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i By CLARENCE
CHAPTER XXXI?Continued.
The man there did not know h-r; he
had never seen her face; but she knew
rhim; she knew him only too well. She
had played her last desperate moves in
the mighty game of life with the understanding
that he was oft the board
permanently. And now, whether the
sea had given up its dead or not, there
he stood, the most powerful piece Prier
could have played, perhaps, to give
her check and force checkmate! The
^ man was Gilbert Senn.
"Good morning, madam," said he,
courteously, removing his hat; "Is Mr.
Jahnway at home"? and may I "
He paused. He was no longer looking
at the woman. He was looking at
something she wore. His face grew
ashen His limbs trembled beneath
him.
"Good God!" Senn exclaimed; "are
you Eurllne Bannottie?"
"Yes, Mr. Senn, 1 am Miss Bannottie."
"Is?is Mrs. Senn here?"
"No, sir,"'she lied to him.
But h? was looking her straight in
the face. He felt he understood her.
"I do not believe you," he said.
"You are very complimentary, sir."
^ "And I am going in to look for her."
"No, you are not. This is my house,
for the time being, and I forbid your
going."
"But she is my wife, and I have a
right to go."
"You've not seen fit to assert your
husbandly authority before," sneered
Miss Bannottie.
. "No. And I shall not assert it now
over this poor girl who has suffered so
at your hands."
"And at yours, Mr. Senn; do not
forget that."
"I know it. But I am going in.
^ She is inside, and I am going in to
see her."
Miss Bannottie let her hand fall into
I he pocket of her dress.
"Mr. Senn I lied to you. She is inside.
But you are not going in."
"I am. Stand aside."
"I will not. Attempt to pass me,
and I'll serve y.ou as "
"As you did Constance Craig? Is
that it?"
"Yes, you "
"No, I think you won't. I think that
while Walter Aldrich and Elsie Senn
. both live I am reasonably safe from
you."
His remark struck home. The
wretched woman drew- her hand from
her pocket, empty. She leaned, pale
and trembling, against tne siue 01 me
doorway. He walked past her into the
house to which she had denied him
admission, and she never raised her
hand to prevent it. She did not even
l-aise her voice again in protest.
He went in. She could hear him going
from room to room, opening door
after door which had only emptiness
behind them. She heard him go up
the stairs. She heard him try the door
of Elsie Senn's room. And then
She raised her head; she stood up
straight again.
"I wonder where the dead man lived.
and who he was. and how long it
will be before they miss him, and
whether there is any good reason why
they should seek for him here?" she
said desperately to herself; "and I
I wonder how long it will be before Senn
comes out with his bride, ha! ha! ha!
and whether I shall have time?
time "
She walked down the steps. She
walked down the drive, until a turn
shut her from view of the house. She
turned and shook her clinched hand in
that direction.
"Curse you!" she said, bitterly: "I
wish I could do here for you both what
I did at Boomville for Samuel Lyman.
But?I haven't time. And?I am not
?iuite sure I dare."
Then she turned and ran. ran regardless
of the thorns which reached
out to hold her back, regardless of the
stones which cut her thin shoes and
hiuised her tender feet, ran?ran?ran
?regardless of everything but a desperate
fear of pursuit, and a desperate
hope for safety, ran as though there
had been a madwoman at Jahnway
Park, in very truth, and as though she
had her freedom at last?and meant
to keep it!
And Senn put his shoulder against
the locked door which stood between
him and his wife, crushed it down by
a sudden push, and stepped over the
splintered wreck into her room.
"Mis?ter?Senn!" she cried, starting
to her feet, and facing him in tearful
and pale-faced amazement.
"Have no fears, madam, i am one
to serve you."
"You come as a friend, then?"
"As a friend." he repeated, solemnly: I
"as a friend, and as no more."
"Thank Ood." she ejaculated: then
added, kindly, "and thank you!"
"I?I think there is not much time to |
lose." he said: "will you answer me a J
few questions?"
"As many as you wish."
"First, then, what sort of a woman
is (airline Rannottie?"
Elsie shuddered.
"A fiend," she replied.
"Have you known that long:?"
"Not until since I have lived here."
"She was once your friend?"
"She was. I called her the best
friend I had ever had in all my life."
"Whose is that ornament she wears
in her hair: the one with the cross set
with pearls?"
"It is hers."
"Did you ever borrow it? Did you
ever wear it?"
"Yes: I have worn it just twice."
"Can you tell me when? Do you
remember well enough for that?"
"Cod knows I have reason to remember."
she said.
"Then in Clod's name tell me, and
tell me at once." he cried.
"I will. Once, the first time, was the
night I?you?the night I became Mrs.
Senn."
Thank Clod! And the other time?"
"In the court room, where you were
on trial "
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"Mrs. Senn." said Gilbert, solemnly,
"I have wronged you deeply. Let me
explain it all, and then plead for your
forgiveness."
And he sat down beside her and told
her all he knew of the strange story in
which the murder of Constance Craig
was the centre and the circumference.
