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chaiilotti; DAILY ODSi;UVKLr:,0 i . i , 11, J! - THECOIUESTMICANM Uy BOOTli ..'Author f erry," 'r4..-;-'v (Copytfr ht ' XH CHAPTER XIX. Eskew Arp. - Aa th Judge continued his - . nn Main traef.-.he wished walk pro- . roundly tnat tne ouwerny - ' hlblted no annoyance) had been ot greater bulk and more approachable; ' and It TO the evil fortune of Joe mongrel to encounter mm m - tr huinr of auch a wish unfulfilled nMnrtAhtiltv dwelt at Beaver Beach wnder the ear of Mr. Sheehan until hl master should return: and bheehan was kind; but the email dog found the world lonely and time long without Joe. He had frown more ' end more restless, and at last, this hot morning, having managed to evade the aye of all concerned in his keep In, made off unobtrusively, partly , by awtmmln, and reaching the road. . r ntrt into town, his ears erect " . i -L- iikMt nrww nr Titling , WM1 MlAmi ',' - ' ik ran-.. Mar ntHc h nasaed the gro- earyfrom the doorway of wtiich the plaiply-checked clerk had tnrown a , a as) ciera, oava juh iuu uuw.. Wmmlmi aa tanatal-.lllrV Wnt bv. n. '.V Inspired to great deeds In behalf of i wim irnt lila netlva cttv. he rushed , '. to the door, lavishly seised, this time. m M.rfMt1-r mo A notato. and hurlod It 'iwlth a result which ecstasized him, ' tmm l tnolr th mnnml falrlv aside - a. l. - - J awVlMk l tnatdhftil in alXA - 1UV M7aW, .... fc ..vaavaB . i-Xna lucaiess Kespecu.o.i..y pu mm to reach Joe's stairway had been 7" nfcUVlT VH" I , ... a,.,. Mftrwaa a. . a. 1 a, . a V. . . ...a... V, I . MO.. la not easy to keep things In mind hn erne la violently smitten on mouth, nose, cheek, eye, and car by v 4 a missile large enough to strike them . aal.M.ata..a Valnlntf inri half . bllndad, he deflected to cross Main streat. Judge lke had elected to cross In the opposite direction, ana tha two met In the middle of tho ' . artraat Tke encountur was miraculously flt- - M to tna ma ir s neea: nrm wan n ' butterfly, but a solid bony, iigm wun at, a wet. muddy, and dusty yellow , . . eon, aminamiy ." waa keavlly built about the legs, and ' ne vigor of what he did msy have ; been additionally Inspired by his rec- . Ik. mnfiffnl aa Jo I iO U- VaUMWH v ,u, - dea'a. Tha Impact or ms toe upon - tha little runner's side was moment . one, and tha latter roe Into the air. Tha judge hopped, aa one hops i WHO, unsnoa in inn nigm, oibi;ti:i raoonolled to. his pain and not re tnuh tha aods with it for two of htm nnlntendlng adversary'a ribs were m The dog, thus again deflected, re traced his tracks, snneKing aisiraci- ' VU lj uu, " w,.w ' i twlaU which Karma reserves for the ' tails of tha fated, dived for blind aaXety Into tne store commauara vj tha acstaUc and Inimical clerk. There ' km ahnuta- tha alneDV sauare begln- aunar to waka up: the boy ywho tiad taockad ui piauuung nuu goi. o ms 'faat, oalllng upon his fellows; the ' bench loafers strolled to the street; v - .J mam mnA rnw from it v mvu . w-w . their chairs: faces appeared In the , pan windows of offices; sales ladles ' . and gentlemen came to tha doorways at tha trading-places; so mat wnn KasiMCtaDiuty emera-ea iron, ins r' eerr bo bad a notable audience for ' -. . . a VwMa ina scene ne enaciea whb w Jinn., hall la1 In tlla tall. Another potato, flung by the pirn rtnad. treroacloua. prod leal rlerk.ad ' dadto the imDetua of hla fight A ' tha boys dented the soft anphalt about blm; the hideous clamor of the v - Waktl n n r AS at A mm im tnmwl ' tho neat corner, running distractedly. " Tn dead town had ootne to life, and saw aonwuiiaviiva hwj t j imm.-tu .no ; sjasrous beat in tha In Urea ts or sport. , werty it was a merry onaaa tne ' Mtt&a At ImA aronnil Ihn hlnr.k. ITor .' blm: he could not stop with the un- , appaaasDie i error cianmK at nis - heala and the lnrresHlng crowd yell- Iny In pursuit, but hn tunrned to tha left at each corner, snd thus . unable to pause there or snywhere, exnavble to do anything except to . continue hla tvapplless flight, poor meteor. '. Round the block he went once more, - anil still no ihinri at that tmnlv stairway wnere, pernapa, ne tnougnt, ; there might be succor and safety. PIWU WH uri'U Ilia piutf " ur, 11 aa I 1 1 II - VHlr m'm tannt hmA orajihii fnatri anil ttunar linnH hta 1aa tnil Inl I (ncr TaOngua. iiv ran awiitirBiviy, atrp- Ing to the middle of tha street, and, - not bowling, set himself despairing ly w ouiairip iai l error. inv mun, a-Tl mA ilnlti I Km aim imiirhlv Iiiir,ti,i1 ; as closely as It could, throwing bricks and rocks at him, striking at Mm with clubs snd sticks. Happy VV-aftaT, fiaJll llty-atta-MJ', v against left. In his cell, heard the up roar, made out eotnetning of what was happening, and, though unaware ' that It wan a friend whosa llfn we" '.ought, dlacovered a similarity to JilH ' wa case, and prayed to his dim that the quarry might gel away. ' .; -XtmA Anm-V th,.v v. "U.,! , j;e.Ol" And there were some who 'cried, "Joe Louden's log!" that being W4UaaVi mm a7Jav.lal.ag !! 1 A I K I1A vvF I JT. t' Three times round, snd mill the 1 it - tla tudtlve maintained a leail. A : gray-lirlmeted policeman, a big fel- I t . I a . I I . ., , ww, uau jinu iiiv vumun, iiw nan ' children at home who mlaht be ulav- ; Inar In the street. and the thmiaht . of what mlcht haoDen In them If tha -a.at Jt a. A .. I 1. j . 