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CHAPTER XXXIII.-Continued.
thrust my hand into my breast
pocket and drew out roll OF pa
pers. s
Surprising I have already de.
cided." i said.
His eyes cleaned with excite.
ment. He almost snatched at the
papers, but l held them out of his
reach. Then with a sharp little cry
the woman stood suddenly between
us. There was look almost OF
horror on her pale, strained face,
as she held out her hands as
though to push me away.
Guy, are you mad?' she cried.
The veins stood out upon my ia.
theirs forehead. He regarded her
with mingled anger and surprise.
What do you mean, Maud?" he
exclaimed. "How dare you inter.
fere? Guy, give me the papers,"
"He shall mott" she exclaimed
freely. Guy, have you lost your
senses? Do you want to ruin your
whole life?"
do you mean," l asked incredu
lousy. that you do not wish me
to join you?"
Join us! For heavens sake,
mol" she answered fiercely. LOOK
at your father, an outcast all his
life. Do you want to become like
him? Do you want to turn the 9TH
er way whenever you meet an
Englishman, to skulk all your days
in hiding, to be the scorn even OF
the men who employ you? Guy, j
would sooner see you dead than
part with those papers,"
"You damned fool" my father
muttered. take no notice of her,
Guy. Five thousand pounds!
will see it paid to you, every penny
of it. And not soul will ever
know"
My father stood over her, and
there was a threat in his face. She
did not shrink from him for a mo-
ment. She laid her white hands
upon my shoulders and she looked
earnestly into my eyes.
Guy" she said, even now l do
not believe that you meant to be
SO very. very foolish. But I want
you to go away at once. You
should never have come. 1t is not
good for you to come near either
of u.s."
l rose obediently. think that ii
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sume," he remarked.
"The duke sent for me, my STEP
mother said, quietly.
before the scornful disbelief which
Ray took. no pains to hide.
you can see for yourself II you
like" she continued, that In a few
minutes l shall leave this house,
with you, If you are gallant enough
to offer me your escort, and shall
go straight to Cavendish square.
You have no imagination, Colonel
Ray, or you would not be so utter
ly surprise. Think for a moment
Does no reason occur to you why
the duke might wish to Sc eme?"
1t obviously did. He frowned
heavily.
eff this absurd story Is true" he
said, land the duke has really sent
to ask news of Blenavon from you
well, he is a bigger fool than |
took him for. But there remains
something else to be explained.
What are those papers?"
My father laid his trembling
hands upon them.
"They have nothing to do with
you,'' he explained; nothing at
all! 1t is a little family matter
between Guy and me. Nothing
more. They belong to me. Damn
you, Ray, why are you always In
terfering In my concerns"
"What are those papers?" he
asked.
take them and see," I answer
ed. IF l told you you would not
believe me-"
He moved step towards them
and then paused. l saw that my
father was leaning forward and
In his shaking hand was a tiny
cleaning revolver. A certain des-
perate courage seemed to have
come over him.
Ray he cried. hoarsely, touch
them at your peril"
There was a moments breath
less silence. Then, with an In
credibly swift movement, my step
mother stepped In between and
snatched up the little roll. She
glanced behind at the crate. but
the fire was almost extinct. With
a little gesture of despair she held
them out to me.
(Continued.)
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AEROPLANE ELOPEMENT FAILS BECAUSE
FOOL MACHINE DECLINES TO FLY

Miss Zapp had willingly promised
to fly with him to Clayton, Is
miles away, where the ceremon!
was to be performed.
After working with a refractory
carburetor for more than an hour
Tulley respectfully informed his
fearful fiancee that it was no use,
and an automobile was requisition.
ed. Tulley insists that his aero
plane is destined yet to break a
record of some sort, and has prom
ised his wife that second trip to
Clayton by an aerial route will be
made within a month.
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LOS ANGELAN HANDS AN EASTERNER
SMALL PACKAGE" OF SARCASM

LOUISVILLE, Oct. 26--The recent convention ad
vertsng brought together people tho
United States The benefit resulting meeting
like that Is the rubbing getting
point OF view OF fellow thousand miles home
That tends make provncaiy else
better there will always be less of found.
AS indication that there be done
along this line of the dversers
told story of having met from New York
Where you from?" inquired the New Yorker.
LOS Angeles" said the from California
"Oh see." exclaimed the Empire nhabitant $50
you're from the west Well I've myself Now
last far Cleveland stopped awhile
at Pittsburg all west"
rs that so? said the from Angeles with a
great show of interest "WeL up myself not
very long I Salt Lake City and nil
around. It's strange didn't meet"
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
Myself and NV Stepmother

