TTIE SCHAXTON TIM Ji U.N 15--"W15U.VJES1JAT ' l, "ittXRCB. 25, TSHB.
Witt f dra wapis.
. By DUFFIELD
Author of "Tbs Spell
Copyrli bt, lMrt, by Bachillar,
f SYNOPSIS.
' "The llttlo French doclor who looks
twice as oUl as he in anil seldom talks'
tll a story of Ills early lire. At the Ki-ole
le Mnlecln in Tarts he becomes acqnuliil
1 with Professor Kournter, the leaillnif
putholuKlt, and also with a, fellow-atn-deirt
namea Toeilt. tt Koneral favorllo with
all but Fournler anJ the narrator, ami
IKposetl to apologize for anarchy. Alter
graduation the narrator enter Konrni-tr s
private laboratory, llmls that the latter Is
eiiKUKMl In secret Investigations, probu
llv eVrlro-uhatoKraphle In nature, ami
Involving tlm iinepxliilnuble tleuth or ani
mal and plants. A strange epldeimo
breaks out anions the wealthy mlll-own-ers
In Artenll. a town sltuuteU In Hie
midst of a maniifai'tiirliiB country, tour
nler Is sent there by the Koveinment, an. I
the narrator goes with hm. tn the train
Ihey discuss the disease, its belnif con
fined to tin- upper classes, some nlmlliir
rases that occurred some years before at
lontrevaull. and the fu;t that Toedt hail
practiced, at JMontrrvault. but was now at
.Arteull. founder appears to have nomo
suspicion, and the narrator urttliia to
grasp it.
PAKTII.
GpiDplne thp arms of my seat with
both hunda and leaning forward with a
face from which 1 felt all the blood had
vanished. 1 stammered out:
"Yon do not you rannot think that
I ha "
That what?" he asked, eyelnff nie
closely.
"That theHp people have been
)mt for the life of me I could not Ret
the word out.
"Murdered'.'" he queried, calmly.
poisoned:" 1 at last managed to
Pjaclilate.
"Well," said Prof. Fournler, cross
ing: one leu over the other and leanlnK
back amonir the cushions, " we shall
nee.. 1 confesH that I have certain
ideas on the subject which 1 am hardly
ready to formulotn Just yet. This
much I will say for your guidance;
that I do not suspect the presence of
any ordinary poison administered by
any ordinary poisoner. In fact, the
case Is such that. If I Hud my ideas
substantiated, I shall consider it my
duty to humanity to take upon myself
the punishment rather than the ex
posure of the criminal."
From this time until our arrival at
Arteull no conversation passed be
tween us. Fournler seemed wrapped
in thought, and my own mind was busy
with tlie awful suspicion his words
had sutrxested. could not hut ac
knowledge that the facts strongly
favored my companion's upparcnt the
ory, but the difficulty was to realize
what poison could have been used,
mid how any poison could have been
administered in suclt a vast niimhcr
of cases. It seemed to argue a con
spiracy of Impossible dimensions, and
at this point I whs floundering hope
lessly when our train drew into the
Station.
Our cumins had been duly heralded.
Several physicians were waiting on
the platform, und, among them, I
saw the handsome and Intellectual
lace of Toedt. He rushed forward to
embrace us.
At the same moment, but whether
by accident or design I could not
fe thorn, Fournler turned to give some
direction to a porter and Ignored the
friendly greeting. 1 saw a queer look
I'iiniH riV'At Tdnrtf't fuKu tint lit mnrle
no motion, to renew his udvance. and
the Incident. would have left little or
no Impression on me, had it not re
called to my memory that scene in the
Paris cafe.
Ah a matter of fact, however, the
professional situation was of a nature
10 banish everything else from our
minds. The condition was indeed
frightful. Hardly a family of wealth
or standing but had lost one or more
of Its members, and In some instances,
the entire household. Including the
servants, had been simply obliterated.
