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Copyright I4?*, Ly ft CHAPTER XVII. Continued. My father smiled faintly. "As you will." he replied. "That is as much as I hoped of you. And now to speak of a more congenial subject. I shall be sorry to be without you for a few months, though of late we have not been such good companions as we once were. However, what benefits you, can yield me nothing but pleasure; so go, my boy, and peep at that world which you have not yet seen, and God be with you and protect you. I will Impose no limit on the duration of your absence, and your means shall be the best I can afford. If it is your wish to visit your uncle, I have no objection to your doiug so; but I have no message for him." The rest of the interview was more affecting than interesting, and needs not be chronicled here. Perfectly amicable relations, similar to what prevailed before I had seen my uncle, were re-established between father and son. But there now took root in my mind a horrid doubt of my uncle's honesty; and only those who have experienced it can know the pain of discovering a hideous fault in an Idol which one has set up for one's self; And Samuel Trueman had been to me as an idol. His coolness, his wit, his self-reliance, his magnificent success, had moved me to adoration of the mau. If my uncle's unconcealed love of the power which money confers had Indeed induced him to rob his poorer brother of a quarter of a million of sequins, then I was sorry for humanity. My father had given me ?250; and on that modest sum I resolved to travel round the world by easy stages, so as to reach home again at the end of six months. My plan was to go direct to New York City (I could not make up my mind whether I would call upon my uncle or not, but at least I would look at the hou^e where he lived, if only for the sake of my lingering affection for his ward); thence, but with many stoppages, across America to J?an Francisco. From the City of the Golden Gate I resolved to cross the Pacific to Australia, and after visiting the principal places of interest in that country and in New Zealand, to retnrn direct to the continent of JMirope. iu piauuiu^ iu) ivui x ?au conscious of reversing the usual order of an Englishman's travels; but a keen desire to see New York, the native city and home of Constance Marsh, had taken possession of me; and I resolved to gratify it with as little delay as possible. For the next few days I was busily engaged in preparing for my departure. Fortunately, my personal expeases during my four mouths of moping had been nil, and I now found the accumulations of my pocket money ? for that period very useful iu prov viding additional clothes, and other necessaries for my journey, without encroaching upon my ?250. My unwonted activity benefited me greatly, and left no doubt that in the bustle of the busy world, surrounded by new scenes, the depression from which I had so long suffered would altogether pass away. The eve of my departure arrived, aud was 6pent iu quietude with ray father. All my arrangements had been made, and I was to leave for London by the first train from Bury St. Edmund's in the morning. My fear that my father would again talk of our stolen treasure was ill founded, for he never once referred to the matter or mentioned the name of my uncle. He regretted that he had been unable to find out the whereabouts of Aunle Wolsey, which he thought might possibly Lave been discovered had I been in a condition to assist in the inquiry be had made (which had not been the case), and furnished me with the address in Australia from which my grandfather had last written "'though," he added, "I don't suppose there will be much use of your calling there, for it is more than likely that your grandfather is already on his way to England." I took the address and placed it in my pocket book; but the matter engaged very little of my attention. When the hour of my departure had come, John Adams insisted upon ac : fim ctgtinn Mo had VJUAlipaUJ lug UiV IV ?UV o?u??v. not taken the reins once since his illness, and was still In a very weak state; but all that my father and I ' could urge in opposition to his wish availed nothing; the old man was obdurate, and with some skill turned our objections against us by admitting his feebleness, and representing that it was not improbable that he might never see nie again, but that he par~ i ' ticjlarly wished for an opportunity to talk with me once more before I went away. The old servant prevailed, and after I had taken a most affectionate farewell of my father, we started for Bury St. Edmund's. As soon as we were on the high road the old man opened the conversation by observing? "These be woeful bad times. Master Ernest," "Yes, very bad, indeed," I agreed. "I