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Thc Times-Dispatch.
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North Tenth Street:, Richmond, Va,
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A PUBLIC MISFORTUNE.
Richmond Is suffering In moro ways
than ono from tho strike, especially from
tho disorder that has como along with It.
It Is a well known fact, however pnln
ful It may be to admit It, that there,is
much prejudice against Richmond lr<
rome parts of tho Stato, and It will do us
no good to become a burden to tho tax?
payers. It has been given out that It Is
Costing tho State of Virginia two
thousand dollars a day to mnlntaln
irder In Richmond and vicinity, and the
tax-payers of tho State will not lovo
Richmond any tho more for putting this
purden upon them. In vain will we plead
Jhat tho great majority of our people nro
m favor of law'and order. Tho fact Is
/hat tho soldiers havo been brought here
to suppress riot, and tho whole city will
be held responsible for It.
It Is true 'that out of $2,212,000 collected
?y the State on account of real, personal,
Income and capitation toxes, Richmond
pays $2Sfi,O0O, or moro than ton per cent.
But people do not stop ito consider bucIi
details.
When riot broke out In tho coal fields
at Pocahontus several years ago, there
was bittet? complaint, as wo recall, of
tho ex'Wnse incurred in restoring peace.
It was to ho expected, however, that
In ? strike like that, whero the strikers
tverc composed very largely of foreigners,
thero would be lawless outbreaks. But
the idea that practically all tho -soldiers
In tho Stiute must be brought to Rich?
mond In order to keep our own people
from destroying life and property has
disgusted the whole State, and the tax?
payers resent the idea of having to pay
two thousand dollars a day to make tho
people at the capital city behave.
Thero is another consideration. Rich?
mond and Manchester have, been adver?
tising fur find wide as desirable pinces
for Investment. We have urged outsiders
to come here nnd build factories nnd
Btart various enterprises, giving them
assurance that their Investments would
pay- Mr.? Gould, one of tho richest men
in the country, finally came and bought
np-oup street 'oar lines, but the prop?
erty had hardly come Into his possession
before lie hud a disastrous strike on his
hands and before terrific assaults were
made on his property.
We are not making a plea for Mr.
Gould, nor nro we rebuking ilio inen for
striking. If thoy were not satisfied with
their situation they had a perfect right
tn strike, no mat 1er who owned the rond.
But that Mr. Gould's property should be
Wantonly destroyed nnd that his em?
ployes should he stoned and fired upon,
and tbat the very life of his enterprise
should be threatened in this community,
must make him feel ?i little sore over his
Investment In Richmond. Mr. Gould has
a wide acquaintance nnd largo Influ?
ence nmong men of meuis, hut wo feur
that If this thing goes oil much longer
ho will not be apt to advise any of his
Irlends to Invest their money In Ridi'
morid und Manchester.
It Is disagreeable to havo to sny these
things, but we, as citizens of Richmond,
might ?is well be frank with ourselves.
We are suffering, and wo nro going to
Buffer, for this season?of riot, and tho
longer it la continued tho greater our
Buffering will be.
How long will we, fis ? sensible and
Jaw-ablding people, permit this stale of
things to continue"? it is our own affair,
und tin- sooner we return to our normal
condition and send the soldiers home,
the better It will be. It Is time for the
patriotism and common sense of Rich?
mond to insert themselves,
A FARHERS' TRUST,
On?? ?if the most Interesting trusts In the
United Slates 1? the Farmer?,' Trust,
VTAbicll ii described by ?. ?. Wood In the
July number of ih<? World'-? Work. The'
headquarters of this trust are at Rock?
-?veil, a little town on tha plains of ? a iva,
and fire hundred farmers conipoaa Um
organization. The cpropany In regularly
Incorporated under the lawa of the stati-,
end iher? Is one meeting a year only ?!
Hie eiockholrteis. The articles, of Incor?
??oratimi eet forth the general nature r.f
the busliieus to bo "buying ?nd M-Illng and
dealing ln all kinds of faun and dairy
j.rcduets, cattle, ftbecp, bwlnc, poultry, dry
goods and merchandise, generally, ?nd in
buying and belling all Mich kinds of prop
crty on commission and otherwise." At
no time bag the capital block been mero
than J2?.0OO, and at no time ln?s the In
itUwiiiit? been mote tban*f(i,000, yet dur
lng tho three years of Its existence the
company hns transacted more than $6,000,
WK) worth of business without tho lops of
? dollar. Last year, with en expense
for salaries, rent. Insurance, etc., of less
ihn n ?4.P0CI, they carried on a business of
more thnn }f?20,n00.
No person may become a shareholder
unless he bo a. practical farmer, and no
member may own more than ten shares of
stock nt a face value of $10 per share.
There aro few employes, and the busi?
ness practically carries on Itself. Tbo
company buys all of tho output of Its
members nnd sells to the farmers what
they need. Others than members mny
buy, but such trndo Is not especially
sought. Supplies are sold at a little
above cost to tho stockholders, but out?
siders pny slightly more. Tho company
owns Its own elevator for the storage of
grain and merchandise and Its own lum?
ber yard.
