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motor car and ran away, finally dashing
the landau to pieces against an iron
column. a street lamp, I understand. The
prince escaped with a few bruises, his wife
on the contrary
mot dead? not dead?' I cried, leaning
forward over the little table.
His wife, on the contrary. said Won
Altdorf, was severely injured-injured as
to the head. Her injuries were SO severe.
in fact" he continued, turning the little
Hqueur glass slowly in his hand, and star
ing down upon 1t, that she was still in a
condition of Inconsistencies and delirium
when a fortnight later the prince was
called home to Novodnia upon the sudden
death of his father and brothers by the ma
lignant fever which swept the entire fam
fly"
land SINGER" I cried. ''since? Get on
with it. colonel! What has happened SINGER"
why" said Colonel Won Altdorf, 1.-The
most extraordinary part of 1t has happened
since. The princes wife. struck down so
cruelty. as 1t were upon the altar steps, re-
covered from her injuries in months
time-bodily.''
Bodily said In half whisper. "bodi-
ly? why-why. you don't mean she's
1.-THE blow being upon the head" con-
tinued Won Altdorf. has In some man
ner-for Information upon which I
must refer you to our friend the
physician here-so acted upon her brain.
that, upon her bodily recovery. 1t was found
she had completely lost her memory of re-
cent events. of any event, indeed. later in
occurrence than year back
Good God!" cried. Then she didn't
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until shutdown in the coffee and sugar
fields. the banana, orange and spice groves.
Thus he worked for six years, the planter
in the meantime feeding him on rice and
clothing him. and the agent of the bunnia
seeing to it that until every cent of Rams
Indebtedness was paid not cent of his hire
reached his pocket, but was turned over
instead to the agent by Rams employer.
The Vow of Coolie
At the end of the sixth year Ram Sal felt
the jingle of coin in his hands for the first
time, for the debt of few rupees that his
grandfather had contracted when he took
Rams grandmother to wife was wiped out.
The ring of the coins stirred up strange
desire in the coolies heart-it awakeneda
his ambition. and he vowed then and there
that he would be rich some day and
planter himself --se
To that goal, during the remaining two
years of his identure, Ram Sal saved every
penny that he earned, and his children, by
their labor in the fields helped increase the
amount. AT the end of that time it was
pitiably small-something less than half
thousand dollars-but it was more money
than Ram Sal had ever owned before, and
what was more important, it was sufficient
for the execution of his present purpose,
the establishment of himself as silver
smith in the Hindoo quarter of Port-of-
Spain.
Ram Sal had worked at the trade in India
and was skilled in it's ways, so before long
business was plentiful with him and he was
faShioning bracelets and anklets and neck
laces and torques of silver, and sometimes
of gold, for the women of the better class
of Hindoos, whose custom it is to use their
women as walking banks for their surplus.
In short, Ram prospered exceedingly, so
much so that at the end of five years he
was able to go into the interior and buy
rundown plantation adjoining the one on
which he had been bound for eight years.
Ram Sal, Millionaire.
In the interim Ram had not forgotten
how fields were made to yield their In
crease. AS a planter he so directed the la
bors of the hundred or more coolies inden-
tured to him that his plantation soon be-
came noted as one of the most productive
in the valley.
Ram Sal was now fairly started on his
road to fortune, and each succeeding step
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that he took brought him nearer 1t. Year
by year he added to his possessions, some
times q plantation. often real estate IN
Port-of-Spain. where he set himself up In
a mansion, whence he went about directing
his ever-increasing interests
Thus Ram Sal prospered until two years
his heirs came to reckon up the estate they
found 1t to be worth nearly million dol
lars
It is true that Ram Sails efforts at money
getting were exceptional, but 1t Is also true
that among the coolies in Trinidad and ia
maica many thrifty small planters and
shopkeepers whose individual possessions
are valued all the way from 5000 to 1000
eon their governments tax books. And
these Hindoos. If they had not followed the
contractors westward at the bidding of
their masters, the bunnias. would still be
Shaving away in the plateau country of
their native land in hopeless effort to clear
Off the inherited debts hanging over their
heads.
