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Show he Hyd 0 of th. taxes than evet, and a vaster and more expensive and more luxurious army of their parasites. Tho people had risen for financial and industrial freedom; they had paid its fearful price; then, In senseless panic and terror, they flung it away. I have read that one of the Inscriptions on Apollo's temple at Delphi was: "Man. the fool of the farce." Truly, the gods must have created us for their amusement; and when Olympus palls, they ring up the cur-tal- u on some such screaming comedy as was that. It makes the fancy chuckle, whilst the heart doth ache." b, aslonhg npah 4 G( an1 train, The men , Pany ten aulcide o, tweeO Shrrr E MELU rote from ter, N. y knlf, the toilet HJalmar j; I.VID GRAHAM PHILLmS, Author of 7HECQS&fc committed T'Ptng fro lnt0 Continued. issued a clear statement of the L. i bhowod in minute detail e 'the people standing together leadership of the honest men Property could easily force the big L w consent to an honest, Just, CHAPTER JefferJ H! body, i)p. un-''th- of Taco, re n the ic 3 of about J; 111 nd plant r company, haramle, founded. .Wj iitt0 nn arrested ion of being K. firm banks. the sullen faces and entered the office that tfc in usual. My win-,lng earlier the were closed to keep out noises; but now that my mind work In which I had b op from the I could hear the sounds ia tbsorbed, ntuy voices, even through the thick t impended 'y Tucker mad, the InBuer iscd his beii remembered ,jaek as I ; n 1 promlao was strlc bar, s office and his home, 1 glass. fe'Te got 200 .ie Albert L one of ti a. murder ca verdict of i, r Killing Co lobleman, The ' kill,-arc- 21 last 0 Carson really, unless we can get you be serious trouble, uy, there'll lae damn newspapers! Every one hem denounced you this morning, i the people are In a fury against t ated and b in - escai h mud to d the Wyoml rs assoclat. t In e Janua-h- vice It: s ilelegates nt, job includi miinty In obey the la of delay : of arcidcr lost or pre inn dcstroyc it( d. This limns just of railroi going?" what I think of them, sweeping him aside. For was up, and I was enraged uit the poor cowardly fools. For God's sake don't show your-S'- " he begged. "If you don't caro r your own life, think of the rest a. We've flx&d a route through Jugs and under Btreets up to Your electric Is waiting wdway. led I, r blood there. wont do," I said. "Ill face em 'i the only way. Ivent to the window', and was about throw up one of the sunbllnds r yon It i at them: Craw ford stopped look a t success-worshipin- tell them To time, plain-clothe- cold-bloode- Hold id is full-tilt- believed that "Wild Week" was my deliberate contrivance for the sole purpose of enriching myself. Thus they got me a reputation for almost superhuman daring, for satanic astuteness at calculation. I do not deserve the admiration and respect that my fellow countrymen lay at my feet. True, I did greatly enrich ntyself; but not until the Monday after Wild Week. Not until I had pondered on men and events with the assistance of the newspapers my detective protectors and Jailers permitted to be brought aboard not until the last hope of turning Wild Week to the immediate public advantage had sputtered out like a lost mans last match, did I think of benefiting myself, of seizing the opportunity to strengthen myself for the future. On Monday morning I said to Sergt. Mulliolland: "I want to go ashore at once and send some telegrams." The sergeant Is one of tho detective men. He is by bureaus "dress-sui- t nature phlegmatic and cynical. His experience has put over that a veneer of weary politeness. We had become great friends during our enforced InFor Joe, separable companionship. who looked on me somewhat as a mother looks on a brilliant but erratic son, had, as I soon discovered, elaborated a wonderful programme for vent toward the door. on. Matt," cried Joe, sprlng-- , n me and seizing me. "Where i leclareshet out haste, I got into nty machine. I calmly ntet the gaze of those thousands, quiet as so many barrels of gunpowdnr before the explosion. The chauffeur turned the machine. "Go slow, I called to him. You might hurt somebody. But he had his orders from the Inspector. lie suddenly darted ahead at full speed. The mob scattered in every direction, and we were in Broad, way, bound up town before I or the mob realised what he was about. I called to him to slow down. lie paid not the slightest attention. I leaned from the window and looked up at him. It was