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rermoea for a fun miarter el a'"Sli5
net such a long time itaatf, bat aa aa aa
coarntieiullj long uader such drcua
stances. Then Un. Waldrea vuMetely
and remarkably arese:
'Til leave you te entertain Mr. Hayae
a few metaents, Kellle. I am tie slave
of my cook, and she kaowsTiethiaf of
Mr. Hayne's being here te tea with us;
se I mart tell her and arert disaster."
And with thia barefaced statement en
her lip and conscience, when it rested
with equal lightaeai, that exemplary lady
quitted the room. In the sanctity of the
connubial chamber that areataf, tome
hears later, ahe thua explained her ac
tion te her silent poeae:
"Righrer wrong, I meant that these
two young people should have a chaaoe
te knew each ether. I hare been con
vinced for three weeks that she is being
forced Inte this New Yerk match, and
for the last week that ahe k wretchedly
unhappy. Yeu say you believe him a
wronged and injured man, only you
can't prove it, and you hare said that
nothing could be tee geed for him in this
life as a reward for all his bravery and
fortitude under fearful, trials. Then
Nellle Travers isn't tee geed for him,
sweet as she is, and I don't care who
calls me a matchmaker."
But with lira. Waldren away the two
appeared te have made but halting pro
gress towards friendship. With all her
outspoken pluck at school and at home,
Miss Travers was strangely ill at ease
and embarrassed new. Mr. Ilayne was
the first te gain self control and te en
deavor te bring the conversation back te
a natural channel. It was a .struggle;
but he had grown accustomed te strug
gles. He could net imagine that a girl
whom he had met only ence or twice
l heuld have for him anything mero than
the vaguest and most casual interest.
He well knew by this time hew deep
and vehement was the interest she had
aroused in his heart; but it would never
de te betray himself se seen. lie streve
te interest her in reference te the musle
she would hear, and te learn from her
where they were going. This she an
swered. They would go no further,
east than St. Leuis or Chicago. They
might go south as far as Nashville until,
mid-May. As for the summer it would
depend ou the captain and his leave of
absence. It was all vague and unset
tled. Mrs. llayncr was se wretched that
her husband was convinced that she
ought te leave for the states as seen as'
possible, and of ceurse "she" must go
with her. All the glnddcss, brightness,
vivacity he had seen and heard of as her
marked characteristics seemed geno;
and yet she wanted te spenk with him
wanted te be with him. What could be
wrong? he asked himself. It was net
until Mrs. Walilren's step was heard re
turning that she nerved herself te sud
den, almost despcrate elTert. She start
led him with her vehemence:
"Mr. Hayne, there is something I must
tell you before I go. If no opportunity
occur, I'll write it."
And these were the words that had
f been haunting Kim all the evening, for
thevvere net again alene, and he had
no Chance te ask a question. What could
she mean? Fer years lie had been living
a life of stern self denial; butleug befure
his promotion the lest penny of the obli
gation that, justly or otherwise, had
been laid upon his shoulders was paid
with interest. He was a man f ree and
self respecting, strong, resolute, and pos
sessed of an independence that never
would have liecn his had his life run en
in the tame easy, trusting, happy-go-lucky
style in which he had spent the
first two years of his nnny career. Dut
in his isolation he had allowed himself
no thought of anything that could for a
moment distract him from the stern pur
pose te which he had devoted every
energy. He would win back, command,
compel, the respect of his comrades
would bring te confusion theso who had
sought te pull him down; and until that
steed accomplished he would knew no
ether claim. In the exile of the moun
tain station he saw no women but the
wives of his senior officers; and they
merely bowed when they happened te
meet him; sonie did net even de that.
New at last he had met and yielded te
the first of two conquerors before whom
even the bravest uud the strongest go
down infallibly Love and Death.
Suddenly, but irresistibly, the sweet
face and thrilling tones of that young
girl had seized and filled his heart, te
the utter exclusion of every ether pas
sion; and just in proportion te the empti
ness and yearning of his life before their
meeting Mas the intensity of the love and
longing that possessed him new. It was
useless te try and analyze the suddenness
and subtilty of its approach; the power
of leve had overmastered him. He could
only realize that it was here and he must
obey. Lata into the morning hours he
lay there, his brain whirling with its
varied and bewildering emotions. Win
her he roust, or the blackness and deso
lation of' the past five years would be as
nothing compared with the misery of
the years te come. Wee her he would,
and net without hepe, if ever woman's
eyes gave proof of sympathy and trust,
liut new at lest he realized that the time
had cemq when for her sake net for his
be must adept a new course. Hitherto
he had scorned and repelled all overtures
that were net prefaced by an expression
of belief in his utter innecence in the
past. Hitherto he had chosen te live the
lifeef an anchorite, and had abjured the
society of women. Hitherto he had re
fused the half extended proffers of com
rades who had sought te continue, the in
vestigation of a chain of circumstances
that, complete, might have proved him a
wronged and defrauded man.
The missing links were net beyond re
covery in skillful hands; but in the shock
and horror which he felt en realizing
that it was net only possible but certain
that a jury of his cemrade officers could
deem him guilty of a low crime, he hid
his face and turned from all. New the
time had ceme te reopen the case. He
well knew that a revulsion of feeling had
set in which nothing but his own stub
bornness held in check. He knew tliat
he hed friends and sympathizers among
officers high in rank. He had only a
few days before heard from Maj. Wal Wal
dren's lips a strong intimation that it
was his duty te "come out of his shell"
and reassert himself. "VYeu must re
member this, Ilayne," said he, "you had
been only two years in service when tried
by court martial. Yeu were an utter
stranger te every member of that court.
