-Wmm wITHOOME INCIDENTAL
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SYNOPSIS.
foolish young tenderfoot becomes
with the bold, artful wife or a
Vr.,, ;.n prospector in a western mining
5nw'- Tiiev prepare to elope In a blind
, "i.i'-zaril but are confronted by the
rairm husband. He is shot by the
trite 'out the chivalrous boy pins a
roto-' to the body taking the crime
Sr.,-! himself. In their flight to the
railroad station the woman's horse
cli exhausted: the youth puts her
on own and follows hanging? to the
stirrup strap. Seeing he is an Impedi
ment the woman thrusts her escort into
i grow drift and rides on. Half-frozen
heVmnblos into the railroad station Just
as t' o train bears the woman away.
Twerty-five years later, this man. George
Gorm y. is a multi-millionaire in New
York Ho meets Eleanor Haldane. a
beautiful and wealthy settlement worker,
end co-operates with her in her work.
Oorrr.Tv becomes owner of a steamship
line knd finds himself frustrated in pier
ami track extension plans by grafting al
dermen, backed by the. Gotham Traction
corr.panv. An automobile accident brings
the Hafdanes to his country home. Gorm
Jv announces that he will be mayor of
S'ew York and redeem the city from cor
ruption. Mr. Haldane in a long desired
Interview with Gormly. makes an indirect
proposition to compromise the fight which
the latter has been waging in the news
' ra'rrs- asainst the Gotham Traction com
pany and which Haldane is suspected of
peine the head. Gormly boldly announces
hi plan of campaign to Haldane. Gormly
ridf? to Haldane's place, carrying word
of th auto accident. The next morning
he ro'ers to the ride of the night before
as rn'ld compared to one he experienced
In his bovhood days. The papers an
nounce his candidacy for mayor. The po
litical declaration of the merchant prince
produced a tremendous sensation. The
minority party, seeing in him a possible
Moses, make overtures looking to the in
dorsement of his candidacy by the "outs
Gorrcly. however, rejects all proposed
alliance A meetlner of the Sachem So
ciety or the "Ring." is held ar the Hal
dane Home. Many political dignitaries
and henchmen are present and ways and
means are advanced to dampen Gormlv s
mayoralty aspirations and sidetrack his
candidacy. , The younger Haldane Is
proposed as an opposition candidate; the
innrhlnerv of the city's detective
force is to be used to dig up something
damaging to Gormly. Haldane. Jr.. re
fuse" the nomination and announces that
he will support Gormly. The reigninf
partv then decides to name a non-partisan
.ticket for the purpose of dividing the
Cnmilv forces, and at the same time rush
throueh a Freight Traction company
franchise, withbut which the Sachem So
ciety would be helpless. The press here
imnhslv favorable to the mer
i.vot. rancid at . now under pressure, dl-
Mp nnd the camoaim waxes warm. A
resolution is Introduced granting a gratui
tous rfr.pwa! of the traction franchise
Gormlv offers ten million dollars for the
franchise. Th excited populace threaten
to mob the aldrmen. when addressee ty
Rorrr.lv. The Rlnsr mayor and the mer
chart have a critical moment. Tho de
tective force reports a valuable clew.
Miss Haldane congratulates Gormly on
what she terms a new Declaration of In
menrlpiop. and he makes an unexpected
declaration of love. He is shocked by
the confirmation of his suspicions that
her father is the head and backbone of
the notorious traction company which he
to attempting -to overthrow.' i
. CHAPTER XI. Continued.
"And you you will do you think "
He stopped. "No," he said, "I shall
stop there, with this moment, with
this statement. I ask nothing, I ex
pect nothing, and so far as a man can
crush down his own feelings, I hope
tor nothing. I Just want you to know
the- fact."
"I know it," was the answer. "Now,
you must let mo say something. I am,
tt least I believe myself to be, abso
lutely heart free. Sometimes I have
thought that what you have said
might be true, with regard to your
feelings I mean; but I have tried to
rut it out of my mind. Your declara
tion, therefore, comes to me with a
certain, measure of surprise. You have
not asked me anything, and it is just
es well that you have
can say honestly and
not. I think -1
truthfully that
I do not care for you now in the way
you seem to care for me."
