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mo captain" the fellow answered,
"wOuld think Of entering lazarette"
What other grounds for suspicion had
hep"
The man replied. 1.-The captain had told
him that his share In the ship. together with
his venture in the cargo and freight were
heavily insured also on one occasion the cap
tain had talked 10 him about ship whose
master had been sentenced ana executed
for casting her away, and the captain had
added significantly that it had been good
job the law had been changed, and that
man might now venture fortune without
jeopardizing his life
Tom steadfastly regarded Rotch while he
gave his evidence, and | knew by the look
IN my sweethearPs face that the villain in
the wituess-bOX fiendishly lied IN every syl-
liable he uttered.
Many questions in cross-eXaminatio
we're asked, aud all Of them Rotch answered
steadily, bowling respectfully whenever The
Judge put question. and he always looked
very straight, with Il fine air OF candor and
honesty, at the person who interr0gated
him. He was asked If he had not quarreled
with Captain Butler at Valparaiso; he an
sgered yes. The full particulars Of that
quarrel were dramatically related by Ser
geant Shea. ROtch said that every word
was true. but that Captain Butler and he
had long ago shaken hands over that
affair and dismissed il from their memory.
lie was asked II The prisoner Had not re-
ported him on one occasion for lnsubordi-
nation and neglect Of duty. and If he had
not been dismissed In consequence, though
subsequently another berth had been pro-
cured for him by the prisoner? lie an
swered yes. it was quite true. He was
asked If it was the fact that one of the
owners Of the Arab Chief had promised
him the berth of captain of that ship in
any case. since, whether guilty or innocent,
Captain Butler would not after this accusa-
ton be again employed? lie replied il was
true; but then the other side qualified what
was to me danniDg admission By say ing
that the fellow was distantly connected
with the owner aforesaid.
The next witness was Benjamin NOdder.
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LONDON ON THE SURFACE.
WRITTEN FOR THE MORNING CALL.

and father of this wonderful repository OF
cash. You know they don't count money
there, they weigh It, You can, if you care
to, properly Endorsed, walk over quarter
of mile, stepping from one big iron Din 10
another, of English sOvereigns. on are
not even asked to hold up your hands.
only to take off your shoes. Lots OF people
like to do this; but as | had gallOped my
horse over mountains OF gold IN 1dan0 dld
not care TO go in my stocking 1eet, ana de-
cined the offer when | was shown through
this kitchen of "The Old Lady in Thread
needle street." about a year alter this
first gray morning as L walked on
my way to Whitechapel. Here is
Lombard street, too, all banks; ana
1 wonder if Oregon and Washington
know where their staple word "lumbeT
comes from. In the first place, the long
boards" Jews. sat down on Cornhill in
row of pawnshops, and in time this was
called LOngbeard or Lombard street; then,
as their pawnshops filled up with all sorts OF
stuff, it began 10 be l9ngbeard, lombard,
lumber stuff.
But to get on. Here is Pettycoat lane.
1t speaks for itself There is a Shoe lane in
London. toe; all dead mems shoes. Aud
YOU see this street eDtrely crowded with
creatures. dudes and dandles, with canes
and kid gloves, buying dead mems shoes. ct
Of all strange streets ever seen, Inc stfangeSt
is the strange street in Mexico City TO the
throw from the Presidents imperial palace.
This street is devoted entirely to collins. and
the strange part of it is that they never use
any collins in Mexico City; or rather. l
should say, that they always use TIVE, one
filed with flowers, and the other for the
dead, and no one knows which is when,
save those who handle the collins. AT the
churchyard the flowers are put IN the grave.
and the body is lowered on the bed Of
flowers, then the coffin is taken out, there is
a rain of flowers from all who care to be-
stow them, till the grave is filled sometimes,
and then both collins are taken back TO the
strange little street that looks out toward
the glorious cathedral.
But this is far away from dreary and
plague-strcken and doomed Whitechapel.
1t is a relief, however, TO turn back or
aside, or in any way TO escape the pltItui
sights here If only England and America
could be sensible and unite 90 plan to
open a line of escape from Whitechapel
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WEALTH IN DIAMONDS.
