Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1904 — Page 6

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1904.

COURTS MAI SETTLE GAS TRUST'S LATEST DISPUTE

Majority Faction Among Directors Seeks Inegal Decision to Support Their Plans. PRESENT RESOLUTIONS

Both Sides Stand Sponsor for Different Flans at Regu

lar Meeting.

A resolution that will have an important bearing on the future of the Consumers' Gas Trust Company was Introduced and carried by the majority rm-mb-rs of the armtnrnti at the regular meeting last night. Its object is to put to a test in the courts the. legality of the plan to manufacture gas. The resolutlrn was hotly contested Iff the minority, but was passed by the usual party vote of 5 to 3, Messrs. I.yman, Scott and Frenzel voting "nay" and M"-ra. Richards, Harri- -. r. t : Atkins and Lilly sounding the "aye?." Opinion being divided, the resolution was introduced last uight and the action taken on It by the courts will shape the future of the company. Should the court decide that the plan is illegal it would probably moan the disruption of the company. woncD rnvrrnrra cofrt. action. The resolution follows: Where as doubts have arisen and questions have been raised as to the legality of the corporate organization of the Consumers' Gas Trust Company as to the nature and scope of the trusts, if any, created by it articles of association, the powers and duties of sail company, the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors and the rlphts o its stockholders and Its certificate ho'ders; And whereas It is csscntiil to the prosperity and continued existence of said company that said questions should be judicially and speedily determined; Therefore be it resolved, that the Kuard of Trustees be requested to unite with the Board of Directors in Instituting, as soon as possible, appropriate legal proceedings to determine as to the legality of the company's organization, to define the nature and limits of the trusts, if any. created by its articles of association, to define the powers and duties of said company, its Board of Trustees, and its Board of Directors, and especially the power of said company to manufacture and supply its patrons with artificial gas for fuel and 11 1 iSBinating purposes; and also to define and determine the rights of its stockholders and certificate holders. Be it further resolved, thaf the secre tary be and he Is hereby directed forthwith to transmit a copy of -this resolution to the Board of Trustees, with the request that said Board of Trustees return answer to this Board of Directors as soon as practicable. MINORITY RESOLUTION INTRODUCED A resolution was also introduced by the minority, providing that the supplying of natural gas be discontinued in the city after Feb. 29. It was defeated by the vote of 5 to 3. and was referred for consideration to Judge Walker and Judge Howe. The following Is the resolution in full : Whereas. The report recently submitted by Mr. Brill, an expert employed by this company, states that the supply of natural gas "seems to be practically exhausted, and as far as can be seen there is no way to prolong the life of the natural gas supply, or the usefulness of the wells which are owned or which might be drilled for use in supplying the city of Indianapolis sufficiently to Justify any additional expenditure Jn Lbjp direction;" and. Whereas, by the report of the committee of stockholders appointed by the trustees to audit the accounts of the company and the report of the expert accountant, the American Auditing Company, employed to assist said committee, it Was shown that this company lost $38.235.39 during the fiscal year ending Oct. 31. ItxjJ. in its operations as a natural gas company; and. Whereas. The- loss of the company through the insufficiency of the receipts to pay the operating expenses of th mpany Is constantly increasing, so that the loss or deficiency of receipts to meet actual and necessary operating expenses is now estlanated to be $H0eX or more per month; and. Whereas, It is impossible any longer for this company to furnish natural gas to consumers in this city except at a great loss, and this board, on the :th of February. 1904, recognizing the fact that it was no longer practicable to furnish natural gas except at a loss, passed resolutions favoring the sale by the company of its leases ami other property outside of the city, and the construction of an artificial k-'s plant in lieu thereof; now. therefore, be it "Resolved. That the supplying of natural gas in this city by this company be discontinued aft;r Feb. 29, 1904, a.nd that notice of this tuet be sent to each of the present consumers."

NEGRO BUS IX ESS MEM PREPARE FOR MEETING

Local Committee Is Named to Wei come Booker T. Washington and Other Visitors.

PROF. HOWARD ORIGGS. Indianapolis Man. Xotd Lecturer.

