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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-14

no suggestions have been made. but 1t ia
safe to say that the stand pipe will be
built west Of Lcmbardy Street on a plot
between Main and Broad, thus enabling
the tapDins Of the mains upon one or the
1Iiif;ons of gallons Of water will be
lifted 10 q height OF probably seventy-live
or a hundred OF feet, the plant rising in
the air Tor at least forty or fifty feet.
7,hl,e II may be seen that this rise,
rrr1-,fed with the natural elevation OF
,Sa land in this district Will give the
e-rn,3ess+ pressure Imaginable. doing away
win me constant cry that people are
forced to carry water 10 the second
stories OF their residences
we. -, ;,,..r.-. b.. roa- mani
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SEAEOARO AIR LINE RAILWAY.
Chri:tmas Holiday Rates.

On account OF the Christmas holidays
tre Seaboard will sell round trip tickets
from all stations on its lines at rate of
one and one-third hrst-class fares be-
tween all points east Of the Mississippi
and south of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers,
including Washington. D. c., and st.
Louis. Mo. One irst-class standard fare
Will apply for the round trip between
FONTS in the State Of Florida. Tickets
viii be sold December 23d. 2ith, 18th, 30ttl
ard 3lst, 1902 and January l, 1858; tina!
limit January 3, 1903.
For Students-Same rates will apply as
above noted on presentation and surren-
del OF certificates signed by the super
if.tei5Lent, principal or president OF q
school or college. Tickets will be sold to
students December 18th to the ed, inclu-
size. in addition TO the above mentioned
dates. Tickets sold t. students will lave
a final limit January $, 1905.
FOR further information, apply to any
agent or representative OF the Seaboa-o
or write or call on
W. ]. MAY,
City Ticket Agent,
No. 1906 z. Main St, Richmond, Va.
Z. P SMITH.
District Passenger Agent
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Columtia Personals.
fsneciaI DISPATCH to The Tirres.)

Especial D-SpaIch 20 ILe lIH-es-'
COLUMBIA, VA, December 15.-Dr.
James A. Richardson, a well known and
venerable physician, remains quite i'll at
his home here.
Mrs. CalIie Kirtley after a. weeks visit
to relatives. has returned to her home,
MIS-. II. ". Elicit, accompanied by
Misses Louise Elicit and Susie Bell, are
spending the week in Richmond, busy
with Christmas shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jere Cleveland. Of Am
sterdam, \. y, are guests of Nj. and
Mrs. c. j. Perkins parents of Mrs. Cleve-
land.
Miss Lou Perkins is spending few
days in Richmond with friends on Church
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Gay and children,
Of Brooklyn, n. Y. returned home Sat
urday, after delightful visit to reia-
tIyes in the county.
George II. Hucl.stcp, q popular and
highly esteemed young man OF our town.
will travel for Roberts and Hoge, OF
Richmond, after the 1st of January.
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". ]. NAY.
SPEND CHRIS TMAS AT HOME.
Greatly Reduced Rates via Norfolk &
Western Railway, on Account Ct
Christmas and New Year Holidays.

Tickets will be SOLD on the following
dates: To points on Norfolk and Western
Railway, Dec. 2, 3. =. D. q, 60, 81, and
Jan i, 10 all points south OF the Potomac
and east Of the Mississippi river same
dates as above except Dec. %. ali good
for return passage until Jan 3, 1903. To
students and teachers with proper GER
,ificates these tickets will be sold Dec.
i6 10 90. final limit Jan. s. 1905 Round
trip rates from Richmond to Norfolk,
$50; Lynchburg, $500.
For tickets and further informa ton.
apply Richmond Transfer Company, oo3
r;as. Main Street; ticket agent. Byrd
Street Station. or at company's office,
I2e East Main Street; John E. Wagner,
civ passenger and ticket agent
c. II. BOSLEy.
District Passenger Agent.
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BUYING AND SELLING
Lecture on Store Management at the
University College.

professor T. A. Miller delivered his
second lecture on store management
before the students in the department Of
pharmacy at the University College Of
Medicine last night.
In his discourse last night he took up
the buying and selling phase OF the sub
ject. The class was well represented ana
Lasi4es there were many many outside
pharmacists present
Tonight Dr. John Jpshur will deliver
the second of a series Of lectures on
.Aredical Ethics before the students of
the medical classes OF the University
College
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Successor to Or. Thom7s.
Dispatch to The Tines

