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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, JANUARY 01. 1S03. HOW. BELLAMY SOLVED .AN INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM (Continued from Last Sunday.) . right, but you can depend upon him. VII. Two sailor chaps, evidently half drunk, and a lean, long: legged Ions shoreman together' with a sporty Ten Minute later, at he crossed the i iudge. were seated In a low celled. Exhibiting no more concern than It be had shoved a chicken out of his way, Gray left the room. , eteet from the sidewalk opposite the Sherman House, Gray atopped to let n automobile pass. 1 t - Bellamy and a middle-aged man .. occupied th rear seat. '""Who's that chap ho left here with Bellamy. Frank V he asked ihu 1 clerk as he selected a cigar and pro ceeded to light it. Tie a stranger to me.( 1 den't - think I ever laid eyes on him be fore." ; . "Not putting up here, then?" "No. Some one at the Phoenix call . ed up a few minutes ago and want ed to know II Mr. Bellamy was In. u s He requested me to Inform Mr. Bel lamy that Mr. Morgan, representing the Heart 4 Walker people, would t like to speak to him a minute. V "Mr. Bellamy told me that he was a;oln g out with the gentleman for kn hour or- so, and would be back ir time to keep his appointment with " "Mr. Cartwrlght at four. "He had previously instructed me to send Mr. Cartwrlght up to his room ' iwben he came at that hour." "How long have you lived in Cleveland. Frank?" Inquired Gray. All of my life until I came here." "Ever see that chap before?" The hotel clerk gazed meditatively t the ink bottle. "His face looka familiar." he mused. Then striking the deck with his fist - he exclaimed '."By George! t know him now. Do you?" Qray ' nodded. "When did he get out?" "About three months ago," said Oray. "1 saw an account of his dis charge Jn the papers at the time." "How long had he been sent up?" "Twenty-five years, but he had a rul) and got pardoned after doing ten." "Pretty smooth article, wasn't he?" "Slick as they make 'em. Did Bel lamy seem glad to see him?" "Not so you could see It, but then he couldn't have known him from a aide of sole leather. "He gave him the frosty mitt all right; atood him off like a barbed evire fence. "Then the chap explained that .Morgan wai detained by a party who wanted to close a contract, but would , be through with his man by the lime they, got to his hotel. Then they went ff 111 the auto after Bellamy had again, requested me to tell Mr. Cart wrlght. should he show up before four, that he would return not later than that hour." Gray went to the 'phone. "Give me the phoenix. . "Hello! That you Tom." This Is Gray ; "Is there a party staying with you named Morgan, from Detroit?" N"" thank you. iood-bve." ' What the devil is he up to any way." muttered Gray as he hung up the r i :ver. hays there's no Morgan there, Frank. " , "I, dropped In to have a talk with him. Guess I'll have to postpone my chat this time." At four sharp Cartwrlght came. The clerk gave him Bellamy's mes sage: "Well, time's up," said that gen tleman, glancing at his watch. Half past four and no Bellamy. Cartwrlght looked disappointed. Telling tha clerk to Inform Bella my When he returned that be had called. Cartwrlght took his departure. When he reached th( factory he found Osborne sitting at his desk. Strips of court plaster were pasted over a deep cut over his left eye. Osborne regarded (urtwrlght un easily. "You should have remained on the lounge. Osborne. That was a fearful crack you received "The doctor said you chould remain j smoky room In the rear of a building on a slue street near the water front, playing a game of cards, the game Has going against the sailors, and they were in an ugly mood. The bartender had admonished them two or three times to make less noise or leave, but they paid no at tention to his request. "Jack." announced the shorter of the two, "I ve a notion to slide that skate out of doors on his ear." The "skate" referred to, came from behind the bar and was Just about to grab the son of Neptune by the neck when a shuffling of feet and a string of profanity attracted his at tention. Three men, one of them an evil eyed ruffian with a livid scar ex tending from the left eye to the cor ner 01 his mouth, was jerking a slend er looking chap in overalls and jumper toward an inner room. His companion, a swarthy, good looking fellow with lines of dissipa tion marked on hie face, was assist ing him ,to manage the man in the blouse, whose hair was disheveled J and matted with blood, some of which I streaked his face. The captive with a dazed expression was making an Inef fectual resistance against the com bined efforts of the two men who had him In tow. "Hold on there, matey, what's the row?" demanded the longshoreman, getting up from the table. "Go to hell and mind your own business," retorted the sinister look ing tough. The two sailors pushed their chairs back from the table and gazed In a befuddled manner at the trio. With unsteady steps snd an effort to stand straight they drifted toward the struggling men. The larger of the tip sy chaps staggered against the man with the scar. Furious with passion the fellow dropped a black Jack from his sleeve and aimed a vicious blow at the sailor, who suddenly side-stepped ana aeait the hard featured rascal a crack on the head with a billy, which dropped him to his knees. In