Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 225, 27 September 1908 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND STJN-TELEGRA3I, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 100$

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. . PuMismd and owned by the PALLADIUM PRINTING CO. Issued 7 da; each week, evening and Sunday morning. Orftee Corner North 9th and A street. Home Phone 1121. Bell 21. RICHMOND. INDIANA. Rndnlph O. Leeds Managing Editor. C'knrlc 31. Morgan -Bualneaa Manager. O. Owes Knho Swl Editor.

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In Richmond $3.00 per year ln ad' vance) or 10c per week. MAIL. SUBSCRIPTIONS. One year, in advance Blx months. In advance One month. In advance......... RURAL. ROUTES. One rear, In advance. ........ filx months. In advftncB .$5 00 . 2.60 . .45 ,.$200 On month. In advance... 25 Addrsa changed as (ten as desired; bath new and old addresses must be given. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should given for a specified term; name, wlU .not be entered an til payment Is received. Entered at Richmond. Indiana, pototfice as second class mall matter. REPUBLICAN TICKET. NATIONAL TICKET. For . PresidentWILLIAM HOWARD TAFT of Ohio. For Vice-President JAMES S. SHERMAN of New York. STATE. Governor James e. watson. Lieutenant Governor FREMONT C. GOODWINS. Secretary of State FRED A; SIMS. Auditor of State JOHN C. BILLHEIMER. Treasurer of State OSCAR HADLEY. -Attorney General JAMES BINGHAM. State Superintendent LAWKSNCE McTURNAN. . estate Statistician J. L. PEETZ. 4 Judge of Supreme Court QUINCY A. MYERS. ' Judge of Appellate Court , DAVID MYERS. Reporter of Supreme Court GEORGE W. SELF. DISTRICT. Congress WILLIAM O. BARNARD. COUNTY. Joint Representative ALONZO M. GARDNER. Representative WALTER S. RATLIFF. Circuit Judge HENRY C. FOX. ' Prosecuting Attorney CHAS. L. LADD. Treasurer ALBERT ALBERTSON. Sheriff LINUS P. MEREDITH. Coroner DR. A: I BRAMKAMP. Surveyor k ROBERT A. HOWARD. Recorder WILL J. ROBBINS. Commissioner Eastern Dist HOMER FARLOW. Commissioner Middle Dist. BARNEY H. LINDERMAN. Commissioner Western Dist ROBERT N. BEESON. WAYNE TOWNSHIP. Trustee JAMES H. HOWARTH. Assessor CHARLES E. POTTER. UNCLEARED. Those who thought that Foraker would really clear himself have been disappointed. Foraker has not dis pelled the charges against him so fab. All that he has done is to show his un mitigated hatred of Taft and Roosevelt. Not only does he show his ha tred, but tries to do as much damage as he can to Taft and Roosevelt In amount of damage he has failed signal ly, in yellowness he has succeeded beyond the point which Haskell attained by calling Roosevelt a "damned ras cal " Foraker and Haskell both ap pear to follow the device known in log ic as "adhominem." which translated into plain American is, "when you haven't a case, abuse the opposing counsel." It is matter of common knowledge that Foraker was well disposed toward the Standard and to all appearances Is

, still so. He was one of the senators who fought the administration at every turn and the fact that he voted for such measures as passed was not due to his interest In them but because of Roosevelt's efforts. Not only that, but Foraker later came out into open conflict with the administration which was so earnestly fighting abuses. Foraker did not vote for the rate bill be- ' cause he wanted to fight and discredit Roosevelt The rate bill is one of the monuments of Roosevelt's administraticn. ' , ' What is the conclusion? The conclusion Is that notwithstanding Foraker's announcements that he was under no obligation to the "Interests," he was none the less the foe of the administration that fought them. Therefore, when he announces that he is still the foe of that administration he "Y.

