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.The Secret ofDunraven
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BY ANNIE ASHMORE,
Author of "Faithful Margaret," Etc., Etc j
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?.'HAWER XIX. ? ontlime.t.
A bright 1110011 r?so above the tr. es. ;
at:?i jillod even the dark inter or of the
coach with light. lie saw that she was |
half unconscious. and lie ventured to re- j
lav his ;ai!cr grasp, and to lay her in a
more easy jos tion along the seat
lie h. nt over her with a lierce and j
dreaming ecstasy. Oh, if those blue 1
heavenly eyes would only unclose and
look into his with a timid glance, in :
which he might lead dawning tender- 1
ness! how patiently he would fan the 1
flame, how delicately he would defer to ;
her girlish caprices, how light his chain
wi.?n /) ho ,1 iitil i,o l.ail won hei' whole 1
sweet hea t!
For without her heart he could not bo
content, so mighty ?a* hi* love for her.
Alas! if he had only been a good man
he could have taught her to adore hire.
Not many minutes pa*sed tnu*. the
oarriago tearing along the silent country
road, and Loveday lying exhausted:
then sha recovered the use of her facul- |
tie*.
She evolved the situation, still lying j
with closed eyes, the loathing reeipient j
of her liorce lover s rhapsodies: she remembered
that tliev liad entered the J
carriage so hastily that the coachman
had not closed the door for them: if '
must be still possible to open it from the
in*ido then.
They seemed to be flying over the
ground; yet if she must attempt to escape with
her life if possible--but if
not
U?veday's h< art, cried out to God: *he
know it might be her last prayer! she
thought then of her ovn adored Auheron:
ah! never would he know how
Nw. etly she loved him! and of her beau- :
tifi.l mother, whose one bright joy she
wa<: and two bitter tear* gushed from
Voder hor eyelids and glittered like <lia- j
muuds in the brilliant moonbeam*.
-You aro conscious, my own love, my
\i'V!" murmured Accrington in her oar.
-And life brings only tears to you! wait! j
1 -hull soon teach you happiness " j
*?he bounded, with all her gathered
length, against the carriage door: as
sin- had foreseen, it yielded to her pros- 1
M.re and she fell headlong almost a toss :
the- flashing wheels, but Acorington
caught her in time, and would have pin- !
y, ioned her against his breast, uttering
r* passionate entreaties that she would !
yield to what was now inevitable.
Hut I.oveday was uriven to desperation;
sho must she would escape th s
demon-man, if she lo>t lier life in the
attempt. She struggled fiercely: she
i?eou>ed possessed of supernatural
strength; if he had her by the arms, sho
had wr nched free; the next moment: if :
lie grasped her by the waist, she writhed
down between his arms and his breast:
iind all the while the carriage door
- 1 or.., !?,. ? till) \vlir>ol<
>V\li!li; l/V aim iiw c^aui'i viiv
itud hi* cou'd linil no moment in which
to secure it.
l.oiiS ago the crumbled paper had
fallen from his liand. and lay on tbo
tjnor elo.-e by the open door.
In all her frenzy or terror. Loveday 1
never forgot that paper: and when she i
writhed downward she caught it up and
It M it in a death grip.
Accrington had forgotten it.
-Lovedayl" he said at last: "thore is
i ? use in th s. I vviil not give you up to J
i.boron Crecy no, not if I have to take 1
your sw e* life to prevent it!"
"You may murder me," puutod the
<K?or quaking child: I suppo e you will;
x but I will not go another step with you
of my own \v ill "
And with that she ainiosi *uececde(| in >
v- springing out of the < arriage.
Having secured iier once more. A'*-, t
erington chanced to glance through tho
rear window. Then it wa> that I/ove- 1
?!a> saw a look on his face that chilled
Iter heart's blood.
They had talked of murder, but li s '
? \e. it: its strange aaze, now meant it.
ile drew a pistol, he grasped her tirnily
1 .1 . ? UKa onal... I...,. '
- I,If p.Urt'U ( lie I;uiu i iiuu a^aiu^v um
temple. hold ins; Lor iioad as in a \ise
Loveday raN-d lior wide frightened I
cu'< fi:! 1 to his: hi- porod over fioir
aa??!ii?? d entr aty. their sweet wild won
< i and anguish that. after all his love, i
In- could take i.* r happy life away!
