The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, November 14, 1907, Image 1
NOVEMBER 14, 1907.
Sl.SOPer Year
Of
Anglo-Indian
SccrmtServii
YOUNG
MISTLEY
Henry
Seton
Mcrrimatu
CHAPTER XIV. 9
?/
Continued.
. "V too.-hfVe a favor to ask of
you," she almost pleaded. "I am lu
your power, wholly and inevitably;
but as an English gentleman, I Leg
of you*~to keep ? this . latter ? a pro
found secret from Ivan Meyer. I
am strong again now. I will go."
With a grave Inclination of the
head she passed him, stepping firmly
on the dry turf. He watched her as
?he made her way along the edge of
the stream by the little path that
led to Walso.
When Winyard reached Broom- ;
baugh with rather a poor basket of I
fish upon his back, he was told that
Golonel Wright had also returned,
and was changing his fishing clothes.
When he came down stairs a few
minutes later, he found his chief
waiting for him at the door of a lit- I
tie smoking room which was special- |
ly set apart for the gentlemen. The
old fellow looked grave, and. Ignor
ing Winyard's inquiry as to what
sport he had had, he motioned him
to enter the room, and followed
closely. Then the colonel closed the
door, and held out a telegram.
Winyard toofc<4ttie,'lfthk paper, and
read aloud:
"Would suggest Mistley engaging
a valet whom . I can recommend. J
Marie Bakovitch is in England."
The message bore only the in
itials "M. L.," and- had been dis- j
patched from the Westminster
Branch Post Office. Winyard read It
ovor once for his own edlflcation,
and turned toward his chief with a ;
smile. The colonel was standing j
with his broad shoulders against IHc
mantle- ece, his eyes fixed on the j
carpet. His hands were thrust derp
ly into his jacket pockets, and l:a !
moved restlessly from one foot to the
other.
"As usual," 6aid Mistley, still ami!- '
Ing, as he took a seat on the edge of j
the table, and carefully tore the tele- j
gram into small pieces ? "as usual j
with nows from headquarters, this
comes just too late."
"How?" asked the colonel, looking !
*p rapidly.
"I had the pleasure of meeting
Miss Marie Bakovitch this morning."
"You? Here?"
"Yes. She had a shot at me with
a very nice little revolver at a dis
tance of about five yawls, and missed
me!"
"Whcw-w!" remarked the colonel.
Words usually failed him at a criti
cal juncture. Mistley laughed aa
he dropped the remains of the tele
gram into the waste-paper basket ?
his usual laugh, which had little hl
? Jarlty in It, serving, nevertheless,
.Very well as a stop-gup,
"She was in the train by which
we came. I remember seeing her at
King's Cross. No doubt she Is stay
ing at Walso. Privately, I think she
is a little vague In the upper regions;
she did not appear to know exactly
what she was about, and ? and It was
??desperately p#or shooting!"
TO# -Volbnol* tugged pensively at
his gray iTOUgtache^whllo his kindly
eyes i*c&ten wtth an expression of
wonder on it I* companion's face.
"Now that I come to think of It,"
ho said, slowly, "when I drove ;our
mbther and Mrs. Wright Into Walso
the other day, I saw a foreign-look
ing girl accompanied by a tall, fair
fellow who looked like a Scandina
vian. The ladles were In a shop and
I was waiting outside."
* "The foreign-looking girl wns
Marie Bakovitch," said Winyard,
partly to himself. He was slowly
stroking Adouis with a soft. pressure
of his slim brown hand on the shag
gy hond. "If," be continued, nfter r
long pause ? "If it had only been a
man, tho wlio!e aftnlr would have
been Intensely funny; but, somehow,
since I l.nvo seen tho girl, the humor
of the thing has vanished."
I-ena and Charlie, passing tho onen
window at. that moment, beard Win
yard s remark. There was no mis
taking tho neat enunciation, no mis
conception of the meaning, and as
they passed on, each wondered a lit
tle over those words caught on the
wing.
Presently the colonel walked to
the w Inflow, s'lll pondering over tho
event just related to him. Then,
without looking around, lie asked:
"tVill you have this valet?"
