VOL. XXXIV T. H. BURTON'S Greatest Sacrifice Clothing Sale 6ver /Vlade in 13utKr. COMMENCING JAN. 7th and con tinuing for 15 DAYS, at Actual cost. 350 MEN'S STHTS. 300 BOY S SUITS. 400 CHILDREN'S SUITS, 150 OVERCOATS. 1,000 PAIR OF PARTS Hats, Caps, Shirts and Underwear. Tir's ' is no fake sale— Reason a change in business April ist. COME ONE AN!) ALL I And get a Suit or Overcoat at Manufacturer's Prices. DOH'T FORGET THE DATE AND PLACE. T. H. BURTON, 120 S. MAIN ST. BUTLER. PA. A HAPPY NEW YEAR Is assured all who buy their Footwear during 1897 at Willi's LIME sail MUSI Opposite Hotel Lowry, Butler, Pa. APLEASEDJCUSTOMER is one's best advertisement—just the same in shoe selling as in anything else. HUSELTON'S Line of Ladies' FitJC«Siioes are especially popular uinoiif? the fair sex, becan;; they are perfect fitters, splendid wearers aud always stylish, and best of all so low iii price. BOYS' SCHOOL SHOES. Shoes for coasting and skating. Strong and servicable. Great reduction in slippers left over from our Great Christmas Sale. You may want a pair of Leggins or Warm Overgaiters; we have them at 15c, 25c, 50c and 75c. Men's and Hoys' Fine Shoes in all newest lasts up-to-date-Bull Dog and Coin Toe, heavy soles, Scotch edge. Drop in and see these bargains. It will do you good. Butler's Leading n p UTTCPT TAW Shoe House lIIJ»3EJLX vfli Hotel^Lowry. J THAT ' "" TIRED FEELING is always in evidence when one makes a bad NO CHANCES TAKEN YOU TRADE WITH US. WE SELL STRICTLY HIGHGRADE FOOTWEAR No shoddy or old stock on our shelves, everything up to date. SEE our winter footwear, solid servicable and waterproof. A. RUFF & SON The card which wo issued for photographs will be void after Feb. 1, 18D7. Our contract with the photographer expires on that date. Use them now and save money. GRAND CLEARANCE SALE OF MILLINERY, LASTING TWO WEEKS JAN. 11, TO 25th. Chenille Hats at 29c were #1.50 Mohair Hats at 29 c. were SI.OO Fur Felt Hats at 29c were $1.25 Sttin Finish Flats 29c were 1.25 Sailors .19 Turbans, Hats, Flats .19 Chenille Braid 9c per yard, was .25 Chenille Braid 17c per yard, was .35 to 50c Persian Wings 19c were .75 Black, and Colored Wings .11 Black, and Colored Birds . 7 Black and Colored Aigretts . 5 Flowers Half Price. Tarn O'Shanters Half Price. Fascinators Half Pi ice. Bargains in Underwear Department. M. F. & M. MARKS 113 UTi 17 South Main Street, 15 -: Ir, 1 TRY AN ADV. IN THE CITIZEN. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. HEAVY SHOES Especially strong, resist water; in Woman's at 85c, SI.OO, ii.25 and $1.50; Misses' and Childrens' rt 50c and 25 in Kip, Oil, Grain, Crack Proof, Calf, Kangaroo Calf. JUST AT THIS TIME You may want Rubber Shoes; we have them at iRc ill Woman's, Misses' 26c* 11 to 13; Children's 15c, 6 to io'X, Men's at 38c, or you may want Arties or Warm Shoes for the old folks; perhaps it i.- Wool Boots with Rubbers; we have them at $1.50, $2.00 aud up. Rubber Boots, Men's, Boys,' Women's and Children's —all sizes Surrounded With Comforts People find life worth living. Nothing adds more to or subtracts more from the some total of comfort and enjoyment than shoes, they give pleasure or pain according to what they are. Our foot wear presents that pleasant combination of excellencies which are so welcome when present and so regretted when lacking. You want something that fits exactly, is soft and easy on the foot, looks handsome and stylish and will wear long enough to earn its cost, we have what fills the bill. Liver ills Like biliousness, dyspepsia, headache, cot. ti palioa. soil r stomach. are promptly cured by Hood's Pills. 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Detailed particulars regarding the work and how to secure it a I practically y.iur mv, u prico, may bo found in an r.dvcr',:-r o:i another page of this HAND CAMERAS. Pocket Kodaks Loads for 12 exposures, price 55.00 The "Bay" Camera, Size of picture X ]A, price #5.00. The Q,uad" Ca^eia Si/.e <rf picture X price $5.00. The "ISirds Eye" Size of picture 3J2 X y/ z > price SB.OO. Large Cameras and Supplier AT DOUGLASS' BOOK STORE 24 r S. MAIN STREET. m J 1/ 1 BUTLER, PA,THURBDAY, JANUARY 21. 1897. THE HJ^ESS oi tne^*^f/Mine. ♦r A !~tcrvcnes. I Copyright. iS v 5. by Robert Burr.l CHAPTER XrY. If a bad beginning pressages a go**! ending, the two amateur > .npany pro moters ought to have been well pleased, but, such is the inconsistency of human nature, they were not. Wcatworth was the least depressed by the ominous start although he admitted that the letter received fro-m the r,iau:. r rof the china manufactory asserting that the spar shown to him was of no particular value, was a serious setback. Kenyon maintained that MeJvi'te and Braud, h*- u.»iiatft-i of the works, we re either ig norant orfal"ie< rs->fiact. . iie mine;.... he insisted, was all that he claimed it to be. "1 hardly see how that helps us." said Went\ ort'h. "They can't Im- ignorant, for they know how to make china, whi!. we don't. On theotherhand.whyshou! 