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? ?i oy ? ?? JOSEPH C LINCOLN, ?4 "Cm*'* BrT tl Copyright. 1003 (Continued.) CHAPTER XVIII. BHERE was a mystery about the captain's visits to tbe big bouse. Up to tbe beginning of that week be had called on Jtaeeday end Friday evenings only and had remained until after 10 e/eeock, joking, laughing and apparent? ly enjoying himself. But now he come erery night and seemed leas talkative and more glum each time; ?Jan his calls grew shorter, and be it home as early as half past & sisters dkl not know what to of'it It was pleasant and tn iglng to have him come so oft? n. %g* why dtsWt he sUy longer? Miss tissofht ha must be worrying Use big contract. > asked Clara for her epssion. but Hopkins seemed very IsssWerent sshe need to come Into the fjsttng room aw soon as the work wee desre to listen to Osptala Tit comb's stories, bat of she had gone straight to her own The old maids did not urge his? t? roseate. They liked to hare the cap? to themselves. On the afternoon of Ibe prevlows Iftas Tsmpy had taken a sod> notion to go over to the Met beeret and attend tbe Sabbath achoei The chapel was on the road as Orhass Port, a mile or more from the Allen home. Miss Prissy waa not enough to go and. In fact, u it the walk too long far her del-] alster, but Miss Tempy. baring | op her mind, went. She would ?sire bean glsd of Clara s company. Wat the young: lady had already gone if las Tempy had jnet reached the when she wee surprised to se? Tltcomb driving toward b#r Sgl a boggy. She recognised the horse snot carriage as being the beet owned hw Lern Mullet t, the livery sUble keep? er; also she noticed that the captain particularly well dressed up, she told Mum Prissy after ??Cnp'o!" she celled. "Cap'n Exra!" The captain was then almost direct- | $m opposite, but he did not seem to maar or see her. instead he whipped say the borne and drove by faster than meT thought Miss Tempy. "m? meat be glttln' abeentminded. Werkln' too hard, I guess. Cap'n Satar It la doubtful If the captain would Shove heard even then, but Jona dab Wtxoo was coming, down the road, sand he also began' to shout. Hailed tsnss, fore end aft, the absent minded anas waa obliged to heave to, sud when Captain Jona dab pointed out Miss Tempy he turned his horse and drove to where she waa standing. "Well. I do declarer* exclaimed tbe r, smilingly conscious of a becom new bounet?one of tbe reasons**} her desire to attend the concert, all out of breath callln' after you. 1 don't know what folks will think!" captain didn't appeer to care much what folks might think. He polite ee uaual, but seemed to be ? trifle nervous and kept glancing up seed down the road. Miss Tempy, un? ions of tbe nervousness, went tingly on. -Whet a lovely horse!'' she cried. "1 sloclsre. It must be a pleasure to ride tehtnri him. I do so like to ride with s gentle bores like that. Father to take Prissy und me drlvlu' With our Dexter when be was alive father wss alive, 1 mean yes, and tbe \ too, of course. 1 hope 1 haven't you. Waa you goln* to see Brad ?f^No. oo,H wss tbe besty answer. "I was jest?jest drivin' down tbe road si ways." Then, perhaps noticing that lue friend was heeded toward tbe vil? lage, he sdded: "I bad a little errand Cswwn toward tbe Port. You're goln' sjptonn. 1 see, else I'd ssk you to JsoBp In." ??Why. how lovely " exclaimed Miss Tsmpy. "I wus goln' to tbe Port, too ?down to tbe Methodtat folks' concert. 1 only came this wsy 'cause 1 thought I'd stop st Mrs Wlngate'a and see li sab* wouldn't go with me. Prissy was lid the walk there and buck would t *> long for me, and. truth to tell, a little afraid of It myself. 1 i't expect to ride, and with you. Cap'a Kara! It'll be such a treat, be eaeuae I ahall feel perfectly safe with you drivin'." The captalu dkl not answer Immedk etehj He was busy with the buckle that fastened the reins together. But the h'lu ?? v\ is only momentary. ??Good enough!" ho cried. "I'll have you there In a Jiffy " li?