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VOL. 45.
THE TRICKSTERS FOILED
BY MARY BOYLE,
Author of “ASsap Rodivivus.” “Miss Appleyard's Pupils,” “Geordle,” Etc.
■, • . Copyrigh hv Mary Boyle.
I was traveling from London tc_* s,n CCk» _ in at Darlington, even
burgh. .
Being anxious to monopolize as much of
the compartment as possible, I took a
first-class ticket, for I had any amount of
work to get through during the next four
and twenty hours.
While in London, an business, a tele
gram came to tell me of the death of a
junior member of our firm; who had died,
it was believed, leaving his affairs hope
lessly involved. A bundle of invoices was
forwarded to see if I know anything of
them, and it was these that I Intended
going into during my Journey north.
I had the carriage to myself uhtil we
reached York. Then my privacy was in
vaded. A lady joined me. I gathered to
gether my papers as we steamed out of
York station, purposing to reward past
labor with rest.
“May I trouble you to close that win
dow?”
“Certainly.”
I closed the window, and discovered
that the speaker was rather a pretty wo
man, about 30. She was very well dressed.
With a lame apology for being tired, I
took full possession of the one section
of the carriage that was allotted to me,
arid with shoulders well wedged between
the cushioned walls, prepared to go to
sleep.
i'May I ask if this train stops at Dar
lington?”
’*! thing it does.”
“And at Durham?”
“Yes."
“Thank you.” After that my question
er silenced.
I fell asleep.
At Darlington I woke up and looked out
Os the window. The rain had cleared
away. A blue sky had replaced the threat
ening clouds which hung above, and real
ly there seemed promise of a fine after
noon.
Somewhat refreshed, I roused myself,
Intending to be more agreeable toward my
fellow traveler; but when the train came
to a standstill, she stepped out upon the
platform and began pacing up and down
In the stiff journeyer style.
As I sat watching the lady I noticed a
* man come hurrying into the station; he
showed the collector his ticket, passed
through the gateway, and then Joined
her.
“So, so,” I said to myself, noticing the
gratified expression which flitted across
each countenance, culminating in a look
of intense satisfaction, “it’s the old,old
story. Weil, Ive been in the same way
myself scores of times, and wouldn’t
for the world mar anyone’s joy. You can
have it all your own way, my friends,’’
and thinking this. I settled myself as if
in sleep again.
The lady returned, albno however. Thus
I concluded that the man had got into
another compartment. As there was no
indication that I should become an objec
tionable third party, I took the liberty to
open my eyes. Glancing round as the
train shunted back, previous to making a
final plunge forward, I saw that the man
, was not left upon the platform. He evi
dently was in the train with us, for I had
seen him present his ticket.
“You have had a long sleep,” remarked
the lady, adjusting her wraps and belong
ings, viewing me critically the while.
“How I do envy you, to bo sure. Fancy
sleeping in a train.”
“Why not?”
“I should be afraid of something hap
pening.”
“Such as?”
“Why the train might go off the line.”
“I was never a good hand at conjuring
up horrors," I said.
“Then you might be robbed."
“Ha! that is a very different matter."
“Being a man, I suppose you don’t know
what it is to be nervous.”
Then she grew communicative—too com
municative for my way of thinking. I’ve
a distinct aversion to confidences at the
hands of a stranger, especially If that
stranger be a woman. 80 I took refuge
behind “The Times.” and no more was
said until we neared Durham.
Before the train pulled up my communi
cative friend grew very fidgetty. She
craned her neck out of the window, and
peered into every face upon the platform
that was within her vision. There seemed
an unusual number of passengers, chiefly
of the gentler sex, and J fancied that a
Dorcas Society or the honorary mem
bers of some aged Spinsters’ Benevolent
Union, must have arranged for a general
oxodua. At last the lady gave u start of
recognition, and 1 wondered if another
fellow would meet her here as at Darling
ton. I hud ray doubts and misgivings,
you see. She has been so flatteringly cor
dial towards myself that I doubted her
honesty of purpose. Again 1 was wrong
in the surmise.
A young girl stood upon the platform.
A girl yet In her teens, with light fluffy
hair encircling a pretty, yet miserable
’ face, and it was she that my lady was on
the alert for.
On sighting her the girl began a series
of pantomimic gestures, calculated to at
tract attention. Having gained her object
the lady was all smiles.
“Oh, pray, come in here,” she ss»id.
“There is plenty or room.”
But to tny surprise the girl’s eyes met
hers In unfeigned wonder.
The door of the next compartment was
thrown open. “Not there, not there,”
cried the lady, alighting. “Do come in
here.”
"But yours is a smoking carriage," said
tfie girl.
“8o it is. Now, I never noticed that.
But there la only one gentleman in, anil
he does not smoke,”
Already the adjoining carriage had re
ceived Its complement of passengers, the
guard whistled, and the girl seemed to
have no other alternative than to enter
our compartment, though evidently
against her will. Just as the station mas
ter gave the final signal. 1 saw the Dar
lington man pass by our window. Then
apparently changing his mind he wheeled
round u;>on his heels, took a furtive look
in my direction, and, opening the dpor
with a key which he took from his vest
pocket, entered the carriage. No one
took the slightest notice of him. and he
very quietly disposed of himself in a cor
ner opposite to me. This was very curious.