Ili- Laud shook his teeth chattered;
lien he ren enihoro.l that Auberon t'recy
was dose b"L:nd in pursuit; and jeal- t
i n?y. ciuei as the grave, possessed him. i
-yon shall be tnine. or no man's ' !
eri'-d he with a hurst of insane laughter: j
come to o ur bridal, the grave: you j
! rsf mvdear: 1 shall follow ( lose!"
Ih r agoui/ed eyes riveted tipon his,
and cat hint every new thought, dis- j
covered his last fatal intent just in time.
/ As his finger pressed the trigger, I.ove- i
i'ay dashel up her arm. the pis ol was '
{truck from his hand and exploled as it
fell: she ha I one glimpse of Aeering- j
ton's fierce white face and maniac eyes; |
then came a dreadful warning yeli from j
the coachman outside the carriage ,
rocke I ftotii side to s'de swayed and j
toppled ovor--aisd she flung herself t >- ,
ward the open door.
^ When the appalling tumult had die I
away, the grinding crush of triads and I
metal on the flinty verse, the heart sick- :
?>uitig scream of a terrified horse, the |
dull moan of tinman agony, and all wa" '
sfili under the bright moonlit sky. Love- ;
lav lifted her ? a/.ed eyes to meet two i
eyes full of gentle love keeping watch j
over her. and her fro/cn heart began to
I .Xii,. 1
beat against tho warm clasping arms of |
Aub.-ron, t'refy. I
lor lliey two stool alone upon tin ]
brink of tin* fata! aby-- where bcrgu'l v j
lover bad gone down to his ueatli i
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-liui what :> 'hi* yon I av<- so con- I
vulsively grasped in your- band. love/" ( i
asked Aulcrom wnen i t to id return to | '
the *u ddering and weep ng girl, fro it |the
mournful d itv o; n -patching -onI
men who were attracted to the spot. jo ;
de-eond the ravine and examine !!: i
wreck |
So da/' ! wj - she ?hal site had to ( ;
smooth gut the < rumpled '-nve op ami
road the aMr- ?* to ln-rself- before she i i
knew. I *
' oh. Auberoii!" -he fa'tered with awe. j
fcit is his confess on some time you shall ' >
know more but it will right a grea' ' I
wrong he did a good man. and he wo Id '
n t give it me uah ss 1 came that way i 1
for it. " i <
"I see. I see.' that was why you granted !
the secret meeting. not Oh, my I
own true Loveday, 1 never for a moment |
doubted you!" I t
1 or Acerington had done his best to I
give Loveday's abduction the color of a ' r
voluntary e opement; he liad sent an i I
lago-like note to Aubcron by a sure
hand, warning him that he hau r.ct a!- j .
together succeeded in superseding
Colonel Ae -rington in the heart of his- !
betrotlied, as he might see for himself
if lie witnessed a secret meeting beiween ! 1
them giving time and place, and inso- !
lently signing with Accrington's own .
name.
Anberon did not receive this astounding
warning until it was close on the ap- f
pointed hour: and instead of suffering ,
the pangs of doubt and jealousy which }
Acerington had prepared for hiin, he .
instantly fathomed h s ri al's desperate
design, and flew to rescue his Loveday. ,
lie brought his own fiery hunter; he was
in time to give the dismayed .Mrs. Del.a- i .
mere a hint of the iniquity on hand, re- : {
questing hertosend her stoutest-heartei' j
servants to tli-i rear pate In ease ton e j
might be necessary: and then lie liurri?
d after poor unsuspicious Loved ay.
and had the benefit of the confidential
attitude which Aecrington assumed to
convince him of hcrguiit.
Then the door was locked between
them, anil Acheron round himself in tin j
grasp of Aecringlon's two ra i.an ac oinpiiees.
while his darling was snatched
away: but Edgar Ardeu had come, late |
as it was. to convey his pood news jo i
Mis. llellamere, who sent hiui after Anheron,
lie turned the tide of battle, |
and Auberon sot free to pursue tin.- ah- ;
doctor on his own feet horse.