DANylLA.E.. VA. Decemoer 1.-THE
PuInit Committee OF the First Baptist
church last night unanimously recon-
mended Rev. W. NJ. Vines. OF AshevilIe,
n. G.. to fiji the vacancy. occasioned oy
the resignation Of Dr. III, T.: 3 Thames
vii, nj tbe pulpit of the First Baptist
Church tomorrow DR.. Thames has had
numerous cans but has not as yet de-
cided where he vii! SO.
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Methodist Ere en- = Insane.
fSnacial DisDatch to The Times

GATE CITY, VA, December r.
An attendant Of the Southwest Hospital
,ssed through Gate City en- route 70
Marion to-day in charge Of Rev. Hale
Hamilton, pastor in charge of the NJ. f.
Church, South. at Big Stone Gap for
treatment Nh Hamilton became dement,
ed a few weeks ago, and his condition
has since grown worse, requiring MS
confinement. Hamilton is q minister OF
co,1si,ierab BILE ability, and is connected with
prominent families in Southwest Virginia
and East Tennessee.
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MOT From Venezuela.
,;o, Dispatc1, to The Times

ACKsBURG, VA, December 49,
nj. .anort which has gained some circu-
-. tlat a son of President Castro OF
!rs.,az,,ela. who is now making a resolute
s,oni aga .nst Germany and Great
pritain. is a student at the Eirg MIA Poly
technic Institute is not correct. Cadet
Ca..+ro who is at the institute is from
Ia Argentine Republic
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Tular for the Sana e
.ciaI Dispatch to The TimesA

Especial Dispatch to The Times)
EAST RADFCRD, VA:, December
3-Ex-Governor Tyler will in a short
time give his friends definite answer
IS TO his candidacy for the United States
Senate He is being urged to run by
friends from ell sections Of the State.
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FREE RETURN TICKETS DURING
TIE Cl,PlSTNAS I0I0AyS

Between Richmond. Norfolk. Ports
mouth Old Point Newport News and
James River Landings. Tickets will be
sold on the steamer Pocahontas for one
fare for the round trip. from December
o0th to 3lst. 1902. inclusive, and good to
return within ten days from date OF
sale.
VIRGINIA NAVIGATION co.
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GONE INTO WILDERNESS
TO FAST AND PRAY
Especial Dispatch to The Times. Copy

rlght. lJU2.l
PARIS, Dec. ia dispatch from a vii
lage in the Ardennes Mountains reports
that two entire villages are abandoned
the inhabitants having retired to Wild
5oIS ;+i,,s nv he end Of the v0r,G
Their belief in that events near APP
proach has been traced 10 the published
lecture of somewhat learned professor
of a French university, in which he an
rounced that, since the end OF the world
was evidently coming he would not lee
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-14

The following amounts have been re-
ceived by the treasurer of the jefferson
Davis Monument Association since last
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CLEAR WATER FOR
RICHMOND PEOPL- {
-oRg-SuR5ring Public at Last to
Have Relief from Mud,
ZGIN WORK BYFIsT OF APRIL
Before That Time ii is Probable That
Members of Water Committee
VIII Make Their Tour of
Inspection.
GEGlN WORK BYFIST OF APRIL

Three hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars This amount the City Council has
appropriated with a view TO furnishing
tile city with clear, bright, sparkling,
wholesome water, and from present out
looks it would seem probable that the
expediture Of this immense amount OF
money will have been undertaken by the
st OF next April. Indeed. by that time
is The expectation OF Superintendent
5IIirg. Of the Water Department, and
e members OF the Water Committee to
sit the seventy-odd acre plot of land in
le James River and view for themselves
re mammoth work. Two years later
aere viii be gushing into the city from
We basins on this isle, by the means OF
lrge mains. water. such water as the
Dbple have dreamed OF for years. and
i'm and not until then Will have ceased
= cry that the people Of Richmond are
lrceQ to drink water the source OF
uica Judging from appearances is the
Isl Of . mud turtle OF z dirt da:wber.
Frequently during the past few weeks
IS the public been informed through
te newspapers OF the progress that was
oiuy made towards accomplishing a
gcuble end-clear, wholesome water and
Increased pressure for the western sec
lien OF the city. a bond issue OF St05.G0)
las been decided upon, $4,000 OF which
NIL be used in building the clear water
basins on the isle in the river, and the
a=lance $4,000 coupled with a straight
appropriation Of $1,000. viii be used in
Erecting IN the West End the muCh-talked
,f Stand pipe. which Superintendent Boil
ting asserts will produce q higher pressure
sG over the city. Both will be gratefully
receiveG and cherished by d wanting
agf,liC.
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RETTER THAN EoCTORs AND MEDI-
cine: Daniels .ethcd OF deep-brea tn
ing and physical culture. No. 2l3 North
First Street .a....s $3.50
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ture any more. but would devote his time
to preparing for death. 49,, 10
~. c,arrn of \ French asylum, states tnat
a dozen I3;:e. new cases have been brought in:
their raving being solely about a comet
which will shortly encounter the eaSth
and reduce it to ashes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-09-04