1 they lie to us? What object, could they have iu not telling ilie trutn. That was a question that John was not prepared to answer, so. being a sen sible man, he remained silent. When he read Edith Longw orth's let ter he felt more encouraged, and, in due time, William Longworth himself wrote, asking for an appointment, ing he had reconsidered the matter, and, if satisfactory arrangements could be made, he would be glad to assist them in forming a company. When the three young men met in Wentworth's office, Longworth ap peared to have become reasonably en thusiastic about the project, but as sured t hem that a company could not be formed in the economical manner thej had intended. Much depended on ap pearances in the city; handsome offi ces would have to be obtained, a good firm of solicitors should be chosen and there would be much printing and ad vertising to lie done. Kenyon pointed out that all this re quired time and money, both of which requisites were short "We are making a strike for £1,0.00,1 each," snid Longworth. calmly, focus in: - bis giittering monocle on Kenyon. "That, sum of money is not picked up in I.ondor every day. and it is never picked up anywhere without taking a little risk. If you economize on your sprat you will notcatch your gudgeon." "But we haven't the money to ri-,k," persi ed Kcryon. "Then, my dear sir," said Longworth, "cease to tush for g-udgeon, and return to the. liirhly respectable profession of mining engineering. If I am going to join yon 1 can't afford to go on to cer tain failure. If you can't, pay for the lotterv ticket, it is foolish to expect to draw the grand prize; now, isn't it?" Wentworth, v. ho knew more of the city and its ways than his partner did, at once recognized the truth, of Long worth's tlieorics 011 the subject. "You are quite right, Mr. Long worth," he said; "and I think that all we need now discuss are the terms of our agreement with each other." "There will be little difficulty 011 that score," replied Longworth. "I will take a third of tho risk and a third of the profits, if that is satisfactory toyou." The agreement was completed on this l>osis, and Wentworth felt that a long steo had been taken toward the end dcsir.vl, but Kenyon wondered why their new partner had so suddenly changed his mind. Offices were taken rear the bank, and much time and money were spent in fitting them up ISe.t.ii Kenyon and Wentworth chafed at the delay, but. their partner pointed ou: t '.at uothingw as to be gained by tm due. haste. Any attempt to rush thing! would have a bad effect iu the city Capital was 1 imorous, and noihingnvust be done prematurely. All in all, Kenyon and Wentworth rc- many excellent business maxims from their partner, anel it is to be hoped they profited by them. Prospectuses were printed, and a firm of solicitors was retained; but in spite, of alt this no real progress was made toward the formation of the Canadian Mica Mining company (limited). William Longworth. had an eye for beauty. One eye was generally cov ered with a rountl disk of glass, except when it fell out of its place and dangled in front of his waistcoat Whether the monocle assisted his sight or not, it is certain that William knew a pretty girl when lie saw her. One of the house maids in the Longworth household left suddenly, without just cause or provo cation, as the advertisements say, and in her place was engaged a girl so pret ty that when William Longworth caught sight of her, his monocle dropped from its place, and he stared nt her with his two natural eyes, un assisted by optical science. He tried to speak to her on one or two occasions when he met her alone, but he could get no answer from the girl, who was very shy and demure, and knew her place, as they say. All this only enhanced her beauty iu joung Longworth's esti mation, and he thought highly of his cousin'.-, taste in the choosing of this y oui-L; person to dust the f urn it ure. William had a room in the house, which was portly : ;tt ng-rooin aud partly office, and where he kept many of h's papers, lie was suppo. .d to study matters of business deeply in his room, and it gave him a good excuse for arriving late at the office in the morn ing. He had been sitting up into the small hours, he would tell his uncle, although he would sometimes vary the excuse by saying that it was quieter in his room than in the city, aud that lie had spent the early part of the morn ing in reading documents. The first time that William got.an an swer from the new housemaid was when he expressed his anxiety about the care of this room. He said that serv ants generally were very careless, and that he hoped she would attend to the room and see that his papers were kept nicely in order. This, without glancing up at him, the girl promised to do, and William thereafter found his room kept with a scrupulous neatness which would have delighted the most particu lar of men. One morning when William was sit ting in this room, enjoying an after breakfast cigarette, the door opened , softly and the new housemaid entered. Seeing- him there, she seemed confused and was about to retire again when ' William, throwing his cigarette away, sprang to his feet. I "Xo, don't go," he said; "I was just . alx>ut to ring." i The girl paused with her hand on the 1 door. "Yes," lie continued, "I was just go- I iug to ring, but you have saved me tne i trouble; but, by the way, what is your I name?" I "Susy, if you please, sir," replied 1 | girl, modestly. "Ah, well, Susy, just shut the door for a moment." The girl did so, but. evidently with some reluctance. "Well, Susy," said William, jaunt ily, "I suppose that 1 am not the first one who has told vou that you are vcrv "C . j,ir!" s.iid Susy, blushing and looking down on the carpet. "Yes. Susy, nnd you take such good .... if ... 