Contrary to thn method of other trusts,
this trust Invites competition, as Illus?
trated by the following Incident: It
was discovered by tbe grain dealers that
the trusts wero paying more through Its
ngonls for grain than tho grain dealers
thought. It should pay. The farmers wore
remonstrated with, but replied that they
wero satisfied that, they had been receiv?
ing too little for their grain, and hence
raised the price.
Tho grain dealers, unable to bring the
farmers to terms, then threatened to put
nn ngent in town to outbid them, nnd also
threatened to sell farmers supplies be?
low tho trust price and to put up an ele?
vator opposite to the trust elevator and
pny fifty cents for corn, when the farmers
could pny only forty-five cents.
But the formers composing tho trust
were In no way disturbed by this threat.
On the contrary, they told the groin
dealers to como right along. "Wo are
paying more for produce now," said they,
"than Is being paid by any town ln the
State. Wo aro selling to ourselves at
lower rates than those of any other dealer
In tho State. If you can come In and pay
us more than we can afford to pay, nnd
sell to us lower thnn wo can sell, we will
gain both ways. If you establish a grain,
elevator opposite our own and pay more
than wo do, wo will go there and sell to
you."
Baffled In this, the grain dealers threat?
ened to Influence the railroad compnny to
stop shipping tho produce and supplies
of the farmers. But as the farmers were
good customers of tbo railroad, nnd as
the railroad wns compelled by law to haul,
this threat, of course, amounted to noth?
ing.
Next came the dealers In1' agricultural
Implements, who complained that tho
farmers wero selling to themselves at
wholesale rates, and insisted thnt they
should stop doing so. But the farmers
replied that this was a free country, and
they had a right to buy and sell ns they
saw lit. If these dealers would not sell
to them, they would look to others. And
so that threat fell to the ground.
That Is one of tho finest trusts wo ever
heard of, nnd wo are glad to know It
is getting along so prosperously. It Is the
right ot farmers, as well as others, to or?
ganizo for their own protection and bene?
fit; It Is their right to get as much as
thoy can for their products and to pur?
chase their supplies as cheaply as possi?
ble, nnd all efforts from whatever source
to prevent them from doing either Is nn
effort nt trespass nnd Is not to bo tol?
era ted. I-Iurrnh for the Farmers' Trust of
Iowa! We wish there wero such trusts
ln Virginia.
SENATOR BURTON'S PLAN.
Several days ago wo discussed briefly
Senator Rurton's pinn to storo tho sur?
plus waters of the Mississippi to prevent
overflows and to irrigato arid lands with
the surplus.
Mr. R. ?. Hnislip, Inte editor of the
Staunton News, and now of tho Norfolk
Virglnlan-Pllot. who has given tho ques?
tion study, says that the? plan Is not orig?
inal with Senator Burton. Ho says that
ho and others havo written on the sub?
ject from timo to timo, and he thinks that
tills is tho only plan which offers a sat?
isfactory solution of tho problem.
In further discussing the subject Mr.
llnlsllp snys:
"No doubt many of your renders think
that if a stone wnll wero constructed on
ondi bank of the river and carried to con?
siderado height, nothing moro would be
necessary to confino the Mississippi with?
in Its bounds. Or this being prohibitive,
on account of cost, thoy cannot under?
stand why tho levees already thero can?
not bo strengthened and carried to a
BUfliolent height tn afford adequate pro?
tection.
"Aro they or yourself aware of the. fnct
'that the mud held In suspension in the
water is constantly settling, and that
through this process of sedimentation tho
bed of the river Is constantly lining up,
causing the water level to riso higher
nnd higher nil tho time?
"Well, this Is what Is taking place, I
was born In Louisiana not far from tho
Mississippi River, and through tho Civil
"War I lived os a boy back from Vlcks
burg on ono of tho numerous bayous that
aro formed In Ilio Mississippi lowlands,
At that time little attention wus paid to
the lov?es, nnd many of them wero cut.
When tho high waters caino they spread
over tho whole Mississippi alluvial region,
nnd In plac?s lhe river would be f.fty or
sixty miles wide. It went over tho plan?
tations a few feet to a few inches deep,
all the bayous and lagoons woro syollcn,
aud for a day or two thero was somo
Inconvenience from it, but because of the
immenso area over which tho waters
spread, there wero not tho disastrous re
suits that como from a How of waters that
suddenly burst their bounds. Thero are
compensations In every overflow of this
kind, which enriches and renews tho soil.
