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CHAPTER XIV. tcontlnued) i.

When they entered the library Fen
tress turned and took stock OF his
guests. Mahaffy he had seen before;
Yancy and Cavendish were OF course
strangers to him, but their appear.
ance explained them; last OF all his
glance shifted to the Judge. He had
heard something of those activities by
means of which Slocum Price had
striven to distinguish himself, and he
had certain curiosity respecting the
man. 1t was Immediately satisfied.
The judge had reached degree OF
shabbiness seldom equaled, and but
for his mellow. effulgent personality
might well have passed for a common
vagabond; and II his dress advertised
the state Of his finances, his face ex-
planned his habits. No misconception
was possible about either.
May l offer you glass OF liquor?"
asked Fentress, breaking the silence.
He stepped to the walnut comfortable
where there was a decanter, and
glasses. BY a gesture the Judge de-
clined the invitation. Whereat the
colonel looked surprised, but not so
surprised as Mahaffy. There was an
other silence.
II don't think we ever met before?"
observed Fentress. There was some
thing in the fixed stare his visitor was
bending upon him that he found dis
Quieting, just why, he could not have
told.
But that fixed stare of the judges
continued. No, the man had not
changed-he had grown older certain.
ly, but age had not come ungraceful-
ly; he became the glossy broadcloth
and spotless linen he wore. Here was
man who could command the good
things of life, using them with ra-
tional temperance, The room itself
was In harmony with his character;
1t was plain but rich In its appoint
ments. at once his library and his Of
fee. while the well-filled cases ranged
about the walls showed his tastes to
be In the main scholarly and intel
lectual.
How long have you lived here?"
asked the Judge abruptly. Fentress
seemed to hesitate; but the Judges
glance, compelling and insistent. de-
manded an answer.
Ten years."
you have known many men OF all
classes as a lawyer and a planter"
said the Judge. Fentress inclined his
head. The Judge took step nearer
him, People have great trick of
coming and going in these western
states-all sorts of damned rifrrafr
drift in and out of these new lands"
A deadly earnestness lifted the judges
words above mere rudeness Fen
tress. cold and distant, made no reply.
For the past twenty years have
been looking for man by the name
of Gatewood-David Gatewood" Dis
ciplined as he was, the colonel start.
ed violently. Ever heard of him.
Fentress" demanded the fudge with
q savage scowl
What's all this to me?" The words
came with gasp from Fentress'
twitching lips. The Judge looked at
him m-ody and frowning,
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The Boy had often wondered how
1t would seem to have mother, as 9th
er boys had. But they did not think it
30 wonderful, even when they were
kissed and caressed in that fond fool
ish way some mothers have.
The Boy remembered one expert
ence, an experience so wonderful that
he could never forget it. One cold
morning in January, when on his way
to school, he called for Jack, his boy
friend. Jacks mother, a smiling,
sweet-voiced woman, had insisted upon
her son wearing overshoes, much
against his will, and had buttoned his
coat and tucked around his neck a
warm soft muff1er.
Jack had objected, he could not see
the need of so much fuss" on his
mothers part, and he was in hurry
to try his new sled on the hill back of
the school house before the morning
session opened.
The Boy had watched with serious
blue eyes as the mother drew her son
to her and kissed his round rosy
cheek. Perhaps she noticed his visit
full gaze, for she slipped her other
arm around him, and kissed him, too.
His pale thin face flushed with unex-
pected pleasure. And then they had
gone out into the snow. Jack wore an
expression Of annoyance at what his
mother had done, but the Boys face
shone with a new happiness, while his
heart was warm with glow that 1t
had never felt before.
That night he had gone to sleep
with his small pillow clasped In his
arms, his cheek pressed close to it
in most pathetic way. He had whis-
pered to it tender words of love, and
had called 1t Mother"
Ellen, his nurse, coming to tuck him
in for the night, found his pillow tight
ly clasped in his, arms. She could not
understand this, and had thought him
Just strange little boy" The moth
er in her had never been awakened;
she knew nothing of boy nature.
Il wonder what ever he Is doing
that for? Doesn't he know how to use
his pillow? It's too dreadfully foolish!"
She carefully removed 1t from the
Boys arms, smoothed and put 1t in its
proper place. She then turned out the
light and quietly left the room.
AS the boy became familiar with the
use of the pen, he began to compose
little letters to an imaginary mother.
Dear Mother" he would begin, II
wish you was here to see your little
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ElttIno Retort.

