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try ic. V t5!6e "Blazed By STEVTAILT EDWAR-D - WHITE ' S3 to S3' 3 """t Oopyrtfbt, 1808, toy Stewart Edward J2 White ft CHAPTER XYIIL ; E ENDING the call of trial Thorpe took a three weeks'' vacation to .visit his sister. Time, filled with excitement and responsi bility, had erased from his mind the bitterness of their parting, v Now he found himself so impatient ; that be could hardly wait to gettherel. 4 He learned on. his arrival that she - was not at home. Mrs. Renwick proved not nearly so cordial as the' year be fore, but Thorpe, absorbed- in his ea gerness, did not notice It Mrs. Ren wick thought Helen had gone over to the Hugheses.- r-T , . Thorpe found the Hughes residence without difficulty and " turned up the straight walk to the veranda. On the steps of the latter a rug had been spread. "A dozen youths and maidens lounged on its soft surface. Thorpe, as he approached the light from a tall lamp Just inside the hall, hesitated, vainly trying to make out the figures before "him. ; ' So It was , that Helen Thorpe saw him first and came fluttering to meet ' film, . . v "Oh, Harry! What a surprise!" she . cried, and flung her arms about his neck to kiss him. "How do you do, Helen?" he replied sedately. This was the meeting he had an ticipated so long. The presence of others brought out In him irresistibly the repression of public display' which was so strong an element of his ca reer. '.'; A little chilled, Helen turned to in troduce him to her friends. He took a place on the steps and sat without saying a word all the evening. There was nothing for him to say. These young people talked thoughtlessly, as young people do, of the affairs belong ing to their own little circle. ' He had thought pine and forest and the trail - so long that he found these square el bowed subjects .refusing to-be Jostled aside by any trivialities. He took Helen- back to Mrs. Ren wick's about 10 o'clock. They walked slowly beneath the broad leaved ma pies, whose shadows danced under the " tall electric lights, and talked." "How have you done, Harry 7 she inquired anxiously. "Your letters have been so vague." "Pretty well." he replied. "If things go right I hope some day to have a better place for you than this." - Her heart contracted suddenly. It - was all she could do to keep from bursting Into tears. The indefiniteness of his answer exasperated her and fill r ed her with, sullen despair. She. said nothing for twenty steps. Then: "Harry," she said quietly, "can you take me away from MrS. Ren wick's?" "I don't know, Helen. I can't tell yet Not Just now, at any rate." -i - "Harry," she ".cried, you don't know what you're doing. I tell you I can't stand Mrs. Renwick ' any longer. I know you've worked hard and that you'd give me more if you could. But so have I worked hard. NoW we ought to change tQs In some way. I raff get a -position as teacher or some other work somewhere. Won't you let me do that?" Thorpe was thinking that it would be easy enough to obtain Wallace Carpen ter's consent to his taking 51,000 from the profits of the ar. But he knew also that the struggle in the courts might need every cent the new com pany could spare. It would look much better were be to wait until after the verdict If favorable, there would be no difficulty about sparing the money. If adverse, there would be no money to . spare. And so until the thing was ab solutely certain be hesitated to explain the situation to Helen for fear of dis appointing her. "I think you'd better wait Helen," said be. "There 'II be time enough, for - all that later when It becomes neces- .' sary." . : ,' "And In the meantime stay with Mrs. ; Renwick?" flashed Helen. "Tes. I hope it win not have to be for ."Very long.", , . -j: "How long do you think, Harry T pleaded the glrL ' r , "That depends on drcumstances,"re plled Thorpe. "Oh!" she cried Indignantly. "Harry," she ventured after a time, "why not write to Uncle Amos? Hte wanting us to come to him seems to me very generous." . . "You will do nothing of the kind." commanded Thorpe sternly. :"Aiuo iTborpe' Is an unscrupulous man who became unscrupulously rich. He deUb ; erately used our father as a tool and then destroyed him. -I consider that any one of our family who would have anything to do with him Is a traitor!" The girl did not reply ' - "" Next morning' Thorpe ' felt 'uneasily - repentant for his strong language. Aft f r ail, the girl did lead a monotonous life, ared he could not bhuneher for re-' belling against it Troin time .to. 