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Show 12 j 1 y there If b ear- au excellent post. would retain ployro rfc.-- c WV I The KING of Ti DIAMONDS. U M, f Author By Louis Tracy, of "Wind ot tho Morning" "Th Uht, 75 IWA t. He phased on. menauriug the bit'd court wlTU a backward sweep of the eye In tbe sunlit street tyoud vis- the arch stood the policeman. The itor grinned stain. an unamiable aad aulky grin, and vanished. crossed over. The p'din-inn"Whet u (hut chap a fleer be Ina quired. "Nothing special waa tbe answer. La time he waa hero tbe place waa a mews, be said. "UuleH I aw greatly mistakes, ho haa a ticket In hia pocket." "Yen don't say! Ik yen know bimT "No. I'll look him up lu tlie album -- Mler of EtC. If IBM. cerTBICMT. SYNOPSIS. ' MM I. CIOI& Et4C I poirroilFRrtM BMC Ws-rhls wtfn Urs. Ablagdoa would never forgive me If I took sorb an important step without consulting her. Will yoa remain u diansr?" Then Philip knew that ho had gained hia point Nothing wan Hid before tint servants, tnt when they were coaiiy ensconced In the library before a pleasant Are he waa asked te relate again hla entrancing history for kin. A la the station whom I gooff duty. "Well he can't do any harm here. O'Brieu takes visitor over a regular roubl auJ. la any case, tbe man to be honest enough In Ida cari- 1 Chapter I At clu in Lcnd-- a. rtUlip Aa- I - V lurid bo; of about tttoan, osity." aa far aa ho mother, tha only rstoilvs, "Yoa never ran tall Theyre up to world. tha Jo ho haa that knows, of all aorta of dodges " lotton. of a gods ucitu "Thanks very much. I'll ring fur them fRHBObUr PhUJp relief and tell hlu to keep an CBrleu'a Mr to aid tuning by ae tbe old man to blind as thougot Norland o them, HIM ga eye na hor relaiivM to havo married hoat a bat" hor station. Meanwhile the stranger was being That good tody waa overwhelmed. conducted itono a -Du up a wide staircase by a great n ring Chapter Bhe, like everybody else, had read tho address! aoniewhat Uttlo girl. tottering guide, who wore Philip aaioo car-taB4rspaiers and, of course, had tha adot his uniform the Cribreast aa the ao Elf. fro at being crushed by o view husband's her U hie aqualid apartiuonto ditional beiiellt ofot the Indian niutiuy medals. mean and unkempt boy oa tha subject Philip, alck of tho outlook and As he hobbled la front he told, with with hla amali'paivel of valuable fetus. la about la bang hlmsslz a strong Irish brogue, the fauiilter stotha court Hut the presence of Philip under ohoa a bug, atotoor (alia of the Mary Ansou home how It Imary and as of the tale their roof, tbe glamour yard. Philip, ayaipatbttle fed. lodged and clothed OIM buys of a aa message It over It Ml from bis lips, cant a spell ginative. regard. British parentage bora ia the Whitefrom hia Bother la heave,. her. She was a kindly aonl, too, and how It taught them district; chapel Chapter 10 With enme fragmonte tears gathered In her eyes at some porfull owed their careers wttn and trades at tho Botoor Philip goea to a tions of the redial. care; how it never refused a olor. Ho to told that they are It to that your mother fostering "What a warm a or a meal place to any aad to referred to Uaaealeli died," aba pity murmured when ho had ao matter where be came from or A Cs London's iargeet dealers la boy, ended. dlaBocdi. Chapter IV laaacetela to what hla nationality, provided bo Htte-fleThe words endeared her to Fklllp fa aatuaaded by the gem, Philip ahowo tbe superintendent that be was stonily. A worldly, grasping woman hla and haa the boy arraeted. really destitute or needed hla email In would hove thought of nothing save fur trading purpose next day. Chapter V baacatela osplalaa of capital her for the vista of wealth opened up court that the grata are doubtless central ball where tho QUO Tbe great Mrs. so husband and herself. Hot recent meteoric origin. ata their meals, tha Inmates regular wife of Sir Philip Abingdon. If anything, abe was sometha drill th Chapter Vl-- Tho dormitories, playground, d Slorlaad reada la tho papera about what afraid of the responsibilities and gymnasium, the workshop, shed Iw her undertaken dlamoada ta spouse, by Philip aad hia niarveloui tha library, tho theater, were an pointaad aeada to Johnsons Jlrwa to in- to whom she was devoted. ed out, but th big man with tbe storThe magistrate did not promise quire about him. She learn nothing. ing ryes was not Interested ono Jot In Philip to dismissed from cusiudy. definitely that night to accept the posiany of then things. think would Chapter Vll Philip agieua to sup-plHa to him. offered tion "Who waa Mary Anson T bo askL laaaeatela wlib a quarter of a over tho matter. Ho could retire