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BY CHARLES J. BELLAMY.
ftoimlahted by the Author, and published
" by arrangement -with him.
(Continued from'Jast iceek.)
CHAPTER XIV.
THE MILL owser's thiumtii.
Tho gray mists broke and the eastern
dauds blushed red at tbo coming of the most
ardent lover in tho universe. Hit fruitful
bride, earth, smilod her g&d walcomo up to
him, but gavo place to settled peace and love
as the early hours went by. But it was the
saddest day of Philip Breton's life, so terri
ble a thunderbolt had fallen upon him out of
the clear ky.
A woman's hand had struck him; and he
had looked to her for all ths most precious
experiences of life. Humiliation might have
atirred in "some bcirti! a blessed reaction to
relievo their aching consciousness of loss;
but the blow to his love and his hopes was so
much hoavier than the hurt of his pride that
he did not think to be insulted, he was only
orerrrhelmcd. There could be no escapo for
him; he had been so simplo to give his whole
heart to a woman before ho had married
her; to teach every taste to incline toward
her; to suffer every little rill of tenderness
and worship in his leiiig to pour into his
ideal of her. And all his plans touched her
omowhero; and all his thoughts, even such
as 6he could nover understand, wound about
her personality as he conceived of it at some
point in their processes. And now every
hour of his life must be embittered by tome
reminder of what he had hoped for and lost.
The balmy south wind that morning was like
her breath; tho soft murmur of the water in
the race'xay bolotv the mill was like her
Tice; a blondo face looked down from one
f the windows of tho weavo room, there was
a flitting expression on it like Bertha. And
bo it must bo forever.
At the head of tbo counting room table sat
Mr. Breton, smiling and bland. Before him
were piled tho heavy tomes containing the
records of his great fnctory: by his sido stood
two clerks to assist in handling and explain
ing them. Around the tnhto, attentivo and
eager, were gathered as many as could get
there, of shrewd, hard business men. A
dozen more of tho same unmistakable species,
stood about the room and leaned against tho
windows, quiet and observant, listening to
all that could throw any light on the matter
under discussion. It was tho momentous
meeting of the prospective stockholders in the
orporatJon looming up in magnificent pro
portions before their fnneie?.
The paymaster and the attorney stood at
kind apt with suggestion; ono of them had
the emile born of fond hopes of unlimited
fe; but tho other an awkward fretted airat
the sudden change from, one to co many
superiors. Tho mill owner was detailing to
this most Interested audienco tho detail of
the flourishing industry he desired to enlist
them in, and their cyoa shono eagerly at the
prospect of buying such stock at par. They
imagined their thousands doubling on their
hands in such an investment, doubling with
out an effort of theirs, doubling in spite of
their idleness, which added never one stroke
f theirs to tho sum of the muscular force
that furnishes tho wealth of the world.
But what could possess Breton to inako this
hnugel "Was he rich enough? Absurd!
who ever was rich enough Perhaps there
was somo Caw somewhere, and this cunning
lawyer know all about it. They must not let
themselves bo fooled, so thoy listened with
still quickened attention, and waded suspic
iously into one after another of tho big
ledgers, for a few pages, to ferret out tho
secret.
"Tho gentlemen may ask," Mr. Giddings,
the lawyer, had noticed tho puzzled expres
sion on their shrewd faces, "why Mr. Breton
makes this offer. From the amount of stock
we propose to issue, it ought to be clear
enough," and ho laid bis fat finger In the
palm of bis left hand. "He proposes to keep
just as big an interest here as ovor, but the
plan is to make these mills, as they shall bo
extended, gentlomen, as they shall be ex
tended, tbo most stupendous manufacturing
enterprise in the country. For that there
must ba more capital, and you are invited to
join."
Philip had but little to say to tho unwel
eoino visitors, whoso carriages, of all varie
ties of clegauco, lined tho roadside without
Ho moved about among them more like a
stranger than the least pretentious of them
BiL
"Ellingsworth, Mr. Ellingsworth,'' called
Mr. Breton, "why, ho was with mo only last
night Can ho bo tick?"1
Yos, sick with shame, and Philip thought
how quickly the flush of pride would fade
out of his father's pleased face, if he knew
knew that his own son, the heir ef his mil
lions, bad been discarded at last by tho girl
be had already taken into a daughter's place
in his heart And it was this same man
Philip had defended and argued for, that
had struck his deadliest blows nt the mills,
and now thrust his knife into tho very home
ef the rich man. It would embitter tho
father's life, when ho came to know of the
broken heart bis boy must bear forever but
he neod not know just yet.
