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The RICHMOND PLANET MIND When mighty and infinite wisdom deign'd To condescend in handiwork below A being as a crown to grace the third Great world of worlds—of rock and tree and ape, One that would have dominion o'er the throng Of creatures that would swim or walk or fly. He fashion'd as a means to serve this end A consciousness invisible but one So thorough in its worthy purpose that 'Twould generate, receive, transmit—from such Mere tiny impress as a falling flake Of downy snow upon earth's proffer'd breast Unto such as the shocking, thund'ring uke Is to the mountain that it overthrows. One that could generate a jewel'd thought— Mere bit in size, but like the smallest star That fills a world of space with twinkling light. One that could weave a thread of texture small But with a force mysterious to lead, Obey, command—a power Nth in size One that could well receive and store away In model'd cells of space for timely use A fortified defence for pressing need. By will'd intent the Author of this vast Capacity, which bears so masterly His touch of grand perfection, then bestow'd This honor'd gift on him He termed man— The one great thing within him, this is MIND. —LUCIAN B. WATKINS. Fifth Street True to Her Old Love To show that the Fifth Street still loves her old pastor, on last Monday night the lecture room of the Church was crowded from pulpit to door. After some discussion the congregation arose and unanimously voted in calling Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham. To show how well and how truly this man of God is beloved by the Church the following resolutions were unanimously adopted three years ago and all these years since that love still remains with unwerving devotion. The city is rejoicing at such a mark of Christian love. Richmond, Va., Sept. 18, 1905. At the regular business meeting of the Fifth Street Baptist Church held on the above date, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: WHEREAS. Our beloved Pastor, Dr. W. F. Graham, has served in the providence of God, called to labor in an another part of Christ's vineyard and in consequence, thereof, his resignation as Pastor of this Church; and, WHEREAS. A divine has guided in the circumstances which have induced our Pastor to sever the ties which have connected him with this Church and its people for over thirteen years; therefore be it, RESOLVED. That Dr. Graham has by courtesy and kindness, by purity of doctrine, and by faithful discharge of the duties of his holy office, secured the love and confidence of his people who will follow and be with him in his new field of labor. RESOLVED, That Dr. Graham's sentiments have been elevating, inspiring and esteemed; they had a softness that won affection. His elocation was handsome; his address easy, polite and inviting. By merit he has been instrumental in acquiring a proud victory for our Church. We have added to our Church since his pastorate 1233 members; cash collected $44,961.27. How aptly might this beautiful poem of one of our poets be addressed to him: "The good begun by thee shall onward flow RESOLVED, That these resolutions be placed on the record of our Church and published in all the colored papers. Done by order of the Fifth Street Baptist Church. J. B. PAGE, Chair. of Deacon Board. J. H. CHILES, Church Clerk. Another Chance. Another chance to hear Evangelist Cuddy's (white) celebrated historical prophetic sermon from the book of Revelations which he has been delivering to the delight of our people in this city. It will be at the Fifth Baptist Church, Sldney, Rev. W. F. Graham, Pastor at 11 A. M. next Sunday April 5, 1908. NO RELIEF FOR THE SOLDIERS. Democrats Skillfully Block Legislation. SENATOR FORAKER CHOSEN TO MAKE REPORT—WILL FORCE ACTION IN SENATE—REPUBLICAN LEADERS ANXIOUS—COLORED MEN IN DOUBTFUL STATES ANGRY—HOLD PRESIDENT ROOSE-VELT AND SECRETARY TAFT RESPONSIBLE. WASHINGTON, Mch. 31.—All prospect for legislation looking to the restoration of the Brownsville Negro Battalion of the Twenty-fifth United States Infantry disappeared this afternoon when the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, by a vote of 9 to 4 decided to report adversely all pending legislation on the subject. Sad End of James Parker, Hero Who Defended McKinley. Before a class of students at the Jefferson Medical College the body of James B. Parker, colored, was placed upon the dissecting table on any bill restoring the discharged AN HOUR'S SESSION The committee was in session about an hour. There was little discussion, the time being consumed in voting. Two bills were pending before the committee. One, by Senator Foraker of Ohio, directed the restoration of the soldiers to the rolls with full pay and allowances to date from their original discharge by order of the President. The other by Senator Warner of Missouri, embodied the views of the Administration and authorized the reinstatement of those soldiers of the battalion who could show that they had not participated in the shooting up of Brownsville or had guilty knowledge of the affair. The Warner bill made no provision for arrears of pay and allowances. COULD NOT AGREE It had been evident for some time that the majority of the committee could not agree on the conditions of reinstatement. Senator Foraker would not consent to accept the Warner bill or any compromise measure. He adhered to the ground he took at the outset that the soldiers were discharged unlawfully and without information to sustain the charges against them and the testimony taken in the investigation by the Senate Committee only strengthened his opinion. THE VOTE IN DETAIL: The first vote to-day came on the motion of Senator Foraker to substitute his bill for the Warner bill. On that motion the vote in the committee was as follows: Ayes—Senators Foraker, of Ohio; Hemenway of Indiana; Scott of West Virginia and Bulkeley of Connecticut; four Republicans. Not Republican Warren of Wyoming, chairman of Edge of Massachusetts, DuPont of Delaware and Warner of Missouri, Republicans with the five Democratic Senators on the committee. THE DEMOCRATS WARY A vote was then taken in the motion to report favorably the Warner bill. On that motion the Democratic Senators voted with the four Republican Senators who were in the minority on the first ballot, and the vote was reversed. A motion was made to report the Warner bill adversely, and that motion prevailed by the same vote by which the committee had refused to report it favorably, except that the attitude of the Senators was reversed Senators Foraker, Hemenway, Scott and Bulkeley and the Democrats voting in the affirmative. SENATOR FORAKER IN THE SADDLER. Senator Foraker was authorized to make the adverse report on the Warner bill. Thereupon Mr. Foraker suggested that he would like to have his bill occupy the same position before the Senate as the Warner bill, and on his motion it was ordered to be reported adversely also, and Mr. Foraker was ordered to make the report. The Ohio Senator did not command the full strength of the committee on this motion, two Democratic Senators, McCreary of Kentucky and Frazier of Tennessee and one Republican, Scott of West Virginia, voting in the negative THE MINORITY REPORT. Senator Warner asked permission on behalf of himself and Senators Lodge, Warren and DuPont to submit a minority report in favor of the Warner bill, and this the committee agreed upon. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1908 the Senate promptly, probably to morrow, and an extended debate will follow, but it is agreed that no legislation will pass. The Democratic Senators practically served notice on their Republican colleagues to-day that they would not consent to a vote on any bill restoring the discharged soldiers to the rolls. Christian Mission—St. Luke's Old Hall. 11:00 A. M.—"Christ the Way." 8:30 P. M.—"Was the Eunoch saved by mourning?" All are cordially invited. Steubenville Notes Mr. L. Murray of 203 S. 6th St. has the finest and best equal rights shop in Steubenville. The Agent has his work done at this shop and you can always find my race papers there and I want all friends to patronize him. Miss Sadia Watkine has changed her residence but my paper shall always find her. Miss Kabia Hill is convalescing. Mr. William Snoten is convalescing. Mr. James Boyd and Mr. Bob Scott are well. SMITH—PREICE The home of Mrs. Margaret Smith, 216 S. 2nd Street was the scene of a beautiful wedding Wednesday Eve April 5, 1908. Mr. John A. Smith and Miss Ocie Preice were joined in matrimony. Rev. J. Moore, Pastor of West Wood Baptist Church officiated. The groom was dressed in conventional black while the bride was beautifully attired in a white silk volt, carrying a bunch of water lilies and carnations. The home was beautifully decorated and lighted to suit the occasion. Reception, Sunday Eve, April 5, 1908 from 6 to 9 P. M. We hope them much happiness and success throughout life. Planet Hawk A Great Day in the City By the Dan. The 44th Pythian Anniversary Services were held at the Calvary Baptist Church and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. G. W. Goode Pastor. Text: 2nd Chronicles, 16th Chapter, 129-30 verses. Subject: The Claims of God to the Worship and Homage of His Creatures. The Doctor was at his best and held his audience spell bound. Danville and North Danville K. of P. Lodges and Courts of Calanthe came together and this gave us a number of 350 men and 250 sisters, making a total of 690 persons. The edifice was packed to its uttermost. The parade was headed by Pythias Company, No. 7 under the command of Capt. W. A. Millner, assisted by Capt. T. H. Smith and Lleut. J. H. Coles, with five set of fours. The boys looked like men of war. Major William H. Cunningham was mounted upon a fiery steed and this of course helped to beautify the occasion. All Past Chancellors and Past Worthy Counsellors filled their places Sir C. M. Smith, D. D. G. C. joined North Danville to South Danville with Sir W. A. Millner, D. D. G. C. and they joined the sisters at the Church with Sister S. J. Holbrook, D. D. G. W. C., presiding. All enjoyed the service. Capt. W. A. Millner presided. The Church has a great choir and they were equal to the occasion. "Long live the K. of P's" many were heard to say that they were going to join the Order. AN EYE-WITNESS - Subscribe to The PLANET. Only $1.50 per year. --- Sad End of James Parker, Hero Who Defended McKinley. Before a class of students at the Jefferson Medical College the body of James B. Parker, colored, was placed upon the dissecting table Thursday. Parker was the man who beat Louis Czolgosz to the ground and disarmed him after the latter had fired two shots into the body of President McKinley at Buffalo, on September 6, 1901. At the time of the President's assassination Parker was a Pullman car porter. Like many other heroes of the present day, Parker died penniless. His death came almost two weeks ago at the Philadelphia Hospital, where he was a patient in the insane department. He was rescued to the West Philadelphia institution several months ago, after having been picked up by the police. As far as known he had no friends in this city at the time of his death and the body was turned over to the State Anatomical Board. In this way it came into possession of the college authorities. Parker was petted by thousands of persons in Buffalo. Everybody praised him, and it was thought for a time that his act had saved the President's life. Senator Mark Hana, of Ohio, presented Parker with a check for $1,000 in appreciation of his bravery. Parker was well proportioned and was six feet four inches in height. In his earlier days he was employed as a letter carrier in Atlanta Ga. More than a year ago he came to this city, and the last heard of him before his death was his arrest in West Philadelphia. In speaking of his tussle with Czolgosz, Parker said the assassin fought like a tiger and was one of the most powerful men he had ever tussled with. His brain will be examined by a noted alienist of the city within the next few weeks and it is expected that it will prove one of the most interesting studies ever made in Philadelphia. —Phila., Pa. Tribune. Mr. P. H. Ford Makes Big Deal in Maryland. Mr. P. H. Ford, Manager of The People's Real Estate and Investment Company is now the owner of a very fine piece of property in Cumberland Maryland. The price paid was $3,650.00. Mr. Ford is one of Richmond's leading business men. He is Manager of the People's Real Estate and Investment Company also President of the United Order of Friends, and is connected with many of the business enterprises in our city. He also owns some very valuable property in Western Maryland, being in the coal fields. He is a man with a will, having started out in the world with no money and but a few friends. Through tact, push and principle with close application to business he has forged his way to the front rank and to-day he stands at the head of some of the largest enterprises owned and operated by our people. A portion of this property was owned by A. J. Washington, Cumberland, Md. $150.00 Endowment Paid Norfolk, Va., March 30, '08. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Sir Jack Brown, who was a member of Bruce Lodge, No. 31 of Berkley, Virginia. D. J. Roberts, K. of R. & S Friendship Lodge, No. 3 R. E. Kindred, D. D. G. C. M. Isbell, Spectral Denyty. MR. SCOTTS CONGRATULATIONS. The Planet's Editorials—He Declares Them Able and Appropriate. Calls for Reproduction in Pamphlet Form. Huntington, W. Va., Mch. 28, '08. Editor Richmond PLANET. I have just finished reading your editors on the Warner Bill in the Brownville affair and Secretary Taft's speech at Plymouth Church. In my opinion they are the ablest editorial utterances that I have seen on this much discussed question. Your analysis of the bill and the speech is clear and convincing. It leaves no ground for the apologist to see-saw on and it does this by the eternal logic of human rights. I congratulate you upon those editors. They would read well in the New York Independent. There is not a line in the whole six columns that I would change. They should be put in pamphlet form for general distribution. There may be a few colored men who have their lightning rods up and who may apologize for the President but the great body of Negroes will never swallow his order of dismissal without honor. Nothing short of the passage of the Foraker bill will atone for the injury done those soldiers or revive the withered laurels of their military honor. Secretary Taft in his Plymouth Church speech adds insult to injury when he virtually consents to the Southern program of barring the Negroes from the ballot and restrict their education to industrial pursuits. He professes deep sympathy for the race and claims abolition, heredity and environments. Wherever er the Negroes have the ballot they should use it to keep out of office such opportunists as he. The "trailing clouds of glory" of his birth seem to have vanished in entire forgetfulness for he goes so far as to say that on the race question he has seen a new light. In the language of Isaac the Faithful: "The voice is the voice of Jacob but the hand is the hand of Esau." I quite agree with you that "This is not a political question. It is an issue of human rights. We want no more than the law allows and we should accept no less." Praying that you may be spared to stand on the firing line for many years to come, I am Very sincerely. J. W. SCOTT. Pythians Celebrate in Manchester The Anniversary Celebration of the Knights of Pythias and Courts of Calanthe of Manchester, Va. took place at the Second Baptist Church of which Rev. D. W. Davis, D. D. is pastor last Sunday at 30'clock. The occasion was a grand success. The Knights assembled at the Castle at 2'o clock and soon thereafter fully 150 strong, able-bodied men were seen marching in line with Sir John R. Cogbill as Chief Marshall. The following programme was rendered at the Church: Welcome Address, Sir Mason Bang; Singing, Pythian Ode; Prayer, Sir Lewis Daily; Quartette, Sirs E. J. Cunningham Alexander, J. E. Heigh, Henry Harris, Remarks by D. D. G. C. Robe Jackson; Reapers, Sister Anna Taylor; Music, Quartette; Anniversary Sermon, Rev. D. W. Davis; Prayer, Dr. Dr. Goff of Lynchburg, Virginia. Sir J. E. Height was Master of Ceremonies. The collection was $14.00. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. First Court There. Sutherlinls, Va., Mch. 27, 08. General John Mitchell Jr., Grand Worthy Counsellor and Grand Chancellor arrived here yesterday afternoon from Richmond. He was accompanied by Dr. E. R. Jefferson, Sir S. S. Baker, Dr. J. Alexander Lewis, Sir Albert Smith, Sir W. F. Weaver and Sir R. J. Jackson. They were met at the train by District Deputy Grand Chancellor A. B. Betts and others and carried to White Oak where they organized White Oak Court, No. 133 with the following officers: Worthy Counsellor, Mrs. Alice Lipscomb; Worthy Inspector, Mrs. Isabella Betts; Register of Deeds, Mrs. Isabella Whitlock; Register of Accounts, Mrs. Mary T. Edmonds; Orator, Mrs. Clem Winbush; Worthy Inspectrix, Mrs. Nannie Fallen; Receiver of Deposits, Mrs. Charlotte; Hired, Mrs. Lillie Davis; Senior Director Mess, Mrs. Signora Goode; Junior Director Mess, Mrs. Eliza Ann Hogue; Condress Mess, Mrs. Mary Cunningham; Assistant Contracteur, Miss Riss Squire; Protector, Mrs. Eliza Marable. Trustees: Mrs. Anna Whitlock, Mrs. Fanny Hunt, Mrs. Nancy Jeter. The initiation took place in the new Pythian Castle here. The club was organized by Mrs. Isabella Betts and the Grand Worthy Counsellor was outspoken in commending her. She will be made District Deputy Grand Worthy Counsellor. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAIS ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES. Rev. A. S. Thomas Delivers Sermon Grand Time There. The anniversary exercises of the Knights of Pythias at the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church last Sunday at 1:30 P. M. were a success. Promptly on the minute, Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. sounded the gavel. The Knights formed at the Pythian Castle, 727 N. Third Street and marched to the Church. The Uniform Rank was under the command of Major William A. Robinson, Lieut. B. H. Peyr, Adjutant. The Battalion consisted of Eureka Co., No. 1, Planet Co., No. 8, Blooming Lily Co., No. 11. They were commanded by Capt. Isaac Moore, Capt. Adolphus Jackson and Capt. V. M. Gwathmey respectively. The scriptures were read, after which the prayer was offered by Rev. J. W. Pryor, Rev. A. S. Thomas then delivered the anniversary sermon. He was very timely in his remarks and elited applause. The sermon dealt with the principles of the Order and gave wholesome advice to the members. Rev. Thomas has been a member of the Order for many years. Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. delivered an address on "The Tri-Colored Banner of Pythianism" and surprised many in his explanation of that emblem. A colfction was lifted and a vote of than tendered to the Rev. A. S. Thom, the Choir, Mr. W. H. Woodson, leader, and to the Church, Rev. R. V. Peyrton then delivered the benediction. THE COURTS ANNIVERSARY Rev. Dr. W. T. Johnson's Able Disc course—Members Jubilant. The anniversary exercises of the Courts of Calanthe were held last Sunday, 4 P. M. at the Second Baptist Church. The Church was packed, even the galleries being crowded. Grand Worthy Counsellor John Mitchell, Jr. was Master of Ceremonies. Promptly at 4 P. M. the exercises commenced. Rev. Dr. Z. D. Lewis read the Scriptures and offered prayer. Rev. W. T. Johnson, D. D. then delivered an able sermon. It made a profound impression. At its conclusion Grand Worthy Counsellor John Mitchell, Jr. spoke on "The Onward March of the Courts." Miss Mary Peniston recited a poem of her own. The exercises were the best as yet held. At both the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church and the Second Baptist Church the Committee of Arrangements had decorated the rostrum with choice flowers. Rev. Dr. Z. D. Lewis announced the benediction. The singing of the Second Baptist Church Choir under the leadership of Mr. Thomas M. Crump was a feature. The fine selections were a source of wonder to many, showing rare ability and plenty of preparation. A vote of thanks was tendered the Church, the Rev. Dr. W. T. Johnson, the Choir and the Committee of Arrangements. The Committee consisted of Messrs. O. M. Steward, Wills Wyatt, John G. Smith, Mrs. Anna Taylor, Miss M. L. Chiles, Mrs. Mildred Johnson and Mrs. Lucy Cross. Sir E. W. R. Glenn. Sheffield Happenings Mrs. Lou Rodgers has been indisposed for several days but we are glad to see her out again. Mr. H. W. Jackson has opened an up-to-dale Soda Fountain and IceCream Parlor on Second Street. Give him your patronage. Rochester Lodge, No. 234, K. of P. had their Annual Sermon preached last Sunday evening at the A. M. E. Church by Rev. B. Crawford, the pastor of the above named Church. The Church was crowded and sermon was enjoyed by all. The collection was $15.00. Mr. J. A Lafayett, Grand Lecturer of the State of Alabama spoke at the A. M. E. Church Wednesday night. Mr. I. S. Long, a prominent citizen of Sheffield sold Mr. Grimes, (white) four hundred acres of land four hundred dollars. He has 87 more acres to sell. Mr. Ham King has returned to Knoxville, Tenn. after visiting friends in Sheffield. Mr. L. L. Powell was in Florence, Alabama Monday. Read The PLANET and keep posted. Mr. John McAuther is doing a nice business in his ice Cream Parlor in Florence. Mrs. Emma Mc Auther lost her father on the 13th of March in Tonganoxie, Kansas. She will leave soon for her home, to be gone one month. Mr. T. C. Rapier spent last Sunday in Cave Springs. WANTED- Position as Printer. Several years experience in office work. Address. J. D. UZZLE, 195 Cumberland St. Norfolk. Va. PRICE. FIVE CENTS COLORED VOTERS SPEAKBOLDLY Will Not Support Secretary Taft. In answer to Mr. George B. Cox's interview as published in the Cincinnati Enquirer of March 24th, the undersigned desire to say for the Cincinnati Foraker Constitution League that the Negro voters of Hampton County and the State of Ohio in the event Secretary Taft is nominated for the Presidency, will not support him at the polls. Before going further we desire to say that politically we are Republicans but because we are Republicans it does not follow that we are to support a candidate of the Republican Party whose actions and deeds are inimical to our race. In the first place, contrary to what Mr. Cox says, the Negro voters of Ohio and the United States have many substantial reasons for opposing Secretary Taft. Mr. Taft has persistently condoned, until here of late, (and we know what has caused the apparent change of heart) the disfranchisement of the Negro race in the South. Again, he upheld the President's action in dismissing the RB Battalion, although he knew it to be wrong. These two reasons of themselves would seem to the average mind to be sufficient cause for a rejection of Mr. 'taft as a Presidential candidate. But if Secretary Taft were not guilty of the above mentioned acts and had never done or said anything against the Negro, should we not support the Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker, who has stood fast fighting for our constitutional rights,—the only man who took up the cause of those outraged black patriots? The leaders of the Republican Party in this and other States might just as well learn now that the Negro voter is getting tired of voting for emblems. The time has come when we must, the same as other races, vote for men and principles, rather than for emblems and parties. We stand for the men who stand for us. We will fight persistently the efforts of an man, set of men or parties who have for purpose the elimination from public life that grand soldier, statesman and patriot, Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker. JOHN S. FIELDING, Press. EDWARD JOHNSON, Sec. Pythian Celebration at Centralia Last Sunday was a great day indeed with Kingsland Lodge, No. 120 of this place, who held their annual outing at the First Baptist Church, Though the Sabbath School union, presided over by Dr. J. E. Jones consumed the time of the early morning yet many remained to participate in this great celebration. About two o'clock the members arrived with their friends who when seated filled every pew. Captain William White, M. of C, assisted by Lieutenant John Brumley, C. C, and Sir Knight William Clark, Prelate opened the services in regular form. After the singing of many choice selections by Miss Estella Gregory, Miss Emma Brumley, Miss Lizzie Whittaker and others, the services were turned over to the Pastor. Rev. Robert Taylor of Richmond, Virginia was called upon to pray, which he did in a very effective manner. Following this was the address of the Pastor, Rev. William Thomas who preached from Psalms 84-3 using as a subject "Building Your Best In Life." Many wholesome and practical things were brought out of the subject which seemed to have been enjoyed by all present. Captain William White is well worthy of the title he bears for he has proven himself to be a leader of no mean ability. Seeing that there were no Pythians here, he set himself about to organize a lodge. Having done much of this work in Petersburg, Va. and having won the confidence, respect and highest esteem of the people here (which counts much indeed) he had only to plant the seeds of Pythianism and then watch its growth. Thus on last Sunday he expressed the results of his labors of two years as surprising to himself. A more imposing sight could not have been seen in any social or fraternal organization. His lodge numbered fully 100 which seemed to have been equally divided between the sisters and brethren and with few exceptions all young people. They have already a uniform department and are now arranging to have their uniforms in a few days. May God's blessing forever attend his work. —Mrs. D. J. Chavers, who underwent an operation at the Richmond Hospital last week is convalescing. She expects to return to her residence, 616 St. Peter Street shortly. —Mr. W. L. Young of File, Va. was in the city this week and called on us. —Rev. Dr. W. T. Hall and wife of Danville, Va, with their little boy Duval are in the city attending the funeral of Mrs. Sailie Adams, the Aunt of Dr. Hall. The ESCAPADE A POST MARITAL ROMANCE BY CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAY WALTERS (COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY W. O. CHAPMAN) CHAPTER IV. Taking the assent of the company for granted, Ellen, who had assumed the unexpected role of leadership in the evening's entertainment, summoned the servants and directed them to move the furniture from the center of the room in preparation for the dance. "What, Lady Carrington, shall we dance?" began Lady Cecily. "I am sure," she continued with that mockery of kindness which deceived nobody, "the company would wish to dance something that you know." "Your sudden conversion to the frivolities of society makes us desire to encourage you with all our powers," added Mrs. Monbrant viciously. "I am too old," chuckled the duchess, "for your modern trippings, but I think I can foot it still in the contradance, er, duke?" "My dear Arabella," said the duke blinking solemnly, "you are admirable in everything you do and I have no doubt you can show these people a step or two yet, and by Gad, I'm with you." He rose, lifted his hand and made a feeble prouette which was greeted with great applause. "As for me," said Ellen, "I know no dances, but I am willing to learn provided I have a teacher." "Madam," said Strathgate, promptly stepping forword. "Your pardon," interposed the host rudely, "you have given Lady Carrington enough lessons for one evening, that shall be my pleasure." Ellen looked him up and down coolly. "On second thought," she said, "I do not care for a lesson to night." "As you please," returned Carrington haughtily. "Lady Cecily, if we dance, will you honor me by being my partner?" "Always," said that vivacious person, ogling her handsome but gloomy admirer in the most open and shame-faced way. "And I would that your always might be forever," said Ellen coolly. "If you can't and won't dance, Lady Carrington," said Mrs. Monbrant, who knew very well Ellen's inability, "won't you play for us?" "I can't play either," answered Ellen. "What, neither play nor dance! Where were you brought up, my dear child?" continued the widow in a tone of commiseration, as if she had heard the dire news for the first time at that moment. "Among men, Mrs. Monbrant, where you perhaps would like to fetch up," returned Ellen tartly. "Ha! ha!!" cackled old General Athelstrong behind his handkerchief, "*fore Gad she had her there.*" The ancient soldier seemed to constitute himself a senile commentary on his hostess' repartee. "And you are mistaken in one point," added Ellen. "I can dance if anyone will play." "But I thought," began Carrington nervously. "Tis a dance I learned on shipboard, my lord," said his wife audaciously. She was fairly intoxicated with her recklessness that night. "And if someone will play—" The door opened and in came Mistress Debbie followed by Sir Charles. "There were other books in the library, your grace," returned Debbie spiritedly, "and Sir Charles and I forgot the flight of time in conning o'er the printed page." "The only printed page that ever made me forget the flight of time," returned the duke, "had spots on it." "Yes, most of the pages that you turn are spotted," said Ellen boldly. She feared dukes not at all, especially those of the Dulward stamp, and it seemed as if in her desperation she was bent upon rudeness to all my lord's friends. "He! he!!" snickered Athelstrong again, "she had him there surely." The duke turned on the general in sudden fury, but again Ellen intervened. "Debbie, I'm going to show these people how to dance, will you play for me?" "Ay," returned my lady, "and lost twenty thousand pounds." "Twenty thousand pounds!" gasped Deborah sinking into a chair. "Compose yourself, my dear. My lord has won it back and holds it safe in his pocket." "I told you," began Carrington, "that I—" "Keep it, my lord. You may have need of it," said Ellen. "I am glad that all has ended well," intervened Sir Charles, vaguely feeling quarrel in the air. He was looking very happy in spite of the rallery to which he was subjected for his sudden interest in the doctrine of Master Richard Baxter—and I congratulate you, Lady Carrington, on having lost to your husband." "Her ladyship lost first to me," said Strathgate emphatically. "Oh!" exclaimed Sir Charles, glooming upon him. He did not like Strathgate for his open pursuit of Lady Carrington, his friend's wife, but Carrington saw the look and naturally put the wrong construction upon it. Seton went fur- ther into his black books at that moment. "I shall play for you gladly," continued Sir Charles, "I have some slight skill at the harpsichord." "No, I will have Deborah play," said Ellen determinedly. "What would Elder Brewster say if he heard me playing at a dance," remonstrated Deborah faintly. "He would say," returned Ellen, "that you were backing up a compatriot for the honor of America. I wish to show these"—there was a perceptible pause—"ladies and"—another perceptible pause—"gentlemen, that I know something of the arts and graces upon which they pride themselves, and I am sure you won't fail me." "What shall it be?" said the helpless Deborah as Seton led her to the harpsichord. "Yankee Doodle!" crled Ellen. "Damned rebel tune!" muttered the duke under his breath in an aside. "But, madam," said Lady Cecily incautiously, "you can't dance to such a tune as that." "Your British friends did it many a time, in America, at Saratoga, at Yorktown and various other places to that same tune," returned Ellen tartly. "Ho! ho!" chuckled the irrepressible Athelstrong, "a hit, a very palpable hit, madam." "You are surely not going to attempt to make a spectacle of yourself before these our friends," remonstrated Carrington in a low tone of voice. But Ellen had the bit between her teeth. "That's as may be, my lord. Debble, strike up." Feebly, disconnectedly, brokenly at first, Deborah began the familiar tune, but presently she caught the spirit of the thing and as she was really a brilliant performer, the gay, audacious, rollicking little air rang out in the room. Ellen selzed her skirts, lifted them high enough to disclose her prettily shod foot and ankles and broke into—shades of Lulil!—a sailor's hornpipe. She danced it with the spirit and abandon of the youngest and most reckless blue jacket. Her feet flew back and forth making a merry clicking on the hard wood floor. There were glimpses of flashing buckles and scarlet hose and dashes of white petticoat in a magnificent whirl of reckless gaiety. Carrington stood with clinched hands and lowering brows for a moment while Strathgate, Dulward and Athelstrong crowded closer and stared hard. Even the duchess and Mrs. Monbrant joined the circle. There was a great clapping of hands and much shouting of "Brava" to encourage the danseuse while the performance lasted. Surely it was a spectacle which few of them had ever enacted in the drawingroom of a baron's castle with the hostess in the leading part and the dead and gone Carringtons who had overflowed from the picture gallery to the walls might well have turned over in their graves at the sight. Lady Cecily stood with brows upraised, a malignant sneer on her face. Even Seton who had been hovering over Deborah at the harpsichord turned to look. Presently Carrington, unable to sustain the sight any longer, turned and beckoning to Lady Cecily ceremoniously offered her his arm and the two disappeared through the doorway leading into the hall. The spirit seemed to go out of Ellen's dancing as Carrington left the room, for her steps faltered and then Deborah turned and found Seton's back fair and square to her shoulder and the music suddenly ceased. The men crowded around Lady Ellen offering congratulations. "You've a fortune in your heels, Lady Carrington," said the duke. "Covent Garden would pay you a pretty penny every night for such a show 1917 Broke Into a Sailor's Hornpipe. as that, and egad I'd go a long way to see it myself." "Dulward, you are forgetting me," said the duchess imperiously. "Never, Arabella, I am never able to forget you," sighed the duke in unconscious double entendre. "Now," said Lady Ellen, panting and triumphant, "the rest of you may dance as you please. Have I proved my knowledge, Mrs. Monbrant?" "Of a kind, yes," said the widow, arching her brows and turning away. "Where have my lord and Lady Cecily gone?" asked the hostess, her eyes roving through the door into the THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA "Shall we seek them?" said Strathgate with a low bow, offering his arm. "I could have no better escort," returned Ellen. "You will excuse me, I am sure." She bowed to the rest of the company. "The house is yours, cards, music, all that it has." Out in the hall Strathgate seized a cloak and wrapped it around her with tender solicitude. "The night air is chill," he said, gently. Theer was comfort to Ellen in his anxiety about her. Of late Carrington had left her to her own devices and she missed the lover-like attentions of the first part of her married life. She accepted the earl's courtesy gracefully and the two stepped out upon the terrace. It was a bright moonlight night and the terrace was almost as light as day. There was no one on it. "Whither have they gone, think you?" queried Ellen. "To the arbor, probably. 