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THE WHITE GIPSY,
A TALE OP MINES AND MINERS,
By J. MONK FOSTER,
Author of "A Fit Brow lassie,” “Slaves of Fato,” “A Miner’s Million,” "Queen of
the Factory,” "A Crimson Fortune,” “Passion’s Aftermath,” Etc.
(Copyrighted ii? 93, by the author.)
CHAPTER XVII.
SALOME REFUSES TO SI’SAK.
••Tbs receiver of stolon goods is held by
tbe law to be ns bad as the thin
Lady Carsland Hung those accusatory
words at Salome os if they were sharp
pointed weapons with which she meant to
stab her visitor to tbs heart, an 1 it was
quickly evident to tbe merciless speaker of
them that they ha 1 struck home. The hot
blood rushed in a warm roseate flood t . tbe
girl's face as she rea.i/ed tbe full meaning
of her ladyship's utterance, hut receded an
Instant afterward, leaving her beautiful
features marble white, wnile her frame
shivered so violently that she had to cling
to the chair in order to support herself.
‘•What do you mean.'” Salome asked,
finding her voice with on effort as she
dropped back into her seat.
“I mean exactlv what I said, Miss Bar
ringham. That" brooch you were wear
ing yesterday was stolen with many other
articles of jewelry some years ago; and I
need not te‘ll you,’as an intelligent woman
that the person who received such things is
as liable to be prosecuted as the thief or
♦bieves.”
••But I knew nothing. I never suspected
anything was wrong! How was ito know
the jewels bad been stolen ?” Salome ex
claimed, with her glorious dark eyes fixed
entreatingly upon the cold pitiless face of
her companion, “Surely, l.ady Caislaud,
you do not believe for a moment that I
knew that I was wearing a broooh whioh
had been stolen?”
"It is quite impossibe that I should know
what you knew or did not know. 1 was her
ladyship’s icy rejoinder. •‘What I am
aware of is this: ibe brooch wa; stoleu and
I find it in your possession. TV hat explana
tion have you to offer!”
“I have none,” Salome replied. “Had I
dreamed there was anything wrong is it
likely that I should have accepted it!”
“I tell you agarn that I do not know; and
you must see that you will have to explain
how it came into your possession. Who
gave the broooh to you, Miss Barringham.”
“I can only tell you that it was a friend,
Lady Carsland. Ho asked me as h special
favor not to give his name.”
“Did heT the other cried, triumphantly.
“And did not that fact excite your suspi
cions? It would have arousod mine imme
diately. ”
“I never thought of the matter in that
way, your ladyship,” Salome answered
simply.
“But you must now, and I insist upon
knowing the man’s i amo—l suppose a man
made you the present.'”
"Yes.”
“Who was it?”
"I will not tell you, but I feel sure—cer
tain, almost, that the man would never de
scend so far as to become a thief.”
“I did not say that, but he may be ac
quainted with or related to the real thieves.”
“Who were tha thieves?” the giri next
asked.
“They are unknown, 1 regret to say, but
cow that we have obtained a ulew they are
sure of being discovered.”
“When did the robbery occur? I do pot
remember hearing of it.”
“It took place years ago—probably before
you were born; but every jewel bears a
mark which cannot be mistaken, and the
moment I saw you wearing the brooch, I
thought I knew it. When I examined it
afterwards at the window I found the mark.
If you will examine the brooch—here it is
you will rind that it has engTaved upon it
at tbe hack the initials of Sir Sydney’s
father and mother.”
“It was Sir Sydney who was robbed,
then?” Salome asked, wide eyed with a no.v
wonder as she took the article of jewelry
and bent her gaze upon it with a fresh in
terest,
“Yes, Mias Barringham,” broko in anew
voice at that juncture, “it was I who was
robbed,” and the speaker, Sir Sydney Cars
laml, walked Blowiy across the room, add
ing, as ho came to a standstill between her
ladyship and Salome, “I suppose you have
been telling her, Adelaide, that the brooch
was one of the stolen jewels?”
“I have. And 1 have been pointing out
to her tbe suspicious and even dangerous
position in which she will Had herself incase
she refuses to state where she obtained Che
article.”
“But Mies Barringham will not, I am
sure, do anything so foolish,” said tbe bar
onet, gravely, as he faced the giri, who was
white-face 1 still hut quite self-possessed
now.
"Your first duty in this painful case is to
clear yourself; and you must see as well as
I do, that suspicions of the blackest kind
will gather uround you unless you reveal
all you kDov about the brooch and the man
who gave it to you.”