He told of his work, of his sickness,
of his discharge; he told of his loneliness,
his homesickness, of his attempt
to reach home on foot; he related
his experiences as a tramp, his
refusal to sell his ring, his borrowing
the money he had borrowed, his turning
into the country.
He narrated the loss of his ring, his
unavailing search for it. his suspicion
of the woman who passed him, his act
of following her.
He told of what he had seen at the
house of Constance Craig, of the ter..iKio
ti-jiro.lv wrmip-ht there bv the one
who wore his ring on her finger and
the strange cross of pearls in her hair.
He led her. in imagination, with him,
as he left the house of the fearful
memory in the distance, as he faced
death himself, as Aldrich saved him
from it at the peril of his own life, as
he found honorable employment by
Aldrieh's aid, as he grew older and
wiser in the service of the man he
always loved, and to whom he was
always faithful.
He pictured the robbery of the bank,
his suspicion of her, his resolve to save
Aldrich.
He told of the memories awakened
by one article of her bridal toilet, of
his broader and more horrible suspicion
of her which was given life and
energy when he was arrested for the
murder of Constance Craig, of his resolve
to shield her from the consequences
of the crime because she bore
his name. He told her of the trap Miss
Bannottie had set for her in robbing
the bank, intending, doubtless, to make
her father a beggar, hoping to Induce
Aldrich to discard her; and leaving
the rings to connect her with the murder
of Constance Craig.
He talked long, earnestly, eloquently.
He told more than I have recapitulated
here. He tried, faithfully, to tell all
there was to tell.
She. in turn, told much.
"We often dressed alike, Lurlineand
I." she said, "which accounts for the
dress I wore into the bank being like
the one she had herself worn in. I
only wonder how she learned the combination.
Perhaps I talked In my
sleep."
She told of her experiences as Miss
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make all plain and clear to her newfound
friend.
"And now," he questioned her, "can
you find it in your heart to pardon
me?"
She put her hand in his.
"Fully," she said: "since you did it
for love of Walter, and prompted by
your truth and loyalty."
"And you will secure a divorce, will
you not. so that you may marry him?"
She shook her head.
"I think not." she replied; or, rather.
I am certain of it. Should we outlive
you. Walter and I. I should certainly
become his wife, for I love him
with all my heart and soul and
strength. But I took my bonds upon
me of my own accord, and I shall never
cast them off. Nay," as she saw a
shadow upon his face, "I do not desire
your death: sufch a thought,
though sometimes suggested to me by
Lurline Bannottie, never found a lodgment
in my brain, even when I thought
you the most wicked of men and myself
the most unfortunate of women.
I sincerely wish you long life and happiness.
Mr. Senn, as I am sure you
know that Walter will, also, when he
knows all. It is not the life of my
hopes, the life of my girlish dreams.
But life is worth any woman's living
when it gives her the love of a man
like Walter Aldrich and the friendship
of such a man as you have shown
yourself to be."
They left the room. They descended
the stairs. They looked for Miss
Bannottie. You know they looked in
vain. Then they went up-stairs again.
'Trier will hunt her down and settle
with her," said Senn: "you need
have no fear of that."
"I am sorry. I pity Lurline Bannottie."
"Do you? Sometimes I am afraid I
do. But Prier don't. Prier will be
merciless. Since she killed Constance
Craig, he will follow her to the death.
Once, he only despised and loathed her.
But when she laid the shadow of her
life across his path a second time?"
"A second time? I do not understand
you?"
"Do you not? I half fancied I had
told you that among all the rest. I
have not known it many days myself,
though. It is a sad story. Do you
think you can bear to hear it?"
"I think so."
"I assure you, you don't know how
wicked Lurline Bannottie is."
No? Do you think you do, Mr. Oilbert
Senn? If you do, leave your wife
for a few moments, run down the
lonely path to the wild glen, and come
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nor any other man knows, or ever did
know, or ever can. how grandly good
a true woman can be?nor how low a
bad woman may fall!
"No," she replied: "but I would like
to hear the story."
"It's a short one, fortunately, and
won't take long in the telling. Prier
had a twin-brother. He loved him
more than his own life. His brother
met Lurline Bannottie somewhere, at
a summer resort on the seashore, I believe.
and fell in love with her. She
led him on, until he was so infatuated
that he felt he could not live without
her. Then she laughed at his mad
words of love, sent him away, and?"
"Well?"
"He killed himself. 'The law cannot
touch her for that,' said Prier to
me, 'and I am the servant of the law
in its relations to Lurline Bannottie.
But. morally, his blood is on her head.
God will call It murder.'"
"Perhaps?perhaps she did not mean
to hurt him. It may be that she
thought it possible that she should
come to love him, until she found at
the last that it was impossible."
"No. Listen, Mrs. Senn. You had
a man named Lyman In your employ.
Don't turn away your face?I have almost
forgotten that you turned me
away to put him in charge of your
business. Prier and myself have found
out a great deal about him lately,
though there are many other things
we'd like to know of him that we don't
?some questions regarding him that
we shall undoubtedly never find answers
to. Whether a certain letter was
written to him, for instance. Mr. Lyman
lived here at Jahnway Park, bythe
way, for a short time, in some peculiar
capacity, and has been a frequent
visitor here (not to the owner,
but to some of the servants), even as
late as since my arrest."
