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BOOK II?THE ROOT.
CHAPTER XX.
Tha Parting of tha Ways.
The two weeks which followed the
Blvens bail, were the happiest Harriet
Woodman had known since Nan's
shadow had fallen across her life, i
Every moment was crowded with the ;
work of preparing for her trip, except i
the hours she could not refuse Stuart, ;
who had suddenly waked to the fact
that something beautiful was going out i
of his life. Every day he asked her i
to play and sing for him or go for one
of their rambles over the hills. They i
talked but little. He simply loved to i
be alone with her.
Harriet watched him with keen joy, '
and deep in her heart a secret hope i
began to slowly grow. i
The day she sailed he refused to go 1
with her to the pier.
"Why Jim, you must come with me!" i
she protested. <
"No, I can't little pal. Sit down at I
your piano now and sing my favorite I
songs and I'll say goodbye here." <
"But why?" she pleaded. I
"I'm not quite sure how I would behave
in public." <
Without a word she took off her
gloves, sat down at the piano and sung ?
in low tones of melting tenderness. <
When the last note died away, he rose i
quietly, came to her side, and took her .<
hand. i
"I never knew, little girl, how my <
life has grown Into yours until I'm
about to lose you." 1
"But you're not going to lose me.
Remember I'm coming back to sing for i
you before thousands. And I'm going
to make you proud of me."
"I couldn't know how deeply and i
tenderly I love you, child, until this \
moment when I'm about to say good- <
bye." <
The little figure was very still. Her
eyes drooped and her lips tremoiea
pathetically. She knew that he had
said too much to mean a great deal.
He had spoken of his love for her as
a "child," when long ago the child
had grown into the tragic figure of a
woman who had learned to wait and
sulTer in silence.
She tried to speak and her voice
failed. Her hand began to tremble in
his.
She turned and faced him with a
smile, pressing his hand. The cab was
at the door and her father calling from
below.
"Goodbye, Jim," she said tenderly.
"Goodbye to the dearest little chum
God ever sent to cheer a lonely unhappy
man's soul."
A sob stilled his voice and she turned
her face away to hide her tears.
He still clung to her hand.
"It's been a long time," he said hestatingly,
"since you've kissed me,
girlie; Just one for remembrance!"
With a quick movement she drew her
hand away and started with a laugh
toward the door.
"No, Jim, I'm afraid I'm getting too
Old ior irial nuw. ,
He made no reply but stepped to her
side and grasped her hand.
"Then again, goodbye."
"Goodbye."
He pressed her hand to his lips.
The slender body quivered and her
face flushed scarlet. She hurried down
the steps to the caJa, turned and threw
him a kiss.
He watched the cab roll down Fourth
street toward the pier while a great
wave of loneliness overwhelmed him.
He slowly climbed the stairs toward
his room, and passed the door of Harriet's
on the way. It was open and
he looked in expecting her to appear
suddenly before him with a smile on
her serene little face. He noted how
neat and tidy she had left her nest;
not a sign of confusion, the floor swept
clean, everything in its place and the
bed made with scrupulous care. The
whole place breathed the perfume of
her sunny character.
On the mantel he saw a love letter
Bhe had written to her father.
"How thoughtful of the little daring."
he exclaimed. "God knows he'll ]
need it tonight."
He hurried to his own room with the
hope that she might have left one for
him. He searched his mantel and bureau
in vain and had just given up
with a sigh when his eyes rested on a
1 iku nlH.fashlnncil
i at u lasicncu u? c? iiiv w.m ,
grate in the fire place. His hand
trembled as he read it: ,
"Dear Jim:
"I shall miss you dreadfully, in the
strange world beyond the seas. When
you sit here and look into your fire I
hope you'll see the face of your little ,
pal in the picture sometimes.
"Harriet."
He kissed the card and placed it in
his pocket book.
At night the doctor was not at home.
He rapped on his door next morning
and got no answer.
The girl said he had spent the night
out?she didn't know where.
As Stuart was about to leave for his
office the doctor entered. His bloodshot
eyes were sunken deep behind his
brows, his face haggard and his shoulders
drooped. Stuart knew he had
tramped the streets all night in a stu
por Ol nopeiess misery.
He stared at the young lawyer as
if he didn't recognize him and then
said feebly:
"Don't go yet, my boy, wait a few
moments. I Just want to know that
you're here."
Stuart took his outstretched hand
and led him into the library. "I know
why you tramped the streets: the old
house is very lonely."
The father placed his hand on his
head, exclaiming:
"I never knew what loneliness meant
before!" The big hand fell In a gesture
of despair. "It's dark and cold,
I'm slipping down into a bottomless
pit. There's not a soul in heaven or
earth or hell to whom I can cry for
help or pity."
Stuart pressed his hand.
"I understand. I'm younger than
you. doctor, but I too, have walked that
way, the via dolorosa alone."
The older man glared at him with
a wild look in his eyes.
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"But you don't understand; that's
what's the matter, and I can't tell you.
I'm alone, I tell you, alone in a world
of cold and darkness."
"No,, no," Stuart Interrupted soothingly.
"You're just all in; you must
go to bed and sleep. Go at once, and
you'll find something to cheer you in
the little girl's room, a love letter for
you."
"Yes," he asked, the light slowly
returning to his eyes, "a love letter
from my baby?"
"I saw It there after she left. Read
It and go to sleep. I'll see you tonight."
"Yes, yes, of course, my boy, that's
what's the matter with me. I'm just
ill in for the lack of sleep. I've been
raving half the time, I think. I'll go
to bed at once."
When Stuart returned early from his
work in the afternoon he found a group
>f forlorn women and children standing
beside the stoop. A pale, elfishlooking
boy of ten, whose face appear?d
to be five years older, sat on the
ower step crying.