. saw then what a mans face
may look like when he is stricken
with sudden paralyzing fear.
Raw my father sit In his chair and
shake from head to foot. Rays
black eyes seemed to be flashing
upon us all the most unutterable
Scorn.
What is this pleasant meeting
which / seem to have interrupted
chr" he asked, with fierce sarcasm
Quite a family reunion?'
My stepmother, very pale, but
very calm, answered him.
ITO which you" she said, ''come
an unlimited guest"
He laughed harshly.
You shall have others; other
unlimited guests, before many
hours are past, he declared. "You
remember my warning. Ducaine. .
My father seemed to be on the
eve Of a collapse. His lips moved
and he mumbled something, but
the words were wholly unintelligi.
BILE. Ray turned to my step.
mother
when that man. he continued,
chad the effrontery to return to
this country, he sent his cursed
jackal with letters to his son. in
tercepted those letters and / burn.
ed them; but came straight to
London and I found him out.
told him then that I spared him
only for the sake of his son.
told him If ever again he attempt.
ed In any way to communicate
with him, personally or by letters,
nothing should stay my hand. He
has chosen to defy me. / only re.
greet, madam, that the law has nc
hold upon you also"
!, She turned from him scornfully
and laid her hand upon my fathers
shoulder. Her very touch seemed
to impart life to him. His words
were not very coherent, but they
were comprehensive.
Il kept my word. Ray. Yes, !
kept my word" heb said. II never
sent for him. Ask him; ask her.
We met by accident. I told him my
address. That is all. He came
here this Afternoon with a message
from the duke"
Ray laughed bitterly.
"An invitatio INTO dinner, / pre-
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ST. LOUIS. Oct. 27.-hTe ambi-
ton Of John Tulley and Miss Myr-
tie Zapp to be the central figures
of the first aeroplare elopement
was frustrated because the me-
chanism of the heros machine re-
fused to respond to frantically
worked levers. The couple was
automobile runaway and the air
craft was abandoned despite the
tears of the bride-to-be.-
The aeroplane in which the rec
ord flight was to be made was of
Tulley's own design. In trial
flights 1t worked like a charm, and
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Judge Lindseys story of the Beast and
the Jungle is the true history Of every city.
1t is true. and know It. People don't like
to believe 1t. They know they are resp0n-
sible for It, Conscience pricks every sin
gle man. But stables have got to be cleaned
sometime. Right now Is the time VIII
the country do 1t right now?--Just once in
New York kill Tammany!
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daughter of James II. Mellon and
In direct line to inherit millions,
became the bride of Alexander
Dickson Grange. clerk Of Ihila-
delphia. The meeting OF the pair
dates back to the world,famed
steamer Republic disaster, when
Miss Mellon proved herself a hero
inc.
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Governor
John Franklin Fort
Of New Jersey
Of New Jersey

"Have just finished reading from the
proof sheets Judge Lindsey's article now
running in Everybody's on The Beast and
The Jungle l consider it the most terrific
arraignment of the Systems and the In
terests that has ever come from the pen
of any man in America. It can't do other
wise than produce good results. It will en-
tighten the people as to the evils which en-
danger our states and the nation. No one
not in public life can fully realize the force
Of Judge Lindseys facts. The conditions
which he portrays In Denver and Colorado
exist In many other cities and states In the
union; probably they are not SO flagrantly
and openly Haunted as he depicts them to
be in his city and state; but the beast Is
everywhere in the civic Jungle. His state
ments cannot do otherwise than result in
an awakening Of the people Of the Republic
to the real situation. and. when the awak-
ening comes. no man will have done more
for his country. since Wendell Phillips
flayed slavery. than he has done in writing
this article. Every citizen should read It..
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to adopt the advice of the drama
fist and pick man with girth
like Falstaff.
So, when in the next few months
our minister to China, delayed In
transmission. finally kowtows to
the emperor in the palace at Pc
king, and passes up some creden-
tials with the principal name
scratched out and replaced by an
other, it is safe guess that the
other name will be that of Magoon.
There's lesson in politics that
all office seekers would do we'll to
heed in this Chinese situation. 1t
is:
Chas. Cassius Crane, Chas. Fal-
staff MagoOn.
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PITTSBURG HEIRESS
WEEDS A POOR MAN

PITTSBURG. Oct. 27.-One of
Pittsburg's rich young women to-
might married a poor young man
when Miss Sarah Lucille Mellon,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23
PROTECTING FORESTS.

