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shoulder straps OF a Unitei States
officer would punish more than ] so
men FOR the alleged oHenses of about
half a dozen OF them. II is a we'll
known principle OF law that il is bet
ter that ninety nine guilty men
should escape than that one inno-
cent man should be punished In
spector General Darlington knows
that there are innocent men in the
three companies of the Twenty-fiftn
Infantry He knows too that no
man I'm the army could remain in
either a white or a colored regiment
who would tell on his comrade He
would be placarded as a traitor
This feeling is prevalent i'm every
military school ia the Land and why
he should think that men who fought
at san Juan Hill and Fl Caney aud
who braved the bolos in the Philip
tines would fear. summary dismissal
from the service of the United States
where they get much GUESSING and
but little salary is "a mystery 20 us
We have no fear that President
Roosevelt viii approve any such re-
port. 10 would be more in keeping
with his nature TO administer TO this
Inspector General at least a milo
reprimand
Let MS reverse the picture and
presume that the settlement was
aolored AMI the troops white. would
this officer have made such a report
and had he made it. would ne not
have been derided from Maine to
Texas. from Canada to the Gulf2
Crimes have been committed recent
.y ON citizens of color at Springfield.
Missouri. Chattanooga. Tennessee.
Salisbury. North Carolina. Mobile
Alabama, Atlanta. Georgia. Argenta.
Arkansas and their neighborhoods
ami ia practically an OF the cases
the men concerned I'm the outrages
have gone scot free" because white
men would not ten and now when
rolored troops. who have been OBJ
serving these occurrences do the.
same thing. following fin the foot
steps of secrecy SO wen trod by these
white men. 10 is proposed TO dismiss
not the guilty alone. but an Of them
without honor.
DC may Doe that this course will
Dee pursued. but we give forth mo-
secret when it is done. "ThereU Dee
"a hot time in the old town 90 night"
TIA view Of this report. how can the
c1lored men now confined at Fort
Sam Houston. Texas upon the NOM
iual charge OF murder. Doe longer So
iucarcorated2 This report uberates
them $50 FAR CAS- we can see. although
it was evidently not $50 intended
Race prejudice is "a great handicap
The average Negro Is no worse than
the average white man and human
nature is the Same tho world over
Tho best place for that report IS I'm
the Presidents waste basket. but as
That would Indicate a discourtesy OF
which Doe could not afford 60 De gull
u.s. we hope that the words "Disap-
proved viii Doe written across it's
face and &C. Dee allowed to simmer
ana age in the pigeon-hole OF the
Chief Executives Office at Washing
ton.
By the way, Inspector General
Darlington Us something of a curios-
fly. We most assurcdly would like
TO see him. Selah.
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Four Negroes Saved From Mob.

Little Rock. Ark, Oct. 30.-The sher-
IN OF Conway county brought four ne
groes TO the state penitentiary. where
they are held to escape the fury OF a
mob The negroes fired upon several
white people near Morriilton. William
Moore. a white man. was killed, and
Joseph Jones was wounded. The sher-
IN had difficulty in getting his prison
ers across the river.
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WILLS $4,000 TO STUDENTS
LehIgh University Graduate Leaves
Trust Fund For SchoIarshIps.

Lehigh University Graduate Leaves
Trust Fund For Scholarships.
South Bethlehem, Pa, Oct. 29.-As
a mark OF appreciation of Lehigh Uni
versity. from which he was graduated
in 1887, from the School OF Mines.
Frank Williams has left his entire re-
siduary estate to the institution in
trust. the income TO aid poor students.
The bequest amounts to $4,000 or
more.
Mr.. Williams entered the university
a. poor boy. After graduation he
made a fortune in business. largely
through the establishment OF nrebrich
plants in the western part OF the state.
He was only S5 years of age at the
time OF his death,
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Supreme Secretary Of Areanun Dead.

supreme secretary OF NFSanNm Ocac.
Boston. Oct. Civilian O. Rob
son. supreme secretary OF the Royal
Arcanum. died OF pneumonia a. his
home in Wellesley Hills. after an ill
ness of two days. Mr.. Robson was
elected supreme secretary in 1877. and
has held the ONCE ever since. He was
born at Loyal Oaks. Md. In 1928.
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ITALIAN MURDERS eoY

