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The Washington times., 1903-06-28

10 be this morning MOsenthal the public
benefsetor. the friend OF the prime min
lister. prospective peer. and by a word
to be cast back into the social limbo
which Mrs. Mosenthal- For the mo-
ment he had forgotten her. His mind
was made up.
Gentlemen" he said. laying the pa
pers on the table. Il am much Obliged
10 you for calling. We are evidently
the victims Of a foolish hoax. Let Us
hope the wag who wrote this letter viii
get all the amusement out OF # that he
expects"
Then the checks are not forgeries7''
asked the banker.
Mosenthal forced a smile.
You have honored them. and do the
same let US leave the question OF the
signatures TO this anonymous writer
who seems so well informed"
The smile OF the banker was not
forced. and that Of the secretary was
equal. sincere.
Thus Mosenthal made his mistake.
The approval OF Mrs. Mosenthal was his
only reward. and that was short lived
For, although he sent the prime minister
a date. the interview never took place.
Indeed. the proceedings OF that noble
mans private secretary amounted to a
series Of snubs constituting perpetual
cheek.
Six years elapsed before Mosenthal
understood it all. His enlightenment
came IN the shape Of q letter:
Dear Mr.. Rosenthal-I think II is
now time-the statute OF limitations be-
ing considered-that you should know
why you gave &1S0.O00 15s Sd TO the
hospitals.
When you had bought I'd all the pork
businesses you could in the State OF
Illinois you proceeded 10 undersell the
others until they expired. Mine was one
or them This was long time ago. but
know how 20 wait. Il gave me much
anxious thought before l decided that
you should pay your forfeit TO the hos
pitals. OF course, l could not be sure
that my plan would come off, but l put
the chance at evens
Il wrote the checks and presented
them to the various Institutions
Il sent the necessary paragraphs to
the papers.
Il wrote the letter TO you from the
prime minister. and also one to the Sec
rotary OF the Royal Hospital l timed
their arrival very carefully. l do not
know that l have ever given more par
ticular attention to any affair or been
more satisfied with the result. Do not
waste any time in locking for me. You
VIII find l am still MEMO"
Black and White
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lady's voice; but he had received toe
great a shock even to notice It.
"One hundred and eighty thousand
pornds," he exclaimed. why. l never
gave a penny TO hospital in my life. y
THE more shame for you!" said Mrs
Mosenthal.
81 shall cable to the bank this very
day" continued the millionaire. who
knows what villainy Is at the bottom OF
it, l believe those hospitals are capa-
bic of anything
Don't talk nonsense" replied Mrs.
Mosenthal, in a voice OF stone; DE
sides. you Know perfectly we'll it is toe
late to cable to England today
The occult influences which in the
stiffness of the night direct the des-
tinies of married men battle investiga-
ton. But the resulting phenomena may
lie recorded. Mr.. Mosenthal did not
cable to London on the following day,
but the captain, TO his great surprise
received orders to set his ships head
for England forthwith.
The return of the millionaire was duly
announced among the movements of
other important personages. Indeed, the
newspapers had been quite busy with
his name. He read accounts of his own
career amazing in their detailed mac
curacy. He had begun life in fifty differ
ent ways, and with sums of money in
his pocket varying from halfpenny TO
two shillings and sixpenCe. He became
acquainted for the first time with in.
stances Of his own benevolence shadow
ing forth, though dimly. the final bene-
faction which had made him famous.
Mrs. Mosenthal adopted all these incl
dents with the utmost readiness. She
remembered particulars the most d.
verse and the most contradictory. She
even persuaded Mr. Mosenthal that he
remembered some OF them, too.
The seal was then upon their fame
when they arrived ct Dover, for there,
at the Lord Warden Hotel, Lord ard
Lady Howard de Howard, most exclu-
sive of British aristocracy. on their way
to the embassy in Paris. actually came
up TO the Mosenthals and entered into
friendly converse. True, their talk was
not OF hospitals nor of hundreds OF
thousands of pounds; but their interest
in the cruise OF the Argosy and in the
general welfare Of Mr. and Mrs Mosen-
usual bow. an advance which the graft
fed millionaire and his lady attributed
to its true source
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Principally at 1880 the secretary OF
the Royal Hospital arrived He was not
alone, and In his companion Mr. Mosen-
thai was surprised to recognize the man
ager of the bank on which he drew his
checks.
The millionaire babe his visitors be
seated. Standing on the hearthrug with
HIS hands behind him. he assumed a
jaunty air which successfully concealed
his real anxiety.
We'll, gentlemen" he remarked. "yoa
look very grave; nothing serious. hope;
the bank has not suspended payment or
anything OF that sort?"
