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Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-04
House.

The speaker laid before the house the anti-option bill with senate amendments thereto and sustained the point of order against MT. Hatch's motion of yesterday to non concur in the senate amendments and to agree to a conference.
 MT. Hatch did not appeal, but moved to refer the bill to the committee on sgri- culture and on that motion demanded the previous question.
 MT Bostner of Louisiana made point of order that the bill did not belong to the committee on agriculture, but to the com mittee on ways and means.
 The speaker suggested 1t was in the power of the house to refer the bill to whatever committee 1t wished.
 MT. Kilgore of Texas made the further point that the bill having been originally reported by the committee on agriculture, that was it's natural reference now. and the chair had not the right to entertain a motion to refer to that committee. If a motion to refer was made, it should be made for reference to some other commit tee.
 The speaker overruled the points of or der, and held Mr. Hatch's motion to be 8 proper one.
 The question was then on MT. Hstch'f l demand for the previous question. On 8 division the vote stood-11O to 65 and MT. Cummings of New York vocifer- | ously demanded the the yeas and nays, which were ordered. The previous question was ordered yeas 151, nays s4-and the bill was re ferred to the committee on agriculture | without division. 1 The presidents message relative to bono transit over Canadian roads was read ant referred to the committee on foreign af fairs.
 The house took up the deficiency bill. MT. Wise of Virginia offered an amend ment granting an extra months salary t. employees of the senate. It was, after som debate, agreed 10, and Mir. Holman of In diana, gave notice that he would call for
 separate vote.
 The committee rose.
 | In the house the extra months pay wa
 agreed to-yeas 1 42, nays 64-and the bi
 was passed.
 MT. Peel of Arkansas, reported tn
 Indian appropriation bill and it was place
 on the calendar. Then public bushes
 WAS suspended to permit the house to pa
 tri bute to the memory of Alexander Graf of Pennsylvania. After appropriate re marks by Messrs. Sipe, O'Neill of Penn
 sylvania, Gillespie, Anmerman, Stockdal L Wilson of West Virginia, and Kribbs u house as a mark of respect to the memol of the deceased adjourned.
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-22
NYE ON THE BRlNY.
WITH SOM STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS By
HINSELF.

Hs Did Not Feel Wall for q Few Days But Be
Was Not ssasiek-Ausic BY the Band 10 Ac-
company The COursS-An Interview With q
Real Baron.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-22

This was the moment OF supreme dis
stimulation, aud Tom knew 1t. All the
forces within him were reused to a
throbbing sense of self-preservation.
But he could not lie to him. He could
be very wicked but for one stain in
herent In his nature. The waywardness
rolled like 8 sea. only to break upon
this as upon a bar and surge back
strengthless and abortiVe. No, he could
net lie to him. His glance wsvered,
the cigar dropped from his trembling
fingers, he moved little nearer Felix
Dawson, his heart in his eyes.
What will yon do? Wait before you
speak. Hear me-" he stopped sudden
", pierced to the heart. My Godl
what must you think of me?"
What do l think OF you?" asked
Dawson, the low, resonant voice sud-
denly quivering with contempt. II
would not touch your hand for all the
money in the world If starved to-mor-
row. You seem to me like rich man
who searches through beggar's rags
and steals his last coin. You are utter
" detestable to me-. You cowsrdl You
thiefi'
Tom started and flung back his head.
s.No, Pm not that Pm not what
YOU believe. I didn't rob you Of your
one possession and add to it my many.
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q dramatic situation distinctly now.
Yours respectfully,
FELIX DAwsoN.

