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I “ The Leonard’s Soots”
' « - « . 1 IIIXIIIII A.l ASil I AftAAfti
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
The novel opens with the home coming of Nelse, a negro body servant, who
bad followed the fortunes of his master, Col. Charles Gaston, through the bloody
days of the civil war, and who had held him dying In his arms In the fighting
before Richmond. Ever faithful, the negro had refused the liberty offered him,
and had come back to the North Carolina home of his dead colonel, to bring
his watch and sword to his son, Charles Gaston,, Jr., and a farewell letter to his
beautiful wife. The sight of the negro, accompanied by the preacher who had re
mained at home to comfort the women r.nd children, brings despair to the wire,
and she becomes desperately ill when told of the death of her husband, while
leading his men in a forlorn hope.
The second chapter tells of the home coming of Tom Camp, a veteran wh
had served under Colonel Gaston, and who had lost a leg in the war. He Is re
ceived with great affection by his wife, who is glad to get him back, even if he
does come in pieces. The minister, Rev. John Durham, calls upon him and
quests him to sit up with Mrs. Gaston, who Is desperately ill. The true hearted
veteran agrees to do so, but insists that the faithful negro, Nelse. be kept out of
sight He still hates the negroes.
The third chapter depicts the desperate lllnefts of Mrs. Gaston and heroic ef
forts of the boy Charlie to attend his delirious mother, and incidentally gives an
encounter between Rev. John Durham and a "loyal Union Leaguer, whose in
sults the preacher refrains from resenting with difficulty.
Thft fourth chapter is devoted to an account of the reconstruction and the re
turn of the states to the Union, and the preacher's part in organizing and restrain
ing the people of the state.
Chapter five gives a strong descripion of the "old church and the new —and
how the negroes pulled away from the white churches where they were welcom
ed to build shanties and listen to the ravings of Ignorant and too often vidjous
blacks. Nelse refuses to be led astray and brings upon himself the condemnation
of his race and the Freedman s Bureau.
CHAPTER VI.
THE PREACHER AND THE WOMAN
OF BOSTON.
The next day the preacher had a call
from Miss Susan Walker, of Boston,
whose liberality had built the new negro
school house and whose life and fortune
was devoted to the educat-on and eleva
tion of the negro race. She had been in
the village often within the yaar. running
up from Independence, where she was
building and endowing a magnificent
classical college for negroes. He had of
ten heard of her. but as she stopped with
' negroes when on her visits he had never
met her. He was especially Interested in
her after hearing incidentally that she
was a member of a Baptist church in
Boston.
On entering the parlor tne preacher
greeted his visitor with the deference the
typical southern man instinctively pays
to woman.
"I am pleased to meet you. madam,” he
said with a graceful bow and kindly smile,
as he led her to the most comfortable seat
he could find.
She looked him squarely in the face for
a moment as though surprised and smil
inly replied: *
"I believe you southern men are all
alike, woman flatterers. You hpve away
of making every woman believe you think
her a queen. It pleases me I can’t nelp
confessing it, though I sometimes despise
myself for it. But I am not going to give
you an opportunity to feed my vanity this
morning. I’ve come for a plain face to
face talk with you on the one subject that
fills my heart, my work among the freed
men, You are a Baptist minister. 1 have
a right to your'■friendship and co-opera
tion.”
A cloud overshadowed the preacher's
face as he seated himself. He said noth
ing for a moment, looking curiously and
thoughtfully at his visitor.
He seemed to be studying her chafacter
and to be puzzled by the problem. She
was a woman of prepossessing appear
ance, well past thirty-flve. with streaks
of gray appearing in her smoothly brush
ed hair. She was dressed plainly in rich
brown material cut in tailor fashion, and
her heavy hair was drawn straight up
pompadour style from her forehead with
apparent carelessness and yet in away
that heightened the Impression of strength
and beauty in her face. Her nose was
the one feature that gave warning of trou
ble in an encounter. Bhe was plump in
figure, almost steut. and her nose seem
ed too small for the breadth of her face.
