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MEDICINE LODGE, . KANSAS.
A FOOL
FOR LOVE
By FRANCIS LTNDE
Author of "The Grafters." Etc
(Copyright, 1905, br J. P. Llpplncott Co.)
CHAPTER IX Continued.
But another member of the Rose
mary group had more courage or
fewer scruples. When Miss Carteret
let herself out of the rear door,
Jastrow disappeared in the opposite
direction, passing through' the for
ward vestibule and dropping catlike
from the step to inch his way silent
ly over the treacherous snow-crust to
i convenient spying place at the other
end of the car.
Unfortunately for the spying pur
pose, the shades were drawn behind
the two great windows and the glass
door, but the starlight sufficed to show
the watcher a shadowy Miss Virginia
Btanding motionless on the side which
gave her an outlook down the canyon,
leaning out, it might be, to anticipate
the upcoming of some one from the
construction camp below.
The secretary, shivering in the
knifelike wind slipping down from
the bald peaks, had not long to wait
By the time his eyes were fitted to
the darkness he heard a man coming
up the track, the snow crunching
frostily under hl3 steady stride.
Jastrow ducked under the platform
and gained a view point on the other
Bide of the car. The crunching foot
falls h ceased, and a man was
winging himself up to the forward
step of the Rosemary. At the instant
a voice Just above the spy's head
called softly: "Mr. "Winton!" and the
newcomer dropped back Into the snow
and came tramping to the rear.
The secretary saw him take her
hand and heard her exclamation, half
Indignant, wholly reproachful:
"You had my note. I told you not
to come!"
"So you did, and yet you were ex
pecting me," he asserted. He was still
holding her hand, and she could not
or did not withdraw it.
"Was I, indeed!" There was a
touch of the old-time raillery in the
words, but it was gone when she
added: "Oh, why will you keep on
coming and coming when you know
o well what it means to you and
your work?"
"I think you know the answer to
that better than anyone," he re
joined, his vole matching hers for
earnestness. "It is because I love
you; because I could not stay away
If I should try. Forgive me, dear;
I did not mean to speak so soon. But
you said in your note that you would
be leaving Argentine immediately
that I should not see you again; so
I had to come. Won't you give me a
word, Virginia? a waiting word, if
it must be that?"
Jastrow held his breath, hope dying
within him and sullen ferocity crouch
ing for the spring if her answer
should sic It on. But when she spoke
the secretary's anger cooled and be
breathed again.
"No; a thousand times. No," she
burst out passionately; and Winton
staggered as If the suddenly freed
hand had dealt him a blow.
CHAPTER X.
For a little time after Virginia's j
passionate rejection of him Winton j
itood abashed and confounded.
Weighed in the balances of the after
thought, hrs sudden and unpremedi
tated declaration could plead little ex
cuse in encouragement. And yet she
bad been exceedingly kind to him.
"I have no right to expect a better
answer," he said, finally, when he
could trust himself to speak. "But I
am like other men; I should like to
know why."
"You can ask that?" she retorted".
"You say you have no right. What
have you done to expect a better an
wer?" He shrugged. "Nothing, I suppose.
But you knew that before."
"I only know what you have shown
me during the past three weeks, and
It has proved that you are what Mr.
Adams said you were though he was
only jesting."
"And that Is?"
"A faineant, a dilettante: a man
with all the God-given ability to do
as he will and to succeed, and yet who
will not take the trouble to perse
vere." Winton smiled, a grim little smile.
"You are not quite like any other
woman I have ever known not like
any other In the world, I believe.
Yonr sisters, most of them, would take
It as the slncerest homage that a man
hould neglect hi3 work for his love.
Do you care so much for success,
then!"
"For the thing Itself nothing, les3
than nothing. But but one may are
a little for the man who wins or
loses."
He tried to take her hand again,
tried and failed.
"Virginia! is that my word of
hope?"
"No. Will you never see the com
monplace effrontery of It, Mr. Win
ton? Day alter day you have come
here, Idling away the precious hours
that meant everything to you, and
now you come once again to offer me
share In what you have lost. Is that
your Idea of chivalry, of true man
hood?" Again the grim smile came and
rent.-.
w "An unprejudiced onlooker might
(T. D
09 I
rsay that you have made me very wel
come." "Mr. Winton! Is that generou:)?"
"No; perhaps it is hardly just. Be
cause I counted the cost and have
paid the price open-eyed. You may
remember that I told you ' that first
evening I should come as often as I
dared. I knew Jhen, what I have
known all along; that it was a part
of your uncle's plan to delay my
work."