Now and then tho young man went out
into the hall for a clear viow of the massive
mills, and glanced fearfully along their front,
and listened. But the roar of the machinery
did not abate, and through the jail like win
dows he could see the tirolcssmen and women
forms stepping backward and forward, rais
ing and lowering their hands at the tasks that
had ushered in their cheerless youth, and
were wearing out their tedious lives. Very
likely there would be no trouble; could it bo
they bad been influenced by his words? God
forbid that any such responsibility should
rest on him. Once, a man appeared at a
aoor. Philip's heart stopped boating for an
Instant; he thought him tho first of a long
line that would now rush forth from their
prison. But the man only stood listlessly a
moment as if there was absolutely nothing of
importance on his mind, and then went back.
So Philip returned to tli9 oilice.
"Is that Breton's son, that young man who
looks so pale I lie don't worn to take much
Interest in this business."
"I've always noticed business talent wears
ent in one generation. The father earns and
saves for the son to spend."
"True for you," said a third, apparently of
Irish birth. "Well, we won't want the boy's
services when tho old man dies."
"Hush, Breton is talking."
"And, gentlemen, I havo never known a
strike hero, though I certainly don't pay any
more wages than my neighbors." There was
a alight nolv of something falling outside
and Philip hurried out. The mill yard was
as quiet as on Sunday; not a soul in the
whole village apparently who thought of a
strike but him. And whether ho feared most
an outbreak or a day of peace be could not
hare told.
"I wonder how the help will like the
change," suggested a white haired old gentle
man, with a grim smile.
Then corporations are the neatest device
f the century for a gagging machine. What
the devil's the uso of tbo help grumbling,
when there is nobody they can And to blame,
nly a fiction of law."
Philip was standing near tho speaker, and
was so galled by his complacent enjoyment
a his own unfeeling philosophy as to venture
to make a suggestion.
"Isn't it just possible that this complaining
you wish to gag has some occasionF'
A. dozen craned their sleek wise necks, to
stare nt the man who talked so wildly.
"Why, my kind hearted young friend," re
plied the philosopher, glad of an excuse to
ait bis practical wisdom, "don't you see the
poor will complain until the whole vast dis
tance between as and them is bridged over.
We bare got to protect ourselves, you wont
deny that I climb to heights on another's
oocly. Everybody knows life is only a fight
tbo weakest goes to tho walL The poor are
the weakest in this case."
Could the tp'11 owner's son dispute such
plain propositions? An odd silence pervaded
the company. Tho gentlemen in the windows
stopped talking to look at this curious young
rrmn, who seemed disposed to question the
plainest axioms of his class. His father
hitched uneasily in his chair and rustled a
. bfndle of papers to attract Philip's attention.
What bad got into the boy?
Bat of what possible account was his
IkWiWVtfHIiW
eyes were turned toward the null owner, on
the course of whose ideas hung the fats of a
whole village. The clock struck 10.
"Gentlemen, you pronounce yourselves
satisfied," he waited. His lawyer smiled
complacently, tho paymaster and his clerks
began piling up tho books. "Well, then,
there are one or two formalities, my lawyer
informs me What is that noise 1"
It was liko a rising north wind, not a little
liko tho breaking of the angry sea on a rock
bound shore. From the entrance to all the
mills swarmed jostling human forms.
thousand heads turning at frequent intervals
to catch courage from their numbers, gave
an unpleasant snake like effect to the sway
ing columns which united as they swept on
toward the mill yard gates. Philip Breton
hurried back from tho hall and threw open
the office door. Within all was still as death.
The complacent smile had died on the law
yer's lips. The clerks stood like statues,
while the ruddy color slowly faded from his
father's face, giving place to undefined dread
of a danger that had elements no human arm
could control Kings and armies before him
had trembled at the murmur of mobs till
they learned how short lived was the mad
fury of tbo people, no matter how terrible
their wrongs, until they learned how certain
was the disunion which made patient victims
so soon again out of the fierce avengers of
blood.
"Do you ask what the noise isf cried
Philip from the doorway. "It is a strike at
last, see for yourself."
The sight of the mill hands in open revolt,
untouched by tho motives that commonly re
strained them, at once awed Philip, and de
termined him to oppose their violence with
his life if need be. The mill yard gates were
hastily unlocked by the frightened janitor,
and as tho first excited throngs, like a aation
escaping out of bondage, swept through them,
only one man stood calmly watching from
the counting room piazza. In the front rank
ran some little children, whose faces, that
should have been rosy in the first bloom of
life, were pinched and wan instead. Play
hours and merry sport were unknown to
them. What their baby fingers could earn
was the merest trifle, but it eost them the
only hours that could ever be free from care.
