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STEEL KEEPS DOWN
PRICES OF STOCKS
Shares THROWN into Market on
Bear Reports and Brooklyn
R. ;. and Copper Pushed Into
Selling Movement,

Traders were unanimous In the opin-
ion to-day that with the United States
6teea Corporation stoclSs out OF the way
the price movement In the market
would have been sharply upward. Steel
pre6erred was the depressing feature,
and the sales OF this issue constituted
oue-third the entire transactions Of the
day., The sock opened strong. and then
thsre was q steady stream Of the shares
poured into the market. Several times
It took bioclss OF 5000 and more to break
the tssue - point. =.
Steel common was also much IN sSi-
dence, and under heavy pressure It be-
Ing hammered down to 10, Its low record.
; All kinds of bearish news has been CIR
culated about the Steel stock during the
last few days. A report that seemed TO
be semi-ofiicial was circulated yesterday
be cut, but to-day It was stated on sup
posedly good authority that the pre-
ferred dividend would not be touched.
The same SOURCE gave out the informa, a.
its books orders for 250,6 tons OF steel
rails nor export In 1904 The other orders
for export are heavy and are growing
each day. -
The remarkable strength Of the mar
ket Is plain when 1t Is considered that
up to noon 1S1 800 shares of Steel pre-
ferred had been sold without breaking
the stock below 81 1-2. The heavy SELL
ing was resumed after / o'clock and
toward the close the price had fallen
60 81 rs.
One speculator sold 10000 shares of
Brooklyn. and the decline IN the price
20 70 was said to be the selling of this
long stock which this man bought at 10
points lower prices.
The Could Rockefeller stocks all held
we'll even when the market was weak
as st. Paul showed, which, after falhnG
to 40 7-s, rallied to lf 1-2. Missouri
Pacific was up after the early decline
Rubber Goods issues were strong on the
excellent earnings reported for the year
The market weakened In the Anal
dealings ana closed with prices down.
Steel and Brooklyn RAPID Transit were
under pressure. while Copper showed
some resistance. Thrading was lively.
The total sales Of stocks were Si3, 100
0hares and OF bonds s.. .304 900.
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WHEAT MARKET.

Wheat opened fairly active and con-
riderably stronger to-day, stimulated by
the Government crop report. which was
accepted as bullish. Chicago was up l-2
OF a cent and likewise Duluth and Min
neapolis. Corn advanced IA here and 1-2
? In Chicago.
New york's opening prices were: Wheat
May, 80 3-S: July. 50. Corn-May, 40 3-S
to 40 1-2; December. 30.
Chicaeo's opeping prices were: Wheat
May. 81 l-s to 81 3-s: July 70 rs to n;
DeesPser; 80 t9 ',ia 50 Is ;, fsq Ss9rn-May' 4si-S
New Yorit's closing prices were:
wheat-May, s. 1-2; July So IA; Decem-
ber 90 1-2. Corn-May, 40 IA: Decent
ber b2.
Chicago's closing prices were: Wheat
December. 70 5-S; May, 81 SIS: July,
II Ia. Corn-Decemiber 42 IA bid; jan
nary, II 7-S; May. S'l-4 to 70 3-s; July.
43 1-8 do 43 IA. ~.
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WOS Y GIL TOOK
.s1.09D,O00W'!ITiA| HIM
President Of San Domingo, Say
Cherokee's Officers, Carried
of Public Funds When Ne
Left for Porto Rico.

The Spassengers and oficev on the
Clyde line steanShip Cherokee. which
arrived to-day from San Domingo. say
that Il is common rurnor at San Do.
mingo that President wos GIL carried
away something more than u.ooo.ooo
from the public funds when he Departed
from San Domingo on the German war
ship for Porto Rico.
They say that the army was paid or
in clothing. shoes and other necessarles
of life from the Government stores In
default Of the NECESSARY funds IN the
The steamship officers say that quiet
prevails. Order had been restored be-
fore her arrival there. She experienced
cargo at ai1 OF the ports Of call
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LONDON STOCKS IRREGULAR.

, LONDON. Dec. 11.-fMorey was in in
creased demand in the market to-day.
Operators on the Stock Exchange were
largely occupied with the conclusion OF
the settlement, which was satisfactory
Consols recovered, but closed below the
best prices OF the day. Home rails
were irregular.
