Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 September 1907 — Page 3

BY ARTHUR HEMS' VTsSEY

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CHAPTER XXIX. I Open the Safe "ft is true. she mannered. "It Is c ... and too horrible.' la not believe it." I said obstinatp it is impossible." I an one deny a fact? Am I a child . solaced with smooth words I -.f seen; I must heilere, though od knows the truth make me wish a hunt -od times) that I lay beside my poor ; r raced brother." I always painful to see one whom -espeet the prey of an emotion und It was doubly painful for a to see this strong woman, whose - - mt j lalltj o urage and writhe under the blow that de1 her for the moment of all power to thlnh coherently I dared ... tell her my belief that I held the r.a'ion of the safe, an! that ber many minutes were passed I . bare ihe papers In my possesTh.e woman who tortured us both u the threshold of the little Helena had lost left, a rnalevrv fisure in her hour of triumph - : :ked toward her. tempted to ex--;a"v from that r -tr.. ar.d If ny surmise was false, to force from her. even by violence, if necessary, the combination of the safe, she wlth-d-w hastily. leaving Helena and my alone. It was then that I feared fk worst- She had appealed to Hela She was confident of her suc-

1 I held Helena's hands tightly In I wished to giTe bach to her . her calm courage. H addon." she whiipered presdo yon thiak is it possible 'is thing" si possible; but It would be the f a madman and a liar." I said l say it is possible" She with her hands almost roughly. Her was monotonous and harsh, n Tfo will save us. mother and :;. from this deep disgrace" here Is no senrtce that I would o for "row. Miss Brett that would

would recover her courage and clear vision. Again I was alone. Hut Madam do Varnler who had awaited the result 'f H-l-tia s Intercession, now came to ward me I saw with a thrill of thank fulness that the door of the room of the safe was not closed. You told me that It would be for her to decide," she said confidently. 1 hnow that she has decided. And your own decision Does your resolution falter?" " You are mistaken. " I began to pace the floor with rapid steps, advancing nearer and nearer to the room of the safe. "8he has not yet decided. I believe with all my heart that she will refuse. She Is In your oratory there. She will gain strength from the presence of the dead to defy you." " Perhaps." sneered the woman She seated herself near the table slightly turned from the room she had sft An instant and I had gained it, and drawn the bolt. Another and I was on my knees, my Angers tremblingly whirling about the shining surface of the little knob that controlled the combination. CO WAR D I whirled it this way and that, then palled at the handle. It resisted my efforts. A cold perspiration broke out on my forehead. I had been s victim of my own madness. But again I moved the knob; this time slowly, with Infinite care, with the calmness that comes with despair.

At. that a better." h sieben "Now

I am among friends." Ills sardonic mil took In Madam de Varnler and myself, who had not yet recovered from our astonishment. 1 1 It d rather embarrass ment that held mo speechless Presently he would know that it wss not Sir Mortimer whom he had surprised at the safe. And knowing that. It was inevitable that he mistake me for one of the conspirators. First of all at Vltinau I had takn dispatches from his hand. Had I Indeed been really under the Influence of an opiate I might have urged that as the reason I could have Said that I was not con sclous of any deception; I was slnn.lv

a victim of Dr. Starva and Madame de Varnler, and not responsible for my acts. Hut not only had I not taken the opiate, but Madame de Varnler knew that I had not, and even had I wished to tell the lie she would have contradicted me. And now he had caught me redhanded at the safe. He would draw his conclusions Rwiftly. It would be absurd to oppose that I should know the combination of the Bafe, merely as Madame de Varnler's guest. A hostess does not vouchsafe to her guest the key of her strong box. If I were not Sir Mortimer. I must be in league with Madame de Varnler and Dr. Starva. That was the conclusion he must ar rive at. To tell him the absolute truth that by one chance out of ten thousand I had stumbled on the combination would only deepen his eon vietlon as to my guilt. And Helena? What would she think'1 Would her faith. in me be so strong that she would believe me? Had Captain Forbes not surprised me at this moment my guessing of the riddle of the safe would have seemed miraculous indeed, but the fact that I had the pepers, and could place them in her hands to be destroyed, would support my story readily enough. Put I dare not give to her these papers before Captain Forbes and Madame de Varnler? It seemed to me that the king's messenger of all per-

brtag you peace an l Happiness "Peace Happiness ! she intei

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c: Itself and the motto of the Bretts 1 Honor. My Sword can no longer U our proud boast. But if silence can - irehased it must be I dare not

