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Show no reminder of his treachery. Howdy, Blacklock, said he. "Ive come on a little errand for Mis. Lang-don- . Then,' with that nasty grin of You know, Im looking after his: things for her since the bust-up- . No, I didnt know," said I curtly, ray Instant curiosity. suppressing What does Mrs. I.ausdon waut?" To see you for just a few minutes whenever it Is convenient." If Mrs. Langdon has business with me, Ill see her at my office, said I. She was one of the fashiouables that had got herself Into my black books by her treatment of Anita 6ince the break with the Ellerslys. She wishes to come to you here this afternoon, if you are to be at home. She asked me to say that her business Is Impoitant and very private. I hesitated, but I could think of no i111 be good excuse for refusing. here an hour, said I. Goodday. He gave me no time to change my mind. Something perhaps it was his curious expression as he tool himself off made me begin to regret. The more I thought of the matter, the less I thought of niy having made any civil concession to a woman who had acted so badly toward Anita and He had not been gone a myself. quarter of an hour before I went to Anita In her sitting room. Always, tliu instant I enured the outer door o C her part of ear house, that powerful, intoxicating fascination that she had for me began to take possession of my senses. It was In every garment she wore. It seemed to linger in any place where she had been, for a long time after she left it She was at a small desk by the window, was writing letters. , May I Interrupt? said I. "Monson was here a few minutes ago from Mrs. Langdon. She wants to see me. I told him I would see her here. Then It occurred to me that perhaps I had What do you been too It lat 11 DELUGE ) imPany prev( holdi orth, ) the G0JO GRAHAM PHILLIPS, Author of THECQSCMc ' the Cj 1 (C&HZGffT JSCS' first new and SCBBS-Imxaz- c Continued. Bln 6ot was We XXIX. CHAPTER lver toito 1 e it Propen stage. I. Idaho, his aplei m Lead n forest Sprii 'f a lioo, rlke ie ist of e beej the Mai Is no oxide copper 3cii made at Fllla; la larg 11 City, as hast are lai pressare lli ie Gap, he ilph Be prosper! worn t of the rt summer of tockholdej wagaa u being a t to ati not enoo luctlon. i my k ' me. - to him, said I to messenger, "but I am too busy, be glad to see him here, however. know he dares not come to I compliments My n forced Yon the messenger. Schilling, -- National Manufac-- 4 Food company, sometimes called (Poison Trust If he did, and It e to get out, thered be a panic," Probably, replied I with a shrug, tits no affair of mine. Im not for the rotten conditions said i. noi usloess xnltof mpany lay at n, or 1 The on In day for, 10 minutes after the Exchange closed, Roebuck sent uly Colon In , of the public hint and rushed into the rket; the burden of protecting the ierwriters was doubled, and more i more of the hoarded loot was That must have been a corged. gambling section Ihe made th the facts. it etor good-nature- g !t e fact i 4 1 mack mployed ained at ir f i camp 'k and I got an Injunction that compelled the companies to transmit under my contracts. I suspended the "History t,r. 0110 d0?- - and sent out In place of my first philippic: as brief a ailacoount of this attempt to shut Hotel! Van Nest is at the name ? f,r0IVhe ,mblic Hereafter, M under the ni. at k, New of, isk fort, L in the' last paragraph !a my, : He .was In telephonic fa iiuas Lowiy. shall end each duf chapter ..ter . with President Mel-, imiinlcation - with a forecast of what the next day's chapter is to be. If for any reason it falls to appear, the public will know underwriters of the National that Tb somebody has been coerced by company's new issues, fright-Roebuck, Melville & Co." exposure, have by yesterdays Mow-i- y Mr. Roebuck. Mr. ape.led XXX. Langdon and Mr. Melville them-,e- s ANITAS SECRET. to buy. So, yesterday, those That afternoon or, was it the next? with real gentlemen bought --I own money, large happened to go home early. I lBy, with their never been able to keep alive have which are stocks worth unities of for anger than half what against any one. My anger paid they , against Anita bad long ago died away, a. , to buy these had been succeeded by regret and They will continue as the' public holds remorse that I had let my nerves, or Kk$ so long whatever the accursed cause was, of They dare not let the prices p. They hope that this storm whirl me Into such an outburst Not think?" blow over, and that then the public will forget and will :eve them of their load." . bad added: Cut this storm wont n over. It will become a cyclone. .track that out. No prophecy, to myself. Your rule, iron-- 1 must be facts, always' facts; -- da Black-loc- me. My lawyers found an honest Jmlge, l, undoubti m many Mr. refilled he, The twinkle In his eye told me why, and also that he, like every one else In the country except the clique, was in sympathy with sacked price o 'ertala CQH&1NY0 cant take the risk, copp of the wdent these financiers have and I shall not be disturbed the crash which must come. h duced. ti ob tly n Ooasi irt Artt. n :o i' It ie bum: a until i a ed iged pity 1 the mpi gave me a genuine look of I supand admiration. s' you know what youre about, be, "but I think you're making Schilling east -- istake. said I he had been a few years before, i I had got him the chance with 'buck which. he had improved so t Im going to have some fun. Thanks, Ned, bead cleik t live work: but once. letters had no ceased advertisements, had becomo sought by all the newspapers agton tr bis country and of the big cities fn its ore, fit Britain. 