The Sultan of lahore Wears a Great
Fortune When Full Dressed.
Harper's " eekly.


In personal appearance his Highness will
compare favorably with the best repre-
sentatives of the Anglo Saxon race. He Is
5 feet in height, is we'll built, with clean
cut, kindly features. His color is
nearer the Spanish type than the In
dian. His hands and feet are small.
forehead high and full lips thin,
and nose squline. His hair and mustache
are iron gray. lie speaks good English
and is able to converse in French and Ger
man. In everyday dress he affects the Eng
lish Prince Albert suit, to which he adds
narrow silk sarong and rlmless black
cap. AT unofficial dinners he wears tux
edo jacket. white, low cut vest, all with
diamond buttops, black pantalouns and
gray sarong. In the front OF his cap is
plume Of diamonds and in his buttonhole
diamond orchid. On his wrists are heavy
gold bracelets ef Malayan workmanship,
and his fingers are cramped with priceless
rings. In his official dress, including his
crown, his HghnesS wears S10,O0O,O0O worth
of diamonds. His collar, epaulet. belt. cuffs.
and orders of all the monarchies OF Christ
endom, blaze with diamonds. The handle
aud scabbard of his sword are solid mass
OF precious stones.
Other than being a lover OF jewels, his
Highness is lover Of good horsetlesh and
of yachts. His stud comprises 200 horses,
among which are fleet ArablaDs, sturdy
little Delhi ponies. thoroughbred Austria
ians and Indian galloways. Twice year
he offers a cup at the Singapore jockey
races and enters half dozen of his best
runners. At his tent on the grounds he dis
penses champagne ices and cakes, and his
native band of thirty pieces plays alter
nately with the regimental band from
the English barracks His 300-ton steam
launch was built on the CLYDE. Besides
the Sultan's saloon on the lower deck, which
Is furnished BETTING a king, there are
cabins for ten people. The promenade
deck is under an awning, and is furnished
with heavy rosewood dining-tabla and
long chairs. She carries four guns of long
range. He has two smaller armed yachts
of leo tons aid twenty-five tons each that
| are OF light draught, built expressly for
| shore and river use. At present a Liver
| pool firm has an order for a 500-ion iron
| Yacht and Gunboat combined, which his
| liighness designs shall be one OF The finest
| afiGat.
| Therevenue of lahore amounts to S6.0co.-
| 600 year, to which the Sultan's private
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his evidence, but never once observed that
he even so much as glanced ut my sweet
heart.
l had expected. nay indeed had prayed,
10 behold an ill-looking villain, and / be-
lieve 1t told heavily against us that he was
an exceedingly good-lOokihg man. HIS
features were regular, his eyes OF dark blue.
bright and sieadfasI in their gaze, his white
ana regular teeth shone like light when ne
parted his lips. he was c0lored by the sun
to he manly complexion Of the seaman, and
lie was about Toms height. well built, but
without my sweethearts fine, upright, COM
mandine carriage. His voice had frank
note. His replies were quickly delivered
and there was not the least siaumer @ hes
itatiun in MS statements. Added 10 ali this
he spoke with an educated accent.
He told his story plainly and was not To
be shaken. BE gave a reasoG tof his go,as
into thu laZsTette which my sweetheari's
counsel seemed unable to challenge. 1t " as
shown through his evidence that the size
Of the holes ian inch and quarter which
were found plugged IN the inner skin
exactly cOTreSponGed with the diameter OF
the trenail anger which had been dis
covered In Toms cabin. His evidence was
that while in the laZarette he had heard
the sound of water running into the ship
betwiXt the lining and the side; he took bis
lantern TO the place of the noise and saw the
plugged holes. He went on deck and called
mate and carpenter; he likewise summoned
others Of the crew and they all went into
the laZarette and saw the plugged holes
and heard the water coming ~. linen 10
preserve their lives and save the ship from
sinking they Tipped up the plank and
plugged the outer holes. thus stopping the
leaks, and afterward repaired IN body 20
the captains cabin. Captain Butler threat.
ened to shoot the witness. He was Secured
and the cabin searched and the auger
found. They proceeded to Rio. and on their
arrival Rotch called upon the British Con-
sui, who, on the evidence sworn before him,
thought proper to give the charge OF the
ship TO new captain and send home the
prisoner. together with R0tch, NOdder and
two Of the seamen who had descended into
the lsZaIette.