8 dramatic situation distinctly now.
Yours respectfully,
FELIX DAwsoN.
No. -, Bedford street
p. S.-If you can find time to look 1t
over, you will be doing me an inestima-
Bile favor. / beg that you will be care
full of it, as have no copy, and even
though commercially worthless, 1t is
very dear to me.
"Very dear to you," Tom said slowly.
ST know Just how you felt Mr.. Felix
Dawson, when you wrote these words,
VERY dear to YOU You shall have
your treasure back"
He turned the first page with pity
ing, half languid interest, but only the
first. After that he knelt amid the de-
structlon of his own work, paying trio-
ute with erraptured senses to the genius
of another man. The manuscript hut
tered to the floor when the last climax
was reached climax that made every
nerve Vibrate and swoke his senses ike
a trumpet call-and with strained, lost
hands he grasped the chair.
He looked around the silent room and
down at the bundle of half furled pa
pers. Oh, that imagined life pictured
there through laughter and signing,
like gems through dust and tears! 1t
was more precious than magicians
wand. -,
"If it were mine--if 1t were mine!"
he said aloud, and woman's laugh
drlfted up from the street, as II she had
heard that CRY and Knocked him.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-22

sire on board to congratulate Gsru,rv
on having the finest set Of people an
eartn. After all, with our American
Doom and swagger, which Is slmnlv
iunny, u takes German TO be perfect.
~ Tree from envy or jealousy regarding
the popularity of the management Of
the universe.
DE would manage tha unIvar.a =,
course II be had to, and there would be
no Irregularities, but he would stipu-
late before he began that he would DO
IL In German way. He would have II
scrubbed every night, for one thing.
and ne would see that gravy was more
general.
Germany will soon have q standing
army OF 100000 men. This is wor,e
than 3 presidential election every four
years, which is about the most iilouc
feature Of grownup government We
put all kinds Of business In jeopardy
every four years by threatening a reyo-
luton and soaring every trade and man.
ufaeturer TO death with platforms
which nobody aftsrwArd pays any At
tentlon TO, while Germany robs the poor
TO feed million dummies in time Of
peace.
II hadn't agreed to write history
OF the United States and visit Ireland
this fall, l would take small class In
rudimentary government for few
months, but can't do anything.
DIR, Bedloe, eT-consul at Annoy, China,
tells OF good plan adopted in the Chi
nese empire for raising taxes, by means
OF which the government is greatly
oenetitted, and the pride OF the citizen
Is the thing taxed. For instance, tho
right to use the name Of Depew would
pay tax Of 81 per year, whereas to
use the name c. NJ. Depsw would cost
the urbane president Of the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad
500.
Surprising that he should put on hls
visiting card Chaunesy Mitchell Depew.
IL would cost him $500, or II he thought
best 10 add DR.. to the above full name
be could do so by paying $500. Colonel
would be tho same. So would Judge.
Major would be $500. In this way IL
takes means In China TO maintain a
title. You cannot be q colonel there
on Your own statement thai you used
to be very wealthy. You must pay
your taxes on these handles or surIen-
der them.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-22