The symptoms were horrible in the ex
treme, but you are not a medical man
and to describe them in detail would
not make my story any the more com
prehensible to you. Suffice to stale
that they Indicated a malignant decay
of the mucous tissues of the body, and,
worse than all. there was not a single
record of a cure. Night and day w
worked at first with feverish en
thusiasm, then with dogged persever
ance; while our efforts slowly dwindled
from attempts to save down to mere
endeavors to alleviate the sufferings
of the stricken oues until the great
alleviator of all human suffering
should press his cooling hand upon
their brows. Meanwhile, strange to
relate, the business and laboring quar
ters of the town still remained exempt,
but for a few sporadic cases.
1 had rather Imagined, at first, that
Kournier .might have observed In the
symptoms something akin to those
produced by the new poisons with
which I had believed him to be experi
menting, but I soon saw that this sup
position was groundless. The ap
parently natural death of the Gulnea
plg was as far as anything could be
from the horrors of these dissolutions.
AVe had attempted no autopsies. The
physician who, before the coming of
the pest, shared with Toedt the fash
ionable practice of Arteull, hud es
sayed one, been taken down himself,
and died. Later one ot the first of the
visiting men had braved the same
danger, with the same result to him
self and his assistants. Since then au
topsies had been abandoned.
1 had had several conversations with
my former classmate when relieved
for a few moments from my labors,
and 1 found to my surprise that he had
not entirely yielded to the despair
which the rest of us felt. Hp had at
rlrst believed, lie said, that the best
practice was to fortify against the
contagion, and. with this point in
View, had made it a point to visit most
of his patients at the time of the out
break of the epidemic. He admitted,
however, that his efforts to ward off
had, thus far, proved about as unavail
ing as ours to cure.
, "I confess to you," he said, at the
conclusion of one of these talks, "that
I have little or no hope which Is not
based upon a discovery of the true na
ture and causes of the disease itself
Tacts which .- can be gotten at only
through an exhaustive autonsv of a
well-defined ease, made by a leading.
patnoingist. That the experiment Is
Purifies and Beautifies
the Skin by restoring
to healthy activity the
Cloqoed, Irritated, In
flaied. Sluggish, or
Overworked Pores.
ate wtu W -- .-if. j -m
U4 thiwtMa Km wmM. ttrttttb ,
OSBORNE.
of Aahtaroth."
Johnson and Baeballin
dangerous, I admit : but there are
many reasons why such an autopsy as
1 suggest need not be looked upon from
the standpoint of the non-results and
lertls of its predecessors. The for
mer operators were neither of them
first-class men, nor did they realize
the danger they ran. Be assured. I
would attempt it myself were 1 more
able scientifically, or less run down
physically. It should be done by a
comparatively new man In the field,
and by a great man."
i went back to my lodgings consider
ably impressed by these words. They
seemed to point definitely to Fournler
as their object, and I hesitated to re
peat them to him. Convinced, at last,
however, that he was not the man to
be led blindly into the useless and fool
hardy experiments that might attract
a young aspirant for fame, 1 acquaint
ed him that evening with the substance
of Toedt 'si opinions.
His face wore a look of grim humor
when 1 had linished speaking.
"What do you tlitnk of his Idea?"
I queried.
"That It Is an excellent one from his
point of view," rejoined my friend, lm
perturably. "By the bye. did you
bring your pistol with you from
Paris?"
"No, why should I have?" I asked.
"Can I trouble you to get two in
town the first thing; in the morning,
and a box of cartridges. 1 anticipate
that we shall need them In our investi
gations." You can. perhaps. Imugine the con
dition of utter astonishment into which
these words plunged me. At first 1
was even too much dumfounded to
question him, but when I recovered my
senses sutlii l.'titly to do so, 1 soon dis-
TARPON HE, DOCTOR."
covered '.hat he had said all lie then
Intended to say on the subject. The
next morning I saw that his suggestion
was complied with, for 1 knew he was
not a man to speak such words lightly.