only confirms the belief that he still ;

has some understanding with the corporate interests which are Intent on law breaking. It is worthy of notice that as yet there has been no denial or repudiation of the letters which Hearst has read,, by the Standard Oil company. The Inability of Foraker to satisfactorily explain why he returned money to the company, the weakness of his memory in regard to the $ 50,000 deal, the fact that letters which were sent to him by the Standard are not on his record, so does not make out good case for him. Checks are not bo plentiful for $50,000 to be forgotten. Letters on file or not on file in Foraker's possession do not prove anything. An incriminating letter Is easily forgotten and easily destroyed. It may yet be that Foraker will prove himself guiltless he has not yet done so. Foraker's demeanor of attacking Others Instead of clearing himself will not do him good it does a service to the people by showing the enmity between Taft and himself. Such charges as Foraker brings riding in a private car with a trust magnate does not show anything. Taft paid his fare. The charge that Taft recommended a man who had been a corporation lawyer, does not prove anything. Although the man was never appointed, it is worthy of note that the very men who have been the most successful prosecutors of the trusts are men who were previously corporation lawyers. If Foraker had aided instead of attacked the legislation urged by Roosevelt against the trusts, today Foraker would not have been discredited. Foraker's desertion of the Standard as an enemy of the republic and his service In fighting it, would have made his name honored instead of the yellow and smirched one which he now bears, still uncleared. HIGH SCHOOL FRATERNITIES. No one can have failed to notice the disturbance which is going on all over the country in regard to the high school "frat" The high school fraternity is the aping of the college fraternity of course In a way it Is Just as natural to the adolescent as the wearing of stxalled "college clothes" and the Jaunty swagger which the youth confidently believes is indicative of the real collegian. But as regards to high school fra ternities and college fraternities there is a demascatlon so strong that only those who know nothing of colleges can fall to see the difference. The Greek letter society of the col lege Is of honorable origin and of prosperous growth. The college fraternities number among their ' members, presidents, statesmen, diplomats, not ed divines, men of letters, financiers and educators. These men are as proud of their college fraternities as the societies are of them. There must be a reason for the growth, strength and the honorable place that these societies hold. The college fraternity wields a pow erful influence for good in the college. No reputable fraternity will counten ance grave immorality and the fraternity in Its actual workings has kept many a youth in college by subduing his craving for sowing wild oats. Moreover as one of the most important functions of college life is in real ity the making of friends, the fraternity acts as a powerful means ot bringing into the closest association men of the most diverse tastes who would otherwise never meet It gives the merely athletic fellow an appreciation for thing3 which he is to often a scoffer at On the other hand It keeps the real student from being a book worn. It Is a humanizing in fluence and works on the well known theory ot association. . It is often urged that the college fraternity is of aristocratic and Snobbish tendencies. Aristocratic in the sense that it gathers in the most de sirable students from, all points of view it certainly is, but snobbish is it very rarely. Snobbery has usually in this country, to do with money. Mere money can not buy its way into the college fraternity. The society takes In men rich and poor, athletic and literary and gives them a common in terest These men work for the glory of their alma mater and it is no un common thing to see the societies band together to help the college. In a small college cot two hundred miles from here the fraternities gave J10,000 each to the college for domltories. And so it goes. But the high school fraternity has no such reason for being. The fraternity is rarely if ever founded for uniting but purely for social reasons, T "frat" when it is nothing more dangerous than a "gang" to play pranks, developes into a means of in subordination. The fraternity has no place in tie high school. Its members grasp merely the outer shell of sec recy and plus and are content .The high ideals of the college fraternity dwindle Into a hodge podge of foolishness, a great air of mystery, a mistaken Bense of self importance and to a certain extent are snobbish in their tendencies. , Nothing can be more different than

