CALEB CONOVER RAILROADER f^^oVr'™I"A'STORY o/- LOVE,POLITICS,INTRIGUE; OP A RICH &• POWERFUL BOSS AND AN INTREPID YOUNG \ ' REFORMER MM I BY ALBERT PAYSON TERhUNE vV ■ COPVRIGHT 19 07 BV ALBERT PAVSON TtRHUN^] "Well!" she gasped, and now the throaty contralto was merged into a guttural snarl, ridiculously akin to an angry cat's. "Well! Of all the cheap tight-wads I ever struck! Think you can backtrack ine, do you? Well, you lose! I'm married to him all right, and I'm not giving him up in a hurry. You try to butt in, and you'll tind yourself in a hundred thousand alien ation suit! Oh, I know my rights, and no up-country Rube's going to skin me out of 'em. You old bunch of grouchlness! And to think they let you boss things in this jay town of yours! Why, in New York you'd never get nearer Broadway than Tenth Avenue, and you couldn't even boss a red light precinct. My Gawd! I'll have to keep it dark about my coming to a hole like this or my frlends'U think I've been playing a ten-twenty-thirt' circuit. No civilized person ever comes here, and now I know why. They're afraid they'll be mistook for a friend of yours, most likely. You red-headed old geezer, you don't even know a lady when you see one. Keep ; our lantern-jawed, pie-faced mutt of a son. I'm going back to where there's at least one perfect gentleman who knows how to behave when a lady honors him by—" "Enid!" cried Gerald, who had sat In dumb, nerveless confusion during the recent exchange -of courtesies, "you don't mean—? You mustn't go back to him! You mustn't! Has he met you again since I left? Tell me! I said I'd kill him if he ever spoke to you again, and, by God, I will! He shan't —" A timid, falsetto screech, like fchat of a very young leverett that is inad vertently trodden beneath a farmer's foot in long grass, broke in on the boy's ravings. Mrs. Caleb Conover collapsed on the floor in a dead faint. Anice ran to the unconscious wo man's aid. Even Gerald, checked midway in his mad appeal, stopped and stared down in stupid wonder at his mother's little huddled figure. Caleb seized the moment to cross the room quickly toward the furious chorus girl. He caught her by the shoulder, and in his pale eyes blazed a flare that few men and no woman had ever seen there. The color, be hind the Jirtlstlc paint on the visitor's face, went white at the look. She, who was accustomed to brave the rages of drunken rounders, shrank speechless, cowering before those light eyes. One arm she raised awk wardly as if to avert a blow. Yet Caleb's touch on her shoulder was gentle; and, when he spoke, his voice was strangely dead and unemotional. So low was it that his meaning rather than his exact words reached the actress. "This is my city," said he. "What I say goes. There is a train to New York In thirty minutes. If you are in Granite one minute after It leaves, my police shall arrest you. My witnesses shall make the charge something that even you will hardly care to stand for. My judge shall send you to prison for a year. And every paper in New York Bhall print the whole story as I chose to tell It. Now go!" The fear of death and worse than death was In her eyes. She slunk out, shrunken In aspect to the form of an old and bent woman. Not even most beloved trick of stage folk!—did she turn at the portieres for a parting look. The patter of her scared, run ning feet sounded irregularly on the marble outer hall. Then the front door slammed, and she was gone. The final scene between Conover and his son's wife had endured less than twenty seconds. It was over, and she had departed before Gerald realized what had happened. Then, with a cry, he was on his feet and hurrying to the door. But his father stood in front of It. "If you're not cured now," said Con over, "you never will be. Go bach and ring for your mother's maid." The boy's mouth was open for a wrathful retort. But embers of the blaze that had transformed Caleb's r A * face as he had dismissed the chorus girl still flickered there. And under their scorching heat Gerald Conover slunk back, beaten but still muttering defiant incoherences under his breath. CHAPTER XI. Clive Standish Seeks An Inter view. RS. CONOVER, under Anice's gentle ministration, was SB*! coming to her senses. She J il* 1 ? opened her eyes with a gasp of fear, then sat up and looked apprehensively around. "She Is gone, dear," whispered Anice, divining her meaning, "and Gerald didn't mean what he said. He was excited, that was all. He's all right again now. Shall I help you up stairs?" But Mrs. Conover insisted on being assisted to the nearby sofa. "All right again, old lady?" asked Caleb, walking across to the sofa. "Like me to send for the doctor?" "No. Yes, I'm quite well again now," stammered his wife. "Thank you