New York Clipper (Nov 1894)

OoBlilckM, UM, bj nu Fnnk Qdmo Pgbiuliliit Compuif (Umlled), FoundmJ by i FRANK QUEEN, 1891.1 NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1894. I VOLUME XLII.-Nb 37- I PriM 10 Cwitii THE TICK ET SPE CULATOR, viiiTTait POR TOi mr tork olikprii. BT UARK HRIIIIDITII. 0( modot moa ihe uwekeat, lie sbiods apon the pftve; The bills betwixt bis Ongera He giTM It gentle w»Te, And cbargee double prices yriOi bentt of nerre eo bmiei au 8«ts tre Sretsnd toremoat; Tba dUgnn be abows; Tbe RgoLir "drat sigbter" Innrltbl/ be knoira; Be captaretb eacb dollar criibln bla Snadsj clotbeal Tbobgb TTlDler anowa be falling, Ua atanda knee deep Iboreln; A kibdir benefactor Yon'd tblnk blm tn m his "obln." ret with bis oUf gammon Ue'a elmpi; ont for "llnl" I wonder wbeie be alcepelb— Ordoeahaeveraleepr I wonder wbat he ealeib > (Jnat bare be makea a leap To a«ll a brace of tickets SnperlatlTel; ctaeapl) I bMt a dream one nldnlgbt, Itbongbttbstlbaddled; Through apace I wlldl; wandered Till light 1 had dcscried- hen saddenl7 asplrlt Was walking bj aide. "Ah, hal Ueie, getjoiir ilcketai" Oame a familiar err. There was Ibeilctet seller with same old manner spnri "There's aiandlng room onir— How msnr will ;ou bo; t" THE STAR'S HUSBAND. wamiN roR tui :*kw vork rLirrlR, BY LULU rRIUR. [CONCLUOBD.] "We prowled aroond and wntcbed the bouse for a week longer, and picked op much vain- able informitlon. We round there ma an old man a comin' there quite often, and ilikt be w*a ■appoaed to be Ihe taiber of the live baby, wlilcb we knew be wasn't we heard, too, that be was an old bachelor with beaps of money, nnd that he laved Ihia baOTsu mocb that he iMdagreed to come there Ob a certain day, with a lawyer, lo draw op a will leavln* all bla formne to tbia false heir, be- tides makin' the yonng woman aafe In oseJie should enddenly <lle. Tlie old woman bad worked this for a sure thlog, I hare no doubt, for though be were the right son of old chap wuh hia noney, ho looked as It he might drop olT any day. Oh, she were a smwi onf, that old woman, and alie en- gineered that beanlKul." Jnkcs here arose and rolled, In bis sea dog fashion, across (he floor to where Sylvia aau Italaing tbe maas of allken hnlr that bung opon her neck, he dUpbtyed a livid scar and aeveral rude marks of tbe tsUHilng needle. "1 saw the old womap pat them brands on with Injy Ink, and the scar's a bun the bab; got In tbe train wreak," asid he, coolly dropping tbeiresaes and resuming his seat and bis alary. "When we heard this appolntnientniade, and saw tbe ohild branded for Ideniltcailon, we made np onr mlnda that Ihe day tbe will was to be drawn waa )uat the most prolliable dsy for os te make onr call on tbe family. They might need na for wit- nesses. Dill said. Bnl they didn't have any nee for na, aa yoo'll leam If yon llaten. Well, na called, prompt to Ihe day, and I'm Moat If the old hag didn't try to make ua believe she dIdD'c know na, and bado't ever seen ns before; and when we wanted to go Into tbe house ahe wouldn't have It at lint, and thrtateQed to aend for the couublea, and have ns locked op tor tnmpa. '0, come, now,' aaya I, 'we've come to see tba babi—our baby, which we brooght here. We know Its family and ralailvea, and, bein' good, kind hearted soola, we've come to get It and take it to ibem since Its mother Is dead.' 'The baby'sdead, too,andwaBUbenaway to be burled wlih lt« mother,' saya ahe, but fainter this time. 