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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
FERTILE SOIL CoUNTRY,s
SALVATION

But while the tropical rains continue
to fall no amount of misgovernment
can destroy the fertility Of the Saliva
doran-s soil He has lesson for the
rest of Central America IN the number
of human beings who exist to the
square mile--the largest of any Chris
tian country which has no manufac-
lures except in Porto Rico. This num-
Der could be doubled
The secret of the Salvadoran's rela-
tive happiness and content I found on
my ride across the country when.
passed plat after plat OF coffee ground
as large as village squares. each owned
and worked by some peasant proprietor
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
Object to- Nonresidenfs

The Civic league and the West End
betterment club called the Supervisors
attention to the fact Yesterday. that
many school teachers of the city aud
many other municipal employees live
outside of San Francisco The two
bodies urge that alI~commissions and
officials see to it that this practice be
stopped. claiming it is unjust to the
tax payers
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
BY United wireless

Friday, February %
Stmr HilOnian was $50 miles from Honolulu
at 10 D. m.: all we'll
Stmr Enterprise viii arrive at Hilo Saturday
morning.
Stmr Asuncion was so miles south Of Columbia
bar at D. m: barometer 3O.13. moderate
southwest wind; sea smooth; weather cloudy
and calm
Stmr Theaslie passed in at 2:3O a. m
stmr Little Vance passed out at 2 D. m.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
Deposits Garbage Bonds None,

The sum of $429,7S6.SS was deposited
in the city treasury yesterday by ~ w.
Halsey & Co. to cover the purchase
of 100000 worth OF the garbage dis
posal bonds TO be awarded by the
supervisors Monday. or the amount.
s25,S4S is premium and ss,SSs.Ss ac
erued interest
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27

oUARLEs SUES FOR sALARY-william
Ouarles the policeman who dismissed for
shooting a fellow member OF the force, sued the
city and county In the justice court yesterday
fO- $122. representing his salary for the month
Of January.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
DUTIES A HEAVY
BURDEN

Salvador is being dragged down to
the level of the other states. Con-
ditions are growing worse, economic
ally as we'll as politically. On the TO-
600 quintals of coffee produced every
year, each quintal pays a tax of 40
cents in gold. Sugar is free of export
charges as yet, and a little is shipped
to Ecuador and to Europe. With no
access to our Atlantic coast, theresis no
ports must come from our Pacific
coast states or by way of Magellan or
Panama, for want of railroad connec-
tion through Guatemala. The cry Of
the tariff reformer has not yet been
heard in the land, where the only man.
ufactures are from occasional hand
looms.
Duties are the heaviest of any coun-
try in the world and are arranged on
a system to encourage official favorit-
ism in return for bribes. They are
mostly according to weight, with a
pound of barbed wire paying almost
as much as pound of lace. On top of
this is a special tax of 240 per cent
and still another bonos oro of $50 per
cent put on for war purposes. Flour
which costs in San Francisco 1915
barrel in Salvador costs about s12;
case of coal oil that costs IS cents in
New York costs 81 laid down in Saliva
dor No wonder the Salvadoran eats
little bread; no wonder he goes to bed
early
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27

William Stanley. charged with burglary, was
dismissed by Police Judge Conian yesterday.
Stanley was arrested as partner Of Paul But
Ter for breaking into the residence Of Edward j.
Clarke. 333 Webster street. ON October 16.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
WORKING BOYS
NOT TO BE TAGGED
Supervisors Receive Sugges-
ton, but Refuse to Adopt
Innovation

suggestion to tag working boys
was made to the supervisors police
committee yesterday, and Chairman
Connolly and the other members said
No"
Mrs. E. L. Baldwin, Mrs. r. Bur
nett and Attorney j. c. Astredo ap-
peared to urge the innovation as a
precaution against truancy. but the city
fathers thought the boys would con-
slider tagging" a humiliation and said
the authorities might demand the boys
permits, but did not require them to
wear placardS
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
BETTER FIGHTERS THAN
NEIGHBORS

