THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, MAY, 30, 1913.
PAGE SEVEN
TheRootOfEvil
THOMAS DK(
Copyrlflht. 1011,
SYNOPSIS
Stuart, Bouthcrn lawyer In New York, la
In lovo with Nan Primrose. Ills friend,
Dr. Woodman, who has a young daugh
ter. Is threatened with the loss of his
drug business by Blvons, whom ho be
friended years before Stuart visits the
Primroses. .
Nan wants Stuart to accept a place with
Blvcns' chemical trust. Ho dislikes Blv
ens' methods and refuses. Blvens ca
on him.
Blvens Is In lovo with Nan. Stuart re
fuses tho otter, and Nan breaks her en
gagement with tho lawyer. Blvcns asks
Woodman to enter the trust.
Woodman wlfTnof yield 'and'sues Blvens
company. Tho promoter tells tho doctor
he and Nan aro engaged. Harriot Wood
man 13 studying music. Stuart takes Nan
for a day In tho country.
Stuart pleads with Nan to glvo Up Blv
ens, but the spell of millions Is on her and
she yields to It.
Nan becomes Jlrs. lllvens. iiarrset
loves Rt.uart, but 1'0 Joes nut knew it.
Nino yo".rs rmss. Stuart necemta district
ntiornsy. Ho Investigates criminal trusts.
Nan asks him to call.
Stuart wants Woodman to end his suit
against BlvenB, but tho doctor stands
firm. Blvens aids Stuart In his Investi
gation of crooked financiers.
xm7T20iur"llua'"slowiy returned to the
little freckled face -with its crown of
golden hair, and tho deep brown eyes
overflowed with tears for just a mo
ment She brushed them away before
he raised his head, so that ho never
knew.
"I'm so sorry, Jim," she said simply.
"I understand now."
"It's very sweet to have you share
this ugly secret of my life, little pal.
It will help mo."
"And you aro sorry you ever knew
her, Jim?"
"No, I'm not sorry. I've grown to
see that there's just one thing in the
world that's really "big big as God is
big the man who has attained a char
acter. I haven't lived at all yet. I'm
just beginning to seo what it means to
live. Until now I've thought only of
myself. A new light has illumined tho
way. Now I'm going to live for oth
ers. From today I shall ask nothing
for myself, and I can never bo disap
pointed ngain."
Harriet looked up quickly.
"Would it plcaso you, Jim, if I should
make a great singer?"
"More than I can tell you, dear.
Tour voice is a dlvino gift. I envy you
its power."
Her eyes were shining with a great
purpose.
"I know that it means years and
years of patient work, but I'll do it,"
she cried.
When the last echo of his footstep
in tho hall above died away and his
door had closed tho little golden head
bowed low in a passionate tender
prayer:
"God help mo to keep my secret and
yet to love and help him always!"
CHAPTER VII.
An Old Perfume.
FOR nine years Stuart had re
fused to see or speak to Nan.
lie met Blvens as a matter of
course, out uiwuyo uuuwu
luring business hours or at one of his
I clubs. For tho first year Nan had re
sented his attltudo in angry pride and
I remained silent. And then sho began
I ,to do a curious thing which had grown
to bo a part of bis inmost lire, tor
the past eight years sho had written a
brief daily diary recording her doings,
thoughts and memories which sho mail
ed to him every Sunday night Sho
asked no reply and ho gavo none. No
names appeared in its story and no
namo was signed to tho dainty sheets
of paper which always boro tho per
fume of wild strawberries. But tho
man who read them in silence know
and understood.
Tho letter from her ho held today
was not an unsigned sheet of her diary.
It -was a direct, personal nppeal, tender
and beautiful in its sincerity. Sho bog
ged him to forget tho past because sho
needed his friendship and advice, and
asked that ho como to eeo her at once.
This letter was his first temptation
to break tho resolution by which ho
had lived for years.
no rose and paced tho room with
fury as he began to realizo how des
Iperato was hl3 desire to go.
"navo I fought all these years ror
I nothing?" bo cried.
Tho thing that drow him with all
I but resistless power was tho deeper
meaning between tho linos. He know
I that each day the incomploteness of
her lifo bad been boroo In upon her
by Thomas Dixon
with crushing rorcc.
