Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1896 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 189G.

The Turn of the Year.

.1 nidjevill lay alout the center of the plateau In which the hills of the eastern portion of the itats rollei!. -and so, though the soil tva. fertile, th situation was exited. Hence, tj: winters besan early ami lasted Ions, with many a heavy frost to weld into Iron the l:e of the lake. AnJ yet this Ice was far less durable than' that of other bolks of water in the county. fchouM thM wind Mow steadily from the southeast, after even one day of thaw, It W'lHtno uncommon thins for the surges to ?al?enly rise and break Into fnsments their fetter;. Just why or how this occurred was a mystery, though the oldfat Inhabitant had a tradition that the bodies cast In the depth during an Indian massacre hecamo restless. Probably some increased force in the springs at the bottom and the peculiar overhanging of tho northern shore had something to do with the vagary. nideville Itself as a tiny affair, refjardln? population, though it possessed the dignity of beins the county sent. Time was with the village, and hence it :ad the tionora, but not the strength of age. It liad been the first settlement of the whites hen they dared leave the seaboard. Its Kray stone church had been the first edifice not of loss erected in the colony. So aide, indeed, had been the fame of the sacred structure that Queen Anne, who seems to liave had a world-embracing benevolence In small things, sent a chime for lis tower. During the revolution all these bells save one had gone into the furnace to furnish bullets for the patriots, and that one was now so cherished as an emblem and typo that only on occasions of state was It permitted to be rung. The last tim that its voice had been hsard was, as the oldest Inhabitant was fond of recalling, when "the Jedge was marret." As a modern attribute of importance, in the same inclosurt with this ancient church was the new courthouse, with tho clerk's office in front and the sheriff's strongnoid in the rear. Three miles clown the lake lived Judge Arnold, the local potentate, a first citizen, with no one o presumptuous as to aspire to his class. The years had dealt as kindly with his Honor as had fortune, and little children, who had once asked their parents In awed whisper, about his authority and might, were now full grown and answering similar inquiries from children of their own. When he drvve down the road to the courthouse, as ho did every week clay, the homage which he received was only, limited by the numbers that he? met. The urchins bound for school would doff their caps, and he would gocd-naturedly snap his whip at them In return. .The men, on their way to the cheese factories between great cans of milk, would, of course, turn out and then respectfully crave his opinion as tj the state of the produce market. Sometimes he would meet a pretty girl on her way to the store, and then It was a sisht to see the gallantry with which he would assist her to the seat beside him. Sometimes old Mrs. lianks would waylay him at the turn with an adroit inquiry as to investment. . amid much solitude as to the hialth of the family.. No one could be shrewder than old Mrs. Banks. She counted that the Judge wtuld forget about putting such service down before he reached his office. Sometimes of his own accord he would stop at the half-way house, that old tavern of the post road, and pick up John Kane, a young lawyer, and his prim favorite. Sometimes he would stop and chat with farmer Steele, his nearest neighbor, and find infinite amusement in that original quaintness and queerness. Sometimes he would venture a word In season to Silas, tfte farmer's son, who. he thought, wasted Idle time in vague ambitions and vaguer pursuits. And whatever it was that he did, the Judge took a delight, and the people a pride in it. To use his frequent expression, his lines had Indeed fallen in pleasant places. And yet the eldest Inhabitants often remarked In taproom confidences that "the Jedge's father had been the meanest, clusest-flsted. most ornary old skinflint throughout tho countryside." . ,i ..n .1 rjW inn rnrri 1 1 iitH m r si 1 hhi tH 1 1 t' ti i "'inst' trouble! The day came when it kerned to the Judge that all the forces of 'ature were besetting him. The sun was extinguished, there was no light nor heat nor verdure; smiles were false; hearts were Mack; the sense of existence was so terrible that one must either find some way to cast It aside, or go mad! In a word. th Judge's Vlfe died, and his geniality, his fortitude, his conscience, seemed to have accompanied her. His daughter. Kmlly, and his niece, Mary, could do nothing to tranqulllze his grief nor id assuage his despair. At first pecple said .-that .-the--JudRe- would surely fro Into a 'decline. and then, after a little, they wh'ispered that Mt would have been well If ht had done so. "You can't take the better half out of anything." quoth farmer Steele, "and expect much of the remnant. It was one of the last days of December that Mary KussIl returned to her uncle's home after an enforced visit with Bom friend3 in the city. The cause of this coming back was neither repentance on her part, nor a removal of the prohibition by the Judge, but an urgent letter from hef cousin Kmlly, presaging, yet not revealing, more trouble. The love between these two. girls surpafse I that of sister3. Mary ha V, not hesitated a-moment; berlJes. her natural vivacity demanded, a knowledge and a part In the queer events which had transpired In that quiet home cince her aunt's death. "Oh. Emily, what 1a It now?" cried Mary vhen the two were alone in the little titting room which they had shared for many happy years. "Surely there is nothing wron with Jack, ycur father is so fond of him." "Was so fon J of him, replied Kmlly Arnftt.K hittrlv. "N'ow he doesn't hesitate to nceuse such an honorable, noble fellow as i John Kane of fraud and crime. "Oh. Emily. Iz cannot be. Didn't he conwont so willingly to your engagement, Wasn't he often said that he would resign Ms practice, when the time came, into Jack's hands?" . ' , ' "That was In those good days when mother was alive and he was truly my father and vour uncle. Why shoul you be surprised? Did he ever try in any way to prevent the fondness between you and Alias? Diin't he use to Jest over what you would ever be able to make of a Jack-of-all-trader and a mRster of none? And yet a inc h since didn't he send vou awuv bca. e you woulin't say that vou would dlscnrd the poor fellow? lie, used to be so fond of treating you like a