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“MAKCli 1MU OX."
h- Julia Ward Howe is dead, aired about ninety
' years. 1 r half a century this woman of ex
| trente mediocrity has * ujoyed ft factitious laint
resulting from the tune- iu which rite first gain
ed the public evi . i hat. as an abolitionist, she
was a zealot i? to be freely admitted: that she
was scarcely an' lung more a candid history
| will hard!' admit. She had a sort of genius j
for the pa ■'donate expression of conventional
and sectional conviction. With her fame she;
gained to an authority which sin learned to use
I not inexjiertly in the days of her activity, and
not ungraciously .when the tune came for her to.
i. pose a* a “Gram! Old Woman". She aeeom
pltsucd quite a <if•al tor hi rnii ami m an uittu
ence which tb<- peculiar fortuins of her lift- per
mitted Ikt t<» yield. She published much that is
forgotten, anil gave much staid advice that was
never heeded. She was remarkably virile and
tenacious of life, ami her passing, «■> it marks
another broken link with a <lead era. will arouse,
much eommen:. l«>th generous and foolish.
Mrs. Howe's lame rests chiefly u]mn her pro
duction of the •‘Battle-Hymn of the Republic,"
a peculiar arrangement of frequently idiotic and
sometimes sacriligiotis words which, in the sixties,
took the North by storm. 1 In* poein ilse.lf was
Worse than common-place. Barring a certain
si awing inseparable from the old meter in whieh
it is carried, there is little in it either of sense
or symbolism. It was published at the “pvseho
pogical moment", when all the pysehology in
flight was that i>f a jasoplo frenzied with a sort of
Hreligio-politieal fanaticism and looking through
bloodshot eyes of bate. It admirably expressed
the sentiment, responsible for this phenomenon,
and it. has survived, invested with a curious and
| unreasoning saeredness. Many an unknown
pingler has gone not half the distance and done
£ far belter:
Mine rye* have sent the qlory r,j the
rdhnng of the Ijord:
Hr is trampling out the nntag<
where the grapes of wrath are stored:
He hath loosed the fateful lightning
of his terrible, swift s-word:
His truth is marching on.
T have read a firry yosywl. writ in
burnished rows of steel:
"-ds1 ye deal, with my contemners, s-o
with you my grace shall deni;
“Let the Hero, born of woman., crush,
the serpent with his heel,
“Since God is marching on."
* * *
fn the beauty of the, Idtes Christ u ns
horn across the sea,
** With a glory in his bosom that trans
figures you and me:
-ds He died to make men holy, h i us
die to make men free.
iy/it/ft (/Oft is march no) on.
Is there anything extant of quite equal <x
•ltation of spirit ami prostitution of intellect 4
In the mixed tipi res, in the saeriligioue com par
18005, do vmi know of anything quite as actually
crass and devoutly serious a- all tins muddle of
the Deity and the G. A. K. ( Yet it "went". It
Went like wild fire. They sang it. in the camps
and on the march. They carried it through
Georgia and charged with it in the Wilderness.
Tbn died with it, in blissful ignorance of what
it all meant- if, indeed, if ever could have
t meant anything. With it Julia Ward Howe
•prang into country- wide fame, even as the. poor
and illiterate boys from the New Kiiglaml and
* the Middle West farms lived with it and gave
|;Hp their live* for it by reason of its simple lilt
Had its meaningless babble of high-flown sella
gpfes. What a commentary on the. times is this
I'lMMlg -which even scholars have not had the emir
Tag* to declare otherwise than "great”, and which
| ignorant armies marched by to destruction, hold
ding it inspired!
We wonder if in the quiet year- of her old age
Julia Ward Howe ever thought with what ease:
her incoherent transport had been converted to
the ends of “laughter. So doubt she wa- spared
the reflection, for in all probability she, also,
Considered that in penning the Battle-Hymn she
had caught a measure of that Divinity with,
whose aims and purpose her fanatical
so intimate an acquaintance.
conceit t
WISE VOTING CLEliKS.
Kews that .(.!ollector Loeb has smashed the ef
of the customs employes to exert an active;
tnence in the campaign for the election of
eX-Presidcnt \s man Stimson should be taken
£llh that grain of salt, so effective in winnowing
fact from the appearance.
