Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 165, 29 July 1908 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND FALJbAlJUJM AD SU-TJ5IiEOKA3I, WEDXESDAY, JULY 29, 1908.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. Published and owned by the PALLADIUM PRINTING CO. Issued 7 days each week, evenings and Sunday morning. Office Corner North th and A streets. Home Phone 1121. Bell 21. RICHMOND, INDIANA.

Radolph G. Leeds Managing Editor. Charles M. Morgan Business Manager. O. Owen Knhn News Kdltor. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In Richmond 5.00 per year (in advance) or 10c per week. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. One year. In advance 5.00 Six months, in advance 2.60 One month, in advance .45 RURAL ROUTES. One year, in advance $2.00 Six months, in advance 1-25 One month, In advance 25 Address changed as often as desired; both new and old addresses must be given. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be given for a specified term; name will not be enterad until payment is received. Kntered at Richmond, Indiana, postoffice as second class mail matter. REPUBLICAN TICKET. NATIONAL TICKET. For President WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT of Ohio. For Vice-President -JAMES S. SHERMAN of New York. STATE. .1 Governor JAMES E. WATSON. Lieutenant Governor FREMONT C. GOODWINE. Secretary of State FRED A. SIMS. Auditor of State JOHN C. BILLHEIMER. 1 Treasurer of State OSCAR HADLEY. Attorney General JAMES DINGHAM. State Superintendent LAWRENCE McTURNAN. State Statistician J. L. PEETZ. Judge of Supreme Court QUTNCY A. MYERS. , Judge of Appellate Court DAVID MYERS. Reporter of Supreme Court GEORGE W. SELF. ; m ; I . r DISTRICT. . i Congress WILLIAM O. BARNARD. i COUNTY. 1. ' .Toint Representative ALONZO M. GARDNER. Repre sentative WALTER S. RATLIFF. Circuit Judge r HENRY C. FOX. , -Prosecuting Attorney " CHAS. L. LADD. : Treasurer fj ALBERT ALBERTSON. Sheriff LINUS P. MEREDITH. Coroner ! DR. A. L. BRAMKAMP. Surveyor ROBERT A. HOWARD. Recorder WILL J. ROBBINS. Commissioner Eastern Dlst. HOMER FARLOW. Commissioner Middle Dist BARNEY H. LINDERMAN. Commissioner Western Dist. ROBERT N. BEESON. WAYNE TOWNSHIP. Trustee JAMES H. HOWARTH. Assessor CHARLES E. POTTER. WHAT TAFT SAYS. As a piece of Writing, Taft's speech stands as a monument not only to his sound judgment, his political sagacity and bis fearless honesty but also to his complete grasp of the condition of the country. Those who feared that Taft would be a reactionary have no cause' for anxiety throughout the , whole speech Taft shows a progres slve tendency tempered with the ut most sanity. He wishes things done for the welfare of the country not showy and spectacular moves which would Injure the Innocent bystander more than the present evil. The note sustained throughout the speech and Impressed most strongly upon the voter. Is the fact that his stand will be one of continuing Roose.velt's policies. This work accomplished In the Interests of square dealing, must be clinched to be made ef fective. In this, above all, he takes courage in the awakening of the pub lic conscience not only in political af fairs but altl In business. We have commenced, brit let us continue fear lessly but without injustice. Taft's views on the Question of labor, the courts, interstate commerce, trusts and the tariff, voice the Intelll gent opinion of the people so well that no thinking voter can fall to agree with him on the essential points. His wnoie attitude is one of building up and perfection, rather than the demo cratic policy of destruction. We note with pleasure that in parti cular Taft nails the compulsory price views of Bryan as unsafe and imprac ticable. What the people want is reg ulation and fair and square regul tion. What Mr. Bryan announces is practically a strangling by the federal

government of trade. . Never was a more dangerous tampering with the