"Yes; but are you not wandering
from the subject?"
"Not far. Please have patience. Let
me tell the story In my own way. This
gentleman was distantly related to Mr.
Craig, too. the husband who was
drowned, as you remember having
heard, and had some business transactions
with him. We have reason to
believe that Miss Bannottie went to
Mrs. Craig's house, the night she murdered
that lady, to obtain possession of
some document, some business paper,
we don't know what."
"Well? What connection had Lyman
with Miss Bannottie's refusal of
Prier's twin-brother?"
"This: At the time Mr. Prier's brother
met her for the first time, during
all the weeks of his acquaintance with
her, and for a long time after his
tragic death, she was Samuel Lyman's
wife!"
"Married? Lurline Bannottie married?"
"Certainly."
"But I never heard her lament Mr.
Lyman's death."
"No. She had been separated from
hi in, legally separated, for years. He
obtained the divorce, I believe, and I
think that there had been trouble between
them even before the episode of
Prier's brother. She was in Europe
when Mr. Lyman died, and But
I see I am tiring and horrifying you.
You have no idea how wicked Lurline
Bannottie has been."
No? Do you think you have, Mr.
Gilbert Senn? Until you learn how
Samuel Lyman died, until you know
that Lurline Bannottie was not in Europe
when he was tried by the fire,
you will not know more of her evil
life than you do now. You know all
you can know In this world; as for
the next?be patient, Gilbert Senn, you
may not have long to wait!
"She played a desperate game in the
letter she sent me," said Senn. "If I
had declined Aldrich's aid I should
undoubtedly have suffered death in her
place."
"Undoubtedly."
"And a more desperate game In the
anonymous letter to Prier. of which he
told me and of which I have told you.
She meant to cast such a suspicion upon
Aldrich as would part you and him
for ever, no matter what else happened."
"I have no doubt of that," said Elsie,
and she grew white and trembled.
"And very likely thought she could
get him in such a situation that she
could exact the price she desired, in
payment for the silence of her lying
lips. The price of his hand and his
name, at least, though his heart was
elsewhere."
"I believe it."
"Frier's life has been shadowed by
all this. Strong, able, acute, there is
still one weak spot in his mental make
up?one place where I fancy the eyes
of a man who loves him, as I sincerely
do, can detect the scar of the blow
which has fallen, again and again, upon
his mind and soul."
"I do not understand you: please explain."
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I Will. ri lfl nun illnu.t.i urrii u uvtective,
since he has done any work in
the world at all. I learned that at
the Boston office of the agency by
which he Is employed. But?his recent
life, for a half-score of years or
so. has been clouded by this tragedy
of the half-sister he so tenderly loved.
Would it be strange if he sometimes
tanc-ied that in the happy days of the
long-ago his employment was other
than it Is now? He often claims to
have studied this, or to have done
that, before he became a detective. As
quaint as he is good, as eccentric as he
is noble, as full of a fine sense of hu-(
mor as he is of the wisdom of his profession.
I still sometimes think "
"Yes. You think what?"
"That a man with a giant intellect
may yet he partially mentally crippled;
that he not only tells the stories he
does, but actually believes them!"
Senn arose. Elsie followed his example.
She gathered her few articles
of clothing and jewelry, he giving
what assistance he could. They packed
them into two small valises. Then
they descended the stairs, for a second
time, walked out from the grand and
gloomy old house, under the glory of
the light of sunset, and walked away
together?away from Jahnway Park,
for ever!
And in the early evening, with the
moonlight falling cold and white about
him and the men who came with him,
Walter Aldrich came. Came to find
the house empty, the rooms desolate,
and the moonbeams lying colder and
whiter than elsewhere on the stony
face of the man who had been his
messenger?the man who had dared
the wrath of Lurline Bannottie?the
man who had weighed her courage
and her cruelty against his manly
stlength, and had found himself wanting
Walter Aldrich went away again.
hurriedly and disheartened?went
away and left all as he had found it.
Left the dinner untasted. for the rats
to feast upon, for the spiders to spin
their webs across, for the foul touch
of all manner of crawling' things, for
dust and decay and oblivion! Left the
horses harnessed in their stalls, to die
of starvation, to decay slowly, and to
be found as harnessed skeletons, white
and clean and smooth, in some one of
the possible days of the distant years
which are coming. Left the priceless
paintings for the mold: left the fine
carpets and costly furniture for the
moth; left tl)e metal ornaments for
the corroding rust, the walls for slow
disintegration, all?all?for the unforbidden
Angers of those awful powers
of Nature which for ever pull down,
and build not up again.
v Farewell, Jasper Jahnway! The
doors of your house stand wide open;
they have burled a dead man where
the shadow of your home will fall upon
his grave at noonday. Farewell!
The doors of your house stand wide
open. What care you? You will never
cross Its threshold again. The windows
will fall away from their places;
the birds of the night will Autter in
and make their nests there; the wild
beasts will not disdain your drawingrooms
for a dwelling-place; the serpents
will crawl where you once lay
down to sleep. What care you?
