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    10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : StCSTDAV , FEimtTAHY 121 , 1897 ,
AARON IN THB WILD WOODS
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The Story of a Southern Swamp.
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i tly JQKl. CHANDLER HARRIS.
( Copyright , J8W. by Joel Chandler Hnrrl * . )
WHAT CHUNKY IIILBV SAW AND
UK A HI ) .
Jyoft alone , Chunky llllcy stood still and
Irled to trace In hU mind the route lie and
Aaron had followed In coming from the
Bwatnp. Hut ho could make no mental
" " and bypath
man and he knew every "nigh-cut"
path for miles around that would fit In
iwlth llio tlrno It had taken them -to reach
the spot \vhero ho now stood. He looked
back toward the swamp , but the night cov
ered It , and lie could see nothing. Then
ho looked around him , to ECO If ho knew
his present whereabouts. Oh , yes , that was
easy ; every foot of ground was familiar.
The hill on which ho bad stood had been
given over to scrub plnca. The hill Itself
eloped away to the Turner old fields. But
still' ho was puzzled , and still' ho scratched
his head , for ho know that the swamp was a
good four miles nway nearly five and It
Ecemcd to , hlm thot ho and Aaron had not
been more than ten minutes In making tne
Journey. So ho scratched , his head and won
dered to himself whether Aaron was really
a "conjur mam"
It was perhaps very lucky for Chunky
nilcy that ho stopped when he did. It ho
had kept on ho would have run Into the arms
of thrco men who were going along the
plantation path that led from Gossett a
negro Quarters to the Abercromblo place.
The delay that Chunky llllcy made pre
vented him from meeting them but It did
not prevent him from hearing the murmur
of their voices an he struck Into the path.
They were too far off for Chunky llllcy to
know whether they were white or black ,
but Just as he turned Into the path to go to
Gossctt's the scent of a cigar floated to his
nostrils. Ho paused and scratched his Head
ngaln. Ho knew by the scent ot the cigar
that the voices he hoard belonged to white
mon. but who were they ? If they were the
"pattcrollors" they'd catch Aaron beyond
all question ; It would bo Impossible for him
"stfthought Chunky llllcy , and so , thinking ,
ho turned and followed the path toward the
Abercromblo place. Ho moved rapidly but
cautloui'ly. The scent of the cigar became
stronger , the sound of men's voices grew
moro distinct. Chunky llllcy left the path
and sklrtcil through the low plnca until he
came to the fence that enclosed the spring
lot. Ho knew that If he was heard , the
mon would think ho wcs a calf , or , mayhap ,
a mule ; for the hill on which Aaron had left
htm wan now a part of a great pasture , In
which the calves and dry cattle , and , between
seasons , the mules , were allowed to roam at
Coming to the fence , Chunky nilcy would
have crossed It , but the voices were louder
now. and he caught a glimpse * of the red
sparks of lighted cigars. Creeping closer and
closer , but ever ready to drop on the ground
and run avray on all fours , Chunky Hiley
was soon able to hoar what the men were
saying. He knew the voices of his mauler
and young mentor , Mr. Gosselt-Old Grizzle ,
ns ho wns called and George , and he rightly
Judged that the wlrangc volco mingling wltn
theirs belonged to Mr. Jim Simmons , who.
with a trained pack of hounds "nigger dogts
they were called held himself at the serv
ice of owners of runaway negroes.
Mr. Simmons' average fee was $ lo that is
to say. when he was "called In time. lltit
in special cases Ills charge was ? 30. When
Chunky alley arrived within earshot of the
croiin Mr. Gossctt wns Just concluding a pro
test that he had made against the charge
of $30 which ho had reluctantly agreed to
pay for the capture of Aaron.
"You stayed at my house today , jou 11
stay there tonight , and maybe you 11 come
back to dinner tomorrow. There's the feedIng -
Ing of you and your dogs. > oil don t take
any account of that at all. " Mr. Goasett's
voice was sharp and emphatic' . His stingi
ness made him notorious In that region , and
gave rlso to the saying that Gossett loved a
dollar better than he did his wife But
ho was no moro ashamed ot his stinginess
,1 than ho was of theshabblnesa of his hat.
* , "Ilut , colonel , " remonstrated Mr. Jim Sim
mons , "didn't you send for mo ? Didn't > ou
say. 'Glad to see you. Simmons ; walk right
In and make yourself at home- ' . " \a\i \ did ,
for a fact. " Ho spoke with a drawl that
Irritated the cnappy and emphatic Mr. Gos-
BC"\Vhy , certainly , Simmons ; certainly I did.