1. . ...... nun it? nw i-uui mjiu aiaauy. I was falling behind, so he stopped I pn the corner, trusting that Itespect- Bllitv would noma round aa-aln. I1 -. waa light, and the flying brownish ;taalng the beloved stairway for the , fourth time. The poplloeman lifted . hla revolver, flred twice, missed once, but caught him with tha second shot , la forepaw, clipping off a. fifth . toe, one of the small olaws that grow mvmtvw aa aw. uju mrw always in trouble. This did not atop him; but tha policeman, afraid to risk another j shot because of the crowd, waited for blm to come again; and many others, aeatng tha hopelemi circuit the mon- , greil followal, did likewise, armed with bricks and clubs. Among them was the pimply clerk, who had been Inspired to command r a pitchfork from tha hardware store. I' fWhaa tha flftlt round oame, It. pet-Ubilltir'a race was run. Ha turn- , ad nt Main . street at a broken ped, limping, parched, voiceless, flocked with blood and foam, snap jing feebly at Ui sbowarlng rocks, tut still indomitably a ittUe ahead of tha hunt. There waa no yelp left In blm- ha was too thoroughly wind ei for thatbut still Is. his brilliant and despairing eyes shona tha agony of a cry louder than tha tongue of a dr could utteri . ''O tnestori O all tli god I know. ' Where ara you lo my mortal nedf" - . Kow lndd ha bad gauntlet to run; for tha street waa lined with fh'Me who awaited Jilm, while tha urxDit grew closer behind. A nam r ot the hardiest stood Muarelr in 1 . i th, and ba hesitate tor a gee TaitlCINGTOX "Mbaa!, r Bcucali," etc. ,?v". ; per-A.Broa) ,by Harper ond, which gave tha opportunity for a surer sum, ana many missiles struck mm. -juct mm nava it now. omoer. aid Eugene Bentry, standing' with Judge Pike at tha policeman's elbow "There's your chance." ( , ' v , But before the revolver could ba discharged. Respectability had begun to run again, hobbling on three) . legs ana dodging reebiy. a heavy' stone truck him on tha shoulder and he turned across the. street, making for the "National House" corner, where the Joyful clerk brandished his pitch fqrk. Oolng slowly, ha almost touch ed the pimply one as he passed, and the clerk, already rehearsing in his mind the honors which should follow the brave stroke, raised tho tinea above the little dog's head for tha coup de grace. They did not deucend. and the daring youth failed of fame as the laurel almost embraced bis brows. A hickory walking stick was thrust between his legs; and he, expecting to strike, received a blow upon the temple sufficient for his present tin doing and bedautlement. He went over backwards, and tha pitchfork (not tho thing to hold poised on high when one Is knocked down) fell with the force he had Intended for Respectability upon his Own shin. A train had pulled into the station, snd a tired, travel-worn young man, denoendlng from a sleeper, walked rapidly up the street to learn the oc casion of what appeared to be a riot. When he was clone enough to under stand Its nature, he dropped his bag and came on at top speed, shouting loudly to the battered mongrel, who tried with his remaining strength to leap toward him through a cordon of kicking legs, while Eugene Bantry again called to the policeman to fire. "If he does, damn you, I'll kill him!" Joe saw the revolver raised; nd then, Kugene being In his way. he ran full-tilt Into hla stepbrother with all his force, sending him to earth, and went on literally over him as he lay prone upon the asphalt, that being the shortest way to Re spectability. The next Instant tha mongrel was In his master's arms and weakly -JlcMnr hla hands. But It was Kskew Arp who had sav ed the little dog; for It was his stick which had tripped the clerk, and his hand which had struck him down. All his bodily strength had departed In that effort, but he stag gered out Into the street toward Joe. "Joe Iouden!" called the veteran. In a loud voice. "Joe Louden!" snd suddenly reeled. The colonel and Squire Buckalew were making their way toward htm, but Joe holding tho dog to his breast with one arm, threw the other about Eskew. "It's a town It's a town" the old fellow flung himself free from the sup porting arm "It's a town you couldn't even trust a yellow iog to!" He sank back upon Joo's shoulder, speechless. An open carriage had driven through the crowd, the colored driver urged by two ladles upon the back seat, and Martin I'lka saw It stop by the group In the middle of the street where Joe stood, the wounded dog held to his breast by one arm. tne old man, white and half falnv Ing, supported by the other. Martin Pike saw this and more; he saw Ariel Tabor and his own daughter leaning from tha carriage, the arms of both pityingly extended to Joe Louden and his two burdens, while the stunned and silly crowd stood round them staring, clouds of dust settling down upon them through the hot air. CHAPTER XX. Three Ar Enlisted. Now In that blazing noon Canaan looked upon a strange sight: an open carriage, whirling through Main street behind two galloping bays; upon the back seat a ghostly white old man with closed ayes, supported by two pale ladles, his head upon the shoul der of the taller; while beside the driver, a young man whose coat and hands were bloody, worked over the hurts of an Injured dog. Ham War den's whip sang across the horses; lather gathered on their flanks, and Ariel's voire steadily urged on the pace: "Quicker, Ham, If you can." For there was little breath left In the body of Eskew Arp. Mamie, almost as white as the old man, was silent; but she had not hesitated In her daring, now that she had been taught to dare: she had not come to be Ariel's friend and honest follower for nothing; and It waa Ma mie who had cried to Joe to lift Eskew Into the carriage. "Vou must come too," she said. "We will need you." And so It came to pass that under tha eyes of Canaan Joe Lou dan rndn In Judge Pike's carriage at the bidding of Judge Pike's daugh ter. Toward Ariel' own house they sped with the stricken octogenarian, for ho wui "alone In the world." and she would not take him to the cot tage where he had lived 'for many years by himself, a bleak little house, a derelict or the "early days" left strsnded far down In the town be tween a wollen-mlll and the water works. The workmen were beginning their dinners under the big trees, but aa nam wartien or.w in the lathered horses at the gate, they sot down their tin bucket hastily and ran to help Joo lift the old man out. Care fully they bore him Into the house and laid him upon a bed