lsslppl town was passed, and many
others farther on, he began to fear
that she had recanted, and to bewail
his broken ideal.
He had no means of knowing that
her letter had lain on the clerks desk
until Cairo was reached, but such was
the pregnant fact, and to this over
sight Griswold owed his first sight of
the St. Louis landing.
1t was at the landing, at the verv
end of the long period of suspense,
that Charlotte saw the final act in
the drama.
The swing stage was poised in air.
and two men dropped from it's out
ward end and dragged the mooring
line to ring in the levee pavement.
And then, while she looked, there was
a scutf1e of four, darting away of
one OF the jules men with a small
bundle and one of the attackers in
hot pursuit, followed Immediately bv
the surrender of the other. The
great eye of the searchlight over her
head swung slowly shoreward, and
she saw the prisoners face and the
CLINT of metal when the officer hand
cuffed him.
Whereupon her eyes filled and she
saw no more. For, when all was said,
1t was she and no other who had
clasped the manacles upon the wrists
of the man who was on his wav to
punishment.
TO BE CONTINUED,
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A Knave Of Conscience
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.
Copyright, 1900, by Francis Lynds.)

We skulkin'-''
Charlotte put her fingers in he1
ears to shut out the clamor of pro
family; but the man on the bank
was deaf to it. Running to the
moorlng-post, he took turn of the
line around it. and snubbed the
steamers bow back to the bank
Then, casting off. he darted bac ok tc
the disabled one, lifted him bodil,
to the guard, and climbed aboard
himself.
Charlotte held her breath while il
was doing, and was near CRYING out
in sheer enthusiasm when it was
done. Then she saw the face of the
chief actor in the red furnace glow;
it was the face of the man she was
constrained to denounce.
She turned away at the sight, but
the harsh voice of the mate called
her back. There was trouble afoo1
for the rescuer, who was facing the
mate and trying to explain.
1t was all over in a moment. Char
lotte saw the mate try to spurn the
disabled negro, and saw the white
man step between. Then the mates
right arm shot out in mighty blow
at the peacemaker, who was stand.
ing just within the low guard with
his back to the river.
She looked to see him hurled to his
death in the brown flood; and what
she did see was scarcely less horrify.
ing. The fugitive had stepped aside
and the mate, carried off his feet by
the impetus of his own blow, stun.
bled on the low rail ana dropped in
to the river.
Charlotte saw instantly what would
happen. If the mate were not
drowned outright, the devouring pad.
die wheel would swiftly overtake him
and batter the life out of him. But
what did happen was more astound.
ing. Like flash the man whom the
mate would have sent to the death
which was to be his own sprane
overheard fairly upon the shoulders
OF the struggling bully, carrying him
deep under water just as the roaring
wheel was about to engulf him.
All this Charlotte saw; and the
rescue of both few minutes later
the mate insensible and the other in
the throes of exhaustion; and when
1T was over she was fain to go back
to her room, with her letter to Mr.
Galbraith still in her bosom. Fol
herolsm is law unto itself, and were
man guilty of thousand crimes
the woman does not live who could
give him up to justice on the heels
of such a deed.
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CHAPTER x.

