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PRISON MKMOIHS.
The prison memoirs of Eugene V. Debs, as was to l>e expected. prove lo
man. American has never despised nor hated him nor discounted his iiu>
prison because, in a moment of national peril, no man could say the things
he sa.d and keep his liberty. America regards him as u trifle mild—as
one who dreams and fancies his dreams ire prophetic. It is from this view
port! that America will regard his memoirs.
Debt found only good in prison. ltather he discovered all prisoners
to be mellow at heart and most prison officials to be bru;ei in un!f rin.
Thieves and murderers were his mess-males, and in these he parceled vir
tues that a bitter world refused lo see. The world cannot unite cgree with
him. It believes in redemption but it knows from the fuIluess if expe
rience that society must war to the end with its renegades. It must right
or be overwhelmed. Debs, to tiie contrary holds that every incarcerated
being sinned through the fault of society, and suffers for the negligence ot
lives, nor at any time seen him as ua altur.st. He ws set lo
Debs found only good in Prison.
The attitude is that of the sentimentalist, not the man of sentiment.
Sentiment i-' always ready to aid and serve, though the service of sentiment
connotes a true reason for its invocation. But sentimentality will weep
for the sorrows of the thug and stretch a hand to the pervert. Sentimen
tality would open the doors of every Jail and flood the land with crime and
criminals.
When we grow sentimental over those rependant one who sinned and
were sentenced, it is well to remember that those theyy wronged have a
great pity, the widows of murdered men. the despoiled, the forsaken, tiie
hundreds and thousands of lives that have been marred by criminals agairsi
whom society could but invoke a term in prison. Unfortunately we are
vet a long way from the fruition of ideals, when there will no longer be
ueed for bolts and bars, and sheriffs and courts. And we mu.it continue
tu f.u-e problems as they are. not as the sentimentalists see them.—National
PRIMARY AIUSKS.
Many attorneys of the bird Division believed that the primary la-.v
should be amended in such manlier that it would be a felony for a man to
%ote for a candidate affiliated with the party of his choice, knowing that li"
would not support such candidate in the general election 11 Niovember. It
is .1 matter that is detficult to adjust, as the moral equation of many voters
permit them to cheerfully commit perjury, knowing that it is difficult of de
tection. During the recent primaries there were hundreds of democrats
who walked to the polls and asked for a republcan ballot, in many cases
jesting over the act and otherwise indicating that the matter was a triffling
one to them. What laws can be enacted to prevent a man from voting for
the candidate he alleges is his c..oice. The law is admittedly lu\, but hov
can it be improved, even if a viva voce vote were taken? The troral 'er
pitude of a voter must be taken nto consideration as well as other things
The abuse of the primaries has well nigh disgusted its most ardent adher
ents many of whom are nowing asking that ti e old convention system, with
its petty chicanery and graft be restored. It is up to the vo'ers and to
them alone, as a man cannot be forced to be hottest.—Seward Gateway.
IS Hl'TH'S STAR WANING
The Indications are that it is.
It looks as though the idol of a year ago is leaving the arena of base
hull on greased skids.
The trouble with the big boob seems to lit that he imagines evervbodj
is striving to knock him and he feels sore.
fur a long time his ears were turned to the grand stand for compli
ments but jibes and hisses are mostly what he hears now.
His talk about how many umpires he can whip ,s not interesting to the
public in the slightest degree. The question is can he come buck as a
It is no longer ,'Babe" Ruth, but "Babe-y" Ruth and he is too thin
skinned. too narrow-gauge to conceal the fact that he worries over his self
imposed decline.
He has fallen down on his hitting and he will never get back as long a«
he esseys the role of martyr and bids for sympathy. The public nevei
sympathizes with a grouch.
Habe Kuth is entertaining a terrific "peeve" just as though he was the
first baseball player that was ever ridden, jibed and jeered by fans and un
less he comes out of it his career is ended.—Stroller's Weekly.
