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CI=IAI~ER II.--(Continued.) "I Lm only toc h..tppy to have yo
He came into sight at last, as fine dear. I see little of you nowadays."
specimen of young manhood as one "5 s, I'm a:
WOuld wish to see with his tall erect said Itarvey,
"I am only too happy to have you,
"Yes, I'm an old married man now,"
laughing comfortably,
figure and hair and eyes as dark as
Helen's own. As he lifted his cap
!and. waved it in greeting Helen held
the baby high above her head, that
~Pa might see him, and stood smil-
ingly at her post until Harvey had en-
tered the room and enfolded mother
and child in his embrace. The little
SCene was enacted every day, but to
~aeither had it lost its charm. They
,Were ardent lovers still.
"I'll run up and get into my flan-
,~lels, Nell, and we'll take a walk
through the grounds," said Harvey,
~hen the usual sinall questions had
been asked and answered. "Saunders
tOld me this morning he didn't like the
appearance of the young plum trees,
and I promised to go and look at them.
Shall I send Mary for the boy?"
"No, thank you; I'll take him to
the nursery myself. I must change my
~lress if we are to have a tramp," said
Helen with a glance at her trailing
gown.
She enjoyed walking through the
grounds with Harvey, and took a~ac-
tire interest In stock and crops. '~Be-
fore his marriage Gladys always ac-
companied him in these expeditions,
but she never did so now. Helen
claimed every moment of her hus-
band's leisure; she considered him
liars and hers a]one; not even his
J l R other had a claim upon him; and
| aer open demonstration of the almost
| Qerce love that found outlet in con-
| stunt caresses even in the presence of
| a third party, made the better bred'
| Oladys feel so decidedly in the way
| that she soon ceased to intrude upon
pair, to Helen's satisfaction and
tiarveY's secret relief; for few men
ears to have a witness to their matri-
monial love making, particularly if
that witness be a mother or a sister.
Strolling leisurely homeward, the
Wedded couple encountered Gladys Just
returning from her ride. She smiling-
ly raised her whip to her hat in sa-
Ute, and rode smartly toward the
uouse. Harvey looked after her ad-
miringly.
"Ry Jove! I belleve the mater
grows lovelier every day," he ex-
claimed. "And how superbly she sits
her horse!"
Helen frowned a little. Mrs. Ather-
ion's beauty was not a congenial theme
With her.
"That reminds me, Harvey; I spoke
to Your mother today about the bills,
aa You suggested, and she refused to
lOok at them, she, is satisfied with
t~lngs as they are. '
l"0h, very well; in that case we'll
et the matter drop," said Harvey,
~llr.
"And allow the tradesmen to go on
cheating us, as i am convinced they
do? My conscience would not permit
me to remain inactive under such cir-
cUmStances. No, dearest, you must
her yourself, and bring her to our
~ay of thinking--the only right way.
~ot! have great Infuence with her."
"Yap, I fan¢y I have," said Harvey,
~°mplacently. "But you see I've never
~ddled with her business affairs, ~ and
I hardly like to begin now."
"Why not? It is your duty to pro-
tact her interests and your own. The
P~, P~rty will all be ours some day--"
'God forbidi" broke in Harvey. "I
can't imagine life without the dear
little nlater. Beside, she is young yet
"~ahe may outlive us both."
_ Flelen was a good woman; but she
~ld not look overjoyed at this sugges-
UOU.
"Even then there Is baby to con-
aider,,, she said smoothly. "We all
owe a certain duty to him. If you and
I ~ redeem money that is being ab-
SOlutely thrown away we ought to do
lt~ however we may dislike to appoar
OffiCiOUs.,,
"W~l, sweetheart, I'll seewhat I
can do,' said Harvey, rather reluctant-
~Y" 'As you say, it is my duty to
~.ook after things, for the place is vlr-
tttally mine, as much as it is the
~at~r'~, I don't know the terms of
~ay father's will, but of course he pro-
vided suitably for his son."
"It seems very strange to me that
fliers was no division of the property
When you came of age," replied Helen,
for the first time expressing a thought
~hieh had for weeks vexed her. "You
Ought to open the subject with your
~aOther. She is unbuslness-llke, and
~ay not realize that the time has come
or a Settlement. She can't treat you
~a a dependent always. You are a
rried man now, with a married
~aa~'s responsibilities." •
I'IarveY's face had grown very grave.