"I cannot do that—whatever happens,'’
Balorae answered, lowly, but firmly. "I
am perfectly willing to return all the jew
els ”
That last sentence caused Sir Sidney and
bis wife to exchange a quick, wonderiug
telepathic glance, nud Salome noticing the
interchange of looks, paused abruptly.
Lady Carsland was the first to break the
momentary silence. With her oager, ques
tioning eyes centered upon Salome, she de
manded.
"So you hove other jewels, then ?’’
“Yes, quite a number of dillerent arti
cles,” the girl answered readily, her honest,
open eyes meeting the curious stare of her
companion’s unflinchingly. "Tnero are
other brooches, hut none like this one, and
necklaces, bracelets and other thing".”
“They all reached you from the same
source, I suppose?” Sir Sydney queried.
“They did. I received the lot only a few
days ago—l think it was last Friday."
“Where are they now!” Lady Carsland
cried.
“In my room at the Vicarage. If they
are yours I will hand them over to you at
once. I never sought the jewels—l do not
care for them, and I shall be pleased to get
rid of them, Sir Sydney.”
“This is a very singular thing,” the
baronet muttered, “I never thought thut
ths jewels would bo recovered after the
lapse of all these years.”
“Yes,” his wife broke in snappishly, “it
is very singular—much too singular to be
pleasant; and it goes to prove that i was
right in rr.y suggestion that the thieves had
been afraid to dispose of their spoil.”
“That was fortunate for us, my dear,"
answered Sir Sydnoy, “ and if MiBS Ba. -
ringham is willing-as she says 6he is—to
hand over the whole of the jewels immed
iately, I think that this unpleasant affair
can be settled amicably, and to the satis
faction of all concerned.”
I.ady Carsland shota venomous glance of
hot anger at her spouse. It m'ght suit him
to smooth matters over, but it would not
suit rer at ah that the atl'uir should ho dis
posed of in that manner, She had resolved
to drive Salome away or cover her name
w ith suspicion and obloquy, and having the
poor to do one or another of those two
things she was not in tbe least inolined to
show thu girl any merev.
“Yes, Sir Sidney,” Lady Carlsland
answered, ere the White Gipsy oould speak,
“this unpleasant affair can be amicably
arranged, provided, of course, that Miss
Barringham reveals the name of her ac ”
•he wa. about to say accomplice, and she
voiced that pregnant syllable in such a
mariner tbattho remainder of the unspoken
word could not he in doubt, but after a
momentary pause she want on, “provided
that the Identity of the giver of the jewels
is made clear ”
“You will do that. Miss Barringham?”
Bir Sydney asited, looking at the girl with
eyes ami face which said speak uud save
your-elf.
“Xo! I cannot. lam sorry that it should
; be necessary to refuse, but I consider that I
: am under o deep obligation not to make
j known the man’s name who sent the jewels
io me. If they are yours I will give them
up -that is all I can do!”
“I suppose we shall have to be satisfied
with that, Adelaide!” Carsland queried.
“Perhaps after all it will be batter uot to
press the matter any further. Don’t you
think to?”
"1 do not think so!” she exclaimed vi
ciously. “To permit the thieves to go
unpunished would oe to compound a felony.
You, bir .Sydney, and you, Miss Barriug
hatn, can do aB you see lit, but I meau to
probe this disreputable matter —this in
famous robbery—to the bottom. If Miss
Barringham will not willingly disclose the
names of her aocoraplice or accomplices
sqe must be compelled to do so. That is my
last word.”
She shot those words at both Salome and
her husband with blazing eyes and figure
drawn scornfully erect: they were a menace
to tho girl und a command to tbe man to
be firm, and when they were uttered she
swept with the carnage of an msuhed
empress from tbe room.
Salome rose as Lady Carsland walked
away, and would have hurried from the
apartment aiso had not Sir ByJney stopped
her with his hand. He was very sorry for
tho soreiy-tried giri—had already begun to
admire and iove her with a warmth he had
never felt for his acknowledged child. But
he was sorely afraid of the wrath of his
irascible better half, and in order to pacify
her he was prepared to sacrifice any one
save himself. Therefore, much as he would
have liked to befriend Salome, and anxious
as he undoubtodlv;was to repair the injury
he had done in the past, he thought it
would be bettor for thorn all if this hand
some girl could be got away.
“She is very hitter and unreasonable,
Miss Baniugham,” he said, lowly, when
tbe door closed behind his tempestuous
spouse.
