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EDITORIAL
Governor Riggs' proposal to t«s~
tablish a constabulary in the Ter
r'tory along the liue$ of the North
wast Mounted Police is a good more
and should be •k.-ted upon by the
Legislature. Alaska could produce
i body of men which wotfldt have
lite R. -V. M. P. backed off the
map. They would be a wonderful
helo in saving life duriaig the fierce
blizzards, aad would carry law aud
order to every part of the Terri
tory. The United? States Marshals
and Deputies have n.ac'e a wonder
ful change iu the Territory ia the
twenty years, but a l-'rge paxt
o' fli« work they have voluntarily
performed ig v>utside their line of
duty. There is no more reason
for a deouty marstal to in tsh out
iu fifty below weather to bring iu
sajzie uufortuuate who has been
caught by the cold, than for any
oihtr government official, but they
Uave been doing it for years. The
iieputies have performed every task
asked of them ehetsrtfuily and will
inslv; but in many cases it has
been an imposition to ask their
hel'j. With a body of constabulary
patterened along the iiii.es of the
Mounted Police, thg two offices
;-ould work together, the deputits
attending to the federal end of the
a ashless aud the costabulary lookia
ifter territorial matters. In this
way the people of Aiassa, would be
ioubly protected, and aid' could
reach the afflicted much more quick,
:> and with less governmental r*d
iape.—Valjez Miner.
.Never Mure ha> the American
.ublic had the money to *<i>eud
i» hhh it has today.
'J be merchant or manufactured
a bu sits back and waits for this
itonej to cuiue to him without niiik.
iqj any effort to get it will
waken ,-,vh«<i it is too late. Ho
■till then realize that Jus more *K"
irpssiva competitor has bewi ou
Jie Job aud has token advantage
>* the strongest sales weapon
cuown to industt^-, namely. adver
Istng.
Don't wait ft»r things to came
■ our way without doing anything to
inip them along.
Adrertis—increase your ad
vertising. Vse the newspapers!
o tell your story. .Multiply the
nine off your sales t.ilk a thousand
okl Mil more. Dert-iope that
.rent potential market .Tvbidi is
rtujy ami willing—yea euger to
Wjr the things you have to sHl
nit does not know that you have
hem.
To stimulate business sorely,
luickly. and economically—Adver
ise now.
I'. S. Department of Labor
Ji- _ U. it. Wilson,
j_ secretary.
i ~~&DJ3Y/tx;/tr$py'A.Cfr:cLu/*o wca. ~
CHAPTER III.
Dorothy Fairfax.
We were not far from two hundred
miles east of the Capes. I had been
closely confined to my bunk for two
days with Illness, but now, somewhat
stronger, had been ordered to deck by
the surgeon. The last batch of prls-.
oners, after their short hour of recre
ation, had been returned to the quar
ters below, but I was permitted to re
main alone undisturbed.
I was still standing there absorbed |
when a voice, soft-spoken and femi
nine. broke the silence.
••May I speak with you?"
I turned instantly, so thoroughly i
surprised my voice faltered as I gazed
into the upturned face of the ques
tioner. She stood directly beside me.'i
her head uncovered. Instantly my cap'
was off, and I was bowing courteously.
"Most certainly," with a quick side
glance toward the guard, "but I am a
prisoner."
"Of course I know that," in smiling
confidence. "Onlv vou see I am rather j
JUDGED BY SKILL AT POKER j
Business Man Estimated Another's
Qualifications by Hi* Action*
at the Card Table.
After all, there Is something to be
learned from cards, even If the aver
age gambler, who plays for the pas
sion of the game and for the money he
expects, does not always learn it A
Los Angeles business man recently
asked an acquaintance, "What do you
thick about Smith? Do you think he 1
would be a good man to take Into our
firm?" His friend looked htm straight
In the eye and replied, "Yes, I think
he'd be a first-class man to tie to and |
I'll tell you why. I played poker with \
him last night and I discovered that he
plays safe. He is whnt religious
minded people call 'good;' what cau
tious, conservative people call 'wise,'
and what the world in general, espe
cially the bold ones, call a coward—
but a man whom nearly «ery one se- j
cretiy respects, envies and almost
fears. He never takes a chance. He
doesn't gamble. When he bets on a
hand he's got the cards. When he
doesn't get the cards he lays his hand
down with a smile and waits until
they 'come to him,' and then he play9
'em to the limit. Yes, I think he's |
safe, all right. He could play with my I
money at a card table or in the field
of business."—Los Angeles Times.
