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ed me so lightly as not to be felt. 80
suddenly as not to be believed IN.
For suffering is the lot Of man. but
not Inevitable failure or worthless de-
spair which Is without end-suffering,
the mark of manhood, which bears
within its pain hope of felicity like &
jewel set in iron
Her first words were:
You broke our compact. You went
away from me whilst was sleeping"
Only the deepness of her reproach re-
veaied the depth of her love, and the
sufferlng she, too, had endured to reach
union that was to be without end
and to forgive
And looking back, we see Romance
that subtle thing that Is mirage
That is life 1t is the goodness of the
years we have lived through, of the
OLD time when we did this or that.
When we dwelt here or there. Looking
PACK, 1t seems a wonderful enough
thing that who am this. and she who
IS that, commencing so far awavla life
that, after such sufferings borne to-
gelner and apart, ended so TRANQUILITY
there IN a world SO subtle-that she
and L should have passed through so
nlucn, good chance and evil chance. sad
hours and JOYFUL. all lived down and
swept away into the little heap of dust
that is lie. That, too, is Romance!
THE END
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WHIP-PooR- WILL TIME

Let down the bars; drive in the cows:
The West is dyed with burning roses
unhiteh the horses from the ploWs.
And from the cart the OK that lows.
And light the lamp within the house.
The whip -poor-will is calling.
Whip poor will; whip-poor- will"
Where the locust blooms are falling
On the hill:
The sunsets rose is dying.
And the whip poor-wiH is crying,
Whip -poor-will; whip poor will"
Soft, now shrill,
The whip-poor- is crying
Whip l."
The moon blooms out, great white rose,
The stars wheel onward toward the west.
The barnyard cock wakes once and crows.
The farm is wrapped in peaceful rest;
The cricket ehirps. the FREELY CLOVIS,
The whip-poor- is calling.
Whip -poor-will; whip-poor- will
Where the bramble blooms are falling
On the riIl.
The moon her watch is keeping.
And the whip oorwill is weeping.
Whip poor will; whip-poor- will"
Lonely STILL
The whip poor-will is weeping.
whip poor-will.''
Madison Cawein in the Atlantic.
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had black, beetling brows, like tufts
OF black horsehair sticking in the cram
MES of cliff. The conversation went
like this:
You are the Hon. Thomas Oldham ?''
yes, yes
You know Kingston, Jamaica, very
well? ?"
Il was there four years-two as sec
rotary to the cabinet of his grace the
Duke Of Manchester, two as civil sec
rotary to the admiral on the station
You saw the prisoner"
Yes, three times
I drew an immense breath; !
thought for a moment that they had
delivered themselves into my hands.
The. thing must prove of itself that /
had been in Jamaica, not in Rio Me-
do, through those two years. My
heart began to thuInp like great, SOL
emn drum, like Pau1s bell when the
king died-solenn, fnsistent, dominat-
ing everything The little man was
given an account of the '.bawnlinable''
state of confusion into which the ISL
and's trade was thrown by the mis-
deeds of a pirate called Nikalo ell De-
1nonico.
I assure you, my luds," he squeaked,
turning suddenly to the judges, 'the
island was wrought up into pitch of
ali almost 'disloyalty. The
ah planters were clamoring
for ali separation. And.
to be sure, 1 trust you'll hang the pris-
oner, for if you don't $"
Lord Stowell shivered, and said sud
denly with haste, Mr. Oldham, address
yourself to Sir Robert
was almost happy; the cloven hoof
had peered so damningly out. The lit
tie man bowed briskly to the old judge,
asked for chair, sat himself down,
and arranged his coat-tails..
''Mr. Oldham. you saw the prisoner
three times. If it does not overtax
your memory pray tell U.S. And the
little creature pranced of in a new d.
rection.
"Tax my memory! Cad, 1 like that.
You remember man who has had
your blood as near as could be, don't
you?"
had been looking at him eagerly,
but my interest faded away now. It
was going to be the old, confusing of
my. identity with Nikola's. And yet
l seemed to know the little beggar's
falsetto, it was a voice one does not
forget.
Remember" he squeaked. "Gad,
gentlemen of the jury, he came as near
as possible You have no idea what
ferocious devil it isl
was wondering Why on earth Mich
OILS should have wanted to kill such
little thing.
AS near as possible murdered my
self and Admiral RowIey and a Mr..
Topnambo, most enlightened and
loyal ali inhabitant of the
island, on the steps of a public inn"
had it then. 1t was the little man
David Mcdonald had rolled down the
steps with, that night at the Ferry Inn
on the Spanish Town road.
He was lying in wait for us with a
gang of assassins. I was stabbed on
the upper lip. lost so much blood
had to be invaded, o .
cannot think of horrible episode with
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CHAPTER ". (continued.)
lew a deep breath. I thought