daughter. Now he treats his daughter like you." Tut. Emily, you know that even at his Vest, unci thought Slla? erratic And wh'lo he did Justice to the good qualities of his fcart, coiIJ never appreciate those of his heai. Hat Jack Kane, why. everybody );r:ows how fend be was of him." "And set my father permits that venomcm old wowan. Mrs. Hanks, to go about proclaiming that Jack Is a scoundrel. And tlVV before yestcrdnv he sternly forbade rtiv ever seeing or having communication with him. I have tried so hard to find out Just what the trouble I: but I am so ignorant about matters, and so averse to talk on such a subject. This Is th case a well as I cn un1ertand it: Old Mrs. Banks Is papa's client, you know. It weems she had a mortgage on Jenni.n's house arross tbj lake, and there were arrears of Interest, and so papa foreclosed It. Now. T?'k rpr appointed to sell It as an auctioneer, .1 think they call It as i-fctve. and on the day of ihe sale farmer Steele bought the property for COoO. Well. In a few days. Mrs Hanks called on pupa, nnd wanted the m.iftev; you know what an eld miser she l. Very well said papa, Mt Is HtJH In the hands of the leferee; supposing that you call at his ofllre and get It from him." And so Mr. nnk went over to see Jack, and demanded hor $2.0o. DM Judge Arnold sy I still bad the money? asked Jack, turning very 'Certainly he dil soapoeu Mrs. Ttanks. 'and I want is pretty qui- k. tor 'Then replied Jack. 'I've sot nothing to say. except that I cannot pive it to you And oh. Miry, they say thert was such a vulgar scene. That wicked oM woman screamed until the had collected all the tenants and bystanders, and then to Ills face she called Jack a thief. "Jack, for (io'i's sik speak.' cried your dear, brave Silas, who happened to be present. There is nothing that I can say persisted Jack, folding his arms like a martyr. And then ?A the cowards shrunk away and Jeered. And Mr. Hanks rrnkes pitch awful threats, and and-an 1 papa asserts that a pjMIv example should be made of such dlhorutv. )h. dear! Oh. dear" "Hut. Emily." insisted Mary, "there must b somo .Ti:iin irtnndirig. some drealful mistake. Perhaps farmer Steele never paid the mone3. You know how queer h 'js And Jack might be shirlllng him on Silas's acntnt." There is no such hope." replied Fmilv mournfully. "II" has Jack's rereipt and the deed, and rrore. .lark admit that be p?ili t?e full sum immediately after the rale, which they :iv isn't u-ual. Xo no my pr friend Is slrr.nlv Invohvj i'n an !nextrL-abk evil. Hut I will never boi'eve him guilty, never, nev-r." Of rours not. Doq't we knoa J.ut Kan as well as we knv e-u-h other TVt roul faith. He 1 no chill. ti let people h!iw over the character lie h.is t?r caiefujv rred. Whit better lawver Is thpr in cou.nt I have heard uncle hhnseif cav

there Is not one. Why not. therefore, believe that he will triumphantly refute so silly ar) accusation?" "Uecaus he acts 50 strangely, Mary. Hecause he has sent no word to me. his betrothed; b-aje he locks his door against his best friend, Silas Steele. Oh, I ni so wretched: my heart is so racked. I don't know, I doaX care to know what to think'." "Do you believe, can you Imacine, that there is anything wrong with my uncle's mind?" asked Alary in an awed whisper. "Mar. let nu read to you what last nijs'nt's Inquirer says: It is the universal opinion of the oun'y bar that never In his lon career of osfjlnesM and honor has Judse Arnold displayed siicii perspicuity, clearness an I erudition as d-irlrg the term of his court which a Ijourned to-day. It is a matter of congratulation with all good citizens that his Honor's sturdy frame and vigorous intellect warrant the confident hope that for many years he may continue in our midst as an ejteaipiar of antique virtues No, Mary, you ani 1 know that papa is changed sadly in hi.? home life; but as a public man he is stronger and more popular than over before." "I wonder whether his sending me away because I refuaeu to abandou poor Silas would be termed an antique virt-ie?" queried Mary, with a mi?hievo'JS expression conquering for a moment her auxious face. "He has forgotten all about It, or at least It p!easf3 him to pretend that he has; For when I asked him whether he had any objection to your returning he said, 'Certainly not; I don't know why the minx should have gone away!' " "Wed!, then, the minx will take it for granted that he has also withdrawn his prohibition and will seek her fond and foolish swain as quickly as may be. You don't happen to know, do you, hlmlly, with what particular, useless piece of work Silas happens to be engaged at present?" Emily smiled despite herself. r "He is helpini; his father to move that house across the lake," she explained. "What house, for mercy's sake?" "Why, Jenni.von's house, the house that his father bought at that fatal sale, of course! You know what a queer old chap farmer Steele Is. I remember papa deKcriblns him once as mentally cross-eyed. Well, people wondered why he should have bought the property. The house, truly, is a good frame one. and the land is rich; but then It's almost impossible to get a tenant to live so far from town. But the old man chuckted and said he knew what was what, lit could use the land for pasturage, and as for. the building, it was Just what he wanted on the fine corner lot opposite to hl own,'p!ace. 'How are you going to get it over? the neighbors asked. Jestingly. by sail or by balloon?' Hy skate, the farmer retorted; and that's what he's busied with now, and you may bo sure that Silas is helping him with all sorts of crazy Inventions." "Well, he shall help us with those ame crazy inventive powers," protested Mary. "I will 'seek him at once and find out tho exact state of this absurd story about Jack, and you may be sure he will have both an explanation and a remedy. I only do wish that people knw Silas as well as I do; then they would respect and admire him as much as they now mak fun of him. So, .cheer up, cousin mine. The day after to-morrow will be the first of the new year. I always remember what my nurse used to tell me wften I was a child, that the reason why we'should all be happy at this season Is that troubles and sorrow are more, apt to disappear at the turn of the year ' than at any other time. Perhaps, on the new side of the orb of time, which we are so soon about to behold, there may be a relief for uncle from all the strange possessions which seemed to seize him after dear aunty's death, a vindication for our noble and upright Jack, a proof of the skill and wisdom of my despised Silas, and happiness for us all." And Mary Russell, singing