OLD ACQUAINTANCES IN LECTURERS AUDIENC

Professor Griggs Speaks at Athenaeum Hall, Irvington, to Former Neighbors. TUESDAY CLUB'S GUEST

A mass meeting of representatives of the various negro organizations of the city met last night at the office of the Freeman, in Indiana avenue, on the call of the local

officers of the National Negro Busim ss

League for the purpose of makiug arrangement for the meeting of the National Negro Business League In this city next August. From among those present a gene ral committee of fifty was selected to assist Id making arrangements for the meeting. An executive committee, consisting of G. I Knox. A. E. Manning, 8. A. Fuiniss, Bishop A. Grant. Dr. V. . Chambers. Jacob Porter. C. M. C. Willis, J. H. Lott. J. A. Bryant. YA Perkins. M. H. Turner, Gurley Brewer, J. J. Buckner. William Chrity and B. J. Morgan, was selected to have exclusive direction of arrangements for meeting. Other names of men representative of other organizations will be added later. The National Ne-ro Business League. Which meets in this city this summe r, probably the last ef AuKuit. is the largest -lar organization among the colored p of the country. Booker T. Washington is president of the organisation. At the meeting at Nashville last summer over 6Hh delegates were In attendance. It is expected the attendance' in this eity will he . thousand. Much Interest has been shown all over the country in perfecting local organizations. It Is expected to organize a State league Of negro business me n at an early date

Professor Hownrd Griggs, formerly of Iceland Stanford Fnsverslty, spoke last night before the Irvington Tuesday Club and its guests in Athrtnat-um Hall at Butler college. The subject of his lecture was ' St. Francis of Assisi." Professor Griggs's appearance In Irvington was doubly interesting because the suburb is his former home. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Griggs, live on Booth Emerson avenue. The Athenaeum Hall was well filled with ever two hundred people last night when Professor Griggs was introduced by Mrs. Joseph Hunter, president of the Irvington Tuesday Club. He is an easy isnel fluent speaker. He held the inte-rest of his audience throughout the lecture, which was one of the best that has been heard in Irvington. Professor Griggs lealt with St. Francis as a great moral leader and his Influence In after years. He said that St Francis preached the perfect brothe-rhood anel lived in practical obedience of what he preached. BISCUIT COMPANY PAYS LICENSE FEES Vehicle licenses aggregating $106 were paid Into the city controller's office yesterday by the National Biscuit Company. This is one of the largest sums for a like purpose paid Into the office, and was for licenses on seventeen two-horse wagons and seven one-horse wagons. FUNDS AND NEW HOME ARE NEEDED JOB ORPHANAGE Building Half a Century Old Now Occupied by Hundred Young Tenants.

MONEY XEEDED MONTHLY

A new building to replace the one fifty years old now used by the Indianapolis Orphan Asylum is recommended by the County Board of Charities, which has Just reported an inspection of the institution to the County Commissioners. "It would be unwise." says the report, "to expend any large sum of money on the present building. It was built in 1S54 for the Northwestern Christian University now Butler College and was occupied by the university until they moved to its present quarters in Irvington. which was about thirty years ago." The report commends the management of the asylum and indicates that more money Is needed each month, as it is quite impossible to make the receipts equal the expenses, even with the strictest economy. There are many pathetic cases in the esy!um; one family of five children who have no mother, and another of four ehildr. a with neither father ner mother. There are 108 children in the home-, fifty-five buys and fifty-three girls. The oldest boy and the oldest girl are both sixte-en years old, while there are three childre-n under one year of age. M. T. H. S. NEWS NOTES.

A great many changes are taking place in the engine room and when all Improvements have been made, the school wiil generate all of its own electricity. The June class of 1905 has entereel upon the second half of its junior year by electing the following officers: Henr Kerr, president; Henrietta Buchannan, vice-president; Ethel Sterwallt, secretary, and Henry Bliss, treasurer. The time limit placed on material for the Annual has been fixed at Feb. 2?, and in order to obtain everything by this time the editors have )eCl veiy busy. As the class wishes to outdo a.'l prev'ous papers, a prize of some kind will be given for the beat ielea presented. The recent party of the January, "05, class was one of the most successful of Its kind ever glv n. The entire house of Clarence Allg, where the affair was held. Was o.-cked In the school color of red and white and the class colon of black and gold. The refreshments were also serveel la the same colors and In the shape' of hearts. Louis Bruck received a handsome burnt-leather card case for making the best proposal, while Lelia Nagle was given a box of Craig's for bring up the end of the crowd.

MOOT COURT CONFIRMS THEFT OF A WHITE DOCK

Young Man Is Convicted by a Jury of His FellowClubmen.

BOX OF CIGARS IS FINE

Scott Ohrinjr. an innocent-looking young man. was declare guilty of stealing a small white duck last night. This decision was reached by a jury composed of members of the McKinley Bepubllcan Club at a mock trial held at th; clubhouse.