“Most bitter and unreasonable,” she re
plied.
“Unless you speak she will oover you
with shame and disgrace."
"I cannot —ray lips ore sealed. It would
he dishonorable to betray the confidence
placed in me, and 1 will not do so no matter
what happens!” she said, quietly, hut with
a firm look upon her white face, which sat
isfied him that she had made up ner mind
to resist all attempts to force from her lips
tbe name of the man who had presented her
with the stoleu jewels.
“Will you not confide in me, Miss Bar
ringham?” ho pleaded.
“1 will not confide in any one, if by oon
fldtng you moan giving up my friend's
name!” washer resolute and immediate re
sponse.
“I should like to befriend you—will do
anything reasonable to extricate you from
this unpleasant position if you will permit
me,” he wont on. “But you see how de
termined she is to get to the bo:tom of the
mystery which envelops this jewelry rob
bery. lam willing—nay, even eager to
smooth matters over, but she will call in the
police, I feel certain, uuless you speak.”
“Aud I have made up my mind not to do
30. lam innocent, and my friend is inno
cent also, 1 feel sure, whoever may he
guilty.”
"But what will the world say. Miss Bar
ringham, if you refuse to give his name aud
thus clear yourself I”
“-Nomatter what tho world thinks, I can
not help it,’’ she answered. “1 will go now.
Sir Sydney."
She moved toward the door, and he put
himself in her way, saying:
“But what of the jewels?”
“i will send them to you the moment I
get back to the vicarage.”
“Suppose I send one of my servants to
bring them.”
“If you will do that, 1 shall be much
obliged. Sir Sydney. It will save me not a
little trouble.”
"Then, if you will wait a few minutes in
the hall nelow, I will order the carriage,
aud the coachman who takes you home can
bring the jewels back with him.”
“If you wish It, 1 am quite willing to fall
in with that arragament,” @he said quietly.
Her quiet restguatiou and determination
smote him to tho very soul. The punishment
which should have neen his, had he been
more of a man and less of a coward, was
lulling upon nis innocent child.
Mentally cursing himself for the sins of
his youth aud bis present lack of manliness,
he opoued the door of the boudoir ami per
mitted Salome to pats out, following her
to the top of the staircase.
“ Vim will not think too harshly of me,
Miss Barringham,” he said, as ho held out
tils hand, “on accouut of what has taken
place to-day ?”
"O, no, Sir Sydney,” she said frankly,
“for you have been most considerate.”
He clasDed her hand warmly, even affec
tionately, in his own, and there is no say
ing what he might not have done, acting
upon the impulse of the moment, if Lady
Carlsland’s voice had not rung out sneer
ingiy behind him.
“Sir Sydney: When you have quite done
wilh .Miss Barringham 1 wish to speak to
you.”
He drooped Solome’s hand hastily,
glanced kindly into her eyes, and turned
away, a mist born of remorse and shame
clouding his vision. Theu, cs the girl
tripped down the carpeted stairs, ho turned
to meet his wife.
“Well, what have you done with her?”
she demanded.
“Nothing. She refuses to give the man’s
name, but has promised to send the jewels
hero at once. I thought of sending her
home in the carriage so that Kalliwell could
bring the jewels back with him.”
*“ A good idea, that,” she cried with evi
dent pleasure. "I am glad that she has made
up her mind not to divulge the man’s name.
It will be easier now to frighten her away.
The only qucs.ioti now is this. What steps
shall wo now take?”
“I shall take no steps against her,” ho
said, with a now born firmness. “Now
that the jewels are recovered I have done
with the business Your lady
ship can do what you like.”
Without another word he turned away,
strode off to his own room and locked him
self in, so as to be free from further annoy
ance.
Along the short carriage drive which led
from the Vicarage to the high road, the
White Gipsy was slowly pacing with bent
head and a face charged with thought. It
was the evening of the day on which she
had paid her second visit to Carsland Hall
in response to Hir Sydney's note, and the
effects of the shock she had then received
hail not yet passed away from her.
On returning to the Vicarage she had hied
her to her room, had taken from her finger
the massive ring which Hugh Eastwood
had given to her that night in the lane, had
placed the trinket among the other jewels
in the casket, and had dispatched the lot to
Carsland Hall as arranged.
Then she told the housemaid to inform
Miss Madison that she wus indisposed, and
that and e she loosed herself in her chamber,
flung berseil upon her bed and tried to think
calmly of the difficulty in which she was in
volved .