That is why Mr.. Chamberlain, who knows
these things spoke -of his kings West In
dian possessions as the coolies paradise.
But the other man called them the field of
romance, because Of the story of rajah'S
son. and many more like unto it. Here is
the story.
The Romance of Rajah's Son.
The eldest son and heir of rajah as one
of the smaller states of Rajputana fell 50
violently in love with beautiful maiden he
had seen on the streets of his fathers cap
ital that he laid aside all thoughts of his
own high caste and her equally low condi-
ton and proceeded to WOO her. Everything
went well with the lovers for weeks, until
one of the princes retinue, spying on him,
found him keeping a tryst with the girl.
The rajah was promptly informed, and, en-
ragged at his heirs loss of caste, determined
to wipe out the disgrace that the son had
brought upon himself and his family.
With the craftiness of the oriental. the
old rajah received his son with all the af-
lection of a devoted parent until he discOv-
cred, through spies, the next meeting place
of the lovers. Then. as they were seated
in a secluded pagoda. a band of the palace
guards burst suddenly in upon them, and
without warning first slew the maiden and
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know she had been married2 She didn't re-
member the prince at ALP
1.-THE unfortunate lady had. alas, no recoI-
lection whatever of anything connected
with her marriage or her acquaintance with
the Prince. She would not know him If she
were to meet him face to face.
"Of course she was told OF her marriage,
that had to be done. though at the expense
of great nervous shock, but, as she grew
no meter. the family deemed it the wisest
plan to bring her to Europe, to place her,
in short, under the personal care of the
greatest alenist living. They brought her
to Sir Gavin here, and Sir Gavin is devot-
ing his exclusive attention to her treat
ment."
what, here?" said I. there in PARISH
Where else?" demanded Colonel Won Alt
dorf.
Now Mackenzie had, as knew, taken,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-02
A FIELD OF ROMANCE
British West Indies a Para
disc for Coolies.
CASE OF RAM s A L
ROSE FROM DEEPEST POVERTY TO
BE A MILLIONAIRE.
A Rajah's Son Who Turned Laborer-
Ram Singh's Worldwide
Search.
CASE OF RAM SAL
for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star
This" recently remarked Joseph Cham
berlain England's colonial secretary, as
he placed a finger on map showing Brit
aims possessions in the West Indies, us the
paradise of the Hindoo coole."
"And there, too" added one of his hear
ers, those same orientals have created an
atmosphere that fairly reeks with ro-
nance"
The American or European who has spent
sufficient time in Jamaica or Trinidad to
become acquainted with the ways of the
thousands of Hindoo laborers on the plan
tations and the coolie tradesmen in the
towns invariably makes the same asser-
lions. To prove the first, he usually quotes
the case of Ram Sal. and. as evidence of
the latter. he tells the story of a rajah's
son who turned cooie for loves sake.
The Story of Ram Sal.
Thirty years ago Hindoo of low caste
Ram Sal by name, living in a plateau town
of India. found himself inextricably in debt
to a bunnia-a usurious money lender. He
had been bound in his boyhood for the debt
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slow mind. Yes, there is more to come.
Fate. my friend. when she takes it into
her head to play a momentous trick, plays
= cost thoroughly to the end. She's a
good sportswoman, Fate. I've seen her
play strange games. Aye. and I've taken
hand with her at times but I've never
seen her yet in SO wholly wanton a mood
as this.
THE marriage, of which we have been
tering place not far from New York T he
live, place called Newport where the
young American woman's family had
large summer chateau. The ceremony was
OF course, solemnized in church, at some
little distance from the chateau. But while
the newly married pair were being driven
from the church to a fete which was to
follow. the horses attached to the bridal
landau took fright at the passing of
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our friends at about $50 and Joined in a
long. a very long. procession which had to
wait until the vfceroy and his suite had
made ma the rounds of the city. Wait we did
tempers of some Of the party but we our
selves were really Interested. for We were
surrounded: not only by psivate carriages
OF all sorts and kinds-dog carts mail
phaetons. broughams nafive-made carts
and victorias, but by CHARTS, tongas, ekkas
and all manner OF conveyances OF the ma
i've himself. The greater part, however.
were the hideous second-class closed
CHARTS which were packed within and
without. Huge white bundles sat on top
swathed in chuddes or with the chudda
around head and shoulders, and bare legs
hanging over the CHART.
