The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 25, 1905 Page: 8 of 8
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CHAPTER XXIV—Continued.
They strolled into the conservatory.
Fur the first tlnui he was alone with
Jessie Carden, and a sense of exalted
happiness surged over him.
Dlulto had formulated no plan of
campaign for tln> conquest of Jessie
Carden, The light of her eyes und
the radiance of her beauty were to
him as ignes fat til. and drew him on.
He talked of California and of
Rocky Woods, but his eyes spoke
love and IiIb deep rich voice was
tender. Fair woman is seldom Mind
to the spell cast l>y her charms, and
it Is probable that Jessie was aware
of Blake's admiration; but she neith-
er recognized nor took advantage
ot it.
Though he knew that the odds
were overwhelmingly against him,
and that one false step meant Irre-
trievable defeat, he shut his eyes to
the perils which encompassed him.
He knew the risk he ran In appear-
ing In public with .Jessie Carden, but
he did not hesitate to secure a box
for the llooth performance.
There were four in the theater
party—the general and Edith, Blake
and Jessie Carden. Blake escorted
Jessie to the front of the oox r«nd
took his place by her side. The
boxes were thronged with fair wom-
en. but all eyes were turned on Jes-
sie Carden and her handsome escort.
She had been absent from New York
for two years, and only a few recog-
nized her. James Blake was even
less known, though his name had
been made familiar by the name of
Wall street achievements with which
he was publicly Identified.
The first act was nearly over when
a thick-set young man, with a soft,
florid face, sauntered Into the box
directly across the orchestra from
Blak<' and Jessie. Both recognized
the newcomer as Arthur Morris, and
both felt a s«cret joy that ho was
present. Like a flash the thought
came to Blake that, by means of his
I met Mtrs Cut ileu before you did.
Have 1 your permission, Miss Car-
den, to challenge Mr. Morris to such
a wager?"
"You have," laughed Jessie.
Gene I Carden's face was a study,
but Morris was too dumfounded to
notice It. Blake's words bail remind-
ed him of the night he first met the
young magnate from California. He
had only one card to play.
"I accept your wager." he raid.
"When I was a boy I lived In
Rocky Woods." begun Blake. "Miss
Carden probably has told you that
she spent the summers with Mr. and
Mrs. Bishop, who still have a country
place near there. Mies Carden was
then a little girl, but I remember her
distinctly. That's all. If you demand
evidence, I have not the slightest
doubt that Miss Carden or the gen-
eral will furnish It."
To Jessie's amusement ami Gener-
al Garden's relief Morris declared
that he did not doubt Blake's word.
The tires of jealousy burned fiercely
in hitn, hut he concealed his rage.
"I admit myself done, old chap." he
declared. "We shall hav? a jolly
dinner in honor of tny defeat. Say
Tuesday, at Sherry's? Will that be
convenient, Miss Carden? Good!
There goes the curtain."
Morris smiled gaily nnd excused
himself, and Hlake and Jessie re-
sumed their places.
"You have a wonderful memory,
Mr. Blake," said Jessie, behind her
fan. "1 could not help thinking,
while you were enlightening Mr. Mor-
ris, that perhaps you had uncon-
sciously confused your Rocky Moun-
tain career with that of your boy-
hood friend, John Burt."
The smile on Blake's lips died and
the color mounted to his temples.
"Perhaps—perhaps 1 did," he said,
after an awkward pause. A thousand
thoughts and feu.-s came to him. He
dared not lift his eyes for fear of
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rival, he could enhance th" chances
of a speedy success with the woman
by his side.
"Do you notice the gentleman sit-
ting nlone In the box opposite?" he
asked as the curtain fell.
"Yes," answered Jessie, raising her
eyes and looking at. Blake with a
puzzled smile. "Why do you ask?"
"That's Arthur Morris, the banker.
Would you like to meet, him?"
"I shall be delighted!" exclaimed
Jtssle, who could not resist the temp-
tation.
At that Instant Morris directed his
opera-glass for the first time at the
Blake box. The smile of joy when
he recognized Jessie turned to one
of blank amazement when he saw
James Blake. In response to Make's
signal the dazed Morris was picking
his way through the crush. Blake
led Jessie to the rear of the box.
"Miss Carden, permit me t present
my friend, Mr. Arthur Morris.'
Jessie smiled und offered her hand.
"I'm glad to meet any friend of
Mr. Blake's," she said.
"By Jove, old man, this is a joke
on you, or me—or both of us!" stam-
mered Morris. "Charmed to meet
you again, Miss Carden! How are
you. General Carden? This Is a
good one on you, Blake! I've been
acquainted with Miss Carden for
years—five years, Is It not, Miss Car-
der.?"
Jessie's laughing eyes admitted the
truth and Blake looked properly con-
fused.
"I shall have to forgive you," Hiake
said to Jessie, "but you are taking
an t nfalr advantage of a wild West-
erner."
"Yon have the reputation of being
lucky," said Morris, laying his hand
familiarly on Blake's shoulder, "but
I didn't know that your good fortune
extended to an acquaintance with
Miss Carden."