- sprung out. usslsted the lady Into the buggy und then turne?! the horse's head Into the road leading up the bill. "Why. you're goln' the wrong way." aflss Tempy exclaimed. "You're goln" the wrong way. Cap n Earn!" "Ob." replied the captain cheerfully, "that's all right! I thought we'd go rouii I by tin* Ne? k road. It's prettier that w in " But Miss Tempy would not ? -nseut Bbe "id Miss l'i-issy afterward. "1 felt ae tl nigh I'd the mime as begged him for a ride aa It wus, aud I swau If I waa goln' to let him go mites out of wsy Jest for me." "Nj." she protested. "No, cap'n, 1 't hear of It We'll go tbe shortest ie I ide by A. 5. Barnes Is Co. road or I shall git right out." She stood up us she said it. The cap tu u looked at her determined face. ? Why. Tempy"? he began. "No, I shau't like It a bit, Cap'n Tit comb, if you don't turn right round and go the way you was goin'." The captain Jerked at the rein with almost unnecessary vigor. The turn was made in a hurry. They wheeled back Into the direct road to the Port nud moved swiftly along It Captain Tit comb did not say much, but as Miss Tempy talked continuously he had lit? tle opportunity. "Now nice the horse does go!" com? mented the lac'y. "You don't have to clack to him or nothln'. Father used to find so mu< h fault with our Dex? ter; said he bad to shove on the reins so hard to make him navigate at all that he didn't koow's 'twouldn't be easier to haul the carryall himself. But, then, father was so high spirited that nothln' less 'n a race horse would do him. Wha:'t that waltin' on the corner in fron : of Qalns Eldredge'a? Why, I do b'llere It's Clara!" Captain Tltcomb evidently did not see Miss Hopkins. At all events he looked the other way and chirruped ?b the horse. But Miss Tempy not only saw, but 1 itended to be seen. "It Is Clara," she declared. "I must speak to her. Clara! Clara!*' The young lady, who had been In? tently w^tchin|- the approaching bng rgy, stepped to the edge of the side? walk and walled until the equipage drew up. 8he was dressed In her new gown and jacket and certainly looked very pretty. She nodded to the cap? tain, whose face was redder than usual. "How d'ye do. Clara?" said Miss Tempy, trying hard not to be patronis? ing. 'I s'pose you're takln' a walk. Ton look reel nice. Where are you gohvr Miss Hopkins replied that she didn't know just when she should go. r* "Well, 1 hope you'll have a pleasant afternoon wherever you go," gushed Miss Tempy. "The cap'n la takln' me for a little drive. Isn't this a beautiful borser Here the capttln made hie first re? mark since the carriage stopped. It was to- the effect that he was taking Miss Tempy down to the Methodist chapel. She had been going that way, and It was a long walk. M0h." amid Mien Hopkins sweetly, "hi that all? I thought perhaps you were going to take her over to Harn las. It teems aa If I remembered yon saying yon expected to jo there today. Good by. I hope you'll have a nice time." . On that even ng Captain Tltcomb made the first of the abort calls which were to continue during the> week. Miss Tempy welcomed bim enthusias? tically, and her i later did her best not to appear Jealoui. Clara did not come Into the sitting room at all, nor did she do so during the following four even? ings. Bradley did not mention the trouble aboard the Dhlng Belle when be reached home Friday night. He was even more silent than usual at the supper table. When the meal wns over he suddenly exclaimed: "By George. Clara, 1 must heir your pardon! There was a letter for you in our box this morning, and I left It aboard the schooner. I'll bring It home tomor? row." Captain Tltcomb came about 8. He seemed really cheerful when he first arrived, but soon relapsed into the moody silence that had characterised his visits that week. "Clara out In the kitchen?" he ask? ed after awhile. "I noticed the light was burnln'." "No," replied Miss Tempy; "she's up In her room. She's l<?ft some bread to rise, and 1 guess she's com In' down to see It by and by. That's why she left the lamp, I s'pose likely." As the big clock In the dining room struck 0 the captain rose, announced that he must be going and went. Bradley retired soou after, and the sisters followed his exumple. The old house grew still. Miss Prissy win dropping Into a comfortable doze when she felt herself clutched violently by the back hair. "Ow!" she exclaimed, half awake. "Let go! What on earth"? "8-i-sh-h!" Miss Tempy breathed !t frantically Into her ear. "Don't trpeak!" "I won't If you let go of my hnlr. What's the matter nightmare? I told you there was a limit, even to pepper tea." I "Oh. do be still! There's