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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-21
RETRIBUmON FOR THE WHITE SLAYER.

THE CONVICTION of Maury |. Diggs, of the two
moral degenerates San Francisco, of the crime of white
slavery virtually the conviction of f. Drew Camnet
his crime who next to be tried for the
against holds equally good against the other me
testimony the Acknowledgements of Diggs the witness
stand guilt and showed the two men IN
blacklist coors Diggs former State architect ana
Caminett United States commissioner of mmigra
ton Commanding social political influence these degener
ae principal pleasure in life the ruin of young
women yet devoted wives, sought from
justice first by corruption and then by an interference by the
attorney Washington whose order to postpone the
trial national attention and aroused universal ndg
attempt protect two of the yles on the
Pacific by cabinet officer hastily reeated from,
but atoned The conviction of of these
proteges official favor at Washington grathes the
country second conviction to insure for the pair
the punishment their due will carry out the desires OF
every and woman in the land.
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DEVELOPING AMERICAN CRAFTSMANSHIP

THE SMASHING of previous high records in the rifle
shooting Camp how American craftsmanship
world continues to improve under the encour
acement given by Where five years
ago frscass capable of shooting an
international match there today, and the
riemen who be cassed sharpshootes has
wonderfully The qualified marksman is the rule and
formerly the exception in the National Guard while
regulars expert with the rife The Boer taught
the immense value of rifle Workmanship the United
regular military establishment it suggested
anew what Revolutionary when Morgans
which defeated Burgoyne at Saratoga the terror
regular million volunteer expert rhemen in
would be the backbone of the nations defense
The aim of the government is to train million rifle
schools and and at targets all the land
Abe training is going
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
John Valiant, society favorite, finds
that the banking house established by
his father. and OF which he is yiee-presi-
! dent, has collapsed through waste of
funds aud wildcat" investments. The
president shoots himself and the state
begins an investigation. Valiant re-
fuses to go abroad and includes his
private fortune of 100000 among
the banks assets He fnds that after
| all debts are paid $500 will be left.
When he faces poverty he finds
letter containing a deed to the family
home in Virginia, and Immediately
starts for the old homestead. where
he arrives on a mid-May afternoon.
| While driving to the house in his
automobile Valiant has a breakdown
and while tinkering with the ma
chine young lady halts by the road,
side in time to receive the butt OF
abuse intended for the auto and bull
dog. He apologies to the girl, VINO
she starts out to get help. for him.
| leaving him by the roadside watch
ing as she disappears down the road.
After a wait of three hours Uncle
Jefferson, the negro sent by the si-I
comes to help Valiant. ,..,,z
Valiant learns the story of the girl
| life and that her name Is surrey
cambridge from the old colored man;
After a ride of several miles an old
and picturesque house is reached and
the driver informs his fare that tnat t
| is Damory Court. Valiant is entrahe ti,a
by its noble beauty. He engages the
| negro driver and his wife as man
about house and cook. ..,,. -
search of the old mansion fans 70
reveal anything of importance ana the
new owner lays down Tor his tirst sleep
in his new home.
Valiant again sees the Girl of the
Roses when. while standing on lhe
Inn 1fa If 81 -na
up to where he IS before she reallZess
his presence.
The arrival of Valiant at the old
homestead arouses gossip IN lhe
neighborhood and the new head Of the
| family name is banned for the failure
OF the Valiant Corporation.
The heir to the Valiant estate ae-
cldes that he has at last found the
garden spot he sought and pans TO
renovate the old home.
During walk through the ground
with his dog Chum, Valiant hears some
one running away through the brush anu
before he can stop him Chum Is on III
pursuit. scream startles him ana ne
runs to where he heard the cry ana mus
the girl of the flower. Miss surrey,
caught by her dress on fence picket.
After he releases her she tells MN
the story of the duel which drove MS
father from Damory Court. ana not
knowing his identity, she tells MIN
what the people of the section thinks
of him and attacks him as million-
aire whose only aim In HE is TO nave
a good time.
His denial of her charges reveals his
identity, and. angered because he let her
tnlk about him in the way she ala, she
walks away, he following. She stoopS
to pick up some Towers, when Valiant
sees snake about TO sting her lie
pulls her TO safety, but Is himself stung
in the foot by the deadly poceasin, she
sucks the poison from the wound and
gets the doctor. Later Major Bristow
calls with the physician and the Valiant
homestead is discussed.
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gigantic Palazzo Vendramin -Calergi.
Wagner the great composer, died
here. At the entrance to the Rio della
Maddalena the canal makes an angle.
and after passing many buildings and
the mouth of the Rio di Noale we come
to the Ca d'Oro. This is very ornate
building, It's name, the House of
Cold came from the fact that 1t was
once gilded Then we go by many
palaces. and come to the Fondaco de-
Tedeschi. or Guild of the German
Merchants in Venice An earlier Teu-
tonic guild hall existed here from the
thirteenth century. Venice imported
oriental goods and passed them on to
Germany. All the quarter round the
Rialto Bridge was the business dis
trict, the Wall Street of Venice
We pass under the Ponte de Rialto
again, and after little while arrive
at the Palaazo Loredan, the most
beautiful house on the Grand canal.
it is a Byzantine Romanesque Vene-
tan palace, with a distinct oriental
feeling. Finally we come to dainty
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One Good Feature.