According to press dispatches evidently in
Mr. Loeb heard of a clerk- organization 1
was preparing to ‘ work early and late for!
el Boosevelt”. We can imagine the way
civil service eye flashed firr at the hews.!
time was lost in letting the clerks know , with
pontivenen that their interference in
York politics would be accompli shed at the
V*& fjbeir clerical head-pieces. Collector Loeb
m
"cauie out strong" for the doctrine that the young
man in the custom house should—must—coniine,
iiis attention strictly to his duties in connection i
with collecting tor I'ncte Sam the duties provid
ed by the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. Political j
participation of a partisan character was mode'
the unpardonablt -in. Having been lectured, it !
is to !«■ presumed that the clerks promptly folded
their banners, tvntk off their budges, and .-at them
down to a conspicuous indu-trv at their desks.
With a lull knowledge of Mr. Lochs acconi-i
plishmenis as a customs official. wc should bo
pardoned tvr wondering whether his wrath in
these premises wu- n<»t complicated with a wink.
1' ulmiuatious against political industry among
officials have long Ix-en a favorite method with
< olonol Roosevelt, and Loch understands his
< o Ion el as well a- any product can be said to un
derstand its artiticer. Long years of Training
have served to make him as responsive to the
Roost veltian desire as a weather vane is to the
shifting of the wind. Indeed, so far as Roose
velt i» concerned. Loeb i- political!' a- ettieit nt j
as that model domestic who. in silence, perceives'
and executes the yet unuttered de-ire of hi- mas
ter. When Mr. Loeb "culled down*' the political
clerks, he doubtless did ><> with an unvoiced but.
plainly suggested alternative course <>f action.
( ierkn. hv virtue of the tenuous character of their
employment, even under civil service, arc not
without tin ir own powers of perception. The
customs clerks, even under the Loeb tongue-iagh- j
me. no doubt "saw the point”.
We believe that '‘pernicious politietd activity’*
whs one of many of the Roosevelt ian phrases.
We remember when it was used a< a declaration
of principle from Washington, for the guidance
of Government employes everywhere. We recall,
also, how these same employes adopted anti pro
fited by the view that activity that might be
'‘pernicious”, when exerted in one direction,
could pass muster as the performance of a patri
otic duty when otherwise directed. And it is
as true as Insurgency that such deduction on
their part carried with it* performance nothing
of disaster to the diagnosticians. Quite the re
verse, in fact,-—quite the reverse!
I n the ease of the customs clerks it would never
do for them to have an open organization. They
must dispense with the parade. They must take
off all the bright trappings of political allegiance,
j Hut the wise young clerk will know how to vote.
I and why. And the possession of a Government
[job is a wonderful sharpener of wits when it
comes to determining which vote carries with it
tin- largest return and the brightest hope.
KINGLY PREROGATIVE.
I>opite its tossings under the weight of the
| crown the kingly head now and again has op
portunity to comfort, itself with reflection on the
arbitrary powers of its will. There is a human
appeal in the exercise of the prerogative, es
pecially ut mercy. It must be it satisfying emo
tion to act upon sentiment and kindly impulse.
There must be a thrill of deep pleasure m ever
turning one’s own laws at one’s personal whim.
The tears of gratitude are jewels which even the
proudest rulers may well have a passion in ob
I taining.
President Taft, -itting as it court of appeals
at the Ellis Island port of immigration, must
have fell, not unlike the sovereign who itt rbe old
days used n> have Ids hour for the presentation of
[ petitions, before him came a number of hopeful
[immigrants each of them technically “uude
j eirable citizens”, either by reason of some bodily
infirmity or for the want of sufficient money to
square with the entrance requirements. In deal
ing with -these eases the President showed the
kindly spirit which lie has so often to stiH<-. In
.nearly every instance he threw open the doors of
* ■•«* nuum ^ iu «i j * - «»i i in* nimiuic jH/ujnt'
seeking admission to its opportunities. In one
ease there was a Welshman with seven motherless
.children. The President let him in, with a word
of cheer and the expressed lalief that the voting
children would in time make valuable citizens of
the country. Others, merely poor, won the Pres
idential nod of favor. One man, afflicted with
"flat foot” got. instant sympathy from the high
head of the nation, somewhat fat, and therefore
somewhat inclined to that trouble, himself. These
fortunate*, their hopes all but dashed, left the
['residential presence in high feather and with
renewed confidence. They were lost, and they were
saved. They despaired, and they were given the
right to hope again. They wept, and went away
with praises on their lips for the wonderful coun
try where the head of the nation looked upon
the humblest comer to its shores in succor and
with sympathy.
