Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 49, Number 51, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 September 1907 — Page 7
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CHAPTER XXVI. Incriminating Dispatches. She had born arranging the papers leftly In Köm- sort of order. V. .u road French. I think" The let t, i.i Ferdinand is In that language; gl Mortimer's notes and answers are. , i i mnso. 'n BNJHtV 1 drew toward nie the first of the na iters aha Indicated. You are nothing If not modern in T.iir methods.' I scoffed, glancing down the age "Your safes and t ; , witters bring buck to me the asaorut'ions of my banking business. And a brinker, let me warn yon. scans tha n.iMire of a draft carefully before )... . ishos It."
Tl - typewriter 1: an amurie little Instrument." Bhe yawned, and I am proud of my success in mastering it. As (01 the safe, if you hae been a baaln . on know that the combinaI m is carefully guarded, M Toward. " !T gave her the cruelest d -light to taunt me with the I hameful word Uur1nu the next half hour she lnsflted me aj least half a dozen times I bent ni attention on the pajier before me. I tfmnaJatt roughly Ferdinand- letter: "(Strictly confidential) Hotel du Khin. " Place Yendomc. Paris. May -1Z "Sly Dear 9lr Mortimer
have jest i 'he ahet-t
harshly. "It is a perplex. ng dilemma that has confronted fne To keep my honor a a mimstt-r Intact, and yet not to ae rißee my own personal hopes I think this la the first temptation of my diplomatic career I have fulfilled my diplomatic dot: hitherto as a machine, that neither thinks nor feels Now I find tha: I am human: that I am a man. vttfc a man's weaknesses. I say I am tempted 1 believe that
iris. That.
If they were trow r doiht that . . d to tbe uk-
hand for the atoms befur.
Sofia Hesdqusrters of the Society of 1 af'y principle actuate II
Pre. .!.:. "To His Excellency. Sir Mortimer Brett. Mlnlyter plenipotentiary and Consul General to Ills Britannic Majesty st tbe 'ourt of Sobs: Sir: We of the Society of Freedom wsit patiently and anxiously for your Excellency's answer to our humble
Itetitiun. YVe trust your Excellency
I say to myself, is my sicnae. Hut
lofty principles sre no: s ifflcteat. I disguised my true feeling in answer Ins this letter by vague object toaa I confessed my self in sympathy with Bulgaria s cause: but I protested that more potent arguments must be used to convince me The interests of England are my own. but if it could
docs not Ignore this petition because he done without too great a risk. I bathe signatures of the petitioners sra j Heve. (iod help me. I would further my not sdded thereto. Surely your E- j own smbitions st her ex:nse I say
cellency understands that the dictates of prudence make It Inevitable that It is rent to you anonymously. "Your Excellency must be familiar with our greivances. Our present ruler cannot and will not 1 longer tolersted by his subjects. We fesr the British Foreign Office, however, does not rea'ize the extent of Prince Ferdinand's unjwpulsrity Even If your ministers care nothing for thst. do they feel no concern thst he is the tool of Russia "He ha.s asked Roasts repeatedly that he be recognized a King, and that he receive that title. His vanity is such that be would sacrifice the freedom of his people to be on equal terms with the sovereigns of Servia and Roumania. "QSM snore, perhaps fur the last time, we petition your Excellency to . bw1 the extraordinary Influence your
I am tempted " -1 say I sm tempted " "If it could be done without too great risk. I believe. God help me. I would further
my own ambitions at her
such expressionr wer hideously slgnlflcant But I met calmly the malevolent triumph of Madame de Varnier j "When you read the next letter." she said, watching me closely, "you will understand the meaning of the expression. "There are other mesas of rewarding friendship besides empty words of gratitude ' Even so stanch an advocate of Sir Mortimer's honor as yourself must realise that in tha words you have just read, he was en deavoring to disco-.tr just what that i7wii4 i M ifYi i mp Art m I received the next letter in silence "To His Excellency, e'e : -Our answer to your Excellency's kind let -er wishes to make this fact