Barber Fired Gun Into Noisy Crowd
Before His Shop.
Philadelphia. Oct. 31.-Angered at a
number OF young men who had been
making a disturbance IN front OF his
place OF business, Anton Dazello. a
barber. rushed from his shop with a
shot gun In his hands and fred into
the crowd. instantly killing Charles
McEwen. aged IA years. The boy was
shot in the neck. After the shooting
Dazello ran through his house snd es
capped
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STEAMER SUNK; % DROWNED
collided With Unknown Vessel on
Coast Of eelalum.

Coast Of Belgium.
Ostend. Belgium. Oct 3I.-The Ger
man steamer Hermann. from Antwerp
for the Mediterranean. was sunk in
the channel. October IS. as the result
OF a collision. Twenty-three Of her crew
were drowned.
The collision occurred when the
Hermann was near the East GoOdwins.
The name OF the vessel with which
she collided Is not known. but IL was
ascertained that she had four masts
The Hermann was an iron vessel Of
1853 tons net.
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6ayard Gable Fell Overheard While
Bound to South America.

Altoona. Pa. oct S0.-Bayard w.
Gable, aged % son Of William +. Ca
HE Of this city, fell overheard a sail
ing vessel and was drowned IN mid
ocean. while bound from New Bed
ford. Mass. 10 Buenos Ayres. South
America. gathering material for a
hook 90 the sea. Gable was formerly
a newspaper man. having worked in
Altoona. Pittsburg and New Bedford.
and friends predicted a bright career
for him in the literary field Word OF
his death was received here.
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to consideration at the hands of the
Chief Executive OF the nation.
AS matter Of fact he really made
himself an object OF ridicule for he
proposed that Idle Negroes be uul-
lied for this purpose. Here is the
language attributed to him:
while talking TO the President
made q suggestion. said Col. ThOmp
son, which ! told him would help
90 solve the labor problem on the
Panama Canal. and al the same time
help % solve the race problem in
the South.
The suggestion made was that
the idle Negroes in the South DE
utilized for labor on the canal. No
force would be required to secure
their services. The better class OF
Negroes in the South would aid the
white people i'm securing this class
of labor for construction work on
the great interoceanic waterway IL
SIS the idle negro that makes the
trouble in the south. and 10 is their
kind that reflects ON the better class
of Negroes. Their presence inter
feres with the Introduction of for
cign immigrants. The Presi lent
was impressed with the suggestion.
and asked me to see Secretary Taft
ana Cnal1io p. 9oonls. 'l ene t1la Gnu
ir~ ana t,rt WITH tbar, I'm tFe sYb-
ject ] will cali ON them to-mor-
row"
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the stripe referred OBJ and ot the
kind so heartily dcsp.sel by tae iu-
dustrious colored people of this
country are absolutely useless for
work unless it SIS in "a choin-gaug. 90
"ora>houNa or "a penteuuary This
is os true of tho white loafer as 80
is of tIe black ONE. Both despise
work just as much as Che Devil IS
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TERMS IN ADVANCE
ADVERTISING RATR

~ POSTAGE STAMPS OF A HIGHER DE-
NOMINATION. THAN TWO CENTS NOT
RECEIVED on SUBSCRIPTIONS
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'OHN 7ITCHELL, JR, EDITOR

% c1rnmnuications intended for publication
r"ull oe sent 80 as 90 reach us by Wednesday
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to The PLANET.
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Author 81 "Jennfe Baxter.
..l .JournoiiSf.'' Etc.

