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Congress to Recognize Claims
of Several Department, Em
ployes For Increase
REVENUE, LAND ANI POSTAL
President Plans to Increase Industrial
Peace Fund—Tailor» Decide on Cor
•eta for Fat Men—Cuban Who Once
Tried to Kill President to Call on
Him—Washington News.
Washington, Feb. 9.—Millions of
money for Increase In salaries is to be
voted by congress before adjournment.
In accordance with a very carefully
arranged plan the legislative and Ju
dicial bill, which raised the compensa
tion of senators and congressmen, is
being held 'back in conference until a
schedule for equalising and Increasing
employes In the internal revenue and
land departments and the postofflce
branch of the service is decided upon.
"I have no doubt that many public
spirited men who recognize the useful
nesa of this work will contribute so a«s
to make the annual Interest in every
way adequate to carry out its pur
poses," said Secretary Straus of the
department of commerce and labor, in
discussing the prospective work to be
done with the income of the Nobel
peace prize fund received by President
Roosevelt from the Norwegian parlia
ment Secretary Straus, as head of the
department of commerce and labor, Is
one
of the trustees of the fund, and is
taking a
great
deal of
interest in the
success of the work. The amount of
the fund approximates $37,000. Upon
the passage of bills pending in congress
to establish the NSbel prize founda
tion, active steps will be taken by the
.-/• board of trustees to put their provis-
Ions into practical effect. An "indus
trial peace committee," representing la
bor, capital and the general public, is
tp be appointed to hold conferences an
nually in Washington to discuss indus
trial problems, and its expenses are to
be paid from the income of the fund.
Corsets for corpulent men, waist
coat buttons costing from $5 to $50
.apiece for those who wish to put up a
swell front, the long soft roll effect In
lapels and straight box coats, whether
or not they are friendly to your physi
cal conformation, area few of the rules
\vhlch were laid down for the well
dressed anen of 1907 by the Merchant
'Tailors' National Protective Assocla
tion of America at its meeting in the
Arlington hoteL_^
Spring styles^and plates exhibiting
them will be issued within a few
weeks, according to leading members
who were present.
Narrow shoulders, with a rather
quare effect and shorter sack coats
„tyl rule. Pads upon the shoulders and
the" fong, loose effect of all coats will
ha.ve to go.
Trousers may be turned up at the
bottom or not, according to the own
er's taste. They will b^ in blue,
jyrown and various shades of green.
irftho mixed goods will be permissible.
On the Ward liner steamer Mexico,
which arrived In New York from Ha
vana, was Emanuel Gonzales, 40 years
old, who served as a corporal tinder
General Weyler and afterwards in the
Spanish-American war. As he was In
the fight at Kettle Hill he wants to
come to Washington to see President
Roosevelt 'before he sails for his home
in Madrid, as he believes he shot at
'the president in that battle.
Gonzales sailed hither so he could
•atlsfy the ambition of his last years—
to see the president whom he is con
vinced he once tried to kill. He says
he is sure of a welcome from his old
enemy, whom he so much admires.
Apparently the government has won
an extraordinary victory as a result
the prosecutions It has Instituted
against the managers and agents of the
Honduras lottery.
Suits have been brought in various
places thruout the country, one indict
ment has been piled upon another, and
-things have been made so hot for the
lottery people that they have thrown
up the sponge and have gone out of
business. At leas* they assert that this
is so, but to make assurance doubly
sure the government proposes to press
•ome of the indictments to a speedy
trial in the hope of breaking up the
entire machinery of one of the most
dangerous concerns ever known in this
country.
For many years the general public
has understood that the selling of lot
tery tickets in this country was
stamped out by the decision of the
United States supreme court, which
,prevented the New Orleans lottery
making use of the mails to send tick
•ets or prizes. Recently, however, an
offshoot of the old New Orleans lot
tery, generally known as the Honduras
Lottery company, has established itself
in this country and has succeeded in
tlolng an enormous business, the ex
tent of which was suspected by no out
sider until government investigators
began their inquiry.
Orville Wright's Conjurer.
Orvllle Wright, the famous aeronaut
of Dayton, was talking with a newspa
per correspondent In Washington,
"A hundred times," said Mr. Wright,
•'"I have explained why my brother and
I refuse to give a public exhibition of
flying, but still reproaches continued
to fall on us.
"After all, what good would an ex
hibition do? We would just show off
a little, and afterwards, ten to one,
some of our secrets would be stolen
from us."
He smiled and said:
"You know the story of the amateur
conjurer? At a dinner In a hotel one
night (he leaned forward and, very
proud of his skill, said to the man op
posite him:
'Excuse me—there is something
there
"And separating the leaves of the
man's salad, he disclosed a diamond
Ving.