hat her 4 ta its ifcSUnst hope. Bs -o; ts I SfJfJM n er tad
tnc of o rises. A:i l these doewments sre word fot j word copies those la tha safe?" I ' I swtar It by ever osih I hold sa- I Bind! tew replied without hesitation I and kissed the jeweled cross that hung
about her neck. She stretched on paters. 1 tore th-
her eyes For s moment she struggled to re cue them from my grasp. When she saw that it was ton late, she laughed boisterously a laughter that showed at once contempt, defiance and tri um ph. "'Bravo!" She clapped her hands i r-tve.y Y(. i take your precau tions You are desperate Protest as you will, you are convinced of Sir Mortimer's guilt." "You are mistaken." I replied cool ly. "But even If these papers are true copies of genuine documents, it Is ss well that even the copies be destroyed If they are forgeries, and you have yet to prove to me they are not they arc dangerous toys, snd so better de
THE BRAZEN SERPENT Sends Schssi LesssslorSept.o. If7 Spec i Prepared IjcTSi P?r
HtPJttLlCAN PRC. PfcHITY
I
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As M
Zl i- MrmBS Ufte! up SJt. frn so rO up that t.o Aii nt Uf- Jut.n
the English e. The gov-
slesr: their
pie of Bulgaria pledge ouzh this committee.
"I expect to star: for Sofia via Visa
ami Budapest in about a week: 11
tfBjal I shall see you at the Palace short' v after my arrival. Meanwhile let me urge on you once more that
yi hi exert without further delay your grSSt influence with your Foreign Of-1 flee, that your ministers may be con vlnod that the crisis has come the opportunity we hsve so long awaited Now DT never I must lead my army to the succor of the d. stressed pOOpfl Of htaeedowla I think that the profound knowledge you have always shown of .affairs in the Balkan Peninsula must Bsfiki (TOS realize the truth of this statement It is useless for me to repeat my argumenta. For what you have dOf4 1 thank you. But it Is not to the diplomatist i am now shaking, but to the man. I have written this letter with my own hand, for reasons that you will understand "Believe me, my oesr 8lr Mortimer, "Faithfully yours. Ferdinand " "1 sea nothing Incriminating In this letter. I said, nor anything out of I usual run of letters " You will notice on the back of the letter th ; brief statement: Answered. Jaas M, M. sV As to the answer of tl i letter It Is equally innocent. It is tin ply the guarded reply of s dlplonitM dealing with s delicate topic In tbSSM typewritten copies this letter and its snswer sre meaningless. The ttaall are simply useful to prore the mithentlcity of Sir Mortimer"! ban da iiting." 1 scanned the answer. It was not an exact copy, but the substance of Sir M irtimer's letter jotted down to refresh his memory: "I replied in substance ss follows: It was useless to bring up the matter
sffsra my personal wishes, would not !) luilaNtil to change the programme Of the Foreign Office; at present I did not Fro my way clear to advocate as a dli'..'matist England's espousal of this c.i-.ise; I would continue to lay the matter ifore tfeC FtorStga Office: more than that, when events justified the KCt I would see that such Influence as I posossed was everted in the manner Prince Fe -linanl wished: but st present I could offer no encourage teat ' (N'ote concerning the above, slso In Sli Vortimer' handwriting T s reply will put an end. 1 think, to further correspondence in that quarter ( ertalnly. the bOfM of the nctlon so radically devirgent from those of the ruler that I can favor one only at the expense of the other. Naturally. 1 prefer to favor the psrty that proatiSM the most tor m own Inter ests" I told you that the originals are particularly useful to Identify the handwriting and signature of Sir Mortimer But observe, monsieur, the et pressios: 'Naturally. I prefer to favor the party that promises the most for my own interests ' That sentence is to be remembered when u read the other letters It has Its significance ' Again she stretched out her :iand to receive the papers 1 had read I did not relinquish them, however. I laid
i
'Irl -1 ML
I Tore Them to Atoms Before Her Eyes.