President Tuft has had a rough road to travel.
He lias moved for months and months amid a per
fect storm of the arrows of criticism and dis
trust. Fit- La- seen friends desert him, and watch
ed old enemies advancing with new confidence.
Doubtless he lias known the bitterness of feeling
himself misunderstood, of having good motives
twisted, and goo'd intentions impeached. Hut we
wonder whether, after his experience at HUis
Island, he did not go away with a heart swell
ing with emotion, and with the thought that, af
ter all is said, the matter of Ising President lias
its humane advantages.
XKGRO RELIGIOUS EMANCIPATION.
We are naturally hesitant in opinion touch
ing tho policy of any one of the several churches.
The efFort of church work to keep abreast ot
changing conditions, while bolding to so much
of its ancient belief and tradition as is vital to
its continuity, is a matter fraught with much
complexity. The various conventions, confer
ences, and general meetings of denominations
can beet do their work without the aid of secular
critioism, although, as representing the people^
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they arc-naturally and properly influenced by the
opinion of their lay membership.
Whilo this is true, church action holds a live
ly popular and non-religious interest, and to tins
extent we think that the entire youth will be
pleased with the result of the deliberations of
the convention of the Protestant Kpiscopal
Church in connection with the question of suf
fragan Bishops. A definite movement gained
headway looking to the establishment of mission
ary districts along racial lines. Negroes, in
particular, have long demanded special Bishops.
After having recently declared for the appoint
ment of suffragan Bishops, the convention has at
length dfdared against this racial division.
In this it would seem that there is the greatest
wisdom. [lie negro in the South is taken into
the Episcopal church, lie has in many instances
his special church organizations, his priests, the
opportunity within reasonable limits of estab
lishing himself racially in the denomination. On
the other hand, his church organization in this
denomination is under the sane general super
vision of the Church itself. The Bishops visit
the various negro churches. I hey are kept in
touch vvitli the organization, in close relationship
to the organization’s policy and ideals. This
should Is* clearly helpful to the negroes, who, de
spite a marked advance in l»oth intelligence and
morals, are still inclined to the obi characteristic
ci f mi lirrtiiM n I limili rimr to 11m ?v*n I
ami deeper religious life without which their
destiny will ever remain incomplete.
Wo are sorry to have seen in the reports of the
convention's actions a tendency to harp on the
fact that the negro ought never to have been eman
cipated. Perhaps not. but he was. It is even
more useless now than ever to argue against a
fact. Despite the palpable objections that the
system itself carries, when considered from the
point of view of the average Southern white man.
if civil emancipation was a mistake, practical re
ligious emancipation of the race by the church
which has attempted most intimately to guide
its thought and action in that respect would seem
to that policy to In*, no less mistaken.
Action of Knglish batiks in extending the time
of their refusal to continue to negotiate mi
guaranted cot-ton bills of lading was no doubt
prompted by the fact that it is from America
that the Knglishmen must get the cotton.
1 he effort to secure the -.pinners' convention
tor .Richmond will have hearty endorsement from
city and State. In the meantime, a campaign
for more spindles in Virginia would 1m- a grace
ful means of preparing to welcome (he gathering.
Referring to the performance of liussian
dancers, a Rultimore paper .says, “Physically
both approach as near perfection a« mav be in
these days of tight clothing”. Is it possible that
the Russian dance was done in a hobble-skirt {
1 he successor to Dowie mentions as industries
of his heaven dairying, poultry raising and in
tensive farming. 1- tla-re no provision anywhere
; for an apiary
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind. Per
haps Mr. Taft admitted the flat-footed immi
grant on account of a sympathetic emotion.