oa a tho well worn tala waa ended, when Billion pouada arliug worth of pcualou at any Uue. This ho would each year fur many yeara. and bow did eha come to build anch a couUl aad now do wltbout Philip delay, flue plac here?" Chapter, VIII aad IX -- At Johnaona certainly eouut on hla friendship and Haw,, while Philip to preparing to "Ah. y may well ax that. hU old advice, whlto bis bouM would always tha rsl of hla dlamoaJa, be OBrien. "Bure, aba didn't build It at be open to him. an Intrader, ho, with the at aU. Bhe was a poor wtddy Brin' at a polioeman, to captured. ' Meanwhile ho would give one word an alotie-a- t wid on eon, Hr. Philip that to Ha to a anted ciimlaal named Jcky ot advice Intrust 'no human being Haaoa. Philip removea hla dlaaionda with tbe power to algn any binding now. Bhe waa a burg tody, bat abo kern down In tho worruld and died, for forever (rum Johnson's Hewa, doculbcut without his (Philip's) contom an' forgotten. In a little ahanty In Chapter! X. XI and for difficult be would any aella thirty of Phllip'a dlamoada for sent Then it Johnson's Mewa, aa It was called In wlth'blm. ona to deal unscrupulously 12.000 pouada. those days. Tho boy went away at a lata hour. "I remember it well. perloft behind gn exceedingly bla II, "Ye do, eb? Mebhe ye know my onU "foulitated at our last Breting that plexed couple, but he felt that when tho marine store near tb enshop, diato to aHlmltete aome ono might lay claim had time my to the court? trance mond! oa tha ground that they bad tha facta and realise tha groat scope of "Tea." fallen oa tlrtr property. I do not Inthe work before him there waa Uttte tend that any one living except year, doubt be would gladly associate himArrah. ye don't tell mo ao. Me eye re gettin wake, an' I cant make oat atlf aball ever know the history of my self with It i meteor, but I thought It beat to bay At tbs hotel a telegram awaited him: per face. What's yer name! .. . , the plac outrlgbt In the tint Instance "Oh, Im afraid wo didn't know one Hava ess Used for fifty- - vs thousand. 1SAACSTS1N. aad then devote It to a charity which fUturnlng Monday. another. I cant recall your name, I Intend to foond In memory of my Hero was the Anal proof, if proof though I reeullort the shop well enough, mother. were wanting, Philip waa a millionaire But, If Mrs. Anson died ao poor, how Hr. AMbgfni emlled again. waa her son able to act this groat bourn many times over. "Your eeafldeaco to very flattering, oa It legsT It must havo coat a mint 1 suppose yon took up your fee aold. of money. CHAPTER XIII. quarters at the Poll Mall hotel la order "Falx, ye're right. Quarter of a milbuilt man, aged TALL strongly impress people with your Impoe-lancforty-fivbut looking lion wlnt afore there waa a boy under about gad aeeura tnetaat roupltooco Ita roof. Aad they any It roots HOAX) older hv reason of bta grlxaled With your wishes." a year to keep It go In'. But Mr. rhillp with seamed faro a and hair ' That wan my motive, air. would find that and more to delight the - a man whom prominent eyes hardship"Then, my yonng mllllonalr. in what imparted aa alf of alert tateUlgenoa to aonl of tho motherIn that's dud. Bure a way. Isn't bo lt'e slay for hint. mo aerve you! Of aa athern he heavy end brutal eounte-aanc- o the Diamond wy do yea wish to King! inter-Tlrenuraa yon havo not aougbt this disfigured by a broken no "Tho Diamond King! Why to ho call and told mo your story so stood oa the north side of tha Mila d that! without aa ulterior object In End rmd and looked fixedly across the "D'ye mono to My yon nlwer- - Haa view. You see, I am beginning to unstreet at a fine building which dwarfed what part of creation did ye live lira, derfund you already a little bettor tbe mean houses ou either band. In that yo didn't bear tell uf Mr. Philip IhiB whdn m flnt But. lie bad no need to ask what It was. exHrbUlp did not reply immediately, llo Carved In atone ever the handsome Anson, the boy who discovered an tra bla diamond mine of own, aplahul to rlak ho want a did aot refusal, and arch which tod to aa interior cove rod no mObowi where? Bure, now, woo aot yet quite anee that tha magis- mart was Ha title, "The Mary Anson what's wrong wid ye? trate fully comprehended the extent of Homo For Destitute Buys." A date For tho visitor waa softly nstng tho fortune which had been ahoworod followed, a date tea year old. which to O'Brien; dull ears words own fmm him nature's mint M Tho observer was pnxsled. Ho gaxed sounded very flke a string of curses. When !r. leaacatela rvturna from up and down the wide I'm sorry," growled tbo other with 'Amsterdam, be will pay mo oometblng with the manner of onethoroughfare who naked