I mentioned the matter to show you that
your charges are out of all reason In this
case. All you have to do Is to coma herewith
with your dogs In the morning , skirt around
the place , pick up his trail , and there you
tire. "
"Dut colonel , " Insisted Mr. Jim Simmons ,
with his careless , Irritating drawl , "ain't It
a plum' fact that this nigger's been In the
woodo a month or secdi a matter ? Am t It
a plum' fact that you've tracked him and
trailed him with your own dogs ? and good
dogs they are , and I'll tell anybody so. Now ,
what CQ ! you pay mo for ? Ker catching the
nigger ? No , slrree ! The nigger's as good
as caught now when It comes to that. You
pay mo for knowing how to catch him that's
what you pay me fcr. You send fer the
doctor. Ho comes and fumbles around a
little , and you 'haveto pay the bill whether
ho kills or euros. You don't pay him fer
killing or curing ; you pay him fer knowing
how to fumble around. It's some different
with me. If I don't catch your nigger , you
button up your pocket. If I do catch him
you pay .mo . $30 down , not for catching him.
but fcr knowing how to fumble around and
catch him. "
The logic of this argument , which was al
together lost on Chunky Rlley , silenced Mr
Gossott , but did not convince him. There
was a long pause , us If all three of the men
wcro wrestling with peculiar thoughts. Fi
nally Mr. GoEsntt spoke ;
"It ain't so much the nigger I'm after ,
but I want to enow Abercromblo that I can't
bo outdone. Ho's laughing in his sleeve
bccauso I can't keep the nigger at home ,
nnd I'll bo Llamcd" hero his voice sank
to a confidential tone "I'll bo blamed if
I don't believe that , between him and that
BOII of his , they arc harboring the Digger.
Yes , sir. harborlug Is the word. "
Mr , Jim Simmons throw down his lighted
cigar with Eiich energy ns to cause the sparks
to Ily In all directions. A cigar was an tin-
familiar luxury to Mr , Simmons , and ho had
had enough ot It.
"Addition Abercromblo harboring a nig-
KIT ! " exclaimed Mr. Simmons. "Why , col
onel. If every man , woman and child In the
United States was to tell mo that I wouldn't
bt'llovo It. Addlwn Abercromblo ! Why ,
colonel , though you're his next door neigh
bor , aa you may say , you don't know him
half as well as I do , You , ought to got ac
quainted with that man. "
"Humph ! I know him well enough , I
reckon , " responded Mr. Gossett , "I went
to school with him. Folks get to know one
another at school. Ho was always stuck up ,
trying to hold his head higher than any
body cleo because his daddy had. money
and a big plantation. I made my prop'ly
myself ; I earned every dollar ; and I know
liow It came. "
"Hut , colonel ! " Mr. Jim Simmons In
stated , "AddUon Abercromblo would hold
Ills head high If ho never seen a dollar , and
he'd tmvo the right to do It. Him harbor
niggers ? Shucks. Colonel ! You might an
well tell mo that the moon ain't nothing
but a tater pudding. "
"What do you ECO In the man ? " Mr.
Gostott asked with souio Irritation la the
tones of his voice. ,
. Tuvte was a patito , as though Mr , Sim
mons was engaged In getting tils thoughts
together. Finally ho raid : "Well , colonel ,
I don't reckon I can make It plain to you ,
because when I coma to talk about It I
can't grab the Identical Idre that would fit
what I've got In my mind , Ilut I'll tell you
what's the honest truth , In my opinion and
I'm not by myeolf , by a long shot Addlson
Abercromble Is as flno a man as ever trod
eboo leather. That's wbat. "
"Humph ! " luuiiteil Mr. Gossctt.
"Yes. Blrcol'1 per Uted Mr. filmmbna ,
farming up a little , It makei no differ
ence where you ECO him , nor when you tee
lilm , noq how you see him , you can up and
say ; 'The Ix > rd has made many men of
many minds and uwuy mon of many kinds ,
but not since Adam has He made a better
man than Addlson Abercromble. ' That'a
Uie way I look at It , colonel. I may be
wrong , but If I am I'll never find It out In
this world. "
Plainly , Mr. Gossctt was not prepared to
hear such a tribute as this paid to Addlson
Abercromble , and ho winced under It. Ho
hemmed and hawed , as the saying Is , and
changed Ms position on the fence. He was
thoroughly disgusted. Now there was no
disagreement between Mr. Gossett and Mr.