wheels of business than the fixing of prices by the government. Taft's clear vision has in common with the rest of the country, discern ed that there are good trusts and bad. Those which choke the competition by conspiracy and monopoly are bad. Those which build up the country and derive their increased profits from the decrease in cost of production and of centralization of executive force, are not only legitimate, but just. The prosperity of the country depends on business business must then be encouraged by sane and just regulation rather than be hurt by foolish and impractical measures. It is a relief to compare the vagar ies of the democratic candidate on the courts with sense of justice of Judge Taft. His remarks on the abuse of the restraining order and the use of notice in injunction. His suggestion of special legislation on particular circumstances is one which will era dicate the present trouble with out destroying the present good points of the statute. Here again we see the building up process rather than the complete demolition which the democratic party would indulge in. In his stand on the labor question. Taft first points out what the republican party has accomplished in the em ployer's liability act and the eight hour day legislation. He recognizes the right of labor to organize and strike, but points out that the forcing of unwilling men Into the union is unjust. He shows the wrong and dangerous effects of injury by laborers to property rights of their employers and condemns the use of the secondary boycott and establishes Injunction as pertaining to business as a property right He shows the double meaning and the confusion of the democratic platform on this subject and its ap parent hope of entangling the average citizen who desires the protection of a favored class, whether of property or labor. Taft desires to treat both capital and labor fairly. It would be folly to treat each para graph separately. Taft's speech shows for itself. The point we have tried to point out is Taft's essential fairness and keen judgment, his grasp of present day problems and his proposal to clinch the good things of Roosevelt's administration and a pol icy of progressive and just development of labor, capital and natural resources. The country is aware now if it was not before of the real solidity and honesty of Taft's stand on all questions. THE CHAUTAUQUA. There never was a time in our country when people have had 6o many advantages for culture or entertainment and there has never before been so much demand for the best in struction and amusement. So it is that the many hundreds of Chautauquas have sprung up giving to all classes not only pleasure and a quickening of the mind, but relaxation and physical betterment. Richmond is to be congratulated on having secured the best talent pro curable for its Chautauqua. There will be enough variety for all to en joy it and no one needs to be told the beauties of the Glen. It is an Ideal place for relaxation and a fine setting for the splendid program which has been arranged. We hope that everybody will turn out We do not urge it as an indication of a man's stand on patronizing it because it is a Richmond institution, but because no one can fail to derive profit from it. It is good and we want everybody to hear Champ Clark and our old friend, Strickland Gillilan. They are recognized as being at the top of the list. Anything that brings so many peo ple into happy intercourse with their fellows and enables them to listen to the products of the keenest minds cannot fall to do good. The bringing of men from various quarters of our country to tell us what Is going on can not help but keep us from being provincial. Any symptom of the at titude of "knowing it all" is to stamp us with provinciality. Next to travel there can be nothing better than bringing people to us. Nor should the advantage of the social life in the Chautauqua be ov erlooked. We can have a good time let us do it It is up to the people of Richmond now to show they are progressiv enough to take advantage of the op portunity offered. FAIRBANKS AT QUEBEC. What to do with the Vice President has been long a question before the country. Now a new use has been found for him. Disregarding Bryan's announcement that the Vice President should be in the cabinet, Roosevelt has inaugurated a custom which may help us out of the trouble. Mr. Fairbanks has done so well at Quebec in a simple and dignified way to . show Europeans that Americans can be equal to all occasions whether they be trained by diplomatic experience or not, that we advocate that the vice president from now on aid

the president in doing the honors for the country. The President of the United States has enough to do, and the country has no office corresponding to what is known in Europe as a Chamberlain. The Vice President In that position could fill a needed want in as much as his duties are not onerous. Such a plan would be an admirable training school for future diplomatic work. We are not surprised then to see Fairbanks' name mentioned by Europeans as a man who would be persona grata to the European courts. Mr. Fairbanks has shown up so well that such a suggestion Is gratifying to Mr. Fairbanks' Indiana friends.