, "Seem to care for you," cried the
can impulsively.
' The way you do care for me then,"
returned the woman.
, "That's better."
"And whether I could care In that
"way,' I don't know; but at least I care
for no one else. And wljile I hold
myself as free as the air, when you
speak to me again on this subject, I
shall at least be ready to hear you."
"That is all that I can ask."
"Meanwhile I want to say over and
ever again how I respect you, how I
admire you. The fine life you have
lived, the splendid stand you have
takei for public right, the crowning
of your long and honorable and un
blemished career with the success
"which I think I see before you and
Tvith the great opportunity for service,
fills me with pride."
"Miss Haldane," said Gormly, "what
you say to me is sweeter and more
precious than the acclaim, ' the ap
plause, the indorsement of all the rest
of the people of New York. As I said,
I began this to make myself worthy
f you; but I would not be worthy
t you, i would not be worth consider
in any light, if I did not say to
Jon now that I am carrying It on for
the work and for the possibilities that
" Presents, as well as for you."
"I believe you," said the woman,
apl Kam glad to have you say that."
"Although there is nothing in my
Me. I so covet as you. Miss Haldane,"
on the man with the blunt hon
sty that somehow appealed to the
ffian much more powerfully than
re graceful and romantic wooing,
if I had to choose now between
and this great opportunity for
iefv'ce to the people" .
'"J would choose the opportunity
Pftnln tt S-. . -
fo
- ivv, interposed the woman
to,? Khuld have to do so. And yet
J tul remain my Inspiration," said
tor Tour approbation means
e to me than anything or every-
Omits IbwriszND Brady
thing else. I don't . know . what fata
has In store for me; but I doubt if I
shall have another opportunity of the
magnitude of that I hare enjoyed to
night, and that you were there com
pletes my satisfaction. '
"Mine, too." '
"Yet, there is another thlnsr that I
ought to say," continued Gormly, and
tnis was the hardest thing he had ever
attempted, he thought "You have
spoken of my career, of my long and
honorable record, of my unblemished
reputation. I have to confess to my
shame that I am not altogether worthy
of your confidence."
"What do you mean?";
"Ever since I have been in New
York, there is no act of my life that I
could not tell you myself; but before
that"
"You were a boy then, said the
woman quickly.
. "But 1 mingled with life in an ugly
way."
"That ride in the snow?" she whis
pered, staring at him in turn.
It did not occur to him to lay any
emphasis upon or draw any inference
from the fact that she had remem
bered his remarks of several months
before.
"And that other woman, was It she
for whom you rode?" she went on.
"Yes," said he.
"Did you do anything that makes
you unworthy the respect of
He Bent Over and
"Not anything dishonorable in one
sense," answered Gormly. "And what
ever it was, I have repented of it
long since and would have made
amends if I could have done so; but
Well, if I ever should come to you
with that question about "being my
wife, I will tell you all about it. As
It Is, I don't want even the faintest
shadow of a " pretense about myself
where you are concerned."
"You were xinly a boy, as you say.:
Mr. Gormly," said Miss Haldane after
a long pause. "I don't know what It
is, nor do I wish to, now. I know
what you are, the world knows what
you have been since you have been
here, and I " She extended her hand
to him. "I trust you, I would trust
you with anything."
The man took it In both his own.
They were stretching out beyond the
city. No one was near. The two In
front were busy about their own con
cerns. He bent over and kissed it
fervently.
"I thank you-for that," he said sim
ply, as he released it
; BOOK III.
THE CRUCIAL MOMENTS.
CHAPTER XII..
r Mrs. Haldane Is Surprised.