"'Dear, dear, how careless!' the man
exclaimed. 'I am always leaving things
about like that."
"•ad be took the ring up and fcand-
ed It over his shoulder to the waitress.
"'A little present for you,' he said.
"Our showing off." Mr. Wright end
ed. "would have, I'm sure, some such
result as that."
I Oddity in the News
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Chicago.—Frank Raimbault, a weal
thy Irving Park politician, gave a party
last night which was unique in two
respects.
Raimbault's wife recently obtained a
divorce from him and he conceived the
idea of entertaining all her relatives,
in order to prove that he wns not a bud
fellow, and to convince them she was
l'oolish to have a divorce from him.
Several of them said they wero con
vinced.
The feature of the party was that
while the jollity was at its height.
Raimbault was himself arrested on the
complaint of his
ex-mother-in-law,
Mrs. John Kng. who was not Invited
to the party, and who proved unrelent
ing. The warrant charged Raimbault
with entering the state of matrimony
within a year after had been
divorced the first time. It is now the
law of Illinois, and RaimbauU is about
the first one it has been tried upon. He
says the charge Is not true.
He is 40 and the girl, Julia, Is 19,
and pretty. They -went to St. Paul on
their wedding trip, but the journey
was cut short, and a week after their
marriage the young wife came homo to
her parents. Two weeks later she se
cured a divorce.
Trousers or Clean Street*.
Muskogee, I. T.—"Give us pants or
give us clean streets," Is the plea of the
lassies who slave for the government
in offices of the capital commissioner
to the live civilized tribes. A petition
has been prepared by the young wo
men stenographers and clerks, and they
declare they will forward the petition
to congress to be permitted to don
trousers until the streets become pass
able. The petition in part reads:
"Whereas, there are cars in the mid
dle of the alleged streets, but as the
streams of water on either side of the
car tracks make it Impossible to reach
the same without canoes, and as many
of the petitioners cannot swim
"Now, therefore, In view of the fact
that the petitioners have to walk and
have the manners of God's noblest
creature, 'man,' we respectfully pray
that we may be allowed to wear forked
clothes, thereby adding very much to
our bodily and mental comfort, as well
as better being able to perform our du
ties as humble servants of the govern
ment."
Saved a Picture First.
Des Moines.—Leaving his wife and
seven children surrounded by flames in
•his home, Taylor Trotter grabbed) an
expensive oil painting of his mother
and rushed out Into the snow. The
cold -upon his bar ?eet aroused him,
and^y'* rescued hid family with great
difflcu^y. He was badly burned on
the hai^s and head.
Corpse ia Held for a Debt.
San Bernardo, Cal.—Louisl Cohen,
a wealthy wholesale dealer of Pitts
Held, Mass., lies in a casket in Wells
Fargo's office here embalmed for the
tomb, but altho the expense of shipping
the body Is fully prepaid the company
Is restrained by a court order from
removing the corpse from the bag
gage room, -as it has been practically
attached by Dr. Newton E. Heath, of
Boston.
JDr. Heath accompanied Cohen here
recently from Boston and claims $235
for nurse charges. Probably no more
grewsome case has ever come before
the eyes of the local public. Heath
alleges he was retained by the family
of the deceased in Pittsfield to ac
company him to California in hope
that the change would prove beneficial.
Heath boasts of his success in getting
the invalid here alive.
Horse Crazy Drunk.
Winsted, Conn.—Charles Owen, an
ice cutter, of j^^iJ^^srrington, Mass.,
gave a pint
:.y
to his horse,
which had brc the ice into fif
teen feet of wt»0 -**e blanketed the
animal heavily and placed him in a
stall in anew building, where there was
a fire.
The heat and whisky made the horse
crazy drunk. Freeing himself, he
kicked until the building was wrecked
and the stove upset. Only the timely
arrival of the men who had gone to
the house to change their clothes pre
vented/a bad fire.
Weds Again to Save Liftf.
Chicago, 111.—Forced under threats
of death to marry Mary Lindquist in
spite of his protest that he had a wife,
Joseph F. Baker, a railroad man, was
found guilty of bigamy Wednesday by
a jury in Judge Ball's court. Baker
was a station agent and telegraph
operator at Elkhart, 111., when he met
and married Eva Clark. Later he was
transferred to Belvldere and there met
Mary Llndquist. After a short ac
quaintance with the girl from Belvi
dere Baker says 'he was forced by her
broth*"®—narry her. He asserted
under oath that he married Miss Lind
quist to protect his life.
Warms Feet on Hot Bread.