an instant his companion was pin ioned by the longshoreman and the sporty looking chap. A revolver in the hands of the other sailor, with Its muzzle not a yard from his breast halted the bartender. Throwing back his coat the sailor ehowed a badge to the surprised whiskey seller, and ordered him back to his post behind the bar,. "Well, I'll be damned," he ejaculated. "You're become balled tip In a most deplor able manner, "I do not agree with you that Bel lamy belongs to that class of men who seek to further their nefarious ends by the employment of crooked means. His references preclude that Idea. on me lounge, you would recover snore rapidly If you would go to bed ' end give your nervous njsirm a chance to recover." "I'm all right," protested the mana ... aer, brightening up and speaking with . forced cheerfulness. "Half of these doctors would bury a man years before hi time, if they were not so keen after his money.'' "What's Bellamy got to say for himself? You were to meet him, I t.--Ileva. at four." "Don't you worry about Bellamy," said Cartwrlght kindly. "All you have to do Is to rogt and take things quietly." - ' "NO harm In telling me what he aald, not that it makes any dinVreix t m," added Osborne, dipping the i edge off the note of anxict in his voice. " "I have not seen Bellamy." return - ed Cartwrlght. ? "I was at the Sherman House to eneet him, but he failed to put In an appearance." I didn't think he would show up." continued Osborne In a relieved voire. "Oo home and let .Mary nurse " yon." said Cartwrlght with a pleasant smile, "and you will be all right in a " alay or two." , VI. "When's this thing to be pulled tBV Inquired Inspector Hogan. "Ten-thirty, sharp." replied Chancy. , "How.do you know?" , "How do I know? Well this Is how -1 know. '. "Yesterday after you sent me around to see Mr. Gray and he had put me wise to what had happened, sad who the guy was that left ih Sherman House with Bellamy, I hop ped a car and made a sneak for the water front. '. "I found Skinny Logan In Jimmy Langford's place and told him my business. ; "Skinny looks at me a minute and Bays, soft and easy like. with a squincn in one eye. u hat's in it for mo. Shorty? " "Twenty-five cases, says I.' . "Let's see the color of your mon ey." says Skinny. keep the stuff at me bankers, do you. think I'm fool enough to come in hers with all that wealth In ir.e clothes r says I. " 'And another thing,' says L you'd have a fit if I flashed me roll.' - -iI'x0Bsi4araU.4t0ttr feelings, fkinny says f. " 'But, says J; T represent a bunch cf sports aha are straight as a string- and If you come across they will tak you for a little place of ' your wa mayo. ' ".'I' stand to win that much as It 5s,' r--.?a Skinny, sort of casetessi' - "'Yon stand to wis a - fiver and that's ail, my bucko, says I. . " The lookouts : haven't- formed a trnrt at this end of the pier, not that ' can see it,' says I. - ;;-- ? . .; "Then be gives In. and says; How marv in the party? ' ' ' i , - "Three and raeslf says t " 7 " jinny's out for the .money all It. all right. Take your men and get out as easy as possible." "You tell Jimmy that Inspector Hogan wants to see him, and get a move on you," snapped the officer. The bartender Jumped to the 'phone. "All right, he'll be here In a minute,' said that worthy as he hun up the receiver. Langford came In hurriedly, very much astonished and not a little alarmed. "Lock the doors," ordered Hogan. "and send three cabs around to the tide entrance.'" "This Is the first I knew of your operating a crimping station," said Hogan, when Langford had complied with his request. "I declare to God, Inspector, this is the first time that anything like this has ever happened in my place," protested Langford. "All right, we will see about that to-morrow." replied Hogan. as he led his prisoner to a chair and bade him be seated until the cabs came. Meanwhile the longshoreman was devoting all of his attention to the battered victim of the crimps. "Give me u mouthful of your best whiskey. If you keep such an article in this hell hole," he demanded. Langford hastened to get the II- can vouch a bottle and quor. "Here's something I for," he said, producing glass. The water front man sniffed at It suspiciously, then tasted It. "That's not so bad,' he muttered. "Here, Bellamy, take a sip. It will do you good." he ordered kindly. "You're with your friends now. Don't you know Gray? Here's Frank, too. Von know Frank, clerk at the Sher man. We are going back there now. "Never mind my clothes," as Bel lamy regarded him suspiciously. "I'm Just dressed up this way for fun." "langford. ring up Doctor Scott. Tell him Mr. Gray, O. R. Gray, wants him in go to the Sherman House Im mediately i will have a case there for him In a few minutes." Hy this time a carriage drove up to the side door, then two more. "With their hands handcuffed be hind them, the two captive were as sisted to enter the cabs, Hogan tak ing the follow with the scar, and his companion the swarthy chap. Gray and the hotel clerk with Bellamy oc cupied the other conveyance. At the Sherman House they found Dr. Scott awaiting them. VIII. Three days had elapned and no Bellamy, nor tidings from him. The hotel ;ieope mild he had not removed his tunk. HI clothing still hung In the closet, and a few books and a couple of trade' journals, together with a magazine and two or three dally papers were lying on the table. On