I had witnessed the meeting between the
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was seated av uv. albow they passed as
strangers.
“I noticed you looking about. You
seemed so lonely that I determined to take
you under my wing,” the woman began,
addressing the girl in the most concilia
tory way.
This flattering announcement was re
, ceived with dignified silence. The girl
bowed.
“You remind me so much of my young
est sister.”
The girl smllfcd.
“You are exactly her hight and figure.”
“Really,” vouchsafed the girl.
“Yes, you are extremely alike, so much
so that when I saw you on Durham plat
form I could scarcely keep my eyes off
you.”
“Was that why you were so determined
to have me in here beside you?" and a
bright smile broke over the girl's face, as
if she were pleased matters had been so
satisfactorily explained. Quite evidently
the undue familiarity had bothered her.
“And you too remind me of someone I
know, and yet you are strangely unlike
Ann Beresford.”
As she uttered the name the Darlington
man started ever so slightly. I saw it,
and my wonderment grew.
“Then I also remind you of some body
you know. Now I call that a coincidence,
but," with a thinly manufactured sigh,
“I trust that the semblance does not call
up such sorrowful memories as mine, for
my dear little sister is dead, d-e-a-d! has
been dead nearly two years.”
“I am so sorry,” exclaimed the girl,
with unmistakable sympathy.
“She was my whole world," the woman
continued.
"Pray don’t cry.”
“I’m not drying, dear,” gulping down
a refractory sob that would not ripen to
a tear, "only the likeness has been too
much for me, and I’ve had such a dismal
journey (Thanks!) that I’m afraid I have
got into rather a low key. How very fool
ish. Why, I am making you quite mel
ancholy, child, I do declare.”
“Oh, no, you are not. Only I feel sorry
for you.”
“Well, well, don’t let me depress you,”
and as a terrier might shake off the dew
from <his coat, so did this loquacious indi
vidual throw off her bald attempt at
“fetching sorrow.”
The confederate, as I may call him, after
placing his hat upon the rack, had re
sumed an air of consummate noncflal
ance. Looking neither to the right nor
left of him, he behaved himself as a typ
ical English traveler—silently unapproach
able and equally uninteresting. He sat
directly opposite to me, as I have said,
so that I had opportunity of studying
him very attentively. »
The first thing I remarked was that his
mouth had ugly curves in it. Then his
eyes were at fault; they were bleared as if
from dissipation, and there was a cunning
cast that foreboded ill to any one who
dared him » return a Roland for an
Oliver. Lastly, although he was well
habited as became a gentleman, there was
an ill-kept trim about his finger tip that
went strongly to belie first impressions.
“Now, isn’t that lovely,” exclaimed the
woman, pointing to a pile of masonry in
the distance. “Don’t you call that view
splendid?”
“It is fine,’ answered the girl, briefly.
“So peaceful, sa> lovely, so still,” in rap
turous tones. “Fancy that castle standing
there for hundreds and hundreds of years!
And we live, and we die, and are forgotten,
but that monument of beauty will remain
there forever.”
“Hepti!” from the Darlington man's
throat.
“Have you read about the Pyramids of
Egypt?”
“I have seen them.”
"Well, Mathew Arnold once wrote about
the Sphinx—‘The sad, grave eye of the
Sphinx,’ he said, ‘watching calmly the
fleeting generations.’ If he didn’t say that
he said something very like it. I’m a
shocking bad hand at quotations—especial
ly classics, but I always thnk of Mathew
Arnold and his Pyramids when I see
structures like that. ‘Fleeting generat
ions'.' I feel so insignificant, such a
thing of the hour, a pigmy! Do you un
derstand me?”
“I Can hardly follow.”
"Ha! you have no Imagination.”
“No, I am very matter of fact,” ans
wered the girl.
I saw a sarcastic smile hover around
the Darlington man’s lips. He cleared his
throat again; this time ominously. The
lady interpreted the bronchial affection
as I did. She ceased.
“Are you going a long journey?” in
quired the enthusiast after a while.
%, To Aberdeen,” said the girl.
“So far. and without luggage?”
“Yes, but I shall return to-morrow.”
Some one will meet you, I hope?”
"Certainly."
“Pardon me for these inquiries, but it is
not mere curiosity, child. The likeness—
oh, it Is marvellous;" then lapsing into
business-like speech, "Do you know,
Aberdeen well?”
“Not at all.”
“You have never been so far north, I
presume.”
The man must have thought that this
catechising had been carried far enough,
for he purposely let fall his stick, which '
he had passed aimlessly from hand to
hand, and It dropped just at the girl’s
' foot.
"I beg your pardon," he cried, excusing
himself volubly for his clumsiness; then,
with some show of gallantry. “Did my j
stick strike your foot?”
“No," she said.
This was the opening he wanted, and i
until we reached Newcastle they were «
a merry trio indeed. I might have been a
dummy for any thought or attention that
was bestowed on me.
At Newcastle the man alighted, and I,
meaning to keep an eye on his movements,
followed. I hovered around the bookstall,
and saw him coming out of the telegraph !
office, pencil in hand. And hurrying up
from the refreshment room came the wo
man. She must have slipped out directly
I left. I stepped on one side, and saw 1
them meet under the clock, and engage
In spirited conversation. He produced the
telegram, which she scanned eagerly.