"No, thank you! I do not believe
fn that system, for one reason; and
I require no one to protect me from
a *<rl, for another."
Then the colon ?! turned sharply
round and faced bis companion.
"Who was the man I saw wjfh
her?"
"I was wondering," replied Win
yard, adroitly.
"I think," continued the eeionel,
while his kindly eyes acquired a new
keenn**?, "I thlnk?I will go and
ace ? Marie Bnkovitch."
"No!" exclaimed Winyard, Incau
tiously; "you must not do that!"
Then there followed rather an '
awkward silence between thrse two :
men who knew ear.h other eo wail. |
The younger basted himself ~*ith
Adonis, while the colonel looked on
with a misty look about the eyes.
"You must think me a great duf
fer, my boy!" he said at length, a
little grimly.
Wlnyard shook his head, but did
not look up.
"I am afraid," continued the old
soldier, "that I must be one, or I
should have suspected It before.
Now ? when It might have been ? too
late, I see It all. That first letter
from the Society of Patriots "
"Lunatics," suggested Wlnyard,
with rather a lame little laugh.
"No; let us call them Patriots, for
some of them, at least, are sincere.
Their first letter threatened us both.
You answered It, and, contrary to
your custom, you forgot to keep a
copy of what you wrote. Since then
there has been no question of ine,
but only of you. Oh, what a fool I
was not to have thought of It be
fore!"
As usual, Wlnyard laughed, but
the coloncl held to his point.
"As usual, WTln, tny boy," said the
old fellow, slowly, "during the last
two years wo have been very good
friends, and that under exceptionally
trying circumstances: Wo have gone
through a good deal together, and
we have shared everything. I think
It would have been right and fair ?
in fact, you must spo for yourself
that I have a claim to share this ad
ditional danger with you as wo
shared the others."
CHAPTER XV.
A Little Note.
The little parish church of Broom
wan remarkably full on tho Sunday
morning following these events. This
fact was observed by the young vicar
wllhout surprise, and moreover with- ;
out prejudice.
He shrewdly suspected that these
utrangers had come, not to worship
by preference in his church, but to
nee the well-known Colonel Wright
and hlo distinguished young coad
jutor; yet he thought no worse of
them for that, and was honestly glad
to see them all, remembering that a
seed sown by the wind may well find
a fruitful resting p'ace. v
I vafli Meyer had not come to
church from mero curiosity, but with
a set purpose. Mario Bakovitch had
been more Incomprehensible than
ever during the last few days, and
her patient lover was slowly awak
ening to the fact that her mind was
no longer reliable. Nevertheless, he
hoped on; but to continue hoping
and watching in sllenco and aiouo
was a heavy task for one of his Im
pulslvo nature. Ho suddenly deter
mined, therefore, to seek assistance,
and this from Wlnyard Mlstley him
self. Something In his artistic soul,
some strange love of a crude con
trast, prompted him to do this; and
so convinved was he of the wisdom
of his appeal, that ho had come to
Broom Church with a little note in
his pocket to bo passed Into Win
yard's hand.
As the congregation trooped down
I tho narrow aisle, Wlnyard caught
sight, for tho third tlmo In his life,
of Ivan Meyer; and In his o.ves hp
saw tho gleam of recognition which
is so dl/Ilcult to conceal, and with It
ho thought he detected a peculiar
pleading expression which ho failed
at the time to Understand.
Without turning round to look, he
felt that the tall foreigner was Im
mediately behind him as ho passed
out of the low door, and It was char
acteristic of his readhieso of .nind
that ho showod no surprlxo when a
note was thrust rather clumsily, into
hi* hand. Ho must have slipped It
into his pocket with wonderful ccIpi
iiy, becauso he was shaking hauls
the next instant with Miss Mabel
Sandford, who appeared to be com
pletely satisfied with her new sum
mer costume.
Her intorosts In theatricals was
rather too ostentatious, nnd Mrs.