the fourth day, In Cartwrlght's ( ffice. Osborne and Cartwrlght were discussing itellamv's disannrarsnoa. "Good riddance to bad rubbish. I sa: . -tared Osborne, "although to t.e fiank with you, I was keen enough to iiave him arrested and punished." "It Is more or less a mystery to me." said Cartwrlght, "why he should make such ridiculous charges boats me. Apparently he was honest about it, and finding he could not produce thr proofs he simply vanished. But why should he leave all of his clothes, or trunk, either, for that mat ter? Possibly he Is a periodical drink er and has gone off on a spree." "I think It very doubtful If we will ever hear from him again." observed Osborne. "1 have no doubt in my mind that he is one of those reck less individuals, who, to accomplish their endst would stop at nothing this side of the penitentiary. This ehap' has run the limit and then made his get away." ' "Take my word for it, Harry, we have seen the last of him." "You know." said Osborne with an Indulgent smile, "I warned you when this qxtestioti of y-owr tsktnr ih ae tivs part In the business was first broached, that yon would find It a rough house propositlen in 6pou. "So you ?dld." admitted Cartwrlght with a smile, "but my experience so far has only confirmed my opinion that it was high time I should ao- quatnt myself with the inner work- "Why he disappeared Is as much a mystery to me as it Is to you. 1 have had two or three talks with him. which convinced me that he is above suspicion, as far as questiona able dealings in this matter goes. "On the contrary I found him a very entertaining and intelligent ex ponent of systems and policies that have determined the success of some of our competitors. "He pointed out to me the self evident fsot that to prosper and re tain our hold upon the trade one of the many essentials required was to build up a construction fores1 that could be relied upon under all cir cumstance. "To do this he explained the neces sity of Introducing a policy which would attract the best workmen and retain them. "Without esprit de corps, any working force, he said, would degen erate Into listless groups of half hearted tollers. Instead of the intel ligent co-operation of all the depart ments which should pull together with one common goal in sight, the factory w'ould be an abode of con tending factions pulling at cross pur posec. "The company's officers, in many establishments, he declared, wera more familiar with the details of fi nancing, accounting and celling, than they we? with those of manufac turing. "The absence of accurate knowl edge relating to manufacturing con ditions, he affirmed, had 'been the, cause of all the failures which had come under his notice." A knock at the door Interrupted their conversation at this point. In response to Cartwrlght' Invi tation to "come In," both men were dumbfounded at the entrance of Bel lamy and Gray. Cartwrlght arose quickly from his seat and with an expression of delight grasped Bellamy's hand and inquir ed eagerly. "Where on earth have you been all this time? Osborne, the prodigal has returned." While talking, Cartwrlght was eye ing Betlamy intently, and noticed that his usual serene poise and alert de meanor was changed to a subdued listless manner. He showed signs of pain and weariness, although making a brave effort to conceal his condi tion. Osborne, who had been leaning back In his chair, with an Involuntary start, sat upright the Instant he be held Bellamy. Grasping with both hands the edge of the table, he stared with dilated eyes for an instant at the man whom he thought was on the high seas. Then, with an effort, re covering his self control, a cynical smile suppressed the look of aston ishment reflected in his eyes and blended instantly Into a bold chal lenge, as he met Gray's cold, steady gaze. Cartwrlght conducted Bellamy to a seat and regarded Grad Inquiringly. l nought he had Jumped his Job, eh?" interrogated Gray. Oh, no,' responded Cartwrlght. "but I was worried about him. Tell us what the trouble was." "Ask Oaborno," said Gray, "he can give you enough Inside information concerning this case to entitle him to a high scat In the penitentiary, and, also. If so inclined, he can furnish you with an extended and interesting account of Lyons and Blnney's dis appearance. "If he cannot be Induced to loosen up regarding all of these mysterious cases, why all right. "We've got evidence enough against him to place him In line for promotion on a stage specially built for one, w hen he can demonstrate be fore a critical audience his abllltv to dance a Jig upon nothing." osnorne met Gray's look with a swift glance of contempt. '"Your attempt to create a melo dramatic situation, Gray, falls far below the humble efforts of a ten cent tragedian. "Your aide partner, there," nod ding in Bellamy's direction, "must have had a pretty severe case of the Jimmies, and he could noj. have found a more simple-minded nature than yourself to unload his pipe dream upon. ' '"in oy. tjuRrieti lirif. ; "Well, suppose I Introduce the pro logue and see how it strikes you. "After your dramatio denial of Bellamy s charges at the meeting the other day, why did you leave the room when Cartwrlght excused Bel lamy?" "That's none of your business,' re plied Osborry;, coolly. "Well," continued Gray, "I msde It my business, and investigated a lit tle on my own account after you butted Into that paper