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throughout the whole Scottish southlands
as 1.-THE doctor"
John Glendonwyn listened to his COM
panion with a faint smile OF amused toler-
ance. He did not greatly heed her words.
Veronica was always saying some
thing, generally something fatiguing. Yet
there was this to be said for her, he owned
she never cared a brass farthing whether
you answered her or not. John, for the
most part, did not answer He preferred
to listen and watch.
But on this occasion the girl seemed de-
termined to drive him into a corner. 1t
was for that reason that she had brought
him out. to the manse-greenhouse, where
through a haze OF ferns and geraniums one
could look dow upon the estuary OF
Suddenly the girl turned upon her silent
lover a threatening expression In the angle
at which she menaced him witt her water
ing can.
"John G~lendonwyn, you are more than
enough to provoke a saint! What DO you
suppose / brought you here fort"
"Why, to talk to me-" nswered John
calmly. ut is a good place to talk and
you have been doing It some considerable
time, you know.
Exactly, sir. But when you are talked
to you are expected to listen, and when
you listen, you are expected to answer"
J But did you ask me anything?" inquired
| the young man, still more serenely.
Ibid ask you anything. The girl
stamped her foot. mo; l did not ask you
anything. 1 only tried to get a little sense
and care for the future into that idle, fool
ish, selfish head of yours. o, / know you,
John G~lendonwyn. You think that because
your father does not like you and wishes
you out OF the house you, are entitled to
pose as a martyr. So you lounge and laze
through life and pretend TO have measured
the heights and depths Of despair. Ughl
l have no patience with you'll"
"Ali the more reason, then" returned
John Glendonwyn. sweetly. that l should
have a little with myself"
Something in his attitude irritated the
girl intensely. She set down the watering
can and planted herself directly between
him and the door.
Nov, listen, John Glendonwyn," she al
most palpltated the words. gripping heI
hands till the nails dented into the nesh
and her small, even teeth quivered upon
her lips as II ready to bite into their in
dignant curl, "you have had your trials and
you may have greater. but at any rate you
won't be any the worse of hearing what one
honest girl who wishes you we'll thinks o.
you and Them"
Veronica, dear" urged the young maj
softly, sis it necessary? I have heard 1
so often"
"No," cried the girl; that is Just it-yo'
have not heard! You have been unhappy
at home. You have made yourself more 81
than you need. so that / have hesitated t
speak plainly for fear OF appearing cruel
But now / will be plain"
saThaV .uoss can navar ha % aWalafmGd rfhl
youth smiling upon her as indolently a
ever.
The girl ciasped her hands in front q be
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abruptly, as John stood IN the doorway
uncertain whether to advance OF retreat.
only to know II / can be Of any user
faltered the lad.
Gregory Glendonwyn waved his hand to-
ward his unconscious heir.
"You have lone enough for one night"
he said. stOnily; you may rest satisfied.
You have made my son a sot. He has made
me a bankrupt. But, see-understand this.
IL you think to benefit yourself by encour-
aging my poor Rupert to drink himself to
death, you are mistaken, sir. You can go.
Remember, I have my eye upon you and
your schemes. Ever since you we're a child
you have hated him. But 1t will help you
nothing. 1, his father, will keep him safe
in spite OF you-aye. In spite OF himselfi"
John had knocked one Of his comrades
into the fireplace OF the Cross Keys parlor
only for whispering In his ear, Il say, old
fellow, II your brother runs the rig like
this, you'll find yourself heir to Castle
Cover some fine morning before longi"
But since this man who libelled him was
his own father, John G~lendonwyn only bent
his head and went out through the door
with many unspoken words swelling in his
heart.
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the friendship which long absence on Ru-
pert's part and perhaps some trihe Of jeal-
ousy o N that Of his junior had clouded for
q time. And In the inn parlor Of the Crosa
Keys there was blinking Of glassea and the
sound Of stampings and shoutings, not so
much mirthful as loud. For the prodigal
returned from a far land evidently consid-
cred this a more promising spot wherein to
kill the fatted calf than in the gloomy din
ing room Of Castle Cover and face to face
with his father.
Now, though Rupert's face was flushed
with wine and his voice exceeding jovial
and loud, his hand shook pitifully. For
there were a sheaf Of papers and a series
OF summations in his p~ocketbook which he
was in no hurry to show to his father.