The witness was asked why he suspected
the captain of attempting to scuttle the
ship instead Of any other OF the crew.
He answered "because he had seen the
captain 70 into the laZarette.
WAS it unusual for a captain TO enter the
laZarette of his own vessel?"
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lie took me by the hand and / arose, but
! could not speak: seemed to have been
deprived Of sensation in the limbs; indeed.
] do not know what had come to me. /
looked toward the bar where Tom had
been standing and sighed, and then walked
with my uncle, ny aunt following. We
passed cut of the court and got into the Old
Bailey aud when In Ludgate Hill my uncle
called coach and We were driven 70 his
home Nothing was said saving that my
uncle once asked who cried out. My aunt
answered, Il did"
sat rigid. looking with blind eyes at the
passing show Of the streets. But how am |
TO describe my feelings? Ask mother
whose child has suddenly died upon her
lap; ask wife whose husband has fallen
dead at her feet; ask an adOTing lover whose
sweetheart, taking refuge with him from q
summer thundercloud, is slain at his feet by
bolt; ask such people so smittcn TO tell
you what they feel Nor can my tongue
utter what was IN me as we drove to my
uDcle's home after the trial.
When we were arrived my manner fright
ened my aunt; she feared I'd do myself
mischief and would not lose sight of me.
sat IN a chair and never spoke though |
answered when / was addressed and
obeycd mechanically; as, for example, If
my aunt entreated me to coma to the table
and eat quilted my chair and took up the
knife and fork, but without eating. My
gazs WAS fixedl | saw nothing but Tom
standing at the ba: OF the Old Bailey bark
ening TO his sentence. lifting up his hand TO
me and looking upward. Ii / turned NV
ewes toward my aunt Tom was behind her
Ii nv uncle sat before mo and addressed me-
the vision Of Tom paiHted in bright colors
receiving sentence and lifting his hand was
behind him.
Once during tho evening of the day of the
trial when my uncle came into the narlOr
my aunt turned 10 him and said, "lf she
would only cryl" She took me TO her bed
that night and lay without speech. seeing
Tom as In vision and hearing the sentence
over and over again repeated. | may have
slept; cannot tell. My aunt wished m to
remain in bed next morning, but when she
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death to me which had nearly filed the day
had grown tires ONE and they were waiting
for the curtain. Then | followed with
maddening conflict Of emotion, but with an
ever-ganing feeling Of sickness and faint
ness, like t. the sense of poisoned and
killing conviction slowly creeping to the
heart against its maddeSt current Of hopes
and proieSts-thuS had / listened 10 the adj
dress OF the counsel for the prosecution who
replied up0n the whole case: ana now lis
tened 10 Mr.. Justice Naule's summing up, a
tedious and inc0nclusiye address. lie made
little OF the points " hich believed he would
have insisted upon. He talked like tired
man. lie retold the testimony, and | seemed
TO find prejudice against Tom throughout
his delivery.
Then it was left TO the jury, and the jury.
after an absence Of twenty minutes, returned
with q verdict OF guilty against the pris-
Oner,
Ny aunt clutched my hand. 1 felt
shock as though the blood in my veins had
been arrested in ice 10 its course. MI
Justice Maue proceeded TO pass sentence.
He spoke in a singsong voice, as though at
every ms tsnt he must interrupt himself with
a yawn. He said that the prisoner had
been found guilty, alter fair and impair
tial trial, of the Offense OF having felOui-
ously and willfully attempted to destroy the
ship Arab Chief for the purpose Of defraud-
Ing the underwriters. That was the con-
cluson the jury had arrived at and he was
perfectly satisfied with this verdict And
then be pointed out the gravity Of the
Offense. and how such acts tended to check
the spirit Of mercantile adventure, and how
impossible il would be for insurance com
panies TO exist il they were not protected
by the law. He reioiced that the penalty
applied 10 this crime was no longer CAPITAL.