re- :n:ai'a m -"- -
"Another copy If easily male. so
ase- long a I have the combination of my
safe. M toward "You are never weary of insulting me." I said ndiffen ntly H it be sure of this, you will find I am not coward enough to yield weakly to your scheme
"No: vou are ao brave that you
leave s helpless girl to bear the disgrace of her dead brother, when by a word you might save her the suffering. Your pretended honor If so pre'ious to you tha? you scorn to sid the woman whom you love Silence, woman"' I cried passion ately. "Do you think I sm convinced f Sir Mortimer's guilt becsuse of these flimsy typewritten copies? You most let n:e "e the papers in the safe" if you are desperate enough to destroy a copy. I should scare, ly trust vou with the original. For the las! time, must the woman you love know of her brother dlsgrsce 1 am in vour power, pt rhaps you hope that I shall be coaxed into opening the fafe. Or are you about to compel me" "1 should have resorted to that measure long ago had I thought it would prove effectual. It seems that
whoeoevsr brllrvrth In ' tr!h Out haw eti-rtittl
14-15 TIME Store tl.wn years sf'r ur last lesaon Ason d!-d on the Brut dsy of the nfth month I July-August of ths fortieth year in e If ids Kg) pt Num 33 ) Ths fiery serpents sttaeksd ths paople a f-w weeks latrr. -a üt-ptrisber iB C 1CZ. scording to tbs common t hronloir ) Pt.At'K -Aaron did at Mount Hor. on the border of tt.- Kd- tn rwne. along th ewstt-rn borl-r "f th- Arath Tti serprnts werr In tie r.il Jep and hrd valley railed the Arabah. south of ths Jkrad et. and extending to the eastern rm of the H1 sea. Comment and Suggestive Thought. We left the Israelites. In our last leason, at Kadesh Barnea. on the border
of the south land of Palestine and ths
Sank Secuntiea Shrinking arH Monty Situation Critical.
There if great effort by Keprlicaa newspapers to show that the Wall street an.c has had no effect uu geners! bssinesfl and will not h;rt Ihu people generally Hut s si-osl dlaI atch tross New York to :h Wsshington P-Jt puts a much moro serious aspect on the matter and shows that the official report on savings hanks eshibiis s dec line In the value of hoods and stocks In w hlch their deposits sre inverted from IMC of almost $13.000.000. Since Jauuary 1, the date of that report, there has been an average decline in the price of stock h of 20 pee cent., which must have affected the value of bonds and stocks owned by the savings banks very seriously. The S.'il'i national banks of the l uited Statef on May 20th held bonds sud other securities smounting to a trifle over $6T,0O0,0O0, and these Investments must show s similar loss to i . i k 1. I. W 1 1 f r .
i um ine saviiii; uaiins no
The report of the national banks to the comptroller of the currency does not show how much the banks have written off for depreciation of Investments and the actual situation Is-
ni.nhum linrder of the irreat desert of
Ai ai mrv - - 1 I . m a a ia m l . .
Thev had refused, througn : uiereiore. t.usture ad ssstaw
Psrss
fear and unbelief, to go up snd take ; .-es!on of th. ir inheruar. e. aad were condemned to remain is the desert for M years longer, till all over '20 yesrs of age had died. They arrived at Kadesh about a year and three
found, however. In the case of the ns-
tlonsl banks of New York city, which I ffSM tsi on May 20th the vslue of stocks snd bonds and securities held by them as $132.114.200. a decrease of
$ wo.oo0 from the amount of the same
months after the exodus, and left It J holdlnga on March 22d previous. These)
nine months before taking possession of Canaan During these years "Ka
desh was probably their central nu- . cleus or rendezvous. They would natorally change thMr locality from time I
to time. like tbe Bedouins of all aget. but still cherishing the hope of eventually '.- mlng possessors of the Isnd of promise. Meantime they are not to be conceived as dwelling. In their Intervals of repose. In a compact camp, which the nature of the country' for
bade to such an Immense multitude.
