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|
and disappointments) we spied o ship,
which we knew to be of the Algerine
sort by the cross set of it's lateen sails
making it to look like some great bird
with spread wings on the water-bear-
ing down upon the shore.
We watched the approach of this ship
with feverish joy and expectation, for
though we dared not breathe our hopes
one to another we both thought that
maybe Moll was there And this was
not impossible. For, supposing Judith
was married happily, she would refuse
to leave her husband, and her mother,
having lived so long in that country,
might not care to leave it now and quit
her daughter, so might they refuse their
ransom and Mol be sent back to us.
And besides this reasoning we had that
clinging belief of the unfortunate that
some unforeseen accident might turn to
our advantage and overthrow our fears.
The Algerine came nearer and nearer
until at length we could make out GER
tain figures moving upon the deck then
Dawson, laying trembling hand on
my oiCONOb aShCu IL ull hOb Olllnh
twas a woman standing in the fore
part, but l couldn't truly answer yes,
which vexed him.
But, indeed, when the galley was
close enough to drop anchor, being at
some distance from the shore because of
the shoals, could not distinguish any
woman, and my heart sank, for knew
we'll that if Moll were there she, seeing
us, would have given us some signal of
waving handkerchief or the like As
soon as the anchor was cast a boat was
being lowered, and being manned drew
in toward us; then truly we perceived
bent figure sitting idle in the stern,
but even Dawson dared not venture to
think it might be Moll
The boat running on u shallow, a
couple Of Moors stepped into the water,
and lifting the figure in their arms car
ried it ashore to where we stood. And
now we perceived twas a woman muf-
aed up in the Moorish fashion, little,
wizened old creature. who. casting back
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her head clothes, showed us O wrinkled
face, very pale and worn with care and
age Regarding us, she says in plain
English:
lyon are my countrymen Is one Of
you named Dawson?'
MY name is Dawson" says Jack.
She takes his hand in hers, and hold.
ing it in hers looks in his face with
great pity, and then at last, as If loath
to tell tho news she sees he fears to
hear, she says:
Il am Anne Goodwin. /"
What need of more to let us know
that Moll had paid her ransom?
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return to Elche together, and none so
downcast Us | at the thought of losing
my friend, and specializing on the mis-
chances that might befall him, for did
now begin to regard him as an i'll fated
man, whose best intentions brought him
nothing but evil and misfortune.
Being come TO Elche, Don Sanchez
presented himself to Mrs Goodwin with
all the dignity and calm assurance in
the world, and though she received him
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purchase Moll's freedom of her captors.
However, says he, "if 1 can show
'em the use Of chairs and benches. for
lack Of which they are now compelled,
as we see, to squat on mats and bench
es, may do pretty we'll with Turks of
the better sort who can afford luxuries
and SO in time gain my end F"
"You shall teach me this business,
Jack, says l, "for at present I'm more
helpless than you
kit" says he, laying hold Of my
hand "let us have no misunderstanding
on this matter You go not to Barbary
with me.
"What!" cries l, protesting. lyon
would have the heart to break from me
after we have shared good and ill for
tune together like two brothers all these
years?"
"God knows we shall part with sore
hearts o. both sides, and shall miss
you sadly enough, with no Christian to
speak to out there. But tits not of our
selves we must think now. Some one
must be here to be father to my Moll
when she returns, and I'll trust Don
Sanchez no farther than l can see him,
for all his wisdom. So, as you love the
dear girl you will stay here, Kit, to be
her watch and ward, and as you love
me you will spare me any further dis
cussion on this head For l am re-
solved. "
would say nothing then to contrary
him, but my judgment and feeling both
revolted against his decision. For,
thinks l, if one Christian is worth but
a groat to the Turk, two must be worth
eightpence; therefore we together stand
a better chance of buying Moll's free
dom than either singly. And, for my
own happiness, l would easier be a
slave in Barbary with Jack than free
elsewhere and friendless. Nowhere can
man be free from toll and pain of
some sort or another, and there is no
such solace in the world for ones dis
comforts as the company of true man.
But was not regardless of Molls
welfare when she returned neither. For
| argued with myself that Mr.. Goodwin
had but to know of her condition to find
means of coming hither for her succor.
DO U16 neXU Ullue L In6U DOu SdnCI6Z
took him aside and told him of my con-
Germ, asking him the speediest manner
of sending letter to England (that
,t.L .nclJsed in mine to the don having
missed him through his leaving Toledo
before it arrived).
"There is no occasion to write" say
be- For the moment 1 learned you
history from Sidi l sent letter appris
ing him of his wifes innocence in thi
business and the noble reparation sht
had made for the fault of others ais,
| took the liberty to inclose a sum o
money to meet his requirements, ant
I'll answer for it he is now ON his wa,
hither For no man living could be dull
70 the charms or his wife or bear resent
inent to her for an act that was prompt
ed by love rather than avarice and will
no calculation on her part. Z"
This cheered me considerably ant
did somewhat return my faith in Dol
Sanchez, who certainly was the mos
extraordinary gentlemanly rascal tina
ever lived.
Day after day Dawson and I wen
| down to the sea, and on the fifth day o
|, our watching (after many false hope
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09
CHAPTER XXI.
Miss .IOYce'S Desire.