At the same time it was his duty to inflict
severe punishment. The sentence of the
court was that the prisoner should be trans
ported beyond the seas for the term OF four
teen years.
My aunt sprang to her feet and shrieked
aloud when this awful sentence was deliv-
cred. ! sat dumb and motionless. Never
once throughout the day had Tom looked
in our direction. Now, on my aunt Shrek
ing. he turned his head. saw me, and
looked upward. "a though surrenderng our
love to God. The next momenthe had
stepped out Of sight.
NV uncle came to ne. He was white and
terribly agitated and shocked.
Come" he exclaimed. come along out
OF this now. We have had enough of it."
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PAGES Is to Is.

property in Singapore adds nearly half
million more. The bulk of the natiors al
revenue Is raised from opium. spirits and
gambling. The scheme Of taxation Is sim
pie but most effective. Any Chiuaman who
has longing for the pipe pays into his
granted permit TO buy and smoke opium
another mon THY dollar and be is licensed
to imbibe. The gambling privilege is given
to the highest bidder, and he has the mo-
nopoly for the kingdom. There Is also a
small export tax on gambler and tin. On
the other hand, any immigrant who wishes
to settle and open a farm of any kind is
given all the ground he can work rent free,
to have and to hold as long as he keeps il
under cultivation. Should he leave, IL re-
verts. with all Improvements, to the crown.
The Government is autocratic. but teGf-
pered and kept in sympathy with the Eng
lish ideas or justice as seen In the great
colonies that surround it,
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THE CODE OUT OF DATE.
Honor in Conduct the Only True Test
of a Gentleman.
February ScrIbn


Since the theory of justification by combat
has been exploded, there seems to be no
way in which a gentleman can be sure OF
keeping his sacred honor free from specks
except by plain. ordinary, decent behavior
and respect for the rights OF other people.
II he does wrong he cannot fight his way
right He simply has TO repent and apollo
gize. or take his punishment quietly accord
ing to the rules of the game. II he Is in
jured, and the law cannot help him, the
best way for him is TO grin and bear it, and
let time wTeak its own revenges. To be
sure, if the injury is desperate and he re-
seuts in hot blood, the law may excuse him
but society has come to poin. of sophisti-
cation where it is able to recognize that the
man who endures is usually Il stronger and
a nObler creature than the man who gives
reins to his temper. The notion that ones
"honor" can be damaged by the action of
another person is pretty generally obsolete.
Drag is not so good dog as he was. Bluff
will not 60 so far. The code that regulates
In these days the manners of the highest
and most influential type of American
gentleman Is actually TO be found in the
New Testament
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CHAPTER z.

SHE ATTENDS HER swEETHEART's TRIAL.
Down to the date of the trial suspense
and expectation lay ia so crushing a bur
den upon NE that life was hardly support
able. In this time / ceased TO wonder that
people had the courage 10 perish BIZ their
own hands. Twice after that first visit |
saw Tom in Newgate but those interviews
were restricted by the rules Of he place To
a quarter Of an hour, aud always the bell
sounded and the rude voice OF the warder
broke in at tue moment when had most to
say and most to heaTken to.
The trial OF nv sweetheart took place at
the Central Criminal Court on April II.
The Judge WAS the stOny-hearted Maule-
memory may deceive me, but l am almost
sure il was Mr. Justice Maule. For Toms
defense my uncle had secured the services
Of the celebrated Mr.. Sergeant Shea. with
whom were Mr. Doane and Mr.. G. Jones.
] drove down 70 the Old Bailey with nv
aunt early in the morning. The court was
not incOnyeniently crowded. IL was one Of
those cases which do not excite much at
tentiOn. A eastman or Bishop would
have blocked the court with eager speca-
tors Of both sexes. put the penis ana crimes
Of the ocean do not appeal to tie land-g0ing
public.