A number of them were deformed from a
neglected infancy; they had to learn to be
Still because it hurt them to fall tenderer
lessons there was no time for. Then came
the girls, chattering, and nervously pull
ing their shawls about .their shoulders,
as if it were winter. One and all
seemed to wear the plaid shawl badge ef
their vocation and there was the same dull
yellow hue on their cheeks, the same linen of
weariness on every face. Few of them looked
well; girls ought to ba petted a little; but the
dreary monotony of their ill paid work hod
frowned on their childhood as it cursed them
now. And instead of resting while they
might npen into healthful, happy women and
blessed mothers, thsir unknitted frames and
soft muscles must work like their starving
fathers and brothers. It is only the women
of the rich whom the sentiment ef chivalry
is for. In every eye was the dullness that
comes when hope goes, and tho vague, delic
ious dreaming, tho eternal privilege of girl
hood, is broken rudely upon, when love has
no mora of its ideal glory, and all the beauty
of purity and refinement is lost in the gross
struggle for something to eat. Tho gentle,
poetical grace of womanhood was gone, those
huddling, awkward creatures were only
weaker men.
But Mr. Breton had pushed his chair to one
side and was making his way through the
group of his friends with hardly a word. The
rest tried to smile, but bu was far too angry.
"Don't go," urged his lawyer, impera
tively laying his hand on his shoulder,
"don't think of it, you can do no kind of
good, and they will only insult you."
"Insult mef he repeated between his
teeth. Then he stopped, and suddenly faced
about. Ho frowned fiercely on the cautious
business men, whom he knew full well had
decided to give him the lurch. "If I had a
pair of horses who lehaved badly, they are
stronger than I, but I would whip them and
starve them till they forgot it" If he could
subdue bis own rebellious factory hands, and
turn them back to their work like whipped
beasts, he knew these timid counselors would
come back into his office and put their names
to his corporation scheme, if not He bit
his lip mid pushed on out of the door. His
help had never dared think of mutiny be
fore; ho had fancied thoy were afraid of
him. Five minutes mora would prove
whether they were or not
In a moment more ho stood beside his son,
who watched, pale and stern, from the
counting room piazza; behind him his law
yer, whose face, deserted by smiles at last,
lookod almost unfamiliar; and still further
back a few of the boldest of his visitors.
"For God's sake go inside," whispered
Philip between his set teeth, "you will only
make thom angrier."
"Truckle to my own help, shall If re
peated his father in his harsh, grating mill
tones.
Tho mill owner threw back his head and
shoulders, and looked commandingly at the
crowd. lie could not understand why they
wcro not afraid of him. Had he not beon
the dispenser ef broad, almost of life or
death to them, for twenty years? They were
a thousand, and he one, but for thirty years
their fate had trembled in the balance of his
will, and was it any less so today? They
might bo ever so numerous and strong; the
subtle machinery of the laws and the in
genuity of capital put them at his mercy.
He frowned majestioally on the women and
children; where would their dinners and
suppers come from! Where could they lay
their foolish heads to-night if he chose to
punish them? But they only laughed in a
novel, ten6e of freedom as they hurried by to
enjoy their whole holiday.
Then came the men, with the hard, set
look on their faces that should have warned
the mill owner that this was not the moment
for him to assort too boldly the sovereignty
that bad made their whole lives a barren
waste. The word had been passed from lip
to lip that Mr. Broton was at the counting
room door, and very angry. But his son,
who had shown himself their friend, and
who had been too honest with them to give
them false counsel, stood with him, and the
men meant to show him the respect be do
served and march by in silence. Still, the
seeds of old wrongs and daily repeated priva
tions had borne a bitter fruit in every heart,
and many a sullen look of hate Philip saw on
their f acej.
"Stop, stop, I say," shouted Mr. Breton. A
murmur Tan through the crowd and they
stopped. Philip saw the willingness of the
halt It had irked them to go by, without
one word to relieve the universal eenseof
justice that had seethed to long in their
breasts.
"You will do well to let them go in peace,''
muttered Philip, in a constrained voice, "the
poor creatures will have to como back again
when they are hungry." But his father did
not appear to hear him. His face had flushed
crimson, and he seemed to have quite lost his
self command, as he shook his fist at the sul
len crowd that widened every moment
"Do you think you can force me, you beg
garsr For a moment admiration for his
courage divided the indignation of his
strange audienco, and the first response was
as much applauso a anger.
"No!" he shouted, in a voice shrill with ex
citement "You shall every one of you
starve first You get more wages than you
earn now. Do you know what this strike
will fetch your
His lawyer plucked at his sleeve. That
man of discretion did not like the expression
on the faces of the workmen nearest to the
piazza.
"This is quite uncalled for, my dear Bre
ton, and not only that," be added, "but de
cidedly dan"
But the excited proprietor shook off his
arm and stepped forward, trembling with
impotent wrath.
"I will tell you," he cried. "I will out your
pay down 10 per cant mora." A murmur
started on the outskirts ef the crowd, and
swelled into a roar at his very feet, while the
mass of ill clothed humanity swayed tumultu
ously. Philip saw that a catastrophe was immi
nent The excited workmen avoided bis
anxious eyes, and there was a power of wrath
in their slightly stooping attitude, like a
panther, before a spring. Their faces, too,
were lit up with a fierce glare, ake some long
caged beast that has burst his bars. Injustice
after all is an uncertain foundation for riches,
when it is thrilling human beings who suffer.