hear as Sir Thomas Jarvis have four farms on his bauds which he -'rati'nHaljy ??rd"> \LTER BLOOMFIELD OBERT BOXSER'S SOX*# I can't find teuants for, though he have reduced the rents something wonderI fuL" "I am sorry for it," I said. "Yes," continued the old man; "and corn at twenty-seven shillings! Why. the country will soon be quite ruined if them foreigners ain't stopped sendin' their cheap produce over here. You'll excuse me what I'm going to ask you. won't you. Master Ernest?" "Certainly; ask me anything you please." "Well, I'm an old man?sixty-six come Michaelmas, though some folks tell me I look younger. Your father has been a good master to me. and I have saved more in his service than I shall live to spend. Knowin' how bad the times are for landlords, and mac you ro u^um uu j>uui nu> no, I want to iuake you a present," and the old servant placed In my hands a small canvas bag, such as is used by I bankers, strongly fastened with coarse I string. "Xo. no," I said, returning the bag: "I appreciate your kindness very much, but you must really excuse me. It would be quite wrong in me to take your money." There is no more potent despot than an old family servant. If lie fails to work his wilh one way he will succeed in another; and he has generally many strings to his bow. My protests were powerless against the pertinacity ol Adams. When, as I paced the platform of the station a few minutes later, I opened the bag and found that it contained fifty sovereigns, my conscience smote me for the uncharitable aspersion I had recently cast upon my benefactor. Though I lost somewhat in dignity by accepting this gift, I gained a welcome addition to my purse. Alas, that these two tilings, should be so often inseparable! CHAPTER XVIII. NEW TOP.K CITY. I remember asking ray uncle, soon after I first became acquainted with him, what sort of a place New York was; to which inquiry he made the characteristic reply that it was a very fine city, with more thieves to the square inch, than any other place on the earth's surface. That was all I could get my relation to say of it. Baedeker's account of New York, my only reading while on the Atlantic, was more detailed, but less interesting. Indeed, one of the first things to impress a traveler is the inadequacy of all descript'ons of places, for the faces of men do not differ more widely than their ideas of the sublime and beautiful, the sordid and hideous. It was viith great satisfaction that I found myself at last in New York harbor. The steamer which had brought me to America was of recent construction, well found, swift, and luxuriously appointed; but none the less was I heartily tired of the voyage. My first forty-eight hours at sea had been spent in a way too common with travelers to need more than passing reference. Fear that the ship would go to the bottom soon changed to fear that it might not; and that mental condition departed on the renewal of health and appetite. Then came the days on deck, spent in watching the restless waves and the magnificent rising and setting of the sun, varied by occasional studies through a field-glass of some fifteen hundred Russians huddled together on the forepart of the deck, the most filthy and repulsive mass of humanity conceivable?material destined for speedy conversion into American citizens. Bartholdl's statue of Liberty, the magnificent suspension bridge connecting the populous cities of New York and Brooklyn, the multitudinous ships from all parts of the world, and the .commodious ferryboats keeping up continual communication between New York and various points in Long Island and New Jersey, taken altogether form undoubtedly one of the great eights of the world, quite captivating the stranger, and worthy of all admiration. My foot first touched American soil at one of the slips on the North River, near Courtlandt street. I at once en% "1 : -?? c * -? T ? ! o V* o n flit* i gageu int* services ui uu iniumuu, proprietor or custodian of a cumbersome four-wheeled vehicle something like the London growler may be supposed to have been in an early stage of its development; and having secured my portmanteau and handbag.1 the only luggage with which I was encumbered, bade him drive me to the Gilsey House in Broadway. Immedi- j ately the vehicle began to move I perceived the necessity tor its strength, for the roads were extremely rough ?in some places paved like the byestreets of Norwich and other English proviuciar towns. The line width of the avenues and streets, and the height and grandeur of some of the commercial buildings, pleased me greatly. Having secured a room at the Gilsey House, refreshed myself with a bath and a "good square feed" (to use ihe language of an American gentlej man who sat next to me at dinner). I adjusted my watch to