Then giving a satisfied little nod, as if
the contents pleased her. she hurried
through the gateway, and after waiting
a few minutes the man followed. This
showed very plainly that though in league
thqy did not wish to be seen together.
CHAPTER H.
As I Joined them:
"See what I have here." the woman was
saying. opening a box of bon-bons.
"No. thank you,” answered the girl.
“Take one."
“No. thanks."
“Why?" I
“I have, a headache.”
The girl’s manner was quite changed.
I was pleased to observe this. Her man
ner was chill, collected, entirely unap
proachable. perhaps, during our absence
she had been turning over in her mind
the unwarrantable cordiality with which
she had been received, and now she would
effect a discontinuance by stand-offish
ness, reserve and silence.
But it would have taken a far cleverer
individual than this little maiden to resist
the friendly overtures made by this irre
sistable woman, who spoke of cooking
classes until you smelt the tarts burning;
who attacked Gen. Booth until you won
dered how the w’orld held patience with
him; who abused Peter Robinson until it
evoked the listener’s wrath; who spoke of
tinned meats with a recklessness that was
appalling, and finally wound up by de
riding Paderewski, while lauding some lo
cal banger of her ken up to the skies.
Never before had I remarked the range
of an illiterate woman’s mind (?). She
had no sound knowledge of anything,
but seemed to have a grip of the whole
encyclopedia. No one coUld call this bab
ble conversation, but it helped to make a
tedious journey shorter, and effected what
was aimed at. In time the girl was won
over—coaxed into speech. By dint of
“Now don’t yous,” and “Isn’t its,” these
harassing little questions provoked re
plies, until the thin veneer of reserve
was rubbed off, and the girl was brought
round into friendliness again. Directly
this came about the woman cooled down.
She had gained her object. Then the man
had a pleasant word to say, and so time
wore on until we neared Berwick.
“Perhaps you will take a chocolate
now?” asked the woman, producing a case
and handing it. It was not the one she
had offered previously.
“No, thank you,” said the girl. “To
tell you the truth I don’t like sweetmeats,
besides I feel a little sickly.” She was a
lovely little creature, clad in deep mourn
ing, and when she was animated a bright
flush mantled her cheek, making her com
plexion charming.
“Try if my smelling salts will revive
you,” chimed in the man, offering a small
dark-colored bottle. He raised the cork,
and the girl held it momentarily to her
nostrils.
“What peculiar salts,” she said, retain
ing the bottle. “I never smelt anything
like it.,”
“It’s the latest craze,” laughed the man.
“Chemists, I believe, are always produc
ing some new compound in this line. Now,
don’t use it too freely,” holding out his
hand. “Thanks. It is powerful in its ef
fect, I am told. Would you like to try
it?” to his confederate.
“Ah, yes,’ she said lightly, and took
the thing from him. But I noticed in
holding it to her nostiils she never un
corked the bottle. This made me sus
picious.
"Do you feel any better now?” in
quired the man at length.
“It has quite cured my headache,” an
swered the girl, very quietly.
“Then I am amply repaid. Ladies, I
appreciate its lulling properties.”
“It has made me feel, bh! so sleepy.”
“Exactly."
No one spoke for a while. The girl
seemed to have dozed over. I wondered
at her falling asleep so readily, but per
haps she was tired. Some obstruction on
the line caused the carriage to oscillate
violently. But it did not disturb tho
sleeper. Then, a horrible dread took pos
session me, a thought too villainous to be"
entertained. I grew hot and cold by turns;
the-X) was a second tremendous jerk, and
still tho girl slept on. Vlllian! as convic
tion grew upon me, that this should have
been enacted before my very eyes. For now
I felt convinced that the girl was drugged!
My first impulse was to rouse the guiard
by means of the communicating cord. But
no. Upon consideration they would be
too many for me, and a false step now
might cost the girl her safety, and me
my life. In with such creatures as these—
who was safe? The best thing I concluded
was -to keep my head cool, and wait until
we reached Berwick; so I just remained
to all outward appearance as if nothing
unusual had happened, while puzzling
my brains as to who and what these
people were, and what they could want
with the girl. Instinctively, I felt that she
was an orphan. Her deep mourning first
led to the suggestion. Then journeying so
Tar without a creature to see her off,
showed her loneliness. The poor little thing
had said that the woman reminded her
of Ann Berresford. I was not likely to for
get the rame, and the man had started on
hearing this. Nqw what could all this
mystery mean? As soon as we reached
Berwick I had made up my mind to
call assistance, but an elderly-looking
man looking into the carriage quite took
mo by surprise.
“Ha! here she is,” he said familiarly.
“Why Lvcy, child,” on entering, “I de
clare she is asleep. Poor wee lassie,” and
stooping down, he kissed her. * «.
He was a man bordering on sixty, with
a kind, good-tempered face; stout, florid,
rather under middle hight, and habited in
broad cloth, as became a minister.
“She is tired," said the woman languidly,
"I would not wake her," arresting the
man's endearments. "She complained of
a headache before she went to sleep. A
quiet doze may do her good.”
“And so you have been taking charge
of my niece,” said the man, giving a
friendly nod all round, and a faf chuckle
to me in particular. "Now that is very
good of you.”
"I took her under my wing at Durham,"
advanced the woman.