Fred Shephe-rd was judge- and his rulings

elicited much interest. James Collins was prosecuting attorney, and he had the usual faculty of bewildering the witnesses. The- defe-ndant was represented by Charles Eicon. It was brought out during the trial that the sentimental value of the duck was $1, the real value being thirty-seven cents. While the trial war. progressing the Judge caused Harry B. Smith and Robert Metzger to be brought In for conte mpt of court and they were each fined a box of cigars. This club was organized in June of 1900, and is increasing in Its membe rship rajiidly. The present officers are: President, J. A. Sweeny; vice president, J. F. Scott; secretary, W. R. Sweet; treasurer, D. S. Bell; directors, George Fati. Elso Keller, W. H. Christini. Dr. J. F. Robertson. W. W. Webb. For the- election, which will occur March 1, two tickets have been placed in the field, the regular and the Inelependent. The regular ticket is: President, G. Snyder; vice president, W. W. Webb; secretary. W. R. Sweed; treasurer. W. H. Snyde-r; directors. S. S. Robe rts. S. Gehring. L. S. Bell, C. W. Herker and W. H. P1erce. The Independent ticket is: C. D. Lancaster, president; W. Christini, vice president; C. Hurst, se-cre'tary; G. Fati, tre-asurer; directors, W. C. Christini, W. L. Barker, W. F. Carter and W. K. Richter. SELL SCHOOL BONDS AT $i,ooo PREMIUM

Local Finn's Bid on Entire Issue Is Accepted by the Commissioners.

Three series of school bonds, making an Issue of $130.000. with 3 per cent, interest, nontaxable, were sold by the board of school commissioners last night to J. F. Wild & Co. for $131,000. a premium of $1,000. The commissioners met yesterday at noon, but could reach no agreement. They held an adjourned meeting in the Library building last night and sold the bonds. Other bids received on the bonds were: Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company. $10.050 for $10.000 worth of bonds. E. D. Bush & Co., 125,025 for $25.000 worth of 1937 series. Clifford Arrlck. $10,010 for $10.000 worth of 19S3 series. Marion Trust Company, $15M50 for entire three series. Newton Todd, $25,126.50 for $25,000 worth of any series.

GRAS CARNIVAL CLOSES IN SPLENDOR

Great Crowds Witnessed Magnificent Pageant of Rex and Comus and Attend Balls.

MARO

SEASON'S SOCIAL EVE XT

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 16. With a pageant of surpassing splendor and the balls of Rex and Comus, the Mardi Gras carnival closed to-night. Rex entertained a multitude of his subjects in Washington Artillery Hall and in his brilliantly-Illuminated throneroom chose for his queen Miss Josie Ilalllday. Comus reached back to Babylon, the mother of all beauty, for his subject, and gave a gorgeous moving picture of the epic of Izejubar In twenty cars, which traversed the principal streets of the city. The ball of the Comus Krewe at the French Opera House was the culminating social event of the season. Morning trains brought large accessions to the throngs of strangers gathered to witness the parades and participants in the social festivities. The weather was pleasant. Promiscuous maskers affordeel abundant amusement to visitor and native alike and the streets were filled with animateel crowds. Rex rode through the streets at the head of a magnificent pageant, choosing for his subject, ' In the Realm of Imagination." The theme was picturesquely and beautifully handled in twenty-two cars. Mr. Frank B. Hayne. the cotton king, changed his title for the day and impe-rsonated the merry monarch of Mardi Gras. Inquiry at the sanatorium to-day disclosed the fuct of a slight improvement In the condition of Hewit Chapman, one of the Proteus maskers who fell from the Knighthood float in last night's parade and wa perhaps fataly injured. Mr. Chapman Is a native of Bowling Green, Ky., and one of the most prominent sugar planters and clubmen in the State.

Something Left I ndone. Laber with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone; Something uncompleted still Waits the rising of the sun. By the bedside, on the stair. At the threshold, near th? nates, With its menace or its prayer. Like a mendicant It waits. Wait, and will not go away; Waits ami will not be palnsafd; By the cares o? yesterday Each to-day is heavier made. Till I length the burden seems fÜrsstSf than our strength can bear Heavy as the weight of dreams, Pressing on us everywhere. And we stand from day to day. Like the dwarfs of times K'-ne by, Who. as Northern legends say. On their shoulders held the sky. Longfellow.