Raymond Hubbell began as a clerk
In small store in Urbana, o. Be-
tween sales he wrote music and lyrics
end things, Finally he wrote the
musical "Fantana. His old father
had always disapproved of Hubbell' S
ambition TO become a producer, but
his arguments had hadan no effect,
When "Fantana" went on the road
after winter in New York Hubbell
arranged for one-night stand in
Urbana. He wanted to show off bit
before his townsmen. Most of all. he
wanted his old father to see the show.
How did you like 1t. paT' Hubbell
asked after the performance.
"Fairly well, Raymond; fairly WE'LL
said the old gentleman. Il was espe-
cially struck by that song Tammany.'
That was great
That" said Hubhell bitterly. was
the only thing In the show that
didn't write"
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CONTINUED from Yesterday

He set back the loving-cup and
went out TO the front porch to prowl
aimlessly up and down past the great
gray-stained Ionic columns. IL was
not late, but the night was very still.
The Virginia creeper waved gently
to and fro In a soundless breeze that
was little more than whisper The
sky was heavily sprinkled with stars
whose wan clustering was blotted
here and there by floating shreds of
cloud-like, vaporous, filmy leaves
stripped by some upper gale from the
Tree of Heaven. The lawn lay
mass of, mysterious shadow, stirring
with faint chirps and rustles and
laden with the poignant scent of the
garden honeysuckle. lie could hear
the howl of lonesome hound a
horse neighed impatiently on a dis
tant meadow, and from far down the
Red Road. beyond the gate, came the
rude twitter of a banjo and the voice
of the strolling darby player:
"All All wants in dis creation
Pretty yellah gal. en- er big planta
,tion"
When the twangling notes died
away in the distance they had served
only to intensity the stiffness. He
felt that peculiar detachedness that
one senses in thick black dark, as
though he and his immediate sur
roundings were floating in some
soundless, ambient ether. The white
bulldog scurred noiselessly back and
forth across the clipped grass. now
emerging like a canine ghost in the
light from the doorway, now suffering
total eclipse. Staring into the furry
gloom, he seemed, as in those mo-
ments of semi-delirium in the forest.
to see Shirleys face advance and re-
treat as though it lay ON the very
pulsing heart of the darkness.
He stepped down to the graveled
drive and followed it TO the gate,
then, bareheaded, took the Red Road.
Along this highway he had ratified
In Uncle Jeffersons crazy haclS-with
her red rose in his hand. The musky
scent of the pressed leaves in the
book in his pocket seemed to be all
about him.
The odor of living roses. in fact.
was in the air. 1t came on the scarce
felt breeze. a heavy calling perfume,
He walked on, keeping the road by
the misty inflltrating simmer of the
stars, with "A sensation rather of glid-
ing than of walking. Now and then
from some pasture came the snort
and whnny of horses or the grunt of
frog from a marshy sink, and once,
where narrow path joined the road,
he felt against his trousers the sniff
ing nose of a silent and friendly
puppy. 1t occurred to him that If.
as scientists say. colors emit sound
tones. scents also should possess
a music of their own: the
honeysuckle fragrance, maybe-soft
mellow fluting as of diminutive wind
| instruments; the far-faint siclSly odor
of llies-the upper register of fairy
violins; this spicy breath of roses
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THE Grand Canal, or Canalazzo,
the street of the mobiles in
Venice, is one of the deeper channels
in the lagoon. 1t is the original rive
alto. or deep stream. that created
Venice. and up which the commerce
of all countries was able to reach the
city in the days of her splendor,
Let us step into a gondola, and,
telling our gondolier to keep to the
left side till we reach the railway
station, ascend the canal. That long.
low building Ranking the exact end
of the canal looking seaward is the
Dogma di Mare. 1t was erected In
1916 bv Benoni There ON the sum
nit are two Aliases bearing a gilded
globe. A bronze Fortuna surmounts
this serving as d weather vane.
And over there stands the Church of
Santa Maria della Salute During
the plague of 1880 the republic vowed
to give church to Our Lady of De-
liverance If the pestilence was re-
moved, and the building was begun
in 1881.
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little house, which the gondolier tells
us is Desdemona's palace. This pal
ace Is named the Contarini- Fasan.
The rest of the canal is mainly &C.
cupied by hotels. Beyond the Hotel
de PEurope we come to the gardens
of the Royal Palace. Our trip ends
at the Bridge of Signs.
The palaces on the Grand canal
bear witness to the early peace and
civilization of Venice. Her houses
were built for beauty and pleasure
when the nations of the earth were
still building castles for defense.
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DINNER STORIES