There was ithing but the evidence te go
upon, and tiifit was all against you. The
court was made up of officers from ether
regiments, and was at least impartial.
The evidence was almost all from your
own, aud was presumably well founded.
Yeu would call no witnesses for defense.
Yeu made your almost defiant statement;
refused counsel; refused advice; and
what could the court de but convict and
sentence? Had I been a member of the
court I would have voted just as was
done by the court; and yet I believa you
new an utterly innocent man." '
Se, apparently, did the colonel regard
him. Se, tee, did several of the officers
of the cavalry. Se, tee, would most of
the youngsters of his own regiment if he
would only gi ve them half a chance. In
any event, the score was wiped out new;
he could afford te take a wife if a woman
learned te lore him, and what wealth of
tenderness and devotion was be net
mdr te Uriah m oea who weuldl But
he would eiler no one a tarnished name.
First and foremost he must new stand
up and fight that calumny "come out
of hla shell," aa Waldren had aald, aad
give people a chance te see what manner
of man he was. Ged helping 1dm, be
would, and that without delay.
A MOST SINGULAR GENIUS.
LAFCADIO HEARN, THE STUDENT OF
THE TROPICS.
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O. V, Cayler, Wh Has Knewa Bias for
Many Tears, WrllM Matt KnUrtelalaglr
' at Bias aad Bis Marnteaa Wet4 Vie
aw Special Correspondence.
Nkw Yerk, March 27. A most ro
mantic genius has forced its bright light
recently through the thick atmosphere
of literature. I refer te Lafcadle Hearn,
the author of "Chita" and "Yeirma,"the
latter lately published in aerial form la
Harper's Magazine. This author's tal
ents in weird romance are universally ac
knowledged. And I find myself won
dering hew many of his charmed read
ers hare any sort of correct conception
of what the author himself may be. Fer
Mr. Hearn as a man is as widely distinct
from the ether types of mankind with
which he mingles as his romance is pecu
liarly a type of its own among the mul
tiplicity of styles in story telling as it
exists and is practiced today.
I am one of three newspaper men new
living in New Yerk who knew Mr. Hearn
when he struggled as a reporter, making
his start in the world of letters. The
ether two are Cel. Jehn A. Cockerel!,
editor of The New Yerk World, aud II.
E. Krehblel, the distinguished musical
crltie of The Tribune. What I desire
herein te say of Mr. Hearn will no doubt
be concurred in by both the gentlemen I
have named.
First, I wish te say that the creator of
"Chita" and "Youma." while a mental
Apelle, an intellectual Samson, is and
always has been a pauper in personal'en persenal'en personal'en
dewments, and wholly devoid of any ex
ternal charms wherewith he could win
the favoref these with whom he came in
daily contact.
As I knew liim fifteen years age, Mr.
Hearn would attract attention anywhere;
net Ircause of a superior presence, but
rather en account of his oddity among
the multitude of the streets. He was a
little man below the medium height.
with a stature still further shortened by
a habit of rounding his shoulders and
bending his head forward, whether walk
ing, sitting or standing. He seemed te
be painfully conscious ever conscious,
indeed of his appearance. The sight of
ene cye was entirely destroyed, and the
.glazed surface constantly bespoke the
less. The ether cye weh near sighted,
and as a consequence Mr. Hearn never
read or wrete a line which was net within
four inches or less of his face. His
Imperfect sight being confined te ene eye
caused his head te fellow the line from
left te right and back, like the motion of
the typewriter.
I have often thought that it was this
compulsory habit which caused Mr,
Hearn's constant curve of the shoulders
and droop of the head. But he disliked
te face hid fellow men, and why should
he net? He could net leek upon them
te admire their physical perfection, and
there was no reason why he should let
these mero favored by natural grace leek
compassionately upon him. He went
upon the street during the daytime no
mero than wus necessary, and then chese
the most secluded thoroughfares. Dut
late at night, when his rcporterial duties
were done,"when the paper had geno te"
press and the city was asleep, this home
ly genius and gentle seuled dreauier
would walk the streets till dawn, weav
ing in his tropical brain the most fanci
ful pictures a human mind could put to
gether. His nature was as timid as a woman's;
he had a habit of approaching with a
step as light as felt and a ghost like mo
tion. His words were uttered in a low
confidential tone which frequently sunk
te something only a few degrees abeve a
whisper. His habit te approach theso
whom he liked, until his face was almost
in contact, while, conversing, I doubt net
still clings te thia wonderful weaver of
fiction. And while he talked in theso
cooing, purring, confidential tones he hail
a habit of smoothing the nap en your
overcoat, twisting a button gently as if
te test its fastenings or slyly insert a fin
ger into a button hole, while hu as gently
insinuated his confiding soul into the
heart of his vis-a-vis.
His first newspaper triumph was wen
in descriptive work upon what is still
known in Cincinnati as "The Tau Yard
Murder," which occurred in 1871. Pre
vious te that time a knowledge of Mr.