-ay brother s name he neia in rwtch I dare not, I cannot, for his s take let K be known -lr Le en false to England " may yet save him If " -Yes ' she broke in with a strange -a- that was eveB mors dread - me than her despair, "and It is . whom I hare despised that is to A '.Ife for a life those were ! I lal 1 to j-i at Lucerne. to be dishonor for dishonor. I - i-üng yos s terrible sacrifice I am dragging yon with me to the But there is no other to help 3a that yon will." - grief robs you of your rea t said gently. "Escape Is not to in that way. It is the last a desperate and unscrupulous i : .-. 5s. who has herself little tor of success. It Is her last card, act she will lose aothlng by playing .- we. yon and I. we risk every !U refuse' Ton are afraid of tie risks. I might have known you be afraid. That woman said as hopeless to ask a serrlce so heroic from one who was s proven Oh. forgive me. I did not mean to say rhat" Miss Brett. I think there Is no dsn- : would not gladly endure to 1 swore to rescue your , ho If it were possible If

1 , r. w. tho-izh I sacrificed I tell yon I would. More than that, though every instinrt tells me .1 fail. I will do what you ask even now ll-aven bless you!" She cried brokenly But first of all I want you to realise dearly Jost what you are asking I want yen to be quite sure that you are sot adding dishonor to dishonor la al ftf me to do this thing No; It Is not that I am afraid I have not that ' fear But I think that nether of as should be so cowardly as To fle'.d to this woman's demands In the oratory yonder lies your brother. Ask 7 -:rif when you see him. if it Is he merciful hand if death that 'mooched his forehead, or whether the calm and serenity tu that of a man who VU the motto of hi hvuse. Hon t Mr Sword. -This appeal was perhaps not wholly ' ar.-ic deal "acts be cau one wishes to It still seemed h me that it most be true that Mr v ' ii DrUTtl Knill 04 luine

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N 2 1 dsre tell Helens bow of tM conjecture I dared sot raise er hope at the risk of s speedy dis !" k 'he "sipM wgW my possession, together we could '- Madame de Varnler And If diment was to be mine I hoped ft bj the t.er of bar brother Helena

I heard the wman without call my name in a frenzy of rage, her hands

I beating against the door. j Once more I t :rned the handle. It yielded to my touch. The safe was open. I saw no oarers of any sort In the

large compartment. It was empty .'h the exc i Mon of a Jewel case I i slipped out a drawer, the only one In the safe. Two packets were there. I elzed them greedily. I was about

to open them, when a shadow fell across the room There was s light step behind me I looked up. the papers in my hand Captain Forbes was standing by my side. He had made his entrance through the open window. Good erenlng. Sir Mortimer!" I rose to my feet, staring at him stupefied. I am sorry If my abrupt and uncerwmor'ous entrance has alarmed you," he said mockingly, and regarded me with a cold smile. You have managed to escape. I stammered. Kxactlv ; and I hop I do not Inconvenience you. With your permission, air. I "I" withdraw the bolt This little room reminds me too well of the one I hare Jnst left It is too cramped for my taste" Hs brushed by ate brusquely and drew the bolt I thrust the pape-s tr. mr breast pocket With one nntion I closed the safe softly, and turns the knob

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VI'"' s - - TrappedCaptain Forbes passed HUrf the larger room I followed him slowly.

i sons must not know of Sir Mortimer's

guilt. For though the papers, the proof, was In our possession, the fact remained. And If Captain Forbes

knew that I was not Sir Mortimer Brett, but an lmiostor. would he not I demand those papers? And having 'them, would he not read them? And Madame de Varnler? To what

extremes would she not go In her rage? Now she believed that In some way I had been cognizant of Captain Forbe's escape, and had gone to the room containing the safe to give him assistance. But when she knew, as she must presently, that I had taken the papers from the safe I could not doubt that she would not submit meekly. She would have her revenge, both on Helena and on myself She would Insist on telling Captain Forbes of Sir Mortimer's suilt. He would demand from me the papers and my cleverness would have gone for nothing. For the mind of Forbes moved in an obstinate channel. Duty to him was a soldier s first im pulse In doing what he thought his duty, he would sacrifice all Not Helena's tears, nor my own entreaties, would prevent him from hurrying back to Downing street with the proofs of Sir Mortimer's guilt. For Mime seconds after we had reached the large anteroom, the three of us stood Uks so many wax figures Each oi us had ample reason to feel ill at ease i tive the honor to report to your