Milwaukee, Wis.—Judge Neelen was
disgusted yesterday during the trial of
William Buchholz, a baker, who was
charged with keeping a filthy shop. It
was brought out that Buchholz used
warm bread made in his shop and pre
sumably afterward sold to his usual
patrons for foot warmers.
$100 Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science
ha3
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that Is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be
ing a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the disease, thereby de
stroying the foundation of the
disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith In Its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that It falls to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., To
ledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
pation.
Mayor and Delegation From San
Francisco Will Insist On
State's Rights
PRESIDENT IS DETERMINED
Admission of Japanese Children Into
the Public Schools Is Also Essential
As Preliminary to Any NeB°*'a^'or,s
With Japan for the Exolusion of
Coolies—Sit lation is Critical.
Chk'.-.K^V'Vt'b. 9.—"We shall not yield
to President Roosevelt."
With this defiant declaration on his
lips. Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco
arrived in Chicago Thursday, with a
party of prominent educational men on
the way to Washington, where they
have been summoned by the president.
Altho no definite reason was given
for the summons, it Is safely assumed
that the question of the Japanese
school exclusion troubles is the sub
ject of Interest.
When asked for*an expression of
opinion on the exclusion question,
Mayor Schmitz said:
"We shall not yield to President
Roosevelt on this question, unless we
are shown very forcible evidence that
it will be for the good of the country
at large that is, tlmt the country at
large demands it. We will stand on
our state's rights to the last ditch.
"We have a statute on our books
excluding Chinese and the Japanese
from the public schools, and we bellevo
it Is a Just and necessary law. and we
propose to enforce it. The law was not
strictly enforced before the fire,
DUt
we
must enforce it now owing to the
crowded condition of the schools."
Coolies' Exolusion Involved. .5
Washington, Feb. 9.—It is indispen
sable that Japanese children shall be
permitted to enter tho public schools
of California on precisely the same
basis as heretofore in order that breiuih
in the relations existing between |ae
United States and Japan may be av-'p
ed. Such action Is also essentia ytis
preliminary to any negotiations ilth
Japan for the exclusion of coolies."'
This Is what President Roosevelt will
say to the board of education of San
Francisco and Mayor Schmitz at a
conference which will be held.
The president will tell his visitors,
as he did the California delegation in
congress a few days ago, that a criti
cal situation now confronts the admin
istration. He will assure his callers
that it makes no difference whether
Japanese children are entitled to enter
the public schools of San Francisco
under the treaty now In operation or
not, Japan! believes they are entitled
to such admission, and will never con
sent to take up the question of coolie
exclusion until Japan is receiving the
fuil rights guaranteed by the treaty.
Neglected Colds Threaten Life.
[From the Chicago Tribune.]
"Don't tritle with a cold,' is good
advice for prudent men and women. It
may be vital in the case of a child.
Proper food, good ventilation, and dry,
warm clothing are the proper safe
guards against colds. If they are main
tained thru the changeable weather of
autumn, winter and spring, the chances
of a surprise from ordinary colds will
be slight. But the ordinary colds' will
be slight. But the ordinary light cold
will become severe if neglected, and h.
well established rpe cold to the
germs of diphtheria what honey Is to
the bee. The greatest menace to child
life at this season, of the year is the
neglected cold." Whether it is a child
or adult, the cold slight or severe, the
very best treatment that can be
adopted is to give Chamberlain's Oough
Remedy. It is safe and sure. The great
popularity and immense sale of this
preparation has been attained by Its re
markable cures of this ailment *qold
never results in pneumonia when
given. For sale by all druggists.
Homeseekers' Excursions.
On the first and third Tuesdays of
each month the Iowa Central railway
will sell round trip excursion tickets
to points in the north, northwest,
south, southwest and southeast. The
rate is only one fare plus $2 and less,
with liberal stop-over privileges.
Tickets sold to points In the follow
ing states: Minnesota, South Dako
ta, North Dakota, Arizona, Arkansas,
Colorado, Idaho, Indian Territory,
Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico, Mis
souri, Nebraska, Montana, New Mexi-,
co, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wiscon
sin, Northern Michigan, Wyoming, etc.
For rates and full particulars call on
agents, or address A. B. Cutts, G. P. &
T. A.. Minneapolis, Minn.
One Way Settlers' Rates.
To points In Nebraska, eastern Col
orado, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, In
dian Territory, Oklahoma, Texas,
Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi
etc.
The Iowa Central Railway will place
on sale on the first and third Tuesdays
of each month, January to March, in
clusive, one way tickets at the ex
tremely low fates of only $2.00, mora
than half fare for the benefit of home
seekers and settlers.