~Ielsn saw that she had said enough
~ this time, and changed the sub-
Jeer,
CHAPTTR III.
~ay I dome in, Mamma Gladys?"
d Harvey, entering his mother's
Private parlor as he spoke. "Nell is
~usy With the youngster, and I thought
~smoke my after dinner cigar here
f You doxt't object."
Gladys had been sitting at the
l~lano, evoking minor chords in unison
.with her mood. She felt sad and lone-
ly, like one cut off from the intimacies
of life. Some mothers gain a 6augh-
'tar When their sons marry, but the
majority lose a son. Gladys had long
realized that she belonged to the me,
~lority.
h She sprang up on Harvey's entrance,
er fa~ al~t with pleasure,
"and my family absorbs most of my
leisure." :He threw himself into the
chair she rolled forward, and lighted
a cigar with the taper she gave him.
"Now push that ottoman over here,
little woman, and sit beside me while
we talk." She obeyed, and nestled
close to him, looking with pride into
the boyish face which was the dearest
in the world to her. Harvey puffed
with evident enjoyment for a time,
chatting of trifles. Then he said quite
easily, "By the way, what is this little
misunderstanding between you and
Nell? She is much disturbed by it,
though I assured her she is over sensi-
tive."
The smile left Gladys' face.
"Oh! Then you came here because
Helen sent you?" she asked.
"Well, not exactly; I knew a word
from me would set matters straight,
so I thought I'd better come. Where
are you going?"
"0nly to an easy chair; this otto-
man isn't comfortable." There were
tears in her eyes but Harvey did not
see them. "If we are to have a con-
sultation, I may as well sit at my
ease."
She said no more, and after waiting
a minute, he asked~
"Well, aren't you going to tell me
all about it?"
"Hasn't Helen already told you?"
"Yes, but I prefer fo hear your own
version of the matter."
"There really is no need of it. I am
sure your wife is truthful; what she
said secured no doubt did occur."
"Then I can't understand why you
refuse to accept her sensible sugges-
tion and look into things a little, with
her aid. Nell's a first rate business
woman, and I don't believe you realize
how much money is spent in the
house."
"You have your full share of all that
comes into it, Harvey."
" Why, of course," he responded,
with a half wondering look, as if sur-
prised at the reminder. "What is yours
is also mine in a sense; we enjoy a
common inheritance. It is because our
interests are identical that Helen and
I wish to protect them. You surely
see that, little woman? It would please
the dear girl very much if you'd take
her into your confidence--treat her
more like a daughter in truth as she
is in spirit."
Gladys did not answer for a few mo-
ments; she moved her chair so that
her face was partly in shadow, while
she could note every expression of his.
"Before we talk any further," she
presently said, "I should like to know
Just what it is Helen desires. I com-
prehend that she wishes to reduce the
general expenses of the establishment;
but how? Does she want to take
Phebe's place?"
"Hardly that," returned Harvey,
flushing. "She thinks, however, now
she is here, you no longer need the
services of a housekeeper."
"And do you think I ought to turn
out an old and faithful servant after
a lifetime of devotion to me and
mine?"
"Certainly not; she would remain as
yOUr maid.'"
"So that is it!" exclaimed Gladys,
with a ~alf laugh. "I thought some
great idea was ~.gitating Helen's mind.
Dear, clumsy Tomlinson my maid!
And I suppose there are other servants
she thinks might be dispensed with.
Well, perhaps they could; but I like
to have plenty of people about the
place"--her voice grew firmer here--
"and I intend to have them. You need
no assurance that I am glad to share
my house and its luxuries with you
and your wife. But you must accept
things as they are. I will brook no
further interfere~e."
!
'Interference. ~Surely Sou cannot
regard my dear wife's suggestion as
interference!"
,, 9
What else is it. I have never com-
plained to you of Helen, but from the
day she entered the house she has
shown a disposition to take control of
it; I have submitted patiently to one
small encroachment after another,
hoping to content her, but her de-
mands increase instead of lessen. She
seems to forget that the estate is mine,
no~ hers."
