New York Clipper (Jun 1895)

I ratoribtv OoofHr (UatM.) Founded by I FRANK QUEEN, IB93.1 NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1895. (VOLUME XLIIk-No. 17. 1 PriM 10 CMti. THE M IDSUMME R CIRL nnmt for tub nw toek cupnti. BT T. 0. DARBAUOB. ner tntib, bnlUix cbef ki •■ lb« rnei are rad; From* bout tint It maiTT til nomw hn Dtd; Slie coDqoenniBBkliHl wllb berrpMtand d*«h itod tb« dark beaming eja hieaUi a K>Dg ilnioplDg 8ti« li qae«o ot Uia nrt and the life of tbt ball. And aba hoMa eTeij betrtlntirtatwItcbafj'aUinll; Wa panaa Id Ma loll ot Sodetj'a wlilil To tbank talirlaDd for Iba Hldannmer Qli). Abl Iba iHinga to bar bowl aba can mtatsrcscb ona, And Iba arrows aba'a freed often oilaeblof bare dona; Wllb narar a ribbon an Incb oat ot place, Tbej Untler and frame lo abandon bar face; On tba noon Rlbil«d abore aha bat kindled a Dame, For hearts are the Unmpt that aba plajs In lore's game; And the capttntea all from the prince'to the ctanil, For tbemark'a never mitaed br tbeWdtanmerairl. She dlrtn, bnt aba nOTer lolenda It for wroog; Her voice la at rich as a cbemblm't eong; Tbne'a a gUrnmar of atael In the park, on the pike, As tbe mldsnminer besnlr nils bj on herblke. She's mitirets of 'cjcllng, and then, even then, Appltnte tbe eecnrae as she captlrales men; She knows tbe trae worth ot a glance and a enrl. And Oapid Is prond ot tbe Hldannmer aim Ber reign It at sweet sa the telgn ot tbe llow>ra. What recks It the leea the often devonmr She can have what the wantt, let her aik wltbont fear. For brief la tba aeaaon that traatorea ber here. She's aspareastbetbell that It fonnd b; the tptaj. And tlwart at tpnrkUng ts treasored Tbkaj; And II Mems at It earth has been robbed ot a pearl When Time carrlea with bim tbe Hldtnnimer Qlrl. THE SIL ENT P ARTNER. wRrmiT roB vob rbv vobi curriK, BT LDLD FKIOR. (OOMtXDBID.] "Tes, I fonnd the pal from abroad; be snived bilfajear ahead otme,andwai living lo lodgings In a tenement In Healer Street Ha hadn't dng pp the ewag antll last week, and hadn't tmken tbe package when I came In on bIm. It was lat« last night, and be toogbt me for IL I got m; propertj, and left him locked In tbe room till ther And blm, majbe a week from now, and then thare'e gola* to be tronble. This Is why I'm here, and It's whj I etid It was nntortnnate that prond wife of nalatoo's took him awajjnat now, when bebas encb a nil- ons hndnaas on bla bands." 1V> aar I was teirtHed bjr tbe words or this red banded mniderer, who bad thna conflded bla dread- (ol lecret to me, wonid not eipreas lo even a re- mote degree tbe tiama ot mind I fonnd mjrtelt In. The altnailon was qnlle bejond ma. 1 bad not a eugieallon arise In mj bmln to meet the emergenoy; I could not even apeak. "Bat the awag; majbe jonll ask wbtt I've done wllb that," he went on. "Well, I bad no place to bide It, and, besides, I most rcallu on It ilgbt or. Tbe package contains, besides a lot of jewelrr and silver plate, tweotr tbouaand doutre In goot monej, and foitj thontand In bondt wbloh Balaton worked oir on m« origtnallj, and which I never dared to negotiate In the latt twenty jetra, and would dare now less than ever." A aick terror fall open ma; the atralo had been too mncb; I felt tbe panic ot fright apon mj heart, jal I managed to ask In a careleas waj: "And tbia package; what have jon done with Itl" "1 took It to an eipieat otnce this morning. In Newark," he cooUj iepUed, "and tent it to jou, marked In big letters, 'Hliam Carter, care of J. D. naltton.' Bee, here's tbe receipt Yon can keep It In the big sate at yonr propertj nntU Riltton wantt It" TbU nearly look mj breath airaj, and bow 1 bore ap and kept from abileklag right ont In mj agony ot Indignation and terror, hat alwayt been a won- der to me. I didnt, tbongb; I held my brcatb and eat there ipeecbleat, and, I have no doabi, at pale te a corpae, whllebe went on: "Yon can tell Ralaton III be In tomorrow, that I want him to tiim that package Into mooey—I want eighty thontand dollars at least; It't