Abercromblo no quarrel , that Ifl to nay
but Gosfctt knew that Abcrcromblo regarded
him with a feeling akin to contempt. He
treasured In his mind a remark that Aber
cromblo had made about him the day ho
bought Aaron from the negro speculator.
He never forgot nor forgave it , for It was
an insinuation that Mr. flossed , In spite of
his money and his thrifty ways , was not
much of a gentleman.
On this particular subject Mr. Gossett wca
somewhat ficnaltlve , as men arc who have
doubtfl In their own minds as to their stand-
Ing. Mr. Gossett had nn Idea that money
and "prop'ty , " ao ho called It , made a gentle
man ; but it was a. very vague Idea , and
queer doubts sometimes pestered him. It
WES these doubts that made him "touchy"
on this subject.
"What has this great man ever done for
you , Simmons ? " Mr. Gossett asked , with n
contemptuous snort. I
"Not anything , colonel , on the top of the
green globe. I went to him once to borrow
eomo money , and he wanted to lend It to mo
HE IMAGINED THE HOUSES WERE RIGHT ON HIS HEELS.
without taking my note and without charg
ing mo any Interest. I fiys to him , says I ,
'You'll have to CXOUDO me. ' "
"That was right ; you did perfectly right ,
Simmons. The man was trying to insult
you. "
"Dut , colonel , ho didn't go about It that
way. Don't you reckon you could tell when
anybody was trying to insult you ? That
was the time I come to you. "
"I charged you interest , didn't I , Sim
mons ? "
"You did , colonel , fer n fact. "
"I'm this kind of a man , Simmons , " re
marked Mr. Gossett with a touch of sincere
prldo and gratification In his voice , "When
I do business with a 'man ' I do business.
When I do him a favor it must be outside of
business. It's mixing the two things up that
keeps so many people poor. "
"What two things , colonel ? " gravely In
quired Simmons. ' '
"Why the doing of business and cr the
doing of favors. "
"Oh , I see , " said Mr. Simmons , as , lf a
great light had been -turned on the mat
ter. Then ho laughed nnd continued :
"Yes , colonel , I bprrowed the money from
you nnd Just about that time the fever
had taken mo down , and If It hadn't 'a'
been fcr Addlson Abercromblo the note I
gave you "would have swallowed my house
and land. "
"Is that so ? " Inquired Mr. Gosselt.
"Ask my wife , " replied Mr. Simmons.
"Ono day , while I was out of my head with
the fever , Addlson Abercromblo , he rid by
and saw my wife setting on the front steps ,
Jest a boo-hoolng you know how wlmmen
will do , colonel ; If they ain't a-Jawlng
they're a-cryln' . So Addlson Abercromble ,
ho ups nnd nsks her what's the matter ,
and Jennie , she tells him. Ho got right
off his boss nnd came In and set by my
bed the better part of the morning. And
all that tlmo there I was a-runnlng on about
notes and a-flrlng of my troubles In the
air. So the upshot of the business was that
Addlson Abercromble left the money there
to pay the note and left word for mo to
pay him back when I got good and ready ;
and Jennlo hadn't hardly dried her eyes
before hero como a nigger on horseback
with a basket on his arm and In the basket
was four bottles of wlue. Wine ! Why ,
colonel. It was M'orse'n wine. . Jennlo says
that It any ono of the bottles had 'n' had
a load of buckshot in it the roof would
a' been blow'd off when the stopper new
out. And , colonel , If ever you feel like
taking a right smart of exercise , Jlst pass
my house some day and stick your head
over the palings and tell Jennie that Addl-
son Abercromblo's got a streak of mean
ness In him. "
"Have you over paid Abcrcromblo ? Mr.
Gossett Inquired , Ills voice was harsh and
business like.
"I was laying off to catch this nigger of
yours and pay him some on account , " re
plied Mr. Simmons.
"Why It has been thrco years since you
paid me , " suggested Mr. GosBctt.
"Two years or sech a matter , remarked
Mr. Simmons , complacently.
"Then that's the reason you think Aber
cromble ain't harboring my nigger ? " In
quired Mr , Gossott scornfully.
