The evening world. Newspaper, August 13, 1906, Page 8

; the EVening World's vaily s:agazine, monday, August 13, 1906. _ —— a ‘The Law Says a Nickel! The FIFTY GREATES _.. oe Semon Oey 3 Sapo cally EVENTS in HISTORY WOLU MEE 67 00.0..ccsccs es cccses sevece seoneg sovsees NO 16,429, | ONE FARE TO CONEY ISLAND. — Justice Gaynor's decision thatthe Gouble fare-charged to Coney Island the Brooklyn Rapid Transit , Company Is Illegal is @ sweeping Tw OR for the public, she GNYNG “ta less a paiityieg tumph e DEG SiON the better-diecipiined foe. The Romans won i Moult foothold ing World, which on ; 4 but the natives at last drove then out and won independence jon 0 sarang the fight against (Z Uf Dopp “A WWE CENT FARE rors from the bordere of Germany and Seandinavia overren England. ‘Thee now No, -£3,—The Congnest of Ragland. ITTLE has been matt of nd tn the present series, Not that ite Ntetory Up to this point tad not been of great interest, but it had had until the eleventh century comparatively little influence on the general latory of the world. In early days the country had been populated by heathen, savage tribes for ever at war With each other. They had comtsned against the Romans who im vaded the country under Jullus Caesar, and for a time w FROM THE Invaders were Known as “Baxons,” though in time they called themesives “Ting~ this form of traction overcharge y j 96 CVTY To mE Sta" {ieh." “They completely won the country, whith they proceeded to apportion and | hict . " “ LLG Ty then to fght over acnong themeelves, Down came the Danes, or Northmen, cone - tas now besa brouget to | YY, | quered ..e Baxon: i gained co lof England. But the Saxons within « quam | successful issue. | LEZ, ter century put down the Danes and made themselves once more masters of the sorely distraught {and Justice Gaynor's opinion was de- Iivered in the case of Dr. Thomas J. MacFarlane, a passenger arrested at) the road’s instance for refusing to r which, in spite of internal str fos and petty ware, ‘ thay remained Iq COSTFOT WNT the middie of rhe ch 7. Then came @ political anarl whose rights and wrongs have never been clearly setued. ‘The muddie, brtefy, was ae follows award, King of England, had no acne. He was reinted to the Dukes of Normandy idescendanta of the Norse pirate, Rollo), an@ venth cent iti “cent PA RANE P IR TTIOR GE promised to make Duke Witla) St Mormeandts tis beter, tis optagn ot dale i a The Wrangle That} As throne was not @ private pomeasion to Coney Island. The Justice sustains ae sa baal ard pad not Qxe Omannaat RANE " ’ ta i * ed to fho e th fe was a man all MacFarlane's refusal to pay and discharges him. According to the road’s | Heap nF e te 8 ae Pagani Officers “the case was not one of our right to charge an extra fare, but) | BELIEVE Conquest. J Mor hum the niskbame of Baward the Contemor” He waa whether our conductors had the right to cause the arrest of any one re-| " . : : Normar Athieg, and though he knew his Gazom ‘ ; ‘ ' > x Mi f | subjects nated the Normans he still planned to overthrow the brave Baxon dy> fusing to pay.” They unce that they will keep on charging a ten- { LA GO : = ‘ s , ladies th tar uaoale raed: { cent fare. | By" pol of England at the (me was one Eart Godwin. He was Sop? " j { he people Sixen, anti-Norman element and was strong . But the language of the Justice’s opinion on that point is too explicit | Swim a perdi dard tovea tecarae 4) gar ovt ps aemphaprestome vee ph eh ____to leave any eround for controversy. He says: “The statute enables fe Wengen’ and fied to Normandy,. ybite Duke Wilttam E segs ; oe. ato ot a = : i f* ee L : tog ghia kindness (the cman Dy Street railroad companies and steam rallroad companies to acquire control) org See Sra rE ee 4 of other railroads thant their own by lease or other contract, but it pro- did him Homage as shtful master. Herold returned from exile, and on Gode | win's death inher old Earl's popula 4 porte veer { vides that a street railroad may charge only one fare for a continuous | Bo. when, in i King Edward died wit tan betr. the people unanimously ruaniee htei. one paint to another over its tracks in any city or village | chose Harold as King a. the same time sent envoys to ree iin Tain OF ae ee CRE OIF ag Et iuciuding the |) acks of any railroad so leased or controlled by it. | This opinion is in'fine with decisions of the Court of Appeals in re-| assumed the » y of the cguntry tory reply a But the strain of Scandina blood would no! i y i i mit tamely to this 1 of his hopes, He etirred up H lated cases, and there is every expectation that the