With popula tion of / 100000. second
in number only to Guatemala, Salvador
has always been able to defend herself
from her larger neighbor. Her people.
though largely of Indian strain. are Of
a type different from the Guatemalans.
They had had kinder Spanish captain
generals; they had newer suffered from
the rapacity of large land owners, who
treated the workers as slaves: they
have partly escaped the cupidity of the
relationships of the later and most
awful period of Central American his
tory. Though elections are a farce,
public opinion has some effect. The
quarrels of many politicians have per-
nitted something like rotation in Office.
No one of the statesmen has accumu-
lated a vast amount of graft; many
have accumulated small fortunes.
But Salvador $ independence is now
jeopardized. Though Cabrera, the am
bilious dictator of Guatemala. has not
beaten the little republic in the field,
she is his vassal. whom he bullies as
it pleases him. Figueroa, the weak
Salvadoran president, is his man; his
cunning hand is playing all the time
in Salvadoran politics under pretense
Of protecting his little neighbor from
the wicked Zelaya of Nicara qua. Qua
temala and Salvador must stand to-
gether, he says. to keep ZeIaya from
becoming master of Honduras. where
Zelaya's man. Davilla, is president. The
Salvadoran submits TO all this mar
plotting by his eXtravagant ruler as
higher politics." beyond his compre-
hension, while he pays for additional
soldiers and arms which Cabrera thinks
are neceSSar ry.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
To Stop Garbage Nuisance

Supervisor Payot called the state
board of health's attention yesterday
to the recently begun practice of Hay
ward of dumping it's garbage in the
bay.
Payot stated that San Leandro had
recourse to the same system of dis
posal and asked thae state board to
put an end to the practice.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
Seek to Check Minors

Tie police commission asked the
board of supervisors yesterday to enact
a law prohibiting minors from at
tending the nickel dancehalls which
have sprung up over town. The COM
munication stated that the Pavilion
rink, conducted now as nickel dane
ing resort, was nothing but deadfall
for 1-oi1rer erirls
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
Sixty Days Allowed

The operation of the pole and wire
grounding ordinance will be postponed
from March 10 to May 10 if the board
Of supervisors agrees to the recon-
mendation yesterday of ats electricity
committee. A. G. Mcfarland of the
auxiliary fire alarm system asked more
time; Z. L. Storer of the Postal tele-
graph company requested 80 days
grace, and Thomas Eastman of the
Western Union stated his company had
not completed the grounding of it's
clock telegraph connections. The COM
mittee agreed to so day extension
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
Personal FREEDOM
IcNCEsPTIONAL

Now. IN spite OF such occurrences,
Salvador has the most stable govern
nent-of any republic IN Central Amer
lea. except. Costa Rica. II the climate
is the same the atmosphere is wholly
different from that OF Guatemala. one
OF my fellow passengers by rail from
GuStemsla city. 10 the coast and thence
~ steamer, when he came out of one
of the hotel rooms at Acajutla Saliva
dor. 10 my surprise, was a priest In
Guatemala il is against the law for the
cicrgv TO wear their vestments in
public
throughout Mexico and Guatemala
al the train conductors and engineers
had been forei igners. usually American
In salvador they were natives. This
u-as 2 first sign Of competency not TO
be underestimated The Salvadoran
,4as enough sense OF the continuity OF
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
.Eew In Gan Sa7Kadorr

labor not to take a holiday without
informing the yardmaster before he is
due to take the train out. Other signs
multiplied rapidly.
In Salvador city the. cathedral of
wood, painted stone color-for Salvador
city, city OF. $4,000 people. was once
destroyed by an earthquake-was well
kept; an air of peace and happiness
prevailed among the people, who went
TO church, in the morning and sauntered
in the plaza to hear the music in the
evening. Apparently they did not fear
arrest on suspicion of assassinating
the president if they spoke above
whisper The foreigners were not
altogether browbeaten and the hotel
was comparatively good. If you wanted
anything done you found that the ma
tives were actually willing to earn the
money. l could count on the hotel
porter, under financial encouragement,
to awaken me at 4 o'clock, when / was
to start on my mule ride to pick up the
steamer at La Libertad.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-27
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

