Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1902 — Page 10

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1902.

TIE Mien) PMC Slum

r-BIOHT HORSES TO A IOON OP TWELVE WHEELS.

IE HORSES FOUR ABREAST

Mb — ■ ■ ■ Wagon Whaals Hava Twelve Inch Tlree — How tho Heavy Loade Damage Country Roods. |f' (Special to The IndlenapoH. New*.) ALEXANDRIA, Ind., December t-The Ohlcago Pipeline Company Is putttns In a new steam compressor aas station. Inctodli# a number of larae boilers, at Its ■ampin* station, six miles southeast of QkimmltvlUe. The equipment Is hauled from the railroad at Summltville to the pumpinc station and a small army of men and many, horses ara required for the

Work.

Each boiler Is loaded on a wagon with twelve wheels sod to each wagon twen-ty-eight horses are hitched, four abreast. It requires four beraee to haul one of the wagons when It Is not loaded. The teams ara mgda up of heavy draft horses, brought from Montpelier, and the people In the Section through which they draw their great burdens watch the animals silth much Intereat. Damage to the Roads. 'PThe damage to the country roads from the heavy wagons and their loads wilt be considerable. The company had to make a cash deposit of H.000 with the county commissioners to cover the damage to the roads, and this and considerable more money will be required to put the highways In good condition. The tires of the Wagon wheels are twelve inches In width, aad It Is common for them to cut Into £ road to the depth of twenty Inches.

DEATH FROM AN INJURY.

blasvUla Man Stopped a Runaway Team in Danvar, Colo. K [Special to The Indianapolis News ) NOBLESVILLE. Ind., December l.-Ed-Ward McNeill, thirty-four years old, died it his horns here last night from blood poisoning, resulting from a broken hip. which he received while attempting to stop a runaway team In Denver, Colo., Ipat September. He was on the sidewalk and saw the team coming. He dashed into the street. Mixed the bridle of one of the horses and was dragged several hundred feet. He has been confined to his bed most of the

JEROME FILES CHARGES.

________ Result of tha Raida on New York Gambling Houses. NEW YORK, December 3.—New York Is in the throes of gambling raids, compared with which ail others conducted by the district attorney. Jerome, have been small. Accompanied by representatives of the police department, Jerome went late yesterday afternoon to Frank Farrell's gambling house, No. 33 West Thlriythlrd street, one of those raided Monday night for the purpose of. -laying bare whatever secrets might be'contained in the safe of the gamble rs. As a result of the raids the tip has gone around among the gambling houses to "close up." The police bomb prepared by District Attorney Jerome was exploded when Mr. Jerome made public the fact that he iir.d filed charges of neglect of duty with Police Commissioner Partridge against Inspector Donald Grant and Police Captain John T. Stephenson, of the Mulberrystreet statlorn HOOSIERS GOOD GUESSERS.

MOVEMENT UNDER WAY EOR NEW COURT HOUSE

First Comers Have the Best Selection.

Will Share Id the Ohio Election Prize Money. [Special to The Indianapolis News ] CINCINNATI, December 3.—The names of the winners In the guessing contest on the popular vote cast In Ohio at the last election are published in the Enquirer today. The total vote was 811,467, The first prise, 324.000, will be divided among eleven persons who guessed the correct number. In this list Is A. A. Laird, of Frankfort.

Ind.

The second prise. 18.000, will be divided among fifteen persons who guessed 811.468. L. C. Wiltshire, of OwensviHe. Ind.. and B. M. Arthur. Of Muncle. are In this list. Several other Indianlans share In the smaller prizes. Pensions for Indianlans. [Special to The Indianapolis News.) WASHINGTON, December 3.-Pensions have been granted to Indianlans as fol-

lows:

Originals—Henry C« Austin. Jefferson-

ville. $13; John B. Wheeler, Mount Vernon, $10 (war with Spain); Robert A. Gil-

bert. Vevay. $6 (war with Spain). Increase, Reissue, Etc.—Henry Griffey, jme, Grant, $12; John S. Morris,

Madison, $19; Franklin G. Ayers, Laporte. $12: Ntrum A. Myers, Statellne, $14; Abra-

B. Swisher, Jeffersonville.

id. $1< Nath

BADGER’S

Six More Days ot This Sale.

PUTNAM COUNTY PEOPLE ASK FOR SPECIAL ELECTION.