He ne.er told Loveday how h had
sated her from the doom of her fierce i
lover, from whose convulsive dutch he
had torn her through the open carriage
door, while yet the vehicle was swaying j
on tlm brink: nor how she had lain j
across that awful brink in moreitui nr.- ;
consciousness of tin; dreadlul sit? i
which Aubcron followed with eyes starting
from their socket* and blood free. - t
ing in It is vcibs. i }
When Loveday was once more clasped j \
in lier mother's arms, and Anbcron and } ]
Wear were about to retire to attend to 1 j
sadder duties, she beckoned Kdsrar to j lier
and p aced the precious confession
in his hand, explaining it- mean in 2. i 1
Thank Cod." li" said, fervently. "1 1
had ceased to hope for this " . j
lie hurried straight to l.ord Irichcaj e. 1 *
and in silence presented the still sealed
envelope to him, signing him to read.
In deep surprise the nob eman broke ,
the seal and drew forth a folded paper. 1
opened, and found it blank! >
"Iucr dible treachery!" cried Kdsar. j
in sudden lierce contempt "I gave hint j 1
'credit at Ica-t for sincerity to her!" and t
< onm inf. J *
Tin* no\i moniinu saw theiu far apart, f
and the roa I lengthening hourly.
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( H.tl'TKli \x. j ^
MV OWN TUCK WIKK.
I.adv Iand her daughter wore, I ^
seated in a heathery dell, sheltered by j \
the stnnte 1 firs of >lcat-na-Yrerken: f?t*' j
the summer flies early from the bleak .
Northland, and already winter's moanihit
winds echoed the hoarser roaring uf 1
the sea.
"How fond you are of this spot. love!" v
said Kngelonde. tenderly smoothing the a
pule elieek of I'lva. whose head lay upon 1
;her breast: "why is it? There are many
lovelier views on our poor Sleet na- a
\ reckon, and many softer mossbeds;
and yet it is to this one dell that you f
come day after day. as to a shrine!"
"And is it not a shrine?" answered 1*1- I
\a, faintly, her dark, mournful eyes. a
lie told the wnoie story 01 .Mis* i?eua- |mare's
devotion to hi- lordship s cause, <
and rlio fatal sequel. I
\es 1'ichard Acerington had delib- 1
irately plotted the whole thing: his
'promised reparation was but a ruse to .<
.bring Loveday into his power, the so- : r
ral ed document merely a bait to secure ,
Vcr by. \\'hat nee I for him to write ids'
Sown condemnation if he never meant, tc l
;usc it? | 1
This discovery greatly added to Inchcape's
horror at his end; it would have
heen one bright spot in the black picture, ,
;ha I be really entertained a noble inten- } (
tion w hich sudden overj ower.ng temptation.
aided by opportunity, bad over- 7
throw n: bu-tbat lie could lie to t ho in- 1
noccut being w hom he professed to Jove, ! i
'aye, did love with a despairing tenacity j \
such an end was revolting beyond j$
wortis. i
And so seemed to end all hope of Lord ]
Inchcape's vindieat on in theeyesof that j
powerful bureau who suspected him
\\ ho could right, the wrong, now that- *
the w ronger was dead? t
I.or I Inchcap - and Kdgar had intended ?
to start for the north early the next |
morning. but Kdg.tr entreated it s kins- j
man to go without him as lu? wished to j
pay ali be -oming honor to ins late polit- i a
ieai foe. j v
"Only give iue ti" promise." said he. j |
' that vou will reserve for me the duty of i j
'making known to Lady Indirape and , i
Lady i'lva who lam In u week 1 hope ' \
to join you in Sleet-na-Vrecken; it is a J
short lime to keep a trivial secret like I s
that, Miiee they will be. so happy that j j
they will never think of me.** j p
Mv lord gazed with arrested attention ' *
in tie* noble young fare before him: he j i
note I the supprissr-d lite and emotion j 1;
.expressed thereon, and he gave him his ! t
i.?>.ii .iii.! Iii ? iii-omisc without a word of I
" i v c
irown larger and deeper than of old,
fixed upon a certain spot of tlie rocky
path, wh ch passed near by. "1'or here
I saw for the last time one whom I sha I
never see aeain tilt the sea ff.ves up her
lead. Over there there, mamma, our
hands touched each other for one litte
moment 1 feel the clasp upon this poor
wasted hand yet. And here, where ve
-it alone, 1 stool when I met his eyes
Cor the last time for the la-i tiin "
Her low. swo t tones broke, and sank
nto silence.