1 could have made a biker, saving by no longer paying my 'odd regular papers for inserting e office ' But I was looking too far field, fc to blunder intorthat fatal mis-l(- be InF Instead, 1 signed a years con'ke on tl d with each of my papers, they Wlngi lrnteelng to print my advertise-h- , Is pm I atralc guaranteeing to protect them i iwt loss on libel suits. I organioxii of gns c dummy news , bureau, and c nagh It got contracts with the Yerinr-Thus insured Into A companies. w the cutting of my communlca- onstrat with the public, I was ready for some!11 fssl sob campaign. as t began with my "History of the The w1 uonal Coal I need not company. 15th w that famous history here. 1 ti ,0 feet i recall only the main points how Iphlde Wed that the common stock was t JllF worth less than two dollars a lutte h v. that the bonds tvere worth less 850 tot twentv five dollars in the hun , Bel01 that both stock and bonds were alga11' niy detuned recital of the Gl'k( t t Koebuck, Melville and Lang-- t Montv wrecking mining properties, in ie affloo siting coni railways, in ejecting ced fr Sfrlcaa labor and substituting lie fa!,a 'from eastern Europe; how they ladled and lied and bribed; sc, Uicy hud twisted the books of seated fcitipanies, how they were plan-- f in Jo unh ad the mass of almost evadx securities at high prices, ; Jr'ls w It) n to git from under the mar ket ; 1 the bonds and stocks dmp ! i ini to where they could buy them In Wy foot If being 1 "daily be tele-lPbl- 1W r Less and dearer coal; wages and more ignorant labor-enormous profits absorbed with mercy In 1 into a few pockets. day the seventh chapter of history appeared, the telegraph vw,lto notified me that they would no more of my matter. They J Hi" consequences in libel suits, ''d Moseby, , general mauager of companies, fin , , guarantee to protect you," " W,B give bond la any b,, . you ask," 1 trouble you to close the door? said she, when tn, had withdrawn I closed the door, Tve come, she begun, without seating herself, "to make ycl as icar, as I uni. Ive hesitated long be.'ore coming.' liat I am desper- ate. The one hope t have left is that' you rud 1 between us may bo able to to that .) ou and I may be able to ' help each other. I waited. "I suppose thero are people, she wont on, who have never known what It was to really to care for Home one else. They would despise me fot clinging to a man after he hn shown me that that his love has ceused." I InPardon me, Mrs. Langdon, think You terrupted. apparent your husband and I are intimate friends. Before you go any further, I must disabuse you of tbat idea. She looked at me In open astonishment You do not know why my . husband has left me? Until a few minutes ago, 1 did not know that he had left you," f said. And I do not wish to know why. Her expression of astonishment she Oh! changed to mockery. sneered. Your wife has fooled you d into thinking it a affair. Well, I tell you,4 she Is as much to blame as he more. For he did love me when he married me; did love me until she got him under her spell again. I thought I understood. "You have been misled, Mrs. Langdon, said I gently, pitying her as the victim of " her Insane jealousy. You have "Ask your wife," she Interrupted angrily. ."Hereafter, you cant pretend Ignorance. For Ill at least be revenged. She failed utterly to trap him .Into marriage when she was a poor girl, and Before you go any further," said I coldly, let pie set you right. My wife was at one tjme engaged to you! husbands brother, but Torn?" she Interrupted. And her So she laugh made me bite my lip. told you that! I don't see how she dared. v Why, everybody knows that she and Mowbray were engaged, and that he broke It off to marry me. All in an Instant everything tbat had been .confused In my affairs al home and down town became clear. 