American time, and sallied forth into the street to observe the qualities of the people, or whatever else might attract my attention. It was the first, tiuie that I had been so far from home, or had so ui lie i a a ?300 in my possession, and I greatly appreciated my responsibility and felt very manly. On coining out o: the CSilsey House T turned to my left and proeeeded what the Xew Yorkers call down town, until I reached the region of City llall Hark. Printing House Square, and Howling Given. It was scarce midday when I arrived in New York, and three hours later I dispatched a telegram to my father informing him of my safe arrival. -The month was September, and the fierce glare of the American summer had subsided and given place to beautifully clear bright weather which rendered walking very enjoyable. especially to one just released from the monotony of a sea voyage. Continuing my walk up Broadway. I observed that the street which ran out from it ou each side were numbered. not named, as in the older por- J tion of the city about Castle Garden, and my lieart beat faster, and my mind became confused with reserves and counter resolves, as I thought that each step brought me nearer to the home of her who had caused me to travel so many rriles. What folly is all deception. and most of all that which is designed to deceive one's self! I iKiu lout uiy minor mai i uaa uiiandoned all Lope or thought of Constance Marsh, and at the moment the words were littered I had honestly believed them to be true; but now that I was within a mile or so of her home, and with nothing hut my own will to restrain me from calling there, their unreality became more and more apparent. Should I call there? I had had no quarrel with my uncle. On the contrary, I had championed his cause against my own father; and that with what pain none but myself can ever know, for no words of mine can adequately describe it. No; I would not call there ?at least not to-day. But there could he no harm in looking at my uncle's house. I would he careful not to he observed, and would not suffer any sudden impulse to induce iue to break my resolve: if I went there at all, it should he after inaturer deliberation. Full of these thoughts I quickened my pace and soon found myself at Union Square.where I examined the few monuments and rested myself on a seat at the foot of the Lafayette statue. I did not remain there for long, but soon struck into East Fourteenth street, and thence into Fifth avenue, continuing along that tine thoroughfare of palaces until I reached East Thirty-fourth street, into which, with much trepidation, I turned. No. . a large house built of brown stone, was only a few doors off Fifth avenue. I looked at it for a moment from the opposite side of the street, and noticing that a canvas shade projected from every window to protect the rooms from the sun, I crossed over and observed it more particularly. To do so did not engage me more than a couple of minutes, and I returned to Fifth avenue and continued my walk up town until I reached Central Park, passing on niy way the magnificent palaces of many celebrated millionaires which I had not yet learned to distinguish. After spending nearly four hours in wandering over Central Park I began to tire. The park is admirably planned and well kept, and few stranI gers will willingly quit it before they have seen it all. A zoological collection, to which a part of the park is assigned, the deep golden tint of the declining foliage, the nursemaids with their infant charges, and the numerous languages one constantly hears spoken among the people, were sights and sounds quite new to me. and interested me greatly. Though there remained much which I would gladly have noted, I wisely resolved to return to my hotel and get to bed quite early; but whether ou the following day I would visit my uncle or leave New York for Chicago I could not yet determine. Making my way into the main road, I began to retrace my steps. It was now nearly 7 o'clock, and the roadway was fairly well tilled with carriages occupied by that section of society which had already returned from mountain, lake or spring?for the exodus of wealthy New Yorkers from their city in summer is very complete. I was walking briskly along when a sight met my eyes which set my brain in a whirl, and n an instant threw me into all the panjs of jealousy. An elegant open landau, drawn by a pair of grays, in which, seated side by sid>, was the Rev. Mr. Price and Miss Marsh, passed swiftly by and disappeared down the road. Oh, the misera'-JX' weakness of man: Or can it be thafc I am different from other men?that f atu a feeble embodiment of sentiment and impulse, with I .. nii.rioHnoii nliiecT rationally and perseveringly pursued!? It must be so, or humnn society