The Haldane family usually partook
of luncheon together. Breakfast was
an irregular meal taken at different
times by different members of tkt
household, and dinner usually brought
many engagements which widely sep
arated them. A few days after the au
tomobile ride, while the excitement
over, - the proposed granting to the
Gotham -Freight Traction company of
lheNew York Street Car v company
franchise was still at its height, Mr.
and Mrs. Haldane and . their daughter,
after waiting sometime for the arrival
of Livingstone Haldane, sat down . to
luncheon without him. . '
It was Eleanor who opened the con
versation, after the luncheon had been
served and the servants had with
drawn.
. "Father," she Bald. "I have been
thinking for some days :' now that I
ought to tell you something that hap
pened the other night."
"'What night, Eleanor?".
"The night Mr. Gormly nade his
famous speech In the city hall square.
You know Livingstone and Louise and
I were down there in the car and saw
and heard it all." '
"Yes," said her fattier, somewhat
bitter, "it was told to me the next
morning that Gormly had spoken from
your brother's car and that after It
was all over he had ridden away with
you . two young women."
"Told to you?" exclaimed his daugh
ter. "Why should you be interested
in Mr. Gormly s movements?"
Haldane saw that he had made a
mistake. "I mean," he said quickly,
"that I heard of all this from some of
those who were present."
"Eleanor, I am surprised," began
Mrs. Haldane in her loftiest and most
Impressive manner, "that you should
allow yourself to be mixed up with
this . Ineffable person in any way. It
is bad . enough to have Livingston
espousing his cause; but to have you
associated with him in the-public eye.
or out of it, is simply preposterous!"
"Mother!" said Miss Haldane mild
ly; but the elder woman was not to
be stopped.
"The family has never been allied
with trade since it has been settled
on Manhattan Island. I am a five
barred Colonial Dame; your father's
people are nearly as old; and I say
frankly that I do not like your inti
macy with this person. Of course Llv-
Kissed It Fervently.
ingstone being a man, it does not
make so much difference; but you
should be more careful."
. "I think it proper," said Miss Hal
dane at this Juncture, "to inform you
that Mr. Gormly told me that he
that he cared very much for me."
"What!" exclaimed both Mr. and
Mrs. Haldane ' at the same moment
and with one voice. ,
The intimation, however, and the
feeling expressed in both cases were
decidedly different. Both were sur
prised; but Mrs. Haldane's surprise
was lost in Indignation. In Haldane's
amazement, there was a shade of re
lief. A possibility instantly leaped in
to his mind, a possibility that he dared
not formulate or give utterance tc.
It rendered him less emphatic, there
fore, in his disapproval. Nothing re
strained Mrs. Haldane.
"The impudence, the insolence of
that man!" she cried. "It was bad
enough to have him aspire to be
mayor of New York ;' but tjiat he
should have the audacity, the pre
sumption to raise his eyes to you.
Eleanor Haldane, is inconceivable! I
trust that you reduced ' him to . his
proper position instantly. For one
thing, I am glad that he' did . declare
himself; for now. the acquaintance
will be absolutely ended."
"He did not ask me to be his wife,"
returned the daughter quietly, o
. "Why, good gracious ! you don't
mean to say that he -"
"Eliza." interposed Haldane, "don't
be foolish. I have no doubt that Mr.
Gormly's remarks were entirely prop
er.: y y.r . - v-sv.; ..
mother! exclaimed the girl indlg-i
nantly. "Of course they were.
WeIl,: you Blij yourself ne eiCL swt
ask you to marriUmo.7,.?:"r;;y;;
No,";,was the - hesitating ' ; answsr.
"But he 'said he Intended to do so." - ,
I wish he would - do K then; and
have it ' over Wit.-i,-;- ;. -yyZ''r
"My dear wife," said Haldane,,
while sof course - such an alliance Is
not to be thought of,-yet Mr. Gormly,'
so far as I knqw, has done no dis
honor to Eleanc-r . by his x remark,
and" - . ;; -. ' - . ; -
"Have you tajfcen leave of youi
senses, Beckmaif Haldane?" cried hii
wife. Such a )ronosition as thai
should be disposed of at once, and 1
repeat I am sortjy that the man hesi-
tatea, ror whatever reason I can't lm-.
agine, so that tie affair might have
been conclusive!; settled,"
"I am not at ijill "sure, mother" an
swered Miss Hajdane, "that it would
have been conclusively settled In the
way at least yct' seem to think the
only way po?sibf&, if he ha, asked me
to be his wife."