worth II, and he can take three dtya to get It for me. I've got to leave tbe conntry In a bntry, ud be aod yon have got to aid me, to tavt yooraelvca the Iroable and expeute of etandln' by your tlleot pard In a murder bill. Threedaye, and then—" no waved Ma hand lo a rougb tslutatlon pecallar to ihe gangs ot tba afreet comermand then slunk away, faded Into tbe mlat that was before my dis- tracted brain, and was gone. It was not nnUl tbe Jsnltor had remarked thst Iwaslatatttbeofllce, and that I looked lU, that I came to myielt and had the aenae to Use and depart The neit morning eaily among the oltaer eiprea psckagee was a larm one wllb a soiled wrapper, addrewd to me. I recognized It with a sbndder, *• tbe "awag" which JotMon had torn Irom bis murdered pal, and I made bttte to pnl It ont of Bight In my own room, tor I could not bear to have the clerk aee It, as It In some way It might accuse me. Mr. Rtltton came In lata, looking very pale, and at least ten yean older than be bad sppeaitd the week beforo. When I told blm of (be arrival of ite package, and btgm to nnfold the leveUllona Jobeon bid made, he rilenoad me with a wave of tbe band, aaytng be knew all, tbtt tbe silent partner had way- laid him In tbe night near bit homo, and bad »• pWned tally bit tltaallon and bit detnsndt. l^I>wa^)t evenbit Johaon aneaked biwlllia wor- ried, bnntad look on bla face. He tctrcely notlcad me, bat hnrrted right Into BaMon't olUce. I beard an caraat hnm of convanailon, bteaklnc ontat time* bito load, bidlgnantprouat Then, after bait an boor, he oaise oot again, looking Anabed and angiy, and dlaappeared In tbeattcet Attbaaama moment I heard the ahrlll voices of tbe nawaboyt csllbig an aim with an acconet of a murder In Ueater Street, and a few momenta later heard asv- oral ot tbe f onng clerkt reading alood tba Oist ban detalU of the gnesome dlscoyerr. Somabow 1 felt as It tbts concerned me, as if I had tome connec- tion with It, and I had lo nae and dose ny door that I might not bear. It waa not my cnatom to leave my deak nnlll Ralston bad departed, with a taw Onal dircctlona to m«, but I bad never waited to long aa on thia evening. Itwaaelghto'cloekwhenbacaUediatbe janitor and eent bbn away on aome errand, and then addreaaed himself to me: "Ur. Carter," aald be. In bla soft voico, "Ibava an Impotlant ancloante here for yon, whlcbl wish yon to read over and consider carefully," and wllb that be banded me a long, thick envelope, carc- tnllyaealed. Thenbewenton: "I bad Intended to I shook blm off and hastened away. As be bad aXi there was aomctbing the matter. Tbe oBlcea were In the hands of the police, and a little crowd dniteied abont iba doors. All waa In contDSlon. Balaton had been found dead In bis ollka, with a bullet wonnd In bis right tample, and a revolver clutched In bla right hand. Hit manner tbe night before, and hU lojancllon In regard to tbe aealed paokage be had given me, llaahed aoraa my mind. Here, I felt waa the solu- tion ot the entire raysterr. How I wished that I bad read It at once; and, having failed In that, how I wished I could read It nowl Everyone agreed that tbe cata wti one of tampo- tmry alieiTatlon of mind, the bualaeaa being mora and chief manager «u an oM bachelor, BImeon Chappell, who bad giowa gray In the InatlluUon, and who bad lived only among Its aooounls; who took no recreaUoo but among Ita great ltdgeratnd It* aacnililea, for be often waa aeen working far hita tbn night, retumlnitothebank lo fondle bla beloved aC' oonnta after bla dinner, to give blm peace of mind for tbe aleep ot the ]nat He aoppwted a wIdowMl sitter, Un. Elwood, wbo, wltb tn Infsnt, le« than a year old, lived witb bin In a little collage near the bank. He took a fancy to Ralston, wbo im a left an orphan after bis poor motber, abandoned liy a drunken and wortbleasbaaband, had workedbeiaelt to death lo give blm an educailon. Old Simeon look tbe boy Into bla aWar'iboaae, and gave blmt place leave It on your deak, for I did not ezpKt you to wait so long; bnt since yon are bero, It Is safer to place II In your bands. No," be objected, itaying my hand as I was at»nt lo tear open tba envel- ope, "read It at yonr letture, at yonr home. It It Important, and miolres deep ihougbL Good nlgbtl" I placed the package In sn Inetde pocket of my coat, and respectfully took my leave. 