robber* downstairs. I heard 'em." Miss Prissy groanlngly sat up an 1 I listened, "it's (lira Mela' to her bread." she said i fter a moment. ' It ain't. Clara'* in her roOIB readin". I saw her through the craek in the door. And Brad ley'I In his room. I heard him breathin'. Please gt up!" Miss Prissy said DO more. She don? ned a wrapper and put ou her slippers. Her sister was already similarly garb? ed. Then. Miss Prissy bearing the lamp, they tiptoed Into the ball and on to the dOOff of Pradley's room. "Bradley." cautiously whispered Miss Prissy. "Bradley, will you git up, please? Tempy thinks there's some body downstairs." They heard Bradley chuckle sleepily. In a few moments he came out. dress ed in Jacket and trousers and blinking at the lamp, ( lain, who had not gone to bed. hud already joined them. The procession moveo?r.raciley ttrst. then Miss P?\s.:.y with the lamp, then Miss Tempy, who, ns she said after wartl, was "too scared to go ahead and dusn't go last." Clara brought up the rear. They peered cautiously Into the dining room. It was empty. "There," exclaimed Miss Prissy, "I guess 'twas nothin' but Tempy's imagi? nation, as usual. She"? The words died on her lips. There came a sound from the kitchen?they all heard it?a rattling sound and the faint squeak of a door. Bradley sprang to the coal hod aud picked up the poker. It was the only apology for a weapon In sight. lie started for the kitchen, but Miss Prissy seized him by the jacket and Miss Tempy threw both arms around bis neck. "Don't you stir, Bradley Nickerson," whispered the older sister. "Don't you ?tir a step! S'pose he had a revolver." Bradley_ tried to .free _ himself,, but It was hard work. He unclasped Miss Tempy'8 arms from his neck, but she immediately seized him around the waist. It was a ridiculous situation, and suddenly he became aware of a cold wind blowlug from the direction of the front hall. "Ia that front door open?" he wb* * pered. Tbe horrified sisters turned to stare^ at the black tunnel of the ball, and then footfalls were heard on the walk, coming up the steps. Clara's voice be? came audible. She waa speaking In agonized whispers. "Who"? began Bradley. Clara appeared, clinging to tbe arm of Captain Erl Hedge. Captain Erl looked puzzled, but be grinned when he saw the tableau In the dining room. He told the story the next morning to bla mesamatea. Captain Perec and Captain Jerry, about as follows: "You see, I'd been up to lodge meet In* and stayed a little longer'n usual. I was comlu' home by the short cut, and Jest as 1 got abreast tbe old maids' house the front door bust open, and somethiu' comes prancln' down the walk flutterin* and flappln' its arms like a hen try In' to fly. Thinks I. 'Has that sperltu'llst camp meetln' i went to last summer struck In?* "But the critter swooped out of the gate and bore down on me like a hawk ou a June bug. Then I see 'twas Clara Hopkins, scart pretty nigh to death. "?Ob, Cap'n ErlP says she. 'Oh, Cop'n Erl!' # " 'The same,* soya I. 'What's tbe roar /"Burglars!* says she, makln* fast tL my ann. 'Burglars!' i"I had to laugh. I couldn't help it. 'Burglars at 10 o'clock,?' ! says. 'Did they come to supper? " 'But they're there!' she says. 'Ev? erybody heard 'em, Bradley and all.' "I couldn't b'ileve 'twas burglars even then, but I knew If Brad Nicker son took any stock In it somethln' was up. And tbe poor girl waa tremblm'* like Peleg Myrlck's pup. " 'All right. Clara,' aays 1. 'Let's go In rnd shake hands with 'em.' "So In we went. When we struck the dlnln' room there waa Brad In the middle of the floor lookin' pretty toler* ble foolish, with Prissy moored to his coattaila and Tempy with a clove hitch round hla waist. All bands look? ed * "prised to see me, but uo more 'n I was to see thein. 'What is this?' says I. 'Living statues?* ' "Brad, he kind of grinned. 'Well,' sayii he, 'the ladlee thought they heard some oue in tbe kitchen, but I guess'? " 'Thought we heard 'em!' busts out ?Prissy. 'Why, you beard 'em your? self!' "And now Brad, he held up bis hands, poker aud all. 'hll rlgLt, all right!' aays he. 