1 understood why I had been pursued relentlessly In Wall street; why I had been bnable to make Hie least impression on the barriers between Anita and myself. You will Imagine that some terrible emotion at once dominated me. But this la not a romance; only the veracious chroni cle of certain husman beings. My first emotion was relief that It was not Tom Langdai. I ought to have known she couldn't care for him, said I to myself. I, contending with Tom Langdon for a woman's love had always made me shrink. But Mowbray that was vastly different My respect for myself and for Anita rose No, said I to Mrs. Langdon, "my wife did not tell me, never spoke of It What I said to you was purely a guess of my own. I had no interest In the matter and havent I have absolute confidence In my wife. I feel ashamed that you have provoked me into saying so." I opened the door. I am not going yet, said she an grlly. "Yesterday morning Mowbray and she were riding together in the Riverside drive. Ask her groom. What of It?" said I. Then, as sh did not rise, I rang the bell. When the servant came, I said; Please tell Mrs. Blacklock that Mrs. Langdon Is in the library and that I am here, and gave you the message. As soon as the servant was gone, she said: No doubt shell lie to you. These women that steal other womens property are usually clever at fooling their own silly husbands. I do not Intend to ask her," I reTo ask her would be an inplied. one-side- sult FOOL!' SHE FLARED AT ME. Oil, THE FOOLS WOMEN MAKE OF M EN, I could not see her face, bat only that I regretted having rejected back of her head, and the loose me the to was felt I Insulting still what white and degrading to her; simply that my colls of magnetic hair and the I beAs neck. of her graceful different. been nape have should manner her she to writing, excuse for stopped gan speak, There was no necessity or of over sheet the I would suspended that pen her In showing violence was a ended there I After from paper. gratitude not. could not, accept what only love has the right to give. long silence, "Ill not see her," said I. I dont And I had long been casting about for And some way to apologize not easy to quite understand why I yielded." to I turned go. toward manner do, when her distant Walt please, came from her abme made It difficult for me to find to ruptly. commonplaces even the necessary Another long silence. Then I; It keep up appearances" before the comes here, I think the only peron she occasions fow on the servants son who can properly receive her Is which we accidentally met f Ilut, as I was saying, I came up you. No you must see her," said Anita from the office and stretched myself round In her on the lounge in my private room ad- at last. And she turned me. Her was until she chair facing read had I myself joining the library. I can not describe It 1 servant expression a when brought Into it gave me a sense mo a card. I glanced at It as It lay can only say that "General of Impending calamity. extended tray. his upon not much rather not," Monson," I read toud. )'hat f0- said.IdI. rather 1 , want? rascal damned the l' particularly wish you to see her," The servant smiled. Il0 knew back to well as I how Monson, after I dis- she replied, and she turned I saw her pen poised as six of her writing. a with present missed him If she were about to begin; but she months' pay, had given the newsor- - did not begin and 1 felt that the hts rather. or. papers the story With not. to my mind shadowed would efforts of my ion of the r.tory I left that mysteridread, with and vague "arts graces In the educate myself and went bark to the ous stillness, of a gentleman." see library. "Mr. Monson says he wlHhes to It saa not long before Mrs. Lang-dohe. snid you particularly, sir, was announced. There are some hint," said I. I de"Well I'll to whom a haggard look Is bewomen him. dislike to much too spised him In be coming; she Is one of them. Hhe was and I thought he might possibly ntnch thinner than when I last saw the vanished notion want. Rut that was He her; Instead of her former restless, him. Instant I set eyes mwa wave. the of petulant, suspicious expression, she the top very obviously at looked tragically sad, In now May I wa my greeting, Hello, Monson, -- She made no comment beyond i scornful toss of the head. We both had our gaze fixed upon the door through whtch Anita would enter. When she finally did appear, I, aftei one glance at her, turned It must have been triumphantly upon hei accuser. I had not doubted, but where is the faith that Is not tbs stronger for confirmation? And confirmation there was In the very atmosphere round that stately, still figure. She looked calmly, first at Mrs. Langdon, then at me. I sent for you, said I, because 1 thought tbat you, rather than I, should request Mrs. Langdon to leave your house. At that Mrs. Langdon was $n nor Fool! she flared feet, and blazing. at me. Oh, the fools women make ol You you men!" Then to Anita: But no, 1 must not permit you to drag me down to your level. Tell your husband tell him that you were riding with my husband In the Riven , side drive yesterday. I 'stepped between her and Anita. My wife will not answer you, said I. I hope, Madam, you will spare us the necessity of a panful scene. But leave you must at once." She looked, wildly round, clasped her hands, suddenly bust Into tears. If she had but known, she could have had her own way after that, without any attempt from me to oppose her. For she was evidently unutterably wretched and no one knew bettor than I the sufferings of narcturned love. Hut she