Don't fail to call on Iowa Central
agents for full particulars, rates, ecc,
or address A. B. Cutts, G. P. & T. A.,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Only a little cold in the head may
be the beginning of an obstinate case of
Nasal Catarrh. Drive out the invader
with Ely's Cream Balm applied straight
to the inflamed, stuffed-up air passages.
Price 50c. If you prefer to use an at
omizer, ask for Liquid Cream Balm. It
has all the good qualities of the remedy
in solid form and will rid you of ca
tarrh or hay fever. No cocaine to
breed a dreadful habit. No mercury
to dry out the secretion. Price 75c.,
with spraying tube. All druggists, pi
mailed by Ely Bros., 56 Warren street,
New York.
Give me the girl with ravishing eyes,
And sweet, red lips
She is better than mansions of stone,
Or temples of brick,
For joy and pleasure there will be,
If she takes Rocky Mountain Tea.
—McBride & Will Drug Co.
CHAPTER XIV.—(Continued.)
This grave courtesy caused a strong,
deep flush to spread itself under the
rouge which unevenly covered the wo
man's cheeks as she bowed elaborate
ly In return. Then furtively, during a
protracted silence, she took stock of
the new comer from the tip of her
white suede shoes to the filmy lace and
pink roses upon her wide white hat,
and the fldelong gaze lingered marvel
lngly upon the quiet, delicate hands,
slender and finely expressive, 1b their
(White gloves.
Her own hands, unlike the lady's, be
gan to fidget confusedly, and, the si
lence continuing, sbe coughed several
times to effect the preface required "by
her sense of fitness before she felt it
proper to observe, with a polite titter:
"Mr. Iouden seems to be a good
while comin'."
"Have you been waiting very long?"
asked the lady.
"Ever jilnce 6 o'clock!"
"Yes," said the other, "that Is very
long."
"Yes, ma'am, it cert'nly is." The ice
thus broken, she felt free to use her
eyes moire directly and, after a long,
frank stare, exclaimed:
"Why, you must be Miss Ariel Ta
bor, ain't you?"
"Yes"—Ariel touched one of the roses
upon Joe's desk with her finger tips—
"I am Miss Tabor."
"Well, excuse me fer asking I'm
suje it ain't any business of mine,"
said the other, remembering the man
ners due one lady from another. "But
I thought it must be. I expect," she
added, with loud, inconsequent laugh
ter, "there's not many in Canaan ain't
heard you've come back." She paused,
laughed again, nervously, and again,
less loudly, to take off the edge of her
abruptness, gradually tittering herself
down to a pause, to fill which she put
forth, "Right nice weather we be'n
bavin'."
"Yes," said Ariel.
"It was rainy first of last week
though. I don't mind rain so much"—
this with more laughter—"I stay In
the house when it rains. Some people
don't know enough to, they say.
You've beard that saying, ain't you,
Miss Tabor?"
"Yes."
"Well, I tell you," she exclaimed
noisily, "there's plenty ladies and gen
'temen li this toxen that's like thaU"
•THE=
Conquest °f Canaan
Synopsis.
Chapter 1—Eugene Lfantry, a Canaan
(Ind). young man, 'who inis been east
to college, returns home and astounds
tho natives by the gorgeousness of his
raiment. His stepbrother, Joe Louden,
is characterized by the group of aged
male gossips who dally assemble at the
National House for argument as the
good for nothing associate of doubtful
chartcers. 2—Eugene's appearance has
a pronounced effect upon Mamie Pike,
whose father, Judge Pike, is the weal
thiest and most prominent citizen of
Canaan. Joe worships Mamie from
afar. Eugene Interferes in a snow fight
between Joe and his hoidenish and ft
very poor girl friend, Aeriel Tabor, who
is worsted. Aeriel hotly resents the
interference and slaps Eugene, who
sends her home. 3—Ariel, unbecom
ingly attired attends Mamie Pikes
bail. 4—Joe, concealed behind some
plants on the Pike veranda, watches
hungrily for a glimpse of Mamie. Ariel
is ignored by most
By BOOTH TARKINGTON,
Author of "Cherry," "Monsieur Beaucaire," Etc.