He sprang up and turned the Key III
the door. Then he stood listening. The
action was guilty, almost before the
thought:
mo one will know If make it mine. %
II was foolish to tremble so, Of course.
The cold drops on his forehead were
foolish, too, aud his fast beating heart.
"No one will know" he said again,
and there was a note Of defiant Joy in
the breathless cry as he picked up the
play.
A sound attracted hts attention. 1t
was the faraway throbbing Of street
band; the air, German battle march.
1t was long since he had heard its
heavy, rolling sweetness, with that
flowing underbeat Of sadness creeping
in like a knell for many OF the multi
tude who marched onward to its swing.
A flicker of pain crossed his uneasy
eyes. He knew that march. Virginia
had often played it, and 1t pulsed
through the warm night with wake
Of memories. Her face in its diurnal
beauty rose before him; then slim,
white robed body fOated 20 join the
face, an arm, a hand, with finger point
ing at the play, crushed in his grasp.
Yes, her very voice was in his ears.
"You will not-you will not steal 1t,
Tom! You could not fall as low as
that!"
He dropped into chair, hiding his
face upon his clinched hands. a sud
den nostalgia weighed sickeningly
upon him.
You will not steal 1t, Tom" rang
the voice in his soul.
But be looked up again after awhile.
The face was gone. The German
march had dwindled to an echo.
Eyes, l will, he said steadily, as II
defylng an invisible mentor. "I'll take
it. I'll not be a fool. It's a chance to
redeem myself and l cannot let it go.
l can't The man who wrote it must
be dead-he is dead-and-there's no
copy Of it, 1 can choke down Della
tole's sneers-I can pay my debts-I can
start afresh. 1t will be life, hope, bread
to my soul. I'm not going to let fan
cy befool me. II it had fallen from
heaven. it could not have come more OPP
portunely. Conscience? Bah"
But for all his bravadO the violence
Of the temptation made him stand pet
tri6ed, peering into the shadowy cor
ners. Every creak in the silent house
appalled, him as be mental weighed the
chances for and against detection. He
passed his hand across his trembling
lips, his narrowed eyes upon the locked
door.
"Tll do it," he whispered.
All night he bent over the pages,
copying the play, here and there touch
ing it with wit that came to him then
with diabolical readiness. His heart
warmed over it. 1t seemed to become
his own by the mere changing OF the
names OF places and people.
He left no chance fragment OF the
original play to betray him nor Of the
letter and even tried to forget the mans
name. BY morning all was done and
well.
As he stood up, a wan and haggard
ghost, a crimson haze swept In, envel-
oping him like blur OF blood, aud the
lamps of new day were liz in the east.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-22

The table groans Win gOou tnlGEs Ior
eating purposes. did not feel wen Ior
a dav or two. 1t was not seAslcKness-
but sort OF sporadic case OF indiges'
ton. Still was pressed by all HANDS
eat something. Meals came closer TO-
0etber as we went east, and gravy De
came more general on the menu for
fear of a famine during the day luncn
was served three times day In the
smokinQ.roonI. Then the steward
when he saw my place vacant at the Ia
bile. sent a waiter and under sherln 10
nv stateroom 10 make me come GOWN
or allow them to bring up something
with gravy on II.
Yesterday morning We struck the
nath OF a great storm. We could see
the places along the way where the
lightning had struck. We also iound
that, though the sun was shining, there
were large holes in the sea into which
we stumbled with our dampfer.
Oampfer is German for steamer
Early In the morning We sighted
wreck. II was an American schooner
that had barely outlived the storm.
went on deck 10 see the remainder OF
the crew come aboard, rescued from
death. As we got abreast OF the hull
on which spar or two sustained q rag
of sail that looked like the awning for
bows lemonade stand, we signaled and
got replies, but / could not make them
out.
Finally / asked an officer near me.
"Does he not make out your slgnalsp"
Yes"
And can't you get nearer He is
drifting away"
"He SAYS he don't need help"
"But won't they starveP"
"Oh, no, l think not. -Four times al
ready we have asked him at least TO take
some OF our gravy, but he thanks US and
says he wouldn't choose any.
Tae Germans are very hospitaole.
The gentleman who sits next to me at
table asks me in the morning:
Have you through the never-to-oe-
forgotten get up and -slt-down-night
we'll sleptp"
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Every morning tho band plays on
deck, and at evening IL plays
AS an orchestra throu ugh dinner.
1t is deightiui' music. WheI e
get on shore, shaliA h2ya 1880! =.
band TO play at dinner tune, ~ snail
have no appetite. The music. too. seems
TO fit the courses. With our CLANS VIC
get very Joyous music. which would In
dictate the happiness entering .nto the
life Of the clam at high tide. With our
soup we have an Irish air descriptive Of
the "broth OF boV." discoyered.tbis
adaptation OF music 10 the course.
For the side dishes We have solectIoHS
from Seidl.
With the fish we get "In the North /,
Sea Lived Whale" This is q 10
iar.fetched. but We do not mind II.
With the fowl tho orchestra plays
"FIee as a Bird" etc. When we get
down 70 fruit, the band plays Little
Peach of Emerald Hue" and whom the
early rising cheese comes on the leader
strikes 10 Johnny, Get Your Gun"
introduced this custom four years
ago on this line Of steamers and now
have patent on IL pronounced pay
tent in England.
The other evening the ship was max
ing such wild plunges that the managers
had TO be put on tho table again. She
would bury her nose Ia the sea, slowly
recover, shake herself aud clear the Ia
bic at tina same time, and people would
90 up stairs forgetting TO put their nap
klns in the rings.
In the meantime the orchestra was
playing Rocked In the Cradle OF the
Deep" when Herr Embonpont, who
plays the big bull fiddle and ls often
mistaken for it. stepped up on stool In
order TO reach q top note with bis loft
hand. when the danpfer gave lurch
and threw him on the chest Of the bass
yiol. IL fell on top Of him and nearly
knocked out his young life. This Is
not an idle fancy. but fact You may
ask him when he comes back 10 America
lfIAm not right.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-22