"What's the matter, kiddie?" he ask*d
kindly.
"I wants de doctor?me mudder's
sick. She'll croak before mornln' ef he
Jon't come?dey all want him." He
waved his little dirty hi?vd toward the
"Uo n (n't o rnnnH n/l
more for a week. The goil says we
:an't see him, he's sleep."
"I'll tell him you're here. The doc:or's
been ill himself.
The boy rose quickly and doffed his
ragged cap.
"Tank ye, boss."
He urged the doctor to go at once
to see his patients. The work he loved
ivould restore his spirits. He was
lumfounded at the answer he received.
"Tell them to go away," he paid with
i frown. "I can't see them today. I
nay never be able to see them again."
"Come, come, doctor, pull yourself
ogether and go. I'll go with you. It's
he best medicine you can take."
He answered angrily:
"No, no! I'm in no mood to work.
[ couldn't help them. I'd poison and
till them all, feeling as I do today. A
physician can't heal the sick unless
here's healing in his own soul: I'd
pring death not life into their homes,
rell them to go away!"
Stuart emptied his pockets of all the
noney he had in a desperate effort to
preak their disappointment.
"The doctor's too ill to see you, now,"
le explained. "He sent this money for
,-ou and hopes it will help you over
:he worst until he can come."
He divided the money among them
ind they looked at it with dull disappointment.
They were glad to get it,
rmt what thev needed more than the
money was the hope and strength of
:heir friend's presence. They left with
jragging feet and Stuart returned to
the doctor's room determined not to
leave until he knew the secret of his
collapse.
From the haggard face and feverish
syes he knew he hadn't slept yet. He
bad gotten up at one o'clock and dressed.
The lunch which the maid had
brought to his room was on the table
by his bed. untouched.
The young lawyer softly closed the
door and sat down. The older man
?azed at him in a dull stupor.
"Doctor," Stuart began gently. "I've
known you for about fifteen years.
You're the only father I've had in this
big town, and you've been a good one.
You've been acting strangely for the
past two weeks. You're in trouble."
"The greatest trouble that can come
to any human soul," was the bitter answer.
"Haven't I won the right to your
confidence and friendship in such an
hour?"
"My trouble, boy, is beyond the help
of friends."
"Nonsense" Stuart answered cheerfully.
"Shake off the blues. What's
wrong? Do you need money?"
The doctor broke into a discordant
laugh.
"No. I've just sent Harriet abroad.
I've some money laid away that will
last a year or two until she is earning
a good salary. What gave you the
idea?"
The last question he asked with sudden
sharp energy.
"Actions that indicate a strain greater
than you can bear."
"No, you're mistaken," he answered
roughly. "I can bear it all right."
He paused and his eyes stared at the
ceiling as he groaned: "I've got to
bear It: what's the use to whine?"
Stuart stepped close and slipped his
arm about the stalwart figure. His
voice was tender with a man's deep
feeling.
"Come, doctor, you're not fooling
me. I've known you too long. There's
only one man on earth for whom I'd do
as much as I would for you?my own
gray-haired father down south. You've
been everything to me one man could
be to another during the past fifteen
years. You have given me a home, the
love of a big tender heart, and the
wise counsel of tried friendship. If
there's anything that I have and you
need, it's yours before you ask it, to the
last dollar I possess. Come now?tell
me what's the trouble?"
Stuart could feel the big form sway
and tremble under the stress of over**.
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ed a little closer. And then the tension
suddenly broke.
The doctor sank into a chair and
looked up with a helpless stare.
"Yes, Jim. I will?I'll?tell?you."
He gasped and choked, paused, pulled
himself together and cried:
"I must tell somebody or jump out
of that window and dash my brains
out!"
When the paroxysm of emotion had
spent itself, he drew a deep sigh and
began to speak in broken accents.
"I was in trouble for money, my boy,
in the deepest trouble."
"And you didn't let me know!" Stuart
interrupted reproachfully.
"How could I? I was proud and sen
sitive. I had taught you high ideals.
How could the teacher come to his
pupil and say, Tve failed.' My theories
were beautiful, but they don't
work in life. And so I struggled on
until I waked one day to find that I
was getting old, that I had gone to
fight other men's battles and had left
my loved one at home to perish. The
first hideous sense of failure crept
over me and paralyzed soul and body
with fear. I was becoming a pauper, i
You see I had always believed that a <
man who poured out his life for others I
could not fail. And then I?who had
given, given, given, always given my
time, my money, my soul, and body?
waked to find that I was sucked dry,
that I was played out, that I was bankrupt
in money, bankrupt in life! The
great love I had borne the world suddenly
grew faint under the sense of
loneliness and failure. And I gave up.
I withdrew my suit and determined to
throw myself on the generosity of the
man who owed his wealth and power
to the start I had given him, the man
who destroyed my business and wrecked
my futuue. He had made me two
offers that seemed generous when I
recalled them. I judged his character
by my own and I went to his house the
night of that ball without invitation."
The doctor's voice broke and he
paused. And then with the tears
streaming down his cheeks unchecked,
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nis accents uiunrn mm Uiiicoiiaiiivu
sobs he told the story of his meeting i
with Blvens, of his abject pleading i
when he had thrown pride to the
winds, of the cruel and brutal taunts, I
and the last beastly Insult when the
millionaire boasted of his squandering t
of millions and rejoiced that he could j
flaunt this In the face of his suffering
and humiliation.
"And then, boy," the broken man t
moaned, "he left me with a sneer and I
told me to stroll over his palace and j
enjoy the evening. That I would find
his wife wearing a pearl necklace which c
cost a half million and jeweled slip- i
pers worth enough to finish my baby's c
education, but that he would see us
both to the bottom of hell before I
could have one penny."