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EDWIN DR00D MYSTERY CONTEST One Hundred Dollars in Cash Prizes Will Be Paid to Journal Readers

The Journal offers S100 in prizes for the i best solution of the mystery left unsolved by the death of the great English novelist. Charles Dickens. The last work of Mr. Dickens was a story ' entitled "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." The great tale teller had woven a tangled

Skein oi mystery aiounu ine tragic iisuppearance of an unfortunate young man of wealth. The novel promised to be one of the greatest of Dickens's works. But before he had completed the book death overtook the author, and no man knows what the end was te have- been. Monday. Feb. 8, the Journal began the publication as a serial story 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Eve ry man and woman, boy and girl in Indiana may entt-r the competition for the solution prizes. The terms of the content are such us to make the comnetition an e-ntlrely open one and on. In whie-h THE REAPER OF LIMITED EDU-i-ATlON II AS AN Egl'AL CHANCE OF SUCCESS WITH THE STUDENT OR THE MAN OF LETTERS. CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST. First Six cash prizes will be given, as follows: First. $60.00; SSCOad. fcS.uO; third, fio.uo; fourth, fifth and sixth, $5.00. Second At the conclusion of the content the prise-winning contribution will be published, with a number of the better solutions which will have received honorable mention. Third The contributions must not exeed five hundreds words PH UTRTH SPELLING. GRAMMAR AND LITERARY STYI.K WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ISY Tili: J t DUES. The con

tributions will receive consideration only as solutions of the myttery. The most plausible and convincing manner of ending Mr. Dickens's unfinished story will be chosen and the manner of the telling will not be considered important. Fifth Contributions must be written on one side of the papfr only and addressed to th? "Contest Editor of the Journal" Indiamipoli: Sixth N contribution will be received before the conclusion of the publication of the story in the Journal. All contributions must be received within one week after the conclusion of tne story. Seventh The contributions will be filed by the contest editor and will be submitted by him. without comment or change to the Judges of the contest, who will pass upon them and announce their decision Checks will 1,- mailed to the winners unon the day the awards are announced JUDGES OF THE CONTEST. The folle-wlng gentlemen have been selected to pass upon the contributions and make the awards: William Finkerton. of Chicago, head of the famous Finkerton Detective Agency Capt. J. E. Kinney, chief of the Indian. apells detective elepnrtment. The Hon. Fremont Alford. Judge of the Criminal Court of Marlon county. An Installment of the story will appear each day until the completion of the story There will be no coupons, subscription receipts, or other requirements. The contest Is open to everybody. Study the contest conditions and try for a ca.-h prize.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Charles Dickens