The favorite game of the southern
negro is shooting craps" A negro
will shoot away anything from the
clothes on his back to the meal on
his table. but shooting" for pros
poets is new phase.
A capitalist was the guest of a
southern hotel, and the first night he
gave his waiter q 50-cent tip. At
breakfast the waiter could not do
enough for him, and he tipped him
another so cents. At lunch he had a
new waiter. The capitalist said
nothing, but when the same new
waiter served him at dinner that
evening he asked:
sam, where's the boy l had yes
terday?"
Sam hung his head. He amt at
dis table no no. boss.
Il know. but why was he moved?''
| asked him.
sam looked frightened, but he
stood his ground. 1T was like dis,
boss. After breakfas' dis mornin'
we shot craps for dat fust 80 cents
you gave him. and | won dat; den
we shot for that second 80 cents you
give him. and | won dat; den when
his money was all gone, we shot for
to wait on you. and l Won"
"Muriel.n said the old gentleman.
sharply, that young man you had in
the parlor last night is dull of COM
prehension. All | had to do was
cough when the other chaps remained
too late, and they would take the hint
and depart Did this one say any
thing when eoughed last night?''
Yes" replied the beautiful daugh-
ter. He said the next time he called
he was going to bring some cough
drops"
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echoes of an Italian harp. The FANCY
pleased him; he could imagine the
perfume now in the air carried with
It an under-music, like ghostly
harping.
II came to him at the same instant
that this was no mere fancy. Some
where in the languorous night a harp
was being played. He paused ana
| listened intently then went on tow
ard the sound Presently he became
aware that he had passed 1t, mac
left it on one side. and he went
back, stumbling along the low stone
wall till it opened to a shadowy lane
! full of foliaged whispers. The rose
scent had grown stronger; IL was
almost in that heavy air, as IL ne
were breasting an ETHEREAL sea OF
altar. He felt as if he We're treadins
on a path of roseleaves, down when
the increasing melody flowed GRIM
sonly to him, calling. calling.
He stopped stock-still He had
been skirting a lose-cropped hedge
of box. This had ended abruptly
and he was looking straight up
bar of green-yellow radiance from
double doorway. The latter opened
on a porch and the light, flung across
this, drenched an arbor of climbing
roses. making ii stand out mass
/
He drew a long sigh of more than
delight, for framed in the doorway
he saw a figure in misty white, lean
ing to the gilded upright of harp.
He knew at once that 1t was surrey.
Holding his breath. he came closer,
his feet muff1ed in the thick grass.
She wore a gown of some gauze-nke
material sprinkled with knots of en-
broiderv and with her lifted face ana
af hui IN Oh 1nnl{pn like
a tail golden candle. He stood in the
dense obscurity, one hand gripping
the enarled limb of a catalpa, MS
ewes following the shapely arms from
wrist 10 shoulder. the fingers stray
ing across the strings, the bending
cheek caressing the carved wood,
She was playing the melody or Shel-
ley's Indian Serenade' -touchlng tne
chords softly and tenderly-and MS
lips moved, molding themselves