Harvey arose and walked across the
room several times, at last ooming to
a standstill before her chair.
"No, little woman," he said in a kind
yet cold tone, "we do not forget lt~
we merely question it."
How that "we" stung Gladys only a
woman in her position can understand.
But it hardened her, too. She did not
answer, waiting for his next words.
"Legally, the estate is yours, ! ad-
mit; but as my father's son I am sure-
ly entitled to my share of his prop-
arty. Money you have never grudged
me; you were always most generous.
Nevertheless, I am only a sort of
hanger on--a dependent on your
bounty. This doesn't seem fair. Now
that I am of age, and with a married
man's responsibilities, we should
come to some regular business under-
standing. God forbid that I should in-
herit your money. Yet in common
justice I ought to share it."
"Are you not sharing it now, Har-
vey?"
"Yes, in a sense; but can't you un-
derstand that I am a boy no longer,
and want my legal rights?"
"Or rather your wife----"
"Let us keep her name out of the
discussion. I will not hear another
word against her even from you," ~a14
Harvey, haughtily.
Gladys' lips quivered.
"You must admit that she Is
adviser--a wise one, perhaps, from her
point of view," she said gently. "But
you are both reasoning in the dark.
Harvey, you have no legal claim on
my property'."
"No claim on m~ own father's
money!"
"It was not his money. He was a
poor man. My father was very angry
when he married one of his daugh-
ters." Gladys spoke in short sentences,
eaxefully, as if fearing she might say
too much. "It was a runaway match,
and papa would not forgive it."
"Why did you never tell me this b~-
fore?" asked Harvey, sharply.
"I wished to spare you pain, dear.
What need for you to know, since all
I had was practically yours? I speak
now because I must. If you had only
been content with things as they were!
It was to keep you out of your father's
way that I came here, where no on@
knew me, after papa died. For he wa~
a bad man--a drunkard, gambler and
criminal. He married your .poor little
mother--he was very handsome, and
she a romantie boarding school girl~
for her money, and when it was gone,
left her and her baby to starve, as they
might have done but for Phebe Tom-
linson."
Gladys was very pale, and sh[vere~
once or twice as she talked. But Har-
vey felt no compassion for her; his
sympathy was for himself. He remem-
bered that Mrs. Atherton had never
talked of his father, and answered his
childish inquiries concerning him
vaguely, • diverting hls thought~ to
other subjects; but he had not dreamed
of this, and the knowledge was bltte~.
"This man, your husband, is he fly-
ing?"
"'No; he died in prison a year ago."
"In prison:" Harvey drew a sob-
bing breath. "My God, what an end
to my boyish dreams! But I don't Uno
derstand even yet. If he spent all your
money, how does it happen that you
are still rich?"
"When papa died I had my full share
of the estate," she answered after
a scarcely perceptible pause. "It was
then Phebe and I came here."
"And my grandfather left me noth-
ing?"
"Nothing. He hated you, poor little
orphan that you were, because you
were your father's child. That is why
I devoted my life to you, dear."
There was infinite tenderness in
Gladys' tone, but Harvey, hurt and hu-
miliated by what he had learned, was
not moved by it.
"That was the least you could do,"
he said coldly," since it is to you I
am indebted for my heritage of shame.
We little know what people really
are, do we? All my life you have
seemed to me the one perfect woman,
and now--" "Harvey!"
The startled cry brought the young
man to his senses. He looked at her
almost wildly.
"I am a brute, Madam Gladys, but
remember, I am hard hit. There, dear,
don't cry," he said kindly, bending
over the cowering figure and stroking
the soft hair. "I shall get over this
in time--with my wife's help."
"Harvey, you surely will not tell
Helen the secret I have given years of
my life to hide?" cried Gladys. "It is
not wholly your own."
"Helen is my wife; have you forgot-~
ten? She has my complete confidence.
And It will be necessary to explain to
her why our reasoning was at fault,"
he coldly returned. And as if to
avoid discussion, he left the room.
(To be continued.)
DISSECTING BIRD8
And ,&nl~ls Should Not Be ~at
~hfldrea in Sehool~
Mr. Edward F. Bigelow, naturalist,
is Oplmsed to the strenuous life for
children, says the New York World.