not my chauffeur; it was a man who had the unmistakable but indescribable marks of the s policeman. "Where are you going?" I shouted. You'll find out when we arrive, he shouted back, grinning. I settled myself and waited what else was there to do? Soon I guessed we were headed for the pier off which my yacht was anchored. As we dashed on to It, I saw that it was filled with police, both In uniform and in plain clothes. I descended. A detective sergeant stepped up to me. "We are here to help you to your yacht, he explained. "You wouldn't be safe anywhere In New York no a Cl': exhaust' h rilling adr here," hundred Blacklock, i Red with policemen "Five lnsiicctor. But are on the way. the ,1 3 ( es--e- d engineer not yet a reconstruc-- t into my private office, by Joe. I saw In Joes seamed, ,.py face that some new danger You've got to get out of jsrlsen. The mob In front of he. g three streets. It's th0 fills (place crowds turned away from jj, up of surveyor amlulng "st iron-buil- In all jiy statement appeared f morning papers throughout the Turn buck to It; read It. You 1 was right. Well jay that o'clock Inspector Craw-jcUu- e oward two a 'net Wort is XXXIII. CHAPTER XXXIV. "BLACK MATT'S? TRIUMPH. My enemies caused It to be widely "Theyll stone the building and atorm it, said he. "You must it once, by the route weve t ." tell them Im gone, believe It." replied I. S'e can look out for that, said - eager to save me, and caring ing about consequences to him-BI had unsettled the Even J If you won't to come down I'll go out alone and ia It and drive away. That'll never do!" cried Joe. the Inspector said: "You're 'it, Mr. Blacklock. Its a bare ace. You may take em by sur-Again, some fellow may yell throw a stone and He did not Send V for my electric aald I. J 4 4 to finish. looked wildly at me. "You tut do It, Matt!" he exclaimed. precipitate a riot, Crawford. " permit this." the Inspector was telephoning 'at electric. Then he went Into room, where he com-:dea view of the entrance, between Joe and me until he tty ' adjoining ace d med A EPfP The electiic Is coming down the said he. ' Good, said I. "I'm ready." lt until the other pollco get ilsslonir Xerih do ern '.raves tf the U , i, wb' denie Pente mad ' ent . "sliup' a c !vlm i Crawford. J the ninh Is In the temper you "be," said I, "the less that's done "hate It the better. I must go out hadn't a suspicion of danger." h Inspector eyed me with an 5f Tl that was highly flattering vanln, go with you," said Joe, start-"ft'tm his Btupor. I replied. You '" and the other ran take the underground If It h necessary." ,wn t tie necessary, put In the lur "Ag goon os Im rid of you have my additional force, Ill the streets." He went to the Waii. Mr. Blacklock, until Ive tlitm to g(.t opt to iny men." fhaps ten seconds after he dlsap-l- d . without further words, put y hut, ip tt dgar, shook Joe's wet, swiittt hand, loft In It my private 1 nd i ho memorandum of the nation of niy private vnult, : ' ,t'h"d forth. td always hud a ravenous appe-fu- r eeten.ent. and I had Iteen ny u tight place; but for the hie there seemed to mo to Is tullihrinni between my Internal nd the outside situation. As ppvd from my street door and shout mo, I hud no finding singer The holt situation so simple. There atooil tho Ifjust scrims tho narrow of sidewalk; there were the Wire, under Crawfords orders. rd everywhorw through the Jostling and ltrhd sBl to create dlstraoUoa, With - OO SLOW.' I CALLED TO HIM. more would the place that hat bored . . you." He had both common senso and the I got Into force on his Hide. launch. Four dotectlvo sergeants acwith companied nte and went aboard me. "Go ahead." said one of them to He looked at me for ormy captain. ders. "We are la the hands of our guests, them have their way." said I. We steamed down the bay and out to sea. From Maine to Texas the cry rose and swelled: What "Blacklock U responsible! does It matter whether ho lied or told the truth? Seo tho results of Ills He ought to bo pilloried! crusade! He ought to ho killed! lie Is the He has enemy of the human race. almost plunged tho whole civilized war. world Into bankruptcy and civil And they turned eagerly to the very autocrats who had been oppressing for them. "You have the genius us!" Save and Industry. flnnnco could H you did not know, you with the those patriots how guess "genius for finance and Industry when When they ltnd done, Lung-don- , their programme was In effect. the were Melville and Updegreff and tho country, In men thrtMi