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it, the speed was moderated. And in
the course of few more minutes the
cab stopped definitely.
kirkwood clambered painfully out.
shook himself together and the bruises
out of his bones, and looked fearfully
back
Aside from a slowly settling cloud
of dust, the road ran clear as far as
he could see-to the point, in fact,
where the town closed in about it.
He had won; at all events in 50
much as to win meant eluding the per-
severing Mrs. Hallam. But to what
end?
Abstractedly he rendered mis- lonely
sovereign to the driver. and without
even looking at it, crammed the heavy
weight of change into his pocket; an
oversight which not only won him the
awestruck admiration of the cabby
but entailed consequences cit may be-
he little apprehended. It was with an
absent-minded nod that he acquiesced
in the mans announcement that he
might arrange about the boat for him
Accordingly the cabby disappeared;
and Kirkwood continued to stare about
MIN, eagerly, nopefully.
He stood on the brink of the Thames
estuary, there a possible five miles
from shore to shore; from his feet, al
most, broad single beach sloped
gently to the water
On one hand dilapidated picket
fence enclosed the door-yard of fish
erman's cottage, Or better, hovel,-it
it need be accurately described-at
the door of which the cabby was
knocking.
The morning was now well-advanc.
ed The sun rode high sphere of tar
nished fame in void of silver gray
its thin cold radiance. striking palltd
sparks from the leaping crests of wind.
whipped waves. In the east a wall Of
vapor, dull and lusterless, had taken
body since the dawn, masking the
skies and shutting down upon the sea
like some vast curtain; and out of the
heart of this bitter and vicious wind
played like a sword.
To the north, Shoeburyness doomed
vaguely, like low-drifted bank If
cloud Off to the right the More Light,
ship danced, tiny tleck of warm Grim,
son in wilderness of slatey-blue
waters, plumed with myriad of van.
ishing white caps.
Up the shelving shore, small, puny
wavelets dashed an impotent fury,
and the single sang INCREASINGLY its
| dreary, syncopated monotone. High
and dry, few dingy boats lay canted
YEARLY upon their broad, swelling
sides-a couple of dories, apparently
in daily use; a small sloop yacht, dis
mantled and plainly beyond repair;
and an oyster-smack also out of com
mission. About them the beach was
strewn with litter of miscellany
nets, oars, cork buoys, bits of wreck
ago and drift-wood, a few fish too Ions
forgotten and Zone assumed) response
Bile in part for the foreign wealth d
the atmosphere
Some little distance off shore a FISH
ing-boat, catrigged and not more thar
twenty feet over all, swung bobbins
at her mooring, keen nose searching
into the wind; at sight of which Kirk
wood gave thanks, for his adventurous
guide had served him well, if thai
boat We're to be hired by any manns
of persuasion.
] But it was to the farther reaches o
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lowered himself to the running-board.
The end of the track was in sight and
"a man who has been trained to board
San Francisco cable cars fears to
alight from no moving vehicle. He
swung off, got his balance, and ran
swiftly down the platform.
A cry from a bystander caused him
to glance over his shoulder; Mrs. Hal
lam was then in the act of alighting.
AS he looked the furry of skirts sub
sided and she fell into stride, pursu-
ing.
Sleepy Sheerness must have been
scandalized, that day, and its gossips
| have acquired ground for many an I'M
charitable surrnise
! Kirkwood, however, was SO fortu-
nate as to gain the wicket before the
employee there awoke to the situation
| Otherwise, such is the temper of Brit,
ish petty officialdom, he might have
| detained the fugitive. AS it was
Kirkwood surrendered his ticket and
ran out into the street with his luck
still dominant factor in the race
For. looking back, he saw that MIS-
| Hallam had been held up at the gate
| uuOlnGI NlCtll1l I'll bIlllSll LEU lGtpS, ASi
! ticket lead for Queensborough, she
was attempting to alight one station
| farther down the line, and while un
doubtedly she was anxious to pay the
excess fare, Heaven alone knew when
she would succeed in allaying the
! suspicious and resentment of the ticket
! taler.
That's good for ten minutes
start" Kirkwood crowed. And II
never occurred to me"
Before the station he found two
hacks in waiting, with little to choose