the two things which to .all outward

appearances are as muc alike as the high school boy can make them. Few members of a college fraternity be it known to the comfort of the high school lad view the high school "frat" with respect nor have any sympathy with the movement A NEW ERA. The Fall Festival brings Richmond and Wayne county to a period when they must take an invoice and make plans for the future. None of us can remember when Wayne included the State of Michigan and Richmond was Invisible to the eye. Our eyes are blinded to mater ial progress. It is a psychological fact that one can not perceive the move ment of the minute hand of a watch. It is equally true that the dwellers of community can not see the immediateimprovement That is the reason for those men who say; "Richmond is dead; we shall never make any more progress." The pessimists, however, must have their eyes opened. History repeats itself. Fifty years ago the proprietors of the Richmond Palladium got out a directory of the young town. This directory contains a history of Richmond up to that time. The compiler remarks: "We have already said that in the year 1824, Richmond contained 453 inhabitants. The writer remembers that at that time 'there were croakers among us, (as they were called) and the language of these was, 'Richmond has reached Its zenith there is nothing to keep it up now you'll begin to 6ee it decline. "But" says the conmentor, "now a new era was about to dawn on Richmond." The Fall Festival marks the begin ning of another new era. It means business regeneration. It means a larg er, better, busier, Richmond. It is an answer to those who are "croakers among us." Observers of civic life have come to but one conclusion in regard to such affairs as the Fall Festival. They are the only means by which a city may help itself. The reason is plain. If be system of modern advertising has any lesson to cities it is that they must show themselves wide awake and enterprising. Advertise. A city can not be transported from place to place people must be brought to see it We have a beautiful city, good streets, beautiful parks and healthy surroundings. Our schools, our churches, our mun icipal institutions, the library, Earlham college everything ranks above the other towns of our class. What Richmond must demonstrate and is demonstrating Is that her fac tories, her stores and the farms of the county are superior to all others. Richmond can do it t.nd that Is what the Fall Festival means. This awakening of Richmond is the beginning of a new era. , This must be recognized by all of us and it will be noted by the future historian of Richmond. Richmond wishes to be the hostess of all her friends. sh win ho , fcW ct, home" on October 6, 7, and 8. Rich mond extends a hearty welcome to all her guests. She has "set aside a larce fund for their entertainment To those of her friends who are out of town and the farmers of Wayne county in particular, Richmond wishes to demonstrate that she is the real business center of Eastern Indiana. She wishes her friends to know of her supremacy in manufactures , of her better bargains in trade. In short Richmond announces that she is wide awake and "doing better business at the old stand." LOCAL OPTION WINS. The same bells which announced the passage of the county local option bill, announced the freedom of the State of Indiana frpm brewery predomination. They announced to the people that the people now have the choice of wet or dry counties as they may gee fit They told the people that the republican legislature had stood by the platform of the republican party. The wave of temperance which has swept the country Is an interesting subject It represents not the fanatical and prejudiced attitude which It once was. It stands for the expression of the. people against brewery "dictation, brewery control of politics and for he emancipation of the people. The men who are behind this movement are as much those "who take a glass of beer now and then' as those who never drink. All attempts at "holier than thou" are left out Good citizenship pure and simple is what is represented. It is doubtless true, that in accordance with the growing tendency to make life simpler to avoid the use of things which in the end are disastrous to life, that has actuated the wave of temperance sentiment In the south the movement has been for the protection of white women from ignorant negroes rendered momentarily Insane by poor gin. It ia for the benefit of the negro, too In the great cities there has been a revolt against ring polities.

Ring politics has for its backbone the brewery control which with its myriad tentacles reaches out through the saloons. New York, Chicago, Boston, St Louis, San Francisco, all woke up to the fact that politics in their respective towns were in the hands of peasant saloon keepers owned or owing allegiance to the brewery combine. The fight then began and has continued. That the fight is general only means that the conditions are general. So we in Indiana have taken a part in this fight against brewery domination. The passage of county local option means that but the first victory has been gained the skirmish started. The fight to be successful must not be fanatical. The future welfare" of the state good government and the fight against lawlessness mean that a republican governor and a republican legislature must be elected in November to keep the bill from being repealed. Indiana must be freed from brewery domination and kept so.