He was very large, and evidently
had imbibed too freely. He conversed
with every one in the car with splen
did impartiality.
At Market street, as most Of the
passengers arose to get out, he stood
back with wobbly courtesy and said in
clarion tones, with flourish Of one
unsteady hand:
STAND aside and let all the old
maids of first, gentlemen"
One sour-faced dame, who evidently
came under the head Of those who
were to descend first, turned her SHARP
nose about in his face and retorted
shrilly:
"Sir, II all the men we're like you
good many Of US would be proud II
be old Observation-Disclosures Times.
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boy at school. beat 'em all In spell
in today and teacher said l was dom
fine. wish you could see me coastin'
down hill on my new sled father gave
me my birthday. Father Is dretful
busy, he has no time to play with his
little boy as you wood, mother Your
own little boy. Robert"
Or
my own lovin' Mother: Jacks
mother kist him six times cause he is
six years old. l wish you Good kiss
me six times when am six years old
which will be next week-dear mother
l can trow ball farder than most eny
other boy no Of l wish so much |
Good see you and love you. Goodby
from your own-Bobby."
One day the Boys father found one
Of these pitiful little letters. He read
1t through with eyes that were wet
and an ache In his throat. He went
to the Boys room to place 1t carefully
In the drawer Of his small desk. Here
he found other little notes that plainly
showed painstaktng effort In correct
ness and neatness. There wasn't q
blot Of any kind to mar the simple
Wilderness Of the page. Poor little
motherless kidd" he said half aloud,
Father didn't know"
He went down to the library and
locked himself In. He drew from a
drawer in his desk faded photo
graph of woman. Long and earnest.
ly he looked at her face; there were
the same serious blue eyes and sensi.
tive mouth which he could see every
day in the small face of his son. He
wondered If he had loved her enough /;
If he had always been the thoughtful,
considsrate and kindly companion. But
those were busy years, one continual
grind for the ever needful dollar. Yes,
u was q patient face, but full of wist-
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Il have reason to think this man
Gatewood came to west Tennessee"
he said.
IF so, | have never heard OF him"
Perhaps not under that name-at
any rate, you are going to hear OF him
tween ourselves was a damned scoun-
dreP'-the colonel winced-"this man
Gatewood had a friend who threw
money and business in his way-s
planter he was, same as Gatewood. A
sort of partnership existed between
the pair. 1t proved an expensive en-
terprise for Gatewood's friend, since
he came to trust the damned scoun-
drel more and more as time passed
even large sums OF his money were
in Gatewood's hands" Fentress
countenance was like stone, as express
sionless and as rigid.
By the door stood Mahafry with
Yancy and Cavendish; they under
stood that what was obscure and
meaningless to them held tragic
significance to these two men. The
judges heavy face, ordinarily battered
and debauched, but Infinitely good
deep passion, and the voice that rum
bled forth from his capacious chest
came to their ears like distant thun-
der.
This friend of Gatewoods had
wife" The judges voice broke, emo
ton shook him like a leaf; he was
tearing open his wounds. He reached
over and poured himself drink, suck
ing it down with greedy lips. There
was wife" he whirled about on his
heel and faced Fentress again. There
was wife, Fentress-" he fixed Fen
tress with his blazing eyes. "A wife
and child. Well, one day Gatewood
and the wife were missing. Under the
circumstances Gatewood's friend was
we'll rid of the pair-he should have
been grateful, but he wasn't, for his
wife took his child, daughter; and
Gatewood a tritie Of thirty thousand
dollars his friend had intrusted to
him."
There was another silence.
AT later day | met this man who
had been betrayed by his wife and
robbed by his friend He had fallen
out OF the race-drink had done for
him-there was just one thing he
seemed to care about, and that was
the fate Of his child, but maybe he
was only curious there. He wondered
If she had lived, and married." Once
more the judge paused
What's all this to me?" asked Fen
tress.
Are you sure it's nothing to your"
demanded the judge hoarsely I'm
derstand this, Fentress, Gatewood's
treachery brought ruin to at least two
lives. 1t caused the woman's father
to hide his face from the world; It
wasn't enough for him that his
friends believed his daughter dead; he
knew differently, and the shame OF
that knowledge ate into his soul. 1t
cost the husband his place in the
world, too-in the end 1t made OF him
vagabond and a penniless wan
derer"
This is nothing to me-" said Fen
tress
Watt" cried the judge. About six
years ago the woman was seen at her
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~ XAUCHAN KESTER