NVrlght, with a woman's quirk in
sight, saw, as she came o ,1 1 of the
church, that she was displaying h*r
Intimacy with tlie young diplomat
for the solo benefit of her lud\
friends.
Mrs. Mlstley had for gome days
bsen trying to securo a tet^-a-tet >
with her son, and with little dfffleil
ty oho row arranged that they left
tho churchyard together For com -
moments the mother pnd son walked
aids by aldo In silence.
They wero now walking bv the
Broomwater,- and the rippje c'f the
stream as It dnnced tnd tumbled
along filled In tho intervals of tbe
eorr/ersatlon, and led to ion?
thoughtful pause*.
"Toll me, WJn," raid Mrs.
at lonsth. with a hesit*tins glance
toward bim, "what do yeu think ot
doing In the future?"
"I?" ho began vaguely. "Oh, 1
told them at headquarters that I was
ready to go anywhere at anv mo
ment."
"You hare no thought of ?et?
?2uT?1yWft y*t? TOtljr "f
' "ScttUaf down?"
"Tei: nvrylni and going into
Parliament, and behaving generally
? well-bred and somewhat an*
bltloua young Englishman ought to
do. according to precedent"
"I hare no respect for precedent,
mother."
"Nor I. But why not give up wan
derlng. Win, and go Into Parlia
ment?" ahe added softly. "A man
who-haa mastered a specialty, as yon
hare this Russian question, Is cer
tain to get on there."
^'But I hare not mastered It yet."
"Well ? you and the colonel are
the accepted authoritlea upon the
matter. I do not see what more you
can require. Whether you have mas
tered It or not, you know more than
any other man."
' Yes, but It Is like exploring a new
country ? there is no end to It. One
must keep up to the times and be
ever In the front, or It Is useless com
peting. Once the ground haa been
traveled over by another man the In
terest Is lost. While I am here, the
Russians are not by any means idle;
and If I started for Central Asia to
morrow, I should find that things
had moved onward alnce I was there
before ? onward for them, backward
for us."
"Then you have not altered your
plans. You intend to continue being
a wanderer on the face of the earth
a man whom the Cabinet keeps In
sight as being reckless enough and
clever enough to send on any wild
goose chase thoy may have in hand "
"Do they keep mc in sight on that
account, mother?"
"I was told so by a Minister."
"I am glad to hear it. A man may
Ret very good sport after wild geese
and who knows what may come of
his knowledge of the country at some
future day. I tell you, mother, his
:a an age of specialties ? universality
fVntl '\n ?n,d' My 81,ec,alty thi's
Ccntial Asian question. At any
time, at any moment, we may find
ourselves upon the brink of the big
i K^st flgbt the modern world has
j seen; then my time will come. Then
the first words of the War Office will
I vv? ild for Col?n?l Wright and
NVinyard Mistley'? the one to plan,
, the other to execute. When that
time comes, mother? nous verrons'"
In the meantime, it seems to me
<hat your entire life is being sacri
ficed to be In readiness for an event
wiucii may never occur."
"Mother," said Winyard, with a
che?ry laugh, "you are getting senti
mental, and that will never do If
you Infect n:.?, I shall die off in a
And aS f?r ta,k,n* iQ tha* In
sinuating manner about settling
<iown> how about certftln elderlj;
,who 18 always flying about the
world ? Scotland, London, Paris
Itome, and even St. Petersburg?
nursing the stricken, and consoling
Indigestion?"'0"0"81*1^ ?r nmrtyrs to
"When you marry, I will settle
down in a cottage near at hand, take
?0urne: e-wt' and worry about
. our \Mf0. T hero is Lena coming
a one; run away and meet her while
I go in and take off my bonnet "
-
7. eXPf.Ct'" 8fl,d Winyard, partly
fo IMmsolf, "that Charlie has been
caught by the Sandfords."
At the hrad of tho narrow stem,
which he had just asconded. ho drew
oVh 2 h"ndei t0 hlm church
his pocket. It was In French
'?Moot IV, "T.C,W hanrtwrlMnff!
torn ,r I l0nd t0-n,Kht at tho bot
tom of tli o small steps. i m "
'I. M.?" mused Winyard.' "ivan
j er' nnd he calls himself a friend'
llth KC,,l"e ">?0 ? 'OS
tor? ..a" thcao muddling con.plra
Than ho thrust the note back Into
.Wt4?d,r. "gh,,5r ??*? th?