Your dream Is almost true, Jasper
Jahnway?the one you dreamt by the
fireside, sleeping on your Aoor, the
roar of the storm outside seeming a
Atting Anale to your day?an appro
priate requiem for the dead, whose
partial history had just come to your
hands. Your dream is almost true.
But not quite. You are a wanderer,
Jahnway Park is no longer your home
and never will he again. But it was
not the "man outside" who pronounced
the fiat which made it as it is. What
has been done you have done yourself.
Farewell, Jasper Jahnway.
And yet I hate to let yott go! I
would like to open the records of your
earlier life, your strange and eventful
life, your story of trial and suffering?
and the passion you then thought was
love. But over it all, reluctantly, regretfully,
I set the stone of silence,
strike it sharply into its place, and
turn away for ever.
I would like to stand by you when
you read, as you will some day, of the
fate of Lurline Bannottie, and see
whether your eyes moisten or your
hands tremble. I would like to be by
you?but may the years to then be
many?when you learn in your own
person that life is a vapor and all men
are mortal. I? But it may not be?
Farewell! Those who read this history.
in which so many have lived and
loved and acted?and from which
some, alas! have gone, while more are
going?will not call you the hero.
And I cannot say they should.
But, "to him who overcometh" I cannot
deny the emotion I feel. Farewell,
Jasper Jahnway. I love yon best of
all!
To be Continued.
ON THE ROAD 'TO MANDALAY.
Once Forbidden Burma Now a Resort
of Tourists?Thebaw's Palace.
Burma, once forbidden, has become
attractive to tourists. Steamships
from Liverpool run direct to Rangoon,
the great city of the country,
and a book has been published for
the use of travellers for pleasure.
There is much to see that is novel in
Burma and visitors have only to plan
their journey for the cooler months
between November and March to have
a good time.
Travellers are cautioned not to
make personal remarks about the
Burmans they may meet. The more
intelligent natives probably understand
English, and in any case they
are very sensitive to ridicule.
The women of the country are very
charming at a distance, but do not
bear close inspection. They are quite
as naive as the Japanese and far
more free in their ways, but they
greatly resent familiarity.
They are the merchants of the
market places, and the traveller
must have his wit about him or he
will be overreached in trade. The
government has found it necessary to
warn all white comers agafnst the
"intelligence and business capacity"
of these women merchants.
You may travel by rail or steamboat
up the majestic Irawadi to Mandalay,
the capital of Upper Burma,
in the heart of the country. You may
steam up that river to Bhamo, far
above Mandalay, on the splendid
steamers that ply from Rangoon to
the head of navigation.
Rangoon has become a great commercial
city, as much European as
Burmese, so that it does not offer the
wtimflunu Qfo fnnn^l further in
land, though Its pagodas are among
the most magnificent in Asia. For
massive grandeur the Shwe Dagon
Pagoda, with its huge dome overlaid
with gold leaf, has few equals in the
world, and the Burmese take special
pride in it.
For 350 miles up the river from
Rangoon the country may be said to
be one vast rice field. Burma is the
largest producer of rice, and for several
months during the shipping season
tourists see at every railroad and
steamboat station long lines of rice
bags piled up eight feet high awaiting
transport to the rice mills and the
docks of Rangoon.
The greatest objects of interest at
Mandalay are King Thebaw's palaces,
where lived that weak ruler and his
handsome queen, who controlled him
and incited the bloody deeds that
made him infamous. The palaces
stand in a walled enclosure four miles
square, pierced with guard gates and
surrounded by a moat. Thebaw and
his queen now live in Indta, prisoners
of the British government.
Today there is not an article of the
furniture in any of the palaces. A
part of the queen's palace was used
for a while as a club for Europeans,
but Lord Curzon ordered it to be given
up, as all the buildings are of teak
and a fire might easily destroy everything.
Nearly every building has its curious
history. One of the structures
is a watch tower of solid wood started
and completed in one day by Thebaw's
father, who told the builder
that unless he completed the structure
in twenty-four hours he would
be beheaded.
All visitors have a talk with Capt.
Reoman, who was imprisoned with
otner Europeans Dy rncoaw. r?u u
week he and the other whites were
led out every day to be beheaded,
but for some reason were remanded
to prison. They were all released
when the British forces came up, but
the strain was too great for one of
the unfortunates, who went mad in
that week.
It was Thebaw who, incited by his
wife put to death under circumstances
of great brutality between
seventy and eighty princes, princesses
and high officials in February, 1879.
The outburst of horror and indignation
which these massacres caused led
soon after to the overthrow of Thebaw
and the occupation of his country
by the British.
JUisfcUanrciua grading.
GET RID OF MAD DOGS.
Muzzling of All Doga Would Stamp
Out Rabies.
Washington, May 29.?"Rabies, or
hydrophobia, is known to be one of
the most terrible diseases that afflicts
humanity. Wherever it is prevalent
it causes constantly increasing anxiety,
suffering and death to man and
beast, not to mention the financial
loss, and these penalties are exacted
notwithstanding the alleviation offered
by the Pasteur treatment."