CONTINUED FROM TESTERDAT "And I confess," said Mr. Crlsparkle. "that I hoped for better things." "I am si-ry to disappoint you. sir. but it would be far worse to deceive you. and I should deceive you grossly ff I pretended that you had softened me in this respect. The time may come wmn your powerful influence will do even that with the difficult pupil whose antecedents you know; hut It has not come yet. Is this so. and In spite of my struggles against myself. Helena T She, Whose dark eyes were watching the effect of what h said on Mr. Orlspnikle's face, replied to Mr. Crlsparkle, not to him: "It Is so." Aft?r a short pau.e. she answered the slighist look of inquiry conce4va!.l In her brother's eyes, with as slight an affirmative tnd of her own head; and he went on: "1 have never yet had the courage to say to you. sir. what in full openness I outrht to have said when you first talked with ne n this subject. Tt Is not ea?y to say. and I have been withheld by a fear of Its seeming ridiculous, which is very strong upon me down to this last moment, and might, but for my sister, prevent my being quite open with you even now I admire Miss Hud. sir, so very much that I cannot bear her being treated with conceit or Indifference; and even if I did not feel that I had an Injury against young Drood on my own account. I should feel that I had an Injury against him on hers." Mr. Oisparkle. In utter amazement, looked at Helena for corroboration, and met in her expressive face full corroboration, and a plea for advice. "The young ladv of whom you speak is, as you know, Mr. Neville, shortly to be married," said Mr. Crlsparkle gravely; therefore your admiration. If It be of that speclal nature which you seern to Indicate, Is outrageously misplaced. Moreover. It Is monstrous that you should take upon yourself to be the young lady's champion against her chosen husband. Besides, you have seen them only once. The young lady has become your sister's friend; and I wonder that your sister, even on her t half, has not ohecked you In this irrational and culpable fancy " "She has tried, sir. but uselessly. Husband or no husband, that fallow Is incapable of the feeling with which I am Inspired towards the beautiful young creature whom he trats like a doll. I say he is as incapable of It, as he Is unworthy of her. I say she i sacrlflred in bein bestowed upon him. I say that I hue her, and desnlse anö: hnte him:" This with a face so flushed, and a gesture so violent that his sister crossed to his side, and caught his arm, remonstrating. "Neville. Neville!" Mr. Crlsparkle. watching him attentively, and at the same time meditating how to proe !. walked on for some paces in silence. Then bespoke: "Mr. Neville, Mr. Neville, I am sorely grieved to see In you more traces of a character as sullen, angry, and wild, as the night now closing In. They are of too serious an aspect to leave me the resourco of treating the Infatuation you have disclosed as undeserving serious consideration. I give it very serious consideration, and I speak to you accordingly. This feud between you and young Drood must not go on. I cannot permit It to go on any longer, knowing what I now know from you, and you living under my roof. Whatever prejudiced and unauthorized constructions your blind and envious wrath may put upon his character, it Is a frank. geodnatured character. I know I can trust to it for that. Now, pray observe what I am about to say. vln reflection, and on your sister's representation. I am willing to admit th;it. In making peace with young Drood, you have a right to be met half-way. I will emgage that you shall be, and even that young Drood shall make th first advance. This condition fulfilled, you will pledge me the hont'r of a Christian gentleman that the quarrel is forever at an end on your side. What may be In your heart when you give him your hand can only be known to the Searcher Of all hearts; but it will never go well with you if there be any treachery there. So far Sg to that; next as to what I must again speak of as your infatuation. I understand it to have been confided to me. and to be knows to no other person ae your sister and yourself. Do I understand aright? ' Helena answered In a low voice: "It Is only known to us three who are here together." "It Is not at all known to the young lady, your friend'.'" "On my Seoul, no!" "I require you. then, to give me jfcur similar snd solemn pledge. Mr. Neville, that It shall remain the secret it Is. and that you will take no other action whatsoever unn it than -n-deavoring (and that moft earnestly) to erase It from your mind. I will not tell you that It will soon pass; I will not tell you that It is the fancy of the moment; I will not tell you that such caprices have their rise and fall among the young and ardent every hour; I will leave you undisturbed In the belief that it has few parallels or none, that It will abide with you a long time, and that it will be very difficult to conquer. So much the n-.ore weight shall I attach to the pledge I reeiulre from you, when it Is unreservedly given." The young man twice or thrice essayed to speak, but failed. "Let me leave you with your sister, whom