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sation abicn taeda The Evening World*s tiome Magazine, Wednesday Evenings April 18, 19005 | The Knicht and the Castle. Why the United States Ts What Tt Is Co-Day, TWoria | 5 pee trebtuted by tne Press Pobiishng Company, Row, New ron | By C. R. Macauley. FOOTSTEPS OF OUR ANCESTORS IN A SERIES OF THUMBNAIL SKETCHES, is Why They Did It; * “VOLUME 42 O. 16,811, What Came Of It, By Albert Payson Terhune. No. 13—Why the Colonies Became States. ( is HE laws of England are bounded within the four seas and ¢o not each he says that the bill provid-| t fares for sc is 1 he is expr f Mr. Pound, iser upon legislative bi torney-General M er of the State unto America; we colonists not being represented in Partlamant” This quaintly-worded doflance deapatched by the Massachuectts colonists to the King tn 1677 contains at once the germ end keynote of the Amer Jean Revolutfon. For the first 150 years after the discovery of the new worl® \ Engtand's American colonists were devoted to thelr mother-land To her they consecrated thetr tolls and triumphs tn the wilderness they were @o rapidly com quering; and her glory was their glory. \ But tn the latter part of the seventeenth century an era of indifference eet } In, to be followed within a hundred years by emtive revolt. There was opportune {ty and scope in the new Ife that bret’ freedom ahd individualism of thought, ‘The colonists began to realize that they had carved pros- perity out of barbarism through no help from England New England and they aid not see why they should pay where thay LS First to had not borrowed. It was tn New England that the sptrit } Resent of independence and then of resentment broke forth; and theeVene: to New England this country ts indebted for the dawn Uberty. The stern, harsh Puritan stock had lett becnuse they wanted freedom—religious and personal, They won that freedom at a cost of life and endless toil, They did not take ve Oveor Ji? 7S % S porore, By bi Rie sac DOWALD ite of } nd—unless Mr. Hig- | ORY RIONT79ORs aks that the Brooklyn and Queens roads should be enabled to pay dividends on watered stock for- > ever and forever. ; SS SS Kin@ly to a mother-country who seemingly took no interest in them mave for (gee packihee 7 3t see tS a sy revenue purposes. Gov. Higgins’s referencetto the alleged cost of carrying passengers Sy bie hear eaioso, ree 4s special pleading. Scholars usually travel short distances, which are the most profitable to the companies. They do not use the cars at “rush hours.” They occupy less space than adults—a consideration which ought not to count if space sufficient were provided, but which does | count under a strap-hanger rule. Further, upon an honest capitaliz of all the street car lines of New York, not only scholars but adults could be carried for three-cent fares and pay all the profit that capital ought fairly to draw for its services and its useful enterprise. When you pay a five-cent fare three cents cover the cost—wages, | epreciation, interest on true capital, everything. Two cents pay interest upon watered stock and bonds. \ The attempt to furnish’ school children with cheaper fares need not be abandoned. Or, if Gov. Higgins is rea ight in so that it is unconstitutional to discriminate between passengers, though it is con- Stantly done, then the remedy?is clear, A general three-cent fare for everybody would be about ri ' THE DIVORCE-LAW MUDDLE. The Supreme Court in the Haddock decision makes another rert in {nto the colonies except on English ships, the New Englanders calmly ignored the order. England was, at the time, too busy with her nearer neighbors to em foroe the rule. But later she sought reprisal by taking away many of the colo- | nlos’ charters; trying thus to degrade free commonwealths to the rank of mere royal provinces. | Then came the French and Indlan war when, for self-protection, the colonies | were not only forced to fight, but to unite. There wus at first no thought of dis- | loyalty to Pngland tn this unfon. In fact, commercial restrictions and heavy taxes rather than any wish for absolute freedam seem to have formed the chief dasis of discontent. A wound tn the cash-pocket usually arouses swifter reprisad | than a wound in the heart. The thrifty oolontsta did not at first dbjeot to being subjects of Great Britain, but they rose tn righteous fury against unjust com- mands to pay ther hard-earned money towaml the suppor: of a Government that ave them no returns for the outlay. England's ministers meantime remained tgnorant and indifferent to the grow. ing importance of the colonies, Not until 1745, when a band of untrained farm- lerw and traders beat the French regulars and captured Loutsburg did England lrenlize that her American colonies were a force no longer negligible. While it delighted the home Government to make catspaws of the colonists to subdue thelr French foes, thore was no {dea of allowing these same colonists to con- rider thenselves independent, nor of giving them volce and rights in managing their own affairs. Instead of ooetiiating thren, ‘the Government sought to force lallegtance by levying heavy taxea and making new restrictions. The