Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 49, Number 36, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 May 1907 — Page 7

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I CHAPTER VI.

J5he Castle q Lies

1 : v I By ARTHUR. HENRY VESEY 1 J

,i .. . lljl, 1 Mt, by U A.j l(ua UMMlMfl CHAPTER V. Continued. "Like tin; others, you tlilnk I haw f,,.i , I tie rinht to on' word of

svm;'tliy."

, i than all tin- others, I should

she answered calmly, wlthoul hesttattOg, I said, wearily, "you have

l ,i placard on my hack, us they . pal a hinh paper rap on the

c Imol. On the cup the school OH ten Hied to write the word Dunce;' on l he placard you have written the word 'Coward.' Ami ye' I mi not BBltO a coward. !) you re

fuse to Mfl that I am simply one of ii men whose fate It has been to

r.(. tried to the uttermost'.' Forgive me: I tin pptltlllif fo fOIW sympathy Vnii resent that It Is quite Mtltral I' was a moment of weak V-mIh 1 pushed back my chair carded me half curiously. I' -he noticed I was hazard Perhaps In .spite of herself. !.. ii a little sorry for me. I rUppOM," sh' said, very . thfti there is soniethini; to In the telenet Of everyone ttf ind by i may teel tees hitter toa i M v. Mail Ion I shall re i that yon did not spare your thai you might not have told m her voice feii to a v hie per "e. rj thins." ii mui for sayluK so much, ff Wet any reparation I would R I Vmi should know that." a' Ion!" Hit 'y's (lashed v caa oii Speak of reparation''" I is there ao atoaeosent pose) Ht tea for the most wretched?" Bb li "iked down at me almost , for she had risen at the qu.s Theft, as If a thin veil had hen drawn from her fare. I saw the lefttle I eomaabood reflected there, a age sweetness came into her voire spok siowiv. ahnoet unwin tt was a mystical message of COBttorl sh was bringing t" ' She ting a way of hope after all W if you a life has hen lost to tin world. I leave out the per son,,: lot to myself. Because of '"' 1 ss. to call It hy the most 1 I tiame. the world is the oae strong soul." 1 said, humhly. "yes." he spok' more eaeeiiy. ' "ttgh you a life were saved for tho worldIf It were to Im a life for a life " :i tm nt I stared nt her. tincom

ng, She had suggested a way ': pe so romantic that to one llvlas Iii 'his twentieth century It may "ni ihsard. Hut the very audacity Of till suggestion appealed . me. x ' eried. passi'inately. "1 mi led Ir I to be a life for a life! Way, no matter how. 1 am to ' tor the life tli.,t has heen lost thi laga me." 1 11 that should restore your !." she beaoatod almost .-'In' wished nie to understand '' ' ,tvir I might or might not BO conrero of h.is. Hut f ' . lie (liscouraRed 'tut if I am so fortunate as to ac h t hin" I held her eyes will you. 1 should say Will the world, your world, re lha' ? Shall I then stand on ; i tie as other men In your ' h nothJag for ''ie world, and not." she add 'd. haughtily, for myself." 1 fell an emotion that was very near trtasaplL It is extraordinary h" in the mosl sacred of moments ' Paaskm to conquer, to subdue. ' its.if Keeceferth, whether I "i an would have It so or not.

aa a bond between us. She

Rested a way of escape' 1 ac

" i it with passionate matltnde. I to myseir, as I stood before her. I Woald not rest until I had ac lehed the sacred task she had J e, I answered with a boldness it prised even myself: '" this day my OM object In 1 be to make the reparation aave IBggestod. I tu r when that I re you will know II." ' tier hand tremble as she light-

ii"r nair. It was not so

The Other Woman. There Is tsO aaay thai the M age gMn mast emah more ntthles it beeoetb the iron heal than his n , :, Ukm. The II. -H of home, of society the aeceaalt) of eamliiK Ins dally bread theee are harriers that h.-in him in the aarro mt ad roetlae and duty. He dare rwt look over the r mancH that soohoa atlttringly, Or, if he dare, he must throw priideace and toaetlmei eoaaeleaee t the wind Hut occasionally a cataclysm hoth

physical and mental, thrust, on.- with

Ufllh .