'time. Her remarks had been born of "'the r " bellion; they had ' meant nothing" 'in i themselves, -.He could not doubt for a moment her loyalty to the family. ' 3 That night hewtote Wallace Carpen-" ter for $1,000. j ', ; Wallace Carpenter was hot In" town. 4 Before the letter had followed him to j his new address and! the. answer had i returned a week had passed. Of course 1 the money was gladly put atThorpe't idianoaaL The latter at once inter- I Viwi& fcls sister: r -Helen," he said; "I fc&re slid a MMMmnnhi for some money. some money. would yon like to do this year? . She raised tier bead . and looked at elm wtta jclear. bright If b could so easily raise the money, .why had he not done so before? Be anew how much she wanted It Her happi ness did not count. Only, when his quixotic Ideas of family honor were at tacked did he bestir himself. : I am going to XJaela AmosY she re nlied distinctly. Wnat? asked Thorpe Incredulously. J For answer she pointed to a letter ly- lng on the table. Thorpe took it and read: - .. ' ' ';' My Dear NieceBoth Mrs. Thorpa and myself more than rejoice ina umi ua reflection hare removed that, I muat con fess, natural prejudice which the unfor tunate family affair., to which I will not aUude, raised In your mind against us. As we said long aao, our home la yours when you may wish to make it so. You state your present readiness to corns Im mediately. Unless you wire to the con trary we shall expect you next . Tuesday .vninv on the 4:49 train. I shall be at the Central station myself to meet you. If your brother Is now with you I should be pleased to see him also and will be most happy to give him a position with the firm. Aff. your uncle, --v A AMOS THORPE. f New York, June ft, 18S3. f- r : On flnifihine the last Darajrraph the reader crumpled the letter and threw It into the grate. "I am sorry that you did that Hel en," said he, "but I donx blame you, and it can't be helped. We won't need to take advantage-of his 'kind offer now' "I Intend to do so, however," replied the girl coldly. - ; "What do you mean?" "I mean,"-she cried, "that I am sick of waiting on your good pleasure. I waited and slaved and stood unbear able things for two years. I did It cheerfully, and in return I don't get a civil word, not a decent explanation, not even a-caress!" She fairly sobbed out the last word. "I can't stand It any longer. .1 have tried and tried and tried, and then when I've come to you for the littlest word of encouragement you have told me I was young and ought to finish my education. You haven't a cent when it Is a question of what I want but you raise money quick enough when your old family is Insulted. Isn't it my family too? And then you blame me because, after "BcCen," said TJiorpe, with ne6 energy. waiting in vain for two years for yen to do something. I start out to do the best I can for myself. Tm not of age, but you're not my guardian." -During this long speech Thorpe had stood motionless, ' growing paler and paler. Like' most noble natures, when absolutely. In the right he was Incapa ble of defending himself against mis understandings. ' "You know that is not true, Helen," he replied, almost sternly. . "It is true," she asseverated, "and Fin through." :i "It's a little hard," said Thorpe, pass ing his hand wearily before his eyes, "to work hard this way for years and then" v., .' She laughed with a hard little note of scorn. - "Helen," said Thorpe, with new ener gy, "I forbid you to have anything to to with Amos Thorpe. I think be is a scoundrel and' a sneak." ' , . T shaU do as I please," she replied, crossing her hands behind her. Thorpe's eyes darkened. " "We have talked this over a great many times," he warned, "and you've always agreed with me. Remember, you owe something to the famUy." "Host, cf tiie. family seem to owa sometning," ane replied, with a mp. -ant laugh. Tm sure I didn't choose the family. If I had Td have picked out a better one." "You may take your choice, Helen," he said formally. "If you go into the' household of Amos Thorpe, If you de liberately prefer your comfort to your honor, we will have nothing more in common." .j ,.v-.f - - They faced each other with the "cool, deadly glance tf the race, so similar In appearance, but so unlike in nature. vItoo, offer you a borne, such as It is," repeated the man "Choose." . At the mention of the home for which means - were so quickly, forthcoxning When Thorpe, not she, considered It needful, :.the4 girrs eyes ' flashed. She stooped'and dragged violently from be neath the bed a flat steamer trunk,' the ua of which she threw open.