great En- stlsh nation had no part nor Intent !n oppressing their American brethren. The nation was proud of {ts ploneer kinsfolk's a Ique of evart- clous and incompeies 2 King the colonists’ il- trautment was due. two leading Anglo-Saxon nations tn general a friemdly and reciprocal sen: prevailed. tion fhe flimsy fabric of American divorce legislation, In particular it shows} ? g : $ SS Z By the of the eighteenth century there wore (according to Bancroft's up the farcical character of the free-and-easy Dakota divorce. Where only SE - L, erties ps jet : .40 negroes In America. Considering the numbers m! ? / ee See Y HY = \ and spirit of tho colonists and the wrongs heaped nem the only wonder is one party to the suit resides in‘ the State there is nothing in the decree} which the State of which the other party is a resident is bound to respect. | that the demand for freedom was so long delayed. But centuries of order and submission are not easy shaken off. * G os rs | In 1765 vague discontent flared tnt. e vol th How serious the resulting tangle of marital r ip will be res! | passage of the Stamp Act, a measure directly involving mains to be seen. But it is clear that this new exh The Spark of protentet Ks Liberty Is Would buy itable conditions fostered by irrespons s est possible argument for their correction. Ce ly, The w: yl to repeal a bad law is to enforce it, the way to a reform of div ‘ §s through a demonstration of their evils such as the court makes. As a result of this decision there must be a drastic rev statutes to secure entire uniformity throughout the States a maional law. The latter, Fanned Into ik eleven citizens were sloop Gaspee was sen > the revenue laws. She w Sooner fn An | than pa: | napolls @ cargo of gland. | In spite of these danger signs the British ministry increased the oppressions, land tn September, 1774, the first continental Congress met at Philadelphia to plan on of divorce or, failing that, | : as more in line with the y t tendencies | redress. of legislation, will proba @ favored. The court has put on the! | The scattered colonies had been -driven py fil treatment into a compact, dan- mation an obligation which it can shirk only at the loss of its self-respect. ' Daaviot Cendocd RDA Cecing Tee GI ns ne WOEEEESESESESESEC HERSEEEEEEEEREEEE AMER REE EER Mane DOPREREEEAEEEE EES ESE ESASESELASEEESEAAEEAEAAEAAEEESES SHEEAEEESLSSES ESS SEESLESESLELLEELE SELESSOLELE EEL ELS SELELEELELESSSOES SESLSSESSEAESELES OLE SLE SLES SESE LED dover my month ©oA fine: of light 1 then he thought better of {t and laid both hands,, ‘Mar {s not in the race now, You need not speak through the Sherhadeneren’ ait empty, on the table, | of him nor of your brother Charles either.” door t of the noise the Ja “Our plot has failed; but that does not mean o; I can well understand that my brother's gain it rattlec e desist that St. Qu in {s immortal,"" {s not a pleasant name in your ears,” Lucas tered bre g and I heard s “You may be very sure of one thing, my friend,” | agreed. ‘You acknowledged one King Charles X.; tena the duke observed. ‘I shall never give Lorance de | you would Montluc to a white-livered flincher.” jit “The duke of St. Quentin fs not {!mmortal,"| “I Lucas repeated. “I have m ehall get him in spite of a | ‘That ts well, for you will never “Iam not sure about Lorance even then,” said| feel the crown on your brows, good uncle! You Mayenne reftectively. “Francois de Brie is agitat-| are graund between the Spanish hammer and the ling b If about that young mistress. And he| E | made any failures—ds yet.” rang to his feet. wore to me I should have her.” “Permit me to remind you again that you have | | not brought me the price.” “Do not “T will bring you the price.” | you in ba n then,” spoke Mayenne with the smile of | with yo in the cc {ke well to see another Charles X., but not Charles of Guiso you mean.” to be King of France,” Maye aay Nea nA fis sed him once, but I | enne be sank in a heap a 1 bent over i (Copyright, 1900-1901, by The Century Co. werved.) CHAPTER XIV. In the Oratory. ‘4 bet. CRAVE i ul’——— Mayenne cried, half forward on the table, een e} nt on: ne, monsieur uncle. I think ut Iam ready to sink or swim | if So long as the hand of Lorance fs in |the cat standing over the mouse—“e'en then I/ your bestowing I am ful servant. I have | might change my mind.” j not hesitated to s to serve you. “And it it Ww: | Then uid Lucas roundly, “there will be more | Last March I made disguised, to tell dead duke In France." | you of the king’ yenne looked up at him as unmoved as {f {t| St. Quentin's certa vere not in the power of mortal man to m: | lose his temper. In stirring h!m to dre ing change of faith and of I demanded then with mademolselle, But nt me back to Mantes I do—well, I mothing for hi Then tell him fr my price, my marr at me off {n one cruelly coze } servant of | had achieved an extraordinary triur ‘our St. Quentin.” } would will {I iehow thought that the man who had shown And you have been about {t these four \ love he onc |hot anger was the real man; the man who sat s and you have not killed bim,” $ reddened with (aecmlele | j.there quiet was the party leader, nid now, evenly: | t