In one of the flnlHhed rooms. He did not speak or move and the workmen uncovered their hesds as they went out, but joe knew that they wore mistaken. "It's all right. Mr. Arp," he said, as Ariel knell by the bed with water -and re storatives. "It's all right. Don't you worry." Then the veteran's lips twitched, and though his eyes remained closed, Joe saw that Eskew understood, for he gasped, feebly: "Pos-l-tlve-ly no free seats!" To Mrs. Louden, sewing St an up stairs window, the sight of her step son desr-mding from Judge Pike's car riage was suitlctently startling, but when she saw Mamie Pike take Ho eperublllty from his master's arms and curry him tenderly Indoors, while Joe and Ariel occupied themselves with Mr. Arp. the good lady sprang to her feet as If she had been stung, regardleasly sending her work-basket and Its contents scattering over the floor, and ran down tha stairs three steps at a time. At tha front doorahe mat bar hus band, entering for his dinner, and she lesped at him. Had ha seen? What was It? What had happened T Mr. Louden rubbed hla chin-beard. Indulging himself In a pause, which was Ilka to prova fatal to hla com panion, finally vouchsafing the Infor mation that tha doctor's buggy wag lust turning tha corner; Eskew Aru had suffered a "stroke," It was said, and, In Louden's opinion, waa a mighty sick man. Ills spouse replied In no uncertain terms that aha bad aeon quits that much for herself, Urging blm to continue, which - ha did with a deliberation that caused her to recall their wadding day with a gust of passionate self-reproach. Presently he managed to Interrupt. 'reminding ber that her dlnln room Windows commanded as comprehen sive a view of the next bouse as did tha front steps., and after a time Iher houewlfsly duty mo far prevail ed "over her Indignation at tha man's unwholeaome stolidity that - she foi lowed hint down tha ball to. preside over tha meal, not, however, to par take l?g rely of it herself. . ' Mr. Xiouden had no Information of Eugene'a mishap, nor . had Mrs. Lou den any suspicion that all . was not well with the young man, and, near tng hlm enter the front door, aha called , to him ' that : hla dinner Was watting. Eugene, however, made: no reply and went vp-stalrs to his own apartment without coming into ma dlnlnr room. - A small crowd, neighboring chil dren, servants, and negroes, had gathered about Ariel's gate, and Mrs. Louden watched the workinr men dlspersa this assembly, gather up their tools, and depart: then Mamie came out of the house, and, bowing sadly to threa old man who were entering tha gat as she left it, stepped "Into her carriage and drove away. Tna new cornea CoL Filter-off. Squire Buckalew, and Peter Bradbury, rianced at tha doctor's buggy, shook their heads at one another, and slow ly went up to tha porch, where Joe met them. Mrs. Louden uttered a sharp exclamation, for the colonel shook hands with her stepson. Perhaps riltcroft himself was sur prised; ha had offered his hand al most unconsciously, and tha greeting was embarrassed and perfunctory; but hla two companions, each in turn, gravely followed his lead, and Joa'a set faca flushed a little. It waa tha first time In many years that men of their kind In Canaan had offered him this salutation. "He wouldn't let me send for you. he told them. "He said ha knew you'd be here soon without that." And ho led the way to Eskew's bed side. Joe and the doctor had undressed the old man, and had put him Into night-gear of Roger Tabor's, taken from an antique chest; It waa soft and yellow and much mora like color than the face above It, for tha white hair on the pillow was not whiter than that. Tet there was a strange youthfulness In tha eyes of Eskew; an eerie, inexplicable , luminous, ave look; the thin cheeks seemed fuller than they had been for years; and though the heavier lines of age and sorrow could be seen, they appeared to havo been half erased. He lay not In sunshine, but in clear light; the wlndowa were open, the curtains re strained, for he had asked them not to darken the room. The doctor was whispering In a doctor's way to Ariel at tha end of the room opposite tne bea, wnen the three old fellows came In. None of them spoke Immediately, and though all three cleared their throat with what they meant tor casual cheerfulness, to Indicate that the sltu actlon was not at all extraordinary or depressing. It was to be seen that the colonel's chin trembled under his mustache, and his comrades showed similar small and unwilling signs of emotion. Eskew spoke first. "Well, boys'" he said, and smiled. That seemed to make It more diffi cult for the others; the three white heads bent silently over the fourth upon the pillow; and Ariel saw wav- eringly. for her eyes suddenly filled that the colonel laid his unsteady hand upon Eskew's, which waa out side the coverlet. It's It's not," said the old soldier. gently It's not on on both sides. Is It. Eskew?" Mr. Arp moved his hand slightly In answer. "It ain't paralysis," he said. "They call It 'shock and exhaustion but It's more than that. It s Just my time. I've heard the call, we ve all been slidln' on thin loa this long time and It's broke under me" "Eskew, Eskew I" remonstrated Peter Bradbury. "You'd oughtn't to talk that-a-wayl Tou only kind of overdone a little heat o' the day, too, and " "Peter," Interrupted tho sick man, with feeble asperity, "did you ever menage to fool me In your life?" "No, Eskew." "Well, you're not doln' It now!" Two tears suddenly loosed them selves from Hqulre Buckalew's eye lids, despite his hard endeavor to wink them away, and he turned from the bed too late to conceal what had happened. "There ain't any call to feel bad." said Eskew. "It might have happened any time In the night, maybe at my house- and all alone but here's Alrle Tabor brought me to her own home and takln' care of me. I couldn't ask any better way to go, could 1?" "I don't know what we'll