rating Also, Sree Ns Ys Ge mal who ted. lian icks ers, , by yrk. act the ige. fa nan ign 1 to nd. nps ea int- Lter 1 be sip C8 rré de iD & pred ens ig it nce 4 iD ith gide gull acl gck- p 10 ty The Boys are our Judge and Jury. Which is the Best Boys’ Paper? . o™ Cy > & —>- acan 12 STREET & SMITH, Publishers, e 29 Rose Street, New York. le. heh —. ~~ y a a New York, March 14, 1896, | _~ eG Yom eyo OC) Yo NortH 6) 4 Ni ons East @ oy ) oo ¢ AW p> + /Ee \ P “2% socal Pontes ROM-EVERY- OU e ~~ Ses 2k A the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C. Le IES: >< Entered According to Act of Congress, in the Year 1896, by Street & Smith, ™ Entered as Second-class Matter at the New York, N.Y., Post-Ofjice. ee ey ee ee og.0 per Year.” No. 306. Sit HUGH WAS VIOLENTLY SEIZED AND DRAGGED TOWARD THE WAITING-ROOM. A SHOUT RANG OUT: ‘‘KILL HIM! KILL RIM! HE HAS ATTEMPTED TO ASSASSINATE THE KAISER! HANG HIM!’’ ea - en te SS ————————— iN (THE “NAMELESS” PRIZE 2a a STORY.) BY ENRIQUE H. LEWIS, Author of ‘‘ Yankee Boys in Japan,’ ‘‘The Copper Disk,"? ‘*4 Young Free Lance,’’ ete. ‘*Sword and Pen,’’ * was commenced in No. 301. Back numbers can he obtained of all News Agents. | | youth chuckled at the success of his in | famous scheme. ‘‘That settles you, my bold lad,’’ he mut- tered. ‘‘And it settles General Wagstaffe’s fH co, HEN Gordon Talbot saw Hugh | thirty thousand dollars. [ am sorry for you WYAYs \ CHAPTER XVI. WHEREIN THE MYSTERY IS,EXPLAINED. ride away from the Northern] in a way, but it was either you or I. Uncle Railway station on his way to| Amos is a hard man, and the sin is his. I a the trap in the Rue Cocarde, the! wonder how Pere Chat will work the plan?’’ SUDDENLY SOCVECTVESETTUUEUUVNA BLilCY CiaBi THEIIRTY BICYCLES Given AWAY! To the thirty readers sending us the largest number of these coupons, which will be printed in Goop NEws every week beginning with No. 296 and ending with No. 307, we will give a high grade bicycle, first-class in every respect. Save all the coupons you can get hold of, and send a to us in a bunch after No. 307 is published. COU POI: My title is “THE NAMELESS STORY” COUPON. While speaking to himself he had slipped away from the station and called a car- riage. The driver asked him where he wished to go. Gordon hesitated. He was still think- ing of the surprise awaiting Hugh Thorpe. ‘*I would like to see Grady’s villainous friend do his work,’’? he mused. ‘‘Why couldn’t I slip down there and watch him? Who knows but what Grady is trying to de- ceive me? Perhaps he is lying about the whole matter, I'll just run, down and see about it.’’ ‘*Rue Cocarde,’’ he said to the coachman, ‘fand be quick about it. A couple of francs extra if you reach it in fifteen minutes.”’ The inducement offered was sufficient to place him at his destination in less than the time specified. Leaving the voiture at the corner, Gordon walked to the ston building containing the gateway to the sewers. He knocked at the door, but not hearing any answer, he pushed it open and stepped in- side to search for the venerable guardian. As his feet touched an iron plate in the floor directly in front of the entrance it sud- denly sank down, and witha shrill cry of terror he fell through the yawning hole to oblivion! The scheming, unscrupulous youth had reaped the harvest of his own sowing! * * * " , * * To return to Hugh. His surprise on hear- ing the truth from the gendarme can be imagined. But mixed with it was a well defined feeling of gratitude at his own nar- row escape.. He was absolutely positive, from the officer’s description of the affair, that the trap had been laid for him. He tried to learn the name of the unknown victim, but was unsuccessful. The gendarme said that he had been taken to the hospital more dead than alive, and that until the police had eee investigated the case, it would be impossible to see him. Realiz- ing that he could not afford any further de- lay, our hero reluctantly returned to the railway statidn. Ten minutes later he and Alan Jeft Paris for Berlin, ignorant of the great truth. It was fast growing dark as the train whirled through the outskirts of the gay capital. Alan had secured two good second- class seats, which he proceeded to make com- _fortable for the night with a liberal ar- rangement of traveling rugs. Neither boy felt like sleeping, however. The mystery of the Rue Cocarde was too potent a subject. They discussed it at full length as they skirted along the countryside. *‘It is certainly a wonderful dispensation of Providence,’’ remarked Alan, for the tenth time. ‘‘But who could it have been?’’ ‘*Don’t ask me,’’ replied Hugh, with a shake of his head. ‘‘I declare I haven’t the least idea. I am positive of one thing, however—the plot was laid for me. Con found that scoundrel! If f{ ever see him again Ill have satisfaction. ”’ ‘“‘Oh, you will meet him all right, He’ll _ follow you clear around the world if {am not greatly mistaken. Well, we are safely clear of Paris. You have the precious auto- graph in your inside pocket, and we haven't lost any time. Whew! a great deal can hap- pen in one short day. Think of it! We only reached Paris this noon, and here we are bound on the next stage of our journey.’’ ‘‘And it is that very fact that bothers me,’’ sighed Hugh. ‘‘I confess I have not the least idea of how I am going to approach the Emperor of Germany. Can you sug- gest a plan?’?’ Alan whistled softly, and- scrutinized his companion with his frank blue eyes. ‘tT do not like to croak, but lam afraid our trouble is going to commence in Ber- lin,’’ he replied. ‘‘Hmperor William has the reputation of being a great stickler for eti- quette. To appoach him you must unwind miles of red tape, and pass through the hands of a whole army of court officials. I remember one time when he was visiting Balmoral I had a message to give him from the queen, and——’’ ‘You had a message from her majesty?’’ interrupted Hugh, significantly. Alan avoidéd his gaze in confusion. ‘Yes, I—er—I was a page, you know.”’ **Oh, ho, 1 see! A page to Her Majesty the Queen of England. If Iam not mistaken, only the members of a certain class are given that honor,’’ chuckled Hugh. ‘‘Now, ' plied the English lad, imploringly. ‘‘Aren’t | you satisfied to have me plain Alan Berke- ley? I am heartily sick and tired of titles, and I do not care to hear anything more of them for some time. Now, be a good fellow, and drop it.’’ ‘‘All right,’’ replied Hugh, good-natured- ly. ‘‘I hate to think that you may be a prince in disguise, and [ not know it, but we’ll let it rest for a while.”’ Alan looked vastly relieved. ‘*Let’s talk about seeing Mr. William of Germany,’’ he said, with a chuckle. ‘‘I’ll not finish my little anecdote, but I will re- peat that we are going to have no end ofa time paying him a visit.’? ‘*T will have to do it in some way. I won- der where he is now?’’ ‘*We will ask the guard at the next sta- tion. They all keep track of the imperial whereabouts, The emperor may be in Ber- lin, and then again he may have gone to Potsdam. He-has a beautiful palace, the Neues Palais, there, you know.”’ ‘‘Which would be the most difficult to ap- proach?’’ ‘*Oh, the palace in Berlin. Out at Potsdam they do not keep such a strict court. You might enter the grounds in the latter case as you did at Windsor, but you will run the risk of being shot by a guard. In Germany they generally first shoot and then ask your business. ’? Hugh laughed. ‘‘That wouldn’t be very pleasant. By the way, I have my letters from President Faure. One is directed to the French Am- bassador in Berlin. Possibly it will help me.” ‘‘It may, but it will meana delay. You cannot see the Ambassador until his office hours. We should reach Berlin to-morrow evening, so you see you would have to wait until the following day. If the emperor is in Potsdam, it will take at least two days fora communication to reach him.’’ ‘‘Why, Potsdam is only twenty miles from Berlin.’’ ‘tT know, but the document would have to travel through the official channels. You cannot see an emperor like you could an old acquaintance at home. You can’t drop in on him for a neighborly call.’’ Hugh leaned back, a trifle downcast, ‘*We will have to trust to luck,’’. he said, ‘‘T am not a great believer in it, but it has not failed as yet. Possibly something will turn up to help us.’’ At the next station Alan left the carriage and ascertained from a guard that the em peror would possibly leave Berlin on the fol- lowing evening. ‘‘We must stop off at Potsdam,’’ he told Hugh. ‘‘Perhaps we may get a chance to speak to him when he leaves his train.’’ ‘If I catch a glimpse of him, I intend to take chances,’’ replied our hero, determi- nately. ‘‘They can only lock me up. My story will become known, and, who knows? perhaps Emperor William will see me then.?? ‘‘T wouldn’t build too much on that,’’ said Alan, doubtfully. At four o’clock the following afternoon the train reached Brandenburg. Here Hugh, who was up and about in quest of informa- tion at every station, learned that the em- peror’s special train was due to leave Berlin at five. ‘‘ According to the time-table, we should meet at Potsdam,’’ he said to Alan. ‘‘T only hope swe get there before he leaves the sta- tion.’?’ His wish was destined to be gratified. A few moments before dark the quaint old de- pot in Frederick the Great’s favorite city was reached. As the Paris express rolled up to the platform the boys saw unmistakable evidences of the impending imperial arrival. They barely had time to notice that a double line of troops were drawn up at each necessary harshness, their carriage was cleared by the officious railway employees. ‘*Things don’t look very favorable, but Iam going to make the attempt to see the emperor right here,’’ said Hugh, when the two boys finally found themselves in the waiting-room, ‘‘T am with you,’’ promptly replied Alan. ‘“No, you must not run any risks.’’ ‘*Why not? What do you mean, pray?’’ ‘‘Just this: If we are both ariested, we young man, I want you to confess your ? ‘*Please do not ask me any questions,’’ re- might lie in prison several days before any- end of the structure, when, with almost un- |; attention; see? Here is the letter to the French Ambassador. See him at once if I am arrested. Good-by.’’ Alan demurred, but he saw the wisdom of the arrangement. Presently’a sudden move- ment of the troops indicated that the im- perial train was approaching. A-few mo- ments later a gayly decorated engine, draw- ing six massive carriages, came to a stop in the station amid the fanfare of a score of trumpets. CHAPTER XVII. WHEREIN HUGH MEETS WITH DISASTER. Cw h F< RAVING ‘Alan in the waiting-room, Gii{t/ Hugh forced himself to the very [ €/ peknpagete ra geaengte eagerly. ‘Speak, Alan; do not keep me in suspense !’’ ‘I will leave you with the prisoner,’’ spoke up the: jailer, dangling his keys. ‘When you wish me just call the guard.’’ He went out, clanging the door after him. As the sound of his footsteps died away in _ the distance, the young English lad turned _ to our hero and burst into a hearty laugh. es CHAPTER XVIII. | WHEREIN HUGH READS INTEREST. SOMETHING OF eee “+ A, HA, HA! I have fooled you Hel nicely,’’ chuckled Alan, in great glee. ‘‘I’ll wager a sovereign that : you thought we were the bearers of >. your death sentence at the very least. Per- mit me to introduce to you my very good friend, Otto von Wirtz, a lieutenant in the Emperor’s Guards. Count, this is Hugh Thorpe, of Chicago.”’ _ The young officer bowed ceremoniously, and our hero with equal politeness. ‘‘T am sorry I cannot offer you better ac- a commodations,’’? smiled Hugh, pointing to _ the solitary stool in one corner of the cell. / ‘‘But you are heartily welcome to what 1 ' have. Please be seated, sir. Now, Alan, you ' Villain, what does this mean?’’ ‘‘Tt means freedom for you, I hope, old b fellow,’’ replied the English youth, seating | _ himself upon the bed. ‘‘Do yoa remember ' What you said in the railway carriage about luck? Well, it certainly has not forsaken ~ you yet. Let me explain. ‘After you were rushed away by the guard I followed as fast as the mob would permit. Whileemaking my way to this jail 1 encountered an old acquaintance in the Main street. It was no other than this gen- tleman, Count Von Wirtz. He accompanied the emperor to England last year as a mem- er of his staff. 1 made his acquaintance at indsor, and we became very good friends. Eh, count?’’ _ The young officer smiled, and bowed with evident cordiality. ‘“Now, you can imagine that I lost little time in telling him our story,’’ continued ’ Alan, cheerily, ‘‘and I must say he agreed to assist us with equal promptness. We came here at once. We have talked it over, and the count has kindly offered to see his Majesty at once and to explain matters to him ” _ ‘‘ITam heartily thankful to you, sir,’’ _ xclaimed our hero, warmly. _ ‘*Where is your autograph book?’’ Alan. ‘‘It won’t do to precious signature.’’ ; “That is so. And the names of the Queen _ Of Hngland and of the President of France Will be further proof of my journey. ~The turnkey has the book.”’ “We will get it at once, Mr. Thorpe,’’ Spoke up the young count, ‘‘I believe 1 can assure you of a prompt pardon from his Majesty. He has too kindly & heart to per- Mit injustice done. You were arrested be- Cause all thought you had attempted the Smperor’s life. It is a great joke, and I can Imagine what amusement your daring ac- tion will create.. You Americans are cer- tainly droll.’? . ‘‘Don’t stop to talk about it now, Otto,’’ interrupted Alan. ‘‘Can’t you see’ how im- erent my friend is, He naturally wishes to ba asked released from his predicament. Now hurry 'Sack and do not fail to bring the auto- raph. If it is possible we wish to be on our _ Way to St. Petersburg by to-morrow.,”’ _ The young officer laughed good-humoredly, | And left the cell shaking his head. In his rief experience he had evidently never be- ol encountered such a remarkable inci- n “Alan, you overwhelm me with kindness, ’” ®Xclaimed Hugh, when they were alone .‘'I Seclare, I would have failed utterly if you _ Aad not decided to accompany me.”’ -& “And yet you objected in London,’’ re- _ Plied the English lad. _ **You know what I meant by that. I did care to have you leave home without ® permission of your mother. But really, complete this trip in the time specified ® honor will be yours.’’ onsense! What have I done, pray? ;0u had better give the credit to Dame ck, But wasn’t it a stroke of fortune, my tabling across the count? He is a good Sllow, and I understand he is in the em- ror’s favor. If any person can secure your Clease and the autograph, it is he.’’ +0 the course of an hour the yougg officer Made his appearance at the cell door. One Slance at his smiling face told Hugh that his and had been entirely successful. To .4°Ye it the count handed him the precious aot He opened it eagerly, and saw upon bo} third page the emperor’s signature in a 4 a hand, & There was not the slightest trouble in se- toa’ it,’’ explained Count von Wirtz. ‘‘T jo * a story to his majesty, and he en- ®d a hearty laugh. He signed fhe book Prt great pleasure, and said that he would he leased to give you an audience, bit that is new you could ill afford the time. It is Wish that you write him on the conclu- On of pour trip giving your adventures in Hu: e wishes you success.’’ x ugh’s eyes became moist. He had not “pected such kindness. He thanked the Be > leave without the | | young officer again and again, and begged him to carry his eternal gratitude to Em- | peror William.: After securing his money |from the turnkey—who greeted him with | marked respect—he and Alan left the jail | by a rear entrance. This was necessary to ; avoid the crowd which still filled the main street. The count bade them ‘good-by in the jailer’s apartment, carrying with him our | hero’s heartfelt thanks for his inestimable | services. The boys hastened to the railway | station, reaching there in time to take the : midnight train for Berlin, | They arrived in Germany’s well-known | capital shortly before one, and at once pro- | ceeded to a hotel. Before retiring-Hugh ar- | ranged his plans for the morrow. | ‘*Number three,’’ he said, witha chuckle, | holding up the autograph book. ‘‘As we say in Chicago, we are getting there in great | shape. Please excuse the slang, but I am | cessful with his royal nibs, the Czar of all |the Russias, we will have no cause for worry.’’ | ‘*But the question is, how can you reach ,bim?’? replied Alan. ‘‘l learned frum Count | Otto that he is now at his summer palace in |-Peterhof, which, as you doubtless know, is \on the River Neva not far from Cronstadt, | lt is a trifle over an hour’s ride from St. | Petersburg.’ ‘*T haven’t made up my mind yet. My good | fortune has followed me until now, and per- | haps it will point out a way when the time {arrives. We have a great deal to do to-mor- row before leaving Berlin. There are the passports to see atter. That is very import- ant. I think I had better call upon the French Ambassador and secure his good ser- vices to make them all right. The time will not be wasted.”’ ‘*While you are attending to that I’ll get some money changed. I see there is a train for St. Petersburg via Warsaw at noon. We can take that. By the way, I wonder what has become of your friend, Dalton Kane?’’ ‘*T was thinking about him in the jail at Potsdam. I sincerely hope he has given up the chase. I have enough to contend with as it is.’’ Alan replied witha yawn. A few moments latter boy boys were sleeping the sleep of untroubled consciences, They rose early, and after a hearty breakfast started out to see a little of the city before calling upon the French Ambassador. While walking along the Unter der Linden Hugh purchased a morning paper. He glanced over the local news items, then turned to the column of foreign happenings. An article occupying a conspicuous position caught his eye. He glanced over it rapidly, and then thrust the paper into his com- panion’s hand. ‘Wor Heaven’s sake, read that!’’ he ex- claimed. (TO BE CONTINUED.) —-— > +2 - THE BORDER HEROINE; KIT CARSON'S PLEDGE. BY VICTOR ST. CLAIR. ~~ Se IKE a ball of fire the sun hung just dj t/ above the mountain crest. 1< All that livelong ‘day it had poured G-~” its rays upon the earth with unusual heat, till the scanty vegetation that grew on the semi-barren plain was crisped almost to lifelessness, and the surface of the ground was hot and parched. Away upon the northern extremity of the prairie. partly hidden from, view by the overhanging branches of the cottonwoods, under whose shadows it stood, was a solitary cabin, that alone of that vast scene con- tained any signs of life. Standing in the door-way, shading her eyes from the dazzling rays of the sun while she gazed anxiously over the weary waste that stretched away for leagues and leagues, was a beautiful maiden of perhaps eighteen summers. Her fair face was marked with deep lines of anxiety as she continued her vigil, until at last she turned to enter the building, say- ing, half aloud: ‘*Why don’t he come? This suspense is terrible !”’ ‘*Can you see nothing of him yet, my dear child?’’ asked a feeble voice from the corner of the room. “*No, papa,’’ she replied. approaching his side, where he lay on a pallet of grass, wan and sick; ‘‘and it is almost night! Oh, it would be dreadful to have to spend another night here. I can see the forest fires still raging to the south, and worse than that, we are likely to be attacked at any moment by the blood-thirsty savages. I wish Mr. Carson would come,’’ ‘*So do I, Gladys; but we must bear up as well as we can and hope for the best. Kit, when he was here this morning, prom- ised to be back here with succor before sun- set, and you know Kit Carson is one who never fails to keep his word.’? ‘*But think of the peril he must meet, papa. Perhaps he has been killed. Oh, if it should be so, what would become of us?’’ CroOoDp NEWS. ‘*Do not give away so, Gladys. He will doubtless come within the next half-hour. Come, cheer up, my darling. Is there any- thing for supper?’’ ‘*Not a bit, papa; I cooked the last for dinner. But how are you feeling, dear papa?’’ ‘* As poorly as ever, my child. But do not grieve for me; rather let us pray.’’ Then they sent upa feeling and humble petition to Him who had not lost sight of them even in that dark hour. Well might they falter in their courage, | for braver hearts than theirs would have flinched in their situation. Three days before, while on their journey | from one of the western settlements to their distant home, Mr. Grayson had been snd- denly taken ill, and feeling unable to go fur- | ther, they had stopped at the old cabin. From that hour he continued to fail until | | the time of which we are speaking. | just tickled to death. Now if we are as suc- | Gladys was quite expert with the use of fire-arms, so that she had succeeded in se- | curing enough meat with her father’s rifle for them to live on, They had seen no person until that morn- ing. Kit Carson, passing that way, was attracted to the cabin by the smoke of their fire. In their utter loneliness his appearance seemed like a godsend. But he bore startling news. The Indians, who had for some time been peaceful; were then on the warpath, carry- ing terror to the hearts of the neighboring | settlers. Finding that it would be impossible to move Mr. Grayson without a wagon, Carson immediately set out for the nearest ranch- man’s, which was many miles away, telling Gladys to keep up good courage, as he would | be back before sunset. : Filled with a vague unconsciousness, though having full confidence in the great scout, she watched him out of sight, and then turned to wait by her parent’s side, impatient for him to return. Slowly the sun crept down the western sky, until at last its light no longer shone on the prairie, and the shadows of twilight enveloped the earth. ‘Oh, father, why don’t he come?’’ cried Gladys, anxiously, as for at least the hun- dredth time she stood in the door-way and eagerly scanned the plain. ‘‘It will be awful to stay another night here, and you are so sick—oh!’? The exclamation was caused by the sud- den appearance of a band of horsemen in front of the cabin. It took but.a glance to see that they were a party of Sioux warriors. Numbering fully half a hundred, their warlike appearance told that they were there for no good. “‘Oh, father!’? cried Gladys, in alarm; ‘“we are lost! The plain is covered with savages!’ Mr. Grayson started up in terror, and at that moment the yells of the redskins sent a thrill of horror through his frame. ‘‘They are surely on the warpath,’’ ex- claimed he. ‘sYes, father, and they have stopped in front of the cabin. They are dismounting ; what shall we do?’’ : ‘‘Oh, if I was only able to use my rifle we might keep them at bay until the arrival of friends.’’ A new light suddenly came into Gladys’ eyes. Mey can do it, father!’ she cried. ‘*You know I am quite expert with the use of fire- arms, and to-night I will show you what I can do. We are surely doomed, unless I can keep them off, and there will be no harm in trying.’’ A murmured prayer went up from the father’s lips, who was too weak to say more. ’ Gladys’ first move was to close the outer door and barricade it with the heavy bar she managed to slip into its position. At that momenta volley of bullets and arrows struck the stout oaken frame. Knowing the strongly-built door would stand many hard blows, she next seized her father’s rifle, and assuring herself that it was loaded, she sprang to one of the loop- holes in the front wall of the cabin. By, this time the savages had formed into a line preparatory to an attack, and fora moment Gladys’ courage wavered as she gazed upon the formidable array of her fiendish foes, eager for the attack. But quickly rallying, sbe stood calmly at her post, awaiting their onset, resolved to meet her fate bravely. At the moment when she was expecting to see the Indians rush toward the cabin, one of them advanced alone, and she was about to fire at him, when seeing that he had discarded his weapons, she refrained from shooting him, thinking that he desired to hold a consultation. - **Hold, red man!’’ she cried, when he had come as far as she dared to allow him. ‘‘What would you have?’’ Pausing instantly at the sound of ‘her voice, the chief replied: ‘‘Big Buffalo and his warriors come for pale-faces. They better go!’’ ‘‘What if they refuse?’’ ‘‘All die then, and scalps hang in Big Buffalo’s lodge.’’ ‘*Does the chief think he can frighten the ' pale-faces? Big Buffalo had better go his way and let the white people alone. They wish to have no war with him.’’ | ‘*Ugh! the chief has spoken. white squaw go with him?”’ ‘‘Never!’’ rang back Gladys’ defiant re- ply that sounded far and clear. With a loud, guttural exclamation the chief returned to his followers, and from the fierce yells that succeeded our heroine | knew that war had been declared among the | red horde. ‘*Is there no hope, my child?’’ asked Mr. | Grayson, feebly. | ‘**As long as we have life, Will the dear papa,’’ replied the brave girl. ‘‘Do you remain per- fectly quiet, and with our Heavenly Father’s | will we shall yet be saved!’’ Before her parent could reply, a yell from | the savages drowned all other sounds, and then they hurled themselves upon the cabin | with its single defender. Besides the double-barreled rifle, Gladys had her father’s brace of revolvers, so that in all she had sixteen shots, none of which | she intended should be wasted. Preserving her fire till the savages were so near that she could not miss them, she then | poured into their midst such a galling volley | that they were forced to beat a hasty re- treat, howling most vociferously. Improv- ing the short respite, she reloaded her fire- | arms and sprang to the loop-hole again just as the red demons prepared ‘for a second charge. ° Could she hope to withstand their attack | again? Maddened by their first defeat, the Sioux were now shrieking fearfully, and she well realized that they would not be driven back a second time. But without a moment for speculatiou or | prayer she was forced to meet the fearful |odds. Perhaps it was better so, for her | strength might bave failed her had she been ' given chance to reflect upon the hopelessness | of her situation. As one, the half-hundred savages rushed | forward, brandishing their weapons and |making the night air hideous with their | war whoops. Gladys had sent a bullet through the | brain of the foremost, and was about to fire |again, when a wild shout rang from the | plain, and then a party of horsemen dashed | upon the scene. | The red men turned in dismay, to find themselves met by an equal foe. | **Show the red fiends no quarter!’’ cried |a well-known voice, and Kit Carson at the | head of his men, rode into the midst of the |redskins, scattering them like fall leaves before a strong wind. A glad cry escaped Gladys’ lips as she hast- | ened to unfasten the door to admit the scout. ‘‘Did you think Kit Carson had forgotten his promise, my *pretty one?’’ asked the noted trailer, as he grasped her hand. | ‘*J--T was afraid you could not come,’’ she | faltered. | **It did look like it one while, for there | have been some tall doin’s going on. I was mighty afeered I should be too late, and I guess you have had some hard work to do, my brave girl, but you are safe now.”’ Gladys and her father were too much | overjoyed to find words to express their | thanks, even if the true-hearted scout would | have listened to them. | The Sioux did not rally to renew the fight, | and as soon as the wagon, which had been | brought from the nearest settlement to con- | vey Mr. Grayson to his home, arrived the | journey was undertaken. | Though it proved a tedious one to the sufferer, it was made in safety, to the great | joy of Mrs. Grayson, who greeted her hus- | band and daughter as ones whom she had | mourned for as lost. The incidents we have told happened |many years since, and Gladys is now a | happy wife and mother, while her old gray- ppeaded father, fast verging into his second childhood, loves to do ‘nothing better than to sit in the chimney corner and tell how her bravery saved his life and hers on that eventful night. Kit Carson—noble j Aj Kit, the peer of West- ern heroes—now sleeps among the dead, though his memory will be cherished as long as American history is known, —_ »+ oe -___——- RATHER FUNNY! ‘i In a recent examination some boys were asked to define certain words and to give a sentence illustrating the meaning. Here are a few: Frantic means wild. I picked some frantic | flowers. Athletic, strong. The vinegar was too athletic to use. Tandem, one behind an- other.’ The boys sit tandem at school. And then some single words were funnily ex- plained. , Dust is mud with the wet squeezed out: fins are fishes’ wings: stars are the moon’s eggs: circumference is distance around the. middle of the outside. ——__- +> o- a Mamma—‘‘ Mercy! How did you hurt your finger so?”’ ittle Son—‘' With a hammer,’? ‘*When?’? ‘A good while ago.”’ ‘‘T didn’t hear you cry.’’ ‘‘T thought you was out.’’ (0 +I ‘EHINGS. EDITED BY DAVID PARKS. ° -_ HOW TO MAKE ELECTROTYPES. 3 O many people nowadays are amusing themselves, and producing (some of them) really beautiful results, by the practice of amateur photography, that there seems to be reason for the conjecture that another art, once popular, may be found worthy of revival by our readers. The art of electrotyping is much easier than photography. It is cheaper. It requires no. particular artistic faculty (without which a photographer’s productions are a collection of horrors), and it leads to the creation of no profanity-inspiring carica- tures of one’s family. Its results are perma- nent, valuable, and beautiful. And almost anybody can practice the art with success. Electrotyping, in its simplest form, is the art of recovering copper from solutions of salt containing that metal, with contrivances for dictating the shape in which the metal shall be solidified. The salt to be used is sul- phate of copper, or commonly called blue- stone or blue vitriol, and obtainable very cheaply. It is a crystaline substance of a beautiful blue color, but violently poisonous. The other things that will need to be bought are a few pieces of gutta-percha, a closed cylinder of unglazed earthenware, calleda ‘*porous cell,’’ and some finely powdered | black lead. We shall also need a few inches of stout copper wire, and some zinc, such asis used for roofing. It must be zinc, how- ever, not galvanized iron, which is sheet- iron coated with zinc. Dissolve the bluestone in water until the water will take up no more, and pour off the clear solution, so as to leave any dregs and dirt that there may be. All this must be done im glass or earthenware vessels; iron or other metal containers would injure the mixture by chemical action. Pour the solution into a good-sized earthenware or glass jar, and put it were it will not get dusty. Take a piece of the zinc, about the height of the porous jar, make a hole through the top of it, scraping this part of the zinc quite clean and bright, and attach the cop- per wire (similarly brightened) to it by passing one end through the hole and twist- ing it with a pair of pliers. Bend the wire over in a half cirele. The next matter is the preparation of the mold. Electrotyping enables one to produce a copy of almost any small object that is hard enough to get a model of in gutta- percha or wax. Let us” suppose, for the present, that we are going to copy a coin— say a quarter. Take the gutta-percha—any old cuttings will do, and the molds can be used over and over again, or broken up and re-made into fresh shapes—and carefully clean it with a nail-brush and soap. ;Then plunge it for a few minutes in water from a boiling kettle, and having well greased the hands (so that the gutta-percha may not stick to them), take the gutta-percha from the water and knead it about until it is quite soft. Very likely the outside parts will prove unserviceable, and will have to be thrown away. The quarter should already have been well oiled all over, and laid on a greased plate. Roll up a lump of the gutta-percha into a ball, and press it flat upon the quar- ter. It is a good plan to’ use the bottom of the plate to rest the quarter upon, as the latter can be better got at in this way. Al- low the gutta-percha to remain as it is until it has had time to get hard. If not prettiy flat at the top, a piece of greased glass can be, pressed upon it while soft to make it so, but we must not let the pressure be so great as to force the coin through the back, or the mold is useless. When finished,. it will present the appearance of a reversed im- pression of the coin, depressed below a flat surface, We must examine it carefully to see that there are no breaks or holes (caused by the gutta-percha being imperfectly dry) or other marks in it, and that the milling and design are clear and sharp, as they will usually be. Wash the mold under rnnning water, using a little fine soap and a camel’s hair paint brush, and allow it to dry of itself, The whole upward surface of the mold is next to be brightened with the black lead. Use for the purpose a dry camel’s-hair paint brush, and be sure that every part is well covered, and covered so that the black lead will stick. Attach the mold to the end of the wire that was fastened to the ziric by heating the wire and putting it through the gutta-percha near the edge; and having allowed it and the softened gutta-percha near it to cool, brush some more black lead over those parts, so that there may be no break in the continuity of the black lead polish from the wire to the impression of the quarter. | Instead of a gutta-percha mold a thick impression in sealing-wax can be used. This is made by holding a piece of card over a candle, and rubbing the upper surface with GrooDp cape catching fire, though it will get smoky underneath. It takes a little while for the sealing-wax to melt, but once it begins it xan be made to yield as thick a coating (within reason) as we please by continuing to rub the stick round and round on the card. When there is a sufficiency lay the card down, and, having wetted the coin or seal desired to be copied, press the latter firmly into the wax, and do not meddle with them until cold. The coin can now be shaken out of the impression, and, by careful handling, the card picked away from the back. The- last parts may need to be gently detached with a penknife, leaving a mold of sealing- wax alone. The black lead may not stick so well to a wax mold as to gutta-percha, but a very little oil, carefully applied, will remove this difficulty, and the wire can be attached in the same way as to the other kind of mold, some more black lead being applied as in that case. Having thus prepared the mold and at- tached it to the wire, stand the porous jar in the vessel of copper solution, and the zine in the porous jar, allowing the mold to hang over into the fluid. Pour into the por- ous jar a strong solution of common salt in cold water, and put the whole concern away in a quiet place, free from dust, for twelve hours or so. At the end of that time the zinc should be removed from the brine, the latter thrown away, and the porous cell, laid in clean cold water of sufficient depth to fill and cover it. If this be omitted’, the salts, erystalizing in the pores of the earthenware, will disintegrate and destroy it, somewhat as freezing water destroys water pipes. The zine can be cleaned and dried, and will do again; but it is gradually eaten away and dissolved in the process of the operation, and will, after a time or two need to be replaced. Meanwhile, however, the copper wire is to be cut off close to the mold, and the cop- per shell, which should present a dull, red- dish-buff, roughly-grained surface, can be very cautiously detached from the mold. It should now be tempered by being held in a gas flame until it is red-hot. It is then al- lowed to giow cold as slowly as possible, The next step is to carefully shear off the waste edges of the copper; the hollow back of the medallion can be previously filled in with melted sealing-wax if we choose, The surface of the medal thus obtained will be of a pleasing bronze if left as itis; but it can be polished bright with rottenstone and oil if preferred. lé is not, only coins that can be copied in this way. Seals, engraved gems,,or any small thing which is decorated in relief or bas-relief, and that is of such material as to stand modeling, can be reproduced, Ivy and other leaves can be copied (the model being taken in gutta-percha as above described) with the most exquisite exactness, the fine veins and delicate capillaries being faithfully reproduced, Asa general rule, things in which the relief is very high do not copy so well as those in which the irregularity of surface is but trifling; and, given a good mold, no relief is too delicate to be success- fully reproduced. Now to anticipate one or two possible diffi- culties, it may be said that if the copper de- posit should be too soft (which will be seen by its showing an unduly high red, or some- times a black, color, and by,crumbling) it‘ is because the deposit is being made too quickly, and the defect will be remedied by removing some of the brine from the porous cell. After a while the copper solution will grow weak, and will need to be reinforced by some fresh crystals of sulphate of copper. It also gets a dirty deposit in it very often (consisting of granular metallic copper, or probably of a low oxide of that metal), and will be improved by filtering it through blotting paper in a glass funnel, Some people get better results by using diluted sulphuric acid in the porous cell in- stead of brine. In this case the zine needs to be amalgamated on the surface—that is, to be rubbed with mercury (a little diluted sulphuric acid helps to make it stick) until the whole surface of the zinc is brightened up. The proper proportion of aci to water (for both purposes) is about one to eight— one of acid to eight of water. A _ little sul- phuric acid added to the copper solution quickens the process of deposition by increas- ing the electrical conductivity of the solu- tion. } The electrotypes are rendered more per- manent and stronger by being filled in at the hack with solder. T'o do this buy a little tinman’s solder (‘‘soft solder’’) in thin strips. Hold the electrotype over a gas flame until itis hot enough to make thesolder run, the strip being held to the hollow much in the same way as the sealing-wax on the card when making a wax mold, Used in this way, solder will usually stick without the use of soldering fluid or resin; but if not, a little powdered resin first sprinkled in the hollow back of the medal- lion will make it do so. Finally, it may be repeated that the things mentioned in this article are all poisons, and must, therefore, be used with proper precautions. —— > 0m } In Sumatra the leaves of the coffee plant NEWS. Gay Dashleigh's Academy Days OR, LIVELY TIMES AT EBB TIDE. BY ARTHUR SEWALL, > (“GAY DASHLEIGH’S ACADEMY DAyYs’ was com- menced in No. 297, all News Agents.) CHAPTER XXVIII. GRAND CONCLUSION OF THE TABLEAUX, CBD tes 4 S-TCHEW !’? sneezed ) frantic attempt to factory muscles. ‘*He-tchew-w!’’ sneezed Bessie, in a higher tune, which ended in a sound sus- piciously like a giggle. after his Gay, control a ol- + ‘*Ks-tchew! es-tchew!’’ came from the scattered heaps of the slain in the back- ground, then amid laughter and wild ap- plause the curtain descended upon the scene just as Gay jumped through the rear win- dow in vain pursuit of the rascal who had ruined the only sentimental tableau on the programme. When he returned fo the stage he counted Dunham. That placed the mark of guiit istered a vow of revenge. arrived Professor Gasse was still struggling with his make-up. Vigorous calls from the juvenile portion of the audience compelled Gay to substitute the gladiator scene instead. Stepping before the curtain he announced the change, adding, whimsically : ‘‘The pains-taking efforts of the renowned the scene with all its wealth of costumes and surroundings require time. He is now en- gaged in subduing the hue of his ginger whiskers. During the interval we will pro- duce a famous tableau, entitled, ‘The Two Gladiators.’ The audience will please retain any stray specimens of ennuied hen fruit in their possession. ’? He stepped from sight; the curtain rose gracefully, revealing a scene representing the coliseum at Rome. In the foreground stood two figures attired as gladiators. was short and stumpy, the other tall and powerfully built. The smaller man was armed with a long wooden sword, and his companion bore a weapon suspiciously like a butcher knife faced each other in an attitude supposed to be threatening. Loud applause came from the audience, and the largest figure turned with a bow. As he did so a. bladder at the end of a short string tied to a stick was aimed at him from the wing. It caught him. upon the right cheek, and he turned to the other gladiator with a glare. ‘*None av yer larks,’’ he said, in a hoarse whisper, plainly audible throughout the hall. ‘*Ko-ko! hurrah for Ko-ko!’’ shouted a cadet near the stage. ' The little man faced the audience with a the neck. ‘*Wh-wh-what for y-y-you do th-th-that?’’ stuttered the Jap, angrily. ‘*Do phwat? It’s loony yez are, ye bandy- eyed furreigner!’’ retorted Patrick. mesilf——Ouch !’’ A knotted towel carefully soaked had struck him directly under the edge of» his tin helmet. The blow was severe, and the stinging pain made him wild. At that very moment Ko-ko had chanced to raise his weapon in his excitement, and it seemed to the angry Celt that he was the culprit. The fighting blood of the O’Tooles would never brook such an insult. Tossing his useless sword aside, he grasped Ko-ko by the neck and dented in his shining breast- plate with a resounding thwack. ‘*Yez would strike me on th’ sly, eh???’ howled Patrick. ‘‘It’s mesilf can eat two av yez before each male. Take that, an’ that, an’ that!’’ Each ‘‘that’’? was a thump calculated to discourage a much larger man than the Jap. Ko-ko was no coward, however, and he fought with the desperation of his-race. Contriving to break away from his antag- onist, he grasped at what he thought was a fragment of stone. It was painted on the scenery, and in his efforts he brought the whole background down upon Patrick. When the curtain was hastily lowered by Gay’the Celt was tangled up in the coliseum of Rome, with his red hair just visible above the ruined gateway. Howls of delight from the audience showed their appreciation of the impromptu combat. Verily, the tableaux were proving a grand success. It required the united efforts of Gay and his assistants to calm Patrick and Ko-ko, but they were finally separated and the stage set for the great are used in making tea which has the essen- a stick of good sealing wax. This card can be held far enough from the candle to. es- tial properties of both tea and coffee, resem- } bling both in taste and smell. scene from ‘f Hamlet.’ Just before the curtain was raised, Jack Dunham slipped into the wings with an ob- Back numbers can be obtained of exponent of the immortal bard to picture | polite salutation, and again the bladder ap- | peared, this time,smiting him in the back of | ‘*It’s | /mendation for | conduct. heads, and found all present except Jack | [This Story will not be Published in Book-Form.|[ | ject carefully covered with a thick cloth. | While Professor Gasse was bestowing the | 1 final touches to his costume Gay drew Jack aside and asked, in a delighted whisper: ‘*Did you get enough?’’ ‘‘T should chuckle,’’? replied Dunham. ‘* At least forty or, fifty.’’ ‘‘Jumping Moses! that’s too many.’’ ‘‘Just wait and see. The more the merrier you know. Golly! won’t there be a scram- ble??? /‘Old Gasse is ready. Now stand by, and when he finishes the first line let ’em go.’’ Up went the curtain with appropriate | music from the,orchestra, and the attentive | audiefce saw seated upon the stage a lictle |uan with long ginger whiskers and an ex- | pansive forehead. | wagged back and forth solemnly, man’s head then in a high nasal voice came ‘the familiar words: ‘*To be or not to be? that is the question.”’ Just then, before he could utter another word, there came in a shrill, falsetto tone from the wings an exclamation: ‘*Gosh! we an’t got no bees, but here’s some hornets!’’ An angry buzzing filled the air, and a The little | small cloud of insects flew straight to the Shakespearian expounder. The foremost | made a dash for his nose and rested on the | | } The next tableau in order was the great : scene from.‘‘Hamlet,’’ but when the moment | ‘his admirer, made from the same harmless material. They | | fessor Progney, end of that useful organ for one brief sec- ond. It was long enough. The yell that came from the professor al- most cracked the glass in the windows. He gave a prodigious leap in the air, but before his feet again touched the stage relations of upon that irrepressible youth, and Gay reg- | the first hornet had embarked in business also, It is doubtful to say what Hamlet’ would have done under similar circumstances, but Professor Gasse, shuwed no hesitation of action. Three distinct leaps fol- lowed the first, then with his long arms beating the air like the blades of a flail, he sprang over the footlights into the main part of the hall. o The hornets followed him, and in much less. time than is required in the telling, sun- dry voices, both feminine and masculine; joined in the ear-splitting chorus. With commendable alacrity, Gay and Jack lowered the curtain; then they slipred through a back window and ran around to the entrance. Before they reached the door the hall was empty. Visitors, teachers, and cadets had sought safety in flight. Professor Gasse was found in the quad- rangle with his head under the pump, and | Ko-ko and Patick taking turns at the handle. One | His doublet had been ripped up the back in the rush from the drill hall, and his left ginger whisker was decorated with several dead hornets. Gay wished to give the concluding tab- leau, but he could not find enough of tbé audience to warrant the trouble. across Bessie and her aunt on the parade; he escorted them home, and then returned to spend a very warm half-hour with Pro- And thus ended the tab- leaux vivants at Ebb Tide Academy, for that year at least. CHAPTER XXIX. THE INDIVIDUAL DRILL—A SUSPICIOUS AC” CIDENT—GAY’S TRIUMPH. APRHE fun derived from the tableau* { v served to content Gay and his chums _ y ‘| for some time. The month of April ““* was devoted to hard study. On thé fifteenth of May the annual review and 1)- spection of the Ebb Tide battalion was bel@ by an army officer sent from Washington. Gay had perfected himself in his positio? of color-sergeant, and he won general com: his soldierly bearing a2 A number of visitors from the neighboring towns were present, and th? parade was gay with bright colors when thé dress review took place. At its conclusion an individual drill wa held for a gold medal presented by an a@ mirer of the academy. Commandant Sun ner gave the orders to the group of contest ants, Among these were Gay, Jack Dunhats Sidney Cross, Allibone, and Munson Ferr’®: There were twenty cadets in all, but before long fully half of the number fell out ® ranks because of mistakes. ; Finally, the squad narrowed down to sity then to four—Gay, Allibone, Jack, al” Munsou. The interest displayed by the spe tators became intense. Standing directly B® hind Commandant Sumner was Bessie Wi some. er eyes were directed toward G4 with a wistful expression. g It did not pass unnoticed by that lad. a erect as a statue, he awaited each commal t spurred to his best by the knowledge tha there was one who wished him success: _ d For fully ten minutes the four remaine, in ranks without committing an error; poor Jack faltered and stepped out. bone’s face was white, and he quivere¢ suppressed excitement. Munson was co? but Gay seemed as if he had changed ™ an automaton. a Finally Munson tripped on the comma? to charge bayonets, the point of his weap acell being too high. Now were left the two mies, Gay and Allibone. Crisp and sh@™ came the commands; they were obeye soon as uttered. ; A subdued cheer followed each brill Running — a ee ee nage me oo loth. the Jack ham. rrier ram- and go.”’ riate ntive lictle . ex- head ina ds: ons other tone ere’s nd a the most the sec- yr al- He efore ns of iness ould but 1 no s fol- arms 1, he main o nuch sun- ine; and pred id to door and uad- an ndle. ok in left veral tab- | the ning rade, rned Pro- tab- for AC’ eaux pus \ pril | Png | in- held ate jfioP com the the n the was ad- Sum- itest- hal, yr Vis: efor? it o ) siX ee rap Re eee 2 ee movement. The group of visitors edged up foot by foot. Af one of the upper windows of the main building Ko-ko leaned out, with imminent danger to his neck. The suspense was growing painful. Up to the present Lieutenant Sumner’s commands had been strictly according to tactics. Despairing of being able to select the winner from the two equally well- drilled cadets, he resorted to catch orders. This was rendered possible because of the recent change from the old to the new tac- tics. Suddenly he paused, hesitated a moment, then sharply came the command: ‘*Charge bayonets!’ Gay and Allibone were at right shoulder arms. order, but the recent drill regulations did hot. The cadet captain of Company A promptly obeyed; Gay remained with his Piece at right shoulder. There was a moment of silence, then the assembled cadets and visitors broke into ap- Plause. Jack Dunham, Sidney Cross, and Paul Wakeman clasped hands and shouted: ‘‘Gay, Gay, Gay Dashleigh!”’ **Gay'is the winner!”’ ‘Hurrah for Dashleigh !’’ ‘Rah, ’rah, ’rah, Ebb ’rah, Ebb Ebb Tide-e-e-e !”’ The old academy yell was taken up by the entire lower school, and it echoed across the parade like a pean of victory. Sud- denly an answering shout came from the direction of the main building: ** Rah, ’r-r-r-rah, ’r-rah, Ebb T-t-tide, D-dashleigh !” All turned in time to see Ko-ko’s grin- hing face disappear from one of the upper Windows. This caused great laughter, but the merriment was most unexpectedly checked. When the mistake occurred to Allibone, Causing the loss of the medal, that youth re Mained at charge bayonets as if transfixed With disappointment and chagrin. Bessie, who chanced to be watching him, Saw his face redden, then pale to a ghastly hue. His eyes, gleaming fiercely, were turned toward Gay, who at that mcment Was gladly receiving the riends. Suddenly wheeling, he advanced a step, then apparently stumbled over a tuft of 8rass. The point of his bayonet was aimed directly at Gay’s breast. Another instant and the sharp steel would have entered directly under the heart. Frantic with horror, Ward, crying: “Gay, Ga—— The familiar voice caused Gay to move Slightly, and the bayonet ran between his left arm and side, piercing the cloth of his blouse. There was instant commotion. Lieu- tenant Sumner leaped from his place and 8rasped Allibone by the shoulder. “What do you mean?’’ he demanded, Sternly. ‘T_T did not—— It wasan accident, sir,’’ Stammered the cadet captain, sullenly. ‘‘My %0t slipped or I stumbled over something. Was purely an accident.’’ ‘If that is so, it was a piece of gross care- ssness,’’ replied the commandant, hotly. You are nota fit person to’ be trusted With a weapon. Surrender your piece to the Cadet adjutant and consider yourself under *rah, Bessie sprang for- 2? arrest.’? Allibone winced, but he obeyed without ®mur, giving his rifle to the staff officer Named. Then ke marched away to his room, &ccompanied by two privates under side arms, The incident had occurred so unexpectedly that Gay was dumfounded. Bessie joined am and said, in a low tone: Thank God you escaped, Gay. I saw it fl, and I firmly believe that unhappy boy Utended to injure you.”’ a Impossible! It must have been an acci- nt. Willis Allibone would never attempt Ch a despicable deed.’’ his matter shall be thoroughly investi- Sated,”? exclaimed Lieutenant Sumner, alking up. ‘‘If it was a deliberate effort ae Injure you, Dashleigh, he will be dis- ..Ssed from the academy in disgrace, and if Proves to have been an accident, I’ll see xt he is reduced to the ranks for his care- Sness,?? een” incident was the talk of the school il the following evening, when the an- frie hop given by the cadets to. their yy, nds engrossed their attention. The subject i :, again revived a week later when at an hig uisation held by the head-master and H ‘ssistants Allibone’s plea was accepted. Captaa: reduced as a punishment, and the ap aincy of Company ” sixth form cadets had graduated and gone to either Harvard or Yale. But his old- time friends were still present—and his two enemies also. Willis Allibone had failed in the examina- tions, and was scheduled for another year. Munson Ferris was still in the lower school, and Jack and Sidney were at the head of their class. Honest-hearted Jack and the last named youth bore no malice because Gay had passed them. In fact they felt almost as proud as if they had secured the coveted honor. They were true friends. -aul Wakeman remained in Gay’s room, and his devotion to the new lieutenant of Company B was stanch and true. His mother accompanied him to the academy at tbe expiration of vacation for the sole pur- pose of thanking Gay in person for his kind- ness to her boy. A Bessie Winsome renewed her visit to her | aunt, greatly to a certain cadet’s delight. Ko-ko was still in the ring as assistant to Professor Gasse, and bis impediment of speech had increased ‘if anything. Three months absence had not Gay’s love of fun. resumption of studies found him deep in a plot with Jack and Sidney to punish the ag- gressions of the village youths. A feud—deep-seated and strong—had ex- isted between the cadets and the boysof Ebb Tide town for years. A summary defeat ad- ministered to the latter previous to Gay’s | admission to the academy had served to sub- due them until recently. The present bone of contention was Ko- ko, His duties led him to the village at in- tervals, and on several occasions he had been bullied by the riff-raff of the town. On the afternoon in question Gay had sent him with a message for Bessie: When he re- turned his clothes were in disorder, and sev- eral marks upon his face indicated that he had experienced a lively time. It was the old The villagers had waylaid him, and expressed their contempt with a severe beating. ‘This must stop!’’? announced Gay, deci- ‘*The insolence of those cads has gone far enough. Paul, tell Jack Dunham and Sid Gross te come here at once.”’ Both appeared promptly, having been as- sured by Paul that fun promised. Ko-ko was asked to repeat his tale for their benefit. ‘*T leave Miss B-b-bessie and st-st-start plenty q-q-quick for here,’’ he replied. ‘*Bimeby I g-g-get near big h-h-house where sell plenty dr-dr-drink.”’ ‘*He means Murphy’s saloon,’’ remarked Sidney. ‘‘Those fellows hang out near there. They have a rendezvous in an old barn.’’ ‘*Isn’t Murphy a relation of Patrick?’’ asked Gay, significantly. ‘*Yes, and I wouldn’t be surprised but that Patrick had put. them up to it. It’s a beastly shame, and I think we ought to teach them a lesson they won’t be apt to forget in a burry.’’ ‘*l th-th-think see Patrick in window,’’ eagerly exclaimed the Jap. ‘‘He 1-l-look out and he laugh wh-when they beat mum- mum-me.’’ ‘*Well, he’ll laugh on the other side of bis mouth before midnight if he remains in the village;’’ said Gay, grimly. ‘‘Jack, look up the fellows and tell them to muster at the old oak immediately after recitations. We’ll have over two hours before retreat.’’ ‘‘Wait until I hear the rest of Ko-ko’s story; there’s plenty of time. What did they do to you, Ko-ko?”’ The Jap grinned feebly and pointed to his face. ‘*They d-do what y-y-you call ‘b-biff’ mum-mum-me,’’ he replied. ‘‘They very | bad b-boys. One felley | down be- | diminished | The third day after the } NEwsS. knock then h-he mum-me down with a stick, throw houses at mum-me.’”’ ‘* Houses?’’ exclaimed all but breath. | ‘*That’s supposed to be a joke,’’ explained | the latter, with a chuckle. ‘‘Ko-ko means | they threw a house at him a brick at a | time. That chestnut is so old it has found its way to Japan. Jack, skip now, and notify the boys. Getat least thirty, and have them bring clubs. We’ll settle this } once for all.”’ | An hour later any one traveling along the road leading past the academy might have seen a number of -eadets strolling toward the village singly or in pairs. Gay and his three chums walked with Ko- ko to the outer fringe of houses, then the former sent the Jap into the village with instructions to saunter through that portion infested by the ruffians. mum- t-they Gay, in a | ‘*‘Walk along as if you did not fear trouble,’’ directed the young leader. ‘‘If any one tries to stop you just remember that we will be in the vicinity. I wish to get a lot of the cads together so the lesson will be more effective.’’ After Ko-ko had gone Gay had mustered | his forces, finding at least twenty-five de- termined lads armed with stout cudgels, at his command. He led them across fields to a rallying point a short distance from the | groggery kept by Patrick’s kinsman. From a place bebind a deserted smithy. he | could see down the village street for severa | blocks. Presently he caught sight of the Jap | strolling along as if his queer little head was entirely innocent of guile. | Suddenly a man stepped to the door of | Murphy’s resort, and glanced at the passing | figure. The new-comer raised both arms as |if surprised, then he quickly disappeared. It was Patrick. ‘Golly! I'l] bet a doughnut he’s gone to vagerly. | ummon the gang!’’ ejaculated Dunhan, | | ; ; ‘*T hope so,’’ grimly replied Gay. ‘‘ Paul, | call the fellows. Tell them to be ready, and | when I whistle, let them get to work. Come, you, Sid, and I must see that Ko-ko | Jack; is not bhurt.’’ | ‘*We’ll have to hurry then,’’ hastily | plied Sid Cross; ‘‘there comes some of the villagerss.’’ Eight or ten youths had suddenly wade their appearance in the street near Ko-ko. riff-raff of the town. Patrick was seen to peer from the tavern door, then one of the louts edged up to the ! Jap and attempted to stop him. Ko-ko | evaded the fellow and hurried ahead, but he | was soon brought to a halt by a massing of his assailants. ‘*Porward!’’ shouted Gay. time. Show them no mercy.’’ Leaping over a low fence, he ran down the street followed by Jack and Sidney. Not far behind came the main body of cadets led by Paul Wakeman. All were armed with clubs brought from the academy grounds. ‘Rah, ’rah, ’rah, Ebb ’rah, Ebb Tide- e-e--e!?? The familiar college yell echoed through the street, and before the sound had died away Gay and his companions were upon the astounded villagers. Singling out a burly youth, the young leader brought him | to his knees with a shrewd blow. ‘*Give it to them!’’ he shouted. emy forever !’’ The cadets fought with such determination that within five minutes the mob of villagers took to flight in the direction of their head- quarters At Gay’s command they were fol- lowed to the very door. Satisfied with the victory, be was on the point of ordering a return to the school when a number of men appeared at one of the near-by corners. There were at least fifteen of them, and Gay saw ata glance that they were em- ployees of the local tannery. They hada rather unsavory reputation, and were gen- erally regarded as undesirable citizens. ~ A burly, ruffianly appearing man, whom the cadets recognized as Murphy—Patrick’s cousin—seemed to be their leader. He was armed with a thick club, which he shook vindictively at the invaders. ‘‘Whew! this looks like business,’’ ex- claimed Gay. .‘‘They evidently intend to help those cowards in the barn. We’ll have our hands full now.’ ‘‘Hadn’t we better retreat?’’ Sid- ney, dubiously. “Not much,’’? was the emphatic reply. ‘*Paul, skip back to the academy and collect all the reinforcements you can. Lively now! Tell the fellows we will be in the old smithy if things get too warm outside.’’ Just as young Wakeman started away a carriage came insight from the lane leading to the school. It was an ancient affair, and was drawn by a bony sorrel nag with great splay feet. “‘Golly! here comes Professor Gasse in his Christopher Columbus coach,’’ exclaimed Jack, with a grin. ‘‘He is just in time to see the fun.”’ ‘“‘Look out! M-m-men come f-f-fight!’’ cried Ko-ko, warningly. A hoarse shout sounded from in front, and the crowd of tanners advanced in a body. They were brawny men, and they presented ‘“‘Now is the *¢ Acad- asked a formidable appearance cudgels. the shape of a wedge, and at the and bade them collect all the mY matter | re- | | Others showed themselves in the vicinity of | the old barn used as a lounging-place by the | , c ' | tols in his belt, but on his plain: coat wore | no insignia that betokened what his rank 4885 with their stout Gay coolly ordered his force to assemble in word of command to make a combined rush at the enemy. He detached a half-dozen cadets} loose stones lying around the street. By that time Professor Gasse’s carriage had reached the vicinity of the little army. he teacher of chemistry reined up his sorry steed and called out in amazement: ‘‘Dashleigh, what does this mean? Why are you not at school where——’’ Just then half a brick hurtled through the air froni the upper. window of the old barn, and caught the horse upon the flank: Gal- vanized into sudden action, the frightened animal sprang forward. The unexpected jerk sent the professor tumbling backward through the rear opening of the hood. There was a snapping, rending sound, and the harness parted, freeing the horse from the carriage. Gay started forward. to catch the runaway, but Ko-ko had made an agile | spring, landing upon the animal’s neck. He clung there with might and main, and was carried squarely into the enemies’ ranks. (TO BE CONTINUED. ) > «> [This Story Will Not be Published in Book-Form.] THE QUAKER SPY. A TALE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ones se BY JASPER_W. WILDWOOD. (“THE QUAKER Spy” was commenced in No. 203, Back numbers can be obtained of all News Agents.) CHAPTER XII. THE YOUNG STRANGER OVERHEARS A PLOT. + T was nearly midnight when a young 4 8 rider, with a soldier’s cocked hat on ! his head and a blue military cloak > over his shoulders, rode up in front of r | the White Horse Tavern on Race street, and | called, in a shrill, boyish voice, for the hostler. He wore a sword and had a brace of pis- might be in the Continental Army. As the hostler came out, and with him the landlord, the youth dismounted, and said: ‘¢My steed has had a long, hard ride to- day. Rub him well and feed him with care, and thy usual fees shall be doubled.’’ - ‘*He shall be as good as new, and as lively asa colt in the morning,’’ said the hostler. ‘*Thou'lt have supper and a bed for thy- self?’? asked the landlord. ‘*Yes; let my supper be sent to my bed- room, for I am very weary,’’ said the youth. ‘‘What will you have? Cold meats, bread, beer, or wine?’’ ‘*Whatever may be handy. Send it quick- ly, for I would sleep soon. I must be called at daylight.’ ‘ the surrounding country that Wash- ington was once more able to pay his suffering troops, and that again he contemplated striking his British and Hes- sian foes. Many of his soldiers who had started for distant homes, came back, new ones enlisted, and when ready, next day, he crossed once more into New Jersey, with an army of four thousand men, and took post at Trenton. As soon as he crossed, Adab Slocomb and other faithful scouts were sent out to dis- cover the position and strength of the enemy, and soon Washington learned that Corn- wallis, with a much superior force, was at Princeton, but ten miles distant, and that he was receiving reinforcements, and evi- dently making ready to attack the Conti- nental forces. “: Adab, under the pretense of selling an old and badly spavined horse, managed to get completely within the lines of the enemy and learn its force and the nature of it, When he reported to General Washington that he had seen the artillery trains supplie with ammunition, and the provision’ trains loaded for the march, the general at once fell back to a strong position eastward of the town, where, with forty pieces of light artillery, he felt confident of keing able to hold his ground, if Cornwallis was not too strongly reinforced. The American force, one-half of which was undisciplined and poorly armed militia, now numbered five thousand, while the enemy was even yet stronger, composed entirely of well-drilled and vet- eran regulars. On the second of January, 1777, Cornwal- lis moved forward from Princeton, but hé was harassed in his march by light troops under Greene and Morgan, so that it was nearly sunset when he reached the front of Washington’s well-posted army. Now, under cover of a furious cannonade, he attempted to pass the bridge over the Assanpink Creek, and was to assai] Wash- ington in front, but he was met by showers of grape and canister, as well as with in- fantry and riflemen on the American, sidé, and his troops recoiled, with terrible loss. For nearly three hours the British genera continued the attack; but, repulsed 4 every point, he at last fell back and eu” camped, determined, with reinforcements; yet to come from Princeton, to renew thé attack in the morning. i He was so confident of success that he assured Sir William Erskine, who was with him, that he had his ‘‘fox’’ in covert, av would capture him in the morning. He set couriers back to Princeton to order thé troops remaining there to move up to bi support as early as possible the next mort” ing. But Washington was too cunning a fox be caught by such a poor hunter. With bis lines crowded with camp-fires, guards 1 full view, and every evidence of intention to remain and ‘‘fight it out on that liné, he was preparing to elude the foe in from attack his reserves in the rear, and, by a masterly piece of strategy, draw him pack from the route to Philadelphia, over a coud" try which he had already ravaged and rend- ered desolate. Heaven favored the American general, for, though the night opened soft and mil@s so that it was almost impossible to mov® the artillery over the yielding ground, a fore ten at night a cold north-west gale $@ in, the ground became bard, and at ml@ night the Continental Army was movi? swiftly toward Princeton, while the unsus pecting Cornwallis slept on a downy be near Trenton, dreaming of his fox-hunt on the morrow, ‘ He was awakened from his sleep at gun rise, not by the sbrill tones of “Vvankee Doodle?’ in his front, but by the thunder © artillery far away in-his rear, on the princ® ton road, ote Over a new and circuitous road Washing, ton had pressed through the darkness of hy stormy night, and just after dawn he fe 14 with the advance brigade of the ener moving up to reinforce Cornwallis at TY? ton. A terrible battle, literally hand to hands opened at once. Almost in the onsef t heroic General Mercer fell, sword in and bayoneted was left. for dead by enemy. \ Washington in person led. the Pennsy vania militia into action, and, expose every side, cheered them forward. Silent and grim, carrying a banner, no weapon, Adab Slocomb strode by side of the heroic leader, and heddless ° bullets which pierced his flag, careless 4g sword or bayonet, moved into the thic® pO a the ‘ ia ‘Down with that Yankee rag!’’ yelp gigantic dragoon, riding full upon 4 V and his forc@ ES %3 3 ee a ae == day chi Sirs GoonDpD NEWS. 4887 and making a sweep at his head with his gleaming sword, which Adab parried with the staff of his battle flag. - ‘*Down with thee, thou foul-mouthed ruffian!’’? cried Adab, and with his left hand he clutched the soldier by his sword-arm and tore him from his saddle, bringing him to the ground with a crash that literally _ drove the life out of his body. Washington saw it, and cried out: ‘‘Behold our brave standard-bearer! With- out a weapon he crushes the foes into the ' ground which they desecrate!’’ "Mercer had fallen, iF hs a, t bs _ not carry _ toward the Millstone River, a Bt On—on swept the tide of war. Though Knox, Haslet, Potter, Shippen, and many another noble spirit was left, and nothing could stem the overwhelm- ing patriot tide. ; The British broke and fled, leaving many - dead and wounded on the field, and the vic- tory of Princeton was complete. Quickly Washington destroyed all the stores and munitions of war which he could off, and then he resumed _ his march, for already Cornwallis was rushing back from Trenton to overwhelm him, while his forces were exhausted from marching and battle. The Fortieth and Fifty-fifth British Regi- ments, when broken and dispersed, fled in the very direction which Washington wished to take. _ There his march was also pursuit. Taking some prisoners, and gathering up deserted arms ne the hundred on the route, Washing- ton and his victorious army pressed on, un- til not a British soldier could be seen in front. In his rear, with all his force, Cornwallis was now pressing on, for he believed Wash- ington intended to strike for the royal stores ' left in New Brunswick. But the brave and careful chieftain knew a that his force was inadequate, and that he ' must hazard a general battle, with nymbers e and discipline against him, if he made the attempt. Making a bend to the left, taking the highlands toward the Delaware for his route, checking his pursuing foe from point to point, he moved on with very little loss, to secure quarters in the hills back of Morris- _ town. ’ in regard to selecting a name His bivouac was rough, and the Jerseymen from eyery side brought provision to the chief who was winning glory and the admi- ration of the world on their soil. And his victorious army, almost doubled Since his recent rapid and masterly move- ments, felt as if they were literally invinci- ble. They had discovered heroes among men whom they bad hardly noticed, they had ‘Seen British regulars recoil and fly before Yaw militia, they had seen the peace-loving Quaker, banner in hand, move as fearlessly Into the ranks of death as the bravest of their armed men. Washington was more than ever hopeful. Whether this hope was justified or not, we Shall see later. (TO BE CONTINUED.) NCTA A na, STRANGE TO US. __. In some countries curious customs prevail for the baby. _A Hindoo baby is named when it is twelve _ days old, and usually by the mother. Some- _ times the father wishes for another name he Tame, but than that selected by the mother; in that Case two lamps are placed over the two Names, and the name over which the lamp a the brighter is the one given to the ild. _ In the Egyptian family the parents choosa ~& name for their baby by lighting three Wax candles; to each of these they givea Name, one of the three always belonging to Some deified personage. The candle that urns the longest bestows the name upon the baby. The Mohammedans sometimes write de- Sirable names on five slips of paper and these they place in the Koran. The name oon the first slip drawn out is given to the child, . The children of the Ainos, a people living northern Japan, do not receive their ames until they are five years old. It is € father who then chooses the name by Which the child is afterward to be called. he Chinese give their boy babies a name addition to their surnames, and they Ust call themselves by these names until ey are twenty years old. At that age the ‘ather gives his son a new name. The hinese care so little for their girl abies that they do not give them a baby N just call them Number One, ‘umber Two, Number Three, Number Four, a so on, according to their birth. Boys 4°6 thought so much more of in China than whe are that, if you ask a Chinese father 0. has both a boy and a girl how many Children he has, he will always reply, ‘‘Only: Braud. rman parents sometimes change the Same of their baby if it is ill; and the Jap- meee are said to heeds the names of their ildren four times. | Ethel—« pia you buy that second-hand cle of a friend?”’ ‘eorge—‘‘ Well, I always considered him a ‘end till he sold me the ‘bike,’ ”’ ; : ON BOARD THE SCHOONER KITTIWAKE. pape: ONE GOOD TURN THAT ANOTHER. BY BE. A. CARR. coon ULL away, Walter, we’re not making : a bit of way; surely you’ve got J strength enough to move a little boat ac like this!?? ° ‘‘T tell you, I’m pulling like mad; come and take an oar yourself if you don’t believe me. This beastly current is running like a mill-race, and the wind is dead off shore, too.’? ‘‘T will take an oar; hand one over,”’ said the first speaker, settling himself on his seat as he spoke and planting his feet firm ly on a projecting rib of the boat. ‘*We shall have to chance shipping water, I sup- pose; I can’t pull and bail too.’’ For an instant or two the lads ceased their exertions, and cast anxious glances toward the shore, that showed like a low, brown sand bank beyond the long stretch of angry gray-green waters on their left. Once, in- deed, Walter Reeve glanced over his right shoulder, but the wide expanse of desolate sea made him turn back with a shudder. ‘*Now, look here, Walter,’’ said Harry Cavendish, hissworn chum and sole com- ip rade in this plight, ‘‘we’ve got to make the | shore somehow before the current carries us | past Haddon Point. If we don’t, we shall go right out to sea; now then, are you ready? Long, steady strokes, you know!’’ They started pulling together with little science, but with the strength of despera- | And meanwhile the sun sank lower in | tion. the west, great masses of purple clouds gathered overhead, and the wind grew even | times | a wave crest leaped on board with a sharp! fresher and more chill. Half a dozen thud, till the water was well over the lads’ boots, and still the oars dipped and flashed, | dipped and flashed again. At last young Cavendish tilted his blade high out of the water and straightened bis aching back. ‘>| the way don’t know much!’’ he exclaimed, | '«*They’ve got a notice on their front door carefully lowered a blue-uniformed figure , The lads | ran forward, but a mighty shout from) one of the men, who was facing seaward, | not a hundred! 1 ; my plained, ‘‘but our boat carried us out to sea, and we only came’ashore an hour or so ago. We’re all right, though. But what’s up, sir?”? The schoolmaster found his voice again. ‘“Thank Heaven, yon’re safe, my lads! I have been hunting for news of you every- where, and nearly all night. The officers were out last night after smugglers, and caught a confederate on shore, who ad- mitted that he showed a green light from - this very point to warn the rogues of dan- ger. That gave the excisemen a clew; the cutter’s crew have been exploring the caves below for contraband stores, and this young fellow is searching the ruins, and thinks there may be a cache in the old well over there. ‘*T was out before dawn looking for you, | and learned of the search to be made in this neighborhood, and came to hear if there were any news of you. I was really afraid the smugglers might have got hold of you!”’ “*Oh, I see,’’ said Cavendish; but Reeve was discreetly silent. A triumphant shout from rupted them. ‘*Hooray! a find at last—about seventy casks of French brandy! Haul up, you fel- lows!’’ and in a minute the exciseman re- below inter- |appeared above ground—a_boyish-looking young fellow, elated at his find. ‘‘It will mean promotion for me, sir!’’ he exclaimed, eagerly, turning to the school- ‘‘And to-night I shall show a red light on the beach below as a signal of safety, draw Captain Spray nicely into the net, and capture his boats’ crew, and _per- haps the Kittiwake besides!’’ ‘*Walter,’’)said Cavendish that evening, when he and his chum had been packed off early (much to their disgust) to the bed- room they shared, ‘‘somehow, I can’t bear to think of that Captain Spray being caught | —perhaps killed, if he makes a fight for it. He saved our lives, you know. Don’t you wish we could do him a good turn?’’ Reeve cordially acquiesced, but confessed that he was unequal to the emergency. ‘‘Look here,’’ Cavendish whispered, proudly, opening his book-cupboard and lifting up something from behind a row of | volumes. ‘A lantern!’ cried Reeve, im admiring amazement. Cavendish nodded, adding: ‘‘T say, give me that green silk tie of yours, will you? I got the gate-porter to lend me this.”’ Then the voices of the conspirators sank inte lower whispers than ever, and what was said history recordeth not, Certain it is that when the doctor made his nightly round at half-past eight. both Jads were snoring soundly—so soundly that the kind old man said, half-alond: ‘‘No wonder—they must be worn out, poor lads!”’ Certain it also is that next morning the chums appeared to breakfast as usual, Rane looking fairly fresh, but Cavendish limping | badly from a_ blistered heel, and generally | tired out. Further has this historian discovered that | an apple-tree stretched its branches tlose to the lads’ bedroom window: and that for some unknown reason Captain Spray, while the red light to tempt him on was shining brightly, suddenly put about without land- ing, set all sails and escaped—‘‘by the skin of his eye-teeth’’—the two cutters that were waiting to board him. Yet what connection could exist between the apple-tree and the smuggler? The mystery was never solved, for the Kittiwake, warned by her narrow escape, was seen no more on that coast: One last fact the faithful chronicler would record. At Admiral Reeve’s house last | Winter, when the young folk wanted a green | light for their theatricals, Mr. Cavendish, who was of the party, volunteered the sug- | gestion that ‘‘a piece of thin green silk, gummed across the lantern, would do very well.”’ \ And then he looked at his old chum, and both laughed heartily. ——_~_ 0 —___—_ NOT TO BE DECEIVED. SS eae ox The other afternoon Bob burst into the house in a state of high excitement. His hands and clothing »were smeared with a liberal amount of some sticky substance, and his face wore a glow of triumphant sat- isfaction. ‘*I say, mother; those new people across that says ‘Paint!’ ’’ ; ‘‘And you’ve been getting into it! You - ought to be ashamed of yourself!’’ said his mother, severely. ‘‘That notice was put up to warn people to keep away from it.’? ‘*Yes, I know,’’ persisted Bob, with the enthusiasm of a rightly rewarded scientific investigator; ‘‘but it wasn’t paint, and I knew it. It’s varnish!’ ——_ > +>. She (despaitingly)—‘‘My family was al- ways economical, and I am a living ex-' ample.’’ : cz e (sympathetic)—‘‘Indeed! How so?? She—‘‘I was born on Christmas Day, and birthday and Christmas presents have © always been combined.’’ SEVERE QUARTER” ISSUED WEEKLY. NEW YORK, MARCH 14, 1896. 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To obtain an appointment, apply to the Congressman of your district. You must wait, however, until you.are fifteen years of age. The phys- sical examination is very severe. A_thor- ough common school education is sufficient to fulfill the mental requirements. The course of study extends through six years, the first four being spent at the acad- emy, and the remaining two on board a cruising vessel. For full particulars, read Lieutenant Lounsberry’s article in No. 219 of GooD NEWS. ; You are slightly above the average 10 height. H. I. K., writes: “Please inforin me if they receive recruits in the United States Army- What qualifications do you need? What is the wages, ifany? If I can join will I have to go through an examination ?’ Certainly you can é6nlist in the army if you wish to do so, and can fulfill the require- ments. A candidate must be at least twenty- one years of age, and be in perfect physical condition. The examination in the latter respect is rather severe. The pay of a_pri- vate is thirteen dollars per month with ex- penses and clothing free. But I most strongly counsel you nof to enlist. It is about the last course that a boy of any ambition should adopt. There is very little chance of promotion and increased pay. The majority of the rank and file 0 the army are mere machines, forced to obey service expires, he is too old to learn a trade, has no money to enter into business, and must either ré-enlist or become @ drudge. If a young man can earna living at anything else, he would much better keep clear of the army; that is, as a common soldier, in times of peace. B. F. C., Chicago Heights, 1., writes: “would you please answer the following in ‘Short Talks with the Boys? I am 20 years of ages 5 feet 116 inches tall, and weigh about 16? pounds. I work nights in a screw factory heres 114 hours a night. tive nights a week, but don’t like the work—it is too confining ant tiresome, and I want your advice about a rail- way brakeman. I would like a railroad man’s life. How old would I have to be?” I think very likely that a brakeman’s life would be much better for you than thé work in which you are now engaged. You ought to be able, with your physique, 1 obtain such a position without any very great difficulty. ” To become a brakeman on a freight tral, apply to the freight superintendent of some railroad. If you wish to get on a passenge! train, go to the general superintendent 0 passenger agent. Chicago is such a great railway centre that you could not be in 4 better place to obtain what you desire. New hands are usually tried on extra runs: and are paid from a dollar and a quarter a dollar anda half a day for the actué time they work. When they have learné the business, and there is a vacancy, thé are employed regularly at a salary ranging from forty to sixty dollars a month. The work is by no means unpleasant, the only drawback being what might be called ‘tout up time;’’? that is, many brakeme? are employed different hours on differe? bg rakemen are in, line of promotion to col” ductorships, which are well paying and T@ sponsible situations. SpecraL Notice.—Many communication improperly addressed to this departme®™ are answered in the ‘‘ Mail Bag.’’ Oe HOW TO KEEP WARM. Deep and forced respirations, says a se rr cian, will keep the entire body in a glow } the coldest weather, no matter how thi? Fi one may be clad. He was himself half-frozen to death 4 night, and began taking deep breaths gn keeping the air in his lungs as long as pony ble. The result was that he was thoroug? comfortable in a few minutes. d The deep respirations stimulate the bloc, current by direct muscular exertion, 4ed cause the entire system to become perv4 with the rapidly generated heat. I should like to know how can @ as others order. When the soldier’s term of ° Z or =< a! 2 = Aw Ss SS wee se a 10 d i- y ea ae a idl GOooD NEWS. (This Story Will Not be Published in Book-Form. THE LOST OPAL OF MYSORE; OR, ike: wow ror. CAD Ee eo Cer ATS. BY WILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDON, Author of “In Barracks and Wigwam,” {THK LOsT OPAL OF | | CHAPTER III. UNWELCOME VISITORS. HE fugitives realized at once that they had entered a part of the rajah’s menagerie. den of some wild beast. Again the angry snarl was heard, blended with a queer, Clanking noise. ‘‘We must get out of this,’’ exclaimed Myles, in trembling tones. ‘‘You’re in the Way, Jack. Move aside, quick!”’ “Stop, lad,’’ Pink sternly “Don’t open the door, the creature is chained. P whispered. “The While King of Africa,” MYSORE” *Jungles and Traitors,” ele. was commenced last week.]| ‘‘Spare my father, sahib,’’ he implored. ‘‘Your father?’’ Pink nk, > gasped seeing ¢ | gleam of hope in the discovery. } ‘‘On my head be misfortune, Motee Mal; tossing up his ‘‘Sahibs, youareall lost. Alas, that my first The cell was really the] born should perish by the tulwar.’’ | : | He pushed on through a | corridors } to the rear the ‘*This way,’’ he muttered, snatching the ; lamp from Pink and dashing into the side corridor from which he had come. He ran turned so was difficult to stick at his heels. clamor of at such a pace and that it Far the soldiery rose and fell and died away in silence. But Motee Mal did not lessen his speed. maze of narrow , where the walls were damp and slimy, and the air was tainted with evil ; smells. His knowledge of the labyrinth was un erring, and finally he paused before a | rusted iron door. He pressed a knob and the | From the black darkness | tumult wailed | arms in despair. | door opened slow ly on creaking hinge 8. beyond a_ hoarse was borne in on a wave of fresh air ‘'Y onder the garden,’’ whispered Motee Mal. ‘‘I can aid you no further. If 1) ye may slip through the fort lies » are quick ress gates before the alarm is given Re ‘‘Plead with ’im lad,’’ Pink whispered to} member your oaths, sahibs, and may Myles. ‘‘There’s: some chance if ’e don’t} Brahma guide you.”’ know of this private affair of the rajah’s;| The door grated shut, and the fugitives otherwise ’e’]l be torn apart before ’e’ll let| were on the outer side amid a dense coppice me escape. Quick, or I’ll ’ave to use the|of shrubbery. Crawling through this they spear.’’ ‘*The tall sahib is the prisoner of his bigh | stood erect and found themselves near the | lower end of the tank. many angles | 4889S nook alongside the wall, screened by thick shrubbery. He began by questioning Myles about the affairs at the residency and quickly learned that Pershad Jung was in charge during the absence of Colonel Teversham and his secretary. ‘‘That makes this ‘ere mission of mine a little easier,’’ he deciared. ‘‘The night’s young yet, so I’ll ’ave time to spin the yarn if I make it short. What would you say if I told you a revolution was ready to burst on Mysore?”’ Myles and Jack fairly gasped for breath, and Paltu opened eyes and mouth wide. ‘‘Impossible!’’ cried Myles. ‘‘I can’t lieve it. You must be od ‘*Crazy, eh?’’ interrupted Pink. be- ‘*But Um not, lad. This ’ere statement is gospel truth and I’ll prove it.. In the first place you’ll believe me when I say that a couple of the rajah’s ugly soldiers kidnaped me from the cantonment gate the other night. You’ve ’ad evidence of that.’’ The boys nodded. Already they were be- coming credulous. ‘“‘Well,’’ resumed Pink, ‘‘the rascals drugged me, and the next thing I knew | was in a magnificent room in the palace, | and there was the rajah and a lot of Hindoo traitors, mostly officers Our lives depend on Silence.’ Myles obeyed, and a few seconds of fearful Suspense slipped by. he dungeon was twelve feet long, and far up in ® rear wall was a stating what probably pened ‘on the back arden of the palace. hrough the bars fil Sred a dusky beam of ght, showing the un “Outh form of the beast squatted in the middle % the floor. Its eyes Were two balls of fire. Nearer and _ nearer “ame the noisy tread of 48 rajah’s soldiers The animal snarled in fssantly, as though bent on betraying the truders. “If this keeps up we {re lost,’? muttered Jack “Dll fix Blied Pink. ™he enough. ’’ @ stepped forward, “Nd the beast sprang to ' Send of its chain to joe him. Then, by the m light, Pink drove 7im,’’ re- ‘¢*There’s the Spear deep into the awny breast, and the smal rolled over in Bet throes of death. fore it could utter gre than a wail or two &ck’s tulwar nearly Vered yoy: Well struck, lad!’’ ispered Pink. ‘‘Ah! ® they come. Not a Mnd, for your lives!” ay he danger had been its head from ay ted just in time. i rady the gleam of " Ches was flashing mine the cell door. ang boistérous speech %e tread the guards Mn PY: ‘The: sound ong from farther and Was er away until it Luly a dim echo. y,; OW is our chance,’’ fi, sPered Myles, ‘‘no ne to lose.’? Pink ait a bit,” said the » Stepping toward of the Mysore regiment The rajah talked to me in good English. First ’e begged my pardon for carrying me off. Then ’e said I was a braye fellow and ’e’d taken a shine to me be- cause I saved ’is life. "EK asked me would I like to command is army and ’ave lots of money and jewels. Well, I sort of let on I was willing, because 1 want- ed to discover what ’e was driving at. So pretty soon I ’ooked ’im and the whole plot come out. I tell you I was scared. I’ad’ard work to keep cool——”’ *‘And what was the plot??? interrupted Myles. **As near as I can re- member, it was like this,’’ replied Pink. ‘‘It starts a couple of ’un dred years back. In those days the Hindoo rulers of Mysore—the ancestors of this ’ere rajah—’ad & big family jewel. They called it the magic opal, and as tong as the rajah wore it on ’is turban no enemy could overthrow ’im. In 1760 a Moham- medan named Hyder Ali got hold of the opal somehow or other and became the ruler of My sore. ’Is son, Tippoo Sahib, ¢ame after ’im, and as the opal was no good for Mahamme dans, Tippoo was knocked out by the English in 1799.’’ ‘‘That was the battle of Seringapatam,’’ said Jack. ‘¢‘Exactly,’’ assented Pink, ‘‘and before the battle Tippoo Sahib ’id the opal and a lot of treasure in some secret place. Tippoo was killed, and the old Hin- doo family went back to the throne under a British protectorate. Ever since the people of Mysore ’ave been Tear of the Cell. by ty Wwe can’t get out dq © grating,’’ he bj &d. “It’s too narrow. Say, this ’un’s the eRest leopard I ever saw.”’ Vlieg a good thing it was chained,’’ re- Jack, ‘‘Come on quick.’’ Mstant later the fuitives were in the thy, °F, and moving through the darkness thy rd the staircase. For fear of missing | the lan. they presently ventured to relight Gn up. » i here's o tas td Pink n Porn. nly a minute or so to spare,’’ a) . ‘*It won’t take those ’eathen ty e § long to crawl over the rubbish into | hig, ®ll and find it empty. Then won’t they | (EP a rumpus!”’ Whi ark! they’re pulling the stones down,’’ & red Jack. tiny Sre’s the stairway just ahead,’’’ cheer- Bring Plicd Myles. ‘‘If we can’t find the wh Bivuct oe the panel to splinters and | hast ¢rice ended in a gasp of fright, for €n the burly figure of Motee Mal | } gece out of a cross-corridor. The Hindoo or d Y recognized the party, and the hor- Wey “Picted on his face was something | Pink }; dug Piplitted his spear for a deadly thrust, | alty caught the weapon just in time. ‘*BE QUIET, OLD FELLOW,’’ MYLES BREATHED, SOFTLY. ness,’? resumed the Hindoo. ‘‘Him I must seize, but the others I will aid if there be ; | DUWeras— ‘‘ Never,’’ exclaimed Jack, fiercely. ‘‘Save all or none. We won’t escape without Pink.’’ ‘*Help us, Motee Mal, for Paltu’s sake,’ implored Myles. resident? Be quick or the guards will come.’? | Paltu threw himself beseechingly at voices was heard in the distance. Motee Mal tore his bair in a frenzy of re- morse. his | | parent’s feet, and just then a burst of angry | ‘‘Brahma, forgive me!’’ -he cried. ‘‘I| am accursed among men. Yet surely [| must be faithful to my vow of gratitude, even at the risk of my head.’’ >| may slip out ‘*Have you no fear of the | ) ‘WE'RE IN DANGER.’ The fire was under control, but t streams were still playing on the smoldering looking for that opal, and ’oping it would come back to put an two | end to the British rule. Mind you, the Eng- lish know vothing about it, and never did. ruins of the explosion. A noisy crowd looked} But the tradition ’as been ’anded down curiously on. ‘‘There goes an engine, ”’ behind it. stand the chances of being recognized. another minute if may be too late.”’ said Pink. ‘‘We In They hurried across the garden, and over- | “ 7 ’ anong the natives to this day, and every man jack of them is ready for revolt as soon Come on, I must | as they know the opal is in the rajah’s tur- iban. The rajah would never ’ave told me | the secret if I ’adn’t:fooled ’im into it. "E said that Mysore would ’ave mutinied in took the engine just as it was rolling through | 1857 like the other natives if the opal ’ad the main gate. The sentries paid no atten- tion, and a moment later the fugitives were | out in the street. ‘*Where now?’’ five minutes older the rajah asked Pink. ‘‘ Before we’re | spies 7unting the town for me.’’ He glanced at Myles and Paltu, indicating | that the latter’s in his mind. ‘“Swear by the holy Ganges, sahibs,’’ he | added, quickly, ‘‘that ye let no word of what I am about to do come to. the rajah’s ear's.”’ Withoutrhesitation the fugitives took the required oath. Motee Mal scanned each face, and was apparently satisfied of their sincer- ity. rescue from the tank was | ‘This will let us into the rear garden of the residency,’’ replied Myles, holding up the key. ‘Just the place,’’ exclaimed Pink. ‘‘Move faster, lads, and don’t run‘ against any one if you can ’elp it.’’ The latter precaution was difficult, since | by |convineed that Pink’s story was true, and many people were astir. However, the fugi- tives gained the English church without at- | tracting attention, and a little later they entered the residency grounds. Pink made his companions sit down in a’ will ’ave ’is | been found then-——’’ ; ‘‘And you don’t mean to say it’s been found now?’’ cried Myles, excitedly. ‘*As good as found,’’ declared Pink. ‘‘A day or two ago the rajah discovered an old document under the palace. It was written by Tippoo Sahib, and tells the ’iding place of the treasure and the opal stone. It’s miles | off, though, and they ’aven t gone after it yet. But the rajah’s spies are spreading the news among the people, and telling them to be ready.’’ The boys were by this time thoroughly their horror and amazement be better imagined than described. Even Paltu seemed impressed by the won- derful news. can 4890 GOOD ‘*Do you know where the stone is hiaden?’’ asked Jack, after a pause. ‘‘Wait a bit till I finish my story,’’ replied Pink. ‘‘You see there was a clause to this letter of Tippoo Sahib’s saying that the opal must be dug up by an Englishman or its power would be gone. To cut matters short, that’s what the rajah wanted with me. f eught to ’ave parleyed with ’im, but instead of that 1 was fool enough to say no outright. Just then Pershad Jung came into the room } —at least that’s what they called ’im—and | ’"E pitched into | ’e flew into a terrible rage. the rajah for blowing the plot, and the rajah got mad and pitched into ’im. Pershad Jung said I couldn’t be trusted, and I’d ’ave to lose my ’ead. They talked in Hindoo- stanee, and I took good care not to let them know I ’ad picked up the lingo when I was stationed at Calcutta. By and by they got cooled down and let out where the opal was id and ’ow to get it. LTalways’ad a good memory, and you bet I made use of it. Then the guards ran me down to the dun geon and told me my ’ead was to be cut off at the second sunrise, meaning to-morrow morning. And it’s owing to you chaps that P’mout of that scrape.”’ Pink drew a long breath and wiped the} perspiration from his face. ‘*Something must be done at once,’’ ex- claimed Myles excitedly. ‘‘We can telegraph to the resident and alarm the canton- ments——’’ ‘Not a bit of it, lad,’’ interrupted Pink. ‘ Mogul Mir, a one-time native | officer of a Sepoy regiment, but now a sou- | badar major of the rajah’s body-guard. | From force of custom he still wore a scarlet | shell-jacket and braided trousers. His twisted black mustache drooped over his mouth like a pair of buffalo horns. He had lost his nose by a sabre stroke from a Ghazi’ fanatic in the Punjab, and this mutilation lent him a truly satanic aspect. He was noted for cold-blooded cruelty and reckless courage. His companion was one of the sentries | from the fortress gate, and Myles well re- membered brushing against him on the way out. For a moment this precious pair of rascals stood in silence as they peered keenly about thein. ‘*] can scarce credit your tale, Baboo “*Tt were past belief had we not found the gate open.’’ ‘*By Brahma! I speak true,’’ answered the other. ‘‘I knew the fellow for the rajah’s prisoner when he slipped by me with the young sahibs. I would have seized him but for the risk. So I crept behind the party and saw them enter the garden. Then Treturned in haste.’’ ‘*Perdition on the Feringhee dog!’’ growled the soubadar. ‘‘Had the escape been known a little sooner he would never have left the fortress. Perchance he is con- cealed in the residency, and if so we shall have him. It is certain that he has given no alarm as yet at the barracks.’ ‘‘Should he venture near there our spies will surely slay him,’ replied the souba dar’s companion. Mogul Mir knit his brows in perplexity foy an instant. ‘*Remain here, Baboo Sing, while I has- ten to the palace,’’ he said. ‘‘Pershad Jun and his highness are in consultation, and must report to them at once.’’ With this the soubadar slipped out of the gate, and he had. scarcely vanished when the mastiff uttered a muffled growl. Baboo Sing started and then strode rapidly forward. Jt was a critical moment, for Triscott and Jack had thrown their weapons away when they parted from Motee Mal. But Lassa settled the matter by tearing loose from Myles and springing upon the enemy with a ferocious snarl. Baboo Sing fell backward, struggling and kicking. He could make no loud outcry, for his wind- pipe was half closed by the pressure of the dog’s teeth. Pink was on his feet like a flash. ‘* Attend to that fellow,’’ he cried. ‘‘Save is life if you can. I’ve got other work cut out for me.’’ Close by stood a row of potted plants. Foreseeing what would happen, Pink grabbed one of the pots, shook it empty, and quickly ensconced himself against the wall at one side of the gate. All this occurred in less time than it takes to tell, and the next instant Mogul Mir, having heard the dog’s outcry, reappeared at the gate, drawn sword in hand. He was scarcely inside. when Pink brought the earthen pot down on his head with terrific force. The soubadar fell like a log amid a shower of broken crockery, and before his stunned senses could revive Pink bound and gagged him with his own equipments, and dragged him into a clump of shrubbery. Meanwhile the three boys had. shown themselves equal to the emergency by sepa- rating the mastiff and his victim and over- powering the latter. Baboo Sing’s throat was lacerated in a painful but not serious manner. Luckily for,the fellow Lassa had been trained to capture without killing. ‘‘If you make a sound I’1l put the dog on you again,’’ said Myles, in a stern whisper. This warning was needless, for the pris- oner was half suffocated and found it hard work to breathe. Lassa stood silently watch- me him. Just then Pink arrived, full of praise for the clever work of his companions. Nor had the capture of Mogul Mir been unnoticed by the lads. NEWS. Se Me soubadar. His captors mercifully put a bandage on his bleeding throat, and made } sure that the gag was loose enough for free | breathing. ‘“There’s two dirty traitors out of our way,’’ muttered Pink, ‘‘and ’ere they’ll lie till morning. You ’eard what they said, lads? Perhaps Jung is'still at the palace, so right now is our chance.’’ ‘*J’]l have all the supplies here in ten min- utes,’’ replied Myles, as he drew his com- panions out of earshot of the prisoners, ‘‘and then for the horses, which won’t be so easy. Jhansi and three other Hindoos always sleep at the stables.’’ ‘*Do you suppose they went to the fire?’’ asked Jack. ‘‘No, indeed,’’? assured Myles, wouldn’t dare leave the grounds.’’ ‘*We’ll find a way to manage,’’ said Pink; ‘‘99 on, lad, and be quick. Jack and I will attend to the dog.”’ Myles and Paltu at once departed on their errand. It was a fortunate circumstance that Myles shouJd have come out by a rear door when he went in after the key to the wicket gate early in the evening. The door was still open, and the boys entered without; discovery. In their shoeless feet they mounted the back staircase. By this time the fire and its excitement were over, and most of the household ser- vants were asleep. Myles knew every nook and corner of the big residency, and in three trips he and Paltu brought out a heap of stuff that made Pink’s eyes glisten. The assortment comprised four light-weight re- peating rifles, four revolvers, four cartridge belts stuffed with shells for both weapons, two coils of hemp rope, two pairs of blank- ets and sola topees(sun helmets), and riding boots for all of the party. ‘“‘The spades are at the stables,’’ said Myles. ‘‘lcan’t get anything to eat, though. The kitmutgar is awake and he has the store-room keys.’’ ‘*You’ve got quite enough,’’ replied Pink. ‘‘I couldn’t ’ave asked for a better outfit. We'll forage for provisions on the way. And now load up, comrades.’’ The articles were distributed, and _ the lit- tle party were soon equipped for the jour- ney. Paltu stubbornly refused to wear either helmet or boots, and hid them in the shrub- bery with the cast-off shoes and caps of his companions. He probably knew best, for the soles of his feet were hard as stone, and he was proof against the fierce rays of the sun. Now came the most delicate part of the enterprise, and everything depended upon its suecess. Myles softly led the way to the stables, which, it will be remembered, lay on’ oné side of the grounds. They were never guarded at night, since Lassa’s presence in the garden was considered a sufficient pro- tection. A. careful reconnoissance revealed the fact that Jhansi and the three other attendants were asleep in their quarters at the end of the buildings nearest the big gates. All was sillent, and a couple of lanterns shed a light on the scone. Bidding his’ companions wait, Myles en- tered a room under the sleeping apartments and came 6ut a moment later with a bunch of keys in his hand. . ‘* All right,’’ he whispered, ‘‘the worst is over. We must lead the horses out by the wicket gate. The big gates creak too loudly. This way now.”’ Taking a lantern down from the wall he hurried along the narrow court. He stopped within tvventy feet of the far end of the stables and listened keenly for an instant. Then with the bunch of keys he opened two adjoining doors. ‘‘Here we are,’’? he whispered. ‘You won’t find these animals much on looks, but they’ve all made a record for speed and dis- tance.’’ On Pink devolved the selection. From the six horses that occupied the two compart- ments he quickly chose four—a big gray mare for himself, two black chargers for Myles and Jack, and for Paltu a rusty little Afghan pony, which Myles declared was equal to the others in speed and endurance. The steeds passively submitted to saddling and bridling and were led quietly into the court. Rope, blankets, and rations of feed were stuffed into the, saddle-bags. Then Myles closed the doors and slipped away in the gloom. He was back a moment. later with a pair of spades. , ‘*No one is awake,’’ he reported. ‘‘I put the keys and the lantern in their places.’ ‘‘Good,’’?’ commented Pink. ‘‘We’re in luck, sure. The next step is easier. Softly, my beauties,’’ he added as he led a_ pair of ‘the horses forward. Myles and Jack followed with the other two, and their hearts seemed to leap into their throats at every crunch of the hoofs on the graveled walk. When the spongy turf was reached all stopped to listen. Hearing no alarm they pushed silently on. At a distance of thirty yards from the wicket gate another halt was called by Pink, sey ‘*they leave,’’ he whispered. ‘‘Wait ’ere till I go and drag them deeper into the shrubbery.’ He lingered a moment to stuff, the spades a, into the gray mare’s sdddle-bags. hen he turned his two horses over to Myles In a trice Baboo Sing was bound and gagged and hauled alongside the unconscious and swiftly vanished. Several minutes passed in profound silence. ' don’t want those rascals to see us | ‘ : The steeds gently pawed the grass, as though impatient to be off ata gallop. Lassa pranced around them, wagging his tail. Another minute and then suddenly out of the darkness. The boys felt instinctively that his. quick return meawl bad news. ‘*What'’s wrong?’ asked Jack. oners haven’t escaped?’’ ‘‘But they ’ave,’’ replied Pink, hoarsely, ‘‘and there an’t a trace to tell ’ow long they’ve been gone. slipped ’is bonds and untied the soubadar. ‘*Oan they be hiding in the grounds?’ said Myles. ‘Not a bit of it, lad. straight for the palace. And as like as no they’ve ’ad time to get back ’ere with 4 band of cut-throats. But we'll risk it, lads: Quick! don’t lose a second.”’ The boys showed no fear in the face of such a deadly peril. ‘«The pris- into the narrow grounds und church. ‘“Go back, Lassa,’’ Myles whispered sternly, and the dog instantly obeyed. ‘‘No alarm yet,’’ said Pink, leaping upo? the gray mare. ‘‘We’ll make it.’’ His companions mounted as quickly, and all four turned their steeds toward the broa! thoroughfare avenue on the right. They tacitly chose tbh® way in preference to the thickly-populaté street to the left. Side by side they rode slowly on, looking and listening for dangel When the avenue was nearly reached Pill spurred his horse a yard or two in advance ct the others, and turning partly around the saddle he held up a warning hand. ‘if ‘*Be ready for a dash,’’ he whispered. ~ think I ’ear footsteps coming down th® street.’’ Pink’s ears had not deceived him. At that very instant a dark, bulky figure sprang from out the clustered shadows at the corn of the English church, an‘ as he confront the party they identified the sleek fat fea- | tures of Pershad Jung. The recognition was mutual, though the villainous Prime Minister had the advantag of being prepared for it. Up went his lé hand, clutching the bridle of the gray maté and forcing the animal back on its haunch@® With his other band he lifted a gleaming tulwar and aimed a fearful blow at the rider. Pink swung himself to the opposite side with the agility of a Commanche India® Indeed, he very nearly went head first out B : of the saddle. But the act saved his life. Luckily for gray mare’s ribs the tulwar was intercep t «§ £hii= Pink stalked | Baboo Sing must ’av@ I'll bet they cub At reckless speed the | horses were led to the wicket gate and oul @ betweel 7 he ted oe — = ? ere wh me bea We’ Wa’ riex of t 6 4c Tesy the Stra ; M forr ing hi Way twit lett - juns Mai by the handle of one of the spades that pl ie truded from the saddle-bags. The blade deeply into the hard wood and stuck fast. Pershad Jung wasted a precious momé by trying to extricate the weapon. This 60 Pink’s opportunity, and he was quick 6 seize it. He straightened up in the sadd a whipped a revolver from his belt, and § out his good right arm. : With a dull crash Pershad Jung’s a head and the stock of the pistol . 4 together, and the next instant the Pr Minister was a limp and groaning hea the ground. * , All this occurred in 1i2¢ and before the startled boys could real) that the danger was over they saw the mare dash forward and heard Pink’s S$) command to ‘dig spurs.’? fs There was a clatter and whirl of bo” and the meattlesome steeds whizzed b prostrate body of the would-be assast ne Just in time, too; for half a seore OF stb rajah’s body-guard, armed to the teeth Wat steel, now arrived tardily on the spot. od- the number was Mogul Mir, with a bl? stained bandage about his head. med But the ruffians could only stare in ba¥ |. rage at the receding horsemen. Pursuit af useless, and they dared not rouse the. % by a discharge of fire-arms, The soud® major clapped his hand on his rifle and 8¥™ an awful oath of vengeance, ang: ‘‘We shall meet again, accursed Fel “idle hee dogs,’’ he hissed; ‘‘and Brahma him shall not save you then.’’ ‘ j were gallopite me T Meantime the fugitives down the broad, deserted avenue, past ©. pounds and gardens. and detached bum lows where English wives and childre” ° sleeping peacefulJy, ignorant of the treachery that was rife in the court 0 sore. jong: The horses, having been stabled ove!" aid were almost beyond constraint. They Py¢- little heed to bit or bridle. Paltu’s wily osS: ghan pony kept well abreast of the "pink All of the ‘party were good riders, but ~ pis was more at home in the saddle thav Cae feet, having formerly belonged: to a C4%" — regiment. y9 pe 11] keep this ’ere little mementos var exclaimed, as he tore Pershad Jung’s oe j loose from the spade handle and thrive into one of the saddle-bags. ‘‘I may, p chance to give it back to its owner wit terest.’’ ~< The boys shuddered. meaving of the night’s adventures ginning to dawn upon them. They W@ ge vaguely what the end of this thrill?? — ploit would be. ‘*Will they pursue us??? glancing behind. \ ; ‘‘Wndoubtedly, lad,’’? Pink replied: fer The true and Spe: asked My’ was Fy : 844 a few brief seconds: ra the J jy. | pada | war. on dé ef Je5: 4 ft 4 o ‘d luck that we should ’ave been discov- ed, because the rajah will see through the | hole affair, and ’e’ll ’ave ’is fleetest ’orse- us double quick. at them, that’s all. It’s a long race, but We'll come in ahead if we don’t miss the} ay. Once we reach old Tippoo Sahib’s bar- | Tier we can snap our fingers at a thousand the ugly ’eatlens.”’ : ‘What do you mean?’’ queried Jack. ' **You’ll know if you live long enough,’’ | sponded Pink, mysteriously. ‘‘Ah! ’ere’s e end of the town. Now, which is the straightest road to the north-west?’’ Myles was fortunately able to give the in- Ormation, and the fugitives were soon rid- | ing swiftly along a narrow and a level high- Behind them the lights of Mysore | inkled fainter and fainter. To right and | 4eft the pale moon shone on patches cf dense ‘Jungle and fields of wheat, sugar-cane, and Maize. ' Now and then a village was passed through, emingly deserted except by the pariah ogs that ran out to snap at the horsemen. “Eivery nigger between ’ere and the Ghants Yould be watching for’us with matchlocks | d spears if they knew what we were com- Ing after,’’ said Pink, ‘‘but we’re all right 88 long as we keep ahead of the rajah’s mes- ngers.’’ ‘Ninety miles is a stiff stretch for the rses,’’ remarked Jack, dubiously. ‘‘They’re good for it,’’ declared Myles. ‘No doubt, lad,’’ admitted Pink, ‘‘but *re not going to overtax them or our- | ves. At the pace we’re making now we} n afford to snatch an hour or so of sleep | “bout daylight and forage around for a| eaktast. I know that we’re all hungry, | d—'ullo! that moon’s in the wrong quar- | , surely. ’Ave we blundered?’’ yles frantically pulled up his horse. ‘We’re traveling due west,’’ he cried. | Th that dark bit of jungle this side of the | We’ve got to| COT {[ This Story Will Not Be Published in Book-Form. } | NEKA, KING OF FIRE: A Mystery of the Variety Stage BY MANAGER ‘HENRY ABBOTT, Author of ‘A Footlight Favorite.” erence (“NEKA, KING OF FIRE,’ was commenced in No. 295. Back numbers can be obtained of all News Agents.) - CHAPTER XXXIV. DANIEL BAMBO IS STUBBORN. EN Neka entered the jail at Ithaca it was with the firm deter- mination to make Daniel Bambo 47 8 That his former taskmaster knew all he | now felt certain, for Hank Maul] had had no | object: in telling anght but the truth, for | his release from custody depended upon the | aid given to the young Fire King. | When Neka faced Bambo the _ ex-circus manager and fakir scowled viciously at him. ‘* | don’t see why yer can’t leave me alone!’ he snarled. ‘*Bambo, I have come to have it out with you,’’? said Neka, quietly, but firmly. ‘‘I want you to make a full confession.’’ ‘*An’t got anythin’ to confess.’’ ‘*But you have, and it is folly to beat about the bush,”’ ‘‘All right—if you know better’n' I do why do you come here??? ‘*) want you to reveal the past—to tell me NEWS. In the meantime the trials of Bambo and Maul were postponed for three weeks. From Ithaca the Neka-Wadsworth Spe- | cialty company went to Binghamton and {then to Carbondale, Pittston, and Wilkes- | barre. These stops occupied a week and a | half, and during that time Neka had hard | | work to do his turn at each performance, so | | anxious was he to hear from Peter Rum ley, | | the detective who was working on the case. | Rumley wrote to Neka at the end of the | second week that he had traced matters to | |Cambron, the very place where Neka had | saved Mary Breston from being burned to death. He had learned that Daniel Bambo | had been in the neighborhood on some pri- vate business and strongly suspected it was in connection with Neka’s unknown sister. Another week passed and again the trials | of Bambo and Maul were postponed. 'to say, Daniel | ever. ‘*T°]] tell all on one condition,’’ he said to the detective once. ‘‘That is that | Bambo was as stubborn as ing.’ This offer made Neka angry. ‘*He won’t get a cent out of os ‘*T?]] remain an unknown till I die consent to any such*’arrangement.’’ And there the matter rested until several startling things occurred which changed the whole course of Neka’s life. 1e said CHAPTER XXXV. NEKA SHOWS HIS BRAVERY. =\ROM Wilkesbarre the company pro- 1 ceeded to Allentown and then to | of Easton, and from that point visited -~©* \several cities in New Jersey. Finally they struck Trenton, and here it was that Neka came close to losing his life. ; Maul : chaffed under the confinement, but strange | be let | tell all he knew concerning his | free and given a thousand dollars for speak- | earlier history, and where to find his sister, | vefore | | t village the road forked, and we took | all you learned from Mrs. Gilderoy and old © wrong turn. It was all my fault. [| Jerry Brown.’’ ; Ould have known better.’’ | At the mention of the two names Daniel ‘The spot was a gloomy one,’’ replied | Bambo started. Then he settled back and k. No one is more to blame than | drew up his lips. ; her, We can’t cut across country, so | ‘CYou -are in a bad hole, Bambo, 7 went “te goes for the only remedy,’’ | on Neka, ‘‘and unless you do all you can to He wheeled his horse around, applied the | right matters, it will go mighty hard with pur, and led his companions back along| YOU. — tear "he road at afurious gallop. They hadblun-| ‘‘Maybe it will. ae Oe . 8red at least two miles out of the proper| ‘‘I know it will. Abduction is no light urse, and as every minute thus lost was of | offense, ‘to say nothing of your other imable value the possibly fatal result | CT/mes. he mistake was easily foreseen. | 4 Not a word was spoken during that mad| ‘‘I can easily do that. 1 . Pink’s grave and rigid face was in-| confessed, and will give all the evidence table to his companions, and frightened ' against you that is necessary. in more than the thought of the danger. |, ‘‘Hank confessed!’’ Daniel Bambo started © gallant horses were given full rein, | back as if shot. ‘‘E don’t believe it. atter a space of time that seemed hours| ‘‘He has though. is istead of minutes they galloped into the | to get my sister’s address from you,’’ added ®lcome and familiar belt of jungle. With | Neka. ; eat difficulty they were checked at the | Had someho ly struck Bambo in the face y visible fork of the road. he would not’have been more astonished, the dust-covered riders wiped the vesk-| He fell back and became deadly pale. } perspiration from their faces with trem- | Then with a mighty effort he collected him- us hands that which they had dreaded | self. ie a reality. In the direction of the, ‘‘I never knew you had a fe a horde of barking curs woke the ) faltered. — es. The shrill clamor died away, and| ‘‘You lie, Daniel Bambo. You do know, Succeeded by a more ominous sound that | and I want you to give me her address in- ily grew on the night air—the dull | stantly.’ ’ sister,’’ he mp | clump! of horses’ hoofs. | Daniel Bambo drew along breath. Then » Thal ieee co ) he shrugged his shoulders. (TO BE, CONTINUED.) *\\Neka, I’ve had a dickens of a time with or eek eee a | you, and it looks like I have lost. But you HOW NATURE MAKES SILVER. sha’n’t git the best o’ me. I won’t tell you a aN Ae | thing. Now git right out.’’ 2 i =26 process by which Nature fomms her . .°r mines is very interesting. It,;must be ,.Smbered that the earth’s crust is full of ,_ er, which percolates every where through : : speak. — | } Ocks, making solutions of elements ob-| PBut he held back, while his face took on a Sd from them. These solutions ‘take ‘up | : : : | look of deepest scorn, Particles of precious metal which they | «Rambo. do you know what your refusal here and there. beschesbhe itt A Metimes the solutions in question are | “wan can’t prove anything !’’ howled the ne. water having got so far down as to | gormer proprietor of the circus. ‘Now I oiling by the internal heat of the| gon*t want to talk any more. Is Hank Maul bi Then they rush upward, picking up| jy jail?’? he added, suddenly. its of metal as they go. Naturally,| +> NOT AFRAID OF BURGLARS. A short time ago a gentleman, whose sis- ter was staying with him, came in late from a party, and was surprised beyond measure on observing a white figure prowling about the back of the house. On going to investi- gate, he discovered his sister standing out- side the back door with a.cocked revolver in her hand. As she *was explaining to him that there was a burglar within, the door opened, and a man emerged carrying a sack over his shoulders. The man, the girl, and the revolver speedily mada him prisoner, and in a short time he was comfortably ensconced in jail. When the man came home, sister : ‘‘Why, on earth, didn’t you go down through the kitehen?’’ ‘‘How stupid!’’ the brave girl replied; ‘*don’t you know the kitchen’s full of mice?”’ ——__~ -0-e- - —-— ““Why is it, doctor,’’ asked a lady of her physician, ‘‘that when you doctors are ill you do not prescribe for yourselves? Is it because you doubt your own skill?”’ _‘‘Not at all, madame; but see what a ter- rible blow it wotild be to his reputation if a physician died who had been treating him- self. No one would have faith in him after- ward,’’ he said to his past. | GoonD [This Story Will Not be Published in Book-Form, | THE SON OF OLD NICK: OR, The Charcoal Burner of the Narrows, BY VICTOR ST. CLAIR, Author of * Slack- Wire Zip,’ Little Snap. the Post- Boy of the Kanawha,” “Little Hickory of the Mountain Express,” *‘ Zig-Zag, the Boy Conjurer,” “The Young Stone-Cutter,”’ etc, - (“THE SON OF OLD NICK” was commenced in No. | 299. Rack numbers can be obtained of all News Agents.) o CHAPTER XXII. NICK FINDS HIS MONEY HAS BEEN. STOLEN, 7 ASTLY STERNS and his companions 40 to this day have no clear idea of just , What followed. The first suddenly of his person, and he was hurled bodily into the thicket by the roadside. Virgil Bennett was flung on top of him the next instant, while one after anothey of the rest followed in various shapes. Some were hedged in |}among the willows, while a few went a | little farther to fall upon the clear grass ground beyond. When the road had been cleared, and it was done in the twinkling of an eye, Nick Bleak stood defiantly at bay. Two or three of the boys were quickly on their feet, but they offered no resistance, their positions, Vastly Sterns being the last to recover his equilibrium. His face had been quite severely scratched, while his clothes showed several rents. Vir gil Bennett had received several minor in- juries, though all the rest had escaped un- hurt, ‘*Pitch into him, boys!’’ cried young Sterns. ‘‘We hadn’t laid a hand on him.’' ‘‘Better- let him alone,’’ said another, turning about and leaving the place, to _ be followed by all except Vastly, \ Virgil, and one other. Deserted thus unexpectedly, the bully | looked frightened, and began to retreat. ‘‘T shall enter a complaint against you,’?’ he exclaimed. ‘‘Come, Virgil, we don’t want to dirty our hands with the miserable coal burner.’’ A minute later Bell | alone. ‘‘It was a lucky thing for me that you come erlong just as you did,’’ declared the former. ‘¢Tell me all about it, Bell.’’ When his brother had given a full ac- count of what had taken place Nick louked serious, saying: ‘*Well, I don’t think they’ll dare to touch and, Nick were left | you again. I am sure they won’t me.’’ ‘*1?m afraid of ’em, Nick, honest I am. That Vast Sterns picks on me every chance he gets.’’ ‘*Learn to stand up for your rights, Bell. He’s a coward, and you could make him run if you’d bristle up to him.”’ ‘*But I can’t bristle when I’m scart, Nick. Then, you see, he alwus manages to have a lot with him.’’ ‘*T don’t know as I can do anything more for you this time. But if I am handy, they can count on a good thrashing every time. Mebbe I handled ’em a little rough just now, but I sort of forgit in times like ’em. But this won’t do for me. I had started for the village, but this has so upset me that 171] go back home. You can do the errant for me to-morrow.’? As it still lacked nearly an hour of being dark, and he was anxious to. get to his work as fast as possible, Nick went back to his task of ‘‘setting up’’ the kiln, he having finished chopping wood enough to make, as he believed, two. hundred bushels of coal. He kept busily at work until night had_be- gun to settle down upon hill and valley. ‘‘I can finish it easily to-morrow fore- noon,’’ he thought, ‘‘and then I will begin to sod and dust. Hilloa!~ whose that in the bushes?’’ This Jast question, which had sprung so suddenly to his lips, had been called forth by the unexpected appearance of a skulking figure in the thick undergrowth a short dis- tance below where he was working. But he had scarcely asked himself the im- promptu question before he had made another discovery more startling to him. In beginning upon his work he had removed his vest, hanging it upon a small hazel. He saw that it had fallen to the ground, and the pocket containing his wallet turned wrong side out! 4 That pockét had.contained all of the money he had received for his coal, as knowing the nature of the men around him he, had not dared to do other than to carry it with him. In a moment he realized that the person stealing away under cover of the growth had just robbed him. F The next instant Nick was bounding swift- ly down the valley in pursuit of the thief, who, upon hearing his pursuer, started away at the top of his speed, making little or no attempt to cover his retreat. Nick was a fleet runner, and he expected U'4 felt a vise-like grip upon two places | while their companions crawled out from | NEWS. he would soon be able to overtake the other, but he found that be had met his match. It was too dark in the woods for him to recognize the robber, even if it was any one he knew, but finally, as the fugitive came out upon the clearing at the summit of Nar- rows hill in plain sight, Nick uttered a low ery of amazement on seeing who it was. It was Vastly Sterns! The discovery for a moment unsettled Nick in his pursuit. He had found the son of the farmer capable of all sorts of mean tricks, but he had never dreamed that he was evil minded enough to steal. In a moment the fugitive disappeared on the opposite descent, and it looked as if he would escape. Quickly arousing himself to a sense of his loss and the necessity of more earnest ac- tion on his part, Nick Bleak bounded for- ward with redoubled efforts. He had given no outery from the first, and now his lips were closely compressed, as he sped on in the sternest chase he had ever known, The fugitive must have realized how much he had at stake, for he put forth every atom of strength be possessed to out-distance his furious pursuer. On through the growth, at times out of sight of each other, in the deepening shades of the approaching night, both straining every nerve to win, Sped the fugitive and his pursuer. The highway running from the Narrows to Blake’s Hill was reached, when Nick ex- pected his victim would follow either up or down the highway. But to his joy, the other dashed across the way and into the tangled woods on the opposite side. The ground wasso low in this vicinity that it was often overflowed by water from Sunny Pond. It was extremely difficult to escape these sloughs in the semi-darkness, and twice Vastly found himself floundering | to his waist in the stagnant pools. Still each time he managed to extricate himself arid resume his desperate flight before Nick could | reach him. Once the coal burner plunged headlong into three or four feet of water, and found the edges surrounded by such a dense fringe of water-busbes that for a moment he des- paired of getting out. When next he came in sight of his victim the broad sheet of Sunny Pond was to be seen a short distance ahead. For the first time Nick realized Vastly Sterns’ object in pursuing this course. A solitary boat pulled up on the wide, sandy beach was now his objective point, By that boat he hoped to effectually baffle his pur- suer. Nick felt that if he allowed the other to gain the boat his hope of capturing him was gone. The next moment he found himself so hopelessly entangled in a grape vine that before he was able to extricate himself, Vastly Sterns had pushed the boat down to the water’s edge, and, seizing the oars, rowed away for dear life. CHAPTER XXIII. INTO A TRAP OF HIS OWN SETTING. TOP, Vast Sterns!’’ -shouted Nick, as soon as he could scramble to his feet, speaking to the other for the first time since the exciting race had be- | gun. A taunting laugh was borne over the water with the clearness of sound falling on the evening air, while the fugitive con- tinued to ply the oars with all the vigor he possessed. Nick Bleak uttered a groan as he realized his helplessness.. He knew that for him to abandon the chase and thus allaw the thief to get away meant the permanent loss of his money, for it would be useless for him to make any complaint against the other. No one would accept his word against the son of the wealthy farmer, whose name and word were above reproach. While these thoughts were flashing through his mind, Nick cleared himself from the entangling vine, and dashed down to the water’s edge as the fugitive’s form was heginning to die out in the dull-gray gloom that overhung the pond. ‘*I"}] bave him if I have to swim the pond!’’ exclaimed Nick, beginning to cast off his outer clothes. So swiftly did he work that in a moment he stood free of his gar- ments, and the next instant he was swim- ming furiously in the wake of the fugitive, who, looking back a little later, and failing to catch sight of the swimmer, naturally concluded he had given up the chase and re- turned home, or else was lying low in the bushes near the shore, hoping to waylay him should he dare to venture on the land. **Oh, I’m too sharp to be caught in any such trap as that!’’ said Vastly, with a low laugh. ‘‘No coal burner ‘gets the best of me in that simple way. I don’t think I'll land this side of Crookneck Cove. My gracious! that was the closest race I was ever in, and if I'd had much farther to run I’d been a goner !’? In fancied safety, he rowed leisurely ahead until he had reached nearly the mid- dle of the pond, and he was_ beginning ‘to shape his course more to the left, when he thought be heard a splash of water a short distance behind him. **It can't be the fool has followed me so far!’’ he exclaimed. | water was coming in so fast now that he. Te = 2 mF - ie Paro ; sas ie | ey — the dro\ Tl Vastly Sterns had barely given expression y to this thought before he had made another ® startling discovery. 4 The boat was Jeaking so fast that the water reached half-way up the sides. Hey had known that it was coming in from tl® first, but had not deemed it of sufficient importance to give it any notice. But the water was rising so rapidly now that he be gan to tremble with fear. ‘‘Nothing to bail it out with!’’? he 6% claimed, dropping the oars and trying # scoop it out with his hands. But this was slow work. In fact, the we H, > Ing | - then that igh me Ay the } Yeac Vast he, k Fav cr hale Non¢ back Va 4 th 66D alized the boat must.sink in a moment. Vastly Sterns worked with frantic energy to get the water out of the boat, but the faster he worked the faster it seemed come in. His excited movements caused thé frail craft to lurch frightfully, until be cried out in his desperation: ‘*T am lost! I shall be drowned !”’ The shore loomed up only a sort of black haze in the far distance. He was but a poo! We swimmer, and thoroughly scared as he Wa he quickly lost his presence of mind. : ‘‘Help!?’ he cried, at the top of his lung* as he felt the boat sinking faster and fastel ‘‘T shall be drowned! The boat is sinkiug’ Save——’’ 3 He finished the sentence with an inarticty a ( late cry, as he was suddenly precipitate siile s) headlong into the water, the boat golz rs— down with a sharp plunge, A good swimmer might not have beed to blame for feeling alarm at being thus Si denly thrown upon bis own resources, while Vastly’s terror was unbounded, and he muF have gone to the bottom in a few minutes had not strong arms been near to save DUR Nick Bleak had undertaken too desperalé |an attempt to falter once he had enter? the water, and with that stern determin&® tion so natural to him he had continued 4 pursue his enemy, gradually gaining UPO® & him as the latter grew more lax in his TOW” Fi ing. Thus the young charcoal burner “a only a few yards away as the terrifie youth’s first cry rang out far and wide ® the still expanse of water. o { think I am attributing only hue qualities to him when I say that Nick’s a feeling was of triumph. His foe had a into a trap of his own setting, and let na pay the awful consequence! But with h second thought showed him something fe! } his error. If the other was in real davge, —% was it not his duty to save him if possible’ : He was still undecided what to do W vey Vastly’s last despairing appeal rang Onn the water, and Nick realized that he wa : actual peril. nis | t Then, with the generous impulse of tbe whole-hearted nature, he swam down to t a place where Vastly’s white face had f0F f moment been seen. ted i ‘Ill help you!’’? he cried, as he dar iy forward. ‘‘Keep cool!’ tbe Struggling furiously, Vastly came t ad surface at nearly the spot where Nic calculated he would rise, and was thus hand to receive him. Pe ‘Don’t strike so,’? warned the rescua Wy ‘‘Put your hands on my shoulder, and take you ashore.’’ ind Fortunately, Vastly’s presence of + a returned somewhat upon finding he ae a friend to help him, and he did as he i told. k A less courageous youth than Nick. ge ' must have felt the hopelessness of *0e0 | tempt to save the other. It would have the no little feat for bim to have reache@ i) shore alone, to say nothing of being be ho i capped with the burden of anothels rested a dead weight upon him. on Not a word was spoken as he swam” fol | and on, retracing the course he had : lowed in coming out. CHAPTER XXIV. NICK’S HEROISM AND DESPAIR. i \ pect | VEN muscles of iron tire, as bas and | conclusively shown by scientists ak: oy ¢ soon Nick Bleak felt his arm é 40:9 <> ening. So slowly had he see™ mer approach the shore that it looked a the in the shades of night than it had outset ! ‘‘Shift yourself a little more on ™ shoulder,’’ he said. in a low tone. aimed ‘*You mean to throw me off !?’ ex¢ a is the suspicious Vastly. ‘‘1* daren’t w more at the same time winding his ar™ closely about the swimmer. | “Don't”? panted Nick. ‘‘I mean 1% you if Ican, but I must have moréP my arms. Loosen your hold.’? | jai for Vastly Sterns slightly relaxed bis 8% a time, but he soon began to clasP and closer on his would-be rescuer; lo Nick fairly gasped for breath. B®”) over the watery expanse toward ‘ with a despairing gaze. st ‘«Base up,?” a seat kG “You ‘ml to you wouldn’t drown us both!’’ ate py Again the other obeyed somewhere 108 more and more he was possessed of t ploy a that his unselfish rescuer meant foul with him. ok wh? It was-a trying situation for MC? ple nold i ww 5CY es We vy - Ip ac save jay © 9 if did not like to break the other’s he actually compelled to do so, while erg? in case he was driven to that e@’ 7 sion 7 other 7 the J ;, Hes n tite cient ; the e be ex- i) > o iy 18 the ne re- nergy t the ad to xd the i] he plack © , poor 5 was ungss aster king + rticu- itate goins while, , must inutes him- peraté ntere' mina ued t0 ~~... the chances were that both drowned. Thus again and again he begged of Vastly t0 give him more movement of his arms, and each time the other would loosen old fora moment, to renew his clutch Closer than ever. Finally Nick began to doubt his ability Nt reach the land, and he felt like giving Up. Despised and oppressed as he was on all PAands, why should he fight such a_ hopeless PPAattle longer? Then a nobler impulse en- ) red his mind, and, giving greater force to ‘Mis arms, he swam on faster than before. © He saw with glad heart the furest fring- © Ng the shore beginning to assume shape, and Hthen the white belt of sand lying between that and the water shone plainly in the Nght. ©» Another spurt and he felt his feet touch mie bottom, and then he staggered upon the Sach, to fall with his feet still in the tide. astly Sterns seemed nearly as overcome as 8, but the other was the first to think of P*aving the place. ‘Hold on! stoy cried Nick, starting alf way to his feet. ‘‘Give me back my Money. I have saved your life, now give me @ 2ck my own.”’ Vastly Sterns’ natural arrogance returned “i the supplication, and he stopped to say: Bou ere you did me a good turn; I’ll give would be p19? ®u credit for that. l will tell father, and ls, Shall pay you for it. I suppose five dol- eats.) ? “It’s my own money I want! You took it 9M my vest pocket——’’ ® ‘Insolent dog!’’? interrupted the other, © you dare to accuse me of stealing your “You took it,’’ persisted Nick,» who had fined his feet. ‘‘I had it in my vest, that p4ad left hanging on the hazel scrub. I Might have let you drown, but I didn’t; OW have pity enough on me to give me Ai hac D ci ‘ re \ my——”’ + €nd then dropped it into his pocket, as *cried, hotly: *Fool! I have money of my own——’’ He At fed suddenly in the midst of his speech, » 20 his hand went deeper into his pocket. | it isn’t there! I haven’t got it!’ he ex- _imed. ‘If you hadn’t just given me a fred pull, l’d lick you for calling mea ais 5eand back! lay a hand on me if you Nick had sprung forward to his side, and ih hand was laid heavily on Vastly’s ulder. The latter would have fled if he had ho i “ght he equid have done it successfully. hy What were you running for if you # dn’t stolen my money?’’ demanded Nick, > *arsely . Nig, Because I was afraid you would try to “hj me, and I don’t want to be all the time Xed up in fights with such fellows as you. lor < % dis, ‘My money! give me back my mouey!”’ ‘ed Nick, between his clinched teeth. 80 you won’t believe me,’’ said the "r, who was beginning to show fright. Mt Your hands in my pockets if you want +t an’t there.’’ Ick needed no second bidding to search th Victim, and he quickly began to look ish his pockets. But in none of them , 28 find any trace of his missing money. Te you satisfied now?’’ asked Vastly, Ing more independence. ‘‘I have your money—have not had it. Can I go Yes, go,’’ replied Nick, hopelessly. (TO BE CONTINUED.) —_— > > RPET BEATING EXTRAORDINARY. aig Ban named Smith has very deservedly aa t 1S name into the newspapers. It seems gitis man, who, during the house-clean- the een, turned an honest penny by beat- ® dust out.of carpets, came’ into pos- fn of a mule that evinced an extraordin- a tha mess for kicking. He thought the c Over, and arrived at the conclusion 8reat deal of power was going to : Malo the mule’s hind légs, which the an Seemed perfectly willing to expend i thing that came within its reach. lito jduently,, he fastened some contriv- ih the ® snow-shoes to. the mule’s feet, ty 2 backed the animal up to a large, Maincy pet suspended on a‘line, All that My? 7 for him to do was to tickle the Det ank with a long switch, and the Mh, dusting process was successfully be- a 1 * be Mule seems to enjoy kicking the car- F meted ee as itis within reach, and has Bho, to dust first one side and then the WE i, While Mr. Smith takes things easy Aq hitting rich. People for miles around re tha their carpets because he dusts them om roughly than any one else. ~>+ > DIDN’T WANT THEM. 9 iat ee a ‘ ee ty,”? said his mother, ‘‘if I get you Lit of clothes vou must promise not ) tre ‘ . 7 . ~ : eon Tt out. >> @s or play marbles until they are On >) ae tt ~ answered Tommy, after a mo- a *Kection, ‘‘I don’t want them.”’ not | his | ur Stamp 2ALBUM. “ FIAHE auction season in New York is wile now at its height. There are half a ~'\ dozen firms who hold sales month or oftener, one of which has a sale booked for nearly every Saturday after- noon during the season. .One of the oldest stamp societies in the country, the National Philatelical Society, has also inaugurated a series of sales, and many lots are disposed of at nearly every meeting. The catalogues of these sales are generally reprinted, with the prices realized for each lot printed op- posite it in red, and for those who desire to keep posted on the state of the market they are almost indispensable, giving later and more reliable quotations than the price lists, in which the prices are seldom revised oftener than once a year. * * Ce * The $3, $4, and $5 Columbian stamps are pe sold, and these will probably vanish soon. | IF EDISON CAN FIND THE WAY. Those desiring copies can send money order or registered letter to the postmaster for such as they want. * * * Chas. H., Chicago, IJ].— Your stamps are all counterfeit; they are on wove paper, however. * + * * 8S. J. §., Slippery Rock, Pa.—1. Gold dol- lars of 1852, 1854, and |1856 are worth to dealers $1.15 each, if in good condition; 2. The 1, 2, 3,4, and 6-cent revenue stamps are worth from 10 cents to $1 per 100; 3. There is no premium on the stamp you men- tion. * * * * W. 4H. C., Brooklyn, N. Y.—The letters { : ; ; | you mention have no value, or at least not i Vastly Sterns waved his hand impatient- | , , enough to render them salable, *. 2 * * ‘*Past Times,’’ Rochester, N. Y.—Stamps such as you send are not salable. * * * * K. F. Q., Greenfield, Ind.—No. 1 is a cut revenue stamp, and of no value; No. 2isa cut post card; No. 3 is from Denmark; No. 4 from India, and No. 5 from Switzerland; they are worth a few cents per 100. * * * * E. R, M., Pueblo, Col.—The revenue stamps you mention were issued in 1863, and sell at 1 cent each. The 3c., with pic- ture of engine, were issued in 1869, and sell at 2 cents. The set of United. States Colum- bians, 1 to 50 cents, used, catalogue at $2.28. The 1, 2, 5, and 10c. Columbian envelopes are worth about 20 cents, used or unused. | There is no premium on the 1890 stamps £0 my shoulders. I shall tell my father | WAR See SERINE ae een oy ey s. fé mention. * * * F. R. G., Saline, Mich.—There is no pre- mium on 4c. Columbian stamps, as they are yet on sale at many post-offices. * * 2k * F. W. G., Amesbury, Mass.—No. 1 is a Bavarian return letter stamp, for the city of Speyer; it is priced at 2 cents; No. 2 is an Italian newspaper stamp, 1 cent; No. 3 is a Swiss telegraph; No. 4 is Danube Steam Navigation Company, 10 cents; No. 5isa Colombian Republic stamp for the city of Bogota’, 3 cents: No. 6 is an Italian postal packet’ stamp, 3 cents: No. 7 is Belgium second issue, 6 cents. * 2 * * F. G., Vandalia, Ill.—We return your stamps marked as requested.. The Hambur- ger and Samoa are reprints; the ‘‘ Pravincia de Canca’’ is a fraud. * * * * S. B., Cincinnati, O.—Your stamp is 1875 issue, and sells for about 5 cents per 100. * * * * G. S. B., Providence, R. I.—We have ‘marked your stamps as desired. The best way to distinguish the 1895 watermarked stamp is to dip them in benzine and then hold against a black surface, when in nearly all cases the watermark will be plainly visible. This treatment does not hurt even unused stamps with original gum. * 2 1 * E. 8S. T., Plymouth, Ind.—Your stamps should be worth $1 or so per 1,000, to dealers, perhaps more, according to assort- ment. We doubt if you could sell the postal cards at any price, 8c. Columbian stamps are worth about $1 per 100, and 6c. $2 per 100, used. The newspaper wrappers we think you can realize on only by finding some one who can use them, as they are good for postage yet even if soiled. * ae * so ck S. W., New York city.—The 1¢. due stamp is worth about 25 cents per 100, the others about 5 cents per 100. * * * * 8.\G.'F. F., New York city.—The special delivery, 5c. Colunibian, and 5c. brown are United States stamps, the 20pf., with ‘‘Bayeru’’ on it, is from Bavaria. The otber stamps we would have to see in order to ola patty * F. P., «Attleboro, EE * 2 Mass.—The 1864 2c. GOOD NEWS. every | | black on orange, Die 1 (24 mm, wide), is ieee 35 cents; Die 2 (26 mm. wide), is | worth 15 cents; 1870 6c. envelope, on white | paper, is worth 40 cents; 1874-82 lc. dark- blue on orange, is worth 25 cents; 1857 Ic. blue on buff, period after postage, is worth 75 cents; 1853 3c. red, on buff paper, in narrow label with curved ends, is worth 25 cents. * * + * G. C. L., Dallas, Tex.—There are many issues of United States 5 and 12c. stamps, so we should have to see your stamps in order to know what they are worth. There practice of selling counterfeit stamps, and these are in nearly all cases small dealers in obscure country places. There are hundreds of dealers in the larger cities, New York, retail | Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, end San Francisco, who guarantee the gen- uineness of all stamps they sell, and it is well to look out that you deal only. with | such firms as, from their business reputation | and expert knowledge of the goods in which yet on sale at the Washington city post- } office, but all the other values have been | they deal, can be relied on. HOW THE WORLD WOULD BE CHANGED IF SOME OF HIS IDEAS SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT. o (2, ae LFTEEN or twenty years ago, if any one had announced the present ca- {¢\ pacities of Edison’s phonograph or -c* his kinetograph as things suie to be |realized soon, the prophecy would have been called absurdly fanciful. Even the practicableness of his incandescent light was stoutly denied up to the very time when he brought it into general use. The suggestions that follow here are not to be taken as things that Mr. Edison prom- ises or positively expects to carry out him- lished. Some one or more of them may at any time be taken up and pushed to develop- ment or completion by him, and startling though they may appear, they are perhaps hardly more so than wonders that have al- ready become realities. ‘The problem of flying or traveling through the air seems to most of us quite unneces- sary now, as we are getting along passably on the earth or in the water. Yet it is a problem which men—even scientific men and skilled inventors like Hiram Maxim—insist upon grappling. A large amount of theory, calculation, time, and effort is constantly expended upon this problem. We do not see just what it will lead to, yet it is easy to conceive that air-ships might be useful for exploring ex- peditions, where people wished to float over a jungle, an impassable river, a deep ra- vine, or a range of impenetrable mountains. Edison has several schemes for conveying passengers through the air, or for sending packages through that element. Some of the devices are purely automatic; others. rely upon mechanism more or less connected with the ground. The chief one depends on a principle not hitherto utilized, and requires management by the person navigating the air-ship, or air-car. I will explain only the plan and principle of this larger type of air-ship, since I have found that the moment I begin to talk about all the ideas which flash from Edison’s brain like electric sparks, I am told that I am in- genious and amusing, but certain to be mis- understood. I do not wish to be misunderstood, either certainly or uncertainly. Therefore, we will take one thing at a time. Inventors thus far seem to have thought that the only way to make a flying machine successful would be to create motion in the atmosphere, and then impart that motion to their machine. Even when they try to shoot it upward on a slant, so as to utilize the inrush of air under it, they will rely largely on disturbance. Edison’s idea that the atmosphere should not be disturbed or churned, but kept quiet, and compressed into ene under the air- ship, so as to lift it up and keep it sustained by a firm column of air, as strong, yet as elastic, as steel. This is to be accomplished by building the air-ship—which is twenty by fourteen feet in area—with latticed aluminum, to which a small amount of copper is added for strengthening, and then inserting a mechan- ism which will compress the air below ina continually heightening column. Four tubes of aluminum copper alloy, three feet in diameter, would run through the floor of the air-ship, extending above and below it. In each of these tubes -there would be a large number of, thin shutters, of very light material, two thousand or more shutters in every tube, so arranged that they could be thrown upward and re- versed again. . When opened, or thrown up, only their edges would be presented tothe air, and would offer no resistance. When closed quickly, their flat sides would resist the air below and compress it into great density, so that it would force the air-ship up through the atmosphere. ; value | | ship or car. 42393 The shutters would have to open and close with exceeding rapidity. They would be worked by a small electric engine in the air The armature, of chemically pure iron wire wound with silver and peculi- arly insulated, would be automatically bal- anced to suit all degrees of speed. With reciprocating parts of aluminum, a nice system of lubrication for the bearings | by volatile oil, and an armature making fif- | teen thousand revolutions a minute, the two thousand shutters in each tube would re- ciprocate at that rate fifteen thousand times a minute, or two hundred and fifty in a , | second. This is a considerably higher speed are very few stamp dealers who make a| i ; than is attainable even by the wings of a bumble- bee. It will be seen, of course, that lightness is an essential quality in the motor, and thisis provided for by the materials used in it, the | whole engine and the reciprocating mechan- self, but he believes they can be accom- | ism weighing not more than one hundred and twenty pounds. Then, of course, there is the question of generating the needed electricity, but it is solved by a method which would take too long to explain here. So much for the ascending motion, or | flotation, of the air-ship. Next come the devices for propelling it horizontally and guiding*its course. An auxiliary engine, driven by a current from the electro-carbon generator, rotates a screw behind the ship. That screw rises considerably above the level of the ship. IJt has two blades of aluminum frame-wcrk, covered with silk highly varnished, and it san be turned to any angle, so as to direct the ship to right or left. The blades are enormously long, as compared with the metal screws now in use for steamers. The reason for this is,the greater mobility of the air; the length of the blades pre- | vents the air from being carried around with | them by friction, and an even, undiminished | propelling power is thus obtained. It is | thought that this propeller could be relied . 