It was broad enough, but too short, and
was pug tipped slightly at tne end. She
fell just a little short of being handsome
and this nose was responsible for the fail
ure. It gave to her face when agitated.
In spite of evident culture and refinement,
the expression of a feminine bull dog.
Her eyes were flashing now. and her
nostrils opened a little wider and began to
push the tip of her nose upward. At last
she snapped out suddenly: /
"Well, which )s it, friend or foe? What
do you honestly think of my
"Pardon me. Miss Walker. 1 am not ac
customed to speak rudely to a lady. If 1
am honest, I don't know where to begin."
"Bah! Lay aside your Don Quixote
southern chivalry this morning and talk to
me in plain English. It doesn't matter
whether I am a woman or a man. 1 am
an idea, a divine mission this morning.
I mean to establish a high school in this
village for the negroes, and to build a
Baptist church for them. I learn from
them that they have great faith In you.
Many of them desire your approval and
co-operation. Will you help me?”
"To be perfectly frank, I will not. You
ask me for plain English. I will give it to
you. Your presence in this village as a
missionary to the heathen is an insult to
our intelligence and Christian manhood.
You come at this late day a missionary
among the heathen, the heathen wlfose
heart and brain created this republic with
a*civil and religious liberty for its founda
tions. a missionary among the heathen
who gave tbe world Washington, whose
giant personality three times saved the
cause of American liberty from ruin when
his army had melted away. . You are a
missionary among the children of Wash
ington. Jefferson, Monroe, Madison. Jack
son. Clay and Calhoun! Madam, I have
baptised Into the fellowship of the church
of Christ in this county mpre negroes
than you ever saw in all your life before
you left Boston.
"At the close of the war there were
thousands of negro members of white
Baptist churches in the state. Your mis
sion Is not to proclaim the gospel of
Jesus Christ. Your mission is to teach
crack-brained theories of social and polit
ical equality to four millions of Ignorant
negroes, some of whom are but fifty years
removed from the savagery of African
jungles. Your work Is to separate and
alienate the negroes from their former
masters, who can be their only real friends
and guardians. Your work is to sow
the dragon’s teeth of an impossible social
order that will bring forth its harvest of
blood for our children.”
He paused a moment, and suddenly fac
ing her continued: "I should like to help
the cause you have at heart, and the nfost
effective service I could render it now
would be to box you up in a gla* cage,
such as are used for rattlesnakes, and
ship you back to Boston.”
"Indeed! I suppose then it is still a
crime in the south to teach the negro?”
Bhe asked this in little gasps of fury, her
eyes flashing defiance and her two rows
of white teeth uncovering by the rising
of her pugnacious nose.
"For you. yes. It is always a crime to
teach a He.”
•“Thank you. Your frankness Is all one
could wish!"
"Pardon my apparent rudeness. You
not only invited, you demanded it. While
about It, let me make a clean breast of it.
I do you personally the honor to acknowl
edge that you are honest and in dead
earnest, and that you mean well. You are
simply a fanatic.”
"Allow me again to thank you for your
candor!”
"Don't mention it, madam. You will be
canonised in due time. In the meantime,
let us understand one another. Our lives
are now very far apart, though we read
the same Bible, worship the same Ood
and hold the same great faith. In the set
tlement of this negro question you are an
insolent interloper. You’re worse, you
are a willful spoiled child of rich and pow
erful parents playing with matches in a
powder mill. I not only will not help you,
I would, if I had the power, seize you and
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remove you to a place of safety. But I
cannot oppose you. You are protected in
your play by a million bayonets and back
of these bayonets are banked the fires of
passion in the north ready to burst into
flame in a moment. The only thing I can
do is to ignore your existence. You under
stand my position.”
“Certainly, doetdr,” she replied good na
turedly.
She had recovered from the rush of her
anger now and was herself again. A cu
rious smile played round her lips as she
quietly added:
“I must really thank you for your can
dor. You have helped me immensely. I
understand the situation now perfectly.
I shall go forward cheerfully in my work
and never bother my brain again about
you. or your people, or your point of view.