When night came she stole from the
house and tried to find in the fresh frosty
open air the light and nepenthe denied her
indoors.
Had she been a less strong-minded young
woman she would have unburdened her
mii ato her friend, Miss Mallisou. Put she
felt that she could not take the vicar’s sister
into her confidence without revealing the
whole of the circumstances relating to the
jewels, and that she had resolved not to do.
Hugh had implored her not to say where
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES.
! the jewels had come from, and she bad re
j spec ted his desire even at the cost of thruw
i ing a serious reflection upon ner own char
acter. Besides, another thought bad actu
ated her in the course she had pursued. To
have admitted that she had received from
the pitman some thousands of pounds worth
; of jewelry would have denoted the existanoe
! of an intimacy between herself and Hugh
! East wood, whioh would have appeared of a
j seriously compromising character to the
| outside world.
To one being only—Paul Meredith—was
| Salome prepared to speak the whole truth
1 concerning the unfortunate jewels. Had
! her lover been at home she would have
flown to him With her troubles —had he even
been within reach of a letter she might
have obtained such counsel as would have
enabled her to confront and master tbe
difficulties facing her then. But Paul was
faraway, and there was none else iu whom
whom she cared to confide.
Thus thinking she gaiued the gate which
divided the grounds of tbe vicarage from
tbe high road, and was passing through into
the semi-darkness of the quiet and appa
rently deserted lane, when she heard a
quick step, and, pausing, a man came in
ward her out of the gloom, stopping beside
her.
“Aren’t you Miss Barringham?” the new
comer asked lowly, as he peered into her
face.
"Yes. SVbat do you want?”
“Here’s a note for you then, miss.”
He held out something white, she grasped
it, and the man disappeared as quickly as
he had come. The white object he had
thrust Into her hand was an envelope, that
bulged under the pressure of its contents.
She glanced at it eagerly, but even her keen
eyes could not decipher the address, tbe
light was so faint.
Her first, impulse was to turn back home
ward, but she did not act upon it. Instead
of doing so, she walked sharply along the
high road until she arrived in tbe center of
the hamlet of Thorrell Moor. At the en
trance to the village tavern there burned a
bright lamp, and under it Salome hurst the
envelope asunder with trembling fingers.
The contents rustled crisply In her hands,
and her amazement increased when her gaze
fell on a small bundle of Bank of England
notes pinned to which she found on further
inspection the following message:
Miss Barringham— You ere in the gravest
daDger so long as you remain in this neighbor
hood. Lady Carsland is determined to bottom
the mystery surrounding the jewels. She has
already wriiten to her solicitor, amt is, l behove,
in communication with the police authorities at
llarisford. If you wish to escape not a moment
is to be lost, if you value your liberty you will
leave this place at once. I beseech you to go
andtoaccr.pt the enclosed as a slight token of
my kindly feelings toward yourself. Whenever
you are in need of help I would strongly impress
upon you the fact that you need have no
scruples in applying to me. In great haste,
Sydney Carsland.
——— %
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE bird flier away.
A hansom cab, which had been rapidly
driven all the way from Earlsford , had just
c une to a rest opposite the imposing front
entrance to Carsiaud Hall, aud out of it
stepped a thin, cleanly shaved and white
haired old gentleman. It was Mr. Ellistou,
whom the thoughtful reader may remem
ber as the family solicitor; and it was evi
dent that business, and not pleasure, was
ths cause of his presence there, for, after
telling tbe driver to wait, he mounted tbe
steps In h3ste aud pulled sharply at the bell.
Almost before his fingers fell from the
brightly-polished brass knob the door swung
hack and the servant standing inside said:
“Will you come this way, Mr. Elliston? Sir
Sydney and her ladyship are waiting for
you.”
The lawyer followed tbe man through the
great vestibule, up the staircase and to Lady
Carsland’s boudoir where the baronet and
his wife were seated.
"Good morning. Sir Sydney—good morn
ing Lady Carsland, fine seasonable weather
isu’t it?" tho attorney cried briskly, as he
shook hands with the Carslands. “I was
just about to leave the town for Manchester
when your messenger arrived. I hope there
is nothing serious?”
“Sir Sydney and I wished to consult you
on a rather important matter,” her ladyship
answered gravely. “ 1 ray take a seat and
Sir Sydney will explain.”*
“Well, tho fact is, Mr. Elliston,” the
baronet began, somewhat awkwardly, “tho
matter we want your ndvice upon concerns
the jewels whioh formerly belonged to my
mother. I daresay you will remember
them.”