I'AKI.E KNOT EVI1.S
TO UINU WEDDING;
MIST BE REPEATED
New York. July 14.—A marriage
knot tied by cable may be all nghi
In Nebraska, but the Federal govern
ment dues not believe in that kind.
Mile Hahn. of Hahtsbach, Alsace
learned wben she arrived here on
the liner Saxtonia.
Mile Hahn produced a mariage
certificate s.gned by County Judge
Wllbut E. Bryan, of Cedar County.
Nebraska, showing that she was the
wife of Lester M. Mabaus. once of
the American Expeditionary force,
now of St. Helena, Neb., and aked
" ■ - - - . J
that she be permitted to enter
America as .Mrs. Maliaus. She wa?
informed she would have to have a
regular mariage ana authorities will
watch over her until it is performed
Mahaus met the <,irl when he was
serving with American forces in Al
sace. He suddenly was sent back to
the United States. A short time ago
Judge Bryan sent this cable to the
uiadeuoiselle:
"Do you taku Letter Mabaus to b"
your lawfully wedded husband?"
The answer. "I do," came by mail
and Judge Bryan forwarded the cer
tificate to Alsace.
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She went to her room utter lie was
gone mid spread out again on her heil
the watch—now the watch of Captain
Staffor I of tlie Xliwaka—with the
knife and coins of more than twenty
years ago which came with It. The
mean'ne of them now was all chanced;
■lit- tel. .hat; bin what the new mean
ing ml lit be could not yet come to
her. Something of It had eoiue to Alan;
that, undoubtedly, was what hud so
t.-fatly stirred him: but she could not
yei leu ««emhle her Ideas. Yet a few
facts had 01 come plain.
miild 11: ie to say that Mr. Spear
man had come up from his boat for
breakfast with her and vas down
stairs. She went down to i'nd Henry
lounging In one of the prtut wicker
chairs In the living room. He arose
and came toward her quickly; but she
halted before ne could seize her.
"What's wrong, dear?"
"Alan Conrad has been here. Henry."
"He has? How was that?"
She told him while he watched her
Intently. "He wired to Buffalo about
the watch. He cot a reply which he
brought to me half an hot"- ago"
"Voir1
"The watch belonged to Captain
Stafford who "as iosl with the Ml
i waku. Henry."
He made no reply ; but waited.
"You may not have Known that It
was his; I mean, you may not have
known that It was he who rescued the
people of the Wltineliago, hut you must
have known that Uncle Benuy didn't."
I es; 1 knew that. Connie." he un
swerd evenly.
"Then why did you let me think the
watch was his and thai he must be
dead?"
"That's all's the matter? You had
thought he was dead. 1 believed il was
better for you—for every .me—to be
lieve that."
She drew a little away from him,
with hands clasped behind her back,
gazing Intently at him. "There was
some writing found in Uncle Benny's
house In Astor street—a list of mimes
or relatives of people who had lost
their lives upon the lake. \Yiissai|iiaiii
knew where those things were. Alan
says they were given to him in your
presence. Why didn't you tell me
about that?"
I He stralgntenett as ir witn anger.
"Why should 1? Because he thougl*
that I should? What did lit- tell you
' alxmt those lists?"
"Nothing—except that his father
[ had kept them wry secretly; hut lie's
i found out they were names of people
who had relatives on the Miwakal"
"What?"
I Kecalllng how her blood had mu
when Alan hail t«ld her that. Henry's
I whiteness and the following suffusion
| of his fare did not surprise her.
I "I told that fellow long ago not to
' start stirring these matters up about
I Ben Corvet. and particularly I told
I him that he was not to bring any of it
I to you. It's not—a thing thai a man
like Hen covered up for twenty years'
till It drove him crazy Is sure not lo
| be a thing for a girl to know. I.<t It
; alone, I tell you."
She stood flushed and perplexed,
gazing at him. She never had seen him
| under stronger emotion.
j "You misunderstood me once, Con
I ule!" he appealed. "You'll understand
i me now!"
