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
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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.