This is the statement made by Geo.
H. Hart, V. M. D., assistant In pathology
and bacteriology In the department
of agriculture. The question
has recently been brought directly to
his attention through the case of Dr.
Marsh, of Brooklyn, who contracted
hydrophobia, suffered agonies while
the deadly convulsions were on him
and finally after undergoing untold
tortures, succumbed to the disease.
"The enormous value of the Pasteur
treatment." continues Mr. Hart,
"as a preventive agent is unquestioned.
and, while its effectiveness is
extremely high when taken in time
the actual figures from a number of
Pasteur Institutes In different parts
of the world show that the failures
have ranged from 0.18 to 1.58 per
cent. It must be remembered also
that for a number of" reasons a large
proportion of the persons and almost
all of the animals that have received
the virus through the bites do not
undergo the treatment. All that is
required to rid us of this scourge is
the muzzling of all dogs for a fewyears.
This has been amply proved
by the experience of several European
j countries, where the disease has been
jstamped out in this manner."
Until recently it was considered
that the dog's saliva became virulent
three days before the appearance of
the symptoms of rabies. According
to some recent experiments it has
been found that the saliva may become
virulent six or seven or eight
days before the symptoms develop.
Therefore in case the animal remains
healthy for ten days after it has bitten
the person or animal, no danger
need be apprehended from that bite,
even though the dog develop rabies
within the next few weeks.
The curative value of the madstone
is still devoutly believed in by a great
many people. Within the last fewyears
a madstone was forwarded to
the department of agriculture, the
owner stating that it had prevented
several cases of rabies, and he was
anxious for it to be tried by the department.
Some of these madstones,
properly caiiea nair Dans, are uummed
from the stomachs of various wild
animals and domestic animals. They
are in some cases composed of matted
hair, which the animal has licked
from its body and swallowed, but in
the majority of cases they consist of
misses of vegetable fibre, such as the
awns of clover and beard of grain,
which have gradually collected over a
considerable period of time and are
formed into a spherical shape by the
contraction of the gastric walls. Gall
stones, intestinal calculi and in fact
many porous stones may be used as
madstones.
After a person has been bitten the
madstone is applied to the wound,
and it is believed that the longer it
adheres the more certain it is of preventing
the disease. Whether it will
stick or not depends entirely on the
amount of hemorrhage or discharge
from the wound. Where this is profuse
the blood infiltrates the meshes
of the madstone, soon coagulates or
dries, and tends to hold it in place,
and it adheres for a considerable
time under such circumstances. On
the othi'r hand, where the wound Is
small and the discharge slight, there
is nothing to hold the stone In place
and it mmediately falls off. Certain
of these madstones have been held in
families for three or four generations
and are guarded as carefully as a precious
neirloom. Its specific value
against rabies Is no greater than that
of a piece of blotting paper applied
in the same manner.
The difference between human be-.
Ings and dogs suffering from hydrophobia
is that the former cannot bear
the sieht of water, while dogs will
often attempt to drink until the throat
has become entirely paralyzed.
Mr. Hart and other experts on hydrophobia
state that many persons
are often mistaken in regard to the
color of a dog's mouth, sometimes believing
that because the animal's
mouth is black it is sure to be Infected.
This is erroneous, for the reason
that in some sections of the country
there is a dog disease known as
"black tongue."
There are half a dozen symptoms
by any one of which the ordinary
person may generally be able to tell
when a dog is suffering from rabies
and these are: 1. Change in disposition;
2. alteration of voice; 3, inability
to swallow; 4, leaving home and
returning home in an exhausted and
emaciated condition; 5, paralysis of
the jaw: 6. swallowing abnormal substances,
such as small stones, sticks,
etc.
To protect persons from terrors of
hydrophobia Mr. Hart says there Is
only one certain way, and that is to
muzzle the dogs before the damage
Is done and keep them muzzled.
Inland Waterwaya.
The Missouri river has been rediscovered
to navigation says Walter
Williams in The World Today. Time
was when it carried the freight to
western communities from St. Louis
to Fort Benton, 2,600 miles to the
northwest, and beyond. It carried
this freight and many passengers as
well in steamboats of large capacity
that netted their owners fortunes
with every successful round trip. Occasionally
the pilot, though his wage
was $1,500 in gold coin each month,
was not able to dodge the Inevitable
"snag," and the boat sank and the
fortune was lost. These were exceptions,
and there are many wealthy
families in St. Louis which trace the
foundations of their fortunes to the
Missouri river "trade. Then the railroad
came, and the steamboat went to
join the stage coach among the abandonment
of yesterday. The Missouri
river was forgotten. Now, after more
than three decades of oblivion, it has
been rediscovered.