'Now that we're re cufcreed maybe we'd better go out and Interview 'em. They might die of old age If we stay here much longer.' "S<? he wiuked to me and the fleet got un 'er way. Me and Brad led off, like a couple of tugs, and the women folks strung out behind, like coal barges, holdln' on to each other's wrappers and breathlu* hard. "We opened the kitchen door and sailed in?that is, Brud and 1 did. The coal barges got in a lump, bo's to speak, in the doorway and stayed there. There was a lamp buruln* side of a pan of dougn on the table, but, jest as I expected, we was the only humans in sight. " 'Looks as If tbe burglars bad got tired* of waitln' for us and got mad and gone home,' says I. 'Don't know what they broke Into the kitchen for, anyhow. I've heard of a feller's steal in' a redbot stove, but*? "Brad looked puzzled, sort of. 'I sartlnly beard something movln' out here.' he says. 'Most likely 'twas a stray cat, aud it's hldln' around some? where*.' "Bot Jest then comes a whistle?a squeal, I mean?from the barges. Tempy's headlights were poppln* out of her head, and she was p'lntln' a shaky Anger at the floor. There was big muddy footprints nil over It. "Well, 1 own up I was set back two or three rows. Somebody had been there, that was sartln. I've neon cats with double pawn, but no cats made them prints. "'Humph!' says I, and Brad agreed with me, "I was StandlU1 right In front of the dojr of the closet where the old maids kept their pots and pans. And Jest then inside that closet bust out the most outrageous racket ever you heard. Hllllty, bang, thump! And then a coughin' and sneezln' like forty packi of thunder crackers. "I ain't a narvous man, gin'rally Ipeakln*, but I got UP end moved sud? den. J didn't exactly run, but 1 kind of glided over to flie" slifk. "Leastways I was backed up against it when I re? membered to take an observation. The women grabbed cgch other aud screeched. Brad, he turned sort of yellcr round the gills, but he was the coolest one In tbe bunch. (To Be Continued.) ASPECTS OF TRAMP PROBLEM. Mote Thun Ilnlf a Million Vagrant* Now in the Country. Gustavus Myers, in Review of Re? views. The tiamp question has been for Qfty years an apparently unsolvable one in America. It need hardly be said that the administration of luw has not been able to cope with it. Workhouse, jails and prisons have not diminished the number of tramps. Charitable societies long ago gave up in despair all ideas Of attempting to settle the question, either by the ordi? nary or extraordinary methods of charity. To the railroads the tramp problem has been an e\er-present and a very serious one. It is estimated that the railroad corporations of the United States suffer an annual loss of $25,000.000 by reason of the depre? dations, intentional or unintentional, of the army of tramps. This, at any rate was the estimate made by Maj. Pangborn, representing President Murray, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, at the national conference of charities and corrections, at Min? neapolis, in June, 1907. This $25.000,000 yearly loss repre? sents property destroyed or taken in one form or another. The losses are continuous from explosions or flames due to carelesj lighting of fires by tramps. Robberies, obstruction of tracks, interference with signals, stop? ping of trains, interference with em? ployes, and wrecks which entail large immediate loss and heavy suits for damages?these are some of the dis? astrous results of the doings of tramps. The immense number of tramps trespassing upon railroads, and the fatalities which overtake them is shown that In a period of live years 23,964 trespassers were killed and 25,236 injured while stealing rides on railroads. Most of them were tramps. It is conservatively estimated that there is an army of at least 500,000 tramps in the United States. This fig? ure is calculated by taking as a basis the number of tramps killed on the railroads every year and multiplying It by the proportion of train men kill? ed in the year compared to the total number of train men employed. But It is entirely probable that the num? ber at present reaches nearer 1,000, 000 than 500,000. The recent Indus? trial depression added large acces? sions. Reports from railway agents throughout the country show that never In the history of the railroads was so large a number of tramps met with. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, 88. Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. 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