Hearn's existence is a possession of his
own almost exclusively. Cel. Ceckcrcll,
of The World, was at that time manag
ing editor of The Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Sunday edition was distinctive be
cause of its sensational feature tenden
cies. A few weeks previous te "The Tan
Yard Murder," Mr. 1 learn came te The
Enquirer ofilce te sell n manuscript. He
applied at the counting room, made
known bis wunts in a voice scarcely audi
ble, nnd was bent upstairs te see Mr,
Ceukerell. Upstairs he ventured, but
thcre his courage failed him. It was net
enough te induce him te brave the awful
editorial presence. Tiie deer hich sepa
rated him and the mighty man of manu
scripts was te him as the gate which
Cerberus guarded. Se he paced up ami
down the hall with his velvet, restless
tread until the awful deer opened and
the terrible giant came forth. Hearn
would, no doubt, hate run away had he
net leen at the rear of the hall when
Mr. Cockerell came out into the ether
end and the stairway was between.
Thus it occurred that the author of
"Chita" sold his first manuscript or had
it submitted. He came with mere en
future occasions, but never could he per
suade himself te knock at that editorial
deer for admission. Up and down, up
and down the hall he would pace or glide,
until Cel. Cockerell camu.ferth, whether
the time consumed in waiting was ten
minutes or two hours.
However, Mr. Hearn flnnlly was put
upon the regular stall of The I'uquircr
aud long did geed work there.
Mr. Hearn and I lalxired together un
der Cel. Cockerell's editorship for bome
years thereafter, up te the time be went
te New Orleans. He wus continually
talking of the tropics and the lands of
dreams, pa&sten und vendettas. He
chafed ut the phlegmatic life and habits
of the north, None of these who knew
him was surprised, therefore, when he
announced his Intention te go te New
Orleans. Fer clays befere his departure
he talked about nothing but sweet scent
ed magnolias, luscieuj laden orange
trees, romantic canebrakca, wild, weird
bayous, lissome, many hucd, gliding ser
pents, grewsome cemeteries whereerange
blossoms sent up eternal incense, and
willowy, ollve checked creole women.
Among his confidants was II. It. W.
Smith, known at that time as "The
Headline Fiend," at present exchange
editor of The Chicago Tribune. Te Mr.
Smith Hearn was in the habit of going
nightly after "thirty" had been received
and pouring out his hopes and expec
tations, which were te be fulfilled in
that mere genial latitude. Nena of us,
I dare say, expected te ever hear of him
i tie huaml rek at aovaUete; set
because we dirt net think him capaeie
and worthy, but because we all believed
he would fall a victim te the semi-tropical
cllmate and disease, en account of
his del lea te coitetltutien and cffcmlnate
physique.
But hew true it is that the expected
seldom occurs. Mr. Hearn had scarcely
uvuadHXiituieu nuuiitiiuyviiuwiuvt't
aceurged New Orleans and almost depop
ulated Memphis. Fer mouths nothing
was heard of him by his friends and for
mer newspaper associates in Cincinnati.
When the discase had run its ceurse Mr.
Krehblel, then a reporter ou The Cincin
nati Gazette, received a characteristic
letter from Hearn. The writer expressed
his inability te understand the workings
of Providence because beautiful women,
manly, handsome men and lovely chil
dren had been stricken around about
him en every hand, while he, the un
couth in appearance, for whom no hu
man heart would quicken its pulsation
at the announcement of his death, had
been wholly ignored, by the yellow reap
er of death's harvest. Ills letter ended
the tubject by a suggestion that it might
be possible yellow fever drew the line of
its acquaintanceship en the plane of per
sonal appearance, and that he, Lafcadle
Hearn, occupied a position beyond the
line.
One incident in Mr. Hearn's reportorial
life en The Enquirer impressed iteelf
upon my mind se vividly that I have
never forgotten it in the slightest.
At the time there waa a newspaper
train which left the Cincinnati station
every morning at 9 o'clock for Dayton,
Teledo and the north. It was necessary,
therefore, that every line of copy should
be in the composing room by 2 o'clock
for the railroad edition.
One night there was a sensation of no
small magnitude, and te Hearn and his
pen of horrors was assigned the task of
preparing it for publication. The facts
were all in his possession by 11 o'clock,
and he get down te his task te prepare
the copy. He could net brook interfer
ence or a foreign presence while at work,
and it was his privilege te occupy a desk
in a little back room, both of which were
used in the day time by the late eccentric
Q. M. D. Bless, the only nowspepcr writer
known te history whose manuscript was
mero illegible- than that of Heraco
Oreeley.
The staff of The Enquirer at that time
was filled with writers, every ene of
v hem had full control of his own manu
script. There was no "copy editor," but
each writer sent his manuscript directly
from his desk te the foreman of the news
room. Whenever an article of a column
and a half or mero was being prepared
late at night, it was customary te send
the copy te the composing room as fast as
it was ready, se that when the last few
sheets were finished the mala body of the
artlcle was in type.
On the night te which I have referred,
Hearn's sensation was te be the fcature
of The Enquirer. Three columns had
been set aside for it, and Hearn, though a
slew, careful writer, was expected te fin
ish the task in the threo hours from 11
till 9 o'clock.
Mr. Cockerell, however, grew nervous
and nnxieus as midnight came and
passed and found Hearn patiently bend
ing ever his work of love, casting words
of wonder and melding sentences of
lingual liquescency te express the phan
tasmagoria of his tropical thoughts.