Again the doctor's voice sank into a
strangling sob. When he lifted his t
head his eyes were glittering with a ,
strange light. t
"And then," he went on with qulv- f
erlng voice, "I began to see things
red. The lust of blood was beating ,
in every stroke of my heart. In vivid
dashes of blasphemous fury I saw life j
from a new point of view. I began t
to ask where God lived that such s
things could be in his world. I saw the
bruised bodies of my fellow beings
dung before such men as Bivens and
ground to dust. I saw the lies that }
pass for truth, the low fights for gain f
at the cost of blood and tears, tne
deeds that laugh at shame and honor,
and gloating over It all the brutal glo^y
of success. I determined to kill the
little wretch as I would stamp on a
snake. And then I saw my baby standing
near. My hand grew limp. I felt
that 1 must save her first and then die
if need be. I felt for the first time the
cunning of the elemental man, the
force that gave him food and shelter
for himself and babies before the laws
of property had come to rule the world.
1 reached out my hand and took by
cunning what belonged to me by right."
Again he paused and looked into
Stuart's face with a hopeless stare.
"I?stole?a?case?of?Jewels!"
Stuart sprang to his feet with an exclamation
of horror.
"You?did?what!"
"Yes," the doctor went on hoarsely.
"I stole a case of his Jewels, and sent
my girl abroad. I'm going to plead
guilty now and go to prison. I shall
never again lift my head in the hauntB
of men."
Stuart sobbed in anguish.
"You see, boy, I failed when put to
the test. It doesn't make any difference
about my reputation. Character
only counts, and I'm a thief."
"Shut up!" Stuart cried fiercely,
seizing his arm. "Don't say that again
and don't talk so loudly. Whatever
you did, you were insane when y$u did
it."
"No, I had -Just failed," the older
man insisted in dull tones, "failed in
all save one thing. I've done that, at
least. And I didn't forget my honor. I
r?ed it for my purpose. I did as old
Paliss.v the great mad potter. To get
the heat required to perfect his greatest
work of art, you know, he broke
the last piece of furniture in his hous->
and thrust it into his furnace. So I
threw my honor into the flames of hell
to save my little girl's voice. Mavhe
it was a mistake. I don't know. I
couldn't think then. I only know now
that life is impossible any more, and
I'm ready to go. You can send me to
prison at once, Jim, I'd rather you
would do it, for I know that you love
me and at least no unkind word will
fall from your lips before I receive
my sentence. I'll make no fight. I'm
glad I don't have to say all this to a
stranger. Yon can send me up the
river at once. I'm glad you are the
district attorney."
"But I'm not. I resigned my office
this morning."
"Resigned?" The doctor asked in
dazed surprise.
"Yes, to go into business for myself.
I had only another month to serve.
You're not going to prison if I can
help it."
"But I don't want you to help it.
It's the only place to go now?you
luiv I pan't Hi*#* urifh mvsnlf anv t
more! Besides I'm old and played
out; the world don't need me any
longer."
"Well, I need you," Stuart broke in, |
"and you're not going to give up this |
fight as long as I'm here." I
"I'm a failure; it's no use." I
"But you've forgotten some things,"
the younger man said tenderly. (
"You've helped to make my life what i
it is?you haven't failed in that. You (
gave your blood to your country when ]
she needed it?you didn't fail In that. 1
You have forgotten the thousands you i
have helped, the hope and cheer and
inspiration that passed into their lives j
through yours. Failure sometimes (
means success. The greatest failure
of all the ages perhaps was Jesus ]
Christ. Deserted and denied by his
own disciples, scoffed at, spit on and ,
beaten by his enemies, crucified be- ,
tween two thieves, crying in anguish
and despair to the God who had forsaken
him; yet this friendless crucified i
peasant who failed, has conquered the |
world at last." I
Stuart paused and looked at the older
man sharply.
"Are you listening, doctor?" he asked,
seizing his arm. "Did you hear what
I just said to you?"
He turned his head stupidly.
"Hear what? No, I can't hear anything,
Jim, except a devil that follows
me everywhere, day and night, and
whispers In my ear?'thief! thief!' It's
no use. I'm done."
"Well I'm not done. I've Just begun.
You are not going to give up and you're
not going to prison. We'll go to Bivens's
house tonight. We'll tell him
the truth. We'll return the value of his i
Jewels. I'll get the money to make
good what you owe him?" hlB voice
broke.
"Oh, why, why, why didn't you let
me know; but what's the use to ask,
It's done now!"
"Yes, it's done and it can't be un- i
ione," the older man interrupted hopelessly.
'
"But it can and it will be undone.
I've Influence with Bivens. He'll drop |
ihe matter and no one on earth will
snow save we three. You can go on
ivlth your work among the poor and I'll
ielp you." 1
"But you don't understand, Jim," the 1
aroken man protested, feebly. "I tell <
rou I've given up. I can't take your i
noney, I can't pay. I tell you I've
jlven up. I can't take your money. 1
i can't bay It back."
"You can pay It back, too, If you <
ike. Harriet will be earning thousands
of dollars in a few years. Her
success is sure." I
A faint smile lighted the father's I
face. <
"Her success is sure, isn't It?" he
isked with the eagerness of a child.
\nd then the smile slowly faded.
"But I shall not be here to see it." i
I t*a j uu wilt. i in t umiiiiB ;uui
iffairs now, and you've got to do wbat
[ say. Get ready. We are going to i
lee Bivens."
"I'll do it if you Bay so, boy," the <
loetor answered feebly, "but it's no
ise. He'll prosecute me to the limit
>f the law." j
"He'll do nothing of the kind."
"He will?I know him."