"Noto tho chungo that nus taken place
In the height of tho tercos from that day
to this. I venturo to any that tho levees
of to-day aro from ten to fifteen feet
higher than they wero at the beginning
of the Civil War, and if any of tho old
lev?es i'?'111 bo found, as I havo no doubt
they can, I believe this disparity will ap?
pear. The effort to confino the waters
has necessitated building higher nnd
highenJas tho channel filled up, so that
now in high wuter when you trna'el on
the' Mississippi by boat you look down
Way below to see the houses, tho land
and tho people. This bank of earth, soft
alluvial earth at that. Is nil that prevents
tho waters from tumbling over on lhe
bouses and the people. Every time the
waters rise thoy brine fresh mud to dis?
ti Unite in the bottoni of the. river, and
fop every Inob. of mud that accumul?tes
on tho bottom an ludi inoro of dirt rnUBt
be put on top of tho levees.
? "As a result the struggili) of tho waters
to get down to the lower level, whero the
houses and tlie people are, becomes in.
l< risiili?. 1. Nature at limes gets the bet?
ter of (he stryggle, and a break occurs,
followed by disaster.
'?Where'!? thla piling up of tho waters
t., end, and what l? '" h<- the re-uit?
"Now, as tu tho alternativo. Tlieie are
along the Mississippi and its tributaries
grent basins of a lower level thnn the
lands In cultivation: swamp lands, old
channels once occupied by the main
stream, nnd the like, that might be
cleaned out nnd mnde still moro espa?
cions, into which much of tbo surplus
waters might bo turned, rellovlng the
pressure on tho levees farther down (he
rh-er. Nor would the expense, probably,
be so grent. Whether this diverted wnter
could he used to advantage in irrigation
Is a problem for the engineer. Brohably
much of it could prof.tnbly be so used.
No turo has prepared tho stnr.-igo bnslns.
"In my opinion tho dny Is not very dls
tnnt when necessity will dr1v/> tho gov?
ernment to ndnpl some plnn of diversion,
In conjunction with tho loreo system. If
the wnter so diverted enti bo then used
for Irrigating purposes, so much the bet?
ter for tho economic development of the
country,"
"Tho peonngo system," so called, In Ala?
bama and some other States Is now tho
subject of sharp criticism nnd rigid Inves?
tigation. It hns been mnde possible?
what there Is ot it?under laws which
provide that If the renter of a houso or
a contract laborer abrogates his contract
and ceases to pny rent or to labor for
the contractor, he may bo arrested and
farmed out to labor, without compensa?
tion and under guard, to whomsoever bids
for hla time. Petty offenders are also
llnble to lnws of like ehnrnoter.
It Is alleged by some newspaper writers
that tho condition of tho "peon" Is "worse
thnn that of the slaves used to be." This
we may well believe, as tlio slavo had a
master whose Interest It was to see hhn
well cared for. However, we do not
credit nil that we read about the peon
system ln Alabama. Abuses of existing
laws no douht there ore, and they ought
to bo corrected, but tho sensational press
In engaged In writing up stories which wo
must discount largely.
The matter has become the subject of
Investigation now, nnd has awakened the
attention ot the religious community, and
wo have no doubt the faults in tho law
will bo discovered and vigorous remedies
applied.
In connection with the important decis?
ion of tho Supremo Court of Appeals In
tho case of Tnylor vs. tho Commonwealth,
It should have been stated by us that In
the absence of tho Attorney-General, on
account of sickness, Mr. A. C. Braxton, of
Staunton, filed a very able nnd conclusivo
argument in tho caso. Ho appeared for
the Commonwealth at the request of tho
Attorney-General, but declined to accept
any compensation whatever for his ser?
vices.
The Parisian sculptor, Joso de Chorno}*,
Is working on a statue of Edgar Allan
Poe. A correspondent of tho Baltlmoro
American says It will bo "a remarkable
production," and that a sketch of the
work already hns gono to America. What
disposition Is to be made of the statue,
when finished, Is not stated. Perhaps
Richmond might secure it, If our people
wish to do so.
At tho White House dinner Sir Thomas
Llpton caused much surprise when be said
that If ho should win the cup this time It
would represent an Investment of con?
siderably more than $2,000,000. This year's
expenses will amount to over $1,000,000.
He unhesitatingly says that if he loses
this year he will try again.
Senator Ix>dgQ donles that he wishes to
become chairman ot the National -Repub?
lican Committee. Ho favors the retention
of Mr. Hanna.
So does the President, who has so stated
In person to Mr, Hanna. Tho latter said
he would give the matter serious consid?
eration, though ho had almost made up
his mind to retiro.
Mr. Carnegie Is said ito be buying up
quito a number of old fossils. He can
find nn abundant supply In -many parts
of old Virginia If he will take the ani?
mated kind.
Floods and cyclonos will take a back
sent next week, when the New York
Tribune's annual returns from the 4th
of July fireworks como In.
Now Is the time for some American
heiress -to make a deal with "nobility."
King Peto is a. gny widower, and needs
funds very badly,
Speaking of the "Wilmington. Dela?
ware, lynching, it -must be admitted
that with similar provocation pnetty
much tho same thing might havo hap?
pened in Mississippi or Toxns.