"But , coloneV" Brawled Mr. Simmons ,
"what under the sun over got the Idee in
your heud that AddUon Abercromble Is har
boring your nigger ? " . . . ,
"It's as simple as o-b ah , „ Mr. Gossett
replied with energy. "Ho tried to buy the
nigger off the block and couldn't , and now
ho thinks I'll sell If the nlgger'll stay In the
woods long enough. Aud moro than that ,
don't I know from my own niggers that the
yallcr rapscallion comes hero every chance
bo gets ? He comes , but ho don't go In the
nigger quarters. Now , whore does he go ? "
"Yes , where ? " said Mr , GossoH's son
George , who up to that moment had taknri
no part In the conversation. "Three times
this month I've dealt out an extra taslier of
bacon to two of our hands , and they tell the
sumo tale. "
" 11 looks quare , " Mr. Simmons admitted ,
"but as sure as you're born Addlson Aber
cromble ain't the man to harbor a runaway
nigger. If he'a ever had a nigger In the
woods It's moro'n I know , ana 'when that's
the rase you may set It down for a fact that
ho don't bellovo In runaway nlggere. " This
was'a lame argument , but It was the best
that Mr , Slmmous could muster at the mo
ment , 'i , ,
"No , " remarked Mr. Qoseott , arouitl >
co''y "his ' woods
, niggers don't take to the
because they do as they blamed pleasu at
homo. It Eets my teeth on edge to see thu
way things aru run on this plantation. Why ,
I could take the stuff that's ( lung away hero
and get rich on It In five years. It's a cvau-
dal. "
"I believe you , " assented his son George ,
dutifully.
Chunky Rlley heard this convocation by
snatches , but ho caught the drltt ot it.
What he remembered of It was that some
ot his fellow servants were ready to tell all
they knew for an extra "rasher" of meat ,
and thtt the hunt for Aaron would begin
the ncn morning and It was now getting
along toward dawn. He wanted lo warn
Aaron a aln. Ho wanted especially to tell
Aaron tjiat three men were sitting on the
fence waiting for him. Uut this was Im
possible. The hour was approaching when
Chunky Rlley must be In his cabin on the
Gossctt plantation ready to go to work with
the rest of the hands. Ho had slept soundly
the first half of the night , and he would
be as fresh in the field when the sun rose
as those who had slept the night through.
As ho turned away from the fence a dog
In the path leading from the splng to the
stllo suddenly began to bay. The men tried
to drlvo him away , and ono of them threw
a stick at him , but the dog refused to bo
Intimidated. Ho bayed them moro fiercely ,
but finally retreated toward the spring , stop
ping occasionally to bark at the men on the
fence.
"If I'm not mistaken , " remarked Mr. Gos-
sctt , "that's my dog. Rambler. I know his
voice , and he's been missing over since that
nigger went to the woods. I wonder If he's
taken up over hero ? George , I wish you'd
make It convenient to como over hero as
soon as you can and find out whether Ram
bler Is here. Now , there's a dog , Simmons ,
that's away ahead of anything you'vo got
In the shape of a nigger dog nose as cold
as Ice. and as much sense as the common
run of folks. "
"He ain't doing you much good , " replied
Mr. Simmons.
"That's a fact , " said Mr. Gossett. Till I
heard that dog barking I thought Rambler
had been killed by that nigger. "
Chunky Rlley struck Into the plantation
path leading tq Gojsett's ' right at the point
where the thrco men had tied their , horses.
They had ridden ns far as they thought pru
dent , considering the errand they were on ,
and then they dismounted and mada their
horses fast to the overhanging limbs of a
clump ot oaks , which , for some reason or
other , had been left standing In the field.
Ono of the horses whinnied when Chunky
Ililey came near , and the negro paused.
Aaron would have known that the horse
said , "I'leaso take me home , and be quick
about It ; I'm hungry ; " but Chunky Rlley
could only gdcss. And as he guessed a
thought struck him a thought that made
him scratch his head and chuckle. He
turned in his tracks , went back along the
path a llttlo way , and listened. Then ho
returned , and the horse whinnied again. The
creature was growing impatient.
Once more Chunky Riley indulged in a
hearty laugh , slapping himself softly on the
leg. Then ho went to the horses one by one ,
pulled down the swinging limbs to which
i tholr brlillo reins were fastened nnd untied
them. This done , ho proceeded to make
himself "mighty skace , " as he expressed It.
Ho started toward homo at a rapid trot , with
out pausing to listen. Rut even without
listening he could hear the horses coming
after him , Mr. Simmons' horse with the
others.
The faster ho trotted the faster the horses
trotted , and when Chunky Rlley began to run
the horses broke Into n gallop , and came clat
tering along the path after him , their stir
rups flying wildly about , and making a
clamor that Chunky Rlley had not bargained
for. The faster bo ran the faster the horses
galloped , until at last It Ecemcd to him tl at
the creatures were trying to run him down.