| between them; neither was of a type
that did not seem to advertise its pre-
| Victorian fashioning. and to neither
| was harnessed an animal that deserv
ed anything but the epithet Of screw
| kirkwood took the nearest for nc
other reason than because it was the
nearest, and all but startled the driver
off his box by Offering double-fare for
q brisk pace and a simple service al
the end of the ride. Succinctly he set
forth his wants, jumped down upon
musty. dusty cushions to hug himself
over. the joke and bless whatever Eng
lish board of railway directors it was
that first ordained that tickets should
be taken up at the end instead of the
outset of a journey.
1t was promptly made manifest thai
he had further cause for graduation
The cabby, recovering from his amaze
ment, was plying an indefatigable
whip and thereby eliciting q degree O.
speed from his superannuated nag tha
his fare had by no means hoped for
much less anticipated The cal
rocked and racketed through Sheer
ness streets at pace which is be
lieved to be unprecedented and un
rivaled its passenger, dashed from
side to side, had all he could do tt
keep from battering the vehicle t.
pieces with his head; while it was en-
iirely out Of the question to attemp
to determine whether or not he wa;
being pursued He enjoyed it al
hugely
In period of time surprisingi,
short he saw from feeting glimpse.
of the scenery to be obtained through
the Keeling windows that they wer,
threading the outskirts of the town
spontaneously, whether by design d
through actual inability to maintain
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kirkwood mended his pace accord,
lngly, but, contrary to the prediction,
had no time to spare at all. Even as
he stormed the ket-grating, the train
was laundering in at the platform
Therefore nervous ticket-agent pass
ed him out q first-class ticket instead
OF the third-class he had asked for:
and there was no time wherein to have
the mistake rectified Kirkwood plank
led down the fare, swore and sprintcd
|, for the carriages.
The first compartment whose door
he ierked violently open, proved to be
occupied, and was, more over. not q
smoking car. He received a fleeting
impression of woman's startled eyes.
+. staring into his own through a thin
mesh of yelling, fell off the running.
board, slammed the door, and hurled
himself towards the next compart.
ment. Here happier fortune attend ed
upon his desire;' the hoX-like section
was untenanted and notice blown
upon the window glass announced that
| it was "2nd Glass Smoking" Kirk.
wood promptly tumbled in: and when
he turned to shut the door the coaches
We're moving.
A pipe helped him to bear up while
the train was making its two other
stops in the Borough of Woolwich: a
circumstance SO maddening to a man
in hurry, that it set Kirkwood's teeth
on edge with sheer Impotence, and
made him long fervently for the land
of his birth, where they do things diff
Iferently-where the board of directors
of railway company doesn't erect
| three substantial passenger depots II
| the course of q, mile and a half OF
overgrown village. 1t consoled him
little that none disputed with him his
lonely possession of the compartment
that he had caught the Sheerness
train, or that he was really losing nc
time; a sense of deep detection had
settled down upon his consciousness
with realization of how completely
a fools errand was this of his. He felt
foredoomed to failure; he was never
to see Dorothy Calendar again; and
his brain seemed numb with disap
| pointment
Rafting and swaying, the train left
the town behind
Presently he put aside his pipe and
stared blankly out at Keeling land
scape, the pleasant, homely, smiling
countryside of Kent. A. deeper melan
choly tinted his mind Dorothy Cal
endar was for ever lost to him.
The trucks drummed it out persist
ently-he thought, vindictively
LOST \. Lost! =. For evel
| lost.
And he had made-was then max
ing-a damned fool of himself. Tht
tracks had no need to din that into hi:
thick skull by their ceaseless iteration
he knew it, would not deny it. :.
And it was all his own fault He'C
had his chance, Calendar had Offered
him it. II only he had closed with The
fat adventurer!
Beforet his eyes field and coppice
hedge and homestead, stream ant
flowing highway, all blurred and rar
streakly into one another, like a high
lily impressionistic water color He
could make neither head nor tail o
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CHAPTER X.