"His and mine, you mean; only you
are too kind or not quite brave
enough to say so."
"Yours? never! If I could believe
you capable of such a thing "
"You may believe it," she broke In.
"It was I who suggested It."
He drew a deep breath, and she
heard his teeth come together with a
click. It was enough to try the faith
of the loyalest lover. It tried his
sorely. Yet he scarcely needed her
low-voiced: "Don't you despise me as
I deserve, now?" to make him love her
the more.
"Indeed, I don't. Resentment and
love can hardly find room in the same
heart at the same time, and I have
said that I love you," he rejoined
quickly.
She went silent at that, and when
she spoke again the listening Jastrow
tuned his ear afresh to lose no word.
"As I have confessed, I suggested
it. It was just after I had seen your
men and the sheriff's ready to fly at
each other's throats. I was miserably
afraid, and I asked Uncle Somerville
if he could not make terms with you
in some other way. I didn't mean "
He made haste to help her.
"Please don't try to defend your mo
tive to me; it is wholly unnecessary.
It is more than enough for me to know
that you were anxious about my
safety."
But she would not let him have the
crumb of comfort undisputed.
"There were other lives involved
besides yours, I didn't say I was spe
cially afraid' for you, did I?"
'No, but you meant it. And I
thought afterwards that I should have
given you a hint in some way, though
the way didn't offer at the time.
There was no danger of bloodshed. I
knew we all knew that Deckert
Ah, Well, It's Only One
wouldn't go to extremities witE the
small force he had."
"Then it was only a a "
"A bluff," he said, supplying the
word. "If I had believed there was
the slightest possibility of a fight, I
should have made my men take to the
woods rather than let you witness it."
"You shouldn't have let me waste
my sympathy," she protested, re
proachfully. "I'm sorry; truly, I am. And you
have been wasting it In another direc
tion as well. To-night will see the
shale-slide conquered definitely, I
hope, and three other days of good
weather will send us into Carbonate
yards."
She broke in upon him with a lifc
tie cry of impatient despair.
"That shows how unwary you have
been! Tell me: Is there not a lit
tle valley just above here an open
place where your railroad and Uncle
Somerville's run side by side?" '
"Yes. It is a mile this side of the
canyon head. What about it?"
"How long is it since you have been
up there?" she queried.
Winton stopped to think. "I don't
know a week, possibly."
"Yet if you had not been coming
here every evening, you or Mr. Adams
would have found time to go to
watch every possible chance of inter
ference, wouldn't you?"
"Perhaps. That was one of the
risks I took, a part of the price-paying
I spoke of. If anything had happened.
I should still be unrepentant."
"Something has happened. While
you have been taking things for grant
ed, Uncle Somerville has been at work
day and night. He has built a track
right across yours In that little val
ley, and there is a train of cars or
something, filled with armed men.
kept standing there all the time!
Winton gave a' low whistle. Then
he laughed mirthlessly.
"You are quite sure of this? There
Is no possibility of your being mis
taken?"
"None at alL And I can only de
fend myself by saying that I didnt
know about It until a few minutes ago;
Si - A i JtM
needn't tell me. I am" not worthy of
your confidence."
"You are; you have just proved it.
But there isn't anything to be done.
The next thing in order is the exit
of one John Winton in disgrace. That
spur track and engine means a cross
ing fight which can be prolonged in
definitely with due vigilance on the
part of Mr. Darrah's mercenaries.
I'm smashed. Miss Carteret, carefully
and permanently. Ah, well, it's only
one more fool for love. Hadn't we
better go in? You'll take cold stand
ing out here."
She drew herself up and put her
hands behind her.
"Is that the way you take it, Mrr
Winton?"
The acid laugh came again.
"Would you have me tear a passion
to tatters? My ancestors were not
French."
Trying as the moment was, she
could not miss her opportunity. .
"How can you tell when you don't
know your grandfather's middle
name?" she said, half crying.
His laugh at this was less acrid.
"Adams again? My grandfather had!
no middle name. But I mustn't keep!
you out here In the cold talking'
genea'ogies."
His hand was on the door to open
it for her. Like a flash she came be
tween, and her fingers closed over his
on the doorknob.
"Wait," she said. "Have I done all
this humbled myself into the very"
dust to no purpose?"
"Not if you will give me the one
priceless word I am thirsting for."
"Oh, how shameless you are!" she
cried. "Will nothing serve to arouse,
the better part of you?"
"There is no better part of any man
than his love for a woman. You have:
aroused that."