reat losses to the banks Is one of the
causes of the tight money market which will usdoubtedly become more stringent dt ring the coming fall months. Since March, business men in New York, at lat. hsve had to pay six per cent, and crer for accommodations at the banks and have had difficulty in securing leans st that high rate. At the other money centers similar high rates have prevailed end Interest rates at New Y'ork are advancing. These conditions cannot but af-
but as expatiating In ha;: !.-' here and feet (P m ra! business all over the eoun
er: i: " ' 0'. P: " "
fall. Wo de not d
There shall be none, we swear I
Kugland will suprs
i?
in
the insurgent
Bulgaria mus he active sid
rast land that Baal
f Ft
Ml gives to the Insurgent rt in overthrowing the and. the relation of Bate lists tetwnssa F-ypt and
ise absolutely, not oniy to neiyi
tu. h'tt to believe that Sir Mortimer . is guilty." If I show the pa; -rs In the sa'e to Helena Brett, even she must believe the evidence of her eves. Shall I call
her and ask her If she recognizes her brother's handwriting" If you hc'.leve so strongly as you profess that Sir Mortimer was innocent of wrong-do Ing. you will not refuse that " "I would spare her even the thought of Its possibility." I said sternly That is Impossible She shall see
those papers If not to-day. tomorrow.
the next day; It makes little differrc
I to me ." Sufficient unto the day is the cv!l
thereof, " I quoted flippantly: but I
i began to think it inevitable that
Helena Brett be summoned "Again we must compr me it appear I trill call Sir Mortimer's sister here. Sh- shall see the papers ieclde for herself and for yon whether they are genuine. You see. I am strong enough to prevent a woman fron des rr - ing the originals as yoo hsve destroyed the coj lafl " "And when she has seen those pa persT I asked thoughtfully. B I even that she herself believes them genuine What then' "It will be for her to decide Per
;haps fhe will refuse to ask y ti to do iwhnt I wish. Perhaps she will r-iVr to you happiness if you consent She shall be the one to decide Too pro- ' less to believe that Sir Mortime- Is innot.-nt. Mere than tha. y u think her senl so white thit she will r f I even If she believes her brother guilty. . , , ... .... . ... ; to I esc WO his memory irom nnooor wph dishonor "
try. snd those in debt will be -ailed upon sharply to pay. and In turn will be compelled to call upon their lebtors. That the situation la s serious one will be seen by the declaration of the Wall Street Journal thst tha only hore of relief is that the 10 000.ooo remaining in the I'nitet .States treasury will be added to the already enormous loans made to the national banks. '"Prscticaly." says the Wall Street Journsi ?verythlng else is a - a ----- -
a . h:,rtd.d (Numhera more or leas i'rr.gagea. or ucni.
17 to prove that Aaron was the dl- I or tied up. or held back by fear." And
there, over the adjacent country, still j having the tabernacle as the center j and the rendezvous to which they would return." Bush. Some of these ;
wanderings are given in Num. 33:15. extending as far south as Fzion Geber on the eastern arm of the Red sea f Kings 9:26). Some of the events recorded during his period sre: L Korah'f Kebeli Numbers 16. which grew out of the long delay snd disappointed hopes.
vinely chosen high priest. 3. The death of Miriam, the sister of M .-eä " Num. -2" 1 4 Water from the rock st Merlbah and the sin of Moses that kept him
from entering the promised land (KfaT. 20:2-131. "And the people spake against God. ; and against Moses ' Their bitter feel ings grew so strong that they were ex- i pressed la words. Their former murin urines at Kadesh had been treated leniently, and water had been sup- ; plied, apparently at their angry de mand. They seem to have interpreted
the miracle there as an instance of
(his is the boasted Republican pros
perity that our Republican friends by their financial and tariff legislation have produced and the climax is not by any means come yet.