The almost absolutely helplessness of mankind
in the face of roaring forest fire, the nefciency
of the only methods of fighting the Aames such as
back firing and fire trails, to stop the progress of the
forest fire, has led to a wel-defned movement to
prevent the starting of fires in wooded areas.
IN the work the forest service has been enlisted,
along with private owners and by cooperation it is
hoped to perfect organization by which the
most important wooded areas of the country will
be protected. The experiences with forest fires in
oil parts of the country very similar. The fire
may start from some campfire which had been left
smoldering, or the cause may never be determined
But however it starts it usually gains such Roadway
that the sole efforts of people in the vicinity is to
themselves rather than the woods. The result
is that fire once started is permitted to burn itself
out, or, the direction of the wind changing, the
fierce draft caused by the fire is checked, and the
fire goes out in trying to double on its trail
While the of timber lands are the most
vitality interested in the subject of protecting their
holdings from fire, it is nevertheless subject of
general interest The loss of tract of forest is
distinct loss to the whole country not only in the
destruction OF what is valuable, but in the loss of
that much taxable property. It is on this theory
partly that the forest service of the federal govern
ment is interested in the subject And in an eco
nomic administration of national affairs nothing is
more important than the preservation from de-
struction of all that is valuable to the people The
conservation of our national resources is of para
mount Importance, even though individual owners
of the forest lands are greater beneficiaries than
the general public.
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THECHURCH AND THELABORER.

Is not the organ of the Socialists published in
Kansas City standing in its own light when it
charges the Catholic Church with curtailing the
rights of the wageearner? Are not her priests and
bishops, as a body, the sons and grandsons of men
who earned their living by the sweat of their brows
Does the church to which these priests and bish
ops belong include among the sins which cry to
heaven for vengeance the sin of "defraudine the
laborer of his wages" and rank it in Nervousness
with murder2 Does not the same church teach that
the laborer is worthy of his hire that he is entitled
in justice to fair wage, wage that shall enable
him to maintain himself and his family: and that
any attempt to defraud him of this, part of it.
she stamps a sin of special malice? Can the So
caists ruthfuly deny that these things are taught
and insisted upon by the Catholic Church? This
historic church also imposes on the laborer. The
mechanic and the artisan moral duties the fulfill
ment of which necessarily implies partial solution
of the problems agitatng the industrial classes
More than that, the Church advises worl1nen not
to heedessy destroy his health by excessive toll or
hazardous work; she bids him to nourish his wife
and children with suitable food to cothe and house
them decenty to train and educate his children to
know them and to fulfill the duties of father to
them.
This" you may retort, "is all very well in the
Dry, but how can he perform these duties when he
is away from them, toiling for starvation wages.
and is only with them from sunset to dawn? How
can he for his health when foul air. long
hours scant food and heavy toll are sapping his
manhood and his strength? How can he supply
nourishing food, clothing, and decent shelter
to his children out of wage driven down to the
lowest limit by competition and superabundance of
men waiting for his job"
The church, we answer, in imposing duties on
any implies capacity to fulfill them; she i'm
plies that the hours shall not be so protracted as
to deprive him of companionship with his family:
she implies that the labor itself shall not be SO e-
cessive as to undermine his health and unfit him
for his religious and moral duties she implies that
his wages shall be sufficient to feed, clothe and
house decently his wife and little ones These are
the very social problems that are urgent and on
these points her mind and teaching are clear and
definite But however clear and definite the teach
ing of the Church on social problems may be; how
anxious she may be to repeat in the present day
her action in the past she has not been able as vet
to cope with the magnitude OF the evil Even in So
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THE ELECTION.

The municipal campaign is on in Salt Lake in
earnest and the issues have been defined and OBJ
seured in a maze of words Without attempting to
saw lust what set of men who have been nominated
for the public offices should be given the support
Of the people at the polls it is evident that the peo
ple want to choose men who are capable and eff
cent, men whose zeal and honesty and square deal
ing will guarantee an honest and business-hke adj
ministration of the city's affairs. There are, Of
course some well-meaning men who believe all the
virtues have been corraed by the party with which
they are affiliated and that all the vices and in
EQUITIES have somehow been rounded up by their po
litical opponents. 1t is rather hard to overcome
the beliefs and opinions which have been ingrafted
into u.s. until they have become part of ourselves
yet in a municipal campaign, with officials to be
chosen to the biggest corporation Ill the state
it is the duty of the stockholders (ctizens) to in
form themselves as well as they can to the quail
ifications of the seeking public offices. Prob
ably the first and most important consideration
should be their honesty rather than their party
vice; next probably should be considered their
pacity to deal with the large affairs which must of
necessity come before the city officials for settle
ment. The surest way to get good government IS to
elect men of the right caber to perform the public
work. The surest way not to get it is to lay aside
every other consideration than party, and vote the
ticket straight. For there are undoubtedly good
men all of the tickets, but it must be conceded
that some of them are better than Others It is up
to the electorate to choose whom they will have.
And may they choose wisely and we'll
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BUST TO VERRAZANO.