“Ha! yes, yes, yes," and looking from
one to the other he beamed on each in
I turn, and rubbed his hands fussily. “No,
I won’t wake her until we get to Edin
burgh.”
So I had been wrong in my suspicions
after all. I began to think that, like, my
verbose neighbor opposite, I must be en
* dowed with a powerful imagination. It
j would have been an ugly business for me
j accusing people of a crime like ? That,
j With n sigh of relief 1 admitted the fallacy
minding other people's business, and
the advisability of attending to one’s
own.
CHAPTER 111.
The old parson was certainly a relation.
And these other people that I had been
plotting against—swearing vengeance at
’ in fact—they were on very good terms
with me. Indeed, the woman was thor
oughly at her ease, and babbled awav to
the old man os volubly os she had done to
1 myself. A weight seemed to have been
lifted from my shoulders; perhaps, after
all. the girl was only sleeping.
I gathered from the conversation that
they were all bent on sight-seeing, 1 e
“Lucy” and her “uncle,” tho Darlington
man. and the lady. It was & coincidence
certainly, that they had engaged rooms
at the same hotel; but a very happy coin
cidence. the uncle maintained, fcr Lucy
would be delighted to have a companion
of her sex. Finally, it was agreed that
they would get on famously.
He was a shrewd Scotchman, this un
cle. for he cherished his bawbees, and
! calculated that it one four-wheeler would
: convey them and their luggage the fare
< for hlm?e!f and his niece would be re
-1 duced one-half. But a thought flashed
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1895.
across my mind, the girl distinctly said
that she was bound for Aberdeen!
We passed station after station and as
time went on my suspicions were con
firmed. From their attitude toward each
other, and from casual remarks they let
fall, I was convinced, in spite of myself,
that this third person, this benign, par
sonis-looking individual, was none other
than a third confederate. Then my fears
intensified as the girl slept on, and I
knew not what to do.
We were nearer our destination, than I
expected, and when the train steamed in
to Edinburg station I seemed dazed. The
confirmed suspicion of wrong, following
so closely upon my momentarily belief
in their innocence, stunned me, and me.de
me think twice before I spoke.
A porter opened the door, and the wo
man purposely held back until I should
get out, saying, for excuse, that she had
lost her glove. The men assisted in the
search. I gave myself time to think what
to do for the best. Caution was necessary.
I was waiting £or results, waiting until
I should see the girl awaken. I saw that
my remaining bothered them. They had
noticed that my traps were labelled Ed
inburgh. Yet not one inch would I budge.
The station was crowded with passen
gers, so that escape when I gave the
alarm was impossible. But how best to
raise an alarm?
“Lucy,” said the elderly man, feebly.
“Lucy, dear,” he said again. “Bless my
soul, how the child sleeps!”
“You gentlemen had best get out,” said
the woman. “Leave your niece in my
charge,” addressing the minister, “while
you see to the luggage.”
Nobody stirred.
The situation was intense. One’s breath
ing became audible. Instinctively four
pairs of eyes exchanged glances, but it
was the woman who took the initiative.
“Flease go,” she said, authoritatively. ’
“We women would be alone. Will you go?”
she asked me pointedly, her eyes flashing
and her cheeks aflame with suppressed
excitement.
“Yes, when I see that girl awaken,” I
answered.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean when that child awakens I
will leave the carriage, and not till then.”
“What do you infer?” cried the Dar
lington man, springing to his feet.
“I infer nothing. That girl is drugged.”
You see, after all, what a fool I made
of myself. In spite of all caution I blund
ered sadly. I was not altogether unpre
pared for the charge though. The Dar
lington man sprang at me. I parried the
blow. He struck again. I ducked, and
losing my foothold, slipped, grabbed him
in my fall, and together we both went
spawling on the platform—he uppermost!
“Help! Help! ” shrieked the woman.
“Help!” We were quickly surrounded.
“He has robbed my husband!” she cried.
"Oh, he is desperate. See, my sister has
fainted.”
I felt a pair of handcuffs close about
my wrists. People hemmed me in. There
was a blank moment. I looked up and
saw the woman and the minister leading
the girl away.
“You scoundEal!” paid the Darling*OE
man, rising and brushing the dust from
off his coat, “I was one too many for you,
though. Never mind,” to the policeman,
“let him go. I’ve given him enough, and he
hasn’t got my purse, se here!” producing
one. “It was touch and go, though, mind
you.” He wound tfjv fttfe speech’ with a
self-satisfied grimace, and a murmur of
applause rang through the crowd, who ad
mired so plucky a gentleman. “You must
prosecute,” said the policeman, catching
him by the arm as he turned away. This
had evidently not been bargained for.
The man went white to the lips.
“Your name, sir,” demanded the police
man. I waited until he should comply.
He did not. Then, in a voice loud enough
to let everyone hear, I cried, “See that
girl they are leading away is drugged.
Search the woman. Stop the girl. See
for yourselves, if you do not believe me.
Because I detected them they have
trumped up this charge against me to
escape! Stop them! They are a gang of
assassins!”
“He Is a madman!” yelled the forgiving
gentleman making a rush at me. But
his further movement was impeded. We
Were bracketed togjether, the Darlington
man and I, as prisoners. I saw a man el
bow his way through the crowd and lay a
hand upon the girl’s shoulder. He ordered
the mob to stand back. He was obeyed.