higher court will sustain pay dante MET tan WRT ACen aoe it if appeal is taken. If it means anything it means that the road has no Norsemen under Hedrada sw Jown upon the Brits q =) ' rany invasions) and William raised an ariny to follow the nple shadow of excuse to exact the second fare If MacFarlane has the court's Ce SHAE MAL: CAPSS Task Tak SPoCUE AR ESOT and iad ia Sanction to refuse to pay a second nickel, on what pretext can the road | ing the Scandinavians forever from FR. Then he turned to meet William, ask it of other passengers? | who, with @ thighty Norman host, had cr he Channel. The two armiase Is the traction company prepared in the face of this decision to con- ] Seen R0e eee eet St SRetiee sea s army, airvady weal Jened by their bate w ught herolcal i ever in the vam | was thetr gigantic, yellow-haired King. A Norman arrow wound<@ Harold. Bev wer himself four Norman knights upon him and kihed him. Seeng ther for five years jonger » Bax ine Wore tine to abet disorder by demanding double fare? To do so will be to E incur a grave.responsibility ACROSS THE CONTINENT AFOOT. e." (Clarence Archer, 2 Saratoga boy, has reached Canada on a trans- % Continental walk to Los Angeles, where a $5,000 farm, the gift of rich =» Relatives, awaits him. It is offered as a reward for the hardship and self-| _ denial the long walk will entail. Two young college graduates, one a| nephew of Admiral Evans, have left Washington to work Aheir way around the world on a wager. These journeys should be as profitable in result as a college educa- tion, What a sight the lads will have of cities and men, what a practical | acquaintance with life which they could gain in no other way so well! To Orr Harold's Death pases and Willlam’s y fought va Vietery. 8 successor ancentors nad Much pathetic no: by Nonran robbers | country. ‘The ‘Saxons onquest of England os the ah sorta The rough stren with Gie SKIT, © of the great mom po i wer jrauons ag ewer Norman mar merged To the resu netand owes her later prowess. fut the conquest’s chef rewult w , Of the Hazon and ancient French diaiects inzo the Englien lnecuage (oe Weding While the conquest itself was without legal or moral justifoation mover's genius made |! the witimate benent to himmoty mt of this ve arge that it proved c wa \ | to de. Men’e wie 1f crise! the laws he introduced and the fnfuence for be and afoot as they are will be to ‘realize possibilities of adventure Ce ee Ee eeO ee Ca een ted transtormed the wrangling discontent 2 ; | oes ‘& Saxon isiand into the ity and invincible strength of a unites Tomance more interesting in the actual experience than in printed The quarrelsome. aggrresive national disposition remained, but hencsoth was directed mo longer agane: iteelf, but against the Mval word power if a Qaeeeeeeeerey tat Veseeeeesseeeeeees ew Han Hagar of the Pawnshop. know ‘of this secret place, ur of the existence of) Mr Peters the secret recess {hese letters, He stole this casket from his master) knew & would. at the sig snd did “not know that it was used to hide the: “piatles from‘ married woman. I'll keep the cask esfely, and eee what comes of it when Mr. Peters! His face fell, ae ame of the vacant space, Why, t's empty!” he said aloud, in a chegrine® tone 1 thought—1 thougnt”— uv (Copyright, 1908. by W. @. Chapman.) | “The date, mins? SYNOPSIS OF PRUE Magar Stanley, a bea ked the man, in @ pussied "Yoa; the casket is Cinque Cento, Florentine work 1 dart4fay it you took it to a West End Jeweller | uld get more on it than I am prepared to oman sana Fos would find some letters within,” inter | Thirteen pounds te my simit {rupted Hagar, emartly. “No doubt; but pou eee * 1 take said Peters, promptty. “I don't care 7 But she 4/4 not put the letters back tn thelr secret’ Petercow tat ts your name—I heppen tw have a y about pawning it in the West End, where I ama, | Foceee. It might be that the valet would return be | ticipated you.” od £ known. | ore the conclusion of the month; and if she were! “What? You found the letters?” ‘ ” [Out of the shop at the time, her assistant would give) “Y scaunirel, no doubt," thought Hagar é ‘i ald gt 3; a neat litte bundle of th 2 1 yn at led edi tui ahs Canc rar jdack the casket. Hagar felt that it’ would be wrong! my sate.” ‘vm, which ites tm ‘ good min—and geting the Renatswa: te let the letters get into the hands of so unacrupu: “Please give —— od Darymin rout tn en 1¢ them to me.” the man, woth | ons a scoundrel as she believed Peters to be. Did tremulous eagerness ate he find out the secret of the hiding-place and the| “Give chem to