for asking." "Until further notice," Conover an nounced dryly, looking from one to the other, "these 'pleasant home hours' are suspended. Ily request. They're too exciting for a quiet man like me. I hope you'll all try to smother any disappointment you feel. And now," turning to the butler, who had come in answer to his ring, "I'll see If I can't get the taste of this farewell performance of the pleasant hour series out of my mouth before I start my evening's work. Gaines, or der Dunderberg brought around in ten minutes." "Where are you going?" asked Mrs. Conover, who had imperfectly caught the order. "To get into my riding clothes," an swered her husband from the door way. "But you spoke of Dunderberg. You're surely not going to ride Dun derberg when I'm so shaken up. I shall worry so —" "Why? You ain't riding him." "But why not ride Sultan? He's so gentle and quiet and —" "Letty! do I look as if 1 was on a still hunt for something gentle and quiet? I want something that'll give me a fight. Something that'll tire me out and take my mind off black, flop up pompadours and stocking-leg gloves! Jerry, you come along with me. 1 want a talk with you." "Oh, if only that dreadful horse would die!" sighed Mrs. Conover. "I never have an instant's peace while you're riding him." "Rot!" growled Calel_, Grinning re assurance at the pathetic little figure on the sofa. "There never yet was a horse I couldn't manage or that could harm me. Come along. Jerry." He stamped upstairs to his dressing room followed by the reluctant, still muttering Gerald. This was by no means the first time Mrs. Conover had plucked up courage to entreat her lord not to ride his favorite horse, Dunderberg, the most vicious, tricky brute in all that horse-breeding State. And never yet had the Railroader deigned to heed her request. In fact, such opposition rather pleased him than otherwise, inasmuch as It enhanced, to all listen ers, his own equestrian prowess. Caleb Conover was a notoriously bad rider. Horsemanship must be learned before the age of twenty or never at all. And Conover was well past forty before he threw leg over saddle. But he loved the exercise, and took special Joy In buying and mastering the most unmanageable horses he could find. How so wretched a horseman could avert bad falls or even death was a mystery to all who knew him. Both women, with the wondrous art which their sex alone can master, had dropped into conventional atti tudes with their backs to the light by the time the intruder's first word was spoken. As Clive Standish passed through the portieres into the library, he saw only that its two occupants were seated, one reading, the other crocheting, in polite boredom, each evidently quite willing that their pro longed session of .dreary small talk should be Interrupted. "Good evening, Aunt Letty," said Clive, as he stooped over the excited woman an l kissed her. "I called to see Mr. Conover on a matter of some Importance. The footman was not sure whether he could —or would —see me or not. So, while I was waiting for him to find out, I thought I heard your voice in here and ventured in. Good evening, Miss Lanier. You'll pardon my left hand?" The right he held behind him, yet in one of the mirrors Anice could see the knuckles were swathed in plaster. The hand he offered, too, was bruised, cut and discolored. "I —I had a slight accident," he said hastily, noting her glance. "Nothing of importance. I —" "Mr. Conover has told us of it," an swered Anice. "It was splendid of you, Clive! You risked your life to—" "To get out of a fight that my own folly had_ brought on. That wassail. (To Bo Continued.) -' : ' THE YOUNG MAN FROM WYOMING AT EAQLES MERE. A SULLIVAN COUNTY NOVELETTE. BY THOMAS J. INGHAM. "Father's most trusted friend and advisor was Judge John Jenkins, who sent him with a letter to Captain John Franklin. A company was soon formed under command of Franklin, who went down the river on one side and up on the other, dispossessing as many Pennamites as they could find. \\ hen they reached the valley they found they were not strong enough to meet the enemy in the open field, and took posses sion of a fort. Capt. Franklin and my father hastened north for more recruits. They had hardly got out of the valley when four hundred militia from Northampton County, under com mand of Col. Armstrong, surrounded the fort. The Colonel informed the settlers in the fort that he had come to disarm both sides, and if they would surrender he would let them go, and also disarm Patterson's soldiers. To this they agreed, and, marching out of the fort, grounded their arms. They were immediately surrounded, taken prisoners, hound with cords, and marched off to Easton jail, l'atterson's men were not disarmed at