That night, two or the leading prac
titioners who had come to Arteull
called upon Fournler, and n long dis
cussion of the situation and prospects
ensued a discussion which ended In a
suggestion, rather intimated thnn ac
tually made, to the effect that he should
undertake an autopsy upon the body
of the next victim. . .
.My companion drew his brows to
gether and looked seriously at the
lire.
"You think, gentlemen," he said at
last, "that there is a reasonable pros
pect of good results from such an ex
periment?" "If made by you. yes," replied one of
our visitors, frankly.
"tlesides." put in the other, "do you
not think the dangers which the ear
lier efforts have made apparent could
be successfully guarded against by a
fully forewarned science?"
"I was not thinking of the danger."
said Fournler, slowly. "Of course I
should need several assistants In order
to undertake such u work with the best
prospects of success."
"Permit me to offer myself." ex
claimed the two physicians in a breath.
"Thank you, gentlemen." said Four
nler, with some show of feeling. "Do
you not think we could also obtain
Dr. Toedfs aid? It would be Invaluable
with his knowledge of the difficulties
to be combatted."
'Heyond doubt he would feel highly
flattered at such a suggestion coming
from you." suiil the older of our visit
ors. "In fact, I may say that the idea
of a new autopsy to be made by you is
largely his. Naturally, however, he
hesitated to broach such a subject, and
I do so myself only upon the distinct
understanding that I should consider
you fully Justified in ignoring It."
1 had been silent thus far. Now, how
ever, 1 said:
"Dr. Toedt seems to think that the
danger of an autopsy may be minim
ized to next to nothing, but he frankly
admits that his preventive tactics have
availed no better than his curative
ones in actual practice."
Fournler cut. nie short with:
"Tim question of . risk, doctor. Is
hardly to be considered by us." Then,
turning to the others, he added: ".May
X ask' you to request Dr. Toedt to call
upon mfe at nine o'clock tomorrow
morning. I -nhould" be pleased to dis
cuss this matter wtlh him."
When the two doctors had taken their
leave, Fournler. turned to me.
"You purchased the. revolvers?" he
asked.
, I nodded.
"Good! I.orid them both and give me
one. Place the other in your pocket;
be in this room by a quarter to nine
tomorrow morning and see that your
nerves are In good condition. Ily the
bye" he added, as I bowed and turned
to fulfill his directions; "and will you
procure a good coil of stout rope J"
' I retired that night In a rather per
turbed frame of mind.
Morning broke, bright and cloudless,
and. at a few minutes after half-past
eight, I entered the reception room.
Fournler was ' pacing the floor with
quick, nervous stride.
"Ah, doctor," he said, coming for
ward, and grasped my hand. "You are
on time, I see; And now may I ask
you to help rue make a few prepara
tions to receive our guest. We will see
him In the'Sjtudio room.
The apartment alluded to was at the
top of 'the house anil quite separated
from it. It formed, in fact, a sort of a
cupola, with a skylight roof, and had
been built for a Paris artist who spent
some months of each year in Arteull.
. By 'my frUmd's directions I carried
upstairs the roil of Tope I had secured.
A photographic ' camera, with several
curious attachmnt, stood at one end
ot the room,, and near It was a deal
board table, behind w hich Fournler
seated himself,- having first placed a
stout wooden chair under tlie middle
skylight forvour expected visitor.
Scarcely had I. thrown myself upon a
corner divan before Toedt wan an
nounced, . "Have -the goodness trf request him
to step up here," said Fournler.
A momenlt later my classmate en
tered. I noted two thing's. One. that his
face was rather drawn and haggard,
and another, that the door had been
provided with a spring and an auto
matic catch, so that it fell to and
clicked fast behind him.