CHAP, l-Returning from Manila, Captain
Selwyn, formerly of the army. is welcomed
home by his sister, Nina Gerard. her wealthy
rem Eileen Enroll, ward of Nina and Austin,
is part of their household. Selwin has been
divorced, without guilt on his part, by ms
Ruthven, with whom she ran away from
Selwyn. II-Eileen. who is very fond OF her
brother, Gerald, despite the, young man 5
neglect of her, makes friends with Selwyn
IIf-Gerald Is worried about young ErrolPs
mingling in the fast set Gerald is employ
ed by Julius Neergard, reale state operatSr r
IN a large way. Selwyn promises Eileen ne
will look after her brother. He tells her
about Boots Lansing. his army chqm IN
Manila who is e9ming to New & n9rki i,Ta IN the iS
-Eileen's deceased father was an archacol-
ogist, and she has Inherited some Of his
so9SEi to settie gambiins sd DEBT and determnes to
undertake his reformation, V-Alixe and
Selwyn meet and discuss their altered rela,
Fame, leader Of the fast set and Aliye,s clos h
est friend He appeals toAliXe to help him
keep Gerald from gambling. NI-The friend
Gerald promises Seiwyn he will stop Gambl-
ing. Neergard discloses to Selwyn, who Is
interested in his office, plan to control the
essential to the clubs existence. The plan
does not appeal to Selwyn, and he consults
Austin: who denounces Neergard and his
answers knock at his door. 1X.The caller
is Alike, who Is very unhappy with Ruthven
and wants to talk with Selwpn. For mo-
ment their old love flashes up, but at the
mention Of Eileen he knows that it is past
resurrection. X-Rosamund distresses Eli
leen by telling her society is gossiping about
Alike and Selwyn. Alike gets from Gerald,
who has again lost heavily, promise not to
play again at her house. XI-Alixe and
Ruthven quarrel over the gaming by which
he lives, and he reveals his knowledge of her
visit at night to her ex-husband's room.
XII-Gerald' increasing intimacy, with Neer-
gard displeases SeIwyn. who breaks with the
real estate man over the SiowItha matter.
Neegard Is trying to break into society.
XIII-Lansing invites Selwyn to make his
home with him in the modest house he has
bought. Selwyn declares he Will no long
let the past mar his chance of happiness, and
Nina declares her belief that Eileen has fallen
in love with him, Nina fears tnau All 1,
restless and disguised with Ruthven, W II
make mischief. Selwyn is experimenting
with chaosite, his discovery Is explosive.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-27

Is Nina up there, Eileen! On, all right
Excuses, etc. Ill be back pretty soon.
You'll stay to dine, Phil?"
Il don't think So"
Yes, he will stay" said Eileen calm
ly.
And when Austin had gone she walk
ed swiftly over to where Selwyn was
standing and looked him directly in the
eyes.
sis all well with GeraldT"
"Y-yes, l suppose So"
rs he still with Neergard G. Coz"
Yes, Eileen"
And you don't like Mr.. Neergard"
"N-no."
"Then Gerald must not remain"
He said very quietly: Eileen, Gerald
no longer takes me into his confidence.
l am afraid-I know, in fact-that l
have little influence with him now. I
am sorry. 1t hurts, but your brother is
his own master, and he is at liberty to
choose his own friends and his own
business policy. cannot influence
him. I have learned that thoroughly.
Better that I retain what real friend
ship he has left for me than destroy II
by any attempt, however gentle, to In
terfere in his affairs"
She stood before him, straight, slen-
der, her face grave and troubled.
Il cannot understand" she said, ''how
he could refuse to listen to a man like
you"
"A man like me. Eileenl Well, II ]
were worth listening to no doubt he'd
listen. But the fact remains that I
have not been able to hold his inter
est"
Don't give him up" she said, still
booking straight into his eyes. ''If you
care for me. don't give him up."
Care for you, Eileeni You know I
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-27

shake with which they always met,
even after an hours separation. OF
course she noticed this and, bend
ing low above her sewing, wondered
why.
1t seemed to him for moment as
though he We're looking at woman
he had heard about and had just met
for the first time. His observation Of
her now was leisurely, calm and thor
ough-not so calm, however, when,
impatient of his reticence, bending
there over her work, she raised her
dark blue eyes to his, her head re-
naming lowered. The sweet, silent
inspection lasted but moment. Then
she resumed her stitches, aware that
something in him had changed since
she last had seen him. But she mere
ly smiled quietly to herself, confident
or his unaltered devotion in spite Of
the strangely hard and unresponsive
gaze that had uneasily evaded hers.
AS her white fingers few with the
glimmering needle she reflected on con-
ditions as she had left them a week
NoO' "A WYNN d5O DcIWecH ulu anu
her the most perfect of understand
ings existed, and the consciousness of
1t she, had carried with her every mo-
ment in the country-amid the Icy tum-
.ble Of the surf, on long, vigorous walks
over the greening hills where wild
moorland winds whipped like a million
fairy switches till the young blood fair
ly sang, pouring through her veins.
Since that-some time within the
week-something evidently had hap
pened to him here in the city while
she had been away. What?
AS she bent above the fine linen gar
ment on her knee, needle flying. a sud-
den memory stirred coldly-the recol-
lection Of her ride with Rosamund-
and inStinctively her clear eyes new
open. and she raised her head, turning
directly toward him q disturbed gaze
he did not this time evade.
In silence their regard fingered; then.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-27