Miss Despard, do come here for a
moment"
ooh, Miss Despard, you might help
me-you are such darling. I am sure
you will"
Dear. dear Miss Despard, aren't you
sorry to be left here all by yourself,
while we are gone home for the holt
days?"
81 am used to it, Milly," said Miss
Despard, replying to the last speaker,
a blue-eyed little girl of 10, who chung
with both arms round her teachers
waist as she asked the question.
There was great confusion and much
SCI; milling, even a little shouting on
the landings and in the bedrooms at
Westbourne house, on the last day of
the term. Miss Joyce. with the worldly
wisdom for which she was remarkable,
always closed eyes and ears to the up
rear and untidiness of the last two
days. On one she gave big break
ing-up' party, the next was devoted to
packing-and also to pranks. She liked
to send the girls home in good temper
it spoke we'll for the school.
1t was a bright, warm July afternoon
Boxes stood everywhere, drawers were
wide open and their contents tossed up
on the beds; maid or two were help
ing the young ladies to collect their
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09

who is lowering between the devil and
the deep sea simply because Mr.. Platt
has promised to move heaven and
earth to get the nomination for him at
the st. Louis convention. The fact
that Mr.. Plat has made this promise
has made Mr. Morton dubious. His
friends openly tell him that Flatt will
give him the double cross the mar
BILE heart" the glad hand and the con
smile" to say nothing of the stony
stare from the icy eye" when conven-
ton time comes round. There is
Major Mckinley also, who would like
to know where and how the easy boss
will knife him. Even Big Tom Reed is
nervous, although it has been under
stood for couple of years that Platt
would work honestly for him and for
him only IN the campaign of 1896.
But no matter what Tom Plat does,
he stands today the unique boss in the
political arena of the nation. What
he makes out of politics no one has
ever been able to discover. 1t is said
that he makes nothing, and the people
who say so give it as the reason Of his
unbroken and iron-clad leadership.
Even men who hate him-and their
name is legion-do not attribute sin
lister meanings to his political power
What he is after is only one of the
many mysteries connected with Tom
Platt 1t is an old story that he eX-
pected to be made secretary of the
treasury when Harrison was elected IN
1888, and that when Harrison refused,
q never ending war broke out between
them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09

feat in the city and state time after
time, but, Notwithstanding this, no
combination strong enough has ever
been made 10 force him out of power.
1t is not due to lack of genius that he
loses; it is because he is negative
fighter instead of an affirmative one.
His hatreds are stronger than his lik-
ings, and he would rather pull down
an enemy than build up a friend. 1t
is his very vindictiveness in this re-
gard that has made him the terror Ct
SO many small fry leaders. Plat may
be sincere in his promise of support to
a friend, but the friend must wait I'M
til he has taken a shy at some enemy.
In this way he makes more enemies,
and they keep piling up year after
year, like the riches of a hundred time
millionaire who is only able to spend
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09

Plat has never aspired to any cleo
ave ONCE, for the reason that he would
oe the most numerically beaten man
who ever graced a ticket. He knows
this better than any one else, but it
doesn't worry him. He has never
courted favor with the people. All of
his dealings are with politicians He
controls the politicians, big and little,
and they attend to the voters. Like
Won Moltke, the German general in the
Franco-Prussian war, who sat miles
away from the front, and, with the aid
of the telegraph, kept track of all the
changes in line of battle, moving regi-
ments and brigades here and there as
II he were playing checkers, Platt
does not mingle in the actual strife
He never makes political speech. The
last one he made was something over
fourteen years ago, when he shared
Roscoe Conkling's defeat by resigning
from the United States senate By
this he earned the sobriquet of Me
Too" Platt
One of the strange things about Platt
is that he is rarely successful in any
campaign. He has led his party to de-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09
tiny fraction OF his income.