She had been thinking about that
injustice she had done him In her
thought—about his chivalry to his
partner and former benefactor, when
Cncle Benny was still keeping his
place among men. Was Henry now
moved. In a way which she could not
understand, hv some other obligation
to the man who long ago had aided
him? Had Henry hazarded more than
he had told her of the nature of the
thing hidden which, if she could guess
It, would justify what he said?
She had made Alan promise to write
her, If he was not to return, regarding
what he learned; and a letter came to
her on the fourth day from him in
Manlto.voc. The l«ist otllce employees
hail no recollection, he said, of the
person who had mailed the package;
it simply had been dropped by some
on<_ into the receptacle for mailing
packages of that sort. Alan, however,
was continuing his Inquiries.
She wrote to him In reply; In lack
of anything more important to tell
him, she related some of her activities
and Inquired about h!s. After she had
written hlui thus twice, he replied, de
scribing his life on the boats pleasant
ly and humorously; then, though she
Immediately replied, she did not hear
from him again.
A new Idea had seized Constance.
Captain Caleb Stafford was named
among the lost, of course; with him
had perished his sou, a boy of three.
That was all that was said, and all
that was to be learned of him, the
boy.
Alan had been three then. This was
wild, crazy speculation. The ship wus
lost with all hands: only the Drum,
believed lu by the superstitious and
the most Ignorant, denied that. The
I p""' kiilU Uiut one hull kVQU
sii'V'ed. Hoiv rouin n cniui ni inlet'
have been saved when si roup men, to
the Inst one, hnd perished? And, If he
hnd been SHved. he was Stafford's son.
Why should Uncle Benny have sent
him away and cared for h'ni and then
sent for him and, himself disappear
In^ leave all he had to—Stafford's
son?
Or whs he Stafford's son? Her
thought went back to the tlilngH which
had been sent—the things from B
man's pockets with a wedding ring
among them. She had believed that
the ring cleared the mother's name;
might It In reality only more Involve
It? Why had It come hack like this to
the man by whom, perhaps. It had been
given? Henry's words came again and
again to Constance: "It's a queer con
cern you've got for Hen. Leave It
alone. 1 tell you!" He knew then
something about Uncle Benny which
might have brought on some terrible
thing which Henry did not know but
might guess? Constance went weak
within. Uncle Benny's wife had left
him. she remembered. Was It better,
after all. to "leave It alone?"
A telegraph envelope addressed to
h<>r father «as on the table In the ball.
A servant told her the message had
come an hour before, anil that lie had
telephot.ed to Mr Sberrlll's office, but
Mr. Sherrlll was not In. There was no
reir on for her thinking that the mes
sage might be from Alan except bis
presence in her thoughts, but she went
at once to the telephone ami called
her father. He was In now. and he
directed her to open (lie message and
read It to him.
"Have some one." she read aloud;
she choked In her excitement at what
came next—"Have some one who
knew Mr Corvet well enough to recog
nlze him. even If greatly changed,
meet Carferrv Number Manitowoc
Wednesday this week Man Conrad."
Her heart was Vatlng fast "Are
you there?" she sabl Into the phone.
"Yes."
"Whom shall you send?"
There was an Instant's silence. "I
shal: go myself," her father said.
She hung up the receiver. Had Alan
found I'ncle Benny? lie had found,
apparently, some one whose resem
blance to the picture she had showed
him was marked enough to make him
believe that person might be Benjamin
Corvet; or lie had heard of some one
who. from the account he had received,
lie thought might I.e. She read again
the words of the telegram . "even
if greatly changed.'" and she felt stur
[ling and terrifying warning iu that 1
phrase. ,
CHAPTLR XIV
Old Burr of the Ferry.