cvuld not endure. Yet am I powerless to help myself. I am as I am, and know nothing in myself for which I should reproach myself. To be continued A Conscientious Bejj.rar, As he stood on the stoop before th? lady of the house he made a figure battered, but polite. His hoots especially were in the last stages of decay, and some half a dozen of his j,toes peered from them pitifully. He j called attention to the fact with a ; Chcsterfieldiau wave of the hand. "And I would not ask ye even for a | pair of shoes, mum,'' he protested, I "but the truth is that these be borj lied, and 'tis tp-day 1 promised to rayl turrn thim."' ? New York Commercial I Advertiser. REPORT IS WITHHELD! Tbe Fill Account of the Japanese Victory Not Given Out RUSSIAN PUBLIC IN IGNORANCE Official Explanation is That Unnecessary Alarm on the Enemy's Au? thority is to be Avoided. ! St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Up to Sunday night, the Japanese report of the loss of three Russian ships at Port Arthur has not been published here, though the authorities have allowed to be printed a statement that the squadron had made a sortie, and also the news of the los3 of Japanese torpedo boat destroyers. Some of the papers have even commented with satisfaction on the prospect of a fight in the open sea, where the merits of the two fleets would be fairly lested. An official explanation of the suppression of the Japanese report is that the admiralty is unwilling to unnecsarily alarm the public by the publication of such statements entirely on -- ^ ? in the autnonty 01 vne eucuijr am* the absence of definite advices from the commander at Port Arthur. The officials do not attempt to disguise the seriousness of and the farreaching consequences which might result from, the loss of three of the Port Arthur warships, but they profess to be more inclined to believe that the vessels were lost in open fight, rather than the result of a torpedo attack. Should this be the case, they say, the Japanese could not have escaped without material loss and the crippling of one or two of their battleships?enough to assure the command of the sea to the Baltic squadron. There is much speculation as to whether the Vladlvostock squadron might have gone out and whether it is on the eve of joining the Port Arthur fleet. It is reported that a serious land fight has taken place near Ta-TcheKiao, in which the Russians were defeated, but no confirmation of this report is obtainable. Details of Naval Action. London, By Cable.?The Central Kews has received the following dispatch from its Tokio correspondent dated June 26, evening: "A detailed account of the naval bat tie at Port Arthur has been published here. The Russian battleships Peresviet, Poltava and Savastopol, and the cruisers Bayan, Askold and Novik attempted to emerge from the harbor at dawn on June 23, led by steamers used for clearing the mines. At 11 a. m., the battleships Czarevitch, Retvizan and Pobieda joined the others. "All the ships then advanced, endeavoring to dispose of the mines laid by the Japanese, but they were hindered by two Japanese torpedo boat destroyers which had been guarding the mouth of the harbor. "At 3 p. m. the Japanese boats exchanged shots with seven Russian destroyers which were covering the clearing operations. One of the Russian cruisers was set on fire, and retired inside the harbor. "During the night eight separate attacks were delivered, lasting until d&wn of Friday. "In one of these assaults, the Chirataka twice torpedoed a battleship of the Peresviet type and sunk her. A battleship of the Sevastopol type and a cruiser of the Diana type were disabled and towed away. "The Russian vessels re-entered the harbor during Friday. ' The newspapers publish eulogistic articles upon Vice Admiral Togo'i prompt action." Suicide of Heat Sufferers. New Haven, Special.?The excessive heat throughout the Statp Sunday was probably responsible for two suicides. Mrs. Louis Barnes, of Bolton shot herself, after great suffering, and earlier in the day James Wood, of Bristol, ended his life by shooting. Both persons had been affected before by the heat. Choked on Live Fish. Roanoke, Va., Special.?A most unusual death is reported from Appalachia, a mining town in Wise county, this State. Mrs. Thomas S. Yakes was rubbing the mouth of her little three-year-old girl, with a live gold fish in an effort to cure the child from slobbering, having been told that such a remedy would break her of the habit, when the flish slipped down the child's throat, head first, choking her to death before the fish could be gotten out. A physician, Dr. Holdy, was near at the time and promptly attended the child, but before the fish could be removed she was dead. Hauling Water to Columbus. Columbus, Ga., Special?Pure spring