The evening world. Newspaper, May 11, 1906, Page 16

The Evening World*’s Home Magazine, Friday Eventwe, May 11, 1906. — Cheer Up, Knick! Your Credit Is Good. {Why the United States Ts What Tt Is Co-D2y. By Maurice Ketten, FOOTSTEPS UF OUR ANCESTORS 1N A SERIES OF THUMBNAIL What They Did; Why They Did It: What Came Of I, eR A a TE | RR VOLUME 46@....... . - . LAWYERS’ FEES. hes’s fee as counsel for GREAT ScoTT! DONT TAKE ITAL. LEAVE ME A Oy By Albert Payson Terhune, ] No. #3.—Dark Days of the Revolution. \ N the dark hour before dawn. on De A flotiila of Mathoat 108) | to the gunwales with vering, rag armed men, pushed stealthy : through the swirling waters and floating fce-cakes of the Delaware River, | DONT Worry. / These half-rozen men were bound on a forlorn hope; on a seemingly insand | VANDERLI P} expedition against a force of veterans double their own number. | SAYS YoUR A famous picture porimiys Washington standing !n a herote attitude In the | CREDIT IS foremost boat, the American flag waving above his head. As a matter of fact, the first American flag was not made, of even devise 1 tho following year te co! As the hour chosen for crossing the Delaw:re was the darkest 0 whote Me Gone | might, 50 was perlog the darkest of the whole Revolution. A as dawn 5 | crear ee al p ne ee CNEVERMIND, { ‘oke in the eastern sky that December day, 80 did the deeds of that Aa ras & Megoes or Similar services Pata WE Wine ( |agged band of adventurers bring the first gleam of dayt that nos e@ 41 covering a period of five months was for $25,000. | PARES GACHS usher tn a brighter era for the patriot cause * Mr. Root’s was of like amount. £40) ly retainer was $20,000. You LIVE ON Ever the signing of the Declaration an almost unbroken series of || Self-depreciation cannot be truthfully alleged against any of these CREDIT Pierre rarpeaoa Sree sete al ase aise able attorne. The Manhat receivership © > had won vic after vio‘ory. They developed another interesting instance of large legal fees. After the An Unbroken LRG All ibaa etsy AU a | \ $60,000 lawyers’ bill was paid only $6,000 was left to the creditors, The Run of Whentiie" hice ARID WiLHONI Ter estate of William Rice pa alleged to have eived by Mr. Hornblower's firm. Everythir Mr, Hughes's services would have been c at'$100,000. The State is still in his debt. It is under a new ob to him for his example of moderation and honesty in legal charges. $125,000 was endl oes try met with equal sry thomselves were no only fves An: ha 1 New i and Vi sm Wax ylvania and New Jersey s but lukew: ned openly or secretly loyal to Engl y temporary excitement, sted in the ow of anior gave p S were followed by c defeats. more or less secret, clic . headed by yashington and s ands of | carried serted b Son, and when Moreoy THE APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE. | The Telephone Trust, confronted by the Prospect of adverse actior in the matter of franchises, lays its case befere the public through the} advertising columns of the new spapers. | It is to be said that the trust presents it arguments with considerable | & Plausibility. The experience of cities supplied by competing telephone | companies has not been uniformly satisfactory. In the end it usually be-| comes necessary for a subscriber to one line to subscribe to the other also, | and pay a double charge in excess of the original single charge, even 1 nght with tled t ncompect e and graft (for the last named invention), lack of c| thesn dra ks Howe had, meantime, landed an ar the largest a! and ever sent ac , There were, 8, more than 20,00 German mercenaries, hired er of His Cou known by the general namo of “lies= d never at an muster © 0 men; most of them raw rex ty fed and badly ‘ © foregoing facts will make clear some of the overwhelming odds against ong B ‘Tre! 0 Hessians, fed by the patriots above all other hostila/| | { under fire to appeal direct to the public. The Gas Trust did so. The Insurance Trust did so. The Telephone Trust follows their example, r Time was when appeals were made to the