It Is time you took home." said Mr. Crisparkl "You will find me alone in m.. room by and by." "Pray do not leave us yet," Helena Implored him. "Another minute." "I should not." said Neville, pressing his hand upon his face, "have needed so much as another minute. If you had been less patient with me, Mr. Crlsparkle, less considerate of me, and less unpretendingly good and true. Oh, If In my childhood I had known si:ch a guide!" "Follow your guide now. Neville." murmured Helena, "and follow him to heaven!" There was that in her tone which broke the good Minor Canon's voice, or It would have repudiated her exaltation of him. As It was, he laid a finger cn his lips, and looked towards her brother. "To say that I give both pledges, Mr. Oisparkle. out of my Innermost heart, and to say that there Is no treachery in It is to say nothing!" Thus Neville, greatly moved. "I beg your forgiveness for my miserable lapse Into a ouist of passion." Not mine. Neville, not mine. You know with whom forgiveness lies, as the highest attribute conceivable. Miss Helena, yu and your brother are twin children. You came Into this world with the same dispositions, and you passed your younger das together surrounded by the same adverse circumstances. What you have overcome In yourself, em you not overcome in him? You see the rock that lies in his course. AVho but you can keep him clear of it?" "Who but you. sir?" replied Helena. "What is my Influence, or my weak wisdom, compared with yours!" "You have the wisdom of love." returned the Minor Canon, "and it wns the highest wisdom ever kn.'wn upon this earth, remember. As to mine -but the less said of that commonplace commodity the better. Good night!" She took the hand he offered her. and gratefully and ahnost reverently raised it to her lips "Tut'" said tha Minor Canon t-oftly, "I am much overpaid!" and urned away. Retracing his steps towards the Cathedral Close, he tried, as he went along in the dark, to think out the best means of bringing to pass what he had promised to effect, and what must somehow be done. "I shall probably be sskM to marry them," he rehVcted, "and I wool 1 they were married ami gone! But this prsSSSf flrst." He debated principally whether he should write to young Drood, or whether he should peak to Jasper. The consciousness of bing popular with the whole cathedral establishment inclined him to the latter course, and the well-timed sight of the lighted gatehouse decided hin. to take lt. "I will strike while the Iron Is hot." he salo, "and see him now." Jasper wa3 lying asleep on a couch before the fire. when, having ascended the postal q stair, and received no answer to his kneck at the door', Mr. Crlsparkle gently turned the handle and looked In. long afterwards he had cause to remembpr how Jasper sprang from the euch In a delirious state between sleeping and waking, and crying out: " hat is the matter Who did it?" "It is only I, Jasper. I am sorry to have disturbed ycu." The glare of hi? eyes settled down into a look of recognition, and he moved a chair or two to make a way to the fireside. "I was di earning at a great rate, and am glal to be disturbed from an indigestive after-dinner sleep. Not to mention that you are always welcome." "Thank you, 1 am not confident." returned Mr. Crisparkle. as he sat himself down In the easy chair placeel for him. "that my subject will at first sight be epuite as welcome äs myself; but I am a minister of peace, and I pursue my subject in the interests of peaee. In a word. Jabper. 1 want to establish ieace between these two yoijhg fellows." A very perplexed expression took hold of Mr. Jasper' t face; a very perplexing expressHn. too for Mr Crisparkle could make nothing of it. How?" was Jasper's Inquiry, In a low and flow voice, after a silt nee. "For the 'how' I come to you. I want to ask you to no me the great favor and service ,f in terposing with your nephew 1 have alre-ady interposal with Mr. Nevill. ). and getting him to write you a short note, in his lively way. saying that he is willing to shake hands. I know what a good-natured fellow he is. and what influence you have with him. And without In the least der fending Mr Nevill". we must all admit that he was bitterly stung." Jasper turned that perplexed face towards the fire. Mr. Crisparkle ontinuing to observe it, found it even more perplexing than before. Inasmuch as It seemed to denote (which :ould hardly bei sew.e- close internal calculation. "I know that ou are nt pn j nss.vsed in Mr. Neville's favor." the Minor Canon was going on, when Jasper stopped him. "Tos have cause- to say so. I am not, indeed." "Cndoubtedly; and I admit his lamentable violence of temper, though I hope he and I will g. t the better of It between us. Ilut I have exacteel a very solemn promise from him as to his futur.' deir.esti.or towards your nephew. If vou do kindly Interpose; and I am sure he will b i it." "You an- always r. sp. -nsil-ie trustworthy Mr. Crisparkle. Do you really feel sur- that you can answer fe,r him so confidently?1' "I do." The jerilexed and perplexing look anishe-d. "Then ou relieve n.y mind of a great dread and a heavy weight," said Jasper; "I wili do it."