The editor began te leek in upon Hearn
seen after he had partaken of his mid
night lunch. First it was an inquiry:
"Hew are you coming up, iicarnV" A
gentle, low toned word of assurance
came in reply aud the face dropped ence
mero abeve the task. "Hurry it up,
Hearn," was the next interruption.
Hearn bent with a still lower attllude
toward his manuscript, "Aren't you
nearly finished?'' this time rather anx
iously, Hearn squirmed as be answered,
but pegged away at word coining,
"Cerny, Hearn, close it tip! Ne time te
leso newl" The editorial veice wep
somewhat stern and indicated a state of
mind which would brook no opposition.
"Nearly done, Mr. Cockerell," came the
cooing assurance, with a nervous tremolo
in the voice.
Twe o'clock struck and found Hearn
bent low ever Bless' desk, the perspira
tion oozing out en his forehead, while
the most fanciful expressions ever coined
were oozing out of his brain and trick
ling down his right nrm through his fin
gers ever his pen upon the paper, put
ting the finish te ene of the most mas
terly reports of a sensation ever written,
A half eaten apple lay hard by.
The deer opened with n jump. Editor
Cockerell came in this time and walked
across te the desk. "Cut it right oil
there, Hearn; we must go te press,"
was ids command, "Only two lines
mere," gasped Hearn, as he picked up
the apple and hastily revolved it clese
before his eye te select a choice bite,
liiff ! rattle! Befere the blte was selected
the editorial hand scut the half con
sumed fruit of geed and evil across the
room, aud Hearn was forcibly informed
that it was no time for fruit while the
presses wadted.
Cockerell had his hand en the sheet of
paper when Hearn made the curlique at
the bottom te signify "finis," The pen
was net raised from the final effort till
the editor had that last page of manu
script in his hand nnd had started toward
the deer te carry it te the compositors,
that it might be added te the rest of the
article, already in type, as he believed.
"Mr. Cockerell." The gentle veice stepped
the chief. He turned, when te his hor
ror Hearn lifted the lid of his desk and
said: "Here is the rest of it."
Sure enough, there it was tlirce col
umns of manuscript. Net a sheet had
been sent te the news room, but hed
been chucked into the desk as it was pre
pared. Let me draw the veil or drop the cur
tain, as it pleases you. Every old em em em
Eloye of The Enquirer who happened te
e around the offices that night wilt re
member the scene that ensued. There
wasn't much notion, but the technique
was grand. The atmosphere was blue,
het and full of revolving corners for ten
minutes. As Cus Williams nays in his
song, "Oh, such beautiful language,"
We cannot find fault with Cel. Cockerell
for the words hu uttered upon that occa
sion; words mero expressive and hair
raising than any which Hearn bad
penned in his three columned sensation,
but they were most plteeusly powerless
te express the btate of IMiter Cockerell's
surprised soul. r
In the foggy utmnsphere of the edito
rial expression, I learn escaped. And
when In) came back next day te report
for duty hu trod with nngvl bteps and
for bix huiir.s he w as afraid te de mero
than think. Whui hu finally met Mr.
Cockerell he was fully pTepared te drop
dead. But the editor's kindly "Helle,
Hearn," kiviiI lit s life, nnd that's hew it
happens ue have "Chiti" and "Youma"
te thiill u? new. O. 1'. CAYLen.
What ll.nl IVi.miii.lilp Hid.
"Study penmanship, my toy, au carvfully
in jeu kneu hew I 1j1 a fortune ones by
ail wrltfug."
"Her
"I levwl a rich girl uud 1m 1 me. I
vrote and asled tier te thre in, nd the
well, she thought I asked her te save in
note. New Yerk Kveuin; Sen.
J)lscrrpanry Sinwlier.
Mr. Ktngle Why, Jehn, tU waiter it
standing upright
Fnngle Yes, til course.
Faugle-lJut tpu said binwwm
.-Epoch.
A REPORTER FOR A MY.
REMARKABLE APRIL FOOL EXPERI
ENCE OF A YOUNQ BROKER.
Knew aa the "Street" as a "ttoedeo"
aad a "Jenah," lie lleeamet a Reporter
and Strikes Riches tsy lha Merest Chance
f rertaae.
I.
Business was dull at the offices of Mr.
Jehn Quarles, broker nnd general com
mission merchant. Business was net
only dull, but it was bad. Indeed, te tell
the truth, there waa no business at nil.
Instead of rushing te hanks, or ctearlng
heuse, or the "fleer," Mr. Quarles' ofilce
boy Bat cexlly In his chair, and absorbed
large quantities of "Red Handed Rick,
or the Haider's Revenge." While turn
ing the leaves he would leek casually
from the window, view the crowds hur
rying by, beneath the palling of a raw
spring rain, sigh comfortably, assure
himself once again that he "had a snap
of a job," and resume his romance.
"I AM AN ASS.
Fer his part the broker idly threaded
the ticker tape through his hands, glanced
at the quotations and listened hopelessly
te the rush of feet along the hallway.
He hardly expected any ene te turn the
knob and enter. Ne ene was giving him
business, and that undertaken en his own
account had turned out badly. The men
in the "street" liked him. They said he
was a "geed fellow" and always had a
cordial greeting. But they placed their
orders cisowhere.
Why?