It was in lute November nnil while
the coal >arrler Pontine, on which he !
was serving as lookout, was In I.ake \
Superior that Alan first heard of Jhu i
r.urr. The name spoken among some |
other names In casual conversation by >
a member of the crew, stirred and er- ;
cited him; the nunie James burr, oc
curring on Benjamin Corvet's list, hud
borne opposite it the legend "All dis
appeared ; no trace," and Alan, whose
Investigations had accounted for all
others whom the list contained, had
been able regarding Hurr only to verify
the fact that at the address given uo
one of this name was to be found. j
lie questioned the oiler who had
mentioned Burr. The man had met
Burr one night In Manitowoc with
other men, and something about the
old man had Impressed both his jame
and Image on hhn; he knew uo more
than that. At Manitowoc!—the place
from which Captain Stafford's watch
had been sent to Constance Sberrill
and where Alan had sought for. but
had failed to find, the sender! Had ;
Alan stumbled by chance upon the one
whom Benjamin Corvet hud been un
able to trace?
Alan could not leave the Tontine and
go at once to Manltoivoc to seek Iturr;
for lie was needed where he was. It
was fully a week later and after the
I'ontiac had been laden again and had
repassed the length of Lake Superior
that Alan left the vessel at Sault Ste.
Marie and took the train for Manito
woc.
The little lake port of Manitowoc,
which he reached In the late afternoon,
was turbulent with the lake season's
approaching close. Alan Inquired for
the seamen's drinking place, where his
informant had met Jliu Burr; following
the directions he received he made his
way along the river bank until he
found It
The proprietor knew old Jim Burr—
yes. Burr was a wheelsman on Car
ferry Number 25. Hs was a lakeman,
experienced and capable; that fact,
some months before, had served as In
troduction for him to the frequenters
of this place. When the ferry was In
harbor and his duties left him Idle,
Burr came up and waited there, occu
pying always the same chair. He
never drank; he never spoke to others
unless they spoke first to him. but
Uieu he talked freeiy abouj, old days
on la.rt-s, aDout snips wnicn imu
been lost and uhout men long dead.
Alan decided Hint there could t>e no I
better place to Interview old Burr than
here; lie waited therefore, and In the
early evening the old man came In. He
was a slender but muscularly built man
seeming uhout sixty-five, but he might
be considerably younger or older than
that. His hair was completely white;
his nose was thtn and sensitive; his
face was smoothly placid, emotionless,
contented : his eyes w ere queerly cloud
ed, deepset and Intent.
Tlm.se whose names Alan had found
on Corvet's list had been of all ages,
young and old; but I5urr might well
have been a contemporary of Corvet
"You're From No. 257" He Asked, to
Draw Him Into Conversation.
on Hip lakes Alan moved over and
took a sent lieslile the old uiun.
"You're from Number US?" lie uslted,
to draw liim Into oonversiitlon.
"Yes."
"I've been working 011 tlie carrier
Pontine us lookout. She's on her way
to tie ii|i sit Cleveland, so I left her
and came on here. Yon don't know
whether Ihere's a chance for me to gei
a place through the winter on Xiimhci
Old Hurr reflected. "One of our hoys
has heen 1111U1 nc of leaving. I don't
know when he expects to go. l'ou
might ask."
"Thank yon; I will. My name's
Conrad—Alan Conrad."
lie snw no recognition of the name
in I'.nrr's reception of It; Imii he had
not expected that. None of those 011
Benjamin Corvet's list had had any
knowledge of Alan Conrad or l.ad
heard the name before.
(Continued on Saturday)
nov ciiickrx Tiiir.vKs
MIST ATTKXD CIH'RCII;
IS DEC'ISIOX OP t'Ot'itT
Lima, Olilo, July 14.—"And you
are hereby sentenced to attend
church every Sunday for a year."
This unusual sentence was pro
nounced on five Ada lads convicted
of chicken thieving before Mayor
Sousley in Ada. TUe boy.-, appeared
at the office of tho executive, with
tears gleaming in their reddened
eyes, and muddy little faces and
hands, fresh from the scene of
"crime."
The trial was held and the verdict
was guilty. Visions of long years in
jismal dungeons arose before them.
The sentence came that they must at
tend church every Sunday for a
year.
They smiled, and promised.
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