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without my permission l wouldn't let
the captain himself alter my seat. No. not
even if he wanted me to be at his own
tablet" and he walked on, scOwlng hor-
ribly. BY this time they had approached
the top of the center table. There on the
captains right was Mrs. Stonehouse as
usual. with Pearl next to her Mr.. stone
house sat opposite next 70 the lady on
the captains left. The steward pointed
to the vacant seat: Pearl clapped her
hands. and the captain, putting up his
hands, though asking clemency. said:
You must forgive me, sir! But that
young lady. that tyrant there to your LETT.
who seems to have taken command OF
this snip. gave her orders that you were
to he placed next her. She actually
wanted to turn me out-ME! the lawful
captain of the Scoriac,' Pearl. who had
been simply overwhelmed with delight.
turned and Rugged her mother as an out
let To Ter feelings. AS the captain fin
ished she turned round and said to
Harold. she opened out his napkin
and handed it to him, as though ne were
her property:
Yes. and he refused. He said he
would be very glad hisself. but that Ii
would be against the arcles of war and
the navy dis'pline act and the Cons itu-
ton for the captain not to take the head
of his own table. And so, as 1 thought
he was going to cry, 1 let him give you
that seat instead"
Then the silence gave way to a mighty
roar of laughter. in which the captain
joined most heartily of ALL
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there is no way out but through time and
thought. 1t rests altogether with you
Whatever may be her ideas or wishes. she
is powerless. She does not know your
thoughts no matter how she may guess
at them She does not know where you
are, or how to reach you. no matter how
complete her penitence may be. And, re-
member that you are strong man and
she Is woman. Only woman in her
passion and her weakness after all. Think
this all over. my poor boy 1t will take
you time. You cannot come to a conclu-
sion all at once. You will have time and
help you to Judge wisely" After a pause
of few seconds he said. abruptly: Good
night. and moved quickly away before
Harold had time to put the impulse of
his heart into words.
When the time for parting came Pearl
was inconsolable. Not knowing any rea-
son why The Man should not do as she
wished. she was persistent In her petit
lions to Harold that he should come
with her and to her father and mother
that they should induce him to do so. Her
father. unable to give any hint without
betraying confidence. had to content HIM
self with trying to appease her by vague
hopes rather than promises that her
friend would join them at some other
time.
When the Scoriac was warped into the
pier Harold hurried down the gang plank
without waiting. Having only hand lug
New York. he had cleared and passed the
ring of customs officers before the most
expeditions of the other passengers had
collected their baggage. He had said
goodbye to the Stonehouses in their own
cabin. Pearl had been SO much affected
at saying goodbye. and his heart had so
warmed to her, that at last he had said.
impulsively:
Don't cry. darling. If I am spared
shall come back to you within three years.
I " before then
there are not many post offices where
am going to-
Children are easily satisfied. Their trust
makes promise real thing. and its &C
ceptance is the beginning of satisfaction.
But for weeks after the parting she had
often fits Of deep depression, and at such
times her tears always flowed. She took
note of the date, and there was never
day that she did not think Of and sigh
for The Man.
And The Man. away In the wilds of
Alaska was feeling. day by day and hour
by hour. the Christening and purifying in
fluences of the wilderness. The towering
mountains. the great wooded valleys that
vanished in curving distance. the eternal
snowfields and the glaciers that Knocked
at time seemed to dwarf anything that
was of man. Fears and hopes and MEM
cries and misgivings gave way before
the sense of overwhelming vastness. How
could the passions or regrets Of man
seem to hold a discernible place when
man himself was of such manifest insig-
nff1cance? Hot passions cooled before the
breath of the snowfield and the glacier.
The moaning Of tortured spirit was lost
in the roar Of the avalanche and the
scream Of the cyclone. Pale sorrow and
cold despair were warmed and quickened
by the fierce sunlight which came sud
denly and stayed only long enough TO
vitalize all nature.
And as the first step to understanding,
the man forget himself.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The Silrror I.adu