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Bivens refused point blank at first '
o see Woodman and ordered his ser- 1
'ant to put him out of the house and
isked Stuart to remain for a confer- '
>nce. '
Stuart drew from his case a card and
vrote a message to Nan.
"Imperative that I see Cal at once '
n the presence of my friend on a 1
natter of grave Importance. Please 3
lend him down. He is stubborn." 1
He handed it to the servant and said:
"Take that to Mrs. Bivens."
Bivens came in a few minutes, shook 1
lands cordially with Stuart and ignor- 1
'd Woodman. '
"I want to see you alone with the
loctor," the young lawyer began,
'where we cannot possibly be over- 3
leard." '
The financier's keen eyes looked (
>lercingly from one to the other, and
te said curtly: 1
"I have nothing to say to this man,
>ut for your sake, all right. Come up
o the library."
Once in the room and the door closed
he doctor sank listlessly into a chair, <
leeing nothing, hearing nothing. His
leep, sunken, bloodshot eyes were
urned within. The outer world no j
onger made any impression.
Stuart plunged at once into his misilon.
(
"Cal, you and I have been friends i
linee boyhood. I'm going to ask my *
irst favor of you tonight."
"For yourself, all right; you've got ]
he answer before you ask it." <
"We can't separate our lives from 1
>ur friends, and I owe much in mine
o the man for whom I'm going to
tpeak."
"If you've come to ask me to settle
vlth old Woodman for any imaginary
lalm he has, you've wasting your
preath. I won't hear it. So cut it!"
Bivens spoke with quick fierce enerry.
His words fell sharp and metallic.
"I'm not asking you to settle any old
maginary claim," the young lawyer
vent on rapidly, "but a new one that
can only appeal to the best that's in
,'ou."
"A new one?" Bivens cried in surprise.
"Yes. I needn't recall what passed
petween you and the doctor the night
pf the ball."
"No, I've quite a clear recollection
pf it," Bivens answered grimly.
"Let it be enough to say that the
:orture you inflicted and the sights he
jaw in your house drove him insane,
hungry, wretched, in despair over his
misfortunes and the promise he had
jiven his daughter, whom he loved
better than life, in a moment of madness
he took a case of your Jewels."
"He took that case of Jewels?" Bivens
cried with excitement.
"Yes."
The little financier broke into a peal
pf laughter, walked over to the chair
vhere the doctor sat, thrust his hands
nto his pockets and continued to
augh.
"So, that's what you meant by laughng
and sneering in my face as you
eft that night, you d?d old hypocrite!"
Stuart suddenly gripped Bivens and
jpun him around in his tracks.
"That will do now! The doctor is
tny friend. He's an old broken man tonight
and he's under my protection.
He came here at my suggestion and
against his protest. I won't stand for
this."
"I'll say what I please to a thief." j
"Not this one."
Stuart faced the little dark man with j
a dangerous gleam in his eye. The
two men glared at each other for a (
moment and Blvens threw up his !
hands in a gesture of disgust.
"Well, what did you come for? To ,
ask me to give him a pension for rob- ]
bing me of a case of jewels? I've ac- 1
cused every drunken servant In the ]
house of the act. Shall I send one of
them to the penitentiary and give the i
real thief a medal for his skill?"
"I only ask that you allow me to ,
return the value of your jewels and j
drop the whole affair."
Blvens's eyes narrowed and his j
mouth tightened viciously. ,
"Can the district attorney of the i
?ounty of New York compound a felony
?"
"I resigned my office this morning."
Bivens tried to seize Stuart's hand, j
forgetting for a moment the jewels in j
the bigger announcement which meant ,
the acceptance of his offer.
He spoke in low excited tones.
"Congratulations!"
Stuart waved aside the extended
hand with a gesture of annoyance.
"You'll drop this case, of course, at
my request?"
Blvens looked at the bowed figure
crouching in forlorn indifference before
him with a smile and replied quickly:
"I will not."
"I told you I'd make good the amount
tomorrow morning."
"What the devil do you suppose I
want witn your money? Five tnousand
dollars is no more to me than Ave
cents to the average man."
He paused, laughed and again stared
at the bowed figure.
"I've waited a long time, old man,
but I've got you where I want you
now."
The doctor never lifted his head
moved a muscle. His eyes were fixed
In a senseless stare. Only the body
was present. The soul was gone.
"I say I've got you now!" Blvens repeated
angrily. "Did you hear me?"
Stuart spoke in low tones:
"My God, Cal, can't you see."
"Five thousand!" Bivens cried exultantly?
"It's too easy! The day I see
him in a suit of stripes?I've never
done such a thing?but I'm going to
take a day off and get drunk."
"You are not going to prosecute
him?" Stuart asked Incredulously.
"As soon as I can telephone for an
Dfficer."
"You don't mean It?"
"Don't I?" The little man spoke
tierce, his black eyes glowing, his
nanas iremDiing as mey openeu miu
closed aa an eagle's claws.
"Look here, Cal."
'It's no use Jim, this is my affair."
"You've asked me to share your affairs."
"Not this one."
"Then to hell with you and all your
iffairs! I'll fight you to the last ditch"
?Stuart's words rang with fierce decision.
Blvens looked at him In amazement.
"What! For this old fool you'd relect
my offer?"
"Yes."
"It's a Joke! I see you doing It. Defend
him If you like. I'll have good
lawyers. I'll enjoy the little scrap. A
fight between us In public Just now
tvlll be all the better for my first big
plans. I'll send him to Sing Sing If It
costs me a million!"
Stuart lifted the doctor from his
teat and faced Blvens with a look of
lefiance. "You needn't trouble for a
(varrant. He pleads guilty. Your lawyers
can fix the day for his septence
ind I want you to be there."