,n:Y"U "rc ?">'?<"" was her greet
' nm-'' hB replied, bowing low
I on. nothing It ?0, pome." ,ow'
Then you aro nothing," 9he nn
swered saucily. an"
-p .yo?"m?erhw;? rou ^
><*??: tzr:i'r'<omes,zh? ?
noiiM 1? ed'C" a,0"e' "n(1 ^ thi
Of8 w'iSS'V
??t down as
Z'1 Brnrlov*!" exclaimed Win
y?rd, "you do not mean to sav
;ou carried that all the wav " And
hurrten f romper
1 tho"K''t Charlie was with
4. ft ' ? r *as alone "
Wrlrht.' n0t ?CC1,r Miss
afrn'rlif j n rrri,., , . *'cnn. looking
n. ?,h<- ThW woro
'? ? vail whiJjt ' stalra cut In
; *en broad
? . .9r tu? Persons to nnmi
(.}f h,"nor "''ddeniy changed
l.ow very foolish we nre'" ?h.
?n iv.ed, laughing. j?.? "J?
r-pok* she s!|rtp?d backward and her
}?* turned lot. ? uuli
<Tr> be continued.)
FaiH^t Mnslcnl Xot*$.
Hie c.ir'mt niitten Mgns for r.u?
lenl r.otes vere the letter* of the al
I-1 ~.h t; R*r1 their use for this piir
VOi'O frotn f\ very enrly period,
'j l o ancient. liobrewB employed cor
; Mn neurit* to mark the rise nml
fall of the hi"mn volro in chanting
tliMf p*?1nie and prayer#.
J
AFTER PAPER TRUST
President Assures Pubfishcrs
of Hfe Position
FAVORS REMOVING THE TARIFF
The PnridtBt Telle Publishers Thai
He Will Recommend Abolition of
Tariff on Paper and Pulp, and Will
Also Ascertain Whether the Paper
Trait is Violating the Law.
Washington, Special. ? President
Roosevelt indicated to members of
the eommittee on paper of the Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers' Associa
tion that he will recommend to Con
gress the abolition the tariff on
press paper, wood ptalp and the wood
that goes into the manufacture of
paper, also that he will make a
recommendation to' the Department
of Justice that it take immediate
steps to ascertain whether the anti
trust laws are being disobeyed by
be manufacturers of paper.
The promise of the recommenda
tions by tbe President was obtained |
after he hod listened to the repre
sentations of the members of the
committee and to a petiton from th*
national organizations of printers,
sterotypers, pressmen and etchers, all
of which set forth the evidence of a
combination on th4 part of the
manufacturers of paper for the pur
pose of controlling the output, rep
ainting and greatly ' increasing the
price and otherwiae| making hinder
some regulations governing the
source of supply and| delivery of pa
per- . f
The call upon tb?? President was
made in pursuance - of resolutions
ndopted by the Amomcau Newspaper
Publishers' Asociatioi at a meeting
held in New York September 19th
last.
The committee whlfb called on the
President " by appointment included
John Norris, of The News York
Times; Mcdill McCormiek, of The
Chicago Tribune; George Thompson,
of The St. Paul Dispatch; Delevan
Smith, of The Indianapolis News;
John Sastman, of Th* Chicago Jour
nal; Walter Page, of World's Work;
Dr. Albert Shaw, of The Review of
Reviews; E. J. Rigway and the presi
dents of the national organizations
of the allied printing trades.
The history and fucts which make
up the protest were presented by Mr.
McCo.mick, after which tbe Presi
dent indicated the action he would
take. An investigation- of the so
called paper trust has been in prog
ress for some time by the Department
of Justice and it is understood the
President will immediately call foi
the facts which have ben ascertain
ed up to the present time.
Son Failed to Save Father.