you!" letters were within, he was quite capable of mak | ously thirteen pounds was a very foc CHAPTER I. out the tleket in the fa name of J repeated Hagar, contempta handed it to htm, together with a ten-px ot I! It ts not my by t ng pec ing capital o h e expense of the | y business to enpoursge Ti aik bak eimai a pentiector mending |? re a an cic gion gue apt at dns ut of them at the expense of the uN | blackmailing.” . : bappy woman or his own master. He had the face, wy ’ ple's characters in thelr faces. The curve Of 4 greedy | nh yes and turned to depart w of @ biackmailer; so Hagar reciosed the casket and ut they are my letters!” orted Peters, wetting =, =e = glanae SY_Khe—uywenahe—couid—&- : door of t op he paused, Put away the letters in the big safe in the parlor, | °" ut ot denying the nputation of a duterpret these truly; for to her feminine inetinct «ne > a las Hasar- 1 pie 19 @ Meht woman—a bad woman” she thougnt | eu ecenet, beep ‘wig _letteve!” I ean redeem that casket whenever Uke, mins? + thitictng—ot—t Hentrice tat! 4 3, can,” retorted Hag: » @dded a logical judgment masculine in t's discretion pameelaeetnaen or ewan’ aan 4 ce auton t tar hag. | the shelf behind ber ee peeps ~ Kk >usly eserves hment for hav- bebini 3 ne ear © Was rarely wrong when whe exercised this face «7 row, if It plea you,” ‘reptied Hagar way that I cae ing deceived her husband. But I won't give her into! ***P ‘his casket, if I 80 ehoose” the power of that reptile; he would only fatten on| “HOW dare youl aid the m. 4 y An, hosing al ‘hie uity. ny customers who entered the coldly. “so long as you pay me a month's interest Lambe: ia Meta tne . for the loan of the money.’ her agony. If he comes back for the casket, he ™#V!ty. “The box te mine ‘Thank you, mise: I shall take tack the box shall have It, but without those letters.” “It is your master's, you mean; an@ the lewem 06 : @ month's time. In the mean time, I leave Nias a we ten, Yon stele the aasmae casket of | your charge, = nd wish you a very good da #ar did not think for @ moment that Peter casket to get money and now ; w of the existence of these epiatics. eise in place) YU Would steal the letters, i you could, to extord ; violent Gisice. “Gub-| Hagar gave a shudder of disgust ae he left ne of pawning the box he would have-levied blackma! |™0P@” from woman. J you know what you ara @equent events proved that she was right in doing *"?? at bien toa Lt oc Rrers agit oe. e on the wretched Beatrice or her lover. But when yori phd 6. are @ scoundrel!” a snake or , inct ng in two weeks—long bef: | ere could hardl: t uae vane sie kasecstedys ed ane or ] aa me tng, = fore the conclusion of snd for rage: but when be Olly ecoundre!. In appearance he was a respectable who Was tbusing the trust his employer placed * was far more likely to have beer come to Mr. Peters by wi gentlemen to leave thelr servants ue Cento caskets | Yery plainly that he had learned the secret in the POHC® At this she mughed contemptuously mean time. How and from whom he had tearned it| “Th* police!” she eonced. “, i | Hagar forcea him to explain. She was able to 4 | Pd? Call @ policeman, if you dare, and I give |thig, as he wanted back the casket, yet had no |¥°U In charge for thieving that bor’ ; jthe money to rédeem #. This circumstance gave) “YOu cannot; @ervant—a valet or a butler—and. wore an immaculate,” @uit of black broadcloth. His face was as white as that of @ corpse and almost as expressioniess, Two The cadket i you do not know m: 7 tufts of whiskers adorned his lean cheeks, but his ra called it, was very beautiful her @ power over the man which she exercised mer | “Do I not?" ret i y Susie name” thin mouth and receding chin were uncovered with|® a art, worthy ctlessly# and for some time—playing with him in ca'| Mf "You forget o* ome obably it was t that the name and address land mouse fashion—she pretended to misunderstand Your maater are on those letters” « his errand. But at fret sight «en saw from yu Seeing that he w: b J greedy eyes and the triumphant look on his {ac as baftied int hair, On his badly shaped head and off his low alshance work ce Barrow forehead the » visible fron gray was! ¢ his direction, the rushed smoothly. He dropped jor man changed hy 3 satin aaa Gasea tt which 9, 2 ; that he was bent on some knavery Me bear ee tone for one of atplomecy. when he ad Hagar “# ed softly in a/° elt By Rei gto yp ag rad y "I wish to Jook at my box, mins,” sald he, on firs! more ghnoxioun prin ai a pd and thfinitery most deferential m guessed him to pafroi tingle: ‘ entering the shop. “I cannot redeem