The discovery was on this wise. A
group of Kansas City merchants buying
merchandise from the east, figured
with care their freight bills. They
found that over 41 per cent of the
freight charge was for the short haul
from St. Louis to Kansas City, while
less than 59 per cent was for the long
haul from the Atlantic coast to St.
i Louis. They appealed to the railroads,
but could get no readjustment
that afforded reduction. They appealed
to the interstate commerce
commission, but found no relief. It
was a company of grave, shrewd merchants
and manufacturers that sat
one evening In the council rooms of a
Kansas City club talking over the
freight rate situation. A map was on
the table before them, a railroad map
with wide black lines, straight as the
arrow's flight, to represent the railroads,
and narrow, crooked, hesitating
lines to show, as after-thought.
the river ways. A captain of the" dry
goods industry said: "Why not try
the Missouri river?" And the rediscovery
began.
RULER OF THE AFGHANS.
Man Whp Tries to Do Many Things Be*
* sides Governing His people.
A short, stout man, who wears a
gray frocl^ coat when visiting, likes
afternoon^ tea, plays a remarkably
good game of bridge, does not hesitate
to sit'down at the piano and sing
a song for the entertainment of a party,
and after dinner has been known
to speed the parting friend with a
long and animated conversation on
the doorstep?this is one side of the
character of Habib-Ullah Khan, Amir
of Kabul, Seeker after God's Health
and Lamp of the Congregation and
the Faiths."
He did all these things when visiting
India in the early part of last
year, says the London Daily Mail. Ife
seems to have created the Impression
in some minds that he was the Asiatic
counterpart of the German emperor.
He toid various people whom he
met that he was the best smith in
Afghanistan, the best carpenter, the
best drill sergeant. Then he claimed
to be able to preach a better sermon
than any Mullah, and as a matter of
fact led 700,000 people in prayer at
Delhi?surely the largest prayer meeting
on record. He speaks seven or
aio-iit hmminMS' he nlavs cricket: he
has acquired a liking for the motor
car and he seems to think very highly
of his own powers as a doctor.
Then, too, he apparently knows
how to enjoy himself at a race meeting,
and when he makes a bet, he
pays on th,e spot If he loses. When he
was in India an attendant stalked
solemnly behind him, carrying a vast
cashbox full of money, from which
disbursements were made, when necessary.
He is said to be a good
sportsman, but when he plays cricket
with his attendants the Amir apparently
wins. It might perhaps be risky
for opponents to make a better showing.
A slight inpediment in his speech Is
associated by tradition with an ancient
palace intrigue to poison him
when heir apparent.
His left hand has but four fingers,
due to a gun accident some four years
ago. He might have been a one-armed
man had It not been for the skill
of a British doctor who went from
India and cured an injury which
seemed likely to develop into mortification
of the arm.
When In Tndiu his outspokenness
and cheerfulness seem to have made
him a general favorite. As the sun
set he would stop his train at a wayside
station "and invite any humble
loiterer of the Faith to say his prayers
with the king of Afghanistan."
He wanted to know everybody's
views and wanted to inspect everything
that seemed likely to be useful
in his homeland. He stopped an army
sergeant's wife to discuss with her
her preferences and ideals, and he
made the chemical lecturer at a hospital
which he visited explain the
properties of carbon dioxide In relation
to combustion.
But on the other hand he would not
waste any time in inspecting a little
gathering of warships that had been
arranged for his special benefit?the
British navy cannot go through Khyber
Pass. Perhaps this explains the
fact that he preferred to hurry off to
the races rather than witness "battle
practice."
Two things seemed rather to casta
shadow over him. "I hope you don't
mind the bagpipes!" a neighbor asked
him at one of the innumerable banquets.
"Not at all," he answered; "I have
them at Kabul. "But"?with a sad
smile?"they don't stand so close behind
my chair."
Then too the joys of railway travel
did not appeal to him. In anticipation
of his vlcit to a famous shrine a
monorail was built to carry him to
the sanctuary in a bejewelled royal
car. He looked at the monorail, he
looked at the car. and then ordered a
landau.
The amir is the son of one who was
a slave girl before she became one of
the queens of Afghanistan.
His harem in Kabul is not so large
as that maintained by his father. Angus
Hamilton says that when the
amir came to the throne three wives
were divorced in order to keep the
spirit of the Koran law, which forbids
the maintenance of more than
four wives.
Many slaves of prepossessing
charms, we are told, are taken into
the harem from time to time and
added to the number of his concuI
J J tl , . I
!, nriPH r to ex
Uincs. out 11IC 4UWII? ?r r- ~ ?
ercise a strict censorship in regard to
the type of slave. The hapless woman
who becomes a favorite and excites
the admiration o fthe amir "is generally
removed."
One queen, it is recorded, "has killed
with her own hands three of her
slaves and personally chastises her
erring handmaidens, purposely disfiguring
any whose physical attractiveness
might charm the amir."
The four wives of the amir "occupy
positions which are graduated to a
recognized scale. The first wife
draws an allowance of one lakh of
rupes annually; the second wife receives
eighty thousand rupees, the
third wife forty thousand rupees, the
fourth wife twenty thousand rupees a
year."
One rather gathers that the domestic
life of the amir is not untroubled
and that the influence of his wives is
not cast on the side of peace and
quietness.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR LAWYERS.