CLARK COMES HERE Will Speak at the Great Sunday School Rally Day Ex ercises in August. SUCCESS IS ASSURED Dr. Joseph Clark or better known by his non-de-plum of "Timothy Stand by" will be the speaker for the great rally held by the Sunday schools of Wayne county. He is the internatio nal corresponding secretary and state secretary of the Ohio Sunday school association and Is a man of International reputation as a Sunday school worker. He is considered one of the most interesting speakers of the country. He Is versed in every phase of the Sunday school work and will be the drawing card for the great rally which is to be held August 22. This will be one of the bigest ev ents in this line that has ever been given in Richmond. The interest that is being manifested by the students of the different Sunday schools indicates the success of the event. MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH OF COUPLE Man and Wife Found Dead Floating in Lake. Minneapolis, Minn., July 29. Myste ry surrounds what is believed to have been a double drowning in Lake Syl via, four miles west of Annandale, Minn., where Geo. Raisback, vice president of the Hake Paper company, of New York City, and his wife have been occupying a cottage for two weeks. They were last seen last night Early yesterday the body of Mrs. Rais back was found floating near shore. Near by were the hat and coat of her husband. Their boat had not been overturned. There was no storm on the lake. The body of the husband was found in the lake. Mrs. Raisback's body was badly bruised and it is believed that her death was not due entirely to drowning. Are You Superstitious? There's a prevailing superstition among housewives that laundry 6oap to be used must be yellow. Never was there a greater mistake. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that the soap most harmless to flesh and fabric, yet deadly to dirt and grease, is a white soap called Easy Task. One five-cent cake will convince you. CHANGE OF VENUE CASES Investigation Made of Henry Circuit Court Actions. New Castle, Ind., July 29. Investiga tion is being made of the alleged overcharges of the Henry circuit court for change of venue cases from IJadi son circuit court by the county attorney and commissioners of Henry coun ty. The Madison court officials claim Henry county has been accustomed to boost the bills when cases were venued there from Madison. The Henry county officials resent the accusation and say it is unfounded as all charges are made in accordance with the law. Snake Bite. One of the most important things tc know about snake bites is that tht poisonous snakes, such as the hamadryad, cobra, etc., leave on the individual only the two punctures of the poison fangs, while the less poisonous and harmless snakes leave besides the two punctures the marks of adventitious teeth. This is most important ic prognosis, as. being called to see persons bitten who were showing great shock, it helps physician and patient materially to assure the patient that while he may be very ill, he will not die. Medical Journal. Practice Economy Every Day To the thrifty housewife who makes every dollar count, nothing in the food line is more acceptable than the new product called "OUR-PIE" put up in 10-cent packages for making lemon, chocolate and custard pies. Every package is sold under a positive guarantee and makes two large pies. Local grocers say the sale is rapidly increasing and customers are well pleased. Readers can make no mistake in giving thea gooda trial.