Lady Incheape watche I her with
i earning gaze.
I I v : i wo lixt :i true frit>ri.l uhen
aptain Edgar died; a truer, tioi never
made!" she sighed, while her heart
wi lled with unforgott u grif.
She would not tread closer to the
ai red ground of Uiv.Vs hopeless iovo.
or l?y no spoken word had the maiden
\er confesse i her secret: though her
ong illness, fol owed by this settled
tpathy of grief, had long eonvineed
Lady lncheapo that I'ha's heart was
juried w ith the dead
Heavy i deed had been my lady's sorow
for the brave man who bad taught
ier how to hope: hut she saw with ter or
and so;f reproach that I Iva's was
leavier yet. and would last her life long.
]n the silence which fe.l between
hem. the sound of heavy steps hurrytig
up from the shore roused them: and
jotli ladies ga/cd w;th wondering eyes,
it Ken more, as he burst into their presotce.
then stopped stock still, lingering
tis blue bonnet, which he had snatched
'roin his head, and -glowering'' las lie
lim-elf would hate said) at his lady
strangely.
-Well. Kenmoro!" said I.ady Ineheapc.
you wished to lind us, did you not'.?
iVhat is it? Why! Iiow bewildered you
ook! Kenmore what is the matt'T?''
She rose quickly, drawing I'lva with
lor: with arms twined round e ieh other
die two beautiful women stood wonder*'
nsr: but Ken mora seemed to find it r.ani
o speak.
How chanced the stern old face was!
tow the keen eyes blazed! how pallid the
>rown cheek! And why should he gaze
it Lady Inelieape with that wild look?
"Speak, Ken more!cried my lady, hi
Hidden panic, "there is more sorrow
.ome one else that- we love- oil. Keunore,
my husband is not- -dead?" she
hrieked, swooping forward 10 him.
~Na, ua, I.eddy Iiichcape; (iixl forbid!"*
it last he found voice to say. a very
jroken voice, and accompanied bv a
tvry exulting smile: 'it's no ill news,
lie I eddy: it's the bonniest news it's
?eh! J carina wait to brak itsma": lie's
tere himsei'!'' and the words eaine out
>vith a roar of irrepressible joy, and the.
>ld Highlander threw up his bonnet in
he air and laughed aloud.
Strange! tin* same wild rapture trans-,
inured the wan faces of mother and
laughter, the same question hurst front
litem simultaneously:
"He is here. Who?"'
"An'wha hut oor ain l.ord Im lieape.
route to his aitt true leddy?" i rie.l Kenitorc-;
and with the words my lord's
najestie tignr.' strode into the middle of.
lie group, hands outstretched to Lady.
Ineheape, proud fare pa ?1 and beseeehng,
and souther eyes tiery with passion-,
tt.e love.
"My trite wife!'' h?; began, but- site did
tot wait to hear hi< pleading*.' her eyes
net his in one wild, questioning look,
tnd she was in hi> arms with >ueh a
itrange. heart-piercing cry!
Ah. poor wife!
They were alone, ami seated hand in
land, sti.l in L'lva'sdcil: for botli the
witnesses of their meeting had vanished
it once. Ken more wiping his eyes on his
)onnet, and I'lva strangely torn by conlifting
grief and gladness.
Forgive her! for she had believed for
me unutterab'y blessed moment that
fchlgar was alive and had come back to
jer!
Sin- soon laid this pang along with thf
orrow in her heart: and then slie eould
ejoice with her beloved step-mother
vith ail a deeply generous soul.
This, then, had been the sorrow whieh
)Hsrht<'d her lifi a misunderstandingletvvecn
her and her husband '
All! bow eonld be have oonbte I ber.
Lord Inchcape and bis restored wife
*ou d not fea>t tbeir eyes too much up >n
'ach other's long unseen faces.
-Ah, how you have suffered!-' innr-,
nured Lady Kngelondn. in her sweetest.
ones, and she smoothed, with licr small.
liiii. burning hand, the deep Hues graven1
ipun the forehead which she had last
ecu as smooth as h?r own.
