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Show t Otii ion, JOHN BURT Kldnpp4 "Th W CTtiuiiht, 190S, Ml'Uooalrei,' I BT All ADA Mg UfHAM reserved CHAPTER XXX Continued, H;, much U & 0. have your be shares ," thousand lllrtri ur, Mason. many have son. .Bin bla about seventy-fiv- Sammm- - sold?- - you re-- , ad- - FortT Ind ihares short on a stock, with . hundred thousand shares In By powled Randolph Morris. ", J 1 pull out of this thing with a in place It where you cant , with a set of burglars tools! Ldolpb Morris glared at his son, led for his glasses and bent over tap. & r,ftrflVe bid for I part d ilaty for any nuru tut li k be I beta, ifclton, i. ben ti; Till; oceedl; Fateh t, email t omnm-- O.," It read, of ten Gimme that telephone! to the exchange, Mason, and get tie other end of this wire, and Ill orders." i you the noon a news agency before jjDttiy a statement which to public It read: .Med the crisis. The deal In L. & O. was engineered Blake, the dashing hr. Janies whose advent In New operator ;jwas signalized by the recent up-n-il i For several weeks In prices. Blake has quietly been absorb-- ( & O. To-dahe Reblocks of I shares from thousand ten td Carden, which, with the hogi of Mr. John Hawkins, gives syndicate of which Mr. Blake Is head absolute control of this valu-i.- i property. Another railroad com-;- ; has been a bidder for control, the Carden stock gives Mr. Blake coveted advantage, it la rumored that a well known powerful banking house Is short stock to the amount of nearly shares. It opened at ry thousand ,and rapidly advanced to 75, and shy leaps and bounds reached 125. a believed that only a few scat-- i shares are yet In the market, itbat the stock Is cornered. thou-dihare- I, ll more gain. i'i effect Crlei lsdyv I't Eat: i. Bad e to ki 3reat!y il tired Than VPHAM haps ADAMS I 1 uckt-r- bssasn Biddls chck" repfyat,hlng was the . 150!" P0PVR1UUT', tOOt BT J- & eut the Etc. What are you doing there manded Randolph Morris. 0. 143, 1434, I4t4," niHn who was Two thousand called reading the L A SEEK TO ABdUBH TIP ISLAND OVER WHICH PEACE CONFEREES CANNOT AGREE 0. at An exultant shout went up from the crowd of men who surrounded James Blake. His handsome face was aglow with pleasure as they slapped him on the back. de- My wllea congratulations, general," Blake said, grasping the old soldier hand. "Our little pool is working Do you feel like splendidly! getting Y,ou are a thief us well ag a j00j .. roared Randolph Morris, his hand on at 150, general? I wouldnt adnr i01 k8No lature convulsed out offlctr of a bank vise you to do so, but If you wish It can be 1 have of suspension has a a customer right who willarranged. take the stock off your hands f Wlthdraw funds- and knowMt! at that figure. I I am He grabbed Arthur Morris satisfied to let It the alone, said entirely by General Carden, drawing shoulder and dragged him through the himself up narrow doorway. Handle my proudly. stock according to your My curse goes with that judgment money! The subordinate should not question he shouted, his fare convulsed with the policy of a victorious commandYou have rage. dragged me down er." to shame and poverty In my old age. Mr. Burton wishes to see I hope, by God, that you," everything you whispered a clerk to Blake, and the buy with that money will give you famous head of the firm turned and pain! I wish to God left General Carden. His voice was choked, the blood He heard the shouts of victory and surged to his temples, his hands found himself shaking bauds and clutched at his throat, and with a laughing with strangers. He felt a gasp for breath he fell heavily to the strong grasp on his shoulder and floor. turned to see James Blake. Before Arthur Morris realized what We settle with Randolph Morris had happened, others were by his & Company at 173," he whispered. fathers side. The stricken old finanYour share of the profits Is nearly a cier partially recovered consciousness million and a half. Ill call at your before a physician arrived, but again house this evening and give you a sank Into a most alarming condition. check for the exact amount. said the physician, In Apoplexy, I can find no words to express my answer to a question. 