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CHAPTER xxxv.-contlnued.

Romanoff was handsome as a god
brave, masterful, impetuous, of high
birth; the sort Of man, II seemed to
Hardy, to appeal to a woman like the
princess.
"And l." he laughed, bitterly, "am
"A merchant here in her autocratic
and aristocratic RUSSIA merchant
who owes her sufferance of me to the
fact that can shoot straight"
He said nothing that night to Wang
of the impending duel, but the boy
seemed aware that some danger
threatened his master, or that the lat.
ter was gravely troubled about some.
thing. Although told several times,
kindly, to go to bed, he returned as
often. and lowered about Hardy. In
deed. Wang responded to Hardy
moods with that delicacy of under.
standing sometimes seen in a dog for
its master, or a woman for the man
she loves.
"Well. Wang" said Hardy at last,
you may sit up all night IL you
choose. but l. for one. am going to get
some sleep, Good night!"-and he
retired to his own room.
He began to undress slowly and
absentmindedly. standing for long min
utes motionless in the middle of the
floor. or dropping into a chair, In deep
thought, as though he were confronted
by some weighty problem that he
could not solve. He turned off the
digit at last and crept into bed, but
he was destined to be again disturbed
by Wang, who tapped timldly at the
door.
THAT boy Is becoming a nuisance!"
ne muttered; there is such thing as
too much devotion. Well, Wang," he
shouted, sharply.
"If you please" called Wang, here
Is a note for you"
Hardy arose. went to the door and
took a letter from the boys hand.
Wait" he commanded, till / see
n there is an answer"
He tore open the envelope and read /:
My Friend: I have just learned that the
duel is 20 take place In the morning, and
that pistols are the weapons chosen You
know that | gave my consent to this de-
plorhDie eHalt because you asked me In
terms that left me no choice. 1 am going
now 90 beg something OF you: II is that
you spare my headstrong and violent
cousins life. He wfonged you outrage
ously. know. and in the name of the
Romanoff family. I humbly beg your par
don for that wrong. but should you kill
him-and your wonderful skill places his
life entirely in your hands-I should feel
that his blood 10 on my head. Will you
not grant Distracted womans PRAYER
and spare his Efef Wound him. il you
will. but. oh. do not kill him! By granting
this request. you will place under still
deeper obligations one who already owes
you more than she can ever hope 10 re-
bay ELIzABErHA RoMANQvNA.
An no read. Hardy turned pale TO
no uDa He tore the note in small
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| steeds gave a great bound and WENT

steeds gave a great bound and went
scurrying through the early streets
Of the Muscovite capital. In half an
hour they had reached their destina-
ton, a thick wood on the banks of the
Moskva. Hardy's other second was
already on the spot with a surgeon, a
fat little man. wrapped thick in furs,
who walked briskly to and fro in the
snow, carrying a case of instruments.
You are in good time, gentlemen"
cried Gortchakov, consulting his
watch, "there are still ten minutes to
spare"
Il think hear sleigh bells now"
said the surgeon. II hope IL is Ro-
manor, SO that l can get back to my
warm bed. What the devil people
want to come out in such weather as
this, is more than l can understand.
Let them shoot each other and be
damned, IL they want to. but not at
this hour and in such weather.
I'VE shall try to be expeditions"
said Hardy. cheerfully, "and. in the
meantime, beg pardon for my share
in the inconvenience TO which we are
putting you. You're right about the
sleigh bells. Here are our friends
now"
Through a vista between the leafess
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CHAPTER xxxvI.
The Duel.

The Duel.
Frederick CORTLAND Hardy slept
poorly that night. The typical hero
of romance, when about to fight duel
at break of day goes to bed and sleeps
more soundly than ever before in his
life. This deep slumber proves his
iron nerve more incontestably than
any amount of swash-buckling bravo
do or any number of great oaths could
do. But we are not dealing with a
typical hero of romance.
Hardy, as he tossed about for hours
on the bed, felt genuine disgust at
himself that he was unable to go to
sleep. He experienced no fear, and he
had feeling that 1t was irregular for
a gentleman to lie awake under such
circumstances.
About midnight It occurred to him
that it might be good thing to make
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SYNOPSIS.