hod given me up; slowly, sobbing, she left the room I opening thu door for her and chmlng It behind her. "I almost broke down myself," said I to Anita. "Poor woman! How can you be so calm? You women In yout relations with each other are a mys tery." , (To bo Continued.) NEWS SUMMARY THEY HEARD A NOISE The Your)? Women Were Sure It Was a Panther Supper was over. The camp fire had neai ly .died out, even as had tho desultory conversation of the outing party. , The autocrat arose from his seat on the old log, and yawned audibly. Clearly his last story had not Interested the ciowd, and he had sat In silence,,, pondering over It until he had begun to get drowsy. he said lanNow, Mis. cfiaperon, . guidly', If you ladies are a trifle tired we will excuse you from this nocturnal visitation we intend making on the finny tribe. You may stay here and watch the camp and we men folks will hike for the creek. Blllys asleep over there in the hammock, so we will leave him as your silent sentinel. 1 dont believe anything will disturb you, how- ever." 4 bit O, we are not the least afraid. Take Billy with you; hes getting lwjty." Billy, over In the hammock, blink1 resentfully,- - then, knocked the ashes from his pipe on the tree behind him. Yes, Ill go," he said, arising. "Never did hnve any luck loafing where I wasnt wanted." i So. the nren strolled off toward the creek, a quaiter of a mile away; and the feminine side of camp life soon was much In evidence. The ladles, now In more comfortable negligee, chatted quietly by the fireside. Somehow they weie not as gay as usual. Still, they were not sleepy; everyone seemed Jrrst to enjoy her own particular mood and was very thoughtful and generally silent. Away up above them a full ntoon shone down through the ed stuidy plneB. Off In the distance they could hear the monotonous roar of, the little cataract down on the stream, and Intermittently the cry of the hounds arose from far across the creek, where they were trailing a Exfox, or perhaps an elusive deer. cept for these sounds all was very quiet and time passed slowly. how It was lonesome. Some- Over 177,000 British and Irish lm migrants catne to United States and , Canada during the pest year. King Frederick August of 'Saxony was thrown from his horse In tho maneuvers near Dresden and was slightly Injured. It has been reported to the state board of health that twenty cases o! berl beri have developed among Japanese laborers at Alva, Neb. The dock laborers strike at Antwerp Is ended,: a mixed commission having been selected to examine and pass upon the question of wages. , Final figures for tho new state of Oklahoma show a total population of 1,141,042, Okahoma having 721,141 inhabitants and Indian Territory 029,901. Minister Urgarte, of Honduras, has Informed the department of state that 15 the constitutional regime in tho republic of was , Honduras. The Nebraska supreme court has handed dowu a decision holding that a person cannot devtBe an Interest In a timber claim unless a patent haa been Issued. when a barge In which they were crossing the Allegheny river began to sink, six workman of Pittsburg jumped Into the rive and were drowned. The United States cruiser squadron from the Asiatic station, consisting ol the Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Colorado, have sailed from Honolulu for San Francisco. The San Domingo congress has passed a resolution delegating to the executive of that government full power and authority to act on the 120,000,-00- 0 San Dominican loan contract. At a session of the international congress of miners at Salzburg, Austria, a resolution was adopted opposing any restriction of the output of coal. The Americans voted affirmatively. The state board of railroad commissioners has adopted a resolution reducing the maximum passenger fares la cents a South Dakota from 3 to 2 mile, to become effective October 15. After chasing people Into their homes at the point of ft revolver and clearing saloons of patrons, George White, a negro, was shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff Will Blake, of Collins, ville, 111. II. Czolgosz and his wife, parents of the assassin of President McKinley, have applied to the city charity department of Cleveland, O., for assistance. . Czolgosz Is 83 and hia wife 75 years old. J. S. Cook, a' Southern Pacific brake-ma- n residing In Los Angeles, was instantly killed while trying to board a westbound passenger train at Colton, Cal., on which his wife was returning from the east. Acting upon the recommendation of Governor Post, the executive council has decided upon compulsory vaccination on the Porto Rican island. Six hundred thousand vaccine points have been ordered. an aeronaut, Edward Richardson, dropped 2,00g feet to death at the Miami county fair at Troy, N. Y. His parachute broke and he shot to the ground like an arrow, striking on a tree and was killed. Mrs. Lillian White Grant, a kindergarten teacher In the public schools of Chicago, was found dead In bed at her home, her neck