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CAWtTZOZO OUTLOOK. r CHAPTER XIV. Continued. 18 Donlcl Joined In merrily and moro tliiin held ti In own In thu three-cornered melee. Having hought n paper, bo was ptihllMiing thu sort of yellow Journalism lliu iiiL-'es wanted. Very tinliiriilly his entries attacked first ulint seemed to tliem his most vulneradlo spot. "Why did tio clianRc lila nnmoi" "Why did ho need nn nllas?" "What foul deed had ho dono and essayed to cover up?" Thoso wero tho questions hurled broadcast! theso the ones they fain would nimwcr. "In. vcstlgnlnrH" wero dispatched to Mary Innil. All went well or III for them, becnuno nothing but good could bo found of him until IiIm nineteenth year. Then they encountered a blank wall, There wcro flvo yearn unaccount I for, IJIh family was unimpeachable. Tho Daniels of ltoanoko county wcro of tho Kouth's first people Tho Fits rnndolphs of Knglnnd and VlrRlnla had distinguished themselves on mora than several occasions. I'lnlnly, thcro wns nolhliiR here for their purposo. Hut thoso Hvo years I When they had Riven up all hopo of ever sounding It and wore searching In despair for n successful plummot, Dnnlol very deliberately laid baro on tho first papo of his nowspapcr every thing It contained. With Rcnlal can dor, and not without relish, ho nar rated bis ilvo years In trainpdom. In Justice to himself, In Justlco to his pnrty, ho felt ho could do no less. Be tween tho nges nf nineteen and twenty-four his hnd been nn eventful life, nnd tho story thereof was not dull. The bomb exploded with a deafen Ins crnsh, nnd with n howl and n shriek his fops wcro upon him. Ilenil tiiK tho disclosure ns n pack of wolves, they clawed It, gnashed It, niado It ugly and held It up Rrccdlly to tho public gnc. And then when tho rtimblo nnd Ikmi liast had died away, when tho blood nnd sinolto had passed, Hugh Daniel fltznimhitph stood beforo thopopulnco a hero, Tho city which reveres tho memory of n man who, stnrtliiR ns n derlc, Inter saddled with debts, bowed Ills way throuRh adversity and became tho "Merchant I'rlnco" of tho world, of another who strtiRRled from n butcher's apprenticeship nt two dollars n week to tho pltmnelo of tho Union Rtock Yards, of scores of others of iRnoblii bCRlnnlriRs nnd vnst nchlovements such u city was not slow to erect n pcdostal for ono who bad onco been a vnRabond and was now becomo n inultl-mllllonalro candi dato for tho hlRhest honor tho city of bis adoption could pny him. Thus, for tho hour, Daniel had becomo an Idol of the people Dnulel rushed his cnmpalRn onward with n tirolesa zeal that outdistanced bis rivals mid lost them to view. Here, ns In the wheat pit, bis endurnnco and energy wero n marvel to all who know him. Ilo snatched only dvo hours from thu twenly.four for sleep, and loss thnu ono hour for meals. Kvery min uto of tho rcmnlnliiR eighteen was n busy minute, Tho cmnpnlRn catno to it whirlwind finish. Daniel rose nt dayhmik nn election evo und was on (ho ro censo. lerndy fur twenty hours. Vhlo smoking n good-night cigar with Hunt nt two o'clock next morning ho remarked: "Altogether, Harry, It hn cost mo n rvnnti uilllliui dollnni. Hut It has been worth It every cent. I'vo had a mil lion dollars' worth of fun." Yet an hour Inter, hnd ono looked In tho front room of Daniel's apartment, ono would have doubted It. Tho room was quite dnrk. nnd beforo tho front window overlooking Orunt park ho was sitting very silent nnd motionless. A gray foe wns rolling damply In from the. lake, thickening tho night with Its rhuiiltiy inhrncn. Krom the nvnue below enmo sounds of mi Irresponsible quartette. They wcro rendering "The Heart ltowcd Down," nnd even their untutored tii ron Is, guttural with libations, could not wholly mar tho tragic sweetness of ltnlfo's mid melody. The melancholy strains, something nofteued by the distance, limited dole fully up to him. Music even tho worst always had n slugulnr effect upon