- A dress lay on the bed. .With a fine gesture she folded the garment and laid it in the bottom of the trunk. Then she. knelt and " without another ' glance at ; her brother standing rigid at the door be- can f feSinstfr to arrafi3 tni twos. ' -Th &&Awks made. lie turned and went out." - r '-";VV'. -"y'v." i:-:V:' CHAPTER XIX. ; Thorpe there could " be no halfway measure. He saw that the rupture with his sister was final, and the thrust attacked him in one of his few unprotected; points. At first the spring of his life seemed broken. He did not care for money and at present disappointment had numbed his . Interest in the game. it seemed hardlyworth the candle. Then in a few days he began to look about him mentally. Unconsciously the combative Instinct was aroused. In lack of other object-on which to expend Itself Thorpe's fighting spirit turned with energy to the subject of the law suit - ' After his sister left the Renwlcks Thorpe himself went to Detroit where he interviewed at once Northrop, the brilliant young lawyer whom the firm had engaged to defend its case.-7 "Fm afraid we have no show," he re plied to Thorpe's question- "You see, you fellows were on the wrong side of the fence in trying to enforce the law yourselves. Of course jrou may well say that justice , was all on your side. That does not count The only recourse recognized for Injustice lies In the law courts. I'm afraid yon are due to lose your case." r . . "Well," said Thorpe, "they can't prove much damage." "I don't expect that they will be able to procure a very heavy Judgment" re plied Northrop. "Thcfacts I shall be able to adduce will cut down damages. But the costs will be very heavy." "Yes," agreed Thorpe, And," then pursued Northrop, with a lrv smile, "they practically own Sherman. You may be in for contempt of court at their instigation. As I un derstand it they are trying rather to Injure you than to get anything" out of It themselves." "That's It" nodded Thorpe. "In other words, ifs a case for.com- promise. "Just what I wanted to get at," said Thorpe, with satisfaction. .now: an swer me a question. Suppose a man injures government or state land by trespass. The land Is afterward bought by another party. Has the latter any claim for damage against the trespass er? Understand me, the purchaser bought after the trespass was commit ted." ::" :. r" k- "Certainly," answered Northrop with out hesitation, "provided suit is brought within six, years of the time the tres pass was committed.' "Good! Now, see here. These M. St D. people stole about a section of gov ernment pine up on that 'river, and don't believe they've ever bought In the land it stood on. In fact I don't believe they suspect that any one knows they've been stealing. How would it do If I were to buy that sec tion at the land office and threaten to sue them for the value of the pine that originally stood on it?" The lawyer's eyes glimmered behind the lenses of his pince-nez. "It would do very well Indeed," he replied, "but you'd have to prove they did the cutting, and youll have to pay experts to estimate the probable amount of the timber. How much, on broad guess, would you estimate the timber to come to?" . There ought to be eight or ten mil lions." 'guessed Thorpe after an in slant's silence, "worth Jn the stump anywhere from sixteen to twenty thou sand dollars. It would cost me only eight hundred to buy It" "Do so by all means. Get your doc uments and evidence all in shape and let me have them, ril see that the suit Is discontinued then." The next day Thorpe took the train north. By the time he had bought the sixteen 'forties constituting the section. searched out a dozen witnesses to the theft and spent a week with the Mar quette expert in looking over the ground be had fallen into the awing of work again. His experience still ached. but dully, Only how he possessed -no Interests outside of those in the new. country, no affections save the half protecting, good na tuned comradeship with Wal lace, the mutual self restraint respect that subsisted between Tim Shearer and himself and the dumb unreason ing dog liking he shared with Injun Charley. His eye became clearer and steadier, his- methods more simple and direct The taciturnity of his mood re doubled In thickness. He - was less charitable to failure on the part of sub ordinates. And the new firm on the Ossawinamakee prospered. TO BE CONTINUED. DemocraticConvention a R.ecord Breaker. : Continued from page L in a way to convince his interrogator that he expected to be able, to support ootn platform and ticket. - : : ; i Former Senator Pettigrew We have preparea a treatise rather than a plat form and have proceeded in producing1 a large volume without saying any thing; . . . Senator Hill and W- J. Bryan came out together and both were smiling. Mr. Bryan said to the news paper men: "Now boys be sure to get Hill' plat form right," and Hill retorted with a laugh: v" v. ' MI think that weVill hme to share honors on that." 4 . . : Mn Bryan said: s ... 41 We are all satisfied; ; We have all wanted some things putin'X that the committee has rejected, but on the whole, the document is perlectly satis factory. You know you can't get every thing you want."