Naturally he took no account of this,
and having greeted us both, aat down
upon the only free chair in the room
that which Fournler had placed for
him. Then followed what seemed to
me an awkward silence.
"I am here, aa you requested. Pro
fessor Fournler." began Toedt at last.
"I understand, doctor," said Four
nler, "that you have expressed opin
ions to the effect that I should under
take an autopsy upon the next victim
of t hla epidemic."
"By no means," replied Toedt, quick
ly. "That would be a piece of pre
sumption of which 1 trust you acquitted
me at once. 1 merely remarked that 1
believed, a careful autopsy by a first
class pathologist might give very val
uable results. I would not even go so
far aa to believe It any man's duty to
undertake such a task. It Is unques
tionably dangerous."
"You knew, though.", said Fournler,
sternly, "that what you said would be
reported to me. and that. If I acquiesced
in your reasoning, 1 would consider it
my duty to Ignore the element of dan
ger. Pardon me for saving: mo, but
1 consider your words in the nature of
a direc t challenge."
"1 can only protest that they were
not so Intended," replied the visitor,
flushing.
"Will you act as one of iny assist
ants?" queried Fournler, sharply.
"Assuredly, sir," said Toedt, after an
Instant of almost lnierceptible hesita
tion. "You have no suspicion of the nature
and origin of this disease that would
render an autopsy unnecessary?" was
the next question.
"I certainly have not." said Toedt.
with a calmness that surprised me, In
view of the pointedness of the interro
gation. "What would you say this was?" pur
sued the questioner, sttll more sharply.
As he spoke, he drew from the draw
er of the table a small tray containing
fragments of thin glass with several
fluffs of cotton adhering to them.
"1 should say," replied Toedt, weigh
ing each word with cool deliberation,
"that what you have there are the rtm,
stopper and fragments of a germ-culture
tube."
"You are perfectly correct," said
Fournler, and 1 imagined that he too
seemed surprised at the other's easy
manner; "but can you oblige me fur
ther with the name of the bacillus
which has been cultivated in this ves
sel?" The visitor actually threw himself
back In the chair and laughed.
"I beg your pardon, doctor." he said
at Inst. "As for your question let me
remind you that 1 took my degree at
Paris In the nineteenth century, not
at Salamanca In the thirteenth. I am
a physician, not a necromancer."
"1 will tell you something else you
are," said Fournler, in a low, clear
voice. "You are the greatest vlllian
the world has ever seen. Sit still! if
you stir hand or foot J will shoot you
like a mad dog."
PART lit.
Toedt mode a motion as If to spring
from his chair, but he settled back be
fore the muxzle of the revolver, smiled,
and said with a nonchalance that fair
ly staggered nie:
"You have original ideas of hospital
ity, professor. May 1 presume so far as
to ask an explanation of this perform
ance?" "Will you oblige me by tying that
man in that chair." said Fournler to
nun Ignoring Toedt's lust remark and
still covering him with the pistol. "Tie
him as If for an old-time amputation
so that he cannot move a muscle."
During ail tills 1 had been sitting
spell-bound. From the preliminaries,
1 had, of course, been led to look for
ward to something startling, but the
form In which It came, took nie entirely
by surprise. I thought 1 knew Four
nler well enough to be sure that he
would not venture upon such a step
without very strong evidence, but the
assurance of Toedt's manner was so
perfect that 1 felt myself questioning
whether my friend might not have
made a serious error in his deduc
tions. I was even conscious of a doubt
as to whether the strain of the last few
days had not unhinged his mind, but
I put it aside In view of the deliberation
and coolness which had marked all his
acts.
Picking up the coll of rope, therefore.
I anroached our visitor and proceeded
to tie him hand, foot and body to the
chair In which he sat.
Ills self-possession was simply su
perb, and, as I worked, 1 fell to doubt
ing more and more.
"1 depend upon you." ho whispered,
"to see that the performance of this
maniac shall have no serious results.
