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The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
LOVE THE CONQUEROR.
BY FRANK H. SWEET.

The pay clerk came TO himself while the
doctors were working over him. He
looked around, mildly curious, and his
eyes fell on Miss Stafford.
You here-but, say. what's the matter?
Where am To- he asked feehly
You've been hurt. Mr.. Bates Down on
the KEYS. YOU know. You're az Miami
now. Don't you remember the railroad
extension and the hurricane"
"Oh. yes The others saved7'
Not ALL But / won't tell you any
more now
He closed his eyes wearily, but happily
The mere fact that tho contractors
daughter had felt sufficiently interested
to come 10 him was enough.
At first it had seemed a simple fracture
of the arm. but as the days passed COM
plications developed. There were consul
tations Of doctors. and the question Of an
amputation was discussed. An attempt
had been made TO keep the gravity OF his
position from Bates. but the quick brain
and keen ewes Of that young man pierced
the nimsy subterfuges. lie OWNED that
he was in critical condition. Then one
day Miss stafford came again. The nurse
was standing near.
Il would like to see you alone a few
moments" he began. Then. as the nurse
slipped from the room: 'Kneel down.
Miss Stafford. please-so that your eyes
will be on a level with mine
She knelt. wondering.
That's right Now lock straight az me-
I want you to tell me how badly hurt I
am"
Her troubled gaze met his and wavered
1.-The doctors do not know yet, exactly, 90
she told him gently.
He smiled family, but with something
in his eyes that called for definite an
swer.
Come. Miss stafford.Kate. It's ne use
lodging. Look at me and out with it. I'm
not a schoolgirl. Am going 70 Gle?"
Her voice was very brave. bu, it hurt
her more to tell the truth than it did him
TO hear II.
We hope it is not so had as that You
have been badly shaken, and there are
internal complications; but the worst
trouble is your arm.
Are they going to amputate?'
Yes"
His eyes WINGED, but he held his voice
steadily They're afraid the shock will
XIII me-is that it?"
She nodded her throat swelling to an
| impossbility of words
He lay quiet for a time, his face turned
10 the wall Her whole heart went out
10 him in surge Of passionate pity for
the man so stricken, struggling along in
the grimmest fight of his life. The girl
had the Insight to refrain from words,
but under the strong impulse she leaned
forward and touched his cheek with her
/ lips HIS well hand sought hers, found
it, and kripped it ssongly.
When he turned again toward her she
was amazed to find in his eyes a shining
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Yet there she IS now PLAYING about witt
that dandy OF a clerk 40 J'cEsnus An,
I've heard him say that there isn't any
doubt whatsoever JEat Hetty mw5e,o-
her father What can YOU make o. wu
men, Geod2 They're puzzlers for asy
man, I reckon, monkey puzzles. I call 'cm
imps % Satan half Of ON, every one Will
bit OF devil in har. and yet, Ior. Ge1f
the amount O.. angel in en- too. staEgar.
a man sometimes.
He broke Of Godfrey was staring down
the half empty street ms though ln tl.
misty dusk he saw something that Hi.
companion did not. IL turned Suddenly
At last.
But what was there against He,ty
after all?" he said. abruptly There was
nothing. only the suspicious of people
Why should she have done such a Terrible
thing as murder? There was no reason
there could have been no reason
Ted shook his Had
There was plenty" h- said "ald ID
would have been "a bad lookout Tor her ID
It hadn't been for DR.. North For Mr.
Lancaster had forbidden Lord Fanshawt
the House. had forbidden Hetty TO have
anything 20 do VITA him. and in 'ettc,
TO the earl, wHl,n vas found in DIS
pocket he said that it was his painful
duty to have TO accuse Lord Fanshawe of
a crime. There was plenty Of reason for
the quarrel, plenty Of reason I)r th,
crime"
But" stammered Godfrey. why
should that have caused Hetty toto muir
der him?"
Ted looked straight into his face.
Nobody knew what the crime was
that Mr.. Lancaster thought Lord Fan.
Shave had committed. but Lord Fan
shawe's name stood for everything bad
in OldcasIe just then; and if it.was true
as people said, that Hetty was secretly
married to him, why. what was more
likely than that she should try to prevent
her father from speaking out?'
But-but-murder, cried Godfrey; land
why should it have been Hetty? II
might have been any one; Fanshawe, him
self, perhaps On Ted. it wasnt-b fore
heaven it couldn't have been Hctty"
Ted stood silent for a moment, and then
lifted his head slowly.
You'd better forget her and all about
her he said. deliberately. "She murder
ed him, for sure, for she was seen"
Seem"
Yes Molly Byrne, the cook, saw her
and Miss Walter. who was behind her
saw her, too. saw her in the window
half in half out, just as she was getting
awav."
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triumph She had looked for them -
fiy the flag Of despair. perhaps. or brave
endurance. but certainly not this.
It's all right dear he said. content
edly I have been too difident-top
much OF o coward. 10 may be. But there
was talk of YOU and another man. and
and I could see that he was more suit
able. I am a poor man. with just my
salary, and you and he are wealthy. I
never spoke-sCarCelv dared u look. Yes,
l have been a coward. In time I might
have won. have
I think you are the bravest man 7
ever knew" she interrupted. simply.
They were silent for many minutes after
that both thinking OF what the end
might be. the likelihood that he might
be going 20 his death OF the two. he
faced the contingency more calmly.
After all. death is not the greatest
evil that can befall one he told her.
The tide Of her emotions was full
You know. Of course. that love you.
Kate, that I always have. that 10 is IN
keeping with my weakness that I have
stood back while others have pressed
boldly forward 20 win YOU"
She was silent a moment. then. Yes.
know you love me" she said
Almost without hope / have loved Il
has been the weaklings part I have
played-desiring much. hoping little. COM
pellinE nothing. Isn't that quotation
Il don't know" she answered. softly.
Love is not Ike other things. It is not
to be compelled. It goes its own way"
His eager eyes shone.
DO you mean" His voice was very
wistful
Her gray eyes came up steadily TO meet
his. Always and always
You mean it, Kate This is no false
kindness because am so ill.,"
For answer her full rich lips kissed
his pallid ones. He drew a long breath.
Il shall not die. have too much 20
live for now. You shall see that I shall
come back from the shadowy valley after
all. Love will conquer death this time
And il did. Against all the probabilI
ties OF science, against the predictions OF
the celebrated surgeon. he rallied from
the shock slowly and steadily Love had
conquered
copyrighted 1907. hv Homer Spyagle.l
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CHAPTER TX.
The Rencfif of the Doubt.