IJ u t. you - but you, my Kngelonde. oh
leaven! Iiave I come too late?" exclaim-j
d Lord Inchrape in gathering dismay;,
'are you dving. ux\ wi.e? living just;
vlien 1 have awakened from my fatal
Iclusion u>t when we might be happy
igain?"
lie gathered the shadowy form of his
njurod :ady close to his strongly beating
ireast; he scanned with infinite pity and
inguish each trace of the grief which
vas cotgfuming her: he lifted her trans>arent
hand, with the fever-rose burning
o the paitu, to examine it closely: and.
hen he strained her to his hungry heart,
vith a passionate crv of rebellion.
"I will not give her up now! I cannot!"
aid In : and then his kisses fell like rain,
ipou Iter mute, smiling face, upon tins
lark eyes which hungered no more, tipou.lie
worn cheeks, which grew rosy under
hew: and he pleaded with her. eagerly,
lotiv. as if she. poor, loving mortal, held
he key of life in her hand!
"You will not leave me. Kncelonde?
;av it, dear: jou could not. now that we:|
lave got each other back again?"
u Inntr wicrli ?inH iio<flr?il in
lis arms like one weary to (ieatli who.
iitd reached the desired haven at last.
"I eave you, my husband?" .she said,
rist itIIv. 'oit. I could not, could not!'
iurely I may live now! No. no no. not:
Ieatli now. oh, let me live to drink a;
ittle mure of this sweet happ'ness! For
am happy, my lord your restored love
s a divine elixor which pours new life:
nto my veins: why, how could I be II!"
i-hen my heart is bursting with jov?"
ml she wept some of earth's sweetest
ears
After n long r;ti?t siience spoke
gain
-My 'ord, tell me the good news. Our
nemy has spoken r.t last, then? You
re vindicated? Yen will once more
ake your pia -e ta the world? Toil me
II, llale'gii
- -yj n . \>r^ ancin?
to me.
lint my Ior<l*< brow conded.
"No, sweet wife, Co onel AecrinprtOR I
lias nut spoken: be has died like a da*- !
tard, with his gui.t iinronfcs?ud," i
said he.
"lie is dead?" faltered my lady, paling i
fearfn ly. "and vonr vindication is hope- I
less; (ih. m\ lord;"
She wept, pressing his han I to rum* j
fot him: but -ndden y started from his
side a- a new thotuhr struck her. !(
"Hut has !je not vindn-ated me.* I-]'j
v. by Are you here?" I
lie drew her back to her place with \
U ins insistence : ,
"My own noble heart oil wife," he said, i "
"in every thought and word yon uncon- ,
seiously prove your loyalty to mo Aiy jf
vindication is your 1'r--s Miouitht. not
your own. And this is the jewel I threw
sway'. (Hi. who will give me back those 1 t
lost five years! Listen sweet Kiig domic,- , t
with your head on my heart, its rightful j i
p are, of which aiy jealous madness j n
robbed you so loir/. Co onci Accrintrton j
has died with tit a word, and 1 never i,
slia I be e\one ateil never shall resume ! (
public lifts: vet now that you are ic- 1
I stored to nun eleared trotn the last !
shadow of doubt. 1 look forward to a j J
sweet and nob.e life, whieii shall h.\v? I
its elevated duties, t o and 1 shall at> , '
eopt in all humility this one cross as a js
just chastisement for my sin toward 1
you. Tears, Kngc op. !e. for me? Oh, '
believe me, the sweetness of our re. I
united existence will far outlast the one '
bitter drop in our cup." j ]
"Yet your doubts of me will return, it <
you have onlv come to me from a gener- j v
ous impulse." said I aly Inchcapo trem- j
ulously. | (
1 have con e to you because those .
doubts are forever laid." lie returned.
"1 thank <lod who t.ut it into your gui e- i,
less heart t ? write that story of our i
misfortune, for through the resistless , '
power of truth it lielpod me to believe "
",\h! iny heart spok to yours there!" |.
rried she'Valsing herself to took at him
with timid tenderness
"And have you really accepted my
simple word wh eh is no proof?"
"I have not been so generous, Kngo- ^
londe," answered the Karl sadly. "My f
still-born pride fought against my yearn- j J
lug love; we men are hard and stern, 1
sweet soul, n it like you gentle beings, I
whose love u.akes you so self-forgetiul. j t
In reading your narrat.ve. I saw that it f
was in my power to prove one po nt; | c
when that was proven. I accepted all the : r
rest joyfully, and entirely." t
"And that point * (
"Was one which could lie proven by ^
John Sircotnbe- and which was?"