What Is Right? Editor Palladium: In a firm belief of your sense of fair play accompanied with an exalted opinion of your standard of Intelligence, I am led to ask sufficient space in the public columns of your paper to propound a few questions on the political muddle with which we as wage earners, are confronted. I would like to suggest that you take upon yourself the responsibility of replying thereto editorially, single or serial. There can be no Question but what the day of red fire and hip, hip, hurrah method of procuring votes is becoming a thing of the past and God speed the day when it shall become absolutely obsolete. There is one set of politicians who advise us that a protective tariff is essential to commercial growth; an other set tells us that such a tariff is the moisture applied to the roots of trusts and combines, creating a growth of such stupendous power as to throttle all competition and prevent the possibility of any prices being created other than what they shall deem proper to set. Then again we are told that a tariff is necessary to enable the employer to pay higher wagese than that of European countries, that we as wage workers may maintain a proper standard of living and If there should be a reduction In the tariff schedule there must necessarily be a proportionate reduction in wages. Against ttiis we have a statement that Engladd under free trade pays higher wages than protectionist France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Holland and Russia, where the population to the square mile is uniform, leaving us to imply that If the same density of population existed in the United States that prevails In Eng land, our protective tariff would be as useless and futile in maintaining waeres as a two-foot board would be to keep the ocean in abeyance Another set of politicians tells us that the foreigner pays the import duty and the justice of tariff Is based on the equity of compelling those who enjoy our markets to pay its propor tion of our revenues Then Uncle Joe Cannon comes back and says, since the foreigner pays nothing to our revenues, it Is only right and Just that our own people should have the exclusive privilege ot the home market and our wage worker the benefits of higher wages created by the tariff. Against that, Tuesday, Mr. Mana han at the coliseum, reasoned that ' tn Pwer of fixing prices led to the advantage of fixing them so high that the purchasing power of the dollar is reduced in proportion to the Increase in prices and we who toil in the shops with a fixed wage have got to concede that in an effort to make both ends mfA. there might be some logic in that method of reasoning. Mr. Editor, we depend very largely on our city papers, as the avenue from which to secure information, and realizing your power and Influence in molding public opinion, and your access to corroborative proof of actual conditions, won't you kindly accept this as a serious suggestion and give us editorially an unbiased version of your consistency In being a Republi-,-cji (professionally or personally), or Democrat, which ever the case may be? Give us some light Yours truly, N. 19th St. . A. B. Richmond. HUGHES TOLD HE IS A CANDIDATE Notification Exercises Last Night. Held New York, Sept 26. Governor I TTue-hea was fnrmsillv nntlflarf nf Vifo - " , , J . . . re-uominauon as ine repuoucan candidate for the office of Governor of the Empire state at a meeting held at the Union League club, Brooklyn, tonight Immediately afterward he opened the state campaign at a meeting held i the Clermont avenue rink undej the auspices of the Brooklyn Young Men's republican club and the Kings county republican organization. It was a rousing reception to the governor, including barrels of red-fir and a parade. Gold Medal Flour caves worry. Korl ft 1 for Indigestion. Palpitation of the heart. Digests what yon eat.

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T AD CONTEST CLOSES,

RUTH DAVIS GETS HIGH VOTE

BY HARD WORK AND MUCH ENTERPRISE SHE DEFEATS HER NEAREST COMPETITOR, MISS Li DA HOPPING MISS DORIS SHESLER WINS IN DISTRICT NO. 7 AND HAS THIRD HIGHEST VOTE.

WANT ADS ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED People of Richmond and Vicinity Find That Palladium Want Ads Are Always Read and Bring Results, Even Though They Be Inxpensive Thousands of Bargains Appear on The Palladium's Want Ad Page.