DREW a deep breath. 1 thought
for minute that, after all, there
was little of fair play in the
game-that I had a decent fair. blue
eyed man in front of me. He looked
hard at me: 1 hard at him; it was as
II he were going to wrestle for a belt.
The young girl on the bench had her
lips parted and Ieant forward. her head
little on one side.
said, You won't swear I was the
man, Nikola eI Escoces ?"
He looked medftativeIv info INV
eyes; 1t was duel between us.
won't swear he said. You had
your face BACKED, and didn't wear a
beard
a soft growth Of hair had come out
over my cheeks whilst lay in prison.
l rubbed my hand against it, and
thought that he had drawn first blood
You must not say 'you,'' 1 said.
L swear 1 was not the man. Did he
talk like me?"
Cant say that he did," SadIer an
sWered, moving from one foot to the
other
Had he got eyes like me, or nose,
or a mOuth?"
Cant say he answered again. His
face was BACKED"
Didn't he talk Blue Nose-in the
Nova Scotian way?"
We'll, he did, Sadler assented slow
ly. But anyone could for disguise.
It's as easy as"
Beside me. the turnkey whispered
suddenly, Pull him up; stop his
mouth"
I said, Wasn't he an older man?
Didn't he look between forty and fffty o.,
What do you look ike?" the chief
mate asked
I'm twenty-four," answered; ST
can prove it,
We'll, you look forty and older" he
answered negligently. so did he"
His cool, disintereSted manner over
whelmed me like blow of an immense
wave; ii proved so absolutely that I
had parted with all semblance of youth
1t was something added to the immense
waste of waters between myself and
SeTaphina; an immense waste of years.
L did not ask much of the next wit
ness; Sadler had made me afraid Sep
tlmus Hearn, the master of the Vic
torla. was a man with eyes as blue
and as cold as bits of round blue peb-
Die; a little goats beard, IRON gray;
apple-coIored cheeks, and small gold
earrings in his ears. He had an ex-
traordinary mournful voice, and ret
respective melancholy of manner. He
was just such another master of a
tender as Captain Lunlsden had been
and II was the same story over again,
with little different touches, the hard
blue eyes gazing far over the top of
my head; the guarled hands moving
restlessly on. the rim of his hat.
Afterwards the prisoner ordered the
steward to give us a drink of brandy.
A glass was offered me, but I refused
to drink it. and he said: WHO is 1t
that refuses to drink a glass of BRAN
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girl upon the bench. Her eyes were
nxed, Fascinated, upon my hand. I
tried to move it. and found that it was
stuck upon the spike on which I had
damned it. I moved it carefully away.
ana only felt a little pain, as if from a
n-prick. but the blood was dripDInr
on the floor, pat, pat. Later on a man
lit the candles on the judges desk.
ana the court looked different There
were deep shadows everywhere: and
the illuminated face OF Lord StoweIl
looked grinmer, less kind. more an
cert, more impossible to bring a ray of
sympathy to. The barristers looked
at me from time to time 1 heard on,.s
OF them say. THAT man ought to have
his hand bound up." was telling f1,.s
story OF my life, that was all could do.
l EARNED to- it, I found words. r
was telling the story for that Young
girl. Suddenly I. saw the white face of
my father peep at me between the
head of an old man with an enormous
nose, and stout lady in a brown cloak
that had number of little watchmen,s
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dy% He asked me what countryman
! was. and if l was an American,

dy| He asked me what countryman
] was, and if 1 was an American
There were two other from the un-
fortunate Victoria-a Thomas Davis.
boatswain, who had had one of Niko-
las pistol balls in his hip; and sort
of steward-I have forgotten his name
who had a scar Of cutIass wound
on his forehead.
Suddenly the conviction forced it,
self upon me that the whole thing,
the long, weary trial, the evidence, the
parade of fairness, was being gone
through in spirit of mockery. as a
mere formalfty;. that the judges took
no interest whatever in my case. 1t
was a foregone conclusion
A tiny, fair man, with pale hair oiled
and rather long for those days. and
with green and red signet rings on
fingers that he was forever running
through that hair, came mincingly into
The witness box. He held for a long
time what seemed to be an amiable
conversation with Sir Robert Clifford.
a tall, Notwithstanding man. who
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out shuddering.s