soundlessly to the words:
II arise from dreams of thee,
In the first sweet sleep of night,
When the winds are breathing low
And the stars are shining bright
I arise from the dreams OF thee'
And a spirit in my feet
Has led me-who knows how?
To thy chamber window, Sweet!
The serenade died in a single note.
AS il in answer to it there rose
flood of bird-music from beyond the
arbor-jets of song that swelled ana
rippIed to a soaring melody. she
heard it. too, for the gracile fingers
fell from the strings She lis
tened az moment. with head held to
one side. then sprang up and came
through the door and down the steps
He hesitated moment, then
single stride took him from the
III dow
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Passing along the canal we now
come to large. new palace. the
Palazzo Genovese. erected in 1898, an
imitation of the earlier Gothic build
ings.
After this IVES float by many houses
and palaces until we finally reach the
mouth of the Rio San Barna ba, where
we see the huge and lofty Rezzonico,
which was formerly the home of the
poet Robert Browning. We float on
and on by many more palaces and
canals until we reach the Rialto
Bridge tPonte di Rialto). We go un-
der this strikinglv picturesque bridge,
past the fish market, and finally
reach the Fondaco de- Turchi (Ware-
house of the Turks. This is a large
palace, and gots its name In the
seventeenth century. when it was let
out to the Turkish merchants in
Venice. II is representative of the
Byzantine period,
Here we are at the railway station.
Now we turn and so down the other
bank. We pass the broad mouth of
the Cannaregio and come to the
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THE NEGRO BACK TO THE SOIL.

DR. BOOKER T. WAsHINGTON'S earnest advice to his
back the soil beore the land and the opportunity
gone The advice good The natural destiny of the
negro But Mr.. Washington doesn't explain
the negro who is not the farm going TO get
back The city bred negro has knowledge of
agriculture and of acquiring knowledge In the last
the number of farmers in the North decreased
only cent of all farmers outside of the
Southern States In New Jersey in 1910 out of s7 farmers
only 476 negroes and they have small holdings In the
South different story told In Southern States
third of the farms In Mississippi they have
than oneha and Georgia. South Carolina and Alabama about
The South the natural habitat of the negro and he
there succeeds in his natural avocaon The millions of
farm lands owned by the Southern blacks have all been
qnpd since the
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MOTORING FIGURES THAT LIE.

THE MOTORIST who puts false number the does
avoid identification. Obviously he has object in this
violation of the law. II be happens to kill wayfarer the
the number his is read by somebody the
cannot be identified should every a false
number the motive of escape after possible
in Jersey City recently in reckless driving the
Hudson County Boulevard caused the death of and
another This license has been taken
away 1t charged that he had false number his
explain the fatal eckessness with which the
was And is he get off lightly for that, too?
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REIMBURsING THE DEPOsITORs.