At least that 10 my translation OF IL.
He is Just going home after visit OF
- days In America. / asked him II he
proposed writing book on Life In
America" He said he thought be
might do so. Sarcasm cannot disturb
q man with a nice, pure heart.
He suddenly left the table last even
ing to go on deck and see the sunset.
wish could think Of some OF those sub
teriugss In time, but / am not gifted
that way. do notthink quickly when
old man Gastric gets bis wires cross
ed" When my stomach Ia Ia the air.
as It were, think slowly.
We have handsome and well be-
haved young baron on board ship. he
has the Heidelberg scar on the cheek,
which would admit him Into the best
society without his title. He 10 certain
" gentlemanly. quiet fellow. He told
me that being q baron is not hard work.
Il is almost as good as play. told him
that our folk had always been looked
up to socially q good deal, and real
lied that much Is required OF snch peo-
pie. We can't romp and turn loose as
we could II We had been middle class
people and tradesfolk.
The baron said II was sort Of tough
10 feel that the eyes Of the world are on
one ell the time, even when be goes 10
swimming, and that he cannot get out
from under the restraint and thrsldom
of social reform. We talked that way
for quite . spell and enjoyed IL right
much.
The man who sits next me At the table
Is OF q musical nature, and when the
orchestra plays at dinner he snaps bis
fingers and directs the orchestra with .
stalk of celery. Sometimes be whistles
the air, and thus fills his Whiskers with
succotash and asparagus. Often / wish
that he would not do this. II had
brought my other trousers, IS was
tempted 70 do, would not mind. but
people IN London will think I've been
working IN corn cannery, fear.
| find that most every one aboard
talks much Of the fair a. Chicago, but
on general principles, while greatly ad-
mIring Is. regard the American as srtis-
ticaIly still In 9 neb1lous or gummy
state. They generally consider WASH
ineton the most beautiful city and
praise her streets without limit, alto
her cleaalinesa. tul
Still there seems 70 be . general 4 81
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-22
CHAPTER XII.

From that day Tom was never alone.
His secret went with him every
where. When after a months hurried
preparation the play, rechristened SIN
the Name of the Gar" was put before
the public, and he knew again the in
toxication of praise and applause, his
secret had much to say to him of a con-
ndenti& and contemptuOus nature:
"If these people only knew the truth!
Can't you fancy how the friendly hand
clasp would grow startled, cold, and
the fingers leave yours as II they had
touched something uncleaD? You have
the arena all TO youself. The plaudlts
are all yours. They do not know. But
1 do; 1 do"
he listened with a growing equani-
nifty TO these Whisperings. He saw the
philosophy Of getting on the friendliest
terms with his secret, since IL would
never leave him. Besides be possessed
il absolutely. He never considered that
some day IL might possess him.
1t was now early in December. The
theatres had just deluged Broadway
with thousands Of matinee goers. The
evening was slushy, the air damp
aud warm. Rose leaf tints flecked the
smoky vapor Of the sky. At the per-
spective OF the crowded street, crawl
ing like luminous cleft between vast
masses of rock, the humidity had
heaped itself into & low hanging pink
cloud.
Tom came ont OF the stage entrance,
paused 20 light cigar and strolled to-
ward Broadway. He had not risen un-
III 3 O'Clock. The day was just begin
ming for him. His face had the Opaque
wilderness debauchery leaves. and warm
though it was the occasional dabs OF
damp air struck through him, carrying
a depressing chill.
AS he turned the corner the currents
Of people eddied around him. His WAh-
II
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IcoNTNuEp.l