an effort, been to Africa, an I Uko 40.000." he Hid. himself: get such a apaqm now an then la my Yes. It would seem eo from tho re Noe why waa that tmllt there T liver that I ran hardly stand. Nipt yon have shown me. A policeman strolled leisurely along "Thsf no way to rare yourself That will bo determined on Wednea tho pavement but to hlu tho msu ad- profanin' tho name of tbo AJmlghty,1 day next at tho latent." dressed no qneatbm. Apparently tried O'Brien. ; "Tea. of the constable's observant No. I'm aaorry, I tell you.. But . "If tho money to forthcoming. It will ho still continued to scrutinise I bout this boy" Eo proof positive that my dlamoada glance, the groat pile of brick and stoat which "Tliere'a no more to see now, If ya era of good quality, and as I picked up throat Its splendid campanil into tho plane. Thnfx the way out atones then, dirty quite promiscuously warm sunshine of an April day. O'Brien wae deeply offended by the ft follows that tho others art of tho . Beneath the naiue was an Inscription: language unl beneath a roof hallowed pome standard. "Them are they which passed by tbe name I "Undoubtedly . uf,Maty Anson. Tha great tribulation. tishtaeer bad to go, and quickly. "Well. Hr. Abingdon, I na form no through A queer smile did not Improve the who waa obcommlsslonnalre, oetlBato of tbefr collective value, tint man's expression os he read the text serving them from a distance, rams np they must bo worth many millions. Ac"Tribulation! That's ho contincording to Ur. Itaacatcln'i views, 1 ued. "Pvt bad ten yearsitof It And it sad asked O'Brien what tho stranger was talking about .will bo able to command a revenue of started somewhere about tho end of "Ye nlwer beard slch a b laggard,' jbetween a quarter and a half million that lino entrance too. I wonder where mid tho old man Indignantly. "1 was Marling per anuum. Is, and that boy. He's n man la tho middle of tellln' him about Mr. h "It to marvelooa! Perfectly appalling Bailor now. mcblie twenty-sior so. If he's Philip, when he to curse like aom osnsesr cried the pertorbed live. Oh. 1 hope he's alive! I hope Mid Nick himself. began lawyer, throwing np bla hands la the he'a rich and healthy and Engaged or In tbo Mile End road the rawbogsd of hla amaxemeat. to a nice young woman! If person who such excitement rtranlty right, air. I am ouly a boy. married I've to live In purgatory for found the betrayed policeman awaiting him. Bad th thing to beyond my powers. I ten managed long years, a youngster Hko Mm He sprang on to a 'bus and baa see quit, clearly that while I ought should he able to purposely pull through wtth glared at tbe officer la a way to attract to be at college obtaining a proper eduyouth and strength and a bagful of hia attention. When at a safe discation I will be worrying about the diamonds. tance he pnt hie fingers to bla noae. care of groat sums of money. I do Without turning bla head he became not know anything about Investments. aware that the policeman had halted The constable smiled. "I knew I was right" be uld. "I Dow should If iHacateia will proba- at aome little distance. toot need to look twk-- at that sort aooo endeavor to betthe bly "Of course I've gut the mark on me." very get f customer." me ot ter la the necessary business uld the man savagely to himself. And he entered the Mary Aneon transactions. How can I atop hlmT 1 He'a spotted me all right. Well. ITI bav no older relatives, no friends let him see I don't care for Mm or any home again to ask the porter what had whom I can trust For aome reason I of hla breed. I never did care, and It's taken place. It was an easy matter for Jocky de feel that I can have faith In yon. too lata to begin now. Mason, WIU yon taka charge of my affaire, He crossed tbe road, passed between M ticketreleased from Portland prison of leave, sfter serving the mo during the next few years, tell two flnt Iron gates standing hospitably major portion of a sentence of four me bow to act ae my mother would opened paused at the door of tbe porteen have told mo In a word, become my ter's lodge,, where a stalwart commie ho years' penal servitude the man assaulted had died, and tbe slounslre met him. , guardian? narrowly escaped being hanged For a little whlto Hr. Abingdon was "Have yon called to on one of tha -- to ascertain the ullent facts of Philattest Whoa worda came be could boyr ns Id the official cheerfully. ip Anson's later career. No: I'm a stranger. It's a good holy gaep: It was known to most men. He waa You certainly aro the most extraormany years aluce I was In these parts In Whifa Who" before. In these days there used to blographed briefly dinary boy I havo evar encountered. ad