Southern Candidates. That stalwart Republican paper, tha Minneapolis Tribune, declares "there It sn sstonishing dearth of Democrats available for the presidential nomination" Thks arouses the Houston Post to remark that: "There is no dearth of Democratic material In the South, if the party should deem It proper to
Ignore the eventt of nearly half a cen
mercy in spite of their wicked course. tury ago and choose a candidate pure-
but as a response to it ; and they there
fore cow repeated the experiment of Insurrection. Thus the Israelites tempted God 1 Cor. 10:1; Heb. 3:9. They put his patience and forbearance to tie test, and did all they could to make him give them up as hope;, -s The Fiery Serpents of Sm. No better emblem of the results of sin could
ly upon the ground of his pers nal and political fitneas. Virginia. North Carolina, Georgia. Mississippi. Tennessee. Missouri. Louisiana and Texas contain men of presidential stature men in very way qualified to fill the first office of the republic In a manner worthy the best traditions of the lemocrscy. In the way of marerisl. the De m - racy is as fully equipped ss the
.-. t.r. ff.vn to the Israelites, or Republican psrty. For every Kepuo-
' " re - - - - . to us. The true, peculiar, pernicious, i Mean statesman of acknowledged ntfiery serpents were their murmuring; ; ness we can' name a Democrat who dispos.tion and com; laintf sgainst j possesses nil the requisites of tha Jehovah." Lange. Sin is like s fiery pr. .idency. provided we sre not com..rnn often lifllfiil In appearance. ! pelled to Ignore the public men of a
and seer t in Its appn ach. Hut the ef- section of the country where Demoo-
Ye will it tlr
let her
shall not interfere wttn u-e muniu , of the people. Your KxcelU ney -hall have no rea son to regret being our friend And there are BtaMf means Of rewsrding friendship besides empty words of gratitude M onr Kxcellency ones assure us of vou intention to support our cause, and we shall make this more clear
Your Kxcellency knows the man- j tial guarantee
r m which -ur answer may be con veved to this society. With profound expressiona of re spect. we submit ourselves. The Committee of the Society of Freedom" I placed this letter on my knee with the others I had read "This Society of Freedom. Is It coa cerned with the trick of the death mask stamp?" I fear so." she sn-wcred In a low
f Freedom I fully Excellency "s Incon
venience and labor must be recoSB purjrf The sum of 20.000 is slready placed la the Ottoman hank, payable 10 patsT Kxcellency cn de mand." . i Note by Sir ilortimrr pinned to the above letter.! To thii 1 rei lieI that the sum mentioned was too ludicrously small to be considered. Only the most substsn-
f rae in taV
mg the risks Involved. Third lette to Sir Mcrtlmar from ihe srariety.l To His Excellency. Etc The sum of 30.000 has heen I laced In the Ottoman bank to your Excellency's account The society .... tu k ...a.,.Mi
I isi tnat tnis sum m w ''k-iii
chaptcr XXVI1. The Two Wo-nen. And am I ajcaln ta shout mv com mands to mv servant through thr closed door ash. d Madame de Var nler Ironically I mlcked the door of the staircae in silence, taking the precauti. n. how ever, of not admitting Alphonse "Has Miss Brett come to the chateau as I wished' Madame de Var nler spoke naturally through the half opened door not betraying my pres ence behind It. She is waiting ta the music room, madam" Bring her here " "I shall do as madam wishes But this American, this man we called hif Excellency he surprised to Just now
lects are pains that only fire can ex press. Repentance and Sal vation. -Vs 1 I Confcstion. V. 7. We have sinned." The evil effects of sin made them feel
conscious of their sin snd Its great- -,f workmen engsged in man u fact ttT-
T -eal evil is the sin. and not including those receiving salaries
racy flourishes according to the teach
ings of the fathers" Labor and the Tariff. The e nsus rejKirt of the earnings
... . . . tl " . e .... r k-.i.
to justny me ria JTTZA - - - ... itr,,rfl on rn.vlam '
. . .