There was a shade of Insolence In
his tone, and an air which did not
esrsp, nny of Ills three listeners. It
hint"d that he was General Garden's
employer; that the latter was under
obligations to him, and that Jessie
was pledged to pay the debt. Hut
make was a good actor in the little
comedy between the acts. He held
the key to the solution. Of all the
figures In this ^implicated drama, he
alone knew the motives which Influ-
enced the other players.
"I might say the same to you, my
dear Morris," said Blake with airy
confidence. "Were It In good form I
would willingly wager a supper that
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encouraging the gaze of the man he
had wronged. The voices on the
stage sounded far away. Jessie's
Innocent words, "your boyhood friend,
John Burt," had hurled lilm for the
moment from the heaven of bliss to
the nadir of remorse. Opportunely
for his confusion, Edith called Jes-
sie's attention to some trifling matter,
and in the interval he regained his
composure.
The play ended, and Arthur Morris
again joined the Hlake party as they
waited for the crowd to leave. He
declined Blake's Invitation to supper,
pleading a previous engagement.
"I am chaperoning the governor,"
he laughed, pointing to his father,
whose ponderous bulk blocked an ad-
jacent ulsle. "By the way, Blake,
did you follow my tip on I.. & O.?
Bought a little, did you? That's
right; keep on buying It. It's going
up, as I said It would. You needn't
be afraid of It."
CHAPTER XXV.
The Mantle of Charity.
It wns la'.e on Sunday morning
when Blake awoke. For years he
and John had dined at four o'clock
on Sundays, nnd they had continued
the custom in New York. Hlake
looked forward to what had ever
been a pleasure, with an aversion not
unmlxd with fear.
He rang a bell and his valet re-
sponded.
"Mr. Burton will dine with me at
four o'clock," he said. "Until ho
leave* I'm not at home to anyone.
Make no mistake about this, Roberts.
I want a light breakfast."
Hlake carelessly glanced over a
newspaper. With u yawn he was
about to lay the paper aside, when he
noticed a headline descriptive of the
Booth performance of the preceding
evening. It was a ong article, but
Hlake was so engrossed in its reading
that he paid no attention to the
valet's announcement that his bath
was ready.
To the abject astonishment of that
trained and sedate servant, Blake
gave a cry of terror and sprang from
his couch, upsetting a small table as
he rushed towards the window.
In the full flood of light he agnln
read a paragraph which had frozen
the blood in his veins. It was as fol-
lows:
"Among the box holders at this
notable performance was James
Blake, the famous Wall street oper-
ator and financier, whose recent ad-
vent tu New York was signalized by m
market OK>vement not ><t forgotten.
Mr. fliake's gm • t were General Ma*
shall Carden, Mids Je: -le Carden and
Miss Edith Hancock, of Cohans, t,
Mii.-suchut'cttK Mlt.s Garden returned
a week ego from u two year*' sojourn
abroad, w in re her musical and artls
tic talents attracted nearly as much
attention as her rare beauty."
"My God! this Is awful—awful—
awful!" groaned Hlake. "Get out of
here!" lie shouted to his man. "What
the devil do you mean, standing there
gaping at me? Bring me a glass oJ
brandy, and be quick about It!"
lie hurled the paper from him uud
sunk back into a chair.
The door bell rang, and at the
sound every nerve tingled with ter
ror Was it John Burt? James
Hlake was not a coward—as he had
proved a score of times when his
mettle was put to the test—but from
the moment he went down to defeat
beneath sturdy blows he had respect-
ed his bo) hood conqueror.
The valet opened the door and
Hlake heard the piping voice of a tel-
egraph messenger. He drew a long
breath and tore open the envelope.
The message was from John Haw-
kins, and stated that he would ar-
rive In New York on the following
morning.
The little clock spasmodically
jingled the hour of noon. In four
short hours he would face John Hurt!
lie drank the brandy at a gulp, and
plunged into a cool bath. He glared
at the tempting breakfast, but could
not taste It.
"Take that stuff away and bring me
more brandy," he ordered.
Again he read the dreaded para-
graph. It had a fascination he could
not resist. He sent for all the Sun-
day journals and eagerly scanned
them for mention of the theater par-
ty, but to his great relief found that
it appeared only in the one paper.
Again he helped himself to the
brandy.
"Come to think of it, John don't
read that cursed paper!" ho ex-
claimed half aloud. "It's only an ac-
cident that I happened to see it. If I
hadn't been there lust night I never
would have glanced below the head-
line. What chance is there for John
to see It? Not one in a million!"
Ho paced up and down me room,
and paused to - urvey his r< flection In
a mirror. His face was drawn, and
dark circles showed under his eyes.
The decanter was his only friend.
The grave face of the valet did not
disclose the astonishment he felt
over the conduct of his employer.
Hlake was almost abstemious in his
habits, and kb; sideboard was mor>
of an ornament than a utility. In
this ho had wisely patterned himself
after John Burt.