had often supplied material for a be a mews here and some warehouses column Thea PhlHp toughed merrily. of gossip in the newspapers. "I don't think, air. that I am eo mnrh at the back, with a few shops'' free Every library held books containna extraordinary boy as a hoy who haa Oh. I expect so. but that Is long being reference to him. boon pitchforked into aa extraordinary fore my time. The Mary Auson home It waa quite Impossible that th position. I hop mast sincerely that waa founded ten yean ago. and It took source of his great wealth should retwo you will d, what I ask. If I may years to build It's one of tho fin main hidden all time. In one way for ao without presumption. It will ho a eat charities In Ixmdon. Would you and another It leaked out, and he begood thing for you. I suppose a man like t hsk round?" came Identified with th ragged youth 1 that allowed?" who tooka after millions of money to who created a sensation In the dock of aatittad to a vastly bigger Income thaa Certainly. Krcryhnd.v Is welcome. th police elation. ne who aim hoers.ln a police court If you go In by (hot side door there, But this was years later, aud the ttosBag with offenses agateot tho tow. you'll find sn old man who has nothclever Mr. Abingdon, "Bach hag certainly hen my oxperi-mea,- " ing to do Imt take visitors to the chief as hla manlpulatlen of estate agent, aud of Mr. Isaac-atelu- . said the magistrate, who appro, department. we Bles your besrt, aa hia representative in the dia slated the alee manner la whloh Philip lose half our boarders that way. Peomond trade, completely frustrated all hinted at a good fat nlary for ple come here, sn tbe excellences of attempt to measure the true extent tha aetata of the Slag at Die the training we give and offer situa at the meteor's value. tlona to boys who art old enough. For now ' "Thea ram agree! cried PhlUp Joy The man appeared to be surprised by mond min Philip owned a real dia in South Africa, ha had tho commission naira' affability. He fine estate la Baaagx. a bouse In Fark - "Not kind fs(. fhv yeqthem fHn1 did aot.know tone, a ?' Ar aw-m-t- blog-bWtfl- L a J' die-Boa- g d pro-pose- y s re-er- a de-tec- ta alela pu u ETAII. THE llOBSISO EXAMINER: OGRES. e unre-aorved- ly "lq . An-stb- er n x aiuua u- ia -i The vmioI la IkuI and rsileaylatent value of hia getua had lets conMery u- - verted into lui.ncy earning capital. Mr. Abingdon proved himself to be n very able business maiL When th administration at Phllip'a revenue befor hia unaided came too heavy ahouhlera, he organized a capital estate office, with well trained lawyers, engineers and accountant to conduct lta various departments, while be kepi np an ncilTo atipervuoi-- of th whole until Philip quitted his university and to hear aouto waa old enough tu portiun of the bunlra. They agreed to differ en this. Important question. Philip was fond of Intel aad adventure. With groat difficulty hia "guardiuu kept him out of the army, hut coupnal.ed tha matter by allowing the yoitug millionaire to twain about the odd corners uf the world In his yacht fur eight month of tbs year, provided he spent four months of xt srouu In Mondon and Busses attending to affairs. Ia this mouth uf April be was living In his town hottae. In July be would go to Feirftx Hall, la August to Boot-lau- d and n month inter would Joyfully fly to the Forth, where the Bee llaldeu awaited him. This lady, whuae waist measured eighteen feet ncruas and whose length was seventy feet, with s flna spread of canvas and auxiliary steam, waa the only elm able to charm him. Ha waa tall now and strongly tmllt frith something of tbs naval officer 1a tla handsome, resoluta faro and well act up figure. As a hobby b had taken eat a master mariner's certificate, bis own ship In aad b could aavt.-:atth teeth of nn Atlantic gate. Helorod to surround him self with friends, mostly Oxford aten of bla year, but ha seldom entertained todies, either on board the Boa Malden or la either of hla twe fine mansions. He avoided society In It general acceptance, refused all overture to mix ta politics, took a keen delight ta using Ha great wealth to alleviate dlatrcM anonymously and earned a deserved, reputation aa a hear among tbo few match making mammas who managed to mako hla acquaintance. In other respects aa th boy was ao was th man the him downright cha router, th same steadfast devotion to bla mother's memory, tha hois retention adherence to n couth already decided on and tha same whole hearted reciprocity of friendship. Aa bo stood In hla drawing room before dinner on th evening of th day Jocky Mason revisited the locality. If not th surroundings, of hi capture TMlIps strong fare