"I'll be there, don't you worry!"
"And Blvens, as you're a good church
member, you might read over that
passage of scripture: 'Vengeance is
nine, I will repay salth the Lord?'"
"Indeed!"
"Yes, I'm going to show you that
nii'pn nnt Aimi^htv God though you
ire the possessor of a hundred million
lollars."
"I'll be present at the demonstration,
Jim. Good night!"
\ (To Be Continued.)
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WATERLOO OF THT YAQUI8.
Slash With John Hayes Hammond
Meana Their Finish.
"Several hundred Yaqul Indians are
preparing to go on the warpath against
Vladero, their former commander in
the revolt against Diaz, because they
have not been given lands in the state
)f Sonora, promised to them before
t'ney Joined in the attack on the Federals.
"The lands promised to the Indians
ire now held by John Hayes Hammond,
Henry W. Tait and New York and
California associates. Large tracts
have already been sold to innocent
purchasers, the Indians say.
"The Yaquis grievance is that these
ands, comprising more than 600,000
icres, were taken from them unlawfully
by the Diaz government, and that
the titles held by Hammond, Taft and
their associates are void."
The Yaqui Indians of Mexico against
whom more or less nearly white men
aave waged a rather unsuccessful war
for about three centures, are a people
for whom a great many observers
have a deep sympathy. They have
looked civilization over and will have
lone of it. According to a statement
af one of their leaders recently they
would rather be killed by Mexicans
than Mexicanized. To this decision
they may, of course, have been moved
partly by the reflection during the
progress of their pleasure of killing a
considerable number of Mexicans,
while there would be no consolation
>f this kind of incident to their assimilation.
The Yaquis are described by
some explorers as being rather good
Indians, when let alone, but cherishing
in eagerness to be let alone that sometimes
expresses itself In the form of
punitive expeditions against the medilesome
that occupy long periods
ind extend over wide areas. They
are conspicuous for their powers of
resistance as a people, for their vigor
and virility as individuals, and because
of the passionate tenacity with which
they cling to the theory that it is more
blessed to lie toes-upward with unseetnwarA
th? stars than
Ilia cjra iui ireu
to become addicted to the use of the
union suit, the hot-water bottle, the
proprietary headache cure, the coldstorage
eggs, the boiled shirt, the iridescent
sock and the creased pantaloon
of an effete civilization.
If the Yaquis have come at last to
slash with John Hays Hammond and
lis associates their Jig is up. All of us
on this side of the line know that capital
Is more terrible than an army
with banners, and especially an army
of Mexicans. Even in this country,
where we're not merely "pore benighted
heathen, but damn good fightin'
men," Mr. Hammond and gentlemen
of his clan and class usually get what
ihey want, and their wants are limited
by their imagination only.?Louisville
Courier Journal.
The Kangaroo's Defense.?In the
kangaroo hunts of Australia capture
Is sufficiently easy, b?t sometimes the]
kangaroo makes an original defense.
If possible the kangaroo directs his
flight toward a river. If he reaches it
he enters, and, thanks to his great
height, he is able to go on foot to a
depth where the dogs are oongea 10
swim. There he plants himself on his
two hind legs and his tall and, up to
his shoulders In the water, awaits the
arrival of the pack. With his forepaws
he seizes by the head the first
dog that approaches, and as he Is
more solidly balanced than his assailant
he holds the dog's nose beneath
the water as long as he can. Unless
a second dog speedily comes to the
rescue the first one Is inevitably
drowned. If a companion arrives and
3ets him free he is glad to regain the
bank as quickly as possible. A strong
and courageous old kangaroo will
hold his own against twenty or thirty
dogs, drowning some and frightnlng
athers, and the hunter is obliged to
Intervene with a bullet.?New York
Press.
China's Exports of Tin?Exports of
tin from China, in which the United
States is materially Interested, are
likely to be largely increased, says a
consular report. Practically all the
tin mines of the country are in Yunnan
province, the product being exported
almost entirely through HongKong.
piscfllanrous fading.
FIGHT CIVIL WAR OVER AGAIN.
Further Account of Williams-Hayburn
Clash.
The Washington Post contains the
following detailed account of the Wtlllams-Heyburn
clash:
The senate for two hours discussed,
and then killed, a resolution reported
by Its recent patronage committee
abolishing five places that somebody
thought were filled by superannuated
I pmnlnvpM. who srave no adeauate ser
vice for the pay they received. The
discussion was heated at times, particularly
when Mr. Heyburn undertook
to fight the civil war over again,
and aroused the anger and resentment
of John Sharp Williams.
A characterization of the Confederacy
as an "Infamous cause" by Mr.
Heyburn brought a bitter rebuke from
the Mlssisslpplan.
"As the son of a man who gladly
gave his life to a cause that he thought
was right, I am not willing to hear a
civilized man in this twentieth century
call it an infamous cause," said
Mr. Williams. "But for the parliamentary
rules that restrain me, I
would have a few words to say about
the kind of human being in whose
heart such thought can exist."
Of the five places sought to be abolished,
one was held by "Jim" Jones,
82-year-old negro who had been Jefferson
Davis's bodyguard. He is on
the senate's pay roll as a laborer, but
has not done any work for two years.
A colored messenger is in the same
category. The three other case3 were
those of men who were regularly employed,
one of them in an expert capacity,
who has been identified with
the senate for upward of forty years.
It was In connection with "Jim" Jones'
case that John Sharp Williams sought
to reverse the action of the day before
when the resolution was agreed pro
forma
"I do not know," said Mr. Williams,
"that I have anything to urge in his
behalf except a sentiment. Among all
of the magnificent attributes of the
human race I think Tom Carlyle was
right in saying that loyalty was the
greatest of them all?loyalty to a
country, to a state, to a cause, to a
leader, to a man, loyalty to something.