Iorusnlps warrant over e. own sigma.
ture."
"Mr. Vollins," pleaded the girl eager
ly, my fathers life and liberty may
depend on this disbursement. / will
be your warrant. l have money of my
own in the north. many times the sum
= request you TO pay. Should my ia
Their object | will refund to you the
thousand pounds. Indeed, l will remit
it to you in any case. and my father
need know nothing of this transaction,
therefore you cannot be held in scath."
Il must not do it," said Vollins. His
lordship is 4 very strict man of bust
ness and will hold me to account. He
would forgive you, madam, but would
be merciless with me did l consent to
so unheard of proposal. l dare not
count out a thousand pounds to the
first man who steps from the street
and asks for it, giving me his bare
word"
But you have my word as well, Mr..
Vollins," urged the girl
Madam, l beseech you to consider
my position. l am but a servant. The
come to it. Yet why all this haste?
His lordship can undoubtedly be COM
municated with tomorrow, and then a
word or line from him is sufficient"
You have an adage. sir, Of striking
while the iron is hot The iron may
be cool enough by the time your scru-
Piles of legality are satisfied" warned
De Courcy.
His lordship can be communicated
with. You are quite right. Mr., Vol
Inns" cried Frances, remembering. He
hiss communicated with me- ask you
to read this letter and then to pay the
thousand pounds required of you"
Vollins read the letter with exasper
ating slowness and said at last:
There is nothing here authorizing
me to pay the gentleman a thousand
pounds"
True, there is not, but my father
says you are TO pay me what moneys
/ require. l require ut this moment
thousand pounds in gold"
The money is for your safe conduct
to the north"
You have read my fathers letter
more carelessly than l supposed by the
time you took. He says you are to full
fill my wishes in this and every re-
spect. Do you still refuse me?
No, madam. but venture to advise
you strongly against the payment"
Il thank you for your advice. 1 can
certify that Won have done vour dntv
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A BOWED AND PALLID FIGURE.