He Did Not Bother.
One picturesque youth. who had nothing
on but loin cloth and a dirty rag tied
ABOUT his head. clambered down from tho
roof OF his ghari and put on his baggy.
draped trousers close under our noses
without the slightest feeling Of iifidence
A searchlight from the fort near by was
thrown now and again over the crowd
and 1t was funny to see the effect for as
IL passed over the mango trees on either
N sue ot '9e road numbers Of enormous bats
-nylng foxes, they are called-and kites
ana crows were aroused and few up into
the air or about the tree in a dreadful
scare. AT hrst we could not imagine what
the sound could be. and 1t seemed at times
ike very smart shower of rain so much
50 that on two native CHARTS near by we
saw umbrellas raised, which looked ex-
tremely funny, as the night was brilliantly
clear and starlit- A, last we were free
and our tiny Burme ponies nearly got away
with their driver in their wicked delight
and anxiety to get home. Every building
along the principal streets of the city was
covered with a network of fine bamboo
on which were strung the tiny lamps and
the whole house outlined and glowing with
their light 1t was the prettiest sight I'm
aginable. indescribably dainty and enchant-
Ing Some of the houses had colored lamps
and one jeweler had his thousands of tiny
lamps all in pale green and tan color; an
other shop was in pink and pale blue and
still another In curious dull blue and
yellow; but the prettiest of all were the
white lamps. such soft glow so different
from the hard white Of the electric or the
twinkling yellow of gas. 1t was quite ones
idea of faryland at night. and filled US all
with warmest enthusiasm. 1 wonder how
many of those tiny lamps were used that
night? Certainly millions: for bamboo
rail shining with them outlined all the
roads. and the river and all the shipping
was outlined with them We drove about
In the crowd until the oil went low and
then. started for home, little chilly, for
hot Calcutta gets chilly at times. and ex-
tremely hungry and very enthusiastic.
MARGARET STERLING.
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European coming 10 the village. told Of .
place across the BLACK water where q
Hndoo could earn as much as % cents a day
and after binding himself to work for eight
years on a plantation would be freed of
both his contract and his debt, Ram Sal
straightway prepared to follow the coolie
contractor whittier he led and the bunnia
commanded. - S->.4=s
The ship that Ram Sal and his family
were huddled on bore them in course of
time to Trinidad. and there. by the terms
of the contract. Ram Sal was given quar-
tiers in long. low coolie barracks from
which he went out in the mornings to toll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-02
Spring Cleaning Time.
From the Indianapolis News.

N the indianapolis News.
housekeeping time has come again,
And sad the days are for mere men,
Who NOPE about and wonder when
The strife will cease.
There are no carpets on the floor,
A gust comes through the open door
They shudder as they long once more
For days Of peace.
The rugs In stumbling blocks are rolled,
The cook is hot, the dinner cold,
A gen'ral tendency to scold
Is in the air.
Once more there is no place like homo,
So men are driven out to roam
And almost swamp themselves In foam
To drown their care.
But one there is who never swerves
From duty, though 1t mainly serves
To leave her with a wreck of nerves
And broken mien.
As on the couch she lies exhaust
Ed, looking DER the job she's bossed,
She mutters, as she counts the cost:
at least it's clean!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-02
Spain Bellicose,

From the Madrid Nuestro TEMPO.
Spain Is the only European power with
any rightful claims in Morocco. The Span
iards do not propose to submit tamely to
any disregard of those rights a fact of
which the powers should take heed or
there will be international trouble.
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of his grandfather, and after working for
nearly twenty years to clear it, he learned
to his distress that, instead of becoming
smaller, the obligation had steadily In
creased through all the years. owing to his
Insignificant pay of scarcely two pennies
day and the excessive rate of interest
Ram Sal saw starvation staring himself
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then turned upon the prince. But the latter
was too quick for the soldiers Selling his
sword, he managed to cut his way clear.
and. knowing every nook of the palace and
grounds, escaped into the city, where he
hid.