Kicelleac) ." said Forbes st length In a voles that was admirably controlled despite his Indignation, "that the sec ond dlspatch-a dispatch of profound importance, as I warned your lency at VUanau was stolen from ma

(last night. May I express me "s-

'hat ft 'ir i i . t!Py has recsfvad ttf" "No ." I said ( ahiily ft was time Is l" 1 ln an I game of cross-pur pagan Then polbly madam an enlighten you as to it wheieabouta.' lyg WanaHsasj 1 Oh.no!" shs swept me a mix king courtesy "I am not so oV.pl in your Kacollsncy's couns I ' "My patience, sir Mortimer." cried Forbea. breaking Into direct speech has Its limit Kee you at I.ucerna

only with the greatest difficulty. I warn you of the grave purport of a dispatch which I am unable to deliver to you because of your condition The next morning, when I would sec you. you ha v.- disappeared again. I trace you h. re with difficulty. When for the thm! time 1 attempt to deliver this dispatch. I am held captive; the dispatch is forcibly taken from me. When I -ik you If you have received It. you give nie an indifferent answer. I dare not believe that you are so far lost to your sense of duty that you countenance these violent acts of a bandit. Hut I must Insist" He paused abruptly. I thought It because he realized that his anger had carried him too far. But when I looked where he looked, I saw Helena Brett. Miss Brett!" he exclaimed In pained surprise, "I am sorry to see you here." "And I am infinitely relieved, though bewildered, to find you. Captain Forbes." She extended him her hand, smiling wanly. "Hut you will help me to make your brother realize the danger of further misunderstanding," he said gently, his anger at my indifference vanishing at bight of her pale and haggard countenance. "My brother, Captain Forbes. U dead. He lies in that room." she answered firmly, though her lips trembled. She had made her decision. She, too. was determined at all hazards not to act a He. As for Captain Forbes, he was dumb with astonishment. His eyes widened with dismay and concern. But though he did not speak his startled glance dwelt on me. "Mr. Haddon Is my loyal friend," said Helena, Interpreting hia look. At the same time she reassured me with a quiet smile that more than her words expressed her trust. A slow flush of angr mounted to the temples of the king's messenger. He towered over me menacingly. "You have dared tamper with his Majesty's business; you have tricked one of his servants. By Heaven, you will rue it dearly!" "Captain Forbes!" Helena laid her hand ou his sleeve ln her distress. 'Madam!" He turned on her Indignantly. "This man has deliberately passed himself off as your brother. He tricked me into giving him Important papers of state. You know that, and you defend him? You dare call uiui fiieuar- J i did not know that." she replied firmly. "But I dare call him friend. Captain Forbes. You do not understand " "Understand !" he stormed, before I could make any reply myself. "I understand this only too well: he is ln league with a notorious woman, and the still more Infamous Dr. Starva. two Bulgarian adventurers of the most dangerous type. I think that is enough. That he has obtained under false pretenses my dispatches convicts him of high treason. He will not lave my sight until he Is placed under arrest" "I am -an American," I said quietly. "You may find it more difficult to do that than you imagine ." My mild expostulation maddened him only the more. "An American" He advanced to me as If to lay hands on me. "Do you flatter yourself that your nationality leaves you free to play the spy and traitor with Impunity? Give me those papers." He came a step nearer. Instinctive ly I placed my hands at my breast pocket as If to protect the precious palters. But again Helena, distressed at his violence, restrained him. "Captain Forbes, " she pleaded, "pray restrain youfUancer It is natural that you should feel the deepest suspicion against Mr Haddon. But If yon will be patient, I am sure he will make all clear to you." "Miss Brett." he aid sternly, "this

is a man's work. It is hardly becoming In you to defend one who has traduced your brother's honor. How dare you claim an Impostor like this as friend? He must be indeed a clever villain to have so deceived yon." "Mr. Haddon has done enough," she answered proudly, "to Justify my faith In him. And let me tell you, Captain Forbes, that I believe In bis word so implicitly that I have given bim my word that until midnight tonight I

shall neither question his motives nor Interfere with any action of his. Nor shall I permit another to act on my behalf." Indignation and surprise fought for mastery, as Forbes answered with resolution: "I shall refuse to obey you. Miss Brett. You forget thatlt is not your self who hss been wronged so much as Sir Mortimer and myself. Now, sir, glte me thoae papers that you took from the safe For the first time Madame de Vatnler. shocked into rlg.d attention, spoke. Her surprise at the demand forced from her a contemptuous defense of myself. You are mad!" she cried Involon tartly. You see. Miss Brett." exclaimed Forbes, with sstlsfactlon, his aenom piles defends him' (TU UK CONTUiLKA