Messrs. Young and Maynard act not unlike
the husband and wife who resent outside inter
ference in their quarrels.
Dio search for the West Indian hurricane has
been gustily rewarded.
Wellman's equilibrator turned out to be a mill
; stone.
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SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL
Misses Mary Bighle, Clara Carroll and Gladys l’d
derback, of Lynchburg, who are (he guests of Mrs.
John W Burr ess. at "Walnut Hill." will be enter
tained at a number of charming but Informal affairs
this week. Mrs David ia-uke will give a bridge party
for them on Thursday afternoon, and they will be
honored at a dinner purty at the Country Club Sat
urday evening. A luncheon at the Jefferson on Tues
day in their honor was a very attractive affair and
equally enjoyable will be the dance given by their
hostess at Walnut Hill Wednesday evening, to which
members of the younger set have received Invita
tions.
Beautiful Church Wedding.
A beautiful wedding of much interest will lie cele
brated In the Second Baptist church Wednesday even
ing ut a o clock, when Alias Eulu Bailey, daughter
of Mrs. Annette Lewis Bailey, will heroine the bride
of Mr. Thomas Cullen Crouch, son of Mr. and Mrs
T w. Crotteh. Palms and ferns will bank the chancel
and the ceremony will be performed by Rev. W. C.
James. D D, pastor of Grove Avenue Baptist church.
Mr Bassett Hough, organist or Second Baptist church,
will play the wedding inarches and appropriate selec
tions during the ceremony
The bride will wear an exquisite gow n of white crepe
meteor trimmed with duchess luce and pearls. Her
veil of tulle will be arrungcd with sprays of lilies of
the valley, Hod she will carry a shower bouquet of
white orchids and valley lilies. The matrons of honor
Mrs. Allen Bradley Hay and Mrs. Charles Edison Kel
lam. will be gowned in blue cashmere de cole, veiled
with chiffon doth, and will carry Maryland roses
The brlde'B sister, Miss Edna Baftey. will be the maid
of honor and will wear n must attractive gown of pink
cashmere de sole veiled with pink chiffon cloth. She
too, will earn' Maryland roses. Miss Doris Belsineyer.
of Pittsburg, Pa., Miss Kaye Nelson Blackburn of
Staunton, and Misses Mary Crouch and Lillian Kel- ,
lam. of Richmond, will be the bridesmaids. They will
wear charming costumes of blue cashmere do sole veiled
with pink chiffon cloth and will carry pink chrysan
themums.
Mr. Simon Drinard win be .the grpom's best man.
and the ushers will include Messrs. W. H. Kelly, Hugh
Bugg. G. A. Shelton. Luther Tiller, A. B. Hay and W.
G. Gilliam.
Mr. and Mrs. Crouch will leave soon after the cere
mony far the North and wtli spend their honeymoon
in the Adirondack* They will be at home after No
vember 10 at 218 East Main street.
Ferneyhough-^Hutton.
IJ2* wedding of Miss Margaret button, daughter of
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Mr. and Mr«. Henry X. Hutton, to Dr. Robert E. Fer
neyhough. which will be celebrated Wednesday after
noon at 4:30 o'clock In the Baptist church at Warren
ton', Va., will be of wide Interest in Virginia, as both
bride and groom are prominently related throughout
the State. It will be perhaps the most brilliant affair
of the fall season in Warren ton.
Miss Hutton, becomingly attired in cream net over
satin, and wearing a llara and necklace of pearls worn
by her great-grandmother, will be given In marriage
by her father. Dr. Ferneyhough will be attended by
his brother. Dr. Robert Ferneyhough, of Washington.
The bridal party will be preceded up the aisle by a
miniature bride and groom bearing the ring on a satin
cushion, the little folks being Miss Florence Brown
and Master Keith Carlin, of Alexandria Miss Eliza
beth Hutton, a sister of the bride, wearing corn-colored
satin with a large picture hut of black and carrying
yellow chrysanthemums, will be maid of honor, while
the bridesmaids, dressed hr cream nets and lace hats,
also carrying yellow chrysanthemums, will be Misses
Ray and ERie Hawley, of Orleans, Vu. Miss Josephine
lirodus, of Warrenton, and Miss Mary Xlooe, of Wash
ington. The groomsmen Include Messrs. Charles E.