'Tis a favorite haunt of theirs. Shall we follow?" "My lord called me a spy last night." "A woman is justified in everything," said Strathgate softly, "when her honor is involved, and Carrinton—" "Do you mean to say," burst out Ellen, hotly. "He is in dangerous hands," said Strathgate lightly, "if he fall into those of Lady Cecily. Let us descend to the mall." He led her gently down the flight of steps and piloted her into the shadow of the wall whence they could gain the arbor without being observed, for at the southeast corner of the terrace upon which the castle was built the arbor began. "To-wit!" said Ellen, "riding to hounds, dancing the minute, playing at cards." "My lady," said Strathgate earnestly, "those are mere accidents of circumstance. In beauty, in wilt, in daring, in sweetness, Lady Cecily cannot be mentioned with you. I cannot understand Carrington. Were I—" They had come to the edge of the terrace. Through a rift in the foliage they had a fair view of the center of the arbor. Through the same rift the moonlight fell and displayed two figures. One with his back toward her was her husband. The other facing the couple was Lady Cecily. They were close together talking earnestly. Ellen clenched her hands and incautiously stepped into the moonlight. Lady Cecily caught a glimpse of her before Strathgate drew her back. Here was her opportunity. The distance was too great to enable the watchers to hear what was being said, but they could see. Lady Cecily was commissering Lord Carrington on the rudeness of his wife and my lord was so hot and mad with jealousy and indignation, and so filled with affront to dignity and amour propre, that he was in a fit mood to be played upon by such a consummate mistress of coquetry and such a finished actress as Lady Cecily. My lord had some of the simplicity of the sailor still left in him. Lady Cecily laid her Land upon his arm. "My dear Bernard," she said, "I may call you that for old times sake?" "Yes, yes," said Carrington, "would that these old times might come again!" "It would please me," said Lady Cecily. "I cannot bear to see you yoked with such a rule, uncultured heyden." Carrington winced at this. "And she played that game with Strathgate. It was all a matter of prearrangement. No money was to pass. She hath no need to give Strathgate money. His purse and all he has are at her disposal." This was a half truth and therefore the more deadly. Ellen had made no prearrangement with Strathgate or anyone else, and the game on her part was honest and open, but it was true that she could have asked nothing of Strathgate that he would not instantly have acceded to. Lady Cecily knew that Carrington's conviction of the latter half of her statement would carry with it an acquiescence in the first part. My lord gritted his teeth and clenched his hands. "I would like to kill him," he said, "and by heaven I shall before long, or he me, and then she can take him with my blood on his hands." "I would not have you die, Bernard," said Lady Cecily tenderly, at that moment catching sight of the other two. "Don't think that your life is wasted because a foolish, wicked woman has well nigh wrecked it. You are very dear to—me." She laid her hand upon his arm. She drooped toward him. She was not bad looking, Lady Cecily, especially in the moonlight, which hid the paint and powder and some of the ravages of time. "You are the only true heart I have ever known," protested Carrington. And then Lady Cecily palpably fell against him. What else could a gentleman do under the circumstances but enfold her in his arms? The arms of Lady Cecily stole upward. She lifted her face to his. "Kiss me," she murmured, faintly. And although Carrington had not intended anything of that kind, yet being tempted, he hesitated and was lost. He kissed her full and fair in the moonlight. "Have you seen enough, Lady Carrington?" whispered Strathgate from the other side. "Enough!" said Ellen, choking with jealous rage. "My lord, I leave this castle to-night. May I depend upon you to help me." "I shall help you," said Strathgate, turning and leading her away, "with all that I have. My life, my fortune, my sacred honor are yours." "I can depend upon you, then?" "To the end, madam. I have a house in London, a castle in the next county. They are yours, absolutely yours." "You mistake me, my lord. I go back to Philadelphia. There is a ship belonging to me, a merchant ship in the harbor of Portsmouth nearly ready to sail for America. If you will take me there and see me on board, shall be everlastingly grateful to you." My lord thought deeply. Lady Elen evidently considered his proffered service purely a disinterested one. It would hardly be wise to undecide her now. Once he got her away and in his power, it would go hard with him if he could not persuade her, or constrain her, to his own wishes. His role at present was to agree with whatever she proposed. "I will do my best to carry out your wishes," he said, heartily. And as Ellen stumbled and fell at the foot of the steps he took advantage of the occasion to support her with his arm. "You are weak, ill, faint," he said, almost carrying her up the steps in the bright moonlight before she had a chance to protest. It so happened that Lady Cecily and Carrington coming across the mall caught a full view of the incident. "You see," said Lady Cecily maliciously. Carrington would have broken away and ran after them, but she held him back. "I shall kill him in the morning," he growled fiercely, utterly forgetful of that lapse of his in the arbor. "But there must be nothing done to-night," cried Lady Cecily. "Promise me!" "In the morning," said Carrington between his teeth. "Certainly in the morning, but not now. You give me your promise!" "Very well. I shall have a word or two to say to her before the morning." "And remember," cautioned Lady Coelly, "that there is one who cares." She laid her hand upon his arm and looked up into his face again. "Think of her." "I shall forget nothing," cried my lord, starting toward the porch. "What would you have me do?" said Strathgate as he and Lady Ellen reached the top of the terrace. "I would not have you lay hands on me again, my lord. I am in full vigor and able to serve myself in that." "Forgive me!" said Strathgate. "I thought you were falut." "No more of it," returned Ellen. "I would have you meet me at two of the clock here to night on the terrace equipped for travelling." "Do you ride away, madam?" "I shall take my lord's traveling carriage. Can you drive, Lord Strathgate?" His lordship laughed. "I am the best whip in England," he said boastfully. "Well then," said Ellen, "be here equipped for the journey and armed, my lord." "At two of the clock?" "At two," returned Ellen. At this juncture Carrington and Lady Cecily joined the others on the terrace. "Have you been taking the air, Lady Carrington, after your exertions in the dance?" queried Lady Cecily with mocking sweetness. "We came to seek Carrington and yourself," interposed Strathgate swiftly. "And not finding us?" Exactly. And not finding you, we were about to return to the house." "Tis late and perhaps Lady Carrington will permit us to take our bedroom candles?" asked Lady Cecily, who, her purpose effected, had naught to gain by prolonging the interview. "With pleasure," said Ellen. "My lord"—she turned to Carrington—"we follow you into the hall." Without a word Carrington and Lady Cecily strode up the further steps and, followed by Lady Ellen and Strathgate, reentered the hall. Bedroom candles were brought, goodnights were said and the party separated for what was conventionally characterized as rest. CHAPTER V. Once more the little boudoir. Once more Ellen and Bernard alone together. "Well, madam," began Carrington, coldly, under violent constraint, although passion was soothing and bubbling in his veins, "do you think that you have disgraced me sufficiently tonight? He stood opposite her with folded arms, looking very tall and splendid Ellen acknowledged in her secret heart. She sat beneath him, her feet extended in an attitude of absolute indifference, maintained also by strong constraint. "Disgraced you, my lord?" "That is the word I used." "I scarcely understand what you mean." "You know very well what I mean, madam." "But I was only obeying your instructions." "You exceeded them, I think," interrupted Carrington, sneeringly. "In what particular?" "In playing at love-making with other men." "I but followed the example of my mentor." Ellen retorted promptly. "You will learn madam," said Carrington, "when you are more familiar with the usage of polite society—" "May God deliver me from it!" interposed Ellen. My lord went on without noticing her remark. "That many things are permitted to a man, to a husband, which are forbid to a woman, his wife." "I recognize no distinction between us, sir." "That may be your American hobbledehoy cede, madam; but 'tis not that of England and England's gentlemen and gentlewomen." "And who are England's gentlewomen," quoth Ellen, hotly "whose com- duct you would have' me emulate—Lady Cecily, Mrs. Monbrant, the duchess?" "This," said my lord, loftly, "is beside the question. What possessed you to play with Strathgate to night?" "The money," returned his wife, "was mine. I had a right to risk it. I might ask what possessed you to play?" "And I might answer with your own words. Carrington hall was mine." "Yes," said Ellen, "but made of value by my money." "Perilition!" cried her husband, "must I have your money thrown in my face forever?" "I hardly think I can throw it in your face again, my lord." "And what will prevent you?" "The fact that you have won it and 'tis yours." "Nonsense!" said Carrington, fiercely. "I know well enough that your game with Strathgate was only play. It was simply a plan concocted between you to mock me and amuse yourselves." "My lord, you insult me," cried Ellen, her face flaming. "It is fact that carries the insult, madam. I make the charge on good authority. You were overheard arranging the details," persisted my lord, carried beyond the facts by his indignation. "Upon whose authority?" inquired Ellen. "Lady Cecily's." "And you can take her word against mine?" responded his wife, bitterly. "Very well, my lord, I shall not condescend to justify myself further." "Twould be useless to attempt it." "Indeed, and what made you risk your castle in a matter in which nothing was involved?" "Pardon me," returned Carrington, loftily. "There was something involved, something of which you reck little." "And that was?" "My honor and the honor of my wife. At that time I supposed the debt an honest one, the play fair. Think you I could allow that to stand against you while I had a penny?" "It was not love then that made you interpose?" "Love!" sneered Carrington. "How could I love a woman whose chief joy is to mock me, to humiliate me, to heap ridicule upon me, to disgrace me?" "You have said enough, my lord." "And you have no defense to offer?" "None," said Ellen proudly. "No justification to plead?" "Not a single plea." "Madam, this passes beyond all bonds. The scene to-night was disgraceful. You ingulfed all my guests, you publicly braved me, you faunted your money in my face, you exposed your person disgracefully in that abandoned hornpipe, which you danced with that Puritan bit of sanctimonious at the harpsichord—" "I have said before," cried Ellen, "that you can stop right there. The English gentleman's code, I take it from my experience of it at home, allows you to say anything you please to me or about me, but you will please leave my friends out of the discussion." "There is one friend that I shall bring in the discussion." "And who is that?" "Strathgate." "And what has he done?" "What has he done? My God!" gasped my lord, choking with rage. "He has always treated me like a gentleman," returned Ellen, "but perhaps that's because he's not married to me." "You should know his reputation among women, or his lack of it," protested Carrington. "Why, then, did you invite him here?" returned Ellen deftly. "And as for actions among women, there be some indifferent honest men who are not above suspicion. Know you any such, my lord?" "What mean you?" "I saw you in the arbor an hour since!" "What! Spying again?" "Spying again? You had Lady Cecily in your arms, you kissed her." "And if I did?" "I did not marry you for that," went on Ellen in jealous rage. "The way she has thrown herself at you is disgraceful, but, my lord, you have made it easy for her." "There is naught between me and Lady Cecily." "But I tell you," cried Ellen, "I don't believe a word you say, for I saw you in that arbor. I have seen you before with that hussy. I wish to God that I were dead and that you could marry her and see what a bargain you would get, not that marriage would make any difference to her, I fancy." "You insult my friends," cried Carrington, trying to give the conversation a different turn. "I only follow your lead, my lord." "I know who brought you to the arbor." "The earl of Strathgate," replied Ellen in bold acknowledgment, "the one friend, with Sir Charles Seton, that I have in the house, the one who always treats me with courtesy and consideration." "Yes, I saw his consideration in carrying you up the terrace steps a few moments after you eavesdropped. What heard you in the arbor?" "Not one word," answered Ellen. "But I saw you in the moonlight, and that was enough, my lord. I swear to you that unless you promise me on your word that you will dismiss Lady Cecily to-morrow I shall never be wife to you again." "I cannot be discourteous to my guests," returned Carrington with sudden dignity. "And does courtesy to your guests involve taking them in your arms and kissing them? Have you tried it with Mrs. Monbrant, or with the duchess of Dulwar? Now, she, indeed, would be a fit object for your kind attentions." Ellen laughed viciously. "There is one guest that I shall dismiss in the morning." A "I Cannot Be Discourteous to My Guests." turned my lord, white with anger. "And who are those, pray?" "Strathgate and Seton." "My friend and your friend. That's well thought on, and you will have me defenseless, then, at your mercy, compelled to look upon your love-making with that abandoned woman. But I'll not stand it. I'll go back to America!" "You would never dare." my sight after daybreak," said Carrington, fiercely. "Very well. At least you will leave me alone for the night," returned his wife with equal spirit. "With pleasure, madam. We will resume our discussion, and I will give you my final decision in the morning." He bowed himself out grandly. Once again Ellen shot to the door. Then she bolted it. This time she did not cry. She waited in fierce eagerness until she heard my lord retire, then she waited longer until she became convinced that he was asleep. It was one by the great clock in the hall when she withdrew from her boudoir and entered her own bedroom. Opening a closet she drew therefrom underneath a pile of feminine apparel a certain sailor's dress which she had sometimes used in cruising and boating expeditions with her husband since her marriage, and which she had often used before in long cruises on her father's ships. There were stout, heavy buckskin shoes, soft, woolen stockings, trousers wide and flaring at the knee and belted at the waist, a soft shirt of blue, a rough pea-jacket. Slipping off her own clothes, she transformed herself with rapid fingers into a sailor lad. She undid her hair and tied it behind in a man's queue. From the same closet she took a slender sword and a pair of heavy pistols. These she attached to her belt. A knitted sailor's cap completed her equipment. She went back softly into the boudoir and sat down at her desk. From a secret drawer she drew a purse filled with gold pieces, sovereigns of England. On the table lay a cheque book. Her balance at the bank she found was a trifle over £20,000, the amount she owed my lord. With a nervous hand she filled out a cheque for the full amount and signed it. She laid it open on the desk, hesitated a moment, half rose, sat down, drew a sheet of paper to her, dipped the quill in the ink and wrote rapidly. She folded the paper, addressed it to my lord, and left it with the cheque enclosed where he could not fall to see it if he came into her room in the morning to deliver his ultimatum. Fortunately, there was another exit from her suite of apartments besides that which led through my lord's dressing room. She unlocked the door and stepped into the corridor. She had thrown a great boat cloak around her and carried her shoes in her hand. It was half-past one o'clock she estimated. She stepped along the corridor quickly until she came to Deborah's door. She opened this softly, closed it behind her and went over to the bed where the little Puritan slept. She laid her hand on the young