weight. "The result of my labor in that direction can be told In a few words. "Simmons la in the custody of the police. He has confessed alL "Miller has withdrawn from so ciety and retired to the seclusion of a cell in the county Jail, where he Is now ruminating upon the error of his ways. "Skinny Logan occupies an apart ment in the same building, held as a witness. "The two crimps havs also effaced themselves from their former hangout. "Langford put up the collateral that enables him to breathe the air of freedom pending his trial for run ning a crimping station. Barton, the barkeeper, has In duced a few of his friends to deposit enougn weaitn or the realm to enable him to walk to his meals until next criminal court convenes. And you, my precious all round grafter end strong arm man, are wanted hy Inspector Hogan for shsnghalng and complicity in the murder of Lyons and Btaney, and. in cidentally, I have a warrant to serve on you, which has been sworn out by a stockholder and director of the Key i-iiy tarn age company, charging you with milking the concern for a nam her of years, by padding the pay roll and pocketing rakebffs handed yon by dealer in supplies. "Thn first letter of tha sitKiBbrdaVit name is tj. R.'Gray. "In all your calculations yon Omit ted doing ths one thin that might have insured yon a little longer lease of life in the open, and that was. to cut Simmons' throat before he squegl- Th first mors I made was to'hava that chap pinched upon his return to the factory after .he, delivered your message to Miller, - "I left everything In Hogan'i hands. not even the men In the wood shon suspected who the quiet looking- fel low was whom Simmons aecftmpsnled scoundrel he i'j. when ths front office men threw a scars Into him, h con fessed everything." ... ; . . ' Osborne never twitched a muscle whilo Gray was relating his story, u wnen a Asa . nnishea, .. be de nounea it s cock and buli story mat nsa not sven the savins' m of plausibility. . , , Surely, Harry, you don't nlaee, u """i m sucn a crazy tale 7' , - -ariwngnt, who had been directing hts case during Gray's recital, from Osborne to? Qrar and then lettina- it rest on the pain-drawn features of caiiamy, answered promptly and wnn reeling. - - "Every word. Osborne, vnrv wnrit. i in sorry to say." tis manufacturing end of ths busi ness would mi a box car, , "My ideas regarding the build ing of carriages wers not in accord with those entertained by tha fore men of tha different departments The men had been -trained niuio fine work and had been selected by aer. vanwngnt to earry out his policy of manufacturing a lino of vehicle mat. appealed to lbs buyers of hlh class.. midlHm mmi..a. Each deoartmont hail been. amr. ated under a system which recos. nlsed the over-lapping influence that mads for or against tha raMd and ac- t urate assembling of ths , various pans, ana provided for ths superb ''Quinine Jim" M'Kinzie BY SAVOYARD. Lord Bacon's eulogy of strong drink I disoutad - hMr,iia- m.,,, was this: "It Is tha duty of every J tha sijk oLLr. l"..-?' 7 " if E dnmk onc' mmtK" 1 Mwrion tariff reform to the rear "Very well, then, all I've got to say I finish that gar to each, vehicle a pe Is, that you have been imposed npon. meantime J will hay this pair of scoundrels brought us with hr turn, i win summon an officer.' rutting on his hat Osborne started it leave me room. culiar individuality, that emphasized me narmonious Dtenaing of lines &aa shades of color, which brought out the full value of the avenlv hULnnl aesign ana faultless construction. inese Domta-nr nmitanu t am. yray piacea a policeman's whistle to IP'oyeo to support my assertions wt k ttoeen tsrnns wretsi rWhen use bora anger at a plea, An Just as wud as wud can be. How easy can- the barley bree Cement the ouarrel! It's aye tha cheapen lawyer's tea u . e tasie vie barrel.. , v. And It 'was' the prince of orators ana tne favorite .of good fellowship, and brought Samuel J, Randall and the -stolen presidency to the. tmnt Randall aDnolnted -a. nrntAorin : and means committee. f- That nated the tariff: . tha Democrat re fused to accept Tilden as the one and only possible leader. ? That eliminated the "great fraud" .. But either m this or the succeed-' nis UPS. At the first shrill rati h door opened. Inspector Hogan entered and placed his hand upon Osborne's shoulder. Like a Bash Osborne's fist snot out, but the wary officer was not to be caught napping, a quick ehlft of his head and a hand ran of hi. suck on Osborne's forearm caused that member to fall numbed and neipiese at bis side "Safe bind, safe find." rnmrannttd Hogan, as he snapped a pair of hand- cuns on nis prisoner s wrist, and to gether with the same officer who had ngured In the arrests st Langford' mey len the room with Osborne be tween them. IX. The tale that Bellamy told Cart' wrlght that afternoon kept the lat ter awake after he retired that night. until near morning. Cartwrlght fol lowed with keen Interest the unfold lng of the plot which began with ths enticing of Bellamy into the oetensl Die home of a friend of Morgan's, wnere the latter was supposed to be awaiting him after closing a deal with his hpst, who had been too busy at nis iactory to give him his atten tion, and Bellamy's awakening in when soliciting orders and thev no. held the reputation of tha Key fifv carriage works. , . ' ; "My mistakes began when f rail. ed to recognise the fact that to the workmen, and the workmen alone. Is due the credit Of bulldinnna wnrlr. The task of organising them Into smooth running force Is bnta aeo unaary matter, without the Intelli gence to select hia men the most am bitious manager In the . world will max a nxxie of lt 'My mistakes were made in bunch- es. i took the advice of a smooth talk. lng. God-fearing chp who promised wonders if permitted to , manage the woua aepsnmeni. 