'Oh, no, it ain't. It's tight here,' aaya Bill, 'and It'a your baby rigged np In Its togs what's dead.' Then she grew pale and lot us In, aod she and tbe yonngwomaoireatedUBllkeprlnces. Tbeybcgged na to keep Ibeir secret and wanted lo know our price for keepln' mnni. While we were lalklo' this over Ihoy laid ont a banquet for na, and wken they beard tbatwe knew all about the will, and tbe game they were workin' on iho old cbap, tbey were more polite ibRu ever. "Bill did more drlnkln' than ulkin', bnt I was more cautions, for I didn't have no confidence In that old woman, nor In the young one, either, when 1 see the looks they exchanged between 'em. They were too free with their llqnor to make ma feel right, and when they Inslated on onr laklo' a final glasa of wine, at ibo end of tbe banqoet, 1 only drank a part of mine while Bill gnlpedallot bla down. In a few minulea be rolled oiT hit chair belplef a and 1 began to feot Ibat I waa goln', too. ■Dill,' aais r, 'get up—don't let'a atay here to be piuned with drugged liquor.' 1 apnibg to my feet, bnt I wu dizzy and belplera. I Uled lo tl»g(«' «> my pal, hot before I had taken two stspa ihe women elzed me from behind and were ban gin' to m* neck. At the same time I Celt a wet cloth pressed acroaa my face. I knew by tbe smell lhal It waa chloroform, and I bad the aenae to bold mt head down and try to hold my breath; to,alttiongb It ' Uld ma not, I waa only In a kind of a dream; help- less, tpeecbleas, bnt able to bear all Ibat waa going on around me. I knew they were dragging me and Bill to the cellar, anil I fell every bnop aa ihey .hanled me by the hcela down the atepa Into the cold, damp, vault like plac«, a cavern which had not been osed, probably, since tbs days of lbs flrat aelUeiB, bnt not a wont nor a groan could I ntler, I remember calcnlaun', too, In my dnany slate what mlfht be the ternlt lo all of at U one of them big cartrldgta Dill had In bla pocket* ahnnid go of But Ihey didn't, and Rfwr they had Ortd him Into a comer I beard him anorin' away quite comfort- atile. Then 1 lieani Ihe women, who had panted near me, lo get their bteaih, calcolaio ihat we woqM sleep there llll morning, aaer Ihe will had been dmwu and tbe old fool Und gone. Then, the old aoman aald, she could make her lerms with us. "It must bare been two hoora befor« 1 came ont of my trance. Then I groped arounil lo Bill, shook him up and alood him on bla feeu ilo camo to In a dazed aort of way, after a long ilme, and we began to grope about (he place for tbe alalre. Suddenly, Bill gave a wild yell from the dark, Ina way back barred our way, and a aick terror came over me Rheu I aoe the apark of tbe fuso tpullerla'. and heard bini tcratcliln' bla way back; but If I bad known he bad lighten fuaea on both the cartrlilges 1 would havo given up for good, right there. There waa alKocc lor ao lung a time that 1 thought ihe mice waa a failure; bui auddenly there came an ear rpll'tlog repoit, a heavy tumble, and «e were covered with clay and loose aionra In showers. "Tlie air waa aiming, but ibMiigh Italllilll let outayrll of triumph. Ilookid. Tbo rock had dia appeared. There waa the daTllgtit, and a kulo Ulg enough to let ua iioth ihrough. The exploelon had dose Diote~U had blown down Ihe wall of the tunnel on one tide near the entrance, exposing to where I knew I had only to Insert my pick lo open my ireaaurv houae. 