woman and shook her gently. Deborah was a light sleeper. She woke instantly, terrified beyond measure to see a tall, dark figure bending over her. She opened her mouth to scream, but Elen had the quickness to clap her hand over the mouth and stifle the noise. Her familiar voice reassured Mistress Deborah. The girl sat up in bed and stared in amazement. "What do you want?" "I am leaving the castle," returned Ellen, "and you must come with me." "But I don't want to go," answered Deborah, who was progressing very sweetly in her love affair with Sir Charles, and had no mind to leave him. "You must go," answered Ellen impersoniously. "I am responsible for you and I cannot leave you here with Lord Carrington alone after I am gone." "And he does not go with you?" "And he does not go with you?" "It is from him I am fleeing." "Oh!" said Deborah. "And where are you going?" "Back to America." "But Sir Charles?" "If Sir Charles cares anything for you?" said Ellen authoritatively, "he will follow you to the end of the world." "But will not Lord Carrington follow you?" "Not he," said Ellen bitterly, "the cases are not parallel." "With whom do you go?" "Lord Strathgate." "Oh, Ellen!" exclaimed Deborah in horror-struck accents. "Peace, girl!" said Lady Ellen, "he acts, or he shall act, as my coach-man alone, but I must have you with me. We can talk no longer. Dress yourself. Would that I had boy's clothes for you!" "I should never wear them! never!" "Well, dress yourself in the clothes in which you carve from America, then. Do you know where they are?" "I have them always at hand." "And I will assist you," said Ellen. The two worked rapidly and in a few moments Mistress Debbie, in stout homespun, with short skirt, simple bonnet and heavy cloak like to Ellen's, was equipped for the journey. Fortune favored them. They stole down the stairs through the great hall and found the door unbarred, much to Ellen's satisfaction, for it indicated that Strathgate gate had been before them. They passed through the opening and stepped out on the terrace. The moonlight was almost gone, but awaiting them at the foot of the steps was a dark figure. Deborah would have shrunk back, but Ellen seizing her arm ran confidently toward it. "Is that you, my lord?" she asked in a low voice. And from the clock in the tower above them boomed out two strokes of the bell. In his chamber, my lord of Carrington, thoroughly exhausted by the exciting events of the evening, lay in a profound slumber dreaming perhaps of what he should do to my lady in the morning. CHAPTER VI. "Now, will you tell me your plans?" began Strathgate as the three descended to the mall. "Presently, presently," whispered Ellen. "We must get out of sight and sound of the house." "Where shall we go?" "The arbor is the nearest and safest place of concealment." Strathgate led the way rapidly along the wall of the terrace and in a few moments the three fugitives gained the shelter of the arbor where they could talk without risk of being overheard. "What next?" he said to Ellen, who had stopped overwhelmed at the thoughts brought back by the place where she had seen Lady Cecly in her husband's arms. "We must have horses and a vehicle of some kind," she said. "Would not a post chase do?" "There are three of us, my lord," answered Ellen. "Does Mistress Deborah go with you then?" said Strathgate, much surprised. "Certainly. Do you think I would leave her alone with the people yonder?" "I see," returned the earl, who was very much annoyed and put out by the infliction of this third party in what he had fondly hoped would be a tete-a-tete flight. There was no help for it, however. He trusted to fortune to assist him to dispose of Mistress Deborah later. "Where shall we get this carriage?" "In the stables, of course." "Bnt—the coachman and the grooms?" "It happens," said Ellen, "that some of them are away for the night. I believe there are not more than three stable boys at home and the coachman. The boys are devoted to me. The coachman will have to be persuaded." "And how will you persuade him?" queried Strathgate. "Bribe him?" "That would hardly be possible," returned Ellen. "I shall hope that these"—she touched the pistols at her belt—"may influence him." "Would you kill him?" "That would scarcely be necessary. With your assistance we will bind and gag him. They are bound to discover our flight anyway, and all we can do is to prevent their giving any alarm until they are sought for in the morning which will give us a fair start." "I see," returned Strathgate, "but would you not better let me undertake this part of the adventure? "Tis scarcely woman's work." "Yes, yes," urged Deborah. "Let him go alone." "Not at all," returned Ellen, "forget if you please that I am a woman." "That were impossible," murmured Strathgate gently. "For I can use these weapons perhaps as well as a man," went on my lady calmly. "How about the hounds?" queried Strathgate. "Their kennels are far removed from the stables and I do not think they will give us trouble. Now, if we are to get away to-night, we must hasten. My lord, are you armed?" "As yourself," returned Strathgate, drawing aside his cloak and showing sword and pistols. "This way then," said Ellen, leading as if hers were the right unquestioned. She was thoroughly familiar with the lay of the land and the location of the stables. The coachman, who was unmarried, slept in a house by himself. Entrance was easy since the door was not locked. Deborah stayed outside in the deep shadow of a little porch while Strathgate and Ellen entered the room. There was a low fire burning on the hearth which gave forth sufficient light to enable the two to discover the coachman sound asleep in his bed. "Let me do the talking," said Strathgate. "He won't recognize you if you stay back here in the darkness." "Very well," assented Ellen as the earl stepped over to the bed and roughly shook the coachman, who opened his eyes to find himself starting into the muzzle of a pistol. "You know me, Higginbotham," began Strathgate. "Yes, my lud," said the coachman, greatly surprised and endeavoring to rise. Strathgate pressed him down in his bed. "Lie still. I want to borrow a pair and a carriage from your master. I'm driving far to night and I want a good pair. No, you are not to bother about hitching them up. I simply wished to tell you the facts so you won't make any trouble." "But, my lud, why don't you ask Lord Carrington? I'm sure he'd give you anything you went." "It's not necessary to go into my reasons," answered Strathgate shortly. "This looks scared to me, my lud." THE PLANET SATURDAY.....APRIL 4, 1908 duty to awaken his lordship." He opened his mouth to cry out. Strathgate shoved his pistol barrel closer to him, truculently remarking: "If you make a sound, I'll blow out your brains. Now, do you understand? I don't intend to steal the horses. You'll find them well at some wayside inn 20 miles from here. Meanwhile, we will have to tie you up and gag you." "Mercy, my lud," began the coachman. "Now, we mean you no harm. All you have to do is to keep quiet. You'll be released in the morning." "Very well, my lud," returned Higginbotham, to whom the shining weapon was a powerful persuader. Straps and other bits of harness hung about the room. At a nod from Strathgate Ellen handed him several pieces of leather and the coachman was soon buckled hard and fast, his hands behind his back, his feet tied together and a gag in his mouth. Ellen had kept in the background and she was certain she had not been recognized. She laid a guinea down on the man's table after he had been bound securely and followed Strathgate out of the room. They found Deborah shivering with cold and terror in the shadow and greatly relieved at their safe arrival. To enter the stable was easy. Three of the stable boys were there. They were devoted to Lady Elien. She had to trust some one. She went boldly to their quarters, aroused them and told them she was going away. If anyone objected—she handled her weapon threateningly! If they be behaved themselves, there was a guinea apiece for them on the table. They would have to submit to being tied and gagged, which indeed they were willing to do, for only thus could they escape their master's wrath when he found his wife, his friend and his horses gone. The stable boys made no objection during the process and swore that if they were tightly bound so that there was no appearance of connivance on their part, no alarm should be given until the morning. Strathgate and Ellen trussed them up as they had done the coachman and then started for the horses. "Which are the best pair for traveling, I wonder?" queried the earl as he, Ellen and Deborah surveyed the long row of stalls. "I have heard my lord say that the bays were the most reliable horses he had." "The bays it'll be, then," said Strathgate. "And now I cannot help you," said Ellen. "And now I need no help, madam," returned the earl. He quickly selected the harness, led out the bays and in a few moments the two were attached to a light traveling carriage. "Where now?" said Strathgate when all the preparations had been completed. "We are going to Portsmouth, as I think I told you, my lord." "Very good," said Strathgate. "I'll drive, I suppose?" "If you will be so good." "Get in, then, you and Mistress Deborah, and we will start away." "God send we may win safely past the house. There's no other way to get to the high road except around by the drive." "I shall put the horses on the turf and keep off the gravel so far as possible," said Strathgate, "and I think we'll probably get away without any alarm being given." Strathgate was an expert whip and he found no difficulty in keeping the spirited horses going quietly over the grassy turf which bordered the driveway and as he had predicted, they got past the house without making a sound. But one obstacle remained between them and freedom—the lodge keeper and the lodge gate. Ellen had forgotten it until they had gone something like a quarter of a mile through the park, when she suddenly thrust her head out of the window of the carriage and called it to Strathgate's attention. "Let me attend to that," returned the earl, confidently. "I have a plan. Do you keep close and let the curtains be drawn." He drove close to the wall of the lodgekeeper's cottage, hammered on the window with the butt of his whip, and when that functionary appeared, Strathgate boldly avowed his name and title and said that he was riding forth on a wager with my lord; that he would be back in the morning. He held up a handful of guineas and bade the keeper peremptorily to come out and open the gate. The startled man, having no reason to suppose that anything was wrong and recognizing my lord as a guest of the house, did as he was bid, pocketed his guineas and piled back into bed again, marveling much ere he dropped asleep at the ways of these gentlefolk. The blinds of the carriage were drawn and he had no idea that he was promoting the escape of his master's wife and her friend. The road from the lodge gate ran for about half a mile through the park until it joined the main road. Portsmouth lay to the eastward, to the westward was Plymouth. Having passed the lodge successfully, Ellen raised the blinds of the carriage and looked out upon the familiar scenes flying swiftly by them, for Strathgate had put the bays into a fast trot and the light carriage was going forward at a rapid gait. In a short time they came to the main road. Now Ellen knew the way perfectly. She was greatly astonished, therefore, to see Strathgate turning to the right. She lowered the window and thrust her head out once more. "My lord!" she called. Strathgate scarcely checking the pace of the horses leaned back to listen. "We wish to go to Portsmouth." and you are taking us to the right. "You will be safer at my castle in Somerset than at Portsmouth, I think, my lady." "But I don't wish to go to your castle," cried Lady Ellen angrily. "And do you imagine, my dear Lady Carrington," chuckled Strathgate, who was greatly amused over the situation. "that I have run away with you from your husband's house to defend you if need be by sword and pistol from your husband, for the sake of handing you over to some American sailor at Portsmouth?" "My lord!" exclaimed Ellen, thunderstruck by this open intimation of the earl's feelings. "You must have seen that I love you," continued Strathgate coolly enough, "and in short I am taking you to my own house. I shall know how to hold you safe there." "You villain!" cried Ellen, while Deborah, overwhelmed with the horror of this revelation, for the conversation was quite audible to her, nearly fainted within the carriage. Strathgate laughed. "My lady," he said, "you might as well make the best of it. You have fled with me and you are in my hands. The world will give you credit for nothing aside from me. My affection will protect you." Ellen had been fumbling at her belt while this was spoken and in a fit of passion she suddenly reached up her arm and discharged her pistol full at the earl. He had just time, catching a glimpse of the shining steel of the barrel in the waning moonlight, to throw himself aside when the bullet whistled by his ear. The startled horses bounded into a run at once, and for a few moments Strathgate had all he could do to control them. "The vixen!" he murmured. "But I'll tame her when I get her to Strathgate house." He succeeded in quieting the horses somewhat, but did not dare to bring them to a slow pace lest Ellen should A She Looked Out of the Carriage. escape from the carriage. To attempt to jump from it, which, indeed, she had thought upon, was too great a risk to life and limb, and, beside, it involved leaving Deborah behind. There was one thing she could do, however. After some tugging, she got the little window in the front of the carriage open and thus got access to Strathgate's person. She thrust the barrel of her pistol up toward his back and swore she would discharge it unless he instantly turned the carriage about in the road. But Strathgate was a man of resource. While she was talking and threatening he slipped down from the high seat and took position on the foot board with his feet resting on the pole of the carriage. He could drive just as well there and the high and heavy seat protected him from any further attack. Ellen did at random shoot through the seat, but the bullet was deflected and Strathgate was unharmed. He was greatly relieved when she discharged her second weapon without effect, for he reasoned that it would be difficult, if not impossible, for her to recharge them in the darkness of the carriage at the pace they were going, and he therefore felt safe for the rest of the journey, although he did not resume his seat on the box, nor did he check the speed of the horses. Indeed, fearful least the pistol shot might have been heard by one of the gamekeepers in Carrington park, who might perchance arouse the house, Strathgate put the horses to a gallop and sent them flying over the hard road. What if he did founder the horses? He would get so far away before morning as to make pursuit impossible. So through the long hours he kept up the mad pace over hill and down dale, recklessly driving forward the noble beasts until they were almost ready to drop with fatigue. He was in high glee at the success of his adventure, and even the effort of Ellen to shoot him added a zest to the affair, a flavor of novelty, to which his jaded palate responded marvelously. Within the carriage Deborah crouched in Ellen's arms. She had been terrified beyond measure by the situation, but Ellen had soothed her as best she might and the little Purlitan had at last sunk to sleep resting on Ellen's shoulder. This was a fine end, or a fine beginning of her adventure, thought Lady Carrington, bitterly. She had never dreamed of this and she blamed herself for a fool not to have thought of it. Of course Lord Strathgate's interest in her was a selfish one. Almost she wished that she had stayed at Carrington even though my lord had proved faithless to her with that painted Lady Cecily. But at the thought THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA of that woman she almost forgot her own desperate situation for the time being. She loathed Strathgate, she hated Carrington, she abominated the whole sex whose garb she wore. What could she do? Again and again she looked out of the carriage at the road flying alongside. Again and again she resolved to try a leap which she had sense enough to know would be terribly dangerous at the rate they were going. She was not much of a horsewoman, but she realized after a time that such a pace could not be kept up forever. Her opportunity would come when the horses gave out and their speed slackened. She wished that she had not discharged both platts uselessly. She would like to kill Strathgate when she got out of the carriage. She had never been so insulted in her life. The blood flamed to her face as she thought of it. And yet she had justice enough in her soul, in spite of the turmoil raging within her, to see that there was a certain amount of excuse for Strathgate. Educated as he had been, with the habits and customs of his time—which she was beginning dimly to comprehend—how could he suppose that she expected purely disinterested service from him? He counted upon being paid for all he did for her, in his castle. Her escape would be discovered in a short time; his absence would be noted; the testimony of the coachman, of the stable boys, of the