This Idea took possession at his mind , and at
once his fears magnified the situation. Ho
Imagined the honres Were right at his heels.
He could feel the hot breath of one of them
on the back of his neck.
Fortunately for Chunky Rlley there was a
fence at the point where the path developed
Into a lane. Over this ht < climbed and fell
exhausted , fully expecting the horses to
climb over or break through and trample
him with their feet. But his expectations
were not realized ; the horses galloped along
the lane , and presently he could hear them
clattering along the big road toward Gos-
sett's.
Chunky Rlley was exhausted as well as ter
ror-stricken. The perspiration rolled from
his face , and ho could hear his heart bent.
Ho lay In the soft grass In the fence corner-
until ho had recovered somewhat from , his
exertions and his fright. Finally he rose ,
looked l > a < "k along the way ho had tome , .then
toward the big road , and shook his head.
"Did anybody over see do boat er dat ? "
ho exclaimed.
Whereupon he went through the woods ,
Instead of going by the road , and was teen
In his cabin frying his ration of bacon.
( To be Continued. )
QUF.IIIl CimilHXCV.
Sonrelly of Coin of ( lie Ilculm In
Jl on n t a I ii S t > III in i' n I N.
Roys In the cast sometimes think money
a scarce enough article but they really
know very llttlo about It compared with
what some ot their cousins from the far
west could toll them. Tbcro ono often
goes for days without sight of even so much
as a nlckle , and then the people resort to
all sorts ot queer devices In order to "mako
change. "
An eastern man , who had occasion to
spend many months In Montana tells of hav
ing seen a man 'buy a box of matches with
a watermelon and receive as change two
muBkmolons. Another paid for suspenders
in turnips and got a carrot or two back
with his purchase.
"Out of all the queer financial transac
tions that I have ever known , " said ho ,
"tho oddest came under the head of 'pay-
Ing the fiddler. ' It had been noised" abroad
that a dance was to bo given a llttlo way
up the mountain , and I agreed to go along
with ono of the boys to see the fun. After
going through tbo elaborate preparations
of blacking his boots and putting on a
collar , I saw my companion go to the potato
bin and carefully select a dozen nlco pota
toes and put them In his pocket. No sooner
had we arrived at tbo 'music hall * than ho
gracefully surrendered his vegetables for
an entrance ticket. But what puzzled mo
the most was that , upon coming out after
dancing all night , ho was given two onions
as 'change. ' I bavo been trying to make
up my mind ever since just what that dance
waa worth In the 'currency of the realm. ' "
" " - . Jiti &KHJ7
Tbo hiaii whObu caprice runs to fane ?
vests has a wonderful array from which to
select greater , indeed , than tbo dandles of
the revolutionary period , who spent more
time over the fit and material of their long
waistcoats than they did over any other
part ot their attire. The full dregs , single-
breasted vest this year Is of white silk , tbo
fronts being cloned with four buttons. The
opening which shows the shirt is of a broad
U-shape , and the collar Is narrow , with
single stitched edge * .
THE MARQUIS ) OF SALISBURY
Character Sketch oFiltbo Subtle Lender of
Britiaif Tories.
FEARED ALIKE BY' ' FRIEND AND FOE
The Sinn with \Vlinni America Una
to Dcnl In .NefrollnlliiB the Arbitra
tion 11 nil AlnaUnti Trcntlew .
CltnriictcfUtlc OlinUiiitey.
( Copyrlfrbt. 1E37 , the S. S , McClur * Co. )
It Is strange how widely spread Is the
Ignorance ot Lord Salisbury's personality ,
stranger stlllto note how limited Is the pop
ular curiosity about him. After forty years
of Incessant publicity , there arc few English
minds in which his imago has taken a firm
outline , and the great bulk of the nation
Is frankly Indifferent as to what manner
of man ho Is. Mr. Gladstone they know ,
and Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain ; even
Lord Roscbcry , a far moro subtle and elu
sive character , they have some Inkling of ,
but the marquis of Salisbury dwells in a
world seemingly remote from theirs , and
beyond their speculation. Confidence- ,
perhaps , the word to describe the feeling
of the average Englishman for the pres
ent prlmo minister ; an Instinctive belief
that when ho Is at the head of affairs things
are going well with England. He novcr
was nnd never could be a popular hero tuch
as Lord Paltncrston was. Ho has none of
those little arts and graces which endear n
public man to the multitude. Ho Is not
a golfer lllco his nephew , or a sportsman
like Lord Rosebcry , or an orchid grower
like Mr. Chamberlain. His pot hobby , clcC'
trlcal engineering , is not ono to kindle such
general enthusiasm , and In England a man's
popularity depends as much on his private
as his public doings.