COPYRIGHT. 1905. BY HARPER & BROTHERS.
of
the guests. Ariel
discovers Joe, but shortly afterward,
learning that her uncle Jonas Tabor,
has died suddenly, leaves. V.—The
Dally Tocsin of the next day tells of
Joe's discovery on the Pike veranda
and of his pursuit and escape there
from. It also refers to wounds In the
head of himself and of Norbcrt Fllt
croft, who detected him. Joe retires
to the "Beach," low resort kept by
his friend, Mike Shcehan. who dresses
his wound. VI.—Joe leaves Mike's
place. He visits Ariel Tabor, who by
the death of her Uncle Jonas has be
come rich. She wishes Joe to ac
company her and her grandfather to
Paris. Joe refuses and leaves Canaan
to avoid arrest for the trouble at Judge
Pike's. VII—Joe Is heard from two
years later as a ticket seller for a side
show. Eugene Bantry also meets him
seven years later in a low resort In
New York, but wisely refrains from
advertising it. VIII—Joe returns to
Canaan a full fledged lawyer. Even
his father Ignores him, and he Is re
fused accommodations at the National
House. IX.—Joe is welcomed at the
"Beach," and "Happy Fear," one of
Joe's admirers, seriously assaults
Nashville Cory, a detractor. At the
end of Happy's term in prison he vis
its Joe, who has a law office on the
square, with a large practice, prin
cipally among the lower classes, and
is frequently attacked by the Tocsin.
Joo begins, in his loneliness, to yield to
the seductions of the bottle. Bantry's
engagement to Mamie Pike Is an
nounced. Bantry is now associate edi
tor of the Tocsin, owned by Judge
Pike. X.—Joe awakens after a "bad
night" with the words, "Remember,
across thf Main street bridge at noon,"
ringing In his ears. He goes there and
is presently Joined by the most beauti
ful and most beautifully dressed girl
he has ever seen. XI.—She turns out
to be Ariel Tabor, arrived in Canaan
the night before from her long sojourn
In Paris. She has seen Joo as she
alighted l'rom the train and, realizing
his condition, had escorted him home
after exacting from him a promise to
meet her the next day (Sunday) across
the Main street bridge at noon. Joe
learns that Ariel is stopping at Judge
Pike's home, the judge having entire
charge of her money, etc. XII—Eugene
Bantry, altho engaged to Mamie, is
much smitten with Ariel's charms.
Judge Pike tries his usual blustering
tactics with Ariel, but subsides when
she 'tells him that she shall ask him
to turn over the care of her estate to
Joe Louden. XIII—Ariel holds a sort
of Informal reception at Judge Pike's
and learns that the "tough element"
is talking: of running Joe for mayor.
XIV—Happy Fear and Nashville Cory
have moris trouble.
Her laughter did not cease. It be
came louder ami shriller. It had been
until now a mere lubrication of the
conversation, helping to mako her
easier iu Miss Tabor's presence, but as
it increased iu shrillness she seemed
to be losing control of herself, as if
her laughter were getting away with
her. She was not far from hysteria
when she stopied with a gasp, uud
she sat up straight in her chair, white
and rigid.
"There!" she said listening Intently.
"Ain't that blniV" Steps sounded upon
the pavement below, paused for a sec
ond at the foot of the stairs there was
snap of a match, then tho steps
sounded again, retreating. She sank
back in her chair limply. "It was only
some one stoppln' to light his cigar in
tho entry. It wasn't Joe Louden's
step nuyway."
"You know his step?" Artel's eyes
were bent upon the woman wondcr
ingiy.
"I'd know it tonight," was the an
swer, delivered with a sharp and pain
ful giggle. "1 got plenty reason to."
Ariel did not respond. She leaned a
little closer to the roses upon the desk,
letting tlieui touch her face and breath
ing deeply of their fragrance to neu
tralize a perfume which pervaded the
room, an odor as heavy and cheap
sweet as the face of the womau who
had saturated her handkerchief with
it, a scent which went with her per
fectly and made her unhappily defi
nite suited to her clumsily dyed hair,
to her soiled white shoes, to the bot
red hat smothered in plumage, to the
restless stub fingered hands, to tbe fat,
plated rings, of which she wore a
greut quautity, though, surprisingly
enough, tbe large diamonds in her ears
were pure aud of a very clear water.
It was she who broke the silence
once more. "Well," she drawled,
coughing geuteelly at tho same time,
"better late than never, as the saying
Is. I wonder who it Is gits up all them
comical sayings?" Apparently sbe had
no genuine desire for light upon this
mystery as she continued immediately:
"I have a gen'leman friend that's al
ways gittln' 'em off. 'Well,' he says,
'the best of friends must part,' and
'Thou strikest me to the heart'—all
kinds of cracks like that He's real
comical. And yet," she went on In an
altered voice, "I don't like him much.
I'd be glad if I'd never seen him."
Tbe change of tone was so marked
that Ariel looked at her keenly, to find
berself surprised Into pitying this
strange client of Joe's, for tears had
sprung to the woman's eyes and slid
along the lids, where she tried vainly
to restrain them. Her face had altered,
too, like her voice, haggard lines sud
denly appearing about the eyes ahd
mouth as if they had Just been pen
ciled there—the truth issuing from be
neath her pinchbeck simulations like a
tragic mask revealed by the displace
ment of a tawdry covering.