lodgekeeper would be had. It would be known that they had gone away together. She would be ruined forever. Her husband—Strathgate would kill him or— She would have given all she possessed if she had not abandoned Carrington. It was too late to go back now, however. What she must do would be in some way to get away from the earl and carry out her original plan of boarding her ship at Portsmouth. She vowed that she would force Strathgate to kill her rather than enter his house for a single moment. How she hated the man! How she longed for morning to come when she could stand face to face with him and tell him what she thought of him! The pace seemed to be a little slower. Were the horses at last giving out? She leaned far out of the window to see. It was totally dark, however, and she could see nothing. The road was rougher now. They were passing through a heavy woodland. The carriage bumped and swayed frightfully, but Strathgate did not dare to slacken the pace, at least not at present. With whip and voice he urged the tired animals on. They had borne themselves gallantly. He judged that they had gone at least 20 miles from Carrington. A few miles farther on was a tavern where the ladies could be bestowed. The tavern keeper was a friend of his who would ask no questions. From thence he could summon factotums of his own, who could by force, if necessary, compel Ellen to continue the journey. And there he could leave Deborah, whose presence was most unwelcome to him. Once let him get Ellen in his own castle, he would hold her there at all hazards; and by that time she would be so hopelessly compromised that she would have no place else to go. He trusted to his powers of fascination to render her captivity agreeable, and— But fortune was on Lady Carrington's side that night in more ways than one. For with a sudden jolt the fore-right-wheel of the carriage sank into a deep rut. There was a crash as the wheel gave way at the hub, Strathgate was hurled violently from his seat and lay stunned in the road. The horses, utterly tired out, were glad to stop. Ellen and Deborah were thrown against the front of the carriage, but beyond a severe shaking and some bruises, sustained no injuries. Surmising what had happened, Ellen tore open the door of the carriage, seized Deborah by the hand, dragged her out and ran desperately down the road. She did not see Strathgate; she did not know where he was; she did not care. She suspected that he must have been thrown from his seat by the shock, but she had something else to do than to think of him. Her first duty was to get away. With all the strength of her stout young body she ran down the road. She did not turn back toward Portsmouth, for she divined that If Strathgate recovered consciousness he would immediately imagine that she had gone that way. She was unfamiliar with the part of the country in which she found herself, but she had a general idea that the roads in either direction led to the sea, and her hope was to reach the shore. There was nothing that floated that she could not sail. If she could get a boat, she could make Portsmouth harbor without danger of pursuit. Holding fast to Deborah, she fled along the road. Fortunately the way was deserted. They saw no one, and for a long time did not pass any houses. The dawn was gray in the east. Ellen judged it was about half after four o'clock. They had been gone two hours from the castle and a half hour from the carriage when the road swerved to the southward and led from the forest to a little fishing hamlet on the shore of Lyme bay. Nobody was as yet stirring in the town, although lights twinkled here and there in the windows, indicating that some of the fisherfolk were making ready for their day's labor. Ellen was too desperately anxious to get away to stop to bargain with anyone for a boat. She ran down to the little wharf jutting out into the small inclosed harbor and rapidly selecting the best of the little vessels tled there, she hauled in the painter, drew it alongside the wharf, made Deborah get aboard, laid five guineas down on the wharf where the boat had been secured, in the hope that the owner of the boat would receive the money which was full value for the vessel, hoisted the sail, shoved away from the wharf, and under the influence of a gentle breeze ran rapidly out of the harbor. As she cleared the headlands that marked the little haven, she found the wind fair for Portsmouth. She put the helm up, eased off the sheet, and ran away dead before it for the place where she would be. "Her heart excited. She had left Carrington, she had shaken off Strathgate and she was at home upon the sea. "Heart up, Debbie!" she cried. "If this breeze holds, a day should fetch us into Portsmouth and another morning will see us safely bound for Philadelphia in my own ship. We are well rid of these villainous men." "I would Sir Charles Soton were here!" cried poor Debble, who had not the advantage of Ellen's extensive and intimate acquaintance with the male sex, and who, therefore, did not share her detestation of it. "And what is he to thee, child?" asked Ellen gleefully. "He said he cared very much for me," returned Deborah, "yesternight in the library over the good book of Master Baxter." "Tis a gallant gentleman, Debbie," returned Ellen. "But they are all that before marriage. My lord of Carrington I once thought was well-nigh perfect." Ellen stopped suddenly and compressed her lips. "But what did he," asked Debbie, "that you leave him thus?" "I saw him in the arbor with his arms around Lady Cecily. She clung to his neck and he kissed her. I taxed him with it and he did not deny it. He hath mocked me and jeered at me and been ashamed of me ever since his fine friends came to Carrington—and we were so happy—so happy—before. Oh Debbie." And this heroine who had schemed and fought like a man for her liberty bowed her head upon the Purlan's shoulder and wept like any other woman. It was evidence of her quality, however, that during her weeping her hand did not leave the tiller and she still conned the little ship that bore Ellen and her fortunes. Deborah consoladed her as best she might, and in turn Ellen assured her that if Sir Charles really loved her he would follow her wherever she might go. 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What has been worrying us, has been the manner in which they got out of it. --- The Democrats disfranchised the Negroes and barred them from the polls. The "Lily-White" Republicans ostracised the Negroes at the mass-meetings and then want them to come up and vote for them at the polls. It is announced that the anti-Taft men have a majority of twelve in the Republican National Committee and that all "Lilly-White" delegates will be kept off the rolls at the Chicago Convention. This news seems to be too good to be true, but we can enjoy ourselves with it until we find it to be otherwise. --- The Grand Centennial Celebration of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. and A. M. of Massachusetts, Boston, Sept. 19th to 13th, 1908 will take place and the indications are that it will be a grand success. Congressman Heflin has embarrassed the Southern Democrats, who have been declaring that the white Democrats were the best friends of the Negro. Congressman Heflin has answered by shooting one of them for impudence right within sight of the White House at Washington. As he is from Dr. Booker T. Washington's district, he cannot claim that he is not acquainted with the better class of Negroes. Colored people should not be disheartened. Some or our own people embarrass us and in fact injure us, but the rank and file are keeping step to the progressive music of the union. CONGRESSMAN HEFLIN'S BLUNDER. Congressman Thomas J. Heflin of Alabama shot and attempted to kill Louis Lundy, colored Friday night, March 27, 1908 on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C. and thereby became a lawbreaker as well as a law maker. Had Lundy died, he would have been in the embarrassing predicament of occupying a cell in the United States jail. Congressman Heflin has been seeing "blood on the moon", for some time on this Negro question. He has been anxious to emphasize his antagonism to the much despised race and he is now charged with a felony. Lundy, although badly wounded will live to appear gainst him. There is a humorous side to the affair for in firing at the colored man, he shot a white man, Thomas McCreary, a New York horse trainer, in the leg. Mr. McCreary is in the Hospital and is well enough to look after his own financial interests. He announces that he will bring suit for damages against Congressman Thomas J. Heflin. While this fire-eating Congressman is side-stepping to escape the penitentiary on the one hand, he will be back-stepping to avoid the payment of heavy damages on the other There was no legitimate excuse for the shooting of Lundy. The officers were there to deal with him if he was disorderly and the lawmaking power has never delegated to the Congressman the duty of policing either the street-cars or the side-walks. We shall watch with interest the result of this trial. Colored people are blaming the Congressman, Republicans are criticising him and many Democrats are condemning him. He needs a keeper for he is a dangerous person to be permitted to walk the streets, where the sight of a Negro may bring on another violent attack of Negro-phobia. BROWNSVILLE IN THE SENATE. The Democratic leaders in the United States Senate have administered a telling rebuke to President Roosevelt and shown to a remarkable extent their displeasure at his action in recommending virtually the re-institution of members of Companies B, C and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. The Republican majority was divided and by voting with first one faction and then the other, the Democrats have defeated both measures of relief and placed the Republican Party in a most embarrassing predicament before the country. The responsibility of course will rest with President Roosevelt. He put these soldiers out of the service and now he is unable to put them back, although 155 of them are admittedly innocent, according to the reports of both the Democrats and the Republicans, who have investigated the affair. One peculiar feature of the affair was that Senator J. B. Foraker of Ohio was named by the committee to present the action of the Committee to the Senate in both instances. He now occupies a unique position and as far as such a thing is possible is virtually master of the situation. It is plainly evident that unless the Republican majority in Congress rights this wrong speedily, the hope of saving the Negro vote in the doubtful States, so far as the Republican Party is concerned will be a remote possibility. Congressman Heflin of Alabama is doing all he can for President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft and their supporters by offering "Jim Crow" car bills and shooting a Negro and a white man, but even this will not be sufficient to stop the stampede in some of the Northern States, where Heflin will be unceremoniously condemned by Democratic aspirants seeking office. We do not like the administration measure for relief and we hope that the Foraker bill will pass, but we do know that colored folks are not going to wait much longer for the President of the United States and his political supporters to do the right thing at Washington. They can pass many other things that they want passed and the differences existing are not great enough to cause a continuation of this split in the United States Senate. Let President Roosevelt and his leader in the Senate support the Foraker Bill and end the trouble. Colored orators will then be in a position to take the stump for President Roosevelt's presidential candidate and the returns at first may not be gratifying, but there will be sufficient ground for hope. The Democrats can kick up all of the dust that they want, but the colored folks just now are holding President Roosevelt and his candidate responsible for the present predicament. Mr. Roosevelt, we all are remembering Brownsville. Pass the Foraker Bill In the Senate and let us have peace in the country. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA The Blakesley Tornedood. As a result of being struck by a Whitehead torpedo being fired from one of her own tubes, the torpedoobot Blakeley, which has been engaged in target practice off Pennsacola, Fla. has a large jagged hole just below her water line on her port slide. A Whitehead torpedo had been prepared for a range of 4000 yards and fired. It seems that it had only gone about 100 yards when it suddenly swerved, and, after making a complete circle, came directly toward the Blakeley. Seeking that the torpedo would strike the torpedo boat, full steam ahead was ordered, but the Blakeley failed to get out of the way of the torpedo, which struck on the port side aft, about one foot below the water line, tearing a jagged hole in her hull. Mattresses and bedding were used to stop the intrush of water, and the vessel headed for the navy yard. Shot Dead Through Window Shot Dead Through Window. John Cook, Jr., thirteen, while sitting in Sergeant Lacey's cigar store, near Fort Dupont, Del. was shot and instantly killed by some one who fired through the window from the street. Cook sat next to Sergeant Blackburn. It is reported that Blackburn had had some trouble with some of the soldiers under him at Fort Dupont, and that the bullet which killed Cook was intended for Blackburn. Details of soldiers were sent out from Fort Dupont immediately after the shooting, and all soldiers to be found in the vicinity were rounded up, but no arrests have yet been made. The bullet pierced Cook's throat, severing the jugular vein. Woman Murdered Mrs. Frances Kabe was found dead at her home at Fallingston, Pa., with two stab wounds in the body and a fractured skull. The woman had clearly been murdered and had been dead at least twenty-four hours when the body was discovered. A broken chair and other conditions in the room gave evidence of a struggle. It is believed the woman was killed in connection with an attempt to assault her. The woman's husband, Anthony, Kabe, is serving a term in the Doylestown jail for larceny. It is believed that Mrs. Kabe was a victim of some farm hand. No one thus far has been apprehended. Bryan Captures Indiana. William J. Bryan's friends controlled The Indiana Democratic state convention closed after naming a state ticket, adopting a platform and instructing the thirty delegates to the national convention to vote for William J. Bryan for president. John W. Kern, of Indianapolis, was indorsed for the vice presidential nomination. The convention was enthulastic, and the majority of the state nominations were hotly contested. There were six candidates for governor, and Thomas R. Marshall, Columbus City, was nominated on the fifth ballot. . Two Drowned In Swollen Streams. Former County Commissioner Leroy Robinson and Philip Farenbach, a well-known farmer, were drowned at almost the same hour at widely separated points in swollen streams near Williamsport, Pa. Farenbach attempted to ford the Muncy creek with his horse and buggy and was washed down the stream. Robinson was backed into Lycoming creek by the horse he was driving. Both horses were drowned. Baby 'Phoned Doctor; Saved Life. When D. Curtis, of Chaphlvie, Conn., fell and his head went through a window, an artery in his nose was severed. His wife was sick in bed, and the children couldn't stop the blood. His five-year-old daughter climbed on a chair to the 'phone and called a doctor. Curtis was nearly dead when the doctor came. He said the child had saved her father from bleeding to death. Iowa For Bryan. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 27. William J. Bryan's friends controlled the Iowa Democratic state convention. The platform adopted was a recast of the Nebraska platform, including the endorsement of Bryan for presidential candidate. Pork Prices Going Up. St. Louis, April 1.—Pork prices again took a jump of 20 per cent in the wholesale market, making an advance of 50 per cent in ten days. Retail prices have advanced in the same ratio. At the National Stock yards it is said that the receipts of cattle and hogs have fallen off one-half since the first of the year. A. Definition: "Paw," asked a Kansas lad, wrinkling his brow, "what's a pessimist?" "A pessimist, John J.," replied his father, "is a man who, after a cyclone has blown his house away with him in it, goes back and grumbles at his lot."—Puck. Raised Them. "Oh, yah! They was 22 cents yesterday, all ready."—Yonkers Statesman. Mistook His Man. Green—I undertook to make him eat his words, but— Brown—But what? Green—He turned out to be one of those chaps who would rather fight than eat—Chicago Daily News. A. Premature Remark Bride (throwing her arms around the bridegroom's neck)—You are my prisoner for life. Bridegroom—It's not imprisonment for life, love; it's a capital punishment. ANARCHY IN GOTHAM Man Who Hurled Bomb in New York May Survive. Assassin Blunders In Attempt to Kill Police and Blows Up Friend and Himself—Seven Arresta Made—Police Charged Mob. New York, March 30.