“Quite well, Sir Sydney. They were
lodged with my firm for several years, you
know.”
“Well, as you are doubtless aware,” he
went on with a gulp, ‘‘l took all the jewels
away with me when I ran away from
home, but I did not dispose of them as you
all thought, Mr. Ellistou.”
■’lndeed," said the lawyer, warily.
"As true as God’s in heaven, I did not!”
Sir fsydnay replied, aD(I theu he briefly re
counted his misadventures that night in
Hough Wood.
“And what of the jewels now?” Elliston
asked, when the baronet’s recital of the
robbery was concluded.
“They have turned up in the most singu
lar and unexpected manner—at least, they
appear to be the same. Will yon Bhow Mr.
Elllkton the jewelery. Adelaide? Ho will,
no doubt, be able to Identify them, if they
are the same.”
The geine were brought forth. The old
man scrutinised each trinket carefully, and
when he had done, he said, very emphati
cally ;
“Tbe'e are most certainly. Sir Sydney,
the jewels your mother possessed. lam
ready to swear to them in any court, in the
world. This is most interesting. How did
you come to regain posiession of them?”
“You know Miss liarringbami” Lady
Carsland queried.
“The young lady to whom Mr. Meredith
is engaged? Of course.”
“Two days ago she was here on a visit,
and 1 then found her wearing this broooh,”
answered her ladyship. "1 reougnixed It
immediately, and made some pretext for de
taining it. Yesterday we confronted her
with the fact that it was one of the stolen
jewels, and ultimately she admitted that
she had the remainder of the gems at
home."
“You amaze me; I never came across a
case like this in my life!” Elliston exclaimed.
“Bufchowdid Miss Barringham contrive to
obtaiu possession of them?”
“That is the most singular part of the
business, and the matter upon which we
decided to have your advice. Miss Bar
ringham .s most reticent upon that point.
Ali she will say is that the jewels were
given to her by an old frisnd; but even
under the strongest pressure she absolutely
declines to give the man’s name. The
question now is, what are we to do in the
face of her refusal ?”
“I am afraid, my dear Lady Carsland,
that you and Hlr Sydney have treated the
girl a trifle too leniently. The faot that
she is engaged to Mr. Meredith would pre
vent you from speaking to and dealing
with her as you would have done with a
stranger under similar circumstances.”
“You are quite mistaken, Mr. EUistcn,
I can assure you,” her ladyship replied.
"We did not spare her In any way, but de
spite all our threats she refused to name the
man."
"That makes the affair all the more
serious. You do no 6 believe, I suppose,
that Miss Barringham was cognisant of
the faot that the jewels had been stolen?”
“Certainly not!” Sir Sydney declared
emphatically, and Lady Carsland said the
same thing, but In a much less positive
manner.
“If you have no objeotion I will call upon
Mias Barringham. I fancy that 1 shall he
able to get the name of her friend from her.
She will be frightened when sbe learns that
you have placed the matter in my hands.”
“1 hope she will be, but in case sbe refuses
to give you his name, what then?”
"That is for you and Sir Sydney to de
cide,” be said, gravely. “To put the matter
in the hands of the police will be to risk rak
ing up all the past."
"And I do not desire that!” Sir Sydney
broke in quickly.
“Nor I.” Lady Carsland added, "but it is
quite possible that it will not be necessary
to go to such a length. Mr. Elliston may
be ablo to succeed with Miss Barringham
where we failed, and "
A tap at the boudoir door arrested Lady
■ Corslaud’s tongue; Sir Sydney called out
"Come in,” the next momenta servant
stood in the open doorway, and was saying
that tbe vicar was below, and desired to see
his master and mistress at ooce.
“Teli Mr. Mallison to come here,” her
ladyship said. The girl disappeared, and
she added, "I am glad tbe vicar has called,
for he ought to know at once all about this
unpleasant matter. Don’t you think sot"
But the baronet and the lawyer signified
their agreement with Lady Carsiaud, and
presently tbe llev. Matthew Mallison was
ushered Into the apartment, looking very
much upset about something. His pale
face and nervous manner caused Sir Sydney
to remark,
“What Is the matter. Mr. Mallison!”
"Miss Barringham has disappeared I”
[to be continued.]
BISMARCK’S BIRTHDAY.
SCHURZ DESCRIBES A VISIT TO
THE IRON CHANCELLOR.
Germany’s Military Needs—His Coun
try’s Army Still the Prince’s Pride.