Ana yet ho reit
hy nn Instinct deeper than reason, that
tin" dav lie returned from his exile and
touched her hand would mark the be
ginning of a tragedy for both.
In the past nine years ho had thrown
his life away only to find it in greater
power. Tho first year which he had
given of unselfish devotion to tho serv
ice of the people had boon a failure,
but at the end of four years he was
nominated for district attorney and
was swept into office by a largo ma
jority. The enforcement of Justice
ceased to bo a joke and became a liv
ing faith.
Ills work had stirred tho stato to a
nobler and cleaner civic life. During
the past year he had become one of
tho foremost figures in American De
mocracythe best loved and the most
hated and feared man in public life in
New York. He asked no favors; he
sought no preferment
The work on which he had just en
tered was nn investigation before an
unusually intelligent grand jury of the
criminal acts of a group of the most
daring and powerful financiers of the
world. When ho realized tho magni
tude of the task ho had undertaken
he at once put his house In order for
tho supreme effort It was necessary
that he give up every outside interest
that might distract his attention from
the greater task.
The one matter of grave importance
to which he was giving his time out
side his office was his position as ad
visory counsel to Dr. Woodman in his
suit for damages against tho chemical
trust, which had been dragging its
course through the courts for years.
To his amazement he had just re-
colvvd an offer from Blvens' attorneys
to compromise this suit for $100,000.
He would of course adviso the doctor
to accept it immediately. He had
never believed he could win a penny.
What could bo Blvens' motive in
making such an offer? It was impos
sible that tho shrewd little president
of tho American Chemical company
had anything to fear personally from
this attack. Ills fortune now could
not be less than $40,000,000, and the
issuo of such a suit as the ono Wood
man had brought and on which ho
had spent so much of his time and
money was to Bivcns a mero bagatelle.
It might bo Nan it must be! ner
letter surely mado the explanation rea
sonable. She knew this suit was an
obstaclo In tho way of their meeting.
During the past winter sho had be
come tho sensation of the metropolis,
ner wealth, her beauty, her palaces
and her entertainments had made her
tho subject of endless comment. She
had set a pace for oxtravaganco which
mado the old leaders stand aghast.
Her worldly wise mother had been dead
for tho past flvo years.
ne was waiting tho arrival of Wood
man for a conferenco over Blvens of
fer of compromise, and ho dreaded the
ordeal.
"So tho little weasel has offered to
compromise my suit for half tho sura
wo named, eh?" tho doctor asked In
triumph.
"I assuro you that if tho case comes
to its final test you are certain to lose."
"So you have said again and again,
my boy," was tho good natured reply,
"but his sudden terror and this offer
show that wo have won already, and
ho knows it. Blvens has seen the
handwriting on tho wall. When the
American people aro onco aroused
their wrath will sweep tho trusts Into
tho bottomless pit."
"Blvens isn't worrying about tho peo
plo or their wrath."
"Then it's time he began!" tho doctor
cried. "Mark my word, tho day of the
common people has dawned. This mud
sill of tho world has learned to read
and writo and begun to think, no
will never bo content again until he
turns tho world upsldo down."
"But you must consider this offer.
You have too much at stake. Your
factory has been closed for five years.
Your storo has been sold, your busi
ness ruined, and you are fighting to pay
tho Interest on your debts. I've seen
you growing poorer daily until you
have turned your homo into -a lodging
houso and filled It with strangers."
"I've enjoyed knowing them. My
sympathies havo beon mado larger."
"But is this battlo yours alono, doc
tor? You nro but ono among millions.
You are trying to boar tho burden of
all. Havo you counted the cost? Har
riet's course In music will continue two
years longer. The last year she must
spend abroad. Her expenses will be
great This settlement Is a generouu
ono, no matter what Blvens' motive,"
"I can't compromise with a man who
r
nas crushed -.my' business by a con
spiracy of organized blackmail."
"Oh, come, come, doctor, talk com
mon sense! You were not ruined by
blackmail. You wcro crushed by a
law of progress as resistless as the
law of gravity."
"If tho law of gravity is unjust it
will be abolished. I can't compromise
"The last tribunal will give you noth
ing." with Blvens. I refuse his generosity.
I'll take only what the Inst tribunal of
tho people shall give me justice."
"The last tribunal of the people will
glvo you nothing," the lawyer said
emphatically.