blithely for the encouragement of her own heart, tripped- through the wide corridors, dbwn the wide stairs, and along the quaint, old-fashioned garden path which led to the shores of the lake. IL It was an autumnal rather than a. wintry day, yet perfect of Its kind. The air was clear and cloudless, the sun resplendent above the western horizon; and from the southeast the wind was blowing steadily, with the breath of the sea in its embrace. The gravel walk was crisp and firm underneath Mary's feet, but along the side little rills were running, as if all the waters of the tableland had been summoned to a grand revolt against the supremacy of the frost. Through the breaks In the denuded shrubbery she could catch glimpses of the lake, a vast white expanse, with gray and blue tinges, sending forth a myriad lridescencles, or a darksome lower, in response to light or shade. Far out toward the center was Jennlson's frame house, its roominess enhanced by the lack of detraction from any other object, as anomalous In appearance as would be a row boat on tho top of a mountain. Hut where were the oxen, and where the men? There were no more signs of life than about Crusoe's deserted hut! Mary paused in doubt, looking this way and that. Evidently, there was no uso of proceeding for some reason the work of transporting the house had been abandoned. Where, then, was Silas? Even while she hesitated Mary's face lighted with surprise and Joy. For down the path over which she had Just proceeded, following her from the house, there advanced a young man, tall, almost gaunt, kindly as to eyes and lips, and inquisitivei as to nose. "I thought you would be looking for me, Marv," he said. "Oh, indeed." retorted Mary. "Then I should have known better than to have looked where you were supposed, to be working." "I have finished my work." explained Silas, composedly, "and in very good shape, too." Then your father is going to be a Laplander in the winter and a Venetian in the summer?" "He is apt to be a Venetian by to-morrow night if this wind continues. Listen, Mary, don't those sounds tell you something?" And even as he spoke from the lake there arose a dull, hollow booming, like the echo of a distant bombardment. "Oh, do you think the Ice Is going to break up. and are you so mischievous as to take delight In your father's misfortune?" "He can stand it, while misfortunes have come to those who can't. Tell me, Mary, why were you seeking me to assert your fondness and felicitate me on my good looks?" The smiles faded from Mary's face and her eyes filled with tears. "Oh!" she cried, "what a selfish little beast I am to have stood listening to such nonsense while Emily is in distress. And you are Just as cool and unconcerned as If your best friend wasn't In a mysterious quandary" "Mvsterious quandary is goon interrupted Silas, dryly; "he is in Jail." "Never; you don't mean it! They never would dare treat such a man as John Kane so Infamously! It will kill Emily, I know it will! And you, you there you stand like a great, useless bear" "Would you have me run around like a little one? Jack Is all rlRht. He Is so odstinate and headstrong that a few hours' reflection will do him no harm. Hy that time, if I want his services I can command them, never fear. You don't suppose the tin fretwork over those windows could stop me. do you? There is nothing els to do. Mary, except to wait. Why. ihere is no one in town who woild go Jack's ball for a dollar, now that the Judge has gone back on him." "Wait, wait for what?" "Why. for tho lake to break up, of course." I did n'-.t expect to meet with Ill-timed Jest?. Mr. Steele, when I applied to you for comfort, for aid. I had assured my cousin so proudly that you would have an Idea." "I have an idea," said Silas slowly. "Then tell me, do tell me, dear Silas! I always said that you were wiser than people thought. Do you think that uncle Is Insane, or that old Mrs. Hanks Is trying to get her money twice over, or what.?" "My Idea is that I have never seen you so charming as op this fine afternoon." "And you never will a.iin. unless you sit down here on this bench and tell me what you meant by what you said a moment a so." "Oh. about the lake." drawled Silas, as he stretched his long legs out from the rustic seat. "Well. then. Mary, you must know that I promised father my valuable services lu moving that building. And so last nlirht about dusk I was across the lake arranging some gear when, who do you think I raw come cautionsly over the field nnd Into the house through the front door?" "How can I tell? You surely don't mean" "I mrely do mean oh, your prophetic soul your uncle. The Judge glided in like an old pirate, and there I stood with inv mouth agape. After awhile he was out again, rubbing his hands and chuckling In a. way which would have given any other man In the county the delirium tremens to see. and then on he slunk in the mists overhanging the shore, and I was alone with my thoughts. Well. If I say it mvself. I put an extra pressure on my brain. I remembered that on the day of the sale I had ecn the Judge go Into the house after the papers had been signed and the others had gone away. I remembered that one evt nirg last week I ha d met him, and, instead of exchanging a hearty greeting, us you know was his wont, he had passed m by without a sign and with a strange, silly expression on bis face. Anil yet on thu very next morning he had picket me ui going to town as pleasant as you please. And then I began to put two and two togthcr. and a a result I fixed that gear so i

break down reached the as it -did center of tothe "Silas-, you are so indefinite. I can't un destand what you think." "I can't understand fully myself, but I think Just the garnt. let me ask you a question. How was your uncle affected by the death of your aunt?" "Why, you surely know, Silas. Oh, it was a most pitiable pJht to see him wandering about the house like a lot spirit over the scenes of former happiness. Never was there such abject, such unappeasable misery. And -et after awhile there came a strange change, not gradual, as people become resigned, but unlaoked for and sudden. And then, and then, oh, you knowhow ho has been fitful, morose, arbitrary, tyrannical, with gleams of his old self, during which he would be so tender, yet so sad, so considerate, yet so forgetful of recent unklndnesses. He sent me away, remember, and yet Ernlly says he wondered where I was." "And how do you read this enigma?" "I can't read it; It remains an enigma to me." "In such a case there can be no harm In attempting a solution. Now, I have read of men of