Daniel, flood or bad, ho could never listen to It without feeling with in him it responsiveness transcending tho cfl mposer's tinle. It was as though, sounding the keynote, ho soared on'Ui- to realms thu composer essayed, yet failed to iittnln. His elbows resting on tho nrms of tho chair, his chin on his Interlaced lingers, he sat for a long while gazing Into the foggy gloom. And mirrored In his fnco was an Incffnblo loneliness which by Its very profundity must needs bo mute. Ilo pressed his hnnds to his fore head nnd slowly shook his head, again und again, his eyes closed. Yes. Yes, ho bad failed onco moro. Ho would fnll next time. Ho would always fall. Ho could not forgot Uo could nocr forgot. Daniel stnrtcd, sat up suddenly, looked round with n Jerk, It was pnst niño o'clock. Ho had bocn asleep In his chair flvo hours. After casting his ballot tho day seemed n void. Thcro was nothing moro to do. It was all over bow. Al ready tho election was practically set tled. Ho lunched In an obscuro little rcstnurnnt and went motoring. Itcturnlng, however, ho loft tho car nt Twenty-fourth street continued afoot toward town, his raincoat collar turned up, his soft hat down, and wan dered aimlessly about, taking studi ous caro to shun his usual haunts. CHAPTER XV. All afternoon of that rainy April fourth, Daniel roamed restlessly about tho loop, until, shortly boforo dark, tho returns began coming In. About tho newspaper ofllcos ho mingled with tho crowds, black smudges against shining streets, watching tho figures flushed by precincts on screens; and when, ns often occurred, ho was greeted effu sively by friends and acquaintances, ho would nnswer porfunctorlly and stride on fo tho next bulletin. Krom tho start It was plainly seen which way tho election tended. Din woody was carrying tho First. Fourth, Fifth, Tenth, Sixteenth nnd Eighteenth wnrds hy 11 big plurality, FlUrandolph mid tlulllngtoii wero running neck and neck. Sklmkiis, tho Boclullst, was last. Ileforo eight o'clock tho winner was known. John Dlnwoody, champion of vico nnd crime, wns elected mayor of Chi cago. With a sickening dissolution, Dan iel's castlo cumo crumbling about his cars, no J bo lay nmoiig tho ruins nnd tho dust, bruised und stunned by the utter havoc, yet uurcslgucd to tho In evitable. Scenting n storm of questions ancnt his unexplained ubscuce, Daniel fore stalled It by outlining to his secretary n philanthropic plan of such maguí tudo that tho curiosity of tho two was drowned In astonishment. "I bcllevu you're kidding ("exclaimed Hunt. "Do you know what such a thing would cost!" "Fully ' glancing over tho letters and telegrams hcldo his plate. "It would tuko thu bulk of your for tune, rich as you are." "Not 'would,' Harry, 'will.'" Putting aside his mall, and devouring n thick steak ns ho tnlkcd, Daniel continued: "I shall establish thesu bouses In every town of a hundred thousand or more. In New York, I'lilladclphta and Chi cago thero will bo onu to every two hundred thousand Inhabitants or more If needful. They will ho (.elf-sup-liortlng, noiiprollt-mnklng. Those who run nfford will have food and shelter nt tho net cost of pruvls. n. Those who cannot will have both freo. Above nil else, I want no publicity. In fact, I prefer having my nuino left out of It altogether. I wish you two would re member that, and net accordingly. Kncli of theso settlements, by tho way, will bo known ns an Esther Strom me morial." Hunt Interposed. "Ksthor Strom! Let mo see why, that woman wns nn anarchist I" "She was something moro besides, Harry. Sho was a great altruist." Daniel looked down, stirring his coffco slonly nnd thoughtfully. "And sho did mo nn Irremediable wrong," bo quietly ended. Hunt burst out: "Thon why tho " 'Tin hanged If I know, Harry I I supposo It Is n queer notion. We all have them, don't wet" He ndded In nn odd volco: "Perhaps I deserved nil 1 got. Anyway, I believe she was a mnrtyr." "A mnrtyr to nnnrchy I" "Hut still