Americans opened weak, notably Chi
ca2o, Milwaukee and St. Paul They
subsequentlv advanced fraction above
parity. owing to some local support.
afterwird became usettled, but closed
fairly steady
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CURB STOCKS STRONG.
ooppers and Mercantile Marine the
Leading Features.

The curb market was strong and ac-
tive to-day. with the coppers the fea-
ture of the list, they being led by British
Columbia, which was UP fractlonally.
strong and Manhattan Transit made a
fair gain. The bid and asked pricen OF
the principal outside securities were:
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The Closing auotntion..

To-day's highest. lowest and cIosing prices
and net changes from Yesterdays ciosiis.
prices or from last recorded sale are as fol-
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eyes to the stair. There, looking down
upon US with speechless ~astoundment in
the blue-gray eyes, stood our dear lady.
Another instant and she was with us.
stamping her foot and crying: Nor
Dieu! what is thls7. Are you gone mad.
both of your
Dicks answer was another burst of
laughter. loud enough, you would think,
to be heard by those beyond the door.
Behold four witless brute beasts. Mis-
tress Madge-two horses n two asses"
he said. M then to old Anthony. open
the door, Tony, and invite the gentlemen
in"
But Margery was before him. All, my
dears. a man. wit is like a matchbox,
fixing and suffering its way noisily to
find the powder whilst the enemy hath
time to ride up and saber the musketeer;
but q woman's is like the spark in a tin
der-box-a quick snip Of flint n steel
and you have your fire. In a fash my
lady had torn dowr the heavy curtains
from an inner doorway and was carpet
ing a horse path for US to the rear.
"Quick!" she cried; lead them gently.
for the love of heaven!''
She went before US. padding the way
Win 0nalCNCE td4u0 LIS " kldIAu, kd6os
curtains. table-coverings, and I know not
what besides; inc by the time the British
troopers were hammering at the outer
door. we were deep within the old man.
sion and had made shift to drag the un-
willing horses by one and two step de-
scents to a room half under and halfout
of ground, which served as a sort Of ante
dungeon to the wine cellar.
Here I thought we might be safe for
the moment, but not SO my lady. Calling
Dick to help her-in all the fierce haste
Of 1t I marked that she called to Dick and
not to me-she unlocked and opened the
door to the wine vault, and in q trice We
two and the luckless horses were safely
Jailed in pitchy darkness. with the stout
oaken door slammed behind Us. the bolt
shot in the lock. and the key withdrawn.
as We could see by the spot OF light which
came through the keyhole.
Richard was the first to break the grave
like silence of our dungeon.
'Lord!' said he; did ever you see such
sharp-wit work III all your adventures?
What a soldiers wife she'd maker
I smiled at that. being safe to smile In
the darkness. For was she not a SOL
dier'sy wife? I Rugged that saying as we
cling to the thing that is slipping from is.
True, I was here to give her freely over
to another n a better soldier; but while
she was mine / would claim her. in my
heart. at least.
The excitement Of the narrow escape
somewhat overpast, we sat long on the
edge of a wine.bin, specializing in whis-
pers as TO what would befall, and listen
ing vainly for the footsteps which would
forecast our release or our capture by the
enemy. But when no sounds, threaten
Ing or encouraging. came from the upper
world. we CROPPED about till We found the
cellar candle. lighted 1t with fiint and steel
and undertook. and o a survey OF our
JAN.
Twas the same old scavernous vino
vault os my youthful remembrance. such
an one as has not SIS mate In ali Carolina
TO this good day. as I firmly believe. Ny
fathers hobby was to build for al etsr-
nity: and this stone-arched ceilarage was
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CHAPTER xLvIII-Continued.

Dick saw the meaning In my look, and
together we pounced to drag the old nan
out Of hiding. When we burst down upon
him, Yates had his piece to his face and
was drawing a bead on a stout man In
cooked hat and plain regimentals whose
horse was curveting and siding in the
nearer shadows; no less a figure. in truth.
than my Lord CORVALLIS himself, cheer
ing his men on to the attack.
We had scarce made out the old hun
ter's target when the rifle spat fire, the
curveting charger reared in his death
plunge. N the British Commander in
Chief, unhurt, as it seemed, was dragged
from the ENHANCEMENT of his stirrups by
his aides.