grate, temperate lives, who have been utterly unable to face and withstand some irretrievable misfortune, and have been driven by their mental distress to the alleviation of druss. There is no counting on the effects of narcotics. Mary. They may pervert the moral nature, they may overthrow the r?straints of years, A"d permit Inherited traits to have full sway. I believe that the Judge has been attempting some such recourse In his grief. What he has been secretly taking, of course, I can't tell; perhaps opium, or chloral, or some form of hyosciamu. The better the man the more thorough the ravages of such stuff. Now, supposing the Judge could be imprisoned somewhere under such circumstances that he would be forced to believe the deeds of his perversion; don't you think that contrition and shame and horror would compel him to abandon the habit and to retrieve Its wrong? I do, anJ hence, when the house stuck out there, I persuaded father that there would be plenty of time to start it again to-morrow. Hut there won't be; you know I'm weather wise, Mary. And so believe me when I predict that before dark the lake will break up." "Hut what If it does? How can that affect poor uncle?" "Very radically, I should say, if he happened to be in the house at the time." "Why, he would be drowned; he would perish with the cold." "Not at all, not at all. That house now stands over the pickerel ribs, where the water Is not more than twelve feet deep. The weather is mil J and the structure is stoutly and closely put together. There is some furniture within, and I rather think, some provisions. He can be as snug as a bug for a day. ani then to-morrow riprht Jack and I will go to his rescue and bring him home clothed and in his risht mind." "Was there ever a more preposterous scheme? He will be missed. There will be an alarm, a search" "Ask Emily whether her father hasn't been away latelv without vouchsafing a word of explanation. As for the village folks, they will simply think that he has stayed at home for the nav." "But what will cause hlfn to go to that house this evening. "Ah, what caused him to go thpre last night, and the nisht before, and every night, likely, since the sale? I don't know, but I suspect. One thing Is certain, Mary. Jack Kane paid that money over to the Judge. That Is the reason why he is silent. He would not accuse Emily's father. I believe your uncle, when under some narcotic influence, hid It in that house,. hdarded it away, like an old miser such as his father was, and that evenings, when he is weary and depressed, and takes a afresh dose, he remembers what he has done, and goes there to gloat over his possession. Now, supposing he flndi himself a prisoner In this house, after the effect of the drug has worn away, with this money by his side? He can't deny that he has It, can he? He can't conveniently forget what he sees. Won't he at least perceive the dangers which surround him? "Won't he at least desist? And that Is the greatest good that can be achieved, Mary. When your uncle Is himself he is a noble man. There is no fear, then, that he would allow such a horrible charge to hang over his daughter's affianced lover. There is no chance that he would then fail to appreciate the surpassing qualities of his niece's " "SIla3!" "And then, think what the influences of the turn of the year would bring to his loneliness. The recolle-ctlons, soft and pleasing and pathetic, of days gone bv: the face of Emily as a babe, a little child, a maiden; In each phase the dearer; the face of his wife as a bride, a young mother, a dying woman, breathing blessings with her last breath. Ah, Marj'i the pictures of the past cannot be blurred under such circumstances, and they all will plead for the right!" "But it is so absurd for you to think that you can pull strings and that the puppets will do thus and so." "Certainly they wiii, if the strings are the natural course of events." "And you would sacrifice your father's house for such a mad scheme?" "I would sacrifice a dozen houses for such a glorious result; besides, the'water will Improve the timbers, and in the spring I will sink casks and raise It for him." "I don't know anything more idle," said Mary Russell, rising and jurning toward the house, "except for me to linger here listening to you. When I see my uncle shall I tell him that it is time for him to go out on the lake and be drowned?" "You won't see your uncle." "And there is poor Emily. What shall I say, as the result of my ml.sslon, to comfort her?" 'Tell her that to-morrow night Jack Kane will bring her a happy New Year greeting, which her father will second." "Oh. you are incorrigible. Well, then, good-bye." "Is that all you have to say, Mary?" "Good-bye and good luck to you," and Mary tripped over the path and into the house and delivered the message of good cheer to her cousin. And somehow Emily Arnold was enlivened by the vague promise. Silas Steele had always been noted for doing as surprising things for his friends as he did trivial ones for himself. Heside. there was the Influence of the turn of the year and the inability of young hearts to credit the durability of evil. And so tho two girls descended to their dinner in a cheerful if not a merry mood. "Hut where Is uncle?" asked Mary. "I was all nerved up to be either scolded or ignored." "Oh, we don't count on his coming lately," answered Emily, with a shade of sadness. "His business calls him away, you know, and, of course, he feels more free than when mother was alive. He may not be back for a day or so." The shadows of the bare boughs lengthened, and down from the hills crept the gloom. The curtains had been drawn and the warm lights shone cherishingly on the two cousins as they lingered over the dessert. Suddenly the encompassing silence of the night was broken by a loud and violent report. "M?rcy!" cried Mary, more startled by the fulfillment than by the concussion. What could that have been? Not the lake, surely?" "Yes, my love," replied Emily, calmly. "That sound once heard can never be doubted. The ice has broken up in the lake." III. Silas Steele looked fondly after his sweetheart until she disappeared within the wide old-fashioned portals, and then he strolled leisurely along the shore of the lake. When he reached a parellel with the house on the lee he sat on a convenient log underneath the bank and waited. Need it be said that he Ughteneil his vigil by both whistling and whittling? The evening was far from soundless. The waters were evidently alive and stirring. From one fide and then from another there came sharp snaps and dull booms. Overhead, despite the