1 had no doubt the dooumont In the envelope concerned Balaton's oft repealed promise to give mean la- tereat In hit bualaeis, sod therefore waa In no buny to read It when I reached borne at a later bonr tbsn nsual, ao it tepoaed, forgotlen. In my pocket Tbe Bmt person I met when I slopped ont M doom tbe next moming wss, to my vnlnDndcd anrprlaa and disgust, Tom Jobeon, The snealdng Tlllain waa lurking on tba atrect comer, and made me a furtlra aign the moment I appeared, 'Ah I Here you are at but I" aald be; "I've licen around here dodging the cop since three o'dook In tbe morning,' I was naming with Indlgnallon. "Wliat do yon mean by hanntbig this neighborhood and following abont In this faiblonr" aid I. SofUy—not so load," aald he, wllb a acarad and hnmble air, qnila foreign to him. "I trted my beat to wake yon op by throwing pebMea agalnat your window tor an bonr, bnt I couldn't ronae yon, m I had to Uke the rlak and wait" 'And what do you mean by bombarding my win- dow P'I taked, aogilly. "Be atlll now. Tbeie'a lometblng I mnt to ten yoo. It'a somelblog wn>og down there," be aald, ghastly and irembUng. 'Down where P' I asked. 'At yonr offlea. Ttere's a crowd of cope, snd sverytblng it In confurion," be replied bnsklly. Wbstlsitt" said I, impatlenUy, growing Inter- etied In spite of my III tamper. I don't know," be replied: "I didn't dais go annnd among the copa. Thafawbyltiladtawaka on, to lad oot tor me." than proaperoDs, aod the homo Ufa of tie anlclde lia- Ing exceptionally happy, ss attested by bit bcaatlfol widow and a targe and ohaervant aoclal circle. The worid waa tatbined with this, bat oot I. I felt I bad the tmth in the thick package, which aaemed to bum my breast in ita tnog receptacle. An hour after the Conner litd llolibed his brief omce, and the booae was cloalng, not to open for buslnesa tgain for a monlh, Tom Jobeon sneaked into the dlimal place. "Wen, what It lit" aald be with a while terror on hie face that frightened me. "lUlaton has killed himaeir," I replied. "Hr Ood I" he exclaimed,ataggetlngbackagainat tbe door aa If be would faint; "He'a escaped me. He onen laid be would, bnt I didn't Ibtik he'd do It Ue'a mined me I Tbey'ra bnt after ne, and tbe Dim U dead. It waa a dirty hick. I didn't think II oflilm. Good by I" with tbia be slunk sway before I eonM nggett that he relieve me of hit package of plonder, which I had alill noder my deak, and which taiTllled me everr time I tbonght of IL It was be« after all, however, in view of what happened afterwarda, for that night ha vtta captored bj a detectire after be bad eblpped a« a aeaman on a Brlllali balk, and waa drowned In attempting to eacapa. It wonId bava been awkward bad a package, addreaaed to me, been foand among bla eseeta; to, aa I bava aald, It waa all for the beat thai he left ma soddesly, That eventful night I opened my pndona envalopa, and, aa I had expected. It let a flood of dayllgbth) upon tbe whole mystery. ItwasRalaton's cosfesrion,tbe story ot which Is aa foUowt: Twenty dve yean before. In tbe Iowa of aIIod- dale, In the Wettera part of tbe Slatt, Raltton had been employed at a clerk In ■ bank, wUeb had tbe patroetge of the farmen and mnan aurebanta for many miles annnd. IntbeecaraaeloiaByyeanor proMty and (air dealing it bad gsiscd tbe ooafl. dance ot tbe people, and bad grows la pnaparlty natU II waa the moat promloal, u weO a* tba waaMkleet, iaadtaUon of tbe eonety. Tbe caAltr In the bank, where. In three yean, be advanced rap- idly. EverytblngBeemedtobegolDgBffloolbly,wben one day the patron found that the accouabi of bla protege were dliordered, and on cloiar inapectlun ditooveicd that there wat • ibort*g»-in fact, that Ilaltlon