richest and as powerful aa Octavius. Antony Philippi. UMddus after finance saddled upon the reorganized heavier nation the of aud Industry YOU MIGHT HURT SOMEBODY.' me. It Included a watch on mo day and night, lest, through rago or despondency, I should try to do violence to myself. A fine character, that Joe! But, to return, Mulholland answered nty request for shore-leav- e with a soothing smile. "Cant do It, Mr. Blacklock." he said. "Our orders are positive. But when we put In at New London and send ashore for further Instructions, and for the papers, you can send in your messages." "As you please, suld I. And I gave him a cipher telegram to Joe an order to invest my store of cash, which meant practically my whole fortune, securities that were In the to bo had for cash at a small fraction of their value. This on the Monday after Wild Week, please note. I would have helped the people to deliver themselves from the bondage Of the banI dits. They would not have It. would even have sacrificed my all In trying to save them In spile of themselves. But what Is one sane man ngaliiBt a stampeded multitude of maniacs? For confirmation of my disinterestedness. I point to all those weeks 1 waged and months during which who on "The Seven," warfare costly would gladly have given me more than I now have, could I have been But, when I was bribed to desist. compelled to admit .hat I had overestimated my fellow men, that the people wear the yoke because they gilt-edge- d have not yet becour. Inte!llgi4 and competent enough to be free, then and not until then did 1 abandon the hopeless struggle. And I did not go over to the ban (fits; I simply resumed my own peg lected personal affairs and male Wilt. Week at least a personal triumph. There Is nothing of the spectacular 1 In nty make-up- . have no belief In the value of martyrs und martyrdom. Causes are not son and lu my humble opinion never have been won In the graveyards. Alive and afoot and armed, and true to my cause, I am the dreaded menace' to systematic and respectable robbery. What possible good could have come of mobs killing nte and the bandits dividing my estate? But why should I seek to Justify myself? I care not a rap for the opinion of my fellow men. They sought my life when they should have been hailing me as a deliverer; now, they look up to me because they fatso ly believe me guilty of an Infamy. My guards expected to be recalled on Tuesday. But Melville heard what Crawford had done about me, and straightway used his influence to have me detained until the new grip of the old gang was secure. Saturday afternoon we put In at Newport fog the dally comunlcatlon with the shore. When the launch returned, Mulholland brought the papers to me, lounging aft in a mass of cushions under the We are going ashore, said awning. he. The order has come." I had a sudden sense of loneliness. "Ill take you down to New York," said I. ."I prefer to land my guests where I shipped them. As we steamed slowly westward I read the papers. The country was rapidly readjusting Itself, was returning to the conditions before the The "financiers the same old gang, except for a few of the weaker brethren ruined and a few strong outsiders, who had slipped In during the confusion were employing all the old, familiar devices for deceiving and robbing the people. The upwas righted, and the set mllklng-stoo- l milker was seated again nd busy, the so good old cow standing without much as shake of horn or switch of tall. "Mulholland. said I, "what do you think of this business of living?" "Ill tell you, Mr. Blacklock," said he. "I used to fuss and fret a good deal about it But I dont any more. Ive got a house np In the Bronx, and a bit of land round It. And there's Mrs. Mulholland and four little Mulhol-land- s and me thats my country and my party and my religion. The rest Is off my beat, and I dont give a damn for It I dont care which fakir gets to be president or which swln dler gets to be rich. Everything works out somehow, and the best any man cn do Is to mind hls own business. Mulholland Mrs. Mulholland four little Mulhollands, Bald I, reflectively. "Thats about as much as one man And you could attend to properly. are 'on the level, arent you? "Some say honestys the best policy. replied he. "Some say It Isnt I dont know, and I dont care, whether It is or It Isnt Its my policy. And we six seem to have got along on It so far. I sent my "guests ashore the next morning. No, Ill stay aboard, said I to Mulholland, as he stood