You have aroused all the fighting blood in
me. I feel toned up and ready for* a life
struggle. I assure you I shall cherish no
ill-feeling toward you. I am only sorry to
see a man of your powers so blinded by
prejudice. I will simply ignore you.”
"Then, madam, it is quite clear we agree
upon establishing and maintaining a great
mutual ignorance. Let us hope, paradoxi
cal as jt may seem, that,, it may be for
the enlightenment of future generations!”
She arose to\ go, smiling at his last
speech.
"Before we part, perhaps never to meet
again, let me ask you one question,” said
the preacher, still looking thoughtfully at
her.
“Certainly, as many as you like.”
“Why is it that you good people of the
north are spending your millions here now
to help only the negroes, who feel least
of all the sufferings of tnis war? The poor
white people of the south are your own
flesh and blood. These Scotch covenant
ers are of the same Puritan stock, these
German. Huguenot and English people
are all your, kinsmen, who stood, at the
stake with ,your fathers in the old world.
They are many of them, homeless, with
out clothes, sick and hungry, and broken
hearted. But one in ten of them ever own
ed a slave. They had to fight this war
because your armies invaded their soil.
But for their sorrows, sufferings and bur
dens you have no ear to hear arid no heart
to pity. This is a strange thing to me.”
"The white people of the south can take
care of themselves. If they suffer, it is
God's just punishment for their Sins in
owning slaves and fighting against the
flag. Do I make myself Clear?” she snap
ped.
"Perfectly, I haven’t another word to
say.”
“My heart yearns for the poor dear
black people whp have suffered so many
years in slavery and have been denied the
rights of hijman beings. I am not only
going to establish schools and colleges for
them here, but I am conducting an experi
ment of thrilling interest to me which will
prove that their intellectual, moral and
social capacity is equal to any white
man's.”
“Is it feo?” asked the preacher.
“Yes, I am collecting from every sec
tion of tne south the most promising spec
imens of negro boys and sending them to
our great northern universities, where
they will be educated among men who
treat them as equals, and I expect from
the boys reared in this atmosphere, men
of transcendent genius, whose brilliant
achievements in science, art and letters
will forever silence the tongues of slander
against their race. The most interesting
of these students I have at Harvard now
is young George Harris. His mother is
Eliza Harris, the history of whose escape
over the ice of the Onio river fleeing from
slavery thrilled the world. This boy is a
genius, and if he lives he will shake this
nation.”
“It may be Miss Walker. There are
more ways than one to shake a nation.
And while I ignore your work, as a citi
zen and public man—privately and person
ally. I shall watch this experiment with
profound interest."
"I know it will succeed. I believe God
made \is of one blood,” she said with en
thusiasm.
"Is it true, mhdam, that you once en
dowed a home for homeless cats before
you became interested in the black peo
ple?” With a twinkle in his eye the
preacher softly asked this apparently ir
relevant question.
"Yes, sir, I did—l am proud of it. I love
cats. There are over a thousand in the
home now, and they are well cared for.
Whose business is it?”
"I meant no offense by the question. I
love cats, too. But I wondered if you
were collecting negroes only now, or,
whether you were adding other specimens
to your menagerie for experimental pur
poses.”
She bit her lips, and in spite of her
efforts to restrain her anger, tears sprang
to her eyes as she turned toward the
preacher whose face now looked calmly
down upon her with ill-concealed pride.
"Oh! the insolence of you southern peo-
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pie toward those who dare to differ with
you about the negro!" she cried with rage.
“I confess it humbly as a Christian, it is
true. My scorn for these maudlin ideas
is so deep that words have no power to
convey it. But come,” said the preacher
in the kindliest tone. “Enough of this.
I am pained to see tears in your eyes. Par
don my thoughtlessness. Let us forget
now for a little while that you are an
idea, and remember only that you are a
charming Boston woman of the household
of our own faith. Let me call Mrs. Dur
ham, and have you know her and discuss
with her the thousand and one things dear
to all women’s hearts.”