| satisfied, she smiled again, saying,
''Have l been away so long that we
must begin all over, Captain Selwyn ~
"Begin what, Eileen?'
ITO remember that the silence of
selfish preoccupation is a privilege l
have not accorded your
II didn't mean to be preoccupied."
"Oh, worse and worsew She shook
her head and began to thread the nee
die. Il see that my weeks absence
has not been very good for you.
knew it the moment you came in with
all that guilty, absentminded effrontery
which have forbidden"
He colored up as he took her hand
in his. Then they both laughed at the
very vigorous shake.
what horribly unfriendly creature
you can be-" said Eileen. Never a
greeting, never even a formal express
sion Of pleasure at my return"
You have not returned" he said,
smiling. You have been with me ev-
cry moment, Eileen"
What pretty tributew she exclaim-
ed. 81 am beginning to recognize
traces Of my training after ALL"
When the children came in they left
the nursery together and descended
the stairs to the library. Austin had
just come in, and he looked up from
his solitary cup of tea as they en-
tered.
Hello, youngsters! What conspiracy
are you up to now? 1 suppose you
shifted the tea and have come to de-
prive me. BY the way, Phil, 1 hear
that you've sprung the trap on those
Siowitha people"
"Neergard has, believe"
"Well, isn't it all oneT'
mo, it is not" retorted Selwyn so
bluntly that Eileen turned from the
window at a sound in his voice which
she had never before heard.
"Oh" Austin stared over his sus-
pended teacup, then drained it. "Trou-
BILE with our friend Julius?' he in
quired.
mo trouble. 1 merely severed my
connection with him."
"Ah! When?"
This morning"
GIN that case" said Austin, laugh
ing, I've job for you.'
mo, old fellow, and thank you with
all my heart. I've half made up my
mind to live on my income for awhile
and take up that chaosite matter
again"
And blow yourself to smithereens!
Why spatter nature thusT'
mo fear" said Selwyn, laughing
"And if it promises anything 1 may
come to you for advice on how to start
it commercially"
"If it doesn't start you heavenward
you shall have my advice from a safe
distance. I'll telegraph it." said AIS
tin. But, if it's not personal, why on
earth have you shaken Neergard?"
And Selwyn answered simply: 81
don't like him. That is the reason,
Austin"
The children from the head of the
stairs were now shouting demands for
their father, and Austin rose, pretend
ing to grumble.
"Those confounded kids! A man Is
never permitted moment to himself.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-27

patience and unfailing good spirits and
his unconcealed admiration for her
softened her manner toward him to the
point of liberation.
And Neergard, from his equivocal
footing in the house of Ruthven, OBJ
taiped another no less precarious in
the house of Fane-all in the begin
ming on purely gaming basis. How
ever, Gerald had already proposed him
for the Stuyvesant and Proscenium
clubs, and, furthermore, stormy dis
cussion was now in progress among
the members of the famous Siowitha
over an amazing proposition from their
treasurer, Jack Ruthven.
! This proposal was nothing less than
to admit Neergard to membership in
that wealthy and exclusive country
club as a choice Of the lesser evil, for
it appeared, according to Ruthven, that
Neergard, if admitted, was willing to
restore to the club free of rent the
thousands of acres vitally necessary to
the clubs existence as game preserve,
merely retaining the title to these lands
for himself.
Draymore was incenSed at the pro-
posal, Harmon, Orchil and Fame were
disgustedly noncommittal, but Phoe-
nix Notify was perhaps the angriest
man on Long Island.
I'm the name of decency, Jack" he
said, what are you dreaming of? Is it
not enough that this man Neergard
holds us up once? Do 1 understand
that he has the impudence to do it
again with your connivance? Are you
going to let him sandbag us into elect
ing him? Is that the sort of holdup
you stand for? Well, then, tell you
I'll never vote for him. I'd rather see
these lakes and streams of ours dry
up. I'd rather see the last pheasant
shared and the last covey leave for the
other end of the island than buy off
that Dutchman with a certificate of
membership in the Siowithaw
"In that case" retorted Ruthven,
wed better wind up our affairs and
make arrangements for an auctioneer."
"All right. Wind up and be hangedv
said Notify. "There'll be at least suffl-
Client self respect left in the treasury
to go round"
Which was all very fine, and Notify
meant 1t at the time, but outside Of
the asset Of self respect there was too
much money invested in the lands.
plant and buildings, in the streams,
lakes, hatcheries and forests of the
Siowitha. The enormously wealthy
seldom stand long upon dignity If that
dignity Is going to be very expensive.
Only the poor can afford disastrous self
respect.
So the chances were that Neergard
would become a member, which was
why he had acquired the tract. and the
price he would have to pay was not
only in taxes upon the acreage, but Sc
cretly solid sum in addition to little
Mr.. Ruthven, whom he was binding to
him by every tie he could pay for.
He suffered Gerald and little Ruth
ven to pilot him. He remained cheer
fully oblivious to the snubs and indif-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-27