1 wished 1 could own this pro- pen?; then I could work as I pleased. Willi this object In view I felt my reaenunont agalnat iho old woiium for the acnrvy lilok ahe had played us cool air. Hhe inlghi help me attain thia, for a man wlih my record couldn't dare make an open oirer lo buy real eatate. I mado a few Inqulrlea. Tlie nelgbbon Mid tbe house waa occupied hy an old woman who had been regarded aa Inaane ever aince her daughter had died.leaving ber chlld.a little ;lrl six jrare old, to her care. "It waa Just aa they told me. Tbe old woman waa craty, and did not know me; and, more than that, ahe waa down with her last lllneu wben 1 arrived. comer of the cellar. 'What'a got yon r I aayt. 'I'm sinkin' Into tbe ground' says he; 'pull me oati* I hurried over to where bla voice camo from, and aomething grabbed my ankle. It was Bill's hand. A big alone In Ihe cellar floor tud given way under him, and he waa droppin' Into a big well bole. His grip loosened, end he slipped away with aaother yell, aod a great clatter of aionea. Hy heart stopped beatin'. Be was desd for cenaln, I tbonght, for It came Into mr bead that thit were the regular buryin' trap tor tbe old hag's vicilnit. She's sot ns again, thinks I, wben np comes a hall trom Dill In the hole, that act my heart Ihtobblu' again. 'Heyl'aayshe; 'comedown herewith ne.' ■Wbatabould I do that tort'aaya I, gcilln'mad at hIa aelOabne>s. 'Why, to get to ihe open air,'he paya; "ibere'a a tunnel, and I can aeo sometbin' like dayllgnta long wayoirt' "1 dropped Into Ihat hole aa qnick u a wink, and anre enough there was what bad been Ihe entrance to a tunnel, but now almost enilrely cavM In, bn', Jost as Dill said, you could see a faint alrcak of day- light A long way olThy peerin' sharp through the Ultle opening that waa still left. We put onr beada together, and finally agreed, as a draperste lusi chance, wa must wriggle Ibronah It somehow. Ii was hardly Isrge enough to lot a cat ihmagh In some places, bnt by sctatchin' aod aqulrmin', and Ijin' flat on onr facea to pull throngh the narrowea! parts, we finsllycane ihFonghio ihe rock, orwtihin twenty feet of It, In a place when we conld sund nearly ertcL We could see Ihe light earning In s thin thread through a crevice, tint not an Inch fur ther could we go. It barted the way lo na nare pertecUy than It It had been the door of a JalL ■Well,' saya Dill, 'I'm bint If II iin'i, anra enough, that same old rock that we've been dlggln' at for two weeks. We wanted to get In and couldn't, and now we're In we want to get ont and cant.' I waa hoppin' mad. 'It's a reglar trap,' aaya I. 'We can't even turn around and go back.' 'Who wania lo go bach?' aaya Bill. 'Ilere'a where i he trvasote la, and we've got wbat we come tor. New's tbp Ilme tor our fireworks.' lie wss ahesd and I couldn't hinder him. AU I conld do was to back u tar Into the bole as I oonld, while be vent forward, I baud blm strlklnf a natch on tbe lock ihat the daylight a sort of vault, and lull pau«d to peer Inio It. 'We've got lit' he yelled; 'here's mv part- ner's treaaure: Ilere'a Kldd'a plunder.' I didn't Iwtk bis way, fur I aiw a spark near me, and I thought of tho aeeond cartridge- It hailn't gone niT yet. I called him to fallow, and daahrd ibruugh ihc opening Into the air, fallInK nairiiiiT<iCHlc>1an aplleof ruliUlBli Juatns ihero cimeanuilierozplo- slon, filling ihealr with alonna and dniu "Whrn I came tn It waa night. I ralKd to mil, hot ha didn'i anawer. Then I rcincmirf^md the ex plotlon, anil I anew where my poor pal waa. Via, Hill were l,urled under tout or etrth, and the open- ing by which I bad cacaped waa all cloned upagaln. 