Old Bob seemed something inclined
toward optimism, when the boat lay
alongside a landing-stage at Woolwich,
and Kirkwood had clambered ashore.
"Yerll mebbe myke it, the water
man told him with weatherwise sur
vey of the skies. Winds freshenin'
from the east'rds. an that'll old 'er
back bit, sir.
"Arsk tn wye to tn Dorlyard Sly
shun,'' young William volunteered,
"'Tis tn shortest walk sir. l 'opes
yer catches 'er Thanky, SIR
He caught dextrously the sovereign
which Kirkwood, in ungrudging liberal
ity, spared them of his store Of two.
The American nodded acllnowledg-
ments and adieux, with a faded smile
deprecating his chances of winning the
race, sorely handicapped as he was.
He was very, very tired and in his
heart suspected that he would fail.
But, if he did, he would at least be
able to comfort himself that it was
not for lack of trying. He set his
teeth on that covenant, in grim de-
termination; either there was a strain
of the bulldog latent In the Kirkwooi
breed or else his infatuation gripped
him more strongly than he guessed.
Yet he suspected something of its
power; he knew that this was alto
gcther an insane proceeding, and that
the lure that led him on was Dorothy
Calendar A strange dull light glowed
in his weary eyes, on the thought Of
her. He'd go through fire and water
in her. service. She was costing him
DEAR perhaps was to cost him dearer
still; and perhaps there'd be for his
guerdon no more than a Thank you,
Mr. Kirkwood," at the end of the pass.
age. But that would be no less than
his deserts; he was not to forget that
he was interfering unwarrantably; the
girl was in her fathers hands, surely
safe enough thereto the casual mind.
If her partnership in her parents for
tunes were distasteful, she endured it
passively, without complaint.
He decided that it was his duty to
remind himself, from time to time, that
his main interest must be in the game
itself, in the solution of the riddle
whatever should befall, he must look
for no reward for his gratuitous and
self-appolnted part. Indeed he was
all but successful in persuading him
venture alone that drew him on.
Whatever the lure, it was inexor-
able; instead Of doing as sensible
person would have done-returning to
London for long rest in his hotel
room, ere striving to retrieve his shat
tered fortunes-Philip Kirkwood turn,
ed up the village street, intent only to
find the railway station and catch the
first available train for Sheerness
were that an early one or late.
A hapchance native whom he pres
emily encountered, furnished minute
directions for reaching the Dockyard
station of the Southeastern and Chat,
ham railway, adding comfortable in
formation TO the effect that the next
east bound train would pass through in
ten minutes; if Ktrkwood would mend
his pace he could make it easily, with
time to spare.
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Kirkwood smiled patiently at the
landscape
SIS Dorothy Calendar so very, very
beautiful, Mr.. Kirkwood with a
trace OF malice.
Ostentatiously Kirkwood read the
South Eastern and Chatham's framed
card of warning, posted just above
Mrs. Hallam's head, to all such incura-
Bile lunatics as are possessed of a de-
sire to travel on the running boards
OF railway carriages.
you are going to meet her, aren't
you?"
He gracefully concealed yawn.
The woman's plan of attack took an
other form. Last night, when you
told me your story, l believed YOU
He devoted himself to suppressing
the temptingly obvious retort, and sue,
ceeded; but though he left it unspoken,
the humor of it twitched the corners
of his mouth; and Mrs. Hallam was
observant So that her next attempt
to draw him out was edged with tenn
per.
Il believed you an American but a
gentleman; it appears that, if you ever
were the latter, you've fallen so low
that you willingly cast your lot with
thieves"
Having exhausted his repertoire OF
rudenesses, Kirkwood took to twid,
ding his thumbs.
Il want to ask you if you think it
lair to me or my son. to leave us in
The Colorado statesman., 1909-03-20
"TEMPERANcE SUNDAY" GOOD.
Program.