Out Snudder1ng.
He had seen me, then, and when RAJ
man Ca Spaniard who was afterwards
proved to be a spy of Ell Demonieo.s-
! or the prisoners. He was hung since1
had driven ME from the place Of execu-
non after the hanging OF the seven
pirates; and he had come into Raman,s
store at the moment when Carlos ga
pirdtical devil il ever there was one"
the little man protested) had drawn
me into the back room, where Don
Balthasar and O'Brien and Seraptira
sat waiting. The men who were en-
ployed to watch Ramou,s: had never
seen ME leave again.. and afterwards
a secret tunnel was discovered leading
down to the quay.
Then my turn came.
1t was. as If + few at the throat of
that little man. It seemed to me that
1 must be able to crush a creature
whose malice was as obvious as the
green and red rings that ne exhibited
every few minutes. He wanted to
Show the jury that he had rings; that
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You need not stay out of the contest for fear of
and they enjoy the same privileges as you
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CHAPTER "


1 had shot my bolt and I was going
10 die; l could see it in the way the
kings advocate tossed his head back.
futtered his bands, looked at the Jury
oox, and began to play with the seals
on his fob. The court had resumed
It's stiffness. A man in some sort of
livery passed a square paper TO the
lord mayor, the lord mayor passed it
to Lord Stowell, who opened it with
Jerking motion of an ancient fashion
that impressed me immensely. 1t was
as if 1, there at the end of my life.
We're looking at man opening a letter
Oh the reign of Queen Anne. The shad-
oWs of his ancient, wrfnkled face
! changed as he read, raising his eve
brows and pickering his mouth. He
handed the unfolded paper to Mr.. Baron
GaTroW, then with one wrinkled finger
beokoned the attorney general to him.
The third judge was still asleep.
What's the devils this?'' the turn
key beside me said to his companion.
l was in good deal of pain. and felt
slckly that every pulse OF my heart
throbbed in my mangled hand. The
other spat straight in front of him.
"Damme If I Know he said. "This
cursed business ought to have been
over and done with an hour agone.
told Jnks to have my rarebit and nog-
gin down by the gateflouse fire at half.
past 5, and it's now"
They began an interminabie argu-
nlent under their breatIls
It's that wager of Lord Marchs,
run d mile, walk mile
eat five pounds Of mutton, drink, five
pfnts OF claret.- No 1t amt.
Mednenham coach amt in yet
roads too heavy. It is. What
else would stop the court at this time
of nighf2 It isn't, or Justice Best ID be
awake and hedging his BETS
In dizzy way noted the Attorney
General making his way carefully back
between the benches to his knot of bar
risters, and their wigs went ait to-
t1er In q bunch like ears of corn drawn
suddenly into a sheaf The heads Of
the other barristers were like unreaped
ears. A man with a face like a weas-
els called to man With face like u
deviis-he was leaving the court
something about an ambassador The
other stopped, turned. and deposited his
bag again. T heard the deep voice of
Sir Robert Clifford say. What!
Never. too infamous,
and then the interest and light seemed
to flicker out altogether. Icould hard
-fy see.
One loud one barked, You can't hear
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The Seventh Prize will include one round trip
ticket to New York City.
The Eighth Prize will include one round trim
ticket to Niagara Falls
The Ninth and Tenth Prizes Will each Include
one round trip ticket to Chicago.
The Ordinarily adopted in contests of this kind
will govern. The votes will be counted
NutGS every day and the standing of the yarf-
49,. Gus contestants published daily until the
credit for votes: otherwise none will be given
Votes will be given for collections made from
newsdealers. but In that event no returns viii be
allowed. -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-22
Will Protest Agaist Half Holiday
During the Week Being
Taken Off.
WILL HOLD MEETING.
Now that the Boss BARRIERS Have tt,n
Together their Employees Have Decided
to do Likewise AT the Present Time
IOurneymen Get Holiday OrCe
Every Two Weeks.