It is better, though, that we humor him
to a degree. When you have finished,
try to persuade him to give you his pis
tol. Have you ever had reason to sus
pect such a tendency?"
Aly Job was soon done, and I turned To
Fournler. half with the Idea of follow
ing Toedt's suggestion. As I did so, he
laid the pistol down on the table, and I
heaved a sigh ot relief. Then he eyed
me closely lor a moment with a grim
smile.
"Now may t ask you to search his
pockets carefully! There may be some
fragile articles there."
"Pardon me, doctor." I said, again
turning to the prisoner.
"By all means," replied Toedt, but I
imagined that his face blanched a trifle.
The result of my search was not re
markablea pocket-case of Instru
ments, a purse, keys, handkerchief and
a small germ-culture tube filled with
some gelatinous substance and stop
pered wi-h a wad of cotton.
"I thought we would Hurt this." said
Fournler. picking the last article up
from the table where 1 had placed It
and holding it to the light. . "I hard
ly think that autopsy will be necessary.
Do you, Dr. Toedt?"
Toedt looked at me and smiled slight
ly. "Really, professor," he said, address
ing Fournler, in conciliatory tones.
"You are the best Judge of that. 1 de
fer to your opinion."
"Very good," replied Fournler. "1
am filad that you concur to that extent.
I do not believe another autopsy neces
sary or desirable. We have this disease
pretty well under control. I think." (i
glanced quickly at him In mute amaze
ment and perturbation). "There Is an
other little experiment, though, which
I do consider highly desirable, both
scientifically and criminally. May I
ask you gentlemen to assist me?"
I bowed without speaking. Toedt
laughed again, and said:
"l am afraid I can't help you Very"
much in my present condition."
"I only desire your passive assist
ance," said Fournler, coldly, and he
began to arrange his photographic ap
paratus adjusting there to what seemed
to be an electric, appliance, but with
the form and uses of which T was un
familiar. Then he requested me to aid
him In moving the stand a trifle, so as
to get a better focus upon our captive.
While all this was transpiring. I had
been thinking very hard, and had about
made up my mind not to allow the af
fair to be carried to extremes. It was
with an Indescribable shock that I found
myself inclining more and more to
wards Toedt's view of my friend's acts.
They certainly did not appear to be
those of a sane man.
What he was doing now, however,
called for no interference. To take a
man's photograph tinder such condi
tions might be considered an indignity,
but Toedt evidently regarded the whole
performance with that indulgence with
which we view the vagaries of a lunatic.
In fact, he seemed decidedly relieved
that the professor's mania had glided
Into such a harmless channel. Let me
also add that I had taken advantage of
Fournier's employment- to pick his re
volver up from the table and place It in
my pocket
"Will you oblige me by seeing- If this
focus is entirely boreect?", he said, turn
ing to me.- ' . i -I
applied my eye to the instrument
"Absolutely ao," I replied, stepping
back.
A smile that was more than half a
sneer curled the corners of Toedfs
mouth.
Suddenly a luminous glow filled the
apartment- It was in no wise like the
effect of a flashlight. There was noth
ing blinding about its intensity, and
yet, during the few seconds while it
lasted, it gave you the impression ot a
penetrating Intensity, incalculable and
mysterious. In that light a man might
have become a seer to whom the world
and Its secrets were as transparent as
crystal. All this I felt on the Instant.
By what mechanism Fournler had
produced this effect I had not observed,
but the form of Toedt seemed to occu
py the central point of Illumination.
Then the light as suddenly went out,
ami the brightness of the sun seemed
dull and dingy. The professor had
merely touched a short lever and placed
the can over the lens. That much I
saw. for my eyes were upon him at the
moment.
A second later I turned toward Toedt
and an Indescribable dismay seised me.
His body hung limp In its bones, and his
face was set in the same half smile, half
sneer I had noted a few moments
earlier. I sprang towards him and
grasped his pulse. There was not the
faintest flutter. Never in all my ex
perience have 1 known death to be so
absolutely instantaneous.