Program.
The Alliance will take up full dis
cussion of the liquor traffic and the
local option question and devote the
afternoon to that. No better speakers
and writer's on the question could have
been secured than the present pro
gram. 1t is a live question of today
and it affects the Negro alike with the
white. The following program will be
rendered:
March 21-"Temperance Sunday
Vocal solo, Mrs. Henry Pinn! paper
Miss Gertie Nichols of Shorter; cornet
solo, Mr. Clyde Andrews; paper, Mrs.
Elmira Whizzar of Zion Baptist
church; music; address, Attorney
John Hipp; musical selection, Miss
Bernice Sanders of Ward Chapel
March 2S-Vocal solo, Mr.. Harry Gil
more; address, Essentials of Ameri-
can Citizenship" Hon. James M.
Brinson, deputy attorney general; lit
erary selection, Miss Cora Karr; vocal
solo. Willie Burns; literary selection
Cornelius Rice; piano solo, MISS
Rhoda Anderson.
The paper Sunday by Mr.. J. H. Chill
dress was the finest paper from a
scholarly, historical, racial and logical
as well as inspirational standpoint that
has been delivered on that subject in
the history of the Alliance. Mr.. Chil
dress proved all we said about him IN
our last issue.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-03-20
RESOLUTION

Denver, Colo, March 10, 1909.
Dear Sister Johnson:
We feel that child's sorrow for the
loss of mother cannot be assuaged by
the commonplaces of condolences, yet
we must write a few lines to assure
you of our heartfelt sympathy in your
grief
There is one thing, however, that
should soften the sharpness of child's
agony under such a bereavement. and
that is the reflection that your mother
was pure and guileless, and that "of
such is the kingdom of Heaven" 1t is
well with your mother Much sin and
woe has she escaped. 1t is treasure
laid up in the upper world, and the
gates through which she has passed to
peace and joy unspeakable are left
open so that you, in due time, may fol-
low. Let this be your consolation.
One by one earth's ties are broken, as
we see our love decay.
And the hopes so fondly cherished
brighten but to pass away.
oHe ny Olle Jul hopCo SiON otiohSSi,
as we nea rthe shining shore,
For we know across the river wait the
loved ones gone before.
Resolved, That the members of the
Free Will Club tender their heartfelt
sympathy.
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
lutions be sent to Sister Johnson, and
entered in our local papers, and also
spread upon the minutes of our club.
Your sisters in grief.
MISS BIRDIE REASE,
MRS. HATTIE SMITH,
MISS ROSA SHEALY.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-03-20
WORTH SEEING.


A few days ago we made call at
the Office of the Denver Safe Deposit
Co. at 1884 California and received a
courteous reception by the manager,
Mr.. E. H. Norton. AS the result OF
our visit we want to say to our friends
that a similar visit will well repay
the time it takes. The manager claims
it to be "The safest place on earth
and we think the visitor will agree
with him in this point. The great
round door of the vault is not sur
passed in America and from mechan.
ical standpoint is one of the finest
pieces of work ever turned out, and
a credit to the enterprise of Denver.
The company give day and night
service for the accommodation of
those who are unable to attend in
regular banking hours and furnish
splendid waiting and writing rooms
for the free use of ladies' Visitors to
these rooms may always be sure of a
cordial reception. All they ask is for
you to call and see and it will be a
pleasure for their attendants to show
you through their vaults and offices.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-03-20
PRESIDENT j. n. WALKERS
ADDRESS.

Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men:-We have met here this evening
for the purpose of celebrating the
twenty-fourth year of our existence as
an African emigration society. First,
allow me to thank you for your pres
ence here this evening. Secondly, l
want to ask you to join us in our cele-
bration, for 1 consider this to be a
work worthy of our highest considera-
ton. AS the hour is late | shall not
worry you by attempting to make
long speech. l shall only aim to &C.
cupy about ten minutes, though / wish
that you had that deep, heartfelt inter-
est and patience, and l had the time to
pour out my very soul to you this even
ing, in my rough and crude way.
Twenty-four years ago. the fifth day
of this month, l commenced to plead
with you, and beg you to turn your
eyes towards the little Black Republic
on the west coast of Africa, known as
Liberia. l started then, not to
stop until my voice shall be
hushed in death. and l thank God to-
night that l see the evidence here that
my labors have not been in vain. Then
Liberia had population of about 21,-
900 civilized people. Now she is
quoted as having between $4,000 and
$4,000 civilized population. Some OF
The Colorado statesman., 1909-03-20
ANNIVERSARY OF THE COL
ORADO COLONIAL
TON SOCIETY

The Colorado African Colonization
Society celebrated its Oath Anniversary
at Shorter A. M. E. church, Thursday
evening, March 18th, to large and az
preciative audience.
The object of the meeting was stated
by the president, j. N. Walker, who in
troduced Rev. A. NJ. Ward who presid-
ed over the meeting.
The following program was well rem
dered: Invocation, Rev. VIC. Williams;
Review of the Companys Work, Secy.
G. S. Muse; Address, Some Possibilities
of African Emigration, W. A. Jones, M.
D.; Song, "From Greenlands Icy
Mountain" Mrs. @. E. Lawrence; Ad-
dress, Man for the Occasion, Rev. A. @.
Murphy; Vocal Solo. Mrs. Lillian Jones;
Closing Remarks, President j. N. Wal
ker.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-03-20

e. Reynolds; song by congregation,
My Country, tbs of Thee;, speech,
Mrs. Lottie Dickerson; speech, Mrs.
Lille Lewis; speech, Hon. w. w. Fer
guson; speech, Hon. Geo. Hooper, di.
vision commander; speech, b. P. John,
son; speech, Rev. ]. l.. Harding, Wal
senburg, Colo; speech, Tom Russell,
Canon City, Colo, who was chosen as
agent for the Western District. Par
ties wishing to join, send their names
with initiation fee of $3.50 to Rev. A..
b. Reynolds, who is treasurer of the
organization, 1928 California street.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-03-20