When Charlotte had made sure of
the pseudo deck hands identity in
the forenoon of the second dav out
she had thought the assurance I'M
assailable and had conducted herself
accordingly. But when she awoke
late on the morning following the
brave rescue of the mate, assurance
had departed.
With the admission of the smallest
doubt, she could by no means go on
with her plan of betrayal until the
doubt was removed; and, not know
ing what else to do, she went to the
captain to find out if possible all he
knew about the mates rescuer.
The interview was most unsatisfac-
tory. She led up to the subject by
telling the captain the story of the
rescue, and SO was privileged to ask
few questions about the rescuer. Did
the captain know him? And, above
all, did the captain know the day and
hour when the man had Joined the
crew?
Capt. Mayfeld knew no more than
that the mans name was John Gavitt.
and that he had joined some time dur
ing the day of departure from New
Orleans. He was a sick tramp. work.
ing his way home to some small river
town in Iowa.
SO the doubt remained unsolved.
after all, and her hands were tied I'M
less it could be removed. She could
of nfh
interview with the man himself, and
this she knew was impossible-in it's
bringing about and in any definite re-
suit that could accrue For if she
could bring herself to question him,
surely he would lie in his own behalf.
And yet it was the impossible
thing that happened. For that even
ing just at dusk, while she was stand
ing on the guard upon which her
stateroom window opened, she heard
step on the stair leading from the
deck above. A man descended slowly,
and when he came near enough she
recognized him. She let him go until
her opportunity was all but lost;
then, plucking courage out of the
hodA' VI desperation, she reCalleQ
him.
Zone moment, if you please; IL
want to speak to you," she faltered;
and he turned obediently and stood
before her.
Followed pause, surcharged with
the electricity of things ominous. He
was generous enough to come to her
rescue.
"You have something to say
to me?"
Eyes; I want to ask you at what
time you Joined the crew of the
Belle Julie.''
The question did not surprise him
nor did he attempt to evade it
though he knew to what it would
lead. 3D..
Between twelve and one O'Clock
the day before yesterday"
"Will you feline where you wer<
at II o'clock that day?''
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THE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER a 1902

Eyes, if you ask me- III.
II do ask you
Il was in certain public building
in New Orleans, as near to YOU as
l am now. Is that sufficiently def
nite?'' .."-
1T is. I thought had hoped
oh, why did you do it?'' she burst
out.
ut was the old story of one mans
plenty and another's need" ~ ..
But SURELY
II know what you would say. l
was willing to work; was not willing
to beg. know it was all wrong, from
your point of view, but I should be
sorry to think that I did what I be-
lieved to be wrong"
"surely you must know it is
wrong"
mo, I don't. If I did, you would
be relieved of what I conceive to be
painful duty. I should surrender
myself at once"
Then you are not sorry? I saw
you yesterday afternoon, and hoped
you were."
II was sorry then-and am now;
for the very good reason that I have
lost the money!"
Lost it?" she gasped.
"Yes." And he told her about the
hiding of the treasure and it's disap-
pearance.
"Oh, dear!" she said; "that makes
it all the harder.''
For you to do what you must
You mustn't think of that. I
shouldn't have made restitution in
any event."
Then you know what I must do?''
"Assuredly. l knew it yesterday. 1t
was merciful in you to reprieve me
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even for a few hours, but it was
wrong"
"Wrong!" she burst out. els it
generous to say that? Are you so
Indifferent that you think everyone
else is Indifferent"
II know you are not Indifferent
you couldn't be. But you must be
true to yourself. Will you go to the
captain now?"
II thought of doing that at first"
she began. 1T seemed to be what I
ought to do. But when I. saw what
would happen; that I should be
Obliged"
II understand. We must guard
against that. You must not be
dragged into it. But since you can't
go to the captain, what will you do 2"
| IL wrote a letter to Mr.. Gal
braith.''
"And you have not yet sent it?''
"No; otherwise I shouldn't have
spoken to YOU"
ITO be sure. But now you must re-
write it, without signing it, and send
it. l suppose you have described me
so the officers will have no difficulty ?"
| Wees; that is, I tried to. But why
mustn't I sign it? They will pay no
attention to an anonymous letter;
and, besides, it seems $3.50 cow
ardly."
''They will telegraph to every river
town within an hour after it reaches
New Orleans; you needn't doubt that.
And as for it's being cowardly, it is
nothing of the kind. It is your duty
to point me out, and when that is
done your responsibility ceases. There
are plenty of people who can identify
me if I am taken to New Orleans"
1T is very dreadful" she MUIR
INJURED; "only you don't seem to
realize it at ALL"
Don't I? You must remember that
I have been arguing from your point
Of view. I shall escape if I can do
it without taking advantage of your
candor"
BY this time her fear of him had so
far departed that she asked him what
he would do.
II shan't try to run away. So far
you have bound me by your frank
ness. When the officers appear, my
parole will be at an end. Is that
fair?'
ut is more than fair. can't un-
derstand."
Cant understand what?''
"How you can do this-how you
could do what you, did last night, and
yet"
He finished the sentence for her.
-"And yet be robber of banks. 1
suppose it is a bit puzzling-from
your point of view. But there are
many things indivisible by any rule
of two. May go now?"
She suffered him, and when he was
gone she went to her room to re-
write her letter. She finished it and
hurriedly gave it to the night clerk,
and straightway knew that her peace
of mind was wrecked for the remain.
der of the voyage.
Such, indeed, was the fact. After
time enough had elapsed to admit OF
the letter reaching New Orleans she
became a coward of landings, fear.
ing lest she should see him taken.
Nor was Griswold without his
nerve-wrenchings, though as the voy
age grew older he began to take
heart of grace. In the ordinary
course of things, Miss Farnham's let
ter should have reached New Orlean.
! in time to have procured his arrest
at Greeneville; but when the Mis-
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CHAPTER TX.

