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Show Niagara Falls that you were ruined! lve been ex- ltslda, wul understand how can con pect ng to hear every day that you cede t'at a selfish reason mov'd me to draw my swoid, and still can claim had had to give up the fight a higher motive. In such I. as said Oh that passed long ago, 1 st-ai- ts re- But you never told me, she minded me. And I'm glad you didnt. she added. "Not knowing saved me from doing something very foolish. She reddened a little, smiled a great deal, dazzlingly, was altogether difAnita of a ferent from the short time before, different as June from January. And her hand so Intensely alive seemed extremely comfortable in mine. Even as my- blood responded to that touch, I had a twinge of cynlcaj bitterness. Yes, apparently I was at Author UJFCQSZrttc last getting what I hadso so long, so By DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS, hopelessly vainly, and, latterly, u sqbbs-kezpicatf&gvyy (c&rmzvr jsos & ft craved. But why was she giving It? .And my manner fitted Why had she withheld herself until CHAPTER XXVIII. Continued. ply friends. She my words. this moment of material happiness? I braced myself for the worst. You I have to pay the rich mans price," She looked strangely at me. Is about to tell me that she is leavshe thought I, with a sigh. ing," thought I. But I managed to would be content with that? It was In reaching out for some Im glad to hear of your luck," asked. Bay: I answered ' what I thought would sweetness to take awray this bitter though I fear my tone was not espe-cialLet us make the best of taste in my honey that I said to her, please her. Joyous. You can When you gave me that money from So, she went on, I am in a posi- our bad bargain, said I. tion to pay back to you, I think, what trust me now, dont you think you your uncle, you did it to help me out? She colored deeply. .IIow silly you my father and Sam took from you. can? She nodded without speaking; we must have thought me! she anIt wont be enough. I'm afraid, to pay what you lost indirectly. But I have were at the door, and the servants swered. I took her other hand. As I was told the lawyers to make it all over were hastening out to receive us. to you. Always the servants between us. drawing her toward me, the sudden I could have laughed aloud. It was Servants indoors, servants outdoors; pallor of her face and chill of her too ridiculous, this situation into morning, noon and night, from waking hands halted me once more, brought which I had got myself. I did not to sleeping, these servants to whom sickenlngly before me the early days know what to say. I could hardly we are slaves. As those Interrupting of my courtship when she had infurikeep out of my face how foolish this servants sent us each a separate way, ated my pride by trying to be subI looked round the room collapse of my crafty conspiracy made her to her maid, me to my valet, I was missive. me feel. And then the ful meaning depressed with the chill that the op- that room into which I had put so of what she was doing came over me portunity that has not been Been much thought and money. Money! "The rich mans price! those delithe revelation of her character. I leaves behind it as it departs. at a to steal to I said of glance trusted myself Well, myself by way cately brocaded walls shimmered her; and for the first time I didnt consolation, as I was dressing for mockingly at me. see the thrilling azure sheen over her dinner, she Is certainly softening toAnita," said I, do you care for smooth white skin, though all her ward you, and when she sees the new me? She murmured Inaudibly. Evasion! beauty was before me, as dazzling as house you will be still better friends. when it compelled me to resolve to win her. No; I saw her, herself the woman within. I had known from the cutset that there was an altar of love within my temple of passion. I think that was my first real visit to it Anita! I said, unsteadily. Anita! The color flamed in her cheeks; we were silent for a long time. You your people owe me nothing, I at length found voice to say. Even if they did, I couldnt and wouldnt take your money. But, believe me, they owe me nothing." You cannot mislead me, she anWhen they asked me to beswered. come engaged to you, they told me of lj , about it I had forgotten. The whole repulsive, rotten business came back to me. features. I will tell you the whole truth, said I. I did use your fathers and your brother's debts to me as a means of getting to you. But, before God, Anita, I swear I was honest with you when I said to you I never hoped or wished to win you in that way!" I believe you, she replied, and her tone and expression made my heart leap with indescribable joy. Love is sometimes sion. most unwise in pas- Instead of acting as impulse And I commanded, I said, clumsily: y from what I am very different It never occurred was last spring. to me how she might interpret those to-da- words. I know, she replied. t, e horse-stealin- And, changed man that I had become In the last six months, I saw myself as I had been. I felt that she was looking at me, was reading the degrading confession in my telltale his use of the reins he puts on were mine, some men of my alu.r none temperament eenmieh themselves, otheis thiesh about blindly, rootless whether they striae innocent or guiltv I did neither. Piobublv many will tecall Hat Ions before the securities" of the reorganized