- Ar-a . -.e to Euroi. I ' bui ad to nr bree tb i -wag b i' pathetic delueloa that aaregg the i seas I should a)d something Just Wbal I did not km.w somethiiiK that

wouia make fe u,r.. Joyous, Klve lo it charm and Interest i had aaarehed atltgeatly for the maKlc talisman in stranRe cities, und of ooaraa i had not meet! M The afae lever is not to ! plm-k.-d so easily l' lead of happiness and dlv.-rsmn. d sgnMM and mlaen had come Should f ret era home, then, ladMttarei, avert ini; the eyes-' Or should I avail myself of tin- way of i-hcu- which this woman had lightly sunKest.-d0 And if I i .ose to consider It a auest

out the famlliai landia mry ti. i a challenge, the

" '! aawi i agaj mi habits of a lifetime are NrgOttea to forn,(- 'houKh she, of all the 'hen. If Is then that one dares the l""l,lp ln "' World, would Is- the last ImpuaalbJa, and refuses to see to what '" ",f,'1,,,r I' such And If fortune extravagant and fantastic extremes he ''' a!' " alh ' ' adventurous lb recklessly plunalnR. souls. I would seek her cm, thoiiKh From dreaalag tr. action Is but a 1 S,-Ul 'he adde world for her Itep. It Is true that the divine mad Ani1 I"1 haps ni's tisi soon passes; the reaction i 1 ertished in my hand the procm. s; one is teetered sharply to the iraauae of music that lay on the tanormal poise by the rede awakealBg Nhaer, It was the woman, then, that comes with failure or with self thai ggve to this fantastic mission Its Coaaelouaaess Hut sometimes cons.- va?ue thrill; not the Idag Of the mis BUeaees ate Blraady set In motion. itself U was the woman whom and it Is too late to draw hack; there I had wronged, and who baled DM Is nothln for It but to be horne 'hat call.-d. She sat In the lists; In ward with the tide. i,... haada waS the laarel wreath; for So it was with nie. I mlht return bar I would endure the Bhock of hatto Vmerha take up the threads of ," life where I had left them laugh at I sat quietly, still starlnK out into the newspaper accounts of the tragedy 'he nlnht. The lights of Rre.-n and d.-ny them, or ut least live them red and blue had burned awav lon down. If I did that. I should know ao The lak.-. rocked In Its' cradle exactly wliat would happen t: me. I of shadowy mountains, stirred gently couhl count upon lust how much hap- I under the moon. The terrace was ai-

I lookeu up. startled. ft was toe woman attain. She st.M .i almost in shadow. On.liar arm was placed lightly on he hips, the atJaer sirelehed its white length on the low mantel sad aup--fe1 her Ther. was soiuet hing oriental In her Bsagatfleeet aaatagaa, The dr-ss was bfaeh relret About her neck huna a narrow stole of Kastern enihtolderv

studded at irtervala with turquoises

waree aajageal at the nit, . taadat "Wafl, I for one. do not." 1 r. gg d d hei still cyi leal, ant ret I egg moved Hers was the first sympathy :.hown to me I felt Instinctively that If was the cheap ued liiMlncere sympathv of an ad v. n tu reus, who offered tt for her own ends She would demand its p.le presently And yet I was not ungrateful for her interest As for the nrici well im

Fr.. m the .Mende l arm draped a scarf snything quite aratuitous? Wheth.

oi stumm, iing gold thread About the left arm. both at the wrist and above the .dhow were several bracelets of bizarre design. The corsage, too. flashed with gems as she breath. -d hlowly and deeply. Hit oe, as her costume, had something almost barbaric in Its sensuous ext i avagauce. The small head, exquisitely colff ared, was turned slightly, thrown back so that her white throat gleamed out of the shadow Th lips were parted, s'lll smiling; and more sensuous, more brilliant, more devouring than ihe fleam of the Jewels about her person, was the flame that burm-d ln her eyea. She laughed again. It was tmpoaat ble not to know that she was chal