Familiar Quotations.
The Quotation worthy of the high j
title of "familiar" must have stood :
the test of time and passed unhurt
through the shifting tastes and fash
Ions of centuries. In Its lofty or In
its humble way It must show that, like
Shakespeare. It "was not for an age, but
for-all time." I use the word "hum- '
! ble" because the rhymes of childhood,
I of the nursery, fulfill the requirement
of age in a quotation worthy to be
called familiar. Their Intrinsic, their
abstract merits may appear slight,
they may even seetn to be sheer non
sense, but they are passed on by moth
ers and nurses and by the children
themselves from generation to genera
tion. We may be assured that they
would not thus have lived and pros
pered If they had not possessed some
quality, however slender, of genuine
■worth, nf real humor or Imagination,
which gave them permanence.—Henry
Cabot Lodge in Scribner's.
, Neutral Nations in War Tim#.
James Mill, the English economist,
as1 tarly as 1821, almost « century be
fore ruthless submarine warfare was
Introduced by Germany, advocated a
commercial world traffic under free
tariff rules, so far as concerns the
! property of individuals In time of war.
In this way, he thought, an end would
be put to the difficulties and disputes
about the maritime traffic of neutrals.
In advocating this principle he was of
the conviction that all nations gain
by the free operations of commerce.
Mill was also of the opinion that what
Justifies a nation to enter a war also
determines when a war ought to
wase. He maintained that if the legit
imate object of a war is compensa
tion for an injury received and secur
ity against future injury, then a suc
cessful war ought to terminate imme
1 diately on the attainment of the ob
| Ject
I Spitsbergen's Mineral Wealth.
' The enormous coal and iron beds in
Spitzbergen belonging to the British
company, the Northern Exploration
company. Ltd., have been investigated
by experts who declare that the Iron
beds are without exception the largest
In Europe. Whole mountains of mas
sive iron ore are said to have been
observed, covering a distance of over
17 miles and situated on good harbors,
in which ships <rt any size can enter.
One of the English coal beds is stated
to be working already. .
a privileged elm racier un boai'j. Per-,
haps you may be punished if you talk
with me—is that what you meant?"
"I am more than willing to assume
the risk. I have made few frienils for-,
ward, and am even bold enough to say
that I have longed for a word with
yon ever since I first saw you aboard."
"Why especially with me?" ,
"Rather a hard question to answer
at the very beginning," 1 smiled back,
at her. "Yet not so difficult as the
one 1 shall ask you. I am only one of
fifty prisoners, scarcely cleaner or
more reputable looking than any of,
my mates. Yet surely you have notj
sought speech with these others? Then
why especially with me?"
Even in the growing dusk I could
mark a red flush mount Into the clear;
cheeks at this insistent question, and
for an instant her eyes wavered. But;
she possessed the courage of pride,'
and her hesitancy was short.
"You imagine I cannot answer. Oh.1
but I can; I know who you are; ray
uncle pointed you out to me. 1 ami
traveling home with him to Maryland.
I am Dorothy Fairfax. He was pres-'
ent at your trial before Lord Jeffries.
You are Geoffry Carlyte, iu command'
of the ship that brought Monmouth to
England. I heard it all."
"All? What else, pruy?"
Her eyes opened widely in sudden,
surprise and she clasped and unclasped
her hands nervously.
"Do you really not know? Have you
never been told what happened?"
"Only that I was roughly forbidden
to speak, called every foul name the
learned judge could think of, and then
sentenced to twenty years penal servi
tude beyond seas," I answered soberly.
"Following that I was dragged from
the dock, am] tlung into a cell. Was
there anything else?"
"Why you should have known. Lord
Jeffries sentenced you to death; the
decree was signed, to be executed
immediately. Then influence was
brought to bear—some nobleman in
Northumberland made direct appeal to
the king. That was what angered
Jeffries so."