waa a Iblaf. nia dlacovery nearly broke poor old BImeon't heart He ooaM not bettay tbe young man be bad befriended and lovad. What Bbonid be dot For tbe Irat lima tboee who knew him noticed that oM Bin. had liegnn [a tbow algiu ot age on bla face, tbtt his bair aeened to gnw gray more lapldly, and that ha wore a perpetual frown, Tbe direclon, however, did not share IMm.'a con- dderallon for Ilaliton, and one day, having proven to them his evil babita, and a nude ot living not compatllile with bla alatlon, they aamiiailly dla- mhaed blm. Tbia irblla poor old Sim. wtadolngbis best to cover tbe enbemlemeBt, and trying to devise means to bilng about a gimdoal lestltillon. Tbe young man took bit ditobtrga wllb a oille, and, Mdding bla frlenda good l>ye, prepared to leave for tbe great city, where be bad no donbt that, wllb the Bang Hula hod aaved from bla stealings, be ahouid make bla fortune. He had aest away bla tranka dnrlag the day, and was to lake leave of the toim on a train that came Ibrongb late at night Foot old IMmeoD, wbo mw Iba aavlngs of bla an- are life stopplag the gap tnada by tba dlabonaaly of bis nngratafnl dependaat, was to tbe bank aa naaal, at eleven o'olook at algbt, when RaMon waa paaiint on bit way to tbe statloD, and altboogh be had la- landed to five Iba old tnin "Iba allp," aa be aiM, leaving his benefaclon bi the lurch, be waa templed to go In aod bid blm good by; ao be abook tbe locked door, and waa admliaed hy lb* ctabler, who waa alone. "(Mng tonight r'txetahned tba old oaa; "Why this la sudden. Tea loM ny alsler yon would got leave ot ubtU tomorrow. Tos koow tbat* it a botl- Ita oatur wa tatva to talk over, aod earaly yon canld not tblo^ of golag wltbont maklBi niaepio, vMoafortbatr Every dollar I bava waited for In my UfattoM I have applied to matlag op Ibe dadclt in your accoimt, and I mnit have a gnaiutee that yon will. In the ronrw of time, repay me. I bad jnat hegnn a letter to you In wblob I Intended to expltin this, snd whirh I ihouid have allpped under yonr door mnlibl, for I did not wlub my ilater to over- hear US—site haM Biirii a good opinion of you." Kaltlnn glanccti at a letier brad on tbe desk, on which h« reail: "Uy dear Imy: I can bearthia agony no longer. I inuat lie outaimben and reveal to you all the miaory, all the learelaof my poor old heart" — Here the writer hail liroken oit on the arrlral of hbi Isle vliltnr. RaMon saw bla advantage, and nieil It wllb baae Ingrtiliade. He declaretl tbat be waa free, and bad no tnteiiilon of beginning bla quest for fortune with a great debt on his thonhlen: In abort, aa Simeon bad aaaumed tbe debt bo might pay It, Ihoogh It heggaiTd htm. The ok! man, aatonnded by Ibia nnparalleled lagratituda, hunt Into a tow- ering pamioo, and, under Ibe einln of so unwonted a nisb of emollotu, fell dead at bli tret RalHon, recovering qnlokly from hU Ant slarm, after asiir- InghlmaelltbatoldHlnoonwaalnllecd dead, looked about him. Ilia nnl act waa to tear off the top of the leuerhead lieaiing Ibe addie* "Hy dear bor," then be made a quick dcclaliin. There wa< the great asfr open, there lay old Simeon dead on the door. Ills letter woiiM lie lead aa a half ennfea- alon that be wai a defaulter. Tbat ha bad Inen smclen with nnwtM ami d»lh In Ihe act ot writ- ing of bla fault would In tho naliiml Inference. Ralalon aaw hia chance and Jumped at it. He made a baaly liut greedy aeleollon of money and liond pachtgea from the mfe, ailed bla vallie and hia pookela and haateard hack tn hia mom tn amnge bla plunder liefnre lahing aithl by tbe night tnin. Rut In hia haale and thiivlab livpldalinn tbe dia. charged eleik had not nntloed a abort thick aet Oiun omuobiDg in tbe black ahadnw, behind ons of tbe open dooni of tbo aafe; be bad not remarked Ibe two keen llltle eyea that bad walohed bla tteiy movement our tlio rough form that gilded after m to tbe atteet, and ainngin Ibe abailowa In hia kxlglnga at the cniugo of pnor HIm.'a alular. He had llplued to Ma ronni unhoard, bad clearen out