THE OLD BUILDING IS SHAKY

The Roof Ltakg and County Records Are in Danger—The Building is Unsafe.

tile, $10; James Samuel G. Os-

ham B. Swisher, Jederso D. Doolien, Waveland. $10;

Klngt

bern. Kingman. 812; Nathan Freeman. Ladoga, $34; Nathan C. Welsh. Indianapolis.

$12.

Wide Uvea— Sarah T. Curtis, South Bei Stelnbrenner. Stcwartsville, $12.

Consider the Coat. (Electrical Review.) ‘John.” said the retired lawyer to his coachman, "aren't the horses trying to run away 7” "They be. sir!" “Then drive Into something cheap."

[Special to The Indian.poll* New..] GKEENCA8TLE. Ind.. December 3After years of agitation, active efforts to secure a new court house for Putnam i county began this week, with indications that the movement will be successful. The present court house was built more than forty years ago. and Is so dilapidated that It Is unsafe, and the county records are In constant danger from leaks

In the roof.

For twelve years or more the county commissioners have been so slow in responding to the general demand for a new building, steps were taken at the last session of the Legislature to secure special legislation which would relieve the county commissioners of the responsibil-

ity of ordering a new court house. Cost of New Court House,

t nder the act of the Legislature, which | was passed through the efforts of Representative James and several business men, petitions are now being circulated throughout the county calling for a special election tt> decide the question of erecting a new building. If the signatures of 500 persons are secured to the petition, the commissioners will order the election. Based on the valuation of Putnam county property, it Is estimated that the cost of the court house will be 64 cents o each $1,000. The estimate Is made o bonds to run twenty years and draw 4 per cent. This is considerably below the cost as figured by people who have op- i posed the erection of a new court ho

The law providing for the nei house restricts Its cost to $150,000.

DECEMBER SALE n« war# •/ Cataar might hart ataad agalait tha worm.-Julia* Caesar. IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE WHO SAYS A THING. It doesn't matter so much what a person says as who * says it. Napoleon’s words on the battlefield weighed a ton apiece. The officer who ordered the immortal charge of the Light Brigade spoke for a nation. He did not speak so loud, but for all that the roar of the cannon was literally “not in it” with his voice. The BADGER FURNITURE COMPANY prefers to make the sort of noise that counts rather than a big one. The reputation and the standing of the firm in this community backs up every statement made over our name. The size of some of the bargains we are offering this week is out of all proportion to the size of the type in which they are announced. Hundreds of other equally interesting bargains are not mentioned at all for want of space. When we advertise goods as having been marked down, they have not first been marked up; and when prices are represented as “special” they are such in a true and honest sense. We would like for strangers to understand this—our friends do already. : :

Draperies and Fancy Goods We must have more room here. These sale prices will make It. One-Half Price on all Tapestry and Damask Remnants and samples. A table full of them. The richness of the material and the coloring Is simply Indescribable. They are In all grades, and range In sizes from 27 Inches square up to 50 Inches wide and one and one-half yards long.

or pillow or furniture ny of them are band-

HALF PRICE

23 Pairs Fine Mercerized Damask Portieres, cord edge, rich and sumptuous. sold for $12.50. $13.50 CO OH and »14A). now ♦T-TU

Davenports

have been reduced

They are usefi coverings, and ma

some tnough to ft

ON THEM ALL.

court house, new court i

Japanese Plotter* Foiled.

VICTORIA. B. C-. December 3.—The | steamer Kaga Maru. which arrived from the Orient, brought news of an attempt on the life of the Emperor of Japan when the imperial train was at Otaka. en route to the scene of the maneuvers of Klnshtn. A number of conspirators had arranged to blow up the Emperor's train, but the police authorities learned of the plot arid the would-be dynamiters fled. The Im-

perial train dl' glne had been

the safety not captun

16 Pairs Mercerized Portieres, finer grade, verv handsome, some of them have different colors on opposite side, former price $15.00. $16.00 and Cl ^ A C $16.50 per pair, now *PU*v J

wmmmmL

Pairs Velour Portieres, handsomely

broidered. sold for $30.00CIG QC Solid mahogany Davenport, upholstered olive, figured velour. CCA AA • pair, sale price qJIT.O J $s«.0O value

Bed Davenport, golden oak frame, upholstered green velour, was

$29 00. now.