She considered a moment, then the ^
...i...i,. i-fimn li.ielc fn lier: she
turned with a burst of joy, and throw
her arms about her husband s neck
"And yon believed n:e through that (
one trifling piece of evidence?" she cried 1
exultingly: 'because these few words of i ?
mine were, corroborated you could acept I <
the whole! ah, your heart could not l
have l> en very coil or hard towards me, {<
or you would never have come back to <
me on such insufficient testimony, which I j
the world wou'd only laugh at. Now, J (
indeed, 1 am happv, for 1 know how
sr at. your trust is! 1 thank Hod! oh,
how grateful y. for the gift ho lias given '
nte to-day is without one flaw, my hus- i
baud not only loves but trusts nie."
For a moment she ga/ed with stream- ,1
and Indian offices. He often luncnes | <
in his room when too occupied to go to >
his club, the Athenaenum. Sitting at ' 1
his large desk at the farther end of the
room, he has accorded interviews to j
men of all nationalities and all colors, i
Mr. Chamberlain's mornin; at the co- j
lonial office is taken up in dealing with !
a great mass of papers. In addition he
has to give verbal instructions to his ! ,
subordinates and to see a large num- I
her of important people. In the after- j
noon he has to go down to the house |
of commons during the session, where t !
us a minister he must attend daily to I 1
answer questions, besides transacting J
his general parliamentary business. To j
I his private room in the house of com- i j
mons papers follow rum in ooxes, labeled
with slips of paper,> red, green
or white according to the urgency of .
their contents,# Nor is the day's work j
ended there. At midnight, when ne i '
goes home, he finds papers at his pri- J 1
vate house; and even when he is away j
from London they arrive with regular- |
ity by post or by special messenger, j
I In fact, Mr. Chamberlain cannot escape
them unless he were to disappear alto- 1
gether. '
insr eyes towards heaven. men tunnm.
| gently laid her arms around her bus- ; ^
I band's nock. her face upon his shoulder. I
Another sweet silence, then she looked i <
up with wondering face. ; (
"Von say you have read my story: how !1
can that be? In my happy bewilder- I (
merit I looked at everything through a (
mist: I did not realize what you had said, j ]
itut how did you receive (hat n antiscript i
which I thought lost ?'' | j
I received it from the faithful hand.,
to which you confided it." said Incheapc i '
gently: "you chose your champion well, \
my Kngelonde!" ; *
, She uttered a charmed, wondering cry, .
half terriiied though sh was
"bid Captain Kdgar escapo after all, |(
then? is he a ive? but how rati it be? oh,
1 am awake. 1 hope!" 1
k iQ niivn- ho r><pani>d bv a niir- I
aele: and the first use he made of h:s
safety was to fulfill his promise to you.*
[to be continued. i
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I
HOW CHAMBERLAIN WORKS.
Secret of Hit Power of Getting Through
* Vast Business.
A glance at Mr. Chamberlain's rocm ' j
in the eolonial offlee will reveal part of I
the secret of his power in getting |
through work, says the New Penny
Magazine. There is nothing super- 1
fluous. nothing out of place: and every
moruing when he comes to business ,
his desk is absolutely clear. There is
not a paper in the room. Mr. Cham- (
berlaln works in a large room, looking : (
on the great quadrangle round which j
are built the foreign, colonial, home j
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
Hie Mouse Passes the Porto Ricar.
Tariff.
SENATE.
Sixty-first Day. Notwithstanding
he agreement made by the Senate to
ote on the Hawaiian government bill,
he final vote on the measure was posttoned.
Practically no progress was
nade on the bill, although it was tinier
consideration nearly four hours,
dr. Aldrich explained the conference
vork 011 the financial measure. One
if the amendments authorizing the
told reserve to be held in bullion c.s
veil as gold coin, was added, because
he facilities for the coinage of gold
vould not permit the coining of gold
n sufficient quantity to maintain at
ill times the reserve in gold coin.
Sixty-second Day. After being tinier
consideration for nearly ten days
:he bill providing a form of govern- I
nent for the Territory of Hawaii was
jassed by the Senate with division. Mr.
L'ullont has had charge of the measJie.
Another feature of the day's session
was the speech of Mr. Clay. Demo- .
rat. (Ga.). on the Philippine ques:ion.