'Is this his feelings. said General Carden, deepfirst attack? he asked Arthur Mor- ly afiected. "I do not think that I am close to the province of prlgiorsk, ris Manchuria. It Is 670 miles long and entitled to so large a share of these I dont know, Its width varies from 20 to 150 miles. was the reply. Ive profits. I I really I do not know seen the governor so mad ho couldnt what to say to you, Mr. Blake. God The narrow Straits of Tartary sepaspeak, several times, but never so bad bless and reward you." rate it from the mainland and the Peas this. Dont thank me, replied James ninsula of Kamchatka guards It on the As he spoke Randolph Morris Blake. east. It Is about half as large as Illiopened his eyes and they rested on nois. A strange expression came over his his son. face and a look of pain to his dark The climate Is cold and dense banks " Take him away, he said, averting eyes. I am not I should not of clouds generally shut out the rays his eyes. Take him away, and give He paused, released General Carden's of the sun. The east coast Is beme a chance to live. hand and turning abruptly, rushed sieged by Ice floes In summer. The Youre all right, governor, said across the room and vanished Into an greater part of the Island Is covered Arthur Morris, as the doctor gave him inner ofiice. with forests which abound In a signal to stay out of sight. "Keep nnlmals. Much of thp timber Is In the turmoil of his own feelings cool and you'll couie out on top. I valuable. The rivers are rich In fish, Carden paid little attention feel as bad as you do about it, but to this especially a aperies of salmon. strange action. Six hours there's no use In kicking. Brace up The development of the Island's nathe had entered these rooms all ural resources Is of comparatively rebut penniless. He left them more cent date. Attempts have been made than a millionaire. at agriculture, and several thousands In a darkened room In a remote Railof Russian convicts have been transman Map showing Chinese Eastern quarter of the city, a road in Manchuria, formerly conported there to colonize. The quality in his gasped for breath and moaned trolled by Russia, which peace terms of the soil Is unfavorable to the underdelirium. A great financial battle had cede to China. taking, and most of the convicts are been fought. Randolph Morris was one of the stricken victims, and Mar- (The Chinese Kastern railroad lx ml Put- employed In the coal mines. The Russians established a post on t'd by heavy croHsed line The I'huiI shall Carden was one of the victors. railroad, running north from VladivosIsland at Anlva Bay In 1853, and in the In this age of commercial and Industok. Is by lighter croxHed line trial barbarism, man must climb to According to the terms this lutter Is 1857 they began to form permanent to be retained by Russia.) settlements. It was ceded to Russia glory over the dead and mangled bodIn 1875. by Japan of losers. Commercial the ies compeThe principal Russian settlements The Island of Sakhalin, the bone of tition has all the horrors and none of contention between the Russian and are at Dul on the west coast, the chivalry of physical warfare. on the upper Tym, and KorThoughts such as these came to Japanese, Is situated In the Sea of John Burt when the news circulated Okhotsk In the north Pacific, lying sakoff and Muravleff on Anlva Bay. that Randolph Morris had been stricken in his ofiice. The blow aimed at WOMEN IN BUSINESS LINES. INVENTORS AND THEIR WORK. the son had fallen with crushing force on the father. In the hour of victory Remarkable Discoveries Given to Teaching Is the Most Popular Form of John Burt was silent and sad, and Five Occupation. the World. John Hawkins was not slow to glean Invento recent the report of. the CenAccording remarkable Among the reason. t, tions are the pneumosllto, the topo-die- sus Bureau there are 327,614 women I wouldnt worry over Randolph employed as school and college and the telemeter, the telephone-ear- s Morris, he said, with a gruffness demusic teachers In the United States. are which The old man and the thermophlle, which was a.ssumed. In the Strand Magazine.. The Compared with other lines of work It scribed stroke of One apoplexy will seen the number of women and take your medicine like a man; will recover. pneumosllto Is an automobile especial- who be won't kill him. which teach Is more than double that of we may win out yet. but on use Ice, for designed ly Write to Randolph Morris aald To which encouraging advice Rancan Just-a- s easily he used on land. It the next most popular occupation, that Blake, and say that addressing of saleswoman, at which 150.000 womJohn, and the no Morris made reply, is moved by a propeller wheel run by dolph his personal property Is exempt In this motor, the en are employed. Next come clerks horse-powe- r elpctrlc son left the room. 2 a He has scheduled It as settlement. movand copyists, 85,246, then stenograAs Randolph Morris was tenderly propeller turning in the air and a value of nearly a million having of twenty phers and typewriters. 