He told the New York Mothers' club
so at the Berkeley Lyceum, with a
degree of forceful illustration that left
the ubiquitous mamma of the uni-
versal infant in a maze of doubt as
to whether she was cultivating the
genius of an embryo scientist or a
prospective murderer. "I believe in
nature study for chlldreD," said Mr.
Blgelow, "but I protest against the
disgusting features of it In the pub-
lic school. It may be all right to
dissect a chicken at some stage of his
educational career, but for a child
the object lesson of the old hen au~
her chickens is all sufficient. We
don't want the dissecting knife and
scalpel. We want some heart in the
study. You want your children to
love you, don't you?" he demanded of
the breathless mothers; "well, sup-
pose they had to tabulate you like this,
for instance: 'Mother--Five feet
high, golden hair, silk waist, gray
skirt, etc.,' and then they were taught
to sing a little song about 'How dear-
ly I love mother.' What do you think
that would mean to them? Not love.
Love isn't an analysis, It is the
daily getting acquainted. And I tell
you one live bobolinkis worth a
whole acre of dead ones in a child's
knowledge." One aggrieved mamma,
whose offspring rejoiced In stuffed
humming birds, stoutly combated Mr.
Bigelow's statements and even wen.t
so far as to condone the slaughter of
butterflies "because the butterfly's llfe
was so short anway."
"And would you take that little from
him?" cried the indignant Mr. Blge-
low, and the battle was on. He,
however, agreed to the massacre of
moths and other pests, and the more
tender-hearted mothers departed with
this salve for guilty consciences.
Many a man's wealth is not wort~
the littleness he used to ~aln it.
SECRETARY GAGE'S CONTEN-
TION--Th~ system of ~ntevna~ taxe-
r/ton tn Russia a~tou~nts to a bawnty on
s~egar and therefore ~a~¢s the vxpo~ted
suewr s~b~e~t to a cw~/ntev~at~ln{l d~,$I/.
Not unexpectedly Russia, actuated,
of course, by her own sugar trust, has
retaliated against the United States be-
cause of our government's treatment
~f Russian beet sugar. Russia, It Is
contended, pays a bounty to its sugar
growers ou all sugar exported by them.
~he Dlngley tariff law of the United
States provides for a countervailing
duty on all foreign beet sugars receiv-
ing an export duty, the amount of the
duty to be the same as the bounty
paid by the exporting country. A cargo
of Russian beet sugar brought to this
country h~s caused the enforcement of
this tariff provision by the secretaxy
of the treasury. The amount of the
duty leVied against the Russian sugar
is sufficient to exclude it from our
markets. In retaliation Russia has
terminated certain preferential tariif
advantages heretofore conceded to the
United States. This action amounts to
creating a prohibition against the im-
portation into Russia of American
iron and steel and machinery.
A tariff war between America and
Rtmsia may cost America many mil-
lions a year bssldes the general good-
will of Russia, which in past emer-
gencies has been steadfast.
The traditional friendship that has
existed between the United States and
Russia is an assurance that ill-feellng
will not bs engendered between the
peoples on account of commercial
rivalry. When the revolutionary war
br~ke out Russia was quick to send
aid to the struggling fleets. When the
civil war was on and hostilities were
threatened with England on account of
the arrest of Mason and Slidell, Russia
did another friendly act that for a
genuine spirit has never been. sur-
passed in history. England sent"
fleet to New York for the purpose c
making a hostile demonstration. Al-
though its departure from England was
Shrouded in solemn secrecy as to des-
tlnatlon, it had hardly been anchored
off New York when a more powerful
Russian fleet sailed in and took up a
position between the British fleet and
the city. The Russians began to clear
their decks for action. Noticing this
the British admiral sent a message to
the Russian flagship, the same being a
request for an explanation. The Rus-
sian sent back word that he was
merely going through the customary
practice drill. Very suddenly the Brit-
ish squadron set sail. It was followed
by the Russians. The Russians had
probably saved New York, but it wa~
years afterward before the truth be-
came known. The late Cza~ of Russia,
whose brother was in charge of the
fleet, confided the story to Dr. Tel-
mage.