The Associated Press gravely Informs
us that. Mr. Clovoland expects while at
Blizzard's Bay to do some fishing.
"Pomo fishing" is good.
Jett'** end White's punishment Is al?
ready greater thnn they can bear. At
the Lexington Jail thoy havo been de?
prived of whlskoy rations.
Klghty-slx. cents per bushel for new
wheat does vory well as a starter. Dol?
lar wheat Is not Impossible this year.
Hon. Charles Emory Smith's postal
scandal explanation differed from some
othora In thnt It did Homo explaining.
A very good time for tho peacemaker
to got in bla work is Just before the row
commences.
O, well, June Isn't the only month in
the matrlinonlnl calendar. There is noth?
ing tho matter with July.
With a Comment or Two.
The TrlgR" creditors ought to be well
pleased with getting a government bond
Instead of a rusting mass of steel ilbs
and plates.--Newport News Times-Her
uld.
Thoy aro. Did you think they wanted
tho oarth-7
'We Judge from (he silence that has?
fallen o'ver the esteemed Commoner that
Col. Pry a ? has withdrawn the nanio of
Judge Clark, of North Carolina," is thu
way Tbo Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch looks
at it. We suspect thai Mr, Hryan Ih play?
ing Ilio i?art of ?tage manager and is In?
troducing light specialties tu the inidi
enca while he prepares the stage for the
grand llnale.--Montgomery Advertiser.
Perhaps bo. Anyhow Clark la light
enough.
The Tlmes-Dlspatch says: "Tbo new
Constitution Is nil right now. The Slit
preme Court of Appeals halb said it." As
we read the decinlon tue court said tlio
Constitution must bo all right as die
Legislature, and Stale ollieera had so ac.
cept-d ?t. but (ho court warned It under?
stood that it did not pass upon tho night
of the convention to declare tlie Constitu?
tion, which If it had no right io do
makes It Invalid. Thai Is about tbo usual
supreme court decision.?Newport News
Tluios-lic-iald.
lilackstone may now chiim to be a
double-barreled prohibition town?Rich.
mond Times-Dlspulch.
Oh lib, not a double-barrel but a repell?
er.? Blackstorie Courlfsr,
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The Petersburg Index-Appeal remarks:
Tho North nnd tho South, in perfect
good fellowship, ore swapping evils. The
North Is getting our lynching?, nnd wo
nro getting Its strikes. Apparently, the
North Is getting the best of the bargain.
Here Is a brief lecture from the Manae
sas Journal:
It Is lime the whlto people of the South
took some steps to protect the colored
mn.n In the land of his friends. The
Northerner and Westerner Is getting too
handy with tho torch and gun. Crimes
are terrible, horrible, sometimes Inhu?
man, but mob rulo Is a dangerous menace
to our very civilization.
Discussing tho Delaware lynching case,
tho Northampton Times says:
Virginia courts havo finally realized
the efficacy of promptness In sudi cases,
and It Is hoped that, this populnr demon?
stration on tho part of Dclawareans will
servo ns a lesson for tho futuro guidance
of their Judiciary, should there evei ho
nnother occasion for consideration of a liko
cape?which God forbid.
The Newport News Times-Herald says:
By indorsing Roosevelt for IDOS tho
Virginia Republicans show a disposition!
not only to bo in tho band wagon, but
to sit on the front seat and drive.
Tho Norfolk Virginian-Pilot shies this
brick:
Hon. Campbell Slemn has Jumped right
Into tho rolo of tho Elijah of the Re?
publican outfit with unbounded zeal. A
new man Is needed, ns tho old stagors
havo worn their prophecy departments
threadbare
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Remarks About Richmond.
Newport News Press: Tho Richmond
Council's Investigating Commltteo will
liardlv take advantage of the presonco of
Pinkerton detectives In town to cull them
In for consultation.
Norfolk Ledger! It Is all right for the
Mayor of Richmond's "Sympathies to be
with tho strikers, If he so wishes, but he
scarcely acted wisely In making a pub?
llo announcement of It while attempting
to quoll tho mob-and tho Increased dis?
order which followed his declaration, "I
am with you, boys," will probably be a
lesson to ltltn,
Newport News Tlmis-Hernld: The
Richmond hose-ball club wns unable to
pull Itself out of the kindergarten class.
Suffolk Herald: Without passing on tho
points at Issue between tho striking
street-railway men and their employers
In Richmond, wo regrot to seo that In the
capital of tho State thero Is so much
lawlessness and disorder, and so much
Sympathy with lawlessness and disor?
der.
Farmville Herald: Wo have a tender
sympathy for Richmond, tho pot of nil
Virginia, In this her hour of trial. Con?
ventions all gone, legislators in tho corn
fields, shipyard closed and pressing ne?
cessity to walk In midsummer, Sorry
trouble aro upon hor In battalions. But
Richmond has been often tried as If by
lire and as yot thero Is not even tho
smell of smoke on her garments, Though
sho has to walk sho will "got there.','
?