The old marksman sprang UP in a fury
of wrath. Dad blast ye for a pair OF
aim-sp'ilin'!' 4
A roar OF musketry cut the rebuke in
half, and a storm of bullets smote through
the branches overhead. A falling bough
knocked my hat off, and 1 stopped to re-
cover it. When I rose, Dick was: clip
ping the old man tightly in his arms
Yeates's belt was cut. and a little oozing
well-spring of red was slowly soaking the
fringe OF his hunting shirt.
60c haC 00Oht SopG 0iNh ease ulc
down. The old mans done for. this time,
ez 1 ailow-spEang in the innards. Ease
me down and get off for yerselves, If SO
be ye can im-me-jit-"
The wagging jaw dropped. and the keen
old eyes went dim and sightless. Dicks
oath was more a sob thar an imprecation;
and now it was I VIC said: Come on-
the living before the deadr' and so we
---l -zlI -
horses.
How We rode free put of that hurly-
burly at the forehead you must figure
for yourselves. If you car. The men of
the British vanguard were all about US
when we got to the scrub oak thicket and
mounted. but no one of them raised a
hand to stay US. 1 have thought since
that mayhap they took us for a pair OF
their own Tory allies who were not above
wearing the stolen uniforms Of the dead
Be that Is 1t may, we rode away unhin-
dered. Dick in ell the bravery of this Cap
tain's slashings. and I in lighthouse bun
and blue. taking the road toward the
man house because that was the only
one open to us. and ambling leisurely till
We were beyond the sight and sound OF
the victors at the ford.
But once at large. We put spurs to our
horses in true ritter fashion; and we had
gsliowed half way TO Appleby House be-
fore Dick said:
Now we are well out OF that. what
next? We annot go TO Margery with
the whole British army at our heels"
NAY. but We shall. Il only for a short
haIf-hour." I asserted. Then. as once be-
fore, / gave him my best bow. For the
Last time. It may be, let me play the lord
Of the manor. You are very welcome 10
my fathers demnesne. Richard. and TO all
OF Its holdings"
"A1i?" said he, giving me a quick eye
shot as VIC pressed on side by side.
Eyes. all" said I: and / meant II in
good faith. He should have the lady,
too; tina precious holding Of the old manse
without whom my fathers acres would
be but a bauble 10 be lost or won incif-
fetently.
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THE MASTER OF HPPLEBY, @57 Eza7a5
FRANCIS LYNDE=

then. as you confess"
Yes; from a strained sense of @ifels
duty. as h took good care to tell me"
None the less-ah, Jack, you do no
know her as I do; she would never hav.
consented to stand before the priest will
you had there not been something warmer
THAN hatred in her heart"
Twas a bitter necessity, fairly forced
upon her. Tell me. had there been a sparl
of love for me in her heart. would she
have treated me as the lust beneath hei
feet on that long infaring from the west.
ern mountains? Sh never spoke a word tc
me. Dick, In all those weeks"
which may prove no more than that
you said or did something to cut her to
the quick. 'Twould be well in your way,
Jack. She is as sensitive as she should be,
n o are blunter than (which is the
worst I could say Of you"
mo. no: you are far beside the mark.
You forget that the breaking of the mar
rage is OF her own proposing-at least, ]
should say I only limited at IT."
There may be two sides to that. as
well. Have you ever told her that you love
her. Jack?"
Surely not! I AVE been all kinds Of
a poltroon in this matter. as I rave con-
fessed, but this one thing I have not
done"
We'll" said he. speaking slowly. as one
who thinks the path out word by word,
what If she believes tits you who want
your freedom? What IL you nave made her
tina bitterest thing in all the world-a
woman scornedT'
I would not listen to him more.
This Ii all the merest folly, Richard,
as 1 will prove to you beyond h ques-
ton of a doubt. Do you mind that little
interval in the Cherokees' torture-play
when they came to bind US afresh for the
burning?"
81 mind no more of that horror-night
h I can help"
well. in that hour. when death was
waiting for all three Of us, she wrote a
little farewell note to the man she loved.
Twas for you. Dick, but her Indian mes
senger Numbered and gave It me-
He got upon his feet at that n began
to pace slowly back and forth under the
gloomy archings. But ere long he paused
to grasp and wiring my hand most loving
ly. saying: WHO am I, Jack. to buy my
happiness at such a price,"
May, lad; tbs neither you nor I who
should figure greatly in the matter; tits
our dear lady. She u cen lave what
she longs for, II you. or I, or both of
US. should have to go above stairs and
put our necks into my Lord CoTnwaIlis's
moose"
NOW, by heaven, Jack Ireton, 'tis you
who are the true lover and the GENTLE
man; and I I'm naught but a selfish churl
with my face in my own trencher," he
burst out, wringing my hand yet again.
