
iff bill on Tuesday by a vote of 40 to 31
The House entered upon consideration
of the substitute for the Senate Hawaiian
territorial bill under a special order The
debate was in committee of the whole
and only throe of the six speeches were
pertinent to the bill Mr Knox Mass
chairman of the committee on territories
delivered a carefully prepared speech in
advocacy of its passage Mr Robinson
Ind criticised a section in the bill
which he said continued in force labor
contracts existing in Hawaii denouncing
it as legalizing a system of wage slavery
MrMondell Wyo spoke generally in
support of the bill Mr Lane Iowa one
ot the Republicans who opposed the Porto
Rico tariff bill made a vigorous speech
reaffirming his position and warning his
Republican associates that the country
nrould not support an unfair policy toward
the Porto Ricans Mr Thomas N C
Mr Williams Miss and Mr Boutell
111 discussed imperialism
Peace was restored before the Senate
convened on Wednesday and during the
proceedings of the session there was only
a reminder of the harsh Ianguageused
just before adjournment Tuesday The
session opened with a lively and interest
ing discussion of the status of the Quay
case in the course of which Mr Wol
cott apologized for the language he had
used Tuesday disclaiming any intenticST
of being offensive to anybody least of
all to his friend Mr Lodge The Colo 1
rado Senator made a vehement and elo
quent appeal for early action upon the
Quay case He was supported by other
friends of Mr Quay and it was decided
finally to take up the case Thursday un
der the unanimous consent agreement
made on March 1G In accordance also
with that agreement the Spooner bill
was made the unfinished business there
by bringing the Philippine question to a
direct issue in the Senate In the House
there was an exciting scene as the cli
max of a discussion of the Kentucky sit
uation when Mr Wheeler a Kentucky
Democrat and Mr Pugh a Kentucky
Republican faced each other from oppo
site sides of the main aisle and indulged
in a wordy duel Mr Pugh charged Mr
Wheeler with misrepresenting certain
facts He was laboring under great ex
citement Mr Wheeler showed admira
ble temper and though quick to resent
the fancied insult awaited the explana
tion of Mr Pughin which he disclaimed
any intention of imputing to him person
ally a desire to distort the facts Through
out the debate which was precipitated
by Mr Boering the other Republican
member from Kentucky there was an air
of suppressed excitement It was the
first time the subject had been broached
in the House and intense interest was
manifested Mr Lacey of Iowa conclud
ed the debate with a general denunciation
of the Goebel election law This incident
overshadowed the other speeches on the
Hawaiian bill many of which were ir
relevant
Mr Gallinger
presented an argument
m the Senate on Thursday against the
seating of M S Quay as a Senator TW
Pennsylvania He devoted himself al
most entirely to the constitutional phases
of the question Most
of the dav was
spent in executive session
on the Hav
Pauncefote treaty In the House when 4
i5ie hUr Xed for takinS a vote
on the bill to provide territorial govern-
snMrs - aif
amendments remained that it was agreed
to continue the
consideration
of the bill
under the five minute rule until if was
fimshed Several important
were agreed to among them the follow
ing To nullify all labor contracts in the
islands to prohibit the sale of intoxicat
ing hquor in saloons to limit the and
holdings
Of pnmnrntnn -
to sbstitnte f0 HouS proTsi
lating to the appointment of judges and
other officers of the island
the Senate
provision The HonSP
the appointing power in t G07enor
Senate placed it in the PrPauwr the
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