it as yet, hu | listen to bie vile oe F mule beam ef there were figures Propositions with calmness; tut @ West End servant, and 2 physiognomy ng satyr, flower-wreathed H1€ you would permit me to examire it I''— | the did 20 advinediy, ax she wished t 3 y \ ay “Certainly! id Hagar, cutting him short; sh | ‘¢ 2 0 Know the story knew hin at On the 4 @ full-leng the letters, the name of the woman who had had no patience with his flowery periods. “Here ‘9 ‘written them, and that of the man. wd hands; below c This “ge gentieman"—as Hogar guess a D0: Look at it as long as you please to who: —Peter’s masten= him rightly to eave t eof Julien e * 2 ggyoon me kd r, , 2 wheter sat” the casket ees on ed it, af en 6 ee poy tank Was die and the address 4, Mount street, Mayfair. Ae cor.| cher sy ee ay cal, Me i Roath The Man Counted the with a Greedy Look in His Eyes. Ivoked Into the empty space within; then be shook, “wey not share the arose ein of seat retraite ; Scaler . ms . HONEST Ks hoe et Cee it and turned it upaide down. though he expected in gitky tones; “thoes 1 oad Peters, tainly as though she had been in the creature's ed Ww gold, smooth and lustreless; but this : the Inner tox to fail” out. In a moment Haga | yp S/KY tones: “those letters are worth « great desk false. At e was WwW this tiny gem of goldmith's art) He: ry naar 3 y Hagar only reat tne casket that it contained a neeret re acle and Price. elther to my master or to the iaay who wrote | ne was 1 e had 1 © jewel case of some F ne * 1 t she had stumbled ° . them. come honé the’ casket » ac oat cogs gi ead : A patie : vine ean aetkn and a Wa* looking for the same, With an ironic smile st ie ; Daw ead. at Dh SENSE . : a ; Ane : watched him fingering the detic carCings wit bt" replicd Hagar, -awith—spparent mequle aithoug © story he told was a very fal, and, ap-| over ordered it to be made, with ° en press!ng ; ‘ 6 CRON Jeter BAER | Mr ey KARAM ABA \eaw theYierih euch oar but before I agree to your proposal T muae * sh 9004 Sareea ay RRP OC eacetle P cay pid dling the casket would never yield up ite socres, *!W the story.” eS i orene aauty vy 4 "| i tberetete reveaied “it to im, not’ for his ea: | “COPtAniy; olen TX iehall tot ttueiyom yi! ; = ais oe ’ AL sfuction, Sut peentiee she wanted to know the bie ent.” Interrupted Hagar. “Is Patera a, der r aera pathy > Ww Ther 1 Story of the jove letiers; Wor-these without doult erest_mamme ip ve f t e ‘ w and cadled the creature was looking, and Hagar atulat” ”, mina; but the address I gave was false; also > « k . ‘ , paPsigaEs Wigan Be tmel ‘ i t AMOTALO'S Herself that’ she had obeyed her instinct and ha |the Christian name I wave you. I'm John Peters, ainty t the senmual piaced the letters beyond his reac Duke street, St, James’, in the employment of Lest 0 : ’ x Hag toed ' he of this marr You can't find it, I see,” she observed, as Peters | Averiey.” “ me to pawn | 60K! 4 t mis sed some little | row ov p not tie, Her put down the casket In disgust | “You are hjs valet?’ " this box t ¢ a te p ere appeared ang t 5 of mn thy at Aring: what?’ he asked, with a certain chailonge Yea; I have n with him for a tong time, tes vy . ads ax et we t Met packe i € J J fat | n his regara. 1 lost wome money at cards a week or Lwo ago, 68 a. ¥ . Jey ¢ as" a \ 1 Mt to he t “ ’ There waa, 1s 1 secret drawer fe nich yeu are looking. in. Seats * Mapiphe box at 5 i ates 4 the y 1 ‘ sas it might Jow do you know that I lovk for a secret drawer) “S0 you stole this casket,” finished Haber Ob, indeed, + : ait . raw teeta 6, and pros ’ an 8 Cie | sai ‘No, miss, 1 didn't," replied Peters, ‘with y paid Mr. Petors 1 it Bt the otc en Meagan : he) ure trove : f ne IN| ot can guess as ‘much from the persistent way in| dignity, ‘I borrowed it from my lo ship O rat iawn "nid Jghtnns nor sake Dar rapide Sos yaad which you press the sides of the box. Your late mas-| few Week® to get monex on It, I int ae +See i act elied: tae erie’ tice ft : ine Pig ead f : die eRe se tor, who left (he casket a8 a legacy, evidently did an venplage i, Feb te fie spent snail . yas Seale fate lar there is, and I intend to find it. W but late nineteenth t they were written qo bim as a legacy, was it? As it a man would in cp none ~tocinre Sane: 4 ’ ne ‘ Ha0@) what I may stumble on (« ( oid|im Italian, but in Beng Fenned in graceful female trust «ugh compromising letters to the discretion ‘ i the res, of H Florentine Wegedy, Like (uac ue Cruciia oflpendweiting upon scented paper perfume ef vio-|@ scoundrel like Peters! No, no; 1 am eure be ee \. 1 ee 3 Lindaalaa’ aa ia, iit asbiids