81,118, and then a at speed the carriage carried down the steps, through an ing I shall not take It from him. 74.153. Professional an hour. The topodlct is a com- bookkeepers, angry crowd, and placed In an ambuan old man, with daughters and miles Hes bination of a pantograph and tele- women number as follows: 11,031 artlance, he opened his eyes and looked others dependent on him. which any person ists and art teachers. 2,193 Journalists, longingly at the building which bore exclaimed scope. by means of Good for you, Burt! in correct per- 1.010 lawyers. 3,373 preachers, 8,119 a last his drawing make his name. Thus he made It Isn't business, but can John Hawkins. before scene him, even physicians and surgeons and 5.894 of and turroar any the from spective away old Sherman said journey business Is hell as and scientists. Engaged In of drawwhatever nothing if physiknows a mental, he moil of Wall street; about war. I'm going to my hotel to the occupations where one would hardly ing. By means of the telemeter cal and financial wreck, cast on the take a nap. Where can I see you this objects can look for women are 2,086 saloon keep-ers- , shores of oblivion by a storm terrific evening? Dine with me at the hotel exact distance of 879 night watchmen, fireman The "telephrecorded. and and and unforeseen. at nine oclock. What d'ye say? You, be measured Is an apparatus by which policemen, 193 blacksmiths. 167 maone-ears" all of power too, Blake." Arthur Morris, stripped a ship Is automatically warned of sub- sons and bricklayers, 67 cabinet makstood (To be continued.) by the action of the directors, marine dangers. By the aid of the ers, loo lumber merchants and 904 fortunes. of his wreck amid the thermophlle It Is possible to furnish teamsters and draymen. In fact, the Causes of Nervous Prostration. He was a witness to the comproof a fine electric wire list Is so long that It seems that worn Believe me." said a Spruce street heat by means mise by which a representative of Into rugs, blank- en have demonstrated their ability for woven be can to of which a & specialty Company agreed James Blake physician who makes all that la re- every sort of work, except the duties and detreating nervous disorders, "it Isnt ets or Iscushions, terms, which, while protecting the eleotrlc battery. of telegraph and telephone linesmen, small a of the very nervous sacrifice quired for the overwork that superinduces positors, called claims for It that It will and from the army and navy they are, name. prostration. The men who succumb The Inventor millions which once stood in his he had suc- to nervous strain are not the men who do away with the necessity of ever of course, excluded. dollars thousand The fifty In drawhaving fires In even the coldest of work continually under high pressure. ceeded at the last moment No Forts Needed in Canada. was all that was The man who has no relaxation has weather. bank the from ing and Canada will not be satisfied over his health, Possibly brood to no time left to him. until a chain of forts stretches along Alfonse's Fondness for Jewel. , brooding Is fatal to a man whose of that nerves are highly strung. If a man Is The king of Spain Is almost as great her southern border from the Atlantic Through the long hours morninR a lover of Jewels as the late marquis to the Pacific. Tills In spite of the eventful day General Carden's eyesw constantly busy in mind from re until night he isn't In any danger of of Anglesey. On the occasion of his fact that the United States have not were fixed on the stock board, James of recent visit to Inuidon. at his urgent the remotest Intention of Invading. In nervous trouble. It s only when he reof the excited customers the himself a certain and recognized gives laxes & request, Queen Alexandra showed him the days of the late lamented RicheCompany Blake r amount of leisure that he Is danger. reason e knew none her wonderful collection. His majesty lieu." otherwise known as Robinson and of In the flmtua A man is a good bit like a piece murh faseimited with a beauti- the lions tall was twisted periodically interest being absorbing his thal ful 1 & D. relaxation the It's labeled stock machinery. sapphire, the queen good naturcdly and with vigor, usually In the house tions of the for in and wh. tells. Take Russell Sage, Insisted on his accepting It aa a souve- of representatives, though It Is proper Who was this man Blake, a fortune in stance. Ho celebrated his 88th birthnir. saying at the same time that one to observe that the lion did not know had he offered to flare is In the hafness of Jier American friends had some It. But twisting has gone Into desuehe stranger and this had day today, his hand? Why by tlie all the time. Should be give tip even much finer. To please her young tude of the Innocuous variety, and come from out the West, "m