broken by a piece of linen cloth twisted about her throat. The police suspect a colored chore man. By mortgaging hla own and his on-Se- Panic-stricke- n , Jeanette, gazing dreamily Into the fire with chin resting upon her hands, suddenly sat upright. Listen!" she said. What Is it, dear? asked Mrs. Chaperon. I heard the awfullest thing just now. There It Is again! It's coming toward us! t A deep, reverberating noise Inlf growl, half roar seemed to fill the little valley, echoing from bluff and bluff. Its a catamount! exclaimed Beatrice. "Oh! Isn't R terrible? I know It's coming here, said Augusta. Me for the tent. Build a big fire," complacently remarked the matter-of-fac- t Alice. No; we'had better go down toward the creek and call the men, said Mrs. Mr. Adams can shoot the Chaperon. panther. He took the gun with him. But the creature is down there somewhere. I heard It," mourned Jeanette, tearfully. "I wouldnt go through those daik woods for all the money In the world!" Nonsense, Jeanette, urged Mrs. Chaperon. "We cant stay here. Get a lantern and come quickly. Animals will not attack a light." Ten minutes later the midnight fishermen were surprised by five young women crashing through the under- familys property, State Tax Commisbrush toward the creek bank, halloo- sioner John Fitzpatrick, of New Oring at every step, their hair dishev- leans, has raised funds to return 116,-00- 0 stolen fro'm the stale by Charles eled, their clothing torn and their hands and faces scratched by the E. Letten, a clerk In Fitzpatricks branches. Three of the five carried office. J , lanterns. Two Russians entered' a bank at Whats the matter? called the In- Montreaux, Switzerland, shot and corrigible Billy, from a limb that hung killed the cashier, seized the cash out over the stream. What's the box and fled. A crowd gave chase. He sat matter; lost something? The robbers fired at and wounded four puffing away at a pipe, his of their pursuers before they were big straw hat pulled dowg over hts captured. ears and his line and pole both dang Under the will of the late Thomas R. ling carelessly In the darkrlppllng otter treasurer of the grand lodge of water. Masons of Pennsylvania, hts entire esHello! Whats up?" shouted the autate. valued at about 12,500,000, la detocrat further up stream, vised to the credit of the grand lodge 'W we heard a cat a catamount! of Pennsylvania for the education and I Its after us!" chattered Jeanette. support of male orphans of the Master All were silent. From down the Masons, creek came the same deep, roaring In San Francisco the Geary street growl, echoing weirdly over the quiet line has rosumed operations for the water and on the night wind. first time since the strike began sevBilly laughed rheei fully. eral months ago. The compuny has "Thats a bullfrog" he said. Girls, agreed to pay the city 10 per cent of run for your lives. Its gross receipts. No discrimination will be made between union and nonunion men. Cure for Sore Throat. Five hundred members of the In"There Is absolutely no better cure for a sore throat than the Juice from dependent Boot and Shoe Cutters green gooseberries, said M. O. Jonea union of St. Louis have struck for of Plant, Tenn. "My children have shorter hours and Increased wages. never taken any medicine for sore All the shoe factories In the city are affected Bave one, which signed the throat except the gooseberry Juice. My wife takes the berries when union agreement, they are green, cooks the juice out of agreement. Ludwig Szczyglel, the Roman Cathothem, sweetens It, and places It in bottles for future use. , The Juice will, lic priest from Chicago who has been keep for an indefinite period and has on trial at Pittsburg for the murder proven to be most beneficial In cases of Andrew and Stephen Starzcynskl,' where the throat Is Inflamed. It brothers, was convicted of murder In takes country folks to find out the the second degree by a Jury. The priest claimed he killed the brothers real medicines us they were Intended in self defense. ' use us to them." for The plans for a new vessel of the Dreadnaught class have been received 8oothed Her Feellnge. at Portsmouth, Englund, accompanied I am surprised to see you bow to by orders to commence building the Jones." ald he. I thought you said warship Immediately. Her displacehe offended you and you wrote him a ment will be 19,300 tons, 800 tons petfectly outrageous letter that you greater than the newly launched wete suie would offend him for the and Temeralre. rest of his existence., And now you t out of men Twenty-tw- o l who have been on trial by speuk to him!" "Wliat tan you do?" she apologised. at Riga, Russia, charged with 'par"I got tip one morning and found an ticipating In the revolt In the Baltic answer to my outrageous letter saying province, In 190G, by which the control he accepted my apology In the spirit of this section. was wrested from the Russian government for months, have la which It was offeied." been condemned to death. n fifty-eigh- court-martia- |