There was a lull: then a terrible murmur
too ominous to be misinterpreted, rqse
from the maddened throng, who would
have lynched the guilty wretches had not
prompt measures been taken to secure
their safety—for the doctor’s verdict had
been given, and was passed from lip to lip.
The girl is drugged!
CHAPTER IV.—EXPLANATION.
It is a very easy thing to give knowing
the facts and having the evidence before
me, but it took both time and trouble to
unravel the mystery. I will tell you all
I know.
It appears that the girl, Clara Heywood
—Lucy was her name—was left doubly
orphaned two months prior to my making
her acquaintance, on the unfortunate day
she set out to Aberdeen. Rich, with no
near relatives, she seems to have berm
left entirely to the oare of strangers, for
the guardian whom her father had left
as sole executor was an old bachelor,
who had no fixed domicile capable of
housing his ward. It was a difficult prob
lem what to do for the best. The* most
feasible plan was to send the girl to
school, for she was barely eighteen. That
was the old lawyer's view of the matter,
and until arrangements could be made
he got an elderly female as attendant.
A most respectable person was Ann 1
Berresford. Her Quakerish get-up quite |
captivated the old lawyer, who, by the
way, plumed himself on his keen pene
tration of character. With forged cre
dentials and fine looks, she quite ingra
tiated herself in the lawyer's good books.
She soon learned how matters stood with
reference to her young charge, and al
though wide awake enough to strongly
approve of the scholastic campaign, she
as firmly made up her mind that it should
never take place.
A fortnight after her father’s funeral
Clara and her attendant went to Dur- ■
ham. The old lawyer was unsparing in j
his endeavors to do the best he could for
poor Jack Heyward's little girl, and Dur
ham he considered was exceptionally ad
-1 vantageous. There was Jhc cathedral for
devotion, and pleasant walks for recrea
tion. Yes, upon reflection. Durham was
every bit as great a success as was Ann
Berresford. It was in this quiet little city
that Ann Berresford set her wits to work
to devise some means of furthering her
own interests. She wrote to Charlotte,
her younger sister, who was sharper and
wittier than she. Charlotte, in her turn,
! consulted Tom. their brother. Tom was
a scapegoat. He settled the matter right
off, as ho generally did. There was a
strong air of finality about Tom.
He took the matter clean out of Char-
■ lotte’s hands, and wrote to Ann straight
off. that the c-nly solution to the problem
■ was matrimony. He was quite willing to ■
marry Miss Heywood, provided, after ~,c
explosion, there was plenty of cmrtj to
i fall back upon. Ann answered by return
1 of post that the money was a certaintv
She added as a rider that the difficulty lay
with the young lady. Os late she had
discovered that Miss Heywood had a
strong will of her own. She would do
nothing against her inclination.' This was
not flattering to Tom. So fair play was
thrown to the wind, and foul play resorted
to. To make matters doubly secure Char
lotte enlisted the services of her elderly
fiancee, a retired pawnbroker by repute,
a disgraced one by reputation. And then
this unique family arranged among them
selves what they considered a splendid
catch, without a loophole of escape. With
his, eyes fully open to the dire consequen
ces of marrying a ward in chancery, and,
moreover, rushing into the very" teeth of
the law, as regards Miss Heywood’s
guardian, Tom was quite willing to brave
the old lawyer’s vengeance—risk every
thing, in fact, for the sake of a comfort
able competence in the end. Imprison
ment! Once his wife, what could the law
do? How could ‘the girl free herself?
Ann would keep the old lawyer in check
for a few days, and— But it is sickening
relating the details. To be brief —
A telegram came from Aberdeen one
morning forged in the name of Charles
Blount, the lawyer, summoning his ward
to meet him there, at Aberdeen, on a mat
ter of vital importance. Ann turned cra
ven, took refug-e under a fit of imaginary
spasms. Her indisposition did not, how
ever, deter Clara Heywood from Obeying
her instructions.
Charlotte began her speculative journey
at York, met Tom at Darlington, appro
priated Miss Heywood at Durham, and
was joined by the pawnbroker at Berwick.
You, reader know' the rest’.
That romantic marriage, w'hlch was to
have come off at Edinburg, was frus
trated, and instead of emolument alt
round, the unhappy family of Berresford
received different awards at the hands of
justice. All except Ann, she [jot wind of
the capture and eclipsed—totally.
(The End.)
ARMENIAN STORIES FAKES.
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A Spanish Traveler Says the Outrage
Stories Are Exaggerated.
Manchester, April 10.—The Guardian
that a number of conservative mem
bers of the House of Commons met in
London on Monday to hear a statement
from Senor Ximenez, the Spanish trav
eler, who has recently been making a
tour of Armenia. Senor Xirhenez denied
the existence in Armenia of anything like
the widespread outrages which are report
ed to have been committed. All of the
Turkish soldiers engaged in the suppres
sion of the revolt were regulars. They
massacred men where they met them in
armed resistance, but they did not at any
time attack women and children. The
total number of Armenians killed, he said,
was less than 300.
Commoner Commerell, who has just re
turned from Constantinople, was present.
He denounced the stories of atrocities in
Armenia as. unfounded, and denounced
the Turkish agent of a prominent London
daily as having acted in bad faith in the
matter of sending information to his
paper.
HOME TRIP OF THE HOTEL HELP.