1... Mt tg thank >ou for it," coctinueifYniliam. Here he fumbled in his pocket- for a moment and drew out half a sovereign. "Here, my girl, is something for your trouble. Ke»-p this for yourself." "Oh, I couldn't think of taking money, sir," said the girl, drawing back. "I couldn't indeed, sir." "Nonsense," -aid William; "isn't it enough?" "Oh, it's more than enough. Miss l.onyworth pays me well for what I •0, sir, and it's only my duty to keep things tidy." "Yes, Susy, that is very true; but very few of us do our duty, you know, in this world." "Cut we ought to, sir," said the girl, in a tone of quiet reproof that mada the young man smile. • Perhaps," said tlie young man; "but tLtu, you sec, we are not ali pretty and jrocd, like you. I'm sorry you won't u.ke the money. I hope you are not o(Vended <»t me for otlerinc it," and Wi'.!;:un adjusted his monocle and looked his sweetest at the young per son standing before him. "Oh. 110, sir," she said. "I'm not at all offended, and I thank you very much, very much, indeed, sir, and I would like to ask yoa a question, if you wouldn't think me too bold." "Bold?" cried William. "Why, I think you are the sbyest little woman I have ever seen. I'll be very pleased to an swer any question you may ask me. What is it?" "You see, sir, I've got a little money of my own." "Well, I declare, Susy, this is very interest ing. I'd no idea you were an heiress." "Oh! not an heiress, sir; far from*it. It's only a little matter of four or five hundred pounds, sir," said Susy, drop ping him an awkward little courtesy, which he thought most charming. "The money is in the bank and draws no interest, and I thought I would like to invest it where it would bring in something." "Certainly, Susy, and a most lauda ble desire on your part Was it about thnt you wished to question me?" "Yes, if you please, sir. 1 saw this paper on your desk, and 1 thought 1 would ask you if you tboivrht it would be safe, for me to put my money in these mines, sir. Seeing the ; : here, f fi:p; .sed y '-u had st ;ii t do with it." Wi'Eam whistled |ov V note, and said: "So yen ' leading my papers. In:. "Oh! no, sir." said the girl, looking up at hira with startled eyes. "I only saw the name Canadian Mica Mine on this, and the paper said it would pay ten per cent., and I thought if you had anything to do with it that my money would be quite safe." "Oh! that goes without saying," said William; "but if I were you, my dear, 1 should not put my money in the mica mine." "Oh! then, you haven't anything to do with the mine, sir?" "Yes, Susy, I have. You see, fools build houses, and wise men live in them." "So 1 have heard," said Susy, thoughtfully. "Well, two young fools are building the house that we will call the Cana dian Mica mine, and 1 am the wiscman, don't you see, Susy?" said the young man, with a sweet smile. "I am afraid I don't quite under stand, sir." "1 don't suppose, Susy," replied the young man, with a laugh, "that there are many who do, but I think in a month's time 1 will own this mica mine, and then, my dear, 5? you still want to own a share or two, I shall be very pleased to give you a few with out your spending any money at all." "Oh! would you, sir?" cried Susy, in erlad surprise, "and who owns the mine now?" "Oh! two young fellows. You wouldn't know their names if I told them to you." "And are they going to sell it to you, sir?" William laughed heartily, and said: "Oh! 110; they themselves will be sold." "But how can that be, if they don't own the mine? You see lam only a "" "Well, 3uay," eaid William, "I ftuppos* I am not th« Lrmt one who has told you that you were pretty." very stupid and don't understand business. That's why I asked you about my money." "I don't suppose yoil know what an option is, do you, Susy ?" "No, sir, I don't. 1 never heard of it before." "Well, these two young men have what is called an option on the mine,' which is to say they are to pay a cer tain sum of money at a certain time and the mine is theirs, but if they don't pay the certain sum at the certain time, the iuino isn't theirs." "And won't they pay the money, sir?" "No, Susy, tlicy will not, because they haven't got it. Then these two fools will be sold, for they think they are going to get the money, and they are not." "And you have the money to buy the mine when the option runs out, sir?" "By Jove!" said William, in surprise, "you have a prodigious head for busi ness, Susy. I never saw anyone pick it up so fast You will have to take lessons from me and go 011 the market and speculate yourself." "Oh, I should like to do that, sir, I should indeed." "Well," said William, kindly, "when ever you have time, come to me and I will give you lessons. The young man I came toward her, hoiking out his hand, but the girl slipped away from him and opened tho door. ! "I think," he said, in a whisper, "that you might give mo a kiss after all this valuable information." "Oh, Mr. William!" cried Susy, horri fied. He stepped forward and tried to catch her, but the girl was too nimble for him, and sprang out into th/» "I think," protested William, "that this is getting information under false pretenses: 1 expected my fee, you know." "And \ oil shall have it," said the girl, laughing softly, "when I get ton i>ct cent, on tuy money." "Egad," said William to himself, as he entered his room again, '"I will see that you get it. Slu-s as clever as an outside broker." When young Longworth had left for his oiiice, Susy swept and dusted out his room again, cud then went down stairs. "Where's the mistress?' she asked a fellow servant "In the library," w as the answer, and to the library Susy went, entering the room without knocking, much to the amazement of Edith Longworth, who sat near the window with a book in Iter lap. Hut further surprise was in store for the lady ol the house, ihe house maid closed the door, and then, select ing a comfortable chair, threw