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Copyright. 1906. by Fern'aps no otner man could have escaped. But James Bansemer was cleverest when in a corner. He backed away, held them at bay until he could recover his breath and then defied them to their teeth. Despite their proof he baffled them, and virtue was not its own reward at least in this instance. In leaving New York he hoped that Ellas Droom, who knew too much, might refuse to go into the new territory with him, but the gaunt old clerk took an unnatural and malevolent delight in clinging to his employer. He declined to give up his place in the office, and although be hated James Bansemer, he came like an accusing shadow into the new offices near the Chicago river, and there he tolled, grinned and scowled with the same old faithfulness. CHAPTER VI. T first it was hard for James Bansemer to believe that his henchman had not been mistaken. D room's description of the lady certainly did not correspond to what his memory recalled. Investigation, however, assured him that the Cables in the mansion near the lake were the people he had known in New York. Bansemer took no one into his confidence, not even Droom. Once convinced that the erstwhile fireman was now the rich and powerful magnate, be set to work upon the machinery which wm to extract personal gain from the secret in his possession. He soon learned that the child was a young woman of considerable standing in society, but there was no way for him to ascertain whether Frances Cable had told the truth to her husband in those dreary far west days. Bansemer was rich enough, but avarice had become a habit The flight from New York had deprived him of but little in worldly goods. His ill gotten gains-came with him, and investments were just as easy and Just as safe in Chicago as in New York. Now he saw a chance to wring a handsome sum from the rich woman whose only possession had been love when he first knew her. If the secret of Jane's origin still remained locked tip in her heart the effort would be an easy one. He learned enough of David Cable, however, to know that if be shared the secret the plan would be profitless and dangerous. It was this uncertainty that kept him from calling at the Cable home; likewise from writing a note which might prove a most disastrous folly. Time and circumstance could be his only friends, and be was accustomed to the whims of both. He read of the dinners and entertainments given by the Cables and smiled grimly. Time had, worked wonders for them. Scandal, he knew, could undo all that ambition and pride had wrought. He could well afford to wait However, he did not have long to wait for his opportunity came one night in Hooley's theater. Graydon and he occupied seats in the orchestra near the stage and not far from the lower right hand boxes. It was during the busy Christmas holidays, but the "star" was of sufficient consequence to pack the honse. The audience was no end of a fashionable one. Time and again some strange Influence drew his raze to the gay party in one of the lower boxes. The face of the woman nearest to him was not visible, but the two girls who sat forward turned occasionally to look over the audience, and he saw that they were pretty, one exceptionally so. One of the men was rray haired and strong featured; the others were quite too insignificant to be of Interest to him. The woman whose back he could see did not look out over the audience. Her indifference was so marked that it seemed deliberate. At last he felt that her eyes were upon him. ne turned quickly. True enough, for with lips slightly parted, her whole attitude suggestive of intense restraint Mrs. Cable was staring helplessly into the eyes of the man who could destroy her with a word. The one thing tbat flashed through Bansemer's brain was the realization that she was far more beautiful than be had expected her to be. There was a truly aristocratic loveliness in the rather piquant face, and she undeniably possessed "manner." Maturity had improved her vastly, he confessed. with strange exultation; age had been kinder than youth." He forgot the play, seldom taking his eyes from the back which again had been turned to him. Calculating, bs reached the conclusion that she was not more than forty years of age. More than once he made some remark to his son, only to surprise that young man glancing surreptitiously at the face of the more beautiful of the two girls. Even in this early stage James Bansemer began to gloat over the beauty of this new found old acquaintance. In the lofrby of the theater as they were leaving he deliberately doffed his hat and extended a pleasant hand to the wife of David Cable. She turned deathly pale, and there was a startled, piteous look in her eyes that convinced him beyond all shadow of a doubt There was nothing for her to do but totrnrtncft h'm.f' her hpjsb&ud. - Twx