As one of the Democratic Seniors
who voted to ratify the Paris
rreaty his position in support of the
[ aeon resolutions declarator*- <>? the
ountry's policy toward the Phsippines
,\as interesting. At the conclusion of
outine business the Senate, on request
if, Mr. Aldrich for unanimous consent,
tgreed to vote on the Financial bill at
4 p. m. next Tuesday. Mr. Clay then
poke, after which the Senate adjournal.
Sixty-third Day. Interest in the
3orro Rican tariff measure* now has
teen transferred from the House to the
Senate. Consideration of the bill emxMlying
substantially the provisions
if t}ie House bill and in addition proriding
for a temporary form of civil
covernment for the Island of Porto
tiro, was begun in the Senate. Mr.
Teller, of Colorado, immediately pressed
an amendment, establishing a
emporary government in Porto Rico
or the purpose of enabling the people
>f the island later to establish a pernanent
republican self-government,
he adoption of a constitution and Che
'Stablifhment of a pemanent form of
government, not interfering with the
overeignty of the United Spates over
he island or its inhabitants.
Sixty-flft'h Day. The Senate held a
jrief session, adjourning early on account
of the death of Representative
2pes of Virgin''^ During the session
Mr. Ross, of Vermont, spoko in
ipposition to the seating of Hon. M. S.
3uay. and Mr. Teller spoke in criti"
i itrwn thn
ism or me com^rt jcc > c i>ui i upvu.
currency bill. A number of private
pension bills were passed during the
lay.
HOUSE.
Sixty-first Day. The battle royal
>ver the Porto Rico tariff bill ended
n the House in a sweeping victory for
he Republicans. The bill, amended as
tgreed upon at the conference of Rejublicans
Monday night, so as to reluce
the tariff from 25 to 13 per cent.
>f the American tariff and limitinf its
ife to two years, was passed by a vote
)f 172 yeas to 161 nays. Six Republicans,
Messrs. Crumpacker, of Indiana;
Fletcher, of Minnesota; Heatwole, of
Minnesota: Llttlefleld. of Maine; Lormer,
of Illinois, and McCall. of Massachusetts.
voted with the opposition
igainst the bill, and four Democrats,
dessrs. Davey and Mver, of Louisiana;
Devries. of Californi aand Sibley, of
Pennsylvania, voted with the Republi ans
for the bill.
Sixty-second Day. The Democrats
scored their first victory of the session
in the house on the motion to take up
the contested election case of Aldrich
vs. Robbins. from the Fourth Alabama
District. On two separate votes the
Democrats with the aid of two Republicans.
Mr. Mondeli. (Wyo.). and H. C.
Smith. (Mich.), beat the Republicans
upon the question of consideration. An
agreement was made to consider the
Ixnid bill relating to second class mail
matter March 20th, and notice was
~i -ut Wico-Yoiine. IVal. con
?11 en xuab WA4V, t ? ?WW - ol , 0 , tested
election case would be called up
next Tuesday.
Sixty-third Day. Within -two hours
after the special message from the
President, recommending the immediate
passage of a -bill to place in. his
hands all the moneys collected upon
Porto Rico goods since tbe Spanish
evacuation of the island, to be used for
the relief of the Porto Ricans, had
neen read to the House, tbe House had
passed and sent to the Senate a hill to
carry out the recommendation. The
message came like a bolt out of a clear
sky to the minority. They were a;
first inclined to hail It with delight as
. reproof of the majority for the passage
of the Porto ftican tariff bill ou
Wednesday. The Republican leaders,
however, had a bill ready to carry the
President's recommendations Into effect.
Mr. Cannon asked immediate
consideration for the bill, and this was t
given.
In the house the desk of Representative
Epes, of Virginia, who died Friday
night, was hung with crepe and covered
with a profusion of cut flowers,
lilies, roses and carnations. The chaplain
in his invocation made a feeling
1 ofor?.n/-/> in th<? jlftath of Mr. EDes. It
had been intended to proceed with the
Aldrich-Robbins coatsted election, case,
but unanimous consent was given to
vacate the order heretofore made and
postpone the fln?J vote until next
Tuesday at 2:30 p. m.. the debate continuing
Monday and Tuesday,
The average salary paid to Methodist
nlnlstors in tbiu country for 1803 waa
(473.3r>. /