representatives of the people i in the Legislature or the Council Chamber under circumstances which did not call for publicity. Now the plan is to court inquiry, to tak } into the company’s confidence and to influence t of final resort. Washington Turns Defeat Into Victory. V1 f ‘as extortionat 7 ife inv: Al triots. : where that was extortionate. Moreover, the manifest destiny of the new In December, 1778, Gen. Cornwallis deci at th wolution was utt company js to be absorbed by the old, thereby mak’ the monopoly | crushed out of existence. He lett New Je tn Manhat! pared to sail % nd. Then it was th absolute, , s : pubes Hina neaathe exzieal ic thitawascor ture thelwaee ide e war. At Trento | ip But the point of interest is the growing disposition of corporations ewe NOW Brunswick, Fllzabethtown and other Jersey towne he could the people opinion first in the court ictories of the whole war. . killed thelr leader, took more than 1,000 armunition and food. } the nation. Continental troops ao ton; he patriot arm: gs run of 11 was to lead This is not to say that public service corporations have suddenly grown virtuous and that the older methods have fallen into disuse But the tribute to the power of publi ts toa most encouraging change of view, "| Policy is becomi ng a thing of the past : - Setessens: Oease tone ROAR EMAAR AAA A CRA AAA Keane anenadanan BE EEEBEESEDEEASAS AEENREBRESASAEESE EM OO OSAODBODOEEBROMS AELEDS MMeL | | dehgat. “Mave neil a passport, yOuy One c's not on. countersign, ee Nee eRou enact le word now and I" p told me we must ttle word?” she ughter. not to be caught so easy as cea p out of our v r road. from the Po “Oh, come, monsleur captain,” GiUes ur; r ny a fellow goes in and out ol it a passport. The rules are a net td) } mall fry go. What darn) enne you or anybody! to let three poor sere mother what to do? We must get through (Copyright, 1900-1901. by The Century Co. All erred) CHAPTER XXVIT, The Countersign. Fughts Re fare no better at the P Neuve? stop ted he'll not be at, Will prop that we part compa it not know Gilles and Felix ne igh to their dy psOlates me to hear of her extremity,” the} answered with a fine irony, “but I ans} do my di nking, my dear,’ 0.” Vigo sald doubtful = | Then can we get through?” she cried, “They I. not stop us, such humble folk! We art going | to the bedside of our dying mother at St. Denis.| Your name, Gilles?” | “Forestier, mademoiselle,” he stammered, star- tled feter th 4 the door and xt, giving n demoiselle tered. . He pushed was eying her sharply, suspiciously; she te to protest: then are we all Forestiers—Gilles, Felix and] “And perhaps an We can pass out, Vigo; I am sure we No, mo} My absence may be discovered—I must place my-! ™Y work Esta? does apt 8 Jf witaout the walls speedil what a ant lass has to do. “Oh, no, monsieur; I am servant to Mme. Mes wife." serve In the shop?" said, not se gz his dritt n pass out. I am loath to part with you, but Ij but on gue ainst a trap, mons ry ts “Well, mademolsello may try it," Vigo gave re-: For answer he took her hand and lifted tt to you are some great lady’s maid?" nier, the grocer fear to go through the city to the Porte Neuve. | &m never in the shop. I am ictane consent. “If you are refused we can fall! tho Mght, revealing all Its smooth whiteness, Its back on the Porte Neuve. If we succeed— Lis-j daty Y. Dellahed nails, ten to me, you fellows. You will deliver eel sarees e “ nsieur’s hands or answer to mo) @tAc eed Haneef cke pouehes her little finger—wel!,|_ With a little cry she snatched her hand from Fiat ‘him, hiding it {n the folds of her kirtle, re moiselle does not understand {t arding trust jim, /hiding.te ; garding | niga to eta “Pat's understood,” we answered, saluting to-{ him with open ened somewhat at at Pen Sate aE PAS : {sight of her distr " wyfademolselle need have no doubts of them ina Well a SSHOne/ OU ay; Rus nese ita tady sh nie f Vigo said. "Felix is M. le Comte's own henoh-! '0 ! sauarad ag eroun at nighe i i man, And Gilles is the best man in the house-} With 2 Dorter and a