'on for a speed of sixty to eighty miles an hour. On other air-boats silk sails might be used for propulsion, with an enormous rudder of stretched silk for steering. While sails may thus be transferred to the uses of air travel, it would seem likely, ac- cording to Edison’s notion, that they will mostly disappear from the sea and from other waters. Screw propellers, we may also expect, will fall into disuse for ocean ves- sels, and the valve system, or rapid open- ing and closing of shutters—on the same principle as that applied to the lifting of air-ships—would be employed for pushing the ocean vehicle forward. Further, by some new contrivance, wave motion could be brought into play so as to condense the air behind the vessel and assist her progress. Mere pleasure craft, such as yachts, could, and doubtless often would, continue to be rigged with sails, but of nothing coarser than silk, and these would, moreover, be ‘‘flota- tion sails??—that is, ‘they would be filled with gas, adding of course immensely to the lightness of boats. One can imagine the heightened charms of yacht-racing when the craft, rendered so much more buoyant, could “dart along the liquid surface with the velocity of express trains. But if so much silk is required for air-ships and water-ships, where is it all to come from? This might be a ‘‘poser’’ but for the prospect that silk might be made artificially from one of the nitrogen conipounds squirted into a vacuum by a new process. Similarly, Edison believes, that leather could be supplied artificially by a chemical process, and that, further, instead of being painfully cut, sewed or hammered into foot- gear, it could be molded into shoes. While the future of flying, sailing, and walking is being provided for, it will be equally important to-consider the food sup- ply of coming generations. On this subject Edison made, his prediction to’ me several years ago, that animal matter will or may be dispensed with as an article of diet by and by, because the fixation of nitrogen in vegetable growths will most probably be ac- complished. Nitrogen is one of the chief elements in animal tissue. If it can be infused into vege- tables it will give them the nutritive qual- ity of meat in endless variety. It has long been the habit of foreseein men to predict that some great change woul occur within fifty or a hundred years, and then the change is apt to come very much sooner. Often the prophet of it achieves the result himself. Another element of progress in this direc- tion would be the extraction from wood fibre of starch, sugar, and proteine sub- stances, those of which are regarded as the basis of animal tissues and of some vege- table growths. This work has already been broached. If it could be carried out success- fully on a large scale, men could produce these substances in immense quantities at factories situated in large forest regions. _ Blectric currents and artificial light also, Edison expects, can be applied to all edible or fruit-bearing plants, so that apples and oranges, for example, may ultimately be grown a foot in diameter. It would seem, then, that in time the exact amount of sus- tenance required by the human race conld 4894 be calculated in advance and supplied with almost mathematical accuracy. If the forests are to be eaten up by people for the sake of the food contained in them, there might be some danger of losing our woodlands, the great safeguard of our water supply, just as they are now threatened by the rapacity of those who cut them down wholesale for timber. But the destruction of forests on this score will be somewhat counteracted by the nitro- | genous vegetable supply, and for buildings | and furniture Edison proposes that artificial wood shall be made, consisting of compressed chloro-cellulose and tale, with a solvent, worked like wood fibre when disintegrated under high water pressure. If, then, people should restain their appe- tite for edible timber, our forests could still be preserved, especially since it is proposed to cheapen the use of brick for building by making bricks of much larger size, drying them rapidly in great iron chambers, with a large percentage of sand in them, to pre- vent shrinkage, and then laying them in a cement of lime, clay, and nitre, producing intense heat, and fusing the wall into one solid mass. There is not space here to enumerate half the practical improvements and inventions Edison has thought+*of, nor probably is there room or time in one man’s life to achieve more than a few of them. But from these few hints we may get a glimpse of the in- choate shapes that rise like flame or vapor from the seething furnace of a great in- ventor’s brain, and will undoubtedly be- come actual, tangible things in the near or more distant future. THE AWAKENING OF CHARLIE GOSSETR A SCHOOL STORY. - « HIN, pale-faced, and excessively shy, 12 we could quite believe that Charlie t L) Gossett bad, before coming to our -7* school, been under the care of a pri vate tutor. When he put in an embarrassed appearance on the first day of the winter term, and sat himself down quietly as a mouse in a cold corner of the school-room, Dicky Morrison lost no time in voting the new-comer a ‘‘muff.’’? We all agreed with Dicky until—— ‘But I suppose I ought to commence at the beginning. { In the first place, then, Charlie Gossett was the most remarkable fellow I ever knew. He hadn’t been with us a week be- fore we discovered that he actually liked Latin, while, as for algebra, he fairly rev- eled in the beastly stuff. Hardly ever open- ing his mouth after school-hours, he would sit mooning over dry classic in a corne: right away from the fire, however frosty the weather. That we were all greatly mistaken in our opinions of him, I admit; but is it to be wondered at under the circumstances? How could a boy who enjoyed Latin be ‘anything but a muff? Of course, Gossett soon passed us all, and got to the top of the form, where he stuck; and, naturally, that made us pretty wild, especially Haines minor, who had previously occupied that proud position, and who, now that he could not beright at the top, sulked, and shirked lessons, until he gradually drifted perilously near the bottom, None of us cared much for Haines minor. | He was the biggest and oldest boy in our | form, and being very muscular in the bar- gain, was apt to be a bit overbearing in his dealings with us. The fact, too, of bis brother, Haines major, being captain of the first Rugby fifteen, served to make him un- pleasantly patronizing. But when it came to the matter of ‘‘that muff Gossett,’’ every fellow was with Haines | minor. After all, he was a magnificent half- back, and if he did now and then address some of us as though we were ‘‘ youngsters, ’’ he had a kind of right to do so, considering his superior age and strength. Not that we relished being so addressed, for all that. So when the scowl of Haines minor grew darker and darker as Gossett continued to stick at the head of the form, we forgot the slights we had endured at his hands, and sympathized loudly with him. Besides, hadn’t we a grievance, too? Hadn’t the new chap stepped over our heads? For three weeks things went on like this, and still Gossett wouldn’t take a hint and make a few mistakes just for decency’s sake, We made sarcastic remarks in his hearing, but although he knew well enough that they were intended for him, they hadn’t the slightest effect. No; he continued to pound away at his confounded primers, in and out of school, getting through every lesson in a disgustingly easy fashion, and never once floundering, even when old Weatherby him- self took us for a whole afternoon. The worst of it was, we couldn’t make the chap huffy. When Haines minor, just before tea one evening, used the word ‘‘cad’’— which, I admit, was rather bad form—Gos- sett merely colored up a bit, smiled in a pe- culiar way, and then went on reading. Every night for a week we doctored his bed in a different way—put wet towels in it, ‘‘apple- pied”’ it, emptied a hatful of fine shavings between the sheets, but all to no purpose. \ CGroODpD Gossett only chuckled as if he enjoyed the fun, and proceeded to make himself as com- forable as he could under the circumstances. Even when Haines minor woke him up about | midnight by pouring a cupful of icy water over his head—rather brutal of Haines, by the way—Gossett just rubbed himself dry, and went ‘o sleep again. [ think all of us except Haines minor sometimes felt rather ashamed of ourselves, for Gossett never once peached; indeed, we could find no fault at all with the fellow, except the unpardonable one of having passed us all so easily where lessons were concerned. And that we couldn’t stand; such bookish- ness aS his was unnatural, and not to be en- dured. Things came to a crisis when one morning the doctor suddenly eutered the class-room and informed Mr. Graves, our master, that he would take us in Latin. He did; and, of course, Gossett was first, and the rest of us nowhere. Old Weatherby was especially down on Haines minor, who, having shirked work fearfully since he had been ousted from his place at the top of the form, floundered hopelessly when it came to conjugating verbs. Well, the doctor gave him a fearful wig- ging, and in the course of some sarcastic re- marks used the words, ‘‘big, empty-headed donkey.’’? At this we.thought Haines minor was going to choke. He went as red as a turkey-cock, and sat down scowling, and grinding his teeth in an alarming fashion. | At last the class was dismissed, and most of us rushed off to the fives court. were soon joined by Haines minor, who beckoned half a dozen of us aside, and ex- claimed, in a hoarse whisper: ‘‘Listen, you fellows. [I’m going to get even with that new kid, Gossett !”’ ‘«Hear, hear!’’ put in Jenkins, idiotically. ‘‘Shut up, Jenks!’’ growled Haines minor, savagely. ‘‘Now, look here; vou ali heard what old Weatherby called me?”’ ‘‘Rather! A ——’’ The rest of Jenkins’ reply died away in his throat as his eyes en- countered those of Haines minor. The latter, his words coming from between his clinched teeth, then resumed: ‘‘We got.on well enough with the doc be- fore Gossett came; now you see for your- selves how he’s down upon us. And all through a beastly little cad who doésn’t | know a bat from a hockey-stick. Ugh!’’ Haines minor paused for a moment, and ; It was easy to see that the | scowled at us. epithet, *‘big, empty-headed donkey, still rankling in his breast. ‘*Well, what’s to be done?’’ nervously ob- served the irrepressible Jenkins. Completely ignoring his questioner, Haines minor, in tones which literally trembled with rage, muttered: ‘*Yes, I mean to get’ even w cocious young cub. If his hash isn’t quickly settled, things will come to a _ pretty pass. Just because the kid licks us, through cram- ming from books after school-time, the doc will bully us all, and send reports home say- ”? was ing that we are thick-headed and miles be- | hind this new fellow. It’ll be unbearable, I tell you, and I’m going to put a stop to it!”’ Haines minor was working himself up to a | fine pitch. He had begun in a hoarse whis- per, but now his voice was loud and threat- | ening. ‘‘What’s more, I’m going to stop it at once!’’? he fumed. ‘‘Of course, the muff won’t fight. In addition to being an‘insuf- ferable young prig, it’s my opinion Gossett’s a sneak and——”’ Haines minor stopped abruptly, and we quickly saw the reason. Gossett himself had just sauntered around a corner of the fives court—book in hand, as usual—and was now standing scarcely half a dozen yards away, looking at us. It was evident that be had heard Haines minor’s words, for his face was paler than ever, and, as he regarded us, his eyes had in them an expression we had never observed before. There was a second or two’s awkward silence, and then, to our intense amazement, Gossett walked straight up to Haines minor, and remarked quietly: ‘‘T beg your pardon, but were you speak- ing about me?’? Haines minor ‘was thunderstruck for a moment; but only fora moment. He turned first white, then crimson, as he sneered: ‘* Well, since you ask, I was speaking about you. What then?’’ ‘You said I was a prig, a sneak, and——’’ ‘‘A cowardly cad!’’ completed Haines minor; and, furious beyond measure at being ¢atechized by a smaller boy than him- self, he suddenly extended a finger and thumb and tweaked Gossett’s nose. Then an extraordinary thing happened. Gossett stepped back a pace, slowly pulled off his jacket, and, as he commenced turning up his shirt-sleeves, coolly observed: ‘¢Will you fight here?”’ ‘Oh, just as you like,’’ replied Haines minor, with a curious laugh, and instantly whipped off his jacket. The next moment the two were squaring up to each other. There was a great con- trast between them. Haines minor was fully three inches taller than his antagonist, and he possessed muscles that we all envied. Gossett, on the other hand, was thin and bony, and his arms, now that they were bared, more resembled a pair of drumsticks than anything else. We noticed, however, ’ that he squared up in a business-like way, and / Here we | ith that pre- | NEWS. that he was pretty nimble on_ his pins, too, |for, as the two sparred about for an open- |ing, he dodged and parried half a dozen lunges which Haines minor made in rapid succession. Suddenly the latter made a feint of shoot- ing out his left, and at the same time swung his right round with terrific force. Gossett, however, caught the blow on his arm, and \like lightning planted a beauty full upon Haines minor’s nose. This he followed up by a hot one in the ribs, which his opponent managed to return with interest. At this point Dicky Morrison called ‘Time!’ but neither of the combatants took any notice. Both meant fighting it out from start to finish in one round, long or short. What ensued during the next minute or two roused us to enthusiasm; for, as Gos- sett warmed to his work, it was simply | splendid to: see the scientific way in which | he walked into Haines minor. Three times in rapid succession he peppered him on the | nose, causing a thin, crimson streak to| | slowly trickle from that swollen organ. And now Haines minor’s breath began to come in short, hurried pants. He was losing | his wind—unfortunately for himself he had | long ago lost his temper. Gasping and snort- | ing, he lurched hither and thither, his arms | swinging in the air like windmills. Twice | he rushed in blindly, only to be sent reeling | backward as Gossett, cool as a cucumber, | ‘aught him among the ribs with a stinging | | left-hander. | So Haines minor changed his tactics. In- | stead of charging wildly with lowered head, he drew himself to his full height, and, tow- ering over Gossett, succeeded in keeping the latter at arms’ length. This went on for about half a minute, neither fellow deliver- ing a blow; but, suddenly, Haines minor closed, and, before he could skip out of the way, Gossett found his head ‘‘in chancery.’’ We thought it was all up with him then. It wasn’t, though; for just as Haines minor started pummelling, Gossett, by a quick | raovement, wriggled like an eel out of his grasp, and, before we could realize what had happened, Haines minor was knocked flat on his back, ° There he lay, snorting like a bull, and iscowling alternately at Gossett and Dicky Morrison, as the latter slowly commenced counting ‘‘one, two, three,’’? and upward. Failing to riso when Dicky drawled out ‘‘thir-rty,’’? the victory was, of course, awarded Gossett. While we were cheering and struggling | with each other to assist the conqueror on | with his jacket, Haines minor slowly arose, and, with a perfectly awful face, crawled off toward the lavatories. | co * 2 * ke UE SAGO | Two days afterward we knew everything. One of the masters let out the fact that Charlie Gossett was a brother of the Gossett —the Gossett who stroked the winning ’Varsity boat two years in succession; who played in the ‘‘International’’ several times; |}and who, in, addition, had the reputation of being the finest amateur boxer of his county. ‘Fancy a fellow keeping things like that | back !?? exclaimed Dicky Morrison. ‘‘If Ihad such a brother, I know jolly well I’d brag | of the fact! But what’s the use of talking— |my brother couldn’t even get a place in his |college boat, though he tried all he knew. | Charlie Gossett’s brother a champion boxer, 'eh?’? mused Dicky, significantly, ‘‘Um! that explains:a lot!’’ And it did. —~<»>—- 6 —~— AN ORDEAL OF TERROR. An officer of the French army, during the reign pf Napoleon, having incurred the sus- picion or resentment of the emperor, thought it expedient to abandon’ his country, and take refuge in one of the Austrian prov- inces; and here he became initiated into a society the object of whose formation was to hurl to the ground the colossus whose arm smote and governed the whole continent of Europe with a sceptre of iron. One day a letter was brought to him con- taining the usual signs and passwords of the society, and requiring him to repair, on the following night, to a secluded spot in a for- est, where he would meet some of his asso- ciates. He went, but he found nobody. The orders were repeated fuur times. The officer sought the appointed place with no better success than at first. On the fifth night of his appearance at the rendez- vous, after waiting some, time, he was on the point of returning, whefh loud cries sud- denly arrested his attention. Drawing his sword, he hastened to the spot, whence they seemed to proceed, and Was fired upon by three men, who, on seeing that he remained unwounded, instantly took to flight; but at bis feet lay an appar- ent corpse, in which, by the feeble light of the moon, he in vain sought for tokens of returning animation. He was yet bending over the seemingly dead man, when a detachment of soliliers, summoned apparently hy the noise of the pistols that had been discharged at himself, ; came up suddenly and arrested him as the ; assassin. ‘ town, Wis., has a\Columbian half-dollar to He was loaded with chains, tried the next day, and condemned to die for his supposed “7 - = me crime. His execution was ordered to tak@ place at midnight. Surrounded by the ministers of justice, . was led at a slow pace, by the light of% torches, and the funeral tolling of bells to8 4 scaffold environed by horsemen. a 3eyond these was a numerous group ® spectators, who murmured impatiently, avi at intervals sent forth a cry of abhorrence. The victim mounted the scaffold, his sel- ence was read, and the first act of the trag- edy was on the point of fulfillment when a8 officer let fall a word of hope. An edict had just been promulgated by the government offering a pardon and life) to any condemned criminal who should dit close the members and secret tokens of 8 particular association, the existence ® which the Frenchman to whom these words were addressed had lately become aware 0%) and of which he had become a member, He was questioned, but he denied all knowledge. They urged him to confess, wit promises of additional reward. His only reply was a demand for imme —) diate death—and his initiation was com pleted. All that had passed was a terrible trial of fidelity. Those who surrounded him were member = of the society, and every incident that had been described, from the summons t0 the last moment:of expected death, was only # step in the progress of the fearful ordeal by which the society sought to determine H° trustworthiness of the neophyte. 0 coe EXCHANGE ' {IMPORTANT.—'Lhis column is free to all our re We will not be responsible for transactions, Drove about through notices in this column. All offers? iy be strictly exchange offers. We will not insert one “for sale’ advertisements, nor exchanges of fire-ar” explosives, dangerous or worthless articles. If exchiat notices do not appear in a reasonable time, it may all understood that they were not accepted. Address yi, conumunications for this column to “KxchanKe partment.”] STAMPS.—A. M. Moore, Greenfield, Mass om nice United States and foreign stamps to exchave™ Good reference. STAMPS.—F. H. 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Turner, 1020 5 stant Kansas City, Mo., Mas 100 all different forelt ot ait to exchange for every twenty-five lion he 3 d or Indian arrow-heads. Books, United State pow ; eign stamps, relics, 5-cent novels, etc., if \ offers. Four volumes Goon News for offe Ww. oth t READING MATTER.—David Lewis! 18 pyle street, Chicago, Ill., would like to exchange e 10 Goop News and other boys’ papers and 8? cond! novels for a violin or mandolin in enicns? No letters will be answered unless from eo thereabouts. yen"! t a MISCELLANEOUS.—S. Phillips, 1914 8d fed an New York, has 600 popular story papers, a 104ent libraries, five instruction books; lantern, with twelve slides; a pair of No (cost $2.50), and a Dutch wig and beard, for best offer. All letters answered. oon hear from any one having an accordion to READING MATTER.—Kugene McQis, by W. Elm street, Springfield, Mo., has yate of *70 Goop News, and from No, 282 up t paper; other boys’ papers; New york for a No. 5, Vol. 51, up to date, to excha p- or = & he | ‘Department fot | a a me | iy take q xe, he ¥ at of 9 5 toa © ip of , and nce. sen- trag- en ai by 1 life d dis- of 4 e of words re of, a Vi : _ Mek CS —. Kodak or camera, with outfit. He also wants good Mloth-bound books for boys, by popular anthors. Will also exchange the twelve bicycle coupons appear- "4gin Goop News for best offer. ‘ READING MATTER.—Arthur Breitenstein, 1339 Abgular street, Burlington, will give other 5-cent PMOVels in exchange for Nos, 207, 222, 224, 226, 228, 280, 684, 238, and 285 of the Nick Carter Library. Would ase to hear from some one that will exchange the PNick Carter Library each week. » STAMPS.—George F. Linquist, 2534 J street, Ta- ma, Wash., will exchange a fine collection of about } Stamps in Scott's International Album for best % Offer in theatrical goods. | MISCELLANEOUS.—K. McKinnon, 12 Quincy , t, Somerville, Mass., will give a fine photo of i Ellen Terry for five novels; engraving, 12x8, five Vels; five comic valentines for each novel; one Lace valentine for two novels; magic watch chain, fight novels; ten foreign stamps for each novel. SEREADING MATTER.—J. E. Woodruff, Box 27 A \l Gandon, Vt., has ‘‘Fraiuk Fowler, the Cash Boy,’ by weer; “Three Guardsmen,’’? Dumas; ‘‘Joe’s Luck,’ muger; ‘A Maiden of Mars,” Clark; and ‘Mexican he” by Nevada Ned—total value $1.75—to exchange Goon News,before No. 193. RUSCELLANEOU tion, 5S Home Library, the Rugby Library, and the boo er-Clad Tales—consisting of over 100 boys’ ks, by Castlemon, Alger, Optic, Graydon, and 9 - ~Ernest Breneman, Box 795, 48 mM engines, a bicycle lamp, a Spalding League ha & catcher’s mask and glove, three ivory billiard the 8,and Goop Nxrws from No. 63 to date, to ex- dpe? for lion coffee-heads and Goop Nrws bicycle Ons, STAMPS.—F. T. Shepard, Nebraska City, Neb., ae foreign stamps to trade for rubber type or ating, MISOELILANEOUS.—Chas. Hanzlik, 1171S. Whip- Street, Chicago, Ill., will give one Newsboy photo €very 8 cents’ worth of stamps off sheets, and two books for 35 cents’ worth stamps off sheets, REA DING MATTER.—R. W. Huntington, 1039 Wud street, Cincinnati, Ohio, will give a good book /tade secrets for every five Goop Nrws. BAISCELLANEOUS. — Perry Hazard, 302\4 9th “et, S. E., Washington, D. C., will give any two of } ‘following cloth-bound books, ‘‘Ralph Raymond’s at,” ‘Pirate Island,” ‘In the Forecastle,’ ‘Two Before the Mast,” ‘‘Dog Crusoe,’’ “Afar in the St;” also six bicycle coupons, two Goop Nrws Tes, five Nick Carter libraries, and Ic., 2c., 3c., », 6c., 8c., 10c. unused Columbian, and a 1léc. or ,Sanceled, for any canceled Columbian above the Mt issue. All letters answered. WADING MATTER.—Frank P. Kuentsler, 297 iy venue, New York city, has seventy-seven Q bers of a weekly to exchange for best offer in b ) News or rare United States stamps. by *® PAPERS.—Geo. S. Thyler, Box 746, Nyack, She, has forty-one Goop Nxws and twenty-three ( Beny® papers to exchange for best offer in musi- e Ss. nd CLE COUPONS.—W. T. Emerson, Island Me’ Vt., will give 3 cents or ten United States reve- 7, “every Goon News bicycle coupon sent him. Py MPs.— Lée Spaulding, 9 Otis street, Batavia, bry?) Ul give four United States revenue stamps for bicycle coupon or 5-cent novel; will also give ; a, €very Columbian stamp over 2 cents sent him. ag th, Se. Columbian he will give twenty-five. Will Ay &nge Stamps for books or best offer in anything. ; Mestre be in good condition. Good reference given, HLOLNG MATTER.—Richard Phipps, 2505 Phila- & Street, Philadelphia, Pa., will exchange the : ate ng bound books for punching-bag or club fle Size 104%: “Last of the Mohicans,” ‘Battle- {nd Campfire,” and “The Electrical Boy,” etc. CELLANEOUS.—E. J. Lausted, 211 Smith ang uffalo, N. Y., will exchange one motar, cost Cin, One Weden’s upright steam engine for set of . off, foils ; also one Genii fortune-telling board for am €r; will also exchange bicycle coupons for the €less Story” coupons. MSCHLT A NEOUS.—N. L. Somers, 118. Walnut »-Orning, N. Y., has Goop NEws from No. 275 »801 and’ other reading matter, cost about $12; hy roller skates, a D-flageolet, and a printing out- Sisting of two fonts of rubber type, type-hold- ®ezers, and ink-pad, for a self-inking printing nV ith type ; also the twelve bicycle coupons cut OD News for best offer. Yen, IN.—Win. Hott, 95 Davenport avenue, New q Conn., will exchange a violin, bow, and case, Condition, for hunting-case watch, mandolin, My.’ OF best offer ; no stamps or reading matter. All ea postals answered. MPs. Geo. H. Brown, Rive 100 foreign stamps a Write soon, to avoid the Box 146, Antwerp, N. for every bicycle cou- Y tw een 3c. rose (United States) issue 1868 for °conpons; 8 cents each for every 6c. er 8c. 4N, not less than six accepted ; one covered 6 apers for every 100 2c. Columbian ; 10 cents TY 100 Or two 8c. Columbian; one pound reading geen he t every 4c. Columbian ; 500 foreign stamps Nis 5c, 1890 ; six unused foreign for 200 1c, Colum- Ve hie? on sheets for same. Send sheets and 8. All letters and postals answered. ey BENG MATTER. boone’ Auburn, N. Y., has a number of valu- a 8, such as a volume of ancient history, by at 54 Valued at $3.50; ‘Waverly Antedote,” val- foyac’@ts ; and a fine collection of United States 8 an a Stamps to exchange for best offer. All Ri; SWered, if stamp is inclosed, ith MATTER.—Louis Brosie, 3405 Butler Komp 2”: Pa., will give fifty weekly pupers 8, 41 Camera, or will give weeklies, Goop BP COMP Jr ; Offers libraries, and other papers for stamps -Herbert K. Hamilton, 1844 x SC 5 Waban EOUS,—Wm. A. Stone, 708 15th street S ang snaton, D. C., will exchange 1,000 United fai) borelgn postage stamps, and Scott's $1.50 ane called “Uncle Jeremiah at the Great Mh News, eat novels for any volume, or any of the : B Papers, or best offer in punching-bag or 1a ig CLE COUPONS. —W. Roy Carothers, Box ' HRonio, has bicycle coupons to exchange Togrammes, plays, or best offer; also pro- All letters answered, tOUS. W. (. Paynter, Cedarville, ur gravity batteries, one small motor, ene to exchange for banjo, mandolin, Blas er-covered opera-glasses—banjo or S€8 preferred, : eS ' ipetgene Snowden, 6 E. 97th street, N. Y. ss twenty-five foreign or United States hand 6e., 8c., 15¢., or 7c. United States denn Will give 5,000 United States stamps HAAN Or 1895; s S ' f 8 fPProval, 895; stamps for stamps, also “LLAN Te treet (NEOUS. — kawin Dodson, Flat 5, 411 11,639 pictc nati, Ohio, hes one pair of ice- ures, One pair of dumb-bells, one pair ic. Iowa, has three series of boys’ books—the | m ; a printing press, a magic lantern outfit, two | le, Columbian ; fifty varieties foreign | aor 1,000 2c. carmine (1890); fifteen varieties | *amaps for every 1-cent Columbian envelope; | ; Seattle, Wash., will give five foreign stamps for every GooD NEWS. of roller-skates, twenty 5-cent novels, one set of brownie rubber stamps, one fountain pen, 350 stamps, no two alike, and three songsters, to exchange for | wigs, magical tricks, or best offer. | | STAMPS, ETC.—David Pilhaber, Box 279, Consho- hocken, Pa., has foreign stamps and picture cards to exchange for Goop NrEws bicycle coupons, tweuty- five foreign stamps for each coupon; five picture cards for each coupon, STAMPS AND NOVELS.—A. Nietzel, 511 Main | street, Muscatine, Iowa, will exchange ten novels for | any 50c. or 90c. United States stamp, regular issue; | also fifteen stamps or one novel for any match or medicine stamp; a 30c. Columbian stamp (unused) for a 15c, Columbian and a five and ten-cent envelope unused. STAMPS.—Clarence Gibbs, 41844 S. Grand avenue, Los Angeles, Cal., has International Stamp Album with 300 different stamps; catalogue, value $40, to ex- change for one-eighth or one-quarter horse-power dynamo and forty feet of wire. READING MATTER,—R. A. Wilder, Belding, Mich., has Goop Nr&ws from No. 36 to 295 inclusive, | and thirty libraries, to exchange for a good B-flat cor- | net of standard make, or E-tiat alto horn, bell front (solo pattern). Papers and books are in good con- dition; list of books sent on application. In answer- ing this, please state make of instrument and con- dition of same. READING MATTER.—R.S. Harper, Logan, Hock- | ing Co., Ohio, has a Shepp’s Photo of the World, | valued at $5, and two volumes of a boys’ paper, to All ; exchange for a Kodak and outfit, or best offer. | letters answered. Honesty guaranteed. BOYS’ PAPERS.—Geo. M. Thompson, Fleming- ton, N. J., has twenty-two boys’ papers to exchange for twenty-two Goop Nws bicycle coupons. POSTMARKS, ETC.—Orville Walden, Uncasville, | Conn., has postmarks and’ cloth-bound books to ex- | change for United States stamps, above 10c. Send | for list. MISCELLANEOUS.—Roy V. Rice, Hartford, Wis., | has a new telegraph key, an 1895 Mekeel’s Album of | |; the World, a good fife, to exchange for best offer. | Will give six 8c. Columbians for the 5c. 1847 United States stamp, ten 8c. Columbians, five 8c. Columbians | for the 50c. unused 1896, or the 90c. used or unused | 1890 Columbians, and stamps of 1890 issue for all good United States stamps, READING MATTER.—C. Robertson, 1616 Vapu street, San Francisco, Cal,, has Good NEws from No. 174 to 300, also 15-cent and 25-cent novels to exchange | for league ball, catcher’s mit and mask, oranything in | that line. All letters answered. MISCELLANEOUS.—Frank H. Griffith, 34 Sum- mer street, Rochester, N. Y., has one scroll-saw, lathe, and attachment, cost $8.50; one Eastman’s ordinary kodak, and outfit, complete, cost $12; fifty 5-cent novels, twenty-five 10-cent novels, ten 25-cent novels, 100 all kinds of minerals and ores to exchange | for best offer in printing press, or United States post- |} ageand revenues. All postals and letters answered. STAMPS.—Benj. F. Stowell, 40 School street, New Bedford, Mass,, will exchange ten foreign stamps for | every United States stamp above 2c. sent him. Will | give a 3c. Columbian for every 6c., 8c., or lic. United | States stamp, and will give a 30c. Columbian for an | 90c. 1890 issue, Would like to hear from collectors } who have United States stamps to exchange: Send list and receive his. READING MATTER.—F. M. Lymburner, Box 82, Foothill, Ont., has thirty 5-cent and 10-cent libraries, ten 25-cent and 50-cent books to exchange for 5-cent | ; and 10-cent libraries, and 25-cent books, Send lists | and get his, BOOKS.—Clarence H. Patterson, Marion, Linn County, Iowa, has a large list of books, all popular boys’ stories, by well-known authors, to exchange for volumes of Goop NEws, preceding Vol. 9. All let- ters and postals promptly answered. STAMPS.—E. Quigley, Greenfield, Ind., has 500 foreign stamps to exchange for a 80c. Columbian. | Would like to hear from any one having the $3, $4, or $5 Columbian. STAMPS.—John Walsh, 4536 Champlaine avenue, Chicago, Ill., has 282 foreign and United States stamps to exchange for best offer in athletic goods. MISCELLANEOUS.—Charles Cheshire, Monte- zuma, Iowa, has one night-hawk camera, four bound books, by Alger, papers and magazines, Goop{Nrws, all numbers ; one smoking set to exchange for man- dilion, or best offer. All letters answered. STAM PS.—Claude Taylor, Box 103, Malone, N. Y., will give 150 mixed United States and foreign stamps | forevery bicycle coupon sent him. Please send in packages of five, or more. Honesty guaranteed. BOYS’ PAPERS.—C. E. Way, 200 Randolph street, Chicago, Ill., has boys’ papers to exchange for best | offer in musical goods. READING MATTER.—E. W. Yale, Winsted, Conn., has bound Vols. 1, 2,3, 4 of Goop News for best offer, two 5-cent novels, or one 10-cent novel for every newsboy photograph, $40 worth of 25-cent and 50-cent novels, and 150 boys’ papers for best offer. a having a Kombi camera would like to hear | from. READING MATTER.—R. Ackerman, 1446 Park | avenue, New York city, has eighty-four story papers toexchange for bogks on navigation, or any three : bound or unbound volumes of Goop News before | Vol. 9. , GOOD NEWS, LIBRARIES, ‘TYPEWRITER, BTOC.—R. V. Perine, P. 0. Bux 351, Westfield, N. v., | has one typewriter (writes eighty-four characters), | GooD Nkws from 183 to 300, pair No, 11 skates, ete., | ‘ to exchange for best offer. | STAMPS.--Charles King, 900 Degraw avenue, New- | | ark, N. J., has 3,000 Canadian revenues, 1,000 United States revenues, 5,000 mixed postage stamps to ex- | change for watch, medicine, local and department stamps, 50c, Columbians, 30c, and 50c. dues, coins, relics, postmarks. BICYCLE COUPONS.—W. Macdonald, 26 ‘Robert street, Toronto, Can., will give 5 cents in cash, stamps, or novels for every two bicycle coupons, Send your coupons to him and receive any of the above. Any number taken. Allletters or postals of inquiry an- swered. GOOD NEWS.-—George A. Dolan, 731 Harrison street, San Francisco, Cal., wishes to hear from any one having Vols, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.6, 7, , 9, 10, or 11 of Goop News to exchange, or for sale, bound or unbound. All letters answered promptly, when received. BICYCLE COUPONS.—A. E. De Mooy, 49 Linden street, Cleveland, Ohio, will exchange bicycle coupons, published in Goob Nrws, for best offer, STAMPS,—Chas. A. D’Aroy, 250% Tehama street, San Francisco, Cal., will give five foreign stamps (dif- ferent) for every United States postage due stamp, or Columbian stamps, above two cenfs, NOVELS.—L. Thibault, 399 9th street, Troy, N. Y., Will give one 25-cent novel for every two bicycle coupons sent him. STAMPS, ETC.--Homer Russell, 26 Roxwell Bldg., picture card sent him, twelve for every stamp paper, and will trade his bicycle coupons for best offer. Noricr.— Owing to the extraordinary number of ex- change notices received, many are left over until next | week, ; ; ‘ | now in contemplation. | third among the naval powers of the world, Great | terrible bruises. the accident. He and anotherelephant(Tom Thumb), | | were walking on the track when the train was heard | she sent to fight her battles. | you could probably learn 483895 (Fa Ad ‘Our Mat KY BAG. {Questions on subjects of general interest only are dealt with in the ‘“‘Mail Bag.” Medical or legal ques- tions not answered. Goop NEWS goes to press two weeks in advance of date of publication, and there- fore answers Cannot appear until two or three weeks after we receive them. Communications intended for this column should be addressed Goop NEws ‘Mail Bag,” P. O. Box 2734, New York City. ou Sandow, Youngstown, Ohio.—The proportions of the human figure are six times the length of the right foot. Whether the form is slender or plump, the rule holds good on an average. Any deviation from the rule is a departure from the beauty of proportion. It is claimed that the Greeks made all their statues ac- cording to this rule. The tace from the highest point of the forehead, where the hair begins, to the end of the chin, is one-tenth of the whole stature; the hand from the wrist to the end of the middle finger, is also one-tenth of the total height. From the crown to the nape of the neck is one-twelith of the stature. If the face, from the roots of the hair to the chin, be divided | into three equal parts, the first division determines the place where the eyebrows should meet, the second the opening of the nostrils. A man of good propor- | tions is as tall as the distance between the tips of his | | fingers when both arms are extended to full length. The best test of symmetry is simply turning a man with his face to the wall. If he be perfectly molded and symmetrically made, his chest will just touch the | wall, his nose will be four inches aavay, his thighs five | inches, and the end of his toes three inches. | average weight of a man should bel40 lbs., and his | The height 5 feet 9 inches. Artie, Pawtucket, R. I.—1. Capt. Kidd was captured | | by the Earl of Bellamont, who secured the treasure buried on Gardiner’s Island to the value of about | $70,000. that Kidd buried other treasures. poleon”’ was begun in No. 265 of Goop Nrws. Some of the serials in Vol. 10 were ‘Fighting for Freedom,” “In the days of the Gladiators,” ‘A Prison of Ice,” ‘‘Three of a Kind,” “The Tour of the Zero Club,” “The Young Auctioneer,” “Sword and Pen,” and “Little Snap.” 4. We have-a sea story 5. The United States stands There are no grounds for the popular belief Britain being first and France second. IL. P. C., Cohasset, Mass.—Barnum’s great elephant, | Jumbo, was killed in Canada by a special luggage- train, on the night of September 15, 1885. He was struck in the hind legs, and as the cow-catcher hit | | him he gave a loud roar and fell, the engine and edge of the first car passing along his back and inflicting He lived for fifteen minutes after approaching. When within 500 yards of the animals the engineer noticed them, but the train could not be stoppedintime. It firststruck Tom Thumb, throwing him into a ditch, and then struck Jumbo. His height was about 11 feet. Admirer, Leadville, Col.—The total number of dis- 2. “Loyal to Na- | 3. | | can send just as many titles of the Nameless Story as | you have coupons. EW. -Xu Winsted, Conn.—You must remember that Goop NrEws is printed two or three weeks in ad- vance of publication, and therefore it is impossible for notices sent in to appear in “the next number.” | 4. D. 8, Fontanelle, Neb.—A good bronze paint |} Can be made as follows: Chrome gum, 2 lbs. ; ivory black, 1 0z.; chrome yellow, 1 oz.; good Japan, 1 gill. Grind all together and mix with linseed oil. W. £. I., Charlestown, Mass. —‘'Neka, King, of | Fire,” will not be published in book form. We can | furnish you with the papers containing the complete | story for sixty-five cents. | & & F., Philadelphia, Pa.—i. Yes. 2. “Out with | Robin Hood” is founded upon fact. A large propor- | tion of the characters are historical. 3. Your writing | is fair. | W. @, Mt. Vernon, N. ¥.—You might put your model on sale at some toy shop. We do not know of | any place where it would be received on exhibition. ! A. W., Blanchester, Ohio.—The correct rate of post- age is one cent for each four ounces. Your post- master has no right to charge you any more. Don Kirk, New York City.—One who plays on the piano by ear can never equal the performer who has been thoroughly trained to play by note. J..P. C., Springfield, Mass.—Lincoln’s birthday is the 12th of February. It has recently been made a legal holiday in several of the States. M. E. M., Sterling, N. Y.—The 1817 copper cent is worth five cents. There is no premium on any of the | other coins mentioned. O. B., York, Pa.—We thank you for your offer, but it is impossible for us to accept stories except from experienced writers. C. B. B., Providence, R. I.—The catalogue has been | sent. Thank you for your kind opinion. D. M. S—Do not understand what. you Write more clearly. Max, Chillicothe, Ohio.—January 7, 1880, fell on Thursday. mean. [Several communications left over to be answered next week.) AMON G x Gxe EWS iGLUBS. element # | GOOD } {SPECIAL NOTICE.—This columu is for Goop NEWS Clubs only. No notices will be inserted excepting such as are genuine GOOD NEWs Club notices, and nothing in the shape of an advertise- ment will be allowed. Every club notice shoud have the names of the president and secretary of the club attached. For information concerning GoopD NEwWs Club Badge and Electrotypes see aid- | Vertisement on last page ] tinct words in the New Testament, excluding proper | names and their derivatives, is 4,829. The vocabulary of the Old Testament is much larger. Gesmin’s ‘‘Lexicon,” the Old Testament contains 5,810 distinct words, not counting proper names and obsolete roots. A few comparisons with the above may not prove uninteresting: The “Tliad’” and the | | “Odyssey” together contain 9,011 distinct words; Mil- | ' ton used 9,028 different words and forms of expression | in his entire works; and Shakespeare, the peer of all language twisters, used over 15,000, or one-third more than was used by all the writers of both the Old and | the New Testaments. E. M., Peoria, Tll.—To nickel-plate without a bat- | tery: Put into the plating vessel a concentrated solu- tion of zine chloride, dilute it with from one to two | As much | volumes of water, and heat to boiling. powdered zinc can be added as will cover the point of a knife. This covers the vessel inside with a coat- ing of zinc. Then nickel salt—either chloride or sul- phate—is added until the liquid is distinctly green. Then put in the articles to be plated, with some frag- ments of zinc; continuing the boiling for fifteen min- utes, when the nickel-plating is completed. Well wash the articles with water, and clean with chalk. Gay Dashleigh, Omaha, Neb.—War and glory have been costly things to France. Between 1792 and 1815 she sacrificed one-half of the 4,500,000 soldiers whom | War has cost her in this century not far from 6,000,000 lives. You will see from this item alone that war is to be abhorred. As | civilization advances, strife between the nations of the earth will become less frequent, ayd arbitration | will be the only means for settling state differences. Robin Hood, Concord, Mass.—There is @ new ce- ment, composed of “4 parts of sulphur and white lead, with one-sixth of borax. This is mixed together ln powder. When required for use it is wetted witha strong sulphuric acid, and a layer of the paste placed between the iron to be joined. It is to be pressed to- gether and bound with wire in place. In five days it will be dry, and so firmly united that it would resist the blows of a sledge-hammer. C. H. D., Rochester, N. Y.—l. An engineer has an occasional Sunday off, but not every Sunday. 2. The pay of a machinist varies according to skill from $60 to $125a month. 3. You can send aS many answers to the Nameless Story as you have coupons. 4, Yes, shorthand in lessons by mail, but you could learn it just as well from a book. | There are many excellent works on stenography. R. McC., New Orleans, La.—The following russet | polish for shoes to be applied after washing them first with soap and scraping with the back of a knife: Powdered gum arabic, half an ounce; red spirits of lavender, two ounces; powdered turmeric, half an ounce. Apply this over the leather with a fine brush, let it half dry, and polish by rubbing it one way only with a piece of flannel till it shines. I. A. M., Chicago, Tll.—1. With a small capital, we do not think you would be likely to make a success of poultry raising. 2. No. Fora boy of sixteen five dollars a week is by no means bad wages. 3. You ought to have at least ten members before starting a club. 4. Yes. But you ought to join some special club. F. P., Fairfield, Neb.—1. 'The silver three-cent piece of 1873 is worth seventy-five cents. No premium on other coins mentioned. 2. No. 3: We have sent catalogue. 4. Almost all of the Nick Carter stories are founded upon facts, 5. In the majority of cases the names are disguised. Past Times, Rochester, N. Y.—1. There would be no advantage in saving such stamps. They are of no value even in quantities. 2. You do not state your age and experience, therefore it is impossible to an- swer this question intelligently. 3. Your writing is good. Stamp Fiend, Leavenworth, Kan.—1. You are much above the average in height, and somewhat in weight. 2. We do nol think there is the slightest likelihood of war with England. 3. Your writing is more than fair, but why use a lead-pencil ? L. S. M., Minneapolis, Minn.: J. #. B., Almonte, Canada; R&. A. J., Boston, Mass.; D. H. B., Chicago, lllL.; #. M., Marshall, Texas, and many others.—You According to | CLUB CHAT. L. P., New York.—The Goop NEws electrotype can | be used as a stamp, or inserted in the form with the | ordinary type. Are your members equipped with badges or but- tons? Every secretary should see to this. No club should be without this distinguishing mark. We call your attention to the announcement of the Golden Gate Good News Club. The secretary, Geo A. Dolan, has made an earnest bid for members. Do not overlook the announcement of the Goop News Fidelity Cinb of Sioux City, Iowa. It offers special indacemeuts to those fond of corresponding. What are our members doing in regard to the Bicy- cle Coupon Contest? As mentioned in another col- | upon, this unsurpassed offer will close shortly. The GooD NEws bicycle clubs should not miss this oppor- tunity of adding to theirmembership. Which will be the first to announce that winners of the wheels will be admitted without dues? The acquisition of so for- tunate a personage as a prize-winner will redound to the credit of any club. The Goop NrEws Club buttons are in great demand. | No club member, or reader of Goop NEws should be without one. These buttons are very artistic. The | body of the button is blue and red, and the words | *Good News” are stamped in gold, making a very attractive ornament. They are made to be worn in the lapel of the coat. As the supply is not large, it will be well for you to order at once. Send in your | name and address, plainly written, to ‘Club Depart- ment,’ Good NEws, 29 Rose street, New York City. pe Gee CLUB NOTICES. Are you a member of the Golden Gate Goop NEws Club of San Francisco, Cal.? If not, join at once. | Initiation fee, 10 cents; no dues. What if you are a member of some other club, don’t you want to join a bright, wideawake, up-to-date club of the West? If so, the Golden Gate is the one to join. Of course, you want to correspond with foreign members. Well, we have members in all parts of the world, north, south, east, and west—France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Scotland, China, Japan, and ip fact everywhere. Don’t miss the chance, but join at once. Don’t put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. We also have a large list of lady members, so ladies are also invited to Join. Members wanted from the States of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, and District of Columbia. Large package of reading matter to every tenth one joining. ; “A good story will bear telling twice’—or more times. The story, or history, rather, of the Goon News Fidelity Corresponding Club is long, it must be “a story without an end,” as it is impossible to tell its resources of knowledge, pleasure, improvements, and many other good points too numerous to men- tion. Become a member, and after you are an active correspondent, some of our friends may assist you in explaining our ways of giving long life and a merry one to all. We respectfully solicit your name and initiation fee which is only 6 cents; no dues as yet. We send you a roll of amateur papers and circulars, also a printed list of members, who will correspond with you. Don’t delay, but address soon to KH. F. Molen, secretary and manager, Sioux City, Iowa. Goop NEws National Corresponding Club of Lewis- ton, Pa., is prospering. It is the best yet. Fee 6 cents, ladies 2 cents; no dues. AlJl joining will get mem- bership Card, list, etc., and a big bundle of ‘reading matter. First joining after this notice is out will get ten 5-cent novels free. Information furnished for 2c. stamp. Address Arthur 8. Riegel, secretary, Lewis- ton, Pa. ; Don’t be woozy, but join our happy band, and you will never regret it. List of members and card of membership to all joining. Write at once, and ad- dress the secretary, George A. Dolan, 731 Harrison street, San Francisco, Cal. Goop Nrws Junior Philatelic Association of Louis- ville, Ky., will send constitution and by-laws on ap- plication ; inclose stamp. F. G. Watkins, Jr., secre- tary, 839 Sixth street, Louisville, Ky. : BICTCLES f99 : GIVEN Away :¥¥ ; Outing Light Roadster, $85. 00. All the latest improvements will be found in the $85.00 Outing Bicycle. WEIGHT, 22 pounds. WHEELS, 28 ins., Woop Rims. Spokes, Needle Wire. Tires, Morgan & Wright. PEDALS, Rat Trap. HaNnpLE-BAR, Reversible. GEAR, 64 to 72 ins. ‘TREAD, 5 ins. This Bicycle was on exhibition last month at the Cycle Show in New York City, and was highly commended. Hay & Willets Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis, Ind., the manufacturers. PAPAL AOL LAL AS Thirty of these High-Grade 1896 Bicycles Given Away to Good News Readers. 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