do," stammered the colonel. If you you talk about going away from us, Es kew. We we couldn't get along " "Well, sir, I'm almost kind of glad to think," Mr. Arp murmured, be tween short struggles for breath, "that It'll be quieter on the 'Na tional House' corner!" A moment later he called the doc tor faintly and asked for a restora tive. "There." he snld, In a stronger' voice and with a gleam of satisfac tion In the vindication of his belinf that he was dying. "I was almost gone then. I know!" He lay pant ing for a moment, then spoke the name of Joe Louden. Joe rame quickly to the bedside. "I want you to shake hands with the colonel and Peter and Buckalew." "Wo dld.'J answered the colonel, Infinitely surprised and troubled. "We shook hands outside before we came in." "Do it again," said Eskew. "I want to sea you.!' And Joe, making shift to smile, was suddenly blinded, so that he could not see tha wrinkled hands ex tended to him, and was fain to grope for them. "Ood knows why we didn't all take his hand long ago." aald Eskew Arp. "I didn't because I was stubborn. I acknowledge It now before him and before you and I want tha word of It carried!" "It's all right, Mr. Arp," began Joe, tremulously. "You mustn't " "Hark to me" the old man's voice lifted higher: "If you'd aver whim pered, or givev back talk, or broke out the wrong way It would of been different. But you never did. I've watched you and I know; and you've Just gone your own way alone, with the town against you because you got a bad name as a boy, and once we'd given you that, everything you did or didn't do, we had to give you. a blacker one. Now It'a time some ona stood by youl Alrle Tabor '11 do that with all her soul and body. She told jne once I thought A rood deal of you. Hhe knew! But I want these three old frienda of mine to do It, too. I was boya with them and they'll do It, I think. They've aven stood up fer you against tne, soma times, but mostly1 fer the sake of tha argument, I reckon; but now., they must do It when there's more to eland against than Just my. talk, They saw it all to-day tha meanest thing I ever knew I 1 eould of stood It all except that!" . Before they could prevent him ha had struggled- half upright In bed. lifting a clinched fist at tha town beyond lha ' windows. "But, by God! when they got 4t low down they tried to kill your dog -. He fell back, choking. In Joe's arms, and tha physician bent over him but Eskew waa not rone, and Ariel, upon tha other side of tha room, could hear him whispering ' train for' tha restorative,' (the brought It, and when ha had taken It, went quickly out-of-doors to the slda yard. y :'.' Rha sat upon a workman's bench under tha big trees, bidden from tha street shrubbery.' and breathing deep ly of the shaded air, bagan to cry quietly. Through the window came the' quavering voice of tha old man. lifted again, Insistent, a little queru lous, but determined. Responses sounded. Intermittently, from the col" onei, rrom Peter, and from, uuosa- lew, and now and then sorrowrui, yet almost humorous, protest from Joe; and so she mad out that tha Veteran swore bis threa comrades to friendship with Joseph .Louden, to lend him their countenance In all mat ters, to stand by him In weal or woe, to apeak only good of him and defend him in the town of Canaan. Thus did Eskew Arp on the verge ot part" ing this Ufa render Justloe. ' . , The grata clicked, and Ariel saw Eu gene approaching through tha shrub bery. una of his hands waa bandagea, a thin strip of court-plaster crossed his forehead from bis left eyebrow to hla hair.. and hla thin and agitated Taoa snowed several light acraicnea. "I saw you coma out.".. h said. "I've been waiting to speak to you." "The doctor told us to let him have his way In whatever he might ailF." Ariel wlpad ber ayes. "I'm afraid that means-" "I didn't coma to talk about Eskew Arp," Interrupted Eugene. "I'm not laboring under anv anxiety about htm, Yon needn't be afraid; he's too sour to accept, hla conge so readily." "Pleasa lower your voice," aha said. rising quickly and moving away from him- toward the house; but, as he followed. Insisting sharply that ha must speak with ber. she walked out of ear-shot ot tha windows, and stop ping, turned : toward him. "Very well," eha said, . "Is it a message from Marnier" v At this ha faltered and hung fire. "Have you been to see her?" aha continued. ' I am anxious to know If her goodness and bravery caused bar any any discomfort at home." tou may set your mind at rest about that," returned Eugene. "I waa there Whan th Judge cam to dinner. I suppose you fear he may have been rough Vlth ber for taking my step brother' Into tha carriage. Ha waa not. On tha contrary, he spoke very quietly to ber, and went on out to ward tha stables. But I haven't coma to you to talk of Judge Pike, either!" "No. said Ariel. "I don't cara particularly to hear from him, but of Mamie." 'Nor of her. either!" he broke Out. "I want to talk of you!" There was no mistaking him; no possibility of misunderstanding tha real passion that shook him. and her startled eyes betrayed her compre hension. "Yea, I see you understand," ho cried bitterly. "That's because you've seen others the same way. Ood help me," he went on. striking bis fore head with his open hand, "that young root or a Bradbury told me you re fused htm only yesterday! He waa proud of even rejection - from youl And there's Norbert and half a dosen others, parhaps, already, since you'va been here." He flung out his arms In ludicrous, savage despair. And here am I" "Ah yea," she csit him off. "It la or yourself that you want to speaK, after all not of me!" "Look here, he vociferated; "ara you going to marry that Joe Louden? I want to know whether you are or not. He gave me this and this to day!" He touched his bandaged hand and plastered forehead. "Ha ran Into meover me for nothing, when I waa not on my guard; struck ma down stamped oa me " She turned