Mr e-risparme. ueitgnieu ny tne swiftness and

-;ed it In

'for the eoniist my vague augh-but do

comp!' ter.'-ss of his suecerfs, acknow

the handsomest terms.

I will do it." repeated Jasper fort ot having your guarantee ag and unfounded fears. Tou will you keep a eiiary?"

"A line for a elay; not more." "A line fo- a :.iy vould be quite as much as my uneventful life would ne-d, heaven knows." said Jnsner. taking a book from a desk; "but

that my oiary is. in ucr. a oiaty of Ned s life

ou will h

guess when It wa: " 'Past mldnlgh now seen. I ha" e some horrible n dear boy, that 1

this entry; you will

After what I have just morbid dread upon me of quences resulting t o my !.it i a s n wi:h r in anv

way co.ite'nd against. All my efforts are vain. The demoniacal passion of this Neville Landless, his btrcugth in his fury, and his savage rage

for the destruction of Its object, appall me. So nrofound I th imnrKiinn that twice since I

have gone Into my desr boy's room tp assure

mysejr of his sleeping safely, and not lying deaa in his blood.' "Hers Is another entry next morning: " 'Ned up and sway. Ldght-bearted and unsuspicious as ever. He laughed when I eautloned him, and said he was as gxi a man as NVvtlle Landless any day. I told him that might be. but he u not as bad a man. He continued to make light ot it. but I travel ! with him as far as I could, and left him most unwillingly. 1 am unable to shake off these dark Intangible presentiments of evil if feelings founded upon staring facts are to be so called.' "Again and again." said Jasper in conclusion, twirling the leaves of the book before putting it by, "I have relapsed into these moods, as other entries show. But I have now your assurance at my back, and shall put It in my book, and make It an antidote to my black humcrs." "Such an antidote. I hope," returned Mr Crisparkk. "as will induce you before leng to consign the black fault with you this evening, when yu. have met my wishes so freely; but I must say. Jasper, thai your devotion to your nephewhas made you exaggerate here " "You are my witness." said Jasper, shrugging h!s shoulders, "what my state of mind honestly was that night before I sat down to write, and in what words I expresesd it. You remember objecting to a word I used as being too strong? It was a stronger word than any In my diary " "Well. well. Try the antidote." rejoined Mr. Crisparkle; "and may It give you a brighter and better view of the case! We will discuss It no more now. I have to thank you for myself, and I thank you sincerely." "You shall find." said Jasper, as they shook hands, "that I will not do the thing you wish me to do by halves. I will take care that Ned, giving way at all. shall give way thoroughly." On the third day after this conversation, he called on Mr. Crlsparkle with the following letter: "My Dear Jack I am touched by your account of your Interview with Mr. Crlcparkle. whom I much respect and esteem At once I openly say that I forgot myselt on that occasion quite as much as Mr. Landless did, and that I w ish that bygrne to be a bygone, and all to be right again. "Look here, dear eld boy. Ask Mr. Landless to dinner on Christmas eve (the better the day the better the deed), and let there be only we three, and let us shake hands all round there and then, and say no more about It. "My dear Jack. "Ever your m st affectionate "EDWIN DROOD. "V. P. Love to Miss Pussy at the next music lesson. " "Vou expect Mr. Neville, then?" said Mr. Crlsparkle. "I coic.t upon his coming." said Mr. Jasper.

CHAPTER XI. A PICTI RK AND A RING. Rehlnd the most ancient part of Holborn, London, where certain gabled houses some centuries of age still stand looking on the public way, as If disconsolately loe)king for the Old Bourne that has long run dry, is a little nook composed of two Irregular quadrangles, called Staple Inn. It is one of those nooks, the turning into which out of the clashing street, imparts to the relieved pedertrlan the sensation of having put cotton in his ears, and velvet soles on his boots. It Is one of those nooks where a few smoky sparrows twitter in smoky trees, as though they calbd to one another, "Let us play at country," and where a few feet of garden mold and a few yards of gravel enable them to do that refreshing violence to their tiny understandings. Moreover, it is one of those nooks which are legal nooks; and It contains a little hall, with a little lantern in its roof; to what obstructive purposes devoted, and at whose expense, this history knoweth MC In the days when Cloisterham took offense at the existence of a railroad afar off, as menacing that sensitive cemstitution, the property of us Urttons; the odd fortune of which sacred institution it Is to be in exactly equal degrees croaked about, trembled for, and boasted of, whatever happens to anything, anywhere In the world; In those days no neighboring architecture of lofty proportions had arisen to overshadow Staple Inn. The westering sun bestowed bright glances on It. and the southwest wind blew Into It unimpeded. Ne ither wind nor sun. however, favored Staple Inn one December afternoon towards 6 o'clock, when it was filled with fog, and candles shed murky and blurred rays through the windows of all its then-occupieel sets of chambers; notably from a set of chamliers in a corner house in the little Inner quadrangle, presenting in black and white over its ugly portals the mysterious Inscription: P J T 1747. In which set of chambers, never having troubled his head about the Inscription, unless to bethink himself at odd tinu-s on glan!ng up at it, that haply It might mean Perhaps John Thomas, or Pei haps Joe Tyler, sat Mr. Grewgious writing by his fire. Who could have told, by looking at Mr. Grewgious, whether he had ever known ambition or disappointment? He had been bred to the bar, and had laid himself out for chamber practice; to drav deeds; "convey the wise it call," as Pistol says. Hut conveyancing and he had made such a very indifferent marriage of It that they had se parate-el by consent if there can be said to be separattion where there has never been coming together. No. Coy conveyancing would not come to Mr. Grewgious. She was wooed, not won, and they went their several ways. Rut an arbitration be ing blown towards him by some unaccountable wind, and he gaining great credit in it as one indefatigable in seeking out right and doing light, a pretty fat receivership was next blown into his pocket by a wind more traceable to Its Source. So, by chance, he had found his niche. Receiver and agent now, to two rich estates, and deputing their legal business, in an amount worth having, to a firm of solicitors on the floor below, he had snuffed out his ambition (supposing him to have ever lighted It), and had settled down with his snuffers for the rest of his life WSdar the dry vine and fig tree of P. J. T., who planted In seventeen-forty-even. Many accounts anel account bcoks. many files of correspondence, and several strong boxes, garnished Mr. Orewgious's room. They can scarcely be represented as having lumbereel It, so conscientious and precise was their orderly arrangement. The apprehension of dying suddenly, and leaving one fact or one figure with any incompleteness or obscurity attaching to it, would have stretched Mr. Grewgious stone dead any day. The largest fidelity to a trust was the life-blcod of the man. There are sorts of lifeblood that course more quickly, more gayly, more attractively; but there is no better sort in circulation. There was no luxury in his room. Even its comforts were limited to Its being dry and warm, and having a snug though faded firesid". What may be e-alled its private lif" wa: confined to the hearth, and an easy chair, and an old-fashioned occasional round table that was brought out upon the vug after business hours, from a corner where its elsewise remained turned up Ilk" a shining mahogany shield. Behind it, when sta.iding thus on the defensive, was a closet, usually containing something good to drink. An outer room was th- clerk's room; Mr. Grewgious' s sleeping room was across the common stair; and he held some not empty cellarage at the bottom of the common stair. Three hundred days in the year, at least, he crossed over to the hotel in Furni vat's Inn for his dinner, and after dinner crossed back again, to make the most of these simplicities until it should become broad business day once more, with P. J. T.. date seventeen-forty-seven. As Mr. Grewgious sat and wrote by his fire that afternoon, so did the clerk of Mr. Gr-w-glous sit and write by his Are. A pale, puffyfaced, dark-haired person of thirty, with big dark eyes that wholly wanted luster, and a dlssat.sfied doughy complexion, that seeme.i to ask to be ent to the baker's, tills attendant was a mysterious being. iossessed of some strange power over Mr. Grewgious. As though he had I . en sailed into existence, like a fabulous Familiar, by a magic spell which had failed when required to dismiss him. he stuck tight to Mr. eJrewgicus's stool, although Mr. Gr-wglous's comfort and convenience would manifestly have been advanced by dispossessing h!m. A gloomy person with tangled locks, and a general air of havlnp b'cn reared under the shadow of that