'All my best men had deserted me or were discharged, and I srrasned at any and all plans that promised relief irom tne worries that encompassed "My aanctimonlous friend oolnted out the advantages that would follow if I would hire still , cheaper men who, he declared, would turn out work just as good, but a great deal cneaper. "Then my troubles began la earn est, for every mistake made In the "Pagan Bob" Ingersoll, who, sending llngr Congress In it at any rate. """ ca.enste Introduced and' ecured the naasage of the bill putting quinine, theretofore heavily taxed, on the free list, jt In the only piece of practical tariff reform between the v!.Juc;,i Urltt 01 " a1 the WUsoo a flask of choice whiskey to a friend. paw it this tribute:- - - ; i I send you some of the most won qerrui wniskey mat ever chased a skeleton from a feast of painted land scapes on tne Drain oi man. -It la mlnglsd souls of wheat and corn. In I bill of 18M a oeriod or thtrtv-a.van tt you will see the sunbeams chasing years. . There was a walling -and a vw.u viucr wvr mj diuowjt ueiu, m iiwhiii( ui teem in Philadelphia, and dew of night the wealth of summer and autumn's rich content, all glided wittMmprisoned light, prink it, and you win hear the song of men and maiden fair, mingled with the laugh ter of children ae they alng the "Har vest Home." Drink it and through your vein you will feel the starlight dawn, the dreamy,, tawny dusk of old Pig iron warned ' them that the country would go to Tophet In a hand basket if the clutch nt ,.. a. Welghtmafa were -taken eft the pocket-books of every poor devil ahiv. mng with chills or parching . with fever hv the malarial niatrwa v th bin was passed, the price of quinine fell more than one'-half, and many perfect -days. For forty years I yet two or three 'years ago the head una uquia joy nas Deen imprireneu i wi fnuaaeipma quinine beggar within its staves of oak, awaiting an (firm died and left J0,000.04 tribute opportunity to touch the lips Of man. je got throagh the instrumentalities -f ' ' i , , na Every purchaser Whether that letter was originally I .,1.-2 ' "l aru I0T thirty addressed to? "Quinine Jim" McKen- J morV:V"0,f,L0' tne ale, or some other choice spirit, mat ters not it fits Jim as miser's grip miser's purse. Certain it Is that the two were acquaint and Intimate, and either could make "ths welkin dance. indeed, andarousa the night owl In I Kensle waa aervlna- hia i . a taicn. ipai wouia araw mree souis i '. anai me Democrats put out of one weaver." . him forward to ight It He literally .For the double decade after the big I laughed it out He was allowed only wr fcenmcny representation in tne i ""numa, , ,na - inose m broken In 1181 they trUi Urt- The "commission pin was on the hooks. Me- Langford'. underground lair where wood shon wa. fo lowed blts attend! rf00" f lture wa exceptionally Q fc01d Pig irdn and Harry Blng. hill Calntnr. hart Ha nnf.it a V,lm v iwiuweu vj IL llieau 1 atrnn-r Tn h 'flan.ta rt. him ihnl thai ha . 7. " . w " --" Mlill S VVfc robbing him of his money and clothe which extended tT v.re ZiS Davte Thomas a McCreery, John W. fo to pot i down to hi. .hoes. He remembered d Tended ' with ?uirfo7ce when etv'' and James B. Beck, while UxM and, nothing after being ushered Into a vehicle inXtofS he sent to the House of Reprewnta- "crowner". strong. room on the right, as he entered the hall, save a tremendous crash as If the building had fallen on him, until ne neara tne sound of voices In the room next to the one he was lying In. Slowly his benumed sense returned to him. HI heA' racking with pain and covered with blood testified to the rough treatment he had received. A musty, foul odor, charged with the fumes of stale beer and tobacco smoke, penetrated his throst and nostrils. A fa'nt light filtered through a dirty transom over the door. Bel lamy sat up. In a daaed sort of a fashion he realised that this waa not the room that his guide had conduct ed htm to. a voice, which be recog nised as Osborne's, was contending with someone who insisted that one hundred dollars was not too much for the Job, and finally declared that for seventy-five he would deliver some one to the captain of the Mohawk, but for another twenty-five he would hand him over to Stringer, who would agree to fix . him so he would never return, as he was going on a three year's cruise, and a landlubber wa never known to survive the keel-hauling that was In store for him on that vessel. Xn the 'Senate were Garrett I bam showed that the country would uniess quinine was again proved it ' too bv tha vehicles were placed in the customer' , 17? 7. MW r TOt nanas. 1 7 J'.. . . . ...r. I . inn got tne noor, and he ru ri a m .v v. . M"pn - newia. wuuam s. gweeney, I began br a dissection of tha frea iiat Old friend of the house, oersonal I jh vn.,r. -a, r a l ?"9 friend, of mine, switched their trade h,,;. wiiitin. r- nUT.T 1 . ".' "LH5'fun-'.. 