Fsederiok Hardy. fashionable Boston,
fociety man. lost his wealth., was Jnvsu
charge OF an American Trading Company
store In Russia On his journey throush
Japan he met stapleton Neville. sup
SO together 20 Russia, Because Of sus,
plcious circumstances they were sevel s
dimes molested by the Japanese. Hsroy
were papers showing maps OF jap forts:
Hardy was proven guiltiess. On q IAN
ne met Aisome Sane. daughter OF eoynS
gictsres OF forta. proving him 70 Pe ,s =
Russian 10Y. kafdy departed for s Susi
h s on stssm Which .s was rs.S wrsfN BY
a Russian steamer. On reaching yladi,,
vostok he was we'll treated. He started
Tor Siberia, meeting Princess kom a.ssS for
Amur Hardy showed the princess his his
was was stranded, The PRINCESS ssse ana asrs sy
paved their lives. The princess thanked
HARDY Tor his heroism. Manchurians
s 5St the craft Hardy bS Sls% u Re
the Pushkin's decks. An attempt was
made 20 board the vessel The attacking
Shinsse were repIised. Home sbe psineess
Stanka a messenger, sent for help, was
nailed to a cross on the shore. To put an
Snd g. the awful st torture HSrd taxing Ss
own life In his hands. Forest fires men
aced the vessel Hardy volunteered 20
81 for help sSe s,pstsd 10 swim
with the princess distress message. Ro-
rnenof was angry at Hardy for MS brave
pr,s g 20. rescue s sas Ps'n way lie said
Hardy had made love openly to jap
hnese girl. Help came and the princess
Arriving at his destination he took
change OF the trading company's busi-
moss. Hardy received letter from so
triel leader in Boston and another from
Atsome. Hardy took lessons in Russian
of Jew, thus connecting himself in
fwsy with that race. Hardy received a
Tor his bravery. Gardy's teacher was in
danger OF death. He employed wang as
p servant. Hardy went 20 Moscow, where
he Yves invited to call upon the princess
no started for the palace home of Prin-
cess Romanovna- Hardy aroused unac-
countable jealousy of his Korean boy by
the princess. He engaged a cabman who
drove him TO a large house on poorly
lighted street. After entering the house.
b,hiiists who supposed he was Felix Hu-
lin, come to tell them OF powerful ex-
piosive he had discovered. The real Hulin
arrived and denounced Hardy as an inn
poster. The nihilists determined to. kill
FINDING an unloaded revolver in his over
bomb, which lay on the table, and swore
TO blow them all up together y they
touched him Holding the nihilists at
bay, Hardy started TO leave the room
when the police were heard at the outer
door Hulin threw his bomb. killing sew
erel policemen. the nihilists fed and Ba-
ruch the Jew. suddenly appeared and led
Hardy to the cellar. Baruch conducted
Hardy through an underground passage
20 another house. from which he boldly
emerged and returned to his hotel. Hardy
visited the princess. contributed 40 the
FUND Cor the relief OF the victims of the
nlhliists. He gave more than Romanoh
had. The latter, entering the room,
openly insuIted him. Romanom struck
Hardy who challenged him to a duel
The Russian accepted. Preparations for
the duel were made.
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CHAPTER xxxvll.
The Gold Cuff Button.

BY the surgeons orders, Gortchakov
drove directly to hospital, where
Hardy was laid upon a bed and his
wound examined and dressed. The
princes bullet had passed through
the flesh beneath the shoulder, ma
king a clean perforation-a painful
but not a dangerous wound. Hardy
revived in the sledge, and to Gort.
chakov's demand why he had shot so
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a Am Faint, Lieutenant. Let Me Lean on You"

MANI" asked Romanoff. in voice that
made no attempt to conceal a sneer
"He seems to be slightly weary.
thought | must have hit him. How is
1t, surgeon? Have done his business
for him?"
'He is seriously wounded, ] fear,
replied the surgeon. Get his coat
about him. Here, lift him into the
sledge. Let me get in with you. Now,
drive like mad; drive, l say!"
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bits and dropped them into waste
paper basket.
rs there any answer. dear master?'
called the voice of Wang through the
door
NO." replied Hardy, there is nc
answer.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
OFFICER SHOOTS STRANGER
Thinks Man Dead at Bellevue
Was Hit by Him in Flight.