a maityr to what sha con sidered right." ' "Steady. Dan," said Hunt. "You'N getting morbid. Come along to tho pjt today. There's something stirring íñ summer wheat. It'll wake you up; tnuko you your old self again." "Nn use, Harry. I'm Mulshed with speculating," "You talk llkn n hns-heeiil Why, you'ru Just starting In life. You've got In do something, A man like you can't loaf. What's It going to be" "(living to others." Hunt icrked his head Impatiently. "I menu what husltioax. what line? You'vo got soiiio big thing up your ilcovo, Dnn. Out Willi It." Dnnlel dabbled his fingers In n flu-gcr-howl. While drying them on a napkin tho vertical linos appeared sharply between his brows. Ho lighted a clgnretto. He shoved his chair hack, stood up. "Henceforth I am going to tnko my happiness In my own way. I learned how nt daybreak this morning. I am going to give, give, give. And I won't stop giving until tho Inst cent Is gone." "Dnn, I bellovo you'vo roiio crony." "And I bellovo," said tho secretary, who read bis Illblo on occasion, "that Mr, Fltzrnndolph shows n very keen wisdom. Furthermore well, thero Is n verso In Saint Matthew, which runs: Yo nro the salt of tho earth. . . .' " Jonas, tho vnlct, touched his sleeve. "A special delivery letter, sir." Taking tho square cnvclopo from tho scrvnnt's salver, without observ ing tho superscription, tho secretary opened It nnd perused tho contents. Ho knitted his brows, "Puzzling," ho murmured, scratching tho back of his head, "It's anonymous, has neither beginning nor end" Ho looked suddenly at tho cnvclopo, then, with nn apology, handed tho mcssngo to bis employer. "I didn't nottco It. It's mnrked 'pcrsonnl.' " Ono glnnco nt tho sheet of note paper, nnd Daniel sank Into his chair. With his strong Angers ho pinned tho noto to tho table, breathing rapidly through dilated nostrils. Hunt, sitting next to him, recalled afterward that It wns tho only time In all tho years ho bad known him that ho bad over soon tho man's hnnd tromhlo. Dnnlol looked up, stared blankly a moment nt the two silently questioning faces. His lip quivered slightly. "Hoys, I'vo received startling news, I'vo chnnged my mind About giving Qoosel What Did He Mean? He Was n Full Hour Early. everything away. I'll go ahead with thoso houses. Hut I'll go a llttlo saner, In n llttlo saner manner, you under stand. And, boys, I am going to do that big thing I" Ho sprang up. "Jonas I Call n good livery stable. I want their best snddlo horso nt twelve sharp. Crulg, multo nn appoint in out for tomorrow morning with Stanley arnhnm, tho architect. 'Phono for tho head barber downstairs, Jonus. Mention ten dollars to hlni." Then, without nny of them know Ing what It wns all about, tho enecu lutor, tho secretary, nnd tho vnlct, hnd their hands seized and wrung with a vim that crushed their fingers. Hunt, burning with curiosity, per mitted his cyo to rest momentarily upon tho opened nolo lying on tho table. Ho could maleo nothing out of It. It began without prcfuco and was un signed. It consisted of two questions, written In a flowing, girlish hand: "Do you remember our Inst appoint mcntJ Will you keep It today?" As tho superbly lithe, red-halrod young woman mounted with cool com posure on tho sorrel horso, cantered serenely past tho Grant monument In Lincoln park sho glanced nt hor wntch nnd snw It wns ono o'clock. A garden er spndlng the soft ground bcsldo the hrldlo-path stopped his work, ns well anyono might, to follow her with ad miring gaze. There was a delicious "earthy" smell of spring In tho air, n vernal quickening all about Presently she bad passed tho end of the hillock Just north of the monu ment sho tumed In her saddle, and perceived far to tho .south n dark shnno growing rapidly larger. Bbe Jerk. M(eBBsliPBmSjr-- cd tho reins preclpltntely, wheeled about, started back In alarm. Her ad mlrnblo tranquillity had vanished. Qoosol What did ho menn? Ho wns n full hour early. i:cne was cut off. Quickly