hour of their nesting, the birds encircled, shrilly riping an alarm. Silas -mcw impatient as the gloom deepened. "The hour is come," he muttered. "But where ah, yes, there is the man!" And as he made out a definite shadow moving across the ice to the house,, he winked in self-admlration tnd walked briskly home. Nor did a significant report which vibrated during supper time prevent him from continuing and completing a heatty meal, despite his mother's dismay and his father's di?gust. Justice should be done though the heavens fell. Judge Arnold, as he made that definite shadow that evening by lurching over tho Ice to the Jennlson house, was truly in a singular mental state. Any other of his acquaintances save Silas Steele would have doubted his identity, for his Honor's gait had ever been as firm and as straight as his rulings of the law. Little, though, did the Judge care for either hesitation or recognition; he waj conscious of only one fierce desire; to count over and owr again the crisp bills of the hoard which he had secreted. Had he iideed been in a philosophic mood he would have sympathized with those who might have doubttd that identity. He felt no part nor share In that respectable iK?ronaiiiy which he could recollect,, indeed, but enly with a vague interest; That staid and rugged man, who mighty once hive been he. In his days of prosperity had been satisfied with simple domestic Joy, and with the rewards of moderate isucess. When the evil days had como An him he had fuffcred, ah, God, how ho htU suffered! Fatuous seemed - both

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sides of the picture In comparison with the absorbing passion of avarice. And so the Judge hurried on, though unsteadily, lest the mood which made hu pnssion possible should pass a-ay before its gratification was atlaind. Lven .-i.s Steele irg'it have doubted his eyes, to say nothing- of his deductive powers, had he watched the Judge on his approach to the house. The old man fair-

1 inpt round about, peering on every .Kit, line a scout. V, nen he wa3 satisned that no one was near, he entered, and a.sc ended to the upper stcry. There was a limp In the rear room, and this he lighted r.s soon a3 the heavy green shades had been drawn, and the:) he sneaked there is no other word whereby to express the furtive tiptoeing to the chimney-place, and, thrusting his hand up into the black maw, drew out a small package. He seated himself at the table, and, with trembling fingers, untied the tape. Ah! What wonders were contained in that little pile of fresh new bills! What music there was in their rustling; what soothing in their touch! In a vi&ionary way, he knew that he possessed a far greater sum than this; but that honest accumulation of an honorable life seemed insignificant in comparison. This money did not Lelong to him, yet he held it. People were looking for it, yet they would never think of looking here. A man was In jail for its filching and would undoubtedly be found guilty of the act; and then would not his own title of craftiness and deceit be the more secure Two thousand dollars, every cent of which had been earned by the sweat of the brow! Was It not delicious to think how that thriftyfarmer had saved and pinched that he might enjoy? Was there not a supreme gratification in having hoodwinked and taken simply by the right of one's own inclination? Monty thus gained and so hoarded was not merely money; it was a reservoir of exultation, and contentment, and sweet forgetfulness! So Judye Arnold mused as he counted and recounted the stolen bills, oblivious of time, loneliness, hunger; not hearing nor heeding the ominous sounds and thrills which kept shooting through the house. Suddenly the table surged up toward him; he tilted violently In his chair. The lamp swung out and dashed, extinguished, to tho floor. Then, in the blackness and mysterious crashing, there was an awful sinking sensation. Was he dying, was the world coming to an end? At least, even in mortality; at least, even In the extremest cataclysm, he would cling to and maintain that which he had won! Like a derelict, yielding at last to the continual Inflow of water, the house rocked and settled. Its timbers creaked, yet they held; its sides swayed, yet they straightened. Finally, there was a gradual maintaining of equilibrium. The rushing sounds diminished Into srrindings and rlppllngs. When stability was once more assured. Judge Arnold lay on the floor of the upper room with the bills clutched tightly to his heart! The morning broke over a scene of desolation. The house reared a story and a half above the grating, grumbling sea of broken ice. The wind had ceased, and yet onco nnd again some obscure tide would send a heavy cake bangine against the side, and the whole fabric would quiver in apprehension of dissolution. Some such shock it must have been which at length aroused the Judge, for the curtains still kept the room in gloom. Instinctively he staggered to his feet, and, opening the window, looked out. Merciful God! where was he, or rather, how come he there? Of course, he knew the lake, and perceived that one of its strange freshets had occurred; but what was he doing In its very midst? As if to beat away an enthralling nightmare. Judge Arnold raised his hands to his brow and an instant later , he was sitting on the rude couch, trembling from head to foot! Money in his grasp; money held close to his breast, as if it had some sacred value beyond Its purchasing power! Was he transformed, possessed? Come, now, even if these were the tortures of hell, he would assert his mental strength and think! Two thousand dollars; was not that the very sum, were not these the Identical bills, which he had seen farmer Steele pay to Jack Kane? What next had happened? Why could he not remember the details of an ordinary business transaction? Why could he not? Ah, didn't he know In his heart what it was that lately made him surly and irritable and forgetful? Did he not remember that he had felt the old weakness returning, the depression, the agony against which he had struggled so fruitlessly, and had gone home where that awaited him which could afford at least a temporary relief? Surely, now he did remember It; but where then had he gone? Shame on his wnhood that could accept such awful slavery for the sake of ease! And had the consequent eensations been those of ease alone! Had not fierce, unusual passions, utterly foreign to his nature, been aroused; might not these have brought him to this incredible pass of being hid in a deserted house with stolen money In his possession? ' Come, then, let