fathers home in North Carolina. /
reckon Gatewood had cast her on
She didn't go back empty-handed She
had run away from her husband with
a child-a girl; after a lapse OF twen-
ty years she returned to her father
with a boy of two or three. There
are two questions that must be an
swered when | find Gatewood what
became OF the woman, and what be-
came OF the child; are they living or
dead; did the daughter grow up and
marry and have son? When | get
my answer 1t will be time enough to
think OF Gatewood's punishment"
The judge leaned forward across the
table, bringing his face close to Fen
tress' face. Look at me-do you
know me now?"
But Fentress' expression never al
tered. The judge fell back a step.
"Fentress, want the boy" he said
quietly.
What boy?"
MY grandson!"
You are mad! What do | know
of him-or you" Fentress was gain
ing courage from the sound OF his
own voice
You know who he is and where he
is. Your business relations with this
man Ware have put you on the track
of the Quintard lands in this state.
You intend to use the boy to gather
them in"
You're mad!" repeated Fentress.
Unless you bring him to me inside
of twenty-four hours I'll smash you'll"
roared the judge. Your name isn't
Fentress, it's Gatewood; you've stolen
the name of Fentress, just as you
have stolen other things. What's
come of Turberville's money? Damn
your soul! | want my grandson! I'll
pull you down and leave you stripped
and bare! I'll tell the world the false
friend you've been-the thief you are!
I'll strip you and turn you out OF
these doors as naked as when you en-
tered the world" The Judge seemed
to tower above Fentress; the man
had shot up out of his deep debase-
ment. Choose! Choose!" he thun-
dered, his shaggy brows bent in a
menacing frown.
II know nothing about the boy"
said Fentress slowly.
by God. you lie!" stormed the
Judge.
Il know nothing about the. boy"
and Fentress took step toward the
door.
Stay where you are!" commanded
the judge. IF you attempt to leave
this room to call your niggers I'll kill
you on it's Threshold"
But Yancy and Cavendish had
that was evident, and Fentress' thin
face cast itself in haggard lines. He
was feeling the judges terrible ca
pacity, his unexpected ability to deal
with supreme situation. Even Ma
haffy gazed at his friend in wonder
He had only seen him spend himself
on trifies, with no further object than
stepped to the door with an intention
the next meal or the next drink; he
had believed that as he knew him so
he had always been, lax and loose OF
tongue and deed, noisy tavern hero,
but now he saw that he was filling
what must have been the measure OF
hia manhood
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speaking Of the holy bonds of mat
rimony."
Speak on. am prepared to hear
the worst"
Our friend Muffkins says there are
times when they seem to him like Loo
chains"
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Three Essentials.

The most essential thing for a ma
ton is that 1t should have right ideals;
the next most important thing is that
1t should have favorable conditions Of
health; the third is that 1t should 40
duire wealth.
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SALES.


Between Roards-40. Oahu Sug. Co
"a, 10 Oahu Sug. Co. "a, ;. Is, Oahu Sug.
Co. "a, 30 Oahu Sug. Co. "a. % Oahu
Sug. Co. "a. As Oahu Sug. Co. "a, 40
Oahu Sug. Co. "a. ; Oahu Sug. Co. "a,
10 McBryde :, 3 II. c. & S, Co "a, %
II. G. & 5: Co. %, 80 Hon B. & NJ. Co.
2lA, 1000 Olaa 6s %, 1000 Oiaa 6s %.
Session Sales Olaa :, 10 Haw.
Sug. Co. 35%
-
-. Notice.
Waiaiua books closed Sat. Dec. :,
1872. at noon to Sat, Dec. IA, 1912,
inclusive.
~
g., Sugar Quotations.
S. analysis beets 9s. sgd; parity
500; 96' centrifugals 405.
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PHILIPPINES