"He Is drtid!" 1 exclaimed, staring at
Fournler, with an expression of horror.
"1 know It." replied he. "You might
loosen him. If you will."
While he spoke, he was busy with his
apparatus. Without venturing to re
ply 1 hastily cut the ropes and laid the
dead man upon the floor.
"You had better notify some one."
continued Fournler, in tne same voice.
"I shall be very much occupied for the
next twenty-four hours and pray do
not judge of my sanity or commit your
self, until I see you again. Hy-the-bye,
may 1 ask you to call uion my patients
today?"
He placed the now detached camera
tinder his arm and hurried out, leaving
me alone with the corpse. How I got It
downstairs and on the sofa In the reception-room
I do not know, but it
was certainly there when 1 roused the
household and sent them scurrying
hither and thither to notify several of
our confreres.
These drooped In, one by one, during
the course of the next hour. It was
quite evident that no suspicion crossed
their minds. When they heard the
news they naturally assumed that the
plague had claimed another victim.
When they viewed and examined the
body, however, they agreed that It was
unquestionably a case of heart disease
aggravated by overwork 'and anxiety.
In which latter supposition 1 was more
than half Inclined to concur. A post
mortem was not even suggested. We
were too busy to care to gratify profes
sional curiosity, and there seemed to
be no other ground for one. Founder
had excused himself to all on the plea
of important work which could not be
laid aside a course whose very sus
piciousness might have tended to allay
susplclon had any existed.
Men were burled promptly at Arteull
in those days, aud the following morn
ing saw the remains of Dr. Toedt com
mitted to the earth. Fournler did not
attend the service, but, upon my return,
I found a message from him request
lug me to step up'to his room. I did
so with feelings whlfti it would be hard
to describe.
"Doctor." he began, when I had seat
ed myself, "have you now any theory
as to the nature of this epidemic?"
I shook my head, partly because I
had nothing definite to say and partly
becuuse I was anxious to learn the
truth as soon as possible."
''Are you familiar with the effects
upon the human system of anthrax
bacillus?"
"I know little or nothing on the sub
ject," said 1. for bacteriology was, then,
practically a closed book.
"If I told you that the symptoms In
duced by a certain very rare bacillus
closely ulllcd to the anthrax but capa
ble of attacking the mucous membrane
of human beings, would be precisely
those of this disease; that fragments
of germ tubes hud been picked up In
several ot the houses whose Inmates
have died: that n similar tube contain
ing these bactIM was found upon the
person of Dr. Toedt, and elaborate ap
paratus for their culture. In a small
laboratory In his house"
"Is that latter the fact?" I interrupt
ed. "I obtained entrance there last
night," went on Fournler. "anil made
a careful investigation which resulted
us 1 tell you."
"But the object:" I gasped, begin
ning at last to half catch his drift.
"If I told you," he pursued, "that tills
epidemic had been practically confined
to the families of wealthy persons and
large employers of labor who Inhab
ited the most salubrious part ot the
I.KAVINO MF. ALONE WITH THE
CORPSE.
region and town: that Toedt had, by
his own admission to you, visited, on
the plea of tuking preventive measures,
most of the residences where the dis
ease afterwards broke out; that this
man had professed anarchistic princi
ples of the most advanced kind; that
papers showing his connection with
certain anarchistic bodies had been
found In his house, and that tlie only
known record of the same disease is
that of the cases of Montrevault, w here
Toedt was located before he came
here: if I told you all this, and you re
alized It to be the truth, what would be
your verdict?"
That the man was a monster," I fal
tered, while I felt the cold sweat burst
out upon my forehead.
TPlease examine this photograph."
he said, banding It to me. "I did not
know yesterday all that I know now,
but I felt Justified In taking it bound
to take It, In fact, although I was cer
tain that the result would be fatal to
the sitter."