Jeffries, J. Stewart White, of Warrenton, and Dr. Mans
iteld, of Washington. The church will be elaborately
decorated In potted plants and yellow flowers.
A large reception to the bridal party was given on
Tuesday night.
Dr. and Mrs Ferneyhough will leave on the even
ing train for an extended trip North. The bride Is the
second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hutton, and Is one
of the most attractive and popular girls In the younger
set. Dr. Ferneyhough, formerly of Washington but
now of Warrenton, Is one of the leading physicians of
thut town. Mrs. Ferneyhough s going-sway gown will
|je of tea-colored broadcloth with hut and gloves to
match.
Sponsors Entertained.
Richmond Is much Interested In the Grand Camp
which Is now In session In Norfolk. A Norfolk paper
has the following In regard to the social sldo of the
camp:
"While in Norfolk the sponsors for the United Sons
of Confederate Veterans will be entertained by the
following hostesses: Miss Leila Ellis, of Shawsvllle,
and Mrs. Carl H. Davis, of Petersburg; Miss Alice Old,
260 Freemason street. Miss Lisa Anderson, of Alexan
dria, Miss Elizabeth Stewart White, of Charlottesville;
I.ftnrtt Wtrb Ho Uroo Pla»o ut.rl Vl'areor. IVaflAunf
Alias Columbia J. Smith, of Doque; Mrs. Charles Web
ster, 214 Bolssevaln avenue. Miss Mnyrne Jennings of
Roanoke: Mrs. Taylor Ham, 30H Fairfax avenue. Miss
A Dene Graves, of Richmond; Miss Lydia Tateni. Berk
ley ward. Miss Mury Wooding, of Danville; Mrs.
George Cabell, 413 Colonial avenue. Miss Alice Al.
McGhee, of Charlottesville; Allss Mary WlUcox, 1«4
Freemason street. Miss Laura K. Gleaves, of Wythe
ville; Mrs. Garland Peril, 6 Pelham Place. Miss Mary
K. Scott, Amherst; Mrs. K. H. Bilker, Jr., 324 Raleigh
avenue Miss Elizabeth Harrison, of Roanoke; Mrs.
E. B. Hodges, 521 Stock icy Gardens. The sponsors for
the Confederates veterans wlli be entertained by Mrs.
Rosalind R. Evans, of Salem, and Miss Jeannette Bibb,
Louisa; Mrs. H. C. Boggard, 75 Vork street. Miss
LoHie Stearns, of Pulaski; Miss Fannie Sams, 122
Boush street. Allss Florence Bidgood, of Richmond;
Judge L, R. Watts, Portsmouth. Airs. William Hodges
■Mann, of Nottoway; Mrs. E. Lt. Hodges, Stockiey Gar
dens. Mi’s. N. 1). Eller, of Lynchburg; Mrs F. A.
Walke. i,race street. Aliss Grace Morrison, of Dan
\llle;_ Miss Eliza Tvnes, of Tazewell; Mrs. Norman
Bell, 74 Vork street. Airs. Carrie K. cUnedenst. of New
Alatket; Airs. R. Triblett, 16 Allddlv street, Portsmouth.’'
Marries in Oklahoma.
Cards have been received in tins city announcing
the marriage, in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Monday,
October 1U, of Aliss Francis, or that cl tv, to Mr Wil
liam Boatwright Robinson The Rev. Carter Helm
Jones performed tile ceremony.
Ain Robinson lu a grandson cl the lat* Rev. Thomas
U Sydnor. D. D. a widely-known Baptist minister,
and though originally from Danville, he lived for sev -
eral years in Richmond, where he has many friends,
lie with his bride will make his home in Oklahoma
t it A, where lie has-been most succesatul.
Mercer—Yarbrough.
Aliss Mary Edith Yarbrough, daughter of Mrs Lillie
Edwards Yarbrough, was married to Air Isaac John
Mercer, Jr., the son of Dr. and Airs. C. A. Mercer Tun
nay agternoon at 4 o’clock in the Highland Park
Methodist church. The Kev. Kdsun Kenny Odell per
formed the ceremony, assisted by the Rev. Daniel T.