"Eleanor, you?! could not possibly
love this man!"
"I could do sU; but I certainly do
1 not love him noV I certainly respect
ana aamire nim.'i tnink he is the lead
ing citizen of N$w York today. If he
wins this election and goes on as he
should, there Is , no reason why ho
should not be president of the United
States. I believe it would be easiei
to be elected to ihat office than to be
come mayor. Afd while I do not feel
toward him as I should toward the
man I will some? day marrv. vet there
are many otherf things in the pros
pect that allure.!
"But you are Haldane, you are a
Stuyvesant, youfare
"I know, mother, all that my an
cestors were. As for myself. I am Just
an American girl, who likes Ameri
can men and American institutions.
and who is glal; to see people do
things." - jf!.r.
I presume " ald Haldane. who had
said little but Itad thought deeply,
"that such a proposition, if definitely
made, would befmade to me
"Well then, ofjjcourse,". said his wife,
Tou will gives.! jut. ne answer.
"And what uld you suggest that
should be?" askbd Haldane.
"To show hli' the door."
"I hardly thiitk," returned her hus
band, "that I siotild be guilty of that
discourtesy' jij
"There is np use,," interposed her
daughter,
'to discuss the matter any
sr " hej hasn't asked me, I
further; for
haven't acceptM( him. I don't know
whether he eyeV will ask me or not,
and until he does why trouble about
it?" 1! .
"Well, what does he mean then by
telling you thatjhe loves you? Loves!"
sneered the older woman disdain
fully. . ;
"Yes," said hr. father, "it seems to
me a rather remarkable course for a
man to address fa woman in that way,
and yet not confplete his proposition."
i "He said tha,t something was im
pending which inade him feel that it
was proper to fell me this now.
"Something impending?" .
"Some sort of disclosure, I inferred,
answered the girl, "that might affect
him or possibly;! me."
Haldane started. .
"Well," he siid, "I do not quite
agree with your! mother. There is ho
insult in the honest affection of any
honest man. Bit if he approaches you
upon the subject, I wish that you
would refer hin)! to me."
"Father!" . 1
"Beekman!" exclaimed the older
woman, greatly surprised. "You don't
mean " -'.
"Now, I doni't mean anything, ex
cept just what ft, say," answered Hal
dane decisively; "It is proper that
such a proposition should be made to
me; and in short I very greatly desire
to be allowed to discuss the matter, if
it goes any further, with Mr. Gormly
personally." !
TTnlrinnA tvW(W tpm1v nnfl hfa wife
at once subsided, as she invariably
did when he .tiss.umed that mood.
Eleanor, however, was not so easily
silenced. ii
"Of course; ij any event you would
be Consulted, father," she said firmly;
"but so far as jjthe disposition of my
hand goes, that;! is a matter that con
cerns my heart and it is one which,
although I 8houTd be very glad of your
counsel and yiur approval, I shall
have to decide jjjpay self."
"Quite so, qute so," said Haldane.
"I have no othifr idea."
"Father," he &aid abruptly, "I want
to see you alone- for a moment or two
please!" A
"What has happened?" began Hal
dane, rising.
'Why, Mr, Gormly-
But I would
rather see "you; alone."
"Has he made, a proposition to you
for your sister's . hand?" questioned
Mrs. Haldane. I "
' "What!" exclaimed her son.
"Eleanor," explained his mother,
"has Just stated that Mr. Gormly took
advantage of ydur kindness to him the
other night, after that disgraceful epi
sode in the cityi hall, to make love to
her in the tonneau of the car."
"You don't: ayt" exclaimed the
young man, apparently neither shock
ed nor surprise. "Well, he's a good
one. What didjlyou say to him, sis?"