'In- laynuni u- in gold ir gratttadg or hue oi ob.-dlence we all have oar price. "And why do you not believe the S''junv if this nevspaper?" You are a race of warriors. One with such blood lit ones veins does not play the coward. No!" She struck her hand togethr to emphasize her conviction. "A race of wrnors?" I repea'e 1 wonderingly. Has not every Kngiish gentleman the b!xd of warriors In his veins'" she protested. Hut I am an American." I said quietly. "ImpoeetbiO?" She looked at me. really bewildered now "An Ameri

lenglng me The pose, the look, the can! Hut the ladles that you spoke to laugh all wei" a challenge. Hut I half an hour ago?' was in no mind to accept it. and And can an American not speak to Klaaeed Idly at the papers on the ta Knglishwomen?" I demanded coldly ble Presently I walked toward the That she should mention them at all door. Again her MrM lauirhter Hill' urinnvfl tu

sued me

"Pardon, monsieur," she called, still mockingly.

I turned and tormentor.

OOked silently at my

Then you are not" she twisted a bracelet about h'r arm, then looked up swiftly "you sre not even a relation?" "I am not even a friend." I said.

Mischievously she isilnted a jew- ' Btl11 niore coldly. "Good night, mad

.-led linger to a placard on the wall.

"GaeetS are forbidden to carry away the pajiers from the reading room," I rad.

am. "Good night, monsieur " She sank into a fauteull. as one who is too astonished to make even th-

To assume a tragic mien at this de Physical effort of standing. For the licious bit of badinage would have J nr8? tini 8l"r he had spoken she beea absurd. I could not help laugh was not ar,ina As 1 walked toward Ing. f tut I answer, d with some pjqas ,he rto,r 8h, s,a"d after me, frown "Hotel proprietors are forbidden to Ni ,n ,,"r eeigleaHjr.

annoy guests v.i'h offensive photo-

grapns in th- hotel reading room,' That Is i new rule I shall have placed upon th- walls to-morrow." She Clapped her hands delightedly. "A beautiful and much-needed rule." she murmured, her eyes sparkling

i nee sin came toward me a lew steps.

CHAPTER VII.

Countess Sarahoff Win and Loses Th? n'Xt morning, when I firsi Birofce, I w. ndered vaguely why this day seemed to be so different from the long and dreary succession Of

and stood, a dazzling and fascinating yesterdays why it promised eager tlgure in the full light Her eyeo no d eager Interests to be fultoagar mocked; they bcenaOhod. filled. Then I remembered, and my KoruiM mm it . m.Pl to la,.,h P"'4'8 beat faster. . Yesterday I de-

CONTROL ABSOLUTE

It Was the Woman Again. plneaa would com- to my life, how l BSOal deserted, and

much laterael routine and duty would ) laid me. tint my imagination had been set aaaaM. A eOrid of chivalry and ro manoe begkeaed t me aBarlagly And if I trod the inaz's oi that fairy world, then' would be none to ridicule, for there WOUM he none to know that 1 had set out to find It. if It proved to be onlv a world of dreams and fantaajr, I should at least have had the delicious excitement of seeking if. of

playing make-believe the most fss-

still I ling-red

Disillusionment must come too soon, and with the morrow inevitable depression. Suddenly I htiraaiQ ill at ease. I tamed slowly In my seat. I looked furtively about me. It was as if I had spoken a secivt thought aloud, aad one were listening, watching. I was watched, and with a curious intentness that was almost savage woman was seated at the window of the writing room She hi'ld rigidly in both hands the English journal hi

Hut wh.n i catch you. like a naughty child ah, that is too droll!" 'On the contrary, madam. I should i hank you. It was my first laugh for weeka," .Monsieur'" She came a st-p still nearer, her dress gseaaataej and giit-t-ring as she moved. Sh. looked at me pitifully. Hut h'-r sympathy was too easilyawakened to be convincing. I linderst iKd perfectly that she had l-en determined to apeak to me w hen I first entered the room. Madam." I said cynically it is you who are breaking a rule now a rule of society." "Par example0" she demanded, her eyes darkening "It is forbidden to show sympathy to one who has hen unfortunate " She sighed her relief 11 Ideally she has expected from me a banality to the effect that society do's not sanction a woman's speaking to a strange man. "Hut" she male a gesture of contempt the cana-d of a m-wspajn-r'