afraid of Selwyn's opinion, afraid of
herself most of all, for she understood
herself well enough to realize that If
conditions became intolerable the first
and easiest course out of it would be
the course she'd take-wherever it led,
whatever it cost or whoever was in
volved.
In addition to her dread and excite
ment she was deeply chagrined and
unhappy, and, although Jack Ruthven
did not again refer to the matter-ln-
deed, appeared to have forgotten it
her alarm and humiliation remained
complete, for Gerald now came and
played and went as he chose, and in
her disconnected cowardice she dared
not do more than plead with Gerald in
secret until she began to find the emo
tion consequent upon such intimacy
unwise for them both.
Neergard, too, was becoming a fa-
miliar figure in her drawing room, and,
though at first she detested him, his
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-27
Ghe Younger Set
BY ROBERT w. CHAMBERS,
Author of "THe FIGHTING CHANCE" Etc.
Copyrighted, 1907, by Robert w. Chambers.

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Within, the pages were closely GOV.
cred with the minute, careful hand.
writing Of her father. 1t was the flrst
notebook he ever kept, and Selwyn
had had it bound for her In gold.
For an instant she gazed, breathless,
lips parted. Then slowly she placed
the yellowed pages against her lips
and, turning, looked straight at Sci
wyn, the splendor Of her young eyes
starred with tears.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-27

scrambled to her feet as Selwyn halt
ed on the threshold of the room.
''Why, how odd you look!" said Ell
leen, laughing. "Come in, please. Su-
same and are only mending some of
our summer things. Were you in
search Of the children? Don't say so
If you were, because I'm quite happy
in believing that you knew 1 was here.
Did you?"
"Where are the children?" he asked.
'''In the park, my very rude friend
You will find them on the mall if you
start at once"
He hesitated, but finally seated him
self, emitting the little formal hand
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-27
Chapter IL =

LEEN, sewing by the
nursery window, looked
up. Her little Alsatian
maid, cross legged on
the floor at her feet,
sewing away diligently,
also looked up, then
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-27
l5&

LIKE RUTHvEN had not
yet dared tell Selwyn that
her visit to his rooms was
known to her husband.
She was now afraid of
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-25
SUED
BY HIS WIFE FOR
MAINTENANCE
Antonio Volpe, Former Assist
ant Excise Inspector, Is
the Defendant.

Antonio Volpe, a Republican politi.
clan and former assistant excise in
spector, is being sued before Vice
Chancellor Howell for separate mainte-
nance by his wife, Carmela. Volpe. AL
fred N. Dalrymple, chairman of the
Republican County Committee, and
Chauncey G. Parker represent the de-
PENDANT, while Eugene Dotto and
Philip J.. Schotland are counsel for the
plaintiff.
Teresa Alfredo, whom her husband
says is his first cousin, came to this
country, she has resided in her hus-
bands household, and all his attentions
have been given to her. At table. she
claims, he would look after the COM
fort of Miss Alfredo and was appar-
emily Indifferent as to whether there
was any food for herself.
In her bill for alimony the complain
ant stated that her husband insisted in
October, 1906, in moving from q Sixth
avenue. TO 81 River street, where they
engaged a room. This was for the pur-
pose, she stated, of holding his position
as excise inspector and to enable him
to do some ele%ctioneering in the second
district of the Fourth ward.
When Mr.. Dalrymple started to ques-
ton the woman on this point the vice.
chancellor smiliEgly remarked, THAT
won't do here, although it might be
all right to argue that before the county
committee.