The Rival Roads Ont of Florida Not
• to Run a Race To-day.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 10.—The South
ern and the Atlantic Coast Line will not
race from Jacksonville to New York on
the 11th, as has heretofore been reported.
Capt. W. M. Davidson, general passenger
agent of the Savannah, Florida and West
ern, and A. O. MacDonell, general pas
senger agent of the Florida Central and
Peninsular, made an agreement to-day
to that effect, and jointly announced the
fact to the newspapers. While there will
be no race for time there will be one for
business. The town is crowded with help
of the big hotels which have just closed,
and representatives of each line are after
them red hot.
AGAINST FREE SILVER.
Senator Palmer to Try to Save the Il
linois Democracy.
Springfield, 111., April 10.—Senator John
M. Palmer has declared his intention of
fighting the proposed scheme of commit
ting the Illinois democracy to free silver.
In an interview to-day he declared that
he was in the fight to stay and did not pro
pose to be beaten. This statement was
brought out by the question whether he
had read the recent interviews with promi
nent democrats as to his position on the
question. To this he replied that he had,
and to the personal assaults of Messrs.
Heinrlchsen and Merritt he had no an
swer to make. The interviews themselves,
he said, proved that the call for a state
convention was a part of a carefully con
certed scheme to commit the party to free
coinage.
CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL.
Alleged Poodle Ordinance Repealed
by a Large Majority.
Chicago, April 10.—At a meeting of the
new city council to-night the alleged
“boodle” ordinances, the Ogden gas, Cos
mopolitan electric and commercial heat,
light and power, were repealed by virtue
of the large republican majority, the vote
being 45 to 18. Mayor Swift will approve
the repealing.
The mayor also sent to the council the
following appointments: Ex-Aiderman
i William D. Kent, to be commissioner of
public works; J. J. Badenoch, present clec-
I lion commissioner, to be chief of police;
I Samuel B. Raymond, oil inspector, and
W. H. Tatge, prosecuting attorney.
JABEZ BALFOUR ON SHIPBOARD.
The Defraudey No* Allowed to Land
at Bueuo» Ayres.
Buenos Ayres, April steamer
Tartar Prince, with the fugitive defrauder
of English building societies, Jabcz Spen
j cer Balfour, on board, is still detained
i here by low tides. Yesterday the criminal
judge of Salta sent officers on board the
steamer to demand the surrender of Bal
four. The captain of the ship communi
cated with the British minister on the
subject and the latter official laid the mat-
I ter before the foreign minister. The re
sult was that the foreign minister sent a
detachment of soldiers to prevent Balfour
from relanding.
DOUBTFUL OF THE DIVINITY.
A Professor in Randolph-Macon Col
lege Resign*.
Richmond, Va„ April 10.—Dr. Richmond
M. Smith, professor of Greek, Hebrew and
Sanskirt in Randolph-Macon College at
Ashland, Va- having taken the position
that he dees not fully believe in th" di
| vinity of Christ‘‘and that all of the scrip
tures are inspired, has tendered his resig
nation and the board has signified their
intention of accepting it. Dr Smith is
a brother of the president of the institu
tion.
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EX-QUEEN LIL’S IMPRISONMENT.
She Is Now Privileged Io Walk in
Any Part of a Ten-Acre Park.
Victoria, B. C., April 10.—The following
Honolulu advices, up to April 2, have
been received here: “Yesterday, by the
advice of her physician, the ex-queen re
ceived permission to walk in any part
of the ten-acre park around the execu
tive building, after the close of office
hours, at 4p. m. Sihe has heretofore been
restricted to the use of the verandas ad
joining her apartments. It caiinot be
learned that the executive contemplates
any change in the place of tier imprison
ment. *
“Os the political prisoners in the public
prison, Gulick and Ashford, particularly
the latter, are in wretchedr health. Sew
ard also is very poorly. Rickard and
Marshall are at present on the sick list.
All five are in the hospital ward, which
is comfortable.
“There are about fifty in all of the polit
ical convicts -in this prison. Last Sunday
over 300 of their friends visited them. It
is considered necessary hereafter to re
strict the frequency of visits. Many na
tives have inquired of members of the
government whether they would be al
lowed to form annexation clubs without
taking the oath of allegiance to the re
i public. They have been informed that
there was entire liberty in such matters,
but that there w r oul.d be no treating on the
subject with the United States except
through this government.”
It has been determined to convene a
special session of the legislature within
a few weeks. The leading item of busi
ness will be to authorize the sale of the
crown lands.
A lav.- for this purpose has been carefully
prepared by President Dole, with the es
pecial view of meeting the wants of small
farmers. This law will open up large
areas of choice coffee and other lands to
settlers.
MASONS AND CREMATION.
The Order Decides That Burning Is
Not a Christian Burial.
Philadelphia, Pa., April 10.—Cremation
services have been officially declared by
Masonic authority not to be Christian
burial. The question that has brought
about this decision arose over the mak
ing of arrangements for the funeral of
the late Charles H. Relsscr, the well
known restauranter. It had always been
Mr. Reisser’s wish to be cremated, and
after his death his family decided to fol
low his wishes. Mr. Reisser was also a
Mason and was a member of Rising Star
Lodge, Oriental Chapter, and of Kadosh
Commandery.