“No, I thank you! I feel a little sore
and bruised, and social amenities can have
BIG DIAMOND THIEF
IS AGAIN IN PRISON
The arrest of “Abe” Rothschild in Har
risburg, Pa., in connection with a big
diamond swindle, has once more brought
into public notice a most picturesque char
acter in criminal history, and a man
whose swindles have not been confined to
any one section of the country, but who
has operated in everv p-.rt of the United
States. “Abe” Rothschild has been known
to the police of almost every city in this
country -at one tiine or another, and
worked successfully one of the greatest
diamond swindles ever worked in the
state of Georgia. Among his victims were
two local diamond jewelers,fi&oth of whom
have since retired from business. He has
spent years in prison, has been tried and
convicted of murder, z but afterwards,
through the use of large sums of money
subscribed by prominent business persons
of St. Louis, friends of the family, he se
cured his liberty.
Rotschild is under arrest as a confeder
ate of the man who assumed the name of
George H. Stewart, a banker of Shippens
burg, Pa., to swindle several large jewel
ry firms of New York city. Through the
ingenuity of a jeweler’s clerk, who sus
pected that all was not right, the swind
ling scheme was discovered before the
jewelers were victimized. The police of
Harrisburg learned that the swindler had
an accomplice, and looked for Rothschild,
who fled. He was captured day before
yesterday.
Several years ago Rothschild came to
Georgia and spent some ..me in Atlanta,
looking over the field for an opportunity
to victimize some of the local jewelers. He
Anally perfected a scheme and went to
Swainsboro. There is in that city a
prominent business man. A, L. Coleman,
by name. Rothschild ascertained that
Coleman was rated in the commercial
agehsies at over half a million dollars.
Rothschild assumed the name, and going
to that gentleman discussed the similari
ty of their names. He said he had come
to open a jewelry Store.
Rothschild then ordered from Fred J.
Stilson over $l,lOO worth of diamonds,
which he ordered shipped to “A. L. Cole
man, Swainsboro, Ga.” He also ordered
over SI,OOO worth of gems from A. L. Del
kin, and had thfem sent to the same ad
dress.
The jewelers looked tn the commercial
rating books and found that Coleman was
worth several hundred thousand dollars.
The jewels were immediately sent by ex
press. In due time they reached the real
Coleman, who anriot/rtced that he had ord
ered no diamondZlront any flrm in At
lanta. The expres»‘'kgent started to re
turn the gems to the Atlanta jewelers,
when Coleman remetribered that the other
“A. L. Coleman," 4rho was Rothschild,
had remarked that he was going to open
a jewelry store in Swainsboro, and he
sent the express age'nt to Rothschild who
said he was the proper person, secured
the gems and fled. The Jewelry firms
robbed entered against the express
companies for the amount of the diamonds
stolen. After these two successful
swindles in Georgia, Rothschild went to
Tennessee, where he worked the same
swindle several times.
Rothschild has had a wonderful career.
He was born in St. Louis, where his fath
er was one of the most prominent bank
ers in the city, and several members of
his family were counted as merchant
princes of the west. He was always wild
arid profligate, and at an early age he
married a well known woman in St.
Louis, "Diamond Bessie” Moore. She
was famous all over that section of the
state for the magnificent diamonds she
possessed. Whether It v|as Rothschild’s
purpose to secure these gems or not was
never developed, but within a short time
after his marriage, he took his bride to
Jefferson, Texas, and registered at the
best hotel there. Two days after he
reached Jefferson, he and his wife went
out for a walk. About dusk Rothschild
returned alone. He told a story about
his wife meeting friends and going off
to visit them. The next day he packed
up their effects and left. Two days later
the body of his wife was found in a clump
of bushes. She had been shot through
the heart, and every one of her magnifi
cent diamonds had been torn from her
clothing. Word of the murder was tele
graphed all over the country. Roths
child was found a few days later, sit
ting on the porch of a gambling house in
Cincinnati. He had shot himself. He was
taken to a hospital, where he was pulled
through, but the attempt at suicide cost
him an eye. Rothschild, as soori as he
recovered, was taken back to Texas, and
after a trial which interested the whole
country, he was found guilty of the mur
der of “Diamond Bessie,” and was sen
tenced to die. Friends of his family in
St. Louis took up a subscription for his
defense, and a large sum was raised. Ap
plication for a change of venue was
made on the ground that there was too
much feeling against him in Texas, and
a change was secured. He was soon a
free man. He was not heard from again
until March, 1892, when he became en
gaged in a row with John H. Springer,
of the Springer Lithographing company,
1316 Broadway, in a gambling house in
Twenty-third street, New York city. The
men fought over a game of poker, but
were separated. Later, when Springer
left the gambling house, ttothschlld was
waiting for him on the sidewalk.