North Carol Ina Sentiment.
Hero Is the way the Charlotte Observer
looks at It: With the spreading of the
lynching mania north-ward and tho south?
ward mardi of the strlko-rlot, ns demon?
strated at Wilmington, Del., and Rich?
mond, Va., this week, It looks as If tho
timo of tho peculiarly sectional evil had
passed.
Tho Raleigh News-Observer says: What
Is a good character? In a recent trial
In North Carolina, a person accused of
crime proved "a good character" hy good
men when his defense ,was that ho was
drunk and tho alibi ho sought to prove
placed him In a house of ill-fame. Can
such n. man be said to be a man of good
character? . ? ". ? >
Tho Warrenton Record, sneaking of the
proposed work of tho Anti-Saloon League
in tho Stato, says:
Tho present temporaneo movement In
North Carolina bids fair to accomplish
great good. Being non-polltlcal, non-soc
tarlln, not radical, it can unite all" who
desire to promoto the cause of temperance
In tho State. - ;
Tho Raleigh Post says: Tho Democrats
of Iowa, in State Convention assembled,
by a very largo majority, voted down ?
proposition to reaffirm the Nansas City
platform. Democracy Is coming round
all right.
Tho Durham ITehald says: Tho Virginia
Republicans havo endorsed Mr. Roosevelt
for tho nomination. Southern Republicans
like Southern Democrats, can ho depend?
ed upon lo endorso anything that their
parties may do.
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Decreasing Disorder.
Tho Mayor of Richmond has stopped
the park band concerts, as ho did not
want to Increase tho disorder,?Newport
News Times-Herald.
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GIRL'S FROCK.
Box-pleated dresses in Russian stylo
siili continuo to be .popular. Tho design
shown hern for a little miss Is capable
of several variations. Tho box-pleat ef?
fect In front and back may bo simply
stitched or may ho trimmed with iroad
bands of lnco reaching from nock to
lower edgo of dress; or may bo embel?
lished by hnnd-embroldery or French
knots along tho line of box-pleats, and
in tho front.
Tho skirt Is circular and gives a pretty
flare ot the lower edge, which is so bo
coming to childish figures,
. No. 4,323?Slues for 4, 6, S and 10 years.
On receipt of 10 cents this pattern will
bo sent to any address. All orders must
bo directed (o THE LITTLE FOLKS
PATTERN CO., ' 78 Fifth Avenue, Now
York. When ordering please do not fall
to mention number.
No. 4,323.
FJze,
Nume.
Address.,.....,..,...,
By COL. RU8HFORD THIBEAU,
Author of "Nabobs and Knaves," "Sealed Llpe," "Blue Blood and Red,"
Etc., Etc. Copyright by Author.
CHAPTER XVI.
SAH? HOI
Such ft situation as that aboard tho
Vulture could only bo tomporary. The
very elements of It, tho relations of
those Involved, and tho celerity with
whloh Instinctive distrust always seizes
nnd note upon suspicious circumstances,
made it Impossible to avert for any long
duration a clash and crisis ot some sort.
Yet Walton's strategy, born of utter
desperation, provod efficacious through
tho succeeding day and until the aftor
noon of that following. By transferring
Redlaw to his stateroom, by having Lady
Somera scon in company with him by
tho cook during tho lattor's duties below,
nnd by Wnlton'? representations above
board. It wns very generally accepted
that the pirate's seclusion waa entirely
voluntnry. But against this, oven with the
Implied lnfntuntlon, an opposition eoonor
or later would suroly arise.
Still securely bound, guarded by ono be?
lieved to bo faithful, with his enrly In?
difference turned to importent wrath, Red
law Iny glaring from his berth nt tho
fnco of tlio man watching besldo him.
This wns Lieut. Robert Vnil, lato of
her Majesty's cruiser War Hawk, and
now bound by tho oath of a traitor and
coward to loyal service aboard the pi?
rata Vulture. But thero was llttlo of loy?
alty In tho look with which ho now met
Rcdlaw's glare, and tho vengeful auster?
ity of his bloodless features, and the ner?
vous Impatience with which he toyed
with tho knlfo at his belt, wero not sig?
nificant of fidelity to tho vow tho pirate
had Imposed. Alternating with Ben
Logan, while Walton rigorously perform?
ed his own duties, one of tho two had
constantly been on guard at Rodlaw'a
sido, ns yet unsuspected by the crow.
That through some power over this
man Vail the plrato had cherished a
secret hopo of dollverance, the failure of
which was fast turning him reckless'oven
of life, would have been apparent had
thero been others to hava heard their
subdued but bitter Intercourse at just that
time.
"Well, what d'ye say? Will you do It,
or not?" Redlaw demanded, as one whose
questions had been many times vainly re?
peated.
Vail aneworod him with bitter decisive?
ness.
"I say what I've said from tho first?
I can't trust you, and won't! I'<t*e no?
thing to Insure me that you'll not be as
falso in this ns In the other!"