A man who said he was Joseph zal-
tenas, a painter, of No. 344 East 61S-
street. who was taken from doctors
office in East 23d street on Saturday
morning, where he had gone to be
treated, suffering from a bullet wound,
died yesterday afternoon in Bellevue
Hospital. He told the police that he
had been shot accidentally by friend.
Last night Mounted Patrolman Will
lam H Green, of the Jamaica station,
viewed the body at the Morgue and said
he thought the man looked like the one
he had shot early Saturday morning
lust before dawn on Rocky Hill Road,
Jamaica Green told a story of riding
his horse through the road, which goes
through wood and suddenly coming
upon a man driving a buggy. Green
galloped up, thinking the buggy needed
investigation. He called upon the man
TO stop. The man replied with an oath.
Green fired three shots to bring the
man to a halt. The patrolman says he
saw a revoIver's CLINT and heard it click.
He fired at the man point blank
The wounded man, with a cry of you
got mer' jumped from the buggy and
made off into the woods.
The policeman caught the horse, which
was later recognized as the property OF
John Weeks, Of Lynbrook. The buggy
is as yet unclaimed. In it were several
sets of harness. A second buggy and
horse were also found near the scene Of
the shooting
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
SOCIALIST REPLY TO TAFT
Milwaukee Leader Says System Is
Natural Development.
From The Tribune Bureat


Philadelphia, June 5.--At a mass meeting
at Labor Lyceum Hall to-day Alderman
Berger. the socialist leader of milwaukee,,
made a spirited reply 10 President Tafts
speech of Saturday, In which the Presi-
dent declared that the gravest problem
facing the United States to-day is that of
socialism.
President Taft does not understand
socialism, said Berger. ''It is not merely
a theory. as he says, but It is a new phase
OF civilization, new epoch in civilization.
1t is the phase that will follow capitalism,
jus. as capitalism followed feudalism-
Every phase OF civilization is a little
higher than the one before, and IT has
always been menace to the one before.
To whom is socialism now a menace?
Why. to Rockefeller. to President Taft, 20
Charles f. Murphy and to your own boss,
McNichol.'
Berger declared that "a trust is socialism
for the few and he'll for the many.
He said that Wisconsin would send two
socialist Congressman to Washington next
fall, and that 1t viii soon be a socialist
state. He predicted that socialism will
win out In dozen large cities within the
neYt hte years, and branded the socialists
OF New York and Philadelphia as "impos-
sihilists,' because they do nothing but In
dulge In hot air." I'VE are going 70 give
Milwaukee the hest, administration she ever
had said Berger. sWe are going 10 give
her the best administration any American
city ever had"
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
THE PRESIDENT RETURNS
Pleased with Enthusiasm Shown
by Crowds AIono Routes

Washington, June 6.-President Taft re-
turned - the capital tonight, reaching here
at S:H o'clock. He entered waiting auto
mobile and was driven Immediately to the
White House, announcing that he would
see no one and would hold no conferences
He looks the picture of health.
Senator Burrows and Charles D. Hilles,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, who
accompanied Mr.. Taft on his Western trip,
were with him. The party was joined at
Baltimore by Charles D. Norton, former
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, who
begins his new duties tomorrow as secre-
tary to the President 1t was the first time
Mr.. Norton had been able to confer with
Mr.. Taft since his appointment.
The President was highly pleased with
the enthusiasm shown by the crowds that
greeted him at all the railroad stations st
which the Presidential train stopped to-day.
Although there was steady downpOur of
rain cheering crowds hailed Mr. Taft, y ho
spoke briefly at several points.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06

owned by Joseph Underwood, of No. I'D
East 1a4th street.
With six friends Underwood had
Sound, and everything went merrily
until the little craft was about mile off
shore from Old Oak Point, near Port
Morris. Then the heavy sweIls buffeted
the boat about until the propeller was
parted from the shaft.
The Owl Immediately began to drift,
and was driven before the cold wind to
a point between Berrians and South
Brother Island. Underwood tried re-
peatedly TO bring her up with the
anchor, but II was too light for such q
wind, and the occupants of the launch,
by this time chattering. wet through and
trembling for their safety, kept footing
and waving all sorts Of signals of dis
tress.
Their efforts attracted the attention of
Sergeant Zole and his men, and in iiffy
they had the "owl" in tow and took her
to Clason's Point, where new propeller
was shipped
Sound further distress whistles were
heard, and the launch Tip Pa was seen
drifting rapidly into deep water and
deeper trouble near Riker's Island.
Paul Schroeder, the owner, who lives at
No. 40 HalIett street, Astoria, had been
undecided at first whether he should brave
the elements. The water looked cain,
however. and. taking along his wife and
two young children, with another man,
he started out.
short distance from shore the engine
suddenly refused TO work, and, TO add TO
his troubles, the storm broke.
Schroeder gave all his attention 20
keeping the boat from drifting out into
the Sound, and by determined effort
managed to get enough movement out of
the engine TO keep the boat toward
Riker's Island. where the water was
quieter than outside.
The Tip Pa was towed to North Beach,
where she was repaired and finally pro
ceeded back to Astoria.
The harbor police declared 1t was a
mystery to them how some OF the vent
uresome sea motorists did not meet with
disaster In the conditions that prevailed
in nearby waters.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
NEW COURT READY TO OPEN
Customs Tribunal Starts with
225 Gases or It's Docket.