And John Glendonwyn. who, though no
a~scetic, loved not wine by nature or habit,
watched with a slowly s~addening face this
brother who from his youth up had been
held before him as a god. Time after time
he took his arm and strove to lead him
away.
"our father is waiting for you,' he wbis-
pered. For his sake-for Gods sake, let
us get out OF this. / know he has thought
Of nothing else for days and weeks"
But Rupert shook him OF with loud good
humor.
Another toast and l am with you, John
ME. lad" he would say. III you are to b
a parson and preach to us there is no nee
for you to begin your sermoniEing We
awhile. Ny father has waited p~atientl
these three years and more. He can we
afford to wait another hour. and we wi
ride all the faster when we do start"
So 1t CHANGED hat Anton Macmillan, shep
herd on Bennangour, hearing the noise {
shouting far below him, came over tn
heather and down the bowlder-strewn gair!
Leaping into the turnpike with the agilit
Of one-and-twenty, he found two youn
men struggling for the reins in a hire
dogcart, an indignant and hig~h-spirite
saddle-horse rearing and plunging betwee
the shafts.
whats this % he cried. "Laddies, agre
and be ceeviL. Market-nicht or no market
NIGHT, there's nae sense in siccan tulzies!
What's this, what's this, Master John ?
And John Glendonwyn, recognizing th
old. bible-quoting Cameronian herd, coul
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only ind a few stammering worcs In reply.
ut is my brotherl For Gods sake, An
ton, help me to get him into the castle
without my father seeing him!"
But this, though the groom who had
brought over the horses to Drumfern aided
and abetted as best he could, riding for
ward at speed to warn the butler, and
though Duncan Grierson lied his most plaus-
ible in a good cause, proved to be far be-
yond human power to effect.
For Rupert, noisily venting his determi-
nation to resist all coercion, utterly re-
fused to 90 to his room by way OF the back
staircase. He had come 5000 miles to see
his father. He was a good fellow, his
father, and would pay his debts for him,
They were all in q conspiracy to keep him
from his father. John in especial was q
young traitor, who wanted to supplant him
To his father he would go at once.
And In the heat Of the alteration, the
door which led upward TO the hall opened
and Gregory Glendonwyn came proudly In,
the master Of his house, erect as a lance,
his gray hair falling over his high forehead
and his great dark eyes flashing from be-
meath his grizzled eyebrows. His lips were
firmly compressed, and so threatening was
their masters whole demeanor that all
stood back and left the two sons and the
father alone upon the stone-fiagged kitchen
floor. John was still half-supporting his
brother, and endeavoring to persuade him
to go quietly up to his bedroom by assur-
ing him that he would assuredly be better
in the morning. The elder was struggling
and laughing with loud. foolish good humor,
Rupert"
The sound OF his fathers voice partially
sobered the young man. He held out his
hand with a kind OF pitiful gravity.
Very sorry. sir" he said, but the fools
said ! was not to see you tonight, and the
fact is, / must see you tonight-ruined IL
don't, sir-owe a deuce of a lot OF money
and the wretehed Jews are pressing me-"
"Grierson, give your young master AT
arm. Let us go In by the front door Of
Castle Cover. 1t shall not be said thai
the heir Of the Glendonwyns was smugglet
into the home Of his ancestors like a THE
In the night"
And so these three. Gregory GlendonWyn
his son, Rupert. the child OF his heart, ant
the ancient and faithful s~ervito- Of theil
house. took. their way out of the lighted
kitchen into the arkness and so through
the strawberries to the great entrance o
Castle Cover. John G~lendonwyn followe'
behind with a sick heart.
The chill bite Of the air now made Ruper
sleepy. and after putting a bundle Of paper
into his fathers hand, he sank drowsil,
into an arm chair. on which Grierson, witt
an impassive face, presently covered him u
with a travelling rug.
When John entered half an hour after
ward he found his father still sitting 4
his place at the head Of the table. tn
dinner plates and glasses pushed from hir
untouched. The place thus cleared wa
strewn with papers. Gregory Glendonwyl
looked up with a whitened face from som
' calculations he was making.
what DO you Wantf" he demAnde
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CHAPTER III.
Engaged Persons.

mo, John. /. will not do. You and I are
engaged to be married. Our fathers and
mothers, after the flesh, arranged the mat
ter without consulting us-even as they did
that other business Of introducing us into
the world. Kismeti Necessity has no laws.