able 7odd. Mead S3L Company minutes Mater TJraydon Bansemer and Jane Cable, strangers until then, were asking each other how they liked the play, and Fate was at work. A few weeks after this scene at the theater young Mr. Bansemer dashed across the hall from the elevator and entered his father's office Just as Ellas Droom was closing up. "Where's the governor, Mr. Droom?" he asked, deliberately brushing past the old clerk in the outer office. "Left some time ago," replied Droom somewhat ungraciously, his blue eyes staring past the young man with a steadiness that suggested reproach because he was out of the direct line of vision. "It is nearly 6 o'clock. He's never here after 5." "I know that he I asked you if you knew of his whereabouts. Do you or not?" The self confident athletic youth did not stand in physical awe of the clerk. "No," was the simple and sufficient answer. "Well, then, I'm off," said Graydon a trifle less airily. D room's overcoat was on and buttoned up to his chin. His long feet were encased in rubbers of enormous size and uncertain age. There must have been no blood in the veins of this grim old man, for the weather was far from cold, and the streets were surprisingly dry for Chicago. "I am closing the office for the day," said Droom. For no apparent reason a smile spread over the lower part of his face, and Graydon, bold as he was. turned his eyes away. "I thought I'd stop in and pick up the governor for a ride home In my motor," said he, turning to the door. "Yours is one of the first out here, I suppose," came from the thin lips of the old clerk. Graydon laughed. "Possibly. The company charges a nickel a ride, half a dime. Going down, sir?" Graydon had rung for the elevator and was waiting in front of the grating. A look containing a curious compound of affectionate reproach and a certain senile gratification at being made the object of the boy's condescending raillery crossed Droom's countenance. Without, however, answering his question he slowly and carefully closed the door, tried it vigorously and joined Bansemer at the shaft With Droom words were unnecessary when actions could speak for themselves. "Still living over in Wells street Mr. Droom?" went on Graydon, thoroughly at home with the man whom he had feared and despised by stages from childhood up. "It's good enough for me," said Droom shortly. "'Tisa't Michigan There vtu a startlea, pteema look in her eye. avenue, the Drive or Lincoln Park boulevard, but it's just as swell as I am or ever hope to be." "There's nothing against Wells street but it got ashamed of Itself when it crossed the river." "They call It Fifth avenue," sneered Droom, "but it Isn't the avenue, is it?" Bansemer was surprised to note a tone of affectionate pride In the question. "No indeed!" "Oh, there's only one, Mr. Graydon, said the old clerk quite warmly; "our own Fifth avenue!" "I had no idea you cared so much for swagger things, Mr. Droom, observed the other, genuinely surprised. "Even Broadway is heaven to me, said Droom, some of the rasp gone from his voice. "Goodby. I got this way," he said when they reached the sidewalk a little later. The young man watched bis gaunt figure as it slouched away in the semidarkness. "By George, the old chap Is actually homesick! muttered he. "I didn't think it was in him." Droom had rooms over a millinery shop In Wells street There was a bedroom at the back and a "living room" in front overlooking the street from the tfcird story of the building. Of the bedchamber there is but little to say," except"that it contalheda"be( a wasbstand, a mirror, two straight backed chairs and a clothespress. Droom went out for his bath every Saturday night The "living room," however, was queer in more ways than one. In one corner on a chest of drawers stood his oil stove, while In the opposite corner a bijheet iron beater made Itself .com.2ous. Firewood was piled behind the stove winter and summer, Droom lamenting that one could not safely discriminate between the seasons in Chicago. The chest of drawers contained his stock' of provisions, his cooking and table utensils, his medicine and a small assortment of carpenter's tools. He had no use for an Icebox. . A-.fcaokca.sie. old anonxh tojrarm Joe

'By George Barr McCutcheon Author of "Beverly of Graustark." Etc,

V ! heart or the most ardent "amr, ;nan, held his small and unusual collection of books. Standing 6ide by side on the same shelf were French romances and the Holy Bible, much bethumbed and penciled. There were school books alongside of sentimental love tales. Greek lexicons and quaint old fairy stories, law books and works on criminology; books on botany, geology, anatomy and physics. In all in-rliapa there were 200 rolumes. X life of Na poleon revealed signs of almost constant usage. There were three portraits of the Corslcan on the dingy green walls. The strange character of the man was best shown by the pictures that adorned or rather disfigured the walls. Vulgar photographs and prints were to be seen on all sies. Mingled with these cheap creations were