A cry broke from GeOhTey's lips He
could not, would not believe il. It was
impossible, horrible. He turned 20 Ted.
All the same. I don't believe It, he
said. huskily Il don't believe she was
guilty I don't believe she had any hand
in it, and I want 10 find her Ted, and
prove her innocence, and I'll do it, too "
Ted stared at him duly for an ins 2Et
then thrust ont his hand.
Il hope you'll succeed he said. with
all my heart. 1 hope you'll succeed.
hope you'll find her all YOU hope and
wish. l hope there'H be no disappont-
ment for you. Geoff."
Disappointment" He stared away
down the street How chill it seemed,
how dark. Ted" he added, 4 have suf-
fered. so much that / think nothing can
hurt me now. but if | thought 1 should
be disappointed in her, I'd drop my body
int, the river tonight, If I thought /
should lose my belief in her. 1 couldn't
face the morning, Ted. But I can see her
face as I saw it eight years ago. and there
was no sin or shame in it then. and
can't believe there is now, Anyhow,
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expected the coroner % believe what he
said, and everybody thought that another
doctor would De called and an ex5mina-
uan held bat nothing was done. DR.
North got his way. and the jury called
t. Death from natural causes.
G-00rey caught his breath boz his throat
The very words Jackson. the lawyer, had
rssd uttered in the same tone. as II Hot
ry had escaped what sh. deserved Had
they all turned from Hsr. just ms they had
turned from hlmselr9 Was there nobody
iu D,dcasue who believed in her, just as
there was nobody who believed in him2
But he had forgotten. Ted had been
loyal Ted's faith en- himself had never
faItored or wayerad
There were many things against her, -"
Ted went on. "She hadn't been seen for
two days. and then 1n The second nigh.
she came back. Molly Byrne saw her,
and Bessie Merrill saw her, and heaps
of people Bessie said she came back 10
get her fathers pardon. but it's like Bes-
sic 20 work her Imagination for any one
she loves. and she owed Hetty Lancaster
and to this day sticks out chat I'm a
fool for believing her guilty. And there's
one thing 7 can't understand about Res
sic. She was that emphatic about Hetty
LauCaster's innocence. and yet. lately.
she's been taken up and going about with
Barker. the lawyers clerk. Vhl believes
her guilty I believe it's ike "a woman.
but il isn't like Bessie, somehow. Why.
she would scarcely speak % me. she'd
scarcely look ar me at the ticIe when
everybody was talking about the case.
and when 7 said that things .)55eI black
for Hetty. she declared shat if l ever
doubted her she'd be hung for me herself.
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strangr Ocean Post-omce.