lackey, Dw witas yy H| Role fret e Sign ae Po ane Y at Ba here io keep my gate, and I'll keep it. Go try w. wit y ty) “We went boldly round the corner and up the; Wueedle ihe officer at tho Porte Neuve. eas HHIYYA street to tho gate. The sentry walking his beat| ; bedte: f £0. mutch ‘ MA, Stre o lleniency, we turned av to face a tall, grizzled {ordered us away without so much as ‘looking at) veteran in a colouel’s shoulder-straps. | With a y “If Mayenne do that, by the Throne of Heaven, I'll kill him! us. Then Gilles, snneintal cue ey eee bet dragoon at ils back ha had’co RotaOtTECUEOE : ce , a ~ ite ————_—___— manded to see the captain of \aedatNad ty | je alley that not even the ain had mark \ h 1 pardons, mademoiselle. Thad indood, rand was urgent. budge. | him. | : Phis orders, Now will]. We had to go out by the great gato, because tho} But the sentry showed no disposition to bu elle thiat geile’ Gulllicrtswane derarued uns key of the postern was in the Bastile. But as it|Iad we a passport? No, we had no passport} wcorie fois seeking to get through the gutea : nithed deep, It| by magic every guardsman and hanger-about had |'Then we could go about our business, There. Was) wy Tye juat turned them aw: : mas a regl- disappeared—there was not one to stare at the| No leaving Paris to-night for us. Call the ie | ng about the Porte Neuve?" Ahir wane Soi cao an Sth oN eh aphen wa had: pasked’acme ona locked iain. No; he would do nothing of the kind. Be go sec how that gate ls kept. } ca, as If there could be the gates behind us. Vigo called me up to made-!off, then! th«| 1 showed them how this {s."" \ fi moiselle’s left. Gilles was to loiter behind, far) But at tls moments Hearne lea) Aan ene the| ‘Why must you pass through at this time ot ~ pure devil to try to ruffle him encuph to seem not to belong r enguet onsen berks anes Gites CEE ey ators: DIRntT said the commanding oflicer civilly. Gilles nai LN Sasa Mp Re Peouee ase : crus we set |Our mother at St, Denis had sent for us to como| ence agaln bemonned the dying mother, Tho young 1 b » moneys. SEED DIN it ‘ i ane Ss, We se! to her dying bed. He was a street porter; the CODEBIE: eager to prove his fidelity, interrupted I ; mle turned qulekly Our quarter was. ver) +, Wa scarce met ia} miasenwer had hea trouble 19. fad hitb. eee manivallaye tatare falry tale, sir, There's someq post. Felix and your man here will caro hood of the r At the Give BPM, Ballet, Chopra ey ghost! It ‘as a pitiful case_M,|she is a grocer’s servant, and has hands ike a t urged me, quiver Now wore we gladder thon ever of Vigo's escort, | viel % “i pase? | duchess’ she repeate as In el Yr f 1 Ni walt a dozen or of ri ne ment lights mradleeoplea ie ahellered aera oa tate stray In the face of rademol-| ly nor unfriendly, He sald in a perfectly nestrat the streets alone t even f \ Lar \ Te knows." ner yehind the equerry's broad back, hidden as 2 anner: : i day. Now will ye 1 i Nae Hic nia tower, Once the gallant M, de Champ-|solle, Mghted up by the flambeau on the tower} mann (ro maloaneuens \ ‘to St. Denis?” ft e and J sto oh! wha y, he who in pink silk had adorned Mme, de] wall. % “ hat le, {t 16 ‘ é ee piper a Hts pare : Lee liclose enough’to touch her I should be glad tg oblige your charming a paeareae enene ny do.” 0 ¢ N he fd it 4 wi t to Mile. de It was no| She heaved a sigh of rellef when he was by. For| ter,” he returned, smiling, “but none goes of of “The Masquera@Ser, by Kathorine ¢ As for me, I Arc nt vion4 t ! 8 dressed | marve 1 conquered M, Btlenne, for he must own sake sho had no fear; tho midnight] the elty without a passport. Perhaps you have|qnuraton, author of “The Gamblers! wilh f Nps to her Singers soft t ' I esdachate beankinciowercuien TbamerOnartuubalnUacroetan th atamenttend rateeenen nanReeD powor] one, though, from my Lord Mayenne? sport trom| 12% “TBE, Nelmet of Navarre," en dey 19, ! t hart her te n ; B er Inging Vigo to her feet sbe had won a triumph |to daunt her; but the dread of being recognized ‘Would our kind be carrying ® passport from] qne Even‘es4 World,