1 Lot of Tapestry I In all—several grades goods that have beei

it;

$22.50

\ a o V fe«rta.?V-i^ Another style Bed Davenport. In golden oak and velour, $25.00, * Of A A A hile they Ast....’ now

been sell

^j.00 and up .

sale price, while they

Portieres—39 pail

id broken lots, ling at 16,00.

fled.

This Box Couch

Monsieur Bexucairc ‘

Vxnrevols.”

| CHAPTER XVIII—CONTINUED. | In

J ‘The papers you hold drove him out of He tore It open and rea<

They were brief and unha

•Can't

politics once, by the mere threat of publication; you should havo printed them that week, as I suggested. Do so at once; &e time 1* abort. You have been too gentle; It has the air of fearing to offend, and of catering, as If. we were afraid of antagonizing people against us; as though Ife had a personal stake in the convention. Possibly you consider our subscription books as such; $ do not. But if they •re, go ahead twice as hard. What If It does give the enemy a weapon in cose IfcCune is nominated; If he Is (and I begin to see a danger of It) we will be

nemy. I do not carry my partl-

Ip so far aa to help elect Mr. Mcto Congress. You have been as non-

I In your editorials as If this fit time for delicacy and the ptlon of party policy. My . ty policy—no new one—ls

lat the patty which considers the public ervice before It considers Hzelf will hrlve best in the long run. The Herald

i little

^ edith> hand. "Is that a telegram righteousness!' tore It open and reacf the contents! "What does It

B®. m

■e best In the h

i a little paper (not so little nowadays, after all, thanks to you), but It is an it one, and it Isn’t afraid of Rod

McCune eaten, un

him to tin

do it.

He Is to be have to send on an old Issu

Ish

4, and

and his friends, mderstand, if ws

e penitentiary on an old issue And If the people wish to be-

eve us cruel or vengeful, let them, lease let me see as hearty a word as ou can say for Halloway, also. You can

> with ginger; please show some In

mattsr.

r condition Is Improved, am, very truly yours,

“JOHN HARKLESS." When the letter was concluded, he

ou ca

Sf-

"I ai

, When the letter was concluded, Ijaaded it to Meredith. "Please add i JjtaL P«t a ‘special’ on it and send SSfc gm^C^h^ 0nce - ' 0

send It,

■["Tee; H. Fisbee.

fotseesial ’da™ than you have

llnj and utter wearinessH dark, lids closed ovei

In, slowly. ami luokei i It were ■

iturned. and tl his eyes. Fh

av< ied,

he'

ed up at him mournhls soul shone forth

t thanks.

eloqi

-i n ® «?2? U a J°Hy summer, ltd, with a quivering effort to 11 you think I am? I don’t— — wnatl should have-done-” Indian!" eald Meredith, ten-

assn

, Tcm was rejoiced by eoratlon in hts patient.

for Harkleas, nto the sick

of pillows,

copy of flushed

rkloss, and Meroe sick room, was

: up bn his couch vmhoutShe 'prop

f W *he H Heraid and his brow at

s on

the day’s face was

said

e. "Worse,

hat's com% U, over the® f'll.,v

other, hape.

mmmmm ■ j jm

thought he was • rescuing ind he’s turning out bad.

•wear It look* Uka they'd I won’t say that yet. But he ad that McCune buslnet and ha’s had two days,

than a week before the oonven

He broke off.

the pecan'i v. 1

“’fll

been—well.

isy that yet. But he hasn’t prlntMcCune business I told you of.

There Is less

ventlon, and—''

the yellow envelc

COLDS

Cure relieves the heed, hoM, 1 almost immediately. A break up any cold and , Bronchitis and Pneumonia.

I’a Dyspepsia Care is • certain

or ail formal

of indigestion and

fsstefas:

ome dowi

'Vi;

nappy.

you do something? Can't rn? It begins to look tt

from

have got to

you

:he other

K. H."

Righteousness! Save

the earliest, nd complicatlo

ons

asanter

in that. I've got you here, and stay; so He back and get easy.

mpllc

plea

Halloway.” said John. "I go. What did that doctor

say?"

“He said two weeks at you’ll run into typhoid am from your hurts, and evi things than that. I've got here you stay; so He back

boy."