From the Girls Own Pspcr
I should like to mention post-ofiice on
the ocean. which certainly belongs 10 the
most primitive in the whole world, and
does not boast a single Official
It is in the South American continent on
the coast Of Patagonia. Close TO the
edge of the sea is erected a strong beam.
on which IS written Post Office" and
joined to It by q strong iron chain lies
barrel with movable cover. The ships
which pass through the Straits send a
boat to the coast 10 take out those let
ters which are 70 be forwarded, and az
the same time put i'm their own postal
matter, the former being conveyed TO the
next port. 70 be sent on by means Of the
usual post
In the Torres Straits, on one Of the is
lands belonging to Australia, is a similar
post station. equally primitive and equal
~ fulfilling its purpose.
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CHAPTER VII (COntinued).

Geoffrey stood for a minute watching
them 90 with his thoughts racing back
again into the past How many years
ago was it since he had occupied a little
attic in Davy Merrilrs house? How many
years ago since he had gone backward
and forward daily from there TO the mill
in which he had worked? Davy had not
recognized him as he stood. and Sealey
did not recognize him, either.
He looked back at him. The light still
fell on his face. and now he saw it set
and drawn and white. Was Bessie play
ing him false? Bessie? Geofrey remem-
bered her only as a child. but she must
be a grown woman now. and. he remem-
bered suddenly with a swift gasp for
breath, Hetty had known her well eight
years ago.
He took an uncertain. irres0lUte step
forward. as though he would nave gone
after the two men, and then Stopped. At
ter an. ne did not want to be recognized.
lie must remain quiet, unknown, silent
until he found Hetty again. and proved
her innocence Of her fathers death. He
must run no risk till then. a quick
thought flashed through his mind. reused
perhaps by the mention of Jackson. the
lawyer and Barker, his clerk. They might
have some reason for shielding the true
murdercr-who could tell? Eight years
ago Jackson had helped 20 shield the Earl
of OIdcastIe's son from the con EeqUences
Of his crime, and who could tell what De
might know Of the death OF Hettys IA
ther? Suppose the earl knew something
Of that and remained sileat-iust as ne
had known and remained silent about his
sons forgery
a sudden cold shook him from head TO
foot suppose-suppos Hetty in a mo-
meut Of p5ssion-of madness-had hurt
her father Suppose the earl mad heard
and had used his knowledge TO separate
her and Lord Fanshawe? Suppose that
was the reason why Hetty had disap-
peared?
But uo-ao, L was impossible. Hetty-
his little bright-eyed Hetty-had always
been open and frank and'true. and, God
help him. he would never believe anything
else.
He put up his hand TO his head in an
almost involuntary effort TO raise his hat
at the thought Of her. and then stopped
abruptly.
Ted Sealey was staring az him almos,
wildly. He had taken step forward. was
holding cut his hand.
"Ga1ffrrv-gugf graas1ue-it can't De
Godfrey CIaveriug' he cried
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.


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hartv vhom he Ia erroneous Z
Il sIIau atu Geo is
cast VIA be- 70 Ia
who has confess to
loved him UIa took place has
rsrrru murdered
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-11

politics except such as are based upon
political chicanery, downright boodle-
ism. self and pelf and u~nbounded con-
ceit. In the editorial mentioned 1t
tells the dear people What must hap
pen and what shall happen because
it says so. and because it wants Il so.
II purports ia quote from what our
able democratic contemporary, the
Tucson tArizonal star says" Now.
the fact OF the natter Is that the
Tucson star Is a republican Newspaper
and the chances are the quotation
should have cen credited ia the Tue
son Citizen. which Is q democratic
paper. BE this as II may. neither Of
the papers has any well defined or
correct idea Of New Mexico political
affairs. If the clipping quoted in the
editorial by the Albuquerque norm
ing yellow sheet Is correctly given. II
the opinions expressed by the Arizona
paper are based upon Information
gathered from the columns Of the AL
buquerque morning yellow sheet they
are about as nearly correct as that
white is black or that the moon Is
made Of green cheese. Thereafter the
Albuquerque morning yellow sheet
again assails the "plunderbund" but
dares give no names of the officials
and men who compose this plumber
bund which II charges has ruined and
is running this territory. In addition
to making absolutely false and untrue
assertions in the editorial IL displays
its eowardice and its wickedness, al
though il claims to be on the right
side of the courts and of the prose-
cutting officials and that therefore no
harm. no libel or criminal cases can
come to II. The republican party of
this territory viii at It's next years
convention nominate candidates for a
state ticket, for the legislature. for
county ana precinct officials, II the
statehood bill shall become law in
time. If so. the chances are five to
one hat these tickets viii be elected.
the state. by a very handsome ma
iority. that the same will be the case
in the legislative assembly, and also
in a majority Of the counties. Ger
tainly neither the Albuquerque morn
ing yellow sheet nor its hackers and
wire nullers will be asked for its or
their opinion or its or their aid Re-
publicans. true. tried and loyal repub-
LEANS, Will do the work of nominating
ana the majority OF the people viii
vote for the candidates nominated. In
case OF a territorial election The re-
suits will be the same. Not Unscru-
and dishonest adversaries will
not be recognized I'm republican coun-
ellis. II is well established that the Al
morning yellow sheet and
It's hackers are IN that category. No
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-11
Sure.