Washington, June with 225 cases on
its docket as a starter, the latest federal
court, the United States Court of Customs
Appeals, will begin business on Tuesday.
On that morning the five judges of the
new court viii begin to hear arguments in
cases on the calendar. 1t is expected that
the entire membership of the court will be
present 1t consists of Presiding Judge
Robert NJ Montgomery, of Michigan, and
Associate Judges William H. Hunt, of
Montana; James f. Smith, of California;
Orion NJ Barber, Of Vermont, and Marion
De Vries. of California.
Although there are 225 cases docketed In
the court preparations for hearing, such as
the filing of records and briefs, have made
it possible for the clerk Of the court. Ar
thur B. Shelton, to place only 10s on the
calendar for argument at this time.
These cases have been gathered from all
over the country. Importers and the gov
ernment. when not satisfied with the de-
cision of the Board of General Appraisers,
had taken cases into the district courts,
the circuit courts and the circuit courts
of appeals Of the United States. BY law
these were transferred TO the docket of the
Court of Customs Appeals In addition.
many cases have been brought direct from
lne bOdiu oI PetiSI di appioio0tP' o.
The cases to be heard include most OF
the varieties that arise out of the applica-
tion of tariff laws. Most Of them relate 10
the collection of customs under the Ding
ley law. but many cali for an interpreta>
ton of the language in the Aldrich-Payne
tariff act
The term Of the court which begins on
Tuesday probably viii run through June
and July. The court may adjourn then
until September or October. No arrange
ments have been made for the handing g
down of decisions, although rules have been
adopted governing the general procedure
before the court.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
IDITARoD GOLD STAMPEDE
Greatest Rush to Alaska Since the
Klondike DayS.

Iditarod City, Alaska. June l. via haltag,
Alaska, June 5-Three hundred and fifty
prospectors. the first party Of stampeders
to reach the new IditarOd gold fields. ar
rived from Fairbanks yesterday, after a
three weeks trip down the Yukon River
All say that the stampede will be the
greatest since the famous rush to the
Klondike thirteen years ago. but Macy old
time gold seekers are pessimistic over the
prospects for getting sudden wealth from
the gravel along the banks Of the Iditarod
and the Innoko rivers.
Estimates place the number of prospec-
tors who will arrive during the early sum
mer at five thousand. Many say that the
summer camp will not support more than
one thousand miners, as only seven miles
of pay dirt have been found and that none
is extraordinary.
Tt is believed that at least half OF those
in the main camp. Iditarod City, will turn
back to the Kuskokwiu, where they expect
to build camp, fifty miles across the
divide At present IditarOd City consists
of a few cabins. No wharf has been built
and freight is dumped on the ground.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
STRIKE MAY Be AvERIED.
Otis Machinists Vote to Go Out,
but Meet Employers To-day
ALL YoNKERS is CONCERNED
Teamsters and Longshoremen
Agree to Act with the
Machinists Union.