herself down In it, exclaiming: "Oh, me; I'm so tired." "Susy," said Miss Longworth. "what is the meaning of this?' "It means, mum." said Susy, "that Em going to chuck it." "Going to what?" asked Miss Long worth. ampzed. "(joing to chuck it. Don't you un derstand? Going to give up my situ ation. Em tired of it." "Very well," said the young woman, rising, "you may give notice in tho proper way. \ou have no right to come into tiiis room in this impudent manner, lit' so good as to go to your own room." "My!" said Susy, "you can do the dignified. I must practice and see if I can accomplish an attitude like that. If you were a little prettier. Miss Long worth, I should call that striking," and the girl threw back licr head and laughed. Something in the laugh aroused Miss Longworth's recollection, and a chili of fear came over her, but, looking at the girl again, she saw she was mis taken. Susy jumped up, still laughing, and drew a little pin from the cap she wore, flinging it. on the chair; then she pulled off lfer vviir. and stood before Edith Longworth her natural self. "Miss Brewster!" gasped the as tonished Edith. "\A hat arc you doincr in nn house in that disguise?' "Oh," said Jennie, "I'm the lady slavey, and how do you thii.'v I have acted the part? Xovv sit down, Miss Dignity, and I will tell you something about your own family. 1 thought you were a ret of rogues, and now I can prove it" "Will you leave my house this in stant?" cried Edith, in anjrer. "I shall not, listen to you." "Oh, yes, you will." said .Teni>ie, "for I shall follow your example and not let you out until you do hear what 1 have to tell you." Saying which the amateur house maid* skipped nimbly to the tloor and placed her back against it. CHAPTER XY. Jennie Brew ster stood with her back to the door, a sweet smile on her face. "This is my day for acting, Miss Longworth. I think I did the role of housemaid so well that it deceived sev eral members of the family. lam now giving an imitation of yourself in your thrilling drama: 'All at Stm.' Don't you think I do it most admirably ?" "Yes," said Edith, sitting down again. "I wonder you did not adopt the stage as a profession?" "I have often thought of doing so, but journalism is more exciting." "Perhaps. Still, it has its disappoint ments. When I gave my thrilling dra ma, as you call it, on shipboard, I had mv stage accessories r.rrangcd to bet ter advantage than you have now." "Do you mean the putting off of the boat?" "Xo; 1 mean that the electric but ton was under my hand —it was im possible for you to line for help. Now, while you hold the door, you cannot stop me from ringing, for the bell rope is here beside me." "Y'es, that is a disadvantage, I admit. Do you intend to ring, then, and have me turned out?" "I don't think that will be necessary. I imagine you will go quietly." "You are a pretty clever girl, Miss Longworth. I wish I liked you, but I don't. So we won't waste valuable time eleploring that fact Have you no curiosity to hear what I was going to tell you?" "Not the slightest; but there is one thing I should like to know." "Oh, is there? Well, that s human, at any rate. \\ hat do you w isli to know?" "You came here well recommended. How did you know I wanted a house maid, and were your testimonials—" Edith paused for a word, which Jennie promptly supplied. "Forged? Oh, dear, no. There is 110 necessity for doing anything crim inal in this country, if you have the money. I didn't forge them—l bought them. Didn't you write to any of the 1 good ladies who stood sponsor for me?" "Yes, and received most flattering accounts of you." "Certainly. That was part of the j contract. Oh, you can do anything with money in London; it is a most de lightful town. Then, as for knowing j there is a vacancy, that aJso was I money. I bribed the other housemaid I to leave." "I see. And what object had you in ] all this?" ! Jennie Brewster laughed—the. same ! silvery laugh that had charmed Wil liam an hour or two before a laugh that sometimes haunted Wentworth's memory in the city. She left her sen tinel-like position at the door and threw herself into a chair. "Miss Longworth," she said, " you are not consistent. You first pretend that i you have 110 curiosity to hear what I have to say, then you ask me exaetly wliat I was going to tell you. Of course | vou are dying to know- why I aui here, j you wouldn't be a woman if you weren't. Now, I've changed my mind, and I don't intend to tell you. I will say though that my object in comjng here was, first, to find out for myself how servants are treated in this coun i try. You see my sympathies are ail with the women who work, and not with the women—well, like yourself, for instance." "Yes, I think you said that once be fore. And how do we treat our serv ants?" "So far as my experience goes, very well indeed." "It is most gratifying to hear you j say this. I was afraid we might not | have met your approval. And now-, i where shall I send you your month's | money, Miss Brewster?' | Jennie Brewster leaned back in her j chair, her eyes all but closed, an angry 1 light shooting from them that reinind -1 ed Edith of her glance of hatred on I board the steamship. A rich warm j glow of color overspread her fair face, I end her lips closed tigh'ly. There was J a moment's silence between them, and I then Jennie's indignation passed away ■ ns quickly it came. She laughed, i with just a touch of restraint in her "You can say an insulting thing ntoro calmly and sweetly than anyone 1 ever met "before; I enry you that When 1 sav anything low down and