His Own Pe icoful Old Age—Birthday
Gifts from America.
(Copyright. !333.)
New April I.—Prince Bismarck's
77th birthday (April 1), as the caole brings
the news, finds him well and Btrong, and
happy in the love of the nation which he
did so much to unify and strengthen. The
affection of Germans on this side of the
water goes out to him, and their admira
tion of his character is not less than in the
days when he guided the destinies of father
land.
Among the German-Americans who have
recently bad the pleasure of seeing the iron
chancellor is Carl Schurz, than whom there
is no man more deeply sensible of Bis
marck’s greatness. The writer recently had
the pleasure of a conversation with Mr.
Sohurz, which was suggested by the ap
proaching anniversary. It must be remem
bered that Mr. Schurz has had exceptional
opportunities of keeping in touch with the
affairs of his native land, and that his
view of Bismarck personally is that of one
who has been a guest la the prince’s present
palace.
“Is Prinoo Bismarck content in the quiet
life he now leads?” was the first question I
asked.
“Content! Well, if you had seen him as I
•lid, the very picture of health and good
fellowship, with an irou grasp of the hand,
a clear eye aud a hale and hearty look, you
would say ho was content, and more, too.
He is happy. Happiness is Indeed his, for
he now knows how much he is really loved
by the German speaking people. Amid
the storms aud strife of a long and arduous
political life be had no time to he content or
happy either. Now he can look at what he
has done and admire tho grand work of hie
genius. He always loved tha country and
country life, and I have no doubt that this,
his 77th, birthday will be one of the hap
piest ot his life. He is living, sur
rounded by his friends, who love
him dearly, and still enjoys to roam about
the country aud hunt on his magnificent
estates. He love.s hunting, aud his dog he
is more than fond of. He devoted his
energies to improve the general condition of
the German people and bring about that
unity whioh is now so marked iu tha Ger
man empire. The army is bis pride, and he
never tires talking about it to visitors with
w hom he is acquainted. He argued that a
country surrounded with enemies, as Ger
many is, iu the center of Europe, without
the natural defense! of the sea or great
chains of mountains on her borders, must
have a superior military force to defend her
iu case of future contingencies whioh uo
human wisdom can foresee.
“ ‘The long and short of it is,’ he said, ‘we
must be as strong as we possibly can be in
these days. We have the capability of
being sponger than any other nation of
equal population in the world, and it would
be a crime if wo did not use this capability.
We must make still greater exertions than
other powers for the same ends on account
of our geographical position. And tbe very
strength for which we strive shows that we
are inclined to peace, for with such a
powerful machine a3 w e wish to make the
German army no one would undertake to
attack us. We Germans fair God, but
nothing else in tho world, and it is the fear
of God which causes us to love and cherish
peaoe.’
"That is the keynote of Bismarck’s
character. He loved Germany and loved
to plan for the preservation of its unity,
for haps hts most distinguishable exoftllence
was iu tbe management of foreign affairs;
and in this power he has never been sur
passed by any foreign minister. Hts fame
will increase with the advancing ages.”
"And as to his health at the present
time?”
"From gentlemen who recently came
from Germany, 1 learn that the prince is
enjoying very fair health for a man of his
years. He was a trained athlete and a man
of irou frame, and, despite the hardships of
army life and the burdens with which he
constantly straggled through more than
thirty years of political life, he still i.as that
indomuablo will, aud the much needed rest
is improving his health.”
"Doss he not chafe under the quiet of pri
vate life?”
"Ido not think so. When a man reaches
the age of 77 and is satisfied with having
done his duty to God and man. he pretty
generally needs quiet and enjoys it. By
this time Prince Bismarck has got used to
the peace of a quiet life on his estates, and
havin' always lived in the country un
doubtedly is content and happy. In his
family he is simple, frank and domestic.
He dearly loves his home relations. He
eats not often but heartily, and drinks as
his appetite dictates. lie also smokes in
cessantly. He is un admirable companion at
his table with his few chosen guests. He is
frank and courteous. He lives hospitably
but plainly and in a palace with few orna
ments or luxuries. He loves music, but
seldom goes to theaters. He has been one
of the hardest worked men in a!l Europe
for thirty years, and is it to be wondered at
that he was considered by tnaay stern and
haughty, brusque and rough? His com
manding appearance always carried awe,
but all love this grand statesman who is
now parsing his declining years quietly and
peacefully, giving the allegiance he believes
due to his emperor. It is the wish of every
true lover of the fatherland that Prince
Bismarck may live to see and receive con
gratulations on mauv more birthdays.”