Mr. Gladstone's wood-chopping must have
won over many hundred Intelligent voters
to the llbeial cause. But Lord Salisbury
has none of these Inspiring domestic traits.
Ho does absolutely nothing the Englishmen
like their leaders to do. Beyond the bare
fact that he dabbles In chemistry , the public
knows nothing of his life at Hatfield , and no
doubt this peaceful obscurity Is what he
likes best. Ho spurns the unlnllowcd
throng , and bids them avaunt. The Idea of
any one attempting to "Interview" Salisbury
makes one smile. Outside oftlclal receptions ,
London society sees very llttlo of him ,
though those who are lucky enough to have
met him nro unanimous In praise of his per-
fact freedom from _ pomposity Belt-asser
tion , and the dash of'cynlclsm which spices
the flavor of his fun. Ilut ho seems to share
the queen's distaste for the metropolis , and
runs down on the first opportunity to > Ilat-
floltl. his magninclent ancestral piilacc , In the
gardens of which Queen Elizabeth heard the
news of Mary's death. Nor are his appear
ances on the public platform much moro fre
quent. As leader of the conservative party ,
ho has to make one or two concessions to
the popular demand for speeches , but his
heart Is not In the work. Ho goes through
lib part vigorously enough , but with a dis
tinct effort. As a rule , ho Is content to ad
dress the nation from his scat In the house
of lords.
THE TORY PILLAR.
All this Is a saver damper on popular en
thusiasm. Lord Salisbury stands forth a
towering , unadorned pillar of high tory
principles , conspicuous to the nations , to
bo admired or not , as you please ; but in
either case to bo judged simply for what
It is and not for its adventitious trappings.
And so the average .man. caring a good deal
more for politicians than for politics , finds
himself repelled by this haughty simplicity.
No ono ever "thought of hanging around
the foreign ofllco on the ofT chance of cheer
ing Lord Salisbury as he got Into his broug
ham ; no ono over bated him enough , to
mob him In the streets , as some twenty years
ago , Mr. Gladstone was mobbed by a crowd
of boisterous Jingoes. Passion , cither In
the way of admiration or dislike , has never
entered Into the general cstlmato of his
character of policy. There are not many
prominent men , In England at all events ,
who stand in tl'at particular position. Fif
teen years ago It was positively unsafe to
mention Mr. Chamberlain's name before a
conservative ; and even today It Is better
to conceal your admiration for Mr. Glad
stone In the presence ot a tory. Both these
men have always bad the knack of rousing
a direct personal enmity among their politi
cal opponents. But no ono dreams of get
ting angry when talking of Lord Salisbury.
The sternest radical will only shako his
head when you refer to him and murmur
something about a "mediaeval fossil. " It
Is not that Lord Salisbury baa ever made
any attempt to soften the rigidity of his
political principles or unodlfy his caustic
criticisms on Gladstonlan policy.
On the contrary hla.spuechea are peculiarly
blunt and straightforward , with all Mr.
Chamberlain's bitterness and all Mr. Glad
stone's trcnchancy , .and the ferocious cynicIsm -
Ism of eomo of his pcuonal attacks on his
adversaries has long-been ono of England's
moat delightful annual .scandals. The real
reason for tlvla neutral attitude towards him
Is that ho does not caru ono atom whether
ho is popular or unpopular. Ho makes not
the slightest , effort Ao catch the applause of
the many-headed ; their applause gives him
no pleasure ; their disapproval does not dis
concert him. What iho people may say or
think of him Is a matter of complete , sar
castic * indifference. iHe baa all the disdain of
his Elizabethan ancestors for "the persons
who live In small houses , " He has all the
contempt of a man of strong Intellectual
qualities for the Ignorat.ce of the multitude.
It Is thli two-fold pride the prldo of birth
and tbo iVlde of brain that has drawn round
him a sort of sanitary cordon of cxcluolve-
ness. A question of enlarging the franchise
came up a few years ago , Lord Salisbury
was convinced the worktngmcn did not de-
alro more votes , because they did not agitate
for them. The British worklngman , he
seemed to argue , when ho wants anything In
his homo life , smashes the crockery and
beats hla wife till be gets It ; In his public
life , pulls down park railings and lias a riot.
windows Bap far have been brpk9n ; there
Co boe'n no riot ; therefore this demand for
the franchise Is ngt genuine. In Mr , Glad
stone's last government a measure was In
troduced to establish parish councils In the
rural districts. "Parish councils ! " exclaimed
Lord Salisbury , "much better give them a
traveling clrcu _ . "
, BEHIND THE AGE.