"Shall 1 serve breakfast now, sir?"
asked Roberts.
Hlake answered with a sullen nega-
tive and tossed off his fourth brandy.
It sounded a new note In the scale of
stimulation.
"I don't fee why I should go Into
such a beastly funk over this affair!'
he muttered. "It's no crime to be in
love with a woman. She doesn't be-
long to him. They're not even en-
gaged. Suppose he does love her?
So do I. What if he did meet her
first? A woman is not something to
be discovered and pre-empted like a
gold m ne.'"
As the hours sped by and the dark
red line In the decanter dropped low-
er and lower, Blake's courage aroused
to such a pitch that he welcomed the
coming of John Burt.
"By God, we'll settle this matter
now and here!" he exclaimed as he
lurched unsteadily about the room.
"John Burt tior any other man shall
stand between tit" and Jessie Car-
den! I'll meet him face to face!
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The hall bell rang with that clear
precision which comes from the
pressure of an insistent hand. At the
same instant, the little clock ham-
mered ihe hour of four.
(To be continued.)
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Genuine J
The Great and Genuine Attraction for Bastrop and Bastrop County
I during the y«ur 1904, is the Peoplo's Favorite.
Buse's Usstaurant and Bakery
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all over Bastrop county. During the year 1904, we intend making the GUSK
RESTAURANT AND BAKEliV a Greater Attraction than ever. Coll and
price our Goods and the low prieos will astonish you.
Dry Goods andGroeeries
[e pride ourselres upon the elegant DRY GOODS and GROCER-
IES carried by our house, and when it comes to QUALITY and
PRICE, we invite the closest inspection, believing fair, honest,
bquare dealings will win golden opinions from the trailing public.
Palace Market.-g110^ Boef and
Barbecued Meats. Fresh Sausage.
^ BEER and ICE.
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BUSCHBRil
We are also Agents for the celebrated . . .
ANHUESER-BUSCH BEER.
And receive regularly Pure and Solid Ice
BY THE CAR LOAD.
We also have the agorioy for the great Health Food,
MALT NUTRINE.
"(iiiss s Resiaurant and Eatery.
Record Locomotive Building.
The Stratford works of the Croat
Eastern Hallway, in England. have tin
record of a locomotive engine built In
ten hours—a large freighter with a
tender. Before the actual construc-
tion was begun the various parts were
laid close at hand ready for fitting to-
gether. The workmen be^an early in
the morning and continued until the
breakfast bell rang. Then the part-
ly-built engine was photographed.
After a half hour's rest the workmen
returned to the task and continued
till the dinner hour, when another
photograph was taken. Thus the
work proceeded till the engine wan
completed, with the exception of a
coat of paint. This was quickly laid
on by a spraying machine, and in less
than half an hour was perfectly dry. |
The locomotive was then sent on a
trial Journey a few miles up the line I
and all proved satisfactory, so It was
sent with a baggage train. It has
been In active service ever since.
A Prophet Without Honor.
The late Hugh Htowoll Scott, fa
motis as Henry Seton Merrlman, au-
thor of "The Sowers," "The Vultures"
and other novels, was a man of extra-
ordinary reserve and self-command
The following story is told of him:
His father, who was a director of
the l^ondon Graphic, had an tinac
countable objection to his .,on's fol-
lowing a literary career, and tried to !
make a business man of him. His
son wrote In secret under a pseudo-
nym, and, although his work was sue- 1
cf ssful, he never betrayed his literary
Identity to his father.
On one occasion his father placed
before him one of the- young author's
own stories, saying, "Now, if you could
write a book like this, It would be an*
other thing altogether."
And still the son kept silence.—
Harper's. |
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BASTKOP CHAPTKH, NO. t 6,
a. A. M.,
Kegular meeting on
the First Saturday
Night In each month.
J- 3. JONES.
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Mec'ty.
BAKTHOP LODGE, NO. 118,
kmiouts of nr-ruiAS,
Itegulai meeting
Friday night of etch
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night in each
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-MUSIC.-
Vocal ■ and • Instrumental
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Is prepared to give Vocal and Instrumen- w
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COTTON SEED
£jQE will pay the Highest Price, in
Cash, give Honest Weights, and
buy at any time, winter or summer,
all Cotton Seed offered to us at our
Mill.
Bagging and ties.
To exchange
for Seed only
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We buy and sell
everything for
CASH.
Pouiell Oil jVIilt Co.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Bastrop Lodge, K ot H.,
Meet* first Monday night In etvoh
month,
J. B PRICE, Dictator.
H. J. KK88KLUS, Reporter,
Blaeksmthing.
BEN MARTIN
Located at RRHARD OLD STAND,
is prepared to do nil kinds of Hlaeksujitli-
iug in the heat stylo, carefully and with
dispatch.
A WOOD SHOP is connected with my establishment where
all klntU of Carriage and Wagon work is done tinder strict guar-
antee. Special Attention given to Horse Shoeing.
Your Patronage Respectfully Solicited.
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