excellent copies of famous Madonnas, quaint Scriptural dra'w'igs, engravings of the Saviour and an allegorical colored print which em;.asized the joys of heaven. There was also a badly drawn but Idealised portrait of Droom, done In crayon at the age of twenty. This portrait was one of his prized possessions. He loved it best because It was a bust and did not expose his longitudtnal defects. V. Droom ever had entertained a feminine visitor in his apartments, there is no record of the fact But few men had seen the interior of his home, and they had gone away with distressed, perplexed sensibilities. He cooked his own meals on the oil stove and, alone, ate them from the little table that stood near the beater. Occasionally he went out to a nearby eating bouse for a lonely feast. Ills rooms usually reeked with the odor of boiled coffee, burned cabbage and grease, pungent chemicals and long suffering bed linen. Of his "front" room it may be said that it was kitchen, dining room, parlor, library, workshop, laboratory and conservatory. Four flowerpots, in which as many geraniums existed with difficulty despite Droom's constant and unwavering care, occupied a conspicuous place on the window sills overlooking the street. He watched over them with all the tender solicitude of a lover, surprising as it may appear when one pauses to consider the vicious exterior of the man. Droom was frugal. He was. In truth, a miser. If any one had asked him what he expected to do with the money he was putting away in the bank, he could not have answered, calculating as he was by nature. He bad no relative to whom he would leave it and he had no Inclination to give up the habit of active employment His salary was small, but he managed to save more than half of it for a "rainy day," as he said. He did his reading and experimenting by kerosene light and went to bed by candlelight, saving a few pennies a week In that way. The windows in bis apartment were washed not oftener than once a year. He was seldom obliged to look through them during the day, and their only duty at night was to provide ventilation, and even that was characteristically meager. He was a man of habit, not habits. A pipe at night was his only form of dissipation. It was not too far for him to walk home from the office of evenings, and he Invariably did so unless the weather was eitremely unpleasant So methodical was he that he never had walked over any other bridge than the one in Wells street coming and going. Past sixty-five years of age, Droom's hair still was black and snaky, bis teeth were as yellow and jagged as they were in the seventies, and bis eyes were as blue and ugly as ever. He had not aged with James Bansemer. In truth, he looked but little older than when we made his acquaintance. The outside world knew no more of Droom's private transactions than it knew of Bansemer's. Up in the horrid little apartment in Wells street the queer old man could do as he willed, unobserved and unannoyed. He could pursue his experiments with strange chemicals, he could construct odd devices wUh his kit of tools, and he could let off an endless amount of inventive energy that no one knew he possessed. When he left Graydon Bansemer on the sidewalk in front of the office building be swung off with his long strides toward the Wells street bridge. His brain had laid aside everything that had occupied its attention during office hours and had given itself over to the project that hastened his steps homeward. His supper that nhrbt was a small one and hurriedly eaten in order that be might get to work on his new device. Droom grinned and cackled to himself all alone up there in the lamplight for he was perfecting an "Invention" by which the honest citizen could successfully put to rout the "holdup" man tbat has made Chicago famous. Ellas Droom's Inventive genius unfailingly led him toward devices that could inflict pain and discomfiture. His plan to get the better of the wretched, hard working- holdup man was unique, if not entirely practical. He was constructing "The models for " two little bulbs, made of rubber and lined with a material that would resist the effects of an acid, no matter bow powerful. On one end of each bulb, which was capable of holding at least an ounce of liquid, there was a thin syringe attachment, also proof against acids. These little bulbs were made so that they could be held In the palm of the hand. By squeezing them suddenly a liquid could be shot from the tube with considerable force. The bulbs were to contain vitriol. When the holdup man gave the com mand to "hold up your hands," the victim had only to squeeze the bulb as the bands went up, and if accurately aimed the ..miscreant woajA, cat .ta