"I'll stand or fall with it I make
common cause with tho people. I know
that Blvens is a powor now. He
chooses judges, defies tho law, bribes
legislatures and city councils and
Imagines that he rules the nation. But
the Napoleons of finance today will
bo wearing stripes In Sing Sing to
morrow. A despotism of money can
not bo fastened on tho people of Amer
ica. Only a few years ago a great
millionaire who lived in a palace on
Fifth avenue boldly said to a newspa
per reporter, 'The public be d -HI'
Times have changed. The millionaires
have begun to buy the newspapers and
beg for public favor. We are walking
on the crust of a volcano of public
wrath. I am content to live and fight
for the right, win or lose, and play
my little part In this mighty drama!"
"I had hoped you were tired of fight
ing a losing battle."
Til fight this battle to a finish and
I'll win. If God lives I'll win-I'm so
euro of It, my boy."
Tho doctor paused and his eyes
flashed.
"I'm so sure of It that I'm not only
going to refuse this bribe from Blv
ens, but my answer will be a harder
blow. I'm going to begin another big
ger and more important suit for the
dissolution of the American chemical
trust"
Stuart slipped his arm around tho
older man with a movement of In
stinctive tenderness.
"Look here, doctor, I've lived In your
home for fourteen years and I've
grown to love you as my own father.
You must listen to me now. I can glvo
no time to your suit. I am just enter
ing on a great struggle for the people.
Tremendous issues are at stake."
"You'll go down a wreck If you fall."
"Perhaps, but It's my duty."
"Good boyl" the older man cried,
seizing Stuart's hand. "You can't fall.
That's why I'm going to risk all in
my light."
"But tho cases nro not tho same."
"No, I'm old and played out my
life's sands are nearly run, I haven't
much to risk but such as I havo I
offer it freely to God and my coun
try. I envy you tho opportunity to
make a greater sacrifice and you ad
viso mo to compromise for a paltry
sum of money a righteous causo mere
ly to savo my own skin. I'm proud of
you proud that you llvo In my house,
proud that I've known and loved you,
and tried to teach you tho joy and the
foolishness of throwing your life
away!"
With a wave of his hand tho stal
wart figure of the old man passed out
and left him brooding In sorrowful
silence.
no seized his pen at last, set his f aco
llko flint and resolutely wrote his an
swer: Dear Nan Tour letter Is very kind. I'll
bo honest and tell you that It has stirred
memories I've tried to kill and can't. I
hate to say no, but I must. Sincerely,
JIM.
On tho night following Stuart work
ed lato In his office doveloplng his
great case. Ho was disappointed in
the final showing of tho evidence to
bo presented to tho grand jury. His
facts wcro not as strong as ho cx
pected to mako them.
At 10 o'clock ho quit work and hur
ried homo to refresh his tired spirit
with Harriot's music. As ho hurried
up tho steps ho nearly collided with
a handsome young fellow Just emerg
ing from tho door. Ho was dressed
well, and ho bad evidently been calling
on some ono perhaps on Harriett
Stuart lot himself in softly and start'
ed at tho sight of Harriet's smiling
faco In tho parlor doorway. His worst
fears were confirmed. Sho was dress
ed In a dainty evening gown and bad
evidently enjoyed her visitor.
. .-j..tlMU-' iitiJti fcjawA'j
stuart pretended not to notice tho
fact and asked her to play. As he sat
dreaming apd watching tho rhythmic
movement of her delicate hands he
began to realizo at last that bis llttlo
pal, stub nosed, red haired and frec
kled, had silently and mysteriously
grown into a charming woman. Sho
was twenty-four now, in tho prldo and
glory of perfect young Womanhood,
and yet she had no lovers. Ho won
dered why. Her music, of course. It
had been the ono absorbing passion of
life. And her eyes had always spar
kled with deep joy at his slightest
word of praise. For the first time it
had occurred to him as an immediate
possibility that sho might marry and
their lives drift apart.
A sweet comradeship had grown be
tween them, ne resented the idea of
n break In their relations. Yet why
should ho? What rights had he over
her life? Absolutely none, of course.
Who was that fellow? Where had he
met him before?