1 wouldn't leave iho place rora week. I waadrier- iiilnr-d to have llllloni. 1 atolo a shovel and a pick, and worked night arur nighl, lint I couldn't And th" paiunge again- Then I tried amung Ihe rocks hair way lip Ihc bank, and by wonderful good luck managed to oprn a crevk-o cracked In llie roor or Ihe vault hy Ilia exploalaoa—the aamo vault Ulll waa goln* to loppi-ct when lha tunnel waa blown d<iwa no him. It Waa badly wrecked, hut I own. aged tn drap ihrnngh Ilie opening, and foond I' mied, nrii only with bmken nuuonry.bnt there were several old sea chrau and Iron bonnd boxes ■Hckln' out of Ilie heap or rnbiilab. Thcao con- lalned the plunder—elihrr Kldd'a «r Illira pal's, II didn't mat'er lo me. 1 look all the Jgwcliy aod mouldy old eolna I conlil aluiT Inia my ragged i^ioibea, and made Irvka, after carefully concealln' ■lie hole. I ezpecieil to retom tone day, dig out Ulll. bury him drcenilT.and get at tie oth^r cheats iir plonder, for I could reach nuly one Iron box, and 1 knew there were loia of Ibem undertbs rnlua of Ihe vault "I left tbe cnuntry—went to Houih America for a while, aod enjojed life; for I had lota ol money aod Jcwela that were aa good aa gold, Ihoogh I didn't dare work any r t them off here, for fear my war rec- ord might riae agin' me, aod I might loae all. After Oto leam, though, I got homeairk, aod I )iad aoroe anxiety about ibe baliy; m I left mj plaotallcn In Brazil, and came back. There wai tbe maty old raanilKU tbe aaoa as ever, and Uie tana of eailb nnder which poor Hill Uy Imrted were atlll ondis- tnrhed. There, too, waa tha chink la the rocks She died wllhoot saying' ao lolelllgent word, leavln'our liabylhere, to Ihe mercy of the world. I determined lo adopt Ihe little tlilog,andarter get- ting luU> my handa Ihe will tlial had liecn made by Ahljab Ilevere lo tavor of Ihe child I lore the ea- peuaos of the funeral, Uild Ihe oelghlioia I waa the brother of the dead woman, and there waa no more Inquiry made. "I called Ihe lllilo one Sylvia llorero—you Ke aho owea mo even hor name, aa well aa her lira and evorylhing elae—went back to ihe baui«, lucked II np light, broke Into my treaaure vault again, and then IncK to Brazil ror len long years. "At Ihe end of that Ilme I camo iiack and claimed Baby, who had grown Into Ihe lieaiitllul yimog woman you aee. I told her how I had Iwftlended her, and In a sadden fit of gratllnde ah^ agreed lo marry me. Nut after our marriage, when aha heard the whole aiofy, and learned ahe waa not the daughter of Ahljab Ilevere, but ihe legitimate child of aome rich rarally, and had been alolen trom ber dead mnlher'a arna loald In a Irand, yon ahonld havo teen what a fury aba got In. Hhe commanded me to leam who her real fallier was, and lo realore her tn him. That waa out of iho queallon, and tha anon aaw It heraeir. Then aiie twore the would never looch a dollar of the money nor an acre of Ihe property willed her. Hh* would hate torn lha will If I had not kept It In my own hands, Aa for the old houae, ahe refnaed lo go near It, and Ooally It wu occupied by aome of Ravere'a dlilant tela- Uvea, who have hegnn dividing Ibe estate anoDg tbemaelves. She Intlsied on earning a foruos