Jehn Quarles was a hoodoo.
All thought se, from the president of
the exchange down te the smallest mes
senger boy. Hew the impression first
gained currency no ene knew, but it was
a matter of record that everything
Quarles went at proved unlucky. He
last his own money, and if a friend spec
ulated en his ndvice disaster also fol
lowed. Custom dropped away, disap
peared, and he was simply "Hoodoo"
Quarles, a "rattling geed fellow," but a
"sure Jenah."
"May as well go home and take the
old lady for a ride," he mused. "I'll try
and get a little comfort out of life if I
can't get any cash out of business. Sam"
te the boy "clese up at o'clock. If
any ene comes in tell him eh, tell him
what you like."
"Ycssir," responded Sam. "Q'night,
sir."
Quarles strolled up Broadway in an
absent mood, and, befere he was nware
that he had geno that fur north, steed nt
the corner of l'ark row. He was called
by name. He looked around and saw
approaching Gen. Beemer, chief editor
of The Daily Plunger and a man of
might in the newspaper world. Beemer
walked rapidly, and did net les'sen his
pace en reaching Quarles.
"Come," he said. "Can't step; going
te lunch; want te talk with you; chat
and eat at same time; save a few min
utes," There was no chance te pretest or
query. Beemer's ferce and aflsertivencss
overbore everything, aud, without exact
ly knowing why or hew, Quarles seen
found himself seated in n rcstaurunt op
posite his friend.
"Hew's business, Jehn?"
"Net very geed."
"Keep your seat in the exchange?"
"Yes."
"Want a place en The Plunger?"
"What te de-run the elevator?"
"Ne; elevater would break down first
trip; will give you job te write daily re
view of stock market; pay you $40 a
week; mero if yeu're worth it; ceme
'round te-morrow forenoon and report
for duty. What de you say yes, or no?"
"Yes, but I'm afraid"
"Never mind your 'afraid.' If you
don't suit In the 'street' I'll try you en
sorae ether line; if no geed, bounce you.
Needn't step longer new; be at the shop
10 sharp; geed day."
Quarles thought he'd better go home.
It was sufficient te meet ene man a day
with the vitality and snap and energy of
Beemer, Se, in due season, he was de
tailing te the "old lady," otherwise his
pretty and affectienate little wife, the
story of his engagement as a reporter.
H.
New it chanced that en the morning
of the same day March 31 te be exact
another man was idly fingering the ticker
tape in his private office, und, between
clicks, looking out upon the sullen
storm. Tills man was net a "hoodoo."
He was a Midas. Everything touched
by Henry Irvlngten changed te geld,
and his opinion carried the greatest
weight whenever expressed, which was
rarely. If he mentioned casually that
Erie looked well or that Wabash prom prem
ised better things, the hearer would slip
uway, dash into a broker's or into the
"pit" ami "play the ieinter" for all he
was worth.
"I rather think," chuckled the great
speculator, "that it's about time te put
en the screws."
Fer soine weeks the bears had been
"having fun" wlthenu of Irvington's pet
stocks. When nothing clse occupied
their nttentien they would hammer
down Mohawk for the sake of annoying
the "old man," as they dublicd the king
of the street. Irvlngten evidently didn't
like it at first, but ufter three or four
days his countenunce took en a griu of
malicious enjoyment whenever the bears
attacked Mohawk. It afterward devel
oped that he had Keen a chance te make
a geed thing. His confidential brokers
had bought as fast as eltered all the rash
Mohawk in the market and numerous
sellers' options, until they controlled,
either actually or by contract, every
share of the stock in existence. Te avert
Buspicienthcy then sold a block of shares
for ca9h te boihe of the bears, and imme
diately repurchased it en buyers' option
at ten days. The bears placed their cash
stock en the market, and it was privately
rebeught by Irvington's agents.
Many of the sellers' options were about
te mature, and the "old man," therefore,
this afternoon of March 111, steed ready
te "put en the screws." Mohawk wa
capitalized at 50,000 bhares of $100 each.
Irvlngten hud 43,000 of these In bin
vault, yet he held the agreements of
simulators te bell him 03,000 shares at
ii cents ou the dollar. Hu could put the
price where he pleased and force the fel
lows who had been "having fun" with
hla pet bteck te bettle at enormous less.
The "old man" dropped the tape and
rang thu bell.'
His chief clerk entered.
"Mr. Bryan," said Irviugten, "tell our
saea te luaae ea the bera with both feat
at 1 1 :J te-morrow. We'll give the street
something te remember Apt 11 1 by. I'm
going home. Geed day, sir,"
111.
Quarles steed en thu fleer of the ex
change. He was csme ing work entirely
new te him nnd felt nervous. One thing
he wished te conceal, for n time at least,
and that wnshlsconnectlen with a news
paper. 1 1 would net Ik) pleasant, because
of "guys" or "jobs" en the part of the
'funny men," te ninku hU journal ridic
ulous and write himself down an ass.
lie joined a group of acquaintances, and
in the course of cotivcnatleit queried,
"Hew about Mohawk?" "A hundred
shares nt jwr, ten days," briefly respond
ed one of theso addressed, Here was a
point for his article. The much ham
mered. stock was rising. Quarles pulled
out his nole book and recorded thu state
ment. Ills companions looked surprised,
The group seen separated, but a little
later ene of the "boys" strolled along and
said: "Twe hundred Mohawk at 101, ten
days." Anether rise; another ueint for
that article, and down it went just be
low the first memorandum. He nodded
thanks te his Informant. A third man
approached. "Helle, Quarles," was his
greeting, "Five bundled Mohawk, ten
days, 101." "All right, old man," was
the response, and he made the third
entry.