all. Col. Armstrong, full of the glory of his achievement, marched his four hundred men hack to Easton, having, as he supposed, finished the war. lie was soon roused, however, from his happy delusion by a stream of Pennamite tenants and claimants from the valley, who reported that Capt. Franklin had raised a much larger force and burned their houses and shot their cattle, and killed those who resisted, so they had been compelled to get out of the valley to save their lives. The military ardor of Col. Armstrong was now roused 1o the highest pitch, and he called for his four hundred men, but was rendered almost furious when he found that about three out of four refused to obey his call, saying 'it was a quarrel of a set of land jobbers, and they would not assist to extirpate the Connecticut claimants.' With only a hundred men lie marched to Wyoming. Capt. Franklin awaited his coming in the fort at Kingston. Col. Armstrong made a bold assault, which was gallantly repulsed. My father was among those who were seriously wounded. "Col. Armstrong returned to Easton; and about this time news came that the Pennsylvania Legislature had passed an act 'to restore possession' to the Connecticut settlers. The Executive Council recalled Armstrong and Patterson, and re leased the prisoners in Easton jail without trial. This was good news for the settlers, and they returned to their families, but to us it brought little comfort; father's wound did not heal. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. "Our house had not been burned and it was now vacant. We hastened to bring our things from our mountain retreat and put our house in good order. We brought father home tenderly and laid him on his own bed. He said feebly, '1 feel better; I am now content!' and sank into an uneasy slumber. As I sat watching him while he slept, 1 noticed his high pale forehead, his hollow eyes, and the long, thin hand lying weakly upon the coverlet; and 1 thought of the strong man who hewed our farm out of the wilderness; of.the tender father who carried me in his arms through the 'shades of death;' of the soldier who handled the Continental musket in many bat tles; of the true man who battled against injustice for his home and fireside, and my quivering heart asked, 'Why? Oh, why is he singled out for death?' There came no answer save the half-suppressed sobs of my sister sitting with her face bowed down with grief. "How firm and strong my mother stood by him to the last! What tireless attention, what soothing hands, what cheerful words! It was not until the pale form we loved was at rest that mother broke down. Alas, broke down, for it seemed all of her desire for life died with him. Our house was left desolate. "The hostilities of the spring and summer had prevented us from raising crops, and we should have suffered for the necessaries of life if it had not been for mother's cousin, Mr. Dalton, who lived about fifty miles up the river in the town ship of Springfield. His farm, consisting of broad tlats, in a bend of the river, outside of the path of war, had not suffered and he had raised bountiful crops. Mr. Dalton, hearing of our trouble, sent his son Obed down with a large canoe load of provisions. Obe was a fine muscular young man—a jolly fel low. accustomed to work, and invigorated by plenty of fresh air. lie came to us with his unexpected cargo like a fresh breeze in a parching desert. He said he had come to work with me a few weeks and help repair the Pennamite damages. He brightened us up, and we went to work with renewed hope. "Mattie had not been in the valley since spring. As soon as the troubles commenced Mrs. Swartz went down the river to her friends in Paxton. Swartz remained on the farm awhile, and then joined Patterson's rangers in the hope of getting hold of some Connecticut settler's farm. When the tide turned against the Pennamites he deserted and went to his family. "Owing to the disturbed state of the country, Mattie and J had been unable to exchange letters, and I had neither means nor opportunity togo and see her that fall. It seems she got news of my father's death, for awhile after that I got a sym pathizing and consoling letter, in which she expressed her anxiety to return to the valley, and said they expected to re turn in the spring. In my reply 1 expressed my eager desire to see her again, and assured her that they might return in safety. "Obe and 'Cretia soon got to be the best of friends, and he was in no hurry to leave us. When at last he had togo, lie promised to make us another visit in the winter. This prom ise was not forgotten, for after the first fierce cold nights of winter had closed the river with smooth ice, he came down on a pair of skates. He made the journey in one day. Again, when the snow had covered the rough roads, he came with a sleigh and horses, and took 'Cretia up home on a visit and brought her back in a few weeks. "About that time affairs were settled between them, and they were to be married in the summer. We were sorry in deed to think of losing 'Cretia, for she was now the light of the home, but we could not oppose it, for Obe was as fine a fellow as we could hope for, and the family in excellent circum stances. "We did not make a formal wedding. 