In any conflict between duty and
inclination it is only the final step
which is irrevocable; and in Char
lotte's case this step was the mailing
of her letter. All through the long
afternoon she had tried vainly to
screw her courage to the sticking
point, and had failed. But when she
went to bed with the thought that
she would surely do it in the morn
ing, she had overlooked the fact that
an outraged conscience fights best
in the night watches.
That was why she had to get up at
midnight and dress. and go out to
have the dreadful thing over with be-
fore ever sleep would come, if haplv
it might come then.
But once again fate interviewed.
While she was hurriedly dressing.
the whistle sounded for a landing:
and when she reached the Office, it
was again closed. AS before, she
stepped out on the saloon deck to
wait. The great electric searchlight
just over her head made the landing
as light as day, and when she reached
the rail the landing-stage was just
coming aboard for the departure.
Two men whose duty it was to cast
oil ran out on the fitting platform
and dropped to the ground. One o.
them fell clumsily; but the other raj
up the bank and loosened the moor
ing line. The steamer began tt
swing off. and the man ran back tt
MS companion. who seemed to be
unable to rise.
Get move on youse!" beloved
the mate.
Then Charlotte saw that the falle1
man was disabled in some way, ane
that the other was trying to lift him
The mate swore out of a full heart
Come aboard. or I'll skin We alive
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CHAPTER VIII-COn,inued

Nevertheless, conscience was not to
be Denied; and after many futile be-
ginnings, the fateful letter got itself
written, and she went out to mail it
at the office. AS it happened, the
belle Julie" was slowing for a land
ing, and the office was closed. And
since she would by no means entrust
the letter to the outside mail box,
she waited till the clerk should re-
turn.
The doors giving upon the saloon
deck forward were open, and she
stepped out. The crew was grouped
about the uptilted landing-stage, and
he was there-this man for whose
future she was about to become an
swerable.
One glimpse of his face. haggard
and woe-begone beyond any imagin-
ings of hers. slew her resolve on the
eve of it's accomplishment, and she
turned and ran back to the state
room, saying over and over to her
self as she fed: ooh, I can't! I
can't!-and yet must!"
door again at the luncheon call, and
went aft to bring her aunt to the ia
BILE. What she had endured in the
interval, none might know; not even
the sympathetic invalid. who more
than once looked askance at the
troubled eyes with their downcast
lids.
At their end of the table, the talk
rippled about the bank robbery; and
when Capt. Mayfeld mentioned the
fact of the $4,000 reward which had
been offered, Charlotte was moved
to say:
"That seems dreadfully barbarous
TO set a price on the head of hui
man being"
A gentleman across the table took
it up.
'But, Miss Farnham, would you
have us turn thief-catchers for the
mere honor of it?"
For the love of justice, or not at
ALL" she rejoined.
The gentleman demurred and went
into details to prove his position;
and the details only served to af-
front Charlotte's sense of the fitness
of things.
DO you mean to say that you
would accept the reward, Mr.. La
trobe?" she asked.
"Certainly I should; anyone
would
She knew the frank admission
stood for public opinion, and went
dumb. She might call the reward
blood-money and refuse to touch it,
but only those of her own circle
would know and believe the truth.
And the wretched man himself would
always believe that she had sold him
for a price.
That evening, after dinner, she
sought the captain to ask ques-
ton.
DO you know the law in Louisiana,
Capt. Mayfield? This man who robbed
the bank; what would his penalty
be?''
II don't know, precisely. Twenty
years in the chain-gang, should
say"
The Belle julie was pausing at
small hamlet on the west bank of
the river, and the captain pointed
to a squad of prisoners in chains,
repairing a breach in the levee.
That's where he'll land when thew
catch him. he added. He'll have
to be pretty tough to outlive Ills
sentence"
And Charlotte turned away with
sob at the CATCHING Of her breath