"Then prove it by going-and build
ing your railroad, Mr. Winton. WThen
you have done that "
He caught at the word as a drown
ing man catches at a straw.
"When I have won the fight Vir
ginia, let me see your eyes when I
have won, I may come back to you?"
"I like men who do things. Good
night." . And before he could reply
she had made him open .the door for
More Fool for Iiove."
What is to be done? but stop; you
her, and he was left alone on the
square railed platform.
In the gathering-room of the private
car Virginia found an atmosphere sur
charged with electrical possibilities,
felt it and inhaled it, though there
was nothing visible to indicate it.
The Rajah was buried in the depth3
of his particular easy-chair, puffing
his cigar; Bessie had the Reverend
BU!y in the tete-a-tete contrivance;
and Mrs. Carteret was reading under
the Plntsch drop-light at the table.
It was the chaperon who annlied th
firing spark to the electrical possibili
ties. Didn't I hear vou talking tn cnma
one out on the platform, v Virginia?"
she asked.
"Yes, it was Mr. Winton. He came
to make his excuses."
Mr. Somerville Darrah awoke out
of his tobacco reverie with a start.
Hah!" he said, fiercely. Then. In
his most courteous phrase: "Did I
undehstand you to say that MIsteh
Winton would not faveh us to-night,
my dean Virginia?"
He could not. He has COmfi n-nnn
upon some other difficulty, I be
lieve, she stammered, steering a peril
ous course among the. rocks of equivocation.
"Mmph!" said the Rajah, rising.
"Ah wThere is Jastrow?"
The obsequious one appeared, imp
like, at the mention of his name, and
received a curt order.
"Go and find Engineer McGrath and
his fireman. Tell him I want the en
gine instantly. Move, seh!"
Virginia retreated to her stateroom.
In a few minutes she heard her uncle
go out; and shortly afterwards the
Rosemary's engine shook itself free
of the car arid rumbled away west
ward. At that, Virginia went back
to the others and found a book. But
if waiting inactive were difficult, read
ing was blankly Impossible.'
"Goodness!" she exclaimed. "How
hot you people keep it In here1
Cousin Billy, won't you take a tuft
with me on the station platform?
can't, .breathe! ' ',-. . .
V-' JOJjCbNTOTOfcD.) -i '-'
ENTOMBED 26 DAYS
. DOG IS STILL ALIVE.
ANIMAL WEDGED FAST IN HOLE
IN SEARCH FOR RABBIT.
IS FOUND BY ITS MISTRESS
Canine, Though Too Weak to Move,
Gradually Regains It Strength
on Warm Milk and Water
Diet.
London. An extraordinary instance
of a dog's wonderful endurance comet
from Guildford, in Surrey.
Bessie, the dog in question. Is a val
uable one, and her delighted mistress
regards her escapo from death as
something like a miracle. That the
dog is little the worse for tho adven
ture was proved by her lively bark of
welcome when a reporter first saw
her.
About a month ago Pesiiie thought
she would go on a little sporting ex
pedition of her own in the extensive
grounds which adjoin the house, and
she chased a rabbit down a big hole.
That was the last that was seen or
heard of her until last Sunday, when
her mistress, happening to pass In the
direction of the burrow, heard faint
whines proceeding from It. Another
dog, noticing the sounds, made for the
rabbit hole immediately.
There his' evident excitement made
it apparent that he had discovered
something extraordinary. The woman
herself hardly dared to hope that the
lost Bessie had been found, imagining
that she had been stolen, but imme
diately ran back to the house and or
dered the warren to be dug up.
Two men were quickly on the spot,
and with pick and shovel they dug
open a trench about eight or nine feet
long. On going deeper they found the
head of the dog wedged between some
stones.
Bessie was still alive, after being 26
days in that coffin-like space without
food, without water, and without any
room to turn.
The animal was tenderly lifted out
of the hole, and it was then seen what
a change had come over her. "Fat as
a young pig" beforo she went in, she
now appeared to be nothing but skin
and bone, her ribs projecting painfully
under her black and tan coat.
Very carefully she was taken Into
the house and fed on warm milk and
HUNTING PEASANTS
AS HUMAN WOLVES
War of Extermination Being Waged
by General Orloff in North
Russia.
Berlin, Because of the large num
ber of German subjects living in the
Baltic provinces the German Ambas
sador at St. Petersburg is said to have
protested against the ferocious Repres
sions of General Orloff in that part of
Russia, which have driven, to take
refuge In the woods, hundreds of un
fortunate peasants, who are being
hunted as human wolves by the local
land owners and ruthlessly slain.' The
human wolves retaliate, and a war of
extermination has ensued.