"Then give me that pad and pencil." He rapidly dashed off a note to H. Fisbee: "H. Fisbee. Ed,tor Carlo'^'e^ ^ "Dear Sir—You have not acknowledged iy letter of the 2d September by a note hich should have reached me the foliwing morning), or by the alteration In le tenor of my columns which I request1. or by the publication of the McCune specs which I directed. In this I hold - ou grossly at fault. If you have a conscientious reason for refusing to carry out my request it should have been eommunlcated to me at once, as should the

personal (or friend of Mr the motive,

you

le at once, as should

such be the case—that you are 1 (or impersonal, if you like

l Rodney M ~

ulterior <

>u like)

ne. Whatever rwlse, which

prevents you^from ^operathig my paper as

. ,, uuu ,u ,.ove been inform'

It. This is a matter vital to the Inti

Ity. and

of our community, and you have hitherto shown yourself too alert In accepting my test suggestion for me to construe failure as negligence. Negligence I might esteem as at least honest and frank; your course has been neither the

You

evening, print the

by 7 this

Ty. You will McCune In to-

alighi

this failure as negligence. It esteem as at least

k; your course

one nocjhe other.

“ v "u will receive this letter

by special dellvc facts concerning

morrow morning’s paper.

"I am well aware of the obligations under which your extreme efficiency and thoughtfulness in many matters i placed me. It Is to you I owe my unearned profits from the transaction In oil, and It la to you I owe the Herald's extraordinary present circulation, growth of power and Influence. That power Is still under my direction, and Is an added responsibility which shall not be misapplied. "You must forgive me If I write too sharply. You see I have failed to understand your silence; and If I wrong you 1 heartily ask your pardon In advance of your explanation. Is It that you are sorry for McCune? It would be a weak

keep you to

i that the

pity that

warned him long-ago that the papers you hold would be published If he ever tried to return to political life, and he Is deliberately counting on my physical weakness and absence. Let him rely upon It; I am not so weak as he thinks. Personally. 1 can not say that 1 dislike Mr. McCune. I have found him a very entertaining fellow; Tit Is said he Is the beet of husbands, and a true friend to some of hls friends, and. believe me, I am sorry for him from the bottom of my heart. B<

the Herald Is not.

"You need not reply by letter. To-mo row’s Issue answers for you. Until I ha< received a copy. I withhold my Judgment.

"JOHN HARKLESS. ’

The morrow's Issue—that fateful print on which depended John Harkfess's opinion of H. Flsbee's Integritycontained an editorial addressed to the delegates of the convention, warning them to act for the vital Interest of the community, and declaring that the opportunity to be given them In the present Sonventlon was a rare one, a singular piece of good fortune Indeed; they were to have the chance to vote for a man who had won the love and respect of every person the district—one who had suffered for

hip of righteousness—one

In the dl hls cha

iplonsh . even hla few political enemies con-

essed they held In personal affection and eateem—one who had been the Inspiration of a new era—one whose life had been helpfulness, whose hand had reached out to every struggler and unfortunate—a man who had met and faced danger for the Bake of others—one who lived under a threat for years, and who had been almost overborne In the fulfillment of that

threat, but who would live to see the on hls triumph, the tribute the

Ine mtli

shl

veni com

naedi

that moi

Tom

.. triumph, tl tlon would bring him as a gif munlty that loved him. HU led not to be told; It was on i

the t fr

sun con-

om a

told; d In

is on every Hp

ornlng, and In every heart.

ion a. h£rea^ e H y ark,ess fef, ^‘oTOe

and for a mo-

qulekly.

pillows with a drawn

ment he laid his thin hand ov ‘"•MEt UR?" l MereTltli il Hald "Give me the pad. please

• What la it. boy?”

The other’s teeth snapped together. "What Is It? *. he cried. What Is It. It s treachery, and the worst I ever knew. Not a word of the accusation I demanded-ly-ing praises instead! Read that editorial-| there, there! He struck the page with the

Sur-ieM sssSr SriS who has won the U> v 0 and respect of •very person In the district! -'One who has suffered for hls championship of

“Meal

’who hi

my threat

of In

it does It mean?”

n! It means McCune—Rod McCune, lived under a threat for years'— ! 1 swore 1 would print him out diana If he ever raised his head

again, and he knew I could. ’Almost overborne in the fulfillment of that threat!’ Almost! It's a black scheme, and I see It now. This man came to Plattvllle and went on the Herald for nothing In the rorld but this. It's McCune's hand all Jong. He daren't name him even now, the oward! The trick lies between McCune ind young Fisbee—the old man Is innocent. Give me the pad. Not almost overborne. There are three good days to work in. and. by the gods of perdition, if Rod McCune sees Congress it will be In hls

next Incarnation!"