It Is not peculiarly one of our virtues.
This old darky possessed in a very
high degree. He is very old now, I
believe pretty nearly eighty years of
age.
"They say that he has done no
work for about two years, or vqry little.
I have no doubt that Is true. But,
Mr. President, you do not always compensate
by present service for what
you are receiving. If character and
past services cannot help up superlluity
to be credited to present service in
old age, sometimes the world would
be rather a bad place to live In. Here
Is, for example, the senator from
Maine, (Mr. Frye,) and in my time I
have known many more. Who Is
there who would have called upon
Morgan or Pettus, of Alabama, or the
senator from Maine, or anybody else,
to resign because they could not render
each day a present service for a
present emolument?
"Mr. President, this old darky was!
loyal as a slave to Jefferson Davis of
mtaaicrcinni That lovaltv mieht have
been accounted for by the fact that It
may be It was the part of policy of the
slave's position. But when freedom j
came he was loyal still, loyal to the
man who had been his master, who
had never said a cross word to him
or laid upon him a blow. He followed
him voluntarily as his body guard.
He went with him to Fort Monroe. He
went into the cell there with him, and
when, old, emaciated, broken down by
four years of nervous tension and public
service, the old master was seized
and shackled, this old darky was
there.
' "A great many of us In Mississippi
and throughout the south feel a debt
*>f gratitude to this old darky. I cannot
urge any logical reasons for what
I am asking upon the ground of his
being able to render a quid pro quo.
It may be that he will never be able
to render efficient service. But, I repeat,
is It not true that there are others,
and many others, In the same
fix? And If that be true, then I have
a right, I think, to go out of facts a
little bit and appeal to historical sentiment."
Mr. Penrose said he was In full sym-|
pathy with Mr. Williams, and Intended
to vote for his motion.
"It seems to me," said Mr. Penrose, J
"that the proposition has got down
now to merely one of the cheese-paring
variety. The senate roll Is not the
only roll of the government where
superannuated employees are retained.
and I take It that no one, whether
out of kindness of heart or an appreciation
of past services, would desire
to be brutal in the treatment of superannuated
employees."
FACTS ABOUT THE GULF STREAM
Which Is Said to Be Going Up the
Mississippi River.
Some scientific Interest has been
aroused In the fact as announced
upon the basis of thermometric tests
that the hot water of the Qulf stream
is flowing up the channel of the Mississippi
river, and that while temperatures
of 88 degrees were found outside
in the sea, inside the passes the
water was as warm as 84 degrees, and
even In front of the city an average of
81 was observed.
The theory of the existence and
operation of the Gulf stream is thut it
has its beginning in the Bight of Benin.
a great bay on the west coast of
equatorial Africa, where there is a
mighty eddy caused by the blowing of
the winds from the south and west
against the coast. The current being
started moves 10 me eaaiwaiu aiuunu
the northeast coast of South America
and through the Caribbean sea and
the Yucatan pass into the Gulf of
Mexico, where after circling around
from southwestward to northeastward
and southeast It flows out,
through the Florida pass into the Atlantic
ocean. Of course not all of the
tremendous current that flows out of
the Gulf of Guinea under the equator
enters our Mexican seas, for a great
part Is dlveited northward among the
passes between the Islands of the West
Indian archipelago, but we get enough
of it to make its temperature and current
Important Items to the navigators
In our seas.
It is strange that the warm waters
of the stream should be able to force
their way up the Mississippi river
against Its current, which often has
a four to five-mile velocity, but the
river Is low Just now and doubtless
makes little resistance to the warm
water, which, being lighter, floats
oi.ni-u tho r?r,Mf>r watpr of the river.
Whether a new state of things has
been discovered In these relations of
the river water to that of the sea. or
a commonplace and ordinary occurrence
has not been previously noticed,
cannot be stated here, but it is claimed
by geologists that In a time far
back in the past the Gulf stream flowed
up the Mississippi river, forcing its
water far into the Arctic sea, and so
warming up Alaska and Siberia that
the ancient mastodons or hairy elephants
could subsist there, and that
vegetation suited for their sustenance
flourished there until by some chance
in the climatic cycle that region was
locked In ice and the dead elephants
found there in nature's cold storage
had been preserved through unspeakable
ages.
There is a theory among the clim
atologlsts that changes of climate occur
periodically or in successions of
ages, but that however long the period
they recur In routine and orderly
succession.
There are no valid grounds for any
theory that the Gulf stream Is starting
again on its way northward through
the Mississippi valley because great '
alterations in the respective levels of
land and sea would be required, nevertheless
speculation on the mechanism
and operation of the moving
forces of the system of our world Is ]
not without interest. I
For instance, our changs of season ,
are uue iu nie uiuiiiiauuii ui uuuquity
of the axis of our earth to the axis
of the sun, or more properly to the
plane of the sun's equator. If the
earth's equator and the sun's equator
were in the same place, and their axes
of revolution weie parallel, the sun
would shine on our globe equally from
pole to pole. Half the earth would be
fully illuminated and the other half
in shadow every twenty-four hours,
and day and night would be of the
same duration everywhere as at the
equator. There would be no time
when the north end of the earth
would be turned away from the sun
for six months while the south end
was enjoying light and warmth and no
alternation of these situations, so
that in a word we would have day and
night, but no summer and winter.
The seasons are caused by the fact
that the axis of revolution of our
globe, instead of being parallel to that
of the sun. is Inclined to or from it at
an angle of twenty-three and one-half
degrees. The result is that for six
months the north end of the earth is
turned to the sun and is illuminated by
it. and for the next six months the
north end is turned away from it and
is left largely in the cold and darkness.