him think, lest he should weep and mourn himself to death! Throughout the day the Judge reclined with his head in his hands and the despised bills scattered on the floor by his side. He made no attempt to seek food nor even drink, though his lips and throat were parched from the narcotic which he had taken at the previous eventide. Perhaps this abstinence was of help, for his purpose, for, though he grew physically weak, his mind hour by hour gained in clearness and grasp. And thus, little by little, first anapprehenslon and then a comprehension of his downward course since that day of his entrance upon a fatal addiction, came to him. As if in a series of pictures, of which he was neither the subject nor the artist, he beheld the perverting of his moral nature through the insidious influence of the narcotic how he had grown arbitrary and brutal at home and miserable and corrupt when abroad. Could he give It credence? had the fair image of his character in truth so degenerated? Alas! hl3 memory, as if taking its revenge for its stifling, grew more and more acute. He recollected that John Kane had turned this money over to hlra and that he, when the others had departed, through some crazy whim which had then seemed vastly cunning, had concealed it in this very house, and had returned again and again to gloat over its possession. Oh, it was as incredible as It was unbearable. What had been the quality which he had ever despised most in man, the attribute which he had deemed most Infernal? Niggardliness, avarice, greed; that foul spirit which had moved his own father to deeds of cruelty and meanness, which had blighted the life of his mother and had rendered his childhood a dull, starved period of suffering. And yet, contemptible and wicked as had been that parent's course, his own, despite warning and education and inclination, had become far worse. Desperation permeated the Judge's being. His day was done; it had gone down in the murkiness of disgrace. He would retrieve as well as he might and then he would die. Lucky that fate had brought him to a spot where least likely of all search would be made. In his pocket was a memorandum book. He tore out the leaves, and with a pencil, which hung as a charm on his massive chain, wrote a full account of his misdeeds, exonerating Kane to the fullest degree and begging that out of forgiveness he would keep his troth with Emily. And when this task was done the darkness of the last night of the year was coming on apace, hopeless, the Judge endured its coming without a thought of relief save the prayerful one that it might be the last on earth for him. It must have been though, that, all opposing, the Judge slept; for when, with a start he became vividly conscious, he also knew that the hour was late. What, then, was it that had arouse! into tingling every fiber of body and soul? The sound of a bell, softly borne over the turbid waters from Itidgeville the voice of the old Queen Ann bell; there was no mistaking Its mellow tones. Ah, why did it speak out now, after such a long silence, and what was its message to him. alone, bereft. In darkness and despair? The last time that that bell had been rung was on the day of his marriage, that first link of a golden chain of blessedness. What occasion now could there be for Its ringing? Perhaps its sounds were for him; perhaps its peals came from no mortal tolling. Let him listen, then, and obey ven as that dear wife woul 1 listen and obev were he dead and she to hear Its notes in her dreams. And this Is the song which the bell bore to the ears of this crushed and humiliated man: "He strong of heart, my husband; cheerful, and of good courage, for love is eternal ani death but the gateway of life. In the happiness of others find you your Joy, remembering that the turn of the year Is c turn toward the sunlight, and that mv blessing on you was, 'Peace and good will " The tolling cease 1, and Judge Arnold fell cn his knees, weeping as a little child. Then he sprang to his feet, lighted the lrnip. determined that he would not perish like a rat in a hole, but would meet hi3 trouble like a man who In truth'3 name could command victory. Scarcely had he arranged himself than he heard shouts and a great bumoing by one of the lower windows. Limp in hand, he descended to the laniimr. and threw opt'n the sash. There, in a stout little boat, having s;u11k1. poled, and dragged through the broken field, were Silas Steele and Jak Kane. They shouted all the louder at the Judtre's appearance. "We have come to vl3h you a happy New Year." sail Jack. "After the manner of Washington crossins: the Delaware," rejoined Silas. "Oh, bovs. oh. Jack." implored the poor Judee, "nn yen forsrive rre, and Is there truly a New Yenr for such a weak, contf"th!e wretch?" "Mnnv of them. s!r." responded Silas, promptly. "With Jak here as your sor. anil yours truly ns your nephew, both, o! course. 'Ii law.' as would be most appropriate." And Jack Kane sprang from thel boat and threw his arms around the trembling old man. j "I have tho money here Intact, .Tak " explained the Judse, hurriedly; "and here

Is a statement fully exonerating you. Hut what will the people say? And what will the people do?" "I want no exoneration only your love." protestsd Jack, as he tore the manuscript into bits. "And as for the people, what can they say, except that you suffered a temporary lapse of memory through your awful grief? What can they do, except to sympathize all the more with you?" "Hut the girls," faltered the old man, as he permitted himself to be helped Into the boat; "how will they receive me after my cruel, unreasonable conduct?" "Look!" said Silas, pointing to the distant shore, and there, by a great bonfire which cast its ruddy radiance far and wide, could be seen the forms of the two cousins, awaiting the happy return. "Mary must have had the utmost faith in your prediction, Silas," said Jack. "And yet, she makes light of it," retorted Silas. "Hut I can't make it all real," sighed the Judge. "How are you here. Jack, and why did they ring the old Queen Anne bell? Or did I only dream that I heard its mellow tones?" "They rung the bell bacejse Jack was here." explained Silas. "You see, I took the liberty of asking his company this evening, through the grating with a screwdriver. Now, the jailer must have discovered his absence and sounded the alarm for him." "No, not for him. but for me," said the Judge, solemnly. "The music of that chime, replete with tender memories, taught me that one should never repine nor yield, but look for better things with the turn of the year." New York Times.