Since his illness Virginia had grown
accustomed to treating her father
like pettish child. She went 70 MIN,
laid both her warm palms on his oalo
crown, aud smiling looked tenderly al
him,
''No, daddy. don't want to marry.
I'm stay with you yet awhile"
The sudden fury OF bis gaze was Ike
the leaplng OF an unlocked for name
from a dead fire. -,
$50 you'll be a fool, will you? fou'H
say no? You'll fling away wealth thss
could give me, In my last accursed days,
q few OF the luxuries / was accustomed
10? And why? Oh, you fool ana MS
blue, ouivering lips seemed TO spit ous
the words, "and why? Because you
are still thinking Of that iello"' tnas
scamp, that Murray, who gave you suS
90 by. Don't / know? You Sentlmen taI
idiot, be had no romantic memories 10
hold him back! He has looked 70 II
that his bread will be plentif1llY but
tered. Read to-day's paper. After
sDlurge in Europe, courtshlp on the
steamer coming home, he's going 10
marry General BaudOEe's widow
woman worth millions. Do you hear?
Refuse 10 marry MOnkloW, and III
never forgive you
ia was a terrible sight in this sud
den spasm Of rage-repression, his NE
long habit. fallen from him like gar
ment loosed By his palsied fingers.
Virginia straightsned her young fig
ure, her arms hanging loosely at her
sides aud as white as "Ihe Masker
laughing beside her.
The patience and silence OF the past
fed away ike shades, aud resistance,
fully armed, took their place.
"Then you'll never forgive me, Tor
do refuse" she said steadily, but scarce
" louder than a breath. "What sort OF
life have lived here st your very side?
viii Won hear. now, nt last? You flung
away your Smoney while You could.
You thought wholly Of your pleasures.
You gave me nothing. You didn't
think. Yeu didn't care. And 1 have
worked with my hands, my brain, at
anything I could find 20 do-yes, OFTEN
while you slept. Now you have sala
all you could TO wound me" and there
was 40 angry, sObblng break 10 the &C
eusinQ voice. ''I could bear even that.
But YOU shall not take all, father-not
nv body, my soul. They are my own. -
Everything was dark as she went
bindIy from the room. She had faint
Intention Of going out In the rain-a
sense of supreme and awful loneliness.
The door closed upon her, and she
wsuld have stumbled had not strong
arms caught her. She looked up and
saw Richard MonklOw. One glance at
his face, drained OF the hue OF life IN
derneath the brown, the lips con-
tracted, the kind eyes sad, and she saw
be had heard ALL
II asked for too much. Forget ny
words. Virginia" be said when he could
speak. Forget all save these-that /
can only live you will let me serve
YOU, see YOU sometimes, be near you. 1
am yours. Use me as you will"
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Copyright. 1898. oy EDGAR " Hva
ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN
[E BowERY AND WHIrECHAPEI.

THE BowERY AND WHITEcHAPEL.
STEAMER ALLFS;ATLANTIC OCEAN.
How strange 10 seems to be once more
on the bounding bIllowl The weather
is fine. We hSd an suspicious start.
Only one thing failed me. The two
uniformed footmen whom / had en-
gagged TO bring me flowers as / sailed
did not come. They mad not failed me
before, but did wrong in paying them
until they had delivered the goods.
There is already . German air about
the ship, and the band is playing one
on the deck also. We have good deal
of music, and 1t is superb, too. The
Germans lean . good deal toward music,
astigmatism and gravy,