Stephen did not wish To see any one
just at present. The grief that was on
her was a good excuse, and the eXplana-
ton of her recent bereavement was taken
in good part by those who were disap-
pointed as to seeing her. Sometimes. at
tended only by groom. she rode long
distances north or south along the coast,
or up over the ridge behind the castle
and far inland along the shaded roads
through the woods, or over bleak wind
swept stretches of moOrland. Sometimes
she would sit for hours on the shore or
high up on some little rocky headand.
where she could enjoy the luxury of Soli-
tude AT this time of her life there was
an enjoyment in loneliness, SO long as the
forces OF nature were around and APP
parent to her. Tha: undertone of nature y
calling which is compact of myriad eX
istences fulfilling their various des;ines.
After every such excursion she returned
fairly wearied in body. but with an in
ward calm and satisfaction which she had
begun To fear would never be hers again.
Now and again i'll her journeyings she
made friends. most of them humble ones.
The fishermen of the little ports 10 north
and south of her marches came TO know
her. and to look out gladly for her COM
ing Their good wives had for her always
a willing curtsy and a ready smile. AS
for the children, they looked on her with
admiration and love, tempered with awe.
She was so kindly to them. so gentle with
them. ready TO share their pleasures
and sorrows and interests that after "A
while they came to regard her SOM
strange new embodiment of fairydOm and
dreamland.
Often and often she had looked up at
the superannuated windmill on the crest OF
the ridge and wondered who il was in
habited it, for that some one lived i'm II,
or close by. was shown at times by the
spiral or drifting smoke. One day she
made up her mind 10 go and for her
self BY herself she rode up the flint
strewn lane that led along the top Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-21
CHAPTER XVI.
Ages Wisdom.

You have been SO good to me. so nobly
generous in your wishes. that l feel 1 owe
you a certain confidence. But as it con-
Germs not myself alone will ask that it
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
A BELATED vINpICAT1oN.
Ancient Figure I'm HistOry's Temple
DeftIy CaIsOmined

II has been discovered that Nero was not
nearly so bad as he was painted; that
some Of the stories about him were cam
paign canards, thirty years old and trotted
out to meet the exigencies Of politics. Nero
was a patron of fine arts. He was a musi-
clan of rare skill and taste. He painted and
drew well and he had a talent for oratory
second only to that Of William Jennings
Sulpicius, who was the finest windjammer
of the empire.
We relate these facts with no little satis-
faction, not that we ever said anything
about Nero that traversed the law Of libel,
but simply in the interest of fairness. OF
course, we still believe that Nero got his
first election in q crooked way; that he
packed the primary with members Of the
opposition party, or he would never have
been nominated. The character of his ad-
ministration, however, was such as to
atone in a measure for some Of the things
that preceded It.
We have heard that Nero was q kind
husband, a good father and 1t is now de-
MED that he ever used Standard oil In his
family. He saved 1t all to soak Christians
in before he ignited them.-Minneapolis
Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
stock in Sight.
Cotton Market

NEW YORK, Oct. 10. - COTTON - Flu
tues closed steady; October, s.S6c; No
vember, S.e6ci December, S.e6c; Janu-
airy, S.45c; February, SAC; March, S.42c;
May, S.36c; July. s.34c. Spot closed quiet
at 10 points advance; middling uplands,
s.1oc: middling gulf, 9.S5c; sales, none.
Futures opened steady; October, S.79c;
December, S.57c; January, 8.3Sc; March,
S.36c; May, S,32c; July, sale.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 10.-COTTON-Spot,
dull, prices unchanged; American middilng
fair, 5.52d; good middling, Sled; middling,
4.96d; low middling, AID; good ordinary,
Aid; ordinary, 3.72d.
The sales Of the day were 1000 bales, OF
export and included 1000 bales of Amer
lean; receipts, 10000 bales, all American.
Futures opened steady and closed steady;
October, 4.67d; October-November, 4.67hd
November-D ecember, 4.53d; December-Jan.
uary, 4.5211d; January-February, 4.52d; Feb
ruary-March, 4.52IAd; March April, 4.53d;
April-May, 4,53Ikd; M~ay-June, 4.54d; June
July, 454d; July-August, 1880.
GALVESTON, Tex, Oct. l0.-COTTON-
NEW ORLEANS, oct. O.-CoTToN-
Spot firm; low ordinary, 4 9-16c, nominal,
ordinary, SIC. nominal; good ordinary.
s 13-16c; low m%lddling. 5 3-16c; mlddling
s l3-l6c; good middling, sac; middling fair
sSc; ia r, lOAc, nominal. Receipts, 81
bales; stock, S2.4S1 bales. Futures closed
S.47c; December, S.43c; January, S.39c; Feb.
ruary, sac; March, $500.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1O-COTToN-Un.
changed; middling, &c. No sales; receipts
2,S89 bales; shipments, 2,644 bales; stock
l0,138 bales.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Features Of the and Closing
Prices ON Board of Trade.