- - v. Senator HU1 said:' I am perfecUy satisfied. Of course m there are thing that t wanted In,: and thought should go in, but IT politics, t la giveand take and, I am taking, i should have liked to have seen an ex pression on finances in the platform but the majority thought otherwise, and neither Mr. Bryan's plank nor mine waiadopted. You will remember that the New York State convention mace no mention of the financial question, and this platform Is similar. We did not put In an income tax plank, and we changed only slightly the tariff plank.! "Will Judge Parker stand on the platform as drawn?" was asked. 'I do not see why not I am said to m ' be one of his. friends," he anEwereo, smllinp, "and I have said l am satis fied." .: ,--v;'"" : Despite Senator Hill's optimistic views of the situation, there were many expressions of strong disapproval in the Parker headquarters by delegates.. One man said: Parker can not stand for such a platform, and if he ia nominated he will be compelled to deal with the financial queston In his letter of acceptance. ' Of this statement, Cord Myer, the chairman of the New York state demo cratic committee, said: y 'Something like that will have to be done or we will not be able to carry New York." The anti-Parker people were jubilant over the matter wnen tney neara toe d ft position of the financial plank. Charles F. Murphy said: - VI don't think the decision of the committee has improved Parker's chances,' but, of course, nobody knows Judge Parksr's views. , It was said at Tammany's headquar ters today that at a meeting of the anti- Parker forces last night, Mr. Bryan had stated that he would willingly "ac cept either Olney, of Massachusetts, or Gray of Deleware, as a compromise candidate, and that George Fred Wil liams had said that be would accept Olney. The Parker people are confi dent that they will nominate on the second ballot, if not on the first, but to this the anti-Parker people take excep tions. : - . , - Charles Towne said today: -"We still control more than a third of the delegates, and if they stick to the third or fourth ballot, you will a jump to some candidate other than Parker.'! V . "Will it be McClellan?" "Well, if it is, some other state must start it. We cannot, as we are in structed for Parker." August Belmont said he was satisfied that the platform " was one on which Judge Parker could stand. He said: I have always been quite willing to have a platform without aoy financial plank in It. I believe the people have finally settled the matter, and it is sup erfluous for any party to merely reiter ate." . V'1 - Former Governor Thomas of . Colora do, said: -r . ." ' "IS ucceeded in securing the incorpora tion of the greater part of my labor de- clartions, and on the whole, I am satis fied with the platform." John Sharp Williams, who made the original draft of the platform, said "I am delighted with it." Louis, July 9. Chief Justice Alton B, Parker, of the New JTora state court of appeals was nominated at about fifteen minutes to aix o clock this morning for Preaideut of the United States by the dem ocratic national convention. x But one rol call ensued and so decisive was the result or tnat one mat couirary stales began to ca1! for recognition and the ballot finally resulted In an unanimous vole for the New xork statesman. Tne scene was dramatic in the extreme. Darkness had witnessed the gathering . of . . the democratic hosts. while broad daylight, the sun paling the electric light, witnessed the close. The convention was in session from eight o'clock last night until nearly six o'clock this morning. In. that time eight, names were presented to the convention," Nomi nating and , seconding speeches innumer able we made and as daws appeared it be came necessary to limit the seconding speacnes to four minutes each. An erten sion was made in the case of William J. Bryan," who in one ot the most dramatic situations ever witnessed in a political gath ering addressed, the convention, : and con cluded by seconding the nomination of Sen. ator Francis 11 Cockrell, "the faorits son" candidate from Missoun. Mr. Bryan re ceived the third great ovation accorded during the convection. His speech was an impassioned appeal to the delegates to give the party a candidate who hadoted the democratic ticket4 in 1896 and 1900. 