coal eoinhine were Issued, I had in my dally letter to investors been preparing the public to give them a A few days after fitting reception my whole being hurst into flumes of resentment against Anita, out came the new array of new stocks and bonds. Roebuck and I.angdon arranged with the underwriters for a fake" four times indorsed by the two greatest banking houses in the Street. Despite this oftentried and always good trick, the public refused to buy. I felt T had not been overestimating my power. But I made no move until the securities began to go up, and the financial reporters under the Influence where not actually in the pay of the clique shouted that, "la spite of the malicious attacks from the gambling element, the new securities are being absorbed by the public at prices approximating their value. Then But I shall quote my investors letter the following morning: At half-pas- t nine yesterday to be exact President Melville, of the National Industrial Bank, loaned six hundred thousand dollars. He loaned It to Bill Van Nest, an and proprietor of pool looms, now silent partner In Hoe & Witteklnd, brokers, on the New York Stock Exchange, and also In Filbert & Jonas, curb brokers. He loaned It to Van Nest without security. "Van Nest used the money yesterday to push up the price of the new coal securities by wash sales which means, by making false purchases and sales of the stock in order to give the public the Impression of eager buying. Van Nest sold to himself and bought from himself 347,060 of the 362.681 shares traded in. Melville, In addition to being president of one of the largest banks in the world, Is a director in no less than seventy-thregreat industrial enterprises, including railways, telegraph companies, savings banks and life Insurance companies. Bill Van Nest has done time in the Nevada State Penitentiary for That was all. And it was enough quite enough. I was a national figure, as much so as if I had tried to assassinate the president. Indeed, I had exploded a bomb under a greater than the president under the chiefs of the real government of the United States, the government that levied daily upon every citizen, and that had state and national and the principal municipal governments in its strong box. I confess I waa as much astounded at the effect of my bomb as old Melville must have been. I felt that I had been obscure, as I looked at the newspapers, with Matthew Blacklock appropriating almost the entire front page of each. I was the isolated, the conspicuous figure, standing alone upon the steps of the temple of Mammon, where mankind daily and devoutly comes to offer worship. Not that the newspapers praised me. I recall none that spoke well of me. The nearest approach to praise was the Blacklock squeals on the Wall Street gang in one of the sensational penny sheets that strengthen the plutocracy by lying about it. Some of the papers insinuated that I had gone mad; others that I had been bought up by a rival gang to the Roebuck-Langdoclique; still others thought I was simply hunting notoriety. All were Inclined to accept as a sufficient denial of my charges Melvilles dignified refusal to notice any attack from a quarter bo discredited. As my electric whirled Into Wall Street, I saw the crowd In front of the Textile building, a dozen policemen keeping It In order. I descended amid cheers, and entered my offices through a mob struggling to shake hands with me and, In my Ignorance of mob mind, I was delighted and inspired! Just why a man who knows men, knows how wishy-wlshthey are as individuals, should be Influenced by a demonstration from a mass of them. Is hard to understand. But the fact is Indisputable. They fooled me then; they could fool me again, In Bplte of ail I have been through. There probably wasn't one in that mob for whose opinion I would have had the slightest respect had he come to me alone; yet as I listened to those shallow cheers and those worthless assurances of the people are behind you, Blacklock, I felt that I was a man with a mission! Our main olfice was full, literally full, of nowspaper men reporters from morning papers, from afternoon and foreign papers, from papers. I pushed through them, saying as I went: "My letter speaks for me, gentlemen, and will continue to speak for me. I have nothing to say except through it." But the public urged one. "It doesn't Interest me, said I, on my guard against the temptation to I am a banker and Investment mint. broker. I am Interested only in my customers." And I shut myself In, giving strict orders to Joe that there was to be no talking about me or my campaign. "I dont purK)se to let the newspapeis make ua cheap and notorious, said I. We must profit by the warning in the fate of all the other fellows who hnvo sprung Into notice by attaching She waited several seconds before adding: I, too, have changed. I see that I was far more guilty than you. There is no excuse for me. I was badly brought up, as you used to say, but " No no, I began to protest. You She cut me short with a sad: need not be polite and spare my feelings. Lets not talk of it. Let us go back to the object I had in coming for you You owe me nothing, I repeated. Your brother and your father settled long ago. I lost nothing through them. Aad Ive learned that if I bad never known you. Roebuck pd Lang-dowould still have attacked me. "What my uncle gave me ha3 been transferred to you, said she, woman fashion, not hearing what