He rushed boldly forward to save his father
from violence, apparently he was absolutely
blind to the peril in which he stood. Mr.
Breton's face bad grown suddenly purple.
"m teach you to brave me. Til starve
your obstinacy out df you, before one of you
comes back into my milL"
He threw up his hands in distress, reeled.
backward before their astonished eyes, and
Jell hste the asasefkis . a vfetfas e Ms
own passion. Tuo poor were avenged. God
had taken judgment into his own bands.
i
The poor were avenged. I
His friends bore his stricken form from
within, out of the sight of the people. But
be had tamed the mob at last, though it took
his life to de it. A hush as chill as the breath ,
ef the death angel's wings had fallen upon '
them. They waited with the patience of ,
their class, they watched doctors come and .
attendant hurry to and fro, but no one told '
them what had happened. Nothing But i
glenoes of hate were cast at them, till at last .
Philip Breton himself, with a new desolation
in his fsoe. came out alone oa the piaeui.
Some fancied he stood unsteadily as if a vital
prop had been taken away, others saw a new
force and dignity in his thin, boyish face.
-My father did not finish bis speech," he
eaiil, "with scathing satire in his -voice; "I
will finish it for him." They would have
borne all the reproach he might have heaped
upon them, but he only said, "Will you go
bch to workf ' His voire began to break as
ha added, "My father Is dead, and I want to
take him home."
Not a man, woman or eaild but worked
eut their tasks that day. Eeekial Brett
hd triumphed.
CHAPTER XV.
A. OOUDAT.
The streets of the little village are alive
with the people commonly shut up in the
great mills out of sight. It was only eue
man dead, the world in which he moved
crowded along, and if he had come back even
so soon, he would have had to make a place
for himself, as when he started first Another
man was born the minute he died, and the
links were always kept full. !
There was a holiday at lest, and the people I
wer the nearest they could get to holiday i
dress. The husband and fathers had but '
few change t make. Tneir aprons, if they ,
wore fortunate noug.h to have them, were
off, and their overalls; their sleeves were
rolled down, too, revealing the wear of Btorra
and sun or: the cheap stuff of which the
clothe ef the poor are made. But the young
men had, most of them, some flashy eolor
about their necks, and wore some threadbare
blacs coat, with here and there a whole
showy suit, bought regardless of the poverty
that stared thrm in the face. The higher
classes had taught them the lesson that a
poor man can ex:ect no consideration or
respect anywhere, and each human creature,
whose spirit Ls not all broken, will save his
scant pennite to disguise in the livery of the
prosperous the poverty that the world makes
at once his misfortune and bis disgrace.
Most of tho girls, too, had gilt or rubber jew
elry in abundance, rich looking chains about
their necks, and the most elaborate and
massive earrings. They wore flashing rib
bons of the moot startling colors, and for
dresses cheap flimsy imitations of the most
costly stuffs.
All had gathered near the Breton mansion.
The door was hung with black crape in vol
uminous folds. A melancholy hearse, with
plumes waving the insignia of woo, was at
the gate. But the faces ef the multitude
were happy, even gay, and the murmur of
their voices had no cadence of sadness. Yet
for one moment they ware quiet. It was
when eight bareheaded men, with awe in
their fares, the awe of mortals in the pres
ence of the grand mystery ef death, came
slowly out of the crape hung door bearing
between them the deposed lord of the house.
Then appeared at the door the face of the
heir, young Philip, pale and grief stricken,
and an involuntary hum of greeting met him
from the people who lined the roadside and
hustled the carriages in waiting. He was
their hope, their trusted deliverer, their
friend who had seen how hard their lives
were, and had once promised to help them.
His words that night of the fire had sunk
deep into their hearts and been re
peated from mouth to mouth, with many
on addition of an eager imagination. To
be sura, he had done but little to fulfill his
promise. But there were the fire escapes to
bear witness to his hoi- Kty, and his father,
the one they were expet od to mourn for, was
a hard man to move. od the young man
not admitted in their meeting he was too
weak to kelp them! New be was untram
laelod; the unquevkioaed owner of the Breton
Mills; his wish was the sole authority hence
forth, and he wished kindly to them. His
word the only law throughout the great
factory, and he had given his word to help
them. Not a soul but believed in the dawn
of a vague dsy of general happiness. Few
had clear ideas of the elements of their long
wretcbodooss. They thought everything was
wrong in the system under which the poor
were so unhappy, and the remedy that oc
curred to their minds waa, of course, to
change everything. Ne mora long hours, no
more scant pay, bo more favoritism: all
should have alike. Ho more strikes or con
flicts or complaints or bitterness were
dreamed ef, for there would bo no hardships
left
Philip thought of Bertha. At first it
seemed a year since he had lest her, and he
wondered with a dull ache in his heart where
she could be after ee long a time.