"I expect you think I'm real foolish,"
she said, "but I be'n waitin' so awful
long, and I got a good deal of worry
on my mind till I see Mr. Louden."
"I am sorry." Ariel turned from the
roses aud faced her and the heavy per
fume. "I hope he will come soon."
"I hope so," said the other. "It's
something to do with me that keeps
him away, and the longer he is the
more It scares me." She shivered and
set her teeth together. "It's kind of
hard waitin'. I cert'nly got my share
of troubles."
"Don't you think that Mr. Louden
will be able to take care of them for
you?"
"Oh, I hope so, Miss Tabor! If he
can't, nobody can." She was crying
openly now, wiping her eyes with her
musk soaked handkerchief. "We had
to send fer him yesterday afternoon"—
"To come to Beaver Beach, do you
mean?" asked Ariel, leaning forward.
"Yes, ma'am. It all begun out there—
leastways it begun before that with
me. It was all my fault. I deserve all
that's comin' to me, I guess. I done
wrong! I done wrong! I'd oughtn't
never to of went out there yesterday."
She checked herself sharply, but
after a moment's pause continued, en
couraged by the grave kindliness of
the delicate face In the shadow of the
wide white hat. "I oughtn't to of
went," she repeated. "Oh, I reckon
I'll never, never learn enough to keep
out o' trouble, even when I see it
comin'! But that gen'leman friend of
mine—Mr. Nashville Cory's his name
he kind o' coaxed me into it, and he's
right comical when he's with ladles,
and he's good company, and he says,
'Claudine, we'll dance the light fan
tastic,* he says, and I kind o' wanted
something cheerful. I'd be'n workin'
steady qui.te a spell, and It looked like
he wanted to show me a good time, so
I went, and that's what started It."
Now that she had begun she babbled
on with her story, at times incoherent
ly, full of excuses made to herself
more than to Ariel, pitifully endeavor
ing to convince berself that the re
sponsibility for the muddle she had
ipade was not hers. "Mr. Cory told
me my husband was drinkin' and
wouldn't know about it, and, 'Besides,'
he says, 'what's the odds?' Of course
1 knowed there was trouble between
him and Mr. Fear—that's my husband
—a good while ago, when Mr. Fear up
and laid him out. That was before me
and Mr. Fear got married I hadn't
even be'n to Canaan then I was on
the stage. I was on the stage quite
awhile in Chicago before I got ac
quainted with my husband."
"You were on the stage?" Ariel ex
claimed Involuntarily.
"Yes, ma'am—livin'- pitchers at Gold
berg's rafskeller, and amunchoor
nights I nearly always done a sketch
with a gen'leman friend. That's tbe
way I met Mr. Fear. He seemed to be
real struck with me right away, and
soon as I got through my turn he ast
me to order whatever I wanted. He's
always gen'leraunllke when lie ain't
had too much, and even then lie vurry.
vurr.v seldom neks rough unless he's
Jealous. That was the trouble yes
terday. I never would of gone to the
Beach If I'd dreamed what was coin
In'! When we got there 1 saw Mike
that the gen'leman that runs the
Beach—lookin' at my company and me
kind of anxious, aud pretty soon lie
got me away from Mr. Cory and told
me what's what. .Seems this Cory
only •wanted me to go with him to
make my husbaud mad, and he'd took
good care that Mr. Fear heard I'd be
there with him. An' he'd be'n hangin'
around me every time he struck town
jest to make Mr. Fear mad—the fresh
thing! You see, he wanted to make
my husband start something again,
this Mr. Cory did, and hi was fixed
for it."
"I don't understand," said Ariel.
"It's this way: If Mr. Fear nttacked
Mr. Cory, why, Mr. Cory could shoot
him down and claim self defeuse. You
see, it would be ensy for Mr. Cory, be
cause Mr. Fear nearly killed him when
they had their first trouble, and that
would give Mr. Cory a good excuse to
shoot If Mr. Fear Jest only pushed him.
That's the way It Is with the law. Mr.
Cory could wipe out their old score and
git off scot free."
"Surely not!"
"Yes, mn'ani, that's the way it would
be. And when Mike told me that Mr.
Cory had got me out there jest to pro
voke tuy husband I went struight up to
him and bepfun to give him a piece of
my mind. I didn't talk loud, because I
never was one to make a disturbance
and start trouble the way some do.
and right while I was talkin' we both
see ray husband pass the window. Mr.
Cory give a kind of yelling laugh and
put his arm round me jest as Mr. Fear
come in the door. And then It all hap
pened so quick that you could hardly
tell what wns goln' on. Mr. Fear, we
found afterward, had promised Mr.