Newport News, Special ? Frank C.
Bonner, a white "man, 40 years old,
committed suicido by drinking car
bolic acid at his home, 230 Forty
fourth street, after soundly slapping
the face of his 10-year-old son be*
cause the lad knockcd from bis fath
er's hand a tumbler containing the
same poison. Bonner had been on ?
spreo for several days and was in a
desperate conditon at the time be
took bis life, be boy called for help,
but when a physician arrived the
poison had done its work. Bonnei
had been employed at the shipyard as
a boilermaker for a number of years.
Ho was a widower and is survived by
the hoy who attempted to save hii
life.
Briquettes a Success as Fuel.
Norfolk, StyOcial. ? The result of the
recent experiment with briquettes
the new fuel, 93 per cent, coal, with
7 per cent, of water gas tar as a
binder, on the torpedo boat Biddlc
hns been announced. Briquettes were
burned in the after furnace of the
liiddle and coal like that made intc
the briquettes in the forward fur
nace, and it was found that three
tons of briquettes produced 25 pel
cent, more steam than did three and
a quarter tons of coal.
WHhdraw.il From Wilmington.
Baltimore, Sp'.-cinl. ? 1 The Baltimore
Sc Carolina S|- im-hin Company ho:
found it neccs i;>rv ti? withdraw iti
boats from \Yi!';iisi?jton? N. C. Thit
step, it i* n'Hwj'.ccd. is necessar> !
because of tiir inability of the com
pany to tnko cure of nil the freighl
offered with the two steamers whict
it owns. Ti e line will continue U
run to Charleston and Oeorgetowr
as heretofore.
News of the Day.
The explosion of the boilers of the
German scboolabip Blnober killed
and injured nu umber of men.
Former President Palma, of Cuba
still favors American control of the
island.
Returns from tbe Filipino election
indicate tbe success of the Progress
party.
[0 PROTECT TORTS
jncreesed Appropriations WW
Be Asked For
SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT
En His Report to Bo Submitted to
Oongr? at Coming Session, Secre
tary Taft Gives Estimates Ag
gregatin g $5,526,920 For Con
struction Work in Coast Artillery
Service.
Washington, Special. ? Tbe annual
report of Secretary Taft to be sub
tnitted to Congress at its convening
In December will contain estimates
aggregating $5,525,920 for construc
tion and other work in the coast ar
tillery service during the fiscal year
1909. This constriction work is to
provide in part for shelter for the
toast artillery troops authorized by
the act of January last, when tho
feervice received an increase of 44
"'i a corresponding num
In accordance with the decision of
Secretary Taft last November, a con
centration scheme is being worked
?ut in the coast artillery scrvieo by
srhich some of tho 78 separato forts
nrhere modern ooast defenses are in
itallcd or in process of installation
ire to be completely manned and the
remainder placed in the hands of
taretakers. '
Tirty-two of tho principal forts
Vere selected as main posts having as
nearly as practicable garrisons of 100
per cent of a full manning detail,
ihe reamining forts to be left to sucl;
jaretaking detachments as arc nec
issary for the proper carc and pro
lervation of the defenses. First, it is
proposed in furtherance of the con
sontration scheme to construct at the
nain posts the necessary barracks
*nd quarters for accommodating the
Increment to the post artillery anil
to follow this with the construction at
theso main posts of the barracks and
quarters necessary for the accommo
dation of the troops now nt the sub
posts. Tho posts at which work is to
t>e done and for which appropriations
will be asked include the following,
the amount asked for being given
to round numbers: Caswell, N. C.,
M AA AAA W * ? - -
M 09,000; Dade, Fia., $106,000; Mon
roe, Va., $211,000; Morgan. Ala.,
$131,000; Scriven, Oa., $151,000;
Taylor, Fla., $306,000.
16 Killed; 30 Injured.
Kiel, By Cable. ? The boilers of the
9erman schoolship Rluchcr exploded
while the vessel was near Murwick.