Then it seemed but an hour, so fresh was
the wound in his heart. It was her place,
that empty seat by his side, in this supreme
moment of bis desolation. She could com
fort him in his loneliness, the most terrible
crushing loneliness, that in the midst of a
multitude. Porhaps he was weak, too weak
for tho stern requisitions of bis destiny. Per
haps there was cot enough of the sturdy ele
ment in his character. He would rather
hava loaned on some other brave heart than
stand out alone before the world, better
formed for the gentle graces of a friend than
to wield undismayed the ponderous weapons
of wealth and power. He would have been
better to nurse the sick and comfort the
fallen, than to be ordered to the front of the
battle, where to be still is infamy, and to
fight death to some pitied foe. And there
was not one human being near or dear
enough to him to instil one spark of new
courage Into his heart, or brighten by one
smile of love the darkening desolation that
seemed to have settled over his life. If
Bertha had only waited another day she
could not have gone. She would have staid
and learned again for very pity to love him.
If she had only waited another dayl But no
doubt the very weakness In him that cried
out for her made him incapable of holding
her love. It is hard to confess to oneself, his
soul is too poor and small for the woman of
bis choice to love. But that was the depth
of humiliation Philip Breton had reached as
he lay back on bis carriage cushions. At
least he was generous to make an excuse,
even at the moment ef bis greatest need, for
the woman who had deserted him.
He heard voices from without Ho had no
interest in what any one in the world might
say, he thought, but there words were tho
first words that fell upon his ear.
"Sick is it? Well, cheer up, girl, the young
boss will make it all right. Ycr all tired eut
and yo niver was fit for much cny-ow."
"Will he give us doctors, toor
"Why not? he has m when he's sick. It's
just as right we should, as works our best for
him when we're welL"
Philip was fairly startled into momentary
forgetfulness of his sorrow. But the carriage
moved along a few feet and stopped again.
Were the people mad ? Was it his duty to
keep a free hospital and teach the sick to
come whining to him for charity, when ill?
Wouldn't it spoil them, to say nothing from
the business point of view? He began to
sympathize more than ever with bis father's
perplexities, and to feel that perhaps, after
all, his solution of them was tie only prac
ticable one. But he beard the rustle of a
woman's dress beside his carriage where it
waited.
"Isn't it splendid to havo a whole holidayf
said a fresh, girlish voice.
"This isn't the last, Molly," replied a man
who stood right against tho carriage door.
"They say wVe not to work bat four daw a
Philip frowned very unpromisingly, but
the girl said:
"And how can we git along on much less
wages P
"Why, tho wages will bo more instead of
less. I guess you don't understand."
Nor did Philip, but the carriage rolled
along before the young man could explain,
and stopped by another group.
"Only eight hours a day and every hand
will get just the same. No more favoritism.
Who told me? Why that's been the plan all
along, only the old man wouldn't agree.
Now it's gout' through, though."
The other man laughed.- "Well, I don't
see how the young boss is goin' to make tho
mill pay that fashion, but that's bis lookout."
"Pay!" repeated the sanguine prophet
"Whv those looms just turn off sheets of
gold."
The horses started once more and Philip
Breton sank back again on his seat Tho
people had cost him his bride and his father.
They had wrecked his life, and cast him on a
shore of barren wastes, with never one foun
tain of hope for his famished soul.
And now, with stupid and yet pathetic
trust, they lookod to him to devote his for
tune and himself to them, never questioning
but a word of his, a stroke of his pen, would
let perpetual sunlight into their lives.
That evening he sat alone in the little study
in the house that had been his father's. The
house was full of solemn faced guests, but he
would see none cf them. He had bowed his
head on hie folded arms and tried to com
mune with the dead; his dead. There were
two. One his kind, tender father, whoso
broad, florid face always brightened with a
smile at the coming of his son. Tho other of
his dead was a woman. He saw her as if
she yet lived. What thcra was in this woman
of all others that should have called forth
such tender raptures of love he had never
paused to wonder. She was not brilliant as
some women. Her lips, that ho believed
could have spoken so wonderfully if they had
eared, were oftenest closed in society. Her
eyes expressed to him the rarest of noble
thoughts, and it ,was as if she deemed the
common world unworthy, but that by and
by she would speak. Ho bad thought her heart
spotless white, and the texturo of her nature
finer and sweeter than that of all other
women. Every eye that saw her must ad
miro the threads of fine spun gold she called
her hair, her soft skin asdelicato to tho touch
as a baby's lips, and the queen like perfection
of her form, a system of bold curves and hues
of beauty mslting into each other at their bo
ginning ar.d their end. But could there bo
any ono to whom she was so much beside ho
beauty, for whom each phoso of her thought
or tone of her voico was just what seemed
most ficting! And she too waa gone, dead;
wli.ee no prayers or cries of his could roach
or i,ch hor; dead, and yot forover alivo for
him.