He rapidly scribbled a few lines on the pad and threw the sheets to Meredith. "Get those telegrams to the Western Unlon office in a rush, please. Read them

With

with large wardrobe, patent lift. fragrant cedar lining, spring mattress top, covered in Bagdad effect. $12.75 Same Box Couch, without spring edge top or cedar liDing to chest, covered 4n art denim. $6.90

Parlor

Furniture

It is simply Impossible to enumerate,

less describe, the special bar

much

gains offered

this

Furniture. We can

xtlo

the special barweek in Parlor only give a few

Ins ml

quotations.

Solid mahogany Arm Chair, handsomely Inlaid. French legs, claw feet, blue silk tapestry uphol- Cl Q A A sterlng, was $30. now ^IO.vU

$14.50

irm Chair, upholstered and rose haircloth, an

$15.00

ogany Divan, gree silk tapestry. $18. no'

Mahog

rose

$21.60.

Mahogany pale blu

exquisite piece, now

Sofa, mahogany frame, upholstered in red silk tapestry, tufted back, frame is handsomely carved, price moo. but as it Is slight- £ QQ

Fancy Rockers Whatksr it is s n inexpensive Rocker or * Turkish leather Chair 70a w • a t for i Christmas, this is year opportunity. This Chair Is substantial and well finished In quarter sawed oak, wood seat, price. $3.40 Upholstered »«»t $3.73 Mahogany Arm Chair, silk velour £t.. ,u M.. ,> * ck :..* 1 *: 00 -.. $12.00 Another style. Inlaid Mahogany »A&..f e ! n .. v ^ p ...'r: $7.00 Mahogany Sofa, figured <1A AA silk tapestry scat. $18.00 Large Solid Mahogany Rocker, upholstered green and pink, figured silk velour, with down pillow to C1Q A A match. $36.00 919.UU Mahogany Rocker, figured green $M.Pu ur .*••*. a . nd .. ba . < ' , ‘:.... $ 15.00 Mahogany Rocker. Inlaid, CIA AA red velour, $3l>.0o 91U-UU value.*. h,r .. V.T!?:.. ** 00 $14.00 Another In green. 116.00 J|2 QQ S^$i3 n «^ n ' iiik ”.’$10.00 Another with Inlaid frame, upholstered In tapestry. $12 00 large Old English Oak Arm Chair, leather cushions, $40.00, £20 00 Another style with ooze <9 A A A leather ouahlons. $40.00, now9a< V-Uv Oak Settee to match the latter. .. ?:®'. $30.00

High GradeRUGS For a Song 12 Wilton Velvet Seamless Rugs, fine colorings and designs, 6x9 feet, regwoek. P . r .*. C *..*!*!?!'. **' 1 * $11.60 8 Wilton Velvet Rugs. 9x1$, several different patterns, $25.00 CIA QC grade, sale price 91 7.0 9 2 Kashmir Rugs. 6x9. reg-CI T C ular price $6.00, sale price,... 9 J. / J 2 Cotton Jap Rugs, 9x9. blue and white and green and white. CA $15.00. half price 5 Fine Axmlnster Seamless Rugs, good colors and designs, CIA Or $19.t») glade, sale price wlTr.9I> 1 Very Fine Mohair Rug. CO >4 CA 8x8. reduced from $54.00 tow/T-.JW 1 Heavy Axmlnster Rug. seamless, tu x w‘:... r '* u, * p ... rri . c * $10.65 l Beautiful French Rug, Sere bend pattern. 6.7x9 10, has been C CA selling for $66.00 $4ZOU 1 Mottled Axmlnster Rug, one piece. $14.20

German Rugs

Only 7 of these

e In c

They'are made In one piece thro'ughout! Two 8.8x11.6, were $60.00, $^Q QQ One 8 8x10.10. was $70.00, £59 QQ

Two 9.10x13.1, were $75.00, now

Two 9.10x13.1. were $100.00 now

$59.00 $69.00

very red face Tom read them,

addressed to H. Fisbee;

relieved froi

m the cares of ed-

over the

One v

“You are relieved

itorship. You will turn over the manageIn 4 e »? t _? f He **Hld to Warren Smith. You will give him the McCune papers If you do not, or If you destroy them, you can not hide where I shall not find you.