As he returned the IkxiI; te his pocket
Quarles felt a cold chill go down hli
back. It (lashed across his mind that he
had been taking bids as well as notes.
He left the fleer, rushed te his ofUce and
sank in a chair. The boy looked nt him
amazed.
"Are yer sick, boss?" he ventured te
inquire.
"Ne, Sam, net sick, but an ass a
monumental ass."
"De peer old hoodoo's get it in dcr
neck again," murmured b.un, sympa
thetically, as he resumed his novel.
Quarles sat, mentally beuumbed, until
the clanger of bells, whistles and chillies
told off the hour of neon. Then ha
reused himself. "I must go te The
Plunger olllce nnd resign in time for
Beemer te put another man en the day's
work," he groaned.
He found Beemer in his private room.
With him was n short, gray whiskered
sarcastic looking man, te whom Quarles
bowed revcrentlr. It wns irvlngten.
"Can't allow this Jehn, can't allow it;
glad of your geed fortuue, but have te
beunce you; must keep commercial
column clear of prejudiced views; don't
want reporters simulating, but am
deuced gl.ul you made a strike, old fel
low." , Then Irvlngten spoke: "I don't knew
hew you fathomed the secret of the Mo
hawk corner, young man, but I congrat
ulate you en your shrewdness mid nerve.
I shall have some business for you iu a
few days."
Again the general: "New get out,
Quarles, you me bounced; ceme aud dine
with me te night In celebration of your
luck. I'm busy new; geed day,"
Hew Quarles get te the sidewalk be
never knew. Benumlied before, he was
new dazed. Something struck like a
blew en his brain. It was n newsboy's
cry: "All about the big corner iu Mo
hawk. Tremendous rise in price. Pa
lter, Bir?"
THE PANIC ON THE DOA11D.
Sure enough. There it wus in black
nnd white. Mohawk going up, up, up.
The street frantic; many Rcllern' options
due, ethers te be settled later en. Irving
ton's men shoving buyers'' options under
the bears' noses and demanding their
property. Five per cent, a day already
offered for leans of shares Mohawk at
200, and Jehn Quarles, "hoodoo" Jehn, a
rich man.
The ex-reporter pulled himself together
with an effort. He recovered his men
tal balance nnd fared merrily down the
street. A package lay ou the sidewalk,
eagerly watched by a group of Jails.
Quarles saw the sell, but steeped te pick
up the bundle. Why net share a little of
the gladness of his heart with ethers?
"April feel!" shouted thu giuuies glee
fully. "Yes," laughed Jehn, "I am an April
feel, the biggest ever been, for I've fooled
niyealf out of a job nnd into fortune."
Fkkd 0. Dayton.
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Illinois floats a flag ever every school
house In her borders and reipihv vvery child
of school axe te attend school unless ill. The
coming generation in Illinois will be patrietia
end Intelligent. The same advance in the
Idea of education in patriotism is fortunately
beiac made lu ether states aa well, Water.
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POINTS ON ROWING
It Is th& Most Popular of Sports
Says Malcolm Ferd.
HOW FAMOUS OARSXKN TRAIN.
tame rerutlnrltlfie r William O'Connor
anil the Lite Henry Bearte Hew tit
Avoid flettlnt a Wry Meek, riat Chrtt
r Itenntl Shoulder.
Rowing is an excreta which prehality
itaiuU higher In popular favor limn any ether
one form of physical work, Tlie mere fact
Mint It ran be practice. I only In the epvMi air
may account te a great extent for its popu
larity. As an exercise It acts directly upon
the leg, back, ftheulder and arms, anil about
the only rt of the body It does net affect Is
the cht, although te a email extent It de
velops the imm-lee there. The back receives
the greatest share of work, and the muscles
ou that jwirt of n well trained aanmmn stand
out prominently. One great advantage. In
rowing is that both old and yeuug can engage
In it with enough satisfaction te derlve pleas
ant recreation. This Is net no In games that
require. activity, such asj-iinning or jumping,
and although rowing In races U an unusually
soTere strain en one's body, still as the
huge majority row for pleasure, It Is net te
be wondered at that men of comparatively
advanced yearn are seeu skimming the water
In numbers that compare favorably with
thorn rvprcwutlug younger ntliletea.
O'CONNOR MCUINNlNd A HTHOKE.
(Frem an Instantaneous photeirraph.
Very few nthletcs engage In the exirclM of
running simply for recreation. They gener
ally have nn object In vlew, such as Ratting
into condition for a certain event. If, how
ever, a man leading a sodenciry "fe ' trou
bled with headaches or dystepiln, the exor exer
cise tin would be advised te indulge iu would
Iki light all round gymnastic work or for the
summer months rowing. The reason these
exercises far excel ethers for such a purpose
Is that they can Iw teken In a very mild form,
and at the same tlmu call into play many
inuncli.