CHICAGO, Oct. iO-The local wheat mar
to talk To the effect that the acreage in
the southwest sown to wheat this season
would probably be greatly reduced, be
cause OF insufficient moisture. Al the close
prices were 19Q%c to &c above tine previous
close. Corn and oats were also firm, but
provisions were weak with the exception
Of October pork, which closed at an adj
vance Of $l35dl.37z per barrel.
Dry weather tax apparently suppisRteu
the war scare" as a market factor tlfhe
general demand which resulted in a strong
market the greater part OF the day. The
market opened easier, with prices lhs4ll4c
to &c lower, owing TO an advance In the
price Of British consols and TO a moderate
decline In the price of wheat. at Liverpool.
Before the end OF the first half hour the
market had recovered on buying by some
of the leading traders, who, 1t was said,
were aarmed by the continued absence
OF rain In the winter wheat section. AS
trading progressed prices made additional
advances until December touched MA
and May S1.04A, an advance of more than
1c from the low point, The market. closed
strong and near the best marks for the
day. Clearances OF wheat and flour were
equal To 412,O0O bushels. Primary receipts
were l,670.O0O bushels, compared with 1900
bushels the corresponding DAY a year tgo.
Minneapolis. Duluth and Chicago reported
receipts OF 1901 cars, against l,44l cars a
Week ago, and 636 cars last year.
The corn market was generally dun, but
offset the favorable weather conditions
for the maturing Of the new crop. The
market closed firm at about the best of the
DAY. Local receipts were l13 cars, with
Is cars OF contract grade.
Extreme d%ullness Prevailed In the oats
rit but the market was firm In sympathy
with wheat and corn. Buying OF 10 O0l
bushels OF the December delivery by a cash
,cn ern was a feature Of trade. At the close
prices We're hc lower to + nc higher. Lo-
cal reCe. pts were 23 cars.
An advance of Sl.65 per barrel in the
price OF October pork was the feature OF
an otherwise dull market in provisions. Oc-
tober pork closed at $l5..5, the high point
Of the day. The close in general was off
l34CR37Mc.
ESTIMATED receipts for Monday are
Wheat, q cars; corn, 1863 cars; oats, "a.
cars; hogs, $1,000 head.
Inc Iesaing futures ranged as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
REGULATING HOURS OF LABOR.
Wisconsin Statute and National Law
Regulating TeIeEraphers.

Regulating T~elegrapherS.
The WISCONSIN eight-hour law for rail-
road telegraphers, declared unconstitu-
tional the other day by the supreme court
OF that state, was enacted last year. Ear
lier in the same year congress passed the
law regulating the hours of telegraph and
telephone operators handling messages az
fecting train movements. This law pro-
vides for a nine-hour day for operators in
offices open continuously and a thirteen
hour day for operators in offices open only
in the daytime.
The Wisconsin supreme courts decision
in~validating the states eight-hour law as
sists in defining the relations between the
states and the federal government in the
regulation Of railroads. This problem is
rendered intricate by the fact that inter
state m and wholly
within a single state are carried on usually
in the same trains on the same lines, by the
same railroad employees and at the same
time.
The Wisconsin court naturally finds that
1t Is practically impossible to draw a line
between the interstate and the within-state
service OF railroad telegraphors. 1t holds
the state law in question to be invalid
chiefly because 1t violates the provision Of
the federal constitution vesting in congress
the power 10 regulate interstate colhnerce'
The court Indicated that the state might
nave undertaken to control the hours Of
railroad te~legraphers II congress had not
previously passed a law limiting the time
of their daily service.
The judges of Wisconsin's highest court
evidently believe that the federal act con-
trolling the hours Of railroad telegraph
and telephone operators will hold good.
The question of its constitutionality was
properly before them. There has not yet
been time for a test case Of this new law
10 be taken TO the federal supreme court,
Presumably such a case will be carried
up 10 that tribunal by some railroad cor
poration. The outcome OF such a final test
will be awaited with interest.
Meanwhile the declaration OF the Wis
eonsin supreme court that a state law must
give way to a federal law when state and
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11