I glanced once at the vague, mysteri
ous shadow upon the card in my hand
oh, the unutterable horror of that
one glance! Hideous distortion,
fiendish malignity; abject terror; mor
tal agony then I fainted.
When I came to, Fournler was lower
ing my feet from the chair upon which
he had raised them.
"What Is It?" I whispered, eyeing
my master fearfully.
His solemn accents fell heavily upon
my brain as he answered:
"It is a photograph of Herman
Toedt's soul."
(The End.) .
"The Bull Fighter's Beeret," by Mary
Lovett Cameron, author of "At a Moor
ish Window," will begin tomorrow.
SOOTH MARCUS A. BANNA
, i ... i
He Appears Every Poor Years in
National Politics.
MANAGER OP M'KINLEY'S BOOM
U lXTotes Time, Mosey. Knew and
Brslas to Uls t'svorlts Candidates.
A Political Comet Jt Now
Kisiag to Its Zenith.
Cleveland. Ohio, March 15. M. A.
Hanna Is a political comet. He appear
every four years. His presence in the
national sky sets the country to talk
ing for a summer; he then slips under
the horizon. He is now in the ascend
ancy. He Is discussed over the breadth
and width of the land. He shares public
attention with the leaders who make
a business of being public. The peo
ple have learned to know him to rec
ognize his Influence and they wonder
at the manner of man he Is that In the
distribution of the rewards of victory
he rfelt her gets nor seeks any portion.
This unique trait Is surticient to make
him conspicuous. There are niany'other
reasons why he Is one of the remark
able men of the day.
Mr. Hanna Is primarily a business
man. He owns a large part of Cleve
land. He denies that he Is in politics
a statement which needs an explana
tion. He refuses to be classed with the
men who are In politics, because the
phrase suggests the brood scrambling
for oiilee. His interest In the affairs
of state Is no more than Is the right
and duty of all good citizens. He has
never held office save an unsalaried,
but trying compliment from the hands
of President Cleveland. He , never
wants another, and at the end of this
campaigns he will again retire from the
trials and vexations of conferences,
turn aside from the contests with party
bosses, temporarily abandon the strug
gle with the big combinations, and
become a private citizen in his palace
on the Erie lake shore.
EAIH.1ER FiUENDS.
President Oartleld and Senator Sher
man were the llrst men of fame to learn
the effective value of Mr. Hennas
friendship. Senator Forakcr has the
best appreciation of the effectiveness
of his opposition. . The llrst two were
swept Into position because he believed
the country needed leadership of their
type. Senator Foraker was compelled
to wait a season, and. after waiting, he
was honored. This Is the sort of citi
zen's Interest this new power In Ohio
manifests. He has no measure of good
will for the candidate he regards as
lifted for distinction. He is with him
from the bottom of his feet to the top of
his head. His time, money, energy,
brains, are all at his service, lie has
nothing for the candidate In whom he
lacks faith. He has no middle ground.
He is all for or ull against. This rule
Is no In force, and there will be no rest,
no peace for lilm so long as his Idol
stands for the indorsement of the na
tional Republican convention. He pos
sesses the conviction that tlie commer
cial Interests of the land demand the
election of William McKinley to the
presidency. So long as that decision
remains so long will Mr. Hanna be not
a private citizen ot Cleveland, but one
of the busiest characters from the At
lu title to the i'acilic.
Mr. McKinley is the last man to bring
Mr. Hanna Into the din and noise or a
hot campaign. They have not always
been as harmonious in opinion as they
are at present. They have very often
been on opposite sides of political situa
tions. They were both delegates to the
national convention of 1S!)4. The major
was lust, first and all the time a Hlalne
boomer at that meeting. Mr. Hanna
was the champion of John Sherman.