“JOHN The second wa* “Take possess! Fisbee. This y

BADGER FURNITURE COMPANY

to W

n Hen

t find yc

HARKLESS.' arren Smith:

raid. Dismiss H.

_ - ur authority. Publish McCune papers so labeled which H. Fisbee will hand you. Letter follows. Beat McCune. JOHN HARKLESS." The author of the curt epistles tossed restlessly on his couch, but the reader of them stared. Incredulous and dumff

uncertain of hls command

1. and ied a hi

e might be.

Plattvllli

shook hls head violently in a Spartan effort to rouse himself; but what more effectively performed the task for him were certain sounds issuing from Harkless's room, across the hall. For some minutes Meredith had been dully conscious of a rustle and stir In the Invalid's chamber, and he began to realize that no mere tossing about a bed would account for a noise that reached him across a wide hall and through two closed door of thick walnut. Suddenly hi

ralnut.

heard a quick. heavy shod. In Harkless's room.

Una

tread, nd a

bunded, Ity. Hls

betokens haply, h him from

writ

pledging hls honor

resounding bang, as some heavy object struck the floor. The doctor was not to come till evening; Jim had gone down stairs. Who wore shoes In the sick man's room? He rushed across the hall In hls pyjamas and threw open the unlocked

door.

The bed was disarranged and vacant. Harkless. fully dressed, was standing In the middle of the floor, hurling garments

The horrified Meredith stood for a secnd. bleached and speechless, then he

News' Next Serial Written In a Log Cabin Up in Michigan. Of "The Blazed Trail,” the next serial story which The News will publish, beginning Saturday, the author. Stewart Edward White, has the following to say: ‘The Blazed Trail' was nearly all written in a log cabin in the big wilderness forty miles north of M&nistique, Mich. I used to get up at 4 In the morning. work until 9, and then put in the rest of the day on snowshoes in the woods. Many of its characters arc <lra wn directly from life. Tim Shearer, Rad way. Injin Charley. Dyer and Hilda Farrand should be recognized by their friends. It Is hinted that the heroine, Hllda. is a Grand Rapids (Mich.) girl. Others embody merely the spirit of tha men and women I have met In the great north."

to secrecy with the first words, and It was by her command that he had found excuses for not supplying hls patient with all Ihe papers whicn happened to contain references to the change of date for the Plattvllle convention. And Meredith had known for some time where James Fisbee had found a "young relative" to he the savior of the Herald for hls benefactor's

sake.

you—Intend to—you dlsFisbee?" he stammered at

vtor

ke.

"You mean—> charge young

last.

ished upon hls friend and seized him

ith both hands. •’Mad. by heaven! "Let me go, Tom! ■'Lunatic! Lunati

"Yes! Let me have the answers the instant they come, will you, Tom?" Then Harkless turned hls face from the wall and spoke through hls teeth: ’T mean to see H. Fisbee before many days; I want

to talk to him!"

But. though he tossed and fretted

Into what

self Into wn

decidedly impre

ther telegn

d bin need

d an

the doctor pri

red state, no answer came

either telegram that day or night. The next morning a messenger boy stumbled up the front steps and handed the colored man. Jim, four yellow envelopes, night messages. Three of them were for Harkless. one was for Meredith. Jim carried them upstairs, left the three with hls master’s guest, then knocked on hls mas-

mast

ter’s door. ••WWut ll

Is it?" answer had not yet ris

thick voice.

Wha

Meredith had not yet risen. “A telegraph, Mist' Tawm."

There was a terrific yawn. “O-o-oh!

Slldee it—oh—under the—door."

"Yessuh.”

Meredith lay quite without motion for everal minutes, sleepily watching Ihe ellow rhomboid in the crevice. It was

llow rhombol

a hateful looking

In with pleasant drea:

being read. Af

ere'

thing to come mi

.ms and Insls

xlng

st upon climbed

is am

g read. After a while he climbed groanlngly out of bed, and read the message with heavy eyes, still half asleep. He read It twice before It penetrated

‘Suppress all newspapers to-day. Convention meets at 11. If we succeed a delegation will come to Rouen this afternoon. They Will come. , HELEN."

Tom rubbed hls

"Lunatic! Lunatic!"

“Don’t stop me one Instant!" Meredith tried to force him toward the lied. "For mercy's sake, get back to bed.

You’re delirious, boy!"

"Delerlous nothing. I'm a well man."

' Go to bed—go to bed."