she did not care to heed. I can't make you accept it; but there it Is, and there it stays." If you I cannot take it, said I. Insist on leaving it In my name, I shall simply return it to your uncle. I wrote him what I had done, she His answer came yesterrejoined. n to-da- n But, when the great day came, I was not so sure. Alva went for a private view" with young Thornley; out of her enthusiasm she telephoned me from the very midst of the surroundings she found so wonderful and so beautiful thus she assured me, and her voice made It Impossible to doubt. And, the evening before the great day, I going for a final look round, could find no flaw serious enough to Justify the sinking feeling that came over me every time 1 thought of what Anita would think .when she saw my efforts to realize her dream. I set out for home half a dozen times at least, that afternoon, before I pulled myself together, called myself an ass, and, with a pause at Dclmonico's for a drink, which I ordered and then rejected, finally pushed myself In at the door. W,hat a Btate my nerves were in! Alva had departed; Anita was waitWhen ing for me In her sitting-room- . she heard me In the hall, Just outBlde, she stood In the doorway. Come in, she said to me, who did not dare so much as glunce at her. I entered. I must have looked as I felt like a boy, summoned before the teacher to be whipped In presence of the entire school. Then I was conscious that she had my hand how bIio had got It, 1 don't know and that she was murmuring, with tears of Oh, I can't happiness in her voice: say It! Glad you like your own taste, said I awkwardly. You know. Alva told day. He approves it. Approves It! I exclaimed. "You do not know how eccentric he Is, she explained, naturally misunderstanding my astonishment. She took a letter from her bosom and handed it to me. I read: Dear Madam: It was yours to do with as you pleased. If you ever find yourself in the mood to visit. Gull House is open to you, provided you bring no maid. I will not have female servants about. Yours truly, HOWARD FORRESTER. You will consent now, will you not?" she asked, as I lifted my eyes from this characteristic note. I saw that her peace of mind was at stake, Yes I consent." She gave a great sigh as at the laying down of a heavy harden. "Thank you, was all she said, but she put a world of meaning into the words. She took the first homeward turning. We were nearly at the house before I found words that would pave the way toward expressing my thoughts my longings and hopes. "You say you have forgiven me," Then we can be friends? said I. She was silent, and I took her som- me. But It's one thing to dream, and a ber expression to mean that she very different thing to do, she anfeared I was hiding Borne subtlety. "I moan Just what I say, Anita, I swered. Then, with smiling reproach: And Ive been thinking nil summer Friends sim hastened to explain. 1 I, and suspicion sprang on guard, bristling. Anita, I repeated sternly, do you care for me? I am you wife," Bhe replied, her head drooping still lower. And hesitatingly she drew away from me. That seemed confirmation of my doubt and I said to her satirically, You are willing to be my wife out of gratitude, to put it politely? She looked straight into my eyes and answered, I can only say there is no one I like so well, and I will give yon all I have to give. I exclaimed contemptuousLike! ly, my nerves giving way altogether. And you would bo my wife! Do you want me to despise you? I struck dead my poor, feeble hope that had . I rushed from been all but the room, closing the door violently between us. Such was our housewarming. thought still-born- XXIX. BLACKLOCK OPENS FIRE. For what I proceeded to do, all sorts of motives, from the highest to the basest, have been attributed to me. Hero Is the truth: I bad already pushed the medicine of hard work to Its limit. It was as powerless against this new development as water against a drunkard's thirst. I must find some new, some compelling drug y some frenzy of activity that would swallow up myself as the battle makes the soldier forget bis toothache. This confession may chagrin many who have believed la me. My enemies Aha, his motive will hasten to say: was even more selfish and petty than But thorn? who look at these bandits." was alleged. human na'ure honestly, and from the (To be ContluuedJ AN ONION WITHOUT ODOR vegetables and fruits. The Cherokee Indians have furnished me with money for nearly 68 years to carry on my they are experiments, and among the greatest orchardists In the world. They are apt students and are enthusiastic over fruit and berry culture. My odorless onion and several crosses between the sweet and Irish potatoes are probably the greatest achievements yet made by me. The cabbage and turnip combination, as I call it, makes a most delicious dish, but I am not satisfied with it entirely. It has occupied many years of my time, but I hope yet to make It more pleasing to the taste. When I came among the Indians in 1850 they eyed my work with suspicion, but it was not long until they realized the Importance of horticulture and plant life. They told me that fruits and berries were what they wanted, and later they would experiment with flowers and vegetables. I have found them a most delightful and honorable class of people to deal with, and 1 am sure the general reading public is not acquainted with them. If they were they would respect them for their true