."It is very unpleasant to me to have
these matters discussed in this way,'
answered EleanW, her face blushing.
"As I have explained to father and
mother, Mr. Gojmly did me the honor
to say that he tared a great deal for
me. He did nofjask me to be bis wife,
although he expressed his intention of
doing so. He siiid that certain things
had made him inticipate his purpose
and state his filings toward me now
without waitingi as he had expected
to do, until the &id of the electton."
"What thlngiq?" asked young Hal
dane. Thingsi that concerned him,
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N-MORE senses than one England
and America are drawing nearer
to each other. The latest phase
of this approaching nearness is
foretold in a geographical sense
by Sir Edward Morris, premier of New
foundland. His scheme is geographi
cal because he proposes to cut off a
whole day in transit between the two
countries. . The saving of a day,-24
hours of time, is the same thing as
taking up the United Kingdom by its
roots and planting it in the middle of
the North Atlantic, at least a thousand
miles nearer Canada and the United
States.
Sir Edward's proposition would be
interesting merely as a theory, but the
premier is in earnest about it. He
proposes in brief to construct first a
railway from Quebec to a point on
Cape. Sir. Charles across the Strait of
Belle Isle at its narrowest part oppo
site Newfoundland. This railway will
connect with two steamers of the Lusi
tania and Mauretania type to run
between Cape Sir Charles and Liver
pool. The sea distance between the
two points is only 1,656 miles, running
between Ireland and Scotland and
through the Irish sea. There will be
a ferry across the straits to Newfound
land.
"This would be by far the shortest
passage across the Atlantic, and with
steamers of the Lusitania type the
voyage from land to land could be ac
complished with only three nights at
sea," said the Newfoundland premier,
"The route would be open all the year
round occasionally drift , and floating
ice would be met with, but nothing
to obstruct properly built and equipped
steamers
"From Cape Sir Charles to Quebec
is about 1,000 miles, and with a line of
standard gauge this could be covered
at sixty miles an hour, which means
that passengers could be landed in
lower Canada and in the United States
twenty-four hours earlier than by the
Lusitania to New York today.
"This can readily be seen when It is
explained that the ocean passage
would be 1,200 miles shorter and that
the 1,000 miles will be covered oh land
at sixty miles an hour, which is nearly
three times as fast as the Lusitania
and the Mauretania travel
The Mauretanla's best time is about,
thirty land miles an hour.
The Deriod of self-absorption, of
American capital- In transportation
schemes of a domestic nature still con
tinuing, and his partial bridging of the
North Atlantic having its terminals re
spectively in the mother country and
her colony, it is British capital, con
sequently, which proposes to father
this project, which sounds and looks
so much like a dream
But Sir Edward, who has never been
accused of being a dreamer, said that
he had discussed the plan with a syn
dicate of British capitalists in New
York. "There are in New York at the
present time," he said, "the represen
tatives of a large and influential Eng
lish syndicate who have acquired
rights to a railway running out of Que
bec and who have a charter to build a
railway in the direction of Cape Sir
Charles and Newfoundland, the width
of the strait at that point being only
seven miles."
So far as the steamers themselves
are concerned, marine experts say that
the only saving would lie in one day's
steaming coal, an economy of $3,000
or $3,500 a trip. The provisions saved
on a three-day trip would not be count
ed at all.
The cost of running a great steam
ship such as the new White Star liner
Olympic, pictured above, is tremen
dous. To bring the Olympic from
Southampton to New York and tie her
safely to her pier costs in the neigh
borhood of $100,000. This vast sum
Is made up principally by the pur
chase of coal, the wages of the men on
board and the buying of food for the
passengers. The value of the coal
consumed about; 800 tons per day
- was only a trifle less than the cost of
the food eaten by the passengers. This
latter item was increased about $10,000
on the return voyage because the' first
and second cabins , were filled when
the leviathan departed.