• Harkless sent him out of the way with one arm. "Bed be hanged!” he cried. “Pm going to Plattvllle!" Meredith wrung hla hands. ’’The doc-

tor—"

"Doctor be damned!" "Will you tell me wh

Meredith ran into his own room, pressed n electric button, sprang out of hls pyttnas like Aphrodite from the white sea

tin! s t!'

Jamas like Aphrodite^from the^whlte^sea with a panting rapidity astonishingly for-

to give Mr. Harkless hls breakfast in a hurry. Set a cup of coffee on the table

elgn to tus

door

eslra Jim appeared" in the

oorway.

••The cart, Jim," shouted the master. •We want It like lightning. Tell the cook ;o give Mr. Harkless hls breakfast In hurry. Set a cup —

by the front door-

deuce! We've got to catch a train.—That •will be quicker than any cab,” he explained to Harkless. "We'U break the ordinance against fast driving, getting

down there.'

Ten minutes later the

>m the hoi

reepecta

e plunged

laid flat toward hls tail;

the fai

fron

the

horse plunged through th Id flat toward his tall; th

■ickenlngly: the face of the servant 1

clutching at the rail In the rear was smeared with pallor as they pirouetted

around curves on one wheel—to him it I

lemed they skirted the corners

1 on one 1

seemed they skirted the corners Death simultaneously—and the spe their going made a strong wind in

faces.

Harkless leaned forwari ’’Can you make It a Uttl

he said.

They dashed up to the station amid the

e flying to the walls

"Harklees, If you have the strength to walk, come down before the convention. Get here by 10:47. Looks bad. Come If it kills you. K. H.” "You Intrusted me with sole responsibility for all matters pertaining to the Herald. Declared yourself mere spectator. Does this permit your Interfering with my policy for the paper? Decline to consider any proposition to relieve me of my duties without proper warning and allowance of time. H. FISBEE." CHAPTER XIX. THE GREAT HARKLESS COMES

HOME.

The accommodation train wandered languidly through the early afternoon sunshine, stopping at every village and al-

iir, ms ear * { most every county postoffice on the line; he cart careened the enylnc wh i at i a toot-tooting at the

road crossings; and, now and again, at such junctures, a farmer, struggling with * a team of prancing horses, would be seen.

iced of

their

rd.

e faster, Tom?"

<y «

cries of people flying to the safety; the two gentlemen lea

5 cart, boi

d ai

ee. on

barred the wa

the

•ti th

down u

e agent, and

ee, flourishing their

termed’ at tin he gates, flout fflclal on dut

ket-offlce. madly nt rts. The lly, and

two gentlemen leaped from

wn upon the tlcke

agent, 1 htng th eyed t

two minutes." he remarked,

with a peaceable yawn.

Harkless stamped hls foot on the cement flags; then he stood stock still, gazing at the empty tracks; but Meredith

turned to him, smiling.

‘•Won’t it keep?” he asked. "Yes, it will keep," John answered. "Part of It may have to keep till election day. but some of It I will settle before night. And that.” he cried, between hls teeth, “and that !s the part of it in regard to young Mr. Fisbee!" "Oh. It's about H. Fisbee, is It?"

"Yes. It’s H. Fisbee."

"Well, we might as well go up and see what the doctor thinks of you; there's

no train."

"I don't want to see a doctor ai

ever—aa long aa

anybody. Tom bu

hls com pa

what has happeneo.

His companion slung a light overcoat, unfolded, on the overfiowing. misshapen bundle of clothes that lay In the bag; then he Jumped on the lid with both f^et and kicked the clasp Into the lock; a ry elegantly laundered cuff and white

"Upon my soul." he cried. “I believe ou are! It'a against all my traditions, nd I see I am tre gull of poetry; for

ee dam

agalr ell a

rst out laughing, and clapped anion lightly on the shoulder,

lancing with pleasun

oul." he ci

and I see 1 am ■ e gull of _

I've always believed It to be beyond que tlon that this sort of miracle was wrought, not by rage, but bv the tenderer sentl—" Tom checked himself.