for herself M an aciresa. You aae how badly sbe hs* done In that altenpt lo be honest, sa aba pnui It, and yon know what a pieuy fli aha would have' been In, many'a tbe time. If 1 hadn't oome lo the front with lllietal backin' lo tha paat two yeara. "And now that It'a necetaary tn help o* save my- self from ruin, what doea ahe do? Does ahe do the right thing withont a word? Not a bit of It Ilere'a bow It la: The old house waa vacant onlll aUiut a mouUi ago, bat then tha belts got a Isnaii for It Now Ibe gronnda ar« palroled hy dop, and laroehntonkaiuitetlierfrom my Iraamre, wllbcnl menuonlng the kopcleaneaa ot «v*b gatun' poor BtUlnloadteentgrav*. A w«tk ago, irhea I had aneaked anmnd to gather np what I oonld of my treaaure, 1 waa abut at and ohaied OIT the place Ilka a robtier. Thon. aaya I, ihla Ihlng baa got to atop; that I will not bo rulnril In Ihla way; Ihat aba mnst Ibuen to reaion. 1 conio hero, aud help her qui or a scrape, aa uaual, and what d,>oa Rbo do wben ahe beara Ihe whole altualluu aa you have heard Itf She tetuKa tn gn back and claim Ibo honae, lo gel II lo hor poHacaalononly lungennugh loletraoinake what digglnga I want to, ami to gather up poor nill't bonea." "Now that you've Inbl It all, and Inily," broke In the aciioaa, hjtteilcally, "let mo repoat I will not tnnoh Ihla eaiate—I will nnt be a parly to this fraud." II. Cecil lUndnlph had rociivorcd hIa nonpoaure by tbiatlme, aud Ihore waa a bright bnalnoaa glit- ter In bis syet as he asked: "But why do you tell mo all Iblat" "Recanae," replied Jiikea, "aa I lald at fltat, you've got cdlcailon, which I halm, anil ain'l got no war record, which I havo, and which prevenu me aeeln' biwyem and Judgra and aluh, whiob I have alwaya regarded aa niy naieral enemy. I want you lo convince her I'm right flghl thIa will oase, gel her Ihe pmpcrly ao'a I can have three weeka run over them gnmoila without any fear ot Iho police, and I'll givo you a fair divide of Ibo plunder.' Randnlph'a eyes gllnloned, and Jukoa saw be bad hit Ihe mark. "You newln'l answer now," ttin lalter haalened to idty; "Jtiat go and talk Imslncaa I" her. (live her your viowa aa a imalnraa nun, and hore'aanolhar Inducemeni—lell hor afirr I've hail lay rair ohanoe at Ihe treasuro vault I'll loovo her rorover—go lo llrazll, and maybo liiiy an lalaud In Ihe I'nclllo lo end my daya In peaoo whoro I may never son any wiimon, and may novor lie leiiipiod lo di> one of llirma favor again." With Ihla Jukca aroau, clapped bla hat on his bead, nhiiniod In ilin dunr, untnckod It and rolled nnt of the room, leaving Ihe agont and the "alar" lugother, Tlie next ni' rning tbey were aeon lo Join Ibe old aca ilng ai Ihu aiallmi, and tho three took a train for New York, tho "iilar" and hor agent In company, flrat data, and Iho alar'a hna. Iwnil alone In Iho cuinmnn ainiikcr, piifllng his black pipe. The handaomo young agent had won hIa "alar" over lo bla way nr thinking, and, wlih hor aid, there waa acarcely any iroiililo In recovering Ihe eataio. Tha next Hummer ilie old houao waa fltled up, andHylvIa had Intlalled hersrir there wlih a troop or torranla. (lid Jnkcs had disappeared arier giving ber ihe will and aerlog llandnlpb not Ihe ault In rooUnn. Onn day, hnwevor, aharlly atter Ihu old hnuae bad tiecnnio tlio domlclla of the Hclreaa, Ihe agent, who waa tho mnat frrquenl visl- Inr there, encnunicred ilie ninnsler making hIa way aoroaa Iho