Will j.jitijwa lady, sir?" It was Mary,
vrhoMs man-cr va, subdued suitably to tho
melancholy -.r.r.?ion. All these trappings
and r-refii! . provoked PSiilip strangely, U3
did the iorr voicti of bis guests and their
drawn Aorvn face. He know well enough
th:r didn't cro so much as a'l that "She is
very iiartit'uiai, Mr. Phi ; I mean Mr.
Ere )1"
Yi:c:i he f.rgot his impatience iu a sliange,
thrilling thought He rose to his feet and
walked to tuc window without answering the
girl. Could it be Bertha had felt his hunger
for her such es r:o other creature could have
for her prcaic.-o Was it too unlikely that
such pain as belied in his heart might have
touched her.' A throb of electricity goes
around the worU; might not suoh longing at
Lis have reached her a fow short miles away
The maid began again.
'iWill you msju"'
"Yea, yt: show her in." How wild ho
was to-night Why Bertha wae married to
the man she had chosen, long ago; If she
came back, what comfort for him? If she
were not happy with this man after all I
Ob, God save her from such a fate, siuco he
had paid such a price that she might be
happy. God forbid that all his torment be
for nothing. Philip was rapidly walking
the room. But supposing and his heart
almost stopped beating at the thought she
were not married and had come back to
him after all what other woman would
call on him now what then, could he for
give her?
The door opened and a heavily veiled
woman came in. She was too slight of form
and not toll enough for Bertha. The idea
had been absurd, but human beings cannot
believe miracles in their behalf quite im
possible. Bo Philip was not required to
decide the terrible question be had asked
himself. Much as he had longed for that
other woman who had not one throb of pity
in her heart for him, his first feeling was of
intense relief when his visitor laid back her
vf il and rovealed the face of Jano Graves.
She looked a little agitated and hastened
to speak. "I know you aro surprised to see
me, but I felt I must"-
" ltnv you are surprised to see me."
"Do not distress yourself," he said gravely,
recovering his eelf possession. Was this his
first visit of condolence, and so soon?
"It was about Miss Bertha." Then she
caught her breath and went on as if she were
afraid he would Interrupt her, he started so
violently. "I know what a lover you are if
mine had only boon liko you;" she dropped
her eyes and went on without looking at him,
"but the girl you liked so much that you
were blind to how mean she was, oho uevor
loved you: she never oared anything for
you."
Philip had moved uneasily in his chair as
she began, but now he sat still as death, with
his eyes fixed, as if in some fatal charm, on
the girl's face. She grew pale as she talked,
all but one bright spot in either cheek.
"I could tell it when your name was spoken
before her; women notice things like that
and when she expected you and when she
expected the other."
His eyes fell in shame. He wished a moun
tain might fall on him to shield his hurt face
from even this poor girl's scrutiny. But she
hurried on as if she took pleasure in his wind
ing nerves. "If you could havo seen how her
face warmed at his coming, and her voice, so
cold to you, shook and stumbled when she
welcomed him. And how her hands would
nestle like a kitten in his at a look. You
never saw her liko that, did you? And there
was no pillow so soft, you would think, as his
shoulder, and'
"I cannot stand this," he cried, starting to
his feet "Do you think I am made of
stoneP
"Wasn't it a pretty sight? I used to love
to hang out of my window to see it, or follow
her out on Sunday walks. Her kind of
women make the biggest fools of themselves;
so cold and lofty like yon would think them
angels; when all of a sudden they lose their
heads, and there's nothing too wild for them
to do for some man, till they get over it"
Her eyes were all abhue with bate, but
Philip hung on the scornful lips as if it were
not poison he drank from them.
"But she did not get over it," he faltered
when she stopped. He raised bis hands to
cool his beating temples; his fingers were cold
as ice.
"That is it; it lasted longer than I counted
on. I thought she'd come to her senses be
fore she could do anything rash. And then
I supposed he wouldn't leave the village anl
what he was doing here, just yet"
"But why didn't you tell meP
"What eould you have done? She eared
lothing for you. But I was doing the best I
knew, if they hadn't been too quick for me. I
was waiting till I thought she was just mad
over the man. I never supposed they would be
so quick :" her bosom rose and fell as if it were
hard for her to catch her breath. "I knew
one thing was sure, and when it would hurt
her the most I was going to have tried it If
I bad only hurried." She rose, sobbing
violently, but she shed no tears. Philip had
no consideration for her emotion.
"What was itt oh, why didn't you do HP
We sj tf he stood m a winter's
blast, wliHo drops of perspiration gathered
on his f orehead.