God She has given her martyrs to
the fire, where they shouted the hopes
of glory amid the flames that burned
them up. Two of the Popes at Rome
in regular Episcopal succession were
Africans. Now, if she did that then,
she can do it again. Come forward,
then each and every one of you and
resolve within your hearts that you
are going to do your duty and pour
your patriotic and pious offerings into
heavens eXchequer. having done so,
draw your bills on futurity and I'll
pledge you the veracity of all heaven,
instead of disappointment, your drafts
will be honored Having done your
whole duty to God in this respect, his
tory will take care of your names, and
God your souls.
Almost any man will work if you
pay him for it, but | have worked
twenty-four years without pay from
any source, but on the other hand
have had to pay to do this work.
have asked no one for any money, and
no one has given me any, so to speak.
can count on one hand all of the
money given me in almost a quarter of
century. An old lady of my own
race, Mrs. Cook, in 1902, at one of my
meetings., CAME lOl Wdlu anu hihuSu
me $100 Mr.. John Nesbet, president
of the Colorado Iron Works, gave Inc
81 90 in 1908. October the End, 1907,
when | spoke at Central Presbyterian
church, a gentleman from Vermont
came up and shook hands with me
and put twenty-dollar bill in my
hands. In October, 1908, Mr.. John
Brisben Walker sent me a check for
$500. Mr.. Robert Cause of The Den
ver2 Republican has given me $51.OO.
This is the amount of money / have
received during all these years. 1t
has cost me more than $4,000.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-03-20

you say that Liberia is too small. Per
init me to say that Liberia has 500
miles of coast line, extending from $50
to 800 miles inland. Others say they
have lost nothing there. That is so;
but you've lost a great deal here, and
you might find something there. All
the white nations of earth, with their
great possessions, have their eyes
turned toward Africa; and we have
nothing, no possessions anywhere, and
fight against having any. We should
not allow ourselves to be satisfied
with any less than it takes to satisfy
others. The Caucasian or any other
progressive people, would not allow
themselves to be satisfied for a min
ute if they were in our condition.
Nothing short of a nation would salts
fly them. Let those who affect to
think that African physiognomy shuts
out the light of intellect, we will now
turn the dial back to 1880. Now, go
with me to the capital of the British
empire-there well contemplate the
colored head of Memnon, and see
where the ancient Africans impressed
their own forms in their own immortal
genius, and the moulds that once held
them, the most stupendous skill, gran
deur and taste, The celebrated Blu
lmenbach. the father of German natu-
ralists, had large library filled with
the works of ancient Africans, to
which he would point with exalted
pride, and declare that there was no
branch of art, science or literature in
which they had not excelled and dis
tinguished themselves.
Gregory, archbishop of Blios, France,
had large glass case filled with the
works of ancient Africans, to which he
would point as a refutation of all that
could be said against the mental
claims of Africa.
| Read her history, and you will find
| it a thinking story. You will meet
with the studious and the brave; the
heroes of many a tale of danger and
of glory.
Africa could boast of her language,
poets, mathematicians and philoso-
piers with any kingdom on the vast
map of nations. She had her mer-
chants, mathematicians, and jurists, all
eminent in their attainments; honor
able in character energy and enter
prise. She lifted alone for ten success
sive centuries the touch Of science and
civilization to a darkened globe and
awe-struck pilgrims. to learn the wis
| dom of her obelisks and temples. She
has given bishops to the church: eccle-
siastical history enumerates FOO OF
them that met in Africa to deliberate
upon the fortunes of the church OF
The Colorado statesman., 1909-03-20
The Christian Endeavor Society of

The Christian Endeavor Society of
Shorters A. M. E. church gave an
unique ST. Patrick's social Thursday
night to their many friends. A short
program was rendered, refreshments
were served and everyone had an en-
joyable time This auxiliary to the
church is doing a commendable work
and the religious and social phases for
the delectation of the public are al
ways considered rare treat.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-03-20

The life and works of Paul Law
renee Dunbar containing his complete
poems and best short stories. The
book is sold only by subscription at
the following prices: Morocco, $3.50;
Half Morocco, $3.50; Cloth, $1.75. j. II.
Doniphan, agent, 1886 Stout street. Ad-
dress him card and he will call and
show you the book.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-03-20

The meeting that was called Tues
day, March 9th, for the purpose OF Or
ganizing the "Sons of Veterans was
a successful one The participants on
the program were as follows: Solo,
Mrs. A. e. Reynolds; prayer, Rev. A.