"'Tis as you say; yet I win not be driven
from this: for aught you have told me to
prove It otherwise. Madge has yet to
choose between us. and she shall have
that choice. fairly n squarely. and
knowing that you love her, before we
three go apart again."
AS for that, my lad. ! have had my
stirrup cup long since. and have drained
It to the dregs with q wry face, as an old
man must when a young man brews for
him. But II the priest-
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the exciting n tragic scenes in which
we two had had our entrances and oul
exits. Also. there was a tribute paid tc
the memory OF our true old friend end
trusted comrade In arms. Ephraim Yeates
so lately zone to his own place. Twas al
this time I learned what OF the cid mans
gifts and peculiarities I have hereinbefore
set down; for Richard had known hin,
long and well.
From speaking of old Ephraim and his
sudden taking of, we came to things
more nearly present, and at length Dick
would lay a finger gently upon the mys-
terry in which he was as yet walking as
one blindfolded.
"'Tis not a shameful thing; don't tell
me 1t is that, jack he would say; and
I gave him speedy assurance upon that
head.
mo. tits never shameful; 80 much /
may lay an oath to-. =
yet you said once-in that black night
when I went mad and would have killed
you-that your life. lay between Madge
and me-"
$50 it did-and does.FAnd God will bear
me witness, dear had, that I have worn
that life upon my sleeve"
Nay" he said. very gently, you need
not go so high for q witness. Have I not
seenT'
We fell silent upon that, and there, in
the candle-yellowed gloom of our dun
geon harbor, 1 fought the fellest battle
| Of my life; fought 1t and won 1t, too. my
dears, once and for all. There was a cold
sweat on my brow when I began in low
tones to tell him the story Of that fateful
night in June. At rising 40 tits no light
thing to lose q friend-nay, to turn a
friends love into scorn and loathing and
bitter hatred. =
He heard me through without a. word;
and at the end. when ] looked to see him
spring up and bid me draw and let him
have his one poor chance for satisfaction
he still sat motionless. winking and star
ing at the guttertng candle. And when
he spoke twas with a quivering of the
lip that was not Of anger.
Dear God" said he. "'tis I who stand
in the way
mo; for she loves you, Richard. as
dearly as she hates me. And It's not SO
hopeless now, else I had never screwed
together the courage to tell you all this.
She has at last consented to the church's
undoing Of the incomplete marriage
twas this she wrote me about when we
were at the Cowpens. and twas her letter
that set me upon going to Winnsborough
to see the priest. ! missed him there. as
you know; but I am here now by her own
appointment to meet him In her fathers
! house" :
He shook his head slowly. "You've
killed the hope In me, Jack. I dc think you
are all attsea; It's you she loves-not
me-"
I could afford to mile at that.
III You could see how she has ever gone
about TO prove that she did not love me
you would rest easy on that score. dear
lad" :
But he would only shake his read again.
Twas to save your life she rode in on
us that morning under the oaks in h
glade"
TWAS e womaniy horror Of a duel and
bloodshed. more belize" said /.
"But she has saved your lie thrice since
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more like a cathedral crypt than a store
room for a country gentleman's table
stock Of wines.
Dick held the candle aloft and scanned
the bottle racks. none 80 greatly depleted
as they might have been had any hand
but that close-fisted one of Gilbert Stairs
taken the key In charge after my father.
There is no lack of p%otables.' says my
candle-bearer; but, happily, there is
never SO much as a dry crust to soak In
them. And as for the horses. I'll venture
they'd give 1t all, pint for pint, for a
good feeding Of oats"
Truly" said I; and then we fell to
stripping the straw castings from the bot
ties of madeira to give the poor beasts
a feed Of rye stalks which had grown and
ripened their grain many a year before
either the sorrel or the gray was foaled,
Having no ime-measure save our own
Impotence. 1t seemed a weary while be-
fore We heard the key rasping in the lock
Of our prison door.
""Tis Madge,' said Dick, with a true
lovers gift OF second sight; and twas he
who went to help her swing the thick
stabbed oak.
What passed between them I did not
hear. nor want to hear. But when the
door was swung to n locked again I
knew we were not free to go abroad.
Richard came back to me in the inner
vault bearing gifts; the better part of a
boiled ham, with bread to match; a jug
of water from the well and more candles.