upon him. cheeks aflame, eyes sparkling and dry. "Mr. Bantry." she cried, "he did a good thing! And now I want you to go home. I want yen to go home and try if you can' discover anything In yourself that Is worthy or Mamie and of what she showed herself to be this morning! If you can, you will hava found something that I could Ilka!" She went rapldlv toward tha house, and he was senseless enough to fol low, babbling: "What do you think I'm made of? You trample on me ss he did! I can't bear everything; I tell you " But she had lifted her hand with such Imperious will that he stopped short. Then, through the window of the sick-room came clearly the quer ulotas voice: "I tell you It was; I heard him speak Just now out there In the yard, that no-account stepbrother of Joe's! What If he Is a hired hand on The Tocsin? He'd better glva up his Job and quit, than do what he's done to help make tha town think hard of Joe. And what Is he? Why, he's worse than Cory. When that Claudlne Fear first came here, 'dene Bantry was hangln' around her himself. Joe knew it and he'd never tell, but I will. I saw 'em buggy-rldln' out near Beav er Beach and she slapped his face fer him. It ought to be told!" "I didn't know that Joe knew that!" Eugene stammered huskily. "It was It waa a lonr time ago " "If you understood Joe," she said. In a low voice, "you would know that before these men leave this house, h will have their promise never to tell." His eyes fell miserably, then lifted again: but In her clear and unbear able gase thero shona auch a flame of scorn as he could not endure to look upon. For the first time In his life he saw a true light upon himself, and though the vision waa darkling. the revelation was complete. "Heaven pity you!" sha whispered. Eugene found himself alone, and stumbled away, his glanca not lifted. Ha passed his own homo without looking up, and did not sea his mother beckoning frantically from a window. She ran to the door and called him. Ha did not hear her, but went on toward The Tocsin office with his head still bent. ' CHAPTER XXI. Mortxrt Walts for Joo. There was meat for gossip a plenty In Canaan that afternoon and even ing; thero were rumors that ran from kitchen to parlor, and rumors that ran from parlor to kitchen; spec ulations that detained housewives In talk across front gate; wonderlnge that held conk In converse over shadeleas berk fencea In aplta of tha heat; and canards that brought Main street clerks running . to tha shop doors to stare up and own the side walks. Out of the confusion of report, the Judicious were able by even fall to ex tract a fair history of thla day of revolution. There remained no doubt that Joe Loudon was In attendance at the death-bed of Eskew Arp, and somehow It came to ba known that Colonel Flltcrof t. Squire Buckalew, and Peter It r ad bury had shaken hands with Jo and declared them selves his friend. There, were those (particularly among tha relatives of tha hoary trio) who expressed tha opinion that tha colonel and hi com rade were too old to be. responsible and a commission ought . to lit; on them; nevertheless, aom echoes of Eakw'a last "argument" to th con clave had sounded In the town and were not wholly without effect. Everywhere there area a hipping curiosity to learn how Judge pike had -''taken" tha strange performance of hi daughter,' and the eager were much disappointed whan It was truth-, fully reported that b had don and said very little. He had merely dis charged both 6am Warden and Bam'a wife from his service, tha mild man ner of the dismissal almost unnerv ing Mr. Warden, although he waa fully prepared for bird-shot; and. the couple had found Immediate employ ment In the service of Ariel Tabor. Those who humanly felt tha Judja'a behavior' to be a trine flat end un- sensational were recompensed lute In the afternoon when it became known that Eugene Bantry had resigned bis posJMon on The Tocsin. . Ilia reason for fceverlngahls connection was dum- rounding; i naa written a formal letter to the Judge and repeated the gist of It to hi associate In the omc and acquaintance upon th street. He declared that he no longer syra pathlsed wtth the attitude of The Toe-, sin toward his stepbrother; and rev gretted that he hud previously as sisted In emphasising (he paper hos tility to Joe, particularly in the matter of the approaching murder trtaL: Thla being th case, h rait thai nia errec tlvenese n tha aervlo of h paper had ceaaed. and he must,' in Justice to tne owner reaism. , ,.z-i-..."Wall. Ytn ilamnAd! waa the aim. pla comment of tha - elder v. Louden when his stepson sought him out at the factory and repeated thi atate mem io mm.,.- - . - . . vi ; , "Bo am I. -1 think aald Eurne. wanly. "Good bye. I'm rolnr 1 now to mother,, but ril be gone before you carae home." r.'.vf ; ; ;.. "Gone where f" W '.'" v-"-"Just away. I don't know whore," Eugene answered from tb door. - "I couldn't live here any longer. I-" '."You're been drinking," aald Mr. Louden, inspired. tYou'd better not let Mamie Pike ae you." , . Eugene laughed desolately. "I don't mean to. I shall writ to her. Good bye," ha - aald, and waa gone before Mr. Louden could reatore enough or der out of . the choaa In hi mind to atop him. '' '".' ,--..'