Merritt. Aliss Annie .Maude Harvey piavod the wed
ding march from Lohengrin as a processional and Tien
nelssohn a march as the recessional. “Flower Sbiik"
was played during the ceremony. The altar was batik
cu with palms and ferns.
The bride entered with her brother. Alt John Jay
tarbrough, who gave her in marriage She wore a
golng-away gown of brown cloth and carried a bouquet
of bride roses. Aliss Clara Earl Harrison was the maid
oi honor, and wore a gown of cream cloth vvi.h insets
of Irish point over satin, She carried yellow chrvsan
Ihtmutns. Dr. Charles Wilber Mercer was the groom's
best man, and the- ushers included .Messrs Erwin
Grover Hall, John Francis Applebec, Morton Mercer
and J. C. Bristow.
Reception and Opening of Gymnitium.
The Young Womens Christian Association has is
sued invitations for the opening of their physical dc
P?rtsnent* to 1,1 th*’ KA’tnnaeiuin, at the corner
°{ courth and 1 ary streets. Friday afternoon at 4 30
0 clock, A in cat attractive program, whirr: |e a v f ■ ■ i -
livvvs, has been arrunged, and the pul.lie is cordially in
vited:
Opening remarks. Alias Caroline Holladay. president
of the association.
•’Association Movement In Richmond.” Dr. Forsyth.
Bolo, Aliss Margaret Owens
, Educational Department—Prefatory remarks, Aliss
1 onstunce Alacv orkle, general secretary , presentation
Physical Department—Prefatory remark* Mr* Chiles
Ferrell; presentation of class schedule, accompanied
• drill* in costume; piano, Mrs. Brush, Miss Martha
Blair. > oun* women In drills Ethel W inttet, Ethel
Shackleford, Keith Suville, Jennie Warwick ' Edith
McConnal, Catherine Khoads, Bessie Whltte't, Gray
V\ rigid, Gertrude Crenshaw, Imogen Warwick, Urania
Brown, Mary Porter.
About tlie same program will lie repeated in the
evening at X o’clock. Dr, McDaniel, Mr. Sam McKee
ami Dr. Bevy will speak at tile evening exercises and
Mr. William Hill will sing. The foik drill will he
given by girls in Swedish costumes.
I1 ollow’ing both the afternoon and evening progrurna
will be a reception, at which Miss Moliaday, Mrs.
Beirne Biair, Mrs. Chiles Ferrell, Miss MaoCorkle and
Miss Irene H. Ames, physical director of the Y. W.
C. A., will receive. The gymnasium work will he one
id1 the chief branches of work at the association this
winter, and classes have been arranged to su.t every
mu Business girls ure especially Invited to attend the
evening opening and reception.
Annual Ball.
The Jolly Juniors will have their third annual ball
Wednesday evening in Btlvidere Hail.
Personals.
Mrs. Jennie Langhorne and little grandson. Master
.Louis Langhorne, have returned to their home, IMi
West Grace street, after spending some time nt Crock
ett Springs and with friends in Charlotte, X. C.
Mr. and Mrs. ,T. H. Lyneman are guests at tht Hotel
Castaneda, Las Vegas. X'. M After traveling'through
New Mexico they will return to Richmond by way
of the Southern States.
Miss Caroline
of town.
Martin is spending
several days out
Mrs. John Skelton Williams, who has l.ean the guest
of her grandmother. Mrs. II. P, Lefebre, of West Frank
lin street, Baltimore, has returned to her summer home
in the mountains of Maryland.
Mrs. Coleman Wortham is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
John Jenkins, in Ghent, Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs Frederick Molting have taken a flat
at Jefferson and Main streets for the winter.
The French Strike.
There Is a vast difference between the Republican
form of government ns wp .understand it and the
Republican form of government as it is understood
In Europe, due largely to the habits of thought of
foreigners and to their acquleseence for many cen
turies in the confering on individuals of exhaustive
authority.