Only, 1 pray you, do not think It necessary
to make love to me. Do not feel Obliged TO
dance attendance when you would far rather
be lying at the waterside scribbling poetry,
OF, II fates we're favorable, looking into the
blue eyes Of little Fairlie Glendenning-Oh,
l. know all about that-I am not in the
least Jealous. II I could be things might &c
better" 3
1t was a tall and handsomely nodded girl
who was speaking in a quiet. Unconditional
tone and the most matter-of-fact way.
Veronica Martha C~rossraguel Caesar. eldest
but far from the only daughter OF Rev
Augustus Caesar, d. D., minister Of the
parish of Kilgour, commander-in-chief OF
the town thereto attached, and known
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bachelor Of arts. student in divinity at the
University of Edinburgh and proximate
presentee to the patrimonial parish OF
Cover. being in pursuit of peace and the
quiet life, naturally ran his head all un-
Willingly into q very peck Of rouble.
AS he came round the corner he had
recognizance of a swaying mass Of bodies
and In the center Of the disturbance was a
young man who stood hatless and dishev-
eled In the midst, defending himself boldly
but unequally against an ignoble throng Of
drovers and stable yard l~oafers..
A thin stream of blood trickled down his
forehead. He struck out wildly now at this
assailant, and now at that, his flushed face
and laboring breathing showing that. apart
from numbers, he was in poor condition
and quite Oyermatehed.
In another moment John G~lendonwyn had
dropped his wet cloak, upon the stable lit
ter, snatched a spoke from q b~roken-down
gig wheel and, crying aloud. Out of the
way. you cowards!" flung himself into the
battle. The odds would still have proved
too great and the champion Of the oppressed
nigh in his turn have been incontinently
overthrow had not one of the collegians
locking from a window, like sister Anne
observed the unequal fray.
"Glen's In q tight, you fellows" he cried
"All hands to the help Of My Lord Bishopl'
And so from the back door Of the inr
poured a fresh arm upon the assailant'l
flank as Butcher broke upon the Hundred
Days Emperor at Waterloo.
In one hot and multitudiously whirlinl
minute all was over. Drover and straw,
sucking .cornermen were flying down this
street and the victorious collegers were re.
-. ~ - -.
rescued with loud voices and equal arms.
At the door of the parlor the young maj
who had been so effectually succored turne'
upon G~lendonwyn with the hand and wordI
Of thanks. The hand dropped. The word
failed.
"John!"
Rupert"
And In another second. all jeaiousies an,
q~uarrels forgotten. this Jacob, at heart n
supplanter. had In the foreign fashion
clasped Reuben to his heart and kissed hin
on both cheeks. Joseph for all his fin
coat was kinder to Reuben than he de
served. So it seemed to be now.
With Scottish shamefaoedness John Glen
donwyn submitted aud turned upon hi
friends with that singular charming dignit
which he could assume upon occasion.
This is my brother, Rupert he said
home from a long stay abroad. Rupert
these are my classmates aud fellow-travel
ers."
IAN l am deucedly Obliged to you all,
quoth the heir OF Castle Cover. ''Thes
COMPOUNDED rascals would have had me dow
In a minute more. Not that il wasn't m
fault to begin with. But the yokels Civ
} themselves such COMPOUNDED airs. Howevel
] will teach them different before / hay
done with them"
} And despite his slim form be locke as
} he could make good his words.
IL
So In this fashion the brothers remad
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ing themselves to a momentary exchange
OF nouts and jeers, or when a reference to
some college story, well worn and proven,
now for the fret time failed to wake the
usual gay contagion Of youthful laughter.
Last to quit these attempts at enllven-
ment was a tall lad with a floss OF fail
fair crisping under his college cap, a little
pale Of face and thin Of cheek, perhaps
but with a blue eye 30 sunny-bright thai
not even the lank wretchedness Of tina
December afternoon could In the Least
cloud or overcast Its azure clarity.
His companions for the most part ad.
dressed this youth either brusquely al
Glen" or with reprehenslble flppancy a
my Lord Bishop"
II was a rough place at the best Of times
but today the Cross Keys held a raft Of
%drovers, swearin Unfortunately in Irish
and Scottish, high favored with fist and
shillalah for anything in the way of "divar.
sion"
So 1t CHANGED that John Glendonwyn
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strumeht.