won an unwonted expreHlon of annoyance. He walked to and fro from end to end of tha bean-tlfroom, pausing each time he reached the wluduw to gase out over the park. A servant, who entered for tho purpose of turning nn the etectrie lights and lowering the blinds, waa bidden almost impatiently to wait until Philip and Ms guesta were at dinner. A telegram came. Anaon opened It aad read: Was dreealng ta enm to row place whes Grainger telcaraphed for ma to act M aubatltuta Lincoln quarter ar Minna. aak a U-gi-n nl FOX. Must g Sown at ones. No answer, ha Mid, adding to him- self: "That's better. Fox's ca untie humor would have worried ms tonight I wish Abingdon would come. I am Mger to tsU him what has happensd." Now. punctuality waa ou of Mr. Abingdon's many virtues. At half paat T to the tick bla brougham deposited bln at (he floor,. The two mt jwlth a cordial greeting that showed Tbe close ties of mntnal good fellowship ' and respect which bound them together. Fox won't b here, Hid Philip. Grainger has broken down in health, I suppose and wired for him to go to Lincoln. "Ah, that's a lift for Fox. I! Ia clever fellow, and If ho manages to tell th Jury a Joke Mr two ho will tail nenre a verdict aa nnfalriy aa any f man I know." "Don It not seem to you to be rather aa anomaly that Justice, which ta the abstract la Impeccable, too often depends on other tesuH which have no possible bearing on the merits of tha dispute itself?, "My dear boy, that defect will continue until tits crack of doom. Pascal Uld It bare In an epigram, Tt an depends on which aide the Pyrenees Fox happen to he.' "Unfortunately I am straddling the water ahed at this moment I have made a very Important discovery, Abingdon, and I am glad, we are alone tonight; we na ieak freely. Some people named fihaipe ft Bmlth wrote to ms yesterday. "( know them aa old established firm of solicitors." "Well, they urged me to glv them an appointment on a private matter. h; lvlltysnl riL" rot ffgurou ,u charge uf sion" "Tbe matter to not serious, then? "It Is very serious. Tbe real Fhlllp Morland la my uncle." "Do you mean to say that you learned this fact for tbo tint time today from bhsrpe ft fimitb? Philip laughed. By this time they were seated at the table, and their talk depended to n certain extent on tbs comings aad goings at servants. At a dinner on famille, the present of a ponderous butler and solemn lackeys waa dispensed with. "Oh, yon lawyers!" he cried. That's nice sort of leading question. But. marvelous aa, it may aeon to you,. I must answer Yes. My mothers maiden name waa Morland. Her brother was much older than ahe, and it appears the dear woman married to please herself, thereby mortally offending tit baronet. Why tho offuuH T " "Because my father's social position was not equal to that of the aristocratic M or lands Moreover, her brother had an accident in Ms youth which rendered him irritable and morose. From being n pleasant sort of man which. Indeed, he must hare been did he share aught ot my motbei'a nature he grew into a nilHnthrop and gave hi life to tbo classification of Exmoor ne treated my mother very booties, vilely that even abo, deer badly, aonl. during her married life held ao further communication wjfh Mm and never mentioned him to m by name Now, ou day on Exmoor bo fouud a lady who also was devoted to beetles at least aha knew all that th Encyclopaedia Britannic could teach her. Bhe was a poor but handsome widow. h Ah!" to delightful to talk with yon, Your monosyllables help Abingdon. tbe narrative along. Btr Philip married the widow. Bhe brought btara son, aged five. There were ao children "It burn of my uncles marriage. "Ohr "When poverty overtook my dear ou, aha ao far obliterated a cnwl memory ea to appeal, not once, but many times, to th human colsopterns of Exmoor, bat ah was Invariably frosen off either by Lady Louisa Morland or by Messrs. 8 harps ft Bmlth. "Did they admit this? "By no means. I am telling yon th facta. I am still on top of the Pyre- "Than how did you ascertain tha factor "I have ta my possession ever Blue my mothers death the letters they wrote to her. They were freak ta my memory when you end I first met ta the Clerkenwell police court That to Why th name of rhillp Morland wu glib oa my tongu. "Bo I havo ouly heard historical events events prior to the lut ten yura? My uncle to now sixty "Exactly years of age. Lady LouIh Morlaad'a a to twenty four. Her ladyship's whole aim in Ufa haa been to secure him aa the baronet's heir. The title, of course, he cannot obtain. But, moat unfortunately, he haa no penchant for beetles. Indeed Lady Loniua rose retire have long since diminished ta ardor. Her son's