SPAIN'S IltlX OF CtllA. reople Taxed to roverty by an tnb.'oken Line of Bad Holers. Philadelphia Press. While we are reading daily of the efforts of the brave little army of Cubans who are struggling so heroically to free their country from the tyrannical rule of Spain, few of us have any conception of the cruelty and Injustice under which Cuba has been writhing for so many years. Since the discovery of the island by Columbus on his first voyage, it has been the scene of constant bloodshed with only spasmodic and very brief Intervals of peace. In the earliest days the coast towns, all of which have fine harbors, were continually being fired and pillaged by the pirates who infested the seas; then came the invasions by the French and the surrender to the English, the final restoration, to the Spaniards, under whose despotism Cuba has always been In a state of insurrection and rebellion. The Spanish throne Is represented In the Island by a governor-general, amenable only to the reigning power of Spain, and who, assisted by the general of the precincts Into which Cuba is divided, taxes, fines and persecutes the Cuban subjects at his will. When the protestations of the people against the injustice of the august Governor become too clamorous to be unheeded, he is recalled and retires to sunny Spain to enjoy the fortune he has amassed during his official term, and is succeeded by some other nobleman who has been waiting on the list for an opportunity to repair his broken finances by exorbitant taxes and fines. The new Governor arrives full of reform movements, which end in changes that leave the poor Cuban more oppressed than ever. The sources of the 'revenue to Spain are inexhaustible. The merchant doing business In Cuba must,1 once a month, submit his entire set of books to a Spanish official, who kindly stamps with the government seal each separate folio that has been used In his ledger, daybook and cash book, and for which little attention on the part of Spain the merchant pays a tax of 5 cents for each page. Every receipt must have a government stamp costing a reale. or about 6 cents, and every man on the island must be provided with a cedula or passport, for which he is taxed by the district magistrate a peso, or $1 per year. An American company operating In Cuba two years ago was obliged to keep on the pay roll a Spanish lawyer at a salary of $2,500 per annum, an alcaide, or magistrate of the district, at (25 per month, two custom house officials at an ounce of gold for each per month, with the alternative of being taxed and fined to such an extent as to make It impossible to carry on operations. The company was also obliged to furnish houses, horses and food for a squad of guard ia civile, or mounted police, who were paid small wages by the Spanish government, in copper coin, which in Cuba is not legal tender, except for revenue and postage stamps. All Americans conducting business are required to keep a set of books In Spanish for the inspection of the Spanish officials. All signs displayed In front of shops are taxed at so much per letter, which leads to the display of many curious emblems In the effort of the shopkeepers to evade this absurd levy. With a system of taxation covering every detail of all branches of Industry, It can be readily seen that the' yearly income of Cuba to Spain is Immense and that this legal robbery will soon ruin and crush the little island forever. Nor is it difficult to understand that the deprivation of all their rights, political, civil and religious, their exclusion from all offices, together with excessive taxation, have engendered between the Cuban and the mass of Spanish officials a bitter hatred. The native Cubans, although resembling physically the Spaniards, are free from the treachery and deceit of the latter. They are naturally Intelligent, conscientious and hospitable to all save a Spaniard. They are largely owners of plantations or In the cities are lawyers and merchants. There are but few cultured and literary men, the constant Insurrections doing much to keep the education and general advancement of the people at a standstill. There are nd schools open to the masses, the wealthy Cuban usually educating his children In the States or abroad. The moral tone of the Island, like that of all tropical or semitropical countries, is far below our standard. Marriages are contracted very early In Cuba, from fourteen to sixteen being considered an eligible age for both girls and boys, and the entire courtship of the youthful lovers being carried on under the wise and watchful senora. A Cuban lover does not inconvenience himself to pay homage to his eenorlta, nor does she ever sulk or pout at this lack of attention. Seeing a wedding party leave one of the cathedrals of Santiago de Cuba, I noticed the young and handsome groom leave the bride chatting with her friends on the pavement, dash into a shop on the opposite side of the street and return with a package of cigarettes, without which a Cuban's life Is unendurable. Picture, if you can, the countenance of one of our American girls under similar circumstances, but the prettty little senora did not even frown. On the front walls of that same cathedral were displayed two huge placards announcing that Senorlta Marie would disport soon at the theater and that Senora Don Fernandez would have a grand cock fight on Sunday at Calle de Marino, Numero 8. The Cuban women of rank are seldom seen after 9 in the morning, before which hour they do their shopping, until 4 In the afternoon, when they go for a drive. During the heat of the day, in fact, from 11 to 3, business in the cities Is practically suspended, only the porters to be seen lounging about the entrances of shops and banks. One of the most curious sights in a Cuban street is the original way in which milk Is often served. The cows are driven from door to door and milked for each separate customer, v'ery often the cows are accompanied by their offspring that have refused to remain behind. Primitive as It now Is In many of Its conditions, who can credict the future of the little island could it once stand free from the disadvantages under which It now labors? With its interior full of precious woods, abounding in sugar and tobacco, the cultivation of which has been almost paralyzed by the continual uprisings, rich in mines of Iron, manganese and copper ore, which the present systems make it impossible to operate with success, what a prosperou little renublic Cuba will be when she has broken the chains of. tyranny that have held her down for so many dismal years. TUB AMISH EltltOn. Reason for Treating: These Mistaken People with Leniency. New York World. It is reported that in southern Indiana the authorities are having more or les3 trouble with a curious sect of believers who call themselves the Amlsh and whose beliefs are at variance with the regularly accepted doctrines prevalent among the other inhabitants of the State. The basic idea o! the Amlsh creed Is that the world is lat. To this doctrine they firmly adhere, regarding all attempts to prove the contrary as suggestions of evil origin. As a natural result of this distorted acceptance of a question of fact the Amlsh indulge in unpardonable vagaries on the question of principle. They refuse to accept the necessity of an oath, provide themselves with marriage laws of their own, repudiate tho authority of the constable, and otherwise ofTend the peace r.nd dignity of the commonwealth of Indiana and set at naught the statutes in such cases made ani provided. While no condemnation can be too severe for people who live in the light of modern science and Insist that the worl 1 Is flat. It would not do to be too severe In punishing these votaries of Amlsh in Indiana. There are In southern Indiana and in the adjoining territory large numbers of otherwise harmless citizens who contend that CO cents Is the same as a dollar, and that this truth can .be established by appropriate legislation. This doctrine is quite as fallacious as the Amlsh doctrine regarding the flatness of the terrestrial globe ani rruch more damaging in Its results on the general welfare. Yet as no one would seriously propose to visit any penalties of the law on the silver cranks It mltrht be well to treat the Amlsh cranks In tho

same way. If they were the only offenders we might try the effect of mild coercion on them, but there are others. The Amish of southern Indiana are perhaps an intelligent bodv compared with the majority of the Senate of the United States. One Grlevons Sin. dlls plea was very earnest, but St. Peter shook his head. "There is no room around here for a man like you." he S3ld. "No doubt you have some virtues, but your record isn't clear. And much a3 I regret it, sir, we cannot keep you here." 'Tve tried to prove my honesty," the applicant began; "There's none can say I swindled or 'did up my fellow -man; I always gave fair value, and I paid my clerks well, too." St. Peter bowed approvingly and answered: "That Is true. ' "I gave a lot in charity," the applicant declared: "Relying on my promises no mortal badly fared. For I was ever thoughtful as I think you ought to knew." St. Peter bowed approvingly and answered: "That is so." "Then why should you refuse me, sir?" the applicant inquired. "If I've been fair and truthful, too, pray why should I be fired T St. Teter elowly answered, seeming disinclined to talk: "I noticed la the winter time you never cleaned your walk." -Chicago Post.