The Judge took his seat at 10 o'clock. and
Tom was brought in and placed at the bar.
charged by Indictment that ''he endPavored
felOuiOusly and maliciously TO cast away
and destroy certain vessel called the Arab
Chief, on the high sea, within the jurisdie-
ton Of the admiralty of England ana also
Of the Central Criminal Court, with intent
to prejudice divers persons as part owners
Of or underwriters to the same vessel"
He pleaded Not guilty." He spoke very
low, but his tones were steady. great
number Of persons who were to appear as
witnesses were ia court and | searched the
many faces with burning eyes for lie two
wretches who had brought my sweetheart
and me to this horrible pass. But nv aunt
did not know them, and there was no one
al hand to tell me which among those men
were Rotch and Nodder
Tie case against Tom as stated at the
opening OF the prosecution was merely an
elaborate version OF tie brief narrative Of
the facts which he had himself related to
me in Newgate. Though nobody bad been
defranded since the ship had not been sunk
and no money claimed or paid vet as much
emphasis was laid 10y the prosecution upon
the number Of offices IN which Tom had in
beyond question. as though the prosecution
indeed had seen him make holes in the shin
aud sink beT, as though he had then arrived
In England aud received three or four
thousand pounds In excess of the worth of
the property.
TIE person who addressed he court for
the prosecution had very clear, musical
voice; he had handsome eyes. and would
pause al every pointed passage OF his open
ing, with an eloquent, appealing, concerned
look at the jury. His sweet persuasive
tones aud looks doubled TO my fear the hOr-
rible significance of his statements, and |
abhorred him while | watched and listened
and could have Killed him in my concealed
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fright and rage for his cool and coaxing and
polished utterances OF what l knew TO be
hellish lies. Often would | watch the jury,
with a deyouring gaze. They were in two
rows SIX in a row, in box, and one or an
other who was above would sometimes lean
over and whisper, and one would take a
note, and one would sit for ten minutes at
time m0tiOnless, with his eyes upon the
person speaking. The counsel and gentle
men in wigs and gowns sat around a big
table loaded with books and papers;
crowd Of people hung about outside the
sort of well formed by the table and lis cir
cular benches and backs. and whispered,
and stared. and grinned. and took snuff.
The Judge sat stern and heavily wigged
not far from the jury. Sometimes be took
notes; sometimes his chin sank upon his
breast. He seemed to see nothing, aud if
ever he spoke he seemed to address a vision
in midair.
IN not trouble sou with the particulars
of this trial; | am passing rapidly now into
another scene OF life. One witness after
another stepped into the box TO prove the
several assurances which had been effected
by Tom; others to testify to the value Of
the Arab Chief and her lading. The name
OF Samuel R0tch was then pronounced and
the man came out of group OF people and
briskly assembled to give evidence. The hot
blood stung in my cheeks when | saw him.
Ny heart beat as though | was stricken
with fever. Tom looked at him and kept
his eyes upon him all the while that the
wretch was answering questions and giving
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Lowered a Window and Won a For.
fIInG.
Reading Times.


Katie Kutz, aged 80, a cook in the Hotel
Penn restaurant here, was returning TO
Reading from Allentown about six months
ago, when it began 10 rain. The rain beat
into an open window near which an elderly
man was sitting asleep, and she closed 1t.
When he awoke he thanked her; they en-
gagged in conversation and finally he asked
for her name and address They have regu-
larly cOrresponded and 1t Is said are en-
gagged to marry.
The mans name is Leon Pocheik and he
Is said TO have vast business Interests in
Cuba, Peru and Brazl and is reported to be
worth 100000. A nephew, now In Lehigh
University. is said to be his only near rela-
tive.
Miss Kuz says he wanted TO marry her at
once and take her TO his South American
home, but as she is so attached to this Sec
tiou he promised to close out his business
interests there and return and settle down
IN Reading. Pocheik is SO years Old and Is
said became attached to Miss kutZ because
she is good cook and resembles his first
wife.