HU Ii irn ....i. . "All th worll. apparently," I an

paired ; to day I iok1 A woman had come Into my life a go..b--s i of the silv. -: I. uv. Chaste and cold as the snows on the Alpine heights I could not see from my window In th- Hat distance, yet BO) had relied, she had sjs.ken to me Then, disdainfully cruel, she had gone as she had come. But I was to uur-

su-

The very audacity of my resolution . to It Its charm. I was not to rest

until I had accomplished my uncertain

mission. That It was by ltj very na

iure so increaiiuv oimcuit aid not

daunt me Hut how was I to set

ahoat it" A life for a life To save

to thi world a strong and buoyant

soul fir the strong and buoyant soul that had erishe! because of my help, lessness and my weakness However

romantic, it was a tangible enough ideal.

Bat was I to warder about, like a

knight of medevlal times, seeking to succor one in peril and distress ta ! rescue beautiful maidens from grirn ogres and terrible dragons4 I smiled at the absurd resemblance of my uaJ certain task to theirs. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

sag

clnating game, after all Is said, for which my photograph had appeared, boy or man. eyet in. t I gazed at her stand I had ooaea to Barepe secretly i ing perfectly etttl. it was not aeahar cherishing the hope that just such an t issm.-nt or anger that held me; it adventure would conic to me aa had was rather wonder. For on the face haaaamed tonight The y-.ats of ol this woaaaa was the same intent.

BTJ life had been passed in an atmosphere unus illy dead and prosaic. . nhea i had left tat university, i had acted as siTetar to an uncle, a ir-ultl-mlllionalfe who liv.'d In an ob- !. ure town Of the Btlddk West I had

curious surprise that had astonished nie so much earlier in thy evening, when I first met Mra Hrett and her daughter. A measure of surprise is natural enough, when the rriginal of a photo

Luxemburg a Quaint Country

ba i

trodg.'d the dreai y and stupid circle j graph unexpectedly appeal! before of business routine, my eyes bent sum one. Hut I kn-w that this fact alone berly to earth. Success had come, or ' did not explain he strained look of what world calls success money and j the woman at the open window. Dea measure of respect t'.at Is given to fiance (or was It sh'i anxiety ?! . . . ... . . I Jl L. . J WS ,l III ll . I I I . 1

one With a SUIisiantlal oatlK at Count nasneo inmi i lie uuruiDH oepuis oi

Hut that Is not life. And then one dav I awok. I res laed with a star; that life wa-. slip ping away from me; and with the bouts the golden aspirations and de lights that make Ufa worth while I was simply a machine, rather a cog

these eyes that held nie fascinated She stirred I saw her toss the pa per lightly to the table. Then she .lis appeared I enter- .1 the hotel I paused un certainly in the ha then walked swiftly Into the reading room. Ap

Only a twelfth as large as Holland, j than Mrs. Hilltops, paragon of domesthe little grand-duchy of Luxemburg I ticity and devotion, confides to ms is one of the most delightful of Euro- 'hat she always wanted to tie an actpaaa countries. Yet it is almost al- res. Let us be grateful that actually ways :.egl'cted by the tourist who i she chose to play her charming part travels from Paris to Berlin uncon- the Hilltop household stage."

scions of its nearness. Luxemburg Is free and Independent and according to Robert Shackleton, writing in

Harper s Magazine for January. It Is

niifilut ami f at r t n 1 1 rt tr

-.. . s, .. .. - latil,n wt., o the Mississippi. It was speech and a free pres. it has free ,, . ,, , 1 ; .

schools of commerce. philosophy, farming, gardening, manual training.

and housewifery. Hut with all Its modernity its ways are still old ani Its

customs characteristic, including an annual official hunt for wild boar: and when the city bells ring out th hours.