TURN TO DEMOCRACY FOR RELIEF FROM PRESENT TRUST HIGH PRICES

Calm Review of the Situation Shows There Is No Hope to Be Placed Ig the Republican Party. Judging the future by the past. It la almost impossible to expect tariff re form from the Republicans. Ths Roosevelt wing of the party shows but little more Intention of taking from the trusts their foster mother than the most ardent standpatter. If the evils of protecting the trusts with the tariff are so groat, why should the revision of the tariff be again postponed for at least two years? Congress will meet at the beginning of next December, and even in a presidential year there is no good reason why it cannot spare the time until the conventions meet In June or July, 1908. to pass a bill that would give our people a share of the bargain prices which the trusts now confine to foreigners. There is but little legislation on other issues that it Imperative, and the ways and means committee will have comparatively nothing to do. unless they are put to work at compiling a tariff bill. I'nder the rules of the house, which the majority is certain to adopt, the Republicans can limit debate to suit themselves. So the Democrats will be powerless to hinder quick action If they wanted to. The Wall street panic In trust stocks could hardly be more severe If all the protection these industrial corporations now enjoy should be ruth lessly cut off and the slump ln business, which in spite of the optimistic statements of the standpatters, has already begun, shows that the boasted prosperity Is not produced by so-called protection. There Is no doubt that the people would welcome relief. If the Republican politicians will grant it to them. Will the administration surrender to Speaker Cannon and his tariff protected trust friends as It has for the past three years, or will President Roosevelt show his lndejem1ence of "a few ruthless and determined men whose wealth makes them particular

ly formidable, because they hide behind the breastworks of corporate organizations?" That latest description by the president of the trust corporations wss followed by the declaration in hia Provincetown speech that no such sinister combination "shall rule this government." Yet some occult Influence compelled the president to cut out of his message to congress three years as. and never to include It in later messages, a tariff revision recommendation. It is Impossible to believe that the bold and strenuous Roosevelt Is afraid to tackle the trust octopi. at least the bad trusts, ami the Mf " ing the people by b- ing protected in so doing by the tariff schedules, or they would not be cited by the president as being "good trusts." That the trust plundering is goln on spsce. everyone knows who takes account of the enormous Increase In the cost of living since the present tariff was con e.,cted by the trust representatives and the Republican leaders in 1P7 It Is possible, of course, that the necessity of the Republican party for trust campaign contributions is the cause of the constant procrastination, espe clslly ilnce the railroad element of Wall street will not be very libera! contributors, and the law that Senator Tillman forced the Republicans to pass, prohibiting contributions by na tlonal banks may also cut off some large sums from that source. To cut off the trust contribution- hv revising the tariff which protects the corpora Hons. Just before election, Is perhaps a greater risk than even President Roosevelt Is Inclined to take. For the Republican campaign managers with out a chance to fry the fat out of some corporations would be as helpless as an automobile without gasoline. It Is hardly necessary to point a moral to those voters who are suffering from trust hUh prices, that relief will never come from the Republicans, but It may be well to add that the candl dates of the Democratic party, which by tradition and conviction favor a tariff for revenue, instead of protection, should receive the votes of those who desire reform.