IfnCl" Sans brave defenders ar" 10
receive inspiration through Hawaiian
coffee, and one Of tho initial ship
mcnts of this commodity intended for
the American troops in the Philip
pines was forwarded to Manila, in the
Pacific Mail liner Mongolia, that sail
ed from Honolulu promptly at seven
o'clock this morning.
The consignment OF coffee, 10 tn"
amount of one thousand sacks served
10 delay the sailing Of the big trans
Pacific steamer for about twelN"
hours. The coffee was offered. but
the Mongolia sailing from San Fran
cisco was damned 10 the hatCh Gov
rrs with cotton destined for Japan
1t required much careful and "N-
pert mareuyCring of cargo to find
room for the Hawaiian berry.
This was accomplished after much
work, and the last of III" shipment
was placed aboard about ten o'clock
last night
The Mongolia left this morning win
1Iu Asiatic Storage passengers VIII"
joined the vessel at Hono,uIU The
liner was supplied with Only small
amount Of coal.
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the home voyage, and on the national
election day We held an election. just
to show. how an intelligent bunch of
Americans reflected sentiment at
home Taft received 63 votes, viii
son 20 and Roosevelt 80. We also
voted on woman suffrage, - being
for it and 63 against. To differ cntl-
ate the votes a blue ballot was used
by the men and a. pink ballot by the
women, and it was a CuriOS discovery
that larger proportion Of men than
of women voted for woman suffrage.
There were tWCnty.three States re-
presented besides Hawaii, and our
three voted for Taft and against wO-
man suffrage. Throughout Europe
there is a, strong dislike for Rose
welt, largely on account of the way
he lcCtured the different peoples he
visited, and the sentiment was pr"Va-
tent, in sarcastic phrase, that It was
= pity ne had not been assimiIatCd by
{ benevolent lion in Africa while his
glory was yet undimmed.
Home Rule Question.
"The home rule controversy. i'll
Great Britain has excited d tremen-
Gous controversy. People in England
end Englishmen abroad consider that
the small domestic politics of the nG
ton has eliminated Great Bril ain from
world politics. The home rule poo
pie are determined to carry their
point even if it eliminates England
from the affairs of the world. There
is a very stron gfecling that there is
going TO be trouble just as soon as
they get home rule.
1--WE were in Vienna during the
Great Eucharist Congress. II was
tremendously interesting. About 10o,-
600 people came into the city for it,.
We had great difficulty ir procuring
quart crS, the hotel whcr" "" had en-,
gagged rooms in advanC" being found
crowded. Finally we got a"cOmmoda
ton in hotel that was undergoing
repairs.
Tho convention evidently filled thC
minds of the people, bat tn" cora.
rncnts on the event W"r" diversified.
Some people Thought it was going
greatly to strengthen the Catholic
faith. while others Thought the on
preston of the leaders failed 30 meet
Tie growing demand tor intelligent
discussion Of religious questions.
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MAJOR HILL ATTEMPTS
TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE

Word has reached here from the
Coast Of the attempted suicide of Ma
jOr Charles $. Hill. u. :. Nj. c.. fleet
marine officer of the Pacific fleet. Ma
jor Hill has a host of friends in HO-
noulu, an that he failed to take his
own life was the subject of general
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SUGAR TRUST IS
Fighting FOR
CUT IN TARIFF
w. R. Castle Home from Long
Trip Abroad, Talks of Propa-
ganda Octopus Is Carrying
On in Middle West