A mau, whether young or old, can get In a
beat aad pull ever a few nilles,briathhig at the
same time pleuty of fresh air, and en return
ing foal that a complete change In his physi
cal touehas taken place. He may be fatigued,
but still no ene set of muscles will have lieen
worked ullleleiitly hard te cause a dowu dewu
right ache. The mere excrclse of pulling an
ear slowly will very seldom stiffen a man.
I lacing, of course, is dllfercnt, and a tough
two or threo mlle pull will cause a commo
tion among the muscles lined and the heart
and lung which will net Iw seen forgotten
by ene who is unaccustomed te such things.
Although my fertn U all round nihilities I
have done coiisldcrable linat pulling, and can
say that te spurt with nn ear Is an excrciM
as vigorous as 1 ever nttompted.
One will of leu hour thd question, "Whero
did lfniilan get his power from, nnd hew is it
that O'Connor Is but n medium alznd man, and
Henry Heiirle, who was the world's champion
at the time of his death, was no bigger!
These three oarsmen were and are looked
upon as tlia beat the world ever produced.
I Ionian used te row nt MO tieunds. O'Con
nor's weight iu condition Is between 168 and
100 iieunds, and HenryHearle, when he beat
O'Connor last fall In Kugland and wen thu
proud. title of champion of the world,
weighed about 1CJ pound. There are ethor
geed oarsmen who are many eunds heavier
and threo or four Inches tailor than these
three inen; they have a longer reach and
sweep, but for Hie u,t dozen years no big
mnti has reached the lop.
When I first inut Ilanlnu we engaged In
convuruitlen concerning whnt was necessary
te keep In geed condition at our respective
specialties, nnd what he told me struck me te
forcibly that 1 have thought often of the wis
dom of his advice and hew well ene can
apply It te nny kind of oxercise. At that
tlnie I did net knew qulte se much nlieut ex
ercise in general as I have since learned, and
en asking him what diet he llved en and hew
be kept himself down In flwh, llanlan said:
"All these. Ideus about my dieting or reducing
flesh are wrong. My rowing ability hns
ceme simply from a continued uwief certain
nmwles.and put me ou aiiexorclse that would
bring In the uy) of muncles ether than theso
develeped en me and 1 will be all at seu, even
though most ople probably Imagine that I
am In spleudid condition and fearfully strong
all ever."
Hanlau at this time was In flne rowing fet
tle, ami we were just about the same size and
weight. New, hewever, he is about twunty twunty
flve peuuda heavier, for he lately told me he
weighed VSt pounds In athletic costume. Te
continue what he told me at our first meet
ing, I rememlier well his asking ine te feel
certain purls of his arm dovelepod by the ex
ercise of pulling an ear, and he said: "I can
tell hy feeling yours that there Is quite a
difference in shape from mine. Yeu havu
shoved dumb bells and done u geed deal of
KKAM.K IIEOINNINO A HTI10KK.
(Krein an IntUutaueuu photograph.)
gymnasium work which has brought it up
well in all parts, but put us en any kind of a
pulling machine and I can probably play
with you. That is the whole secret of my
rowing. I out mederapily plain feed and
get a geed quantity of sleep, but if I have
any muscular energy te waste It it directed
almost entirely te pulling a beat, nnd I nm
at present lit te put a.i geed a strain ou an
ear as nny one 1 knew of,"
It will buMt-n by the tibove that Hainan's
theory of rowing is net at all complicated,
aud it resolves itself te a question of having
stronger pulling mueeles than any ether man.
HU style at using the ear was considered
very flue, aud even new, in giving different
exhibitions of eurunuiislilp, he has net lest
the rame smooth, powerful swing which he
showed when hu proved hiuiM:lf te Iw Invinci
ble. The illustration, "O'Connor Beginning a
Btreke," shone tint esmurm ashu npcars In
Ids beat. When William O'Connor was uu
amateur predictions "ere many thnt he was
quite caulle of duvelepiug Inte un earsuiau
as geed as uny who had thi eeuw bolerethe
rowing werlJ. Ills numerous tuccenr-s in
this ceuutry, ufter he had Iweemu u profes
sional, proved that the form lei Khened while
an amateur had net lioeu miijudcd, O'Con
nor Is known te have geed staving power and
an eaty way of handling nn ear. Previous te
his departure for Kiiglund te row ngnliut
Henry K. Soarle lest fall I had a conversation
with hiin in regard te his prophets und hit
general method of getting Inte condition.
He, as well as IUuUii, pit pirticular stress
en developing the pulling muicle, although
be gave me the liupreleii that hu considered
rowing mere of a hcience than lbiuUiu does.
Ha sKku of different I igs of shells iu a de
tailed way, which showed that he was fully
alive te any udautuse gained lu using a new
invention iu that line. O'Connor left this
ceuutry last August, nnd I huurd nethluf
authoritative about h w he lest thu race un
til the well known eirsman, Wallace Ress,
returned te New Yerk, nftir having had a
considerable suy In Hngland. He, of course,
saw the twarle-O'Ceiiuur race, nnd he told
(lie that the latter wus rather uuder weight
ou ths day of the contest.