lawn, alaggerlng iiniler Ihe weight of a heavy trunk which ho had cjirrlcd rmm Iho atatlon, A cart followed ahnrtly after, with several hnzes and bags of niyalerloua ahapa. The old man waa radiant aa ho rnlloil up towarda the houae and aet Ilia burden carefully on Urn gravel walk before his besutlful wife and hor dapiier ag>nt lie aaw Ibe look of dismay on Hvlvln'a faco, and alimiged bla alinnldera. "Ilon't lie afeared," lald ho; "I haven't comelnaUv. You've won Ihe caw, and I'm hare to have my throe wocka' dlggln', and then I'll lieoS fur good. My liiggago may look cnnalderable, bnl It ain't—It'a only a lent and mining loolt." The very neat day ho beckoned llandotpb Income nut In lilm In hIa camp on lha ahorr. Tlierg be aaw hlin, wrarj, loll aulnud and In high eioltement lie had liaiilPd rmm an nxcavallon In Ihe rooky aldanr ili» bank, rniir Imrnnpaii Irnn liound lioxee, and ahnwed handluls or tarulthtd Jewelery and lilackenul cnlna. "Hair la ynura," aalil ho; "ror tho preient I want you to help nio to drag Ihla lo a hiding place In the wooda." After Ihla and half a dozen olhor iMisoa had bean dragged nut and hidden, the agent ezamlnad Ihe vault "Why, you can't do IhU alone," aald be, "lha place la filled with loss of liriiken rook and rubbish." "Alone iirnnlalall,"grnwlodJukoa. "Tnmnrrnwt lite the drnamltn—than you'll aee. Ilulynu mnal maiiagn in have a oblvareo or a Jainlmren, or anme kind nt a riimpua at tho hoiiia, Ihat will call alien, linn away trnm Iho nnlao or iho expl'ialnn. And aoo hcro-kccp Ihein aervania rrom pryin', and you'll be rich aonner tlian yon linpod rnr." Ilandolpli readily prnmlaed Ihla, and gleerully haalened nrr l/> Invito a company nf gay royalerers to make nnlally murry wlib him Ibe next day, on which It had iieiin vi r.4/nndenlly predicted hIa tor- lone should lie mads. It waa a innrry oampany Ihat came In response to Hylvla'a invluilun-a merry aod a nolcy, wllhal. And didn't they make Ihe welkin ring I Wje host- neaa manager nt lha rovela waa RandAlpli, ot courae, for Hvlvia waa not expcoled In prodQceao unprnfOMlnnal an en'-uniliranre as a husliand, aod bo had hIa rcaaona for keeping lha pace a lively and a nnlay nno. Heveral timca he heard a ralnl taxim rrom ihe direction nr tho camp, and he knew that Jnkea waa blaaiing bla way lo rortone. Kane or Ibe company ciuM detei:t tho aonnds, cnnruacd as Ihey were wlih iho general nolae of Ihe merrymakera. Ho Ilia ilay paiied, and It was mid- night, with Iho fun at lia ■llilntl. Huddonly there catse a dull ri'ar. foMnwed ckiaely by a abock thai rocked the old houae on Ua fnundailoDs, sent nna or Ihe tall chimney aiakea crashing to the ground aod orutbed In the window panea on one aids ot the houae. All Ihe gueats ruabr il. In a wild panio, out ot doom. Away In Ihe direction of Jukes' mine, was a bright ghtre, lighting op a cloud ot thick while smoke which seemed to hsog motionless Uiere. II ww oseleaa to attempt tn realrain lbs goesu; Ihey rushed as one man tn ihe acene ot Ihe disasier, snd Randolph fnllfiwed, wondering what Jukes wonid aay to him tor leuing Ibem go. Before tbey reached the abore lha Irnlh dawned on him. Tba ramp eqolppago of the Ireaanre hunter had been cnntumed by Ire, Not a vestige lemslncd. The vaoU bad been obUlented. There wss oolhing DOW—only a yawning chsmi-«Bd tor rods around ibe earth bad been torn op by Um fit- mature egploalon. Bnl Jnkea—where waa hat Dla maafled taodj