"You havo my word! It's all I can'
give you!"
"And I already have proved Its worth
lcssness. I say no! I'll not do It."
Redlaw rented a series of bitter Im?
precations.
"You're a cursed fool!" he hoarsely
argued, wriggling helgher in lAa narrow
berth. "D'ye think this situation can last?
It must have an ending?and by G?d, I'll
end you with it, I'm insure you of that
much! Will you do It, or not?"
"No, I'll not!"
It's your only hope of besting this devil
Walton, along.with nil the rest. Even
If you all were to escapo mo.'whlch as
God hears me, I'll prevent nt the cost of
my? life, you'd ha/re no further chance
against tho love your sweetheart now
bears him! She'd give herself to him
body and soul for the mere asking! D'ye
know that?"
"Ayo, I know It!"
With the curt responses, mnde with In?
tense and bitter virulence, there rose to
Vall's white countenance ? mingling of
jealousy and hatred that betrayed, far
beyond words, his murderous sentiments
against the man mentioned. Too plainly
his recent observations of Emily had de?
tected tho girl's loving passion; too keen?
ly ho realized ln how far Walton had
risen 1n the wny of his own cherished
aspirations, and too woll he know that,
by his removal only could ho hope to re?
claim a heart and hand long felt to
become his own. But while treachery
would have been easy under some circum?
stances, those, of the present wero des?
perato beyond the daring of one himself
a coward and traitor.
"Aye, I know it!" he repeated, with
eyes as evil as tho pirate's own. "But
her passion for this common seaman?"
"Faugh, you fool! It's enough for her
that he's not a common man, If a com?
mon, seaman. I tell you ho owns her?
or may, If he will! In my offer alone you
are given a wny to best him, to sink him
out of your course forever. Turn traitor
to him now, sot mo free, or eyen give
Snggetts a hint of the situation here,
and on my word I'll set you and the
women safe ashore In Melbourne. What
d'ye say? Will you do it?"
The offer was a great temptation, but
the hazard greater still.
"I would If I could trust you?but I
can't!" said Vail, decisively. "No, I will
not chance It."
"You know the alternative?"
"I know what you threaten."
"D'ye think I'll not mako good the
threat?" demanded Redlaw, with brutal
asperity. "By heaven, you shall sen! I
delay only" to servo my own ends. This
thing can't last much longer. If.lt does,
If I'm not free by to-morrow, so help
me God, I'll cxpnso you! I'll bring you to
my terms, or ruin your hopes, my hearty,
make sure of that! What d'ye say? Will
you do it?"
With murder Itself In his pale blue eyes,
tho miscreant seated near tho berth bent
nearer, loosing his knlfo from Its sheath.
"No, I'll not do Iti" ho replied, slowly,
hissing out the words through his set
teeth. "And I bay this. also. Redlaw.
If I am in your power in a wny, so now,
at least, are you In mino also! If I
thought you would do what you have
threatened, I would kill you hero and
now! Nor will I go far from you fr'oni
this out! If I heur from your lips ono
word of betrayal; I'll not watt for Wal?
ton's further orders! I will cut your In?
fernal throat with the first word that
tends to expose mo nnd my?"
But there, while tho face nf either de?
pleted passions scarco to bo contained,
bo abruptly checked himself, starting
hurriedly up and darting to the open
door. The fall of feet on the companion
stairs had alarmed him. and Walton,
more than ever pale and stern, fairly
met blm ln Ihe cabin floor.
"What's wrong?" Vail gasped quick?
ly. "Anything now?"
"I don't kimw," said Walton, anxiously.
"I got the signal from Ben that ho wishes
to see mo. lie should havo been hero by
this time."
The vole? of tho man Bounded
strained and unnatural. That he felt
more 'than any other the awful burden
of peril and suspense: that on blm (ho
stress of anxiety . was tolling most
severely, was vividly apparont In
countless signs. But his dread and mis?
givings wero not because of self; far
fioin it; and only his love for another,
for a Ufe and honor fearer far thnn
bis own, could b:ivo imposed so fearful
a mental and physical strain. Hut do
splto appearances, the will of the man
was .still Biipienje.
Scarce hnd he spoken in reply to V-,)l
vhvfi a sound Indicated the Approach
or. ??? Logan from the vessel'- bold;
and ut tho same time both Ladv Burn?
ers ?nd Emily, who had heard Waiton's
vole*, -.nneared from tholr room. On
them Walton bestowed only a faint smile,
that of on encouragement whtcn v?as
never wanting, despite his own secret
fears; and, turning at once to tho sea?
man, he quickly askod:
"Why did you signal me, Ben?"
"Because I wanted a word with you,
lad," the old seaman gravely answered,
still cleaving to tho fond term of com?
radeship with which ho alwuys had nd
dressod him. "Somo o' tho dirty lub?
bers for'nrd oro wearln' looks not to my
liking. They're not pleased with the
turn o' things, lad, that's plain enough.