bla vallaa, repacked It wllb the money and aa- curitlei, and lahlng It up, waa about to Mow out the candle and aneak again from Ibe hoiiie, when be found himself face to face with a alranger, a rourh penniMge of no doulilful aapoct, whose nbaractar be could dcteot ata giaiioe. "Ilellii, pard," wblapered tbli lumnn with a leer, "I'm on hand," "Wbo an you, and what do y<Ht wantt" alam- mered Balaton, pale with dlRbl. "I'm Tom Joliaon—I'm your allent parlner In Ibis little apeoulatlon," replied the limder, "What do you meant" demandeil Italaton, "Juat thill, young telinw," aald tbe ruOlan, "I got Into tbat bank nnt, and Intended tndo up the caahler and rob tbe aafe, but you got ahead ol me. I kept atlll and made no fnia while you did Ibe juh; ao I'm your alleiit partner, and I want my ibare-eeeP' There and then there waa a dirialon of the ipoll, and nnlaton formed Ibe tllal connection that drove bloi to bla gisve. As had l)een calunlated by Ibe mitliar, poor old Sim. was bnnded as a defaulter, the bank and Ita dapoalton ware ruined, foA poor Dims,'a alatar, dla- * gncod and Inpoverty, dad to Ibe great city to bide beraelf from tboee whn had known her and her limth- er from their childhood. Ralalon pmapcred and wno mllllona with hia Moien money, hut bla crime would notdnwn. He anagbt feebly lo make amends by befriending old Mn.'a slalar and her daughter, but he could nnt eacape that Nemesia, hiaallenlpartiier. Bo the mystery of Haiy KIwond and ber motber became a mystery no lunger, aad ao my bnlt waa relieved of the riddle tbat had maddened 11 for yeaiv. In a letter tbe auldde bad urged on me the Jualice of seeing to It that the iiitar ol tba old caahler abould not aulier, and that tba praYlaioM of hia will In ber regard ahouid lie folly canrled out; and, as I waa one ol the eiecuton, I eaw to It pennoally. It waa only a twenty tboaand dollar liequeat, wbloh wu lluie enough under the dnum^anoaa, l>ul I conceived a good buatneae Idea, which waa to un- load the old burgtar'a package of pluader on Mary fUeood. I bauled It out from my deak and lant It to her. I trembled, for a year or two, leal ber law. yer, In negoUatlog lome of tboat aecnrillea might ntlve some old trouble, but nothing ever happened, and HIni.'s aUtar got baok blaaavlnga, and more, after all. I ahnuld have inairled Mary Klwimd, I tiippoae, If bad fiillowed my lenllmeiital Imputaea, but I am, Biatof all, a builDeea man. There wu the lieautl- ful widow and Ilia gnnd liuilneab I made the iinalaeaa choice, and now am tbe head not only of the nrm, Imt of a "Iruat'' which takea In tbe whole Inde, Hy wife has a bad halilt of qnollng Ralalon at me, and will keep bla picinre stating from the wall of my liedmom. I atlll bare tbe confeaalon. though, and aomeday may taiae tbe apolled beauty by nvealing Ihe atnry of old Blm. and tbe alient partner. A YACHT WITH A HISTORY. Agenti nf Ihe I'realdent of Ran ilonilngn have been In Ihia city recenlly, aaya Tim nilaOtlphla Kmrtt, dnimming ii|i a crow fur tbat high dignltary'a ateam yarlit, frcaldanle, an old tub now, but to which hanga a moat InKrealIng htilniy. Away back In 1M4 the I'realdenlewaa tbe KflglUh pleaaiireyacht, lieer Hound, and, on that evenlfnl day, when the Kearaarge and tbe Alalama nMt In fatal oimtitt In the RnglUh Channel tbe Deer ilonnd, filled with Billiah aympathlzen with Ihe Onnfederete pimte, aleamed out to witneaa the gght Tbe meny party on board conMenlly expected to aee tbe Reanarge blown nnt of Ihe water, but were qolckiy diaappolnled In tUM, When the Alalama waa alnklng from the eitect of tbe Kearsarge'a well aimed shots msny of ibe crew eacaped tn tbe Deer Ilonnd, and were carried liack lo RngUnd. Since then tbe yacht baa changed bands aaveial times, and now In Ito nid age carrlea tbe Prealdenl of Han IKimlngo almut on hia plnuinre Mpo. "Wntr I want," aaM the playWTlgbt,"laagoed title for my drama." "Why doa'l yoa eall It Tan Alioal'P' "Unt II bat no algiiaeiDee." "It hat, eerlalaly. IToor drama U a fair play, lant UP*