"In regard to sugar, wonder if il
is generally known here the way the
sugar trust is dealing with retailers,
said w. r. Castle this morning, he
having returned yesterday with Mrs
Castle from a tour of Europe and the
States.
"ln Chicago the head of a family
said to me: Every package Of sugar
my wife buys at the grocer's has
stamped on it: Get Your Congress
man to remove the duty on raw
sugar and thereby reduce your sugar
bill at least OneEifth".' Through
that propaganda the whole country,
particularly the Middle West, is i'm
5ued with the idea that they must
get the duty off in order to get cheap
er sugar. Although it is false-they
would not have their sugar cheaper
very long-it is having its intended
effect. No doubt for a while the trust
might reduce the price of refined
sugar, but in a year or so they would
False the price and put the whole
profit in their own pockets. In spite
of the action of last Congress; they
arc keeping up that kind of work.
Would Feel Removal.
There is a pretty general impress
SIGN throughout the Country-i is
growing after all the sugar duty
is CaSv to collect and that the United
States is going to be put to it TO some
extent TO fill the blank if any duty is
taken off, The sugar duty yields
fifty or sixty million dollars and the
people DO not feel il especially, but,
on account of the CXCrtI0nS of the
sugar trust, people have the idea that
sugar is one of the things that enter
into tho category Of the high cost OF
living when in point of fact nothing
of the kind is the case. Sugar is one
at the articles that 20 down i'm price
frequently when other ncCCsSaricS
arc at Il high level.
Il also learned that a very decided
opposition is being raised against the
reduction Of sugar duties on the beet
sugar people and the cane sugar
growers OF Louisiana. ! saw a state
WCnt for Instance in one OF the East
cru papers thar nnmbrr OF acuat-
'rs and representatives. from tho
South: outsld" of LnuiSiana~-ha have al
ready nnrificd ;hc leaders in WASH
inGtom that they intend TO OPPOSE any
serious Interference with 1h" present
sugar schedule.
Settle Tariff Problem.
.FUr'E"r, aSccTtain"d thai th"rr
l. a very strong feeling throughout
the tinted STATES thai Congress u,lIot
hO 1.rl!rd in special session - .fDai
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Major Hill, it seems. has been quite
i'll. and grew Respondent over his in
ability to lead his battalion at Mica
ragua. While on the supply ship ola
cier, on sick report, he severed the
arteries of his wrists with a pair Of
scissors, and but for the unexpected
arrival of Captain r. s. Douglas of
the ship, would have bled to death.
Major Hill is highly efficient Off
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LOCAL AND GENERAL

FOR HACK Tiug I'D 2JUG. ddNeT-
tisrIurnt
See Windo" display OF Hawaiian
N"%$ Co ter helpful Christmas suG-
x stiohs
J"n IIouoo. H|iIuin" 4 Lean A o.
cation nr'}. h"l0r" tn" .aN GHaIi"t .
SERIES closes. otiIcc ~ King -.
Tic Stor" ul \. b. ATl"!gG Co.,
II"hoIuIu Toy shop. VIII Pc open "'rn.
.i!"S uM.U Christmas. Advertise
meant.
WanicG-- Two more passengers for
around the island at St 30 Lewis
Stables and Garage. Tel. 2l4I.--ad-
lc1tiscmout.
Clothes cleaned and pressed. Aba
dies French Method Of Dry Cleaning.
French Laundry. ~ King st Tclc-
phone 149I Acknowledgement
Dickcrson, Tn" Leading M!IlinCr,
will move into the new Cooke Build
ing, Fort street, about Dec. 10th. ~--
advertisement.
Pineapple soda and Hires Root Beer
--excellcnt summer drinks-are bot
tied by the Consolidated Soda Works.
Phone 2I7I advertisement
Orders taken now fer Green Chrl: t.
r:as Trees from California. Henry
May & co.. Ltd. Telephone 127I.Ad-
,,rtiscmcnt
The nostnnncd meeting of SHIRE
holders of the Oahu Sugar Compauv.
Limited called for this morning ig
again postpouod this time TO Frit2t,
Docomber % at 10 m
Tickats for tho recital nv nunilS of
Mrs. NackaU Tuesday evening Dec
10th. Odd Fellows building. can he
procured at Thrum's and BcrgstrOm's,
$1.0O advertisement.
/ Green StamDs are now freely given
nous for its low prices for cash. Paw
cash and collect green stamDs,
Thcv're valuable -advcrtisemcnt
prof Dn~I,raca gives lecsons on Vim
lin CCIIo Mandolin Critar UkulcIo
,rS IIou,oi;.n ,nrsic Tor,ne modor-
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BARGAINS. BARGAINS.

Any part of 1000 shares Mascot Cop.
per, $3.00 share. We guarantee de-
livery in your name. Send money
through Bishop & Go. 10 Oakland Bank
Of Savings. ". r. LOGAN X CO..
Room l.. Bacon BLOCK, Oakland, Cali
fUTniIs
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Blanche Bates. the actress, has
been married to George Creel. author.
politician, editor and reform police
commissioner of Denver Mrs. Creel
will not leave the stageN
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Ger. remembered here for his CHEEKY
personality and love of good time.
and illness must have greatly altered
him TO have made such an act posi-
HE, "1.