'Taln't like seamen to sail long with?
out a sight o' ?tho' cap'n, e'en though a
pretty woman's below. And aforo bad
comes to wuss, lad, I'd say wo'd best
plan how to moot it."
Ronowed apprehensions, a fear the
fato thus far averted might now be
swift In overtaking Ihem, sont a deeper
pallor to tho cheeks ot Lady Soiners
and Emily. Even tho features of Vail
underwent a chango that betrayed his
feollngs, and ho fell to trembling visi?
bly. But tho countenance of Walton,
gravo even |to severity, remained ns
coldly composed as If tho hitter deter?
mination with which ho wns Inspired
had turned the outer man to stono.
"Have tho mon said anything that
furthers itheso misgivings, Ben?" ho
asked.
"Not afore mo, lad," paid Ben, with
a shako of his gray bend. 'Mint looks
and actions speak louder'n words, lad,
at times."
'"That's true enough," admitted Wal?
ton. "Yet I don't wish to provoke a
more desperate situation by any hasty
action, If It still can be averted. My
design has thus far carried, and I hope
by to-morrow to have run tho vessel so
near a port that a night escapo may bo
effected In ono of tho boats, mnd a har?
bor safely made."
But pen Logan again shook his head.
"The sooner dono tho better, lad, if
that's your plan," ho said, gravoly.
"The mcn'll not stand by to run tho ves?
sel and themselves Into danger, save
Redlaw himself commands It. They're
taking your orders now only in fcaro'
him, lad. and that can't lo3t much long?
er. It shows jilaln enough In their ugly
faces, lad."
"Havo you sounded the hands taken
from the Nord Brandt?"
"Aye, lad, In ? way. But I reckon
they'll shrink from taking too long a
chance, It's not a matter o' Ufo and
death with 'em now, lad, as 'twas, afore."
"Have you any suggestion to offer?"
"I have!" Vail Impulsively exclaimed.
Ho started out from tho door through
which ho hnd been watching Redlaw.
His eyes were brighter now. Some? of
that desperate spirit had risen within
him, which tho taunt of Walton on the
Nord Brandt's after deck had Inspired,
nnd which had lifted him to heroism In
tho ensuing combat with tho Tartar pi?
rates.
"G advise at onco a moro aggressive
move," ho eagerly explained. "It can
bo mado better now than later, If what
Ben Logan says Is true. By strategy wo
should be ablo to get at least a part of
tho crow under the hatches and confine
thorn there. With tho help of the Nord
Brandt's men wo may bo ablo to over?
come tho rest."
"And then?" queried Walton, with a
curious expression appearing In the
depths of'hls eyes. ""
'Then run the vessel straight Into
port!" cried Vail, decisively. "The treos
uro aboard her will revert to us. Her
knavish crew will meet their Just de
serts. It can be dono! With a little care?
ful work the design can ho executed I
As well try that as to tako less promising
chances! Tho first step to tako Is that
of killing Redlaw himself, whose power
over tho mon?"
"Stop right there, Llo'ut. Vaili" said
Walton, sternly. "Thero Is something
you have perhaps forgotten, which I re?
call.'"
"What Is that?" demanded Vail, in?
voluntarily recoiling under tho frowning
gazo of the man ho had confronted.
"A certain morning of so recent date
that Its horrors still should bo fresh In
your mind, sir! I do not forget, even If
you havo forgotten, that but for this man
Redlaw, and his vessel nnd his crew, you
and I and these poor women hero would
now be rotting at the bottom of tho sea!"
"Good God!" you don't mean that you
would spare?"
"I mean all that my words Imply!" in?
terrupted Walton, with a burst of pas?
sionate disapproval. "Only as a last re?
sort shall the Ufo of Redlaw bo sacri?
fiera?aye, his life, his vessel, or his men!
I do not forget that to him and his mon
wo owe our preservation on thnt fright?
ful morning. Do you talk to mo of treas?
ure and Just deserts? I am not a robber
of outlaws even! Their Just deserts at
your hands and mino oro not punlehment
and death! I am not the man to disre?
gard a service rendered?though rendered
by an outlaw. I bellovo In giving life
for life?though tho ono bo that of on
ocean renegado even! Lot your blood?
hounds of tho soa hunt down these men,
but don't expect It of me, sir! And I
roy again, now and for all, only as a
last resort, only to save yonder women
from death or dishonor, shall Redlaw,
his men or his vessel bo sacrificed by any
act of mine! That's final, sir! Our es?
cape ! must bo effected In eomo other
way."
There was something more than senti?
mental gratitude in tho forco with which
Walton had spoken. Thero was a re?
buke which sent a momentary flood of
color to the faco of Robert Vail, and the
gieam that briefly flrod his shrinking eyes
was that of bitterest resentment.