'Cretia wrote to Muttie and urged her to come, but Mattie sent sincere regrets, saying that Air. Swartz did not intend to return that season, and it would not l>e possible for her to attend. "The day before the wedding Obe made his appearance in a canoe. It was the easiest mode of conveyance which ex isted ii]) and down the river. They were married in the morning, and the little wedding party all escorted them to the river. The bride was comfortably seated in the middle of the canoe, and the bridegroom, with his slender socket pole, took his station in the stern. Then as we all shouted 'good bye' and 'good luck,' and splashed the water with old shoes. Obe pushed rapidly away, and was soon around the bend out of s>g ht - * 1 , J (To be continued.) 11' ii >lll paw • one.) deuce in Berry, lPnot actual hostility to his theories and methods, that im pelled thousands of independents to remain away from the polls on regis tration day, has inspired stalwart Re publicans to action and prompted many to take an aggressive part in the state campaign in favor of the full Republican ticket. There is evidence on every hand of the determination of old line Republi cans, business men, manufacturers and others identified with the commercial and industrial prosperity of this city, to do every thing in their power to roll up a big majority for John K. Tener for governor and all the candi dates on the Republican ticket. The fact that the Democratic combine that is running the Keystone Party has seen fit to indorse a large number of Democratic candidates for congress, who are now running on the Keystone Party ticket headed by Berry for gov ernor, has incensed the great body of the citizenship which believes in the administration of President Taft, and which recognizes the fact that the election of a Democratic congress means the reopening of the tariff agi tation and an inevitable disruption of business throughout the country, the shutting down of mills and factories of all kinds, the throwing of hundreds of thousands of men and women out of employment, and untold distress and ruin to many. With this possible condition in_mind, the members of the Union I.&isue have appointed a committee of one hundred to cooperate with the Repub lican party leaders in the state and the nation to combat every effort to elect Democrats to congress. In full accord with this action, the Workingmen's Protective Tariff League, a powerful organization com posed of large numbers of employes of the textile mills of Kensington, has adopted resolutions strongly commend ing the Taft administration, declaring for tho olectiou of Republicans to con gress, and coming out squarely in favor of the election of John IC. Tener for governor of Pennsylvania. A committee composed of represen tative men employed in the various mills has been named to canvass tho wage earners of Philadelphia to insure a large vote for all the candidates oil the Republican ticket Through Henry F. Walton, chair man of the Republican state commit tee, who is in touch with these com mittees, those elements are acting in harmony, and givo assurances that the returns on election night will de monstrate that effective work has been dore. W. Harry Balcer, societary of the Republican state committee, who has been surveying the situation in tho interior of tlie state, reports that tiiero are signs of Republican activity on every hand and that splendid results may be anticipated from the party Btrongholds in every section. GENERAL MARKETS PHILADELPHIA FLOUR steady; winter clear, $4rL<4.25; city mills, fan cy, ii.4o. RYE FLOUR quiet, at $4©'4.10 per barrel. WHKAT quiot; No. 2 rod, new, 9l»Ms @97%c. CORN quiet; No. 2 yellow, local, 59V&f('60c. OATS steady; No. 2 white, 39 39V2C.; lower grades, 37c. POULTRY: Live linn; hens, 15@ 17c.; old roosters, VlCu l2Vfec. Dressed steady; choice fowls, ISVi-c.; old roos ters, 13c. BUTTER firm; extra creamery, 32c. EGGS steady; selected, 32 (112t 1 34 c.; nearby, 28c.; wostern, 28c. POTATOES quiet, at 58$/ (!oc. bush. Live Stock Markets. PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards) CATTLE steady; choice, st!.Bo@>7.lo: prime, 1G.4()@6.75. SHEEP ! iglier; prime wethers $4.10 <?