The Paper Dollar Habit. The pager dollar habit Is making way slowly In the west. For years k... . .. . . . t. ... I". mt I in. a i

It I , I . fr .n in., " 1 nil I . an. m I lis in .1 u

they play some operatic bit or a strain from a gay ong. As to Dreams. We all dream d' ams. ' said Mr Hilltops, "and 1 supjxise if we could look Into our neighbor's heart, be that neighbor man or woman, we might find there cherished aspirations and fancies fantastically at variance with the said neighbor s conventional demeanor and orderly llf' A man I know, energetic, capable, effective successful nn.l in all his lifo

all silver dollars out here, and the paper dollars were circulated "back

east Now the n."-ter dollars are

taking the place of the attwer dollars

out here. And the people like the change. "Can't you Rive me paper?" Is a question the cashier of a cafe says he

hears many times a day. "Anil I can." he continued, "becsusc so many lersons offer pas-r money in paying thei. bills. Why. I take in enough during the week to paper a flat I carry an armful to the bank every day Persons like paper money because it is essy to carry and doesn't vear holes through ocketa."

Avoiding Trouble. "Do you ha v.- any trouble with your Janitor"" asked Mrs FlatleKh "Oh. no. Hoth my husVind and I

in the huge machine of business I patently it was iieserteu rebelled In one day I broke the I reached for th paper; I tore out shackles that bound me. I was free, the page in which my photograph ap

m i l, embarraaameat that brought My life was at lasi my vry own. I I peared; I crushed it savagely In my I notably systematic, tell me that If bHtcve In devoting all our spare moJ "low blush to her cheek as anger I could do with '.t what I pleased. ll hand. i he could do as he would like .o do hements to the pursuit of pleasure M unci from me without a word 'could go Where i wished There was a light, uiockituj iaub. I wm.U be a tramp. No less a person , hlcago Hecoid -Heiald.

And the Fraud Was There

L"fturer Really Was Dcubty T.-je to the Promise Made. 'how mo i man who thinks he has cold, aaat lernen," exclaimed the '" "ho had secured the town ! s I Mo ;aied loot Bre, "and n 1 a fraud'" laty-t brag men In the ' J'our fiatid, Ken' leinen!"

throwing a picture Cardiff (Haut on the ft lends," he contln

aie looking at this

my assistant audience with

small samples of my celebrated Veg atahhl Pieacrlptlon for the Cure ol aii Goaghi aad CeMs, which I gnat antoo -remember, ladles and gentle inn. 1 absolutely gua; anteeto cure

aid the lecturer of the celebrated screen. And now. my Bad. "while you

monumental Staat pk will go through the

r -. r.icrrr. sosx.

I each ami every case, or your more will ha cheerfully refunded Small samples five cents, to assist la paylaf fOf the rent of this nail. Larger not ties. If cents. Aftei I have sold fll." I WOltk of this wonderful temedy ladles and gentlemen, we will have the moving pictures of the San Fran cisCO . ai thtjuake."

Many Firemen Nf 'ltd. Oae bead red and 'w: i BreaM are necessary to feed th. lurnaiet , a ilrs.1 class Atlantic Iteamei

Ruler's Laconic Comments. Rnssl.-s czar sometimes makes laughable comments 09 official dls patches that pass thnngh bis hands.

ear an official n port was lal.l

his majesty as t the laic

number if revolveis ami arms that wie i.aihing the Rasslaa reretafJoaIsts 'hrough Finnish and other K.rts.

the margin of thi:; dlS Rt( h trie

niter i f i:'.f.' " ulijects

inscribed the signific ant words, Had b isltx ss." anil the comment ttaftds prtated in tho imperial arehlrag. a

eafhaCted edition of the autocratx speeches has also fw-i-n published late ly (n nieech Is. "I must think about that Another Is: "I drink"

Last

I ifOI e

I'poti

aheo

A third

Thank vou

tdmoad Mataad, ttie French i oe:. j who erote "Cjnraaa de Itergerac " has heooeje so ecceatita that his friends ; are alarmed. Iterently. to avok' unwelcome visitors, he crawled undei a table and stayed thin- for several hom Other i ccentiiiitles Indicate an uDbal anc ed mind.

TARIFF PROTECTION UPHOLDS STEEL TRUST.