mean. 1 bay it in anger, atid my voice ha* a cer tain amount of acridity in it. I can't purr like a cat and scratch at the same time —I wish J could." "Ts it an insult to offer you the money jou i > <"irned?" "Yes, i. x 'i knew it was when you spoke. You u. ritand me a little bit" "Is it- tjeecssary t.hat I should?" "I don't suppose you think it is. *, t-aid Jennie, meditatively, resting 1» r elbow on her knee, and her chin on her paim. "That is where our point of view differs. I like to know everything. It interests me to know what people think and talk about, and somehow it doesn't seem to matter to me w hat the people' are, for I wns t-ven more interested in your butler's political opinion than. I was in Lord Frederick Bingham's. They are. both eonserv atives, but Ix>rci Fretldie wins shaky in h's views, for you tan argue hiin down in five niin utes, but the butler is as steadfast as a rock. I do admire that butler. I hope you w ill break the news of my depart ure gently to him. for he proposed to me, and he not yet hail his answer. "There is still time." snid Edith, smil ing in spite of herself. "Shall I ring for him?" "Please do not I want to avoid a painful scene, because he is so sure of himself and never dreams of a refusal. It is such a pity, too. for the butler is my ideal of what a member of the aris tocracy should be. Ilis dignity is some thing awe inspiring, while Lord Fred die is such a simple, good-natured, every-day young fellow, that if I im ported him to the states I tun sure no one would believe he was a real lord. With the butler it would be so differ ent," added Jennie, with a deep sigh. "It is too bad that you cannot ex change the declaration of the butler for one from Lord Frederick." "Too bad!" cried Jennie, looking with wide-open eyes at the girl before her. "Why, bless you, I had a proposal fx-om Lord Freddie two weeks before I e.ver saw the butler. I see you don't believe a word I say. Well, you csk Lord Freddie. I'll introduce you and you tell him you don't believe he asked me to be Lady Freddie, if that's the title. He'll look sheepish, but he won't deny it You see, when I found Iw as going to stay in England for a time I wrote to the editor of the Argus to get me a bunch of letters of introduction and send t.hejn over, as I wanted par ticularly to study the aristocracy. So he sent them, and, I assure you, I found it much more difficult to get into your servants' hall than T did into the halls of the nobility; besides, it cost less to mix w it.h the Upper Ten." Edith sat in silence, looking with amazed interest at the young woman, Who talked so rapidly that there was sometimes a difficulty in following what slue said. "Xo, Ixjrd Freddie was not half so condescending as the butler, neither was his language so well chosen; but then, I suppose, t'.e butler's had more practice, for Freddie is very young. I am exceedingly disappointed with the aristocracy. They are not nearly so haughty as 1 had imagined them to be. But w hat astonished me in this country is the way you women spoil the men. You ure much too good to them. You pet t-liein and fawn 011 tliem, aud naturally they get conceited. It is such a pity, too, for they are nice fel lows, mofct of them. It is the earns everywhere I've been —servants' hall and all. Why, when you meet a young couple, of what you are pleased to call the lower classes, walking iu the park, the man hangs down his head as ho slouches along, but the girl looks de fiantly at you, as much as to say: 'E\e got him. Bless Jiirn! What have you to say about it?' while the man seems to be ashamed of himself, and evidently feels that he's been had. Now, a man should be made to understand that you're doing him a great favor when you give him a civil word. That's the proper state of mind to keep a man in, and then you can do what you liko with him. I generally make him propose, so as to get it over before any real harm's done, and to give an artistic finish to the episode, After that you can ba real good friends, and have a jolly time. That's what I did with Lord Freddie. We all went up the river one day—two young men friends of Freddie's and two nice girls, a chap eron, and myself. Would you believe that those two girls proposed to tow us up stroain, and the young men actually allowed them to do so. I was steering, and it made me so angry I couldn't speak. Lord Freddie seemed to feel thnt it was necessary to keep up a conversation, but when I didn't re ply to him he calmly lit his pipe and began to smoke. The other two re clined with their hats over their eyes and, I think, went to sleep. Mean while the two nice girls trudged idong the bank together, pulling the rope. I would have sunk the boat if I could, but I didn't know how. Well, when we got to the place where we were to have tea, the young men said it was jolly nice of the girls to tow them so far; then they went and sprawled under some trees, leaving tho complacent girls to get ten. ready. I couldn'tstand it any longer. I went up to the three sprawlers under the tree, and, bidding them good-by, I started down the tow path. Lord Freddie sprang up and, running after me, asked where I was going. I told him I was going to walk back to IjOndon. ITe laughed and said 1 couldn't; it was 50 miles away. But when he saw I was in earnest he be came anxious to know what the matter "1 told him I thought I had come out with three gentlemen, but finding I was mistaken, 1 was just going back. He got very red, and then I just gave him my opinion of him and his friends, coming out with three girls and pay