"I I hated so to to break his heart I I
knew he would would never get over it Ho
aint the kind that"
"Curse him!" cried Philip, "what is ho to
meP
"I was going to tell him that she was en
gaged to you. I knew he would never for
give her for deceiving hint."
"And he didnt know it."
"Ah, if ho bad, ho was that honest you
don't know him. But I was too slow, and
i now, my God, my God!"' Then she rose to
her feet and tied her veil tightly about her
face and moved toward the door. But Philip
Breton was there before and held it
"Tell me first what you came here for to
night r The answer come sharp as a knife.
"Because I wanted to make you hate that
woman too. It made me mad that you
should think her so pure and good."
"But why should you hate her? I never
could nover." His hand loosened on the
door knob and he leaned back. Jane Graves
could have gone if she would.
"And don't you hate her nowP she almost
screamed at him, "when I have told you how
he kissed and fondled him."
"Hush!"
"Well. I hate her. because she stole away
my lover. May his love touch her yet to dis
gust; may his kisses turn bitter on her lips."
The door closed after his visitor, and Philip
glanced at the clock, which pointed to 12.
Only half the night gone then ! He sat down
and dropped his head on his folded arms
again.
(To6e Continued.)
PAUL DU CHAILLU.
Tne lHraous Writer and Traveler Whs
U Ileported Seriously IU.
The world possibly owes the existence of
tho valuable work of Paul du Chaillu (whose
illness was recently announced) to the fact
that his father was appointed, many yean
ago, to a consulate on a French settlement at
tho mouth of tho Gaboon, on the west coast
of Africa.
Paul was born in Paris in 1S35. He studied
at one of the Jesuit institutions in Africa,
acquiring a kuowlodge of the native lan
guages, and learnod from trading expedi
tious much of the habits and mode of life of
the people. At the ago of 17 he visited the
United States with
a cargo of ebony
and became natu
ralized, remaining
three years in the
country. In 1855
he again sailed for
South Africa,
where he spent
nearly four years
in exploring the
country lying 2
dega. north to 2
1 W Vi degs. soutn or the
' " eauator. He re-
pacl dc chaillu. turned to New
York in 1653, bringing a large collection of
native arms and implements and numerous
specimens of natural history, including 2,000
stuffed birds, which he had shot and pre
pared himself. He set out on another expe
dition in 1SCI, and penetrated among tribes
previously unknown; but, coining in conflict
with the natives, he was obliged to return
without any specimens in September of the
following your.
It is especially to Du Chaillu that we are
indebted for information concerning the
habitd of tho gorilla, that interesting animal
who wnlks through the African forest on
two legs lika a man, and whoae strength
would put a modern camion ball man in a
circus to the blush.
M. du Chaillu, on tho occasion of one of
hi3 visits to London, was lionized by the
peat men of Kngland. HU collection of
cuiio-itios was deposited in the rooms of tho
Iloyal Geographical society, and excited a
good deal of attention, drawing visits from
personages personally unknown to ono who
had spent 60 much tune in company with tho
chimpanzee and the gorilla. He bad heard
of the Duko of Argyll and of Gladstone;
possibly the Bishop of Oxford, but did not
know that this bishop has Ion? been accus
tomed to sign himself "Oxon." The three
magnates wrote Du Chaillu on the same day.
Tho complications which ensued are so well
told in London "Court Pump" that its story
thereof is here "lifted" bodily:
Mr. Gladstone worded his letter in the
usual way, inviting M. du Chaillu to
breakfast Tho Duke of Argyll wrote sub
stantially as follows:
Tbo Duke of Argyll presents bis compliment
toM. du Chaillu, and begs to inform him that he
will visit his collection at 8:30 on Thursday next.
The bishop wrote:
Dun Sir. Will you do me tho favor of lunch
ing with me at 55 J rtreet, on the th (a day
previous to that mentioned la Mr. Gladstone's
note.) Yours truly, Oxon.
M. du Chaillu answered Mr. Gladstone's
invitation, accepting it. But, not being fa
miliar with ducal and episcopal ways, he did
not understand the second and third notes.
The former, indeed, he seems to have rather
resented, for ho replied as follows:
M. du Chaillu presents his compliments to the
Duke of Argyll, and begs to inform him that his
collection at tho rooms of the Royal Geographical
society is open to tho public at large. Should his
grace present himself be will, doubtless, be
courteously received by the officials In attendance.
The bishop's note was, however, a hopeless
poser; M. du Chaillu had never heard of any
public man of the name of Oxon. So a happy
thought struck him. Before answering the
note, he would reconnoiter the house that the
writer dated from. So ho proceeded to 65
J street, and, perceiving in the dingy
window of the first floor evidences that a
tailor practiced his art there, made no fur
ther inquiry. It never occurred to him as
possible that a public personage might have
rooms above a tailor's shop in a good local
ity. He did not even pause to compare the
tailor's name with the signature at the bot
tom of the note. The whole thing was clear.