The stories published in the local
German press recall the savage age
They Mutilated Him Horribly and
Hung Him to a Tree.
of Soblesky and the Cossack Khmlel
nitsky, when mutilation before death
was the greatest mercy shown to
captives. -
Carolus Viten, chief of the wolves,
boasted that he had killed since Janu
ary,' over forty Russian officials and
German burghers. He attacked them
as they traveled through the dense
pine forests, shot them from behind
trees, and divided their horses among
his 'ravenous followers for food. .With
their money and valuables he entered
Mitan in disguise, lived riotously for a
week, and returned to the forests
drunk with the desire for further mur
der, plunder and vengeance. -
Recently the forest region which
formed Viten's lair suddenly became
safe for travelers. The bandit had
disappeared. The story was that he
had. fled to. Konlejsberg with the. ab
ducted daughter of his last victim.,
. The German police sought him, but
the Russian police found him. Backed
by a score of Cossacks, they burst, on
the 18th of September, Into a part of
water, quickly recovering, even at
tempting later on to playfully "beg"
some moat from her mistress' hands.
The effort was too much, and she fell
over.
A little later, however, the ruling
Inntlnct again proved too strong, and
she was off after a mouse in the con
servatory, but that effort also was a
little too ambitious.
The dog had actually lived on its
own fat it wss about 14 pounds light
er after its entombment but, as Its
They Found Him Alive After His
Long Entombment.
owner proudly remarked: "Perhaps
race tells."
Eessi has revisited the spot since,
but showed no fear of the place. But
she seemed to cast a sidelong glanea
at the dog cemetery which adjoins.
There some curious epitaphs appear
to the memory of thoe who are
mourned by their loving owners. One
reads:
Came in,
Looked about.
Didn't like it.
Went out
Bessie is now "progressing satisfac
torily," is the proud possessor of a
record in dogged endurance, and
hopes to more than double her five
years of life.
the forest where the Czar's authority
had not been known for a year. A
crowd of petty German traders were
holding a meeting in a pine grove.
And in front of them, his body sus
pended from a branch, his nose, ears
and fingers cut off, was the dead ban
dit. Close by, apostrophizing the vic
tim's body in derisive eulogy, was the
uncle of the girl abducted.
Baby Nearly Eaten by Ants.
Carmen, O. T. The ofilcers of
Woods county are looking for a cov
ered wagon with a team of gray
horses which was seen camped half a
mile south of the Skidmore place and
was heard going north at about three
a. m. It is supposed the child found
in a valise in the front yard of Mr.
Skidmore was left from this rig.
Packed in with the child were some
extra clothing, a bottle of medicine,
a large package of baby food and a
nursing bottle. The child is a girl
about a week old, strong and hearty.
When found the baby was covered
with little black ants. Mr. Skidmore,
who Is a widower, has been away for
several days, and there was no one
about the place. The child was found
in the evening by George Skidmore
and children, who went over to his
father's to look after the live stock.
Scientific Idea of Religion.
"And what is religion as the man of
science apprehends it?" asks Presi
dent Pritchett, of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. "Stripped of
all forms of conventional language,
laying aside the Imagery and tradi
tions which cling about the very
word Itself, religion presents itself to
the man trained in science as nothing
other than the divine life in the hu
man soul, a life which manifests it
self, by the growth which it brings
forth, the divine flowers of the hu
man heart, unselfishness, love, fear
lessness, serenity, patience, service."
Marriage Easy in South Carolina. '
Scotland is the hunting ground foi
easy 'marriages in fiction. But that
is only because the writing persons
do not know that in South Carolina It
needs neither a clergyman, a magis
trate nor a license to marry; simply
the agreement of the two parties.
No divorce is permitted for any
cause.
Earth Growing Warmer.
That the earth is growing temporari
ly warmer is shown by the mountain
glaciers. These are made, by varying
temperature and moisture, to in
crease and diminish in size during
periods of years that may be found to
be more or less regular cycles, and a
period of quite general decsase be
gan about 45 years ago. -
. A woman in Philadelphia discovered
that her six cats are passionately fond
of olives. She says they will leave
milk or fish or any of the foods that
3 are supposed to love If anyone
r ""8 them olives. Although they are
in 'venire! taoto xrl tVi nnman KaIum
tfchta,. em to take to them naturally.