Ho rose with a sudden frown. Sure
as fate the very boy the tall, dreamy
looking youngster who danced with
her so many times that night ten years
ago at her birthday party! She said
he was too frail that her prince must
be strong. Well, confound him, he
had got stroug.
Stuart said, with a studied indiffer
ence:
'Tell me, little pal, who was that
tall young fellow I ran into on the
steps?"
"Why, don't you remember my frail
young ndmirer of long ago?"
"Do you love him, girlie?"
"When I was very, very young, I
thought I did. It makes me laugh
now. It's wonderful how much we
can outgrow, isn't it?"
'I Just don't like him, and I don't
want you to like him. You see, little
pal, I'm your guardian."
"Are you?"
"Yes. And I'm giving you due legal
notice that you havo no right to marry
without my consent you promise to
make me your confidant?"
A soft laugh, full of tenderness and
joy, came from the girl as she turned
her eyes upward for tho first time:
"All right, guardle, I'll confer with
you on that occasion."
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AUCTIONEER
HOLDS SALES ANYW1IKHK
nr state.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE !
REAL ESTATE. By virtue of
process Issued out of the Court ot
Common Pleas of Wayne county, and
Stato of Pcnnnylvania, and to me di
rected and delivered, I have levied on
and will expose to public sale, at the
Court House in Honesdalo on
FRIDAY, JUNE O, 3 P. M.
All tho defendant's right, title and
Interest in the following described
property viz:
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land, situate in the Town
ship of Manchester, county of Wayne,
and State of Pennsylvania, bounded
and described as follows:
BEGINNING for a corner at the
northeasterly corner of land belong
ing to E. K. Barnes, and commonly
called the Cole Flat, on the bank of
the Delaware River; thence in a
southwesterly direction along the
easterly side of the Cole Flat lot and
tho H. Lerons lot, let the distance be
more or less, to a corner in tho line
of land formerly belonging to Robert
Halsey, and now belonging to Eras-
tus Lord estate; thence in a some
what southeasterly direction along
the said Erastus Lord estate to a
corner of the C. G. Armstrong lot,
let the distance be more or less;
thence in a somewhat northeasterly
direction along the line of lands be
longing to C. G. Armstrong and Ken
ney Brothers to the Delaware River,
let the distance be more or less;
thence up the Delaware River to the
place of beginning.
CONTAINING one hundred forty
(one hundred forty) acres, more or
less, and commonly called the Gore
lot. Being the same property con
veyed by William M. Kellam et ux.
and Coe F. Young et ux. to George
Gould, by deed dated the 9th day of
February, 1904, and recorded in the
office for the recording of deeds in
and for Wayne county In deed book
No. 92, page 128, and being the same
land that George Gould and wife
by their deed dated the 18th day of
July, 1910, recorded, in Wayne coun
ty deed book No. 101, page 191,
granted and convoyed to Gould Lum
ber Company.
Seized and taken In execution as
the property of The Gould Lumber
Company at the suit of First Nation
al Bank of Hancock, N. Y. Judg
ment, $3,000. No. 23 Jan. Term,
1912. Attorney McCarty.
TAKE NOTICE All bids and costs
must be paid on day of sale or deeds
will not be acknowledged.
FRANK C. KIMBLE, Sheriff.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE. -By virtue of process
Issued out of the Court of Common
Pleas of Wayne county, and State ot
Pennsylvania, and to me directed
and delivered, I have levied on and
will expose to public sale, at the
Court House in Honesdalo, on
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1013, 2 P. M.