I'VE are not to stave, but that Is our
best news thus far" he said. 'Of all the
houses on our side Of the river, Lord
CORVALLIS must needs pitch upon this
manor Of Appleby for his rallying head
quarters. Madge cannot guess When he
i the army will be gone. n she liz
frighted stiff for our sakes."
This was sober news, indeed, but We
could do naught but make the best Of 1t.
As for me, I was most anxious to know
If the good priest were at Appleby, and
what my chance for seeing him; but of
this I could say no word TO Richard.
So. when we had done full Justice to
my iady's bounty, we slowed the horses
in the deepest Of the vaults and stripped
more Of the bottle coverings for them
But having only the jug Of water. We
could do no more than swab their mouths
out with a wetted kerchief in lieu of CIV
ing e a drink.
"hCH I'LL WdS uoACy VIC edh OuASSiscs
down to wait as we must; and when the
silence and solitude had wrought their
perfect work. we fell to talking in low
ones to match the place and circum-
stance: and / do think In those quiet
hours. walled In as we were from all the
disturbments Of the outer world. we came
closer than we had come for many
months.
And while we sat and talked the long
day wore onto evening and a storm came
on, as we ctrl1 determine, though no
otherwise thai BIZ the mufied rolling OF
the thunder, w..ch, since We could not
see the lightning nor e the rain, we
took at first for the booming of distant
cannon.
/ cannot tell you all we spoke Of in
tina. day-iong immurement. There was
some talk Of the great struggle for inde-
pendence. now. though we knew 1t not.
drawing near to its close; and there wal
knch Of "reminiscences. barking back to
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Jennifer had resumed his pacing sentry
beat. and at this juncture a most singular
thing happened. Though we were sealed
In, as I have said, from all the outer
world, with no crack nor Granny Tor a
peephole. q binding flash Of lightning,
blue and CHASTITY, came suddenly to I'LL the
whole cellar with its vivid glare.
Good Lordi" says Richard, clapping
his hands TO his eyes; where did that
come from?"
1 was wholly at a loss for a moment
Then I remembered that there was, or had
been in my boyhood days, q narrow, IRON
barred window in the farther end of the
wine cellar, opening beneath that other
window OF the great south room. where
1 had climbed to SPY upon the conspirators,
on the night Of Captain John Stuart's
visit to Appleby. So it CHANGED that when
another fash came I was looking straight
over Dicks head at the place in the far
Their srching Of the vault, where the little
window should be.
The momentary glare showed me the low
square Of the window opening. and
framed for a fitting instant therein L face
OF most devilish malignity peering In up
on me with foxy-ferce eyes; the faca to
wa, VI 1iAucfb Stdlf > iAWycr-LactOr.
In a twinkling the vision was gone, and
in the space between the flash and the
crash there was a sound as Of a wooden
shutter slamming in place. Dick heard the
noise. without knowing the cause Of It.
being so far beneath the window as to see
nothing but tie lightning OF the glare
What was that?' he demanded, when
the thunder gave him leave.
Twas our trapper clappinc the shut
ter on the window over your head" said
]. He was looking In to see II we were
ripe for hanging"
IT'S no time for riddles; what mean
your"
II moan that we shall have a file Of red
coats down upon US As soon as ever Mr..
Owen Pengarvin can give the alarm"
"oho!" said Dick: and then he pulled
his sword from its seabbard, and I could
see the b~attle-veins swelling in his FORE
head. They can hang me when I am too
dead to cut and thrust more-not sooner"
I got me up and went to find the sword
which I had laid aside in the horse batting.
Twas a poor blade-one Of our captures at
the Cowpens: and when I tried Its temper
it snapped In my hand.
Never mind" said I; give me the
bfoadsword scaDDard and ] VIII play 1t as
q cudgel; It's long enough and full heavy
enough"
He laughed and clapped me on the
shoulder. swearing out his love for me as
If I had said something moving. You are
every inch a soldier. Jack: you would put
heart into a worse craven than / am ever
like to be-" And he loosed the iron scab-
bard and ave II me.
Now ensued a most painful time OF
waiting and listening for the tramp of our
takers. We posted US near the door. q
little TO the side. 50 thai its in-swins
might not catch US: and so. bracing Tor
the onset. we waited till the strain Of sus-
pense grew so great hat we both started
like frightened children. when finally tho
key was thrust into the lock and the bolt
shot back