water was given away free to the people of this city Sunday, the .pity hauling it from Wynton in sprinkling carts. The postoffice was a distributing point, a water cart being there all the time. Each citizen who applied was given two gallons or less. Various people are now selling spring water, running lines of wagons. The regular supply has been rendered unfit for drinking by drought. NEWS THROUGHOUT THE. COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered Frorh Many Sources. Through the South. Five persons lost their lives In a wreck on the Mexican Central Railroad Sunday. A colored man v;as lynched at Eupora, Miss., on Saturday for assault on a 14-year-old white girl. The North Carolina State Democratic convention met last week at Greensboro and nominated Hon. R. B. Glenn, of Forsyth county, for Governor, and Hon. F. D. Winston, of Bertie, for Eieutenant Governor. All the other State officers were renominated. Judge W. A. Hoke and Judge Brown were nominated for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. The platform adopted deals with State and national issues. An effort to instruct the dele- j gates to the national convention for Judge Parker failed. The delegates will observe the unit rule. The convention was the largest in the State's history. Wshington Happenings. A Washington dispatch states that a conflict of authority has arisen between Lieutenant-General Chaffee, Chief of " - ? rt.? ~ ' A innnr/\t>4h Staff, and iiajor-crenerai aiusnuuu, military secretary. On the retirement next month of Gen. P. C. Hains, Col. Constant Williams will be promoted to the grade of brigadier-general. Several other officers will also be promoted to that giade. In the North. The Vermont Democratic Convention voted down a resolution to instruct the delegation for Parker, but decided the Judge the most available cendidate. Mrs. Lawrence C. Phipps made an offer to her multi-millionaire husband of Pittsburg, not to oppose his suit for divorce, provided he would give her $3,500,000 and the custody of her children half the time. Cardinal Satolli officiated at the wedding of Miss Margaret F. Maloney, of Philadelphia, to Mr. Louis Carberry Ritchie, of Washington, at Spring Lake, New Jersey. Foreign Affairs. General Kuropatkin spoke to the troops at Kai Chow and distributed 25C St. George crosses. General Konaraiscn loei men m an engagement with Japanese. { Admiral Skrydloff, It was stated, will j begin an aggressive naval policy from | Vladivostok. The regatta at Kiel was begun. Secretary of State Hay sent a demand to Morocco through the ConsulGeneral of "Perdicans alive or Raiaull dead." An imperial Chinese edict pardoned all reformers of 1898 except three. The cornerstone of a monument to Sieur de Monts was laid at Annapolis, United States of America. Japanese have been hurrying troops Id to Gensan in order, it was reported, to send an expedition northward to clear Korea of Russians. Several small engagements occurred between the forces of General Kuropatkin and Kuroki, in which the Japanese had the better of it. . The French and German Ministers to j Haiti were stoned by guards at the palace in Port-ua-Prince, the former being slightly injured. Emperor William entertained a number of Americans on board his yacht at Kiel. Lady Isabel innes-Ker, sister or tne Duke of Roxburghe, was married to Guy Wilson in London, many AmeriI cans being present. Miscellaneous Doings. Kongmoon, the n%w treaty port opened by China, has a population of 200,000. Minnesota will send an uninstructed c elegation to the Democratic National Convention. The Republican National Convention adjourned at Chicago after nominating Theodore Roosevelt for President and Charles W. Fairbanks for Vice-President. ! Ex-Senator Allen, of Nebraska, pre| dieted the renomination and re-election of Graver Cleveland to the Presidency. Seth Ellis, once Union Reformer can | didate for President of the Uni.fr? States, fell from a cherry tree on his | farm in Ohio and aiea 01 me eu.ecu> The New York Supreme Court e:jcined the placing of a $4,000,000 mortgage on the property of the CLesapeako Transit Company. The Slocum disaster inquiry was continued in New York and more bodies were found. Money Belt Found on Door. Memphis, Tenn., Special.?George Ligon, of Millington, a suburb of this city, who complained to the Memphis police of being held up and robbed of $5,250 by two mer late Wednesday night, notified Chief Mason that he found his money belt with the money intact tied to the knob of his door this morning when he got up. Ligon could give no description of the two men other than that they were not negroes. He claims to have had the money in a belt about his waist GLENN THE LEADER^ North Carolina Pemocrats Agree Oi a Ticket WON WITH A SMALL MAJORITY >| a