These organizations were invited to take
part in the funeral, but before accepting
it learned that it was the intention to
have the services at the time the body
was cremated. The question was at once
raised whether, under Masonic law, this
■would be a Christian burial. The matter
was referred to the grand master of Penn
sylvania, who is Judge Arnold, and he
promptly rendered a decision that serv
ices at a cremation not Christia*
burial under Masonic law’s.
The family, therefore, decided to aban
don their original intention. The funeral
took place tb-day, and the Masonic or
ganization attended in a body and per
formed Masonic rites. The body was
placed in a vault for a time.
FIGHT OF THE SEABOARD.
Mr. Hoffman Comments on the Per
inisslou Granted the Southern.
Baltimore, Md., April 10.—President R.
C. Curzon Hoffman, of the Seaboard Air
Line, said to-day that the decision of the
interstate commerce commission, which
permits the Southern Railway Company
to meet the cut in passenger rates made
by the Seaboard Air Line to Atlanta with
out reducing the rate to intermediate
points would not affeat the situation ma
terially, except that the decision might
give the impression that his line was
in the wrong in cutting rates.
Commenting on the decision, President
Hoffman said: “I no longer see any use
for the interstate commerce commission.
'That body has virtually given the South
ern Railway Company a weapon with
which to fight us, and has repudiated
about the only important clause of the
act under which it was created.
“The long and short haul clause of the
law has been upheld by all the courts,
and I am surprised that the interstate
commerce cojnmi«sion should be the first
to nullify it. I cannot say at present
what we will do next, but we are able
and ready at all times to protect our
rights and property.”
GEORGIA’S NEW INSURANCE LAW.
The Attorney General Called on to
Construe One of Its Clauses.
Atlanta, Ga., April 10.—Controller Gen
eral Wright to-day requested the Attor
ney General to- place a construction upon
the clause in the Venable insurance brok
ers law passed by the late legislature,
which provides .for the filing of reports
of business done with the insurance com
.misioners. Unless this clause is con
strued favorably to the brokers they
claim that the whole purpose of the
bill will be defeated and Insurance thro-ugh
brokers made impossible. The letter of
the troublesome clause appears to re
quire detailed statements giving the par
ties insured and the rate of premium
charged on • each risk to be subject to
public inspection in the controller's office.
This the brokers say will put the tariff
association companies in possession o-f
their business, and would enable them to
take up the brokers' policies at a cut rate,
the loss to be made good out of a fund
made up for the purpose by the associa
tion, as has been done in the past, and
finally the brokers frozen out entirely,
when the old high rates would be restored.
A number of brokers have applied for li
censes, and the Attorney General’s opin
ion will practically decide the fate of the
new law.
OIL'S BOOM.
The Standard Company Offers *1.33
Per Barrel.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 10.—The Standard
Oil Company, announced to-day that they
would pay $1.35 per barrel for Pennsyl
vania oil. This is an advance of 8c since
yesterday. There has been no material
change in price in the speculative market.
I New York, April 10.—The Standard Oil
Company has made another advance in the
price of field oil from $1.27 to $1.35, and the
product in Oil City this morning sold up
to sl.47’A, with a subsequent reaction to
$1 45. No new reasons were assigned for
the further rise, the scarcity of product
I still being the main factor’at work.
Pannill Oat on Ball.
Lynchburg, Va., April 10.—Robert H.
Pannill, who has been In jail for several
weeks charged with aiding and abetting
Walker G. Hamner in abstracting and
embezzling funds ffc-m the First National
Bank, was to-day admitted to bail, and 1
upon the proper security being furnished, 1
was released. Judge Paul, in the last term
of the United States court, in this city,
fixed the bail at SIO,OOO. ’
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CUBA WAITING FOR CAMPOS.
THE GENERAL TO TAKE THE HELM
THE MOMENT HE LANDS.
The Present Governor General to Re
tire From the Office as Soon as the
New Commander-In-Chief Reaches
the Island—The Insurgents Claim
That a Syndicate Has Been Formed
in the United States to Supply
Funds to Carry on the Revolution*
Havana, April 10.—Brig. Gen. Jose Jim
errez Moreno, chief of the governor gen
eral’s staff, sailed to-day on the Villa
Verde to receive Martinez Campos, w'ho is
expected to arrive by the 15th. Gen. Cam
pos will land at Guantanomo or Santi
ago, and by royal decree becomes gov
ernor general the moment he sets foot on
land, avoiding the delay attendant upon
observing the customary form of taking
the oath of office here.
Governor General Calleja will retire
from office upon notice of the landing of
Gen. Campos and will sail for home on.
the 20th Inst. Gen. Campos, is expected,
to push active operations against the in
surgents in the vicinity of Santiago de
Cuba, which is the only section where
the insurgents are known to be in any,
numbers. The latest advices place the
number at 3,000, divided into bands oil
fifty to 200 men each. Gen. Bartolo Mas
sa is in command. The other leaders are
Adjt. Gen. Cespedes, chief field officer)
Col. Estaban Tamayo, Capts. Rabi -Perea
Estrada, Bello Guerra, Leyis, Capote Su
araz, Papas, Vega, Gonzales Arambura
and Brea.
The insurgents announce that a syndi
cate has been formed in the United States
to furnish money for the revolution, re
imbursements guaranteed from customs
receipts when independence is secured.