as Buckingham did before 1um. DUCK
ingham had fallen by the knife; STRAIT
ford should fall by the ak. Then the
untrammeled king would rule well:
quietness and industry would succeed
this unhealthy period Of fever and I'M
rest.
The girl was appalled, to meet every
where this intense hatred Of her IA
Their, and in her own home she was sur
rounded by it. Even her brother could
not be aroused to sympathy, for he re-
garded his father not only as traitor
TO his country, but as a domestic de-
linquent also. who had neglected and
deserted his young wife, leaving her to
die uncontrolled without even a mes
sage from the husband for whom she
had almost sacrificed her good name,
bearing accomplishing his absence and
her fathers wrath.
During the winter Frances saw little
Of her brother. Thomas Wentworth
was here and there riding the country,
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me young man paused, his listener
bordering with her eyes on the floor.
She had such q deep distrust of him,
and was so well aware of the preju-
dice, that she struggled against it,
praying for an unbiased mind. Yet
much that he had said conceded with
certain things she knew-her fathers
desire that the queen should cease
from meddling in affairs of state TO his
disadvantage and theirs; his seeming
friendship for De Courcy, although he
despised him; his intention that she
should be civil TO him; his disclaimer
of all knowledge regarding what a
woman valued in a gift when he pre-
scented her with full purse the night
before -afi these fitted with the
Frenchman's story. The suppliant
serutinizing her perplexed brow, seem
ed to fear that his chance of getting
the money was vanishing, as he con-
tinued on the line most likely to in
cline her to favor his present demand.
"Of course should not have troubled
you in this matter did not think that if
the arrangement your father wished TO
make was important this morning it is
ten times more important tonight. In
deed. his liberty may depend upon it.
i am well aware that it is open to me
to say TO the lady. Lord STAFFORD is
In prison and is unable to carry out his
generous intentions but fear the deep
disappointment will outweigh the force
of the reasoning Your charming sex
is not always strictly logical
what was the sum agreed upon?"
asked Frances, looking suddenly up.
"A thousand pounds in gold
The question had been sprung upon
him, and he had answered without
thought, but as he watched her reso-
lutte face n shade of disappointment
passed over his own. as If of inward
regret that he had not made the amount
larger should her determination prove
his ally
II shall see that you get the money,
IL not tonight ut the time promised"
She sent for Vollins and placed the
case before him. The treasurer stood
by the table with inscrutable face and
listened in silence, his somewhat fur
tive look bent on the Frenchman.
las W I've Nourcy some scrap or
writing in which my lord signifies that
SO considerable a payment is 10 be
nader"
MY dear fellow, this relates to bust
ness that is not put in writing between
gentlemen" said the foreigner hasti-
iy.
Il am not a gentleman, but merely
the custodian of his lordship's v,,rsa
! dare not pay out gold without his
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had prepared a receipt for him TO sign,
made out in the name of Frances
Wentworth, but De Courcy demurred;
it was all very we'll for the counting
house, he said, but not in the highest
society. The Earl of STAFFORD would
be the first TO object to such course,
he insisted.
Frances herself tore the paper in
pieces and said that a signature was
not necessary, while Vollins made no
further protest. She implored De
Courcy in a whispered adieu to acquit
faithfully the commission with which
her father had intrusted him, and he
assured her that he was now confident
of success, thanking her effusively for
the capable conduct of a difficult mat
ter of diplomacy. Then, with a sweep
ing gesture of obeisance, he took his
courteous departure.
Mr. Eollins deferentially asked Fran
ces to sign a receipt which he had writ
ten, acknowledging the payment Of q
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my father need never know, and you
| remember he wrote that you were to
help me. l wish a place in Westmin-
ster hall and cannot attain it by any
other means in my power than by ask
ing you"
1T is difficult of attainment. l adj
wise you not to go there, for if his lord
ship happened to catch sight of you
in that throng who knows but at a
critical moment it might unnerve him,
for he is man fighting with his back
to the wall against implacable and I'M
scrupulous enemies"
Gould you not get me some station
where 1 might look upon my father I'M
seen by him."
Seats in the hall are not to be
picked or chosen. If place can be
come by it will be because some person
who thought to attend cannot be pres
| emit"
do you think that where there are
so many faces a chance recognition is
possible? l should be but an atom in
the multitude"
Doubtless his seeing you is most I'M
likely. / shall do my best for you,
| and hope to obtain an entrance for to-
| morrow"
And so it came about that Frances
was one of the fashionable audience
next day, occupying the place of lady
who had attended the trial from the
first, but was now tired of it.
The girl listened to the hum of con-
versation going on round her and
caught understandable scraps Of it
now and then. She was in an entirely
new atmosphere, for here every one
seemed in favor of STAFFORD, thought
him badly used and was certain he
would emerge triumphant from the Or
| deal. Then let his enemies beware!
| Feminine opinion was unanimous that
| all those who were concerned in this
trial against his lordship would bitter
| ~ regret the day they had taken such
action. The spirits Of Frances rose
| as she listened. The invariable con-
| fidence by which she was environed
had it's inspiring effect on her depress-
| ed mind. She no longer thought the
| gathering heartlessly frivolous, IS at
| first she had resentfully estimated it.
| She was in the midst Of enthusiastic
| champions of her father and realized
now as never before the great part he
| played in the world.
| Suddenly there was a movement in
| the upper part of the hall, and lords
| and commons filed in to their places.
| A silence fell on the audience, main
tanned also in dignified state by the
| judges, but to the section occupied by
the commons was transferred the rus