"An appeal! For me? Good Ood:
not Bucciough—was it he, the duke?"
"Yes; it was whispered about thai
the king was in his debt—some word
of honor, and dare not refuse. The
word of mercy came just in time, or
dering Jeffries to commute your sen
tence. At first he swore he'd hang
you, king or no king, but his nerve
failed. My uncle said he roared like
a bull. This Bucciough; is he not
your friend?"
I hesitated for an instant of indeci
sion, looking into her face, but the'
truth would not be denied.
"Scarcely that." I said soberly. "Nor
can I solve entirely his purpose. IIe(
is my brother, and 1 am the next in
line. We are not even on speaking:
terms; yet he is childless, and may
feel some measure of dislike to have'
the family epd in a hangman's knot. I.
cun think of no other reason for his
interference. I knew nothing of his'
action."
"l am gmu u uecume my privilege
to tell you. Besides, Captain Curly le,"
simply, "it may also help you to un-,
derstand my interest. If you are of
the Carlyles of Bucclough, how hap
pened it thut you went to sea?"
"Largely necessity, and to some ex
tent no doubt sheer love of adven
ture. 1 wns « younger son, with very
little Income. There were then two
lives between me and the estate, and
Uie old duke, iuy father, treated me
like a servant. I always loved the
sea, and at fourteen—to get out of his
sight. I think largely—was appren
ticed to the navy, but lost my grade in
the service by a mere boyish prank.
His influence then would have saved
me, but he refused to even read my
letter of explanation. I dared tjot re
turn home in such disgrace, and conse
quently drifted into the merchant serv
ice. It is a story quickly told,"
"Yet not so quickly lived."
"No, it meant many hard years, on
all the oceans of the world. This is
the first message reaching me from
the old home."
"I have Reen that home," She said
quietly, "and shall never forget the
Impression it made on rae. A beanti
ful place. I was there on a coaching
party, the first summer 1 was in Eng
land. 1 was a mere girl then, and
everything seemed wonderful, J have
been away from Maryland now for
three years. Nothing else would sat
isfy father. Maryland is only a colony,
you know."
"Jour home is at Saint Mary's?"
"Lower down the Potomac. Have
you ever been there?"
"Twice; once as mate, and the last
time as master of a ship. My latest
voyage in these waters was made
nearly two years ago."
"It is not so strange then. Is it, that
I should have felt interested in you?"
she asked suddenly, as though justify
ing herself. "When Uncle Roger first
| told me who you were, and then .ex
"I Have Seen That Home."
ptatned what had occurred at your
trial, naturally you became to me
something entirely different from the
others. Were you actually with Mon
mouth?"
"In sympathy, yes; but I had no
hand in the actual fighting. I was not
even ashore until it was all over with.
Still I shall pay my share of the bllL"
"And you know what that means,
do you not? What will happen when
we reach Virginia?"
"Perfectly; I have no illusions. I
have seen just such ships as this come
in. We are to be advertised, and sold
to the highest bidder. A week from
now I shall probably be out in the
tobacco fields, under the whip of an
overseer, who will call me Jeff. Ail I
can hope for is a kind-hearted master,
and an early opportunity to escape."
"Oh, no!" and in her eagerness her
bands actually clasped mine. "It is
not going to be quite so bad as that.
That is what I wanted to tell you.
That is what gave me boldness to
come across here to you tonight. It
has all been arranged. You are not
going to be sold on the block with
those others. Uncle Roger has already
contracted with the captain for your
services. You are golug north with us
I to Maryland."
| I drew a deep breath, and in the
sudden impulse Ox relief which swept
over me my own fingers closed tightly
about her hands.
' "I owe this to you; I am sure I
I must owe this to you—tell me?"
[ Her eyes dropped, and in the dim
light I could mark the heaving of her
bosom as she caught her breath.
"Only—only the suggestion," she
managed to say ii\ a whisper. "lie—
he was glad of that. You see I—I
knew he needed someone to tate
charge of his sloop, and—and so I
brought you to his mind- So please
don't thank me."