SHEEP-There were two cars OF sheep
reported In today. but both of them were
direct to a packer and not offered for
sale. The receipts for the week have been
extremely light, the total being hardly
more than one good days run. On Monday
September p, which was the big day for
the year to date, SS.7S5 sheep and lambs
we're received. Comparing the receipts this
week with that one days run Will give a
good idea OF the heavy falling off that
has taken place In the arrivals. The rea-
son for such small receipts seems to be
found In the fact that during the low time
two weeks ago a good many flock masters
turned their stock back onto the range,
thus causing a temporary lull In shipments.
Other market points have been affected &c
a greater or less extent by the same cause
Under the influence of this heavy drop
in receipts. markets everywhere have shows
yesterday, the market on fet sheep and
lambs at this point is fully 81 a hundred
higher than at the low time, while feeder
as much at 40c higher.
Present prospects would not seem 20
point to any very great Increase In re-
ceipts In the immediate future, as COM
paratively few sheep and lambs are as
yet In sight at feeding stations.
Quotations on range or grass sheep and
lambs: Good TO choice lambs, $5.S4610;
fair 20 good lambs. $5.50458; feecing
lambs, A.OOd4.76; good to choice light year
lnigs, A.75d6l00; good to choice heavy
yeariings. A.SOd4.85; feeding yearlings,
Ea7694.S; good 70 choice wethers, hS9
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
CHASING TIE RAINnow.
Democratic prophecies OF Today Like
Those OF tSa0 aud 1900.

Those OF 1890 aud 1000.
The presidential campaign had not got
ten warmed up IN the first Inning before
Chairman Norman E, Mack OF the demo-
cratic national committee delivered a joy
Gus message to Mr.. Bryan to the effect
that New York, Indiana and Ohio are GER
tain for the democratic ticket and Iowa
and Illinois are doubtful. Mr.. Bryan, im-
pressed no doubt with the feeling that IL
is about time the dropping courage OF his
working forces should be touched up with
another glowing forecast. announces that
he at this time feels absolutely certain
that he will be the next president OF the
United States"
There seems to be an ineradicable be-
lief In the minds OF those who engineer
the fortunes OF democratic candidates, and
the belief seems to be shared by the can
didates themselves. that the very best way
to win in politics is to claim everything"
Whoever will take the trouble TO hunt
through the newspaper files of 1896 ana
of 1900, respectively, will find that Mr.,
Bryan was elected. in his own estimation
and in that Of his campaign managers. to
a dead-sure certainty In the statements
given out four weeks prior to the election
days in each OF those years. In 1896, ten
o9S ~ NV tA'NAANAit hNs hINdii. hA4
the delightful Illusion that the electoral
vote of Illinois was just about as certain
to be cast for him as the electoral vote
of Texas. And yet when the returns were
in from the November election it was
found that the plurality against Bryan in
Illinois was something over $4,000. The
winning bulletins sent out from demo-
cratic headquarters by Tom Taggart pre-
ceding the national election of four years
ago are yet fresh in most peoples memo
ries.
The scheme of inflatedly hopeful talk
in the face of adverse prospects is by no
means a new one. The method in our
everyday language is termed 'the bluff"
Democratic managers in previous national
campaigns have worn the bluff to very
rags and tatters. But both Chairman Mack
and the democratic presidential candidate
seem to be ~clinging to 1t upon the same
principle. perhaps, that the drowning man
grasps at straws.-Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
NEW YORK STOCKS AND BONDS
Spectators Await Development in
Europe and Market is Dull.
UNDERGONE OF ANXIETY ABROAD
Moderate Advances EARLY in Day Are
Lost on Prospects Of Gold Exc
pOrts-CIOsIng Tone IL
Heavy.