A Coolie Prince.
During the weeks that energetic search
was made for him he kept himself under
cover, and not until the efforts of his father
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-15
MOHAWK TO BE
FINISHED HERE
Smith. Courtney Co. Gets Con
tract to Complete Cutter
in Seventy Days.

The contract for the completion of the
United States revenue cutter Mohawk,
left unfinished by the bankruptcy pro-
ccedIngs against the William r. Trigg
Company, has been let to the Smith
Courtney Company, of this city. The
vessel will be finished at the yards, where
1t has been partially constructed. The
contract allows seventy days time for
tire completion OF the vessel. on which
about eighty per cent. progress has been
made.
The Smith-Courtney Company will en-
ploy a number Of men, skilled mechanics,
In the work, and In choosing them will
endeavor to secure those former employees
Of the Trigg yards who were thrown out
of employment by the shutdown Of the
plant, hut whose families ttl.reslde IN
this city, The letting of the contract to
a Richmond rirm will insure the work
being done chiefly by Richmond men, and
means that tha yard viii again become
the scene of a.tlyity.
The work Ia let to contract by the
Navy Department, which owns the unfn-
Ished vessel, and desires to Lave 1t COM
p,eted aud placed ~ cl'rmss'on rs soon
as possible. The T"scarora. sister ship.
was completed and launched at tho ward,
The Mohawk is sllsat!y Mrser, however.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-15
FIERCE FIGHTING
THE NEAR EAST
fBy Associated Press J

CONsTANTINOPLE, Aug. little I'M
perlal troops have occupied Krusheyo. rs
miles north of Monastir. which was re-
Gently seized by the insurgents, A force
of four thousand troops beselged the place
and bombarded 1t with artillery. The
fighting with the revolutionists Is still
proceeding outside the town,
Consular advices from Monastir and
salonica endorse the belief that any overt
movement In those towns on the part OF
the revolutionary committees will lead
to n massacre OF the Bulgarian lnhabi-
tants by the Mussulmans.
dispatches received by the Porte give
particulars of number OF encounters
With the insurgents. The latter attack
ed the village of Gumenje, throwing
bombs In it, but official dispatches say
they were repulsed The foreign repre-
santatiyes have demanded of the Porte
nrotectlon for the consuls and foreign
residents at Monastir. The Grand Yizier
has promised effective measures of pro-
lection.
arc persistently demanding arms and
ammunition to protect themselves against
tha Christians. This Is considered a 'an-
gerous factor in the situation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-15
THE PARLIAMENT
HAS BEEN PROROGUED
lny Associated Press.)

LONDON, August 14.-After the read
Ing of the Kings speech to both houses
to-day Parliament was prorogued until
November ed.
In the Commons Premier Balfour dis
cussed the Venezuelan and Macedonian n
questions briefly, and said there was no
necessity for hurry in discussing Mr..
Chambcrlain's fiscal proposals. The most
Interesting portion of the speech TO Amer
lea deals with ireland. 1t says
"The warm expressions of good will
with which was everywhere received
greatly touched me. My visit enabled
me to realize how much was being at
tempted to improve the housing accommo-
dations for the working population, slim
ulate commercial activity advance the
methods of agriculture. develop technical
education and provide for the sick and
infrm. Much remains to be done, but II
was with feelings of the deepest gratifl-
cation that noticed signs OF increasing
concord among all classes In Ireland, pre-
snging, ms I hope, new era of united
efforts for The general welfare
Reference Is made to the irish land
bill as removing the ancient causes of
social dIssension.
There has probably never been a pro-
rogatlon of Parliament when the future
of the government was so uncertain as
Is the case on this occasion. Many be-
lleve there will be a dissolution In the
autumn, though the best information does
not support this belief.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-15
Murderers Of j. B. MdrCum
Have Been Convicted.
NO DEMONSTRATION MADE
Jett Heard Verdict With Apparent In
difference but Whites Eyes Filled
With Tears-First Conviction
for Twenty Seven Killings.
(3y Associated Press.)

