The weekly examiner., 1901-07-27

pale face on the pillow. "Yes; my
 whole life is changed. All my relations
 to my fellow men, all my possessions
 and their use, all that belongs to my powers of any kind, seem under the
 law of this new indwelling. Eric, do you believe in the fact of God actually
 dwelling in man?"
 Erie did not reply at once. There
 was thoughtful silence. l "Yes, I believe it. I don't see it very
 plain. But if you feel as you say you i do 1t will change matters in the rela- ] ttons you bear to the men and all | around.''
 | Of course. I don't see details yet, 1 but l feel willing to walk where the | light shines. Erie, old friend, life even
 under our present troublous conditions seems like very great, grand thing l to me now"
 T am glad for you," replied Eric simply.
 ! Stuart saw that he was not able to endure much, and he called the nurse back soon after that and went out But that brief communion did the two men much good.
 It was now nearly o'clock. Word came up to Stuart that the men who had been persuaded to leave had gone back on the first train east There had been a great demonstration, and then the miners had disappeared, many of them going on down to the lower range to help the men there in their dealings with the remaining strangers.
 Matters were quiet in Champion as the day wore on, and there was no
  low. The owners there had not tried to set the new men to work, but were evidently waiting for large addition of the force to come in from the south and west. These would not pass through Champion.
 Affairs were in this waiting condi- tion the next day at noon when Stu- arts Aunt Royal came.
 She was a large, showy woman, slave to society and a thorough woman of the world, a born diplomat and fnancier. She had very determined views of life and among them was the conviction that one might as well be dead as out of the fashion or out of so-. ciety. She spoke of the people who were not in society as ''the masses" the common people, you know" when ever she mentioned them at all. She < had inherited large amount of mon- ey, a great deal of which was invested in tenement and saloon property in New York. This is very plain and perhaps shocking revelation of Aunt Royals main means of support, but it is historical fact and goes with & biography of her person. Besides, who does own most of the saloon and tene- ment property of, New York and get the rentals from it?
 To suGn1p briefly, Aunt Royal was i}tanber brother, the late fe0sS Duncan, W1tn the exception of his gruff and hard manner of speech Aunt Royal spoke very sweetly and gently always. A French revolution in New York would not have provoked a rough or elevated tone of voice from Aunt Royal. She had little education, as her father had been a market gar dener in one of the city suburbs. It was there he had begun to make his money, and Aunt Royal as girl had helped him, more than once driving a wagon load of vegetables and fruits into the city. She never spoke of that now.
 The first word Louise said was, Aunt, you have come to stay all win- ter, hope?'
 'I think so. Yes, would be glad to escape from the whirl this winter for change"
 "We're having little 'whirP up here, madam" remarked the doctor, who had come up to see Eric that afternoon and was standing in the hall where Louise greeted her aunt.
 '.Ah, .Dr. Saxon,'' said Aunt Royal, q am delighted to see you againw In reality she hated the doctor vigorous ly, and the doctor returned her feeling with interest "You are having trou- ble up here, you mean? I suppose it will soon be quiet These people will soon be driven to work again. They never make anything by these upris- ings.'
 "No, ma'am, only work for the doc tors," replied Saxon. He went into Fries room, and Aunt Royal and Lou ise went up stairs.
 "So you have one of these people in the house. Don't you consider that rather dangerousY Aunt Royal said in her sweet, clear voice as she was going up the broad staircase with her niece.
 Eric from where he lay heard every syllable distinctly. He had met Aunt Royal once, and the meeting was not pleasant memory. He had never been able to keep from choking when he thought of the condescending air with which this woman had expressed her. self to him on the occasion of his say- ng Stuart's life. 1t was very much as f he had been a Newfoundland dog md she had patted him on the head for pulling Stuart out of the water by the eeth