baleful tree of Java, which has given shelter

to more lives than the whole botanical kingdom. Mr. Grewgious. nevertheless, treated him with unaccountable consideration. "Now. Baxzard." said Mr. Grewgious, on the entrance of his clerk: looking up from his papers lie arranged thim for the night; "what is In the wind besides fog?" Mr. Drood." says I'azzard. What of him?" "Has tailed." said Razzard. "You mixht have shown him In. "I am doing it." said Bazzard. The visiter cam in ac ordliigly. "Dear me!" said Mr. Grewgious. looking round his pair of offl e candles. "I thought you had called and merely left your name and gone. How do you do, Mr. Edwin? Dear me. you're choking'" "It's this fog." returned Edwin; "and it makes my eye smart, like cayenne jepper." "Is It really so bad as that? Pray unto your wrappers. It's fortunate I have so good a Are; but Mr. Bazxard has taken care of me." "No. I haven't." said Mr. Bazzard at the door. "Ah! thn It follows that 1 must have taken cure of myself without obsecving it," said Mr. Grewgious. "Pray be seateei In my chair. No. 1 beg! coming out of such an atmosphere, In my chair." To Be Continued To-morrow.J

THE SUNDAY JOURNAL'S PRIZE WINNERS Following are the winners of the prizes offered for the bst solution of the- puxcles in the Sunday Journal's Color Magazine Supplement Jan. 24: Winners Will Always Be Announced the Third KeeK After Appearance of Puzz es

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Five Cash Prizes of $1.00 Each Are Awarded Every Week the five poplv who solve both puzzle in th Inst, clearest and most coi 1 Z- U AS ..11 A - II Ml . A -

book is awarded to all eithers se nding correct answers to one

to the

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both pussies. The puizle books are Just the thing for those who are In tors, and whin the other volume's which are to follow are is the 'best collection of puzzles and tricks ever ierouesht togeth

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Prizes will be changed from time to time. I will always be pleased to hear from the young folks snd to receive contributions of original puzzles, mathematical anel geometrical curiosities, bright conun

drums, etc.

PUZZLE EDITOR, The Journal.