ing 110 more attention to them than if they were three djlls. That settled things. Freddie apologized, and lie said he would go back and shake the brutes up a bit, which, I suppose, he did, for the brutes were as nice as could be to us after that When Fred die ayd I wero towijjg the boat back, he proposed, and I laughed at him. After awhile he l»egan to laugh, too, and so wo had a splendid time. \\ hat a lovely little river the Thames is, isn't it? A nice, clean, little j'oekct river. I would like to buy it and put it in our back yard in America, just to sit and look at it. Now, here am I. chattering away as if I were paid for talking instead of writing. Why do you look at me so? Don't you believe what I tell you?" "Yes, I believe all you say. What I can't understand is, why a bright girl like you should eiitcr a liouseand—well —do what you have done here, for in staoicse." "Why shouldn't I? 1 am after ac curate information. I get it in my own way. Your writers hero"t/\ll how the poor live, sort of thing. Ehey enter the houses of the poor quite un hlushingly, and print their impressions of the poverty-stricken homes. Now, why should the rich man be exempt rrom a similar investigation?" "In either ease it is the work of n . spy." | "Yes, but a spy is not a dishonorable . person; ut least he need not be. I saw a monument in Westminster Abbey to a mail who was hanged as a spy. A i spy must l>e brave; he must have nerve, caution and resource. He sometimes does more for his country than a whole ( regiment. Oh, there are worse per sons than spies in the world." "I suppose there are, sti!!—" "Yes, I know. It is easy for persons ' with plenty of money to moralize on the shortcomings of others. I'll tell you a secret. I'm writing a book, and j if it's a success, then good-by to jour j n;ilism. I don't like, the spy business j myself any too well; I'm afraid Kng- j laud in contaminating me, and if I stayed here a few yean I might de-, generate so far as to think your news ]>a]>ers interesting. By the way, do you know Mr. Wentworth's address?" ■ Edith hesitated a moment, and at last answered: "Yes, I do." "Will you give it to me? I think I ought to write liim a note of apology for all the anxiety I caused him on board ship. You may not believe it. but I have actually had some twinges of conscience over that episode. I sup pose that's why I partially forgive you for stopping the cablegnun." [TO BE COSTIXCZD.J A Necessary Weapon. Jersey Farmer (to an ugly-looking tramp) —You ain't goin' to do no harm, eh? Ain't one of the harmful sort, eh? What are ye carrying that there big club for, then? Tramp—That's fer ter keep off mos quitoes.—X. Y. Weekly. Cheated Somebody. Fweddy—l used to think that way myself, but I've—aw —changed my mind. Miss Quickstep—Changed your mind? For pity's sake, whom did you get to trade with you ?—Chicago Tribune. The Look. Thereupon the fairy princess gave the fairy prince a freezing look. "Farewell," he exclaimed. Taking the look he went into the ice business and lived happily to the end of his life..—Detroit Tribune. Anthropological* "So you believe that there is a con necting link between man and the ape?" "Most assuredly; but you never can get one of them to acknowledge it."— Chicago Record. A Reasonable Conclusion. Merritt —Man was made to mourn, you know. Cora —And what was woman mode for, pray? Merritt —To make him do so, I sap pose!—X. Y. Truth. _ In Sunday School. "The whale found Jonah a conun drum, didn't he, teacher?" "What do you mean?" "He hail to give him tip.**—Town Touicw. How the Popular Will Waa De feated in the Joint Caucus. DESPERATE .ACTIOS EMPLOYED. Reckless t'se of Money, Coercion and Other Vicious Methods Resoited To. Hired ItutNaiis Called t'pou to Intimi date Respectable Business Men. Hakkisbdrg, Pa., Jan. 18.— There are some dark pages in the record of past po litical happenings in this state, but no part of its history 19 so black as the story that must be written of tho events of the five days iu this city immediately pro ceeding the joint caucus which termin ated the contest for the United States senatorship. It is a picture so revolting, so directly opposed to what an educated, intelligent people would willingly recognlzo even as a probability In an enlightened commu nity, whero there is supposed to be at least tacit compliance with law. and even partial regard for order and decency, that there will be no surprise If tho plain story of the repulsive details will find many people who will hesitate to lielieve it. Yet even tho calm contemplation that conies after the heat of tho conflict has died awny cannot rid it of its hideous feat ures. Never lmfore was there so wanton a display of political depravity; never be fore was tho power of the bribe giver so recklessly exercised, and, It Is safe to say, never before woro the wishes of the people of the state so flagrantly ignored by their public servants. Such were the desperate tactics of des perate plotters and, while they proved to be of temporary advantage, the spark of that comes to the people out of the embers of apparent defoat is that, by its completo exposure, tho villainous abuse of power will lead to its own undoing; will lead to tho total political annihilation of those who practiced It. Kepresentative citizens from all parts of the state wore In the city during that turbulent time, and when they went home they carried with them new ideas of "practical politics," and tho lesson will linger long in their mem ories, and will spur them to renewed ef forts to rid tho stato of the dospollors of