The two visitors began simultaneously
to draw forth documents.
1T is not exactly that. Mr.. Mosen-
thal.' the secretary replied. but for US
it Is something almost as serious"
Dear me! you alarm met" said Mo-
senthal.
You are aware of the very liberal do
nation you made recently to our hosplt-
aI?"
The eyes of his visitors were upon on
him. 1t is the frst step which costs.
and Mosenthal took IT.
Naturally I am-the newspapers will
scarcely let me be ignorant OF it."
The secretary and the banker were Wis
IDLY relieved.
We'll. yesterday morning read this
letter" said the former.
Mosenthal took II with an unsteady
hand and read:
Sir: The check for eli, 900, signed by
Moses MOsenthal. which was presented
TO your hospital on the 4th ultimo. is
forged. Yours faithfully. MEMO"
The millionaire continued to stare at
the paper after he had mastered its con-
tents. As in dream he heard the dry,
businesslike voice OF the bank manager.
II have all the checks here. sir. They
are our checks, but the numbers are not
in continuation OF your numerical series.
The signature, II not yours. is an ex-
tremely good imitation: the other par
tieulars are in a hand which is new 20
US"
He handed the drafts to Mosenthal,
who took them passively.
The total amount is ESQ .000?" he
asked
zone hundred and eighty thousand
pounds fifteen shillings and sixpence -
replied the manager.
And you have honored themT'-
I'VE have honored them
Mosenthal was considering On the
one hand IL was a very large sum.
even 70 him. To part with Il was like
losing limb. But on the other hand
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On the morning after Mr.. MosenthaPs
arrival in London the postman delivered
a shoal of letters at his address The
millionaire did not wait for his seore.
tary. but opened them himself. Half
an hour later he entered his wife's
apartment bearing two of them, which
he placed In her hands without a word.
The first letter was dated from the sd
dress of the prime minister in Downing
Street. It ran as follows:
Dear Sir: / am instructed by Lord
- to express the hope that you will
favor him with a call Lord -- leaves
London tomorrow and will return or the
18th proximo. He hopes that II win
be convenient 20 you TO make an APP
pointment shortly after that date
am, dear sir, your obedient servant.
HENRY TREVOR"
Mr.. Mosenthal Interrupted his vlfe's
exclamation
Read the other" he said
The lady obeyed.
The secretary of the Royal Hospital
presents his compliments to Mr.. Mosens
thai. and begs 20 state that be will take
the liberty OF calling on him at 1890
tomorrow morning in reference to very
urgent business connected with Mr.
Mosenthals donation to the hospital"
What does It all mean?" inquired
Mosenthal
Il will tell you what il means" said
Mrs. Mosenthal when I consented TO
marry you / overlooked the difference in
our education and bringing up" (she
had been a school MISTRESS at the time
of their nuptials and very glad 20 get
him. why did 1 overlook it?"
why. indeed?'' echoed poor Mosen-
thai
why because you said you would ele-
vate me TO the social station which
was fitted to adorn Have you yet done
so I ask you. Mr.. Mosenthal, have we
ever really got any further than a lord
mayor or two? With all your money.
have we ever really secured the entree
TO the beau monde?Y
But. my dear" protested Mosen-
thai
do not talk. Mosenthal. but listen
Here at last we have the opportunity"
she waved the letters at him-"that
is what these mean. II you throw It
away. If you bungle the business-wen.
you may be able to retain your own self
respect. but-but," Mrs Mosenthal
gasped for peroration. you Will lose
mine forever"
The opportune entrance of the Iady's
Frerch maid brought the discussion TO
an end. and Mr.. Mosenthal withdrew
In state Of great mental preplexity.
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You'd better not talk. l don't want
you to excite yourself"
Not me! What I mean Is. it would
be hard luck to die on the way home.
I've been away nearly nine years. I
went away as poor as a rat, and I'm
going back rich. That's something.
isn't it2''
ITS a great deal"
ITO me II is. didn't go out Just be-
cause ia got the gold fever.
It's out 20 the Klondike I've been, doc
tor; away beyond Dawson City. up the
Yukon-Lord! it's the kind OF country
you see In Nightmares. I've been see
ing II over and over IN nightmares ever
since I've been ILL.,"
Don't think Of It"
Il wish I couldn't" He laughed, but
there was a feverish brightness In his
eyes, and his voice quavered with sup
pressed excitement. 81 haven't had
time 10 think OF II till now"
He went on talking. ami Walden lis
tened absently, with strange doubts
troubling his mind: and. so listening. ha
half-uncOnsciOusIy fashioned from the
others visions Of vast snow wastes
stretching into the night or the day.
now silent and lonely as death. now
blurred. and whirling. and bowling with
the fury Of storm. and. always deep
In the desolation OF Il, a desperate lit
tie band Of adventures struggled for
lornly, chasing a dream, starving, and
falling. and dying. some OF them, in
the track OF it; and here. at last, with
the unimaginable terrors of that bleak
wilderness left behind him. one of the
few survivors had emerged triumphant.
with his dream realized.