President of 63 Monopoly Tells How Oppos'tion Is Crushed When Competitors Become Active Factors in gjsmess. How thoroughly competition in Iron and steel has been abolished by the Fnlted States Steel corporation by ita treatment of rival manufacturers is perhaps hardly realized by the public. As the steel trust produces 5 per cent of all the iron and steel in the country its managers "an undersell any comjtitor and In fact did do so in 190:i-4 when thai demr.nd for Iron and steel was much less than now. The way competition is prevented has Just been described by Elbert H Gary, the president of tb- st-e trust, who said: "While we are friendly to our compc'itors. and are willing and ready to assist them in every wsy. they know we will not permit them to cut established prices. We make so many things that a single competitor could not live If he invited our opposition. If he manufactured structural Iron, for instance we could reduce our selling price to a figure below his cost of, production and drive htm out of business. In the meantime we would be making our usual profits on the rest of our products If a maker of rails, however, can get $29 a ton when we charge $Js. that is his good fortune, and we don't object. Hut if he accepts $27.95 he is likely to bear from us " The monopoly of prices by the trust will not perhaps ruin its competitors whib' the product of all iron and steel factories are in such demand as to be sold in advance of manufacture, hut when this extraordinary demand lets up and there is a surplus awaiting a market, the steel trust will have ita conietitors at its mercy. . As the steel trust is protected hy the tariff from comietition from abroad, it therefore doniir.avs the mark-t in this country and can dictate prices that all American consumers must pay. The only way to force this gigantic corftoraMon to terms, is to rf-dnce the tariff on its products, so thst to prevent conietlflon from abroad. It would be compelled to reduce its profits to a moro reasonable basis As the steel trust officials boast they can produce Iron and still cheaper than anyone else can. the Republican stand-patters Chatte that to reduce the tariff would Injure business la merely an excuse to continue protecting the steel and other trusts in charginir unreasonable prices As Iron and steel have become a great necessity and enter fnto the manufacture of such a number of articles of daily use. it is a creat drain on the consumers to have the price so largely increased. Stoves, tools, machinery, nails. tin plate, chains, fire arms, horse shoes, wire, household .itenslls. roofing, cutlery and all other manufactures of iron and steel are taxed under the present tariff from 20 to 94 per cent. Every one pays their share of this tariff tax either on the lniorted articles or Indirectly through the enormous profit the tariff allows the steel trust and other mamifacturers to charge by preventing foreign competition. Whether you are a farmer, a merchant, a mechanic or a laborer, do c.u want this protection to the trust and other msnufacttirers of Iron and steel products QOBtheaed at so hich a rate? Would not much less rates of duty be to vour interest? If so. why not remember It when election time comes and

vote only for those who are pledged puhti. ly to reviM- th. tariff

PROTECTION IN THE BALANCE.

How the Stand Patters Captured Pres

ident Roosevelt. A belated speech on the tariff, pur

porting to havi been delivered hy

Ton:r ssman t'bary on Juno 25. has lust kin published in a specisl number of the Congressional Record. The reason for holdinK it back until now Is evident, for it could not be published until President Roosevelt had decided to stand pat. as the sieech took the position that the president was on the same ground as the Protective Tariff league, which advances the idea thst the tariff law is a sacred contrsct w ith the trusts and combines that it would be wicked to abrogate. The publication now of this belated speech gives an Inside history of the factional fleht In the Republican par'y. over tariff revision For when this speech purports to hsve been delivered, both the tariff reform fsctlon snd the ultra-protectionists were claimine the president as on their side of the Issue and It was not until the now famous standpat agreement between Speaker Cannon and the president at Oyster Hay was consummated that If was known which faction should rosily claim him. The McCleary seech was evidently hOd in abeyance until the stsnd patters captured the president. There Is no doubt that the Protective Tariff league, with Its influenrisl hackers, the trust monopolists, hsd been diligently "working" President Roosevelt, to show him that to per sis: in sdvocatinc tsrlff revision would split the psrty" snd ten-., him, with only a comparatively small following Thst argument was too much Tor Mr Roosevelt and he surrendered to the stand-pat faction and the Mo Clrarv speech was let loose on tNe uafortunate Republican voters.