Interests are divided between the 8pert club and the coryphees of tho tetq;4 musical comedy. Motha ere more la bla line apparently. My uncle, who to preparing a monograph on the Uses which patronise Exmoor wild ponies, came to town last week to visit the British museum. Unhappily he heard something about Me atepaou which disturbed hla researches. There was a row. . "Why do you m; 'unhappily T "Because I am dragged Into th wretched business mi account of It After a lapse of more than twenty-flv- a yeara he remembered bis sister, went to hla solicitors, made a fearful hub-bn- b when ha beard of tetters received from her and answered without hla knowledge and ascertained that abe wae dead aad had a eon living. At any cost, they must find that son. They have guessed at my Identity for some time. Now they want to make sure of it" "And what did you say? "Ptold them I would think over tha altuatoo and communicate with them further. "Were they satisfied?" "By no means. They are exceedingly anxious to placate the old man. They probably control a good deal of bla money. -- Urn!" "Of course! You tea the delicacy at their position. After playing Into the hands ot Lady Louisa for nearly a quarter iff a century they suddenly find the whole situation changed by tbe baronet's belated discovery that ta once had a slater. "Yon hare not told mo all this with? out a purpose. Do yon want my rhlllp'a face waa clouded, hia eyes downcast "You understand, be uld after long pause, "that aome one, either tbe man or tbo woman the women, I think is morally responsible for my mothers death. She was poor wretchedly. horribly poor the poverty of thin clothing and Insufficient food. Bhe waa 111, confined to a miserable hovel for weary months and .was ao utterly with the barest necessities that tbe parish doctor waa on the point of compelling her to go to the work bo oh infirmary when death came. Am I to be the Instrument of God's vengeance on this woman? Mr. Abingdon, who had risen to light cigar, placed a kindly hand on the young man's shoulder. rhillp." he uld, with some emotion, I havo never yet heard you utter a hasty Judgment You have prudence far beyond your yeara. It seems to me, speaking with all the reverence of a man ta face of the decreu of Providence, that God haa already provided a terrible punishment for Lady Louisa Morland. What to the name of her ad-el- con-arollt- JCLY 2S, 190T. SUNDAY, I know nm--as old nSaNMed Jtem of aotietl ore and I did sa They began by trying to cross examioe me, but that waa an abject failure, fleeing that whatever they had to say mnst stand on its own legs, they told me an extraordinary story. It sppesrs that at a place called th Halt. Beitham, Devon, lives an elderly baronet named Air Philip Morland. "Morland! Philip Ierland! "Ah. yon rememlwr the name! It W given to a young iterelk-- who once t eon?" I do not know. 1 forgot to ask. I have a wide experience of the Jcunrsw doree of London. Hardly a week passed during pisny jeers of my life that one of bis typo did not appear before me in the dock. What to he a roue, a gambler, probably a drunkard? "All there, I gathered from the UdtorsL" (Tt bo Continntd.) MBBMSIMBBI TEM P ERANCE DEPARTMENT T."uT i 1 BY W. C. CONDUCTED EDITORIAL COMMITTEE MISS MABEL M. CHARPIE MRS. CLAYTON COOL1DGE MISS LEOTA S. KENNEDY work four hours a day, many of them would probably begin to manufacture BEYOND TODAY. If w could sn the stuff for their own private contow tu aa sumption, if there was contrary. beyond today Aa God can u tee; If nil the clouds should roll array, Tho shadows flee, O'er present griefs wo would not fret. Each sorrow we would anon forget. For many Joys are walling yet For you and me. If ANOTHER TEMPERANCE CRANK. General Fred D. Grant, la The Dat Xe York, recently expressed himself aa follows: Tell jnuag men that Gereral Great does not drlug n drop of liquor has not for eighteen years because he i afraid to drink it. I tried to drink with extreme moderation, because ) knew that alcohol to the worst pulton a man could take into hi system. But I found It waa an absolute lmpos-ihlltto drlng moderately. Because moderate drinking to n practical impossibility, l became aa absolute teetotaler crank. If yon pleas. I viii not allow llquur ta my homo. Drink 1 the greatest curse, because practically all crime and all disaster are the result of It. Ninety-fiv- e per Mat of desertions and acta of lawlessness la the army are due to drink. If I the greatest appointive power ta the counno even would the smalget try, pian lest appointment from me unless he showed proof of hte absolute teetotal-lam- . Aa It to, of my own appointees, the members of my staff, aot one of them touches a drop. They know beefender w eould know beyond today, As God doth know. Why dearest treasures pus away And tear must flow. And why tho darkneu leads to light. Why dreary paths will aoofi grow bright! Some day life's wrongs will bo made right; Faith tails ua so. THE SALOON FLOURISHES. tows "Woe to him that buildeth with blood, and establisheth a city by Iniquity I Tea thousand people starve to death - each year In Greater New York, while nearly four hundred thousand dollars a day passes over the ban of II censed saloons in that city for liquor. .f Ban Fraadaeo to another example ot a city which, after a chance to choose th batter way, haa established itself by Iniquity. 