A great railroad strike in France is nt even more
political significance than a national-wide strike on
ths* railroads of this country would be. Railroad em- i
ployees over there are government employes. It is
very much as if the mail carriers of the United States j
should strike. Indeed, under French law all rail
road employes are members of the military reserve. 1
The government, unable to persuade the strikers to I
resume work, has now called upon- them as soldiers
to report for duty, it being understood, of course,
that'when they so report the government will order
them as soldiers to operate the railroads. It Is always
possible to produce results with men who are under
military control which could not by any possibility be
achieved otherwise.
In Franca however, a serious situation presents it
.. / ,/ vJfe.
| Foj a Friend and One Other
lly ANTOINETTE DE COUR8EY PATTEBSON. |
(Copyright, mo, by Associated Literary Press.)
Nichols pulled his hat well down to hide the wor*
1 rled look his face wore.
•'It's n pretty piece of business,” he said to hints
self. ' I'm convinced the woman’s an adventuress,
out how am 1 to find out. and Cyril setting every;
! day more bewitched? If only Bhe claimed some
civilized country—but Poland, where I haven't %
friend—or even an enemy!”
• John Nichols and Cyril Thornton were close»
friends. Nichols, much the elder, and Cyril's sister'
1 were to have been married, but she died.
Nichols was a lawyer from New York, and in th4
interest of a client was now in Los Angeles. Cyril, re*
covering from typhoid, had come with him for Si
quicker convalescence. Everything had been goinfi
on smoothly when their train met with an accident.
They had escaped injury and saved the Ufa of at
beautiful woman. The woman, whom Cyril thought
the most charming he had ever seen, was very grate*
ful, apparently very frank. Her nanie, she said, wag
Marie Isiska; she had been a widow two years. Heft
father—and she said this with lowered voice—wag
deep In Polish politics, lie had sent her away fear
ing she might come under suspicion. She never
would have left him. but illness had made another
northern winter dangerous, and she had taken a,
small house near Pasadena. She intended to llva
in retirement and have a complete rest before re
turning to Poland. Hut these two friends, they must
come to see her whenever they could spare tha
time.
It was surprising how much time had been spared!
by both, for Nichols, unwilling that Cyril should
spend days and evenings alone with the charming
foreigner, found himself in Pasadena whenever hla
business would permit. This had been going oa for
a fortnight.
As a further complication. Cyril, Just of age, would
shortly lie in possession of 125,000.
Nichols walked forlornly home and went to bed.
Next morning he showed Cyril a business letter
requesting his presence in San Francisco on Wednes
day. His friend, though decidedly adverse to an/
move, consented to go with him.
Cyril had promised to take Mme. luvska a song
that morning, but while dressing to the whistled
accompaniment of a Polish air, word came that eha
had a headache, so would he—and Mr. Nichols, too—*
come In the evening0
Mme. Laska was tying up a spray of whits rose
tree when they arrived She gave them each a band
In her pretty foreign way.
tin a porch table was a half burned cigarette.
Nichols felt sure he detected the faintest aroma of
a very fine cigar also.
The professional Instinct was aroused. Mme. Laska
had repeatedly said know no one In California but
themselves The cigar seemed to tell a different
story.
Nichols threw his coat In a corner of the porch.
In the pocket there was an important letter If h«»
forgot his coat he would have to come back for it—
to-night—<>n account of leaving the next day.
Cyril pressed a guitar into Marie 1-a.skn s hands,
seating himself where he could watch the singer's
face. The boy was of a poetic nature, and here was
everything to speak of It—the llowers, the music,
that lovely fare.
"Cyril,” Nichols said after a time, ' us we have a
journey before ns to-morrow we must say good-by.”
"It will be for only a few days,” he heard Marta
Laska say to Cyril.
After bidding Cyril good night. Nichols took tha
car back to Pasadena. latter he walked toward
Mine. Laska * house, and then, hearing Cyril's name,
stopped
A man was talking in English, presumably that
the servants might not understand
“Twenty-five thousand dollars will see our project
through and help Poland to her own again. Young
Thornton will have the money and you must get It—
somehow*. You are beautiful and still young, and
van make a boy like that do anything "
Nichols knew he was listening to an unscrupulous
fanatic. As for Marie, If a tool she was a willing
! one.