| tie of talk which had previously dis
| turbed the stiffness of the auditorium.
| Men hustled about, whispering to this
| member of parliament or that. Papers
| and notes were exchanged, while by
| contrast their lordships seemed like in
| animate statues.
Once again the center Of attention
| changed. The hall resounded with the
measured tramp of armed men. Two
| rows of soldiers took their stand oppo-
site each other, leaving clear passage
between, and slowly up this passage,
with four secretaries and some half
dozen others behind him, came bowed
and paIlid figure dressed In black, a
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single decoration relieving the somber'
ness of his costume, which hung. loose
ly uniting, about frame that had
become gaunt since its wear began.
THAT is the Earl OF Stanford" whis
pered the lady on the right, but the re-
mark fell upon christening ears. How
changed he was! No trace now of that
arrogance of which she had caught
chance glimpses during her brief &C
quaintance with him; a broken man
who had but short time to live, what.
ever might be the verdict Of this court.
Sentence of death was already passed
on him by a higher tribunal, and ali
this conyocation might do was to fore
stall its execution.
He stood in his place for a moment
and bowed to his judges, but gave no
sign that he had knowledge of the ex.
istence of his accusers, and the girl
began to doubt If the old arrogance
had, after all, entirely departed from
him. Then, leaning heavily on the arm
Of one of his secretaries, he sank into
his seat and closed his eyes as IL the
short walk from the barge to the hall
of judgment had been too much for
him. AS he sat thus there stole down
to him boy leading two children.
Strafford's eyes opened, and he smiled
wanly upon them, put an arm around
the boys neck and fondled the girls to
his knee, both of whom were weeping
quietly.
"Who-who are those?" gasped Fran
ces, yet knowing while she asked, and
feeling pang, half jealousy, half pain,
that she must hold aloof unnoticed.
''They are his son and his two daugh-
tiers. The third daughter is not here"
THE thirdw she cried in surprise.
docs he then acknowledge a third 2"
THE third is an infant too young to
know what is going on. Hush. We
must not talk
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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| imagining, with the confidence of eX-
| IRENE youth, that he was mixing in
great affairs, as indeed he was, al
though he was too young to have much
! influence in directing them. The land
| was in a ferment, and the widest ru-
mors were afoat. STAFFORD had
| escaped from the Tower and had
| taken flight abroad, like so many of his
| friends who had now scattered in fear
to France or to Holland. Again it was
said the kings soldiers had attacked
| the Tower, liberated STAFFORD, and the
| Black Man was at the head of the wild
Irish, resolved on the subjuga ton of
| England. Next, the queen had called
| on France for aid, and an invasion was
| imminent.
| So there was much secret prepare
| ton, drilling and the concealing of
| arms against the time they should be
| urgently needed, and much galloping
to and fro; a stirring period for the
| young, an anxious winter for the old.
and Thomas Wentworth was in the
thick of it all, mysteriously departing,
Unexpectedly returning, always more
foolishly important than there was any
| occasion for Yet had he in him the
| making of a man who was shortly to
| be tried by fire and steel when greater
| wisdom crowned him than was at pres
ent the case.
Since the letter she had received on
| the night of his arrest, the daughter
| heard no word from the father. Had
he again forgotten, or were his mes
| sages intercepted? She did not know
and was never to know. She had writ
| ten to him, saying she had obeyed him,
| but there was no acknowledgment that
| her letter had reached its destination.
| Thus she waited and waited, gnawing
! Impotence and dread chasing the rose
| from her cheeks, until she could wait
no longer. Her horse and the south
ern road We're at her disposal. with
none to hinder, so she set forth for
| London, excusing herself for thus in
| spirit breaking her fathers command
| by the assurance that he had not for
| hidden her return.
She avoided her fathers mansion,
| knowing that Lady STAFFORD and her
! children We're now in residence there,
| and went to the inn where she had for
| merly lodged. She soon learned that it
was one thing to go to London and
| quite another to obtain entrance to
| Westminster hall, where the great trial,
| now approaching it's end. was the fash
| ,onabfe magnet Of the town. No place
| of amusement ever collected such audi
ences, and, although money will over
come many difficulties, she found it
| could not purchase admission to the
| trial through any source that was avail
| able. Perhaps if she had been more
| conversant with the ways of the me-
| tropolis the golden key might have shot
| back the bolt, but with her present
| knowledge she was at her wits end.
Almost in despair a happy thought
| occurred in her. She wrote a note to
| John Vollins, her fathers treasurer,
| and asked him to call upon her, which
the good man did at the hour she set.
your father would be troubled to
know you are in London when he thinks
you safe at home,'' he said.
Il could not help il, Mr.. Vollins.
was in a fever of distraction and must
have come even If I had walked. But
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fully and faithfully. VIII you kindly
bring forth the goldT
Vollins weighed the five bags of coin
with careful eXactitude and without
further speech. De Courcy fastened
them to his belt, then looked about him
for his cloak, which he at last remem-
bered to have left in the hall Vollins
called upon servant to fetch it, TAX
ing it from him at the door The
Frenchman enveloped himself and so
hid his treasure. The cautious Vollins
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CHAPTER VI.

"RANCES made her way to the
north, as her father had direct
ed, and everywhere found the
news of his arrest in advance Of
her-the country abiaze with excitement
because of it. The world would go
well once STAFFORD was laid low. He
had deluded and misled the good king,
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thousand pounds, and to this document
she hurriedly attached her signature.
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Continued Tomorrow