LOSS of from $50000 to 100000 for the depositors of
Rosevle Trust Company after all the capital and
of the bank shall have been wiped should not be
possible stockholders of the when they invested
the stock took their chances The depoors relied for the
safety them money the management that the stockholders
and their money trust money investment
They got profit from the business of the bank The appe
enson fugitive defauter probably could benefit the
epostors affairs of the bank desperate that
plan of rembursing the depositors is impraccable.
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CHAPTER XVII
Beyond the Box-Hedge.

A he greeted her, his gaze plunged
IA deep into hers. She had recoiled
a step, startled, TO recognize him al
most instantly. He noted the shrink
ing and thought it due to stabbling
memory of that forest-horror. HIS
first words were prosaic enough
I'm an uncomfortable trespasser,'
he said 1T must seem aWfully
prowly, but | didn't realize l was on
private property till l passed the
hedge there"
AS her hand lay in his, strange
fancy stirred in him: in that wood
meeting she had seemed something
witch like the wilful spirit of the
passionate spring herself, mixed of
her aerial essences and jungle wilder
nesses: in this scented dim-lit close
she was grave-eyed, subdud. paler
pensive woman of under half-guessed
sadness and haunting. moods. WITH
her answer, however, this gravity
seemed to slip from her like gar
ment. She laughed lightly.
81 love to prowl myself. | think
sometimes / like the night better than
the day. | believe in one OF my in
carnations | must have been a
panther
DO you know" he said, II followed
the scent of those roses? l smelled it
at Damory Court"
ut goes for miles when the air as
heavy as it is tonight. How terrible
it would be if roses were intoxicating
like peoples! | get almost tirsy with
the odor sometimes, like a cat with
catnip.'
They both laughed. I'm growing
superstitious about flowers" he said
You know a rose figured In our irst
meeting. And In DIR last
She shrank momentarily. 1.-The cape
jessamines! | shall always think of
that when | see them!"
"Ah, forgive met he begged. But
when | remember what you did--for
me! oh, know! But for you | must
have died.
But for me you wouldn't have been
bitten. But don't let's talk OF it,
| She shivered suddenly.
You are cold" he said isn't that
gown too thin for this night air?''
mo, | often walk here till quite
late. Listen!''
The bird song had broken forth
again, to be answered tbs time by a
! rivals in distant thicket. my
/ nightingale is in good voice"
Il never heard nightingale before
| came to Virginia. / wonder why 1t
sings only at night"
What an odd idea! Why, 1t sings
| in the daytime, too
Really? But l suppose, 1t escapes
notice in the general chorus. Is II a
large bird?"
No; smaller than a thrush Only
little bigger than robin. Its nest
| is over there in that hedge-a tiny
loose cup of dried oak leaves, lined
with hair, and the eggs are olive
color. How pretty the hedge looks
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Pious Poll.

Customer-"B But is he good bird
mean. hope he doesn't use dread
full language.
Dealer" Els a saint. lady; sings
'ymns beautiful ad some parrots
wot used to swear something awful
but If you'll believe me. this 'er bird
converted the lot."--London BY
stander.
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THE SOUVENIR LooTER ON HIS TRAVELS.

THOSE RETURNING American tourists the liner
appropriated the cutlery chnaware
carved oak heads of the grand staircase,
packed their plumber their trunks belong
vulgar whom opuence and European trips
This fightfuy
the belief among the educated and
refined who do not otherwise know the
are q nation of m-barbarians.
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AN OPULENT BOOTBLACK.

A CAPITALIsTIC Elizabeth booblaek owning $4,000 in
cash in his hip pocket unfortunate
money while riding his bicycle The incident suggests
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VENICE, THE ISLAND CITY
Learn One Thing Every Day"
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