But suppose the axis of our earth
by some mysterious force was turned
at right angles to the sun's axis. Then
the poles would be relatively where
the equator Is, and the equator where
the poles are. Then the polar regions
would become tropical and the tropica
be buried in snow and ice. The Hindoo
cosmogony tells of such a time
at the beginning of the Kali Tuga, or
age of heat.
Such changes of relative position
might take place slowly without any
violent destructive effects upon the
population of our plar.et, but any sudden
change would produce violent
convulsion in both land and sea. These
speculations have given material for
much theorizing by astronomers who
have sought to prop up their conclusions
with mountains of figures.
With the hope that all such changes
will be gradual and attended by an
violent telluric disturbances, the Picayune
can welcome them for the benefit
of future generations.?New Or- (
leans Picayune.
TRADING WITH E8KIM08.
Huskies Now Damand Good Pricss For '
Their Curios.
At Fort McPherson, the most northerly
fur trading post In Canada, this
amusing incident occurred last sum
mer. A lady tourist, who was making '
a collection of native curios, had
provided herself before leaving civilization
with a small outfit of beads,
needles etc., In the hope of bartering '
them to good advantage with the aboriginals.
Seeing some Ivory carvings
in a "husky" tent this lady Intimated
that she wished to acquire them, and
offered in exchange first a few packages
of needles and then some beads,
both of which were inspected and decorously
handed back to her with a
shake of the head.
After some talking the Eskimo
said he would only sell for a pipe and
some tobacco. This looked easy, as
the curios were cheap at $6 to $7, and i
the lady went to the Hudson Bay company's
store and bought $1 worth of ,
tobacco and a fifty cent pipe. These ;
were handed to the "husky," who
courteously looked them over, and '
then handing the pipe back remark- {
ed: "Tobacco good; pipe no damn I
good." The upshot was that the lady '
had to invest $5 in a pipe to obtain 1
the coveted curios.
The most sought for article of Es- 1
klmos manufacture is the ivory j
crlbbage board, made out of a walrus
tusk. These make both useful artl- i
cles and handsome ornaments. The
sides and ends are usually covered
with carvings of wild animals, such as j
walruses, whales, foxes, wolves, etc., i
and this work is in many cases extremely
well executed.
A few years ago these crlbbage
boards could be bought for a comparniltmlir
tritriol a li m Hilt llAtt' AWlnC to
a number of tourists having paid ab- |
surd figures for them, the price has
mounted to an almost prohibitive
figure, from 150 to $100 being asked
for almost any specimen, while for an <
unusually well carved board an Eskimos
will not accept less than $125.
Other sought after articles produc- '
ed by the "huskies" are bead and i
shell earrings, soapstone candlesticks, |
sealing spears, ivory fishhooks and
sinkers, and patchwork mats manufactured
from a mixture of splices of '
wild goat, seal and deerskins, sewn i
together in a regular and not unbeau- (
tiful pattern.
The trade with the Eskimo is con- '
ducted on somewhat different lines to
that with the Indians. For a number <
of years past whaling schooners hail- ,
ing from San Francisco, have made ]
their winter quarters at Herschel Is- !
land, so as to be ready to commence
hunting these valuable mammals as (
soon as open water appears. Their .
crews have dealt largely with the Eskimos
in furs and curios, paying <
small prices and in return selling them ^
flour, bacon, tea, etc., for considerably
less than the mere cost of transport- ,
Ing such articles Into the country by
the McKenzie river route. However,
the schooner owners, finding that but .
little of the profit accruing from the '
transactions found Its way into their
pockets, have largely put a stop to .
the carrying of goous for trading pur- {
poses.
As a result a considerable number
of the Eskimo make their way by first J
open water from Herschel Island and
the country east of the McKenzie river
delta to the trading posts on the e
lower river. On arrival they barter ,v
their furs for whatever pleases them,
and then something special?a sewing
machine, steam tug or what not? t
catches a husky's eye, and he at once
wishes to purchase it. If it Is not for
sale he at once orders one like It to be
brought in next year. This the trader
interested agrees to accomplish, and
the question of price then comes up.
Now the price is not put to the native
In dollars, as that would not Involve a
sufficiently remunerative transaction.
Instead the trader says?in laklng an
order for a phonograph, for Instance:
"You must bring me five lynx skins,
twenty white foxes and two mink."
"Very good." replies the husky, and
the deal Is closed. He arrives at the
post the following summer with the
pelts called for. and he is an angry
man If his phonograph has not turned
up.
A short time ago an Eskimo purchased
a steam tug, which he is now
an adept In operating, and was charged
therefore 100 white foxes, two No.
1 silver foxes, thirty lynx and fifty
mink. As the vessel cost but $1,200
at the point where sold, the transaction
was by no means unprofitable.?
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Another Story.?"What did you do
when your husband told you the old,
old story?" "I told him to shut up
before he was half through!" "Why.
j what a funny way to reply to a confession
of love!" "Oh, is that what
you mean? I thought you meant the
story he told last night when he came
' home from a time with the boys."
TALK WITH LA FOLLETTE.
Wisconsin Senator Expresses Opinion*
On National Politic*.
"Aldrlch was a great manager,
though a poor speaker," continued
Senator La Follette puffing at his pipe
writes Charles Johnston in Harper's
Weekly. "His handling of the traction
franchise in Rhode Island, his
manipulation of the Rhode Island legislature
In which eleven per cent of
the voters controlled the election of
(J. S. senator, were of a piece wnir
his senate leadership as chairman of
the finance committee and his late
manipulation of the Payne-Aldrlch
tariff. His character, his life, his relations
with the Rockefellers and big
business generally, led him in the
wme direction."