Carr, Craig, Woodward and Hale, the ' '' "3ig Four" to St. Louis?State Offi- . ^ cers are Renominated. Greeesboro, N. C., Special.?At 5:15 o'clock Friday morning, just before adjournment of the prolonged night ses^ 't slon, Robert B. Glenn, of WinstonSalem, was nominated by the 8taba Democratic Convention for Governor of 38 North Carolina. He was chosen on the fifth ballot. Amid cheering, waving of hats, coats and banners the nomineLion was made unanimous. On the reassembling of the conven-' , tion at 10:15 o'clock, the delegate nominated the other State officers, as follows: Lieutenant-Governor?Hon. Francis D. Winston, of Bertie. Associate Justices of the Supreme 3 Court?W. A. Hoke, of Lincoln, and' Ai George H. Brown, Jr., of Beaufort. -J O*-*- A D TM?Afi A/ PlaoA. H OUIIC AUUllUI LJrn M? I/iAUUt VI V?VTWland. Treasurer?B. R. Lacy, of Wake. Secretary of State?J. Bryan Grimes, : :} of Pitt. Superintendent of Education?J. Y. Joyner, of Guilford. Commissioner of Labor and Printing, / ?H. B. Varner, of Davidson. Corporation Commissioner?S. L. * Rogers, of Haywood. Commissioner cf Agriculture?S. L. Patterson, of Caldwell. . Messrs. Dixon, Lacy, Grimes, Joyner,Varner, Rogers and Patterson were all re-hominated. > J? The delegates-at-large to St Louis ; elected are: Gen. Julian S. Carr, Durham; Locke Craig, Asheville; John H. Woodward, Wilson; Major B. J. Hale, 1 Fayettevllle. One of the anomalies of the situation " is that of the 24 delegates the 9ta?e has to St Louis going under the majority JS unit rule, 18 were formerly identified with what is known as the Cleveland Vj element and several are known to he M for his nomination now, but all are for ^ Parker except one, who is said t/o be ' for Hearst 'Senators Simmons and Overman and Governor Aycock re-<fused to allow their names to be considered as delegates. The Presidential electors are: F. S. Spruill, of Franklin, and W. A. Self/ . ^ of Catawba. A resolution was passed by the coh- . vention Instructing the delegates to the 9 national convention to vote as a unit on all matters coming before them, bat , ^ otherwise the members will go anin- * structed. A resolution demanding a division of the school fund between the races on the basis of taxation was killed by an overwhelming vote, the Democracy of North Carolina thus placing Itself on record as offering the negro equal facilities with the Caucasian. The platform adopted, after brief reference to the settling of the race M problem by the passage of the const!- -r tutional amendment, has this to say of the South Dakota bond suit: "The Democratic party of 1904 approves the settlement made in 1879 and will oppose any and all attempts from any quarter to set aside the settle- > ment then made. It will abide the > mandates of the courts, but it will not consent to reopen the settlement {hat was alike creditable to the State and ~ /,< fair to the holders of its securities." It then condemns the President "for - ijl his surrender to trust influences and -lM for his failure to enforce' the law ?Sj against monopolies and monopolists. j Congress appropriated $500,000 to employ special counsel to enforce the laws against trusts. In 12 months the President. the platform states, expended for such purposes only one-twentieth of that sum. "In the midst of crime com- y| mitted by these wrong-doers,", it con- / * tinues, 'he will not stop the violation of statutes enacted fbr the protection * of the people, nor punish the criminals who plunder them, although his atten- ^ tion was called to the manner in whlcty the perpetrators might be punished by recent decisions of the Supreme Court. The present tariff law is denounced, and also the Republican tendency to centralization of power. i Mr. Robert B. Glenn, Just nominated by the Democrats for Governor of North Carolina, has been for years one of the leading lawyers of the flourish- * ing tobacco manufacturing city, Winston-Salem. He is a member of the law firm of Glenn & Buxton. After service in the State Legislature and in other public positions he canvassed tna State as elector for Grover Cleveland in 1892. For his services to the party . he was made United States District Attorney, in which position he served during the Cleveland administration. He is regarded as one of the ablest speakers in the State. As North Carolina Is overwhelmingly Democratic, his nomination is equivalent to election. Five People Drowned. New York. Special.?Five persons were drowned in the bav off Forty- ' j seventh strtet, Brooklyn, by the oven turning of the 38-foot yacht Elsie and 4 . v Katie, in a heavy storm that swtspl over New York Sunday afternoon. Eight other persons whc^ were on tha >1 yacht at the time were resetted by' members of the Second Naval Battal- ^ ion, who put out in whale boats from their armory.