isa silly way to talk to fs the truth for once,” Lu nent ‘to stab and be mas- such a service of me, M. enne. If I do ‘s work for you I choose my own time and y. I brought the duke to Paris, delivered him up to you to deal with as It i liked you. But you with your army at your back | fraid to him. You flinched and waited. ie, P. 28 mé ade sullen rey ong as he could prick and {rritate he preserved an air of unshakable composure; but whon Mayenne recovered patience and himself? be. tele he will try out of Paris now Lorraine?” “Only one,” she with th san tc Lucas's guard broke down. His volee | y ed not shoulder the onus of his death, Then > and th lden r ft TOR 4 done when I called him fool, yt help you out of your strait, planned to make - her, “I am ay € Vand he burst out violently: é his own son's the hand that should do the deod; T fully, “for I br th de Dieu! monsicur, what am T doing your | +4 ill the duke and ruin his helr; to put not only that love me." d dirty work for? For love of my affectionate| ct Quentin but Mar out of your way"—— I droppe: before } sintte } uncle?” Wy yenne said. “Mar of no consequence to hem of her It might wel for that. I have been your “Ah, I nate uncl you say. ay you would ¢ ! » his feet ! ) affection le, you say? My hirer, my mere A weeping as If i Lk oy | suborner! T was.a Protestant; I was bred up OY | join the Cause he was a hindrance to tt. You had Thad no ski hot, I bent my head f { fed | tio Huguenot Lucnses when my father cast off my Netcast letealed before her, § mother and me to starve. T had no love Nee A AUUR UHI TEA ROE ane aise “It boots hat U or the Lorralnes, T wa referred h to Valere."* hall say to ve w not r Ay Fac eanuamas iy ranke when [I was made pris Nea HS eas ; you will gain tt w t yard aside TOLER ETM Tce mm were spying for Navarre id\T want, Bim \iellad) (a0 our, views) {tbed: my fau Nar enh ine: ieht we caught you. You had been hanged rare i hen Da ee os “Made ft was the fault of my hasty f houte yenne pyc eacte Ia din that gray dawn had T not re Why not, then? Did you preter him as your wife's lover t ome other who might appear?” pemnts Neen elve as my broth ih RANI aA " But sho shook hor heal \ i it ied TGA hoe rope from you and embraced y¢ pa oamepence atone Rab cy We cual uAys Javete T maintained that to you, but It w ‘ i s © table, ob: Reni ey BI as answered sake. You rode forth a cornet in my | "Nr eine broke into laaghter, Mayenne something in’ Vt 1M : tl t touch of heat he own, “It was | 8° ad of dying like a felon on the gallows “Nom d'un chien, where will you keep her? In meneral 65 : for T 4 hee : 1 marten : RAH PoleOraraniGnt | “You had-your ends to serve," Lucas muttered ee a aa er overt He nol” cheap. Hy : I uy th I ’ ! | ( h sa cuickiy, or it will be the| ‘I took you into my household,” Mayenno went [the Bastille? | Jorance and no loveral Ho, hol ee e ; m blade " , and quickly, or lon. “let you wear the name of Lorraine, I did] “mean none whom she favor Neer “a Jak } not draws ee ane a Reine not der dof my cousin and ward,| “Then why do you leaye Mar allye? She adores Siataoieinn harienndieck a le SCR GT aoa lands th if leaning forward | Loran j the fellow, ine sald. Thad no {dea whether etly at me her hand | t ‘ ther ic ; BREAST Keb | “Deny me ou did not. Nefther did you said It to annoy Lu- Nd ee i it me, but put me off with lying promises. | effect. Lucas's brows ; a aan eit et y micarditran the se Quentinv estate, nt then you ce nd win back the falter | rot : n effort, like a man t d avompted’ to come to town te house of St. Quentin b; marriage between | urder str J Eeneretee minty ileal eyes Gee cousin and the Comte de Mar, Afterward, | “I know nves im now and she would ovo i en my brother Charles d 1 into Paris and | im dead; but she would not love him a parrl- ; : if Mt Is a questicta | the people clamored for his marriage with the ole Ree TE » put off till | fanta, you conceived the sch “Is that your creed? Pardfeu! you don't know eee rance on him. But it would not do, a n} women. The blacker the villain the more they ¢ Jealous of Mar, But at present we twe you promised her to me If I could get you certain | adore bim.” i F Vaffaire St Quentin,” | information from the royalist army. TI return “IT know {ft 1s true, monsieur,” Lucas sald i all one,” Lucas answered quickly. “You|{n the guise of an escaped prisoner to Henry's |smoathly, “that you have had successes,” a may to-morrow. {n to the very lackeys CHAPTER XV. My Lord Mayenne. he door by the click | « 6 that the man prince in : second I made the |” e xed over to his chair and seated 's cub!” Ly repe laughing, “Our what {s to be the reward of my success.” | camp to steal you secrets, end the moment m, Mayenne started forward with half an oath, ¥ she was still on my side of it.) hime Jaying his knits om the table ~ front of |} g had called me that, pardien! But I knew | thought you told me you had failed. back was turned you listened to proposals from | changing to a laugh, tee t i “1 was ‘beginning, when she la! her bim. fy tace smoothed out“to<geei knmor—no ‘not you acknowledged Satan in the family,” .- yh hand moved instinctively to bis belt; | Mar again.” , (To Be Continued.) ? ; ,