TRUSTS AND CRIMINALS. Let No Guilty Man Escape" Should Be the Demand. The growing demand for the puniahmeut of those who mismanage corporations as felons is due to the reo ogui d fact that all corporations am i afSSggsTtf conducted enterprises." The Individual Is responsible for ths corporate morals. There are In reality neither good nor bad corporations, as such. A corporation Is only a mechanism Invented and used by men for their conveniences and profit. What is done by it, either lawfully or uf lawfully, Is the act of men; and the men. i.ot the mechanism, are responsible for it. If a railroad train or a street car, or an automobile runs over a person, we arrest the engineer, conductor, motorman, or chauffeur, and punish him. We don't demolish the engine, or the motor car. Neither do we fine them. Fining corporations is no less absurd. Imprisonment is the true remedy for rascality. It must be cured or killed. If the managers of corporations who swear falsely as to the alue of the corporate property in order to evade taxes were punished by Imprisonment for perjury, if those who are to blame for wrecks on railways and passenger boats. Involving death, were punished for manslaughter; if in fine, the law reached the human perletrator of crime, and throttled him as it does other law bretkurs, then we should see the laws respected and the people protected. The whole difficulty of the present situation Is. as the New York Journal of Commerce declares that "in the complication of Industrial, commercial and social condition we are apt to lose sight of the individusl and his responsibility, permitting him to hide In the mazes of organization." Whenever a corporation vio'etes the law or evades the law, every member of It is guilty, and ought to be punished according to the gravity of the offense. There should be no irresponsible agency, no Inanimate scape goat, iu these matters. If half the men whose names figure in the Directory of Directors were imprisoned, If law breakers, the other half might be safely trusted. There wuuld then be no "bad trusts," because it wouldn't pay men to make bad trusts, or trusts of any kind. There would be no trusts, if criminals were punished. But criminals of high social standing will never be punished until the people elect to public office men who do not make use of funds contributed for campaign purposes by the Harrimans, the Rockefellers and the like. Such men are at large now because Cortelyou and Bliss raaalfwd money from them to elect Mr. Roosevelt to the presidency; and Roosevelt places their attorneys and

friends in the department of Justice and on the bench of the federal courteJ When the states, such as North Carolina, pass law? for the imprisonment i I

.i nhority

these former corporations

attorneys, like Judge Pritchard, at-.-mpt to nullify those law. But the states will Imprison the criminal agents of the trusts, nevertheless. (Jovernor Glenn, of North Carolina, has set an example that should, and probably will be widely followed.

Would Reduce Cost of Living. Mr lialdane. the BritUh war secretary, has Just placed an order for 400,000 horse shoes ln this country. Horse shoes are protected by a tariff of one cent a pound. I'nder that duty the American buyer of horse shoes pays a considerably higher pr.ee for them than the British army. This is only one recent example of the familiar fact of high prices for home consumption, low prices for the foreign buyer. The Standard Oil monopoly Is a fattened child of the tariff. Oil itself Is duty free. In practice the Standard would stamp out foreign competition as it stamps out domestic competition; and upon many of Its more than a hundred by-products It Is heavily protected. So It too sells abroad far cheaper than at home. The tariff duties on potatoes, blankets, knit goods, tin plate, woolen yarns and clothing, soap, oilcloth, linen, glassware, affect directly every shopping woman: upon a thousand articles they affect her Indirectly. A reasonable reduction of the tariff, not in 1509, but now. would reduce in every home the cost of living.

Tariff snd Patent Monopoly. There never was a day In the history of cotton production ln this country when one per cent, of the enhancement of the price of cotton came from the tariff Yet the tariff has Increased the price of everything the planter or the laborer In his cotton field had to pay for plows, scrapers, shovels, axes. hoes, barbed wire, gearing, gins, cotton-oil, mill machln ery. clothing, sugar salt In fact evtry manufactured product The same Is true of all other producers, excent manufacturers. Some manu

facturers have double monopolies They have patent rights In addition to tariff protection One or the other ought to be denied them. No monop. oly should be allowed to rob people at Us own will The tsrlff on products made by patentv.1 machinery or processes sh-uld be abolished If this were done the Steel trust protection" would no longer be north 11,000 000. but only what the conitltutlon sec ire to It as the vslue of Its patenU. Gov Guild of Massachusetts Insists upon putting five articles on the free list, namely, iron ore, coal, lumber, hides und paper and pulp wood stock. Ml fgM Secretary Taft will agree to this. He might hand It in to Foraker as a bill of particulars.

The Little Brown Man. The war department thinks selfgovernment Is a failure In the Philip pines, because a large majority of the Filipinos voted for the party that stood for Independence. It Is a good Joke the little brown men played on the President and the war department by making them believe up to the day of tin ei. ( tlon of tee Philippine legislature that they favored the partr which ha;.' Jeclared for statehood and being part of the 1'nlted States. It was really too bad to deceive those great snd good men who were taxing without representation and governing the Filipinos without their right to say yea or nay. But the mask haa M n -moved snd the Independents will now hsve a chance to discuss the continuation of enormous taxes mostly used to provide soft snaps for Re publican politicians that could not hold their heads above he politics! stream ln the Cnlted States The administration will now have to sup

press the legislature or veto Its decrees.

"Anarchy by Injunetion" la the heading which Iw Darlington (Wls.l Democrat places over an article on Judge Pritchard s doings In North Carolina Pretty good name for it! To call It government by Injunction would be a mlsnc.nsr.