1t may be true hat a court has
pronounced IA delegate and former
great citizen of Pennsylvania as In
nocent as a newborn babe. In fact,
courts have been known TO do some
strange things in this line. In this
connection. however. there is one
thing hat people who are familiar
with the features OF the case cannot
forget. Clark. the dead cashier, Just
before he suicided, knowing that he
would be in eternity i'm a short time.
laid the ruination of the bank at An
drews' door.
He certainly knew more of the
banks business than any jury could
find out since, and again he would
not certainly elect 70 pass out into the
beyond with the last act a lie To his
dependent family. An ante mortem
statement Is taken as strong evidence
In the codes of law. We are In no
wise disposed to attempt to drag a
man down by damaging his reputa-
ton, weak as M efforts might be.
hut on the other hand we hone to see
Justice done ia every sinner high or
loN. II might. therefore. be asked
very ~pcrtincltly. has NJ. Andrews
been eNonerated H-Alamogordo Ad-
Vertiser.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-11

day Alderman Timothy sullivan, the
majority leader of the board. de-
clared that the people desired mme-
date relief and hat every newspaper
in the city was for the ordinance.
Rev. Or. Francis Moran ehalr-
man of the national law com-
mittee of the actors church al
lance said today that the law as in
terpreted by Justice O'Gorman was
too drastic. DR.. Moran said that the
alliance believes that good music,
such as instrumental and song CON
certs, should be permitted. He said
that Bishop Potter. president of the
alliance had discussed with him the
ACCESSIBILITY OF requesting the COVER
nor OF New York to call a special
commission for the purpose of inquire
ing what would be the most suitable
sunday entertainments for the peo-
ole.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-11
AHERN REs|sTS NEW
YORK GOVERNOR
Court Injunction Sought to
Stay Remova of Borough
President of Manhattan,
Tammany Mixed in Fight.
IB, MORNING JournaI speeIaI Leasea wlre.l


New York, Dee. 10.-The refusal OF
John +. Ahern TO submit passively To
removal upon charges from the office
of borough president OF Manhattan by
Governor Hughes has brought about
a situation out OF which may grow a
legal fight of moment as wei as a lin
ing up OF partisans and the develop
ment of the feeling of the public in
terest in the case. To-day ounsel for.
Ahern secured temporary injunctions
restraining the county clerk from fill
ing the governors order of removal
Of the mayor from presiding at a
meeting of the aldermen for the cleo
tion of a successor to Ahern. The
order is r~eturnable Friday, when the
effor to make II permanent will be
opposed by the corporation counsel.
thus. in a sense, %arraying the forces Of
the friends of Mayor Mcclellan and,
in this instance, Of the governor.
against Ahern, who has open and
powerful support of Tammany han.
Should Ahern's court action fail and
he be removed finally. the board Of
aldermen, IL was confidently declared
in Tammany circles today, viii inn
mediately r~e-elect him borough presi-
dent. Tammany leaders before now
have declared that Ahern would be
reelected as fast as he was removed.
but whether this threat will be car
ried out, in the face OF the governors
action. is p~roblematieal.
mother question raised by Ahern's
friends today was whether Governor
Hughes would have power to remove
him a second time on the same
grounds. were he reelected by the
board of aldermen.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-11
Little Mixed on
Natural History