All the defendant's right, title,
and Interest In the following de
scribed property viz:
All that certain lot or parcel of
land situated in tho Township of
South Canaan, county of Wayno and
State of Pennsylvania, bounded and
described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at tho south-west corn
er of the lot or tract of land herein
described; thence north forty-four
degrees and two minutes west eight
hundred and twenty feet to a beech
tree corner; thence south forty-five
degrees and fifty-one minutes west
five hundred and seventy-three feet
to a corner; thence north forty-three
degrees and forty-three minutes west
sixteen hundred and seventy-four
feet to a corner in the center of the
public road leading to South Canaan
Corners; thence along said road
north sixty-five degrees twenty-eight
minutes east nine hundred and ninety-one
feet; thence north sixty-one
degrees east eight hundred and one
feet to a corner in the center of the
road; thence north sixty-nine dej
grees thirty-nine minutes east four
hundred and thirty-seven feet to a
corner in the center of the road;
thence north sixty-seven degrees
forty-eight minutes east seven hun
dred and nine feet to a corner in the
center of the road; thence north
sixty-three degrees thirty-one min
utes east six hundred and three feet
to tho center of the road; thence
south forty-three degrees fifty-six
minutes east thirteen hundred and
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fifty-six feet to a stones corner;
thence south forty-seven degrees and
thirteen minutes west nineteen hun
dred and twenty-five feet to a corn
er; thence south forty-four degrees
forty-three minutes west eight hun
dred and fifty-five feet to tho place
of beginning. Containing ono hun
dred and thirty-six and 86-100 acres,
be the same more or less. Being tho
same land which Leslio M. Cease et
al. by deed dated July 21, 1911, re
corded In Wayne county D. B., No.
102, pago 403, granted and convey
ed to S. M. Hawke.
Upon said promises Is a two-story
frame dwelling house, barn and oth
er out buildings, and a consldorablo
portion of the land is improved.
Seized and taken In execution as
the property of S. M. Hawko at tho
suit of Leslie Cease and Russell
Cease, assignees. No. 89, June
Term, 1911. Judgment, $1200. At
torney, Simons.
ALSO
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2:30 P. 31.
All that certain piece or parcel of
land situate in the township of Tex
as, county of Wayne and State of
Pennsylvania, bounded and described
as follows: Beginning at the western
side of the Cherry Ridge Turnpike
twenty-five feet from the centre
thereof at a stake and on the south
side of alley No. 2, being a front
eastward of five rods on said turn
pike, and northward of eight rods
on said alley and enclosed by lines
at right angles with said turnpike
and alley and containing one-fourth
acre of land. Included with thla
land is the right and privilege of
getting water from the spring on tho
lot north of tho aforesaid property
and west of the turnpike in quantity
sufficient for one family's use. Be
ing the same parcel of land which F.
A. Doney et al. by deed dated Feb
ruary Gth, 18G9, and recorded In
Wayne County In Deed Book No. 36,
pago 69, granted and conveyed to
Isaac R. Schenck. The said Isaac R.
Schenck having died Intestate Janu
ary 28th, 1887, leaving to survive
him a widow Rebecca B. Schenck and
two children, W. P. Schenck and
Giles G. Schenck. And the said Re
becca B. Schenck having since died,
the sole title to tho real estate above
described became thereupon vested
in the said W. P. Schenck and Giles
G. Schenck. On the above described
land, all of which is cleared, are one
dwelling house, barn and out-bulld-ings.
Reserving, nevertheless, from
the above described property, a lot
on the southerly side thereof convey
ed by the heirs of Isaac R. Schenck
to John F. Seellg.
Seized and taken In execution as
the property of W. P. Schenck and
Giles G. Schenck at tho suit of Hom
er Greene. No. 73, January Term,
1913. Debt, ?8,000. Attorney,
Greene.
TAKE NOTICE All bids and costs
must be paid on day of sale or deeds
will not be acknowledged.
FRANK C. KIMBLE, Sheriff.
COURT PROCLAMATION. Whereas,
the Judge of the several Courts of
the County of Wayne has Issued his precept
for holding a Court of Quarter Sessions, Oyer
and Terminer, and General Jail Delivery In
and for said County, at the Court House, to
begin on
MONDAY. JUNE 16. 1913.
to continue one week:
And directing that a Grand Jury for the
Courts of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and
Terminer be summoned to meet on Monday.
June 0, 1913, at 2 p. m.
Notice Is therefore hereby given to the
Coroner and Justices of the Peace, and Con
stables of the County of Wayne, that they be
then and there In their proper persons, at
said Court House, at 2 o'clock In the after
noon of said 9th day of June, 1913. with their
records, Inqulsltlons.examlnatlons andother
remembrances, to do those things which to
their offices appertain to be done, and those
who are bound by recognizance or otherwise
to prosecute tho prisoners who aro or shall
be in the Jail of Wayne County, be then and
there to prosecute against them as shall be
ust.
Given under my hand, at Honesdale, this
21st day of May 1913. and In the 136th year
of the Independence ot the United States
FRANK C. KIMBLE. Sheriff. '
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