Guide For Their Professional Conduct
Prepared.
New York, May 28.?A draft for
the proposed canons of professional
ethics has been prepared by a committee
of the American Bar association,
and Is being submitted to members
of the association for suggestions
and criticisms. The final report which
it is proposed to base upon the suggestions
and criticisms received will
be submitted to the association as a
whole at the annual meeting to be
held next August In Seattle, Washington.
In twenty-seven states of the Union
there are codes of ethics more or less
complete, which exist as a result
nt i>rtriiH<'atinii hv statutory
enactments of some of the "duties"
of lawyers or of the action of bar
association therein adopting' canons of
professional ethics. For some years
past members of the bar associations
have advocated a movement which
should culminate In an authoritatively
declared standard of professional
conduct, which will not only serve as
a guide to the youthful practitioner,
but will place the profession before
the public In its true light, and thereby
free It from public criticism and
(ensure, which have at times been bestowed
upon It as a' result of the misconduct
of unworthy men who have
found their way Into Its ranks. At
the 1905 meeting of the association
the chairman of the executive committee
presented a resolution, which
was adopted unanimously, providing
for a special committee to report upon
the advisability and practicability of
the adoption of a code of professional
ethics by the association. At the 1906
meeting the committee reported favorably
upon both points, and at the
1907 meeting the association directed
the committee to prepare a draft for
the proposed canons of professional
ethics, requesting suggestions and
criticisms of all members of the
American bar.
Committee's Report.
In Its report the committee says:
"The foundation of the draft for
canons of ethics is the code adopted
by the Alabama State Bar association
in 1887. This draft represents our
best present Judgment after a most
careful consideration of the subject.
"In America, where justice reigns
only by and through the people under
forms of law, It is essential that the
system for establishing and dispensing
justice not only be developed to a
high point of practical efficiency, but
so maintained that there shall be absolute
confidence op the part of the
public in the fairness, the integrity and
the Impartiality of its administration;
otherwise there can be no permanence
to our republican Institutions. Our
profession is necessarily the keystone
in the arch of republican government,
and the future of the republic, to a
great extent, depends on our maintenance
of the shrine of Justice pure
and unsullied. It cannot be so maintained
unless the conduct and the motives
of the members of our profession,
who are the high priests of justice, are
what they ought to be.
"No code or set of rules can be
framed which will particularize all
the duties of the lawyer In the varying
phases of litigation or in all the relations
of professional life. The following
canons of ethics are adopted by
the American Bar association as a
general guide, yet the enumeration of
particular duties should not be construed
as a denial of the existence of
others equally Imperative, though not
specifically mentioned."
The canons deal with the many
problems confronting the lawyer In his
professional conduct. Among the
most Important recommendations are
the following:
Defending One Whom Advocate Believes
to be Guilty.
"A lawyer may undertake with propriety
the defense of a person accused
of a crime, although he knows or believes
him guilty, and having under
oiron it hp is hound bv all fair and
honorable means to present such defenses
as the law of the land permits,
to the end that no person may be deprived
of life or liberty but by due
process of law.
How Far a Lawyer May Go In Supporting
a Client's Cause.
"Nothing operates more certainly to
create or to foster popular prejudice
against lawyers as a class and to deprive
the profession of that full measure
of public esteem and confidence
which belongs to the proper discharge
of Its duties than does the false claim
often set up by the unscrupulous in
defense of questionable transactions,
that It Is the duty of the lawyer to do
whatever may enable him to succeed
in winning his client's cause. A lawyer
owes entire devotion to the interest
of his client, warm zeal in the
maintenance and defense of his cause
and the exertion of the utmost skill
and ability to the end that nothing
may be taken or withheld from him,
save by the rules of law, legally applied.
Nevertheless, it is steadfastly to
be borne In mind that the great trust
Is to be performed within and not
without the bounds of the law. The
office of attorney does not permit,
much less does it demand for any client,
violation of law or any manner of
fraud or chicanery. No lawyer is Justified
in substituting another's conscience
for his own. A lawyer should
not do for a client what his sense of
honor would forbid him to do for himself.
"Treatment of Witnesses and Litigants."
"A lawyer should always treat adverse
witnesses and suitors with fairness
and due consideration, and he
should never minister to the malevolence
or prejudices of a client in the
trial or conduct of a cause. The client
cannot be made the keeper of the
lawyer's conscience in professional
matters. He cannot demand as of right
that his counsel shall abuse the opposite
party or indulge in offensive
personalities. Improper speech Is not
excusable on the ground mat it ia wn?i
the client would say if speaking in
his own behalf.
"Advertising, Direct or Indirect."
"The most worthy and effective advertisement
possible, even for a young
lawyer, and especially with his brother
lawyers, is the establishment of a
well merited reputation for professional
capacity and fidelity to trust. This
cannot be forced, but must be the outcome
of character and conduct. The
publication or circulation of ordinary
simple business cards, being a matter
of personal taste or local custom,
and sometimes of convenience, Is not
per se Improper. But solicitation of
business by circulars or advertisements
or by personal cmnmunlcatlons or interviews,
not warranted by personal
relations, Is unprofessional.