It is stated that 15 men were killed J
and 30 danegrously injured. The Blu
eher is tho German torpedo school
ship. Sho was built at Kiel in 1877
and usually has on board about 2C0
officers and men. Her armament con
sists of several old 5.9 inch Krupp
guns and somo smaller quick-firing
rails. At a late hour at night 10
bodies had been found on board the
schoolship, and a roll call of the crew
showed that no other men were miss
ing. Several wounded mon are not
expected to recover. Three hundred
of the crew wore absent maneuvering
with the tenders at the time of the '
explosion. 1
Child Thrown From Train.
Cumberland. Md., Special ? The au
thorities are investigating the death
of a child who was evidently thrown
from a Pullman car during the night
Wrapped in a bed sheet and with a
shoestring tied tightly about tli?*
neck, the body picked up Friday. 11
is jiot known whether the infant was
dead when thrown from the train.
Kills Negro Laborer.
Reidsville, Oa., Special. ? William
M. Newbern. bookkeeper of a loea'i
naval stores company, shot and killed
Ed Fisher, a uegro laborer. A dis
pute arose over an account and Fish
er advanced on Newbern with an
open knife. Newbern seized a shot
1 gun and fired at Fisluf. Fisher at
| tempted to reach his own gun when
J Newbern fired a second time, killing
the neero instantly.
Jealous Husband's Rash Deed.
Wilmington, l>d., Special ? Return
ing home and finding no tneal await
ing him, Fred Underbill secured his
revolver end going to the home of
William Nelson he found there his
wife and her sister. Without a word
he fired two bullets into his wife's
head, killing her. and then turned the
I
revolver upon the sister. Raehacl j
Kelson, firing five shots into hei
body. She is expected to die. Under
bill gave himself into custody, lie
was crazed \ym!? jealousy.
?A Missouri girl baby has been chris
tened "Silence," announces tho At
lanta Journal, and when she grows
up they will caH her "Lucus a nou"
for short.
THE MARKETS
Prevailing Prices of Cotton,
Grain and Produce
Charlotte Cotton Market.
Those figures represent tho price*
paid to wagons:
flood middling 101-4
Strict middling 10 1-b
Middling 10
Charlotte Produce.
Hen* ? per head 3.1
Chickens ? spring 20(<f30
Ducks* 2*?
Eggs 2"?
Bui tor v 1 \?f20
Rye SO
( *orn 8S
Cotton seed - I
Oats ? feed 01
General Cotton Market.
Atlanta, steady 10 3-8
flalveston, steady 10 7-8
New Orleans, firm 10 3-1
Mobile, steady 10 1-2
Savannah, qniet 10 7-1(?
( liarlcston, firm 10 .1-8
Wilmington, steady 10 7-10
Norfolk, steady 10 3-4
1'altimore, nominal 11
New York, quiet 10.00
Boston, quiet 10.00
Philadelphia, steady 1 1.15
Baltimore Produce.
Baltimore, Nov. 12. ? Flour easier;
winter patents $4.80 to $4.9.") ; patent
">0 to $.">.7.">.
Wheat tinsel tied and lower; spot
contract 07 1-! to 4)7 3-8; Southern
on grade 93 1-2 to 08.
Corn steady; :p?t mixed 60 3-8 to
GO 3-1 ; No. 2 white 00 3-8 to 0(5 3 I.
f)uts steady. No. 2 mixed f?2 to
r?2 1 -2. Rye dull and lower; No. 2
Western domestic 87 t<> 89.
Butter linn, unchanmd; fancy imi
tation 21 to 2."> ? do creamery 27 to
28; do ladle 22 to 23; store packed
IS to 20.
Rggs steady, unchanged, 31 to 32c.
Cheese linn, unchanged; large 1G1-S;
Hats 10 1-8; small 10 "j-8.
Spjrar unchanged; coarse graduat
d s?:.">.10; fine $5.10.
RBTORT COURTEOUS.
I Molllc ? I wish you were more like
?Air. Simpson.
Cod. II*: ?My dear, if I were more
I'ke Mr. Simpson I stiould have -mar
ried a woman more liko Mrs. Sitr.p
s*>n. ? St. Louis Post-IMspatc h
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