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arms are much extended and the body It
thrown forward further than shown la O'Oea
nor's picture. Iless told ma that he theaaM',
Bearle had a mere powerful stroke than CCesV.
nor, although he admitted that ths UUar daft ; 1
net Roem te In at hU best when th two SHi.i
The two Illustrations of the men shewrsrs
weuiueir comparative site, and la petatac
pnysique iney were most eremy matched, i;
uearie'i native country, Australia, hat baaat'
thescenoet unusual activity la rjrofessleaat
rowing since the first visit thereof KdwarsV
Hanlan betwcen'elght and tan years age, Tha
cevernment snent a larve Amount nf ihiiest
In straightening the Farametta river, aad lap
jianmn s estimation It la tne nam cearst M
has seen. As se much Interest Is taksa hs
rowing, as Is known te be the com la Aattra -lla,
It is no wonder that geed eanraea art) As
releped thre. O'Connor left America has
few weeks age (or Australia la search of Ink
rels, and as he is well aware of Um cksik
will have te compete with, the prebabiU
are that he will leave nothing UBdea te I
tber perfect Ms rowing abilities, eve
they are new very high class. &
The illustration 'Finish of Btreks" U f ream
an Instantaneous photograph of twensaaiav
an eight eared crew. It can ba teeatMfr
tlicre Is a decided difference In their attitudes.
One Is leaning back mera than the etfcarv i
The plcture shows well the general poaitleaa
of the arms and gives a fair Idea of tb '
amount of motion or swine used la a fall
stroWe. Instructors say that ths ealy part of ;
me siroiie wnere tne muscles or the cheat an
(lovelorn! Is the ene shown iu this plctura.
which probably, te be a little mera expUett, t
means the last six Inches of the whole swusst. '
There Is a great difference In the way ears
men held the head at the finish of a streba,'
aim uie tcnuency wun me majority is te
the bead badly forward en te the cbtat. tt
by developing what soma Instructors east
"wryneck," and which net only leek bast,
but la injurious. The same rasnlta, hew ,
ever, cau be seen iu many men who twrat
rowed a stroke, having been brought abeat
by sitting or leaning ever desks. But red :
Ing It known te produce, unless cars It I
an aggravated type of wry neck, which loehaffl
In sumo ciwwt llke a ilerermlty. 'lb naea '
Ins forward of the arms will tend te threw i
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the body forward en account of the action
the muscles, and uulemnn oarsman take
tlcular pains te threw his head back as ma
as peiulhlu the constant Indulgence in his I
erelse will make a material change la tM
tltieii ut his head en Its shoulders. .?;
The question of whether or net rowing stl
responsible fur round shoulders pas bean
cussed tee erten te need mucn further
inuut, but I hnve noticed that there are saera.fi
round shouldered oarsmen than any Othlsfl
ene form of oxercise will show. There Msj
of course, mero oarsmen te pick from, I
ever. There is no question that tug of t
or welcht lifting will tend te curve aa
lete's Iteck even mere tlutn rowing,' for. .
theso cxerclvs there is actually ue way'
can threw the head back when practlciag.'t
have met Heme geed oarsmen who wers
straluhtcr thnn the average man. If
had net juild itirtlcular attention during j
finish of tlw stroke te Helding meir i
erect and taking the opportunity te
the chest out, they might show the same s
neck, round and steeping uacK ana nai i
a lilch plenty of geed oarsmen hsva. j
This inrt of the subject it most easy W t
perlment wltn, ana it can de tuny unasra
by trying the movement hi a beat er.i
rewlmr machine. Keep the shoulders n
und head thrown ever all the tlm;as1
tendency it In nulling a race, and than,!
holding the head erect, and at the flnlafci
I he .trolie threw the chest out a,iu me i
den back, and the most Inexperienced pi
observer cannot fall te notice tne uiu
Although It may ba troublesome te fe
the latter method In a race, there Is ue t
for net minuting it when rowing ler i
Hen. Malcolm W. Ferd,'
PUNISHMENTS OF
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They Are Often Illegal and N Best
Harked by Great Crnilty.'
The treuble en the United
warship Enterprise, recently ventik
in the course of the inquiry at
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the captain of the vessel, appeared,
defendant, ban called general attentlMJ
tp the bcvcie nnd often unlawful ptMl
ihhiiicnU inflicted en seamen. Cenaasyg
inent, depiivatien of shere liberty, ea .
reduction of rating are the only
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reach the land of the terrible treatmeatiS
received by Forecast te Jack utthe bandana
ei ilia irui'Luiii ui mjiiiu miii' iiugti(.7 Vt3j
thu quarter deck. Thu illuatratiens Kvcftf
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allies incurred for such offenses aa
Belenec, drunkenness, or overstay
fihere leave. The devices of a I
or a severe officer may iuclude ter
never dreamed of by Dante when wr?H
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tine of Hie Urtt. 2
Allrt Suudstrem. who died recently itVf
California, was well known te the amatetarj
athletes of New Yei K. ue was eniy i yean ,
old, and his career was very premlslug l
every way, lie nan tasuu nuuu vu u
u,ir. bad never dUsinated. aud the result i
that he nessessed a physique which nethltw j
atgl
could affect. His brother, Out BuudttraaaH
champion long distance swimmer, bad d 3
voted u ceed deal of time te the iiistructtwa ;
of Albert, and the young man started ea s)Vi
fnnr nt the world te beat all comers. Ha i
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went te the different big cities, posted a fasSVj
Xeit, and rcm.lnea several weens in every,
town waltiug for the crack swimmers te
vuna almiir. He defeated them OlM after
ntlier with ease at all dlstaucet. and bad math kl
au uninterrupted record iu Caltferala, whs '
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