aside for me to precede him down the gangway from the launch. I went Into the watch-pockof my trousers and drew I always out the folded two Jl.OOO-hlll- s carried It was a habit formed In my I handed youthful, gambling days. him one of the bills. He hesitated. "For the four little Mulhollands, I urged. He put it In hls pocket I watched him and hla men depart with a heavy heart. I felt alone, horribly alone, without a tie or an Interest. Some of the morning papers spoke respectfully of me as one of the strong men who had ridden the flood and had been landed by tt on the heights of wealth and power. Admiration and envy lurked even In sneers at my Since I had unscrupulous plotting. wealth, plenty of wealth, 1 did not need character. Of what use was character In such a world except as a commodity to exchange for wealth? "Any orders, sir?" Interrupted my l. captain. looked round that vast and vivid I scene of sea and land activities. looked along the citys titanic sky-linthe mighty fortresses of trade and commerce piercing the heavens and flinging to the wind their black baa ners of defiance. I felt that I was under tho walls of hell Itself. "To get away from this." replied I to the waiting captain. "Go back down the Sound to Dawn lllll" Yes, I would go to the jioaecful, soothing country, to my dogs and Ihorsca and those faithful servants bound to me by our common love for the same animals. "Men to cross swords with, to amuse oneself with, I mused; "but dogs and horses to live with." I pictured myself at the kennela the Joyful ujtronr the Instant Instinct warned the dogs of my com tng; how they would leap and bark and tremble In a very ecstasy of delight os I stood among them; how Jealous all the others would be, as I selected one to caress. "Send her ahead as fast as she'll go," I called to tho captain. (To he ('ontinuod 1 I e 1MT IN THE PUBLIC EYE IS PLEASED WITH HAWAII Secretary .Straus, of the department of commerce and labor, who has Just returned from an extended trip to Hawaii, Is much pleased with what he saw anti heard In the island and believes hls visit Is likely to lead to practical results. Secretary Straus Is a firm believer In the Idea that the vast Interests Intrusted to hls safekeepfront ing can not he entirely administered hls desk In Washington, and this conviction led to the detetmlnutlon to make a personal Inspection of the workings of the department away from tho capital, and to become personally acquainted with the various officials having supervision. Accordingly he planned a trip along the Canadian border to Vancouver, and thence south through Seattle and Portland to San Francisco, with Honolulu as the ultimate destination, and it la from this trip that he has just returned. While in Hawaii Secretary Straus was waited upon by a delegation of Japanese editors, representing the four Japanese newspapers of. Honolulu, ho called to ascertain hls views regarding Japanese matters in the territory and bb to hls policy with reference to Japanese Immigration, particularly If he believed that the preponderance of Japanese In Hawaii was Inimical to the future welfare of the Islands. In reply the secretary said: "An Idea! condition for the future welfare of these Islands would be that there should not be too great a preponderance of any one race, hut that an equilibrium be maintained. I would Impress upon you, and upon each of the several races here, to have a care not to exploit these Islands and their resources for the benefit of the country from which they came, but to act In the spirit of the government under which they live; of loyalty to the Interests of the Islands which afford such happy and Ideal homes fot them and their children. There is an apparent need of greater shipping facilities for the Islands a deputation of merchants and planters, who waited on Secretary Straus showing how the coast wise shipping laws worked a hardship to the islandi In that they penalized the carrying of passengers and freight between tbs territory and the mainland of the United States In other than Americas bottoms, and owing to the Infrequency with which vessels of that desert tlon slop at Honolulu, large quantities of fruit rotted on the wharves whlls The same lack of transportation facilities acted os a awaiting shipment. residents of the territory, who were often obliged, upon peculiar hardship as a result of Illness or pressing financial matters, to leave for th,e United States on a vessel of foreign registry and thereby Incur the fine of $20C which our navigation laws Impose. Secretary Straus promised to do all he could to remedy this Injustice and this will be one of the matters which he will endeavor to bring to the attention of congress this winter and obtain relief for the Islands. t MAY NULLIFY STANDARD FINE Moritz Rosenthal, chief associate counsel for Oil company, made a sensation when he announced he had a scheme to nullify i'A Judge latndis $29,240,000 fine imposed upon the oil trust. Attomey Rosenthals scheme Is based on the Immunity bath to be granted to the Alton railroad for Its part in testifying against the Standard Oil company. He says the Standard should have been Informed of the proposed Immunity bath so Its attorneys could have questioned the Alton witnesses properly. Attorney Rosenthal contends they should have been allowed to ask these railroad witnesses whether their testimony had been Influenced In any way by knowledge that the road which employed them ' would not suffer prosecution. who raises this question. Attorney Rosenthal, Is a native of Dixon, III. He was born May 4, 18C6, and la therefore but 41 years old. He graduated from the University of Michigan In 1888, studied law In Chicago and was admitted to the bar In 1890. He was assistant states attorney for Cook couuty In 1893; assistant United. States attorney northern district attomey of Illinois from 1894 to 1898. It will be noted that hls rise was rapid and that although a young man he has attained a most enviable position In the legal profession. Politically he is a democrat the Standard OPPOSES HUSBAND'S PLANS The first storm to mar the matrimonial happiness of Jan Kubelik, the noted violinist and bis beautiful wife, formerly Countess Marianne Czaky Szell, has arisen over the projected visit of the musician to the United States on a long concer tour, during which he expects to repeat hls former triumphs. Having heard that during a former tour American women went wild over Kubelik, kissed hls portrait, surrounded hls carriage and sent hun dreds of letters demanding interviews, hls wife fears to allow him to come to the United States again unless she Is at (its side to scare off too en- thusiastic admirers. Kubelik and' hls manager have pointed out that It Is utterly impossible for Mnte, Kubelik to take her twin children to America, and that to do so would seriously hinder the hunt for the dollar which the violinist Is un dertaklng. So insistent Is the countess, however, that Kubelik Is considering the advisability of either abandoning the tour or defying hls wife, regardless of consequences. The tour will include New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, ludlanapolis and St. Louis. EXIT VARDAMAN-ENT- ER Special Interest renters In the change of governors In Mississippi next January because of the sharp controversies which have occurred between the present Incumbent, Gov. Vardaman, and President Roosevelt. The new governor-elect- , K. F. Noel, occupies rather a unique position, not only In the lilHtory of hls county, hut 0J hls state, as he Is the first citizen of Holmes county ever chosen, not only as governor, hut for any state office, and, so far as can he ascertained, he was the first to he chosen to any office outside tils county, and that was when be was elected district attorney In 1887. NOEL The public life of Edmond F. Noel began In the youngest member of the house of representatives, In which he served two terms, and was afterwards elected district attorney, In 1887, which post he also held for two terms, serving until 1895, when he was chosen as slat senator for Holmes county, serving as such until the end of 1903, In which year he was for the first time n candidate for Governor, Not Easy to Do. with Messrs. Vardanian and Critx. "Pop," began little Patsy, at the Mr. Noel haa a brief war record of eight months, havlug enlisted In table, "kin I have some", 1898, during the war with Spain as a private tu the 8ccond Mississippi, Com) fa"Here, now!" Interrupted hls pany K, commanded by Colonel W, A. Montgomery, and was chosen captain ther, "yeve a piste full o food before by acclamation, and with It wss attached to the Seventh Army Corps, under ye." General Fttzhugh "Yes, but Mr, Noel has been twlco married, first to Miss Lulu Hoskins, of Lexing"Well, thin, kape yer mout' nhut ton, who died In 1891, and In 1905 he was united in marriage with Mrs. on ate it." Philadelphia Press. . Alice Tye Nellson, daughter of Colonel J. F. Tye, of Plckeus. - . 1882, when he was Ie. |