Now that tho Boss Barbers Assocla-
tion has been formed and they have
decided to close tho shops in this city
all day SUNDAYS after July 10Th ,
the journeymon BARRIERS have decided
to form union to insist that they
still be allowed half day every
week.
AT the present time the iourneymen
BARRIERS work Sunday from a. III.
until 1 p. m, and for this they are
allowed half day week, or ono
day in evory two weeks. 1t is under
stood that rs soon as the new schedule
goes into effect they are to lose tho
half day weekly, but will have all day
Sunday Most of the journeymcn
claim that they should have all day
Sunday and the half day weekly.
A mass meeting is to be held short
ly and union formed.
A journeyman barber, in conversn-
ton with q News repoter, said,
we have put this up to the Central
Labor Union and they have decided
thnt we are in the right and they will
back us up
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-22
WERE welded
IN ST. MARYS
Joseph Burke Took Margaret
Egan for His Bride This
Morning.
WEDDING BREAKFAST

St. Mary's Roman Catholic church
was beautifully decorated with flowers
and palms this morning when Joseph
Burke. of Washington street, took
Miss Margaret e gar, of Hall avenue.
for his bride. The marriage was per-
formed Mt 9 O'clock by the pastor,
Rev. B. T. Connoll, assisted by
Rev. S. A. Mitchell.
The bride, beautifully dressed in
gown of pure white silk, trimmed
with white lace, and carrying white
roses, walked up the church aisle
leaning on the groom's arm, The
bridesmaid was sister of the bride,
Miss Catherine Egan. She wore a
dress of blue silk and carried oarna-
tlons. The hest man was William
Mannion, of this city.
After the ceremony had been per-
formed Mr.. and Mrs. Burke, with
many friends, drove to the bride s
home, where wedding breakfast
was served They will reside III this
city rs Mr.. Burke is employed at the
plant of the Barber Asphalt Company.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-22
Unusual Similarity in the Cases
Before the Recorder = All
Nations There.
SOON DISPOSED OF.
Recorder Pickcrsgill Heard the Offer eut
Stories Patiently and Passed them | in
Simi ar Manner One Hearing was ad-
iourncd Until onight-Several Lar
guages Used in One Case.

A varied program, intercstinr,
amusing and instructive, made up'this
mornings performance in Recorder
Pickersgill's vaudeville theatre.
1t had an international aspect as will
be seen below.
The feature of the bill WIS the
much aired disagreement letween
the families of Tillman and Shapiro
The testimony was in English, He
brew, Y d lish German aud Slnvish
there being no ono in tic audience
who could not catch Mt least part of
the testimony. Lawyer G. J. Piechner
rep resented PERTH Shapiro, who was
charged with calling Mrs Tillman
vile names. j. E. Stricken was coun sci
for Mrs. Tillman. The case took
nearly an hour, ut the end of which
Shapiro was So out. The assault
charge against Max Shapiro was dis
| missed
Next the Italians had their inning.
Mary Russ charged Mary Mangenelli
| with disorderlv conduct, consisting of
applying improper epithets. The
charge was dismissed.
Then camo the Emerald Isle. Mrs.
Annie Reddy charged Mrs. Mary
Welsh with the same sort OF conduct
rs in the preceding case. This was
also dismissed, with u warning.
Then the same kind OF case, with
tho same result, came on, with two
Danish residents rs principals, they
being n trolley conductor, complain.
ant, and n serving maid, defendant.
Mrs. Henrietta Burke charged
Walter Doy with an ot1ensc similar
TO the above This was Opposed of il
"A like manner.
| Thorvald Ohristiansen was fned ST
for intoxication and disorderly con.
duct He wns arrested by, and al
| of the sumnonsCs Ill the other cases
were served by, Detective Huff.
Another gentleman, one Rober
O'Brien, will be arraigned ut o. 'cloch
| tOnioht
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-22
Local Authorities Went Out in Powerboat, But an
EmpIoye of the Asphalt Works Went Out in
a Scow and Secured it First.
IN A BATHING SUIT.
1t is Believed the Body was Held Fast In
the Mud When 1t First Went Down
Fellow Who Secured 1t Thought a Re-
ward Had Been offered and Refused to
Recognize Poll ce.