'After a abort ulooaleu period, daring which tt prospered and tter. bad peace, tt has goat back to tho TESTIMONY AGAINST THE CAN. saloon and with it, to Uwtouness, TEEN, to robbery, to atrlkea, to bloodahel aad to all that makes Ufa unbearable The favorite Argument of procan-toe- n and unsafe. advocates la that the officials who ' THE HOME OF EISTEDDFOD8. . are closely aaioctated with soldiers' homes and army posts are, almost wltbout exception, la favor of the Aa a result of appeal and resoluuntions from temperance supporters, the restoration ol tho sale of liquors, der government auspices, to goverexecutive committee of th Walsh Na- nment employes. As a mational Eisteddfod havo decide I to de- tter warda andofficials of fact, tha who make this bar intoxicants from the Eisteddfod recommendation the minority, are la grounds at Llangollen, Wales. and th mutiv la. In nearly every t. case, TO ENFORCE LAWS. Whits rlbbonera who visited the National Boldlers' home at Bawtelle, Cal., Washington State Good Templars at the time of our national convention to establish a legal wing la of 1MB, will read with propose inter ' their temperance work. A fund Is be-- est thto statement by especial Root, Captain tag raised to be used In securing legs) ; chief at police, which appeared la tha advice In cates where It is sought to Loa Angeles Expreu of July : enforce the liquor leva and to employ After watching the effect of Its counsel In any cane 1a which tt may for four months. Captain Root, be necessary to secure Justice for th chief of police nt Jto Soldiers' home, temperance people. deotares against the canteen nnd avers s that the veterans are far better off I PURE FOOD LAW AGAIN. without It. "There la much less drunkenness, "Blind Pigs" are not considered Hid Captain Root, "among the veterta North Dakota, Main and ans than there wu when the canteen healthy Kansas. For the first time ta the hla-- : waa running. We have very few ofNorth fenses of any kind now. The home tory of the state, It to said, Dakota court haa ordered tho closing waa always well up toward the standof tho station of a great railroad be- ard fur good conduct, but there la a cause the company countenanced the good deal leu drinking now, aad the violation of the state prohibitory law, beat people Institution agree e and had transformed lta local depot with mq on this point. The more Into a veritable "blind pig. There to experienced raptalns of companies are a general movement throughout the all glad that the canteen has gnus state to wlp out the "blind1 tigs by. and they do not want It back. 1 am tatea attorneys, sheriffs and court 1a a' position to determine aa well as cere. It 1a possible, tbe good or bad effect of tbe canteen, an.l X am convinced BOCIALISM AND LIQUOR. that Its removal wu a good thing for all concerned. Many of the men who Tho International Socialists of this were addicted to drink will tell yon city, ta thler department last week,' that they are glad that the canteen quoted an article from n Chicago pa- I cloned. I have visited the tavern per, which ran Jains a number of very In the canyon, where aome of the vetdoubtful statements concerning the erans go to drink now. While they regulation of liquor to tbo tabor prob- can get anything they want there, lem. moat bf them drink brer, as they did For instance they say, "if all were la the canteen. forced to b temperate, it la probable Only one prisoner was In the guard that under present conditions, all house yesterday as the result of tha would be poor. Tho proof of this celebration of the country's birthday, fact ta seen ta India, where temper- and: there was practically no disturbance ta unknown and poverty more ance. Selected. grinding than anywhere else mi earth. To compare conditions in America THE PENALTY WILL FALL UPON a Christian and enlightened counHIMSELF. try, with conditions in pagan India, ta unfair to both. There to simply no It scarcely seems possible that any comparison possible. If it