That sort ot thing would not be stood
in America ; but then it would not bo an
unfair description of Lord Salisbury to Bay
that bo is the most unAuierlcan man now
living. The nineteenth century has no rlghi
to Lord Salisbury ; he ought to have llvei
300 years ago ; ho would have made such a
capital Elizabethan. The English people
however , do not resent his feudal contempi
for them ; tbfcy are always rather glad to bo
kicked by a man of their own race. Nolh
Ing Mr. 'Rhodes ever did more endeared him
to his countrymen than his sneer at their
"unctuous rectitude , " and in the CURB of
Lord Salisbury why , It a man with an on
cestry like his , with Attainments like his
with a record of public services like bin
chooses to distrust the political wisdom ol
the English manses , it Is tacitly admitted
that ho has a perfect right to do KO. The
English masses arc willing to have him al
hlB own price.
Yet with all this ho Is a superb example
of the English political nobleman proud ,
generous , dignified , cultured ; an admirable
landlord , a student , a scholar , a chemist , an
historian and a business man. Lord Salis
bury could at any time become his own
steward and manage bis HatflcUl estates ,
There was a time when he used to smllo on
aerated bread companies and similar enter
prises. For some years ho was an active
director of ono of England's most Important
railroads. He turned his fnvorllo hobby to
practical use by lighting Hatfield bouso with
electricity , and even today he Is probably
novcr so happy as when jiottcrlng about in
his chemical laboratory.
In his early years , while bo was still Lord
Robert Cecil , a younger son , hard driven
for money , and with no apparent chance
of succeeding to the title or estates , ho was
glad to help out his means by the use of
his very clever pen. Ho wrote chiefly for
the Quarterly Review , the famous organ of
cut and dried torylsm ; but he was not above
contributing political editorials to the dally
press that press which was afterward to bo
the object ot the most Jiumorous scorn ,
A Journalist might do a great deal worse
than model his style on Lord Salisbury's
earlier efforts ; while for dignity nnd in-
clslvcncss of diction and command ot the
English language his official dispatches de
serve the study of every politician. Beyond
this inclination toward literature , the facts
of his early life do not , to borrow Lord
lloscbery's favorite phrase , amount to much.
Ho was born at Hatfield In 1S30 , and was
educated nt Eton and Christ church , Oxford ,
tbo two splendid Institutions which have
this century provided England with no less
than seven of her prlmo ministers. He
went the round of the English colonies utter
leaving college , nnd In 183:1 : entered the
House of Commons as member from Stam
ford. In those days ho was known as
Lord Robert Cecil Robert Arthur Talbot
Gascogno Cecil , to give him the full name.
His title was , of course , merely what Is
known In England as a "tltlo of courtesy , "
and Indicated simply that the bearer of
it was the son of a peer , and , therefore ,
not being a peer himself , eligible for elec
tion to the House of Commons. It was not
until 1SG5 , on the sudden death of hla elder
brother , that ho became Lord Crauborno
and heir to the marquUite.
INTELLECTUAL FORCE.
In the HouD2 Lord Robert Cecil quickly
made himself known nnd disliked. Ills in
tellectual ability was undeniable , but the
extraordinary and wanton bitterness of his
personal attacks set tbo average member
against him. Ho had a rare genius for sayIng -
Ing offensive things in the most offensive
tone. Ono night , during the early session
ot 1SG1 , he denounced Mr. Gladstone's finan
cial policy ns "moro worthy ot an attorney
than a statesman. " The House Imposed on
Its members a strict moderation of lan
guage , nnd many murmurs were heard nt
the coarseness of this criticism. Lord
Robert went on unheeding. The next night
he rose and said he feared he had on the
previous evening uttered some words which
might give olTcnse , and which he felt he
could hardly Justify. Every one , of course ,
was expecting a handsome apology to Mr.
Gladstone , and several members raised en
couraging cheers. He had , continued. Lord
Robert , compared Mr. Gladstone's policy to
that of an attorney. That was language
which , on cooler consideration , ho felt be
ought not to have used , and therefore he
thought ho was only doing Justice to his
own feelings when ho owned that on that
occasion ho did a great Injustice to the at
torneys. No comment could amplify this
pucrllo pleco of buffoonery. It Is still bitterly -
, torly remembered against him , nnd BO long
i as a radical press exists In. England It Is in
no danger of being forKOtten.