Wealthy and influential Cubans here givo
no aid to the insurgents, and declare the
uprising a mistake. All three parties hers
pledge support to the government. Ths
general belief is that the insurrection will
be short lived. Gen. La Chambre, in com
mand of the government forces in San
tiago province, reports roving bands in
the mountainous sections, but no massing
of insurgents and no rising in other pro
vinces. AH are under martial law. Troops
are stationed at all towns.
Monday a band of forty-eight mounted
insurgents invaded Puerto Principe pro
vince and were attacked by government
forces and defeated. One leader, Panchin.
Varona, was killed, another mortally
wounded and taken prisoner and a woman
and child In a hut killed by stray bullets.
Three of the party who laded near Bara
coa with Ge. Maceo, after killing the
eaptain of the schooner Horona, were cap
tured Monday. The others fled to the
mountains.
The members of the party arrested Sun
day in a supposed attempt on Jaruco bar
racks, were liberated to-day, except J’edrO
Lopez, Gil and Francisco Paz.
The others arrested at Puerto Principe
on April 5 were also released, including ,
Marquis Santa Lucia.
Tampa, Fla., April 10.—Lyceo Cubano
was the scene of one of the most entb’ic
iastic meetings to-night ever field here.
The occasion was the celebration of the
twenty-sixth anniversary of the constitu
tion of the Cuban republic. There were
3,000 people present. Including several hun
dred ladies, who joined most heartily in
the demonstration. The hall was packed
with an eager throng. The streets for
nearly a block were thronged with Cubans
and their friends, and all round the build
ing the people stood in great numbers.
The hall was gaily decorated with bunting
and national emblems. The Cuban and
American lings were gracefully wreathed
about the pictures of Cuban patriots on,
the walls and on the stage.
Among those who had a place on th®
platform were Ramon Rivero, president
of the society, Dr. Dominez Fernando
Figueredo, leader of the party here; En
rique Callejo, Guallerio Garcia and Jos®
Herrera.
Senor Rivero, editor of Cuba, was mas
ter of ceremonies. The speeches abounded,
with fiery patriotism, and the reading of
the proclamation of the republic in 1869
by Col. Figueredo was continually inter
rupted by applause. One speaker declared
"Spain would never take her hands off
the throat of Cuba until her grasp was
severed by the blood of Cuban courage.”
Another said: “The coming of Campos
means the re-establishment of the re
gema of the revolution, whose anniver
sary this meeting Is called to honor.
1 hen the garroted and shot the patriots,
outraged-their wives and daughters and
burned their homes. The same fate now
hangs over the heads of our fair native
isle and our blood kindred there. They
will be subjected to the«basest cruelties
ever heaped upon the heads of a liberty
loving people, and they will be called
upon to wade through seas of blood, but
over and beyond It all lies the pearl of
great price, liberty for Cuba. Let them
»do their worst, we are prepared for them.
We have made up our minds fully to the
great struggle, and we are determined
to win the freedom of Cuba and redeem
her from Spanish bondage at any and
every cost. When garrotlng and shoot
ing and the outraging of our women and
the burning of our homes begins, we
shall pay them in kind for their hellish
ness. Mark you, we shall not begin these
blood curdling outraged and shall only
condescend to meet these devilish things
on an equal footing when we are forced
to do so by their own example.”
The speech was greeted with continued
applause. Other speeches were made by.
Soetro Alfonso, Nester L. Carbonell, Ed
uardo Reina, Francisco Diax, and a
Spaniard, Sandalia Romaella.
One of the principal features of the even
ing was the speech of Miss Luisa Sanchez,
a charming and intelligent blonde. The
speech was made extempore and her every
movement was grace itself, while her
patriotic eloquence raised a storm of en
thusiasm in and around the hall.
At the clqse of the meeting the following
resolutions was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Cubans assembled
in mass meeting indorse the action of the
councils in selecting Jose Marti as dele
gate and Benjamlne I. Guerras as treas
urer of the party, and accord a vote of
thanks to the secretary, Gonzale de Quesa
da, for his work through Florida in rep
resentation of the Cuban delegation.
The resolution was at once wired to Sec
retary Quesada in New York. Benjamin
Guerra, the treasurer, is in the city, but
was unable to attend the meeting on ac
count of illness.
New York, April 10.—The Ward Line
steamer Seneca, which arrived this morn
ing from Mexican ports and Havana, says
that it was learned that while nothing of
ficial could be heard of the progress of the
Cuban insurrection, the uprising was gen
eral throughout and gaining ground dally.
Everything is at high tension among the
people, and the insurgents have more sym
pathyzers than the authorities are willing
to admit.
Nassau, N. P., April 10.—The British war
ship Mohawk has sailed for Fortune Is
land, whence cleared the schooner Hono
ra, which landed the insurgent leader
Maceo on the Cuban coast. The orders
of the commander of the Mohawk are to
thoroughly investigate the circumstances
of Maceo’s sailing.
A Publisher Commits Suicide.
Norfolk, V&., April 10.—Wallace Gra
ham, publisher of the weekly paper, Sat
urday Night, committed suicide here to
night by taking poison. He was a native
of Canada and had been in Norfolk about
sixty days. He leaves a son in this city
and a wife in Chicago. He came to Nor
: folk for his health. He was financially
well off. '