Yonkers is waiting in expectancy for ths
first skirrnish in the threatened stFiAe "a
the FIVE hundred machinists In tne JUS
Elevator Works. who have demanded tnat
their wages be increased p cents a day
The men held a meeting last night, more
than five hundred of the one thousand en-
rfoved as machinfsts in the WORKS, oeins
In attendance. After the question Of their
troubles with their employers had oeeh
thoroughly discussed the men voted 70 20
on strike Immediately. if their demands
were not met by the Otis people.
II was said last night that should the
men go out on strike, they VIII also De
aided by moro than six hundred electrical
workers and expert carpenters employees
In the Otis Elevator Works, VINO VIII 80
out In sympathy with the machinists- Not
ONLY will the Yonkers plant or the OVis
company be affected by the threateneu
strike, but all the men in the Bulialo
works have pledged their word 10 'helr
union brothers IN Yonkers 10 90 OUT siii'ui-
taneously
Every 1ongshoreman and teamstsr II Oii-
Isers met representatives OF the macIiliiiS' So
yesterday and pledged their uniteo su
in case the machinists should deciu7
walk out. Owing to this agreement. the
piece OF material taken to or from 'h9
works while the strike Is in progress
It is known that the Otis Elevator com
many has many contracts outstanding and
on hand, and that this is the season OF the
wear when it has the largest call for an
unbroken force Of men in its shops me
union men in the works are well organized
and have been perfecting their plans TO
strike for some weeks. It is said they are
prepared to stay out for months, y neces-
sary until their demands for an increase
are met By the Otis company.
The threatened strike would. II IS ests-
mated para1yze business in Workers az
fectng more than a thousand men anu
tying up all shipping on the river IIoLt-
The ernfsssries of the nnachinists, Carpen-
ters and electrical workers in the Gus
elevator works are exgset9t8 fo9eg 9eSt rgPrg Tsn
an attempt viii be made 70 ADJUST tIo
differences in a satisfactory manner. IN
the mean time Yonkers aWalts tli9 ou-OOiI0
with considerable uneasiness-
IBy Telegraph to The Tribuns-I
Buffalo. June 5-About four hundred en-
ployes OF the Otis Elevator Works Of this
city have told r. W. Gardner, the local
manager. that they will go out on strike
tomorrow. The men say they are al or
sanized as members of the international
Organization of Machinists. Mr. Gardner
says less than II'eS HuEuIeu VIII
to che call Of the union to-day
The men demand a minimum wage OF
81 10 a day and reduction of the working
day from ten to nine hours The shop IS
an open one, and Mr.. Gardner declares
that the attempt of the lator leaders is %
force the company to make a closed one
and require that all employees shall be
members of tho organization OF machin1sts-
Nearly all of the employees in Buffalo are
skilled machinists
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
LAUNCH PARTIES IN PERIL
Police Rescue Two Stricken
Crews in the East River.

Seven men in one launch and a man
with his wife and two children and a
helper I'm another had narrow escapes on
the Sound during the heavy weather
that prevailed yesterday
They we're not the only motor boat en-
thusiasts. indeed. who dared TO face the
cold. wind and rain i'm pursuit of their
favorite sport, nor were they the only
ones 10 get in trouble. but the others
fared better in the end. Fortunately
Sergeant Zole, Of Hsrbor Squad 3, with
sIx men. Was on the lookout, and his SER
vices were early called into reauisition.
soon sfter the rain began IN the mid
die of the afternoon Police Launch ]
~ss petrcllins near fhe entrance % the
eound. when the crew P1as attracted by
eiEtress signals from the launch oHL
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
CoUNTRY's MONEY INCREASING
If Divided Equally Every Inhabitant
Would Have S34 SO.

Washington. June Treasury officials
figure that if ali the money in circula-
tion in the United States were divided
equally every man, wonlan and child would
have SEA So This is Ia cents per capita
more than they would have had by the
same process of computation a month ago.
Compared with q year ago, there was on
June 1 $14,000,000 more money in circull-
tion, and yet, strsngs as 1t may seem, the
per capita was AZ cents less. This, it IS
said, is due to the increase in population, it
Icing proportionately more than the growth
of the circula ting medium, The general
stock OF money in the United States oh
June 1 was s3.4tg,3,2, asa. OF which sass
o76,537 was held in the Treasury a. assets
of the government
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
NEW STORE PLAN FOR ENGLAND
Five Threepence and Sixpence Shops
Opened by Americans There.

Washington June 5.-That distinctive
American Institution the and 10 cent
store, has been introduced into England,
bearing the name three-pe IS cents) AMI
six pence (12 cents store, and. 1t Is be-
lieVed. according TO Benjamin +. Chase,
United States Consul al Leeds, that this en-
terprise, which is run by an American firm
besides being profitable, will change tbs
custom OF shoplteeping there
With the opening recently OF a large three
pence and sixperce store in Leeds English
shoppers had the opportunity of entering
and looking around without being pressed
10 buy rhe English appreciation OF this
innovation is shown BY the interest aroused
IN the buying public there, crowds of people
constantly visiting the store On the open
ing day mare than forty-seven thousand
persons inspected the rooms
Five such stores now have been opened
IN the larger cities of England by American
enterprise. Leeds is the shopping centre Of
nt least ons million psopls.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
ROBBIEG THE DEAD OF HAIR
Chinese Authorities Taking Steps to
Check Exports Here.

Victoria, B. c., June Women in the
United States who purchase switches of
black haig will be interested to learn tlat
a crusade has been begun by the Chinese
government against Chinese who supply
human hair for shipment to America. ac-
cording to reports brought by the Empress
Of India.
1t seems that a charitable institution of
Canton which buries large numbers of pau-
pers whose relatives are unable to provide
collins, found that the hair dealers were
exhuming corpses to recover hair. The ad-
thorities took action against the dealers.
Instances have been reported of the hair
exporters cutting hair in crowds. and the
officials are prosecuting all persons apprc-
hended