This passion for going out of his way to
make himself obnoxious has clung to Lord
Salisbury all through life. A short time ago
a nobleman got up In the Lords and made
a motion for altering the standing orders so
that peers who wished to get Into the Com
mons might bo excused from attending the
Upper House. The proposal was of course
absurd for the disabilities of the peerage
can only bo removed by statute. Lord
Klmberley was for getting rid of the whole
thing on a point ot order , but Lord Salls-
LORD SALISBURY.
bury declared bo was most anxious to hear
his noble friend on the subject , and Insisted
that ho should bo allowed to 6 | > cak. The
wretched peer stumbled pitifully along for
half an hour , when Sallsbuiy arose nnd
genially remarked that whllo ho was quite
Hiiro no ono would offer the slightest hin
drance to his "noble friend" absenting him
self from that House , be did not think It
very likely ho would find his way Into the
other. Disraeli must have been thinking
of passages Ilko this when ho said that Lord
' "finish. "
Salisbury's Invective wanted
As an oraor , Lord Salisbury Is a good deal
better to read than to hear. Ills gestures
are ungainly ; his voice peculiarly harsh and
monotonous ; his mordant epigrams lose half
their force from the grlmncEH of his delivery.
Ho docs not wake speeches , ho' talks the
casual overflow of a clear , comprehensive and
cynical mind. He has a marvelous knack
of applying principles to the most minute
occurrence and a toloctlon could easily bo
made from bis speeches that would form a
luminous and authoritative conservative text
book.
TOWER IN DEBATE.
In debate he still commands all his old
power and readiness , with an occasional
dash of that Impetuous aggrc > Eulvcnc 8 which
used to make men fear and distrust as much
as they admired him. It took the conserva
tives a long time to get over their terror of
his disquieting reputation. Nothing but his
genuine Instinctive torylsm could have done
it , and Lord Salisbury Is a tory through and
through , He Is precisely 'the kind of man
who , by birth , education and nature could
not bo anything but a tory. He believes
with all his might In the right of the few to
rule the many. Ills devotion to the prin
ciple of the Established church Is , an ho
confessed In the Houie of Commons , "some
thing sacred. " He was born Into those be
liefs and he has novcr foregone ono of them.
On one memorable occasion bo broke away
from his party and tacrlllccd olllco Eooner
than give them up. Few political careers
could show moro rectitude or moro intelli
gent consistency
u is , of eouriic , as a foreign minister tb
ho will bo best remembered. He wna twlco
secretary of state for India , and piloted her
safely and with splendid firmness through
two fovcro famines. Ho has been thrco
times minister for foreign affairs , and the
general plgh of relief that goes up from all
the British colonlra when he steps Into ofllco
is the best witness to his fitness for the
post.
post.Apart from his amazing knowledge of
European and foreign politics , ho has the
reputation of never having driven n bad bar
gain. In practically every way ho realizes
the Engllchman's Ideal of what n foreign
minister ought to be. Of late years ho has
dropped out of domestic politics almost en
tirely. It Is hard at time * to realize that ho
and not Mr , Dalfour or Mr. Chamberlain Is
tbo prlmo minister. Parliamentary warfare
seems to have lost It * keenness for him nnd
ho very willingly delegates the ordering ot
party maneuvers to bis nephew. Ills work
at the foreign ofllco brings him. In n general
way , very llltlo before the public , and most
people have got Into the habit of thinking
of him as a , kind ot Invisible agency at the
back of the conservative party , which man
ages In some mysterious fashion to direct the
foreign policy of England with ftrmncss nnd
dignity. But when events do force him Into
the light of day It Is seen how completely ho
Is In accord with whatever U beet In English
Imperialism. Nothing could have been more
admirable than his answer to the German
emperor's Insolent telegram during the
Transvaal crisis. Lord Salisbury dispatched
to South Africa In five days a flying squadron
equal to the entire strength of the German
navy. Within our tlmo no act of British
statesmanship has been eo universally ap
plauded for its fearless decisiveness. Lord
Salisbury did everything that was expected
of a man of hla ancestry the highest recom
mendation that an Englishman can give. For ,
as Mr. Trnlll 1ms moro than once observed ,
there Is no public man in England who stands
surety tor English interests , nnd English
honor under heavier recognizances of blood
and name.
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Taking four days February 14 , 15 , 16 and \1 \ be
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