tiny fraction OF his income.
One of the curious things about Mr.
Plat is that when the political times
are dull he seems to wilt and wither
up, but when politics are lively, with
plenty of internal rows and discordS to
be harmonized, he blooms and fattens
and the funereal look which perpetu-
ally adorns his face can scarcely be de-
tected. Just now he is at his best. A
determined effort is on foot, engineered
by powerful leaders in his party, to
drive him to the wall and break up the
Platt machine. Wires are being
worked on all sides of him to cause his
downfall; hundreds of able men are
plotting against him, but he seems
happier than for long time past.
This does not mean that he is merry.
No one ever saw Tom Platt in a merry
mood. But the hard lines in his face
are trifle less distinct and he is more
approachable- sure signs of in
cipient good humor.
The man that Tom Plat goes to the
convention to geo the nomination for
will probably get left, because the eX-
senator will be too busy tearing down
the fences of other people to give much
time to building some of his own. But
he can always be counted upon to make
the cleverest kind of a fight, and the
men who oppose him will know that
they are IN politics.
Mr.. Smalley, the American CORE
spondent of the London Times, made a
study of Mr.. Plat some time ago for
the benefit of the English people, and
among other things he wrote: He
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09

Take that low chair near the win
dow, Madeline, and let us have a little
chat. You know, suppose, what I am
going to do this summer?'
NO, Miss Joyce, do not"
L have promised TO meet my married
sister at maison in Switzerland and
stay two months with her | shall not
be back again until the day before
school reopens.
She paused and looked at Madeline
as if to see what effect this communica-
ton had upon her. But Madeline only
looked little grave.
Il think | had better go on reading
for my examination" she said, specu-
latively. 1T will give me something
to do while you are away"
Mrs. Gervase has not invited you
this summer, has she?"
No, she and ali her family have
gone to Scotland
We'll, my dear, / 90 not quite know
what you are to do. l am going to
have the whole of this house white
washed, papered, painted and enlarged
full state and if there is a thing | know
that you can't bear it is the smell of
paint
"Oh, can put up with it, if there is
a corner anywhere" said Madeline.
cheerfully.
Il don't know that there will be a
corner" said Miss Joyce, stubbornly.
Madeline was silent. A faint feel
ing of dismay began to creep into her
heart.
Nov, Madeline, l am going to talk
plain common sense to you. You have
lived here six years and ought to know
that | mean well by you and that I am
not unkind in what I say
Indeed | know it, Miss Joyce"
You would not listen to Lady Esler
yesterday but you must listen to me.
And you said she had done nothing for
you all these years and had perhaps
little right to speak; but | nave every
right, for l have done all l could for
you, when L might have turned you
out into the streets or sent you to the
workh6use six years ago. Now, is that
not true?"
1T is quite true and I owe you every
kind of obedience and gratitude, Miss
Joyce Indeed I do try to show it,
said Madeline, her eyes suddenly fill
ing with tears.
Il believe you do. | think you are
good girl, Madeline Despard, although
your father-well, we won't talk of
him. And now | want you to do a
thing which will be a real comfort to
me and which will relieve my mind
very much and save money besides
and I think you ought to do it, if only
for my sake
Il am sure | shall be very glad to do
it. You have only to tell me what it
is
Eyes, indeed, if you wish it,
'Well, remember your promise when
you hear what it is. Lady Esler came
yesterday afternoon TO ask you to
spend the summer holidays at her
house, with herself and her niece Con-
stance. And it is my wish and desire,
Madeline, that you should go"
CTo be Continued)
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should appear No matter how many
gifted conversationalists there may be
present, she should not permit an out
slider to create the atmosphere of her
house. Even the most diffident woman,
who glibes unobtrusively through a
throng elsewhere, should courageously
assert herself when the response b1l1ty
of entertaining rests upon her. In her
admirable fearlessness she may recall
the terse self-announcement of Rob
Roy. "My foot is on my native health.
and nv name is MacGregor."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09
FOUND WANTING.
This Young Man Not the Kind that
This Young Woman Sought.

They didn't know they were attract
ing attention, but they were. Frag-
ments of their conversation dropped
along Market street were caught and
carefully treasured by passers-by, but
a couple that walked behind them
heard it all, says the San Francisco
Post
Cant you say yes?" he pleaded, as
he felt surreptitiously for the hand
that had dropped at her side and didn't
find it.
ooh, don't ask me-" she groaLed, as
she rolled her eyes to the top stoIy of
the Parrot building across the street.
But can't help it. You will, won't
you, dearest?"
81 can't tell yet. Be patient. Wait
a little
ooh, how can I be patient until I
know you are mine. You know I love
you from the bottom of my heart.
Can't you say the word?"
She stared and gazed at him search
ingly.
"No, you do not love me! Ny eyes
are openedr' she Kissed "But-but-
yet-Tll give you one more chance to
prove it."
IT not love you, my life and soul?
I'd give my life for you. If I had fifty
lives I'd give them all, one at time,
for your love. Can you give me no en-
couragement"
wait a little
when will you tell me?" Z
LAS soon as I can decide"
ooh, I know you must love me, dear
estv'
She stopped and looked in shop
window, and then walked very slowly.
She looked at him curiously. He was
still pleading in passionate words for
her love. Suddenly she stopped and
turned on him, with her eyes swapping
hatred and defiance.
CO." she commanded. fI tell you
to go, and never let me see that false
lace or hear those false words again.
rIe stood, paralyzed with amazement.
Co.. she repeated. you have been
weighed and found wanting. I will
never marry a man who will whisper
the words of love in my ear to distract
my attention while he gives me the
rush past two ice-cream stands and
three candy stores. Coz
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09