thi-in carelessly on my knee ss If to voice
Then has We taci no sawawaa
thst Dr Starva received a e
lencv give his answer without dela
i Note by Sir Mortimer pinned ta the s-ve letter I
f.tr voll
t,.r with ne of t " on th-
Tseae stamps cnld sent
refer to them later
"TV ) retaalns to be proved." 1 s."id gri:nlv The exprasion sems fint'le enough to me; on the face of It It woaM mean simply that Sir Mortl me; s hiierofts were Identical with the interests of England." 'We shall Ma, Rhe returned with Confidence. 1 Tie snnen f the second
envelope, whku I have called ! u , infer, would t- sen: r. ments P. sre all In English. The ae n-iallv in - niathr wrtfer wsi evidently sn educated Bui-j must be fsro Ms I thl ; gar of the official class; many of this i. no SCtSaBj owe as the slasa nre trained !' Roberts OattBW, I wsmed you ' Mht that aud sueal and w riu Enfil'.sb flutntlv.' ttesebcry In the ramp
envelope lart nicht are proscribed. Ththrough the mail only of the Hstal I ith rtth pathy with the revolt trs Jrith these stamp
He came here to keep an appoint
ment with me." Madame de Varnler ..11 t-. .rr- !M aanttv cutting short hlf
I ave taken the step It Is too ia-e ; wh ..k myself now whether I hare u w. ..
Alphrmse sighed hlf relief snd de parted on his errand. What Inducement can you hava offsrod that she should come boldly to this Castle of Despair" "If. not the inducement great that the tf to fee a loved brother?" fTO BP. CONTIKCKD.)
to
bees tndlscree
my wn wish-:. If I my own plans. 1 feel t! morally- I am helpli
reign 0
If I have consulted
inhered lstined r. s d My own ' If the the mat ! my inreer will
I crashed h sick at heart. bvrocrit.csl cv
M o do a e I haad. -d at the
Prcsf o Cueers Vanity. Onee- IllizaV'h la said to haTe pot
teased no tew;
than SO ou Ca cd
UJ
Pia isla h r
ness.
the punishment. Hut it is only by the
punishment that men realize the evil of sin Itself. in-t the Lord, and against thee" All crimes against maa are sins sgainst God. And all sins against God work wrong to man. And Moses prayed for the people." expressing their desires and ff linirs. There Is real power In intercessory prayer. Their praying made It wise and safe to give blessings that would have been an injury to those who had not the spirit of prayer. One of the objects of the punishment wsf to turn their hearts to God. Th Curt. Note in what s peculiar and yet blessed way the prayer wsa answered: not by removing the serpents, as they probably expected, but by s wsy that healed their souls as well as their bodlet. So Paul's "thorn in the flesh"' was not removed, but God's grace was made to abound as a blessed fruit growing on that stem. As the sin and punishment of the Israelites were the fruits of unbelief, ths true method of help was first to restore fsith snd then h 'aling. Practical Points. Christ crucified is the most conspicuous ob.eet in the history of tha world. It If the center around which the whole moral and religious warfare of the world Is gathered.
The power did not lie in the brazen j
erp at. but in God himself who could bestow healing upon thoss who showed by their looking up to it st hlf tt.rd that they believed in God and repented of their sin. Salvation wss by fsl'h. ths only w u In which free t ardo-4 an b. fit! -without Increasing the tin l . world.
for the year Ifta, shows sn average oi i $531 each. That la less than $45 a ' month, and as the cost of living has
increased over M per cent, anu over P per cent, in IftaV the prosperity of tariff protected lalor. which the Republican boast so much of. Is hardly a bed Of rrses If the largo s.alari s i ! to n.anagers and others were omitted the aversge wage to the workmen would be much less, and yet labor Is expected to vote to continue this policy of protecting the trusts which, while it adds but little. If any. to their wages, extracts much more in the high price of all they buy.
Protection Does Not Protect. The window glass trust, in order to keep up the price of Its highly tarIfi protected products, only runs part of the year, so the workmen, although psld lsrge wages only get a small Income on the average. The National Glass Hudget. the organ of the Trust, said on July It: That twiMhirds of the Amslgamated ' th glassworkers" organization got half a years work while the balance got in a nine months' Are " And yet window glass la protected by the tariff from " to 100 per oent which consumers have to ly orer snd above a fair profit Mr Roosevelt has worn as pr I dent of the 1'nited Ststes "to thst the Isws are faithfully executed." Yet when hl- sppolnte Judge Pritchsrd. riellheratfr violation of section Ti 0C
the Revised Stat itef he said not a worih. did not a thing. 1 was ipinn -atlsfled He acq-: ced in the violation of the law. snd he them fore f .-me partlcem crinüola.