she guided her hurso Into tho concrete nrch ninnunifiit nnd wnlled. Her per turbntlon Increased. Her gloved hand toyed nervously with her riding crop. Her heart pounded ngiiliixt her side. Sho smoothed for the lirth timo her stylish rhllng-hahlt, adjusted for the tenth time tho pointed lint atop Her I'ltlan hair. What did ho mean? Ho wns nn hour nrly Now sue cnuid near tne rnyiiinuc thud of tho hooMients. Thoy were coming with break-neck speud. Louder nnd nenrcr, louder and nearer, louder nnd nearer A form shot pnst. Her heart leapt to her throat. Then tho scuillo nf n horso checked In n bendlong Rnllop, swiftly return ing sounds, nnd tho archway wns dark ened by n broad-shouldered, athletic man nstrldo a hcnyliig, foiun-llccked steed. His ligo snt lightly npnn him. Ilo looked much younger tbnn ho was. Ho bad swept off his lint, nnd his thick blnck hair, matted damply against his forehead, showed never n trnco of gray. Ho wns distinguished rather than good-looking, nnd the skin of his nowly nnd wholly shnven fnco wnn as fresh, as clear, nnd ns glowing as her own. Stirring within tho minds of theso two, who hnd boyoud quostlon proved their lovo for ono another, who hnd known sorrow nnd bitterness and do spalr, who had traveled years to reach this moment, treading u long circle to fuso It nt Inst, wore who shall say what thoughts and emotions? Hut supposo I tell you what the gardener, spading tho soft ground bo sido the brldlo-pnth, overheard? " . , . Well, Knto, how nro you? Yon camo n llttlo oarly. Two was tho hour, you know. . . ." . . . Dan, I llko you ever so muct better without tho heard, . . ." (THIS END.) FUTURE MOTHER OF HEROES Small Qlrl, Brave After Operation, De serves the Encomiums of the Op erating Surgeon. "Now," said tho surgeon, "look right over thcro In that corner, nnd maybe mnyho there, It's nil over, and you never knew what hurt you, My, hut you aro n brnvo girl." At that moment tho chubby llttlo girl sitting atop tho operating table did not look' very brave. Surprise was In her eyes nnd two great tears ready to roll .down upon tho marble slab, for tho woman doctor, realizing Hint moro than half tho pnln nf tho small operation which Is tho rulo In tho dally clinic nt Mercy hospital, Is duo to tho dread of It, had stolen n inarch on llttlo Mnrlc, nnd tho opera tion wns over beforo Mnrlo knew It hnd begun, "Yes," continued tho kindly doctor. as sho bid tho shining blndo behind her, "you nro n mighty brnvu llttlo girl. You aren't going to cry." Mario blinked tho tears back nnd straightened up her small body. '"Coursu not," sho said, "I'so four years old." And her big eyes gazed proudly Into thoso of tho surgeon. "Here," said tho doctor ns sho turned the small girl over to tho nurso for out patients, "Is tho future mother of heroes American heroes." Knn sns City Star. Famous Woman Orator. Mary A. Llvermoro wns born In Hoston, Mass., Dec. 10, 1821. Sho was not moro than 11 or IS years old when sho conceived tho Idea of helping her parents by some dcllullo occupation. Sho learned to sow, nnd nado flannel shirts nt UU cents nplcco. Ilcgnrdcd by tho pastor of hor church ns it prodigy, nt tlio ago of 1-t sho wns sent hy him to tho Chnrlcstown Femalo seminary, where sho soon ranked with the best scholars tho Institution over hnd. At tlio ago of 20 sho was placed In chnrgo of tho Duxhury high school, Mass., n nosltlon of unusual rank for n woman nt that time. With tho out break of tho Civil war In 1601 sho be camo nn organizer In woman's war work. In 1803 sho mndo her first public address nt Duhuquo, lown, Hor won derful talents ns nn orntor were Imme diately recognized, nnd her fumo r.s a speaker soon beenmo natlon-wlilc. Not His Own Words. Tho honry-hcaded examiner glanced over tho top of his spectacles. "Aro you sure," ho luaulred, "Hint this Is a purely orlglnnt composition you havo banded in?" "Tes, sir," enmo tho nnswer. 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