Last evening at 6 o'clock marked the end of the Palladium and Sun Tele gram Great Classified Ad Contest This contest was one of the most unique ever carried on In Richmond and had attracted general attention since its inauguration in August Following is a list of the winners and the total vote cast for each: Votes ! William Hilling, 1123 Sheridan, District No. 1 290 May Weiss, 120 S. 6th street. Dis trict No. 3 700 Doris Shesler, 24 North Gth street, District No. 7 1.220 Ernest McKay, 102S Main street District No. 8 1.110 Eugene Hay, 403 North 16th street District No. 9 200 Ruth Davis, 818 North H, District No. 10.. .. 1,280 Ruth Davis received the largest vote of any of the contestants in any district Lida Hopping, in the same district has the second largest vote, ifiSO.' Much credit Is due these two girls for their enterprise. They have worked hard and the contest between them has been very interesting from the first Doris Shesler, the winner of the prize in District No. 7, stands third highest in the total vote cast and is far In the lead in her district. Ernest McKay was the only one entered in distrct No. 8. He is the winner of two prizes, the one for his district, and the $5 prize which was offered to the first contestant bringing the first f 10 worth of ads- to this office. The people in and around Richmond have been convinced of the many op portunities offered them t In this paper's Want Ad Page to satisfy their wants. They are realizing more and

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DIAMONDS. By Louis Tracy, .Author of "Winaa of the Morning." "Tr Pillar of Llaht " Etc-

COPYRIGHT. ltO. Br (Continued From Friday.) "Where to? Hblloway? "No; cityward." The clothes and boots were made up in a parcel by this time. Philip hurried away, glad to escape further questioning. Philip sprang Into a bus for the Bank. At the Royal Exchange be would catch a green bus for the Mile End road. It was almost dark when he reached the Bank. Thus far the omnibuses going east were not crowded. Now the situation had changed. The human eddy In that throbbing center of life was sending off Its swirls to all points of the compass, and the eastbound vehicles were boarded by a eager crowd almost before the passengers arriving at the terminus could descend. A poor woman greatly hampered by a baby was struggling with others to obtain a 6eat In the Mile End road bus. Philip, coming late on the scene, saw her swept ruthlessly aside by a number of men and boys. The conductor jerked the bell rope several time. There. was no more room. The woman, white faced and disappointed, looked around with a woebegone expression. Philip, who would have gladly paid for a cab to take her to her destination, dared no nothing of the sort. But he said: ' "Keep close to me. I will get yon a seat In the next bus." "Oh. I wish yon would," she said, with a wan smile, "I am so tired. I have walked here from Shepherd's Bush." "That's a long way to carry a baby." "What could I do? People won't take care of children without payment I heard I could get work In a laundry there, so I went to look after it There's nothing to be had down our way, la there?" Things turn up suddenly." said Fhlllp. "Not for the poor, my lad. I fear you know that without my telling you. But you are young and will soon be a man." Her wistful ton went to his heart "Didn't you succeed at the laundry ?" he Inquired. "Yes; I ought to be thankfuL 1 can earn 9 shillings a week there. I start on Monday." "Isn't your husband at work?" "He Is dead. Poor fellow, he caught cold last Christmas and was buried In January. God only knows how 1 have lived since. If it wasn't for the kindness of neighbors, baby and I would have starved. I can 111 afford this tuppence, but I can't walk any further." "Well, look out now," he said cheertl!y. "Here's our bus." As the vehicle drew up he caught the brass rail with his left hand and ward-

more the inexpenslveness of advertising In this way and the certainty of

results. The Palladium Want Ada are ! tnat ,d commented a man sitting always read. Many people who do not j Mxt to her. read all the news, read the Want Ads. "Better than that he has a good Because there are Bargains thousands ! heart" said Mrs. Wrlgley. Most fortu- ' of them, during the course of months cat Mrs. Wrlgley to have encounterthat everybody is interested In. Get ! ed Thlllp In that hour, which she deemin the habit of turning each day to our j ed the blackest la her life. I classified page, and reading every He hastened through the familiar , Want Ad under the heading that may bustle of the busy thoroughfare with . interest you. heightened expectancy, it is true, but " ; Bear in mind that classified adver-' devoid of the least fear that his meteor tising is the cheapest and easiest and had been discovered. His mother at any time you have a house for rent, care the