Louden that he wouldn't confe out
there, but he took too much—you could
see that by the look of him—and fer
got his promise—fergot everything but
me and Cory, I guess.
"He come right up to us, where I was
tryin' to git away from Cory's arm—It
wasi the left one be had around me and
the other behind bis back—and neither
of 'em said a word. Cory kept on
laughln' loud as he could, and Mr. Fear
struck him in the mouth. He's little,
but he can hit awful hard, and Mr.
Cory let out a screech, and I see his
gun go off right in Mr. Fear's face, I
thought, but it wasn't. It only scorch-:
ed him. Most of the other geu'lemen
had run, but Mike made a dive and
managed to knock the gun to one side
Jest barely In time. Then Mike and I
three or four others that come out
from behind things separated 'em, both
of 'em flghtln' to git tit each other. I
They locked Mr. Cory up In Mike's
room and took Mr. Fear over to where
they hitch the horses. Then Mike sent
fer Mr. Louden to come out to talk to
my husband and take care of him—
he'fi the only one can do anything with
hiiti when he's like that—but before
Mr. Louden could git there Mr. Fear
broke loose and run through a cornfield
and got away—at least they couldn't
find. him. And Mr. Cory jumped through
a window and slid down into one of
Mike's boats, so they'd both gone.
When Mr. Louden come be only stayed
long enough to hear what had happen
ed and started out to find Happy-that's
my husband. He's bound to keep them
apart, but he hasn't found Mr. Fear
yet or he'd be here."
Ariel had sunk back In her chair.
"Why should your husband hide?" she
asked In a low voice.
"Waitin' fer his chance at Cory," the
woman answered huskily. "I expect
he's afraid tbe cops are after him, too,
on account of the trouble, and he
doesn't want to git locked up till he's
meit Cory again. They ain't after him,
but he may not know It They haven't
heard of the trouble, I reckon, or
they'd of run Cory in. He's around
town today, drinkin' heavy, and I
guess he's lookin' fer Mr. Fear about
as hard as Mr. Louden Is." She rose
to her feet, lifted her coarse hands and
dropped them despairingly. "Oh, I'm
scared!" she said. "Mr. Fear's be'n
mighty good to me."
A. slow and tired footstep was heard
upon tbe stairs, and Joe's dog ran into
the room droopingly, wagged his tail
wii:b no energy and crept under the
defik. Mrs. Fear wheeled toward the
door and stood, rigid, her hands clinch
ed tight, her whole body still except
her breast, which rose and fell with
her tumultuous breathing. She could
nol: wait till the laggard step reached
thc landing.
"Mr. Loudon!" she called suddenly.
Joe's voice came from the stairway.
"It's all right, Claudine. It's all fixed
up. Don't worry."
Mrs. Fear gave a thick cry of relief
and sank back in her chair as Joe en
tered the room. He came In sham
blingly, with his hand over his eyes
as if they were very tired and the
light hurt them, so that for a moment
or two he did not perceive the second
visitor. Tllen he let his hand fall, re
vealing a face white and woru.
"It's all right, Claudine," he repeated
"It's all right."
He was moving to lay his hat on the
desk when his eye caught first the
roses, then fell upon Ariel, and he stop
ped stock still with one arm out
stretched, remaining for perhaps ten
seconds in that attitude, while she, her
lips parted, her eyes lustrous, returned
his gaze with a look that was in
scrutable as it was kind.
"Yes," she said, as If in answer to a
question, "I have come here twice to
day." She nodded slightly toward Mrs.
Fear. "I can wait. I am very glad
you bring good news."
Joe turned dazedly toward the other.
"Claudine," he said, "you've been tell
ing Miaa Tabor."
"I cert'nly have!" Mrs. Fear's ex
oression had cleared, wd ber tons
cheerful. "I don't see no barm In
that. I'jn sure she's a good friend of
yours, Mr. Louden."
.loe glanced at Ariel with a faint,
troubled smile and turned again to
Mrs. Fear. "I've hud long talk with
Happy." I
"I'm awful glnd. Is he ready to lis
ten to reason?" she asked with a tittci.
"lie's waiting for you."
"Where?" She rose quickly.
"Stop," said Joe sharply. "You must
he very careful with hiui"—
"Don't you s'pose I'm goln' to be?"
she interrupted, with a catch in her
voice. "Don't you s'pose I've had
trouble enough?"
"No." said Joe deliberately and Im
personally, "I don't. Unless you keep
remembering to be careful all the
time you'll follow the ftrst impulse
you have, as you did yesterday, and
your excuse will be that you never
thought any harm would come of it.
He's In a queer mood, but be will for
give you if you ask him"—
"Well, ain't that what I want to
do?" she exclaimed.