|4.35; culls and common, s2fr3; lambs, $4.50@C.90; veal calves, $9.50 @lO. HOGS higher; prime heavies, $9.20 ©9.35; mediums. s9.sG#9.fio; heavy Yorkers, $9.50(a 9.55: light Yorkers, 19.35(5.9.40; pigs, s9(?j 9.30; roughs, »7.75@8.30. riROPOSRB AMENDMENTS TO THE ■*- CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMON WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL. OR REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL AS SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AM) PUBLISH ED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section twen ty-si* of article live of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Resolved (If the Senate concur). That the following amendment to section twen ty-six of article five of the Constitution »112 Pennsylvania be, and the same Is here by. proposed, In accordance with the eighteenth article thereof:— That section 20 of Article V., which reads as follows: "Section 2ti. All laws re lating to courts shall be general and of uniform operation, and the organization, jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of the same class or grade, so far as regu lated by law, and the force and effect of the process and Judgments of such courts, shall be uniform; and the General Assem bly Is hereby prohibited from creating other courts to exercise the powers veßted by this Constitution In tho J.udges of the Courts of Common Pleas and Orphans' Courts," be amended so that the same shall read as follows: Section 2G. All laws relating to courts shall be general and of uniform opera tion, and the organization, Jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of the same class or grade, so far as regulated by law, and the force and effect of the process and ludgments of such courts, shall be uni form; but, notwithstanding any provi sions of this Constitution, the General Assembly shall have full power to estab lish new courts, from time to time, as the same may be needed In any city or coun ty, and to prescribe the powers and Ju risdiction thereof, nnd to Increase the number of Judges In any courts now ex isting or hereafter created, or to reorgan ize the same, or to vest In other courts tho Jurisdiction theretofore exercised by courts not of record, and to abolish the same wherever It may be deemed neces sary for the orderly and efficient adminis tration of justice. A true copy of Resolution No. 1. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Consti tution of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to eliminate the require ment of payment, of taxes as a qualifi cation of the right to vote. Resolved (if the House of Representa tives concur), Thnt the following amend ment to the Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania be, and the same Is hereby, proposed, In accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: That section one of article eight be amended, by striking out the fourth numbered paragraph thereof, so that the said section shall read as follows: Section 1. Every male citizen twenty ano years of age, possessing tho follow ing qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, subject however to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact. First. lie shall have been a citizen of the United States at least one month. Second. Ho shall have resided in the State one year (or if, having previously been a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State, he shall have re moved therefrom and returned, then six months), immediately preceding the elec tion. Third. Ho shall have resided in the election district where he shall offer to vote at least two months immediately preceding tho election. A true copy of Resolution No. 2. ROHERT McAFEE, Secretary of tho Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Const!- tution of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to consolidate the courts of common pleas of Allegheny County. Section 1. Bo it resolved by the Renato and House of Representatives of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen eral Assembly met. That tho following amendment to tho Constitution of Penn ■ sylvanla be, and the same Is hereby, pro i posed, In accordance with the eighteenth article thereof:— That section six of article five be j amended, by striking out the said sec tion, and inserting in place thereof the ! following: i Section 0. In the county of Philadel phia all tho jurisdiction and powers now : vested in the district courts and courts of I common pleas, subject to such changes Ins may be made by this Constitution or by law. shall be In Philadelphia vested In five distinct and separate courts of equal ! arid co-ordinate Jurisdiction, composed iof three Judges each. The said courts In I Philadelphia shall bo doslgnatf •cl respect ; 'vely ns tho court