“Do you believe Prince Bismarck will
ever again enter the political area of Ger
many?”
“Una cannot foresee wbat might take
place in the future. Bismarck, when in
publio life, believed in the absolute right of
sovereigns, and ho will never try to in any
way interfere wfth the work of the present
Emperor William. But it is hardly to be
supposed that at the age of 77 he would
care to renew the strife of a political life,
no matter how bright the prospect.”
On this, bis 77db, birthday the grand old
man of the Herman empire received many
sterling reminders of how dear his country
men hold him. Germans throughout the
United States prepared testimonials aud
gifts for Prince Biamarok’a birthday. Ger
mans who are prominent citizens of this
country, but who still love the fatherland,
and those who made it what it is, to-day
sent letters of congratulation and good
wishes to the prinoe. While Prince Bis
marck baa thousands of warm admirers
and supporters among the Germans in the
United States, no official action has been
taken by any of the German sooieties con
cerning the prince’s birthday. None of the
gifts sent from this country came from clubs
or societies. Germans, ns individuals, se
cured the testimonies.
A high officer in the Liederkranz Clnb of
New Y’ork city, the most prominent club of
the kind in the country, told me that every
German well knew that it would offend
Prince Bismarck to take official recognition
of his birthday by the societies or clubs in
this country,
•‘Bismarck,” said he, “was alwavs too
great a man to countenance any hostile
spirit toward the emperor, always being
loyal to the principles of legitimacy and
the will of his sovereign. He was always
conscientious in the discharge of his duties
os he understood them, and to-day he is at
dear to tbe heart of every true son of tha
Fatherland as ever. If the sooieties and clubs
in this country took official action it
would look altogether too much like mix
ing up in the politios of Germany, and now
that all internal dissension has ceased in
Germany, we honor the prince as Amer
ican citizens and as his German born ad
mirers.”
One of the gifts sent to the ex-chancellor
attracted considerable attention among the
Germans of the oountry. It was sent from
Californla and was saea In New York for a
brief period before crossing the ocean.
Some months ago a number of Bismarck's
admirers In California determined to send
him a token of their esteem. The testimon
ial took the form of an album of an original
and novel kind. Tho album is a section of
red wood cut from a tree, with a lid of the
same material covering a rectangular open
ing hollowed out iu the wood. ' Iu the box
photographs to the number of fifty, finished
in the very best style and illustrating the
most familiar scenes in California, were
stored, aud a smooth leather strap, fastened
to the inner edge of the box and having a
silver mounted end, serves as a tab or rib
bon, with which to lift the photographs.
Besting at the top of the photographs was
an illuminated dedication to the prince, and
on a second sheet, handsomely engrossed,
was a brief poem, expressing tbe sentiment
of the donors in sending the gift to the
fatherland from the distaut Golden state.
The exterior of the case or album was
highly polished. The wood around the edge
had been left rough, just as the bark hod
been stripped off, and wa3 polished in that
shape. On the cover, in a sort of block let
ter, made of solid silver, about throe-eighths
of an inch thick, are the two words:
CALIFORNIA.
SAV FRANCISCO.
In the center of the lid, on rooks among
which beautifully-molded ferns grow,
stands a California bear, all in solid silver!
The hinge of the cover is a scroll of oxi
dized silver, and there is a neat hasp in cor
responding designs. The casket stands on
four ball-shaped silver feet. The wood was
cut from the tree at the juncture of the
trunk and a large branch.
’ A solid gold tankard and service of gold
goblets were sent from a coterie of New
York city admirers of Priuco Bismarck.
This gift cost about ?7,000, and was hand
somely engraved with aporopriate inscrip
tions. The gift was paid for by subscrip
tions limited to $2 each. More than 5,000
Germans helped pay for the handsome
golden gift to the cx-chancellor.
SHARKS LIKE TO BE SCRATCHED.
The Startlinsr Experience of a Diver at
Work on the Australian Co^st.
“Sharks are very common all along the
coast of Australia. They beooine more nu
merous, larger and more voracious the
nearer we go to the equator. Passengers
who make ocean voyages may often see them
from the deck of the ship, but don’t see them
in their native element,” said a diver to a
writer in Chambers' Journal “A day seldom
passes when I am at work that Ido not see
some of these creatures. They do not seem
to recognize a diver when clad in his
diving dress as something which is
good to eat. Probably be is mistaken
for some other great sea monster
with wiiieh the shark would just os soon
aud not measure his strength. At ali events,
sharks rarely give us any active annoyance.