"I kuow, I know," he said, dropping
Into the desk chair and passing his
hand over his eyes with a gesture of
infinite weariness. "But you must be
very careful. I hunted for bim most
of the night and all day. He was try
iug to keep out of my way because he
didn't want me to find him until he
had met this fellow Nashville. Happy
Is a hard man to come at when ho
doesn't care to be found, and he kept
shifting from place to place until I
ran him down. Then I got bim in a
corner and told bim that you badn'U
meant any harm—which is always
true of you. poor woman—and I didn't
leave him till he bad promised me to
forgive you if you would come and
ask him. And you must keep him out
of Cory's way until I can arrange to
havo him—Cory, I mean—sent out of
town. Will you?"
"Why. cert'nly," she answered,
smiling. "That Nashville's the vurry
last person I ever want to see again—
the fresh thing!" Mrs. Fear's burden
had fallen her relief was perfect, and
uhe .beamed vapidly. But Joe marked
her renewed Irresponsibility with an
anxious eye.
"You mustn't make any mistakes,"
he said, rising stiflly with fatigue.
"Not me. I don't take no more
chances," she responded, tittering hap
pily: "not after yesterday. My, but
It's load off my shoulders! I do bate
It to have gen'lemen quarreling over
me, especially Mr. Fear. I never did
like to start anything. I like to see
people laugh and be friendly, and I'm
mighty glad it's all blown over. I
kint o' thought It would all along.
Psh!" She burst Into genuine, noisy
laughter. "I don't expect either ofi
'em meant no real barm to each other
after they got cooled off a little. If I
thej'd met today they'd probably both
run. Now, Mr. Louden, Where's Hap
py?"
Joe went to the door with her. He
wai:ed a moment, perplexed then his
brow cleared, and he said In a low
voice: "You know the alley beyond
Vent Miller's poolroom? Go down the
aller till you come to the second gate.
Go in, and you'll see a basement door
Purchase
owning Ihto" a 1KCM foon) under Mil
ler's bar. The door won't be locked,
and Happy's in there waiting for yon.
But remember"—
"Oh, don't you worry!" sbe cut bim
off loudly. "I kuow bim. Inside of
nn hour I'll have bim laugbln' over all
this. You'll see!"
When she had gone he stood upon
the landing looking thoughtfully aft
er her. "Perhaps, after all, that Is
tiie best mood to let ber meet bim In.**
he murmured.
Then, wiMi a deep breath, he turned.
The heavy perfume bad gone, the air
was clear and sweet, and Ariel
pressing her face Into the roses again.
As be saw how like them sbe was he
was shaken with a profound and mys
terious sigh, like that which moves In
the breast of one who listens In the
dark to his dearest music.
(To be Continued.)
BAKER AND JEROME QUITS.
How Cincinnati Attwnsy Tiime Joke
on tho Now Yorker.
Attorney Charles W. Baker of Cin
cinnati and District Attorney Jerome
of New York are quite, according to a
Cincinnati special dispatch to the Net*
York World. A few days ago Mr. Je
rome caused a stir In tbe Thaw trial
by examining talesmen as to theit
knowledge of "Mr. Baker of Cincin
nati." When asked to explain who tbe
"mysterious Mr. Baker" was he re
marked facetiously, "the pillars of this
temple need strengthening." The "mys
terious Mr. Baker" became the sub*
Ject of scores of press telegrams to as
certain wbat' connection be might have
with the Thaw case.
TO
Cedar
Mr. Baker appeared In an ordinary
case at Cincinnati the other day and
examined talesmen.
"Do you. know a Mr. Jerome of Nevt
York?" he asked the first, and the
spectators smiled.
"Did a Mr. Jerome of New York call
at your house to see you last night
about this case?" was asked* and as
the juror answered In the negative
Judge Outcault and all present joined
In the laugh. Mr. Baker's face never
relaxed its sternness, and he continned:
"Did a Mr. Jerome of New York call
you up over the telephone last night
and talk to you about this case7"
"No, sir."
"Have you seen a Mr. Jerome of
New York or any one who looked, like
him banging around the corridors of
the courthouse?" The courtroom rang
with laughter.
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The next juror was put through the
same course of questioning. Then Judge
Swing suggested:
"Mr. Baker, if you are getting even
with Mr. Jerome I think yon have sue
ceeded, and you might examine the
jurors collectively as to their knowl
edge of the 'mysterious Mr. Jerome.""
Mr. Baker did so. One of the jurors
turned to another and asked:
"Who In thunder la Jerome?"4
After court Mr. Baker was asked
why he bad referred to Mr. Jerome.
He glanced vacantly at the cellisg«
saying:
"The walls of thia courthouse need
strengthening."
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