'cestlo to our competitor, after paying their H7nry Watter.on John w7 CaVdwea ao'mtaXrS k oh,.ff; Cmri'.".i "cr Tnrnr' Aj,b? du"V ipeoao. leeches, divl-divt and d. uua, rniuD a. -i nompsoD, tu v-. aiamona and he commenced after Phlster. James B. McCreary. W. P. this fashion, eommenceu alter Taulbee and Wlliiatn H. Wad.worth, YoVw "Here's your money, then," said Osborne. "You're damned hoggish, though, a good customer like me Is entitled to a rebate." "It's worth something to you for me to keep my mouth shut, ain't It." chuckled the voice. "Have you ever heard from Lyons or Blnney? Of course you haven't, and you won't. either." 'This chap will never trouble you again, either. The Hornet gae out on the next tide and your frlerrd will oe aboard. Then there was a clinking of glass es and the men, soon after, left the room. 'In a hazy sort of fashion I real ized that I had been shanghaied," continued Bellamy. "Again I lost consciousness, I guess, for I don't re member anything more happening until I heard voices again, and soma one telling somebody to be quick. "I sat up. and not seeing anyone in the dim lighted room, I arose to my feet carefully and made for the door over w hich the light shone. "I stumbled over a chair but scrambled to my feet again, and had Juat crossed the threshold when two men Jumped on me. , "A blow on the hesd which seemed to split my skull, Instead of dropping me, served Instead, to awaken my faculties and stimulate my strength for an instant, "Mr. Gray tells me that I had gained the middle of the floor of the room In which he and two detectives and the hotel clerk were swatting de velopmeats, having been given a tip that I wss to be taken through that room sometime in the night and placed aboard a vessel." X. The memory of Osborne's trial I still fresh in the minds of many of tne carriage building fraternity. W hen asked by the Judge if he had anything to say before sentence was pronounced, Osborne replied that he would like to make a few remarks. "I wish to say that I regret exceed ingly that I havs given Harry Cart wrlght any cause to think that I am a rascal. iogs of the business, which, X And, has -up town. But Hie the white Uvered "I have, however, been proven one, and will take my medicine, no matter how bitter the dose may be, with good grace as possible. "I do not claim that there are any extenuating circumstance connected wth thl case that should lighten the sentence your honor may see fit to Impose upon me. "It fa, I believe customary for criminals, when given aa opportunity to taut at this stage or the game, either to claim that they are the vic tims of a conspiracy to railroad them to the penitentiary or pose aa horri ble examples, and bdseech the rising generation to not follow in their foot steps. "Following thi precedent I will urge all who may come within the range of my voice, to prepare them selves carefully, in an intelligent manner to take ur any Una of en. deavor they may select for their life" work. It was the lack cf proper training that caused me to fall. . - -When Harry Cartwrlght'a father died Z was placed in control of the business, being considered, bv reason' o7 my many year of service with the company, the most available man. I was aa honest hard-working. ambitious perstm. I had labored faith fully under the direction of Mr. Cart wrlght and took pleasure to following his Instructions. .: . " r, Ther'Tputst5ow of "the-htwrse for building a class of honest substantial work war good and widespread. I accepted the verdict of the trade aa a direct compliment to myself, for the energy and enthusiasm which I had dlsplsyed In placing the goods udds the msrkat. And when I assum ed the management I overlooked the fact that what I did not know about compliments to our work in more or lees tropical language. I could not see my way clear. I was working In a fog. Our work dete riorated so rapidly, and sales fell off with euoh regularity that I was des perate. Men were discharged and replaced Dy others more incompetent "Bows were of frequent occurrence. Dut i continued to listen to the ex planatlone of my slick tongued advis er who continued to place the blame anywhere but where it properly be- lengea. "It has, I believe, been a puzzling question among sociologists why- a man with a two-candle power brain can put It all over a shrewd business man and hand him a scheme that will separate plenty of dollars from hts clothes or Induce him to embark In enterprises that carry" on their faces ins signs pr certain disaster. - I am not attempting to dodge my responsibility In thl matter, nor seek to soften the Just condemnation that my actions have brought unon my head, but simply pointing the manner in which I have lost my good name and erned a felon, stripes. "I accepted rebates from dealer In "I commenced to play futures, you know what that means. I borrowed money from the com pany without observing the formali ties that usually attend such trans actions. At first I Intended to return the money as I had taken It, by stealth. but after awhile it became impossible for me to do so. "Then one day Simmons touched me for a loan of twenty-five dollars. I did not have the money to spare. "He Informed jus that he could prove I was taking money from the supply them. Two of them, he assert ed, had told him as much. "These men I afterward learned, had been paying him tribute for some time for his Influence in their behalf. I had to make terms with him and he named the conditions, of course, which