But on Emily Somers, trembling near
by, tho words fell most effectively, for
thoy revealed anew tho magnificent man?
hood of him to whom hor very heart and
soul had been given. With a thrill ot
pride, blinded for ? moment to hot? own
danger, with cheeks and oyes suddenly
glowing, she obeyed tho Impulse of a
naturo irresistibly moved by ? grandeur
approaching the heroic, and exclaimed ap?
provingly:
"You aro right, Mr. Walton! The debt
of life Is not one to bo forgotten or
ruthlessly ignored! Only an utter ingrato
would adopt tho plan suggetsedl"
Vail swung round llko a flash.
"Do you forget where you are, to what
you have beon subjected, and the design
of yonder cut-throat?" he cried, pnssion
atoly. "I soy tho situation requires?"
"Silence! Tho situation will bo met ns
I deem best and wisest. Will you bring
tho whole ship's crew upon ua with your
Infernal tongue? Silence, I say!"
Tho words broke from Wallon with a
severity that commanded silence Indeed.
For half a minute not a sound was heard
In the Vulture's cabin. Then, putting an
end to tho discord thero, terminating a
discussion vain from tho beginning, nnd
thrilling every hearer through and
through hy the bare possibilities It sug?
gested,.'there came a cry from the ves?
sel's deck:
"Sail, ho! Sail, ho!"
: (To bo continued to-morrow.)
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and comb under tho head .of clothing,
while a tooth brush for somo extraordi?
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A PROMINENT SOAP
Company was spending
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It decided one year
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tion down to half that
amount, thinking the
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After a few months the
sales fell off to an alarm?
ing degree and it took
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get the article back to
its original position in
people's minds.
To advertise successful?
ly, you should advertise
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The best medium to
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ANIMAL STORIES
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BOYS AND GIRLS
A Chango of Diet,
Little Tommy Grasshopper
A naughty habit had;
Ho'd chow all day and night time
Tobacco good or bad.
Doctor Suck hoard of the case,
And called his aid to lend.
He said, "I'll ?uroly cure you.
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Tho Hopper said he'd pay hlrn,
Tho Doctor said; "All right*
We'll start this very moment,
I'll euro your falling quite,"
AND CALLED HIS AID TO LEND,
The Doctor changed his diet?
Bald "No potato vines,
No green peas ln the morning?,
No beets or melon -rinda.
"No cantaloupes or peaches.
No plums or celery,
No lima beans or parsnips,
They don't with you agree.
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Eat It alone for food,
And I am euro tobacco
Will never moro taste good.
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Makes muscle by the pound?
And for good health I think It's
The best thing ever found."
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I'll eat It anyway."
Alas! ho ato and ate Jt,
But choked to death, they say.
HENRY LIPHINCOTTi
Personal and General.
Colonel Elijah Walker, of Somerville,
Mass., has tho distinction of being the
only surviving field ofllcer of the Armi
ot tho Potomac, Ho Is one ot the oldest
veterans also.
Leopold H. Wioman, president of the
Northeastern Saengerbund, and Professor
David Melamct, director of the recent
Saengorfest in Baltimore, have gone to
Europe to spend the summer.
R.' T. Daniel, who owns many blocke
of Spokane, Wash., most of tho town of
Trail, In British Columbia, and 10,000 acre?
of land In Cuba, left Glasgow, Ky., twen?
ty-ilvo years ago and arrived ln Spokane
with Just il in his pocket.
General Crozler, chief of ordnance, has
made arrangements for procuring a full
supply of the new pattern 21-Inch rifle for
the regular army and State militia as
rapidly as the funds at his disposal for
the purpose will permit.
. .
As Viewed Abroad.
A well known Virginia preacher acude
(he following; ,
Editor of Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch ;
Sir.?The recent events In your city
have caused sorrow throughout the
Staio. In a trip of ten days through Dor
tlons of Chesterflold. Cumberland; Pow
Jiatun and Albemarlo -have 'heard
scarcely a half dozen people that uphold,
tho eauso of tho strikers, while In at least
ono caso the family of one of them deeply
regretted his connection with the matter,
The general feeling seems to be that the
rlotln? and lawlessness of so-called sym?
pa t hi zers have caused the strikers to lose
the sympathy of all law-abiding people.
That the Slate should lose thousands of
dollars, and that the blood of her citizen
soldiers should bo shed to protect life and
lu-nporty In the capital of the Common?
wealth Is considered a disgrace and an
hutraue. Let these misguided young men
cease to contend for a cause that Is no*Y
deservedly lost. CITIMI*
. Scottsvillo, Va.
1 ?.?
A Preacher's Idea.
Editor of The Tlmes-rDlspateh:
Sir.?I came to the Old Dominion Hoe?
pltul a few days ago for treatment, and
1 du not know who is to blame for the
state of affairs in this beloved city, but.
the fault Is somewhere, and I believe the
beat and ?Hieltest way to settle this trou
blo would,bo foi? the contending 6ldes to
upply thV?oldoi.^ule.. ^ p0WJ_rjjf
Richmond, Va., J_uneJ?9_th^_-U
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