—Selig Silverstein, in whose hand a bomb exploded in Union Square park, as he was about to burl it at the police during a demonstration of the unemployed, and which killed Ignatz Hillebrand, is still alive. Though the explosion tore off his right hand, temporarily blinded him and caused frightful bodily injuries, he may survive. As yet he cannot see, but the sight of one eye may be restored. Seven men, arrested after the bomb explosion, were arraigned in court. Of the number, six called themselves.Russians. One of them was an American. The foreigners were held in $3000 bail each for further examination, while the American was held without bail. They are charged with taking part in a riot. A meeting of the unemployed, without police sanction, had been advertised to be held. Having cleared the park of all but a few apparently harmless men who occupied benches, the police contented themselves with keeping the paraders moving. Encouraged, the procession grew; shouts of derision and oaths directed at the police filled the air, and then, as though by prearrangement, the stains of "The Marscillaise" rose from 10,000 throats. Captain Reilly's squad, which had been stationed at the east side of the square, started at a double-quick pace, two abreast, across the park. As they neared the fountain that marks the center of the recreation grounds a slightly built man darted out from the shadow cast by the heroic statue of George Washington and ran towards the officers, whose backs were now turned to their pursuer. A large man kept at the other's heels. Within twenty paces of the moving squad the two men halted and the smaller raised a hand, in which was clasped a smoking bomb. Even as he drew back his arm to throw the weapon it exploded. The shock, that shook the skyscrapers of the square, threw a score of people to the ground. The assassin and his companion fell, the latter dead, with his breast torn out. The bomb-thrower still lived, but his right hip had been shot off, both of his eyes were gouged out and his skull and shoulder were fractured. When the bomb-thrower regained his senses he said he had been commissioned to kill the police. They had beat him, he said. His statement was: "I am Selig Silverstein, twenty one years old. I was entirely alone in this thing, no other person being in league with me. I made the bomb from directions I got from the encyclopedia. I was ten feet from the police and I wanted to throw it at them. I was mad; a cop hit me. The bomb went off in my hand." GIRL STAKE IN POKER GAME Players Get Into Deadly Fight and She Shoots One of Them. Columbia, Miss., April 1.—Eunice Spencer is under arrest, charged with murdering Charles Wesley in his home here. It is said Miss Spencer was the stake in a poker game in which Wesley and P. F. Coombs were the players. Each had won two hands, and in the deciding one Coombs accused Wesley of cheating. In a fight which followed Wesley had Coombs on the floor with a knife at his throat. At this moment Miss Spencer is said to have seized a rifle and shot Wesley. She says the killing was accidental. Unemployed Attack Italians Altoona, Pa., March 31. When some forty Italian laborers started to work on a street paving contract between 200 and 300 Americans and negroes who had expected to be hired attacked the foreigners and precipitated a free fight. The police were called out and the incipient riot quelled. The contractors made terms by promising to employ Americans when additional help is required, the present force of Italians being old employees. Gun Muzzle Blown Off. Washington, March 31.—During target practice at Magdalena bay, 140 inches of the muzzle of one of the six-inch broadside guns of the Missouri blew off. The fracture was a clean one, and did not indicate any flaw in the metal. The practice was continued, and the gun will be replaced by a new one from the Washington navy yard. No one was injured. Prince of Wales May Visit U. S. London, March 30.—It is persistently rumored that the Prince of Wales will extend his Canadian visit so as to make a short trip to the United States, where he will stay at the White House. APRIL SUN. MON. TUE. WED. THU. FRI. SAT. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 4 WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thursday. March 28. Brigadier General Ellisha I. Bailey, U. S. A., retired, who was born at West Chester, Pa., eighty-four years ago, died at the army hospital at San Francisco. May Thompson, aged thirty-two years, a patient in the delirium of fever, escaped from a hospital in St. Louis, crawled into the collar of a Park avenue residence four blocks away and hanged herself. Representative Landis, of Indiana, introduced a bill in congress to pension at the rate of $30 a month every honorably discharged soldier or sailor who served one year in the Civil War or sixty days in the Mexican War. Friday, March 27. John Brill, son of the founder of the J. G. Brill company, car builders, and vice president of the company, died in Philadelphia. Dr. G. W. Dunlap, a well-known veterinary surgeon of New Holland, Pa., was fatally injured in a runaway and died several hours later. The operators and miners of the central Pennsylvania bituminous coal field met at Clearfield, Pa., and signed the old wage scale for one year. Because the 5th of May will be election day in San Francisco, the battle ship fleet will delay its arrival there until the 6th, one day later than originally provided for in the itinerary. Saturday, March 28. The postmasters of Pennsylvania will meet at Harrisburg April 21 to form a state association. Walter Rippey, a negro, was hanged at Tazewell court house, Va., for criminal assault upon Mrs. Mary Dancy. Two men were killed, one fatally injured and four slightly injured in the wreck of Erie train thirteen, known as the Wells Fargo express at Belvidere, near Hornell, N. Y. The large basket and crate manufactory of Layton and Owens at Bridgeville, Del, was almost entirely destroyed by fire, which is supposed to have been started by a spark from the locomotive of a passing train. Monday, March 30. In a trance for fifty-two days, Mrs. Beulah Hawkins, of Los Angeles, Cal., has broken all records for long sleep in California. Barton Miller, two years old, of Lancaster, Pa., while playing with matches, set his clothing on fire and was burned to death. Tying a piece of twine about his neck and twisting it tight with a broom handle, William Batzell, a murderer, strangled himself to death in his cell at Waukon, Minn. On his way home from lodge at Altoona, Pa., with $250 of the lodge's money, Carpenter John Moorehead was held up and robbed at a pistol's point by two masked men. Tuesday, March 31. Thomas G. Cannell, ex-Tax Collector of Pottstown, Pa., convicted of embezzlement, was sentenced to six months in the county prison. Former Judge Rhone, for many years a judge in the orphans' court of Luzerne county, Pa., died at Wilkes-Barre, aged seventy-one years. John W. Stewart, appointed by the governor of Vermont as the successor of the late Senator Redfield Proctor, was sworn in as a member of the United States senate. Albert Uren, aged twenty-one, and Rubin Dawe, aged twenty-eight, were instantly killed at the Austin mines at Swansea, Mich., when four sticks of dynamite which a worker was holding exploded. Wednesday, April 1. Orders were issued for the furloughs of about 200 mechanics at the Washington navy yard for a period of ninety days. Shouting "here goes" an unknown young man jumped from a ferryboot at Philadelphia and was drowned in the Delaware river. Judge Ward McAllister, son of the famous society leader of New York, died at San Rafeal, Cal. from the effects of an operation for appendicitis. The president sent to the senate for confirmation the nomination of Spencer F. Eddy, of Illinois, to be minister to the Argentine Republic, and Arthur M, Beaupre, of Illinois, to be minister to the Netherlands and Luxemburg. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR weak; winter extras, new. $3.85@4; Pennsy- vania roller, clear, $4.10@4.25; city mills, fancy, $5.75@5.90. RYE FLOUR steady, barrel. $4.55@4.65. TUTT TUTT TUTT TUTT TUTT TUTT TUTT TUTT red, $95@4 @96. CORN N yellow, local, 70@72; OATS steady; No. 2 white, clipped, 58½@c; lower grades, 57c. HAY steady; timothy, large bales, $18@18.50. PORK firm; family, barrel. $19.50. BEEF per barrel. $19.50. TATOS @ 27. Poultry: Live firm; hens, 14@15c; low roosters, 10c. Dressed film; choice fowl, 14c; low roosters, 10c. BUTTER steady; creamy cream; 31c. EGGS firm; selected, 18@18. EGGS firm; selected, 18@18. TATOS quiet; bushel, 80@85c. Sweet猪肉 firm; basket, 506. BALTIMORE — WHEAT quiet and easier; No. 2 spot, 96% @96%c; steamer No. 2 spot, 91% @92%c; southern 92@96%c; CORN steamer, mixed 92% @96%c; steamer, mixed 62%@92%c; southern, 64%@98%; OATS steady, white, No. 2, 59@59%c; No. 3, 58@58%c; No. 4, 54%@55%c; mixed, No. 2, 56@56%c; No. 3, 53@54c. BUTTER steady; creamery separator extras, 30@30%c; held, separator extras, 31@32%c; Maryland and Pennsylvanian eggs, prince; and EGGS easy; fancy Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia 14%c; southern, 13%c. Live Stock Markets PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)— CATTLE higher; choice, $6.75@7; prime, $6.50@6.75. SHEEP steady; prime wethers, $6.35@6.50; common, $2@4; lambs, $5@7.75; veal calves, $3; $6.20@6.35; mediums and heavy Yorkers, $6.40@6.45; light Yorkers, $6@ 6.30; pigs, $6.50@6.75. Mistook Gasoline For Coal Mistock Gasoline for Coal Oil. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 1.—James F. Barnes, a reporter for the Chattanooga News, and his three-year-old daughter were so badly burned as a result of a gasoline explosion that both died later in a hospital. Mr. Barnes mistook a can of gasoline for one of coal oil and was beginning to light a fire in a stove when the explosion occurred. The child, who was in a bed into which Barnes sprang in a vain effort to smother the flames that enveloped him, was badly burned. Typhoid Fever Turns Black Hair Red. Lake City, Ia., March 31.—Following his recovery from an attack of typhoid fever, Calvin Lyons, twenty-eight years old, is flaunting a crop of vivid red hair where once raven locks adorned his head. Physicians are befited by the change. 250,000 MEN IDLE Indianapolis, April 1.—Two hundred and fifty thousand picks dropped from the hands of as many bituminous coal miners of the United States, not to be used again until a wage settlement has been reached and a scale adopted between the members of the United Mine Workers of America and the coal operators of the various fields. The situation, however, does not indicate a prolonged strike. An open winter and industrial depression have left a large stock of coal on hand, and the differences between miners and operators are very slight. It is practically agreed that the present wage scale will be continued, but some policies in connection with the change in the national officers of the miners' organization, and local differences between operators and miners have resulted in temporary suspension from work until la new wage scale is agreed to, either by districts or individual mines. Until two years ago the bituminous coal mining wage of the country was based upon the agreement reached in the central competitive field, consisting of Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and western Pennsylvania, and considered as a unit. This unit system was broken two years ago when President Mitchell signed a scale with Pittsburg operators who agreed to pay the scale demanded after operators of the other three states had refused, and the miners won their fight in consequence. Operators signed the scale individually throughout the country. Since that time the miners have tried to get back the unit rule, or interstate agreement, but operators of western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois, after negotiations lasting all the past winter, have refused to meet in interstate convention with the miners. As a last resort, President Mitchell called the miners in national convention, and district settlements were authorized, with the present wage scale as a minimum. Falling to agree by districts, miners were authorized to sign the present scale with operators individually. Vice President Lewis, who succeeds President Mitchell, is endeavoring to revive the interstate unit rule. In the meantime district joint meetings are being held in the various states. Central Pennsylvania and the block coal district of Indiana (Clay county) are the only two districts that have signed up. READING SHOPMEN LAID OFF Six Hundred More Men Indefinitely Suspended. Reading, Pa., April 1.—At the Reading Railway company's car and locomotive shops 600 employees were laid off, this in addition to 350 who were indefinitely suspended last week. The force had been previously reduced, so that less than two-thirds of the men are now at work. Foremen have been placed in the ranks and the plants are working four days of eight hours each. Similar suspensions took place at Palo Alto and Schuylkill Haven. The revival in the coal trade has apparently not stimulated work at the shops as was expected. Norfolk & Western Lay Off 800 Roanoke, Va., April 1—Eight hundred men were discharged from the Roanoke shops of the Norfolk & Western railway. The shops under normal conditions employ 2000 men. A notice was posted that in the future the shops will work full time with the reduced force. FELLED BY GOOSE Now the Bird Will Be Served at Hornshall's Wedding Feast. Elwood, Ind., March 31—Fred Hornshall, on his way home, heard a noise overhead that sounded much like the approach of a storm, followed by a "honk, honk" that further puzzled him. The next thing he knew he was lying on the sidewalk, with a wild goose fluttering under him. He had fallen in such a way as to pin down the bird. A flock of wild geese had become lost in a windstorm, and being attracted or blinded by the electric lights, one of the birds, weighing twelve pounds, flew against the young man. The goose proved to be a fine specimen, and it was placed in a wire cage to be fattened for Hornshall's wedding, which will soon take place. Virginia Judge Removed. The general assembly of Virginia adopted a resolution removing Judge J. W. G. Blackstone, of the Eleventh circuit, from office. The grounds on which this action was based are immorality and gross neglect of official duty. There was but one dissenting vote in each branch. Removal was the outcome after a long and rather sensational investigation. Illinois For Cannon. The Republicans of Illinois in state convention enthusiastically endorsed Joseph G. Cannon for the presidency, declared in favor of a revision of the tariff and elected the following four delegates-at-large to the national convention: United States Senator Shelby M. Cullom and Albert J. Hopkins, Governor Charles S. Deneen and Mayor Fred A. Busse, of Chicago Girl Shoots Stepfather Harvey Davis, of Shippensburg, Pa., was shot, perhaps fatally wounded, by his stepdaughter, Edna Hale, aged sixteen years, at his home. The girl shot him twice because he slapped her mother. One bullet struck Davis in the face and the other penetrated his abdomen. HELPI HELPI I long to know the joys of litter- Ary fame. Poetic gen- Ius I covet. Oh, the bitter- Ness of blasted. Such glea- ing of ecstatic bliss. I cal- culate is not for me. One ob- Stacle e' confronts my soul, al- Loying each effusion, rob- Bing every line and lofty senti- Ment of all its grace and struc- Tural beauty; howe' her plente- Ous and rich the theme—unluck- Y me. If all the world feel be- conexhausted are the f- Nal word of every line's complete. Be- Lieve me, it's quite mystify. Ing thus to hyphenate so frequent- Ly. —Alfred S. Hartzell, in Judge. BEHIND THE SCENES. The Manager—The author is furious! Why did you shorten the text? The Star—Why did he lengthen my skirts?—Journal Amusant. Saved Her Several Millions Gladys (simpering)—What do you think, Jack? I believe Count Busted-broke is going to propose! He told me yesterday that all he craved was just one kiss— Jack (excitedly)—Give it to him, by gad!—give it to him at once! Then thank your stars you got off so cheaply.—Judge. Same Old Joke. Weary William Rhoades — Say, Happy, wot's de difference between us an' new fall older? Happy Harry — Search me. Weary William Rhoades — Dey don't have ter put no acid in us ter keep us frum workin'. At which the dry hay in the mow burst into a furious flame — Judge. Only Human Harvey—You should have seen Hot-ayre swell up at that mind-reading seance the other night when the blind-folded lady actually told him the number of his automobile. Beattie—But he has no auto. Harvey—Of course not; but he looked astounded and acknowledged she was right—Puck. Worse Yet. Mrs. Flatleigh—Do you mean to say that you never tried to get another woman's cook away from her? Mrs. Suburban—I never did. It keeps me busy trying to work the cooks I get off on some of the neighbors.—Chicago Daily News. A Close Call. Ray—Jack came near kissing me on the mouth last night; he kiseed my hand. May—I don't call that near. Ray—But my hand was over my mouth. Precarious Living He—I live by my wits, you know. She—Then I may expect to see the notice in the papers soon. He—What notice? She—Your funeral notice.—Chicago Daily News. Not So Cheap. Maudie—He proposed to me on a post card! Gertie—Did you accept him? Maudie—Of course not. Do you suppose I would marry a man who doesn't care a penny for me? No Tick Here. "Why don't you wind that clock and set it going?" asked a bad customer at a country grocery shop. "That clock is a sign," said the grocer, and the customer worked it out for himself before he left the shop. A Careful Guardian. Mistress—I should like to know what business that policeman has in my kitchen every night in the week? Pretty Servant — Please mum, I think he suspicions me of neglectin' my work or somethin'. Small Part of It Jack—Miss Peachly's father asked me to call some evening and he'd show me over his new house. Tom—Huh! I called last night and he only showed me the door.