Oxon was a "vulgar tradesman," who, pre
suming on his wealth, had written him. Such
a fellow deserved no answer, and none was
given. M. du Chaillu duly appealed at Mr.
Gladstone's house on the morning mentioned
in the note of invitation, and there met a dis
tinguished company. He mentioned to his
host that he had received a note from
the Duke of Argyll, and described its
tenor. Mr. Gladstone, then in the
samo political boat with the Duke of
Argyll, begged M. du Chaillu to excuse any
apparent "superiority" in his grace's epistol
ary style, on the ground that he "had not
received a public school education !" Among
the company whom M. du Chaillu met at Mr.
Gladstone's was tho bishop of Oxford, and he
found him the most urbane of gentlemen and
most delightful of companions. As they
were leaving together the bishop said:
"My dear sir, why did you not coma to
lunch with me the other day? Lord Elgin
was there, and some other men I think yon
would have liked to meet From your not
answering my note, I made sure you wen
coming."
"But I received no note from your lord
ship" "That's very odd; I posted the note myself
on Monday night. You ought to have bad it
on Tuesday morning."
"I received no note from your lordship, but
I did get an invitation to lunch from an im
pertinent tailor called Oxon, whom I never
saw in my life, and never was intro
duced to."
"Oxon, my dear sir, why e'est moil"
"But your lordship's name Is not Oxon, but
Wilberforce."
"But my see, my see!"
And after some explanation M. du Chaillu
did see and lives to tell the tale.
HENRY W. BLAIR.
The
Senator from New Hampshire Aa
thor of the Educational BUI.
Senator Henry W. Blair, of New Hamp
hire, who has succeeded in getting his edu
cational bill through the United States sen
ate, was born at Camp ton, N. H., on Dec. fl.
1S34. He is not a
college graduate,
having only re
ceived a common
school and aca
demic education.
He studied law at
Plymouth and was
admitted to the bar
in 1859. Tho year
after he was at-
j pointed proseeut-
incp jttfnrnov fm.
Grafton county.
? N. H. When tho
H. w. Blair. war came be threw
aside bis lawbooks to assume the shoulder
straps of a lieutenant colonel of the Fifteenth
New Hampshire volunteers. In 1868 he was
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in 1807-8. Mr. Blair was twice elected, and
declined a third election to congress as rep
resentative of his district When Charles H.
Bell, who had been temporarily appointed to
fill a vacancy, left the senate, Blair was bis
successor, elected by the New Hampshire
legislature. He took his seat June 29, 1879.
When bis term expired, March 3, 1885, ho
was appointed to fill the vacancy until the
next session of the legislature in June fol
lowing, when he was duly eleeted to fill tho
rest of the term, to expire March S, 1801.
Senator Blah has gives especial attention
to social question. He is a temperanca re
former as well as educationalist
Jarun'ft New War Ships.
The Japan navel department intend
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country about fifteen men of war and
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Lumbago, Sprains, Muscles,
Bfcetua&iism. Strains, Eruptions,
Surnr, Stitcher, Hoof Ail,
Scalds, StiffJoints, Screw
Stings, Backache, Worms,
Bites, Galls, Swinney,
Eruijej, Sorea, Saddle Galls.
Bunions, Spavin Piles.
Corns, Cracks.
THIS GOOD OLD STAND-BY
accomplishes for everybody exactly what lsclaimd
for lc Oue or the reasons for the great popularity of
the Uuatan? Liniment is fonndlnlts universal
applicability. Everybody needs such a medicine.
Tke Lnmbertuan needs It In case of accident.
The Iloaaewlfe needs it furgeneralfarally use.
The Canaler needs Is for his teams and his ma.
The Mechanic needs It always on hi work
bench.
The Mlaer needs it In case of emergency.
The rieneer needs lt-cant set alone without It.
The Farmer needs It In his house, hi stable,
and his stock yard.
The Steamboat aaa or the Boatman needa
It in liberal supply afloat and ashore.
The Ilorse-ittucier needs It-It Is Lis beat
friend ami safest reliance.
The Stock-sroTver need it it will save him
thousands of dollars and a world of trouble.
The Railroad man needs it aud will need It o
long as his life ls a round of accidents and dangers.
The nackweodaaaaa needs It. There is noth
ing like It as an antidote for the dangers to Ufa.
limb and comfort which surround the pioneer.
The Merchant seeds It about his store among
his employees. Accidents will happen, and when
these come the Mustang: liniment ls wanted at once.
Keepa Bottle lathe Uosse. TIs the best of
economy.
Keep a Bottle la the Factory. Ita Immediate
use In case of accident saves pain and loss of wages.
Keep a Bottle Always ia the Stable for
ee when wnad.
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