They had the same nim at the hot!, i
with beds In diagonal corners. Senator
Edmunds hud a chance of winning as
a compromise candidate. His cause
was in the bunds of Ueorge William'
Curtis and Theodore Iloosevelt. There
was a great knocking at the door of
the Haiina-.McKtiiley room lute in tlie
llrst night of the convention. Mr. Mc
Kinley answered the call and admitted
the boomers of the Vermont man.
They hurriedly told their plan for a
combination by which the nomination
should go to Edmunds or Sherman, ac
cording to the number of ballots each
should receive the first vote. The ma
jor listened to the scheme from his
place under the covers, but made no
comment on the elaborate plan. He
heard them nearly to the end, and then
said: "Gentlemen, 1 think you must
have made a mistake. The Sherman
man is over there in the other bed."
He then rolled over and went to sleep,
as the visitors shook up Hanna to retell
their story. It increased Mr. Manna's
faith In Mr. McKinley that he never
made use of his unwilling confidences
to the benefit of his man lilaiue.
18 WOKTH MILLIONS.
There Is no doubt that Mr. Hanna Is a
business man. He bus millions. He
dug some of them out of the iron und
copper hills of northern Michigan. Oth
ers came from the means he provided
for others to do the same thing, lie
was the pioneer in the Lake Superior
ship trade, and It now takes two Heels
of iron boats to handle the ores from
his holdings. A company to make
boats for sale was his project, and its
development made Cleveland the first
naval yard alons the Inland seas. A
lot of kindred enterprises followed the
managing genius of which was Mr.
Hanna. Theie was munlcinal neces
sity for a new street car line he bullii
eil it. His rinuncial tact was demand
ed In banking circles and his name
makes the I'nion National u leader in
the country. He once owned a news
paper. His money built the Kudld
Avenue Operu house. His energy
founded the biggest furnaces. He
operates in the colli ilelils of the Tus
carawas valley deals In the products
of tlie Pittsburg district. It is thus ap
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parent that there is but little great In
Ohio's commerce that does not directly
feel the hand and influence of Hanna.
The financial attitude of any adminis
tration affects him widely and the
wages of the thousands who labor un
der his management. He believes the
business men of the country are needed
at this time in public affairs and upon
this basis he has become a politician.
ME GOT EVI-N.
Congressman Culberson flays a Practical
Joke I pon Tom Williams.
The story of the Alabama law suit,
involving u Jack, in which Congress
man Tom Williams, of Alabama, aud
Judge Culberson, of Texas, appeared
upon opposite sides, and the use the
former made of it In u campaign has
been published, but the sequel never
was.
Congressman Williams and Ttobert Ci.
Ingersoll resemble each other very
closely, the only point of very notice
able dissimilarity being a slight scar
upon Colonel Ingersoll's face. When
Congressman Williams told the luw
suit story. Judge Culberson concluded
to get even. Procuring two dozen litho
graphs of Ingersoll, used by him in his
lecture touVs. the Judge cut off the
name and signed them In Imitation of
Williams' writing. "Very Truly Yours.
Tom L. Williams." These he sent to
men in different parts or the Alabama
district, being careful to leave out the
most Influential friends or Williams. In
a short time the scheme begun to work.
Williams received letters uskiug for one
of his big pictures. These he answered
graciously, saying that he hud none.
Then would come buck replies In the
most indignant style, telling him that
they had seen them, and If lie wanted
to lie about It he could do without their
support. These letters Mr. Williams
referred to his friend. Judge Culberson,
who advised htm to go home and
straighten it out. This the perplexed
member did. obtaining a ten days' leave
of absence. When he returned he said
to the judge:
"I found them there, framed and
hung up. They looked like me. and
thvre my signature. Finally. I
noticed the scur on he face, and that
saved me. 1 got It llxed up, but I had
to go to every county In the district "
Finally, it lcak-Hl out who had Played
the Joke, and a compuct was made that
Williams should never again mention
the law suit and Judge Culberson
should play no more jokes.
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