d a the routine probahla of dally transform, a touch, part guest her majesty asked Mrs. Mackay Fenians no longer entertain the hope magic of his of m bilities are that he would be a dead to send one of her getn to the palace of taking Toronto or Quehrf. Moreworthless stock into one man man In six months. The man whose for the king's Inspection. Alfonso was over, It Is worthy of remark that the value that millionaires struggled ! the man of troub- Mu nerves immensely Interested and made a chain would he no obstruction there Recy for its possession?. phia a of a superb sapphire orna- would be plenty of room between the look drawing When ho tm.k he will have forts. Canada has better use for the ord. he say which ment, was stock board L. & O. oi bride, who people money they would rost. Brooklyn future hi for a slip copied drew He nervously 105. Mountain Air to Blame. Kagle. still say I to be found In England. ' to new A guest arrived at a New chose rapid" caTc!!laUonPIf Blaje Bosa The Hope of Rascals. Hampshire farmhouse where Change on the Moon. realize at the ton gentleman happened to be holding Our newspapers might he much bet Idea thut changes are takold The newcomer forth on the piazza. The ing place on the moon has been care- ter; they rould easily he made more to was much Impressed by the speakers fully Investigated by M. Pulneux, a the taste of the people of taste; but only the to French astronomer. Going ovej all their unlovely crying of crime, disremarked he the calculation anew, I declare, more than represented extensive an This has man agreeable as It Is, Is an exceedingly records, from the earliest observation accurate. that landlord, lost. conclude he? that the he the Important public duty, and In their haant to the fortune ho bad latest, vocabulary, faithfulness and veracious fortitude In The landlord was mightily pleased. reality of the supposed change ha A wild t ak J That's so, he said. "That what not been proved, and that the varying keeping It up lies really the biggest him to demand ,,f J bo t0 man. He sensitiveness of the retina for faint part of our hope of a higher standard I'1 mountain air will do for a stock. l the inmlre but two object I Bufilclent to account for of honesty In public and me with boardin private life. Int been that which wJ wpoBe m must have let differences seen, while different condi- There Is hope for any kind of he I know and hlR weeks rascality J" rrlwJlv he retraced pines of as four tions of exposure might explain all as long as R cau he waistband out much kept out ot the of hi old age. ;d Proadway, his Herald. in the photograph. pupers. Harpers Weekly, appearance time." Rochester hi step u.n tpred8 Blake', office, and again he nr thousand." Klne outlook: F FREDERICK Colon.l rthta An hour had passed, and he barfly uared look at the quotations. Perhaps the dial had collapsed? Per- ?' - g Concerted Movement 8tatted by Pe pie of Chicago. It now appears that a concerted movement has been started In Chicago o put an end to tipping. There la ao reason why such a reform should apt. ) Initiated In the metropolis of thP vest, although many people are not llsposed to take that cltyjrej-mi msly. Should the Chicago revolutloa succeed It will spread In time to efery other city In this country. All that. la needed to make It a success Is moral, not physical, courage. In the great majority of cases the payment of ttpa Is net due to the conviction that the person who Is tipped deserves the reward, but proceeds from a sort of moral cowardlcc-fr- om the fear that unless the tip Is given an accueatton of stinginess may result. This, of course, Is wrong. Whatever the custom may he In Europe, It Is certain that in the United States nobody Is under any sort of obligation to give tips. A man gives full money value for what he buys? Why should be give more? Why should he he compelled to give a present of money in addition to the person who has acted as agent for the seller, especially when the cost of the agent's services Is Included In the original purchase? Baltimore Sun. PRINCE AND VICEROY CLASH. Indian Potentate Denounces Lord Curzon. The gaekwar of Baroda Is one of the most powerful of the rulers of western India. Although devoted to England, he has re- sented the treatment to which laird Curzon has subjected him. During; his recent vUlt to England, where be. was treated with signal honor by King Edward, he freely denounced Lord- sm.y: 7x be-for- Kv': -i 'W V . , k 1 I '. gray-haire- J. .5 1 C " w 'V--- - stm r i; dea g t. deep il it Dt leep a: on tip 'liter. is rumored that the of Randolph Morris & has suspended. It :!ag house i?any CHAPTER XXXI. r poet dol-lar- e. Father and Son. directors of the the