Even as a lightning flash reveals In an Instant
miles of country and throws Into relief the most
prominent features until they are seen more clearly
than ever la fore, so things revealed themselves to
Nichols at this moment <'yrtl should not marry
Mine Laska. or give up his money. One word from
Nicholas could tlx nil that. But if he spoke that
word Just now, while the boy was still dreaming
dreams, would that nature eii-r be the same again?
suourn rue- ti^ahcmiiK t*e**n in** m&Km( ox
manv a man. but it "as burnt* In upon Nichols that
it would not do for Cyril.
Nichols had deliberately listened He now as de
liberately wont up the steps of the porch and faced tha
man and the woman sitting there.
"I have heard everything,'' he said, quietly.
Mane’s < ompanlon put his hail ! to his hip pocket,
"Don't do that." Nichols raid with a little depre
cating gesture "I am worth more to you Just now
alive." Then he went to the end of the porch and
picked up hts mat __ _£.
"T came i*n* k f* r this. he said. "It has paper*
In the pockets which I shall want In San Francisco
to-morrow.
The man and woman watched him curiously. It*
put on hts coat; then he turned to the Pvbe
"1 will give you Hi.000," he said, "for what In
return 1 know \ ou will do. My lawyer, Mr. Henry
Stanton, in Dos Angeles, will arrange all matters. In
consideration of this money you will both leave Pasa
dena within two .lays ami the country In the short*
eat possible time. I will writ.* this down." taking a
pen and paper front his pocket, "so there can be no
misunderstanding. If there should he I might feel
bound to Inform the Polish government that I have
knowledge of a suspect."
Nichols stepped Inside and drew up the document
In legal form The man and woman both signed. Then
he turned to Marie.
"write," he said, "what I tell you." '
8he obeyed silently.
ID* then told them that this note should he mailed
the following night to Cyril at the hotel In lavs An
geles.
He turned trt go. "You believe that 1 will keep
my end of the contract," he said, "and l that you
will keep yours. Good-by." He raised his hat to
Mark Daska.
"A little while," h<> said musingly on the w*ay hacH
to his hotel, "and the boy will have learned discrim
ination Instead of distrust, and the line edge whlcM
is so a part cf him will still be there. Ah. Nelll%
Nellie, It was something 1 could do for you, toot
dear!"
On their return to Dos Angeles they went flret
to Cyril's rooms. There was a note In Mme. Luka'I
handwrttlng.
Nichols walked toward the window. He was feel
ing keenly for the boy as he went over In memory
each word he had dictated.
"When you return." It ran, "I shall have left
California. I have only time to write you a few lines,
for word has come which takes me immediately to
Poland. My country has need of me, unil atlll morn
a man of whom you have often made me think, and
with whose fate It now seems best 1 should unit*
my own. For my father’s sake I shall travel under
tin assumed name. I shall always think of you and
Mr. Nichols with the greatest kindness and gratitude.
Farewell. MARIK DASKA."
Cyril read the letter twice and then, after d
moment's silence, handed It to Nichols.
Nicholas saw there had been no shock that would
be serious.
"Jack." he said. "It's all over—my dream. She was
a star too high for me to hope to reach, but I want
you to see this letter, for you never rightly under
spend her. She was so fine and nohle and would
risk even her life for her country and for her love.
1 had thought at times she cared for me, but It wag
Just that I reminded her of that other man.”
Cyril's eyes had the trusting look of Eleanor'e—•
his dead sister—at that moment and John Nlcholg
turned away his head.
self. Tho strikers may refuse to respond to the mili
tary call, In which case the government will find
ltsoif forced to deal with an extensive mutiny, arid
Just how the government would do It is not known.
It isn't so easy to punish hundreds of thousands at
men, particularly when these hundreds of thousand*
of men by their votes determine who shall conduct
the government.
For us the situation Is peculiarly Interesting bg- *
cause It teaches us the danger Inherent In the opera
tion by the government of the railroads. Is It not
probable that were all the railroads In this country
owned by the government, all the employe* when de
manding Increases 1A wages would unanimously sup
port at the polls those In favor of granting their de
mands? Just what opportunities this would offer
to the demagogues it Is unnecessary for us to point
out. As Mr. Roosevelt says, there are still a great
many things that we can learn from abroad.- ■ Charts
ton Mews and Courier, —