NEW YORK, October 10.-The dull and
sluggish market today indicated that the
speoulat. on market was httle inclined 70
Sunday n the inflammable state of affairs
in southern Europe. There was some re-
Taxation of tension on that account, Tor
the day was over In London before 1t be-
gan here. New York was thus deprived of
its most relied on barometer Of foreign de-
~VelOpments.
The London market itself, while in opera
ton, showed a decidedly more tranquil tone
ana some tendency toward recovery from
tie acute weakness Of Friday, British con-
soils sharing in this tendency. This was
partly ow ng TO the disposition Of the e
party 10 close up their un over d sho I con-
tracts in view OF the approach of the
periodical stock market ttlement next
week. Londonis Improvement was partly
lost before its short session ended and the
undertone of anxiety was manifest there
in spite Of the more hopeful prospects re-
ported for a diplomatic settlement Of the
trouble.
The local market was free from the pres
sure OF foreign liquidation which has over
whelmed II on each successive day of the
work and the way was thus op ned to mod
crate advances. The promine zee OF the
Hartman stocks and of Rock Island in this
movement was testimony to the influence
OF yesterdays developments in pointing
Hartman interest in Rock Island affairs,
which was inferred from the financing OF
St Louis and San Franc $50 OBLIGATIONS
by { e p n-ipal Hartman bankers, another
ground for the hesitating and irregular
stock market being gold exports and their
possible effect on the metal market. Sep
TENDER exports Of agricultural produces
were reported today. and the obligation in
cured by foreign markets to pay for them,
supply an additional incentive for for eign
sell ng of Amcican securities here as an
offset in order to adjust the exchanges. The
value of exports Of this c ass in s eptember
rose to the highest total since February,
when we were still hurrying the marketing
OF our products to help out the financial
crisis. The bank statement published after
the stock market closed, gave warning of
how our banking position will be affected
by continuance of the weeks liquidation
Tor foreign account
The stock market closing lone was de-
cidedly heavy.
Bonds were heavy. Total sales, par value
81 $1,000. United States bonds unchanged on
call.
Following were the sales and range o
prices on the Stock exphanRe today.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
AND PRODUCE MARKET
Values Have Firm Start for the Last
Day Of the Week.
CABLES WEAK, WAR TALK LESS
Receipts from the Northwest Are Ex-
pected TO Fall on from NOW On
and Raise of values
Expected.
Oct. 10. LOS.

OhAftAt Oci. ~ lJves
Market values had a firm start for a
Saturday market. Gables came weak and
the European situation was much %quieter.
ReCc pts in the northwest are expected
20 fan off steadily from now on and UNI
less the drouth conditions In the south I'M
prove and winter seeding progresses higher
values are locked for.
Wheat showed unusual strength for the
week END on bullish dry weather reports
ln the south, where seeding IL In progress.
Receipts are decreasing and offerings were
slack ana values were advanced on better
buying. December wheat opened at 5ifsc
and closed at e5Sc.
Corn was steady and firm with wheat
and light receipts AID n better cash, De
mand. Commission houses were good buy-
ers and option values were closed hiShet
December corn opened al 59Ac ana closed
at $3.50.
Primary wheat receipts were l,6!OgyO
bushels and shipments we're $4,000 busnels,
against receipts last year OF 9l4,oO pusiels
and shipments OF $4,000 bushels.
Corn receipts were $1,000 bushels ana
shipments were $4,000 bushels, against re-
ceipts last year OF $500 bushels ana snip
ments OF $1,000 bushels.
ClcaraLces were 1905 bushels OF corn,
bl3 bushels of oats and wheat ana Hour
equal TO $4,000 bushels.
Liverpool closed sd lower on wheat and
unchanged to 1kd lower on ccrn.
Scaboard reported $4,000 bushels OF wheat
taken for export.
Local range OF optionsi