Again in 1893, when the United
States treasury was being depleted of
gold and exports of the yellow metal
threatened the stability of the nation's
SERGE DE WITTE'S COb'TEIV-~
TION--R~/,ssia pays ~o money for ~
ported s~gar. ~ refundt~l o1" ¢It.
terna~ taxes on r~s~rve stocks of e~a~
prior to e~vpor~at~ is not a bounPd
credit, Russia, through her present
finance minister, Serge Yulevitch De
Witte, proffered a loan of $500,000,00@
in gold, to be paid back at any time
we saw fit. The proffer was declined
and bonds Issued instead.
It was during the civil war that the
Alaskan purchase came up. President
Lincoln reminded the Russian minister
that we were short of gold. He was in-
formed that Russia was in no hurry
for the money--that ~e could PaY
when we were able a~d without any
interest charge whatever.
We have had many friends ambng
the nations of Europe, but with the
exception of Russia and France, they
have been "fair weather" ones. In
times of adversity Russia could always
be depended upon.
india T reaf "Re olf.
Armo~r'~ ~¢nero~rify.
,As is well known, P. D. Armour waa
always deeply interested in young men
and whenever he had an opportunity
of encouraging their ambitions he dR!
so. This has beau Well illustrated by
more than one i,ucident. One day
while traveling between New York and
Chicago, he became interested in a col-
ored boy, a sleeping car porter, whom
he saw trying to read a book.
named the boy "Gene~ Forrest"
"General," said Mx~ Armour,~ ~I'l|
give you a $5 bill if you will read one
line of that book without stopping tO
spell out the words.
The boy grinned, but accepted the
challenge, and read out a line without
hesitation. He not only received the
$5 note, but on further questioning
~tirred Mr. Armour to still greats~ ~-
terest. He disclosed a desire for
knowledge that impelled Mr. Armour
to propose a way for his education.
Soon afterward "General Forrest" re-
The news from the far east is not
encouraging to England. The mighty
empire of India is getting ready to re-
volt and before long the coast cities
held by the British may be reduced by
overwhelming numbers.
There are in India 650 native states
~great and small. They are governe¢
by their own princes and chiefs with
the advice and help of British resi-
dents, representing the supreme gov-
ernment of India. Some of these rifl-
ers administer the internal af~tlrs of
their respective states with almost
complete independence. Their author-
ity, however, Is limited by their Indi-
vidual treaties and engagements. The
suzerain power does not allow them to
go to war with one another, nor to
form alliances with foreign powers,
and it intervenes in cases of bad gov-
ernment or oppression, exercising a
general control in the direction of
peace and contentment. These £euda-
tory rulers possess revenues and arm-
ies. The gross income of the princes
of India is £15,000,000 ($75,000,000),
the sum of their tribute is £600,000
($3,000,000)per annum,and they main-
tain in all 80,000 native troops in ad-
dition to those they furnIsh for the
imperial service.
The relations between British and
natives have until lately been perfect-
ly amicable. AH are equal before the
law. A native can earn exactly the
same wage as a British workman. But
inasmuch as Europeans have a far
greater capacity for work than the
natives and are able to do more work
in a shorter time, a consciousness of
superiority sometimes produces arro-
gance, which is a fruitful source of
racial disputes and probably is at the
bottom of the present disturbances.
~._~= MOSQUE AT BENARES--FANATICS" HEADQUARTERS.
LORD CURZON.
signed from the sleeping car ssrvl~e
and went to Oberlin college, where he
was educated at Mr. Armour's expenN.
~.-Amer~can E.x'~oJ~t#oa "rla~
The official flag of the pan-Amerlca~
exposition at Buffalo was selected from
300 designs and is the production o@
Miss Adelaide J. Thorpe, In the upper
corner Is a single white star, on a blue
field, typifying North America; on a
red field in the~opposite corner are four
stars, representing the southern cross
constellation and South America. The
center of the flag is a diagonal white
bar, bearing the golden eagle of liber-
ty, with a green scroll in its talomN
lnscrl,bed, "Pax, 1901."
Black walnut canes were given to the
cabinet members Tuesday by the presi-
dent. The canes were sent the presi-
dent from Illinois, and were Cut from a
walnut tree on the farm formerly the
propert~ of Abraham Lincoln, in
ristown township, Macon county, Dk