"Well, let's take a drive."

or. It might be. a group of school children, homeward bound from seats of learning. At each station, when the train came to a standstill, some passenger, hanging head and elbows out of hls window, like a quilt draped over a chair, uld address a citizen on the platform:

, how'a Mis

n?”

at the cry y over at

come. I'll be there.

very elegantly laundered cuff and white sleeve dangling from between the fast-

s. ”‘I haven't one second to talk, have seventeen minutes to catch

ind It’s a mile

eeve

ened lids. Tom:Ih

second to nutes to 1

the express, and it’s a mile and a hi the station: the train leave* here at eight fifty. I get to Plattvllle at ten for-ty-seven. Telephone for a cab for me. please, or tell me the number; I don't want to stop to hunt It up." Meredith looked him In the eyes. In ihe pupils of Harkless flared a fierce light. Hls cheeks were reddened with an angry, healthy glow, and hls teeth were rlencned till the line of hls Jaw stood out like that of an embattled athlete In sculpture; hls brow was dark: hls chest was thrown out. and he took deep, quirk breaths: hls shoulders were squared, and In spite of his thinness they looked massy. Lethargy, or malaria, or both, whatever were hls aliments, they were, gone. He was six feet of hot wrath and cold resolution.

‘"going.'

quietly.

the other.

ve only two days to '

dnute lessens our chances to Cune, and I have to begin by wasting time on a tussle with a traitor. There's another train at 11:45; I don't take any chances on missing that one." "Well, well." laughed h's friend, pushing him good-humoredly toward a door by a red and white striped pillar, "we'H wait here. If you like; but at least go In there and get a shave; It's a clean •hop. You want to look your best If you are going down to fight H. Fisbee.’ - "Take these- then, and you will understand." euld Harkless; and he thrust hls three telegrams of the morning Into Tom's hand and disappeared Into the barber shop. When he was gone. Meredith went to the telegraph office In the station, and eent a line over the wire to Helen:

"Keep your delegation coming on the 11:55."

Then he r

less hai! gi

Plattvllle:

"Sorry car. not bent tenacloi to surrender, for K. H. B

all right.

at home. He'* telegrams Hark-

11:

rend Ihe three telegr

him. They were all from

t oblige. Pesent Ineumt’nconditlonally refuses ellcate matter. No hope lon't worry. Everything WARREN SMITH."

would address a citizen on the platfo "Hey, Sam, how's MIz Busklrk?"

"She's wal.”

"Where's Milt, this afternoon “Warshing the buggy." Then "All 'board''—"See you Sunda

Amo."

"You make Milt shore. 80 long."

There was an Impatient passenger In the gmoker, who found the stoppages at these wayside hamlets interminable, both In frequency and In the delay at each of them; and while the dawdling train remained inert, and the moments passed Inactive, hls eyes dilated and his hand clenched till the nails bit hls palm; then, when the trucks groaned ana the wheels crooned against the rails once more, he sank back in hls seat with sighs of relief. Sometimes he would get up and puce the aisle until hls companion reminded him that this was not certain to hasten the hour of their arrival at their

destination.

“I know that." answered the other, "but

I've got to beat McCune."

"By the way," observed Meredith, "you

left your stick behind."

"You don't think I need a club to

face—”

Tom choked. "Oh. no. I wa Ing of your giving H. Fisbee a

I meant to lean on."

"I don't want It. I've got to all my life, but I'm not going to on a stick.” Tom looked at him

for It was true, and the Crosi-Roaders might hug themselves In their cells over the thought. For the rest of hls life John Harkless was to walk with Just the limp they themselves would have had. If.

sentence had

was open beside the two

young men. and the breeze swept in, fresh from the wide fields. There was a tang In the air: It soothed like a halm, but there was a spur to energy and heartiness In Its crispness, the wholesome touch of fall. John looked out over the boundless aisles of corn that stood higher than a tall man could reach; long waves rippled across them. Here, where the cry of the brave

st glades, where the

n’t thinkthrashing. walk lame

hobble

them. Here, where

had rung In forest glades,

painted tribes ffkd hastened, were marshaled the tasseled armies of peace. And beyond these, where the train ran between shadowy groves, delicate landscape vistas, framed In branches, opened, closed and succeeded each other, and then the travelers were carried out Into the level open again, and the Intenselv blue September skies ran down to the iow horizon, meeting the tossing plumes of corn. It takes' a long time for the full beauty of the flat lands to reach a man's soul; once there, nor hills, nor sea. nor growing fan leaves of palm shall suffice him. It Is like the beauty In the word "Indiana." R may be that there are people who do not consider "Indiana" a beautiful word; but

once It rings true In your ears richer sound than “Vallombrosa. (CONTINUED TO-MORROW.)

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