...,"" '.; Thu Mr. Louden'a lonr wait at tha window waa tragically rewarded, and aha became an - unhappy actor in Canaan' drama of that day. Other ladlea attended at other windows, or near their front doors, throughout the afternoon t the famlllea ot the three patriarch awaiting their re turn, aa th time drew on, with some thing akin to frensy. Mrs. Fiitcroft (a lady of tamper), whose rheuma tism confined bar to a chair, bad her grandson wheel her out upon the porcit, and, aa the due rail ana ene finally saw her husband coming at a laggard pace, leaning- upon hla cane, hla chin aunk on hla breast, she frank ly told Norbert that although she had lived with that man more than fifty seven yean, she would never be able to understand him. She repeated thla with gsnulae gymptoma of hys teria wnen ana discovered mat tne colonel had not come straight from tha Tabor house, but had stopped two hours at Peter Bradbury" to "talk It over." ' - , . One item of hla recital, while uffl clently startling to hla wife, had a re markable effect upon hla grandson. This was the Information that Ariel Tabor's fortune no longer existed. "What" thatr cried Norbert, start Ing to hla feet. "What are you talk ing about?" "It'a tru. said tha colonel, ae- llberaielv "She told me se herself. Bskew had droonad off Into a sort of dosemore like a stupor, perhaps and w all went Into Roger's old stu dio, except Louden and the doctor, and while we were there, talkin. one of Pike' clerk came with a basket full of tin boxea . and packages or papers and talked to Mlsa Tabor at the door and went away. Then old Peter blundered out and asked her polnM)lank whwat It waa, and she aald It waa hf estate , ami oat every' thing ahe had except the bouse, Buckalew, trvtn to make a lake, aald he'dbe wlllln' to ewap hi house and lot for tna baaket, ana ne laugnea and told him aha. thought' he'd be sorry; that all .thane waa, to apeak of, waa a pile of distillery atock- 'What?" repeated N6rbert, Incredu lously. Yea. It waa the truth." .aald the colonel, aolamnly. "I saw It myself Mocks and blocks or atock in that dis tillery trust that went up hlgher'n a kite laat year. Roger had put all of Jona'a good money' Not into that!" anoutea Norbert. uncontrollably excited. "Yea. he did. I tell you I aaw It!" ' ' I tell you he didn't He- owned Granger Gas, worth more to-day than it ever was: fiae was Kogera at torney-ln-fact and bought rt for him before the old man died. The check went through my hands. You don't think I'd forget as big a check as that, do you, even If It wag more than year ago? or how it waa signed and who made out to? It waa Martin Pike that got caught wKh distillery stock. He -speculated once -too or ten!" "No. you're wrong, persisted thl colonel. "I tell you X aaw It my self." "Then you're b11nd,v returned hla grandaon, disrespectfully; . "you're blind or else or else' He paused, open-mouthed, a look ' of wonder struggling It way to expression upon him, gradually. conquering every knobby outpost of hi countenance. He atruck hi fat hand together. Where Joe Louden?" be asked, sharply. "I want to aea him. Did you leave him at Mlsa Tabor?" "H's goln' to ait up with Eskew. What do you want of him?" I should say you better as a mat." Mrs. Fiitcroft began, shrilly. "It'a enough. I guess, for one of thla family to go runnln' after him and ahakln' hand with him and Heaven know what not! Norbert Fiitcroft!" But Norbert Jumped from the porch. ruthlessly crossed" hla grandmother's geranium-bed, and, making off at aa sharp a pace aa hla architecture per mitted, wlthlh ten minute ' opened Artel' gate. Bam warden cam forward to mt him. ' "Don't ring, please, suh," said Bam. Dey sot me out heah to' tell In- quirln' frien'e dat po' ola Mist' Arp mighty low." I want to aee Mr. Loudon, re turned Norbert. "I want to aee him immediately." , "I don' reckon he kin come out It," Sam aald. In a low tone. "But kin go In an eat' 'em, He atepped eoftly . within, leaving Norbert waiting, and went to the door or the ick room. Th door wa open, the room brightly lighted, a Eskew had commanded when, a little earlier, he awoke. , Joe and Ariel were alon with Mm. leaning toward him with auoh whit anxiety that the eolorcd man needed no warning to make him remain client In the hallway. The veteran wa peaking And hi voice waa very weak. seeming to com from a great dis tance. ' r-, r,. f "It'a mighty funny, but I feel like I used to when I waa a little boy,- I reckon I'm kind of scared after all. Alrle Tabor are you here?" :', "Yea, Mr. Arp." - i. "I thought eo -but I I don't aee very well lately. ? I wanted toe know to know " i- :. ( Ye 4o know?" Bh knelt close bealde hlra. i - . , .-.....,. "It's kind of foolish," be whisper ed, "I just wanted to-know if you wa tlll her. It don't seera go Ion some now that I know." !, - Hhe put her arm lightly about blm and he smiled and waa allent for a time. - Then h etrurrled to rise upon hi elbow, and they lifted him a lit tla - "!'i""'-,-v.f' V-trf-- ? "Ira hard to breathe," gasped the old man.' -"I'm prtty, nar--tb big mail i 3am XjtuAmtkmS - J " ' n . -' "Yea?' . , m "''S" """You'd have been wllllnir willing to change place with me Just now when Alrle ' w-, , .. Joe laid hi hand on bis, and Eskew smiled again. "I thought aol And, Joe",- :., ... );.,,"; --."',., ,;' "Yeaf'"-" ' ' -iV'-'''., ' e "You alwaya always had the the beat of that Joka . btwa' u. ' Do 1 you you. nipiin-f Uey charge admin. I slon up- there?" l.ia eyes were 11ft- ed. "lio you jtuppowe you've got to to show your good deeds to alt In7" The answering whisper was almost aa faint as th old man s. "No,", panted Eskew, "nobody knows. But I hope I do hope they'll have some free seat. It'a a mighty poor show-we'll all have If they don't!"- j .-'." - He sighed peacefully, hla head grew heavier on Joe's arm; and the' young man set hi band gently upon the unseeing eyea Aire I did not rise from whin she knelt,, but! looked up: at htm when, a little later, he lifted hla hand. . '::( . -". .