The Italians OF New York on October unveiled
a monument in memory of Giovanni de Verrazano
and his accomplishments away back in the early
days of the sixteenth century. Yerrazano was a
Florentine navigator, born about 1885 who was snt
on an exploring expedition by Francis l of FGanee
and is reputed to have sailed up the Jersey coast
into New York harbor in 1924. Some historians
make no mention of the expedition, but John Fiske
in his writings, says; "There can be no doubt
whatever as to Verrazano's entering New York har-
Dor in 1924" which selection is the only English in
scription on the monument unveiled in New York.
The unwilling of the monument was the occa-
sion for demonstration by the italian societies 81
the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
and Massachusetts, nearly 10000 men and women
forming in line, accompanied by some 300 sailors
from the italian cruisers Etna and Etruria. As
the parade moved down Broadway, it was viewed by
an immense throng. A gigantic float reproduced
Verrazanos boat in flowers While it may be that
the old families of New orz are not ready to ac-
cept the claims of the Florentine navigator, the
treatment accorded the italians in their celebration
was not such as to commend itself. The employees
of the skyscrapers along the line of march dropped
paper bags filled with water upon the denf01strs-
tors and cut up other monkeyshines either to show
their disapproya of the demonstration or from
their natural rowdyism. The fact remains how
ever, that Verrazano was some eighty-fve years
ahead of Hudson if he there at ALL and the bust
in his memory is entirely fitting in connection with
the Hudson-Fulton celebration. The monument
was erected by subscriptions taken among the Ital-
ians of New York and vicinity.
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succession in the Established church, yet when An
glican bishops refused to ordan his followers Joh
Wesley resolved that they would be ordained IN some
manner for the American mission. Accepting as his
guide Lord Kings Account of the PRIMITIVE
church. he argued that bishops and presbyters were
of the same order. Therefore had the same right
to ordain He tells why he did not exercise tii"'
right in England because "here there are bishops
who have legal jurisdiction. In America there
none, neither any parish ministers
Here therefore my scruples are at end" Il have
accordingly appointed Dr. Coke and Mr.. Francis
Ashbury to be joint superintendent over our
brethren in North America as also Richard what
coat and Thomas Vasey to act as elders among
them by baptizing and administering the Lords
supper. And | have prepared Liturgy little dlf-
ferng from that of the Church of England Il think
the best constituted national Church IN the World)
This arbitrary assumption of power and firm adj
herence to the canons of the Anglican church SO
alarmed his brother, Charles, that he wrote let
ter to Dr. Chandler in America stating:
Il can scarcely believe that in his eighty-second
year. my brother, my old intimate friend and com
panoD, should have assumed the Episcopal charac-
ter ordained elders consecrated bishop, and sent
him to ordain the lay preachers IN America
then in Bristol at his elbow, yet he never gave
me the least hint of his intention. How was he
surprised into so rash an action He certainly
suaded himself that it was right. Lord Mansfield
told me last year that ordination separation
This my brother does not and will not see; or that
he has renounced the principles and practice of his
whole life; that he has acted contrary to all his dec
larations, protestations and writings; robbed his
friends of their boasting; realized the Nays Head
ordinations and left an indeible blot on his
as long as it shall be remembered"
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THE FISHERIES DISPUTE.

The dispatches from Washington last week told
us that a finally had been made toward the
settlement of the dispute which arose between the
United States and Newfoundland time ago,
and which, after an extended conference between
this country and Great Britain it was decided to
submit to The Hague tribunal for adjudication.
The dispatch says that the American case has been
transmitted to the British embassy and that stimuli
taneousy the British case has been given to the
American embassy at London by the British for
eign office. Several years have elapsed since the
dispute arose, and this is the first definite
since the occurrence. Meanwhile, however, the
chinery of the two nations has been slowly prepar
ing the case for submission to the arbitration court
for final settlement.
Four months will now be allowed for examina-
ton of the two sides of the case, and the prepare
ton of the countercharges and two months more
will be given for the preparation of the arguments
to be used by the two nations when the finally
comes up before the international tribunal of ar
bitration at The Hague. This commission is made
up of DR.. Heinrich Lammasch who will preside;
Louis NJ. Drago of Argentina, A. F. de Savornia
Lehman of The Netherlands, Judge George Gray of
Delaware and Sir Charles Fitzpatrick chief justice
of the supreme court of Canada These will
hear the contentious of the disputants, and will
render decision. It is hoped to reach settle
ment in time to apply to the fishing season of 1910
but this is only a hope, with slight confidence ex
pressed that such will be the case.
International arbitration is slow process, RI
valing the celebrated case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce
in its deliberateness. There is however, little
doubt entertained that the fisheries dispute will
eventually be settled to the entire satisfaction of at
least one of the nations, and in way by which the
other may accept the decision gracefully. No
doubt international arbitration would be more pop
ular with the masses if it were possible hurry the
issue to decision in less than year, but the gray
ity of any contention left to The Hague tribunal
precudes any haste on the part of either nation
party to dispute.