Triumphant, so far
The doctor eyed him gIoomiIy from
under a frown.
And I'm not dead yet. though I'm
supposed TO be-" the other chuckIed
grimly. "One everlasting. terrible win
ter we were showed up miles away
from anywhere. and we were put down
as done for. The wonder Is that we
were not. Only two Of us managed to
worry through. and We wandered
heaven only knows where, and we lived
well, we didn't live. But we worried
through-and I'm going home" His
eyes closed and he rambled on dream
lily: Nine years! but she'll be waiting.
told her that II wouldn't be more
than two-and she said: IT'S TIL you
come, Ned: and II you never come I
shall wait. till meet you, at the end. -
He lay quiet a minute. and then, open
ing his eyes and finding the doctor re-
garding him lntently, he continued:
We're never written TO each other.
We promised her people we wouldn't.
She was 10 be free 10 change II she
would; they said it was best. l had no
money and no prospects. but If I vent
back a rich man and she had not
changed L knew she never
would Whether l lived or died. she
said she would never change-and she
won't"
Did You say your name was Edward
Ashton?"
The doctor was startled by the alien
sound OF his own voice
The sick man nodded. and. pointing
across the cabin:
Her portraits IN my bag, DOCTOR"
he said. do you mind getting It for
me? My Wills in there. too. / made
fl as soon as | struck my FIRST luck. IN
case Oh. what ! wanted 10 ask
you. doctor. was-if don't pull around.
Will you have my bag and. everything
sent to her. You'll hnd her address"
Yes. yes. But not now" Walden in
terrupted. harshly. You've talked too
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
BY ST. JOHN ADCOCK.
II HE steward knocked, and put his
4 head. in at the door.

head, in at the door.
cabin passenger, sir. No. e.
he reported, with a business-lfl brew
ity VERY bad"
DIR. Walden glanced up from his desk
IrritaBly.
What's the matter with him."
Dunno. sir. Uncommon bad"
Usual thing. / suppose?"
mo. sir. Not seasick. Queer when
he came aboard yesterday. l thought
Been IN bed all day. Wouldn't let me
get him anything-till just now he asked
me to fetch you.
mo. IS. you say? All right"
The steward withdrew and the doc
tor only delayed to finish the first
paragraph Of a letter he had been writ
ing when he was interrupted.
1t was not precisely an urgent let
ter. for he had no intention OF doing
anything with II until the ship arrived
at Liverpool: but it was q letter that
required deal of consideration. and.
though he was in most things phlegmat-
TO post Immediately he landed, for il
was TO contain much that he knew he
could not possibly put into speech. and
81 was TO. tell the recipient that he would
arrive In less than half a day behind it.
Few OF the passengers we're in bed yet,
for the night was young: the sea was
quiet. and the outer air pleasantly
warm, and through the rhythmic throb-
bing OF the engine he could hear chat
tering and laughter and footsteps
pacing overhead as he made his way be-
tween decks TO his patient.
The lamp that sboue from the wall of
No 16 showed him a haggard man
stretched on the bunk, apparently
asleep.
He was a youngish man-not much
over thirty. anyway. His features were
gaunt and tanned with hard living and
rough weather and his hands were
doarsened as with manual employments.
lie slept uneaslly. and his breathing
was stertorous and difficult.
While the doctor was taking this pre-
Iimlnary survey OF him he coughed and
aUoke
Steward"
I'm the doctor. You sent for me.
What's wrong
ooh. thanks. don't know. doctor.
I've felt awfully knocked UP for DAYS
past. and thought ! could throw IL Off
but I can't My heads all aire. and my
hands. too. Feel that"
The doctor took his hand and laid a
finger on his pulse. The hand was hot
and dry, the pulse was galloping furi-
ously. and a brief examination was suf-
hcient TO diagnose his ailment
"A touch OF pneumonia" said Yal-
den. 'Ycu must take more care OF your
self than you've been doing lately You
were not Mt 20 travel; you must have
felt I'll before you started"
Il wanted 10 get home" the other
answered. YEARLY. I've been away-a
long time
We must see what we can arrange
about nursing" the doctor concluded
ri give you some medicine; you've got
good constitution. and, with care,
you'll pull round all right"
Think so7''
"Ob. yes. He mustn't be left
Barrow" The doctor turned to the
steward. Somebody will have to sit
UP with him tonight I'll see him again
before I turn in; and I'll get the cap
tain to .et you have assistance"
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much already Come along.