Springer was knocked down, and Roth
schild fired a shot at him, but missed his
alm. The men were again separated and
it was alleged that they were arrested,
but at the Thirtieth street station it was
denied that anything was known of such
a case. Rothschild left New York the fol
lowing day, and the next heard of him
he was in prison in Jefferson City, Mo.,
for swindling. * •
While in the Jefferson City prison
Rothschild wrote a history of his life
which he sent to New York. It is a re
markable document, much of which can
not be printed, owing to the charges
which he makes against former police
officials who he alleges protected him
when he was running a swindling com
mission house in Sixth avenue, and
another equally peculiar business in lower
Broadway. / t
Rothschild's ingenuity in concocting
successful swindling schemes was re
markable. The modus operand! of his
latest scheme, which but for the sagacity
of the jeweler's clerk which brought him
and his confederates to book in Shippens
burg, was figured out by him years ago.
He would at that time, as he told the
history of his life, learn the name of
one of the most respected business men
in town. He would then write to various
jewelers in the east, ordering goods ship
ped to the town he had selected, using
the name of the proseprous business
man. Then he would write three or four
letters to himself addressing them to
•ft
no meaning for those whose souls are on
Are with such antagonistic ideas as yours
and mine. If Mrs Durham can give me
any sympathy in my work I’ll be delighted
to see her, otherwise I must go.”
The preacher laughed aloud.
"Then let me beg of you, never meet
Mrs. Durham. If you do, the war will
break out again. I don't wish to figure in
a case of assault and battery. Mrs. Dur
ham was the owner of fifty slaves. She
represents the bluest o* tha blu* blood of
the slave-holding aristocracy of the south.
She has never surrendered and she never
will. Wars, surrenders, constitutional
amendments and such little things make
no impression on her mind whatever. If
you think I am difficult, you had better
not puzzle your brain over her. I am a
mildly constructive man of progress. She
is a conservative.”
"Then we will say good-bye," said Miss
Walker, extending her small, plump hand
in friendly parting. “I accept yous chal
lenge which this interview implies. I will
succeed if God lives," and she set her lips
with a snap that spoke volumes.
"And I will watch you from afar with
sorrow and fear and trembling," respond
ed the preacher.
(To be continued.)
the man he had selected, and would en
close drafts for large sums of money.
Arriving at the town Rothschild would
go to the postoffice for his mail. He
would be told that the letters had been
delivered to the business man bearing
the same name, would secure his ad
dress and call upon him, introducing
himself and commenting on the strange
fact that their names were the same.
Then he would ask for the letters and
they would be turned over to him. A
visit to the local express office would
follow, where he would explain the sim
ilarity of names and would ask that the
packages which he expected be sent to
his hotel. The same instructions would
be sent to the postoffice. 1
Rothschild would reap a rich harvest
before the swindle would be discovered,
and before that he would be many miles
away. He worked in many towns and
cities in this country, and occasionally,
when trouble was brewing, would take
ship and sail for Europe, where he would
live as an American millionaire on the
proceeds of his swindles. He was always
a gambler and was known to lose $5,000
at a single sitting at faro or roulette
without so much as murmuring a com
plaint. At poker he was an adept and
there was little known of the manipula
tions of cards that he was hot familiar
with. Rothschild always asserted that he
was married a second time, but nothing
has ever been known of his wife. He
also alleged that he had a child.
THE TALLCAREYS.
Five Men of the Family Weigh About
Half a Ton, and .Their Aggregate
Height is 31 Feet.
San Francisco Bulletin. .