room where tte by one the had entered then :t ver vo Pe odds. against overwhelming he recognized by an almost bow, but no words came v lie. ilmself Morris, was la. aga 111 rith ok if lull- -' er, ask settle faces I drawn talk! yer at his as he bent over the tape. of the directors were pale from tension. L far-awa- y o. had mounted to a share, Randolph his tactics and attempted ;heck the rise by throwing all his fga on the market. In less than ir he hurled thirty-fivthousand J Info the speculative whirl- -- wa !t 1hla llpg making & tf dollars Mor-ttong- e and Ik One , iti for a obK vyer you t postoff and a i F thro 1' old. D(tl l!' to So. itter bi inliltt street' rhe F and :Dfer pas'-- 1 ' Q'llf owner just ' A hi )Ufh f sort ,r I r d de--I'- d .' itfqr , stemming Niagara with The 'erfl Interests back of L. & O. M three millions of dollars for 1 atock and clamored for more. 4 N'ponse to a demand for mar-- f fandolih Morris deposited sev- -' tnilltona cash and valid securl-Alarnu-by rumors, patrons of nk formed In long lines and their dMislts.. There was no of hope, but grim in defeat the stood by the wheel and wd the ship of his fortunes as "Iftly neared the reefs of ruin. entered and handed to Ran-'ti- i rrls ,,lp JDow slip of paper ning tbp bulletin. He read it cr'ln'lled It !u his hands and on the floor. ,Illnk Ids massive It down on the glass It covered the delicate a I'm of the ticker. One of the g,r4KIrn's rut his eheek and a of lood alowly trickled Ha The price did not sag. - 1 i: dtjr as like ir- laath ifft off rootle .er gold-heade- ''fh Ti face. (eorporatlon of Randolph lT is bankrupt! Mor- - he said, and looking Into the astivinded associates, 4rd if Directors will convene rhica Rke action to that ,(l n " and Paf'd, gentlemen, la in 'W may make the 'Ion fr"T' """Pension, Mr. Mason." dlroril'l.ldo',,h Morris adjourned k. ,ra neetlng he looked about a. p D; b"f he was not In the the e jUnd Arlhur Morris with-- . ,.enc'0Hur9 occupied by 'r ,n hl hands were ai packSe. of ney tl frtal W coni-para- hlat '' leisure.-Philadel- s hap-peri- m. G4JZMAR y, t v f ..1 lntlp-itlt'- Malo-Tymovs- k f Or BARQDX Curzon and created a sentiment tending to increase greatly the unpopularity ofthe viceroy, who has now resigned bis high position. . Popularity of tho Uniform. The popular vogue of tho uniform ia a remarkable phase of American life. From hall hoys to master of among federal, state and city employe?, on railroads, In hotels and In some private houses. In the service of corporations, on the decks of pleasure yachts, everywhere, high or low, This the uniform Is In evidence. change In the American employe whom Dickens saw lounging about In seedy store clothes" has been a radical one outwardly. ItYias done much for personal neatness, perhaps something for politeness In public servants. What Influence It Is exerting on character Is not obvious. Is It tending to Inculcate servility? New York World. Gates Astounds Plungers. Report has It that John W. Gates Is making all the other plungers at Gates thinks Saratoga look small. and acts In thousands where th average man does the same things In dollar bills. He hardly recognizes small change when he sees IL Hla bets at the races are all up In three figures, he pays a dollar for a shave and tosses another dollar to the ho who shines his shoes. He buys a fsod dinner for a large party at a time and gives the biggest tips ever heard of. The chances are that even with hla big expense he will break even or better on the present meet. At present he la r away aheud of the game. Utopian Colony That Failed. Slenklewlcz, the Polish author who Is confined to his own house for giving offense to tho Russian government, was one of a gifted coterie who to establish a In 1877 endeavored Utopian colony near Los Angeles, Cal. The attempt was a failure, but Indirectly It did much gomf. Helena Modjesk was one of the promoters, and her financial losses Induced her to study stage. She; for the English-speakinappeared In San Francisco In "Adrlthe: of failure The Lcconvreur." enne Utopia also brought Slenklewlcz lntfl wider .notice. On his return to Europe his American sketches were read and :.approved. g - J Hofae. Many Visit Longfellow There have been more visitors at the Ixmgfellow house. Portland, Me so far this season than In any previous season since tho house was opened to tho public. One day last week nearly 150 strangers registered a? the home, and up to the present time nearly this aummet. 3,00(1 have registered names of peov the bears The register ahd pie from every state In the'unlon from every part of the clvtllzefl wqHd. added Many historic rd'cS Tiavleen to the collection of antlquTnA alnc last year |