-. ."Yea,".x aald Joe, ''you.A can cry now!"v - - ... .. u xt. Yy.CtO BBS CONTINUED.) -: v; .?, f. (:: AS A WOOD-WORKING STATE, S High Point' dUsen Telia Waslilttgton r cttlscn bomcUUng of the Old NortU State,, . ,. : :q vvj?. Washington JPost,' . ' ,: ' "North , Carolina" said C. J. Field, of High 'Point, at the Raleigh. "1 rapidly beoomlnr the greet- wood working State in the country. , We ara now aecond only to Michigan In thl particular' Industry, and at the present rat ot Increase will soon sur pass that But.. In the city ot High Point we have . lxty furniture fac tories,' and make everything, from a hall rack to tha finest of , bedroom BUltaV ' f r, ...rt.' j'"' ;.i-v, ' J-.. "Nina . hundred solid - carload ! of furniture are ahlppd out of High Point very month, Our trade la not confined to the United State for we shlD furniture dally to China. Japan. Australia, Cuba, England, - France, Germany, -and, in fact, to v nearly civilised country In the world. - In ad dition to the furniture factories,' wa have one of the largest lumber plants In the United States, the largest etreetM - maniifar.tiirlntr fil&n in that Flout h. I an Iron-bed factory, a mammon aim mill, three machine shops, an prgsn factory, basket factory, glaa mill, spoke and handle worke,.two coffin factortea, a soap factory, a show-case factory, a tobacco factory, and three flour mllla. 1 - ' "We don't have time In High Point to pay any attention to polltica. We are too busy trying to ret cara xrom the railroad oompany to ahlp . our goods. The majority of workmen in The Grand Rapid of the Houur own their own home. Wage are rood, and In two year High. Polpfa popu lation has doubled itself. . .. "High Point, however, i not the only town in tne btaia wnere lurni ture la manufactured. Ther are large manufactories In Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Themasvlll, Lexing ton. Linwood, Sallsburg, Concord, Durham. Kernersvlll. Mockavlll. Tarboro and Rocky Mount. Tb South la to-day making greater stride than any othet-part-ot-the country. North Carolina la the moat progressive Bute In the South and Ulfh Point tne most Industrious city in. the state,- GLAD THIS BEAR IS DEAD. Robbed All Bee Tree and Left Xo Honey for the Hunter. Punxsutawny Spirit. Nlmroda returning from Punxau tawney camp' In Clearfield county, es pecially tho who ro there for. tha purpose of hunting wild honey, f el grateful to Sunday oJa Wilson for re moving their chief competitor. Tna big black bear which Mr. Wilson hot laat Monday also had a sweat tooth and for aavaral season n naa been making tha rounds of tha bee tree In th vicinity of the Punxautaw ney camp with the result that the famlllea of the hunter hava annually been robbed of hundreds of pound of honey. David Hooper and Tbomaa Al!e bran, of thl place, who In company with the keeper of th camp. Jamea Brewer, spent last week cutting bee trees found evldenoe on every hand of bruin'a depredation. During the week they cut six large bee trees, ev ery one of which had been tampered, with and when tne near was nnauy hroucht to earth th awollan condi tion of his eves showed that ha had recently met wtth desperate oppl tlon from th bee while making ih rounds for honey. Durlns th week. howvr, llesvs. Brewer. Hoop'r and Allebran secured more than 800 pounda of honey. which they rendered In camp and lat er shipped to their homea With bruin out of the way th hunter be lieve that next season's supply oi wild honey will be largely lnoreaa. LOCATED A COLOXY OF BEARS. British Columbia Ranchman to Hont Bruin by the wholeaale. Walla Walla SUtiaaman. Horace Knight, a pioneer rancher of Sutherland Creek, near Grand Forks. B. C ha Just returned from a week' trip through tha mountain lying between Bnthwiana ureea ana Christina Lake, whr he went to lo cate the haunt of the big brown and cinnamon bar that -re reported to abound in that region, ....... "I have located the haunt of a great number ot beara and am mak ing arrangement to ro bear huntlnr for the next month," aald Mr. Knight. "I will start In a few day. . From what I aaw I am satisfied that within a radius or nrteen miiea oeiween Sutherland Creek and Fife station there must be at least tot beara . Aa there will " be rood moonlight very shortly now I am anxlou to take ad vantage of it. It will ba th laat moon that tha bears win . see until the sprlnr and the . best time to hunt them. X preftr huntlnr bear rame alone. - . ;. "A rood bearskin la worth 150, and I expect to clear up from ItOO to 1500 on my trip," . : x"..J Cat That Seemed to Tnderatand.' Boston Record. , ' A atrikinr a cat . story as I have heard In a lonr time comas from Al ton, N. H., and hi vouched for abso lutely. The cat waa accuatomed to visit th next door neighbor " after each meal to be fed and petted, bring ing also two kitten. . - One of tne women at tne nous tnu visited, who had entertained a dis like for cat, nnaiiy, on observing tne animals, expressed aloud a liking for the gray kitten and aald ha Intended to ask to be allowed to keep It. -Th next , day ' when Mother Cat came for ber bits only one kitten ac companied ber, but ah took away soma choice morsel for th one left at homa Thla continued '' everal day, when th woman who had at first expressed intention to get the kitten which th cat waa feeding re marked that h had riven up wholly the Idea of securing th gray kitten. All threa feline appeared at th next mal and have done ao since, . t Why Jffegro Ibo Scarce. . Star of 2lon,'Colord.V;.!;:v:Vi;' The scarcity of negro labor 1 par tlalllv accounted for In th multitude now engaged In railroad construction, erection X great power piant on our river and other public works. Thee laborers receive from one dollar and a quarter to two dollare pef day. and sine farm labor Is much cheaper, they bav gone where wage are bet ter. Not idleness but prudence I thug' cloven. v,v,' tv, ;.: iio, ion rANm.ir Luxurious Quarter for the rresMeut on Ue BatUot-Uln LouIkUuiu. ; ,, New York Herald. , 'V After working day aid night for the last ten day to prepare th bat- ' tleshlp Louisiana for the us of Pres ident Roosevelt on hi trip to Panama, the finishing touchea are to-day being put on the chip, and she-will' sail from the navy yard ? early. Monday mornlnr . . - ;- r1-- Kverythlnr possible has been done to assure the comfort of the Presi dent and Mr. Roosevelt on th South-' ern trip. Convenient ' accommoda tion have been made by tearing out ' door and throwing the quarter of the admiral and captain Into one ulte. New and beautiful furniture waa yesterday taken ; on