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stream or the deadly 'vitriolic fluid ia his eyes and here endeth the first les- ( son. Experience alone could do the rest Young Bansemer hurried to tbelt apartments on the north side. He found his father dressed and ready to go out to dinner. "Well, how was everything today?" asked James Bansemer from his easy chair in the library. Graydon threw his hat and gloves on the table. "Terribly dull market governor," he said. lfs been that way for a week. How are you feeling?" "Fit to dine with a queen." answered the older man, with a smile. "How soon can you dress for dinner. Gray?" "Tbat depends on who is giving the dinner." "Some people you like. I found the note here when I came in a little after 5. We have an hour in which to get over there. Can you be ready?" "Do you go security for the affair?" asked Graydon. "Certainly. You have been there, my boy, and I've not heard you complain." "You mean over at" "Yes; that's where I mean." said the other, breaking In quietly. "I think I can be ready in ten minutes, father." While he was dressing his father sat alone and stared reflectively at the small blue gas blaze in the gate. A dark, grim smile unconsciously came over his face, tfie inspiration of a triumphant Joy. Twice he read the dainty note that met him on his return from the office. "What changes time can make la woman." he mused, "and what changes a woman can make in time! For nearly a year I've waited for this note. I knew it would come; it was bound to come. Graydon has had everything up to this time, while I have waited patiently in the background. Now It U

my turn." "All right father," called Graydon from the hall. "The cab is at the door." ToRether they went down the steps, arm in arm. strong figures. "To Mr. David Cables," ordered Bansemer, the father, complacently as be stepped Into the carriage after his son. CHAPTER VII. AMES BANSEMER had not recklessly rushed into Mrs. Cable's presence with threats of exposure; but ou the contrary, ho had calmly, craftily wait ed. It suited his purpose to let her wonder, dread and finally develop the trust that her secret was safe with him. Occasionally he had visited the Cable box in the theater, not infrequently he had dined with them In the downtown cafes and at the homes of mutual acquaintances, but this was the first time that James Bansemer had enjoyed the hospitality of Frances Cable's home. His son. on the best of terms with their daughter, was a frequent visitor there. There was a rare bump of progressiveness in the character of Graydon Bensemcr. He was good looking enough beyond doubt and there was a vast degree of personal magnetism about him. It seemed but natural tbat he should readily establish himself as a friend and a favorite of the fair Miss Cable. For some time James Bansemer had watched bis son's progress with the Cable family, not once allowing his personal Interest to manifest itself. It was but a question of time until Mrs. Cable's suspense and anxiety would bring her to hi in one way or another. Every word that fell from the lips of his son regarding the Cables held his attention, and it was not long before be saw the family . history as clearly as though it were an open book, and he knew far more than the open book revealed. Frances Cable was not deluded by his silence and aloofness. But she was unable to devise means to circumvent him. Constant fear of his power to crush lurked near her day and night Conscious of her weakness, but eager to have done with the strife, sometimes she longed for the enemy to advance. At first she .distrusted and despised the son. but bis very fairness battered down the barriers of prejudice, and reel admiration succeeded. Her husband liked him Immensely, and Jane was his ablest ally. David Cable regarded him as one of the brightest young men on the stock exchange and predicted tbat come day be would be an influential member of the great brokerage firm for which be now acted as confidential clerk. Mr. Clegg, the senior member of the firm of Clegs. Groll & Davidson, his employers, personally had recommended young Bansemer to Cable, and be was properly impressed. Graydon's devotion to Jane did not go unnoticed. This very condition should have assured Mrs- Cable that James Bansemer had kept her secret zealously. There was nothing to Indicate that the young man knew the story of the foundling. It was not until some weeks after the chance meeting in nooley's theater tbat Mrs. Cable came into direct con-, tact with James Bansemer's design She bad met him at two or three formal affairs, but tbeir conversations had been of the most conventional character. On the other hand, her husband had lunched and dined at the dub with the lawyer. At first she dreaded the outcome of these meetings, bat as Cable's attitude toward her remained unchanged she began to realize that Bansemer, whatever his purpose, was loyaL They met at last quits Informally at Mrs. Clegg! dinner, a small and congenial affair. When the men cams Into the drawing room after the cigars Mrs. Cable, with not a little trepidation, motioned to Mr. Bansemer to dxajK-sa. Ms, air ht&iArir (Continued.)

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