ear of Gotham, the man OF the icy
eye
Tom Plat is a thorn i'll the side Of
many men of note just now. Platt al
ways has knife handy, and he is not
afraid to use it, There are many ru-
mors afloat that Platt's sun has set;
that he has gone the way of all wicked
bosses and that the people have at last
risen in arms to crush him. But the
man who governs the legislature CT
New York state with an iron hand and
who is as much of a king of the me,
tropolis as Richard Croker ever was,
is not an easy man to down.
If some of the presidential candi-
dates could turn an X ray on the heart
of this leader and read the actual
truth they would be more than happy.
There is Levi P. Morton, for instance,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09
WOMAN AS A HOSTESS.

Whatever the aesthetic or sensuous
attractions, the ultimate fact is that
when people assemble socially they
meet to talk. In popular definition
"sociable" means conversation, and
'unsociaP' means silence" The sue
cess of any social gathering will be
largely decided by the prevailing spirit
of the conversation. And in this, more
than in any other feature of the occa-
sion, the personality of the hostess
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09
ROME AS A BOOM TOWN.

It is sadder still to see the modern
ruins of houses which were not even
finished when the crash put an end to
the building mania. There are MANY
of these, roofess, windowless, plaster
less, falling-to-ruin and never-to-bein-
habited-landmarks of bankruptcy,
whole streets of dwellings built to
lodge an imaginary population, and
which will have fallen to dust long be-
fore they are ever rehabilitation
Crawford, in the January Century.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09

New York, April "a man with
STOPPING shoulders and bent head, with
a thin, cold face, calm gray eyes, a
beard more white than gray, a man
who might be a minister or an exceed
ingly clever bunko steerer, a man who
walks very quietly and laughs noise
lessly, this is Thomas Collier Platt, the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09

An import tax on silver and a tax
on exported gold of twenty per cent.
ad valorem might equalize matters and
enable America to retain some Of the
precious metal that she produces. Such
law would be quite as feasible as
some of the bills to which Congress
has devoted so much deliberation--
Truth
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09
NO QUESTION ABOUT 1T.

Bruder-Do you think the govern
ment should own the railways?
Burrows-Well l think it would be
better than the p, esent plan of having
the railways owning the government.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09
HOW HE IDENTIFIED HIM.

II was so tipsy that when l met you
and Jones 1 couldn't tell you apart;
that is, at first
How did you at last?"
Jones offered me cigar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09
THE LATEST VERSION.

MAUD of Athens, ere We part,
Give me back my silver heart.
Il can't" the clever Gamsel cried,
My new beau's picture is inside"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09
THE CAR OF GOTHAM
EFFORTS TO DOWN PLATT, THE
POLITICAL CAESAR.
THE MAN WITH THE ICY EYE

Odd Traits of the Leader Who Is
Worrying All of the G. o. P Presi-
Dental Candidates-A Man of Pre-
eminent Political Alibity-Has
Never Aspired to Elective Office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09

Friends of Ambassador Bayard, deny
that he will resign.
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N11OI do d pISCt vi UOy 1911
and girlish folly which was almost too
trivial to be regretted.
But when she was hurt or sorrowfuI,
even now the thought would we'll up
uncontrollably: "Lancelot, if you had
but loved me you would never have left
me here"
The last of the girls had departed,
the teachers had taken their leave and
the house had fallen into melancholy
silence, before Miss Joyce sent Made
line the message that she had expected.
Even then it was not couched in quite
ordinary terms. Miss Joyce's love
and would Miss Despard have supper
that night with her in her boudoir?"
Madeline marveied These snug lit
tie suppers in Miss Joyce's boudoir
were reserved for her especial favor
ties and even in the holidays it was
seldom that Madeline had been invited
to partake Of them. Miss Joyce would
eat breakfast and luncheon or midday
dinner with her subordinates, but tea
and supper were reserved for her de-
lectation in her private rooms.
At o'clock, therefore, Madeline re-
paired to the boudoir and found Miss
Joyce in the most amiable of moods
and the loosest of tea gowns. There
was a charming little supper, with
good wine to drink and all the delica-
cies of the season and not a word was
said about Lady Esler or Oscar Despard
or Madeline's delinquencies in any
shape or form. 1t was not till after
supper that any perilous subject was
introduced. And then Miss Joyce said
placidly: