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Or, THE TRIBUNAL OF TEN.

A TALE OF THE MINES.

BY EDWARD L. WHEELER.

CHAPTER I.
A'!‘ cavsrAi. LAKE.

“ HUS!!! not another word! They come at last I"

It was a cracked, wheczy sort of voice that uttered
the words in a low, cautious tone: two human heads
disappeared immediater behind the clump of low-
growmg bushes, which afforded concealment for the
owners thereof.

It was a beautiful moonlit night, in the latter part
of August, upon a rolling stretch of prairie, twenty
miles to the southeast of Mount St. Helen’s foot:-
hills, \Vashingtou Territory, and in the immediate
vicinity of a small sheet of water known as Crystal
Lake.

The moon soared high in thc starr dome of the
heavens andsan down a floozl of mo! ow light; upon
the picturesque landscape, which made ohjrcis dis-
cernible at a great. distance. A strong but invigor-
ating breeze swept down from the northwest, and
fanned the Vcrdurc oi’ the prairie Get an into a vista
of rippling billows, bringing upon ifs; wings an ( :-
quisito odor of mountain flowr rs and foliage, which
tended to lull th ~ scnScs into reposn,

A hundred yards away lay the rzichry sheet of
frystal-likc water, sparkling beautifully in the moon-

ight.

Across this lakclct, nearly opposite the place
where the two heads had disappeared, was a large
modern resid )ncc, izit [titr‘d near the valcr‘s edge.
from the chimney of which acol:im.1 of smoke could
be seen curling upward, so clear and pure was the
atmosphere.

Crossing the. lakclct. from in the directim of the
mansion, came a small row-boat containing two per-
sons—a. man and a woman.

The woman was rowing, whih the man sat facing
her, smoking a cigar, and conversing between occa-
sional puffs at the \vced.

As they neared the northwestern shore. the ap-
pearance of the twain bccaine morn noticeable,
from the fact that both were young anzl handsome.

The fair one who skillfully manipulated the oars
was not more than seventeen years-of age, and \ 115
formed in nature’s happiest mold.

She was attired in a neat-fitting costume, and wore
a bunch of flowers at her throat. ,

Ilcr well—poised head was innocent of covering,
except fer a wealth of sunny hair which fell in rip-

 

plcs to her waist; her face was decidedly pretty—-
not a face that an artist would go in costumes over,
but with that indcfiuable something in features
and expression which always interests, then cap-
tivatcs.

The man who sat facing this fairpilot was of good
figure, and evidently about twenty-live years of age.
His face was that of a haughty, self-willed person
yet there were softening lines about the eyes and
mouth, which gave him something of a dignified and
noble appearance.

He wore a mustache and goatce, and his hair was
cropped close to his head.

Ills attire consisted of knee‘boots, corduroy pants
and jICkcl, and white flannel shirt, thrown open at
the throat. A round sill: cap with tassel sat upon
his well-shaped head: a dark-blur) cloak was thrown
over one shoulder, and a belt at his waist contained
asiugl \ revolver of the Smith 61: \Vcsson pattern,
and a hunting-knife.

That the two were not on the best of terms was
evident from the scowl upon the young man's face,
as the boat glided near the shore.

“ You will regret it, Sadie!" he said bitterly. “ You
will b.‘ sorry in Hill", that you refused my offer.”

“I think not, Mr. Lee!" the girl responded, as she
dipped the waters but lightly with her oars. “ I have
1n-verthrni:ht of such a thing as marrying you, al-
though you have persisted i;1 your attcntions. Dur-
iig your stay at father‘s ranch l have endeavored to
treat you with respect, but. as for becoming your
wife, it is out of the question.” \

“ I am not so S‘ll‘ ‘ of that l" he answered doggedlv.
“ Do you know, I have mad ‘ up my mind to possess
you, whether you cons-Ht or not?”

“ Indeed, sir, you talk vcry st ‘angclyl” and a
shade of pallor came upon the girl’s ace. “ If a
lady refuses a gentleman, that 'urcly ought. to end
th e matter.”

“ But it Foes not always. When an honorable
man makes a nameless young woman an offer of
marriage, the young woman shonll have the good
sense to accept without dcmur. Do you not really
think so?"

” Most assuredly I do not ,’ Because a man comes
of a good family. and holds a licutenant‘s position
in the army, I fail to see that it signifies a girl
should throw herself away upon him. Besides, Mr.

Lee. I do not understand what you mean by your
reference to a ‘namcltgss young woman.’ You can-
not mean the slur for me Without your intent is
meant to be insulting.”

“ I do mean it for you!" bending toward her with
flashing eyes, “and it is not insulting you at that.
Can you coliscicntiously refer to your parentage
without a feeling of modification?"

A rill of color swept over llt‘l‘ face. to be immedi-
ately succeeded by a shade of pallor, which told
how (lr-eply his words had affected her.

“ I do not uxnlcrstand!“ she faltcred, allowing the
Oars to t ‘ail in the water, causing the boat to move
more slowly.

“You do understanl! You know full well that
you are not Bartlcy Bryant's daughter, and that he
was never married. You also know that he has
hopes of leaving this vicinity soon, and when he
goes he hopes to take you with him as his bride.

Vhether he knows of your .‘entage or not I am
not prepared to say, but I ’now that a cloud ob-
scures the brightness of your life~you have a
secret and are stnigigling hard to keep it. Stop! Do
not interrupt me. know even more. I know that
when Bartley Bryant came to this country last Win-
ter he found you perishing upon the rairies with a
babe in your arms. You he took to is new home,
and it was mutually agreed that you should be
known as his own daughter. But what became of
your child?”

Her face was averted.

It was white. It was rigid, as if frozen in its ex-
pressron of despair. Her dusky eyes had a wild,
ap caling look, the interpretation of which was ex-
quisite agony of heart and soul.

“ What became of your child?" Lieutenant Lee rev
peated, malice unmistakable in his tone.

“ It died!" she replied. “ It was dead when I
was found. Would to God I had been dead too!”

Her words, tremblingly uttered. seemed to indi-
cate that she would have felt a relief in tears, but;
they came not. The same stony look of agony
clung to her face.

He gazed at her pityingly for a moment; then his
expression hardened.

‘ You have been deceived !" he said, his gaze v..n-
dering to the shore, against which the boat was by
this time rubbing. “ 1 had a better (pinion of Bart-
ley Bryant than that. Sadie, tell me the stoxv of
your past life, won’t you, pl aso?“ v

She shuddercd, at; if a frightful vision had arisen
before her.

" No, no!" she gasped.
ask me to do that!“

“ Why not?“

“ IEccause— I could not explain to you, nor to any
one.

“ Ytu shall explain. however—I swear to that! I
love you, Sadie, and I am determined you shall be
mine. OnCe I make a res«:lutiou, I never rest until
it has been fulfilled. I know two things which. no
doubt, will surprise you. Firstly, you are married to
aman whom you loathe and you think you love an-
other man——let me see; his name is Walt r L‘cut, is
it not?"

She gave him a withering look, which made him
feel ill at ease.

"I understand!” she said. “ You are r-vcn less a
gentleman than I thought you were. You have
been guilty of intercepting my letters!"

"‘ Tobe truthful. I have, in a. couple of instances.
My infatuation for you had become so urea . that I
was bound to learn whom you did really love. and
what of your past life I could. Pray forgive. for my
iiiteutlonsitoward you are of the most honorable char—
acter. Procure a divorce from this other man. who-
ever he may be, go with me as my loving wife, and
—-I Will restore to you your child."

“ I cannot do that—never

 

 

She started, turned whiter, and gazed at him sus-
piciously.

“ Sir! what do you mean? ’ shc cricd. rcproachful-
fully. “ My baby—my sweet, innocent child is
deal 3"

“ You are wrong. The child is alive and wellml
can vouch for that: and you can thank me for the
knowledge, as Hartley Bryant would never have told
you."

Oh, sir! you are deceiving me.
are 1‘

“I lell you I am not! Marry me—now—to-night
—and etc the sun has twice arisen above yonder
moonlit horizon, you shall see your child I"

“ No, no! 1 cannot do that! 1 cannot marry
you !"

“ You can—you m lot .’” he cried, positively, as he
arose to a standing position in the boat. “Child or
no child, you shall marry me, and this very night!“

“ I will not—nerer I”

She, too, arose, drawingiher figure up to its fullest
hight, while her face and eyes showed an expression
of desperation.

“ You refuse to marry me, then?” Lee said,
a tone of trium h now in his voice and demeanor.

“ Yes, Larry eel Villain thatI believe you to be, I
would die a hundred deaths rather than marry you
or any other man except the one who tome is all
in all on earth l" she cried. passionately.

“Then. if you are so positive. let me ask you to
listen: You shall be mine whether you will or no,‘
and your own acknowledged confession of love for
this other man—this Walter Bent—has set the seal
of doom upon him. Come! you must go with me.
Boys, all ready!"

He leaped toward her, and caught her in his strong
embrace.

In a moment he was ashore.

Two rough—looking fellows sprung from the clump
of bushes, near at hand, and with cords securely
bound the struggling girl, and then gagged her to
stifle her cries.

A whistle brought a third rufflan from a neighbor-
in;r arroyo, with four saddlz-horses.

In a few minutes the party were mounted, and
galloping away toward the mountains, Lieutenant
Lee bearing his fair captive in his arms, while he oc-
casionally looked anxiously back, as if fearing pur-
suit.

But none was given.

I know you

CHAPTER II.
AN INCIDENT AT THE “(:REMONIA."

“ BOLLIVAR BULLWIIACK, gentlemen.”

The speaker was ever 51): foot in his much top-
boots, and judging from his extraordinary breadth
of shoulder and chest, and massivcuess of limb,
must have weighed fully two hundred and fifty or
sixty pounds.

His, too, was an iron frame. that of a Hercules,
whom any ordinary man would hesitate to face in a
>an'1uinary battle of strength.

His face, broad and massive, in aspect was
villainous: features and expression bore the impress
of a coarse nature and ot‘ dcbased passions.

The mouth was large and sensual: the. nose was
flattened. and bore a serd-W'u't upon its end: the
eyes were small. dark. and possessed of a cunning
gleam that but added to the owner's repllingap-
pcarance. From eyes to throat the face was cover-
ed with a stubble of jettv heard of two weeks”
growth; the hair was of the purest flax’cu hue. and
stood in all directions over the unusually large
cranium.
| Hat he wore none. and his garments were of bark-
tauned and greasy buckskin: the belt at his waist
was well supplied with weapons.

 

With a flourish intended to create an Impression,
he had bursr into the “ Crcmonia gaming and drink-
ing parlor," at l‘lunki-Dori mining-camp. and stood
glaring majestically around him, as if his arrival
was a matter of special importance and honor to the
luflra‘iu/e' of the place.

The (‘rcmonia was not the only establishment of
its kind in the flourishing young city of I‘Illllkl'DOIl,
but it was by far the most popular and pretentious,
catcring as a gcnwral thing to the better class of the
inhabitants and of the large floating population.

It was a large, twostory shanty. The first tloor,
the parlor befcrc mentioned, was fitted up in a style
of splendor rarely found in places of its class in tle
far Northwest.

A finely‘arrauged bar occupied a. space near the
street entrance; card—tables of mahogany, and
chairs to match, were scattered about the room.

Half a dozen girls flitted about, engaged in serving
beverages to the thirsty pilgrims who sat at the
tables, making an attractive feature to the scene.
attired as they were in pink dresses. white aprons
and caps.

At tho further mid of the room, upon a slightly
elevated latform, was a private box, or 0 en office.
ocuupied yawoman, to whom all cash or drinks
or cigars was borne by the waiters.

Such was the Creinonia. as seen by Bollivar llull-
whack. The room was well filled by miners. . s
and here and there a traveler who had droppe in t'
“see. the elephant.“

Two smooth-faced, blonde young men. in spotless
white duck, presided behind the bar: and all in all.
the Cremonia was by far the most elegant place. of
resort anywhere in the Nor‘west.

“ Bollivar Bullwhack, gentlemen!"

The words of the giant were heard in every art
of the room, and caused more than a few of t lose
present to pause and take a look at this new self-
mtroduced customer.

This notice seemed to please the giant, for he at
vauced among the tables with a grin of approba-
tion.

" Yas! Bollivar Bullwhack am 1, me gentle
zephyrs!“ he rcpeatcd. waving one huge fist majes-
tically. “Thcr riotous. l'lIIK-IIOSt'd rampage from
Kalamazamvthe dynamic dust-uberry from Devil‘s
Delight. Out upon a ie'.:'lar first-class hurrah am I.
an' ther‘s music. in thcr air. you bell Let me see!
Let me ponder} Out of “hose nose shall I tmak
the first inspiratii.’ antlem uv harmony?"

His gaze. swept over the sea of faces. rapidly, as
if he were scan-hing for some particular person on
whom to swoop down.

He had not Settled the matter fully in his mind
however, whcn ht: felt a tap upon his shoulder, and
\l'llf‘v‘lt‘tl around to find himself confronted by one
of the suave bartenders.

" You will oblige the Ill‘trril'lt tress. sir. by making
a little less noise." the mixer of drinks said. 0-
litely. “ We do not allow any disturbance here 1 at
may annoy our patrons.“

“ Oh! we don’t. ch?“

The giant stared at the man a momcnt. as if
amaZed—then burst into a coarse, bar king sort of a
laugh. .

“ Wa'il! waall via :1 ."‘ he snorted. " Ef vou aiu t
a party plum. I‘ll cry pea-knurkle! See hyer. my
daisy, who sent ye beer ter breathe that astrmi~<lizii'
piece 0' news into my ear? Who sent ye.  say? ‘

“ ch receive our orders from the proprivtress to
preserve order. sir. It" you know when you are well
off \‘oll will keep onie’."

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“Ibis W911. Uda’rygaloot offer ter insinniwate
that 11"? VOiceiwar ter be restrained from bem’
heerdia deluge 0’ blud would sweep away" every
Begonc. my
baby, an’ set up the swill fertcvcry’ inst-class hog in
the stye, fer Boliivar Bullv.'hack;’aire a 'sgre,,iii'er,
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thirsty Bedouin’s, an’ put. yer suspendersgo the-r burl
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the binnstiiferehs bouncer. an"he who _.-‘ refuscth to

cussed shanty in Hunki-Dori Gulch.

an’ ev’eryZone ;drinks at his expense.»

slobber, he’s got for fight. you bet—fight, light I"

And turning to the bar, the ‘ holy terror’ slapped

down a gold piece of largedenOmination."

Kothing more was wanted bv the majority of the
If Mr. Bullwhack had
“ the tint" to pay for th .‘ l).‘\‘t‘l‘ftt?(‘, it surely was be-
coming in them to have the grace to drink with
hi i and they forthwith ranged themselves along

hafiftur's of the Cremouia.

the ar.

Butafew failed to do so, and these were mostly
strangers in the town, and the waiter-girls of the

place.

“ Come along uphvcr, gals! You’ve got tcr smile
wi’ yer uncle!“ the giant cr'ed, seizing one of t;:c:n
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ho muhslnfcss "bout this hyti ft.-

by the arm.
, hotel 1”

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me, Sir?” ‘

“Ho! ho! ho! not much, me yallcr-‘spanglcd c..-
nary! You've got ter sip mountain-(low with the
beautiful bouncer o’ lzrimstone. an' tum t no arth- l

ly use 0’ yer sayin‘ nay. Herc yo go!"

to the bar to procure his drink. . _
He had not t'me to raise it to his lips. however.

when he was seized by one ear and wheeled abrupt-

ly around! ‘ _ “
“Put that young lady on tne floor, Sir! a. stern,
authoritative voice commanded, anl Bullwnack

found confronting him a man of m )st extraordinary between two young men, and her pOSition was such
tha: she could corertly watch the Side of the face ( f
i, the man who wore the scalskin ulster without being
seen herself, while she also kept an eye upon the

ap earance. I . -
esto’od five‘ feet ten in his boots, and was well
formed in every part. His face was a striking y
clear-cut and handsome one, with a full. pleasant
mouth, shaded by a brown must-ache, waxcil

straight. out from the lip; picr‘fng hazel eyes, and P

dark-brown hair that waved back from his forehead
to bele the shoulders. .

A round sealskin cap surmounted his head, and a
sealskin ulster of the choicest fur rcachcd bclOW his
boot-tops, concealing the character of his undergar-
ments, r

His hands -were. small and shapclv. and gloved

with a faultless nicety in brown kid. and in his right -
hand he‘sporteda formidable ebony or li;_5num~v.:t:o ;

walkinglstick, headed witha huge nuggct of solid
gold. ’ ‘ _ V p
Of a dc'cidc‘lly Sportive appearance, no was at the

same time a person apt to command :‘Aspcet from ,5

the men,‘ and admiration from the 1 till}
His stern 232‘. was lcvclctl unflinchio
giant. us he uttered the command. anti it
that h 3 was in thorough earnest. _
“ I’lico that young lady upon her feet. I say I" he
cried. a second 'time, as llullwhac< glarol at him in
savage aniazt-ment.
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growl id. "licrccl".
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“ Not a bit: of it! Once more I tell you to place
the youngr lady on the floor!"
Dangerous was the light now entering the. sport‘s
yes, and the giant was not slow to take note of
it. ‘

   

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“ S'posin’ I refuse?" he iccred, his face becoming
uglier in ('X]’ll‘t"5‘SlOll. “ S‘posin’ I do jest as I
please. erbout the matter—what then, me furry
friuntl?”

“ Then. I shall v include you to obey!" the sport
replied. “ and shall not wait more than a couple of
seconds more. ll<~'l"llPl‘.” .

" Ward, scncc ye aire achin’ fer a fust—class scrim-
mage, jest let me apprise yrr IT.)sz nib-s thet I‘m
Ollt'l] for engagement!" and. with the words. he
placed the alarmed and mOrlificd waitcr-girl upon
the floor. “I w. nt yerter know. me noblo purp,
thet I‘m a howliu’ blood-puddin’, b'ilin‘diot, and
my name is Bollivar llullwliack, a bitcr, a bouncer,
an' a death’s head, all combined inter one i"

“ It matters not to me if you are the President of
the United States, or a dozen Austrian armies, or a.
twentyhorsc power Jesse James!” the sport re-
plied, with composure: “you are. a. big, overgrown,
ranting ruffiau, and if ever again I catch you in the
act of insul‘ing awoman, I‘ll make you regret the
act."

"0110! olio! what kinder t'ictionary talk d'ye ye
call than? .‘llcbbe ye better git right outer 'cr
muscle, now! Y9 cussed low-lived whiffct, ye ev
hell the honor uv insultin’ one 0’ ther biggest guns
0‘ modern times. Ihain‘t goin" for palaverwi’ ye
urn-harm a rcdhot, rantankcrous epidemic 0’
teuiotal annihilati'tm, am I, on I’m bizncss frum
spurs cl’atrnp tcr teeth. So will ye be. kind ernuff
for tell IlS.\VllO ye aire. an’ where ye cum from, so
tlmt we kin hcv yer epertaff Scratched upon yer
tombstone. wi’ a rusty toothpick?”

And putting his arms akimbo, the giant squatted,
and lcercd defiantly at his newly-acquired enemy.

The scalskin sport brushed unmeltcd snow—tiakes
of the crisp Novcin‘ber night from his coat-sleeves,
ere he answered, and at tho same time took a. first
searching glance about the‘ saloon.

“If it concerns you, .or any one else to know who
I am, I am best known as Sealskin Sam, or The
Sparkler," and he made a, movement to retire to one
of the tables, butthe iant put himself in the way.

“ No ye don't. me It arthal’.’ he cried, with a grin.
“ You an‘ me has got ter hev it out, fin-st. I, Bolli—
var Bullwliack, am here for blud, an’ blud airo I
goin’ terhavc. you know. So the sooner ye name
the way ye want tor dio- thcr quicker I'll trim ye out,
an’ sot ‘em up fer the boysi"

“ Be kind enough to step out of my path!“ Scal-
skin Stun ordered. the fire creeping once morc into
his eyes.

“Bah! I'm liycr fer stav all winter," Bullwiinck
replied. “Ye sec inc, Martha, I don‘t skcer fer a
leg 0’ mutton-1" .1 ’ - .- . ~ ' r '
 Sealskin Sam did not immediately reply. but.  .1- d
at the bullv ,a moment; then. v. ith a suddcn bound,
he leaped forward. anal dcalt'thr- giant a Skip over
the mouth with the lint of his hafd, the report of
which could have been heard in any part of he t'rc-
mount! » - .- - r '

With a gasp B-illivar Riillwback staggered back
and losing his equilibrium, fell to the floor. upsetting
a table and several clia its. r . -

He lay where; he hadrfallcn, only for a moment:
lllé‘ll’lle slowly arose to his ft}'cl.‘:t sort of bewildered
expression v upon his nirlv couni'cn-i: 3".- "

, " That‘s chaff.” -ll rsai l; spitting out a. coule of
tusk-likc rcdli. “ The next tint-.1 l fch lik'i'iacldin’
atr‘artehqualqv. .ye cari-bcl-ycr-swect life-17d not for-
git yo.- GotM—by! ,l'nigoin‘.‘ I'll see- yi.‘when I've
cliawc 1 ml sod)» otlrl‘: umn’scar :tn’ whettcd up my
apricitile tui~l)—l-ii:_?.vblryt;xll“~   v t i -

.- Anti turning, with». sickly smile,.lic limped out of
tgie gitaging-pantor.followed- by a roar of laughter
rem. thespectfttors.» — v i; .~ ~ - v ; .

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I. _t' - ~ t , Tim-Fury. lifespan; - ' ' i '

; SEAI.SKIN;S.12I 97.12 .‘(l ut‘t-rnliim, until he had disap-
peared, thou took a seat-atganunoccupied table, and
lit (reign. ‘1 ~ . -~ g 1: e  .4 ‘ 1' 

-_ )ficijiurst- in wasthecentmrof notice of the luff.-
tuéa of the plum, and yet \msnpimrently unmindfttl
of the fact. as llt‘ S'H‘lllfltl lost in imvcricius his band'-
some dark eyes twitt’rlic-_l-tlie Spiral column of smoke
thatarps 5.;t‘i'cin-his 1-minu- . i - - - - -

Three ersons in tlicroom watched him wit h more
than on iuary interest. as if .to satisfy themsclvcs
whether or not they: had ever bchI‘e met the
man.g_ . -;~
,- One of these was the pz'oln'ietress of t he (Trcnionia.
Mlle. Uiijco.,as she was lgiitgwii—dlic wotnan who sat
in the limb open office, and rcceivcd thc cash from
the floor‘maitls. ,: : g - -- . a

To cverybv idv. ( ‘ircc. was a 'puzzlc—a human enig-
ma. without:zoluiion if such a thing coulzl b9,

, ’I‘o-nigbt she was attired in an elegant maroon-
colored silk,» set off withlsces, and the truc t’iauion ls,
which adornedlicrltaiids. and gli tcrcd at ltcr throat
iand in her ‘arcfully arranged wealth of golden lilJ"‘(l

air. . r . - v
; Her. form was one~ of exceeding grace, and of that
fullncs : which bctoktnis strong yitality. {in d limlth
and l't'.\‘"l'\‘4.‘ force. Ilcr facc was. seemingly, bonu-
fiftll. "0m lltl-COl'l‘cct ilcn. could be fol-mid on that
p()iiit,-foi'- front-tho middle of her fair forrlioud. t0
the tip (if her chin. she wtirc a dark silk illusion
mark. which effectually concealed tho face. K

\‘i'hat was known of tlzc woman of queean beat?
big. in Hunki Dori. canbc bz‘iegtly stated. ‘

Silt) had coin» lllt'l't'. a year before, when I'Iunkis
Dori boasted of P.1Xti'tl-llilllx')ll of but- {Ni nit-n. in com-
pany with: a dark, viliaintins-locking man named
JJck andi; v

110 was rowdydisli and a haul-drinker, but had
plenty of money, and built the Crcnionin. as it now
stood. and-turnishwl ill-with a lavish hand.

Circe was announced as his sister. but tlic contrast
l)"t\'.'t‘( n thcir appcaranccs and chat-actors caused
more tlmn_one to discredit the relationship.

IInnki-Iiori grew, and the (‘rcinonia became the
chief piglch of~r-.‘sort. . . .

One night. Dean was shot dead. in a dispute over a
game of cards, itt‘ being a wry quarrelsomcpen-m,

Atty which. cvont. ("ircerau ll!" place for lit'l‘x‘t'lf.
and added twin}: iZli})l‘u\’.‘ithiilrl, but after tin.- night
oth-tm‘s (It-:Ltb, she wasnovci' soon without- ll]: L musk
{LC-10.5.; lzcl‘ l'dt, e. - .

_ ea..’:: innrdnx‘er.v'ho chanced to be a stranqcr.
had mad.» good his escape. although strenuous ef-

 

She was one
Sam, studiously

fact.

iron-gm y beard

ed the stranger

ters. so often (It
1y to be Int-t Wit
girl. attired in

cather top-boot
lug-frock of whi

lit r waist contai
shirt, unlaced a

This girl was

nolded.
made her a mod

 

ness of anger an
Her hair hum,r

t brown wave, and although there were several very
I pretty girls among the Cremonia maids, the general
verdict was that none could compare With the girl

: sport.
I Site stood nea

! game.
i In the course

ing him, for he
, gradually turned
cycs met-ting for

averted it to til 3
into her cheeks,
instant admirati

‘ tance."

Set-inc that she was embarrassed by a conscious-
ness of has hold stare, he returned to watching too
smoke of his cigar, givingr her only now and then a
furtive glance, when their eyes were almost sure to

meet.

conversation.

cried. “ I
Sphinx. I count
have certainly g.)

Sphinx retorted,
umph.
m onoy? ~
you imaginc, sn‘!
“ Oh! suit your

from being cons
shall we lay for,

different.

Ashcroft was a

was that in his fa

prossion upon his
“See here!” 11

sand dollars from
Sphinx nodded,
cigar.

I’ve lost, and tak

what I have got a
“ Y u’rc a fool,
It was the girl

6‘

Of: course I‘m

one, if I were not

your baby faco !”
“ Conic, come!’

you goin’ the. five
6

If I win I will don

 

“ Vcry woll L"

A fresh pack of cards was produced, and each

‘ . .
man ruceivczl illS
Soalskin Sam.

paused to lOok on

and than scanned

Twice the lynx-
quicldy that not
noticed it_

but. horailatt-d, for
If th) Easter-nor

he deserved to be

ing one to go.

cards. ‘ ~
“Ashcroft,” ho

. truly like 1;.) see. you win. _
chance. you can have the deal, and I‘ll mark myself

thrcc instead of
won from you.

In". '

expression.

‘

Sphinx‘s cycs.
Placer Poll!" the

back to your true
beautiful girl op]

Sphinx:
“(hvu me the
Nothing but.- my

bio myself."

IIt‘. lt‘tlk lll" C‘d
naturally white, h
of hopc.

tellsc llllt'l‘OSl.

c):t-!:un;‘.tio:i of su
lnhlfl,

(pi A n. jack. tell a

—:1 st range fatalit
“ l‘ltat. settles

 

forts were made forv'hi icapture.

 

   

 

shovcd the stake

if she recognized him, no act or word betrayed the

The second of the three was a man dressed in citi~
zen‘s garments of su erior quality, including over-
coat and silk hat.
good stature, with restless brown eyes, and a huge

countenance, and rcachedto his breast.
He stood leaning against one of the wooden
columns that supported the ceiling

time of his entrance. .
The third party was one of those peculiar charac-

and grazing regions. .
It was a young woman, or more appropriately a

pair hf neatly-fitting gray pant-s thrust into patent-
which reached nearly to the boot-tops. A belt about

of purest alabaster; a slouched prairie-liat‘was set
jauntily upon her Load.

No loss prctty was her face—fa piquant, laughing
i face, sunny in its every expression. yet With lin  to
And with a dextrous move, the glill.‘ seized the i indicate that it could change suddenly to the stern-
girl and sat her upon his 1- I. arm, while he stepped

must have warned Sealskin Sam that she was i ‘atch-
She quickly dropped

eyes rather confused her. ,

“By Jove! here's a royal surprise!" was the
thought uppermost in the Sparkler‘s mind.
veritable queen amono' women, in the dis-misc. of a
1 girl sport of the mines! Would that some opportune
chance might make it my luck to form her acquain-

t

l

l The, two men at. the card-table were getting excited
. ov r the game, judging by tho character of their

“Curse the luck, I’ve lost again!"ono of them
believe you are clicating inc, Saer

“If you suspect that [would do such a. thing as
cheat you, you had best quit playing, Mr. Asher: ft!”

“ What! quit after you have won nearly all of my
I guess not.

inga hole in your pocket. I can perhaps save on

He spo 'c as cool and calculating-1y as if wholly in-

He was a man of uncertain age, this swarthy-com-
plexioued. black-haired individual, Sphinx. although
it was safe to say that he. had passcd his thirtieth
year. He had a, hawkish sort of a pcarancc, look«
ing just what he lVi‘tS-£t professiona card—sharp.

more prepossessing of appcarance, although there

the, downward road to consumption.

He looked at the cards thoughtfully before he an-
swered the gambler; and taking a. wallet from an
inm-r pockct, counted his money, a desperate ex-

Salem Sphinx; "you have won precisely three thou—

“ I believe thom‘s the figures,” he agreed.

“ And I've but five hundrcd loft.
came to the mines and worked hard for this money,-
and tomorrow I was to start back for New York, to
see the old folks, pay off the mortgage on the home-
stead, and then marry a faithful lassic. who has
been waiting forme these two years? Now you see
what I have left to go on!

pressed what were evidently her candid convictions.
Ashcroft looked‘up at her With a scowl.

Salem Sphinx was getting impatient.
shut up! Palaver never pays the spot-painter.
‘ Yes.” desperately.

evci'y other game. till you or I are broke.”

r tion. arose and sauntcrcd to the table, where he
Salem Sphinx gave him a single scowling glance,

The game was seven-up, and was played carefully
and qu ckly. Sphinx betraying: his skill as a player,
not only in playing his cards to their best possible
advautag 1. but also in his shullliug and dealing.

him dealing himself a valuable card from tliio bot-
tom of the pack, the not being accomplisied so

The Sparkler was about to interfere several times,

could beat a professional grllIlCSlel‘ at his own game,
}) ’ ‘
At last the game stood tie at six points each, hav-

It. was Salem Sphinx's deal. -

H~ looked into the flushed, excited face of his op-
ponent rather pityiugly. as Ashcroft clap ed the
pack down on the table, after having shu ed the

cannot make four times out of the hand you deal
me. 1‘“ give you back tho entire amount thin. I have
That’s fair, isn’t it, Scalskin ?" and
the. gambler darted a pccullar glance at the stranger,
as much as to say, “i know you are watching

_ “ I should judge it to be an over-fair ofier,})rovid—
mg bo‘ h pa rtics play an honorable game l“ barn an-
swct‘ctl, his face not changing from its usual serene

“_Ah! do vou suppose I would disgrace my repu-
tation by_ cheating, sir?”

“I bclicve I heard you remark something to the
effect that you would not, a few moments ago l” was
the dry answer, which brought a. quiet: glitter to

“ It‘s a good. offer, Mr. Asher ft, or my name ain’t

upon his shoulder.
love!”

His only answer to her was a slight compression
of the lips. while Scalskin Sam wondered if the
to lr r llll‘.‘ that he might know it.

Ashcroft spoke rather wcarily, addressing Salem

miles away from here could tempt me to thus hum.

A number of bystanders had gathered near the
table. and upon every fact: was an expression of in-

As :\\'llk‘l't')l:t turned the trump—which rovcd to
1w iilt‘ tour ot lust)
and i’lilllt‘lllg at the cards for a moment, uttered an
face up. exposnig to view the ace, king,

Ii" had four times-high, low, jack and the game

Circe had never seemed to mourn _for her “bro-
therz" and as to her looks, the few miners who had
seen her face unmasked. declared that hers was the
most beautiful face they had ever beheld.

of the trio who watched Sealskin
, from her position in her oflice; but

e was a portly individual of
that covered the better. share of his

_ I and had rcgard~
with the keenest interest from tho

‘scribed and which is not unfrcquont-
h in towns and camps in the mining
men‘s clot hos: that is, she wore a.

s rcacliing to the knees, and a hunt-
tc tlanncl, the gold—fringed skirts of

tied a pair of superior revolvers; the
t the neck, partly exposed a. throat

probably between seventeen and
robustness, was perfectly

cl of figure and form.

d resolve. ‘
down over her shoulders in a flossy

r a card-table. overlooking a game

of a few minutes some instinct

took the cigar from his lips, and
his head around toward her, their
an instant in a searching glance.
her gaze, however, and
cardtablc. a wave of color leaping
for the expression of surprise and
on that beamed from his magnetic

‘bA

myself a good card-player, but yo 1
t the devil‘s luck. or his cunning!"

his tone decidedly expressing tri-

I am pcrhaps not as green as

3

self, then. If your money is burn-

umcd by a. conilagration.
sir?"

h at

J

younger man by several years, and

ce which indicated that he was on

pale face.
0. suddenly exclaimed, staring at.

me)”
with half-closed eyes, as he lit a

Do you know I

I’ll either win back what
0. tc-morrow's stage, or I will lose
nd blow my brains out.” ‘
young feller!”

sport who spoke, and her tone ex-

a fool. and you‘d make me a worse

capable of resisting the smiles of .

he gritted.

’ he interposed. “ Either put up or
Are

hundred?"

. “ Five hundred for the first.
ble 1t; after that I will double it

hand.

having overheard the conversa-

the cards in his hand.

like eyes of Sealskiu Sam detected
one out of a hundred would have
it was really none of his business.

was foolish enough to believe he

“ stuck.

said, “I rather like you, and I’d
Therefore, to give you a

six, making me four to go. If I

girl ‘sport cried, laying hcr hand
"Here’s your chance to git

\ositc him had purposely alluded

cards:  will accept your ofl‘er.
regard for those many thousand

ids and dealt them. his face un-
is eycs betraying scarceagleam

rts—Spl.inx picked up iis hand.
rprisc and throw the cards on the
nd dcuce of hearts.

y.
it,” Ashcroft remarked as he

i‘g is not my luck to win anything, except by hard
3 or.” '

d’l'lhgn, turning to one of the waiting-maids, be
e :

“Fetch me some whisky, Kitty, I‘ve a little
change left,” and he arose from‘ the chair and
stretched himself, with a yawn, doing it so cleverly
that no one suspected his purpose until too am.

He suddenly clapped his hand to his breast. in
the re ion of his heart; then there was a pistol re-
port; 6 staggered, and falling, a revolver of the
bull 0g pattern dropped from his nei;v'clc.ss grasp.

‘eral persons sprung forward with cries of
alarm, and he was raised to a partly reclining pos-
turc.

“Don’t!” he said. “It’s no use. I couldn’t go
back broke. I‘d rather die. . Tell ’cm I filed to lift
the mortgage. but luck was against me.”

He was silent a. moment, his gaze roving around
from face to face.

A hush of death prevailed in the room as the
hat film's of the place tip-teed to the death-so: no.

W‘Tlicre‘s something I wanted to say,” 110 said
directly, in fainter accents. “Ye know—ye know
there’s a. band of villains—"

Ho paused a monicnt,‘gasping for his breath.

“—aband of villains, clubbed together, sworn to
enrich themselves, and protect themselves. to the
death. in defiance of al law or order. They rob

a

booty. Their main object, however, is to capture
this camp. and here mare their rufiianly colony por-
mancut in defiance of any law except that of out-
lawry. This band now mmbcrs many of your friends
and citizens. Sccretly they are on all sides of you.
I am not afraid to speak, because I cannot die but
one death. Beware of the Tribunal of Ten! Thcil‘
lcadcr’s name is——"

The words never reached the ears of those sur-
rounding him; for the loud report of a pistol broke
the stillncss, and a jet of blood spurted from a hole
in the center of the inf crmcr’s forehead]

His hand with forefinger out-pointed, which had
been raised on high. gra ually sunk, until the finger
pointed direct] toward Sealskin Sam; then it be,—
came rigid, an refused to fall further. for young
Ashcroft was dead. and his whole body had sudden—
ly become stilfened as by a spasm.

A horrified murmur escaped the crowd, as the
long. white indcx linger pointed out the man in the
sealskin ulster! ‘

Scalskin Sam’s face flushed, and he step ed to
one side. with an exclamation of horror, quic 'ly re-
alizing the effect the starting occurrence would be
apt to have upon the minds of the people.

But horror of horrors!

What infernal mystery was this?

_ The moment he stepped to one side, the finger
crooked sutllcicntl y to still point directly at the
man.

A shade of pallor passed over the handsome stran-
ger’s face. and he was about to make some utter-
ancewheu he. \ 'as interrupted by several voices.

The cry was: .

“ Stand!” ‘ ' ' -

He looked. He. saw that a dozen cocked revol-
vers were lcvclcd at him by as many sterutaced
n1iners—kncw_that the. accusing index finger, in con-
junction with the dying words of young Ashcroft,
tad been the means of getting him into an Unenvia~
ble predicament. ‘ l .

“ Stand 2” one of the. party crlcd gruffly. “Throw
up your hands and surrcnd r. or die in your tracks!
.Ycur guilt is too clearly pi : won for question!”

(To be tottlfimed.)

 

 

“CHARGE, PARDS i CHARGE!”

Respectfully I). d i cared lo m}; muck es/eemed ’ tend, the
11072. W. F. (lot/y.

 

By “ BUCKSKIN SAM."

Gallop, pards, gallop o‘er the. vast prairie sea;
There’s no life like a rangcr‘s, so happy and free!
.Up in t e morn, ere the sunbeams kiss the IluV-fCl'S:
Our mustangs dashing dew-drops from Nature’s
bright bowcrs.

CHORUS—Birds are singing,
Ha ipy shouts ringing,
Cool and refreshing comes the [run northern breeze;
Mustangs arc prancing,
' Pla fully dancing~ I
Break camp, out dash from the moss-fringed trecsl

Then give me your hand, pard, as we ride along
’Midst the bright perfumed flowers, and the birds’
sweetest; song;

Let us vow to be friends through our wandering life.
And to marauding red-men—wage war to the knifel

v Cnonvs—Bisons stampeding,
Antelopes leading,
Scattered thus wide o’er the ilower~deck’d plain,
> Bright 8 mm are jingliug. '
Warm c ieeks are tingling
,With wild Ilife’s excitement—shake hands, pard,
again

Charge, brave pards, chargel

wa r-cries. , .

Sec the fierce painted fiends, with demoniac eyes;

Downl they dash like the. tempest upon our brave

3am — A

We‘ll shout victory, ormeet in the great silent land!

CHORUS—Mustangs are. bounding,
“’ar-crics are sounding,

The crack of the rifle is heard here and there;

Bowics are gleaming,

‘ Mustangs are screaming,

Arrows and bullets fly thick through the a ’

, Meme lim, ' *

The Black Sheep of Bismarck.

BY JOS.  BADGER, JR.,
AUTHOR or “non’ WEST NICK,” “KING on THE
RUSTLERS,” ETC;

Hear the far-ringing

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER XIII.

THE PROFESSOR BLI'FFS AND Is BLUFFED. ‘
“His wife? The wife of Lloyd Pennington?”
“Yes: and I repeat it, warm lac/.1!” emphatically
uttered Professor King Smith, riveting his little pig-
cycs on the pale. startled countenance of the young
lady. who seemed partially stunned by his recent
(lis<:'losiii'c.

What;- washer portion of the secret—of the mys-
tery which seemed to inwrap this man who was
callcd Lloyd Pennington? What was her object in
sucking him so earnestly? Doubtless a. friendly one,
since .s 19 was so swift to defend his name when at-
tacked, but what was the precise nature of the con-
nection between them?

Such were the questions that flashed across the
busy brainof the professor as he stood gazing,r keen-
lv upon the youngI lady, waiting for licrto recover

u

from the shock w icli s abrupt speech had given
my. _ , ‘ .
‘ “ Married! A wife—and living! I never dreamed

of that!” . , . v -
Mechanically the broken sentences .dropped from
her It ps. Her eyes drooped before, that steady. gaze,
her countenance became deeply suffusedher fin-
gersf twmed together with a degree of nervousness
and indecision such as she had not displayed before
since that )eculiar interview 0 ened.
The litt 0 eyes of the pro essor began to pro-
trude and to sparkle with a sudden access of light,
for he began to believe he had caught the clue he
desired to find. I ,
“ My dear young lady,” he said in his most unc—
tuous voice as he rew nearer to l edea, his stumpy
hands reaching out to clasp hers. “ Do not give way
to grief—do not suffer 'our gentle soul to be crushed
into the mire of utter despondency b ' the discovery
of this man’s shameful treachery. 'llhis man ,i did 'I
pay? IItather this demon in the the guise of a human
we ng
As his hands touched hers, Medea Pennington gave
a. little cry of shivering disgust, starting back with a
regal haughtiness in tone and look that came so un-
expectedly as to almost cast the dumpy professor
into another spasm.
_“ How dare you, sir! Oblige me by keeping your
distance. Make another attem it to touch my hand,
and our interview is at an end oreverl”.
“Your pardon—most humbly I beg your ardon,
ina’am," he gin‘gled, bowing low, his hant s tum-
bling over and over each other. “ I meant no harm,
intended no insult, I assure vou, ma’ain; just the
contrary. believe me. I more y wished to express
my heart felt sympathy after a fatherly fashion, for
that organ, ma‘am. gave a mighty bound and a sym-
pathetic throb as it beheld—~flgurativcly 5 making,
of course. my dear lady—your proud heatll bowed
down with grief at the terrible discovery that the
cruel demon whom you seek has another wife,
whose prior claiin— Alicm! If she hasn't gone
crazy, 1 m a howling,r liar right from head—quartersl"
A}; the final sentence burst from his lips in a.
ludicrous sort of an aside, Professor King: Smith
jumped back with a haste that came near landing
nm on Ins branrcnds, his pop-eyes protruding, his
face turning crimson, his flabby li; s working like
the pcndulous muzzle of awearicd horse. For, in-
stead of sinking upon his manly bosom in an excess
of I‘Tlel’, the icy barriers ivinr: way before his lion-
cst sympathy, so touc ting y expressed Mcdca.
Pennington burst into a fit of mcrrv laughter, de-
spite her utmost efforts to the contrary. '
_ N oting his thorough discomfiturc, and rcallv fear-
ing he would be cast. into anothcr of those curious
spasms. Medea controlled her risiblcs by a desperate

 

:3 over to his victorious opponent.

icifort, saying:

stages, commit murder—anything to add to then"

, her evil hquand meantyou some mischief, made me

rdon, Mr. Smith, for my ill—timed

“ I be our .
g y really could not help it. Your words

explosion. but
and looks—" V q

"No apologies, ma’am, are necessarv, stlfijy in-
terposed the dumpy little professor, injured dignity
showingin every word and look. “ N o dmibt- I ave
you ample cause for men-intent by my uucout . en-
deavors to ex 58 my sympathy for the dcvflish
duplicity whio that demon has— ’ i c

“ One moment, sir.” she interposed, checking 
further speech by an impcrious wave of 1101‘ white
hand. ," l f I comprehend your incaninr, you are
sadly deceiving yourself. Without further preamble,
will you tell me just what you fancy I am to Lloyd
Pennington?” M o

“ It is easier to say what you are not . a httlo
stifllv. “ As I had the honor to inform youhruy
sister is his wife. As the ceremony which united
them took place years a};o~whcu you could have
been nothing more than a child—vou must soc that
she has a prior claim; that she is his wife, while you
are not.” . _,

" My dear sir, have I advanced any such claim?

“ But I inferred—” _

“ That I wassccking fora man who first deccivcd,
then deserted inc—precisely. It was that cxt route
livclincss of imagination on your part, coupled with
the fact that I had not given you the slightest cause
for thinking such a thing, that made me burst out
laughing.” _

“Then what in—why are you so eager to find llllfl
Lloyd Pennington?” almost snarled the prot‘cssor.

“ When I can recognize your right to ask that
question, I will answer you: not before,” was the
‘ cold response. “ You sought this mtcrvxcw, not I.
. I am ready to listen to what you may have to say,

but beyond the simple fact that I am very anxxous

to find Lloyd Pennington, if still in the land of the
: living, and am willing to pay any reasonable reward
? to the one who can bring us face to face, I have
~ nothing to divulge. If you are willing to speak out
plainly on these terms, do so. If not, I must beg of
you to excuse my remaining any longer."

“Very \vcll. nin'am. I u as afraid of causing you
ain, and under that dread I have bungled, I suppose.
‘ut now I’ll be my usual self—a business man, pure

and sim )le. ‘

“,As I hid the. honor to inform you.I overheard
your conversation with Monté Jim on the train. The
mention of that .'name deeply interested me, as you
may imagine. and instead of continuing my journey
home where loved ones were impatiently awaiting
my arrival, I stepped off here; and at once communi-
catcd with my sister, spurred thereto by accident-
ally overbearing a conversation between your cou-
sin and his friend, Mr. Frank Lisle, which touched
on the same subject. ‘ , ,

“ 1 told my sister all I had heard, and she, thinking

 

promise to seek you out and place you on your
guard against him and his dangerous arts. I was
highly unwilling to mix in the affair, more espe-
cially as she still held me to my old oath to take
no positive steps against Lloyd Pennin ten to
avenge her wrongs, but in the end. I yielded, and here
I am.’ ' '

He paused to catch his breath. gazing fixedly into
the pale. composed untenance of Medea Penning-
ton, as though eXpec ing some comment from her
lips. Then, as none came, he added, hurriedly:

“ ‘he bade me tell 'you this much, and to add:
Tell her to cease hunting for Lloyd Pennington, im-
lcss she wishes misfortune to fall u ‘10)) her head as
heavily as it has descended on mine! Bid her re.
turn to her home, and forget that such a (lemon in
human shape ever drew the breath of life!”

“ 1 will never do that, while I live, or until I am
fully assured that Lloyd Pennington is dead and in
the grave. I have taken a solemn oath to find him
and make full restitution for the past—t0 lift a cruel
staiirfrom his name which it has borne unjustl for
many long years. This I have sworn, and lywill
make. my oath good, if the performance lies within
the scope of mortal powerl”

A harsh, unpleasant laugh broke from the flabby
lips. ,

. “ What does one stain more or less matter? Even
if you erase that one, ten thousand equally as black
will remain.” . 

“Possibly. You may be speaking the truth, or
you may be falsifying, for might I can tell~—"~

" Do you wish me to make oath to my words?"

“No; I. have neither the ri ht. nor them-sire to
ask anything of the sort. Nor (I0 I mean any offense
by what I say. You must bear in mind that you
are an entire stranger to ,me, and of course I can’
know nothing concerning your honesty or truthful-
ness. But: you declare yourself lhowlcndly encu-
of Lloyd Pennington. and that is equivalent to at -
mltting that you would not mint. his character any
lighter than you can help. osnibly you exaggerate
its darkness.” '

“That would be impossible!" succrcd the profes-
sor. '

“ Let it go at that, then." was the cold res use.
“ Tell me the name Lloyd Pennington now mars,
if not that which rightfully lit-longs to him. 'l‘t ~11 me
where and how I may find him; thcn llulllt‘ your
price, and it shall be paid, if it is not wholly bcyond
the bounds of reason.”

“ I warn you. for the last time—”

“ And once for all I say: yourfivarnings are worse
gliai'i,tiseless. I must and will find Lloyd Penning-
on; i

" Then 11!; on your wraps and come with me.
You shall cam for yourself what manner of person
you are seeking.”

“ Go with you—where?”

“ To the home of my sister.”

Medea. started, gazing fixedly into the f ace of the
fat professor, a. sudden suspicion seizing upon her
mint .

Something told her that there was a. cunning snare
concealed cneatli this blunt proposal; that all
along this man, had been playing a part; but for
what? What ends could be hope to serve by decoy-
ing her away from the hotel? In whose interests
could he be working, if her suspicions were true, for
surely it could not be wholly on his own account?

Keenly. if covertly, Professor Kine Smith watched
the workings of her mobile countenance, reading her
doubts and sus icions almost as readily as though
they had been t icre impressed in visible lcttcrs.

An amused smile came ovor his face as he spoke:

“ May I ask what grounds you have for thus
doubting me?”

Medea started, being takrn by surprise. at having
her inmost thoughts thus rcndily interpreted, but.
then her cool wit rallied, and her rcply came prompt
and unmistakable: '

“ You say you hate Lloyd Pennington. Hating
him, you would not like good fortune to ovcrtakt‘
him. I have said that I am trying to tiring this to
hint—«to find and make restitution of what llt‘ was
robbed of in the days gone by—to lift a black cloud
from his name. 'ou have. rcncatcdlv warned me to
give up the search and cease my offer ts to discover
him. I believe that, failing in convincing me, you
m *an to try othcr means of roiling ntv purpose."

“ That [mean to take you prisoner and kecp vou
thus, until death puts an Iinsurinountablc barrier
between you and the object of vour quion ic Quest ‘2”
laughed the professor. “ Mv ( car Miss Pcnniugton
what a frightful ocrc you neusl bclicve me! Really"
I feel most highly: complimentedI“ ‘ ’
Her face flushed hour. as his mocking laugh gur-
glcd out of his fat throat. for. now that it was 'put
into plain words, she could not avoid realizin‘r how
far-fetched was her idea. I
“If my suspicions wronged you, I ask your
p. rdon,” she_satd, frankly, adding in a. milder (one:
‘fiou can give me .the information I suck. Why
will you not. do so? \Vbat ncccssit y is there for Ill-U
to seek out your sister?"

_ “ Simpl because that is her will, and mine as wcll,
if 5'Oll.,stl I' refuse to lot the (loud past rest in its
grave.’ ‘ ‘

‘; I have already answered that part of the mat tcr."
‘ Very well. Then there is only thoonu altcrnntivc.
If you are determined to kum ' all, you must. call on
my sister. I have said all I intend Asavin 1'. My lips
are forever scaled, by an oath to the 'ful as sacrcd
as the one you plead as an excuse for not rctrcut-
mg from your search for Lloyd Pennington. If you
will come. with me, all right. If not, I wash 'ntv
hands of the whole affair, and will start for Mnndan
in the morning. Please give me your decision my
dear ‘oung lady." '
3 V here is youngster?"
“Ail: home, waiting for my return with or withOut
“ You know what I mean," impatiently.
does she livo? How far from her F? -
elsewhere?”

f‘ In town, and only a few moments’ walk from
this place.”

_ For a few moments Medea stood in a. reflective at—
titude, seeming to (lclibc ‘atcly weigh the pros and
cons; then her head lifted, and her voice came cl air
and decisive:
 I will go with you on one condition.”
‘V And that condition?"

‘ That my consul bears me. compauv."
“Good—evening, Miss Pennington.""coldlv uttered
figg‘yii'ofcssor, bowing low, and starting toward the
“ Stop!" cried Medea, swiftlymoviug between him
and the door. “ \Vlmt do you mean bv that ? ’

“ to bid you good-evening, since you absolutclv
decline my offer. Possibly you may find sumo oi heir
pt-rson wliocau place you on tho ti‘hclfof Llovd l’ctr
ninglon. If not, blame. yourself, not. inc or iniuo
One»: more, good’cvcniugl" .
“ I\_ot yci l" and the young woman. pale but with
glowing cyes, placed herself with but-k against tho
door. contrcntmgthc man wit h tlt‘Sln‘l'fll c rcsolut it :n‘
‘Zlou do not leave this room until we ha ‘
rived at some sort of an undt-rstnndin'. lt’ \‘ull
mean honestly by me, why are vou so stiitnrqv‘flp,
posed to permitting my crusin lo bear us clinipnnv
to the house where you say your sister, the lawful

wife of Lloyd Penning: m, is awaiting your return V’

, “\Vhero
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eyes filling With a reddish liglit, his flabby lip; con-

f ,‘a

palcgums. . , . .

“ You demand my reasons fcl‘ nct accepting the
company of. your cousin, Alva;- enliington? .V‘ll,
since it is a lad who asks me the question, I wtll ro-
plv, and frank y. .

.“My lips are forever scaled concerning the past,
as I had the honor of saying bchrc'but it they were
not, I would new them up with a. ret dict wirelu-foro
I would do anythin to publish her and my shame to
the world! As n. la y, we can trust you, wind} once
your solemn Word is fledged. But your cousin—ho
is a drunkard, a gum Icr, a bubbling fool! Lt't him
give a. thousand pledgcs, and before a week could
pass, he would break them every onc! No; either
you go with me alone, or you go not at all. Take
your choice. It is my fiua oil‘cr".

Once more Medea hesitated, but not for dong.
Turning the kry in the let k and then Wltll(ll':l_\\'llll_’,' it,
she passed over to a. H'th door which 0 cncfl into the
office, where she behold the landlord s ccpdy pulling
away at a huge pipe. ,

The noise attracted his attention. and at a signal
from tho white hand, he droppcd his pipe and ‘illllti
forward.

Mcdca stepped aside to pcrniit his: onirurcc, tlicu
closrd the door behind him licl'oz'c rho spokc.

“Are you acquainted with this gt‘illlt‘ttizinl" she
askt (I, indicating the profcssor by it wuvc of her
hand.

“ Wan], kinder 50-80,” was the
Sponrc. "

“ \\ hat manner of person is ll( 7 What. sort ht
reputation docs he bea r? (tan onu plucc any (lcpcu-
dcncc in what he says?” .

“ I never knowed anv partic’lar harm come of
him. An’ I guess he kin tell the t1 nth without
st rainin‘ to hurt, onlcss it’s in a. game 0’ kccrds. But.
we all do it then, cf we kin."

“He says his name is Professor King Smith, of
Mandun."

“I never hearn him called only Fatty Smith. Au’
‘perfessor. too? Waal. I don‘t know what of, onlcss
it’s keerds l”

The landlord laughed softly, nodding his shaggy
head in full up ii'eciation of his own wit, while the
profcssor scow ed.

“Trank you. Mr. Dickson,” and Medea smiled

sweetly. "This gentleman has brought mo impor-
tant information but; as he rcl‘uscs to tell inc all
here, insisting on my hearing him company alone to
the place where his principal awaits us. I naturally
wished to learn whether or no I might trust llllll. i.
will go with him, but unless I return here in two
hours from now. I beg of 'ou to find my cousin,
Alva Pennington, and tell him what has occurred,
and with whom I left your liousc. Will you do this?"
“Sart’in! Or I‘ll go ’loug, lll)’<cl‘f——~" '
“Thanks, but; I must go all'llt‘, clse your kind offer
would be most gratefully accepted. Mr. Smith, I
will inn up-stairs and put on my liings. I’ll be With
you in five minutes."

CHAPTER XIV.
LLOYD iritmrxu'iox‘s wrrn.
“SI‘PI‘OSE I don’t chm-so to‘wastc any further
time on your fanciful capricesi” surlin uttered the
rofessor, as the young lad y turncd toward him with
191‘ last sentence.

“ \\ hat do you mean, sir?” demanded lib-den, her

cheeks flus ting at this rude address.
“That 1 lave already done more than my con«
tract calls for.”was the dogged t'c‘sponst‘. “ l ("lll‘lfl
hero greatly against my own dcsircs. 1 ant icipntctl
more 01‘ less pain in rakiiur opcn old sot-cs. but Mr
wishes, added to it bclicf that I would be rcndu‘iug
7:02: a service. gave me the necessary couragc. [
felt that you would bcgratcful in Ill'tllit'nllttll to the
sacrificclwas making—dict flat 1 ookt-d forward to
any pecuniary rcward, or anything more substantial
than your thanks and warm gratitude; but that
much I did expect.
“Instead. what has been my rcward‘thus far?
Scorn and suspicion, insults without number! You
could not have. to at'cd mo \\ ith grcntcr ('ontun cly
if'l In”? on my fort-bond lllt‘ blazing brand of thief
and liluckiuailcrl You might havesliown more c: n»
Sl(l(."l‘nllttll for a. convit tcd assassin!
“Miss Pennington. for the lust timc.l have the
honor to bid you a most rrspcctful growl-owning!“
lie bowed no profoundly that the slinin was too
rent, and with a touring sound, a button llcw oil‘ of
list tight-filling coat. the catastrophe causing l‘ro-
fossor King Smith to rcsutno his pot'pt-ndiculurity
with ludicrous ("l‘lt‘l‘lt.’.
Polo and resolute.lfletlcu Pennington cotil'rontttl
him, the kcy to the door still in licr lmnd. Slump
and distinct sounded lll‘l' vtlcr, lcuiiug not. the
slightest room for doubt.
“In plain words, slt', _\'nll tcftiro to fulfill your
promisc?”
“ i did not promise to lot ytu load the like a lhlt-t‘
with a rope around my ncik!” was lllt‘ sullt-n ru-
tort. ' ‘
“ If your motives “'t‘l‘t' lion. st, you would not look
at tltc simple and ordinary picczintions which 1 have
Hilton. in any such light as that."
Until now, iln- rather slow willed landlord had
Stood in opt-ti-moutlicd astonishment watching the
couple. trying iti vain to cxti‘at-t tlic full uwaning
from mic s "‘1 ch licfol'c itiiolltcr fcll to confusi- him;
but now it- scouted to strikc bottom, and with
his sturdy body supporicd on widely Separated fret,
he shook Oln‘ hairy fist. llt‘llt'ill h tltc flaming nosc of
the. professor, his voice Ccep and menacing us he
spokt:
“Look yer, Fatty Smith. None 0’ your pcsky
slienannigan. You axed this young lt-ddy fcl' to go
sonic‘rs with ye. You kcp’ up accruing orth she
aid she‘d go. Now vou kick ovor the tract-s an"
want to back out. but ain‘t white. You cain‘t
come none 0’ your monkcyiu’ over (ii-y o‘ my
boarders Ef the leddy still wants to go, go you‘ve
got to, cf I ht v to ram you chuck up to thc nozch in
a. keg 0’ giant powder, p‘int you in tlic kcrcct di<
rcctiou. an’ tilicn tctch the hull business off with
that: red-hot head-light o’ yournl Now ye got it,
SIP fight I”
Hour-st Giles Dickson emphasized his: sport-b with
a couple of solemn nods. lieu drcw his sturdy form
erect, with a shy glance toward his lady lionrdcr,
as though wishing to note the ti'l'cct Ill‘(l(lllt‘('tl by
his unusual eloquence.

“A thousand thanks, Mr. Dickson!" exclaimed
Medea, too polite. even in lit 1' prcst-nl cxvitcd state.
- . . . l
to disappoint thc wcll-ntcnnn'g lcllow. “1 know
that you would put your throats into (-xocutiou
without, 3, nuiint‘nl's hesitation. but I hardly think

Mr. Smith will trove so obstinate."

“ lttl. if T stillldu-liuc your delightful company. on
those terms, Miss Pennington?"
fcsSHI'.

“ in that case, I will ask Mr. Dickson to detain
you whilc l bringr my cousin and make known to
him all that you itavc told mu. llc is a partiu-r in
my quest, and doubtlcss will know lit‘llt r how to
deal with a man of your description than i do."
Fora brict‘ s' arc the prol‘ussu' lio‘silutt‘ul. glanc-
ing from one to the ulllt‘l‘. but then mimic a cnuiplcto
alteration of both tonc and ll‘.:lllll('l‘.

“You shall have your own way iii this affair,
Miss Pennington, though I still bt-licvc you will
deeply rcgrct your obstinaey in seeking to discover
this man.

_“S]'ozi will take me to the house of your prin-
cu .a ‘3' .

‘ch. My refusal but now, was only made in
hopes of scaring you from your purpose. I had no
other motive.” ‘

“Death alone can ircvcnt me from carryi ig out
that purpose,” was. he grave res-poi so. as l('tl0'fl
unloc 't'fl the door and bush nod u i to her climubcr.
“ Look ycr, Fully Smith," said I oncsl (lilt‘s, blink~
ins: like some solemn owl as licstood bcl'orc tl.t\, iro~
ft'>SI)l‘. apparl-ntly in readiness to iutcrccpt. lllll
should he attempt to lit-c. “ I don‘t; know what. sort
0' game it is you’re play‘ln'. but J 1/4; know this
much: Et‘ the 'outtg lctldy ain't buck llt‘l‘“ inside 0’
two hours, as s to said, 1'” take your trail and nova-r
stop to slcc )or rest onto it olith I've run it. clcau
down to bot-rock. Wlirnlgit that', cf thcy‘s any
smell 0’ your lingers in the pic, I’ll sct down onto yo
like the crack 0’ doom !"

A lrillc mixed in his mum diors, perhaps, but
none who heard him could (lou ll. the (‘tlllllllt‘ll‘ cat"
ncstuoss of Iloncst (lilt's. \Vliat lic thrcntcucd
would be performed.

Profrssor King Smith only slirturgrcd his; fut shoul-
tlcis. for already tho rt-luruing footrlt-pu oi' l‘ll‘tll‘ll.
Pennington Vii-re to be lit-ard swiftly thing down
the stairs, and with his lint lit-Iicutli l:i:; urni, llt‘
opcncd the door and joined her in tho past-tum“,
smiling faintly at llt'l‘ wordn: ‘

I “lit two hours from now, Mr. llicksou-rcmcm
)cr!‘

“Or I’ll know the rcasou wliv!” cried ll'unt-st
Giles, us she pusscd (in without pausing for u. i't-ply

“ As 1 four you don‘t trust in.» sufficiently to care
for he assistance of HIV arm. Miss Pennington, I
will not mnlu- tlic olfcr,” laid the pl'flft‘fih'ul‘, as flu-y
lt‘l't l'lt‘ lllllt'L
“I l'(‘l(llll't‘ no assistance, thank you. I am only
nnxmus to rmc‘i i'w building whi-re you say your
sister is waiting for our coining," hurriedly replied
thc maiden.

"Which you will soon discover is nothing mort-
lhau thw simple truth. doubt lllt‘ as you iiuiy. I
lltl-_\’t' “lily (dw rt-tpit-riz do not bionic lllv' if this \ isit
ltt‘lttifs _\ ‘il ll‘ttlllm‘ inslcad of joy. I l':i\'c ttiml my
ltt'r‘l lot!“ ni-tdoyou."
.‘l-wlvu, Pruningnnu lllllalt‘ no rt-ply. 'l‘ltnl ground
llflil lim‘n ,vxv'nc ovcr so often, that :~ll(‘ had nothing
llll'lilt‘l‘ it)b;l\', '
Al 'n in silmu't‘, “10 fat prufcsst‘ir It'll the “in;
rapidly through thc town, chaos-ilk: lllt' dark: st and
most. dcsvrlcd ways, as though anxious to avoid all
observation.

Mmlca noticed this fact. but she said )luiltlllL’,
only kccpiug «inc hand on lllt‘ butt of n, loath-d 11'-
"I‘IVCI', with which she had [akin tho precaution to
arm licrsclt’, \vliilu donni‘r: liur street-gurtntnts.
\Vith it she was irtpzircd to (It-innd burr-wit: against.
treachery. should any be llllt‘lltle'tl.

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the came. to a small, one—story building, retired in
its ocatlon, on the outskirts of Bismarck, not manv
rods from the river’s edge. .
lIc rapprd at the door, and the barrier was almost
immediately opened. a soft voice demanding:

“ Is that you, brother? Has she come?" “

“ Yes, she is here. Will you enter, Miss Penning-
ton?“ '

There was no light within the building, but Medea
(lid not hesitate. She had come too far to beat a
retreat at this late hour, and still grasping her pis-
tol, she advanced.

A soft hand closed upon her arm, and gently drew
her inside, the professor following, shutting the door
behind him.

“ Wait one moment " added that musical voice
from the darkness. “ will strike a light, and then
you can see where you are."

The uncertain flickering of a match was followed
by a flood of light from a large oil lamp, and Medea
Pennington drew a swift breath of surprise as she
glanced around her.

Though small the apartment was richly, almost
gorgeously titted up, seeming strangely out of place
in that then rough, new border town.

The \ mils and ceiling \vere hung with rich. cream-
colored damask. The floor was emu-red with a vel-
vet carpet, with pile so soft and thick that one sunk
in it as through a layer of luxuriant moss. The fur—
niture—that of a sleeping and sitting-room combined
-glittcred with gilding and inlaid work, rare and
costl '. On the walls hung pictures, on hand-carved
brac {ets stood marble staluettes; in one word,
everything seemed as rich and costly as money
could procure.

Under any different circumstances, Medea’s sur-
prise would have been still greater, but now she
only took one swift comprehensive glance at
her surroundings, 1 en turned her gaze upon
the woman who stood before her, closely scanning

er.
a And here a still greater. surprise awaited the mai-
en.

She had expected to meet a woman past the prime
of her beauty, if not completely broken down by the
terrible wrongs she had been called on to endure,
according to the tale told by the fat little professor.
Instead—

A woman of tall and regal figure, beside whom
she—herself above the medium hight of the
softer sex ap cared to be but a half-grown child.
At least six eet in night, and yet with a form
so perfectly proportioned in its superb curves and
contours, her unusual altitude was only remarked
when taken in comparison with another. Her com-
plexion was almost Spanish in its duskiness, yet
seemed absolutely without flaw or imperfection—
soft, clear, creamy. Her hair was of a lustrous
blue-black, so seldom seen in all its perfection;
silken instead of the usual coarse texture which goes
with this color. It was arranged in a eculiar dia-
dem-shaped voifi‘ure, richly sprinkled with gleaming
jewels, for the most (part rubies, rleaming like drops
of translucent bloo . .Around er ucenly throat
hung a necklace of the same jewels, a diamond-
studded cross resting just where her bosom began
to swell. U on her white fingersalso shone precious
stones. an here and there. as though carelessly
dropping, brilliants sparkled in the folds of her
swee )ing dress, corn-colored satin, heavily draped
with lack lace.

So brilliant was this unexpected vision that Medea
Pennington was literally dazzled, starting back and
raising one hand to shield her eyes, coming as she
had from the blackness which reigned outside that
cloudy night.

A smile curved the rich, red lips, and a musical
voice broke the silence:

“You have nothing to fear from me, Miss Pen-
nington.”

“ I am not afraid,” was the quick response.

“That I can swear to!" broke in the voice of the
fat little professor, with a short, disagreeable laugh.
“ Miss Pennington is proof against any weak senti~
ment like that. as I can truthfully bear witness. A
tiger is a coward beside her i"

“Brother King!” ejaculated the gorgeously—robed
woman.

“Sister Help!” echoed the 'little. professor, his
bosom swellin'r out until it seemed a miracle that
his remaining FIHIUOIIS did not fly off_like exploding
torpedoes. "Allow me to finish, it you please. I
lliehcvc you sent me to bring this young lady

ere?‘

“ Of course 1 did; and I thank you for having suc‘
cccded."

“ Well. that‘s one consolation anyway!” he ur-
gled, with a mock bow. “ Never mind; ’in mec ' as
a lamb. I never complain—I’m not complainin '
now—but I do say thls: if ever I run another errand
for on of this description, I pray that I may trip up
out 0 first step l take and break my neck into ten
thousand pieces—so Ill/“7'8 I”

” Miss Pennington,” and he swiftly turned toward
her, “ I prefer not to remain here during your con-
versatlon with my sister. You promised= to return
to the hotel inside of two hours. I will return in an
hour and a half. If I am needed before the expira-
tion of that time, a light shown for an instant
through this doorway will suflice. Good-evening,
ma’aml”

With a short, stiff bow, he turned and left the
house.

A low, musical laugh came from the woman at
this abrupt departure, and she said, with a trace of
sadness:

“ You must pardon him, Miss Pennington, if you
find him a trifle unceremonious. He is a dear. good
brother, who has suffered much on my account, and
it is like poison to him to have the black past re-
ferred to in the most remote manner.”

She placed a chair for Medea, herself sinking upon
a soft couch, very unlike one whose heart was
breaking under shameful wrongs. Instead, she

looked like atigress in good-humor; like a. modern
representation of the voluptuous queen of the
Nile.
“ Well," she said, abruptly, after a brief but close
scrutiny of her fair visitor. “What do you want
with me?”

“ I should ask you that,” retorted Medea, her
cheeks flushing a. little at this sharp address. ”‘ You
sent for me. I am here in answer to your pressing
invitation.” Y

“ As you please.” was the listless reply. “ Eon
wish to discover the present whereabouts of a pre-
cious scoundrcl who used to call himself Lloyd Pen-
nington?” ' I

Medea bowed coldly. She was rapidly growing to
dislike this woman, even more heartily than she did
the rofcssor. _

""he name is the same as your own; a relative
of yours?” .

“ That is not to the point. Your brother said you
could and would tell me where I might find Lloyd
Pennington. With that understanding I accom-
panied him to this place. W'ill you give me that _in-
formation? 1 am ready to pay any reasonable price
for it if reliable.”

Wit 1 a short, metallic laugh, the woman cast a
lazy glance around the room that spoke louder than
words. She did not seem to feel the need of money
to an great extent. .

“V hat are your reasons for seeking Lloyd Pen-
nington?" _ _

“To see that justice is done him—to right a
cruel wrong, and brush away a shameful cloud
which has long overhung his name,” replied Medea,
her eyes glowmg vividly.

The regal brows contracted, and an unpleasant
look came into her face, while those dusky eyes he-
gan to glow. '

“I was misinformed. If I had known this, Iwould

not have taken the trouble to send for you,” she
said coldly.

" But since I have. come in answer to your urgent

invitation, you surely will not send me away With-
out the deSired and promised lllfOI‘lIlflthll?’

“ Why not?”—rudely. “ I am less interested now.

Ithought you were another of his victims. I fan-

cied you were hunting him down, to seek reycnge.

Believing this,l was eager to see you and 30m my

forces to yours. I would have assisted you all that

lay in my power; but now——”
“ You refuse to speak, then?”—and Medea. rose to
her feet. _ '
“ Stop! Resume your seat,” imperiously uttered
the woman, with a wave of her jevvcled hand. If
you insist, I will tell you all I can. But I warn you
that, if you think to do Lloyd Pennington a good

service. you will live to regret it I”

“ ls th‘ t a threat, and from you?” coldly demand—
ed Medea, still standing her repugnance increasmg
with the passage of one moment she breathed the

same atmosphere with the woman. .

“ It is a warning!” cried the woman, rismg to her

feet her great eyes glowing with what seemed a

sud en fury. “A warning which you Will do well

to heed. Look at me! Am I a woman to be lightly
scorned by a man who had won my heart’s l we?—
who had first taught me the meaning of that

word?” ” .

“ We were talking of revenge—not love, said Me-
' dea, coldly returning that fiery gaze—1‘ or,, rather,
you were speaking of revenge. I 0f JUSUCG-

 

“ You are right, Miss Pennington,” said the wom- incidents in this account
an her wild passion seeming to suddenly cool be-
, " I forget myself whenever
I think of or mention the name of that unhung Vil-
lain, and the thought of your meeting him face to
in your youth and innocence, sent the lava-flood

Once more I warn you
-nay, I beg of you on my bended knees to give over

arch for this denion in human guise, before
our 86 kc of you a wreck like

neath that steady gaze.

face _ .
tearing through its barriers.

is ungovemed passions ma

with tears. ,
Slowly Medea shook her head in denial.
“I have sworn to

world, either on land or water, have had their rise
and development in the far Orient.

rauders, jungle cut-throats and outlaws of every

principal rivers, and captured several large war-

h e vmi ' ow beholdl” and she suited the action
toe}??? .vcrds1 sinking upon her knees, her _clasped
.“-‘\(lb‘ raised beseechingly, her eyes mOistenmg

find him and I will keep my

A BOY’S LOVE DREAM.

BY IRA A. KIMBALL.

 

 

We all have. notions;—I have mine;
It’s got tobe the fashion;

There’s nothing now scarce out my line,
E‘en love’s eond :ling passion

Has warped this poor impov’rish’d frame,
And made it how and quiver;—

But I can‘t tell which is to blame——
A disordered heart or liver.

I‘ve had my dream of love and bliss,
And thought I felt most sweetly,

But when I come to speak of this
I’ve been upset completely.

For that sweet girl who sat'so close
Without a squirm or wriggle,

As soon as I went to propose,
Began to cough and giggle.

Of course I found her not the one,
’Twas best for me to tie to;

I didn’t consider the matter fun,
And didn‘t propose to try to;

The maid replied, in the sweetest tone,
\Vhite raising her eyes meckly:

" ‘Tis true that while my heart is strong,

Your head is rather weakly.”

So I quit her, and went to seek
Some. other love-sick vision,

But since that time I’ve lacked for check,
As well as more decision;

For I have stood and let each go—
The sweetest one that passes,

\Vhile my whole soul went boiling o‘er
Like New Orleans molasses.

I‘ve sat for hours when all alone,
In acrid thought and bitter!

There’s Susan Blinks, she’s 'ust the girl,
But how the deuce to get or?

I know I love, for when I chanced
To clasp her hand a minute—

It knocked the buttons off my coat—
My heart a-beating ’g’in’ it.

Now I am in an awful strait!
But who will help me through it?
Would like to wed. you bet, first-rate,
But don’t know how to do it;
For when I went to mother Blinks
And asked to see her daughter,
She gave to me a reception warm—
Be-grab, ’ta‘as boiling vzrater 1

Well, after that I wandered ofl?
And spent whole nights in weeping;
While up my back cold shivers ran,
Like bedbugs softly cree Jing.
It made me feel so crazy-1i e,
I up and rushed about incl
Don’t talk of specie, or the strike
So long as woman doubts me!

But now. my friends, I give it up;
There is no use in trying,

And as my tears are all wept up
I’m on the list for drying—

And when complete I‘ll waft away
From out this sphere of trouble-

W'ill go so swift and easy like,
Because I couldn't—double J

 

 

Historigjandits.

BY JOHN H. \VHITSON.

Paou, the Chinese Sea Scourge.

THE most formidable robber organizations of the

Land—pirates and water-pirates, mountain ma-
description, have there, in all past time, flourished
and spread like the banyan.

Among them none have gained a greater meed of
notoriety than the piratical associations of the Ce-
lestial Empire.

The. best known of these were the Ladrones, so
named by the Portuguese of Macao. They were
originally a disaffected set of Chinese who had re-
voltcd from the oppressions of the Mandarins, and
infested the Chinese seas during the early part of
the present century.

They began their depredations upon the western
coast, about Cochin-China, and for a time carried
on a s )ccies of warfare against small trading-ves-
sels, w iich they attacked in row-boats.

They were called by their countr men the “ Wasps
of the Ocean,” and the fame of t cir successes, to-
gether with the horrible poverty and degradation of
the lower classes, who were almost crushed into
the earth by the iron heel of caste and the
universal corruption and extravagance of the Gov-
ernment, served to augment their strength with
marvelous rapidity.

Their audacity increased with their power, and
they soon swept the entire coast, bloekaded all the

junks, which had been sent against them.

These, added to their immense force of row-boats,
formed such a formidable fleet that few vessels
cared to venture from the security of their land-
locked harbors without a strong convoy.

When they lacked material for plunder on the sea
the pirates attacked small villages inland, and occao
sionally even plundered large towns.

Their most noted leader was Paou. He had been
a poor fisher-boy. and was picked up at sea with his
father by Ching—yih. at that time the Ladrone com-
mander, and carried on board his vessel.

Having gained the good-will of the chieftain, he
was rapidly advanced from one position to another,
and at an extremely early age commanded one of
the largest of the war-junks.

About this time the Chinese Government made an
energetic attempt to destroy the pirates, but in-
stead, increased their strength, for in the very first
encounter twenty-eight of the imperial junks struck,
and the remainder only saved themselves by pre-
cipitate retreat.

These twenty-eight vessels were well—armed, and
being added to the already large fleet of the La-
drones, made it formidable indeed.

In the year 1800 they were in the plenitude of
their power, their forces at that time being estimat-
ed at seventy-thousand men, navigating eight hun-
dred large vessels and one thousand smaller ones,
including row-boats.

green. the black, and the white.

ant.

the ancient native dynasty.

bosom of t ie ocean.

and among any people, but doubly so with the Chi
nesc, who I. I
of the inferiority of women.
supreme rulershipl

and the other by Mrs. Ching.

\Vitthll-defined owers and duties.

A strict code 0

more enterprising and successful than ever.

niaigcd nominal] a joint-ruler until the end.

and river—shores. _
other goods were paid for.
take any article by force, under penalty of death.

thing if it could by any possibility be supplied.

to have been a. muscular fellow), soon after his a

could scarcely move from its massive base.

on..- .

gained such a. signal victory over him that it Chang

They were divided into six large squadrons, under
different flags—the red, the yellow, the blue, the
Cliing—yih was
then connnanderdn-chict‘, with Paou as his lieuten-

So confident had Ching-yih become in his daily—in-
creasing strength that he aspired to the dignity of a
great political character. and published to the world
his patriotic intention of hurling the reigning Tartar
family from the throne of China, and of restoring

But, unfortunately for this ambitious pirate. “on
the 17th (lay of the tenth moon. in the twentieth
year of Kca-King,” he was lost in .a gale, and his
mighty as irations were buried with him in the

Then occurred one of the strangest things in the
history of this organization—strange in any countrv

ave all the exaggerated Oriental notions

Ching-yih’s widow was elevated, with Paou, to the
The fleet was divided into two
squadrons, ore of which was commanded by Paou

Another noted leader
known as O-po—tae was placed next in command.
being commissioned as a sort of general lieutenant,

laws was drawn up, which were
at all times rigidly enforced, and the pirates became

Paou was a typical commander. Harsh and stern
in the enforcement of necessary discipline, yet. as a
rule, kind and humane to his followers, his genius
for piracy soon virtually placed lnm at the head of
the combined organization, although Mrs. Ching re-

That they mig t never want for provisions and
supplies, I’aou took extraordinary pains to gain the
good—will of the common people along the sea-coasts

Wine, rice, ammunition and all
No one was allowed to

This so won upon the good graces of the lower
classes that Paou’s followers never wanted for any-

According to the grave Chinese historian Yuen
Tsze from a translation of whose works the main
are. taken, Paou (who seems

ccssion to power gained a. wonderful increase of
reputation by going into a temple near the coast and
lifting up a heavy image, known as the Three Old
\Vomen,” which all the men accompanying him

By his orders this cunibrous statue was carried
aboard his own vessel, whercat the_superstgnous
pirates were greatly frightened. fearing ineyitable
destruction in the next fight or storm; but in this
they were agreeably disappointed for, when a feW
months later the. great war Mandarin, Kwolang-ltn,
""wl from the Bocca-Tigris, with a nnghtyfleet.
for the purpose of destroying the Ladrones, I’aou

This battle of the junks was a desperate and dead-
ly one, as Chinese battles 0, where clubs, stones
and “ stink-pots ” are rcgar ed as mighty weapons.
Fifteen of the war-junks were captured, and the
remainder struck colors. The prisoners were given
the choice of becoming pirates or walking into the
sea, and in consequence the sea was not dotted with
floatin bodies to any alarming extent.

Kwo ang-lin was brought before Paou for judg—
ment, and the Ladrone commander was disposed to
deal mercifully with him. but "the fierce old man
suddenly seized him by the hair on the crown of his
head and grinned at him, so that he might provoke
him to slay him. "

Even then Paou was moderate, and s Joke to him
kindly, but Kwolang-lin, seeing he could not secure
his decapitation by such means, seized a sword from
a bystander and rip Jed himself open.

Not long after this, another great war Manda-
rin, called Lin-fa, was sent out against the Ladroncs,
but no sooner did his fleet come in sight of the
pirates, who were awaiting him in battle array, than

iis nicu became panic-stricken and at once chang—
ingtthe course of their vessels tried to rim back to
por .

Paou immediately pursued, coming up with them
near Olang-pac. There the chSels were rendered
motionless by a dead calm, and the Ladrones,
throwing themselves boldly into the sea, swam to
the imperial junks. and boarding, captured six of
them and slew the commander.

In their next adventure the Ladrones were not so
successful. Thev attacked an argosy laden with
goods from Cochin-China and Tonquin but were
forced to retire, and shortly afterward were severe~
ly handled by the great admiral, Tsuen-Maw Sun,
who advanced against them with a hundred large
war-junks, well armed.

In this engagement» large numbers of the mat
sails and ropes of the pirate vessels Were set on fire
by the guns of the imperial fleet, and they were
compelled to withdraw from the contest, having sus-
tained a heavy loss in killed and wounded.

But their tarnished laurels were soon brightened.
They retreated for shelter to the bay of Kwang-
chow, and when Tsuen-Maw-Sun again advanced
against them, Paou, leaving Mrs. Ching with O~po-
tae, in command of a. portion of his forces, advanced
poldly to the attack on the front of the admiral‘s
me.

As soon as the fight commenced the other pirate
squadron advanced upon the rear of the admiral‘s
vessels, and he suffered a severe defeat.

The next fight is so characteristically described by
the Chinese historian that it must be given entire, in
his own words:

“ Our men-of-war, escorting some of the merchant
ships in the fourth moon of the same year, happened
to meet the vessels of Paou cruising at sea. The
traders became exceedingly frightened, but our
commander said, ‘ We are a match for them; there-
fore we will attack and conquer thcinl’ Then
ensued a battle; they attacked each other with guns
and stones, and many were killed and wounded.
The fighting ceased toward the evening, and began
again the next morning. The pirates and the men-of-
war were very close to each other, and they boasted
mutually about their strength and valor. It was a
very hard fight; the sound of cannon and the cries
of the combatants were heard many miles distant.
The traders remained at some distance—they saw the
)irates mixing gunpowder in their beverage; they
looked instantly red about the face and eyes, and
then fought desperately. This fighting continued
for three days and nights incessantly; at last, becom-
in tired on both sides, they separated ”

Vhich reminds one of the Irishman‘s account of
his first skirmish: “It was a bloody battle while it
lasted, and the sergeant of marines lost his cai'touch—
box.

After this the Ladroues continued their depreda-
tions with greater impunity than ever. They burned
a number of towns and villages, and carried away
many prisoneis of both sexes. From one place they
took fifty-three women.

The Admiral Ting Kwei was then sent against
them, but'Paou surprised him at anchor, and after a
short but stubborn conflict, captured most of his
vessels, and the Mandarin killed himself. Seeing
their commander fall. many of his followers plunged
into the sea and were drowned, and the remainder
were made prisoners.

manner were threatened with instant death.

rivers and sack the towns along their banks.

The Canton discliar res itself into the sea through
several mouths, and t 10 Ladrones being divided into
three squadrons—one commanded by l’aou, one by
Mrs. thing, and the other by O-po~tae—proceeded
up the Canton through three of these channels, car-
rying consternation everywhere.

sea.

squadron in pursuit.

bay under Lanton. they fired several broadsides at

the pirate vessels and passed on, not daring to come

nearer.

day a arge force of Mandarin vessels attaeked them,

but one of the vessels being blown up by a firebrand
thrown from a Ladronc junk, they thought it proper

to retire.

among them.

succeeded in pushing them away from their vessels,

and broke them up for tire-wood.

shut in by high and barren mountains.

rible, rapacious and bloodthirsty.
end.

and contentions.

fight his way out single-handed.

of O—po—tac, and suffered a signal defeat.

condition of free pardon for all.

grant, and the eight thousand men composing hi
force surrendered.

to the forces of the Government.

others.
Their overtures were successful.

them continually.

junks. and Mrs. Ching was granted a life-annuity.

known to history.

—_————

 

C— THE following comparison is made between Ame

with more than 1,000.000.

below the American cities. Lina-mm

 

 

After this defeat the Chinese Government, seeing
how hopeless was the attempt to reduce them by
force, resolved to starve them into submission. All
vessels were ordered into port, with instructions to
remain there, and persons assisting the pirates in any

At this, Paou resolved to ascend the navigable

After advancing some distance and plundering
wherever they went, they returned to the open

The Chinese Government, having obtained aid
from the Portuguese of Macao, now sent another

Coming up with the red and black squadrons in a gin’.

The )irates still remained in the bay. and the next

The following day the Portuguese and imperial
forces again approached and commenced a heavy
cannouading, and during the night attempted to
burn the Ladrone fleet by sending eight fire-ships

On their first appearance the pirates gave a great
shout, supposing them to be. Mandarin vessels on
fire, but were soon convinced of their error. They
came on Very regularly, two and two, into the cen-
ter of the fleet, burning furiously. but the Ladroncs

and, towing them to shore. extinguished the flames

The next day Paou. having completed some much-
nccded repairs, and being all ready for sea. stood
boldly out, bidding defiance to the Goy'ei'iiinent fleet,
which consisted of ninetv-three war-junks, six I’or-
tugucse ships. a brig {tilt a scliomicr. and steering
in a southeasterly direction, anchored in a huge bay

After such repeated victories not only the coast.
but the rivers of the Celestial Empire seemed to be
at their mercy, and the name of I’aou and his La-
droncs became the synonym of all that was ter—

Yet this wonderful organization was nearing its
“hat the power of the Chinese Goverimient
had failed to do was accomplished by internal feuds

O—po-tae, who commanded one of the flags or (li-
visions of the fleet, at length became jealous of the
immense power and popularity of the mighty Paou.
and when the latter was soon afterward surprised
and cooped up by a strong blockading force of Man-
darin vessels, he refused to go to the assistance of
his commander-in-chief, who was thus forced to

At this l’aou‘s rage knew no bounds, and placing
his junks in line of battle, he attacked the squadron

I’aonthen hastened with his shattered forces to
the squadron commanded by Mrs. Ching. and O~po-
tae, dreading the terrible vengeance of the madden-
ed Chieftain. gained over his men to his views and
proffered submission to the Chinese Government on

This the Government was only too willing to

O—po-tae was e evated to the
rank of an imperial officer and his men were added

For some months after this Paou continued to
ravage the coast and seemed almost as strong as
ever, but disafl‘ections arose among his followers,
and seeing that O-po-tae had been made a Govern-
ment officer. and seemed to be prospering, he held a
long consultation with Ching-yih‘s widow and they
agreed to surrender likewise, if the same conditions
could be secured to them as were granted to the

It was so much
easier and cheaper for the Government to grant
them free pardon than to be compelled to fight

Paou’s men were added to the service of the Chi-
nese Government, Paou himself was made an impe—
rial oflicer and given command of a squadron of war-

Thus. after many years of wonderful success, and
wild.romantic adventures,endcd_the career of one of
the largest, if not the largest, piratical associations

loan and English cities: There are sixty-four cities
in the United States with a population exceeding
30,000; there are forty-four cities with more than
40.000; thirty-four with more than 50,000; twenty-
sevcn with more than 60,000; twenty-fourwith more ,
that: 75,000; twenty with more than 100,000, and one Once or twice I saw an eagle start out- 0‘ the cliff
London is a hug .vaV
ahead of New York, but the other Eaglis. , cities fall
, anks below
Philadelphia and Brooklyn: Manchester and Bit-
mingham are below Chicago and "St. LOllis, Leeds
and Sheffield are below Boston and Baltimore: Bris-
'o' ivradford and Salford are below Cincinnati, San
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5’ :tsmouth are below Washington, Cleveland and Up

Si Rocket’_3_Blg Climb.

BY ARTHI'R GLENN.

 

TALKIN’ of climbin’ (said old Si Rocket, as he fished
a red-hot ember from the fire, and dc )ositcd it in the
bowl of his pipe). I kin tell ye a, ta c, as is a tale,
about that same art.

hoonian ter climb no more nor it are nat‘ral fer a
bar to walk on two legs; but then, when a man has
a choice atween death/air climbin’ he’ll climb every
time, and that‘s Gospil wisdom.

I war squatted by a cam )~fi1‘0 one night, along 0’
half a dozen 0" the boys, {UK a jolly crowd we were.
It war my turn at the bottle, and I had jest raised it
to my lips when a pistol-shot rung out, and the
bottle were shivercd to artoms, which {unwell my
spec/‘its—d‘ye see? In three bounds we were all on
Lie spot whar the shot came from, but nary a sign
0’ the marksman could wctind.

\Ve were all ’tarnal mad at first, and agreed to
spread out and hunt the impident cuss. Wal, sir,
to make a long Yarn short, I hadn‘t gone twenty
yards when a big Ipcllow stepped out from behind a
tree, and 1 found myself lookin’ into the inuzzles of
two big navy revolvers. To say I was surprised
would be onneCcssary. I war confounded—skecred.
“ Who the devil air you?" I asked.

“ She-e-c!” he hissed.

" Who air she .9”

“ She-c-c 1”

“What do ye want?”

He made some funny motion wi’ his hands, point-
ed to his mouth, and said “ She—c-e!" a ain.

"Ye want she-c-e, do ye?” sez I. ‘ “'al, I don’t
know whar she-e-c lives.’

1 war about to walk ofi when he cotched my
shoulder, and yanked me around as if I'd la’ been a
bale o” hay, at the same time pokin’ the revolvers
unpleasantly close to my nose, and hissin‘ it out
longer nor ever, I s’pose fer a change:

“ She-e-e-e !”

“ Wal,” said I, disgusted-like, “may I be ever-
lastin’ly blessed ef you ain‘t the onpleasantcst chap
I ever had the misfortin’ to run ag’in’ 1”

Then he turned around, and motioned me to fol-
low him, but I wouldn‘t ha’ followed fer a. new rifle.
Then he pulled out a bowie-knife, and handed it to
me, with his revolveis. I war glad enough to git
hold 0’ ’em, thinkin’ the chap might have onpleasant
intentions. -

He walked off, motionin’ for me to foller. I
\varn’t inclined to do so at first, but when I con-
sidered that the chap war unarmed, I blushed to
think that l hesitated to foller an unarmed man.
“Lead on then,” sez I, “but no more she-e—e's ef
you please!”

When he saw that I was follerin’ him his eyes
lighted up like twin stars.

A He never wavered right norleft, and we walked for
more nor an hour straight up the valley; then be dis-
appeared as suddint-like as he bed appeared. I stop-
ped as sudden as if I had turned to stone. I thought as
how thar war somethin’ soopernat'ral about it, and
I could feel the hair drummin’ ag’in’ my hat.

“ It were the devil hisself,” I thought, and;then I
turned and made tracks outen that, faster nor
chained lightning.

Down the valley I went, stumblin’ over rocks and
logs. till I thought my legs war broke, they pained
me so. I hadn’t traveled far till I heerd footsteps
behind me, and looking over my shoulder. to my
horror and dismay, I sce’d the creeter comin’ arter
me, full tilt, lantern in hand. leapin’ from bowlder
to bowlder wi’ the agility o’ a mountain-goat, an’ a-
hollcrin’ “ Slu—e-e I” wi’ all the strength 0’ his
lungs!

In just about two seconds he had me by the collar,
and war makin’ them diabolical motions wi’ his
hands. Then he pointed up the valley, and motioned
for me to follow him. I couldn‘t move: I war
rpoted to the Spot as firmly as if I had growcd
t iar.

Then an ijec seemed to strike him. and settin’
down his lantern, he picked up a stick and com-
menced to write upon the ground. Then curiosity
overcame my fear.

1 went nearer, as he pointed to the words he had
written.

" I am dumb. \Voman in great distress.
That war all. but it war enough.

I shook the fellar’s hand, and marched arter him :
on the doublcquick. Old Si Rocket- war never
known to desart a woman in distress.

My fears had vanished as fast as a miner’s gold-
dust, but they were soon to be renewed.

When we reached the spot whar he had disa -
pearcd he took me by the hand. and walked straig it
toward the cliff on one side 0’ the road. He parted
some bushes, and we entered a stone passage, or
rather a wide crack in the rock.

We followed this passage for perhaps three yards,
when we suddenly emerged into a small cave eon-
tainin’ a table and two chairs. At the further end
0' this cave war a curtain, which, I artcrward
learned. kivered a doorway.

The chap ointed to one 0’ the chairs, an’ wan-
ishcd bchim the curtain.

l sot down, wonderin’ what ’u’d come next. when
I felt; sometliin’ crawlin’ up my leg, under my leg-

Come 1”

I looked down, and what (1’ *6 think I see’d? Noth-
in’ more nor less than the tail 0’ a blasted snake a
stickin’ out 0’ the bottom 0’ my leggin’.

I jest gave one howl, and jumped for that passagf.
I guess as how I must ’a’ skeercd that snake, fer e
glided up my back, and out 0‘ the back 0’ my neck
like a streak! Gosh! it war pleasant—not much!

I danced along that passage like a demon afire,
but hadn’t gone six feet till I stumbled over an-
other obstacle Satan had thrown in my way. I fell
on the ground ’inong a pile of young bars. I jedgc
thct tliar war about twenty on ’cm. They scratched
and hit me till I tho’t as how I'd be torn to pieces.
At last I got free. and tore back into the cave. and
jumped onto the table bruised and bleedin’, and
nigh skeet-ed to death. Then a horrible gratin‘ V'Oice
Screeched into my ear.

“ BOo-o-o l"

I didn’t stop to examine the cause, but jest
bounced off 0’ that table, and entered the next cave,
followed liv a loud, discordant laugh.

I stopped mighty suddint, for thar on a bed war
the pootiest young wooman I had ever sot _eycs on.
The dumb fellar war givin’ her some medicine out
0’ a bottle.
The dumb fellar grinned, and made some motions
wi' his fingers. The young creetm" smiled—a wan,
sickly smile—and said:

" My brother says that you have seen his pets.
He is very fond of his bears, and parrot, and even
the snakes.”

I understood it all then.

“ He air welcome to ’em. ma‘m,” said I.

" I sent my brother to town,” said she, "fer help.
But he tells me that he luckily met you in the
woods. You are a trapper, and I s‘pose you are
well acquainted with the haunts of annuals and
birds.”

" I know 'em pretty well.”
Then she commenced to cry, though I couldn’t see
fer what. but I learned soon.
" It may seem strange to you to see me here in this
strange place. Perhaps you have guessed the se-
Ci‘ct——"
" I think I hev,” sez I, as it suddintly flashed into
my head: "this is Dandy Dan’s retreat.”
“ Yes, and I am that road—agent's wife, but oh!
you will not desert me on that account? My hus-
band is absent.”

“ I'll help ye in anythin’ that ain‘t ag’in’ the con-
science," sez I.

" Thanks. It is a short story. My little daughter,
one year old, was playing in front of the cave. when
a huge eagle swooped down and bore her otI.”

“ When was that?”

s “ This afternoon. Two hours since. Oh—oh—oh!”
and she cried again.

“ That war Rose!" I said.

“Who is Rose?” she asked.

“Rose air the biggest eagle in the hills, and car-
ries offasheep as easily as she carries off ahare.
She has been shot at a number of times, but old
Ben Stuart war the only man that ever hit her, and
he shot off one 0‘ her legs.”

“ ’Tis she! ’Tis she 3” she. cried, claspin' her
hands. "I noticed that she had but one claw. Oh,
sir! if you will but bring my child’s bones you will
be rewarded.”

“ Don't want any reward,” said I. “ I know whar
Rose’s nest is. l ’s on the highest cliff in the hills,
Rainbow Cliff, and no man war ever kno to reach
the top. but I guess no ’un ever tried. Havc- yCi‘.
got a rope?”

She spoke to her brother wi‘ her fingers, and he
fetched Several lassoes. Ile grinned as he handed
me one wi‘ blood on the noose, an’ I shuddered as I
thought 0‘ the poor wretch's fate whose neck it had
encircled.

" I‘ll try it,” said I, “though it air a desp’rit risk.
In an hour the moon ‘11 be. up."

"’ John will go with you,” she said, “ and may
God bless you!"

An hour later we reached the foot 0’ the cliff, and
r- the moon just pecped over the hills enouin to light
us on oiu‘ way. Then our big climb commenced. .

The top 0’ the cliif seemed to enter the clouds. it
was so high. and the moon playin’ on the face o' the
rocks presented all the colors 0’ the rainbow—hence
its name.

far above, ’tween me and the sky, but I knew that
it wasn't near as high as Rose‘s nest. _

Up and up we crept, on our skeery journey.
Nearer and nearer to the top of the cliff, sometimes
I linging to a mesquite bush, at others dependni‘ on
the strength 0’ small roots and vines; and still. oc-
casionally, I saw that eagle dart out 0_‘ the chff w1’ a
shrill scream, and then dart back again.
and up we crept, foot by foot, till the valley

I've always argitlcd that it ain‘t nat’ral for a saw that she war minus afoot.

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Sometimes we’d rest on a ledge, and sometimes

we’d throw our ropes over a bush above us, and.
trust our lives to the strength 0’ that bush.

\Ve were drawin’ close onto the eagle now. I

could hear her screams, and see her plainly as she
darted about.

“That ain‘t Rose‘s nest,” I said.
mean?”

At last the eagle saw us, and at the same time I
It war Rose, sure
For a wonder the eagle didn’t notice us,

“ What does it

enough.

though I expected a fight every moment.”

At last we arrived on the ledge that the eagle was
flyin’ about, and about tWenly feet to the iight 0’

the spot which war interestin‘ her. Then we sce'd a
Sight that made our ha‘r stand on end.

011 the ledge lay a pooty leetle golden-ha‘red

baby, and around its body war coiled a thunderin’
big snake.

“ The eagle has stopped to rest,” thought I, “and
the snake has grabbed the prey.”
Every minute or twu the eagle would dart at the

snake, but the long forked tongue made her keep
her distance.

It was a big black snake and not poisonous. The
child‘s face war white, and her eyes war closed, but
_ John seemed to think so, for
his face lit up wi’ joy.

He pulled two revolvers from his belt and handed
one to me. Then he pulled out a piece of chalk and
wrote ’pon the rock: '

“You shoot the eagle; I’ll shoot the snake.”

I shook my head. ‘

“ You can't do it, my lad,” said I, “unless you are
a dead shot.” ‘

He wrote again:

“ The hand that shot the glass from your hand
will kill the snake.” '

“What did you shoot the bottle for?” I asked.

He pointed to the eagle and took aim at the
snake. The reports of our revolvers rung out. and
then wi’ a wild scream Rose dashed at me. I had
only wounded her. I thought I war agoner sure,
but another shot rung out and the eagle dropped in-
to the valley. John had roved his aim.

He came up wi’ the chi d in his arms, and pointed
at the dead snake. I felt the little pulse; it war
beatin‘ slowly.

“ Let us to the cave,” he wrote.

The child war tied to my back, and in s ite o’ the
burden I stood safe in the valley an hour ater, and
we went to the cave.

I never see‘d sech a happy creetur’ as that woman
when I laid the child in ier arms, and I think she
must ’a‘ thanked me a thousand times. After a
while she explained everything.

“ John shot the bottle from your hand to draw
you from your companions. I am sure such a good
man will not betray our hiding-place.”

_“l\'o,” said I; and just as the sun came over the
hills I rejoined my com anions, and answered their
questions as best I coul wi’out betrayin’ the hidin’e
place 0’ Dandy Dan and his pooty wife.

 

 

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A RECENT tornado on Mono Lake, in California,
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Some 1) aces. and in it were hundreds of dead wild
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A BABY in Hancock, Mass. has now living nine
grandparents~a grandmother and grandfather, a
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the fig- producing countries of Enron‘ and Asia will
soon plant an extensive fig orchard on his ranch,
about five miles from Los Angeles, Cal. He will
plant only the true Smyrna fig, and believes he can
fillti‘a good market for all the pressed figs he can
ma '9.

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Indiana asylum for the insane hasbeen reduced
from three gallons to one pint a day, with marked
benefit, it is said, to those who require a stimulant
for the ap etite. Regarding moral-force methods
as better t ian hysical restraint, Dr. Fletcher, the
superintendent, as forbidden the use of restraint
chaiis, cribs, restraint straps. waistlets,'and anklets.
1N Paris the ratio of suicides for every million in«
habitants averages yearly 402, while in Naples it is
only 34. The ratio for other cities is suggestive and
interesting. In Stockholm it is 354, in Copenhagen
302, in Vienna 287, in Brussels271. in Dresden 240. in
St. Petersburg 206, in Florence 180. in Berlin 170, in
New York 144, in .Genoa 135, in London 87, and in
Rome 74. The majority of suicides in New York are
said to be by Germans.

THE London Times says that “at the first lim se
it is uncertain whether the scene around t 1e el-
lowstone geysers resembles more afactory or visions
of the Inferno. The roads are toilsome and perilous.
The alkali, lime, and sulphur-dust is knee-deep.
The hotels are Gypsy encampments with the prices
of Saratoga palaces, and without their civility. Any-
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appears equally out of place with a picnic by the
Dead Sea.”

A POTTsviLLE (Pad woman hurriedly sent fora.
doctor and informed him that one or two of her false
teeth had lodged in her 'throat. He tried in vain to
dislodge them by ordinary methods. and saidrthat
an operation must be performed. The woman was
too nervous and timid to permit this. After fasting
and suffering for two days she found the teeth in a
draw where she had put them. Then the pain grad-
ually disappcaicd. There had been no obstruction
in her throat.

THE Booth family now consists of the mother—old
J. B. Booth’s widow—who survives. at upward of
eighty years; Miss Rosalie Booth, Edwin and J0-
seph. and Mrs. Asia S. Booth-Clarke, wife of the
distinguishet. American comedian, John S. Clarke,
of London. Originally there were ten children of
the famous elder Booth—namely, Junius Brutus,
Rosalie Ann. Henry Byron. Mary. Frederick, Eliza-
beth, Edwin. Asia Sydney, John Wilkes and Joseph
Addison. Only four remain.

THERE is a free railroad in Oakland, Cal. That
city is across the bay from San Francisco, with a.
population of 45.000. The Central Pacific Company
needed a way directly through it, and the principal
street afforded the best route. but the people were
reluctant to have the thoroughfare spoiled, and only
consented with the provision that no fares should be
collected for rides within the corporate limits. There
are several stations on this peculiar section of the
line, and the residents use the trains freely.

AN officer of a school in Boston for the blind says
that sighilcss persons may become the most expert
piano-tuners. Through its constant-use, the faculty
of hearing becomes so acute that intervals in_the
scale of sounds w'hich are so slight as to be unnoticed
by other persons are readily detected by the blind.
The slightest imperfection in unisons is discord to
them. Their knowledge of the mechanism of the
piano is obtained through the use of 'models and the
dissection of old instruments. Besides, theyare thor-
oughly taught in that branch of lihysics which treats
of ’the nature of sound and the aws of its produc-
tion and transmission.

THERE are about 4.000 Mennonites. or Anabaptists.
in Manitoba, divided into ten or twelve villages, and
occupying the richest land. They came seven years
ago, a large reservation being set apart by the Goy-
ernment for their exclusive use. Their language is
a mixture of Russian and low Dutch, and their cus-
toms and habits are primitive in the extreme. They
are not at all cleanly, living under the same roof
with pigs, cows, horses and poultry, and keep aloof
from the settlers. Their e ders deCide minor dis.
putes, but the power belongs to the people. Without
whose consent no business of importance can be
transacted. They are, of course, subject to the pm
vincial law.

Qcmxn, chief of the Comanches, is a fine—looking
man, with a fair blending of the leading char-
acteristics of the white and Indian races. from
which Dr sprung. Nearly forty years ago, on
a raid made by the Comanclies into Texas, they
seized and carried into captivity a young maid-
en. named Cynthia Parker, a niece cf Mr. Isaac
Parker. This young girl, only twelve years of age,
when she attained womanhood married a Comanche
chief, and from this union Quin-ah was born. Dur-
ing the war General Snl Ross captured Cynthia
Parker. and she returned to Texas much against
her will, and, with her little Indian daughter, died.
Her son remained with the tribe and is now their
chief.

THE Chinese merchants in San Francisco are tak-
ing every year, with greater enterprise, to all the
devices of American trade. They compete actively
with the Caucasian business man in the manufac-
ture of clothing, underwear, shoes, Cigars and other
important articles of merchandise, and of late they
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samples of their Mongolian employers. The drum-
mers are of course Caucasian, and of all national-
ities. Al: one time these Chinese manufacturers
could not. dispose of their wares except by labeling
them “ White Labor;” but now it is not unhkgg'

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spirited people that woman has ceased to de-
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strife, and work, in rivalry with him, for it is a
plenty of men who cannot endure this rivalry
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of their own sex. Yet they are.
admirable in almost every other respect are
often execcdingly uncharitable in their judg-
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one is a fool;
a fourth is not fit to speak with; yet the first
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man’s circumstances, would not have indoi‘sed;
the second may know a great deal more—and
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demned him: the third may have a peculiar yet
perfectly natural manner.
a condemnation deserved less by him than by
the man who made it;
far of heart and of morals than the man who
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a fact that man are given to making the most
unkindlv criticisms of each other and without
any real grounds.

to condemn their own sex as women are to con-
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erally as unjust.

her, that
very men that
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some other, of the
speaks of the
had better attempt the reformation of himself
and lllS masculine friends.

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l *hs‘ lgrdly creatures talk, an unintelligent per-
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men are censorious and uncliaritable, especially
toward their own sex; and than all men are
l angels of indulgence and loving-kindness toward
all men—and all women alike. But there never
was a case yet, but had its two sides; and before
an angel
[of—anything, it would be well to get some
: other testimony than the would be angel’s owu
I COncernii-g liis virtues.
Now, I like gentlemen as well as any one I
,1 know, and I am always tender of their feelings.
Spend much of my time—as every Wide
AWake reader must surmise—in extolling their
virtues (when they have any). to the skies; and
I neVer gently I'Pfrl‘ to any trifling little
masculine fault or folly that l have had reason
to suspect without feeling myself almost blush—
ing at, my assurance, and overcome with woe
lest I give pain to some sensitive manly heart;
and I am fully convinced, as any feminine
creature ought to be, that women are not
nearly so pure, so good, so generous, so
altogether complete in Christian virtues, as
their heavenly-minded and saintly brothers—
nien. Yet, despite the humility with which I
recognize the inferiority of my sex, as a rule,
and the modesty and tenderness which or-
dinarily prevents my saying anything depre-
ciatory of the other sex, and the deep adoration
with which I look up to and reverence man’s
many pet-fractions, I cannot sully the pages of
the 'EEKLY with a prevarication. I am forced,
in writing this one paper, to reflect somewhat
upon the almost spotless character of mankind.
It is with the deepest affliction, and entirely at
the dictates of that blinded Woman, Justice,
that 1 record its—that in the matter of back-
biting mankindis not quite faultless; that men
are a trifl) lowar than the angels in this re-
spect; that, indeed—oh! horrible accusation!
Justice, herself, insists that men are no better
than women in this regard! But let me whis-
per—lest Justice hear me, and get mad, and
tear the bandage off her eyes, and discover
some other awful truths about men—that of
course it is the one ex'Ception to mankind’s
superiority over womankind.
And there are masculine backbiters. Yes; it
is a solemn, an awful, but an incontrovertible

 

 

there are immense numbers of them—that “ the
woods are full of them,” if 1 may be pardoned
for using upon this extreme occasion some mild
slang. A min has only to mention a young»
woman before a roomful of men to find out how
swift his sex is to say censorious and uncliaritn~ t
ble things of women; and, a lady has only to
praise some young man to some other young
man to find out how swift men are to say
Censorious and disparaging things of each 9
other.

Time was when a man considered that it was
a reflection upon his personal honor to speak
lightly 0" unkiudly of any woman—when he
held a woman‘s reputation the most sacred
thing on earth, and when he would have sacri~
ficed his hopes of heaven to defend any trust a
woman had put. in him; but those were days of
barbarism and chivalry. This is an age of civ-
iliZItion and no chivalry. The man of today
is not over-burdened with any sense of honor
toward either his masculine or his feminine
friends; or perhaps a higher state of civiliza-

by the knights of
olden time. At all events, the gentlemen (l‘) of
this age consider it no discredit—even not in-
compatible with their assumption of infallible
generosity and charitablneess—to criticisain the
most public and the freest possible manner the
looks, the acts, the associates, the character of
every woman of their acquaintance, and every
woman who is merely so much as known to
them by name or face. To prove the truth of
this assertion, the honest doubter has but to
listen to the conversation of men about women
everywhere—on the streets, in the club-room.
in public conveyances, and even in private par-
lors. Women are not one whit more swift to
say unkind things of their sisterhood than men
are to make unkind, light, careless, gossipy,
unproven remarks about their feminine ac-
quaintanccs.

All this might be accounted for on the ground
taken by some illogical, illiberal and mean-

fense by entering the arenas of thought, and

fact: too patent for discussion that there are
unmoved by the meanest feelings of resentment

that men may be backbiters of women is utter-

woman, should be backbiters
Men who are

This man is,mean; that
that one is too affected to live;

which may earn him

the fourth may be bet-

Not long since a young man

condemna-

to a young lady. In reality,

that were known only to their per-

So it. is often. Men are as swift and ruthless

and the condemnation is gen-

It is a truth that every one ought to remem-
every one has his good points. The
other men‘ hackbite are sure to

persrma who speak unchar-
tablv of them: and, In future, before any man
uncharitableness of women, he

has nearly broken my heart to lay bare
Huh t t. I  the truth must be
01 .. a men are en "‘9 y e e uals of women
n the matter of backhitiiig. q

BELLE BRIGHT.
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myself.

abroad i

not.

couraged.

ladies.

I would b
work hadn’t

uncomfortable to feel tired.
to push the
it continually.
of bearing heavy on the grindstone, and I could
not convince him that it was just the same to
bear lightly and work longer as it was to bear
heavily and work shorter.
me go.
I stood at a soda-fountain for a week, and on
Saturday the owner handed me his bill, which
showed, after deducting my wages, a dollar and
forty cents coming to him;
a little ac
off and quit.

I then set

boss said I could sling a pretty good brush, but
thatI slung more paint
than I did on my clothes, and got so little on
the sash; so I graduated without a diploma in
truth; and still more dreadful is the fact that the fine arts- , ,
got to clerking in an oyster room.
bought I had at length
proper sphere. and was in the zenith of my hap-
piness; life opened bright before me like a new
oyster-can, but the owner, toward the last of
he week. got to throwing outside hints and say-
ing, “160 empty cans and only so much money
in the drawer.” _
I had either taken the money or the oysters, I

Next I

xited.

I stood in

but business was so brisk and I
callers to entertain
down and take a nap all day long. Then, in
addition, I got to seeing how
passed between my girl and Jigsby. That made
me completelv disgusted with life, and I was
soon out of office and in for a. row.
When I did go to work again,
covery, it was in a ready-made clothing store,
but the boss in a few days told me I could feel
myself free, for he had not hired me for the”
purpose of trying on all the fine coats in the
store to see how I looked in them, and that, as I
didn’t want to buy one, anyway, he didn’t want
them worn out.
in the habiliment line.

I worked a few months at lettering tomb-
stones, hut in recording the virtues of dead men
I made more
made in the virtues themselves.
fatal—mortal.

I decided to go into a shoe store, but I was
ck, and too accommodating a clerk.
av customers began to drop off instead
of making a grand rush.
when I would start to wait on a lady she went
out while I was looking for tbe‘Shoes, or treated
me very snappislily.
their actions. ,
me aside, and told me that his old customers
complained that. when a lady came in and said
she wanted to look at a. pair of gaiters I would

“Yes, you want a number six,” and start off
for it before she could say a word. He said I
was a pretty good judge of the actual size of a
denounced another young man in the most saw foot, but was‘very indiscreet, and too much, in
age terms to a young lady, and declared he
would never again speak to her if he should see
her walking or talking with the obnoxious per-
son. Yet. when the grounds of his
tion Were sifted down, it was found that all the
critic knew of the person he criticised was that
he had met the latter once and heard him make
a silly speech
whatever merits or demerits the two men may
have bad I
sonal friends, the rudely condemned man was

far ahead of his critic in refinement, culture
and manners.

a hurry to do a good business.
number six woman call for a shoe.
variably have been for a four and
wonder I injured business!
try and get along without the aid of a clerk of
such powers of observation, and he did.

Later I studied law, and would have passed,
but in the examination I was asked:

“ What is the true object of all law?”

I answered:

“ As the sta

he supplipd with back num_ from Markleville, the road seemed to
heavy near Woodford's Canyon.
horses could hardly drag the load, and they
seemed to have harder work at every step. Fin-
ally they stopped to rest at the top of the little
knoll just this
when the driver attempted to start the horses
the could not pull an inch. He dismounted and
took a lantern to examine
when to his astonishment he
posed, that a rope had been tied
two wheels. '

 

 

started back with a yell of horror on discover-

Barly Business Experiences.

I EARLY began to maintain that a boy should
start out. and make his own living, as there are
always endless cp’p .rtunities just ahead Of him,
whether he ever succeeds in reaching them or
I know seVerul nien, now rich, who be-
gun to make their own living while yet they
were small boys, and no doubt there are a. good
.many wealthy nien now livmg who began early
to do for themselves.

If boys nowadays would only understand
that it is better to be rich and independent than
to be poor and dependent, we would have more
boys earning something, even if  was only to
have the proud satisfaction of givnig their
then a boy shows a
disposition to be energetic, even though Lo fails
in his endeavors, I argue that he should be en-

wages to the old man.

made for, without t e necessitypf my lying
there all day and getting tired at it.

jack-plane, though I would grease

cmnt of what I drank.

I now went to clerkiug in a soap foundr ,
but I was rather dissatisfied with the place.
There was nothing there that I
as for the soap I never did like to handle it,
anyway, even if paid to do it.
my hands, so had to wash it off.
didn’t agree with me I gave up the profession.

After that I stayed in a music store awhile—-
at least till the neighbors got to making com-
plaints; then my employer presented me with
an accordeon and told me I could
my remaining days out in the woods where no-
body would have any right to grow] or disturb
tiou has changed men’s ideas of honor from 111% performance-
those that were entertained was 8, 110301 Clerk
lost my Situation; the
never make a hotel clerk~that I was totally
unfitted for the positioné—tbat I
great trouble to answer
antly to the guests, took their money
was under obligations
them feel comfortable,
wear a big enough breast-pin and always saw
that:j the office-fire was not going down; so I re-
tire .
I started to learn dentistry, but in pulling
teeth I would slacken ‘
subject yelled, and once or twice I pulled the
right tooth the first time.
reason I got a discharge and no letter of credit.

“ For the Settlement of all difficulties.”
I was barred out of practice as non compost.
I took a country school,
week or so, because when I licked the small
bovs their fathers licked me. and when I at-
tempted to whip the larger ones I got whipped
I saw that in my attempts to teach the
young idea how to shoot, I merely taught them
how to kick and hit;so I graduated the scholars
all in a bunch and left.
As I said before, there is nothing like starting
out into business while you are young, even if
you do have to sneak back again; you at least
get the benefit of the experience.

m
A Snake Story. Strong.

IF it is “out of season” for snakes to be
u Nevada, this most.
from that delectable land of Senator Jones de-
sorves to go on record as one of the things that
Nevada can do
App til it is which relates:

The Owl Papers.

 

I set in to clerk in a dry-goods store when I
was fifteen years old, and would have b:en a
dry-goods prince now if it had not been for the
pretty girls who Were always in the store; it.
took so much time for me to talk to them all
that I couldn‘t wait on the customers.
proprietor said if it. would facilitate matters he
would hire a clerk just to entertain the young
I lef

I was alive clerk in a furniture store for a
week, un;il the boss said customers could readily
see for thcmsr-lves what those lounges were

The

t.

ave made a good carpenter if the
tired me so. It always made me
I found I had

Then, too, the boss had a way

He concluded to let

be said he had kept
I paid him
in to learn house-painting. The

on the window-panes

found my

As he seemed to intimate that

could eat. and

1 got i all ovar
s that

go and spend

for a week but quickly
landlord said I would

put myself to
questions, talked pleas-
as if I
to them, tried to make
was too obliging, didn’t

my grip eVery time the
For some unknown
the post-omce a couple of weeks,
had so man

that I couldn’t get to Sit

many letters

after my re—

Ience and therefore I demised

mistakes than the dead men ever
That was

I often noticed that

I couldn’t account for
By and by the proprietor took

and say,

If I had let a
it would in-
a half. No
Hesaid he would

but gavo it up aftera

SOLOMON SHINGLII.

voracious yarn

when she tries. The Carson
go, a short time since, was coming
get very
The nearest

side of W'oodford’s Station, and

the running-gear,
found. as he sup~
between the
Laying his band on the rope, heir

 

ing that a live snake had twisted itself between
the bind and fore wheels, and was holding the
stage as s.curely as if thewheels had l'iecn tied
with an inch rope. The reptile bad evnlcntly
been trying to block the stage for several miles,
and when the horses stopped for a rest ini-
proved the opportunity to tighten the calls: so
as to effectually prevent the stage from starting
avunn

oTlie passengers got out and tackled the snake
with clubs and stones, and as the reptile
thrashed about under the wheels, the horses
were wild with terror. He was finally killed by
a blow on the head, and it was after midnight
before they got him disentangled from the
w heels. He was the style of snake known as the
mountain runner, and measured twelve feet
four inches. then stretched tightly betwr-en
the wheels he was much longer.

 

A Bar Tonic.

BEEF tea has become a popular bathroom
beverage in Omaha. Said It philosophic“ bur-
keeper to a reporter the other day: “ At. first we
laughed at the idea of going to the trouble or

it. We sell over 100 drinks per day, and as it is
a fifteen-cent drink there is no reason why we
should not smile. lVlio thinks it, do you say?
Why, eVei‘ybody; the mini about town who
has been out with the boys com-2s in here in
the morning and calls for beef tea; the busi~
ness man comes in the afternoon and brilCrS
his system with beef tea; the temperance man
who drops in with a bibulous friend takes beef
tea; ard, in fact, everybody is becoming a slave

to it.”

 

Baccarat.

THE game of baccarat, which has suddenly
become popular in this country, is said by an
expert to make swindlin by the bankers per-
fectly simple and easy. dealer at unfair form
must be an adept in the. handling of cards or
use fraudulent apparatus. It is not so with
baccarat. The dealer takes two cards and gives
two to each player. One card apiece may after
ward be drawn. Then the holder of a card
nearest to a certain value wins. The ostensible
advantage to the bank is about five per cent.,
but there is no necessity of letting the dupes off
at that slow rate of loss. The players sit round
a. table, and at their backs stand spectator:

among whom may be placed pals of the dealer,
who by private signals inform him of the value
of their hands.

Buffalo Bill at Home.

THE North Platte, Neb., Telegram has this to
say about one of our favorite authors and the
" hero ” of many a story:

“ North Platte should be congratulated on the

l
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making it. but: now we laugh because we do make '

Correspondenls’ Column.

[This column is open to all correspondents. In-
quiries answered as fully and as promptly as cir-
cumstances will permit. Contributions not cntcrcd'
as “declined” may be considered accepted. No
MSS. returned unless stamps are inclosedJ

Declined: “Mod Multim" “Sans Merci;” “The
Broker‘s Wardz" ‘ St. Mary’s Star;" “ A Sweet Cru-
sadez” “Tue St. Charles Banquet;" “Pearl Plant-
ing,” etc: “A Brother's Temptatimi?’ “Having
His Way ;” “ What It Your l” “ Dismeiiiborcd
li‘rowns;" “A Laid (.lliost;" “The Chosen Tin-em"
“After Glow ;” "Charley‘s Faith 1',” etc; "A
Natural Selectionf’ “Joe’s (‘ircuiiistaiice;“ “The
“'hitc Pelt,” ctc.; ” Keep the Memory Green!"

Josrs, No. 10. The fashionable pm'ly hour is now
fixed at ( levcti in the evening, to assemble. It, is, of
coume, an absurd and indefensible custom, liu-i so
long (H “ the r’i‘a” so order, you must obey or ab-
jure their Society.

DUNCAN D. The. so-cnllcd “storm-cluss ” is com-
mrutivo-ly Worthless us a Weather indicator. The
iquiil iii the tube is diluted ulcobol, holding in solu-
tion sul umniouiuc, which crystallizes or becomes
“cloudy” when the. bulb roofs, and is not. affected
barometric-n]ly. if you require a. correct indicator
obtain a ship’s barometer. A good one can ho ho
for three dollars.

IIICNII’ M. The fact that all lotteries are denied
'tlio use of the U. S. mails for distributing their
various circulars or “scheme ” prospr ems-cs, is evi-
dence of their illegal character. 'I‘lu y are all propem
l/ classed as swindles. and are so even if certain
States do " sanction ” them. Let them severely
alone is our advice. They flourish on the patronage
of dupes and fools.

B. B. It is a brave step to take to be self-support-
ing and to keep the mother with you. A youngr wo-
man can hardly be "too independent” where she
has to maintain herself, and if you have your mo-
tlier‘s assent never mind “but 0! hers my, or make
yourself unhapp if a certain class slight you. Those
who know you )cst will admire you mosh—which
ought to be a satisfactory reward for any sacrifices
made.

COUNTRY SEAT. Disparity Of ages, unless too great,
is no serious barrier to marriage. Where there is,
however, a difference of many years it can be, at
best, but. a wedding of hands not Of hearts—a
marriage of convenience. In that case the wo-
man should have some extraordinary reason
for the alliance. The “ struggle for existence,” we
know, impels many a girl to seal up her love-life and
to act from a sense of duty, but, all the same, it is
deplorable.

FRANK. Since the young lady has ex iresscd her
repentance of her conduct and has aske you to be
friends with her again you should not refer at all
to the past. Either forgive her freely and gener-
ously, and omit the slightest reference to your
quarrel, and treat her with tenderness and respect,
or else tell her—once for all—that you prefer to re-
main to formal acquaintance. in a case of your
kind there can be no half way measures. If you go
back to her, you are bound to go back as a lover.
DAVID S. S. Once a week is not too often for
shampooing the head. Use. tepid water softened by
a, few drops of ammonia, or tepid water and a.

 

 

 

 

 

 

p issession of a citizen whose prominence of posi-
tion is not bounded by his township, his county _
or his State, but. whose name is a household ‘
word, whose pictures are familiar to, and whose .
character is known, not only throughout the na- l
tion, but has adorned the pages and interested '
the readers of foreign Works and publicmions.
We allude to our fellow—citizen, Hon. W. F.
Cody, whose sobri‘quet of ‘ Buffalo Bill’ repre-
Sents a popularity only bounded by the area of
American territory, and to the worthy possrs

may testify and to the modesty of its Wearing.
His late return from a successful presentation to
the East of some of the animated daily scenes and
incfdents that go to form the assing history of
‘ The Wild West’ should e noted as are
events of importancc, as it marks a new era in
the history of amusements for its originality,
adherence to truth in ‘ holding the mirror up to
nature,’ and a fidelity to fact that is the ‘ true
aim of art.’ ” ‘

 

 

Skeleton Cavalry.

THE skeletons of twenty-three persons and
about the same number of horses wero discov-
ered in thanortbern part of Dickey county,
Dakota, a. few da 3 ago bya party of explorers.
They were four. in a valley in that singular
range of bills extending from near Fort Pierre
to the British line, near the head of the Moope
river. Among the skeletons were found brass
cavalry buttons, spurs, and other effects of
mounted men, but no guns or implements of
war. There were also some shoes remaining on
the horses’ feet. That these are the remains of
some party accompanied by an escort of cav-
alry or of a detachment of cavalry there can
be no doubt. It is thought they net with a
violent death, andjthat the horses were probably
killed as a last resort and their bodies used for
protection. They have been there probably
twenty years, as all connection between the
bones has disappeared. Many skeletons have
been found heretofore in other places in that
region, most of which are believed to be those

dians after the raid into Minnesota in 1803. Like
ships at sea, which disappear and are never
heard of again, the whole wild West is dotted
over with nameless graves. It is, however,
very strange that no record exists of these lost
cavali-ymm.

m

Focused Pacts.

 

THE government of British Columbia is pow-
erless to prevent Chinese immigration.

Men’s Christian Association in Tennessee.

A MILES CITY (Montana) hunter reports a herd
of buffalo numbering about 75,000 in the Belle
Fourche.

A LARGE hunting party, composed wholly
of Methodist preachers, is operating along the
Illinois river.

ILLINOIS has produced 10 508 791 tons of 000'
during the last year, an increase
tons over the previous twelve months.

THE discovery has been made in San Francis—
co that somc of the Chinamen there are owned
and have been bought and sold as slaves.

THE North Pacific whale catch this season
was 11.290 barrels of oil. 162 %4 pounds of bone,
and 310,000 pounds of ivory—all worth $860 000.

THE Sunday—sclinnl army of the world our

officers and teachers, or a3 grand total of about
15 000 000.

\vnrtb of cotton. 853 000.000 worth of (-nt'le, ‘
$7 000.000 worth of wot-l and mutton and $1,000 '
000 worth of horses and hides.

THE winnings of Hnnlan, the rim-smart, during
the last five years amount to $70,000. Of this
sum he has managed to save about. $40 000. of
which $30 000 is invested in a hotel on Toronto
Island. He has a wife and two children.

TIIE total number of sailing Vessels of all the
world is 48,704, gaueing 30.047137? tons. Of
these more than a third CH‘I‘V the English flag,
and less than a twentieth that of France, which
ranks seventh. being below America, Italy,
Germany, and Russia.
COLORADO, the Denver Tri’bimc says, has a
settled population (f 300,000, and a taxable

on the subject of food and the markets in their
relations to municipal hygiene. Dr. John S. Bil-
lings affirmed that fifty—three diphtheria cpi~
dcmics. seven scarlet. fever epidemics and twelve

tracad to the milk supply.

THE rise and fall of the great lakes is uz»
zling the old Settlers. At Grand Traverse by
the water slowly rises for seven years, and then
recedes for the same length of time. The Sault
Ste. Marie mecrat says that the water in the
“ Son ” is lowering every day. At. Traverse
City the water is encroaching on the west side “

 

 

of the bay

 

the Indy for her leftisnl to tr. kc your arm. A I
does not take a gentleman's arm in the daytime un-
less the. two are engaged, or the is old and feeble.»
sion of which we, who live by his own fireside, A “high tea” is a hearty ten, a. meal half-dinner
and l alf-sup ier. where. hot dishes as Well as cold

ccedingly pretty pins.
ed, knots. of al designs, oval or circular plaques.
owls. and‘insccts and crabs are the rulln'v styles.—
Hosiery of solid colors is now
for men. Cardinal, marine blue, seal brown olives,
and black are the favorite colors; but black has the
preference.
A fln
cent , and a spun silk pair cost $1.

the heart at all.
an unpleasant sensation of
stomach. accompanied sometimes bly a rising in the
throat like water.
taken in a cup of tea, or 11a]
and water wi I
keep farm animals too clean or neat.
abundantly rewarded for all the attention you be-

the pathetic poem, “ The Bridge of sighs.”
was an Englishman.
of 1,393,138 I ThouEli he wrote the. poem l't t‘erred

The first line is a familiar quotation.

. _ little that was “‘Olllly. of his talents.
braces about. 13 400,000 scholars. and 1.000000 grmt MU.“

gentlemen friends? we should say:
esked such a sacrifice '
band.
retain, and perini‘, inn/'1'ch mi in such limiters. It
will save future iiiil-l:~a,~:niitiiess or subservimiey.

able and costly
King ("unrles :puniels.
valuation of 8110000000. representing an actual “’“m'i l"‘"‘“'““‘"“",‘ l"' .
pronertv value, of $200,000,000. SI.” is traversed :lll‘t'kBlt‘g‘t‘S, long-r, .- nky ears, iiiid a Silky cont.
by 3000 mi,“ 0f, railroad, and in 1882 her mines iue Lilllt‘llll Slifll‘lf'is are white spo ted \vllli dcc

light of people of common-sense and to the ch in
of the puppy-levels. am

lather of pure white Olive or castile soap ——It is not
ill‘pl‘ODEl‘ for you to continue your acquaintance
with the lady, so long,r as she News you in a.
friendly manner and shows [20 desire to discontinue
it. You should take great care, however, not to im«
pose upon her kindness, since the acquaintance be-
gan in so remarkable a way. Also, be cnrrful lo
treat her with profound respect, lcst she. doubt your
sincerity.

TrLr. TALE. You should ‘not have been angry {It
in y

are, served, iesides fruits, confections, and wines.
The hour named in the. invitation will enlighten you
as to the proper dress. Gentlemen always wear
evening dress after six r. n.-——'l‘ho phonograph was
invented by 'l‘hcs. A. Edison in 1877. It has not been
put to much practical use as yet.

ALBERT W. You can buy solid gold scarf-pins, in
many 110‘" "ml "0ch designs from 33 up to $300 or
more. For $3, $3.50, 4 mu 84.50. you can vet ex-
iills, both round and e ongnt-

the leading fashion

For full dress, black lsnsod entirely.
pair of black socks for full dress cost 5

WALTER L. J. “Heartburn” is not a disease of
It is a species of indigestion. It is
heat or burning in the
A teas oonfu of magnesia,
a glass of peppermint
generally afford relicf.-— 'ou cannot

You will be

stow upon them. Young cattle are

apt to be
troubled with lice along their backs

and necks.

Kerosene oil diluted with an equal quantity of sweet

oil or lard, and applied to the infested parts, will
effect a speedy cure.

DAMAGE. You can remove smoke stains, coffee,

chocolate, or tea stains, or discolorations from dust
or age, from all kinds
them over the‘ fumes

of white fabrics by lioldirg
of burning sulphur. Only
white goods can be so treated. If the spot is not
very large, dampen tliearticle and hold the spotted

of prisoners carried away by the retrmfing 1,,_ place over the fumes of some sulphur matches.

ake care not to scorch the. fabric. f it. is a very
large stain, you must use the sulphur itself. In a
strong saucr-r throw some hot einders and some

owdered brimstone. Over this place a funnel, leav-
ng it raised a little on one side so that air may pa
niidcr. Over the hole at the. top pass the dampened
linen, until all spots disappear.

MILITARY. A (in-goon is a soldier who is taught

and armed to serve ( illicr on horseback or on foot,
as the occasion may require. 1;. is said that the
modern (lrauoous are of French origin, having been
instituted by Chili-lust dc (losse, Marshal of Brisuc,
about 1000. In 103'! there were low kinds of dru-
goons distinguished as pikeiueii and lllllSkt'lf‘Cli-l.
THERE are fifty-three branches of the Young The cl
Greys, first. enrolled Nov. 19. 10%.
name is a niatlerof much discussion, but knights
called Ili'acoues. because they fought under the slink
dnrd of a dragon. are of very ancient date, and many
ctymologists believe that the
their name from this, perhaps because a dragon was
carved upon the spears and iuuskets they carried.

(lest English regiment of drugnons is the Scots
The origin of the

drugomis borrowed

JOHN M. Tom Hood-n famous humorlsl-wrnte

IIOnd
born in 179*, who died in 18-15.
to above, and

l " The Song of the Shirt, " and a few other sad pieces,

he was more famous as
—-The line you ( note. was written by Tom Brown, an
Englishman, v: in lived from 1603 to 1704.
stanza reads:

a wit. than as a scriouspoet.
The
" l do not love thee, Dr. Fell,

The reason wliv I cannot tell;

lint. this uloncl know full well,

I do not. love thee. Dr. Fell."
Brown wrote
He was a

Morm’ L. ‘We know of no safe dc vilntory (hair

remow-r.) Any work liquid (u' bin inciil strun
TEXAS farmers sold Inst vcar $59000000 enough with acid or lllkllll to really kill lb “

e huir
'oots is injurious to the skin texture. The hair on

he arms is not a serious bleinile—dt is ” pi up or “

to meet gentlemen friends at your friend‘s moms
when it. is iiil‘ensitle
cull at. your own heme. Your friend and her mother
are very considerate, we should sny.~-Aer

or inconvenient to have, them

'epliiig the.

‘attentions “ of e. gentleman is but a recognition of

his eoui'tesies, and a proof of your respect or admir-
ation, us the case may be. ‘
striic sm-h eotiI'tesi(~s.«-lf l
mean—does an engaged in: v It

it is vulgar to miscon-
iv your last. query you

. WI'P to drop all her
an amaziiccd who
Would make on exacting bus<
Drop no friend whose fiieiidship you wish to

“Don D." The most. rare, nrisldcrntie, fashion-
uf yet dogs we the Blenheim and
They have short uuwzles,
ads, prominent and lovely.
The
9

cd or brown; the King Charles sp .iiiels. wl icb are

yielded $0,000,000 in gold and lead. ’

of the same breed, rrc blur-k. spotted with tan color.
IN the course of a recent lecture in Baltimore “"1" “r”

cleanly.
dollars apiece: but there
'countryw not more than two or three in New York.
{13110115 is itfspleprlidll: iuiel of these dogs at \\ iinlsorI
. . . . c roya and y o nuglnii l leii w inderfullv f i

typhold epidemics in England had been directly 0 4 ) I“ ( . ‘ m

watchful, sugneious',

soft iretly and
They often cesl, ’ I

in London, 11 thousand
are few of them in this

f tbcni.-— It is now the. flit’llloll for stylish yuiiiiz

nieii to walk the streets accompanied by u )t'! " pug,"
With a bilge bow of ribbon on its back:
Imbceile fashion, which only dudes and (:tln r idiots
should be forgiven for copyin r.
all sensible pcoplu to see a girl or woman carrying
her pet ring around the stun-ta, and to see a. man do
so is absolutely I‘twnlllni’. 'The. elevated railroads of
New York will not admit any such fools

Hit it is an

In is nauseating to

. . either inan
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Fireside Ballads.

THE OLD GRAY HORSE.

BY II. II. JOHNSON.

 

 

Why don’t I sell the old gray horse, now that hc's old
“ mid. lamc,

“1th almost nothin’ but his skin to covcr up his

frame? A

Of coursc he isn't fit for work: I know hc‘s almost

)illlt ,
And stiff; 'illllitJIll his for’ard logs, and spaviiicd bad
.‘ HIM .

He's ovcr thirty your old now; can hardly eat his

my,
And inostof folks would likely say lie’ 5 Oiilv in the
way; N
But, lllltilt‘l', nioiicy couldn‘t buy that old
_ from inc!
Iincan it, cv ry word I say; that‘s just the man I be.

\Vlial makes me prize the horse so liigh‘: Just
\\‘llil:‘l ll‘ll ’

'What that old horse has dont- for inc and whvl
wo:i't him r-‘c‘l; ' '

And \vllicii I’m through, 1 hardly think that you will
( isagrcc,

But say you‘d never part with him Supposiu’ you
was me.

g‘l'iiy lioi‘St-

listcii

JV ‘ ' v . .

It s 111in on thirty yeai ago that Sue. and me moved
mm;

This country all was forest than, without a neiglib )r
iicar '

Exceptiii' bears _and wolves and such, the St‘ttl-‘ls'
souls to ’t‘right,~—

\Ve usi‘d to hcar ‘cni howlin" ’round ’iiiost cv'ry win‘
tcr night.

But Sue and I were young, thcai days‘bccn mar-
ried but a year,

And lig'l our fortune all to make, and hadn’t time for

car;

We bllltt at little house of logs, and then commenced
our 01

A»clearin’ up the farm we’d bought so we could till
the $011.

We had to drive ‘bout twenty miles to reach the
nearest store

Where we could buy our groceries to last a month
or more;

‘Twould take about a day to go, by startin‘ soon's
’twas light,

And buy such things as we might need, and git back
the same night.

One winter morning when the light just showed the
coniin’ day,

We hitched the gray colt up before the one-horse
lumbcr-slcizh,

And startcd for the distant store to buy our stock of
goods;

A long and lonely ride it was,

‘most all the way
brough woods.

We done our tradin’ at the store, and then my wife
there, She,

Had half a dozen calls to make upon some friends
she knew,

So that ’twas almost: sundown when we started on
the road .

With all our goods tucked in the sleigh, a pretty dc.-
ccnt load.

While we were in the store that day a-purcliasiii’ our

goods,

I heard a man there sayin’ that "twas dangerous in
the woods;

He said the wolves wore gittin’ starved and growin’
awful bold,

And then some frightful stories ’bout their ravagin’,
he told

Of course I didn’t say a word of what I thought to

V
But counted cv’ry mile we made, as o’er the snow
we flew,
Till half the distance we had come, and then I heard
a sound
That scemcd to freeze my very soul, and made the
gray colt bound.

That Sound l’d often liearJ before—the half-starved
wolf’s wild yell!

But Ilfiw  seemed to sound to me just like a funeral

no ;

And Sue she gave one little scream, and then clung
close to me—

I knew her face was pale as death, although I could-
n‘t see.

I felt my heart sink in my breast; I knew what that
yell meant——

It: was the wild wolf 's rallying cry, unto his comrades
sent.

And quicker than I‘m tellln' you ’twas answered
back again;

And then I irayed for help from God, and gave the
gray t o rein.

I thought the gray was trivolin’ some before I heard
at cry

But after th.'t he stretched himself and almost
seemed to flyl

I The snowballs flew from ofl his hoofs like bullets

past my head— ‘
The forest trees seemed whirlin’ by, as on our way

we sped.
I felt my heart grow lighter when the gray rushed
on so ast

And whispered ‘to my trembliii’ wife I thought the
danger past; I

But hardly had we both begun to draw an eaSIer
breath

Before I heard, quite near to us, that fearful yell of
death!

Into the woods, to right and left, I quickly cast my
0 '0‘

Anzl tlicrb, in two dark lines, I saw the wolves
drawin’ night

The gray colt saw them too, for with a. shriek
human sound

H3 Sprung ahead, his flyin‘ feet; seemed scarce
touch the ground.

a-
of

to

But yet the lean, blood—thirsty wolves seemed faster
still to gain; .

We heard their feet a-patterin’ on the crust; like fall-
ing rain. _

I quickly cast one glance behind, and there, as plain
as day,

I saw two wolves with open jaws, not twenty feet
awayl

I grabbed my rifle that 1:1yin the bottom of the sled,

And with a quick but steady aim, 1 shot the first one
dead! I

The others stopped a. moment for to taste their
brother’s flesh,

And then with fierccr yells and howls they all came
on afresh.

once more I sent a bullet in amongst the howlin’

But w  one was hit or not, they didn’t all stay

But Oil!) came a-rusliin‘ like the very hounds of

Makiriletlllie old woods echo with each fearful howl
and yell 1

But we were noarin’ home; at length our clearin
hove in sight.

And from the windows of our house the light was
sliinin’ bright; .

I seen our faithful hircd man a-standin’ in the door,

And then I yelled with all my might, as ne’er I’d
yelled be fore:

" ThrOm open both the barn-d0)”, John. and lzt us
(1115 1:11, in ,'

We‘re vidi 1’ fm'om' lives this lime! God gmnt that
are M W 11' in l”

The faithful fellow lost no time the order to obey,

'While close behind, the foremost w olvcs had almost
reached the sleigh.

0n dashed the gray colt for the barn faster than fleet
winds blow, .

While from his nostrils foam-flecks sped like mon-
strous flak as of snow.

The barn was reached; the gray colt’s hoofs thun-
dered upon the floor. _ I

And John’s strong hands, with one quick jerk,
quickly swung-to the door.

But none too soon, for one gray wolf came in beside
the sled ; i .

A blow John gave him with the ax soon 111d him
stark and dead,

And then with SW’L‘lllll’llleaI‘tS we thanked the God
v rules on hi: i

For bfiililgin’ us all safely home when death had been
so nigh.

When I recall that fearful night, I almost lose my
breath

To think how near both Sue and me were to a fear-
ful death-

‘ And but for God who rules above, and gave the

The 0 Sail-331125333321 have seen that night a dark
and bloody deed.

I made a. vow that very night to keep the noble

And gdgévkor him as best I could, until his dyin’

So, (10:29:11 wonder any more why money can’t him

uv?
I think. had you been in my place, you’d done the
same as I.

 
  

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lilti Pop HlSKS, Showman;
0R.
Lion Charley’s Luck.
A TALE 0F CIIRCIIS RIVALRY.
BY CAPT. FRED. WIII'I‘TAKER,

AUTHOR OF “i-Ansox Juli,“ “JOHN ARMSTRONG, )fl-Z-
mimic," rxrc., ETC.

 

CHAPTER I.
’l‘Wo FAST vorivo MEN.

Two young' men were driving along a country
road in \Vcsli-rii Now York, not far from the Penn-
sylvania bordcr. They \u- ".1 fine—looking and well
dressed; scan-d iii a tivc~liundrcd-drillar wagon. be—
hind a pair of blooded buys that made the dust fly
at a rattling gait. as they spcd along.

The driver .vorl- dorskin gloves, a ’v‘tlth‘l-‘i‘ll cut~
away, shiny hut, Solitaire diamond pin, and glossy
black iiiustal-lic. ll» infill llll' ribbon}; with the
l-zuowing air of an old sport; while his companion,
on effcuiiiiatc-lvnikiiig bluu Io. Wore the sarnc sort of
clothes, :1 inuzc‘i to the soli'airc, and was alil.|",t‘tll l‘
a diluted copy of his friend, whom he iiiiitau-d in all
things. ospcci.:lly iii \‘ic '.

The young urtn who drove. would have been luv»
treincly handsome but for a certain cruel look in
his dark cyr-s. and a way of c \nipic-xsiiig- his lips un-
dcr the black iiiiisfaciiciilicti li- whipped up his
horses, that gavc liiiii tlic air of one who s'ruck
to hurt, every time.

His friciid was smoking a cigar and leaning: la/.ily
back as they liowlx-d along, «‘llj=i_\'ill: the r ipid mo-
tion; till one of the horses shied at a white mile pom:
by the roadside, and tli - dark man, with a furious
oath, cut his team So ci'uclly that the bloiidc man
exclaimed:

"For heaven‘s sake, Stone, don‘t!
run away."

“ Run away bc——”

Mr. Stone uttered a curse of peculiar l:if‘.ll'.{ilil-)',
and jci'kcd at: his liorscs’ bits wliilc ii a dog:th rhoni
savagely with a whip that had a piece of wire twist-
cd info the snapper.

“Run away? I'd like to see them.
their cursed jawbones!" he cricd.
“ I’ll teach than to say 3“

And they (lashed on, the horses jcrked so savagely
that they were dancing over the roid, when they
heard a shrill, angry scream from a crossdaiie, that
entered the road a little way ahca l.

The next moment the colossal form of a huge ele-
phant made is appearance close by, the beast
throwing its trunk aloft above a huge pair of tusks.
and trumpeting,r siirilly!

Stone's friend uttered a cry of terror; the horses
gave a furious plunge to one side, dragging Stone
half out of the buggy; and then, with a squeal of

Tth might

I’d break
pasSionatcly.

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mortal terror, away they went down the road. op-
osite to that from which the elephant lial come,
Pull speed, runningr away to all intents: and purposes.
despite the utmost efforts of their driver, whose face
had paler], and whose best skill was bent to the one
purpose of keeping the team straizht—if he. could.
The horses were fairly mad vith fear, and the ele-
phant came trotting after the bug iv with huge
strides, trumpeting in the same angry tone.
“ Oh my God, Stone, we'll be killed!" cried the
fair firm, and he clutched the rail C; the buggy as if
to leap out.

Stone made no replv'.

He was too busy hauling at his horses to keep
them straight in the road. which described a. curve,
as he knew, n'l ended on a railway bridge about a
mile off, over a fifty-foot cutting.

\Vh are the elephant had come from, how the
brute got there, Stone never heeded. It; was them,
and his horses were going to take him into destruc-
tion, if he misse l the narrow bri lge.

Away went the buzgv like a flash, and the blonde
man was white as a sheet with fear, littering craven
lamentafion =. till his friend hissed viciously out of
the side of his mouth:

“ Shut up, you cursed cowardl
scare them worse?”

The blonde was silenced, and sat there, clinging
to the rail, fill at last he ventured to look back up
the. road. _ .

The elephant was still there, but he saw beSide. it
a crowd of wagons and people, while a single figure
on horseback was crossing the fields, lca )inz fences
in the way. cutting across the chord o the curve
taken by the road, and trying to get; ahead of the
buggy. ‘ '

Then George Leonard turned to look ahead again,
and the team had come to the top of a slope, at:
bottom of which was the railroad cutting and
bridge across it. '

The bridge was broad enough for two vehicles to
pass, but at the entrance there was no fence to
guide a runaway team toward. it, and another road
led aside so invitiugly that it was a toss—up whether
the team Would not go for the gap and over the
edge of the steep cutting.

Stone was livid as he saw his danger, but he man-
age] to so. ', in broken, jerky sentences, as he tugged
at the reins: I

" \Vlien you can’t do aiiytliiiig——clse—~jumpl
Curse. them! I’ll break their necks as—wcll 5 my
own i"

Leonard was just pieparing to jump when a. new
actor came on the scene. _

A larlv on a chestnur horse came flying over the
rail fence into the road, and in another moment was

' llo )inar bv the horses.
ea“ Llet go their heads !” slic screamed, as they flew
along—“let go their heads!"

Stone niizlit not have obeyed. had he not bczun
to weaken from his intense exertions. He did relax
his ri .

quie Fady was already on the si-le of the gap, gal-
loping on, and he heard her talkin : to the liois -s,
soothingly, while she a'ted them encouragmgly,
not attempting to cliec v them.

She kept on the side oft he gap. and  they neared
it, with her riding whip she ke if. flgcking the near
horse on the side of the ace ' to keep him from
swervni .

In twcg; minutes more they thundered over the
bridge, full speed. and came. to a steep hill on_ the
other side, up which the now foaming team tOiled,
at a much slower pace.

“ Steady, boys, steadyl So. so! Gentlv, gently!
Steadyl W’oa!” cried t e lady ahead. in clear, girl-
ish tones, as she patted and soothed them, till they
Blackened to a trot.

Then she turned round on Stone the very pr *tty,
saucy face of a girl of eighteen, framed in short,
curly hair. and called out: 0

“ Now, young fellow. now’s your time! Pull them

D) you want to

Stone immediately gave a savage jerk to both

reins, and Sci his horses to rearing and plunging
again. when the girl screamed:

“ Not that way, man! You‘re not fit to have
horses! I ought to hav- let you break your neck,
and served you right. Gently, gently! So, so!"

And somehow or other. under her soft voice and
gcnflo touch. the mad tcani came to a stand-still.
trembling all over, blown, with heaving flanks,
covered with foam, and Leonard exclaimed, fcr-
veufly:

“ Thank God! I thought we were gone!"

Ston i. on the other hand, looked savage and mor-
titled to the last dcgrce, though he said:

“ Madam. I'm lllllt'll indebted to you, \vhoevcr
yfliln arc; but as for those confounded circus people,

The girl interrupted him with a merry laugh, as
she held up her whip, saying: ' I

“Take care, young fellow; take care.
that show mysclf.“

Then, as the two young men were too much dum-
foundcd to uii>wcr, she went on, with a wave of her
hand:

" l’iii sorry King Philip fi'iglitcncd your team, and
I've done my bcst to prevent harm; but you ought
to have l-Ln- leI we vcre coniinzr. Our bills have bccn

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through bore for a week. (food-day. gciitlcun‘h.
Hope you want suffer any ill t‘OllSt‘tlll‘dlCLS from
your {lt,'t,'liltfl!i."‘

Siic inclined her head slightly, whcx led her horse.
Which. now it was close by. they saw to be a beauti-
t'ul, slender. tliorouelibri d mare, and was just
sfirtiiig otl‘ \vhi ii Stone said liix'riedly:

“ Excuse nic, misc, but we owe you our lives. If
you had not come up when you did, we might have
gone over the bank.”

She tossed her head slightly.

"Oh. that's nothing. I knew the road. and father
toll me to cut you off. I’ve r.o time to stay here.
Goodwin)?”

" lief at least.“ cried Stone. “ tell me your name,
that I may know yuu again."

She laughed at him in a way that embarrass-9d the
bold sport, who, now that he saw she. was cxcecd-
ingly pretty, had i'csnlvcd, in his own phrase, to
" make a mash for all he was worth."

" My nam  she replied. curling her red lip. “Oh,
what are you givingr me? If you want to know, come
to the show and bring your friends. \Yc want a few
diaaioud‘piiis in the reserved seats, to light up the
house."

“ I should say your eyes were sufficient for that,"
returned Stone, instantly.

She laughed out right.

" \Vell, you‘re sick, young fellow,“ she said. frank-
ly. “ My eyes won't pay for reserved seats, and
your diamonds may—that is, if they're real, of
course.”

Stone instantly drew his from his bosom and held
it out. saying:

“ Take it, my love, and keep it in memory of me.
I my. what is your name?"

The man thought, from the frank way of the girl,
that she was ccqicfting and willing to talk witn

3}?““9' ’\ ‘
air/“l 7.” “

him, but when he held out the diamond she colored
high, and answered ban :litilv:

“ l’m not your love, sir. Keep your old paste pins
for yourself.”

Then without another word she wheeled licr mare
and gallip Nd away across the bridge up the road.
down which iii iv had comi.

At the end of this road, where if crossed fhn turn-
pike. they coull now see gathered quite a crowd of
vehicles and people. in the midst of which the giant
form of the elephant towered.

“ It‘s that circus we saw the bills of, as we passed
Popokns'.” iwmarkcd George. Leonard, as he pulled
out a field—glass from under the carriage seat and
took a long survey of the group. “ They’re break-
ing up now and moving on. and the girl’s goingr bick
to them. I say. Colden, don‘t she ride pretty. and
isn’t she a regular witch? I swear I’ve a mind to go
to that show for fun just to get acquainted with that
girl. She’s a daisy."

Stone curled his 1i slightly as he turned his
horses round to walk Back.

"Ride? Of course. That’s her business. Yes,
she’s confounded pretty. I guess I 1(‘2’! go to the
Show. Ggorge. But i/m/ haven’t got a chance.”

“ Why not ?" inquired George, nettlcd.

“Why not? Because that girl knows the ropes.
you bet. Those circus women all do. It's the
stamps she’s after. Didn’t you see her eve glitter
when she saw the diamond? I’ll get round that girl
yet, my boy."

f Geolrge Leonard flushed slightly as he answered his

I‘lf‘ut :

“ We’ll see about that, Coldcn. I’ve got a word to
say too. She looked at me twice as much as she did
at you.”

Stone smiled rather contemptuously.

“ Go ahead, (1 :ar boy. I won’t interfere with your
little game. But I’ll bet you an even thousand I cut
you out.”

They were a precious pair: George Leonard, the
son of a rich mine-owner. who had inherited vast
wealth and had nothing to do but spend it; and

‘tone, his mentor in the arts of spending, with wits
and audacity for capital.

“‘ 0/1 ’6'! A. S one, Min '77 7 Broke-1” was the title of
his blisincss card, but he lived clzietly by the fluctua-
tions in stocks and the follies of the public that at-
tends at horse-races and backs favorites.

And he lived well, judging from his teams and dia-
mrmds.

“ Ay, ay,” he went on, as he walked his foaming
horses slowly across the bridge, and looked at the
place of their escape, “ it wasn’t much the girl did.
after all. She's riding all the time. and has a good
horse. If we h rd gone over, it would have been all
their fault, with their brute of an elephant. I’m g0-
ing to {49* even with those men for frirhtening my
team. You see if I don’t do it. Georg-1.”

For the saving of his life he had no thanks.

CHAPTER II.
POP HIcKs‘s snow.

THE town of Popokns is Celebrated, all over the
western part of the State of New York, f. '1' its inan-
ufactories of ham >ss and saddlery, and for the
quanthy of people it turns out to see a circus.

Popokus is known as a “ good two-(‘ay stand for a
wagon show " in the business though it does not
pay for the monster coriCems that have more than a
thousand hand; on the pay-roll.

At ordinary times it will send any circus out of its
[hits with a. full treasury, and the factories are
forced to suspend business when the shows come
into town.

But on the evening after the adventure of Stone
and Leonard with the elephant, Popokus was all
agog with delight. .

Two shows had come. to the town at one time. and
Occupied green lots, exactly opporire to each other,
where two brass bands discoursed rival melodies.
where two stentorian-voiced men stood at the gates

 

up; they're pretty well tired now.”

 

roaring the praises of their shows, till even their

 

 

 

lungs failed, and they were. reduced to hoarse whis-
pci's: n hilc the po )ulacc. in bewilderment as to
which show was to )e the best, vibrated from one
side to the other. and had to be run in by main force
and persuasion combined. as the “ outsidc men " got
a (‘llillli‘tf at them.

Sti‘ctclicd along the top of one show was a broad
Cdlth‘LS stim-amcr that read:

“ For HICKS, KING or Snowman."

On the other side was a gigantic face, mcar '- Tug
twciity feet from chin to forehead, with the leg

“ G. BRAch llowxssn’s Snow or ALL 880‘

Around tlicsc cciitral legends were group‘d pic-
tur-‘s of horses, lions. tigers, elephants, birds, acro-
huts and riders. cxecut lug marvelous feats, With 1::-
gciids attaclicd', and if was so hard fortlic simple
folk of l'opokus to decidc which show was the most
worthy of patronage that most of them actuallv
staycd away from bt'lll. I

l' was gutting nrar eight, o‘clock, the hour for the
pcrf‘ormanrc to begin. and >till thc tents were by no
means full. when a stout old man, with around,
inci'ry facc and siioiv—r-rliiic l‘lili'. bustlnd past the
ciit'uncc (If “Pop Illl l'  Show," and said to the
hours ‘—voic(-d man outside:

"Whoop ’ciii up. lilly; whoop ‘ein no ”

’l‘lic foutcr rcplicd in a ruciul whisper:

“ (lll'\"ii«‘l', I‘m played. They won‘t whon fora
ccnl. lluin‘t no voice left.”

The old man —~it was Pop Hicks liimsclf—lookcd
kcciily at the crowd in front and over at the rival
snow.

Tilt‘ tonicr on the other side had ceased to bcllow,
and his arms waved iii a frantic n1annci', while his
lips l '-ovcil. but no sound came from them.

“ llc‘s gone too, Billy!" chuckled Pop Hicks,
a grin.

Thcii as he looked at the people, still hesitatng
between the shows and filling the open space in a
dense crowd, he struck his fort-head. and mut-
tered: ,

" Stoopid—stoopidl Why. that‘s jcst the racket to
catch ‘cni. Hold on, Billy: 1"?! work ‘cm.”

lie dashed info the iiiclosure again, rushed into
the tent. crosscd the ring at a run, and came tearing
into the space bcliiiid, where stable and dressing-
rooni are combined.

“Herc, boys!" he cried. “ Who’s ready—who’s
ready? All of you I want you!"

The performers were gathered round, with old
coatstlirown over their tights, and the stablemen
were giving the last touches to the harness when he
entered.

Toni Fowler. the bareback rider, a little dapper
fellow with a waxed mustache, jumped up to an-
swer:

"‘ I‘m ready, guv’ner. What’s the racket?”

“Get out. the whole caboodle of you.” said Pop
Hicks excitedly. “You’ve got five minutes left.
Ride like Old Scratch round the tent and whoop up
the guys. They don’t know where to go, sir—don’t
know, by gosh! \Vhoop ’em up, boys, whoop ’em

 

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“Let go their heads l" she screamed9 as they flew along—“ let go their heads!”

upl Show Bewnsso a trick in show business. That’s
it, my boys. Old Pop‘s hard to beat."

And in fact the quick-Witt (1 men and women of

he show took the ltint at once. and turned out in
ixiav‘vclonslv short order.

Old Pop Hicks did not wait to see the effect of his
lith ‘ strafazem. for he had to play the clown in his
own show and had not yet dressrd.

He hearl a gainf- shouting.’ and cheering outside,
as the brilliantly—dressed circus performers rode out
and Cll’le‘tl the tent at a gallop, executing a few
simple feats to attract the crowd, and muttered to
himself:

“I knowed it—I knowed it.
That‘s your snrt.”

Then came the thundering of feet on the plan':s in
the tent, that told how the crowd had begun to pour
in; and the old man went on wit‘i his hurried toil-9t,
as the rest of his poo 10 came riding in at the back
door. laughirg to eae other.

“ How did ye do it—liow did ye do if?” cried Pop
Hicks in his big bass voicv, as he kicked off his
trows us an 1 showed himself in his clown’s tights.
“ What did yc say?”

“ Told ’em the racket was going to begin and
dashed in; that‘s all.” replin Tom Fowler. laugh-
in':. “ Gavc ’cm a free stand on the old mare’s back,
and rode in jest as they thought I was going to
Jump. ’

Pop Hicks ran to his dressing-table to put on his
clown wig, and talked all the while he was adjusting
it and laying on the streaks of red and white on his
jolly face.

"Where’s Rabbetts? Tell him to whoop up the
band. and start the entry going. We‘ve got ’em
now, boys.”

[Dab dab of the puff over his face, till he was
white all Over like a corpse ]

“\‘i‘hcrc‘s that band? Confound ’eml why don’t
they carn their money and play?”

Then, as the thunderingr of feet outside continued,
he picked up the rougc‘pot and made a circular (lab
on each cheek. fr.'Sllt}llQ(l. the end of his nose, and
continue 1 the lint- of his lips till he seemed to be
ginning from ear to ear, and his toilet was com-

) Ate.
I Ti.e moment he heard the band in the tent, and
s.  the men and women on horseback filing out of
the stables for the “ opening cavalcade,” his nervous
inainlici' ceased. and he smiled to himself as he mut-
teret :

“ I‘ncro—therc, ’t'iin’t my fault if she don’t go
right. I've dl me all I can, and 1 can’t do more. Pop
Hicks is bird to be it ”

And so saving, with the showman’s resignation to
good or bid luck which lie cair-ot explain to him-
self, he went to the entrance of the stables to look
into the ring, not expecting much, and saw that; the
tent was packed with people, who were still settling
in'o their s 1am, with more pouring in.

The old showinaii’s smile expanded as he looked.
almost to the dimensions of that painted on his
c eck, and he turned to a big raw-boned man,
dressed in green velvet and gold lace, to say:

h “ Well, Jiin, well? We got ’em that time,
ev?“

Jim Perkins was the sole owner and performer of
the elephant, King Philip, which had caused such a.
commotion that day—a very tall. brawny fellow,
with a dark. stem-looking face. He cast a glance
ovr-r the crowd and answered indifferently:

“Hum! Pretty well. If they wouldn’t come for
King Philip nothing would fetch ’em. It don’t look
well for us to be bucking ag‘in’ Bownsse a hull sea.-
son. One of us has to go under. and he’s got a. big-
ger pile nor you to back him. Hicks.” .

Old Pop Hicks bit his lips with an air of vexation.
He was an oldfashionej showman, who liked to be
on friendly terms with all his peo le. and “Elephant
Jini Perkins” was the first man 1e had been unable
to get along with pleasantly.

“I don’t. know what you mean. Mr. Perkins," he
said, rather stifflv. ” I never went back on my en-

Fetch ’em in, boys.

l

Eagemcnfs yet. and I’ve got a better show than he
as or the guys wouldn’t come in as they do.”
Elephant Jim curled his lip.

“The season ain't over _\ct. and the only rurc
thing in circus biz ise Saturday night and settlin’
up.
Pop Hicks turiicd round on him sharply.

“ IIith‘ I ever failed mm. Saturday night?”

“Don‘t say ye havc, but cf things gocs on this
way l-Iownsse is goin’ to hurt us." replied 1* rkins,
(logniafically. “ You know that, l'op. dint you?"

Pop looked l.is grumbling IUIIUWCI in the eye as
he answered steadily:

“ If he does, it’s my loss, not yours, Jim. I'm
running this show, and if lfiowiiscc chooses to buck
against me, it’s my lookout and not yours. All I
want of ~on is to do your act and keep your l rung,
from frig llOlllllfJ the guys. I‘m more afraidl of that
than I am of Bownssc.”

Perkins was about to answer when a darrcr little
gentleman, with a bald head, lingo dark lllllrlilt’llf)
and velvet cont came out of a drcssingri ,« »in, (ii awiiig
the lash ofalong whip through his l’lllltl. and ap-
proached Pop with the bland lGilllil‘lC. ill thc deepest
of bass voices to come from so small a man:

“Goodwin xii/:31, Mr. 111' ism.”

He had a war of myinz: the ill! st (’Dlllllltlllplnf‘e
things in an "ratorz‘cal inuniici'. "y 1;, his words
sc "v t * ‘ Hlt‘SS people with tho l:l hot" that to was a
per-I, ' » “cat wisdom, and he ot'iiciatcd as ring-
inas‘icr in [Ur show:

Pop {licks at once became jolly again and exc-
Cnted a profound reverence. saying:

“ l‘xo-fessor. your iiil'sf (lit-dicin. and how does
your ponderosity sajaciafc l“-lll,'_‘,lll. sir?“

He was so used to talking nonsense iii the ring as
clown that he did it behind the scenes whenever he
saw his confederate, l’i‘ofcssor llabbcits, the ring
master.

“Pretty well, thank you, sir,” returncd the Pro-
fessor, with fuiiereal gravity; "pretty well—yes,
pretty well—pretty well—preit ' well.”

“ Does it run champagne * ’ inquired Top anx-
iously. “Does it, Professor:

“ Does what run champagne, sir? Does what run
champagne? What do you incan, sir? What should
run champagne, sir?”

Professor Ribbeth asked these questions slowly
and pompously in the style he. used in the ring,
which had become from long habit second natuic
with him.

“ Does what rim champagne. sir?

“That pretty well you spoke of. Bygoslil ifit
does, it’s a splendid wcll," returned the old clown,
with an oily cliucklc at his own poor joke, and so
great was the force of habit that Professor Rabbetts
immediately cracked his whip and announced:

“ Ha’m’selle Celestine. in her unparalleled manch
act.’

“It's not time,” called out a voice from a dressing-
{corn nearby. “ I don't go on till after Tom Fow-

er.

A pretty, saucv face was poked out from between
the curtains, framed in short curls of the very
lightest flaxen; a face with a little turn-n ) nose and
very dark—blue eyes, a perpetual curl to t e red lips,
as if the owner were laughing at. something.

“What are you calling on me for?" she asked.
“ It‘s not my turn.”

"Absence of mind, Miss Sally, absence of mind."
returned Rabbetts, with a flourish, “absence of
ISniliid,”I assure you—yes, yes, absence of mind, Miss

21 V.

“ Are you sure you’ve got any to be absent?”
asked the girl, saucily.

Rabbetts gave a snort.

“Ha! ha! very good, very good—bat hat—good,
very gOod—ver~y—goou—llliss-Sally-any to be absent
~good—ha! ha!”

“ on. give us a rest with your very good,” the girl
returner], as saucily as before. “You make my head
ache when you hear a good thing, Rabbetts.”

Then to Hicks:

“Say, pa, how’s the house?”

“Very good, Sally, splendid,” returned Pop Hicks,
smiling all over. “ Hurry up, child. Here come the
people in, and Perkins goes on next. Don‘t make a
wait.

Sally Hicks made a face at her parent.

“ Did I ever make a wait- yct?" she asked. “Wish
you could say the same for all your people. Ta-ta.

'm nearly ready.”

Then she vanished, and the rustling and giggling
in the ladies’ dressing—room showed that eople
were dressing in a hurry in there, while, outsit e, the
opening cavalcade came tearing info the stables.

Then Professor Rabbetts, with his usual stately
stride (albeit his legs were of the shortest), marched
into the ring, to be followsd by P0 Hicks a moment
later, turning a clums somersau t: and coming up
smiling, to rear, with t e lungs of an old clown the
ancient gag:

“ Well, Professor, and how does yrnr ponderosity
sagaciate on this bright and beautiful, not to say
stllcgtliferous evening, sir? How’s that for high?

a.

The usual interchange of venerable witticisms fol-
lowed; Pop Hicks doing his best, inspired by the
large audience around him, till the time came for
the introduction of King Philip, the rent elephant.

Then they backed aside, and the ol manager had
a chance to ins ect the reserved seats more closely,
being unnotlce as the elephant came lumbering in.

On the front row were several gorgeously-attired
gentlemen, with diamonds on, and each held a large
and expensive bouquet of flowers in his hand.

CHAPTER III.
THE nio'rous DUDES.

THE old manager was not surprised at the sight of
so many sports, for he knew that his pretty daugh-
ter, who rode her chestnut mare. Flirt. in the man-
ége act, had been afavorite in all the towns they had
passed through, and more than one rich man had
come dangling after her.

He only grinned, and muttered to himself:

“ Lord, what fc ols some folks are! But it’s all
good for the business.”

Then the great (leplianf came in with Jim Per-
kins, gorgeous in green velvet and gold lace. and
executed its usual feats. throwing up its master
from the end of its tusks in a somersanlt :0 its
head, kneeling and firing guns at command, till it
finally lumbered out of the ring.

As it went, Pop noticed that Perkins had to prod
it severely several times, and that the beast
uttered an angry cry; but he thought nothing of it
{ill be heard one of the sports behind him say, audi-

v:

“ That brute‘s not safe. to have in  sliow. Some
day there will be a bad accident He nearly iiillctl
me this morning; it ought to be put in the papers.”

The words disturbed the manager Incie than he
cared to show.

Asamatter of fact. Kin': Philip was an ill-fem—
pcred beast, who was kept in order by excessive
Severity; but Pop Hicks had no fears about an acci‘

eiit.

What he diti fear, was that the disposition of the
elephant might be exaggerated in the papers, and
fiigliten away people.

And the man who spoke was sitting next to a
youth with a note-book, who opened a whispered
conversation with him instanter.

Pop Hicks had all a manager’s fears of a news-
paper, and he immediately si-lled off to the entrance
of the stables. and called out, Soho 2‘066’ .'

“ Send Mr. Moone here at once, when I come off.”

Then he dashed on again. and was more funnv
than ever during the pad—riding act of M'i‘iii’chle
Hip lyte. who made her appearance in all the-glory
of s iort skirts, and leaped through the hoops in the
apgroved style. .

e kept a sharp lookout on the little reporter and
the sports during the act. and as soon as it was over
went to the stable entrance. where he found a little,
weary—looking man, shabbily dressed, to whom he
said rapidly:

“ on’re not attending to your business. There‘s
a fellow queering ‘l our show to a reporter about
King Phihp and the runaway team to-day. Eon ll
see him. Black mustache—diamonds. Go and put
the newspaper guy straight.”

Mr. Moone nodded and slipped off among the men
of the audience. till he got to the reporter. when
Pop Hicks smiled with satisfaction to see him take
his seat by the diamond-studded gentlemen and en-
ter info conversation with them.

“Good boy. Moone," he niutfered._'as he went on
again. “He’ll put the guy straight."

Then came Mr. Tom Fowler, who went through
his bareback act with great applause, but Pop Hicks
noticed that the sports in the front row paid little
attention to him. and frequently laughed to each
other, as if sneering. .

When the bareback act was over. Pop Hicks felt
his heart beat in spite of liim5¢1f, old showman that
he was.

His daughter was the next to perform, and he
could not get over the little flutter of anxiety that
her appearance always caused him, confident as he
was of her success.

In fact, Sally Hicks, little slender girl that she
was, hardly weighing a hundred minds, executed
one of the most difficult and peri ous felts in the
whole show at the close of her mwnfige act, when she
leaped four hurdles in close succession. and con-
cluded by a flying leap over a twelve-foot banner. If
her horse was not fresh and vigorous, it was very
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objects to the exchange of wittictsms between the
ringmaster and clown in this chapter, thatnit is, in
her picturesque hrase, “old as the hills. To be
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can discover a circus clown who has invented a new
joke since the discovery of America by Christopher
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a bad accident was very likely to happen. And
Flirt had had a. hard ride that very morning over
high fences. to save the buggy from going over the
bank.

The old man made his jokes as usual, till the. time
, came to retire, when he ran to the stable entrance,
to find his daughter there, saucy as ever, on the
mare, waiting for the bell to send her out:

1 , ’ ' “How’s Flirt?” he asked, anxiously. “Can she
_'!, go through, Sally? If you're afraid, say the word,
 -. , and we’ll drop the last leap.”

., " . Sally laughed and shook her head. .

\ “Flirt’s all right. pa. Don‘t you be afraid. How
are the guys?”

“ Packed c ose, Sally, like sardines. There’s a lot
’ of mashers in diamonds. mth bokays. .in one place.
.‘ . , Look out fur 'em. They may skeer Flirt.”

'i , . “ All right, pa. I‘ll know what to do.”

--' ' Then came. the “ ting ."’ of the bell, and the Pro-
, fess-3r announced in base tones:

“ Ma‘m’selle Celestine, in her unparalleled and

v. ‘ ‘- daring manege act! Ma’m'selle Celestine!”
‘? " " Then came a roar of applause as the chestnut
'. » . -. . mare dashed out, with her trim little rider in a plain

, -- . brown habit and black high hat, and circled the ring
"; ’ ' , “ ._ e at a slow canter, the girl bowing in answer to the

’ ’ - ' ap lause.

ittle Sally Hicks, under her ring name of Mlle.

Celestine. was the great attraction of Pop Hicks’s
show; his sure card. ‘

She understood the art of the. manf-ge to perfec-
tion. and understood, too, the art of concealing the
mealins she used to produc: her effects, equally
we! .

. .- She moved her hands but little, and then almost

. - 7' im erceptibly. had her riding-whip of the same color
 as er mares hide, and kept it down, so as to be

‘ very nearly invisible.

c When Flirt stood still in the arena and pawed the

. air with one forefoot in time to the music, then
* changed to the other, and finally alternated between
the two, people thought the horse had been taught
by music; and no one recognized the little pats of
whip and spur, the little tugs of o .e rein and the
other, by which, first one foot, then the other, was
made to do its duty.

When Flirt trotted round the ring in the peculiar
airy gait known as the “piaffer,” few knew that
her rider. with rein, whip and spur, regulated the
length of every pace, while she sat in the saddle ap-
parently unmoved.

The most difficult part of the performance was, in
fact, that which exalted least up lause; and it was
. reserved for the showy leaping mish to call forth
the hearty clappings of the crowd.

The manege act was successfully executed, and
fhe men were running in to set the hurdles for the
cap. -

Sully sat on her horse at one side of the ring,
waiting for the set, when. as if by one motion, the
row 0 men whom Pop had told her of as the

“mashers,” stood 11 together; and the leader, who
was Mr. Stone, in a oud voice observed:

“Ahem .’ Alum!”

Sally turnel her head and saw them all on their
 feet. extending their bouquets to her, when Stone,
n in a voice that would not have shamed Professor
Rabbetts, cried out theatrically:

“Beautiful Celestine, accept these flowers from
me, as a token of profound admiration and undying
affection.”

Sally looked at him sharply and saw little Moone,
the agent, beside him. She thought that it was a
stroke of business, so bowed and took the bouquet
., amid much applause, when the other men declaime
*' . in chorus like college boys as they held up their
' ‘ bOlK nets:

. , “ eautiful— Celestine—accept—these—flowers—
 i ' _ from—us—too—too—too.”
3; ‘ ' 1 , Then she Colored and laughed rather angrily, as

 - she said to Moone:

“Take them to my dressing-room. How can I
hold them all? You must be sick. Moone.”

 r - Then she started her horse, bouquet and all, at
f"; " the, hurdles, and went over them with much ap-

’ U - i . . plause.

‘ The men with the bouquets sat down while she
made the. first round, but on the second they all rose
-, ! up again. waving the flowers; Flirt started and
I C' _ ' ‘ ~ shied; knocked down a hurdle, and the next moment
, I. ~ ‘ s'ood up on her hind legs and began to waltz round,

v ‘,  ‘ while Sally cried to the men in the ring:
, j: , ~ “ Take them away. It‘s those sick dudes. They've
.‘ni v‘ spoiled my act.”

' V The men ran away with the hurdles, the mare
came down, and the rider brought her to the stable
door. calling out to the attendants:

“ Bring the banner! I’ll finish.”

The huge banner, twelve feet broad was hurried in;
the girl backed her mare to clear it, and was just
starting. when the body of “mashers ‘ who had re-
fused to give up their bouquets to Moone to be car-
ricd in, jump up again and began to declaim their
chorus:

, “ Beautiful Celestine,” etc.

, ‘ This time. Flirt shied more violently than !'before,
and reared up, while the girl cried passionately:

“ Put them out! They’re doing it on purpose to
 i. - spoil the act.”

' 1- ' - , Her words were heard, and in a moment a rush of

’ - the circus men was made to the spot where the dis‘
turbers were placed.

Old Pop Hicks kept cool, however, and said as he
took his stand:

“ Sit down, gentlemen. You’re scaring the horse.
Sit down.”

, “ Sit (loam be hanged!” answered Stone, in a.

,-' , A ' ‘ bullying tone. “Don’t you know how to treat gen-
‘ y firemen when they come to your show? The girl in-

" sulted my friends. She wouldn‘t take the flowers.”

“ I‘ll take them and see she gets them,” Pop Hicks
answered firmly. “You can‘t interrupt the er-
formance, sir. Other people have rights as we! as

on.”

b He saw that the whole party had been drinking
.- heavily. Stone and Leonard worse than the rest; and
the pco le in the show were beginning to get 11p
out of t leir seals and buzz, while a panic was im-
rninent.

He took his decision in a moment, and sail hur-
riedly to his men:

“ Hold them if they fight. I’ll speak.”

Then he rushed to the center of the ring and
roared:

“ Ladies and gentlemen—don’t be alarmed—only
. , , anlislak‘c—lll’fi') gentlemen want to give Celestine
a, ,1 : some flowers. and they‘ve scared the horse. Please
‘  sit down. It will be over in a minute."

His voice calmed the excited people, of whom
, H , v a many were women and childen, and they settled
.  g '. . into silence, when he went back to the obnoxious

- ‘ dudes and said sternly:

"Now. if you want to give those, flowers, give
them. If you want to make a disturbance, you can
have it. Which is it?"
! Leonard, who was pot-valiant, instantly threw his
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" 'I‘o blazes with you and your circus girls. Come
along, boys. Let‘s get out and go to the other
show, where they know how to treat a. gentleman
properly."

"Best thing you can do,” retorted Pop Hicks
sharply. "Your kind are no good in a decent
< s )0\\'.

The words were hardly out of his mouth when
, Stone uttered a savage curse and put his hand to
his hip pocket, an action imitated by his friends

Before a weapon could be drawn, the active.
powerful circus men were on them, and had them
clinched.

In three seconds more thev were hauled out of

 

their seats and dragged to the door, while Pop
Hicks. in the middle of the ring, cried:
H \ “Keep your seats, Indies and gentlemen. Only

a little too much whisky aboard; that’s all. No
danger!"

He signaled to the band and it struck up a lively
air instantly. Before the. air was finished the ex-
citement was over; the men brought out the ban—
ner; and little Sally made her leap amid such thun-
ders of applause that it was evident the audience
sympathized with the show in the dispute.

They shouted and stamped till she rode out again
to how her thanks; but when it was all over, and the
tumblers were in the ring, Pop Hicks said to his
f’actolum, Moone: ,

" We‘ll have to fix the newspaper guys. I’m
afraid those men are going to make trouble with us.
They looked rich. Who are they?”

The agent told him, with a grave face, that Leon-
21rd was the richest man in town, and owner of a
pager. Then Pop Hicks bit his lip anxiously, but
531 t

“I couldn‘t help it. I’m not going to have my
Sally insulted by those mashers. It can’t hurt us
much. We go out to-night.”

At that moment the show closed and the audience
begun to disperse.

Pup was changing his clown’s dress for the cos.
fume of ordinary life, and the thunder of feet on
the planks was incessant, when little Tom Fowler,
who had been outside in his street dress, ran in
crvmg:

'f ‘-.'\'l.cre‘s Pop? Where is he?”

Pap called out:

“ Here, Tommy; what is it?”

Tom came close to him, to say in a low tone:

‘~ Those dudes are outside \vithagang. They’re
going to make. a raid. The money wagon's safe
. V - but we‘re going to catch it.” '
1",». ' Po ) said nothing till he. had finished his dressing.

. ' By t at tune the noise of the departing audience
,llil'l ceased, but a buzzing told that the crowd re--
mained before the tent.

old Pu; Hicks picked up a club and went outside,
to ho greeted by a volley of brickbats and the rush
of a gang of men in anger.

At that moment some one in the rear of the circus
men yelled:

"HEY, RUBE! ! l ”

I: was the showman’s battle-cry which means

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TWO FLIRTS.

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THE HEROIN E.

Miss Edith Van Witt
Was a terrible flirt——
Made mashes by dozens, and treated as dirt
The hearts of the. men
She had conquered, and then
Thrown aside as she would discard aglove which had
proven on trial to be ill-fitting and not worthy of
I Being tried on again.

She had lovers :1 score-
That, at least, may be more!
I‘ve been told, (overdrawn, I think.) thirty-and-four!
None but did si h for her—
None but woulr lie for her—

And many a giddy cavalier, driven distracted b her
beauty and lack of afipreciation of himse , has
thrown him dramatica y upon his (-ancaloz'des', and
begged as a priceless favor

That he might die for her!

THE HERO.

Mr. Arthur Van Stan
Was as handsome a. man
As e’er buttoned a glove or took charge of a fan.
He, too was a masher,
A lady—heart crusher,

And vowed the aforementioned Edith should fall
fatally in love with him, his heart remaining free!
For had she not a reputation equal to his in that
line? And had she not boasted of it to a friend ?—
and was i'. not a religious duty to bring her down

A peg or two—dash her?

Then this “ flyest ” of girls
Rearranged all her cur 5
And displlayed a small mouth full of glittering
pear 5;
She tried every wile,
And after awhile,

Their intimac being the common talk of the neigh-
borhood, fe t herself conscientious] justified in
replying to a friend’s “ You have ooked your
sucker, Edith?”

“ I simper to smile!”

THE PLOT.

So the plot was begun,
And each newer sun
Saw the finish of one act, a new act begun;
Till Cupid one day
Made a. jest of their play
opening their eyes to t e fact that they

By suddenly

loved eac other madly, each discovering that in
trying to win the other's affections 81%;, i» had lost
his

her L heart. Arthur sinks gracefully upon one pa-

tella and exclaims:
“ Will you have me, dear, say !"

THE DRAMATIC CLIMAX.

And Edith Van Wirt.
This accomplished young flirt.
Replies: “ Will I have you? Why shouldn’t I? CERT!”

The Pink f the Pacific;
The Adventuregnbf‘ a. StowaWay.

. BY OLIVER OPTIC.

CHAPTER XIII.
AN APPALLING SITUATION. .

WHEN Pink had time to look the brig over, he
found that she was much larger than he had sup-
posed, being of not less than three hundred tons
)urden. Certainly she was the handsomest vessel
he had ever seen, and everything about her was as
elegant as money and good taste could make it.

A few days before she had been caught in a vio-
lent squall. The captain had been on the lee rail,
which he had mounted for a moment to take a look
at the weather, when the spanker boom broke loose
at the first gust' and in dodging to avoid it, he had
fallen overboan . The mate made 8. vi orous effort
to save him, and would have succeede if the full
force of the tempest had held off for a. moment lon-
ger. As it was both the captain and the mate were
swept away by the boiling waters. They disappear-
ed under a fierce wave, and were seen no more.

Amos Chinks, the second mate, was a. good sea-
man, and his skill and promptness in the emergency
had saved the beautifu brig from destruction. But
he was no navigator; and since the disaster, the ves-
sel had been feeling her way very cautiously through
Lombok Strait; and had hailed several ships without
obtaining the person she needed '

“But are there pirates in these seas?” asked Mr.
Dunwbod, when he had related to the new captain
the misfortunes of the vessel.

“ I find there are lenty of them, sir,” replied Cap-

 

was as helpful as ssible, but there was little he
could do in a vesse so fully manned as the Belle.
He walked about the deck, carrying the orders of
the captain; but he kept at a. respectful distance
from the members of the owner’s famil .

After the drill was over. Mr. Dunwood took the
new captain below to show him his state-room. The
entire after cabin was cecupied by the members of
the family; but forward of this was another cabin
corresponding. to the ward-room of a man-of-war,
for the use of the officers. It contained s1x_ state-
rooms: but as there were only four officers, includ-
ing the steward, Pink was assigned to one of the
rooms. Another was given to Sanders Pink felt as
though he had tumbled into a. bed of roses, so luxu-
rious was his apartment. .

The wind continued to subside till there wns hard-
ly enough to give the brig steernge-way. Pmk had
wander d all over the vessel, except the after cabin,
a. dozen times. till he was as familiar with every part
of her as he had been with the American Continent.
He was really wishing for something to do, for he
had lately seen so much excitement that be rather
dreaded a quiet time. He had dined With the offi-
cers in the ward~room, as the former captain had
called it, and he thought the fare fit for a kmg. At
last his legs ached from the. excrcise he liadlaken,
and he seated himst-If on a gun-carriage in the
waist.

Tom Dunwood and his sister were sitting on. the
rail on the weather side of the ( uarter-deck. Wlnny
had chosen this place so that s e could feel all the
air that was stirring, for the weather was very warm
after the breeze subsided. She had been so long on
shipboard that she had become rather careless Ill
taking care of herself. Presently she stretched her-
self out at full length on the rail, just as if she
wanted to see in how dangerous :1 position she could
put herself without falling overboard.

The wind had hauled to the westward as it became
lighter; and what there was of it came in_ gentle
puffs. One of these little flaws heeled the bug over.
as alight puff will when a vessel is making hardly
any headway. As the rail inclined inboard, the mo-
tion did not alarm the little maiden. But the next
moment, the sails flapped as the flaw died out, and
the brig rolled to windward on the long swell.

Suddenly there was a shrill scream and a splash
in the water. Miss Winny had rolled into the sea!
Tom yelled: but he did not seem to have the pluck
to do anything else. Pink heard the scream. He
had seen Winny on the rail an instant before, and
she was not there now. He understood what had
happened. In another second he was overboard
delaying only long enough to kick off his shoes, and
leap out of his coat.

“ Sharks! Sharks!” yelled Tom Dunwood, who .
had ventured to look over the rail after he saw Pink
go over. It was a most appalling cry; and all on
deck rushed to the uarter.

“ Man overboard! shouted the man at the wheel,
as he cut away the life-buoy and cast it into the
water.

“Mlan overboard!” rung through all parts of the
vesse .

Captain Bodfleld rushed u from the ward-room,
and when he saw Pink oun ing and splashing the ,
water with his feet an hands as he swam‘ toward
the struggling maiden, he understood the situation.

“ Clear away both quarter boats! Pipe away the
crews!” shouted the captain, in the most energetic
tones. “ A dozen boarding-pikes!”

The drill of the seamen was perfect, and in a few
seconds the two boats were in the water, with the
oarsmen in them. By this time the pikes were at
hand. and they were tossed to the six men in each
boat. Captain Bodfleld had 1e. )ed into the port

uarter boat as she descended. '1 le men “ up oars ”
t e instant the boat was in the water.

t f‘Shove off! Let fall! Give way!” said the cap—
am.

The oars dropped into the water, and the boats
darted off on t leir errand of mercy. At this mo—
ment came a shrill scream from the quarter-deck of
the brig. Mrs. Dunwood had just come on deck, to
discover the peril of her darlin (laughter. The fa-
ther uttered a. heavy roan o despair when Tom
said the water was ful of sharks; and Mrs. Dun-
wood sunk upon the deck in a swoon. The starboard
quarter boat was in charge of Sanders, and closely
followed the other.

CHAPTER XIV.
A BATTLE WITH THE SHARKS.

IN some manner the clothing of Miss Winny
seemed to sustain her in the water, and Pink found
no difficulty in keepin her up with one hand, while
with the other and b0 h feet he continued to make
the water boil around him by his vigorous exertions.
Several large sharks were circling about the spot,
ready to crunch a. victim in their terrible. jaws; but
they watched fora better 0 portunity than had yet
been presented, and seem 0 think there was (lan-
ger in the furious splashing of the heroic youth.

As Pink had told the captain on another occasion,
he was not afraid of sharks; and it is well known
that some of the South Sea islanders sport in the
waves when the water is full of them. On board the
whale-sh! and at the islands he had become famil-
iar with t e monsters; and “ familiarity breeds con-

 

tain Bodfield: but lie did not consider it necessary
to add that he had been one of them himself onl

the day before. In fact, he did not regard himse f
as ever having been a. pirate. He had fallen into
their hands and save his life as best he could; but

piracy.

“ I am very sorry for that, for I desired to cruise
in these waters,” continued Mr. Dunwood. “ It
seems to me to be one of the most delightful regions
of the earth.”

“ You are quite right, sir; these islands are full of
interest.”

“ I am sorry we can’t explore them.”

“ You can explore them if 'ou desire to do so."

“ When the region is full 0 pirates?” .'

“But they are Malay pirates; and with a vessel
so wlgll armed and manned as the Belle of the Bay,
Eve1 t(fan laugh at them,” added Captain Bodfield,

15:1 y.

“ ou forget that my wife and children are on
board.”

“We might have one or two brushes with the
miscreants. and we. might not see any of them in
the next six months. They would not meddle with
this brig if they saw the muzzles of her guns at the
port-holes."

" My wife is very timid.”

“If the )irafcs attacked us, of course we should
have to efend the brig; and tallmlaclies would
hear the noise of the guns. With your crew of
thiit-ty men you could whip all the pirates in these
wa ers.

“ You speak very lightly of them.”

“ They are terrible foes when they attack an un-
armed vessel; and I s eak lightly because the brig
is more than a match 'or them.”

"I will talk with my family about the matter.
But can’t we go where there are no Malays ?"

“Certainly we can; but we are in the region of
the pirates now. Where do you wish to cruise, Mr.
Dunwood?"

“We came around Ca e Good Hope; I intended
to go to the Philippine slands, and then across the
Pacific, viSlting the most interesting islands on the.
passage. and in the end completing t e voyage round
the world.”

“.I was in a whale-ship for two years, and I know
the islands very well The bov wllh me was in the
same ship for some months. I used to call him the
‘ Pink of the Pztcific;’ and he will be quite at home
among the islands. The wind is fair to take us
through the Straits of Macassar; but I ought to say,
that, unless you return by the way you came, you
cannot get out of the region of the pirates with«
out sailing three or four hundred miles. If you
go to the southward, you will still have to make
half that distance to be sure you are out of their
reach.”

“ My captain never said a word to me about pi-
rates,” added the owner of the yacht.

“There have been none till recently; and when
the United States or England sends a man-of—war to
clear them out, nothing more of them will be heard
for years to come.”

Mr. Dunwood talked the matter over with his
famll '. They did not want to return by the way
they lad come; and the, assurance of the new cap-
tain that the Malays could not capture the brig, in-
duced them to consent to run through the Strait of
Macassar. The course of the yacht was changed to
northeast.

The oroas of the pirates were still in sight; but
they had enough to do to repair damages beffii'i‘
they attemptet to return to the place from whence
they came. By noon, neither the American Conti-
next; no:- ‘z'ne L‘I‘OIXJ could be seen. The 1amin crunc.
on not“. as soar. as :t was certain that no stray shot
from the proas “'OUIL;_ sit the brig. WinnyDunwood
was a very prett ' girl of fourteen; at least, Pink
thought so, thong he had not been in society enough
to be a good judge. He regarded her as an angel
and we are not disposed to dispute his estimate of
no." Tom Dunwood was sixteen. He was the son
of a rich man; and this fact had done much toward
spoiling hnn. Pink did not like him from the first
moment he saw him.

After dinner the breeze was lighter, and the brig
made hardly four knots an hour. Captain Bodflcld
was busy getting acquainted with the vessel and her
crew. IIe appointed Ben Sanders, whose conduct
he hadnotic during the action with the Malays,
second mate of the vessel; and the selection was
heartily cheered by the rest of the crew. The cap-
tain visrted everylfiart of the vessel, then mustered
the hands, and d ' ed them in the various maneu-
vers of working ship. He piped away the boats’
crews separapely, heaved to the brig, and sent them
on a short pu I. All this was done to satisfy the new
commander that the vessel and all hands were in
condition for an emergency. He was assured that

 

kpuiuess every time. The fight had begun in ear- J

 
 

his predecessor ad done his work faithfully. Pink

he had abandoned t em at the first practicable 1
moment; and he had been engaged in no not of .

temp .” He could swim like a duck; indeed, he was
remarkably expert in the water, and rformed
many of 1118 antics as well in the brine as in the rig
ging of the ship, or on the sawdust of the circus-
rmg. ‘

“ Pull strong, my men 2” said Captain Bodfleld.
“ But mind our stroke.”

The brig ad been going through the water so
slowly when the accident took place that Miss Winny
, was not more than a cable’s length astern. when the

boats were lowered‘ and Pink had jumped Overboard
. before the vessel had made her length. Hardly 3.
~ minute had yet elapsed, and the boy in the water
was still fresh and capable of a. much greater effort
than he had yet made.

“Go to leeward, Sanders!” called the captain to
the second mate, in the other boat.

At‘the same time he steered his own boat to the

I windward of those in the water. He next directed
the two bow oarsmen in each boat to unship their
oars and take the pikes. Captain Bodfield had been
among sharks so much on the whaling-grounds that
he knew there was little danger to Winn y or her de-

, liverer as long as the water was kept in commotion,

,‘ for these sea—scavengers are but cunning cowards.

i The greatest danger would be in hauling them into

‘ the boat, for then the splashing must cease for the

moment on the part of Pink. But the captain had
provided for this emergency

The two boats came up on each side of the boy
and his charge, and Bodfleld directed two more of
l the men in‘each boat to take the pikes. Pink did
not was: for an instant to beat the water. as he had
done from the time he heard the word “ sharks.” As
the boats approached the spot. the bowmen began
to punch at the sharks. and succeeded in driving
them out of the space between the two parties.

“Hold on a. minute or two more, Pinky, and we
will have you both in the boat,” said the captain, in
encouraging tones.

“ I can hold on all day," replied the boy. though
he panted as though he had had enough of it.

At this moment the bow of the captain’s boat
came up to Pink, and the order was given to “ stern
all.” in whaleman’s arlance. One of the men stosd
ready to lift Winny Into the boat, when a large man-
eater approached the maiden. and seemed deter-
mined not to be robbed of his prey. The rascal be-
gan to turn upon his side preparatory to the fatal
onslaught with his horrid jaws, when the four men
in the bows punched him with the ikes till the
water was red With his blood. The cappaiu had gone.
into the bow of his own boat, calling upon all the
rest of the hands to use the ikes, and lifted Winny
from the arm of Pink. T 10 big shark had been
driven Off by tho vigor of the charge upon him; and
though half a dozen more were watching their chance.
to make a snap at Pink, he was as lively as any fish
in the crowd, and did not hold still long enough for
one of them to fasten upon him. He gras ed the
stem of the boat and with the aid of one of t lc. bow-
men, he sprung nto the fore-sheets. While he was
doing so, the men continued to punch the sharks;
and if none of them were killed, many went out of
the fight badly wounded.

“ Now give three of your lustiest cheers. my men!
It will relieve the anxiety of those on board of the
brig!” cried Captain Bodfield, as be seated himself
in the stern-sheets, with Miss Winny in his arms.
Ll one ! H

The cheers were given with the utmost heurtiness.
and they carried relief to v.0 paralyzed hearts of the
stricken parents. The on... feet up in man-of—war
style, were let fall, and the men gave way with all
their might.

Winny Dunwood was unable to s ak before the
boat reached the brig. She was comp etel exhausted
by the terrible scene through whicn she liad passed,
and by her useless struggles in the water; She lay
In the arms of the. captain, panting as though her
frail life was ebbing out. As the boatupproachcd
the brig, Mr. Chinks rigged the ladies’ gangwav, as
the mate called the accommodation stc‘ s, and ‘lsud-
field bore his charge to the uarter-dec ‘. Florissn,
the ladies’ maid, had brough the poor mohcr out
of her swoon, and she sprung to her feet as a con as
she was told that Winn was on board.

“She is excited but s e is not harmed, lnm‘aur ’
said the captain sootliingly, as he bore the n“ -..-n
into the cabin.

“ I am not hurt a bit, mother." added W
speaking for the first time. but still panting.

“ My poor child!" groaned Mrs. Dunwood, as she
followed the captain into the cabin. ‘

' “Don‘t be alarmed. madam; she will be all right
in a few minutes.” continued the captain, as he laid
his burden on one of the divans.

“ Wasn’t she bitten by those terrible sharks ?”

“ Not at all: she is not harmed; only frightened.
Get sit-idle dry clothes upon her, and she will be all

 

tiny,

ht:
r1fi‘he poor mother was too agitated todo much I) r-
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conve 'ed the sufferer into her state-room. and pro-
ceede to do what the circumstances re lured. _ H

“Are you sure she is quite unharme . captain?
asked Mr. Dunwood, who had followed the others
into the cabin.

“No harm could have come to .her; certainly she
is not drowned, and no shark touched her.” protest-
ed the captain. "She lrembles and pants with ter-
ror, but she will be as well as ever she was in a few
minutes.”

“It seems too 00d to be true; for I gave her up
for lost,” added iIr. Dunwood with a. shudder.

“ And she would have been lost if it hadn’t been
for Pink," added Captain Bodfleld.

“ Pink? “To is he?” asked the ownerof the. beau-
tiful brig. who up ieared not to have notlced the boy,
or at least, be had not learned his name. .

“ ‘ The Pink of the Pacific,’ as I used to call him on
poard the whale-ship," replied the captain With a

an h. 4

“gYou mean the boy that came with you from that
shi 1'”

‘PYes, sir; that’s Pink.” .

“ l was not aware that he had anything to do with
saving my daughter,” continued the owner, looking
curiously at the captain.

“You Were not ! Why. the lad jum ed overboard
after Miss Winny almost as soon as s le went over
herself. He swam to her, and b the commotion he
made in the water kept off the s arks. Ilz-e held her
up till the boats reached the spot, nnd_f'oucht the
fish with one hand and two feet all the tune."

“I was in the cabin when the accident happened,
and I dared not look where she was, lest I should see
her caught by a shark.”

Mr. Dunwood was pale and trembling with emo-
tion as he realized the awful fate l’rom_ which his
darling child had been saved. P arhaps tlus incident,
followmg so soon the encounter with the Malays.
raised some doubts in his mind in regard to the
pleasure of yachting in the Indian Seas.

“I need not say how grateful I am to you for the

rompt and efficient service you have rendered,
Captain Bodfleld,” said the owner, with much feel-
mg.

“ Bless you, sir! I did nothing! Nobody (lid any-
thing but Pink. All that the rest of us did would
have amounted to nothing without that boy.” pr0<
tested the captain. “ I confess that I should not
have dared to jump overboard in the midst of a
School of sharks; and I doubt if there is a man on
board who would have been any more courageous.”
"Y,ou astonish me. Are sharks so very danger-
ous?’

“Dangerous? I have seen one bite a. man in two
in the twinkling of an eye!” repli:d Captain Bodv
field. amazed at the simplicity of his wealthy ems
ployer. “ The boy wanted to swim a uarler of a
mile the other day when the sea was fu I of sharks,
declaring that he was not afraid of them; and he
would have done it if I had let him.”

Mr. Dunwood wanted to know more about the
waif; and the captain told him all that was known
of the ho "s history. In this connection he ventured
to tell something more of his own antecedents. and
frankly admitted that he had been with the pirates
only the (13. before. The owner did not seem to
think any t e less of him, for he had been an invol-
untary pirate, if a pirate at all.

“ Now, where is the boy? I have seen him about
the deck, and he came into the cabin with messages
from you; but I havellardlyr noticed him. I should
like to thank him for what 1e has done; and I shall
do something better for him in due time.”

“I don’t know where he is just now; butI sent
him below to dry his clothes for he hasn’t a. rag be-
sides what he has on his bac ’,” replied the captain.

“ I will send for him.”

“ No clothes? Stop a moment, and I will get some
of Thomas’s for him.” .
Captain Bodfield was willing that his iotégé should
have something better than the razeec garments he
had worn; and presently the owner appeared with a
great bundle of his son’s clothes. The ca Jt-ain wont
down into the ward-room with them, an he found
that Pink had turned in, having sent his clothes to
the galley to be dried. Tom Dunwood was not much
larger than Pink; and the garments were a much
better fit than those he had worn before. \Vith the
assistance of the captain, he was soon clothed,
though he would not of himself have known the. use
of some of the “ fogs," as he called them.

“ Young man, you have saved the life of my
daughter." said Mr. Dunwood, taking Pink‘s hand

when he was resented to him by the cuptnin. “ I
thank you wit 1 all my heart; and in due. tune I shnll
prov? my gratitude ill some more substantial man-
ner.

" Oh. it’s all right, sir,” replied Pink, who did not
understand the. lust remark of the owner.

The waif was then taken to the cabin.

CHAPTER XV.
mu SPOILED SON.

PINK had been into the cabin before. but it was
when the family were too busy thinking of their
own safet to bestow any attention upon him as an
individua . Now all eyes were fixed upon him, and
Mr. Dunwood said some very handsome things
about him which made him blush like a school-girl.
The mother of Miss Winny took him by the hand,
and thanked him with all her heart. While she was
doing so, the young lady herself came out of her
state-room, followed by Florissa.

“ 0h, Pink!” she exclaimed, rushing toward him,
and takin him b both hands. “ I should have. been
eaten up y the s iarks if you'had not kept them off 2
Oh, how much I owe you l”

“ We’ll call it square. if you please, miss,” replied
Pink, very much embarrassed to have every One in
the cabin looking at him.

‘- We shall never, never call it square 1” protested
the- girl, with all the earnestness of her nature.
“ You have. saved my life, and I can never pay you
for it if I should live to be a thousand years old l”

“ Well, I don’t want to be paid for it: and so you
don’t owe me unytllin . I hate sharks; andI was
bound they shouldn’t lave such a nice bit to eat as
you are.”

“ Then it was to cheat the sharks out of their
dinner, and not to save lne, that you jumped over-
board?” \ demanded “’inny. merrily, though she
shudder-ed while sv'e laughed at the idea of making
a. dinner for the voracious fish.

“ I didn‘t mean those sharks should eat you, any—
way,” replied Pink, wlfo had not learned the arts of
gallantry .

“ I know you would not have jumped overboard
to keep the sharks from getting a piece of meat that
had dropped into the wait er, and thus cheat them
out of their dinner,” added \Vinuy.

“ I’ll bet I wouldn't!"

“ Then it was to save me that you risked your own
life, wasn’t it, Pink?" asked the maiden, feeling that
she had the best of the argument.

“I went over after you, I suppose; but I didn‘t
think there was any great risk about it. I used to
see the Indians among the islands diving in arong
the sharks; and I thought I could do it as well as
they.  haven‘t been afraid of them . ince then.”

‘* I think you are making a great row about noth-
ing,” interposed Tom Dunwood, who seemed to be
greatly disgusted wilhall that was said. “ It was no
great thing to jump overboard when the sea. was as
quiet as it is 10-day.”

“ You would not have. dared to do it, Thomasl‘
added Mrs. Dunwood, rather warmlv.

“ Yes, _I should, too. I was just going over when
I saw thls little monkey go over the ruil; but it was
no use for two of us to wot our clothes for one girl;
and so I did nothing." said Tom, with easy assur-
ance. “ You will make this young cub think he has
done a big thing. if‘ you talk to him in this way.”

" I think he has done a, big thing!" cxcluilncd
\Viuny, with spirit.

“Nonsense, Winn!"

" I think he has done a very brave and nob]!-
(leed, my son; and if you luul done it, I should have
been very proud of you. I am sorry to hear you
disparage the not,” interposed this owner. -

"I suppose you mean to make a romance out of
the affair, and the lilllo monkey will have to marry
the girl to make it conu- out rig If,“ sncercd Tom

“I don't think of getting married at present Mr
Baboon; and when I do I shall not ask you about
it!“ cried Pink, angered almost to tears bv the harsh
and sarcastic remarks of Tom Dunwood us he
rushed upon deck. ’

" Do you hear that?"
flushed with rage at lhc
" Yap havf. taught him to

“ our auguage wus uito im re )er, ln ' . o “
said Mr. l)umvood, wry nilldly; fol? t 10 tl‘llt‘l inliht
gihiuiiknowledgcd that he was afraid of the spoiled

( .

“Improper!”sneercd the son; and he had a tal-
cut for snecrlng. “ Do you think I can measure. off
my words to a puppy like. that? He. has no business
:1: boaIrdlof t.ll(i.ll)ll’lg;tli0 one invited him to take [ms-
.‘2 ge ll lcr. e m; - ~ ~ ..
come ‘0 land.” 1:: 1 out of her as soon as “(
th'éllle IS here with my consent," replied his fu-

"I. hate fhclittle )ri ' and iflcan‘t e ' '

I woLn‘t st-lly in thebriginysclf.” g t m1 0f hm“
“ ‘1)llSlt er, my son; he. has 'ust saved 0 ' x
your sister,” reasoned Mr. Duanood, chdt‘ltlllllV]
lel‘l  the threat of his son. '

‘ new are twenty sailors in t , v . . . .
would have saved \Vinny, if he llalllllglt; H 5M 1
I should have gone over after her if he hadn‘t step-
pcd into my way. The rascal has been a nuisance-
to me smce he came on‘ board. Ile and I can‘t sail
algltngame \csscl. Did _\ ou hear lnm call me a

“ Yes; and I heard you call him a little monk - ' "
replied Mr. Dunwood with - ' ' .‘ ‘3
befo‘gphexhébited. , mole spirit than hc. had

" ' at i I did? If you call one of I -
fool, w1ll vou let him give you the Silllletllllzilllltl‘ggdtslof
mangetgabtggh‘: But tililcli‘ the little villain to cull

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the companionwav. om, as hi. rushed up

 

demanded Tom, his face
smurf. words of lheboy.
be. impudent already."

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The father of the unreasonable young man drop~

 

ed into a divan, and looked very sad and uneasy.

e. was a ve rich man; but his son was his tyrant,
and he won d have given half of his abundant
wealth to make Tom a filial obedient and well-be-
haved b0 '. The youth was the one trial of his He-
at least a l other trials seemed as nothing compared
wilhthls one. Doubtless it was his own fault that
llehad spoiled his child! but the burden was none
the less heavy to bear—perhaps heavier for this rea-
son.

Winny was only a half-sister of Tom. Thou b
there was little more than two years’ difference n
their ages they had not the some mother. 'l‘om’s
mother had died soon after he was born' and a year
later, his father had married again to the lad who
was now on board of the Belle of the Buy Wit 1 lnm.
She was a woman of character and resolution; and
if she had had her wa ', robably the Willth son
would have been cure of‘ his bad temper and his
vicious inclinations. But she was not the larl’s own
mother; and uncles and aunts cried out against the
proverbial cruelty of stc i-mothcrs. Even the. lla-
ther believed the new wi e would abuse the child,
and she was not permitted to exercise any authority
ovor him. Both she and \Vinny, her own daughter,
were compelch to be his leths in order to keep
peace in the. family.

It seemed very strange to all that Tom should he-
gln to manifest his hulred to Pin at the Very mo-
ment the. waif had donosuch a heroic deed. It IS
true he had before expressed his dislike to the boy;
but he had CllOSPll the most inopportune moment to
vent his spite. Winn actually cried when he had
gone; and she. detcrm nod to see Pink as soon as she
could and tell him Tom was a “ real ueg boy; and
she was so sorry he had said anything so very un-
kind aud ungenerous.”

None of the family followed Tom on deck to pro-
tect the waif from his spite. Possibly they felt that
they should be owcrless as mediators; but the
hoped Pink won (I be able to weather the assau t
upon him.

Pink was not much concerned at what the spoiled
son had said to him. though it made him very an ry
for the moment, but rather because the offenswe
words were spOkcn in the presence of Miss Winny
than because they were very severe in themselves.
He had been too often buffeted, kicked and reviled
to be utterly cast down by anything of the kind.
He realized that it would make the captain feel bad
to have any trouble oh board; and he prom tly (le-
cided not to say a word to him about what lad oc-
curred in the cabin. He would give Tom Dunwood
a wide berth in the future.

He seated himself on a gun-carriage in the waist,
and began to think how prettin Miss Winny had
spoken to him about what he had done for her. He
was so leased with her conduct that he rcall
wished s e would fall overboard again. If she dir ,
he made up his mind that he would not wait for
Tom to go in after her. While he was thinking
about it, his assailant in the cabin came on deck,
having lashed himself into a fury over the insult of
being called a baboon. He saw Pink, and rushed
toward him as though he intended to annihilate him
on the spot.

Pink had recovered his self-possession now that he
was no longer in the presence of the maiden. But
he was no more afraid of the willful so than he
was of the sharks. He saw that Tom meant mis-
chief, and he rose from his seat in order to be. in
readiness for the assault.

“ What do you mean, you young villain? How
dared you call me a baboon in the presence of my
father?” gasped Tom, his rage rising to the boiling
mint.

1 “ I meant about what you did when 'ou called me
a little monkey, 1 sup )osc,” replied ’ink, with his
)eculiar chuckle, whic i did not at all soften the
orce of his remark.

“ You are a little monkey!" roared Tom.

“ Then, as you are a little bigger than I am. you
are a baboon!" relorled Pink. will! quite as much
vim as the owner’s son had displayed, though he
was good—natured about it.

“How dare. you insult me (lommulml Tom,
rutllcr taken aback by the energy wilh which his
assault was repelled.

“ I told you n lillle. while ago that I wasn‘t afraid
of sharks: and you don‘t ex wet to see me slulkc be—
fore it small-sized baboon, Ii ‘0. you, do you?"

“I \von‘l slum] such insults!"

“ Nor I either.“

“I’ll thrush you wilhlnun lncll of your life !"

“ All right; will you bl-gm now?“

“ You culled llll‘ ll baboon l”

“ And you (‘ullwl nm a lllonkvy."

“ What odds does it make what I cullctl you?"

“ It makes just us much difference “but you call
me as it does what I call you.“

“ What are you? “'hut business have you on
board of this brig? Do you know that my father
owns her? Don‘t you know that there. is a difference
between an owner and a sailor?“

“ Your father don't own me; or if he does, you
don‘t. If your father (10! ‘t wnnt me in thelirlg I will
quit her as soon as l g ‘t a chance,“ replied Pink,
who was hit in a tender place.

“But you have insulted me; and I am going to
take it out of your-hide.”

Tom drew back, and lowering his head, struck at
Pink' but the latter suddenly turned a summerset
over his assailant’s head.

(To be cantinlied—commenced in No. 58.)

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Faro in Montana.

BY E. P. M.

 

 

THE Montana system of faro for revenue only ls
interestin '. At Helena, at Butte City. at Livmg~
ston. at ll issoula, there are only 0 ien doorways bc-
twccn the sidewalk and the gain ling~lubles. The
favorite games are faro and stud-horse woker.
There are a, few roulette tables. Keno. whit-ll only
a few years ago held the first place in the Western
gamblcr’s esteem, has almost entirely passed out of
sight. Faro always holds its own. but the. fashion-
able game of the hour, particularly with fresh and
unhardcncd sinners. is stud-horse poker.

This variety of poker is said to be seductive to
youth and inexperience. Its peculiarities are that
the bunk always holds the deal, that the dealer
turns all but the first of the five cards dealt to each
player before the draw. face upward on the. table, so
that cvcrybmly can see them, and lllllt the pro-
prietor derives a (certain and large crcen’rage from
the game, even when it is square y played; while:
his facilities for crooked administration are thought
to be superior to those afforded by any other gam-
bling game known to civilization.

Almost every saloon and billiard-room of estab-
l‘shed standing has ils one, two, three, or four fare
and stud»horse poker-tables handy to the street
entrance. During the day dealers are. ready to ac-
commodate the. casual guest who may desire to play.
The stress of business, however, is betwocn seven
o’clock in the evening and two or three in the morn—
ing. Then the saloon is throngcd with men from the
mines, cowboys from the plains, lemlerl’cct from the
East, and citizons generally. The solid resident
drops in and coppers the neo, or takes a, few hands
at stud poker with us assured (1 sense of decorum as
fortifles the Eusterner in his evening invasion of the
villngeinn fora game, of billiards or of dominoes.
(‘rowds of men throng,r around the tables and hung
eagerly over the green lmize. There is usually
good order. cxcc ll when some (ll‘nnkon fellow mnch
a disturbance. "here are a good many pistols in the
room, but few of them are Visible. A revolversomc-
film-s lies on the table close fo the dealer‘s right
hand, and a square of plate glass rests on to l of tho
lllll'S of silver dollars and (louble-cuulc golt pieces
that advertise the resources of the bank.

In one town I visited (1 number of these establish-
lncnfs with the sheriff, who nccompanicd mo Hither
in the capacity of guide than of protector. ’J‘he af-
l'ublo- sheriff know everybody, accosted evo-ryboll
by his first name, had a pleasant word for the ban ~
nulhorilies. u jolm for the )rosperous player, and a
bit. of judicious advice, for t to hcsilnlln ' novice. He
seemed to be regarded by all the gullible-rs with u!-
f‘vctionato admiration and esteem, rather than with
suspicion or fear. On his part, my friend, the
sheriff, dcporlcd himself like u gooll-nufurcd School-
muslcr who lllllwll'lsl whilo supervising the innocth
recreations of his httlo charges.

City, a. flourishing mining-cmnp when) moncv is
plcnly. The great mins distribute large sums. The
monthly my-roll of the Alice is about $40,000, the
(‘c'ilusu‘s Ill,lll)ll. while the Anacontla’shas been 375,-
00011 llmlllll. Much of this money finds Its wny to the
farm and stud—poker tables, and part of it goes ulti-
mately info the trcusury of Silver llow county.
In all the gmnbling-places in Butte two placards
were cmlspicurms: One was this:
“ POSI’I‘IYELY
“No ('lurs Issuth EXCEPT F01; CASH!”
The while counlcr. the lowest denomination 1‘;
generally Wort h l \vonty-llve cenls. At one taro—table
the seine-(lulu of prices was as follows:

“ Whites  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l°‘il‘ly mulls.
tells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(lllc (lollul‘.
lllm-s . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .Two dollars and a. half.
fellows . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . .Fivo dollars."
Here in another placard seen cvcrywllcr‘:
“ NOTICE!
“Boys Under Ag will not be allowed to Gamble

in or Frequent this ’lacc."

By a law enacted about two ea. ’- W ‘ the penalty
fog-allowing minors to gamb e or water. he 9mm—
bllng is a fine of" from $10 to 3100, or lm .‘lsoxnlienc
from one to thirty days. The law mus be pretty
well enforced. I saw no boys at the tables. '

Thewhole business of gambling in Montana is not
only licensed and regulated by law, but it Is made. to
contribute handsomely to the revenue of the Ten-
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ting games are played are taxed by the county ac-
cording to the suhjoined tariil’:

Billy nodded to the two captains as much as to say,
For a general license, every month

0 “Didn’tI tell 'ou so?"

For each roulette table. ’lt‘l' month . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 150 “Stl‘angervi 1.3”“ wrong in mypmr‘mOSiS, You're

Fm. Hm], Sm.i.p0k,.,. whip. Per month” _ .H U 100 the cuss that climbed these l:yer pards of mine a.

For each fun, “11,10. p9,. “mum _ _ I . _ . ~ _ _ ' ' _ _ _ _ 25 short time ago in a way they dispised,” Red Jack . the High lIorse replied.
The. Chinese game of tan, per month . . 20 Observed-

Houses of ill—fame where beer is sold, per q'uzi'rl
ter .

. V _ , , I _ replied, complacently. “ The fact

The proprietor of a saloon running three stud-
horse poker tables. three fat") banks, and a roulette
table would therefore have to pay into the county
tr ‘asury every month $4135 for his several licenses,

01' 230.780 a year.
The law licensing and taking the gambling-boasts

a clearing, and you need to be battered so as to
make you behave yourselves.”

“There may be two opinions in regard to that,"
Texas Charley rejoined.

 

. I _ ‘ I . night that your pa (ls were altogethertoo fresh and
is so curious a piece ol legislation that I give it in so I jest Weth in and salted them, and I reckon thar
full. It was approved last March: I' ain‘t any of them hog enough to say I didn‘t do the
“Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the. 3‘”), “1) 1"?th _
Territory 0f Mmmum: exas (.harley had been surveying the Californian
“That any person orpersons, or association of per- i dos"1-" "m1 had 0""10 t‘? “10 COUCIUSIOII that he
sons, who shall keep any house or saloon, or room ' Olliprllt‘ ‘0 h" a "limit f0“ lllm- _
or t'lubrooms where any banking—game or other l ball" Strange” 1‘“ ‘fxvmmmd.’ “ m“, and my
game of chance is dealt or played t'ornioney, or ai‘y- ' P5111“ "5291', 11"“ ill“ (“Plains Of this outfit and “'0
thing re n'eseiiting money. or having it money value, “I” that'sl'“! “1th the way you have handled Olll'
is used, )et. ventured. or hazarded iii any city, town, “am:-
or village whose population is greater than 500 per-
s( ms, shall, before starting such business, pay to the

ble High Horse, “or at least they were when they
County Treasurer a license of $10 per month and in

dusted out of the saloon; tliar wusn’t a man of ’ern

mmmun thew“, 3",.“ mm," m. ,wrsons $1,“ 1 pa). a that intimated that lie wii’sn’t satisfied. They
license for each table (which table. shall not exceed (’1‘,‘f’*“‘d out  "111d. 3: lflllll).s" ‘. .
eight. feet in length by four feet in width) on which 01” thm " a“ tht' one“ Red JaCk- ' I don't

doubt you got away with the hull outfit, but me and
niylpard liyer are reckoning that you can’t get away
Wi 1 us."

“ Now you are shouting! Is it to be fi'r money or
fun and how will you have it, fists, iistols or cold
steel? I‘m your meat, any way you like.”

The prompt acceptance of the challenge rather
bothered the cowboy captain, who hadn't exactly

the game commonly called fare is dealt: or played
$2.") per month; and such person or persons shal
pay a license for each table (which shall not: exceed
eight feet in length and four and one-half feet in
Width) on which the games commonly called per-
centage stud-horse poker, or percentage draw-poker,
or twenty-one. or high—ball, or shortfaro, is dealt or
played, of $100 per month; and such person or cr-
sciis shall pay for any room wherein the game ca led
keno is layed, dealt, or conducted, a license of $150
a inont i, which shall he exclusive of all other games;
and such person or )(‘I‘SOIIS shall pay a license for
each table on wide 1 the. game called roulette is
played of $150 per month; and f )1' each and every
other banking-game not mentioned in this section
such person or persons shall pay a license of $150 a
mont i. _

“ In any city. town or village. whose population is
lesstlian 50f: pcrsonsanzl more. than 200, such person
or persons shall pay a license of one-half the amount V. _ . . . .
paid in. towns, cities or villages whose population is at 5'0"} h!" I red‘on If Ill-Y,I)ard g”? 1“ ms “York £11“

renter than .500 persons; and in all places whose ’ lhfir .“ 0“ tibe “0 Show fill 5‘ Chap 13"“ lny 912%;
gopulation is less than 270 persons, such person or . . Tnat‘ ‘f 0"“ '39,t0ugl,‘_9" than all mt 0”“ the
persons shall pay a licrnse of one-fourth the amount H'gh VHMS?‘ ,adm‘t‘ed; That mmlnd'? me Of. “1,6
paid in cities, towns. or villa .res Whose population is boy “‘ 1m 01%”  {"9 Dwnfle Of Dal‘ml 1“ the 11011 S

I‘cater than 500 peisons. But this sec‘iou shall not; d‘m- He “'95” 1’ ll (“fled hm“ Danl‘II’ hm he was 50

e construed to authorize or permit any game pro- Sln‘m' he “ as “Card thm' “'OUM‘H‘ be ‘3“011311 of
muted by i he laws “fun T,.,.,.ir,,,,.,..n .. him to go round. and that was one small hon 1n the

The effect of this remarkable legislation upon the COP!” he was mortally aff‘ar‘.‘ “'Ollld  left-
flnances otVMontiuia. is striki'ig. In Butte Ciy alone i ' But I luv)" .I‘OW to some 1t. I 11 fight you 190th
the average number of g.tiiiblot s’ licenses taken out at one“ and 11 (‘1' h“? of you don t get your StI‘m-lac}i

full he must be a hog!"

is about 300 a quarter. The county offiilvcr Bow is ,
out of debt. Butie has inst built and paid for a l The (IOWbOY leader” 1m.)de 3t 9301‘ other and the"
‘ ' at. their men, and their followers no:ldcd. while

$30,000 seliool~liouse. besides otlitrslessexpensive. , ,. . , . .
It is. about ,0 hm“ a 5515M“, U,u,.t_h,,u,,-,.. Mowiy \\ amego hilly put. his tvngue in his cheek as much
is plenty in the county treasury. The poor are well as “l-‘Q‘V 'DM” t 121"“ 11 "l .le Straight?"
. . *7 . . ~ . , _ u ,9“ I, .,-.,.-
f The. countv tax is only six mills, on ’ “ ,b'~””.nf 01”“ 1“ J. J‘Kl‘ .‘hl‘efl' .
‘ ‘ That s the lay—out 1m givmg you."

The count v gets‘i‘S lh‘l' cent. and the. Territory '35 per ; h 03.‘ yous“? “.“Ximls to {mt kinea 3” Texas Chm-k5,
cent. of llll‘ t'aro and stud-poker revenue collected. fichliimlmlv1".011‘1” “1’,th Sleovos Of his flannel Shirt,
Th ‘ territorial tax is only one-tenth of one )er cent. ( ‘Sllfll'llm “I “HIT?” 31‘ armg- . . .

L ‘ 1 “ X es. yes. that is what I m arter,” the Californian
answered. “ Might- as well be put out of my misery
at once. But now, pards, I want a fair shake, you
know.”

“ Oh, yes. we’re squar’ men every time!” Red ‘
Jack asserted. I

“IIain‘t the least doubt of it, so jest order your ,
outfit to draw off for a couple of hundred yards, so I

the stranger.
Texas Charley though had reflected upon the mat-
ter, and as he was a famous rough-and-tumble
fighter, had come to the conclusion that a fisticuff
match would be about the right sort of thing, and
he s )cedily made known his idea.
but suits me to death!” the
claimed.
“Wa’ul, I s’pose that will agree with me too as
well as any other way,” Red Jack said.

Californian ex-

 

 

 

VOICES.

BY EBEN E. REXI’ORD.

 

. W“? . . I kin hev a fair field. No ob'ection to th. '
Whene'er I hear the. org ins mighty veice J s (u; ls

 

 

 

 

 

When children’s voices echo in the streets

I think of angels and of all pure. things,
And aspiration in my bosom beats

Willi the. mute eloquence of fettered wings.

Then, out. of space I hear a voice that. seems
An echo wandering since time began,
So low. so sweet, that he who listens dreams
01' Rest and IIWIVCIh-Lllt' voice of God to man.

 

Gideon Gotdlace,

The High Horse of the Pacific.

A Tale of ‘Vcstern Texas.

BY ALBERT IV. AIKEN,

AUTHOR on “ovEJtLAivn KIT.” “TALBOT or
CINNABAR,” “RED RICHARD.” “BAT OF
THE BATTERY,” “DEMth DETECTIVE,”

“ THE WOLVES OF NEW YORK,” ETC.

 

CHAPTER XXXII.
ANOTHER escorts'i'ica.

“ STEP up to the captain’s omee and settle, hey?”
the lligh Horse rejoined. “ I reckon you hit me wliar
I live every time you spit out anything like that.
Thar never was sicli a cuss for stepping up to all
sorts of captain‘s oilicos and doing all kinds of set~
tlin as a man jest. about my size. Oh. l’in the boss
sett er from Si-tt tei'ville, and don’t you forget it!
Jest at a pin in your inemm‘y at that p‘int and jab
it in or all y )u’re wutli l"

The Californian was prepared for the encounter,
.for, thanks to the. ample. light afforded by the moon,

g, '
fix he had perceived the cowboys at; the very same time
Jill“, that they had caught sight ot him, and being gifted

with the eyes of a hawk, he. had recognized that the
men were the same with whom he had had the “ little
difficulty ” in the Great American Eagle saloon, and
he had easily conjectured, when he saw them change
their course in order to intercept him, that mischief
;was afOol'.

The High Horse. was not taken unawares. The
:trusty Self-cocking revolvers were out, and as they
-wero seven-shooters he felt that he held at least a
dozen lives in his hand, while there were only eleven
.’in the attacking party.

, But the Mexican boy, the guide who was conduct-
“ Sing the. Californian, was frightened almost out of
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:1* , “ Oh, senor!" he cried as lll‘ behold the desperate

'5; looking cowboys approach. "we have rtiii into a

" ang of cut—throats, and we shall both be inur-
" cred!”

“Nary time,” the Californian responded; “the
‘hoot’s on the. other leg; we’re the cut-throats, and
these chaps are the. victims. If any one. of them
’dares to look crooked at me I’ll wipe out the hull
gang at‘ore. you kin say seat 2” .

-. 'But. the boy was not at all tranquilized by this
assurance, and as the. cowboys came up he slunk 1n
lterrorbeliind the Californian.

( The two cowboy captains surveyed the stranger
with eager curiosity as they approached. .

He was a big fellow certainly. htit yet not thcgiant

that. the )air expected to see from the description
that had. eon given.
7 When the cowboys got within about fifty feet of
.the High Horse, he commanded them to'lialt, at the
same time dis ilaying the revolvers which he had
' 'kept concealed by his side. _

“ Whoa. you mule—skinning, cow-punching, Mave-
frick-stealiiig sons of Satan!" he cried, bringing the
revolvers to bear in menace.
' “Don’t; come too close! I‘m an awful man for
fresh air, and hate. a crowd woise tliaiip’isen l”

' ’ The cowboys promptly obeyed the ill-J1] notion, and
the two captains naturally clapped their hands upon
their wca ions.

The Californ'an’s quick eyes saw the motion, and
ispccdilv cried check.

“Hold on thar!” he exclaimed. “ don’t go to
fingering your shooting-irons. don‘t, I beg you; It
won’t be healthy for you if on do. I‘m an awful
nervous'cuss, and when any ody pulls pistols when
'I am around, it’s apt to make me feel sick at my
,stuinjack; and if you do 1t 1 shall be compelled to
‘ibore a. hole right through the miprudent man. 1
should hate like thunder to do it, too, for I know
there’s a lot; of poor liangmcn who are. calculating

to ttirn an honest penny by choking the life out of

you cusses one of these days.”

. By this time the cowboy captains had come to the

conclusion that the job for which they had booked
themselves was decidedly more difficult than they
. had anticipated.

The stranger was evidently game to the backbone,
skilled, too, in the, use of weapons, and not disposed
to Show the white feather. despite the odds which
existed. ”

But the pair had “enliste'l for the war, and
‘Were not going to let the stranger back them down
'by words alone. .

“Say, you. mister man, don’t be. shootan 30,1,”
month 011’ quite so freely,” Red Jack replied. I
reckon afore. you could cock those rcvrilverslrgf,
youru. we would be. able to git a pistlo or two on. .

“ , yes, we’re on the shoot, sometimes, you
bet!” Texas Charley added.

“Now, stranger, that is jest, wlzar you are bark;

up the wrong tree,” the High Horse rejonied.
“ These hyer beauties are. self-cockers and I reckon
that More you could git your tools fit for action I
could liavea heap of fun with you.”

 

 

 

 

cowboys as they retreated.
sorry for ’em, for they wouldn’t take no stock in
our story.
had, or else I’m no judge of bug-'uice.”

second invitation but came up to the scratch at

01106.

your pards.

leaving the cowboys to look

 

“ But I won’t be one bit 
Inside of ten minutes they’ll wish they I

The rest coincided with this opinion.
Goldlaee shoved his revolvers back in their hol-

sters, cautioned the boy to stand b‘lck out of the 5

way so that he couldn’t possibly get hurt, and then

remarked to the cowboy leaders: I

“Now, gents, the circus is fixed to begin jest as

soon as you git a good ready on.”

Red Jack and Texas Charley (lid not wait for a l

“ You clinch him, Texas. and I'll kick the stuffing

out of him 1” Red Jack whispered to his companion
as they advanced.

This was i-asier said than done, for as the Texan. l

with a bull-like rush, endeavored to close with the r ,
Califori'ii'in, he was met with a straight right-hand ‘ llOWlCd t01‘ lllt‘l't'l'.
or which,
the eyes laid him over on his back as though he had
been stricken by a thunderbolt.

taking the burly fellow square between

lied Jack rushing to avenge his comrades fate
J I

i
met. with a similar reception. I

He. was felled as though some giant oak of the

forest had fallen upon him.

Both of the. men were knocked senseless.

The fight was over.

“.s‘ayl' you cow—puncth‘S, come and attend to
I reckon they have got all they want
from yours tiuly!" cried the Californian. "And

you must excuse me, for I‘ve got to be gitting.

“ ' ‘rot along. you yaller sarpint !”
Away went the boy and the High Horse followed,
after their beaten
leaders.

Both of the men, when they came to their senses,
were satisfied and wanted no more of the Cali-
fornian.

 

CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE REVELATION.
Nor the slightest fear that he would be entrapped

“Yes, yes, I reckon I’m the man," the High Horse l
i _ . ' is you cowbo vs ' squabble that we had
Hit a IONIC “‘0 II‘ "B 01100 In a “'11110 when you stri 'e . handled me and my Indian pard so roughly. Iwantegl

 

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dwelt in the mind of Goldlace.
He was well-armed. the
which he had procured from the generous-minded

self-cocking revolvers “

l
The cowboys looked at each other, and Wamego . I was a man able to hold my own against any two

i ladrones in the. district. btit now I am so weak that
.' I could not overcome a five-year-old child.

‘f And this is partly your work. American.”

“ Yes, but much more due to your own conduct,"
“ Why did you seek to at-
! tack me and compass my death?”
"Well, in the first place on account of the little
in the saloon, when yoti

i to square that account; and then. too. I was well
paid to attack yeti by a man who desired your
death.”

“The man who once called himself Aban Vali?"

“Sart‘in, tharmebbe, but it was my opinion to- - said the CillifOl‘lliflD.

“ Yes, that‘s the boss; he was determined to get
you out of the way, for he knew that if you once
discovered him it was a question of life and death.

“ But I say. who was it that came so tiiie:.'pectcdly
to your assistance when we had you eorraled in
the Fandango llall?” the dying bandit asked.
“ Who was it that put this cursed ball into me that
is sa )ping my life away?"

“‘v'hat will it i-rotit a man so nearto death as
yourself to know?“ asked the Californian, deter-
mined not to reveal the secret. for he guessed that

“Wa'al. they’re satisfied," broke in.the irl‘epressi— , the brigand might have an idea of leaving behind

him a legacy of revenge.

“ Oh, well, it would be some little satisfaction,
that‘s ail.”

“ Turn your thoughts to other matters, for that is
a secret that I shall not reveal."

“Suit yourself," rctorted the bandit, sulkily.

“But: now regarding this communication which
you desired to make to me.”

“ Concerning the. name of your foe?”

“ Yes, that is what I wish.”

“ Aban \‘ali ‘3"

“ But he is not known by that name now.”

“ He would be a fool indeed to travel under it

made up his mind which was the best; way to take with some. half a dozen men like yourself, eager to

drink his blood," the other replied.

" But what does he call himself?"

“Wait, let us see if it is the same man. Some
twenty years ago he married a girl in one of the
dazzling her eyes
with the idea that he. was independently wealthy,
Owning half a dozen gold mines.“

" Yes, my sister."

“I can see the resemblance for I knew her once.

“ But the Soon the inask was turn away, though, for the man
p’int is which one of us shall have the fust chance i “’88 ‘1 S‘dehng adventurer, a gambler, liVing by his

wits.

“ But: the woman stuck to him for the sake of the
child which had been born, a. bzibygirl, and followed
his fortunes until his cruel treatment sent her into
the grave about a year a re.”

" Yes, yes: and the child?” cried the Californian,
rising in agitation.

" Look upon this girl.” and the brigand pointel
to Catarina; “can you not trace in her face a re-
semblance to your dead sister?"

The maiden was now upon her feet trembling with
emotion. ‘

“ She is the child, and her father is the man that

 

 

“ Here, Pete. and Ike, get. the
along." ordered brisk Mrs Farlie, stirring tip her
[We big sons. “Leave the baby with me.” she ad-
ded, addressing Jack; “you may have a hunt for
her. If she‘s home, you can both come back and
spend the night with us."

And she forcibly took the child from its father‘s
reluctant arms.

" Ir‘s blamed dark, and a woman with a tub on her
head might: wander off the road. though she had a
plenty time to get home before night."

“ “'e both wanted to lug it over for her. didn’t we,
Ike?” said the youneer ot the two Farlie boys.

“Be sure We (ill. but she wouldn‘t let us," replied
the elder, for gallantry was not. unknown among
these l‘oiit'st border lads. “There ain‘t any lnjuns
would hurt her. Idon’t think," he continued ;“ but—"

" Wolves!" added the younger, under his breath.

" Nonsense! She's safe at heme-she fill/sf he!”
insisted Jar-k. who. in t satisfied with his natural
swinging gait, had broken into a sort of gallop; and
liis companions found it (llllltfllll to keep up with

inn.

" My God. she is not: here!" he exclaimed, as.
reaching his own door, he pushed it open and feund
the one room tcnaiitless.

" Kate! Katie! are you lidiiig from me?” he
called, in agonized tones; but only the dull echo of
his own voice cairc liacl. to lrini.

“ lIave yr it your pistols, l)t)y.~‘:”‘

“In course! Do we tvei' move without them, and
loads of ammunition?“

“Come on! We‘ll find her, then.”

But a long search covering an area on both sides
of the. straight. road discovered not the slightest
trace of the lost one. '

They had shouted themselves hoarse and fired
the ir pistols rcpezttw ly into the air without hearing
any sound. until at last Ike said, uneasily: '

“ Boys, l'm aft’Jl‘L'tl we‘ll have soniethin’ to shoot
at afore long, if I ain’t mistaken. Don’t you hear?”

“ Wolves!“ exclaimed the other two in a breath.

Not another Word was uttered as they hurried on
in the direction of the sounds.

tBut suddenly Jack stopped and seemed turned to
8 one. .

“ \\ hat‘s the matter. Jack Jarvis? Crme along!”
and his companions tried to pull him forward.

Poor Jack tried to speak, but the words froze on
his lips. _

“I know what ails him,” wLir-pered Pete to his
brother. “ Them ’ar wolves has got their prey.
Don’t you beat ? They ain‘t tootiii’ an‘ wailin’,
but snarlin’ an’ figlitin’. I’m afeared it‘s all tip with
poor Kate, new!" »

lantern and g0

 

“ I‘ll show you neither a woman nora want," Kate
had said as she angrily left her husband. de-
termined to be her own servant. " I can fetch the
tub, and no thanks to him,” she added under her
breath, as Swif ly and gracefully she almost ran in
the direction of neighbor I’ai‘lie‘s.

Her rutlled feelings made llt‘l‘ a little ungracious

‘ as each of the Farlie boys in turn insisted on carry—

all the world supposes to be her uncle. For years he ,

has repudiated his daughter for fear some fee, by
that clew, could limit him down.

“ Tlen Aban V aliis—"

“ Estavun Javali, at your service!" cried that
worthy. risingfreni behind the pile of robes \\'llt rc
he had lain coneealed, a Cocked i'cvolv er in his hand,
which he lC‘Ytltd full at the breast of the t'ahfor~
nian. “ American, you are in a “kill—7‘31)“ have
tracked the tiger to his den, now feel his claw tear
at your heart.”

llc pulled the trigger. but as he did so. with a loud

shriek. the hapless. girl whose whole life had be. 1i 2‘

such a. hollow mockery. ti: 'ew iicrs‘elf before Gold.-

I
t

lace and, receiving the assass'n's ball in her own '

breast, stink lifeless to the. floor.

Swift as the stroke of the lightning, vengeance
came.

In an instant the Californian‘s knife was out and.
before the Mexican could reera-k the revolver. it was
buried to the hilt in his vile heart, killing him in-
stantly.

Nor was vengeance less swift to overtake the vil- ,
lain who. on the very verge of the grave, had stooped =

. thar?”
It .‘eeins to ‘iit lll f soul, as if on win 1:, .i n . . .
To lngllt‘l‘ liigllits. axial say to it “ Rejoici!” bung}: no’ the COWboy captams replied m a I
And I forget earth  lov ' and sordid things. The". in obedience to their orders. the nine men, I
And when I hear the sea make dolerous moan RY Wilmego Billy, reu‘eated t0 the distance !
'l‘ l" 'k.‘ \" If s“ ’2  'I fit “ ‘ ‘ i" . ' * A‘ l ' . . . .
9 -N N‘ 1. .). ( h‘ .u.  11.1.15 h (11,"? m'ghty pam’ “I tell f, on w’ot it. is, boys, our pards WIII git ever- '
I think of joys and soiions [ have known, . ,, . u i to w. mm
Of what has been, but cannot be again. Ia‘qtmgly salted’ Bluy 1‘ marde to the res” 0f the ' assa’ ' ma '

In his fury at seeing his ancient. associate slain. he
attempted to rise. from the, Couch. burst a blood ves-
sel in the attempt, and died iinineitliately.

The Californian’s quest wa ended and justice had
been done, although the innocent life of the hapless
girl had been otfered up as a sacrifice.

Oiir story is told. but with the accomplishment of
his purpose the Californian did not turn his wander-
ing footsteps to other fields and pastures new.

He liked the town and determined for a time to re-
main there.

And the first business to which he turned his at-
tention was the extermination of all the Mexican
braves who hung around the. town.

Tommy, the renegade re-l-iiian, was the first to
feel the {U't'llg‘lllgf arm of the Hiin Horse.

Being detected at cheating at c-trds. he was (.lrag-
ged by the High llorse to the center of the town,
tied to a tree and thrashed with a raw-hide until he

When released lie was warned. never to show him—
self in the camp again unless he came prepared to

. lead a better lite, and so he. sluiik away.

Both the Dutchman and the veteran hu'nmer were
glad when (loldlace announced tliar he should stay
some time in the camp.

“ He‘s an honor to the town!" Major Bum dc-
clared.

“ By chiminv (‘hristinas dot- vas so. you bet me
four dollars and a lialuf on (lot 1” Jake fl>S(‘lll(‘d.

But after all were not the charms of pretty Posie
the magnet that detained in the camp of Cibclo City,
our hero, Gideon Goldlace, the High Horse of the
Pacific?

THE END.

A Tragical Tutt.

BY MATT. M’CASLIN.

 

 

 

“I ursr wash tomorrow—that’s certain. And I
can‘t wash withouta tub—that's certain too. And.
as there is but one in the settlement, and it at net" li-

bor Farlic‘s, some. one will have to go after it, and .

female boot—black were belted to his side. and cquip- ‘ that’s certain Ur)" e. "

ped with such tools as these, which could be drawn

l

and fired while a. man armed with the ordinary pis- j

to] was getting his weapon in order for work. it was

almost impossible under ordinary circumstances for ‘

a foe to get “ the drop ” upon him.

llcsides, there were some. parts of the boy‘s story
that he. felt sure were true.

The black—bearded fellow had been badly hurt in

the fight in the Fandango Hall. With his own eyes
the Californian had seen him go down and at the
time. he had muttered, “ well, that‘s good-by, black-
board!"

It was only natural too, under the circumstances,
when the. Mexican felt death was drawing nigh, he.
should endeavor to make his peace with man in an-
ticipation of a visit to the other world.

The Mexicans as a race are greatly given to super.
stition and if a priest. had been called it was Certain
that he would not give the (lying sinnerabsolution
and so smooth his path to the regions beyond the
skies without. he. (lid all that was possible to repair
the sins which he had committed.

I t- was reasonable.too,that the wounded man should
feel somewhat aggrieved at the trickster whose gold
had been the means of bringing him to his present
unfortunate plight. _

Therefore to Goldlace the reasons why eveiything
ought to be fair and honest seemed stronger than
those which would make him suspect there was a.
tra ). ,

’l‘Io one of the common “ doby ” houses, built after
the Mexican fashion, and situated about a mile from
the town. the bov conducted the High Horse.

The house only contained one room, which was
scantily furnished; there was a rude sort of bed
upon which the sick man was stretched, and a small
table by the head of the couch upon which burned a.
candle amid a half a dozen medicine vials.-

By the table was a chair, and in the chair set the
Mexican girl, Catarina, attentively watching the
sufferer. I

At the. foot; of the bed was a small stool. in one
corner of the room a pile of wolf and buflalo robes,
and that was all.

That black-bearded Jose Camargo was danger-
ouslv near to death it needed but a Single glance at
his face to discover. I

The few hours that had ela sed Since. he had re-
ceived his wound had wrong it a. wondrous change

i in the once strong man.

A look of grim satisfaction appeared on his face
as he. looked with his black bead-like eyes upon his
 itor. .
H?‘ Did I not tell you so, Catarina?” he said, his for-
merly hoarse voice now weak and thin.

Tlfe girl nodded her head. n

“I knew he would come. I do not love the 31011}!
Americans, but I will own, even upon my (lyingr ocd,
that they have the pluck of bulldogs."

The speaker was a good-looking young woman of
perhaps twenty—a fair SlX’CIlllcll of tlic bordtr
beauty, glowing with health and strength: but who
would have looked and felt as much out of plat-o
amonglier effeminzite city sisters as her near neigh-
bors. the Indians, would have done.

Her husband. whose appearance was in exact
keeping with her own. lifted his liandsmic bronzel
face and said, rather impatiently:

 

 

“I wanted to fix these traps and get their. set to- l
inorrow; but if I have to tiot three miles. to fetch '

you a waslitnb, lcan’t. finish them to lll'fllt."

“It isn't my tired we haven't a tub of our own,”
said his wife, significantly.

“I suppose it‘s urine, then. and if I could make
you one out Of a hollow stump you should have it in
a jiffy. I’ll go to town before long, Kate, or my

. name isn‘t- Jack Jarvis.”

l

‘ ready.

“ You’ve been a-gi.1in9, these three months and
aren’t gone yet. My pink calico gown will have. to
be a flannel one when it comes now. And I‘ll soon
have to follow the first fashion for baby’s clothes.
Indeed I‘ve. begun to study the pattern of leaves, al-
Besides, there are a dozen other things I
want."

“Show me a woman and I’ll show you a want,”
retorted Jack, rather provokingly.

“ I‘ll show you neither a woman nor a want,” re-
provcd Kate, fiounciiig out of their cabin-door.

“Now she’s gone off in a pet,” solilo uized Jack.
“ It wants an hour of dark, and maybe
the traps before I go. If only that pesky baby don‘t
wake tip and bother me!” he added, glancing un-
easily at the cradle where. slept a rosy cherub, whose
round, graceful limbs gave promise of strength
equal to that of its stalwart young father.

Baby slept, and Jack worked, both unconscious Of
the lapse of time; until suddenly the latter became
aware that. he could scarcely see the chain that he
was trying in vain, with his primitive tools, to
“ splice.”

“ Why.”lie exclaimed, starting to his feet, "it's
actually gettin’ dark. and Kate not in yet! It's the
longest out Iever knew her to take. But I must
go for t 1e tub, new.

“H0. Kate! wific?” he called, going to the door;
but though Jack jiniior startcd. frightened from his
nap, and added his shrill, penetrating shriek to the
strong .voice of his father. no answer came, and

 

“ The girl was afraid that you would not come when -
you received my message. for fear it. might be a ;

trap, but I felt sure you would. .

“ ‘ Bali !’ says I to her, ‘the man is so venturesome
that he does not know what fear is.’

“Sit down.” fi

And with his feeble hand he motioned to the seat;
at the foot Of the bed.

Th.a High Horse obeyed the gesture. .

“ You have been told that I am not long for this
worlt .”

The Californian nodded.

“It’s the truth. I can feel it sure enough... I
should have known it, even if the doctor had not in-

( n ..

foanljfel‘é aém I, Jose Camargo, Black-bearded Jose as
they used to call me when I first showed them that

after repeated calls Jack grew alarmed.

“ I‘ll beta hat,” he exclaimed, “ and I need one,
too—Kate has gone for the tub herself! What a
ganderI was not to think of it befor ! I'll go and
meet her and take the (lratted tub. But I‘ll have to
take you. too. I suppose.” he added, addressing his
shrieking offspring. “ Can‘t carry a tub and a baby
very well, either. 'But I know what we‘ll do. sir:
we‘ll put you in the tub and carry it atwee-n us.
Fun all ‘ronnd, and a good way for Kate and I to
fine hands in a make-up. Poor girl; I wish I had
gone when she {new asked me.”

He tooka coarse woolen shawl from its peg and
wrapping it around the child, shin; it. Indian-
fashion, over his shoulders and was; scoi. measuring
off the prairie in yard lengths.

It was pitch dark. however. when he reached
“neighbor Parlie‘s,” expecting confidently as be
had notmet his wife, to find her there.

“She took the tub, and starth back more than
half an hour ago,” was the announcement that
made his big loving heart stand still in his bosom.

“Hang it! I‘ve missed her. then! She must have
taken a roundabout way home. for I whistled all the
way overand got no answer. She mus! be there by
this time,” he added hopefully, though his voice

 

trembled in spite of him, and he turned to go.

can finish :

 

ing the tub home for her.

“ No; thanks!
waits on herself,“ sli ‘ said, tart ly. ll'.‘l' \ oice inttfiled,
however, in the depth or l'lllllcl' liiglit (if the huge.
vessel as she walked (if, balancing it on her erect
brad.

lt grew dark rapidly.
like a pall over her.
hand as Silt) hell it up before her. She stopped,
loweied her burden and looked in the direction of
her home. expecting to see a light: but: nothing but
iiikv darkness was visible all around her!

“ I must have lost my way,“ she said, slowly,
aloud.

She was not a coward; but stouier hearts than
hers would have quailed at the-sound that now fell
upon her ear—the dismal, prolonged howl of a Wolf.
quickly answered by another from an opposite di-
l‘CC‘lOll.

Kate lifted her burden and started forward; but
the cries being repeated, she determined to abandon
ll

Clrnds gathered and hung

“I must rtin faster,” she said; and dropping it,

site sped away in the direction she supposed llcl‘ 

home must be.

l at nearer and more numerous came the horrible
sounds. and she knew they Were pursuing lier'

“ (it id help me !" was the prayer on her white lips
as a 1 ictiii'e of home and husband and baby fiittcd
before her wildlystaring eyes.

On. on. on, she ran—her heart sometimes thrilling
with hope as she seemed to be gaining ground, and
again sinking in despair as the cries grew louder and
nearer.

“May God bless and preserve my dear ones!" she
whispered, ft eling that her strength was giving way.
{mil her relentless pursucrs would soon be upon
ier.

It seemed that the end had come when her foot
struck something and she fell ll’zltllOIifl, while her
fierce bloodthirsty foes closed in around her!

But, what was this? She had fallen over the tub,
having described a circle in her mad (light! And
now an inspiration, born of her terrible peril. thrill-
ed the sluggish blOod once more in her veins!

Raising it fiom the ground, she crept under. and
Seizing the handles firmly on the inside, she held it
down over her!

A dozen panting muzzles were thrust over and
under the edge of it: the skirt of her dress was pull—

ed out and torn to shreds: her hands were scratched i , _ ,
‘ Lilil‘ul‘leS. or for any of our [.ubhtations.

and bitten; but still she liept her terrible position,
knowing that as long as lzer streng it and. endurance
held cut. she could kev-p them at bay.

But now, "oh, thank God!” there are other cries
than that of the wolves: there i re pistol shots and
wild yells. and then a confused iziinglin: of sounds.
The tttb is removid; whether or not by the wolves
poorKatc does not know. for she is now, for the
first time in her life, in a (lead faint.

“She isn't hurt, only her hands and gown,” ex-

. claimed Ike, examining the limp fOini by the light

of the. lantern. “She‘s fainted, though. and no
wonder. Pete, send a few more shots after the
cursed varmints. 1 on might hit one yet."

“ I guess they are most all lyin‘ dead here, now," a

declared Pete, kic. ing first one carcass and then an-
other. '

“Well. let the rest come back and eat ’em; we'll
be moviii’ on.”

“ (led be praised,” whispered Jack; and great
scalding tears fell on his wife's white face as, he lift-
td her to his bosom, refusing all assistance.

This must have revived Il'v'I', for she soon opened
her eyes. but was too weak to attempt walking.

It was really but a short distance to the llt'llSC, but
happen! (I to be on the side where there was no win‘
dew. or Kate could have seen the light which Jack

had taken the IJI‘L‘CiluIlLll to leave, before going to ,

meet llé‘l'.

" Follow on in. boy and takest‘aits.”

kept bed.

“ Yes. the very best kind of a seat." assented Ike. I
lowering the tub he had carried and stating liiiiiSclf 1

upon it.

"' (iod bless the tub,” murmured Jack. fervently.

“Ill {10 and fetch iiiC-tlir;2'—slic‘ll know how to
dress up them scratches," and Pctc turned toward
the door.

“ Where. where
scanned the empty cradle.

“ Little J".ch is at In lie". darlin’.
tlier to bring him, too. Pete.“

Jack tilil the test he could until Mrs. Farlie‘s ar-
rival. She. how -virr. soon had the poor torn hands

is—"

and Kate’s anxious eyes

Tell your mo-

 

done up in warm tallow and soft linen bandages.

“They ain‘t deep cuts." she said, smoothing
Kate‘s stmny hair in a mothcrly way; " but I‘m
afraid, child, you can’t wash to—iiioirow. I think we
had better do some mendin‘,“ she added, lifring the
tattered dress she had removed to make the sufferer
more comfortable.

“I‘ll an ad that,” and Jack seized the garments,
rolled itinto a bundle, and laid it behind the back-
log. “Now. Mrs. Fal'lit‘,” he continued, “if you‘ll
nurse my girlie a bit. I’ll start for town to-morrow.
and get you each a gown fit for a queen. I‘ut.l
would like to btiy that air tub of yonrn; I want it to
be an honored member of my family while there‘s a
splinter of it.”

"It was woman‘s wit that saved her,” remarked
Ike. “ Iwouldn’t ha‘ thought of jukiii’ down under
the tub. Like as not I’d lia’ throwed it away."

" That is just what I did.” admitted Kate, speak-
ing with difficulty; and she slowly related her almost
miraculous escape.

“ It: was the Lord‘s doin‘s,” decided good Mrs. Far-
lie, reverently.

And Jack almost felt that he heard the rustle of
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Li‘ , a railroad circus that gathers a crowd,
To-da ' he is here and to-morrow he’s gone

And t e ring he performed in is silent and one.
He thinks that he is the eighth wonder of earth,
And pufi‘s himself up from the date of his birth;

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Oh, W y should the spirit of mortal be

0h. Why should the spirit of mortal be

The maid, unto whom his affections are vowed,

The warm shake of hand she may give
To morrow may shake him completely

His coat and his visions he. daily sees fade;

He boasts of his talents, and boasts of
To-morrow he‘s married and don't talk
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be

You see him spring up like a frisky mushroom

And go it quite gay in the days of his b

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He flashes his gems which to—niglit are in soak;

He has to pay for the victuals he eats,

And more, too, unless the landlord he beats:

To~da ' he is brave, and to-morrow he‘s
Oh, W y should the spirit of mortal be

Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be

He is bumped on the corners and squeezed in the

cro wd :

He is always the last to ct on the street car

When the seats are all fi ed, and he’s g

Invests all his cash when stocks cease to rise; _
He holds his head high and slips down on the ice;

The few happy moments that dawn on

Is when he‘s asleep and snoring out clear.

Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?

He thinks he is smart, but it isn‘t allowed;

He thinks he is right when he’s generally wrong—
Thinks he goes sure when he's going it strong;

His umbrella is gone when he wants it to use;

His boots always tight and his coat always loose,
Or his boots always loose if his coat should be tight,
And ever gets on the wrong side of a fight.

Yes, why should the spirit of mortal be
His pay-day han s over him 'ust like a
If he cracks a jo ’e it is kille
His visitors come. if provisions do not;

The button is off and his collar slips up;

If his ’bus does get started it never (1063

His note’s overdue and his meat underdoue;
both spread and

And so with these fates and these fortunes endowed
Why in the nation will mortal be proud?

His deeds and his grease-spots uill
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Around ihLliamp-Fire.

BY CAPTAIN RINGWOOD.

The Capture of “ Old Sampson.”

“How war he took?”

Sampson, which has since
“How war he took?

nv Greasers an’ baggin’ ther lot.
thet this here thing uv two men sprea in

s’ficiently to gobble in a couple uv dozen er more
yaller-bsllies at onc‘t wur monstrous lryi/t’ work, an‘
it took him, he sed, more‘n two week to get himself to-

gclhi'r arfz'n.”

“Oh, drop Davy Crockett! How wur it about the

b’ar?" growled an old ranger.
“Hold yer boss, Hank; we'll git to

enuff,” said the bear-tamer, goodnaturedly.
see, I allers likes to tell uv the worryin' an’ skurryin'
the b‘ar put me to afore I roped him in at last. It
shows thet the critter‘s game, an‘ I jess wouldn‘t

“Fight? Oh, no!

me \Vfll‘

it, an’ we found 'em in a terrible state 11
over a bi o'ar as hed been raisin' Ole
over ther rentry around.

“They sed they hed shot a’most all t

an’ lead at the varmint, but he didn't seem to mind

ther bullets a bit more’ii ef they’d ’a
peas fired outen a paw-paw pop-gun.
“At thet time 1 war in wants uv jess

es that; an’ so, arter lookin’at ther critter’s trail,
an’ s: ein’ thet be war a bu’ster, I detarmiiied to give

up t‘other hunt an‘ go fur him.

"The kentry about the camp war a wild one.
’Twur right plum in ther mount‘ins, an’ yer all
knows what therNevadys ar‘—jest sech a stampin‘—

groun’ es Ole Eph likes est.

“ Them Hoosmrs
“Thet night I lay off in a canyon wli
in ther habit uv passin’.

ther gully. grumblin’ to hisself an’
tongue ‘s of he war hungrv.

“I didn’t say nothin’, neither did the b’ar. You
see, I war only takin’ his measure. an’ so he trotted
along outen sight over a spur below the mouth uv

ther canyon.

“ At daybreak I tooka good look at ther sign, an’
diskivercd thet the bar war usen to comin‘ down

ther gully; in fack, it wur his rcg‘lar be
“Arter thinkin’ ther buziness over a
mined to try ther dead-fall game onto
ther holp uv them Hoosiers an’ Nick, I
trap an’ got it done a hour by sun.”
“How \vur ther trap fixed, Grizzly?"
of the fellows.
“Simple es rollin’ ol‘f’n a log.

half er four foot high.

" Ther ballance war easy enuff. I jest rigged a set
uv ole-fashioned triggers, as they calls ther figgcr
big ones. to be sai‘t’inly, an‘ then
prizin" ther eend uv ther tree off‘n ther stump onto 5
ther triggers, an’ tyiii' a young calf, as I got from ’

four, whoppin‘

them Hoosiers, un’erueath ther tree
Ole Eph.

ger an’ ther deac -fall’d drap.

“Well. thet night I lay
watchin’, an’ ’long to’ards
scramblin’ along ther gullyri ht onto
dunno what started them ’ere oosiers

that minit they all kem creepin’ up, sayin’ as how

they wanted to see the fun.
“ By th

ther roun‘; then thar wara

plum across Ole Eph’s back.
alluv a heap an’ ther Hoosiers they
iin’ktumbled down ther rock fur to
00

"I'iordyl what a t'arin‘, an” scratchin‘ an’ howlin‘
thet ’ere b‘ar did keep up, to be sart’inl

“He war layiu’ kinder on his side ii

the crowd got round, he all uv a sudden

blin‘, an‘ jest lay quiet a-lookin’ at us.

round to git the ropes as I hed fetched, when, all at

onc’t,I heard ther Hoosiers yell, an’

went, lickety split, fur high grouu‘, runnin’ over one
u

‘nother. tnrni
like mad critters.

“1 war stoopin' down over ther ropes, when, afore
I know‘d what war up, somethin’ struck me on ther
middle eend, an‘ I wish I may die of it didn‘t h‘ist
a sky-racket, an’ I landed onto a
more‘n twenty feet from whar I

me up wuss ner
big lie uv rocks
star ed.

“I war scart,boyees, durn nigh outen my wits
ban hed sense cnuif to look back, and thar stoo

thet grizzly. wi' ther calf in his mouth,

me ’8 ef he didn't know whether to fetch mc anuther

like it er not.

“He made up his mind
fur onc't, an‘ givin’ a big growl, he put»
canyon an: war soon outen sight.

“ How (lid he git loose? \Wiy. he riz

——’twur nigh two’foot through—an‘ throwed it off‘n

his back a clean ten foot.
“ When I got back

“ Well. arter thet, Eph he quit ther
took anuther range, so I bed to travel
git in re‘ch uv him.

“ I had deturmined to try

stout ciiut‘f fur ther critter.

“Twur purly much ther same kind uv fixin' as

on the spot;

exclaimed Old Grizzly
Adams, on being asked how he had managed to
capture the monstrous grizzly; bear known as Old

ecome so famous.
Well, lads, thet question ar'
easy axed, an’ ’twon't be much uva strain to an-
swer it, but I tell you, boyees ther job itself war jess
about ther toughest piece uv work thet I ever onder-
took, it war, by ther buckskin briches uv Ole Hick‘ry,
as I onc’t heard Davy Crockett say when he to
’bout him an’ anuther chap surroundin’ a hull grist
Dav sed, yer see,

give a snap fur enny thing as hadn’t sand in its craw.
o be sart’inly, Samp hain‘t no cralr, but he's got
the sand somrwliar, yer kin gamble onto it heavy!

Samp wouldn’t Jig/it. V by,

he’s as timmersom‘ es a suckin' duck, is Sampl"
. “ Cuss it all, Grizzly! go on wi‘ ther tellin

yer snaked him," growled the old ranger again.

“ Well then, me an’ a Califoruy chap, Nick Merri-

his name, lied been up in the Nevadys thet

season, an’ while thar we run ag'in a camp as bed

about a dozen er so Hoosiers, es they called em. into

_ war mighty scart uv the b‘ar,
but sed as how they’d holp me all they could; an‘
so I went to work an‘ got reddy fur thircam

‘Twur full uv the moon,
an’ ‘long to‘ards midnight he kem lumberin’ down

Clost alongside uv
ther b’ai"s trail I found jess the size tree I wanted.
an’ one uv them Hoosiers throwed it so’s the eend
laid onto the stump, which war out about three an‘ a

clost by onto a clift a-
day hyar kem the b‘ar

e time they’d all got under kiver, ther calf
hed smelt the b’ar an’ set up a bellerin’, and thet
fetched Ole Eph down onto it wuss ner a red-headed
duck onto a tumbly-bug. Ther b'ar fetched a howl
as made them ‘ere Hoosiers try)’ to scrouge right into

_ latt from ther calf, a
smas n’ uv triggers, an’ down kem ther tree right
Ther b’ar went down “

as how l‘d got my shar’,

_ . to camp.l found them Hoo-
siers all up ther trees hollerin’ to one ‘inithcr to
know cf ary one could see the b’ar a-comin‘.

H ther pen-trap onto him,
an’ wi the holp uv ther Hoosiers. who jest cmth
sling a ax, I knocked upa pen as I thought ‘d be

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inside ther pen, an‘ then ther dead-fall war lifted up

* Onto the trigger high enuff fur the b‘ar to crawl in

an' tackle th

er calf.

“Arter ev'ry thing war fixed, I_lay ofi' same as
before. an’ watched fur Eph to put in.

proud? “The first night he fou‘t shy, but ther next 'un.

'lon

s bowed—-
proud?

proud?

him today
away. :hort nap.
his trade;
so loud—
proud?

You oughter
hed made it.

loom;

co wed —
proud ?

proud?

much rest, I
’nuther by;

oing so far; Eph kem

him here

too stout fur

proud?

Cloud; up an‘ down.

stop;

my head."

tors in the ca.

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’ the‘rselves

Samp' soon
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how

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Scratch all

he‘r powder
‘ been gully

sech a b‘ar

aign.

ar Ep war

chawin‘ his

at.

bit, I detar-
him, an‘ wi'
rigged ther

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ther cave?’

 

ther b‘ar, an’

clost t0 the

the trap. I war in order.

; but jest at

kinder got us
“ However.

broke kiver
git a good

pect uv a s
I
go, an’ when

uit scram-
I ied turned

eniiything th
“ Suddenly

away they

heard ther 10
way an’ thet.
a-blinkiu‘ at
" The! war

back up ther

wi‘ thet tree givin’ in, an’

canyon an‘ “ I tried to

some way to i

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. ther biggist.

; an" when he found I _war com
, wish I may die ef I didn‘t see

t’othcr one as had failed. but I throwed a three-foot pleasant as I

trce Over the pen. an prizin' it up. sot the. same kind I

uv triggers as I had used afore.

“ Yur see, ther bait—it \vur anutlier calf—war put '

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to‘ards da break,
sme t out ther

him till mornin’, I went

thet range fur a time.

ther mountain

“Didn't make no difi‘er‘

“ We had to fix some way
arter ther b'ar hed gone

so thet t'other eends jest bare]
ledge uv rock, while he put a roll
eend, druv a pin into both logs, an‘ tied a lariat to
’em by which we war to haul at thertproper minit.
“Fur three da 3 an' nights I lay 0
rock waitin‘ fur
Ther buck war be
thought shorely ef t
hood he’d scent it out afo
“ Ther fourth nig

r critter hed fastened onto
somersets, an’ cussin‘ an‘ howlin’ ’ uv ther logs.
“‘ Pull!‘ shouted Nick, an‘ we throwed our heft
ethin’ give, an’ the next
or jerked outen our hands, an‘ we

onto ther ro we, felt som
minit ther laria’t w

“When mornin' kem,
mouth uv ther cave, stretchin’ his big

fixed up anuther bridge

awhile, tl“;‘kin‘ ther beast war
I ventured 'ovcr ther bridge.
5 thet ever enny man, as

hed may sense into him, ever parformcd thet war

seen thet pen,

tel yer.

’em all.

uv ther

he kem grumblin’ along,
f, an‘ made fur the pen.

“In he went, an’ fur a minit er more I heard him
rcraunchin‘ ther bones uv ther calf: then kem the
sharp snap uv the sprung trigger, an' down fell ther
tree lum-center across the to

“ ph war ketched ag‘in, an a power
he did raise inside them logs, .

“ Arler a while he got uiet, an‘ thinkin' I‘d leave
ack to camp an' tooka

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now I tell you.

" A leetle arter day I went out to look arter my
b‘ar, but when I got thar, he warn’t nowhars round.
er ruther ther logs as

“ Why, boyees. thar war chunks, bigger‘n my
head, bit clean out them logs, an’ they wus scat-
tered all round fur more'n a hundered yards.

“ Thet kinder weakened me, an’ I begin to think I
didn’t want that b‘ar quite cs b
uv days afore; but them Hoosi '
war too much fur me, an' I swore I'd rope him ef it
took me. ten years to do it.

“An' durii my ole moccasins ef I didn‘t!

“ Ai‘ter the pen biziiiess, Eph played shy an’lefi
Me an‘ Nick followed him,
an‘ fur puriyni h a hull season thet b’ar didn’t hev
\Vhy, we kem to know one

sight, me an‘ the b‘ar did; an’ onc’t
ed me in a canyun, an’ of it hadn‘t ’a’
been fer a hole in ther rock which I got into, but
Which he couldn’t, ther game would 'a’ been blocked.
Es it war, he kept me in thet hole till he found out
I hed plenty uv grub in my possible sack, an’ then he
give up an’ went ofi’. .

“ We sot dead-falls, an’ dug holes in the airth, an’
built log pens, an' ther Lord on’y knows what we
didn't do to ketch thet b‘ar, but he wur too cute er

ad es I did a couple
ers lai'fcd. an‘ sed he

“ One day I wur mewanderin’ along ther side uv
, thinkin’ up some plan that ’d work,
when I noticed a narrer gulch on my left, on t’other
side uv which thar war a cave opening right into

ther side uv ther rock that war parfectly straight

I means ther rack, not ther hole. I

ve fur awhile.

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kin give yer all a better idee by sayin‘ thet . ef .a
plank war laid over ther gulch, one eend restin‘_ in
ther cave, an‘ ef a feller war to cross over an’ kick
ther plank away from behind him, thar’ wouldn't be
no airthly chance uv gittin‘ out uv thet cave, onless
he war to jump down into ther gully, a matter uv a.
hundered feet er more. ‘

“ Ther minit I see ther place I hed an idee pop into

“It warn’t fur from the range Ole Eph new bed,
an' mebbe I could persuade him to take up his quar-

 

“Thar sot Ole Eph in ther

“Thet evenin' I laid my plan afore Nick, an' he
sed it moth work, ‘Ou‘y,’ said he,“what yer .
to do wi‘ ther b’ar arter yer ‘ve got him safe into

goiii‘

, so I ‘tole liim. 50‘s I got

so Nick put off to kill a buck fur bait,

Nick hit it at last.

torm afore lon .

et ever I hea

while I )ut fur the gully to fix up some sort uv a
bridge ur Ole Eph to cross over on.

“ l throwed a couple of
eend uv ther long one, ther dead—fall war reddy fur * when Nick got back wi’ the
Yer kin all see how the thing‘d work.
Ther b’ar would go fur ther calf, tech ther long trig-

goodish-size. pinevtrees, an’
r deer, they war all
ready to be shoved over ther gully.

“ Arter a good deal uv trouble we managed to
heave ‘em over, an‘ then w
an’ laid him right in ther mouth.

“ Thar war one more thing to do an‘ then this trap

e toted the buck across

to jerk ther logs back
over, an’ fur awhile this

He fixed ther logs
y rested onto ther
er under ther near

on a ledge uv
ph but he never showed u .
ginnin‘ to smell power 11], an‘ I
her b‘ar war in ther neighbor-
re much longer.

ht kem on cloudy an‘ wi’ a pros
At midnight ther
storm did bu’st, an‘ fur aw iile ther rac et beat
rd in ther Nevadys.

I heard a low growl outen ther dark-

ness, an‘ when ther next flash kem I see Ole Eph at
ther logs, feelin’ and snufilin‘ his way across.

“ We waited fur anuther glimmer, an’ saw ther
the karkidge an' war clear ‘

gs thunderin' down into ther gulch.

thar sot Ole Eph in ther

head this-a-

Now, lookin’ up, then on both sides,

an’ then down into ther chasm below.
most foolished b‘ar th ct ever w
jess looked outen his cy

“ Well, thar war the War; but now I‘d
what ther blazes war I to do wi‘ him?
as puzzled me might‘ly, till
at last I detarmined to Sta; re him out.

“It took a good week

a question

then, artcr

He-war ther
or, I reckin, an’ he
0 ‘s of he knowed It.

got him,

afore he showed signs uv
waitiu‘ three days more, I
an‘ throwcd it across. I
em )ected to see Ole Eph make a bolt for it cs soon es
he (I see ther way cl ar, but, he never
nor hide, but lay still cs
me es war watcliin' him.

moved ha'r

a suckin‘ goat, \viukin’ at

stir him up, but nary a move, an’ arter

played

er fool trick

out entirely,

Why, thet b‘ar war 'll‘ai/‘én‘ fur me.

could.

in‘ over. shore enuff, I
ther thing grin jest es

“ The minit my foot teched the rock Eph war onto

:“He war mighty weak, thet is fur a b‘ar, but I

 

 

thought lightning hed struck me when he laid his
aw on.

p “Well, we fou‘t in an’ out uv thet cave, all around

ther month an‘ finally down to ther edge, whar it

did look ’5 cf we both war goiu‘ over.

“An’ we would, on'y for Nick Merrime. Jess es
ther b‘ar hed worried me to the e an’ I could see
bottom, I hung so fur over, Nick t rowed his lanat
an‘ I see ther loop settle Over E h’s head. _ ,

“This kind 0’ stracted ther east's attention, an‘
I fou‘t- loose an’ made over ther bridge. ,

“Here we both lay bolt, though I war cut an
chawed all ter pieces, an’ hauled ther cussed var-
mint across to dry land. _

“ Jess as he re’ehed ther near side I let him have
it atween the ears \vi’ a big club, an’ by ther time he
him to, he war roped neck an heels.

“ {Niel ar‘ how Sampson war captivated, boyees.”

The Wonderful Cow.

“’hat Mr. Suggs Told the Book-A gent.

 

 

 

BY HENRY HARDING.

HE (the book-agent, not Mr. Suggs) was tall and
angular, had red hair and a short chin, and carried
his “prospectus ’ under his arm with the air of a
colporteur under sentence of banishment. He.
knocked on the panel of Mr. Suggs‘s door with four
knuckles on which the skin had grown thick and
tough as leather with numerous applications for ad-
mittance into farm-houses. .

"Yes, I‘m at home,” said Mr. Suggs, in reply to
he book—agent’s query. “Always at home. Vi alk
in."

“ name is Cheek,“began the canvasser. “Your
neighbor, Mr. Sinallskin, said you—"

“Jest like Smallskin," broke in Suggs. “Says a
good many things about me. Said once I bought
some stuff to make in mustache grow, and that it
struck in and made t no hair grow out in another
place. Said it grew out of m ' ears. He’s a liar l”
and Mr. Suggs reflectiver stro ed a few gray hairs
of what was meant for a mustache.

" -—Mi~ht be interested in a n: w work I am intro-
ducing,’ said Mr. Cheek, finishing what he at first
intended to say. _

“I‘ve got all the work I want to do, Without

any new-tangled notions,” assured Mr. Suggs.
"My! but the work I’ve done!” he added,’ as
Cheek’s mouth opened for another say. " Why,

when I was a boy of sixteen I went to the
woods once—we was makin’ a clearin’, then.
dad an’ me, in the woods. They was lots of
b‘ars and deer in them days. and all dad an‘ me had
to live on one winter was dead fish. Fact, stranger.
The streams was all froze solid, and the ice was so
clear we could see it full of fish froze in, an‘ all we
had to do was to dig ’em out an’ fry ‘em. Well, as I

 

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A change of three degrees in the weather
would sendit up or down two or three feet in the

the time.

We never used to sell it. only in hot weather.

can But we had to

Be a good deal more of it, y e see.
quit it.” _

“Why?” asked Mr. Cheek, now totally oblivious
of his business, his book, and everything except Mr.
Suggs’s cow. ' I

“ W‘y, one fearful hot day I delivered the milk as
usual, and lo’ards night it clouded over and grew
coldei in blazes. Next mornin‘ nobody (i take a bit
of milk, ’cause, ye see, the milk shrunk up like mer-
c’ry in cold weather, and them as got a pint in the
forenoon didn’t have an to speak .0! .at night.
Cons’quently they was al mad an' said I d cheat?d
’em; when the fact was, ’twasu’t me, ’twas the
’monia I‘d give the old cow that made. the milk act
so. But that wa'n’t a circumstance to what hap-
pened not long arterward. Leid, what a fool I
was!”

“ What could be more extraordinary?” asked Mr.
Cheek, his interest increasing. _ .

“Why. ye see, I couldn’t sell the milk, an afore
we ot around to use it, it soured. an’ dad told me
to give it to the pigs. I nev r once. thought of its
bein‘ cold and when the pigs drunk up the milk it
warmed up '11 their stummicks and kllK er expanded
like, same if ’twas hot weather. and by gosh! if
every darned pig didn’t begin to roll ils eyes and
stand kinder meditative awhile, an‘ then lay down
an’ swell. Dad sed he never see’d pi .‘ grow so fast.
Bimeby one on ‘em went pop! an then another,
an” in ten minutes they was all (lead. Exploded—~—
bu‘st u !”

“Indeed!” Mr. Cheek had to express himself.

“Yes, an’ that wa‘n’t the worst of it. The milk
left in the trough kinder froze, or curdled, or suthiii’,
and my old game—cock, that I’d been offered seventy-
five dollars for, came along and tasted it, and
called every blessed hen around him, and they all
e’t their fil and all follered the pigs. That made
me mad, an’ I swore I’d never give the old cow
another hit of bartshorn. I see she kinder missed it.
but she didn’t it any from me; but one day dad

've her a lot of it ’cause they was a man from New

ork sent. to him or a few gallons of milk, and dad
thought, as ’twas warm jest then. th‘t he’d sell as
much milk’s he could out‘n as little. Arter he’d
milked the old cow he took the milk into the cellar,
and went out for suthin’, leavin‘ the pail settin’ on
the floor. Down come mother and strained the milk
intoa pan settin’ in the ice-chist. Then dad come
in, and thinkin’ he'd like a bowl of bread and milk
fer sup er, ot some of that milk out’n the icechist,
an‘ wit out nowin‘ it, ate a. few mouthfuls, but be-
fore he had time to finish his supper the cows got
into the garden and dad had to o and drive ’em out.
Before he got back his stummic felt out of order—
kinder uncomfortable like—and dad went fer the
doctor. Ye see, the milk bein‘ in the ice-chist had
cantracted, and when it went into his stummick it «w-
p‘anded, until it was as big around as a beerbutt.

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was sayin’. I walked fourteen miles afore breakfast
to git to my work—I was a powerful walker in them
days. Why, I walked ninety odd miles one day,
with the snow up to my neck every step of the wav,
an’ sometimes deeper. You wouldn’t b’lieve it, ll 1'.
Cheek, but when I went to examine some snow that
was bobbiii’ up an” down, I diskivcred it was a pack
of wolves chasin’ a deer. They must ha” started
hours before, an’ 0t snowed in. Wouldn‘t b‘lieve
it, would ye? We , I walked fourteen miles afore
breakfast, as I was tellin‘ ye, and dropped down a
hard ma 1c in five minutes that measured jest
eighteen teet an‘ seven an’ a half inches through it;
and, stranger, you won’t b’lieve it, but I got down
more’n fifteen acres of timber that mornin’. The big
ma le took down a dozen with it in its fall, an’ they
too down more yet—it was like a row of standin’
bricks. one fallin down takes the next one. an‘ so
on. Tell ye! them fifteen acres of timber was down
in as many minutes.”

“You misunderstand me," explained Mr. Cheek.
“I meant a book. I would hke our opinion of it,”
and he thrust his prospectus un er Mr. Suggs’s nose.

_“llly opinion of it?” repeated Suggs, putting on
his spectacles, and taking the prospectus. ““ by,
what a mighty thin book it isl"

“ h, these are only specimen pages " assured

Mr. Cheek. “ which give you an insigli into the
character of the book. For instance, you would like
to know wherein Durham cattle are superior to the
Devons or nice verso. 'Ifiirn to this indexed double-
plate, showmg good and bad points, and the text ac-
coni anyin it. If you—”
. “'.alkin’ bout cows," broke in Suggs, “ uts me
in mind of one dad had when I was a boy. he was
a tearer an‘ no mistake. She was death on dawgs.
\\ hy, I’ve seen her toss a. dawg up, first ’bout ten
feet, then ketch him on her horns an’ throw him fif-
teen feet,_ then next time twenty, an’ so on till he
got to gom’ so high that the last time he fell he
struck so hard on the old cow‘s horns that she
turned a complete sum merset. Fact, stranger. But
that was nothin’. Why, I‘ve seen the old fool walk
up to a fence that kept her out‘n a cornfl ld, put the
tips of her horns under the bottom rail, give her
head a toss, and the rails ‘(1 fly for rods. She stuck
her horns into a big punkin once, j st for fun, an’
when she had carried it till she was tired, she threw
it into the to ofa tree more‘n a hundred feet 11 ,
an’ it fell own an’ killed thirty-four of dad s
best sheep—flattened ’ein right out. You kin
Jedge what fer Sized punkin it was, when I tell
ye tnat we made a hog-trough out‘n a piece of it,
and dad told me to fill it up with swill. and the old
sow fell in and got drownded. Biggest punkiii I
ever see. An’ butter? Lord! you’d ort to saw the
butter we made out’n the old cow‘s milkl Why in
fact she milked butter. Lots of times I‘ve brought
in a pad of milk. an‘ the motion of the ail as I
walked ’dfhurn the milk all to butter. Il‘zunniest
thing of it was. though, when sellin’ the milk ‘d
bring :IIIOI‘Q money than makin’ i into butter.
\Ve d Jest give hera drink of hartshorn~0r ‘mouia
as you call it—afore milkin’ time. She reelv seemed
to like it. She used to wobble her horns" a little
sometimes, an‘ the water’d run out‘n her eyes as
fast as she could drink it up. and once one of her
eyes popped out. but for all that she reelv enjoyed
it fish drink. Efi‘ect was cur‘us, though, on the
IIII .

“ \Yhy, how was that?" asked Mr. Cheek.

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“ I should say so, indeed," assented Mr. Cheek.

‘ “ Yes. dad felt riled, and so he. give. the milk in the
ice-chist to the old cow. It did ii‘t kill her, as be ex-

ected—leastways we didn’t see her die, though we
iaiii’t saw her since.”

“ How was that ?” asked Mr. Cheek.

“ \\ hy, she jumped up an‘ hit her heels together
two or three times as though they was a screw loose
somewhere, an’ started off on a run, bellerin’ and
lowin‘. She run into a quicksand hog, and when dad
and me come up she was all out of sight but the tips
of her horns. Dad fastened a. chain on one born
the brass .knob on the end of the horn keepin’ it
from slippin’ off, and fastened ’tother end to a tree.

ieerd of foikses hair growin‘ arter they was
dead? Well, the ’monia settled into that horn, and
it had so much heart in it that the Izmw grew as fast
as the cow settled down, till it was ni h on to about
eighty-seven feet long. Powerful stufig, hartshorn is,”
concluded Mr. Suggs, as be lit his pipe.

“ Now
what else ’ve got in yer book?“ ’

 

 

Battle With an Octopus.

BY THE nx-nnroa’rzn.

 

 

" THAT‘S an odd charm," remarked the ex-report-
onto a traveling companion on the New York Central
railroad, a few days since.

"so it is," was the reply “ and it has a story "
holding up a curious oval object in which was set‘a
compass. It formed a bowl about two inches in
diameter, and was of a substance resembling fish-
scales, but of a rich opal line. The edges were ser-
rated, and 'Wlthlll them had been placed a compass.
“ If you didn‘t know what it was,” continued the
owner, “you’d never guess, but not to keep you in
suspense, it’s the sucker of an octopus that. attacked
me once. If you remember, about four years ago
there was a rumor lo the eiIcct that valuable pearl
fisheries had been discovered on the Alaskan coast'
in fact a large jewelry house. in New York displayed
some large pearls that it was claimed came from
that locality. It fooled a good many. as it turned

caught me for one. I secured five men, good divers
and started across the continent. and got there id
find that it was all a swindle. There. wasn‘t a pearl
Within two thousand miles, and to get my mone
back  went into the regular diving business. and a}:
tei“ raismg several vessels we squared u am left.

It was v(luringr one of these trips t iat Igot my
Charm. We generally went down in pairs, but this
day we were working at a small smack that had
sunk, and I took the first spell down alone to see
what was the matter with her. She was lying in
about forty feet of water, some of her running lgear
afloat sliowmg where sh- was. “'e anchored our
sloop to it, put out a mooring, and in a few moments
I was gonig slowly down. I suppose you can‘t ini-
agine the sensation, but i never saw a diver young
or old, that liked his business. To feel that you are
strapped to weights and going down to a depth

anchored for
In about five,

 

 

 

 

ro . I swun off and I found that two of her
plgglsrs bad bugst right out. She was loaded With

ig iron, and l reckoned the seaway had. jerked the

ottom out of her. Havmg settled this I walked
around her to the lee side, the bottom being a hard
clean sand, and there I easily stepped aboard and
walked toward the hatch. It was wide open, and as
I stepped near it I saw something lhatll t0ok for a
rope hangin over the coamings. Talon my boat-
hook I gave it a punch, and it seemed to all off into
the hatch. One of the main halyards was hanging
clear, and, taking it, i swung off and lowered my-
self into the hold to see if the iron had been covered
with sand.

"Down I went my book in one hand, and the
halyard in the other, and when near the. bottom I
let go. In a second i landed on a soft, yielding
mass that, bound as I was, avc me a Slukt‘lllllg
sensation. lt moved from um or me, and in a mo-
ment I seemed to be surrounded by the ll 'iiig arms
of some hideous creature. The * claspei my legs,
wound around m body, and astened about my
helmet gradually rawing me down and horrii‘ ing
me so that fora moment I was utterly [|0\\'01‘tSS.
But at the first alarm I had given the signal to draw
me up and having a. large knife fastened at my
waist, I attacked the monster, cutting it anywhere
that i could strike. In a moment the animal had
lifted itsvlf so that its body rested against my chest,
and it seemed to be about as large as a flour barrel,
with legs extending out from it, like the legs of a
spider. I hacked at it with the knife, my armor

reventing it from biting or (-uttin me, and soon

ad the satisfaction of cutting it airly in two, so
that it partly dropped off, and I tore the remaining
arms away. I was dragged to the surface with part
of it, however, clin ng to me. i was about ex‘
hausted with the wor ' and nervous prostration, and
if the hadn’t unscrewed my helmet immediately I
shoul have drop (I; but a few minutes in fresh
air revived me an in that time I closed my career
as a diver. I out think amillion would have tempt~
ed me to 0 down a rain.”

“And t e charm? ’

“This charm, as I said, was one of the suckers
that lined the arms, and had so cut into the rubber
part of my sleeve that it had been torn from the
animal in the stru gle, and as it was rich in color I
kept it- as a curiomty. When I reached; the surface
the men hauled up half the octopus with a boat-
hook. I tell you it was a fearful si ht. The arms,
when stretched out on opposite Sides of the boat,
measured exacil twentyrseven feet from ti to tip.
On their under Sides were these suckers, eac one a
shelly cu with a sawlike edge. When the arm is
wound a ut a fish or other animal, each of the
suckers is (pressed against the flesh, the saw edge
cutting an holding it firmly, while a pistondike ar-
ran ement exhausts the air, and thus you are held
by nndreds of air pumps, while the body of the
animal is drawn toward you and the mouth applied.
The latter was between the arms. There were no
teeth pro er, their place being taken bya pair of
hard blac bills that were almost facsimiles of a
parrot's bill, except that the lower jaw received the
upper. The tongue was armed \vith teeth for the
grinding up of prey.

“ You may be surprised to learn that in San Fran-
cisco the Italians and Chinese eat octopi and the
octopi fisheries are quite important. In a the fish
mar ets they maybe foun hanging up. They at-
tain a length of fourteen feet."

“ Is yours an isolated case ‘1" we asked.

“ By no means," was the reply. "Some cars a o
a Flathead Indian woman was bathing wit a par y
of companions, who finally left her in the water
alone. All at once she disa neared. A boat was
sent out and search made, an( after a long time one
of the men saw the body at the bottom lying on
some rocks. A man dived down, but came up, say-
ing that an octo ius had the woman, and so it proved.
The monster ha( seized and pulled her down before
she could utter a cry. A long spear being secured,
both the animal and its prey were brought to the
surface together. The creature was almost as lar o
as the one that attacked me. The lar rest authcnt c
specimen from Alaska was seen by r. Dali, of the
Smithsonian. It had a length of Sixteen feet, and a
radial s read of twenty-eight feet. The body was
extreme y small, however. n proportion. I believe
ghey attain nearly the same size. in the Mediterranean
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A COUNTRY rroccr advertised “bald butter." Ho
meant “ bullet ." though.

IT is one of the inconsistencies of life that we
throw bouquets at the soprano, and boot-Jacks at
the tomcat.

IT is a difficult matter to determine which the
young.' man fears the more, her big brother or her lit-
tle brother.

THERE is very little satisfaction in having a man
fined five dollars for an assault, if you have to pay
your own lawyer ten dollars.

THE most absent-minded of men is the professor
who, when he hears himself knOcking the ashes out
of his pipe, will call out, “Come in."

THIS was the very concise verdict of a coroner‘s
'ury in Idaho: “ We find that the. deceased came to
is death by calling Tom Watiings a liar."

A PERT little irl in Troy boasted to one of her
young friends t at “her father kept a carriage."
‘ Ah, but,” was the triumphant reply, “my father
drives a street car."

To say that a procession was three hours in ass-
ing a given point doesn‘t according to the CM tag.
Times, necessarily show that it was a long proces-
skin, since the given point might have been a beer
8a oon.

IT is the fashion to use one perfume only. Thus
one girl always uses violet. another roses, etc. 2y
this plan a young man‘s mother soon learns to dis-
tinguish at a smell which young lady her boy spent
the evening with.

AN item is going the rounds to the effect that
church members cmbrace three times as man ' wo-
men as men. Yes, that is probably correct. ‘here
is not more than twenty-five per cent. as much fun
in embracing men as women.

“ I‘M glad Bobbie‘s goin’ to school," remarked Mrs.
Malaprop, “cause it’s teached b ' a good iedigrec—
or synagogue, some folks call him I be love» and
furthernio’ they don‘t have no currycouib, like
these here new-fangled colleges.”

" A PHILADELPHIA scientist can toll, on examining
a hairpin, the color of the owner‘s hair.” And a.
Philadc pliia woman, on examining a hair found on
the shoulder of her husband‘s coat, can tell whether
he has lied or not—and she is not a scientist, either.

A WOMAN who is kissed by mistake in the dark
always screams and makes a great row about it,
but one can wager she is provoked in another way
when the man commences to offer excusr>s and so. '8
he wouldn’t have done it if he had known who she
was.

_ WHAT right has Professor Young to spoil any vaca-
tion plans by safying that a railroad train traveling
at the rate of orty miles an hour without stops
would be more than 365 yeais in reachin the sun
and at the low rate of one cent amile the are would
be $950,000?

Mn. Bancnna does not think We carry with us the
needs of the resent hysical organization into the
spiritual wor d. Mr. eecher may be right. but it
seems to us that Dives carried one of the needs of
his physical organization into the spiritual world,
and that was a need of water.

A “WISH-BONE" wedding recent]
New York, the ceremony being )e ormed under a
floral Piece in the form of a w s hone. A very ap-
propr ate emblem, no doubt; signifying that a few
months hence, when the wife begins to “ bone " her
husband for money, he’ll “wish '

WHEN a young man goes to a. lace to on
board and discovers the motto, “ ive Us this ay
our Daily Bread," hanging above the (Inor of the
(lining-room he wonders if this is not a pliiiiitivero-
quest from the hungry boardch to the landlady. and
hcsuates before. taking the fearful plunge.

Timur: are fifteen thousand Masons in Georgia.
Now, isn't it just )ossibli- that the startling s ectap
rip of a coluinn 0 men in high hats and cinbro dercd
bibs, marching down street in broad daylight, car-
i-ylng clothes-props and limp-rollers, has given rise
to tho l‘lllllOl'S of a revival of Kuklux organization?

An English Psychological society is racking its
brains over he conundrum, “Are angels ever
sleepy?” Not Very often, but when you hear a
bootjnck rolling down the front stains. 'ou can
make up your n ind that the angel‘s other is

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thing.

A LATE work on cti uette says “it is no longer
considered cu ref/Zr to k 55 the bride at a wedding."
\Vhile this to a certain extent breaks up an AIIH'I‘I-
can custom, yet there are bridemaids— twelve. is the
correct number—who “'1” have to be passed around.
It is a good deal like hiring some one to do your
dancing, though.

Tm: various phases of the tender >assion have
thus been exemplified: “A ship is foolishly in love
when she is attached to n. buoy; she is prudently in
love when she leaves the buoy for the iier; she
places her affeclion beneath her when s ie is ’un-
choring al‘tera heavy swoll, and she is desperately
in love when she is tender to a inan-of-war.

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