"JohnH" repeated Gregory GlendOnwyn
vaguely.
AYE, John-your honor has two sons.
ye KEN said the old butler with another
Of his quaint secret ~glances. MASTER
John is comm by the Enbro' coach the
NIGHT. Ye had the letter yourself"
"Ah, yes, OF course said the laird, nov
ing uneasily in his chair. "Well, John can
see me in the morning. II he Is hungry
give him anything that was left from lunch,
l desire to dine alone with Mr. Rupert to-
night. l have much to say hat Is not for
a callant's ears like his. Take him into
your pantry, Grierson, and see that you dc
not contaminate him with any Of your in
fernal ch~urch-and-state ciaptrap. For
though ! have known you for nifty years
Duncan Grierson. l do believe that at heart
you are little better than 3 rebel and a
dissenter-yes, a low dissenter and Gamer
oniani"
The old man held up his hands.
Your honor. your honorl" he cried, II
apparent horror, what has moved ye 4
say sic a thing. when you and me haze beer
at the wars thegither, and ye haze heard
me express myself time an again, as 4
were mair forcibly than circumspectly."
That will do. Grierson." said the LAIRD
Of Cover. with a wave Of his lar In dis
mission. Go down as l bid you and wal
for my son in the hall"
The door closed upon the most ancient re
tainer Of the family Of GlendonByn Of Cas-
tie Cover. His master rose from his chair
and. pushing aside the heavy tapestry cur
tains Of the dining room window, he ben
his heavy brows togsther In a vain attemp
to pierce the darkness OF the avenue. H
was looking for Joseph, the son Of his heart
and aching for the first CLINT OF the coat o
many colors with which from his youth N
he had adorned him.
AS for the other. there was a plate o
cold meat for him In the buffers pantry.
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such in the servants hall, GriersonH Speak
openly, siri"
A curious light shone for a single instant
In the old mans eyes, but they were bent
upon the floor, and so far as words we're
concerned he answered meekly enough:
We'll, laird Gregory. l lima ken, l dinna
mind o. ocht that could be ca'ed q hangin'
matter, as It were. But moo, when l be-
think me, it's fac as daith that Tammas
Faithful refused flatly to sup his p~arritch
the ither mornin', declarin' and ~threepin'
doom my throat that he was Untitled to ham
an eggs. And there's Mary Geddes, the
guise-herd, an II please your h~onor-faith,
that lassie Wilma look at a red herrin' for
her supper, but maun hae her pease-brose
and bannocks like a Teddy. o, as ye say,
laird, it's fair awesome that thae common
atty are comm to in this generation wi
their whims and whigmaleeries. But l
doubt ma these are the times spoken Of In
the prophet Daniel, the seventh and aucht
chapters, as guild Master Aiblins pointed
cot in his lecture and ADDICTION last Sab
bath mornin's. when your honor vas over
by at DR.. Caesars kirk"
THAT will do, Grierson," said his master,
sharply. when l wish for any informa-
ton about goose-girls and silly bletherin'
pulpiteers like Simeon Aiblins / will not
fail to ask for IL. In the meantime. go to
the hall door and keep a sharp lookout for
the arrival Of your young master. When
you hear his horse turn into the drive, dc
not fail to advise me-"
And MIGHT your honor hae ony com
mands about Master John, when he arrives
frae the college at Edinbra'?'' said the old
man, lifting his eyes for one instant u
those of his master and dropping them in
stantly with a look so shrewd and keer
that 1t seemed like the edge of a steel In.
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II.
II.
The Huaks which he swine Did Eat


n HuHks which the swine Did Eat.
But meantime Joseph and his brother had
f~oregathered without leave OF Jacob. and lol
both young men made light Of the jealousies
OF the ancient family out Of Ur OF the Chal-
dees from whose loins they had sprung.
II was in the yard OF the Cross Keys inn
at Drumfern, at that shoulder polished angle
Of gable against which one Gauger Burns
had so often leaned, that the two young
men met.
The coach had s.n heavily all the
way down from the Beef Tub. snow clog
ging the wheels and the horses tired with
the increasing softness Of the roads.