"How about Senator Hale?"
"He," Senator La Follette replied,
"like the rest of the Old Quard, belongs
to a period of our national life
that is drawing to a close, though we
a>re still far from being clear of Its
dangers. Hale was the heavy dragoon
of the Old Guard, a grim, resolute,
able man, a master of senate
routine, and thoroughly determined
to get, for his class, the maximum of
results in legislation."
"Is the passing of the Old Guard
the guarantee of a new order?" I
asked. "
"You must not flatter yourself that
because Aldrich and Hale are out the
things they stood for are gone toe,"
Senator La Follette earnestly replied.
"On the contrary, they continue, and
this is the day of especial danger just
as we are beginning to win. The hardest
fighting is all ahead. The forces
of organized selfishness are on the
alert to take advantage of any overconfidence
on our part.
"How about Senator Penrose, who
succeeds Senator Aldrich as chairman
of the committee on finance? He Is
titular leader of the senate, is he not?"
"He is the worst?or the best?type
of the organization senator; relentlessly
crushes where he has the power,
compromises whenever necessary
and never breaks his word to friend or
enemy. He has not yet cranked up
his machine, and he is allowing Gallinger,
Crane, 'Lodge and others to sit
at the wheel in turn. But if anybody
thinks Penrose doesn't know that the
mantle slipped from Aldrich's shoulders
on to his, he has another guess.
"No, the old Guard is still with us;
scotched, not killed. And it has as
many lives as the proverbial cat, because
the forces that give It life and
feed It are so enormously strong."
THE POWER OF THE GOVERNOR.
In tha Stats of 8outh Carolina He Is
the Whds Thing.
When Important Issues were at
stake, during campaigns, we have frequently
heard the expression. "The
governor cannot do anything without
the legislature. That body must be In
sympathy with him or his hands are
tied. He Is only an executive and
cannot help himself."
We always received this statement
with a grain of salt, but we are mightily
convinced now that it is a great
mistake. The governor has a great
deal of power, and he can do things
that many a man never dreamed that
he could do. Indeed, in South Carolina
he is the whole thing.
Were proof of this statement asked
for, It could be easily furnished. Our
governor has defied the supreme court,
and we have not been convinced yet
that he has not had his own way in
spite of what the court has had to
say. It has rendered some kind of decisions,
but the giovernor Is still in the
saddle, and ready to do as he pleases.
He has declared most positively that
he would do as he pleased in spite of
all the mandamuses that can be Issued.
This ought to be enough to show
the extent of his power, but there is
more. He has dismissed the pardon
board, fired the dispensary commission,
made appointments regardless of
the law, and the suggestions of the
people, opened the doors of the penitentiary.
fired a college president, cut
out contracts for state buildings, practically
dismissed the state house commission,
played Jack generally and
tU.-A KA >/% rk9% ooHh
liinc seems iu uc iiw j;un?i vu vmm*
to stay his hands.
Never tell us again that the governor
cannot do a great deal, that his
power is limited. There must be radical
changes made in the constitution
before we can accept any such statement.?Greenwood
Journal.
THE WORLD'S ARMIES.
Switzerland Has Most Soldiers in Proportion
to Population.
The eighteen countries of South and
Central America and Mexico, with a
population of 63,924,859 people, have
regular armies amounting to 188,964
meu, or one soldier to every 298 inhabitants,
says the Los Angeles Times.
The United States of America had
in the year 1900 a population of 83,1)26,000,
and a regular army of 60,476,
or one soldier to every 1,370 inhabitants.
Japan and Korea, with a popu.'atlon
of 51,176,602, has a regular army of
214,200 men, or one soldier to every
240 people.
There are no reliable statistics concerning
China, although Its population
s estimated at 400,000, and its army
it only 100,000, or one soldier to every
10,000 people.
India has a population of 231,899,>07,
with a regular army of 75,486 ,or
>ne soldier to every 3,070 people.
Australia has a population of 4,'59,495,
and a regular army of 33,058,
>r one soldier to every 144 people.
Canada has a pouiatlon of 5,528,i47.
and a regular army of 40,730, or
>ne soldier to every 136 people.
Turkey, Bulgaria and Egypt have a
copulation of 38,478,383, with a reguar
army of 444,994, or one soldier to
every 86 people.
Europe has a population of 402,>77,540,
with regular armies aggregatng
3,826,252 men, or one soldier to
every 104 inhabitants.
Of European countries peaceful lltle
Switzerland appears to have the
argjest armed force proportionately.
5he has one soldier to every 23 peo)le.
France has one soldier to every
>1 people. Germany and Sweden have
each one soldier to every 90 people,
rhe other countries range between 110
ceople in Russia to 170 people in
3reat Britain to each soldier.
A reduction of the regular armies
it Europe to the proportion of the
cgular army of the United States
vould effect a direct saving of 3500,100,000
annually to the nations, and
vould restore to productive industries
1,733,000 men, whose earnings, con>ervatlvely
estimated, would amount
o Ji>uu,uuu,uuu more. Europe ntut #x,>00,000,000
per annum to gain by the
idoptlon of Carnegie's plan of general
lisarmament, and of President Taft's
jolley of arbitration. One thousand
nilllons per annum is the cost of
Maintaining armies upon a peace footng,
while the cost of war is not eapa)le
of being estimated.
It costs the people of Great Britain
13.98 per annum per capita of popuation
to maintain her army on a peace
ootlng. It costs France $3.48 per
:aplta and Germany $2.05 per capita.
The cost to the United States is but 94
:ents per capita. The reserved force
)f every European nation is very
treat in proportion to the number of
toldiers in the regular army. But novhere
is It so great as In the United
States, which could, if necessary, call
en millions of men into the field.