Barrow" he hailed the advent of the
steward with lnefrable relief call me
II he is worse In the night"
lie was dazed and stupefed by the
knowledge that had come upon him so
Unexpectedly. and yearned 70 get away
and be alone where he might think
of it.
Yet he could not think OF It even
when he was alone. for every thought as
II touched his brain famed into mad
ness and became an incoherent flicker
that dazzled and bafHed him. One
thought only burned to a clear and
fiercely steady blaze-a sinister, heIlish
thought that he dared not face and could
not extinguish.
MY God!' he mutteTed. pacing his
oramped room like a Gagged animal. ITS
more than can beur,'
lie lost all count Of time. as a man
does when he sleeps. but when the stew
ard summoned him hurriedly an hour
after midnight he had evidently not
been In bed light was burning in his
cabin; he was still dressed. and his face
vas wan and his eyes 'eavy as II he
we're in pain.
Mr.. Ashtons worse. str Edwards is
with him. and called me 70 fetch you.
He CANT sleep. Keeps sitting up, Ed
wards says. staring as If he could see
people. an talking very singular. De-
lirious, / expect. sir"
We must try sleeping draught, 9"
said Walden. DULY. III be there di-
rectly."
Barrow being gone. he busted him
self In the medicine cupboard. and
fastened after him, carrying something
In a glass.
Drawing near 10 No. Is he could hear
the sick man babbIing mOnotonously.
and the very sound Of his voice stung
him and quickened that fire Of hell to
fercer flame within him: till sudden
ly he caught word of what the man
was saying-merely a name, but the
utterance of II checked him instantly,
as If hand had plucked at his sleeve
He stood trembling, and in that same
instant saw. shaping white in the dark
ness before him, a sweet, sad face,
grown pale with weary years of longing
the pure. wistfuI eyes looked into his,
and their clamness Gained him. and
their sadness made him ashamed
He was sane again; he could not go
on. but yielded TO gentler impulses as
readily as if the Utterance of her name
had conIurod her there ir very reality
TO turn him back, end he had regained
his better self in her presence.
With something breaking like a sob
in his throat. he swiftly retraced his
steps, pausing in the unlighted saloon
to open one Of the portfolios and fling
the glass he carried far out into the
dark
Thereafter he sat till we'll into the
day watching ard tending the man she
loved and had loved so long He shrank
from trusting himself alone with his
own thoughts again yet; and because
she loved him and her happiness was
bound up in his life. all that unhappy
night he fought with death for the man
he hated
Going on deck IN the morning. he
leaned over the side to tear up the let
ter he had written and scatter its frag-
ments into the sea
Ii was the burial OF a great hope that
had died I'm the night
As he walked away the captain. com
ing from breakfast, met him and lin
gered 70 make inquiries.
Morning. doctor: how's the patient
You're not going TO make a funeral OF
It. / hope2"
Not quite" Walden laughed. care
lessly. "He has taken a turn for the
better.'
Times-promoter., 1903-06-26
A Cure for Dropsv.

), sedgwick, Ark, June 22d.--Mr. W. S.
Taylor of this place says:
MY little boy had Dropsy. Two doc
tors-the best in this part of the country
told me he would never get better. and
to have seen him anyone else would have
said they were right. His feet and limbs
were swollen SO that he could not walk
nor put on his shoes.
When the doctors told me he would
surely die. stopped giving him their med
icine and began giving him Dodd's Kidney
Pills. | gave him three pills day and at
the end of eight days the swelling was all
gone, but as wanted to be sure, kept on
with the pills for some time, gradually re-
duclng the quantity, till finally stopped
altogether.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills certainly saved my
child's life. Before using them he was
a helpless invalid in his mothers arms
from, morning till night. Now he is a
healthy, happy child, running and dancing
and singing. | can never express our
gratitude.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills entirely cured our
boy after everybody, doctors and all, had
given him up to die"
Times-promoter., 1903-06-26
NOW FOR THE COUNTRY.
Funny Genius Of the Chicago Tribune
ChOrtles His Lay About
Spring Pleasures.