Its fair fame. Illrock Thugi Abundant. The plan of battle is accredited to Sen ator Andrews, who was the sponsor and chiof backer of Candidate Penrose. When it proved to be the ouly way in which tho will of tho people could be defeated Sen ator Quay gave It his approval. Long ago it was inaugurated by sending paid spies to ingratiate themselves with those inter osted in Mr. Wanamaker's campaign, for tho purpose of gaining and betraying their confidence. This requires low cunning, and entire absence of self respect-, and it will bo accepted without reservation that men who would undertake such work could not bo men worthy of belief. But all their lying, all their deceit, all their base treachery of friendship—supposing such men to bo capable of such sentiment —availed them nothing, and had no result save to add to the flame of indignation, which will lead to a swift retribution. An alleged detective firm, known as Barring & Mcriweenoy, furnished these "ttgeuts." There is not a decent detective iu the state who recognizes this agency. It Is known at all the police headquarters within tho jurisdiction of this common wealth as almost as dangerous as half the offenders againt the law with whom they have to deul. No mission is too nefarious for it to undertake, and proof of this lies in the fact that tho one sensation these marplotsattempted tocroato, by tho arrest of E. A. Van Valkenburg, was based upon the alleged affidavit of a mythical person, or at least of some one who has not yet ven tured to show his face to the light and who, ' by some.is thought to bo an ex-convict Yet . they dared to attempt to Imperil the 11b ! erty of an honest man by such means. It ' was nothing that would bother their con ' science, but what of the people who 0111- 1 ployed them? For, after all. these latter i must stand the condemnation, because ' the element of pity is so strong that it can I extend to tho poor, misguided and de spised wretches soddenod in the moral at ' tributes by long careers of depravity. | Hut the work of this agency extended i further. It had its hirelings on hand here to take thoir share in tho despicable work ' outlined. It could not supply all tho help i that was needed. From other quarters, ; thugs, jailbirds and nondescript ruffians were gathered to harass and to annoy and I to antagonize tho respectable people who i came here to mako known their views to ' the men who had l>een elected by them to i express these views by their votes. Spies dogged their footsteps. No one was safe from thisespiouage. Oldfriendsof Quay's, 1 friends who had rendered him faithful i service for years, wore dogged and spiod No. 3 upon, simply because In this lain* they could not conscientiously stand with him. I'hl* baud of secret service scoundrels vainly tri<u to drive the respectable people out of the city. They threatened them, and in several instances at least they assaulted them, and they made it dangerous for them to tie abroad after nightfall Never before were such things knowu in u ■otuiuuniiy tiiai pretends to civillzatitwi ii' i it 1* to bo hoped that the day is long l:i the future when such vio lent oppre- :uu and such lawless methods will be known and felt again. The mu.il striking evidence of the char acter of the ',H">i'lo gathered to assist Pen rose was to Ihj found at his headquarters. There was a noisy, turbulent mob, which swallowed up The few respectable people who lui . ii-i li-e. st Interest in him. Burly ruffian- .1 with tin badges desig nating i i.rnt. defectives,'' stalked about the i md»r.» lue scum of Philadelphia ctowiic . th-. 1 and specimens of the lowest type o: ;i;\.vmct politicians passed in and on;. c::>>kii>g up the entrances and crowding in. p.ivoiueuts. Ail these, and more, furm 1.-.a v.nil free transportation and expen. <. made up tho crowd. The maudlin • it- >t tho drunkard added to . general anil all night long, night after nun . .v«» ;n;s «.-.-pt up, the places of those ,\i. -uc. u.u J.-.1 to tho strain and cxii:.i: ■;« i taken by f..»«her Mid roiijr.T ro~-.ru.t>. Ai liie \V..u.uu n;er li.*a ui 'f. -ro was !■ ' .->ll. I. >:i- ...A t i'l». it.' t cisiil of 111. .1- Ol I • .1 :*0 they were es au.-.M th -c l .- ra tion "Never in ml n;y i ; hi. he said, "lia- there beeu *ucu .. .ij.~ of representative men of tho ieti:io:l u.. njnt of the jieoj.ie in this holei dlU'iug a hot political iiii..ev." llr I .'jr itu.l Tlorats. The iniad fails to grasp the enormity o! '.l: > ■■•imrate i-!t <ris of tho oppi uen; sof ii: . ..tiuitiakur. Ho uad a winning !i;ht, an<l •-•ley knew it. Nothing that would be effectual was too hideous to attempt. Business mon who wanted to speak to their members were not per mitted to approach them. Tho "heelers," as they are called, kept pushing them away, using as much force as was neces sary. That wn s one schema Some members were locked in their rooms iu the hotel, and before tho doors wore stationed detectives to keep the peo ple away. This Is something for the mind to dwali upon. Hired ruffians actually standing guard over elected representa tives to keep their constituents from ad vising with them. Where this would not avail, othor methods were employed. The members from Bucks county, for Instance, where the sentlinout of 96 per oent. of the people was unquestionably for Wana makor, were kept under guard, this being carried so far even as to compelling them to sleep with their county leaders, so that they could not escape. In othor instance* open bribery was re sorted to. The use of money was reckless and wasteful. It seemed to be very abundant, and