—Chicago Daily News. Mixed It with Business She--Will you love me forever? He (young business man)—br--their indefinite. Support us we make it a ten-year contract, subject to removal?—Judge. On the Other Side The Heilress—But they tell me you are embarrassed by your debts. The Sutor—Don't you believe it. But doubtless my creditors are.—Chicago Daily News. Their Reason for Being. "Pop, what do the financiers you read about make pools for?" "For the ducks and drakes that other men make of their money, my son."—Baltimore American. Breakless Dishwashing By the new method of housekeeping, dishes are washed by electricity. Will they also be broken by electricity, or will there be a reform? Too Much for Mere Man. No man has yet discovered the means of successfully giving friendly advice to women.—Balzac SIX THE PLANET SATURDAY.....APRIL 4, 1908. MUST MATCH DRESS MUST MATCH DRESS SHOES AND STOCKINGS FOR EACH COSTUME. Footwear To-Day an All-Important Detail in Modern Dress—Dainty Embroidered Slippers with the Tea Gown. Shoes and stockings are all Important details in modern dress, and a glimpse into the shoe closet of the fashionable woman is disheartened indeed to the woman of moderate means and a love of dress. These are the halcyon days for the woman with O an average sized foot, for bargain sales in footwear are bargain sales indeed. When it is possible to afford to have shoes made to order it is far more satisfactory to do so, but there is such a wide range of sizes and styles to be found in all the large shoe sliops that it is not necessary, nor in fact desirable, to slavishly follow any dictate of fashion anent the pointed or square toe, the wide or narrow sole, the low cut low shoe or the fancy slipper to be worn in the street with elaborately embroidered stockings. Again, good breeding is to be noticed. The well bred, well gowned woman will not be conspicuous. If she can afford it she will wear silk stockings—plain ones, with perfect fitting, well cut boots or shoes of well polished or patent leather with her tailor gown—but she will not go about in public streets with her feet shod as for a ball. The elaborate style of gown worn for the afternoon reception, the tea gown, the theater gown and the ball gown, all demand, in those luxurious days, elaborate footwear, as shown in our illustration. Suede shoes to match the color of the gown and silk stockings to match the shoes are considered smart for the spring and summer. For winter the patent leather, worn with open work or embroidered silk stocking, is considered correct. For the tea gown are the daintiest of embroidered satin slippers, like mules, with stockings to match, while for the ball gown are satin or kid slippers, embroidered in crystal or rhinestones or pearls, with silk stockings to match, or instead of the embroidery will be seen tiny bows of lace or lace edged ribbon. Gold or silver slippers are also fashionable and are certainly effective, while a rather startling note is struck in the bright red satin slippers with tiny rhinestone buckles and worn with silk stockings of exactly the same shade of red. Smart Tub Dress. The girl who intends to have something stylish and out of the ordinary, will make the skirt of her tub frock from white linen and the coat from pink or blue, and braid each in self colors. Carrying out the same idea in woolen materials the coat will be in of a darker shade than the skirt, even though the colors be the same. Before the material is stamped the coat should be finished with the exception of lining and facing, and the skirt completely finished. By so doing the design can be arranged in exactly the position desired and the effect will be much more satisfactory than if first braided and then made up. The cuffs and collar of the coat are braided before attached. If the garment is of tub material, it should be laundered before worn. To iron it, have well-padded board and lay the skirt right side down. With irons as hot as can be used without scorching, press material until perfectly dry. Grace Through Dancing No child should begin toe dancing until 12 years old, but much of the art can be learned before that and through dancing a little girl acquires a grace, a poise and freedom of movement which stands her in good stead during the awkward age as well as for the rest of her life. Higher Crowns and Trimmings. On the whole, crowns and trim- mings seem higher, and it is not uncommon to find a high crowned hat with a row of wings bristling heavenward all around it. On toques the mercury wings pointing upward and backward will be a popular trimming for early spring. EMBROIDERY FOR TEA GOWN. Ribbon Work May Be Relied On to Produce Good Effects. Ribbon work embroidery is no longer new, but for a tea gown in some light, delicate shade the dull soft tints of the ribbon all tone in excellently. For the brighter colors there are Persian, Japanese and Chinese trimmings and embroideryes, built in imitation of the oriental colorings, which, used sparingly, will often give just the required effect, softening, and at the same time finishing, touch. In no style of dress is there so much opportunity of obtaining the becoming as in the tea gown. Soft, loose lines are almost invariably becoming, but should this not chance to be the case the under part of the gown can fit with the perfection of a princess robe and be formed of silk or supple satin, with soft chiffon or lace laid over it to add a fraction of an inch to the waist line and hips. The lining must always be of marvelous cut and fit and it rests with the material which is draped over it whether or not a short or long waist line is to be shown, and whether the wearer's long and slender lines are to be accentuated or whether some of her height and angular lines are to be disguised, or whether she be made to appear taller and some inches slighter than in her ordinary costumes, which do not so readily lend themselves to altering and improving upon naurea's gifts. A long train is becoming alike to short and tall, slender and would-be slender, and a teagown without a long graceful sweep or train would scarcely seem a teagown at all. Last of all any shade and every degree of color in the entire prism is suitable for a teagown from black to paleest yellow, from deep to delicate apple green, from palest steel prints to deep American Beauty red, and the woman who cannot without difficulty select a teagown more becoming to her individual style of beauty than any costume she has yet possessed had best hasten to give herself up to a serious study of the sartorial art to learn what she can accomplish with the opportunities given her. CARE IN WASHING LACES Precautions Will Prolong Usefulness of Dainty Garments. Colored embroideries should be washed in suds made of white soap in moderately warm water. They must never be boiled nor allowed to lie wet after washing. Instead, they should be hung up immediately to dry in a shady place. Sunlight will fade the colors, and boiling or lying in a wet heap will cause them to run. An added precaution well worth adopting is to immerse the piece previous to washing it in water containing a cupful or two of vinegar, the object being to neutralize the alkali of the soap. Embroidered and lace-trimmed pieces should be taken from the line while but half dry and immediately froned to secure the best result. Never iron lace with the point of the wrong side over several layers of flannel covered with a sheet of old linen. Never iron lace with the point of the iron if you would have it look like new. Pull and pat it into place, picking out the loops with a hairpin or pointless darning needle or bodkin. Dampen it with a wet cloth and press with the reverse iron, using its "heel" only. When ironing circular centerpieces and tablecloths see that the iron moves with the straight grain of the cloth. If this method is followed the circular edge will take its true line. IN POMPADOUR SILK. THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY For a theater or dinner gown this is a charming suggestion in pink pompadour silk, with coat of plain pink satin. Trimming around bottom of skirt and at side seams is pink satin ribbon. White lace is effectively arranged at top of princess skirt and as a finish to the short sleeves. The buttons on front of coat are of rhinestones. For hair adornment there is a sweeping pink paradise aigrette fastened in front with a spray of brilliants. Bondage of Laziness. Laziness begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains.—Spanish Proverb. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. LESSON TEXT.—John 10:1-18. Memory verse, 9. GOLDEN TEXT.—"The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." John 10:11. TIME.—September, A. D. 22, at the feast of the apostates, however, consider that John 10:1-19 took place at the feast of dedication (John 10:23) in November. The latter part of the third year of Jesus' public ministry. PLACE.—Jerusalem. On the second generation as to time, the exact place was Solomon's porch, on the east side of the temple. "Jesus with His audience might have seen the shepherds gathering their scattered flocks if they grazed out from the courts of the temple over the neighboring hills."—Public Commentary. PERSONS.—Probably the blind man who Christ had just healed, some of Christ's disciples, and some of the Pharisees. Comment and Suggestive Thought. The Twofold Parable: the Fold, the Shepherd. -Vs. 1.6. First let us try to put ourselves back among the sheepdrops of Christ's time. How were they arranged? "The fold was a walled enclosure open to the sky, with a solid door, which was closely barred at night by the doorkeeper, and opened by him in the morning, when the shepherds came to claim their sheep, which they had left in the fold the previous evening, in order to lead out to pasture." -Century Bible. The doorkeeper, or "porter," would know that anyone found climbing in over the wall was "a thief" (a sneak thief) or "a robber" (a more violent rascal). The Twofold Interpretation of the Parable.—Vs. 7-42. What double analogy did Christ draw from the parable? He was the Door (v. 7) and the Shepherd (v. 11). Why did he run the risk of confusing his hearers? Because truth is so many-sided, and Christ means so much to men, that many comparisons are needed to picture it all. First Analogy: Christ, the Door (vs. 7.9). How is Christ like the door of a fold? Through him alone can men enter into the peace and safety that a fold implies—safety from the ravenging beasts of sin, peace in the consciousness of safety. Through the door, too, they go out (v. 9) into the "pasture." "What am a doo' yo', anyhow? Jes' to shet yo' out,jes' to shet yo' in' or to let yo' thro' Jesus am de Doo' de way into de Kingdom; an' he am de Doo' de way out into life. He sho' did say, 'If yo' enters in by me, yo' shall be saved—no evil can git by de Doo' Jesus. 'An yo' shall go out an' in'! Honey, dat am de freedom what he am all de time promisn' "An yo' shall find pasture." Dat am de fullness of life what he am all de time telln' 'bout. When yo' passes out an' when yo' passes in, yo' sho' nuf has to pass right by de Mastah, and look him plum squar' in de eyes."—J. W. Lawrance. "Go in and out" was a phrase familiar to the Jews. See Deut. 28: 6; Psa. 121: 8; Jer. 37: 4. Why did Christ say he was the door of the sheep, rather than "of the fold" Because Christ was thinking of his individual followers, the sheep, rather than of the fold, his church. He is the door of both. Who were those that came before Christ, the thieves and robbers, whom the sheep did not hear? Not the prophets, who humbly pointed forward to Christ, but the Jewish leaders of the time just before Christ, and especially the Pharisees. They had laid many heavy burdens upon the people, who had been compelled to obey the severe requirements of formal religion, but their hearts never yielded to these false leaders, "the sheep did not hear them." Second Analogy: Christ, the Shepherd (vs. 10-18, 22-30). As opposed to the Pharisees' wrong way of entering the Kingdom, Christ was the Door; but as opposed to the character of the Pharisees, he was the Shepherd. "As mediator between God and man, he is the Door; as prophet or teacher, he is the Good Shepherd."—James M. Macdonald, D. D. This is a frequent metaphor of the Old Testament, applied to God and to God's honored servants (Num. 27: 15-21; Psa. 23; 80: 1; Isa. 40: 11; Jer. 23: 14; Ezek. 34: 11-16; Zech. 11: 4-17). Homer often speaks of his kings and leaders as shepherds; see also Plato's Republic, Book I. "The figure has impressed itself deeply on the mind of Christendom, and is conspicuous in the art and literature of the churches. It is still the emblem of the Christian ministry, from the office of the bishop, with his pastoral staff, to that of the village preacher, who is known as pastor."—Century Bible. "This is the favorite and most touching figure in the Catacombs. It seems to inspire the early Christian painters with delightful skill. How was Christ like a shepherd? in (1) his care of men (vs. 10-13), in (2) his knowledge of men (vs. 14, 15), in (3) the breadth of his love for men (v. 16), in (4) the eagerness of men's love for him (v. 27), in (5) his divine commission to care for men (vs. 15, 17, 18, 25, 29). Two Kinds of Hearers (vs. 19-21, 31-42). Christ's words, like a two-edged sword, always divided his hearers into two classes: those that mocked at him or raged against him, and those that went away thoughtful and impressed if not convinced. If the last half of the chapter is to be referred to the same occasion as the first half (see "Time"), the first set of hearers even tried to stone Christ for his claim of unity with God. This stoning for blasphemy was prescribed in Lev. 24: 16, and the Jews had at tempted it only two months before. In which class of hearers are you? Wise Little Girl. Two little girls were saying their prayers prior to being tucked in for the night. When both had finished, the younger child climbed on her mother's knee and said in a confidential but trumpphant whisper: "Mother, Clara only asks for her 'dally bread.' I asked for 'bread and jam!'" knights of Pythias, this organization is one of the most powerful press has been nominal. The Grand Union over all of the cities and counties in required to organize a new lodge. The most strongest features, but the principles Founded on Friendship, based on Charolina violence, the respectable, upright people of thy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge,ary regalla. For information concerning it. Courts of Calant ment of the Order. It requires a memorialize a court. Its members are pledged to charity and prove Love one for the other. Special benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per use for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 nuts for funeral occasions. CALANTHE or Children's Department persons cannot do better than to enter the nominal and the benefits all that could and death benefits of from $30.00 to $40.00 in your neighborhood, orgniz one, concerning the Children's Department a This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenomenal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalia. For information concerning the organization of lodges apply at the main office. only absolutely necessary regal apply at the main office. The Court Is the Female Department of the thirty persons to organize a court Fidelity, exercise Harmony and an endowment and burial benefit dues. The only expense for re a rosette, costing 25 cents for fur THE BANDS OF CALAN stitutes a feature and persons circle. The expense is nominal $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and de Lodge or Court or Band in you. For all information concerning For all information concerning membership in the lodges and The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children's Department also con- stitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.00 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian Lodge or Court or Dues in your neighborhood, orgniz one. 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Women are too highly conventionalized to be able to appreciate humor with the keenness of men from their broader outlook. Cold Has Little Effect on Sheep. Of domestic animals, sheep come first as cold resisters. Sheep have lived for weeks buried in snow. When the great blizzard of March, 1891, swept Devonshire, sheep were dug out alive from the enormous drifts 24 days later. Goats and pigs take, respectively, second and third places. Established 1899. 'Phone 4160. JOHN FOXEL, Doaler in General Line of FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES, NOTIONS, FRESH MEATS, CI- GARS, TOBACCO, ICE, WOOD, COAL, &c. 11 S. 4TH ST., RICHMOND, VA. The following answer was recently given in a geography examination, in reply to the question: "From what direction do most of our rains come?" "Most of our rains come straight down, but some of them come sideways."—Youth's Companion. KNIGHTS OF PYTHAS F.C.B. MADAM ROBINSON Nelson's Hair Dressing can be bought in Salem and Brown Drug Store, Pittsburgh. Government by the People There are those who confidently hope that in ten years we shall elect locomotive engineers, conductors and train porters in the August primaries. And wouldn't it be a glorious consumption? The proposition would evoke applause even now from all save the railroad representatives and organs.