Ha, ha, the gladsome spring has come !;
let's close the city fat and nail the windows
all down tight, and can the family cat For
now it's no for the countryside, it's no
for the house at the lake, it's no for Tne
woods, and no for the birds, and also ho
for the rake. Get down the bamboo fish
ing rod, dig up the bathing suit, it's shrunk,
and when pa puts it ON, 0, won't he be a
beaut?
0, think OF the joyous times We'll have;
just think of the moonlit nights, which
reminds me to take the peppermint-it's 8
good for mosquito bites. 0, think of the
dreamy stiffness there; say, fill that gun
with lead-I know screech owl in the
woods that's going to get killed dead. All,
next to natures heart, 0, that's the place
to live, and put the rubber blankets in,
for the roof leaks like sieve. Wen have
a garden all our own, on strawberries we II
sup, unless the neighbors' hogs get in and
root the garden up. Pack up the latest
novels, too, lfe's story We will learn, and
when the firewood gets wet they're very
nice to burn Well grow so rugged, strong
and brown, we'll know what real health
is; don't forget to put the quinine in to
keep off rheumatic. And, papa dear, take
him along, he swears at rocks and rills,
but we've got to have some sucker there
to pay our little bills. So don't ask why,
but come with us, be merry woodland elves;
when summers DER and we return We may
ask why ourselves.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-26
CRIME In FRANCE.
Sociological Efforts Said to Have Pro-
duced Good Effects in That
Country.

Sociological effort in France is be-
lieyed to be responsible for the de-
crease in crime in the last 20 years.
During this time many attempts have
been made to raise the moral level of
criminals. such as protection of chill
dren, patronage of liberated criminals,
amelioration of penalty, etc., and these
various endeavors have had an appre-
ciable effect. Official reports just is
sued show that in 1881 there were 1855
crimes; in 1900 only 2,2Ss. In the corr
rectional police court, against 17s,s3O
cases for 1881, there were in 1900, 167,-
179.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-26
KILLED BY SNAKES GLANCE.
The Strange Story which Is Told Re-
garding O Woman's Death
I'm Ohio Town.

From Rio Grande, o., comes the
story of the strange death of Mrs. Celia
Bandy, widow of that village, who is
said to have died from snake-charm-
ing. Mrs. Bandy's cat was transfxed
by the glance of black snake six feet
long. Snatching a club, the woman
rushed to the garden to rescue her cat,
and after dealing the snake blow,
fell to the ground, and, despite med
ical aid, died in short time without
regaining consciousness. The snake
was killed, and many believe that Mrs.
Bandy was charmed by the snake, her
death resulting.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-26
Protests ms Insults.

That South side lady who indig-
nantly refused to silence or dispose of
her yelping dogs because her neigh
bors have requested her to do so is an
individual illustration of certain
logic unfortunately too common. To
wrong your neighbor and then deny
him redress on the ground that his
protests are insulting, says the Chica-
90 Chronicle, is policy that is pur-
sued not only by men and women but
by nations.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-26
He will work one or

bond on earth. He will work one or
two days in week for 81 cents day,
and be paid in Mexican silver that is
worth only half what ours is, and he
and the family and the dogs will live
on this for week. They will steal
everything that is in sight and not
locked up; says he has known them to
break into car that was sidetracked
and steal and carry off 1000 pounds of
machinery. They will get it to the
city some way, and sell it to junk
shop for dollar or two. The Amer
leans do all the manufacturing; the
Germans all the hardware business;
the French all the silk and fine goods,
and the natives all the little shop
business, and run the saloons. Be
sides the archbishops and bishops, no
less than 25 priests oficiate around the
chancel in the great cathedral every
day. Somebody must stay there to re-
ceive the offerings and grant absolu-
tion and remission of sins. This is the
largest cathedral in the world, except
three. 1t is 46 feet long, 400 feet wide,
and 110 feet from the floor to the
ceiling, and the walls are literally
overlaid with gold and silver images
and cricifxes. The church is rich and
controls President Diaz. Diaz con-
trolls the Castilians, and the police all
over the towns and cities, and the po-
lice control the poems and the common
people. So at the last it is the priest
hood that dominates the government
Liberal concessions are given to Amer
leans to build railroads and dig canals
and to mine for precious metals. The
charter under which the Mexican Ma
tional was built requires II members
of the board of directors, and five of
them must live in Mexico; the others
may live anywhere. Our boy Carl is
a Mexican director, having lived there
long enough to become eligible, and
that is how he was called to New York
last week to a meeting of the board,
and got chance to come by home
and see us for a week. And now the
time of tribulations is near at hand,
and he will leave us. and we may never
see him again. Such is life, and only
death will end it.-Bill Arp, in Atlanta
Constitution. ,....