board, and within the nsxt two day all w0 be 1 In readiness for the Presidents re-. Caption. "v-v- ,t -V -a ; ; - President Roosevelt' quarter , are aft and are separated from the rest of the ahlp by a temporary bulkhead. In tho ulte are a large reception ' room, where atate dinner and offi cial reception will be held on the' . trip when the President receives the head of Southern governments, a large living room for general us of the President and hla party: a break- fast and smoking room, where, the ' President will attend to official busi ness, located In the aternof th"bet-.. tleshlp, and with fine light) the Pres ident' tateroom. designed ' tor - the - admiral' quarter; a large stateroom, : intended ' for ' the ad ml rare chief - of staff; for Mrs. - Roosevelt, and six ?, other etaterooma and bathrooms for ; piner memoera ot tne party, ' i'i -Never bef or in th history of the navy hava there : been such commo dious quarter In one suite oa a bat tleehlp. - The - President will break ' tradition In th navy by (pending o long a time on a ship. , Ther will b no special decorations In the Preal- u?Tim "rBVlia. ian n?r" be a few additional wicker chairs, UrredMk. where the official .-pa- in tropica, cumaiee. - r.'ii .r. . Tbeaa quarters, which occupy, near ly one-quarter of the space on deck, ara light and well ventilated. The i reception and llvlnr room are aep arated by a corridor from . which ' taaas tne atarwaya xo tne aecx. - At . no time during the trip a will -Preeldent Roosevelt be more than an hour away from Washington by wire less. ' Cara ha been taken ut making the Itinerary of tha Louisiana to keep . within constant' cmmunl cation - by . wireless with atatlona en ahor. which can at once aend messages to or from Washington to tha ablp. - 1 ' w. -? - - Work and Old Age. ' London Hospital. - - Th labors of pir o'rge .'Murray Humphrey proved t . here I about one centenartan-to eveiy H7,0v0-po 4Me, and that of seventy authentlcat- -ed case no one reached 110 years: three only are said to have been 101 and ona ' 101. Tha Cull exercise of the various -powers, mental and bodily, la conduc tive to great age so that there need be no fear of entering heartily, actively and with full Interest and energy Into th assigned work of life,' physical or mental. Th Inhabitant ot, any country side, as in Delabole in North Corn wall, point with prkde to the number of hal and hearty octogenarians, nonagenarians and centenarian llv lnr among them aa an evidence of their healthy nvlnmmenta and hy gienic Uvea So in Palis, with lta -10,(00 octogenarians and 20 xnon ganariana 10 of whom are approach Irfg their hundredth year, lx inhabi tant ara more than 102 year of age, Some Cat Superstitious. ' ' ' London Mirror, Napoleon Bonaparte showed a mor bid horror of cata The night before the battle of Waterloo a black cat passed near blm. and at th aight th great warrior was completely un nerved. - He saw an omen of defeat,. Henry III of Franca swooned when ever be saw a cat, and one of the Ferdinand of Germany would trem ble In hi boots If a harmless tabby rot In the line of hla vision. ' Among th Romans, cat was a sym bol of liberty. .The Egyptians held the animal In veneration under the name of Aeluru. a deity with a hu man body and a cat'a head. Whoever killed a cat, even by accident, was put to death. Diana assumed the form of a cat and excited tha fury of the giants. Card Playing Taught la Boarding Schools. London Evening Standard. Card playing has become so gen eral among German women of the upper class that regular lesson In playing are tVdW riven In all faahlon- ahla hnhrillnr aphonia for airla. 1 ' 1-K. aaiiABflna AS I larm a n my rl la not considered' complete unles she' has acquired tha knowledge how to take a hand at bridge, ecarta, or one v v a, a.-,... a - . , of the other game now in. vogue, Gambling has Increased to an alarm- J, tnr extent. . Many household, not J content with th elements ot chanc in cara playing, nava introauceq min iature roulette and other Monte Car- , lo rame Into their drawing rooms, and the stakes ara high. Wadding Gifts In Sixteenth Century. Country Life ,. ' In tha list of presents deceived at tha wedding of the daughter of Mr. . Moore, of Losely. In 1S7. from M. Boulam, Esa. out ot Mashland in' Norfolk, appear tha following: ' Cranes, . nine; hernahawea. five; , eurlws, one: ducka mallards, forty- four; teeles. twenty-eix; plovers, bine dbxen; swannea, nine; lark, thirty-' ' eight dosen: bvtterm. sixteen: knots. four doaen and. four; etyntea, seven n dosen; godwytt. twenty-two." , - It 1 a formidable Hat. Including aoma ISO. birds, of which 4S are' larka, and must, one would Imagine. iave been aometblng of an embar- 7 Cat Amuses tha Baby.. 4 Elkhart correpaondenc Indlannapolta .News. -.. .- - ; !,, i ." .:.. . .,! A Cat In tha household of William ' Jamison show unusual attention to the baby of the family and faithful ly lays at th child's feet very mouse - sh catche, , ' , -y Tha other day aha captured a rSj which ah did not kill bfor she ' brought It to th child, and alloweiV ' tlmea recabturlng It each tlm a though to Impress the baby with her akilL Members of tha family In an ' . adjoining reent heard the Sound of ! the baby gie ana investigated, dl- . ; covering. what waa going i l X",' 1 . .' T ' . ; - v '; .Man Suffocated by a Cat.. ': London Globe.1' -V-vA,!-. i'.h! Mr. Walter Bchreeder held an in. qulry at th Bt, Pancraa coroner's . court last night Into th death of Al bert Parpen. - ' : , ir"" - ' Lying close to Parnell's face wa ' hla favorite tabby cat' The doctor -who waa called expressed the opinion that death was due. to asphyxia, com bined with heart trouble and bron chitis, the asphyxia being caused by the cat lying on th-a man's face. The 1 ' coroner observed that this waa the first Inquiry held by him of an adult death In taah circumstance. , . A: i .
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