CYNTHIANA, KY, August 1.-THE
Jury in the case OF Curtis Jett and Thomas
White charged with the assassination of
James B. Marcum, at Jackson. l<y re-
turned verdict of guilty to-day. fixing
the punishment OF each at life imprison-
ment. The verdict was returned at
time when there were but few persons
in the courtroom. The only attorney
present was County Attorney Webster.
Jett received the verdict with compar-
alive Indifference and calmness. White,
who has been apparently under severe
strain during the trial, flushed up and
his eyes filled with tears. The Verdlct
occasioned little surprise.
The only question which caused the de-
Law, 1t is said. was whether to make the
punishment death or life Imprisonment;
ATTORNEYS Blanton and Golden, for the
defense, we're absent when the jury came
into court, and Judge Osborne sent for
them and told them to make their motion
for a new trial, The motion was there
upon filed, and the court took 1t under
advisement.
When 1t was announced that the jury
had come out crowd gathered AZ the
courtroom, but 1t was quiet ana oIoerly,
all the mountain men having gone to their
homes. Colonel Byrd, who prosecuted the
prisoners said he was disappointed IN
The case, as he had hoped for verdict
fixing the death penalty.
The case has been on trial almost three
weeks, having been begun July 27th At
the first trial at Jackson the jury disa-
greed. and it is believed that the veralct
to-day was a compromise with juror
opposed to capital punishment,
The friends of Captain B. L, Even and
other witnesses for the prosecution VINO
have suffered greatly and were living IN
fear of their lives, are greatly relieved,
There have been twenty-seven lives lost
within the past two years In the CocKrlli-
Hargis feud in Rreathitt county, and this
is the first conviction. No arrests or IN
d.ctments' had been made until last May,
when the troops We're ordered to Jackson
| In order to protect the grand jury and
| afterwards the trial jury and witnesses.
Jett is still under indictment charged
with killing Town Marshal Cockrlll'
Jett said last night the rope had never
| been made with which to hang MIN, but
he made no remarks to-day
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-15
DIED WITH
A JEST ON
HIS LIPS
Virginian Ends His Life
by Drinking Laudanum
WAS UNFORTUNATE
IN A LOVE AFFAIR
Girl He Loved Had Given
Affections to Another.
LETTERS SHOW HE
MET DEATH CALMLY
Assured His Brother He Was No Cow
ard, and Asked that His Body Be
Brought Back to Virginia
and Buried in
His Native
Soil.
Girl He Loved Had Given
Affections to Another.
LETTERS SHOW HE
MET DEATH CALMLY

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
WELSH, VA. August 14.-"Poison
taken at 3:l5 P. NJ; dose one ounce.
enough to make me sleep sound. don't
you think? Please go away and let
me sleep; don't disturb ms slumbers
deep"
This note, found near an empty bot
tic which had contained laudanum.
told how Clarence Britton, OF zack.
Rockbridge county, Va, had commit
ed suicide almost with Jest ON his
lips.
Other letters, addressed to his brother,
j. G. Britton, Miss Jesse Buckingham.
OF Welsh. La, and his mother, Mrs. ].
n. Britfon, and aunt. Miss Georgia
Strickland. both of Zack, Va, showed
that the young man met death calmly,
and with smile on his lips.
LOVE AFFAIR.
Britton was one of the most popular
young men OF Welsh. For several
months he had shown his devotion to
Miss jesse Buckingham, one OF the
bellies OF the town. bu: Britton's az
fair had not prospered, and 1t soon be-
came evident that Miss Buck!ngham's
deTotions were directed toward an
othct
This was moro than Britton could
bear. Last night he went to his room,
and locked the door; nothing was
heard Of him until this morning, when
the lock was broken, and an entrance
effected. Britton was found on his
bed. It was evident that he had been
dead some time. On nearby table
were the letters and the bottle.
Brtton in concluding the letter to his
brother. said: You have always ac-
c,lsnd me OF being coward, but the
fact that am Jumping into the Styx
with a weight around my neck is suffl-
cient to disprove that. Life is too much
of a burden to me, so will try the
great unknown. Farewell"
Britton requested that his remains
be skipped to Virginia, his native
State, and inferred beside those OF his
aunt.