for sale or trade, or in fact if there Is anything you want, call phone 1121. : . , . .... and we will be pleased to take your ad and collect later. It Is no trouble at all. Following Is the total vote as It stands in each contest: District No. 1. William Hilling, 1123 Sheridan... 290 District No. 3. May Weiss. 129 South 6th 760 Howard Siekman. 316 S. 6th. ....410 Bessie Smith, 17 S. Sth 210 Ida Corcoran, 17 South . 4th 200 District No. 7. Doris Shesler, 24 North 6th.... 1,220 Rose Mercurio, 1 North 6th...... 470 Charles Morgan. 311 North Sth... 200 District No. 8. Ernest McKay, 102S Main i 10(1 District No. 9. Eugene Hay, 402 N. 16th. 290 Clarence Love, 229 North ISth 220 Russel Guyer, 1514 V4 Main 200 Carl Sleweke, 1413 North B 200 Geo. Pettibone, 409 North 16th.. 200 District No. 10. Lida Hopping. 1322 North' F..... 1.270 Ruth Davis. 818 North H 1,280 Frank Cummins, 800 North 12th.. 200 i EDWARD J. CtODB. ea'oiT'assanants wJhthe bundle Under his right arm. "Quick." he said to the woman as soon as the people inside bad descended. "Jump in." She essayed to do so, but was rudely thrust aside by a young man who had paused on the roof to light a cigarette. Philip sprang onto.the step and butted the young gentleman In the stomach with his parcel, causing the other to sit down heavily on the stairs. The boy caught the woman's arm with his disengaged hand and pulled her up. He dived In after her. "You young roared the discomfited smoker. " 'Ere! Come orf of it," said the conductor. "Why didn't ye git dahn before? D'ye want a lift?" Others bustled the protesting on out of the way. - N "Confound the East End. I say!" h growled as he crossed to the Mansion Boose. "What the deuce Lady Loato llorland wants to keep on sending me to that wretched mews for I can't imagine. Anyway I can tell her this time that the place is empty and will be pulled down next week." And thus It was that Philtp collided with Messrs. Sharp St Smith's clerk, detailed by the anxlons Lady Morland to discover his whereabouts. They met and bumped into each other In th whirlpool of London Just as two ships might crash together by night In midAtlantic and draw apart with ruffled feelings, or scraped paint, which Is th same thing, without 'the slightest knowledge of each other's Identity. Within th omnious tn woman was rolubly grateful. She had a kindly leart and timidly essayed questions as v Philip's relatives, hoping that sh ci;kt make their acquaintance. "I'll be bound, now," sh said, "that rou have a good mother. Yon can always tell what the - parents are Ilk rben yon see the children." "My mother was indeed dear to m," je replied sadly, ajaln driven out of almself by th mournful recollections zhus suddenly Induced, "but sh la lead, lost to me forever." Some people In th bus ceased talkktg. They were attracted by the itrong, clear voice of this unkempt oy, whose diction and enole of words were so outrageously opposed to his raiments. . Luckily the silenc warned Mm or his new friend's sympathy might hare brought about an embarrassing position. "Poor thing! And Is your father lead too? "Yes. He died long ago." "Where do you live now?" "Oh," he said. "I hav been staying in north London, but will lear ther oon, and I have not settled anything definitely at present Where is the Laundry too snoke of? I jrUJ, call some

lay if I may and learn bow you art getting on." "I will be so pleased. It ts a little place In James street the only one there. Ask for Mrs. Wrlgley." "It Is lucky you understand laundry work or things might g hard with