Everybody in San Jose knows the Carey
family,’ and are proud of them as typical
California productions. They form the
I tallest group of men in the state, perhaps
lin a number of states. If they lived in a
smaller country they would be termed
I giants.
The combined height of the father and
four sons aggregates 31 feet, and each of
the four sons weighs over 200 pounds.
The totftl weight of the five is 1,065 pounds
—about half a ton. They are all hearty,
fine looking men. and as strong as oxen.
Patrick William Carey is a gentleman
who, 26 years since, came straight from
Ireland, and is proud of the fact. As
a boy he was a famous jockey, but, as
he says, " 'Twas being too tall at last that
privinted me from makin' a very rapid
forchune. Shure, I grew too tall to ride
at all.”
For 16 years he lived with his family
up in the Black mountains, and then
came to San Jose to go into the butcher
business. The old gentleman is hale and
hearty at 80 years of age, and spends
much of his time superintending matters
out at the slaughter house, about l.ve
miles from town.
Mrs. Amelia Carey, the mother of this
family of giant voters, is not a small
woman, her height being 5 feet 9 inches.
She has a daughter, a nurse in a San
Francisco hospital, who is only of the
average height.
William Patrick Carey is the eldest son,
and also the tallest of the boys. He -is
a man of family, and has a pleasant
home in San Jose. He towers up to a
height of 6 feet 6 1-2 inches. A second
look always follows him on the street.
Though he weighs 220 pounds, his great
height does not give the impression of a
heavy man. He owns to 39 years.
The next in order as to age and height
is George J. Carey, who lives at Palo
Alto and is also in the butcher business.
He has a little bit of a wife, though he
measures 6 feet 4 inches. He is 36 years of
age and weighs 225 pounds.
Then comes Richard Thomas CaYey,
also a married man, and not a small one,
for his height is 6 feet 3 Inches, and he
tips the scales at 218 pounds. He is 32
years old.
Last comes the pet of the family, John
Francis Carey, 29 years old, and yet a
beau. He is a swell when he dresses
his 6 feet 2 1-2 inches in fine apparel. He
does not weigh much; only 212 pounds.
There are no finer specimens of huge
manhood to be found in California than
the Carey family.
THE GREAT SALT LAKE
May Disappear Entirely in the Near
Future.
Professor W. J. McGee, of the govern
ment geological survey, declares that the
Great Salt Lake of Utah is vanishing,
and that this most remarkable body of
water will be completely dried up in 50
years, if not sooner. Already its waters
show signs of receding and it may not be
more than twenty-five years before ir
rigated farms will be cultivated on what
is now the bottom ■of this inland sea,
whose waters are so salt that a body
cannot sink in them.
The lake is about 75 miles long and half
that at its greatest width, and is rath
er shallow, being in most places not over
50 feet deep, although a depth of pos
sibly 100 feet may obtain in certain places.
The reason why it is so salt science says
is simply because it has no outlet save
through evaporation and the streams dur
ing past ages have been carrying salt into
it. These Contributing streams are now
being utilized for irrigating the lands
around the Jake, and before long im
mense reservoirs will be constructed in the
mountains where these streams have their
source, which will cut off the lake’s feed
entirely. When this is done the level of
the lake will be lowered very fast.
Electric Power In California.
The Washington Post.
“In the transmission of electrical power for
long distances, California Is considerably m
advance of the east,” said Mr. J. 8. Torrance,
of Pasadena, Cal., to a gentleman In this city.
“Up about Buffalo a good bit of a noise was
made because of the utilization of the current
for thirty miles, while we are transmitting it
for double that distance. In the next two or
three years there will be an addition of not less
than 250,000 horse power in California, with
transmissions between points covering distances
from 100 to 230 miles. The boom in electrical de
velopment Is on a par with everything else—
the boom In oil. In building, in mining, agri
culture and Immigration. The only trouble
about the oil is its very abundance—there is
so much of it that It doesn't bring a good
price.”
The Republican Chicago News says: “If
the Republican party cannot purge Itself
df the beet-sugar scandal in congress it
ought to be kicked out of power." By a
parity of reasoning the devil should be
certificate of character if he
should for one sin, _
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