—Charleston News and Courier. Some Weather Wisdom. Red skies at sunset indicate fine weather, a bright yellow sky in the early evening denotes wind, a red sky in the morning betokens bad weather. Small, dark clouds foretell rain; generally the softer the clouds look, the less wind, but more rain may be expected. Fog is an indication of fine weather; so is dew. More Zones of Quiet. Women Not Humorous. Cold Has Little Effect on Sheep Physical Geography. N. A., S. A., E. A., A. AND A. the most powerful in the con- trol. The Grand Lodge of Virgina and counties in this state. New lodge. 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I have a spare room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All country orders are given special attention. Your special attention is called to the new style Oak Caskets. Call and see me and you shall be waited on individually. THE PLANET INDIGTED FOR FRAUD Homer Castle and Bank Associates Held For Court. EACH HELD IN $2500 BAIL Verpedoobate Damaged By Shot From Her Own Tube—U. S. C.controller Resigns—Kaiser Will Receive Dr. Hill—Babe Scalded to Death In Mud. Homer L. Castle, Pittsburg, counsel; H. F. Aspinwell, Freeport, Ill., treasurer; Col. S. K. Ford, president; Arthur F. Williams and H. M. Ralston, directors, all of Chicago; Charles Hunter, of this city, secretary, and Dr. C. J. Massinger, Collinswood, N. J., act treasurer and trust officer of the Standard Title & Trust company, which failed to open its doors after organization following an investigation by a bank examiner in March of last year, were held in $2500 ball each for trial in Philadelphia on charges of conspiracy to defraud in connection with their operations. It was stated that the company issued literature showing that it had $500,000 capital; that the stock was not assessable and the capital full paid. It was also said the company owned its own building. Albert L. Tabor, a bank examiner, testified that the bank was not permitted to open its doors because it did not comply with the law in having $125,000 in cash paid capital, his examination showing that the concern had in actual cash $6259. Mr. Castle had protested that he was merely counsel for the company, and knew little of the operations. Counsel for the receivers, who brought the prosecution, upset this contention by producing an agreement bearing Mr. Castle's signature, in which seven officials agreed to pool their interests to the amount of 10,040 shares, a majority of the stock, to control the operations. Under this secret agreement the members of the syndicate were to vote according to their holdings, and be given the right to vote by telegraph when not present at meetings of the syndicate. The charges are based on complaints of stockholders, who say they paid about $25,000 into the concern which never opened its doors. Witnesses produced certificates of stock, which according to the prosecution, were not recorded on the books of the company. Kalser Will Receive Dr. HIII Emperor William, having been fully advised as to the attitude of President Roosevelt and the feeling of the American public regarding the alleged refusal of his majesty to receive Dr. David Jayne Hill as American ambassador to Germany in succession to Charlemagne Tower, has recalled all the expressions of disapproval he recently sent to President Roosevelt and would be pleased to receive Dr. Hill as ambassador. The emperor has caused this view to be communicated to President Roosevelt. Baron Von Sternburg, the German ambassador at Washington, has, during the last forty-eight hours, been in the closest touch with the foreign office, and has cabled fully concerning the matter. He described the need of a speedy arrangement of the affair and President Roosevelt's difficulties in meeting the emperor's inclination and furthermore, the unpleasant effect the whole controversy was having upon American public opinion. Mitchell Retires After ten years' leadership of the United Mine Workers of America, John Mitchell on Tuesday retired from the head of that organization and is succeeded by Thomas L. Lewis, of Ohio. Mr. Mitchell will devote his time to regaining his health, which has given under the strain of office. While Mr. Mitchell has been offered many positions of importance, he will undertake no work until his health improves. It is reported that President Roosevelt has offered him a mission to Panama and that the National Civic Federation wants to place him at the head of a bureau to investigate and promote the use of trade agreements. He has also been offered positions of importance with correspondence schools, insurance companies, banks and magazines, but he will make no decision for several weeks because of his health. U. S. Comptroller Resigne W. B. Ridgely, comptroller of the currency, handed his resignation to President Roosevelt and will become president of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City. He will be succeeded as comptroller by Lawrence O. Murray, present assistant secretary of commerce and labor and former deputy comptroller of the currency. Mr. Ridgely will leave for Kansas City in a few days to take charge of the bank. Babe Scalded to Death In Mud. The eighteen-months-old daughter of Archibald Miller, superintendent of the Loyal Hanna mines at Greensburg, Pa. met a frightful death. A leak in a Weak Man Receipt Free. Weak Man Receipt Free. Any man who suffers with nervous debility, loss of natural power, weak back, failing memory or deficient manhood, brought on by excesses, dissipation, unnatural drains or the follies of youth, may cure himself a home with a simple prescription that I will gladly send free, in a plain sealed envelope, to any man who will write for it. A. E. Robinson. $385 Luck Building, Detroit, Michigan. steampipe line three feet underground made a large cavity, covered by a thin crust. This gave way with the child, and she was scalded to death in eighteen inches of boiling mud and water. GILLETTE EXECUTED Slayer of Grace Brown Put to Death in Electric Chair. Auburn, N. Y., March 30.—Chester Gillette was executed in the electric chair at Auburn prison for the murder of his sweetheart, Grace Brown. In Big Moose lake in the summer of 1906. Governor Hughes declined to interfere any stay the execution. Gillette, with his spiritual advisers at his side, went coolly to his doom. Gillette passed Sunday quietly in his cell, and there was no deviation from the regular routine since he has been in Auburn prison. The condemned man was permitted a farewell visit with his father, mother and aunt, Miss Catherine Gillette. He alternately read and wrote. He prepared a statement which, it is expected, will be made public. Gillette appeared to have been fully reconciled to his fate, and in a statement given out by his spiritual advisers immediately after the execution it is indicated that he had made a confession of his guilt. This fact was made known after the execution by the Rev. Messrs. Moilravy and Herrick, his spiritual advisers, in the following announcement: "Because our relationship with Chester Gillette was privileged we do not deem it wise to make a detailed statement, and simply wish to say that no legal mistake was made in his electrocution." SPLIT IN GOULD FAMILY Mme. Gould Engages Counsel and May. Attack, Father's Will. New York, April 1.—Prince Helle De Sagan announced that he will sell for France on La Provence on April 9, and that Mme. Gould and her children will return to Europe just as soon as she recovers from an attack of bronchitis with which she was overcome while visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Morse at the Hotel St. Regis on Monday. It was stated that Mme. Gould's condition was in no way alarming. After announcing that he would soon depart for home and that Mme. Gould would return to Paris when her health permitted. Prince De Sagan said at the Waldorf Astoria: "I want to deny emphatically the report that we have already been married. That is false I cannot speak for the future." The prince asserted that Mime Gould had engaged Coudert Brothers as personal counsel to look after her interest in the fortune of Jay Gould. Legal advice had been received, he asserted, which held that the codicii in the latter's will relative to depriving any of his children who should marry without the consent of the majority of the executors of the estate of one-half of their shares would not withstand an attack in the courts. TOWER RESIGNS Dr. Hill Nominated as Ambassador to Germany. Washington, April 1.—The president sent to the senate the nomination of Dr. David Jayne Hill to be ambassador to Germany. The resignation of Charlemagne Tower as ambassador to Germany has been accepted, to take effect June 1, when Dr. Hill will assume his new duties. The attitude of the administration is that Mr. Hill's standing has not suffered the slightest impairment, in view of the disclaimer of the German emperor of any adverse expression regarding him. At the German embassy it was said that nothing more is to be heard of the Hill matter from that quarter. Work For 300,000 In Next 60 Days Chicago, April 1—In the next sixty days the railroads of the United States will have to find between 250,000 and 300,000 men to mend their tracks and the roadbeds, and another large army to go into their shops and repair their cars and locomotives. The railroads centering in Chicago alone will require more than 100,000 laborers. Work will start in light on the roads which are the best favored by climatic conditions, and will be increased rapidly until June 1, when renewal and repair work will be in full swing on every railroad in the country. Bald 30 Years, Now Has New Hair. Columbus, N. J. March 31.—Henry Gilbert, seventy-eight years old, of this place, is a puzzle to his neighbors and to local physicians. After remaining bald for thirty years, Gilbert has blossomed out this spring with a new crop of hair that covers his entire cranium. A peculiar thing about Gilbert's baldness was its perfection, not a single blade of hair having appeared to shelter his pate in the last three decades. Gilbert lost his hair after a fever. What has caused it suddenly to return he is at a great loss to explain, as are the doctors. Dog Gets Glass Eye Glen Ridge, N. J., March 31—John O. Newell, a golf player and society man of this place, presented his favorite bull terrier with a glass eye. A whizzing auto had hit the dog and, literally, knocked his eye out. Dr. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA Frederick C. Artopoeous successfully inserted a glass eye in the empty socket. BUSINESS MAN'S TEN COMMANDMENTS. 1. Thou shalt not in any wise boast, brag, bounce or bluster, or the wise man will hold thee in low esteem. 2. Thou shalt not permit thy wife to be living at the rate of $1,000 a year when thy business is not yielding more than $999; nor shalt thou withhold from her the business information which, as a helpmeet, she is entitled to receive. 3. Thou shalt not mock the unsuccessful man, for he may be richer in his poverty than thou art in thy boasted abundance. 4. Thou shalt not carry the counting house into the domestic circle, nor in any wise spoil the children's hour by recapitulating the bankruptcles of the day. 5. Thou shalt not hobnob with idle persons nor smoke with them, nor encourage them, nor approve their evil life. 6. Thou shalt not keep company with an unpunctual man, for he will certainly lead thee to carelessness and ruin. 7. Thou shalt not forget that a servant who can tell lies for thee may one day tell lies to thee. 8. As to hours of slumber and sleep, remember the good old rule: And wickedness eleven." 9. Neither a borrower nor a lender be, but give where well bestowed right cheerfully. 10. Be honest in copper, and in gold thy honesty will be sure.—Philadelphia Inquirer. SIS HOPKINS' SAYINGS. Many a man's pile started with the woodpele. A man's eye can snap without his being broke. Curious how great liars always say, "Believe me." Ma says many a goose is without wings or feathers. Ma says a feather is light, but a barge is a lighter. Since Caruso they have barred pinching in Kalamazoo. "The great unknown" is often the pretty girl we see in the street car. Some girls think they are like Du Barry when they mean Katie Barry. Covered oysters are among the things which may be classed as uncanny. Pa says that waiting for a train isn't half so mortifying as to step on one. A man's wife believes every word that he says—when he talks in his sleep. It is a great deal easier for a boy to hitch a ride than ride a hitching post.—Rose Mellville, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat. THINGS TO KNOW. Over 6,000,000 Frenchwomen, half of them married, earn their own living. Almost 90 per cent. of American households possess one or more Bibles. The younger the hen the better she lays in the winter, when eggs are highest. The father of seven or more children is practically exempt from taxation in France. In this country the annual butter consumption—25 pounds a head—is the highest in the world. The world's largest bee farm is at Becton, in Canada. There 19,000,000 bees turn out 75,000 pounds of honey a year. In the time of the Puritans it was common to hear such names as Weep-not Billing, Kill-sin Pimple, Fight-the-good-fight White, Meek Brewer, Earth Adams, Stand-fast-on-high Stringer, More-fruit Fowler, Goodgift Gynnings, Fear-not Rhodes, Be-courteous French, and Seek-wisdom Hadley. A FOOL MIGHT SAY That the one to whom the laurel is given necessarily deserves it. That the glitter of gold is better than the gray grab of brotherly love. That it does not pay to be forgiving in a world which so rarely forgives. That a million dollars is more to be chosen than a humble and happy home. That the plaudits of the mob are better than the appreciation of those who see most clearly. But what would you expect of a fool?—Alfred J. Waterhouse, in Success Magazine. No, It Is Because They Are Busy. The bees of the United States produced $25,000,000 worth of honey last year. That explains why they are so peevish when disturbed at their labs.—Washington Post. 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Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. arrived here last evening from White Oak and he set up two lodges at this place in about two hours and a half. He was accompanied by Dr. E. R. Jefferson, Dr. J. Alexander Lewis, Sir S. S. S. Baker, Sir Albert Smith, Sir R. J. Jackson and Sir W. F. Weaver. He instituted Fearless Lodge, No. 141, with the following officers: Master of Work, Granville Marable; Chancellor Commander, Alexander Penick; Vice Chancellor Lee Walter Judge; Master of Exchequer, Spence Marable; Marable at Arms, Howard Edmunds; Prelate, I. C. Barksdale; Master of Finance and Keeper of Records and Seal, Abner Marable; Inner Guard, Robert Holt; Outer Guard, Thomas James. The initiation took place at the residence of Sir Granville Marable, who organized the club. NEW ARBOR LODGE. After the initiation, Grand Chancellor Mitchell went over to the Church, where he instituted New Arbor Lodge, No. 142 with the following officers: Chancellor Commander, Nathan Edmonds: Master of Work, Thomas Oliver; Vice Chancellor, Alexander Tune; Prelate, James Marable; Keeper of Records and Seal, R. D. Jennings; Master of Finance, W. P. Jackson; Master of Exchequer, John B. Ferrell; Master at Arms, Eugene Barkaldae; Inner Guard, Wash Eldridge; Outer Guard, Wiley Lewis; Treasurer, Marable, George Wells, George Oliver. This lodge was organized through the efforts of R. D. Jennings under the instructions of Sir A. B. Betts. The visitors left this morning for Richmond. Pythianism is prospering in this section. The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle on a taxed road; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent, into a spoon that has paid 15 per cent, flings himself back upon his chinzt bed which has paid 22 per cent, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death.—Sydney Smith. I am coming to believe that there is work for everybody somewhere. It may not be the work we want, and it may not be the place in which we desire to stay, but it will supply creature comforts, and that is a great deal, says Home Chat. Most of us have to do unpleasant things, from time to time, but it is quite possible to do them cheerfully. Ancient Houses Well Built As a result of recent excavations on the site of Jericho the historic city wall, constructed of burned lime brick upon a foundation of stone, has been laid bare, together with rows of houses, some of which could well be used for dwelling places for all the centuries which have passed since they were built. World's Best Clock The world's best timekeeper is said to be the electric clock in the basement of the Berlin observatory, which was installed by Prof. Foster in 1865. It is enclosed in an air-tight glass cylinder and has frequently run for periods of two or three months with an average daily deviation of only fifteen-thousandths of a second. Sociology and Speculation. A sociologist of genius who happened to care about money could probably make a fortune on the stock exchange, where knowledge of humanity is the essential thing. Henrik Ibsen was one of the most successful speculators in Europe. RICHMOND. Taxed. A. Thought. A Revelation. LUCINDA YOUNG. 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