you.She laughed pitifully. "I dont They asked me if I was a washer or aa lroner. I thought wash ing required least experience, so I said I was a washer. I am quick to learn and will watch the other women. It they Sad me out I may be discharged." "Oh, cheer up!" be said pleasantly. "I don't suppos you'll find It very hard." Her voice sank almost to a whisper. "It is not the work I dread, but the surrounding. I was a schoolteacher befor my marriage. Vt husband wae au electrical engineer. We Put all our savings Into a little business, and then the end came." , "Not quite the end. I am only a boy, but I've had nps and downs enough t know that the beginning of next week may be a very different affair to the end of this. Goodby." They were passing the London hospital, and he thought It prudent to alight at some distance from Johnson's Mews. "Well, God bless you, anyhow," she said earnestly. 4 'Ea rot 'is ead screwed on tlsht m , . 2 w I 4JWf jAnwhb"? spirit watched over him wherever he J J w a ,tr.nfr. . Md toll--mi. .sAW.nrAnt her way to praise the goodness of one she had never seen. He laughed Joyously. Mrs. Wrlgley should have further cause to bless his mother's memory. He passed O'Brien's shop, ne saw the old man seated behind the counter. Should be go In? No. Better keep j wholly to himself at present Yet he hesitated. Which was the more Judicious I course, to remain hidden, unknown, or or to drop quietly Into the groovt where he was recognized? With rare petrplcaclty for one so yeunf. he reflected j that only five days had elapned since u last saw tne oia pensioner. I . . . (! t - . . . . . . t . m period ouisea largely in imupm mv. in O'Brien's It would be as naught i VIMMnr tn th MOUl LbOUtrnt. OS en- ... . . & ; .hiw "Glory b to God. PhIL bat It's mlsr'.r is glad to see yr cried his old friend. "Where have ye bin to. at all, t all? Hav yes heard what th murtherla war office Is a ft her doin' to cne? I haven't had a sowl to sphake to about th throabl theyv put on m In m owld age." This was not strictly accurate. O'Brien bad pestered th whole neighborhood with the story of his withhold pension and the preposterous claim mad on him by some red tape enthusiast tn Pall Mall. But hi plaint effectually stopped all further reference to Philip's disappearance. As to the "bit o shtone" that was "naythur alum nor lime," he hadn't a word to say. ' . rhlllp borrowed a spade, a small sweeping brush and a strong sack without evoking the slightest comment from the pensioner, who discoursed Incessantly on the iniquity of the "gwrmlnt" and whoa farewell remark dealt with the attempt to rob him of "a hundred gowlden sovTlnt." Decidedly the boy was In luck's way. He had secured some necessary Implements without attracting any attention. Watching a favorable opportunity, be slipped unseen Into the gloom of Johnson's Mws. H tried the door of No. S. It was locked. He Inserted the key snd entered. The darkness .within was that of utter blindness, but be dumped his Impedimenta on th floor and locked the door behind blm. Then ne groped nis ooudttui patn xo the mantelpiece where he had left s candle and a box of matches. His boots crunched as b went on what he knew to be mostly diamonds, sad he stumbled over th mattress in front of be fireplace. Yes, th eandl was there. Soon be had a light Th tiny gleam lifted the black curtain, and be surveyed bis domain. A single glance showed him that all things remained exactly as be left them on Saturday morning. The packet of letters rested on th LTolta c3aTr, Qe 61Z saclTwti sTuTTW Into th window and th rope that never to b forgotten rope dangled from th hook to which h had fastened tf . - Th sight brought a lump Into bit throat. U sank to his knees, pressed down, hs felt by some superior power. "Mother." he said humbly, "forglv me and ask God to forglv me for what I would hare don were yon net watching over me." , In th spiritual exaltation of th moment he almost expected to find that sweet face peering at him benlgnantly from out th dim background. But be could not see her. and n rose, revivified by this spoken communion with her. He bad no shadow of doubt as to her presence. God to him was th universe and his mother th unquestionable means of communication with th Providence that governed his Ufa. He would die rather than abandon that belief. Were it dispelled from his mind he was quit certain that his wealth would vanish with It It wis no haphazard accident which had sent th diamond laden meteor headlong from th sky. H was despairing, dying. His mother appealed for him, and, heboid! Th very ljsenta that control the world obeyed a mighty behest. ' H began to work methodically. In th first place, he lit a lire, for the evening was chilly; then h ahook his mattress and swept th floor, gathering Into a heap all th tiny particles with which It was Uttered. These he collected in a piece of newspaper and folded them Into a parcel, which again h Inclosed In a stouter sheet of brown paper, finally tying th whole with a yard .of string be. cartel tq hjs pocket (Continued.) Pambtjl: B cur to ns Gold Medal TXtrar. Istsms.

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