't From a chief steward's viewpoint it
is said the Olympic is a bad vessel for
an - economizing head of the eating
department, because th very steadi
ness of the vessel helps a passenger
to eat three good meals per day, and
maybe four, whereas if the chief stew
ard could only rock her a bit, you
know well, quite a number of the
hopefuls would be clutching the rail,
gazing at the sea and thinking about
a biblical expression that is quite apro-
pbs. The principal items of expense
in moving the Olympic from South
ampton to New York are:
Coal ....$22,400
Wages of employes 15,009
Laundry 2,000
Meals for first cabin passengers 17,000
Meals lor second cabin passengers.. 4,4Z
.feeding the third cabin passengers.. 3,980
Feeding the employes 5,000
Eighteen tugs for docking - 400
Transferring third class cabin to El
lis Island ; 75
Transferring third cabin baggage.. 1i
Here is a part of the list the chief
steward made up to restock his larder
before sailing again: Three thousand
pounds of Philadelphia broilers, 3,000
pounds of Philadelphia roasters, 2,000
pounds of capons, 3,000 pounds of
ducklings, celery fed; 2,000 pounds of
fowl, 500 guinea chickens, 100 dozen
squabs, 7,000 pounds of fish, 30,00
eggs, 7,000 pounds of butter, 35,000
pounds ot beeflO.OOO pounds of mut
ton, fifty spring lambs, 3,000 pounds
of veal, 3,000 pounds of pork, thirty
tons of potatoes, 1,500 quarts of ice
cream, 100 Virginia hams, 100 dozen
sweetbreads, 1,000 sheep 'kidneys, 600
ox kidneys, 200 corned ox tongues,
1,000 pounds i of sausage, thirty bar
rels of clams, 100 dozen soft shell
crabs, 200 barrels of flour, 1Q0 dozen
asparagus, 500 dozen lettuce, twenty-
tour boxes apricots, 100 boxes Newton
pippin, 100 boxes cooking apples,, fifty
crates cantaloupe, 100 boxes grape
fruit, fifty boxes lemons, 200 boxes
oranges, fifty boxes peaches, 200 crates .
strawberries, fifty Jjpxes peaches, 200
crates strawberries, fifty crates water-,
melions, twenty dozen crates $neap
ples. i
The Olympic Is the largest vessel
ever constructed. It is 882 feet in
length, 100 feet more than the world's
tallest building, and has a width of 92
feet 6 inches. Its displacement is 66,-
000 tons. From the bottom of the keel
to the top of the captain's house is 105
feet and 7 inches, while from the bot
tom of the keel to. the top of the fun
nel the hlght is 17.5 feet.
The vessel is supplied with electric
elevators, Turkish bath and swim
ming pool, a squash racquet court and
hand-ball court, a golf course, palm
court and sun parlor. It has a dining-
room with a capacity of 550 guests
and a dance hall accommodating 200
couples. It can carry 2,500 passengers
and crew of 860. It has 2,000 win
dows and the number of its floors is
14. The Olympic was built in Belfast
Ireland, and cost approximately $10
000,000.
Nicknames of Papers.
gone out of favor. While the Times
was forme-ly Granny and afterward
the Thunderer, the Morning Post used
to be known as Jeames, that generic
name for flunkeys being attached to It
in allusion to specialization on society
news, when tnejviorning tieraia ana
Standard had the same proprietor
and to a large extent the same staff,
and used to appeal to each other as
independent authorities, they wers
familiarly known as Mrs. Harris and
Mrs. uamp. Tne Morning Advertiser,
as the' organ of trade, has at various
times been dubbed the Barrel Organ,
the Tap Tub and the Gin and Gospel
Gazette. The Pink 'un "scarcely counts
as a nickname, being officially adopt
ed as an alternative title for the
Sporting Times. London Chronicle.
Golf and Kisses.
"Seashore golf . seldom amounts to
much," said H. Chandler Egan, the
golf champion, on the Wheaton links.
'Seashore golf always suggests to
me the dialogue between Jack and
Jill. . '
" 'Oh, Jack, dear, don't ! whispered
Jill. 'The caddie wiir see us.'
" 'No he won't, said Jack. He'l
in my pocket " '