4 He spoke on behalf of the Nebraska delegation, which , be said, had no candidate to present or favors to ask, but wanted a candidate whose neminatKHi would not prove a triumph for one "faction over another vHe suggested flearst if the convention thought best, then former Gov ernor Pattison, of Pennsylvania and finaUy created a surprise in the convention by de claring for Senator Cockrell. Ietrfed Ilrrma. The thousands of cheering persona appar ently converted Mr. Bryan to .the belief that Senator CockreU's chances of nomina; tion were greater than other favorite son candidates. The Nebraskan gained recogni tion soon after the Cockrell demonstration and in a speech directed undoubtedly in an effort to defeat Parker made his electrifiy ing plea for the anti-Parker forces to rally. uc was given we closest attention. The j great convention which.the police and ser-1 geiDt-4Lt-arms were ; powerless to control listened as though every word was a per sonal message to each person, as if a hyp notic spell had been cast over the throng. But when it was aT oer the Parker forces had not been shaken.'v;? r-'pt. Parker if miiaated. ' 7-v..',.Vt The ballot for President gave Parker 658 votes out of 'the 667 needed to nominate and before the result could be announced Idaho, Nevada, Washington and others made changes to the Parker column. Gov ernor Dockery ofMissouri, moved to make the nomination unanimous and it carried amidst increasing cheers. The result of the ballot was never announced tfficially and it is not likely that it ever will be. The convention took a recess yesterday until eight o'clock last night for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee on resolutions. The report was received and adopted by a viva voce vott, . Nominations were immediately proceed ed with. , Alabama yield to New York and Judge Parker's was the first presented to the convention. After that, Hearst, Gray, Cockrel'. Wall, Williams, Olney and Mills were named in speeches which took nearly the entire night. In the end all the claims of the Parker bad within few votes of enough to nominate and these were forth coming. The speeches which had - been cheered so long- and loudly had neither made nor lost a vote. The Porker forces. under perfect organization, remained serene. - BOMB THROWN INTO THE CAMP Telegram from Judge Parker Causes Great Excitement in Demo cratic Convention. .." The democratic national convention wu late Saturday afternoon turned from the even tenor of its way by the report that Jodge Parker had sent a telegram saying that a gold plank should be inserted in the platform, tr that he was in favor of a gold standard declaration and that the delegates thou Id know it so that if they so desired an r candidate should be named. Convention Hail, 9:45 p. m. The folloir- J ing is the text of the telegram addressed to Win. P. Sheehan: -Hon. W. P. Sheehan, Hotel Jefferson, U Louis: . .. r' I regard the gold standard as firmly and irrevocably established and shall act accord ingbr if the action of the convention today shall be ratified by the people. As the plat form is silent on the subject, my views should be made known to the convention and if it i proved to be unsatisfactory to the majority I request you to decline the nomi nal ton for me at once so that ' another may be nominated before adjournmenL ; V M ' A. it Parker. 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Ti"i rung 00 said platfornu" " ,:: '- There was wild excitement in the l,a find. haiWre the arf lal at F " IIWVI Hlf ncage wese made known, but a happy so!u. lion of the matter wag fanally t;i abore recited in the convention's the nominee. reply to VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis . West Virginia, Named by of Unanimous Vote. St. Louis, July 10. Immediately f0j. lowing the disposition of the Parker telegram Chairman Clark directs that the roll should be called on th nomina of a candidate for the vice-preidf.n(.v The final result of the ballot was Un. officially: Williams, 165; Turner, loo Davis, 654; Harris, 58. Iowa did not vote. The nomination of Davis was made unanimous. . : " Delegate John Lamb, of Indiana, mov. ed that the Democratic national com mittee be authorized to fill any vacan cy that might occur on tne national ticket. The motion was adopted. A resolution naming and thanking, the officers of the convention was also adopted alsfr James K. Jones and the outgoing national committee. Chairman Camp Clark and tempo rary Chairman " John Sharp Williams were made -respectively chairman of the committees to notify Jndije Parker and ex-Senator Davis of this nomina tion. ,' It was also announced that the new national committee would meet in New York on a date to be fixed by the chair man. ' " - Senator McCreary, of Keu tacky, pre. sided in the closing moments of the convention. A resolution of thank?! t3 j JosePb W- Baile of TexaS f or the able matter in which he presided over the convention was agreed to. At 1:31 o'clock Senator McCreary ad journed ihe -convention sine die the band play ine 'Auld Laog Syne.' ao" : Dixie Planer and Matcher, -" Manufactured by GAO.dr.1 inon vorks. j WllttfTOIIALBII, N. r. J3Ive Us Carpet UK Trial Order. CtpsrbSt 0. CiriCIMATI, CH10. 4 . ".-