BEAUTIFY THE CITY
REMODELING AND BUILDING AT
WASHINGTON.
All Sorts of Improvements Noted In
the Various Sections Ante-Bel-lum
Structures Are Rapidly
Disappearing.
"There is one form of city Improve
ment going on here which, when con
sidered in the aggregate, constitutes
an element which is generally over
looked, or not considered, though it
has a very important bearing upon
the structural make-up of the. city at
large," said a gentleman actively en
gaged in building operations in.
wasmngion. -
"I refer to the very gratifying ac-..
tivity on the part of owners andJ
builders In the remodeling ' of old',
buildings in the various sections of
the city, but more particularly in the;
northwest and In the business sec
tion. These individual instances of"
remodeling are scarcely noticed when
compared with the great and larger
improvements In the way of entirely
new and modern buildings, but it is
astonishing . how certain blocks and.
sections have been and are being im
proved. "With this thought in mind In my
rides over the city I have some men
tal notes to the end that this method'
u i A ... ..
me uupi uveuieni migut un
called to notice, as it will serve aa
.an incentive to other owners to like
wise improve their holdings, as in
dividual improvements liko these
will go a great way In the develop
ment of the greater city we .are striv
ing for. It is possible for a smalt
owner to allow the main walls of hisr
building to stand,- and with the- ex
penditure of a comparatively small
sum transform it into a building,
which will be a credit to the particu- '
lar neighborhood. In the business. .
section these improvements invites
rentals which could not otherwise be
obtained, yet the individual owner,,
who often cannot afford the expenses
of an entirely new building, contrib
utes his share to the rebuilding or
the city.
Old Buildings Torn Out.
"Another improvement in the build- .
ing line which passes unnoticed in?
isolated cases,, but counts to a re
markable degree when tabulated and'
considered in the aggregate, is the
demolition of old frame houses and:
stores, many of them eyesores by rea
son of age and lack of repair, and the
erection of brick dwellings, apart
ment houses of the smaller class and
smaller business places In their steady
citizens interested in civic improve
ment, when riding on the cars
throughout the city, should observe -this
style of improvement with in
terest. "I have also observed in this con
nection that several of the few re
maining old frame ante-bellum build
ings on the south side of Pennsyl
vania avenue have recently been.
razad and new foundations dug prep
aratory to the erection of entirely
npw hrlfMT stviiftiiroo TVioro o .,- v...-
two or three of these old frames left
on this side of our historic main thor
oughfare in the upper business sec
tion, and now that some of then
have gone the way of old lumber, it Is
to be hoped that those left will short
ly be consigned for sale as old mate
rial. "Property owners also seem to have
been more liberal than in past sea
sons in having their holdings repaint
ed, and -this is particularly true int
sections of town where frame dwell
ings abound. The infection seems to
have spread from owner to owner on
some squares, with the result that,
this method of minor Improvement,
has given a fresh and new appear
ance to heretofore dingy blocks. In!-,
sections of the city where owners
usually give their property regular
attention in this respect the many
newly painted buildings are also no
ticeable. Altogether these minor Im
provements arw worthy of more than
passing notice."
New Bullet for the Army.
The army will soon adopt the new
bullet, which was recently tested by
several of the target experts at the.-
national rifle meet at Sea Girt, and;
found by them to be satisfactory. In
stead of the rounded point of the pres
ent bullet, it has a long, straight tan
ering point and is also about one-
grains. The new bullet has a irreatei-
velocity up to 2,000 yards, a greater
energy up to 1,400 yards, a flatter-
trajectory up to 2,000 yards, and a lit
tfe better accuracy up to 2,000 yards
The new bullet will require a slightly
different firing chamber in the rlfle
1 , ... . .
uui uus tau ue rcaaiiv eiieciea m
pieces now under manufacture, and
the necessary changes can be madn 'in
the pieces , now in use with compar
atively small expense.
Only Eight Chief Justices. - - - -It
is Interesting to note that since
the beginning of the government there
have been only eight chief justices of
the supreme court. John Jay served -from
1789 to 1795. six vearsr TnhTi
Rutledge, of South Carolina, served. "
uunug ioj, w liver -Ciswortn. or rvin
necticut, served the five years from.
1796 to 1801; John Marshall, of VIr-;
ginla, served 34 years, from 1801 to
1835; Roger B. Taney, of Maryland '
served from 1836 to 1864, 28 years -
Caiman T Phasa' V, . . '
k ocrvea ironv s
of the same state, from 1873 to 1888
when Chief Justice Fuller was an
pointed. .
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