of common pleas num ber one, number two, number three, ! number four, and number five, but the i number of said courts may be by law Increased, from time to time, and shall bo ' In like manner designated by successive | numbers. The number «>f Judges In any | of said courts, or In any county where i the establishment of an additional court | may be authorized by law, may be In creased, from time to time, and when i ever such Increase shall amount In tho , whole to three, such three Judges shall , compose a distinct and separate court as aforesaid, which shall be numbered as , aforesaid. In Philadelphia all -tilts shall be Instituted In the said courts of com j mon pleas without designating the num | ber of the said court, and the several courts shall distribute and apportion the business amonK them In such manner as j shall be provided by rules of court, and ! each court, to which any suit shall be j thus assigned, shall have exclusive Juris diction thereof, subject to chango of j venue, ns shall be provided by law. | Tn the county of Allegheny all the j Jurisdiction and powers now vested in j the several numbered courts of common pleas shall be vested in one court of com j mon pleas, composed of all the Judges In I commission in said courts. Such jurls j diction and powers shall extend to all | proceedings at law and in equity which ! shall have been instituted in the several | numbered courts, and shall be subject to | such changes as may be made by law, ' and subject to change of venue as pro- I vided by law. The president Judge of I said court shall be selected as provided by law. The number of judges in said court may be by law Increased from I time to time. This amendment shall take | effect on the first day of January suc ceeding its adoption. A true copy of Resolution No. 3. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section eight, article nine, of the Constitution of Penn sylvania. Section I. Re It resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following Is pro posed as an amendment to the Constitu tion of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia, in accordance with the provisions oC the eighteenth article thereof:— Amendment to Article Nine, Section Eight. Section 2. Amend section eight, article nine, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, j which reads as follows: "Section 8. The debt of any county, I city, borough, township, school district, or other municipality or Incorporated dis trict, except as herein provided, shall nev er exceed seven per centum upon tho as | sessed value of the taxable property there j In, nor shall any such municipality or J district incur any new debt, or increase Its Indebtedness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed val uation of property, without the assent of tho idectors thereof at a i» bile election in such manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which now ex ceeds seven per centum of such assessed valuation, may be authorized by law to Increase the same three per centum, in the aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation," so as to read as follows: Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or oth er municipality or incorporated district, except as herein provided, shall never ex ceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district in ! cur any new debt, or increase Its Indebt j edness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of property, without the assent of tho elec- I tors thereof at a public election In such i manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which now exceeds j seven per centum of such assessed val uation, may be authorized by law to In crease tho same three per centum. In tho aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation, except that any debt or debts hereinafter incurred by the city and coun ty of Philadelphia for the construction and development of subways for transit purposes, or fort lie construction of wharves and docks, or the reclamation of land to be used in the construction of a system of wharves and docks, as publlo improvements, owned or to be owned by said city and county of Philadelphia, and which shall yield to the city and countv of Philadelphia current net revenue in ex cess of the interest on said debt or debts and of the annual Installments necessary I for the cancellation of said debt or debts, j may be excluded In ascertaining the pow er of the city and county of Philadelphia to becoino otherwise Indebted: Provided, That a sinking fund for their cancellation 6hall be established find maintained. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROHERT McAFEE, . Secretary of the Commonwealth ,
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