"I shall never cease to thank you,"
I returned warmly, conscious suddenly
that I was holding her hands, and as
Instantly releasing them. "It will save
me the degradation \4hich 1 dreaded
most of all—the toiling in the fields
beside negro slaves, and the sting of
the lash. Ay, it means even more—"
I hesitated, instantly realizing that
I must not titter those impetuous
words leaping to my lips.
"More!" she exclaimed. "What
more?"
"This," I went on, my thought shift
ing into a new channel. "A longer ser
vitude. Up to this moment my one
dream has been to escape, but I must
give that up now. You have placed
me under obligations to serve. Be
tween us this has become a debt of
honor/'
"But wait,'' she said earnestly, "for
1 had even thought of that. I was
sure you would feel that way—any
gentleman would. Still there Is a way
out You were seiiteuced as an in
dentured servant. 1 saw the entry my
self. It read. 'Geoffry Carlyle, Master
Mariner, indentured to the Colonies
; for the term of twenty years, unless
sooner released; crime, high treason.'
' Any Indentured man, under our Mary
land laws, can buy his freedom, after
serving a certain proportion of his |
sentence. imi juu uui kiiuw umi < I
I did know It, yet somehow hud
never connected the fact before (11- |
rectly with iny own case. God! what
a relief; I stood up straight once
more in the stature of a man. I hard
iy know what wild words I might have
spoken had the opportunity tieen
mine: but at that instant the tigure
of a man crossed the deck Toward us,
emerging from the open cabin door.
Against the gleam. of yellow -light
I recognized the trim form advancing,
and as instantly stepped back into
shadow. My quick movement caused
lier to turn and face him.
"What 1" he exclaimed, and evt
' dently surprised at his discovery. "It
is indeed Mistress Dorothy—out here
alone? 'Twas my thought you were
safely in jour cabin long since. But—
prithee—I mistake; you are not
alone."
"I was preparing to go in," she an
swered, ignoring his latter words.
•The night already looks stormy."
"But your friend?"
The tone In which he spoke was
insistent, almost insolent in its de
mand, and she hesitated no longer in
j meeting the challenge.
"Tour pardon, I am pure—Lieuten
ant Sanchez, this gentleman is Cap
tain Geoffry Carlyle."
He stood there stiff and straight
against the background of light, one
hand in affected carelessness caress
ing the end of a waxed mustache. His
face was m shadow;, yet I was quite
! aware or tne nasn or nis eyes.
"Ah, indeed—some*pas.senger I have
I not chanced to observe before?"
1 "A prisoner," she returned distinct
ly. "Yon may perhaps remember my
uncle pointed him out to us when he
first came aboard."
"And you have been out here alone,
talking with the fellow?"
"Certainly—why not?"
"Why the man is a felon, convicted
of crime, sentenced to deportation."
"It is not necessary that we disouss
this, sir," she Interposed, rathe r proud
ly, "as my personal conduct is not a
matter for your criticism. I shall re
tire now. No, thank you, you need
not come."
He stopped still, staring blankly
after her as she vanished; then
wheeled about to vent his anger on
me.
"Carlyle, hey!" he exclaimed tmeer
lngly. "A familiar sound that name
in ray ears. One of the brood out of
Bueclough?"
"A cadet of that line," I managed
to admit, wonderingly. "You know
of them?"
"Quite as much as I care to," his
tone ugly and insulting. Then an idea
suddenly occurred to his mind. "Saint
Guise, but that would even up the
score nicely. You are, as I understand
It, sent to Virginia for sale?"
-Yes."
"For how long a term?"
"The sentence was twenty years."
"Hela! and you go to the highest
bidder.' I'll do It, fellow! To actually
own a Carlyle of Bucclough will be
a sweet revenge. 'Twill count for
more than were I to tweak the duke's
nose."
"A very noble plan for revenge," I
admitted. "And one which I am not
likely to forget. Unfortunately you
come too late. It happens, senor, that
1 am already safely Indentured to
Roger Fairfax."
I turned away, but he called angrily
after me:
"Do not feel so sure of that Carlyle! ;
I am in the game yet"
(Continue^ on Tuesday)
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