worth. No, I am not personally acquainted with Burbank, but I read of him often, and admire him greatly. I am a mere novice in plant life when compared to him, although much of my work is along the same lines, but on a very limited scale. I have never attempted to do more than assist my noble friends and benefactors in horticulture, berries, and vegetables. Just how well I have succeeded can be determined by a visit to the many mag nificent orchards scattered about over the Cherokee nation. The Indian peach, a large, blood red, and the Elberta are the most noted peaches The Arkansaw In the southwest. black apple ranks first among the or chards in this country. These have been greatly Improved by me, and I feel that my work has been well worth the time and trouble. ACHIEVEMENT OF OLD OKLAHOMA HORTICULTURIST. t - y New Evolutions in Plant Life by David Jaggers, Known Among Indians as Luther Burbank of Col- linsville. Collinsville, I. T. David Jaggers, better known among the Indians as "Luther Burbanks of Collinsville, conducts a experimental station just on the outskirts of this city. ten-acr- e He has lived among the Cherokee Indians for the last 57 years, having come direct from London, England, in 1850, where he was born 86 years ago. It wa3 he who taught the Indians the art of horticulture, and who is responsible for many large orchards and vineyards In this part of the proposed new state of Oklahoma. This grand old man worked for the last 20 years trying to get a perfect cross between a common cabbage and a turnip, and it was only by accident that his success was known. Some bad boys entered his garden of the Wizard of Oz, as the white people here call his place, and In the darkness stole what they supposed were These were a number of cabbages. sold to the Hotel London. The landlady noticed how peculiar they appeared, but cooked them for dinner. A number of commercial travelers inquired how she managed to get such a perfect combination and the lady told of the purchase and explained how the vegetable had been cooked. The writer heard of the story and set about to learn the truth from the old gentleman. Upon being asked what discoveries he had made in plant life, and for a statement for publication Mr. Jaggers replied: I was not ready to give the news of my turnip cabbage combination to the public, but the boys stole them, and I guess the secret Is out. I have been working along lines similar in many respects to Luther Burbank, but mine have been almost exclusively in BROWN WINS OUT. BEAUTY threatened to make business pick up Hero of Equestrian Wedding, TwicS a for her divorced youthful husband, but Bankrupt, Is Again Rich. the trouble waa settled out of court, and Mr. and Mrs. Brown departed for Sioux City, la. Twice reduced to Baltimoie, where he hud secured a of and flings poverty by the slings In a store. position outrageous fortune," and as often having riches dumped upon him, Samuel LATEST FOR NATURE FAKERS. A. Brown, formerly of Sioux City and known as "Beauty" Brown, has again White Croyv Has Been Discovered In received a large cargo of money, this Cornfields of Maine. time from a wealthy uncle, and has 12 miles a home country purchased Rum ford Falls, Me. A white blackfrom Philadelphia, where he and his bird Is a common expression used inwife, formerly Mrs. Louise Miller of credulously, but Oxford county is just Sioux City, are now living In luxury. now tenanted by something fully as a to mere a Wedded when boy rare a white crow. wealthy widow in Philadelphia, who This freak of nature 's reported lavished her riches on him; admired from the town of Oxford, where the by his wifes younger friends; mis- crow is seen daily In the fields below taken for a Vanderbilt because of his the Town House hill. The bird is full divorced be- grown, and while the head and breast superb horsemanship; cause he refused to be an old woman's are black tho back and wings are darling; left without a cent In the snowy whito. world, Brown gained a considerable The peculiarly marked crow is alfortune, and It was swept away when ways In a Hock or gkn.sv black ordinthe Union Savings bank of Philadelary corn pullers, among whom he phia failed a year ago. These are but struts proudly, evidently acting us p few of tho Incidents In the life of councillor. This strange u.uKing Is all Samuel Brown. that distinguishes the biid from its When Brown came to Sioux City ho fellows, as tt Is of the same sle and atti acted attention by his peculiar its wings have tho sums swinging flap dress, insisting on wearing corset-shape- characteristic of the cn w family, lis coats, and now and then a rid- note has not been he.ud ing habit with a wutteau back. He carried a riding whip ard wore leathf r Iowa Has a Bean. leggings, though he il'.d not always Des Moines. la Na e Thompson, a have a horse. Then he bad a romantic farmer living near Farlli.vn. has marriage, driving up to the door of a Jack, the giant killer'' ol h '.onstalk chinch at Sioux City during the serv- fame, beaten to a fi.i"le Thompson ice and calling the minister outside, lias Issue a (halloa ie to the entlie gave the world one of the only eques- state to prodme a b1 ;er lean than trian weddings on recnnl. he has grown on his fu.'ii. lie el dim Following Ills mat Huge to Mrs. to June one pod 52 Imln-- In uigtli, Louise Miller, of Sioux City, the for- and giowing at the tate of ri o and a mer Mrs. Bruwu, ot half Inches a d ij. liUiidelp,t d 1 1 |