according to common rumor the source of supply was tho trusts and big corporations with which the Quay machine is identified, such as the sugar trust, the Standard Oil company, the Pennsylvania Hallroad company, the Reading Railroad company, the Carnogie Steel works, etc. Membors who could not be bribed were threatened with ruin If they did not fall In line. In one case a young lawyer was met with a threat that the bulk of his practice, which was mainly among corporations, would be taken away from him if ho voted for Wana maker, and he, with tears in his eyes, begged to lie released from his plcdgo to the latter. There were many affecting scenes In the Wanamaker headquarters, for it was heartrending to see strong men moved to tears, with their honor at stake on one side and their future interest threatened on the other, feeling that all the odious power of a thoroughly dis reputable combination would be brought to bear against them. When neither bribes nor threats would avail, the effort was made to Influence inombers through their relatives and friends in whom they had deep interest. Promises were as thick as showers in April—and they will prove to be just as uncertain. There is a certain member who has an Invalid brother-in-law. This brother-in-law was promised a $3,000 posi tion. and a signed contract that he would receive $lO per day until the position wag secured for him If he would induce his relative to vote for Penrose. There were several instances of the kind. A Phila delphia mem'ier was promised an appoint ment as collector of internal revenue if he would turn In. liut he didn't do It. The manner in which the caucus was forced was a violation of all precodent Never before has a senatorial canons been hold so far in ad vanceof the day of eleotion. The Quay people knew that If given time their plans would react. They knew that their offers of bribes, their coercion, their threats and their hired thugs would prove their ruin. They knew tnsy could not much longer keep tho members under guard, because In thoso who submitted there was the danger that the small re maining spark of manhood would assert itself. They wanted the caucus before this reaction came. So they forced It If the members who listened to the tempter and who submitted to the disgrace of pw mlttlng themselves to be watched, awake and asleep, are now suffused with aliarafc and mortification it is too late. All that is left for them now is to despise them selves and to realize that those for whom they sacrificed their honor despise them even more. A Day of Retribution. But It was all necessary to defeat Mr. Wanamaker, or, as he put It, to defeat the people, for he never considered It hU personal fight. Brlbery.corruptlon.threat*, promises and browbeating were the means necessary to make one man's will domi nate regardless of the wishes of the people. When the people of the state think of this period in her political history they will think of It with shame and sorrow, and they will punish the man or men who committed it according to their deserts. A triumph so dearly bought— purohaMd at the expense of manhood and decency, would not be a subject of boast or exalta tion excepting to those lost to all sdnie of delicate and refined feeling. Yet after the caucus hud, by Its vote, proved that thiup Wore members enough sufficiently sordju to put self Interest ahead of duty to their constituents, a crowd of the followorsof the victorious candidate marched to the Wana« maker arch, uud when there commltte# the closing and crowning act of tholr vil lainy by kneeling beneath the arch, raising their clasped hands before thom and slop ing in mocking tones that hymn which has often been described as one of the sweetest ever written —"Xoarer, My God, to l'hoo." This impious act, this sacrilege, this insult to Mr. Wauainaker's Christian bearing and belief and, through him, to every Christian man and to every Chris tian household in the state, found few in that mixed crowd who had the temerity to give it thoir approval. Several mem bers of the iogisla'ure who had voted for Penrose declared that if this had happened before the cauou* they would have voted for Mr. Wanamaker. The methodseinployod were apt proof of all that had hee-i «lid of the Andrews style of campaign; anything—no matter what— to win It requires desperate tnctlos to defeat the will of the people, and the only hope of the men who employ such tactics to escaiH) future punishment lies In tho apathy "or forgetfulness of the people. But this time they have gone too far. The people could not sufficiently respect them selves did they not revenge themselves upon their servants who not only defied them, but insulted them and abused them and made a mockory of tho law which good people are taught to respect and to obey. Tho impressive climax of that period was not the ribald cheering of the ruf fianly mob lod by the strains of music from tho many hired bands. Far from it. The mod impressive scones at the close of that battle between the public and its false servants were when the people from many counties gathered in separate groups and registered vows that they would nOt rest until they had revenged themselves by shearing of their power those who had misused It. In many oases the vow was made with uplifted hand. In all cases grim determination was apparent. The battle is over, but the war has just begun I —the war which will sweep from the poli tical arena all those who put themselves higher than the people who created thjm.
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