Under the captivating heading,
The Wolf in Sleeps Clothing the
vexed editor Of the Almanac declares
that the Morning Journal has he
cloven hoOf. Max Is seeing queer ami
mails these days. The following Is
the latest gem discovered In the newsy
columns OF the Original Antique;
Under the heading. The Policital
situation" the New MeXican's Albu-
querque morning yellow contempo-
rary. again shows the cloven hoof
ana ssumes TO be the whole thing
nothing more and nothing less. No
except the gang Of tax dodgers
and INSCRIPTIONS political shysters
that control the policy of the paper is
to hav anything to say concerning
the politics Of the Sunshine Territory
and the future Sunshine State. The
sheet parades itself as a republican
newspaper when it in reality has no
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-11
WRESTLE
WITH SUNDAY LAW
New Workers Divided On Cues
ton Of What Kind of Amuse-
mentS Are Permissible On
Sabbath
Ipy Morning journal Special Leased wire.l

~ 'NhhAh Spahha HptthAA Ichatu hNtsl
New York, Dee. IO.-After a heated
debate a proposed ordinance remov-
ing the ban from Sunday concerts and
other forms of mild amusement on
the first day of the week was referred
by the board Of aldermen today to
the committee on laws and legisla-
ton and New York is promised an
other blue" Sunday as the board will
not meet again until next Tuesday.
The law committee viii hold a public
meeting on the question Friday.
Alderman Reginald DOuall pre-
scented an ordinance which, while for
bidding plays. operas farces. ballets.
minstrel shows, dancing or other
stage performances, would permit vo-
cal or Instrumental concerts. lectures,
recitations and singing. Although the
ordinance was less liberal than had
been expected il provoked sharp de-
bate.
Alderman Douall said that he had
submitted the ordinance 10 the cor
poraton counsel. who declared il le-
gal and not I'm conflict with the penal
code. Alderman Myers said that the
ordinance Was in the interest OF a
vaudeville trust and respect should be
shown those who wished a quiet sun
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-11
WONDERFUL DAYS RUN
BY ENGLISH MOTOR CAR
Fifteen Hundred Miles In TwcntN-fOur
Hours ON British Race Track.

London. Dee. 10.-On the Brook
land race track at Wybridge, which
was built especially for automobile
speeding and where recently 5. A..
Edge Travelled 1851 miles and 1910
yards in twenty-four hours. a mervel-
performance. Clifford Earn today
set up a number of world records In
a 60-hOrsepOwer car he covered fifty
miles in 80 minutes and 10 seconds,
and $50 miles i'm one hour. 58 minutes
and "a seconds. He also broke he
one-hour worlds record with az
miles to his credit. and the two-hOur
worlds record with 15l miles l46
yards.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-11
OIL TRUST SHIPS KEEP
TO SEA TO AVOID SEIZURE
Standard Officials Fear Execution OF
Texas judgment AT Pensacola.

Pensacola. Fla. Dec. 10.-Fearing
hat the vessels might be seized upon
The judgment secured against the
company by the state Of Texas. the
Standard oil company today ordered
the steamer Captain A. Il. Lucas. and
Bark Number IS to proceed from this
port to sea and not 10 come within
ders were received.
The vessels. both of which are
the largest oil carrying feet of the
company. had just returned from
London, where they carried an i'm
mense quantity Of oil from Pennsyl-
vania. The vessels are now anchored
off Pensacola awaiting wireless orders.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-11
PENNSYLVANIA SWEPT
BY DISASTROUS FLOOD

Philadelphia. Dec. 10.-Loss ~
life and great damage TO property y
reported from central and eastern
points in the state by floods caused
by the heavy rains Of the past fe"
DAYS.
The Delaware. Susquehanna ana
Schuylkill rivers are rising rapidly,
and small streams about the coal re-
gions have OverflOwed their banks.
folding mines. causing caNe-lns "hn
doing great damage TO property.
since noon today the Susquehanna
liver al W~ilkesbarre is reported 10
have risen a foot an hour n the sit
uation 5 alarming SIX mills and
other manufacturing establishments
were compelled 90 shut down and
traffic is interrupted
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-11
KENTUCKY NIGHT RIDERS
SUCCUMB TO WOUNDS
Two Men Engaged i'm Raid ON Hop
kinsyillc Reported Dead.

Mayfield, Ky, Dec. 10-TWo alleged
might raiders VIII Gray and I'D
Cook. died today as the result of
wounds received during the visit of
the 500 might raiders al Hopkins
vile Saturday morning.
Both reside on Muddy Fork, in
Trigg county. near Welloma.
After receiving the wounds the men
were taken quietly to their homes by
others in the might raiders order,
and the fact that they were wounded
was kept quiet ana ala not come Out
until their deaths occurred today.
II is believed that several other
members were wounded at the Hop
kinsVille assault.