AMERICA'S COMMON ItOADS. Statistics Which Show that Cheap lllKhv.nH Arc the Most Costly. The Manufacturer. The total length of the common roads In this country, good, bad and indifferent, is estimated by General Stone, of the Koad Bureau of tho Department of Agriculture, at something over 1,300,000 miles. The majority of these roads have been opened by common laborers, hired by local supervisors, and no engineering principles have been observed in their construction. As a result It costs more to keep them In repair-than if they were as many finely macadamized roads. Keeing these poor roads m repair ond opening new thoroughfares cost Massachusetts in 1803, outside of cities. $1.13S,W4, or $06.30 per mile; New York. $2,500,000. or $30 per mile, and New Jersey. $778,407.82. or 143.25 per mile. The total expenditure for roads in that year amounted to about $20,000,000. A9 a greater part of the enormous sum was spent in repairing poorly constructed roads that would need exactly the same attention next year. It is not an exaggeration to say that most ot the money was wasted. Fine roads can be constructed a'd the way from WOO to 5500 per mile, according to the nature of the country through which they pass, the cost of crushed stone and other engineering problems. The cost of keeping these roads in repair is infinitely smaller than that required to repair the ordinary dirt roads each winter and spring, when great gulleys and ruts are washed into them by the rains and floods. The secret of the success of the fine roads in France. Is attributed to the prompt and systematic repairs made at all seasons of the year. Wool. BOSTON. Jan. 1. The American Wool and Cotton Reporter will say to-morrow: The sales In the three principal markets of the country in the last week of 18i5 have amounted to 12,213,000 lbs, nearly 7.500,(X) lbs of which were domestic stock -of every known description. This wool has been sold on the average at prices 5 per cent. In advance of the actual pre-Chrlstmas selling rates, and at least four-fifths of it has gone into consumption. Nevertheless, the stock purchased last week was all bought cheap and t8 good property, even at the utmost advance paid for any particular class of wool. While a large part of the business has been done with the worsted people, the wool manufacture has been well represented, which is regarded on all hands as a healthy symptom. In Boston. 8.15S.000 lbs, a round 6,000.000 lbs of whieji was domestic, is the market record for the last week of 1895. The year went out without excitement, with the market firm on all kinds of wool, A Lphsoii Learned. Washington Star. "What do you expect to bring forward in this Congress?" said one new member to another. "Absolutely nothing." was the reply. "But are you not going to try to write your name on the Immortal scroll of fame? Don't you realize that you were sent here by your constituents to see to it that these other fellows don't let the ship of state drift on to a sand bar?" "My dear friend. I don't bother myself with reflections of that kind. My wife, who is a discerning and practical woman, once made a remark to me during house-cleaning time which has assisted me on many occasions." "What was it?" "She said that next to a genuine hero the man to be most admired is one who knows how not to get in the way." Knther Peraonal. New Haven New New Haven chtchgoers were a little discomposed Sunday to have a tall ycung man on the sidewalk thrust into their hands as they passed card3 bearing these printed .words: Fill This Out and Put Over Your Bed. IF I DIE TO-NIGHT I SHALL. Go to 4 Signed Date A FAST LIFE ITS PLEASURES AND ITS PERILS. Some Men and Women Who Live at Lightning Speed, and Will Only Take a Vacation in tbc Grave The Pace That Kills. T.mcs have cena'nly changed, and. In fT. fXX fr lh "tter. The xiue 01 me and competition is stronger than It was fifty years ago, and. like a swimmer. with a strong tide against him, one must exersry xo win to the snores of success. It makes no difference what goal we aim at. the conditions are the same. We live too fast, work too hard, drink too much, sleep too little, keep our nerves on the strain and Jump all the time. There are two classes of fast livers. Those who work too hard and too long Those who do not work at all. Iloth classes are reaching the same end though, perhaps, by somewhat different routes. They are "burning the candle at both ends." ani even a child can predict the result. ' - Increased speed in ANY machine, human or otherwise, means increased wear and tear and waste. Increased waste of the tissues of the txdy means increased wrork for the kidneys whose place it I5 to remove poisons and Impurities. Increased kidney work means Increased strain upon those organs, and increased strain without rest or relief means disease. This is why so many fast livers, hard workers, hard drinkers, and hard smokers die of Bright' disease. Many men not satisfied with the harm their overwork or fast living is doing them mutt needs add to It voluntarily by putting more poisons into the 'system that sthl further add to the work , of the kidneys and Irritate and Inflame these organs. We refer to Alcohol. Tobacco, and Opiates Surely there are enough poisons and impurities in our blood already without aJdl.T more. " 0 And yet we do It with the mistaken Idea that we stimulate our brains, Increase our appetites, or soothe our nerves. They are toiling day ani night In your behalf as It Is. 9 Don't add to their burdens urdess you are anxious to issue Invitations for a funeral Dr. Hobb's Sparagus Kidney Pills are precisely what you need and what your kidneys would ask for If they had a Wee in the mattrr. No use advising you to live slower, to work lesj. to go ta bed early, and moderate the gait at whlrii you are going. You simply won't do It. You may think fou will, but you won't. Then use Dr. Ilobb's Sparagus Kidney Pills, and take this terrible strain off your kidneys and filter and purify r blood w ' ir r' - m . - (lie IJ i iTiv cents per vox irom a 'Agists DHHobb's HOi MKDICI v DaraFIIS Chicago. sau FranSCO. Interesting and In. wrsT .'"ucuve hook on itmllfLiVPilli Kidney Health and lUUllUirUV jjiooa Filterimr Frfee. 'FiT-ucuve lfooK on

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