At first when we go into anew country
they exhibit some curiosity. They some
times come and inspect us at our work,
moving slowly around us with perceptible
motion and smelling us like great (logs. It
gives xne a very horrible feelii g of inse
curity, I assure you, when one of those
monstors 12 or 14 feet long runs his nose
around your body, and without even a soli
tary wag of hu tail to indicate good fellow
ship. The shark will swim away right
enough when he has finished his inspection
—at least he has always done so with ine—
and, although annoying, I can stand it
now.
“Sometimes when you go down of a
morning you will find half a dozen big and
little sharks who have evidently selected the
site of your operations aaa camping ground.
This is awkward. Perhaps they have ob
served the disturbance at the bottom of tto
sea, aud, like marine constants, they ‘are
waiting for the follow who make it to run
him in.’ This is an awkward experience,
for these sharks do not clear off and admit
your claim. They say all animals are afraid
of man, tut sharks cannot recognize a man
in a diver’s costume. They neither oppose
nor assist us in our operations—they simply
ignore us. We have to ba very careful then,
walking around about these pigs without
disturbing them. I have occasionally used
a small crowbar as a weapon and struok a
small shark on tho nose when he was an
noying me with his persistency. The shark
will then turn aud gooff with a rush. I
would not, however, like to try my crow
bar on a shark ten feet long. After bis rush
he might return for further investigation.
' ‘I have had many nasty adventures with
sharks when pursuing my occupation. I
recollect one that gave me a considerable
shock. I had been engaged blowing up a
reef of rocks so as to enlarge a little harbor
on the coast. It was my duty to make the
hole and put in the charge of dynamite.
The charge was exploded in the evening
after we left off work. On going down
every morning I was accustomed to go over
to a oortaiu ledge which was always a good
resting place for lobsters. Morning after
morning X had invariablv found a pair or
more of these crustaceans, which I seat to
to the surface in a basket. On the
morning to which I now refer I walked
Htraight to the ledge and ran my
hand carefully along its lower side. X was
surprised to find my hand scraping what I
supposed to be the rock, but I was surprised
still more when I observed my hand groping
within a foot of the mouth of a great shark
whioh had retired to rest in this eivity.
The shark must have been as much alarmed
as i was, for it made one sprinting from its
resting place and disappeared in the dark
wall of ocean. The shook to me was greater
than I could have believed and even yet l
do not care to think about it muon. It is
hardly necessary to say that I did not re
turn to that ledge for lobsters for some
time."
Ho Staked a Gambler.
A group of men was standing in the office of
one of the leading hotels yesterday, and the
talk turned to gambling and gamblers, says the
Louisville Courier-Journal. One of the pa-ty,
a fine looking, portly man, with a rubicund
countenance, said:
‘•What I am going to relate took place in New
Orleans in ISGS. a neatly dressed, quiet man
nered fellow accosted me in the office of the St.
Charles hotel and wanted to borrow 320. He
was Charles Corea, a Frenchman, and a high
roller at faro. He had been in New Orleans a
week aud had ‘gone broke.’ He said he felt like
he could win if I could only lend him a 'stake.'
“Attar some persuasion I let him have the
money with the understanding that I was to
have half of his winnings, and that as soon as
he had won enough to take care of himself he
should pull out my half. I thought no more
about tile matter, and after reading a little
while I went to my room and went to sleep.
“About 1 o'clock in the morning a boy came
to my room, woke me up and handed me a
package. It contained 8200 and a note from
Coree saying that it was my half of the win
nings. and that I could take it or send It back to
he plsyed on, as I chose I thought 8200 on a
820 investment was pretty good, so I put the
money in my pocket and decided to let well
enough alone.
“The first thing I heard the next morning was
that Coree hod won $5,000. Ha kept on playing
and In twenty-four hours bad won, all told.
816,000. I did not see him for a good many
years after that, and when we met again be had
plenty of money. The second meeting was our
last aud I have not hoard a word from him
since.”
London accounts represent Oscar Wilde with
short hair, a rotund figure and sans sunflower
effects—simply a swell of the pronounced Pic
adllly stripe.
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300 11-4 White Crotchet Quilts, Marseilles patterns, the best $1 quality; this week
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One lot 6-4 Chenille Table Covers, handsome styles, never before offered less than
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5 cases Ladies’ and Children's Jersey Ribbed Undervests, all sizes, at 50. each; worth
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