were that he should hold his Job no matter what happen ed, and a substantial Increase in his wages, which were already out pf all proportion compared with his work. The alternative meant my ruin at his hands. "After that he could get five, ten or twenty dollars at any time, and I was forced to bulldoze every superin tendent, for I dared not have Sim mons discharged. "For that reason Lyons and Blnney faded from sight when they requested hi head. "So, too, did Bellamy. "Simmons, meanwhile, sang Just as loud In the church choir and posed as one of the faithful who wouldn't'let butter melt In hi. mouth.' Osborne received his sentence of ten years In the penitentiary without any manifestation . of feeling. It could not be shows that he had con triDuteo to tne death of Lyons or Binney. In fact there was no evi dence offered to prove that they were aeaa. Bellamy recovered hia health, and la less than six months had the con struction force reorganised. In one year the company was doing a nice business. At the stockholders' annual meet ing the following year a handsome dividend was declared. THE END. : the last-named a Republican, and scarce second to any in Intellect and second to none in character or In eloquent tongue. Another Representative from Ken tucky 1877-'! J was James A. Mc- Keniie, of Christian county, and his tne ires "at. now when I come to contemplate -wis bill, looking at it In its altitude and its nnichritud t Its concavity and its convexity, in its obliquity and It . iniquity, J feel like exclaiming with old King Lear whan contemplating the ingratitude of his daughters, "Give me an nnno r district, the Second, could well dls- I Civet good apothecary, to sweeten my pute with any other in the Union, in- I Imagination.' V eluding the Ashland district itself, for You hava nut loss sticks on the free first place in aU the Western Hemls- list Still ministering to the spiritual phere as an agricultural region. Its wants of the Chinese, you are wllling prlmacy In the-growing of tobacco that the. heathen in onr bordor. Z then, as it 1 now, everywhere I burn lnsense to this unknown S fre from taxation. While the humbler American worshiper is taxed 2S per cent, upon the Bible that points his way to heaven. t & 8. Cox moved to atrlka tha Antw. out and that Republican House sus tained the motion by a vote or lot yeas to ST nays. And so we have free quinine to this day, thanks to Mc Kensie, of Kentucky.. , jw: .. . -.. s. The ' following VMr tnrnn T Prootor Knott appointed McKensie Secretary of State of Kentucky, and for four years it was dellrhtfni vielt Frankfort where there raaii-! Knott McKensie, McCarty, Robert sum. wiison and Aleck - Grant Every night wss a avmnoatum. ant when the Legislature waa In session a fortnight at that capital was a good education. When McKencie was In Congress he was then, as It conceded, while for the growing of grain corn, wheat rye and oats it was, and la unsurpassed. Its meadow and pasture lands, too, were broad in acreage and rich in succulent abun dance. Its forests afforded enormous ly of hardwoods, and Its bowels were filled with minerals. It Is ths heart of the "Pennyrlle." a. the Ashland district is of the blue-grass, and there is no falrsr clime or more generous oil under the sun. McKensie came trom that part of Christian county south of Hopklns vllle, the garden of the "Pennyrlle," its asparagus pstch. Born with a all-- ver spoon In his mouth, necessity was never his taskmaster. Gifted with a glowing mind, he early acquired the reeaing nablt; and like a horse on pasture, he grased where he list and there was garnered In his marvelous memory a vast store of all sorts of InfAvmiHmi 1 Dami i 1 , a h. ... graduated from Center College when wnsiaerea j tne i most entertaining approaching the threshold of man- nere. xne aipio- hood. He studied law, and was ad- matJf rP. the army and navy, cul- mltted to the bar but his was not a t?' "ora from Boston, Garfield, T...1 ia ..4 k. . . v. Blaine, John Randolnh Tucker. ron could plead the cause of a client in l J. " tnJlr' BO rsoll, John .. -nr. . h. . hi. McCullough, - Lawrence Barrett -Ti farm; to his miscellaneous library; to H1'roii; iik ljiurd, proctor Knott . i. .... . v., ... . i senator veat. iiin ramam ft. who rurai mo ut cuiiivaioa oieniucKy, I . ' .amu.bmvi as it then was. ff" "cores 01 otners loved to bang on ' . his words in private converse, and he i was conceaea nrst man of any com . tf.ftu ivuMiui uiMsvu t ymkj uarv xq mftL Derucuier irw,.. u 1CVU1 UJ UVfUVWI, nuu when little past the constitutional age limit SORT PIAMOVDS WITH A STEVE. Primitive Method of Hantlng For the tns tn Hoot n wot Africa, Cape Timea'. ' Probably no diamonds in the world are obtained so cheaply, as . those from the recently discovered fields ear Luderltx bay, in German South west Airica. Tne process of recover ing the stones Is so simple as to ba almost ludricrOua The Ovarabo boy, with blue gog gles on. xneeL oown on the sand searching for the diamonds. They are ffurniaed with spades,- and with these they proceed to fill aa ordinary sieve witn a xairiy fine mean. A man will then take, the sieve, rlva it a shake and plunge it into a galvanised Iron bath of eea water, which. has the effect of hardening, the contents. White at the Warn tima owtaavto tha pecino gravity of the diamonds the latter fall to the bottom. The man then sicks u tha sleva and turns It over onto aa