The body of Robert B. Stevens,
twenty three years old who, as told
in the News, was drowned while
swimming at Boynton Beach, Sunday
afternoon, has been recovered. 1t was
discovered this morning floating down
towards this city, by some employees
at the Barber Asphalt Works. The
police were notified, and arrange
body. The trip was made in Alcx-
ander Seguine's power boat, from
Van Pelt's float There were five in
the party, among them being Detec.
tive J. A. Huff and News reporter.
When at point considerable dis
tance this side of the Guggenheim
plant, man and a boy in small
rowing scow were seen making a line
fast about the body, which was
clothed in gray one e-piece bathing
suit.
The party in the power boat offered
to take charge of the body and tow
it to this city. The man in the row.
boat, one Bernard Hacke, an employe
at the Barber plant, was thrown o
line He let go of it, and would not
give the body up. He was OF the
opinion that he could collect reward.
He was told that there was no reward
or other opportunity of his being re
compensed for his time and trou BILE,
but he was unmovable. He snih that
he was going to take the body 10 the
companys dock. The party FROM ,Dis
city turned their way homewart!s, and
Hacke was seen being carried towards
the Staten Island shore by strong
adverse tide and wind. He finally
landed at the Barber dock and the
body made secure, until action could
be taken by the coroner's office.
1t is the general opinion that the
body became stuck in the mud at
the place where Stevens was drowned.
not being dislodged until early today.
Stevens, who came to this city from
Brooklyn few months ago, was an
employe at the Chesebrough Vaseline
Works. His clothes were identified
Monday by the people with whom he
boarded, at 1870 Market street.
The body was brought to Flynn s
undertaking establishment, this city.
Hacke, the finder of the body, who
beat out the party from this city by
but n minute or two, did not get his
expected compensation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-22
School Board Given No Choice by Local Coal Deal
ers--AII Wanted $6.25 Per Ton for Any
Amount--BeIieve Better Figured Can be Had
OTHER SCHOOL MATTERS
Buy Site at Paterson Street and Madison
Avenue for School No. 7-TraCt was
Purchased from Ward B. Snyder-COn-
tract Awarded for Addition to School
No. a.

At tho adjourned meeting of the
Board of Education, held last night,
the bids for the coal supply from six
local dealers were thrown out, rs they
were all the same, So 25 per ton, no
matter how many tons were ordered.
The clerk was ordered to ro-advertise
for b ids at once.
The board ordered the building
committee to purchase the lots at the
corner of Paterson street and Madison
avenue, from Mrs Mary Snyder. for
81, 400. The size of the lot is 150xl7O
foot.
When school No. is built it will
be on q modification of tho plans for
No. g. The board decided that it
would not be noe ,sslry To employ an
architect to draw new plans while
they had those of No. 6, which cost
$2S, 900. They woro prepared by j.
x. Jensen,
The board also ordered signed the
contract with Fred Chl istenson, of
Madison avenue. to build the addition
to school No. and the work OH that
building will start soon. Mr.. Chris
tensen' IS bid was the lowest of four
offered at the last meeting of the
bonrd. 1t was IS Cos.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-22
AT WORK ON
SIDEWALKS.
Street Commissioner Put Men al
Work This Morning Getting
Thing in Shape.
MORE IMPROVEMENTS.

A gang of workmen, under the di-
rection OF Street Commissioner Matt
Wierup, started this morning to put
in repair the faulty sidewalks about
the city. They will be kept at work
until all tine walks designated by the
temporary inspector, some timo ago,
como within the municipal require
meuts. The expense of the repairs
will be charged up to tho property
owners, being added on to the amount
of their taxes.
Notices were sent out, but large
number of the property holders did
not h,el them, and they will now
have to pay the piper. A great change
for the better is expected when the
street commissioner completes the
repairs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-22
GAVE LUNCHEON IN
HONOR OF PRINCIPAL.
Teachers of School No. 6 Present
Mr.. Reagle with Pair of Gold
Cuff Buttons.

The teachers of school No. 6 gavo II
luncheon in honor of the principal,
Charles II. Reagle and Mrs. Reagle
at noon today. Only the teachers of
that school and Mr.. and Mrs. Reagle
were present. A table was spread in
tho teachers reception room. After
tho luncheon, Mr.. Reagle was pre-
sented with a pair of gold link cuff
buttons Mr.. Keagle sewers his con
nection with the local school Friday.
Next fall he Will teach at kosolle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-22
A REGULAR ROUNDUP.

Four hoboes, who were suspected Of
stealing somo articles from n Leillgh
Valley freight car at Plainfeld, were
this morning brought to the local
lookup by Officer James McDermott.
They were at first sentence to fifteen
days in Jail, but as there was no
proof against them, they were latter
discharged, with q few minutes in
which 10 get out of town. The names
aud addresses which they gave were :
William Moore, Newark; John Wood,
Philadelphia; James Cronir, New
York, and George Stevenson, Bristol.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-22
OFFER REWARD
FOR THE BODY.
Thor Lodge, Danish Brotherhood
Anxious to Find Remains
Of Yeppe YepSen.

The body of Yeppe Yepsen, who
wns drowned while in swimming near
the new Raritan river bridge. has not
yet been recovo red, although the
search has been kept up constantly
over since he went down.
Thor Lodge, Danish brotherhood
No. 46, has takon an interest in the
matter and this morning it was an
nounced that the lodge would give
$25 to the person who rocovcrs the
body.