to the ab- one can still be found to believe that sence of drink ta India that makes indulges In strong drink them so poor, we ought to send them the man whohimHlf ; nnd yet that outInjures only Instead of mtoalonarlH and worn liquor la still put forward.. A fallacy how teachers. We cannot sn anyone, the prescan argue that taking away a mans recent liquor paper deplore meddlesome to ent strong tendency Uquor to going to maka him poor. taws a subversive of libTbe Socialists seem to argue that coercive"Th Essence of real liberty " erty. the fact that many working men must of freedom, ! havo their liquor, keeps op wages to uys this champion sane man should and a.lult that every a little higher notch to meet the de- have tbe right to pursue hla own life mand. Well, why not demand auto--, and gratify hla own Uatei without mobiles or some leu destructive luxmolestation, provided he does not Inury than liquors? Again they his neighbors, and provided he that If Tom, Dick and Harry are jure fulfills the dutlee which the state exa for Job the temperate Harry hunting under these will be more apt to get the Job. Then acts from Ita cltlaens. . If, hla life, the Tom will he unemployed and poor. conditions, he mismanages will fall the and penalty responsibility some were But If all three sober, then tbe to mention Not himHlf. upon decide other teat would ho used to libIdeal of an such selfishness of which one would be poor but ona to of ita fulfillment erty, impossibility would bo poor Just the same.". . apparent. glaringly Now, how ta tho world do they In a local newspaper of almost tha msk out that ona would Iw poor llquot orgai "Just the same, If there were no ume date a that of the quoted from, la printed a letr liquor to drink? Wa feel just aa aura already n heart-broke-n mother, whoa that all would hare work at good ter from by drink, bought at wages, If tho money now Invested on, while crazed shot afld killed hla ta th brewing and distilling business the open xaloon, were turned Into legitimated business neighbor aad friend. For- thto crime waa executed, at the- age of tt i he interests. i waa my only support ta my deWhy one man can make f 100 worth "He yearn," writes the poor m clining of beer ta a abort time, but It takes "I ther. appeal to the good people a numebr of men aome time to make - bo remember on the comW 100 worth of shoes. The liquor men of are keeping a lut ot men out of em- election day the cause of my ud ta ployment by tying up the money of movement. Tbe penalty fell upon MmselT the country in a buataeu that requires anfl comparatively few workmen to turn yea. It fell also upon hla mother, out great quantities of the finished upon hla neighbor and friend, and upoe too If It product. It U for this reason that all who loved him. It fell, financial "tho labor market does not absorb he not too heartless to name with tne lou ta the Mine sentence the entire supply of men. "Hen drink because of their poverty ruin of a young life upon thecoot doubtlexa paid ia the as often aa they are poor, became of drink. sari this writer. None at ns this one boys trial more than It Mlne Mm. need Investigate long to discover this from the uloon that entrapped an a man drove . A drunken youngInto statement. n crowd of pv Think of ell your acquaintances tomoblle headlong wai who drink and sec if you can think song waiting for their ear There of many, or Indeed, at any who drink no warning, no way of escape. Won to drown thoughts of their poverty. and men were run down and frigM Hoot of thorn never took up the habit fully injured. Upon tho young until they became prosperous. But it fell tbe penalty of arreat and Hurt to neither poverty or prosperity that to disgrace. Tho much heavier penalff vlctta the prime csum of drink. The cbum was borne bv hia Innocent to an appetite created ta part, by the Upon tha uibon that was really sponsible foil no penalty, at all everlasting presence of thq stuff. tt to very rare to hear, a Socialist yet. But tt to needles to multiply J assert that Socialism would bringatmut the entire prohibition of the liquor stance in proof of the truth that kxig traffic, or that entire prohibition ta to man llveth to himself." Bo ho desired. Indeed, they seem to think tha Mkn exists, no one can taj that "taking tbe profit oat ot the liquor well protected from tt as to be basis ess" would msk men temperate of safety. The Union BtgnaL and toss liable to drink te oxnss. But CITY EXCURSION TO BALT LAKE we donbt even that, far as Inherited Bb via If Oregon fes would still Sunday, July 2th. present and appetite 1.00 round trip. All trainunder Boctollam. men only had to Una hj , e ! In-th- . hj . town-whic- h |