There were half a dozen college blades
upon the top OF the Rover" some Of whom
had been mighty lively with the p~ea-shOoteI
and eatapult when they left Edinburgh IN
the morning. But after the change-houss
at the summit. with Its sloppy discomfort
cut Of doors. the steaming. wet clothes
hung to dry before the kitchen IRE. The
slatternly. s~colding landlsdy and the woFs'
than Indifferent fare. the Joyous compaD,
had fallen mostly Silent hardly even rous,
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DOan'S Kidney Pills

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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-22
Congressman Davis Did 1t.

Shortly after the passage in the
House of Representatives of the Om-
nibus bill and the appropriation OF
$4,000 for II public building in this
city, Representative J. NJ Rivers ad-
dressed letter TO Chairman Mercer
of the committee on public buildings
and grounds, thanking the commit
tee, in the name of this county, for
the appropriation.
Mr.. Rivers received letter from
Chairman Mercer, which shows tina
1t is to Congressman Davis that the
thanks of our people are not only
"largely" but almost altogether due.
The letter from Chairman Mercer
is as follows:
washington, d. c., May 5, 1902
j. M. Rivers, Esq, Gainesville, Fla. :
Dear Sir-YOurs received, and ap-
preciate very much the thanks OF
yourself and citizens for what this
COMMITTEES did. In reply permit me
to say that your case was not n strong
one, and favorable action was taken
only rs n recognition of the services
of your able representative, Mr.. Da-
Wis. He Is entitled to the best you
have In the shop Very truly,
"DAvID H. MERCER"
--GainesviIle News,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-22
Work of a Florida Boy

Col. John +. Gaynor and Capt. b.
ID. Greene, who forfeited their ball
at Savannah early in March and fled
TO Canada, were placed under arrest
by officers connected with the United
States secret service and Chief Car
penter of the Montreal detective
force in Quebec last Thursday. The
arrests were made on warrants issued
in Montreal, Chief Wilkie assisting
the Canadian officers to make the ar
rests. The men were hurried on
board swift little tug which had
been kept in waiting at the warf.
Ten minutes after Greene and Gay
nor were safely on board, the boat
steamed out into the river and started
toward Montreal. The o fife ers
moved so quickly that neither of the
prisoners was given an opportunity
to consult counsel. At Montreal
Green and Gaynor will be given a
hearing under a writ of habeas cor
pus, but will probably be held.
The officer to whom the credit of
the arrest of these men is due, is
Frank Burke, former Florida boy,
raised in Crescent City, and who af-
terwards became chief of Tampa po-
lice. His father is Jake Burke a
former steamboat engineer of the
Beach d Miller line Detective
Burke has for several years been an
officer of the U. s. Secret service,
with headquarters in New York.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-22
FLORIDA INDIAN WAR CLAIMS
Al0IDSI Ihe United SI0IeS VIII Now
Be Paid.
Bill Has Passed Both Houses of
Congress. Great Work of
Florida Delegation

A telegram from Congressman
Robt. w. Davis to Mr.. f. j. Fearn.
side on Tuesday announced the pas.
sage by the House of REPRESENTATIVE
of the Omnibus claims bill, carving
y it'll it the payment OF the Florida In.
di an war claims. These claims will
net the state Il total of $67S, ,692 .(JS.
Bills for the settlement of these
G 'ames have been before congress
for Al years, and delegation after
delegation has endeavored to collect
the claims, without success. Each
year of the delay has made the
claims more and more ''chestnutty. +"
Hence all the more credit is due the
present senators and members of
congress, who have worked as one
man for the restoration of this
money. Florida people have reason
to feel proud of their members.
The history of these claims i'm brief
is that in the Indian War in Florida,
| in 1856, 1856 and 1857. the State furn-
ished certain volunteers to aid the
| United States troops in the suppress
sion of Indian hosrilities. This was
done with the approval of the Presi-
dent and Secretary of War, with the
understanding that the United States
would pay the expenses. AT the ter
mination of hostilities, the War De-
parhment ordered a United States
army officer 10 muster the Florida
troops il and out of the United
States service, so that under the Or
dinary routine, they might be paid
by the United States. But this Off
Ger, unfortunately, was DELAYED in
reaching the Florida troops. and by
some mistake before he finally ar
rived, tie troops had been mustered
out by the State, and permitted TO 90
to their homes.
The War Department then, while
not questioning the responsibility of
the United States for the bills for the
expenses of these troops, stated that
ms they had not been formally mus
tered into the United States army,
an act of Congress would have to be
provided to ray them.
AS the state had become RESPONSE
Bile for these payments. it had to