ordinary deal table and the diamonds are then. of course, on the top. -He will then take an ordinary table knife, -pick op tha diamonds with this and care fully place them In a pickle bottle, which atanda by his side. . From the primitive simplicity f this method of working it will be eeen that the diamonds do not give much trouble to find. - The cost of getting them averages. In fact, from la to la d. per carat , he was chosen to reprssent Christian county in the Legislature, Where he greatly distinguished him self, and where he came to know hi elders, Blackburn and McCreary, each of whom became Senator in Congresa In 1871 the Democratic party was derided from ocean to ocean - for nominating for President a man who had written: "All "Democrats are not horse thieves; but all horse thieves are Democrats." Four years earlier Seymour had received 100,000 - ma jority in Kentucky; Greeley -got but s.ouo. ana to Jim McK.en.ie, a much a to any other single man, was due the fact that he carried the State at alt He was elector for the State at large, and the god of eloquence yet neid symposium la old Kentucky, and not a Kentuckisa of the lot not wil Ham C. P. -Breckinridge .Or John Toung Brown, surpassed James A. McKensie on- the stump, He had the form, the presence, the voice, , tne vocabulary cf the orator, Above six feet tall, graceful, hand' some, ready, fluent nsture rarely put sucn a bust on one of her children, and the voice would make the fortune of an actor on the histrionic stare. mm aret in 171 and heard him plead for Greeley. Everybody was talking about "striking hands across the bloody chasm," and to those Dem ocrats who repudiated Oreelev he quoted wim magical effect: ,- TTCs said the linden tree,' when riven; Perfume the aza that laid tt k. Then let man. who hope to be forgiven, rorgiv ana love nis roe. I never heard a finer stumn sneech tnan McKensie made en that occa sion, and I've heard Ingersoll, Breck inridge, Bryan. Cockraa- and Hard. Also Voorheea . s---.-k Although nature made him for an orator and culture had fashioned him ror nis mission, a cruet trick waa played on him he never rose to ad dress an audience in his life that a native ounuence oia not assert Itseir, snd for, the first few sentences threaten -a stage -flight almost re sistless in tta terrors. There waa a He was minister to P Cleveland, and there his eyesight was nearly destroyed. He . returned to Kentucky and lived soma in m. tirement until the inexorable sum mons earae and he was gathered to hia fathers. . James A. McKensie waa not a great man, but for brilliancy he waa tha equsj of the foremost American of hia day. ' - - WIFE KISSED THE CAT. Husband Chewed Tobacco, So Ttiry Agreed t'poa a separation. New Tork "World, ? ' 1 ' . , - Jtiatice of the Peace William n Williams, of Montclair, N. J, eaya fas was called on Saturday by a man -and his wife, whose names he refused tn give, who asked htm to draw ap sepa ration papers. The Justice made' an effort to patch up their difference, but a shak. of the head from each was the only result of his good advice. Turning to the woman.' the luetics . said: ' " ! Doesn't your husband give yon his wageT" She answered in the affirm a. tlve. and volunteered the information that he did not drink to excess; that he stayed at home nights, carried un ' the coat and, in fact waa a model husband. He had. however, one habit that she "would not put up with any -longer." - . , -: "What have yott got to say f . tha Justice asked of the husband. . - "WelL" he answered, "my wtfe i a model woman, she la a good house- - keeper, aba doesn't equander my wages, she has no extravagant ways. but she baa cne habit that I cannot will net put up with any longer." Then the puzzled Justice, addreesed - both. "Make a confidant of me." he said, "and perhaps I can suggest a better remedy than separation." . ' . The man and wife looked at each other sheepishly, and the woman said; -too may ten, u you wish." : -"Welt Judge," said tha husband. "I chew tobacco and my wife objects to it. She kisses the cat every night be fore' going to bed and I abject to that famous eato-of. BardatoWn,. Robert I v?a talked-the matter over. New Year's at. Kara in, enter Justice of Kentucky. who labored -under the same disa bility,: but J much doubt. if it ever bothered Breckinridge or Blackburn. In 117 McKenrie . was chosen . a member Of the Forty-fifth Congress. succeeding John Toung Brown, and took his sest the following October an extra' session called by It B. Hayes. It was also the first Congress hich John o. Carlisle and Thomas Bead sab : The paramount politi cal issue was the . "great fraud of 877," and the paramount legislative issue was "soldiers at the polls." The Day arid as we are determined tie etick to our habits we have decided fo spa rate." - -. ;.-. .-1 . , A THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF GOOD. - . ; - ' A. H. Thnrnes. a well-known rcnl oo- erator ef -Buffalo. Ot. t : t "I hava been afflicted wkh kidney and bladder troabls for years. taiaa g.t.vel and . stones with excruciating pain. 2 got ne relief from medicine -until I bftgan taking Foley's Kidney Cure, then result was surprising. A few doses started the brick dust like fine stones and tvw I have ne pain across my kidneys and i (mM like a sew man. It has done me fl.iMU worta of good." R. H. Jordan as Co. ... v , r--
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