"Stirring Up Litigation, Directly or
Through Agonts."
"It is unprofessional for a lawyer to
volunteer advice to bring a law suit,
except In rare cases where ties of blood
relationship or trust make it his duty
to do so. Not only is stirring up strife
and litigation unprofessional, but It
Is disreputable In morals, contrary to
public policy and Indictable at common
law. No one should be permitted to
remain in the profession who hunts up
defects In titles or other causes of action
and Informs thereof In order to be
employed to bring suit, or who breeds
litigation by seeking out those with
rlnims fnr nersnnnl inluries or those
having: any other grounds of action In
order to secure them as clients, or
employs agents or runners for like
purposes or who pays or rewards directly
or Indirectly those who bring
or Influence the bringing of such cases
to his officer or who remunerates policemen,
court or prison officials, physicians.
hospital attache* or others who
may succeed under the guise of giving
disinterested friendly advice In Influencing
the criminal, the sick and the
Injured, the igmorant or others to seek
his professional services.
"Responsibility For Litigation."
"No lawyer Is obliged to act either
as adviser or advocate for any person
who may wish to become his client.
He has the right to refuse retainers.
Every lawyer must decide what business
he will accept as counsellor, what
cause he will bring Into court for
plaintiffs, what cases he will contest
In court for defendants. The responsibility
for advising questionable transactions,
for bringing questionable
defenses, Is the lawyer's responsibility.
He cannot escape It by urging as an
excuse that he Is only following his
client's Instructions.
"The Lawyer's Duty In Its Last
Analysis."
No client, corporate or individual,
however powerful, nor any cause civil
or political, however important Is entitled
to receive, nor should any lawyer
render, any service or advice Involving
disloyalty to the law whose
ministers we are, or disrespect of the
judicial office, which we are bound to
uphold, or corruption of any person or
persons exercising a public office or
private trust or deception or betrayal
At-- .VII* Ttrv*? Afiv
OI Uie puuilf. TT IICU iniuci IU? UUJ
improper service or advice the lawyer
lays aside his robe of office and in his
own person invites and merits stern
and just condemnation. Correspondingly
he advances the honor of his
profession and the best Interests of his
client when he renders service or gives
advice tending to impress upon the
client and his undertaking exact compliance
with the strictest principles of
moral law. He must also observe and
advise his client to observe the statute
law, though until a statute law shall
have been construed and interpreted
by competent idjudicatlon he is free
and is entitled t' f vice as to its validity
an ! as to what he conscientiously
believes to be its Just meaning and
extent. But above all a lawyer will
find his highest honor in a deserved
reputation for fidelity to private trust
and to public duty as an honest man
and as a patriotic and loyal citizen."
Oath of Admission.
Finishing its report the committee
commends for adoption the following
oath of admission to the bar as containing
clearly the general principles
which should ever control the lawyer
in the practice of his profession:
"I do solemnly swear:
"I will support the constitution of
the United States and the state of
"I will maintain the respect due to
courts of jrstice and Judicial officers.
"I will counsel and maintain only
such actions, proceedings and defenses
as appear to me legally debatable and
Just, except the defense of a person
charged with a public offense.
"I will employ for the purpose of
maintaining the causes confided in me
such means only as are consistent
with truth and honor, and will never
seek to mislead the Judge or Jury by
any artifice or false statement of fact
or law.
"I will maintain the confidence and
preserve inviolate the secrets of my
client, and will accept no compensation
in connection with his business
except from him or with his knowledge
and approval.
"I will abstain from all offensive
personality and advance no fact prejudicial
to the nonor or reputation of
a party or witness, unless required by
the justice of the cause with which I
am charged.
"* 1,1 .ntnnt trn m onv cnn.
1 will never icjcvi, nviii ??
sideration personal to myself, the cause
of the defenseless or oppressed, nor
delay any man's cause for lucre or
malice. So help me God."
The report Is signed by Alton B.
Parker, former chief Judge of the New
York court of appeals; Justice Brewer,
of the supreme court of the United
States; Judge Thomas G. Jones of the
United States court in Alabama; J. M.
Dickinson, president of the American
Bar association; George R. Peck and
William Wirt Howe, former presidents
of the association and Francis Lynde
Stetson, president of the New York
Bar association. The report is a result
of a three days' session of the
committee recently held in Washington.
The Worst, All Right.?Back in
the dark ages when the management
of the Erie railroad was not all
that it should have been?the rolling
stock needing more oil and the common
stock less water?a westbound
passenger train Jolted into Corning
one day two hours behind time and
halted to patch up the engine and
take on such passengers as were In
no hurry and preferred waiting to
walking.
Just as the train was about to jerk
itself into motion an excited individual
came rushing along the platform,
dragging a heavy carpet bag with one
hand and waving a telegram with the
other.
"You must wait!" he shouted
breathlessly. "I'm in an awful hurry!
I want to get to Buffalo the worst
way!"
"All right." sang out the conductor
of the starting train. "Hurry up
and Jump aboard. You won't strike
anything worse than this!"?Everybody's.